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DAILY EAST OREQONIAN, PEKDIiKTrOK, OREGON, THt'R8IAY. JANUARY 24, 1907.
EIGHT PAGES.
GIGANTIC 1 PAY SALE
OF THE ENTIRE STOCK OF
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Pendleton
Oregon
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NOW IN THE HANDS OF
The National Brokerage (Sb Sale Co.,
MEAKER. COCHRAN, Managers.
The Store is Now Closed to Open
ATURD A Y, JAN. 26, AT 9 A. M
And the Greatest Event Pendleton has Ever Known will be On in Full Blast.
The Sale Will Continue For Just 10 Days.
The Big Yellow Signs indicate the Place, where the World's Great
est Bargain Givers will Hold Forth for 10 Days.
It will be a Sale You Can't Afford to Miss.
Don't. Forget the Hour and the Day.
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RAILROAD
SHORTENS DISTANCE AROUND GLOBE
' City of Mexico. Jan. 24. When
General Porflrio Dlat, president of the
Republic of Mexico, and Sir Weetman
Pearson nominally superintended the
unloading of the first ton of freight
from the steamboat Venture and saw
it loaded Into a freight car ready to
be transported over night across the
Isthmus of Tehauntepec and the Te-
hauntepeo national railroad, to Coatz
acoalcos ready for reshlpment by
steamer to New York, they commer
cially brought San Francisco 11,627
miles nearer New Tork. The distance
around the Horn between, the two
points is 16.552 miles, while that via
the Isthmus of Tehuantepec practical
ly an all-water route, is only 4925
miles.
The great Tehuantepec highway
from one extremity of the northern
hemisphere to the other, the competl
tor of the Panama canal, was opened
to the traffic of the world and the
dream which was born in the mind of
Herman Cortes almost 400 years ago
came true.
Today. 8 roars before the possible
completion of the Panama canal,
there is opened from one ocean to the
other an American isthmian route
contemplated by Its builders not as
a makeshift pending the opening of
the Panama route, but contemplated
f actively and . effectively compete
with the Panama route when the ca
nal shall have been completed and
snail nave oeen oeveiopea 10 us ffrcm- i
e extent.
Thirty-five millions of dollars gold,
have already been expended in per
fecting this project, and $15,000,000
more will bo expended before all Is
completed.
A land-locked commodious and al
most ideal harbor has been built Into
a sandy beach at Salina Cruz. Docks
and warves and warehouses sufficient
to accommodate the shipping for
years to come have been constructed.
Upon these has been erected the most
Improved and modern docking machinery.
The whole length of the road is 190
milpp, while the distance from one
port to the other, as the crow flies,
is 125 miles.
At Coaisocoalcos the freight that
yesterday or the day before was lifted
frr.m the hold of the vessel from San
Fraunlsco, Honolulu or the orient, will
be tjken from the freight cars and
deposited In the hold of the vessel
bound for New York or Liverpool
with nil the ease that the most mod
ern docking machinery makes pos
sible. In this manner is fulfilled the dream
of Cortes, who in the 1520s was so
sure that ocean would meet ocean
across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec
that he asked for and received from
Charles V of Spain an Immense tract
of land on (he Isthmus. This land is
now known as las Marquesanas, or
the estates of the Marquis, Cortez
having prior to the time of the land
grant lieetl made the Marquis of the
Valley ci Oaxaca.
The map of the world best illus
trates the commercial importance of
this great project which has now be
come a reality, especially so when it
Is understood that it is claimed by
the builders and admitted by the best
shippln gauthoritles of the world that
the cost of unloading and reloading
It at the other terminus will not be
as great as that expended In the long
er haul to the Isthmus of Panama,
and-he necessary canal tolls.
The actual difference in distance
from New York to San Francisco be
tween the Tehauantepcc and the Pan
ama route Is 1182 miles, the former
being 4926 miles and the latter 6107.
The average saving In distance is
about 1250 miles. The ordinary
freight steamer makes about 10 miles
an hour, or 250 miles a day. It will
take a steamer about one day to pass
through the canal and the freight
about two days to cross the Isthmus,
Inclusive of the docking, unloading
and reloading, leaving btlll four day-)
to the advantage tf the Tehauntepec.
Refrigerator Car Service.
Effective at once the O. R. N.
company will Inaugurate a weekly
refrigerator car service from Port
land. The refrigerator ears will leavs
Portland every Tuesday and will han
dle perishable stuff for all points
east of Umatilla. A similar servlve
will be operated on the Washington
division.
When In Portland stop at the Hotel
Oregon. Rates II per day ana up
ward.- European plan. Free 'bus.
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Weston Normal School.
Western Livestock Association.
Denver, Col., Jan. 24. The West
ern Livestock association opened its
annual show In the Union stockyards
here today. The entries of cattle and
hogs are much larger than at any
previous show held by the association,
but sheep show a small decrease.
The attendance of breeders, stock
men and the general public, la very
large. Judging for the valuable
prizes will begin this afternoon and
tomorrow will be Agricultural Col
lege day. Sales of ordinary cattle
will go under the auctioneer's hairs'
mer. .
Ascfment for Improvement of East
Conrt Street.
Notice is hereby given that pay
ments for Improvement of East Court
street from Its intersection with the
east property line of Main street to
the west property line of Vincent
street, in the city of Pendleton, the
whole cost of which Is $19,888.92, are
now being received at the office of
the city recorder, where a statement
of said assessment ngainst each lot
or part thereof is now on file.
THOMAS FITZ GERALD,
Recorder of the City of Pendleton.
AmeMment for Improvement of Main
Street.
Notice Is hereby given that pay
ments of assessments for Improvement
of Main street from Its Intersection
with the north property line on Rluff
street to b: idge crossing the Umatilla
river on said Main street In the city
of Pendleton, the whole cost of which
is $32. HI. 49, are now being received
at the office of tho city recorder,
where a statement of said assessment
against each lot or part thereof Is now
on file.
THOMAS FITZ GERALD,
Recorder of the City of Pendleton.
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Friday
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Pendleton people now have the
opportunity to buy Oriental rugs
at cost.
All parties wishing to secure these goods should
embrace this opportunity, as tommorrow is postively
our last day in the city. .
Oriental Rugs at Cost
See our elegant line displayed in the windows of
Baker & Folsom's Furniture Store.
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K. H ADD AD, Representative.
George Jdbour (Sb Co.
( Direct Importers of Oriental Rugs and Carpets
7th and Washington Sts., Portlund, Oregon.
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