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rAOK eight. DAILY EAST OREnONTAN, PENDLETON, OREGON', TUESDAY, FEBRUARY g, 101 ETOTTT PAOES. RESOLVED That you can't fall clown on tlie Groceries you buy from us. But you may slip up on the quality if you buy elsewhere. Buster Brown. 3 fh Wr As soon a? good fruit and vegetables are on the market, we have them. There is no danger of your getting poor goods in our store. PHONE 96 STANDARD GROCERY GO. Where all are Pleased Gurt and Johnson Sts. HIGH COST LIVING TODAY CHEAP COMPARED TO '64 MUCK LIST OF CIVIL V.K DAYS SHOWS IKY GOODS WKUK KXPKNS1YK HIGH WATER AT ATHENA DAMAGES RAILROAD TRACK ixnvru ronnox or city ixtx- PATCD TII.E lXOOU FLAC r.D ix iuxk. (Speclnl Correspondence.) ATHENA. Ore. Feb. . The O. W. U. & X. track near the depot was slightly damaped ly the water which flooiled the lower section of the city. Zolph brothers have completed put ting In a tile floor for the First Na tional hank. N. O. Tarker waa In Pendleton Monday. Chas Grant left for Garfield. Wash ington today to visit his father who Is seriously 111. Jag. Conley. who recently sold his tailoring department to Jacob Booher left today to look for a location. John Tompkins was a Pendleton visitor Monday. Mrs. M. P. Shlck. who was In the St. Mary's hospital at the time of the fire, Kill be home In a few days. U. P. Davidson, colonel and super intendent of the academy at Lake Geneva, is the man responsible for the idea. ' The corrs will consist of one ar nored car, two balloon-destroying tars, two wireless, one field kitchen, one ambulance and field hospital com Izined, one officers' reconnoissance car. one car for thetransportatlon of l;sht field artillery and one engineer's car. People ho are bewailing the pres ent hiKh cot of living and the war tax would doubtless feel themselves forttfnate to be living In this day and aire If they should compare present prices with those which prevailed In the I'nlted States during the Civil War period. Hoy IUichanan, head of the ladles' department of The Peoples Ware house, has In his possession a copy of a price list sent out on August 27, 1S64. by 11. H. Claflin & Co.. of New York to their retail customers, and a comparison of the wholesale prices on different fabrics at that time with the retail price on the same at pres ent would convince the most chronic pessimist that things have been worse. For instance the wholesale price on common, ordinary calico In 1844 was 50 cents a yard, according to the price list, and today it sells for five cents retail. Apron ginghams were quoted at 52 1-2 cents wholesale and now anyone can get the same for five cents In retail stores. What Is known as ten quarter Pepperell sheeting was quoted at $1.60 per yard and now Is to be had for 25 cents. Hope mus lin sold at 61 cents and is now retail ed at seven and a half. A C A tick ing which now sells at 20 cents a yard was quoted at 62 1-2 cents. Dress ginghams now marked at ten cents retail, cost 40 cents wholesale then and five cent paper cambric was quoted at 32 1-2. And the circular stated that prices were still climbing MILTON HIGH SCHOOL WINS HONORS IN BASKETBALL Students Have War Autos. CHICAGO, Jan. 2J. Ten military automobiles are being constructed by the students of the Northwestern military and naval academy at Lake eneva. Wis., and some time In June or July they will be driven from Chi cago to the Pacific coast for the pur j u-e of demonstrating to the govern nent the utility of this type of gasoline-propelled vehicles. Officers from the United Ftates army will accom jany the students. Pioneer of 1852 Passe. BAKER. Ore., Jan. 28. Death came to Mrs. Mary Ann Stephenson, aged 8 4 years, at the home of her son, Dan ister henson. Paralysis was the Im mediate cause of death. Mrs. Stephenson was a pioneer to the Pacific northwest, having come across the plains by ox team from her native stite. Tennessee. In 1852. short ly after her marriage to Dr. D. . D. Stephenson. She lived at Oregon Citj and The Dalles until 1872. when she moved with her husband to Baker Dr. Stephenson, a dentist, died here in 1906. Mrs. Stephenson Is survived by a brother living In Tennessee and four sons. Dan Stephenson and Earl Ste phenson, of Baker: Fred Stephenson, of Ely, Nev., and A. C. Stephenson, of Hock Springs, Wyo. V. of W. Dance Tuesday Night. Pendleton Circle W. of W. will give another of their "good time" dances In Moose hall. Tuesday, February 2nd. The general public la Invited. All promised a good time.. Music by United Orchestra. Admission 50c Come! Adv. ;nuiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiii!iiiiiiii:iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitniiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiimi 1 The Science of Medicine is Progressive The Milton high school is the champion of the east end of the coun ty In the basketball tournament Just completed and Is entitled to meet the champion of. the west end of the county for the county championship. S. J. Meterer last evening reported to County Superintendent I. E. Young the outcome of the schedule of games. The results are as follows: Team W. 1 Newsy Notes of Pendleton Confined to Ills Homo. Lorun "Monk" Coffman la confined nt the home of his parents, 602 Hazol street, with a severe attack of muscu lar rheumatism. oclnted ChariUca lo Meet. The monthly meeting 6t the Asso ciated Charities of Tendleton will be held this evening at 7:30 In the co un ci, room of the city hall. Irrigation D-i-cWors Here. Mayor Hugh IV Smith of Echo and George lmgenhothatn. both directors In the Tvel Irrigation district, were here yesterday on business relating to the development of that project. Mm, Kvnns Improving. Mrs. C. S. Evans, who underwent an operation about six weeks ago. Is blowly Improving at the home of her daughter. Mrs. Albert Maack, where she has been since leaving the hosplt al. Uoily MiipM to Wasco. The body of Daniel Frazler. who died at the Eastern Oregon State Hos pital, was shlrped yesterday td Was co, Ore., where it waa taken charge of by Mrs. Victor Anderson, a daugh ter. Deceased was 65 years old and hr.d been committed last fall; I Returns from Auto Show. I. A. Christopher, well known far mer In the Finn settlement northeast of FendlPton, arrived home this morn ing from Portland where he had been fince Wednesday attending the auto show. He thinks the show this year was better than that a year ago. Study the X-Itay. Dr. Frank Boyden Invited the do mestic science department of the high school to h's office and explained with demonstrations, the new X-Hay which he has. The class was quite enthusiastic over It and Miss Butler states she has never witnessed a bet ter Instrument. Is a matter that will not be decided In the minds of some until the next few weeks are past. If spring opens then the groundhog did not see hU shadow, but If more winter weather Is served up, then he saw It. Round-up Date Announced. The dates for holding the next Round-up will be September 23-24-25 These dates were chosen at the stock holders' meeting' In November. Commercial Club Toulfcht. This evening the regular monthly nutting of the Commercial Club will be held and the gathering will be of especial Interest because the annual election of officers will occur. Hank to Make Alteration. The First National Hank has taken out a penult to rearrange the bank ing fixtures and lighting system and to fit up a room In the basement ot the building. The Improvements will cost approximately $1500. Carriers Repurchase Store). Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Carrier have re purchased the millinery store they formerly conducted here In the room adjoining the Peoples Warehouse. The store has been conducted ny a com pany and the present sale was made through E. T. Wade. i:H-ctinst Postofflce Plan'. Postmaster T. J. Tweedy Is expect lng the rlans for the new federal building In the near future as the plans were ready for submission Feb. ruary 1. The Information that Mr. Tweedy has from Senator Chamber- Iain shows that bids will be advertls cd for for a period of six weeks. Milton . Weston . Ferndale Vincent . .5 4 .3 .1 L. 1 3 3 S Pet. .833 .500 .500 .167 EPIDEMIC XOT TO BE FEARED (Continued from Page 1.) stitute either metal or cement lined toilet impervious to water. I believe the city of Pendleton Is perfectly safe for many years to come and with a supply that is apparently enough to take care of a city twice the present size. Yours very truly, CALVIN S. WHITE, State Health Officer. The toilets mentioned In the letter are 1400 feet from nearest Intake, ac cording to Supt. Hayes. CALIFORXH COUNTY BUILDS ROADS CHEAPLY S Judging from the trouble anj expense people have in getting sat- H lsfactory glasses, there Is room for Improvement In glass fitting. S A glass that was apparently alrisht at first but later requires H changing. Is absolute proof that it never was correct. EE We use a method of glass fitting that will straighten cross eyes EE without a surgical operation: the, same principles will give you a E; glass that will never require changing, except for reading from the ates of 45 to 63. EE Only one of the various systems can make Uie above statement S E good. We are the only refractionist In Oregon using this system. r 1 D. N. Reber, M. D. Eye. Eear, Nose and Throat Specialist. EJ Schmidt Bldg. r.niiiiiiuniiiiuiiiiiiniiiininnniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiL" SANTA ANA, Cal., Feb. 2. Orange county, "California, challenges the na tion to surpass a good roada construc tion economy record which it has es tablished. To keep pace with the wonderful highway work being done by California counties. Orange, two years ago, issued bonds for $1,270, 000 to be used for the construction 5 of county boulevards. The county's 5 highway engineers, themselves, were E; astounded when they completed the work outlined, with $240,000 of the EJ amount realized by the bond sale still 5 1 in the county treasury. The money H I will be spent for further highway E ! paving. Student Ttody AVtll Sleet. The second regulur monthly student body meeting of Pendleton high school for the year 1915 will be held this evening, beginning at 3:40 p. m. The meeting will be held In the audi torlum of the high school with Pres ldent Bean presiding. Gulliford Cae Appealed. I A. Esteb, attorney for Arthur Gulliford who recently was convicted of sealing cattle, has appealed the case to the circuit court on the grounds of error In proceedings. Gul liford has been released upon ball pending the decision of the supreme court. Swamped With Application. As a result of a small Item In the paper statfng that Senator Chamber lain had a limited supply of grass seed for distribution through the Com merclal association, the association haa been swamped with applications. Already the applications represent twice as much seed as the senator has. Will Debate gtanford. Peter Crockatt, a Pendleton boy who learned to debate while a student of the local high -school, will be the leader of the Unlverclty of Oregon team which will debate Stanford uni versity at Palo Alto. California, on the night of March 12. He and his teammate, Victor Morris, will also meet the O. A. C. team at CorvallU on Feb. 19. Italians Await UH. LONDON. Feb. 2 All Italian re servists In England have ben noti fied to hold themselves in readiness to rejoin the colors on call. Is iiii TODAY Pasta TODAY velyn NesMt and Her Son Russel and William Thaw Jack Clifford IN LUBIN'S 5-Part Masterpiece ISA T1 F sum Admission Afternoons Adults 10c, Children 5c Evenings Adults 15c, Children 5c Trophy Room Nearly Finished. The new trophy room of the local high school Is well under way, and will probably be completed within two weeks. Picture of the winning teams of the past, and graduating classes will be hung upon the walls. The show case for the medals and cups has been purchased and a Yale lock for the door to the room. The room will only be open during certain periods of the day. Sells Business Interest, Dr. C. J. Whltaker, local dentist, who has been in business here the last 30 years, has sold an Interest in his bcslness to Dr. Wood, formerly of Seaside, Ore. Dr. Wood and his fam ily have arrived here and the former will Immediately take charge of Dr. Whltaker's office. Dr. Whltaker will devote most of his time hereafter to looking after business matters in con nection with his ranch at Cambridge Idaho. Tallman May Succeed Himself. J. V. Tallman, president of the Commercial association for the past two years, may be re-elected to a third term at the annual meeting this evening. There la strong sentiment for retaining him because of his ac tlvlty In this office but whether or not the sentiment is strong enough to persuade him to take the office again remains to be seen. The meeting for the election of officers will begin at 7:30 this evening. (Vonld Divide This District. If the Judiciary bill introduced by Senator Thompson becomes a law the ! sixth Judicial district composed of j Umatilla and Morrow counties will be I changed. Umatilla county will be come a district by Itself and Morrow (will be combined with Wheeler coun ty Morrow and Wheeler have a com bined population of 6000 people who ;-ay $58,000 state taxes and own $16, 000.000 worth of 'property whereas Umatilla county alone has a popula tion of 20,000, has a tax bill of $172. 000 and a property valuation of near ly $50,000,000. This comparison Is made by the Portland Telegram which I fighting the bill. Did Groundhog Seo Shadow? Whether or not the groundhog saw his shadow today is a mooted question and people who rely upon I the little animal as an Index of the I weather are very much in doubt as 'to the signs. , Though the sky has been overcast most of the day and showers have fallen Intermittently, the sun's rays have filtered through rifts in the clouds several time for tn Instan and sufficiently strong to create a shadow. Whether or not the groundhog was out. at these instants and whether or not his eyesight was good enough to detect a faint shadow Demurrer In Argued. Attorney J. A. Fee, Jr., this morn ing argued the demurrer to the in dictment against Andrew Lewis, charged with selling liquor to an In dian. He bases his demurrer upon- an alleged technical error In the word ing of the Indictment. Judge Phelps has the case under advisement. This was the only matter In the circuit court today. Tomorrow the Burke murder trial begins. Glorious rain, just what everybody needs! This kind of weather calls- for wet weather goods for you want to keep yourself dry. It's The Golden Rule Store that will supply you with your every, w&nt for less. . Hain coats for women that you can depend on keeping you dry, n gen uine rubberized garment at ij-1.08 $0.90. Women's rubberized eravenet cual at Women's genuine Gaberdine, slip-on rain coats, $17."0 and $20.00 val ue at $12.50, ?14.7."i lien's rubberized rain coats yii would expect to pnv $7..r0 and $10 for at '$4.98, $M lien's rubl)erized eravenet coats at $9.90. lien's genuine Galterdine slip-on shod rain coats $12.50, $14.75 Children's Hood's first quality rub bers at 39 Ladies' Hood's first quality rublers at 1 49 ovs' Hood's first quality rubben att : 49 lien's Hood's first quality rubbers . at CO ill .Mens and women s Lmbrella-t 1 Silk Umbrellas $1.49, $1.08, n Sh $2. 19, $2.98. YOU CAX DO HKTTEIII A 1 '..ret. r. ,Z' - WE LEAD 'V nnim FOLLOW Coffee Club Will Cloho. Unless present plans are changed the Coffee Club, malnta'ned in the second story of the Hendricks build ing under the auspices of the civic club for the past two months, will be closed down March 1 and the services of Percy Hllbert. who has been In charge, will be dispensed with at that time. This Is In accord with the or iginal plans of the committee which set out to operate the club for three months' time. Hubert was employed for the three months' period. Tuck Get Judgment for a Third. The Jury In the case of Marion Jack vs. F. O. Lucas which was tried! in the circuit court yesterday return ed a verdict for the plaintiff for $513. 40 principal and $150.93 Interest, which, was just one third of the sum asked for in the complaint. Plaintiff claimed over $1500 due for hay sold to the defendant in 1910 and defend ant refused the claim on the grounds that the hay was mouldy and unmarketable. founded 25 years ago by John Wuna maker, and from nn humble begin ning has acquired a business of more than $2,000,000 yearly. It was with the idea of aiding work men In obtaining homes that Mr. Wanumuker started the institution. Any sum, no matter how small, was taken In deposit. At present sums are received up to $5000. The bank first occupied a building at 1250 Pulnbrldge street, but the bulk of bus iness Increased so steadily that three )ears ago It became necessary to en- large Its quarters. The building next door, at 1252 was obtained. The cost of the ground and the Improvements was paid from the surplus fund. Kaiser to Inspctt licet. BERLIN. Feb. 2. The Kaiser will go to Wilhelmshaven to Inspect the tierman fleet and confer with naval commanders. If Mexico Is not careful It may yet choose a president who will take the job. Pendleton -Youth Convicted. A young man by the name of May nard, one of several brothers who have made their home here for some time, was recently convicted in Wal la Walla of assaulting a woman In that city and was sentenced to the Monroe reformatory from two to ten years, according to word received here. He accosted the woman on the streets and attacked her but she de fended herself valiantly. Afterwards she was able to give such a good de scription of the man that the police had no trouble In apprehending him. Knights of Pythiaa Active. At the meeting of Damon lodge No. 4, Knights of Pythias, held last even ing a total of 43 applications for membership were received, most of the applications being turned in by the members of two competing teams, one captained by J. W. Maloney and the other by J. H. Gwlnn. The mem bership campaign Is to be continued another week. Another live subject with the Knights of Pythias Is that of erecting a building on their property at the corner of Main and Water streets. It is the expectation to build thU summer If suitable tenants can be secured for the first floor of the proposed building. Athena Schools J.cad. Of all the schools of the county employing more than one teacher, ex clusive of Pendleton, the Athenn school ranked the highest during the month of January from a standpoint of attendance, according to the rec ords submitted to County Superintend ent Toung. Of the 179 pupils enroll ed there were 145 neither absent nor tardy during the month, giving the school a percentage of 98.8. Ferndale was second with 98.1 and Mllton- Freewater third with 97.6. The oth e schools ranked as follows: Pilot Rock 95.E, Tum-a-lum 95.2, Echo 94 - 6, Umatilla 96.5, Hermlston 96.1. Weston 97 3, Pleasant View, 97 .1. Nolin 90, Helix 96.2, Stanfleld 95.4, Rocky Point 92, Vincent 95.2, Adams 97.3, Meacham 94.6, East Bide 95.5 end Columbia 94.9. D Hot Chocolate Hot Chili Hot Tamales made to your taste FRESH CANDIES EVERY DAY Dale Rothwell DOCTOR OF OPTICS. Eyes examined by the latest and best methods known to science, lenses ground to tho particular needs of each case. OFFICES AMERICAN NAT'L BANK BUILDING, Tendlcton, Phone 609. FOR SALE! 5000 acres well watered, 400 acres In cut. tlvatlon and meadow. Cuts about 700 tons of hay annually. Much more can ,be cultivated. 30 million feet of fine saw timber, besides a big lot of smaller. Good house, cost over $2000, one mile from town! four good barns. Adjoins Nat. forest reserve, and has grazing right thereon. All vehicles and farm Implements, some of them new, good blacksmith outfit, and chop mill driven' by motor power. Tou can buy this ranch Including the above mentioned property, for $16 per acre. Tou can buy with It, 750 well bred cattle, and 0 horses at the market prices; half cash, reasonable time on balance. I have both larger and smaller stock ranches than this, also wheat land, diversified farms, city property, aad exchanges. E. T. WADE, I'rodleton, Oret Penny Hank In New Home. PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 29. The formal opening of the First Penny Pavings Bank's new building at Twenty-first and Palnbrldge streets took Place recently. This institution was 91 "Tho 0Iho Douoo RAisterous, Ripping, Rollicking Farce Comedy The Dainty Commedienne Madge Lessing IN HER HOST FAMOUS ROLE. Ted Barker a young married man works for a man who finds it easy to grant concessions to employes who have pret ty, attractive wives. As Ted wants a higher position ho gets a variety actress to pose lis his wifo and captivate his em ployer. This causes many laughable situation. Oct your laughing apparatus in Shape. , Vaudeville ROSE AND KENT All New Songs Today. Coming Tomorrow Elallouoll Concert Go. Seo Ad on Editorial Page. Ma rare