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DAILY EAST ORT'GONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON. MONDAY, MARCH 18, 1907.
SHR VALLEY
HIGH TAX IN GRANT
COUNTY A BARRIER
WILL NOT EXTEND
The Life of this Stofe is Quality, We
$ Combine Quality with Style that is
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This week we are making a Special Exhibition of
Exclusive Millinery and Late Easter
Wearables for Women of Fashion.
You are invited to view the superb models the height of smartness, verve,
and distinction. Combined with the latest creations of New York Styles,
You'll find a late shipment of Gage Hats from Chicago. Together making a
most superior collection of charming Easter Millinery.
Matchless varieties of handsome Spring Suits now'ready'for your selection.
There is a constant change in the show here suits come and go as quickly,
and there's a reason, the assortments are larger, styles better and prices lower.
12 DOZEN PAIK OF KI.HOW LENGTH Sl'.YDE
LISLE GLOVES OF SUPERIOR MAKE IX BLACK
WHITE, GREEYS AND TAN, REGULAR $1.23
VALUES; GREAT OPPORTUNITY; ALL WEEK
AT, PER PAIll
98c
The Peoples Warehouse
Save Your Coupons Where
GENUTtAL NEWS.
Three great warehouses In the Tins
. bury district, London's busiest center,
were destroyed by fire. Loss $1,000,
000. Archie Roosevelt has practically re
covered from the diphtheria, but the
wing of the White House wherein he
lies 111, Is still quarantined.
At Blair, Nev., Jack Walsh, former
ly a railroad conductor, during a row
over a card game, shot and killed
Charles Meyers and Jack Harrington.
Roosevelt has appointed ex-Mayor
Seth Low of New York, and Thomas
O. Bush of Alabama, to act on the
board "for the promotion of Indus
trial peace."
Cashier Ppeycr Mueller of the In
dustrial bank at Berlin, Germany, has
defaulted for $130,000. It Is suppos
ed the entire amount was lost in stock
speculations.
John Alexander Dowle's will will
not be published until an executor Is
found who will qualify to execute It
Attorney Wetten says the document Is
ihe most remarkable of the kind ever
written.
It la announced at the war depart-
For Sale
750 acres In one body, well watered,
1200 fruit trees, good Improvements,
fine soli, three good homes. Will sell
on easy terms. Price $11,000.
800 acres, 250 of same bottom land
subject to Irrigation. This is the
largest tract of bottom land In one
body In this part of the county. Over
100 acres In cultivation. Some al
falfa set 2600 cord of wood on the
land. Hill land 60 per cent tillable.
Price, $16,000. Terms.
I have small tracts all sixes and
prices. Also several good business
-chances.
E. t. WADE
Phone black 1111.
Office B. O. Building.
T
NeW Tailored Suits
in light tan and brown checks, with
brown silk braid and buttons to match
and taffeta lining, newest girdle, el
bow sleeves; one of the newest and
most stylish spring suits received, for
$28.50
Easter Suits
In Eton and hip length jackon styles
in plain gray checks and the now
sirlK"B, long and short sleeves with
good quality satin linings and fancy
silk braid trimmings, the best suit
you have ever seen for
$19.50
0 DOZEN BEAUTIFUL SHADOW EMBROIDERED
WAIST PATTERNS- EXCLUSIVELY NEW DE
SIGNS, REGULAR $1.50 VALUES. YHII CHOICE
ALL WEEK AT, EACH
ment that the post of Fort Washakie,
In Wyoming, will be abandoned May
1, and the reservation and buildings
turned over to the Interior department
for disposition.
The Scott Lumber company at
Wheeling, W. Va., lost Us entire plant
by fire, and several adjacent build
ings were burned. Loss, $280,000.
The fire was caused by the flood
reaching the lime bins.
The apportionment of 600 addition
al postal clerks at $600 per annum
authorized by the last postofflce ap
propriation bill, was announced at the
post office department at Washington
March 16. San Francisco was allow
ed 25.
Missouri now has a law for the sup
pression, or regulation rather, of lob
bying before the legislature of that
state. It provides that all lobbyists
shall register with the secretary of
state and give the purposes of his do
ing so..
The Hyde-Benson-Dlamond-Schnel-der
land fraud case, involving alleged
fraudulent transactions In state school
lands In California and Oregon,, has
been set for trial beginning April 22,
before Justice Stafford In criminal
court No. 1, at Wash'ngton, D. C.
The province of Manitoba has defi
nitely entered upon the policy of gov
ernment ownership of telephones and
telegraphs, and has begun the erection
of several thousand miles of both.
Private lines will be absorbed under
the system, which Is being managed
by Premier Robbln.
8TATB OF OHIO, )
CITY OP TOLEDO Is.
LUCAS COUNTY. )
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he Is
senior partner of the firm of P. J. Cheney
A Co., doing bnsln'M In the City of Toledo,
County and Bute aforesaid, and that said
firm will pay the sum of ONB HUNOUKD
IXII.LAK8 for each and every can of Ca
tarrh that cannot be cored by the tue of
Hall's Catarrh Core. FRANK J. CHKNBY.
Sworn to before me and snbscrlbed In my
Jrwence, this 6th day of December, A. D.
88B. A. W. GLBASON,
(Heal. Notary Public.
Ball's Catarrh Cnre Is taken Internally,
and acta directly on the blood and mocona
surfaces of the system. Bend for testi
monials free.
F. J. CHBNEY CO., Toledo, O.
Hold by all druggists, TSe.
Take Ball's Family Pills for constipation.
Carload of fancy seed potatoes Just
received at Clark's grocery, 644 Main
street.
MINUTE
$2.09
it. Pays to Trade
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NORTHWEST NEWS.
J. G. McDonald has started a brick
plant with a capacity of 40,000 per
day, at Boise.
. H. C. Taylor, an educated Yakima
Indian, is under arrest at Toppenlsh,
charged with Issuing forged checks.
A. C. Coburn, a Fort Slmcoe business
man, Is the plaintiff.
W. W. Zent of Ritzvllle, has been
appointed Judge of the new district
composed of Adams, Franklin and
Benton counties. He Is a son of Col.
D. J. Zent of Walla Walla.
Wm. Rettle shipped 500 head of
prime mutton sheep March 14 from
Condon to the Union Meat company,
at Troutdale. The price was 6 cents a
pound for wethers and 5 cents for
ewes, on foot at Troutdale.
Dominic Robbln., Insane, escaped
from the asylum at Oniflno, Idaho,
and returned to his old home near
Grangeville, where he attacked Frank
Roberts without cause, with an ax.
Roberts will die. Robblns was return
ed to the asylum.
At Pocatello, J. F. Fengler, a line
man, got in conjunction w'th 2800
volts of electricity and lives, though
his hands were bodly burned. Fur
thermore, he was able to descend the
laddor on which he stood, In the usual
way, and not by falling.
Wm. Rettle, of Gilliam county, sold
a carload of beef cattle to Wm." Ed
don for Iacey Bros, the other day.
He received $2.80 per hundred for
cows and $3.50 for calves, weighed at
Mayvllle. At these prices dry cows
brought over $30 and fall calves $17.
Anthony W. Green, the first color
ed man who ever proved up on a
claim In the Coeur d'Alene land of
fice, and one of the very few In the
Bnclflc northwest, proved up March
15 on a quarter section In townsh'p
$6, range 61, section , west. He has
lived on the place for 15 years, and
now owns one of the finest orchards
around Rathdrum. He Is 62 years old
and came west In 1870. Some time
ago when he returned home late In
the evening he found his wife lying
dead on the floor.
I'nllroad Company Says No Exten
sion Into the John Day Will Be
Built Expense of Keeping the
Road Open In Winter Season Is
Heavy unci the Winter Income Is
Small.
The Prairie City Miner says of the
refusal of tha Sumpter Valley rail
road to build into Grant county this
year:
The Sumpter Vulley railroad will
not be extended Into Grant county
any further this year and the plans
for the big sawmill nt Austin have
been called off, said Mr. Barton,
general passenger agent for the
Sumpter Valley road, while here yes
terday. Grant county taxes have
discouraged Mr. Ecelee, president of
the rond, and he has given up alt
idea of running his road tnlo the
county.
Lust July Mr. Barton attended a
meeting of the county hoard of equll
izatl.in and it was understood that
the mllroad should not be assessed
any higher in Grant county than It
was lu Baker county. When the tax
statements were cut, however, the
tai In Grant county was double what
It was in Pukcr and for this reason
Mr. Ecclcs has decided that he has
all the railroad In Grant county that
he can afford. The tax in Baker
county is $14 a mile; In this county
It Is $88. In Grant county the Sump
ter Valley has built seven miles o,f
road and the tax on this portion
amounts to one-third of the entire
tax.
The road Is assessed for (3500 a
mile In Grant and $300 a mile for
rolling stock; In Paker it Is $2500 a
mile with $300 a mile for rolling
stock. The tax rate In Baker Is It
mills, while in Grant it Is 31 mills.
All the rolling stock Is kept In Baker
county, yet Grant assesses them for
the same amount of rolling stock.
Mr. Barton sold that Grant county
has a way entirely peculiar to her
self in the manner In which tax
statements are made. A tax state
ment f'ir the gross amount Is sent
out ond no one can tell what he Is
paying taxes on. The Sumpter Val
ley railroad had property assessed to
them that they never owned and
were n"t assessed for other property
they did not own and were assessed
on last year. In other cases two or
three parties were assessed on the
same piece. The plat book which the
liw requires has not been touched
for two vears and the matter of as
sessment Is left largely to chance and
good luck.
The operation of the Sumpter Val-,
ley In Grant county has been ot a
loss as during the past winter It has
been very expensive to keep the road
free fr"m snow so that the train
could run. The exrense has been
run as high as $200 a day.
In view of this fact and with the
expensive road bed that will be
necessary to, put the road into the
John Day valley and the present
rate of .axes, Mr. Barton says that
the company has abandoned all ef-
Just a Suggestion
Buy Your Summer
Dresses Now
WE HAVE BEEN AGREEABLY SURPRISED AT THE
, INTEREST TAKEN IN OUR ADVANCE SHOWING OP
SPRING AND SUMMER DRESS GOODS. REALLY,
NOW IS THE TIME TO MAKE SELECTIONS, FOR WE
ARE RECEIVING PRETTY NEW GOODS EVERY DAY
THINGS THAT ARE BEAUTIFUL AND UP TO THE
MOMENT IN STYLE, BUT WE CAN'T SAY THAT WE
WILL ILVVE THEM NEXT MONTH. NOW IS THE
TIME. '
DEPARTMENT STORE
The Oldest and most Reliable
fort to build into the county anyway,
under the present conditions of af
fairs. County Boards Have No Authority.
A board of county commissioners
has not the legal right, of Its own
volition, to open or close a highway
through Indian lands, according to
advices received from F. E. Leupp,
the Indian affairs commissioner, soys
the Lewtston Teller.
The advice has been transmitted
to the Nez Perce county bourd of
commissioners through Agent Jlpps,
In the form of a letter addressed to
him by Mr. Leupp, which reads In
part as follows-
"Accordingly, you will close or
cause to be closed all highways
across Indian lands the title of which
is held In trust by the United States
for the Indians, which have not been
duly authorized by the department,
notifying the proper county officials
of your action and that any attempt
to open or use roads so closed with
out obtulnlng permission in the reg
ular manner will result In such at
tempt being reported to the depart
ment with a view to Its presentation
to the department of Justice with a
recommendation that a suit In tres
pass be Instituted against the county
officials for the opening of such
highways without due authority of
law, and that each Individual using
sueti unauthorized rond be mode a
party to the trespass, und that -the
department will not brook any viola
tions prescribed under the act of
March 3, 1890. by agreement with
Indians having the use and occupa
tion of the land, or otherwise."
Little globule of sunshine that
drlv the clouds nwny. DeWltt's
Little Farly Blsers will scatter the
gloom of sick-headache ond bilious
ness. They do not gripe or sicken.
Recommended and sold here by
Tollman & Co.
j Lord William Beauchamp Neville
I Is under arrest at London charged
with stealing $2000 worth of pearls.
I He has already served five years
time for fraud.
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SUMMER AND THE HOT WEATHER WILL BE HERE BEFORE
YOV ARB AWARE OF IT, AND IF YOUR KITCHEN IS NOT
ALREADY EQUIPPED WITH A GAS RANGE, BY ALL MEANS
DON'T DELAY IT MUCH LONGER. OUR ORDERS ARE NOW
COMING IN VERY RAPIDLY. GET IN YOUR APPLICATION
FOR GAS.
DO IT NOW
GAS IS BY FAR THE MOST ECONOMICAL FUEL ON THE
MARKET. THE GREATEST. ARGUMENT IN ITS FAVOR IS
THAT YOU CAN RAVE THE HEAT WHEN, WHERE AND AS
LONG AS YOU WANT IT. NO HOT ROOMS IN THE SUMMER
TTME. THEN THERE IS NO DIRTY WOOD OR COAL TO BE
CARTED AROUND AND CLEANED UP AFTERWARD. GAS IS
PIPED RIGHT INTO YOUR STOVE. A TURN OF A VALVE AND
A SCRATCH OF A MATCH TFLLS THE WHOIE STORV OF
GAS COOKING.
Gas for Heating and cooking cost $2.00 per 1000.
Averagecost per month, about $3.00
l ELECTH
REMEMBER ! We lay pipe from main to curb free I and
are in a position to do all piping and furnish all fittings.
New Creations
in Wall Paer
All new patterns and
color effects, and the
largest and most varied
line ever brought
to Pendleton.
Tapestry Effects
Two-tone Effects
Leather Effects
Immitation Burlap Effects
Gilts and Water Proof.
Also the "Bread and But
ter" Line the old stand by
PENDLETON
PAINT STORE
E. J. MURPHY, Prop.
'Phone Black 3181.
121 E. Court St.
G. W. Ivcns
TRANSFER
and BAGGAGE
Office "phone, main 127
Residence 'phone, red 2441
STAND, ALTA & MAIN STS.
On Pavings Bnnk Corner.
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