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DAILY EAST 015EGONIAN, PENDLETON. OREGON,- WEDNESDAY. FEfiRITABY B, 3010.,
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Owing to tlie great damage done to our stock by
IVffil v smoke and water we will otfer it at ASTONISHING REDUCl lU
Every Article Offered Will Be a Real Bargain You'li not be asked to buy anything but good
dependable merchandise. No half burned things, only smoke and water damaged goods,
( Heres your chance to buy a whole years supply
During this sale everything (except groceries, which are not included in this sale) will be strictly
cash. No goods can possibly: be .charged at tha prices pnereq
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Boys Wear Middies,
,.'T- Girls Don Shirts
OliEGOX CITY, rtl. 5. Middy
w& ohwnrnl at the Oregon City
uh st-hool Tuesday. A large num-
' Instead of wearing their
.usual strifed or 'f'eured shirts, ap
iJfared in njlddy blouses, and were
r iuch admired by the gir:s of the Jn-.FtitutJon-
The girls becoming "wise"
thiU the boys would be adorned in the
middy blouses, made their appear
Ji;ire at the schoul building in flannel
j-hirts, ir.sscad of their Kilk or other
waists usually worn during the week.
- Four of the students having the
"Hiring fever" decided on a hikins
trip, forgetting about their studies
ct school, but are now suffering the
.consequences and declare they will
M.Vfr play -hoofcie" again. Instead of
hilling, as they Intended to do, thejr
succeeded in being picked up by a
motorist. ' '
YOUTH, BLIND FOR
14 YEARS, LIKELY TO
REGAIN EYESIGHT
STORY OF ENEMY
SPY WORK TOLD,
STILL MYSTERY
LEBAXON', Feb. 5. The many
friends of C. D. Beebe of Lebanon,
will be interested to know that al
though, totally blind for 14 years, Mr.
Beebe is at last to regain his sight. At
the age of seven years, cataracts grew
which in a short time destroyed the
sight of both eyes. By cutting info
the eye tolls and removing the
growth a specialist of Eugene hope
to restore his vision.
I'HII.ADKLI'HXA, Feb. 5. An in
teresting story of enemy spy worU is
told by Frank II- Gasklil. assistant
chief of the Protective league, which
rendered service during the war.
The organization. .Mr. Oaskell re
lates, wa-s responsible for the intern
ment of a man caught spelling out
dangerous messages with a tripham
mer he was operating in a big indus
trial plant on the Delaware river. The
messages were first detected by a tele
graph operator in Palmyra. N. J. He
caught the hammer spelling: out.
"Troop ship moves tomorrow morn
ing." Th'e telegrapher notified the "gov
ernment authorities who caught the
j trip-hammer operator signalling.
! "liaid on fishing fleet complete
I surprise. 1
! This was several hours before the
I news dispatches brought word of the
j sinking of a fishing fleet by German
I submarines off New England. The
I triphammer expert was found to be
a former telegraph operator. Mr.
i Gaskill said the mystery of where
j the operator put his news or to whom
he was signalling wa never solved. ,
War Worker Claims
Has Real Trophy
n"ASHI.TrTOS, . FpI). 5. A lieu
Croats worker who is still overseas,
serving with a certain well known dl-;
vision in France which lias seen hard'
fighting, claims he has the prize me- '
mo. which Is a small, dog-eared book, j
When the book was blank It was i
placed by this Red Cross man on the!
counter of a Fled Cross outpost neat
the fighting-line. .soldiers and offl- j
cers calling for tobacco, cigarettes,,
chocolate, comfort bags and other j
commodities, adopted it as a register.
When a customer called for anything!
he would affix h'.s signature in the
little book nd write a line or ho of
comment. Now li, enntu-tns the sig:ia-
tares of men from almost every Stat
and from all ranks of the army, gen
a!s down to privates.
The book boasts of the. names of
such hih notables as Mj. Gen. I!o
bud. l;rig. (jen. H. II. Hints and COfc
A. K. Mark.
lun I lcoi-lcl Dead Home-
1 ll-lii-a- Held Tavalilo.
.-'AW FKAXCISCO. Felt. 5. The
franchise of a foreign corporation to
do business in this state is an asset,
m jcorcting to a decision by Judge .tur-ti-vanj.
He decided tl.at the I'tah
Construction company is not entitled
to recover I6S6S franchiae taxes paid
under protest.
CENTItAI-lA, Wash., Feb. S;-
S' ores of C'entralians wore isurprlsved
Spturduy when Harry Urowtt, a for
mer of the i '.e rural in police force,
whose death In Oklahoma wan recent
ly reported, arrived in the city.
Probably the most surprised was Mrs.
liibwn, who had not been Informeu
that the report of her husbands dc
mine was erroneous.
.Mr. Hrown was unconscious for flva
v.eeks dur ng a serious Illness, which
fact was probably the foundutinn fur
th i report of his death.
Your ad. should Interest an owner
of uninvested money in your plan.
PEACE CONFERENCE IN THE "CLOCK ROOM", PALAIS D'ORSAY, PARIS
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A Boon to Business
THE NEW NO. 5
WOODSTOCK
IS THE LATEST OF STANDARD
High Grade Typewriters
A step in advance of anything heretofore produced.
With 20 K?r cent to A) per cent less parts than other
machines, the Woodstock is therefore more durable
and is guaranteed for-one year longer than any other
standard single shift machine. It is really a compos
ite of the brst features of six of the leading ma
chines with weak features eliminated.
Be sure to see this wonderful new leader.
A. F. Jaksha, Representative of
- THE REBUILT TYPEWRITER COMPANY,
.... 30-1 Oak St., Portland ... .
vho are distributors of the Woodstock, will be at the
St George Hotel until Friday.
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of the formal op.-nln of the (,n, .he , halr,ai.' place beneath thi tjnMtrtf. WSmK.ir-r White and i:r.,w. In the cef.te of tlte'-l-ITtuTclj; ull v, wh ,,v
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ol'the paltii d't'rsay, Paris. Pre-?!-, arrow; l fresWent Wilson, and next! other hand are the Pritish th'-Iegaics, . imditiB -ulncare'a speech in Cnsltoh.Jhli! speech.