THE MORNING- OREfrONIAN. FRIDAY, JULY 13, 1906.
11
NO RIVER WATER
PUMPED BT CITI
Bull Run Article Is Supplied
Just as It Comes From
Mount Hood.
RUMORS ARE SET AT REST
Superintendent Dodge, of Municipal
Plant, Explains Discoloration
Which Causes Needless Alarm.
Due to Rust From Mains.
RUN WATER ONLY.
I. Frank T. Dodge. Superintendent of
the Water Worka of the City of Port
land, do hereby certify that from the
econd day of January. 1895, the date
upon which Bull Run water was
turned Into tho malm of the City of
Portland, there has not been at any
time any water pumped Into the serv
ice mains of the City of Portland from
the Willamette River.
FRANK T. DODGE.
Superintendent of the Water Work
of Portland. Or.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 12th day of July. 1900.
THOMAS C. DEVLIN,
Auditor of the City of Portland.
Persistent rumors to the effect that
the water in Bull Run River has proved
inadequate to supply the City of Port
land during the present heated term
and that Willamette River water is be
ing mixed with the pure water from
Mount Hood, have caused feelings of
uneasiness among local consumers of
water and much annoyance to officials
of the water department.
It is to set at rest such rumors that
Superintendent Frank T. Dodge yester
day swore to the affidavit which is set
out at the head of this column, and also
secured an affidavit from W. J. Sharp,
chief engineer of the water depart
ment, setting forth the fact that no
Willamette water had been pumped
Into city mains since January 2, 1895.
Superintendent Dodge was visibly an
noyed when asked yesterday if it were
true that WillaSiette water was being
pumped into the city mains. He has
beert asked the same question several
times within the past few days.
'I made up my mind a couple of days
ago to send out a sworn statement,"
said Mr. Dodge, "and now I shall do so.
"During the present heated spell
great quantities of water are used for
street sprinkling by wagon and street
car sprinklers. Hydrants are opened or
closed suddenly when a supply Is taken
on by the sprinklers.
Due to Varying Pressure.
"This causes what is known as the
'hammer blow," the pressure sometimes
dropping from ten to 25 pounds and
then quickly raising to the point from
which it had dropped. These 'hammer
blows' are liable to float any loose
particles of rust In the pipes. Follow
ing one of the blows some one draws
water from a tap and finds It slightly
discolored. Then the cry is raised that
water is being taken from the Willam
ette. "In the pumping station at Palatine
there is a lot of expensive machinery
and to keep that machinery in a good
state of preservation it is necessary to
start it up once a month. The machin
ery was started a few days ago and
some busybody apparently jumped to
the conclusion that Willamette water
was being pumped into the mains."
Fads gathered from various sources
go to show that Portland is more for
tunate than most cities in having an
adequate supply of pure water. The
four city reservoirs have a combined
capacity of 6o.J00.000 gallons and Chief
Engineer Sharp states that the great
est shortage at any time during the
present hot spell was 7,000,000 gallons,
still leaving 6S, 000, 000 gallons in the
reservoirs.
The dally flow of water from Bull
Run River Is 24.000.003 gallons and
4,000,0)0 gallons is dally pumped from
the artesian wells in Alblna.
Waste Causes Low Pressure.
Superintendent Dodge and Engineer
Sharp say that the pressure in some of
the pipes In the higher districts of the
city is weak at times. This Is due to
waste of -Grater along the lines of the
mains. There is plenty of water in the
mains where they leave the reservoir
but many people are careless and waste
a great deal of water in various ways.
Knglneer Sharp has been with the
water company nearly 20 years. Fol
lowing is his affidavit:
I, W. J. Sharp. Chief Pump Engineer of
the Water Department of the City of Port
land, have, since 1SSU. had charge of the
Palatine pumps which formerly supplied the
city with water pumped from the Willam
ette River.
Since January 2, 1895, when water from
Bull Run River was turned Into the city
mains, not one drop of water "naa been
pumped into them from the Willamette
River.
For the preservation of the valuable ma
chinery at Palatine, occasionally steam Is
ralsid for a few hours, but do water Is
pumped Into the city mains.
W. J. SHARP,
Chief Pump Engineer of the Water Depart
ment of the City of Portland, Oregon.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
12th day of July. 1000.
THOMAS C. DEVLIN,
Auditor of the City of Portland.
With an average of 2S.000.000 gallons
flowing through its mains each day, Port
land probably has the largest consump
tion of water per capita of the large cit
ies of the country. Based on a popula
tion of 150.000. there is nearly 200 gallons
of water consumed daily for every man,
woman and child in the city. Other cities
fall far below this amount, the per capita
consumption for 104 of the principal cit
ies being 111 gallons.
Causes of the Shortage.
With this showing. Superintendent
Dodge and members of the Water Board
assert that the shortage in certain parts
of the city is in no way due to the sys
tem but to the waste in the sections
where the flow is plentiful. Mr. Dodge
asserts that it is his belief that faucets
are kept running the greater part of the
day in fully half of the houses of the
city. When waste of this kind Is discov
ered, the water is turned off or a meter
Is installed, but it is almost impossible
for inspectors to find out where the waste
is going on.
Mayor Lane believes that the ultimate
remedy for the scarcity of water is the
installation of meters, and in this he is
Joined by Superintendent Dodge and mem
bers of the board. There are now 1700
meters in use. and bids have been re
ceived on 1000 more. It would be Impossi
ble to Install meters throughout the en
tire system at once, as the expense would
be nearly J300.000. but they will be put In
as fast as the receipts of the board will
Justify it. When the extension of mains
has been completed, meters can be in
stalled more rapidly.
"Mters afford the only remedy that
there is for the present shortage of
water," said the Mayor yesterday. "It is
almost impossible to prevent people from
wasting water at present, but if they had
to pay according to the amount of water
used, there would soon be an end to the
waste."
Blame for Contractors.
To the slow progress of the contractors
on the big high-service main from reser
voir No. 1 to Highland is laid the water
famine in the Peninsula district If this
line had been completed July 1. as the
contract calls for, there would have been
no trouble in this part of the city. Indi
cations are now that the main will not be
completed until late in September. ,
The contract with Paquet, Giebisch &
Joplin provides a forfeiture of $100 for
each day from July 1 to the time the line
Is completed. The Water Board is, there
fore, in a position to exact a severe pen
alty for the delay.
RAILROADS CALL FOR MEN
Laborers Remain Idle While Work
Waits on All Sides.
Probably at no time in the history of
the state has there been so much con
struction work going on as during the
present season, and never has there been
such a general dearth of common labor.
Never before, either, has there been such
a failure on the part of the laboring
class to respond to the demand for men
to wield construction tools.
As an Instance of the trouble that con
tractors are up against is the case of
George McCabe, who Is completing the
first part of the Elgin-Wallowa line for
the O. R. & N. The work has been pro
longed four months on account of the
scarcity of labor, and this, too, in spite
of the fact that he Is now paying $2.50
a day and only paid $1.75 when the work
was started. The laborers work only a
few days at the best and then straggle
away from the job.
Since the McCabe work was begun, the
north bank road was started, and men
saw an opportunity to change Jobs.
Other projects were begun with the ad
vance of Spring and laboring men became
so independent that it seemed they did
not care whether they worked or not,
for they knew that whenever they felt
like working there were plenty of jobs
calling for them.
The Pacific Coast Construction Com
pany, which was recently awarded the
contract to straighten the main line of
the O. R. & N. between Troutdale and
Bonneville, is confronted with a lack of
labor. The scarcity of men is keenly
felt on the work already in hand by the
company, and to obtain help for the con
tract just secured promises increasing
difficulties.
At many points along the north bank
men are leaving in large numbers on ac
count of the heat. The work carried on
by the Harriman lines is being badly de
layed, says General Manager O'Brien, by
the Inability to get men. Employment
agents are at their wits end to induce
men to sign up for jobs.
Meanwhile the Plaza blocks are com
fortably filled every day with men who
pass their time in the shade of the trees.
The Peoples' Institute shelters a large
number of working men who find it more
comfortable to stay in town during the
Summer than to go out on construction
work. The big saloons in the North End
are by no means empty by reason of the
call to labor from the construction camps.
Men linger in these places, watching an
electric fan spin rather than toil in the
Summer's heat building a new railroad.
The hay season has called some away
from town, and when the harvest opens
up in earnest, the railroad camps will
doubtless face the worst labor famine
they have known.
H. ST. JOHN DIX RETURNS
Says C. K. jLoss and Others Will Soon
Visit Portland.
H. St. John Dix, a member of the C. E.
Loss Company, which recently purchased
the United Railways projects, returned
last night from San Francisco, where he
held a conference with Mr. Loss over the
arrangement of details of the transfer.
Mr. Dix says that Mr. Loss and a num
ber of others who are interested in the
purchase will arrive in Portland Monday
morning and will adjust matters that are
still pending.
The Chamber of Commerce building will
be taken over, says Mr. Dix, and the
projects undertaken by the Los Angeles
promoters will be carried to completion.
SECOND TRAGEDY FOLLOWS
Body of Housekeeper Found Near
Where Girl Was Drowned.
TOLEDO. O., July 12. Following the
supposed suicide of 17-year-old Clara
Strayer, In the Maumee River. Monday,
came the discovery yesterday of the body
of Kate Winover, housekeeper for the
girl's father, whom the daughter looked
upon as a stepmother, floating in almost
the same place as the corpse of Miss
Strayer, when drowned. Mourners re
turning from the funeral of Miss Strayer
found the housekeeper's body.
Lincoln Strayer, the girl's father. Is a
farmer, living near Grand Rapids, O.,
a few miles up the Maumee. His wife
lled when the girl was a babe in arms,
and since that time Katie Winover has
been the family housekeeper. On the riv
er bank this note was found:
"I am burled in the old Maumee. I am
going to mother. Good-bye, Clara." A
search then revealed the body.
Tuesday there wis found in almost the
fame spot a note in an entirely differ
ent handwriting which read: "Dear
papa, I want to bid you and all the
friends good-bye. I expect to go and live
with mama, for you know how I am
treated by Katie. Tour loving daughter,
Clara."
The two notes, which experts say were
written by different persons, and the
death of the Winover woman, who might
have supplied the mystery, are puzzling
the police. The housekeeper disappeared
Tuesday night.
TOWN IS OVERWHELMED
Landslide Follows Cloudbust In
Mexican Town.
Kb PASO, Tex.. July 12. A cloudburst
and lnndslide July 10 at Ocampo (Jesus
Maria), Chihuahua, Mexico, almost com
pletely destroyed the city and killed
seven or more persons. Many others were
injured, and it is expected some of them
will die. All of the killed and injured are
Mexicans. All the American residents are
alleviating the suffering of the wounded
and are recovering the bodies of the dead
as rapidly as possible. Robert Brooks,
general manager for the W. c. Greene
Gold & Silver Company at Ocampo. is In
charge and is handling matters satisfac
torily. The Greene Company's offices and corral
were swept away, but all its American
employes escaped. The company's loss is
estimated at J5000, Mexican money. The
Watterson Company, the only other con
cern owning extensive Interests In the
camp, suffered a loss of about 915,000, its
reduction works and offices being de
stroyed. News of the disaster reached
El Paso today in a telegram to W. C.
Greene's office in this city.
The Best Diarrhoea Remedy.
"I have used Chamberlain's Colic, Chol
era and Diarrhoea Remedy, and consider
it the best remedy of the kind on the mar
ket." says W. F. Mayes, a prominent mer
chant of Wallisvllle Texas. This remedy
always effects a quick cure and is pleas
ant to take. Every family should keep it
at hand during the Summer months. For
sale by all druggists.
ARGUMENT HEARD
IN BOOTH CASE
Attorneys for ex-Receiver of
Roseburg Land Office
Make Pleas.
ASSERT HIS INNOCENCE
Claim He Committed No Crime In
Giving Friends Inside Informa
tion Regarding Timber Lands
Thrown Open to Entry.
The sufficiency of the indictment
against John Henry Booth, who was in
dicted by the Federal grand jury April 8,
1905, under section 17S2 of the United
States Revised Statutes, formed the basis
for an interesting argument before Judge
Hunt yesterday morning between Francis
J. Heney, who represented the Govern
ment, and County Judge L. R. Webster,
of Portland, and A. C. Woodcock, of Eu
gene, Or., both of whom appeared for the
defendant. At the conclusion of the ar
guments the court took the matter un
der advisement.
The basis of the Government's accusa
tion against the defendant J. H. Booth is
supposed to exist in the fact that while
receiver of the Roseburg Land Office he
is alleged to have entered Into an agree
ment with F. A. Kribs, of this city,
whereby, for a consideration, ne was to
furnish the latter with advance Informa
tion relative to. a large number of cancel
lations in that land district.
It appears that soon after the act of
June 4, 1897, commonly ki.own as the
"scrlpper law,' became effective, many
state selections that had been made in
the Roseburg Land Office, using school
sections within the confines of forest re
serves as basis therefor, on account of
their alleged mineral character, had been
canceled by the Commissioner of the
General Land Office at Washington, D.
C, on the ground of defective basis,
caused by the discovery that the school
sections were not mineral.
Tracts Much Sought For.
In consequence, the tracts that had
been selected by claimants under the
statute as lieu land became subject to
entry again, and were naturally much
sought after, as they had been picked out
years previously, when those who made
the selections had the choice of an Im
mense area of vacant Government land.
The Booth-Kelly Lumber Company is
alleged to have looked with covetous eyes
upon these lands, covered, as they were,
with immense growths of valuable tim
ber. State .Senator R. A. Booth, also un
der indictmVbt on other charges, and who
is a brother of the present defendant, is
president and one of the principal own
ers in the corporation, but in order to
avoid all possible appearance of Intrigue
in this connection, it is alleged that he
operated through Frank .lley, a Rose
burg searcher of records, who has an of
fice in the same building with the Land
Office.
The Government claims that as soon as
Receiver Booth was officially advised of
cancellations of the state selections, he
Immediately notified Alley of the fact,
and the latter was thereupon prepared
instantly to cover the tract by using for
erst reserve scrip.
Matters are alleged to have progressed
harmoniously along these lines until F.
A. Kribs put in an appearance, when it
is claimed that he became a disturbing
factor of the first magnitude.
Kribs Smelted a Rat.
Kribs is a game operator and endowed
with an abnormal quantity of business
sagacity, so it was an easy matter for
him to perceive that a close corporation
existed somewhere relative to the reloca
tion of the cancelled state selections. His
suspicions are alleged to have first be
come aroused by reason of the fact that
whenever he became advised through
sources at his command in Washington
that certain selections had been cancelled,
somebody invariably beat him to it when
he sought to scrip the tract at the Rose
burg Land Office,
Kribs is thereupon alleged to have
formed a partnership with Register
Bridges, agreeing to pay the latter -10
cents an acre for all that could be se
cured in the manner described. All offi
cial correspondence came addressed to
the "Register and Receiver," so Register
Bridges was as much entitled to open it
as Receiver Booth. The plan was for
Bridges to' get hold of the mail first, and
whenever there were any cancellations,
he withheld them until he could put Kribs
wise to the situation.
In due time this produced friction be
tween the two Government officers, and
for quite a while a condition of armed
neutrality is said to have existed in the
Land Office, culminating finally in the
statesmanlike qualities of Senator Booth
solving the difficulty by dividing up the
territory" between the rival Interests, tne
Booth-Kelly Lumber Company to be en
titled to all tracts in certain townships,
while Kribs and his associates got the
balance.
Several Unsavory Episodes.
Several of the pending Indictments
are based upon a combination of this
episode with others of an equally un
savory character. In the course of the
trade relations under the system of ter
ritorial division, Kribs is alleged to
have paid Receiver Booth JS0O with a
check that afterward fell into the
hands of the Government sleuths, and
all commercial deals of that character
w.ere immediately suspended.
To make matters worse. Register
Bridges is alleged to have become
chicken-hearted and confessed every
thing to Mr. Heney and Special Inspect
or Nenhauser, of the Interior Depart
ment, with the result that all happy
family relations were brought to a sud
den and complete collapse.
The point made by Booth's attorneys
yesterday in the course of the argu
ment on the sufficiency of the indict
ment, was that "their client could not
be charged with any offense under sec
tion 1782 of the revised statutes for the
reason that the law did not prohibit
him from technically performing serv
ices for others before himself, or in
other words, that it did not deny him
the privilege of accepting compensa
tion for furnishing this exclusive in
formation. Judge Webster and Attorney Wood-
WHAT HAPPENS TO THE FARMER
cock both contended that there is a
special statute making it the duty of
the Register and Receiver to furnish all
such information to the first applicant,
and that if there was anything unlaw
ful about it. it was in accepting the
$800.
Booth's attorneys also denied that
he had the first information concerning
the cancelled entries, alleging that they
were cancelled at the General Land
Office in Washington, D. C, and in
stantly become a matter of public rec
ord. Under the circumstances, the Gov
ernment is not interested as to which
person shall secure these lands, it being
a question of first come first served, and
unless It can be shown that the officer
is influenced by some ulterior motive
in furnishing the information, no crime
has been committed.
According to the defendant's lawyers,
the essential features of the proceed
ing are that the indictment does not
charge that Booth was Receiver at the
time all the alleged offenses were com
mitted, nor is any particular time al
leged when the offense was committed.
Mr. Heney said that his construction
of the statute was that it should be
broad enough to cover all classes of
Government employment, even to
clerks, who should not be permitted to
receive any compensation for any serv
ice to be performed by himself in any
matter in which the United States is
either directly or indirectly interested.
The question is, whether this service
was performed before another officer
or not. If so this indictment is not good.
Mr. Heney's Argument.
If the cancellations are given public
ity in Washington, claimed Heney, it
does not make the land subject to entry
until after it had been placed on rec
ord at the local Land Office. The sole
question for the court to determine is
whether the statute is restricted to
services performed before another of
ficer, or whether it is wide enough to
include services performed before him
self. "Why is not the statute broad enough
to Include himself if he is an officeh?"
inquired Mr. Heney.
"I am frank to say." he added, "that
the Indictment could be improved upon.
I drew four or five on one day, and was
trying to run the grand jury at the
same time."
Bristol Receives Commission.
United Sitates Attorney Bristol yes
terday received his commission from
Washington, dated June 30, the day of
adjournment of the United States Sen
ate, and covering the period from the
expiration of his previous commission.
FATHER RAUW IS NAMED
Succeeds 3Ionsignor Blanchet as
Vicar-General at Oregon City.
Father James Rauw, of St. Paul, Or.,
was yesterday appointed vicar-general of
the diocese of Oregon City by Archbishop
Cnristie. Father Rauw fills the position
which was vacated May 22 by the death of
Monsignor F. X. Blanchet.
The new vicar-general has been an act
ive member of the Catholic clergy of Ore
gon for the past 24 years. For the last
three years he has been pastor of the con
gregation at St. Paul. Previous to that
time he was at the head of St. Joseph's
German Church, of this city.
The position of vicar-general, which car
ries with it the title monsignor, is a high
one In the Catholic church. The appointee
is the personal representative of the arch
bishop whenever he is absent from the
diocese, and in many cases where the
archbishop is incapacitated he attends to
many of the duties of that official.
Red Eyes and Eyelids, Weak Ere
And tired eyes need Murine Eye Tonic
SEVENTEEN ARE
T
County Will Cancel Insurance
Policies in "Six-Bit"
Companies.
MUST PROVE INNOCENCE
Court's Action Based on Information
Sent Out From San Francisco.
Accepted as Prima
Facie Correct.
Seventeen times the figures "75" appear
on the insurance book at the courthouse
opposite the list of insurance policies car.
ried by Multnomah County on its vari
ous properties, such as the Armory build
ing, the ferry boats W. S. Mason, L. R.
Webster and John F. Caples, the bridges
across the river, and the County Hospi
tal. The county carries only about 560.000
insurance, and 17 policies are with com
panies alleged to be "six bit" concerns,
otherwise companies that refused to pay
over 75 cents on the dollar on their re
cent San Francisco losses. The list of
delinquents has been sent out broadcast,
and has been checked up in Portland
against the alleged offenders.
County Must Be Shown.
The companies on the tabooed list will
have to convince the county authorities,
Judge Webster and County Commission
ers Barnes and Lightner, that they do
not belong to the "six bit" class, or they
will receive no more business in this
county. The policies will be cancelled as
fast as they expire, and will not be re
newed. Judge Webster and the commissioners
have checked up from the 75 cent list
published in the newspapers. If the list
contains any errors the companies,
through their agents, must establish the
fact to the Court before obtaining any
new business.
Information Only Hearsay.
The Court does not know as a matter
of fact that the companies which have
been dubbed "six bitters" have discount
ed their policies 25 per cent, but accepts
the common public declaration to that
effect until convinced to the contrary.
Counts Commissioner Barnes said to
an Oregonian reporter yesterday:
"We will give no more insurance to 'six
bit companies, and we don't care who
knows it. The policies will be cancelled
as soon as they expire."
Judge Webster says the same thing, and
also County Commissioner Lightner. As
a matter of fairness the members of the
Court do not accuse the companies on
the alleged list, but accept the published
report for what it is worth, and demand
that the companies show that it Is un
true before receiving further patronage.
The figures "75" appear on the county
books against the following companies
and agents:
List of the Companies.
Niagara, T. A. Jordan; Lion, Union &
Crown Insurance Company, Ball & Co. ; Fire
Association of Philadelphia, George L. Story;
National Union Insurance Company. Dooley
& Co.; The American Fire Insurance Com
pany. Puffer & Burgard; Caledonian Insur
ance Company, H. Hewitt & Co., Queen City,
Cronan & McArthur; Hamburg & Bremen,
A. H. Birrell; Royal Exchange Company,
E. M. Hall & Co.; Scottish Union Insur
ance Company, John Kelly; National, J.
Thorburn Ross A Co.; Home Fire & Marine
Insurance Company. A. Wilson; Milwaukee m
Mechanics, Scott & Upton.
MRS. KATE AP PLEGATE SUES
Wants Divorce From Photographer
on Grounds of Drunkenness.
James W. Applegate, a well-known
Portland photographer, who has for sev
eral years past conducted tintype tents
at Long Beach and Seaside, is the de
fendant in a suit for a. divorce filed yes
terday by his wife, Kate Applegate, in
the State Circuit Court, Henry E. Mc
Ginn appears as her attorney. Mrs. Ap
plegate alleges that her husband has be
come an habitual drunkard, and says he
abuses her whether drunk or sober. In
September last, she avers, he threw a
dish full of prunes into her face. Mrs.
Applegate asserts that the defendant has
been seldom sober within the past two
years.
The Applegates own a home at 717 Com
mercial street, and Applegate has money
In the bank. The plaintiff caused Judge
Gantenbeln to sign an order enjoining
her husband from disposing of his money
or property. She asks that he be required
to pay $100 attorney's fees and alimony
during the pending of the suit. The 11U-
RUCKUS
gants were married in 1894, and have
three children, aged 11 and 8 years, and
6 months, respectively. They are all girls
and the mother asks for their custody.
MI3VIXG COMPANY'S SUIT.
Asks Damages From Vendor of De
fective Machinery.
The Michigan Mining & Milling Co.,
of Grant's Pass., Or., yesterday filed a
bill of complaint with the Clerk of the
United States District Court against
C. C. Pratt. E. C. Pratt, M. L. Pratt. J.
E. Mays. Thomas Holland and Mark
Weddell, stockholders In the Interna
tional Mining Co., who are made de
fendants by reason of the dissolution
of the corporation for failure to pay
its state license.
Damages to the extent of $5500 are
claimed, it being alleged that February
23. 105, plaintiff entered into an
agreement with the International Min
ing Co. whereby the lacter agreed, for
a consideration of $2500, to erect cer
tain mining machinery for plaintiffs
at their mill in Josephine County, Or.
The complaint recites that this ma
chinery was so poorly constructed that
it would not reduce the ores or crush
the same or separate tffe mineral values
therefrom, damaging plaintiff to the
extent indicated.
Robert G- Smith, of Grant's Pass, is
attorney for plaintiff.
SHE DOES NOT LOVE HIM.
Washington Porter Sues Wife of
Many Years for Divorce.
"You are not the man I wanted to mar
ry; he is dead. I hate you. I never had
any love for you, and I wish you would
leave the place and stay away." Wash
ington Porter says this is the way his
wife, Edea Porter, talked to him on fre
quent occasions. They were married in
Litchfield, Minn., In 1877. and have three
children, aged respectively 16, 13 and 7
years. Porter asserts that especially dur
ing the last ten years has wife has told
him she has no affection for him. She
ordered him away from home often, he
says, and went out nights visiting places
of amusement until a late hour, contrary
to his wishes.
Porter avers that his wife wrote letters
to John Cooper secretly, using her maiden
name, Musick, and drank intoxicants in
company- with B. Becker.
Hayes & Brand are attorneys for Mr.
Porter.
Judge Gantenbeln yesterday signed a
divorce decree in the suit of Alvin Crabill
against Pearl Crabill, on the grounds of
desertion.
Will Decide Cases Today.
Judge Cleland will announce decisions
today in the following cases In the State
Circuit Court:
Minnie Lewis et al. vs. Archie Lee Lewis,
merits.
K. Abrams by guardian vs. Title
Guarantee & Trust Co. et al.. merits.
Gosslln & Hamblet vs. Martin Nelson,
merits.
F. Q. A rata vs. L. Trummer et al., merits.
J. S. Beckwlth vs. Galice Con Mine et al.,
merits.
Amos E. Toder vs. L. E. Belknap, merits.
T. J. Murphy vs. John Carlson, merits.
Ames Mercantile Agency vs. Mary A.
Root, motion for an order releasing home
stead. George A. Brown vs. Victor C. Coxhead,
merits.
Susie A. McCroskey vs. E. P. McCroskey,
defendant's application for a decree.
Damages for Laborer's Death.
John O. Millen, administrator of the
estate of John H. Larson, yesterday
commenced suit in the State Circuit
Court against the Pacific Bridge Com
pany for $5000 damages for the death
of Larson. The latter was killed in
a sewer at the corner of Seventh and
Thompson streets, on April 22, by a
tunnel caving in while he was in the
bridge company's employ.
Three Informations Are Filed.
Informations were filed in the State
Circuit Court by District Attorney
Manning yesterday in the following
cases:
J. Strohecher, selling tobacco to
Terry Nelson, a boy 14 years old.
Orville Cone, assault on Wlldred
Calkins.
Ralph Carlson, larceny of a hat and
overcoat in the Royal Hotel.
GRAND LODGE OF k 0, U. SI.
REGULAR BIENNIAL MEETING
BEGINS NEXT TUESDAY.
About 180 Delegates From Various
Subordinate Branches In Oregon
Expected to Attend.
The regular biennial meeting of the
grand lodge, Ancient Order United
Workmen, will be held in the Knights
of Pythias Hall, corner Eleventh and
Alder streets, in this city, beginning
Tuesday morning, July 17, at 9 o'clock.
About 130 delegates will be present
from the various subordinate lodges in
Oregon. Supreme Master W. M. Nar
vis, of Muscatine, Iowa, will also be
in attendance. A special rate of one
and one-third fare for round trip has
been granted on the O. R. & N. and
Southern Pacific lines. Delegates will
pay full fare to Portland, but their
coupons, properly countersigned by
Grand Recorder Newton Clarke, will
entitle them to return home for one
third fare.
Grand Recorder Newton Clarke said
to an Oregonian reporter yesterday:
"It is probable that the session will
be short. The supreme lodge has ree
ommended a $500 certificate, and it is
likely we will adopt that recommend
ation. The election of officers is about
all the other business I know of that
will come before this session. If any
thing else comes up It will be at the
suggestion of delegates whose inten
tions are unknown to me."
"What about v the proposed flat
rate?" he was asked.
"There will be no change in rates,"
returned Mr. Clarke. "Our actuary.
Miles Dawson, of New York, esti
mates that we can pay out at our pres
ent rates. That is all the order re
quires. Mr. Dawson has all the neces
sary statistics, and is in a position
to know. Knowing that many mem
bers in this state are interested. I
asked Mr. Dawson, when at Montreal,
about our situation in particular, and
received that answer."
The Degree of Honor grand lodge
will meet in the Selling-Hirsch build
ing on the same day. Several meas
ures recommended by the supreme
lodge at Montreal will come under con
lderation. Sarah H. Fastabend, the
grand chief of honor, recommends the
open-door policy, biennial sessions, re
duction of salaries, and a general pol
icy of economy.
Militiaman Joins Panama Guard.
ALBANY, Or., July 12. (Special.)
Captain Harry A, Elkins, of the re
cently disbanded cavalry troop of
Lebanon, has received an appointment
In the Panama Guard along the line
of the proposed Isthmian Canal, and
left this morning via New York for
the scene of his work for the next
few years.
PREDICTS HIGHER
PRICES FOR HOPS
George Rose, of Salem, Says
The Market Will Open at
Fifteen Cents.
ADVANCE IS WARRANTED
Oregon Crop Beginning to Suffei
From the Extreme Heat.
Which, if It Continues,
Will Reduce Output.
George Rose, of Salem, an extensive
grower of hops and well posted on hop
conditions in all parts of the world, is
firmly convinced that better times are
ahead for the Oregon hop Industry and
that the disastrous experiences of last
year will not be repeated this season.
Mr. Rose says the 1906 market will
open at 15 cents and he is willing to
back his opinion with money. He will
not hazard a guess, however, as to what
prices will prevail later in tue season,
but it is a very comfortable thing for
the grower to know that such an au
thority predicts the opening of the
market on a profitable basis. '
'"rho hop market is very firm," said
Mr. Rose at the Belvedere Hotel last
night. "Contracts are being made now
at 11 cents and dealers have told me
they stand ready to pay 11 cents. I
am satisfied that by September 1 the
price will have reached 15 cents. Condi
tions are not so rosy throughout the
world as they were pictured some time
ago and it is certain that better times
for the hop producers are in sight. They
are certainly entitled to an inning this
year as the course of the market last
year was almost ruinous.
Foreign Conditions Not Good.
"My English cable today said that
foreign crop conditions are far from
satisfactory. In both England and Ger
many vermin are increasing rapidly
and the weather is unfavorable for the
crop. Last year England had an enor
mous crop and, as a consequence, low
prices ruled all over the world. It is
certain that the English crop this year
will be much bolow that of 1905.
"My brother writes me from New
York that the yield of that state will
be somewhat under that of last year
and I -think 4 0.000 bales would prob
ably be a safe estimate of the New
York crop.
"Pacific Coast conditions up to the
present time have been very favorable.
I believe' Oregon will produce between
120,000 and 125,000 bales, but it will not
go beyond that. The weather has been
ideal for the growth of hops up to this
time, but it is to be hoped that the
present hot spell is not to continue
much longer.
Hot Weather a Menace.
"I noticed this morning that in some
of the upland yards the leaves were
beginning to turn yellow. If this hot
wave should last for ten days more,
it will materially reduce the output.
The heat so far has put an end to the
lice pest where It has existed. I have
done no spraying In my yard and shall
probably not do any.
"On the whole, conditions throughout
the world, in my opinion, favor a ris
ing market and Oregon growers, by
producing a superior article will profit
most by the advance that is coming."
The stronger feeling that has come
over the market in the last few days
has increased the activity of buyers and
contracts are being rapidly closed in
all the hop districts.
Available Supply Is Small.
"Not very much Is being done in spot
goods as the available supply has been
reduce to very small proportions. The
purchase of a carload of 1905s by Lach
mund ft Pincus at 11 cents is reported.
This Ip 1 cent better than was quoted
on the first of the month. The same firm
bought a 34-bale lot of 1904 bops at 8
cents, which is 2 cents more than olds
were worth a short time ago.
IS GARR0TED BY ROBBERS
Three Electricians Are Arrested for
Assaulting V. A. Finn.
In an attempt to rob W. A. Finn, after
choking him almost into Insensibility, R.
R. Scott. C. A. Goddard and F. N. Knott,
three electricians, were captured by Spe
cial Policeman Cannon and lodged in the
City Jail last night.
The attempted robbery took place in a
dark alley near Fourth and Ash streets.
Cannon was attracted to the scene by
the muffled cries of Finn, and managed to
catch the robbers before they could es
cape. For any case of nervousness, sleepless
ness, weak stomach, indigestion, dyspep
sia, relief is sure in Carter's Little Liver
Pills.
When weak, weary and worn out.
Hood's Sarsa pari lla is just the medicine
to restore strength.
: Brains are '
Built j
from certain kinds of FOOD
: Grape-Nuts
Furnish It.
How to Make Nervous People.
"America has become a land of nervous
emotionalists, largely owing to our sins
against the dietic health laws of nature.
Only outdoor exercise In a cold climate
would enable vigorous Individuals of our
species to digest the viands forced upon
alimentary organs enfeebled by seden
tary occupations," writes Dr. Felix Os
wald. Brain workers must have different food
than day laborers, because brain work
uses up parts of the brain and nerve
centers, while physical labor uses up
other parts of the body. A food for brain
workers has been prepared by scientific
food makers and called Grape-Nuts. It
is a pure, natural food made from select
ed parts of field grains known to contain
the natural phosphate of potash and
other elements used by the system in re
building and repairing the brain and
nerve centers. This food is skillfully
cooked at the factory and is ready to be
served instantly either cold with cream,
or as a hot breakfast dish with hot milk
or cream poured over it. All first-class
grocers sell Grape-Nuts, and the Postum
Co., at Battle Creek, Mich., make it.