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DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, WEDXKSDAY, DECEMBKIl 2, 1900.
MAYOR PRATT TAKES
ISSUE WITH J. J. HILL
L : till
Specials Bargains for the Holidays
School Shoe Specials
Thursday, Friday and Saturday Only
, Children will thank you for buying our school shoos. They arc carefully constructed to
conform to the child foot as stylish, snappy ami classy as any adult shoe sold. THEY
WEAR LONGER.
Boys' $3.00 School Shoes, sizes 2 1-2 to 5 1-2, special price $2.65
Boys' $2.50 and $2.40 School Shoes, sizes 1 to 5 1-2, special price $1.95
Little Gents $2.25 and $2.00 School Shoes, sizes 8 1-2 to 13 1-2, special price $1.70
Little Women's $2.50 School Shoes, sizes 2 1-2 to 0, special prir - $1.9S
Misses' $3.50 High Top Button, sizes 11 1-2 to 2, special priflo $2.95
Misses' $2.50 School Shoes, sizes 11 1-2 to 2, special price $1.90
Misses' $2.00 School Shoes, sizes 11 1-2 to 2, special price $1.65
Children's $1.75 School Shoes, sizes S 1-2 to 11, special price $1.49
We have a few broken lines in Misses' Shoes, values up to $2.00. Good sizes. Special price,
a pair $1.25
27 IXC1T HIGH GRADE BLACK TAFFETA SILK.
The very thing for a handsome drop skirt and pretty dresses, regular $1 val., 79 yd.
SG IXCII CHIFFON BLACK TAFFETA SILK
with a beautiful high lustred finish and warranted to wear, just the kind for a smart, waist
and pretty suit. Will make a most desirable New Year's present, regular $1.50 val., $1.19 yd
FANCY WAIST AND DRESS SILKS
This seasons newest and prettiest weaves includes bengalincs, louisennes, ineasalines,
Gros-de-londre, Peau-de-soie, Peau- de- Cygnes and Taffetas in a large and beautiful line of
patterns and styles, the much wanted kind for a handsome New Years present, values up to
$1.50 yard .' ., : 9S? yd
"32 INCH SHADOW EFFECT GRANITE SUITINGS
Nothing better for children's school dresses and streetwenr. Comes in navy blue, green,
dark red, brown, olive and black, regular 40c value J 25 yd
:6 INCH ALBATROS, NUNS VEILINGS AND BATISTE.
This seasons correct weaves for a pretty and serviceable waist. Colors come in dark
red, navy, green, brown, cream and black values up to 75c 49 yd
C8 INCH STRIPE PRUNELLA WORSTED SUITIXGS,
Henrietta, Serges, Mohairs and Panamas, come in fancy and solid colors, including the latest
and newest weaves, values up to 75c yd 49 yd
H1SKS IX DJOFEXSE OF
AGIUCIXTTOAL CLASSES
Denies That Extravagance, Lack of
Thrift and Carelessness of Farmers
Is Cause of Increased Cost of Llv
Ing Farmer of Today Is Practical
and Economical, lie Says Present
Prosxrlty Gives Lie to Charges.
THIS STORE WILL BE CLOSED ALL DAY NEW YEARS SATURDAY, JAN. 1,
ioio.
A Great Sale of Men's Clothing a. I Overcoats
Now on. Priees'and qualities beyond comparisr n in tliH.city. Jlai , .'chaffner & Marx, Uiih,
Wickwire, Clotheraft and others of merit.
Our Grocery Dep't. will make your living cheaper
l v making your groceries cost you less. The nci.tcst, cleanest grocery store in Oregon. Noth
ing but the best brands of goods are handled you get exactly what you order no substitutes
are permitted.
The Peoples Warehouse
WHERE IT PAYS TO TRADE.
SHALLOW RIVERS TO
BE SHALLOW STILL
ENGINEERS' REPORT ADVERSE
TO PROPOSED WATERWAYS
Disappoint Congressmen and Con
tractors by Frowning Cpon Con
grewdonal Appropriations for Deep
ruing of Many Rivers.
Washington. With wanton disre
gard of the political aspirations of
certain congressmen and hopes of
sundry contractors, army engineers
have put the quietus on a cluster of
fine young navigation projects.
Resolutions introduced by asp'r
ing statesmen and passed by congress
directed the engineers to report on
the practicability and desirability of
lmprovlg those waterways at govern
ment expense.
"Not worthy," is the endorsement
Coffee
The aroma-tlght can protect
i against Impurities and deteri
oration never sold in bulk.
Your grocer will grind it
better it ground at borne not
too fine.
I
on many reports that have just been
submitted to congress by the engi
neers. As a result these famous wa
terways will languish and commerce
will have to do the best it can.
Among the projects denouncer! as
"not worthy." is the proposed Jeep-f-n'ng
of the Mattaponi ;'iver, from
its mouth to Aylett and the removal
of snags further on to Gulney '$
bridge. Of course, everybody knows
that the Mattaponi is In Virginia and
Is formed near Guineys by the Junc
tion of the Mat, Ta, Po and Nt rivers.
It sounds like Korea, but it Is really
In Virginia.
The k'bosh has also been put on the
proposal to deepen the Great Pedee
river from Cheraw to Blomett's falls.
That Is In South Carolina, Likewise
the light has gone out on the scheme
to run majestic steamers frm Che
boygan to Petoskey, Mich. No dredge
will operate In Fowl river, Alabama,
and the noble Yahara, of Wisconsin,
will not be g ven a depth of four feet
on matter what La Follette and the
rest may say. Nothing will be done
to Improve the Obey river, which
ranges In width from 100 feet to a
mere thread, and is located in Ten
nessee, nor the Christiana river, Del
aware; the Alamicut river, Wash'ng
ton, nor the Pocomoke, which me
anders from Maryland through Dell
ware to the Atlantic.
Bogue Phalla has been turned down
Bogue might be thought to be a spe
cies of mountain goat, a variation of
golf or a brand of washing machine,
but it is, in fact, a waterway in Mis
sissippi. Likewise and also the engineers
have soaked with their veto the Ba
you La. Batre, in Alabama; Mosquito
Inlet in Florida, and Bayou Cocodrie,
in Louisiana.
In the absence of a favorable rec
ommendation by the army engineers
congress will appropriate money for
none of these projects and the pro
posed great navigation trade routes
will be withheld from the world, for
the present at least.
"THE PUBLIC PARK FUND"
WILL BE BENEFITTED
Under ' the auspices of the Civic
Association Mr. Bernard Daly In his
new and romantic Irish play from the
Ijikps of Killarney. entitled "Sweet
Innisfallen," will appear at the Ore
eon theatre. Mr. Daly Is under the
management of Mr. A. E. Caldwell, a
vigorous active force in the dramatic
world, whose work Is always !.-
ough and who leaves no details over
looked. "Sweet Innisfallen" will be
given for the benefit of the Public
Park Fund on Friday evening, Dec.
31, Ht the Oregon theatre, and an
overflowing house Is assured as the
attraction is one of the strongest that
w... .our the larger cities tain Krawm,
The Civic and Improvement associ
ation is one of our strongest local or
ganizations, and this combination
should prove the greatest drawing
card of the season. Mr. Daly is a
host in himself. He Is young, hand
some, and exceedingly clever actor
and has a beautiful tenor voice which
ho uses skillfully in a number of new
songs. Among them the ever tamil-
lar "The Wearing of the Green."
Mr. Daly has the emotional nature
and the sweetness of voice to do full
Justice to this heart-to-heart Irish
ballad, and while old In the affection
of every Irish heart. It will Inspire a
new meaning when sung by Mr. Daly.
For several seasons jmst Mr. Daly
has been starring in Joe Murphy's
plays' and proved a worthy successor
to Mr. Murphy in the acting and Im
mensely his superior in the vocal ele
ment. Last season Mr. Daly gave
"Rory of the Hills" successfully, but
none of his former successes gave
him the scope for his talents that Is
given him In "Sweet Innisfallen,"
which means the beautiful Island of
"Innisfallen" In the historic lakes of
Killarney. A strong cast of players
supports Mr. Daly. Every inch of
scenery is new and everything pos
sible has been done to insure an even
ing of great pleasure. The seat sale
opens Thursday at 10 a. m.
Only a little cold in the head may
be the beg nnlng of aa obstinate ease
nt maal putarrh. T)riva out the In
vader with Ely's Cream Balm applied
straight to the lnliameo atuiiea up
air-passages. Price 60c. If yen pre
fer to use an atomiser, aak for Liquid
Cream Balm. It baa all the good
qualities of the solid forra of this
remedy and will rid you of catarrh
or hay fever. No eoeaine to breet a
dreadful habit. No mercury to dry
out the eecretien. Price 75o, with
nravine tube. All druggists, er
mailed by Ely Brea., 16 Warren
street, New York.
"What business did you advise him
to. -iio?"
T:-h butter business."
he know anything about It?"
r jght to. He Is a most per-
t'...e..L uutter in."
S "f - all char...
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Spokane, Wash. Nelson S. Pratt,
mayor of Spokane, a successful farm
er and lumberman In the Mississippi
valley and the Pacific Northwest,
takes exception to. the sweeping stato.
ment by James J. Hill thut the pres
ent high cost of living is chargeable
to the extravagance, carelessness and
lack of thrift of the agricultural class
es of the country, saying:
"I am more than surprised that a
man with the understanding and ob
servation of Mr. Hill should under
take to .make such broad charges In
view of the fact that the methods of
a quarter of a century ago are not
to be compared to the present system
of farming. There is nothing to
bear out Mr. Hill's contentions.
"As a result of a recent visit to
several of the largest districts In the
middle western and Pacific states. 1
am prepared to say there has never
been a- time when peneral farming
was conducted along more economical
lines thnn nt present. In fact, the
methods of today arc marvels to
those who farmed land in the '80's.
Had we been as skilled and thorough
then as are the farmers of today, we
certainly would have been equally
successful.
"It Is not overestimating the case
when I say that the modern grower
conducts his farm along the snme
lines that prevail in a well organized
business establishment, and as a re
sult he is nor only making a good
living and educating his children, but
Is also putting money into Improve
ments, ns well as intif the bank.
Reasons for Increasing Prices.
"It Is idle talk to charge the high
cost of living to the farmer, as It
must be plain to any one who Tins
studied the subject that at least three
causes contribute to Increasing prices
of the necessities of life. The large
production of gold during the last few
years is an Important factor, in that
k Ikis resulted In making, money
cheap, and, to a great extent, no
doubt, is responsible for Increases In
prices. Cheap money means high
prices.
"Perhaps the greatest factor in the
high cost of living Is the tariff, which
enables manufacturers to combine
and compel the consumers to pay en
ormous and unreasonable prices.
Such farm products ns beef and pork
are controlled entirely by the so-called
beef trust," while butter, eggs,
cheese and poultry are nnndled by
cold storage companies and kindred
combinations, and the prices of cere
als are fixed largely 1y the speculative
bonrfls of trade.
"As a matter of fact, while in the
Mississippi valley a short time ago I
found that the prices of butter, eggs,
cheese and poultry are nearly as high
there as they are on the Pacific coast,
where the demand nt present Is far
greater than the supply. I also learn
ed from reliable sources that these
products are almost entirely controll
ed by combinations and . not by the
producers.
"I hold no brief for the fnrmers of
the country, but from an experience
of almost a lifetime as a farmer, born
and raised on n farm. I know that the
system employed during my time
holds no comparison to the present
methods of fanning. Intensive agri
culture, with the use of water sup
plied bv artificial means, was then
largely an experiment, and so-called
dry-farming, iff more properly soli
and moisture conservation, was In Its
very infancy. j nesot meinuun
successes today. The agricultural
colleges and experiment stations have!
also been and are strong factors in
advancing the industry.
I challenge Mr. Hill to show any
period prior to 1894, when there were
larger acre yields of grain, fruit,
grasses and roots than at present, and
with this I would also ask him to
point to any year when the farmers
were more prosperous than they nre
fndnv. Extravagance and lack or
thrift and progress and prosperity do
not go hand In hand, and that fact
alone answers Mr. Hill's statement.
In Case of Accident
You should have a bottle of pure old
whiskey in the nouar.
One you-can rely upon.
That vmi know is ritfht.
Such a one it CYRUS NOBLE; lor the
first time in 44 yeara now told direct to you.
quart bottle, puked in plain ca
prepaid to tba
railroad expreM office for
$ 90
TV
No danger of refilled bottles when you buy
from us.
No danger of tome cheap worthiest substi
tute being palmed off on you.
We have been the dittrihutert of (hit turnout
brand, telling wholesale only, for 44 ycart.
Pure old honest whiskey aged in wood.
Every bottle guaranteed.
W. J. VAN SCHUYVER & CO.
DtSTILLLRA AGENTS
EibluKeJ 1864 105-107 Snood St.. PonUd. OrttM
CUT AT TMM lIMf Nft MAIt IMtf
W. J. Van Schurver & Co., riU-J Or.,..
ptMit Ink GENUINE CYRUS NOBLE.
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SlOO Reward. $100.
xha ruikri of tbla Daoer will be Dleunfd
to learn tbat there It at least one dreaded
dlseaae mat science has been able to cure
In all Its stares, and that Is Catarrh. Holl a
Catarrh Cure is the only positive enre now
known to the medical fraternity, cotarru
being a constitutional disease, requires a
eonatltatlonal treatment. Hall's Catarrh
Cnre taken Internally, acting directly upon
the blood and mucous mrfacea of the ays
tern, thereby destroying the fonndatlon of
the d Incase, and glvlag the patient strength
by oulldlng np the constitution and assist
ing nature in aoiag us wora. id pro
prietors have so much faith In Its curative
powers that they offer One Hundred Dol
lara for any caae that It falls to cure. Rend
for list of testimonials.
Address :
V. J CI1ENEY CO., Toledo, O.
Hold by Druggists, Toe.
Take nail's Family Milt for constlpa-
tloo.
Program at the Orpheum Tonight.
Music by Orpheum orchestra, A. H
Johnson, leader.
1. March Last Days of Pompel,'
C. M. Vanderaloot.
2. Overture Berlin in Smiles and
Tears, A. Conrad I.
6. Ploture The Great Lottery.
4. Picture Deputy.
8. Picture Mysterious Motor. -6.
Picture A Vlllien's Downfall
7. Picture Arab Life In Southern
Algeria.
I. Song Can't Tou See.
A literary exchange aaya: 'The
presses groan with books." And just
think of the people that have to read
them!
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Itcrnanl Duly, tho Swoct Irish Sing er, Who Will Apenr ut the Oregon
Tliiirsday Evening. December 31. for the neent of the Public Park
Fund.
I.EWISTON WANTS
BOATS KEPT Ill'SY
Lewlston, Idaho. The Lewlston
Commercial club la taking steps to In
vestigate conditions surrounding the
open river boat service between Lew-
iston and Portland with a view of
learning why the service has been
discontinued for an Indefinite period.
lt was deemed advisable to look. Into
the matter, reports having been made
to the club that the open river serv
ice had been abandoned for lack of
support.
Well known river men declare that
no trouble should be experienced 'in
operating the boats ut the present
stage of water. If the merchants and
Jobbers are not giving the support
that is due the open river line the
commercial club will take steps ta
probe the matter thoroughly with a
view to encouraging the renewal of
the service.
It Is the purpose of tho governing
board to take the matter up with the
Portland Chamber of Commerce at
once. It will also endeavor to leara
whether the fault Ves with the mer
chants or with the open river boat
line.
Don't lie Hopeless
about yourself when you're crippled
with rheumatism or stiff Joints at
course you've tried lota of things and
they failed. Try Ballard's Snow Lin
iment It will drive away all aches,
pains and stiffness and leave you aa
well as yeu ever were. A. C. Koeppe
St Bros.
FUEL
anything you
want in
FUEL
Reck Springs Coal
Good dry Oak, Black Pine, Yd
low Pine, Fir, Slab Wood
and Split Wood
B. L. Burroughs
Pbona Mala B.
Office S07 Main Street, Near
O. R. X, Depot