BETTER HO
A LARGE delegation
: ATTENDS MEETING
LAST NIGHT
ARjUdi'JOX OF DISTRICT
supervisor recommended
.'Union. County Automobile Association
Meets to Discuss Methods of 'Oh-
tulnii.ig Jieltir -Roads ticm-fai I'ruu ;
lew rt'ifbllcU,: Until late Hour !
Kiddle Ohms 'Ufa Aid.
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TA11LOJD OF Al'IO C1LK
recommendations.
Abolition of district .'road sup
ervisor system and Institution of
one general road supervisor to
build roads.
Support convict labor and urge
experiment with 30 or 10 convicts
the coming summer. .
Petition county court to adopt
Kiddle proposition on Island City
road.
Point out fallacy of spending
$42,500 on', roads this year with
out better generalship.
' Want abolition of present au
tomobile tax law and introduc
tion of a revised law.
Union county's automobile associa
tion last night wrestled with road
building problems, and before the ad
journment was taken several well-defined
plans of campaign for the club
members to work along had been laid
down. The attendance was good and
President M. K. Hall's office was
crowded with auto owners of this city
and county who are desirous of dolns
something for the betterment of coun
ty roads and to secure the best meth
od to pursue in so doing.
Present Levy Discussed.
The present '1 levy of 2.6 mills on
an assessed valuation of $17,000,000
will bring out approximately $42,500
for road building this year and the
auto owners discussed this as corn
court to have this done. Many men
agree that the worst piece of road in
SUFFERS ATTACK
COLLAPSES WHEN ABOUT XO BE
SUSIE COURT.
Orders Adjournment and Is Hnried to
His Homo In Ante.
Sickness halted the machinery of
circuit court this morning when Cir
cuit Judge, J. W. Knowles collapsed
and was hurried to his home in an au
tomobile suffering with acute stomach
trouble. He was Indisposed yesterday
but was able to reach the court house
thlB morning, though In poor health.
Soon after reaching his chambers he
ocllapsed and medical aid was sum
moned quickly. The Judge was barely
jihle tn take hin bench Ion it enough to
adjourn court until Friday and wa1
then hurried to his home under the
'direction of Dr. M. K. Hall.
" vWhen the final breakdown came tho
Judge had a Blight hemorrhage but
; this 1b not deemed serious.,
This afternoon the Judge is, reported
resting and hopes for bis speedy, re-
' corery are enteitoined, . though. ter-
worn mar hate run a system aown
to such a joint that It will require
arrtral days to build It up again.
JUDGE -WHS
l.ared with what the outluy would be
to under a bonding proposition whom
the money spent would have a lasting
effect rather than under the present
system of nap-hazard . . expenditure
The association favored tho elimina
tion, of the present district supervisor
systora "and institute in Its stead a
system of general supervision undor
one man who, they believed, would
attain results far better than 25 or 30
working without a general.
Taylor Plan Discussed. ;'.'
Always welcoming 'any' experiment
with roads, the individual members
today expressed themselves as hop Ins
that Mr. Taylor of Red Oak, '.. Iowa,
will experiment . with -a half mile of
dirt road in the mud section rather
than on the Sandridge where roads
are never seriously cut . up . as , they
are In the murk-dirt section, as be
tween La Grande aod' Cove, ' Union
and liot Lu ' .." .'')"' i (-; ;
' ; Kiddle Hakes' Offer. ' ', s
Fred Kidlde' of "island City .offered
to raise bonds. t; niske-'good-'a' propo
sition which he 'presented to tho club
for ' consideration..-' Ha 'guaranteed, to
supply all the gravel luicesB.'iry to Im
prove and ijriivi.'! , rond from . La
Grande's itv limits, to Island .City,,' li-
tho county would roll, the gravel and
supply-' drilnage along the road. . Mr.
Kiddle wants the road built as nar
row as Is consistent and Is anxious to
have the county promise to do the rol
ling and draining. The auto owneri
will as a body apply to the county
(Continued" on Page" Four.)
ALIGNS WITH
PROMISES
THE FIRST SPEECH IN SEVERAL
MONTHS DELIVERED TODAY.
tomes Out in Modified 3Inuner for
Recall of Judges.
Columbus, O., Feb. :. 21. Pledging
himself Jlatly 'for. the initiative and
referendum, the short ballot, the di
rect nominations by tile people; the
presidential preference primary; the
election of senators by direct vote,
and In a measure the recall, Theo
dore Roosevelt today addressed the
Ohio constitutional convention. He
outlined Just where he stands on pro
gressive policies 'on which it Is be
lieved he may again run for the pres
idency. .- He was welcomed enthusias
tically. It Is estimated 1,000 heard
his speech and as it Is his first pub
lic appearance in some time, great In
terest was attached.
Roosevelt arrived this morning and
was greeted enthusiastically by 1,000
at the. station. Ho wont to the home
of Dr. Gladden, his host.
' He wasted no time. After shaking
hands with a couple of hundred peo
ple he plunged Into his speech.
schmitz trial starts.
Abe Rnef, Convict, Is Interested Spec
tntor to the Proceedings.
. Sart Francisco, Feb. 21. Recalling
vividly the circumstances of the fam
ous graft prosecution of former years
the trial of former Mayor Schmldtz
was begun today before the Jury with
Judge La wler of Chicago in charge.
He Ib charged with complicity, with
former Supervisor Wilson in the gas
.afa crrnffr '
Abe Rnef, the former boss, who will
testify for the state, was an Interested
onlooker. He paid close attention to
the proceedings. . . . . ;
Physicians of -Three States
Columbia, 8. C, Feb. 21: The Tri
State Medical society, embracing;
North and South Carolina and Virgin
ia; met in this city today and was
called to order by the president Dr.
j. Howell Way ofWaynesville,. N. O.
The two days 'program? provides tpt
more than one hundred papers and
addresses dealing with -subjects of In?
tereat to the medical profession.
ROOSEVELT
InrnrtH nnmn I i HI I nrh SI TTM
SOUTH: SIl'J SH8 BI ITS
HLL IS HEAVY M PEOPLE
TEXAS ALONE ESCAPES ;
.'Severe.' snowstorm j
: ' IN SOUTH A , .
MILLIONS LOST XO THE .
RANCHMEN AND RESIDENCES;
1'eniilq tiuio and plizzard Swooping)
Om- "itxiis HuHtucsji St'ipiiiid.. In!
Juin.-tntj City anil &U Louis fenow'j
Fiillibs- lu Kansas City This Af tor-
". ucon--is One, iii Vt'OiSt BllwaifdS. ''.
Su LcluTs;.Fr.'b,"'' 21.'f-T he entire mill--;
flit-southwest liiiiU'l'.n, cowpi'lsUis tbo
tit'iHoti ot Ml-.itiourl, Kaimau, OUliiiiuina '
aii'd' Texas, are shivering In one of iha j
worst, blizzards of the west.' A foot j
of snow has fallen iu all above enuru-j
crated states' but Texas and is still j
falling in Kansas City and St. Louis.
Business Is practically at a standstill,
and traffic Is demoralized. .
In cattle and country ' stock, . the
loss Is heavy. ' ' ' ;
, Blizzard and Galo rrevnil. .
Austin, Tex., Feb. 21. More than
$2,000,000 damage is estimated done
as the result of a terrific gale sweep
ing Texas today. Hundreds of ,small
buildings are wrecked and further re
ports are expected to show heavy los
ses among ranchmen.
, Chicago Feels Storm.
Chicago, Feb. 21. Gripped in a se
vero snowstorm which Is general, the
district' around Ohio towns and the
Mississippi valley point are suffering
today.
South Dakota vGrnlu Dcnlers
MIMtchell, S, D.,; Feb. 21: Evi
dence of the success of the farmers'
co-operative movement in this state
was furnished by the large represen
tative attendance at the opening here
today of the annual convention of the
South Dakota Farmer Grain Dealers'
Association. The roll ca'l showed an
attendance of more than 1,000 farm
ers who are interested as stock hold
ers in the co-operative grain elevators
The three days' program calls for a
discussion of all phases of the co
operative movement, with adresses by
Charles Adkins,. speaker of the Illi
nois house of representatives, E. G.
Dunn of Mason City, Iowa, a leading
factor in the co-operative work In
Iowa, and several other , prominent
men . ' .
South Carolina Mill Merger
Aiken, S. C, Feb. 21: The initial
steps looking to the merger of three
of the largest . cotton taiills in the
south were taken today at a meeting
of the stockholders of the Langley
Manufacturing company at Langley.
The three 'concerns which it is pro
posed to . combine are the Langley
Manufacturing company, the Aiken
Manufacturing company and the Sem
inole Manufacturing company. The
mills have a total valuation of $1,069,
00. The combined textile enterprise
will have 'a spindleage a little in ex
cess of 100,000.
WATTERSON AIDS WILSON.
Editor Again Takes Slap Editorially
. at' Democratic Candidate.
.Louisville, Feb. 21. Wilson today is
believed to be kicked up another step
toward the nomination by addition
al utterances of Colonel Watterson.
The colonel now says that Wilson Is
rude In his refusal to take campaign
contributions from Thomas Ryan, the
financier when Watterson suggested
it, ."Marse" Henry also says' that
Wilson, was corresponding to the col
oneL's political enemies at the tlmel
the colonel -was" Boostini fchsf;- 1
THE qONFLAGRATION
iis serious and. the
V LOSS ENORMOUS
UX1ZEXS SAVE FURTHER , .
DESTRUCTION OF 1'ROl'ERTX
JUj namllo.Ubc'd (o Stop RaTagcs t the !
liia:c Cititni.s, tiiinl) to Roofs and'
v VVith Vct Blaufeots Chock Buniiuir .
:Eiu tiers CoMilug From llui'iiinjf Area!
. -Lerge-'sectlou i Cily Uone.' -.-..' . j
':', iioii.-it-.n, T Ft!). 21. -- Uoystou
tac'wl ili.'fnivion' . uy? lire- today.
At :
11 A-Ioi;lc u rvjl ljou'tiC, tiio resldoutlal
district, ii'eyfeublocka !-wldo and ,18 '
blocks lougaio8troyed..-It is con-,
ser.Vatively esUmii.ted that "the loss. is!
already '$6,000,'j'oi' but though' the wind j
blew o& mile an "hour and' the-flames
Were seeming lteloud control, the up
per hand-was;' gained.'at 11 o'clock.
The lire Ktr.rfetl early today in a
hotel.'.-f;. Half' a hundred dwellings,
a number, of churches, school houses,
warehouses and cotton compresses
"were consumed and hundreds are now
homeless. :
Dynamite is being used to check the
flames and' thousands of citizens are
aiding the firemen. ": ' .,
Upper Hand Guinea. ; A
i Shortly before noon the fire, was
controlled. ' A block' of dynamited
building..?uudenly stopped the fire's
progress. ' -.
Citizens undeniably 'saved the city
from destruction by 'co-operating-They'
climbed qn the roofs .with wet
blanket, extinguishing firebrands the
great conflagration was shooting , to
the skies and then settled on the roofs
The heaviest Individual losses arc:
McFadden & 'Cleveland, compressors'
and the plant of the E. D. Harre-ll
Lumber company. Sixty . thousand
bales of cotton were destroyed and
the loss to the cotton alone exceeds
$2,000,000. . -, ' ''
The park's are Jammed with the
homeless and relief work has already
started. Aid from outside cities will
probably not be needed, however.
Northwestern Immigration Congress
I
Tacoma, Wash., Feb, 21: Underj
the title of the Pacific Northwestern
Immigration convention there was
opened In this city today the first im
portant conference that has been held,
to consider the effects of the opening
of the Panama canal upon the future
development of this section of the
United States and the Pacific coast
section 'of Canada. The conference
will be In session two days and is be
lug held under the Joint auspices of j
the commercial bodies of Tacoma and .
the industrial department of the Y.
M. C. A. The conference is baBed on I
the assumption that, with the com
pletltno of canal across the isthmus;
the flood of European immigration to
the Pacific coaet will equal the pres
ent volume at Atlantic ports. The prob
lem of how best to take care of thiB
prospective influx of foreign settlers
with a view to the wellfare of both
the heWBcomers and the country is
regarded as a serious one. Lacking
the great Industrial centers which the
Eastern states readily absorb the im
migrants .it Is believed that the beBt
solution of the problem for the Pacific
Northwest will be to devise ways and
means for. locating the newcomers In
the agricultural communities.
ENGINEER IS HERO.
Prevent Rubbers From Looting Ex
. press TaJoables Hurt In Arm
neer Mansfield was wounded In tho,
arm today wfcen . he frustrated an at-
tempt of nte bandits, near. Bertram,
this morntt, whe attempted lipid
up a passenger train on the Chicagj
& Northwestern. Tbey shot whon ho
refused to stop the tvaiil. . .
Mansfield was sent' to a hospital. It
Is believed that the bandits wore tip
pod off that the express car carried
au unusually largo sum In currency,
The messenger had Jn his charge
$ 100,000 : In registered packages,, gold
and silver 'shipments,
WOMEX SEXT TO SAFETI
Condition jn Xorthern Mexico War.
ranis Deportation uf Woinen. ' -
El l'aso, Feb, 21.-Amorii;nn women
nnfl children are being deported from
northern Mexico to places ot safety In
Texas. The northbound trains are
crowded. ; - .
The rebels are permitting the- re
pairing of dynamited bridges for this
piirpnso.'. Manyfederal, office holders
'Olsgtilrtcd "as "civilians are entering
Juroz. Anns" and ammunition ore
ferine, sent 'from BI JViso.
Clit'liileal Rill Passes .House, l : ,
Washington, I. C, Feb. 21. By a
vote of 15S to 127 , tho house today,
'pn.i'wbd.' tho Underwood bill. revlwiiUr
the chemical soheduto upward.
renltoonllnl Curtn'u Fnll,
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, New York, lOeli. 21. The Lenten
season was ushered in today with the
customary special religious services
la all Catholic churches In observ
ance of Ash Wednesday. '
INFORMAL AXXOUXt FillFXT MARK
AT PORTLAND THIS MORNING.
Selling .tVlM Retire From Hend of the
. t inft' CdiilMlltotit Once. .
Portland,. Feb. ,21.-Followlng his
Informal announcement that he will
seek the republican senatorial . nomi
nation against Bourne at tho primar
ies In April,: B. F. Selling, of Port
land, said today he would make a for
mal statement of his principles In a
few days. He will resign Immediate
ly as chairman of the Taft campaign
committee for the purpose of devoting
his time to his own candidacy, Sel
ling has decided : to make the race
definitely, after ex-Senator Fulton an
nounced his refusal to run.
La Follelle Boom Continues.
The work of securing signatures to
tho petitions putting La ' ; Follette's
name on the presidential preference
primary ballot was resumed in Ore
gon following 'a telegram from La
Follette that he is still In the race and
is not going to retire.; ThomnB Mc
Cusker, the Oregon campaign mana
ger, had stopped work when the news
dispatches said the senator was so
slrk that his retirement was neces
ary, .-'.,'.. ' . ' '
Clark or Wilson. ,
Oklahoma City, Okln., Feb. 21.
On the eve of the assembling of the
Democratic State convention, which
will meet here tomorrow to select the
delegates-at-large to the Baltimore
convention all signs point to a spirit
ed contest for the control between the
supporters of Champ Clark and Wood
row Wilson. The name of no other
candidate for the democratic presi
dential nomination Is likely to figure
in the proceedings.
Wisconsin Library Workers.
'" Janesvllle, Wis., Feb. 21.-nJanes
vllle is entertaining for three days
the annual meeting of the Wisconsin
Library association. It Is the twenty
first annual meeting of the organiza
tion! and the largest In point of at
tendance In the history of the assoot
atlon. Cities,
towns and colleges
CDMSENTS TO
SEEK FOR TOGA
throughout the state are represented."gun."
EOIEMMT-
KF! Ill
STANFIELD IS NOT TO
SUFFER FROM WEST
EXTENSION
CONTL'NIS Or RECLUIA-
TIOX BOARD DLCISION OUT
West Lxti iihiuu of Uermlstyn Project
lnvoicd by -Hoard Which l'rotiilsea
No H-ini UU Ho Done Stanfiold;
mid Assures Northern UiiiatllLi
tuui'ty UitiK'ticrs All 11 tiler Needed
.. Foi-Ua.'Jd. Or.f.. Feb.: 21. Upon tele- '.
graphic ."ponultisicifi .of 'tho Secretary '
of the. tntvrlor,: Supurvjuluij, Knglnoor :
IIopsoii. of tlia; fodural reclamation ser".
vice, aunouncod before th(5 Oregon Ir
rigation congress today the substance -of
a favorable report of the board
which investigated the west extension
of the Umatilla project near Hermit-:
ton. l Xi V.; :'.-'-':";;:' :
It favors construction of a project
along the lines which solves the much
vexed problem, as It gives Stan.fleld
home owners the assurance that their
lands will be satisfactorily drained,
and promises the people on the upper
reaches of the Umatilla and Its tribu
taries an abundance of wator for Irri
gation.' . V--.,. ...
' Hopson said It would satisfy all the -,
protestors, .and he - said ho did not
know what actipn the government will
take. :--,;-y:.; :. ' ' ''.,': V'": '' ',
As a, result of the report the con
gress' .this ,! afternoon" will' probably
adopt a resolution favoring the west
extension whlcl will cost three mil
lions, anil. Irrigate 30,000 acres. ; ..
Y. M. C. A. Trospcrs.
New York, Feb. 21: One ' of the
most Interesting features of the bi
ennial convention of the Young Men's
Christian Association In New York
state, which met at the local head
quarters here today for a two days'
session, consists of the reports of. of
ficers and committees showing the ro
inarkable growth and prosperity of
the organization. Acording to , these
reports the total membership in this
state now" exceeds 60,000, while the
association owns 86 buildings, with an
aggregate value exceeding $10,000,000.
11 CAPTURES
SEATTLE VOTE
HE AND COTTF.RILL LEAD IN THE
PRIMARY RACE.
Former Mayor, Who Was Recalled, Is
' Heading Candidates for Mayor.
Seattle, Feb. 21. Yesterday's pri
mary election resulted in the nomina
tion of former Mayor Gill, who was
recalled and George Cotterlll, a pro
gressive. Gill, got about 22,000, Cot
terlll 16,000; Thomas Parish, 12,000;
and Wells, a socialist, 10,000. The
returns are not all In but at noon
there was no change. : The two high
est will fight at out at the regular
election. .
Cement Show lOgiens In Chicago.
Chicago, 111., Feb. 21. Chicago's
fifth annual cement show opened In
the. Coliseum today and will continue
for one week, The principal attract
ion this year Is an exhibition o Thos.
A. Edison's concrete furniture Be
iMm ha KMinnn. nhlhltlon tlieM are
nnmerous other hew features', ' from
the "poured house" , to '; the,,:.ceme'nt '