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VOL. XIV.
LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 1911.
NUMBER G7.
13
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OCCUPIES TIE
SEVERAL SPEAKERS HEARD THIS
: MORNING AT OPEN SESSION
OF ASSOCIATION '
mm lto TOUT
Most Important Meeting In Tears to
Be Held This Evenlug at &30
O'clock the Doors Will Swing Open
to tne rnbllc John Wells of Imh.
ler taJIs Meeting 'Together This
' JBornlng. , - . ..-. ; ,..
With every train bringing in hi-
' ditional delegates, one open meeting
and one closed session . already , are
enrolled on the records, the first day
of the. tri-countv Farmer rn-Onen
, tive Union convention is now await
ing 8:30 tonight when the second and
most important open session will be
The delegates now number 250 and
there are more to come on the even
ing trains. It is apparent that the at
tendance will come up to the most
" sanguine expectations of the pro-
; moters of the convention.
Vells Hindies" GavcL . ' "
.In the absence of State President
J. W. McAllister of this city who
was, at, the state board meeting, Jao.
Wells of Alice! occupied f the chair
this morning when the first meeting
- Order. ',; v '.-.V '.
. an open session was called to
Several .Speakers Heard.' .
Organization and co-operation was
the principal theme discussed , by the
four speakers who were heard at the
morning session, v HrD. G. jCox, the
, state organizer,' A. V.; Swift of Bak-
er,' H. J. Oburn of Rock Creek and
A. (P. Davlff of this city, were ';the
speakers this . morning. The keynote
of their speeches was unity and ora
nlzatlon. ' : ' ,
Cosed Meeting This Afternoon. .
. This afternoon at 2 o'clock the con
Over six hundred thousand dollars
with the unknown profits probably
bringing the figure to an even mil
lion dollars, and have been saved by
farmers of Union, Wallowa end Bak
er counties during the two years'
" time through co-operation and orga
nization under the Farmers Co-operative
Union. This astonishing figure
: was made knows today during a
meeting of the executive board of the
Oregon State Farmers Union held at
the Savoy hotel this morning and still
in session this afternoon. The mem
bers present were J. W. McAllister of
AFTERNOON
La Grande, C. C. Conners, Helix, Clyde
Wilson, Buhl, Idaho, J. P, Brown of
Arlington and M. M. Waterman, The
i- Dalles E. S. Norrls of this city, who
. Is a member could not attend. The
meeting transacted much routine mat
ters, but the principal work of a pub
lic nature was to determine the pro
fits belonging to the Union. The enor
mos profits were largely realized by
Union county farmers for that county
his the largest number of members.
Helix by the way does the most act
ual work and , accomplishes the most
vention came to orderr again and this
time for the first closed session, Mat
ters of extreme Importance came up
though much of it Is only "prelimin
ary. Thev finishing touches ; will be
gtvenyat subsequent meetings.'
Important Meeting Tonight
This evening at 7 o'clock the meet
ing comes to order for a closed ses
sion and at 9:30 this ' evening the
doors swing open to the public "when
the merchants and farmers are to
mingle and discuss common subjects.
Several speakers will be heard this
evening for the business men. . -x '
Meet in Tabernacle.
On account of the size of the erowd,
the meetings will be held In the. tab-.
ua le ou turtn street this evening."!
Punishment for Soles.-
Washington, Jan.' 13 The ; House
Judiciary committee today voted fav
orably, upon a bill providing for
the punishment of spies during times
of peace. It is designed to remedy
the defects of the present law.
HELD OVER NIGHT PENDING THE
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PAYMENT OF CUSTOM FEE,
?JIan fioitfdXFknce. brings Gar
ment Qver From Parts.
New York, Jan. 13 After nleht
in the customs house where it, was
held for duty, - Mrs. ' Gould's S1400
gown was redeemed today and taken
home It was , brought from, Paris by
i-ora .uecies, the fiancee of Miss Viv-
ait Gould. He arrived last .nteht but
rouia not pay tne duty. The jtoverir-
uient olficlals would not take a cheese.
1 he duty amounted to 11.000. The
lord will marry Vlvlavhi February.
; Baker Has 8.742. -
Washington. Jan. 13 The popula
tion of Baker, Ore., was given out
today as 6,742. V
The population of istorla is 9.053.
Reno Nev., has 10,867.
good while La Grande has the greatest
number of any local union in this Jur
isdiction. ' ;, . .
- ; Profits Tabulated. ,
The board at its strenuous meeting
tabulated results as follow for the
two years in three rnnntw .
, Reductiona-accruing to farmers on
a V It AAA -
im,wv grain sacKs, ?50,000; increa.e
for bushels of wheat
f.avingi on apples through the same
orocess as other products by being
soia Dy tne unions, 1100,000; Potato
$20,(-00; small Trulta and vegetables,
?."0,000; hay, 200,000 tofls, 60 cents a
ton. $100,000. More than a cent pe
l ound for hogs was realized over and
above regular market prices, though
the exact amount Is not known.' Other
items, (100.000. . y ; :
. The total property owned by the
imions in Union county alone is $54,
100. This amount is sefczreeaterf
iollows: Elgin warehouse, two, $10,- L
"oovAIlcel warehouse $5,000; Island
CMv warehouse, $5,000; Union ware
hwpe, $5,000; North Powder ware
house, $10,000 ; Flouring mill Nor'h
Powder, $21,000.. ' ;
Ifl DRIFTS
'WITHOUT FOOD AND COAL SU1
I'M IS ALSO LIMITED TO A
FEW DATS.
notaries Cannot Beach Scene of
. Blockade as. Wind Drifts Snow Im
. mediately Behind the Machine De
talis of the Conditions Within the
Trains Is Not Known to Offlclals-r
' Belief at Midnight Maybe. '
I White Tlsh, Mont., -Jan. 13 With
, ,.u, io mm
the tpmnprntiirft tnmtir t.ni. :
--o-., u liaiUB wo. a, me
fast mail and No. 27 on the Great
Northern are stalled in th mnnntaino
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near Fleldlne. Monfana nrtio f.
trains wri ttnnn.J v.. A..nnr i
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blown drift. There are no diners on
and only enough coal to last till Sun-
flay. The fate of the nnnnttn1.a-1
. A -, . o-"
UnKnOWni Rntftrir on nor nltira
. "o
ifii-i; wmw
isn toward the trains but uita hn
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been unable tn r r ir..v. i ,
SNOW PLOWS : USELESS
iouticu euoru weamer in twenty years but it is be
tZn V ? today to ch th.1IeM the fruit will not be damaged,
' ; V -'V'iM Montana, and the Dakota, trains
CLEMENTS HEADS COMMISSION
Banking Member bf Interstate Com.
mission Is President of the Body.
Washington. Jan. 13 .Til H Sinn r-ln.
mcuu' " iuy eieciea cnalrman of-
ments was today elected chairman of
auM.a isuuiiuerce commission. 1 i nonn of Tepacapapl is re
He succeeds Martin Knapp, who has ported by the weather bureau today
been ap pointed a mrnnher t and will NuiHnn u i'
. v Ulw
court of commerce. Clement
, - w-' : wi i
ranking member of the commission.
, FIVE TAKEN FROM BUINS
Police and Firemen Believe Pennsyl
Tania iire MayyHave Killed Others
Cbnnellsvllle Pa., Jan. 13 Five
bodies, two of whom are.beyond iden-1
tlflcation were remove frJt IT. I
of the McCorrls store today. The no-'
lice, and firemen are searching
ruins with the belief that others 21
have perished. Gas LnT2
Plosion. , r
is an. : '
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r '"lfMI""; , I WITHDRAWftT
9F) vfeSxk
MHOt- -Whit rM aaJ
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ENTIRE WEST II
CRIP OF GOLD
ID SHI
WITH' EXCEPTIONS OF FEW L0
- CalLITIES, STORM IS A GEN.
. EBAL ONE TODAY.
TIVQ FREEZE TO DEATH
Train Stalled in Montana and the Da
fcotas, While Stock Suffers Through
; the Same'Beglon and Into Alberta
I Medford Has Coldest Weather In
Twenty Tears But Crops May Snr
':. rive Snow in Walla Walla.
roniana, ur., Jan. 13 Dashes of
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or wegon and Wiashlngton and cold
weather in eastern Washington and
n.Ann ....u . ' . . -
it6uU vtiuiiiue buow, neavy snow
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niuiuia una oiuer coia in Montana,
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Aloerw ana JuaKotas and zero weath-
er and snow In Idaho, marked the
progress of the cold snap which is
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wviaius auroBs me northwest
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tcuLora over nevaaa toaay. From Wal-
4 nmio. is reported fall of snow
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TTucau id uuiuigrea. rom Mea-
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are stalled.
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I It Is believed the WPflthfir will wa
erate in another twAntv.fnn.
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! "Live stock in Montana, the Dakota
and Alberta are suffering. Two men
j were rrozen to aeata in Montana,
f ; Bains in California. '
oan Tancisco, Jan. 13 A general
i"i wiuurrow. ji ne
- ww .v,v-n, uy
cold snap, which accompanied the
Bwrm gave way to warmer weather to
day. Nearly three Inches of rain has
nt1.u f .. mm
iibu since Monaay. ' i
Three Frozen to Death.
Helena, Jan. 13 Three are known
to have been frozen to death in var
ious parts of Montana and there is a
Tll Tf "V" D fll6ns
of rel,ef froia tha torm. It began
Z Tu today' " ,8 Relieved
S P!r fhed and the,r bodle8. wUI
"' mercury ! 20
beIow: Ra,lroa1 baffle Is badly.de-
mora"zed on the Great Northern
tnrougnout the Flat Foot country.
. ' . nrnam in Baltimore Amer can.
Traffic Is routed via the Northern
Pacific. '
The northwest storm continues to
give the Grande Rondo valley the
passup. Slight snowfalls has been the
rule though pot sufficient In quantity
to Insure sleighing off the pavements.
The entire country today is feeling the
light snowfall, but as for cold and
lower thermometers, nothing border
ing on severe weather is reported.
The same is true In Pendletoii and
Baker. - , .
EXPLOSION KILLS SIX.
Six Men Killed in City Limits of
Prince Bupert by Explosion.
Prince Rupert, B. C, Jan. 13 Six
mien are dead and one is dying as a
result of a premature blast late yes
terday on the right ' of way . of the
Grand Trunk-Pacific within the city
limits.. They were putting. ; In the
blasts and workmen were blown to
bits, the only survivor has a fractur
ed skull. i v
NOT BELIETED OTHER ANIMALS
WERE BITTEN HOWEVER.
Children Exposed But Escape With
No Harm While Kahbles Last
What Is said to be a case of rab
bles has been discoverd on Fox Hill
near the city when a dog owned by
Henry Brill was seized by the dread
ed malady and though children were
exposed to the affliction while the
dog was suffering, with it, none were
bitten and tho dpg Was slain. ;
' Mr- Brill who lives oh Fox Kill.
was in the city, today and reports that
the dog suddenly gave evidences of
hydrophobia one evening and though
the children in the Brill family were
playing' with the animal shortl be
fore, none of them were bitten and It
fCont'wuprt f on Pae Four.)
1 HILL DOG
A VICTIM OF
CABBIES
VAST
POWER SITES
Splendid and vast nnww att irv.
- - .vww, ,y
able of developing almost unlimited
power by watei-s of the Grande Ronde
and Minam rivers, have been with
drawn from entrv hv thA itanirlm
I 1 - v4ma ktUVUb
F rt fflA ItltAjA la 1 1 I . .
v luwiiui, m Keeping witn IXm
J policy of conserving natural rcaour- f
" vuwcj iicb. i as nouce or the
withdrawal of over nlm. thnnaon I
acres of land bordering on these rlv-l
era, ana involving some of the finest
power sites on then atrpam. an '
tributaries, have reached thA 'lopai"!
land office. ' . , , I
Extends to Washington Line. 1
i ThA wlfhrt
Minam river Just above where it empt-'
lea Into the Wallowa river at Minam, :
ana goes on down the river to the
Grande Ronde and foiinwa tha .h..
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of that stream to the Washington
line. , ., . i
It is presumed tha
ofllce has ' rec.eivpA Mnufrnr.tA .
withdraw all lines along, the Grande
Konae until tne Snake Is reached.
rower Sites Immense.
The resources stored" sua Hnm,i
i up from future entries of any sort,,
PULLS HIT B'i
Miliar
CRUSHED
BATAVIA, NEW TORS SCENE Oi"
ANOTHER DISASTROUS TRAIN
... .....SMASH UP TAD v -
III1EQ ItiraiT!
Pullman Standing at Station When It
Was Struck by Another Train Run.
nlng nt Fast CHp-IuJnred Under
the Debris for Several Honrs Be
fore Wreckers Arrived to Remove
Objects Pinning Them Down.
Batavla, N. Y., Jan.. 13 Seven pass
engers in a Pullman sleeper wera '
killed today and twenty injured in a
rear end colllssion on the New York
Central. The accident heppened at the j
station. The passenger was standing
still when another plunged into it
telescoping the rear sleepers. None ot
the dead were Identified at noon. The
wrecking trains were rushed from
Buffalo and Rochester.
-The injured were under the debris
for four hours before the wreck was ,
released.:-: .:''. v .S''i k
GASOLIJTE IRON KILLS
Husband Called Home by ,Dx$g Wife
When Accident Occurred,
Santa Ana, Jan. 13 "Come home ;
John, the house Is on ,flre, and I think
I am dying," said Mrs. John Gowan,
as she telephoned her husband after
having been fatally burned by an ex
plosion of a gasoline iron. The hus
band rushed horn eand extinguished
the blaze and endeavored to revive
his wife, but she died after the phy
sicians were called. The woman vm
attempting to refill the Iron when
it exploded. : . ; K "
Mnrderess Held Without BalL -Nashville,
Tenn.', Jan. 13 Bell Mar-
tin, suspected of havin
twin babies, aged six months, was
' held In Jail today without bail.
are perhaps the finest in Eastern Ore
gonian, with the exceptions of the
heads of each of the principal streams
involved, but the inconvenience of
reaching them reduce their value asT
oompared to these particular sites
which strew the streams at frequent
intervals further dawn their courses,
and are always within easy reach,
The withdrawal means that no form
of entry can be .made on them, and
that they cannot be dickered Into '
power sites for the monopolies
through entry by homestead process
es and then sold to the power trust.
The withdrawal also is In keeping '1
with the Conservation polity of the R.
A. Balllnger theory for practically ,
every streicn or. good power sites ere
now being withdrawn where such is
possible..' . ,; ; , ,-, ?: .,
This is the nearest that the Bal
lingor idea has. come to La Grande
and though there are still vast pow
er sites available on the' headwaters
of the Minam the choice sites ar
now gone and the thousands of horse
power running down these streams
will continue to run unharnessed. ,
1 CRA1IDE
111 RIVERS ABE
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