DAILY EAST OHKJONI.X, PF.NPLKTON, OltF.tJO.N, tl'IOSOAY, SKITKMHEH 1, 1908.
EIGHT PAGES.
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GROCERIES ARE AN ABSOLUTE
necessity to every human being.
From the day you enter the world
until the day you leave it you have
to patronize, directly or indirectly, some
grocery store. You have to eat to keep
alive. Among the earliest lessons taught
in life is a regard for your diet, by select
ing onlv fresh and wholesome food, and a '
regard for your purse by practicing the well
established rules of economy. We can sell
you fresher and better goods and more of
them for cash than you can buy elsewhere
on open account. Look over our stock,
get our prices, and be convinced.
Standard Grocery Co.
Court St., Opp. Golden Rule Phone Main 96
lie of Its Increased and historical mer
Its, says tho Walla. Walla Union.
Col. Win, F. Cody ("Buffalo Bill")
hns been abroad for the past four
years and Id that time has shown to
the nations of Europe his animated
scenes In tho early history of his na
tivo lund. As a universal educator
along lines which tell of the conquest
of the great west Uiere can be no
equal for Buffalo Bill's remarkable
exhibition.
MISTHUS FIRE
IT DGMLOOII
FOUR rats SIM
ON MOUNTAINS
EARLT FALL COVERS
WEXAIIA RESERVE
3. M. Selimlti Tolls of Conditions In
the Retire Few Trails Built This
Year On Account of Shortage ot
Fund Rig Fires In Blue Moun
tain Pistrkt.
Forest Supervisor J. M. Schmitx
of the Wenaha national reserve re
turned to his home In Walla Walla
yesterday after a two weeks' trip
through the forest, most of his time
being spent fighting fires of more or
less magnitude, says the Walla Wal
la Union.
' He stated yesterday that four or
five Inches of snow has fallen in the
mountains south and east of Dayton
during the past few days. According
to old settlers it Is something unusual
tJ have snow at this season as It rare
ly ever comes before the last of Sep
tember or the first of October.
The biggest and most disastrous
fire which has occurred In the We-
ztana reserve auring me summer was
at the head of the Wenatchee river
south of Dayton. This fire burned
over 1200 acres of underbrush and
logs and required 20 men fighting al
most day and nlgfit for 13 days to get
Jt under control.
When Mr. Schmlt2 arrived at the
acene of this b! the worst damage
had been done, but under his direc
tions further precautions were taken
to prevent Its spreading and It soon
died out'. While It burned over a
large area of ground there was little
real damage done because there was
no valuable timber on the land, It
having been taken off previously.
Another forest fire which threaten
ed for a time to do considerable dam
age was near the Oregon Buttes. This
was discovered by Mr. Schmlta and
Ranger Kendall before It had done
much damage.
Although there were but two of
them they commenced digging
trenches around the fire area, which
was about three acres. This occupied
the biggest part of one night and the
fighters were rewarded by seeing the
flames die down when they came te
the trenches.
Owing to a curtailment In govern
ment appropriations for forestry
work this year there Is not so much
trail work being done In the Wenaha
reserve as there was last season.
There has been up until the present
time about $500 expended for this
work and there remains about that
amount left for the same purpose. In
addition to this $1000 there will be
another thousand expended for build
ing cabins for rangers and stockmen.
According to reports brought by
Mr. Schmltz. cattle and sheep within
the bounds of the reserve were never
In better condition than at. the present
time. Many of the cattle are ready
fnr beef now and will soon be driven
out and sold to the butchers.
Stock cattle will remain until next
month when they will be brought
down Into the valley for winter feed
ing. Sheep are tn similar condition
and already many of the mutton
sheep have been brought from the
mountains and sold.
The grass seems to have attained a
much moe luxuriant growth this sea
son than for several years, which Is
thought to be due to the careful re
strictions placed upon cattle and
sheepmen In regard to pasturing In
one locality too long at a time.
BAKEU CITY F1EXD
CUT DOWN' ORCHARD.
Yesterday when Mrs. L. Ingorsoll,
who resides at 1739 Madison street,
went to her garden lots" Just across
from her homo she found to her great
surprise, that some low-down spiteful
enemy had cut down 40 of the fin
fruit trees which she had set out this
yenr, sys the Baker City Herald.
About a week ago .parties entered
the lots where Mrs. Ingersoll is pre
pai'ng 'o build a home and dug up
ab.nu n dozen choice rose bushe an l
tearing up others. The bushes were
tern up and left on the ground and
the trees merely cut down and left
there, showing that It was spite work
on the part of the person, or persons,
who did It.
Mrs. Ingersoll has a couple of lots
In Rust's grove and was setting out
trees, planting flowers and fixing the
place up for a future hoitle. She has
spent much time and money on the
place and feels very keenly the loss
of all her efforts. The rose bushes
were the finest she could buy and the
treps were the choicest of apple,
cherry, peach and plum. There was
no robbery, as the plants and trees
.vore not removed.
SIXTH RECENT BLAZE
OCCURRED LAST NIGHT
Former Saloon and Queen Chop
House Burned Just After Midnight
Fire Started UolUiuI Bar In Sa-j
loon from Unknown Origin Stock!
and Fixtures Insured for $1500. I
CITY BRINGS FIRST SUIT.
Mrs. Mary Murphy Muxt Pay Im
provement Assessment and Costs.
The first of a number of Hen fore
closure suits to be brought by the
city has' been prepared by City At
torney Raley and will be filed this
afternoon. It Is. against Mrs. Mary
A. Murphy and the action Is to col
lect $1S which Is now due as an as
stssment against one of her lots on
Franklin t street. She has several
other lots aside from this one, but
separate actions will be brought for
each lot.
Under the terms of the liens given
the city by the property owners, they
must pay the costs of the foreclosure
suits.
COLDS
The Very hour a cold starts Is the
time to check It. Don't wait It may
become dep-Beated and the cure will
be 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, ex
penses. They nevr fall.
Tallman & Co.
Leading Druggists.
WILL TEACH SCHOOL.
F. D. Carroth, New High Scliool In
structor, Arrived Last Evening.
F. D. Carruth, who is to have the
high school business department this
winter, reached here last evening and
he Is now preparing for the opening
of school next Monday.
Prof. Carruth is a Kansan, but re
ceived his university training at the
University of Oregon, where he grad
uated two years ago. Since then he
has been living In Kansas and came
west to accept the position In the
high school.
"BUFFALO RILL" IS COMING.
Return of the Wild Went After Four
Years of Triumphant Success
Abroad.
The announcement is made that
Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Congress
of Rough Riders of the world will
visit this city on September 17, com
ing direct from its opening engage
ment at Madison Square Garden, New
York, where It succeeded In easily
convincing the newspapers and pub-
City Property for Sale
Building lots from $300 to 11000
Five-room dwelling, one lot 11400.00
Two lots and dwelling, chicken fencing and hou.se SHOO. 00
Seven-room dwelling and two lots $2000.00
Five room dwelling, bam and four lots $1500.00
A home In any part of the city.
FRANK B. CLOPTON & CO.
1 12 . Court St.. Pendleton, Ore.
THE REASON WHY !
Do you know that this bask Is growing more rapidly than any
other bank In the countyT Watch our statements to the comp
troller, and see. We carry a larger reserve than any bank In
the county. Our customers and the public at large feel more at
home In our bank than any In the county, why because we
make their Interests our Interests. If you have money to deposit
or need money, come In and see us.
' Commercial National Bank
United States Depository
WASHINGTON NOT HURT
BY FINANCIAL FLURRY.
A business review of the state of
Washington says of conditions there
this fall:
Washington banks have plenty of
money. Deposits show an average in
crease of between B and 6 per cent.
This, taken with only a fair demand
for loans, leaves them In better con
dition than last year to meet any
stringency which may lecur. Re
serves are much greater; one bank
reporting their cash reserves as being
double the usual amount.
The shipments of gold will bo much
less than last year, as many banks
report that they are overloaded with
coin and currency; the demand, such ,
as It Is, being pretty well divided be
tween Seattle, Spokane, Tacoma and
Portland, who In turn fall back on
San Francisco.
Quite a number of Washington
banks buy commercial p.iper, al
though a few are decreaslrtg the
amount handled, owing to local de
mands at this season. Without ex
ception this class of loans appears to
have given very good satisfaction. In
some cases It was the only asset that
could be counted on.
One bank carrying over one-third
of their loans in business paper have
from $100,000 to $200,0t) coming
due monthly. They report that all
which fell due during the financial
stringency was exceedingly satisfac
tory except three or four pieces, for
some of which they have taken long
t( rm notes and expect to lose little.
The Vreeland-Aldrich act does not
meet much favor, as the terms of the
act are not considered to be liberal
enough. In some quarters It Is
thought that the law may help mat
tors In a good deal the same manner
as tho clearing house notes did last
fall, but a bond secured currency Is
not believed In, asset currency against
n proper coin reserve being preferred.
Spokane hns Invited the Inland banks
to Join with them In a' currency asso
ciation under the new Ia.
Present business conditions are said
to be good, but the crop shortage In
the, eastern part of the state may
later have some effect, which will be
partially offset ljy the high price of
wheat.
Merchants' collections are only fair,
and the volume f trade appears to
have fallen off to some extent.
By a flrethat broke out shortly af
ter 12 o'clock last night the Ogg sa
loon on Main street was completely
destroyed and the Queen chop house
was badly demolished. The circum
stances surrounding the fire are pe
culiar and have caused much com
ment today.
The fire In the old saloon was dis
covered by the cook In the chop
house. At first he' trlde to quench
the blaze with a bucket of water,
but finding that the entire place was
afire he gave the alarm.
In response the two central com
panies and some of the outside fire
teams were soon on the scene. Ow
ing to the location of the fire It prom
ised for a time to be a disastrous
conflagration. It was In the center
of a solid business block and Imme
diately In the rear of the place Is the
Queen lodging house, a frame struc
ture that would have undoubtedly
burned to the ground had It caught
fire.. The Taylor hardware store. ad
Joining the burning room on the
north, was also endangered.
But the fire was well confined be
tween the brick walls of the Lennox
building and the fire department was'
able to hold It completely In check.
As a result the only damage to oth
er property consists of a burned awn
ing In front of the Hennlng cigar
store. The saloon Itself Is a total
wreck, while the chop house was but
partly damaged.'
Insured for $1500.
At the time of the fire the Ogg sa
loon was Insured with J. M. Bcntley
for $1500. This amount It Is cur
rently reported will more than cover
the loss In view of the present value
of saloon fixtures In Pendleton. Un
til August 24 the place was Insured
for $2500. On that date $1000 of the
Insurance expired and It was not re
newed.
The building In which the saloon
and chop house were situated belongs
to Joslah Lennox, a former resident
of this city. Lot Llvermore Is his.
agent. Insurance amounting to 13,-
000 was carried on the building, so
the owner will lost nothing.
Origin a Mystery.
What started the fire seems a deep
mystery and there has been much
speculation concerning it today. The
night bartender Is said to have left
the place about IS minutes before the
fire was discovered. He was eating
a a restaurant wnen tne Deji rang.
The room had Just been rewired, so
no blame can well be attached to
electric wires and as there was no
fire in the place the origin cannot be
traced to a stove. A carelessly drop
ped match or cigar may have done
the work. According to Fire Chief
John Vaughan the appearance of the
fire Indicated It had started behind
the bar.
It Is rumored that a man was seen
sneaking about the place a little
while before the fire started, but
nothing definite seems to be known
about him.
Just a
"Little Bimch"
of our swell
;,;PALjb..,surrSe,.
Now on display in window.
We have them coming
on every train.
For style, see us.
Roosevelt's Boston Store
WhereaYou Trade to Save.
GOOD SHOWERS VISIT .
ALL PARTS OF OREGON
The mean temperature was about
six degrees below normal In the In
terior districts west of the Cascade
mountains and about'lO degrees be
low normal In the eastern counties.
During the closing days of the
week light to heavy frosts occurred
In the plateau counties, -but no dam
age of consequence resulted there
from. The lowest temperature re
ported was 29 degrees at Yonna.
Showers were frequent during the
middle of the week, being heaviest
In the northwestern counties and
lightest In the southeast central por
tion of the state.
The showers were sufficiently heavy
to extinguish forest fires and to clear
the atmosphere of smoke. The sun
shine was deficient and there were
no damaging high winds,
Columbia River Valley. i
Cascade Locks, Hood River county,
Val. W. Tompkins. The week was'
coo) and cloudy. Light rains fell on !
the 24th and 25th. Heavy showers
commenced during the night of the
27th and continued at Itnervals to the,
29th.
Hood River, Hood River county, H.j
L. Hashbrouck. During the fore part.
throughout the week. Light rains oc
curred on the 21st and 27th.
Condon, Gilliam county, S. C. Dod
son. The week was very cool. Light
frosts occurred Tuesday and Wednes
day' nights. Vjry light showers fell
LThursday and Friday.
Hermlston, Umatilla county, C. W.
Kellogg. Unseasonably cool weather
prevailed this week. The latter half
was cloudy, with traces of rain on
the 24th and 28.
Fendleton, Umatilla county, H. P.
Johnson, Cool, threatening weath
ei prevailed, with but little rain.
Fresh northwest winds blew quite
Moodily.
Mrs. J. W. Copplnger and daugh
ter, Ilrene Webb, have returned from
Iohman springs,- where they have
been for the summer.
of the week warm days and cool
nights prevailed. Rain fell on th
28th, clearing the sky of smoke and
extinguishing all- forest fires In this
locality.
The Dalles, Wasco county, S. L.
Prooks. The week was much cool
e: with the temperatureH below nor
mal. Clear skies prevailed during
the fore part of the week. Thursday
and Friday were cloudy, with light
rain Friday and Friday night. Light
frost was observed in exposed places
on the morning of the 26th.
Wasco, sTierman county, J. R.
Howell. Low temperature prevailed
all the week, with cloudy weather
and showers during the latter part.
Mikkalo, Gilliam county, J. T.
Chandler. Cool weather .prevailed
One reason why so many of us can't
stand- prosperity Is because we can't
Wanted One large or two small ,
furnished housekeeping rooms, prl
vate house preferred. Telephone red j
2052, Mrs. Keller. !
TEA
The greatest tea-drinkers
are full - bottom Dutch
men. There isn't much
nervous prostration in
Holland.
Tour froctr return! roar mono? It joa era'!
w SehUllsf ' Beat: w pir him
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 some 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 n which
Is a 40 or 60-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 modem 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
stght-Beelng
When next In Portland give us
a chance to make you look pleas
ed. .
THE CORNELIUS Free 'Bus
meets all trains.
Europlan.
N. K. CLARKE, Mgr.
C. WJCornelius, 2
Proprietor
s
Watch the papers lor our Fine Fall Suit Offerings.
THE BIG
15.00
SUIT SALE
CLOSES THURSDAY NIGHT
Your last chance to get a correctly made Alfred Benja
min Suit, suitable for fall, at its actual cost to us. There
are patterns and sizes left to suit you.
Try One On Whether You Bny or Not
BOND BROTHERS
PENDLETON'S LEADING CLOTHIERS
find Its hiding place.