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About East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 12, 1902)
SAYE YOUR And enjoy good health. The season of the year when fickness is prevalent is at hand. Damp, wet feet mean colds and sickness. Keep your feet dry and warm encasing them in a pair ot our specially made wet weather shoes, or wear our high grade rubbers and the question is solved Bladtager, Wilson & Company Good Shoes Cheap. Phone Main 1181 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER. 12. 1902. BETTER HIGHWAYS CHANGES SUGGESTED TO IMPROVE OREGON ROADS. Fians for Simplifying Good Road Making and Road Laws, Discussed at Length, Oregon has had its good roads con vention, and the gentlemen who at tended it -were permitted to listen to numerous valuable addresses ana papers on how to build roads, though about the only hting definitely arrived at was that excellent roads can be built II sufficient money Is available. This though is not always at hand and the people In sparcely settled localities especiallj have to put up with whatever kind of roads that can be constructed with the mon ey and work available. Still this is too often expended injudiciously, from a lack of knowledge of road building on the part of those whose duty It is to superintend their construction and also through the faulty location of the road to be built, says the Moun taineer. Build to Suit Funds. "What Oregon needs to meet pres ent demands Is a revision of its road laws on practical plans, and to fit conditions as they exist. It will be many years before Oregon will have sufficient fundB with which to build roads on plans adopted in older and more densely populated states, there fore macadamized roads can only be creamed of, while we put up with what can be attained with means available. Yet there Is no reason why road building in the state could not be conducted on scientific plans. All that is needed Is a competent road builder in charge In every county-Surveyor to Be Supervisor. Our road laws should be so amerip ed as to make the county surveys general supervisor of all the roadailn the county, placing district supw- otb nnrlPr his authoritr. The la Tiding for road viewers appotafftfto view out and locate roads sh repealed and that power dele the county surveyor. Present Laws. Under the present law, when the Yoor Doctor's Orders to fee effective must fee scpli mented by pare drugs If your prescription is filled by us it contains nothing but the best in gredients that your doctor prescribes for you. We never substitute. TALLMAN & C , THE DRUGGISTS Look: Here 120 acres of wheat land, 3 miles from Pendleton, $2500 600 acres, 10 miles from station, plenty of water, 16500 160 acres, 10 miles from Pendleton $15 160 acres, on the river, 7 miles from Pendleton, 35 acres in alfalfa, good House and barn.. .. $4000 Good house on West Alta street . . . $1100 Good five-room house, north of river, six blocks from bridee $ 00 Two five-room cottages on West Webb St., each $ 800 j Dutch Henry Feed Yard g Good property in city and country too numerous to mention, any location that one may desire. W. F. EABNHAR T, ASSOCIATION BLOCK DOCTOR BEiS I petition for a road Is granted, the county court appoints three disinter ! ested men to view out and locate such , roads. Invariably good men are ap- I pointed as viewers, though It does ' . 11 . . i i nui iojiow max mey are experieuceu 'road builders, or even know the first j rudiments of civil engineering or , road making, as a consequence, roads I are located on all kinds of ground, (usually to suit the adjacent property owners, though with little considera tion to grade or to class of ground over which It Is to be constructed. More Definite Petitions. As a result, our roads run up hill and down, over bogmires and through sand drifts, and are by no means what they should be. Too much latitude Is also given In the matter of the petition designating too closely the line of new roads. What should be embodied in the petition Is the begin ning and ending points, the road to I w constructed over the snortest ana i j most practicable routes, this to be I determined by the surveyor or gener-1 Surveyor to Be Road Expert. . Should the legislature see fit to amend the road laws, doing away with viewers and placing the author-' Ity to locate roads with the surveyor and making him general supervisor! for the county. It would be necessary to provide certain qualifications for the surveyor before he could qualify' In such office. He should be required to furnish proof that he Is a civil en-' gineer and experienced road builder, thus Insuring competency. If the next legislature were to pass laws along these lines, the road ques tion in Oregon would soon be solved, and in a few years the people would, have that to which they are justly I entitled good highways over which i to travel. CATHOLIC FAIR. Elaborate Dinner and Many Attrae- tions Success Socially and Finan ) As predicted yesterday, the Cath olic fair which opened last evening) in the Armory hall, proved a grand success both socially and financially.' The hall was crowded until a latej hour in the evening with people who visited the fair to see what It was, and Invest their money In the articles , on hand to attract the eyes and. tastes. The dinner was one of the most ; elaborate affairs ever spread before J a hungry public on such an occasion, and the ladles who presided over the (tables made it an evening long to be remembered by all who partook of the delicacies. The attractions were many and the hall was very beautlful 'ly decorated. Tickets Ten Cents. I The Sisters of St. Frances have an ' nounced that tickets will be sold at the door of the Armory hall which , will entitle the holders to a pass Into I the fair at any time during the rest j of the week. Contests Close, i The contests for the doll and neefc I lace will close this evening at 9 ! o'clock, when the lucky contestant I will be awarded the prizes. Stock for the .Sound. ' This evening four cars of cattle and i one of hogs will leave he W. & C. R. ! stock yards for Tacoxna. They are billed to the Pacific Meat company. i and are being shipped by J. C. Lon- , ergan. Cigars, tobacco and smokers' sup plies at Jack Candish's. '5 : THINK OF BUILDING A SUB STANTIAL CLUB HOUSE. It Will Cost $10,000 or $12,000 to Erect a Building Suitable for That Purpose. Will the Young Men's Club build and maintain Its own club rooms? This is the question which Is now being discussed by those In the lead of the project. This evening a meet ing will be held at the Commercial Association rooms by the committee to see Just what arrangements have been made and decide Jnst the proper and most economical steps to take In the matter. It Is decided that a club room for the young men is an absolute necessity and to this end, those back of the proposition are working with might and main. While no definite arangements have been made for the erection of a club house the matter Is being con sidered. The present rooms occu pied by the Commercial Association are found to be entirely too small and as there Is no outlook for enlarg ing them and as there Is no other place where rooms large enough can be opened the committee has decided that a new building will be necessary. To this end the 'committee has been looking around and have several loca tions now In view and It is likely that a very desirable location can be se cured at a reasonable cost. It Is the Intention to form a stock company for the purpose of erecting a suitable building. If this Is done sufficient funds can be secured for building and fitting up the rooms for an up-to-date club house. Every other town of the sire of Pen dleton In the country, and many not nearly so large, has Its young men's club with gymnasium and reading rooms, and there Is no reason why Pendleton should not have such a place. It will not only be an addition to the city, but will be the means of inviting young men to spend their time away from saloons or card re sorts where gambling Is indulged In. to the detriment of themselves and society. At the committee meeting this even ing the matter of cost and means of raising the money will be discussed, and the interest taken by the people of Pendleton will determine the fate of the young men's club. PERSONAL MZNTION. Miss E. Morrison, of Adams, is in town. Georce W. Proebstel is In town from Weston. J. W. Peringer Is at the Golden Rule from Adams. Miss Martha Benefer. of Athena, is at the Golden Rule hotel. Louis Bergiven Is registered at Ho tel Pendleton from Athena. Frank S. Curl Is in the east end of the county today on business. W. D. Bonifer, of Athena, was a guest of Hotel St. George last night P. SavlIIe is In the Sisters' hospital In a very serious condition from stomach trouble. Shelley B. Miller, foreman of the Mlnot Optic, Mlnot, N. D., Is In town looking ove rthe country. J. G. Payne, of the drug firm of Payne Bros., was at Hotel Pendleton from Walla Walla last night. Dr. D. S. Poyneer, of Pomeroy, was a guest at the Golden Rule hotel last night on his way home from Port land. R. H. Graves and J. R. Klllgore, two of Weston's respected citizens, were transacting business In town this forenoon. George Glnn is in Pendleton this week" visiting his mother and sister, who reside there. Walla Walla Statesman. Robert Starkweather, of Pendleton, arrived In this city this morning. He Is a guest at the State. Walla Walla Statesman. W. G. Westacott and wife, of Sa lem, Or., arrived Tuesday evening. Mr. Westacott Is here for the benefit of his health. W. S. Badley and family returned Tuesday, pvenlng from a trip to Gold endale where they went to look after land Interests. George E. Baker, one of the mo prominent business men and banker? of Dayton, Wash., was at the Golder Rule hotel last night F. B. Holbrook. of Umatilla, pass ed through town last evening on b'i way home from Kennewlck, Wash, where he has been on business. J. V. Crawford of Heppner. Is In town Mr. Crawford says the coal discoveries in Morrow county are causing considerable excitement J. R. Means, Jr. has returned from Spokane, where he was called on ac count of the Illness and death of Mrs C. A. Getchell. who was a sister of Mrs Means. Dr. J. M. Hewett, government pby slcian stationed at Fort Walia Walit, accompanied by his wife, were In town last night registered at the Gol den Rule hotel. YOUNG ME euro TURKEYS SCARCE. Surrounding Cities Not Well Supplied With Fowls for Thanksgiving. Two weeks rrom tomorrow will be Thanksgiving. Already the grocery men are beginning to cast about for their supply of turkeys for the local demand on this date. It has been the custom from the time of the settle ment of the early pioneers In Vir ginia for the last Thursday of each year to be observed by thanksgiving and on this date a blc feast Is always In order. The turkey whose neck escapes the block and ax and is alive after Thanksgiving day may consider himself In luck. The local dealers say that they ap prehend no scarcity of fowls for this occasion, although In Spokane and other cities near It Is said that the shortage is going to cause turkey meat to come very high and many will have to do without the regula tion roast turkey dinner because of the scarcity. DESPAIN S. CLARK WILL BEGIN BUSINESS SOON. Have Leased the Basement of Byer's Store and Will Do a Regular Com mercial Business. Pendleton is to have a new feature in the way of a business house. It is to be a wholesale commission estab lishment and will be opened for bus iness In a few days. Jerry B. Despaln. recently In the General merchandise business In Ukiah. and George H. Clarke, recent ly from Illinois, have formed a combi nation whereby they are going to run such an establishment. They have leased the basement of W. S. Byers' large fire and frost proof warehouse, on Court street, and will keep their supplies in It. These gentlemen expect to handle al) kinds of groceries and country produce, such as Is likely to perish on the hands of the local dealers, and they have secured the consent of all the grocerymen to buy their supplies through them. This will be a new feature In Pen dleton business circles. Heretofore the grocerymen have had to have their own articles shipped Into town and store them at their own risk. Most of them are not prepared to store their goods in fireproof houses and such stuff as Is affected with frost is hard for them to handle. With a commission house which deals only with the wholesale trade and keeps these things always In stock sc that the local dealer can get them Just as demand warrants, they will not have such a large risk and it will be much better for them as stocks will not have to be kept stored In back rooms of the stores. The new firm will ship out all kinds of produce and run an up-to-date com mission house on modern plans. The : , j first carload of goodE was ordered to day. The British government Is contem-ij plating the purchase of farm mares j, j In the United States to restock the ' ' Boer farms In South Africa. ! J HMUfl 1 I I M lilll 1 n 1 1 1 1 Fine Walking! Boots for Ladies til T' J Uppers cut from extra fine t selected stock. Flexible oak sole-leather soles with neat extension edees. msVInn T J stylish sensible street shoe T tor Ladies wear at You will like them PEOPLES WAREHOUSE WHOLESALE HOUSE m ; R DONATES S WALLA WALLA COUNTY FOL LOWS UMATILLA'S EXAMPLE. The Contract Has Been Let for the Construction of a Wing Dam Above Railroad Bridge at Milton. Walla Walla county has followed the lead ot 'Umatilla county in do nating $150 toward the raising ot the banks of the Walla Walla River, near Milton. At the last session of the county commissioners of Umatilla county $150 was donated toward this pur pose and Walla Walla county was ex pected to be equally as liberal. At the last meeting of th ecommtsslon ers In Walla Walla the same amount was donated. This makes $300, or about one-half of what will be needed by the citi zens living along the river near M!' ton, to repair the banks and protect themselves from the winter and spring freshets. The work which will be done this fall Is simply fci a temporary protection to the lands from the overflow this winter and as soon as the O. R. &, N. railroad com pany puts In a span across the river at their crossing, near Milton, the county will do other work looking to ward further protection of the trui. and vegetable lands along the rivet below Milton. It is estimated that the repairs to be done this fall will cost about $600 and the farmers will raise the extra $300. The contract has been let for the construction of a wing dam above the railroad bridge to keep the wate.' In Its channel at thlB point. The rea son why the county asked for a span to be built across the river at this point Is because the debris catches against the piling now In the river and backs the water, causing It u overflow the lands on either side. Mutton In Omaha markets has held its own at a steady price, ranging from $3.80 for choice yearlings, to H.'a for lambs, during the fall sales. ST. JOE ST01 Special sale this week on ail CLOAKS, CAPES and JACKET We have too many and must closeted Now is-the bu ers opportunity. We will give a big cut price on Blanksu,Baj forts, and Outing Flannels. Our Clothing Sale Is StfflOt THE LYONS MERGANTKJ Remember: The largest stock of good In tit tH? 4 ALWAYS SOMETHING To be seen in attractive milhnerv at 0Mpid trimmers keep constantly in touch witanfjl centers of the East and the latest iceisis- display. Come in and study the very new! As the season advances so 00 omr CARRIER MILLW THE HOME OF THE STTLEH& A A F URN I TUBE T U R E D E R A D E atAtW w wean; C fi A little ..j 6U!B plimeat ft. sell th,aEj , 1 me truth." we sell , granulated 1 "wyuayu OwlT, Afternoesj REAL ESTA1 I have too ad, attempt to 83,1' I hive Kaiia and tffliill. tsi M desired. ob the river. Ife may ist tea , I have t tej i lots, retSioea, houses. I do notHCfJ price a nm. E.T.I RealE&i E n 1 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 n g