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About The east Oregonian. (Pendleton, Umatilla County, Or.) 1875-1911 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 7, 1903)
FRIDAY. AUGUST 7, li*>3. COMBINED HARBESTERS SAVE $2 PER ACRE. Sixty-Five Per Cent of Umatilla Coun- . ty Acreage Cut This Year by New Method—Farmers Will Realize $270.000 in the County by Use of tne Combinée' This Year. The eoml'ia'it harvester is su,> planting the stationary machines and the head. * at in tst >: i« roa rate ir Umatilla omit n> 1 .• is not «liffi cult to find a reason for this. in the hist place the climate of I matilia county is especially adapt ed to threshing grain (r.»:n ’he f.el-t At this season of the year there is no dew tail to dampen the standing grain and not one year in 10 is there sufficient rainfall in the month of August to prevent the combined har vester from working. The cost of heading and threshing an acre of grain in the old way amounts to about $3, counting the feed for beader and thresher teams. It costs $1.25 to head the ground and from five to six cents per bush el to thresh the crop. On a crop of 3rt bushels to the acre, the cost of threshing would amount to $1.50. the heading $1.25 and the feed consumed hv teams at least 25 cents, making a total of $3.00 per acre. In addition to this cost, there is a waste in heading and threshing, es timated at two bushels per acre. This waste consists in the grair that is scattered by the header wag ons between the field and the stacl yard, and by the amount of shattered grain, caused by the tramping in header boxes and by handling the stacked grain with the derrick forks At 60 cents per bushel this loss amounts to $1.20 per acre, bringing tie total expense of harvesting in the old way to $4.20 to $4.50 per acre, counting the ioss. There is another source of less ir heading gTain. which is apparently very small, but which amounts to a great deal in the course of a season and that is the grain thrown away by the swfitlv ’aoving header reel and that lost by poor driving under the header spout. In cutting grain with a comlined harvester every straw that, is cut goes into the cylinder anu is saved The flow moving machine doe3 no' throw away any grain, but presses i' down against the sickle and elevate? it into the threshing machine with nc shattering or rough handling. The price charged for harvesting a crop with a combined is $2 to $2 50 per acre in Umatilla county Farmers who have given the matter close attention and study estimât« that at least $2.50 per acre is saved by paying $2.00 per acre to have the crop harvested with the combined The combined can be operated bj any farmer who has 200 acres oi more to harvest. There are alway enough horses on the average farm t< operate the machine and with a crew of only four or five men needed. u< usual farm force can be used to har vest the crop. It does away wit? tne necessity of hunting up a large threshing crew and the consequent uncertainty of procuring labor at the right time. In Umatilla county, where farming is done almost exclusively upon a large scale, and the climate is so fa vorable to the farmer in the fall sea son. the combined harvester is rap idly gaining headway. This season 65 per cent of the Umatilla county wheat crop will be harvested wit? these machines. As near as can be ascertained, there are now 77 com bines in the county. Estimating that the saving made by the combined is $2 per acre and that 65 per cent of the crop of Umatilla county will be cut with these ma chines this year, the total saving or 200,000 acres of farming land in the county by the use of the combined for this year alone, will be $270,000 On the total wheat acreage of thf county, the saving would be $400.000 The only loss complained of iron? the combined is that of the straw and chaff, and by a small expense for the attachment of a bunching appa ratus. this can be left in the field in such condition that it can be gath ered up and saved. In other portions of Oregon, where the harvest season is more or less wet. and the dew fall heavy, the combined will not be successful on account of the impossibility of thresh ing damp, or tough straw. The ma chines woulld necessarily be delayed in the morning, while awaiting foi sun and wind to dry off the fields sufficiently to admit of ciean thresh ing. ONE HUNDRED TWENTY- ONE WERE INJURED Six Persons Are Missing, All of Whom Are Believed to Be Drowned __Fifty Were Seriously Injured, of Whom Some Will Die—Seven Un conscious at Hospital. I, B. Reeder returned from Port land this morning, where he has beer for the last week attending the state meeting of the Red Men. Mr. Reedei was selected one of the delegates foi the state to attend the national meet ing which will be held in Atlanta City the latter part of September Tnere are two delegates from the state, and they are elected for a tern of two years. Mr. Reeder was elect ed for the two year term, and there fore will have two trips to the Easi instead of one. The order is strong est in the East, and the conventions never get very far West. This gives the Western men a good chance tc have an Eastern trip. Mr Reeder was an eye-witness o! the collapse of the Morrison street bridge at Portland yesterday after noon, and says that the reports pub lished in the papers of that city wer« exaggerated as to the numbers that went down with the section that fell He was standing on the runway at one of the wharves on the west side watching the swimmer make his way across the river, when all at once the structure gave way and hurled the people into the river below. The bridge was crowded, and the walk along the side was filled witi men. women and children all attempt ing to get near enough to the railing to see into the water below, and at they stood a section of the easten end of the walk, without warning literally dropped from the bridge, as cleanly broken as though >t had been cut out with a saw. At the point where the structure gave way it was about 15 or 20 feet above the water and directly underneath was a boat house upon which the wreckage fell About 50 people were on the walk when it went down, and most of those were not fatally hurt, though f great many were painfully and somf seriously injured. If the walk had fallen in tne river instead of on the boat house, fewer people would have received injuries, for as it was they were mixed up iu all kinds of shapes in the double wreck of the bridge and the house. Four people were known to be dead last night when Mr. Reeder left tor home. Mr. Reeder was one of the first ou the scene, and was there before any of the people had been taken from the place, and it was his opinion that all of those who had fallen had been recovereu though it was very likely that some of them had fallen between some of the houses ami boats under the bridge at that place, and had drowned. The Morrison street bridge has long been considered to be in an un safe condition, and such crowds should have been kept off the struc- ure by the authorities, for the whole hing is rotten, and that was the •ause of the accident. This happen ing will, in all probability, have some »fleet in causing the city to take measures to have the bridge rebuilt, is has been urged for some years past. Earliest Reports Confirmed. Portland. Aug. 1.—Six persons arc till missing and all an» believed to >e drowned. The only names of those vho actually met death are Ed Shanks, aged 13. and Lottie Cameron iged 16. One hundred and twenty-one were nor»- or less seriously injured. Of his number 50 must be regarded as ‘serious” cases, of whom several will indoubtedly die. At St. Vincent's ¡ospital seven now lie unconscious. The patients are scattered all about he city, at hospitals and private louses. BREVITIES. Miss Florence Smith, of Poise City, s visiting Pendleton friends. Charles Frazier has gone to Leh- Springs for a vacation trip. W. B. Strong, of Waila Walla, is n the city on a short business visit Mrs M A. Kader and family are at 'eh man Springs for the summer months. Mrs. Ella Barnett, of Walla Walla, s visiting friends in the city for a ihort time. J. H. Gwinn left this morning for i ams. where he will spend the day ransacting business. Lee Goodman, a popular young nan of Walla Walla, was the guest if Pendleton friends Sunday. Mrs. E. R. Baum has returned from r visit at Salem and other points n the western part of the state. Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Mustoe of Vashlngton. D. C-, are at the Golden lule for a short visit in the city. Miss Emma Noli has returned from Portland, where she has been the -uest of friends for a couple of • eeks. Miss Mary Lyons has returned rom an extended visit with the liases Campbell at their home neat i >rth Cold Springs. Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Sharon left this morning for their home at Portland iter a visit at the home of Juliet lharon. of this city. Miss Ethel Fraker and Miss Elva furner left this morning for Portland vhere they will be the guests of riends for a couple of weeks. D. E. Vernon, editor of the Owl, o’ tikland. Or., was in the city Satur lay n-ght on his way to Garfield Vash., where he goes to visit friend» or a short time. William Valandingham and J. F vowlin have gone to the Camas pra rie. where they will spend a fev 'ays on the professor's homestead ishing and hunting. A. Kunkle is at Bingham Spring; .•¡siting with his family, which Is .¡ending the summer there. He wil •• main a week before returning tc i s business in this city. William Blakeley left this mornlm or his home at Eastland, after a visit n this city with his brother. H< joes to attend to the narvesting p lis crop and to look after the open ng of his warehouse. MARKEÏ NOT OPEN A HEAT OFFERINGS ARE VERY SLOW UP TO DATE. Highest Price Paid Up to This Time Has Been 66 Cents for a Special Lot—Hauling Is Slow Because Lit tie Threshing Has Been Done— 70 Cents for Mill Wheat Predicted by Some. The report that .wheat was selling it 68 cents last Saturday seems tt je nothing but rumor. It is true that me lot was sold to one of the nu.u or 66 cents, but that was a specia tale and was not the index of th< mrket. They are paying from 61 o 65 cents, but at this time they have tone no higher in one or two specia .ases like the one on Saturday last The exporters are offering 63 cents, mt it is hard at this time to dace any solid quotation on he list for the reason that there >s io market. The men are not as yet bringing .heir wheat to the warehouses, or the nills, and there is no supply for the iemand. It will be a few days be- ore the grain begins to come in. ltd until then the market will be iractically a thing unknown. The farmers are some of them vaiting for the price to raise, but nany of them are not hauling for the •eason that they have not finished hreshing and cannot put their teams .n the road until they have had the ields all cleaned up. When that ime comes they will begin to come nto the town with the grain for stor- ire. This wait on both sides will lave the effect of all holding for a •aise. The men who can haul are if the opinion that if they wait a little until the market settles that hey can get a better price, and so ill of the wheat will come in to jet her. It is thought by many of the grow- irs and some of the buyers, that the trice will yet be 70 cents, though this vil] be mill figures rather than me •xporters' quotations. ' i j WILL NOT YIELD - O. R & N REFUSES TO 1 SELL RIGHT OF WAY. 1 ! I | Portage Road is Practically Tied Up I by This Refusal—Road Cannot Be ' Built Off Company's Land for the Amount of the Appropriation. and Is willing to trade tor it. He is the owner of a thousand acres of land in the gulch, and will trade 640 acres tor the property here, besides giving a lot of cash The hotel is valued at $26.000, and th«* section of land is held at $14,000. so that Mr. Beard will have to put up $12.000 in addition to the land. This he lias done, or will do, for the papers are all drawn up and the transfer is practically made. Mr. Beard will iuakt* additions to the place and have it overhauled, making it one of the best hotels in the eastern part of the state. New furniture will be put in and the in terior thoroughly overhauled and re modeled and all the details of the work will be attended to so that when the place is opened it will be able to attract and hold the best trade on the road. 1 he portage railroad commission of Oregon, consisting of Governor Chamberlain. Secretary of State F. I. Dunbar, and Secretary of the Treas ury Charles S. Moore held a private | conference with President Mohler, oi the O. R. & y Saturday afternoon for the purpose of ascertaining the WHITECHAPEL IN COURT. attitude of the O. R. £ N. toward the portage road right of way. where it might infringe on the land belong Thirty Denizens of the District Pay ing to the company at several points Fines Today. on the line of the portage surveys. Today is the flrst of the month, and President Mohler refused to con n accordance with the custom the sider the proposition of selling the residents of the west side of Cotton state a right of way, ami made a long vood street, between Webb and Alta statement to the Portland ¡»apers in tssetnbled at the office of the city re regard to the rights of the O. R. & N. "•order this afternoon for the purpose and the impracticability of the sur of paying their monthly fines. Each render of any portion of the compa >f the women pay a monthly fine of ny's land to the state. $7 50 per month, except those who He made several remarks in regard ire known as the ''landladies." who to tfie absence of any need for cheap •ay into the treasury the sum of $18. er transportation rates, which will riiere are three of these in the Hat. provoke a smile from the wool and lud the total dn«*s enriched the treaa- wheatgrow« rs of the Inland Empire. *try to the amount of $276.50. for It developed in tue conference there are 30 of the women. Their that the portage road can be con tames and th«* amount of their fines structed outside of the right of way follow: of the O. R. A- N.. but to do this would Susan Duncan. Helen McAvoy and cost the state at least $1.000.000. or Hazel Cawthorn, each. $18.00; Grace account of the almost impassable Mellin. Daisy McCarty. May Wood rock bluffs to be encountered. By Ruth Alden, Maude Woodward. May purchasing about one mile of land Mden. Josephine Hall. Hazel Rigby. from the O. R A- N., the portag»» road Matti«* May. Mattie Hunter. Alice De <-an be built on a practicable route 'amp. .».uello Robinson. Della Catu- and constructed for the $165.000 ap ■ron. Thelma Bond. Ethel James. Co- propriated for that purpose if the 'inua I.eFerne. Helen Belmont. Dolly O R. A N. refuses to sell this narrow Vernon Maude Welch. Grace Brooks. strip of rocky land the state cannot, 7ra«re Hill. Lillian Harney. Florence the portage for less than $1 lines. Mamie Russell. Mildred Jack •00.000 and then could not begir ion. Aggie Ames and Rena Perkins, onstruction until another session of •ach. $7.50. the legislature increased the amoun' In addition to this list there are of the appropriation, or authorized five or six who paid their fines on the commission to contract in excess at rival here during the month. of the present appropriation. The survey of the portage road TEACHERS' EXAMINATION runs through the private property of but five individuals, one of which is Will Commence August 12—Examin the O. R A- N company. The other ing Board Not Appointed. property owucr# have given consent The teachers' examinations for state to the state to build through their land, at little or no expeuse for the »nd county papers will be held in -ight of way The land needed by he circuit court room of the court louse beginning August 12. and lasi tne state is rocky. barren, idle land in no use whatever, at the present ng until the 15th The examination« ime. and with little probability o' or the state papers will commence ts ever being used, except by a por >n the 12th and will «-ontinue until he 15th. while the trials for county tage or ship railway. Speaking of the matter after th* >a!*»-rs will continue from the 13th o the 15th. ■■«inference. Governor Chamuerlain in At this time all of the teachers in ‘imated that the right of eminent do he county who are desirous of takinr nain could be called into requisition he examinations will be expected to ind a right of way forced through th» 'and of the company, bttt even then »pj>ear and take their trials with the 'he cost might exceed the apprupria •est. It is expected that there will ‘ion. and the entire project woulc >e quite a number here when -he aj>ers are given out. be tied up until another legislative The examining board has not as session. Speaking of the subject to the Port yet been decided upon, but will be in he next few days. 'and papers. Mr. .Mohler says- "We have no objection, so far a.* Check for $12.750. we are concerned, to the constructlor Joseph Basler is a happy man this if this portage mad. but we have t •'ery decided objection to surrender morning, for he has receive«! a check or $12,750 from John bchmldt and 'ng any of our holdings upon whief ve have paid taxes lor years, and tas also received -he abstract for the vhich furnish the line of tran-.iorta property. This is 116 ¡Ages long and ion to the interior cities which als> «in made at a cost of $125 50. This s one of th«* largest abstracts of the lave rights to protect, for wuat niigh •ity. and the last owner of the prop- *e called a large portion ot the outle *rty is glad of the distinction of •f the wholesale business of thi having owned a piece of land that city." In Eastern Oregon, about four had so much to tell about 1L ears ago the ORAN’ discovered Ukiah Farm Sold. ■y an investigation of the grant of r ight of way from the United State* Mabie Rosa Patton and Mark Pat- overnment that the company »«> •on. her husband, have sold to Frank ntitled to 200 feet instead of 10* '•Veils for the consideration of $3.u00 ¡tied to 200 feet instead of 10* 'he southwest t« of the southeast %. •trough public domain, as was a' ind southeast •< of the southwest U ’rst understood. In many place? if section 34. in township 4. and lots ■long the road, settlers bad locate« 3 and 4 of section 3. in township 5 •pon the land adjacent to the track «outh of range 31 east, comprising a ifter the company had fenced the 106 tract of land in the vicinity of Ukiah. eet supposed to be owned by it. These settlers had plowed up the and all along the company's fence ind in many places this land contain »d bearing peach orchards, as in the 3urnt River country, and in other daces it was heavily set with alfalfa With little or no ceremony the com any at once extended its fences tc FIRST OF THIS YEAR'S nclude this land, although these set GRAIN CROP BROUGHT IN. lers had cultivated and held pos- ession of it for several years There vas no hesitancy on the part of Mr Seattle Contractor Will Begin a fohler to take all that belonged to Building at Once—Portland Man his company, through the liberality Here to Make Investments — Thir ind lavish generosity of the govern ty Car Loads of Echo Horses Will nent. Now the state has need of a ew hundred feet in a strategic point Be Shipped to Canada. ind Mr. Mohler makes a complaint hat the state has no right to force Echo. Or.. Aug. 3.—C. B Wade ■!m to yield to the needs of the pen -ame down this morning and drove pie. out to look after his interests here. The outcome of the matter rests N. C. Maris and family, of Port vith the portage commissioners. If laud. came in this morning. He is hey see fit to begin condemnatior figuring on investing in real estate iroceedings against the company here. Mr. Maris formerly lived at ind take a right of way by legal Heppner, only having mov«*d from neans. the cost of the road will ex- there about a week before the disas c-cd the amount appropriated and ter. His house was among the first f the road is to be built on th«* to go down with the flood ■round not belonging to the compa B. F. Strohm. of Seattle, who has ny, the great cost of the grade wul the contract for the erection of the nake it out of the reach of the ap- buildings of J H Koontz, came In »ropriation. so the people are face to this morning and will begin work at ace with their master—the O. R. A- once. N.—as it were. W H. Babb brought In the first loads of grain today that have been TO SET ASIDE A WILL. hauled this season. The grain was Alleged That the Document Was crown just east of town which is the Iryest part of the country and Mr. Made by One of Unaound Mind. Babb says it turned out much better John R. Morrison. Richard Morri than he expected. son and Grace E. Hales have instl- D. C. Brownell came in this morn 'uted proceedings to force G. M. Mor- ing from a business trip to Pendle •ison. Robert Morrison, Eliza G. Mor ton. rison and William Morrison to show G. W. Hunt came in yesterday ause why the will of their father, from his ranch and reports that he lohn Morrison, should not be set has just finished his first crop of al aside and the property be redistrib falfa and will begin the second cut uted. ting today. The entire crop will run The contestants allege that at the about 1.5tk? tons. •Ime of the death of John Morrison, Thirty cars of the first shipment of he was of advanced age and was of horses for Canada are ordered here insound mind and not capable of for Thursday and will lie loaded here making a will or of attending to bus- on that day by Thomas Sheridan and ncss, and had been in such a condi W H Babb. tion for some time. That he was R E Starks, of Medicine Hat, and ■aslly led, and that the respondents W. F. Matlock came down yesterday «ecured an undue influence over him from Pendleton and returned on the ind led him to make an unfair divis ev«»nlng train. ion of the property. Morrison died February 8, l!»03, on Dangerous Felon. bls ranch near Adams, leaving an G. W. Thompson, who has been estate valued at $40,000, and this was livided in th«* will in such a manner laid up with a felon on his right hand since last May, is about again as to lead to discord in the family, and will soon take his old position ind the action is the result. The contestants ask the court to with the O. R. & N. Company as a -ancel the letters testamentary and to bridge builder. Mr. Thompson has declare the will to be fraudulent and had to go to the hospital since his felon started and have his arm laid to set it aside. The court has set September 7 as bare almost to the elbow, that the doctors could get at the diseased the date upon which the respondents bone. As soon as the palm of his are to appear and show cause, if any, hand heals he will be In as goo«l con wny the prayer of th«- contestants dition as ever. should not be granted. Pendleton Man Abroad. Mr. Alfred Iuvng, a prominent citi zen of the Pendleton district, is in he city, having traveled from Pen- lleton to Lewiston by private con veyance. Mr. Lang reports that the •rops in the lowlands between here »nd Pendleton are very light, with be exception of the Pomeroy dis trict, which will have an average mop. The farm land nearer the moun- aimi has fared much better than the 'ower sections and the crops of these IMPORTANT TRANSFER. higher altitudes are very satisfact ory. Mr. I^ang has looked over a Expected That the Golden Rule Will large portion of the country sur Be Traded for Farming Property. rounding Lewiston and is much There is a deal on the boards to pleased with the conditions found here.—Ix-wiston Tribune. trade the Golden Rule hotel for prop erty in the Despaln gulch. For some Idaho (Cattle. time the deal has been on. and it is J. C. Lonergan went to Huntington not now settled, though it is practi Saturday evening, from which point cally so. Conrad Koehler is the owner of the he will ship 500 head of cattle to the Frye-Bruhn Company, of Seattle. hotel, and has been offering it for The cattle were bought of Hpnry sale for some little time. T. K. Beard Blackwell, of Huntington, is the man who wants the property NOTES FROM ECHO New Building at Athena. B. B. May. the brick contractor, ac companied by William Flanders. Tom Moran. John Williams. F. Johnson. Ed Peters an«l Tom Denny, left this morning for Athena, where they will start the work on the Miller building, a new brick business block, to be constructed at that place. ; i ♦ ACCUSED OF THEFT FROM THE TELEPHONE STABLE. Young Man From Baker City Is in Jail While His Brothers Are ; Rustling to settle the Case Against : Him Out of Court—Eight Dollars in Cash Wee Stolen. Carl Miller, a 19-yearold boy from Baker City, Is in the county jail auditing his examination for larceny from a building. Friday afternoon three brothers. Carl. Henry and Mox Miller came to this city from Athe- r.a where they had tx»en working for s day or two. expecting to work on the sewer In this city. They went to he Telephone Livery Stable and ask "d to be allowed to change their clothes there anil remain until they found a place to pitch their «amp The permission was given and the young men went Into the loft and put >n other clothes, after which they ame down and were In the front part of the stable. C. L. Bowers, the owner of the place, went to his dinner leaving his son in charge of the barn, and the latter went out to look at a load of hay. leaving th«* strangers in the tront of the stable, near the office. He returrtt-d in a few minutes and «hortly afterwards the young men left. Soon after that, having occasion to go to the til), it was discovered that about $8 in money had been taken from the drawer. As there had le»«*n no one else in th«* stable t but the Miller hoys, it wax <j«*cided I that they were guilty of the theft, and the police were notified and com- tn<*n«»*«! s«*arch for them They were loafed Saturday evening in the back of the Gratz saloon, and were taken to tb«- police station. It was found that .Mox Miller had been xorxiug on th«* sewer Saturday afteruoin when th.* money was taken but the other two bova bad been at the stable The older ot the boys put up a straight story and «onvlnted those pr«*«w»nt that he had not taken the money, but the younger one had not so luu^h to say leaving it tor the older one to explain all that had taken place. He «laitued to bavo $1.25 in •ash. but when be was searched it was found that he had a $3 gold 'lieee in a match box which he had -lalmed (ontained fish hooks. He was unable to account for the money, and «1» taken to the jail and lock«*d up. It i«* said that he confi-ssed to r.ac Ing taken the money, and the brothers are endeavoring to settle the matter out of court. Either the ol«ier one of the men is innocent, or he is a good actor, for while making his talk to the officers on Saturday evening he broke down »nd cried like a child because of the humiliation and disgrace of having been called to account for such a crime. He put up a straight story as to what be had done, and it was seen that he had not taken tne money himself. Th«* younger one of the men. an«! the one who had the money on him aas more composed, though he look *d as though he was sorry for having got into the predicament. He had nothing to say until he was searched vnd then be also broke down and aou- bed like a baby as he was led to the tail. It is claimed by the boys that they have never been in the care of an of ficer until now. Carl, the younge-t. and the one who took the money, has never before been away from home. The case will come up for examine- • on as soon as Prosecuting Attorney Hailey returns from the springs and can make out the papers. It will in all probability be heard tomorrow, unless it is settled out of the court room, as the lads on the outside are attempting to do. NEW LAND AGENT. J. W. Morrow Resigns to Accept the Position of Tax Agent With the O. R. A N. Portland, Aug. 3.—J. \V. Morrow, of Heppner, has resign«»d his position a* state land agent, to accept the position of tax and land agent for tne O. R. & N Oemiany. In place of Ahio S. Watt, who has held the position since the company was first organized. Oswald West, of Astoria, has been appointed land agent by Governor Chamberlain, to succc«*d Mr. Morrow. J. W. .Morrow is one of the most progressive young men In the state and as an evidrace of bls ability and fitness. Morrow county elected him county clerk for four successive terms, and state senator for tour .»cars Mr Watt retires on account of bls advanced age. as he will be 80 years old when he steps out of his office on the first of next January Milton and Freewater Exhibits. Dr. A. l^Roy. representing the Or egon Information Bureau, returned at noon today from a visit to Milton and Fio-water. where h«» met with great success in collecting exhibits for the bureau. He shipp«.»d two large boxes of excellent fruit exhibits, in jars, samples of fresh fruit and an ex hibit of corn nine feet and four inches in length, grown by W. Haun, of Freewater. The flour mills at Mil ton are now preparing an elaborate exhibit which will be sent In later, and many fine agricultural exhibits are now being gathered. The Shields Fruit Company at Freewater, will prepare one of the finest exhibits ever brought together In the state. John Adams in the Hospital. John Adams, of Adams, who had the misfortune to have a shoulder broken last Tuesday, by the fall of a saddle horse near his home, was brought to th«* Sisters' hospital here, yesterday evening, by Dr. J. D. Pio motion, of Athena. It may be neces sary to join the broken portions of the shoulder blade together with sil ver cord, in order to restore the use of the arm. If such an operation is deemed n«*cessary. Dr. Plomodon will remain here to attend to it. At present Mr. Adams is in bandages, but there is little hope that the use of his arm can be restored without an operation. Principal of Weston Schools. Paul IL Wyman, the newly elected principal of the Weston public school, is a native of Oregon, having been born at Oregon City. He is a gradu ate of th«* Oregon City schools, the Monmouth Training School and the Monmouth State Normal He comes highly recommended and Weston is to lx* congratulated on securing the services of a mon who has the repu tation borne by Professor Wyman. The school will open on September 7th. Operator for Coe Company. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Hannum, of Havre. Mont., are In the city and will Notice to Members. make this their future home. Mr. Daphne Circle has changed their Hannum has accepted a position as meeting nights from Wednesday to operator for the Coe Commission the se«x>nd and fourth Thursday of Company and will be located here each month. permanently. mcr Goods, but the end of our Clearing Sale leaves us with so few on hand we have decided to close them out entirely, and with that aim in view we shall sell what is left of our 12 l-2c Lawns and Dimities at 20c Figured Dimities and Lawns at 25c Summer Dress Goods at 10 Percales at 25c Scotch Sephyr Ginghams at 20c bolt of lace, 12 yards, at 25c Bolt of Lace, 12 yards, at 3c Laces by the yard at 5c Laces by the yard at 6c Embroideries at 9c Embroideries at ........ 12 1 2c Embroideries at ♦ ♦ : ♦ ♦ ♦ .............. 7c 10c 12 1 2c 5c 161 2c 10c 12 l -2c 1 I 2c 3c 4c 6c &c _ In the Shoe Department t $1.50 Ladies' Canvas Oxford- at $1.75 and $1.50 Chocolate Oxfords at Boys’ Canvas Shoes, sizes 9 to 13 1-2, at Children’s and Misses’ Slippers CROPS GOOD AT HELIX. — WE HAVE Wheat Averaging 30 to 35 Bushels Per Acre of First-Class Quality. W M. Scott, the pioneer farmer of Helix, was in the city Saturday eve- -ing. He reports threshing in pro- cress in the entire Helix district and the weather ideal for harvest. Whrat in that locality is yielding from 30 to 35 bushels per acre, and me of the most important feature« of the crop is that nearly the entire vleld is first grade wheat, weighing 'rom 60 to 62 pounds per bushel. So far in that vicinity scarcely any sec ond grade wheat has been found. Mr. Scott headed his crop and will thresh with a stationary machine this year, but he favors the combin ed harvester on account of the great saving In grain and expenses realiz ed by this metnod of harvesting and will probably use a combined here after on his farm. He says the great need of the farm«*r is a light running, durable harvester that can be handled with six to eight horses and which will meet all the requirements of the Umatilla county farm, made up of level and hitly land A machine o* this kind will almost pay for itael «Mich year, as the expense of harvest lac • 320-acre crop in the old waj amounts to about $1.000. NEW CLOTHING DRESS GOODS J The Ideal Business Suit The ideal suit for business is our Three Button Sack. It’s dressy, stylish and made from Cloths that are exclusive pat terns. Coats are made with “hair cloth front. They are “Coats that keep their shape” made by Chicago, mak ers of Fine HandTailoredCloth- ing. Made tn In ion Stops. The ready-to-wear clothing we are selling today is “differ ent’’ than the clothing of a year or two ago. There is nothing better in the ready-to-wear or made to measure. GOLDEN RULE TRANSFER. Hotel Will Change Hands November 1, Following Many Improvements. T K. Beard has returned to hit home at Mixleet*. Cal., after a visit of several days in this city. Mr Beard is the gentleman who has bought the Golden Rule hotel and ne took with him the paper« for the sig nature or bls wife. The hotel will ehange hands sbout the first of November and Mr. Beard will return to the city about a month earlier in order to have everything In n«diness for the Improvements he is intending to put on the piace. He will make some alterations to the interior this year, but during the coming year will make many mi provem«*nts In the uo-is«» Ir. rnanv ways. It Is the Intention of the new owner to make of the hotel an up-to- date family hotel, comfortahle and convenient In every way. The trad«* was effected through the efforts of the Hartman-Bentley Abstract Com- pany. Teachers Are Scarce. J. A. Paxton, superintendent of Ba ker county, has warned the country districts of his county that teachers will b<* scarce this year, and that di rectors will do well to hire their teachers «»arly. The prevailing sal aries will be from $40 to $50 for coun try schools. BIG BOSTON STORE I WE CARRY A COMPLETE LINE OP COATS that keep their shape. The very best watenes have th«* r day of repairs and their time for cleaning. Have your time piece at tended to before it's worn out for lack of oil and clean- iiness. a watch's organism is fine and delicate, and the slightest friction makes trouble and wears tee parts out. I will repair and clean your watch and warrant the job first-class. New Examining Board. The examining board for the com ing tt*a«*hers' examination to oe held the niidtlle ot the month, will be com posed of J. F. Nowlin. Professor Cherry, of Adams, and William Va landingham, of this city. "Calamity Jane,** an old friend and admirer of “Wild Bill" Hickok, the noted scout and tough of Dead wood. died at Deadwtxid Sunday, and requested to be burled beside Hickok In the I>adwood <*emetery CLOTHING with Individuality. DOES IT NEED REPAIRING A\D CLEANING? New Deputy Recorder. F. W. Hendley, of this city, has ac cepted a position as deputy recorder in the place of William Vallandlng- ham. who has resigned to go Into ■ other business. Mr. Hendley took I his position last Saturday. A new railroad from Huntington to Lewiston, down the Snake river, is now pro|«os«*d. Articles of Incorpo ration have been drawn up, with M. 0. Reed, of Colfax, president; M. M Goodman. Dayton, attorney, and first vice-president, and J. F. Hale, of Bat tle Creek, Neb., second vice-presi dent. 39c 90c 95c Ali Reduced Fc- $1.50 GLENN WINSLOW S15 Main Street !S——ss—s——“n«s> LEGAL BLANKS dogue of them. A full supply always kept in stock.