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LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1911.
NUMPEU.72
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Willamette River is Higher Than It Has
Been For Years-Salem Flooded and
Heavy Damage Done to Property-All
; Bridges Around the Capital City Go
' Out-One Man Loses His Life in the
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. Portland, Jan. 19. Rain that be
gun to fall Tuesday , show, today a
mark that hat not' been reached since
;1883. ,. Water has fallen ; in : perfect
torrents and the ; Oregon mist has
been ; transformed Into almost solid
streams of water. Railroad traffic !s
demoralized to the north,, east and
south, telegraph lines are out of com
mission throughout the Willamette
valley. Washouts near Salem on the
Southern Pacific railroad from trans
' porting passengers and the same con
dition prevails between Portland and
'. Seattle. ; : ' ;.; c -V ' -.-' ; V ' .
"Hie O. R. & N. Is also having trou
ble east and a landslide-is today re
ported at Rooster" Rock. ,
The Willamette river is still rls
nig with marked rapidity and by
v. nightfall It will have',-'reached the
; danger line. Already basements of
'building located near the" river are
flooded and. people are mpvlng to
higher ground. ' f , . ' ( ' '. y
Parts of Salem Inundated. '
Salem, Jan.;. 19. The most dlsast
rous flood In years , Is now raging
here. Conditions are hourly becom
' Ing worse and many homes have al
ready been ', flooded, causing great
damage. . ; .
Practically every bridge In . and
; near the city has been removed by the
' RESOLUTIONS INTRODUCED THAT
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City's Books to be Experted, Is tho
' Order Made.
Extending the area, of hard sur
face, pavement, calling for'experts on
the city books for three years back
and attending to minor matters con
stituted the work of, the city rcouncll
In session last eventnf. -.
AH members were present except
Church and Orvls, and the entire
proceeding of the evening moved il-)jy
' ong with little, friction.
' The followihg bfllclals gave bond to
the city for the faithful performance
of their duties: Street Superintend
ent, $1500; recorder, $1,000; assist
ant .water superintendent, $1500;
chief of police,, $1500; city treasurer,
$25,000. Each bond was taken out in
a surety company. .
A petition for a board sidewalk on
the south side of S avenue was Med.
i Books to be Experted. - .
By resolution it was ordered that
experts be employed to expert all city,
business for the past three years.
New officials feel they are entitled to
a place of beginning In the city af
fairs, and it, was agreed the better
way to procure such a place was to
have the old work examined and
passed upon by experts.
A resolution was Introduced em
powering the city to pay for paving
around the federal . building site.
While the city attorney was instruct
ed to take up the matter of paving
"with the delegation In congress there
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torrents 'of water. Damage to the
city is already estimated at not less
than $50,000 and private home have
suffered at least $20,000 In damage. !
The Willamette river raised fifteen
feet In forty-eight hours. V Joshue
Smith, a farmer, rode Into the river
last, evening on horseback, when, on
his way to Salem and was drowned,
: Ealns In Eastern Oregon,
f , Pendleton,3 Jan." 19. With a mod-
Railing this moraine and appearances
Indicate that considerable moisture
will be precipitated. ' i
Mill Men Apprehensive. --' '
; Portland, Jan. 19. At Oregon City
the papermlll officials are preparing
for a rush of water down the Willam
ette' river that Is sure to come ac
fojdfng to reports from, above. JThey
are very apprehensive of serious
damage. ' " ,
' At McMlnn rllleN Wwlands 1 of the
Yamhill river are InundatedZThe li
ver has. now .risen 28 feet in 24 hours
and Is still rising. Farmers are mov
ing to the highlands."
At Corvftllls many, basements are
filled with water, streejts are flooded
and the town lsvwatching the floods
and doing nothing else, The . fier
close to Corvfillls Has i shown 21 feet
rise and Is still coming up. , Y -
Is littlo hope that anything will come
of It. for in other cities the muni
cipality is compelled to pay for all
Improvements, and ltis very likely
the rule will not be broken . In La
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The Improvement of Greenwood av:
enue from Adams to Washington and
Pennsylvania avenue from Washing
ton to; Fourth Btreet with hard sur
face pavement jpas the contents of
two resolution that went on file last
.evening. These were followed with
a' resolution asking for bitullthlc
pavement on Jefferson avm: , from
Chestnut to Cove avenue.
PROSECUTION RESTS.
Mrs. Schenk May Again Go on The
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V Wheeiins, 'Vest Va., Jan. 19 The
i prosecution rested today In the case
against Mts. Schenk. Ud until 'near-
noon the Questioning was contin
ued . when the state leclded to rest
the case. It was asserted that Mrs.
Schenk would again go on the stand
.this afternoon If the defense was opened.''-
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May ilave Been Poisoned. :
. Monroe, Wn., Jan. 19. Analysis of
the stomach of George Allen, a ball
player who died last week, Indicates
he died from arsenic poisoning. Au
thorities today began an investiga
tion. In the meantime the funeral of
Allen's mother, who died the day be-,
fore he did, has been postponed by
orders of the " coroner. Five other
members of the family are seriously
111 from a complaint, similar to that
which caused AlIen'B death. '
; 7 Missionary to Lecture. .
. Rev. W R. Manley, av returned mis
sionary, from India, will deliver an
address 6n missions at. the Baptist
church i at 7.30 this evening. An In
vitation Is extended to everyone.
CALIFORNIA HAS IT TOO.
BUI Is Ready and May Pass the Leg-''.C-.i
Mature, ;;Y
Sacramento, Jan. 19. California's
Initiative, referendum and recall bills
are ready to be presented to the leg
islature. They take the form of two
amendments to the constitution mod
eled along the Oregon 'system.. The
governor 1 and his nearest f political
advisors have been working two
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per cent of the voters preceding an
election can Initiate a petition for a
new law ofr a constitutional amend
ment under i'ths bllV lr, i '4
Helena, , Mont, Jan.. 19. As a re
sult of an explosion of 500 pounds of
dynamite at the SOO-foot level In tho
Keating gold mine near .this city late
last evening six miners ago dead, two
are injured and two are missing. Tho
SEVERAL PROMINENT HEADS OF
V DEPARTMENTS QUIT.
Treatment of Socialists Is Cause of
Their Act '". -
-; TokiO, Jan. 19. Daunted J by a
storm of protests which have poured
In since the sentencing of twenty
four socialists yesterday for. alleged
conspiracy to assassinate the Mikado,
Premier Katsura, Minister of Inter
ior Hlrata, (Minister of Agriculture
and Commerce Oura, Minister of Ed
ucation KomatBudara, three of- the
most powerful cabinet members, ten
dered their resignations today..'. It is
now believed that the world wide pe
titions for commutation of sentences
of the socialists will go direct to the
mediator and possibly be acted upon
favorably, -fi : : . . '""-
'The action of theresigned officials
is hailed by Japanese 'socialists as
Important preliminary to the fight
they have started to save Kotuka and
his fellow convicts. v
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' J--, , Dogs sre Faithful, "'. ;
, Portland, Or.i Jan., 19. Their mas
ter killed while hunting, two faithful
dogs of August Long Stood watch over
his dead body during a raging storm
until a searching party dame to find
them. ;Evn then -they could hardly
be called from the side of their dead
master and rescuers had to toll them
away with strips of venison cut from
the carcass of a dear the hunter had
killed. ' Only in this way could the
men1 get possession i of the corpse,
over which the dogs kept guard. Long
was a farmer,; of Columbia county,
and he died as the result-of a' fall
while In the woods' alone. ' - .
This Afternoon Joseph Predmore,
the oldest man In Oregon, died at the
Grande' Ronde hospital of old age
and Infirmities., t , ,
The deceased was over 100. years
of age and it is believed by those who
kn3w the old gentlenfan that his age
is 106 although of late years he has
become too feeble to compute his
time In this world.
Few characters In the entire north
1 RESIGN
LIVES ARE
Dim
VESSEL IS rOUSDIXG ITSELF TO
PIECES.
Lumber Craft Caught In Terrific Gals
Ob Coast
Eureka, Cal.; Jan. 19. With acrew
of fllteen men In Imminent danger the
steamer Lakme, from Coos Bay to
San Pedro loaded with lumber, Is
pounding ' herself to pieces off' Cape
Blanco. She may go to pieces at any
moment. 'Wireless report from Ta
bty Bluff say two attempts to launch
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The Standard Oil steamer Ascunclon,
passetfger steamer, and the steamer
Watson are standing by but can't aid
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investigation was started today and
a complete - examination'- of the sur
roundings will be made.; The dead
are Ed. Ryan, shift boss, and his
brother, Dan; - Percy Way,:- Dan
Whyte.I-Isiry Abbott and Louis Tuck,
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SECRETARY BALLIXGER IS GIV
EN GRILLING.
Fktclier lias No Use for the Bulling
.v: er Kind.
Washington, Jan. 9. Declaring
that 'Secretary Ballinger Is Just with
in "line of criminal guilt" Senator
Fletcher of Florida today spoke in
the senate endorsing the minority re
port of the investigating committee.
He said that the people are not sat
isfied to have their officials barely
keep within the law, pursuing a
course of "neglectfulness and un
faithfulness." -
The senator claimed throughout
the Investigation it appeared that
Baljlnger as lawyer, . commissioner
and secretary of the Interior fully
sympathized , with the coal land
claimants and decreed they be given
patents. He had reference to the
Cunningham claims. , , :
j "No where did Ihe want the law en
forced," said Fletcher. '
"If the violated the law Ballinger
held the law to be absurdi Nowhere
Ib he shown to be.safeguardlngr the
people's Interests. - He always seemed
to feel It his duty to look out for the
private Interests and entirely lose
sight of the fact.' that the people's
property was at stake.' His course
has been p"ositIvely wicked when he
sent a young lawyer only a year out
of college to defend the government's
Interests In the Cunningham claims."
7 ! Union's Mayor Here.
! L. A. Wright, mayor of Union Is
over for a few days. He says that
everything In Union Is moving along
nicely and they hope to land the bug
house if the question is reopened.
west were better known. He has
frequently been sent for by different
cities when holding pioneer meetings
and on every instance it has been
proven that he was tho oldest man
in attendance. Predmore has lived
In La Qrande many years and was a
familiar character on the streets of
the city. ' ' . ,. : . ' ' ;
Funeral arrangements have not
yet been made.
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BE PASSE!
IT ALONG WITH OTHERS ITRO
DUCED TODAY.
Game Department to be Put Out of
i Politics.
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Salem, Jan. 19. A bill introduced
in the house today intending to put
an end to the scandal of private In
sane asylums will cause such Insti
tutions to pay license fee and vbe put
Under direction and Investigation of
county courts. . '''" )'..-,
Albee of Multnomah Introduced the
Adalr bill-which provides. .for sterlL?
tzattoa of; habitual criminals,"" crim
inally Insane, Idiotic and "men guilty
of rape.'; This Iblll once passed and
was vetoed by Chamberlain when he
was ' governor. " ' ' ' ' ; '
Other bills Introduced was a fish
and game bill providing for a non-pol
litlcal board -of five to hare ' entire
control of the game and fish depart
ments. ' This bill Is backed j by the
governor and game associations. 4:
1 : COPIES OKLAHOMA
Illinois to - Take Up " State Guaranty
f-''i'w:'c of Banks.'":
- Springfield, 111.,- Jan. 19. If a bill
Introduced in the house can pass Il
linois will have a bank guarantee law
Identical with that of Oklahoma
which has caused so much discus
sion. 1 The ; bill provides for the es
tablishment of state banking boards
aud. the collection of a small per
cent of average dally deposits upon
all" Tt aitirTa nk'saTltf' tfu a i"e6n jian les
for guaranty fund.
BODY CHOPPED TO PIECES.
Gruesome Crime Uncovered In Chi
u; . cago Today.
Chicago, Jan. 19. Hacked ; into
pieces an unidentified body of an Ital
ian was found In an alley here today.
A short bloody axe and a revolver
were found near by. These are the
only tale bearers of what seems to
be a fearful crime., It is believed that
the victim was a tailor who scabbed
during the recent garment workers
strike. Police think foreign garment
workers are guilty of the crime.
CHINAMAN MAKES FLIGHT.
Slant Eyed Celestial Has an Airship
Too.
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Elmhurst. Cal., Jan, 19.-With a
flight of over a mile to his' credit,
Fung Joe Guey, a local. Chinaman to
day stepped Into the Jlmellght as the
first; Chinese, aviator In America. In
a machine made by himself and other
Chinese, combining . the Farnain and
Wright types of bl-plans hs soared
from the fields near SImhurst to a
height of forty feot." He uses a-75-horse
power water cooled motor.,
; . Goss BUI Postponed. : '
. ;oiympla, Jan. 19 The Goss bill
abolishing capital punishment ..;was
postponed indefinltly In the house to
day after a hard fight by a vote of 47
to 41. Oenne of Spokane led the fight
against the bill.
; Large Borax Supply. . '
'.Portland, Or., Jan. 19. (Special)
What Is; said to be the second larg
est deposit of borax in the United
States Is located in Lake county and
will be worked extensively during
the coming summer. The borax lies
In the Albert, Summer and Alkali
lake valleys and there have been
3400 mineral locations made within
these districts. The borax is said to
be almos pure and compares In val
ue with the large deposlta In Death
Valley, Cel., tand the Lake - county
beds are easily accessible at all times.
A company of claim owners has
been formed and machinery will ba
brought In this summer and extensive
development work carried on. A
large force of men will be employed
In mining the borax beds. ,
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Qonmi sis up
HIE SBIUTE
IDAHO SENATOR ADVOCATES DI
RECT ELECTION BY PEOrLE.
Says the Old Form Is a Vice and U
: Out of Date.
Washington, Jan. 19. Speaking oa
the resolution submitting a constitu
tional amendment providing for dl- ,
rect election of United States Senator
Senator Borah of Idaho today brand
ed the present system In use by most
states aa a vice and out of date.
lie said that for the past twenty
years t, prolonged, contests la Jeglsla-.
tares" had ' rtilljr- Illustrated the " evil "
of the present system. Claiming
that sometimes senatorial elections -occupied
the entire session to the ex
clusion of Important state business,
he 'urged that the resolution should
prevail empowering the election of
senators by direct' vote of the people.
' "When patronage enters Into the
contest the whole affair becomes 'a
disgrace,", said Borah, and he men
tioned the case of Senator Lorlmer
as an example' Illustrating how men
can hold their seats In the senate re
gardless of bribery charges. ' .
i. "Up to 1872 we had no cases of
bribery in 1 connection with election
of United States senators. Then we
had ten Investigations of .alleged
crooked," practice that never reached
this bbd?,.;:.T-vK As'.n"fl!nrt.ratlon-a
matter qHui-'i; . -t- . ; senate.
Lorimer considers It as a question of .
technical ; legality under " the system
by whlch 'we now'elect our senators,
Tho , Illinois legislature, spent weeks, .
ikiisltt&ouths in the aln effort to elect '
somebody. . The : whole leglslatlts
body was demoralized and men bar
tered their honor like courtesans.
Charges and counter charges follow
ed. Now we are told by an Investi
gating committee , that , no mors :
shameless, demoralized criminals ev-
er existed, than some of the member
or the legislature that elected Lor
imer -senator," ,
DSLIDESTOPS
ALL 0. R. A N. TRAINS TIED UP
FOR THE DAY.
Mountain Gives Way at Rooster Rock
and Covers Tracks.
East bound trains are indefinitely
delayed today on account of a land
slide at Rooster Rock, about twenty
five miles this side of Portland. The
slide occurred In one of the large cuts
on the Columbia River and traffic U
at a standstill until the track can be -cleared.
A large force of men are at
'.work on the slide now and the of
ficials think that trains will be in
operation again this evening. Num- '.
ber six, which is dse In La Grande
at 4:25 in the morning Is marked up
at 10 p. .m. Traffic from the east
to coast points is tied up at The
Dalles, while the. eastbeund trains
are mostly being held In Portland to
day, it waa fortunate that no trains ;
were passing at the time the slide
occurred for Its "extent was so great
and the tremendous power carried by
by It - would , have brought disaster
had either a freight or passenger
train been at . the point when the
slide occurred. v'.
This occured In a section of coun
try that has always been more or less
addicted td slides and there Is seldom
a year pases that trains on the O. R.
& N. are not delayed at some time
during the season by this cause,
, County Clerk at tho Lake.
County Clerk E. WTrlght is spending
a few days at Hot Lake. This is the
first vacation this official has had
since the strenuous days of the late
campaign. ' . ; ; :
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