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AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER PRINTS THE NEWS THE DAY IT HAPPENS
VOLUME XHL
LA GRANDE, OREGON,
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1913
NUMBER 102
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BULLET FROM GROUP OF MEN
TEN FEET AWAY FELLS
OFFICER '
Chief of . Baldwin-Fctlz Detective
( Agency Shot Down and Killed by a
Man Thought to Be in Austrian
Polfce Thjnk Conspiracy Existed In
1 Strike-Ridden District to Kill Him
Trinidad, Colo., Nov. 21. Following
the assassination of George Belcher,
chief detective of the Baldwin-Feitz
detective force, Trinidad was under
martial law for six hours today. Bel
cher was shot and instantly killed last
might in the center of the business dis
trict by a group of men ten feet away.
Louis Zancanelli, an Austrian miner,
-was arrested. The police assert that
the prisoner tossed a revolver away
as Belcher fell, but Zancanelli denied
this. The authorities assert the as
eassinatjjbn resulted from a conspiracy
of the striking miners.
Adjutant General Chase, command
ing the militia in the Strike bound
district, swept the streets with cavalry
and infantry and drove citizens in
doors. He tenforced the military law
until he ws convinced that the danger
was over. " v
ALUMNI SQUAD ORGANIZES
First "Rehearsal" to Be Held This
Evening for Turkey Game .
Last evening the alumni of La
Grande high school met at the Com
mercial -club and outlined details of a
big Thanksgiving game here for next
Thursday afternoon. It enves the
alumni but a few days for drill yet
it is apparent that there will be a
quantity of alumni players to freshen
the lineup as the old timber grows
weary against the agile youngsters
who are in good training. ;
Coach Reynolds will play with the
high school team. ;.The former 0. A. C.
helmsman will add a vast amount of
. strength to the high school team, be
; cause of his generalship, and his play
ing, and his presence in the game not
only reduces the chances for the alum
ni tn win but insures the hitrh school
fans that the closing game of the sea
son Will OUC tllC UCBIi UlUUlllf UUb Vi
the squad that is in them. ' ,
: As an open field runner and engineer
of a team, coupled with his tossing
ability, "The Shrimp" has few equals,
and this should make the turkey day
game all the more interesting. ...;;
The first drill occurs this evening at
the Commercial club, when signals
will be given out and all alumni play
ers are especially urged to be on hand.
Sunday afternoon, commencing at 2
o'clock, the main and principal signal
practice in the campaign will be held.
Joe Williamson is business manager of
the alumni. , .'
A chalk talk on the new rules will
be given. .
' New Roadmaster Named
The position of roadmaster of the
OF
CLAMS
SNOWFLAKE BAKERY LAST NIGHT
Some family in the city of La
Grande has a delightful dinner on
clams all in readiness tonight Last
evening J. D. Porter, proprietor of the
Snow f laKB uaner, iv -
boxful of dams on the display boards
In front it hia establishment and
SO THAT ONE
WILSON BREAKS
DID PRECEDENT
NO
NEW YEAR. RECEPTION AT
WHITE HOUSE
Chief Executive Announces That He
Will Enjoy Vacation
Washington, Nov. 21 By announc
ing there will be no New Year's re
ception at the White House, the pres
ident has broken another precedent
which has stood for a hundred years.
Instead, the president' said, he would
leave Washington for "a brief holiday
vacation." 1
NEW TEACHER ELECTED 5
Mrs. J. S. Lincoln Chosen to Fill Va
cancy on School Staff
"7"'H"
Mrs.'
J. S. Lincoln of this city was
" -r'y the La
school board, in regular session, to
fill a vacancy caused by the resigna
tion ofCora Harned a few days ago.
Miss Harned, who went to Pasadena,
Calif., from here, had been teaching
the seventh grade in Riverside build
ing, and with the election of Mrs. Lin
coln, Miss Gennoway goes from the
Central building to the seventh grade
in Riverside and Mrs. Lincoln to the
Central building. Mrs. Lincoln for
merly lived' in Marysville, Mo. .
MAY CLOSE THURSDAY
Thanksgiving Day to Be Observed op
Extensive Scale :! '
Movement to close all stores, espe
cially the merchandise, grocery and
meat establishments, has been started
by local business men.' The plan is
meeting with favor everywhere and
within a few days it is probable that
final action will be taken. The foot
ball game in the afternoon will draw
many and it is believed that this
order will be eventually adopted.
second division, of the O-W. vacated
by H. Connell, who has moved to Spo
kane and contemplates going into busi
ness for himself, will now be filled by
O. G. Olson of this city . ,
while be was busy on the inside of
the place of business, someone lugged
rff the box and clams and alL He has
some notion of who got the clams,
but that won't bring back the clams,
no doubt. The proprietor is going to
chain bis clams down hereafter.
STOLEN
FROM
PARK GUARD COULD DO THE
DanSommer
Pioneer Now
COMPLETES FORTY-FIFTH YEAR
IN GRANDE RONDE VALLEY
ISTHMUS ROUTE USED
Elgin Resident Is Today Celebrating
Long Residence in This Section
Elgin, Nov. 21. The Recorder saidaKe to await the spring market. Mr',
last eveninir that on Fridav Dan Som. 1 McKennon has averaged more than a
mer will celebrate the forty-fifth anni-.lcar
versary of his arrival in the Grande
Ronde valley. '
Forty-five years! Little more thaniage- wucn 01 tfte lmDler Proau or
half of a man's alloted three score ! tms year nas Deen 8mPPed out bv way
and ten, and yet the changes that it'of sPokane through the North Pacific
has wrought are little short ofmar-i'Pruit ' '. j ' !..
velous. Mr. Sommer came from New '
VorV nit hof To.... APPLE BUYER HERE.
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from there by boat to San Francisco,
again changing there for Portland.
From Portland it was no short trip
to this country. He went by boat to
The Dalles and from there to Celilo, '
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and on up .to Umatilla. From Uma-'XT
4.-n !. . . 1 j .i
tula it was, a case going overland and
i, a . .' . . . .
he settled first in what is now La
Grande, though at that time there
were but a few houses in what is now
commonly called old town.
Without a doubt the next forty-five
years will see even greater things
brought about and greater advance-
ment made in this still comparatively,
.undeveloped region. ; .
IMPERIAL TRAIN DITCHED
Fast Limited on Canadian Pacific in
Accident, Killing Fireman
Winnepeg, ' Nov. 21. Advices say
the Imperial limited, Canadian Pacific, !
was ditched at Caldwell, Ontario, early j
today. Fireman P. O'Connor was
drowned. The engine plunged into'
Lake Superior and O'Connor was
caught beneath the wreckage.
Buys and Steals-at Once
To steal an expensive pair of trous-
era from the tables of the U. S. loan
office and put them on under a cheap
pair which e had purchased and had
been allowed to wear from the place,
was the trick turned by a transient
list evening. Soon after his departure,
the theft was discovered and the pro-1
prietor Sherlocked the thief to a local
hotel, where he got his trousers back,
but did not prosecute the thief.
George Coin in City . .
. George Coin, traveling solicitor for
the Pacific Coast Biscuit comDanv. ar
rived in La Grande this morning and
will be here for a number of days, said the manager, "have so increased they wui be token to the homes ana
George belongs to the sunshine club the volume of our cash sales, that the rooming places. So far fairly ado
and sells biscuits aa a sideline. reductions are almost made op. Some-Jquate facilities have been provided for
WORK OF SIX.
Fox in New York Evening Sun. .
MORE APPLES
SIX CARS OF LOCAL FRUIT GOES
..... EASTWARD TODAY
North Pacific Distributors Buy
Considerable Quanties
Up
" J. D. McKennon today shipped ix
cars of Grande Ronde valley apples to
Kansas City and Joplin,
where they will be put into cold stop-
a day for the last four week and
;most o the app,es have ne the
I points mentioned and are held in stor-
Carloads of Apples Taken Out
By North Pacific Agent
L. G. Seaton, who has been in the
d surrounf in c?u"trv he
, IttSli WliCC III tllC ill ICl Ir Ul 1,1
.. .. . .. . ,
Northern Pacific Fruit distributors of
, . . ... . ;
1 Spokane, left for his home. in Free-
V. . . . .
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1 he bought in the neighborhood of 40
' cars of apples in this valley and ex-
! pects to get some 30 cars of potatoes.
.... STORE REDUCES COST ;
Mining Camp Store Voluntarily Cuts
' Prices on Goods
Chrleston, W. Va., Nov. 21. A com
pany store which supplies two mining
camps a mile apart in territory tribu
tary to the Virginia metropolis today
enjoys the distinction of being the first
mercantile establishment on record, to
voluntarily make a flat reduction of
eight per cent on everything upon its
shelves "because it was -"earning too
much money." And now sirloin steak
at 25 cents per pound is a regular
piece de resistance (that doesn't mean
it isn't tender) ; rib roasts at 15 cents
makes them frequent on any table in
the region, and the best quality of
goods by package and by the pound
; are displayed at prices which carry
the uninitiated ' back about twelve
'years when the high cost of living
bugaboo was not so rampant on the
horizon.
"If we make too much money we'ss
quit," declared the president of the
company.- And then he warned the
store manager that only very nominal
returns on the investment would be
acceptable to him. But in spite of the
general cut in prices, a larger and
more centrally located store is, being
planned. "You see, our reduced prices,"
SHIPPED OUT
SIXTY-FIVE IS
FDR
STATE TAX COMMISSION RAISES
RATE FROM 53 TO 65 ON
SHOWING MADE
State" Tax Commission Has Compro
mised by Placing Assessment Basis'
in This County on Public Utilities at
65 Per .Cent Following Showing By
i , Assessors at Salem
Public utilities of Union county will
be assessed on a valuation of 65 per
cent of full value, instead of 53 per
cent as was contemplated by the state
tax board, which has the assessment
of such companies in hand. Informa
tion to this effect was received by
County Assessor Couch this morning
from the 'commission.
' While before the commission at Sa
lem he presented facts and figures to
show that the rest of the county was
assessed by him on a valuation much
greater than 53 per cent, though the
commission at first named that figure
as the equitable one for the utilities in
this county.
Last year public ' utilities paid in
taxes $3,438,000 on a basis of 64 per
cent taxation. If the state has raised
the taxation on the basis that the
Missouri,'antv has been rawed and in equal
ruiiu, me utilities win tms year pay
in $4,540,000. ' ' '-'v..,'
' Waterways to Benefit ' .
Jacksonville, ria.,; IIpv. 21. Satis
fied that the coming year will' mark
the greatest , improvement and pro
gress in the work of better this counr J
try's rivers and harbors, since the or
ganization of their association, mem
bers of the Atlantic Deeper Water
ways convention left for their homes
today. A steamship trip on the St.
John's river was on the informal pro
gram today: The trip was taken main
ly that the delegates could see the
improvements along the city's wator
front. : ' ' .'
times," he said, almost mournfully,
"I'm downright discouraged because
the increased, volume in trade comes
so close to giving us the profits we
used to make when we sold in smaller
quantities and charged higher- prices."
The new store will handle a stock' of
$50,000 and a small army of clerks will
be necessary. ' , '
Portlander Here on Visit .
Mrs. A. Perrecault of Portland ar
rived in the city this morning on No.
10 to be the guest of Mr. and Mrs. J.
W. White for an indefinite time.
Miss Walker Returns
Miss Walker, head of the nurse force
at the Grande Ronde hospital, returned
'this morning from Pendleton, where
she visited with her mother a number
of days. '
GUIDE TO
Superintendent Girdler gives out the
information that boys will be stationed
at the depot on Monday and the days
following, who with large megaphones
will direct the incoming teachers to
the commercial club rooms from where
MEGAPHONE
BRIGADE
FUEL HIE
tliD SHORTAGE
OF FOOD FELT
MEXICO CITY IN GRIP OF SERI
OUS DILEMMA; BUSINESS
MEN FAIL '
Bryan Laughs at Rumors Afloat in
London No Opportunity to Obtain
' Fuel and Mexico's Capital Is in Seri
ous Straits Action That Congresa
Will Take of No Consequence
Mexico City, Nov. II. There is a
: ?rious fuel famine in the capital. Less '
tnan a '" tons of coal remain in
uie city ana 11 is lmpossioie 10 get
more. Only 24,000 barrels ,01 oil re
main and- business is practically sus
pended.'; Hundreds of business 1 men
are bankrupt and thousands are starv
ing.' v
New Congress Convenes
Congress is scheduled to convene
this afternoon, to act on the election
and that the body will declare in
valid as to the ballot on the president,
vice president and perhaps as to Its
ownbody is generally admitted to be
a certainty. It is hard to see how this
will improve the situation inasmuch aa ,
,'the entire Is convinced that Huerta
will cling to the office until his acts
as dictator have been approved by
some recognized legal legislative or
ganization, if he possibly can. s
r Rumors Emphatically Denied
Washington, Nov. 21. Secretary of
State Bryan today ridiculed the report
circulated in london that President
Wilson had recognized Huerta's gov- .
eminent. "The report is too absurd to
warrant further comment," Bryan
said. . 1. ?;
: Protection for Maderos.
Following -a, conference between the
president and Secretary Bryan, the
secretary wired to Consul Canada a
Vera Cruz to give protection to Eva
risto and Daniel . Madero and - their
friends, who have sought refuge in the
American consulate, fearing death at
the hands of Huerta.
Fire Adjuster Here
' Fire Adjuster W. G. Lloyd of the
Firemen's and the Providence insur
ance companies was in the city yester
day adjusting the loss sustained at the
Blue Mountain hotel. As most of the
valuable furniture in the hotel was
burned or otherwise ruined by the wa
ter and smoke, the adjustment would
needs come near the amount for which
the equipment of the hotel had been
insured. Mr. Wilson has been allowed
$13.14.32. The furnishing carried
$2000. '-.' -.,'., ":..: :...--..
Harney Out on Ball
E. A, Harney, who has been in the
county jail for some time awaiting
trial for alleged polygamy, was this
morning released on indemnity bail
will not be at large until the trial
comes up at the special session: - This
leaves but two to keep the silent
watches of the night in the county
bastile. '
BE
VISITING FORCES
bat a few desirable rooms are still
wanted. : The superintendent is desir
ous of having a line on any rooms that
are available for this week as soon as
possible because his attention and that
of Secretary ' Williamson will be en
gaged with numberless tasks when
Mrs. Ingles, president of the associa
tion, presses the button on Monday at
9 o'clock.' 4 '.' ,