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To Our
Patrons
Owing to our limited storing
space in our new store, we have
decided to discontinue the sale
ot sugar after -the present stock
has been exhausted.
Would be pleased to see you
at our new store, opposite Hotel
Bickers.
Owl
Tea House i
GUARD THE RATES
FREIGHT INSPECTOR SAVES
MONET FOR RAILROADS.
W. B. Bebrtng, of tlie Traiiscontlnen
tal Freight Bureau, Located In
Pendleton, Tells of His Important
Duties Freight Sbiptnents Must
Be Closely Watched to Prevent
Billing at Lees Than the Regular
Kate for the Commodity Being
Stripped.
An agent of the Trans-Continental
Freight Bureau has duties to perform
that are exacting In the lust degree.
Xhat require alertness, impartiality.
and an indifference to criticism and
censure that a cast-iron image might
be supposed to have. Incidentally, to
do full Justice by the bureau and his
.duties he must be proof aguipst blan
dishments and bribery.
M. H. Behrens, the agent stationed
at this point, with long distance con
signments from Pendleton to all
points this side ot Walla Walla and
of Portland, states that violations ot
the rules governing the classification
of freight are continually found
these things are not occasional, ac
cidental and Incidental, but are ot
daily occurrence, and affect nearly
all glasses of goods.
'An exemption or almost an ex
emDtton. Is groceries. Attempts to
defeat the schedule In this class of
goods is extremely rare, and when It
does occur It Is usually In the en
deavor to get cereal food products
through as mill feed. The difference
In the rate is 40 per cent
Shipments Are Closely Watched.
Mr. Behrens said with a -laugh. "I
never yet saw a shipment of wrought
Iron pipe; that Is. of pipe that was
consigned as such. Of course, lm--rnense
Quantities of wrought-lron pipe
is consigned, but It is always billed as
cast-iron, the difference In favor of
the latter being 10 per cent. On a
carload of from 40,000 "to 70.000
pounds the difference is considerable
from $50 to 160.
The fact that very nearly all the
errors are In. favor of the shippers
that It is extremely seldom that an
article Is billed In a class upon which
the rale Is higher than the product
warrants does not deter Mr. Behrens
from good-naturedly declaring that
at least 80 per cent of the errors In
classification are due to ignorance.
not to wiilul deBire to get a lower
rate than the character of the goods
warrants.
-Mr. Behrens mentions passing Judg
ment once upon a car billed as four
carloads of "alum." when as a mat
ter of fact every ounce of the stuff
was sulphate ot alumnla, while the
difference In ithe rate amounted to
100 per cent, or 1 1TB.
A car billed as "lumber" once had
five tons of bridge Iron disposed so
It would be covered by the lumber.
There was economy in this undertak
ing, as the lumber covering the Iron
had a 15 cent rate, while the rate
on the Iron was 60 cents.
Mr. Behrenx adds. "Picture frames
are always billed as unglaied. and
are always glased. The rate on the
former Is much less than on the lat
ter." Barrels of palat and cement are
often mixed in a consignment, and
then all are listed as cement, the rate
upon cement being much lower than
on the lumber.
"Sheet Iron Is always billed as bar
Iron, and the rate as the latter is 10
cents lower per hundred pounds than
on the former. On a carload weigh
ing from 50,000 to 80.000 pounds the
difference Is considerable.
"Incandescent bulbs are always
billed as glassware simply, and the
difference In the rate is 200 per cent."
Great Savings Effected.
"In the coast states, that Is west of
the Une north from El Paso, there are
50 men employed In the business,"
said Mr. Behrenx, "and during the
past month of July they discovered
discrenancles which saved to the
freight companies $118,000.
"During the first week of the
oresent month of October the dis
crepancies discovered from my of
fice on stuff billed to Pendleton and
as fur north as the first station this
side of Walla Walla, and as far west
as the first station this side of Port
land, amounted to $675."
OREGON HISTORY
ci:om.E n. iitmes teixs
PIONEF.lt REMINISCENCES.
Wlien a Boy of 11 Years of Age lie
4'aniied Near Present Site of City
of Pendleton Immigrant Train
Turned North Hero and Went Di
rect to Puget Sound Early Rivalry
Between Settlement of the Willam
ette Valley and the Sound.
man. Dr. Vincent. Dr. T. H. White,
F. W. Walte and Dr. Fulton, of Mil
ton. A little later the prenerve Is ex- j
pected to swarm with wild fowl of all .
the kinds usually found In this coun- I
try .during the fall. The migration
Is slow this full on account of the
open, clear weather.
The association regards the enter- i
prise as a great success in every re-
spect and sure to develop Into one of
the best game preserve enterprises In j
the entire West. :
As many birds have been lost In 1
the dense tulles after being shot, the .
association Is having from seven to 10 I
acres of the tulles cut away to af-
ford an open space In which to shoot
und recover.
Splints Taken Off.
The splints have been taken off the
leg of Jesse Failing, who Is In a
hospital in Portland. The limb Is
entirely helpless, although It Is sup
posed that the fracture has been en
tirely corrected by nature. On ac
count of his age and from lylW help,
less so many months, both Mr. Til
ing's knees are too stiffened to bend,
and the muscles of both limbs are
nearly useless, being in a measure
atrophied. With the splints and
bandages removed and systematic ef
fort being made to correct the muscu
lur and flexular disorders, it Is believ
ed that he will recover measurably
rapid.
Uappy Uoldnian.
Ora Holdman this morning took
out to Holdman a load of dry goods
with which to replenish the stock of
Robert Patchen's store at Holdman.
Mr. Holdman reports that business
conditions In general are good around
Holdman at least as good as a year
ago. The general health is good.
There is probably less sickness there
than In any country neighborhood In
the county.
"Flftyjone yeurs ago last August,
when a boy of 11 years of age, in
company with my parents and an
immigrant train of 36 wagons and 140
I people, from Indiana, Illinois and
Missouri. I camped near the present
site of the city of Pendleton," said
George H. Hlmes. field secretary and
curator of the Oregon Historical So
ciety, to the East Oregonian, today.
Mr. Hlmes, who carries more
Northwest history In his memory and
on his tongue than perhaps any other
living man, Is in the city today in the
Interest of the society. He has just
attended the Hood River fruit fair.
gathered historical data at that pluce'
and at The Dalles, and Is now visiting
I'matilla county to enrich his fund
of plineer history and meet members
of the society who reside In this city
and county. .
"Our train was the very first to
be diverted from the Willamette val
ley to the Puget Sound country," said
Mr. Hlmes. "At the Grand Ronde
valley we met a courier from the Pu
get sound settlement who induced us
to start northwest from Pendleton on
a direct route to the sound.
"We turned north from Swift's sta
tion, crossed the Columbia at Walluln,
crossed over Into the Taklma, crossed
the Taklma river eight times,
passed over on to the Kahchess. and
followed an Indian trail, crossing that
stream 68 times, and at the summit
of the Cascades we dropped our wag
ons down the precipices with ropes,
to the west slope.
"We were induced to take this
route by the courier who told us of
good roads and a flourishing settle
ment on the sound. That was the be
ginning of the rivalry between the
settlements of the Willamette and the
Puget found.
"What s te most remarkable feat-'
ure of our little party. Is that mem
bers of our train Introduced three of
the leading and most vital industries
Into the territory north of the Colum
bia. My father, Tyrus Hlmes, was a
boot and shoe maker; James Biles,
principal captain of our company,
was a tanner, and Mrs. Frazier was
a milliner and dress maker, and these
three people Introduced these three
great Industries Into the territory
north of the Columbia river.
Fifty-one years ago tonight. Octo
ber 21. 1853, we slept under a roof,
for the first time after leaving the
settlements of the Central state. We
settled in a cabin five miles east of
Otympla. our first home In the West.'
Mr. Hlmes Is enthusiastic In the
work of collecting pioneer relics and
history, and will spend several days
in this city and vicinity.
BOOTBLACK IX JAIL.
Boh Edmond Vndcr $2.-0 Bonds for
Throwing a Rock.
" "Ah." says Mistah King, "you is a
bad man an' ah don' want nuffln' to
do wlf you.' Den he hits me on ma
arm and 1 bus' him on d' haid wlf a
rock." That was Bob Edmonds' de
fense thlB morning In the Justice
court for striking Frank King with a
rock, but Justice Fltz Gerald did not
consider the boulder throwing Justi
fiable and held the prisoner to the
state circuit court under Donas oi
$250. Edmonds went to jail.
Edmonds and King are colored
bootblacks, operating rival stands.
They are also brothers-in-law. Yes
terday aftemon they became engug-
ed In a quarrel that resulted In the
latter getting a badly damaged head
and the former getting arrested
charged with assault with a danger
ous weapon.
Edmonds Is alleged to have been
drunk. But he claims he wus not In
toxicated and would not have struck
King hud not that colored person first
hit him with a wooden foot rest. To
buck up his statements he presented
an Injured left forearm.
Formerly f Pendleton.
G. A. Cpllett has arrived from
Homewood, Texas, and Is visiting
with J. Albert Smith and family, of
the east end while awaiting the ar
rival of his family from Portlund.
They will go to Spokane, where Mr.
Collett has employment with the
street railway company. The Colletts
lived in Pendleton for a time about
five years ago, leaving here to go to
Oakland, Cal where Mr. Collett was
employed for about a year with the
Southern Pacific.
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ARE MORE CASES OF SHOES, CLOTHING AND FUR
NISHING GOODS RECEIVED AT THE BOSTON STORE
THAN ANY OTHER STORE IN PENDLETON ?
THEY SELL MORE OF THEM. ARE YOTJ DESIROCg
OF GETTING THE MOST FOR YOUR MONEY' THEN
LOOK BEFORE YOTJ LEAP INTO A POOR BARGAIN, BY
LOOKING AT THOSE OFFERED BY THIS STORK YOB
WIIJj THUS SAVE MONEY AND ANNOYANCE.
Our Goods
Bo Please
1ooklng for Investments.
Mrs. L. A. Wltte. of Mapleton. Kan.,
accompanied, by her uncle, John
Crist, arrived last night. Mrs. Wltte
will visit for the winter with her
brother. N. J. Thomas, near Dale.
Mr. Crist will look over this country,
Including the Irigated districts of the
northern Dart of the county, with a
view to Investing In the spring.
a eaa
1 Purses
Will 1,00k Before Deciding.
H. C. Wlnans. of Junction City,
Kan., arrived a few days ago and
rather expects to Invest In this town
and perhaps in farming lands in the
vicinity. He has not definitely con
eluded to do so, and will look the
country over for several months.
Badly Broken Foot- I
C. H. Allen of WeBton, was In town '
yesterday taking X-ray treatment for
broken foot. The second day of
last May he fell from his wagon, the
team run away and the right foot was
badly crushed Just how, he does not
now. It has been entirely helpless
er since, several bones being dls-
laced and broken. He contemplates
having the member operated upon to
effect -the readjustment, into their
oper relative positions, of the bones
of the foot .
230 HEAD OF HOGS.
n.
in
For Particular People at Pop
ular Prices. A load of purses
which we cannot carry. You can
help out by taking your choice
at 25c, 50c, 75c or $1.00, trom
lott of purse's that sell from
SOc up to $2.00 each. Our win
dow tells the story. Look in
when passing.
Thoroughbred Irish Setter.
Dr. T. H. White recently purchuBed
of McXabb, the veterinarian, a thor
oughbred Irish setter, 3 1-2 years of
age." that is undoubtedly one of the
finest in his class. He was bred and
raised In Ohio, where he was the
property of a wealthy physician.
F. McElroy Has Great Faith
This as a Hog Country.
B. F. McElroy a few days ago sold
a carload of fat hogs to the Sound
market. The price realized could not
be learned. Mr. McElroy Is feeding
230 head of hogs, of which number
160 will be put on full feed during the
latter oart of the winter. All are now
being fed ond stubble for growth
The majority are Poland-Chinas.
Mr. McElroy is not the corn en
thusiast that so many are In connec
tion with the growing and fattening
of hogs, believing that corn Is not so
essentiul as It Is generally considered
He claims that as fine pork can be
grown from wheat, mill feed and peajf
as from corn, and as cheaply,
He has an abiding faith in this as
a hog country. He has upon his res
ervatlon farm 10 brood sows three
Poland-Chinas and seven Chester
While grades, upon which he depend
for his most choice young hogs
next year. . . .
Successful Meeting Last Night.
The United Evangelical ministers
Revs. - Lovell and Phelps held quite
successful street meetings last night.
djournlng from the Btreet to the
Congregational church. Last night
was one of the most successful ses
sions these gentlemen have had In
Pendleton. The audience was large
und the interest great. Rev. Phelps
111 preach In the Congregation
church twice next Sunday. There will
be no services there tomorrow night.
1 Tallman (& Co. :
2 IXADING DRUGGISTS
Good tea, good coffee, best
baking-powder, best flavoring
extracts, best spices, pure soda,
at fair prices and moneyback.
Schilling's Best, at your
jrocer's.
HIGH ' SCHOOL WON.
TEN PER CENT
SAVED FROM WHAT TOO EARN WILL CAUSE TOTJ NO
INCONVENIENCE, AND THIS WILL MAKE TOC COMFOR
TABLE IN THE COURSE OF TIME. ' ? ,
Write, Phone or . Call
The Commercial National Bank
of Pendleton
Four For Cent Interest paid, compounded Semi-Annually. ;
Roosevelt's
Boston Store
an.
Will Build Residence.
Purl Bowman expects to build a
large residence one of about 12
rooms next year on his lots on est
Court street, where now stands the
0tiWl0iif. he nnw occunles. which he
owns with the ore adjacent to It on I
the westward. These buildings he
will move away and the new resi
dence wlil occupy the entire suite of
lots, which extend back to the levee
and front the northern end of Wil
low street.
Gone to Montesano.
Ellis Waldo went west this morn
ing with the intention of going to
Montesano, Wash., where hlB broth-
Samuel resides, who formerly
lived In Milton. The . former has
apent the summer on the Grant coun-
tv range and helped drive cattle
through about three weeks ago, since
which time he has been visiting
around Milton and Freewater.
Once Was Itn" Scalped by a Score
28 to 0.
Ages long was the aRonlzlng foot
bnll game plnyed yesterday afternoon
between the Pendleton high school
and the "once Was Its." The school
boys won the gume by a score of 28
to 0. To say that the "Once v. as its
laved football, is to prevaricate
They upheld the honor of their name
and that was all. As to tne nign
school, that team has nothing
boast of In the manner of winning
the game. A tew individual players
won the contest, but the eleven lacks
team work.
Possibly two of the "Once was its
showed up well In the game. George
Gray, an old Walla Walla nign scnooi
player, put up all there was in mm.
which is saying a great deal, but
then football Is not a one man s game.
With a few more George Bowneys, he
Ight have succeeded In carrying the
pigskin over the goal.
It was the first game or tne season
and the high school boys appear to
have some good men among Hiem
who will come out well before the
season Is ended. By a series of line
bucks and end runs they made their
gains and perhaps If a stronger' team
had been against them, better ball
would hove been played by the entire
eleven.
PRESERVE A St'CCE8S.
Association W1U Cut Away Ten Acres
r of Tulles.
Though the migratory season Is not
yet open. 46 ducks and 16 snipe were
Wired on the Hot Lake preserve wt
Sunday by A. D. Stlllman, H. J. 8UU-
Idnho Odd Fellows.
About 80 delegates to the Idaho
Orand Lodge of the I. O. O. F. and
Rebekahs came In on the early train
lust night from the east and went
north this morning. They comprised
the delegations from the northern
part of the state, en route home from
Nampa, where the grand lodge has
been in session all this week.
Carload Furniture Burned.
Last Saturday a carload of furnl
ture from the East to Portlund via,
Spokane, was entirely destroyed by
fire between Tekoa and Umatilla.
The loss Is estimated at 13000. The
fire Is supposed to have been caused
by sparks from the engine.
Dr. Wltliycombe for Governor.
In casting over the available can
dldates for governor of Oregon at the
1906 election, several Western Oregon
papers have made favorable mention
of Dr. James Wtthycombe, as a
able man for that place.
Men's
Fashionable
Clothing
.The very height of perfection In
tailoring lias been attained in our
full lines of men's clothing. Each gar
ment has a distinguishing style-loach
which, together with many other no
table ikiIiiIh of superiority, ha brought
our clothing Into great favor with
tasteful, conservative dressers.
SUTS.
Suits or the very best fabrics and most
pleasing patteniH at
$12.50. $15.00, $111.00 and $20.00.
OVERCOATS.
All the late styles, and patterned after
the best grade of custom work at
$10.00, $12.00, $15.00 and $20.00.
TROUSERS.
$2.50, $3.50, $5.00 and $-00.
BAER. DALEY
! One-Price Clothiers and Furnishers
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BYERS' BEST FLOUR j
Is made from the choicest wheat that srrows. Good
assured when Brers' Best Flour l need.. Bran, shorts, steam
barley always on hand.
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I PENDLETON ROLLER MILLS j
W. 8. BYERS, Proprietor.
mm
Sitters 1
Worn era should
not wonder at
their fa i 1 i n g
neaitn as long
as they contin
ue to suffer from
monthly irreg
ularities. The
Bitter ss the
beat remedy in
snch cases. It
always cures
BackadM
Vomitittf,
f4)ttte Spelts
Try one bottle.
A New Race Track
Would be good tiling for Pendleton, because the t
above town, baa become so valuable lor track gardenin r , t
yvmjm urafc II una IMBD 8HUKHJ1MU,
C. C. BERKELEY
Office in in Savings Bank BWg.
has tracts of from t to IS acres for sale at a WT k Dt""'
rive acres, witn new, uard-flnished house, lor ax,!-
I tttttt.M.MM $! $$$ $"
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