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DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PKJfDLETON, OREGON. THITISDAY, MAT 2S, J 907.
ight pages.
Special
Board of Trade
Sale
Commencing
Friday, May 24
and Ending
Saturday, May 25
at 9 p.m.
PRICES CHANGE EVERY HOUR.
W ATCH FOR THE BILLS THTRS
DA YEVENTXG, AXD SEE THE
GREAT BARGAINS WE SHALL OFFER.
Coffee Served Free
to Every One.
Saturday from 9:30
a. m. to p. m.
Empire Tea &
Crockery Co.,
Inc.
Schmidt Bldg. 'Phone Red S741.
W. W. Campbell, Mgr.
WILL FORCE LAND
INTO THE MARKET
SOITIIERN PACIFIC MIST
SELL ITS HOLDINGS
People Are Rushing Into the Conn
tie Where Land Grant Is Located
In Hopes of Being Able to Enter
Tract Public Sentiment in Favor
of the Sale of Immense Holdings
Is Very Strong.
Selecting Wedding Gifts
Is a poser for many puzzled people.
Pardon the suggestion that our
Judgment and experience may be
of some aid. Presents of gems and
other jewelry are always In order,
and you ar assured of ample
choice when you behold the dis
play at
Winslow Bros.
Jewelers - Opticians
Postofflce Block.
final decision' In the court of last re
sort.
An Idea of the extent of the move
ment ' is gained from the statement
that 200 persons In Eugene. 200 In
Dallas, 100 at Monroe. 200 at Grants
Pass, with similar numbers In other
localities, are parties to suits that
will ba brought to compel the rail
road to sell the lands at the govern
ment price of 12.60 per acre.
The claimants are not waiting for
action by the government authorities.
They have gone about the enterprise
In the resolute way common to Am
erican cltlxens when they make u
their minds that It is time to act.
rhrv are not acting without advice,
hut are known to have the encour
agement of able counsel.
That the people of the west are
going to force the Southern Pacific
Railroad company to disgorge Us im
mense land holdings In Southern Ore
gon, if possible, is shown by the fol
lowing review of the subject from
the Oregon Dally Journal:
With 3,000,000 acres of the finest
land In the state as the prise, the peo
ple of Oregon in a frenzy of excite
ment are stampeding to locate upon
the Southern Pacific rallrad land
grants and then force In the courts
the sale of the property the corpo
ration has so long held Illegally, It
is claimed.
Every train bears its quota of en-
trymen and already almost every
acre of the 2,000,000 has been claim'
ed by people willing to risk money
in lawsuits upon the chance of forc
ing the Southern Pacific to disgorge
land so long withheld from settle
ment The people of the entire west
ern half of the state have enlisted
against the corporation, and a deluge
of litigation Is overwhelming it.
The rush for lands extends along
the railroad from Yamhill to the
southern border of the state. It
partakes of some of the features of
a reservation opening, and lacks lit
tle If any of Its lnteneeness. Men are
traveling by night as well as by day
in the effort to make good . their
claims to specified quarter sections.
I .aw offices are being besieged by.
hurrying land seekers and clerks and
slenngraphers are working under
high pressure preparing papers for
service on the land-holding corpora
tion. A stream of documents,' making
demands for the purchase of speci
fied quarters and containing tenders
for the lands according to the gov
ernment terms Is pouring In on the
Southern Pacific company. The time
has come when the railroad must
make good Us claim to the lands In
the courts or deliver them to pur
chasers according to the specifica
tions of the act of congress that made
the- grant.
Nearly All Claimed..
The work has been so swift that In
I many counties erery quarter of the
. land held by the railroad has clalm
! ants. If the movement keeps up,
within a few days or weeks the whole
of the S. 000,000 acres In the state will
he In actual litigation, and by men
wv will not give up until there Is a
Truth
Before
AN EXPLANATION.
Merchants Should Know the
About Advertising Matter
Them. '
, Pendleton, May 23. (To Pendleton
Business Men.) In the Pendleton Tri
bune of this morning Is an unfair
and Jealous article concerning an ad
vertising matter which the undersign
ed are presenting to the merchants
of Pendleton.
We wish to say that John P. Fink,
alleged business manager of the Pen
dleton Tribune, offered to get out the
same oil cloth advertising hanger and
promote the same advertising matter
which we are now securing for an.
other paper, if we would give him 358
of the proceeds, which amount was
entirely too large for the Tribune's
share of the business and left us no
margin for our work. He then offer
ed to take 350 for the Tribune's share.
which we still rejected and now be
cause we did not make arrangements
with his paper he brands us as fakers
and our plans as not worthy of your
patronage. Had he secured the con
tract to print the oil cloth hangers,
for a share of our proceeds, would he
brand us as fakers, or would he not
have Indorsed the plan? Let the fair,
minded business man answer.
The sample oilcloth hanger from
the Aberdeen Bulletin, which we use
In our business, belongs to Mr. Fink,
who has planned to get out the same
hanger for the Pendleton Tribune In
this city. Because another paper will
print the advertising and issue the
hangers he brands us as fakers while
he offered to do the printing and en
gage in the' work if we would allow
him to hold us up. We feel that this
explanation Is due business men, that
they might know the calibre of the
"business manager" of the Tribune,
Respectfully,
JOS. 8. NILES,
For NILES ft JOHNSON
PASTIME PARLORS
A quiet, orderly place for a game of
pool, billiards or ft little exercise In
bowling.
HENDRICKS BASEMENT.
Corner Main and Webb Streets.
Dad Blood
Made Good
If your Jlood is Impure or lacking
In vital qual.'tlas, you need more than
a purifier'. " Tor need a blood builder
as well. Our
Sarsaparilla Com
pound with Iron.
not only expels Impurities from the
blood which cause debility, but It also
makes pure, rich blood. Give It a
trial.
Tallman & Co.
Leading Druggists.
Mm m
PS" .-t -
If We Could
Talk
Half as" well about out
Hats as we can make
them our oratory would
convince you beyond
question. We make
nothing but ladies' and
Misses' hats and know
our business from the
ground work up. This
insures you the best for
the least money.
CAR.RIER
MILLINERY
ThehoraeofthestyIi'nat
EXERCISES WERE GOOD.
Class Day Program of High School
Enjoyed by Large Audience. "
An audience which overflowed the
First Christian church last night lis
tened to the excellent class day exer
cises of Pendleton high' school. The
program was carried out as publish.
ed in the East' Oregonlan, with the
exception of a change of music In
Pendleton academy, rendered a pi'
ano solo at the beginning of the ex
ercises.
The orations of the graduates were
short, terse, original and appropriate
and showed the results of the Indi
vidual work of the members of the
class. '
The violin solo by Prof. A. E. Har
rison, principal of the high school,
and the vocal numbers by the high
school quartet and girls' chorus of
the high school, were highly appre
elated, as were each oration and class
production on the program.
Circus Takes' Part ' In Memorial,
An unusual scene will be presented
In Baker City on May 30, when the
Sells-Floto circus will join with the
people of Baker City In honoring the
departed heroes, says a Baker City
correspondent. ' On that- day a time
will btf set apart when the buslnS!
of the great show will be dispensed
with, the five large bands will be
merged into one, and to the soft
strains of the funeral dirge, ', with
flags at half mast, the managers, ac
tors and employes of one of the great
est shows will march to Mount Hope
cemetery and there decorate - the
grave of Alexius Preskorn, ,one of
their number, who died here; in 1904.
LONE BEAR, RICHEST INDIAN.
Arapahoe Chieftain Owns Over . a
Quarter of a Million.""""'".
Lone Bear has visited Shoshone.
says the Cheyenne Tribune.
The above words are not very strik
ing In themselves, but they become
significant in several directions when
it Is added that Lone Bear' Is - an'
Arapahoe chief; that he Is the head
of what Is probably the rlohest In
dian family on the American conti
nent, and that the Great White' Fa
ther at Washington has thus erected
one of his red sons into the position
of a patriarchal prince. - - -
Lone Bear is the - father, grand
father and great grandfather of a
family so numerous that even Teddy
Roosevelt himself would be delighted
to contemplate.
In the late allotment of Indian
lands on the Arapahoe reservation it
looked like at least every other In
dian receiving land was a member
of the Lone Bear family In one of
Us fruitful generations and, as a re
sult, the possessions of this family
now extend for 15 miles up and
down the Wind river and comprises
some of the choicest natural meadows
and fertile expanses of first, second
and third bench lands within the
reservation limits.
Eight hundred and forty acres of
these rich warming lands have been
leased to the Wyoming Central Irri
gation company for five yeara at a
lease price of 32 per acre, paid semi
annually, all the improvements plac
ed thereon by the irrigating company
to revert to the Lone Bear family at
the expiration of the lease. These
840 acres are being placed under va
rious Irrigation croppage this year
and will he so cropped during the
entire five years.
When Lone Bear and his children
receive these lands again from the
irrigating company they will be
worth 3100 per acre, or a total mar
ket, value of 334,000. ,
The 840 acres are but a small por
tion of the Lone Bear possessions,
It being conservatively estimated that
this red family is worth In lands,
flocks and herds, at least a quarter
of a million dollars. Lone Bear Is
liko a red patriarch and prince under
the aegis and shield of the Great
White Father at Washington.
If I Wore
PANTS
i . i .. ..... .
I'd Buy Them at
. . .
Roosevelt's
Boston Store
Left for Portland.
Rev. J. W. A. Stewart, dean of the
Rochester Theological seminary, from
which Rev. O. W. Hall of the Baptist
church In this city, graduated, left this
morning for Portland after attending
the Baptist County association here.
He is delighted with the west and Is
highly enjoying his tour of Oregon
He will remain in the state during the
month of June, during which time he
will attend several Baptist meetings
and preach at different places in the
state.
Former Helix Pioneer Here.
W. B. Henderson, the man who gave
the town of Helix Its name, and who
left here seven years ago for Albany,
Ore., Is-In the city today on a visit to
pioneer friends. He will go to Helix
and Adams, after which he will visit
his brother, A. C. Henderson at Pilot
Rock for a few days. Mr. Henders
once owned the land on which Helix
was founded and sold his holdings
there to John Tlmmerman, who still
owns the land. He likes Umatilla
county yet and Is enjoying his visit
here.
Address by President Campbell.
President P. L. Campbell of the
University of Oregon, will deliver the
graduating address at the commence'
ment exercises of Pendleton high
school at the First Christian charcl
tomorrow evening. President Camp
bell Is expected to arrive from Port
land tomorrow evening. '
That's All.
Cool Suggestions for Warm Weather
Refrigerators
and Hammocks
ft afVirriVV1ftC ' Blt"r a or mtal. In all grades
IVVll lgei UiUI 5 and sizes. Wsll Tentllated, sanitary
and cooling.
HA m m i f Ir In all grades and prices. Neat de
a III 111 J I 9 signs and built substantial. Just the
' thing tor the porch or lawn.
Get My Prices
LEWIS HUNTER,
Complete Honsefornisher.
Byers' Best Flour
Is made from the choicest wheat that grows. Good bread la
ed when BTERB BEST FLOUR Is used. Bran, Shorts, Steam ReHed $
cariey always on ssoo.
PENDLETON ROLLER MILLS
W. S. BYERS, Proprietor. '
Will Tune and Repair Pianos.
C. U. Rldgway, who for the past
J 8 years has been engaged in the
piano tuning nnd piano repairing
business, has located at 318 West
Webb street, where he will conduct
a first class establishment hereafter.
Mr. Rldgway was formerly In east
ern Oregon and is well known to
many Pendleton. His establishment
In San Francisco was destroyed by
fire at the time of the earthquake
and he has come Into this part of the
country , to locate permanently..
He-
.vrt.ee
I ' '
BB1BBSBSBBB B
Crops Are Excellent
County . Commissioner
Walker has lust returned f re-
tended trip over the co- -""n;1an,1ex"
crop prospects ex- fmd"
He says that ' -ent eveiTTwhere.
are curs' ' - farming districts
nev- wd wl'.h weeds this year as
,r before and urges farmers and
road supervisors to observe the law
on obnoxious weeds. The county
will co-operate with the farmers In
killing out the weeds from roads and
highways and hopes to see a decid
ed movement along this line through
out the county.
WHEN PAY DAY COMES
,hAUgood7laSa2 tof deposit your surplus in this bank and lot . not
onfy keep U safely for you, but pay you 4 per cent per annum for
thTwTwni help you to save, and at the .am. Urn. make your
money work for you.
Commercial . National Bank
Coital. S&O.OM-M. Racouroes, $SM,0M.M
DO YOU GET UP
WITH A LAMS BACK?
kidney Trouble Makes Ton Miserable.
Almost everybody who reads the news
paper, is sure to know of the wonderful
cures made Dy ur.
Kilmer's Swanin-
Root, the grct iii
ney, liver and blad
der remedy.
It is the great med
ical triumph of the
nineteenth century;
discovered af teryears
of scientific research
by Dr. Kilmer, the
eminent kidney and
bladder specialist, and is wonderfully
successful In promptly curing lame back,
oric acid, catarrh of the bladder and
Bright's Disease, which is the worst.
form of kidney trouble.
Dr. Kilmer'. Swamp-Root i. rM.
ommended for everything but ' ave
kidney, liver or bladder trr; M ftwiu
found just the remedy Md niM
been tested in so r- in hos
JaJ ia Private practice, anda.
E?Le "successful in every case that a
?. 11 arrangement has been made by
.i.i. .11 of this tuner, who have
III. - . ,
not already tried it, may have a sample
bottle scut free oy man,
ing more about Swamp-Root, and how to
Bndout if you have kidney or bladder trou
ble. When writing mcuiiuu '""'5
generous oiler in this paper and send your
address to Dr. Kilmer
& Co., Binghamton,
N. Y. The regular
fiftv-oent and one-
AUr ilu hnttles are Bow ot
sold by all good druggists, uon t mace
any mistake, but remember the name,
Swamp-Root, Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root,
and the address, Binghamton, N. Y on
every bottle.
Mr. and Mrs. Oray Arrive.
Charles Oray and bride arrived on
last evening's train from Astoria. A
large number of friends were on
hand at the depot and greeted them
with several pounds of rice and a
number of old shoes. Mr. Oray Is a
member of the grocery firm of Gray
Bros, of this city.
Hansen-Hall.
Oeorge Hall of Portland, and Lens
Hansen of Bingham Springs, were
united In marriage by Justice of the
Peace Parkes In the parlors of the
Pendleton Hotel yesterday.
Iwutp-Soot.
Star Restaurant
YAP&H1NG, Prop.
Under New Management
CLEAN DINING ROOM
PHR8T GLASS SERVICE
Meals 15c and up.
IM B. ALTA STREET
IIMMIIMIMIIIMMMt
1907 ITAsrsfiOk.
I
Capytyjs
HoUM el KmMahom
CUcm
Here you get all the sartorial kinks you expect
from a'high price tailor. The only difference,
you get it at one half his prices.
$10.00 to $35.00
HAWES HATS
MEN'S SHOP
MAX BAER