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DAILY EAST OKEOOXIAX, PENDIiETOX, OUEGOV, WEI).ESIAV, SHIT. 28, inol. PAGE FOUR. tit Published every afternoon (eicept Sunday) at Pendleton. Oregon, by tbe EAST OUEOOX1AX ruuusinxG compact:. be employed at one time, American nefrroes being the choice of the com I mission. AN INDEPENDENT .NEWSPAPER. 1Iottever' n Ch,n"e company has I made an offer to furnish anywhere from 10,000 to 60.000 coolies at 60 cent? per day, per head, the compa ny furnishing the labor to assume all the risks of sanitation. JOHNNY IiEAltNS. suhsciuption n.vrns. Dally, one year, by mall 55.00 Dally, sir months, by mall 'i30 Dally, three months, by mall 1.23 Dally, one month, by mall 50 Dally, per month, by carrier....... .to 1 weekly, one year. bT mall Weefely, six months, by mall 75 weekly, four months, by mall Semi-Weekly, one year, by mall 2.00 Semi-Weekly, six months, by mall... 1.00 Semi-Weekly, three months, by mall People who are figuring on the presidential election should not lose sight of the fact thnt the electoral 1.50 1 college now consists of -176 votes 'ia against 147 In 1900. This means-an increase of 29 votes. New York, III- .50 . inois and Texas each gain three votes; Member Perlpps-Meltae News Association. 1 Minnesota. New Jersey and Pennsyl- vnnla each two; 14 other states gain The East Oresonlan Is an sale at B. B. filth's News Stands at Hotel Portland and I Hotel Perkins, Portland. Oregon. San I'ranclseo Ilnrean. 40S Fourth St. Chicago Bureau, 000 Security Building. Washington. D. C, Bureau, 501 Hth St., N. W. one vote each. The total vote of the ! electoral college will be 476; neces sary to elect. 2S9. One vital point omitted from the resolutions of the Citizens' League Is the matter of the sale of liquor to In- Entered at Pendleton nostoffle as second- dlans. It Is a fact that cannot be Telephone Main 11. class matter. umomtiLBEO Ghosts! They are with us day and night! They walk beside us In the busy street and un der the glare of the sun! They sit by us In the twilight at home, and they peer into the windows on our lonely hours! We meet them In the woods and lanes, where we shouted and played as boys, and where we shook off the boy for the man and grew Into a larger. more helpless form of a ghost! Can anyone who has a mem- j ory of things; that were, deny that disembodied spirits walk the earth and watch our every helpless coming and going? Jerome K. Jerome. I gainsaid that several Joints In Pendle- I ton are responsible for the Increase of drunkenness among the Indians and unless Pendleton makes some move to I check this, the government will be 'forced to take steps that would bt . ' highly detrimental to the business in- j terests of the city. It Is up to Pen- dletou to hold the Indian trade. ; Too many people in every commu nity resemble the man walking on top , of the moving train. Their legs seem to be walking, but the people them selves are making no progress. They are only marking time. I LOSSES IN 1IATTI.U. Since little Johnny went to school And studied under modern rule, He's learned to hem and darn and knit. And has a pretty sewing kit. He's learned to paint a yellow rose And how to ornament his clothes. How to make pretty moonlight scenes Ity splashing Ink on little screens. And Johnny hns a little book Which tells the dear child how to cook; You might not think It, but It's true. He's graduated In beef stew. You ought to hear how Johnny sings Those lovely, noisy, Wagner things. He slugs nil classic music grand. Those tuneless thing none understand. When Pa comes home from work at night He tenches Johnny how to write. And how to cipher and to spell. Put what Pa says I shall not tell. Buffalo Commercial. THE LOST OCCASION. STOllY Of THE CANAL. The reports from Russian and Jap- anese sources Indicate that 400,000 men were engaged In the battle of 1 Liao Yang, or were on the field. The , Japanese concede that their losses 'were appalling, and the P.usslans, nl- ihuh uciiuiu luriiucuiions, suffered severely. It is estimated that j 70,i)iio men were killed and wounded I in the five days' fighting. No more picturesque and romantic While the battle was remarkable task ever engaged a nation than the ' f"r th "umbr engaged and for con- imuiiup. limiting, ii was not excep- Farewell. fair day and fading light! The cloy born here, with westward sight, Marks the huge sun now downward soar. Farewell! We twain shall meet no more. Farewell! I watch with bursting sigh My late contemned occasion die; I linger useless in my tent. Farewell, fair day. so foully spent! Farewell, fair day! If any God At all considers this poor clod. He who the fair occasion sent Prepared and placed the Impediment. Let him diviner vengeance take Give him to sleep, give me to wake Girded and shod, and bid me play The hero In the coming day. obert Louis Stevenson. Prize Contest For School Children The contest consists of constructing the most names of pres idents from letters contained In this advertisement on Prescrip tions, using the letters which It contains not oftener than they appear in the advertisement. PRESCRIPTIONS AS SCHMIDT FILLS THEM Every prescription that comes here Is filled from the purest drugs obtain able and carefully and skillfully com pounded Just ns your doctor ordered It "Schmidt" on a prescription Is like "Sterling" on a piece of sliver. F. W. SCHMIDT LEADING DltUGGIST, Pendleton, Oregon. PRIZES First prize 15 00: second prize J2.00; third prize $1.00; fourth prize 1-tb box candy; fifth prize, -lb box candy. Come here and ask for contest blank, telling all about It It's free. Mat Dlm!nlon heJ oumins, nniNG torn AND GET OCT,, Grays Commcicia Opposite TV. rj WOU MVS IUGGEST SHOW. construction of the Panama canal. It has been the dream of navigat ors and the theme of engineers for three centuries, while It seems a small task to cut through but SO mlktsunf earth to cut off li.OOP miles ini'tlie slllng distance around the South American continent, yet when the actual work of cutting away this tlonal either as to the ereat size of :he armier or as to losses in battle. At Leipzig, in October. 1S13. the al-1 lies had 3fll.5u men on the field and ' Napoieon JTl.OttO. a total engaged of 4TJ.SOO. The allies lost In killed, wounded and missing, S3.S00. or j nearly 18 per oent; the French. 60.000 . or nearly S4 per cent. Including 86 i generals. ! 6 mlls -begins and the minor details lprU!5!54an WBr of 1S6S 436.u6 men are arranged, it I a marvelous un- were engaged. The Prussians, with dertaklng. and one which must 22'.9S; men lost 9.172. or less than arouse the admiration and Interest ' :' r cwnt: th uitrian lost 44.000. .... . .... or 20 per cent. Including 11 generals. of the most unsentimental. . , , One of the scientific problems that j At Gravetotte 300.60 were engng has baffled all who have studied this ed. tbe Germans, with 187.600 men. 1 canal is the fact that the Gulf, or lo'"S 20.130. and the French, with Atlantic side of the ocean level Is -6 j jlBB 7" ' :s3.45fl men engaged at olferin .feet higher than the south, or Pacific 3 10.009 at Wagram. Suo.ooo at Smo-,-alde. ! lensk. ril.UdO at Borodino. J36.UOO Scientists have wondered and spec-'u Dr,n. 2I".4-0 at Waterloo. 244 - 1 000 at Sedan. stated on the awful result of cutting, , our CTv war m mvn wel.fi a straight level gateway across the j n action at Fredericksburg. 133 OOo Isthmus. Would the awful onrush of at Antletam, 156.000 at Gettysburg the higher seas on the north side "n" 160.000 In the Wilderness bat- 1. - .1- . ., ties. The Union loss In killed, wound- wash away the entire Isthmus in I anJ m -t Gettyf,,)Urf: wa, rushing to the lower sya level on the 1 -s.iS and tne Confederate loss was As we go to press the greatest cat tle show of this or any preceding age Is In progress In connection with th WorlU's fair at St. Louis. Such un aggregation of well-bred cattle ha. never before been passed before the public within the gates of any show ynrd on either side of the sea. This tv a sweeping statement but its truth Is self-evident. The judging: Is at this writing un finished. The championships and group prizes nre not vet al! allotted, w. that the story can not be told in Its entirety In this Issue. We are n-vrtheles able to rresent detailed review. of the leading c1hss-r to gether with a set of photographic vlws that will convey, so far as pen and camera can reproduce such stir ring scenes, some little enmeption of the character of this triumphant dem onstration of American prowes In ttvj art of cattle breeding. The present generation will not look upon Its like again. Breeders' Gazette. I Sewing Machines Must Go Closing nut Nile of nil machines on linnd. 50 NEW AND SECOND-HANI) 5EACIUNES. Of all makes and descriptions. Having decided to discontinue hand ling sewing machines. I will close out all machines at less than fac tory price. Drop Hetul Singer machines, (ns good as new) S25.00 Droji Head New Home, new- $33.00 Other machines warranted to sew projtcrly and glvo satisfaction, for S.VUO and tip. JOE BASLER I CAHPETS I'CHNITCItE STOVES. I ' 1 I IJ PLUMBING Good plumbing I nlwuys the chenpest. It bus tli lasting quali ties. It Mive- Jim repair bills. Always entrust jour work to thorough, reliable and comiictoiit plumbers. Our force Is made up of the lest xiierknicutl workmen. Strict attention paid to .sanitary features of w ork. ' The October term of supreme court will convene 01 October T admis sions ti fhe ba" to take piace on Tuesdav nctober 11 On jour work. LET I'S GIVE YOC FIGUItES We quote right prices and do only the best work. SLA Goodman-Thompson Co HAItDWAKE AND Telephone Sll. PLl'MIIING. 013 Stain Street. Station If Villi limit woe; and stylish we ham If you nnnr we have it; In fact w MOST COOTLErE STOCK nnd the rnVEST ASSOimiE-VT ever tdiunn In ttiU t Brock & McC Compaql i TEE! Per Kit, sn.00; roll SI. (10; slhcr fillin fnictlng, r0c. We are thoroughly tj with ah modern eel: appliances, and work to be of the hisl nrd, and our prices tie I conmstont with flriWlu White B Dentil-is. Association HUt Telephone Main II -south? would the two oceans equal lie thir dth through this narrow :gate. the northern tide sweeping -through the opening, until the two seas were at equal height? 3,Ono. At Fredericksburg the Vnlon los was lS.SSI and the Confederate loss 5207. At Cold Harbor the Union lass was H.S31 and the Confederate loss only 1700. 1 At Gettysburg the Confederates as- If so. would not cltie now on the saulted the Union works and at Cold Atlantic seacoast on the north be left ' "piM'f tn.e t'nlo.n arm' "gulled the , far Inland by thl reduction of the Confederate works. At Liao Yang the Jainnese were In every case the attacking party, and their loss Is. therefore, much heavier than the hlcago Inter-Ocean. I'owEit and pnorrrs in oil. sea level, and would not cities. coast settlements and entire populate ed districts on the Paelflc side be In- , Kusstan loss. undated and overwhelmed by the climbing tide rushing In from the higher water level of the Atlantic? I The profits of the present Standard But such calamities are not to be j Oil Company are enormous. For five , , ,. ,,,, v i,ii, v... .years the dlrldends have been averag- A system of locks will be Installed bj 1 7 v 1 ing about HE. 000. 000 a year or nearly whlah vessels will climb up SS feet . 5(, ,)t.r cem n capmj(zaton. a Into the higher level of the canal nnd , sum which capitalized at & per cent the mountain chain will remain a would give 3900.000,000. barrier between the surf of the Atlan- j ' ,cou tnlf lsot nU ,ha.' th.e cuiuuiiiuiiun matte in a yeur. it al lows an annual average of 5.77 per "When a child I had a very severe at tack of Diphtheria, which came near prov ing fatal. Uponrecovery they lamb of the neck were very much enlarged, and after the free use of iodine, the riuht one was reduced to its normal size, but the left one continued to grow very slowly at first, until it was about tbe sizeof a goose egg, which began to press on the wind-' pipe, causing difficult breathing, nnd be came very painful. An incision was made and a large quantity of pus discharged. The gland was removed, or as much ai could with safety be taken out. For ten years I wore a little piece ol cloth about an inch long in my neck to keep tbe place tig this time 1 bad t the I to have it open. JJunnir this time 1 1 cut open by the doctor everv time I took GAINING - HO" KB! IB 1 W D r 1 Sift'cwtts. lNION J4ADE, HAND MADE. CLEAR HAVANA. A STANDARD FOR QUALITY. CLEANLINESS AND WORKMANSHIP. When you call for a TRIUMPH .1 pi VNN 60 IT. Don't accept a suhsiicuie. 1 1 r , Oregon St. Helen's A GIRLS SCHOOL OFI EST CLASS corps of tea tlon, building, equipment- Send for catalogue. OpotiB September 15, 1M4. j MAKERS. lc nnd the Pacific. The total length of the canal will C)Jt for deficit, and It carries always i :be 4&.09 miles, the total amount of .an ample reserve fund. .dirt and rock to be removed is S4, 363,701 cubic j-ards, at a total estl- jnated cost of 3144.233.35S. The cost per cubic yard of remov ing different formations In the con- When we remember that probably one-third of this immense annual rev enue goes into the hands of Mr. John D. Rockefeller, that probably 90 per cent of it goes to the few men who atruction has been fixed by the board ' "lf1.th"8"dr " ,mV of engineers as follows: Hard rock. 31.15; soft rock, sOc; earth, not dredgeable, 45c, and dredgeable earth 20c. Removal of rock under water to cost JI.7& per cubic yard; cleaning and grubbing out swamp sections, 3100 per acre; concrete. In place. , . 48 per cubic yard. It will require an ordinary vessel ,K 11 hours and 14 minutes to pass through the entire canal It ed. the Standard Oil company be comes a much more serious public matter than it was In 1871. when It stamped itself as willing to enter Into a conspiracy to raid the oil business as a much more serious concern than In the years when It openly made warfare of bustnes and drove from the oil Industry by any means It could Invent all who had the hardi hood to enter It. For consider what must be done cold or the opening clogged. In the bpnrjc or early bummer ot I&34 I was persuaded by my wife to use S. S. S., which I did, j strictly in accordance with directions. I took twenty-six large bottles, and was en tirely cured, for I have not suffered since ' that time. B. S. Rag&axd. Royal Bag Mfg. Co., Charleston. S. C Only a constitutional remedy can reach an hereditary disease like Scrofula. When the blood is restored to a normal condition and tbe scrofulous deposits are carried oO there U a gradual return to health. S.S.S. Is well known aa t blood purifier and ionic it is tne only guaranteed, strictly vegetable remedysokl. If yon hare any signs oi Scrofula, write ui and ourphysiciant will ad rise you free The Swift Specific Company, Atlanta, 6a there U a gradual retui sss is 7.91 miles through what is " i t flAA 1t mttat ha (nt'aciail Tria ill called the Culebra Cut. and the high-1 uusinMS does not demand ,,. There est point to be cut through Is -236 feet)s penty 0f reserve for all of Its ven- above the level of the canal. In this cut are 43,237,200 cubic yards of earth and rock to remove, and it is estimated that It will require eight years to get through this cut. Before beginning work on the ca nal it will be necessary to rebuild on higher ground IE miles of the old French railway. To prevent overflow of the canal in high water five miles of concrete levees must be built tures. It must go Into other indus tries. The result Is that the Standard Oil Company Js probably In the strongest. financial position of any aggregation In the world. And every year its po sition grows stronger, for every year there is pouring-ln another 345,000, 000 to be used in wiping up the prop erty most essential to preserving and broadening Its power. Ida M. Tar-bell. One of the greatest virtues and the I hardest is the moral courage to prac- Not more than 15.000 laborers will tlce self-denial. All the latest books of the day. Frederick Nolf & Co. "In the Bishop's Carriage." "When Wilderness Was King." "The Corner in Coffee." "The Woman Wins." "Order No. 11." "The Grafters." "The Gordon Elopement" "Old George Graham." "Four Roads to Paradise." And 50 others. EXQUISITE MILLINERY The most cn.aplete and up-to-date line of fashionable millinery nt popular prices ,er shown in Pendleton, Is now on display ot my store I have the largest stock this season I have ever carried. Wits. Rose Campbell MONTERASTELLI BROS. Marble and Granite Works Anyone intending to secure a monument or headstone for relative or ineno win ao wen to see us. Largest collection to solct from. Lowest prices MONTERASTELLI BROS. New Stone Building. Court Street next to Domestic Laundry ELATERITE IS MINERAL RUBBER We properly temper It for each particular climate. Then unnn iute canvass we build up a fire water and add proof offi mtortel with a ground mica surface and a wool felt paper drv ih k t. We'll lay the gooda. or you can. I, youve ft a roof w, eln tell you some mighty Interesting things. They will prevent your book from shriveling up. Write tia. prevent your pocket. The Elaterite Roofing Co., 10 Worcester Block, Portland, Oregon LEGAL BLANKS Wrt!et o,e- f ... A , , gonkn for a free cat alogwe of them. A fall sepply always kept in stock WATEI TANKS We- make- a specialty ' round or squire WATER Tj Also header beds, all . . . ... rlrhtUl Kinds. We mane inci ...-..ln OSl always give aausiuKuv- . .. , . j . hntrhei I is never augnieu Pendleton Planing I and Lumber Yard nouEKT roitsTnrt, Corner Webb and 0M The Freflfi Restaurai ni on nnt Meal 1 Private Dining P Eleeant Furnished B1 Connection. GUS LaFONTAlNRW 633 Main Stre with wear be F ) ticol: with coat 1 oitb, year. the is a coat cheat you coat. their skiftf who every u c Cash Fresl Clear office. Doug evelt's. SIL-I Teutsch Ice c the Del For 1 barns. Smok iril's, f Japai ll!0 per Child Ir. Lee JUta. The . Iday an ttresj. For I h o bio it E, C Malt. I Wheat Iter's u Just l!' UI.U3 I(V Ii fries i to api I h ut '1