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1901 hai leen the bfMl
Wc have only our
In thank for DOT pant lUCfeeM,
incompetent on thin ocoaiion to
our sentiments. Nineteen hun-
hafl BOD6. We thank
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hilly expre
imi and naa gone,
Nineteen hundred and two is here. We wish
too ill the happinen it may bring. With
lilbjDgyou .i Happy New Year we remain,
Voms virj truly,
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:it(jr iti reduced prices (or cash. Wall Paper
ting it cost
THE CARPET MAN.
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Call . mi , iispect these p-m ami net a bargain
JOE BASLER
6oa (h4 Mam Street, Pendleton
BUY THE
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IN 10 POUND BARS.
For line shafting ami all
bearings of machinery
of tlu mill or factory it
cannot he surpassed : : :
pb from Type Metal.
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i LA DOW WINS CASE
BELLINGER 30 DECIDES IN
UNITED STATES COURT.
Case Has Been in Court for Five
Years, But This Decision Ends It.
in the milt ni' i.ewln M ('Arthur 1-n
Dow itKattiHt LttitlJ I. 'Milliard. Involv
ing. tli' owiktbIiIii of hualiipaa rop-
rtj in Pendleton, a I en Woe tn favor
'of Lb I low was NMkHeje by JihIi!1'
BeltlBSer In the fodornl court at Port
laml. Lltlatlnti COacemlttl the La
Dow oBtftto li-i ocrupli'd the time oi
illffi'i i'iit . turt h for a BMBbOf of yeatK
liast. anil ban been of an iBtereetlBI
I'baraetii .
Gkorge a. La now 1 1 i in ICTI.
leaving an estate to a widow. Mattle
I A. La How. anil two BOM, Prank i n
Dow ninl Lewis McAitliur La Dow.
The property of tb" eatntc Itulnileil
lots to in IneliiHlve. blocl, H. I'endle
ton. vejQed at over 110,000, which de
Hcended an linill vlileil hall to the chil
dren, and the ilowor right to the
widow She was appointed Kiiaidlan
of the children.
Story of the Case.
As set forth In the complaint In the
present case, on OetObef !-. 1KKf.
tin La Dow. as Kiiardian of Lewis
MeArthur La Dow. who was thi n D'
years old. petitioned the county court
of T'niatllln county loi leave to sell
the mime's undivided half of these
lot- in BrdeV to provliU' or his sup
port, alleging that the personal prop
erty only reeJIied :t7r per year,
which was not enough, and that the
real property spohen of was not very
productfvi . The plaintiff on the other
hand, avert, that at the time theft
should have been III. nun cash on
hand or his benefit
The roBBtf ludge. William Martin.
Issued the order and the sale was
BMOe In November. Illl, to Charles
II Isaacs, or the allegd consideration
ol 110,600 Mrs La Dow and children
were then living In Los Angeles, and
the guardian ad litem appointed to
lisik after the Interests of tin' boy In
the transaction It is said, paid no
attention to It.
tin September L'T, IMS, or Immedl
utely prior to the sale. Mrs La Dow
as guardian of Lewis MeArthur t.a
Dow. her son Frank, who was ol agi
and Isaacs, mortgaged the property
or $17. ."inn to the .larvls-ConMIn Mmt
gage nud Trust company. It Is alleg
'ii that Isaacs paid no money for the
conveyance to him but the transfer
was only made to enable hlni and the
others to mortgage the prop erty
which BOhOBM had been prevlnuslv
agreed upon
Transfer to Howard.
in Me rob, imm, i deed to tie- pray
erty was executed by the an pie pai
ties lo .lames A Howard for the alleg
ed consideration ol $4ii,ihiu. subject
to tin .Int i-. Conl lin mortgage, ami
on .limitary II, I8U5, Howard deeded
the undivided olc hall Of four of He
lots, being ii. 7 and S, to II M Loin'
haul The price liumed was $l7.."iis
and Lombard assumed half ol the
inoitgagi previous! mentioned, and
thereafter Lombard transferred it to
Let It In Lombard, nil mother. How
aid and she Hn ii divided their COB)
mon Intercut, she taking Hie west J7
(Bel of lots 7 and I, at Johnson am'
Court Miects and assuming llaisi o
tin nioiigagc Her son acted as her
attorney in fact. The complaint re
diet Hint Howard never paid tin.
but that this was onlv u pretended
consideration
in November IBM, the Jnrvhl a
Conhlln Mortgage i onipany sued to
foreeloHe the nioiigage and the state
circuit court In t'matllla county, and
also the supreme court decided that
the mortgage so far as it related to
Lew is McArtbnr I a How's undivided
one-half ol the areola property, was
ahsoluti h oid A sale was permit
ted on the forecloHllle pi oceetllngs of
the other undivided one-half of the
lots. etc. which was bid in by the
North American Trust company, the
UOOOBBOr of Hie .larvis Conklln c om
pan
Judge Bellinger's Decision.
Judge BelMBfOr in Ids decision,
said in part:
ll is eOBceded or at least no' ills
pitted, that ilii guardian's sale to
laa cs was an expedient to secure a
loan on the property by means of a
mortgage executed b) Hie purchaser,
who did not pel anything for the
guardians deed to him neither did
toward PBJ anything loi the proper
ty
His Interest grew out ol an BjBJ
dci standing by which he WOK to havi
some interest in the Bft rty for Ker-
rtOM in collecting rents paying taxes
.nil int.. i, si on the ni ir'gac The
property
the purchase price of th
she bought from Howard
In conclusion. Judge Bellinger said;
I am convinced that there are no
equities In favor or Umibard or his
grantor in the premises, and It Is
ngalrtst equity that Lombard should
l permitted to profit at the expense
Bf the complainant by reason of the
illegality of the mortgage which the
sale was Intended to effect."
SPUR TO WALTER S MILL.
The Grading Has Been Completed and
the Side Track Will Soon Be In.
Oradtni has beea completed for the
par connecting Wallers mill with
the 0, R N. main line This spur
leBVel the railroad a little helow the
bridge across the T'matllla river in
the lower part of town and runs along
the river hank to the mill. The grad
ing was done by Mr Walters, at a
cost of $700. and It is estimated that
the laying of the ties and rails will
cost the railroad company not less
than eiOti. The work will be com
Dieted within the next two or three
wcks when Mr Walters will be abb
to load the products of his mill from
trucks at his door to the cars for
shipment saving the hauling by dray
ami waeon to the depot, almost a
mile nwa. which has been done In
the past
The Air Ship Sails.
The n i int trial performance of an
alt ship In Paris was very success) ul
inasmuch as It sailed as well BRSlm
the wind as with It. This gives tin tn
a new principle to work on. and some
ln we may see an air ship Invented
l lint Bill be practical tor many uses.
This mode of travel will doubtless
supplant many other means of trans
portation the same as Hostettet's
Stomach Hitters has supplanted many
inferior medicines In the cure of Indl
gestlon. dyspepsia, constipation, liver
and Kiduey troubles or malaria If
you are a sufferer from any of these
diseases, don't fall to try the Hitters.
It will not disappoint you. Be sure
to get the genuine, also obtain a copy
ol Hostettet's Almanac for Hint' from
your druggist
Holiday Bargains.
OUB BARGAINS in HOLIDAY GOODS, and
also mir special prices on CLOTHING an. I hca
gootls, havi kept us n the ininp all last week, ami u
expert to he as busy all this acek
Nev er before, have we done so much business as dtir
int: the past two weeks, ami that (act assures I'S that
our ooils are priced rinht, and it you will ionic into
our store and look over our stoi It, YOU will be con
vinced that you an do better fit Ottf store than aiu
plai t in town.
We arc continuing; our Sptcifil aii Oft ClothiOfJ
aad if you warn a BARGAIN l a SUIT or OVER
( o. 1 don't wait loo long, but CI MB A l ONCE
L H Where Whole Families can Trade
I HE
can! raJe W"bw
FAlR
BUTTER CREEK TELEPHONE.
Will be in Operation for Thirty Miles
Up Butter Creek by Saturday.
The Butter erw i telephone line is
expeetetl to be In operation within a
Week The poles have heen set for
a distance of nearly thirty mllps. be
ginning at BohO and winding up at
the Sloan Drothcro' stock ranch, on
Hatter creek This was Mulshed
Saturday and the work of stretching
the wire was begun this morning, and
it Is expected that the farmers ami
stoclmen will be able to use the line
before the coming Saturday, as it Is
a very small Joh to stretch the wire
and Insulate It. Phones have heen
placed In moie than a dozen homes
along the line, and all the business
houses In Keho will have them and
as aoon as the wires are stretched
and all that will be pecessnry to
complete the work will lie to connect
llii 'phones With the Hue Bltd the
stockman can sit in his own home
ami converse with tin outside world
to his heart's content. The .tele
phone has done Its share of chili
lug by bringing men dote t together
KILL THE DANDRUFF GERM.
Or Your Hair Will Fall Out Till You
Become Bald.
Modi in Bclenee bat dlecoverod thai
dHndiuft is caused bf a germ that
digs up Hn scalp in scales as it bur
rows down to the roots of the hair
where it destroys the hair's vitality
oaualai ralllaa hair and ultimately,
baldness After Pint. I una of Hum
burg, ricriuauv discovered the dan
draft germ all efforts to find a rem
edy failed until the gnat laboratory
discovery was made which resulted
in New bro s llerpiciib It alone of
all other hair preparations kills the
itundruff germ Without dandruff hair
Brows luxuriantly Deatrov the
cause yon removi the effect "
Frazer Opera House
Oi-o I.. Hiilo". I.iw'f mi l MunsRiT, J. II Wch Ii, I."" ill Mmi,ifr
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 1st, 1902.
Begin the Now Year iy Mting
A Romance of
Coon Hollow
PRICES SgC,
Neat- on sule m' I rMMN
5c: 7SCi anil $
GET YOUR WIFE
Sh'l OF ROGBR S 1847 KNI KS
AND PORKS FOR CHRISTMAS WE
HA B A BULL LINE OF I Ills CEL
EBRA 1 ED ERVVARE II 01
SEE ot'K CARVING SETS oi Wll L
BUY ONE.
HANSFORD & THOMPSON,
The Leading Hardware Men.
expeit people to know
you have to bell If you
HOW DO YOU
ADVERTISE?
The new store tan never be
known unless It advertises
For the Holidays
AT KLINE'S
Family Liquor Store
purchaser at the
to mortgage the
recover it to the
Instead of doing
was conveyed to
guardian sab was
property and then
parties In Intereat.
this, the property
Howard to manage
At .
clanks wr,,fth( ur
xuumu iui a uw v. a i
A f f.. 4 x , l .
iwi auppiy Always Kfpi in biucK.
ami thereafiei a portion was convey
id to Lombard
The Necessity for Money.
"The necessity for inonc.v to meet
the minor's requirement.- a: shown
by the petition on which the order of
sale was made, was met by the loan
which the mortgage secured This
fact, and the tact that Isaa. s inort
gage anticipated his title tend to
show that the hale was a mere 400001
t,, effect the mortgage "
Mention wqs made in the testimony
of Howard and other evidence show
ing that Lombard paid and also
Have 50 or 60 suburban lots or the
properly; also regarding the claim In
voked in behalf of Mrs Lombard that
because the supreme court declared
flu mortgage void she should receive
credit for the portion she assumed on
You will Find
The Best
The Cheapest
The Purest
The Largest Stock
Of Wines, Whiskies, Brand
ies and Gins of All Kinds,
Both
Foreign and -
Domestic
No. 217, Court Street.
James A. Howard
REAL ESTATE BROKER.
Court St. near Firet Nat. Bank
Has Real Estate tot Sale
See Hero 1
360 acres of choice wheat land,
about ten miles northeast of Pendle
ton. This is ons of the finest Improv
ed farms In the count and nee good
school advantages. Will sell for cash
or trade for equal value in unimprw.
land.
Eight One Iota in Pendleton at 9100
each, on easy terme.
160 acree of wheat land eouth of
Pendleton, $800.
M acree choice fruit and garden
land near Milton. One-half of tract
in bearing fruit tree , 7 acree alfal
fa. All under Irrigation. Finely im
proved. 120 acres on McKay Creak, 20
acres a1 botton land undei irrigation,
balance good wheat land, well lea
proved.
660 acres good wheat land. In e
body, four mile from Pendleton,
terns half cash bslance on time to
eult purcbaeer at Vt per cent In
tereet.
I I.. Ray & Co.,
Buy sd'I m.i
M"i Uh, Honda
ami irniti
Iui i ur uu uiai(iu
New Verb 5tM.'k t sthenic
Chicago Stock Uscbange.
Chicago Hoard ot Trade.
Surl rt . .
You xc i
(iood Beer.
. .. 1 . 1 . .. ore
LOANS
on
WHEAT LANDS
At lowest rates
J. K. DICKSON,
hast Oivgonleii BuilOlog,
When you drink
PILSNER
BEER.
'iiuiaulcfij uoi t.
caiibti headache oj
dizziuwoB
Aak for it.
Pendleton, Oregon. SchulU ISrewing Co.
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