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TOHGUE SPLIT. JIfl -CM
Victim of Holdup Writes Details of
Hor he was Mutilated by Holdups
Xrar His Home la Portland Victim
Has Been Id Portland Bat Ten Days
Aid by Sound of Firing.
PA5TSACHEM TO ASTORIA
PAST GREAT SACHEM CHERRY
WILL ATTEND GREAT COUNCIL
On His Return, Mdttlonal Laundry
Machinery Will ht Purchased
A. B. Cherry, pa3t Great Sachem of
the Improved Order of Red Men, left
Saturday evening for Astoria to at
tend the annual great council of Red
Men. ;
Returning from Astoria, several
days will be spent. in Portland com
pleting his purchases of machinery
for the new laundry,
Dr. Davidson Buchanan, to Lecture.
Friday night at the Christian
church. Lecture, "London by Day and
Night" '
BE SUIT PRECEDES
GOFALLEGE
CASES TO IE
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3 OOOTLEGGIilG
Til it HUGE
Portland, July 25. With, his tongue
clipped In two, and the lower part of
his Jaw broken and carried away, R.
II. Irwin, secretary of the Inland Ir
rigation company, with head offices at
Stanfleld, Oregon, wrote a statement
today which may help the police find
the robbers who waylaid, shot and
robbed hint early today near his
' home.
Irwin wrote that they stepped from
a woodpile and ordered his hands up.
He refused. . One poked a revolver
against his head and fired.
They searched his pockets and fled
while Irwin's wife came to the rescue
to ascertain the troubie. . He had been
here ten days. :i ?- ,f.
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1 U.G. GROUCH INJURED
Experiment With "Frisky"- Colt and
Is Thrown Against Wire Fence "
U. G. Grouch the Island Cty or
chardist is confined to his home with
considerable suffering today as the
result of a frisky "monoplane." His
friends say he was experimenting
with the motive power Qf his mono
plane, when, after a 'flight of about
ten feat, he was precipitated to the
ground with much force, sustaining
considerable injury about the hip
which, however will not be perman
ent. : ".-' ,'
The truth of the matter Is he was
trying to break his colt ; ana was
thrown from a sulky and after mono-
planing for something like ten feet,
struck a fence post. ,
RATTLER KILLED
1ST ID
Trial of some forty-two Indict
ments charging bootlegging In Union
county by an adjourned term of the
circuit court will be ushered in to
morrow, probably, when Adolph New
Hn becomes defendant at trial on one
of several counts alleging illegal sale
of liquors. Circuit Judge Knowles
convened this morning as an adjourn
ed session but the first case on the
docket was that of Joseph M. Mills
against the George Palmer lumber
company. " Wills Is suing the com
pany for $5000 as damage money for
inlurles racelved at the mill . The
Jury was drawn at noon and the after
noon session heard evidence Introduc
ed.
While the Newlln case is the first
liquor case on the docket, it Is doubt
ful If the case now on hand will bo
disposed f In time to allow any ap
preciably headway on the liquor case
tomorrow. However It is next up
and for some time to come, liquor
cases will be the sole subject consld
ered. There are forty-two Indictments
though not as many defendants lor
there are several Indictments against
some oLthe men accused.
III COTS BED
JOSEPH LAKE AT HEIGHT OF ITS
1 SEASON JUST NOW
iMEIT
La Grande People, Prominent in So
cial Functions at "The Lake"
hi'
AFTER I'M
0F1ESSEL
STRIKE Oil ERA! TR0II5 IIEAR
ASETTLEIEIT
MR. AND MRS. TOPPERWEIN HOLD
EXHIBITION SHOOT
Lady Also a Startling Adept Wttb
Rifle and" Entertains Crowd
Toronto, July 25. Through , trains
are running on the Grand Trunk
lines on schedule time though the
strike by conductors and trainmen Is
not declared off. The men are not
acting while the conference Is pend
ing; '. . ' . r" ' '
; South Bend, July , 25. Rioting has
broken out here as the result of the
shootmg of a car repairer during the
Grand Trunk strike, by a Plnkerton
strike breaker. . Strikers are ugly
and state troops are held in readiness
to suppress disorders. ,
HIED HUE
ITALY
SPRING
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TORS
NORTHERN ITALY VISITED BY
DISASTROUS WIND STORM
B GARFIELD LEADS
; FORTHEG.D.P.
lOliffl
Head-of-the-Lake. Joseph. July
23 Special Thi3 cool, resort has
been the mecca for n.any families from
all over eastern Oregon and Wash
ington the past week. At the public
functions La Granda people are much
In evidence. .
Among those who camped here dur
ing the week Just ending are Messrs
and Meadames T. J. Scroggln, Will
French, Colon R. Eberhard, : F. P.
Chllders, Wallace Chllders and Ray
Logan; Mrs. McCall and daughters
Florence and Marjorle, Miss Ivy Long,
Arcnie oagou, nuuaui r iuv uu i.
II. Steward.
leasers Scroggln and French made
a fishing side trip to the Iininaha river
Friday, returning with a large catch.
Most of the La Grande people men
tioned above will return Sunday or
Monday. Among those who will; not
return until arter the nm or the
month are the Eberhards. They have
their own camp and besides entertain
lug La Grande peope. have at their
domicile many "people from Joseph,
their old home. : '
From Elgin. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Har
ris and Mr. and, Mrs. Masterson are
i registered at the office of the com
pany, ;, .- .,:
TOTAt NUMBER MISSING IS 155
WHEN JAPANESE BOAT SINKS
ON ROCKY COAST '
MM 01! THE Sffilll
OHIO SEEMS DIVIDED ON THE
TAFT ADMINISTRATION
MEASURES FOOT LONG AND CAR
RIED ONE RATTLE
Wind Does Damage of Many Million
and Wrecks Entire Towns
Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Topiierweln
of San Antonio, Texas,. the celebrated
marksmen, guve an exhibition of ex
pert and fancy shooting inr West La
Grande at 3 p. m. today. " This exhib
ition will.be well worth an effort to
nee, as no such marvelous shooting
has ever been done In this section. It
will be a revelation to, all of the won
derful possibilities of modern arms
and ammunition In the bands of .ex
perts. Mr. Topperweln Is the ac
knowledged dean of. fancy and trick
shots, his many feats being of a
highly sensational character. Mrs.
Topperweln Is without a peer among
women In this line of work. Ladles
are especially urged to come and wit
ness her astonishing skill with shot
gun, rifle and pistol. The exhibition
Is free. .
During the World's Fair In St, Lou
is Mr. Topperweln broke 3,507 flying
targets without a miss. The targets
were a composition disc 2 1-4 Inches
in diameter, and were thrown In the
air 25 feet from him. This record was
. made In four hours and ten minutes
and was witnessed by hundreds of
spectators.
Another feat performed by him was
to hit 85" out of 100 2 1-2-lnch targets
thrown in the air, he doing the shoot
ing while riding at full speed In an
automobile. Mr. Tonnerwne Is the
originator of many marvelous fancy
and trick shots, and rlso the act of
drawing" pictures with rifle bullets;
6hootn a rifle rapidly and drawing
the outline of Indian chief or other
I
Serpent Sunning Itself on Sidewalk
In Front of Stoddard Residence
Rattle snakes are growing bold.
This morning a pedestrian on First
street,' coming down the hill walk at
Spring a'nd First, discovered a rattler
minnlne Itself on the sidewalk In
front of the J. B. Stoddard residence,
To kill it was riot a serious task for
the snake was not yet fully -matured
It measured one foot in length and
could boast of one rattle. Even at
that age the strike Is verypolnsonous
and no doubt little fellows with Bhoes
and stockings safely tucked away at
home will meandering with consider
Milan, July 25. One hundred deac"
and more than 500 injured is the es
timate today of the great hurrlcan
results, that swept over northern Italy
Saturday. : '
Many towns and villages were wip
ed out by the gale. . Property loss will
reach many millions.
Assistance Is" being rushed to the
wrecked towns and the homeess are
being cared for. , - ' :
Regulars Hope to Avert Defeat by
Giving Liberal Compromise
MISS LAMBERT IMPROVING
,Mlss Lambert the 14-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lambert of
Fruitdale Is passed the immediate
danger from acute anterior polio mye-
able care in that section of La Grande litis, with which she has been suffer
for a few days to come.
The incident is without precedent
In recent years it is believed certan-
ly Is very unusual and rattlers usual
ly, seek the more secluded rocks as
their haunts.'
Ing for some tme. Her case has lea
her physician Doctor Moltor to be
lieve that the disease Is most fatal
when the patient Is under fifteen or
sixteen years. .
' Columbus, Ohio, July 23. Politic
ians declare the choice for republican
nomination for governor of Ohio to
morrow when the state' convention
meets, is between Former Governor
Garfield and Former Lieutenant Gov
ernor Warren Harding.
The Cox-Dick Burton combination
of regulars are planning to offer a
compromise to Garfield adhernts by
giving them their nominations lfthey
will endorse Taft's ,admlnlstrat6n,
The ','Garfields" will agree only, It is
said, to "Taft's Intentions." This will
likely cause ablg fight.
The regulars are trying .to keep the
fight , from the convention floor be
cause such a scrap would furnish a
LARGE TABS
IRRIGATION
Two Boats Out of Six Launched Reach
' Shore Boats and Warships Sevkla?
for Other Four-fifty Army OSicers
With the Missing Captain and Most
of Crew go Down With Ship 03
Rack? Shore....,..,,.......:,
Nagas, July 25. All efforts to send
a wireless to the warships dispatches
yesterday to find 105 passengers an
fifty army officers adrift in small
boats since the wreck and sinking of
tVia Tnrtanooa Knot Mum Kntnrdav af-
ternoon.oft the Chinese Islands of
Korea, were unsuccessful todayf
Additional war vessels have been
ordered to the scene of the disaster to
aid in the Bearch of the mlBslng'boats,
carrying the human freight.
Two Boats Reach Shore
Only two boats reached shore, out
ill M. .JLHf rtredth the fog" after tin I
rock coast had beenf struck. The crew
and passengers number 3ifi nd the
captain and most of the crew went
down with the ship. It in doubful
the other four boita survived the sea. '
WHILE SMALLER TRACT OWNERS
PRAY, THEY OBJECT
Directors Attempt to Adjust Boundar
ies to Solt Everyone. , .
PLAIITER IIOPJE
FROI SOUTH
it
E. Z. CARBINE, SPENDING
WEEKS HERE -
FEW
That owners of a few farms In the
proposed La Grande 'irrigation dis
trlct are going to show strenuous op
position to the district plan of lrr
gatlon, developed Saturday afternoon
when the directors of the Meadow-
i brook association held a public nieet.
Ing. From small tract owners "there
' is an lncesant cry for water, but some
who own several hundred acres ob
ject. S'-V -.V-
Wherever It Is possible, such men's
farms are left out of the district on
their own -request , A few prominent
'Former La Grande Man Has Good Sue
cess in Western Mexico .
farmers are located In such a way
bit. of campaign material for the dem-j that It seems Impossible for them to
ocrat who would point i,o the, fact
that Taft's own state was divided
against him.'
BOY'S LEG BROKEN
Falls OTer Embankment While on a
Trip up the River and Is n.nrt
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(Continued on Pag Eight)
Shirley Tucker, son of Mr. and Mrs.
D. D. Tucker of north La Grande, sus
tained a painful break of his left leg
yesterday while on an expedition up
the river. In crawling over an em
bankment he slipped and fell to the
bottom, breaking his left leg below
the knee. As both bones are brok
en, the Injury Is' painful. The acci
dent was witnessed by Geo. L. Cleav-
j er, who brought the injured boy to
La G.-ande. "
If TO PIECES
DYNAMITE DDI SHELL
' Rldgeway, Pa.; July 25, Mayor A
Roseman was killed today by the ex
plosion of a bomb hurled at him by an
unidentified man. He was lyin?: In a
hammock In his yard. The assassin
hurled the dynamte and escaped
Roseman's body was literally torn
to pieces, but he lived several hours.
A posse of COO started In pursuit, with
great excitement. ..
Psychology.
Dr. Davidson Buchanan will con
tinue his studies on Pschology Tues
day evening at eight o'clock at the
home of Mrs. Moore on Fourth st.
All Interested are Invited.
After spending a year or more la
i . -i' m
wnat s commonly cauea me uaiuor
nla of Mexico, but geographically
known as the state of SInola in west
ern Mexico, E.-Z. Carbine the Fruit
dale' orchardl8t Is home for a month's
visit with relatives and,, to give at
tention to his business affairs here.
Mr,, Carbine Is located near the
town of Machlcahue, Slnola. where
he owns 560 acres of his own land
and Is Interested In a, company that
controls or plants something like
17000 acres. The plantation Is pro
ductive of tropical fruits and also of.
an abundance of tomatoes, canteloup
and the like.
The planter 'will return about Sep
tember first, and his family will Join
mm laier ia iub iau. . .
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BS uer 111 CUUUUIUii.jr mm vuo
es of the people Involved as possible,
though, they may not be always able
to do so. .j.''.;-' ' ';.' '
One prominent Irrlgatlonist sad to
day: "The big land owners overlook
the fact that their land will be so val
uable when water Is put on It that
they cannot afford to own: a half-
thouand acres, but can sell liberal
portions of their holdings at greatly
increased prices and still produce
more than they do now. In this way
Little else was done Saturday than It will be possible to bring more peo
to listen to th discussions. The pie to Union county and still retain
rectors are shaping their bounda; Ion Dose already here. . . ' i
be placed without the boundaries of
the district from such sources will
come what objection there Is or, may
be developed. 1,
When the project Is in working or
der for its completion seems surer
today than at any time in the history
of Irrigation agitation the men who
are now objecting to the system will
be able to buy water If there Is any
to sell, but they will have to take what
is left .and that, of course at much
higher prices than those In the dis
trict. From $1.25 to $1.50 Is the esti
mated cost per year per acre and this
very reasonable sum Is what la giv
ing added pojularlty to the scheme.
Other plans may be advanced, but
cheaper water rights are hardly conceivable.