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1 I irainniinEnannuniBKnaunnKnuM Make Em Happy j Grandma, grandpa, mamma, papa, sisters, brothor, daughter, son, the baby, aunt, uncle, cousin or dear friend, will onjoy something that will add to the comforts of life. That somothing is easy to de cido on. Get them a Pair of Slippers Or Perfect Fitting Shoes BE RRIGATED n H H a 9 Wo make it our special aim to supply Child- ren's Slippors and Shoes, and have a select line for you to make choice from. The celebrated Alfred Dolgo EomeoB and Juli ets are handled by us. I & S . g H H Dindinge, Wilson & Co., GOOD SHOES CHEAP S M The Only Exclusive Shoe House in Pendleton, " inniainnnninniinniiunniHininiinni TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1G, 1302. PERSONAL MENTION. J. Wellington, or Echo, Is In town C. E. Nelson Is In town from Wes tan. C. V. Flnloy, of Athena, is In tho city. A. J. Kelly la In town from Free- water. H. T. Duncan Is In town from Umatilla. Walter Clem, of Heppner, is In town. "Walter Allison is In town from TJfeiah. Louis Proebstel Is in town from Weston. Judge W. It. Ellis is in Heppner holding court James Fitz, of Wallula, is in the city on business. Zoeth Houser, ex-United States mar shal, Is In the city. It. N. Thompson, of Walla Walla, is in tho city oi business. J. S. Warren and T. H. Williamson are in town from Milton. George T. Williams, a Walla Walla business man. Is at the Golden Hula hotel. Fred E. Judd left this afternoon for Portland, where ho goes to transact business. Matt Mosgrove, ono of the promi nent merchants of Milton, Is at Hotel 8t, George. Hisses Stella Chapman and Martha Kelly, of Milton, are visiting friends iu Pendleton. County Commissioner Horace Wal ker is at Hotel Pendleton from his homo at Helix. Stephen A. Lowell left Monday erenlng for La Grande whero ho went to look after legal business. District Attorney T. G. Halloy has gone to Heppner to attend an adjourn ed session of the district court. Henry Shockey has returned from New Whatcom, Wash., whero he has fcoen working tho past summer. J. P. McManus, editor of the Pilot Itock Record and Adams Advance, is in town today looking after business Interests. W. II. H. Scott, ono of tho promi nent wheat growers of tho cast end of the county, is registered at tho Golden Hule hotel. Joseph Cox, who has been employ ed with Demott & Co., left Monday for his home In Iowa. He will remain several months and may not return hero at all. J. W. Thompson, Jr., who has been, in Umatilla county for tho past four years, leaves Wednesday for his old homo at Rowland, Linn county, where ho will spend tho holidays and may remain for some time to come. Link Swaggaot, ono of Umatilla county's prosperous farmers living three miles northeast of Athena, was In Pendleton during tho afternoon of Monday. Mr. Swaggart Is one of the prosperous diversified farmers of the county. He raises wheat, deals in lino hogs, cattle, horses and In fact, has a variety of all kinds of stock around his place. SHOULD PROTECT FORESTS. Meacham Citizens Say Campers and Hunters Are Too Careless. Join. Anderson, of Menchnra. was in the rltv today and in regard to IDLE LAND THAT ,u. 11H,,i 0f legislation for I'.asiorn WILL YIELD FORTUNES Oregon. Bald: , "There should bo a moro strict law Over Six Thousand Acres Between providing for punlsliiaent of care Hudson Day and Freewater Will loss hunters and campers In tut Grow Fixe Tons of Alfalfa "Per Year T.f'" ,,assos but Eastern Or and 300 Dushels of Potatoes.' .. s,fie"S untold losses from wan- "Ono levee can be built for $3000 (on and criminal carelessness. The limber Imrned down is an acium iu to the country. "It I our property, a resource, .ni,i, nr tho state, and to burn down year after year Is no less crim inal than to burn up wheat crops or orchards. Resides tho loss to tho general government, poor men whoso sole possessions consist in a tow acres of timber or a few hundred cords of wood, suffer the loss of tneir iaai u- source. , Tim rnrivjtn suffer fully as much from this source as they do from tho greed of the land grabbers. No Reliance In Vaults. since. It has been proven that tho strongest built vault can easily bo opened by expert safe-crackers, tho treasurp department has decided to add to their massive vaults anu com plicated locks a novel electric burg lar alarm. While tho government is endeavoring to protect the nations wealth In tho best manner possible It is very important that wo should en deavor to protect our health from tho inroads of disease. The safest medi cine to do this is Hostettor's Stomach Bitters, lly strengthening Uio stom ach, perfecting the digestion and puri fying tho blood, It prevents dlseaso from obtaining a foothold. It will also cure dyspepsia, flatulency, constipa tion, bllliousness, nervousness and malaria, fever and ague. Ono bottle will convlnco you -of Its value Don't fall to try It. AN EXTENSIVE ENTERPRISE. uuk oull DAY Last Saturday was a great succe on tho Walla Walla Ulvor," said A. S. Pearson, of Freewater, "which will Irrigate nearly the entire tract of G400 acres lying Idlo between Free water and tho Hudson Hay. "When once under Irrigation this tract of land will grow anything that Is native to tho temperate zone. I am now selling land at $300 to $500 per acre, which Is not as good land a,s some of this tract that Is lying un used at our door." Tho great tract of arid land is ono of tho most wonderful Irrigation schemes of tho West. It Is surround-j ed on all sides by fertile fields and orchards; it is a warm, sandy soil, easily Irrigated and extremely fertllo under a very mild application of water. If a lovee costing not moro than S3000 will Irrigate this body of land, comprising 6(00 acres, It is a subject for Immedlato investigation by tho Columbia River Basin Association. This body of land divided up Into 40-acro tracts would support 1G0 fami lies, it would add at least 10 times Its present value to the taxable prop erty of tho county. It will grow live tons of alfalfa to tho acre per year; 40 to BO bushels of wheat, 300 to 400 bushels of pota toes, fruits of overy variety and such an abundance of vegetables as would bo almost Incredible. Tho fertllo Walla Walla valley lies on ono side of It, tho Milton fields and orchards on tho other. Tho same state of fertility would bo found upon this tract under Irrigation, that is seen in the adjoining districts. CLUB BUILDING PROGRESS. Dur- Masons Elect Officers. Tho Pendleton Masonic Lodge met last night in their hall and elected officers for tho ensuing year as fol lows: E. J. Murphy, W. M.; Thomas Ayres, S. W.; Gene Vaughn, J. W.; Joo Parkes, secretary; W. D. Hans ford, treasurer; George Buzan. tyler: T. C. Taylor, Robert Forster and R. Alexander, trustees. Tho new offic ers wfll bo installed Monday nlirht. the 22d Inst. Decree Granted. In tho divorco caso of Charles V. GInley a decree was granted yester day as prayed. The suit was brought by Will M. Peterson, attorney for plaintiff and the complaint cited do sertion as the grounds on which ho asked a divorce. Rich Cut Glass Rate Select Pieces Sparkles like Diamonds. Most beautiful stock ever shown in Pendleton. See display in our window. TALLMAN &. C2 THE DRUGGISTS Decree Granted. In the divorco caso of Elizabeth Dozier vs. William A. Dozier. Judge Kills yesterday granted a decree as prayed. Tho suit was asked on the grounds of cruel treatment. Alfred Tellman, a Swede, nnnlled to County Clerk W. D. Chamberlain this morning for naturalization pa pers. Visiting the Schools. . County School Superintendent Now- lln is putting In his tlmo this week visiting tho city schools. He reports that ho finds all the schools running smoothly under a very efllcient corps of teachers. TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY Take Luxatlve Hromo Qufnlue Tablet, All Irusrglits refund the money II It falls to cure. K W. Grove' dgnatuie Is on each box. L'oc. an Committee Enlarged to Assist ing Holiday Season. Tho committee of tho Commercial Association, consisting of R. Alexan dor, Jesse Falling and C. E. Uoose velt, having the club building propo sition In charge, held a meeting yes terday evening to discuss tho pro gress of tho undertaking. Whilo no aggressive public action has been taken, yet a quiet and tel ling campaign Is being carried on among the business; men, and the committee has made progress that places the plan upon a sure basis. Tho proposition is ono of great mag nitude and considering tho presence of other public Issues before tho pea plo has met with a cordial reception and is in hands that will bring it to a successful termination, within due time. Chairman Alexander expresses his satisfaction at present progress in tno warmest terms and feels confi dent that no obstacles will be met. Tho committee feels so highly en couraged with tho result of their work carried on quietly among the business men of the city, that two moro mem bers were added, at yesterday even ing's meeting, to push tho work of organization as fast as possible. 'flc greatly increased trade at the beginning of holiday season, makes such demands upon tho tlmo of those comprising the committee, that Chair man Alexander decided to relieve the excessive pressure of private and public business combined, by enlarg ing the committee, and accordingly appointed Leon Cohen and Judge G. A. Hartman to assist in the work in hand. At present tho work Is of a prelim inary nature. Tho business men are being interviewed and all the strength possible is being enlisted. AT THE FRAZER. Walla Walla College Receives Dona tion of 25,000 Copies of a Book. The work now being done for Walla Walla College is but a part of an effort to build up allied educational Institutions throughout tho world. Two publishing houses aro printing auu.uuu copies or mo UDject wes sons," which aro given by tho author ami publishers to tho causo of edu cation, 25,000 copies going to Walla Walla College. The book Is already issued In three languages, and other editions above the 300.000 iu America are being used to establish schools in Europe, Africa, Canada and Australia. This enterprise is meeting with general favor, tho "Object Lessons" being highly recommended by lead ing men In different demonstrations. Somo 200,000 copies havo been sold up to the present time, thus raising nearly a quarter of a million for schools, the whole proceeds being ap plied directly to educational work, as no person receives any commission for handling. It Is expected that the sale of the book will reach half a mil lion copies. A representative of tho collego is now working In Pendleton. .i i i ..o i ?i -i ... "i "uitoi .i uie nuarts ui many emiuren this Xmas v n to do still better noxt Saturday. Rea(i and learn how: Saturday, Dec. 20, with a ma, . . moro of crockery or classwaro wo wilt purcl h novelty worth 50c. FekenltflTJ They consist of card trays, auga 8 THE PURE GRAIN COFFEE Even children drink Grain-0 because they llko it and the doc tors say it is good for them. Why not? It contains all of tho nourish ment of tho pure grain and none of tho poisons of coffee. TRY IT TO-DAY. At pocera everywhere j 15c, and 25c. per package. I Real Estate Opportunities jj & 120 acres of wheat land, 3 miles from Pendleton, S2500 ft 000 acres,, 10 miles ironi station, plenty of water, $6500 ft 13 atiiis, 10 nines irom renmeton Si son M S1100 Good house on West Aha street 320 acres on the river, good hone and harn, 25 acres alrlafa, balance wheat land 5 room house on West Alt- stteet Two five room cottages on West Webb St., each Dutch Henry Feed Yard Good property in oity and country too nnmorous to mention, any location that ono may J..!. Eugene V. Debs Will Lecture Wed nesday Night on "Modern Prob lems." Tho Lansing, Mich.) Tribune, speak ing of .Mr. Debs, says: "One striking imng auout. tno audience which Mr. Debs draws is the largo percentage of euucaiors and students. When ho lee tures near a university or collego it is a common thing for an oxcurslon to bo run from the institution of learning to hear tho creat teacher of Inlmr emics and economics. Among tho churches all who aro interested in Christian socialism are eager to hear him. Ladies always attend by hund reds. Business and nrofossioimi min swell tho audience, too, and even tho managers of largo concerns employ ing inousanus of workmen, go and are surprised to find that Instead of a ranting, raving waver of tho 'red shirt,' they find a well-bred gentle man who entertains his andin 11 nn Kn luuasauuy and argues so skillfully, leasoiif: so logically and nmm.ilR du mp unfortunate so eloquently that ;ven his enemies go away ashamed to denounce him." Tickets now on sale ni iTazier's book storo. Popular inn-ra, 0 nnu no cents. INJURED WHILE PLAYING. Son of B. B. Jarvls Runs a Needle Under His Knee Cap. Tho 0-year-old son of Air. and Mrs. D. 13. Jarvls was taken to Dr. Smith this morning suffering intensely from tho efTects of running a neeulo under his knee cap. Tho boy, while playing on the floor with somo of tho other children, was walking on his bands and knees. A needle had been dropped on tho floor, which tho boy struck with his Tho needlo was forced, head first, In to tho boy's kneo under tho kneo cap. Tho needlo was removed and tho boy mauo as conuortauio as possible, but tho wound Is very painful. A necktie social will hn nivon Vr. day evening at Hendricks' hall by the I.odgo or Pondo. Admission 50 cents for gentleman and each lady is to bring a duplicate necxtio in an en velope. Danco and supper as usual. Everybody invited. Christmas Shoppers. Tho Peoples Warehouso says to Its many patrons that it will bo pleased to help them get their presents In shape. They havo blank cards and envelopes on which to put uamo ami compliments and will put away for you goods selected in advance, for ward by express or mall if out of town, and deuvor at tbo proper tlmo and place if in town. S4000 750 S 800 W. F. EAR KM ART, AHHOUI ATTON 11 LOCK Has Returned. Dan Shockey, formerly head lino man with tho Pendleton Ulnrtrin t .!,, Company, and who left several weeks gu lor oeauio to remain, has return ed to Pondleton and again taken his old position. Ho says Pendleton is good enough for him. Leggins and Overgaiters - For Ladies and Girls Men an ' Boys 50c to $1.25 Per Pair $2.50 School Board Meeting Tonight. TIiIj ovonlng tho school board for the cl(y will meet for tho purpose of transacting the business of tho school. e on Eaffth Women or Men f PEOPLES WAREHOUSE bona, jellies, etc, and aro lacquered bo that ?' not tarnish in tho open air. llleJ J FURTHER-With a 60c nUrfir,a t . . glassware we will present a gold-plated BictnT worth 25c. Both presents will make fil -5 themselves, and cost you absolutely nothing flnrnn nnrlv nn nnr annnl,. ; i; , j ""pf'j j.3 uinnea Young man, if you want to touch a woman's heart, buy her a piece of china. i "uy your wife ttajj " you promise NOW t Josh Billings said, "Court the girl's mother half the time. The girl won't object and the moth er likes it." Josh was right. Buy the old lady a dainty piece of china and the old lady will do the rest. When you stay night, come to us the i, tllinr, in ,V. e "lc morning, 8 Icct a nice present aid will square yon with yj better seven-eighths. kJ thing pleases a woa,1 Detter than nice china. Owl Tea Hod Cheapest Place in Oregon 1 WVWVNAAiAA ST. JOE STORE Holiday Goods For AH Our shelves, Tables and counters are loaded with cewai desirable goods for the holiday season The largest variety we have ever shown. We have a lovely line of handkerchiefs, mufflers, Mexican drawn work, belts, neckwear, gloves, hosioj, albums, toilet sets, manicure sets, shaving sets, chatelaines, jewelry, wool scarfs, fascinators, sweaters, furs. Also table) loaded with presents suitable for children in fact, cur assort ment you will find the greatest and our prices the lowest, ffi have marked prices down in order to make December tie ml ner month this year, 1902. Come and see us and save money. THE LYONS MERGHNTILE W Remember: The largest stock of goods In theclty toselettta 1 ttvvvswwvvvW!Ml HOLIDAY GIFTS USEFUL AS WELL AS 0RNAMMAI ODD ROCKERS fine collection to select rem. BOOKCASES AND SIDEBOARDS 10 per cent discount on casii purchases made before Christmas, LAMPS Hanging Lamps, Stand Lamps, all m Globes, Largest line in Pendleton. WRITING DESKS For Ladies and Gentlemen. J GLASSWARE Verv fancv Water Sets. Wine Sets, iH BEAUTIFUL SHELL NOVELTIES Some Rare Specimens. STEINS Very ornamental, Large and Small, Heal Imp' German Steins. COMPLETE LINE OF FURNI1 MONEY SAVING PRICES PREVAIL' .. .1 Rflslpr's Rio- Rnrvn'm HOUs VS Buy Home Comfort ror Xmas Presents R A D E R -A.f fords many bargains for you. Buy 1ollar. . You'll exercise goo Economy if yoti by R A D E now while stook 1b complete. D lierE R j vr Clooi&. Main and weuo '"HIIIIUIIIIHIIHIII