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DAILY EAST OIUMONIAN, PENBLETON, OlUOGOlf.
PAGB EXGsTO.
We Are Headquarters
for the Famous
ECONOMY
FRUIT JARS
Once Tried, Always Used.
Phone Your Order
Standard Grocery Co.
Court St., Opp. Colden Role PhoneMain 96
0. I 4 II.
TO BID DEPOT
depot facilities have been and now are
under consideration for the aid city
of Pendleton, be it hereby
Resolved, That the president of the
commercial club of the city of Pen
dleton appoint a committee of five
to confer direct with the railroad
company, with the view of obtaining
prompt action towards the consum
mation of plans leading to the bulld-
OOMMERCIAL CLUB Ing of a larger and more commodious
TAKES UP THE MATTER - depot at the city of Pendleton, and De
it rurtner
! Resolved, That a copy of these res-
Will Deal Directly With the Railroad 0iutIons De transmitted to the railroad
Official Committee Appointed to commission and to the officials of
Confer With General Manage the railroad company.
OBHcn - Railway Commission ' . .opted June 30, "Ol.
President.
Starts the ball to Rolling Under-
stood That Plans Are Sow
Consideration
Under c H MARSH, Secretary.
OFF FOR CHINA.
... . .v.. ..!... tnr, nn iho
feuevl"K lu" """J ... iZ Charley Bentley. Well Known Chink
SUDjeci OI a aepui can ue kvuicu , .,
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dealing directly with the railroad of-
Going Hack to Stay.
.v.. t,o. r m!,natr.p nf th-' "Charley lientiey, ininese cook hi
Commercial association passed a res- the Cunningham company s ranch, U
olution yesterday afternoon directing here today and Is en route for China,
that the president appoint a commit-. He says he is going back to stay and
tee of five to confer with the railroad will not take out a certificate so as
people. The committee as selected ' to entitle hjm to return to America if
Is composed of President R. Alexan-' he desires.
inariey is wen Known 10 many lo
cal people, having worked here for
years, part of the time for J. M. Bent-
1 ley, and this afternoon he has beea
I bidding his friends good bye.
der, R. H. Wilcox, Leon Cohen, C. E.
Roosevelt and T. C. Taylor.
The resolution which was passed
was introduced by W. L. Thompson
and was as follows:
Pendleton, Ore., June 30, 1908.
Whereas, the railroad commission
of the state of Oregon, have address
ed a communication to
Railroad Reemploys.
Perry Bowman, who was among
the district the number of enginers and firemen
attorney of Umatilla county, desiring ; layed off by the Northern Pacific at
to ascertain the need and desire of j Pasco a few months ago because of
the city of Pendleton, Oregon, for lack of business for the engines, has
more adequate depot facilities, and received word that his old position
Whereas, the commercial interests is open. He accordingly left yester
of the city of Pendleton have been ( day for Pasco and will resume his
assured informally by the officials of run as fireman between Pasco and
the Oregon Railroad &
company that "plans for
Navigation Spokane,
additional!
COLDS
The very hour-a cold starts Is the
time to check it. Don't wait It may
become deep-seated and the cure will
b harder then. Every hour lost at
the start may add days to your suf
fering. Take .
F & S
Cold Capsules
Used In time they save all that
might follow sickness, worry, x
pensei. They never falL
Tallman & Co.
Leading Druggists.
Pastime Parlors
COOLEST TLACE IX TOWN.
MOL1TOR & O'DAXIEL, Props.
Action for Money.
Suit to collect $451.45 alleged to be
due from Sadie Rust was brought
this morning by the Standard Gro
cery company. The sum of $90 Is
claimed to be due the grocery com
pany, while they also have an ac
cpunt of 1360.45 transferred to them
by the Peoples Warehouse. Messrs.
Slater and Hinkle filed the suit.
Working for Savings Bank.
Douglas Johnson, who has been
secretary and bookkeeper for Pendle
ton academy during the past year Is
now working for the savings depart
ment of Pendleton Savings bank and
went to Umatilla today In the interest
pf that institution. '
Off to Yellowstone.
Dr. D. C. McNabb and Harry Grey"
of Grey Brothers grocery store, will
leave over the O. R. & N. on July 4
for Yellowstone park for a three
week's outing. They will go In over
the new Harriman line out of Pocatel-lo.
Surjrine Party Last Evening.
A most agreeable evening was spent
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. S. A.
Edwards on Tuesday evening when a
company of about 25 friends tendered
A quiet game, orderly place for a game them a surprise at their new home
of
Pool, Billiards or Bowling
SHOOTIXG GALLERY.
Cigars, Tobacco, Confectionery and
Soft Drinks.
Best Tables In the city.
at 301 West High street.
Miss Grace Edwards, who has been
teaching public school on Basket
: mountain during the spring months
will return to her home in this city
this evening for the summer.
City Property for Sale
Building lota from 3X 10
Five-room dwelling, one lot $1400.00
Two lots and dwelling, chicken fencing and house $800.00
8even-room dwelling and two lota $2000.00
Five room dwelling, barn and four lota $1500.00
A home in any part of the city.
FRANK B. CLOPTON & CO.
1 1 2JE. Court St.. Pendleton, Ore.
IN SELECTING YOUR BANK
Hive careful attention to the inability of the bank and Its willing
new to co-operate with its patrons In the development of their
business. Our customers value and "bank on" our wllllngnesa
and ability to assist them In every way consistent with safe,
sound banking. This makes a satisfactory and profitable arrange
ment for the future well-being of both bank and patron. We
hall be pleased to have yon open an account with us.
Commercial National Bank
United States Depository
SENDS OPEX LETTER
TO CITY' COUNCIL.
Offers to Give $100 to a Pendleton
Clutrlty If He Cannot Prove Bid of
Newport Land & Construction Com
ivany Was Lower Hum Tliat of
Delta Does Not Ask for Contract
But Tliat New Bids Be Called for.
In an open letter to the city coun
cil Ross Newport, superintendent for
the Newport Land & Construction
company, offers to give $100 to char
ity if he cannot prove that his bid on
the levee work was the lowest sub
mitted and upon the strength of his
claim he asks that the council again
ask for bids upon the levee, work. .
As the council meets tonight to rat
ity the contract with Betts, to whom
the contract was awarded by the levee
committee, the letter is of Interest
and is hereby given In full:
A open U tter to the City Council of
Pendleton.
Gentlemen: Almost two years ago
your city advertised several times for
bidders for the levee repair work
which was badly needed for the pro
tection of your city. Xo satisfactory
bids were received. It was recognized
as a hard job and being late in the
season contractors of any ability, re
fused to look at It. Late in Septem
ber our concern was urged by the
chairman of the levee committee to
make a price on this work. We re
fused to do so at first, but after re
peated solicitations on the part of the
committee and other prominent citi
zens of Pendleton, we madf a proposal
which was readily .accepted. We did
the work, and whether satisfactory
we leave it to any citizen of your town.
-Mr. Keisey or loung & Kelsey, en
gineers in charge, pronounced it a
most satisfactory Job. Several other
civil engineers who Inspected the rip
rap said they had never seen better.
And another matter due your consid
eration Is the fact that after the work
was completed we were compelled to
carry a large sum of our pay In city
warrants t'hat we could not negotiate,
as your banks were already loaded
with such paper. Part of these war
rants we held for almost a year be
fore we secured the money therefor.
Another matter that we desire to
call your attention to is the fact that
we are a home product. We are a
Umatilla county, Hermiston-Pcndleton
contracting company, built up at
home. We purchase a large part of
our supplies of your city merchants.
We employed many of your citizens
who always got their pay for work
performed. We consider our company
a credit to the county of Umatilla, as
It Is, the largest and best organized
contracting concern In the state of
Oregon east of Portland today. And
we have always been on the square In
any contract we have ever undertaken
and can refer to such men as W. J.
Furnish, and to your street commit
tee, about our repairs on Court street
which our contract did not require us
to do. We gave no guarantee on such
work, but we came back and have
made an excellent street of East Court
at an expense of several hundred dol
lars to us, because we always made
good on anything we undertake.
We have mentioned this to show
that our ability and reliability has
never been questioned and we could
not be turned down on any such ac
count Now we will proceed to present the
matter of levee bids. There seems to
be a great many "holes in the skim
mer." We claim that we had the
lowest bids on the levee work when
the bids were opened on the 24th Inst.
Furthermore, we will make this offer,
viz.: If we cannot show to any dis
interested civil engineer or reliable
contractor" that our bid was from one
to two thousand dollars lower than
any other bid submitted for the entire
work we will donate $100 to any
charity that the editors of the Tribune
and East Oregonlan may select.
The bid of our principal competitor
was made for riprap 98 cents per
square yard. He did not bid on old
riprap or new riprap, but Just riprap,
and we want to know if there Is any
one foolish enough to suppose for a
moment that the bid was not Intended
to cover all riprap at this price? A
little figuring will show the differ
ence this little matter makes. Add to
9500 square yards of new riprap 4000
yards of old riprap and you have a
total of 13,500 Bquare yards of riprap
at his bid of 98 cents per square yard,
means $13,230. Now take our bid on
9500 square yards of new riprap at 90
cents, which Is 18550, and 4000 square
yards of old riprap at 45 cents, which
is $1800, making a total on new and
old riprap of $10,350. After the prop
er deduction Is made you will find a
difference In favor of our bid of
$2880.
Now we will go a little farther:
The specifications In reference to ex
cavation says that whenever the ma
terial excavated from the trench for
the toe wall can be used In the em
bankment, within the distance of 100
feet, it will be paid for In excavation
only, but Mr. Betts In his bid says
plainly that he will make no reduction
on account of using gravel In levee
from excavation. We make no such
reservation but made our bid In ac
cordance with the specifications and
expected that at least 4000 cubic yards
of this material would be put Into the
embankment without extra cost to the
city. Now suppose you take this 4000
cubic yards and multiply it by his
lowest price per yard for excavation
or 33 cents you have $1320 which up
on being added to the balance already
li our favor makes $4200.
But we will not stop here. We will
now take up the matter of (tone ma
sonry. The committee estimates this
at 200 cubic yards. Mr. Brink, a re-.
liable mason, bid 23 cents per cubic
foot, which amounts to $8.21 per cu
bic yard. Our "bid was $3.95, which
makes a difference of $2.26 in our
favor and estimating 200 cubic yards
amounts to $442 In favor of our bid,
and when added to our previous bal
ance makes $4642. Now, while I am
not from Missouri, I would, neverthe
less, like to be shown how the com
mittee could turn down Mr, Brink's
bid and allow Mr. Betts to come In a
day later and make a bid on stone
masonry as they did, as well as bid
ding 2 cents per square yard less than
our bid on old riprap T
There are several matters that need
explaining to Mr. Brink and ourselves
and the public. We admit that our
competitor had a lower bid on em
bankment, excavation and toe wall of
approximately $1800, but what are
you going to do when you deduct
$1S00 from $4642 which leaves a bal
ance still In our favor as lowest bid
der of $2842." Now If we cannot make
rood In this matter you can have $100
to be given to a Pendleton charity, ui
course If Pendleton Is going to De a
dead town and never have any more
public work done, and will never need
any more bidders on work, it doesn't
make any difference how bids are
Juggled but If you expect to be a live
city and go on with civic improve
ments you will need reliable bidders
and you will find them wise as to how
thinss are done.
There Is one other matter that I
wish to correct and that Is this:
was credited with saying by the paper
thnt th reason we did not get a
square deal was on account of the ac
tive part my father, H. O. Newport,
took in the anti-saloon fight in our
county. This I did not say, but now
I want to say that a good many signs
are so plain that those who run may
read.
Now in conclusion will say that I
do not wish to cast reflections on the
members of the city council of Pen
dleton. I would rather think that they
had a misconception of the facts in
the case and I believe that after the
matter is gone over and things are
seen In their proper light they will
favor the calling for new bids and In
so doing let us all get down to straight
forward basis and make bids plain
and clear and let the longest pole
knock the persimmons.
Yours respectfully,
H.- ROSS NEWPORT.
Supt. Newport L. & C. Co.
PRAISE FOR GWIXX.
Very
Pendleton Banker Spoken of
Highly by Boiso Paper.
The Boise Capital News says of
Montie B. Owinn, president of the
Savings bank and also president of
the Oregon Bankers' association:
Portland papers convey the lnfor
matlon that Montie B GwJnn of Pen
dleton, has been elected president of
the Oregon State Bankers' assocla
tion which has just closed Its annual
session.
This is a high compliment paid to
a former citizen of Idaho which will
be greatly appreciated by his friends
in this state.
Yet It comes as no surprise to those
who have known that Mr. Gwlnn al
ways "makes good" wherever he may
be. His Idaho experience and suc
cess guaranteed that he would be
successful at Pendleton where he has
located.
Beginning ' in this state years ago
in a -modest way, he built up one of
the most flourishing business house
in the state. He always took a most
active Interest In the advancement
of the Interests of his community and
of the state at large. He was a di
rector and stockholder for a number
of years In the First National bank
at Caldwell and a director and vice
president of the Caldwell Banking &
Trust company of the same city, two
of the best banking Institutions of the
state. i i
In addition to this Mr. Gwlnn was
a stockholder in a number of smaller
banks throughout this state and east
ern Oregon before leaving Idaho.
He successfully managed the best
meeting the National Irrigation con
gress ever held at its meeting In
Boise, has held all the principal offi
ces of the Odd Fellows and Knights
of Pythias of this state, having been
grand master of the Odd Fellows and
grand chancellor of the Knights of
Pythias, besides representing both or
ders in their supreme bodies.
In short, in every line of activity
ever undertaken by him, he has al
ways been found sooner or later at the
top, and accordingly it comes as no
surprise that the bank fraternity of
Oregon soon recognized his worfh and
honored him with the selection as
president of their state association
Sold Residence In La Grande.
Conductor Charles H. Norrls of the
Pendleton-Huntington passenger run
on the O. R. & N., has just sold his
residence In La Grande for $2400 and
will reside permanently In this city.
Conductor John O'Connell of the La
Grande freight division, -who lost both
of his legs under the wheels of his
caboose some months ago, was the
purchaser. Mr. O'Connell will en
gage in business In La Grande.
TEA'
Why isn't everything
moneyback?
Everything isn't good
enough.
Yoor troter return, four own. r If fov dont
Bks Scbullnc ', Beit; w pi, hia.
In lightweight tuits and serges blue,
We have swell clothes to sell to you,
No matter if the days be hot,
We'll dress you cooly on the spot.
By the author of Sunny Jim.
June Celebration Prices
for 4th ot July Togs.
$30.00 suits, June sale $22.50
$25.00 suits, June sale $18.75
$20.00 suits, June sale ..... $15.00
And these are very good suits, tailor made and
finish.
$16.00 suits, June sal $12.00
$10.00 suits, June sale $7.50
$5.00 suits, June sale ". $3.75
$4.00 suits, June sale $3.00
$3.00 suits. June sale $2.25
And you aaTe.
The Pants You Wear
$10.00 pants, June sale .... $7.50
$8.00 panta, June sale $G.OO
$6.00 pants, June sale $-1.50
$4.00 pants, June sale $3.00
1-4 off All Boys' Suits.
Kids Wash Suits Half Off.
All your needs in Gent's fine,
cool and correct Furnishings.
ROOSEVELT'S
BOSTON STORE
Where You Trade to Save.
Railroad Assessments.
The state tax commission has fixed
the assessed valuation of the three
principal railroads of Washington at
$111,900,000, being 60 per cent of
their value as recently fixed by the
commission.
Xpw Electric Oirjx't Cleaner.
Carpets cleaned without removing
them from the floor. Leave order at
M. A. Rader furniture store. The
machine Is for sale to anyone that
wants a good paying business with
small capital.
It's easy to reach North Beach
Take Steamer POTTER from Portland
Passengers are now transferred to the railroad at
MEGLER, fourteen miles up the Columbia from
nwaoo. This eliminates the necessity of steamers
waiting for the tide, and Insures a prompt and
regular Summer Schedule,
The Steamer T. J. POTTER leaves Portland
every morning except Saturday and Sunday at
8:30 o'clock.-Saturday only at 2 o'clock P. M.
Remember the Summer rate on the O. R. & N.
is $13.15 from Pendleton to all North Beach
points and return; good until September 30th.
North Beach Is a famous, beautiful place the
most perfect beach on the hole North Coast.
There are accommodations galore at prices to
suit all tastes; camping facilities without equal
perfect bo thing conditions; nil sorts of a mu Ho
rn cuts and diversions. Come, have a good rest
and a Jolly time.
Lot uft send you our new summer book, and tel
1 you all about NORTH BEACH
F. J. &UINLAN, Local Agent
PENDLETON, OREGON
Wm. McMURRAY
General Passenger Agent, Portland, Oregon.
Negligee Shirts
for Summer
In Madras, Sateen, Soisette,
Mohair, Linnen and Silk.
Boy one of them for comfort, and wear.
Price, assortment and quality the best
in the city.
75c, $1.00, $1.50 to $3.00.
THE MEN'S
MAX BAER
SHOP
Cores Biliousness, Sick
Headache, Sour Stom
ach, Torpid Liver and
Chronic Constipation.
, Pleasant to tahe
QBIKO
Laxative Fruit Syrap
PENDLETON DRUG pOMPAHT."
Cleanses the eystesa
thoroughly and clears
sallow complexions of
pimples and blotches.
It Is guaranteed