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LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON. TUESDAY, MAY 24, 1910.
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TOMORROW TO BE GALA DAY IS
. THIS CITY WHEX THE UXIOX
I0UBI3T9 COME HERE.
ONE MACHINE COMES TO GRIEF
Day of Shoulder Rubbing and Friend
ship Staking Approaches Union
Party Started this Morning and Is
Besting tt Elgin this Evening, Com
Ing tji Grande to be Entertained
i" Tomorrow Afternoon, , .
George VTeirs: ranch 18 miles from
"Elgin 1 fie Stranding place today of
the C J." Fosstrom Maxwell car, for
at 10 Vclock this morning, the car
broke ail axel and at 8:30 this after
noon the party occupying the car Is
1 still chafing under the collar of mis
fortune. , An antomoblle has been sent
I out front Elgin to tow the shipwrecks
ia t.iirin wnere iuev aooe ui bmuh- ,
pate in Ithe festivities tonight. .The
other cas, so far as known,' reached
Elgin in safety. .Those occupying the
stranded car are J. P. Meyers, EK
ter, W. B. Gassett, C J Forsstrom and
George A." Sclblrd. '
Treklng the Grande Ronde valley
with a caravan of eight autos "carry1
ing 40 business men of Union rep
resenting the various walks of life In
that city--thls afternoon called a halt j
at Elgin 'and until tomorrow morning
the Union boosters who are out on a
carnival ' of friendship establishment,
will be Jhe' guests of the Elgin com
mercial Kh. i' It, Waa a ; Jolly good
crowd XWV left Union this morning
with maiiy a honk t honk! headed for
Cove, where' the Cove business men
held ouCthe pipe ot peace and for an
tour the 'AO visitors puffed lustily. On
the way again after a brief rest, the
train steamed to Elgin and there this
evening Elgin's keys will be turned construction of the pipe line last win
over to IJnlon. v'".' ;'a-'.v ter will be In La Grande in a few
La tirandeward Tomorrow. days to complete the Imperfections f
- TomowW morning the crowd heads the pipe line on the , mountain side
for La Cfrande. vlaltlng at the fruit
opntpm ftftd rallinK on all towns en
route Ever and anon, without stint-
Ing of voice, the Unionltes are shout
ing the announcements and , exploit
ing; wlti lusty speeches the coming
borse show at Union. That is one ot
the filirooses of the trip.. The other
Is rubbing shoulders. ;
Loeal Autoists to Partake.
Just before noon tomorrow,' a cara
tan of La Grande people will meet
the coming visitors and pilot them to
La Grande. As soon after noon as
possible, local businessmen and the
visitors will assemble at the Foley
cafe an there eat, drink and be mer
ry." After dinner speeches are arran
eer for and C E. Cochran will off!
date as toastmaBter. Several La
Grande businessmen will welcome the
visitors and Union orators will ;re-
a uv (hot tarvnr well known to
Union busineBsmen. A trip to the
Wwni '. . lonrnev - to the sugar
Lv. nver the two miles of
city streets; that within a year. will be
Jn.mlMd are only some
of the features attending the coming
of th ' uestS . ; '
lZXi ih caravan will
.... t . . n. nA ih local
commercial club and business , men
L will be hosts to the visiting boosters.
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They are coming to siay .everoi
hours and the best time that can be
shown them. Is being planned for to
day.-", -'r-C
All details In connection wun me
pnfArtnlnmpnt of the CUeStS; Will be
worked 'out at a meeting this even
ing of the commercial club.
4 I J A complete list ot the businessmen
of Union who are. with the caravan,
follows:.
,F A Bid well, flour manufacturer; J
iL Overton, lumberman; E G Raster.
Ranker; Th03 Brasef, capitalist; M F
Dnvls. postmaster; W B Butterfleld,
,oll magnate: George Balrd," manager
P 8 T t T Co; W E Porter; H J
T.lirna in prr riant IPAmtmrn mar.
chant; R M Wright hardware dealer;
Walter, Cock, furniture dealer: - J L
Jacobs, lumberman; R H Rohrig
butcher; Will Sherman; B F Wilson,
attorney; George A Sclblrd, editor of
Oregon Republican; George Parker,
business man; Ed Parker .business
man; Gust Levy, druggist; George
Benson, cattleman; Will Vogel, man
ager, Townley store; W J Townley,
capitalist; Robert Withycombe, man
ager Eastern Oregon Experiment Sta
tion ; S L Hunter, contractor; Harry
Zeek, lumberman; E 0 Zeek, lumber
iman: J F Hutchinson, rancher: W B
Ga8set, liveryman; Irwin B Wright,
banker; N F Flcklln, capitalist; E E
Lewis, rancher"; J R Jones, hardware
man; Charles Conley, horseman; Mer-
ton Kiddle, flourman of Island City;
Ralph Hutchinson, farmer; S 0 Swack
hammer, capitalist and rancher and
Dexter Mcllroy," farmei1. 1 - .
t . . Pnhllft SknnM Wl . .
i All businessmen should lay aside
personal engagements tomorrow and
attend this series of events. The en
tire catalogue of business houses
should be represented In, the commit
tee that receives the guests, and as
many as possible should attend the
dinner at the Foley where the real
ana only cnance to rase tne guests
wu uo nuuiutu
AT OXCE SAYS LETTER, ,
Amman Light k Power Co. Offers to
v.,. Complete Pipe -Line Job,
' Letters received today by ex-Mayor
M. K. Hall from the American Light
& Power company of Kansas City,
Informs the ex-evecutive that Superin
tendent Dutch who supervised the
leading to La Grande
Insufficient covering on the pipe
line has been the cauBe of the council
and mayorallty probing of the con
struction work. ; Several who In
spected the Job early in the winter
thought the work' had been Insuffi
cient and Incomplete, and the matter
was taken up with tfie council later.
In response to Information sent the
company that the pipe line was not
properly covered for a distance of
aboui three miles back from the city
when spring arrived, the superintend
ent was ordered to La Grande and the
line will be re-covered under the di
rection of Mr Dutch' and when coun
ell satisfaction Is reached the re
maining balance of the bond will be
cancelled by the city. , '
MISS SILVERTnORE .WEAK.
Fever ConUuues .and Invalid Thought
; to he W orse Today.
Word was received from Portland
today by O. E. Silverthorne that Miss
MarJorle is not improved in health.
Jo".- tact asbeen ordered confined to
I ner oea.v out) is uueriug ; irom
glandular fever and Instead of im
Paving since being removed to Port-
land, has remained about the same.
She will either be taken back to La
Graned or .to Sounthern California
unless a change for the better Is very
soon noticed. -
; Miss Silverthorne is a popular mem
ber of the '10 class of the local, high
school. . .' i, r, ;'',''
- ; Episcopal Convention,' j J!
Newark. N. J. May 24. With many,
prominent churchmen la attendance,
the 26th annual convention of the
Protestant Episcopal diocese of New
ark was convened 'this morning In the
Grace church, Orange. The question
of promoting an open pulpit will be
discussed during the convention,
which continues through tomorrow ,
PIPE LINE
DRY DOCK Si
DE1HIIS
LARGEST DRT DOCK IX. WORLD,
THE' DEWEY, SIXKS IX
0R1EXTAL WATERS
MAY YET BE POSSIBLE TO SAVE IT
Uncle Sam's Xavy Loses Famous Dry
Dock Which was Towed Through
Sues Canal After Its Launching at
Hampton Roads Theory Is Scouted
that Japanese May Have Done the
' Work ot Sinking the Dock
Manila, May 24. The dry dock,!
Dewey, the largest floating dry dock
of the American Navy, sank in 70 feet
of water at Olongapo tt Subig bay
today. In some unknown way the
water dispelling valves were left open
The costly machinery of the Dewey Is !
ruined, according to experts,.
The
Dewey was Installed in July, 1906, af
ter being towed from Hampton Roads
via the Suez canal. It cost a mil
lion, dollars.;.' ;, ; i
Vallejoe, Calif., May 24. The dry
dock; Dewey which was sunk today
was installed under Chief Carpenter;
W. W. Cayles who Is now at Mare
Island navy yard. Cowles said that
the dock was probably sunk by a tor-
nado as that was the most feared at
the' time the dock was ' built. ' He
laughed at the suggestion that the
Japanese might have been interested
In Its destruction.
The Dewey rw&8 built iajt Starrows
Point, Maine, by the Maryland Steel
company, was 500 feet long and 1.06
feet wide. It could accommodate the
largest warships. Cowles thinks the
dock can be raised.
To Sell Subway Land.
New York, - May 24 Real estate
worth more, than a million dollars,
by the city for the construction of sta
tions and turns in the, Centre street
subway loop connecting , the bridges
to Brooklyn,: will be sold at auction
today. The city sells only the surface
providing that the subway and sta
tion are not , to be disturbed or in
jured. ;' '.v., m:i.V: r:,f
Canadian Championships. v ;
Woodstock, Ont, May 24. The an
nnal spring championships of the Ca
nadian Ainateur Athletic Union will
be held here today., with many ath
letes of international fame particl
pating. Jack Tail, the crack distance
runnei of Toronto, Is entered In the
mile. ' - rr
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IT 13 HINTED THAT AMERICANS ARE LARGELY RESPONSIBLE
- FOR THE CONTINUANCE OF THE . WAR IN NICARAGUA. I ,
- 1 , , C . DoontU 'i 6t Louis Globa-Democrat ,
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STRANGE STORY IX LM't'BLlSH.
ED REPORT TELLS HOW TED
DY LIKES IXSCRGEXTS '
INSURGENCY ROOSEVELT NOTE
Report Given Publicity Which De
scribes Last Ofticlal Act of Rooso
. velt In Turning Over Presidency to
, Taft Said to Have Given raquall
fled Support to Insurgent aud tq
; Have Scored. Cnpa Severely,
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Washington, May ii. That Colonel
Roosevelt is with the Insurgents in
hearty and soul is the gist of a hither
to unpublished ; report mado by the
committee ot insurgents to the caucus
of the house . of j representatives , In
March. 1919. Roosevelt Rave the;en-
'dorse,ment during the closing days ot
his campaign. With this support be
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nina tnem tne insurgents are plan
nlng a terrific campaign next fall that
will Bweep the former president Into
the whirlpool of politics. "Roosevelt
and Insurgency," Is to be the battle
cry. The endorsement was given to
Representative Nelson ' of Wisconsin,
Gardner of Massachusetts and Madl-
son of Kansas, who were Bent as
committee by the Insurgents March
3, 1909, and the reports declares that.
Roosevelt proposed to give Nelson as
chairman of the committee a letter
endorsing ; the insurgents' ' fight bi
Cannon. Roosevelt expressed symW-
thy -wlth the progressiva -when .he
said;, ''Cannon has. been the greatest
obstacle to my efforts to secure good
legislation throughout my admlnls -
tration." On March 4, after spending
the evening 'with President Taft, Col.
Roosevelt aBked the Insurgents to ex
cuse Wm" from writing the letter as
It would embarass the new admin
istration. Standing in the president's
room.- Roosevlt took Nelson by . the
hands and asked Taft to take up the 1
n Bvnn mi AJkMHA ITttlll lirB fl SB t
Insurgents cause, That, was one of
Roosevelt's last acts of his adminis
tration. ? I
In a private conference with the
Insurgent committee, after a long dis
cussion. It . was suggested Roosevelt
write a letter endorsjng the insur
gent forces. This was not to be for
publication but to be : circulated
among the members of the house and
evn shown to Cannon. '
When Roosevelt" talked to Taft and
asked him , to support the Insurgents
or at. least keep his hands off, Taft
laughed and turned the answer off
in a Joke. Afterwards Mr, Roosevelt
said he couldn't write the letter as
AT &LUEFIELDS.
want to Interfere with Taft.
Taft's refusal to answer, Mr.
turned to Gardner and said.
"1 anv sorry boys." He explained he
was A sympathy with the insurgent's
cause '
This was' the last official act of Mr.
Roosevelt, the report concludes, for
within a half hour Roosevelt turned
the presidency over' to Taft- Since
then he has not discussed politics. It
has also been learned that Roosevelt
received a number ot letters from In
surgents while in Africa and tor this
reason he has been In close touch
with politics, and his success in dig
glng pitfalls by press correspondents,
, BRIBE TRIAL STARTED.
Case against O'Xell In Illinois Legts
lature Started In Civil Court
Chicago, May 24. The trial of Lee
O'Nell, the democratic .house leader,
or w l mnois legislate re, ' wfcgf was
cnargca wun Dnoery in connecion
wlh the election of Senator Lorl-
mer was begun here today. Attorneys
for the defense moved to quash the
Indictment and a long argument was
begun. The motion is based on tech
nical grounds. . ' -
FUXERAL ARMXGEMEXTS XEXT
THURSDAY AFTERSOOX
Pioneer and Oldest Lady inCnlon Co.
Pioneer and Oldest Lady In Union Co,
, Furiem irrangement8 ( for tne In-
m PALMER
AT REST
W.nt ol the..remain? .oIrs Han- th& mqm ot April 1910. -er -$18-nah
Palmer, better known as "Grand- 884.77, and'thatvof this sain $26.6(Vt-'
' ma" Palmer, who died at one o'clock
this morning, after a short Illness
of three days, are announced today,
The funeral will take place Thursday
afternoon at 2 o'clock from the M. E.
church, District Superintendent J. D.
GHlilan officiating. Interment will be
in the Odd Fellows cemetery."
' Lie In State Tomorrow.
1 The remains will He In state at the
iTsiaence or josepn, x'aimer, ui ao
ams avenue all day tomorrow, where
friends of the deceased can view the
remains.' '-.-.".' ";' ,-;
Death Comes Quietly.
Death came as quietly as was indi
cated and Grandma slept quietly Into
death at 1 o'clock this morning. All
hope for her recovery had been given
up a day before death came and. a fay
of satisfaction shines through the gon
eral and wide spread bereavement,
that her long and strenuous age cut -
minated In a peaceful death.
Grandsons for Pnll Bearers.'
According to present plans, grand-
sons pf Mrs. Palmer, all of whom are
full grown and well known men, will
act as the pall bearers during the fu
neral.
EIGIITEEX DROWXED.
Steamers Collide and Eighteen Drown
- As the Result
Cleveland, May 24. Eighteen of a
crew of 23 on the steamer Frank IL
Goodyear were drowned today after!
colliding with the steamer James B.
I Wood. The Wood rammed, tearing a
. 1 blg hole the Goodyear's hull. The
opat aant in a row minutes. , ,
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, Carriers Want Better Road ;
, Gary, ; Ind.." May, 24, A movement
for better roads throughout Indiana
j was launched today at the convention
j of the Indiana Association of Presl:
' j dentlal postmasters. ' It Is said,.' that
, j the rural carriers are greatly hindered
j In their work by the poor condition
r, pf Hoosler highways., v ; '
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Knights In Canada i : 'A
Hamilton, Ont,," May 24 Hundreds
of Knights of Columbus from all over
Canada and the United States are here
today for. the big entertainment and
"Initiation to be conducted by Hamll-
ton Council. IV
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IT HUB!
CREATIOX OF XEW..LAXD OFFICE
DISTRICT WILL LEAVE THE
LOCAL OFFICE CMIt'llT
MEANS FER11ANENTLY LOCATED
Total Receipts for Mouth of April
Show Only $20 From the District to
; be Embraced Within the Yale Land
Office District Work of Transcrib
ing Records has Commenced Local
District has Been ProSltable One.
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, On account of th dpehlns of &Xwx
United Stales iaild Ofiic at Vale bit
July 1, next, to embrace all of mai-i
heur county, and 10 1T2 townships t
the La Grande district lying wlthh
Baker county, the work of transcrib
ing the records of the local office, ve
sting to the, new district began es-
i"iuay, unuer special airection irom
Washington. Mrs. Muriel' Bull will
perform the transcription under the
supervision of . the local officers.
An effort was made this morn'.nn to
learn the exact effect thj loss troiu
this district will have on the busi
ness of the La Grande office and as
surances were given that It would
have absolutely no appreciable effect.
The officers were adverse to giving
the figures but finally consented to
support the above statement. It was
stated by one in a position to know
an A aiithnrlv or! ir m o lr-a IKa annniirtita
M . 4 t . A.
one homestead and one desert filing
came from the part to be annexed 'to
the new district. It ' was . further
pointed out that some of the land Is
within the forest preserve and there
fore not subject to settlement or en
try of anyklnd; that outside of two,
or three townships, the land is inca
pable of affording support to anyone,
and much ot the land of this charac
ter- could not be. entered aa desert
claims because no water ia available
for reclamation. As Illustrating , a
another : way ' the small effect of the
loss upon the salaries of the officers,
the computations : for : last month
would have given each officer of the
La Grande office between $495 and.
$500 had it not been for the provision
of the law limiting the fees and com
missions to $2it0 per month, each. Of
this sum, the $26 received from the
1 part to be annexed yielded but $3 to
I each officer. . It Is stated that there
are Beyeral other reasons why. the
j loss' will not be felt, but' the above
ought to make out a case, according
to the view taken at" the land office.
Many citizens ' who have given the
matter attention think that the sat
isfaction of the demand for a govern
1 ment land office in the eastern part of
the state forever; settles and change
J or readjustment ot the boundaries of
this district, thereby giving assurance '
that La Grande will remain the ap
proximate center of the district, and -consequently
will hold the land office.
The erection ot the Federal building
here, in the near, future, will operate
to create conditions tending to assure
the absolute permanency of the office
here.'',--:.':.' '-'''h
Elks Hold Conclave.
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' Qulncy," HI., ' May; 24. Three dayn
of fun and frolic will mark the State,
Convention of Elks convened today, .
Streets! and buildings throughout the
city have . been decorated .with em-.
blems significant of Qulncy'a welcoma
t othe "Best Peopie on Earth.",
1 '.".,' Cheyenne Canon Bonds T
Colorado Sprlngs,May 24 A Biec-'
lal election is In . progress today to
vote on the question ot Issuing $220,
000 In bonds for the purchase of the
South Cheyenne canon. ,
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