Great Slaughter of Prices
Winter Goods Must be Closed Out.
V ,nc putt ilH OUt nil our suits and overcoats, at a big re
duCtiori during the sale You will find our net prices tar DttOW
tlie priCM "I othei on the same goods, notwithstanding the
biu difcountl olfored l some. The size of the discount does
not mean an; thing to the purchaser, it is the net price that
determine! whether an article is 3 bargain.
Ladiet' VVnists ami Wrapjern at a reduction.
Ladies' Cape and Fori greatly reduved in prict
Klanm W'tteB and French I Tunnels at cut prices.
!om forts alio at reduced prices
Cai .ind get ')in' ol QUI bargains before the stock is picked t
J p"W"" Where, Whole Families can Trade -JW
1 HE FA IK
lu passed on I asked If It was not
unusual for a man to draw OUt so
mnen currency, and was told that it
was not. It was hut another ItlttB-
traction oi how undeveloped ih the
bnnhlni lyeten ol Continental Burope
IS Its uses l) the neneral public
From The American 'Conitnerclal
Invasion ol Burope." by Frank A.
Vendertlp, in the .innuary Bertbner'i
MONDAY JANt'ARY 13 1MM
THE TWO NOES
Tin people of UtaaeeOM and Vlr
Kinla should PMl proud ol their two
representatives In tonnress r-spec
ttverv Fletcher and 1-asslter- who
who feted ajramst the Nlcuranuan ca
nal bill In the lower house. They
(ertamlv distinguished themselves In
recording the only two votes In the
whole body In support ol the measure
The sentluient ol the people of the
Dotted states is deeMedlf tor that
bin. it has heen tor it during Ma)
pest ytars It has hOOl so strong
that all tartlrs havi- i. compelled
t IWOipOffOtl htVOtahle planks In
thci national i lat torni Almost
evwr siule i'n:i nlion has done tin-
knuu Preehtente, too. have reeon
m lAed the prejeet without party af
filiations Yi't these two statesmen
place then opinions against the other
wis, unanimous view of something
Ilk,1 eighty million poopk They must
(eel lonesome and should receive sub
.uutiu' emoluments from the big
rransi oniinental railroads which have
always toiiKhl tin canal and are now
nubtnif It They anil then allies In
(tin senate seem to be the only amort
cans not in tavor oi the luilldlng of
th ans!
CON8IDLK INC ROADS.
...... .......
: friend Is not I man worth) Of the
: name
On the bthet hand a public oflhe
Is a iiiiblic trust as all concede And.
jofhvtais have eot the light to paj pH
Ivate debts with public Kilts
1'erhnps this Is the cored doctrine
' - reward a friend when that friend Is
just as good as other applicants, and
can rill the position as tt should be
, rilled. Thus ari' public demands met
and trleudshlps propcrh io know '. mIk
ed. It Is the only coins, 101 the oil!
elal who has official plums to give
away
STUDY IN PHYSIOGNOMY.
L'luatllla's county court has wisely
taken op the fMOtlon of making per
uianent routls. This is certainly a
wise movement It should be careful
v i ousnlei ed and all phases relating
to methods and available funds lie
UHeu Into account
On the general piopos'tion toi road
improvement there Is no room for
difference of opinion, betterment of
the highways is one of the matters of
prime importaiee for Umatilla coun
t and Oregon. But. It la true that
the count) court must uiwayi couaid
er the question of expenditures, and
therefore may well spend some time
ti. determining their Hue of action.
The hum Orcgonian desires to re
Iterate Its former propoaltluu that
Oregon should prepare for the Influx
ut visitors during the Lewis and
Clark Centennial and by that time
impn . her highways ho that the lu
couiii.f thousands of prospective
borne seekers will receive a favoable
impression of the state
The case against Judge N'oyes con
rtetOd In tin federal court of various
irregnlai It1 In the Nome mine
cases, is tuWk lenity clear to warrant
an i itanc. or the Judgment of the
rmirt us Just. Comment on the erim
i ta ii t y oi vii tendeaelee ol Noyee
therefore is nut out of place If any
mi. will study the portrait of the
convicted Judge he will rind It Intel
estiug It Is that ol n morul degeu
crate Ther, is nothing of Intellec
tuullty. of benevolence of humantU.
or even of Joviality. It Is n lace no
MM would trust Its owner apply
ing (or u Job In a business house
could not suppl) recommendations
strong enough to overcome the effect
his countenance would prodtu'e upon
the manager ot the Institution Mow
such a (ace got into a federal posl
tiou, is a problem foi students to
cousldei It Is a coinineiiluri on the
results of politics as referred to the
people' uffUIIS.
HELPING A FRIEND.
President Koosevelt appointed to
tne United States mnrshalshlp o( Ari
tona a man who saved his lite at the
battle of Han Juan hill - the engage
ment that made him president of the
United titates. lie stood by a friend,
and rewarded out who had performed
a great act of value to him.
Tbls Is the explanation of the nam
tug of Deu liautels to tho federal off!
ce be now holds. It was against tin
recommendation.-, of the press and the
politicians ot that state, and earned
their hostility.
This Incident brings up the tiuea
(ton of "standlug by your friend,'
which has puzzled mure than one
tiatoamuu It is usually consider. l
thai the man who will not reward a
EUROPEAN METHODS.
A Pans cheek In looked upon with
suspicion in Italy. Practically no
small tradesmen would take u ehOi
and none of them have a bank ac
count. It was still nior, surprising
t me to find that such a statement
would be almost literally true of Paris
itself I was studying the mechanism
of the haul, of Fran niler the guld
uine of one of the offl;cors. We
went Inn. on. ! i ui the old build
ing In which there were ZOO deaks en
i Iosco m iif cageij. ail empty at the
moment I asked what theae were
for.
"Those cages are for our city col
lectors,'' 1 was told. "When a small
merchant borrows from the bank of
Krauee. he does not, as with you In
Amerlcu. borrow u bank credit, fnd
have his loan merely added to his bal
am i on the bookl of the bank
With us, when the merchant makes
a loan he gets the uetual money and
takes It away. Ho probably has uo
hank account with us. He writes uo
checks When the loan Is due he does
not, as would be the case in your
banks, come in and pay the Indebted
neaa with a check: Instead or that we
semi a collector to him, and that col
lector is repaid the sum in actual cur
rency Two hundred men start out
from the bank of France every morn
ing to c ,n. . i matured laons. Several
days each month It Is necessary to
send out too meu and on the first and
the (Hteenth of each month 600 col
lectors go out."
Theae collectors were uniformed
meu carrying leather pouches In
which they have the matured notes
end which are later filled with cur
n in v as the collections are made
from the bank's borrower.
I stood at the paying teller's dak
as I went farther along In my tour of
the bank of France. As I halted there
the man who happened to be at the
window at the moment presented a
check for 60,000 francs The money
was counted out and handed over to
him, stored away In a big wallet, and
RECALLLING AN INCIDENT.
'I'ln reedera f tin- Commonei win
piobablj remember that Colonel Met
calf, oi l M Osborne i Co.. at An
burn. X. Y . was active on the repub
lican side in the eapahjn of I MO
He did all he could to compel hln men
ti vote the republican tii In ! Tin
matter was referred to at a large
meeting held In Auburn near the dose
oi the campaign The New York
Oallv 1', ople recently published a
COmnumleation from Auburn, stating
that there had been a cut in wages
and that day laborers were r ivlui
only 14l (or ten hours work One
moulder, who bad been at work In
the shop for elovon years, was report
ed as saying (hat he worked three
times as hard us when he first went
tn lln shop and could hardly make a
living The following Is an extract
from tin- article:
The allied metal workers' union
tried to organize the men but the
BfSJ warned the men not to Join the
union or tin y would be discharged
so (hey stopped that The shop runs
on an avernge of eight mouths In the
year ami any wage slave who wants n
Job must go thiough a red tape rigid
examination, such as registering his
naatO, age, rofldeaoe, married or sin
tie, how many children, his religious
belief, why he left his last Job. etc
After the -Mops ;ot to running last
spriug the superintendent made tin
remark that there were 900 names on
the register waiting for a Job. I.ast
An Old Friend
SPEECH MADE A PRESIDENT.
It was In the convention ol 'sv
that William McKtnle) developed Into
n positive national force Blaine ami
Slici man bad been in their lull vlgoi
le 18H4. and I had a clear impression
frMO that time that every turn oi tin
u heel brought McKlnley Into the lull
measure of his merited prominence
It was after a very hot day during the
Chicago convention thrlt OenorSl BOB
Itntterworth. Major McKlnley anil ni
self sat at n table talking over the
events ot the day. The delegates had
brought forward his name. McKlnley
took a telegraph blank iioin the table
and during the moments of silence
Wrote down some memoiable words
lie passed It to DM with the rem.ul.
"tf this thine is repeated tomorrow
thai Is what I am going to say."
"I am here as one of the chosen rep
resentatlves ot my mate. I am here
by resolution of the republican enn
vontlon east without one dteeentlna,
vote, commanding me to vote for John
Sherman, and use eveiv endeavor for
his nomination I accepted the (nut
because my heart and liidgnten'
in accord with the letter, spirit and
purpose of that resolution It hOI
pleased ceratln delegates to cast their
votes for me I am not insensible t'
the honor the) would do me, but li
the duty resting upon me. I cannot re
main silent with houoi I canDO! con
latently with the credit ot the state
whose credentials I beat and which
has trusted me I cannot with honoi
able MeUtl to John Sherman, who
has trusted me with his cause ami
ins conldence, i cannot coaowtentl)
with my own views oi my pcreonnl
Integrity consent oi seem to cOMOnl
to peiBttl mj name to be used as a
candidate before this convention I
would not reOBOOl mysell It I routd
Had It In m heart to do. to say. oi to
suspect that I wavered In my loyal
to Ohio or m devotion to tin ch.ei
oi her choice ami the chief of nltn .
I do request I demand that uo d 'I
!:! who eOUld not cast reflections on
me should cast a ballot tor me "
see
His naan was broncht forwent lb
fOllOWini ilny Pleading loyal alleg
lance to John Bhennen he uttered
with all tin- deep alncerlt) of the mam
a declaration that will jive in all poli
tical htetory it reveala the true loy
city ami nneelRebneeg of the man
and won lot him frlenda and support
eis who Htterward Joined iheir hands
In mal:lng him president. Senator
Hennn in the Jen nan "National."
S. S. S. has
before the public
for many rears ;
from a small begin
nlnff, It has steudily
worked its war to
:4.. ..... .. ,111.1 hnmlrt In thn rnuntrv. U
the front, ami is now known ui every i witneMed h
.UOBcbest Mends are those who 1 yave L n n g thcir gjg
wou.lerf.il curative ""r N "ir(, f the country tetl of their restoration
acquaint .-., . 2!SSiSrm ! the htKht evidence of the
toV.lth an 1 SSSSS today than ever in Its history-no
BjjjlcUJ, v o,t h . B . 8 8. (uh perfect satisfaction or le so
SSSJrcS&, RheunmtSm. Catarrh! ConUgio..s Blood Poison.
S .. Vc-n. rn.-. BOH Rheum. Acne, or my d seaae tjobio In
.u i I to. . itrictlV v.-ceUMe prexiratioti, you will find it agrees with you
ltftter than adrug stor? coneeSeS or any of the widely adverted poUah
nZ . hV Which affect the bone. m.,cles nnrf stomach, causing
a"1' ' BJhetttnethttU or Dyspepsia. If you
f r nmfimmnt have never tried S. iS., you will be
Don 1 K.Xpmrtmmnm RUrpriM.(l at the Immediate good effects,
- o O ( or no ner does it get into the circulation than the
I anc - mum ite increases; you grow stronger, and gradually
but sun ly II drlVCI OOt the poisons and restores the blood to a liealU.y condition.
, .I, ! , eor ukcronthebodv.it begins to heal around the edges, the dJa-
" n li - owcn .ir nn. 1 bone naius vanish, and
,.,,,,, , . I ' . ! ..II Ull-llllU.WIlin 1 I
cnr, 1 , e .,, ;.(.; ; .nintunii. Nervous, run down and
the skin i 1 1
people
S just the ntedieue they need, for blood poverty
as i - '"''fEz jss
..lo'l,, - t h is unequal iicihk net uuw i j ii.. IT
U effeS whatever, and keeps the blood n good condition, thus
. . , Experience teaches what ,.l am what u .not good;
U,u , - icularlj to medicine, and & S. S.. a remedy that has retained the
??Ji . ,., oh lot naarlv n veara. must have uierit-rr CURES, ta the
in.."'" ' i i... 'tit ti
,ectvt , I when yon can tor a. m
don't b I luadc.l to accent oni, thing else
there is uti ahetltutefor8.B.8. It i. the only
luerantecd nnrel) vegetable blood punner, eaw
the mfeet tad b -v ir ell bi"! and skin
trouble.. Io not Ut then force an inferior
mineral n an dv on you because there i ".larger
nrotitmil. li vou h.c . anv blood or sum Qis-
ease, dou t hesitate to Write us about it; our nuysicuuis wlU carefully consider
jsooa on i.iuiK. iuu ki. 1. 1 w
mif r.,
; Court O H.
nas iifiB r.4.i .
Hip,.
300 acrM ot ch
about ten miles b3JB
wn. This l on, of riK
! ed farm. i2
j achool advanUgoTWiii N
or trade tottj
I EIBht fins iota n ptnH..
! each, on e..y tortsJ
ieo acres of whest i.M
Pendleton. Moo ,M BBJ
36 acres choice fruit
ana near Miit0n. fnjk
I fa. Al uLHJSjJm
proved. FH
120 acres on McKsv c.
acre. .1 botton land s2.W
proved. '
580 acre. B00d wh..t hal k
body, four mlM from -
eult purchaser tt 61. H
youi
ana auvi.ic von wiuium - . -
THE SWIFT SPECIPIC COMPAN. ATLANTA. OA.
pieeldentlel election tin mnnngei
"Colonel" Metcali wrote an artlcal
mi the local eapltolletlt' preee deelai
lag tiiat if Bryan wni elected the shop
WOUld be shut down and tliev would
ftot 0t anv more "prosperity 1 Well
at an rate the men tooK bin advice
and let in; hope they are contented
With their "full dinner pall" reduced
ti hI'c Hi van's Commoner
Nau's Dyspepsia Cure
tin- cured these cases
and It will cure you
j m Churehi LaOnuide, Ore., tym
'I MlflbVed for 'JO yeat. and ladleve
bad I not ueed Bnn'i DjrepepBn Ouie
I would not be nllve to write you u
testimonial."
Nu'.ban Kali;. BolM Idaho, MajfOI "I
illlei-wl i.e vear-i; found luan.v reliefn
but no cure except jfOUN '
Pot sals by Tallmae & C . and a'i
llrst class druggists, or Mnd to t ran!
iSau, i'ortUind Motel PhanWM . I or -lend,
Oregon. Price $i u bot'le or o
bottlen for $.s ci . ml
LUMBER
and other tan Id im
material inrludiiiK
Line,
Cement,
Planter,
Brick,
and Sand.
We have a law .loos oi
WOOD BUTTBBBJ
for barn, and dwellingt.
Oregon Lumber Yard
Alta St., opp. Court RgMe
is your Hair
worth One Dollar 9
If , bur a botlluot Wewlnn'. lUrpt
clilu ami mnp llial aaudnilf Uial U
uluwly but tuivl) rvudvrlUK )uu Lalii
MtWHHV S HOWIOIUI
l the only .n luiraiii u on tl.i Bark.l
Uwi realls will up it, for n U tin
oul) ouu tiiai kliu . . . -1 1 1 1 . i . i . i H, rk
en the tutlr root, tluu uettmvhiK li..
cjiiMiauUcuuawiuvuily rsoKivlua Um
ed, it,
i mu trial will conviiK'4 you, th.- uui-
I .15 .io.l I 111. - '1
hM 1'aAM uco. , it.. n. 1. ..
WIwd IDOuMl thai b. Ill ,)l li.-,
mil ivwi awra.lVaa wu rUUiii for a i,
luuturuMiulir...lly Itu. . inaiv
All ti. KuLLi.ilH lJrii. .jjjji.
For itk it sll i Irit Chm Dru Si..r,
The Columbia
Lodging House
NKWl.Y Kl'KN'IHriKl)
HAK I.N lX)NNE(TION
IN CENTKKOK Hl.OCK
BJBT. AI.TA A WKIlB H'l'H
Farmers Custom Mill
Fred Walters, Proprietor.
. aoa 1 1 . uu barrsU . day.
Viour aaahaacwl for whaai.
floor. Mill Keed u bopped Vad. aw., ,iW4y,
m b.od
1. Roy (k Co.,
But and Mil
Stoek, Btinds
See the Point?
and Pro in
tor ah or on mar.la
'-ev ork Stock Exchanxr.
Chicago Stock l:acbante.
Chlcaco Board of Trade.
In hif In ifliir ... . '
. m j . . i . i' painu
Ton on. ht to ukr li to aihop warnm
mini thunm.h mannrr .m
' ..FM. .. .w I "HIIUK ID,' mil HW
NEABLE
mi" Mlrcal,
'an. Hal.
BARGAINS!
REAL ESTATE for SALE
mi acre-, near IViulleton.
Ju aortl near I'eialleton.
ll . rt near Pendleton,
I6U eores neai Peudletoo,
I eotei near Pilot UiHik
120 Mire-, wheat lull. I
H beat
In-ill
M iiettt
n i ft ifinin w rfv u . - . .
i iic i laic iu nuy ;;;
Is where you can get goodi
quick antf ehesp prim.
Beet I im of
Lumber, Lath.
ShingleB, Build
ing papex. Tar
un r.Liuit- ami
lenient, Piokfti
Plaster, Brick.
Rand, M u!dinp
Bereeri I loon I
Windowt, Ifdi
I loiirt. Terra
Cotti V.
IrMI
I tin
;ij)
I'.H
IK0
im
Kiom ti
neiei
eores
aeiv-h
aeie wlleaf
aereH wheat
aeren w heat
land
laud
land
hind
land
laud
Pendleton Pburipg
Luber lard
to -11 iniltv. from town
Six Nl'W Hn(iac rhoan D LftUCIlU - Prnnrmln'
i v i wfr
N.Rerkplpv
Lrnnn U At T I 111 111
ill ii i w nn r
1 1 VII V II llVkJlwu'""
THt RKAL KSTATE MAN.
HavluKh Hunk BlUMlng, I'eiullotou, Or
cosy Roons
V'-ll Lhjllhel and Hteani Hsstwl
Best 25 cent Meal
n the City
SCHEMPP, Prop.
You will
make money
B) calline on the
. - . I A O
t A I K(
Lumoermen or
before purehaainf lhal OPEN DAY' and NKiHT
lill of llllillier mssi i a s-dN'I'AlN. PlW
H'n " " - - ' '
New sheds Ruing up
New stock coming
You get
saw biock coming in fi j
-I th. new 1 lumber yard 1 1,000 DCCF
I
(imy's Harbor Commercial Co.
Opposite the W & C. R. depot
PIVDLBfOir, ORKOON.
J SfcWELL, : : ; ; Mnnager
Wlieu vou drink
I K ANSKKR
TRUCK ING,
PILSNER
BEER.
C "OWNER & BROS.
TeJafMONS MAIN 4
Guarautl l"ot
cauae iwadache or
diasinH8
Arfk for it.
Schultz Brewing Co