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AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER PRINTS THE NEWS THE DAY IT HAPPENS
VOLUME XIV.
LA GRANDE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 1914.
NUMBER 15.
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LASSEN AGAIN
BELCHES ASHES
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WORST 'ERUPTION SINCE THE
ORIGINAL A MONTH AGO
SEEN EARLY TODAY.
HUGEiPUFFiiOF SMOKE
SENTMILE IN THE AIR
Eruption Plainly Visible for an Hour
Then Cone Mushrooms and Clouds
Obscure the Phenomenon Ashes
and Pumice Rains Over Surrounding
Country Creating Excitement.
Redding, Cal., July 1. The fiercest
eruption of Mt. Lassen since the main
crater burst into activity a month
ago, occurred about 5:45 a. m.
The air was still and the huge puff
of smoke ascended straight into the
sky at a height estimated to be a mile
before it mushroomed and began
raining ashes and pumice upon the
surrounding country.
The eruption was visiable an hour
and then the smoke settledl and ob
scured the view.
CONDUCTOR BACK AGAIN.
Chas. Stacy Will Run on Joseph
Branch Instead of Main Line.
Having voluntarily left his motor
car run from Pendleton to Umatilla,
Chas. Stacy, former street superin-'
tendent of La Grande an old-time
conductor, is here today having de
cided to move back to La Grande
from Pendleton. He will go on the
Joseph freight run.
S CLIMATIC STATISTICS. 8
$8S?3S$'S,,S
(Readings taHen from Government
instruments by Observer Benham, and
cover the 24 hours ending at 12:30
p m. today.
Maxnimum 8G; minimum 53.
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MEN TO SPEAK
FARMERS' DAY PROGRAM DE-,
TAILS ANNOUNCED.
Splendid Program Arranged for
Farmers' Union and Grange Day.
The list of speakers who will par
ticipate in Farmers' union and grange
day at the chautauqua July 9, has
been completed by C. C. Cnte who has
represented both organizations in the
formation of the program.
The speakers who will appear, but
not in the order named, are:
A. B. Cordlcy, Dean of Agriculture
and director of Oregon Experimental
Station.
. Mrs. Calvin, Domestic Science, dem
onstration. Carl Kennedy, Assistant Professor
Animal Husbandry. 0. A. C. 1
H. T. French, State Leader of Coun-j
ty Extension Work.
E. C. Roberts, President State
Beard of Horticulture. Albany, Ore.
Professor Henderson; Hood Rive."
Experiment Station.
Robert Withyc'jmbe, Superintendent
Eastern Oregon Exp. Station.
Walter Pierce, address 'The Drift
to the City.'
C. D.f Huffman and A. P. Tavis,
Slate Grange Organizers.
Mr. Brown, Arlington, Ore. State
Tiesidunt Farmers Union. o
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MANY
Old Ballot Found
At Land Office
PROMINENT PIONEER NAMES
APPEAR ON LIST.
DATED 'PROBABLY 1881!
Commission Form May Have Been
Contemplated by Early Citizens.
The United States ;and office, since
moving into the new federal building
which will be its permanent quarters,
after numerous moves from quarters
that were far from being adapted
to the use of Uncle Sam in connec-
tion with the disposition of public
lands' has procured a complete out
fit of new office equipment. Among
this equipment is a set of steel filing '
cases, in which are to be placed the
faded and mildewed documents of .
the land department pertaining to
this section of the country, dating ,
back to the stage coach days. In sort-'
ing these archives there was uncov-'
ered some papers that evidently have
no connection with the work of the
department of the interior. These
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papers seem to have to do with an
election held by the old citv of La'
Grande. They are what appear to
be a ballot, reading as fpllows:
For President, Henry W. Dwight. lentless war on rats is going on. Surg
For Trustees, W. J. Snodgrass, P. eon General Blue doesn't believe it
A. Mahaffey, Jos. Palmer.
For Recorder, J. W. Gray.
For Treasurer, Max Bloch.
For Marshal, John Baker.
This ballot bears no date. Papers
tied in the same bundle, although
apparently having no connection
therewith, bear dates in 1881 and
(Continued on Page 8.)
TWO MEN HIGHLY CONSIDERED FOR PROVISIONAL PRESIDENCY
OF ME XICO.
Gen. Felipe Angeles and Luis Ca-'
brera are being considered by Presi-1
dent Wilson and by General Pancho j
Villa for the provisional presidency
of Mexico should Huerta step out.
r:.,n.r.l AncoWa num.. hna Vw.t.n i
more in the news within the last I
few days and despatches from Wash-j
ington say that President Wilson
would be satisfied with him.
General Angeles is perhaps the best
sofdier in Mexico. He has been with,
Villa for some time directing the
PLAGUE WAR IN I
NEW ORLEANS
SEEMINGLYWON
1 RELENTLESS WAR ON RATS TO
BE CONDUCTED TO SAVE A
I QUARANTINE.
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HUNED MEN HUNT,NG
FOR RODENTS ON DOCKS
Bubonic Plague Situation in New Or
leans is Much Improved Today Say
Health Authorities in Charge Ex
termination of Rats is Thought
Sufficient and Quarantine Avoided.
New Orleans, July 1. Health au-
thorities believe today that the bu-
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bonic plague situation is well in hand.
lne lnfeeted district is carefully
watched andl it is believed there will;P'an his linal dash to Mexico City
be no spread of the disease. A re-
will be necessarv to Quarantine the
city and thinks that extermination of
rats will accomplish the purpose. Sev-
eral hundred men are engaged in the
work, especially along the docks.
John Allen in City.
John Allen an engineer at Palmer
Jmction is in the city visaing his
fnther who lives on Jackson avnue.
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action of the artillery, especially in
tbe battles the rebel chief has won.
But he knows war scientifically,
which Villa does not. His army
tactics have been read by soldiers all
over the world nnd nrt ronswlnred
authoritative.
Cabrera is one of the Carranza
jimta in Washington, and was recent-
1.. nameu ty me "supreme uuet, as
Carranza is called, as a delegate to
the peace conference at Niagara
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VILLA PLANS
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WASHINGTON MUCH WORRIED
OVER DEVELOPMENTS IN
REBEL TERRITORY.
CARRANZA AND VILLA ARE
NOT LIKELY TO MAKE UP
Danger of Outbreak When Huerta is
Overthrown is Admitted to Be
Great at Washington Huerta Said
to Be Furious Over Inability of Me
diators to Agree on a Settlement,
Washington, July 1. Officialdom
u deeply' concerned over the trouble
between Carranza and Villa. It is in
sisted that Villa is in Torreon to
but Carranza is said to have declared
that yilla is drunk with ambition.
Huerta's overthrow is considered a
certain signal for the gravest dis
orders. New Revolution Brewing.
It is said here on good authority
that Villa is planning another revolu
tion to commence at once if he and
Carranza do not come to terms. The
whole situation is badly muddled and
a deep worry to the administration.
He was a lawyer in Mexico City
with a large practice, but he gave
up this to join the revolutionists, and
has probably sacrificed a fortune. He
is said to be an abln and vigorous
man. who would crovern Mexico nence
fully and without the bloodthirsty
methods employed by Huerta.
Of course, since both men are Con-
stiiuuonutisis iiueria win naruiy
spree to accent them, nor will Car
rarza, who himself .has an ambition
'ta becme president.
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Girl Admits She
Killed Black Hand
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GIRL OF 18 WHO SWEARS SHE
MURDERED BLACK HAND
CHIEF.
New Yorjc, July 1. Maria Magalu
sio, a grass widow of eighteen years,
startled District Attorney Whitman
of New York County the other day
by telling him she had murdered
Giuseppi Marino, a Black Hand lead
er of New York. At the same time
William Flack, who knew Marino,
said he had killed the Black Hander.
The girl said Marino broke into,Par,ty with Puget Sound and Gray's
her room ,in her brother's house with
several companions and beat her. She
feigned death and the gang left.
"I thought Marino had gone " pin
tinued the fair prisoner, "and 1 start
ed to leave the flat, but I discovered
that he was in another room. When
he found that I was not as seriously
injured as I had led him to believe he
began to brandish the revolver again
and to threaten my life unless I went
Oil the street for him and worked
with the gang. At last I could-not
stand the strain any longer and said,
'I'll do it, Joe, but for God's sake put
that gun away.' Marino laid the re
volver on a table and I watched every
move he made. I saw my chance
when his back was turned and, seiz
ing the revolver, I shot him dead.
"I had a right to do it, didn't I?"
insisted the girl as she completed the
dramatic part of her story and turned
to her listeners for vindication.
TENNIS AT PARK.
Local Fans Put up Money to Build
Two Courts at Riverside.
An added feature to camp life at
Riverside during chautauqua week
which opens Friday night, will be a
double-court tennis court. Ground
was broken today for the feature, and
should be in playing condition by
Friday and not later than Saturday.
Local fans are putting up the money
and local merchants are donating
much of the equipment for- the
courts. It is likely that when mem
bers of the club are not using them,
that the public at large will be free
to use them.
Miners Caught in Trap. (
Williamson, Va., July 1. Five min
ers were trapped in the entry to the
Sycamore mine today by fire which
had spread from the fanhouse to
where they were working. Twenty
others escaped.
TWO BIS WHEAT
61 CENTS AT PRE-CUT1G SALE
Two 1914 wheat crops have been
sold at 67 cent3. D. M. Clark today
j closed with Chas. Playle of Alicel for
hpo acres of forty fold wheat which
; ;s expccte(i to produce 40 bushels to
the acre. Another deal of consider-
! able proportion i3 the Will Grandy
crop of 10,000 bushels, estimated,
SKINNER POT
CARPET III
ASSERTS NORTH BANK WAS NOT
BUILT TO HOLD COLUMBIA
TRADE.
FOUR PER CENT PAID
ON NORTH BANK BONDS
an Points Out Matters of Eara-
". i of the North Bank Road Along
th Testimony About the Colun
a River Rates Skinner Principal
'itness Before Pugh Today.
Portland, July 1. Durir ""
cross examination by At!l, w '
ton before Interstate Commerce Com
mission Examiner Pugh, Traffic
Manager Skinner of the North Bank
road denied that the Great Northern
and the Northern Pacific built the
North Bank road for the purpose of
holding the Columbia river situation
and keeping their influence on that
side of Puget Sound. Skinner was on
the stand for the railroads who are.
resisting the efforts of Astoria to
secure terminal freight rates on J
Harbor. Skinner analyzed the sub
ject of rate making and said what ap
ptars to be an inconsistently low rati
for certain long . distance hauls li
causSid by competition between Wash
ington and Oregon' lines.
C. H. George the North Bank sta
tisician submitted the official reports
to show that since it has been built
the road has earned enough to pay
four percent on its bonded debts.
RAILROADER RETURNS EAST.
Pennsylvania Road Employe Returns
After Pleasant Visit.
M. IT. Young and family, of New
Castle, Pa., who have been visiting
Mr. Young's aunt, Miss Young of
South La Grande and the Seth Baker
family, left last night for their home.
Mr. Young who for the past 13 years
has been connected in an important
way with the Pennsylvania railroad
was much impressed with the Grande
Ronde valley during his stay in the
city.
Lind Charges Probed.
Washington, July 1. Resolutions
demanding investigation of charges
by a New York newspaper that John
Lind advised the Mexican constitu
tionalists that they could invade
American embargos by shipping arms
and ammunition via Cuba, was intro
duced in the house by Representative
Kahn of California today.
Hobson Bill Delayed.
Washington, July 1. In the absence
of a majority of the members, the
house rules committee today post
poned until August 1st, action on the
Ccntrill resolution providing for im
mediate consideration of the Hobson
national prohibition amendment to the
censtitution.
CROPS BRING
which also brought 67 cents a bushel.
In spite of prospects early in the
season that foretold less than full
crops on a majority of the ranches,
tho timely rains brought forth abund
ance and dangers of failure have now
been materially lessened. With crops
Rellinu in advance, and big yields an
ticipated, local crop moneys will soon
J commence to circulate.
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