JULY KAJTT OXXGOXIAK, FatNDLEflnON. OREGON. MONDAY, MAY 22, 1911. EIGHT PAGES oooooooooooooooooooooooooeoooooooooooooooooooooooocoeooooooooooooooooeeoooooooooo PAGE SIX o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o OREGON THEATRE, TUESDAY, MAY 23 SPECIAL ATTRACTION ga PAUL (BULUflDIISE IN THE B,G REVIVAL 0F o o o o o o o o o o o o o "The Mummy and tne Humming Bird" The guarantee for this attraction was raised in one day. HANSCOM'S JEWELRY Owing to the great demand for seats the sale is now on. . PRICES : $1.50, $1.00, 75c, 50c o o OOOOOOOOOOOOOQOOOOOOIOOOQOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOQOOOOOOOQOQQOOOQOOOOOOQOOOOOOOOOO CONTRACT LET FOR ujonunn Dim IL SPENCER & TURNER WHX IiniD STAN FIELD STRUCTURE County Fruit Inspector Compllmtnts Stanfield on Its Large Pear Trees To Inrtall Telephone In Depot. (Special Correspondence.) Stanfield, Ore., May 22. Bids for the construction of the new school building for Stanfield were opened here Saturday, there being five bids, as follows: Ralph R. Wheaton. Prineville, brick, $18,960; Spencer & Turner, Stanfield, stone, $14,300; Mul main & Clancy, Walla "Walla, stone, $18,600, brick $20,100; M. F. Col bach, Hermiston, $14,455 for stone. Spencer & Turner being the. lowest bidders, were awarded the contract They will unse stone from Baker, Bimilar to that used In the bank building at Hermiston, recently lom pleted for the Hermiston Bank & Trust Co. O'Rourke Bros., Walla Walla, were successful In securing the contract for the plumbing and water system, their bid being $1713. Work will be commenced at once and ,.,,.,,,, .t . . .m v.. n ; jesieraay. complete their work in time for the building to be occupied at the open- chards on the alfalfa lands west of here, where fruit has not been raised for commercial purposes, giving his opinion that pears and apples espe cially can be profitably raised on those lands. The Stanfield Commercial club has just received a communication from F. W. Robinson, G. F. A., of the O. W. R. & N. company, advising the club that arrangements have been made for the installing of a telephone in the depot here, which will be good news to our citizens. Several months ago the telephone was removed from the depot because of some misunder standing between the telephone com pany and the officials of the railroad company. It has been found very Inconvenient by those having business with the depot to be obliged to get along without the telephone service. R. N. Stanfield on Saturday ship ped two cars of Bheep from here to Portland and one car to Idaho, also one care from Umatilla to Portland W. B. Scott of Kennewlck was ook- Ing over this section of the country Saturday. Thos. Richards and Chas. Hoggard went to Pendleton yesterday where they will spend several days perform ing Jury duty. J. T. Hinkle of Hermiston, was transacting business in Stanfield Sat urday. Miss Minnie Baker, principal of the local schools, spent the day in Echo SCHOOL CYCLONE CELLARS. Ing of the coming fall term of school. County Fruit Inspector S. J. Camp bell recently visited the home or chards In the country immediately west of Stanfield and reports that he saw there some of the largest pear trees that he has seen in the north- , west. Mr. Campbell says he was sur- j prised to find such immense healthy fruit trees in this section of the coun- ; try, nt heretofore known as a fruit j district for the reason that few of the ' orchards were extensive enough for growing more than sufficient for home consumption, and furthermore these old trees w-re nearly all of them found clean and free from disease, ! notwithstanding the fact that they ; had been neglected, many of them ; neither having been sprayed nor, pruned for years. He recommends i more extensive planting of new or- : AT ECHO FRIDAY FOI K MEMBERS IN GRADUATING CLASS Very Successful School Year Comes to a Clot- Almost Entire Corps of Teachers Are Employed for Anoth er Year. Each Bnildins In Tornado Ridden Kansas County to Have One. Hiawatha. Kan. Every school house in Brown county is to have cyclone cellar into which the teacher and her pupils may adjourn when twister appears. That is the edict of the school board. One-third of the school buildings in the rural districts will be replaced with new buildings this summer. The destruction of school buildings by the tornado which swept across the country about a month ago made rebuilding an abso lute necessity In many districts. Ev erywhere the. parents are unanimous for cyclone cellars. More than $100, ; 000 will be spent In erecting modern, up to date country school houses. GItOOM FLEES NEAR CHURCH. You Should Try Hostetter's Stomach Bitters WHEN The. Appetite is Poor, The Rowels Costive, Tlie Liver Inactive. Its Results are Certain 100 ACTS IN 100 MINUTE8 Bride to be Has Swain Arrested for Breach of Promise. Wiikesbarre, Pa. Deserted by her sweetheart when 100 yards from th3 church on their wau to be married at Wyoming yesterday, Miss Johanna church on their way to be married at for the backward groom. He is R. M. uaien and he was captured by a constable. He is charged with breach of promise and has been held for a hearing later. The minister and the guests were waiting when Galen de parted. The greatly perturbed girl waited a couple of hours and then the wedding was called off. Later, as he did not appear with an explanation the girl decided to have him arrested. SWEEPS HIS OWN ROOM. Minority Leader Mann Bemoans Kco nomy of Democrats. Washington, D. C. Democrats in the house of representatives put 'thrmiiyh veKterrlfiv the first aeries of ! resolutions by which the expenses of I the house will be reduced $185,000 a year. It provides for the elimination of superfluous clerks, messengers, po- : licemen. Janitors, etc., whose salaries totaled $82,000 a year. ' Mr Vunn Viptrnvprl n nprMnnftl peevishness over the democratic streak of economy. He said the democrats had been generous in providing him a room as minority leader, but had neglected to furnish a Janitor, and he 1 was compelled to sweep it himself. . j He said he had put In a requisition for a carpet sweeper, but it had been 33 INCHES "TALL i refused by the democrats, who either didn't know what it was or thought U a wanton luxury. Anl IP Ml Hi ' fflK I.U UfBV TWIN1 LEPHANTS. STRANGE AND WONDERFUL ALSO HERO OF BIGGEST ELEPHANTS SUPERB, SPECTACULAR. ORIGINAL CIRCUS, 600 People, 450 Animals BABY HIPPOPOTAMUS 40-SELLS -FL0TO CLOWNS -40 FIGHTING THE FLAMES Gorgeous Street Parade n.VE $"00, LUCKY TO ESCAPE A CELL Roseburg. Ore. L. L. Lewis and 1 R. B. Mathews the first two of nine ' indicted Roseburg near-beer resort ' keepers to be found guilty of violat- ; ing the local option law, by selling beer, were each sentenced this even I ing to pay a fine of $500, the maxi mum fine by law. Judge Coke who . , rniif r iau MABUIIIII Imposed the sentences, remarked mat lUSOUU LjlUUfclAUn MUnninu a jail sentence would have been ad j ded had not the grand Jury so em j phatically declared the Jail unfit to ; place a prisoner in. Seven are still 10,000 Seat Twice It Former Size Bring all the folks and see for yourself a Fifty-Cent Cir cus for 25 cents. 1 Ctmpbtf Pr tarMMi Dally, tain arSMMt at I an p. m. General Admission TLis Day aoi Date under lnrlctment. As It is likely no I Jail sentences will be imposed, they I may plead guilty in preference to standing trial on the identical evl : dence that convicted Lewis and Math- Doors Open One Hoar Earlier, Tflf, Admitting of a Visit to the Big kUU Pendleton, Friday, June 2 The present term of court has ex plred and a new term is to begn Mon day. The Roy McClallen murder tdial la set for Tuesday, and is expected to take all week. The present grand Jury adjourned this evening but returned no import ant Indictment)!. A new grand Jury will be drawn. If a man lives in fear of being found out, that Is pretty sure to hap pen to him before he gets through (Special Correspondence.) Echo. Ore., May 22. Friday was the closing day of another successful term of our public school. Graduat ing exercises of the high school were held in the evening at the , M. E. church. The four seniors who grad uated were Audrey Watenburger, Eva Dunning, Ruth ClarK and Charles Hoskins, all from the 12th grade. The church was beautifully decor ated with the class colors, brown and white. The following Interesting pro gram was rendered before a large au dience: Music Barks Orchestra Invocation Rev. Clark Opening Address Principal Ottimer A. Cannon Piano Solo Miss Addle Cates Oration The Progress of Science. Charles C. Hoskins Piano Duet Misses Anita Howard and Addle Cates. Recitation Darius Green and His Flying Machine.. Eva M. Dunning Quartette Those Happy Days Gone By Misses Godfrey and Clark, Messrs. Hoskins and Cannon. Oration Weave the Warp and Weave the Woof Audrey M. Wattenburger Music Orchestra Oration Our Uncrowned Queens.. Ruth J. Clark Music Orchestra Presentation of Diplomas Supt. L. W. Keeler Benediction Rev. McKain That general approval and satisfac tion concerning the past year's school work was attested by the fact that almost the entire corps of teachers were re-elected for the next school year. Prof. O. A. Cannon will again be the pricinpal of the high school. Prof. L. W. Keeler was retained as superintendent, and the following teachers of the lower grades. Miss rippel. Miss Watenburger and Miss Darr. Other Items. Mrs. Peggy Olmstead left this morning for a few weeks' visit with her son, T. H. Olmstead of Pendle ton. Miss Irene Rippey left on Friday for La Grande to visit her sister, Mrs. C. B. Johnson. Miss Darr went on Saturday to Ad ams where she will spend the greater part of her vacation. Mrs. A. K. Hammer returned yes terday from the Willamette valley where she has been visiting with friends in various towns. EJ Ilorsche has moved his saloon from the Louvre building on Main and Duont streets to the Idle Hour on Dupont btlween Main and Bridge streets. The former building was considerably damaged by the recent fire on April 30 and as it was a wood en building within the fire l'mits the owners were not allowed to repair It. ! Mesdames Louis Scholl, Jr., and T. G. Smith returned Saturday from Portland where they attended the Uebekah assembly. Ray Castle has returned from a week's visit to Corvaliis, where he had attended school for three years. Mr. and Mrs. Guy Durham and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Lehman spent yes terday in Pendleton. Miss Minnie Baker came up from Stanfield yesterday on the motor anil spent the day with her sister, Mrs. J. T. Hoskins. F. T. George was a Pendleton visit or yesterday. J. G. Thomas Is a business visitor in Pendleton today. F, M. Scrivener, whose eye was in jured while he was shoeing a horse In his shop here a short time ago. Is reported as getting along fairly well. Mr. Scrlvner is at Walla Walla un der the care of a specialist. It is though that the injured eye will not have to be removed but It will in ail probability be sightless. The members of the alter society here who have been soliciting funds for the erection of a Catholic church in Echo are having success. They have something over $1200 subscrib ed now and the promise of more. C. E. Fish is in Portland attended grand lodge I. O. O. F., as a dele gate from the local lodge here. Mr. Joe Bailey was also elected a dele gate but owing to press of business matters were unable to attend. and has stirred the navy yard town to the depths. During the afternoon Essie, during the absence of her mother, invited Gertrude to her home. Searching for playthings, Essie discovered a revol ver in the bureau and tossed It aside on the bed. The Acton child picked the weapon up and pulled the ham mer once. Looking Into the chamber and seeing no cartridges, she con cluded It was unloaded. Advancing towards her playmate, she pulled the trigger. Essie cried: "I am shot," and lean ed against Gertrude for support. The latter led her into the open air and assisted her to sit down on the porch. "I am going away now, Gertie, kiss me." murmured the dying girl as her arms enclrceld the neck of her little playmate and became unconscious. Gertrude rushed to the telephone and summoned a doctor, but Essie died a few seconds after his arrival. The bullet had passed through the body close to the heart. The girls were classmates and both received the good news yesterday that they had passed the eighth grade ex aminations, qualifying them to enter high school. Miss Acton is nearly a year the Junior of her victim. The tragedy occurred at the home of Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Baldwin. Mrs. Bald win was in Seattle at the time. The grief stricken father came at once to Seattle to inform In person the mother of the unfortunate girl. BIG PICNIC CLOSED AT ATHENA SATURDAY TWO DAY CELEBRATION THOROUGHLY ENJOYED Was Attended by Largest Crowd In the Tlstory of the Organisation Saturday's Programs Are Espcd ally Interesting. hopped out and ran upstairs to get ready the papers for a petition he was to present. "But when court opened and the petition was presented the Judge, who had been so courteous in the cab a few minutes before, now repulsed the lawyer coldly and contemptuously. "As the poor fellow stood stupefied a crier whispered to him: " 'Do you know what you did? You ran in and left his honor to pay foe the taxlcab.' " Detroit Free Press. 1 Frederick Townsend Martin was condemning the spirit that animates too many "slum" expeditions." "A little girl from the East Side," he said, "was invited the other day to a garden party given by a very aristo cratic lady to a group of little East Sidcrs. , "The little girl as she drank her tea and ate her plum cake on the vel vet lawn under a white blooming cherry tree said to her hostess: " 'Does your husband drink 'Why er no, r.ot to excess,' was the reply. "'How much does he make?' " "He doesn't work,' said the lady 'He is a capitalist. "'You keep out of debt, I hope? " 'Of course, child. What on earth " 'Your color looks natural I trus you don't paint.' " 'Look here,' exclaimed the hostess, 'what do you mean by all these lm pudent questions.' " 'Impudent?' said the little Kir 'Why, ma'am, mother told me to be sure and behave like a lady, and when ladles call at our rooms they alway question mother like that.'" Do you read the East Oregonlan? The Caledonian picnic at Athena closed Saturday night after two days of thorough enjoyment for the large crowds which attended. The follow- ng are the two last programs ren dered. Morning rragram. Bagpipes McDonald and Smith Comic song James S. Bannon Scotch reel.. Misses Williamson and Johnson, Messrs. Smith and Cole man. Vocal Selection, "Hearts Delight".. Mrs. Frank Ruchert Sword dance Jack Smith Selection Judge Hennessey Bagpipe telection Piper Smith Shantruse Miss Johnson Selection. .Juvenile Harry Louder, "Tlcklln" Jack" Coleman Vocal solo Miss Kate Corach Highland fling Two Dancers Tenor Solo W. Scott Coleman Selection by request Jack Keefe Afternoon Program. Bagblpes Two Flprrs Vocal solo Miss Gates Short address, "A Red, Red Rose," Wm. Peterson Comic song Walter Coleman Selection Piper McDonald Vocal solo Mrs. Ruckert Scotch reel Four Dancers U. S. A. for Mine ..Judge Hennesey Sword dance Elsie Johnson Piano selection Jack Keefe Highland flinz Two Girls Selection W. Scott Coleman Trio Mrs. Rueptrt, Miss I'orach, Mr liantiln. THE SWEET SPRING WAY. Keep heart, my honey; life is with u still. Leave Tribulation City for Hallelula Hill. Here's a garden, and you know Why the violets love you so. Keep heart, my honey! We shall walk the way To the peaceful country where sklea forget the gray. Here's a garden, and I know Why the lilies love you so. GET A TRANS ER. If you are on the Gloomy Line. Get a transfer. It you're inclined to fret and pine. Get a transfer. Get off the track of Doubt and Gloom, Get on the Sunshine Train, there's room, J If you are on the Worry Train, Get a transfer. You must not stay there and com plain, Get a transfer. The Cheerful Cars are passing through, And there's lots of room for you, Get a transfer. i If you are on the Grouchy Track, Just take a happy special back, Get a transfer. Jump on the train and pull the rope That lands you at the station, Hope. Get a transfer. LOST A FRIEND AT COUNT. "Absentmlndedness is a drendful drawback to success," said Mayor Whltlock nt a banquet in Toledo. "I know a very absentmlnded law yor. The other day It was raining and blowing and he engaged a taxlcab. On the way to court be overtook the judge, plodding along on foot through rain and wind and mud, and he halN ed the taxlcab and invited his honor to ride with him. "The Judge accepted this Invitation the taxlcab duly halted at the court house and the absentmlnded lawyer FREE IfOOK ON PILES. Tells How to Cure Them WIUi Inter nal Medicine. Do you know the cause of piles? Is it Internal or external? Will salves, suppositories or cut ting remove the cause? How can one be cured perman ently? Do you know how Dr. J. S. Loon hardt found the cause and cure All these questions answered fully in a booklet mailed free by Dr. Leon hardt Co., Station B., Buffalo N. Y., or at Pendleton Drug Co., and drug gists everywhere who will sell the successful remedy, Hem-Rold, un der guarantee, at $1 per large bottle. EIGHTH GRADE SCHOOL GIRL KILLS PLAYMATE Seattle, May 20. Prostrated with grief, little Gertrude Acton lies at home at Bremeton after accidentally killing Essie Baldwin, her 15-year-old playmate. The case is extremely sad UtWURNISHB ...HOUSE-KEEPING.... ROOMS In Suites of 2 Rooms Each Steam Heat Electric Lights Gas and Gas Range Hot and Cold Water Bath Good Ventilation Plenty ol Daylight iwn imirn in n East SUITE LOCATED IN Oregonian Building Enquire at East Oregonian Office