V KUlDAY .IANUAKY 10. ADAMS INSTALLATION. Aio Report of a Hold-up and 8ome Other Local Newt. Adams, Jan. 9. Clorer lxaf Tent. No. 83. K 0. T. M., will meet Monday PTonlng Install the ioIIowIdk offloers. who will act for tin enduing year: P. C. Albert llarnln Com , L I Lieuallen; U C. Charles Warren; H. F K. Willi Eastman: Chap., .1 H. Roulston; physician, J. C. Sr.ill'n; s,m m t Rlmptoti M a Mbmi Pell; first M. (.. V. 0. Simpson: sec ond M (i Arthur Harala: P., T. L, Price; 8.. W. 11. Anderson. A report Is circulated on our streets that a youiiK man named Dan MrKen tle. who lives near Adams, was held up last ovenlnc nuil toMied of a small sum of money. Your correspondent has not been able to find If there Is iinv truth In the report or not If there Is steps should In- taken to cap tun the footpads, as those hold-ups are becoming altogether too frequent in this neighborhood Mrs N C. Turpln. a late arrival In this vicinity from West port. Or. yes terd.i tOOk possession of tfci Com merclal hotel In this city. Mrc. Tut pin Is a hotel woman of man years' experience, and there is no doubt hut that this wall-known hostelry will re tain under her management Its good reputation with the traveling public. Mr and Mrs J. T. I.lcuallen visit ed in Athena Tuesday. Miss Edna Htia and MlM Florence K Ewlng w.-nt to Walla Walls Wed nesday for n week's visit. Charles Wnrren of Athenn was in this city today Hert Warren cnm down from Athe na Wednesday on s business trip. Nick Talltlonger. who lives three miles aouth of this city, last weok purchased In Maker county 12:! head of 2 and 3-yearold steert, which he will feerl this winter on his home place They are fine anlmnls and If the present price of beef keeps tip. Mr Taltllnger will certainly net a neat profit from his Investment Albert Unrein was In Pendleton yesterday. Paul Maestretti and U S Kermison witc Athena visitors Hundn Hubert Morrison and J. T. Ueiialb-n spent Monday at Pendleton. Miss Mamie Alloway visited rela tlves at Pendleton this week. I rani Ntlll 04 PtadletM, was an A4mu rial tor Wodaoaioy R 0 Thomas and T. W. KlmbeiK were In Pendleton yesterday Work Is being pushed rapidly on the W Ol W hall and It Is expected that lb" interior will be completed In side of 10 days As soon as complet ed. R. C. Thomas a late arrival from Jefferson. Or., will open a club room OA the lower floor. V, McDonald, of Weston, was In Pendleton yesterday. W II Saver M A Kurguson and J II Roulston went to Pendleton yes t nl to attend the Masonic- lecture Mi and Mrs A J Raker were Athe na visitors yesterday. Mrs A M B tU Held returned yes terday from a week's visit t Pendte ton. Rev V H Keller Is this week hold Ing a protracted meeting at the M. E church in Athena. Chris Maestretti who has been vis ltin at Ereewater. returned home Sunday. NO BORING FOR OIL NOW OUT ON THE 8TROUT PLACE. Strikes Rich Find. "I was troubled for several years with chronic Indigestion and nervous debility.'' writes V. J. Oreen. of l.an caster. N. H. "No remedy helped me until I begun using Electric Bitters, which did me more good than all the medicines I ever used They have al so kept my wife In excellent health for years. She says Electric Hitters are just splendid for female troubles; that they are a grand tonic and Invlg orator for weak, run-down women. No other medicine can take Its place In our family." Try them Only BOc Satisfaction guaranteed by Tollman Co. ATHENA GROWS STEADILY. Two New Business Buildings Are Now Talked of. N. A. Miller. the furniture man oi Athena, who Is in town today, says that just at present business Is quiet in Athena, but they had an Immense trade In every line during the holi days. He stated that the town was growing right along and that several new dwellings had been built this fall and winter, with quite a few yet ii tide i course of construction. Two new business bricks are being talked of for the early spring. One Is to be erected by Lester Bwaggart. of this city, on his property on Main street, nut tin other by Mrs RUhl. of Walla Walla, and It Is understood that both will he occupied by saloons P. L. Krutier Ordered to Take Away the Plant He Has Been Operating Near Pilot Rock. Word reached Pendleton yesterday that boring for oil on the Sanford Htrout place. 10 miles south of here, had come to a standstill and the drill apparatus had beeu moved away. It will be remembered by the read ers of the East Oregonlan that during, the summer anil fall months of last ear P. T-. Krutier, of The Dalles, who claimed to be an oil expert, was MAI to the Strout place which had MM leasced by eastern capitalists culling themselves the Eastern Ore gon Oil company. He hail one of the latest make of rotary drills and a complete outfit of machinery and men and they went to work. They worked off and on until about the first of Dc comber and had reached a depth of .about MO feet, when Mr. Krilt.ei was ! called away and upon leavlnn said that he hail to get more oil and that hi would return In a few days ami reouini work This was the last work ; done, ami only a Tew days ago he CMM and moved his outfit awav The cause of the sudden ceasing of operation and the removing of the machinery Is not positively stated but it is thought that the company beoOJM dissatisfied wit li the work be Ing don tad the wav It was managed :i mi that they will have anothci con tractor on tot ground soon to com plcte the development work According to good authority there is every indication of oil In abund .me when the proper depth Is reach ed, and there Is also good prosper! 01 COO being found in paying qtianti lies The present company's lease runs out in June, ami unless they get an other drill on the ground and do the development work stipulated In the contract, they will forfeit all claim to the work having been done It Is uu derstood that If they drop the project there Is plenty of capital only too anxious to take hold of It and prove to a certainty whether or not there Is oil under Mr fltrout's place It Is a remarkable fact that although PprtdetOn, I I'.iru it ti it n f I'll VP I'l 1 1 1 I i ' ! - inr a" ' s - -- --- tolerably familiar with the , listens and character of nearly all the TWO plj of the world--a knowledge which bv the wav. he has obtained by read M novels ami seeing plays whose srenes are laid In foreign countries hln Idea of Russian life Is confined to the despotism Of the government the subjection of the people ami the exaggerated strength of the anna ment Therefore such dramas as For Her Sake" have as geunlne and illstlnct an educational value as the historical drama or novel, especial Iv when the Picture Is as antra e y and carefully drawn as that o this p,ay This fact, combined with h Btmpl bMaty of the story h hrlgh ami -lever dialogue, and th mun flcenl and startling scenic ef eets shonld make the comm pre sentatlon an altogether notable event Athena, Helix. Me- The Umatilla Improvement Company Agricultural Implements, Vehicles CHIEF OF NEW YORK SLEUTHS r AfT G0. f TITIA3 It Daisies the World. No discovery lu medicine has ever created one-quarter of the excitement that has been caused by Dr. King's New Discovery for consumption pneumonia, hemorrhage, pleurisy and bronchitis, thousands of yvhom It has restored to perteet health For coughs, colds asthma, croup, hay fe--. hoarseness ami whooping cough It is the quickest, surest run In the world It Is sold by Tallman & Co who guarantee satisfaction or refund money. Ijirge liottles 50s and Ufl0, Trial bottles free "FOR HbR 8AKE." Russian Melodrama to be Produced Here on the 16th. It Is not very often that the theater goers of Pendleton have an opportun ity of witnessing such a meritorious production as the Russian mHo drama 'For Her Hakt." which will M put on at the Fraer on the 14th This play whlcli i exullenth staged and pres. SO ted by a company that has won the admiration and pphMMM of tin illMTtmlnating pub lic, portrays life in the Czar's do mains with wonderful vWldMM Criminals all over the country will be exceedingly chagrined to learn that CoptOil! QOOffft f Titus, the head of the New York detective force will be retained In that capacity by the new administration Captain TI tus' clever sleuth work has earned him a wide reputation throughout the country Catarrh isnnoi Bo Cured With leeal BMMeattaosi as itv ssmsm Nash tin- ri el tlx- .Iim--'. t nurrli ia l.l.w.1 or ronittlulliMMl iliwaav, lll In enter to i lire It you mint take intrnml re Hi" IUI1V i Urrh DSN ! taken int.Tnaliv ami sets directly tin tile I'lotxl anl mm on SUriSeSSi Haifa ('a larrli Cure l not a Meek Btedteine, ll pre M riis'U by em oi lie- sett phrwetsnt in thta i n ii I r lor vi-ar-. aiel laa rcuular iin-ai riplton. It la co'tiliNiaeil ..: lie Ih-m lonl. . kllon idln tine.) w ft ti hi- im'i i i. -i porinert, " tun; ilirei lh on tin- nun on aurfsesi The peiferl lomiiinatioii t i lie to laaredleals li hai pradveet Mteh axwiierfuj rsanlts In curiae; es larrli S let tor leailtnniilalr. tree. I . J. I.'IIINK a CO i t"i'- . roledo, O. Holt li Urtlnmal.-. price 7'a-. Hall - Kamth Pllll are tile lel. THROUGH A LOCAL POET'8 8PCET ACLE8. Writes Anent the Governor's Race and the Various Entries. A local poet hands In this: I dreamed last night that I witnessed n race. The purse was the governor's chair. HI giv yon n Ht of the entries As they had them pintetl there: Ankeny. Lowell. Church. I'uinish and Timothy (leer, st mill back' They are off In a cloud of dust To the sound ol a doafaatf cheer Who said thai the Union horse would win'.' Mi V bound tO M b it In the lurch, Km the voters oi Oregon, you know Are mil "Batch pumpkins" on Church. Tall Timothy leads to the quarter pole. He'll hardly stav the mile. They've pocketed Ankony. sure us h 1. Just see those Lowell Croat (Inns! .lusl sec grass steed, lb ' good for atiothei He'll i iisilv win the rat i Let h go ami take n smile, l is lust as I thought, when the bal lots are In The state will be lotinil out of (leer iiil Umatilla Will Furnish the horse Who'll he stalled In the governor's chali A Profitable Investment. "I was troubled lor seven years with my stomach and In bed half my time.' says E. Demlck. BomervUle. lud. "I spent about $innn and could get nothing to help nie until I tried Kodol Dyspep.iia Cure 1 have taken a few bottles and am entirely well." Kodol Dyspepsia Cure dots the atom a li s work by digesting the food. Tall man K- Co. nuil Hroek A- McComas men nutk that bunch mile: hands down HANDLE WATER BUSINESS SAME AS PENDLETON 00Ev Walla Walla Will Cr.,t, , - Department of the City GtwJ mem bomrwlut Like Thtt of T, I i uwn. "am. Win a Jan I., doctln, th, rhj eat. pi.MMi or the city government for t Mat the eomn ill liim ehaniraa n.. .a. J : sogregatci t water lm,B,M f I all other lllilltei'H nf ellv .... "I ii naa been round to i.. rrj msstu-l iin-iui in conduct tile WSter plut , mm si reei liepinitnint ami ntker partnents are roiuiitrt(ii au h;n"" I I tile one. T'le council lias iiassed tn uace eras! Ing a ipeehg mtlm toi ami miiKin; the system t Dusinesi tn he mnnsgsil indtsnaal ol nil other clt nffaini The giotJ : Is to be received Hint paiil oat tot ; necessary expenses and for thf retin i mem oi tne nonas wnicti werf li ' to purchase the plant from thi wniin water company ovr a : ago Don't Live Together Constipation snd health rne logethei DeWltt's Little Barly ers promote easy action M the I wit bout griping or rllatreti TM Co antl Rrnek Mrfov i Kai neri and dairy men dint time with Hie rallwsy men ill liirniers congress In 8slcm The pers on both sides were able o and the session proved one of' most Interesting of the rom tin's lar Mlllsbnro wts ur iii securing the neil meetlntofi Dalr) aoooclatloo and Decent IMS, was flM il as the date This sale being a bona fide closing on! sale, the purchasing public is taking advantage of the exceptional values offered in . - - ... . ... . . . A I ..kia t the various deoartments of Pendleton s big store. During Januarv we will endeavor to prove that this sale is tne mm . - , w , . I popular in Pendleton. Prices thnt convince will be the great factor. I I,., ; s i. tf thiw ..il chfiuc un iihTpncp nvcr ih 1 firt u'nL H-M-eOt .! IHI I t 1 1' I f1 'I1 1"i I t tOOO I aHil4.itMtt" M,MMMH"MHNH BOSTON STORE GREAT CLOSING OUT SALE THE 1 he fi st week of this sule shows an increase over the first week of last year. Muslin Underwear $1.00 Shirts Mi-n's Iftuudried fmioy ouloftd sliirts "Hi-Mt'taliic" and ' Viitn lirqp." and i ntbero, lh ragular values of whioh are $1 5f, $1.50 and l .7ft, Oddi ind Itvft'uvsn ot man 'i under wt'ur at out prloti tO OlthVli Olotiiig handkrobiafi at So. Twenty ntr t-eir dlxoouut un byV oloillfng. Don't forget tliid. All kindi ol BOc neokwMr to (dose at 25c A buUOh (if 'Kltl hats that we are mix iuutt to cloae out as foil iwh: $1.50 hat for fi.iMi; $2 r( Ion for $1.76j $:i "' iat for ift.TA, tie. Don't iorgi-t tnefl.Oii mittenu for 50e; $i '2o lov for 95e; i .QOglovot 50o. X Of Mn'i BUelp Working Hhirti Sjueiul nui'kri 6o. An ui.piteeden'ed bu) 0HftblvM ns to offer Uiii Kai borgein In men 'i nitd 120.00 mho (br 12.50 $ln (J riiiilts fur 10.1M) All llieo and 100 of tliein, tbeM CaWUOt ie dupUcnl d iviMt'Diito ntii't ti'. Sauritieed thevtm 0 coal.- new ?i-s 00 Ih.iM) coair now I :;,()( l.'i.ou oonti now 1 1.00 l'JS)0 ooetl now B SO lo. IK) foa1 1 now 7.A0 7.o0 eo itt- ii iw A 00 We have race! veil another dray load of our celebrated 50c overalls, I be bei in the state $2 50 and ii SV KATKRfi nov 6i Dress (iood At onehelf prita. Thii wl contin nee and lias pioven ven popular. tnoneandi t dreetai left. Ladies Capes and Jackets l.-M) and fo.lHJ loi twice the valtM. All our new goods lnoluded in this sal . Httn- arc tuptrior value tti any offered ! lewhere, G iwns All tuateriali and trlnunlng!, original ptics 7"c po 19c; Hoc now OOe; gl.lfi now Blto; 11.86 now Btic. Drawers Quality as above 8Se now 17c; ggc now 2He; 7.V now B8e; Bfifl HOW tc, and other i in propofl Ion Skirts All 1: tiuls a-1 al )ve, 8Se now 28e; Bfie now -19c ; 75c iiuw 59c; hoc ihia- (9c. We ohallangs oonipacieon of valuai at (.rices i, noted. The children's dreas. s. ohiin.Mf and aortal co trs Included. Embroideries We haw made a gretl otfl '1 . . i: U'.. in..- i l'l'iil'iuu ii ice. on mis i.ik make a traink elearance nflMt Ihe.elore the entire line Is uiwm - lots to sell at 2Cs 5c ,J0c, 15c. and 20i. Cashmere hose Cut deep. lOi valuer ; "0t values now 66c valuea now - 6c valuea dow ft I OA ; a I ll. u m lU' r,c v-rthiHs nov 8 P! s tor 50J I ascinators Knlire line to oliWC in loH '' n 0c, 26c, 32c, 39c and 5Mc ( 'hildren'c and MisHes JACKETS Half Price Underwear knit l.(Hi valuer now $i.'J6 valuea now 1 B0 vain s- now o9e 79c 9t Ladies' knit skirts To atoaa at ona-half i,n,'t' Wflists Formerly $I.(H) to $2.00 Winter aap at half prid now to he closed at 7 MM I T T I II I I MiUUlM, III