WHEAT IN FABLE AND HI8TORY. FINELY BRI D LIVESTOCK MID-SUMMER For these hot days we dainty wash goods, shirt waists, ribbons, laces, embroid eries or cool summer undervests. Then our parasol stock must not be overlooked. Upon all these 'ines and many others we are making a substantial price reduc tion. Read on. OFF ON ALL WASH GOODS 38c Buys An All Silk LADIES' SUMMER VEST In Light Bine, Pink or Fast Black, Worth $1.00 Alexander RELIABLE THE SEASON'S TABLE SUPPLIES Fresh, clean, prime goods are always furnished by us. The warm weather brings- with it suitable eat ables., Water Melons, large, ripe and sweet. Cante loupes fit for the most particular. IN THE FRUIT LINE ' We can jend you Plums, Peacl es, Apples, Pears, Oranges, Ljmons, Apricots, Bananas and Cherries. VEGETABLES Cucumbers, Carrots, Cabbage, Green Corn, Sweet Potatoes, Squashes and other green eatables. R. MARTIN , Telephone BUV YOU LUMBER AT THE Oregon Lumber Yard Alta 8t , opp. Court House. PRICES A5 LOW AS THE LOWEST For All Kinds of Building Material, Including Doors Windows Screen Doors and Windows Building Paper Lime Cement Brick and Sand And Don't Forget Our Wood Clutter For Barns and Dwellings Having purchased the COOPER RESTAURANT At 609 Main street, I would be pleased to have you call and take a meal at my place and feel con "dent that after one trial you will come often. Tte Best Meal n the City For Only 20 Cents. J. H. WILL.IAMS. 0tt HALB NEW CHICAGO TYPES JH,lter jpn'enl ky-tord, tlrat-lM Kjhloe. Tjike a look at It. Thirty dol W Will bojr it Eat OregonltB . WANTS have just what you want in - 25c to 38c for SHIRT WAISTS Worth op to $.50 $1.20 Bnys a Pare White- Silk Parasol Others Proportionately Low Dept. Store j CLOTHIERS. 5fc Proprietor Red 34J SEWING MACHINES AT IBARQAINS . j. . During the month of August we will offer special low pric es on WHITE Sewing Machines The White is recognized as the best machine made. Come now and save money. JOS. BASLER'S Bargain House 1 -rv k WE ARE THE PEOPLE and the only people In the saddlery business that carry a complete Btock of Harness, Baddies, Bridles, Spurs, Sweat Pads, Pack Saddled and Bags, Touts, Wagon Coveas and Canvas. JOSEPH ELL, LMrilng Harness nd Saddle n HOME COlMlY NEWS HELIX HAPPENINGS. Doings and Sayings About That Busy Community. it Helix, Aug. 12. The fam..ics of D. B. Richardson and James McCorckle left for Bingham Springs Monday- morning to rusticate fcr a few weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Pete Sones will start for Bingham this morning. L. D. Smith was doing business In Pendleton Wednesday. Mrs. Horace Walker left last Sat urday for Weston to join her sister, Mrs. Ovcrturf. They will go to the mountains for a short outing. J. A. Gross has moved his family from Walla Walla to his farm, two NORTH GRANDE RONDE. Summervllle the Center of a Very Rich Country. Summervllle, Or., Aug. IS. The contemplated railroad announced by way of Summerville, while regarded by some as a more railroad rumor, could not do better than to become a reality. Situated in the northwest portion of Grande Ronde valley, and at one of the richest points in the val ley, it is naturally one of the most prosperous portions of the valley. While the railroad Is reached four miles from Summerville at Imbler, yet the cross-road as. announced, would do a profitable business, through this section of the valley. Lumber Industry. Besides large shipments of wheat, hay and stock, the lumber industry here is immense. Within a few miles of Summerville there are three mills running on full time and are cutting large shipments. The Ken'tucky Lum- ber Company, managed by Robinson Bros:, the Summerville Lumber Com pany, operated by Wade & Wright, and Wright. & Sons' plant, all do a thriving business, each mill having a daily capacity of 20.000 feet, and they run from eight to 10 months in the year. It is therefore easy to calculate the total output of these three mills. .11 of the lumber from these mills at present is hauled to Imbler and Elgin, at which points it is planed and then shipped away to market. The greater part of it Is sblpped to Salt Lake City and even further east There are several other large saw mill plants in the north end of the valley and all are running on full time. Rush for Timber. Most of the timber lands have been taken up in the neighborhood of the mills, and a major part of it is owned by the mill companies. Still, there are a number of individual owners in the neighborhood and these have al ready disposed of logs to the mills at good prices. While the timber is not of the largest kind, yet it Is large enough for all practical purposes, and a good grade of sound heart lumber is turned out from it. It consists mostly of yellow pine. The demand for lumber on this point from the east is continually increasing and It is thought that with the raid that is be ing made on the timber here and in the Wallowa country by fliers that the industry will grow to sunn an ex tent throughout this section that pres. ent railroad facilities will not bo suf ficient. This is belleved to be the rea son prompting the promoters of the new road in building it. Looking to Hogs. While this section has. always been noted for its output of cattle, horses, wheat and' hay, it is. now branching out in other industries. Summerville has a splendid creamery and this is running on full capacity this season. Farmers are also looking to the rais ing of hogs, and with the attention that Is being given these animals, the industry promises to grow to a largo one at an early day. OPPOSE RESERVE. Sumpter People are Regietering Stiff Protest Business men of this district have fcecome Impressed with tho fact that great injury Is sure to result from establishment of such a. forest reserve as is contemplated in the order Is sued the past week by tho interior department. As the full force of the measure dawns upon all, the sweep ing effect, peculiar cause that may have beea potent at this time and permanent injury to a rapidly de veloping district, resentment Is rapid ly taking place with alarm. It iB the unanimous sentiment that the order Is not the result of any sin cere desire to preserve a forest, Rather the belief prevails that some deep sohems are outcropping. Bus iness men of , this city do not heBltate to say that big Influences coveting the timber are at play. How such In fluences fonld enter upon a reserve policy cnlf'lated to withdraw the tim ber from use for the present at least and expert to profit thereby, is not clear, url It be that as soon as the rl all the small Jocntorf who" have been swarming over tho new lately are on wiu guard. Interior department will be ur.r ' v withdraw portions at a miles north of Helix, where they will remain until after harvest, when they will again return to' Walla Walla. B. B. Richards is soon to take charge of a warehouse at this placo and Mr. Norcn, of Portland, has taken his illacc at the branch butchot shop of Platzocder & Mlngcr. Miss Lulu Stanton and Miss Julie Pierce were visiting in Athena last Friday. A. F. May, machinist of this place drove to Pendleton Monday in search of a blacksmith, but failed to Ami one. H. C. Kendall has gone to l.ewlstoi on a business trip. time for location, which may be pick ed up by great interests. However this may be. tho sentl ment among hien who have given the matter thought is against reserve This sentiment Is growing rapidly A determined effort will bo made to have the reserve, If created, confined to the higher elevations, and not in( eliute the vast low areas that cannot serve as a water preservative, anr which are peculiarly valuable for tlni ber. In this manner there can be nr conflict between the mining and lum ber interests. On tho contrary, th timber will be Invaluable as an in ducemcftt for rail ines, supportlnr such till mining, stimulated by ral transportation, 'develops to a stage where it can do so, aided by the Hm ited agriculture near. This effort If the wish of th olocal people. They also know that they can accomplish thei. purpose of defeating the roservo ir low areas if they act in concert, bu no common movement has yet been made. Letters have bedn written to the high officials, asking that time for protest bo given. Mayor Robblns, whose position Ir the leglslaturo and wide business re lations through tho district give pe cullar emphasis to his, expressions voices tiie general sentiment. U' says unhesitatingly that creation o; the reserve will retard development of this district at least ten years. He also says with equal posltlvenesE that there is no conflict between mln ing and lumber interests. Mayor Robblns is a mining man, with no lumber interests, except such as he may have as a resident of the commu nlly where general prosperity helps His clear statement is food for reflection among" the mining men who think the reserve wilj help them. It Is suggested that if these men will study the location of timber that will be utilized for mining, they find it, is not as a rule, In tho region where the lumbermen seek their supplies. Ip the explanation of causes that I may be active in behalf of the re ' serve. It is not the purpose of the ' Sumpter men to say the government olllcials are party to the Behemc they , believe at work. It Is thought here, however, that the forestry department and other interior department olllcials have been urged by Bchemers In a manner leading to th' belief that the people hereabout demand the reserve. It will bo the effort to disabuse their minds of this impression. Sumpter American. (f SWIMMING ENGLISH CHANNEL. Why Few Swimmers Have Ever Been Able to Cross It. The failure of Holbein to breast thu troubled. 20.- miles, that, part Capo, Gj-ay Nose, France, from Dover, Eng land, was due. to tho cause that has baffled many a swimmer there before -tho fierce tides that sweep up and down that narrow way, tossing tho wator into choppy waves and bear ing him far from his course. Holbein, after being In the water 13 hours, cal culated that tho completion of the dit tanco at tho same rate would occupy 36 hours, and was constrainpd to glvo up. When Webb, porhapB tho best man that ever took a header, swam the channel tho tides carried him lb miles out of his course, and tho feat occupied 21 hours and 42 rulnuten. How much tho tldo and waves count ed for In this result is shown by com parison with easier long distance swims: H M S Mercardler, 20 miles with cur rent ,.. 4 CD 46 Webb, 40 miles with tide.... 9 57 00 Miss Beckwith, 20 miles with current 6 25 Ou Webb, 20 miles (made 35 by tides) crossing channel, ., .21 45 00 Holbein's failure leaves the channel what it has been, the uarpeme test of the Bwimmer'B strength, skill and en durance. By comparison with the feat in which ho honorably failed, tho long swims of tho pat nr trlftln Leander's crossing of tho Hellspont about icoraparea with swimming tho Hudson at New York. Byron, who I was lame, rather fat and only a fair ' swimmmer, Is said to have accora ipllshed it. New York World. The O. A. R. veterans aro holding iioif onnnnl onrrimnment at Moun tain Home. A large attendance Is re-1 pprted and an Interesting program Is' being rendered. It Was the Most Famous of Grains In Olden Days. Wheat was to tho Greek tho gift nnd emblom of Coresthat -Cert's, sevoro and beautiful. In whom his sensuous fancy bodied forth the thought of plenty. Again, wheat sown luto darkness that. It. might riso In Ight, was .Proserpine, dahghtor of 'ores, homo violently off to bo queen tho Infernal regions, and by tho ustlco of tho groat gods given back or half the year to laugh with hor nother In tho sunshine. Possibly wheat was tho corn so ilenty In Egypt when famlno drovo hither Joseph's unnatural brethren. Vheat wont with other precious things into tho mummy cases fffid ealed jars stored in royal tombs. Today acres by tho thousands laugh ti bearded grain, said to have ipruiiR from sparse kernels plunder ed by a ruthless explorer from a oyal mummy's hand. Doos It wills-' cr now sthls now-old Egyptian ivhcat to Its constant friend, the nin, of llnineses and Pharaoh?. Of Mils, tho sacred bull, of Isis, Egypt's ''ores? Of Osiris? Tho gront ?phynx? And Memnnn's head, Ring ng to hall th oaunriso? If, It would nit speak aloud so mortals could comprehend, how our wisdom might )e broadened! What a recasting of llstory must ho wrought anil how vo boasting moderns might hide di minished heads! Martha McCullooh WlilianiB, In Everybody's Magazine. WM Hydrographer. Frodrrici. 'I. Newell, chief Hydro rraphor of tho United States geologl il survoy, wishes to have dooply lm resscd on tho minds of tho people hat so far as tho irrigation problom s concerned, tho department moans "ltisincss. Ho states that tho problem )f irrigation must bo solf-RUHtnlnlng, Mid, for this reason, settlers nlong Ivors where conflicting rights aro ap parent, must get together and com 'iromiso their dlfforcnccB and bo nady to plnce tho wholo matter in ho hnnds of the general government, ir thqro will bo nothing dono, t nako It plain. Say a number of poo lie havo settled along a certain stream and havo ncqulrcd rights in M10 waters of tho strenm, aftor tho government engineers havo concluded that by constructing a reservoir and tnklng tho water of tho Btroam, a very much larger area can be opened up and put under irrigation, and that this can bo dono without depriving any of tho original ownora of tho wator, but that in fact they will havo uioro wator after tho rosorvolr it. built, that in such cases as UiIb these peoplo must form somo sort or an organization nnd relinquish thch rlghtB to tho government. If those peoplo refuse to relinquish their rights, Mr. Newell says it will not disturb tho government, for tho gov ernment is not in any hurry, and nothing can bo accomplished. Now lands put under irrigation will bo sold In parts not to oxcoed 1C0 acres tt one Individual, and tho proccodB will bo turned over to tho govornmont for tho purposo of erecting moro reser voirs, and so go on indoflnltoly.' Mr. Newell furthor BtateB that thoro Is now between $5,000,000 and $6,000,006 ready for tho irrigation problem. Ontario Argus. Captain Wood and eight members of tho Salvation Array wero arrowtod at Boise for violation of an agreomont aB to placo of holding services on thn street. Tho Salvationists lnBlatod on holding their meetings whom travel wag greatest, and for doing tlito, against what tho city claimed was an. agreement, tboy wero all arrested. In tho avorago wages paid to em ployeu tho Industry that HtandB tho highest among thp largo undertaking Ib that of smelting and refining. Hero tho average for ti, 24,500 worker is $C52 por worker. Mahln'H Maga 7.ine, August CANCEROUS Are iii many respects like other ulcers or Mmm T F" 'ff sores, aud this resemblance often proves fatal, M Mm 0 mm M m Valuable time in lost in fruitless efforts to heal the sore with washes and salves, because the genus of Cancer that are multi plying in the blood and the new Cancer cells which are constantly develop ing keep up the irritatioil and discharge, and at last sharp shooting pains announce the approach of the eating and sloughing stage, and a hideous, sickening cancerous sore begins its .WfrtUrA work I" tfobruury, 1800, I nottoed a small destructive work. lum otxmy lQor Pi The doctor cau- No ulcer or sore can exist with- totiie n jjut (mother oumo and broke out some predisposing internal cause out Into an ope;i ore. I bejran to take tint lns noisoned the blood, nnd the B. S. 8, and after I hud taken oven bot Uinl lias poisonai uil - u t, , ? hoaloll outiroly ana no open discharging ulcer, or the fester- un;"0'f 'tho dlaeaeo havo been seen ing sore on the lip, cheek or other tn0e. w. v. Brown, Holland, 0. o. part of the body will continue to spread and eat deeper into the flesh unless the blood is purified and the Cancer germs or morbid matter eliminated from the circulation. S. S. S. cleanses the blood of all decaying effete matter. It has great antidotal and purifying properties that soou destroy the genus and poisons and restore the blood to its natural condition. And when pure blood ia if .... 1,,..... n., ii.rni'llirnn!i:nrfnf nnv kind, write us nbout it. lliedl- cal advice will cost you nothing. Books on Cancer and other diseases of the blood will be sent free. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Atlanta, Qa. . TTt TJi "t li n remedy INTERNATIONAL SHOW AT ST. LOUIS EXPOSITION. United States Will Compete With th World-Commlssloner In Europe Arranging or Exhibits. World's Fair, St. Louis, Aug. 1J. Senator W. A. Harris, of Kansas, who ia now in Kuropo as special commis sioner for tho World's Fair, to ar range with foreign livestock mon for exhibits of flno animals at tho expo sition of 1001, hns definite ideas of what tho exhibit should be. Boforo hfs departure abroad ho said: "My Idea of the exhibit for tho SL I.ouirt Exposition Is thnt it should bo mndo a great International livestock show. Tho brcedB should bo distinct, typical and charctcrlstlc. Thoro will ho many flno Btock exhibits from tho United States nnd wanada and I ho llo vo arrangements can bo mndo for many Interesting foreign displays, I was In Europn 10 yenrs ago and mot several of tho principal llvostoek traders nnd breeders In Euglnud and on tho continent nnd nlso representa tives of livestock associations. Thoy wero all Interested In tho stock rais ing industry of this country. "1 shall endeavor to interest thoso men to tho extent of obtaining from them oxhlbltH of their hords nnd I be lieve they will bo glad to Bond tholr stock over when they learn tho mag nitude of the exposition plans. I shall also call on tho editors of tho Bfock publications In Europe, nnd If possi ble, obtain their support. Tho tlrBt placo I shall visit after I leavo Liv erpool will bo York, whero I am woll acquainted and where aro to bo found somo of tho famous English broods of cattlo and horses. From York I shall go to Aberdeen, Scotland, whoro thoro aro many distinct breeds of high priced Shorthorns nnd flno strains in draft horses and mutton. I shall also visit other points in Scotland and Wales, and aftor which I will go to England and Bpend throo wcokB. Thoro tho stock-raising nsssoclatlons have headquarters and whoro a largo part of my work will b6 dono. "I oxpoct to go to Franco, where aovcral broods of ilno coach horaoa and hoavy harncHs horses aro rnlsod, uk woll as two distinct broods of cat tlo. From Franco I shall probably go to Switzerland nnd arrange for the exhibit of SwIsb dairy cattlo and then to Holland, whoro sovornl puro BtraliiB havo originated, among thom tho celebrated Holstpln Frolalan cat tlo, of which thoro aro many In this country. I am also anxious to aocuro an exhibit of tho Belgian coach N hOl'BUH. "I should Ilko to extend my trip to Russia, aB Interesting brooda of llvo stoek aro to bo found thoro. I shall consult with the Russlau ambassador in Berlin and through hi 111 and the United Statou ambassador to Ituaula, oudoavor to arrango for a Russian stool; display. Among tho RiiHBlan horflcfl 1b tho Orloff trottor, brpd' orig inally by Count Orloff, famous In the time of Quoou pnthorine. Tho king of England has one of tho most com plete hords of Shorthorns In Kuropo, at Sandrlngham, and Quoon Victoria's herd at Windsor waa also a colobrut ed one. Both havo boon oxhiblted at tho Royal Agricultural Show,'. 1 be hove they can bo obtained for tho St. LouIh ExpoHltlon. 'Tho Htock show at St. Louis will bo tho flrat international affair' of that character and L am anxious that It shall bo a notablo one. The 8L Loula Expoultlou will attract thous ands from South American countrlos as woll aa from Moxlco and Central American countries,, aud. as there la a largo market for European stock In South America, tno Kuropean siock ralsors will bo anxious to placo their stock whoro it can bo Inspoctod." Politics aro waxing warm In differ ent. Dolnts in tho stato of Washington. and harvesting la also In full blast carried to the uicer or sore uie neaiing pnnx-aa begins, the discharge cease3 and the place heals over and new skin forma. S. S. S. is a strictly vege table blood purifier containing no mercury or This Big-aturo Ir on every box ot tno genu Laxative Bromo'OuinineTawcta lhat carat a cold tu ouu day,