DAILY EAST OREOONIAN. PENDLETON. OREGON. MONDAY, .TANI'ARY 28, 1907.
EIGHT PAGES.
PAGE RIGHT.
Our Last
OPPORTUNITY
to give glioppers these treat reduc
tions on nil lines.. February 1st the
new manager assumes charge and in
ventory begins. Not a price ticket
hat been changed from the original,
bnt enormous and extravlgant per
centage discounts on everything from
enr many lines In fancy china, crock
cry anil glassware.
Tuesday Wednesday and
Thursday
China Plate Sale
Havlland plates, latest decoration
with gold border, J1.50 values,
now $1.05
Havlland plates, latest decoration
with gold border, J1.S5 values,
now 95C
Havlland plates, new shape and pat
tern, $1 values, now 70C
Havlland plates, new shape with
dainty gold decoration, 90c values,
now 75C
German china plates, crushed rose
pattern, 80c values, now ... (j()C
German china plates, grape fruit dec
oration, 75c values, now .... 55C
German china plates, large assort
ment 10a values must go for. -45C
NOTE The many discounts will
be found on different lines In propor
tion at our store only during the
three day mentioned bore.
Empire Tea &
Crockery Co., Inc.
OWE TRIAL FROTES."
O, M. VEfTOK, Mgr.
PHONE RED 3741
Mala aad Ala Bts.
JOHN WILLIAMS
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JEWELER
WATCHMAKER
SILVERSMITH
CORONER'S JURY SAYS
DFE TO NATURAL CACSES.
Was a Drinking Man and in Poor
Health, Thongh a Sudden Demise
Was Not Expected Came From
Walla Walla, Was a Cook by (X
cupation and Expected to Go to
Work the Hour His Body Was
Found.
John Joe Williams, whose occupa
tion was that of cook, was found dead
In the Idle Hour lodging house about
3 o'clock yesterday afternoon. All
of the circumstances surrounding the
case Indicated he had died from nat
ural causes, and the verdict of the
coroner's Jury was to that effect.
According to the testimony brought
out at the inquest Williams had been
around the city about five weeks. He
was in the habit of drinking and is
known to have complained much
about a pain in his side and other
Illness. He was rooming at the Idle
Hour with Frank Williams, a waiter,
but who was not related to the dead
man. According to the room mate's
story the deceased had a position of
fered him and was to have gone to
work at 8 o'clock yesterday. At that
time the witness went to the room
and found his friend dead in bed.
Others examined before the jury
were Chief of Police Gurdane and
James Stewart, landlord of the Idle
Hour. The former had been one of
the first to enter the room after the
death had been reported. He found
nothing suspicious in the surroundings
and nothing of Importance among the
man's effects. Stewart stated that he
had never heard any disturbance in
the room other than that made by
Williams' coughing.
The members of the coroner's Jury
were P. K. Parkhurst, W. H. Casey,
Charles Fishman, William Peters, M.
P. Castle and W. E. Love.
cards round on the dead man
showed him to be a member of the
Owls at Walla Walla, and as he had
no funds when he died he will be
burled here tomorrow at the expense
of that order.
will nn doubt be consolidated, and
when this Is done and all the Insur
ance societies can get together, they
will no doubt frame a "uniform bill
for the government of Insurance so
cieties, and present same to the vari
ous legislatures and recommend its
adoption.
Until such bill Is framed by the
friends of fraternal Insurance, it Is
the earnest desire of everyone of the
leading societies that' no legislation
be enacted
In view of the fact that no society
this stnte is favoring such a bill,
trust that each camp In this slate
will write or wire your senator or
representative urging them to "pass
no hill in any way affecting fraternal
Insurance societies."
Immediate action Is necessary, so
please do not delay, but tnka action
at ouch, otherwise our Interests may
be seriously Injured.
For
Egg Producing
Food
Colesworthy
CHOP MILL CORNER ALTA
AND COTTONWOOD .STS.
We
Mount Diamonds
IF your mounting has
become worn fin
desire something new
and upto-date, call on
us. We Will advise you
what to do.
NORMAL SCHOOL MEETING.
Steps Taken by Commercial Associa
tion to Prevent School Leaving
I'matllla County.
Steps were taken by Pendleton
Commercial association at a meeting
held Saturday evening, to prevent the
removal of the Weston normal school
away from Umatilla county, which
might possibly result from the Miller
bill Introduced Into the senate last
week.
Representative C. A. Barrett and
Senator W. O. Cole were present at
the meeting and discussed the situa
tion thoroughly. It was decided that
the association should watch the pro
gress of the normal school legislation
closely and If the Miller bill, which
proposes to remove the normal from
Weston to Pendleton, should pass the
senate a committee of business men
will then be sent to Salem to assist
the Umatilla county representatives
in passing the bill in the house.
The Miller bill provides that If
Pendleton Is not named as the location
for the Weston normal, then that
school shall be moved to either Baker
City or La Grande.
WANT NEW LEGISLATION.
Fraternal Insurance Societies Protest
Against "Regulation."
That the present laws of Oregon
concerning fraternal Insurance are
satisfactory to the various insurance
orders, Is shown by a circular letter
which has been sent out to all lodges
and camps of the various orders in
the state.
Pendleton orders bave received
copies of this circular letter with in
structions to urge the legislative del
egation from Umatilla to oppose any
legislation on the fraternal Insurance
subject. A copy sf the circular sent
out is as follows
To all Oregon Camps: Esteemed
Neighbors: A bill is prepared, and
will no doubt be presented to the
present session of the legislature, os
tensibly, for the purpose of "regulat
ing fraternal insurance societies."
I take this method of advising you
that both the "National Fraternal
Congreai" and the "Associated Fra
ternities of America" which comprise
practically every Insurance society In
the United States, are opposed to any
legisbttlon at this time, In any way
affecting the fraternal Insurance so
cieties, for the following reasons:
First, the societies composing both
these great national bodies are pure
ly representative In character, and are
fully capable of framing laws for
their government, without the Inter
ference of any set of legislators
many of whom are not members of
these societies, and not familiar with
their needs.
Second, during the coming year,
both the above named national bodies
s FDR A
LAW
CONCERT GREATLY ENJOYED.
Eagles' Rand Will Give a Concert
Every Sunday Evening.
The band concert by the Eagles'
band, under the direction of B. F,
Drlscoll at the Eagles' hall last even
ing was quite well attended and much
appreciated. Several excellent band
pieces were played and the cornet
solo by Mr. Drlscoll and the vocal
solo by Mrs. Drlscoll were especially
enjoyed.
The concerts will be given every.
Sunday evening during the winter.
O. R. A N. Trains Delayed.
A rock cliff at tunnel No. S on the
O. R. A N. near The Dalles, toppled
over on the track last night and com'
pletely blocked traffic during the
night and part of today. Several
hundred tons of rock fell upon the
track shortly after the Spokane train
passed. No. 6, the morning train due
hero at 4:55 o'clock, did not pass to
day until about 1 o'clock and No. 5,
which passed here last night, trans
ferred around the obstruction.
School In District 59.
Miss. Clara Wallan . has just com
menced a term of school In district
No. 69, three miles west of Helix,
MILTON SEEKS PROTECTION
FROM HIGH WATER.
Dyking Law Has Been Prepared and
Will Be Presented, to the Legisla
ture Arc of Proposed District Is
About 4000 Acres, Including Towns
of Milton and Firewater Cost of
Dyke Will Be About 190,000.
Attorney C. T. Godwin of Milton,
has just completed the draft of a dyk
ing law which will be presented to tne
legislature some time during this
week.
The law provides for the organiza
tion of dyking districts where streams
are subject to overflow and property
Is endangered by high water, as is the
case Iri the Walla Walla river district.
The method of procedure Is for the
county court, on petition of the citi
zens to employ a competent engineer
and make estimates of the cost, draw
up specifications and authorize the
organization of the dyking district If It
Is found upon Investigation that prop
erty Is really endangered by high water.
The districts are to be organized
upon the principle of the road dls
trlcta which may be organized under
the Oregon law. The property In the
proposed district is taxed to pay SO
per cent of the cost of construction
and must bear all the cost of malnte
nance. The county must pay 20 per
cent or me coal ox conmrucuun ux ine
dyke and the state 20 per cent The
county court Is authorized to Issue
warrants for the cost of the construe'
tlon, and must assess a tax against the
property in the district for its share
of the cost
The need of a dyking law by which
property may be legally and adequate'
ly protected from destruction by floods
Is apparent to every one who Is fa
miliar with the Walla Walla and Turn-
alum river district About 4000 acres
In that district is subject to floods
and by the recurrence of destructive
floods the value of property would be
greatly reduced within the district In
a few years.
The towns of Milton and Freewater
also need the protection as well as a
number of costly county bridges and
considerable county road which Is
damaged by high water every year.
The people of the Milton and Free
water districts are heartily In favor of
such a law and believe that they are
entitled to a measure of protection
from the destructive floodB which
have visited that .section during the
past few years.
Unless a system of dyking Is adopt
ed It Is said the channels of the Walla
Walla and Tumalum rivers will be
completely changed and a large
amount of valuable land will be ren
dered unfit for use. Owing to the
large amount of stir which Is washed
down from the mountains eich year
the channels of the streams are filling
up and It Is Impossible to confine
them In their banks without some
adequate system of dykes.
The total area of the dyking dis
trict at Milton and Freewater will be
EXTRA
PANTS SALE
This Week we will tell Extra Wool and Worsted
Pants at cut prices.
$10.00
$
$
$
$
$
$
8.00
6.00
5.00
4.00
3.00
2.00
Panst
Pants
Pants
Pants
Pants
Pants
Pants
NOTICE PANTS
for $7.50
for $6.00
for $4.50
for $3.75
for $3.00
for $2.25
for $1.50
IN WINDOW
BOSTON STORE
about 4000 acres, or six, square miles,
and the estimated cost will be about
180,000, of which Umatilla county
would be required to pay 20 per cent
or 118.000, and the state of Oregon
a like sum.
During the past year Umatilla
county has expended almost $18,000
In road and bridge work In the pro
posed district and has now no pro
tection against floods, which may
cause a like expense every year.
m FOLLETTE IS NO LONGER
Diamonds Reset or Re
mounted while you wait.
ALL kinds of mount
ings kept in stock.
Don't send your dia
monds to the city to be
mounted. We do the
work here.
Winslow Bros.
Diamond Setters.
817 Mala Siract
Satisfaction
Guaranteed
Daily Bast Oregonlan
only It cents a week.
by carrier.
GRIPPE
Will Get Yoa if You Don't
Watch Out.
The fact is, that when grippe or
si ma lc r ailments get hold of you, you
don't find It out at once. The symp
toms come after the disease has be
gun to develop and a remedy should
be used at once. Our
F&S Cold Capsules
If promptly used, will stop grippe and
cold In the start. This remedy should
alwavs be kept on hand.
FOR SALE BY
Tallman & Co.
Leading Druggists.
GOOD SERVICE
We receive, subject to check, the accounts of firms, individ
uals nd corporations. No interest Is allowed on these ac
counts; but we give good service, and extend such other ac
commodations ae the account and standing of the depositor will
Justify.
In our savings department we allow four per cent interest
and compound It twice a year, and receive deposits of one dollar
and upward W solicit your business.
Commercial National Bank
CAPITAL STOCK SM.00S.
RESOURCES SSOS.0O0.
.ii.iiaiuitiiiitltlllllMltHM
John E. Lathrop, former editor of
the East Oregonlan, who Is now Wash
ington correspondent for the Oregon
Daily Journal, writes as follows to
that paper, concerning the changed at
titude of the United States senate to
ward Senator Lo Follette, who will
lecture In Pendleton on April 14:
There Is no longer any disposition
on the part of senators to regard Rob
ert M. La Follette of Wisconsin, as
a crank to be suppressed, or as a
tenderfoot to be hazed. If anything
were needed to show the substantial
hold which the Wisconsin senator has
upon legislative matters, It was af
forded by the way In which the sen
ate passed his bill to limit the hours
of continuous service of employes
operating railway trains. After vain
ly trying to amend the bill in a way
that would practically have drawn Its
fangs, the senators who are opposed
to the agitation against tha railroads
were finally forced to apt the
measure practically In the form In
which It was submitted by Mr. La
Follette and they passed the measure
by a vote of 70 to 1.
How He Won Battle.
Senator La Follette won his battle
by sheer force of personality and In
tellect, and dogged persistence. He
refused to be squelched. He felt he
was right, and the vote of the senate
would Indicate that the senators on
both sides were willing to concede
that his measure was a lust one. Of
course the numerous railroad accl
dents and appalling loss of life result
ing from wrecks the past few weeks
served to emphasize the , importance
of Mr. La Follette'a bill. He had be
hind him a formidable array of fig
urea gathered In conformity with law
by the Interstate commerce commis
sion. To appreciate the stupendous
significance of them It may only be
said, as was quoted by Senator La
Follette. that within the last five
years the number of killed and ln
jured railroad employes and passen
gers has Increased more than 70 per
cent.
"Within the last five years 277
475 have been killed or Injured by the
railroads of this country, almost as
many persons as constitute the popu
latlon of this great national capital.'
Forced Roll Call.
Various amendments and numerous
substitutes were proposed In order to
wrest from the author of the bill the
credit for passing It. But at the psy
etiological moment, Mr. La Follette
submitted a substitute and forced a
roll call and carried through by a vote
of 86 to 82, with 22 senators either
paired or not voting. Previous to the
votes on the amendment! and iud-
Employed by A. C Ruby.
George L. Huffman of Union, one
of the most successful horsemen In
eastern Oregon, has been employed
as salesman tor A. C Ruby of this
city, and will handle Mr. Ruby's Im
ported stock In the eastern Oregon
counties hereafter. A large number
of fine stallions Including Percherons,
Belgians, 8hlres and coach horses
now In the Ruby stables In this city,
will be sold during the next few
months In this section. The stock Im
ported by Mr. Ruby has been first-
class In every way and has given ex
cellent, satisfaction wherever placed.
To Change School Boundaries.
Petitions have been filed with the
school superintendent by residents of
districts 41 and 82, asking that part of
the territory now In the latter be added
to the former district. The matter
will come up at the boundary board
meeting February 18.
Mrs. Cranwton Recovering.
Mrs. C. K. Cranston has been HI
with la grippe and for several days
was confined In bed. She Is now r
covering from her illness, but Is still
confined to her home on the north
side of the river.
New Teacher at Helix.
Benjamin Smith of Sherman coun
ty, has secured the position of
teacher In the Intermediate depart
ment of the Helix school, and Is now
at work.
stltutes It had been proposed to re
commit the bill to the committee on
education and labor, which would
have ended It for this congress. But
under the rules of the senate the pre
siding officer was compelled to hold
that such a motion could not be en
tertalned, being In violation of the
unanimous consent agreement, which
had fixed upon January 10 as the date
for voting upon the bill and amend
ments. There again, Mr. La Follette proved
that he was not a novice In legisla
tion, but a seasoned parliamentarian.
His long service In the house of rep
resentatives taught him the tricks of
congress.
Is Prodigious Worker.
Senator La Follette Is a prodigious
worker. He takes little or no part In
the society life of Washington. His
famllv remained In Wisconsin this
winter and he took lodgings with a
friend In the suburbs, where he could
be free to pursue his work uninter
ruptedly. He Is growing dally in the
esteem of his colleagues and there are
evidences that the people of the state
are looking approvingly upon his work
here.
La Follette Is said to be very popu
lar In Minnesota, Iowa and Nebraska
on account of his Identity with the
railroad rate legislation for which the
president and the Interstate commerce
commission have been so long con
tending. There has been consider
ble discussion and some criticism by
senn'nrs who resented Senator La Fol
lette'i Chautauqua speeches of the
numerous amendments he proposed to
the rate bill. But It Is a fact that
every amendment he proposed had
the unqualified Indorsement of the In
terstate commerce commission and
some of them had been repeatedly
recommended to congress In the re
ports of the Interstate commerce
commission.
The Spokane & Inland (trolley) has
Its track laying completed Into Oakea
dale, Wash. .
IT'S TIME
to bay a
Hot Water Bottle
2 Qts. 85c
3 Qts. $1.00
Chest Protectors
40c 60c, $1.30.
Guaranteed, '
Donaldson's
Red Cross Pharmacy.
d EE VT
of all kinds
PROPERLY KEPT.
PROPERLY OCT.
PROPERLY DELIVERED.
Empire Meat Co.
Pholne Main IS.
Famous $500
EBeer3
Always call for Ctty Brewery
Beer the home product; 8800
that says It la pure.
: CITY BREWERY
BCBWn BTHIOKBB.
Always Ask For
HOSTETTER'S
and vou choose the best anil safest
medicine ever compounded for ali
ments of the Stomach, Liver, Kidneys
and Bowels, and one that has been
fully endorsed by thousands of sickly
people.
HOSTETTER'S
STOMACH BITTERS
Is well deserving of a fair trial in
cases of Poor Appetite, Heartburn,
Sour Risings, Dyspepsia, Indigestion,
Headaohe, Colds or Malarial Fever.
MEN'S SHOP
Clearance Sale
100 SUITS LESS THAN COST
OVERCOATS AT COST
Big Bargains in Furnishing Goods
Big Bargains, in Hats
Big Bargains in Shoes
Men's Shop
Main
MAX BAER.
729
Main
Byers Best Flour
Is mad from the oholcest wheat that growa Good bread Is assur
ed when BTERS' BEST FLOUR used. Bran, Shorts, Steam Rolled
Barley always on hand. ,
PENDLETON ROLLER MILLS
W. S. VTERS, Proprietor.