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LA GRANDE, OKEGON, SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 1914
NUMBER 313.
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PILOT BERRY AND IE
FOUND III DEEP WON BY
FARMER NEAR OREGON CITY
Lightning Strikes Gas Bag When 3500
Feet Above Ground; Berry
Not Badly Injured '
.Portland, June 13. Captain Ber-
ry, pilot 01 me -muiion ropuiation
balloon, which was struck by light
ning and fell to the ground, together
with his aid George Morrison, of
Portland, have been found near
FORTY POUNDS OP BUTTER
That is the Average of Mrs. G. G.
Pnckelt of This Valley.
Those who think making butter is
a lost art can prove their mistake by
listening tofy record achievement in
the butter-making line. Mrs. G. G.
Puckett, of this valley, makes an
average of forty pounds of butter
every week. She has been doing this
for some time and her butter is in
demand by everyone who has been
using it. It is very common to hear
customers ask for Mrs. Puckett's '
butter. Ana along with this pro
duction she does a great many other
things, such as keeping house, super
intending the cooking for a bunch of
hands, incidett-Ily taking care f
the chickens, turkeys, etc.
Store is Burglarized.
Last night betueek I5f ana 1 a. m.,
a bold burglar broke into the gen
eral store of the Grande Ronde Lum
ber company at Perrq, while the
watchman was making his rounds
from the store to the mill. The
thief broke the glass in the door suf
ficiently to enable him to reach
through and unlock the door, as the
key was in the lock on the inside.
The thief rifd the cash drawer of
several dollars, but from present in
dications nothing else is missing.
Deputy Sheriff Tom Williamson
went to Perry this morning to in
vestigate. Suspicion rests upon an
individual and before long an arrest
will be made. ,
Masonic Delegate Home.
C. W. Noyes is back from Port
land where he has been attending
the Grand Lodge meeting of the A.
r. ana A. M. He states the oraer isj
going just a notch higher each year.
Star Delegate Returns.
Mrs. Arthur Williams, worthy ma
tron of the Eastern Star here, who
vent to Portland as a delegate of
the Eastern Star returned last night.
a did her husband. Geo. Lochran
.likewise returned but Mrs. Fred
'Schilke will remain over a couple of
days.
Visiting. Huntington Relatives.
Mrs. M. A. Adams and daughter
Edith left this noon for Hunting,
where they will visit their son and
brother Clark, and then go on to
Boise where they will visit at the
home of Mrs. Leighton.
Rupert Lady Coming.
Mrs. H. C. -Tout of Rupert, Idaho,
is expected to arrive this evening
from Portland, where she has been
attending the rose festival, to visit
with her daughter, Mrs. J. C. Starba.
Albany Educator in City.
Dr. Ed. M. Sharp of Albany Col
ore arrived in the city this noon and
will occupy the pulpit in the Presby
tuian ch.irch tomorrow morning and
evening.
Sees Daughter Finish. School
Ted Buhler, who has been in Ta
nma to witness the graduating er
ases in Annie Wright, seminary
from which school his daughter. Bes
sie was graduated this year, return
d home this morni"!. '
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Three express refrigerator cars of
fresh strawberries ppssed through
this morning on No. C from
North Yflk'ma. Hood Ker and Iw"
iston. and dstine;l for Dnver. Kan
sas City and St. Louis. Those aro
nmong the first shipments of straw
henries that have mm this vrny and
from now on may bo lookad forward
to as a daily occurrence.
of
uregon .City.
The first message brought by car
rier pigeon, taken along in the bal
loon, and released when they found
themselves away from human habi
tation, stated that Captain Berry
had sustained severe injuries. . This
is corrected in statements given "out
by George Morrison and the captain
himself.. He suffered injuries to his
back, and face, but these are not
serious.
The balloon was struck when about
3,500 feet in the air. It fell rapidly
from that height and when it struck
the hills, kept rolling: over trees and
rocks in a deep canon w?iere it final- 1
ly landed.
Berry and Morrison ; with . the
U'l'Oplrai Kallnwi b.A aw 4nn; . .. 4- .
Portland and are expected to arrive
some time this evening.
Berry and Morrison climbed nearly
three thousand feet out of the deep
gulch, where they accidentally met a
wooj chopper who piloted them . to
the home of Fred Lindeau. Nothing
has been heard from the Kansas, City
o: of the Springfield.
NATION TO PAY
LOCAL CEREMONIES TO BE IM
PRESSIVE IN NATURE.
Portland Plans Extensive Program
Observance Is Nation-Wide.
La Grande, in compliance with a
nation-wide custom, will tomorrow
observe flag day. The ceremonies
will center about the Elks' lodge
which will carry out its ritualistic
program in the afternoon and to
which the
public is invited. The
building of a liberty bell in red,
white and blue is one of the impres
sive portions of the ceremonial.
Judge A. S. Bennett of The Dalles
T.-ill deliver the principal speech of
the afternoon. The G. A. R. will at
tend in a body. The program begins
at 3 o'ciock and the numbers on it
are as follows:
Opening Exalted Ruler, M. B.
Donohue and officers of the lodge.
Invocation ..Chaplain Bruce Dennis
History of the Flag
F. C. Bramwell
Quartet. .The Star Spangled Banner
Ritualistic Ceremony
Exalted Ruler and Otficers
Solo "My Own United States"..
Mrs. J. F. Corbett
Elks' Tribute to the Flag
Geo. T. Cochran
Solo "Hymn to Liberty"
, By' Remenys, Mrs. A. L. Rich
ardson, Mrs. W. W. Berry ac
companist. Patriotic Address
Judge A. S. Bennett The Dalles
Quartet "How Can I Leave Thee."
Fin Diy ProTram Big.
Portland. June 13. One of the
most imoreive Services ever held in
Portland will be the annual celebra
tion of flag day on Multnomah field
tomorrow afternoon by the Benev
olent and Protective Order of Elks.
Fine dav i observed by the order all
"pr tho Uuited States. Led by the
Elk's own band, the members of the
nntlercd her will march to the
stadium, where the full ritualistic
ceremony of the lodge-will be piven.
Prhnns the r-ottiest feature of tho
celMvratipn will hi the cutting to
7?tver cf r rdel of liberty Bell
mjidT ut of ' flotw. Th- seir
flBnt" P3cH forr'H of re'', white and
Kite Mor-ornR- will fori the "arw ot
fH fral replica of America's revcr
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Beaver Creek, seven miles east
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American And English Polo Teams Struggle For
Mastery With Gay Gotham Intensely Interested
MrWOJ?. BAWitTT.
Playfrs and their moun! in, thrilling
polo games now at Meadowbrook.
S$5S?.cj.S.$3AS.$
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THE UNE-UP. , -8
For England:
Capt. H. A. Tomkinson. posi- ?
t tion No.l. s
sition, NoTV.'
Capt. Leslie St. G. Cheape, po- s
I Major F. W. Barrett, position
ixo. a. s
Q John Traill, position, Back S
8 Capt. V. N. Lockett, position
s Substitute. S
For America:. . S
Rene La Montague," position 3
S No. 1. s
J. M. Waterbury, position No. S
2.
Devereaux .Milburn, position $
No. 3. ,
L. W. Waterbury, position ?
$'Back. $
S Malcolm Stevenson or H. C. 8
? Phipps, Substitute. ?
8$?$3S$'!S ?$
Meadowbrook, New York, June 13.
England won the first polo match.
When play ended the score stood
England eight and one-half, Ameri
ca three.
Meadow Brook, L. I., June 13.
Eager to see England and ' America
struggle for the International Polo
Trophy thousands on thousands of
New Yorkers and sport lovers from a ! National Forest will close next Mon
score of cities, by steam and electric day, June 15, and it is probable an
train, by automobile and by trolley ' nouncement will be maae of the suc
thronged here today for the first of 'cessful bidder within a few days
the games which will settle suprema
cy lor aai4.
Early in the day the first train-
loads arrived and from then until
the hour of the game they came in j The timber was put up for sale up
myriads packing to suffocation the ' on the application of the East Oregon
spectators stands which stretched un-' Lumber Company of Kansas City,
broken in a long line along the ex-' Duval Jackson is interested in this
panse Of smooth green turf where
men and ponies were to fight for the '
honor of their country and their flag. !
Over the Meadow Brook club
house, over the gay marques for the
accomodation of the plavei'3 and all
along the rear of the grand stand
bravely .flow the Stars and
Str noo n,i. tho TTninn .TnM, nf
the Britisher challengers. In the
field when the crowds arrived yel
low putteed grooms walked the ponies
of the teams along the side lines,
red-capped groundkeepers moved
about and waiters with black and
shining faces s.curried in perspiring
streams to and from the red booths
where refreshments for the throngs
were provided. It was barely noon
when the Inst seat was filled in the
stands and more than 1500 automo
biles were parked nearby. Every one
of seven roads leading to the field
was a solid stream of vehicles of all
sorts. It was one of the biggest
crowd? ever seen at any similar event
near New York, fit and more than fit,
to be compared to the jam at a world
series baseball game.
Dot Shops Symptoms of' Rabbies.
Reports concerning the actions of
a dog suspected of having rabies were
brought to town t'.iis morning by
Wilbur Shaw whose home is about
ten miles from the city, one mile
from Boothe Lane. He states that
the dorr came into the barn yard
from the road and bit six or seven
pigs that wero running loose in the
yard and would not desist until shot.
Ho wr.s frothing at the mouth und
seemed to have nil the symptoms of
a mad ranlno. Tho carcass was im
mediately buried. The hogs will be
I placed in a sepni
placed in a sepnrate pen until danger
lot the dread disease has passed.
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TIBER BIDS FIRE WARDENS
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KEEN INTEREST TAKEN
WALLOWA TIMBER.
Bids to Be Opened in Portland the
Coming Week Is Plan.
Time for filing bids for the pur
chase of the timber on the Wallowa
thereafter, says the Wallowa Sun. The
bids are sent to the office of the Dis
trict Forester in Portland, and will
be opened there.
company, air. jucksoii anu inner
representatives of the firm are now
in Wallowa county, and will no doubt
bid for the timber. It is claimed the
Nibley-Mimnaugh Lumber Co., will
also enter a bid, and it is rumored
about the street? this week that the
George Palmer Lumber Company of
La uranue wii mase a om. mere is
also a report current that two other
eastern companies will place bids be
fore the time expires. None of these
reports can be verified however. The
local forest office has no information
about the two Eastern companies, or
about the rainier company . How
ever, the necessary blanks and data
could be furnished direct from the
Portland office, of which the local
office would know nothing.
The timber on the Forest consists
of 102 million board feet of yellow
pine, 10 million feet of Douglas fir, 7
million feet of western larch and ono
million feet of lodgepole pine, white
fir and Englemann spruce. The
minimum rate fixed by the govern
ment is $2.50 per M. for yellow pine
and 50 cents por M. for saw timber
of other species. The successful bid
der will be given until January 1st,
1910 to complete preliminary im
provements and commence ', cutting
the timber, and after that . date a
period of nme years for the removal
of the timber.
Visit Friends in Baker.'
Mrs. Nibler.of this city, "together
with her daughter Josie, left this
noon for Baker to visit with friends
for a couple of days.
Visits Rose Festival.
Joe Kecncy who has hecn attend
ing the rose festival In Portland, re
turned this noon to resume his duties.
TELEPHONE LINES TO BE BUILT
AT ONCE.
Big
Plan for Fire Protection Going
on in Eastern Oregon.
At the meeting of the Union-Wal
Iowa Counties Fire association held
here recently, telephone construction
to connect trunk lines already built
was ordered that the fire protection
in Eastern Oregon may become thor
oughly efficient. Not all fire partol
men were appointed at that meeting,
but some were. In Union county the
vast timber belt on the water sheds of
the upper Grande Ronde river was
put under the charge of Wm. H.
Averill, who will be stationed near
Starkey on a high prominence that
scans thousands of acres of fine
timber. He has already telephone
connections with Supervisor Williams
and Secretary A. A. Wenzel. John
H. Blumcnstein of this city is as
signed to the Mt. Emily district
where he can, with glasses, see into
four counties all rich with timber and
detect fires in their infancy. He
has telephone connections already.
Looking Glass, Katherine Creek and
Ladd Creek districts are not finallv
supplied with patrolmen but will be
by the end of the week. In Wallowa
county where the George Palmer
Lumber company is just now moving
its camps to by way of Howard
Creek, James Fletcher is the patrol
man, and can already talk to head
quarters over about 50 miles of tele
phono. Q. A. Trump has the district
North of Wallowa toward Flora
where forest fires would do tremend-
uous damage for it is there that on
of the choicest and biggest belts of
virgin timber of two counties stands.
His station is not fully equipped with
telephone as yet but the association
will build five miles of such con.
nections as are needed to get a per
fected system that will, by use of tho
government forest service wires and
the publicly owned systems already
In use give-efficient telephone con
nections between all lookout stations
In the territory. Tho extreme points
of the territory will be connocted by
something like 160 miles of almost
straight telephone lines.
The supervisor for Wallowa county
is Joner Trump at Promise, tho most
easterly point in tho district. .
Barring the unforaeen. forest f'ws
should be reduced to a minimum thil
season for the associations and the
state forces are organized aa never
before to protect the timber.
(Additional Society on Pago 4.)
ATTORNEYS MID
DOCTOR SEEKTO
RUM EVIDENCE
DEFENDERS ' TRY TO EFFACE
EVIDENCE OF MURDER ON
, BODY OF VICTIM.
POTTS, ATTORNEYS AND
EXPERT ARE HARD HIT
Dig Down to Body at Midnirht
When Lawyers- and Doctors Are
Arrested for Violation of Law
Sensation Was Sprung in Court
When Prosecution Brings Evidence.
Canyon City, Ore., June 13. A
sensation was sprung early today in
the trial of C. E. Potts, for the mur
der of his wife, when it war alleged
mat an attempt had been made to
disinter the body o Mrs. Potts, to
obliterate certain evidence.
Phil Asliford, Potts' attorney," Dr.
Francis Tate, one of his expert medi
cal witnesses, Prentiss Hicks, senior
counsel for Potts, and Sam Lyon are
under arrest, charged with digging
up the body at midnight. They were
arrested in tho cemetery after they
hod dug through to the ca3ket.
NEW SCHEDULE ON BRANCH.
Summer Schedule Is to . Commence
Tomorrow Morning at 7 a. m.
Beginning tomorrow morning, tho
Elgin branch will begin the summer
schedule of Sunday excursions.
Henceforth the Elgin branch will
leave on Sunday at 7 a. m. and will ,
arrive at Joseph at 10:50 a. m. It
will leave Joseph at 4 p. m. and U
due to arrive in La Grande 7:05 p. m.
This schedule will not affect the
weekly time schedule which remains
as before, namely leave La Grande
7:30 a. m. and arrive in La Grande
4:30 p. m.
Excursion rates on this train are
good to Joseph or Wallowa Lake
only, and will consist of a fare and
one-third for the round trip, or $ 4.25
i or the round trip. For all interme
diate points the rocrular three cent
fare will be effective on Sundays as
wen as on week days.
Walter Router's Brother Here.
Gep. Reuter, brother of Walter,
proprietor of the' Red Cross Drug
Store is in the city from Lewiston,
Idaho, where he was recently gradu
ated from the high school.- He is also
the fortunate possessor of a telegram
from the civil service department at
wasnington, asking him whether he
is-willing to accept a position aa
stenographer in the civil service, for
which he recently passed a successful
examination.
This Dosition is in the canital citv
and will afford many opportunities
to come in contact with men of con
sequence and influence provided he
decides to accept it, which his brother
thinks he will.
Sausage by Parcels Post.
Sausage from Tho Urande Ronde
Meat company to John Day, Oregon,
was shipped this morning by parcels
post. The shipment consisted- of two
parcels weighing about 50 pounds
each and carried 51 and 52 cents post
age respectively, making the rate for
that distance aboui one ' cent the
pound.
Under a pceulinr contract which the
driver, this parcel is thus enabled to
postal department has with the stago
poRtnl rates than it cou'd by express.
Put. if it hnd to go to its dast'nation
by rail, the express rate would be
"'?npor. : '
John Day Is not the main lino
:isr on a oraccn line ana tr.o express
company would have: ah extra chargo
if it shipped it by stage. This way
il goes by stago just the same, but
the driver is held by contract and
cannot relieve himself until hi
contract oxpirou. ',