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DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OIUSGON, MONDAY, AUGUST 3, 1908.
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PORTLAND GOES
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BUILDING ACTIVITY IS WON.
DEIMUL AT THIS TIME.
lVogroHs Industrially Building
Permit of tlio Sunuiicr Months
Are Fur in Excess of tlio Previous
Summers.
That Portland, Oregon's great,
throbbing metropolis, la making vital
- progress In every way la emphatically
shown from the commercial and In
dustrial reports of the summer, The
Oregonlan Buys of the building and
shipping activities of Portland
Portland's industrial and commer
cial growth knows no stopping. The
opening month of the "quiet sum
mer" season, universally complained
of elsewhere, shows only Increased
activity here.
Ante-election rumors that business
contest Is over have no place locally.
Even the pessimist finds himself
without fuel for complaint when con
fronted with a review of trade condi
tions for tho. month that ended yes
terday. These figures reveal, In
many particulars, a healthy Increase
not only over the business for the
month a year ago, but over that of
any month during the year.
The stability of tbia city commer
cially finds further convincing proof
. In the active movement of real es
tate at good valuations. During the
last six weeks nine pieces of business
property, representing an aggregate
consideration of $1,346,000, 1 have
changed owners. In a majority of
Instances the buildings now standing
on the proporty will be replaced by
substantial business blocks.
These sales have served to give the
market an Impetus, although there
haa not been a noticeable lull In real
estate circles for months, it is an
unquestioned fact that the real estate
market In this city never was more
stab), values more ' positive or the
outlook for further brisk movement
at the same satisfactory values more
bright. These recent large deals have
had the effect of further strengthen
ing 'an unfailing confidence In prop
erty values and the city's future.
During the 26 business days of July
the real estate transfers show the'
sale of property carrying considera
tions aggregating over $1,600,000. or
an average of $60,000 a day. These
figures Include only the actual con
siderations reported In the deeds, so
that the total could bo Increased by
fully 20 per cent and not misrepre
sent the true market value of the
land transferred. That would bring
the total of the month's transfers
practically to $2,000,000.
The largest Individual deed Includ
ed in these figures was that recording
the purchase by Theodore B. Wil
cox of the Yeon property, corner
Seventh and Stark streets, for $160,
000.
Penults for 458 Building.
Building permits Issued during
July numbered 458 and represented
improvements aggregating $1,038,
360. This was the record month for
the year. For the same month in
1907 only 373 permits were issued for
Improvements amounting to $760,-671
t ;nciuaej m last month's permits
were applications for eight founda
tions for business blocks. Of tjie
eight, four are to be 10-story build
ing. The permits covered only the
laying of the foundations, the con
tractors deferring the master of se
curing permits for the supcrstruct
ures until the Initial work of con
structing the foundation has' been
finished.
An Idea of the activity in building
In this city Is furnished by reference
to the records In the office of Build
Ing Inspector Dobson. .During the
first seven months of this year build
Ing permits have been Issued for Im
provements aggregating $5,690,945
The record, for each month was as
follows:
Const ruction Work by Montlis.
Very Patisnt.
A doctor, uow eminent, was at one
time serving as Interim In one of the
Philadelphia hospitals as well as hold
ing his own with a coterie of rather
gny friends. Ou a certain morning the
physician awoke to find that ho bad
sadly overslept Sleepily donning bis
attire, be hastened to tbe hospital and
soon a stalwart young Irishman claim
ed his attention.
"Well, my man, what seems to be
your trouble tbls morning?" Inquired
the doctor, concealing a yawn and tak
ing the patient by the band to examine
bis pulse. -
"Faith, sor, it's nil In me brcatnln',
doctor. I can't gk me breath at all, at
all."
"The pulse la normal, Pat, but let
me examine tbe lung action a mo
ment," replied tbe doctor, kneeling be
side tbo cot and laying bis bead on the
Irishman's chest' "Now let me bear
you talk," be continued, closing bis
eyes and listening attentively for
sonnds of pulmonary congestion.
A moment of silence.
"What will 1 be sayln. doctor?"
finally asked tbe patient.
"Oh, say anything. Count Count
one, two, three and up, that way,"
murmured the physician drowsily.
"Wan, two, three, fure, five, six."
When the young doctor, wltb a start,
opened bis eyes, Pat was Continuing
weakly, "Tin hundred an' sixty-nine,
tid hundred an' slvlnty, tin hundred
an' sivinty-wan." Success.
OSTEOPATHS IN SESSION.
Natlonul Convention Moots in Kirk
vllls, Mo.
KIrksvllle, Mo Aug. 3. Enthusl
antic In their adherence to the new
school of healing, the'natlon's osteo
paths are gathering here today by
thousands to take part in the 11th an
nual session of the Osteopathic assocl
atlon of the United States and Canada,
The oldest school of osteopathy Is lo
cated here and Is the host of the con
ventlon.
Dr. A. T. Still, founder of the osteo
pathlc science, who Is now In Ms
80th year, resides here and takes a
lively Interest In the affairs of the
school. He is regarded as the apostle
of the new science. Several of his
sons and grandsons teach in . the
school, which has become a great In
stltutlon.
Three national conventions have
been held here since It was first or
ganlzed In, 1897. The last one was In
1901. The convention met at the
World's Fair In St. Louis In 1904 and
was held last year at Norfolk.
The sessions of the convention will
he held In a tent in DeFrance Park,
In which the chautauqua program will
fbe given, beginning Saturday. The
two meetings overlap. on that date, but
It Is proposed to make It a big home
coming for the. osteopathlsts and for
mer KIrksvllle people. Some of the
most prominent men of the profession
will address the convention.
Taksn Unawares.
It Is likely that the most embarrass
ed man In New York could be found
last Monday in a Sixth avenue store.
He was a mild, Inoffensive looking
man. lie stood leaning over tbe bal
cony that surrounds tbe first floor of
tbe store, looking wltb Interest at tbe
crowd below. Presently bis eye alight
ed on a small boy who was being rush
ed from counter, to counter in tow of
a very large woman. Just as be look
ed down at the boy tbe boy looked up
at blm. Instinctively perceiving, with
diabolic Instinct, what would be bis
own youthful propensity If be occu
pied a similar point of vantage, tbe boy
struck beseeching attitude and called
out in Imploring accents:
"Oh, mister; please, mister, don't spit
on me!"
For a man wltb no Intention of spit
ting on that particular boy or any one
else the situation was certainly awk-
wark, and the man retired lo red faced
confusion. New York Timet.
January 298 $ 625.645
February 413 833.800
March 544 851.845
prll i 678 980,410
Majf 374 764.945
June 288 606,040
July 468 1.038,360
Total . 2951 $6,690,945
For the month Just ended an In-
crease of nearly 36 per cent Is shown
In export wheat shipments. The
shipments of -this cereal for the first
month of the fiscal year 1908-9 In
cluding flour reduced to a wheat
bushels, as compared with 233,550
bushels for the same month m 1907.
No New Kansas Wliont Grade.
The Kansas grain grading commis
sion refused to create a new grade for
nard turkey red wheat. The Kansas
millers wanted two grades of hard and
winter wheat, one for the dark color
ed, which Is a better milling wheat,
and sells for five cents more on the
bushel, and the other for the lighter
wheat. The gralnmen mix the two
kinds of wheat. The commission an
nounced that no change would be
made , as most of the season's crop
had been contracted and such a
change would mean the cancellation of
many contracts. The commission
adopted the following rule: "Wheat
any part of which has been subjected
to scouring or to any process equiva
lent thereto, or containing mors than
one-fourth of 1 per cent of rye shall
not be graded higher than No. 3."
A Cough, Remedy that Cures.
Hickory . Bark Cough Remedy,
made by the Hickory Bark Cough
Remedy company, of Salem, Ore.,
guaranteed to core your cough,' or
money refunded. Guaranteed to make
a friend of you. 1 For sale by all drug
gists and first elasa dealers every
where. Pendleton Dru Co,
Queer, but True.
"For tbls here splurge," said the ca
terer, "do tbe guesta know on another
well or are they jest passln' acquaint
ances?"
"Oh, they are intimate friends, life
long friends.
"Then," said the caterer, "I'll add 20
per cent to that estimate If yon don't
mind."
"But I do mind. Why"-
Twenty per cent more for lifelong
friends," the caterer Insisted. "I'd be
out of pocket otherwise. A bunch of
friends at a splurge always eat a fifth
more than a bunch of passln' acquaint
ances or strangers. Didn't you sever
notice that?" be concluded as he recti
fied the bill. "You might have noticed
It from your own experience. Among
strangers you're 111 at ease, nervous;
that takes jour appetite away. But
with friends you're quite at borne, and
you eat like a horse."-New Orleans
Times-Democrat
Moving Pictures.
Moving blcture cameras' ai-e remark
able pieces of mechanism. Tbe films
art only three-quarters of an Inch
wide. These are In rolls, sometimes 800
feet long. When taking pictures tbe
camera man reels off these rolls just
as rapidly as tbey art unreeled when
thrown upon tbe canvas for tbe spec
tator, at a rate of ten or twelve films
a second. Moving pictures art simply
a number of views thrown upon a
white sheet oue after another to rapid
ly that tbe eye cannot detect tbe intervals.
An Author Who Hated Water.
Mme. d'Arblay, better known as
Miss Fauny Burner, who took such an
important place In tbe literature of tbe
eighteenth century, had an extraordi
nary and most undesirable peculiarity.
She bad tbe greatest aversion to wash
ing and water. Sir Henry Holland
was tbe physician who attended the
gifted authoress during the last year
of her life, and she confided to blm
that she had not washed for fifteen
years.
Origin of Yankee Pronunciation.
It was these historic Suffolk families
who In the seventeenth century took
over with them to America the pecul
iar Suffolk pronunciation out of which
has developed the modern tcmlnasal
Yankee twang. London Spectator.
Very Sharp.
Teacher Now, Johnny, If the earth
were empty on tbe Inside, what could
we compare It to? Johnny A razor,
ma'am. Teacher A rasor? Johnny
Yes, ma'am; because it would be hol
low ground.
Tho Hard Knooks.
"This old world at best la only an
anvil and life a sort of Plutonian
blacksmith, that with varying blows.
strikes us Into form. The blow that
hurts us most may shape us best"
Deeply Affooting.
"And when," said Mrs. Nuvoreesh,
"those French pheasants came by sing
ing the Mayonnaise It was too deeply
touching for words." Success Maga
lne. '
Great souls are not those who have
fewer passions and more virtues than
tbe common, bnt those only who have
greater designs. La Rochefoucauld. .
If you set It In tht Bast Oregonlan,
lt'eat.
FREE TRADE CONGRESS.
Delegates From Europe and AnH-riea
Are In Attendance.
London, Aug. 3. An international
free trade congress promoted by the
Cobden club, was opened today with
a reception by Mr. and Mrs. Russel
Rea at the Hotel MetropoK. Dele
gates from several European countries
and from the United States are In at
tendance. The congress will meet
twice dally for the rest of the week In
Caxton hall.
Prof. Bastable, whose books on in
ternational trade and public finance
make him an authority on the sub
ject will speak on the revenue aspects
of protective duties. M. Yves Guyot
will speak on the present utility of
commercial treaties, and Mr. Franklin
Pierce, who has a wide knowledge of
the effect of tariff construction In the
United States, will speak on political
morality as Illustrated in the making
and operation of tariffs.
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"I guess my father must have been
pretty bad boy," said one young
ster.
"Why?" Inquired the other.
"Because he knows exactly what
questions to ask when he wants to
know What I have been doing"
A sure cure, ope you can depend
upon. Hickory Bark Cough Remery.
A sure cure, nd It's pure! Use It for
all lung trouble, coughs, colds, hoarse
nesa and sore throat For sale by
any druggist and first class dealers
everywhere. Pendleton Drug Co.
Book of Oregon Poems Oat.
"The Song of the Oregon Pine," a
little book of original verse by Bert
Huffman is now out and is on sale at
the Frailer book store. Price SO
cents. Printed on fine paper and
highly Illustrated.
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