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';UjOiiOi;a!lo mm ff Onnrl'rtola fnf Con. ;jw.wiI ui vanuaicub iui won- ate F.lad2 at Pendleton, Ringing DenunciationFree Tolls, Income Tax, Etc. Pendleton. Oiv March 21. With 250 Democrats in attendance and with two of the candidates for -the Democratic i omlnatlon for senator present, the f rst meeting of the minority party In i'matilla county was held list night The feature of the meeting was an iloquent address by Walter M, Pierce cf Hot Lake, one of the candidates for the senatorial- nomination. This speech constituted the commencement of a vigorous campaign which he an nounced he would make. In his address Pierce found a hearty response when he advocated lower rates on grain through water competition, with the railroads and through the inauguration of a free toll policy tn connection with the opening; of the Panama1 canal. He also advocated an income tax on fortunes of $10,000 or over, regulation of trusts and monopolistic corporations, repealing of the law which forbids any but home built ships to ply between domestic ports, and he Indorsed in strong terms the Oregon system of popular govern- :. mt.nt; r- ir- r Oliver P. Coshow, Rosebiirg's aspirant for Bourne's toga, also made an address but it was short and lid not bear so much on his own candidacy as did that jf Pierce, ' Scorn the Trusts. Pierce began his speech with a re view of the methods by which the great trusts have grained monopoly, exacted extortionate - profits - and controlled prices. Then he turned his attention to tlie money trust, saying: '." "Now' comes the greatest trust of. them all, the money trust, controlling too credits of all our large cities, allow ing no man or firm to have a credit unless he is subservient to the interest .The money trust today ; says to the man who wants a large credit: 'If this money Is to be used to promote an en terprise that may compete with any one of the established trusts, then you can not have It' No Independent railway building, , no independent factories, no independent electric plants. Activity la gone. New enterprises forbidden. "Money In quantities- is only loaned SALE OF TREMENDOUS IM P0RTANCE TO ALL WOMEN mm- Mm ili V Materials ..arethis-season'favored -weaves, styles are copies of imported models,- workmanship and fitStand-1 ard's standard. - The BeSt $35 SPRING SUIT in town here $22.50' REMEMBER We sell for cash only and therefore sell for less. . 111: Free STANDARD GLOAItandSUIX-CO. 415 WASHINGTON STREET, CORNER ELEVENTH nnMe-n-s of the fw men who control, F -im,s 1 iv.'.'H he rer l from tie nsry Ivifftr.fsg man' is d. rrac, s1, tno chi i L Is in the heart. 1 feels tiie Rr'.p and lndt'poml- that f rccz s enterprise enco. . - "Now the money trust seeks to fasten Itself permanently upon the country by moans of the Aldrirh currency bllL The present trust busting policy of this administration as well as the past Is farciral In the extreme. Has it (riven the tobacco grower any more money? Has It reduced the trust dividends? Has It reduced the .price to tlie con sumer? More drastic measures must be applied If we maintain independent in dustrial life In America. " Public pays tit Pries. " '.The sunken rock that wttl wreck the ship of industrial life unless it be re moved Is fixed and regulated price. The produpts of nature, God's gifts to man, coal, oil, forests, tumbling' water, have all been capitalized beyond reason, and the public today pays enormous prices for the privilege of using gifts Intended for the use of all mankind. "It is true, the price of some articles have been reduced by some of the trusts. The Standard OH one sold Its refined product for 30cents a gallon. It cost them then 25 cents a gallon to refine oil. Their net profit was t cents, a gallon. The same oil sells today for II cents a gallon, but the cost of refining Is now 3 cents.. Their net .profit, today Is I cents. The amount we pay lor noming is what hurts." Dealing with some of the remedies for present conditions, Mr. Fierce said:- "I do not expect this wonderful civ ilization to pass away, this marvelous life of the printing press, steam engine, electricity; but I do say that there must come out of legislative halls and executive chambers wisdom- enacted into laws that will make it possible' for the ordinary man to earn 5 sufficient compel 8.aU0n.tQca.ref or Jilmself and his loved ones, so that he may have the necessities of life and a share In a Christian distribution of nature's lux uries which were intended for all man kind, and not the privileged few. Urges free Iilst, "It is easy to tear down, difficult In deed to construct First of all I would place the necessities of life upon the free list Free sugar. Why notT Ninety millions of people should be al lowed to buy it in the cheapest -markets of the world. It would make a saving In every home, of ;a cent'and a half to two cents on every pound of sugar. Free Iron In all its forms. Why should wa longer, continue tariff on iron? The steel trust admits that It Is selling Iron In foreign countries cheaper than it sells to us. Recent investiga tion shows that it Is paying labor star vation prices, not nearly as much as you are paying your farm hands. "I advocate a physical valuation of all railroads and all trusts that con trol their lines, as & basis of fixing rates, then laws forever taking water out of every railroad and every trust 33 Friday and Saturday ' Will l?e a wonderful day, in" . this exclusive store. This sale is a signal to buy new spring and Easter Suits. We are de termined to have your atten tion and interest and presence tomorrow and . Saturday. By this astonishingly low price we' - make ' it a " certainty that women who do not buy here ' will actually lose money. The new spring lines are now com pleted and the spring sale be gins tomorrow with ,, this matchless value Tailor-Made SUITS $25, $27.50, $30, $32.50 Vals. SILK KIMONOS $4.95 Values Up to $10.00 Alterations Free ffftflnirt H fl P H I A T Ci f jj'I'JjY N J j I J ! 1 J V U j j 0 I lLUlU 10 IIIII'IILLHY STATE OF MQNTAUA "Some. Clark Strength," Says Governor, "But Delegates Will Be Instructed to Cast Ballots for" Jerseyman." . U'ulted Fren UiHd Win.) San Francisco, March 21. "There Is a' strong preponderance 'of Woodrow Wilson sentiment In- my state, and I believe Montana will select Wilson as Its choice for president" declared Gov ernor E. LNorris of Montana here to day In commenting on. the political out look. Governor Norris ,1s himself a Wilson Democrat, elected by a majority of 1SUQ In a normally Republican state. "While there is some Clarke strength, I think there Is no doubt that the Demo, crata of Montana Will Instruct their del egates to the national convention for Wilson. In the Republican camp, Roose velt seems to be the choice over Taft Of course the campaign has aa yet not really opened In Montana. By next month the situation will have been clar ified and the various presidential cam paigns launched In earnest", . Governor James H. Hawley of Idaho, also elected by a substantial Democratic majority in a Republican state, pre dicted that Wilson would - sweep the state against any Republican candidate thus far proposed. ' - ) "I believe Wilson will get the Idaho delegation," Hawley said. 'Of course the state is normally strongly Republi can, but there is a big split between the standpatters and the progressives of that party this year. - The people of Idaho have always thought well of Roosevelt but there are at present a great many Republicans who feel that ha has not played fair, and sentiment is unques tionably turnfng against him." Governor M.i E Hay of Washington, who, with Governor Norris and Haw ley ,1s here to confer with the Panama Pacifio exposition officials, was ex tremely reticent on the political outlook tn the north. ' He declined to make any predictions., ' . and combination, making It a crime to water stock, of any kind.. Then a law limiting: dividends of trusts- that con trol, and the dividends permitted to be approximately the amount of the an nual Increase in wealth, If controlled lines are allowed to continue their pres ent course of extracting an unjust pro portion of profits' from the' competing world. It is a mathematical certainty that they "will in a few years draw to themselves the entire national wealth.' , ' Vuoli Xaad Abandoned.. "Our cities are growing rapidly larger, our country Is being deserted. One of the problems demanding Immediate so lution Is bow to place the landless men upon the manless land. Two thirds of all the tracts on the Irrigation projects ara abandoned by the ; original locator for the reason that he has , not suffi cient money to pay the amount demand ed by the government and make the necessary improvements. "We should have 5 a new homestead law allowing 20 acres ot Irrigated land to be taken by qualified hometeekers and after payment of the filing fees, the government to furnish to that home steader water for Irrigation free. After the homesteader-has lived on and cul tivated thai land for 10 years allow him to make proof and receive his pat ent from the government ' Five thou sand homesteads on. unirrigated land could be created In Oregon ' alone for 5, 000, 000. This is practically the amount due Oregon from the reclamation fund that should have been spent in Oregon before this. .. . i ; "I. do belleva in reasonable appropria tions for our navy, for we are going to reed It om ffay when orlentar civili sation, meets occidental .civilization on the waters of the peaceful Paclflo to settle the final conflict, between Anglo-Saxon and Mongolian,, and appro priations for increasing the efficiency of our schools will make possible the successful manning of. that navy in the time of final conflict, ; ' : ,ti Open Eiver Demanded. "All Interests of Oregon demand that tha Columbia - river bo opened free to tho navigation of the world. A 40 foot channel from Portland to the sea would lncreass the wealth of all "We should have proper limitations placed upon railroad rates taking grain and products to tha river bunka. Sev eral cents a bushel ought to be added to tha price of. our wheat kt eastern Oregon by an open river, proper : rate? and a cltar .channel to the sea. Sev eral cents more ought to be added If we are given free tolls at Panama and a law allowing America , to. purchase ships built In any country on eartfc, re moving the prohibition which now says only American built ships ; can ply be tween American ports. ' 1 , "I believe In an, Income tax: graduatil so as to make It impossible for an Indi vidual to amass a fortune sufficient to produce an annual Income of a million dollars or more. . Forc.the return to the people of these unjustly swollen for tunes by the means of an Income tax. I would tax no income less than J 10,000, and then I would make the tax light . It should not be made possible for men to accumulate untold millions of bonds, mortgages and stocks placing the rest ! of tha world in slavery to pay Interest and dividend. theron. .. "The Oregon system has made Oregon famous the world around. As a people we have epoken.. The system Is here to stay. You cannot unring the bell. The people have tasted authority They have seen' the 'bosses wince bene&th their sledge hammer blows. .....'. ; "There is nothing, so dear to man as power. Nothing so prized as self gov' ernment - Mankind has never voluntar lly relinquished power once exercised except to a man on horse back. God for bids that the military dictator should ever come here." COMMUNITY PROPERTY ENTITLES IDAHO WOMEN TO VOTE IN BOND CASES 4 ' (Special to Tha Juiirnal.l 4 Boise, Idaho, March 21. Wo- man suffrgRe in Idaho waa (riven - a wider field today when Attor- ' ney General X). C, McDougall ruled that women who are inter- f ested in community property ' which is listed for taxation In 4 their husband's names are. en- titled to the ballot at bond elee- ; tions where the voting Is limited 4 to taxpayers. The question : 4 arose at . Idaho Falls, . where ; women-; of this class were not al- J?w!lt00ieJJ)ejlUorMy.jn , eral. was appealed' to and holds ! 41 they were unlawfully deprived $ of the franchise..',; i . t ADVISES IIEAD Br HCBBMHOBlia Farmer Has Every Advantage cf His City Brethren. Ex plains James J. Rcgan'ill Be Real Aristocrat. ' .. "Get back to the soil." Is the advice that "James 3. Regan, president of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, who will be In Portland until early tomorrow morning In the course of an official trip of inspection of the Paclflo coast provinces of the order, has for the young1 man of this country who -would be Independent. Ever since his elec tion as president of the Hibernians at the Portland convention in 1910, Mr. Regan has been preaching this doctrine not i only to the younger generation of thV Ilibernlans, - but to the youth cf the land In ireneraL Between SO and 60 prominent Port land Hibernians, Including state, coun ty and- division officers had Mr. Regan as their guest at an Informal dinner at the Portland hotel last night This af ternoon with Archbishop Christie, E. It Deery, C G. Murphy and others as Ms escorts he visited the Christian Broth ers' Business college and Columbia uni versity, addressing the students, and lunmni ne win d guest or nonor at a Tmbllo- receptlorrln Ma sonltr halt,-West rant ana ramtim streets. President Regan is an enthusiast over the "back to the soil" movement and Its possibilities. Being an enthu siast, he loses no opportunity to set forth the advantages of farm life.- ' land Getting- Scarce. ; "Some time ago, in an address be fore, the Land show at St. Paul," he said this morning, "I pointed out the advanUge of Irving on the land, and I cannot too strongly emphasise the fact that the farmer has every advantage. He Is no longer Isolated. .Improved and excellent schools, roads, rural delivery, telephone, and so forth,; bring civilisa tion to his door. : . "Let him not forget that good land is getting scarce and that in a few years the farming class will be the most Important in this country. The owners of the soil will be the true aris tocrats I use ihe word In Its orig inal and best sense of this fair land. "Get on a farm that Is the gist of my advice to young men. Leave the city and get out In the country and go to fanning, even If you have- to start in on . a small acale. Work hard, in telligently and scientifically and the high cost of living will never bother you - ' ,:.' J . . ,. .' 1 ; : A parallel to tha ''get back to the soil" movement, in a sense, Is what President Regan ' declares to be the greatest need of the Hibernians In the northwest .-.. : ! : areed Mora Members. "1 am very much gratified at tha splendid showing of the order ' here. hs said, "and the only criticism I have to offer is that the membership should spread out mora into the country. There are fine divisions In the big northwest towns like Portland and Seattle, but the smaller towns and the tountry re neglected. ' - -; C "Wherever 28 or -mort Hibernians could be "got together once a month from a radius of flva or even 10 or 15 miles, is fine ground for establishing a division. Get out of the cities and Into the towns and country districts. we could easily make 10 times as good a showing." President Regan la much Interested in tha plans for tha auditorium In Port land. St Paul, his home city, has one of the finest publlo auditoriums In the countrx, and he says experience there has shown that the auditorium must be built near the large hotels of the olty to achieve the best success. P. KiSulliyanedflSt jt tha Cathollo Sentinel, was .toastmaater at the din ner last night, and President Regan was the principal - speaker. In his ad dress Mr. Regan praised tha Portland Hibernians and dwelt particularly on tho importance of education for keep ing up the principles and ideals of tha great ' order to which . 260,000 " Irish- Americans of North America belong. - "Wo must live up to tha high prin ciples of our order," he said In part, and education is the great factor In bring ing this about ' .But the study of th Irish language and of Irish literature which througlv our activities we have succeeded In introducing Into many of our schools, will do us no mora good than - the -study of geometry and - alge bra if wa do not draw out of that study tha lessons that It teaches. Kany Prominent Speakers, t Other speakers-: Included . Archbishop Christie, C. G, Murphy, president of Di vision No, i; Mrs. T. Hogan, president ef tha Ladles auxiliary; Rev.i?iather Gallagher, , president of : Columbia uni versity; Miss Marie Chambers, ' national director of the Ladles'-auxiliary, and Judge V. N. Gatens. 1 r ' Tha program at the - reception to night' which will be free and open to the public, will -ibe as follows: - ' "God Save Ireland,", chorus by audi ence. . - i : ... -:'' - Address, E. H. Detry, state .president A. O. H. ,:-'.v--;.-.;.. '; "O'Donnell Aboo," Let Erin Remem ber," Cathedral Ladles' chorus. . ; Address, Rev. J. M, "FarrelL State Chaplain -A. 0.'H. . . "KUlarney," "Wearing of the Green," Miss Rose Frlelle. Addreas, Honorable James J. Regan, National Presldenr A." O. ICT " - . "Where the River Shannon Flows," Frederick E. Osborne. . Address Most Rev. A. Christie, D. D., Archbishop of Oregon. "Star Spangled Banner, Chorus by audience,' , ' "" : . , BAY CITY. COTTAGES t .' DESTROYED, BY FIRE . .t'rittoj Press Leaned Wlre.i Ban Francisco, March' 21. -Fanned by a heavv wind. fire, which started tn the western section of the city today do - stroyea Hair a dozen cottages, Causing estimated damage of $25,000. .Occu pants of the dwellings barely had time to get to the street, loping all their household effects. Huntington Sued by Stockholder. , . t United tres lanc-d Wlre.t , New York,, March 21.Facing a charge that ha intentionally misrepresented the financial standing of the National Steel & Wire company Henry E'. Huntington. chairman of the executive committee of that -organization, la defendant today in a suit Drougiu oy jttooert John Frank, holder of 15 shares, of Stock In the cor poration. Frank, who says he represents a nuthber of English stockholders, seeks to recover the value of his stock, and to set ssiae voting agreement whereby Ij&a.jafttiUijaaU cunpuny was converted into stock of the National Consolidated , Wire , & Cable company.'' .i;';. Journal Want Ads bring results. nnn.;n n-v? UnLUUhli!! iiCAO 1 5 ceit eaai fiBE Ten Cent Rate to Meidrum and Jennings Ledge, Low Com mutation Tickets Sought. Oregon is to have a fire marshal law, If the credit men of Portland can put such a measure i-.pon the statute books. That law, it is figured; will be calcu lated to save 'to the slate tens of thou sands, of dollars a year In preventable fire losses, perhap half million or more. - The work - of the fire marshal will be largely educational. In teaching the masses of the people the rudiments In fire ' safeguards, and prohably Inflicting- penalties for grois . negligence In handling fire. At the meeting of' the credit men in the Crnmerclal club last evening, Chair man Underwood of the fire Insurance committee posted on the walls of the dining- room a card showing some strik ing figures In fire prevrntlon after adoption of a fire marshal law tn two eastern states. Massachusetts has no such law. That state's loss per capita has been 1.96 for 1901, $2.01 for 1902. 12.34 for 1903, $2.30 for 1904 and J2.49 for 1905. i Ohio has a fire marshal law, and Us. losses per capita have been for the sama period 2.69 In 1901 . (when the law was not operative), ll.JS In 1903, $1.88 In 1903. $1.64 In 1904 and $1.47 In 1905. ' While the relative losses might not entirely be due to. the work ings of the' fire marshal law. Chairman Underwood ' submitted- that the coinci dence was ; so pronounced: and positive that Oregon should try the-experiment . To frame Measure, ', When the credit men go, before the legislature for a law, they will have a measure framed .which will not be ex pensive In administration, but which will start the good work of teaching the people and enforcing penalties for gross negligence In handling fire. Judge C. V,h. Gantenbeln made the main address of the evening. . He was Introduced by President Henderson'' to why be without a piano when good instruments, similar to the one shown here, can be had at half price and for five dollars a montW go to eilers music house today and III "ffl&mf- ;W$ feu S'iJ Kr i y oV we want the Head of every family in whose home there is no piano to note. ; this carefully, we want the brother of every little girl who is yearning for a piano to read this carefully. , we want every young lady in whose, home there is no piano and who can saye $5 each month out of her own earnings to read this carefully. 4 " ' Piano manufacturers make miscalcu lations r; sometimes. frequently they are better' piano ' makers, than piano merchants. This the head t of , our house," while "east recently, found 1 to be the case particularly with two manufacturers. , They had a Very large stock . of finished , pianos . on hand. Trade, particularly in many eastern sections- Is not brisk. These 1 piano manufacturers -were almost, desperate to geHi-"a"'MW''"ii'''"" Never heretofore have we bought fine pianos so advantageously. Eilers Music House always shares with its patrons any advantages which frequently om Its way. No other house in the west, that we know of, ever does so. When a short -time ago one of the great New York factories offered Stelnway pianos for more than $100 less than the retail price, no retail buyer on the coast ever was pnmiitted to , hear : about It, In Chicago Tight toAhls day people are . . -. . t . ... i. . 1. II "rt ... a enaDleU XO uu hub iuukc aw iov nuu more below what a local Portland branch house is endeavoring to charge 'for tho same. who woula ever hear of pianos at reduced prices If Eilers Music Houre were not estaniisnpa ncrer We have been in position several tlniPB in the past to offer, very much below prl'-e numerous standard makes of ''pianofortes, "but"' never heretofore have we been able to present so great a money-making opportunity, as in this infitanco.' ' -:'" ' '' Eilers Jrf uslc House, the home Insti tution of Oregon, would consider Itself remiss in Us duty were 'It not to be j found at' all times of greatetst possible ! service to the music-loving community. Every member of the sales depart ment is elmpiy excitell over our pres ent offering. We've never been able to give so much for ta little money. The hie sale started Monday. - And iS hours later every one of. theM00 styles are already .BolJ-lt'S-Atiaif, by any of the big records we ve been utile to show, in the pant. . We'do not know of even one caller at the big store so far during this sale who left the big, building without having purchased i- :r f. a v :' ' ' t rill-t.-y,- y -h;vi .'' ! ri' nt a''t" of t! o, :,ati-n hi ! 1 tiit-s, ho jr.iue a twr.c a; ri-;,l t ) f iTfi'.lt I'i.'Ti to Man. I tORctiser In ellmlcnj tion of frau-l. 'J'':e orc:iiiiz.it:on w.. s .srcci.iSly urjred to cooperate with tie chamber of commerce an 1 otl'.pr bodies now endeavoring to pet a'-li'l'ted in Ure pon a measure pimiinr to the Kansas "blue sky law," wlilch regulates corpo rations In the matter 'Of Issuing and sellinj? stock and bonds. The Judse al appealed to his hearers to work with whatever power might take the initiative to have the section of the Oregon code repealed which requires a written token to be produced as evi dence before any person can be con victed of obtaining money by false pre tense. tThls work he deemed of the greatest moment, because under existing statutes and procedure It is impossible to reach a large number of frauds which are perpetrated In the state. To Increase Membership. J. W. Spanglfr of the Seattle National bank and member of the board of di rectors of the National Credit Men, In spired the Portland men to eager .ef fort the coming' year In -the. matter of Increasing membership, and participating- in all ' important work of a busi ness nature. - He declared that the na tional association must busily support the national. bankruptcy act, and meet all the numerous attacks which . are being directed against It ' He also ap pealed to his hearers - to work to see that a commercial failure Is handled by the law In the same vigorous man ner that a bank- failure - is treated, which would go far to prevent fraud and dead beat practices. Secretary J. R. Miller, who has been chosen to the office, asked that an en ergetlo campaign for membership be In stituted at once, and he secured prom ises of applicants at the next meeting. Credit men are determined to double their membership during; the year, If possible., j.. .j ; . ;: v';l' ., : . Ralston Is Endorsed. "," tfnltd rre Leneed Wlre.1 Indianapolis, Ind., March 31. With ft platform endorsing the child labor law and the employers' liability act, the Democratic state convention here today nominated by acclamation Samuel Ral ston of Lebanon as candidate for gov ernor of Indiana. The platform also en dorsed the-administration of Governor Thomaa IU Marshal,' '. one of the pianos, ' We want every reader of this, adver tisement to see new pianos for which $375 and even ) 409 is asked by other dealers. We positively assert that In struments of equal 'grade and value will be found In this sale at J185. , Payment of $6 a month will secure one.. ' It Is not necessary for a muslo stu dent or musician to have a piano with a high-sounding name and an elaborately-carved -ease.-- The - plain cased 1 250 piano ' which we are offering In. this sale for $139 will serve the purpose of the most fastidious musician In so far aa standing In tune, durability, light ness of touch, pedal action, etc.,-goes. Not one of the great masters of music at any time during his career ever pos sessed or used a piano nearly as good as any of the pianos offered in this sale for $139. .. Read "this statement Again I It "Is a ; factcand, v more than this! No piano made prior to twenty years ago, no matter what its name, was . as desirable, musically 'speaking, as is one of tho pianos we now offer for $185. Here's the way It goes: Yesterday a gentleman came from Oswego to look at these pianos. He was skeptical; he bad read every announcement of piano sales and Investigated all of them for many months. He - looked Caref ully. He brought a muslo teacher with him. They went over the entire lot of pianos. They, had also-looked elsewhere. : They probably called 'at-every .other store in i. town. AIJef seeing the pianos in this sale they "not only almost Imme diately secured one of the Instruments for $185, but the teacher herself bought one for-$162, and then they called up a relative of theirs by long distance phone to-Immediately come in and ar range to pay for a third piano, which they had selected, v Here were three pianos purchased Inside of ,an hour. No wonder ...ail Jt.iha,.MlHl Jitylaa, ware taken so. quickly. An additional car load containing mostly the $400 styles la due to arrive In a few days; place your order for one off. them today if you want the moat elaborate, hlghest- i i i 1 1 , i 1 i - . nllill 0 it -1 il'ii ii Hi. Nearly Lifeless Body Found in Kitchen of -Milwaukee Home. (United Preg tnti V,'n. Milwaukee, March 21. Chopped into an unrecognizable mass. Miss Anna Mil--ler, S2r was found dying In the kitchen of her home here today. A hatchet was fbund nearby. The police believe Miss Miller was murdered by a maniac. The woman's body was covered with gashes . and the skull was split open, exposing the brain. She is In the Emergency hos pital and cannot live. The kitchen of the Miller home was spattered with blood, showing that a desperate struggle had occurred. Albert Koehler, coueln of Miss Miller, Is being sought by the police. Neigh bors declare that Koehler called npon the , woman this morning and that after a quarrel Miss Miller ordered him out of the house. It is alleged that Koehler attacked her with a hatchet PENDLETON WELCOMES LEWISTON EXCURSION (BpecUl te The JonmaLl Pendleton, Or March Il.--Two hun- dred and thirty-seven excursionists of Idaho and eastern Washington yester day evening, took Pendleton by storm. Although the special train was an hour late Joarrivlng.,hcre. and.th air wa.i chilly, hundreds of men and women gathered at the depot to welcome the . visitors and escort them through the city. A street meeting was held at , which the leading bosters of the ex cursionists explained the purposes of the Junket trip. They announced while here that the exoursion Is to be an annual - affair and that next year it would require several trains to haul them.- They left Pendleton for Walla . Walla at 6:30 o'clock. get one. priced piano In this sale at half price. But the plainer ; cases , will probably suit you equally as - well They are. largo-slze Instruments, splendidly fin ished and of latest design. Bee them ., before It Is too late. We Intended to sell, but 107 of these pianos . In Port land. With the additional carload to come there will be 132. ' But this will ' be all. They will be gone quickly. Act Immediately.; See tlm pianos and test 1 them, for then yeti will realise what these low prices mean, and you'll not ' go away without securing one.- Bring $5.00 today or rtonight and agreo to pay $5.00 a month thereafter -and secure one of these splendid, per fectly new, sweet-toned, durable;-' war ranted, high-grade pianos. $275, $325. and $400 is - the usual retail value, though plain cases have been sold for $250. ' Sale price now $155, $172 end $185, plain cases $139. ;....:..,:,' , . The exceedingly low prices will make It hard for, many . readers to believe that the Instruments, are really good. It must be borne lnf mind, however, that a low price offered by a reliable house does not mean low value. The repu tation of Eilrs' Music House for re liability and fair dealing In its greatest 4 asset We would, not Jeopardize it even for the sale of a thousand pianos. When we say these aro good pianos we say so authoritatively? ' and assume every responsibility involved lrt : this statement, " Ours la the only house that agrees to refund money, in case j, instrument after delivery is not found' to be exactly,; ds represented atid in every way satisfactory. ' 1 - - , - , The nation's greatest piano house, with stores in everr western city, guar" anteesi. these pianos in every way, a sale is no sale here that does not mean satisfaction to the purchaser and we assure every buyer in thls-sale cf ut most satisfaction. ., ' . , ,;V- ' .' . -.JiaibeEUit-Mlia - Ei Ure--M ttxie HOuse, "Uie Nation's Greatest Piano House, Eilers .Building, Seventh and Alder streets," or if more convenient, call at .-Wholesale Department, Six. teenth and Pettygrovo streets. 1