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About East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 10, 1903)
V BUYING ARID LAND fffffa always get GOOD GOODS at Alexander's HORSE HEAVEN DISTRICT HAS ALL BEEN PURCHASED. Twenty Townships of Good Wheat Land Will be Farmed Under Irri gation Only Three Inches halnfall Per Annum Railroad From North em Pacific to the Columbia a possi bility. One ot the greatest speculations In AT THE Jexander Dep't Store Special Showing of Spring Cottons and new Chamferays Oar baking is" unexcelled. Always clean and fresh. Good sound apples for eating and cooking. Delicious boiled ham, ready for the table. Cream cheese that is fine. jtttia's Family Grocery and Bakery IKING afaci Fancy Baking jia all the good p, Oat specialty is p!j ddings, par- , itttptions with cootitt and dain- fie cisat material en- 5 Ho car baking. st tread it is pos- (la make. erGrocery Co. in Main Street Ptone Main su W THAT MADE IK? FAMOUS P" pm tabic yst f 'l imported lunches, - lai, sauerkraut .ana Mr & oors r'Ws near Postoffice BIG YALUE SALE For a few days while the. cold weather lasts we -will offer SPECIAL. VALUES in warm, fleece lined over shoes, heavy underwear, etc., so much needed now during the cold snap. No tice the cuts below: OVERCOATS Men's, lioys' and Ladies', 20 per cent off. OVERSHOES Men's, fl; Ladles', 75c; Boys, 75c and 65c; Misses', 60c and 50c UNDERWEAR All heavy woolen underwear, 20 per cent reduction. WR A PPE RS Fleece lined wrap pers, all grades. 20 per cent reduction. WOOLEN WAISTS-Ladles' wool en waists reduced 20 per cent. Our regular prices are always a big cut on our competitors' prices and when we make a cut in our own prices it makes the goods almost as cheap as finding them. The Fait The Store That Saves You Money. Bargains in Real Estate I have a larger and better list of Farms, Stock Ranches and City Property to sell than ever before. Also a big lot of land in the coming wheat station of Eastern Washington. N.Berkeley REMEDY CATARRH F Custom Mil! r"n, Pronrletor IjEY'orwtieat . Chopped Feed, etc Is Sure to GIVE Satisfaction, Ely's Cream Balm aires reliefs onoe tt elesniei, tnf ana neAiinouiBOMW membrane. It sures l membrane, n sntesmmL , mi i g-s sfl C0LDlHEAD MiTst dVuKlTtior bfmsU: trUl lUe 10c by Nsw York, land since ante-panic days is now on In-Horse Heaven lands of Eastern Ya kima and Eastern Klickitat counties, nearly all of that great area not actu ally under cultivation being held for speculative purposes, says the Spokes man-Review, No Eastern Washing ton district was ever bought up as completely by land speculators as the Horse Heaven is now. Capital has gone In from Spokane, Seattle, North Yakima, Waltsburg. Walla Walla and other towns. Prices under high pres- Bure hbvu risen steadily until con servative land men are deliberating whether the speculative values arc not in excess of the actual producing vaine. There are over 20 townshlD of land inHorse Heaven . which is the most arid of all the so-called semi-arid re gion of Contral Washington. Govern ment statistics show only three inches of rainfall per annum for a large por tion or tne district. The soil, how ever, Is confidently asserted by the speculators to be comparatively heavy and full of the qualities that go to make good wheat raising land with out abundant moisture. No railroad crosses Horse Heaven, but promoters say the short cut from the Northern Pacific to the Columbia will Intersect It. Until a short time ago all Horse Heaven was horse and sheep range. Recently many fine ranches have been established and several hundred settlers have tnken up claims. By far the greater portion Is still raw Innd. Speculative Intent The Eastern immigration which be gins February 15 Is looked to by these landholders to relieve the situation. Few of the present owners secured their land for farming or development purposes an are on speculation in tent. They are dealing In railroad land, and this land from $1.60 to $2 an acre, the price at which it was secured from the railroads has risen to six times those figures. Some men talk $20 for unbroken land in Horse Heav en, and It Is then the talk begins about the speculative prices having reached their height. Of the alternate sections of govern ment land scores of homesteads have been taken up since December 1. and the trend toward Horse Heaven home steads is tantamount to a rush. Some money has been made In locating, and many fair claims still remain bunchgrass, level wheat homesteads. They are not much use, however, without other land to go with them, as a man who attempts to make a liv nlg off 160 acres of land in any of the more arid portion might be better em ployed elsewhere. The near future of the territory seems to lie big wheat ranches like the Eureka Flat country, which many speculators claim Horse Heaven resembles. This land has passed from hand to hand, each dealer trying to make something on it, until the Easterner will be asked to pay from $C to $12 an acre, sometimes more. Men ex perienced -in the land development of now districts say the limit of specu lative possibilities among Western men has been reached and that it will now be up to the immigrants. Many think it will be hard to induce Eastern ranchers seeking homes to go out from six to 20 miles from a rail road and settle on raw lands with no fence or building Improvements, a slight rainfall and untrid land. Capital Invested. Much capital has been put Into Horse Heaven this winter. Waltsburg caught the fever, a dozen prominent business men of that town buying heavily in the Prosser country. Spo kane companies are heavily interested and' Isolated sections are owned by smal capitalists all over the country. All, or nearly nil, want to unload at a top fjgure. LARGE CLASS INITIATED. United Workmen of Walla Walla Have an Interesting Meeting and Banquet. Wnlla Wnlln Ffih 10. Inteerltv lodge, United Workmen, of this city. initiated a class or neany lyu canui- rintrta t a QTipplnl mpeHner last nleht. Participating in the floor work were about 100 Workmen from Dayton and Waltsburg, a special degree team Do ing made up from the visiting lodges. A special train arrived at 7 o'clock lnat nlcht hearinir the visitors, and they were met by the local lodge with 200 torches. The largest torchlight mvwocatnn anp.n in this city in manv years took place when, headed by the Ninth Cavalry band, oyer auu wont men formed in line and marphed down tbwn, counter-marching down Main street to Odd Fellows' hall, where the initiation was to take place. After the work of Initiation was completed a banquet, was spread and the visitors and candidates were roy ally entertained for an hour. " -iff.' -vl- i 1 i 1 3 i 1 VTA J -n 1 mmmM'J ; :) I (am wmia m Kcis piesarYUy. Acts Brve-ficiallv; (ids rjlys a Lsocaiivo. Syrup of Figs appeals to the cultured and the well-intormea and to tne neauny, Decuuse us component parts are simple and wholesome and because It acts without disturbing the natural functions, as it is wholly free from every objectionable quality or substance. In the process of manufacturing figs are used, us they arc pleasant to the taste, but the medici nal virtues of Syrup of Figs are obtained from an excellent combination of plants known to be medicinally laxative and to act most bene ficially. To get Its beneficial effects-rbuy the genuine manufactured by the C2 )YEVP (f o aw rr-iXTcisco,LM. ipu,Yk nv For ule by all leading Drufjlsts, in otieinal paclcacei only, Ixatins tbo iu-1 name oi me uomrany. GREATLY IMPROVED. Is Smith's Harness Store and Saddlery on Court Street Stock Doubled and Room Enlarged. J. A. Smith, the wholesale and re tall harness and saddle manufacturer of 218 Court street has made some ex tensive improvements In his place of Business wnich greatly facilitates his ammy to nandle his rapidly growing iraae. The lmnrovements coiirIr nf on lareinir the saleR and dinnlnv mnm and making a more commodious and convenient work room. Rlnno tiio change Mr. Smith has doubled the size oi siock ne carries and has on hand all the lata makes nf Imrnnna saddles, whips, blankets and other supplies that go with, the business. The Smith saddlerv nnd hirnsm shop Is now one. of the most complete in we siaie. itepair work is given sneciai nnn nrnmnt nftnnMnn nnH uai. isfaction Is guaranteed Farce Comedy Which Will Not Offend So many plays visit us of an order wmcn, wnne not positively vulgar. are suggestive and immodest, that the advent of one which. aB the Paris lans say, "A young lady need not be ashamed to take her mother." will be a welcome treat. The treat Is of fered by Manager Moorhouse to those who have waited for something eooj in a play, which, while uproariously funny In Its lines and replete with lu dicrous situations, contains no word that will offend the ear, nor scene that will displease the eye. We refer to "Wary, Willie Walker," which comes to the Frazer tonight. Josh Billings on a Weak Man. "A weak man,' says Josh Billings, "wants Just about as mutch watching as a bad one, and hag dun just about as mutch damage in the world. , "He Is everyboddy's friend, and therefore ho lz no one's, and what he iz agoing to dew next lz az unknown to him as to others. "He ain't got anny more backbone than an agle worm haz, and wiggles In and wiggles out ov everything. "He will talk today like a wlze man, and tomorrow like a phool, on the same subject. "He alwuss soz- 'yes' when he bhould say 'no,' and staggers' thru life like a drunken man. "Heaven save us from the weak man, whose deseptlons have no fraud In them and whoze frcldshipB are the wust deslghns he kan hav on us." Southern Iron Freight Rate. Atlanta, Ga., Feb, 10, At tho meet ing to be held here of the Southern Iron Committee, composed of the traf fic officials of the Southern iron car rying railroads, it la probable that Iron freight rates will be advanced B0 cents per ton. This increase in rates, following similar advances recently mado. Is expected to draw forth a vigorous protest from the furnace men of Alabama, Tennessee and Kentucky, OKLAHOMA STOCKMEN. The Territory Association is Celebrat ing Its Tenth Year Over Ten Thousand Visitors, Oklahoma City, Okla., Feb. 10. The Oklahoma livestock Association Is celebrating its entrance on the tenth year of its existence with a conven tion which has never been equalled for size outside of the meetings of the Texas stockmen and tho National Livestock Association. It is estimated that 10,000 visitors are already In the city and many more are on the way. The gathering was formally opened today, but little done outside of the preliminary business. The sessions continue till Thursday and will be interspersed with features of elaborate entertainment provided by the local' committees. Roping con tests, theater parties, Indian dances and exhibitions of horsemanship are some of tne interesting attractions down on tho program. Tho entertain ment fcatuies, however, are not to bo allowed to interfero with the business end of the meeting and the stockmen will put in several hours each day dls cussing questions vitally affecting their Interests. The officers ot the as soclatlon who are In charge of tho convention aro President Abncr T. Wilson, of Kiowa, Kas., and Secretary William E. Bolton, of Woodward. Their annual reports will contain figures showing that .the association has grown from a small beginning to a powerful and Influential organlza' tlon and that the increase In member ship during the past 12 months has been fully In keoplng with the growth of previous years. Tho city Is gayly decorated In honor of tho visitors and nothing Is being loft undone to Insure their comfort and entertainment. Big undcrware sale at Teutsch's, Ya'as Ya'as. It takes a womau to kiss a child and look In a man's eyes while she Is doing it as If she were klsalug him. Now York Press. OTTO MIESCKE For the family dinner plain cooking is the rule, but the food itself should be of the best meat in particular, For that reason those who deal at our market never have cause for corn paint as their meats are always of the best ahd uniform quality-fresh and tender. OTTO MIESCKE COURT STREET Houser's Old Stand ORLAN CLYDE CULLEN OOUNHKbLOlt-AT-LAW U. H. Hupreme Court KKGIHTKHKI) AT1UKNKY IT. H. Patent Ofllce U. 8. and FOREIGN PATENT Tra4e Marii anil Copjrlclita 7 ' . t. V, W.. WnMhtnirton. I. C FRAZER OPERA HOUSE BAKER & WELCH, Mg'rs, AURK MOORHOUSE, Local Mgr. TUESDAY. FEB. 10 WEARY WILLIE WALKER A comedy play with alluring musical numbers and progressive vaudeville creations. "Something doing" all the time. One Grand Carnival of Fan; Ono Continual Jollification. By a special company of rare excellence, headed by the tal ented comedians, Mr. Rube Welch and MIbb Kitty Francis. Tills is not a traniu drunia, but the big musical furce comedy with a chortiB or pretty Klrltt, Introducing the very JnUwt musical succeM. PRICES 25q, 50c, 76c, $1.00.