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SOMETHING NEW!
i luf it I: uf 1 1 to y Goods i iuw And com plot e
Prices Right
Quality Right
IU mr C6ti( reduction until January l-t
on MiHcti) Instrument, JCoditka aad " amen.;
Brock & McComos Co.,
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ANOTHER RAILROAD GRANT.
with tin' hlaton oi paai greata to
railroad i taring him in tha faca
It egi aaaa I il I Malay ni Penney!
vauta. baa til-' affronter) to offer to
oimn -! another Idll for u repetition
oi tha ibaie. lie propoaaa to grant
iiian. i to a nimpany tna- .i.-siivh m
oiiilii.'i a mad ;im .a i i out
Cncil- . Inl i lo Ht-iinn Sii and to Kivr
in th roaipaa) "each alternate act
tion for a distance Cf i n miles back
from each side of the track. "
LUia Dlntllar ptOp ll.uiia thai have
Hi. i () tin- i-ii I - .- ill: u in
(ormvr yearn, thi la deceptive, and
hoar.- no' upon Itn taio H real DatBaV
Iiik hpuaraaUjTi it hi tn lira in
a v n 1 1 a t a worthh tract ol luiol
thai will novel h o: value tn Hi nu-
tiun Tin- paopaai rcadiai atoriaa oi
th barfaa region on the Alanka
p. inn.- .ii. .i. i ti-ioni. .1 in think ol
It ah wo.tl, nothlna. and they will
probably u'M ooataal Un thai oaa
lan tn take thix iplandld einpire.
without protest.
i.. t ona itud) tha map IgtaHlpjaatlj.
learn the mineral deposltH of the
country to he traversed, and then re-
oathai that railroad are uoi hullt
upon sentiment ;' '. - .t ,- tin ;,,
Jectorh expert hluh return upon
theii ifiv.HtiiientH. and hut one cou
cluitlon will he reached Thin propos
ed land jcrant should be denied.
Tlx mineral wealth oi that penin
sula I beyond i oinpreheuriion flold
Is than in so ureal nuantitles to lead
person posted on that country's re-
four.. to believe that when atet.-ods
have boon porteetad the yellow met
al will be aa cheap as sliver.
Think of a tract of land ten miles
wide and two thousand miles long,
and one will hav
In mind the lerri-
toiy It is proposed to turn over to the
Broaoeettva railroad
The people ot the I'uileil States
have had enough of giving away the
public domain to railways It is
" '
atmulug that anyone will have the
face to lav 0WH another sin-h piopo
sitloti
ACCEPTING TRUST BONDS
it was no toollsh thing that moved
PfOgMaad Xoosevelt to refuse or, at
least henltate to accept from Andrew
CarneKi. the ten million dollars worth
Of bonds of Ihe U at tOd Htates Steel
Corporation, lor the eudowmeut ol the
propotnil national university Ap
preclatiug the iiiunltU em i- ot .Mr. ('ar'
niKie offer the president snw good
reason lor asking that the securities
I), converted into cash, beluru he
eooM receive the douutlon lor the pub-
-': ft
it
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a lie. Ii would havp been i'tiilnirnK!in
Indeed in tin- event Of legal dlfBcUl
ltd the neceealty for the alntti
latratloo to proceed agnlnal the iteel
mint, under the federal lew, aera 1 1
adminlatretloti ta hare taken large
iioidiug of Qm bond to turned oret
,o the trustees lli.il will be illnt d
The liolilinn ni those bonds, too.
a-ould beve it m Inevitable effect upon
tlia action M thf government toward
tha steel treat Bad) ill aroaad, II area
.viar to ai. (tor oaal In their ataad,
it ironld have been detleate tor Mr
Carnegie to think of tfcta before his
tandar n would have reved Um
nreeldeiit from it iuundai..
BOOK j AS CHhlSTMAS GIFTS.
r-n weeks remain beton t'hriat-ma.-
and in those weeks the majority
1 1 the aaaaon'a iodide tifU renetn tn
bought Thara is ao bottor Kin
than a good booh. Tha Ajaaiioan
iieopfo bara boea grow lag Btore aad
uiora thorough)) eoaelaeed oi thli
no i iii llii IuhI H'W your, and lh'
booh aallara an now in tha mldal ol
tio graataat oon of aciuity tha)
lian aval Known. Tha ontponai ol
- during tin- racoal autumn baa
n unnrocadaated. both in tha nun
mm 1 1 1 tltlaa ami in tha ttaa of thi adl
Uoaa oi the popular farorUaa. in ao
dapartmonl ol tmda baa tin- proa pari
y ot tin nation I u mo DJMfhad an
thai n tha pubitabara.
; ha poopla bare the bmhm) to bu)
i,u(,i:i ( n,) haf tho doglro to
nioi Hi-t oi all. th.- aio leading
: i'.. i booha. Though Uifvv In un nor'
oua muM' oi Madiocrlt) and wane
than un .itm i n than an toaj tiaah)
booha anioiiK tin- record lrvakcr
I'oiiiiI.ii luMuit - an K'i iK'iull not oi
kino to baconia i.i . . UtaraturOi
ul tin moral ami llterar) quality of
i'ii iiovt-U tliut rcarli h.il n of I'm
i th I altad Itataa are utnn
nil) high lo In a BUbjaCl tor patilot
i coagratulatioB.
The graal dUBoalt) thai confronts
the bttyar ol IttefUf) rihOalnai ilfti
, that ol clioosliiK the l lKhl LlOOhl
file Kleati'l the total lltaSti Of hoooltn
I!" u.ailoi the haniei l oma thi
1-'8U " "UOIBg JUg what one wan..
There In no time to read n lithe ol
the now volume, oi ovog lo look at
tha 'mors oi all. it It at thin point
that the rovlewai itepa (orvard with
a boa ami prawn in aerrlcn to the
iHuah ii liooa bnjfaf
sea
in thi meantime n n. no small lank
ttl tin, iu ,iKlt Kft ,, HVen al
let the i haft ha been '" 1 1 1 1 ; 1 1 ' i ! II. ill
! wheal Hall ol the value ol tin
praoeal Ilea la plvlai tha iiKht nun
to each pa now Thla raajulna much
IhniiKht. It nOjUlna an appreciation
oi the tMh ami character of the
panOO an well a ol the nature oi the
booajL To give an ii.. mil. i. i.i ' i i
to a friend Ik a III u service as to In
uo.iuie an un oiiK'-nial ai iiualntanc-
Hut to give a hook mat will tit into
'"' " posesoi is a senloa
worthy ol tuoie than onlluary arati
tude. It is like kIvIiik a counselor
companion oi comforter tor life.
Oh.
but books art such safe com
l'tt"' wrote one who was u genuine
Kood ixoh lover. lUf) Keep your
lOOntl well; they never boast that
tin i I.. i.. made your eyes Klisteu, or
your cheeks flush or your heart
throb.'1 It is tn the power of every
'""V K'vr ".'I0'' rrl-ndB and
ai- coinpanv to those they love,
all)! ,,.,,. n(tvt.,. waa a ti1)(, whol
tin aMsortmnt ol worthy and beauti
ful book VU ireetOI than at thc
preaenl moment In the book stores.
The publishers have now practlcul
y 00m Dieted the output of the season.
Rvarytblni is befon the public, from
ilaluly i ali-ndaih to ponderous encv
i lopedlaa There la aomethliiK for
every taste gad every age, and It
u I.I I I I .. . . .i.i iL .
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ilghi thing lor each friend.
A LIFE OF ENQENE FIELD
There wa an elusive charm about
the boyish personality of Kug -
I I. 1,1 Ih I' until., lit., rnuit ....... . Mini-,.
ilttlit,.,ivt! tUttll ,,. llugti ,K. wriJ
n this respect, as In others, he re
minds one ol Hlevenson. It is tin
rare and ilghtaomo QttaJtt) thai hat
inipelled Hl.thon Thoniiison to write
the two unique and dellffhtful rolumea
which i ntltlea "Rugena Held t
Study in Handlty and CoBtnolc
l Ions."
"Many mUlOn have I known ' s:iys
Mr. Tbompeon, "who bare pal ill
then was of them law theli work,
who were pereoBally i dlaappoloi
neat to the Intellect and a trial the
llcsh.--
wiiii Bageae Plaid tho man waa
ilwayw a hundlc ot dellahtlul sururls
s an nvcr HBcoBrentlohal penoBnl1
Ig o. ahtch oal) the mcieal auggva
lion la glren In his worka."
Tills Ii the tntlmoBy ol a man who
worked Bide by nldc with KUgem
Plaid through large pari of the do
ii renn In which the lattci wrotu hiK
.iniiv mliimn oi "Bhari and flats"
for the Chicago Morning Mewe, and
win wiii both boon companion and
Kindred spirit in hi dully and nightly
dolnga, Mr. Tbompaon pa ieai in Wa
l u m il., un a liberal dalh ol III''
im p nnnlal rotithfolaaea thai con
Uttitcd rield'i gnateai charm, and
he hah wiltt'ii n booh thai bus the
breath of life In it.
n a a)
Then was I lime when Plaid
though! to become a tragedian, but
in Interring with Rdwln Pornal on
the anbjeci was dlacooraiing. Por
insi told him to apprentice hlmaelf
to a BToodaawyer, so he boeama
pawapepei man. BUI this was only
iilti I be had received Ills -diaie ill Ills
rather'i aetata ihonl M.000 and
promptly made dakaa and drahea oi
n on ii European torn, from which hi
raturaed only b dint ol pawBtag ill
his personal beloagiage. The utlw
inability of Pleld to i p IB) mono)
is freely and humoroual) llhiatnted
in these puac. ii he arer gave any
erlOtta thouuhl to the matter, how
ever, It was only to gin indnt to
BOBM new prank, as When he solemn
ly hmtrueted his little daughtei to rt
cite this golden texl il Buada)
school' "The lout will (Hwrlde my
father can't."
The in in ticai jokes iti which Bageao
i'h in indulged still remain a trad
Hon In every town in which be llvi '
ami not tin- lenal nt the attra tli
oi Mi Tliompson'i work Hi - in the
RMl With Which he has told main iii
tin. !.,. r ;!:::. fields !...!. !.-.'. ' ..
period enlmlaated during in yean
in i' nver. ami the chapter of anec
dotes on thai epoch is dellghtfnll)
huroorona
Pleld had ills own way Ol RMl Inn
riaiton welcome whether they came
in frieadl) galea or on hostile naea
ui i beai Orei his desk huag the
lahoapitahle ilgB, "This la my busy
day," which ha is s-ihi to hart Invent
"d. and on (he nelahborlnr wall "Ood
ides oui iiiooi reader lie eaal aii
for him Iihi BOOO." Hut )il crtH It II
iei" "iHtai ' ins frtead, K i.
Cowan, writes "to tin migeoiii W ol
rer) vlaltoi who name with i threat
of a libel suit, and temporarily -un
venire of the good feeling of thooe
friend be lured into his troechcroui
nmbnee waa bottomlen black wal
nut chair." It vawulns at was al
ways coacaaled by fan eichaaget
in-n aal) thrown then a
tha only chili la the room except tin
one PMd occupied biauelf, hi caller,
though never asked to do so. would
be lure to am In Pleld a man amlle
an I ttVl UUtOO to drop into the trap
ami thence lagtoriooal) onto the Booi
Through this fnniom chair on lib
first Wslt to the Tribune oftb e Hill
Ny dropped into HfelOBg Irlend
In with Kugeiie Field
it appears, by the way. that Pleld
was the man who "discovered ' Ny.
inviting him first to cOBtrlbOte a
i iy batter tor the princely stipend
Ol IS i Wet k, This was raised tO $1".
ad a hen I laid informed Nye that he
wa to reeein 111 per latter the bu
i promptly packed his grip and
came to Dearer, hi thai Una Nye
was whiskered like a western fa mie!
I'icld celebraieil his arrival by a din
(r IBB) begun after the paper had
gOBa to press and lasted all light
t I in the gBoralag the romaaai -ported
their guoet to ins room and de
parted With elaborate professions ol
good will The., watted in the hotel
lobby long enough lor Nye to get I,
bed. Hint then sent Up cants request
nig hi presence down stairs on Itn
lllediule business I ttl l Nye was
eiiual to his tormenlers. and the bell
boy returned with a shot gun and tin
message thai It would speak for him
Tin collier Matteawau. now out b
days from Nananno for San Krancisco.
has been added to the list of overdue
vessels, and reinsurance has been
uuoted at 'in per cent.
Mothers .i Children
llejoice in the cleausin, iu 4i
buautifyiug properlm.-, of OUT I m ;
and CurirL'llA Oiiitiuent, purua ,
sweetust of uinollit-iit skin rn Thaai
gentle yet effective akin garifUn '.I
bunulltiers h4Ve uutdn tlimisi!.
hippy by curing larliriag, di ., , ,v.
humors, rashes, and bfltlalioa ol Ii fancy
and 1 I.i I'll and rolievtuj; Bat,
Care and anxiuty
S.J . thru.. hul th wori i Hurt U.i . t i, i '.u
Be "I" tti tjkj; itou titC
jr
Jefv3
La-nai
'-ft
Hfl is well plaaied with his linen
ami you will l- il voti take yont
laundry to
Tho
Laundry.
They Know their Business
The Race t Buy::: :
is when ran can ei gogdi
quick am( cheap prloai .
Kesi line n(
Lumber, Lftth,
Sliinfik'f-, Build'
in-: pttper, Tiw
paper,Liine aim
oeiueot, !'i
PUater, Briok,
iti(i. nnulding
Screen 1 otn i is
Windows, Baaili
A- Ooors, Tern
( lotto Pipe
Pendleton Planing Dill and
Lamber lanl
R. FOBSTER, - Proprietor
THI
French Restaurant
C05V Roons
Weil Lighted nnd Htaaun Haatrd
Best 25 cent Meals
In the City.
EXTRAS
r'ro Lags, Ivflern and OlyMpla
( I , .er-.
OPEN DAI and NIGH1
iirs. LAFOCTAIN, Prop.
N tm v;et
What you buy
from us.
UI J .Stock ot
WOOD, (OAL,
SAND & BRICK.
M do...
Trttcklng & Transferring
Laatz Bros.
LUMBER
aud other buildiu;
utalenal hjgagg
Line,
Cement,
Plaster,
Brick,
and Sand.
We have a large stock of
wood oil rriRi
for barns aud dwelling.
Oregon Lumber Yard
AUa 8t opp. Court House.
1
Ml.'N OVRK
sBdseeoui laelltUaB ler regalf lag n t.uifir
jfou un Ide ol liow wi ll we cn Intmli,, Ul,
fun m I.-in have for ui, Wo , in only tint.
plBM wprl tti' 'In nil win h in quickly i
a ta b dene, Be ahaige only aaatl
right.
NEAGLE BROS.
You get
dood Beer..
When you drink
PILSNER
BEER.
iU;li . i.N-ctl llt)t to
OttUfM befadavofae or
diixitHSM
Ank for ii.
Scluilti Brewing Co
TWO BEST
aVisssKEYs.
on earth
Old Jas. F. Pepper
Old Henry Clay
II i'.i 'u i n ihe Statnlartl since
1780
E&ap Litiiiy adaptad lor (am
ii ami un iln inal uroses
Bverj pottle nuafBBtBad
The Office
BD BB8THOKN, Prop
7113 Mam St.
i he Only I'lsre vim can get
- 1 un 1 1 in Pendleton
I nt pOTtad Swiss and
Limbarfat ('heeae. ..
Imported J 0 u b 1 1
Mont Porter, Schlitz
Atlas Beer .
mi MAZiiPPA H21 Mutn See W. C.
1
Laurels
Adaio !
I.W.HARPER
KENTUCKY
WHISKEY
lfsa
old by IOHU ltlMil'l
The Louvre .Saloon
mm duron oigrtnn
IK
Farmers Custom Mill
Fred Wattera, Pregrteter.
Uagaaltg, 1 bairaU Oaj.
loin 1 i'U aged tar waeat.
riuui Mill Veed. obepped reed. M.. alwal
u fnl
BL- 'B IM I ' I 1 I gt 1
Bam. a 9t gfy g 1 ,1 n
BV Uf! B Bill
VoEl
dBBlik r
imjisr r i ct "vm
4M.Te c 1 truri
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d triors
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1 - Mini 111 ar .. waa Bat
m::. l 1 'in fcT aj
1 " 1 m
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ilrnitlc
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ltd a).
vln Hunt
hiKtou.
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n.-t. '
Mini' ipai
ntaaneai
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billy
Ro-pt Mon
li'ki n it.
HIvwutoUtSBk
Washington k
Columbia River
Railroad
Take this
route for
rm 1 IIK-.1X0, U PihI.A
s- ( My, Kt. J,,(
11 '..ink- 1.. ,
.,11. M .
1 mSm 1 ... -
on I Be Saw
Tim am.
lux, UIU
.rrWc Pfit'l Irion loooe
KruUv lliiui
.-!. KinitlHn Ttehr.
Siiunli) iai.ui
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,,.,.. U .II. Sal . At IfM
For InlnrniUon kcviIim n
moit.tl")iv il .amkl.ip
1 t
u n ...i ..I,, nit
lilt wife. W
Wheat
rl 4
1 'un 1 iviat. - pi
UUl "lit vi fm
organ.
Another bif
Ihe celebfiiol
Barnes pi
. I...,n,rnli tDB
-n,i..,v."-
.OIIIC "'
nn nana! IN
half down H
balance net! ul
10 choose IfOB
. . . . A P.
v v e..v. v
Wood
and
KgpgOIBUj
vt .. . . l,.,,r 10
Mam
Utah
rpiiiiiciuii "
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,,cept euaday, 29
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