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4 wMit IiuiiiinilTi VOL. XI LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON. MOND AY, MAY i 23, 1910 173 'Mi, -MYSTERY OVER i MRS. SMITH DEEPENS DISPUTED HUNDRED TIED DASn s AT COTE US SETTLED. LETTER BECEIVED YESTERDAY WHICH IS THOUGHT TO BE A FAKE FROM MURDERER KDRDER THEORY IS NOW POPULAR j The Eastern , Oregon High . School Oratorical and " Athletic Association did not hold its annual conference ' this year, no, officers were elected, ' no rules action taken and no action taken on the disputed race at Cove . a little more than a week ago. The ' conference was set for last Saturday ' evening, but so many of the qualified delegates returned without waiting for a meeting to transpire, that the conference was cancelled and It Is not known whether or not the event will be held at a later date or not As an important issue is up, it Is only right that some action be taken to hold a meeting. The Cove race where La Grande was disqualified because Cove runners wore ieu ai ine mar ana tne starter failed to call ' the runners back be cause his gun failed to work, holds TOTAL ECLIPSE WILL BE AID TO SAVANTS SPLENDID VIEW OF COMET PROM ISED TOMGHT DI KING. THE ECLIPSE OF THE MOOS. LA GRANDE SEEMS FAYORED CITY RAIERSGIVEN OREGON AXD WASHINGTON FOR EST RANGERS GIVEN SEVERE LASHINGS IN PETITIONS strong enough to keep, up hostilities until the country will demand Amer ican Interference." He is hoping the Estrada general will keep up the des ultory fighting at the outpost In order I a ..am i i . . a . t . 1 j 10 guaru ttiueneiuB. ne wants .uaunz to attack the city, believing that . a . clash, with American forces here may result and then intervention. , . MAKE POPULAR MUSIC HOUSE, PIONEER LADY nr a nr i UtAIti i Rinchart i Little to Have Store that Is Equalled by None Anywhere smitn ieiegram irom uvn ambmjb Believed to be Clever Fake Police Asks Los Angeles to Aid in Running Down Mystery Which at Present Is the final decision as to who won the Bprond solution Two Women with , meet at Cove, and some action ought Missing Lady , When Last Seen. Portland; Oregon, May 23. The po lice today have Redoubled their ef forts to find Mrs. Hannah Smith, a widow, who disappeared May 8th, af- certainly to be taken. Election of Eastern Oregon ossoclatlon officials is also an Important matter. - . ywoi tuni utiawie iv wei tuiimu Views of the Comet Like La Grande , Astronomers Promise Good Views , of Comet This Evening When the Moon Goes Into Total Eclipse for Period of About Four Hours. . : POPULAR FILM HERE. The Isls Is running a picture en titled "fly pests" which has bean seen r drawing $600 from E.'E. Ericson, " " large cities ana roruana t- . v. .; 'doctors recently visited the houses undertaker who handled her busl- . . . where it was shown and declared the . Yesterday Mrs. Anna Harper, film tQ b(J the mogt ,Mtructlve lec ece, received a. telegram from Los ture on the fly and its results that ;eles signed by Mrs. Smith saying could be imagined.' The methods of i was all rlgtit and wanted her be-' carrying diseases, Is only one of the SPRINGFIELD MAN IS BITTER vtrga turri juHtgvrs Accuwfd oi Revising Laws' Made by Department Many Letters Complain About the ' Treatment Accorded the Homestead er "Set of Official Rnflflans" Is a .. Term Used to Designate Rangers. Decorators and painters are mak ing: alterations on the RInehart & Little piano house that will make the place the most fashionable of any in the state, barring none. The work now being done Is but a starter of what ia iu lonow m tut) campaign to mane the local establishment the leading store and the most fashionable as well, In the ' state. . " ' FAMOUS LADY - OF NINEY-SEVEX YEARS GIVEN IT BY PHYSI CIANS AT HER BEDSIDE PIONEER AND AGED BUT KEEN features, It will be shown tonight for the last time. Close Scriber Case Today. Portland, May 23. It is expected that the Scriber case ' will, be closed today so; far as the defense is con- money and have asked the police of cerned. More alienists will probably Tyi 4 n .taIm tr trnre down the sender be nut on the stand. , Scriber looks of the message. When last seen Mrs. like the ghost of his former self Smith was in the company of two spending most of his time figuring on strange women. , a blotter and muttering to himself. ..,nglngs shipped to Los Angeles. Mrs." Harper and Erlcson say that Mrs.; Smith could not wtltencl they be- j Ueve that the message. fa a fake. The . police are worklngUtfl. the tehory that i , 1 the' woman was murdered tor her La Grande will be given a splendid vlewtf the comet tonight during the total eclipse of the moon. The eclipse will be total at an early hour, and r.s the comet can be seen from La Grande up until 9 o'clock, there should be a splendid view possible tonight as in dications point to a clear sky. La Grande seemingly has seen more of the comet than any other city on the coaBt or in the Northwest. La Grande people were the first to act ually see. the comet with the naked eye, and Judging from newB dls- LA GRANDE CAPTURES ' Washington; May 23. Complaints against the forest service aM the in terior department are on file before the Ballinger Investigating commit tee. Scores of letters have been re celved by the committee since Janu ary 1, in which the charges of viola tlon of laws and injustice to home steaders have been practiced by both branches of the government service. Guy White, of. White Fish, Montana alleges that the forest service ''froze him out." Ills homestead was in Montana.'. W. Fletcher of Boise, Ida patches, other towns have not been hq, alleges that an illegal contract fortunate In securing unstinted views of the traveler as has La Grande. , v . Good Views Promised ! University ,V Washington, May 23. Tonight Is the best 'night to see the comet, according to Professor Gould head of the University astronomical department, as the moon goes into a total eclipse. The comet sets at 10:39 and the eclipse will last four hours before the comet Bets. was let by Ballinger for the survey of the Idaho-Montana boundary, be cause no competitive bids were asked for. .One complainant describes the forest rangers of Oregon as a seat of "official ruffians." P. W. Gibson, of Springfield, Oregon, wrote that they were the curse of the country and complained that "there is no need of laws by congress If the foresters are allowed to revise them." FAST TRACK MEET HERE Ostoff to Coach W S. C. . University of Wisconsin adherants FRIDAY LAST, DAY. High School Students Can Get Chan. tauqua Tickets for Half Price. One of La Grande's Residents"! ways Popular With Young and Old, and . up to the Last Keen and Sharp Wit ' ted, Mrs. Palmer N'ears Death Door. Family Called to Her Bedside She Rode In First Railroad Train. Until next Friday when school, e.;.d8 the high, school pupils of all agK can get season ' Chautauqua tickets for half price. AHer Friday all children over 16 must pay full price. All those who have signed for the tickets can get them at the Bobnen- kamp store and ", receive the little paste board which every lo yal citizen will tote this summr. Earthquake at Salt Lake, Salt Lake, May 23.-H3racked walls and leaping chimneys are today evi dence of a-sharp earthquake In th!3 section yesterday. ; The state unlver sity seismograph recorded three sep' arate shocks within 30 seconds. The only one here affected an area of 50 miles. . . At 8:15 this afternoon Mrs. Palmer . was still sinking. She has not been ' aroused from her sleep for two days and the end is expected iiiotwi-tarilv. .' Sinking rapidly, sleeping as it were in transit from a life of 97 years Into tha life ; of. the beyond, "Grandma" Palmer has been' given up by tha physicians this afternoon and It is but a matter of hours until the tena cious life thread will snap, and the oldest woman in La Grande will have passed away. " '-"Grandma" Palmer has -many claims to distinction, among them the . fact that she rodeon the first rail road . train ever built in the United States. She has a host of friends in the ranks of the pioneers and young alike, who hope she will recover, but this afternoon it seems a fatal illness. i J INDIVIDUAL SCORES. Flser. .................. 17 Carpy 16 Peare ............. ..... 13 Beers ................... 13 STANDING OF TEAMS La Grande .............. 41 t Baker City ...... .... ."..,38 Pendleton ...... . . . . . .... 22 : Ontario ................. 19 , Cove ... . 10 ' Enterprise .............. 1 i Fleeter feet never ran the courses In Eastern Oregon, more brawny men never revived the ancient feats of skill and strength, no modern carnival of Bport was ever conducted in East ern Oregon with more dispatch and pure, f rendly rivalry, than was ac- 1 compllshed in this city last Saturday i Afternoon' when the La Grande high school track and field team climbed to - the pinnacle of Eastern Oregon ath ' letics and snatched victory from un der the very nose of the formidable aggregation of 27 athletes represent ing Baker City the closest rival of the many schools participating iu the Eastern Oregon annual field - meet The victory was a signal one and all ie more Spectacular because tha re y! race always eicltlnp was doub l r so on account of the fact that La Vrande's fortunes in the friendly war lung in the balance with considera He uncertainty. " Records Fairly Slaughtered More records were knocked awry Tian In any similar meet held In the " orthwe8t this year. Even when rec- rds were not broken they were hug- i'id and that closely. . . Stanley Carpy started La Grande's ' rmldable scoring machine by cap- ring the 50 yards, and soon after lng the hundred, notwithstanding it In the latter race he was Bet ck a yard for a false start, making 101 yards to run. He continued his remarkable showing of ability and en durance by winning second In the low durdles, after losing first by the narrowest margin, and again taking second in the 220 yard dash. To cap the last day of hlB carreer on the high school track, he ran a beautiful race In the relay. All these events were against various men. '.1 , " Peare Breaks Record. No less remarkable was the per formanceof Peare-the daughty half miler and hurdler. But for Heiden rich who is not classed generally as a hurdler and , has trained but little for that event. La Grande would have lost out in the high' hurdles where Peare was td run down the formlda ble Flser of Ontario. Flser ' and Peare were running neck and neck in the record time of 16 1-8 when on the eighth hurdle Peare slipped and fell. Heldenrlch tore through splen didly and pulled a second. Peare's houir of triumph was yet to come for after winning a half mile race of a fast nature, he made a wonderful showing In the .quarter, doing a spurt ten yards from the tape that was su perb. He was called upon to do the spurting business in the mile, when Morrison, a new man from Dntarlo raced up the finish of the mile from a straggling field and ran Peare neck and neck for the second position. Both men. showed wonderful finish ing powers. Boylen, the flrey haired youth from Pendleton ran the mile In easy style, taking first with little dlf Acuity. Boylen Is credited with be ing the best miler in the Northwest and he no doubt is. '. He ran Peare a noble race In the half mile also. While these men were making proud a large crowd of La Grande rooters, ' Mjllerlng and Heldenrlch were doing their duty in the field. File at Land Office. The following filed at the land of- flee today: John Price, of Echo, home will be pleased to know that Oscar ! stead ; Fred Lann, of Durkee, home- P. Ostoff, an all around athlete of stead; Walter Baker, of Pine, home the University of Wisconsin, will bei stead; J. J. Jones, of North Powder, ' the coach for W, S. C. at Pullman, homestead; Charles J. Bookman, of' this year. ' : : Heppner, timber and stone. " ' 1 BACCALAUREATE ADDRESS LARGE CROYD CONTINUE BLOODSHED UNTILL UNCLE SAM INTERFERES Blueflelds, May .23 The Nlcaraguan revolution Is being kept up in the hope that the United . States will In tervene is the admission made today by politicians close to the Juan Es- A FINE. PRESENT FOR YOUR MOTHER-IN-LAW. ;. ' " ' HATflHS WH Ma' ' r 'i "FvIv ' l , I Graduates of the high school, .their your own destiny. The material out relatives and friends last evening fil- of which you build that destiny Is not ( led the Central Church of Christ to without but within. Be not envious ( the doors, to hear Rev. Ford Ellis de-' of your fellowmen. . You cannot fill llverthe Baccalaureate address to ( their places '. until you are qualified. ( the-Jclass of J.910. It was an, eloquent When you are qualified you would ' address, portraying great and Imml j not want the position. Be true to ncnt truths, and if but. a portion of . yourself. , Be the Judge, Jury of all the many kernels of undlsputable . with whom you come In contact, For t ruths and models of an honest life get the thought that you are worms s ' are followed out by the products of j of the dust; you are sons of God. The ine nign bcdooi, ineir lives win oe sons aemana tne Dest ana tne nest is none too good. The source of all knowledge Is within yourself. Your mind Is a great dynamo on the river of life. Your faculties are the bat teries. Charge the batteries, you have the power. Study and .meditation is the means.' Unmanlfested power Is useless. It is Injurious to the health and happiness of the Individ ual. Manifest the power through tha body; Action- Is " the expression of that stored brain , power. Thus the three steps to honor, position "ani trust are meditation, Btudy and ac tion. - - " traaa revolutionary leaders. - one or the better for it. Excellent music in- Khe followers said today: "Estrada ( tersperced the occasion. ' snows mat ne can never crusn ine ( The speaker wds himself, but re present government of overthrow Ma- cently turned .out from . the portals am, but be blleves the army Is (Continued on page 5) Fox in Chicago Post of an eastern college, and the occa : ston may' have appealed to him more than to & man further out from the shore of. collegedom, and being in tune with the feelings of the grad uates, he carried with him close at tention and won enthusiastic approv- aJ,of his statements, ; a,. ; , Mr Ellis said In part: "Our' highest conception of perfec tion Is attributed to the Creator." The Creator manifests Himself to the hu man race through" the laws of nature. 1 Judging by these manifestations the Infinite Is bountiful with His bless ingsThe hills and valleys are rich ly garbed with Jhe garland of green. The orchards ; produce myriads of blooms before the fruit is harvested. The water flows unceasingly from the perpetual snows or the ever bubbling ' springs. ;. The Infinite sows bountiful ly and the human race reaps bounti- i fully. We as sons of God can approach ; onto that perfection by living an abundant) exuberant . life. ' ; We can not be true to the God-like fife with out living the exuberant. "Anxiety retards "advancement. . Be not anxious for your life. Your 'mind will seek you out. The law of attrac tion Is at work In the human mind. "Like attracts, like.' Bring out your own genius. You are the builder of DOCTOR AND MRS. RICIIARDSOtf ARE HOME AGAIN. ' Doctor and Mrs. A. L. Richardson are home from an all winter trip in the east, taking them to the" far south . and to various surgical and musical centers of the United States. While , Doctor Richardson spent three months in post graduate study of surgery, two weeks in Rochester, 7 and two weeks In Chicago under the best of Burgeons In these cities, Mrs. Rlch ardBon was studying music under skil led instructors In New York. Mr. and Mrs. Richardson returned to the Pacific coast' by way of the Northern route and have spent more than a week In Portland. " They will again be at home In their residence ot Pennsylvania and Ninth after an absence of more than four months. r