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'i 11 ji !! V jj . I it VOL. XI LA UKaMjE. IjSlUS COUNTS, UKEtJUX FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 1910. NUMBER 250. BEISiiTIS ILLASREPQRTED 'FRQMFRISCO WILL RETURN TUS.lLt.Ji i-V SHORT-TIME ANNOUNCE IUS PHYSICIANS. TODAY it SINK III Attending Physician Denies EmphntL call; that Oregon's Executive Is at Death's Door Has Heen so Weak that He was Forced to Remain in Bed for Some Time Has Returned to his Apartnicni at Frisco. San Francis-", Aug. 19. Dr. Wor sen, governor iVuik Hanson's physi cian, emphatically denied today that the Oregon executive was at the point of death, as announced. Governor Benson has heen so weak that he remained In bed until the last ' few days and did not o jibouc nmch He . hag cancer of the nose, which j threatened for 'a time to destroy, the j sight ot his right eye. 'ihe doctoi s'j v. t ..Saldino tn tVlA trApAUient. i say lie j '"-'i,ub . .. j Benson expects to return to foalem May Sink at Any Time. For some time Governor uenHon UCC 11 Bio;'' " w " at Rosa, in Marlon county. Yesterday he returned to his apartments in this city. He seems in much better spir its. -';-. J v'-; It is admitted that a change for the worse may come at any time. ; ftherinan on Mump. New York, Aug. 19 It is stated here that Vice-President Sherman has con sented to take the stump for the re- TiMiinit rnmrresslonal campaign k.lnnlno nrntiahlv nPVt ...l. II. .11, . . n n i. mnar rT Illy I I 1 1 1 H the west, especially m Oklahoma, 3 " - it rWift n Ready for Elirln Meet -Chicago, Aug. 19 Workmen are, ' b inii rsR mr tiih nuLiuuai luau ic&vo X .... . ..il..l J begin at Elgin a week rrom toaay. The grand Btand is a. commodious structure, seating about 8,000 persons 1n all. It has been decided to charge popular pricesfifty cents for bleach - er seats, $1 for grand stand seats and $L50 a person fop boxes. In addition to this, there will be a general admis sion to the course of fifty cents. The course is now in good condition and in the week remaining, with favorable weather conditions, the roads can be put in perfect shape. PUBLIC SEXT1MEXT WITH WOMAN DEFENDANT. THE Jury Out hut Twelve Hours, and Re. ! tnrns a Verdict of Acquittal. Llbby, Mont., Aug. 20. Vera Proa ser, who killed her divorced husband aboard a passenger train near Libb", June 1, was acquitted today on , a charge of murder after the Jury had been out all night. The trial last's! three days and was replete with dra matlc Incidents. t lo!5 She ' says " she does not , know her York public will support racing with plans but will probably go east. Pre- J out any gambling attachmers. and vlously she lived at Seattle and Cleve- the coming harness session will be land. Popular sympathy was with the looked upon as an Interesting experi woman. ment. Xatioual Rifle Matches. Camp Perry, 0., Aug. 19. Prelimin ary practice for -the matches of the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle practice commenced today at Camp Perry, bringing cracjr shots from all over the land, to take part 'n the contests for supremacy to be held during the coming week. The piac tlce will continue tomorrow,-and 'the shoot will be on In earnest Monday. Some important changes have Iweu made since last year in the rules gov erning the national matches. Thi most important la a provision Intended to prevent the occurrence or the neces sity for imposing a penalty on a team for changing rifles. The new rul? ex pliclty points out what alterations may be made in a service weapon, after It leaves the ordinance department. The trlggerpull must not be reduced, th bolt must not be polished, nor bands be loosened. The incident which gav; rise to this rule occurred last "year, when the entire rapid-ifire score of the Naval Academy wa3 thrown out he cause the rifles did not conform to the conditions. From the national team and individ ual matches the 800-yard stay i has been eliminated, and In the 2 90-yard -rapid-fire stage position is now kneel ing Instead of standing. . - Gaynor Show's Slight Improvenienl. Hoboken, Aug. 19. The condition of Mayor Gaynor tqday is very satis factory to his physicians. FROT INSPECTOR ELATED SAMTARY CONDITIONS AT pie Market Much In Doubt let Pear Shipments' Started Coming p. Apple orchards on the Sand ridge, at and near Imhler, have never appeared more attractive, more heavily ladened with apples, or giving evident of pro ducing a more perfect crop than right now, affirms County Fruit Inspector Stilwell,. who yesterday afternoon completed a tour of that section of the fruit belt, inspecting Jvery orchard carefully sud minutely. The orchards are less InsecMnfected than common ly, and the ettofmous crop is almost perfect in every respect. The fruit in spector la highly elated over the "sani tary" con'd.itlons of the orchards i wherever he has been. Imbler was not visited by the heavy hailstorm, some 1 time since, which did some damage in May Park and Fruitdale, and conse quently the Imbler fruit Is a very fine variety this fall. .; ' Pear Shipments Under Way. : The Ramsey warehouse company yes terday loaded two carloads of Bartlett pears, destined to Dakota points. The shipment was. of a very good quality of fruit, the hears being ot a large smooth and lucious variety. Apple Shipments Approucliiu. . Preliminaries for handling the enbr mous apple crop this fall and winter are now under way. All fruit dealers of the valley are anticipating a profit able season, though there is little to say about the markets at this time. It is entirely too early to make predic tions as to what Grande Ronde apples will bring, but that the shortage in the Middlewest and portions of New York's annle belt will have a material effect in Grande valley, is conceded. At lira crops ABOUT PERFECT least the market will be llvejy and the presentation speech, touching upon there should be no difficulty In dispos- j the efficiency of his services as dis Ing of the fruit,' butwhat the price trict superintendent in the Idaho con will be, remains to be seen. . ference. ' , 4 5 . : ;-' Doctor Headland of Pekin, China, "Got. Unpen Racing." was to have delivered an address last New York, Aug. 19. New . York ',. evening, but did not come, and Doctor horsemen are referring to next week's j Homan of Willamette valley filled the grand circuit trotting meet at the Em- slate with his masterly address, "Sci plre track as the Gov. Hughes meet- entlfic Education." v ' ing.", because of the fact that all bet- j ting will be rigidly suppressed. Trot- ting horse' men believe that the. New STATE'S HITS (tTlTE OF CONFERENCE SMOOT AXD It OK AH WILL PRE. SEXT WESTERN" STATES' FOREST IDEAS . : -. , ; v. Western Governors' Representatives ! St Paul will Hare Chance to he Heard at St. Paul State Ultyhts Ov. cr Government RIfrhts to Wlthdnnv Power Sites AViil he Advocate J ly Strontr Delegation. ' Portland, Aug. 19. Telephonic ' re-; ports from Wallowa, Ore., say a fire which It was supposed the troops had controlled at Medical Springs, has broken out again, but it is believed it cali he-stopped before much more da m- age is dune. '- ' On the Snake river district of the Wallowa reserve a new fire is also r r ported. If it gets bad another requi sition for troops wilt be made. Rangers Reported Surrounded. Klamath Falls, Ore., Aug. 19. Every available man is being rushed to the forest fireB on Prospect Trail, believed to be of an ' incendiary origin. Tl.e flames extend Over an area of twentv miles. ' Unverified reports say thai several forest rangers are surrounded in the fire. The timber is dry,'" and, hard to control. Grants Pass Fire Out Grants Pass, Ore., Aug. 19, A for est fire which raged yesterday near Frultvale, four miles from this city,; is reported dying out this afternoon. 1 Portland, Aug. 19. Save for fires in the Clearwater district in Idaho and in the Southcf n Oregon Crater Nation al forests, the fire situation continues to improve, Reports reaching thjp local forestry department from points in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Mon tana, say the fires burning are but comparatively small. Rains are prom ised and it Is believed the worst it over. '.. . The two companies of Infantry, which left American Lake yesterday, arrlver at MedfOrd and left for thd Crater fire today. Twenty-five fires are burning, and the fire area covers fifty square miles. While it is ad- IS SUP IT FIBIB mitted the acreage "burned ovef is berger by a plurality of 2,000. ' Sh'al large and the losses heavy Forester !enberger won't admit his defea. The Cecil says the first reports were ex- result is yet in doubt, as Dahlnan is aggerated. -.j'- , weak in the rural districts. , c Joseph,- Aug. 10. Special Confer ring a token of esteem in the form of a purse of $50 to retiring Dis trict Superintendent J. D. Gilliian, marked the morning session of the second day of the Methodist confer ence here today. A, L. Hajvorth made Today the conference opened with the sacrament of the Lord's supper by Bishop Smith. Routine business mat ters followed. ; : . . Ten new men were transferred to the conference and two were taken In full membership. They were V. K. Whitlock of the North Indian confer IDOL SPRING FOREST FIRES GROWWORSE TROOPS WILL RE REQUISITIONED FOR IF BLAZE IS NOT C0. TROLLED SOON kit hi mus Situation Generally Throughout the Northwest Continues to Imprlxe, Rut In Wallowa and at Klamath ' Falls, there Is Much Trouble Modi citl Spriugs Rlaae Breaks Out Anew Troops Reach Southern Oregon Fire. Salt' Lake, Aug. 19. Western gov ernors conferring today voted to. Bend representatives to the national con servation congress at St. Paul, after Vrank B. Kellogg has promised their views of conservation would be pre sented to the congress. Kellogg de clared that Taft and Roosevelt would attend the convention. The governors then went into execu tive session to prepare a statement. It. is expectected the statement will be a tankmount to the state's right of dec laration of Jurisdiction over timber lands. Senator Smoot was chosen to present the statement to the .con gress. Smoot was tabooed by Pinchot-, tans on account of his favoring a bill In the senate for the transfer of con trol of water power sites from the government to the states. Smoot will attend the congress as x representative for Governor Spry. Ho and Senator Borah will be the chief spokesmen for the state's right-fat,, tlon, . ."'- ; ' '' Tleased with Purchase Charles Ball and Ed. Dawn,- who purchased the White Front Lunch counter on JefferBon street, p.r. pleased with their investment ar.u state that La Grande is the best city in the whole of Eastern Oregon for their business. DAIILMA 'S LEAD A SAFE ONE, Wide Margin elJtwecn He and Siiaf. lettlterger when Final Count Come Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 19. With the returns of two-thirds of the state's vote in, Dahlman Is leading Shallon- E PAYS TRITE TO DISTRICT SOP. HL0L1 ence and W. S. Hamilton ot the North-' west Iowa canference. Bishop Smith In his scholarly way, addressed the new class. ' Van Dusen Superannuated. On his own request Rev. W. W, Van Dusen . was superannuated. He has been located at Portland of late, but is well known throughout eastern Ore gon. '.' ; "... '.'.;;..'.. 'Three were graduated from the con ference course of study. They, were, Rev. Howorth, Fred G. Potter and W, W. Deal, .'. ; .. - - Delegates to Head of Lake. This afternoon the delegates were transferred to the head of the lake, combining business with pleasure. This evening the temperance lectures' by Rev. Ousterhout and Rev. KnoddelJ will take place at he head of th lake, and a sumptuous feast is to fol low the temperance addr esses. .If Doctor Headland reaches here o- night, he will deliver the postponed lecture. . WILL BUILD A NEW MR1GI1SLK Will Ruiid a New Airship Senice Out of 'Frisco. San Francisco, Aug. 19. Backed by j prominent business men, W. T. Mear- ry, an inventor, will still launch his monster dirigible balloon in 'splendor. He hopes to inaugurate a' service be tween this city and Los Angeles. He will use helicopters, heretofore un tried, as a means of ascent and de scent. The horizontal will bet pro pelled by three powerful gasoline mo tors The gns bag will only 'be -used to make the bouyancy, while the heli copters will be use to lift the dirig ible. WILL REPAIR PIPE ORGAN. j Xerlh Powder Merchant Is Called to Seattle. Xorth Towder, Or., Aug. 19. Special Carl O. Johnson, one of the firm of the Forstrom & Johnson company, has been called to Seattle to repair the large Cathedral pipe organ in thut tfwuuuuu nua tvi a tn MAito connected with the organ factory and installed the one he now goes to re pair. This Instrument alone cost $10, 000. Mr. Johnson is a thorough musi cian and his attention now is bein directed to the Invention of a new piano player. FARMERS' DAI AND EXPERIMENT DAY NEXT WEEK, Prominent Speakers from Cortnllis, Porilund and Salem Coming. Unlou Experiment Station, Union, Ore., Aug. 20. Special. The Far mers' Union picnic will be held in 'Hunters' Grove, Friday, August 26, Dr. Jamrs With.rcorabe, Hon. Dunham Wright, Dean Cordley, and others, will deliver addresses ',n Vii morning and Suitable entertainiiiciii will be'yrovitl td for the afternoon by. the Union pc? pie. Those who attend are going to bring'' their baskets full of good thlugB to eat, and thet'e Will 1)8 a mighty feJd during the noon hour. Everyone is invited to come and have a royal good time. ' . ' . ' : .. ::', Saturday, August 27, will be Far mers' Day at the Eastern Oregon ex periment station, when ; the visitors v 11 be given an opportunity in the morning to observe practical demon strations in cultural methods, field crops fruit growing, grain and live stock farming. The afternoon will bf devoted to addresses from L, A. Wright, Mayor of the city of Union; Hon. J, K. Weatherford, president ot the board of regents of the Oregon Agricultural college; Hon. Walter M. Pierce, member of. the board of re gents; Hon. Jay Bowerman, ac'ni; governor of the state of Oregon, Dr. W. J. Kerr, persldent of the Oregon agricultural college; nd D. O. Lively, general agent Portland Union Live Stock Yards' company. , : , ' ' ' The O. R. & N. Company has made a special rate of a fare and one-third from Pendleton to Huntington Im'.u eive, which takes in the La Grande Joseph bran.h, as well as the main line. Sale dates will be August 23, ?6,,and 27, and all tickets will carry a f'nal return limit of August 29. Haywood to Europe. New York, Augi 19. William P. llaywood. who, as secretary : of the Western Federation of Miners, was ac- quitted of complicity In the murder of former Governor Steunenberg, of Ida- ho., after a sensational ''trial,.1 is to he American representative at the Inter - national Congress of Socialists, oien - ing in Copenhagen, Denmark, August ! 28. Haywood will spend about four months In Europe, and will deliver many addresses. ' . RWRMlllUIUi UUflB UIIIIIIIII HI1CL , ., .. -i v - (. . ;. ...... ... , . . . . JUDGE Oil TO nr nsnnirinrn It ifilllHIitU FOR EIE1 POIXDEXTERS EMIOADH WITH, INSURGENCY FORCES RE PUBLICANS TO MERGE Lfl FGLLETTE WILL mi Insurgency in Wisfon!ii as Strong us In Kansas Labor' Party In Penn sjlvHuin will Support Dalzell's En emy at the Primaries Centralize Forces of Republican Party . nt . Washinirton. Seattle. ,Wn Aug. 20. The Seattle Star today sayg Judge Burk of Seattle, will withdraw from the United State3 senatorial race in favor of John Wil son, publisher of the (Post-Intelligen-cer, his bitter rival, for the purpose ot beating Poindexter, the insurgent. Formal announcement, Bays the Star, will be made soon. It Is known that Polndexter's campaign throughout the state has caused the rtfeUlars much worry and it 1 believed they have di cided to concentrate on one candidate, i Labor Against -DalzclL . . Pittsburg, Aug. 19. The America' Federation of Labor'will 'oppose Joht Dalzell, the regular Repubjican, an will support Dr. BlacH. the Indepen dent, according to lutlniatlon of Qouh pers today, Mr, Black: was deteat in kl the primaries by Dalzell, and afs ter his successful contest of th9 elect tion, decided to rua independent. LaFollet Will he Re-Elected. 1 Salina, Kans., Aug. 10. Senator ; Brlstow today, returned from his trip, about Wisconsin, and said there i nv doubt but that Lafollette of Wisconsin, will be re-elected to' the.' senate.-. Ha said he won't, believe, anyone can, di feat LaFollette. He thinks he will wia : the renomlnatlon by a plurality of lo,ooo. . - , - ' Bristow said the Insurgency in Wis consin is nearly as strong as in Kan- Eagles In St. Louis. St. Louis, Aug. 19. St. Louis echoed today to the first cheerful cheeping of the advance flocks of Eagles, and be fore forty-eight hours have passed, the Mississippi valley metropolis will be the roosting place of tenB of thous ands of the birds of Joy The sessions of ; the convention will continue through the coming week. , Twenty five thousand dollars will be distribu ted in prizes for degree team con tests, competitive drills and other events. .-':' '"''': i; HOURLY DEATHS OCCUR FROK THE DREADED PESTILENCE Italian Government Taking. Hand. W Prevent Further Spread PLAGUE SPREADS INJTALY Barl, Italy, Aug. 20. With the deatli list of 33 being increased hourly, th ' virulent cholera epidemic on the Ad. I riatlc coast is assuming alarming pro-' ; portions, i . U The Italian government is hurrying detectives from Rome to the scene. All j public gatherings are forbidden, 1 . Peasants are holding historical ; religlouB meetings praying for dlvlua , Intervention.' The towns. Rarletta. Tranl. Blton, and Mola, :ire the priu clpal places affected. 1