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DAILY EAST 0REG0N1AN. PENDLETON. OREGON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1916.
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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.
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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
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MOKOAN ULDfJ.. PORTLAND, OR.
Qrn M stxvica.
The picture shons firemen of New, same method of training Is being us.
'iresh stood below and caught each Orleans, be ng Instructed in the latest eel in many large cities and enables
one safely. Two nurses were burned methods of fire fighting on a sped-. firemen to successfully cope with
and also Injured by Jumping 'ally constructed training tower. The fires In skyscrapers.
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Columbus, Ohio. They will ad
vise you free.
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When you buy anything In
rubber you have to rely on the
drUgf lit regarding Its quality.
The only safeguard you have
is to bay our rabboe goods nt 1
reliable slore than oawlel only
reliable makes.
Ituy your Itnbher QoOdfl from
us we offer you a Is-tler iiisl
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