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PAGE EIGHT T DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1918. EIGHT PAGES . . , n 1 PEARS PEACHES v PRUNES Large shipments received direct from the grower each day by express. We invite your inspection of all our fruit which is" guaranteed to be first grade. We do not buy second grade or cull stock. Extra Fancy Canning Peaches, box.. $1.50 Extra Fancy Bartlett Pears, box $2.50 Italian Prunes, first class, pound 7l'2c Concord Grapes, basket 60c Extra Choice Water Melons, guaranteed, pound 3c . GRAY BROS. GROCERY CO. "QUALITY" f I EAST OREGON IAN SPECIAL !- llVVtJ Sf . KJlYlfX I 1L.Lj V. K'fnH.Il T'avfv nf ITpUv- Two Thones 28 823 Main St Become a Depositor of the American National and by so do ing you will receive directly or indirect ly of the advantages and privileges which a large departmental bank can give you. THE AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK Pendleton, Oregon "Strongest Bank in Eastern Oregon? (Kast Oregon ian Special.) HEMX, Auk. 29. The .community stnjf on Main street last night was well attended. Christian Kndeavor -Society will re new its weekly meetings, beginning September 15th. Twenty women worked in the Red Cross room. Tuesdav aftprnnnn. Mr. and Mm. Ed Potts and son i i-Mfiumu hip visuing in a inert a. ifharles MoAlavy will soon leave for his imme in Long Bench, Cal. 's'p Mrs. John Walker and daughters; j or Athena, were recent visitors. Mr, and Mrs. V. A. Stockman of j Walla Wnllii are in town j H. A. Keck has accepted the po sition of depot agent and telegrapher, vice V. K. Otisick, resigned. Mrs. T. J. Matlock and son Gerald are here from Vancouver. Wash- Mrs. J. K. Montgomery and sons of Pendleton are expected Sun lay next. Mrs. Minnie Walker visited Milton, orchards onday and bought an auto load of peaches. Mr. and Mrs. p. K. Cuslck left Mon day for Spokane. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Garrett of Cold Spring will move this week into thei I'ferring residence on ilarrlson street for school benefit. Cliford Kendall. Mr. and Mrs. IT. K. I Hose and small daughter Dorothy and I .Miss Tetha Alhee I from I-ewiston Tuesday by auto had I nn accident near Walla Walla by a j break of the steering gear, upsetting ; e ear. A 11 escaped serious injury. , Mr. Kendall receiving bruises and strain from lifting. Mrs. H. B. Richmond of Walla Walla, sister of ,Mrs. Hose, and Mr. Kendall brought j the party home in her car. jRieth School Opens Sept, 9; Improving School Grounds l-'ast regonian Special.) RIKTH, Aug. 29. Miss T.lllie Kng lteh returned to Itieth from Helix the first of the week and has been em- ployed ns car clerk at the depot since her return. Miss Marjorle Ball is visiting with DR. R. B. ROBBINS Dentistry ' Judd Bldg. Court and Main Sts. iiiimliiiiuiiiiTiilm I The Best Buy in Town 1 Fine house, excellent location, beautiful lots, fin 1 ished complete. A bargain. Terms. DALE KOTHWEtXi Optometrl-4 and OptJd Eyes Scientifically examined. Glasses ground to fit American Natlo&tl Bank Building. Pendleton. fiiendH In Similiter and Huker for the past week.k Mrs. Harry Grant has retiirnt-d from a business trip and visit with rela tives and friends at Bourne, Sumpter and Ijt Grande. li- A. Bamwell of Stimpter. is visit inn his son. Itay Bamwell. in Itieth this week. Sir. Ilamwi-ll St., will go from here to The Dulles and then on to the coast where he expects to on- tain work at his trade as sheet metal worker. Mrs. P. VV. Clark is muklnot an ex tended visit with relatives and friends at Portland and to Willamette valley. Uncle Henry Martin returned Mon day morning from Portland where ho had been in attendance of the Grand Army reunion. Herepors a grand time meetine: numbers of his old com rades of the i'lvil war. I F. H5. Saunders made a flying- trip 1 to Portland the first of the viek. J. W. Ball transacted business in ; Sumpter and Baker last week. Miss Bertie Heath was the finest of: Miss l!ita Itergusun one day last week and incidentally taking In the carnl- I val. J The RIeth school board is advertls- j lug tor bids for the sale of the old : school house, also for the erection of j a pump house and ceptfc tank and for I the grading around the new school house. I The public schools of RIeth are to 1 open September 9th. Prof. V. J. ! Roark will have charge of the schools returning; again this year but his assistant has, not yet been chosen. James Anthony was very painfully hurt Saturday night while working at the cinder pit. He was on a car when It was struck by an engine, which knocked him down and dragged him some little distance before ho could release himself. He was taken to the hospital at once and is reported to be getting along very nicely. Fred Peterson has purchased the R. R. Club pool hall and has taken charge of Same. In future It will be known as the Pastime. A- A. Stumer and family have re turned from the Beach f.here they have been rusticating for the pait two weeks. J. A. Shearer is back from his vaca tion and at his old job of fireman on the Umatilla local. Ray Hutzell and family have re turned from a week's outing nt Mea- cham. ! The local board for registering men i under the new draft regulations are ; J. M. Harrison, YV. Van Winkler, O. ! R. Roberts and J. W. Ball. They ex : pect to have everything in readinesy for September 5th. Miss I.elia Morgan Is visiting rela tives in Idaho. Mrs. H. H- Olvey has returned from a visit with relatives and friends at Ijh Grande. She was accompanied on her return by her sister. Miss Vera lladd. Why We Sell for Less. A Few Cold Facts. Realize the Immensity of This Institution. Our Staple Dry Goods Department has recently placed orders for mer chandise, Fall deh'very as follows: LGAsBtfc:. Percales.. $216,222.00 Ginghams .. ' 232,824.00 Domestics, such as Muslins, Sheets, etc.. 205,572.00 . Outing and Canton Flannels 262,954.00 ' Miscellaneous, such as Bed Spreads, . Towels, Draperies, etc. 202,871.00 Total purchases $1,120,443.00 for .Spring, 1918, Tills lxs not include orders aggregating fttSl, 127.00 placed hy tills department business. Our M-i's Furnishing Department has recently Jiliiccd orders for Slon's Tlin, miming in $71,403.27. Vull delivery, am. Our Clothing lH'iuirlmi'iit lias rrcriilly placed the following order for Full delivery: Men's .Suits Men's Pu nts .... Men's Overcoats Men's Fur (VkUJrt Men's ItHln t outs .$52.1 07.00 . 17l.U2O.0lt . D2.4IU.OO . jr,l)K2.tlll . SI, .130.00 Hoys Suits . t us. Men's mid Hoys' Hats, .Men's mid Hoys We'are ntithor ized. govern ment agents for Thrift KtuniMfr Slap the Kulscr with one. Total I'urcliUKcs IS IT ANY WONDER THAT WE SELL FOR LESS? up jfj Incorporated & 1 . . . 2M.IA3.flO .... II.OOO.OO . . . HM.aoo.oo . . $ i..n:ts,5o.o The !ict I'nelo you ever had ) culling you: put a W. H. 8. In Ills , 'Soruo Hook" Dr. Lynn K. Blakeslee Chronic and Nervous Diseases and Diseases of Women. X-Ray Eleo- tro Therapeutic. Temple Bldg., Boom 13, I'uone 41 Chas. E. Heard, Inc. 721 Main Street Phone 477 Buy "War Savings Stamps ruiiniiiiiiriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiir DENTISTRY Dr. David Dennett mil Dr. Tom O. Bailey Todd Iiuildins, Pendleton, Oregon. Harvest on Weston Mt. Better Than Expected M B vrvrn I tr.MT W g Plant It 27 inch lonff. Lalley-Light furnishes two sources of light and power in the one plant. The machine itself is one ; the storage battery is the other. Light used direct from the generator is as steady and tlrong and brilliant as from the battery. This is an advantage not usually found. It is due to the fact that the patented Lallcy-Light tngine is especially designed and built to drive an electric generator. It is worth a great de&l to the man who must have light and power that are wholly reliable. Yc- will dtrnomtrcfe LoUey-Light, free. Call for the lxyk of Ovvnc-ri t '.tirr.o'jialj. Pendleton Auto Co. (East Oregontan Special.) WESTON" Mi H'NTAIN. A UK. 29 Mr. and .Mrs. Qninn and hnby of On tario, are visiting Mrs. Quinn's sister. Mrs. c'hus. May and family, this week. They made the trip in their Saxon car and expect to leave for Vale, Ore., the 211th. Mr. yulnn reports for duty to go into training September .1. Mrs. Powell and sons. Fr.'nk and Jess of Colorado, are visiting;- Mrs. Powell's grandson. Will Hall, and family and granddaughter, Mrs. Hen ry Thompson, of Oltilion. The Pow ells made the trip from Colorado in their car and came through Ia Orande to visit a daughter at that place. The Tied Cross will meet Wednes day to make pinafores for the refugee children. All are requested to meet at the usual hour for work. The nine Mountain sawmill closes Friday after a very successful sea-" son's run. The Weston mountain school will not open until September 1U to give the young folks time to help as long an possible with the crops as help la so very scarce. Miss Nina Williams of Oregon City. l spending her vacation of two weeks visiting her cousins. Hoy May, Mrs. John Hyatt and Chas. May. Terence Terhune, Henry .Dnwd. Miller and Walter Hayburn. will wi ll r high school at Weston September 16. llcorge Ferguson brought lib' broth er, Jecs. home Sunday from the hos pital In Pendleton, where lie tins been since July 0 with typhoid fever, then later with smallpox. Jess still has to use crutches to walk. fleorge Ferguson will hrlp his mother and the hoys to get the crop harvested, as the nlder hoys. Kltner and Hert. are in training at Camp Lewis. Mrs. Katie N'eal came up from Pen. iKet. n to v!s:t her nephew. Ralph I-ansdalc. this week before h" left for lani. Lewis August Jfi. Cbi'id Key and J'.hn Mausland on llnsk'-t moun tain left the fame day for ,'.e snni e:.r,ip. Miss Neva Powell of, NorCl Yamhill fire., will viflt her sister. Mis. T. J. VcCsrty. on her way to Wallowa. t,i r she teacher, a-id her .mother. Mm. nsvie Powell who has iK-en vis iting her daughter, Mr McCntv. this uton-b will return to their im.i.e there with Mis Powell. Mr. and Mrs. Lester I.fnci tMary' lurderi and sons. Lowell and C.ro- I ver. from Ashland. ori'K'.'i, i.re vNlt-! ing friends on Weston mounl.iiii. for merly their home. Mrs. Selh Hvatt. who has Is en seri ously sick w.i taken to the Pei.dle t.in hospital Sunday- It i r-red l. her fiiends that she will liae ti un dergo un operation In-fore pn. will le any belter. Mis- IJwerin Colnpton has -:e,-n ipllt -s.: k and lir. McKinne.. of Welun ealteil. til- Is threatrne.l villi ai. p nd iei' 1.. ' The Ii.m1 are rej.dring over a' beautiful ne- p.-tn.. with all Ihe i.ev. ati.irh:n n;r. The o lebiated Wing & daughter, Lois. Is tiulte slek. Mr. Tucker got hurt finite severely on the much inebut he says he is too busy to lay off. Hermiston and Columbia Schools Open September 9 that his cur was a stolen one. It also week. I ''''l appeared that two mortgages were, 1-ou Hodgen went to Pendleton held aguinst the car ulso. Mr. Wright ' Tuesday where he serves on the board (Rust Oregonlan Special.) HERMISTON', Aug. 2 The selec tion of the Hermiston school staff has finally been completed and school term will open September !ith. In nil probabilities the enrollment will tie as large as last year pnd the following list of teachers have been re-elected: High school. A. C. Voel ker. superintendent; Miss L'tcv Mar tin and Miss Clara U. Hall. Grades. Miss Merle Hall, Miss Bess Hall, Miss Hah Hoag, Miss Francis Gardiner. Miss F.mlly J. Mills, and Mrs. Edna Tooley. F. J. I'rann, Janitor. Mrs. Harry Straw and two charm ing little daughters, F.lizabeth and Dorothy, have returned from Seaside. Oregon, where they spent the summer. Mrs. H. J. Newport left Sutnrday for Newport beach where she will vis it Mr. and Mrs. Itoss Newport nnd family. Mr. Newport accompanied her as far as Portland. Mrs. K. I- Davis and little daugh ters have returned after a two months' outing at Hidawav. Miss Lila MacMillln, night telephone operator. Is spending her vacation with friends In North Yakima. W. A. Leathers, prominent Colum bia district runcher, spent the week end in Portland. Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Strohm nnd Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Fisher have returned from Portland where they attended the CJ. A. R- encampment. Hurry M archie, a prominent Hoard man citizen. Is spending a few days looking after his ranch interests in Columbia district. Sergeant c. W. Voyer, who has en- Joyed a ten day furlough with his wife and infant son. has returned to His camp In Florida. Clarice and John n. Watson hava their cousins. Ruth, Lucille and little Dan Staplsh, from Walla Walla, as their guests. Miss Virginia Todd, chairman of the canteen service of Umatilla county, spent the week-end with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. C. Todd. Columbia school term will open September 9th. with two teachers, A. U. Hensel, principal, nnd Mli-S IOthel Cra ham. Miss Graham will teach the first three grades and Mr. Jtense the following five. Glen Akers, who holds a clerical position at Wasco, Is spending a few days visiting with his family. Mrs. Jack Davison and Mrs. Emmi Fnrrnr. who have been guests of Mrs Al Johnson," left Tuesday for their home in Fort Wayne, Indiana. hud to pay $1011 to drive the car home to Umanino and has since given the car up. The Pasco-Garage, how ever, recompensed hlln to th extent of $275 which did not make things much better ns he had paid cash for the car. On Thursday, August 22, a oaby girl was born to Mr. nnd Mrs. Alex Harpe. J. K. Jones hail the misfortune this week to cut his forefinger whiln re moving a sickle bar from his mowing machine. The cut necessitated a doc. tor's attention and will prohibit work lit the hay this cutting. W. K. Gordon left Sunday by anto for Elgin where he will bid his broth er goodbye prior to his leaving for service In the U. R. army. W..W. Phlllppl had a workhorse j badly cut In barb wire one night this of the Fourth Liberty Ian campaign. (iOI.lt I'HOItm O-TIJS TO - INCItriASF, OUTPUT SAX FRANCISCO. Aug. 28. Reso lutions calling upon nil gold prodnc ers in the western states to prepare a statement of their capacity and plans, with a view to lncreaalng pro duction, were passed by the executive committee of the American gold con. -ference here. Fallowing tile receipt of this Infor mation the committee planned to formulate an Increased . production plan for presentation to government authorities I nWashinsinn. The committee was named at a re cent meeting of the American gold conference ut Reno, Nevnda. Two Men Known Umapine Appear in Casualty Lists .--(.re ti. a k I tick Crik li h nnd (.vi r on ihf nvt-r l" Iln r r tiri)c If m.d" nio.tti! ;i In n-iw. Kf.tn Mr. and Mi ktiiit nn r cattle full jiv i.n th XuCkv. ' lit ti (Kant Orexonlan KpeMi!.) I MAl'INK, Ore., Aiiff. 29. In tha carnally Ht of today, the i.ame or 1lrMitnant Lee c. 1-ewln npnttw. Mr-l,c-rfH hud many frlrnda In tins vallrv an he van cow tester for the Walla Wa ll.i Valley Cow Testing AFHoclatton prior to cnliilnir at the hfKlnninK the war. Mr. I,ewfs wan a rtilinin I 'ulN fruity bov and wan a pon of Mr. and Mr. Fred IowIm of Tumwater, Wash. HI father In state tsccretary of thr- WashlnKton Mate Kranfte. Hi wife, whom he married after enllHt-mt-nt. 1b aleo a Pullman girl A 1m. i In the liM of wounded from the wextern front iiar the nume of !. H. Itcnvfrt. Mr. Heaves w.ia prior ;t.i enlmtmeut, a dairy rancher near I I'mapine and Is well known. Ilia wife nnd haliy left lat Wednesday for ' hl mother home in Tenneiwee. I Mr. and Mr. Ii.ile Wilder left this ! we-ii fur thfir home at Klney, Mon tana, nfir r l.einn here for tw. week. I 'following the death 'of Mr- Wilder mother, M r. K. irnnd:4. M r. J I'arhn of Keattle also left for her oiaM home Monday nlnht- Mr. Sim" ii will renmin hr for a while aet ( li nt; im l.nHn'MM affair. H ha en JiMed for Kervicf in Y- M. A- work in France and will he readv for hi ; all rhortly. Ill ("in Forrest, will re-i m. in with hly fni her until he Ke ver. ( a. t 1 .-'tanhy Wrf-ht. rancher living nnr l'n;np!ne. had a misfortune be f:tll him la nt week h-n he took a1 i p to I inco lo vl.-it It h friend. , S.tiK' time ao he bought a new Max well car from a friend who had two 'hth (new on-fO and didn t need the f ur priKnnKcr car which h old to Mr, Wrieht. When Mr- Wrlsht drove irdft the iHci jrarat-e hU nr wn ttofcted and ha aj finally convinced j MIIIIIIllllMllllltllllllllllllllltllHIMIIIIllilllllllllllllllltltlltllllllllllllllllllllllllllt We adrertiHO and offer War Savings stamps for sale with mrcrf s purcliaae. n s 6 All .Kinds and Sizes The best on the market ?7 1 PEGSO' 5 SMYTHE-LOHERGAN CO.I Phone 178 Quality Quantity Service ".iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiriiiii- THATIOH OF THE S7? n I nn n U budOOU Just Below the Walters Flouring Mills FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, August 30th and 31st. We invite you to come out and see what these wonderful tractors can do. Here you will see them in action performing the actual work, as you would have them do on your own place. , Oregon Motor Garage IWOO RPORATKD I IT, 111, 111, 1ZS Wert Court St. Telephone M