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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFOR-
NIA HAH A NOVEIj EVENT.
Relay Carnival at Werkcloy Um Flrat
Ever Held on tin- Pacific Coast
'Colleges, High Schools an.l Acad
nileH Joining In a Splendid Out
door Event at California University.
Berkeley, Cal., April 10. Under
the auspices of the University of Cal
ifornia, the first big relay carnival
ever conducted on the Pacific coast
will be held here tomorrow, and Is
.attracting athletes from all parts of
the coaut region.
College athletes, club runners,
grammar school nsplrants and novi
ces not affiliated with any organlza
tlon will take part In the different
relays scheduled for the carnival. In
the special events, the highest class
competition Is assured, owing to In
vitations having heen sent to the best
runners on the const nnd some al
most entirely now mnterlal will ap
pear, and the events have been so ar
ranged us to be novel as woll as spec
tacular. Tho mile Invitation Is one of the
five Invitation events, the others be
ing the shotput. ptfle vault, high Jump
and hundred-yard dash.
The relays, which compose the best
features of the big field day, tho
Pacific coast relay carnival, the offi
cial name given the affair, will also
be divided Into five events as fol
lows: aramma'r school relay, for
teams of six boys, inn yards each. A
banner will be given the winning
team.
Dual relay races between high
schools challenging each other, to be
run off according to the wliOi of th"
contestants as tn distance, etc.
High school championship of one
mile for teams nf five men. each to
run 352 yards.
Club championship, of similar na
ture and open to all clubs of two
roonthf standing.
College championship, with the
same conditions as In the foregoing,
cnp to be awarded In the cases of
the various championships.
In addition there will be a special
novice race, open to any amateur on
the Pnclflc coast who has never won
a first prliie In any running rnce.
The relay carnival will he held tin
der the auspices of the T'nlvor'lty of
California on the varsity cinder path
and will begin at 10 o'clock tomorrow
morning. The arrangements, direc
tions, nnd management of the nff.ilr
have been placed In the hands of the
"PlR C" society of the university. The
fraternities and house cluhs at the
university are making elaborate ar
rangements and nre looking forward
with considerable pleasure to the en
tertainment of the visiting athletes.
CATHOLICS TO ORGANIZE.
National league of Sooletle U fU
Intr Formed Today.
Lafayette. Ind.. April 10. A na
tional league of the Catholic societies
of American universities and.'folleges
will be organized as the- result of a
convention opened today at Purdue
University.
Institutes from the Atlantic to
the Pacific are represented by dele
gates. Including Harvard and other
big eastern universities. Nearly all
Important colleges have local socletlei
of Catholic students, and by organiz
ing ob a national scale the work of
bodies of this nature will be central
ized and rendered more effective.
The leaders state that there Is no
1 combative purpose In their uniting
but rather they recognize the Import
ance of 'the social movement now be
ing experienced In this country and
that by uniting they are merely Iden
tifying themselves with the spirit of
the time.
Then, too, there Is the great advan
tage to be gained from an Interchange
of Ideas and a comparison of methods
in vogue at the various Institutions
for holding the students of this creed
together.
Other results are also expected and
one of the motives that has not been
brought Into the foreground as yet 18
the formation of a sort of National
Lecture bureau where the best Cath
olic speakers of the land may be se
cured to give talks upon various sub
jects of interest to Catholic students
and people generally.
BAY STATE REPUBLICANS MEET
Men's
Chic
and
Correct
Suits
YOU really ought
to see them
New, unusual pat
terns; Extreme, uhra
fashionable cut, the
very thing the smart
est dressed men of
New York are wear
ing. There is nothing
freakish about these
suits, although every
style feature is
sharply accented.
The Quality of
materia and work
manship is the same
as in every other
"Benjamin" S u i t
the best obtainable.
In our entire line
of Spring Clothing,
the "Benjamin
Standard of Quality
ti in Mens buits is
fully in evidence.
These are exclu
sive styles and this
is the only store in
this city where you
can see them. We
earnestly invite you
to call. The prices
are very modest.
Taft Adherents Say They Will Have
18 of S3 Delegates.
Boston, Apll 10. With Postmaster
General George von L. Meyer presid
ing as chairman, the Massachusetts
republican state convention was call
ed to order in Tremont Temple at
10:30 o'clock this morning.
After the transaction of preliminary
business, the convention adjourned
until this afternoon, when four dele
gates at Urge to the national conven
tion will be elected.
Lodge, Crane and Bates are almost
sure of places among the "big four,"
but a lively fight is expected in the
selection of the fourth delegate.
The choice for the latter lies be
tween former Secretary of the Navy
John D. Long and Colonel Sydney O
Begney, the Taft candidate.
Congressional district conventions
will be held next week lrf many Mas
sachusetts districts. In nearly all die
trlcts tho principal Issue between the
candidates for delegates Is the sup
port of Taft.
Adherents of the war secretary de
clare that they will secure at least 18
of the 32 delegates from this state
This is denied by the antl-Taft men
who say that not more than nine or
Bond Bros.
Pendleton's Leading Clothiers
frfyttjbt o$ By
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Bumper Crop Coming.
Th deoartment of agriculture to
day announced the reports of agents
of the bureau of statistics crop re
porting board that the average condi
tion of winter wheat on April 1 was
91.3 per cent against 89.9 per cent
on April 1, HO; 98.1 on April 1,
1908, 91. per cent on April 1, 1906,
and S8.2 he 10-year average, says a
Washington dispatch. The average
condition of rye on April 1 was 89.1,
against 92 on April 1, 1907, and a 10
year average of 89.8.
Read the Bast Oregonlan.
Byers' Best Flour
Is made from the choicest wheat thtat grows. Goad bread Is assur
ed when BYERS' BEST FLOOR Is need. Bran, Short. Steam Rolled
Barley always on hand.
PENDLETON ROLLER MILLS
W. 8. BYERS, Proprietor.
NOTARY PUBLIC
We make oat.
DEEDS,
rTGAGBS,
LEASES,
WILLS,
POWER OF ATTORNEYS.
Have yonr Notary work done y a reliable Notary.
FRANK B. CLOPTON & CO.
1 1? t. Court St. Pendleton, Ore.
10 delegates from this state will vote
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