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DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, TITODAY, AUGUST 18, 1908.
EIGHT PAGES.
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OLD FIRE SCENES
IT DISTRICT EI
COUXCTLMAX ELL HAS
A FINE EXHIBIT.
Photographs of the Historic Fires of
Fendleton Will Grace the 'Fire
Booth" at the Coining District
Fair Pictures of All the Veleran
Firemen of the City Will Be Shown.
Joe Ell, city councilman and form
er fire chief of Pendleton, is arrang
ing an exhllbt for the coming district
fair and It will be one of the most
unique and interesting booths to be
seen at that time. From an historical
standpoint his display will be un
equalled, for it consists of photoa
gathered during his long residence In
the city.
Pictures showing all the important
fires that hare occurred in Pendleton
during the past 20 years have been
gathered by Councilman Ell and these
will be arranged in order about the
booth, each one accompanied by a
brief account of the fire.
Among the views are pictures
showing the burning of the old By
ers" mill in 1879; the destruction of
the Vlllard house in 1S93; the old
Golden Rule hotel, in 1S99, and other
historical conflagrations.
Aside from these there are many
other local historical pictures in the
exhibit. These show early day scenes
in Pendleton at Umatilla and other
points In the county, all of them of
intense interest, especially to old
'Imers. Besides the Tendleton fire pictures
Mr. Ell has gathered a monster col
lection of photographs showing fire
scents In other places of the United
States. He has a fine large photo
graph of the Baltimore fire and
scores of lesser pictures showing flre
flghtlng at all its stages.
Gallery of Fire Heroes.
Another interesting feature of the
display will be an exhibit of exempt
firemen, certificates and photographs
of a number of veteran Pendleton
firemen. Three of the oldest local
exempt firemen are J. D. Lehman,
founder of Lehman springs, .Thomas
Milarkey, sr., and T. F. Howard, 'the
architect. All three of these men
men Joined the department In 1879,
and became exempt firemen In 1S87.
There are scores of pictures in the
collection showing fire tournament
scenes taken during the days when
the firemen of the different Inland
empire towns were holding speed
tournaments. Some of the views were
taken here, others at Heppner, Ba
ker City and Walla Walla. All of
them show familiar faces Tor many
of the men now prominent here serv
ed their terms In the P. F. D.
Chief for Seven Years.
Joe Ell himself probably ranks as
the greatest fire-fighter In the city,
for he was a member of the depart
ment for years and was its head from
1893 until 1900.
He Is an enthusiastic fireman and
says that even now he "would rathe
fight a fire than eat." Since he has
been In the council he has been a
member of the fire committee and Is
now the chairman of that body. As
such he has always been keen In look
ing after the interests of the fire de
partment and if the local department
Is not properly equipped it is not his
fault.
Alberta Is Protsperoiui.
Jonathan Johnstan, agent for the
Canadian Pacific Jand department, li
i.i the city today from Wulla Walla
and has Just returned from a trip
through the Alberta country where he
fcund harvest in progress. Wheat
yielded well' there this season. Many
fields harvested so far show from 30
to iO bushels, of 63-pound wheat, ac
cording to Mr. Johnson, and the farm
ers are receiving close to 80 cents per
bushel. It has been an especially
prosperous year all through the north.
W. Hamilton of Welser, is a guest
oJ Hotel St. George today while hers
on a business trip.
Many Birtlis Reported.
The following births occurred with
In this city or vicinity during the past
few days:
To Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Stephens of
Umatilla, a daughter.
To Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lucas, a
son.
To Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Jiorrls, a
daughter. ,
To Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Montgomery,
a 10 4 -pound son.
To Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Stewart a
daughter.
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PROMOTED
PENDLETON MAX IS SU-
PERIXTEXDEXT OF HOUSES
William Hilton of Tills City Is Placed
In Charge of All the Billfour-GiKli-rlo
Warehouses Has Been Em
ployed by the Company for 10
Years Xew PoHltlon Id a Tribute
to Mr. Hilton's AbllKy.
Xew Publishing Company.
Articles of Incorporation of the
Umatilla Publishing company have
Just been filed. The company is com
posed of E. H. Brown, Blanche Brown
and W. E. Thresher, and the capital
ization is $5000. The new company
will publish the Echo Register, which
has formerly been published by Mr.
Brown alone. Mr. Thresher will be
editor, Mrs. Brown secretary and Mr.
Brown business manager under th
new arrangement.
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
be harder then. Every hour lost at
the start may add days to your suf
fering Tke
F & S
Cold Capsules
Used in time they save all that
might follow sickness, worry, ex
penses. They never fall.
Tallman & Co.
. Leading Druggists.
Umatilla Connty In Iowa.
James H. Gwinn, secretary of the
county publicity committee, has Just
received a request from a Gutten
berg, Iowa, paper, for cuts of a Uma
tilla county combined harvester to
use In Its columns. A cut of a com
bined harvester drawn by 28 horses
and belonging to the East Oregonian
is being sent to the Iowa paper that
Its readers may see how harvesting
is done In this county.
Hlprli Priced Wheat Land.
William McBrlde of Athena, has
Just purchased a quarter section of
wheat land south of Athena for which
he paid a price of JH.500. The land
belonged to Frank Gagnon and is sit
uated on the reservation three miles
fiom Athena. The purchase price was
given for the land as It Is without any
crop.
Xo Site Selected nt La Graude.
J. H. McDowell, the federal agent
sent to this state to select a site for
the federal buildings, did not make
public his selection of a site at La
Grande, but sent the recommendations
to the treasury department .from
where the selection will be announced
in a short time.
Temerature 101. .
According to the record of Observer
H. F. Johnson, the temperature was
104 at 3 o'clock this afternoon.
Infant Is Seriously HI.
Mrs. James Hartnett is at the home
of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R.
Lalng on Thompson street, having
come In from their country home for
the purpose of receiving medical aid
for their infant, which has been quite
111 for several weeks.
Ml. Ida Boyd in Paris.
The East Oregonian has Just re
ceived a letter from Miss Ida Boyd,
formerly of this city, who is spend
ing the summer in Paris and other
European cities The East Oregonian
is being sent to her In the French cap
ital.
Son Was Bom.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Mont'
gomery, a 10 pound son.
City Property for Sale
Building lots from 1300 to 81000
Five-room dwelling, one lot $1400.00
Two lots and dwelling, chicken fencing and house 8800.00
Seven-room dwelling and two lots $2000.00
Five room dwelling, barn and four lots $1500.00
A home In any part of the city.
FRANK B. CLOPTON & CO.
1 12 E. Court, St..PehdIeton, Ore.
A MUTUAL AFFAIR
It is not a selfish end we urge by continually pointing you to
the advantage of saving it Is a mutual advantage. You need
us, and we need you. We render a service that nothing else can
give and pay you four per cent to boot, and pay you interest
twice a year. There is no better or safer place for your Idle
money, either small or large amounts, than in our Savings De
partment. Commercial National Bank
United States Depository
BIG DECLIXE IX
IIARRIMAN PROITTS
Xew York, Aug. 18. The annual
reports of the Union and Southern
Pacific railroad, s show a decline of
over $10,000,000 in the usual profits
declared by these systems. A finan
cial flurry was -precipitated by these
startling reports as such a heavy de
crease in business was wholly unex
pected. Harrlman officials give as
reasons for the decrease the suspen
sion of many industries following the
flurry of last fall.
Related Bark Arrive.
Seattle. Aug. 18. The Barkentlne
Good Xews, Captain Erlckson, 212
days out from Wilmington, Del., load
ed with powder for Taeoma, and glv
en up for lost, arrived here today mi
nus her foremast and leaking badly.
The captain said while coming around
the horn he lost the foremast and
practically drifted all the way north.
Young Girl Murdered.
Palmer. Mass., Aug. 11. With a
man's footprints as the only clew, de
tectives are trying to solve the mys
tery of the murder of Faith Davis,
aged 15, whose body was found In a
mill pond here yesterday. There was
evidence of a struggle before the girl
was thrown In.
Premiums of $.15,000 for Apples.
Spokane, Wash., Aug. 18. Thirty-
five thousand dollars in prizes and
trophies will be distributed among the
exhibitors at the National Apple Show
the first of Its kind ever held in the
country, which will open in Spokane,
December 7.
Bn.seliall War Threatened.
,San Francnsco, Aug. 18. It is
learned today that the state baseball
league Is considering the advisability
of breaking Into the local baseball
field, which would mean a war be
tween the Pacific Coast and State
league and plenty of good baseball.
Will InHiiect Transports.
Ran Francisco, Aug. 18. For the
purpose of making a general Inspec
tion of the transport service, Briga
dier General James Aleshlre, quar
termaster general of the army, Is ex
pected here tomorrow.
If yo see It In the East Oregonian,
William Hilton of this city, who
has been employed in the construc
tion department of the Balfour-Guthrie
company of Portland for the past
10 years, has Just been promoted to
the position of warehouse superin
tendent and will have charge of all
the warehouses owned by this large
grain exporting company.
Mr. Hilton has had charge of the
construction of all the new ware
houses for this company in the In
land empire for a number of years
and his promotion to the position of
general superintendent of waehouses
comes as a deserved triDute to nis
long experience In this line of work,
The work of his new position will
keep Mr. Hilton away from home a
great deal of the time as the ware
houses belonging to this company are
scattered all over the northwest and
new houses are being erected each
season. He is now In the Lewlston
country where he has superintended
the construction of six new buildings
this summer.
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RUNNING A BIG CIRCUS.
Bamum and Bailey's Use 6000 Tan-
cakes for Breakfast.
The strangest and perhaps the lar
gest hotel in the world is built of can
vas and Is part of the equipment of
tho Barnum and Bailey greatest show
on earth, says the Oregon Dally Jour
nal. The 1500 employes of the cir
cus eat three meals a day there. At
orje breakfast It if not unusual to
bake 6000 pancakes, while 150 gal
lons of coffee. 600 pounds of pork
chops,125 pounds of butter, 25 gal
lons of milk and 15 bushels of pota
toes are consumed at the same meal.
The kitchen is fitted with all the ap
pliances of a modern hotel.
Some idea of the magnitude of this
great circus may be found In the fact
that It travels on five trains, the com
bined length of which lacks but a few
feet of being two miles. When the
28 tents are erected 14 acres of
ground are under canvas. If all the
horses were driven at one time en
tandem the team would be almost
three miles long. Twenty-eight na
tionalities are represented among the
performers. The circus has played In
every city of size In all of Europe and
In a single season traveled approxi
mately 50,000 miles.
EUGENE'S BOND ISSUE.
Company Purchasing City Bond Issue
Says It Was Illegal.
Morris & Co., the bond firm whose
I. Id on Eugene's city bonds was ac
ceded, have declared In a letter to
Mayor Matlock that the procedure In
the election authorizing tho bonds was
Illegal, In that one election to cover
three amendments to the charter In
validated the whole Issue and that
they will not take the Issue, says an
Item from Eugene. Attorney A. C.
Woodcock and City Attorney Bean
both declare tho bonds are legal.
A big fight Is on between the oppo
nents of the municipal system, and the
adherents over the Rltchey creek plan
which latter project the council has
sanctioned. The failure of the Morris
company to take the $300,000 issue Is
considered a skirmish won by the op
ponents to the gravitation plan.
Those who are opposing the coun
cil and the will of the people as ex
pressed at tho bond election last fall
want a battery of wells dug across the
river and the water pumped into res
ervoirs. They also claim that Rltchey
creek, the proposed fountain head of
the gravity system, Is not a good
source and that the watershed Is easi
ly contaminated.
The fight will be ended October 1,
when the people will have a chance
to vote on the Issuing of 1500,000
worth of bonds to build the water
system, 1300,000 having been rouna
too small.
Land Contest Plentiful.
Contests over lands that have been
t.iken up under the timber and stone
act are becoming numerous In Baker
county, and In eve-y one the contest
Is based upon the allegation that the
land Is more valuable for Us mineral
than timber and stone. It Is only re
cently that such Is the case, but min
eral lands are being sought for and
protected more now than ever before
In the history of Baker county.
DeWltt's Kidney and Bladder Pills
will promptly relieve all Kidney and
Bladder disorders. Sold and recom
Just a
"Little Bunch"
of our swell
..JALL...SU1TS...
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Now on display in window.
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We have them coming
on every train.
For style, see us.
Roosevelt's Boston Store
Where You Trade to Save.
WANT IRRIGATION CONGRESS.
Washington Towns Can't Agree on
Convention Point.
A breach in the campaign of the
national Irrigation congress has oc
curred In the Inland empire, says tho
Spokane Chronicle. Instead of Spo
kane going after the big convention
as the rcpresentatl"c of the Inland
empire another rival has entered the
field and Walla Walla is now after
the plum.
A campaign has" been started In
that city for the congress next year,
and the member of the Spokane
chamber of commerce are commenc
ing o take notice. About 8500 has
been appropriated by the local Body
for .preliminary campaign expenses.
It has been arranged to send several
speakers from this city to spell bind
at Albuquerque, and In addition to
this a special car of select fruit was
to be sent for display and distribu
tion among the delegates.
The governors of the various states'
have been written to in order to se-(
cure the names of delegates In ad-j
vance that the campaign may be
started early and the delegates tuned
up to the campaign song, "Spokane,
the city beautiful, for us in 1909."
Wlio Will They Support?
Wenatchee, and It was supposed
North Yakima, are cooperating with
Spokane for tho congress, but now, at
the last moment, Walla Walla not
only declines to boost with Spokane
but has started a campaign of Its
own and there is friction In the
ranks.
been placed for cars and activity
promises to continue from now until
the entire output has been handled,
late In the fall.
Owing to the fact that the Northern
Pacific taps the Eureka Flat country
and also the Dayton territory, most
ol the 'consignments already made,
have been sent over that line.
Last week several thousand bushels
a day were sent from Dayton, accord.
Ing to reports brought to this office
from that city yesterday. In almost
every case the quality of wheat was
good and the yield better than had
been expected earlier In the season.
WHEAT IS MOVING.
Several Carloads of New Crop Sent
Out of Dayton.
The grain season has Oiegun and
during the past week several cars of
new wheat were shipped to tidewater
from the Dayton-Waltsburg vicinity,
and also from Eureka Flat, says the
Walla Walla Union. Although the
bulk of the crop will not be shipped
for several weeks, orders have already
TEA
You will find no poor
tea in packages bearing:
our name. If you find
any such, you lenow what
to do.
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Ten Good Reasons Why
You Should Stop at
"The Cornelius"
The Best in Portland. .
Situated In the center of the
shopping district.
One block from the clanging
street cars.
Not so expensive as tome other
hotels .
Sixty rooms with private bath.
Long distance and local tele
phones In every room.
Writing desk In every room.
Carpeted throughout In the best
velvet carpets.
The rooms are furnished In solid
mahogany.
Every room contains a heavy
solid Simmons brass bed on which
Is a 40 or EO-pound hair mattress.
The furnishings and general ap
pearance of the public rooms must
be seen to be appreciated.
THE CORNELIUS. Park and
Alder streets, Portland's newest
and -most modern equipped hotel,
solicits your patronage and assures
you good service and courteous
treatment. An exceptional hotel
for Eastern Oregon families who
.ome to Portland shopping and
sight-seeing.
When next In Portland give us
a chance to make you look pleas
ed1. THE CORNELIUS Free "Bus
meets all trains.
Europlan.
N. K. CLARKE, Mgr.
C W. Cornelius,
Proprietor
GEO. KURRLE FRANK TULLI9
PENDLETON CASH MARKET,
Formerly Umatilla Meat Co.
Fresh Meats and Poultry.
Phone Main 101. Quick Delivery.
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Every Stetson bears the Stetson name
We don't have to. stand and
argue to induce a man to select a
Stetson
at
He usually knows all about it before
he conies in, and all we need
to do is to have the style
he wants, and
you can de
pend upon
it, we are
ready.
We have the
Stetson Soft
and Derby
Hats in all
the latest
styles
1
one
hep--uax leer
It's so.
mended by Tallman & Co.