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The '-Pittsburg Perfect" Fences are Welded by
Electricity
This Is the modern method of construction. The old-time wrap
olds moisture, cracks the galvmlzing and allows the water o at
tack the bare wire. The Pittsiurg fence Is Ilk" i solid sheet of
perforated steel, thus immu-ie from rust and weakened Joints; come
In and investigate it.
MR. FARMER, LISTEN NOW!
We are authorlz-tl br the manufacturers to guarantee
That the wires are not Injured at the joints.
That the fence is perfectly adjustable to uneven ground.
That the stays w;i not separate from the strands; and
That the fence l. all right In every particular.
GOODMAN-THOMPSON CO.
FISHING TACKLE
GENERAL NEWS.
One hundred fifty delegates from 15
states are attending the eighth bien
nial national convention of the
Knights of Columbus, at Detroit.
Dr. Algernon Crapsey (Episcopal ,
convicted by a vote of four to one,
has been given JO days in which to
recant or be fired from the church
and ministry.
In an affray at Crawford. Xeb., Ar
thur Moose, a night watchman, was
shot and killed by a colored soldier
from Fort Robinson. James Moose
killed a soldier, and a friend of the
latter broke James Moose's arm.
Governor Hlggins of Xew York, has
granted an additional respite of 30
days, until June 17, to Albert T. Pat
rick, under sentence of death for the
murder of William M. Rice, In order
to give his counsel time to complete
presentation of evidence.
The 14-year-old wife of George
Compeetl was found beaten and
hacked to death In Denver. Compesl
is missing, and Is believed to have
done the deed. Compestl Is much the
older, and Is said to have deserted a
family in Xew York several years
ago.
An Indian runner has arrived at
Vinlta, Ind. Ter.. with news from a
full blood posse that the Wickliffe
and Indian ou;law3 have been located
In the brush of the hills near Spav
Inaw. Marshal Darrough has sent
bloodhounds and will go himself with
B posse. A fight 13 expected.
' The Baptist year book gives the
number of Eapti.it in the United States
as 4.709.311, an increase over last year
of 108.512. Most Baptists are in the
south. Georgia leading with 4S6.620.
Texas following with 382.042. then
Virginia. North Carolina and Missis
sippi with over 300.000 each. These
ttatisties include negroes
According to Earon f.ernberg, Ger
man ambassador ut Washington, dur
ing the past 35 years 54.719 Germans
have emigrated to Brazil, while dur
ing the same period 2.380,792 Ger
mans have come to the United States.
The statement forms a detail !n Stern
berg's reply to the charge that Ger
many Is trying to colonize Brazil to
the breaking point: that Is, until th;
German colonists are numerous and
strong enough to get up a revolution
and assert their independence of Brazil.
robbed Jnnsen & Co.'s store at Cul
desoc. He had been in Idaho but
three days from the east, being one of
a large crew shipped west to work on
the railroad.
May 15 .77 of an inch of rain had
fallen at Portland In 24 hours, and
more was coming. The river at that
point stood 10. S feet above low-water.
The Columbia and all Its tributaries
were reported rising at all points ex
cept Riparla and Lewlston.
The First Hebrew Benevolent asso
ciation, of Portland, on May 15 sent
$5000 to San Francisco for the relief
of destitute Hebrews. . Other sums
sent were: Jewish Women's Council,
$500: Jewish Women's Sewing soci
ety, $100; B'Xal B'rlth, $600.
. The work of allotlng the lands of
the Flathead reservation will begin
very soon. It will take about one
year to complete the work, as 2400
Indians are sharers. The work of al
lotlng the Crow reservation lands to
1900 Indians has Just been completed.
Harlan A. Tyler Is being held at
Butte, Mont., and will be returned to
Tacoma, where he will be tried on
the charge of swindling subscribers to
two fraternal societies the Golden
Rule Fraternity and Cumulative
Credit company. It Is said that 500
stockholders are losers.
Tacoma shingle mills closed May
14, In accordance with the dictum of
the bureau meeting held In Seattle on
the 12th. The desire Is to beat th
bears and force the price to $1.50.
Shingle mill men are signing an
agreement to Implicitly obey orders
j of the shingle mills' bureau trustees.
The city council of Eugene has al
: lowed Frank C. Kelsay and Wlllard
Young, civil engineers. $2100 for plans
and specifications for the proposed
i municipal electric light plant, the
$100,000 bonds for which were voted
i down. This ends a squabble In the
I city council which has lasted for four
or five' month.
NORTHWEST XEWS.
Thirteen applicants for the position
of forest ranger are taking ther ex
amination at Roseburg.
The entire middle and lower por
tions of the Willamette valley were
vilted by heavy rains on the 15th and
night of the 14th of May.
Ed U. Hopkins, of McMlnnvllle, a
young man. was killed In a sawmill
at South Bend. Wash. He was a vol
unteer in the Second Oregon regiment
in the Philippines.
The First Xatlonal bank of Belllng
ham has absorbed the Eank of Bel
Ilnghani. The full corps of officials
of the former mentioned bank are
retained. E. W. W. Purdy Is presi
dent. Frar.k Halliford. aged 65 years,
living at Orangevllle. Idaho, had his
right leg terribly shattered and man
gled from the thigh to the ankle by
a runaway. Amputation was neces-sa-y.
He died from shock three days
later.
John Shelby, at Lewlston, was sen
tenced to two years for burglary. He
HOTEL ARRIVALS.
Cheap Lands
We have a longer list of better bar
gains than ever. Including wheat
land, st'K'k r:nehcs and city proper
ty We have snrne good business prop-o:-!M
mi to offer.
lfi"0 acres with running water;
pine timber: raUes abundance of tim
othy wild hay and grain. Plenty of
outside range. Excellent cattle ranch.
$5 per acre.
&000 ares. half being profitable
wheat land. $7.00 per acre. Call on
Hotel St. George.
M. A. Phillips, Seattle; Grace E.
Wilkinson. Union: William Foy. Syca
more: A. E. Janlson and wife, Parmi...
G. W. Butterworth. St. Paul; C. P.
Gearhard. Walla Walla: J- H. Raul
ston, Adams; W. L. ArchaubeairPort
land: C. W. Wadsworth. New York;
X. A. Barnett. Portland; M. Hamilton
and wife, San Francisco; J. A. Shoe
maker. Omaha: leorge C. Miller,
Walla Walla: F. Wleden, Portland;
F. J. Gardiner, Portland; G. L. Rich
ardson, Portland.
Hotel Pendleton.
J. Wood Smith, Portland: Jame3
Hurley, San Francisco; William Ma
her. Portland; C. E. Allen, Portland;
T. G. Hallev. city; W'llliam J. Ray
mond, Pan Francisco; A. Bailey, San
Francisco: J. M. Russel, Portland; J.
L. Day, Portland; George Cooper. The
Dalles: C. T. Vandewater, Walla
Walla; A. J. MacArthur. Walla Walla;
Mrs. H. Bump, Walla Walla; Edw. G.
Gulden, Chambersfcurg; K. P. Chase,
Portland: C. A. Barrett, Athena; F. A.
Martin, Portland; W. A. Coffey, Port
land; J. M. Whetson and wife, Port
land: C. A. Elmer. Boise; A. M. But
terffeld: C. E. Flowers. Boston.
THE GHUFICH
PROGRESS MADE TODAY
OX THE T.ASEMEXT WALLS.
Contractors oil the liniment Ask for
No Profit Aside From Hint of Dally
Wages SiiM-rsiructurc Will He of
Gray Volcanic Rock From Baker
County S7000 Will Cover tlie Cost
of All Brick and Stone Work ami
Concreting IxkiU Help Will He
Employed us Much us Possible.
Actual construction work began this
morning on the basement walls of
the new Methodist church at the cor
ner of Webb and Thompson streets.
Aa announced Saturday evening,
the contract for the basement walfo
and piers was let to H. Moussu & Co.
of this city. The price Is by cubic
feet, and the agreement Is that when
the work Is completed the contractors
will donate back to the church all
profit beyond regular dally wages and
cost of material.
Grant & Eden of Baker City,- were
given the contract for the stone work
in the superstructure. Gray volcanic
rock from their quarry Is to be used,
and as they are to cut the stone partly
at the quarry It was necessary to
hold them responsible for the stone In
the wall. However, they plan to use
local help In carrying out their work.
The above two contracts will com
plete all stone work, Including Inside
walls, concrete work and some brick
work In the Interior walls. The cost
of the two contracts will be about $".
000, and the work will be completed
In three months.
More News From the Xew England
States.
If any one has any doubt as to the
virtue of Foley's Kidney Cure, they
need only to refer to Mr. Alvln H.
Stlmson. of Willimatlc, Conn., who,
after almost lostnz hope of recovery,
on account of the failure of so many
remedies, finally tried Foley's Kidney
Cure, which he says was "Just the
thing" for him, as four bottles cured
him completely. He Is now entirely
well nnd fiee from all the suffering
Incident to acute kidney trouble.
Koeppen drug store.
OREGON WEATHER AXD CROPS.
Postmaster Robbed.
G. W. Fouts, postmaster at River
ton, La., nearly lost his life and was
robbed of all comfort, according to his
letter, which says: "For 20 years I
had chronic liver complaint, which
led to such a severe case of Jaundice
that even my finger nails turned yel
low; when my doctor prescribed Elec
tric Bitters, which cured me and have
kept me well for 11 years." Sure cure
for Biliousness, Neuralgia, Weakness
and all Stomach, Liver, Kidney nnd
Bladder derangements. A wonderful
Tonic. At Tallman & Co.'s and Pen
dleton Drug company drug stores, 60
cents.
E. T. Wade & Son
P. O. Box. SZ4. 'Phone Black $111
E. O. Building Pendleton, Ore,
General Superintendent O'Brien
fpent a few hours In the city yester
day and viewed the grounds and stat
ed that work on the new roundhouse
and shops would commence Just as
soon as the contractors could get to
It. The officials are very anxious to
have the Improvements In Ln Grande
completed at the earliest moment, ns
the facilities now are far behind the
demands of the work. La. Grande
Observer. .
Rain Visit All Portions of die Stato
the Past Week.
Following Is the weekly crop bul
letin lrsued by the weather bureau
at Portland:
Clear and dry weather continued
until Thursday, when cloudiness Ip
creased and numerous thunderstorms
occurred in the eastern section. The
precipitation accompanying the thun
derstorms was generally very light.
During the clear and dry spell the
afternoon temperatures were abnor
mally high.
After the thunderstorms, showery
conditions continued, with very light
rainfalls, until the last day of the
week, when a general rain began In
the western section that promised to
spread to the eastward and effectu
ally relieve the droughty condition
so long prevalent ln that part of the
state. The afternoon temperatures
during the last half of the week were
below normal, but the night temper
atures were mild. No severe frosts
occurred, nnd the winds, except ln a
few exposed localities, were light.
Colunihfn River Vnlley.
The Dalles, Wasco county, S. L.
Erooks. During the fore part of the
week the sky was clear, with some few
scattering clouds. On Wednesday
this vicinity was visited by a thun
derstorm, but the accompanying pre
cipitation only amounted to a trace.
Friday was cloudy and threatening,
with a high west wind blowing, but
only a trace of precipitation fell.
Hood River, Wasco county. D. N.
Byerlee. Fine weather prevailed dur
ing the week. The days were warm
with light winds, but the nights were
cool and moist.
Umatilla, Umatilla county, Helen T.
Duncan. The fore part of the week
was cool, but Wednesday and Thurs
day were very warm, followed by a
wet wind. Saturday was cooler. No
rain fell during the week.
Weston. UmatUla county, Maud M.
Baker. The week was notable for Its
extremes of temperature, the maxima
being exceptionally high and the
minima unusually low. A disagreea
ble duststorm occurred on Wednesday,
followed bv a thunderstorm on Thurs
day. Grass Valley, Sherman county,
agent Columbln Southern R. R. The
days were warm and the nights cool.
No rain occurred. High north and
northwest winds prevailed.--Plntenn
District.
Baker City. Baker county, local of
fice, weather bureau. The first of
the week was warm and clear, with
rising temperatures until Thursday,
when thunderstorms occurred. Show
ers fell again on Friday. The week
clored with much cooler weather.
Wallowa, Wallowa county, L. J.
Cover-stone. The first four days of
the week were clear, with killing
frots; the lat two days were cloudy.
A thunderstorm occurred on Thurs
day, but the precipitation only
amounted to a trace.
ATHEX.VS COLT SHOW.
Annual Event to He lMd at Wheat
Town on June 16.
Athena's annual Colt show will
take place Saturday, June 16, and
there promises to be more entries of
colts ln the four different classes than
has ever before been made In the
shows held here, says the Athena
Press.
This year there will be four classes
In which entries will be made Includ
ing the draft, light harness, coach
and general purpose classes. No en
trance fee will be charged and no colt
over S months old will be eligible to
entry, In each class first, second and
third prizes will be awarded as fol
lows: Class 1. Draft First, second and
third prizes.
Class 2, Light Harness First, sec
ond and third prizes. -
Class S, Coach First, second and
third prizes.
Class 4, General Purpose Open to
all First and second prizes.
Stallions.
Class 1, Draft First and second
prizes.
Class 2, Light Harness First and
second prizes.
Class 3. Coach First and second
prizes.
The exhibition of stock will be un
der the supervision of horsemen of
Athena and vicinity. They have se
lected W. F. Matlock and Frank Fra
zer of Pendleton to act as Judges, they
to select the third Judge. ,
The parade will form at King Broi.
livery stable at 1:30 p. m.. and the
line of march will be up Main street
to Fourth, up Fourth to College, east
on College to Fifth, south on Fifth
to show grounds, south of Main street
The Athena horsemen are bearing
the entire expense of giving the show.
Outside owners of colts and stallions
are Invited to enter their stock In
competition for prizes. No one Is
barred, and all Indications point to a
most successful exhibition.
Special Sale
j Ladies' Silk Under Skirts
j 25 per cent Discount
: All colors, all lenghts, all prices
I $5.00 to $16.50
I ALEXANDER'S
Where you always get good values
Pirating Foley's Honey and Tar.
Foley & Co., Chicago, originated
Honey and Tar as a throat and lung
remedy, and on account of the great
merit and popularity of Foley's Honey
and Tar many Imitations are offered
for the genuine! These worthless Im
itations have similar sounding; names.
Beware of them. The genuine Foley's
Honey and Tar Is In a yellow package.
Ask for It and refuse any substitute.
It Is the best remedy for coughs and
colds. Koeppen drug store.
Cannot Compel Certain Deposit a
That the city of Lewlston does not
hold the power to compel the city
treasurer to deposit the city funds ln
particular banks for the purpose of
deriving revenue, Is the decision ren
dered by District Judge Steele this
morning. '
The decision Is the first step In the
action brought by the city vs. City
Treasurer Thompson, to compel him
to dep.islt the money ln banks offer
ing to pay Interest on the same.
City Attorney Cox states the case
will be appealed. Lewlston Teller.
Kidney" complaint kills more people
than any other disease. This Is due
to the disease being so Insidious that
It gets a good hold on the system be
fore It is hecognlzed. Foley's Kidney
Cure will prevent the development of
fatal disease If taken In time. Koep
pen drug store.
Mrs. S. Joyce. 180 Sullivan street.
Claremont. N. H., writes: "About a
year ago I bntittht two bottles of Fo
ley's Kidney Cure. It cured me of a
severe case of kidney trouble of sev
eral years' standing. It certainly Is a
grand, good medicine, nnd I heartily
recommend It." Koeppen drug store.
A concrete block machine Is In op
eration at Kennewlck.
California Prune Wnfcrs
Cure liver diseases and nil stomach
troubles! thev act 'gently hut surely,
strengthen the bowels and strniilnte
them to healthv action. Tallnffln A
Co., J2S Main street, Pendleton, Oro.
100 Wafers 25 Cents.
Pretty
Paper Poorly
Hung
You are particular about hav
ing nice wall paper.
But are you particular about
jt being well hung?
The best wall paper, if poor
ly put on the wall, will never
satisfy you.
Come here and select a pat
tern and let us hang It for you
you will then know you have
the best results obtainable.
t Pendleton Paint Store i
t Ed. Murphy Prop, j
121 Court St. J
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TEACHERS' EXAMINATIONS
Why attend Summer School at
great expense? You can prepare at
home. Our methods endorsed by
educators everywhere. You earn
while you learn and we find position.
Write today.
U. S. Correspondence Schools
PORTLAND OREGON'.
THE POPCLAR PLACF TO
EAT IS THE
The French
Restaurant
Everything served flrst-clA
!st retailor tncal In Pendlr
lon for a.1 ren.
SHORT ORDERS
A SPECIALTY.
Polydore Moens, Prop.
Walters' Flouring Mills
Capacity, ISO bane; a day.
Flour exchanged far wheat.
Flour, Mill Feed, Chopped ..
o . i.ys on band. ' .
Shrink Your Wash Goods
NOW-
Ladles, did It ever occur to you that If your wash goods for
summer are shrunk before being made up,
They Will Always Fit
the same after being washed no matter how often as they did
when you first wore them.
We have made a study of this work and know Just how to get
the desired result, so as to save you expense and worry from a
spoiled suit or garment.
We take pleasure In satisfying our patrons that Is why we ask
you for a call.
Domestic Steam Laundry
Manufacturers of Contentment.
J. F. ROHIXSOX, Prop. 'PHONE MAIN 6o.
KEEP IT COOL
So many perishable foodstuffs In the summer time.
Of course It Is due to the hot, dry weather.
Now. we believe we can remedy this for you and keep
spollablo dishes puluta'ile for you during the warm wether,
by selling you one of our sanitary
REFRIGERATORS
We have them In all sizes and prices. Ours are eRslly
cleaned, and are not Ice eaters.
See W low Display.
BAKER & FOLSOM
FURNITURE AND CARPETS-
-OPPOSITB POSTOFFICE.
t
i Lace Curtain
! SALE
AT:
THE FAIR
Beginning Tuesday morning and ending Saturday night, we will
hold a SPECIAL LACE CURTAIN SALE. During this time, every
pair of lace curtains will be marked lower for this SI'liCIAL SALE.
10 pairs of good-sized Laco Curtains, worth 85c; for this sale they
go at, only, per pair
20 pairs full size Curtains, nlco patterns, per pnlr SOC
J6 pairs fine Curtains, 314 yards long, D2 Inches wldo, palr..J f)
18 pairs extra wldo Curtains, five patterns, pair '"l
20palrslaceCurtalns.avi ynrds long, extra wide, pair ....$1
20 pairs beautiful Curtains, full length and extra wldo, pr. .0 -JIJ
About 20 pairs Curtnlns, -,e pair of a kind, prices from $1 50 to
$5.00 regular; but for this sale they will bo cleaned out nt greatly
reduced prices.
Ladles, this sale offers you a fine opportunity to get your curtains
at a big saving. We will save you nt leaHt ONE-FOURTH on
every curtain you purchase this week.
IThe
Fair Dept.
Store
t PENDLETON, - - OREGON
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.For buIo at the East Oronum office T,nrRo bundle of news
papers, containing over 100 big pnpm, can be bad for 25c a bundle.
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