East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, January 13, 1914, DAILY EVENING EDITION, Image 8

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Newspaper Page TextPAGE EIGHT Just Tell Central 66 99 When placing your GROCERY ORDi. R to morrow morning. There is an absolute assur ance of quality and service, when you trade at the store "where all are pleased." STANDARD GROCERY CO. Frank O'Gara Court and Johnson Sts. Pendleton's Cleanest, Best GROCERY IX OUIi JIODKL SAXITAUY BASEMENT. Heinz Canned Spaghctli, kt can 20 Wai Kidney Naked Bonus 2 cans . 25 Extra Fancy CHOW CHOW, bulk, the pint 20 See our Grocery Window for Orange Special. Hundreds of dozens rije juiey Oranges, very special, dozen 15 Extra fancy Codfish Tenderloin?, und 25t Home Hade Mayonnaise, bottles 15 and 30 Only a few eases left, of our extra fancy Qneen Olives at the siteeial price, a quart jar 50 Shelled Walnuts, pound 75 Shelled FilWrts, pound . 75 Shelled Pecans, pound $1.00 Crockery Specials 75 "Xer Cut" Howls verv special, each 25 S5? class creamer and sugar bowl, very social, per set 30 Home Made Salad Dressing, bottle 1S, 25, 4o IIIIIIIIIUIItllllllllllllMIIIIIIIItllilllllllllltlllllllllllllllllllllllllMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII The Peoples Warehouse Where it Pavs to Trade. Save Your T. P. W. Trading Stamps. iminmiuiiiiiiiiiituiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiumiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii 'T'HE ad reader may pay a dollar or two less for it than you do unless you utilize the hint. newsy notes of Pendleton Hue ltiiriuit Out. The burning out of a flue yester day afternoon threatened danger for a while to the home of Thomas Fltx Gerald. 519 Johnson street, but the use of a garden hose prevented the dry roof from Igniting. Foot of Snow at Mcaeliam. There Is now a foot of snow at Meacham and five inches at -Huron, according to Ira Hughes who came down this morning on No. 5. Mr. Hughes has a crew of S3 men busily engaged In cutting cordwood at Mea cham and will be thus occupied for some time. INSANE PATIENT IS ' KIIXK1) IX TUSSLE 4) SALEM. Ore.. Jan. 13 Frank E. Wallace, a patient at the stilt hiiRiiWiil fur fhA In. A sane was killed as a result of a 4 I fall while tussling with Oliver Whitney, an attendant, whom 4) Wallace attacked. Coroner Clough who Investigated said no blame was attached to Whitney. 4 While struggling both fell across a wooden block, a corner strik- ing Wallace In the nit of the 4 stomach. 4) NEWS OF FARM AND RANGE MUCH TILLABLE LAND Portland Hankers May Come. While here last week, Tom Illch- ardson, Portland booster, stated that Portland bankers and other business men aTe contemplating making a jun ket trip to eastern Oregon during the spring. Secretary Cranston has writ ten to a number of the prominent men of Portland asking them to be sure and include Pendleton and Umatilla county on their itinerary should they decide definitely on the trip. Two Now Bungalows. Two new bungalows are to be built in Pendleton in the immediate fu ture. Yesterday a building permit was Issued to D. Turner for a one story, full basement bungalow at his lot. 804 East Court street, and another was issued to H. M. Sloan to build a one-story, one-half basement, !Sx4S bungalow at the corner of East Alta and College street. Each bungalow will cost $2000. appealed from the Justice court. It Involves $37.50 wages claimed by the plaintiff. Defendant claims he palJ $25 to Haley & Raley upon the order of the plaintiff and has offered him the balance of $12.50. Soil 100 Arrcs. James Johns and wife have sold to John W. Bloom 100 acres lying in section 7. township 3, X. It. 36. Deputy Officially Aixlittcl. County Treasurer Bradley todav fil ed his appointment of John Beam a his official deputy. Mr. Beam will will have charge of the tax collection department. ONLY 27 PKlt CENT NOW VNDKH cultivation, sav gov euxmext experts. Delta rtmiMit Vjitlmntra Xturli- llllllon Acres Not Now CulttvntwU-2 1 Per Cent of IjMiuI Not lit for Vm. Dust Storm on Tutuilla. One of the heaviest dust storms in recent years swept down Tutuilla creek yesterday morning, according to Rev. J. M. Cornelison. He states that the sand blows there smoked like volcanoes and that the dust filled the air sothlckly that It was impossible to see but a short distance. People kept Indoors but even there could not get away from the dust. He was sur prised that the storm did not reach Pendleton as It was headed this way, he said. A high wind blew here most of the day yesterday but there was no great amount of dust in the air. Moving I ibrary. The Umatilla ounty library is tem porarily closed while the nooks and shelves are being moved into the new quarter In the city hall. Miss Ma son, the new librarian, is expected to arrive tomorrow. ; Paper at Umatilla. ' The Umatilla New Era Is the name of a paper that has been started at Umatilla by Willis J. Pegs. The first issue of the paper was published Jan uary g and Is highly creditable both in the handling of news and in me chanical appearance. The publisher was formerly located at Huntington. Will Make Eastern Trip. Charles Bond of the firm of Bond Eros., men's clothiers, will leave Sunday evening on an extensive buy ing and educating trip. He will stop in Philadelphia for some time as the guest of C. Hensel of the John B. Stetson Co. and David Klshbaum, wholesale clothier, and will visit tha factories of each. . In New York he will be the guest of George Kreiger of the Alfred Benjamin Co. and will likewise visit the factory of that com pany. He contemplates being absent a month and while gone will pur chase large stocks for spring and fall delivery. ' He will return by way of New Orleans. Church Is Thankful. Rev. T. F. Weaver of the First Christian church today declared that in behalf of the church, which is now out of debt and which burned the long-standing note with appropriate services on Sunday, he wished to ex- ,' press thanks to the public for the cooperation shown and which helped to make possible the liquidation of the debt. Fearing some contributor might have been overlooked when the in vitations to the services were sent out Mr. Weaver said that, if such was the case it was purely an oversight, and drew attention to the general invita tion which was made through the press. Safe Itlowing Was Gxxl Job. That the men who blew open the safe of the M. L. Morrison store in Helix Seunday night were expert yeggmen Is the oplnon of Sheriff T. D. Taylor after an investigation. Ni-tro-glycerlne was used and was em ployed In a way that takes experience IierniLston Booster Meeting. At Hermiston this evening the Com mercial club of that place will hold a big booster banquet for the purpose of generating enthusiasm for the fur ther development of that section. Dr If- W. Coe and Dr. W. O. Cole of Portland are both there and will attend. Ministerial Association. For the first time In many months the local ministerial association held a meeting yesterday, the session be ing held at the Baptist parsonage Questions of community interest were discussed and it in announced that regular meetings of the association will be held in the future. -uiitiiiiiiiiiiniiiiniiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiijiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiin Verdict for Defendant. The Jury in the case of the First National Bank of Athena vs. Joseph Hodgson this morning returned a ver dict for the defendant. The case was for the collection of a note made by George Ferguson to the defend ant, who contended that he had sold it outright to the plaintiff. He had endorser it on the back but claimed that he had never been notified when it became due. Ferguson tes tified that the note had been given In payment for four horses and that the plaintiff had since attached the horses. He stated that It was his un derstanding that when he turned over the horses and other chattels that his Indebtedness was cancelled. The court Is this afternoon trying cage of J. M. Wagner vs. Marlon Jack, Bank for Umatilla. It is currently reported that a -an!; Is soon to be organized at Umatilla. According to the report the incorpor ators will be W. L. Thompson, F. E. Judd and J. B. McCook. all officials of the American National Bank of this city. D. C. Brownell of Umatilla Is interested In the move. Tom Mjlln Brcks Jail. Tom Mylin, formerly of this city and against whom a charge Is still spending here figured in a jailbreak at La Grande yesterday. He was serving a sentence In the county Jail for assault and was facing an additional charge of rape. With Tom King, a burglar, he sawed his way to liberty early In the morn ing, friends from without having evi dently provided them with tools. The last word from La Grande was that the officers had them located. Cases Set for Trial. Judge Phelps this afternoon Pros Lecture on Christian gcionco At the Oregon Theatre Corner of Cast Court &nd Cottonwood Sts. Tuesday Cvening cil HI Q I Dp 9.04 At 8 o'clock by Clarence E. Eaton, C. S. B. of Tacoma, Wash. Member of the Board of Lectureship of The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Mass. T hepublic is cordially invited to be present set the following additional cases for trial: January 26, Mary B. Ireland vs. City of Athena: January 27, W. A. Kerr vs. Ivan O'Harra; January 28, O. F. Smiley vs. J. F. Temple; Jan uary 29, August Ottke vs. Frank Pe dro; January 30, Umatilla' Storage Co. vs. 8. 8. Bassett; January 30. Peter Norqulst vs. S. S. Bassett The cases already set for trial and the criminal cases growing out of the grand jury investigation will consume the time until the 26th, so that thin session of court promises to be a long one. Only 2" per cent of the tillable land of the United States Is actually un iler cultivation, according to estl- mates'of the department of agricul ture, based upon reports of 35,000 correspondents. These reports were obtained In order to gain Information hb to" the tillable area of the United States; the amount of land that can not be used for crops that have to be plowed, but available for pasture or fruits, and tlie total number of acres that never enn be used for agricultur al purposes. From the returns, which were generally very consistent, pre liminary estimates have been made for each state and for the United States. Further Investigation In the far western states may modify some what the present estimate for those states. The entire United States, excluding foreign possessions, contains about 1. 900,000,00ft acres. Of this area about 60 per cent or 1.140.000 00( acres is estimated to be tillable, that Is, capable of being brought under cultivation by means of the plow. This Includes land already under such cultivation and that which In the fu ture may be brought under cultiva tion by clearing, drainage, irrigation. I etc. 361,000,000 acres or 19 per cent, are estimated to be non-tillable but valu able for pasture or fruits. Only 21 per cent, or 399,000,000 acres, was es timated to be of no use for agricul ture present or future. According to the census of 1909. the land area in crops where acre age was given was 311 000.000 acres This Is about 16 per cent of the to tal land area or about 27 per cent of the estimated potential tillable age as given was 311,000,000 acre, foreign possessions. Oregon has 61 million acres, of land. Of this amount 38 per cent Is tilled; 32 per cent Is classed as non tilled agricultural land and 30 per cent is non agricultural. Farmers' Creamery Association with 17 members at the start, the Farm ers' Creamery Association of the Walla Walla valley was formed at Frultvale In eastern Umatilla coun ty last week. Henry Elffert Is pres ent of the company; H. A. Powell, vice president, and Louis Hodgen, secretary, To Try Cooperation An effort Is being made by farmers In the vicin ity of Madras, Crook county, to get together on a plan of cooperating about shipping cream and milk to the creameries In that section. North Powtler Cream The North Powder News boasts that during the year 1913, 137,433 pounds of cream were shipped out of that place. Con verted Into butter this cream brought the ranchers a total of (11.910. ' IS Cent Per Acre Maintenam-c At a meeting of the board of dlrec tcrs of the Klamath Waterusers' As sociation it was decided to charge a sum of IS cents per acre as a main tenance charge during" the year 1914. Wind Dried Wheat Land The strong winds that ensued for several days, ending last night, caused the ground In the farming sections to lose much of its surface moisture. It has been noticeable that dust has blown con slderably during the last two days. However, the wind has not been cold and there are no reports of any froz en grain though It Is possible some grain In exposed districts wag blown from the ground. May Build New Road It is uos slble the reclamation service may build a hard surface road from Uma tilla to the diversion dam above that place, says the Umatilla New Era; The road would be used for handling the materials for the dam. but Inci dentally the road would be a link In a hard surface highway from Uma tilla to Pendleton. Mexico Will Pay ixbt. MEXICO CITY, Jan. 13. Declar ing the country's pacification Is the thing to be thought of above all else, Huerta announced the semi-annual Interest payment, nearly due on Mex ico's external debt will be passed. The money, he said, will be spent on the army. Foreign Seretary Mo hena was instructed to notify the powers of Huerta's decision. CJot Money from Corporations. NEW YORK, Jan. 13. Arthur Mc Lean of Newburg, New; York, treas urer of the democratic state commit tee, pleaded guilty before the state supreme court to an Indictment charg ing him with receiving campaign contributions from corporations. Iifvlnsky-Flynn Ilout. NEW YORK, Jan. 1J. Battling Le vinsky's followers today were expect ing him to continue his climb up the pugilistic ladder in his scheduled ten round fight tonight at Tom O' Rourke's club with Porky Flynn, ot Boston. Levinaky, with a winning streak almost as long as a Walter Johnson's or a Jeff Tesreau's, Is ex pected to be matched with Gunboat Smith if he wins decisively tonight. If the battler loses to Flynn, it will practically put him out of the run ning, although it wont help Flynn so much. Flynn's manager today Issued a statement declaring that PglXy it In great shape and will give the battler the fight of hU life. Our Pricosaro Always tho Lowost on Samo Grado of norchandiso ANOTHER URGE SHIPMENT CF SPRING GIKGHAUS (lake your selections now vrhllo tha fcsst pat terns are here (50 different pat's.) ni I A 28-Inch Quality Dress Gingham U 73f Kfd Seal Dross Gingham, 50 .patterns, a yard 10 Atnoskeug Apron Gingham, a yard .....; 6 1-44 2 K inch Percale, all colors, a yard , 6 1-44 oi iueli Percale, all colors 8 1-34 .Mescaline Silk Petticoats ...... $1.98, $2.98, $3.08 A new 'shipment of Storm Serges, 52 inch, a yard 98 A now shipment of Glossal ine, all colors, 27 inch, a yard 79 UEN'S WEAR Carliartt, Undoi'liill, Oshkosh Overalls, a pair :.... 83 .lohn B. Stetson Hat, No. 1 qualitv for....- .'.... ..... 83.45 Boys' IJlue Bib Overalls at . I 25 and 49 Hoys' School Suits $1.98, $2.98, $3.98, $4.98 linys' Fdt Hats 49, 69. 98 S1.49 Glen's Sweaters 49, 98, $1.49, $1.98, $2.49 $2.98 $3.98, $4.50. ' Hoys' Sweaters 49, 69, 98, $1.69 Men's Dross Shirts, coat style, cuff attached 49, 75, 98, $1.49. 48 Busy Stores Golden Rulo We Lead, Others Follow Toric Lenses There's a lot of dif ference between TORIC LENSES and flat lenses besides their slight extra cost. They give you extra vision and extra comfort. They are better looking too. Come and see us about Toric Lenses We grind and fit th'em to give you comfort and satisfaction Dale Roth well, Optician With Hanscom the Jeweler P. O. Block Pendleton FREE DOLL COUPON Bring or send ten of these Coupons properly signed and 5 to the East Oregonian office and get "Anna Belle'' and her two dolls. No Pendleton, Ore., .1914 EAST OREGONIAN PUB. CO. Herewith please find ten "Anna Bolle" Coupons and 5 for which please give me "Anna Belle" and her two dolls. Name: : Address , If "Anna Belle" is to be sent by mail add 2c. WIHKI.KKS EYE FA 1 18 TO SEE Til KOI 'Gil FItAI'D OAKLAND. Cnl., Jan. U. Com plaints charging Samuel Spitz, Riles ed Inventor of the "Wlrelewi Eye." wild by wireless experts to be a fraud with obtaining money by falne pre tenses bv selling . $5000 worth of stock In the WlreleBs Spltzscope com pany, Inc., on the strength of hi scheme, will be sworn to, according to a statement issued by Captain of Police Agnew. For, three hours detectives and electrical experts waite.l patiently in Spitz' offices for his "wireless eye" to gather up radio pictures from oul of the darkness by means of 's'tyglan rays" and project them In perfect Im age on a glawi disc set in a binnacle case. The "eye" failed to work and the exports pronounced the company a fraud. GANGSTERS IN FIGHT KllJi INNOCENT MAN NEW YORK. Jan. 10. Frederick Strauss,' 65 years old, a prominent German and a veteran of the Franco Prussian war and for the last 25 years a clerk In the city court, was instantly kille.1 by a bullet as he was approaching the scene of a street fight In which shots were exchanged by gangsters. Several arrests were made. J.J.Wodaege 523 thin St. PIHN ShcpPkssa32 R.Pfc:3509 Now is the time to get real merchan dise. . Staple, seasonable, high grade clothes At Great Reductions in Prices $12.50 Sheep IJned Ulsters M.75 14.50 Blanket Lined Ulsters $a.75 $6.50 All Wool Mackinaw Coats l.75 $4.50 All Wool Mackinaw Coats $3M $6 50 Heavy Jumbo Knit Sweaters ' $3.25 $5.00 Heavy Shaker Knit Sweaters $3.93 $2.60 Finest Quality Flannel Shirts $2.15 $2.00 McDonald Flannel Shirt $1.5 $1.50 McDonald Flannel Shirts $1.13 $125 Heavy and Medium Weight Shirts 75c $1.25 Heavy Cotton Ribbed Union Suits 9Sc $1.60 Orey Mixed Union Suits $.15 $3.00 Cooper Elastic Ribbed Wool Union Suits 12.65 $1.75 Two Piece Wool Underwear $1.35 $1.50 Two Piece Wool Underwear $1.25 $1 25 Two Piece Wool Underwear $1.15 $1.00 Two Piece Wool Underwear '. 75c 50c Heavy Cotton Ribbed Underwear, pink and brown S5o Sox . . &c, 10c, 15c, 20c, 25c and 35c linU'S CLOTHING CO. Opposite St. George Hotel The Handy Place to Buy