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VHEAT TODAY GOES iWrn
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.Tho needs of Umatilla county at
the next session at the statu legislature
are being aroertained by Frnuk Blonii,
of Stunflold, rcprestmtlve eloct. Mr.
Sloan has fceen visiting most of the
county towna of late und wu In Pend
leton lulklng- over thlnss with the
politician. Mr. Sloan, although a
new man In the state legislature, r.ll
have a front Rent jt Salem, as the
Vmulllla relegation was so honored
.by the i.ecrctary of sta'o when as
signments were made. '
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Wheat coiitlnueil Its decline toduy,
December wheat fulling from 11.70
to l.it)i, while March wheat clos
ed at 11.64 after opening at 1.87
Following are the quotations from
Ovcrbcck & Cooke, locul brokers:
;ih f'r Mart al Midroid ;
I i V lly Stl.TM f Jon lilukf ly left laxi
uii'lit for -Medford where he In to hrln ;
hack Hurry Thomas, held there for
tn lnual officials to answer to a
charge of forgry. He will also bring
with him Jo'n 1. Coplen, wanted here
for a had check, who was arrcHted by
the police at I'oitland.
The road from the state line 16 Wal
la Walla opened officially today, says
A. F. Alexander, of the Garden City,
secretary of the t'p-To-The-Times
magazine, who Is a Pendleton visitor
today. Mr. Alexander Is much Inter-'
omed In good roads and It was ho who
first placed before the county counts
of Umatilla and Union counties the
matter of the , Pendlelon-La Grando
rond. He put the plan before Judge
I'hy and Judge Marsh and enlisted
the cooperation of newspapers In Ba
ker, La Grande, Elgin, Joseph, Enter
prise and Pendleton. Mr. Alexand
er fays that Kamela Is to have a wa
ter prude from Kamela to a point II
n-llta west, and that Kennewlrk and
l.ici have each raised f.'iO.OOO and
Plc'.iand 12500 for a bridge over the
i' HitiiblH. Walla Walla Is cooperat
ing In the "liny a Karrol of Flour"
movement and the Commercial asso
ciation has voted to use lurid foit an
tei sive advertising campaign, says
the r'sitor.
. ' Chicago Grain Market.
Wheat
Open High Low Close
Dec. I1.70H $1.71 1. VI 1.6i
Mar.. 1.17 1.03 54 1.64
Corn
Dee. .7H4 .71 .72 .73
May .74 .76 .76 .75 V
July .77 .77 .76 K .76 H
Oats
Dec. .49 .4!) .47 .48
May .&2t t'i'i .61 .61
July .61 .61 .61 k .11
' Hyo
Dec.- . 1.50 1.52H 1.59
May 1.43 1.40 1.42
Parley
Dec. . .71 .6 .69
May .74 .73 .74
1 k Foreign Kxeliange.
Ixmdon, 3.4 5.
Purls, .0690.
Ilsrlln, .0135.
Vienna. .0032 1-2.
. Rome, .0354. 1
Athens, .0765. ." ...
Canada, .848.
N, Y. Money. 7 per cent.
Mnrriugc Uceiiwi Issued
A marriage license was Issued at the
county clerk's office today to Clydo. K
Overly, of Haker. and Vern A. Mlneaii,
of Pendleton,
Itwiilllk Estate I0.I.
The estate left by the late John
Kwallik was appraised toduy ' al
$340.31 In an Inventory filed by J.'K.
Ireland, K. F. Oratton and J. II. perry.
Sum Kmlorsca of Xote
The American Securities Co.. toduv
field suit against Louis and C. I). Uer
gevln and tho Umatilla Auto Co.. en
dorsees of their note, to recover
$1374.62, principal and Interest, do'j
VNIIors Curious About .Noose
, A large number of (Jrant county per
sons who are attending the trial at the
j court house have visited the sheriff
! office at odd limes to see the photo
j graphic history of the Til Taylor case,
I'whleh is kept by Deputy Kherlff Glen
liushce. The trophies Include the
noose which was used on Nell Hart
when executed at Salem November S
pictures- of the prisoners and of the
chase. '
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One hundred forty thousand Christ
inas health seals have already been
sold In Umatilla county and 200,000
i.Mire of the tiny stickers will be plac
ed on sale immediately, says Mrs. Her
bert Thomjwm, county chairman for
the sale which Is under the auspices
on a promissory note given by the nienl' t the sale which is under the auspices
to tho Umatilla Auto Co., and endorsed
to the plaintiff by the defendant con
corn. Carter & Smythe represent the
pluintlffjs.
PHONE FOUR-O-NINE FOR BETTER SERVICE
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Buy a Barrel of
Flour
Now that you are buying the flour, you will need
all the things that go with it There's Bait, soda, bak
ing powder, yeast, lard, milk, etc.
If you want them quickly and surely, call the
Economy. ' ... . ,
SPECIAL Snowflake Shortening
' , 4 pound fpr $1.00 ,
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The Economy Grocery
IUmu! Itesolut'oii In-aftcd.
The resolution for the Improvement
of the Cold Springs road from Cold
Springs to Holdman is expected to he
completed today and Introduced by the
ccui.ty commissioners. The county
roadmaster and Comr.ls.iloners Ander-
n pnd Dunning tooty were busy
cheeUng up the description of the
road so that the resolution would he
eo- et when Introduced. Kids will be
called for the next meeting of thi
l-ite Highway Commission on Jan
ury 4. The commission will super
vise tho work.
Tj'llonil Dlnriit liiml IiitaH.
The fund raised by a special tax
O'lcvy In road district No. 45. Uuttrr
Creek. IhlM vpitr tu intnnt hut fur
Ml 110.50 i;pent on a small bill from
llithn district, County Treasurer Grace
Q A. Gilliam reported Wedienday. The
C Deemler "eport of the treasurer
nIiows that road district No. 45 has
ISK10.74 In the fund, which has been
banked. Iteports from certain scour -ces
vre that the county court hod
expended some of this district's mon
ey on the Muana-Helix road but the
report of the treosurer explodes this
report, .
of the Oregon Tuberculosis Associa
tion. . .
Local clubs are assisting with the
salo and are meeting with success.
The Current Literature Club booth
under the supervision of Mrs. Nor
borne I'erktley and Mrs. Thomas
Vaughan, sold $12 worth of se'Us in a
few hours. Fifteen dollars was netted
by the Thursday Afternoon Club
; booth, managed by Miss Beth Smith
land Alias Leura Jerard.
I Ftvo hundred dollars was collected
I by, Mrs, Thompson, Miss Tess Snyder
J.ind Alts, Joseph Jones on Tuesday.
IKyerywhere, they report, they met
(with a ready response. Hawthorne
I school has asked for a second ouota of
stamps.
Mrs. Thompson is sending stamps to
the various schools In the county, the
quota for. each child being five cents.
CONSTRUCL'ONCOMPANY
Damages In the sum of $20,000
ire asked of the Warren Construction
Co b H. W. Wigley In a suit filed In
circuit court yesterday. The plaln
t'tf alleges permanent Injuries and
loss of earning power In that sum on
account of driving his auto into a
barhtd wire stretched across the Ore-gon-washlngton
highway between
Adams and Athena last summer.
Criminal negligence In maintaining
the barbed wire across the road Is ul
Itged. The plaintiff says that he wa
driving? his car at '18 miles an hour
on the rond when he encountered tht
aire and before - he could slop hif
machine It had grazed over the hood
and wlndshild, striking him In the
fr.ee and permanently disfiguring h'm
and Injuring his eyes Fee & Fee and
Carter tc Bmythe .represent the plaintiff.
EATING?
Yes, Eating Millins of Acres Eaeh Year
No, not us mortals, nor ralbits, or worms
just plain horses.
They're eating week in and week out whether
they are earning their salt or not.
Poor business isn't it? But you wheat pro
ducers are realizing it more every year.
Now what about that CATERPILLAR for
next year's plowing?
You know the HOLT if not ask that farmer
with his crop all in and his place slicked up right
down the road.
To buy the best buy the HOLT.
"Buy a Barrel of Flour"
Sturgis & Storie
Pendleton -
Walla Walla
Marsliall I'iles Anner.
Sweeping denial of allegations
! made In the complaint for divorce
I filed by Fauline A. Marshal! against
Alfred Marshall is made In an answer
filed with the county clerk toduy by
ithe defendant through his attorneys.
I Fee & Fee. The defendant alleges
that the estrangement between him
self and his wife was Inspired by her his brother to be dead.
mother and grandmother and that
most of the charges made by the
olaintlff are untrue as regards their
persunul relations. He alleges that , forging a check for about 127.50 on
the plulntlft told him that he must the Peoples Warehouse here recently,
not he seen with her because It iThe man purchased about 3.50 worth
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Dec. 9. (A. P.)
James Coplen, who claims to be a
brother of John D. Coplen, of Los An
geles, it wealthy mine owner, known
throughout the southwest as "the fath
er of the Inspiration Mine" at Olobe,
Arizona, was taken to l'endleton today
to face o charae of forging a check fo.r
Ii7.6r,. ,
Weakened almost to exhaustion
Coplen entered the sheriff's office
Tuesday and confessed to the forged
check In Pendleton, according to
special dispatches from Los An
geles. John D. Coplen said he believed
The charge against Coplen. accord
ing to the sheriff's office is that of
(Kast Oregonlan Special.) .
Athena, Dec. Mr. and Mrs. Rav
O'Hara were In the city from Weston
Sunday evening. ' "
Mr. 'and Mrs. Robert Beckham were
were Pendleton visitors Saturday.
Maurice Hill arrived in the city
fn tn Montana Monday to visit at the
home of his parents Mr. and Mrs. H.
It. Hill. .........
The glrla who attended the older
Slrl'a conference In Walla Walla gave
a report on the conference, to the stu
dent body and the eighth grade alon-
rity.
Mr. and Mrs. William Harder Jr. of
Milton spent Sunday at the Frank De
FYecce home, j - -
Mr. and Mrs. Austin Fuss were In
the city visiting friends from Pendle
ton Monday..
Joseph Keys was In the city from
Weston Monday.
Among these from Athena -who at
tended the Knights of Pythtas'conven-
tlon held at Pendleton were Charles
Henry, Art Shlck, Bert Ramsay, Jesse
Smith, Simon Flnister, Art Durning,
Raymond Gelssel, George Finch. John
Penson, S. S. Hutt, Ross Catron, Her
man Gelssel and Leroy McVubbins.
diaries May of AVeston- Monnta'n
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school children will furnish the pro
gram with some outside help. The
committees named are: Program
Mrs. IJ. o. Saunders. Zella Hoon, Mrs.
Harrah, Pansy Wilson, Ernestine Mor
rison and I red Hodgen; tree, Bernard
Marti! ; dcoratlng, Mrs. D. J. Kirk;
popcorn. Mrs. John Allen: candy and
nuts, Kl,;.ir Holm and n ill Krumbah;
sack (ommittee, Mrs. J. E. Jones; so
liciting, Mrs. Ft. E. Bean, Keith 01 c
lakiel. Beryl Hodgen, Joe Records.
Paul Jones and Viola Lerous, Mary
Beck, Dealtry Bean and Delia Rec
ords. , ,
On last Friday night under the aus- I
pices of the grange, the high school
I William B. Musty and family left on
; Saturday for Walla Walla where they
will make their future home.
Grover Hodgen, a former resident of
L'mapine and now of . Joseph. Ore.,
visited with relatives in this community
during the past week.
R. K. Brady was renewing acquaint
ances In the l'mapine district last
week. Mr. Brady had Just returned
from Montana where he had . been
visiting his daughter. ' ,, : .
The little son of Mr. -and Mrs, Mar
quette Schubert fell from their auto as
it was about to start on Thursday and
broke two bones in his shoulder.
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Schubert (or-
students staged the Heck and Beck merly of this place now residing In
circus which was a success both fin
ancially and In achievement. With
Tom Fehrnbacher as ring master, the
elephants, giraffes, haboons, hippopot
amus, crocodiles, attended by the hula
Hula dancers, chorus girls. Dirty Dora
Walla Walla are the parents of a young
son born last Wednesday. ,
Isabelle Bltiford a former Walla
Walla high school student enrolled
last week in the Vincent high. ,
Jens Therkildsn. buttermaker . for
and Hairy Llj ana snake charmers the Hudson Bay Co-operative Cream-
made the grand parade after which Jery, left Wednesday evening for Port-
inn n.
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dr a business trip to Athena Tues-
"would break her mother's heart"
and advised him to stay away from
her on that account. The defendant
professes In his answer a sincere af
fection for his wife and doclares that
outside Influences are responsible for
her complaint being filed. He says
thnt he Is without funds to pay the
attorney fees and court costs asked
but that he has made an allotment
of $30 monthly from his pay while
In the navy. In which he reinllsted
November S, and will continue to al
low his wife this amount aa an allotment
of clothing and took the balance In
change, they said. Deputy sheriff Joe
Illukeiy was sent to Portland last
night to return with the prisoner. Of
ficials here did nor know of the man's
alleged family connections today.
i !.i: HUtDS FOU COAST
SEATTLE, Dec. 9. U. p.) Worm
warnings were ordered displayed to
day. A severe storm, centering over
Vancouver island and moving rapidly
southeast, will cause southeasterly
Cales along the coast from Capt Flat
tery to San Francisco.
Batik' Fever Breaks Out
Pay Cash ' Receive More Pay Less
DESPA1N & LEE CASH GROCERY
209 E. Court Phone 880
We make your grocery bill pay you interest Does a
credit store?
CORN MEAL
50c sack
yellow or white
OATS
Sack, eacr.t j."h-h.wm-J?!
Dly. Package, each. .....35c
Mother's Package 45c
j. GRAHAM FLPUR
Per 9 lb. sack 65c
BUY A BARREL OF
OF FLOUR ,
This movement will sure
itlp the farmer and to
help him is sure to help
you.
: FLOUR
49 pound sacft $2.75
1 sacks or barrel....,$10.50
OLYMPIC. -,
WHITE SATIN ,.
SNOW DRIFT ;
. LARD
No. 5 Holly Lard $1.45
No. 10 Holly La'rd....$2.85
5 pounds Swift's $1.65
1 gal. pail country lard $3
APPLES
Fine Roma Beauty I Ap
ples. Guaranteed.
Per Box, $2.00
. , CRISCO
1 1-2 pound 55c
3 pounds $1.00
. 6 pounds $1.90
We take pleasure In lettlng'you know that our busi
ness has increased forty per cent in six months on the cash
basis. We are handling the business with the same am
ount of help that we had before the increase in our sales.
There is a reason for this increase and a reason that we
sell our groceries lower for we are hndling this
same business that we ,vere. doing forty per cent less on
the same amount of expense. ;j. r'f ;(
Pay Cash Receive More Pay Less
i-DESPAIN & LEE CASH GROCERY
209 E. Court" - ' Hone 830.
the ring circus began. After showing
their training with Xeta Fehrnbacher
as animal trainer, the animals were
led to their cages' where t haoy
crowd fed them . peanuts. The s!de
i-hnws wre patronized and the for
tune teller was beseiged with many
wanting to know their fate while the
tent in which the hula girls performed
was unable to accomodate the crowd.
The sum of f 1 $0.90 was realized from
the entertainment which will be for
the hot school lunch benefit.
On Friday noon Mrs. J. D. Harrah
' ' j entertained the Presbyterian Ladies
'Aid at a dinner from which 1 12 was
'(Kast oregonlan Special.) -(realized. On this coming Thursday
I'MAPIXE, Dec. L'mapine com-I Mrs. T. O. Goodman entertains at an
innity has on its social budget for the 'all day meeting at her home west of
hri.tmus week a community tree with ! l'mapine.
o program and candy and nuts in the
old fashioned way for all the children.
Solicitors for small donations will ask
from everyone and the number of chil
dren ascertained in each family. Thei
M. H. White who resides north of
l'mapine had the misfortune to hare
two fingers badly, crushed while re
pairing a gasoline, engine at his ranch
last Friday.
land where he will attend the state
butter makers convention which con
venes there this week. Mr. Therklid
sen has entered "Perfection" . butter, at
this convention and it la quite sure that
he will be among the winners as his
product Is usually in that class.
On last Thursday Mr. and Mrs.
Charles V. Wellman left for Rochester.
Minn., where Mrs. Wellman will con
sult the Mayo Broa, and will in all
probability undergo an operation at
their hospital.
On Tuesday evening at the L O. P.
H. the Vincent high echhool football
team were entertained at a chicken
dinner. In addition to the team those
present were Principal and Mrs, J. t. ,
Harrah. Mr. and Mrs. c. W. Record.
.Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hodgen, Miss Leora
Philippl, and Miss Pauline Beck and
also a few high school girts. The Vin
cent high school has had a very snc- i
cessful season having not been defeat- ",
ed this season. i
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dye to cloth by covering the rest with wax ha broken out In a'
fever here. Jit a ball given by the National Art Service League, the
ladles wore their birthday costumes, except 'or silk scarfa In batik
wound around them -like a bath towel. Two are shown above: the'
Misses Floreuce (loft) and Maria (right) Walsh. Weights kept the)
gentl pr(ze.ren Ulowlng'wp a eoindal ; t . .
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