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MONOPOLE
Canned Goods, mean canned goods of Highest Quality
STRIXO BEANS
STR1XGLESS BEANS
LIMA BEAXS
BABY REFUGE BEANS
EXTRA SIFTED FEAS
DIMPLE rtU
SUGAR CORN
SUCCOTASH
A Complete Line of
MONOPOLE CANNED
GOODS
Vhvays Carried t Stock.
SEE WINDOW.
OYSTERS
SALMON
LOBSTER
S11RLMP
TOMATOES
ST RAW BERR1 ES
BLACKBERRIES
HALVED TEACHES
SLICED TEACHES
LEMON CLING PEACHES
RASPBERRIES
APRICOTS
BARTLETT PEARS
ROYAL ANN CHERRIES
Standard Grocery Co. Inc.
Where all are Pleased
Frank O'Gara, Pres. Bernard O'Gara, Sec-Treas.
Newsy Notes
of Pendleton
Attends Brother's Funeral.
Arthur Elliott has Just returned
from Wardner, Idaho, where he went
to attend the funeral of his brother
John M. Elliott.
Ileal Estate Transactions.
Clarence A. Andrews and wife to
J Given and wife, eight acres, $3000.
Andy B. Johnson and wife to C. P.
Plxon and wife, their tract of land for
6100.
(k'ts Delietoits ITesent.
Mrs. lU'tta Wombaugh la rejoicing
over the receipt of a box of Sunkist
oranges, tangerines and grape fruit
from southern California which was
sent to her as a present.
One Marriage License.
Late Saturday afternoon, a marri
age l'cense was issued by Clerk Sallng
to Tenn's M. Johnson and Mary Helen
Wilcox, both residents of this county
and they were married soon afterward.
Many Attend Wedding.
The following is the complete list
of those who attended the Roberts
Post nuptials,, solemnized at the
Louis Hagen ranch, six miles north
west of Pendleton:
Mr. and Mrs. John Roberta, Mr.
and Mrs. C. F. Daniels, Mr. and Mrs.
F. M. Ebrcl, Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Sear-
cey, Mr and Mrs. Frank Snyder, Mr. I
and Mrs. L. D. Eaton, Mr. and Mrs.
E. A. Tulloek, Misses Lois Hampton,
Jean Anderson Hale, Mildred Ebrel,
Gladys Snyder, Messrs. Carl Eaton,
James Daniels, Francis Daniels,
Fountain Snyder Floyd Snyder, James
Cresswell, Roy Tulloek, Kennel Dllla
talr, William Rhoda, Elmer Moore.
These are the names of those present
from the country: Lctty McNett,
Glle McXett, Mildred Allen, Myrtle
Knight, May Epple, Rose Southwell,
Cora Towne, Pete Shafer, Ed Hays.
ECHO SUITS 10 BE
BITTERLY CONTESTED
(Special Correspondence.)
Echo, Ore., March IS. The hear
ing In the civil suit of J. C. Williams
vs. N. Cecil and Bub McCulIough
will be held today In the local Justice
court. It promises to be a bitterly
contested case. Attorney J. H. Hen
slelgh of this place appears for the
plaintiff and A. "W. Gray of Stanfield
and L. A. Esteb of Echo represents t.ie
defendants.
A second suit was begun here on
Saturday by H. B. Gillett against the
above named defendants, Cecil and
McCulIough, in a case similar to the
first.
Preaching services were held here
yesterday morning and evening at the
M. E. church by Rev. W. F. McKain.
Ako morning and evening services at
the Presbyterian Bethel by J. F. Ver
non of Milton. At 2 p. m. the Ger
man Lutheran minister. Rev. Geo. L.
Sprattler, preached at the M. E.
church.
Mrs. F. F. McCrea of Hood River,
who is president of the Woman's Mis
sionary society of the Pendleton Pres
bytery, gave an address in Bethel
chapel on Friday morning, which was
greatly appreciated. Miss McCrea
left for her home on Saturday morn
ing. Mrs. Jas. McLaughlin and son Ow
en, returned Wednesday from a week's
visit to Portland.
Mrs. George Winzler and children,
left Saturday for their new home at
Canby, Ore., The Winzlers nave
made their home a few miles east of
Echo for the past eight years. Mr.
Winzler Is one of Umatilla county's
successful farmers, and their many
friends regret to see them go. Mrs.
Winzler was accompanied by Miss
Lulu Hardin.
Mrs. Ellen Mooney of Spokane vis
led the later part of the week with
and left la.t evening for Pendleton.
Mrs. W. B. Hamilton has returned
home from a visit in Walla Walla.
Mrs. Kit Hays of Pendleton, visited
here last week with her sister, Mrs.
Ellen Pearson, who has been very ill
th past month, but who is now very
much improved.
Mrs. Price Todd of Ontario, Ore.,
Jli here visiting with her sister, Mrs,
E. E. Lewis.
Mrs. P. B. Hoisington left for Spo
kane last evening after a few days'
visit here.
Chas Pleistr was here on business
last week from Pendleton.
Mrs. Roy Ward and Miss Clara Rip
per spent today in Pendleton.
PRESIDENT MAKES AXNVAL
REPOBT TO CONGRESS
Declares Conunlssion Is Indispensable
to Economy a"d Efficiency In Gov
ernmental Affulrs.
President Taft in a special message
has transmitted to congress the
twenty-seventh annual report of the
civil service commission. The report
states that the Increasing effectiveness
of the merit system has strengthed
the public conviction that it Is indis
pensable to economy and efficiency In
in governmental affairs. It is shown
that the examination and efficiency
in governmental affairs. It Is shown
that the examination system tends to
lessen the number of employes re
quired under similar conditions by
raising the standard of efficiency and
at the same time facilitates the exten
sion of governmental activities to new
fields by furbishing the best practi
cable means of testing qualifications
for scientific, technical and profes
sional work.
Nothing Doing.
"Can I buy four dollars' worth of
chips in this here poker game?"
"You cannot. Wall street is the
place for the small Investor."
Will Open Next Month.
A. D. Frost and wife, who are to
have clurge of the new Golden Rule
store, arrived in the city yesterday
to prepare for the opening of that es
tablishment. They declared this mor
ning that it would be between the
first and fifteenth of next nonth be
fore they would be ready to opn their
doors for business.
Elks Practicing Hard.
The Elks and their helpers in the
minstrel show held practices both
Saturday night and Sunday afternoon,
and under the capable direction of A.
C. Grubbs, they are rapidly develop
ing a show of the finest variety Some
of the features of the entertainment
will be given in tomorrow's Issue.
Popular Catcher Buck.
Dave Ward, the popular catcher on
the Pendleton team last year, arrived
back in the city yesterday from
Pprague, Washington, where he has
been working for the past ew months.
He will accept the position of night
clerk at the Hotel St. George.
PERSONAL
MENTION
In the
Winter Forgotten
Old Jack Frost and Winter have been
relegated to the past at this store -all
thoughts now are of spring
Our entire store la a busy scene of rearranging, displaying spring
goods and preparing for the coming season, which we expect to
eclipse all our past season's records.
During our great sale, Just closed, we succeeded in cleaning out all
tho old stock and ar now showing nothing but the very latest all
new goods.
VISIT OUR STORE AND IMBIBE THE . ATMOSPHERE OF
SPRING.
TEe New Boston Store
A short purse and a long face go
hand in hand, according to a philo
sopher who is not afraid of mixing his
A woman always calls it feminine
intuition" when she succeeds in mak
ing a fairly good guess.
JAPAN SKES1 1 Kit "FIRST
AVIATION DEMONSTRATION
Ozaka, Japan, March 13. Prince
KunJ Yoshi Kuni, grand son of the
mikado, today complimented B. Mars
and Captain Baldwin, the American
Making New Front.
T. Moses, proprietor of The Work
Ir.gmen's Clothing Store on the cor
ner of Main and Webb street, today
began the remodeling of the front of
his place of business. He is extend
ing the windows back six feet which
will give him much additional dis
play space.
Will Get More Hooks.
City Superintendent J. S. Landers is
today preparing the list of books to
which the city schools, are entitled
from th? - money out of the county
state fund for that purpose. Pendle
ton s portion for this year Is $190.
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aviation demonstration in Japan. Over . . . " , ".'v.
,..r. , ,. . ,i... 1 hooks next October, the schools
400,000 people witnessed the flights. w,n turn ow the u aH Qf
Attorney S. F. Wilson, the Athena
member of the firm of Peterson &
Wilson, is transacting business In the
city today.
FCnXISII-COE CONTROVERSY.
Ity library
their volumes of fiction, keeping on
ly the reference books.
(Continued from p one.)
was formed by him as a selling agen
cy for the Furnish lands.
Coe Gets Land.
On the streets today there has been
much speculation as to the amount
Dr. Coe received when the litigation
was dropped. One rumor has It that
he was given a consideration of $100,-
100 Acres of Onions
G. H. L'pthegrove, secretary of the
Hermlston Commercial club who
spent Saturday in Pendleton, Is au
thority for the statement that there
will be one hundred acres of land In
the Hermlston district sowed to on
ions this year. He says the Fort
Will Moore spent Sunday
west end of the county.
II. Murchll of Baker, was a Sunday
visitor in Pendleton.
C. E. Connely of Pilot Rock, spent
Sunday In Pendleton.
Matt Mosgrove came down from
his home at Milton this morning.
E. E. McLellan of Juniper, was
among the Sunday guests In the city.
S. E. Bradburn came down from
his home at Coyote Saturday.
A. Cameron was numbered among
the Sunday guests of ahe Hotel St.
George.
C. W. Brownf ield has returned from
Portland, where he had been for sev
eral days.
S. M
came In this morning from their home
at Adams.
Mrs. Mary Poole and Mrs. Will
Bowman are visitors in the city to
day.
Miss Mae Seller came In from her
home at Pilot Rock Saturday after
noon. F. G. Lucas of Weston, was In from
the city of the deserted normal school
yesterday.
D. L. Behrens of Helix, was a guest
of the Bowman Hotel Saturday af
ternoon.
B. F. McCulIough of Echo was
among the out-of-town visitors in the
city yesterday.
A. E. Hascall of Pilot Rock, came
in from the sheep town of the county
Saturday afternoon.
L. T. Link was among the Echo i
people who came up to the county I
seat Saturday, evening. I
Clay Branstetter and two children
spent the day at Coe yesterday In- i
specting the Furnish dam. I
Rev. A. Mackenzie Mcldrum of
Athena, passed throueh thla t ltv on !
the local this morning.
Mrs. Antone Xolte came over from
her home at Pasco on the Northern '
Pacific train this morning.
S. P. Gould, formerly of this city
but now connected with the Portland
G. M. Rice, cashier of the First
National bank,, returned this morn
ing from a trip to Walla Walla.
County Clerk Frank Sallng, wire
and two small children, spent Sun
day on their ranch near Stanfield.
Jackson Nelson of Athena, came
down on the local this morning and Is
transacting business in the city today.
O. W. Halstead of Echo, came In
from that town Saturday evening and
spent part of yesterday In the city.
W. J. Furnish and E. P. Marshall
spent Sunday in the west end of the
county looking after their Interests.
O. D. Teel, the well known Echo
land owner, returned to his home on
Booher and son of Athena. I Lhe !ocal, th'? ra"nlnK aftcr PenJin
J. M. Hays and daughter, Miss
Gladys Hays, went to Athena yester
day morning to attend the funeral of
Mrs. Almlra Foss.
The Misses Alta and OUle Smith of
Pilot Rock, came In from Walla Walla
on the local this morning and return
ed to thoir home on the 9:25 train to
the sheep town.
E. N. Strong, special agent for the
Oregon Life Insurance company, Is
spending several days In Pendleton
He is accompanied by Mrs. Strong and
Is staying at the Hotel Pendleton.
C. D. Gabrlolson, state Insurance ad
juster, is In the city from his home at
Salem. Mr. Gabrlelson Is the father
of Mrs, Chauncey Bishop who recent
ly visited In the city.
George Glnn of Walla Walla, who
has just returned from a three
months trip through the East, Is the
guest of his sister, Mrs. Thomas
Thompson.
PRESBYTERIAN PASTOR
Tl
Com'ng as a surprise to his con
gregation who had received no inti
mation of their pastors contemplated
action. Rev. Joel C. Llnlnger, who,
for the past six months has occupied
the pulpit of the local Presbyterian
church, yesterday morning at the reg
ular services announced that he would
resign from the pastorato on the last
Sunday In this month. Rev. Llnlnger
has given no reason for severing his
connection with the local church
other than that he has been consid
ering several other offers nono of
which, as yet, he has accepted. The
church Is now casting nbout for a
successor to tho retiring m'nlster.
000, but W. J. Furnish declares thIspVaJ'ne colonists have proved that this
oaorous vegetaoie can be grown with
great success on the Irrigated tracts.
incorrect. According to Mr. Furnish,
Dr. Coe was given some land under
the project but declined to make pub
lic the amount of the same or to
place an estimate upon its value.
History of Case.
The Furnish-Coe controversy, which
bean last fall by a disagreement be
tween Furnish and Coe, who was un
der contract to sell certain of the
Furnish lands near Stanfield at a cer
tain commission. Matters were
brought to a crisis when Coe filed two
law cases in Portland for damages ag
gregating almost a million and a
quarter dollars and in which he made To Condemn Hendricks Land.
Returns from England.
cnarley Hammond, who went to
England for a visit at his old home,
last September, returned to Pendle
ton Saturday night. This was his first
visit to his native land in 40 years,
he having consumed that much time
In making a tour of the world. Ham
mond says he enjoyed his visit to the
old country very much but declares
that Oregon Is good enough for him
stockyards, is in the city today.
I
sensational charges against Furnih
and his attorneys. As a counter to
these suits the Furnish interests on
January 19 institutes a suit in the
local equity court asking for an ac
counting between Coe and the Inland
Irrigation company, that the contract
between them be cancelled and that
Coe and the Columbia Land company
turn over all notes, contracts and
other Instruments relating to the sale
NOTICE!
I will be In the following cit
ies for the purpose of fitting
glasses:
ECHO
Monday and Tuesday, March
mil and 11th. At Echo hotel.
HERMISTOX
Wednesday and Thursday, Mar.
15th and 16. Oregon hotel.
STANFIELD
Friday mid Saturday, March
18th and 19th. .Stanfield hotel.
Dale Rothwell
OPTOMETRIST
With W'm. Hanscom, THE
Jeweler.
As a seeming first step towards
the condemnation of the Hendricks
tract, adjoining the branch asylum
grounds, the state board has ordered
an abstract of the title to the tract.
This was forwarded today to Salem
by Captain Charles Murphy. The
deed to the Myers tract was signed
today and the state board Is now i
possession of all the bottom land de
sired save the Hendricks tract.
of the Furnish lands In their poss.-
siun. un reuruan u, Lue iuawili,.L lv, i.-,...,i.
answer to tne cnarges in tnis com- Denutv Clerk w. n v Tr,,if r.
luuiiu hihj on wie ame une a uiuuuii turned vesterrlav from Kntornrlao
for the appointment of a receiver to where he had been to take testimony
w"e liaise oi io ii';icn, toiiiiacu. m tne disputed land cases at that
anu instruments was argued Derore place. He will leave for nnker tn.
Judge Phelps, which resulted In the morrow niKht on a similar mission nnrt
arpointment of E. J. SommerviHe to at the conclusion of the work there
that position.
The settlement of the controversy
has caused a general rejoicing In
Umatilla county as it has had a tend
ency to stop development work in
the west end, and, it is thought, would
have a still greater depressing effect
had It have been threshed out In tne
courts.
Furnish has been represented In
these suits by the local law firm of
Raley & Raley and by ex-Senaor Ful
ton of Portland, while Coe has re
tained as counsel Carey & Kerr, Jo
seph & Heney, and A. E. Clark, all
of Portland and Lowell & Winter of
this city.
will be through with his duties as re
feree. The testimony will then be
submitted to the land office and the
decisions handed down thirty days
thereafter.
Your Entire Family Will Enjoy
Seeing
The Cosy
PENDLETON'S NEWEST,
COSIEST AND MOST UP-TO-DATE
PICTURE SHOW.
Only theatre in Pendleton with
modern convlences. Change
of program Sunday, Monday,
Wednesday and Friday.
MONDAY AND TUESDAY.
Tho Tower of London.
A Country Girl.
Tho Infant Heir's Disappearance,
Her Husband's Deception.
A Troublesome Parcel.
Illustrated Son: "The Moon has
Eyes on You." t
Admission 10c. Children 6c
Your Doctor Is Honest
Honest in his knowledge of diagnosis and treatment.
Honest in his endeavors for his patients' benefit.
We put his medicines together in
the most scientific way, under
the best and safest conditions .'.
Your doctor'and'your druggist guard your health
"We are in business
for your good health."
THE PENDLETON DRUG CO.
!
Umatilla County, Oregon
OFFERS 1MANY ADVANTAGES
I have a long list of wheat lands, stock ranches, and di
versified farms.
I hare resided in the county 28 years, know values, and
enn show you some frood bargains.
E. T. WADE Temple Big.
Pendleton, Oregon.
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We'll Crumble
Your Doubts
, If you are undecided as to where to
send your suit, overcoat or dress to
have It cleaned and pressed the best,
all we ask is to try us once we'n
crumble your doubts and give you a
lob that will be sure to please. With
modern methods and expert help, we
are able to guarantee satisfaction.
Pendleton Bye Works
A Picnic In Starch.
Yesterday was an Ideal day In
Umatilla county and there were many
who took advantage of tho warm sun
to make excursions Into the country.
One crowd of picnickers, consisting of
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Thompson, Mr. and
Mrs. Tom Vaughan, Mr. and Mrs. A.
C. Hampton, the Misses Una Smith
and Daphne Leasure and the Messrs.
Clarence Bishop and Merle Chess
man, took the local In the morning
for Coe and spent the day at the Fur
nish dam, returning on the local In
the evening.
Phone Main 19.
10 1-1 E. Alta.
IxM-nl Men Seem Tlmltl.
For the purpose of bidding upon
the work of laying the water main
from the end of the present city main
to the branch asylum grounds a rep
resentative of the Jahn Bros, con
struction company Is here today. His
company desires to bid on the asy
lum extension, upon the new sewer
work and upon the proposed gravrty
water system. Thus far there has
been a total absence of local bidders
on the branch asylum work despite
the fact that any local plumbing firm
QUIT BUSINESS PRICES AT
CLARK'S GROCERY
Compare the following prices on staple groceries with
those you have been paying and you'll get a good idea
of the savings we can afford you on every article
purchased here
Canned Itcnns, peas, corn, oysters, tomatoes, reg-
Cannrd Milk, 3 cans for 25c
Maccaroni, regular 2 for 25c, going here at
3 for 25o
BhrlmiM. 2 cans for 25a
Wo can sell as cheap as Jonc of Portland, deliver promptly to your kltche door and save you the freight,
tilar 2 for 25c, going here at, can
Sugar beans and rice, It lbs. for. . .
100
$1.00
CLARK'S GROCERY
544-546 Main Street
none Mali 174.