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VOLUME XVI
LA GRANDE, OREGON. TUESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1916.
NUMBER 42.'.
94PER
WANTSTRKE
New York, Aug. 8. It wr.s formally announced today that 94 per cent
of the railway trainmen and members of four brotherhoods, have voted in
favor of a strike. Tho ballot tabulation was completed this morning.
Four hundred thousand employes of 2f 0 different railroads voted. Tho
Trainmen's representatives this morning met the employers at thei Engineer
ing society headquarters and announced the result. 1 .
The conference adjourned until
tions, hoping to reach an agreement
strike.
WEST ATTRACTS FOREIGNERS.
Representative of Norweigian Gov
ernment Comes to Investigate.
Oregon Agricultural College, Cor-!
vallis, Aug. 1. Impressed bv the
ciose relation Detween tne science ana
practice of horticulture in Oregon,
uiav n.inset, municipal horticulturist
of the Government Experiment sta-
tion, of Norway,, and supervisor of the
iruit growers association, has crossed
the Atlantic ocean and the North
American continent in order to make
a close study of Oregon horticultural I
methods. Mr. Eihset was sent by his
government to make this investiga-l
tion with a view to adopting Pacific
coast practices in JNorway.
In JNorway the science and prac- j
tice of horticulture are as yet wide
apart, according to Professor Einset.
Since a great deal of fruit is grown, Oregon special leaves tomojrow night
especially in Western Norway where for the coast. The berth reservations
the climate is so mild that the ther- at this point have been brisk; ex
mometer seldom registers 20 degrees tremely so, and eleventh-hour de
below freezing, considerable quanti- cisions are expected to clean up such
ties of good fruit are already pro- sections as have not been disposed of
duced. By the use of more scientific this afternoon. Four sections have
methods of growing, protecting and been set aside for the Enterprise del
marketing the crop, production could egation.
be greatly increased, greatly to the ;
benefit of agriculture, manufacturing Corner Stone To Be Laid,
and other industries. Professor Ein- The corner stone of the new $20,000
set is making a second visit to the O. grammar school at Milwaukee will be
A. C. Experiment station and branch laid August 12. The program will
stations and to various large orchards consist of instrumental music by the
of .Oregon, to make a more intimate band, vocal selections and an address
study of the details of Oregon horti- by an educator who is to be an
cultural methods. Varieties, methods nounccd later. . . .
of planting, culture, pruning, thin-!
ning, spraying and harvesting fruit,!
all will receive a share of attention. '
Professor Einset expects to work in
a Medford 'orchard for two months in
order to inform himself fully . on var
ious points connected with these j
phases of the work. I
The west he find's, and especially j
the Pacific coast states, has developed ,
the orcharding industry much more !
scientifically than any other part of
tive country. Hence, it was to the
West he came to pursue his studies.
From Medford he will go to California
. to investigate California orchard
practices. He will then go to Roches
ter, New York, where he will investi
gate the factory systems of the huge
by-products plants at that place en
gaged in the manufacture of vinegar,
fruit juices, evaporated fruits, and
other by-products. In the latter part
of the year he will return to his own
country and next year begin the in
troduction of the methods learned
here to the fruit growers of Norway.
COUGAR BREAKS UP CAMP.
Ten Girls Flee in Terror When Pred
atory Animal Howls at Night.
A noisy and hungry cougar Satur
day night surreptitiously exploded a
bomb of fright in the midst of a 'biv
ouac established 'by 10 La Grande
girls near the Pierce Rock creek range
cabin. Although it was nowhere near
time for .the girls to break camp and
return home, they did, and they did
it afoot.
Saturday night the girls were sleep
ing soundly in their tents. Not so
with the cougar, probably of titanic
size, if his yelps accurately measure
the size of ihis body. At close range
he uncorked piercing, blood curdling
screams peculiar to a cougar's mid
night solos. In frantic haste the
girls fled to a nearby cabin and bar
ricaded the door and spent an agoniz
ing night of it while the cougar con
tinued his anthem of fright altogther
too nearby. With the break of day
light the girls left for home, scamper
ing down the four and a half miles
of steep mountainside and calling it
quits on the camping trip. It was in
the cards for Lloyd Pierce to bring
the girls and camp outfit to town at
a later date, but there are no girls
for Lloyd to bring in now. They are
home, and happier than they were
Saturday night.
COYOTE VISITS TOWN.
Parades Jefferson Avenue and
Then
Hits Off to Wheat Field.
. Late yesterday afternoon a large,
rangy coyote suddenly made his ap
pearance on "Jefferson avenue, run
ning at moderate speed east on that
street and striking off toward the
wheatfields east of town after reach
ing the A. B. C. laundry site.
L. M. Hoyt and Claude Mackey
were on the street at the time with
their cars and both watched the coy
ote's caprices from a safe point of
vantage. The beast seemed unduly
excited at his strange surroundings
and the further he went the more he
demonstrated his desire to reach tall
timbers. He stepped .spiritedly, as
though the pavement burned his feet.
CEM
tomorrow when it will resun legotia-
that will avert the con1 -wide
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H. A. PERKINS D
Former Wallowa Coure
I Passed Away at J
Harmon A. Perkins, a
Armv veteran, and for
larmer on f raine creek
county in which localu
early settler, died Ba
home in Buker. The
uncle of Lee Ferguso
Grande resident and
Baker. Mr. Perkins
at the time of his da
COAST TRIP
-Dlr .
Three Sleepers Out
Puv
Loaded, Xi
Two standard
d one
tourist will have ..olr
available
tpace disposed of wttth the Eastern
CLEANER AND DRYER ACCUSED
BY STATE.
Officers Claim Defendant Drank Alco
hol False Affidavit Charged.
This morning J. H. Petit, a local
cleaner and dyer,, was arrested on a
charge preferred by District Attor
ney Colon R. Eberhard, wherein the
crime of perjury under the prohibition
law is charged, it being alleged that
Mr. Petit on July 22, 1916, purchased
alcohol from H. H. Richardson at the
Silverthorne Drug store,, making an
affidavit required toy the prohibition
law, that he needed a quart of alcohol
for use at his home, that it would not
be given away by him, and would not
be used for any other purpose or at
any other place. The state claim? in
the charge that these statements were
each false. It is understood the state
further claims he drank the alcohol
immediately.
When brought before Justice of the
Peace Williams, Mr. Petit offered to
plead guilty, but since the charge is
not within the jurisdiction of the jus
tice court, the matter was referred to
the grand jury, the .defendant being
allowed bail.
It is known that there has been
much activity of late among all the
officers here, both city and county, and
there are persistent rumors that when
the ax does fall in the alcohol line,
there will be a multitude of charges.
No statement was forthcoming today
from the officials regarding the situ
ation. BLANCHE CLARK RETURNS.
Artist, Home from East, Will Go to
Vancouver Next Year.
Miss Blanche Clark, who has been
supervising the drawing in the public
schools at Maquaketa, Iowa, during
the past two years, has returned home
to spend a short vacation with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Clark.
Before returning home Miss Clark at
tended the applied arts summer school
in Chicago. She has accepted a posi
tion in the drawing department at
Vancouver, Washington, for the com
ing year.
LUMBERMAN A SUICIDE.
Secretary of National Lumbermen's
Association Leaps to His Death.
St. Louis, Aug. 8. George K.
Smith, secretary of the National
Lumber Manufacturers' association
and former secretary of the Yellow
Pine Manufacturers' association,
leaped to his death from the 15th
story of Boatmen's Bank building today.
PROHIBITION
CASE STARTED
GOVERNMENT
AGENT PLACES
OBSERVATORY
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LA GRANDE MADE BASE
FOR
GEODETIC PROJECT
GATHER DATA.
TO
ASTRONOMICAL READINGS
WILL BE MADE OT ONCE
Walla Walla., and a Base at
vernment '8 Beginning Ex
. ''live Project for Gathering Val
, AiOX 7 Information to Mao Makers
-j9,, ' "Br Other Purposes.
9teep5
t,0.'?a3o.r -. Grande has become a potent fac-
lii. .in ft' envflrnmpnt. nrniopt nf v
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Pttt, w""" ma .".r'
APPlirnra Inncritnriinni and Tnf if nI ma I t
i.,T!ri " j- ri j. j 7 7.
vl jua uiaiiuo anu xruiii mat
to obtain accurate points from which
may toe tied state and county sur-,
o"" "JSv. "5'
formation may be based
J. E. Mc
Grath, representative of the Coast
and Geodetic survey department of
commerce, has ordered construction
of a temporary observatory near the
freight depot from which he will ob
serve 12 different stars, coincident
with readings by electric , apparatus
from previously established basis.
Barring cloudy night weather, he will
be able to- conclude his readings of
the astronomical guide posts within
the course of a week.. When he has
taken these readings, and by calcula
tion and delicate machinery deter
mined the precise longitudinal and
latitudinal location of La Grande, un
der ground and surface marks of a
permanent nature will be left toy him
crew of triangulation scheme men
will cross the mountains from Echo
and then establish the azimuth read
ings at La Grande, and thereafter
any survey of any sort will have in
formation of directions at La Grande,
T.nnt .Will UaV mnr. fltnn n UlA -
of an inoh in a mile from Echo and
Walla Walla. About everv 200 miles
... ..... .. ....... , a u.iiu.uuir or cat rest in a snaciv snot.
between the Mexican border and Can
ada, similar stations will 'be estab
lished and the area between net
worked with triangulation lines ibased
on actual measurments on the ground
in the vicinity of selected astronomi
cal stations. The present longitude
campaign began with the occupation
of Walla Walla where accurate long
itude and latitude were determined in
1888. One such point has already
been established at Echo and' another
is now under way here.
Portland, Seattle, Vancouver, iB. C,
Helena and other northwest towns
have these values determined alreadj,
--.ViHkJ nil UC VilCT Ul 1UC OvUVU
ernmost stations. Figuratively speak-
ana JNeeaies will be one of the south
ing when Mr. McGrath has attained
the knowledge sought others will,
with Echo as a base, flit from peak to
peak across the Blue mountains, and
then come to earth at La Grande and
hitch the two points together; after
that some city to the south and east
will be hitched to La Grande, and so
on down to the 'border.
Mr. McGrath will each night ob
serve J.0 transits of six stars each and
then compare with do'icate clocks by
electrical methods over the Western
Union wires, concluding the night's
work by a corresponding set of trans
its of six more stars. These transits
and signals are read on the following
day from the electrically recorded
chronograph sheet and from the re
sults the differences in longitude is
computed.
So accurate must the time clocks
be that not over 100th part of a sec
ond error prevails in the final result.
By at least 120 observations on
each of three nights astronomically
he will learn the exact distance La
Grande is from Greenwich, the precise
distance from the equator, and. later
when followup crews arrive, will be
learned the general direction of the
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Berlin, Aug. 8. Dispatches to the
Berlin Tablatt have announced that
the German submarine merchantman
Bremen, a sister to the Deutschland,
sank after an accident to its machin
ery. No official denial or verification
of the report hag been issued in Ior
lin. Riddle Has Box Factory.
G. W. Riddle, former countv Judee
of Douglas county, now has a small
box factory in operation at Riddle,
THE BREMEN REPORTED SUNK
HORSES DRESSED
ANIMALS IMM WJU
WORK
WEAR TROUSERS
CHICAGO HUMANE SOCIETIES
RESCUE ANIMALS.
Treatment and Cooline Harness An.
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ijurmnces uecommenaea to Horse
Chicago, Aug. 8. Domestic
mals should be
cared for constantly
during hot weather, to avoid heat
prostration while the present heat
wave is under way, say Humane of
ficers. To help a horse keep cool, dress the
animal as shown in the picture. A
cool wet sponge under a shady hat is
refreshing on the forelegs, where the
tail cannot reach, furnish protection
from flies.
Pour water over the horse when
ever you come to trough.
When a horse pants, but does not
perspire, it has heat prostration. In
this case rest the horse in a shndv
Knnfr. nllH .nnili wnfat nr ia nnA
i i" l .v. v.. two lieu . auu
logs. 'If the animal falls to the
ground, a pint of whiskey should be
given. '
The horse should not be worked the
lest of the day, but taken to the near
est stable for rest, and should be fed
lightly.
Keep a pail of water where your
play long with either, but 'have the'
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aog or cat may nnd it easily. Do not
All animals should be bathed as of-:
ten as possible.
SOCIALISTS FILE TICKETS
Mrs. Baird of Wallowa Nominee for
r Joint Representative.
Socialists of Union county have
filed their district and county ticket,
to be voted on at the coming general
election. The following candidates
were nominated at a recent mass con- '
vention held in this city, and are now
niea via the regular minority party
course:
J. H. Barkley. Bend, for conoress. '
S. S. Start, Baker, for oublic ser-!
1 .
VICTe ommi?!10.ner'
John A. Dahlstrom, North Powder. '
presidential elector. j
Chas. H. Pwell, Cove, joint sena-'
tor. Union and Wallowa counties. !
Mrs. Bessie Baird, Wallowa, joint
representative. I
H. Warmholtz, La Grande, county '
representative.
B. P. Burnett, Starkey, county com
missioner. W. T. Grider, La Grande, county
treasurer.
H. H. Hug, La Grande, county
treasurer.
L. W. Wright, La Grande, county
clerk.
W. S. Burnett, Starkey, county
surveyor. V
B. Bickford, La Grande, justice of
the peace.
Thomas N. Stepp, La Grande, con
stable. The nomination of a county school
superintendent candidate and sheriff
end county attorney, was left to the
county central committee. The con
vention at its recent session elected a
county Central committee of which
B. E. Morehouse of La Grande is,
chairman and L. W. Smith secretary.
These two men are, with the assist
ance of the whole committee, direct
ing the pre-election campaigns for the
party nominees.
making orchard boxes, apple boxes,
peach boxes and berry crates.
Children to See Films Free.
W. 'L. Finley, state biologist, will
deliver an illustrated lecture at the
Pomona grange encamnment in the
Hood River valley and on Friday
night will show his reels of pictures
to all school children of the county
' free,
They will be shown in one of
Hood River local theatres.
TO KEEP COOL.
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SEMI-ANNUAL SESSION
TRACTS SEVERAL.
AT-
Western White Pine . Manufacturers
Expect Important Meeting.
'With Bend as their destination, nu
merous Eastern Oregon lumbermen
are hound for the interior metropolis
today to attend tine semi-annual meet
ing of the Eastern Oregon division of
the Western Wlhite Pine Manufactur-,
ers association, and of other divisions
of the association as well. La Grande
sent three men to the1 convention and
Baker several.. J. H. Mimnaugh of
Wallowa was unavoidably detained at
the last moment and cancelled his
plans. Vincent Palmer of this city
took his departure last evening and
was followed this morning by Georga
Stoddard and Earl Stoddard. Leon
B. Stoddard, formerly of Perry and
now of Baker, spent last night in the
city and joined the La Grande group
this morning. His term as secretary
of the division expires now that A.
W. Cooper, secretary of the main as
sociation at 'Spokane, looks after the
secretaryships of the three divisions
comprising the body as a whole.
Matters of much importance are
slated to comeup before the Bend
meeting.
D. C. Eccles is chairman of the
division and the official representa
tive to the meeting. Joe Stoddard of
Baker was another passenger to 'Bend
this morning.
ELKS' BAND EMPLOYED.
O.-W. Picnic Abandons Precedent
Hiring Albina Organization.
of
W. B. Bollons, superintendent of
the La Grande division of the O.-W.
was chosen last night as the initial
speaker at the O.-W. employes' pic
nic August 17 not 15 and the Elks'
'band was employed to furnish music
for the occasion, when committees,
numboring 35 all told, met last even
ing to prepare final arrangements as
far as possible for the annual event
on the west slope of the Blue moun
tains. It will be the duty of the division
superintendent to officially welcome
the employes and visitors to the
grounds and to give a brief review of
safety first principles and to act as
general chairman. While the initial
gun will be fired by Mr. Bollons, the
mnin speaker of tho dny has not been
agreed upon but will be announced
shortly.
Previously it had been the custom
to employ the Albina band and bring
them to Eastern Oregon. The com-
mittee last evening chose the Elks'
band of this city, realizing it to be
a first-class organization and one that
will materially assist in making the
program attractive.
FALLS AGAIN
GERMANS SUCCESSFUL IN ONE
OF FIVE VERDUN BLOWS
LAST NIGHT." t;
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AUSTRIAN AND ITALIAN
SHIPS IN SEA BATTLE
Somme Offensive Resumed . Declares
General Halg Berlin Asserts that
Teutons are . Generally Successful
in Fighting in the French Front--in
the East Slavs Win.' " "
Berlin, Aug. 8. -The Austrian ad
miralty, has announced an Austrian, '
torpedo boat flotilla and the cruiser
Aspern, shelled Wolf etto on the Adri
atic August 2. The shells set fire to
a factory and destroyed the aeroplane
shed. Later six Italian destroyers
and one cruiser attacked the Austri-
lnna nnd fhaiu .waa a erni KuHIa .K.i-
the (Italian shins fled southward. An
Italian torpedo hit an Austrian tor
pedo boat, the Magnet, killing two
sailors. , .
German Gain Admitted.
Paris, Aug. 8 It 'is admitted Ger
mans have recaptured Thiaumont
fortress, northeast of Verdun in a
powerful assault early this morning.
The battle is continuing around the
re-doubt. .
Germans terrifically shelled the
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an (ugni. aua simultaneously
attacked at five positions. Four of
these assaults were repulsed.
Somme Offensive Renewed.
London, Aug. 8. British have ad
vanced to Guillemont village and Gen.
Haig has announced the 'Somme of
fensive has been resumed. Bayonet
fighting took place in city streets near
tho railway depot. Allies gained
neavuv east ot rrones wood t.hmiirh
uermans aro sneiung Austrialian po
sitions north of Pozieres,
uerman Version Given.
Berlin, Aug. 8. It is announced
Allies have continued stubborn at
tacks in the Pozieres region. - Fight
ing favored the Germans. It is ad
mitted Russians forced the Germans
to retreat on the Tlumacz-Ottynia line
soueseast of Stanislau. ' Germans re
tired to previously prepared positions.
Fugitives Sabered.
Petrograd, Aug. 8. Russians have
captured Tlumacz, Galicia, 10 miles
southeast of Stanislau. They have,
launched a powerful offensive on a
17-mile front and routed the. whole
line. Cossacks sabered the fugitives.
I i WJ, thousand uermans surrenderee
Southeast of JJrody and Russians cap.
tured mXht thousand prisoners.
Two thousand Germans surrendered
POOR WHEAT CROP.
Washington. Aug. 8. The agricul
tural department forecasts a "Medio
cre crop" of about 654,000,000 bushels
of wheat.. Crop .prospects ..decline
105,000,000 bushels between July 1st
and Aug. 1st.. Last Year's crop was
one. billion twelve million bushels.
Other estimates include:. Corn, two
billion seven hundred million, .oats.
one billion six hundred seventy-four -
million.
Diver in River Suffocates.
Alex B. Anderson, a diver, was u
focated below water recently, while
working near Altoona, iWash. Life
was extinct when he was pulled to the
surface after calling for more air.
Mr. Anderson was a native of Sweden
and had been a fisherman for several
years.
CRAWFISH FEED FOR GUESTS.
Wisconsin Men Delighted with Fish
New to Them.
Laat evening Pat Foley .proDrietor
of the Foley hotel, served a Crawfish
feed to a number of his friends, the
guests of honor being Mayor E. W.
r.ins ot urand Kapids. Wisconsin.
Charles J. Kinsel, head of the Kinsel
Lumbar company of Merrill, Wiscon
sin, and August J. Stange formerly
of La Grande but now of Merrill, Wis
consin. The gentlemen from Wisconsin are
here looking over some timber hold
ings and viewing the west. Mr.
Stange was the only one of the three
who was familiar with the delicious
ness of the crawfish, and when at
10:30 Mr. Foley announced dinner tha
Wisconsin men looked at each other
and then at the crawfish. Being from
a state that produces game men they
showed themselves no exception to
the rule and 'battled with the wiggly
crawfish in a manly way.
In half an hour they pronounced
them the finest food thev had ever
j eaten and assured the entire party
they then felb very much like west
erners. ,
I Today the party left under the
'guiding Jiand of J. T. Williamson for
the upper country where bear and
cougar live.