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About East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 4, 1902)
You always get GOOD GOODS At Alexander's. A BEAUTIFUL DISPLAY Of all the newest styles of the very best qualities in Dress Goods, Silks, Ladies' Jackets, Waists, Walking Skirts and Neckwear for the Fall and Winter of 1902 and 1903. Re garding prices. You will find them right, too. SILK AND VELVET "WAISTS Our styles are adapted from Paris and Berlin models Made by the best waist maker in New York CityThey are made of Persian velvet, Peur de Chine silk, some with hand stitched embroidery, others have Appliqucd lace in a wide range of colorings. Blue, pink, cream, garnet, black, rcsidu and ciel. Prices, $12.50, $10.00, $8.50, $7.48, $5.98, $4.98. NEW DRESS GOODS Here are some good ones. 50 inches wide, all wocl and heavy, in the new canvas, basket and hop sacking weaves. They come in the shades of grey, brown, mode, garnet, navy, black. Prices, $1,98, $1.48, $1.25 and $1.00 per yard. FALL JACKETS. An immense assortment in all the new lengths, all the new cloths, all the new colors. A perfect fit guaranteed. Don't you think that you had better choose early? The nicest always go first. Prices, $15.50, $12.50, $10.00, $7.50, $5.00, $4.48. Alexander Dept. Store RELIABLE CLOTHIERS. u mi mm It i ti It . 3 1)11 A m ( tl 4i 3Ai.1l .1 A Jt J Sm am i ih u v Pi. i HOME COUNTY NEWS WESTON NEWS. GRAND PICNIC AT KINE'S. GROVE Every Sunday Dancing begins Sunday at 2 p. m. Admission to dancing plat form 25 cents ; ladies free. Busses to and from the grounds day and night. nm m ttxi a uni rim minrriiTTiD ink h pionio parties by applying to PETER SMITH, at Hotel St. .George. Or. Croupe Seriously Injured Much Indignation in Weston Because of Late Article of Spokesman-Review. Weston, Sept. 4. Dr. C. W. Croupe, of Walla Walla, was thrown from his wagon last evening near Sal I rig's camp and had his right shoulder dis located. Dr. Croupe, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Kinney also ol Walla Walla had been spending several days at Sallng's camp, about 12 miles east o Weston, hunting for big game. On Monaay tne aocipr wouna ed a bear, but the animal got away from Mm. Yesterday the party went out. on the Breaks of the north fork of the Umatilla where they had better luck, Mr. Kinney succoering in get ting a fine black bear, but as they were returning to camp In the even ing, the left front wheel of the wagon ran over a log In the road throwing Dr. Croupe, who was driving, out of tho wahogn against a tree. Falling back from tho tree ho fell under the wheels which ran over his shoulder causing tho Injury. Dr. J. A. Best of Weston, went up to tho camp last night and reduced the dislocation. Tho Injured shoulder, being the right one, will prevent tho doctor who Is a dentist, from doing much offlco work for some time. Misses Elllco Price and Pearl Wills who have resided In Weston for sev eral years, left yesterday for Pendle ton whero they will mako their future home. A large number of friends, lu and about Weston, will follow thorn with their best wishes tor all coming time. Ellis Plnkcrton returnod Monday from an extended trip through East' cm Washington. Ho will teach school during tho coming fall and winter at Corvello in that stato. Miss Clara Taylor, of Eugene, sis tcr of Charles H. Taylor, proprietor of tho Fair store, arrived In Weston Monday evening. Miss Taylor will teach during the fall and winter at tho lower Dry Creek school. Thomas Prico and family returned yesterday from their camping trip on Weston mountain. Hon. (?. W. Proobstel returned Tuesday from a month's outing at Seaside. Some newspaper wrt.ter with a greater deslro to All up spaco than ho has to bo accurate, has been clrculat Ing a report that tho new normal school building was unsafe, and was to bo condemned. There Is not a shred of truth In tho story, tho build Ing Is as sound as any building of Its kind In the stato. A groat deal or in dlgnation was felt by tho peoplo of Weston when this story was publish ed In tho Spokesinan-ltRovlow a fow days since, and they feel that It would be well If that enterprising sheet would try and get a corps of corrcs pondents who would conflne them' selves to nows Horns. C. H. HOAQ. BERQUIST, The Shoemaker is located in the Teutsch Store. Shoes repaired. PAID THE PRICE. New York Woman Made Her Last Trip In Search of Fuel. Unable because of the excessive price caused by the local strike to buy the coal she needed for her home where four fatherless little ones de pended upon her efforts, Mrs. Agnes Lichtenberg, of Passlc, N. J., yes terday paid with her life for her at tempt to levy tribute on the coal companies. It did not appeal to her as stealing to take a few lumps from eacu or tho loaded coal cars standing row on row In tho Erlo switches on Dundee Island, near Passaic Sho had seen others do It. She must do It or thero could be no flro In tho two tiny rooms at No. 1G2 Second street, whero her llttlo brood awaited her. It was dlro need that forced this women to shoulder a bag and pick her way among tho laden coal cars. Going to the far end o itho yaru FIRE! FIRE! All goods that were burned and damaged will be on sale SATURDAY Blankets, Millinery, Indian Robes, Yarns, Trunks, Tailor-Made Suits. These goods will be sold for practically nothing. What we can't sell we give away I Big Boston Store Corner Main and Court Streets. mmmmmmmwmrmmmwmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmnmK I THE PENDLETON BUSINESS COLLEGE 1 Corner Court and Johnson Sts Pendleton, Oregon. A Thorough. Live. l7p-to-Date Business College. in Eastern Oregon and no Superior in the State. Fall Term Opens September 1st. The Best 3 Pupils Can Enter at Any Time, Embraces the Following Complete Courses, Each Indepen dent of the Other. ' mw w nnmimn on Contracts Commercial Paper Corporations Conveyances Partnership Bailments Insurance Sales of Personal Property and many other subjects, both inter esting and instructive. The Budget System of Bookkeeping "Actual Business Practice" The student is taken by this meth od step by step from the easiest work of detail office business up to the hardest and most difficult busi ness problems. He is taught to think and reason, and at each upward step finds nothing too difficult for him. He has been taught by a sys tem a thorough course. - When a student leaves the college to enter business itfehe s fully equipped. The Business Course Includes Bookkeeping Correspondence Commercial Law Penmanship Rapid Calculation Business Arithme tic Actual Business Practice in Banking Insurance Importing Brokerage Partnership Conveyancing Re,al Estate Forwarding Incorporated Companies Shorthand Department Course of Study Shorthand. The student begins with the theory which is presented in a manual of one hundred and twenty pages arranged in twelve les sons. Each lesson successively is mastered thoroughly and written to a required speed. The student is next given a Universal Dictation Course in correspondence, etc., sup plied from twenty-six different busi nesses, followed by a course in legal forms and papers, depositions and court reporting of civil and criminal cases and speech reporting. Typewriting We have several standard machines in use, and the mechanism in all their parts is ex plained until the student is made conversant with the care and use of the typewriter. As the work of the shorthand writer comes before the the reader through the medium of the typewriter, it is obvious that the student must acquire a proficiency which can only be attained through proper instruction along the lines of correct menthods followed up by ju dicious and faithful practice. Our Record in Stenography Unequaled. And Why ? It is because we have the best teachers in the state and employ the best methods in teaching. We study the individual need of each student, always watchful and helping him in his weak places, en couraging him in his strong points. We teach the following system: The Gregg Light Line, which is the most successful and complete course. Easiest to learn and most satisfac tory to users. Come and investigate. Shorthand and Typewriting Includes A thorough mastery of the principles of Shorthand, Cor respondence, Phrasing, Pen manship, Dictation, Manipula tion of the Typewriter, Spelling, Invoice and Tabular Work, Manifolding, Envelope Direct ing, Paragraphing and Punctu ation, Capitalization, Care and Management of Writing Machines, Evening Classes: 3 Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays sho began to pick a lump ot coal horo and thero. Sho had flllod tho bag by tho tlmo sho hnd reached tho mlddlo ot tho long train. Sho tied tho bag as ntio stood on tho projecting end of a toal car. Then sho rested it on tho bumpers and Jumped to tho ground. At that very minute tho train started. Tho coal sho had tolled so hard to got was bo- Ing borno away from her. Darting between tho cars sho solzcd tho bag. Tho cars gavo an extra Jerk at that mlnuto. Sho was knocked off her feet, but sho still clutched tho bag. Its weight throw her headlong across tho rail, directly In front of a wheel. Tho next Instant tho wheel had passod over hor neck, decapi tating tho poor woman In a second. Sho did not even havo tlrao to cry out. Other women happening along saw tho acldcnt. Their screams brought tho trainmen. Thov- removed tho bag from tho dead lingers that still clutcnod It Then tho body was placed on a rudo stretcher and taken back to tho llttlo homo In Socond stret. Tho sack of coal was dumped back on ono of tho cars. Now York Journal. A Hunicrr Musician. Daring the siege of Ladysinlth an of ficer who was organizing a concert to keep up his men's cheerfulness heard of a sergeant In the Gordons who was said to lie a performer. Ho found the said sergeant aiid nuked him to con tribute his services. Tho sergeant was sorry, but said ho "couldn't." "Why," siild tho officer, "you do play something, don't youY" "I did, sir." "Well, whut'B your Instrument?' "The bones, sir but I've ato 'cml" Modem Inatauce. "Ana now," no earn, "wo will seo what our old friend tho apostle Paul has to say. Step up here, Paul, ami give us your testimony." No, tho speaker wasn't n flippant prosecuting attorney In tho celebrated trial before Felix. It was the Itev. Mr. Seventhly, tho popular pastor of the Hlnnk Avenue church, who was preaching a doctrliml sermon. Chicago Tribune. Ono or I'lclif. Cr7 JoU.. ' In his blogruphy of Kugeno FieW Sluson Thompson says that shortly aft er Uio humorist's arrival In Chicago I occurred to him ono bleak day In De cember that It was time tho peopl know there was a stranger In town. i Bo ho arrayed himself In a long linen duster, buttoned up from knees to roU lor. put an old straw hat on his hen and, taking a ohabby book under ono arm and a palf leaf fan in his hand, tin mnrcneu all tuo way down Clnrk Htrecti past the city hall, to tho oMee. Every whero along tho roulo he was grceteid( with Jeers or pitying words, us Ills opJ pearance oxcltcd the mirth or rommln cratlou of tho piiKHertiby. When ho readied the entrance to Th Dally News olllce, he waH followed by! a motley crowd of noisy urchins, whom ho dismissed with a grimace and th. cabalistic goaturo with which Nleholae ICooran perplexed and repulsed An tony vun Cprlear from thu unit lenient of the fortress on KeiisnolaerHteliU Then, closing tho door In their nston-' lulled faces, ho mounted tho two flights of stairs to tho editorial rooms, whero ho recounted, with thu glee of the boy ho whs in such thing, the success at' bis Joke. Pri.Uo ot Work Writ Done. I'crhapo thero is nothing elso s productive of cheerful, helpful service as tho oxprcHiilon of approval or praise of work well done, and yet thero ir nothing ho grudgingly, so meagerly, given by employers. Many of them, seem to tiiluk tbut commendation !' demoralizing and tbut tho voicing of appreciation will lend to llBtlew.nieur and tho withdrawal of energy and In terest. This evince but u poor knowl- edge of humuii nature, which Is al ways hungering for approbutlou. Hut' how mistaken such views are is shown by tho loyal and uimtltited service giv en to those large minded men who treut their employees mh uiembeiu of a. family committed to their cure.-Suo-wuh. j Hrr ConaotHlluu, At u continuation at Htrasnburg thfr bishop asked of a pretty soubrette tbo usual question of tho Heidelberg cate chism; "What Is your only consolation la life and death?" Tho neopliyto blushed anil hesitated. The Orst question was roneuted. mid then she stammered out: Ilio young shoemaker lu the noxt street." London Tlt-Ults. H. N. Robinson, L.L.D. I 2 mimmimmmmiimmmmmmiiiiMiiimMMiK Tlio Shook Too Borer. "Did the coroner's Jury ascertain what caused Howersox'a sudden death?" "Yes. It appears that ho received a riltlTnliUr'u thill It. I.lu ..w.-..t... .....II II " "v n - ...mi.. n ,, .. , "Ut surclv thnt illil nnt kill MmW "V"'. '"""; iwuiui tommi 10 "That wasn't It. but .tout noon tl, ! '"J '"'W0. n0 Plumber himself called and said there " . , 1' " "Ur Kcoe1r ,U waH.-I'lilladelphla Record. Mrs. Hunt I Biinposu j,io Il'ortcr In. the most truthful person In town., iiarloy moots ready sulo lu Uiko Why, I verily believe she would tell1 'mint v at tint iiifiMilim fitp inii. t tho truth oven about her.age. ! a pound iinsackod. Mrs. I'lKe That wouldn't bo truthful i Onions worn rained In tho Jo!i ness; It would simply bo eccentricity.-) Day country from tlu seed this year Boston Transcript. i that girted lfi liifilnis.