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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 27, 1910)
la U 1 M. 1 H LA OKAJND& IjMOJS UUN'1 UKEUOxN. SATURDAY, AUGUST 27, 1910. NUMBER 237 VOL. XI rrrvr COWBOYS HOSTS 10 ROOSEVELT 1CHEIE1E GREAT RECEPTION TENDERED HIM AT FRONTIER SHOW BEING HELD THERE SILENT ON POST Hundreds of Cowboys, Indians and Citizens Receive the Colonel with Open Arms In Cheyenne This Morn Ing Roosevelt Refuses to Discuss the Attack on Himself by New York Tost Accusing Him in Strong Terms Cheyenne, Av:. 27. Colonel Roose velt today re t to reply to an edi torial published in the New York Post yesterday, bitterly attacking him. Roosevelt intimated 'he expected the attack and looks upon it as the first gun of a fight he started in New York The Post charged that the Colonel nosed as a corporation hater in order! to make the corporations contribute for his election for a third teem In 1912. "Such wild, whirling words as Roosevelt utttered yesterday, are a curse of the public life," the editorial began. " 'I'll make .corporations come to time," shouted Roosevelt to , the mob, but dldnt he really mean he would make them come, down with the cash to elect them, as they did before." Roosevelt hinted he would reply fully, after thinking it over. Met at Station. Senators Warren and Borah greet ed Roosevelt at the station when he arrived here today. Cowboy escorts surrounded the big automobile which bore the senator to the home of Sena tor Warren. After a short stop, RooRe velt was driven to the capltol grounds. From the stand there he viewed the parade of five thousand regular troops, 2500 cowboys and girls, a hun dred Indians, civic, and fraternal or ganizations. After lunch Roosevelt was escorted by the' reception com mittee to the park. , Cowboys Gather Early. Cheyenne, Aug. 27. Long before the Theodore Roosevelt party arrived today, the stage was all Bet' for the colonel's entrance. Cow boys gallop ed up the streets ,and everything look ed truly frontier. Large crowds were here before the train arived. A parade of soldiers, cowboys, fra ternal orders, etc., lined up waiting to move past the reviewing stand, in front of the state capital where Colo nel Roosevelt was to review it. After the parade luncheon was served to the Colonel and a real programme be gan. From the special stand at Fron tier Park, Roosevelt delhered his ad dress. ' ' After his speech this afternoon, a hundred cowboys will surround the stand and move it bodily to the center of the field where Roosevelt can view, unobstructed, the sports that used to make the ranchers" holiday, 23 years ago. BIG GOVERN31EXT DISPLAY Spokane Demonstrations and Displays M ill Include Government Show Spokane, Wash., Aug. 27. Realizing the importance of the Dry Farming Congress, International Exposition the United States government has de cided to make a large display of the products of its experiment stations and demonstration farms In Spokane the week of October ,1. The exhibit will be the most comprehensive of its kind ever displayed at a world exposi tion. Professor 11. H. Powell., chief or the bureau of plant industry of the department of agriculture, , has ap pointed Professor E. L. Adams of the station at Philabrook. Mont., to take charge of collecting and installing the government's exhibit, which ncrunv a Knar nf fin lineal feet .., - ,r ., - , j ATnnsltlnn ton at tha fair prminrls. ! Professor Adams announces that the display will consist mainly of grains, plants and root crops, grown at the experiment stations and demon stration farms throughout the North west . Professor Adams promises an exhi bit that will arouse the enthusiasm of the ' most skeptical," said Martin J. Wessels, superintendent of exhibits, "and the result will be that the great er acreage In the semi-arid states will be devoted to dry farming in the fu- ture. The government will show con clusive proof of the value of this mod ern method of tillage with its display. "We have received exhibits from various parts of the Northwestern and Pacific states, and there is every reas on to believe that the exposition will be the largest and most comprehen sive of any that has yet been organ ized on. the American continent." . Browne Bribery Case Continues. Chicago. Aug. 27. That witnesses charged with legislative bribery,' were deliberately given information, and then plied with questions on orders of the state's attorney, was the charge made by Detective Keeley on the wit ness stand today. Keeley was for merly employed by, the state attorn ney's office. The detective testified that State Representative Becksmey- er.told him he was forced to testify for the state against Browne, or be sent to the penitentiary. BOB WITHYCOMBE SUGGESTED AS MAN TO SEND EAST. Apple Growers Anxious to Hme Good Exhibit at Show There. An effort is being made to send Bob Withycombe, superintendent of the Union experiment station, to Chicago' this fall as Union county's represen tative at the apple show there. While Grande Ronde valley will doubtlessly be represented at the Spokane show the apple growers are very desirous of having a man' in Chicago, when the big show takes place there and the general opinion is that no one in the Grande Ronde valley would be more fitted to handle the exhibit, and to make an Impression on the Eastern ers than Mr. Withycombe. C. If. Conkey is In Union today con ferring with Mr. Withycombe on the . matter, and it is presumed the affair , will assume Borne tangible form in i the near future. The apple men are unanimous in their desire to get an exhibit tp Chi cago. The one used at Spokane could be sent there very conveniently for it would not require the repacking nec essary were one not sent to Spokane. This, all agree, would be one of the finest advertisements that could be given the Grande Ronde valley. ' ' AVIATOR MAKES HIGH DIVE Drops !t00 Feet Into the Sea i Then Calmly Swims to Safety. nI New York, Aug. 27. Aviator Mars achieved fame today as a high diver, when he leaped from hiB falling aero plane at a height of 300 feet, into the sea near Sandy Hook. The machine became unmanageable and collapsed. Mars narrowly escaped being struck by the falling wreckage. : The machine was a Curtiss biplane. Mars was uninjured by the fall and Mas swimming to shore, when res cued. '.' ' Holers in Candidate Rare Adna B. Rogers is a candidate for nomination to the. office of constable in this precinct. He has filed his in- tentions. Mr. Rogers is a republican. GET GI1G0 T SURE DOG FIGHTERS HJ SAFE PLAGE GOVERNOR'S ENVOY ' KIIH-VS AND PICTURES CONDITION'S. AT WALLACE SUFFERING IS TERRIBLE Men Burned So Terribly That They Must Hold Their Hands Above Their ; Heads so as to Alleviate Suffering Men and Women Burned While Ly ing In Shallow Water Few Realize Intense Suffering. Spokane, Aug. 27. Following re ceipt of news at midnight that Ran ger Halm with a party of 15 was safe, the list of the dead and missing In forest fires in Idaho and Montana,, has been reduced to. dead. 131; miss ing, 94. .. ; S V-''- Among the missing are twenty-five men In the Clearwater reserve who camped on clear areas and . are. be lieved to be safe. The message an nouncing the safety of. Halm from Ranger Haines", was dated at Iron Mountain, Mont. Haines, with a party left Tuesday for the St. Joe country, to find Halm. Though there Is little indications of rain, conditions are im proving and many fires are burnng out. - Toll Gate Fire Serious. Elgin, Ore., Aug. 26. Special. The mountains surrounding Elgin are to day obscured by smoke and ashes! caused by the forest fires raging near by. At Toll Gate, 22 miles from here, the' fire is about 19 miles long, and apparently beyond control. Strong winds are blowing which will renew the vigor of the flames and cause more damage. About thirty men arrived on the Wednesday train to fight fire in the Proctor eMadows. . O. P. Christian, In charge of the Boys' and Girls' Home at Boise, who was sent by Governor Brady to In epect the conditions In the burned districts at Wallace, Kellog andWard ner, was In La Grande last night on his way home, and relates tome de tails in connection with the fire there that heretofore has not been publish ed. In his inspection, he saw manv horrible things, but perhaps the most were the men who had been fighting the fires and though burned terribly, were able to walk. Men holding their hands above their heads to keep the blood from circulating through them, were visible everywhere. Many were burned about the face to such an ex tent that their eyes alone were visible because of the bandages. That the total number of dead will reach the newspaper estimates, was admitted by Mr. Christian. He also explained minutely how so many fire fighters were killed. Lack of general Bhip was to blame most always. Crews of men woulj be sent out to the front to fight the, fires, and still other parties farther In the interior would backfire, and that blaze in tun: would work .to where the first detach ment was stationed.. In this way the men were trapped In without any lack of precaution on their part. With one or to exceptions it was misapplication of fire fighting tacticB that was re sponsible for the big losses of life. "It Is a wonder it was not more." he said. : The scene in Wallace where fami lies and friends returned to their dev astated towns, was too pathetic to he properly described. .The suffering of people trying to. save their ijvs by lying down In shallow streams anil having that part of their bodies above the water burned away, was of course terrible. Wallace's water supply was contaminated by dead grouse, cooked fish and dead people. -The situation is ooni! fjot ill fif IMPORTANT AFFAIRS OF STATE KEEP HIM CLOSE TO SALEM TODAY AND THIS WEEK PBOMiNEriT WEN GATHER Intricate Experiments Conducted by , Experiment ' Farm at Union 3Ian Clear to About S0 Guests of the Station Farm Today Speeches Be gun at Two O'clock and Forenoon I Spent Visiting; Farm. Union, Aug. 27. Special. Because !' Acting Governor Jay Bowerman is retained at Salem by his decision to call out the" militia of Oregon, to fight fires in the Sparta district, and other places as well, the meeting of far mers and politicians here today, in augurating the first annual Union county experiment Btatlon day,' ob tained without Bowerman's presence, but others of state-wide importance and prominence are mlngled.wlth 1 1 1 -300 who are here and here lo learn things about farming. ' Speeches by prominent people com menced at 2 o'clock. Up to that time, the guests were taken over the ex periment farm and shown all the dif ferent Borts of grain grown scienti fically, and a thou.imd other, things that are experimented with at the sta tion,: Rob Withycombe was the man wit it the big glad hand and his assis tants came to his aid nicely. Every visitor listened to fie talks and ex planations with much interest. Among the prominent men with the crowd here today, a) e Congressman Ellis, State Representative Jerry Rusk. Doctor Clyde B. Hockett of En terprise, who is a candidate for Rus,UV toga, Hon. J.-N. Hart, candidate for attorney-general, C. A. Barret and 1 i S. Wilson, both of Athena, who air, rivals for the office of Jcf nt senator. Doctor Withycombe of Corvallls. Councilman W H. Shoemaker of Ba ker City, Walter ,M. Pierce of La Grande, and a dozen other important personages. The day Is preeminently successful, for It Is bringing to light the mani accomplishments of the experiment station,, which otherwise, might not have become so generally known, for it is hard sometimes for the Btatlon management to properly exploit all they find out by experiments among the farmers of the county. Those in attendance today will rettfn to their respective districts and tell what they heard and saw at the station. serious, even now, he affirms. The fire condition throughout East ern Oregon Is changed but little from yesterday, though there Is, as a rule, a noticeable Improvement in reports fom the many fie zones. - ESTIMATE TIMBER LOSS Expert Cruisers Figure the Damage Throughout Northwest. Spokane Wash., Aug. 7. Expert cruisers in Spokane, who are - now compiling reports from the burned districts In Idaho, Washington, Ore gon and Montana, estimate that the recent forest fires destroyed or dam aged more than .750,000,000 , feet of timber in the four Btates. Converted Into merchantable lum ber, it is estimated this timber would have supplied building material for the construction of from 50.000 to j 55,000 four and five room cottages or enough to house the entire popula tion of any city in the four statoj--named. . , To reduce this tintber to commer cial uses, would keep 400 sawmills ii, the Inland Empire busy from five to six months, while at the present rate of cutting and marketing,' an army o skilled and ordinary laborers would have received $7,500,000 In wages. F. J. Davies, secretary of the Coeur d'Alene Timber Protective association, says that while the loss 6f life lias not been bo large as the dispatches have indicated, he estimates the tim ber loss in that part of northern Ida ho is not less than 500,000,000 feet. : James P. McGoldrick of Spokane, president of the Western Pine Manu facturers' association, believes the fire losses In Idaho have been great ly; exaggerated, though ho admits the situation probably Is the worst in the history of the Pacific Northwest. "According to recent estimates there was 350,000,000.000 feet of stall ing timber in the Inland Umpire for ests," Mr. McGoldrick said. "The lum ber Interests have been hit hard ami the losses are enormous, but I cm of the opinion that many of the reports sent out were gross exaggerations. O course, I do not believe this was In tentional on' the part of newspaper correspondents." .' '"; . ' Officers of the Western Forest:- and Conrervation association say It ip i Impossible to ascertain the total loss ! f ntnoon f ' ' " . V L JJlvcivut, f Destructive Fire In Tucoiua. Tacoma, Aug. 27. Fire at midnight last night,, did a half million dollar's damage to the Tacoma water front, burning, over five acres of valuable property, also a mill plant and ths stock of Ev J. McNelh and Company. A sawmill, valued at 1250.000 and $250,000 worth of finished lumber was also destroyed in the conflagration. EFFORT TO CREATE A STRIKE IS HELD ILLEGAL Maimfacturers Ma.-.t Not : Combine, N'ellier Must Employes New York, Aug. 27. Holding that "labor unions offering or ordering a strike to enforce demands for closed shop, violates the law," Justice Goff of the Btate Supreme court today Is sued what is considered to be the most sweeping anti-labor Injunction ever given in the state. The order came as a result of the bill for an Injunc tion filed by the Cloak Suit Manufac turers' association, against the Inter national Garment Workers' Union. The manufacturers considered the in junction the strongest decision against labor unions ever rendered in the Uni ted States. In issuing the order the court says if the law won't allow the employer to combine the Banie law applies to the union. He said the pri mary cause to strike for closed shopi thus deprived other men of the right to earn a livelihood. Tommy Burns to Play LaCrosse. Vancouver. B. C Aug. 27. Tommy Burns, former champion heavy-weight of the world, today signed a contract with the Vancouver LaCrosse club to play one match on Labor Day, Sep tember 5th, against the new West minister'club. He will receive a thou sand dollars for his afternoon's work. He will play the outside home, check ing Tommy Glfford, the famous de fense of the world's champions. Ellswoth After Justice Job. . C. W. P. Ellswoth, running on the Democratic ticket, Is a candidate for nomination to the office of justice of the peace in this district. ' Sherman and Camion In Clilcajro, Chicago, Aug. 27. Sherman and Cannon are bolh in Chicago today, bi'i they did not meet. Sherman 'is' en route to Decatur, 111., where he speak tonight." He refused to discuss hir policies or the Roosevelt-Taft 'situa tion. IIS HIST THE Li Ie! SIRII1E REVIVES AT M03IENT WHEN STRIKE SEEM ED SUBDUED, IT BREAKS OUT WITH A VI 31. PISTOLS-SUIGlDe AliO RIOT When It Is Learned that Employers of Shirtwaist Makers are to Retognlze . Open Shop, Hostilities Break Oat : Anew Great Indignation ,W.heo , Proposal Is Announced Penniless 3Ian Is Suicide.. JNew York, Aug. 27. Rioting, pistol , fighting and suicide, marked the re-- sumptlon today of the garment mak ers' strike at a moment when the lead-; era among both employes and em- ployers were announcing hostilities were suspended, and that work would be resumed Monday. The renewal of the strike resulted from the objection of strikers to the proposal made by leaders that the un ion concede to a closed shop. So bit ter was the feeling against the man who suggested the compromise oa that basis that Treasurer Lennon, who announced the plan; was driven from the hall. Morris Lovenson, a cloak maker, learning . the strike would continue, killed himself, for his funds were exhausted by the sev en months' layoff. Eighty thousand are Involved In. the strike. CRIIPEX ' AND LE5EVE BETUR3T Large Crowd at Liverpool Greet the - i Famous CoupK.',-" Liverpool, Aug. 27. Madam Ineve, Dr. Crlppen, and their police escort,' arrived here this afternoon on the" steamship Megantle from Quebec, A. great crowd gathered to see the pris oners land. The couple were allowed to rest a short time before poceeding to Lon don. They will be given a pellmlnary hearing before Judge Sir Albert De putzen before the street police court Medford Out of Danger. i Medford, Aug. 27. The forest fire conditions here are improving. A cooler, damper atmosphere, is dolns much to assist the civilians, soldiers and others who are helping fight the flames. Ashland Is now safe, but only after a hard fight. Still Rage In Seattle Country. Seattle, Aug. 27. Fires still rase on the snoqualmle reserve and In the-' Green.RIver valley.' Six hundred In- habitants of Barneston are returning to. their homes today. . They fled to Bafety Thursday, when the town seem ed doomed. - Fruit Is Inspected. L. L. Stilwell, fruit inspector of Un ion county, today. Inspected all the fruit In the grocery stores and fruit stands and found them all free from ' infection. He also caused a load of Eagle Valley peaches to be remarked, as they were not marked In accord ance with the state law. " ( Iienilcal Flour Tabooed. Seattle, Aug. 27. Flour mills In Washington will cease to manufacture" bleached flour after today. State Dairy Food, Commissioner .Davis has just concluded his inspection of the pro duct And declared the practice or us ing chemicals must be stopped. ' The mills are allowed thirty days to dispose of the product now oa hand. . ' . y UnldenHiicd Body Found. ..Seattle! Aug. 27. The body of ao. unidentified fire fighter, was found in the ruins of the Cedar Rtver dU trlct forest fire today. : 4