ESiSt'BOIIIIIIC OF TREES
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17, il)02.
DID YOU NO, WHAT
CATCH WAS
IT? IT?
WHY
an opportunity to purchase
footwear at a price you can
not afford to miss
WHERE?
AT
iger, ,
Wilson & Co.
Successor to Cleaver Bros.
Phone, Black 91.
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EXPRESS RATES.
They are High on Small Packages
From Portland.
On small packages from Portland
to interior points and on all packages
from Portland and San Francisco, ox
press rates are high and in several
instances are an extortion. The
rates from Portland and San Francis
co to Pendleton aro as follows:
Port S. F.
1 lb. and under..., 25 25
1 and not over 2 30 30
2 and not over 3 45 45
3 and not over 4 , 55 60
4 and not over 5 . ., 65 75
5 and not over 7 70 1.00
7 and not over 10 75 1.65
10 and not over 15 85 1.85
15 and not over 20 1.00 2.15
20 and not over 25 1.10 2.40
25 and not over 30 1.25 2.75
30 and not over 35 1.35 2.95
35 and not over 40 1.45 3.20
40 and not over 50 1.50 3.50
50 pounds between Portland and Pen
dleton, 3 cents per pound.
50 pounds between San Francisco, 7
cents per pound.
Particularly are the rates high on
small packages from Portland, and
pressure, legislative or otherwise,
should be exerted to remedy the
abuse. Portland merchants and -business
concerns should use their influ
ence and force the express companies
to reduce their charges, which en
ables them to pay dividends on windy
capitalization and fancy salaries to a
class of swell-ups. If some legisla
tor, with a capacity to judge fairly
between the interests of the public
and the companies, would concern
himself, an act could be secured that
would guarantee to those who use
the express lines a reasonable charge
for services rendered. The express
companies have too long enjoyed the
privilege of exacting all the traffic
would bear. The people have rights
and power as well as the companies.
There is to be an election in Juno
next, when some legislative candi
date should be found who will agree
to undertake this good work.
For a First-Class articlle in
Stationery,
Blank-books,
Office and
Typewite
Supplies
Go to-
TALLMAN & CO.
THE LEADING DRUGGISTS.
CHARACTER OF CASCADE
RANGE AND FOREST
J. B. Lieberg Issuing a Book Descrlb
ing them Enormous Quantity of
Timber Burned.
The report of the examination of
the "Cascade Range and Ashland
Forest Iteserves and Adjacent Re
gions," by J. P. Lelberg is now in the
press, but not published. It is a part
of the twenty-first annual report of
the United States Geological Survey,
and is edited by Henry Gannett,
geographer. It contains nearly 8,000
square miles, 4.G76.3G0 acres, com
prising the central and upper areas of
Rogue and Klamath river basins, and
a small part of the water shed of the
Upper South Umpqua river, and is
divided into two nearly equal por
tions by the main range of the Cas
cades. The eastern and western
slopes have many dissimilar char
acteristics, the country dropping
down oi the west in long spurs to
the valley of the Rogue river, and on
the east in steeper declovltlos to the
Klamath Lakes and the great plfi' is
stretching eastward from them. The
mean elevation is G.000 feet. The
character of the Cascade range is
volcanic, the cones and peaks being
of different ages, and extinct craters
abounding among them, the one con
taining the famous Crater Lake-.
The Ashland forest reserve c insists
of Siskiyou peak or Ashland outte.
nearly 8,000 feet above sen iavel, and
ci ntains over 22, 'P is Tl. Hi
ject of the reserve is to maintain
tho volume and purity of Ashland
creek, the water supply of the town
of Ashland. The Siskiyou mountain
range forms a connecting link be
tween tho Coast range and the Cas
cades. In this region the same general
conditions prevail as in the Rainier
reserve. The crest of the range
forms a dividing line between two
widely differing sets of forest condi
tions. Upon the west, wco an am
ple rainfall, the forests are fairly
dense, and the undergrowth luxur
iant. Upon the east where more arid
conditions prevail, the forests are
open, with litte underbrush. The
species differ measurably on the two
sides. Those on the west side con
sist largely of yellow pine. Of the
area examined by Mr. Lelberg 65 per
cent is forest and 35 per cent is
not forested, the non-forested areas
lying mainly in the extreme west and
in the eastern part of the area exam
ined. The amount of saw mill tim
ber found upon the forest area is es
timated by him to be little less than
20,000 million feet, an average per
acre of the forest land of 6,660 feet.
Of the total stand of timber upon the
reserve, yellow pine comprises 48
per cent; red fir 33 per cent; white
fir 6 per cent; noble fir and sugar
pine each 4 per cent; and the re
mainder is of other species. West of
the Cascade range, red fir is the
dominent species, affording morp
than half of the total amount of the
timber, yellow pino being next Tflth
nearly one-fourth of the total; east
of the Cascades, on the other hand,
yellow pine constitutes six-sevenths
of all the timber.
Fires have widely ravaged this re
gion. Of tho forested areas Mr, Lel
berg estimates that 2,975,000 acres
or 99.9D per cent are fire marked; and
that of this fire marked area, 587,000
acres are badly burned. That is to
say, within the last forty years, set
tlement clearings not included,
7,000 million feet of merchantable
timber has been destroyed by fire.
PER80NAL MENTION
James Hill visited his parents in
Helix on Sunday.
'J. W. Rogers, of Wasco, is register
ed at Hotel Pendleton.
J. L. Smith and wife, of Baker City,
aro visiting friends in town.
Zoeth Houser is registered at tho
Golden Rulo hotel from Portland.
Senator George W. Proebstel is in
town again from his home in Wes
ton. J. W. Hibbs is suffering intense
pain from a felon on tho finger of
the left hand.
J. W. Smith and wife, of Athena,
wore transacting business with Pen
dleton merchants Saturday.
Mrs. Eugene Tausick is the guest
of Mrs. M. F. Kelley, at the Goldeu
Rulo hotel. Her home is in Walla
Walla.
C. L. Whitney, Delos H. Cofiln and
J. A. Dunham, prominent Walla
Walla citizens, wore in Pendleton
yesterday.
Miss, Anna Leach returned to her
homo in Weston Saturday evening,
pfter spending s overal days with
friends in Pendleton.
Robert Ruins, goneral agent for
tlin O. R. Xr. N.. wnn rni?lfitrffl nt
Hotel St. George last night from his
Home in walla walla.
Ralph Belts, son of Douglas Belts,
of Pilot Rock, returned Saturday
from Portland, whore he has finished
a course in business college.
Georve Iscii. of Walla Walla, who
is buying horses for the British gov
ernment, was in tho city yesterday,
leaving this morning for Pomeroy.
J. 13. Cherry returned to his home
in Adams Sunday, after being hero
all week assisting in the teachers'
examinations, which closed Satur
day. W. L. Marshall, of Portland, gen
eral manager for the David Bradley
Manufacturing Company, of Bradley,
III., is in the city as the guest of A.
Kunkel. who is an old friend of Mr.
Marshall.
W. J. Scwell has gone to tho Wil
lamette on an extended visit to rel
atives and friends. Mr. Scwell is
mannger of the Gray's Harbor Com
mercial Company's lumber yard in
this city.
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Anderson, of
Perry, were the guests of friends in
Pendleton Snturdnv nlcht. Ptnnrlfiv
morning they went' to Milton where
.Mrs. Aiulprson will visit her parents
i few weeks. Mr. Anderson return
ing lionif in ,the evening.
E. J. Muir, who spent the last four
ytSirs in the Klondike, but who came
out last fall and after visiting a few
weeks hero went to Iowa to visit his
old home, has returned with his fam
ily and is going to locate with his
brother, John Aluir, who lives six
miles southeast of Pendleton and
raise wheat for a few years. He is
also a brother of Mrs. Danner.
The Pendleton Shoe Company
Have 500 pairs of Misses Shoes,
they are selling at, per pair
Rimer price from $1,50 to $1.75:
500 pairs Children's Shoes
at, per pair
Ponaer price from $i.a5 to 91.75.
BmMh flaay Bargain in rtca's and Utdiee' Shoes.
DON'T PAIL TO QET OUR PRICES.
$1.45
$1.20
Pendleton Shoe Co.
645 Main Street,
Pendleton, Orsgon.
MarigtuUcrola on tmrj box of the geaula
Laxative tsromoHjuiiiiaeTu
EXONERATION FOR
ALFRED REQUA, MILTON.
Coroner and Sheriff Visit That Town
on Complaint Caused by Suspic
ions. Milton, Feb. 17. A child horn on
Saturday to Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Re
qua, who live a mile from here, has
just been buried this afternoon. An
investigation was held by the coro
ner, Dr. W. G. Cole, who came ac
companied by Sheriff Blakley, upon
complaint made by some of the
neighbors, on account of suspicion
that the child had been foully dealt
with. The result was exoneration of
the Requas. The officials could
find 110 evidence of violence. Dr.
Cole was assisted in the examination
by Dr. Ditterbrandt, of this place.
Requa explained the peculiar cor
cumstances of the death and the fail
ure to let it be known, by saying
that he is poor, and intended quietly
to bury the child, and say nothing
about it.
The officers returned to Pendleton,
and Requa has Just passed down the
street here, with the little one in a
rough wooden box, a shovel in hand,
to lay it to rest. It Is tho pooond
child lost to the Requas in the same
manner.
EVANGELIST OF THE
GOOD ROADS MOVEMENT.
Presided Over Recent Walla Walla
Meeting Enthusiast as Well as
Practical Man.
C. L. Whitney, the Walla Walla
nurseryman, wns in town today and
Incidentally talked obout good roads.
Mr. AVhltnoy was president of the re
cent good roads convention in Walla
Walla, and is 0110 of a committeo that
has in hand some matters pertaining
to the improvement of tho highways
or that county. Ho is a practical
road builder. For 1G years ho has
been Interested in the subject, and,
as many persons know, he has kept
the highway past his place near
Walla, In good condition, compared
with of "a in this part of the
country. Ho hopes that much will
come from the present movement,
and that the results will show soon.
He said:
"Merely as a suggestion, I believe
that this county of Umatilla would
find a good roads meeting beneficial.
We are more than glad we hold ours,
and t'i" "!i is that already plans
arc formed for better road-making in
snvnrnl InnnUHpR. At Dnvtnn. mi
Marcli 1, another convention will be
hold, and all along the line in the
state of Washington, the idea of hav
ing better roads is gaining hold. I
believe wo will have a state conven
tion, and that a program of combined
Btate, county and road disetrict ex
I'eiifip, divided in rortnin proportions,
will be recommended to the legisla
ture." Mr. Whitnnv is nppnnmniiloil bv
Chairman Coffin, of the Wnlla Walla
county commissioners, who also is
one of tho good road believers. Bolii
gentlemen have talked the subject
while in town, and some arrange
ment relating to keening in repair
roads in which Walla Wnlla mid
Umatilla counties have joint interest
may lie made with the county judge
and commissioners here.
HOUSEKEEPING $4,000 A DAY.
It Costs to Run the Home of Eng
land's Queen. 1
The queen of England's retinue of
servants makes a staff which would
apall an American housekeeper.
The salaries aggregate $660,000 a
year. Appended is a list of some of
the functionaries, and what the cost
of their service: Waxfitter who ar-
Veloms
I Calf.
The Perfection of
Ohtome Tannery...
MAKING VESSELS UNSINKABLE.
Kron Prinz Engineer Invents a Com
partment Device.
Chief Engineer Emli Prillwltz of
tlie North German Lloyd steamship
Kron-prinz Wilhelm, is experiment
ing with a now arrangement which
lias been placed in tho ship for use
111 cuse 01 a conison. A small wheel
abaft the pilot house is turned and
instantly hydraulic pressuro closes
twenty air-tight bulkhead doors in
me lower part of the ship, makinc 16
water-tight compartments. The fact
;inac an tbe doors are closed is in
stantly shown on a dial
number of the doors and tho location
are pnnteu.
The 16 water-tight rooms are more
than enough to float the vessel in
case any part of hor hull is punctured.
The experiments show that not more
than two minutes is required to ren
der the Kronprinz unslnkable.
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Soft, i
Durable ;
A Twentieth Century Elopement.
A coatless man put a coatless arm
around a hatless girl, as over tho
dustless road in a horseless carriage
they whirl. Likb a leadless bullet
from a hammerless gun by smokeless
powder driven, thoy fly to taste the
speechless Joy of endless union given
Though the only lunch his coinless
purse affords to them tho means, is
a tasteless meal of boneless cod with
a "side" of stringless beans. He
puffs a tobaccoless cigarette, and
laughs a mirthless laugh, when papa
tries to coax her back by wireless
telegraph.
Tho United States has, in round
numbers, 200,000 miles of railroad In
operation or more than two-flfths of
the mileage of tho world. Germany
is the nearest rival with 32,000 miles
Russia comes next with 30,000 miles'
and France, India, Austrla-Hungary'
British Isles and Canada follow In or
der. Almost ono-third of tho mileage
is government owned, and tho rail
roads of France will revert to govern
ment control about tho middle of tho
century.
According to the statement of one
who knows there aro sixteen train
robberies law year and thlrty-nlno in
1900. In the past twelve years 306
trains wore "held up" and nlaetr
flvo peraans killed and 105 wounded
by being shot. .In the past two yeare
Ave train robbers wore killed and
two wounded. '&nd twn muinnnu .
train men killed and ten wounded.
Susceptible of high polish,
Made in the new shapes-with
oak tanned soles, at
I
00
a
pair.
A most satisfactory business
shoe for men.
ranges all tho caudles, $300 a year;
a first and second lamplighter, $500
each per yeucjflvo table deckers, who
sot the royal table, $1,460; chief but
lor, $2,500 a year; chef, $3,500 a year;
four master cooks, each $1,000 a
year; clerk of the kitchen, $1,500 a
year; confectioners, $1,500 and $1,200
each; workers in royal laundry, ag
gregate wages, 510,000 a year. Be
sides tho amount that is paid for
household labor, tho tradespeople
who supply tho eatables receive on
an average of $860,000 a year.
A Valentine for Col. Wood.
"The Man With the Hoe," Col.
Wood, horticultural export and scien
tific agriculturalist, says the Athena
Press. Tho colonel expects to estab
lish an agricultural experimental sta
tion on his Franklin county ranch.
Whether or not Colonel Judson is
backing the enterprise is unknown.
Col. Wood has already a nursery
started horticulturally speaking
consisting of cane fishing rods,
clothes pins, dried apple and banana
trees. He has also planted a variety
of vegetables, such as mixed pickles,
roasted peanuts, hard-boiler eggs, etc.
He has sot out a dozen bundles of
straw from which ho expects to har
vest enough strawberries to fill all
orders on short notir-p. But the col
onel's greatest scheme is to proga
gate a new kind of oyster. He ex
pects to liberate a few cases of Cove
oysters 011 his ranch for tho purpose
of crossing them with the sand-toads,
his object being to originate a new
and hardy variety of oysters that are
not all gizzard. The colonel is chuck
full of schemes and prunes. Find
the strawberry patch.
If tho wireless telegraph is fully
developed bore it would give Yankee
Doodle a chance to stick another
'feather in his cap and call it Marconi.
Mote P
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Winter y
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have
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gasoline
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Peoples Warehouse
Feetfitters.
Victory at Last.
FALLINGJHAIR AND DANDRUFF
CAN BE CURED.
OPALGINE
The Latent Scientific Discovery
Cures all forms of Scalp
Diseases, such as Dan
druff, Baldness &c., and
will stop the Hair from
Falling out, As a Dress
ing it has no equal, keep
ing the Scalp and Hair in
a Healthy condition.
OPALGINE HAIR FOOD CO
BALTIMORE, MD.
BROOK IMWIUB, Ag'U for Hrill
ST. JOE STORE
We are still in the saddle driving prices down to
the LOWEST POSSIBLE FIGURES in ALL
DEPARTMENTS of this STORE. We are
SLASHING PRICES in order to get in shape
for our BIG SPRING STOCK, which will com
mence to arrive soon. If you are hunting Bar
gains, we have them for you. Remember, the
largest stock in the county to select from. Come
and see us.
THE LYONS MERCANTILE
A
SURPRISE
In handsome furniture
is one of the most agreeable
surprises that delights tie
mistress of a home, especiai-
y in such new designs aswl
are showing in all lines such!
as are kept in an
Up-to-Date, First Class Ftfrnitwe Store
Tllf lnrfTAcf cfnr.tr ft-,-irrt iifliSr.lt n colons aiirl nil at OriCCS
thill
deiy competition. Undertaking parlors in connection.
M. A. RADER.
Main and Webb Streets Pendleton, Oregon.
A Carload of Field Fern
In all heights, just received by
Taylor, the Hardware Mi
Farmers and Stockmen are invited to get
Mr. Taylor's prices before buying?elsewuere.
Alfalfa, timothy, Bromas Inermus, Blue pan
ntVior qpprla in mmnfiioH tn snit buyers. ura
iuauiries bv mail will receive prompt attention
T. C. TAYLOR, the Hardware Mi
741 Main Btreet, PendH- OfcgoQ'
POITl TRY And EGGS
International Poultry Food makes them.
Beef Meal gives them flavor.
Clamshells make them solid.
Mica grit aids digestion.
Try a sample.
. C. F. coleswortht.
H.y. Qln .nd Feed.
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