GREAT CONFIDENCE
In our
Growing Crop
Just received from the East
woo
Gallons of Machine OH bought cheap and K ill
be Bold cheap -
If ftncfers want something fine In the Tackle
Line even anti-rattlesnake or any other
medicine, can get the
at the
mm DRUG STORE.
P. M. KIRKLAND, Prop'r.,
EASTERN OREGON CROPS.
What the Agricultural Bureau has
Gleaned the Past Week.
While the prospects for crops,
fcay, cereal and fruit, were never
more promising in the west
ern portion of the state, the reverse
conditions prevail to the east of the
Cascades. The reports from the
correspondents indicate a very poor
outlook. Fall-sown or summer
fallowed wheat is promising, and
even under the adverse conditions
of a dry cool period it will give an
average yield. Spring-sown grain
may make hay in some sections,
though it, like volunteer wheat,
will hardly be worth the cutting
for hay; the present outlook is for
almost a failure of spring grain and
volunteer grain. A correspondent
from Umatilla county writes: "It
is sure that this county will not
have one-half the number of bush
els of wheat that she produced
last year." A correspondent from
Morrow county writes: "With a
good rain within two weeks we will
have a fair yield of fall-sown sum
mer fallowed grain; volunteer and
spring sown are gone entirely."
Similar reports come from Gilliam,
Sherman, Wasco and Baker coun
ties; in Union and Wallowa coun
ties the conditions are somewhat
improved, though , in portions of
the Grande Ronde valley the pros
pects are not so encouraging as
they might be. The correspondent
at Cove, Union county, reports:
"Upon the whole, rather a discour
aging outlook."
Plowing has been suspended due
to the ground being so dry, and a
large amount of stubble ground re
mains unplowed. The grasshop
pers have done and are yet doing
damage to vegetation in Morrow.
Gilliam, Sherman and Wasco coun
ties; sume farmers are cutting their
hay before they othewise would do
so, so as to prevent its being eaten
by the grasshoppers. So that be
tween the dry weather and the
grasshoppers some farmers are hav
ing a hard time of it, and as one
writes: "It begins to look like
destitution."
In the Columbia river valley, in
Union and Wallowa counties, the
fruit crop continues promising
Strawberries are , about over and
cherries are ripe. To the south of
Vaughan's Racket Store
807, ASSOCIATION BLOCK. MAIN STREET,
PENDLETON, ORE.
Because you get more for your money,
as our prices will show. i ...::,,.:r.T.i, r
24 Sheets Note Paper. . ..
12 Clothes Pins. ...... . .
1 Paper Needles.... ... . .
OnelO-qrtTin Pail.....
Men's Shoes, $1 to $2.63..
Men's Kangaroo Shoes.
Men's Boots worth $1.80.
O. 3VLV "V-TJGKHIINV PROPRIETOR.
OXFORDS
' .New Styles ,:
New Prices
Best Looking
Best Wearing
Oxfords and Shoes in new Styles, new Goods, '
at prices below'what old stock is being sold
for all over the county. We ask your atten
tion and a call. : : : : : : v
You
Will
. . Never
Regret
It.
CLEAVER BROS.,
Slaughter Of Merchandise
Having purchased the Stock of the Pendleton Mercantile Co.,
at our own Figures,
"Will "WILL SELL "3TOTT
Clothing, Furnishing Goods -
Hats and Caps
Men's, Ladies and Children's Shoes
AT LESS THAN THE MANUFACTURER'S- PRICE.
gOr A FEW PRICES Overalls, extra heavy, per pair. .....
Cotton Shirts ........ . ...... 18c. 35c, 38c, and 50c
Men's Seamless Socks, per pair . ... ...... ..5c
Good Underwear, per suit. . . '. . 75c
CLOTHINGur::::::::::;::;::::::::::;::
lW--JP $15 Suits at.... . .$8.00
.W"" . $20 Suits at.. ..$10.00
Stetson Cow-boy Hata for '.',. . . . .$2,50
Ladies' Shoes for . 7 . V-..... 75c and, iip
Come and see us at our Store, next door South of Postofflce,
Pendleton, Oregon. . : fc
the Blue mountains" fruit and ber
ries are not so promising; the frost
injured them, and the yield will be
light. The hay crop will be good
in some locations, but will be poor
in others. From Grant county , a
correspondent writes: "Grain
crops are so backward and the land
so dry that unless we have copious
rains within a short time they will
be a failure. The hay meadows '
are not going to turn off anything
like the normal crop. Grasshop
pers, I fear, are going to clean the
country; they have already des-.
troyed gardens, and will most like
ly harvest our Becond crop of alf
alfa, they took my second crop
last year."
The stock is being driven to the
mountains for their summer past
urage; the range grass is only fair,
not so good as last year.
The climatic conditions are such,
at present, that no general or cop
ious rain's may be expected during
the next week, but warmer weather
will most likely prevail. Moder
ate temperature, with good rains,
would yet materially improve con
ditions throughout Eastern Ore
gon; ; v.' i
Killed by a Snake.
The ' Shoshone Journal "brings
news of the death of John C. Smal
ley, eleven years of age, the re
sult of being bitten by a rattle
snake. The boy met his death
June 5, near the residence of John
N. Hopkins at Briggs..
"The boy was riding from school
on Tuesday evening," say the Jour
nal, "when a rattlesnake crawled
into the road. He dismounted and
endeavored to kill the ser pant,, but
he himself was bitten. Before
reaching home he lost his reason
and died the following morning at
11 a. m. His father was in bhos
none Tuesday, and started early
reached home just in time to see
Ms boy die." : w f :
lorn. in Atnena, J une l , loyo,
to the wife of Doc Stamper a girl.
You should buy
your goods at
.01 Children's Hose.' ... . . . . . $ .09
.02 Ladies' Fine Shoes ...... 1.18
.01 Ladies' Oil Grain Shoes.. 1.20
.17 IX Tin Wash-boiler..... 1.15
Ladies' Trimmed Hats ... 1.50
2.95 Straw Hats, a fine line of
1.50 Crockery, Trunks, etc.
it?
. SHOES
si
v:
Practical Boot and Shoe
... Men ...
PENDLETON, OREGON.
NICK.'-
The
Death of Bicyclist Lenz Probably
Explained, !
A strange story that may explain
the fate of F. J. Lentz, the bicyclist,
who started on a tour of the worl
on a bicycle, and who disappear
in April last year, when he 1
Tabriz, in Persia, to go to Erz
oum, in siatic Turkey, comes ;
way of Constantinople, and wa
related by a Turkish sentry. Whjile
he was in his sentry box one day a
little English boy came riding
through the street on his bicycle,
This machine was a source of wdn
der to the Turk, who hailed tho lad
and made a thorough examination
of the big wheel. H"
While thus engaged he aaia it
was the second time he had seen
such a thing, his first experience
having occured when he was on
guard on the frontiei between Per
sia and Turkey. While attending
to duty with a comrade, there came
tearing down the road on big wheels
something that appeared to the as
tonished Turks like the very old
Nick himself. At any rate both
soldiers concluded it was Satan;
and-they agreed to fire at him . and
see what he would do. This idea
was promptly carried into effect, ; ;
The soldiers fired at the ; ap
proaching object simultaneously.
To their amazement their shots
took effect, " and the rider of , the
wheel tumbled off and made no ef
fort to rise again.
An investigation of this stor re
sulted in ascertaining that the
route which Lenz intended to travel
would carry him in a northwester
ly direction from Tabriz to Erzer-
oum, and in so doing he w&dld
have to cross the frontier about the
locality described by the Turkish
soldier. Nothing could be learned
as to what disposition was made of
the body, and u it -was Lenz who
perished in. this manner it was no
likely his remains will ever
found.
Cram's Atlas Received.
This office is in receipt of a copy
of Crams' Standard Railway ; and
Business Atlas of the United Stat
es, tor the current year, it
,19
boun? in full Russia, handsomely
gilt, and is a necessity to .the ' edi
tor, author, lawyer, business man
or teacher who wants an Atlas com
plete in details and up to date. - It
contains tne largest ana nnest col
lection of business mans ever mac
ed between two covers; all ofUhe
United States and Canada maps,
showing the different railway " sys
terns in different colors, artistically
executed in continuous lines of col
or, so that a single glance will tihow
each entire railroad system seper
ate and distinct from all others. It
has special charts of Islands and
principal cities.
Cram's Atlas also contains every
county, town, village and postofflce
in the United States, and gives the
number of banks each contains as
well as whether it is a telegraph
station, and what company reaches
it, and gives the population of e
place according to the last cen
that of 1890. This informat
makes it a perfect snipper s cm
and important to every business
man. the Atlas is bound to fill i
want in households fortunate en
ough to possess it, as it will be of
interest to the entire family.
This work ia sent out by the Eu
reka Chemical & Mfg. Co., of La
Crosse. Wis., manufacturers of
"baco-curo," the only remedy which
permits the use of tobacco while
taking a cure for the habit, being
4he only scientific and reliable care
for tne habit on the market. 1ms
guaranteed remedy, purchase mon
ey being refunded in case of failure
to cure, can be purchased of al
leading druggists at a $1.00 a box
or 3 boxes (thirty days treatment)
$2.50. By sending six two cent
stamps to the company a sample
box will be sent to any address.
llollis sells a 5 gallon keg of
Rock Candv Drips for $1.95.
or a 4 gallon keg of syrup for
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Local News.
1 CUUlVkUU WJil mi
ath-
letic club.
J. L. Morse was in from Pendle
ton yesterday.
Everybody is go:ng to the
springs the 4th.
Warren Raymond was in from
the ranch yesterday.
Wm. Mosgrove had business at
the county seat yesterday.
W Flour at Long Creek, Grant
county is sold at $4 per barrel.
Thos. Barger, of Eugene, is here
on a vist to our Tom Barger, his
son.
Price Sharp has returned to Ath
ena on his annual wheat-handling
trip.
Mrs. Edington and T Mrs. W. R.
Taylor drove down to Pendleton
Wednesday;
Mrs. Boyd and Miss Cecile are
visiting Mrs. C. L. Holt, in Waits
burg, this week.
Rev. Rushing and family relum
ed Monday from the camp meet
ing at Milton.
Dave Lavender and "Poss"
Barnes were in the .city from Wes
ton yesterday.
E. R. Cox and bride were tender-
els'&renade by the Athena Band,
evening.
anister yesterday brought
n some very nne specimens
arid barlev. ).
Mrs. Kate Jack and baby visited
at the home of her parents in Ath
ena the fore part ot the week.
Rev. Paris, of Pilot Rock, was
the city Tuesday. He wants to in
tute a lodge of Artisans here.
. James Stamper lost his watch
somewhere between this city and
Thorn Hollow Wednesday,
Carl Lively is in the city from
Port Townsend, Wash,, on a visit
to his uncle, cashier L. D. Lively.
Mrs. C. W. Hollis, Mrs. F. Ros-
enzweig and Mrs. JN. A. Miner,
visited at the rage farm yester
day, v' ;
Chas. Sharp, and J. H. Hiteman
Monday had pipe connected be
tween the citv main and their
premises.
John Evans, who has a host of
friends here writes for the Press to
be sent to his address Little Shas
ta, California.
M. M. Johns has been confined
to his room with illness, something
like the gripp. He is up and
around now. ,
E, L. Barnett, cashier of the First
National Bank at Colton, Washing
ton was in the city Wednesday
shaking hands with numerous old
time friends. ."''
The Eastern Oregon Baptist As
sociation convened in Pendleton
yesterday. Mrs. H. McArthur and
Minnie Lieuaiien, o: una city,
elates.
day evening pecured the
ng of Frank Curl and Miss
icott. The ceremony was per
formed in Pendleton, Rev. O. W.
Rigby officiating.
Walla Walla has no engine team
ordriver, depending upon private
teams to pull her fire apparatus
ores Dy ouering ana giving a
ward to the first team that gets!
the grounds.
Tom Johnson came in from the
Starkey Prairie country Wednes
day with James Stamper, who has
been absent from the city on a pros
pecting trip. , Tom has a placer
mine up there. .
i Fred Rosenzweig, R. O. Hawks,
Wm. Wilkinson, Wm. Killgore, J.
Brehm. J. M. Hayes and James
Mitchell were among Athena Wood
men who visited the Weston lodge
Tuesday night and assisted in in
itiating a candidate.
'Jackson Toles, a half-breed who
is married to Spelia's daughter,
was in town Wednesday wanting
to swear out a warrant for the ar
rest of a deaf and dumb Indian
who had attempted to assault his
y St. Dennis Sr., is a highly
elateu man. At his ranch south of
tasm the . other day, the cook, in
ressing a chicken discovered a
nugget of gold in the craw. Jerry
is now lying wake o'nights "build
ing castles in the air," and wonder
ing as to where the fowl feasted on
golden nuggets.
The Psess man extends thanks
to Mrs. Dave Taylor for the mott
beautiful boquet we hare seen for
many a day. It was composed en
tirely of rare tea roses of many
different colors, and was gathered
from bushes that withstood the
blast of winter storms unprotected.
California's sunny clime ' cannot
produce roses more beautiful.
Remember the big three days'
celebration at Bingham Springs
July 4th, 5th and Gth. Admission
25c per person with privilege of
camping three dayst baths 25 cts.
except in cases where $1.50 per
week is paid by campers. Hotel
rates as usual." Games music and
f dancing,
Daily concerts by the
Athena Band. 2t.
HTuSditP
T i?BerriB
of wheat
re oe4
weddl
tta
f m tro oil
V Tlasr
Judge Fee pronounced a decree
yesterday that dissolved the matri
monial bonds undr which uena
Burden and F. F. Burden have
been living as man and wile since
1881. The decree places the care
of three children aged 10, 9 and 6 I
years, respectively, with the moth
er. Judge DePeatt, assisted by T.
G. Ilailey, appeared for the plaint
iff, and W. T. Dovell, of Walla
Walla, for the defense.
It is announced that a change in
time is to take effect Sunday next
on the Spokane branch. The pas
senger will arrive at the same time
in Pendleton, 8:40 p. m.. but will
leave Pendleton later, and arrive
here at 7:38 a. ra. No change
takes place on the main line and
Spokane connections- remain un
changed. Pendleton Tribune: United
States District attorney Dan Mur
phy, accompanied by his wife,
spent Sunday in Pendleton. They
came from Portland for the special
purpose of attending the wedding
of Mrs. Alice Mansheld, Mrs. Mur
phy's sister, to E. R. Cox, of Ath
ena. Elmer Brown was in town a
short while Wednesday. Elmer,
we are sorry to Btate is in a baa
shape, physically. The diphtheria
which he suffered with this spring
brought on paralysis of the lower
limbs. He has no use of them
whatever.
The steel gang which will lay
70-pound rails between Riparia and
Starbuck in three weeks will come
down to lay rails between Adams
and Blue Mountain. The 70-lbs.
jtmi are replacing the 60-pound
have been used.
VAlPPecial stock train of Idaho
cattib went through Athena Mon-
dayevening on their way to the
ontana ranges. This is the first
of a shipment of 146 carloads, to be
made thus over the O. R. & N.
and Great Northern roads.
That big auction sale of the per
sonal property of the late R. P.
Warren, which is advertised on
our 4th page to come off at 10
o'clock a. m. June 27th, will be one
of the largest ever held in the
county.
Stevens No. 49, K. of P. Weston,
elected the following officers for the
ensuing year: C. C, Marian
O'Harra; V. U., Wm. lowers: f
Thos. Foster: M. at A., J. B. Cox;
M. of W. Wm. Price.
W. A. Imes and S. W. Hill, or
ganizers of the Maccabees are in
the city. We understand they
have prospects of instituting a
lodge here. The order is fraternal
and beneficiary.
Tom Quaid, of Heppner, who
has for the past ten days endeavor-
ed to purchase 5000 head of year
ling ewes, says there is not an
available market sheep in Grant
county.
Mr. and Mrs. Alex McKay's ba
by is suffering from a severe at
tack of brain fever. Dr. Blalock
came over from Walla Walla Sun
day evening to see the little Buf-
ferer.
There are 400 head of cattle that
will be ready for delivery at Echo
on or about July 10 on three day b'
notice. The cattle are range steers,
fed and in prime condition,
lea that have been discarded
uleBS, strewn upon the hills
eft on the pastures for the
two years are now being pick
p by collectors.
Dr granulated sugar 17 pounds
for if 1. Extra C 18 pounds for $1,
Arbuckle or Yosemite roast coffee
22 cents, will be sold by L. Dusent
bery & Co. 4
Karl's Clover root will purify
your blood, clear your complexion,
regulate your bowels ' and make
your head clear as a bell. 25c,
50c, and $1.00.
Go to Osbubns' PxtACE 1 Ditua
Store and get a bottle of LIVER-
INE for Kidney and Liver troub
les, headache and constipation.
, "Scribbler" is at war with the
finny tribe on the classic Umatilla
this week. Brain food, you know,
so look out a little later on.
All members of the A. O. U. W.
are requsted to be present at the
regular meeting tomorrow evening.
There will be dereeg work.
L. J. Davis, formerly principal
of the public school at Adams, was
in the city yesterday. Mr. Davis
is located at Wallula, Wash.
There will be preaching at the
Christian church next Sunday,
morning and evening. Also bap
tising services.
Fiftv nieces anron check emK-
y c u
ham in large and email checks will
be sold by L. Dusenbery & Co. at
25 yards for $1. 4
Ex-Superintendent of schools of
Walla Walla county, Geer, was in
the city yesterday, accompanied by
his wife.
Judge E. DePeatt returned from
Portland on Sundays morning's
train.
Oil and
Osburn's.
Axle Grease
cheap at
Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder
Awards GoM Meid Midwinter Fair, Sua Frnd4.
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To get what your , family needs
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25 yds Best Shirting Calico.. . .
20 yds Turkey Red Calioo....
20 yds Lignt or Dark Challie . .
20 ydsjrash Toweling. . .
20 yds Heavy Brown Cotton. . .
20 yds Outing Flannel ........
Ladies' Jersey Ribbed Vests ..... . ... 5c.
Ladies' Fast Black Cotton Hose .5o.
Men's Outing Flannel Shirts . 20o.
Men's Heavy Cotton Sooka. 5c
Ladies' pat. tip Oxfords, tan or black. 75o.
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C. W. HOIvLIS,
:
Motoric Rock Bursts,
Monday night at 8 o'clock Chim-
acum, a small farming center four
miles fiom Tacoma, experienced a
terrific explosion and jar, the re
sult of a falling of a five thousand
Dound metor which burst with a
Joud noise at the height of a hun
dred yards, and after causing a
6mall sized cyclone of several min
utes duration, burried itself deep
in the muddy bottom of a neigh
boring lagoon. The metor strucK
the bottom with force enough to
break crockery in farm houses
three miles away, creating terror
among the residents, who believed
that the end of the world had come.
Ten hours after the accurence the
waters of the lagoon were still bub
blincf and seething, and were found
to be hot enough to readily cook
eggs. A systematic dragging of,
the lagoon failed to bring ,np any
of the t?lestial messenger, which is
believed td have buried iteelf deeu
in the earth.
Serious Results of Frosts.
C. O. Fannine's farm and orch
ard, situated at the mouth of Mor
Kcv creek, about three miles west
of Pendleton, says the Tribune, of
fers an illustration ot the damag
inor results of lato frosts, which
caused the ruin of a considerable
portion of early ; fruit through
out the Walla Walla valley and in
several sections of Umatilla county
Among his orchard of several hun
dred healthy fruit trees only a very
small Dronortion will yield an av-
eraeo amount of fruit. Nearly an
the cherries are killed" by frosts
which occurred later than the first
week in May. Several varieties of
plums were injured, as well as oth
er iruits, ana . wnai in emoryo
promised in the early season to be
i i t i -i: !
an immense yieia una ueen uuum
ished to an unusually small crop.
Experiment With Flax
Ex-Sheriff Furnish is experi
mentine in flax culture at different
Doints on the reservation. With a
Dnce at fl per ousnei, secure
. ..... .
from insects and animal pests,
market in the mills of Oregon and
San Francisco. Mr. Furnish is
of the opinion that flax culture
promises to be one of the profitable
industries of Umatilla county. The
seed reaped this year will be used
for sowing, and next season he will
place a large acreage in liax, It is
a spring crop that has not been
raised in this section for a good
many years, in the early days or
agricultural development of East
ern Oregon experiments were made
in this direction, but on account of
having no available markets the
undertaking could not be made
profitable.
Unprofitable Potato Shipment.
Says the La Grande Chronicle:
J. D. McKennon has received
returns from a recent potato ship
ment, one carload of which, after
paying freight charges, and com
mission, netted the shipper just 40
cents for the entire carload. ' An
other carload netted about $3t.
Mr. McKennon paid forty cents
per hundred, and consequently is
1 considerable looser on tho deal.
: $1.00
Athena, Oregon,
Other parties who made shipments
about the same time, have received
aiiet balance of from $13 to $30 for
carload lots. .
Notice to Farmers.
( We are acting as agents for
Knapp, Burrell & Co., in this city,
and any repairs for machinery or
raplements handled by them - that
you want, can be procured by, us.
Also riniember that you don't have
to phase out of town for repairing,
for our machine shop is still at the
old stand. Blacksmithing in all
its branches is done by us.
tf. Thaup Bros.
"Miss Millican to Wed.
Miss Agnes Millican left for
Portland where she will be united
in mariiage Tuesday, June 25 to
O. N. McLean. Mr. and Mrs. Rob
ert Millican have issued cards an
nouncing the wedding. Miss Mil
lican is a Eugene girl, and was ed
ucated at tho state university. She
ja a niece of F. J. Beale and has
many friends in this city.
Portland, June 20 Wheat dull;
Wftlln. Walla 5051: vallev. 52
San Fhancisco, June 20. -Cash
wheat 2 J.
Cmcnao, June 20.
-Wheat, cash
71$; July 72.
New Yobk, June
20. Silver,
C6g; lead $3.12$.
Thos. Page says his wheat is not
effected to any great extent with
smut. Fall wheat looks well with
the exception of spots, but much
spring wheat, Mr. rage says is past
Saving, even if copious rains should
corao. '' -
; Some time ago I was troubled
with an attack of rheumatism. I
used Chamberlain's Pain Balm and
was completely cured. I have
nince advised many of my friends
and customers to try the remedy
and all speak highly of it. Simou
Goldbaum, San Luis Rey, Cal.
For sole by Osburn.
II. II. Hill, the jeweller, who has
had 18 years experience at the
trade and one year in the horologi
cfcl school in Cincinatti, will do
Work cheaper this year than ever
before. All work guaranteed.
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