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DAILY EA3T ORECONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1904. PACE THREE. CIAL SUIT SALE Its soju ior less man tne cost of the tb. You can take your choice of any k.00, $18 00 or $20.00 tailor made suits for 10.95 Ln't describe them, you must see them to really believe fciarvels of the tailor art they arc and fully realize the fat values we are offering you. Call and let us show you Hy giving you the greatest values that will compel -1. v Mnn. Uma 1 . Iu t EXANDER'S ARTMENT STORE THE JOHN DAY HILL MOST REMARKABLE WAGON ROAD IN THE WEST. Rugged Mountain Traversed by Easy and Safe Grade To Go One Mile It Is Necessary to Travel About Four Other Roadbulldlng Feats in Oregon. Umatilla county boasts one of tbo most picturesque and skillful wagon-road engineering feats In the West. It Is a grade leading down Into the John Day canyon. In the extreme southern portion of the county, be tween Uklnh and Dale, near the Grant county line. From the top or the mountain down to the John Day river. It 's about 5000 feet, or nearly one mile, over a precipitous and rugged blult, so steep and abrupt that It causes the person beholding It for the first time, to draw back In horror, from the almost frightful descent. From the top of this hill, where the road begins to wind downward. I like a serpent, around the sharp jut I ting points or the hills, and over the 1 gorges that make into the stream he I low, the silvery John Day river can be plainly seen, and If a team should VAUGHN DERMATOLOGIST tinpr. 01 nuw iuik auu Lninrn. tkikilitriv removr an mriai ninmiinei. tnnr una bib Tiroiiu in rpmnnilrtin narflo either ut. r l nr inarru MADAM VAUGHN, ftr... T) T ,1 mi.t.,i .. .l cii 1- ni. l.. t- 1 1 1 r hivhv iiiui:., a ii 1 1 ii nun nniru 1 mi m. I'linimiii. irf&riui. turns abruptly to the right, to maks the first sharp turn, four sections of; 3 road can be seen below, winding in and out of the gorges. The plan was so nicely drawn that one of the most precipitous mountain canyons has been traversed with case, heavy loads can be drawn up this long de tour without weariness. Nature's ruggedness has been overcome, and the engineering feat seen there is one of rare Interest. In making the descent from the 1 top of the high bluffs to the John Day river 5000 feet below, a distance of four miles is traversed, by such easy grades that the mountain Is scarcely noticed. The grade is blasted out of solid rock for a con siderable distance, and the roadbed is hard and Imperishable, with heavy rip-rapping of logs and timbers at the outer edge of the grade. This grade was surveyed by W. L. Lair, now of Walla Walla. In 1SSS. The state of Oregon appropriated J12.000 for the purpose of building roads down the John Day, in Grant and Umatilla county, and a commis sion, consisting of J. B. Keeney. and Robert Sargent (now deceased) of this county, and a man named Davis from Grant county, to expend this amount of money on road construc tion In the two counties. ' Owing to some misunderstanding, as to the provisions of the contract. Grant county refused to take part in the construction of roads from the state appropriation, and the total amount wns practically expended on roads in Umatilla county, about $9000 of the amount being spent in con- FRAZER THEATRE I go over the grade. It is safe to say 'that It would roll to the bottom obstructing this John Day grade. i.l. Tflftft 1 1 . 1. ' T ( .- fnrrnAnA - .V. Is hut a scattering growth of scrub ' timber at any point on the hill. But the unpleasant sensations of the first sight are immediately dis pelled on starting down the descent. The fine skill of the engineer has laid out a route down the rugged mountain side, hy torturous and Pi remarkable wagon roads In the West and has been commented on by en gineers far and wide. Other instances of road surveying of fully equal skill and difficulty, are the Eagle Valley hill road in Baker county, and the Wallowa Hill road In Union county K . 3. TAYLOR, Lrrct mi Uiitn Telephone Vils (I. One Night Oaly : Thursday, Feb. 25 Special Engagement of HOWARD KYLE Parker's Romantic Comedy-ma, ROSEMARY " In a Ktvlral of Louis rr (Tbtt't lor Rimcmbrtac) Greatest Success In the History of the Empire Theatre, New York City. Direction George H. Breonan. Prices 50c to 11.60 Seats on Sale Tuesday 10 a. m., at Brock A McComaV see! SON OF DON CARLOS NEXT PRETENDER TO THE THRONE OF SPAIN. winding ways, that makes It possi- The present county surveyor of civua iu uc in to me will Platzoeder t Market YOU Should have that best of WOOD DRY and FINE, that you will find with P. P. COLLIER hie for a team to trot, with a light load, all the way up the mountain side with but little fatigue. The grndc sweeps to the eastward on a level, or perhaps a slight de cline, crosses a deep ravine, turns abruptly to the right, so suddenly, that with an eight-horse team the leaders are coming back on reverse curve before the wagon Is off the eastward grade, leads along the mountain side, still on a level, and crosses the same gorge, just a few yards below the first crossing, and coming to a sharp bluff, turns to the left, and make's the same reverse curve eastward again, sweeping along a rugged mountain side at a comparatively easy grade, without a hard pull or a sharp, steep Incline at any point. From the point where the road Umatilla county. J. W. Kimbrell. sur veyed a road into Eagle Valley, then Union county, which almost equals me jonn Day nut. A rugged moun tain almost impassable at certain seasons of the year, was converted into a smooth, easy ascent, which can be traveled with ease by heavy loaded teams. Another mountain made easy by the skill of the engineer and the road builder Is the famous Wallowa hill in Union county, which Is the only gateway to the outside world for the entire Wallowa county. dmii inn I iinrciVAirj Oklahoma Fat Stock Show. Oklahoma City. Okla., Feb. 23. The fat stock show and cattle sale for which preparations have been under way for a long time, opened here today under favorable auspices. The exhibition is one of the best ever seen In this part of the country and Includes many prize exhibits from all over the Southwest and from as far north as Misosuri and Kansas. The city is rapidly filling up with cattlemen who come to attend the sale. The exhibition and sale will continue until the end of the week. Building Commissioners Organize. Washington, D. C, Feb. 23. The organization of a national associa tion of building commissioners and inspectors is expected to result from a three days' conference begun this city today. Building comuiis sioners of many of the chief cities of the country orcein attendance. The association proposes to bring about the adoption of more uniform build ing laws and to bend its energies toward lessening the possibility of fire. Annual meetings are to be held for a general exchange of Ideas. Has Gone to Do Service for Russia in the Far East A Movement That Is Puzzling European Politi cians a Great Deal Is a Young Man of Superior Qualities and is Popular With Spanish People. Madrid, Feb. 23. Much interest Is manifested here in the part Don Jaime de Bourbon, the only son and heir of Don Carlos, the pretender to the throne of Spain, Is taking In the military service of Russia In the Far East. Statements by leading public men of Spain show a diversity of views In regard to the matter. It has always been understood that ro long as Don Jaime remained in the service of the czar he might be re lied upon to take no share whatever in any Carlist movement against the existing government of Spain. On the other hand, it is argued that if Bright's Disease and Diabetes News. San Francisco, OcL 20, 1903. To F. W. Schmidt's Pharmacy: Dear Sirs. As agents for the Fulton Com pounds In P. uleton, there are som facts in the Call office in this city that should Interest you and tho edi tors of Oregon, as well as newspaper men generally. Wo copy now froa a letter from Clifford House of the CaU: "However improbable may seem the statement that Brlghts Disease and Diabetes are now curable in a groat majority of all cases, It is well within the province of some of us In the bad ness department of the Call to know that It Is true. 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