THE FILLS CITY
l AIIH 111 If il Aa.
BAER & DALEY,
F:xcluive
Dealers
in...
Men's and Boys' Clothing,
Gents Furnishing Goods,
Hats, Caps and Shoes.
ONt: PRICi: TO ALL
72Q Mnin Street:
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C. E. M'CLELLAN writes
OF SPOKANE'S AFFAIRS
How the Town Has Grown From .1
Village to a City.
Ipokaae Nb, 1 Rfghteen yen
ago tin' writer stepped froat 1 North
I trti Pacific train 1 ipokane and
round a nice tittle village tt i 1 awaj
among tii surrounding timber, Ono
Mm last . rK the placi was again I
visited, and lOIBe IHUfl lima spent
I with scanl success, tnrlnii to renea
tormei Impressions The fails on i'"
I rirOT arc still here, bttl Hi'' little vll
I lags, whose business with the outside
world ni sesll) transacted iy one
! lint' Of railway Without materially In
: creasing it revenuee, he flven place
j to a large ami wealthy city with nan)
miles til street railway. handsome
business Mocks of brick and .stone
and a resident portion In which 1
Wealth i)l shade trees ami gfWSe)
lopei have made tin creation 01
beautiful homes an Ml) tusK. It ll
, not , as for the visitor to understand
at tlrst the causes which have cotnhln
d to change the village of SOT Inhabl
tants Into the city of 10,000,
GENERAL NEWS.
Lord Ballabnry, the premier, itn
aBed n Hfe-ste marble statue 01
Que. 1 Victoria at the Junior CoBStt-
tattooal citth
it 1 1 expected an effort will be made
to swun legislative authorization lor
thf retirement ironi tin unvul service
01 Constructor Hobsoo Captain Hob
sun is deelroui t retiring, basing his
gejatlcatlott on the bad state or his
ox
talatei Wu is oa diplomat who
liws n' iiesiiat, to -m voty near!)
what ae thinks, and his -i has have
often criticised American offlclati and
enreii th American congress on prop
ostein - 01 the American congress re
latfoa t' China,
Aecordlnc to the Calcutta correa
ajoad in ot Hi. Daily Wail the British
eternment has decided to abandon
its Intention of fortifying or uarrlson
lag tht colon) 01 Wei Hal Wei, China,
ait will withdraw ill it- troops rroot
that place ami trajisfei Its control to
tin 1-1 v 1 1 aothorttiea
Kotwtthstandlni lh Isclalmoi 01
fjsaierel Miles thai b li 1 01 a eandl
da 1 1 to; mi I let . li ii, lit red
tbst he has made a second hid for
thst high office In opposing military
potts near large eltlea, tor the reason
that rhor organisations sre also op
Bam near clt when tli
ma T Of til
The Paris mi court heard the
claim oi 1 Parisian lace mannfacturwr
again Mist Sybil Sandi-iium tol 18,-
Ml iran.- tol uti p irebased In ls8
Th- ,, 1,1... oi M i S11 mi wa.
that she had been promised an the
Han wanted 11 ord to pa) this
saount. and, as In 1 Income rs onl)
gn.nee (ran. s im vented lu yeart
Tli' d. i- ndant also declared tin
are on the av 1 raorbltaal The
court win render judasssai next wool
Representative Newlandi ot Neva
da. 01 th '.av and means committee
la the author 01 tie resolution
laritmii tin Republic 01 Cuba to bt
cook 1 part oi the United States, to
Im i, ill .1 the state of Cuba: and also
aailhuruiiu' .1 i' i 1 'iii reduction of
dui an the preeeal crop of Co ban
sujriti in const, ration ,i Culm's
anntin 1 1 lereiitial rates to the
llnit-'i its tea The resolution con
tm-s the M pet 01 al redaction ol du
tics to tin iei:i,i prior to Januarj 1
UK-
CHINESE NEW YEAR
BEGAN THIS .IORNINC.
A Fusillade of Firecracker Anuoun,
ed the Inception of the Celebration
Today.
If there were un itvit s m IVinlti
ton tins morning, they arc now mi
Hons ol miles away indeed, it the
were devils In Pendleton, the) prob
ably now are seekK refuse under
tht ihelteriag wings of Hatan hlmaelf,
for the Chines, New Yeut lieKan with
the turning of the midnight, ami a fu
sllade oi Brecrackera laaugutated the
period oi Mongolian festivity. Thest
1 mituls of Chinese ammunition are in
tended to scare away all beings from
lie aethei regions, ami as arell to
uive vent 10 tin luper-chsrgtng feel
lags v1 "'e Celeetlal, who is glad he
lives ami that a not In 1 year lias pass
id without tin necessity tot hit
friends to ship his dead body across
the Paclfli to the Flowery Kingdom, it
will oontlnui lor Shout nine days. ac
COfdlni to the resources ot the local
colon) and durtni that tlmi Pendle
ton win tram time to time he treated
to tomethini like si million explo
sinus in the Cblaeae quarters
PACIFIC NORTHWEST NEW
Plfteen hundred' people gathered In
tb Rveyetl theatet to colsbraj the
tMith blrtashs) aanlverssuf) ot tin
sjNi
Tin Oreater Bel em Commercial
ciuh practical I) ciosi,i deal by
amani ol which tiax atlll win b
ptaceii 111 operation hi that it dm
in tin coastal isaeon.
The controller of the CUrTSBCy bus
authorized tin- conversion ol the Cltl
aeas Hani, ol Rait SI Clt) into the Clt
laeea National Hank 01 Maker Clt)
with 1 capital of 1100,000
President K l.usk, ol the Amen
can Cattle QrOWefS' Association, was
i.c.i; : 1,' the housi public lands com
inttttu in tavoi 01 tin Millard bill lot
ItNtiitiK the public -i.i'."it IuiiiIh.
RailaaSI at the Walla Walla laud
oSle ilurtiiK January vi& pretty brisk
for a winiet asoBth, ui- hundred and
BtWfii persons made application 1111
0r the homestead law for 17,535.21
acres.
Al was anticipated. Oovernor Mc-
Hi 'ii forced Coatractor Oos to ooaaa
li, tin- Washington state capilol coin
mission's terms, at a meetuiK of the
Commission. The Ooas couipauy
agott'd i" ih' Kovtrnor's terms .and
work on the oapttol annex will pro
cvd at once.
The Investor) and appraisemeal of
tl. stat- ol liavid P, TkompSOO, Ue
CweiH'd has been filed III 111, Multllo
mah count) court by the appraisers
Uam White. D. W. Wakefield ami
KredencV Townsend The property is
rained at $7Ko.:t7. Then i eaab in
rarious banks aWOUatlM l I2.r.
The reol estate is valued at about
gxevj 000
NtW YORK CELESTIALS
OBSERVE NEW YEAR'S
Gotham Almond Eyd Hetidentc
Have .1 New Joa in Town.
Nf w York. Feb. 7. In the Chinese
oalendai todSJ marks the nea year,
i it la the greatest festival ol the year
fOI tlie ions ot Ih, Celestial Ring'
ilom T residents In New York's
1 , , v , 1 he occasion Inst
;, .Dim lastd all) as though they
en not tbousaads of miles dlstan
.! : ii'1 native 1,111,1 The lestivi
1 Ktl ad OVef a period Of nine days.
lurlna which time iitti, buslnees will
1 iaii.-ai led in th, thickly oomilal
d dlatrlct bounded by Mott, Doyet
Hint Pell Streets
All (lav long today there has 1 11
.1 itead) -'I' an, 01 pilgrims wending
tie it arnj to the top Boor ot No 0
Mott street. Tin 11 met 01 attrac
lion ',,1- Mon Kye Mn. a icw ),,- n
town lie l said to ! on,' ot the
neatest of losses. Km tin last -
years he has ri ttft 011 a high pages
tat in one 01 the temples built in lion
Ot ot Confucius in China, until recent
Iv when a good Chinaman ,e, t,.,i
tin I,- was a gooil place lor him to
till in this country When he 1, .1, i,
id her,- In was in a line box. for
though he is mud, mostly of silver
and bright colored silks, he is said
io bs much alive spiritual in litis
world With due ceremony he was
installed in (he new Joss house in the
keeping of halt a dose" wtalterobed
high priests ot tin Mon Kve Mu clan
OUR ENGINCb IN EGYPT
American Locomotives now Wnistle
Paat the Pyramids.
Amerioan locomotives running on
American rails now whistle pust the
pyramids, and ucross the loud Kibei
ian steppes They carry the Hindoo
pilgrims I rom all parts of the empire
to the sacred waters ot the (tangos
Three rn,'l Hgt thefS WIS Bttl OUS
American locomotive in tin- Unite-
Kingdom! today there is not a road
Of importance on which trains an
not pulled b) American locouiolive.
The Aaserieaa eagige has successful
ly invaded PVsace, The Manchurian
railway which is really the bcginnir;
ot oriental ralli.ad building, boughl
all its rail and rolling atock in the
I'nited states Amerlcgn bridges
span the riveis on SVOr) continent
Ainci lean ci mies ar swiuiiiug over
many foreign moles. Wherever then
are extensive harves',, there may be
found American machinery to Bathe;
ih grain In every market oi tin
world tools can have no heltet rccom
DMttilatlOfl than the BSgrg 'Mt'' ill
America."
Approacblng in an) direction Ji tin
railway, he sees nothing lor vvXtch be
would care to exchange a giiod Tutu
llhi tat 111. lot Its 1 univalent tin acres
Mm this Is not a farming tvwu. al
though there arc some n"o,S mills
here front which a certain untmt ot
tin products 01 tin Pnlousey country
n mi their way to the marttetela fiout
and an occasional load of li t., la Seen
on the street So tin cause oi such
a marvelous showing by an inland
town must he sought elsewhere ami
to one Individual or class of Individ
mils more than all others credit
seems to be due. and that Is. the pros
pet tor. the men who went out into the
mountains which constitute the ntln
sral '"'it surrounding this town in al
most every direction, with pick, and
shovel ami miner's pan, ami returned
here to exploit their OndlngS and loo
often see them slip from their gras
in their wake cams the di vewpei
liie mail who dug his thousands ami
In many case.', his millions out ol
these hill- ami mil. lies, from the
Coeut d'Alenea, from Roeslsnd, bi
yond ih, British lias came the minor
who hud made his pile to invest bis
BtlrplUS 'liti Where ll Would he III
ini the e ha net oi an adverse turn of
fortune's wheel, ' course, the pro
motet Is here also such golden op
portunltles could not he let slip by
thai war) Individual, as ,1 countless
number of investors have found 10
their sorrow Auothei important lac
im in the development of this town
li th.- timber, which covering tbesi
hillsides, furnishes employment to an
arm) of men ami teams, cutting H In
io wood ami baullni to market and
Into lovs which ue floated down tin
Rpokane rlvei 1 msumnilon at the
mills
The buntet ami th, Ishsrmac come
here and Qnd 1; I iporl lor nun and
almost in the luburbs, and ll more
"'iiiiig sport is souKht. the tiger la
" rs ami nan be baited In an endless
'ii'" oi ways, Three trans, ontl
Dental highways furnish communica
lion with tht outside world and 11-
th visitor rides for mil,- through the
rapidly growlim siil)urii. 01 slnndlm;
on on I ot the bridges which span the
river takes in a prospect ,,i railing
a. 11, r aad timber slope the concltt
sum is easllv reached thai to tin- dwel
ler In Spokane Kismet baa been Mud
ami cast his lot in pleasant places
C B MCI. LAN
Teachers' Examination.
Notice l.- hereby alven that I will
hold the reKUlar examination of appli
ini tor gtatc and county papers In
th. eonri house in Pendleton aa fol
lows: For State Papers.
Commencing Wednesday. February
12th. at '.) O'clock M III lin.l UMllnha
until Saturday. February 16th. at 4
o'clock p. m.
Wednesday -Penmanship. history,
spelling algebra, reading, school law.
Thursday--Written arithmetic, the
or ot teaching, grammar, bookkeep
HSg, physics, civil government.
Friday Physiology, geometry, men
tal arithmetic, composition, phyalcal
geography.
Saturday Uotany, plaue geometry
general history. Rngllah literature!
psychology.
County Papers.
Commencing Wednesday, February
12th. at 9 o'clock a. m., and continuing
until Friday, February 14th, at 4
o'clock p. m.:
First, second and third grade certl
dcatea.
Wednesday Penmanship, history,
orthography, reading.
Thursday Writing, arithmetic, the
ory of teaching, grammar school law.
Friday aeography, mental arithme
tic physiology, civil government.
Primary Certificates.
Wednesday Penmanship, orthogra
phy, reading, arithmetic.
Thursday- Art of questioning, the
ory of teaching, methods, physiology
J. F. NOWI.IN,
County School Superintendent Uma
tilla County, Oregon.
But our radical style of cut price making
in our celebrated
nIe-n-r Ass4 C.I
continues to worry competition and please
thousands of contented customers.
Plenty Pants if you tiffed tlmni. Cmt
and veitg if you need then How will
that suit you"
A few lavs now and we will take an
nual Invoice, We are therefore fanxioui
to clour out a lot ol oil Is Rod finis at
acriflee price
Wo havti ik1(IhH n 111 it.,I..L . 1 iahJ
" v" ' T-l'-MriTO, 'I'
$8.00 shoe for ladies to our
0Ia
hIioc store siml a t)n mU l.
- vuir rtiiiiM nan . . .
8UCh a favorite in th" big towns te
speak for it a hearty welcome here.
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WHEN YOU TAK
TO COVER
1ftWf )?f!(lir Ti PlwaassssssBsasMBaas
BE SURE IT IS A GOOD COVE
With a pair of "Pendleton Blankete" on your bed
you will In' comfortftble and warm durini; the fold
est winter uiiihts
FOR
pair of six pound blAnketi of Pendleton mtntt'
facture have been proven to be as warm a a ten
pound pair of other brende.
BECAUSE
Nothing hut pure FLKKi'K wool is used in the
dleton Mills and they spin their yarn rtnor
weave their hlunketH tdosor than other mills
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PENDLETON, OREGON.
Manufacturers of
Fleece Wool Blankets, Indian Robes and Shawls.
JllSl ilu a laiog 11111I don't tall, aliout
it '1'iiis is as gfsgt secret of siieoeaa
in all inli-rpi iBt'h Talk im-ans il Ih
I'USSltMt; glaeusHuiii means irritation,
irritation im-aiiH OgPOaUlOB, and op
position Bteaas hlndranos always.
ljiii'iis begins iii oebWebS and
mis in iron chains The more Imsl
liens a man has to do the more lie is
able to acconpllsb, for in- learns to
economise his time
For Health, Strength and
Pleasure Drink :::::::
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ITV DDllDY
Polydore Moens, Proprietor.
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