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GRANDE UNION COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1911.
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SCORES FROM GRtDIEONS. ?
$ At Champaign, Ills. Mlnneso-
sota 11, Illinois 0. " "w S
At Chicago Chicago 5, WlBcon-
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At Baltimore Carlisle 29. John 0 1
Hopkins 6. ' , ;-...
At Providence, R. I. Brown 6, .'
Trinity 6. ' '
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Cambridge, Nov. 25 Harvard brawn
and Tale bulldog grit battled on Sol-
diers' field this afternoon before 40,-
000 shrieking spectators to t score of
nothing to nothing. It was one of the
hardest contests the rival teams hive
fever': played. Several players Mere
bruised and Injured and for:ed to re
tire during the game.
Although fierce line plunges marVed
the game, punting was much resorte I
to and both sides saved themselves Ly
kicking the pigskin from danger sev
eral times.
Blaring bands and flaunting banners
screened Harvard's great stadium to
day for the annual football game be
tween Harvard and Yale. The weather
was bright. Twenty-eight Boston ho
tels are filled with people who came to
witness the great struggle. The weath
er was clear and the gridiron dry
wbich helped Yale much. Tareo hour
before the game the stadium began fil
ling with rooters.
Navy Defeats Army.
. Philadelphia, Nov. 25. That annual
society-football event which murks :he
competition between Annapolis and
West Point resulted In the navy np
setting all predictions and - winning
from the mighty . soldiers, this after
noon. Score, navy 3,. army 0. It wjis
a beautiful game but the soldiers were
conceded to be the stronger.
' Chicago Defeats ,WJcnsln.
Chicago, Nov. 25. Wisconsin was
trouncoi Ty Chicago today 5 Jo 0. The
score muddles the championship af
fairs in the big eight.' Wisconsin was
confident of victory; her tie score with
Minnesota gave her big favoritism;
Chicago's defeat of Cornell, gave her
confidence and showing a wonderful
improvement of form over the past few
weeks scored scored a lone touchdown
on Wisconsin.' The badger rooters
were sorely disappointed.
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.SPECIAL TKAIX LEAYLS U
I GRANDE AT EIGHT O'CLOCK.
'Special Leaves Pendleton at 3 O'clock
I and Reaches Here at S.
I Close to 200 teachers and superin
tendents of schools In Union county
will go to Baker tomorrow on the spe
cial train to be run from Pendlaton t
attend the Eastern Oregon' Teacher
convention which opens Monday. A
special train will be made up at Pendleton,-
leaving there at 5 o'clock to
morrow night and reaching here at 8
j?elock. County Superintendent Bn?g
:oday predicted about 200 would Join
iie train here, and for that reason It.
i'H urged that .the teachers procure
their tickets prior to 8 o'rlock so
there will be no contusion lii handling
he crowd on the special train.
CARDINAL FRANCICA-NAVA.
Church Dignitary Detailed :
at Archbishop of Catania.
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WELFARE A PURPOSE-
lal Cementing of the Profession Is
J Among the purposes.
Grande physicians are taking the
jltial steps In the formation of a club
jntposed of physicians and surgeons
La Grande with the aim In view
i cementing social relations and
n toward tha betterment of the
cdical profession In this city. Mat-
nrn nnnrn pai r
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IS G011EPGEI
NEIGHBORHOOD CLUB TO WORK
WITHOUT COMXISSIX.
Annual Disposal of Senls to Aid Tab
. erculosls Fand Ordered.
Red Cross seals campaigns have
been Inaugurated throughout the state
and La Grande has received the foer
too. Commencing next Tuesday tha
Neighborhood' club wlU take up thli
much-mooted topic and arrange for
handling the seals, In this cUy this
year. No' commission Is' to be retain
ed anywhere, from the distributors to
the clubs-disposing of ihem, htnee ev
ery cent accruing from the sale of the
Christmas package stickers will re
vert directly to. the fund established
for the study and prevention of tuberculosis.-
Everyone " is familiar with
the seals, their usefulness ana tie
study that tbey stand for, Wntin? for
the Oregon association for the study
and nrevention of tuberculosis, Mrs.
Sadie Orr Dunbar, of Portland, con
veys the plans to Mr J. , D, Stout
president of the Neighborhood c'ub
here. She Bays In part. . ' . : f .
"The time for the sale of the Hed
Cross seals' Is drawing near In fret,
we must begin to make our plans for
a most successful sa This year we
have been given the' agency for the
state of Oregon, outside of Portlrnd
The clubs will not retain a commission
as they did last year, ; You know we
have 'always given the proceeds .. to
the Visiting Nurse association and th.
money was spent here in - Port'aud
Now we will establish a fund which
shall be handled by a board of trus
tees, and In our 'own state federaMon
wll become" an . active agent In' the
fight against the great white plague,
and the money , can be used in any
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'At first thought It mighty appear
unfair to pot pay the clubs a commis
sion, but I am sure you will see hnw
much more good might be accomplish
ed if the whole fund was collected and
managed by. one- board, , Acordlng t j
the formal contracts which I signed
every cent-must be spent In the tuber
culosis work. Jt is .for that, work
alone that the seals are published ". ..j
that would give organized warfare
against epidemics should Such a condi
tion arise, and in many. s other, ways
serve the public, welfare, are the fun
damental purposes of the. c? .
officers have been elected as yet but
such action will be taken at a subse
quent meeting. a
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.Dentist Found .Guilty." :
San Bernardino, Cal., Nov. 25. Ap
pll 'atlon for a new trial for Dentist
McDaVlt will be filed today, according
to the defense. If appeal Is denied he
will be sentenced for his crime.
Bankers to THt ranama.
New Orleans, la., Nov. 25. Several
thousand bankers, their families and
Yriends. who have been attending the
annual convention of the American
Bankers association here tnls week de
parted at noon today on a trip to
ft that would benefit and lmpror Panama. The party will make a la
pnyalcal health, of th city at large, epectloa of the Panama canal
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J. W. LOUGHLIS NAMED PR&SL
DENT OF, COMMISSION.
Complete Organization Perfected and
By.Laws Drafted This Week.
Dr. J. W. Laughlln, one of the promi
nent lnnoculators or public library
virus In La Grande during the past
few weeks, was elected president of
the La Grande library commission at
Its first organization meeting. The
commission was appointed, by Mayor
A. L.' Richardson and confirmed by th?
council and It Is the purpose of that
commmlsBlon to carry out some plan to
get- a nucleus of a library here Jhat
Carnegie may successfully be appealed
to for aid.
By-laws were adopted and many im
portant matters were" transacted. The
full slate of officers follows:
President, J. W. Loughlin; vice pres
identAttorney George T. Cochran;
Chas..S. Dunn, secretary.
Portrait of Philanthropist
Ms-J Reeontly In New York.
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C.i 1WI, 1 Amorlc&a Press AssoclaUon. !
.NW.iinrir Nov. 25v AndMwXarap.sle
",;ia"75 today!"" He'" gives' much "cfe'dvt
for hia success to reading Shake-
J speare. Ills celebration ws Quiet
and unostentatious.
SCHOOL CHILDREN DONATE j
Tidy Sum Turned Over From Children
for Aid of Portland School. .
La Grande's public schools gave a
tidy offering to the Bo'-s and Girls'
school of Portland as Is the custom on
Thansglvlng week. The little folk
gave as follows:
High school ......'.j. ..;.,.;.;.$ 3.6r.
North side school 6.1
Fir street school J .48
Central school JO
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C02ITHADICTS HSPv TES
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STATE TRYING TO BA !I B
RELATIONS WITH ST;tOUSF
Admits Having Etcelved Money From
Millionaire Denies She Threatened
Her Husband Letters Wrlitt-a from
Her to Her Husband Expressing
Love for Each Other Shewn.
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under the fire of the mercll
dejected, Mrs. Patterson tod,
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cross examining her t-ylng ?
all her relations with St ouse,
csgo millionaire. She has col
ed much of her testimony.
.The state introduced a nut s,
letters written by the husban
wif. cxDreaains; deeo love.-a
nied he 'promised to wlthdrayC f "H"v'
vorce suit If Patternson withiew thr
suit against' Strouse and she also de
nied threatening Paltersou. She ad
mitted she got $7 000 from- Strouse
when she was "leased" to hint by hei
husband, counting Hie various times he
gave her money.
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! Rogers Seemingly Insane.
San Francisco, Nov. 25. Convinced
that Rogers will not confess to the
Goodman murder, the authorities will
formally charg him on circumstan
tial evidence. Attired In bloody cloth
ing, holding the hatchet which It is as
serted killed Goodman, Rogers laughs
His sanity will be tested.
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QUTfllGE ON GIRL
Lincoln Center, Nov. 25. "We (lit1
not do the actual tarring and foataer
Ing of Mis3 Mary Chamberlain. . I, for
one, won't go to the penitentiary with
out a fight," said Clark today, who.
with John Schmidt, wsre found gulltv
after, the Jury was out 36 houris: The
others who confessed trot one year in
the penitentiary. Clar and Schmidt
were accused of applying the tar to the
schoolteacher, " .'
Miss Chamberlain declared ' h'e
would continue to liV3 In Boverly, the
hotbed of the trouble. !
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Fighting Near Honkow. ''
, Shatighal,Nov. 25. Fighting is ' pro
gressing at Hankow. The battle raged
36 hours and , the, rebels are gaialng
slowly.' ' The rebel gunboat shells Ig
nited the Standard Oil tanks outdlde
Hankow,, practically destroying the
plant. The losses are enormous.
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MAIL TRAIN TO CARRY COACH IN
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tletter Acconiniodatlrtns fo Points Eiit
1 From La Grande Prom feed '
Early" morning local train ' service
from La Grande east to Huntingdon
has been assured Easteru v. regon. The
fast mail No. 10, will be given a cowh
at La Grande and carry it t Hunting
ton. This is in response to-a request
for some such service by BiVer and a
news dispatch from ihe-e remarks:
Success has -crowned the efforts of
the. Baker Commercial club to secure
better local train service of ?be O.
W, R. " & N. for General Pas3epger
Agent McMurray yesterday submitted
a plan whlcb. will give an exceptional
ly commodious local servico i:i eac'i
direction from this city. '-
' The morning mal train from the
west, which loaves here at . 7:45 a.
ra will carry a pEitisetifter coach
from La' Grande to Huntington, and
a pony train will be tnade iip here,
leave al 5 o'clock In the afternoon
for a run to Telocaset, making thj
turn on the "Y" at that place, and
arrive back In this city at about 8 p m.
: According to Mr. McMurray;., thi
pew service will go into effect " at
once. The great Improvement that the
added service will make ii apparent.
Passffngers will be able to leave hero
on the east bound morning train at
a convenient hour, and arrive . at
Huntington In time to connect with
the Northwestern railroad for points
down the Snake river. ' ' 1
WOES TO C023IESCE IN
TEN DAYS HOP E0FS1CTK5
Incorporation of Company U Use Ffeoii
, Waters in Early Suranur EJe"(ed
and Work to Co ma nee at Once .
WIU Water About 10.000 Acre el
Land Wliir Hlgh Ti!j Water.
Incorporation cf the La Onnde Ir
rigatlon company has bei. "effected
and within the next 10 days weather
conditions remaining cormil c .in
struction of main ditches for trie irri
gation of about 10,00') acres cf liud
next summer will have cuumenefd.
The water used for this purpose Is to
be entirely surplus aud flood waters,
utilized during the late siring s.id
ri atummar hlb , water .and turned
loosTon the fiofds af a time wbeii Wa- '
ter Is sufficient. The soaking thus
obtained is Intended to be sufficient to
mature grains during the cry season.
The land thus to be used is cow pro
ducing but little.
' This scheme baa bc-en vnder coa
plderatlon for some time bui It Is only
now that the Incorporation has been
effectel. The incorporators a'e F. 1
Meyers, J. D. McKennon, I. E. ReT
nolds and these are alao stockholders
The other .stockholders are: Th
Eastern Oregon Light & P-iwtr cin-
Lpany, M. H. Davis of Boise and L, A.
Lewis of Boise. The latter two fom
the company known as Davis & Lewis.
Water Famine Over. ,
., Seattle, Nov,-2o. Tho water system
was renaired and beean workine to- !
day. ending the water shortage.
Hury Beadle Tomorrow
Richmond,' Nov. 25. Beattie's body
will be buried in Maury cemetery be- :
side his wife tomorrow.'
U. S. GUYER.
Republican Candidate For Con -grass
in Second Kansas District.
Gotham HecalU the Evacuation.
Taylor In Ua Angeles Times.
New Yor, Nov. 25. New York today
held its uBuat observance of Evacatlon
day, the anniversary of . the evacuation
of the city by the British troops, at the
end of the revolulionary war.
' Fire at Salt Lake. ' i
Salt Lake.: Nov.1 25. Fire destroyed
the Richard street auditorium, today
with ailcys of $60,000 - The building
waa used for a prize fight arena and a
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Portland, Ore., Nov. 25. Four em
ployes, including Ed. Manning, fore
man, were burned seriously around the
head today when an explosion occurred
in the city crematory when the work
men dumped fine dry -.awdust Int i the
furnace.
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,SII 0P3IEN AND ROAD COJOE TO AN
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Kansas City to Jacksonville.
Kansas City, Mo.,-Not. 25. The flzst
through train ever operated between a
Missouri River point and the south
east will be placed In service tomor
row by the Southern railway. The
train will be known as tbe Kansas City
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Slrike Is Averted on Thai Line by tiio
Slcnlnp of Contract.
Chicago, Nov. 25. It was unnouncel
at the ofilces of the Chicago, Kock Is
land and Pacific railroad today that
the differences between the road and
the shopmen, which threatened a
strike, have been adjusted. The union
agreed to sign an original scale offer
ed by the railroads October 10th. This
doesn't contemplate Increases tha
scale or changing of the worklus eon-
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