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35 pair of our regular $3.00 Lace Curtains, 3 1-2 yds, long, reduced to, pr. $2.15
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BUI SUCCESSFUL
10 THROW OPED CENTRAL OREGON E1D
After an exhaustive hearing and the
showing of Indisputable facts before j
the commissioner of the general land
office It Is now a matter of official
record at Washington that the sup
posed desert lands of central Oregon
will produce profitable crops of grain
and that the country will support a i
railroad, says the Oregon Daily Jour
nal. The railroad builders of the
country are expected to take notice. ,
and no longer to permit the largest
area in the United States now without
transportation facilities to continue
for another year without a railroad
giving central Oregon an outlet to j
Portland.
Will Open Yarn Area.
As a result of decisions made by the
Interior department affecting projects I
of the Harney Valley Improvement j
company and the Pacific Livestock
company the government will this
year throw open to homestead settle-
ment about 55.000 acres of good val
lew lands In Harney county.
The commissioner of the general
land office has completed a review of
the case of the Pacific Livestock
company vs. the Harney Valley Im
provement company, and the result Is
In effect a victory for the livestock
company, as it declares the proposed
Irrigation plan or the Harney Valley
Improvement company to be Imprac
ticable, and decides that a large part
of the lands applied for are non-desert
lands.
The lands In question lie In town
ships 22. 23 and 24 south of range 32 j
east, in the jurisdiction of the land
office at Burns. The Harney Valley
. .-. it .1 !.. I. i
Improvement company prvp ..
rlgate the lands and applied to the
state for a segregation under the
Carey act.
The Pacific Livestock company op
r.ns,i th.. application, and contended
that the lands were capable of pro- i
during good crops without Irrigation,
and also that there was not sufficient
water available In the Sllvies river to j
properly Irrigate the lands in mid
summer. The department heard evidence of i
experts In irrigation and geological
formation, also farmers who are rais
ing good crops on unlrrlgated lands
In the vicinity. The state's applica
tion in hohnlf of the Harney Valley
Improvement company Is refused and i
the lands will be thrown open 10
homestead entry.
It was shown by testimony of James
liayberry, special agent of the Interior
department, that on certain tracts he
f'jund moist soil within three Inches
of the surface; that on all the. tracts
clasped as non-desert he found luxur
iant growth of sagebrush and rye
grasses that In some instances resem
bled fields of grownlg grain. On land
owned by an individual and surround
ed by the lands of the proposed Irri
gation tract, he found hay yielding
several tons per acre; that on some
of the lands that had been fenced and
kept free from stock grazing, profit
able crops of small grain were being
grown without Irrigation.
Will Produce Good Crop.
Further evidence In support of the
theory of Oregon boosters that central
Oregon will support a railroad was
furnished by farmers In the country
around Burns. Jasper Davis testified
that he had resided In Harney coun
ty 22 years; that on some of the land
located less than two miles from the
segregation applied for and in the
same kind of soil he la growing every
year good crops of oats, rye and other
small grain wthout Irrigation; that h-3
had been over most of the ground In
question and that In his opinion it
would produce profitable crops of
grain wfthout Irrigation.
Similar testimony was given by H.
C. Lewis, Sam Nickel, Joel Sturtevant,
and Julian Byrd, all residents of the
same region. The register of the lan!l
office had been rejecting applications
of homesteaders who wished to settle
on the lands.
Summing up the evidence the com
missioner of the general land office
held that the lands are non-desert In
character, and that If unfed by grazing
animals they can be made to produce
profitable crops of grain.
Political Information.
Registration opens for prl-
tnarles, January 6.
Closes for election, April 7.
Primary election April 17.
Registration reopens, April
21.
Close for election. May 15.
General election. June 1.
Registration reopens, Sop-
tember 20.
Close for election, Octobet
20.
Presidential election, Novem-
ber 3.
ITHST NATIONAL CONVENTION.
Popullata Meet i" Si. Ixmis Tomor
row to Name Presidential Ticket.
St. Louis. April 1. St. Louis will
tertainlnsr the
Mate .'..-
first national political convention of
the 1908 campaign, the national ses
sion of the people's party opening
here tomorrow. Scores of prominent
populists arrived today and the hotel
lobbies are filled with talking and
gesticulating delegates. Unlike most
political conventions, lawyers are In
a minority among tne delegates. u
larger portion of whom are farmers
and men engaged In small business. v
The convention will be called to or
der tomorrow in the Olympic theater,
official headuuarters have been es
tablished at the St. James Hotel. It
is expected that more than a thou
sand delegates will be in the city when
the convention opens.
A lively discussion of the probable
candidates for the presidency Is In
progress among the delegates today,
among those mentioned being Bryan,
Watson, Hearst and La Follette. Ne
braska's delegation is Instructed for
Bryan, and several other state delega
tions apparently favor the Nebraskan.
Thomas Watson of Georgia, has hun
dreds of admirers and his chances of
again being selected to head the pop
ulist ticket are apparently very good.
There Is much talk of the nomination
of Senator Robert La Follete of Wis
consin, with the understanding that
he would be Indorsed by the national
rnnrpnffnn of the Independence
league. It Is unlikely that such ac-.
tlon will be taken, however, as It Is
stated on good authority that La Fol
lette would refuse the honor.
TO VISIT ESKIMO TRIBES.
HMBfMt Professor Will Row Boat
(800 Miles into Unknown band,
His "healthy body and cheerful
mind" are the principal equipment to
be used by Vllhjamur Steffansson,
who Is to start In April in a row boat
for the arctic circle to learn the ways
of Eskimo tribes no white man has
ever visited before, says a Now York
item.
Money he will not require, but will
carry a few files, needles and butcher
knives as gifts In return for the hos
pitalities which he expects to receive.
One rifle, a few fishhooks and nets I
and a suit of fur clothing will be the
sinews of the expedition. Mr. Stef
fansson was formerly an instructor
at Harvard university, and his com
ing expedition is under the auspices
of tho American Museum of Natural
History
The expense Incident to getting to
the Mackenzie river, where he ex
pects to find his rowboat, is to bo ad
vanced by the institution. The muse
um will publish his report, and, If
It Is possible to bring them out of
the inaccessible country. It will ob
tain whnt ver ethnological specimen!
Mr. Steffansson may gather. Tho
young explorer Is of Icelandic birth
and speaks the Eskimo language flu
ently. He will live on the country
and what he can trap. He will start
late In April from Kdmonton, Alber
ta, and expects to travel 1800 miles
In the rowboat.
UMATILLA town s blind
TRAVELING SALESMAN,
S. TeriMMilnjr of Pendleton, Con
duct l.ai ue BaatoeM Although I n.
ublo to He Itupi-e-entH Home i
Remedy Company mid Travels over
All the County Bonds mid VMn
Bray teoOoa of PmntlUn county
Was One School Superintendent.
Umatilla county boasts of the only
blind man In eastern Oregon who per
sonally conducts an active nnd ex
tensive outdoor business and who Is
making a success of It In every way.
C S. Terpenlng of this city, who Is
totally blind, Is salesman for a home
remedy company of Minnesota, and
drives over every road In Umatilla
county at all seasons nf the year,
making regular visits to every sec
tion of the county.
He Is not only a highly successful
salesman, hut he Is a teacher and stu
dent of exceptional ability and before
ooming to Umatilla county was school
inpertntendent of Columbia county.
Washington, having served success
fully In that capacity.
He employs a boy to drive for Mm,
hut ho personally conducts his sales,
keeps his accounts and transacts the
business which amounts to several
thousand dollars per year.
A correspondent writing from Day
ton to the Spokesman-Review, of
Spokane. Hays of Mr. Terpenlng's ser
vices as county superintendent of Co
lumbia county:
A blind man acting as county su
perintendent of schools, a position
which require! not only education,
but a good pair of eyes. Is an occur
rence seldom hoard of. Yet It remains
for tho dusty records of Ciluinhla
county to tell the tale of competence
and capacity found In a man entirely
blind, who served with credit to tho
county for an entire term.
C. S, Terpenlng was elected county
superintendent In 18!2, taking office
In 1893. He served until 1895, two
lull years, nnd during nil the time tho
duties of the office were performed j
without hitch or delay, He visited I
the schools of the county personally, !
graded papers, attended to corres
pondence, conducted institutes, settl
ed disputes, changed boundaries of
districts and performed duties' which
fell to his lot.
Much of the work ho did by his
own efforls, but whenever eyes were
needed he saw through those of a
faithful wife, who for many years hail
been the only light he had known In
ihe world.
Ladies Heatherbloom
PETTICOATS
Deep flounced, three rows of
sheering, with' four inch dust
ruffle, Black, Blue, Brown and
Garnet.
Price: $2.25, $2 50 and $2.75
Alexander Dep't Store
Givers of Best Values
COLUMBIA BAR
632 Main St.
Phone Main 90.
Fine Wines and Liquors.
Fancy Drinks a Specialty
Hot Lunch
Pool and Billiard Parlor
Gentlemen Only
First Class Rooming House In Connection.
CORRIGAN BROS.
PROPRIETORS.
Xo fiilse pretense has marked the
career of Ely's Cream Balm. Being
entirely harmless. It Is not responsible
like the catarrh snuffs and powders,
for minds shattered by cocaine. The
great virtue of Ely's Cream Balm Is
that It speedily and completely over
conies nasal ratarrh and hay fever.
Back of this statement Is the testl
many of thousands and a reputntlon
of many years' success. All druggists
50 cents, or mailed by Ely Bros.. 56
Wan en Street. New Tork.
C8U SMi l(. i s AT LBWIBTON.
tOKK FACTS ABOUT FATS.
In a recent Issue of tbe Chic wo "Tribune,"
attention la called to tbe Urge Quantity of
Cotton Seed OU (amounting In ralue to over
113,000,000) exported each year to Italy and
other southern European countries. Investi
gation ahowa that It la there mixed with olive
oil and returned to this country at genuine
olive oll-and expert cannot detect any
difference.
Aa a matter of fact. Cotton Seed OU la quite
aa palatable and wnoleaome aa Olive Oil. and
this fact haa been recognized by Tbe N. K.
Felrbenk Company, Chicago, In the manufac
ture of their famous cooking fat COTTO
LENK. Aa tbe name Implies, COTTOLEHB
1 made from Cotton Seed OU. and It la not
only purer and far more healthful than lard,
but more economical aa weU
Pratt HtiH 'lake, Steps to Protect
Their Crops From Frosts.
The Lewlston-Clarkston valley last
night experienced again a tempera
ture low enough to cause the fruit
growers generally to light smudges
so as to protect against damage by
frost. Yesterday morning the tem
perature dropped down to the freez
ing point, and many fruit growers In
Clarkston used smudges. Yesterday
afternoon U. 8. Weather Observer
Thomas again Issued a warning that
a frost would be apt to occur, and so
last night the fruit growers again
prepared the smudges, says the Lew
iston Tribune. .
Early In the evening Mr. Thomas
reported the temperature was drop
ping quite rapidly. At 9 o'clock It
wae down to 36 and at 11 o'clock It
was 35. At that hour Mr. Thomas
stated conditions Indicated a temper
ature before morning reaching 30 and
possibly 28. In the more exposed
parts of the Immediate valley a tem
perature of 30 at 11 o'clock was re
ported from the thermometers owned
by the fruit growers.
With a temperature ranging from
2 to 30, considering the present state
of development of the apricot and
peach buds, some damage might re
sult to the fruit and It Is for this
reason that such keen Interest has
been taken this year In the matter of
smudging.
The low temperature last night
and Friday night Is the result of a
high pressure prevailing In western
Oregon, with Its center In the vicin
ity of Eugene. Yesterday It began
"P'"adlrig over the entire northwest.
$ioo Rewd, mi oo.
The readers of this paper will Im pleased
to learn that there Is nt leant "lie dreaded
disease that science has boon ahle to cure
In all Its stages, nnd that is Catarrh.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Is the only positive
cure now known to the medical frater
nity. Catarrh being a cnnntliutlonnl dls
ease, requires a constitutional treatment.
Hall's Catarrh Cure la taken Internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system, thereby destroying
the foundation of the disease, and giving
the patient strength by building up the
constitution ami assisting nature In doing
Its work. The proprietors have offered
One Hundred Dollars for any case that U
falls to cure. Send for list of testlmonl-
els. Address :
t, J. CHENEY 4 CO., Toledo, 0.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
s.U.l'.M PWNTJSB TO KAUiiiDK.
1 on man Called to Install Battery of
Mm types ut New Mining Town.
The Times-Press at Rawhide, Ne
vada,' wanting a first class machinist
to Install several linotypes and fast
presses sent for J. S. Wyant. for six
years foreman of The Capital Jour
nal, to take charge of their plant, says
the Salem Capital Journal.
Jerry, as he is familiarly known In
printing circles, has been a Salem
man for 18 years, and leaves tonight
for the great mining city that Is
springing up out of the sage brush
like a golden mushroom over night.
They seem to want talented men
down there, for they rave already se
cured John H. Cradlebaugh, and now
take one of the best mechanical ex
perts and all-around good men ever
connected with a prlntshop. Mr.
Wyant Is a member of the Masonic
lodge of this city, nn ex-presldent of
Capital Typographical union, and the
good will of these organizations and
of a host of friends goes with him.
He wears a beautiful gold signet
ring with the compliments of the
Journal office, and best wishes and
good luck attend him is the voice of
the entire force. His place at the
Mergenthaler will be able to handle
eight. 10 or 12 pages a day on one
machine, a stunt without an equal In
Oregon.
BOOM FOR WALLA WALLA.
(). R, & V (iritnts ToorW's gpcotal
I'TlvllegCH of Going Over Itrmicli
Lines.
Wnllu Walla. M uch It. An order
issued by the O. 11. & X. company,
which will mean a great deal to this
city In view of the spring nnd sum
mer Immigration movement, has Just
been made public by William Me
Murray, general passenger agent of
that company. By this now order, all
passengers coming west on special
tickets will be permitted to come
through Walla Walla whether or not
their tickets rend that way. The order
follows and Is self-explanatory:
Coupons of nine months ami special
occasion Pacific coast excursion tiok
tts sold at Colorado points n nil points
east and south thereof, or sold at Pa
cific coast terminals to Colorado and
beyond, reading In either direction,
will be honored via Walla Walla;
Westbound From Pendleton to
Walla Walla via direct line, thence to
Umatilla via Wallula.
Easthnund Prom Umatilla to Wal
la Walla via Wallula, thence direct to
Pendleton,
Coupons of similar tickets reading
between Spokane nnd Portland will be
honored via Walla Walla and Pendle
ton and coupons between Huntington
apd Spokane nnd Portland nnd Spo
kane wjll be honored via Wallula nnd
Walla Walln.
Our navy is a dandy,
Our Jackles can scrap,
If Japan starts trouble,
She'll get wiped off the map.
It has been said of our navy by ex
ports that the ships are as good as
any power's, and our gunners more
proficient. When It comes to swell
clothing our Alfred Benjamin cor
rect clothes cannot be equallde. It
U really a treat to try one on.
Bond Brothers
Leading Clothiers
The Brewery Depot
SALOON
Main Street
Paul Hemmelgarn, Prop.
Invites all his friends to call for
a glass of the best beer In town.
A cool, orderly stopping place
for men.
Wines, Liquors, Cigars and
Mixed Drinks.
Hotel St. George.
M. J. Dee, Blnloek; S. H. Jncoby,
San Francisco; A. S. Wilson, Cincin
nati; H. Carpenter, Omaha; A. M.
Brown, Portland; Joe Bailey, Echo;
B, Sobblelor. Da Ornnde; Mrs. H. C.
Bryson, Walla Walla; B. Culp, W.
Eleddlg, W. O. Mamon, I. W. Ely, C.
Berkeley, J. C. Moore, Portland; E.
S. McCarty, Dewlston; J. J. Hogan,
L. L. Duffleld, A. W. Sanders, R. J.
Gordon, Portland; S. C. Thlelc, Spo
kane; J. O. Wash and wlfo, I
Schmltt, Walla Walla; W. S. Swain,
Spokane; H. S. Masteraon, Elgin; W.
E. Stull, E. B. Jamison, Portland.
COFFEE
The world full of
anonymous coffee : "Java
and Mocha."
Who returns your
money if you don't like
'em?
Your froc ratarna your Boner '4 roa doe
ftfte akilllar'i Beet; we par hue.
STATE SALOON
Ed. R. Strahon, Prop,
Fine Wines, Liquors and Cigars.
Thoroughly renovated. A
gentleman's resort.
Hot Free Lunch Served
Joseph . Shields
REAL ESTATE DEALER
PILOT HOCK, ORE.
Bargains In cheap lands. Home
stead locations. List your land with
me.
Pendleton office with F. B. Clopton Co
BANKRUPT SALE.
Notice Is hereby given, that the
undersigned, as trustee In bankrupt
cy of the estate of John C. Cumtnlng,
bankrupt, will offer for sale at public
auction, to the highest bidder for cash,
at 2 o'clock p. m., on April 7th, 1908,
at the front door of the Weston storo
In the town of Weston, Umatilla Coun
ty, Oregon, all of the personal prop
erly and effects belonging to the es
tate of the said John C. Cummlng,
bankrupt, as shown by tho Inventory
and appraisement thereof, the same
being a lot of goods, wares and mer
chandise In said store and a lot of
open accounts, claims and notes
claimed to be owing to the said bank
rupt by sundry parties; a description
of said goods and afU4 notes and ac
counts can be seen at the office of
Mr. Thomas Fltz Gerald, Referee In
Bankruptcy, In Pendleton Savings
BnnH building, In the City of Pendle
ton. Umatilla County, Oregon; nil
pales to be made subject to confirma
tion by the District Court of the
United States for the District of Ore
gon. Dated March 26, 1908.
CHAS. H. MARSH,
Trustee In Bmkruptcy.
Guernsey
Music Sale
Continues
Post Cards
Musical Goods
and
Talking Machines
'PHONE MAIN 1150.
The Maze
Hanson & Olsen
111 COURT STREET.
Olympla Beer on Drauget
WARM LUNCH 9 A. M. TO
6 P. M.
A nice little place for a quiet lit
tle time.
THAT'S ALL.
PENDLETON, OREGON.
PASTIME PARLORS.
RUTHERFORD & MOLITOR, Props.
A quiet resort for the healthful exer
cise of
BOWLING, POOL AND BILLIARDS.
Only first-class tables used.
Cigars, confectionery, tobaccos and
soft drinks.
LEGAL BLANKS OF EVERT DE
scriptlon, for county court, circuit
court, justice court, real estate, etc.,
for sale at East Oregonlan office.