DAILY RA8T ()RB(iOMAN, PENDLETON, OREGON. THURSDAY, APIUL 9, 1908.
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BIGHT PAGO.
Land For One-Fourth Its Value
The opportunity of owning such land on such terms comes but once in a
lifetime. It is here now; are you willing and ready to grasp it ?
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Fruit land, with all its great advantages, can be bought in tracts of ten or more acres at from ninety
to three hundred dollars per acre, including a perpetual water supply for irrigation, on terms of one
fifth down and one-fifth a year for five years, or one-fourth down and the balance at any time up to
five years provided the buyer improves the land purchased, it being the intention of the campany to
take one-fourth cash and let the buyer pay for his land from the crops raised on it. In other words,
we will sell you, say $1,000 worth of land for which you pay us $250 cash and share your profits
with us until you have paid us the remaining $750. Could anything be fairer, or do more to show
our confidence in this land ?
Ten acres is is enough, for under irrigation the yield per acre is more than ten times as great as
from land farmed in the Mississippi valley, and a man with ten acres in fruit is independent for life.
Mr.J.W. Fox will leave your city Friday
April 10, at 4:30. Call at Hotel St. Geo
rge and make arrangements to go and see
this beautiful tract of land, even if you do
not want to buy, the trip is worth the
time and price.
For Further Information Call or Write To
SPENCER, FOX fi GREGORY
WALLA WALLA
WASHINGTON
PORTLAND
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The Portland Commercial club'
prize essay contest was decided last
night, says the Oregonlan. John Roach
Stratton, ol Baltimore, Id., was
awarded the capital prise or $1000,
and Miss Mated Howe, Portland,
was awarded .the second prise of $500.
Eighty prises were awarded, -varying
In amount from $260 to $10. A total
of $B00t was distributed among SO out
of 340 oenteptants.
Oregon reoelved a tremendous
amount of advertising as the result of
the Commercial club's contest, which
was carried through by Manager
Tom Richardson. Not only were the
articles entered In the contest, which
were descriptive of Portland and Or
.egon, printed In newspapers all over
the United States, but a number of
prize winning stories were published
In foreign papers.
The content was a great success
from every standpoint, and particu
larly in that It aroused widespread In
terest In this state because of the
publicity secured, the obect of the
Commercial club In launching the
contest.
Judges In the contest were Prof.
James P. Ewlng of Portland academy.
J. P. Tyler, news edtter of the Ore
gon Journal, and W. . Cuddy, editor
of the Weekly Oregonlan. The com
mittee returned Its finds last night.
Judge Face Huge Task.
It was a monumental task for the
committee to decide upon the merits
of the large number of articles sub
mitted. In a number of articles con
testants submitted a number of arti
cles, one entering 63 consecutive let
ters appearing In a weekly publica
tion. It was decided at the outset by
the Judges that only one prize should
be awarded to Individual contestants.
The contest was started In the
spring of 1908, and was at first plan
ned to Include only articles by school
teachers who visited the Lewis and
Clark fair from the east. It was be
lieved that If the impressions of these
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teachers were written and printed In
periodicals printed outside of Oregon,
the resulting publicity would prove
very beneficial for Oregon. The scope
of th contest was enlarged I little
later to include any one who wished
to enter.
Checks will be written tomorrow by
Manager Tom Richardson, of the
Commercial club, ami mailed to prize
winners.
Mis How Portland (iirl.
Miss Mateel Howe, winner of sec
ond prize, was a Kansas girl, having
been born In Atchison, Kan., 54 years
ago. Site has lived In Portland the
past two years. Although a child of
tho prnlrles, she has come to like
Portland and Its nearby mountains
better than the plains of the mlddlo
west, as her prise whining rtory
shows.
Miss Howe received her education
In some of the best eastern schools,
helng a graduate of the Mt. Vernon
seminary, Washington, D. C, where
she lived for four, years. Upon grad
uation, In 1906, she accompanied her
father, .E W. Howe, on a trip around
the world. HaVlng visited tho prin
cipal cities of the world on this trip,
she Is In a position to speak with con
siderable authority on the charms of
Portland.
Miss Howe comes from a literary
family. Her father is editor of the
Atchison Globe and is tho author of
ft number of booka His latest work
Is the story of the trip around the
world, which has had a large sale.
Miss Howe's two brothers are news
paper men. She has been a contrib
utor to various periodicals for some
time The Independent,, New York,
recently printed one of her stories
and another will appear In the Ladies'
Home Journal in the July number.
She got her name, Mateel, from the
heroine of her father's book, "The
Story of a Country Town."
All who have watched Miss Howe's
progress are enthusiastic about her
work and predict n brilliant future
for her.
The -report of the Judges of the
contest Is as. follows:
Thomas Richardson, Manager
Commercial club:
Your committee, appointed by Gov
ernor George E. Chamberlain to de
cide the prise contest for the best
sustained stories of Portland and vi
cinity, beg leave to report:
treroii Widely Advertised.
That in all about 340 contestants
submitted articles and the total num
ber of newspapers, magazines and
other periodicals n which stories ap
peared will reach about 400. The
newspapers used as vehicles for tho
stories are publications Issued In
every state of the union and in many
of the prominent cities of the coun
try. Articles submitted and accepted
have been published in several for
eign newspapers, noticeably In Great
Britain, Canada and Mexico. The
contest was far-neachlng in Its good
results and not oly were the articles
forming the bulk of the correspond
ence published In the newspapers to
which they were submitted by con
testants, but the clipping bureaus show
thai they were extensively copied and
commented upon In hundreds of pub
lications not entered. as "competitive"
papers.
As an advertising medium no bet
ter method could haw been adopted.
When the returns shall have been
checked up the results will undoubt
edly show that Portland and Oregon
have been benefited to the extent of
thousands upon thousands of dollars.
Roughly estimated, the direct adver
tising value of the articles entered In
the contest would have cost about
$25,000. Junt how much more of ad
vertising value could be totaled from
Indirect results will probably be bet
ter calculated later In the season.
Every article entered In the contest
was given the most careful considera
tion. Each member of the commit
tee passed on the stories and In many
cases there were two and three read
ings of one article.
A deal of time has been consumed
In arriving at conclusions as to prises,
but this could not have been avoided
as the reading and rereading of ap
proximately 800,000 words of copy
had to bo done at odd hours, as all
of your committee are busy men. No
one of us has sllghtted the work and
contestants can rest assured that no
snap judgment was taken of their
work.
Trusting that the findings of the
committee will please the club and
satisfy the contestants, we are, re
spectfully, JAMES F. EWING.
JAMES & TYLER,
W. J. CUDDY.
$100 Reward. $100.
The renders of this paper will be pleased
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Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive
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Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken Internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
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es. Address :
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Sold by all Drugs lata. 75c.
Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
All for Statement No. 1.
The Cove correspondent for the La
Grande Morning Star says: Politics
are almost at the boiling point now in
Cove. The voters of Cove will not
vote for any man for any office, not
even constable, who Is not a state
ment No. 1 man. No others need ap
ply. Neither will we support any
man for office who was opposed to
statement No. 1 and turned over to
get votes. We find a few such men
now on the ticket, but the voters of
Cove will say to such men: "Depart,
we know you nit; we stand for the
people first, the party be d ."
Plenty of Trouble
Is caused by stagnation of the liver
and bowels. To get rid of It and
headache and biliousness and the
poison that brings Jaundice, take Dr.
King's Now Life Pills, the reliable
purifiers that do the work without
grinding or griping. 26c at Tallman
& Co.'s drug store.
Judge Dowllng Have you anything
to say against the verdict?
Prisoner (who has received life
sentence) Only that If I don't live
to serve it out I wish you would put
my attorney In to finish It., Judge
Announcements
of Candidates
Candidate for re-nomlnat on by the
Republican party at the coming pri
mary election to be held April 17,
1808.
FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE.
C. A. Barrett
(Present Incumbent.)
Candidate for the nomination by
the republican party at trie coming
primary election to be held April 17.
1908.
FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE.
L L. Mann
I hereby announce my candidacy
for the nomination by the republican
party at the coming primary election
to be held April 17. 1908,
FOR REPRESENTATIVE.
C. W. Steen
Candidate for re-nomlnat on by the
Republican party at the coming pri
mary election to be held April 17.
1908.
FOR COUNTY TREASURER,
Geo. W. Bradley
(Present incumbent.)
Candidate for re-nominat on by the
Republican party at tne coming pri
mary election to be held April 17,
1908.
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
Horace Walker
(Present Incumbent.)
For Umatilla and Morrow counties.
Candidate for the nomination by the
republican party at the coming pri
mary election to be held April 17,
1908.
FOR JOINT REPRESENTATIVE
T. J. Mahoney
Candidate for the nomination by
the Republican party at the coming
primary election to be held April 17.
1908.
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
A. H. Sunderman
I hereby announce my candidacy for
the Democratic nomination, at the
coming primary election, to be held
April 17. 1908.
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
J. Hudemann
Commission work surely calls for a
man of experience as the duties of a
commissioner are of a serious and Im
portant nature.
I have proven myself qualified for
the position, and I am the only can
didate with two years previous ex
perience In railroad commission work,
having served on the commission In
1901 and 1902.
If you believe in electing a man to
this important office who will give the
people a "Square Deal," and one who
thoroughly understands a commission
er's duty from past experience, I earn
estly solicit your support and vote.
Yours respectfully,
A. N. Hamilton
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR
RAILROAD COMMISSIONER.
I hereby announce myself as a can
didate for the nomination for the of
fice of County Commissioner, subject
to the approval of the people at the
primaries, April 17.
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
Joe Bailey
I hereby announce ray candidacy
for the nomination by the democrat!
party, at the coming primary electlea
to be held April 17, 1908.
FOR COUNTY RECORDER
John Q. Peebler
Candidate for Republican nomina
tion for
STATE RAILROAD COMMISSIONER
A practical railroad man. Stands
for enforcement of the law, proper
inspection of railroads; equitable
rates.
C. C. LOUCKS
Candidate for re-nomlnatlon by the
Republican party at the coming pri
mary election to be held April 17.
1908.
FOR COUNTY SCHOOL SUPERIN
TENDENT. Frank K. Welles
(Present incumbent.)
I hereby announce my candidacy for
the republican nomination for re-election
as district attorney, sixth Judic
ial district, subject to the action of
the republican voters at the coming
primary election, April 17, 1908.
FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
G. W. Phelps
Candidate for re-nomlnatlon by the
Republican party at the coming pri
mary election to be held April 17, 1901
RECORDER OF CONVEYANCES.
Fred W. Hendley
(Present incumbent)
I hereby announce my candidacy
for the re-nomlnatlon, at the primary
election to be held April 17, 1908, for
sheriff.
FOR SHERIFF.
T. D. Taylor
(Present Incumbent.)
Candidate for re-nomlnatlon by the
Republican party at the coming pri
mary election to be held April 17,
1908.
FOR COUNTY CLERK.
Frank baling
(Present Incumbent.)
Candidate for the noflnatton ey the
republican party at the coming pri
mary' election to be held on April 17,
1908.
FOR COUNTY RECORDER
Chas. E. Macomber
Candidate for re-nominatlon by the
Republican party at the coming pri
mary election to be held April 17,
1908.
FOR COUNTY CORONER
Ralph Folsom
(Present Incumbent.)
Hereby announces his candidacy for
the nomination of
COUNTY CORONER
at the Republican primary election,
to be held April 17, 1908.
Chas. WJWall
I W. R. ELLIS FOR CONGRESS. f
Present Incumbent and an Eastern Oregon Man.'
The following abstract from the oflclal vote of the primaries ot
April 20, 1906, shows the relative strength of the congressional can
didates In their home counties. This Is the supreme test of a man's
standing In any community, and Is more eloquent than words.
FOR GOVERNOR.
Marlon County James Withycombe (of Benton county) 1734 votes
Marion County T. T. Geer (of Marlon county) 1209 votes
Union County Withycombe 497 votes
Union County Geer 332 votes
"Y! FOR GOVERNOR AND CONGRESS.
Umatilla County T. T. Geer, for governor 483 votes
Umatilla County W. R. Ellis, for congress 1207 votes
Union County T. T. Geer, for governor 332 votes
Union County W. R. Ellis, for congress 506 votes
In the interest of harmony vote for
GEORGE S. SHEPHERD
Republican Candidate for Congress
Stands for
Election of Senators by direct vote of the people,
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