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AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER PRINTS THE NEWS THE DAY IT HAPPENS
LA GRANDE, OREGON, TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 1914
NUMBER 8.
VOLUME XIV.
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'SUSPICION POINTS TOWARD
ED FISHER OF COPPERFIELD
Woman's Name Said to Be Involved
in Scandal Which Led to Shooting
of Former Mayor of Copperfield
Fisher is Missing Had Borrowed
Gun a Few Days Before.
Copperfield, June 23. Sheriff
Hand and his posse are in the moun
tainous country between Copperfield
.and the town of Homestead today
searching lor Ed Fisher, in connec
tion . with the shooting of Henry H.
Stewart former mayor of Copperfield,
who was shot from ambush, yester
day. Fisher who is a brother of the
town marshall of Copperfield, dis
appeared about the time of the shoot
ing Monday. He is known to have
liad a grudge against Stewart, claim
ing that the latter circulated a story
about him , injurious to his character
in which the name of a woman was
mentioned.
It is about four miles from Cop
perfield to Homestead and if Fisher
U in the mountains between the two
towns there are many places where I
he could hide for many days, or
eeks if necessary, and find plenty
wild! fruit, game and fish on which
to live.
Ed Fisher, the man for whom
Sheriff Rand is searching, is said to
have left at 4:36 yesterday morn
ing, a relative making that statement
after the shooting. His wife, how
ever, told a different story, saying
that he left at 8 o'clock. -This was
about the time that the shooting oc
curred. One thing the local authorities
point to as incriminating Fisher is
the fact that he borrowed a high
power 22 caliber rifle several days
before the shooting.
The injured man was brought to
this city last evening and according
to the physicians who examined him
at St. Elizabeth hospital, he has
about an even chance of recovery.
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TRIP FOR MERCHANTS AT
8 O'CLOCK SHARP.
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tine up on Washington Ave- 3
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throueh Mt Hlpnn hv tha font. S
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er, Ahcel and across the valley
Union for stop of 20 minutes S
r refreshments aarvaA Kv iha
r citizens of Union and then to La
Grande via Hot Lake. S
Machines must be on hand at
the time designated as trip must
be completed by noon. All own- S
P ers are requested to have their 9
machines for the use of the mer
chants as it is a splendid oppor- 8
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merchants of the state. $
Business carp a nnA trodo worries
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Mardi Grass Will
Draw Thousands
SOCIAL FEATURE TONIGHT ON
ADAMS STREET.
LITERARY POPULAR SKITS
Convention Badge AU That is Needed
in Way of Introductions.
No New Orleans' mardi gras ever
attracted more local attention than
decs the community ball staged to
night on Adams Avenue between The
Arcade theater and the intersection
of Depot street and Adams. That
block will be the gathering place of
society folks and the visiting mer
chants have the privilege if they
wear the official badge of dancing
with any lady on the street without
danger of insult to the one or a cuff
tc the other.
Dancing is not to be the sole fea
ture. The merchants of La Grande
are going to have 10,000 miles of
ribbon confetti made especially to
hurl and confuse the public at large.
There will be no confetti. The festi
vities begin with a band concert and
when impatience becomes rampant,
the big mardi gras starts. When it
ends is a matter entirely for the
populace to say. The ball is not an
ordinary spurt of dancing but is to
be "some doin's" right from the
crack of the gun.
Band Has Sport.
Last evening before the literary
productions started, the La Grande
band did a hayseed) stunt to the edifi
cation of themselves and the popu
lace. It wound up with a concert on
the streets.
LITERARY IS BIG HIT.
Four Five-act Dramatic Productions
Put on in Moose Stageland.
Four five-act dramatic offerings
properly prolonged, entertained about
300 visiting merchants and home fol
lowers of things literary last evening
at the Moose hall after a strenuous
day of convention duties. The stage
with its exists securely roped, was
the scene of unusual activity. The
acts shown by the Literary Improve
ment association which stood sponsor
for the show, embraced four varie
ties; bantam, symbolic of the classic
in literature; lightweight, typifying
melodrama; middleweight, represent
ing legetimate drama and the heavy
weight, symbolic of humor in this
particular drama. John Malley of
Portland, who enjoys an enviable
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. TO BE FEATURE
REDE TOMORROW
some 350 visiting businessmen and
merchants in La Grande tomorrow.
The forenoon is to be taken up with
an automobile ride to several por
tions of the valley. After that comes
an afternoon of wild west stuff. Proc
tically all the merchants of La Grande
are closing their places of business
at noon, all grocers will and the oth
ers are askedl as the committee can
not reach all.
Buffalo Vernon in City.
John and Fred Cpain and Mr. Zeek
of Union, arrived yesterday with the
string of horses to be entered in the
wild west stunts, and in addition to
the bad actors, they brought a per
sonage well known to the west in the
shape of Buffalo Vernon, champion
bulldogger of the world. Vernon will
bulldog a steer of the worst kind that
can be found.
Chariot races, roman races, running
races, wild horse bucking, bull rid
ing, and all the stunts that go with
a real wild west roundMip will be put
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ProMs- to Remedy Present EvilJ
Three Cities After Next Convention"
Co-operative buying of staples by
merchants of Oregon as a method to
combat the mail order house, was
seta in motion this afternoon when
Geo. W. Hyatt of Enterprise fathered
a resolution asking for the appoint
ment of a committee to take up such
a step. The inovemenb was the
crowning feature of a busy second
day of the eighth annual convention
of t' e Oregon Retail Merchants' As
sociation in session here.
Discussions prior to the resolut-
aion's adoption indicated that the
scheme will work out; that fruit jars,
spool cotton, and similar staples can
be bought by car and trainload lot
and distributed to the Oreeon mer
chants with such quotations as will
permit the retailers to combat with
actual prices the mail order quota
tions.
Today Extremely Busy.
There were thrilliner soeeches and
business galore for the delegates to
day. As the sessions progress they
grow more interesting. Last night's
speeches and those heard today were
exceptionally fruitful. The business
of the day opened this mornintr with
an address on the mail order business
by George W. Hyatt of Enterprise
who later fathered the co-operative
buying movement He handled the
mail order question, in a knowing
manner.
Value and conduct of sDecial sales
was the theme handled by W. H.T
wneeier or McMinnvuie. a. U. Uiark
of Portland occupied a half-hour of
interesting detail and a synopsis of
the speech is published elsewhere. Co
operative delivery, acutg the lines
used in La Urande, we're found to re
duce the cost of delivery of groceries
in Vancouver by 50 per cent accord
ing to P res. Collines of the Mer
chants association there, in an ad
dress delivered this morning.
"btore etticiency was a subject
handled byT. D. Haisten of this city.
"Courtesy and making good with
good goods," said the speaker. "Con
stitutitute the chief items in store ef
ficiency.
une oi the chiei speakers this af
ternoon was Nathan Strauss of Port
land, who started in as an office boy
MEXICANS ANXIOUS TO PICK FIGHT
Vera Cruz, June 23. Believing the
Mexican federals are planning to
provoke an engagement, General
Funston took steps today to prevent
a clash if possible. The first ac
ticn was to refuse the Mexican com
mander's request that the American
train which daily connects with the
Mexican train to Mexico City, be sent
as far as Trembaderas. At that place
the train could easily be ambushed by
Mexicans. It is apparent that the
CTPBIS MAN SEMS
rnn Mini run
arid now is at the head of his firm.
Mr. Strauss, a member of the firm
of Fleischner, Mayer & Company of
romana, spoKe upon tne suDject oi
"Te Manufacturers, and Jobbers'
Viewpoint" and dwelt at length upon
the encouragement the home manu
facture and dealer should) receive
from a point of view of self intehest
to all, the payroll being the basis of
every community"s prosperity. A
two-fold advantage is obtained by
permitting liberal purchase of his
products. The manufacturer obtains
a maximum production, and at the
same time increases the purchasing
power of his employee, adding there
by to the prosperity of the com
munity. '
From the viewpoint of the jobber,
Mr. Strauss dwelt at length upon
some of the abuses that have crept
into the retail business such as "over
stocking," "bargain sales," "returns,"
etc.,' all of which threatened and un
dermined the . stability of business
by reducing the margin of safety of
every business from a fair average,
net gain. As chairman ot the Job
bers and Manufacturers Association
of Portland,- Mr. Strauss formally in
vited the members of the Oregon Re
tail Merchants association to visit
Portland during the next Buyers
Week," August 10 to 15.
A paper on "Business Waste," tiiat
carried much value, and which was
written by F. L. Shull of the Port
land Flourin" Mills, was read. Shull
was not present.
"How to Avoid Constant Giving"
was discussed in a paper by Walter
Winslov; ... of Salem. He was not
there.
Business 'Session Late Today.
1 The main excitement in a business
way comes late this afternoon when
the resolution)) committee reports.
All business will be closed up before
adjournment for dinner tonight.
Elect Next City Today.
Late this evening the convention
will name its next convention city.
McMinnville, Portland and Salem are
the chief contenders for the next con
vention. Just who will head the as
sociation in 1914-1915 is not indicated
by current discussion going on.
federals are
anxious for a fight
Another American Missing.
Washington, Juie 23. General
Funston today reported the disap
pearance of Private Heinrich Thobe
of the marine corps, while he -was
doing outpost duty outside Vera Cruz.
Thobe had abandoned his rifle and
ammunition. He was recently in the
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MOf$E WAN WILLING
Fake Advertising
Soundly Spanked
A. G. Clark, Portland Ad Club live
wire who punched fake advertising
squarely on the proboscis at j
convention this morning.
Chemically pure livewireism and
100 percent efficient poison to fake
advertising was shipped into the
Merchants' convention this morning
in the form of a parcel of energy
marked A. G. Clark, chairman of the
advertising law and ethics of the
Portland ad club, its, former presi
dent,?and ex-president, of the Pacific
Coast advertising Men's association.
Mr. Clark brought with him a sample
of the Ad club uniform and unloadei
himself of that which is in his sys
tem antipathy to fake advertising.
Ho spoke in characteristically Clark
style for a half hour this morning,
and no human reporter could take
down in his brain all that Mr. Clark
told the convention but here are a
few-of the dont's and does that Mr
Clurk hurled from the Methodist
church pulpit:
Legitimate advertising has been de
fined as "An investment in public
confidence." '
There is only one way to earn the
confidence of the public in adver
tising and) it is the keystone of every
successful business.
Tell the truth tell it well and
stick to it.
The man who fails to adopt this
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LETTER WRITING, CREDITS, PAY.
BY THE WEEK AND MARKETS FORM
THEMES FOR MONDAY'S SPEECHES
Sbeeches with much of rood in them
to the public at large, but to the mer
chants of this state in particular,
were heard yesterday afternoon and
evening.' Last evening a group of
speekers held a large audience in
rapt attention while they told of and
'XDOunded propositions before the
merchants, singly and collectively.
Letter Writing Exprained.
Professor Clyde Blanchard of O. A.
C, was the first speaker last even
ing and his address bristled with
common sense. He told of the great
need for simplicity in the letter head
and in the envelope. How the mer
chant should write his letter precise
ly as though he were talking to the
customer over the counter, was point
ed out. The care to be exercised in
picking a mailing list and the need
of care in adapting each letter form
to the particular list at hand, was
also pointed out. He suggested that
the merchants pay clerks a premium
for obtaining a list of caslk customers,
PSYCHOLOGY
THEORY GIVEN
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SECRETARY OF COMMERCE IS
I CONFIDENT WILSON HAS
T"- "TIMES" CALLED.
j UNITED STATES LAST TO
ENTER INTO TRADE RUT
Wilson's Famous Physchology Theory
Upheld by Commerce Secretary
Reports and Figures Show - Thia to
Be a Fact He Says Other Nation
v Have Suffered Worse Than We.
i' Washington, June 23. Strong sup
port of the President's position that
the present dullness in 'business in
merely physchological was voiced in
a statement by Secretary of Com
merce Redfield, today. "The United
Slates was the last nation to enter in
world-wide depression,'? he said. "W
itit it tne least and are now first to
emerge from the dullness of trad.
The industry in this country is phy
schological just as Wilson says. Re
ports from all sections and fisrurea
compiled in the department of com
merce show this to be true. Other
nations have suffered longer and
more severely than the United States
notably Rrance, Germany, Canada
and Brazil. ' The conditions in these
countries contradict the causes most
commonly assigned for the depres
sion. Germany is the greatest trust
country in the world, in France there
are no trusts and) Brazil has high
protective tariff yet they all suf-
fered."
Dalzicl Awaits Parents.
W. A. Dalziel, deputy state- labor,
commissioner, is in the city today
avaiting the arrival tomorrow morn
ing of his parents from Michigan,
vho are on their way to Portland to
spend a few weeks.
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CLIMATIC STATISTICS.
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(Readings taken from Government
instruments by Observer Benham, and
cover the 24 hours ending at 6 p. m.
yesterday:)
Maximum, 69; Minimum 43.
Temperature at 1 p. m. todlay 72.
for they are the hardest of all to
reach and probably the most desir
able to hold and reach with new
goods. "Develop a personal ac
quaintance with each cash customer
as you do the credit customer," ho
said.
Credit System Discussed.
E. F. Douglass of Portland, spoke
on credits. "It is better to lose a lit
tle trade than to sell a whole lot of
goods and lose it all," he pointed out.
"I have found, on the other hand, that
by carrying accounts that are moral
ly good), I have not lost much and
have generally regretted it .when I
didn't carry such an account.' It is
a hard, difficult thing to do, this draw
ing the line of credit," he continued.
His speech was admitted to be a common-sense
portrayal of the credit
question.
Walter Denton of Salem, brought
a new definition of co-operation to
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