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You always get GOOD GOODS at Alexander's.
I Wind-up Clearance Sale
j i This will be the final sale to dispose of the last of our
j ; Shirt Waists, Wash Goods, Laces, Embroideries and other
i! Summer Goods.
5C yd Torchon Laces worth 15C yd
Cr Mosquito Net Blue, Pink, Green, xmfA
White or Red. ja
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38c
For Shtrt Waists
Worth op to
$1.98
25 PCI Ceilt OS on afl Wash Goods
Alexander Dept. Store
RELIABLE CLOTHIERS..
Get Your Canning
Supplies of Us . .
We are in position to furnish you good, clean and
fresh fruits and vegetables. Bartlett pears are in sea
son. They are excellent for putting up. Let us supply
you.
FRESH RIPE FRUIT
We receive daily fresh watermelons, the sweetest
and ripest that grow. Canteloupes that will make you
want more.
SUGAR AND SPICES
Sugar and spices of all kinds used in. canning and
preparing your preserves can be obtained of us.
MARTIN'S FAMILY
GROCERY AND BAKERY
The place to get clean, fresh goods.
R. MARTIN, Proprietor
HOME. COUNTY MEWS
FREEWATER RECOVERING.
Smallpox Epidemic There Almost
Brought to an End.
Freewater, Aug. 19. Tho smallpox
situation hero Is now much improved
and It Is hoped with considerable con
fidence that the authorities will bo
able to stamp out the plague shortly.
Most of those who have had the
disease have so far recovered as to
be out of danger themselves and past
the stage when they will transmit
the disease to others, so the danger
of further contagion is very slight at
present.
The principal trouble to be com-
batted by tho medical and local
authorities in stamping out the small
pox pest has been tho careless atti
tude of thepeople of this city toward
the disease, no one appearing to have
the least fear of catching it for sev
eral weeks after the epidemic became
pronounced. Two or three very se
vere cases developed a short time
since, however, have given the pub
lic an added measure of carefulness
recently and the result is that the
disease which bid fair to run riot is
now well in hand and there, is little
further danger.
Fortunately no one has died of the
smallpox so far and it is confidently
expected that no deaths will be cred
ited to the disease when the epidemic
is ended.
Quarantines are being raised right
along now and within a few days
everyone who has been under sur
veillance will be out and around
again.
WHEAT NEAR WESTON.
Great Rush to Get Last of Grain
Harvested at Once.
Weston, Aug. 19. Every man who
will work is now in tho harvest field
and the farmers of this vicinity aro
anxiously on the lookout for tho stray
hobo who can bo pressed into service
to assist in getting their harvests or
golden grain into tho warehouses be
fore tho damage done by rain and
wind becomo more appreciable.
The light showers of tho past few
days have done no damage of conse
quence, If tho grain Is harvested im
mediately, though considerable loss
will result unless wheat and other
grain is got under cover at onco. Al
ready there are several fields which
are so well developed that the stalks
of the wheat are bending down and it
la also noticed that the wheat heads
aro bursting and tho kernels sifting
out. Unless such grain la gotten out
of tho fields immediately great loss
will result.
Hence the excessive activity of tho
farmers and the anxious inquiry for
more men in tho fields.
Crops In the vicinity of this place
are turning out very well, considering
the draw backs which have occurred
in the shape of winds, hot spells and
rain, the average loss being in the
neghborhood of 25 per cent Some
few farmers lost as high ns 60 per
cent or perhaps even GO per cent,
though these cases were extremely
raro. while others lost almost nothing.
What grain has been harvested so far
is almost entirely A 1.
ATTACK ON KNOX.
Telephone Red 34$
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BUY YOUR
LUMBER
AT THE
Iregon Lumber Yard
Alta St., opp. Court House.
UCES A5 LOW A5 THE LOWEST
All Kiads of Bulldlag- Materiel,
Including
Doors
Windows
Screen Doors
and Windows
Building Paper
,Lime
Cement
Brick
and Sand
IN Don't Forget Our Wood Q utter
for Barns and DwelHags
Having purchased the
COOPER
RESTAURANT
At 609 Main street, I would be
Pleased to have you call and take
meal at my place and feel con
Went that after one trial you will
cme often.
Best Meal
"the City
Only 20 Cents.
J. H. WILvLIAMS.
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tJ2f JwtmiMl kw-bwra. trUm
tjt- TWrty Sol
SEWING MACHINES
AT BARGAINS . .
During the month of August
we will offer special low pne
es on
WHITE
Sewing Machines
The White is recognized as
the best machine made.
Come now and save money.
JOS. BASLER'S
Bargain House
MrSSVjaiEaaflaaaiaaaaBaVL. '
WE ARB THE PEOPLE
and the only people la .the saddlery
business that carry a complete Moc of
Harness, Baddies, Bridles, Spurs, Sweat
Pads, Pack Baddies and Sags, Tents,
Wagon Covtoa and, Canvas.
JOSEPH ELL,
N
Vas In Reality Attack on the Presi
dent and Head of Government.
The personal attack on Attorney
General Knox In a public restaurant
by three wealthy and well known
men, is an extraordinary occurrence.
It is the first time that a member of
the president's cabinet has been phys
ically assaulted, for reasons inhering
in the discharge of his official duties.
The account of the, affair is tc the
effect that previously to the encoun
ter, words had passed between the
parties In a discussion of the attor
ney general's rigid enforcement of
the anti-trust laws. In that discus
sion much feeling was developed,
which was the next day manifested
in an exchange of blows.
If any one thinks that such trusts
and combinations are obnoxious to
the laws which the attorney general
is enforcing can make headway
against the law and those who ad
minister it, he Is making a capital
mistake. The president takes an oath
to faithfully execute the law, without
fear or favor, and this President
Roosevelt is doing through the mem
bers of the cabinet, who are his exec
utive officers and occupy with him
the highest and most responsible
place in the government Attacks
upon the cabinet are upon the presl
dent, and the assaulting party might
just as well have physically attacked
the president himself.
it needs no more than the an
nouncement of such an assault to in
crease popular sympathy with the
president and bring more support to
his enforcement of the law. The peo
ple of this country will not permit
any long defiance of the law or as
sumed supremacy to its enforcement
In high or low. They will at once as
sume, and rightly, that persons who
assault cabinet officers in the interest
of any body of men, no matter how
important their relation to the Indus
tries of the country, are assuming
supremacy to the law, and its en
forcement will be -backed by tho re
slstleBs power of the whole people.
It is the duty of every man to obey
the law and respect its adminlstra
tion. When the impulse to this duty
ceases anywhere, there is a failure of
good citizenship which will bo re
buked by the people. San Francisco
Call.
SOUTH CAROLINA GUNS.
Law Requres Them to be so Large
That Burdensome to Carry.
Tho South Carolina legislature, In
an endeavor to either limit gun fight
ing or make It more fatal, has enact
ed a law that no man shall carry a
pistol less than 20 inches long. Wea
pons of tirat longitude weigh four
pounds, and the chivalry of the state
Justly complain, that they are op
pressed by being compelled to defend
their Jionor and count votes with such
heavy artillery, when a barker weigh
ing a few ounces will do Just as much
in proving the other fellow a liar, and
will count as big a majority as tho
legal columblad they are required to
carry.
The vice of carrying concealed
weapons is by no means confined to
South Carolina, and allowing only
such eras to be carried as are too
large for concealment and too weigh
ty to be carried at all may prove a
very efficient means of putting an
end to the practice. It Is somowhat
creditable to tho South Carolina leg
islature that it recognizes the habit
and its' consequences as a stain upon
the commonwealth and desires to
prevent It in tho future, and other
states may well follow tho example.
Let the pormitted weapons be so big
that every man who feels that his
honor needs defense vl et armis will
bo compelled, like the feudal knights,
to employ an esquire to pack his mur
dering kit for him, and testlncss of
temper and murder for Inconsequen
tial acts will be less frequent.
South Carolina is Just entering up
on a heated political campaign, In
which personalities aro as numerous
as compliments at a tea party. Her
senators havo cuffed each other in
tho senate, and tho blood of her pol
iticians is as hot as a Yuma after
noon. If they must fight, let them do
it with fists or compel them to use
tho field artillery authorized by law,
and election day may find the candi
dates all alive and able to go and
voto.
Tho ability to back up an appeal
to prejudice with a gun is responsible
for much loose language and reckless
personal attacks in politics, and when
this no lqnger exists there may grow
a habit of smoother and more poll to
speech.
Senator Tillman, In his apology to
the senate for the affair with McLau
rin, naively admitted that his homo
training in the politics of his state
had not fitted him for observance of
tho courtesies of the senate. This is
an admission that the domestic prac
tices of South Carolina do not fit her
statesmen to shine in pollto political
society outsldo tho state. This has
no doubt stung tho pride of her peo
pie and she is desirous of getting In
shape to tutor her public men in tho
proper attitude in which to sit, and to
keep, their feet off the desk and their
hands out of other men's hair.
It is to bo hoped that Texas will
follow her example and assist Son
ator Bailey In keeping cooler. San
Francisco Call.
Elks' Carnival at Seattle, August 18th
to 31 at
For tho above, tho W. & C. It., in
connection with tho Northern Pacific,
will sell tickets August 21st and 2Cth,
limited to five days from dato of sale,
THREK BUTTON SACK
A Fall Suit
You'll want something for au
tumn wear something good, and
you don't want to pay the high
prices charged for made-to-order
clothes you would be throwing
away money if you did.
We can give you what you want,
garments that will fit you and keep
their shape, made from cloths that
are not seen everywhere.
Remember the guarantee "Your
money back if not as represented."
We give this guarantee, it's backed
by KjQJjg Chicago, the makers
of clothing sold by this store.
Let us fit you out and you will
be properly dressed.
Your dollars and dimes go a
"long ways" at this store.
The Big Boston Store
WB CARRY A COMPLETE LINE OF
COATS that KO!!r5? CLOTHING
keep their shape. iVBROTHEfw with Individuality.
I l From our Fadory I
Big Boston Store
Corner Main and Court Streets.
TAX CHEATING 18 BAD.
Scarcely Any Tax Payors Pay What
They Should.
Again has public attention beon
at S9 for round trip. Also on AugUBt calle1 to Ul discrepancy between tho
19th, 23d, 25th, at $12.30 for round actual and assessed valuation of prop-
trip, limited to five days from date of orty in Now York. According to tho
wu F?h fU" part,,cular8' app,y to report of Expert Acountant Horvoy
waiter Adams, agent. ... rv)mi)troiiOI. rtroiit. m, real oHtato
transferred during the imnl six
The mosquito has ceaBed to be a months iuivh tuxeH on hurdlv more
laughing matter; if it ever was funny, than hair wliat is was sold for.
except to the professional Jokowrlght In individual cases tho oxport found
arid has taken its proper place as a that rminnrtv wan assessed at less
serious enemy of the human race, than ono-llfth Us actual value.
Many zealous scientific men aro stu- It mtKht 0 HumoHod that one of
aying lis naoiis ana nairnat wun me ti,0 first advantages of wealth was tho
design of destroying It, and even tho ability to indulge In tho luxury of
naraenea politicians aro awanening honesty, but In tho real tax, as in tho
to the necessity of appropriating pub- tnv on personal nronertv. tho rich aro
lie money for tho purpose. The state ordinarily found to bo tho greatest
entomologist or wow. jersey has air- offenders. Somehow, many men who
ferentlated over a score of varieties would hotly resent tho accusation of
or cuiex, three or which aro anopheles criminal deceit aro willing to go
or malaria-carriers. Ho urges tho use on swindling the city and escaping
or petroleum in stagnant pools ana their Just share of tho burdens of
the draining and filling up of marsh- government, oven if they havo to
es. But this Is slow work when Jef commit perjury to do it. So we have
to uie casual attention or pnvato in- tho spectacle of men whoso posses
dividual. It should be taken up by Hion Gf great fortunes In paintings
the public authorities, They spend and Jewelry and tho other apanages
vast sums every year In attacking to Kreat wealth is notorious grudging-
Jess irritating and dangerous pests. y paying assessment on an amount
Collier's Weekly. that would not pay for tho furniture
in one of their drawing rooms.
Reservation Land. So general Is this that when tho ex-
Call on E. D, Boyd, Pendleton, to ccptlonal man comes forward and
purchase reservation lands. Sold to says his assessment Is under what It
highest bidder. should be the whole country wonders
at him. and his fellow rich men say
The kaiser Is accused of overstep- cynically that he will bo wiser when
ping his constitutional authority In he, Is older. That is what happened
his act denouncing the Bavarians. 1 when 'the most recent of the Vander-
bills to como of ago inslstead on pay
ing what he houostly thought was
duo,
Soma day there will bo an awaken
ing of consclonco on this point, and
ovadlug payment of Just taxes will
becomo as bad form as any other sort
of cheating. When this tlmo comes
thoro will nover more bo a lack of
funds for improvements, and tho tax
ruta will bo ho low that tho burden
will hardly bo felt. A statistical
genius onco computed that If every
body londorod an absolute fair ac
count of what ho owned tho tax rate
would not have to bo mnro than a
tonth of what It Is now to supply Now
York with all the rovenuo required.
Hearst's American and Journal,
A sllco of fresh pineapple after
each nicnl Is a suggestion of the Lou
don Lancet. Tho fruit contains much
fiber, but Its actlvo prlnclplo, "brom
elln," Is so onorgetic that it will di
gest 1,000 timoa Its weight within ft
fow hours. Tho dlgestlvo activity,
varies with tho kind of protlod sup.
piled. Fibrin soon disappears entirely
coagulated egg albumin Is digested
slowly and meat albumen Is first
convorted into a gelatinous mass and
finally digested. Precipitated from
tho Juice by salt, tho actlvo prlnclplo
wil be found to have the powers stat
ed The activity Is destroyed by
heat but plneapplo preserved without
cooking should retain Its power.
Tho opening of the coming Oregon
state fair promises to be on a larger
scale than ever before. The buildings
had to be enlarged and more visitors
aro expected than usual.
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