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DAILY EAST OKBGOXIAX, PENDLETON, OREGON, TIItRSDAT. JUNE 6, 190T.
EIGHT PAGES.
Keep Your
Eye on US.
Who is US ?
Why, "US" is
The Empire Tea Co.
Don't go to sleep, but keep
watch of this corner of the
paper, and read their Ads,
and see some of the won
derful Bargains, they will
offer at the
Big Rummage Sale
Saturday, June 8.
Empire Tea &
Crockery Co.,
Inc.
Schmidt Bid. Pbone Red S741,
W. W. Oampbeil, Mgr.
WHAT SHALL IT BET
That's the Perplexing Question.
The wedding takes place two weeks
from otmorrow, and we've simply
GOT to decide upon something pretty
soon. But what shall It be? I'll tell
you what we will do. Let's go down
.ft
Winslow Bros.'
Jewelry Store
They always have so many thlngbs
that are suitable, that It won't be
bard to make a choice. So they came
they saw were convinced bought
and were happy. Wise people!
SEWING MACHINES, SINGER,
STANDARD, WHITE AND WHEEL
ER & WILSON MACHINES FROM
$20 CP.
Bay at home, where your machine
can be looked after and where extras
and repairs can readily be secured.
Jesse Failing
Agent, Near Bridge.
PASTIME PARLORS
A quiet, orderly place for a game of
pool, billiards or a little exercise la
bowling.
HENDRICK8' BASEMENT.
Corner Main and Webb Stress.
1 Cjiim
Opened For Business
. June 22nd, 1904.
Our great growth tells Its own story.
Big enough to accommodate you; not too big to appreciate you.
Four per cent Interest paid on on time deposits.
If not a customer, a trial will convince you of our merits.
We have Safety Deposit boxes to rent.
Commercial National Bank
Capital $50,000.00 ' Rescourcet $350,000.00
WILL
ENTERTAIN
OMAHA
T
TUESDAY NIGHT BETWEEN
10:50 AND 11:50 A. M.
Committee of Business Men and the
Eagles' Band Will Greet the Ne
braakans at the Depot and Escort
Them to the Commercial Club's
Parlors Will Be Driven About
Town.
At the meeting of the Commercial
association held last evening ways and
means of entertaining the Omaha
business men's party, which will be
here next Tuesday, were discussed.
The party will arrive here from Walla
Walla at 10:50 In the forenoon and
will remain for an hour, after which
It wilt start for La Grande.
At the meeting last evening It was
decided to Invite the visitors to go to
the Commercial association rooms up
on their arrival here. There an ad
dress of welcome will be delivered by
the mayor and after brief extempor
aneous talks from the visiting party
the meeting will disperse so as to al
low the visitors to see the city.
Upon the arrival of the party at
the depot the Nebraskans will be met
by a committee of local business men
which President Rader will name to
day or tomorrow. Also, the Eagles'
band will be in waiting and will lead
the procession to the club rooms. '
BLOOMS' TROUBLE SETTLED.
Phelps Calls It Merely a Family Dis
agreement. This morning the troubles of the
Bloom family were aired to some ex
tent In the county court and at the
conclusion of the hearing the matter
was dropped, It being held by District
Attorney Phelps that the case was
merely one of a family disagreement.
Bloom was arrested at his home in
Coombs canyon yesterday afternoon
by Deputies Blakeley and Brown. It
had been represented by Mrs. Bloom
that her husband was acting In a
erased manner and that her life was
in danger. However, the officers had
no difficulty In persuading Bloom to
return, to town with them, and he ap
peared perfectly rational. In the
county court this morning a 24-year-
old son testified that his father and
mother had frequently quarreled, but
the evidence showed both parties to be
at fault.. Following the dismissal of
the case all three members of the
family left the court house together
to return to their home.
RINK WILL BE KEPT OPEN.
Tuesday Night for the Especial Bene
fit of Amateurs.
Manager Ireland of the skating rink,
has decided to keep that place open
regularly until after the Fourth of
July. It had been his Intention to
close the establishment June 1, . but
owing to the fact that patronage has
been good he has decided to extend
the time and those who enjoy skating
as a pastime will appreciate the ac
tion.
Hereafter Tuesday night of each
week will be known as "amateur
night," and It will be especially for
those who are just learning to skate.
While others will also be admitted to
the use of the rink on those nights,
they will be more particularly for the
beginners.
AFFLICTED STRANGER,
Council Appropriates Money to Send
Him to Portland.
Somewhat of a scare was created
at the council meeting last evening
by the appearance of a man who is
thought to be afflicted with leprosy.
Whether he has that disease or not,
his hands are in a frightful shape
and require surgical attention. Pre
vious to the council meeting last
night he met several of the city of
ficials and after making known his
condition asked for aid In getting to
Portland, that he might go Into a
hospital there. The request was
Bad Blood
Made Good
If your blood Is Impure or lacking
In vital qualities, you need more than
a purifier. Tou need a blood builder
as well. Our
Sarsaparilla Com
pound with Iron.
not only expels Impurities from the
blood whloh cause debility, but It also
makes pure, rich blood. Give It
trial.
Tallman & Co.
Leading Druggists.
granted and the man took his de
parture on the night train.
The man was a stranger in the city
and but little was learned concerning
him. Both his hands and feet were
badly, affected, and the fact led to
the supposition that the trouble was
leprosy. While such Is Improbable
nevertheless, the man's departure was
greatly appreciated by those who saw
htm.
LUMBER RATE HEARING.
O. R. A N. Officials Called to Wash
ington by Inquiry.
W. W. Cotton, counsel for the
Harriman lines In the northwest, and
W. D. . Skinner, assistant general
freight agent, left Portland Tuesday
night for Washington, to attend the
hearing of the complaint of the Wash
ington lumber manufacturers for the
opening of the Portland gateway be
fore the lnterestnte commerce com
mission. Mr. Cotton will present the chief
argument on the part of the defend
ant railroads, and Mr. Skinner will
probably testify In regard to traffic
conditions. The railways of the Pa
cific northwest and connecting lines
are made defendants.
Mr. Cotton and Mr. Skinner will
remain in Washington for a tlma In
order to attend the heating of the
Spokane rate case, where Mr. Cotton
will also present anruments. This u
scheduled for June 26. A number of
local Jobbers may attend the latter
hearing, while J. N. Teal, representing
Oregon lumbermen, and several man
ufacturers will take part In the lum
bermen s case.
BETTER SIDEWALKS
SYSTEMATIC MOVEMENT
FAVORED BY FLETCHER
The Disposition of Property Owners
Generally Is Friendly Toward Re
placing Defective and Wnrnout
Sidewalks With Concrete or Some
Other Form of the Best Neglect
and inattention Responsible for
Deterioration of Walks.
To start a movement that will re
sult in a general Improvement of the
sidewalk conditions of the city Is the
purpose of R. W. Fletcher, newly
creaiea street commissioner, and he
believes that by means of such a
great deal of good can be accom
plished. 'Since entering upon his duties as
commissioner, Mr. Fletcher has made
an Inspection of the sidewalks In
most portions of the city and where
the walks have been found in poor
condition the attention of the own
ers has been called to the fact Al
most without exception the property
owners have agreed to make needed
repairs.
"There are many property owners
who allow their walks to get Into
poor Condition Simnlv thrnmrh n...
lect, and I believe that if we once
get the movement started there will
be a general replacing of old walks
that will result In a great Improve
ment In the appearance of the city,"
declared Mr. Fletcher today.
Within the next few days all those
having walks that need replacing will
be asked to remedy them. Already
several such requests have been com
plied with and new walks have been
substituted for dilapidated ones,
while other, property owners are pre
Tiiring tn make lmnrnvamanta
ly. In some Instances the owners are
intending t replace the wornout
walks with concrete.
After ample notice has been given
negligent owners, more drastic steps
will betaken should any fall to re
spond. Under the charter the coun
cil has the power to construct walks
and charge the cost against the prop
erty should the owner fall or refuse
to make the Improvement willingly.
FROST SELLS HIS INTEREST.
Gun Store Now Bowman's Exclusive
Property.
Roscoe Frost has sold his interest
In the Frost A Bowman gun store
and the business henceforth will be
owned by Dan Bowman alone. How
ever, he will dlspeee of all the sport
ing goods stock and in the future will
run only a general repair shop.
During the time he has had an In
terest in the above store, Mr. Frost
has been a salesman at, the Goodman
1.l?W.!r! -tor6' and 1,9 wl" continue
with that firm.
Poisoned by Wood Alcohol. "
Mrs. Mike McCurtv n.i .i..
hold-up artist now In the Umatilla
county jail, died at Yakima yesterday
from the effects of drlnklno- hi,i -I
and wood alcohol, on a ranch near
i omnia, wnere sne was working. It
Is said by the Yakl
she drank a large quantity of the cider
ana wooa alcohol, becoming Intoxi
cated before It was known what she
had drunk. Physicians worked with
her for several hours, but were unable
to overcome the erfeeta nt ih.
.. . . . . .. Ul
poison.
Hero From Ukiali.
J. A. Bolln. the nloneer ronMon. tt
Ukiah, Is in the city today on a trad
ing trip, taxing out a four-horse load
of supplies for that section nf the
county. Roads to Ukiah are now
greatly improved and there Is very
heavy travel in that direction. Large
numDers or land hunters are constant
ly driving Into that Dart nf fha n.
ty, many of them locating timber
claims.
Sold Out to Lalng and StroMe.
Ben Burroughs anil Tom vriinrirav
hosts at the Saturday night dances In
Eagles' hall durlnv h n.af A aa.
sons, have disposed of their business
and retired from the social field. The
change was made last Friday when
the management of the Ann, w..
taken over by Albert Lalng and Frank
DIVORCE
RECORDS
UMATILLA COUNTY ARE
BEING INVESTIGATED
By Soling and Brown for the Past
Twenty Years, at the Request of the
Department of Commerce and La
borFaded Handwriting of the
Earlier Days Makes the Ta.sk Dif
ficultEstimated Now That Close to
1000 Divorce Have Been Granted.
County Clerk Frank Baling and
Deputy R. T. Brown are now engag
ed In working overtime for the pur
pose of compiling the divorce .statis
tics of this county for the past 20
years. The work Is being done for
the department of commerce and la
bor, and It has proven a task of mag
nitude. In, order to secure the ne
cessary statistics the department pays
the sum of 15 cents for each divorce
suit filed. In cases where the clerk
or' his deputies do not care to do the
work special deputies are assigned.
Aside from the names of the par
ties In the divorce suits the depart
ment also asks for much other infor
mation, such as the nativity of the
parties, the cause of the action, years
married, Influence of Intemperance,
occupations, alimony considerations
and other things.
In order to secure the statistics for
the past 20 years It has been neces
sary for the clerk to ransack the an
cient archives of the county, and of
ten it has been with difficulty that
the time-faded handwriting could be
read. In the early days typewriters
were not In general use and all of
the proceedings were written by
hand.
In view of the above slow progress
was made with the census at the
start, and Messrs. Sating and 'Brown
regretted having accepted the offer
of the government at the figure of
forced. However, they are now down
to the days of the typewriter, and the
work can be carried on much speed
ier than at the start.
It Is estimated by Clerk Sallng that
close to 1000 divorces have been ask
ed for In this county during the last
20 years. However, the real num
ber will not be known until the work
is completed, which will require a
week or two yet
In the literature sent oit by the
government no reasons are given for
the gathering of the divorce statistics,
and the exact motives are not known.
COMPANY Tj DANCE TONIGHT.
Guardsmen Will Give Only Dancing
Party of Season at Armory.
At the Armory tonight Company L,
Third Infantry, O. N. O., will give Its
first regular dancing party and doubt
loss the onlv one to h h.M thi. -
son. About 250 invitations for the
affair have been sent out and every
thing possible has been done to make
the occasion a success. Murlc will
oe iiirnisned hy Johnson's complete
orchestra, with a mi
added to. the us.inl Instrumentation,
and the floor will bo In the best pos
sible condition for dancing.
The dance tonight Is to be an In
formal one and the members of the
company will be attired In thai-
servlce uniforms. The invitations
were sent only to gentlemen and the
aoies win be admitted free.
Oil-Burning Switch Engines.
Two oll-burnlng switch ensines for
use of the O. R. A N. In the vnrrt.
Umatilla and Alblna passed down over
me roau yesterday from the shops of
the American Locomotive company at
Philadelphia. The engines are of the
heavy switch engine type and will
nanaie tne work in the yards with
ease.
New Chief Engineer.
W. Balden Is now chief anfflnoA- nt
the O. R. N. system, J. P. Newell
havlnff reslraeii thAt nnaltlnn All
orders for Improvements and construc
tion are now Issued over the signa
ture of Mr. Balden Instead of that of
Mr. Newell, who has been a familiar
figure on the O. R. ft N. for many
years.
Children's Party.
Mrs. M. P. Castle gave a party to
their little daughter, La Verne, aged
2 years, at their home at 304 Cosble
street yesterday, at which about 15
llttie playmates of the same age, ac
companied by their mothers, were en
tertained. Refreshments were served
and an enjoyable afternoon was spent.
The new Mormon tabernacle the
finest In the world outside of Salt
Iflke at La Grande, will be ' dedi
cated June 16-111.
NATURE SPARES
The gtrickea Ito. From Grief.
What a fortunate provision of nature
It is, thut deprives the roe. of mentnl
suffering; for how poignant would be IIS
grief to discover, in tha height of Its
blooming glory, that a canker fed at Its
heart,, and that Its beauty and fragrance
were doomed forever. Nature always
spares the suffering; she Is a veritable
store-house of pleasing rewards, for
those who seek her aid. In the year
gone .by falling hair and grayness havo
cast a gloom over the lives of thousands
of young" women, but thanks to the In
vestigations of scientists the true enure
of hair destruction is now known to bo
a germ or parasite that burrows into
the hair follicles. Newbro's Herplcidr
absolutely destroys this germ, thu."
permitting the hair to grow as tin
tur. Intended. Sold by leading druf.
gists. Bend lOo. In stamps for ni:,i
to Th. Herplclde Co., Dotrolt, 711 ...
Two sixes CO cents and fl.Of.
A. OL Koeppea A Bros.
JACK BROWN
Dealer in
HIDES. WOOL & JUXX,
212 We it Webb St.
Sto Wish
For Every Kind and Color of Shoo
Anew, large and complete line just
received by us polish, cleaner and
dressing for canvas and every leather
and color of shoe.
"Ox Blood" Polish.
Russet Ton Polish.
Ladies "Gilt Edge" Dressing.
Patent Leather and Kid Polish.
Quick White Dressing.
Quick Pink Dressing.
Quick Blue Dressing.
Waterproof Dressing.
Dye For All Shoes.
See Window Display.
Roosevelt's
Boston Store
Mysterious Killing at Ellensburg.
Charles Smith died In this city this
morning as a result of Injuries receiv
ed at the hands of unknown persons
in a fight over worthless bedding.
Smith was found at his shack on
South Water street Sunday morning
and brought to the Valley lodging
house, where his Injuries were dress
ed. The surge n found eight cuts
on the scalp from 1 to 2 inches long
and places In his skull were fractur
ed by a three-cornered object, sup
posed to he Uie blade of a hand axe.
When found Smith was still con
scious and told the police that the
fellow who committed the murderous
assault slipped up behind him while
he sat upon his front porch, but that
story is believed to be the rambllngs
of an affected mind, for upon Inves
tigating his premises they found
strong evidence of fighting In the
house, and In one corner of the room
a large pool of blood where he had
been left by his assastln as dead. He
had not been seen for several days.
It Is thought by the authorities the
assault was committed either last
Friday evening or Saturday morning.
When found Smith could give no In
telligent Information as to when he
had been attacked.
As much aa could be made out of
Two-Piece Suits
There is just as much care taken in the
making: of our two-pieee garments as you
will find in any high class exclusive tailor
models. 1-2 his price.
MEN'S SHOP
MAX BAER
Smith's dying story was that the quar
rel which led up to the trouble was
over some dirty blankets which both
claimed, but robbery Is believed to
have been the motive, aa Smith's
watch and whatever amount of mon
ey he had Is missing. No one knows
who the man was aa Smith was not a
man to have companions and when
off on sprees would go It alone. Noth
ing was left behind to form a clue.
nilttnshurg Dispatch.
Here From Gnrdane.
J. W. Ray, the well known resident
of Qurdane, Is In the city today trans
acting business and buying supplies
for his ranch. Roads are now in ex
cellent condition in that direction,
there being but slight washouts this
spring, compared to those of a year
ago.
Read the East Oregonlan.
O Dayton Bros., the well known
ye specialists, are again In
Pendleton and will have their office
In the balcony suite over the French
Restaurant. If you need glasses, get
the best. Don't neglect your eyes.
Dozens of references. Byes examined
free. Will be here until June 16.
Car G IW
M Hon ol Kuupmheimr
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Btrooie.