La Grande evening observer., January 03, 1912, Image 1

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jji GRJLNDE UNION COUNTY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY JANUARY 3, 1912.
NUMBER 57
23,000 ACRES
UNION COUNTY
TIMBER SOLD
AUGUST J. STANG IS
BUYER OF HUGE
TIMBER TRACT
LAND LIES ALONG THE
GRANDE RONDE RIVER BASIN
J. D. Casey, Hllgard, J. D. JIcKennon,
La Grande, J ugg Brothers ot Pen.
dleton, Principal Owners of the Laud
Bought Deemed One of Biggeii
Real state Deals In County History.
Final contracts' have passed and tr
purchase price paid for 23,100 acres
of - timber along the Grande Ronde
river In the vicinity of Hllgard, whl.-h
without doubt constitutes t':e large-)
real estate transaction ever consum
mated In Union county.
This valuable property was pur
chased throupj John T. Williamson
by August J. dt'Ui,;! for' tlie eastern
people who a s'nrt tiim aso acquired
large holding 'u tin Orande KonrttJ
basin.
This Increase'! tho InluiLgs of the
eastern people very largely and makes
them one of the neivlcs: owners of
standing timber In Eastern Oregon.
J. D. McKennou had owned consid
erable of the land and timber sold fd
a number of years. Mr. Casey ha?
been In the Hllgard country for c.ulce
a while and has been conducting a lum
ber plant at Hllgard station., whl' j
.Rugg Brothers are extensive sheer
owners ot Umatilla county.
Deal Menus Much to La Grande.
In the opinion of business men of
La Grande this city Is permanently
benefitted by the passing of this large
acreage ot timber Into hands of'meri
with extensive capital who. it Is bo
lieved, will In the cuurse of time man
ufacture it Into lumber.
While there 1b no Inform? Hon given
out as to how much standing tlrrber
the new people Intend securing some
telleve that their transactions In thl9
territory have not reached an end.
They now own about 55,000 acres of
standing timber.
y
New York, January With
25,000 laundry workers out and
another 10,000 to strike tongllit,
New York is facing one of the most
serious laundry famines In hls'ory.
Tomorrow it is expected that 60,000
workers will be out. They want bet
ter wages and lesa nours.
. William Armour, wno Is conducllrg
the strike, said today It would spread
to the laundries In the nearby citie
- It will be hard to put on unskilled
-"workers as the claims for torn clothes
r
One above zero was' the low record
mark reached by the mercury In the
government thermometer last night.
The cold snap was several degrees
more severe than any of the present
SIP
Jpj vinter as 8 or 9 above zero had here
j tofore been the lowest point.
The sudden drop came not without
forewarning for the drop was pre
Shanghai, Jan. 3. Renewal of war
is presaged here today by Wu Ting
Pang's refusal for the rebel to nego
tiate further with Premeir Yuan un
less Yuan comes to Shanghai. It Is
believed that Yuan will not come.
Backed by funds of the dowager em
press and the Manchu princes' pri
vate fortunes, it Is "believed he will
"got to a finish soon. ;.Wu charges
WILL RESUME CHINESE 11
SURPLUS IS INCREASED.
Directors of La Grande National Meet
' for Monthly 'Meeting.
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To add 110,000 to the surplus of the
La Grande National Bank was one of
the principal duties transacted at the
last monthly meeting of the directors'
board held yesterday. The annual elec
tion and meeting of the stockholders
will be held next Tuesday. A healthy
and sound condition of Union county
and La Grande finances are shown by
the annual reports read yesterday. The
bank's surplus was $105,000 up until
yesterday, but today It Is $115,000, ov
er and above the $100,000 capital stock
(Regular dividends were declared also
at the meeting yesterday.
HARVEY FUNERAL YESTERDAY
Three-Year-Old Daughter of Mr. awl
Mrs. Harvey Laid Away.
Funeral services were held yester
day over the remains of Miss Edrle
Alene Harvey, three-year-o'.d daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. John T. Harvey.
I First and Grandy, who died Monda
i morning ot diphtheria. Miss Alene
was the eldest daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Harvey and their . many friends
sympathize ,wlth them In the liour of
their bereavement. A baby one year
old Btlll remalnB to offer comfort l
the sorrowing parents. 1
The illness which claimed the daugh
ter was short, she. being taken ill only
a few days prior to death. Always a
sweet, kindly dlsposltione'd child to
her parents and to all her acquaint
ances, Alene's death is Indeed cause
for sorrow. ,
OLDENBURG BUYS' RANCH.
J. D. Stone Ranch in Frultdale Sold
to Buraey Oldenburg. .
Ten acres of orchard land in Fruit
dale owned by J. D. Stone have been
bought by Barney Oldenburg, through
the Security Land & Trust company
Mr. Oldenburg went to the Wi'.'amette
vallev and looked that district over
carefully before making this deal and
Is more confident than ever that this
Is a far more desirable locality to
live in than any other section of the
state.
Marriage at Parsonage.
William Frail of Portland and May
Rader of Salt Lake were married yes-
tterday at the Methodist oarsonnge.
Rev. J. D. Glllilan officiating. Miss
Rader Is a trained nurse of Salt Lake.
would make expenses high.
Margaret Hinchey, speaking for tie
strikers, said the condl'.ons are
wretched and. that child 'abo? laws
are consistently violated an thai the
low wages of four and five dollars
weekly forced girls into, immorality.
The rooms are .filthy and ui'sanitar,
tuberculosis is common among th
New Yorkers and they derand a re
duction of the working day to ti-n
hourrs, and safeguarding of machine?,
as well as an Increase in wage
dicted yet some were caught- happing
even at that.- This, however, did not
exist for long as the morning sun
quickly dispelled any Alaskan propen
sities of the atmosphere.
Parlous readings are reported about
the city for the night but the read
announced by W. A. Worstell come
from the government machine and arc
authentic.
Yuan with bad faith in making no at
tempt to comply with the peace torms
which Tang Shao Yl, the premier's
representative, partially agreed on.
Mrs. McGreary Dead,
Mrs. R. McOreary of Hllgard died
at the Grande Ronde hospital this
morning. The funeral will be held
Friday at Hltgard.
ME
STRIKES
TOWN
FALSE ECONOMY 1MRH
TO BE AVOIDED REGIME ENDED
BETTER FIRE, DEPART
MENT IS URGED BY
NEW MAYOR ..
FUTURE WELFARE OF THE
WATER SUPPLY TOUCHED UPON
Saloon Licenses Should Be Left at thr
Present Number Believes Mew Exec
utiveDaily or Stated Balances t
City's Accounts Would Be Desirable
Plenty Drainage and Grading."
SALIENT MESSAGE CHARAC
TERISTICS. '. .. ...
Economy In street Improvement
except to "connect up" and grade
streets, and provide adequate
drainage. .
Fire department should be per
fected as present system is in
sufficient to meet needs.,
Urges retalnment of saloon li
censes to present number.
Would keep out of labor trou
bles, but will maintain protection
for everyone, urging non-street
congregating ordinance.
Urges reservation of more wa
ter rights and reserves to Insure
future water supply.
' Want dally or stated balances
of city's financial status.
Other messages to council are
promised at subsequent dates.
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Teeming with recommendations fo.
prudent economy everywheie and
economic betterment of streets other
than that of paving until the pres
ent batch of Improvements are prop
erly cared for, and handling several
municipal pro.blems with brief but
clear-cut and well-defined policies
Mayor W. J. Church last night plctu.v
ed to the council some of the theories
and policies that will govern him In
his administration or La Grande's af
fairs. Vociferous applause . greeted
the concluding sentence of his mes
sage last night. He said:
Gentlemen of the Council:
Section 36 of Chapter 6, of our char
ter, requires the mayor at its annual
meeting to communicate by message
to the council a general statement of
the condition and affairs of the city,
to recommend the adoption of such
measures as may be deemed expedient
and proper, and make such special
communications from time to time a3
he may think advisable. In complying
with this duty I shall briefly refer to
some of the conditions and affairs of
the cityfl reserviug others to be made
the subject ,of communication hereaf
ter. Having been a member of the.
council for the past three years and
more or less familiar with the present
affairs of the city, I shall comment Up
on the. following matters:
Many Issues Touched Upon. )
Public, improvements, (fire- depart
ment, licenses, police protection, wff-
ter 'supply and finance." For the past
two years with the consent of a ma-'
jority of the property owners Interest-!
ed, the council has made a large num-
ber of improvements, streets have
been paved and macadamed and side
walks of cement and boards built. A
complete sewer system has been pro
vided for, Including one of the most
successful and up-to date disposal
plants of any city In the
northwest. The Beptlc tank ha?
been examined by the state
Health Officer and pronounced by that
department to be as nearly perfect as
present skill can devise. While these
have been more or less expensive and
In some instances have proven a se
vere burden to the property owners,
yet these necessary Improvements are
permanent and of Inestimable value
and I feel certain that the immediate
(Continued m far Bight)
TERM REPLETE WITH
' MANY, MATTES OF
MOMENT.
FiX. LILLY IS NEW
; THIHD WARD COUNCILMAN
Secend Street Pipe Line. Changes Are
' Dag up and Expunged Records Are
Restore! to thn Minnta: Honk- Man,
Affair f Much importance Handled
Before" Old Council Dies.
. Inauguural ceremonies that scrolled
the ' Richardson regime on history's
pages and. Introduced to the municipal-
i-
lty . thjp Church administration were
euadteH at the council chamber last
night. Announcement of appointments
tonight and segregation of the council
Into committees will complete the or
ganisation of the new governing body
into a! law making and law enforcing
body. ,
Transaction of business of far more
than passing moment marked the pay
sing of; the 1911 city administration
last night. Refusal. to allow another
saloon In the city as asked for by D.
C. Brlchoux, action looking toward a
finish fight with insurance companies
referring back to the Second street'
pipe line, charges, accepting the resU
nation ofsW. J. Church as councllma:;
from the Third ward were only a few
of the fmpre, important Issues coming
before Ufe retiring pociW A. .,,
From a date about the middle of
October until last night the minute
books have stood expunged of all min
utes relating to the proceedings of the
council meeting of Aug. 24, 1910. When
Councilman G. T. Fleming introduced
his much-touted resolution asking
that a committee he appointed to in
vestigate the charges which he prefer
red during the October last, meeting,
he slipped a joker into it evidently for
It became evident last night that the
council voted Inadvisedly on the reso
lution. Supposing the Fleming reso
lution was merely to empower tho
mayor to appoint an Investigating coin
mittee, the council voted for it unani
mously. It appears on more detailed
consideration that the same resolution
called Tor expunging of .the minutes
detailing the Second street pipe lino
question, But this wag overcome last
night when the council passed a reso
lution taking reconsideration of the
original resolution, and passing In its
stead a resolution to continue the in
vestigation of the fraud and forgery
charges, without expunging any, rec
ords. Counclimen Dunn, Finley and
Davis were the original committee in
this respect and Mayor Richardson rv
appointed them, leaving Mayor Church
to fill the vacancy caused by the re
tirement of Mr. Dunn from the coun
cU. . . ' ';,..'
Councilman Dunn,' chairman of the
probing committee, reported that he
md his committee have been-helpless
w'thout subpoena powers. They have
tried to get the principals in the In
vestigation' together, but have never
1'ben able to do so for they had to
await the convenience of all and not
compel the attendance of any. Mr.
T'lem ng who preferred the charges,
has not been in the city for severar
eokg, and consequently It "hns mere
ly been to outline the mode of proce
dure that the committee has met here
heretofore. The new committee will
probably pick up the work where the
retiring committee left it.
The fire and police committee to
which the fire ordinance which created
such a stir at head offices of Insur
ant 8 companies doing business hprr
and who said they would not pay the
$?5 annual tax, reported again last
night, saying that Portland and Salem
have such ordinances and that they
are enforced. It seems very probabl';
that the new council will take favor
able action on the matter.
A petition signed by taxpayers asks
for a Are hydrant at Second and F
streets. It was referred. .C3
B1U and a considerable budget ot.
expenses were referred to' committees
and reported on and will have to be
acted upon by tbs new council...,, c
"OFFICIAL OBJECTOR" GONE.
Retiring Coaacll Takes A nay "Pep
pery Speech Malker" Fir
. Councilman Bernard if
the center of a string of f '
he ias long since been d
flclal objector and fiery!
of the old council. Just f '
5 m was
"'because
r
I the ot
: J bhmaker
C s to take
nis subsidiary onice r
-a to be
seen, yet for all that Mr.
: w Son voic
ed the sentiments of tit
Jt of the
council and audience whf
S his final
speech last night he ave
"3 lhat what
ever he had done while
had been done conscientiously. Many a
dreary session of the last council has
been enlivened by peppery ' oratory
from the Fourth Ward councilman.
Harmony Is Complimented. '
, Before Mayor A. L. Richardson left
the dais upon which he has presided
for an even year ho very briefly but
warmly complimented the council and
the different heads of departments for
the harmony and co-operadon prevail
ing. .'.."It is with regret that I leave
office,' said . the mayor In stepping
down, "and I want to thank every
member of the council for the co-op
eration manifest throughout the ad
ministration," ; ,
Mayor Richardson's term has Indeed
been an active one. Inauguration and
launching of the sewer system was
one of the chief matters coming up
during the past year and the mayor
has persistently given his time and
attention to the careful performance
of the work. It was primarily his vig
ilance that caused B. S. Davis to re
pair faulty work on the original sew
er work. Street Improvements havj
been extensive, paving and street side
walk, and few years, If any, in the
history .of the city have seen as bl
a volume of business transacted with,
as little discovd as -the reigu "of
Dr. Richardson; , . ' !
The strenuous thankless job calls
for a great deal of personal sacrifice
of time' and business. The now dlsho
sal tank, and a half dozetf.-other Im
portant' deals have been closed.
New Mayor Waited Upon.
At the conclusion of the business
necessarily coming before the old
council, Mayor Richardson sent out
the retiring counclimen, Dunn,-' Logs-.
don and Orvls, to escort the new
mayor to the chair. Councilman Logs-
non introduced the new executive tj
the outgoing mayor; Counclimen J. F.
Campbell was ferreted out or the audi
ence and left at his seat as-representative
of the First,' W. R. Jones from
the Second, R. L. Lincoln for the Third
and J.- K. Fitzgerald from the Fourth
wards. Working backwards, Mi Logs
don then Introduced his successor, M'
Dunn his, Mr. Mackey his colleague
and Mr, Orvls his successor. Church
rapped the gavel uhd the new council
was under way.
F. L. Lilly in Council.
On motion of Dr. R. L. Lincoln, the
name of F. L. Lilly was suggested to
(fill the vacancy caused by the retire
ment of W. .1. Chun.h and the first of
ficial action of the new council was
to elect Mr. Lilly as sucessor to C. S.
Dunn. This places two hardware men
ill the council, Mr. Jones occupying a
seat ut one table and Mr Lilly being
slated to occupy the seat formerly
held down by G. T. Fleming. Claude
Mackey and E. C. Davis and Mr. Fin
ley are the only ones who retain their
Old seats all others new and old
are shifted about. '
Will lllslorj Rcpent?
If history repeats Itself Claude L
Mackey will be the next mayor. W. J.
Church was president of the counc'l
at the time that lie was elected may-1
or, and last night the new council
chose Claude L. Mackey as its presi
dent. Church Is Brunt of joke.
Mayor Richardson got one off on the
new executive that caused a ripple of
mirth and then unstinted laughter.
The retiring executive had reachel
that state in the custom-established
routine of business where old and new
business, bills, communications and
the like had been disposed of apd It
was not until the "Good of the Citv"
head was reached that the resignation
of W.' J. Ch"urch from third ward t:um
ellshlp came. The humor didn't "soak
in" for a bit but soon percolated to
the remote corners of the council
chamber, Mr. Church, tn tho mean
time, seeking an obscure seit behind
the money counter. He' emerged
shortly afterwards, howevei, as the
new mayor In fact. '.
NEW RUM
ROOSEVELT TO : BACK
OUT AT THE LAST IS
REPORT
WHITE HOUSE ASTIR OYER
RUMORS OF ROOSEVELT "BUG"
Alleging That iBIooserelt and La Fel
lette Have Tacit Understanding sn
That the Senator Is to Remain la
; the Race bat. Colonel Withdraw,
Washington Writer Advances Theory
Cleveland, Jan. 3. to. a Washington
dispatch to the Cleveland Press, Oil
son Gardner says "La Follette and
Roosevelt are working in harmony to
control the next republican convent' jd
Between' them they have enough pro-'
gresslve delegates to write a platform
and same a candidate. La Folletts
will remain a candidate, for Roose
velt favors La Follette and la not him
self a candidate, but he declines to
eliminate himself as a political fac
tor." .... , ' ','' ' '
Other Rumors Contradict.
Washington, Jan. 3. The white
house today is apparently puzzled ov
er the political situation which re
volves about the report that Roose
velt's silence Indicates he is waiting
to see If popular demand U strong
enough to warrant his acceptance to
the presidential nomination. Friends
of Taft deny that he will withdraw
from the race and quote him as saying
that nothing but death can prevent '
him from remaining In the race,
I.a Follette Not Shamming.
Chicago, Jan. .. S.t-HReports hat La, .
follette woujd retire from the.-presft
dentlal race In favor of Roosevelt or
nnyohlf els was denied today by Wal
ter Houser, La Follette's managor. He
said: "The campaign will continue
until the national convention. La '
Follette will not withdraw." "V $ N
- Got. Osborne Flays Senator.
Grand Rapids, Jan, 3. Leaving for
Kalamazoo, R. M. La follette began
his last day of his Michigan tour. To
night he speaks at Chicago. La Frl
lette's friends today insist the vitriolic
nature of Governor Osborn's atttck
on La Folletto at Lansing,, Michigan,
yesterday will help his candidacy in-
stead of damaging It .!.'. :
Progressives accuse Osborn of de-'
llberately stealing La Follette' crowd
when It was learned that La Follette
owing to a train mlxup, could not ap
pear, and tne stand patters regard Os- '
born's speech as a trap deliberately "
laid by the progressives to arouse syni
pathy for their candidate, by causing
an attack when he couldn't defend
himself. j .
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Labor to Pick Counsel.
Los Angeles, Jan. 3. With Olaf
Tvletmoe and ' Johannsen In San
Francisco today, conferences here anf
at San Francisco are expected to de
termine who will defend the labor
loaders when they are brought to trial
for the dynamiting . conspiracy, i Al
though they will plead Jan. 12,'lt Is be
hoved the big criminal calendar win
delay the trials -for some time.
$100,000 ALIMONY AND TRIAj
COSTS WON.
Goflnini Clubman Hns "Had Enough"
Is Now Free.
Paris, Jan.. 3. Llna Cavelert, the
singer, was granted a divorce today
from Robert Chanlor, the New York
clubman. Chanlor did not oppose tho
suit, Llna alleged Chauler refused on sev
eral occasions to live with her sav
ing, when served with the summons,'
"fve already had enough. If, to splta
me, my wife would enter the room, I
Would Jump out the window." .
The costs ot the action are assess
against Chanler. It la understood a.
gave hU wife f 100,004 alimony. . ,