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PAILr EAST OR' GOiif. rENDLETOX, ORHCOX. WEDX FSDAY, AITGCST i. 1000.
EIGHT PAGES.
Kites for Ae Boys.
We have purchased 1000 kites
to be given away to the boys of
Pendleton, to further Introduce
our fine line of Teas and Cof
fees into the homes of people
who have never used "Empire"
Txvs, t'offrew, nuking Powder,
etc. We will give away, until
Augu t 15th. a kite to every boy
who makes a purchase of 25c
In our store fosj Teas, Coffees,
Extracts, Spices and taking
Powder. The kites are the
highest flying kite known. Em
pire Teas and Coffees are al
ways fresh, uniform and have
a flavor that belongs only to
the best selected stock. We have
Empire Java and Mocha, per
40c
Java and Mocha, per R 35C
Java and Mocha, per lb 30C
Climax Blend, per lb . . . 2)C
Pea Berry Coffee, per lb,. . .
25c and 30c
Green Coffees, per lb, from
20c t0 40c
Roasted Coffees, per lb 20C
A ticket worth 2H cents Is
given with each 25c purchase In
our Tea Department and Is re
deemed at face value in our
other deaprtments of crockery
and glassware.
"TcU the Other Elds."
BURNED
Empire Tea & Crockery
Company, Inc.
Q. M. VINTON, Mgr.
220 E. Court Street.
Telephone Black S1S1.
For the
Farmer .
and Harvester,
Goggles
and Eyeshields,
Cheap Watches
and
Alarm Clocks.
Royal M. Sawtelle
Jeweler
Bath Reouisits
You will find here everything that
helps to make' the bath healthful and
refreshing.'
Bath Brushes
To cleanse thoroughly and open the
pores of the skin.
Bath Soaps
You will get the pure kind If you come
here.
Bath Sponges
A large stock of good ones always on
hand.
Sea Salt
Has tonic properties. We have the
real article.
Toilet Water
Stimulates the skin and removes
traces of soap.
Tallman & Co.
Leading Druggists.
AND CONTENTS
SIXTEEN" rEXW.ETOX FIRMS
IjOST MERCH AXDISE.
Porflnnd-Pendleton Mcrchamlltv Car
discovered to Be on Fire In East-
bound Frrtcht Thl Morning Set
Out on Side Track and Burned to
the Ground Amount of Los Xot
Knovn Tnrll Bills Can Be Checked
Over.
the past month or the matter of re
enablishlng the old service would have
been taken up before this. At any
rate If the Walla Walla-Pendleton
train Is not put on again the company
will Improve the service between Pen
dleton and Walla Walla. The Walla
Walla-Pendleton train never did
enough business to pay for the cost
of operation, but the company may
decide to re-establish the service as
an accommodation to the public."
1IAKT WAS XOT HVRT.
Sixteen Pendleton firms lost more
or less freight in the destruction of a
carload of merchandise by fire, at
Foster this morning.
A car In extra freight train No. 353
in charge of Conductor Hancock, was
discovered to be on fire Just before
reaching Foster, and the train was
stopped and the burning car set on
the side track at that place, but owing
to the absence of water It was burn
ed to the ground, nothing but the
trucks being left of the entire car or
contents.
It was a Portland-Pendleton mer
chandise oar and contained shipments
of goods consigned to the following
firms in this city, beside a number of
firms In other towns In the county:
R. Alexander. Cook & Perry. Koep
pen Brothers, Sharon & Eddlngs. Gor
don & Harrison, Jay & Jensen, L. G.
Frazier, Empire Tea company, James
Crawford. R. H. Wilcox, C. E. Grit-
man, Tribune, Taylor Hnrdware com
pany. Demott & Co., Gray Brothers
and H. Wessel.
Besides this general merchandise
the O. R. & N. lost a large quantity
of supplies destined for Pendleton.
Until the bills can be checked over
It Is not known what the loss will be,
but It will reach to several thousand
dollars.
It Is not known how the fire orig.
lnated. The company is now making
an Investigation and the matter will
be settled as soon as the officials re
ceive reports of the accident.
XEW ENGINES FOR W. & C. R.
Incren.4cd Traffic Forces Company to
Secure More Power.
Increased freight traffic on the W.
& C. R. has necessitated new equip
ment. One new engine has been re
ceived, and another Is on the road,
and expected to arrive in a short time.
These engines are larger than the
locomotives at present being used on
the system. The new engine. No. 6,
which was received by the company
yesterday afternoon will be placed on
the freight run between this city and
Walla Walla, and will make the first
trip today.
General Manager J. G. Cutler, stated
this morning that the business of the
company was growing constantly and
that the road had been considerably
handicapped this year by not having
sufficient engines with which to pull
their trains.
The locomotives used at the present
time have seen service ever since the
road has been built and have done re
markably good work. On of them has
been in the shops at Tacoma, but re
turned yesterday. This locomotive
has been In use for the past 17 years.
MAY START XEW TRAIN".
Walla Walla-Pendleton Service to Be
Improved.
"Steps are to be taken in a few
days to Improve the service over all
the lines of the Harrlman system and
In carrying out the contemplated
plans the Pendleton-Walla Wallu
train, taken off last spring, may be
put on again to accommodate the
traveling public," , said Jack O'Neill,
traveling freight and passenger agent
of the O. R. & N. who was in Walla
Walla this morning, says the Walla
Walla Statesman.
Official TnWo Matter Fp.
"J. Kruttschnltt. director of main
tenance and operation, with head
:unrtrs In Chicago, will be In Port
land l'i a few days and Will hold a
conference with General Passenger
Asr.-"t Macmurry and Assistant Pas
senger Agent Scott, relative to the
Improvement of the train service on
the O. It. N. lines. At this confer
ee e the question of resuming the
Walla Walla-Pendleton train will be
taken up and disposed of.
Mr. Macmurray has been east for
M
The Summer Girl
NEEDS PRETTY JEWELRY.
She would Uko to have a bracelst,
a necklace or a nice back comb.
We have a large variety and the
prices are not high.
Winslow Brothers
JEWELERS-OPTICIANS.
PoHtofflce Block.
4th Semi-Annual
Payment of Interest
The regular semi-annual Installment of Interest on deposits In the
SAVINGS DEPARTMENT of this Bank was credited on August first.
Same Is now ready for payment. Interest not withdrawn will be added
to principal. Our Savings Department Is growing rapidly, and we
welcome all new accounts.
CAPITAL .'. (50,000.00
TOTAL RESOURCES 8250,000.00
COMMER1CAL NATIONAL BANK
PENDLETON, OREGON
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Woolmnn's Order for Hack Stnrts
Alarming Rumor.
An amusing Incident occurred at
the scouring mill office yesterday
afternoon while Dudley Hart, the
woolman, wns preparing to leave on
the 4:30 AV. A C. It. train, being bound
for the east over the Northern Pacific.
Mr. Hart was detained at the office
until shortly before train time and
wished to make a speedy dash for
the depot upon the completion of
some work that was being done for
him. so he called the City Livery and,
stating his name, asked If a hack could
be sent to take him to the train.
There was no rig available at the
time, but the stableman pormlsed to
secure one as soon as possible.
A few mlnutcB later Street Comm
sioner Dilledue drove rapidly up to
the office In a buggy and said:
"Where Is the man that was hurt?
Carney & Kennedy are trying all over
town to get a cab for him. and I
thought I would drive around and see
If I could do him any good."
Evidently the stablemen had un
derstood the woolbuyer to say he was
hurt instead of Hart, when he asked
for the cab, and as a result a report
soon spread over town that a man
had been Injured at the scouring mill
However, Mr. Hart was not hurt
and ho finally boarded the W. & C. R
train at 4:30 before any more relief
parties arrived.
SHIPMENTS RESVMED.
O. R. & X. Received Limited Con-
Mlgiimcnts to San Francisco and
Oakland.
Agent E. C. Smith, of the O. R. A
N., this morning received Instructions
from the freight department that lim
ited shipments will now be received
for San Francisco and Oakland, the
congestion at those points having been
somewhat relieved.
All shipments are barred except
packing house products, carloads of
perishable freight, merchandise ship
ments and Southern Paclflo material.
It is expected that regular freight
traffic will be resumed Into the Cali
fornia cities within a few days as
strenuous efforts are being made to
relieve the situation.
DURING OUR. GIGANTIC
To
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O. It & X. PAVING EXPENSES.
Total Sum to Be Paid by the Railroad
Company for Street Improvement Is
$8061.65.
Agent E. C. Smith, of the O. Tl
N.. today sent to the officials nf the
company at Portland an Itemized ac
count or tne paving expenses of the
company in Pendleton.
The total amount of the O. R. & N.
paving assessments Is 18061.65, by far
the largest amount to be paid by any
Individual or firm for street paving.
CATTLE WAITING FOR CARS.
About 200 Hend Coming to Pendleton
When Cars Can Be Secured.
About 200 head of fat cattle are on
th? road to Pendleton, and will be
grazed slowly toward the city until
cars can be secured for shipment.
The cattle are from McKay and
Birch creeks nnd will be sent to Port
land and Seattle.
Completing Railroad Grade.
The O. R. & N. is completing two
miles of railroad grade from Mea-
cham to the new sawmill to be built
near there. The sawmill company Is
to build three miles from the mill
Into the timber supply, making five
miles of grade altogether to be built
there this season. Machinery for the
sawmill Is now arriving at Meacham.
Twin Sons Born.
Born, this morning, to Mr. and Mrs.
M. J. Callahan of East Webb street.
twin sons. The combined rwelght of
the two arrivals Is 16 pounds, and
Dr. C. J. Smith, the attending physi
cian, says they are the largest twins
he has ever seen during his practice.
Mr. Callahan is the foreman at the
Forster planing mill.
Scores of Families to the Mountains.
During the past week or two scores
of Pendleton families have left for the
mountains near Meacham ; to camp
during the warm weather. At one
place between Meacham and Kamela
the families of G. W. Coutts, A. L.
Vogcl, W. P. Temple, T. L. Dunsmor
and Mr. Mann are camped In a group.
Willi Baker City Herald.
H. W. Brooks, who has been solic
itor for the Oregon Dally Journal for
a number of years, has resigned to
become circulation manager for the
Baker City Herald, and has moved
his wife to Baker to reside permanently.
Fire on the John Crow Ranch.
At the John Crow ranch on
the reservation, a fire occurred
last evening which totally de-
stroyed the blacksmith shop,
many tools and a hen house.
The blacksmith tools were val-
ued at $200 and the building at
about the same figure, making
a loss close to 1400. No Insur-
nnce wns carried by Mr. Crow.
It Is not known how the fire
originated, as the people living
on the place were all absent at
the time and returned home In
t the evening to find the sheds
burned.
$20,000 Stock of Men's, Women's, Boys',
Girls' and Babies' Summer Shoes
MUST BE CLOSED OUT.
Hanan & Son Shoes for
Men the $6.00 and
$7.00 grades-Triangle
Sale Price, choice
11.95
W. L. Douglas Shoes
for Menthe $3.50,
4.00 and 5.00 grades
Triangle Sale Price
Hanan & Son $5.60 grade wom
en's Oxfords, now
Pingree $3.50 and $4.00 grade
women's Shoes and Oxfords;
now
Krlppendor, Dlttman & Co.'s
$3.50 and $4.00 grade women's
Shoes and Oxfords now, choice
2
Krlder's Rock Oak $2.50 and $3 ff 1 g f
women's Shoos and Oxfords; I f I
choice p I sf
Ferris' $3.00 and $3.50 women's CO (
Shoes and Oxfords, choice,... ipWiU J
Williams & Hoyt's $2.00 and I
$2.50 misses' high grado Shoes I eOJ
Girls' tan Oxfords, sizes 6 to 2, Mm 0
Inclusive; $1.26 and $1.60 Sf
values ft V
Misses' adn children's white can- f
vas slippers, $1.00 and $1.25 W
values JJ
Children's black kid Shoes,
sizes 6 to li; $1.00 and $1.25 4f
values J S
Misses' and children's $1.00, m
$1.25 and $1.60 tan Shoes, Y t
choice
Misses' and children's broken f
lines of Shoes, worth up to iWvf
$1.25; choice J Jj
Ladles' Oxfords In broken lines f
that retailed up to $2.00; QH
choice UV
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! IKe BOSTON STORE I
Pendleton's Largest and Best Clothing and Shoe Store
MITATES
UMATILLA
MONTAN A It VISKS KAIL-
ROA l VALVES I2'j PER (EXT.
Valuation of Railroad Property Ad
vanced $1,01)0,000 llils St-usou by
Stutu Hoard of Equalization Direct
ItcHiilt or Agitation Following Vic
tory of Assessor C. P. Strain of
Vituuillu County.
Nebraska to be fattened for the Chi
cago market.
"Hut sheepmen are holding their
slock too high to allow us drovers to
make any money," he said today, "and
they must come down or we will have
to go out of business. They want as
much as $2.60 a head for little Meri
nos that won't dress over 30 pounds,
and this doesn't allow us any margin.
It costs us a whole lot of money to
winter the sheep, and we are bound
to lose more or less of them one way
or another before we finally close
them out. I look for a drop In the
price of sheep soon as a result of low
prices of wool."
Mr. Carson Is naturally a "bear" In
the sheep market while he Is buying,
and he cannot reasonably be expected
to talk any other way Just now. By
nnd by. when he gets all the lambs he
wants It will be to his interest to talk
like u "hull." At least this Is the way
the Oregon sheep raisers look upon
the mutter.
For Sale Good paying grocery
business, located In center of business
district; reason for selling personal. A
bargain for cash. Address P. O. Box
699, Pendleton, Ore.
Assessor C. P. Strain of Umatilla
county, who was the pioneer In the 1
movement for higher railroad valua- '
tlon, and who set a mark In Umatilla
county railroad assessments which Is
being followed by other counties and
even by other states, now has the sat-'
Isfactlon of knowing that the state of.
Montana, actuated by his agitation for J
higher valuation on railroad property
has advanced the value of railroad
property In that state $4,000,000 this '
year.
The action In Montana is a direct
result of agitation for higher values, I
which has been waged continually
sinoe Mr. Strain won his fight for '
higher values In Umatilla county. Few '
counties In Montana have undertaken
the task of advancing railroad as- (
sessment, but the state board of equal- ,
Izatlon has taken up the matter and as
a result has advanced the value of
railroad property $4,000,000 the first
Jump, with further advances In value
promised. A dispatch from Helena
says concerning the matter:
The assessment of the railroads In
Montana was taken up by the state .
board of equalization and as a result j
the main line assessment has been In- j
creased 12V4 per cent. There wero ,
some changes in tho assessment of
the branch lines and tho Increase In
the railroad assessment, according to
Secretary of State Yoder, a member
of the board, Is $4,000,000. This brings
up the total assessment of the rail-.
roads from $36,874,611 to $40,874,611.
The meeting nf the board was held j
In the private office of Governor i
Tool H.'ffW
Where the Increase Is. j
The lines which are classed as main
lines ana on which hic iiiutuoo
12 Mi per cent Is made are the Great
Northern from the Idaho to the North
Dakota, line, the Northern Pacific, the
Montana, Central from Havre to Butte,
the Butte, Anaconda & Pacific, the
Northern Pacific from Logan to Gar
rison, the Oregon Short Line and the
Montana Union,
The matter of the assessment of the
Yontana railroad was not acted upon,
but will be taken up later. It Is now
assessed at $4000 a mile.
Side tracks on main lines are as
sessed at 10 per cent of the main line.
The railroads will be notified of the
action of the board, and will be given
the opportunity to appear at any time
before the final adjournment and pro'
teBt against the assessment If they so
desire.
WILL WINTER 10,000 LAMBS.
3. A. Carson of Ontario "Bears" tho
Shoep Market.
J. I. Carson, a well known sheep !
drover, who Is In the city from Ontario
In this state, is preparing to winter I
10,000 lambs In Malheur county, says'
the Evening Telegram. He has been 1
purchasing stock in Umatilla, Morrow '
and other eastern Oregon counties j
the past spring and summer, and will
provide hay enough to tldo his flacks
over the snowy periods by buying
from the farmers around Ontario. Ho
expects to shear his lambs In the
Spring, and then ship the animals to
MAX BAER MEN'S SHOP
E ARE tearing out our old
front and installing a new
up-to-date one in order to properly
display our new and enlarged line of
Men's and Boys' up - to - the-r&inute
clothing and furnishings, which will
soon be hsra $ f f f f
MAX BAER'S
MEN'S SHOP