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SCHOOL WEEK GREAT BARGAINS
Specials of Merit for This Week
60 doz. Hemstitched Handkerchief, good 5c val. 1c
50 doz. Childrens' Ribbed School Hose, regu
lar 20c values at
50 doz. Heavy Ribbed Childrens' Hose, regu
lar 25c values at
26 pes. of 36 in. Dress Goods in Stripes, Checks
and Plaids, regular 65c values, at yard 50c
10 pes., Rain Proof Cravenettes, regular $1.50
to S2 values, 54 in. wide, Great Special at 95 c
Childrens' School Jackets from 6 to 14 years,
regular $7 values, all week . . $3.95
Childrens' School Jackets, reg. $9.75 values $5.25
Childrens' Gingham Dresses from 3 to 1 4 years
at HALF PRICE
SHOES OF DEPENDABLE KIND
Misses' School Shoes, $1.85 value at
Misses' School Shoes, $2.00 values at
Boys' School Shoes, $2.50 values at
Childrens' School Umbrellas reg. 50c val. at
BOYS WAISTS This Week Only We Will sell
Any Boys' 50c Waist for 40c
75c
90c
$(.00
$1.25
BOYS CAPS For School week only We will sell
Anv of our 25c Caps for 20c
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50c
75c
BO YS KNEE PANTS--1 00 doz. Pairs-At a bargain
Every one reduced in price.
50c Pants 40c. 75c Pants 60c
90c " 70c. $1.00 " 75c
$1.25 " 95c. $(.50 " $1.20
The Peoples Warehouse
$1.40
$1.60
$(.80
35c
SEVEN BIOS FOR
IRK AT Willi
CONTRACTORS ANXIOUS
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Only $"00,000 Available fr Ho Work
r Coiwinii-tliijr (Vlllo Cnnal i'u
mi! In Approxliiu'O'ly 8 Mi Miles
Long ami Will Conmvt Upper and
Lower Columbia. j
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Seven firms submitted bids to Ma
jor Mclndne. corps of United States'
engineers, at 11 o'clock tills morning
for tho building of a section of the
Celllo canal, says a Portland paper.
The company agreeing to do the
work nt the least cost will not be
known until late this afternoon, on
account of the many provisos con
tained in them. It looks, however, as
though the Caughreff, Winters &
Smith company hade the lowest of
fer. The firms competing for the con
tract are as follows: North American
Dredge company, Tuget Sound Bridge
& Dredge company, Johnston Porter,
Celilo Construction company, Robert
Wakefield & Co., Caughreff, Winters
& Smith company and Wise Bros. Ac
cording to the specifications the work
has to be started within 30 days from
the letting of the contract.
The total amount available for this
work la about 0. 000 $200,000 in
hand, $336,000 appropriated In the
sundry civil act approved May 27,
1908. and $164,000 to be appropriat
ed hereafter.. It Is probable that this
last sum will be appropriated at the
next sesion of congress.
Should congress fail to provide the
unappropriated balance of $164,000
before all other available funds have
been exhausted, the contractor will be
notified to that effect and be given
the option of continuing work or sus
pending operatlos until more funds
are available.
The work to be done Is the con
struction of a part of the navigable
canal between Celllo, Ore., and Big
Eddy. The canal closely parallels
the O. R. & X. and the state portage
railways, and Is approximately 8.6
miles long.
The portion of the canal to be con
structed under these specifications
will begin near Tumwater, where the
contract of Smyth & Jones ends, and
extend as far ns available funds wljl
build it. It Is estimated that at least
14,400 feet of the canal can be built
complete in every particular, except
as to the reinforced concrete lining
of the bottom and sides in sand and
gravel sections.
CAREY ACT
LAND SALE
15,000 acres of laud, In the Stato of
Idaho, lying along tho Snake river
and on tho main lino of the O. .S.
L. railroad, between the towns of
King Hill and Cilonns Ferry, will
bo opened for settlement October
12, 1908. The sale of the land will
be under tho supervision of tho
Stato Land Board of Idaho. Tho
tract lies In a cove, surrounded by
1000 to 1.100 foot elevations. The
soli is unsurpassed for fruit culture
and there Is an abundant surplu.
of water. Tho land Is opened un
dor the Cnrey net, protecting tho
purchaser and assuring tho water
rights. Money deposited on loca
tions not found deslrablo will be
refunded.
GRAND OPENING ON
OCTOBER THE TWELFTH
The drawing of locations will be held nt King Hill, where all convenien
ces have been arranged in the way of sleeping, eating and other accom
laudations. Tourist sleepers will be sidetracked for those who wbdi to
occupy them. This is the most promising opportunity for hoineHoekers
ever offered In tho state of Idaho.
REDUCED RAILROAD RATES
Ask your station agent for rates and full particulars as to location. For
literature and full information about the land, wrlto to
KINGS HILL IRRIGATION & POWER CO.
HOIS K, I I) A II O.
M A I X O V V I C K
Where it Pays to Trade Save Your Coupons
KERN'S VIEW OF THE VICE-PREIEIf
Juhn W. Kern, democratic candi
date for vice president, writes his
views of the office of vice-president
for Collier's Weekly as follows:
It has been a rather flippant jest
for many decades that the viee-pres-idency
h.i.s ceased to be a position of
influ-nc-e and high honor.
Mr. Bryan has answered this In his
speeches and in his written addresses
to the American people by declaring
that In his judgment the vice-president
should be a member of the pres
ident's official family and have a
seat at the cabinet table. Vice-pres-iri-nts
in the past have influenced leg
islation largely, but usually by in
direction. My own conception of the duties
of any public official Is that the In
fluence he exerts should be direct,
open, obvious and known to all men,
I! the vice-president Is to be simply
the presiding officer of the senate,
with, of course, the opportunity to
invite senators Into his room and sug
gest to them the views he may have
upon pending legislation, he becomes
very close to a mere lobbyist.
If by the friendship or by the po
litical convictions of the president he
Is able to come out Into the open,
speak as frankly as his chief speaks,
and exert upon legislation openly and
avowedly as much Influence as any
member of the cabinet may, his of
fice Is raised to the dignity which was
the original understanding of the
framers of the constitution that it
should possess.
I am of course estopped by the pro
prieties of the occasion from going
into any detail concerning the possi
bilities of a vice-president ultimate!)
becoming president, either through
the death of his leader or by subse
quent election. But I do believe that
the possibilities are such that one who
offers himself as a candidate for the
vice-presidency should be frankly
willing to express his views concern
ing tho duties and obligations of thb
(residency.
This nation has known many vice
presidents who ultimately succeeded
to the first office. I think it may be
said that nearly all of them attained
that high scat of responsibility which
the presidency should entail. The
vice-presidency Itself, unless there
shall be close and friendly relations
with the occupant of the Whlto
House, furnishes little opportunity
for the development of a wide knowl
edge of public men and of public af
fairs. If there Is this co-operation,
the long atretch of Pennsylvania ave
nue from Capitol Hill to the White
House will be politically and intellec
tually very much abridged.
But Just exactly as the vice-president
is really the servant and not the
muster of the senate, so do I believe
that the president himself is not to
be, nor to attempt to be, the master
of congress. This government of ours
U a representative government.
It Is not to be dominated In one
legislative department by the hard
hand of the presiding officer, nor In
both legislative departments by the
determined use by the president of
the power of patronage. My concep
tion of the presidency, If It be proper
for me to express It here, Is that it
should remain, as the constitution de
clared it s'lould be, distinctly an ex
ecutive office.
Let congress make the laws with
out being Influenced or coerced by
any sort of executive interference,
other than the recommendations and
suggestions In his message which" nre
provided for In the constitution.
Let the courts construe those laws
with reference to their constitutional
ity. Then let the president, the chief
tycecutlvo of the nation, administer
and enforce those laws, whether they
appeal to his own personal prejudices
or otherwise, but without effort to
criticize either the congress of the
United States or the courts of the
United States.
The conception of the duties and
obligations of tho presidency which
any man. whether a candidate for
federal office or otherwise, can read
ily form for himself is to be found In
the constitution of the United States,
which Is at no point more explicit
than In its definition of the duties
of both president and vice-president.
Taft to Meet. Negroes.
Lexington, Ky., Sept. 2. It la stat
ed that a delegation from the Nation
al Negro Baptist association, which
will hold Its convention here the mid
dle of .the month, will go to Cincin
nati on September 22 to confer with
William H. Taft on political Issues af
fecting the colored people of the
country. The candidate has agreed to
meet the .delegation on the date men
tioned. Every etate and territory
will be represented In the delegation.
Remarkable how little we are In
terested In people we know to be truly
good.
STOCK PLUNGING
STIRS THE MAItKKT
Henry Clews says of the present
financial condition of the country:
Last week's excessive dunging op
erations fortunately created only a
temporary disturbance. Incidentally
they proved the hazardous position of
the short side of the market.
There are comparatively few stocks
for sale; partly because Investors and
the public recognize that recupera
tion Is the order of the day, and part
ly because the big operators are op
posing any Important reaction at this
time. As long as improvement in In
dustrial and mercantile affairs con
tinues it will be difficult to check the
present hopeful temper which pre
vails in financial circles.
Wall street always looks far ahead,
and Is now actively discounting all
the Improvements that Is likely to
take place before next January. It
may be overdlscounting that prob
ability; but If so, it is only moving In
accordance with precedent.
By far the most Important element
In the stock market Just now is the
world-wide ease In money. This ease
In not so much a consequence of In
crease In the gold supply as some
would have us believe, although that
factor cannot be Ignored.
The present glutted condition of
the money market Is chiefly attribut
able to the accumulation of funds
which always follows panic, regard
less of the production of gold. Busi
ness activity has been at a minimum,
and funds came out of hoarding as
confidence revived.
These two movements caused a pil
ing up of Idle , funds In the banks,
which now hold extraordinary re
serves In spite of the fact that the
crop movement has begun, and that
usually currency Is flowing freely to
the west and south at this season.
They also account for the record-
breaking accumulation of gold In the
American and European banks more
than the enormous production of the
Rand district.
What is the effect of such an ac
cumulation of Idle funds? The own
ers must Inevitably seek better em
ployment than afforded by current
low rates on call and time money.
Since confidence, though rising, is not
fully restored and caution Is neces
sary In making Investments, credit
expands slowly.
Only the best borrowers and the
best proposals are welcomed at the
bank. Discrimination Is still neces
sary; the result being that large hold
ers of Idle money nre obliged to In
vest In the better class of securities.
Money can be much more profitab
ly employed in these lines than In or
dinary lending; good Investments
thus become scarce, and the big
speculator with an abundance of
cheap money at his command Is af
forded an unusual opportunity.
This explains the present stubborn
ness of the market to yield to artifi
cial pressure, also the strong under
tone shown In the face of unfavora
ble news. Cheap money Is not only
a powerful but under the clrcumstan.
ces, It Is the most natural stimulant
to business that could be expected.
With the prospect of low rates of
Interest for several months to come
there Is little' chance for any Import
ant reaction In either financial of
mercantile circles, certainly not until
money rates advance or reaction Is
produced from causes not yet apparent.
TESTED AND PROVEN.
Idaho IIkIiIIh Mis t.
Boise, Ida., Sept. 2. That the pro
hibition wave has struck Idaho and
is spreading rapidly over tho slate
was evidenced today by the enthu
siasm of the hundreds of delegates
who gathered In the state convention
of the "dry" party. A completo state
ticket will be put In the field. A
rally of the temperance forces of the
state Is being held in connection with
the convention.
There Is a Hip of Solace In Belli
Able lo Depend Upon a Well-Earn.
ed Reputation.
For months I'endleton reader have
tun the constant expression of pralae
for Poan'! Kidney Pllli, and read
about the good work they have don
In thli locality. Not another remedy
ever produced such convincing proof
of merit.
Mrs. H. Swaggert, living at 811
Garden street, I'endleton, Ore., sayr.
"Both my husband and myself hav
used Doan's Kidney Pill! with th
most gratifying result!. Mr. Swag
gert was troubled 'severely with nil
back and kidneys for a long time and
never rece ved any relief until Doan'a
Kidney Pills were brought to nil at
tention and he procured a bos at the
Pendleton Drug Co. They gave hlra
great relief and he thinks very high
ly of them, i also used Ooan'i Kid
ney Pills and found that It anljr re
quired a few dosca to remove the
lameness and pain caused from dla
ordered kidneys. I really believe that
kidney trouble would be lei! prev
alent if more lufferert knew of
Doan's Kidney Pills." (From state
ment given In 1905.)
Tested and Proven.
Mrs. Swaggert was again Interview
ed on November 16, 1907, and aald:
"We still continue to use Doan'i Kid
ney P lis and find them Jut ai ef
fective as when they first came to
our notice. We keep thorn In the
house at all times and really think
we could not get along without
them."
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cents. Fostcr-Mllburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole ngenta for tho United
State!.
Remember the name Doan'i
and take no other.
For Rent Store room on Main
street In the East Orogonlun building.
Apply at this office.
COFFEE
and tea; Schilling's Best,
is sold by about 9000
grocers west of the Rocky
Mountains.
Your groin rrlurnt your money il yon don'l
Ilk It: pay li.m
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NOT ONLY THE LARGEST, RUT THE REST COLLEGE IN
EASTERN OREGON.
THE REST AND MOST UP-TO-DATE TEACHERS EMPLOYED.
Pendleton College will enjoy the largest enrollment It hag had for
years, due to the fact, that for two years, and slnco tho college l!
under its new management, students are being graduated In less than
half the usual time required by business colleges. Ail graduates who
have desired positions, have been placed In excellent paying positions
by the school. Bookkeepers are graduated In about six months, and
Stenographers In four months and even less. PRIVATE LESSONS IN
ROOK KEEPING, NO CLASS OF MORE THAN FOUR STUDENTS
IN SHORTHAND, Is the secret of tho success of the school.
Bookkeeping, Commercial Law, Arithmetic, Rapid Calculation,
Banking, Penmanship, Shorthand, Typewriting, English, Spelling,
Grammar, Correspondence, Office Practice, etc.
M. M. SLATTERY, President Catalog Free.
IT IS INCREDIBLE TO RELEVE
that a gown that seemed hopelessly
soiled should be renovated to such a
beautiful color and to look as fresh
as If made this season when It has
been cleaned at the City Steam Dye
Works. Dellcato shades of pink, blue
or lavender; In fact the most dainty
shades of color are restored, and
ladles' old gowns are made to look
good as new when cleaned here. Work
called for and delivered. .
Oily Steam Dye Works
'Phone Muln 109.
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