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i i I i 7 1 1 l II U i ill'!ii ii M t t vr V VOL XI LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY. OUEGO TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 1910. NUMBER 204. m V?M ii H i! II 1 ii l - I t 1 II ( I ! I t I MOIETY FUC1B IS EXHAUSTED DlSf OYEREB OP SUGAR FRAUD TO CO UNTAID UNTIL THE . NEXT CONGRESS. UST GflflGfiESS TALKATIVE Sew Record Set for the Number of Words Spoken by Congressmen In One Session Borah and Stone are manning to Come West in July to , Investigate the Charges Against Dr. Perrln In Land Fraud. Washington, June 28. Because there Is only $10,000 in the govern ment's moiety fund, Richard Barr, who was awarded $100,000 for discovering the sugar frauds at New York, will j have to wait until the next congress , rule , the Minnesota members of the , for his money He will probably get j United Spanish American War, Vete-,! $10,000 In a few days and the remain- j mns commenced their annual reun der will be appropriated at the next in today. A feautre of the encamp- , congress. . 1 ' went will be a military parade headed Statesmen Great Talkers. j by the military order of Siipenls, In addition to spending $1.074.000..' the recent congress set a new record to the number of words spoken. The '. congressional record totals 10,000 pages, each- page containing more words than the average newspaper:, column. It is figured that the states men uttered 10,800.000 words. T wen-- ty-seven thousand and sixty-five bilh t were introduced In the senate, Thous-1 ands of these were pension" and"pv?0 " vate claim bills.' The senate ratlfle'l three treaties of no great Importance and confirmed 10,500 presidential ap- poirtments, which 'Is a record In It-j if. h ;:-y ' -'"';-. Senate Committee on Tonr ; ' The WeBtern sub-committee on Ju' diclarj', consisting of Senators Borah ! and Stone, will go West In July to ! Investigate several federal matters. I It Is possible they will take up the allegation of Doctor F. B. Perrin that t le was unjustly convicted and accord- ' ed Improper treatment by U. S. Dls-1 trict Attorney Devlin and Special Agent Burns in connection with land frauds. BtSIXESSMEX ASSURE LUCRITIVH j REWARD TO CHILDRIX Viiiners of Department Newly Creat ed will le Well Repaid. Remarkable good fortune csmps on lie Vail of County School Superln tpnrlprvt E. E. Bragg who toda Is se Cl,r ig premiums from local bi .'nes3 i!en to reward prize winners who are competing In a new department at the coming county fair when prizes W'H be awarded to the children undei fourteen years of age who grow the tost farm products. The superintend ent hag charge of. the work and Ve il Ports that a great competition exists W (Ml ... . i -""ugnout tne county m mis aepan Ittent. Children everywhere are doing their best to grow prize winning pro ducts. , ';:,', , ' j , tactically, without a single excep tion, the business men are promising Remunerative rewards for the various fosses. So liberal have the business Qen proven themselves that the child ren win 'win valuable prizes in each Exhibit of the department. This Is a ne feature of the fair and promises Y be immensely popular. -'. North Carolina Bar. ; W'rlKhtsvi1!o Tloorh V T. .Tune 28 yl-iwyers 0f the state aro headed in this direction today to spend , three days at the beach and Incidentally to hold the twelfth, annual meeting of the North Carolina Bar Association. The session will open this evening and continue through tomorrow and Thursday. The annual address will be delivered tomorrow by the Hon. James Byrne, a prominent New York lawyer. - . - - : Delta Mil Kappa Session ; Chicago, June 28. For the first time since 1872. the American Society of Engineers, la holding its annual convention in, Chicago, the session commencing today "to continue three days. . The conclave represents a mem bershlp of 5000. "Nonsense," Says Peary. New York, June 28. Rudolph Francke's suit; Bet for a hearing In Berlin today, is branded as. "non sense" by Commander Peary. The latter will be repeated today by the the case thrown out of court. Spanish Vets. In Camp. , Farlmault. Minn., June 28. Lodged lu tents and under strict military f-a'rylng a snake thirty feet leu JEFFS G B rntm .j'. x"' -V " " " i'.jv 7.- V "". . ' v. TRAINERS HOPEFUL SAYING IT .MEANS FIT CONDITION ' ., N . - , " ''"'.' Beting at Chicago Shows Five to 'One As Prevailing Odds . . . - ' ' Moana sPr,. Juen 28.-Jeffriea grouch has been renewed and the trainers are rejoicing for they say it means his condition Is now at the hBB. Traln.p Arm-t-nnir BavB .,,,; g6n WJ Ust 8,x rounda and pamep Burns estimates fifteen. Cornell saya i it will be an endurance race and the first few rounds will be against Jeff. All agree that the man who delivera r the punch in the stomach will hold an advantage as a blow In the midrlft at this altitude mean more than one In the same spot If the fight were at sea level. ": ' A Big Smiling Darkey. ' Johnson is Just the same big smll- ine darkey today. He nlaved a piano until nearly midnight and was out this morninc ready for the tcrind. Johnson daily telegraphs to his mother In Chicago. He is preparing to leave for Chicago in a private car after the pi5ht as he needs the rest. Betting Becomes Active Chicago, June. 28. Betting on the Jeffries Johnson fight took a lively turn today when books were opened with Jeff, the favorite,' the prevailing odds being five to one 'and three to one. Money on Johnsoh is fre-i at these big odds. WALLS BEING REARED With Good Weather, Lewis Building will be Finished In Two Weeks. Bricklayers under Contractor Reis land, have commenced the brick struc ture In the rear of the Lewis building which is to be occupied by a garage. The contractor hopes to have the one story wall completed in about fifteen days, providing weather Is favorable. The concrete foundation has been in j lace several days. '.' i Assassin Is Hanged Cairp, Egypt, June 28-Abraham Wardant ; ,the assassin ? of Boutross Pasha, the late premier of Egypt, was hanged, this morlnng. , There were no lemonstratlons. i 11 1 Hi! FAMOUS DEUTSCHLAXD SUDDEN ,LY BECOMES UXMAXAGE. ' ABLE IX THE MIDAIR E First Accident to Famous Air Craft Comes When , Twenty " Xewspaper Reporters are Passengers Ship np Ten Hours and Scheduled to Stay Two Heavy Wind , Carries , It Far Out of its Course During the Day ; Russeldorff, June 28 The Peutsch land was wrecked near lburg when it suddenly dropped to the ground, ac cording to a message here this even ing. . . Russelldorf, Germany, June 28 Helpless and drifting in a high wind, the aerial liner Deutschtand, with 20 newspaper men aboard, .became un managable this afternoon. ' ; ; ' Germany Much Astir. . News of the misfortune was scat tered broadcast ' over Germany and soldiers have been held in readiness at various places to go to the assist ance of the men, should It become- necesary when the ship finally lands. Up Oyer Ten Honrs .When last seen the' Deutschland was being driven by a strong- wind over Osnabreuck, fifteen miles away. Itiad been aloft for ten hours, when it really was supposed to descend af ter two hours. The pilot made two unsuccessful attempts to land but he gave it up as being too risky a prop osition, v : ' The trip was delayed by bad wea ther. The car 'has laid idle several hours because of the storm. When it did lift, twenty newspaper reporters were aboard for the purpose of know ing at first hand what , the sensation was like. General failure for the scheme is predicted, notwithstanding that this Is the first accident to befall the ma chine. The promoters continue to be optimistic. V . , . - . - , MRS. ELLIOT ILL. Pastor's Wife Suddenly Weakens and Is F'orced to Seek Rest Here 1 Mrs. L. E. Elliot, wife of Reverend Elliot of Huntington, who has . been conducting revivals at Summerville and Allcel, was taken ill last evening while en route from Hot Lake to Portland where she had planned to visit her mother while, recuperating from an operation .which she sustain ed at Hot Lake.; Last evening It was thought she was strong enough to Btand the trip to Portland but before reaching La Grande she was forced to seek rest. - She is at the Savoy today and will leave for Portland as soon as she is able to. stand the trip. , V SEXATOR McERNERY DEAD. Aged Democrat and Civil War Veteran Passes Away at New Orleans New , Orleans,". June 28. United States senator Samuel McErnery died here today. He was a native of Lou isiana, a veteran of the civil war, serving aa lieutenant in the Confed erate army. He has been a senator Blnce 1897, being one of the oldest democrats in the service.. . - . POLICEMEN OX CARS.. Taenia still Warring with Street Rail r ways Over Five Cent Fare Tacoma.r June 28. Policemen are riding on every car in the five cent fare zone to prevent citizens and con ductors from fighting over the five cent fares for which the city Is bat tling with the railways. QE FfGIAL OOllCEi IBIIES here i LAND OPENINGS IX NORTHWEST DRAW 'ATTENTION FROM PROSPECTIVE SETTLERS ElliimilSillEDEFIil Local Land Office Receives Umatilla and Walla Walla Fortst Reserve Eliminations and Unofficial Procla-( matlon Relating to Wallowa Forest Also Received Locally The Official Guides Forthcoming. The recent elimination of various tracts, of land supposed to be of an agricultural character from the edges of national forests by proclamation of Pesldent Taft. has been the cause of nearly as much interest and far more misunderstanding on the part of the general public than the famous open ings' held last year in the States of Washington and Montana. At the U S. land office In La Grande, official notice has been received giving tha eliminations from the Umatilla and Whitman national forests, only. Tha Wallowa national forest, which is the center rdf interest, in this part of the country, has not yet been filed here. A copy of the presidential proclama tion,"' tn .connection with the Wallowa, has been received here.through unoffi cial sources', and all persons intend ing to file upon lands should carefully ncte the following paragraph relat ing to, the settlement and entryof lands thrown out. 'The lands hereby eliminated from the Wallowa National Forests which are not now embraced In any other reservation or appropriation, shall be . restored to the'public domain and be-, come subject to settlement under the general provisions of the homestead j laws on such date and after such no- tlce by 'publication as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe, but shall , not become subject to entry, filing,' selection, or other form of ap- proprlatlon until the . expiration of gardless of whether or not the per thtrty days from the date so fixed, ' son registered prior to the last elec and no person will be permitted . to tion. The books will be open until 45 gain or exercise any right whatever days prior to the general election under any settlement or occupation which occurs the first Tuesday after begun prior to such date and all set- ' the first Monday in November, It is tlement and occupation are hereby , forbidden." J It will thus be seen that, before the Interior Department makes a date' sity of being sworn In at the polls, fji settlement, no one will be pe ja procedure that Is tedious irksome tritted to settle upon any of th eMm-ratjd inconvenient, and.all because the in.ted lands, as this is expressly for-.voter Is too negligent to register be-l-ia len. It will also be noticed 1h.it fore the orimarles. This matter should j.Mie of such lands will be subject M filing of any kind until the expl lation of thirty days from the date fixed for settlement, Hence, the ele ment of speculation and fraudulent location in connection with these lands Is largely minimized. The advertis ing will be made, through the local officials, not only of the dates but of the lands eliminated as well. There- j fore- intending settlers should be very careful to follow strictly the official notices and directions, and, if this is j done on the part of those interested, i no unofficial Influence . need be con sulted or followed, sajd a land office official today. Teh officials here re quest all Interested persons to use ' extra caution ; in this regard. : Toolh 'Pullers Convene ; Harrisburg, Pa., June 28.-T.uoth doctors from all over Pennsvlvanln, ffeveral hundred In numb'ir opened a ir.nnvc.nHnn nf i ha fttntA ilcntnf an. Uetv today. ; Sufferer, from Jumpl uolars have been Invited to call at! the convention hall and serve as ma terial for' demonstrations of the latest methods of dental surgery. . .'Plnmlwrs Open Big Show. Chicago, June 28. Fat and frisky gentlemen distributing thousand dol- ar bills among bell hops will" be a eommbn night at the Congress hotel the next three days If the plumbers live up to the reputation conferred upon them by the professional funny fellows. So far. however, although the big hotel Is overflowing with sup posedly plutocratic plumbers, there have been no unseemly displays of wealth. The attraction for the al leged millionaires of the -pottering profession is the 28th annual con vention and exhibition of the National Association of the Master Plumbers pr the United States of America; The session and show opened today and w!'l wind up Thursday evening with a Uz ball In' the "gold room", of. the hotel which seem3 a good place for plumpers. " . . STORM SEWERS XEARLY DOXE. Contractor. Has Reached Depot Street With Storm Sewers Today Corm sewers have been lal t . on K'mlock. Greenwood, Fir, Elm and naitJv fomultted on Depot street to day.' and Contractor "Happy" Pay a crew la working on finishing details .for all those streets this afternoon, ; All connections have not been made In this territory but the pipe has been laid and as soon as the connections arrive the contractor will connect up and recover all the pipe. The sewer inns from catch basins on Adams Av enue to the main sewer ditch In the siley between Adams and Jefferson, the typography of the ground being such that this Is permissible. REGISTRATIONS 1 BOOKS OPEN AT CLERK'S OFFICE THIS MONTH. Necessary that Matter be Given At ? tentlon at Oner, County registrations for the coming primary and general elections in this county are well started, but apparent- ly few remember that the books are now open at the clerk's office and that registrations must be made re essential that every voter who is en titled to vote register before the books j are closed. This removes the neces be attended to at once. A Lecture to Men. Dr. J. M. Miller, editor of Character Builder who has devoted 15 years to lecturing on health culture, sexology, heredity,' moral education arid other phases of human culture will deliver a lecture tonight to boys over J 4 years and men tin "The Twentieth Century Man"' in' the assembly hair of the L. D. S. tabernacle. The lecture is free and a cordial Invitation is extended to every man and boy' in La Grande to attend. '. .' . - Dr. Miller has made a thorough Btu dy of the boy problem and has done personal work with thousands of boys during the paBt 15 years, lie has con ducted classes with special physiology for young men In two of the leading universities o'f the West for eight years and has endorsements from the best educators. In the' lecture that ' w, be tonight the Doctor will treat tne causes ana cures oi hucuu ovlta oml nltl nn1(n the' nrlnolnlPB that are fundamental In building up j:we;"4,V , ! ; - Hindus Deported. San! Francisco, v June 28. Eighty Hindu laborors were ordered deported today. Deportation was ordered after investigation of Immigrant laws. JURY DEH FOR GO HOURS BROWNE JURY COMES OUT F01C MORE INSTRUCTION'S AND TI1EX RETURNS AGAIN ESTABLISHES . OBJ REGOPiO Browne Hopeful of Escape as the Jury Falles to Agree More Than Ninety. . four Hours Deliberation Is More Than Former Records in Illinois Xo Intimation as to How Jurors Stand on Bribery Question. Chicago June , 28. Jury deadlock ' records In Illinois were broken this forenoon when the Jury In the Lee O'Neil Browne bribery case" was still undecided after having deliberated for ninety hours. , The previous record was the famed case of Doctor Cronln, when the jury waB out for eighty-two hours. Browne Is being tried for bribery In connection with the elec tion of U. S. Senator Lorimer during the recent legislative deadlock In 1111-'-( nol8. This afternoon Judge McSurley summoned the Jury .and gave them ad ditional instructions! He said he hop ed they would reach a verdict. The Jury retired again without saying how they Btood. ' ; , y , Browne - continues cheerful. This morlnng in an interview he bitterly attacked the district attorney. No More Tar at Alrdome, "Oh Joy!' the seats at the Alrdome have been covered and there is no fear of having our dresses spoiled"- this is what a lady sprung, this morn ing, and indeed It is quite a relief. The cement from the roof has been leaking through, on to the seats, but this lias all been done away with. The play that Is running now, "A Young Wife," is great a beautiful love story with a strain of comedy all the way through. One of the cleverest bits of character 'acting ever seen here Is done by Miss Godfrey as "Mother" In the dive tcene. "The Galley Slave Thursday night. SAYS CONDITIONS ARE GOOD, OX THE WHOLE. Thinks Railroad Bill is a Good One i and Will Adjust Matters. Seattle, June 28. Jacob Schlff, the head of the banking Jlrm of Kuhn, Loeb & Co., arrived here today en route to Alaska on a pleasure trip. For the first time since leaving New York Mr. Schift discussed national politics. He said financial conditions were gen earlly good, and that President Taft has been -a good president. He said: Taft't railroad bill Is a good one as it has shown the railroads where they . are at. All railroads need to adjust themselves to new conditions. This may require three or four months.', but with harvest and all coming on, all will be' well." , He said . he was an admirer of Roosevelt but did not have the slightest idea of what h proposed doing. . ; VlcePrcsldcnt's Wife III. Baltimore, June 28. The" condition of Mrs. James Schoolcraft Sherman, the vice president's wife, is grave this afternoon. The official is at the bed side. The nature of the ailment is not mude public. SCHIFF IKS PRESIDENT i, ;3-