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About East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 17, 1905)
DAILY EAST (HtBGONlAH. PENDLETON. OREGON. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY IT, 1W. PAGE EIGHT. EIGHT mniin Boy Killed! No. not that; but the price on china slaughtered until you would not know It Juat think of It! a 100-piece dinner set, in pure white, transparent chi na for tlJ-tft. Hunt up your old musty cat alogue, look under the china closet or elsewhere, and you cannot find this low price quoted either wholesale or retail. X 8ee our window for display. Dear Madame: I take my pen In hand to let you know there Is only one. Si cent coffee on earth that has anything like the stregnth and flavor of Mocha and Java. It Is called "Mother's Pride," (and so we hare found It). It Is sold exclusively by the PWX TEA HOUSE. HENRY HEPPNER THURSDAY OWL TEA HOUSE I 14-QUABX GRANITE DISH PAN 40c -. HtimiiimiHnuiiimMitOTttHiiiiiinnii GREAT EASTERN OPENING. Pendleton's New Department Stars Now Doing Business. The Great Eastern Department Store held its formal opening of Its new home In the Schmidt block and an animated scene was presented from the time the doors were thrown open to the close. At times the crowd became so dense that it was with difficulty that they moved about The new quarters of the Great Eastern are modern In every partic ular and much skill was displayed In the arrangement of the various de partments in the magnificent room. On entering the store the general ap pearance is most pleasing as the ar tistic work of the painters in harm onizing the colors is perfect, while the carpentering is neat and carries out the idea of the architect to a nicety and while giving much space In the balconies, does not Interfere with the view on the main floor. To the left of the main door Is the dress goods section, occupying the entire side, while in the rear of the store Is the shoe department On the right of the entrance Is the gent's furnishings and next comes the hat section, and the clothing. In the center of the room is the notions. Going up the stairs into the balcony, to right, a visitor Is confronted with a beautiful array of carpets, rugs, portiers, lace curtains, while to the left Is displayed the millinery, a new line of goods added to the store. The left balcony Is given to the ladies' ready-to-wear goods, and here are placed cloaks, suits, jackets, silk waists, etc 'The reserve stock is kept in the basement thus keeping from view unsightly packages and objects. The private office of F. B. Nicholas, the proprietor of the store, is at the head of the balcony on the left and the wrapping and cashier's depart ment Is on the right The basket carrier system conveys 'goodB from all sections of the store to the wrap ping department At the formal opening Thursday evening sweet music by McMinn's or chestra filled the air, pretty decora tions added to the charm of the view, and all callers were presented with a pretty aluminum tray bearing a pic ture of the new building occupied by . the Great Eastern, In New Zealand before, yet after a few years' residence in the United States, he finds It almost Impossible to become reconciled to the vast dif ferences In the manners and cus toms of the people, in the two coun tries, and has decided to return to his adopted land and live the re mainder of his life. Mr. Prey Is a Scotchman by birth, but has traveled extensively In every country In the world, having been a private agent for the bank of England for years. His duties were to in quire into the standing and responsi bility of every country doing business with that great Institution. New Zealand being south of the equator, that country Is now enjoy ing its summer season, and Mr. Frey gives a delightful description of pic nicking parties and excursions through the wonderful forests and to the geysers and boiling lakes of that country. W. H. FREY WILL RETURN. Former Resident of Pendleton Dis satisfied with New Zealand and Longs for the United State A private letter from W. R. Frey. who left here three month ago for -New Zealand, says that he will return here In the near future, to remain permanently. Although he has lived "DON CAESAR DE BAZAN." A Large Audience Highly Pleased by High Class Performance. In "Don Caesar de Baxan." pre sented last night. Pendleton theater goers had the first chance to see real acting since "Soldiers of Fortune" was here over a month ago. Accord ingly, all took advantage of the op portunity. "Don Caesar de Baian." as por trayed by Charles B. Hanford and his company, is a play that pleases, yet does not stir to any great depth, nor make any lasting impressions on those who have seen It Possibly this Is partly due to the fact that the play Is located in Old Spain, and 1b about a courtier's plot not a very brilliant one either. One of the strong scenes is In a room of the royal palace, where Don Caesar, the nobleman, lays his sword at the feet of his king, loyalty to his monarch being stronger than his personal wrongs. However, It Is doubtful If an American audience Is fully ap preciative of this sort of devotion, and probably some last night would have preferred seeing his royal high ness thrown out of the window. Nevertheless, the play was immense ly enjoyed, and curtain calls were several times given Mr, Hansford and his leading lady. inMMiui niiiiHiniii Check the t Cough I Coughs go from bad to worse. 4 These is grave danger In any 1 ease. Do not neglect Keep a j bottle of our 4 F. &. S. Tar and Wild Cherry In the boose. Commence Tak hig when first symptoms come. This as the best remedy because it cures safely and permanently. Price, 26c and 60c. Price 25c and 50c I Tollman Co. LEADING DRUGGISTS. Eagles at Oregon City. Thi. mnrnlni J. T. Hlnkle. state deputy grand worthy president for the Order of Eagles, received a tele gram from Oregon City asking him to organize an aerie there next Mon day evening. Papers have also been received from the grand secretary informing Mr. Hinkle that the neces sary fees have been paid by the Ore gon City people, and accordingly the state deputy will leave here, probably Sunday night, for Oregon City, to per fect the organization. A team will be secured from Portland to assist in the installation. Sixty members have been secured for the new aerie. HE WAS A PIONEER OF FORTY ODD YEARS. Ran Pack. Trains During the Early 'MM and Later Owned a Store at La Grande Started the First Store In Ileipner, and That Place Was "Named After Hun Was Succew ful In liuMlitow, ami leaves Quite a Iju-gc Fortune. Ueppner, Feb. 17. (Special to East Oregonian. ) Henry Heppner, found er of the town of Heppner, and a well known pioneer citizen, died here SHE PHASES WHO IK RESPONSIBI.E FOR SCHMIDT'S DEBTS. Pomthle That A. Roderick Grant, a Portland Salesman, Is Personally Liable for the Full Amount, Owing lo the Fart That No Incorporation tif the Krluuhlt Firm Had Ever Hern Filed. New developments have appeared in the F. W. Schmidt bankruptcy case, and from the looks of things at present the lit. 500 loss that It has been supposed the creditors would be forced to stand may not be necessary. This new version Is caused by the discovery that F. W. Schmidt Co. at 8:40 but evening, aged 74 years. was not an Incorporated concern and The remains will be taken to Port because of this fact the other part ner In the business, said to be A.' Roderick Grant of Portland, Is him self personally responsible for the full amount of the Indebtedness of the firm. Testerduy afternoon a suit was In stituted by Stillman A Pierce as at torneys for Henry Koplttke against A. lioderick Grant and F. W. Schmidt, partners doing business as a firm under the name of F. W. Schmidt A Co. The action la to se cure a Judgment against the defend ants for 834.13 und interest at 6 per cent from November 190S. and alBO for J87.10 and ( per cent interest from December 1. 1904. together with the costs of the suit. All companies Incorporated to transact business within this county are on record In the office of the rnuntv clerk, where a copy of the tnenrnoration papers Is filed. An land for burial. Henry Heppner was well known to the pioneers of this place, who knew him when Morrow county was a por tion of Umatilla. In the early 'Cos he came to this country, and for sev eral years ran pack trains from I'nui tllla Landing to the mines of South ern Idaho and Eastern Oregon. A. W. Nye, librarian of the Commercial club, was one of those who knew him in those days There was money to be made in packing in those times, and it was in this way that the foun dation to what luter became a small fortune, was laid by Mr. Heppner. After a few years of running pack trains a store was established by Mr. Heppner In La Grande, and he re mained there until the early ". when he moved to Willow Creek, where Heppner now stands, and started the first store ut that place. amination of the record made this His firm was known as Heppner afternoon failed to show any record Maddock. and when the town was ' nf the Incorporation of F. W. named In 1875. it was the only bus-1 Schmidt & Co. Accordingly It would. Iness house there exceDt a black- sen, thm A. Roderick Grant, if he smith shop, stable and a drug store. ; can be proven a partner In the firm, Mayor Matlock was an acquaint-1 la resnonslble for the entire indebt- ance of the deceased for many years, j ednew of the firm. Grant Is a travel and was grieved to learn of his death ng salesman for the Blumauer Frank this morning. From him It was learn- ! Drug Co.. of Portland, and whether ed that Mr. Heppner had no family. ' or not he has sufficient means to but that he hue a sister now in Hepp- meet the claims Is not known. ner. Mrs. Henry Blackmail. Philip . When the report of the trustee was j Heppner, a brother to the dead man, j niade before Referee Fltz Gerald. a suicided about 12 years ago. j few days ago. It provided for the Henry Heppner was of Hebrew de- payment of the claims on the basis scent, and came to this country from , ,,f 311 ,,er cent. All creditors accepted 1 i 8 n 1 ; 1 I HATS SPRING f COMPLI BUY N EVERY LINE IN Knox, Stetson, Gordcj AOT ALL THE FACTORY LINES OVER 2000 HATS IN STOCK, ALL STAPLE AND THE LATEST STTLK BLOCK. NOT A BUM ONE IN THE BUNCH. EVERY SIZE, COLOR, SHAPE AND PRICK. TO MORE PARTICULARLY BRING TO YOUR HIND OUR MANY AT TRACTIVE HAT FEATURES, WE WILL OFFER AT ALL HATS AS SHOWN IN CORNER WINDOW; VALUE FROM $2.50 TO $4.M, AND NO JOKE. 1 1 Germany. He was a man of strong this wettlement except the Cold Stor- who have brought convictions, and one who it was liard.UKe people, to move when once his mind was j present suit. As to the rights of the made up. He was a democrat in pol- rrdeltnrs who accepted the settlv itics. and a hard and fust believer in ment. Referee Fltz Gerald this after that .faith. However, he never sought 1 mion stated thut by their action they office for himself, though he would not forfeit their right to collect use his influence to secure the ad- j their claims from u partner, aoonrd vancement of his friends. inglv suits may be instituted by all the ill it Mr. Heppner was a successful bus- , iness man. and lte is supposed at his j death to have been worth J60.000 or 1 $70,000. He was a prominent mem- ber of the Masonic order. ! the the creditors first suit against Grant should be successful. ROOSEVELT'S Boston Store WAS SHOT THItOl T.n THE HAND. I BASKET BALL GAME. Wound Inflicted by the Gun Supposed to Bo Not I.oadl. While fooling with a 22-culibre ri fle yesterday Frank Beam, the 13-yeur-old son of Lee Beam, living on Railroad street, was shot through the hand. There is a case of scarlet fever in the Beam household, and to Weston Normal and Pendkrtou Club Will Contest at Armory Hull Nest Monday Night A team selected from the Pendle ton Basket Ball club will contest for honors with the Weston Normal team at Armory hall In this city next Mon day night The Pendleton team will be as foi laws: Claude and Roy Penland. for wards; Ernest Boynton, center: Allie Knight and Roy Alexander, guards: Logan Renn, substitute forward and guard: and Percy Folsom. substitute This team was selected from the. Recovering, two teams from Pendleton club which ..invert lt Saturday nisht. and is Irving Cuitlss. the voting t. -.. ... k ,h het t..,!ll)le tlin- Jured by the engine ut ber so far developed in the club. It Is confidently expected that Pendle ton will win the game. The Pendle ton team Is ready for any team now playing In Eastern Oregon or Wash ington, and will be glad to hear from any desiring a game. pass , , 1 f Feeding 200 Head of Cattle. J. A. Gurdarian, of Birch creek. Is in the city today looking after the stock market Mr. Gurdarian la feeding 200 head of prime steers, which will soon be ready for the markets. Mr. Gurdarian hopes to re ceive four and a half cents for his stock, as they are first-class, choice cattle and are In good condition. No Dessert More Attractive Why use gelatine and spend noun soaking, sweetening, flavoring and colori ng when Jcll-O produces better tesulta in two minutes? Everything in the package. Bimplraddhot water and set tooooL It's perfection. Asm- prise to the housewife. Mo trouble, leas ex Dense. Trr it to-dar. In Four Fruit F vacs: Lemon, Orange, Btrswberrjr, Bssp berry. At grooms. 100, AIu--o PflBS BETTER LATE THAN NEVER but better never late. Yon can begin to money In youi old age, but how much better for your declining yean to be gin saving when you are young Cut out your luxuries and ac cumulate a growing cash surplus by opening an account in the away the time while under quarantine young Beam was working with his gun. which he supposed was not loaded. The bullet passed through the palm of hlB hand and Inflicted a painful though not serious wound. Dr. Garfield, who has been attending the fever patient, was summoned and bandaged the boy's hand. man in- lmatillu. Is reported to be rapidly recovering. He Is still at the hospital, however. An old boundary dispute between Panama and Costu Rica will be Bet tied by mutual reference to Presi dent Loubet, of France. The Snap to IS OUR. SHIRT SALE Pioneer Revisits Pendleton. G. M. Stovall. now a resident of Walla Walla, but formerly a freighter between Umatilla and the Eastern Oregon mines. Is in the city today. visiting his daughter. Mrs. Zetta Rey nolds, of the Great Eastern store. Mr. Stovall has not been In Pendleton since 1884. and Is amazed at the growth of the city. He remembers in the summer of 1881, when ne freighted from here to Baker City, that the entire portion of the city south of the railroad track was a camping ground for the freighters. The Healthiest City. According to government reports, Carthage, Mo., is the most healthful city in the United States. A dispatch to the 8t Louis Republican, nnder date of Carthage, January 21. says: "For several years this city has held the banner for lowest rate of mortal ity, and this year, according to Dr. A. Rhoads, who complies the mortality table for Uncle Sam, the number of deaths Is smaller than last year. The population of Carthage, according to the government representative, I 11. 700. The total number of deaths during 1904 from all cause was SI. Of this number there were 11 deaths from tuberculosis- The death rate per thousand of population was, therefore, I.t2. In 1008 there were (I deaths In the city, and In there were 104." 102 Real Estate Transfers, Fred T. Walker, to Oliver P. Bow man for the southeast quarter of sec tion 8 In township 1, south of range 22, and lot 7 of section 4, township 1, south of rang 26. E. W. M. Con sideration. $800. Oliver P. Board man and wife to George H. McDonald, for the south east quarter of section in township 1. south of range 28. and lot 1 of section 4. township 1, south of range Fretful Women Should know that if their various or gans were strong and healthy they would not be, in that state of mind. Happiness depends entirely on good health, and to recover this priceless possession Hostetter's Stomach Bit ters is needed. It's 50 years' record proves its worth In oases of Monthly Irregularities, Sick Headache, Bleep Iuwkhii. Unstrung Nerves, Backache, Indigestion and Dyspepsia. Ws urge all sickly women to try HOSTETTER'S STOMACH BITTERS FOR A LINE OF UP-TO-DATE SHIRTS, STIFF AND 4 BOSOM, REGULAR ONE DOLLAR VALUE. BAER & DALEY ONE PRICE FURNISHERS AND HATTERS, No j Frenzied I j Finance j In the real estate wa bar for sale. Rsal aetata Is the only safe founda tion for a sound financial operation There Is something to build on. Take your money and Invest It In property and It will Increase In value Ws have desirable property in al parts of the city, as well a ranchs farms and small tracts. : : W..E. Davidson & Co. Ill Cowrt Street e . IS YOUR BARN COMFORT. Is vour HveM rk w.rroly M weather the winter? PerbP new boarding here, shlngim Whatever vour lumber requirl . ,,t TlJ t3 have them met in ity of our building material up our prices a great manjr of the ladder down. Pendleton Planing Robert, rcrster. Free- e . via t" 1 u ib y.i.iM 11 11 llliiu : I w lit lumiin 1 H. I 111 -- , t - - IVI I eavedinnovin l - . t flusrt r4. . m tmm that the room at ne . ' . it 1 Cottonwood streets la still oeenpieo " - T e- delayed In moving. We " ""j- & pebUe con, where we will be better prepared 1 Come and see us at our present "r ed oa our moving. wen isa f D. KEMLER & SON r-a The Grocers OpposH 1 1 t 1 ' IS B. W. M. Consideration, $800.