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EIGHT PAGES PACK TW DAILY EAST 0REG0N1AN. PENDLETON. OREGON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1916. nan I The Best for the Price I No Matter What the Price I Women's New Spring Suits We have received another shipment of new Spring suits in medium priced models in black and white checks, navy, green and tan. Made with the new full flare coat and full skirl. Trimmings are of silk or leather. This gpet ial lot of silks are priced from 115.00 to S22.50. WOMEN'S SILK UNDERWEAR We have a complete stock of the most dainty silk underwear in crepe de chine and Italian silk. Embroid ery and lace trimmings, gowns, com binations and petticoats, colors are flesh and white. Prices S3.95 to S7.50. BLACK AND WHITE CHECKS A big showing in black and white checks, assorted sizes, from the small est to the largest. Comes in the wool en 42 to 56 inches wide. The yard oOc to S2.50. AUo, these checks are to be had in silk, the real serge silk, for suits and dresses. 27 to 36 inches wide. The yard $1.25 to 82.00 TAFFETA SILK We have a wonderful showing of Taffeta Silk. All shades for street and evening wear. As taffeta is to be used in suits this season we have a Mrs. Stephen A. Lowell ami MlMj Margaret Lowell are "at home" thiaj i afternoon to larva number oT ladtea I invite,! to meet Mrs. William K. Lo well who recently came With her i husband from Pulse to remain per- ! manentty. I "Our Crowd" met last evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Woll and an enjoyable time was spent at cards. Refreshments were served. Miss Snbra L. N'ason. county libra rian, returned this morning from Stanfield where last evening she act ed as one of the Indues of the Stan field -Echo debate. K.-g 1st rut ton of new readers t'entral. adult tl county), Central, Juvenile BAKING POWDER Absolutely Pure No Alum No Phosphate j Following the basketball game be j tween rendleton and La Crande high j I school teams last evening, I d un e I and reception to the visitors was held t in the high school gymnasium which jiv.as appropriately decorated. This j'v.as the first such event ever held In I I the MgyittM and proved very enjoyable. Circulation Central, adult . Central, juvenile Branches, uduit Brunches, Juvenile Rural schools Total Book, sent to branches ... Hooks sent to schools .... Books mended Fines collected Hal. on hand Jan 1. '15. Monthly receipts Ill . 1901 111 '.' : : J . l!6f.li . 1050 3 160 Uti'lsT GIBSON'S l M Oil U K TO W ED so OF NOTED ARCHITECT. MAN WHO AT EIGHTY BECAME FATHER DIES 9.01 111.11 (rdaj d hla Jack Qlbton spent Stanfield. returning la: Col. II. (i. Newport r home at Hermiston on the motor las evening. Oamer K. Smith, who acted as a de rate Judge at Stanfield last evening returned home this morning. Principal A. T. Park of the Her mlston schools came u to attend the meeCtu Principal Howard 0 school came up on No. to attend the principal this morning of principal. the Stanfield this mornlni annual meet- special suit taffeta in all shades. 36 inches wide, chiffqn weight. The yard $1.25 to $2.00 I f Prices That Mean Rapid Fire Selling! COMMENCING MONDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 28TH, FOR ONE WEEK THESE PRICES PREVAIL If you can't come to our store, use the phone. 3 main lines, all 15. "PURE FOOD SHOP" Basement OUR NIPPON SLICED PINEAPPLE 3 cans 50c 7 cans $1.00 Case of 24 cans 83.00 25c CANS ASPARAGUS 5 cans $1.00 Case 24 cans $4.75 PEAS Sold regular 3 for 50c Special, can 15C 7 cans for $1.00 Case 24 cans $3.25 FANCY TABLE PEACHES 25c quality, 5 cans $1.00 12 cans for 82.30 Case of 24 cans $4.50 ASPARAGUS TIPS Real value at 20c can, our special price: 3 cans for 50r 7 cans for $1.00 12 cans for $1.50 15c CANS RIPE OLIVES Special, can 10c 65c CAN RIPE OLIVES Special 35C 25c CAN OYSTERS Special, can V-doz. cans Dozen cans ... 20C $1.00 $1.90 Ing. Mayor James M. Kyle of Stanfield, Candidate for the republican nomi nation for public service commission er, came 'up from his home this mor ning, A. H. Cog, manager of the Oregon Lumber Yard, arrtved home this morning from Portland where he at tfnded the convention of western lumbermen. Rev. j. e. Snyder of the Presbyteri an church arrived home this morning from Portland where he conducted the funeral of the late I!. I.. Berkey. His wife will visit there for a few days before returning. Sxpensea Bal. on hand Feb. J, Rental collection Bal. on hand Jan. 1. Monthly receipts . . Expenses 11.411 Bal. on hand Feb. I, '16 .. $ 9.99 Branch circulation Athena 874 Milton r3IU breewater 520 Ferndale 37S Weston " 3&2 1 Adams 238 1 Hermiston 298; Echo 1571 Stanfield 127 Pilot Rock 71 1 Helix 61 Vincent 59 Tum-a-lum 271 3700 1 NKW YORK, Feb 26 Dr. David Allyn toirton, who at the age of 80 became the father of the famous "eugenic twins," died t his homo In Brooklyn, lie was born on November 22, Mil, and was strong until a few Ins ago, when he told Mrs. Gorton that he needed a long sleep He went to bod and became constantly weaker until his death. i una o qm Quaa Trees, ELM A, Wash, Feb. M.CfcaMtl liaise, a farmer of the South Union district, which is a fertile little coiu niunlts two miles east of Klnia, soon will Introduce the famous rubber tree known as the eucalyptus or com monly called the gum tree. The eu calytUI tree Is Indigenous to Australia and Tasmania, but has been Intro Inc. d from allfornls lata South Sea Island ind many parts of the rid. Library News LIBRARY HOURS. i 10:00 a. m. to 5:$b p. m. i J noon hour.) : T.'IO to 9:00 evenings. ; Sundays, 2:00 to 5.00. Following is the librarian s Heal report for January: I Book accessions i Pendleton Old port put on Highway. I'KNTIiALIA. Wash.. Feb. 26. The: work of moving Fori norst from the! banks of the Chchalls river to city: property Just west of the city limit-' was completed. The moving wan pat formed under the direction of ihej Commercial dub. The blockhouse was erected in 1 s It now rests on the Pacific highway.! and is expected to be an Interesting I object for tourists. NEW YORK. Feb. II Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dana Olbeon announced the engagement of their daughter, Miss Irene Laugh omc Gibson, t" George B. Post. Jr. Miss Gibson made her deput last December at a dame given by Mr, and Mrs. Gibson -u the Rtts-Carlton Hotel. She has Inherited much "f her mother's famous besutj ami lur father's talent for drawing since her debut imuiy affairs have been given in her honor. Mr Post Is the olde late lieorge II. Post, di prominent architects of America Th town house of the rnmilv is at No. 129 East BiXty -ninth street. 'Should Mr. Heise become success I fill In his attempt toward the develop men) o the eucalyptus in this sec i on he will open u new field of pros perity to the stale of Washington I Several hundred slips of the eucalyp. tus are on the way here. Workmen were clearing the mads for WILMINGTON, Del.. Feb. t. A quarterly dividend of ;i per cent an iits common stock was declared by tho j lii Pont Powder company. n of the the most Receiver Not Vppotnted. DALLAS, Texas, Fen. 26. Suit 01 tbc Bankers' Trust company of New I York for a receiver for the Texaa ft Pacific railroad was dismissed by Federal Judge Meek on the grounds that he lacked Jurisdiction The plaintiff! alleged that the road dS- faulted in Interest on IB,000,000 worth of second mortgage bonds The Peoples Warehouse Where It Pays To Trade NEW ORLEANS FIRE LADDIES GET PRACTICE FACAKS GETS TO FRONT i AFTER A LONG JOURNEY BY WILLIAM G. SHEPHERD. United Press Waff Correspondent i SALON'ICA. Greece, Jan. 10. (By Mailt The batterdest package that ever arrived for wounded soldiers enj anv batlefield has at last reached 5a lonba This will be of Interest to the ladle of Flat Rock. Carolina, whoj eent it. I Its wrappings are torn, its wax seals broken and smashed, but Its contents.! twelve pounds of cotton bandajtes, , carefully prepared by the southern ; ladies, are Intact. The stamps and other markings tell the story of its travels It was mailed, at Flat Rock at noon, Aug. 23. It reached New Y"rk two days later and was put on the Greek steamship; Athenai ." At sea the steamship took' fire. All the passengers were saved: and so was the mall. There is a typewritten paster on the aufcafl whi'h says. 'The Damage iuj package occurred on board the, si s. -Athenai. which veeael n .ire an abandoned at sea Sept MM All the S"H ! " E- 51 r" gaa, postmaster Men York City." Again the pa. kage was started fTOTfl New York on another and luckier l,oat and after a long, long Joiirnev it ha reached the American consul ite t Salonlca The Fiat Roefe iada-, ll tended the listldag.s for MrriU as dlers but the exception of inac -.-I Mi Serbian tTSOPS In Mmtenegr... The Servian army Is dispersed Since the Flat Hut ladle put tin II package Into the Plat R-x k pMt rics last August, the Serbian army has pra.-lt.-aHy btM WH""' OUL Th" Cr. n, h Ked cross has taken the pack age and It will be used to staunch l i.nch instead of Serbian blood RUSSIA IS URGED TO ADOPT POLISH POLICY The scheme as disclosed by a Pol ish correspondent. M MlUlukoff, would provide for the Incorporation of Posen and Lithuania In the new state in return for the formation of a Polish army half a million strong to fieht Germany's battles. The writer avers that Germany is prepared to cede Posen to the Poles in lieu of the Baltic- and Petrograd provinces It is also proposed to an nex Lithuania and Blolostok to me Polish state. While agreeing with Foreign Min ister Sazanoff that the Poles will never thus betray Russia, M. Mllleu koff Insisted that In the present cir cumstances a mere reiteration of promise is insufficient and it behooves the Russian authorities to decide be forehand the policy to be adopted when the Russian armies reconquer JEAN CRONES MAY BE MAN WHO KILLED SELF -Je NEWARK N J . Feb. Crones, the Chicago chef who pu; arsenic in the soup served at a dinner In Chicago on February 10 to Arch bishop Mundelein and other Catholic dignitaries, is believed by the police here to be the man who. unconscious from a self-inflicted bullet wound in the head, lay dying In St. James h-H pita! ably ness. Ac Jose: Direct) Id pr tordlng to Lieutenant ih Farrell, t.rothers the Id detf Kplta the smal descrlpti 1th tr PKTIti"i;ltAn Feb 2 A striking feature of the debate In the duma Is the revelation of a German plan t win over the P-lrs by promise of an independent Polish state. RL1DR DIM) MAT TOTAL sr.. Main TuurlsU Wear Avalanche at at sal-burs. Germany. DEKLIN. Fb. 26 Reports from llalSburg say that 30 persons are Still missing as a result of the aval anche in the Uoehkoenlg region. No The slide occurred at a season 1 when such movements are unusual i Workmen were celaring the roads for! winter sport and had been Joined by tourists when the avalanche descend-j sd the mountainside In two sections. One hundred Russian prlaonori of war are assisting in the rescue work. Martial , in (1ianK-Slui. SHANGHAI. FEB. 26 Martial law was declared in Chang-Sha, capital of break. oerasaa Fleet oaagaaaaMar. LONDON. Feb. i. Vice Admiral 1 Reinhardt Ichssf has succeeded Ad miral von Pohl as chief of the Ger man battle fleet, according to advlcea received here Admiral von Pohl was I retired on account of 111 health. oM of sbcii- Reduced, LOXDON, Feb. 26. A reduction In the cost of producing shells will re suit in a saving of $400,000 weekly after June l. This statement was mads in the house of commons by Dr. Christopher Addison, parlamentary secretary of munitions, in response to a question addressed to the m nistry of lire Area Is K.x-kc.1. BKLLINOHAM, Wash , Feb. il, -An earthquaks that appears to have been confined to Northwestern Wash ington and .Southwestern British Co lumbla, was felt here. HoUSeS were locked, brlc-a-hrac was rattled and In one Instance in this city the foun dation of a house was cracked. The shock lasted only a few sec onds, but was unusually violent. Hal, Saved from lire. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.. Feb. 26 -Six babies and a 4-year-old boy were saved from death h'-re hy May On when fire destroyed a haby board! tu house. While a nurse dropped the chlldrei from a second story window, Misi J W.C.T.U. OF HELIX GIVES PARTY WHICH IS WELL AT1ENDED ll IS SERVED is THE Women n Ll R ROOMS AITAIR III t.l SI (H1XS. WHY THE BEST OF CHEWS IS "SPEAR HEAD" Its Rich, Sweet, Mellow Flam Has Been Famous for a Generation MADE OF CHOICEST RED BURLET The secret of tobacco satifaciion is wlOWB only to the man wiio , hf.i t flvq tobacco. The reason is that a good chew gets right next to your taste, while the leaf m fluti tobacco is in a state of frch, juicy richness that is not possible in any other form of to lacco. There's no tObSCCO in the world that c.w give you the hearty, wholesome flavor that you crt from a delicious chew of Spear Head. Spear Head is made exclusively of ripe, red Kentucky Hurley the most richly-flavored chewing tohacco that crows. Still more nnlv "he vcrv ,li,,ic. Incitement is canned When Team Runs ua Uul o Damage u Done Itroth.T of Hells Woman Serious Condition at sit Utiu other Via.. Notes of Hells section. (K, iregi HEL of the Women sd, ii.- The ladies erved a tea in the mis Wednasdas ..! cess. A little excitement was canted Thursday by Chris. Johnson s team running from Main street north to August Kupers ranch No material damage was done. Quits a number of people attended Mrs. Louis Koebcke'i funeral and! burial at the German Lutheran church near Myrlok station. Mrs. l.erov PTenland received word Wednesday her brother .lames sharp had been operated on for appendi citis in Salt Ijjke City, and was In 4 seil.ais condition. Rev. K S. Uulkey of Portland. win preach in the Christian church morning nnd evening In behalf of the Christian Home Walla Walla. W. II Dale and W tl Morris,, ,1 have returned from the I. 11 o. F. convention at pilot Rock, A 0, Grey .aiming via Hermiston for a few da ys. Kdgar Stevens, ipei ial ag.-nt f,,r the Home Insurance Company, was a business visitor in Helix Wednesday, Mr. and Mis Wm. Ruther are rb lillng relatives and friends In W.alon I .1. C. Walker of Athena was In He i llx Thursday, buying supplies Ethel Rrown who attended school here, visited her parents, Mr. and I Mrs. Geo rite iirown of oiid B primes 1 Sunday. Kmll Timmernian has returned from spending the winter In Port land. The southern face (r Nantucket is land Is receding at the rnte of six I feet per annum. T! is clinic- (a is elected Wl lh" mo.'t painstaking care, is stcmnui! hy hand, is thoroughly washed free of all foreign matter, and is pre s- d into S'irar Head plugs so llowty t' at not n drop of juice or an atom cf the nat ural flavor escapes. Try Spear He:.,!, and yot-'ll pet a veet, mellow, luscioul, satisfying chew that cannot he obtained in any other tobacco. In 10c cuts, wrapped in wax paper. J. E. MULLINIX, Lawyer Over Taylor's Hdw. Store. Pendleton, Oregon. WRITE TO YOt'lt I'RIKNRS ON Monogram Stationery W. G. SMITH & CO. WF.DDINO AND VISITINO CARD F.NHRAVERS. MOKOAN ULDfJ.. PORTLAND, OR. Qrn M stxvica. 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