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LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON. MOND AY, MAY i 23, 1910
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-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
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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.
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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
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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 '
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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
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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.
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