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XHREE LEAGUE GAMES
Or BASEBALL TODAY
Butte Opens in Seattle, Aberdeen at
Spokane iind Vancouver at Taoonia
BcMt Baseball in Many Years to
Be Seen la t"e NorUme Tlds
Season.
Seatle, Wash., April 17. Opening
contests of the Northwestern league
will be played tomorrow, Inaugurat
ing a season that promises to be the
most exciting and speotatcular In the
history of the national g.-une. Butte
will open In this elty, Aberdeen at
Bpokane and Vancouver at Tacoma.
Although three of the towns In the
league are comparatively small, the
clubs have the backing of men of
great wealth and the class of ball
played will probably be superior to
that in any other minor league In the
United States.
. The manager of every team has
been ordered to get together a squad
that will capture the rag, regardless
of expense, and the millionaires -of
the lumber and mining towns are he
roically putting up the needful.
The Northwestern league has been
In existence for two glorious years
and was founded as a rival eto th
Pacific Coast league, of which Seattle
and Tacoma were formerly members.
Owing to dissatisfaction with the ar
rangements with the California cities,
the Northwestern league broke Into
the game and its existence has been
more than justified by susequent
events.
Last year Seattle witnessed -the
fastest and snappiest baseball that
has ever- been played west of the
Rockies, and the prospects for the
season just opening are even better.
Aberdeen won the pennant lost
season. Aberdeen Is a sawmill and
tidewater town of about 16,000. The
millionaire lumbermen backed the
team and engaged a bunch of former
big leaguers that had everything their
own way from start to finish.
This year, however, Aberdeen is go
ing to have some hard sledding. The
big cities do not like the idea of the
sawdust outfit standing at the head,
an there will be some howling If the
managements do not trim some of the
pomposity out of the" lumberjacks.
Vancouver, which finished last, is
now In the hands of a hustling crowd,
and the Canadians, who like baseball
fully as well as their cousins on this
side, can make it decidedly Interest
ing for the manager if his earn does
not stay with the bunch. The Cana
dian team is heavily backed by weal
thy men.
Then there Is the Amalgamated
Copper team at Butte, which glee
fully Jingles the gold of the "system."
They want to win, and Ruas Hall, the
manager, is said to have received or
ders to .finish on top or Jump Into the
deepest mine.
Thus, with the three teams in the
smaller dues backed by the gold ot
lumber and mining kings, the three
larger cities are going to have some
'tall work cut out for them.
REDSKINS BEGIN SEASON.
Carlisle DmIIuii Team Are Ready to
Make New Reoordk
Carlisle, Pa.. April 17. Athletes .of
Carlisle Indian school will begin the
1908 track and field season tomorrow
with the annual cross-country race.
Several star runners are entered In
this event, which promises to bo more
than usually close nnd exciting. Other
track and field events in which the
redskins will compete are the relay
carnival of the University of Pennsyl
vania at Philadelphia on April 25. tn
terclass meet on May 2, duul meet
with Penn. StHte on May 9, dual meet
with Syracuse at Elmlra, N. T., on
May 15, triangular met with Swarth
more nnd Dickinson at Carlisle on
Muy 23, and the intercollegiate State
championship meet at Harrisburg on
May SO.
Under the direction of Coach Olen
S. Warner, he candidates for the va
rious places on the trak and field
team arc showing up well, and some
of them are expected to make some
phenomenal records before the season
is over.
"Ridiculous Story" from Pendleton.
That was a ridiculous story sent out
from Pendleton by the special cor
respondent of the Portland Telegram,
says the Baker City Democrat. There
is not a word of truth In the story
and apparently was gotten up out of
whole cloth. Mrs. Patton and daugh
ter are In Baker City, and nre re
siding here. The daughter, said by
the correspondent to be Mrs. Ida
Thompson, killed at the Emeryville
race track, called at the Democrat of
fice yesterday with the clipping 'from
the Telegram In her hand.
For gale at Ilermiston.
A well built, 6 roov cottage, very
desirable location. Possession soon,
owner vacating A good Investment;
for price and terms, address P O
Box 111, Hermlston, Oregon.
Arbor Day in Idaho.
Boise, Idaho, April 17. Arbor day
was observed in the public schools of
Boise today with the customary ob
servances. COFFEE
Nothing does morq for
a grocer, one way or the
other, than coffee. He
must sell poor; (he needn't
sell it to you) it is good
tNt makes him.
Your frocer return, rour mon.r U you don't
like Schilling's Best: w. w W
Hanging as Sport.
We would uol deny the gravity of
death. It Is a quite serious matter
ven to those of us who, while con
clous of, or at least udmlttlng, no
really sinful performinees In the past,
would nevertheless, If pressed, con
fess to certain minor Indiscretions
which we would bo only too willing to
Join with the Lord In forgetting. Nev
ertbeleas, If form or ceremony or geu
ern l Interest be considered the crite
rion, dying Is one of the most popular
things one can do. Nobody goes to
see a man born, but the entire commu
nity turns out to see him buried. In
deed It la well known that many peo
ple, perhaps a majority, derive actual
enjoyment from beholding with their
own eye life flicker out of a person's
body. The almost universal satisfac
tion found from time immemorial In
witnessing a hanging we can under
stand. The event is more spectacular
and less expensive than a circus, pos
sesseH grisly human interest to a dis
tinctive degree, is presumably grimly
Just and, in any case, Is unpreventa
ble. If the banging Is to take place
anyway, why shouldn't we see It? That
Is the reasoning, and It seems good
enough If one cares for that variety
of sport. George Harvey In North
American Review.
The White Line.
The late David Christie Murray
on one occasion told the story of the
champion printer's error of his expe
rience to this effect:
"I wrote at the close of the story of
'G 'sce Forbeach': 'Are there no trou
bles now?' the lover asks. 'Not one,
dear Frank, not one.' And then, in
brackets, thus ' I set the words
(White line. Thto was a techr 'tsJ In
struction to the printer and meaut that
one line of space should be left clear.
The genius who had the copy In hand
pat the lover's speech In type correctly
and then, setting It out as If It were
a line of verse, be gave me:
"Not one, dear Frank, not one white
line!"
"It was a custom In the printing of
fice to suspend a leather medal by a
leather boot lace round the neck of the
man who had achieved the prize betlse
of the year. It was somewhere about
midsummer at this time, but It was
Instantly unanimously resolved that
nothing better than this would or
could be done by anybody, and the
medal was presented at once." West
minster Gazette.
The Quicker Way.
"There goes a man," observed n
steamship agent as be directed atten
tion to a surly looking Individual who
had Just engaged passage for Europe,
"whose efforts are devoted to con
structing short cuts in business meth
ods and In eliminating all time con
suming men and their propositions
from his busy existence. He Is a man
of very few words.
"Some years ago this gentleman
crossed the ocean and bad a very un
pleasant trip. One morning a sympa
thetic passengefoffered him a lemon,
expressing a sincere wish that it would
give relief.
"The pale traveler seized the lemon,
burled It viciously into the ocean and
growled:
"This Is a quicker way than the
other.' "
A Curious Tree.
In the village of Clynuog, Wales,
there Is an old cottage, formerly a
country tavern, upon the roof of which
there Is a full grown sycamore tree.
About fifty years ago a seedling from
a neighboring churchyard, where other
sycamores nre growing, found a rest
ing place in the corner of the wall
above a slab of stone over the entrance
to the building. The young tree thriv
ed for a time on the small quantity of
soil collected in the corner of the walls
and finally forced Its roots downward
through the walls Into the earth be
low. From the outside no trace of the
roots can 1k seen.
Cutting Big Diamonds.
Big diamonds lose a great deal in
the cutting. The Kohlnoor was re
duced by an unskillful stonecutter
from 703 carats to 280 carats, a sec
ond cutting brought it down to 180 1-10
carats and a third to 100 1-10 carats,
or less than a seventh of Its original
size. The orlgjnal weight of the Pitt
or Regent diamond was 410 carats, but
In the hands of the cutter two-thirds
disappeared, while the Star of the
South, which was picked up in a riv
er by a negres8, lost a little over half
Its weight by cutting.
German Sportsmen.
Half a million sportsmen In Germany
kill annually 40,000 head of red and
fallow deer, 200,000 roebuck, 4,000,000
hares, 4,000,000 partridges and 400,000
wild duck, In all some 25,000,000 kilo
grams of wild game of a value of 25,
000,000 marks, or $5,000,000, forming
nearly 1 per cant of the total meat sup
ply of Germany.-O. G. Schillings' "In
Darkest Africa."
Breaking Her In.
Geraldlne I want you to understand
before I marry you that I believe In
the equality of the sexes. Gerald All
right. I was Intending to give the min
ister two guineas, so you'd better hand
over one. Illustrated Bits.
No Room.
Scribbler My new novel Is entitled
"What I Told My Wife." Ruyter
Wby don't you call It, "What I Didn't
Tell My Wife?" Scribbler-Publishers
limited me to one volume. Ex
change. Inflated.
Artist (Indicating an exquisite ma
rine view) This picture Is valued at
$50,000. Stockbroker - Well, well!
There's a lot of water In It, isn't there'!
Spokane Sportsman-Review.
If you see It in the Hast Oregontan,
It's so.
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EASTER HUES
TO BE CHEAPER
EKORMOU8 CROP OF
Fl.OWKRS LOWERS PRICKS
Rennudiaii Florist Furnish Most of
die American Trade and the Quan
tity and Quality of Flowers Arc Su
jierb This BCMMI Retail Prices in
the Bast Will lie 75 Cents Per Stem
Atalnat .'' in 1007.
New York, April 17 Wih the ar
rival today of the Bermudlan, of the
Quebec Steamship company's line,
New York florists will be in a position
to supply the most widespread de
mand for Easter lilies. The hold of
the steamer contains a large cargo 01
the fragrant blossoms. The Bermu
du lily crop this year has been ex
ceptionally large and of a fine qual
ity nnd prices will be lower.
Owing to the blight of previous
years and the early Easter last year,
lilies were not abundant und prices
were high.
Tile Bermudlan brings 10,000 box
es of lilies. These boxes contain five
dozen buds to the box nnd wholesale
on the dock at from three and a half
to six dollars per box, according to
the length of the stem.
Last year the retail price was from
a dollar to n dollar and a half per
stem, but the wholesalers on the Ber
mudlan say that the present crop Is
of such quantity and quality that the
larger stems will retail at about seventy-five
cents.
DeWltt's Little Early Risers, the
famous little liver pills. Sold by Tall
man & Co.
Two fine store and office rooms for
rent. East Oregon'an building. En
quire this office.
Watchmaker
Manufacturing f
Jeweler
I All workgstrictly'nrst,-
class and guaranteed.
! C. A. STRIKER J
Pendleton, Oregon
EMPIRE BLOCK
West Webb Street.
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"THE SHOW THAT'S HERE TO STAY"
THE DIME
The Ladies' and Children's
THEATER
MOVING PICTURES
That Are Funny and Fascinating
NEW ILLUSTRATED SONGS
Program changes Sunday, Tuesday and Friday
Shows 2 to 5 p. m., and 6:30 to 10 p. m.
Admission 1 Oc Children under lOyrs. 5c.
MAIN STREET, NEXT TO RADER'S.
OREGON'S
OPPORTUNITY
Colonist Rates from all parts of the United States and Can
ada to all parts of Oregon and the Northwest will be again put Into
effect by
THE OREGON RAILROAD A NAVIGATION COMPANY and the
SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY.
(Lines In Oregon.)
March 1, 1908
and will continue dally throughout March' and April. From the
pr ncipal cities of the Middle West the rates will be as follows
PROM FROM
KANSAS CITY $30.00 COUNCIL BLUFFS $30.00
ST. LOUIS $3S.OO OMAHA $30.00
CHICAGO $38.00 ST. PAUL $30.00
Corresponding rates from all other Eastern points. Stopovers
at pleasure at all points In Oregon.
The Colonist Rate is the greatest of all hcmebullders. Oregon
has unlimited resources and needs more people who desire homes
an-! larger opportunities.
Oregon people can accomplish splendid results by heralding
this opportunity to all the world. Send Oregon literature giving
good, -reliable Information about the state, far and wide. Call on the
on the above railroads for It If necessary.
FARES CAN BE PREPAID.
Here at home if desired. Any ugent Is authorized to accept the re
quiring deposit and telegraph ticket to any point. Call on F. J.
Quinlan, local agent, or address WM. MM I it KAY,
Goaernl Passenger Agent, Portland.
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EASTER
Creations
Shown at
Vogue
Millinery
surpass anything
ever displayed
in the city be-
fore in style and
individuality.
Be sure and visit
our store before
purchasing
elsewhere.
822 Main St.
COAL
Rock Springs
Bridger
Vulcan
2,000 Pounds
to the Ton.
PhoneMain 8
OREGON
Lumber Yard
Guernsey Music
...Store...
STILL CONTINUES
Talking Machine
and Record line
always complete
Great reduction in sheet
music, musical instruments
and postal cards.
STATE SALOON
Ed. R. Strahon, Prop,
Fine Wines, Liquors and Cigars.
Thoroughly renovated. A
gentleman's resort
Hot Free Lunch Served
The Brewery Depot
SALOON
Main Street
Paul Hemmelgam, 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.
Col, Fergy's
Placo
FinestJ Wines, Liquors
and Cigars Served.
Card and Billiard Room
in connection.
Expert Mixslogists
For Gentlemen Only.
PENOLETON-UKIAH STAGE
Dally trips between Pendleton and
Tklah, except Sunday. Stage leaves
Pendleton at 7 a. m.. arrives at Uklah
at 6 p. m. Return stage leaves Uklah
nt 6 p. m., arrives at Pendleton at 6
p. m.
Pendleton to Uklah. $3.00; Pen
dteton to Alba, $2.75; Pendleton to
Ridge. $2; Pendleton to Nye, $1.50;
Pendleton to Pilot Rock, $1,
IN ONE OR MANY COLORS I
I LARGEST FACILITIES I
I IN THE WEST FOrH
I THE PRODUCTION OF I
I HIGH GRADE WORK.I
I BATES AS 10W AS USUI! NOOSES I