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AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER - PRINTS THE NEWS THE DAY IT HAPPENS VOLUME xin. ' LA GRANDE, OREGON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1913. NUMBER 86 FOUR CENT! BANKS PLAN IN CURRENCY BILL SAN FRANCISCO NEAREST IN - PROPOSED BANKS OF THE .-,v - WEST COAST. Senate Banking Bill Reports on Selec tion of Four Cities In Which Shall Be Located the Contral Regional , Banks Proposed Under the New Cur- rency Act If Enacted Into Law. Washington, Nov.. 1. The senate banking committee which has charge ,oi the curency measure,, has practi- caiiy decided on tour regional reserve I banks, one to be located in New York, the fourth in San Francisco. The four .'.administration members of the com- lhittee intimated that the nrp.AiHant in f sists on a reconsideration of the four . regional bank scheme. It is thought the president will stand pat on that part oi tne oiii as passed oy tne nouse, es tablishing twelve such reserve banks SCHOOL PAYROLL ENORMOUS. Si Jmol Board Meeting : Last Night I . TT . o I1!J k iees nuge oumn rum vui, The principal part of the business transacted by the school board last ev . enfrig was the drawing of orders for teasers' salaries. It may not be known outside of those connected, with the affairs of the school that the monthly payroll of the city is assum ing large proportions. Warrants to : the amount of $3,673.25 were drawn ; for these salaries alone. In addi tion the salaries of janitors amounted to $245 a month. Last year the total cost of support ing the schools was in the neighbor hood of $129,000. This amount in cludes the erection of the new north . side school, which cost $30,000. Judge Williams, clerk of the school board, estimates that,,hs total cost for the Vcurent year wiU be in the vicinity of V00,00O for the entire district ; 'At th. present rate of increase in school attendance it will be but a short time when the requisite funds for these purposees will be appreciably larger. At the present time there are 44 teachers employed in the La Grande schools and new ones will be added from time to time as the demand aris- - - ' AUSTRIAN WHO SHADOWS LADIES THROWN IN JfllL; PRANKS MANY An Austrian was arrested last night on Depot street after 12 o'clock for j following a woman to her home. Tha local force have heard many com- nlaints regarding inis practice ami nont.urMl the one who seems i to have made a business of it. He was lodged in jail and was this morn- ihe- set to worK on xne streets uy - 11 . ... ; A Street Commissioner j. i. aiwiaij, A fellow Austrian had heard that his companion 'would serve seven and a half lays in jail for the $15 fine that was imposed and promptly paid it The force was Jcept busy last night on acocunt of the foolish pranks of the juniors. Streets were obstructed with piano boxes, woodpiles were upset trees were mutilated, wagons over a host of other nuisances coinriitted that created work for the streevlePartment- The rascality went farther and some oi tne youuuui par ticipants, if found out would have to fae charges of tearing down post mail boxes. Some inventive genius stole a barrel of printers' ink and put the same on the intersection of Elm and Washington streets, where the arc light happened to be out If an Past Month GoodBuilder OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR BET TERED BY FIVE THOUSAND. LAST YEAR BESTED Total Building for Current Year Has Now. Reached to $276,531." aL Grande's building permit record shows an increase over the same month of last year by overi$o,000. This brings the total for the year to date to $276,531. These figures in- elude all. kinds of , structures, im- provements and repairs and gives one an idea of the advancement of the city in a material way better than any other group of figures could. The biggest single item is the Dutli Bak e which will, when completed, make that institution one of the best in eastern Oregon. The list will indicate improvements in all parts of the city: snowing umi we are growing in an directions. ' E. D. Graves, Cove ave., barn $. E. G. Stewart, Third st., dwelling . . . ... .... . . D. N. Clark, Cedar st.,..'-r- age ..... ' B. Harris, Fir st, store' . . .'. . 'A. J. Warren, M ave., dwell 100 1 150' ing 1,000 '' 2,800 . aqcock, seventn, aweii Mt" Mey, Fourth,' dweil mg .......... . 2,250 R. A. Crawford, Washington ave., dwelling 150 Wm. Winn. V ave., dwelling; 499 Geo. Pfeiffer, V ave., dwell ing ...... 1,600 Geo. Haugh, Adams, dwell-. ' , .-' , ing ' ' SO G. M. ' Curtis,' Washington, . ' rf Qi O. Chapman; Oak st., dwelling 1,800 A. Cobb, Madison, woodshed . 25 S. L. Haworth. Adams, store ' 150 Emil Haas, . division,- dwell- ' ing ... 100 Mrs.- O. Brien, Adams, lodge ' room 2,500 E. C. Jorgensen, Depot, store ., and hotel 1,800 W. H. Wallingford, N Spruce i dwelling ...... ... 860 Fred Tuferson, Second,- re pair shop . 50 Frank Suydam, First, dwelling .'. ... 860 Fred Dutli, Fir. bakery 4,000 Fred Mason, M. ave., dwell-, ing :. . ....... 2,250 Total for month ...$ 23,274 Total for previous months $253,257 Total for 10 months .$276,531 oFr month of Oct. 1912 . . 18,075 The recorders office shows record for fines and licenses for the. past month. Fines to the amount of $287, and licenses not including the regular saloon license, $230.25, were collected. auto had run into the obstruction there would have been a black tragedy. ! street Commissioner McCrearyT is . ordinance airainst , - , - . v. 7 allowing piles of sand and bricks on allowing piles the street, claiming that a number of persons have run into them to their damage. . . KRAMLICH ENTERS BUSINESS Spokesman Representative Buys In terest In Local Tailor Shop. H. R. Krtmlich, formerly eastern Oregon representaive for tha -part of the people of Cottage Grove Spokesman Review, has purchaesd alto carve out a now county and make half interest in Thp Huh Tilnr Rhnn..: Cottage Grove the county scat. The . a cleaning and pressing establishment located on Adams avenue, opposite the Post Office building. Mr. Kramlich will still represent the Spokesman Review locally, but has given up looking after outside terri tory. ... RECOGHITFOM OF THOUGHT TO ' TO UPSET DICTATOR HUERTA Before Wilson Acts He Will Heed To Advice Of Mexican Rebel Emissary ; Washington, Nov. 1. Whether the ebels win ddpend ,Qn the report hg gets from Roberto Pesquiera. who is to inform him of the plans and the Progress of the revolutionists.;. Pes- 4ucuit i .3 cajick;u lAJuajr. lie is u uv:i(- ew of General Caranza, the rebel lead er. No secret is made of the fact that STATE FAVORS s i50 LOCAL ATTORNEY FINDS SENTI 300 ' . MENT FAVORABLE. ,,- Need 0f School Appropriation Pointed Out In Interview. ; v ... ' Turner Oliver returned this morn4 ing from .attending the supreme court at Pendleton and some business in Portland. He says he made consider-; able inquiry both at Pendleton and, v Yale Defeated Today, Portland CWCerning the Referendum.-, asrn ' f ootbaii scorn" today Theasures that will be voted upon next I ciude. . ' :: Tuesday, ; antt Jf the public, senti-j ly in favor of the passage of all of the held-Bj? .frills, ' Therj is sonie -jjnti-mentaiism " explesSdd auihst the sterilization bill, but." he sav'S, ."the public seems to recognize the fact that! the ultimate purpose of this measure j and so many safeguards have been thrown around it that it is practical ly impossible to be abused. Among the this bill is that it is not sufficiently:"1. """..Y"'? far-reaching. The dotcors of the state! Principally Wild Ducks. . generally claim that although the ef- j r ' feets of the- bill can not be harmful. Federal game laws recently passed, yet greater good could be accomplish- ed had the bill been made stronger, the state at large, but ducks are the In any event, this bill if enacted, will 1 principal specie that are of local in have some beneficial effect and it terest. State Game Warden W. L. ought to pass, but public sentiment , Finley has sent out Instructions to is not so strong in its favor as in the deputies about the conflicting laws of other measures." federal and state course, and Deputy Of the appropriation bills Mr. Oli- Chas. B. Orai has had issued to him ver said: ' ' I the instructions, which call for en- "On Tuesday next the voters will be forcement of the federal laws, called upon to pass judgment upon - - u , " . L " several bills passed by the last legis- tions at so much per name and suc lature anfl held up by referendum, ceeded in getting the required number Two of these are for the Universitv of to referend the measure, beside several Oregon, and I desire to appeal to the voters of Union county on behalf of these measures. Every voter who has read the pam phlet gotten out by the secretary of state must be already convinced as to the necessity of these bills passing. The university has never had as good support at the hands of the legisla ture as the,, importance of the school deserves, and has had no new buildings since 1907. The attendance has dou bled during that time and the insti tution is so crowded that every avail able basement and hall in the present building have been pressed into service for class rooms, and the board of re gents have been compelled to put up two temporary wooden sheds to meet class room emergencies. One of these sheds burned down shortly after the school opened and had to be replaced with a new shed. Probably no other state institution of learning in the United States has been compelled to resort to such temporary, structures. This is disgraceful and ought not to be permitted longer. The legislature at three separate sessions has made reasonable appropriations, but these have been held up three times by a dis graceful misuse of the referendum. The fight against the university grew out of a desperate effort on the . . ... . i . line of this county came within four miles of Eugene, and Eugene opposed the new county movement. To get even tno t;oT.tage urove people took up a subscription and hired a man in Portland named Parkinson, who posed as a leader of the labor organizations, and he circulated referendum peti- REBELS BE BEST the president' greatly prefers to let ; the rebels overthrow Huerta. This' will in all liklihood be the course of : the American government if the pres-j ident can convince himself that the overthrow of the stern old bulldog can be ef fected speedily and constitu tional government established. TALE, LOSERS MINNESOTA TRIMS OLD FOE BY BIG MARGIN. Yale Falls Before Colgate Eleven by . , Decisive Score. . . Minneapolis, Nov. 1. Wisconsin! lost all chances for first place in the ! big conference today when Minnesota trimmed the Badgers, 21 to 3. Yaie 6, Colgate 16, Cornell 6. Harvard 23 Pennsylvania 17,; Pennsylvania state Princeton 64, HoV CfOsS ( . Indiana 7, Ohio stae 6. Ames 9, Nebraska 18. Chicago 28, Illinois 7, West Point 18, Notre Dame 35. FEDERAL LAWS PREVAIL. are to be enforced in Union county and thousand names which the court took off as proven fraudulent fictitious persons not in existence, etc. It seems that at the last session of legislature, Eugene and Cottage Grove settled their differences but Parkinson had a large bill for expense which he had in curred, including attorney fees, and he thought he ought to be reimbursed either by the people of Eugene or by the state. But neither the legisla ture nor people of Eugene could dis cern merit in his demands, and looked upon it as a cold blooded graft. He declared that he would "get even" on them and proceeded again to invoke the referendum. It will thus be seen that the motive behind this referen dum movement is both selfish and spiteful and is based upon a desire for revenge. There can be no possible doubt as to. the merits of these two bills. One is for the purpose of repair ing the old buildings and improving the heating and sanitary conditions; the other is to put up a new building which the crying needs of the uni versity demands, and it would be a disgrace to the state to defeat either. Union county believes in higher edu cation and believes that a reasonable support should be given to our educa tional institutions. Union county has a larger number of stunts now at tending the university than any oth er couny in eastern Oregon. Then let us of Union county stand by the institution and vote: 3(10 X YES. 302 X YES. The fund for this purpose has al ready been raised and is now in the state - treasury, simply awaiting the action of the voters. Let is not be di verted to some less worthy purpose. w WISCONSIN Wet Month Sets Mark OCTOBER RAINFALL HEAVIEST : IN 13 YEARS. TEMPERATURE HIGH I While Rain Was Record Breaker, Mer cury Failed to Reach Low Point. ' More rain fell in La Grande during October, 1913,. than in any October for 13 years. The total precipitation for the month which saw the futile attempts to conduct the annual fair, reached a total of 3.05 inches. To make the month all the more disagreeable, 14 days were marked with either rain or traces of rain. The days and pre cipitation were: 5th, .10; 6th, .10; 7th, 1.50; 8th, .05; 9th, .30; 10th, .20; 12th. trace; 15th, v trace; 16th, .10; 18th trace; 24th, .55; 27th, .15. Total pre cipitation, 3.05. The nearest approach to this pre cipitation in the. past .13 years, show records maintained bv ' Weather Ob server Benham was in 1908, when the precipitation reached 2.21. From a standpoint of temperature, the month was not as cold as many. Twenty-seven degrees was the mark reached in October, 1913, - whereas the same month in 1912 registered a minimum of 18, 1911 of 16, 1910 of 21, 1909 of 22 and 1908 of 16. The highest tempera ture of October, 1913, was 77 de grees. v ' . Geo. Palmer Home. . Geo. Palmer, president of the Geo. Palmer Lumber company, returned this morning from a business trip to Portland. 1 . " Inspects Timber Holdings. .., ' E. E. Meyers, proprietor of the Ho tel Savoy, went to Joaepfi this morn ing to inspect some land. Mr. Mey ers has extensive interests in War Fenton and holds the local agency for a real estate firm of that place. Mr. Meyers believes Warrenton is going to be the seaport of the Pacific coast. Washington Lady Rctruiul. ' Mrs. W. M.- Graves of Summerville, Wash., has been in the city the guest of Mrs.- F. F. Church,: who lives on Third street. She left this morning to sDend a wek or more with relatives in Joseph before returning to. Washing ton. ALLAN A. RYAN. Son of T. F. Ryan, Financier, Who Testified Againit 8ulxor. v.: v-' -v'WSui.iir if liiiJ. by American l'rflSM AHMonlulinn If W:ii UG &f H Sf P mmmm 'mum , - - . tf , i , v i I - lilt iMMum WET AND DRY . ELECTION AT union is- off CITY FAILS TO OPEN ITS ELEC TION BOOKS WITHIN STIP- ? ULATED TIME. 1 COUNTY PRECINCTS DIFFER If County Called Election, There Would Be Two Precincts In Union Whereas the City Proper Haa But . One Precinct Notices of Election Don't Conform With Scheme. Mandamus , t . ... -.. .- Union, Nov, 1. There will be no wot and dry election: in Union next Tuesday. That has become an estab lished fact today and the dry element which has striven hard to bring the matter of a wet and dry contest to a focus, is apparently, defeated and it will now-go over to the 1914 election. -The troubles over the election called by the county at the request of suf ficient petitioners, was that it could not be established just who was to con- : - duct the election. The election notices issued call for a city., election of one fier cent to be held in the city hall. It -was thought for a time that the coun-. tv nnnM he mAndamusied to nroduce the registration books for Union as the , city of Union had not opened its books for registration in timev But if such . was done the -county Would necessar ily have two precincts .which include more than the city, creating anotJi;r difficulty. The mandamus proceed ings were dropped, however, as there would not be time now for either the county or city to give the necessary 12 days' notice. A similar condition arose in Hood River ani; tj-.cre has been & diferenCe vt legal opinion as to who would call and who should conduct the election. The county au-s thorities held they should call, and the city conduct the election, and that led to the legal phase, because Union as a . ciy had not operfed her registration i books. " . "' r'.. LEBERT SELLS OUT. 4 ; Disposes of Hib Interest In La Grande Moot f'r :- '. J. I. Lebert, this morning closed the ; deal whereby his interest -in the La Grande Meat company, has been taken over by his partner, Fred Bock. Mr. ' Lebert formerly came from Montana - . land he expects tv .eturn within a very rew days. air. dock is now ouie iru prietor. During their short stay In ' the city, the Lebert family made many friends here and their departure will ' be regreted by not a few. This deal was consummated through the Geo. H. Curry Real Estate agency. ; Pendleton Odd Fellows Here. H. J. Taylor, grand master of the . order of Odd Fellows; R. Alexander,, past grand master of the order, Geo. Pratler, present treasurer of Umatilla county and grand herald of the grand lodge, and K. E. KirKpatncK, an oi Pendleton, are In the city to pay their . official visit to the local lodge. Grand Patriarch Dr. G. A. Pogue, of the grand encampment, living at Ontario, was expetced to arrive but owing to . his profession, it is thought was un- able to attend. The local lodge will entertain the out of town visitors at a grand banquet this evening at their lodge rooms. Mr. Alexander is a biotncr to Mrs. Bloch, of this city. - . i- ' Contractor Is Accused. The Home Construction company, now engaged in excavating Spring street has been accused by the state deputy labor commissioner of minor offenses relative to the hours of work men on municipal improvements. - It was found that some of the men work' ed over the specified time of eight hours a day and that where they had . .. .1 .1 1 A, .1. . woi-KCQ longer tnan me icgai urns tno double pay allowance was not made, in all cases. -' .' ' .. - Owing to the : fact' that 'the con tracts let by the Warren Construction company bore dale' prior -tp June 8rd' when the law -went into effect,. they are not effected by the.8atute" , ia
