La Grande evening observer., January 19, 1914, Image 1

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LA GBANDE, OREGON, . MOM)AV, JANUARY 19, 1914
NUMBER 189
IS
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OF
SMALL BUSINESS IS IMPROVING
'"' AND GENERAL TONE OF BUS-7
INESS REASSURING.
HAS NEW PLANS FOR
AIDING CORPORATIONS
"Let There Be Peace" Is Slogan of
Man At Head of Nation Wall
Street PeMimistle At Times, But
, Big Industries Will Give Proper
Stimulus to Business.
Washington, Jan. 19. President
. Wilson announced there was no foun
dation to the stories that business
was suffering as a result of the re
cently enacted tariff law. On .the
contrary, he told visitors' that business
had increased hr volume and admitted
that certain industries dependent up
on railroads for equipment orders had
suffered somewhat, but said he be-
" lieved there would be a show of im
provement soon. The president de
nied that he had told anybody'' he
favored a raise in. railroad rates. As
. to the truf the president explained
his plans, according to which he con
templated facilitating the process by
which big combinations could conform
to the law, rather than have them
prosecuted by Attorney General Mc
Reynolds. The president made it
clear that he would not try to have
the law abated, but he would give the
big corporations 'time to conform to
the administration's policy. "Let
there be peace," seems to be the slo-
. gan of the president, hut it is not to
be taken to mean that the president
will countenance law violations.
Wall Street is not greatly alarmed,
though at times pessimistic, but all
indications point to perfect obedience
to the wishes of the president and
the reforms advocated by the demo
cratic party. ; There is some pessi
mistic talk Vint, tha hio industries of
j the east have gone' to work , or are
will set at rest most of the rumors
about hard times.
CIVIL EXAMINATIONS ON
Vacancies In Mail Department to Be
Filled Through Competitive Test. .
The United.' States : Civil ..Service
commiss.Kn .".1!Ou:hcs that "on. o'pdn
competitive examination for railway
mail clerk, for nw.A only, wi'": ! e held
or. Fehrom 21. 10M, for the i,m
P"so of ttstablishmir an eligible regis
ter from whi?h to lill vit.'atK.t-s a:
they may ic: ir n tl;I p.'IV"s
?'J00 per an ri .
Applica in m nut hav reac led 'their
18th but not the r n.'.ih liirth l:y rn
the date af t? exaniinat'o.i i ';'(
Persons who meet the requirements
and desire this examination should
at once apply to the secretary, Elev
enth Civil Service District, Seattle,
Washington, fb arpplication form 304
and form 1407. ' . .'
Denver Stock Show Opens.
Denver, Jan. 19. The sheep, tb
steer and the sleek porker hold full
sway here with the opening of the
annual National Western- Stock show
at the Denver union stockyards to
day. A colli:, tn of exhibits more
varied than ity in the show'? h;i
tory have been prepared, re ireseni
ing seven states in the RocKy Moun-
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Bou Gets Shot
"Viniie Hunting
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DEFECTIVE SAFETY CAUSES
EIGHT INCH WOUND.
ii':V.'?1''': .'",' i' :-';?i' 5.
BOY WANTS BULLET
No Complications Feared. May Be
'Out in Week or. Less Time.
Whilst returning from a hunting
trip in the neighborhood of the Adolph
XMewim home last Saturday afternoon
Earl Nutter had the misfortune to
meet with an accident. His brother,
Harold, was loading a "22" rifle which
operates with a lever, but the safety
catch on the rifle was worn and would
not catch. During the loading pro
cess he was unconsciously pointing
the gun in the direction of his broth
er. When trying to pull the lever
back into place the hammer fell, dis
charging the cartridge, which struck
Earl in the fleshy part of the thigh,
causing a wound about eight inches
in length. The bullet, traveled diag
onally and was visible under the skin
on the opposite of the thigh. .
He was assisted to the Newlin
home. Mrs. Newlin, immediately
summoned Dr. Bacon who bandaged!
the wound and rushed him to his
home where the bullet was extracted
without a great deal of difficulty or
pain to the bojr.i,.-K !'"TZ
- He is resting easily this morning
and it is though he will be out in
about a week. . i , When. Dr. Bacon
was making the incision for the piece
of. lead- this - sturdy youngster made
it clear to, -the physician that he
wanted the1)u!let, to which the doctor
replied that no one would dispute his
olaim. No complications are looked
for. .
FINANCING CITY
IS
PLAN TO ISSUE BONDS FOR THE
FLOATING DEBT APPROVED.
Interest Rate Will Be Lower Permit
. Cash Basis to Be Adopted.
Financing the city is the next step,
to be, undertaken. Everything is
moving along nicely under the com
mission plan, but the greatest handi
cap is. the inability to pay cash for
city supplies and labor.. Manager
Laf ky has used every method possible
to get the best results until a bond
issue can be floated and all the strag
gling warrant indebtedness be taken
up and carried at a less rate of in
terest. .".
Under the manager's plan it would
not bo necessary to make abond is
sue of one houndred thousand dollars
as has heretofore been talked of, be
cause in the manager's opinion, an is
sue of seventy-five thdusnnd dollars
will practically place things on a
cash , basis. By nearly reaching a
ash basis this will mean that with
proper- management at no time will
warrants be more than two months
behind, or thereabouts, rendering
them the same as cash, and within
two years the city will reach an ab
solutely cash basis without adding
the twenty-five dollars to the bond is
sue. , '.
' The most careful figuring and com
putation has been going on at the city
hall for some time and the manager
is now about ready to make his final
statement on what is needed in the
way of finance,
tain region.- Fiom 60.0J0 tj 75,0"0
persons are expected to u't the
show vihich will continue all week.
M R
RAILROADERS
ASK BETTER fflf
4,50 WALK OUT ON DEMAND OF
BETTER WAGES AND WORK
ING CONDITIONS.
MANY EFFORTS MADE
" . TO END STRIKE
Collieries Will. Lay Off Another 1500
Men So Far No Violence Has Been
' Indulged In and Hopes Are That
Peace WiU Reign In Settlement
Arbitration Asked.
Albany, Jan. 19. Every employe of
the Delaware and Hudson railway ex
cept the telegraphers have gone on
a strike, Forty-five hundred men
out of a total of five thousand have
agreed to lay down their job on" a
demand for better pay and. better
working conditions. As a result of
this move on the part of thd employes
not a wheel has moved since 6 o'clock
this morning. So far.no disorders
have occurred and it is thought none
will occur as -most of the men have
voted against violence.' The collier
ies, which the -company operates, will
close tomorrow, throwing out of em
ployment another fifteen hundred or
more men. ... --t '
' The results of the tie-up are noticed
all along the . route and efforts ere
being made by merchants and citizens
to have the strike settled by arbi
tration..' If; this succeeds, the men
will agree to go to work under the
provision that the new pay schedule
be dated from the time they began
the strike, r '.' '',-."-. '
HUNDREDS DIE UNDER CLIFF
Loosened Earth Falls On Men and
;." Women Seeking Shelter..
Tokio, Japan, Jan. 19. Near Ka
goshima, earth loosened by earth
quakes, gave way and fell upon SOO
refugees who had sought shelter un
der, the cliff. It crushed most of
them to death and injured the rest
so badly that they will likely die.
There were more earthquakes at
Kagoshima and the volcano continued
to erupt ashes and lava.., The shocks
are frequent but are not as violent
as formerly and the belief is current
that the volcano has spent its force. '
AKDEQND
IMS
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It is beautiful with its hand painted - shade.' It will be given in
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of the $21 worth of prizes or not. you will possess the- beautiful
table cover you can make out of Observer Pennants, but you can win
a prize if you try hard enough. Read about it and see the picture
of the. lamp in this paper. You must hurry if you want the beauti
ful State of Oregon pennant. They are going fast. ; .";-'. ' v
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IT COURT '
WEST
II DHTI C
UMI ILL
COPPERFIELD OUTCOME IS VIC
v TORY FOR GOVERNOR
OF STATE. '
NO JURISDICTION IS
OPINION OF ANDERSON
Suit to Enjoin the Governor From In
terfering With Business In Copper-
field Ends Disastrously For Saloon-
men Winn On Every Point The
. Saloonmen Are Wrathy.
Baker, Or., Jan. 19. In the opinion
of Judge Anderson of -the circuit
court, the" ontentions . of Governor
West that the court could not inter
fere with his declarations of martial
law atj Copperfteld, are upheld.
. Judge Anderson sustained every
point raised by Attorney Collier, for,
the. vom6r.'-,':.';;TSfsr"deisioa.'ii' 'the
ending of an injunction filed by the
saloonmen of Copperfield, and over
rules a demurrer of Attorney Nichols
for the. plaintiffs. Anderson decided
that thof local ' courts had no juris
diction over West, . as executive head
of the state. ' . '"''.'
- This seems to end the famous Cop
perfield war and makes the governor
the master of the situation. , No in
timation is given out as to the course
of the saloonmen, but feeling is bitter.
Martial law is still in force in Cop
perfield and the citizens administra
tion in the saddle.
QUESTIONS NEW YORK'S FAITH
Federal Judge Wants All Proceedings
In Extradition Case.
New York, Jan. 19. William; T.
Jerome ' and Attorney General Car
mody, of New York, have conferred
regarding the propriety of submitting
to the justice of the federal court the
entire extradition proceedings in the
notorious Thaw case. ' Both resented
the fact that Federal Judge Aldrich,
of Concord, New Hampshire, ques
tioned the good faith of the state of
New Kork. : . ' ' '.
, Thaw has a pleam of hope that the
federal court will grant his liberty
on the habeas corpus proceedings.
They will not be issued before
CRC
mm
Many Bankers
Argue Claims
SECRETARY MeADOO AND HOUS
TON BESIEGED. ' ' '
DENOTES PRESTIGE
Pacific Coast Will Have to Be Satis
. Bed With One Bank.
- Chicago, Jan. 19. Secretarys of the
TreasfiiSry. and Agriculture, McAdoo
and Houston, respectively, are listen
ing to arguments by representatives
from, many cities tributary to Chica
go in support of the claims of com
munities desiring legional banks un
det the new urrency system. About
a hundred bankers from Detroit, Min
neapolis, St. Paiil, Omaha, Kansas
City, Des Moines, St Louis, Louis
ville, and many other cities, have
presented themselves and have made
their arguments in favor of their re
spective cities.
The object of the present visit of
the secretaries is to determine where
the banks can be placed to best ad
vantage. ' The financial centers of
New York and Chicago are assured of
banks, "but. there is a lively scramble
among the second fate ' cities for
banks, is , ' - '.'.Z
On the Pacific coast all likelihood
points to San Francisco, owing to
government operations and the loca
tion of the government mint, Port
land and Seattle will make a lively
fight for a bank, but only eight banks
will be ' instituted in the beginning
and their chances are considered
slim. - ' - " .i: ". " :
OUT THE
STATE HAS BID FAREWELL TO
WALLOWA HATCHERY.
Eastern Oregon ' Again Loses Old
time Hatchery to Be Wrecked. ,
Next month, according to reports,
the dam at Wallowa fish hatchery
will be blown out, the buildings dis
mantled and the words "Out of Bus
ineess" will be posted on the institu
tion which has stood for many years
and' assisted in replenishing the vari
ous streams with trout.
Just why the Wallowa hatchery
should be discarded is a matter for
the fish ' and game commission to
answer. Like othes state affairs
in. Eastern Oregon it has been more
or less of an adopted child to the
Salem bunch and any demands for
the' institution have met that Willam
ette narrowness which becomes so
pronounced in state officials no matter
where they have formerly lived.
'." Anyway this ' section loses the
hatchery and next month dynamite
will write the "final" to the home of
the finny tribe. -
Hospital Is Very Busy.
Erma Henry, the nine-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry of
Imbler, was brought to the Grande
Ronde hospital by Dr. Frank Barrett
in a very critical condition. She
was immediately operated" on for ap
pendicitis. She had a good night
and hopes are entertained for her
recovery. . . . !
Clarence Grey, an employe of the
Golden Rule is in the hospital recov
ering from th effects of an opera
tion for acute appendicitis. - He is
on the highway to recovery and will
be oat and at work In a few weeks.
BIOVV
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MUCH BIDIIIfi
CHARACTERIZE
START Of TEAR
REMODELING OF CO-OPERATIVE
STORE WILL ADD TO AP- !
rx PEARANCE OF STREET.
WARM WEATHER AIDS
CONCRETE BUILDING
New Bottling Workf New Lodge
'Hall, New Store and Office Build-
h inga On Corner of Adams and Fir
Together With New Church WiU
Re-clothe La-Grande.
. An indication of the building aotiv- -ity
for the year is beig given now.
Restleess for, the .opening' of spring, .
many contractors are at work either .
on v,. new buildings or are making :-
extensive 'reparis .on .old buildings..
Among the noteworthy changes that
will take place will be the remodel
ing of the old Model Bakery building, ,
property of Mrs.. H. Gangloff. , This
building has been leased by the co
operative store company and will bo
remodeled to make it a first-class
procery in -alf details. : The partition
that heretofore separated the bakery
od the store will be re-rioved," The '
butiding' will- be elevated to "k wo
story structure, on a line with .the -Grande
Ronde Meat company's store '
building, which adjoins it. . In addi- -
nun . io una, me store will have a
concrete basement. The building .
will' be constructed out to the alley,
thus providing sufficient store room
and shipping, facilities in the rear In
stead of the front as heretofore. The
upper story will not be quite as high
as the first one, but will be part of
the co-operative store. The floor '
space on the first floor will be 30x110.
A new modern window will be in
stalled to allow advertising . space.
The new establishment will contain a
refrigerator plant and will have other
equipment that will aid the manage
ment ,to keep nil nerishable ' goods
from spoil:-.:;; ch- lii' sar.itary condi
tion. -'.-t It is given out by the man
agement that the company ' contem
plates handling other things besides
groceries. : What the new line will
be, is not divulged. .
In addition to thee improvements '
that to the brewery is of noteworthy -proportions.
The" new buildirvg will
be used as a bottling apartment and
will enable 'the local plant to bottle
beer in the'.' most sanitary manner.
Gravel And sand is being hauled '
for the new building on the corner
of Adams and Fir street, commonly -'
cnlle dthe Roesch corner. Juftus
Roesch is going to ;erect a modern -store
building oh this corner; and ;
will begin construction as . soon as
the weather permits. ' v : . '
It is a remarkable event in tho
history of the city that bricklaying
can be carried on at this time of
the year. The concrete foundation
for the. new bottling works just men- .-.
tioaed was put in last week and men
are now laying brick for the same.
. Work on the Eagle lodge room is 1
progressing rapidly owing to favor- :
able weather conditions. .' Contracts -for
new homes in all parts of the
city have been let, all of which points
to one of the most active years of
building in the history of the, city. :
The real property value of the city
is almost doubling itself yearly. At
the present rate La Grande will be
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