DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, Till ltSDAY, JCNE 20, 1907.
EIGIIT PAGES.
GHEAPER1IRATES
For Friday and
ARE DEMANDED
PAGE TWO.
Saturday
ains Beyond Compare.
Barg
Pest grade of Calicoes for, yard ,")C
Host grade 8 l-3c Wash Goods for, yard
Test grade 12Hc Muslin for, yard IOC
West grade of 15c Long Cloth for, yard 12c
Eest grade of 25c Persian Lawn for, yard. . . .
Best grade of 15c Indian Linen for, yard 12C
Best grade of 12 t Toweling for, yard .... Qq
Best grade of 12 He Bath Towels for IOC
Best grade 50c White Hose for, pair 40C
Best grade 25c Vests for, each HOC
Best grade (1.35 Bed Spreads for $1,10
WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HATS ALL AT
HALF PRICE.
$1.50 Suits for 98c
Ladles Shirt Waist Suits of fancy polka dot lawn,
full flounced skirt, regular $1.50. for a suit -JSC
75c Kimonas for 57c
Short Kimonas of figured Lawns .dark an light
colors, regular 75c grade for 57C
50c White Aprons for 39c
White Aprons, fancy embroidered bibs, round with
ruffled edge, regular 60c value for 39C
$1.75 Underskirts for $1.19
Black sateen Underskirts of mercerized sateen, deep
ruffled and accordian plaited flounce, regular
11.75 values for $1.19
Your choice of any Tailored Suit for
Half Price.
THE MEN'S CLOTHING DEPT.
is Giving the Best Bargains of the
Season Friday and Saturday.
EVERY MAN'S Sl lT IN THE HOUSE IS RE
DUCED NOT LESS THAN 10 PER CENT, AND
SOME OF THEM ARE REDUCED AS MUCH AS
50 PR CENT.
WE ARE SELLING SOME OF OUR
110.00 Suits for ; $6.95
$12.60 Suits for
' 115.00 Suits for
$17.50 Suits for
$7.95
$9.85
$11.95
Boys' Clothing All Reduced.
NOT ONE SUIT BUT IS REDUCED 10 PER
CENT AND SOME AS MUCH AS BO PER CENT.
WE HAVE ALL THE NEW STYLES AND
WEAVES. NOW IS YOUR CHANCE TO DRESS
YOUR ROYS AT SMALL COST.
0
Men's Hals.
EST AND BEST STOCK OF nATS IN EASTERN
EVERYBODY KNOWS WE CARRY' THE LARG
OREGON. W E VE EVERYTHING THAT'S RIGHT;
CAN FIT ALMOST ANY HEAD.
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WE WILL SELL OUR
$2.00 Hats for
(2.50 Hats for .
J 3. 00 Hats for
$3.50 Hats for .
$4.60 Hats for
$5.00 Hats for
$1.45
$1.85
$2.15
$2.35
$3.40
$3.95
GROCERY SPECIALS
FRUIT JARS. A complete line of Fruit Jars, Caps and Rubbers.
Fancy Mountain Potatoes, per cwt. $2.00 Fine Fat Young Chicken, each 50c
Fancy New Potatoes, per lb. - - 6c Fresh Vegetables and Fruits
The Peoples Warehouse
Save Your Coupons
Where it. Pays to Trade
161,10,11 AQUEDUCT FOR NEW YORK
Peekskill, N. Y., June 20. With,
Impressive ceremonies near here to
day work was formally Inaugurated
in one of the greatest engineering
undertakings In the world's history
the aqueduct which la to supply New
York city with water from the Cats
kill mountain region. The aqueduct
w ill be the greatest of ancient or mod
ern times. It will cost $181, 000.000
20,000,000 In excess of the estimated
cost' of the Panama canal and thirty
times the cost of the Corinth canal,
which the Roman empire under Nero
undertook but did not finish.
A large official party from New
Tork city participated In the cere
monies marking the Inauguration of
the work of construction. Bishop
Potter offered prayer, J. Edward Sim
mons, president of the board of water
supply, made the welcoming address,
and Mayor McClellan delivered the
principal address of the day. Charles
N. Chadwick made the formal presen
tation of the spade to the contractors
and the exercises were brought to a
close with a benediction by Right
Rev. Father Lavelle, vicar general
of the diocese of New Tork.
It is estimated that it will take be
tween 16 and JO years to complete
the aqueduct.. When finished It will
Increase the water supply of the me
tropolis by 600,000.000 gallons every
24 hours, led under the Hudson river
more than 100 miles away from the
seven artificial lakes to be construct
ed In the Catkilla. and of these sour
ces that at Ashokan alone will con
tain more water than all three of the
Lakes of Klllarney.
The building of the aqueduct, which
will have a capacity of a small river,
beneath the Hudson river and the Ir
regular country adjacent known as
the Highlands is an extremely dlflf
cult problem. An enormous territory
must be drained, whose northern
boundary is 130 miles from New
Tork city. In an area of over sev
eral hundred square miles entire towns
must be destroyed to make room for
reservoirs. It has been decided to
carry the tunnel beneath the famous
headland of the Hudson known as
Ptorm King. At this point the viaduct
will be built more than 800 feet be
low the surface of the river.
The aqueduct will be covered
throughout Its entire length. Much
of It will pass far below the surface,
where It will be necessary to tunnel
In .places where the aqueduct will he
above or near the surface It will be
built In the form of a trench and later
arched over. . In such cases even the
roof win not be left exposed, but will
be covered with earth and stone to
strengthen it against all possible at
tacks of time and weather.
The aqueduct will carry 30 times as
much water as did the famous aque
ducts of Rome combined. The 12
reservoirs which must be constructed
to hold the enormous flow of water
from the various watersheds of the
Caukllls and adjacent hills will far
exceed in size anything of the kind in
the world. One of these reservoirs
will be 12 miles long with an aver
age width of IVk miles. The Asho
kan reservoir alone will have a ca
pacity of 170,000,000 gallons, or
double the present water supply of
New Tork city.
APPROVES 6EXTEXCE.
Private William Taylor of tlie SJtli
Infantry Must Hang.
Word comes from Washington that
the president has approved of the
sentence of Private William Tailor,
Co. M., 24th Infantry, who was sen
tenced by the civil court of the Phil
ippine islands to be hanged for the
killing of First Lieutenant Robert B:
Calve't, 24th Infantry.
Private Taylor Is a negro, and was
a member or Lieutenant s company
on duty in the Island of Luzon when
the murder was committed. Con-
sldernbe Interest was manifested In
the case as It was the first of Its
kind In the American army for many
years and It was not known what
disposition the president would take
on the death sentence.
He approved the sentence without
comment and left t to the prison
guard for execution. Taylor will be
hung at the military prison Just out
of Manila, P. I., and will be the first
soldier to be hanged In time of peace
for many years.
supply or other facilities warrant it,
are selling drinking water at from 3
to 6 cents per five gallons. An Ice
plant in one of the principal country
towns has had to cease operations on
account of having no water.
All the banana cultivations, with
the exception of a few on the south
side of the Island which have always
been under Irrigation, are suffering
greatly from the want of moisture, re
suiting in a considerable falling off
in the quality and quantity of the
fruit. The present yield Is scarcely
over 60 per cent of what It was the
corresponding period last year. The
trees are giving much smaller bunches
and taking longer to mature. Cocoa
Is also receiving a setback. There
is an appreciable shortage In the
current reaping, and many fields of
young plants have been burnt and
withered as a result of no moisture
and too much heat.
The planters are exceedingly anx.
lous and are expressing fears, not only
of a very diminished crop of bananas
this 'year, but also of the effect the
drought Is having on the young plants
to yield next year's harvest.
Se
RUINOUS DROUGHTS.
Banana Plantations of Jamaica
vercly Injured.
Consul N. R. Snyder, of Port An
tonio, reporting on the scarcity of
water in Jamaica, says:
For nearly three months the island
of Jamaica has been experiencing se
vere drought, the like of which has
not occurred for about 12 years. In
some of the western parishes many
of the springs have dried up, water
tanks which acted as reservoirs for
the collection of rain water have ex
hausted their supply, and even ponds
where from cattle were watered are
drying. '
Many cattle have died from want
of water In these districts, and some
few fortunate persons whose present
RAILROAD COMMISSION
PRODS STANDARD OIL
i ,
t'nmpltitnt Is Muilp to tlio Interstate
Commerce Commission tlwt the
Rnte on Denatured AIco1k1 Is Ex
cessiveRates Must be Lowered to
Give Oregon Fanners a Chance
for C heap Fuel.
The Oregon Railroad commission
Is about to make trouble for the
Standard OH company In this part of
the country. Yesterduy a complaint
was prepared by the commission and
forwarded to Uia Interstate Com
merce commission complulnlng of
the freight rate on denatured alco
hol, and asking the commission to
cKtabllsh a new and much lower rate,
rai a a Sulem dispatch. The Oregon
commission will press the case with
vigor. In llie hope of securing a low
er rote on fuel alcohol, and if this
Is secured it will mean a lower rate
on gasoline with which the alcohol
comes tu, competition.
The Oregon commission has taken
up this- tight on Its own initiative.
The commission has taken this mat
ter up In the interest not only of
Oregon consumers, but of all coast
purchasers, for the reduction of rales
i asked for from Chicago and Mis
souri river points to all coast termi
nals. The complaint names as de
fendants all the railroads doing buM
ness between Chicago and the coast.
Aside from the formal portions of
the complaint. It alleges In brief:
That defendants by their tariff
schedules now maintain for the
ransportntion of alcohol of all kinds.
Including denatured alcohol In wood
en barrels or Iron drums, a rate of
5 cents per 100 pounds In carloads
nd 11.25 per 100 pounds In less than
carload3 from Chicago and said Mis
souri river common points to said
north Pncific coast terminals Includ
ing Portland. Astoria, Albina and
other points in the state of Oregon
that such rate as applied on denatur
ed alcohol Is unreasonable and un
just, both generally and relatively.
In consideration of the transportation
service, performed, and unduly pre
judicial to dealers and shippers of
denatured alcohol at Oregon points,
and to their traffic In said commodity.
That there Is no Jut reason why
denatured nlcohol should be put In
the rar.ie class and accorded the same
rate as proof alcohol; that denatured
alcohol, because It 1b cheaper in price
and is used for entirely different pur
poser than said proof alcohol, should
take a lower rnte than proof nlcohol
that denatured alcohol, owing to re
cent encouragement and development
can be manufactured quite cheaply
and is a necessity for fuel and other
purposes; that no Internal revenue
tax Is levied on denatured nlcohol
whereas proof alcohol is so taxed to
the extent of 32 a gallon.
That dennt'.ired nlcohol Is used ns n
hnrxehnld article for fuel nnd ether
external purposes, whereas proof
alcohol Is used mainly In medicinal
and other beverage preparations In
tended for Internal application. That
at said unreasonable carload 85-ccnt
rate and less than carload $1.25 rate
denatured alcobcl la compelled to pay
and 18 cents per gallon less
than carload for such transportation
to said Oregon points. That such
charge also works unjust discrimina
tion against the traffic In denatured
alcohol and should be changed.
CREEK ARMY HORSES.
Hungary Fnrnlsliei Largo Supply nt
$1.10 Each.
Consul-Oeneral George Horton
makes tho following report from
Athens on the methods of purchasing
horses for the Oreek army:
Nearly all the horses used by the
Greek army are bought In Hungary.
Recently an order for 715 horses
was placed In Srabadka, at 750 and
800 francs each (franc equals 19.3
cents), delivered In Piraeus. The
Hungarian Society Thterverslche
rungs-Gesellschaft, of Budapest, has
now Invited the Greek government to
Inspect a lot of 1600 horses that It
has on hand.
This Is a society of which many o
the leading horse raisers of Hun
giry belong, and It Is said that the
participation, of the society In any
transaction Is' a guaranty of quality,
For this reason Its price for cavalry
horses s about 30 francs higher thnn
the prices quoted for the 715, some
of which are alleged to have been
diseased animals, having been fur
nlshed by a private dealer, The so.
clely's price of 830 drachmas apiece,
at present rates of exchange, Is about
16.0 per horse.
The W. P. Tork stock of horses
which were to be put on sale at the
Alta barns, will not be brought to Pen.
dleton, as they have been disposed of
to other parties. However, Mr. Bltt
ner has many others for sals at his
barns, representing draught, driving
and saddle horses.
Read the Bast Oregoniaa.
Notice to Contractors.
Sealed proposals will be received at
the office of T. F. Howard, architect,
In the Despaln block, up to 4 o'clock
p. m June 28, 1907, for the building
and completion of a boys' dormitory
for Pendleton academy; the excavat
Ing for the building being now done
Each bid must be accompanied with
a certified check for K per cent of the
amount of the bid. the check being
made payable to Pendleton academy,
which check will be forfeited to the
academy in case the bidder selected
to do the work fails to execute to the
academy a contract and bond for the
performance of the work according to
the plans and specifications prepared
for the building.
The right is reserved to reject any
and all bids for the work.
July 14, 1907.
Read the East Oregoniax, '
Mayor Moore and City Clerk Flem
Ing of Spokane have filed with the
secretary of state at Olympla a state'
ment that Spokane has 77,587 pop
ulatlon.
k The Sign of
Good Coffee
Sold on Merit
Aroma-tight tint
J. A. F0LQER
Ladies
and
Children
as well as old folks and those unaccustomed to it
arc oftentimes dismayed by the confusion and up
roar of trains and travel.
It is wrong; to consign these people to the care
of any save the most conscientious and careful
attendants.
You will find this kind on the Rock Island's
through Pullman Tourist sleeping cars between
San Francisco or Los Angeles and the East.
We make a specialty of Tourist Excursions.
Special Tourist Conductors are employed to pilot
these parties on the overland trip.
Our red older, entitled "Across the Continent la a Tourist
Skcpine Car," will tell you all about It.
li you save any friends going East and can't go with them
sernf (Asm hy Rock ItlanJ PtnonaOy
CfNMracfsa Toarut Car.
Cenersl Afent.
Rock Mind-FrUco Line.
140 Third St., PORTLAND. ORE.
Trained nurses know where to order
their medicines, drugs and sick-room
supplies. Experience has taught them
that their orders will be quickly and'
more carefully filled here than any
where else In town, consequently they
are ever recommending this establish
ment to whoever employs them. And
the nurse knows best that everything
reaching' her from us Is of the best,
freshest and purest quality; that there
nre no delays, but quick, safe, and ac
curate service at a moderate charge.
F. J. DONALDSON
DO YOV ANT TO PUT Oil liLILD A HOME? If you do. and If
you desire to borrow money io assist you. It will pay you to read this
carefully. Baaed on S1000 mortgage:
S6 ra tlu, t-t years flat loan at .0638 per cent, i3I.lt per month
48 months, or 4 years flat loan at .0643 per cent, J25.34 per month
10 months, or I years flat loan at .0:49 per cent, $11.54 per raonih
71 months, or years Tat loan at .0666 per cent, $18.61 per month
98 months, or 8 years flat loan at .0670 per cent, $16.17 per month
110 months or 10 years flat loan at .0686 per cent, $18.11 per month
Remember, the actual cost to the bo owtr j simply the total sum
that he Is required to pay.
FRANK B. CLpPTON & CO.
1 12 E. Court. St.. Pendleton. Ore.
WALTER'S NEW j
HARD WHEAT FLOUR
Try It
New brand now on ' the market.
Made by bis new modern process.
It beau all for perfect bread baking.
Walters' Flour Mills
PENDLETON, OREGON
Just Received
A CARLOAD OF
Gas Elarhges
and
Stove Plate
Call and Pick Yours Out
NORTHWf STERN
GAS & ELECTRIC CO.
MATLOCK BUILDING