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F you like to be dressed in the
smartest style, and the best
quality now's your chance. You
will find this store the right place
for distinction in clothes.
The Peoples Warehouse
clothes are the best ever offered
for men to wear; every fabric all'
wool, the tailoring done in a way
to keep the good style looking
right you'll find these clothes
the best for your wear, the most
perfect clothes made.
We show you just for example
one of the new two-button styles;
a very snappy, stylish suit.
In addition to a great line of
fancy weaves and colors we want
you to have one of our fine black
suits for dressier-than-business
use.
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We'll show you all torts of good things to wear besides clothes; shirts, neckwear, hats and all the rest.
This store is the home of Hart Schaffner & Marx clothes.
The Peoples Warehouse
Where it Pays to Trade
Save Your Coupons
M BIS
By LETTER THEFT
A-MSTAXT inSTMASTEU
Till ICS IRUD ON RIVAL!
J. Smith ()f Wolf Creek Wins Wife ,
Xow After Elfteeii Years of Married
Life Coufews Act and Waul.i to Go
to the Penitentiary for Hi Crime
Wife Has lot-given IM'cciitioii
Practiced. I
'nt-rrcption "f the letter 15 years ago
ha-s preyed "ti his miml until he Just
I il l t" tell snme one.
Mr. Smith will nut be prosecuted.
Mr. Smith says his wife is satisfied
-that she has never regretted hav
ing married him.
Furthermore, he says that he would
rather go to heaven tiirough the peni
f ntiary with a clear conselenee than
to hell with a burden like the Inter
cepted letter on his mind.
the rodents
their use.
and grow- very expert in
II AVE YE THE BODY OP
MAI KM E ITTZMAl'llICE
NATION1 HANKERS
OPMISE Gt'AR.WT V
PLAN.
Iienver, Sept. 29. In the savings
bank section of the American Bank-
crs association meeting here yester-
I I...wit,.n. Idaho. Sei.tember 59 l:,-v- tn,'re w,"r ""I'f'l rrdutions
it .w st:.te,l vestenlav that M. O. . opposing the bank deposit guaranty
' Fitzzmaurice. the editor of the Gar
ni..
FORI) NOTED AMONG
W I T E UN M ET1 IODISTS.
Fifteen years ago, In Wolf Creek,
southern Oregon, two men were in
lo - w ith the same girl. One of them
was the assistant postmaster,
other lived out of town. With
latter one the girl corresponded,
the Portland Journal.
Lt-tiers passed back and forth for
f ome time, until one day a letter ad
dressed to the young woman got no
farther than the Wolf Creek postof-fe-e.
It was from the out-of-town
man, far away.
This letter was intercepted by the
assistant postmaster. The man never
wrote again. He thought the girl had
Th.1 t'ict
this
says
The transf.T of Dr. Ford, F. R..
was one of the big surprises of the
iiss!mments, at the recent conference
at Eugene, says the I'uiUan.l Oregon
iati. He s perhaps the most widely
known of the Methodist ministers In
the whole" conference, having served
ejght year-' as presiding elder (now
superintendent) on the Kusne dls-
and four years as pastor of the
Sunnyslde Mi th p list churcli. His
work has always been of the highest
order and he h.i been very sucr-esful
wherever he ln labored. Under hii
ministry the Sunnyside churcli pros
pered well, ;i'i 1 he was also Instru
mental in assisting in other organiza
tions in the neighborhood coainiuni
tles. Prior to rnming to Oregon Dr. Ford
was presiding elder of Seattle district
and still earlier In his ministerial ca-
field c'oumy Standard, published at
I'onieroy, and who was arrested here
Saturday on the charge of libel, and
Is now held in the county Jail, having
lefused to return to I'onieroy unless
I equation papers were isued, would
have habeas corpus proceedings In
stituted to fecure his release. In the
event he Is reb as- d, It is stated he
w ill be immediately arrested on a new
charge and Deputy Sheriff Messenger
of Oilfield county, ix remaining lire
for that purpose, according to report.
I clause
of the democratic
platform
a tnl the
as ap-
T
: leer he held the same nositlon In the
t',t..w !:irn down. And the girl , Llttlo n,.k Ark ,listrJf.t- h;ls
well, for yeaif she wondered why he ,,niribute,i iarg. v to the norlodicals
of the denomination, and his book on
the presiding eldership Is the only
work of the kind ever published and
won won the belle of 0ll had a wide sale. The church at Pen-
dleton, to which he was transferred.
. Is one of the most magnificent edifi-
Ilves 'es In northwest Methodism, It being
a new building costing $.1"i,000. Pen
dleton also has a nice parsonnge nnd
Is an altogether desirable nppolnt-
It Is In the Columbia River
Declare Story I'nlriic.
Pellingham. Sept. i). t. f tlves
v.ent to the Thomas home yesterday
t ' s.MlTh for hob-s hi t!v v.-.'!.' v.-h !,!
might be caused by bu!' t froni the
murdered wife's revolv, r. Thomas
, laving ileilar.d 111:, f sh- fired and
til. n lie klllid her. They looked care
fully but found no holes. The police
hold that this disprove Thomas'
story about bis wife's using her pis
tol. The defen-e's strong point is the
a! sence witnes -es w ho rould prove
the story should Thomas repudiate it.
The police will try to show that Mrs.
Thomas had a gun.
poslal savings bank
proved by the republicans.
The clearing house section also
went on record as opposing the re
firms suggested.
Senator Teller and some other
, members of the special currency
commission appointed tit the last ses-
! sioii of congress w ill attend the con
vention to get the views of practical
, I ankers as to how the I'li.t.-d States
! should readjust Its money system.
I Among the principal speakers at
.the convention of the general associa
tion are Wood row Wilson, president
lot the Canadian Hank of Commerce;
Alexander Gilbert. president of the
New York Clearing Hons.'; James H.
, i oiKan, president of the First Nation
al Hank of Chicago. nil i inventor
I'.tlchtel of Colorado, ll.'.iu . M. Rey
nolds, president of th" Continental
'National bilik of Chicago, is slated
l for election to the presidency of the
j association.
j VALISE I I LL Ol' SNAKES
FOUND OX THE STHEET
had never written.
i.ut the assistant postmaster knew
and he played his cards well. In
Wolf
Creek the girl of his choice.
The two the girl and the
masted were married. Their
have been happy all these years, but
the man has had something on hisj
mind. For more than 14 years the I
assistant postmaster has carried this ment.
post-
Klainatli Indians Paid.
Klamath Falls, Sept. 29. Every
man, woman and child of the Klam
ath Indian nation on the reservation
will receive $50. 35 within the next 10
days. This represents the distribu
tion of $"j2.700 of Interest due and 10
per cent principal of a sum placed to
their credit years ago.
one
the
of the strongest con-west.
HI NT CU DS HI NT
HAT PESTS WITH (M IIS.
secret of the Intercepted letter in hlS conference,
In art. No one ever knew. ! fercnees in
The other day an old man hobbled
uti the stairs of the federal building. HAT
lie said be wan"d to see the authori
ties. Said that his guilty conscience
contrition had been bothering him
and that he wanted to tell some one
in the government service of how he
won tbe affections of his wife.
He said his name was J. Smith, and
that lie came from Wolf Creek to
I'o.tlai.d where 15 years ago he had
bo-n In the postal service. And then
v ith tears in his eves, the old man "f dollars damage every year,
lei.ii. d II.- experience v. 'th the letter f"'f their extermination, the Society
of his rival, how he destroyed It and 1 for ,n'" Destruction of Vermin has
the girl never knew until he told her'!"r-n organize,, with Sir James Chlch-
to.j her w hen she w:.s his v if . ' '' n-Prowne as president, and with
And all he asked was forgiveness. j branches all over England, Scotland,
This was years afterward, h" ! Ireland and Wales. The society will
eald. Just recently. In fact. And hejM'&i" " actlvp warfare tomorrow,
sild that fhe had forgiven him. i:ut';in,i ay will probably be marked
all In all. that if he was to be pun-! b.v tnH greatest rat hunt ever known.
Ished for his foolishness he was nre-i'"
lired to suffer the consequences.
After coming to Portland to live,
London, Sept. 30. "Death , to the
rodents!" is the battlecry that Is
echoing throughout England today,
presaging the beginning of the great
est warfare on rats In the world's
history. It Is estimated that there
are 56,000,000 rats In Great Hrltaln,
and that they do hundreds of millions fighter, has
Dies of Wounds.
Seattle, Sept. 29. Mose Cantral,
who was shot Saturday by a man
whom he accused of alienating the
affections of his wife, and ruining his
home, died In the hospital here yes
terday. Warren Il'.iffet, the accused
man, escaped.
Rutte, Mont., Sept. 29. A new and
handsome suit case lay near the road
down on the flat, when a stranger
snied the grip and made a run for it,
thinking he was getting something for
I nothing. He threw back the lock and
! opened the case
) Lying peacefully within were a
! dozen snakes, most of them rattlers.
(Fearing he would be bitten nnd real
izing that he was stung, the man
started for the nearest phone and
called up police headquarters. He
was told to take n club and kill the
riptihs. He did not go back, and
lesidcnts of the flat killed the snakes.
It is thought that the rattlers were
'eft behind by the Relss carnival show
when It pulled out for Dillon. They
had a snake charmer who gave exhl
dtloiis of fondling the ugly creatures.
Jackson Abandons! 1Iom
London, Sept. 29. Tired of the
persistent refusals of Tommy Burns
to come to come to a definite agree
ment, Jack
Johnson,
abandoned
To cf- getting a match with
champion heavyweight
the colored
all hope of
the world's
pugilist.
QUITE BEST EVER
NEW QrAUTEKS t'HOWDEI)
11 Y SPLENDID EX HI HITS
and colt.
of Albee
Hliio. liloodcd Horses Are Numerous
Elite Showing In SlicH-p Depart
ment liri;;alcd DHtiicU Display
I'lne IIoks Morrow County Has
l ine Exhibit of Poultry lit Mvo
Stock Section Ctiltlo Eev Hut
(ood.
Though the space for the livestock
ixhibit at the fair Is much larger than
at cither the former fairs the big tent
is crowded to overflowing and sev
eral head of horses are stationed on
the outside. The number of cattle
exhibited is not as large as last year,
but ttu re ure many more horses, sheep
and hogs, the showing In all three of
these lines being of the best.
S. Met. & SoiiH, the well known im
porters and breeders of Percheron,
lU lglan and Shire stallions and mares,
have four prize winning stallions on
exhibit. These are a part of the car
load which was rushed from Illinois
by express. There wus not room for
the remainder to be shown.
Among tlie oher exhibitors are the
follow lug;
Tom Thompson One year old stal
lion. Thompson ltrothers Mare and
colt, mule and span of mules.
John Crow Percheron stallion,
young horse and mare.
Mack Foster Span of marcs with
mule colts and span of young mures.
A. II. McEwen Stallion, mare. colt.
Mis. Anna Ii. Richards Two young
mares and two young horses.
Dan P. Sinythe Trotting bred stal
lion. Chris l'.reedlng German coach
stallion, three registered Percheron
mares and a horse.
P.ain Brothers Mare
Mis. H. T Connell
Voung mare.
Dr. J. A. Best Colt.
W. R. Ititney Colt.
J. F. Temple Stallion and mare and
colt.
G, H. Glllctt Mare and colt.
J. M Swaggart Trotting bred stal
lion. F.d Mauser Trotting bred stallion.
J. H. Franklin, horse, mare and
colt.
R, W. Case Trotting bred stal
lion. Cattle.
The exhibitors of cattle are:
The Riverside Avenue dairy Grade
I nn ham cow , Jersey cow and grade
Durham bull calf.
L. Sr. Kidd Hereford bull, cow and
calf.
Cunningham Sheep & Livestock
Co. Red Poled calf.
I loir. '
A. I.. Swaggart of Athena, Is the
chief exhibitor of hogs. He has 12
head of Poland China hogs which
would be prize winners at any fair.
Chief among these Is a young sow,
w eighing 4a0 'pounds and a boar,
weighing about 550 pounds.
Mm gaii & Johnson, the Hermlston
bleeders of hogs, also have an exhib
it of Berkshire pigs.
SlMH-p.
For the fit st time since the fair
was Inaugurated livestock breeders
from the Willamette valley have ani
mals on exhibit. Notable among these
are the owners of the Webb farm,
near Troutdale They came up with
an exhibit of 2 1 Lincoln bucks, most
of thetii being April lambs. 'J'hi se
are rapidly being sold, however.
The Cunningham Sheep & Land
company also has an extensive sheep
exhibit, consisting for the most part
of tie Ir famous Rainboulette. They
also have some Delanes.
The .'. K. Smith Livestock company
has the greatest variety of thorough-)
bred sheep on exhibit. In their pens'
are to be found Merinos, Delanes. I
Rambotilets and Shropshire DownsJ
They have both kinds of Delanes,'
horned and poled. In their Sbrop-j
shire pen is a seven-month-old lamb
weighing 140 pounds. I
In the poultry coops are to be found'
some of the finest chickens aver dis
played at an eastern Oregon fair. The
variety of chickens shown Is great,
while the number of birds Is fully
three times us large as last year.
The following Is a list of the kinds
of chickens:
Plymouth Rocks, both burred and
white; brown, white and buff Leg
horns, Rhode Island Reds, Golden
Seabrlght Bantams, Columbia Wyan
dottcs. Black Mlnorcas, Blue Andalu
jslans, Brown Bantams, Jupnnesu Ban
I tains, Silver Spangled Hamburg, Buff
i Cochin Bantams, White Mlnorcas,
Sliver Wyandottes and Houdans.
Thero Is also an exhibit of Guinea
hens, several coops of ducks, some
bronze turkeys, 75 pairs of pigeons,
. some China pheasants and one Golden
pheasant.
NAVAL ACADEMY OPENS
AT ANXAl-OMS TODAY
Annapolis, Md., Sept. 30. -Uncle
Sam's naval academy is today a scene
of bustle and activity, preparatory to
the beginning of the academic term
tomorrow. The new fourth class of
midshipmen Is almost a third smaller
than customary, and tho other classes
are not quite up t othu usual stand
ard in numbers, so that tho total en
rollment is only about 800. The first
class contains 177 midshipmen, while
last year's graduating class numbered
201, tho largest In the history of the
institution. The second class will have
171 and the third class 2G5 members
at the opening of the academy tomor
row. This year's new class contains the
usual number of sons or other rela
tives of tut vn I officers. Tho first man
in the class is Harold Dodd, son Of
Capt. A. W. Dodd, C. S. N., retired,
who was appointed by the president,
while second place was attained by
H. G. Gates, Jr., of Michigan, son of
Commander H. G. Gates, I S. X.
Gates Is the youngest member of the
class, barely qualifying for age.
COItllESI'OXPENCE CXn'KSES
AT OREGON fXIVEIISlTY.
I'nlverslty of Oregon, Eugene, Sept.
2i. The university will Issue In a
short time the second number of Its
bulletin on correspondence study
courses. Tib' correspondence work
last year met with so encouraging a
iiceptioii and tiie demand for It was
so great that this department has
bieii greatly strengthened and many
in w coins, s are being offeree:. It Is
believed that .'Hum students will en
roll for thi. work between now and
th" l'i:-t of Fein inrv.
VAM Ol VEK GETS STREET
RAILWAY TO M ill RRS
Portland, Sept. 29. Vancouver.
Wash., one of the old pioneer town
made famous by having General
Grant and General Sherman located
at the barracks there, Is giving some
oj the newer towns a sample of civic
enterprise. Not satisfied with put
ting down hard pavements, on last
Saturday they celebrated the romplpl
lion of an electric street railway sys
ti m w hich real ties well Into the suburbs.
Best Standard Makes of
Pianos, Organs and
Sewing Machines
Buy from a local house which In
sures you satisfaction, makes terms
to suit you, carries only standard
makes nnd are always here to back
up their sales. It costs you nothing
to look over our lines.
JESSE FAILING
Main street, near bridge.
Ankcny Gives Pp.
Seattle, Kept. 29. A dispatch from
Walla Walla to a local paper says:
"Senator Ankeny does not Intend to
conduct a fight In the legislature for
the senate."
London and throughout the coun
try today bodies of men and boys are
preparing for the onslaught and the
Smith became a member of the or-Kf ffnPHt rivalry nas developed among , yesterday and , In five minutes she
ganization known as the Tongues of ,n, various rat-hunting clubs. j had sold him some polish she had
Fire. Since he became religious the! Tne hunters use clubs In fighting made herself.
"Your wife seems to be a capable
woman," "Well, I should say so. A
furnlture-pollsh pedler came here
Hrtlier William In West.
Tacomn, Sept. 29. Wm. Rockefel
ler, a director In 28 financial and
commercial corporations, accompan
ied by his two sons. President Earllng
of the St. Paul railroad, the president
of the Wisconsin national bank and
other big men, Is spinning toward
Mount Rainier, viewing the scenery.
They will go to Portland tomorrow.
Byers' Best Flour
Is made from the choicest wheat Hint grows. Good bread Is
ed when HYEHS' HEST FLOCK Is used. Itrun, Shorts, Steam
Parley always on hand.
PENDLETON ROLLER MILLS
W. S. BYEKS. Proprietor.
ivssur-Roll.sJ
City Property for Sale
Building lots from $300 to $1000
Five-room dwelling, one lot $1100.00
Two lots and dwelling, chicken fencing and house $800.00
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.
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