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THE 3IORNINGOREGOXIAN, SATURDAY, AUGUST 11, 1906. 3 r jit 1 '-yvfsi I I j BUCK'S" RANGE "We MALLEABLE" RANGE ON THE LIBERAL TERMS OF ONE DOLLAR IN THIRTY DAYS ONE DOLLAR PER WEEK THEREAFTER WE OFFER TO INSTALL IN YOUR HOME EITHER OF THESE SPLENDID RANGES And "we do not hesitate for an instant to recommend and guarantee every part of their honest and scientific construction. With pride we refer to the hun dredsyes, thousands of these ranges which are giving satisfaction in Port land and suburban homes, and demonstrating in every way their merits as perfect bakers and fuel savers. To see either of these splendid ranges is to be convinced of their superior construction and scientific features which com bine to make up the most modern ranges in the world. We will take in ex change your old stove or range and give liberal allowance for same. WW- YOUR CREDIT f I IS GOOD COMPLETEHOUSE-FURMSttEM THEIR OUTING ENDS Mazamas Hold Final Camp fire of 1906 Expedition. THREE GLACIERS '. NAMED Government Will Be Asked to Ratify . Club's Action Signs of Vol canic Activity Found on Mount Baker. CAMP MAZAMA, "Wash., via Maple , Falls, Aug-. 10. (Special.) The last 'big- camp tire of the Mazama party of '1906 was held last night and today Jmany more of Its members will go down the trail to Glacier homeward bound. Fifty people gathered around the blazing: logs to close up the busi ness of the trip and listen to an ad 'dress by President Sholes on the re sults of the outing. Three names were adopted by the club for Mount Baker glaciers and will be forwardedeto the national committee on geographical names with the recommendation that they be made official. The great glacier on the north side of the mountain that heads Glacier Creek was named the Roosevelt; the glacier at the head of Wells Creek Mazama; the glacier on the east slope over which the ascent was made The Sholes, after the president of the club. J'he highest peak In the Baker-Shuk-tun range was named Coleman Peak, ffter Edmund T. Coleman, who made the first ascent of the mountain in Today a small party visited the teaming sulphur cave near the head Mazama glacier, which had been escribed by Professor Lands at the camp fire. They found a big earth and mud upheaval, shaped like a fish hook, covering nearly two acres that had flowed out of some fissure upon the mountain side. In this mud and loose rock were found small openings from a quarter of an inch to three inches in diameter, through which jets of steam and sul phur smoke were issuing and the ground around was encrusted with sul phur. A tongue of th8 glacier flows over this ground, but the heat keeps the ice melted away and at the upper end where the ice is deepest a cavern has been melted under the glacier 25 feet deep and 30 feet high. A stream of ice water that flows across this mud upheaval is quickly changed to a boil ing, bubbling stream of sulphur water. OREGON CITY BADLY WIRED Insurance Experts Report Iilves and and Property In Danger. OREGON' CITY. Or.. Aug. 10. (Special.) Representatives of the Board of Pacific Fire Underwriters, at the request of the city authorities, today completed an In vestigation of the electric wiring of the business houses and principal residences of this city. They find that the electric wiring of the city is grossly at fault, a constant source of danger to human life, and a menace to property Interests. In the miscellaneous wiring of the city by telegraph, telephone and electric compa nies it was discovered that due care in many places has not been exercised in suspending the wires, with the result that many supposedly harmless wires are charged with electricity or are liable to become charged without warning. The report that Is to be prepared will contain some startling Information as to the conditions here, and it is the purpose of the City Council, which Initiated the Investigation, to take such steps as will minimize the danger to human lives and property risks. HUSBAND'S MEAX STRATAGEM Sends Wife East With Divorce Com plaint in Lunch Basket. SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 10. (Special.) According fo an affidavit filed in the Su perior Court today, A. B. Rothwell sent his wife to Michigan on a visit to her relatives with Just enough money to make the trip, and then brought suit for di vorce during her absence. Tucked under the paper that lined a lunch basket he had liberally supplied to satisfy her appe tite during the entire journey was a copy of the complaint. Rothwell was com pelled by Judge Griffin, in an order Issued after the affidavit was read to htm, to send his wife J10 a week. The court did not think the crafty husband had moneji enough to defray expenses for a return trip in a lump sum, but if Mrs. Rothwell gets $10 a week. Judge Griffin thinks she may be able to save enough to come home and fight the case. Rothwell claims his wife is too extrava gant, and that she is too fond of dances. DESTROYS STANDING TIMBER Brush Fire on Gray's Harbor Gets Beyond All Control. ABERDEEN, Wash., Aug. 10. (Spe cial.) Unless rain comes, the forest fire which has been burning on the upper Wlshkah, about eight miles north of here, will cause enormous damage. It is now beyond control, according to the statements of men who came into the city this morning, and is rapidly going through the timber. This is the same fire which recently destroyed a logging camp and many feet of logs, ana has been burning for several days. There has been no rain since early In June aod the fire Is working through utandlng timber at a great rate. A big gang of men Is working to confine It, but unless rain comes In a day or two noth ing can be done. The fire is the result of carelessness on the part of loggers who were- burning underbrush and slashings. "JACK THE JOKER" FOOLED I nable to Send Oregon City Coroner on Wild Goose Chase. OREGON CITY, Or., Aug. 10. (Special.) The Portland clergymen who were the recent victims of a practical Joker may expect a rest, for their tormentor has ap parently transferred the practice of his annoying pastime to this city. But If any body was fooled or inconvenienced by his first effort, made this morning, it was the Jester himself, who rang up coroner Hol nian and advtaed that official that an elec trician had met his death by grasping a live wire while at work In the business district of the city. The Joker represented himself to be a local physician, but Coroner Holman did not recognize the voice as that of the doc tor impersonated, and concluded to await developments that In this case did not come. Still Fighting Over Sewers. NORTH TAKIMA. Wash., Aug. 10. (Special.) The sewer troubles be twoen the contractor, the City Engi neer and four members of the Council has reached a critical point and if con ditions do. not Improve shortly Con tractor Gllllgan may suspend opera tions with the probability If he does not the Council will for an Indefinite period A special meeting of the Coun cil wa held this afternoon and a com mittee composed of Councilmen Lin bargar. Lane and Thompson was ap pointed with power to engage Dr. G. E. Fell, a sewer expert, and a civil engi neer to make an investigation as to whether, the Diana and specifications are being carried out. The probabili ties are there will be a suit in court if Engineer Nicnl Is not removed from of fice by Monday evening when a spe cial meeting of the Council will be held to further consider the trouble. Voters Will Decide Controversy. SEATTLE, Wash.. Aug. 10. (Special.) The County Commissioners have Bhunted the responsibility for the Lake Washing ton canal on onto the voters. They will submit the Moore proposel to dig the ditch for $500,000 in county bonds to the voters, with another proposition that the voter shall decide whether the county shall as sume the liability for damages that might be done to abutting property. If the vot ers want the county to be responsible for the losses, the Commissioners will be satisfied. They themselves will not un dertake to protect Mr. Moore from dam age suits. ; Dr. C. H. Gordon's New Berth. SEATTLE Wash., Aug. 10. (Special.) Dr. C. H. Gordon, acting professor OC geology at the University of Washington in 1903 and 1904, has been appointed assist ant geologist in the United States Geo logical Survey. He leaves Monday for Texas to take charge of Investigations of the underground water of the state. ANOTHER RDAQ TO SALEM PORTLAND MAN SECURING THE RIGHT OF WAY UP VALLEY. Rumor That Electric Lino Will Bo Built to Eastward of Southern Pacific's Track. SALEM, Or., Aug. 10. (Special.) Farm ers in the vicinity of Brooks and Ger vais are convinced that an electric line will be constructed on the east side of the Southern Pacific Railroad between Portland and Salem, as well as on the west side. It has been considered certain for several months that the Willamette Valley Traction Company would build a line from Salem north to Wilsonvllle, thence across the Willamette River and into Portland on the west side. Construc tion work on this line is already under way aria, large crews are at work. Before the Willamette Valley Traction Company began getting its right-of-way, L. B. French, of Portland, had practically completed a right-of-way for a line from Canemah to Salem, following closely the east side of the Southern Pacific track. But French and his backers did no con struction work, and it was assumed that his project had been abandoned. Part of the right-of-way had been forfeited by expiration of time. Now, however, Mr. French, assisted by Attorney J. B. Ryan, of Portland, is actively engaged in perfecting the right-of-way. It Is asserted by men who pro fess to know, that French and Ryan are acting in behalf of the same interests that back the Oregon Water Power Rail way, which now ends at Canemah. Since the merger, ' the same capitalists control the Salem electric system and the systems of Woodburn, Silverton, Au rora and other towns. This tends to confirm the belief that a road will be built from Canemah to Salem, as also does the fact that the Willamette Valley Traction Company's line does not touch Brooks, Gervais or Woodburn, but passes them at a distance of two to three miles. Prominent farmers who have dealt with French and Ryan In the last few days, are convinced that they are getting a right-of-way for construction purposes and not merely for speculation. BUYS MARCOLA SAWMILL. T. R. Yerger, of Los Angeles, Invests $60,000 in Lane County. EUGENE, Or ..Aug. 10. (Special.) H. C. Mahon today closed the deal by which the Hyland Lumber Company sold to T. R. Yerger, of Los Angeles, $60,000 worth of property. The transaction includes the sawmill near Marcola, 23,000 acres of fine timber land contiguous to the mill, and two miles of tramway from the mill to the Wendling branch of the Southern Pa cific The mill sold has a dally capacity of 40,000 feet of lumber, and, being a new mill, 13 modern in every respect. Mr. Yerger will establish an office In Eugene. Peterson Wrlns His Home. OLYMPIA, Wash, Aug. 10. (Special.) The Supreme Court today reversed the case of Thomas Peterson et ux, appell ants, vs. J. W. Hicks et ux, respondents, suit on specific contract to sell property. Peterson made an oral contraot with Hicks as agent for the purchases of a house and lot In Aberdeen for $650. Hicks also agreed to loan the money to Peter son, but after purchasing tne property took It In his own name and refused to deed it to Peterson. The lower court held in favor of Hicks, but the Supreme Court finds a specific contract for the delivery of the property to Peterson and orders the contract carried out.. Imported Sailors Cannot Land. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 10. The local Immigration bureau has decided that 20 Mexicans and Peruvians, who came here from Acapulco on the Pacific Mall liner Newport, cannot land, and must go back when the steamer sails tomorrow. They shipped as "supernumeraries" on the Newport, the wage agreed upon being a nominal one of 25 cents a month and the understanding being that upon arrival here they could be shipped as sailors or returned to their homes, at the option of their captain. HILL LOSES POINT Seattle Council Committee to Report for Harriman. GRANTS FOURTH 'AVENUE Refusal ot Great Northern to Sell Right of Way on That Street Pre cipitates Action Railroads Are Likely to Agree. SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 10 By a vote of three to two the Council committee on corporations this afternoon decided to grant the Harriman franchise on Fourth avenue south, over which a bitter con troversy has raged since last March. The vote was forced by Chairman Gill Imme diately after the official announcement from I C. Gllman, counsel for the Great Northern, that the Hill road had no prop erty to sell Mr. Harriman for a right of way on the line of Fourth avenue, south. Gill, Revelle and Zblnden voted for the franchise; Crichton and Morrison against it. There is believed to be a majority in the Council in favor of the grant, but the franchise will not reach that body for some time, as the details are being worked out slowly to cover the entire terminal situation. The property-owners with holdings along Fourth avenue south will make a fight in the courts over the franchise, claiming their property will be damaged by the construction of a railroad along the street. Notice to this effect was served today by C. E. Patterson, attorney, representing a big group of property owners. The Hill system has made a similar threat through President Hill himself. Will Not Retard the Work. Whatever fight Is made by property owners can only affect the question of damages and will not seriously retard the construction of Harriman terminals. An award of damages in the Superior Court can be accepted by the Harriman road, the money paid in and the. street occu pied pending further proceedings. This phase of the question came up to day and was a factor in deciding the vote. The property-owners, through their attorney, insisted that Fifth avenue south could be opened and later occupied for railroad purposes through condemna tion proceedings, which would not take, much more time than the litigation of the damages done the property-owners along Fourth. Chairman Gill of the corporations com mittee flatly disputed the statement, de claring non-resident property-owners could easily carry condemnation pro ceedings into the Federal Court and tie up the franchise for years. Attorney J. P. Hartman, of the Harriman system, coincided with this view and added that, after Fifth avenue had been opened and a franchise granted, the same litigation that is threatened over Fourth might follow. i Paves WTay for Agreement. The Harriman line and the Great North ern may settle some of the franchise questions by conference and contract. Every railroad franchise that has been granted in Seattle over a public street carries a "common user" clause. A few have joint ownership provisions whereby an interest in the tracks may be con demned by a franchise-seeking road. The Union Pacific in its grant "laid down" a franchise on top of the Hill franchises on the water front. The purpose -was to take advantage of the common user clause. When consideration of these franchises was undertaken this afternoon Mr. Gll man suggested that the railroads could arrange terms and usage of the tracks better by contract than the city could by franchise or a court through litiga tion. J. D. Farrell, representative of Harriman interests here, asked Mr. Gil man if he would be willing to take up the question with him, and when Mr. Gilman said he woud, asked the Council to delay action on these grants. Harriman to Dig Tunnel. The Harriman officials have declared that the Council may specify any reason able time limit within which the termi nals here shall be completed, and it is probable the Council will give the same time allowed the Great Northern and Northern Pacific in their new terminal franchises. Work on the Harriman tunnel will be started Immediately - after the passage of the franchise ordinances. COUNTY SEAT FIGHT OPENS Hoquiam Candidate for Senate With draws to Insure Harmony. HOQUIAM, Wash., Aug. 10. (Spe cial.) George L. Davis, County Com missioner and candidate for the State Senate, tonight authorized the an nouncement of his withdrawal from the Senatorial race, leaving the field clear to Alexander Poulson and J. O'DonnelL This has been expected for some time and many of Davis' staunch friends have used their Influence to have him withdraw. With Mr. Davis out of the race the work of moving the county seat will not be as hard as if he had remained in the fight, as he would have split the Gray's Harbor strength. It Is for harmony's sake that he' withdraws, and Mr. Poulson Is now In the fight to the finish. IiEWISTON SWELTERS AGAIN Typhoid Fever On Increase Twenty-five Cases Reported to Health. Department of Cincinnati in One Day 111 in One Week. Use Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey in Your Drinking Water. Leading Doctors Say This Is the Only Safeguard Against the Disease. Typhoid in nearly every case, as well as malaria, dystentery and the other hot weather complaints that so often end fa tally, has been traced to impure water. Quite often people think because to the naked eye the water seems clear that it is all right, when if they either knew its source or looked at it through a magnify ing glass, they would see that it con tained thousands of microbes. 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I took three bottles on the start; in two weeks I was able to walk half a mile without tiring, and I can really and truly say it saved me from a relapse. I still keep It in the house, aa it is the only good medicine to have around as a pre ventative in any kind of sickness. I hope you will publish this, that others may know where to find a medicine that really has such merits." Doctors of all schools say that a tea spoonful of Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey in each glass of water you drink will act as a great preventative. It will destroy the germs. It also stimulates circulation and gives vigor to the whole body. It is a positive cure for typhoid, cramps, dysen tery, sunstroke, cholera morbus and chills. It is the only whisky recognized as a medicine. This is a guarantee. It Is ab solutely pure and contains no fusil oil. Thousands of leading doctors prescribe it and prominent hospitals use and Indorse it exclusively. All druggists and grocers, or direct, XI a bottle. Medical booklet free. Duffy Malt Whiskey Co., Rochester, N. Y. which have reported this year, as com pared with 73 for last year: RESOURCES (1906). - Loans on real estate 3,605,372.54 Loans on personal property... 5,421,897.36 Other loans and discounts.... 15,896,650.51 Stocks and bonds 2,898,577.73 State, county and city war rants 1.610,730.55 Real estate 1,341,539.16 Due from banks and bankers.. 12,537.304.31 Furniture and fixtures 720,214.19 Expense 2S2.835.14 Overdrafts 491.166.25 Profit and loss .' 5.228.08 Other resources 235,296.47 Cash on hand 4,261,340.45 Total $49,318,152.&4 Resources, fiscal year 1905 30,699,425.68 LIABILITIES (1906). Capital stock paid In t 3,SS1,000.00 Surplus fund 1.131,794.80 Undivided profits 1,144.654.34 Certificates of deposit 6,152,237.06 Individual deposits subject to checks 27,275.602.57 Due to banks and bankers 1,237.320.62 Certified checks 176,606.43 Savings deposits 7,439,119.50 Bills payable . 22S.544.07 Dividends unpaid 18,024.84 Capital stock unpaid 144.010.50 Special deposits secured 488.194.71 Letters of credit 1.043.50 Total $49,318,152.94 Liabilities, 1905 30,699,425.68 A comparison of some of the foregoing Items for the years 1905 and 1906 shows striking differences in favor of the last report, as follows: RESOURCES (1ft. 5). Loans on real estate .'..$2,089,761.28 Loans on personal property... 3.016,233.48 Other loans and discounts 10.753,381.06 Cash on hand 3,356,425.68 LIABILITIES (1905). Surplus fund -. $ 879,601.77 Uidivided profits 753.323.61 Certificates of deposit 5,273,438.17 Individual deposits subject to check 13,780,438.17 SALMON RUN STILL HEAVY Graham Purse Seine Proves Its Value This Vear. ASTORIA, Aug. 10. (Special.) The run of salmon continues about the same as during the past few days, and while not large, some fairly good catches, are re ported from all parts of the river. The quality of the fish continues good, al though the number of tules is constantly increasing. The Graham purse seine, which has been operated below Sand Island since the opening of the season, has proven a success and has caught more fish than have been taken on some of the seining grounds where the expense of operation is excessively heavy. Yesterday the purse sein secured eight tons of salmon. An attempt to operate a similar seine was made several years ago, but It was unsuccessful. FORTUNE IN FIVE TEARS. Oregon Land, Desert in 1901, Sells for $30 an Acre. BAKER CITY, Or., Aug. 10. The largest land deal made In Baker Coun ty in a quarter of a century was closed this afternoon when Earl F. Cranston sold 720 acres in Powder Valley, with in ten miles of Baker City, to Brown, Phillips & Geddes, owners of the Baker Packing: Company, for $35,000, reserv ing this year's crop estimated in value at $5000. Five years ago this land was bought from the Government at $2 an acre and was a sagre brush desert. A few years ago L. L. Foster bought part of the land, sold it to Cranston at an ad vance, who has Just closed It out In the big deal at a still further advance. CUT IN WAGES RESENTED. EOSS BEATEN BY TYLER PORTLAND CHAMPION LOSES TO . SEATTLE MAN. Fine Playing a Feature of Tacoma Tennis Tournament-Wicker-fiham Wins a Match. TACOMA, Wash., Aug. 10. (Special. This was a big day on the tennis courts. The match in the open singles between Joe Tyler, Seattle, and W. A. Goss, Port land, proved a very exciting contest. Tyler Is playing a very fine game this season, and defeated the Portland cham pion in two out of three sets. Goss played well, and, with the score set-all and 6-4 in his favor, he was within a point of winning the game, set and match, several times, but he could not get past his op ponent. Goes won the first set, 7-5, but In the next was beaten in every game, although many of the games were closely contested. - At the close of the deciding set, Tyler put up some very brilliant tennis, and he won the last two points with fast drives In places where nobody could have reached them. Score, 5-7, 6-0, 7-5. Another Rood match was that between, Wlckersham, Portland, and Beals, of Bos ton. Beals gave Wlckersham a good match, the latter winning, 6-2, 7-5. In the semi-finals of the doubles, Payne and Armstrong met Goss and Wlckersham and won In two sets. The first set proved easier than might have been expected for the Tacoma men, for the visitors did not play in their usual form, and did not score a single game, although the deuce score was reached In several of the games. In the second set, Goss and Wlckersham played up well, and scored four games, without letting their opponents count. Then the Tacoma men scored six games in succession and won out. , The final match In the International sin gles was won by Payne, of Tacoma, against Tyler, of Seattle, by a score of 7-9, 8-6, 4-6, 6-2, 6-4. MAY GO TO GRAY'S HARBOR St. Paul Said to Have Bought Termi nal Grounds at Westport. ABERDEEN, Wash., Aug. 10. (Spec ial.) A report is current Tiere that the St. Paul road has purchased a large tract of land at Westport, near the mouth of Grays Harbor, and Is likely to make it a great seaport and shipping point. Westport Is close to the ocean and it is down grade all the way from the Sound. It offers one of the finest locations on the coast for tracks and docks for trade that would go to the Orient VETOES TELEPHONE GRANT dropped dead of heart disease Thurs day afternoon while repairing a grain separator at his barn. Mr. Hayden had been suffering for some time with se vere pains in the region of the heart but delayed medical advice, . thinking them nothing serious. Mr. Hayden was born and reared in the Alsea Valley and was 53 vears of age and a highly respected and honored citizen. He left a wife and four stepchildren. The fu neral will be held tomorrow. Baker County Wheat Crop. BAKER CITY, Or., Aug. 10. The new crop of wheat in Baker County Is just coming In and the first lot was today delivered to" the Rock Creek flouring mill at a good price. Tha wheat is of a fine quality and will make a fine flour. Stanford Strike Settled. 1 STANFORD UNIVERSITY. Cal., Aug, 10. At a conference this afternoon be tween President Davis, of the Stanford Board of Trustees, and P. H. McCarthy, president of the State Building Trades Council, a settlement of the strike which has suspended repair work on the uni versity was reached on an open-shon basis. Work will be resumed tomorrow. The non-union workmen will be allowed to work, but will work under union foremen with union pay and hours. - Washington Prison Report. OLYMPIA, Aug. 10. The monthly re port of Superintendent A. F. Kees, of the State Penitentiary, for July, shows that 34 prisoners were added during the month. There were 182,100 grain bags manufactured during July at an average cost of 5 23-100 cents each.. There were 375,980 bricks manufactured at a cost of $8.63 per thousand. . On July 31 there were 805 male convicts and 12 females in the Institution; 32 males and 1 female were out on parole, making a total of S56 inmates. Baker City Packing Plant Sold. BAKER CITY, Or.. Aug. 10. Earl T. Cranston, L. L- Foster and A. S. Love, local capitalists, this afternoon pur chased the Baker City Packing Com pany's plant, Including slaughter house and several city markets, buying 50,000 shares of the stock of the com pany at par of $1 a share. They will take over the property September 3 and expand the packing business in Eastern Oregon. Hoquiam Shingle Mill Opens. HOQUIAM. Wash., Aug. 10. (Special.) The Northwestern Lumber Company began Operating their shingle mill today with a full crew after a shutdown of two months. All of the old crew returned to work. No effort to start the Poison Or Hoquiam Lumber & Shingle. Com pany's miu has been made Hottest August Day in Years Mer cury Reaches 104 Degrees. LEWISTON, Idaho, Aug. 10. (Spe-claL)--Today was the hottest August day Lewiston has experienced since the local weather bureau was estab lished. The thermometer registered 104 degTees, it being the second hot test day of the year. There was con siderable suffering from the heat, as the hot wave came unexpectedly upon the heels of a cool spell. The feature of the wave was the rapidity with which the mercury rose after noon, going up more than three degrees In one hour. Much humidity and furnace-like blasts of wind down the canyon added to the misery of Lewlston's sweltering citizens. WASHINGTON IS PROSPEROUS Reports Made by State Banking In stitutions an Index. OLYMPIA, Aug. 10. (Special.) A good Index of the present prosperity of the State of Washington is found in the reports of the state banking institutions for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1906, as com plied by the State Auditor. And this fea ture is emphasized when comparison is made with the previous year in some of the Items shown by the statements and reports for the two years. Following Is a synopsis of the reports submitted to the Auddtor by 5 state banks Men Employed on Klamath Falls Irrigation Tunnel Quit Work. KLAMATH FALLS, Or., Aug. 10. (Spe cial.) B. B. Jacobs, sub-contractor con structing the tunnel on the Government reclamation work, today reduced wages from 37 cents an hour to 30 cents, and In consequence 120 men drew their pay and quit work. There has been no reduction of wages by the general contractors or Govern ment, and no disorder was caused. The men simply declined to continue work at the tunnel under the lower scale. Wants Cement Factory Site. OREGON CITY, Or., Aug. 11. (Special.) The Oregon City Board of Trade is in correspondence with a cement manufac. turer of Kansas City, Mo., who is looking for a location on the Coast with a view to establishing a plant. He represents that the plant will employ more than 250 men, with a monthly payroll of about $25,000. An effort will be made tftsecure tho factory for, this city. Hoquiam's Mayor Disapproves Finch Franchise Ordinance. HOQUIAM, Wash., Aug. 10. (Special.) Mayor Mclntyre tonight vetoed the Finch telephone franchise and gave the following reasons for his act: "Not in favor of giving away public franchises from which the city can de rive some benefits; 25 years too long a life for a franchise; believe that the city should have a voice In the sale or transfer of the franchises to other parties." Two nundrea ana nfty business men crowded the Council chambers and ap plauded, the Mayor's action. Public senti ment in this city is strong against the granting of this franchise and every effort is being made to have the Council re fuse it. DEAD OF THE NORTHWEST Jaspar Hayden. PHILOMATH, Or.. Augr. 10. (Spe- ciati Jasper. Hayden, of Alsea, You will scarcely be lieve a soda cracker can be so perfect until you taste the one perfect Soda Cracker Uneeda Biscuit So deliciously baked so tender and flaky so won derfully preserved by a moisture proof package. It is the only real Soda Cracker. NATIONAL BISCUIT. 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