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J (i fpVMf in r rf) lift l -7' ii I h I . r It (Vftrr: rkf 'V A . OA A a C. n in ' I ! i I I ! 1 h i ! f ; i VOL. XIV. LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON. MONDAY, DK CEMIJE U 19, 1910. NUM15ER43 iUTTSGIIfllTTIS PLEASED IITII LOCAL SHOPS DATE SMALL SHOP IX TIIE XORTHWEST. HALFHOllRSPEflTAJSHOPS Careful Inspection Given Local 0. It. & X. Property Yesterday by Julioa Kruttschnltt, Director of 3IaItite- nance Who Conies Here But Seldom Compliment to Management of the Local Officials. La Grande's railroad 6hops parsed Muster yesterday when, thoroughly in spected, by Julius ' jputtschnitv : 1I lector of maintenance of the Harri mn systemB, and therefor the high est man In authority except Judge Lovett that operates the vast Harri jnan continental steel girdl$.; Of the halt hour's inspection and scrutiny of all departments, Mr.', Kruttschnltt classified the La Grande shops aa the finest and up to date small shops In the Pacific northwest and he has seen them all and is king pin over them alL '.-...'' y-Y'-"- Y-' :Y Mr. Kruttschnltt's coming has been expected for some time and when he reached here , yesterday noon, the "lards may have been brushed up a Jit for the, special occasion - but . the general workings of the shops are always the same, and the high com . pliment from the right bower to the throne of Harrlman's systems Is not I only an asset to La Grande but com plimentary to the local lieutenants , who keep the shops in operation.' Inspection's Thorough One. v The New Yorker with trained eye 'Scrutinized every corner of the (round house, ipresent machine shops f and the building now. going up to be i used as a machine shop and the black Bmith Bhop. in this way he gave a thorough inspection ' to all; depart ments! of the. division point and when lie passed his ultimatum as to the standing of the local departments he was passing not idle compliments. , Inspects Huntington Sunday. The visitor expressed his desire of seeing as much as'possible of the en tire division Sunday during daytime, and the party "got out of town," Just as soon as possible. The stop here lasted about a half hour, and it was a busy one to Mr. Kruttschnltt and his party. . ""'v; ;-'. - ; Y; . A galaxy of officials such as seldom visits La Grande at one time, compris ed the Kruttschnltt party. General EPPEES TO BE REDUCED EIGHTY ( KB CEXT OYER LOWERS. tow Becomes Effective in Jan Y nary on All Boads But Two. , Washington, Dec. 19 The lnter L tate commerce commission today or dered upper bertha In the Pullmans reduced on a basis of eighty per cent of jhe price of the lowers. . . The commission tentatively aip i ot th Pullman company's new Jcheduie of rates reducing the rate 1 Cr lower oertha to a maximum of $5 'a twelve hour ride. I JTie new achedule hecomoa effect V 7 January 20. Every line over which i i Uaana are operated In the Un- o, naye iwo wui oe anectea. fiEW SCHEDULE ON UPPER BERTHS Manager J. P. O'Brien, who by the way becomes vice president and gen eral manager of tbe Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation comfy after next Saturday and then becomes one of th'triumrerate which will rule the Harrluian lines in the north west. Assistant General Manager J. D. Stack and Wm. Bollons and G. W. Boscke, chief engineer, were with Mr. Kruttschnltt on his eastern Ore gon trip. MAXY STUDEXTS HOME. La Grande Education Seekers Home for the Holidays MIbs Naonia Williamson and are Joe Williamson, both students at the Unl verslty of Oregon,' are home for the holidays visiting with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Williamson. Donald Sargent who Is a student in a Spokane school, is home for lh holidays' visiting his father, W. B. Saigent. , ... . Miss ; Minnie Holdman ".of Island City, has feturned from Eugene where she is attending the university . t spend Christmas ; with lief parents and friends. V . . Leon Dawson Is expected home from Willamette university at Salem to spend the holidays this week. : David Stoddard, Bon of Mr. and Mrs. George Stoddard, is home from Logan, Utah, where is is attending college. He will ppend' the holidays here. ' ':"., ,'-' - . ' . Charles Reynolds, 0. A. C's quar terback arrived home yesterday for til 5 holidays. : . : . . ' ) '. MBLEH APPLES IIARDSCRABBLE EXHIBIT AT THE FECIT GBOWEB SHOW WIXS Honors Won From Among Twenty one States and Is a Meritorious . , Ou,t of a huge list of entries in the 'Fruit Grower" Brother Jonathan Ap pie show, in which twenty one apple producing states competed, Grande Eonde apples have come out winners A display of Yellow Newtown Pippins grown and exhibited by Gordon Saw yer and M. D' Yf. Green, proprietors of the Hardscrabble orchards at Imb ler, carried off the highest honors at the Fruit Growers (fruit magazine) show this fall. Y ' MesBrs. Sawyer and Greene, who by the way came here about a year ago and located themselves at Imbler, are of course highly elated at their suc cess and the entire apple growing contingent of the valley can feel jus titled in gloating over the signal vic tory scored by the local-grown fruit Speaking ot their winnings, the gen tlemen said today: y fv ' "There was a teavy entry from twenty-one states and British Colum bla which of course made the compe tlon very keen and therefore we are ;ulte a bit proud of our showing." ALUMXI MAY PLAY HIGHS. 0. A. C. Students Are Also Hannlng on Forming Team Here. A-movement Is on foot among the basketball adepts to organize an 0. A. C. team among local students, (pre sent and past, to meet the high school quintet during the holidays. At the same time consideration is being given the formation of a high school alumni team to meet the local five, and as one of the two are very like ly to materialize, a challenge will be sent the high school as soon as defin ite plans are reached. There are sev eral 0. A. C. basketball stars here now and others are coming for the holidays so that a classy exhibition would be put up. The school alumni too could put up' a strong front and It Is very likely that something of the , sort will be arranged before the close I of the week. CflPTURE 1ST HOUORS ELEIIEU TEiflaLI SEATED I ninnn p in Tim ri i rw UUIIU a U ILEliEfl ENQQ ' .3 rT t Details of an atrocious crime com mitted at' Union several weeks ago will be rehearsed, and, it is rumored, new and sensational evidence will be introduced by the state, as the re-; suit of the second murder trial of the present term of circuit court, oyened this morning, after placing eleven1 temporary jurors, the court was forc ed to adjourn through exhaustion of the panel and a new jury panel twenty was ordered by tonight of at ; The crime yas committed at Union and a large number of Union people are In the city, both as Interested parties and as witnesses. ' ; The crime was unusually inhuman V-Waldo Perry, the man shot down. was killed in his own home, presum ably as he was about to .'show a suanger to an upstairs bed for the night. His body waa found on the stairway riddled with bullets, several days afterwards. With no tangible clue, the authorities combed eastern Oregon for the murderer- and within three days after the discovery of the 'Portland, Dec. 19 That the 0. R. & N. is planning to build into Clarks-ton,;-Wash., soon,' Is believed from the fact that there has been negotia tions going on for some time between the company's right of way man and F. H. Libby, president of the Lewis- Will Return to Oregon. Ceorge Chllders, -who after an 'ab sence . of several yea rs In Southern California, returned, to the Grande Ronde valley a few days ago, left for his adopted home with the Intention of returning the early part of , the next year to resume, the farming of his four hundred acre ranch near Alicel. George says "when you leave the Grande Ronde you are leaving Amer ica." , ; v-" Y''. , O'Xell Goes East. J. H. O'Neil, the passenger agent for' the 0. ;R. & N. passed through the ctiy today enroute east. ' B.lll.:TOiCCllSTlbSJ THE CRY OF THE FARMER OF THE WEST. mm crime, T. IV fcllexson, a former eul .ploye of Mr. Perry, was arrested at Echo and smuggled into the La Grande jail to avoid the wrath of the Irate citizens of Union who freely talked lynching for awhile. Today, Beveral weeks after his Indictment for' the murder, Ellesson was brought into the court room and a jury selected. At least a portion of one was picked. Several Jurors wer excused for cause. They werei E. 0. Zeek, John Wells, F. D. Ficklin and Ray J Logan. Du r- is me torenoon tile state exercised thb pre-emptory ''challenge on Sam Brooks, J. Tracy and Robert Deal." whll the defense, represented by W. M. Ramsey, exercised the same powers- on Elmer Workman, R. E. Hall, J. W. McAllister, A. A. Belden and Sam Ruckman. The eleven temporarily seated, and who by the way Were almost all of them on the Parker Jury are, Joe Woods, M, Reynolds, C. D. Huffman. F. D. Gaskil, J. L. Woodell, E. L.; Halley, George Robertson, M. J. Duffey, J, S. Chandler,? E. L. . karris and , L. A. James. , . ' . ton-Clarkston Improvement company. Mr Libby is In Portland today from Clarkston and while -not denying the visit has something to do with the re ported negotiations for . terminals at Clarkston, Libby said he was not in a position to discuss the matter. ' Owls Hold Meeting. 'At a meeting of some thirty-five owls held In the K. of P, hall Sunday evening, conducted by State Orgauiz er M. P. McEchren it was decided to elect and install officers for Nest No. 17, Brotherhood of Owls on Tuesday evening, December 27. The Owls will meet in the same hall as Sunday night. . ' ,, YVY. Sampson Family on Tour. Mrs. John Sampson and daughters Fern and Lela, left yesterday for Omaha where they will visit friends for some time. Miss Fern recovered sufficiently from her recent attack of Illness to be able to make the trip. . -rt. Hods in Cpoktmaa-fUviw. C0X1UD TKtPAMNG -RAXGES. Confident t.f Large Crod litre Eur. !! Die Shoot. Tod Conrad is here this afternoon to make final arrangements for the big . three-department shoot which commences here December 22. He will lay out the ranges and have every thing in readiness for the first bird in due time. Mr. Conrad, who Is to be assisted in the management of the Rffair tj local ieopi, is consent tMt the Bhoot will be largely attended. Insurgents Stop Trains, El Paso, Dec. 19 Insurgents have stopped all Mexican-Northwestern trains at Pedernales today and order ed them to return. Telegraph and telephone l'nes beyond Pedernales are cut. It Is rumored a battle la'pro gresslng near there. Actions of In surrectionists in interfering with railroad traffic has caused much in dignation. , ' - i ' . '-;r-z STarrtei ' toinfl7" ""'' At the. Methodist parsonage during the noon hour today Dr. GUlilan un ited in marriage, Mr. Charles Lamar of Spokane and, Mrs. Jeanette Wad dell of Elgin. The groom is a painter and the happy couple will reside in this cityvThe best . wishes of all go with them. 1 Joseph Merchant Here. F. D. McCully and wife of Joseph, returned to their home today. They were at the Sommer yesterday. ; CRIPPLED AXD L1JIPIXG THE HORSES START FOR CALDWELL. Span Stolen Two Weeks Ago and the Thief Canght by Jack McCarthy. Crippled, limping and scarcely able to make headway, the team stol en frpra the McMillan livery stables at Caldwell by a young man giving his name as Calvert, i( King and ap prehended here by Jack McCarthy- was started back to Caldwell this af ternoon. An employe of the Caldwell stable commenced the Journey In tending to make it by easy stages. The team was stolen two weeks ago and the thief who confessed to local authorities and Mr. McCarthy and a week ago was sent to the Idaho peni tentiary to do from one to fourteen years, drove them without shoes a greater part of the way from Caldwel1 here. As a result the team was ter ribly crippled. The arrest follow the lUBpiclons entertained by Mr. McCarthy, when a week ago Saturday night a young man drove up and wanted his team fed for nothing, claiming he did riot have any money. He; volunteered that he had come from Gooding where he got the team for four months work for a farmer and waa ; enroute to Portlp This led Mr. McCarthy to tnvesn gate as he readily recognized the span as a livery team. Through the co-operation of Officers Walden and Mc Laughlin the fellow was grilled and quizzed until he confessed the story with a flood of tears. The owner was notified and the man returned to the Idaho authorities. v . In the meantime the team was al lowed to recuperate until today. Mr. McCarthy believes the animals will loosen up when they get under way. White Takes nigh Office. , Washington, Dec. 19 Edward Douglas White today took the oath of office of chief Justice of the supreme court of the United States. The in duction took place at 11:50 today. Paving Men on Yacatlcn. G. II. Wycoff, W. S. Houghten and M. J, Lyman the bltnllthlc pavement people, have gone to Portland to apend the holidays. nn mm in iiib iri i EUPLOSI! DF IIIITE !XE KILLED, SC OKI S INJURED AXD rKOPERTY DAMAGED BY ONE EXPI 0S10X. mm clocks mf Entire Carlond of Dynamite Explode In Xew York Ceutral Railroad Yards Wrecking: Buildings for E-lork Children In . Hospital In ... !a nic Cm - Ti - n u 1 1 - ''Automobile",' '' Y Y New York, Dec. 19 Nine are dead and eight are missing, while thirty are injured as the result 'of an ex plosion of a car or dynamite that had been set off by x minor explo sion of a tank of acetyilno gas la the New Yoik Central railroad milk depot this morning. Tho dead are: Mrs. Mary Poke, Rrancisco Kelly, C. M. Morrow, Patrick Jordan, Frank Page, W. B. Llvermore and three un identified. Some of, the injured will die. Win dows were shattered for blocks. ' ; Car Tipped Blocks Away. The explosion occurred at 8:15 this 1 morning. A southbound Lexington avenue car blocks away was lifted from the tracks and tipped over on an automobile. Two passengers In the car were killed. Public buildings, the grammar school, hospital,' freight sheds and other structures were dam aged by the force,.cf the explosion. Within a few minutes the police re serves, Bremen and ambulance were on the scene. Five hundred children and pateients In the Childrens Mercy hospital were precipitated in a panic, and 'many were hurt In. a, wild rush for the door. The panic, was checked before any -were' seriously hurt. A Parochial school, St. Patrick's cath edral on' Fourth street andt Lexington avenuo ware tadly damaged. Sevea.l ch'ltlien were hurt by the splintered glaSS ': , ... ' . : " , Aldrlch Xot a Candidate. ' Providence, R. I Dec. 19 Senator Aldrlch unequlvocably declined to run for 'another term today. He an nounced he would not allow his name to be considered even if the legisla ture became hopelessly deadlocked on other candidates. EUiEERS III DEMAXDS MUST BE GRAXTED BE FORE CHRISTMAS IS UKASE. Xell Discussing Both fartles the Trouble With This Afternoon. Chicago, Dec. 15 President Stone of the B. of L. E. Issued a statement this evening saying the railroad have to grant the Increase before the end of the week or a strike Is sure to fol low on fifteen minute's notice. ' Chicago, Dec. 19 In his endeavor to prevent a strike of 33,000 engineers on the western lines by arbitration of their differences. Commissioner of La bor Nelll today conferred with offl clalls of the railroads this afternoon and representatives of the Brother hood of Loco-uoKve Engineers. Pres ident Stone of the engineers says there will be a strike before Christ mas unless the men get their In crease. They want an advance of 15. per cent and the roads offered nine. MM