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About East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 3, 1908)
PAGE EIGHT. DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1008. EIGHT PAGES. i 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 only fresh and wholesome food, and a regard tor 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, et our prices, and be convinced. Standard Grocery Co. Court St., Opp. Golden Rale Phone Main 96 ber. To replace the stables which were turned a score of carpenters arc ingaged and the buildings will be ready by the date of the opening. Men are gathering and preservlt.:? fruits, vegetables od gr.uris with which to decorate the Interior of the exhibition hnlls, as well as for dls plays. Men who are known to have grown specially good produce this year have been urged to save It and have It on hand. Special cash prizes have ben offered for the best Indi vidual exhibits of fruits, grains and grasses. ALT A nOTSE ITRE WAS INCENDIARY'S WORK Contlnued from Page 1.) BOTH FREE A YD JX ABUN DANCE AT FREEWATER Crowds from Surrounding Country Gathered to Help Em Peaches and Listen to the Speake(-Great Day in Freewater. . ireewater, sept. S. With every train and lnterurban car loaded to its full capacity, carrying people to at tend the Peach day exercises and conveyances of all descriptions thronging the streets, the annual cele bration was one long to be remem bered. The crowds which came from all parts of this and adjoining coun ties are variously estimated to have Included not less than 5000 persons The successful culmination of the entire day's program and events Is due In a large measure to the untir ing energies of D. C. Sanderson, edi tor of the Freewater Times, who was ably assisted by an executive council consisting of Attorney C. T. Godwin, J. H. Hall, J. F. Kortz and I. B Mitchell. Under the direction of this committee the order of the day was carried out without a hitch and If any one left without making a good test of the quality and flavor of Free water peaches and cream It was evi dently their own fault. By 10 o'clock the city was crowd ed with hundreds of visitors from Walla Walla. Pendleton and the In tervening country. The lnterurban cars from the Garden dry were filled to their capacity during the entire day and it is claimed there were at least 500 people from there In attend ance on the events here today. The fire and with this and some sand wiches they found the firemen had an impromptu spread under unusual conditions. CIihWts Were Dangerous. Cinders and burning pieces of wood from the big fire floated for blocks and were a source of much danger. FLOOD MIS CITY WIIX INSTALL SAFETY APPLIANCE Iu'vee CommlMiv Directed to Make Improvement Since Byers Will Not New Fire Limit Raises Perplex ing Problems Concrete Walks for City Hall Block. A substantial flood gate Is to be Installed by the city at the end of the Byers tall race and when It Is In place there will be no further danger from back water from the race. At the council meeting last night the Jevee committee was empowered to contract for a gate and to have the same Installed. Previously bids for the gate had been asked for and the Pendleton Iron works submitted a bid. It was not. presented to the council last night aa Councilman Ell, who had the bill, did not attend. But as the necessity for action was urgent the committee was given full power to proceed with the work of having the gate installed. It Is estimated that It will cost the opening address was delivered by D C. Sanderson, who spoke in a humor- Several burning brands lighted upon ova vein, touching on the marvelous some burlap at the corner of the resources of the Freewater country scouring mill office and set the rags and the phenomenal growth of the afire. Had the blaze net been dlacov. city during the past two years. His ered quickly the office would soon remarks met with hearty applause have been in flames and the entire from the audience. Mr. Sanderson scouring mill and woolea mill would spoke on "All Roads Lead to Free- have been Jeopardized. water." Dr. K. G. Blalock of Walla The first line of hose taken to the elty aD0ut U00 to provide the flood Walla was next Introduced and gave fire was that of the scouring mill andl8'6 an1 tne c08t of the improvement a pleasing talk on the development It was gotten Into play by Foreman caused the councllmen to hesitate. of the Walla Walla valley, mention- Whittock and other members of the Ing In connection the great advantage scouring mill crew, an open Columbia river would be to The long stone warehouse belong- such further developsaet. ing to the Byers mill was bulwark C. L. Whitney, county fruit lnspec- of safety during the fire. Had the tor of Walla Walla county, followed warehouse been of combustible mate- Dr. Blalock with an address of more rlal 't would have certainly been than usual merit. Mr. Whitnev was burned and it In turn would have quently applauded during the course probably passed the fire on to the of his remarks. Among other speak- Oregon Lumberyard era were J. H. Gwinn of Pendleton, Attorney Will M. Peterson of Penrtl. FF 'OR GREAT COUNCIL ton. Prof. G. H. Emerson of Missouri and Rev. J. C. Reld, pastor of the "' KltI,'T wui Kepresont Oregon First Presbyterian church of Walla I ttt Convention, Walla. The Rev. Mr. Reld snok on R- W- Ritner leaves tomorrow f.r the subject. "Better fruit httr r. Bridgeport. Conn., to attend ' the COLDS The very hour a eoid starts Is the time to check it. boh;t it rriST become deep-seated and the cure will be harder then. Every hour lost at the start may add days to your suf fering. Take F Cold & S . Capsules Used In time they save all that might follow sickness, worry, ex penses. They nevpr fall. Tallman & Co. Leading Druggists. tie, better wheat, but most of all bet er men." His remarks .seemed ..to. strike a responsive echo In the hearts of his hearers who repeatedly ap plauded the speaker. After the speaking program free peaches and cream were served to the hundreds of visitors present and many were the complimentary re marks passed upon the successful cul mination of the day's events. In the afternoon the visitors were enter tained by an exhibition of foot rac ing and other athletic sports In the city park. While the day probably cost the citizens of Freewater several hundred dollars It is estimated that this mon ey will be returned several fold in the results of advertising obtained through It. - , 1 FAIR WORK ACTIVE. great council of the Redmen, whicn convenes on September 14. The com. Ing convention Is the highest council of the order and Mr. Ritner Is the representative from this state. He was grand record keeper for several terms before being chosen represent tatlve. Following the session of the great council Mr. Ritner will visit In the east, being absent from this Dlace about two months." Walla Walla Association Prepares for County Display. Walla Walla, Sept. 3. Workmen at the county fair grounds are rapid ly bringing the grounds and build ing? into shape for the exhibition and race meet the last week In Septcm- TEA There is nothing that costs so little, both money and work, and that goes so far if it has the chance. Your grocer return i four money if 701 east Wu Scbliliat 't Bui; we pr him. School Children's EYES A very large number of children attending the schools are In Immediate need of glasses and yet are unaware of It. EDUCATION depends largely on the use of the eyes. If these are deficient then the chief tiasls of learning Is hampered. OUR optician will give cor.scientlous advice and recommend the use of glasses only where it will considerably benefit the child's vision. WINSLOW BROS. Jewelers-Opticians Postoffice Blk., Pendleton Despuln Returns From Malheur. J. B. Despaln returned laat night from a four days' trip Into Malheur county, where he had gone for the purpose of looking over the country. On his return he brought with him a box of peaches from the ranch of W. L. Gibson, who lives near Xyssa. The peaches are fine ones and show that Malheur county is already something Of a fruit producing country. Thomson Funeral Today. The runeral over' the remains of the late J. Thomson was held" here at 10 o'clock this morning. The service was from the Rader undertaking par. lor and Rev. Lewellyn conducted the service. The pallbearers were F. J. Quinlan, J. H. Gwlnn. D. B. Bailey and L. Greenwald. Gwlnn Attended Pencil Day. J. H. Gwlnn was In attendance at the Freewater peach fair yesterday as the representative of the public. Ity bureau and bIko of the fair com mission. He reports that the affair was an unqualified success and re flects great .credit upon the people ( f the east end. County Court Was Speedy. For the first time In history, so It la said, the county court has com pleted all Its work In a one day ses'. sion. Yesterday sufficed for the ses sion this month and last evening the court adjourned. However, It was explained last night that there was no other course to pursue, as Mr. Byers could not be forced to Install the gate, so the ex pense was voted. Plans for a concrete walk around the new city hall were presented last night and adopted. v. j. ciarae, tne Court street hardware dealer, raised a perplexing question by asking if he would be al lowed to repair the partially burned warehouse In the rear of his store The question was finally referred to the fire committee and it will be re ported upon next week. Members of the finance committee reported that there Is now about $5, 000 of sinking fund money available for a loan and the recorder was dl rected to advertise the same. GOOD FRATERNITY BANQUET. l'lit t.anuna Delta Held Pleasant Affair Here Last Evening. A pleasant fraternity banquet was given at the Hotel Pendleton last night by members of the Washington university chapter of the Phi Gamma Delta. The affair was In honor of James ttlurgis and Herbert Thomp son, both of whom are to enter the university this fall. It was given by the four Pendleton members of the fraternity, W. A. Slusher, Ben Bur roughs, Fred Hart man and Ernest Ruppe. Other guests were Cress Sturgis, Harold Warner and Lester Hamley. Had some other members of the fraternity not been absent from the city the attendance would have been larger. Is McGann Alive. St. Louis, Sept. 3. The British government, through Thomas Ersklne an English consul here, Is attempting to secure the release of S. F. Sey mour Barlngton, the bogus lord, who s confined in Jefferson City for the murder of James McCann In 1903. It Is reported that new evidence of Mo Gann being alive and working as a bartender In San Francisco have been secured. Barrlngton was condemned to death, but his sentence was com muted to life Imprisonment. I.'NGINEEK AND FIREMAN REPORTED KILLED. THE REASON WHY ! Do you know that this bask Is growing more rapidly than any other bank In the county? 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 Salt Lake, Sept. 3. Engineer Liind and an unknown fireman are report ed killed by the engine of a passen ger train on the Denver & Rio Grands blowing up near Thompson station while the train was running at a high rate of speed. No passengers are reported dead. Relief train has been dispatched. HillHhoro Itoy Suicides. Hlllsboro, Ore., Sept. 3. Harold Chrlstensen, aged 16, Is dead at the home of C. Chrlstensen, the county road supervisor, with his head com pletely off as a result of committing suicide with dynamite In a powder house used by his father. It Is sup posed Harold held the stick between his teeth and applied a match to the fuse. The side of the house was blown out. Attempted Suicide. Paris, Sept. 3. Xhe American col ony here was shocked by the sensa tional attempt to commit suicide by Mrs. Myrian F. Colfelt, wife of T. H Colvelt, a wealthy New York broker, who shot herself three times In a hotel early today. Jt Is feared she can not recover. Engagement Broken. Reno. Sept. 8. Mystery surrounds the brief announcement tonight by Harry McMillan, the millionaire mi ner, that his engagement to Edna Goodrich, the actress, has been called off. No reason was given and he Is now on his way east to see the actress. Read the East Oregonlao, Pheasants Destroying Crops. Belllngham, Sept. 8. Thousands of pheasants are swarming the fllds Of Whatcom county and the farmers are up In arms as a result. The birds are seriously damaging the potato crop. Much shooting Is resulting despite the game laws. Elsw olloso ir il In tho shades of Brown and Green, to be worn this winter; the new shape re taining rim, interchangeable and many other new features .. Just Received and on Display. BOSTON STORE Where All Can Trade and Save. PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE. Standing. Club. Won. Los Angeles 77 San Francisco .... 71 Portland 63 Oakland 61 Los Angeles 8, Portland 1. Oakland 1, San Francisco 0. NORTHWESTERN LEAGUE. Lost. 61 71 66 78 P. C. .575 .500 .489 .439 was too serious about It. They gave me a courteous hearing and applaud ed me when I finished." Club. Won. Lost. Vancouver ,...64 52 Aberdeen 60 54 Spokane 59 65 Tacoma 66 53 Butte 47 67 Seattle 53 68 Tacoma 4, Butte 0. P. C. .652 .626 .618 .514 .451 .438 Girl Campaigns for Daddy. Seattle, Sept. 3. Two hundred rough-clad men of the Riggers and Stevedores' union suspended the reg ular routine of their business session at their headquarters on Western ave nue Monday afternoon and gave un divided attention to a. 10-minute ad dress by Miss Gertrude Levy, the young woman who Is conducting an energetic campaign for her father, Benjamin C. Levy, candidate for the nomination for county treasurer. It took a suspension of the rules of the union to permit the young woman to be heard, and the president of the or ganization, to whom she first applied, was doubtful' of the success of her request. However, he put It to a vote which resulted unanimously In favor of the fair applicant. "I told them," said Miss Levy, father's record as deputy for 15 years, and appealed to them as work ers to assist a fellow worker to gain the recognition he deserved. They did not treat It as a Joke. I think I 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 aa 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 on 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 modern equipped hotel. solicits your patronage and assures you good service and courteous treatment An exceptional hotel for Eastern Oregon families who jome to Portland shopping and sight-seeing. 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. W. Cornelius, Proprietor The "Hawes" Hat p .'iff yJM FK? m Belllngham Burglar Captured. Belllngham, Sept. 8. Bert Davis, colored, aged 20, and a prize fighter, has confessed that he Is responsible for every burglary committed in that city this summer excepting two. He committed a total of seven robberies. PRICE $3.00 We Are Sole Agents THE MEN'S SHOP MAX BAER ,
