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'i "ft s ' 111 I III ii mmmmm - " I WEDNESDAY, MAIICH 11, 1903. building will not be occupied until all tho connections are mane wim inc city sowers. PREFERS SHORTHORNS. Jesse Moore, of Butter Creek, Feeding See the New Ideas Our Spring Stock is now ready for your inspection. Dainty Shoes for Dainty Feet. Per . feet Fits for Feet and Purse. -Believes In High Grade Dlndinger, WIson & Co. Phono Main 1181 Good Shoes Cheap Rips on shoes bought of us sewed ree ot charge. MUST HAVE SEWERS. Sisters of St. Francis Decide Not to Orien New Hospital Until Sewer System Is Complete. "Work on the new hospital building Is progressing very fast and every ef fort Is being mauo to hurry it to com pletlon. Tho contract for wiring the Inatttu- tion has been let to Maple Bros., and other final arrangements are now be inc made bv tho management for early occupancy of the building. Tho Sisters of St. Francis say that tho new building cannot be occupied until tho sower system Is completed, as sewerage forms tho first essential of tho hospital grounds and buildings and cesspools will not bo used under any circumstances. Two cesspools have been made for tho convenience of the present hos pital ,and oven with Its limited ca pacity, this means of sewerage is very unsatisfactory, and the sisters have como to tho conclusion that tho new Toilet Articles Just come in and take a look at our line. We have a complete line of all the requisites for the toilet, in cluning the celebrated Howard JIair BrusheSj TALLMAN & C2: THE DRUGGISTS 450 Steers Stock. ' Jesse Moore, of Butter Creek, who ha sllved In this county 34 years and In Oregon Gl years, was in the city today. Mr. Moore reports that the scarcity of feed, the cold and pro tracted feeding season, has material ly reduced tho price of beef stockers in the Butter Creek country. How over, tho grass Is beginning to grow rapidly in tho past two or threo days. It is much needed, because stock is very thin. Mr. Moore Is feeding 450 head of beeves for tho markets. Ho lately sold 75 head for which he re ceived -Hi cents per pound. Mr. Moore Is a pronounced partisan of the Shorthorn for beef. Ho believes in working into the thoroughbred if pos sible, or rather ns fast as possible. Not merely does he believe In high grade stock, but in the thoroughbred, as tho most satisfactory beef animal for Eastern Oregon. PERSONAL MTIH j. day K. Bott, of Helix, Is In town to- NEW CHURCH AT ATHENA. Methodists to Construct a Fine Brick Building at a Cost of $7,000. C. E. Troutman .the architect, has submitted his plans for the now Methodist church at Athena, and work will begin on the building as soon as the contract is let. It will bo of brick and stone, 65x85 feet, with a basement six feet out of the ground and the full slzo of tho building abovo it. Upon tho first floor will bo the main auditorium, which will seat 400. tho Sunday school annex, the pastor's study and the library. The gallery will seat 150 people comfortably, making the total seating capacity 550, In tho basement will be parlors, the audience room for the Christian Endeavor, the kitchen and the heating plant. It will bo steam heated throughout. Tho general style will be Gothic, and the cost will be $7,000. To Locate Here. P. L. Lyon, of Sunnyslde, Wash., is In the city. Mr. Lyon does not like the climate of the Yakima country and expects to purchase land and re move to this county. At present he Is the guest of E. M. Potter. He states that Henry Barrett, another citizen of Yakima county, will locate somewhere in Umatilla county next summer, attracted here by the super ior climate. Mr. Lyon states that on irrigated land In the Yakima country, from soil Into which has been plowed alfalfa, can bo raised the first season thereafter from 10 to 20 tons of nota- toes. No Dessert More Attractive Why use gelatine and spend hours soaking, sweeteniiifr, flavorinc anu coionng wnen Jeif-0 produces better results in two minutes? .bveryuiiug m the package. Simply add hot water and bet to cool. It's perfection. A sur prise to the housewife. No trouble, less ex pense. Try it to-day. In Pour Fruit Fla vors: Lemou, Orange, Strawberry, Rasp berry. At grocers. 10c. WF i mm . A FEW BARGAINS 7-room houje with bath room, wood shed, cellar, good lawn with shade trees, on Lincoln street, near Bluff. A snap for $1800. Tom Bwearenger place on "West Alta street. Two lots, good resi dence, Only I2SO0. 1 6 Good 0-room house on West Alta. Corner Int. A hnrrmln innn 9 acres adjoining the city. Good 6-room house, good stable and other buildings. Only $1850. rivtias in mt vSto,X!mnra, BmaU ,,0U8e, pIenty water A eood BUSINESS CHANCES The Old Dutch Henry Feed Yard . a good uvestment, $7000. Depot livery stable, only $700. Hayden confectionery store on Court street, at invoice price. yu TP. F. A88 EARNHAR1, OCIATION BLOCK SMITH'S NEW SADDLES m mW Are now ready for your in spection. If you are think ing of buying a saddle comi in, see the solid made sad dies and inspect the materi al and workmanship. They are witiiout a doubt the finest collection of saddles ever shown in Pendleton. A special point with us is low prices. J. A. SMITH 218 COURT STREET A. Sherwood has gone to Payette, Idaho. Miss Adele Moussu Is very 111 with the grip. Mrs. T. B. Maloy left last evening for Council Bluffs. Iowa. Mrs. Jessie W. Bawls left for Coun cil Bluffs, Iowa, last night. There was born today to Rev. B. F. Harper and wife, a daughter. James E. Beard is tho now sales man at Wessel's dry goods store. John Hall is relieving A. Gustafson on the switch engine for a few days. Mrs. S. R. Thompson and daughter Thelma, returned from Portland last night. Al Good, of the Aldon Candy Com pany, of Portland, Is visiting with William Hilton. Mrs. Victor Hunzlker, of Walla Walla, is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Louis Hunziker, of this city. W. T. Hill, of Athena, was in tho city yesterday paying his taxes and transacting other business. William Sturgis has returned from California, where he has been attend Ing tho University of California. Orville Coffman has returned from San Francisco, where ho haB been working in the scouring mills. C. G. Marcy, of Walla Walla, re turned home this morning. Ho has been visiting Stephen Walker, on his farm. F. H. Beathe has been appointed by the county court to be road master of the county at a salary of $100 per month. Edgar F. Buttolph left for Dayton, Wash., this morning. Ho has been visiting his grandaughter, Mrs. T. G. Ashton. W. F. Matlock, a stock raiser of Eastern Oregon, who makes his home in Pendleton, is transacting business in this city. Oregon Daily Journal. Jesse Moore, of Butter Creek, 10 miles southwest of Echo, was in the city over night. Ho was on his way to Milton to visit his daughter. Miss Mary Anderson is again on duty at Mrs. Itose Campbell's millin ery parlors, having returned from at tending the millinery openings at Portland. E. J. Godfrey, of tho Red Boy. J. T. Donnelly, cashier of the First Na tional Bank of Baker City, and J. T. Thatcher, of the Bonanza mine, are in the city today. Charles T. O'Hara. advance mana ger for the "Lovers' Lane" Company, which appears hero March 17. snent yesterday in Pendleton in the inter ests of his company. .Miss Adnah Raley's health is im proving slowly, and it is believed she will entirely recover and with her hearing unimpaired. She is at St. Vincent's hospital, Portland. Seymour Sawyer, of North Fork. was In tho city yesterday evening, re turning home on this morning's train Ho reports stock in good condition and spring work in progress. County Surveyor Kimbrell went to waiia Walla this mornlug to do sur voying tor privato parties in a disput ed Boundaries case. Walla Walla Knows wuero to go for its author! ties. ON THE BONO ISSUE PIERCE AND SMITH ADDRESS THE PARLIAMENTARY CLUB, Condition of Pendleton's School Dis trict Ably 8et Forth Need of More Room Emphasized Debt of This District Compared to That of Other Cities. Yesterday afternoon tho Parliamen tary Club listened to able addresses by Walter M. Plerco and Dr. C. J. Smith, upon tho proposition to bond Pendleton school district for $25,000 for the erection of now school build ings to nccommodato tho rapidly In creasing school population of this city. Tho congested condition of the schools at present wero sited by Mr. Pierce as tho first argument lu favor of more room. There are almost as many tempor ary rooms now in uso in the district as permanent ones, and tho growing population indicates that tho schools will open next fall with at least one more room than at present. Mr. Pierce informed tho club that no definite plans had been decided upon by tho school board. The only decision yet reached by the board Is that the district must provldo more room. With this object in vlow, tho board has received specifications for two buildings, ono to cost $25,000 and the other $22,000, but neither of tho plans has been adopted and may not bo. The district owns tho old academy grounds, and to savo tho great cost of buying another building site, tho board had practically decided to erect a substantial, well equipped school house on that property. Drawing a comparison with other cities near Pendleton, Mr. Fierce call ed the attention of tho club to the enormous Indebtedness of some of them. Walla Walla has a bonded school debt of $100,000 and Is now ready to vote $40,000 more for school improvements; Baker City has $60.- 000; La Grande, $40,000; Athena, $11,000, while Pendleton has but $13.- 000, and with tho proposed issue would have but $38,000. Boise City has at tho present time five largo school buildings each equal In size to the Pendleton hlKh school building. Dr. Smith, In a timely talk, review ed tho sanitary condition of the schools and invited tho women to go through tho rooms and study tho sub ject In a practical way. ORATORICAL CONTEST. High School Will Select a Represen tative to the Interecolastlc Contest. An oratorical contest will be hold Friday evening. March 13, at tho high school assembly hall. Tho con test Is for tho purpose of selecting tho Pendleton representative for tho interscholastlc contest which is to bo hold hero In tho near futuio An ad mission of 10 cents will bo charged. Tho following Is tho progrnn1: Music High School Orchestra Oration Olon Arnsplgcr "Tho Puritan.'" Oration May Ferguson "Tho Supremacy of Individual Effoit" Vocal solo Wlllard Bond "Over tho Ocean Illuo." Oration Robert Cronin "Dovotlon to Duty." Oration Itor Nell "The Triumphs of Learning." Vocal solo I red Hartmsui "Tho Sentinel Asleep." Oration So Williams "The Power of tho Hnnd." Oration Mary Rothrock . "Shattered Ideals." Duet Josle Cameron, Edith Johnson "Qui Vive." Thought, stylo and delivery are tho three points that nro taken Into con sideration. Tho names of tho judges will bo announced later. Somethiij New m A new lino ol China has arrived. real beauties. SotJ Son uo live ai-uiiL-s on one Poor -o s iwins. TtJJ River, St. Joseph's Acai and other scenes Come in and look at J Will not cost von ,.! OWL TEA Try "Mothor'B Pride" Cofo IS R. A, Bisslnger. of South Cold Springs, is in tho city today on busi ness. He reports stock In good con dition, spring seeding In progress and fall grain growing as well as possible unner tne backward spring weather, VICTORY FOR PAINTERS. New Scale Goes Into Effect Today, and the Union Men Are Again at Work . Tho new wage scale agreed upon by the arbitration committee and pub lished in yesterday's East Oregonlan went into effect this morning, and the painters went to work. Tho scale was in the nature of a compromise, but tho painters claim to have won the contest, Tho belief is entertained by tho bosses that the new scale will induco skilled union painters from abroad to take tho place of painters not in the front ranks for skill. If the im portations aro members of the union of course the local union can make no objection. The prediction is also made that tho Increase in wagos will result in less work being done tho coming season, than was intended. Tho union men claim to have re ceived much encouragement in their co-operativo scheme in fact that they made several contracts 'during tho ono day of the cooperative asso ciation's existence. tlr HXer ,Canc"in8 Machine. L. W. Lstes, inspector of cancelling machines for the postofflco depart ment, spont tho day In Pendleton set ting up tho new cancelling machine which was recently sent to tho offlco here. Tho now machine has n can celling capacity of from 300 to 500 letters a mlnuto and is a welcomed convenience to the postofflco officials here. Theso machines nro furnished by tho government to offices doing more than $12,000 worth of imin0Q a year. Mr. Estes 1b on his way to Honolulu, wbero a number of cancel ling machines aro to bo Installed. Polk county goat raisers havo pool H1 their 12,000 fleeces of mohair for tho coming season. Going to Canada. J. E, Platter, who sold his hotel at Echo day before yesterday to J. Green, of Colfax, Wash., leaves to morrow for Alberta, N. W., Territory. Ho will look up a location there to engage In the hotel business. Ho will stop at Seattle and visit his sister, lurs. iouis sienerg, neo Dalsv P at ter, formerly of Pendleton and also visit relatives in Tacoma. Notice to Taxpayers. Notice is heroby given that all taxes for tho year 1902 aro now due and payable at tho sheriff's office. Taxes unpnid become delinquent on April 1. No rebato after March 15. By order of county court. T. D. TAYLOR, Sheriff. IT S JUST A COUGH that gets your lungs sore and weak and paves tho way for Pneumonia or Consumption, or both. Acker's Eng lish Remedy will stop the cough in a day and heal your lungs. It will euro Consumption, Asthma, Bronchitis, and all throat and lung troubles. Pos itively guaranteed, and monoy refund ed if you aro not satisfied. Writo to us for freo sample. W. H. Hooker & Co., Buffalo, N. Y. F. W. Schmidt & Co., druggists. Land For Sale ihX:',.. or, to ,n,i(l b.rchard,.2mIler'1ron7 w cres una 600 sheep. A fln uM plenty of water, 3700 Amestot Th!eaoartersectlons-whet ih .h two mllqs out, I3,500. M iiu Burca hock ranch wltli i. range adjoining; running wat.r u HO acres on tho Umatilla rlrer, 800 acres of wheat land, 12 mutual dleton, jcooo. ""'eiins 60 acres-a Camas Prairie itockmA J 320 acres; 100 tons of hay in gj This Is a partial list: r ,. J n, 1 i. "... ...... .'"" u,u awn. uiiu wneat farms fori CITY PROPERTY A SKCIAlffl I have a lone list ot aw.v. i'i'J residences nnr! hnnlnncci cnlltios to cult the buyer. riSf E. T. Real Estate Deak Deputy Assessor. S. S. Darnell has closed his school on Stewart Creek, in district 77. Ho reports stock in good condition, but nvo more uays or feeding would havo practically exhausted the forage. Mr, Darnell begins work today as a den uty assessor. His territory Is Willow springs, Vinson and Hogue precincts. Notice, This Is to certify that tho union painters of Pendleton havo organized a co-operativo paint shop and are now open for business. Union No. 599. 4--t-'l''---H'l'ri"LM't"l"I-I"H"H-H' $ Ladies' Shoes The Best Values Ever Offered rmi t ... a ne value we give in these apctim nnes oi iauies allocs is unquestionably the best I .ever offered at the price. Fine Vict Kid, kid or t pat tip, opera or Cu- 4 ban heel. . ., $2 48 T French Lily Kid, pat- f ent tip, slipper boxed. $2 95 Vici Kid Lace Shoe, medium extension sole fancy boxed, Cuban heel, any width orsize.$2,4.8 Fordorers Vici Kid. t welt sole, Cuban heel, wnoie boxed $2 95 i All New Spring Goods PEOPLES WAREHOUSE ST. JOE STORE. NEW SPRING GOODS The nicest line we have ever shown. Each day brings i a shipment of new goods; our shelves are now loaded withei Dress Goods, Waistings, White Goods, Percales, Gingim Underwear, Hosiery, New Hats, Clothing, New Nccbar, Notions of all kinds, Beautiful Laces, new patterns udfc signs, Belts in fact, almost anything you can call for, selected these goods personally and with great care, hence it have all the new things that tho markets have to offer, andu we paid spot cash we do not hesitate to say we can sail who favor us with their patronage at least ao per cent onrti! they wonld pay elsewhere for the same grade of goods. j The Lyons Mercantile Company Remember: The largest stock of goods In the city to select from. J PETS A BIG LINE Axminster Stinson Flemish Extra Super Union Rugs CAR-PETS Velvet Tapestry Rajah C, C. Flax Art Squares M. A. RADE1 FURNITURE ST OR MAIN AND WEBB STREET AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAiUA1 THE BEST MANUFACTURING COMPAN STEAM AND HORSED POWER COMBINED HA It VJESTEMl As McCormick was tho original Inventor of tho reaper and li , au wus ueav tne original Inventor of the first successful bined Harvester. We wish to call the attention of our frionds who contend j,mv.im.iiK B Biue-.Hiu uom&ined Harvester tho coming season,' we are still in tho lead in tho way of improvements, In harreil ""u nuivu our iarmer irionus navo rlgntiuuy namu "KING OF THE FIELD." After watching Ita work in tho field jmoi. d.aicou yeurs, ana ror tho season of 1003 It will bo still as wp havo made a number of valuable Improvements. The MACHINE iS thO fltrnn?s nrwl mmt ,,.V.1a mnrln MPROVED DRIVE WHEELS 6 feet 4 inches hich. 22 inch k u N AW AYS aro a raro thing with us. Thero Is a bratt uSncST' wmcn is controlled by the driver. header is driven Independently from tho grain wfieel of t , a U4lttKvu wtm a cimcn for throwing in and out oi T.HE SEPARATOR wo wish to call your attontlon parti iu IUU UOINiruUnpr oual tlefl Of mir mA,ln rtr 1ol, W no ?onid1!f,rVuter 0ILth0 market can in any way cdmparo nrkiS a i ... ",u,u"U"nc88 ot work, In all kinds and eoromiw" AiV-?.ri.t?qu,ro 1088 team t0 operate it r MAJICu,QOVERNOR0ur Patont wind governor on fans governs tho blast so that nt n t.i. harre doM!! 5 JLa?y rptea, and pi xuk i V vowjriuB mo grain ovor in hto straw, wo take nleasuro in inviting n t- w nnrS"4,"1.19 a P60 Inspection of each and every P rnTn nil , . p,ac'nS ut orders. Every machine w tJlum 4ur u Bna tQ be nrflt.CaB8 nl eyry respect, TEMPLE & WILCOX, Local Agents 1 4 i i i 1 1 1 1 I I ( 1 1 l