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' : V .- f Volume xn. 1A GRANDE, UNION OUNTYOBEOON, SATURDAY, MARCH 1, i913. , SH BIHS VETO MSB Mountainside ; IHilGIOII Iffi 0!1 ITS Caucus Hears I Women Sing RLGIJf FOUTICIAKS HATE EIES : ' ' wPENED. SltiTil NEXT MAYOR "By Ceaatry, Tie af TheeMs Bene- Is Racecourse WALLOWA COCHTI CLIXBERS TO HATCH 8TBENGTH. 5 ss V Y LACK OF QUOBUH . JTOT FEABEB W TIBW OF LATE DETIL. ' PXENTS. ; ANTI VETB JCHEI.1E MIL Plan of Governor to Sot Teto Many Bills Thereby Caaalng Lest Than a Qsoram to IBfefrn to Salem 5fext Week Is Believe to Be Ml Threagh His Acttoa ea Salary Bills J3CPOBTANT BELLS TETOED. Salem, Mar. 1 Governor West has vetoed Latourette's super tor court and the Celtic water project bills. . Portland, Feb.. 28. (Special to the Observer.) Although the legislature has adjourned the legislators and their enactments are still the chief topic of Interest among the lobbyists In the hotels here. At the Imperial several of the legislators are await , tng the time to return .to Salem to deal with the vetoes of 'the. governor. Thus far the most Important vetoes he has announced are those dealing with salary raises. ' He has vetoed 15 of these bills and thus has incur red the displeasure of an equal sum Titer of representative and senators' whose constituents wanted this leg islation. Just what other 'bills'; will' feel the effect of the official ax is not yet known, but the governor has In timated that several of them will meet with short shift at his hands. In looking back upon their official acts none of the legislators are afraid to return to their constituents with their records. It Id believed that this session has been productive of more constructive legislation than al most any other assembly. Among the Important bills which the solons have seat up to the governor are the workmens compensation act, the widows' pension bUl, the minimum wage scale and others that will b,. of benefit to the entire state. While nearly a thousand bills were consid ered the most important and best of them became laws.y,. ' . It was the opinion of several of the legislators when they were consid ering an adjourned session that if they took such action the governor would not veto many- bills, and thus put them "In the hole," but such Is not to be. By vetoing the salary bills tbe governor will cause many legislators to come back who woull . not otherwise return. Most of them are his enemies and will vote against him ou the vetoed bills while all his own. supporters will be there to up hold his actions. From the present lineup most of tbe vetoes will be of no avail. The entire Multnomah dele gatlon, with the exception " of one man, wlU ride the steam rollers and It la almost a, certainty that therj will be enough other coks to keep the machine In good working order. All ho helped the roller at tie last who helped the roller at the regular session will be back and many mal contents will return becausj of tho salary bill. The appearances for tbe governor's success are very slim. FRESRMO PLAY TOMGHT. tnaa Team to tfeet Daisy Cadets at High School Cym Tenlbu For a return engagement the Cn- Ion high school freshman team of Grande this noon to meet the Daisy Cadeta or La Grande high school COURSE MILE LONG Steep HoaatalM Side te Be Sealed by rTaUewa HasUes Sunday. Wallowa, Feb. 28. The 8ua says:. Who is the best mountain climber in Wallowa county T This question will be settled tomorrow when the moun tain climbing raoe up the mountain on which the Nlbley-Mlmnaug'n Lum ber company Is "now cutting timber will be pulled off. A purse of 160.1 has been hang up for the winner, and i, .. . , , there Is much rivalry for first honors, j "" Cavalrymen and Infan The race -will be from Camp No. t en, with cadet companies, are ar to Camp No. 2 of the Lumber com-' riTln5. In numbers fast equalling the pany. Camp No. 1 is at the foot of normal population. The civilian pop the mountain, and Camp No. 2 Is ou ulatton of the country is pouring into top. The distance between the two , Washington in great hordes. The camps Is said to be a mile and one- j - eighth.. Most of the distance Is very steep, but part of It la level enough to allow for sprinting. Several Wal lowa people have been practicing on the Mil for the last ten days. . and the lumber men of the two camps have also been getting Into trim for the contest. On account of the nar-! row trail, each entry will be run against time, the man who makes the distance In' the shortest 41ms, to be declared ' winner ' s n-' p i mnffis FORMALITY SBOBT AXD RECEIPT. ow Te Cha,iftauqua association in the determination to rid the. coirmuu . iu icurvn , ': ' IS ISSUED. rirv t Local School District and Foor Thossand of Sum. lmoa rauol,r lurou6U oue"ui TJiLff'n .tT onllAtlns denartment. h&A - " n.i.o.io m us cuuers luuu; pwceu there by Agent Jos. Keeney for the O.-WR. & N. company. It is the to- tat tax less the legal rebate which is, given If taxes are paid prior to March , 15:h. When Mr. Keeney scaled the hill to the court house he was armed with a draft calling for $44325.18 and the whole taxpaytng transactions was completed with Sheriff Hug In a very few minutes. Which calls to mind what a change has been brought about in the past few, years. Form eryly when assessments'- were made In haphazard manner the large cor porations received notice of their taxes and Immediately a representa tive would come to a Grande in the endeavor to secure a material reduc tion. But nowadays, the assessment is made, turned over to the. sheriff and a duplicate notice is issued. Ev en Bill Morrow of the O.-W. R. ft N. refuses to take the time to call at the court house but turns the matter of payment over to the resident agent. Of the amount paid by the O.-W. R. ft N. company today about $3,000 goes to the city of La Grande and approx imately $1600 to school dlsrlct No. 1, all of which tconvlnces the layman that it costs money to run a rallroa-' and that under present conditions the railroad company pays quite a por tion of Uie running expense of not only Cnkm counj't but a,a" ,he CUy of La Grande and the school district (basketball tossers arrived In 'La freshmen. These teams met recently to the honors of the La Grande five. IThe lineup for tonight's game fol lows: , sRosenbaum c Wilson Geddes f. Rich 1 McDonald f Paddock j Winters g Phy Reynolds Gab Soldiery, Civilians and Officials Hie to Capital in Great Numbers. Washington, March 1. With Pres ident Wilson arriving Monday after noon Washington is arranging fin al furbelows of the inauguration dress. Gaudy but harmonious colors have turned Pennsylvania avenue Into a carnival thoroughfare while most of the public buildiugs and residences r- hMrim vh,nH hm. ,, WILL BE Erection, of a bungalow pavilion at RSveralde park, sufficient In site to house 1000 people, provide conven tion platform facilities-tor all sum mer gatherings,'- and Slve Chautauqua facilities. , will commence as soon as the weather opens up with the guar- antee that the building will be ready for occupancy by the time 'that the annual summer chautauqua opens the last oi June. A deal to nnance tills project tias been worked out , and . there i .arcoly a legibility of a fall connecton wttn tne pars: Doard, ap- 1'0lnted b' and "epresenting the city, . will take; charge of the bulld'ne's. erection. The exact plans and specifications .t.a. ka .nnA t..., k..m " "-i o .u win cusi in uie neiifuoornoou ot $4,000 and will be a modified type of the original park landscape garderffer- plans.. The huge fire plt.;e, ros rum sliding sldewalls and dancing floor .J'jJJ AM ERICA'S MOST PK0JnEXT W0M.VX SCULPTOR, K " -- - ' ' , 1 f ' "wsaw.v J r' t vyV - V Janet Scudder, America's mos' been working In a studio ia Paiia. a,n ' her own design on tbe Rorhe 1 ': ; sum-age parade Monday promises to' vie with the Inauguration spectacle. The suffragette parade Is going to be something the likes of which has never been seen before but while It I going on, many of the nation's prominent women will be gathering jn. 'Washington'.. Colonel Brp-an Li coming Monday and by evening of Monday, Washington will be ready for the inauguration which M attract ing and is having more money spent on it, than any similar event In many. BUILT III SNU are a few of the details that will be retained In the modified plans. , - ' Old Teay'sa 6e. ' ;',, ,.v Herafer the tent .which has done pavilion services (luring the various chautauquas. will. be discarded for- ever, barring unforeseen " reverses, Inadequate. Inconvenient and of poor acoustics the tent has always been a material drawback to ' attendanre , at chautauquas and friends of the ium- nifr miet)Wi ara s-reatlv nlnasml it ity of the tent feature. - The new builifg will comfortably house the patrons .rain or shine, cold tr warm. The chosen, plan from" which the - building will be modeled will be on .h'.,. . . n , ' ' ' uiapiay ai me uonnenaamp store m a rew days ana It is now- planned to start construction about April first The building will, be the .property Of and belong. to the city of La Grande from the beglnnng. . p rcmlnent woman sculptor who has w ill superfntend the erection of a foun- feller enta'.e in Tarrytown, N. Y. f 7 a. jf' ,y ; Alette to Cascas. For those who expected a "hot time" at the caucus Monday night it was probably a disappointment, says the Elgin Recorder. , There' were a number of women present, .but they took co part in the nomination of candidates, and everything was as pleasant as could be. L. Denhatn was chairman of the meeting and U. F. Weiss secret!. Frank E. Smith was unanimously nominated for mayor, Jesse Crum for recorder, and R. Shoemaker for treas urer, and therefore there is no doubt that they will serve the clty.for tbe ensuing year. The nominees for the council -are: Frank O rah am, Nelson Hackett. Jas. Henderson, O. A. Brown, Wm, More- lock and C. 8. Rice. There are three vacancies to fill. . - For marshal Wm. Russell and Jas. Christiansen were nominated." 1 - The election takes place next Mon day and It promises to be very warm ly contested, the result depending to a very large extent upon tne numper oi women wno DaruciDate. . 1 One notable feature of the .caucus waa tbe singing of -the patriotic an- tham, "My ountry. Tie of Thee." ' When patriotic songs take the place of foal language and abuse at politi cal meetings we may certainly claim that -progress has been made in the right direction. HOT OVER IfLT CLIMATIC PREDICTIKWS TO STOBaLS. POINT March WU Be Visited With General Storm sad Cold Predicted ..That Union county's record break ing winter . Is not over yet, is Indi cated by authorized weather predic tions.' If "March comes tu like a lion it goes put like a lamp" Is the old adage, but climatic conditions in the valley today could be said to be some thing different from either of these, However, , this' Is . what the weather forecasts for the month of - March say: ' ' ,' ' ' '". ' . The first two dsys of .Msroh will bring' . threatening weather. ' Light rains will fall over the southern and middle states. From '3rd to 5th mild period, east of the' Rocky mountains: stormy westward. -'-;a Mercurr-Veniis form period runs, from the 6th to 9th. Southern' regions may look for heavy ralnatprras.-'-wIthJmuch electrical dis plays. .. IHeavy.' gnows will be; n'eral m' the north- and northwest'. Cold and frosty- on the ,10th and 11th,' fol lowed by ' warm spring-like weatner on the lSth aad 19th. From 20th to 21st will bring stormy weather ;'on land and sea.' Moon will be. in perigee and full on the 22nd.' This means some severe storms. The period will wind up with a blizzard and 'cold wave northward. Cold, frosty nights general on the 24th and 25th. -..From 2?th to 31st will bring a return of storm conditions. . Heavy'- ra'.ns - and windstorms will .occur over the south. Heavy snows will prevail in the' west, north and -northeast -. -- - 01d,PlctBr Interests : ' '.' .' ' Bird Lewis has dug up a picture. of "Long Ago" which Is attracting con siderable attention at , Van Buren's cigar store. It is a picture of a num ber of La Grande people, who, when btcyrjes were "In flower" belonged immm E OXB BUN BRED AND FlfTl-XlSE . , BOLLABS IS PBEHICH ; KBALIFCB. School Beads Bids Oprm-il This At ' teraeea ' Shew Spirited Biddlaf From itfaay of the Honey Tenlers of i!he Ceantry Some Belew Far, bit Saecessfal Bidder Is -Generous. Fancy premiums are offered for La Grande school bonds. The $30,000 bond iseue to be knocked down to the highest bidder by the school board of thla oity today, that cash might' be available to build a No.fi side grade school building, this afternoon, weat to B. H. Rollins ft Sons, Denver at , the fancy premium ot $159. The Con- .in-nl.i ft Commercial Trust and Savings bank of Chicago -was second highest with slight difference in pre- mum. Bidders were represented from many of the big money1 markets"of the country. The Denver Arm . waa , much ' higher lc Its , bids than most 'of the bidders however, somt going below par: In their offerings. The lowest came from Chicago, with an offer ot: $31, premium but asked for a reduction of $650 for bonds and la-, gal opinion. The' board, deems Itself fortunate In disposing of the bonds at such desirable figures, and hold It as a criterion of La Grande's mone tary rating: The bidders follow:,u E. H. Rollins ft Sons of Denver. Continental - ft Commercial Trust A Savings bank, Chicago. ' ' Keeler Bros., Denver. - William E. Sweet ft Company, Den- !ver. C. H, Coffin, Chicago. T . . f Merchants' Trust company, Chfca- go' v.', 8. A. Kean ft company,. Chk ago -James M. Wright ft Co., Denver: Causey Foster Co., Denver. . Morris Bros., Portland. . Union Trust ft Savings bank, Spo kane. -A. J. Hood ft Co.Detroit, Mich, ' Harris Trust Co., .; Chicago. " -' Chapman Mills ft Co., Chkago. . R. M. Grant ft Company, Chicago. .. Well, ffbth ft Co., Chicago. " .' Webb BUI Passes. ; Washington,'' March 1. The house passed the "Webb bill prohibiting the shipment of liquor Trom wet 'to dry states, over the president's veto today by, a big vote. As the senate" over rode the . veto yesterday," the measure Is now a law,' the Century , dub 'and one .Sunday afternoon they congregated at the ' Sommer hotel for a picture. Many wheels were decorated in artistic manner and .there were plenty of wheels. The Sommer hotel appears In the picture with tbe large veranda It formerly had but the most Interest ing feature hi the personnel of the party. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis are In the picture and Jack Peare, who was a wheelman In those days appears with his son William In baby clohes sit ting 'on the handle bars. Mr. and Mrs.. Dave Clark were also present, along with Mrs. A. 1 RSchardsbn and Mrs. T. N. Murphy. In those days almost every man wore a mus tache hnd the ladles wore a species of millinery that really looks strange today It Is said the photograph was otaken about 16 years ago, 1 1
