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Great Slaughter of Prices
Winter Goods Must be Closed Out.
V art putting out ill inn suits and ovenouts, at a big rv
dtlCtion ilrrmit this sal Ynu will ti tut nur net pfieSB fur below
the prices el ot Ii ft s on the same ponds, notwithstanding the
big aitCOUnil offered b) some The size of the discount does
nut mean anything IB th purchaser; it is the net price thai
determines whether an article is a bargain
.ailiee
YVatstl and Wrappers at a reduction.
Ltd! I1 Capei an 1 Fare greatly reduce.! in price.
FJsnntlettM ami French Flannels at cut price?.
I amfoftl alfl at reduced pricen
over
p Wherei Whole Families can Trade
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4
THURSDAY .JANUARY Pi l'.i.
A COMPROMISE
That a onipronnae la probably to
be th.- outcome of th mnn trou
hie la welcomed by all gool rltt-frn-
Compronilea are usually
avobl,t nn-ri as n rale feeltnj: that
Ikes must stand for tb' BriBetptea
thes have espouse! atnl stand (or
them through thick and thin lint
with cir onistati' a such na now stir-
room! th. bmhhV Ipetkj roatproartae
la n esar lalMMtl Of 'h. town
demand it
Penilleton la at to, beginning of a
period of advancement that will very
north make her a town of double
th. present famula'ton It the eltl
tens work unitedly With uuiinitnlts
and evoixratloii this place i an forge
to the front faster than any town In
th,- Inland ahaptpt
A ti'l of Immigration sett- in doiii
the cast People art- coming hither
ti seel- home They tire looking for
tetter loralltlei. In whleh to live and
do business They will com
dleton to I'matlll.t county
find upoi cusiuil Malta h'i
spirit ot unity prevail
itut ii Bleeeattoe nrlete. it
to Pen
if t !
that a
luarr.'la
divide the town If faetlon l arrayed
against faction If cllnties right
1 iquea it petty quarrels -ause nien
teparatt Into sets of warring mem
hers wh. oppose everything that
others propose then will Pendleton
bavi set the- seal of doom upon her
luturt.
During tn. paat few years there
bat been fine progress Thin place
baa traveled the road of prosperity
am wherever Peinlle'on U known
he Ik known for the fine spirit of
agreem-nt anionic her prominent peo
pie
Indeed, ti baa been the enry of
other towns that Pendleton people
-ttn together whn pmjecta come
forward for conalderation that prom
laea rood to tin place
Let not this he spoiled Let not
Pendleton take her position with oth
er towna that have bee: stopped
from aoina alonit the path of pro
gress because their .-Iticns who eon
trol the various 1 1 net of lnflinnc.
are divided Into warring parties who
'.u.i,.,: iKre. upnij a course of action
Let compromise be the watchword
of the hour compromise honorable
compromise for the good of the city,
for the sake of the comma growth
tnat it to make thia the leading city
(4 the Inland Empire
Heres to united Pendleton: to a
Peudleton that worka together; to a
Pendleton in which her leading men
sink personalities and end personal
dtflcreirei.
UNEQUAL TAXATION
Two Instances of unequal taxation
come to the notice of the East Ore
gonlaD this week ,-aeh one of which
illuatratea how unjustly are the bur
dens of government home On.- in
local to Oregon, one to Colorado, but
applies with equal force to each
atate .
Colorado has BB0B looking up the
imposition of taxes and finds that
arains (Wore the Block
is pu ked
FAI
l I I I I H I I I I I I I I I I I !
some people have been escaping al
mi. 'st all the itaynient they should
have made In n report ol a com
mission appointed to make Inquiry,
appears this
The taxation of mines and mlii
me property is a fare. aoterttbetead-
ing that a large part of them are
owned by non resident: The value
of the gold and silver mines In Colo
,ad Is more than the entire assess
ed value of all taxable property of
I Bt state, y.-t whll. on. mine laat
c.ir Hold foi llu.nOO.faW all of the
gold and silver milling properties In
the atate were onl assessed at IS.
101,117 for tin- year of ItBB, and Col
orndo the principal mining st.it. 01
th. t'nlon'
The sane principle bad and un
just finds application In Oregon
Man the mines nt Maker county, tor
instance taxed as heavily aa they
should b. th.-n the local iaxall
proper!) that eooatj would lie In
I . teased Immensely, ir half t trie re
I aardtai lae aerelopMt nt in Ufa re
flOO that is told ii. th epuien
Mines, however, are not all tiiat do
not pay as much as they should
Railroad lite-a runtime through this
:.it- an assessed this year exactly
x.ltiJH, lor thett emir. roodaeOji
Probably Um relae, Beeordhnj to
i OHt. is "o.OO IMS!
I nner tin- pr.s nt system of tax
atiou. this ouHtltutea an lajBttloe
Ite othei classes of rfroperty that are
i ompelled to pay proportionately
very much more than they should
I These railroad Hues are owned in
New York. There is absolutely 00
local financial Interest In them All
I't.itltb accruing fron operation go to
Wall street Only salaries paid to
employes teniain In li.ls imrt of the
(country Why should peopl. here
dl. upon themselves the burden of
j blKher taxation in order that aoBM
magnates in the east shall heap up
greater fortunes? Why should not
equitable rates of taxation be hapea
ed upon them?
CURRENT
COMMENT
Sueaklug ol federal ofm-e holders
m the south, commonly called "cai
POt hafjBOra.'' Horace Oreely once ex
pressed himself sonu-what aa lul
Iowa: 'They ate wry diligent In
praMus hM ihey apell pray with an
I prey."
Frederick !ouglaa one. paid Ab
raham Lincoln the following tribute
"Mr Lincoln M the only white man
into whose presence I was ever ush
ered who did not mal.e me feel that 1
was a negro "
Mark Twain was on,,- to lecture
lor a lyeeuni Hub In a country town,
and before leaving the ante room, he
particularly requested the preaUleut
of the club not to introduce him to
the audience, and that functional
gave hia aaperteaee as tollnwa:
When we reached the stage I begau
to fear, after a while, thai be eouU
never introduce himself. Hut he at
last arose and taking a semi-circular
sweep to the left, opeued some
thing like this I aiita and Qentlt
men, 1 have lectured many years
and in mauy towns great and small.
I have traveled north, south, east
and west. I have met many great
men. very great men But I have
never yet in all my travels met the
president of a country lyceum who
could Introduce, me to an audience
with that distinguished considera
tion which my meiitj deserve. Af
ter this deliverance, the house which'
had stared at me for several minutes
with vexed Impatience for not press
Ing the button, was convulsed at my
expense and gave him unremitting
attention to the end of his lecture un
R
"Our Fellow Savages, the Sandwich
Islanders." In which he proposed to
Illustrate cBtiahallam iy aetJot 1
liaby. If some woman in the house
would hand him B01 own
i Western whisky, says an eastern
newspaper, must b BHMle to enduic
either a prohibition oa&ipalgfl Of an
assault by CarHa Nation The Rail
Review tells of n fire disco. ered in a
box car neat the middle ol a "eight
train on the Dearer Rle tlrande
aalHray while paaeiaj thronph Col-1
uado Springs .lust after It had
been cut out ol 100 Mia. a tMlOMUd
ous explosion vrrerkOd Uw eai d
stroylng all the contenta except
, three barrels of wblskv The cat
was loaded with BerekaadtW and
four kegs nt dynamite
A PeadlOtOtl new spa1"': nil, slues :
I on the recent upheaval in that town
lea follows "Pendleton will earn
profited by the Investigation Cm
dldates for office will come before
the people with platforms more In
keeping with the Idea! The most
serious trouble with this beaotlllr
theoiy seems to lie tint' enndnlates
since time loineeiotial aart" ' I
oniltm before tin people with plat
lOrnis so nearly In keeping Witt tin
ideal as to cause n stioui: suspii lot
tiiat the millenlum was ( i -: i : in
the at: in this louoedlati nalgbhor
hood. And then It has been different I
In the momina
A writer In the Louisville Cmtrlfl
Jaeraal plvee Ike folio wlno soma
hat eseJUai esperloaee ot a., oil
. oatpaa) Which while drilling fOI nil
In BOetbera California, tapped what
at first nppeared to he a nttabertng '
volcano Th.' sbM'plnK Blant Imm ti
lately awoke when the drill dropped
into his Mer ties' ate' t. s'l
Indeed startling to the drillers The
drill had reached a depth i
feet, and aa It was expected 'imi
would be neeessaiN tn least
rwlei that depth to tlml oil. tin work
men w.-r. not looking toi a strlk. or
any kind It required extreme activ
ity on their part fag escape from the
derrick when then came riishmi: up
from the well a hissing, roarina
stteeaa of steam gas hot mud and
brackish water The volcanic sun
Itaace shot several hundred 'ret
Into tin ah and tell in a destructive
howei about the derrlel The dill
Mug tools were ihreera frota the bole
Ing torrent continued to tush sky
was rnuldly nalarsei as Ufa real
Ing torrent coathMI 1 to rush sky.
ward ' 1
Til. lollowtng lines rroili Hi. I" f
of M m Baahford ahoold not In out
ol place In the columns Of a western
aewapaper They are aeatled "A
Song ot the s "lein.nt
1 sing ii song o. th- westlniul.
Though liow aha!! .i ong but lull
To eeptere the bine heelaaej
That wallow th. pralria tvnll"
And how simii iie lefteti aad pbimm
haavtaoa the laTaaiii ot itfa
Thm Ktinw who travel the pralrb
Who know tin aoai l!" strife
The shout mt: alfhta whaa th, bliz
zard Is reeling across the plain
The la beat ot tlu w.-st wind
At pla wltl th, itlcaniitig grain
Th, aiah nt the i leapt aa graaelaail
To the low huiiy golden moin.
Tin- song ol the waving wneat tops
Ahlaae witt' Tie- proa i ol atooa
The low boats '.nit. oi (he hunn-r
His Opee am! their warming gleaai
Th, creep It: IliiHettSlneil Slleuc.
The old log trait to the stream
The sudden rap ot a title.
Th, tall ef a startled nmoa,
Th. daylong wait aud the eOOBlai
Tb, songa in the old caboose
The glim of snow through the sha
lows.
Th, echo ot shaiteued steel
The crack of the falling tliubera
The pop!ii - , ;, ,. ri.,.
Th. ring of sleight mi tin 000M
The gllmmet of llahta afar
trail.
The glow or the shanty firelight
The gleam nf the evening .at..,
Th,- wail of wolves In the darkness
The ehlldrens song In the light
The large sweet grip of daytime
Th, awe of the great OOOp tilglf
Hut how shall letters and paper
Hrlng aught of Its lite ti, you
The frultlesa toll ol the main
The scant succeaa of th, few
The hopes and fearr of Mo
lts word to the sons ot
Nay how should a volume
inscribed with a BUBtOI
Tutullla Jan. 14
prairie
men.
hold It
pen?
M
atlS.aOOrora Presenptlon
Tb isrfosi sum Tr paid i.,r prenpiigi,
ehuitesl tnuJi :n San naailllll. Aug Si. HW
Tb lrnfr lDVOlve.1 iu ueiti u, iu.-k
teoousud was said b rri, ol uoeinee. mn
loretiwcittc lue bti-at li.. , ui-bi.
bltkriu loeurable UiaMMa.
Tbey eomaMooad the Mrioiu Uie4liiiua of
tk ipeeiac Not li, uM Thay luierelewed
scorosof lhseure.1 sud tried u ojt on lu ior
IU by pulling orer ture Joigi, ou loe
lralioni sort wsii'hiug ti,eUi i..luy uo fol
pkrlcUuu asaie lb Wis, irkuraLle uatea
snd sdnlnuiored Ii with iLt pbrBtelaaa foi
juig up to Aug as, eibi-evn
oflbeUMt rase srr clilier well or
lu Isvorsbly.
er cent
(rognt-
Htrt being boi Iblrtsei. Mf MBl At fall...
Ibe parlle were Miint saal cIuwhI tue ir.n
ctloa. Ths proeeediog. of tb. ln,iliMln.
ooaitud UM Chun-., ,.pf 0 ,h. t
(wsm war publUbsd aud wV be mailed free
uu (lllUOU A-l.lr.-e. J...I J ..lwj.CoM
rsav. ui Meuuium.ry t , Fr.u. ,, .
.
J
ra
hli brmieht
nermsnent cure.
which mbt mothtrt of their hope
Mint. You sre tiked to trv Wine of Csrdul sad Thedford Blsck-Oraught,
Its coripsnirn medicine. Nine out of ten case of re nub trouble, barresv
net included, yield to them. All drugglit sell 11.00 bottle of Win of Cental
VsadSTTOOtt. Ark.. April s, 180.
SSI Uv 1 nvl a uilonarrtses, whlak was followBd by floodlnf I raaO
Umsn'a sad m bubanilot m a bottls of to of Cartful us It
' ''v' ''"K aad rratoroii my fslloa womb U IU plaos. Now I aB
o in .i nit.- takniK thrs bottlw aad
murntng I sui oi.-ctinf te ooc
mv doctor
Kor.i. -r,l ,rv, MfW4,
i. i in ..)! II." ' attaneetf
catarrh
LOS I
niiil
I.I VI A I K
Nothing but a ks nl
r.'im.tv or change ul
iftgkaai will cure
CATARRH
Ths Speein i
l:iy'j C'edir Bdlu:
It le t 1 1 . ' k t noorbe !.
'Axrf Kelte! at MMJ
" 'n anil r'evtia..-
i lie Nawl rauagee.
A.lajr liidsiuuiatiun
COLD (n HEAD
sad put. i is too b t
mi Ol fasts ami Huieb
,- b"m '. ,ur ,
Prusix or li) iiisii
, ro
S. V 1 1 ' 1 1 m So
: fanillv tlse
Kl Y
ItK'l IIKKs W. .
r S.
Mail's D) spepsia Curt
'as lur.-r" th'S-.- cases
and It III i ure s u
J M (Jhuntl
"I Sllllerasl foi
l id I not u-. .!
I would not ha
tesdinoiiial "
. m Iran i . He., a i -Hi
y,t' and boiaeve
Nun's DyNpepshi t'llle
alive to wrile MM ?
n.i an .'ik. Boon IdeJin says i
Wflbred KM year-: found mat y r, Ikafj
inn ao ooie eaaept yours."
l hi sal by ls'lmso & Co . and all
first class druggists, or send to Frank
Nau, Portland hotel Pharmacy, fort
land. Oregon Price $i a bottle or 6
bottles for is express prepaid.
James A. Howard
REAL ESTATE BROKEN.
Court It. near First Mat. Bank
Has Real Estate Sale
See Here:
ot acres ef cnoice wncat land,
about t r, . m ...
.....ww .. w. ivm, ui ream-
ton. This le one of the finest Improv-
sd farma In the county and hae oooO
cnooi advanuoes. Will sell for caen
or trad for equal value In unimproved
land.
Eight fine tela in Pendleton
at I tot)
each, on easy term.
ttiO acroe of wheat lana south
Pendleton. tUOU
So acres choice fruit and
oanden
land near Milton. One-half of trad
in bearing fruit tree 7 .rr.. 23
ares alfal
fa. All
proved.
under Irrigation
Finely trs
120 acre on McKay Creek. 20
acree a1 botton land under lrriBation
balance yood wheat land. well ten
proved.
860 acres good wheat land, in a
body, four miles from PanOleton
Urns half caen balance on time to
suit pure .eer at Va per cent In
ferae.
THE
p H
French Resiaurant
i'.(KV Uiwnc
cosy Moons
a Lighted and Stewin Heatetl
Best
25 cent Meals
n the City.
EXTRAS
Pruf lege
hamer 1 1 and
Oysters
Olyuipia
OPEN DAY aild I I I I
7 IVLw
VOP. LAPXJN TAIN, Pr0(
PlMllw
W'.
only 1 oeAte
IB
Oregon I an
a week.
y Carrier.
Lonely Homes
A homt b aavcr coinpltl without ctiildrsn.
Yet mny homes srt chlldkM. Many wrvss sn
dssolsU for ths Isck ef a child to ley. TKsb
llvcs ar simlssi void ef ths high moUvas ef
mothsrhood. Whlls barrsnacss U csmiag Incai
rulabl ssdnsst sad lerrew, It exist In meet
easts ea accouat of some little ftrasls trouble,
which Wine of Csrdul weuld ipesdlly set rtfht.
Thb purs Wine rsjulstcs ths dltordtrtd Isistsh
orgsas by building up the worn out asrvas aad
rtgutsUng th msastmsl flow. It restorse 0m
fsflca womb to iU prspsr pises. By (trtngOV
enlng ths gensratlvs eegsas, It makes prtf
nsncy posttbl where bsfreaaes salsts. Ye
can depend on
WINEorCARDUI
Saffcring women all over th land havt beta
ospsndtag on H for seventy-fly years. Ne
mors convincing proof can bs given than th
testimosy of Mr. Benson, who I only oM of
thoutsnd of women to whom Wmt of Csrdul
Msnv cssu ot mlicsrrlses thst trouble
hsve been svouled by timely ut ( Mm
aaousr to take wales I got tale
utotasr and wine or Carciul will bo
Mr MABY L. BEN HON.
ylTUNl ey ! : ' Iba toOaW AjTUurr
MaiUela Ooaapnr. f'rtun'n Thu,
LaFontaine & (iarrison
Old Dutch Henry
Feed Yard.
favalrjf Rnnes for Sale.
UEM OF itftl TAKEN OF,
TB M OVfifl Ml, H I
QIVE US A CALL
QOINQ THROUGH
iuiele lauiulry will go llirough
POUT ell M h, two waahlngs worn out
a- . .nii letely na If you had worn it a
yea' We auvc ytiur shirt and save
y ou aaaae We will aeud for your
linen II roil -end ua youradtlreis,.
THE INlMESTIC LAUNDRY
i . . .
BOhMBBB, rBBB.
'
Pel ii Ileum
REAL FSTATF feve CAT I?
MlAItJOf ALt
4MI oere near Pendleton
BO acres near Pendleton
I acre near Peudleton.
I 'Si ere. near Peudleton
aciee near Pilot Hock
acree
acre
acres
acres
acre
acre
acree
wheat
wheal
wheat
wheat
wheat
w lieut
w heat
land
land
htud
I ho
ion
;iau
1-0
iko
ion
Krom b
laud
laud
land
hutd
H H uiilee fnun town
Six New Houses Cheap.
aa ew nouses cneap.
rx, Berkeley
BT
mt REAL ESTATE WAN.
; HviUK Hank Hulldin;, Pendleton, Or
BARGAIN S
TRANSFER,
TRUCKINGi
BT OR AO E.
CKOVYNER & BROS.
-taaafHORs aaia l
" ne Piace
to
is Sa.
in "il
'Ml
r"pet,
Iiflrier I ;
rem,,,., ..
-moiii e.
IUMr D
' "III Mil,,' l
'"Teet
... 'W
windows
. i
l Ulioru T
CotU Pip,
Pendleton PUoirtf
I nmk... I
i.uiu r
FORSTER,
LUMB
snd ntha, LdU
malarial :..i.
Um,
vrm"ii
Plaster
Brick,
U 1 111 IS
We base s large aon ,
MiWt . .
f . -
nt
Oregon I
A Itn 8t . onr.
4$
l ough Weather oa
lway. come- In Jaawr. .al
1,, ll,..l .till IMM HILI
Aiwata iin aaiiri aiieruf
nrb-ei ml SratrUa ertfiRii
brlu tbelr ve"ieiee a en
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arm
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ran . I
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s i e 1 1 IV II NI
IN CKNTlBOf
nn it s a a -
r- v cruEMDP
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You get
Qood Beer.
wi.uii vnu
ii law f
PLS
ULL
1JUJ r
'Hli HO
diasiDeaB
Ask for
Schultz rirew