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: IA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1913.
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STORM
AGO; ZERO
MIRK FEARED
CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS COPE!
WITH LIKE SAVING PROB.
LEX IX SLUMS
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TRACTION LINES ARE TAXED
Generally Believed Storm Will Con.
tiirne Over Chicago District and If
, It Does Suffering. Will Be Severer
Than Jfow Brick Canyon of Chi.
cngo Bnttle With the Stomr and
' Snow. ,.' ; :.
GROUND nOG DAT SUXDAT.
Probably Mr. Ground Hog will
gee his shadow tomorrow which
to ground hog day und if he does 4
die superstition goes that he will
go back in his hole and hiber $
nate through another cold spell. $
Hicks' predicts generally cold
weather throughout the country
but not unusually cold in the far
west. . i '
Chicago,' Feb, 1. Zero weather Is
predicted and there is great suffering
among . the poor as the result of a
heavy storm raging here. The weath
er bureau states that If the. storm
lasts two days more the temperature
will drop far below zero. Charitable
organizations are makiqg hurried
preparations to save lives which may
te endangered. '
Driven by a high wind, snow Is
sweeping through the brick canyons
of the loop district. Every car-line
is fighting hard to keep going. .
' If the snow fall continues it Isi
feared all traction lines will be crip
pled, and the suffering already pre
vailing will be made all the worse
HIGHS TO PLAT COLUMBIA.
. Tuesday Game Arranged With High
y -School Squad.
La Grande's high school basketball
team wll Itake on Columbia college
basketball team of Milton In this city
on Tuesday, the fourth of February.
The La Grande team is showing up
in fine form under Coach Olson and
the Milton team comes well recom
mended. This ought to be one. of the
'" banner games of the year. The game
will be played In the high school gym-
naslum. A large crowd Is expected to
witness the Interesting contest. Two
days later the Y. M. C. A. team meets
the collegians.
Miss Bark to Portlsnd.
Miss Hazel Burk, one of La
Grande's popular young women now
Chicago, Feb. 1. Depredations of
the old-time desperadoes were out
done last night when a masked ban
dit held up an express car In the
heart of Chicago and forced Ihe agent
to turn over the contents of the car.
When he bad secured these he was
Intercepted by the conductor. But a
blow of his fifft floored the conductor
and his escape among the crowds was
bnt a trifling matter.
The car Is said to carry the day's
receipts of the stock yards to the
banks in the heart of the city, and
BANDIT MS TIN OE
THOUSANDS IN HEAR
PORTER J. M'CUMBER.
U. 8. Sntor Prom North Dakota
Fighting Nowipper Publicity Law
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Ill BAM WILLIAMS DEAD.
Demise "of Well Known I.a Grande
Resident Occurs This Morning.
. Hiram Williams of this city passed
away this morning-at 8 . o'clock of
paralysis at bis home on 1505 U ave
nue. Mr. Williams was Dorn in Eng
land and canl to the' t'nlted States
In 1861 settling in Salt) Lake where
he lived up to 12 years ago..; He then
moved, to Oregon and hae lived her
ever since. ' He was married to. Miss
Hose Berger of Salt Lake and to them
were born five children all of whom
survive'.' ' besides his wife and chil
dren he leaves one sister la Ogden.
Utah, to mourn his demise. Mr. Wil
liams would have been 59 years of
age -on the 26th of this month.. He
worked for the O.-W. for a number of
years and was In 'that road's employ
at the time of bis death. '
The funeral will be held tomorrow
afternoon from the chapel of Henry &
Carr. The time has nt been definitely
determined but it is thought the ser
vices will not be until 3 p. m.
Grangers Bnlld Barn.
Assuming that it is not right to al
low horses to stand In the. storm
while the owners are enjoying grange
festivities, the grange hall . appurte
nances east of tihe dty have been
added to by the building of a team
shed. The grange meets next Wednesday.-
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Six Tear Measure Tasse.
Washington, Feb. 1 Senator Worka
of. California got his constitutional
amendment measure limiting the
president's tenure of office to one
term of six years, through the senate.
This measure will have to be signed
by the prestdlent and then ratified by
three-fourths of the states of the un
ion to become effective.
employed in Portland left for that
j place today after a three weeks' va
cation at the home of her parents on
Fourth street. ' '
T RF CITY
It is claimed they rarely run 'less
than $50,000 per day. Although the
clerk of the express company claims
that the loss was but $3,000 the police
Insist that the train never carries
less than the amount stated above.
STORM GRIPS
rtah Woman to Visit Here.
Mrs. Boswell of Utah la expected
to arrive in La Graude today to be
the guest of her son and daughter-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Boswell
of near La Grande.
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MANY
Portland-La Grande Men
Buy Business Corned And
What is without doubt the
experienced m many , many; months occurred late yesterday afternoon when N, K.
West of this city and C. S. Jacobson of Portland purchased the splendid business cor
uer diagonally across from the La Grande National bank from Senator Turner Oliver
Erection of a modern building will begin just as soon as the weather will permit. The
lot purchased has double frontage-W feet on Adams avenue and 110 feet on Elm
street, and is the last extra choice business
heart of the business section,
grow the Oliver corner," as
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I Oltllllillllt Filed hT'Hnma rnmnanw la
Erroneous, Say Director.
John Veils, president of the Farnv
ers union, returned this morning from
a trip to Salem and Portland. In
sneaking of the telephone case which
Is now' pepding before the railroad
commission Mr., Wells declared that
the Farmers' union ' in their answer
to the complaint filed by the Home
FARMERS
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Independent Telephone company de-1 Regarding the building that Is to
nled that they are a corporation anj ba erected both Mr. West ani .V.r.
that they are $30,000 In debt. They ?ac;.b8on expressed themselves plain
are In debt but not to that amount. ly to 1he effect that theJr wre n Uie
The Farmers company take the stand marke' fr leasers ana upon the
that they are merely a co-operative amount of leases would depend the
society or association and do not height of tihe new structure. It 111
possess he attribute of a legal cor
poration. Hence they say the com
plaint has misnamed them and that
they do not come under the provi
sions covering the operations of cor
poratins. The hearing date is to be
set soon.
. Mr. Wells also commented on the
doing of the legislature. "There Is al-
together too much grandstand play
ing," he declared, "and the senate and
the house introduce measures that
are not only needless but In many In
stances the bills are so mnch alike
that it Is laughable. They are defeat
ing one another In some respects and
the system seems to be a kind of
Jockeying for favor. One of the big
gest grafts ia the employment of lady
stenographers for each of the legisla
tors. But the ridiculous part of the
thing is that the stenographers sit
around as ornaments at $5.00 per day
when the legislators only get $3.00.
All agree that the ladles are good
to look at and very pretty, but It's an
expensive ornament that the taxpay
ers are paying for.
"On the other hand I must say
that the legislators are accommodat
ing. They come around to the Far
mers' union nnd ask us what we
want What is more, It Is likely that
we will get everything we are ask
ing for. There Is a gtet deal of use
less oratory and many of the men
don't exactly know what they want.
It's the best thing we can do for the
present and the future will have to
Inaugurate the necessary changes.
"Everybody seems to be after the
governor's neck and Instead of oper
ating with him they oppose him need
lessly. ' I consider the governor)
work In reforming the state Institu
tions as worth while." i
Mr. Wells left for Imbler, his home,
this morning.
Jsdge Phelps Better.
Circuit .Judge J. W. Knowles has
been advised by telephone' messages
today Uiat Judge G. W. Phelps of
Pendleton who It suffering with the
smallpox. Is slightly better today.
most imnortant rpa'l pstntA
so situated that regardless of the direction the citv may
it has long been knowrv remains at the "hub" of La
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Announcement of the purchase was
a surprise to real estate circles, as
there' was no deal even talked of on
i the property. That Portland capital
should be attracted to the Inv-jUment
caused not only a complete suri-tee
but a general feeling of eatisfactkn.
N. K. West, who has ever had ahid
! Ihg fatlh.ln La Grande and her real
testate values, induced Mr. Jacoboon
of PorUan, to ,nVe8Ugata the lot riti
j the result that the two men Joined In
' n Investment.
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woi oouiBs uuture iaving ior a.s
J home In Portland Mr. Jacobson said.
nave watched La Grande carefully
,or Boma tnl and her solia growU
1138 P'eased me. The resources cf
Mn crt?;. would have Justified a loud
nurrah an boom, bu. ;nstead tho
PeoP,e ben content with solid,
, ub8tantlal growth- which counU for
! more In tne end than a11 booms."
be a thoroughly modern building cov
ering the entire ground and wCl he
at least two stories hitch, but there Is
no limit to the number of stories that
will be built. If -tenants want leases.
That work on the building will post
tlvely begin as soon as weather con--,
dltlons will permit is a settled fa-t.
The entire building is open for leas
ing contracts now. "
Outside Capital for La Grande.,
This I rot the first outside caplUI
that. Mr. West has Induced to "invest
In La Grande business property. Th
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STOCK SHOW DIRECTORS AI
SUPPORTERS MEET.
Enthusiasm for 1913 Show la I'uiun
lis Higher Thaa Ever.
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Union. Feb. 1. (Special) George
Benson, the luminary who put the
1912 horse ahow at Union on the
map of the Kcthwest, was last night
put back In office for )913, with sup
port guaranteed from every element,
every profession and every Individ
ual, The election of Mr. Benson fol
lowed the acceptance of the resigna
tion of Jim Hutchinson, who has
found It impossible to serve though
he was elected this year.
The directors held a meeting last
evening to act on the resignation and
incidentally there was rousing
meetlug of stock show supporters as
well. Mr. Hutchinson's reslenatlon
was accepted and Mr. Benson put
back Into office. Harmonious SUDDort
iaM always been accorded the hor
show presidents but this year Union
Is agreed that there . is going to be
even greater. ' .-'
"Right off the reel. Is " the way
things will be doing from now on"
agreed the business men after their
very successful meeting last evening.
"COME ALONG!"
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Crtr in Nv VorK Amerioan.
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PEJCEpS
10 START WAR
MAY RE. ASSEMBLE WHEX AD
RIANOPIE HAS FALLEX TO
BALKAN'S.
HEGflTlftTIONS EXPENSIVE
Conferences Have Drained and Sap
ped Supplies and Credit of the Bulk,
ans I nlll Breaking Point Comes
1 Sharp Decisive Fighting to Be the
Rule as Soon aa War Is Resumed.
London, Feb. 1. Prac'ically all
hope of peace In the Bdlkans has fled .
by the departure of the Balkan en
voys. It is almost certain that 'war
Is to follow, , Stojan Novakovttch, the
Servian plenipotentiary, said before
he departed that he believed Inter
ference of the powers will now be
'impossible. .. .
I "The next convention for peace and
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for a new armistice will e arranged
on a drumhead battlefield after the
fall ofAdrlanople. . Any settlement
that will be arrived at will Include ,
absolute cession of Scutari and Jan
lna," he said. Only one peace envoy
remains in London.
Before departure for Athens, Pre
mier Venlzelos said:' "Our reason tor
resuming-war-Is . that negotiations
which don't bring peace are as ex
pensive as war.. Eight hundred thou
sand troops are gradually exhausting
the resources of the allies. This the
Turks know and . we believe their
policy of dissimulation and delay has.
no other object than the gradual sap
ping of our credit and our supplies.
"We shall now destroy the fruits of
tnat P01" Dy' "narp aecisive action
In the field. The cost of maintain
ing Greece's army In the field has
been a million a day. After Turkey's
fate is sealed, we. may return to Lon
don to sign the treaty of peace."
London diplomats concede that the
allies are no longer bluffing.
Canters Move to Portland.
Mr. and Mrs. Canter who have been
making La Grande their home for the
past tew mouths, went to Portland
today where they will reside In the
future. Mr, Canter was In the em
ploy of Mr. King the cigar maker.
( , Lecture 'at Island City.
J. ' A Church, city superintendent
of schools of Baker will lecture this
evening at Island City on the subject,
"Old and' New Views of Boyhood."
Mr. Churchill will spend Sunday at
the home of. E. E. Bragg. 1
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