HOTELS STARTED WRONG.
dinar Art Ma a Like limjnatn
timing; m-T PhlLoaopaJaaJ
Nw York IoIiMua.a.
The philanthropic policeman tipped
back the brim of his helmet, pulled
down hin culf and pointed to a brick
building- painted white that stood on
the opposite corner, Bay the New York
Sun.
"J don't think I'm a fatalist, if I hat's
what you call it," he said, "but I've liiTd
opportunities in my business to see
that some people get started wrong
and never have a fair chance.
"Jt's the same thing with buildings.
They get a Lad name in the beginning,
and that, seems to net l ie them.
"That house on the corner wa put
up a a hotel nearly 30 years ago. It
was intended to be all right, but the
owner happened to lease it to the
wrong kind of a man, and within six
months after it was opened the police
were in the place. Practically they've
never been out of it since that time.
"The building has been sold several
times and some of the owners have
tried to make it different, lint in one
way or another it always seemed to
drift back to its old character. If it
hadn't been for that wrong start in
the first place the old hotel might have
been all right.
"Almost the name fate overtook an
other hotel that used to be on my beat
uptown. Nobody ever knew why it
was a failure. It stood on a site that
g-ave light on four sides, occupying all
of a small block. It ought to have
been crowded all the time but it was
nearly always empty, and one landlord
after another came to grief there.
After it was such a failure as a re
spectable hotel there was naturally
an attempt to carry it along on the
other plan. That prospered for awhile,
but there could not have been much
money even in that.
"Landlord came and went. Half the
time the house was closed altogether,
and in ipite of all its attractions the
building was a hoodoo. It will proba
bly remain one until it is pulled down
altogether.
"Now it is closed, half iU windows
have been broken by the boys in the
streets, and it is ripe for the wreck
ers to tear it down and moke way for
some more fortunate structure. One
thing must have compensated the own
ers for their disappointments. The
site has increased enormously in value
since it was bought 20 years' atro. and
in spite of all its vicissitudes the ho
tel may ultimately bring fortune to
the men who built it."
Governor J. K. Toole, of Monta
na, has declared a quarantine
against California, Colorado, Min
nesota, Nebraska, Kansas, North
Dakota, New York, South Dakota,
Ohio, Wyoming, Washington and
Orpgon, where (sheep scab in sup
posed to exist. Under the gov
ernor's order, tbe ban is placed on
the importation of any sheep from
tbe states quarantined ngain&t.
The mw federal army bayonet
will be six inches longer thau the
one now in use. From being
nearly "obsolete," the Russo-
Japanese war has proven its up
to-.iatenesa in the hands of up-to
date soldiers.
HAS ICIGIIT OF WAY.
Slate of Oregon (jives Deed to the
diovern meiit.
Hood Eiver is experiencing a
virulent attack of cleaning up
alleys, streets and back yardf, and
is extending the war into drains
and cesspools.
LOCAL MARKETS.
Ileppncr quotations on Staples
Hougitt and Sold Here.
XUSCLES IN TENSION.
Are the Ones Th Tire Soonest Al
though Doing: Mo Work at
t the Time.
Toe Rerue Scientiflque ha been ask
ing what muscles tire soonest, with the
conclusion that it Is not the muscles
in use. but those under tension, al
though doing no work. The writer
urges us to use the arms and legs less
and the back and neck more, for on
them comes the greatest strain. He has
been asking men of all occupations the
same questions:
When you have worked much where
do you feci tired?
Before you were trained, did fatigue
show iistlf in the same regions?
All the answers point to the same
conclusions. The baker who kneads
douRh all night complains of fatigue in
his les.
The blacksmith is tired, not in his
arms and shoulders, but iu his back
and loins.
The young soldier after a march, is
especially tired in the back of his neck,
even if he has carried no knapsack.
The oarsman who is iu perfect train
ing, after prolonged exercise gets tired
in his calves and insteps.
These facts point to the conclusion
that in any continued effort we should
try to alter the habit of contraction.
That is to say, the body, like the mind,
needs change of work.
RETAIL GROCERY PRICES.
COFFEE Mocha and Jaya. best 50c
per pound ; next grade, 45c per pound ;
package coffee, Lion and Arbuckle, 20c
lb; Colundies coffee, 6 packages for $1.
RICE Best head rice 10c per pound ;
next grade 6)4 cents per pound.
SUGAR Cane granulated, best $6 85
per sack ; do 13 pounds $ .
SALT Coarse 75c per 100; $15.00
ton.
FLOUR $4 G5$5 00 per barrel.
BACON 1520o per pound.
HAMS 1618c per pound.
COAL OIL $1 45$1 75 for 5 gal
lons ; $3 25 per case.
VEGETABLES.
POTATOES-lc p r pound.
CABBAGE 4o per pound.
ONIONS 3c per pound.
FRUITS.
APPLES Gren 2o per pound.
BANANAS 40c per dozen.
LEMONS- 30c per dozen.
ORANGES--4000600 per dozen.
LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY.
Prices paid by dea'er to the producer.
CHICKENS $3 50$4.00 per dozen.
BUTTER ranch, 50 and 60c per roll.
EGGS 25c per doz.
BEEF CATTLE, ETC.
COWS $2 50$2.00 per hundred.
S1EERS $3 502 75 per hundred.
VEAL Dressed, 6c per pound.
SHEEP $3 50$4 00.
HOGS Live, 52'c5c; dressed, 6c
(7o per pound.
In fulfillment of its pledge the Sta'e
of Oregon yesterday delivered to Major
Langfitt a deed conveying absolute tille
to the Government of the entire right of
way for The Dalles-Celiio Canal. This
action removes the last obstacle to the
construction of the canal and insures
the early beginning of work.
The delivery of this deed was mnde
necessary by the condition imposed by
Congress that before the canal should
be constructed by the Government the
slate shou d deed to it free ot dost the
lands contained within the right of way.
This the state p'e?ged itse'f to do, and,
after much delay, in suits and the ar
ranging for the purchase of the lands,
the state not long ago "secu-ed full and
clear titles to all necessary land.
The transfer of this right of way has
been made to the Government in one
deed, with the title warranted by the
state. A lull abstract of title to tie
property accompanies the deed, tni
these will be forwarded to the depart
went in Washington for the app oval of
the United States Attorney Genera
within the next few daps.
In speaking of the matter Major
Lingfitt s id :
"The deed conveying till to the Gov
ernment of the right of way for th
canal was del vered to me today, and as
soon asl can go over it I will forwaid it
on to Washington. This de d settles
everything so far as the state is con
cerned, aud there are no further condi
tions to bi complie 1 with on the part of
anyone aside from the Government.
' I have not yet been able to look over
the deed and papers carefully, but so
far as I can s'e they are all in order and
the title is perfect. We may p-ssibly
find some small clerical errore which
will have to be corrected, but if there
re any Mich thev cannot be of iin
portauce and can easily be rectified.
'Affairs are in such shape now in r(
Kard to the canal that we should r e
able to begin construction immediately
after the high water and work will un
doubtedly be started by July. In ac
cordance with department orders we
have forwarded to Washington the pro
ject for this improvement based on the
money availab'e for that purpose, and
as soon a that is returned to ns with
the approval of the chief engineer we
shall prepare and forward to him de
tailed plans and specifications for the
work. When these are approved we
shall then be in shape to begin work on
the ground."
There will be but little if any delay in
the transmittal of p'aoe to Washington
since a force of draag'iismen. h con
stantly at work on them in the local
office. It is hard to es!i nate just how
much work can be done on the canal
this seas n, but a good part of the Jower
end should be well under way before
the end of the year. The improvement
of Three-Mile Rapids is being rushed
forward.
It is settled that the Zeigler,
III., miue explosion which cost
about 50 lives, was caused by the
accumulation of caibomV. r,..D
due to poor ventilatiou. '
The most costly miter in the
Uriitfd States, which represents
1 0,000 worth of jewels and
r cious stones, is worn by Bishop
Horstmann, of Cleveland, diocefe
of the Roman Catholic church.
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CHICOPEE FALLS, MASS., U. S. A.
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Barrel and Bottled Goods
We oarry the lead
ing brands of
FINE CIGARS
Draft and Bottled
Beer.
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Have just opened a new
saloon at the corner of
Eain and May streets.
Finest Liquors and
Cigars
Pendleton Beer on
Draught
Hot and Cold Lunches
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WHAT OLD AGE IS LIKE.
Willy Definition by an Agtd rrtnh
miiB-Rtiptt In Wliioh It Moat
DilTara front Yoatb.
Th noted French advocate, Maitre
Labort, who defended Dreyfus and re
cently the Humberts, Is noted in Paris
more for his polish and neatness of his
speeches than for his eloquence.
An American journalist who heard
Iabori in court one day nays the ad
vocate's address was full of grace, wit,
tenderness. He quotes a passage relat
ing to old age, wherein Labordi, with a
smile, said:
"Old age we shall none of us quite
understand that until we have attain
ed to it for no one .of us here is old.
But tho other day I visited my uncle.
a very aged man.
" 'What is it like, nnl?' I said, 'to
be old?'
"And my uncle answered:
" 'It's like this: When one is young
one's polite attentions to women are
taken for declarations of love, but when
one is old one's declarations of love are
taken for polite attentions.' "
Always it fli.e stock in both
barred uud oii of
Fine Old Whiskies
Fine stock of
POPULAH
CIGARS
DRAFT AND flOlTLED BEER
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Morrow County, Oregon.
Mrrow County is a new country , and like all other ne countries, is awaiting development.
L catpfj in the Columbia river valley.'and skirted on tbe South with a spur of the Blue moun
..., - i:h;rj the boundaries of Morrow oounty is a territory 75 miles iu length by 3r, miles in width,
-1 i srimfLing 1,313 280 acres of land. Formerly etockraising waa the prinoipal industry, but lat
f. i the fertility 0f the land is bringing agriculture to the front. Immense wheat crops are grown
with iitt'e cultivation, the soil being mixed with a voloanic osh which is very rich in wheat-producing
quaiitiee. The 1904 crop will aggregate 1,400,000 bushels, much of it from virgin soil.
Morrow county has thousands of head of sheep, borees and cattle. The wool prodoctien for
1A04 was 2,500,000 pounds. Alfalfa and fruit growing are profitable industries, rapidly growing in
importance. The county has also a great ooal field, eoon to be developed.
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ORE.
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