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About East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current | View Entire Issue (May 27, 1904)
TEN PAGES. i Real Estate I $2,400.00 Will I)"!' an 8-room house nd two lots, lias 5 rooms on ut noor 3 rooms on 2d floor; bath and toilet, good collar. Five blocks from Main street. $700.00 Will buy a 3-roora house, 3 blocks from Main street, 700.00 Two very desirable lots on ja.'sou street, only six blocks from Main street. Office rooms for rent. Merchants Protective Agency Desnaln Building, Itoom 43, DAILY EAST OREQONIAN. PENDLETON, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY, 27, 1904. BY POPULAR VOTE SHALL STATE PRINTER BE ELECTED AT THE POLLS' Telephone Black 1161. AN EYE OPENER. Our methods of testing the eyes surprise people who have had glasses fitted In the old way. Instruments of great delicacy and precision are brought Into uso here. Human skill and scientific accuracy all combine to produce satisfactory results. Wo ,make no charge for a test of the sight. We charge modor ately for EYEGLASSES AND SPECTACLES, whether they nre taken from stock or made specially Don't take chances. Come here. GLENN WINSLOW Jeweler and Optician Postoffice Blockr The Columbia Lodging House Well ventilated, neat and com fortable rooms, good beds. Bar In connection, where best goods are served. Main street, center of block, between Alta and Webb streets. F. X. SCHEMPP Proprietor j The French j i Restaurant I Bet 25 Cent Meal In the City Private Dining Parlors. Elegant Furnished Rooms Connection. QUS LaPONTAINE, Prop. 633 Main Street In Gov. Chamberlain Instructs County Clerks to Put a Referendum Propo sition on the Ballot Leaving the Is sue Directly to the People Issue Grows Out of Inability to Prevent the 'Printer Grafting Under the ' Present System. The voters of Oregon will be called on Juno C to register their deslro In tho matter or nmondlng the state constitution relatlvo to tho office of state printer. According to Instruc tions from Gov. Chamberlain to tho county clerks throughout the state, the proposed amendment must be placed on the ballot, to be voted on In accordance with the act adopted at the last legislative session. This referendum proposition Is a direct result of the Inability of tho legislature to handle the office of fctate printer under tho present con stitutional provision. There has al ways been friction over tho office, and by taking advantage of numerous technicalities the state printer has usually managed to secure a much larger amount In fees than the legis lature has thought proper. The amendment proposes tho elim ination of Articlo XII, of the con htitutlon. Us text" Is as follows: "There Bhall be elected by tho qual ified electors of the stale at the times nnd places of choosing members of the legislative assembly, a state printer, who shall hold offlco for tho term of four years. He shall perform nil tho public printing for the state, which may he provided by law. The rates to be paid to him for such printing shall be fixed by law, and shall neither he increased nor dimin ished during the term for which he nhall have been elected. He shall glvo such security for the perform ance of his duties as the legislative assembly may provide." For this article in tho constitution the amendment proposes to substitute the following: 'The legislative assembly of the state of Oregon Is hereby empowered to provide by law for the election of a state printer, to provide for his compensation und to prescribe his powers and duties." If the amendment Is adopted and ncorporated In tho constitution, an act will bo passed "prescribing his powers and duties" in a manner which, it is expected, will destroy the disturbing elements In the present situation. For Men Only SATURDAY AND MONDAY WILL BE MEN'S DAY AT OUR BIG STORE, WHEN WE WILL OFFER CIAL PRICES. VALUES WILL BE GIVEN THAT YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO OVERi-OOK. READ ON. MANY THINGS AT 8PE- 300 pairs men's trousers, regular values $2.50, $3.00 nnd $3.50, Saturday and Monday $1.75 200 Hats In all shades and blocks, regular $3.00 and $3.60 Hats, choice $2.00 MM Shirts- and -Drawers; tho 75c nnd-$l.l0 klnds, fortheso two lays 50c 2.000 Men's black and tan Sox, the best cm earth, for two days , 2 pair for 25c MEN'S WORK SHOES. 200 pair just received. The best sold For two days wearing shoes we have ever $2.00, $2.25, $2.50 and $3.00 These are worth 33 1-3 percent more. MEN'S CLOTHING. Again wo want to mention tho fact that we havn nn unusually large stock of clothing. The C rouse Urnndegeo make. None bet ter made. , f $25.00 Suits aro going at .' $18.50 $20.00 Suits aro going at t'&; $18.50 $1S.00 Suits nro going at $15.00 $15.00 Suits aro going at... ..... .m i . r. t $12.00 $12.60 Suits nro going "nti.r7""..T... $10.00 $10.00 Suits nro going at $ 8.00 100 Shirts, worth $1.00 and $1.25, Saturday and Monday at .,..,75o STRAW HAT8 at n big discount Saturday and .Monday, $fi.r0 and $7.00 Nettieton Show for Saturday and Monday .$4.35 $5.00 Packard Shoes, Saturday and Monday only, $3.65 LABOR IN LIBERIA. COAL Let us (ill your bin with .... ROCK SPRING GOAL Recognized as the best and most economical fuel. ,J .are- PrePared to con ''act with you ior your wmter's supply. We de liver coal or wood to any P of the city. Laatz Bros. Ma'n Street Near Depot Alters' Flouring Mills 150 hnrrol. . j-- iiilU . Chopped Feed. Conditions In Negro Republic De scribed by American Consul. American Consul Ernest Lyon, at Monrovia, Liberia, sends the follow ing Interesting report on labor condi tions in Liberia to the department of .ommerce aud labor. Liberia Is tho negro colony on the west coast of Africa, to which many American negroes have emigrated within the past few years. The re port, says: I submit a few facts on the question of labor In the Republic of Liberia, which, no doubt, may be of some In terest to those who contemplate emi grating from the United States to this country. The west coast of Africa Is said to be hostile to beasts of burden, und es pecially to the horse. The absence of that animal from the sea coast would indicate the truth of this statement, though the ox nnd the horse thrive in the interior, and the camel and tho elephant breatho their native air any where in Africa. Strange, neither ox, the camel, nor tho elephant has been domstlcated to serve the purpose of man In the republic. This neglect Is perhaps due to two causes Ignorance of the methods of domestication of theso animals on tho part of tho civilized population and economy on the part of tho trader, as It 1b cheaper to keep a man than a horse. The aborigines aro the beasts of burden. They do proclsely what tho horso and the mule In fact, the loco motive docs in tho United States. Generally the native man Is as strong as an ox. His muscles are well de veloped on a massive frame and stal wart form: ho travols hundreds of miles In tho interior with heavy sacks of merchandise either on his head c across his shoulders, with only a cotter on his head to modify the weight of tho load. Ho conveys passengers to and from the interior in a hammock suspended from a horizontal plepo of timber, the ends of which rest on his bare shoulders. In this way, for days, weeks and months, ho travels across mountains and rocky plains, fording deep creoks and swimming dangerous rivers. Ho tills tho soli, fells the forest, digs the ditches, brldgos the rivers, waits at tho tablo and does the laun dering and cooking and, to fact, ev erything that a man or a beast would be expected to do In tho way of toll. For these sorvicos ho Is compensat ed as follows: As a carrier "for tho interior ho receives 24 cents per day as wages and from 8 to 12 cents for subsistence; as a laborer on the farm ho receives from $2.50 to $3.60 per month and his rations, which consist of one quart of rlco and one pound of stockfish per day; as a laborer his wages nover exceed $4.80 por month and his rations. Tho ships which trado along tho coast employ native mon as steve dores, The average1 for thU class of wnrknm is $4.80 nor month. This bet tor pay offers tho native an Induce-1 roont to leave tho farming regions and J at tho time when tho planter most needs him. The farmer, unwilling to inform to tho new econowie condl- tloni, euffere from & lack of labor.. DON'T OVERLOOK THE BARGAINS WE ARE OFFERING IN DRY GOODS, LADIES' AND CHILDREN'S SHOES, AND LAJDIE8 SUITS AND SKIRTS. " .... LEE TEUTSCH'S BUSY DEPARTMENT STORE MAIN AND ALTA The effect 16 disastrous. Everywhere contributed so greatly to tho gustatory coffee farms, once flourishing, are delight of tho nation. It appears that now abandoned. This scarcity of la- cotton and goobers thrlvo best In tho bor and the low price of coffee have Bnnu! knlS of so( nnij tho high price seriously affected the properlty of tho of cotton has caused Southern plant- Llberlau farmer. It will bo seen from urs t0 devote almost their entire aero- this plain statement that foreign la- ng(J t0 that staple. As tho demand bor can never compete with native la- for cotton Is Increasing more rapidly bor. The disadvantages of climatic evt.n than tho demand for peanuts, it foreshadowing as It does tho doom of tho gallery god and tho degeneration of tho circus Into a hollow mockery."! roudltions and the simplicity of na tive habits, which lessen his needs as compared to civilized man, render competition Impossible. Frnest Ly on, consul general, Moravia, Liberia. A Peanut Famine. Lovers of goobers are fact? to face with a peanut famine. A writer In tho Chicago Chronicle says that the South has furnished the peanut sup ply, but adds: "The spirit of latter day commercialism has seized upon the South and threatens to sever the bond through which that section has Is most probable that thoy will con tlnue to discriminate In favor of tho former staple dosplto Its fluctuating value, and against tho latter, notwith standing tho fact that tho price al ways remains tho same, flvo cents a hag, tho country over. Tho effect that failure to cultivate the peanut will have upon tho social relations of tho masses, especially tho Juvenile olo ment can only he Btirmlsod, and any surmise will bo fraught with dark fore bodings. Necessarily tho decllno of tho peanut will havo a tendency to re strict the pleasures of recreation, A Startling Test To savo a life. Dr. T. Q. Morrltt, of No. Mehoopany, Pa., mado a startling test, resulting In a wonder-j ful cure. Ho writes, "a patlont was attacked with violent hemorrhages,' caused by ulcerations pf .too sloin.i ach. I had often found Eloctrlc Hit ters excellent for acuto stomach and liver troubles so I prescribed them. Tho patient gained from the first, and has not had an attack In 14 months." Electric Hitters aro posi tively guaranteed for Dyspepsia, In digestion, Constipation and Kidney troubles. Try them. Only 60a at Tallman & Co.'s. $3.60 and Toutsch's. $3.00 Hata for $2.00 at TEETH I set $5.00 PER SET $5.00 PER SET $5.00 j j GOLD CROWNS $4.00 GOLD CROWNS j SILVER. FILLINGS 50C SILVER FILINGS 2 - EXTRACTION $jQ EXTRACTION NOTICE. To All My Friends and Patrons: I take pleasure in Introducing to my friends, Drs. L. U and T. IL White, to whom I havo sold my dental business in this city. I thoroughly recommend the Drs. White as first-class dentists In every respect, and wJH esteem It a favor for any of my patients to place their cases In hands of the Drs, White. Respectfully, E. A. MANN. WE ARE THOROUGHLY EQUIPPED WITH ALL MODERN METHODS AND APPLIANCES, AND WE GUARANTEE OUR WORK TO BE OF THE HIGHE8T STANDARD, AND OUR PRICE8 THE LOWEST CON8I8TENT WITH FIRST-CLASS WORK. CAREFUL AND CON8IDERATE TREATMENT WILL BE EXTENDED TO ALL. NONE BUT LICEN8ED DENTI8T8 EM PLOYED. fc WfrlTE BROS. DENTISTS Association Block Telephone Main 1661 .eteeeeeeeeeeaeeeaeeeeaeee MeUenU Fancy Clover Leaf Creamery Butter 55c per Roll at Oar Store Dcspam & Clark SHERWIN & WILLIAMS PAINT ONLY PLACE IN PENDLE TON TO GET IT, ! PAINTERS' MATERIALS OP ALL KINDS. E. J. MURPHY Court St CANTVS PARLORS OF AMUSEMENT; K Open day and night. BHIIerde; Pool, fihootlnn Qallarv. t-awi., Inn Alleys. Throwlna Reeks, h Good mutlo every evewliWI BASEMENT, CORNER MAINf AND WEBB STREET. Under W. C. R. Depot The East Oreoonian le enon'e representative pep and the people pprel how It by their-i frtKi rnmm-'u le the .dvertelBg ;wCJr EmUmw?! m ft m 33 4 l it