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DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETOX, OREGON', WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 1908. EIGHT PAGES. PAGE TWO, Do These Sacrifice Prices Look Good to You ? 8c Wash Goods at 3 -12c yd. 15c Wash Goods at - 7 l-2c yd. 25c Wash Goods at 12 l-2c yd AREA OP "NEW COUNTY . 500 SQUARE MILES 65c and 75c Wash Goods at - 29c yd. All Fancy White Goods at One Half. August Delineator Here. Butter ick Patterns for August Here. JM Peoples Warehouse Where it Pays to Trade Save .Your Coupons NORTHERN" PACIFIC TO CONNECT WITH P. & L N. Extension of Lino Southward Will Give Idaho People a Shorter Route Through the State Line Will Be Built to Meadows and Thus Close the Idaho Gap. The Boise Capital News says of the extension of the Northern Pacific railroad from Grangeville to Mead ows, Idaho, to connect with the P. & I. N.: . Direct communication with the northern part of the state, the open ing of another Inland empire with Boise as the metropolis and a saving of several hundred miles In travel In order to reach northern Idaho, are a few of the great advantages to be realized in the course of a year with the completion of the Northern Pa cific extension from Grangeville to Meadows, and of the P. & L N. exten sion from Evergreen to Meadows. Work Is in progress on the North ern Pacific extension, a force of 500 teams and scrapers and about 600 men being placed at work about two weeks ago near White Bird on the Salmon valley on the right-of-way from Grangeville to Meadows. It is not anticipated that the read will be completed this fall, but it is stated that the grading will be done and all preparation made for operating the line next year, the P. & I. N. exten sion will be made to connect with the Northern Pacific at Meadows. With the construction of the road completed through the rich Salmon river valley, an extension of the P. & I. N. will' probably be made down Long Valley along the Payette lakes to Emmett. This latter extension is proposed, which the Northern Pacific extension it is reliably reported, will be com pleted by next year, and direct com munication by rail opened and estab lished between these two widely sep arated parts of the state has been maintained only by going through the adjoining states to the west and thus traveling about three times as far by rail in an Indirect and tiresome Journey. Large numbers of men and teams with graders have been flowing into the Salmon river country for the past two weeks to take up work on the grade for the Northern Pacific ex tension. The contractor having charge of the grading force, has secured pasture for 1000 head of horses while con struction camps have been cheated along the right-of-way of the pro posed rpad, for board and sheltering a force of about 600 men that Is em ployed grading for the right-of-way. opened her summer term of school at Basket mountain Monday. She taught a highly successful term In the mountains in the winter. FIRE ON AMERICAN FLAG. Rebelt in Peru Kill North Yakima Boy's Chum. North Yakima, Wash., July 15. William McCully, son of J. A. McCul ly, writes from Cerro de Pasco, Peru, where he has been engaged in rail road work, that during the revolution ary fighting his roommate was killed and the American flag fired upon by the rebels. It appears that the rebels were ap proahclng the town and making good progress until they reached a point 100 miles from the city, where they required a new locomotive. The trainmen ran the engines into Cerro de Pasco and when the revolution ists cut the wires O. B. Chaleen, an American and superintendent of tele graphs, took an engine with a big American flag mounted on the pilot, and started out to make repairs. The locomotive ran Into an ambush of the rebels and Chaleen was killed. "TIMBER WOLVES" GET MANY EASY VICTIMS Smooth HOOD RIVER MUT PASTOR GOES EAST. Tills Rain Cooled Atmosphere In Section Considerably. Weston, July 15 Rev. P. 8. Rog ers of the Baptist church at this place left yesterday for Pachuts, Miss., to attend an association which convenes there. It is his old home, and he will doubtless enjoy the trip there very much. Mrs. L. S. Wood Is visiting with relatives in Pendleton for several days. The rain which fell Monday cooled the air considerably. Before that the weather was almost beyond endur ance, especially for those who were at work in the grain fields. Miss Grace Edwards of Pendleton COFFEE A middling steak and ilrst-rate coffee are better than middling coffee and Arst-rate steak. Con sider the cost Yew nw rntvm rr mnm m tort Dozen Buyers Complain of Bunco Game. Portland, July 15. More than dozen disconsolate, disgusted and vie tlmized would be timber-land buyers cluttered the lobby outside the office of United States John McCourt Sat urday morning. Each one had been buncoed for not less than 1200 and two were stung to the tune of $400. Back of their appearance is the well-worn story of fllmflammed peo pie who desired to acquire some of Oregon's heavily timbered acres in the Willamette valley. It Is not the first time the authorities have heard the tale, and may not be the last, but McCourt and Assistant United States District Attorney Walter E. Evans are now starting the machinery of the government in motion to see If the swindlers cannot be brought to Justice. J. C. Burke and O. M. Staf. ford are to be haled before the Uni ted States commlslgoner to find what they know about making false affl davits on timber claims. . . According to Mr. McCourt the vie tlms were taken to a fine quarter see tion of timber, told this was the quar Assessed Valuation of the County la $2,702,250, Making It tlio Richest County, Per Capita In the State Population Is About 7500 Over 10,000 Acres of Vacant Fruit Lund. r The new Hood River county which has Just been created by virtue of the untiring efforts of the people of Hoor River, although the smallest county in the state, is one of the wealthiest. Its nsscssed valuation for the year 1907 was 12,763,259, although its to tal area is but COO square miles. Wasco county, from which county the new Hood River county has been cut, contains three times the terri tory and less than half the assessed valuation of property. The popula tion of the new county is about 7600, while that of Wasco county will be nearer 12,000. The largest town in the new coun ty is, of course, Hood River. Cas cade Locks ranks second, while Mount Hood nnd Dee, in the Upper Hood River valley, and Wyeth and Vlento, on the O. R. & N. are the smaller towns situated therein. A new $30,000 high school is now in 'course of construction at' Hood river, while there are 20 other school houses In the county. The amount of business given' the railroad line by Hood River ranks third, Portland and Spokane ranking first and second. Boundary. The eastern boundary of Hood riv er county commences at a point about' four miles east of the city of Hood j River and two and a half miles west I of Mosler, at the mouth of Rock! creek, about 18 miles west of The Dalle9. It extends In a southerly direction for IS miles, then west for two miles and then continues south for 18 miles to a point six miles south and 12 miles east of Mount Hood, and Is 31 miles long. The southern boundary is 12 miles long, extending to the summit, where It Joins Clackamas county. The western boundary Is the sum mit of the Cascade mountains and ex tends in a northwesterly direction for 30 miles along the boundaries of Clackamas and Multnomah counties to a point on the Columbia river about four miles below Cascade Locks. The distance from its western to Its east ern line along the Columbia River, which forms the northern boundary, is 25 miles. In Hood River valley alone It Is es timated that there are atill 40,000 .acres of fruit land uncultivated and enough standing timber to supply the big mills now In operation for 20 years. July CI The foreigners in Cerro were caught between the lines of the government ter section they were being located and revolutionary forces and took on, and then were given a qurler refuge in the state building of the section many miles away to file on. telegraph company. This was riddled i By questioning several victims, Mr. with bullets, but the foreigners es-' Evans discovered that several were caped serious injury and the rebels , shown the same fine-looking body of were defeated in short order and timber and then located on a bum. driven from the city. . I In one or two instances, the monu ment had been tampered with, so that when the timber buyer was shown the monument and witness trees, they Loaded on Boat, Kick and Kill Many i agreed with those recorded. It is a PANIC SEIZES HORSE HERD. In Band. Vancouver, B. C, . July 15. The steamer Henriette. owned by Macken zie Brothers of Vancouver, was run on a sandbar lying between Protection and Newcastle islands, at the entrance to Nanaimo harbor, at 2 o'clock yes terday and panic seizing 50 horses, which were tethered on her forward deck, the animals were in a moment turned Into a fighting, kicking and squirming mass, with the result that many were killed and others fatally Injured. It was impossible for the crew to venture among the beasts for a long time, owing to the fury with which they were kicking. All the animals were crowded over on the port side and Inside of 15 min utes many of the most valuable were either dead or in such shape that they had to be shot at daylight. Out of the 50 head on board, not more than 20 are now in fit condition to be for warded to Prince Rupert, their desti nation. EXAMINATION FOR RHODES SCHOLARSHIP IX THE FALL University of Oregon, Eugene, July 15. The examination for the Rhodes scholarship will hereafter be held In the autumn Instead of In January, as heretofore. The change has been made for the reason that the new date will allow the successful candi date much more time to select and arrange, for the college he wishes to enter at Oxford. Unless selections are made quite early, candidates are often compelled to accept second ohoice of colleges. The next Rhodes examination will be held In the fall of 1909, probably at the University of Oregon. Oregon will have two scholars at Oxford next year, Mr. Ed ward Wlnans of Willamette Univer sity, who was appointed In 1907, and Mr. Wlster Johnson of the University of Oregon, appointed this year. Senator Piatt la 75. New York, July 15. Thomas Col? Her Piatt, United States senator from New York, Is today 75 years of age. Little attention was paid to the aged solon by the present-day leaders of the party of which Piatt was once one of the national leaders. Although stripped of much political power and harassed by domestic entanglements, the senator Is far from being the broken old man that. he Is sometimes described to be. While the weight of years rests somewhat heavily on hla physical frame, his mind Is still clear and active. Read (he East Oregon laa. serious matter to change the mark ings on the monuments, but it is dif ficult to obtain evidence, as a man who alters the markings is not likely to do so when there are eye-witnesses. Within the past two months over 40 people have called on the United States district attorney to complain. They came from Portland, Salem, Al bany, Roseburg, Eugene and else where. Widows and girls have been snared as well as men, who are sup posed to be sophisticated. So exten sive has the swindling been that the government Is now determined to stop it and punish the offenders, if possible. MODEL VILLAGE. Montreal, North Carolina, Presented to Presbyterian Church. Ashevllle, N. C, July 15. Mon treal the model village at Black mountain, about 25 miles from this city, whlrh was recently transferred to the Presbyterian synod, will be form ally dedicated today. Several distin guished clergymen and educators will take part In the ceremonies. Montreat was established by John Wanamaker, John S. Huyler and other wealthy men some years ago for a religious assembly and retreat. The Presbyterian synod as the new owner, will continue the work on a more extensive scale and make Mon treat the home of the Presbyterian Sunday school convention, missionary conferences and other church meet ings. . A large auditorium, to be erect ed, will be a memorial to John Calvin. Daring Young Robber. . With a handkerchief tied so as to cover the lower part of his face and armed with a gun, a lone highway man, whose age Is variously estimat ed at from 16 to 20, held up Frank Reynold and two other ranchers of the Selah, named Moberly and Mose bar, at 10 o'clock Thursday night, and secured $6 from the pockets of his victims. The holdup, which was of a daring character, occurred on the Selah road at Dimmlck's hopyard. The three men were riding In a buggy on their way home from the city when suddenly the highwayman jumped from behind a tree beside the road and, covering the three men with his gun, demand ed that they hold and deliver up their money or their lives. Yakima Re public ! Fine store and office room for rent East Oregonlan building. Enquire this office. CHARLES PIERCE RETURNS, With Family Will Spend Summer In Blue Mountains. Charles Pierce, brother of Walter Pierce, and a former resident of this city, passed through Pendleton yes terday .with his family on his way to Weston mountain, where he will camp during the next two' months. The following Is taken from the Los Angeles Times. That, a man should be happy leav Ing Los Angeles seems a paradox, yet C. M. Pierce, originator of the Bal loon route trips, Is that man. He was busy yesterday closing up his affairs preparatory to leaving this morning for a four-months' vacation which will be shared by his wife and two little girls. "I have found the true secret of happiness," said Mr. Pierce as he looked out under the peak of his bal loon cap. "With southern Califor nia, the seat of a mighty empire that Is to be, and Los Angeles to have a million people In 10 years" ho paus ed for breath "and Balloon Routes In every city of any size in the coun try, and myself and the family going on a long outing, why shouldn't I be happy?" Mr. 'Fierce, who started the Balloon Route here four yeas ago, now finds that he may exteno the tourist trip scheme in many other places, partic ularly tourist points and this, is what he will devote his entire attention to when his four months' vacation ends. When he began here four years ago he hesitated a long time before he hired one man to assist him at $2 a day. "My present plans will require the services of nearly one thousand men where I expect to establish trips," said he, He would have gone on the outing June 1, bt did not want the Fourth trip of the orphans over the route to be held without him. The vacation will be spent at a mountain camp In northeastern Oregon, 20 miles from Walla Walla, Wash. After the camp breaks he will visit the principal cities of the country, returning by way of Florida and the south. During their absence, the family will visit his mother, sister and brothers of Mr. Pierce, who live In Oregon. Special Bargain. In a fine oak, dresser and a plain china closet; also six oak leather seated dining chairs, oak stands, rock ers. Victor phonograph and 60 records and all metal bed springs. All new last fall. Will sell very cheap If taken right away. M. M. Heacock, 506 Gar field street 'Phone red 8651. earance Sale Lawns at Cost Parasols 33 1-3 per cent. 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