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VOLUME XI.
JjA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1912.'
NUMBER 294
War Calls
Get Replies
Rich Crops
IF
Net Profits
T STARTLES
EASTERN OREGON WILL SEND RE
CRU1TS TO WAR.
SPREGKELS FINANGED BOB
GRAIN RECORD
IN NORTHWEST
IS SHATTERED
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ONIONS AND "SITDS" GROW PRO
LIFIC LY.
EACH ACRE IS RICH
Irrigation Expense for Monster Crops
Amounts to Less Than $9.00.
Rare productiveness of well culti
1IINA1IS
OFFICIAL CALL HERE
U FOLLETTE'S GOftSTTRIP
Campaign Fund Origin for Wisconsin
Senator Laid Bare Today by Senate
Prober.s-Liberal Contributors
Washington, Oct 7. When the sen
' ate campaign contributions committee
resumed Its probe this morning, Col.
Hannan, private secretary to It. M. La
Follette, was placed on the stand.
"La Follette's expense on the Call-fornia-Oregon-Washington
trip were
largely paid by Sprsckles," he said.
"Spreckles met the bills and gave La
Follette $2,500 additional., Another
San Franciscan gave $400."
Hannan tpld how money was raised
to finance the La Follette pre-conveu-tlon
campaign and among the largest
contributors he said were Rudolph
Spreckles of San Francisco, Congress
man William Kent of California. The
COLFAX AUTO
ONE KILLED WHEN THROWN
FROM MACHINE.
Portland Grain Buyer Killed and Three
Otbers Badly Hart.
Colfax, Oct. 7. Thurston B. Morley,
a bnyer for the Houser Grain com
pany of Portland, was instantly killed
Ed Smithpeter, a clerk, Dan Lankard
and Bert Snyder, a real estate man,
were Injured when their automo
bile' Btruk a bridge at La CroBse,
Wash., late last night Moreley was
hurled to the rockbed of a stream
falling on tols head. ; Snyder's leg was
broken and Smithpeter suffered a frac
tured arm. Lankard has alight bruises
The accident occurred while the
car was going at a high rate of speed,
the steersman 'being unable to see
the bridge In the darkness. The In-.
Jured men lay several hours before
help arrived. I
Clutching an automatic Colt, the
safety off and ready for action, Thad
Slaughter, a negro plasterer employ
ed about the city by contractors want
ing high class work performed, was
arrested Saturday night and brought
before the grand Jury this afternoon
on a charge of attempting to kill
Night Officer Howard Avant. Avant
arrested the fellow Saturday night
and prevented the negro from start
ing the bullet-ejector In the nick of
time. In company with a whlti man.
the negro passed Avant on the street,
Calgary, Alberta, Oct 7. Driven
tuddenly Insane, John C. Davis, a
wealthy reat estate man, formerly of
Spokane, Wash., entered the apart
ments or Miss Mildred Dixon, his
irife's friend, shot Mrs. Dixon dead,
and fired three times at Miss Dixon,
then shot himself, dying later. . Miss
Dixon Is In a critical state. Mrs. Da
rts had been staying with Miss Dixon
lor three weeks and her husband bog
SMASHUP FATAL
OFFICER HIPS DARING ATTACK
INSANE IN AMUCK IN
largest individual doner was Charles
R. Crane of Chicago, who contributed
$26,000.
. Gifford Plnchot, said Hanan, contrl
buted $10,000. Hanan declared the en
tire receipts for the campaign were
$63,965, and expenditures Just $4.00
less.
Charles Edward Russell was the
next witness to testify regarding the
report that In 1904 Roosevelt asked
Morgan for a second contribution af
ter the financier gave $100,000. Rus
sell testified that when .Hoosv-elt
asked Morgan for more Morgan called
the colonel a "blankety-blank maniac"
and other uncomplimentary names.
JOE WOOD TO
E
VAST CROWDS ASSEMBLE TO GET
TICKETS. .
Boston Off for Polo Grounds This AN
ternoon Giants Practice.
iXew "ork Oct 7. Two thousand
men were In line this morning at the
Polo grounds to await the sale of tick
ets to the opening game of the world's
series tomorrow. The Giants and the
Highlanders Indulged In a practice
game this afternoon.
Wood to Open Series.
Boston, Oct 7. The Boston Red
Sox started for New York at 1 o'clock
this afternoon. Joe Wood will pitch
the opener for the Sox.
La Follette Out for Wilson.
Chicago) Oct. 7. The allegation that
La Follette had come out in favor
of Wilson and would actively partici
pate in the Democratic campaign, was
load of whiskey and brushed by the
bending heavily under an assumed
officer roughly. One hand was in his
pocket all the time, and when the of
ficer suggested he get off the street
the fellow wheeled and lost all traces
of being drunk. Suspecting trickery,
Avant got his own weapon Into action
andtwith the muzzle of the gun aimed
at a vital spot cowed the negro until
the mysterious hand was found to
contain the weapon ready to shoot
from the pocket that hid it. His ar
rest was easy, once the weapon had
been removed.
ged her to return. She refused, and
the shooting resulted.
Roosevelt Meets Strauss.
New York, Oct 7. Before starting
this afternoon on an 18-day campaign
of the middle west Colonel Roosevelt
had a conference with Oscar S. Straus,
the Progressive nominee for governor.
IF
Consul at New York to Determine on
Draft of Greek Warriors.
Macedonians, Bulgarians and Mon
tenegrins employed in and about La
Grande, Servians employed at Hllgard
and other native sons of Balkan statos
doing construction, section and other
labor in Eastern Oregon . will send
many of their numbers to native lands
to struggle against Turkey in ; the
Balkan uprising. The firt delegation
from La Grande, Pendleton, Portland
and other sections of Oregon, leaves
immediately after the 16th of this
month, when the paychecks arrive.
Just what number Is to lay down shov
els In the Immediate vicinity of , La
Grande 'and take up the musket
against Turkey Is not determined and J
won't be until local leaders hear from
the consul at New York relative to the
Greeks who need not desert their Jobs
to take up arms unless the govern
ment so dictates. The draft on the
Greeks applies only to Greeks proper,
the branch consisting of about 5,000,
000 all told, known as (Macedonian
Greeks, escaping the draft. But a
great many of these undraftable
Greeks are rallying to their stand
ards without requirements. Arrange
ments to Bhip 64 from and around
Pendleton on the 17th have already
been made, while 93 go from Portland
on the same detachment. The La
Grande group to be designated later
when word is received from the New
York consul, will Join this small army.
made this morning by the Wilson-National
Progressive Republican league,
it id not stated whether La Follette
will take the stump or not. The
league also published a list of promi
nent Republicans who have deserted
Taft and Roosevelt for Wilson.
C. S. SENATOR IB. M. LA FOLLETTE,
BACKING WAS EXPOSED BY
w s- 1 rVi. 1 At
. A Mr ;
OREGON ALONE PRO
DUCES A GREAT
WHEAT CROP
BANNER 1911 YEAR IS
OUTDOXE, SHOW REPORTS
Pacific Northwest Establishes a New
Utocord From Small Grains When All
Slates Outstrip Former Years Ore
son Contributes Over 25,000,000
Rushes of Wheat Idaho ISOOO.OOO.
- Portland, Oct. 7. The Northwest
crops for 1912 will break all records.
Wheat In Oregon amounts to 25,231,
000 bushels, In Washington 41,150,000
Idaho 18,150,000. Oats' In Oregon
amounts to 14,160,000; Washington 10,-
120,000; Idaho 7,350,000.
The total wheat output Is 78,530,000 ;
as compared with 66,750,000 In 1911.
Oats Is 31,630,000 as compared with'
30,000,000 a year ago. Barley is 14,
800,000 as compared with 11,350,000.
The wheat crop several weeks ago was
estimated at 74,000,000.
MTSICALE MEETS TUESDAY.
Year's Work to Be Taken up Com.
menclng at 2:30 Tomorrow.
At Honan hall tomorrow at 2:30
the Lyle Tuesday Muslcale will take
up its work for the year. The com
plete program for a public meeting
two weeks hence will be arranged to
morrow. ... . Union Justice Here. , ' ...
W. A. Maxwell, the Union Justice
of the peace, aocompanled by his son.
is in 'La Grande today, being called
here by the opening of circuit court.
WHOSE POLITICAL FINANCIAL
INVESTIGATORS TODAY.
vated soil and a strong argument, al
though maybe an unusual one, for
concentrated agriculture, Is told In the
crop report Just issued by J. C. Ken
aedy, operating the Turner Oliver
ranch on the outskirts of Island City,
Mr. Kennedy has harvested 600
2-bushel sacks of monster choice on
Ions off one and a half acres of land,
and has harvested 190 sacks of pota
toes to the acre betwen rows of trees.
Samples of the two crops on display
In the city are wonders. The pota
toes are the White Peerless species
similar In many ways to the Burbatik
but differ lu the respect that the eyes
are less deep and require no waste
whatever.
The potatoes received one Irrigation
artificially, as the season was well-
watered by the heavens. The cost of
j operating the electric pumping plant
for the entire orchard tract was
trifle over $8.00 a condition which Is
brought about by the plentiful rains.
In the event of a drought the produc
tion of the ground would of course
remain practically the same with in
creases In the amount of "Juice" used.
The land Is of course fertile and
coupled with that systematic and
careful culture, the crop has been
made to net cash returns that are akin
to a mining bonanza. I '
COURT
CIRCUIT
IN
MOTION FOR LONE SESSION
' Long and wetl-Blled law, equity and
criminal dockets facing It, circuit
court and Its Jury trials for the Octo
ber term were resumed this morning
before Judge J. W. Knowles, when a
grand Jury was picked and prepara
tions commenced for opening actively
the circuit court trial cases. With
more than the usual grist of business
before it, the grand jury made up of
W. S. Ezell, foreman, Garrit Block
land, C. T. Darley, J. K. LantzrJ. A.
BIngaman, J. J. Conley and Thomas
Loftus settled down to probably a
week's grint
While these matters are on, requir
ing the attention of the prosecuting
attorney in the grand Jury room, var
ious Important cases will be tried in
circuit court the first one being that
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS STAGE
IMPRESSIVE DAK'S PROGRAM
With a great deal of success the lo-1
cal council of the Knights of Colum
bus exemplified the three degrees of
the order and added new strength and
timber to the organization yesterday
In this city. The weather was Ideal.
At 9:30 a. m. 200 members and can
didates including delegations from
Portland, Seattle, Baker, Pendleton
and Grande Ronde valley points,
marched to St. Mary's church whe-e
they attended high mass in a body.
After the services all gathered at the
K. of P. hall and completed arrange
ments for the Initiation ceremonies.
Brothers Peare and Donohue of La
Grande, assisted by Brothers Smlft
and Pallerdese of Baker and officers
from the local councils and other
out-of-town points put on the firtt
and second degrees. The third de
gree was exemplified bv Brother
PROMINENT MEMBER
OF 48 DEFENDANTS
CONFESSES.
rLEA OF NOT GUILTY IS
CHANGED THIS MORMNQ
Other Defendants Taken T'nanurcs at
Confession of Edward ('lurk! Pronw
lnent Among Those Charged With
Transporting Dynamite Says Bitter
Attack From Prosecutor to Blame.
Indianapolis, Oct. 7. Edward Clark,
of Cincinnati, former business agent
In that city for the Industrial Associa
tion of Bridge and Structural Iron
workers, and one of the 48 member
of that organization now on trial her
for Illegally . transporting dynamite
this morning changed his plea of nof
guilty to one of guilty.
The action of Clark came as a great
surprise. Others of the accused had
no previous knowledge of his action.
The annouueedment was made by U.
S. District Attorney Miller, when
he reached the court room. Clark then
took the witness stand and said he waa'
guilty as charged, and ready for sen
tence. f
The other defendants expressed the
belief that the confession resulted
from Miller's denunciation of Clark
last Saturday.
WHEELS SET
of a suit and counter suit with Dr.
Riley, a local veterinary bringing ac
tion against N. K. West The litiga
tion hinges on the fate of Common
wealth, a famouB racing horse that
broke its leg some time ago and waa
eventually lost to the owner, N. K.
West. Mr. Riley Is suing for a mat
ter of some $200 In fees while Mr.
West Is bringing a counter claim of
about $3,000. 1 R. J. Greene and Geo.
T. Cochran are attorneys in the ease.
A minor motion In the Hancock dam
age suit was argued this morning
with Attorney Bennett of The DalVea
appearing for the plaintiff and George
T. Cochran representing O.-W. coun
sel! A demurrer Is anticipated tomor
row, and it is probable that the case
will not be heard until late In the term
If at all this term.
Murphy of Bakr, Patterson, Loner
gan, Flynn, O'Brien, Hanley, Beck
man and Hurd of Portland and Harrl
gan of Seattle.
After the work was put on a ban
quet was served at the Foley hotel.
Brother W. 11. Casey of La Grande
acted as toastmaster and filled the po
sition like a veteran. Instructive, en
tertaining addresses were made by
Brothers Murphy, Peare, Hennessey,
Lonergan, Meyers, Smith, Flynn, Pat
tlson, Hadaller, Kleese, Kllkenney and
the Rev. Marshall Murphy, Bishop,
and Father DrlscoU of this city.
Greeks Solxe Passengers.
Berlin, Oct 7. The Turkish emb&a
say here states that the Greeks In Dl
raeus captured a stoamshlp with
Turkish passengers. They are drag
ging the women away, it Is stated bere.