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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1910. - $ VAUE JbOUK THE OBSERVER PuMNhfd Pally Except Snndnj. Bruc e. Dennis, Editor and Owner. Entered at the postomce at La Grande as second-class matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Daily, single copy..: Dally, per week Dally, per month .... 6c 15c 6Ec Till paper will not publish an ar ticle aprearlng over a nom de plume. Signed articles will be revised sub ject to the discretion of the editor. Please sign your articles and save . Ilsappolntmeni.. LOST A GOOD OPPORTUNITY. According to our way of thinking a gcod opportunity was lost yesterday to get water on land in the Grande Ronde valley when a heavy remon strance to the district plan petition completely knocked It out and this made the course of the county court imperative in turning down the peti tion. ' . . . .; Quite true, , it is a matter of most interest to the land owners and they If thev see fit - to reiect somethlnd many believe would be of extraordi nary worth, it is their privilege and the transaction must close with their action. In Mr. Huffman's communication, which was printed yesterday, the cause for rejection was set forth when he stated that Grande Ronde valley would produce now very good crops and some parts of the vally really had sufficient water. ' If this valley was a barren desert like Idaho, or like Raker county, where nothing would grow , without Irrigation then we would have had it , long ago and this would be the rich est spot in the northwest. But nature did considerable for the Grande Ronde . and this causes It to occupy middle ground' where crops are reasonably , sure, yet water is welcome but not absolutely essential. It is now up to private capital to develop the irrigation plant if we ever have one. It has been demon strated that the co-operative plan will not work and now comes the chance for moneyed men to come in and make themselves millionaires by storing the flood waters and, placing it on land of their! own or that they take option 4 upon.' It will be worked out ;fn time, but there was hope that next year would find thousands of acres of land in the valley under the ditch. ' IIE THINKS AND THINKS WELL. , Governor Jay Bowerman occupies the ulque position of having been has tened temporarily Into the governor's office right at a time when he' wanted to run for the office of governor. Many have Bald,, "it is the finest thing that could have happened Jay," but there ; ts a question about this statement be- v Ing true. , In the first place Jay Bowerman is honest and though he realizes he is only acting governor there is not 'a thing of Importance to'the state arts . ing which he does not give Mb per sonal attention and think deeply on GEORGE PALMER, Pres., W. L. BRENHOLTS, Ass't Cash. F. J. HOLMES, Ylce-Prea. t EARL Z UN DEL, 2d Ass't Cash, )-''"';:' F.L. MEYERS, Cashier. LA GRANDE NATIONAL BANK OF LA GRANDE, OREGON United States Depository Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits $200,000.00 DIRECTORS oeoess ritsza w, j. cmracn F.J. HOLMES W. L. BEX3H0LT9 F. I. METERS W. M. FIERCE filth car ample metrces ant service and handle jtar batlaei hat will be best premises. This takes his tinis from a c:rapaign and gives other candidates a chance to meet more people and cover mere territory. If the voters will all stop to consider Bowerman's worth at the present time to the state cf Oregon, omitting to consider his candidacy they cannot help knowing that he is making a splendid executive. He has started the ball rolling to Bave the Btate hundreds of thousands of dollars on supplies; he has taken a stand on the banking question, he has deeply interested himself in the conservation, and now the last thing of great Importance is his expresssed intention of seeing that Oregon gets her share of the irrigation appropria tion made by congress and to per sonally look into merits of idfferent irrigation projects in the state. These things are what we believe to be marks of statesmanship plain, honest, hard thinking of a common sense mind trying to ascertain what Is best for the people. Oregon needs more men like Jay Bowerman and she needs Jay Bowerman in the govern or's chair for a term or two. T CIMPI FTFIl SEW YORK A MERE WHISTLING STATION HEREAFTER, Outside Points Connected With JIun hattan Service Is Electric. New York, Sept. 8. Direct railway connection between Manhattan and all points on Long Island, without the use of ferries, was established today by the opening of the tunnel under the East river A complete passenger service . was . inaugurated today be tween the Pennsylvania station and the Long Island railway system. Through electric service will be oper ated from the Far Rockaway branch, from Long Beach, from the Hempstead branch and from Jamaica, connecting with all steam trains to more distant points on Long Island. : In connection with the tunnel under the North River, the Pennsylvania railway now has a tube Btretchlng from the Jersey shores of the Hudson, under that river and the entire island of Manhattan and the East river to Long Island. To the traveler '. from the west to points on Long Island, New York will be less than a whistl ing station since the passenger may, if he deBlres, pasB under the metrop oils an J ignore its existence. : The palatial new Pennsylvania sta tlon in Seventh and Eighth avenues and Thirty-first to Thirty-third streets will serve as a terminal for both the North and East river tubeB. The new building is the finest railroad struc ture In the world. The ferries of the railway companies will be continued on both rivers for a time, but it is likely that they will be abandoned en tirely when the traveling public has become accustomed to the tubes. fc C PEN1NGT0N O.L.C1EAYER F. 51. 11YIKIT 5 facilities we caa render yon efficient to your entire satisfaction. . , I 1 1 ! laa tj 1 ice CASE in MANSLAUGHTER INCIDENT SAID TO HATE FOLLOWED SUIT. ETldence Presented to Judge, Knowles Yesterday Afternoon. Jess Parker of Elgin is not alone under indictment for murdering his father-in-law but yesterday he wsb made defendant in a divorce suit. This suit was commenced prior to the fatal shooting, and it is said the Bhootlng grew out of the suit which was then pending. The evidence In the case was pre sented to the court here yeBterday afternoon and taken under advise ment Parker is out on bail following his indictment for murder In the first degree. COISTO mitt iirnrnn I'JiLLI i'UILflG "ONLY INSURGENT" IN OREGON IS HERE THIS AFTERNOON. Sold Machinery to the Wrights at Un- Ion When They Opened Stores. C. J. Reed, the man who claims to be the only avowed insurgent in Ore- ton, is in La Grande today looking after alignment of hls.polltlcal fences insofar as the pertain to his nomina tion for. congress in the second dis trictthis district. Mr. Reed is one of those fellows who knows how to inet public for he was a "drummer" for many years, selling machinery to the Wright family at Union ever since the Wrights commenced to do busi ness there. Mr. Reed has never been an attorney, which is often consider ed a virtue for congressional timber, and in this he Is rather unique. He is Is a real drummer and that has been Lis business always.' He Is an anti-assembly man. The Writers. v Florence L. Barclay, the author. Is a sister of Mrs. Balliugton Booth. Mrs. '.Marguret Deland has been at work for the Inst three years upon' a new novel. ' It will probably be pub lished in the autumn. ' Henry James, novelist, will return to the United States soon, probably to re main. Ills health has not been satis factory for some time, and he hopes thev change to America will greatly benefit him. , , Dr. Caleb Williams Saleeby, widely known as a writer on topics related to medical art and science, is styll a young man. lie was born at Worthing. Eng land, In 1S78 and Is a graduate of the University of Edinburgh. His wife is a daughter of Alice Meynell, the poet J Aviation. As the motor of an aeroplane makes too much noise for an. aviator to bear anything else, a French army officer has invented a telephone for a passen ger to use to talk to him. : , A machine on , the principle if an aeroplane, yet which runs on the crniwd. tins ltfit Imllt by a French instructor of aviators su Lis impiU may run no risks In tbelr preliminary lessons. A balloon with a capacity of 7.000 cubic feet wben Inflated with a new gas invented in Germany has a lift ing power equal to that of a balloon of 10,000 cubic fe.et charged with ordi nary coal gas. Rome, Sept. 8. It is reported here that the Rev. Father Alphonse M. Con solazia, the New Jersey priest who broke his vows by marrying a young Trenton girl, and who later repented and came to Rome seeking forgive ness, will be required to spend ten years in a monastery. It Is alleged that he will be virtually a prisoner and will be required to wear coarse clothing, eat the simplest of food and engage in menial labor until such, time as the church authorities consider that he has atoned for his eln. Father Consolazla Is said to be willing to un- if Mow For this season's wear we are now displaying a complete line of tailored dress and street hats in the very latest shapes and patterns. Our milliners h? ve returned from their annual inspection and fire prepared to show you millinery. a We cordially invite M dorgo any punishment to regain the priestly robes he has lost and to main- tain his place in the church. V Spinners In Session. Boston, Sept - 8. With delegates from all the local branches represent ed by delegates, . the International Spinners' Union convened in Boston today. - Lancaster Celebrates. Lancaster, Pa., Sept. 8. Just two centuries ago,. In 1710, -Pastor Hans Herr led a little, flock of German pio neers into Lancaster county, then a i barren wilderness of dark . woodland ' and heavy swamp. Today the citizens 1 of 'Lancaster county, Quaker , and 'Scotch-Irish as well as German, are celebrating the two hundredth anni versary of the first settlement near the House of Hans Herr and paying i tribute to the memory of the brave pioneer. .. . V .. . ,'.' ';: Hans Herr ws a .Mennonlte, as were his followers, and, like the Quakers and the pilgrims, JJed to America to escape religious persecu tion. Nearly all of the. pioneers are now represented by hundreds of de scendants bearing the family name, and the celebration today will be of the nature of a great family reunion ( : . .V Eoosevelt Wouldn't Prosecute. New York, Sept. 8 The New York World today prints the first of a ser ies of articles by George Earl, a for mer receiver of the Pennsylvania Su gar Refining Company, designed to show that Roosevelt, while president, refused to prosecute the Sugar truBt. Earl says article is being written be cause of Roosevelt's attack on the Un ited States Bupreme court' Today's story says Earl asked Roosevelt and Bonepart, then attorney general, to prosecute. 1 To Try Alleged Murderer. Springfield, Mass, Sept. 8. Trial of Bertram G. Spencer for the murder of Miss Martha B. Blackstone is to begin here tomorrow. It will be the first murder trial in this, city since 1902. . Kaiser to See Maneuvers. . Berlin, Sept. 8. With, bands play ing, and the guns roaring out an im perial salute, the annual maneuvers of the German Imperial army were commenced today, with Emperor Wil llan as an interested spectator. The scene of his year's mimic warfare Is a great field on the Baltic sea, near mioimcemem T TToVITlO mm ' Display very attractive line EXCLUSIVE STYLES you to visit bur Millinery Department WEST rjanzlg and Koengsuerg. , A spectacular feature of the maneu- ; vers will be the participation of the I 4 j fleet In combined landing operations. Dirigible airships of the various de sighs represented by the Zeppelin, the Parseval and the Gross types are on the field, and wjth biplanes of ' the Wright pattern and several vartelties of German flying machines, will take part in scouting and reconnaissance work. Two army corps are participating In the maneuvers today, with a total Political Announcements This column is open to any candidate regardless of Faction or Party and is paid advertising V S. F. WILSON, Athena, Oregon, candi date for joint senator for Umatil- . la, Union and Morrow counties sub ject to decision of republican pri maries. "I firmly believe in the di rect 'primary law, economy in the use of -public funds, good roads, better schools, strict and prompt enforcement of law, the square deal and eternal progress of man and his Institutions." C. A. BARRETT, Athena, Oregon. I hereby announce myself aa a candi date for the nomination for Joint Benator for the district embracing Union, .Umatilla and Morrow coun ties, subject to the choice of re publican voters at the primary nominating election to be held on September 24th, 1910. If nomina ted and elected I will work for the Interest of all the people of my district to the best of my ability. - favor the maintenance of the di rect primary law and people's choice for seuator and belle the people are as competent to nom inate as they are to elect their of ficers. Very respectfully yours, C A. BARRETT. DR. C T. BACON, La Grande. Oregon. The Observer is authorized to announce the candidacy of Dr. C. T. Bacon for coroner of Union county, subject to the decision of the re publican voters at the primary elec tion ' ' DR. CLYDE T. HOCKETT, Enterprise, Oregon I wish to announce my wmirj of fashionable m " 1 THE QUALITY. STORE of about 85,000 men engaged. One di- . vision of each of , the corps is clothed in the new gray uniforms, which 1& soon to be generally adopted by all branches of the service for field work. .Princess Lulse and other members of the imperial family accompanied Emperor William to the maneuvers Both the Kaiser and the Princess are wearing the brilliant red uniform of the Death's Head Hussars, of which the young princess is the honorary colonel. N r . candidacy for Joint representative for the 24th representative district subject to the voters of the republi can party at the primary nominat ing election to be held in said rep resentative district, September 24, .' 1910. CLYDE T. HOCKETT. : , An Open Letter Rusk to Hockett. Joseph, Oregon, Sept 1, 1910. To Dr. C. T. Hockett, Enterprise. Ore. Dear Sir: Inasmuch as you were a delegate to the late republican assembly at Portland, and as you state In yur announcement for the republican nom ination for Joint representative, Un ion and Wallowa counties, that you fa vor holding assemblies In this Btate, I as a candidate against you and pledg ed to uphold.the Primary Law, State ment No.4l, and opposed to assemb lies, do hereby challenge you to pub licly dlscuBs the assembly proposition before the voters of our district, yo may fix the times and places durln? the primary campaign and defend while I Bhall oppose the assembly scheme. T nlan Invite vnu to discuss adverse ly. If you: please, my record last ses sion or any part of it 'No "pussy footed", campaign for me. Let us see if the people deem themselves capable of choosing their own officials. Respectfully. , JOHN P. RCK- Republican candidate for renomina tlon Joint-representative Union and Wallowa counties. Paid advertisement. "