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-CAGB EIGHT 10. 1014. EIGHT PAGE8 There's good cheer in a cup of Ow Coffee It's refreshing and invigorating All the best known brands &nd blends carried here 1 lb. cans of Coffee from . 35c to 45c 3 lb. cans of Coffee from $1 .1 5 to 1 .25 5 lb. cans of Coffee from $1.75 to 2.00 When you want GOOD Coffee, Phone 96 STANDARD GROCERY GO. "Where all are Pleased Court and Johnson Sts. nnm mini K. B. Schamp of Condon Is at the Oforge. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Stanton of He lix are visiting, here today. Mrs. John Timmerman of Helix Is visiting in Pendleton today. D. S, Cotter of Pilot Rock was reg istered at the Bowman yesterday. D. C. Mahoney of La Grande was nmong the visitors in Pendleton last evening. S. D. Peterson. Milton legal light, is attending to business matters here 'today. Mrs. Walter Adams returned this morning from a visit with friends at "King. Ben Wise of Ilwaco. Wash., left for his home after a visit with friends t Pendleton. Mrs. J. G. Rankin left Saturday for Portland to visit her daughter, Mrs. J. B. t)uncan. P. E. Van Dusen, local architect cunt in on the Northern Pacific train irom Pasco this morning. O. C Lamb. Tor the past few years Tnanager of fruitgrowers unions in the east end of the county. Is here as a. witness In the case of Grossgebauer va. Mentz. newsy notes of Pendleton KEWS OF FARM AKO RAKSE Calsomining City Hall. , A force of men is at work in the city hall giving the walls of the in terior a fresh coat of calsomine. A green tint is taking the place of the old cream color. , . . Called by Fatlicr's Death. Fred Marsh, well known local car penter, is enroute to Topeka, Kansas in response to a message telling of the death of his father in that city. His father was 85 years old. Seourwl Insurance Money, J. P. Walker, clerk of the local camp, W. O. W., stated he has re ceived $2000 insurance money for the mother and wife of the late Frank O'Gara. CATTLE PRICES IDENTICAL WITH PRICES YEAR AGO YKT LOCAL KEKOKKS P.VIO HIUll 1XU STOCK AM) XKKl) MOltK MOXKY. Ira Hughes Is down today from Meacham where he is at. work on a wood cutting contract E. W. MeComas and E. J Rnmmer ville. prominent republican workers of this city, left on 2Co. 17 today for rortland. I M. Brown, secretarv of th West ern Tri-State league, left last evening tor Baker to arouse interest there in baseball matters. A. E. Blomquist, manager of the Jensen creamery, left today for Port land to which city he may move per manently in the near future. J. V. Brooks, well known Walla Walla attorney, is over today to rep resent the Milton bovs who are un hp. fore the county court on a charge of stealing. C. E. Kuss and .L. M. Erhardt, trav eling representatives of the Royal typewriter, -are here today. Mr. Erhardt now has the territory in which Pendleton is located. Xo More Rabbit Hides. E. Oppenhelmer, the Chewalah, Wash., buyer of rabbit skins who ad vertised to buy all Bent to him at ten cents per, has written the Commer cial association stating that he, can use no more and to stop all shipments. Youth Must Hang. LOS AXGELES, Feb. 10. Louis Bundy, 18, the murderer of Harold Zlesche, aged 15, last December was sentenced to be hanged at San Quen tin by Judge Willis on April 24. XATIOXAL LEAGUE STARTS SCHEDULE WORK NEW YORK. Feb. 10. National league magnate gathered here today to begin work on the schedule for 1914. President Tener was expected to come over from Harrisburg. The details, it was said today, will be left to 'the schedule committee. Today's work was to be purely routine. Hlale Rothyell Optician - Glasses Ground and Fitted L Lenses Duplicated WITH HANSCOM. THE Jeweler P.O. Bid. Pendleton Ta on All Xijtlit Cafca. PARIS, Feb. 10. A tax on all night resorts today was formally pro posed by M. Brunet to the municipal council, a heavy tax to be levied on such jcabarets as those of Montmar tre popular with Americans and other foreigners, while those about the Cen tral Markets where night laborers re fresh themselves would be exempt. Tells Good Roads Plans. RICHMOND, Va., Feb. 10. C. D Reeve, representing the highway branch of the department of agricul ture addressed a convention of high way engineers from the Virginia road builders association here today. He told the engineers of plans for fur ther development this year In national work in improving country roads. j Just in Time for the women who care. A shipment that should have been here a week since came to us this day. Black Velvet Pumps Patent Tango Pumps an d Tango Pumps in dull finished velour. Have them in AA'A-B-C widths. Prices $5 and 3.50 We have also a beautiful line of new Tango Ornaments Laces and Ribbons in dull colors and Rhinestone settings sterling silver and cut steel buckles for front and ribbon -ornaments. - Tho Pooples IVarehouso Save Your T. P. W. Trading Stamp. Where it Pays to Trade. Got Additional Sub-contract. Fawcett & Carrier, local contract ors who Just recently completed their sub-contract for digging three miles of the gravity water trench near Cay use, have received an additional con tract for three miles. Takes PlxU-r to Salem. Sheriff T. D. Taylor left this morn ing for Salem, having in custody Bert Pixler, who was recently convicted and sentenced to lie penitentiary for his fourth term. He was given eight years. Prices for cattle In the Portland market have been looking up of lute and on paper the quotations are now Identical with the quotations of one year ago. At this time last Febru ary the offerings for best fed steers ranged from $7.85 to $8 and those identical figures were quoted yester day. Best hay fed steers bring $7.50, the exact quotation for February 10, 1910. The poorer grades of stuff are Just a fraction stronger. 'than a year ago. Yet even with the market Improved over the situation of several weeks ago the prices offered provide no profits for west end men who have been feeding good hay to cattle this winter. Higher prices were paid for cattle last fall and so far the feeder to make anything he should get some thing like a half cent more than last year's prices. Umatilla county feeders as a rule are holding their beef, hoping for bet ter prices. A carload was shipped from the Umatilla project yesterday by L. S. Irvin. . MeClure Is Optimistic Senator .J N. Burgess, manager of the Cunning ham Sheep & Land Co., has recelveJ the following letter from Dr. S. W. MeClure, secretary of the National Woolgrowers' Association.: "My advice from Boston is to the effect that the market has been prac tically cleaned up on all domestic Harry Gray in Xew York. Cards from H D Grav show that the local merchant is having a pleas- wools. The mills are enjoying pros ant time in New York where he went PWlty both here and abroad. In Lon recently in company with Charles dn tne January sales closed stronger Bond. They heard Caruso in "The than they have at any time in the Girl of the Golden West" and expected I last twelve months. American buy to leave the next day for Washington Found Buttercups. ' That spring is at hand in Pendleton despite the fact It is still February is indicated by the fact the buttercups are now in bloom. They are not i buyers began blooming everywhere, however- but Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Baiey found a host of the little flowers Sunday down near Pilot Rock Junction. Plaintiff Gets Judgment. In the case of Mabel Bason vs George M. and Flora Hays et al., Judge Phelps yesterday handed down a Judgment for the plaintiff for $1500 interest, $125 attorney fees and $27.50 costs. A mortgage was ordered fore closed and the property sold to satis fy the Judgment. Milton Lads paroled. Austin and Wesley Williams, Gerard Thompson. David Kissler and Gred Getman. the five young men arrest ed in Milton last summer for burglar izing a store, were this morning or dered committed to the state reform school by Judge J. M. Maloney but were liberated on parole. All of the boys are between 16 and 18 years of age. Flour by Parcel Post. An exemplification of the utility of the parcel post since the weight limit has been raised was furnished today when Eugene Molitor, manager of the grocery department of Alexander's shipped out a barrel of flour to R. F. Reeser of Rittr. The flour was ship ped in four fifty pound sacks. This is the first time, perhaps, that flour has been shipped from Pendleton by the jarcel post, Al Volrath Pujwm Away, Al Volrath, former night waiter at the French restaurant, died this morning at St. Anthony's hospital following a long illness. The body is at the Folsom morgue but funeral arrangements will not be made until some effort has been made to locate the deceased's relatives.. He was a member of the local lodge of Redmen and members of that order have ta ken charge of the remains. Athena Burglar Was Cold. Local officers were this morning notified that a burglar had robbed the house of Cleve Myers in Athena on Friday or Saturday night and had appropriated 12 or 15 home-made quilts and comforters, thus indicating that some honest person had prob ably been turned into a thief by Jack Frost. The officers have but little clew to the cluprlt but naturally de duce the fact that he was a single man and that he probably lives in a cheap boarding house where a sheet and a blanket are all that protects the sleeping body from the chilly ozone. A era bought considerable quantities. Since the sale has closed, wool con tinues to advance. Statistically wool Is In a stronger position today thnn at any time for years. "About January 20, eastern wool contracting wool In Utah and Idaho. Already 8.000.000 pounds have been contracted at pri ces the same as last year, and in some cases a half cent higher; 16 3-4 cents has been paid for Soda Springs wool and 16 cents for Utah I am unable of course to predict the future course of prices, but I believe that these facts should be given to your wool growers" . Rabbits Hard to Poison Ray T. Jackson, expert with the department of agriculture, who has come to this county for the purpose of poisoning rabbits is now at work In the Echo country but has not had much suc cess thus far. Mr. Jackson was out on Butter creek yesterday but found that with so much green feed for rabbits to eat they are slow to nib ble on his poisoned grain. Mr. Jack son Is in Echo today and Is expecting to go out into the Cold Springs coun try within a few days. In the pub lished report of the formula he ad vises the amount of saccharine in the formula was given wrong. Instead of one-fourth pint of saccharine the formula calls for one fourth tea spoonful. Reservoir Hels Adjacent Land That the presence of the Cold Springs reservoir is proving of benefit to wheat farmers some miles away front the big pond Is declared by farmers. They say It means more moisture. One farmer declares that on late spring mornings he can go through his fields and the moisture will be so great he will get his feet wet. Be fore the 'government project was built the fields would be very dry. Xew Fruit men a Association At a mass meeting of 300 fruitgrowers of the Milton district yesterday it was voted to abandon the Milton Fruit growers' Union and the Walla Walla Valley Fruitgrowers' association and to establish a new shipping agency, to be known as the Milton Frultgrow ers' association. Shipped Carload Sliecp Swaggerl & Mills of lone yesterday shipped a car of sheep to the Portland market selling them at 6 1-2 cents. Grain Baps Stronger According to Portland quotations, grain bags are now selling at eight cents there, the market being a trifle stronger than a few days ago. Will Build Xew Howling Alleys. George Darveau, ' proprietor of the Hotel St. George, and owner of the building, has commenced the work of fixing up his basement into a bowl ing alley and pool room. The base ment floor will be eighteen inches lower than at present and Mr. Dar veau will not spare money in making the place Into a modern place of business. Entrance will be made by steps leading down from Main street Just north of the present entrance to the hotel. There will be four bowling alleys installed, while halt of the floor space will be utilized for billiard and pool rooms. McDevltt and Butler, present proprietors of the Pastime parlors, will probably lease the new parlors, although no definite arrangements have yet been made. Miners In Conference. PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 10. The bituminous coal miners and repre sentatlves of the miners were in con ference concerning a wage scale to day. Upon the outcome of the con ference will depend whether or not 200,000 miners In Pennsylvania. Ohio Indiana and Illinois are to go on strike April 1st. Railroad Change Opoosed. SPRINGFIELD, Ore., Feb. 10. The Business Men's club of this city met and sent resolutions to Governor West in regard to action ' taken by him In calling a meeting to Investi gate the action of the federal govern ment In regard to dissolution of the Southern Pacific and Central Pacific railroads. The message to the gov ernor Is signed by John Kestley, president, an-J J. A. Seavey, secretary of the club. The club went firmly on record in opposition to the government's plan to unmergti the two railroads, urging that the business Interests of the two states would suffer If the two rail road systems are separated. , Spriig Hero We just received a new spring line of ladies' , shoes which completes our shoe department for the coming season. With the wonderful growth of this department we are now able to give you better and greater values and with the newest styles from such makes as Val Dut- tenhoffer, Red Cross and Star Brand and Buster Brown in children shoes we know your satisfaction will be complete. Kid, Cloth Top KWs . $2.98 Black Suede S1uhs $3.98 IJlai-k' Velvet Shoes ?2.98 Patent leather Shoos, newest toes $2.98 $3.50, $3.98. Gun Metal Shoes, newest toes, $2.49 $2.98, $3.50. (Inn .Metal Shoos, low or liidi heels, luce oi l.utton, $1.98, $2.49, $2.98. Yici Kill Shoes, low or hijrh heels, lace oi hutton, $1.98, $2.49, $2.98, $3.50. Ohl Ladies (Wort Shoes $1.25, $1.49 $1.98. Misses' Shoes Gun Metal, Patent Leather or Viei Kill, in all of the uew Spring styles, $1.39 $1.49, $1.69, $1.79, $1.89. $1.98 $2.50. Infants Soft Soles, all colors 25, 45 Men's Hiph Tops $3.98, $4.98, $5.90, $6.50. Children's Shoes With plain soles, heels or spring heels, patent leather, gun metal, box calf or viei kiJ leathers at 49 69. 89, 984, $1-15 $1.25, $1.39, $1.49. : . Boys' Shoes Of lasting satisfaction, for rough and pewl.v or dress wear $1.39, $1.49, $1.69 $1.79, $1.89, $1.98, $2.50. Men's Dress Shoes From die famous Crossett und Star brand mamifactors at $2.50, $2.98. $3.49 $3.98. Men's Work Shoes none letter Bud few as (rood, $1.98 $2.49, $2.98, $3.50, $3.98. GOLDEN R.ULE STORE 48 BUSY STORES. WE LEAD, OTIIERS FOLLOW. LOCALS (& Advertising in Brief RATES. Per Hut first Insertion 10c Per line, additional laaertloa. . . .oc Per Hue, per month 11.00 Coant 6 ordinary words to Una. Locals will not be taken orer the 'phone and remittance muit accom pany order. I'nltod ordicstra Dunce. Eagle-Woodman hall. Monday ev ening. February 16. Kxtra good mu Hic. Dancing till 1 p. m. Everybody invited and assured a good time Adv. Percy Foljom. A satisfied customer will be a per manent customer. To secure satis faction, the Life Insurance Policy I Issue to you must be proof against criticism. You will never hav to apologize for your policy. With Farmers' Union Grain Agency. Adv. Itosebtirc Starts "Dry" Campaign. rtOSEBL'IlO, Ore. Feb. 10. "Ore gon Dry in 1914," was the keynote of a monster maws meeting held at the First Presbyterian church here. J, M Glass, a temperance orator of some note, delivered an address, In which he scored liquor and Its advocutMrf It is estimated that fully 600 people attended the meeting. Mr. Glass' ad dress practically opened the state wide campaign for a "dry" regime, as far as Douglas .county is concerned. 1 Several churches Jn thewest heated with electricity. are Fresh milch cows for sale. Inquire Grltman Brothers. Wanted Good, clean rags at the Cast Oregonlan office. Joe Ell. Insurance, room S, Ameri can National Bank building. For rent House and furniture for sale. Close In. Phone 135. Show cases and pool tables for sale. Inquire at Pioneer Bottle Works. Wanted Five dozen young hens. Call 3F11 or address Box 625 city. For rent 6 room house with stone cellar, 1100 Raley street. Inquire Walters mill. Call Penland Bros, auto truck, "Lit tle Jeff," to do your trunk hauling. Phone S39. For sale Forty head of horses anJ mules. Inquire R. F. Klrkpatrlck, Pendleton, Oregon. For sale 30 head of good horses and mules. For particulars, enquire E. L. Smith & Co. Phone 518. Old nanera for sale: tied In bun dles. Good for starting fires, etc. 16c a bundle or two bundles for 25c This office. For sale 30 head of good horses and mules. For particulars enquire of E.' L. Smith & Co. Phone 518. For sale Two modern cottages lo cated on east Court street, seven blocks from Main street. Inquire of Walters' mill. For sale, reasonably, 1 Old Trusty and 1 McCallahan incubator, 120 egg each. Inquire Geo. W. Hansen, Star and Bluff, or phone 308J. Penland Bros.' Transfer does heavy hauling and have large van to move household goods. Storage warehouse. Rates reasonable. Phone, 339. Office 647 Main street. For sale or rent, by the owner, tsno acre stock ranch. WU1 sell with or without the stock, or will rent the rnnrh for cash. Address Jas. It Hall. Gurdane, Oregon. For sale Good seven room house with stone foundation; plenty of room If Derson wants to raise chickens. An excellent opportunity to get a nice home at a bargain, for further par tlculars Inquire t this office. Wanted to Exchange, for property In or near Pendleton, a beautiful lot In Portland, Oregon, situated In West over Terrace Addition, Portland's mnHf nxclusiva residence section, and commanding an unobstructed view of mountains and of Portland and vlcln Ity. Address: C. and D., care East Oregonlan. Hoy Ki-ouu Celebrate Anniversary. NEW YORK. Feb. 10. Real cele bration of the fourth anniversay of the ncorporatlon of the Boy Scouts of America began today. Besides the program of formal events for the week members of this sturdy band, which did great work caring for the bent veterans at the famous Gettysburg battlefield reunion of the Blue and Gray last summer, have set themselves Individual programs for the seven days celebration which formally open ed yesterday. According to suggestions sent by the national headquarters here to headquarters of the branches in al most every city In the country, each Boy Scout Is to locate at least nn. sick person who is in need or alone in me wona, ana make at least one visit during the week to the afflict. ed. If possible, flowers are to be iaKen lo tne sick. Each Boy Scout, also has pledged himself and his su perior officer, beginning today, to. give aid or help however small, to. at least one person 'every day of the week. Many thousands of Boy Scouts all over the country sought out sick rooms yesterday afternoon and took them flowers. In thousands of instances Tollow-up visits" will be made during the week. Women to Swat the My. GRANTS PASS, Ore., Feb. 10i The Ladles' Auxiliary of the Commercial club has decided to carry on a swat-the-fly campaign. Thirty-five dollars was contributed by the club to start the movement. Another Important mntter to come before the ladles was that of park ing the public school grounds. Pro fessor Gregg of the agricultural col lege from Michigan, is Nkely to do the landscape gardening-. Last year the auxiliary planted several beds of roses. The best judge of clothes is the man who wears them We leave it to you Rubberized Slip-on Raincoats - - $5.75 "Kenyon" Weatherproof Overcoats $5.00, $6.25, $7.50, $8.25, $10.00, $11.25 and $12.50 "Gold Seal" Slickers - $2.00, $2.75 and $3.25 Blanket Lined Duck and Corduroy Wof k Coats $1.50, $2.00; $2.85, $2.50, $3.00 and $3.50 Blanket Lined Ulsters - - - $2.75 "Hudson" Rubber Boots - - - $4.50 One Buckle Arctic Overshoes - - $1.25 New Dress Shoes $3, $3.25, $3.50, $3.75, $4.00, $4.50 and $5.00 Work Shoes $2.00, $2.25, $2.50, $2.75, $3.00, $3.50, $4.00 and $4.50 STORM RUBBERS . 75c MKIflbMEN S CLOTHING CO Opposite St. George Hotel The Handy Place to Buy