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12th annual Clearance sale
Begins Saturday Morning. January 4th.
AT 8:00 O'CLOCK.
DRY GOODS
CLEARANCE SALfc PRICE
ttlJ VPPPRS In calicos, petilles Jlin
Rgnnelettes ranging ii slse from 33 to
44 and in price from 50c 10 la '," 100
every one of them .it s reduction
DRESS GOODS
8uinoh Good Unbleached Muslin, It. yards for!....
4 -winch flood Unbleached Pillow Omm Muslin, 7 yards.
for $1
784noh Qood l nblcached Sheeting, 22c per yard
86inofa Qood Bleached Muslin. H yards for $ 1
4."-ineh Qood llleached Muslin. ' yards tor 1
72-inch Bheetlng24c pot yard
Oating Flannel, 5o per yard '.
Outing Flannel, 12 yards for $1
Fleece Piques. 12.1c per yard. . . '. . .
6o Qingiuuo
6f0 QinglUkUli best for the money
LOd Slurtinjrs
BgC Shirtings
.leans for Pants iynl Hoys Clothing: Mr per yard
1 2e Flannelette
7c Flannelette
:U)-fncli Cotton WaJatinga, I6c per yard
20c Teasel Down
:2-inch India Cashmere, 12Jc per yard
B64nob I'crcales. mc per yard
Kider I town, :Mc per yard
Eider Down, 46c per yanl
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20 yards for U
. ! yards lor 1.00
1 Be per yanl
22 yards for 1.00
. 8 yiurdi for 1.00
1c per yard
4o per yard
1 yn rds for I .Oil
B c per yard
4c pot yard
5o pot yard
BO per yard
f.Jc par yard
10c per yard
Htlr jer yard
Be per yard
1 lc per yard
I Be ptl yard
7c per yard
.V per yard
28c per yard
.'We per yard
OF! INC. FLANNEL NIGH I
( ".OWNS ami Kuiet Down I 'leasing
Stqutt all t Clearance Sale Pi ice
PETTICOATS oi Silk, Satin, m rlno,
mercerised, ploatad. ruffled, in pries
from opt n $i j oo Reduction on all
from io to 2s pei cent
GRBAT SLAUGHTER oi
Trimmings. All new stun si
thai yon new heard oi before
I iresi
prices
2fC
.Mil
7."ii
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BOr
50
36i
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Fancy mixed Drees Good a, 80 inohoa wide,
Rlank Fiiritred. in. lies wide
Black Figured, 12 Inches wide
Blaok Figured, :!s inohoe wide
Black Figured, 48 inches wide
All W ool Henrietta and Sarge, '.U't inches wide. .
ll W ool Serge, 18 inohes wide
W ave Ghiviot, 42 itioboe wide
All Wool Ladios1 Cloth
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QUILTS ND BLANKETS On the
Miilts a reduction ol io pei cent and
the blankets, riht in the face ol .1 r.its
ing market, a reduction oi io pei cen(
TABLE LINKN. Napkins and Crashes
all get tin knife during the Clearance
Sale. Nc matter how LOW the pine
was the will be LOWER during this
(reat clearance sets The dis. ounl will
varv from 15 to 33 1 per cent Powels
will receive the same cut.
Ml Wool l.ndie- Cloth. .2 liu hes wide. .
Wool Plaid, in bright colore, 80 inches wide..
W ool QoM Skirting, fi8 inohoa wide
All Wool Imported French Flannel:
VII Wool Imported French Flunnol
All W ool Veyclln Cloth
All Wool Imported French Flannel
SILKS AND VELVETS.
India Silk, 20-inoh(
India 'Silk, Taffeta Finished. 21-inch
7Bc Changeable Taffeta. 20inoh ,
7."e Blaok Taffeta, 20-inch
50c Velveteens In all shadts and black - , - - . . .
$1.00, $1.25, $1.50, $2.00 Velvet! reduced in proportion.
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Agents Buiterick's Patterns.
KKIHAV J AN I ' A II V il Itf.eJ
A VISIT TO IOWA
Charles Cnapman of McKay Creek
Speakt of hit Trip.
('hull's Chapman. 1 1 well-known
MeKa ersefe oaetabl irower, ami
who owns one of the lmt outtlvatacl
and SOVStopad farms In tli' eOOBt)
watt In town Tlinisila .Mr Chap
man ami win Mian KthH unl ('ail
i. a mii i havr r.-eently r'tlll IM'il
i Him a staff la Mr oaaoasaaii ot.i
hOSM in Iowa This Is tin- Nrl vlait
ini- be tfir tharc stataaa years hko
Mi visii.'il )ih Moines. Poll- ('lu-so-i
ami Jaaper sonatlea, Iowa, and spanf
a short ttass in Denvar. Colonutc
.Mi Caapwan'i nunai i hiiii llvlnc
thouuh v.i (aebh betas la bis ISth
yi-ai
.Mr. Obapasaa says ha fnaail oondl
tlotiH In that part oi tin coaatry'fiM
oraato esea issttsi tiian they srera
srhaa ba i-n ikara ssstaea rai asjo.
Th (anaava are pnwaeHaa particular'
ly tboae who own lead. Kami leads
iai- vary hlxh valuation ami ere in
great rtaiaaail DurlnK !9o there was
a kooiI sjMrkal tor every aroduel m
the rami ami great preapertUr was
the result Not wlthstamllliK the BJOQd
eondttions ttiere i a wi,ie spread in-
tereal in lie Paeidc eoaat ami many
ar- tainiK ot eaestae to Oreooe, seats
even piepsilns to da so, Mr, ('hai
maii s.iih lal.or Is eheap hack there
aif i there Is m ia k of eftieient aelp
at very low waxes lie Isjtths that
"Kooil literature ahoiit this seOttoa"
SOVld ba eiretilatetl with Kieat ad
vantage in that Heetlon He ailvUeh
that .i apaaUty of be eirealatod
ami thinks it wuiihl lie tie- tin .ins
of attraattos apuaib. oi daalrahli
settlers to I matilla eouatjr.
Botb Mi' ami Mrs OhapSSaS SS
press thesnaAlvei as bavlap m dealrs
to live i.U' i there They prefer Ore-
OO ami really were homaaiek whth-
aaray attheaurh the hospitality they
raaaivad srai unlimited snd Ihey met
With kllllllles everv when ilt "It
is not Ilk. the wcjjt." a.-. Charlie en
Meaaad it Mr 'iiaiini.ni added to
his averdunoii K) pouadi while visit
InK bf relatives uini frtendi and "ate
kooiI limits until he w tired." He
return, d reeted and surfeited ant! the
Ohapman home on MaaTaj creep i u
reKufar advertlsini haiean for t'ma
itiii eountj sad Oregon
Shippinq Troubles at Portland.
The eorYeepondonoe hatweaa fie
xeetitlvi- offlee at Malum anil the lie
artnn-nt of state Washington. D. C.
oneeralas the troubles encountered
hy Klii)ieis at th port of I'ortlaml
.i n!"eii mil Weilm sil.ij . That pari
oi the oevToapoadeaos ssahodjrtaa the
eaSSpSSlnti oi Kvam ami (lermanv
together with u letter of transmissal.
(rai torwarded to District Attorney
Qoorge i' Oheasberlaia at Portlaad
in his eoBuannloatten the goreraor
urges tie illstriet attornev ami nthei
oftle.rs oi .Mi.l'nomah eonnty to
exert themselves In the interest ot
.orthwest loninieiee ami to the eml
that tie food faith of Oregon in ear
rying out the terms of treaties he
Msson those eesnstrles ami th Dotted
tats ssaj aot bs eaaatlonsd
ocnouo bimmbiio. hA) s ;K NN S N .S LIU- ' ' ' A I fNt i M Vi P W LS ArrtU
NAVIGABLE WATERS
In
tor Snake and Columbia Rivers
There is 529 Miles of It.
lletween the mouth of the (.'olumhia
nver ami Priest RapldS an ohstrii'
tlon in the stream uoi thwest ward ol
North Yakima Wish., there are :!M
mil's oi n.ilulile water. Krom tie
nottth oi th. Hnake to Wild (loose
ROpldS, io ai Asotin Wash., is an
ether stratah "i LaJ tuiies r ssPnV
guide watei Small steamers go a
few mills further up the Hnake in
favorable seasons ami it is possible
to navigate pe fflearsfelei tor a iis
tanee Of S bfttti 10 miles above Lewis
I'll. Idaho, when that nver joins tie
Snake, hut Btaamhnating then noi
fi ii.. d ordinarily pteotloobls. on u'
coual oi the swift enrreat. Ahovc
Kapids. in the state of Waal
lligton -mull steamers uU mi tin- Cy
Inmhiu lor short stretehes lint then
oe its miles oi obaaael la the Oe
iiimma ami Mnuke rivers uavigulil' a
part of tin year for steamers drawmv
i. ei ii water or nun. The only
ohstruein.il in continuous navigation
foi that entire distance i in the Co
himhla between The halles and Ce
ll hi 1'h se distances are given In re
t int - hi Cniteil Slai. s engineers, and
mai tin reiore he relied upon hs en
tlrely within hounds.
The Capsizing of the Asia.
Tin disastei to the Krcueh hilrK
Aftlo at I'ortlaml where she turned
turtle at the doel the fifth of a sine
lar aature to happen in a Paeldc
PupSl port within tin- past II years
Two have happened in Portlaad bar"
hoi . i wo hi Siin Fiain iscn harhor. ami
.in- i. n I'ugei Sound. Many lives
were lost in tie two accidents at San-I'ninci-cii.
ami the cnMre en-w u! the
Adeline went down with the ship
when sin i greened ami sank In Tu
coma harhor two years ago. In San
I'lanci.-en th, Hrltish ships Karl Dun-
raven am' Blalnnore both ap-i.-n in
tin harhor over a dozen men losing
their lives in the holds of the vessels.
Iloth of the ships wen suhsequentl
rained and are still salline the seas
Capitalization of Corporations are R
ported to the Bureau.
Census statistics made public in
tin past lev days on industrial OBI
(dilutions show a total autlu.iieii
oapltallsatloa Maj II, 1 100, foi tie
im corporations reported of H.Sol
119,100, ami the capital stock bjeaet
fl.OIIJOO.aai oi tills tin total an
thOrisad capital Includes :!"". IL'T 0
in homis. flJIB.ItO.l m preferred
stock ami $-'.o77,S71.o.ln in eoninion
sioci,. The capital stock issued com
urines UIS.41I,?IS in bonda, 1NJ6
IHIsllil HI pieleired slock gBd I1.S0I,
Ml, 1 1 . onimon sto k
lie total valut ol all the priiK-l
of th, coml. Inatious reported is $1
SStjrM.SSd, ami subtracting the val i
oi th. prodajotts of the hand trades
or tin median t't ant nolgbliorlh. Jd
ladaatrlea, abash sassaats to l,llri
181,110 the products of the industrial
rnssllln 1 1 1 him in nam is fonii ! i i
e(uivleil to over 2' pel . . ut ,.
tlje total gross products of the muic
faeturlaa ladastrtas of the eountr) as
I be) esfi I in laMi
The is:: . StPBSBtlOfl - re'i irteti .
ployed an average oi w...
earners receiving 1194,641.716 In
wages Km ploy men t was uls . Ivoi
to l .'is.". salaried officers clerks el.
raw ivins s total of ISJ.iSi ''.' in
salai'M
M - . llaneolls epen '
comblnatloaa aggregated $r
Total coal Of material used
OI6.0S3.8I7. The gross vahn
llllcls less
pnrchaaad
the
in
.i.il.i glvi the net
pI'U'lUCtS of these
1 1 . or, i :ixi.;,M
(ii all tin .-e industrial
k'-le H K.I III tied priol
in tin years lv'7 IXUK.
to June :io, I !. then
value oi . :i ii .
part I v nitnufi r-tun
tin .
161477.
a.
of pro
it
or -rie ralu
comblnutlon -
ol
gtmblnai
to iaai
ISH ami prl
are ergps
Old
ed 7. 10, 7t and U corporations ri
ipeetlvaty. Over 10 per cent of the
total SnSlhSI of such corporations
wen chartered duniu: I he W montlu
troso Jaanaiy I, isae to June so isoo
Tin Btatlsties ol Industrial rombl
uatlom exclud nil oorporatloua man
ma. luring and dtatrlbutlBg SBJ SBd
electric light and power, it betas Int
possilile to I raea ail ol ihe latter uui
thai da BOi generally posrn s- the
sanu i coiiomic signiticaiic
The returns show that the Iron ami I
ait I industry is at the bead of the I
li-t with a gross production of 1601.
02.;. 182. which Is more than double
Ihe value of the eroded ol ant other
troop, except food and kindred prl-
ducts ami represents nearlv one
third of the total moss vain,- of pro-1
oi. is oi all the Industrial comhina
tlons
Co iL-siMimleiil it, a ili, c .i . . ..... i.nifllist.
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uioiio.in II1SI iil liooes V I ... . . . . ...... ...it xirsiv.
u nuniiiiL. ii. . u.,... ., . it """"Us uauiliaaator. ac-vuaea hla Ueauimn
r I'u'inei i m- mat promises to !
si naatlonal'
Turkeys ducks, chickens and geese.
selected fowls, at R. .Martin's.
DOGS AND COVofL HC.HT.
Witnessed by a Horseman South of
Pendleton.
The follow lira story is frofe the pen
1 1 ' th aortanBd Telegram i Pendleton
urn spoudfBt '
A battle between a 1iu;h soyoto snd
a splendid pair of IharotlgllblSll gi,:
hounds was witueaaed some dlstauco
south of bare i couple ot days sga
The coy,, i, won. Uaually in ii, i.
eaaas lbs ojrota takes losing uione)
Ptd lowed at some distance by a
borsensan owner of the haaads, these
tare dogs stBried their lataaded vie
tlm from behind a rock and took after
blgS at close range Over hills ami
tin chase went, the
powerrul coyote keeping well
ahead despid the greyhounds speed.
"Inall) tin oiKittve ran around a rock
lain a depics-ion in the hillside where
1 mil himself cornered heforehe
co il, i eet ,,iit He made u stand.
As tin ftrsl hound made a leap to
,"" bil noi,. ducked, there
' 'h oi ai,,! hound nuui
'' i'i i,:, ..ttnK behind with his
Inroal horrlbl) lorn.
The second, undaunted. Killowed.
Dul I"' cu, get a mouthful,
wai thrown dear over the coyote
With pan of his left lore foot bitten
off H. too was crippled. Iloth
struggled io follow the coyote as he
I ll-UrU ilrl'.eil 'ir
;U gulch, bill e.r
t,,M' helped 11
Havler do v
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, ,i general ai vfr,
lot tile i. . o-.jk
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. . ,k;IHi)II Ol
,-Up.eu .Ur ptan
, tier r. W. i-c ( g t l
songor ag'-nt oi o aB
fore ailing I" "" ' ji.trict
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itmu ' u v "V
m i HgiMit of tnt i rttli4Ufj!
land oeioie