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Frazier's Book Store
VIGOROUS 8TAND BY
THE PORTLAND CHAMbEH
See our Line Before You Purchase
At a recent meeting of the trustees
hi the chamber of commerce of Po"
Intnl. the following NMtttttOM WOTS
unanimously adopted as the il ''!nlt
di I I iratlon of Portland on tin suiijc. 1
of the proposed opening of the Co
lumhin nml Snake riven to nnvlga
tlot :
MONDAY PK('KMPi:U I ' !:;
THE COMING PLAYS.
work. If the book meets with one
half of the success of the play, "Old
.led I'routy" will certainly live for
ever. Mi QoMm and his clover compnnj
will be tieen at the Kraci opera house
on Dec. 27.
"01 Oieson" on Wednesday Night
"Old Jed Prouty" Dsc. 77.
"Ole Oloson." blonde of hair, ruddy
of cheeks. Ingenuous as to manner,
unsophisticated as to worldly ways,
but honest to the core and willing to
Incur any dr.nger In behalf of his
friends ami the triumph of right Is one
of the few stagr characters that have
retained their popularity despite the
ever changing tastes of th theatre
going public Like "Rip Van Win
kl- ." "Pin l ln-ih Whlteonib" anil Na
thaniel Berry In "Shore Acres." Ole
pursues the even tenor of his way. de
lighting his audiences and carrying
with him an atmosphere of honest,
lomely and wholesome naturalness
worth Infinitely more than all the
tham hrnvado of romantic heroes and
he flippant cynicism of drawing room
hnracters In problem plays This ex"
dalns why Ole lives and lasts and Is
ilso a tribute to the good sense and
vholesome Instincts of the great mass
f theatre goers As a play, "Ole
lleson" lays no claim to being a ma
erplece. but It far anil nway the best
f the Swedish dialect series and pos
eases a peculiar charm. The popular
omedlan. Ben Hendricks, and his
ompany will present It at the Frazer
pora house noxt Wednesday night,
nd tt Is promised that the perform
nce wll be in every respect the best
lis conn'd) has ever had- A special
ature will be offered In the sinWlng
f the Swedish ladles Quartette and
unierous specialties will be Intro
need by Mr Hendricks. Nettie Tra
iml Annie Douglas and others
EXCELLENT STOCKS
CARRIED IN PENDLETON
Holiday Purchaser Need not Wish for
Finer Assortment of Goods than
Home Merchant Offer Trade Un
usually Brisk.
The poison who will walk along the
business streets of Pendleton Just
now will find MMHM on every hand
of the elegant stocks of goods that are
offered by the home merchants. It Is
to be doubted If there is a town of the
nUo on the coast that affords such as
sortment from which to choose.
This Is true at any time, of year.
But. especially Is It the case just now
when the holidays are at hand, and
the merchants are prepared for the
rush of buying that always occurs
during this season.
Sometimes people keep in their
bonus catalogues of mall order con
Hi - doing dullness In the large
cities, and many of them spend a
iarge part of their revenues in pur
chasing flCTV these foreign houses.
Not only Is ..iis unnecessary, but It Is
bad policy. Money spent at home
goes to benefit all the people living
here Money spent away helps no
me hero, and It does an Injustico to
the business man who must at all
times keep rn hand the staples from
which people select from da to day
Kven the patrons of the foreign
bouse sometimes buy at home, and
then tliev buy only staples Staples
are not profitable, as a rule. It being
on special lines that the widest mar
gin of gain is made by the merchant
Hence. It a rather heavy burden that
tip men bant curries, when a citizen
buys only necessaries of life here,
purchasing the other tbings else
where. There ia no Complaining.
However. Pendleton merchants are
not complaining Just now. for their
trade is excellent. All of the stores
advertising in the fc'aar Oregonlan ure
doing it "land office business," and
sales an- up to the marks of all nre-
Wlll Live Forever.
Will Itichard Holdens beautiful
y. "Obi Jetl Bron'y ' live forever?
s been ssken time an I again. This
II make th eleventh year that Mr.
Iilen ha appeared In his pet ere
on. He ha played the charactt r
Old Jed over .1"oo times, has pla -It
In over too cities ami covered in
s time over Jteee Nlll - of travel
follow up these figures, plvl'lit BS
M an estimate possible old vloua years. Perhaps two thirds of at
has expended quite u rlt oi moo
in his wandenugs In eleven years
has paid in railroad fares over
000. The amount of salaries to
performers has amounted In this
tO Marly $500,000.
is roughly estimated that Hichanl
len and "Old Jed" hav. entertaln-
the wheat in the country ho been
sold, and much of it went for lift y
cents a bushel. This has livened
trad ousiderabl; and everybody is
feeling good.
Pendleton is at this time selling
to many points in the south, people
coming if. for their supplies and. in
over 3.o00.00n pople. who hav.-1 asmuch as all the stockmen and min
t nearly tl WO for that prtvi -era seem to be doing well In their op
erations, they buy more or less of the
luxuries to take home
For instance, the sale ni pianos it
taken as one of the most correct
rlteriu from which to Judge the ata(
of prosperity And during this sea
son the number of pianos and or
gans that bare been sold is remark
ably large.
in fact in all lines, trade Is brisk
anil money Is changing hands in this
pl.r rapid K Then- will bo a few
people wlm will not be able to enjoy
tin rhtistnias tide as they have sel
dom before enjoyed It. and the Indication.-
are that stockings will be well
filled when Santa Plans' visit comes.
r. Ooldeu states that this will be
last appcarauce in his famous cre
u. but that Is doubtful, as "Old
Prouty" Is now on the presses of
of the largest book publishing con'
s In America, and will soon ap
in book lorm. as a high priced
Tuicura
r Sanative Uses.
remarks hie, emollient, e leantln r, and
nil, Nik pp I I - '!'
rtred from Ccl I ti.v IN
great kin rare. wari.n . I
um of I nn i; ha si 1 1
Ui- fonuof tUu fur'
log irnuuuDi, wasstii
Uuiif, ami ehssng. fo I -free
or ottnive fsri-; I
tliuD. and alto In tse turut of
tnurrual waste and eolu
ruker4UvwaatMr, awl fur many
re. saUtrpUV purpuMi. whltti rr.vtllr
i Uiemaelf et wou.ru, ami mimh lailjr
icn. The uaoof i.UTKUSt Oiuimrnt
i-TtiTJUi Muar will suggest lwlt In
crercaaw.
A Poor Millionaire.
Lately starved in London haoauOS
lie could not digehi his food. Rarly
use of Di King's New Life Bills
would have saved film They strength
en the stomach, aid digestion, pro
mote assimilation, improve appetite.
Price 25c. Money back it not satis
fled Sold by Tallin i-i A Co., drug-gists
Coil
"I rrraa D 4u C tun-.
Ml' hsj i
. kwalaww
's Dyspepsia Cure
as cured these cases
id tt will cure you
Uhurcli, ltlrande, Ore., says,
red for ai years, and believe
t used Nan's IyHpeia ( un
not I alive to write vou a
iai."
i t alk Luis, Halm, says: "1
or years; found many reliefs
re except yours."
by Tallmau Co., and all
i druggists, or snd to Frank
land Motel Pharmacy, Port
on. Price- $i a bottle or 6
r $5, express prepaid.
Notice to Contractors.
Notice is hereby given that the
.milium council of the city of Pendle
ton will receive bids for the grading
of Turner street, betwen the west line
of Mission sreet and the eastern
boundary of the city of Pendleton
All bids to stats the price per cubic
yard. Grading to be done In accord
ance with the profile now on file in
the city recorder's office
Bids must bo filed with the. city
recorder on or before the ltth day of
lec.'iiu ,-, I'l.i! The flu. cessfu! bid
der to look to the property-owners to
his pay The common council reserves
the right to reject any or all bids.
Dated this 9th day of December
1901.
Bj order of the coalman counet
Attest: J. B BEAM
Recorder.
An Evangelist's Story
"I buffered for years with a bron
chial trouble and rt cot obtain relief
until I commenc I One Minute Cough
Cure," writes Rev. James Klrkman.
evangelist of Belle River. III. One
Minute Cough Cure affords relief for
all throat and lung troubles. For
croup It Is unequalel. Tallman ft Co.
and Brock ft McComas
Develop the Inland Empire.
Whereas, the Industrial Interests of
the entire Pacific northwest demand
that the Columbia and Snake rivers
be made navigable from the Parlti !
ocean to the fartherest point Inland lo
which boats may ascend. The pres
ent objective points are the foot of
Priest Rapids on the Columbia. 101
miles from the mouth of th river,
and I.ewlsion. Idaho. I to miles inland
on the Snake river from Its mouth
but It Is desirable that other stretches
of these rivers and their tributaries,
be opened to navigation as rapidly
as the development of the surrounding
country Justifies the government In
proceeding with Improvement. We
sincerely trust that American engln
eerlng skill will devise some means
of overcoming the obstructions In the
Columbia In the greater part of Its
i ourse through the state of Washing
ton down to Priest Rapids, and we
hope that the day is not far distant
when, by canal and locks, portag"
railways and other forms of improve
ment. all of the 72.14 miles of river
I" ween Man ii.. and the Buettlt no an
will be opened to navigation. At the
present time. 258 miles of this total
distance are navigable. .Ill miles are
navigable under favorable conditions:
In miles below The Dalles and ce
Hie lift miles at Priest Rapids, and
1 1 miles between Rickey's Landing
ami Marcus ore obstructed. Bo"
tween Marcus. Washington, and Ar
rowhead Landing. B. C. the Colum
bla Is navigable for 1S7 miles.
Traffic of the Lewiston Country.
Whereas, the principal obstrtn th ns
to navigation from the Pacific ... i US
to the greater part of what Is kaotrt
because oi Its wonderful productive
MM, as tin Inland Km pi re. and the
oin that must be overcome t,. serve
tin present interests of th, trilntta: :
country ami promote Its further devel
opment. Is between The Dalles and
Celilo. a distance of thirteen mil. -The
overcoming of this obstruction
and the making of additional Improve
ment which is Justified by the area to
be served, and Its Industries would
open a natural route for all of south
ern Washington, and nearly all Oi
woatum Idaho particularly tin Lewis"
ton ntr Tin- Lewiston countn
alone embraces lo.nnii.nnn acn ami
has practically free water navig.i
Btion tram Its heart to tin ncss.
except for the obstruction between tin
'"'"- uun i e lo. lis resouiies in
vast that two of the greatest rail
road combinations in the world In
mil .Morgan and llarrunai BjsUn
an- contending for the ssjuitai of It
It bus u present population dl 1i OOU
and can easily support Ii.'.oko, .n
pie It grain belt comprises 2,21m
odd a.-res. and Its crops u, i:n M
ludiug Max. aggregated 10. inio.iXiu
bushels, against about T.ono.oun bush
Is 111 1'ino au,i t.,,H tnan ! ,,
bushels Jn 185 With not to r 1
on.-fourth of iui tillable land under
cultivation. It loaded in nn,, over
5ihio freight ears on the t'learwutei
liranch 0f the Northern Paclfi. It
lias I eiRi.OXMioim (..,., f whl.
timber of the finest merchantable
quality and almost snlimii.
resources The freight charges whici.
the I.ewlston country annually pa
ie Us L'.in mlls of railroad ajid st.-nm
l'i" Inns ma faliU l, estimated a'
W nnd the amount is in. teas
nig irom in 10 J" DOt cent a year in
the various commixlltles.
Canal and Locks Most Efficient.
Whereas, the government ,.1 (,,,.
rnlted States, has in recent years
had n number or plans for thr ovt
coming of the Dalles Celilo obstru.
Hon uiider consideration. In Iggg ,
project calling for a boat railway U
cost $3,00n,ooo wa adopted, ami an
appropriation of $25o.00o was made
ior uie purpose, in isao. Captain W
W Harts, Corps of United States Kb
glneers, then stationed at Portland
recommended the abandonment of tin
boat railway project 0fl the grouBfl
that the boat railway is "yet too m
tried and wholly exporimenUl, and
the substitution therefor, of a system
of canal ami locks, which be reported
M id. well tried, and gives assurance
. of beln. safe, sure and efflclent " In
submitting this report to the Chlel of
hiiglnetrs of the United States arntv
Captain Harts said.
"Present freight rates on wheat
from lewiston ami the Palouse dls
tii. is to Portland. Tacoma or Seattle
are reported to be 21', cents per cen
tai. ar 12 cents per bushel, the dis
tance beiug, roughly. 350 miles The
rates to Portland from Walla Walla
and Pendleton, roughly about 200
miles, are 10 Va cents per bushel and
17 V, cents per cental; from ' The
""' rwrwana, 8 miles, between
which two points there is water as
well as rail transportation, they are
IV4 cents per bushel, and 7, cehts
per cental These rates amount to
about 6 cents per bushel per 100 miles
except from 1-eVlston. where the rate
is about four cents per bushel.
"On the Mississippi river, the rate
on wheat in sacks from 8t Louis to
New Orleans in 1890 was in cents per
100 pounds for the entire distance
(about 70o miles) or a little less than
one cent a bushel per 100 miles Thai
average
tanee ov
road was n r. rent ei ton per m e.
; :: 175 cents per inn pounds pT 100
miles, or nn OUfVOlsnl 01 I.M cents
nor bushel per 100 miles, more than
double the water rntc.
"It is a well established fact that be
tw, n competitive pMBta for such
eommodUIOI as can Of carried by wa
tat tiansnortatlon by water Is consul
erablv cheaper than b rail. WOtt r
frelaiit nil. s an therefor, understood
bo have a determining and rOflttlUOg
eff, 1 1 on the ra'es charged for n,!
such transportation."
Open Rivers in 1905.
Whereas, the estimated cost of the
Improvement recommended by Can
tain Harts Is ItevtMTl, and we have
been insured by competent authority
that If the work Is undertaken without
delay and carried forward with e,e
dlt ion. It eon he completed In four
years, and steamers will he able to
mnke the passage irom Portlnnd to
I.ewlston without breaking cargo, 'n
1!"5.
River Improvement Paramount.
Resolved, by the trustees of thi
Portland chamber of commerce, that
we approve the plan ol improve" cnl
recommended by Captain W. V"
Harts, and w demand that congress
at once authorize work to be com
menced upon It. In our Judgment tin.
more satisfactory plan, and In the end
the more eronomlcnl one. would be
the adoption of the contract system,
and the appropriation of the full
amount required for the Dalles-Celllo
Improvement. In no other way can
assurano be given of the completion
of the project within reasonable UoM
As a temporary relief congress sltou'd
provide for the building of a portage
railway bOtWOOB UN DsJIOfl and US
lllo. and make an appropriation fo:
the removal of the minor obstruc
tions in the Columbia rive; between
Celilo and the foot of I'riest ltaplds.
and In the Snake river between Its
mouth and I.ewlston. We hold river
Improvement to be the paramount
qa -non in the Pacific northwest at
tills time and to It we pledge the SUP
port, without re.ervatlnn or qualli1
cation, of the Oregon congressional
d"l gatiou and the commercial In
ter.sts of the city of Portland. Noth
Ihg so directly concerns the producer.
ili' iiianufac turei th,. men hant nn i
the shipper of this whole region, and
nothing Is to essential to their in
terests as an all-water route from th
food-producing fields of the interim
country to the tidewater ports, and
ib 1 channi Is irom the tide water
ports to the wean. Without both tin
pn din er of our lolam: ICinidre cannot
hope to be a success! ill compel It )'
'n tie wo: hi s niaikets Who more
than the producer is interested 10 the
election of the natural trade rout
the
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navigation
canal furnishes an object lesson on
this point. Before the canal was duy.
..neat was o-oted at $1.50 a bushel in
New York C nd 50 cents a bushel
in Buffalo. The $1.00 difference in the
price per bushel at New York City and
at Buffalo was the cost of transport 1
tion. When the canal was opened the
freight cost from western New York
to New York City fell from $.100 a
bustyl to 40 cents, and the farmer got
the other f, cants. So it will be with
the farmer of the Inland Empire when
the Columbia and trie Snake riven,
are opened. In view of this stat. nieir
01 racts wo make th. following
mauds
by mail to you for one year for
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Hart s Plan Adopted.
Klrst That the plan t tko mi
provenient of the Dalles felllo reach
the fodimbia reiommendeil li
(i-ptaln Harts be adopted; that ed
wre, s. i asl.i'. the recjuired amounl
m money m one appropriation; thai
the work ne begun t one, and ear
Med 08 Without iBtOmiOtHM to tile
etn! that steann is may ha tOOhlod to
rua net w.en i.ewlston and PorUood
vMtiioiit broaklgg cargo, by $os ,
earliei iiai. h practicable
See,,,,,, , a temporary i. , , t,,
e.illd nii ; of a portag. railway betw.-e,,
1 he Dalles and Celilo ami th. romoi
ai Of the obstructions between Celilo
nd th. too, of I'riest Hapid - and tie
mouth of the Knske and l.ewlstou
Thlrd-Hurveys of the Columbia
' lietwee,, the foi.t of Friest 11..
I'lds and the- lirltish Columbia bound
Jry with u view to delerminlug hovs
much of the same can be made nnvl
s-.oc wai pian of Improvement
.e-.es.wj ami feasible, and fij.
..... .1 eosi of tne same
Kourth-That all tributaries of th,
' PPtr Columbia and Snake r,v. rs
wblch can bo made navigable sba be
Dpoao4 to navigation
United Action Essential.
Resolved, that as river improvement
importance lo, Oregon
united action
People ol th. thre.
Don't fail to take
advantage of it
Tell you Neighbor
about this offer
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