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LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON. TUESDAY, MAY 2; 1911.
NUMBER 162
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S. THE PRESENT RAINFALL.
Government Instrument read
ings, by W. A. Worstell, show a
'o'clock last night and noon to- $
,.20 Inch rainfall between five
' day, scattered over that period
3 with slow showers. As the &f-
3 ternoon continues, the showers $
are growing more frequent. Thou-
sands of dollars have been saved
the farmers In a few hours. .
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$8& $$ While no reports have b;en received
from North Powder a careful aurvey of
the entire valley shows a good rain
fall. V:- v "' ''.' ' ' '
Crops were nearing the danger zone
of aridnesa. Winter and spring gratns
were commencing to show signs of the
continued draught and there was some
alarm felt. Small as it was last night's
showers have saved . the day and al
most every, section of the valley the
prospects for record crops are assured
i trops io Hire wanger.
f n 'v I .Washington, May lProst is pre-
Fifty per cent improvement In crops ' dieted tonight In, tils Great Lakes re
during one night as the result of the glon and the Ohio valley, the middle
Slow Intermittent showers last night Atlantic and the New England states
Is the encouraging report coming The forecast predicts a drop of 40
from, farmers throughout the valley degrees In the temperature.
this morning. Added to this blessing " It Is feared heavy damage wllfTe
to farmers and all concerned, came suit to fruit and crop3. It Is estlmat
several showers during the day, farW ed that yesterday's storm loss In 1111
lne slowly and allowing thorough per- nols, Indiana and Burroundln states
eolation through the soil Farmers east of the Rockies, ran Into the thou
could well stand stlll more ralnbut :,sands. "v In the ; Qreat; Lakes region
the nature of the showers is such that J heavy winds and. thunder storms oc
the very best results were obtained. . curred. In Kentucky and Indiana, it
The showers were heavier "through- ! rained and in Nebraska and Colorado
out the valley than in La Grande, there was some snow.' 1 .'"
.EDWONO'-BEALL'
Illinois Sut Stdator Wants
"$1C0 Bounty Paid For BbiM.
SOLEMN VOW TB-
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POST OFFICE MUST TABULATE
EVERY ITEM.
BELIEVED IT WILL BE POSSIBLE
TO LEAVE AT 1 P. 31.
Yesterday's Mail Handled Here Num.
- bcrs 8,724 Pieces. ' .
Eight thousand, seven hundred and
v ; twenty-four pieces of map, first", sec-
ond, third and fourth classes, divided
I , Into 14 other subdivisions, passed In
; ;. 2 and out of the La Grande postofflce
y yesterday, according to reports com-
, piled the first day of the month of let-
j ! ter counting throughout the United
j States during the, month of May. Dur-
j v ing this month every piece of incom
ing and outgoing mall will be counted
v carefully not only counted but care
fully segregated and sorted into a doz
en different departments. The task
t is a huge one but will give the govern
ment a very detailed table as to the
number of pieces handled throughout
the country. The time required to
handle this mail is also ascertained,
Postmaster Rickey and' his assistants
will have a strenuous month, and in
, La Grada, as In other communities,
' . the mails may be tardy In reaching
, the public after each train.
"BAD MAJi" IN JAIL.
Baseball Dance Tomorrow lght
Interet In Sunday Game.
Dance Wednesday yisht
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FULFILLED'
VALIENT OATH TO LOSE LIFE 0l(
FIND POLE COMES TO NAUGHT
IX ANTARCTIC . s
Men
While Jupanes Party Falls Utterly,
Driven Back by Cold, English, Aus
tralun mi Norwegian Parties, on
Separate Routes, Are Racing for the
South Pole. - Party Meets In Ross
Sea Recently. . ;
Toklo, May 2. Lieutenant Shlrase,
a leader of the Japanese expedition
for, the. south pdle iyho swore to sue
ceed or die, has failed and Is also alive.
Dispatches from Sidney today tell of
JOSEPH CAILLA'JX.
Minister of Finance of
the Rspuhlio of rrrc-.
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Involved
Oil IRTEL1ESI
IDT.
J STRUGGLE
LOS ANGELES TRIAL TO BE MERE
CRIMINAL PROSECUTION
SAY BOTH SIDES.
flO GHfJlEE in VEflUE
TROUBLE 0 PENNSYLVANIA IS
- GROWING WORSE DAILY.
Brought Over From Unton Where He
Carried Weapons and Was "Bad
" Sentenced to 30 days. In the county
Jail by the Justice of the peace at Un
ion; a man named Spencer of Union
was brought to La Grande last even
Ing by Constable Bob Smith, the man
ager, of the Union baseball team. Spen
cer proved himself a real bad man
and a small posse was drafted Into
service to make the arrest after he had
made' a gun play or two a few; days
ago. ' - ' '
S The baseball team will give a v
dance at the Elks' hall tomorrow
evening for the benefit of the new
$ uniform fund. ThFSe suits have
?' already been, purchased and 9
$ while the sum is not as great as
it would have been had the uni- $
" forms been ordered from Port-
8 land or Seattle instead of being
made at home, the amount Is no
trivial matter. There will be no
sale of tickets before the dance S
and evtryone Is urged to attend, f'
and not only enjoy him and her-
? self but aid the ball team as well.,
Provisions for an excursion to Elgin
next Sunday when La Grande and El
gin meet for the first-game of the
year and when one of thestwo teams
now tied" for first place will have to
take a drop, are now under way, and
If present fclans are eventually agreed
upon the excursion will leave .here
about 1 o'clock and return immediate
ly after the game. This will give the
fans of this city a chance to take din
ner at feome and be home, again before
dark. The arrangement is meetlns
with popular favor and as the Interest
and backing of both teams la keen.
the audience should b a large on'.1.
Full announcement as to the success
of the present plans will be made to
morrow
Strikebreakers Being Imported as Men
Leave In Herds. V
Pittsburg, May 2.With from, 7,
1 000" to 10,000 "already out, additional
walkouts are expected on the Penn
sylvania railroad and officials are pre
paring for a bitter struggle with the
shop men. Union officials charge the
railroad began a systematic fight
against organized labor by dropping
union men whenever convenient. Gen
eral Manager Long denies this. Strike
breakers are being imported to the
Pittcairn shop and also to Altoona.
pected to leave soon for Japan. - -.
The expedition reached 74 degrees
and then turned back on account ol
the extreme cold, on March 10th. Cap
tain Scott, English, Raol Amundsen,
Norwegian and Captain Mawson, Aus
tralian, are now racing to the pole.
1 Lively Dash for Pole. ..
San Francisco, May 2. Delayed In
transmission from Christ, New Zealand
where it was filed April 1, a telegram
reached Henry; Lund, the Norwegian
consul general hers, from Amundsen,
which tells of his meeting In the far
antarctic seas with the English expe
dition headed by Scott. They met at
Whale Bay in the Ross sta. The par
tltft are now supposed to be dashing
for the pole on separate routes.
Union and Labor Interests ot to Be
Part of Straggle at Lo Angeles
' Case to Be Tried on Its Merits as a
' Crmlnal Case and Not as Issues Be
tween Labor and Capitalistic Inter
est. " ; : 'f';''-.;":
IN; B, GIPBFIL
HEADQUARTERS WILL4 BE HERE
PISSES
All
ONE OF THE TREKKERS Wild
CROSSED PLAINS IN SIXTIES."
FIREMEN TO ELECT.
Companies No'. 1 and No. 2 to Hold An.
nual Election Tomorrow.
W. K. Da!s to Be Eastern Oregon
Manager of Insurance Co.
Following the popular Idea now of
La Grande bflng headquarters for al
most everything' In Eastern Oregon
the Reserve Life Insurance company
of Indianapolis, has appointed W, K.
Davis1 of this city as district manager
for the Eastern Oregon country and
kAAilmaiif&ra will maintain cH hnrn.
Mr. Davis has resided in this city for the ox team method and ettllns
eight years andiwB a large-acquaint-i
ance. S. J. Clarldge, state manager
Aged Pioneer Dies of Cancer at Hi
: Home In This City.
William Brooks Campbell, member
of the trekking element that crossed
the plains with ox teams in the early
sixties, died at his home in this city
yesterday. Funeral arrangements
have been set for Wednesday at 10:30
o'clock from he Presbyterian church
with Rev. S. vV.'Soeniann officiating.
Mr. Brooks was born lu SpringfleH,
Tenn., in 1833, ad went to Missouri in
I860. In 1865 lu emigrated to Oregon
;. Los Angeles, May 2. With both
sides practically conceding that pub
lic opinion is fair, Indications are that
.v4uusu . w w HJiiuuiraB - will :r
not ask for a change of venue. Dis
trict Attorney Fredericks said that he
would try the case on its merits, look
upon It as a'great criminal case with
out thinking of the labor or capitalis
tic Bide, although veniremen opposed
to General Ctls, editor of, the TlmeB, ,
or labor, would be made basis for a
challenge by tha prosecution. The
prosecution called for a long confer
ence last night following the arrival
of Attorney Leo Rappaport from lu
dianapolia. : 'r: " ; ' U;' . .;
Wife of prisoner Collapses.
CbU'ftgo, May 2, Mrs, Ortle McMan
Igal suffered a nervous collapse today
on account of her husband's arrest la
Los Angeles. 7 '
, Jost a Criminal Case.
Las Angeles,1 May 2. Lee 'Rappa
port. who .- will, bo . associated la th
defense of the McNamaras, today gave
out tha first Interview In which ha
said it was merely a criminal case, .
and union labor was not affected by It,
and that he believed the men will be
found not guilty.
of the company, Is here today install
ing Mr. Davis In the work.
The annual election of officers of
the Rescue Hose company Nos. 1 and 2
will be held at the council chamber
Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock. All
members are urged to attend this Im
portant meeting. 0
Diets Trial Commences.
two and a half miles southeast of La
Grande made his home thero ever
since. He dld of enncer May 1 at hU
home, aged 73 yean end 25 days.
He leaves, to vourn his death five . t
children; Ida Li .'Gillie of Waabtt.c-' MANY
na. wasn.; nowara r. tamyuen -u.
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SUPREME COURT STANDARD FOES
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on'damdefde;! North Powder; Ora A. Mesenger aH ;
m h I. .Rd Ada M. Sharp of Seattle ana Broom ia Case
., Claude, preceded blm ln 1885. A His
nis-own caw. j death removeg from the depleted ranks
I of the pioneers in this valley a man
! who helped to make the community
I prosperous and aided in setting a law
abiding example for those who came
here after him,
FOREIGNERS SAID ..TO BE
UNMOLESTED YET.
WIDEN
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NOT EXPECTED THAT BIG CASES I
"DECIDED NOW.
Standard Oil and Tobacco Cases to Go
to October, No Doubt .
STANDARD OIL TO "BUCK" DUTOI
CONCERN AT HOME.
Enemy of Rockefeller Abroad to Lo
cate at 'Frisco Soon.
VOTE COUPON.
T!?e Great Circulation Contest., , -
LA GRANDE OBSERVER-DAILY AND WEEKLY
' This Coupon Will. Count One Vote.
For (Name)
Address
NOT GOOD AFTER MAY 13.
Cut Out Around Border.
Washington, May 2. With only two
days remaining of the present term, It
seems unlikely today that the supreme j
court would announces Its decisions in
the Standard Oil and American Tobac
co trust cases. If it goes over there
will be no decisions until court con
venes In October.
SPECIALTY COMPANY LOCATES.
Wlii Locate In I'orpe Building, Room
One, Is Plan.
BURNS CLAIMS EVIDENCE.
Allegel Rottenness of Ohio LegUIa
tare Claimed to Be Proven.
San Francisco, May 2. With oil
wells in every section of the worll,
capitalized at a half billion, the Royal
Petroleum companyv a Dutch corpora
tion, it la learned today, will enter tin
local field in competition with the
Standard Oil company. It has success
fully fought the Standard company lu I
Europe and now proposes to carry the
fight into the United States. - The con
cern will soon open offlctb here. . r
The Oregon Specialty company has
leased quarters In the Corps building,
room one, and will handle agents' sup
plies for the entire county of Union
The firm is being Installed today and !
will be ready for business at once,
Chinese' Outbreaks Occur
Again,' Ships Will Open' Fire.
Hong Kong, May 2. British blue-
Jackets and marines with rapid fire
guns have landed In Canton rfom four
warships today to quell ths Chin ess
rioters, If an outbreak occurs again.
No foreigners have suffered yet but
some fear for the missionaries scat
tered 'through the province. Four
crusiers, and two French warships,
two American and one, German gun
boat are in the harbor,
Important and Radical Changes Advo
cated In Report Fllfd Today.
' Nashville, May 2. Important pro
visions calling for radical changes are
outlined in a report of the currency
'commission of the American commis
sion of the American bankers asBocIa-
The line carried h complete.
tlon submitted today, avsca
-Columbus.O hio, May 2. Detective
Burns arrived here today and said' the
scandal which his detectives uncov-
Schooner Capsized In Lake.
Milwaukee, Wis., May 2. A two-
masted schooner capsize off Whltefish
ered in the Ohio legislature Is the Bay a nair mne oui umay. u iear-
worst he has tver encountered. He cd her crew of at least five are dead,
claims to have the case, cinched Life savers left this afternoon for the
against the golons. , ' . scene.
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