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11 TiTE MOirSING OREGONIAN, "WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1906. GATHERS up LOOSE E Closes Up Gaps in the Testi mony in Mays Con spiracy Case. SLOW PROGRESS IS MADE Alex Sweek Called Vpon by Govern ment to Testify Against Soren son, Ills Client Edwin Mays i Has Similar Experience, But for the consternation Special Pros ecutor Heney created by Invading the camp of tho enemy for the purpose of dragging Alex Sweek, one of the attor neys for the defense, and Edwin Maya, the own brother of one of the defendants, to the stand as unwilling witnesses lor the Government, the trial of the Blue Mountain forest reserve land-fraud case would have been devoid of incident yesterday. Mr. Heney and United States' Attorney Bristol let up in their strenuous efforts to hurry the trial to a conclusion and devoted nearly the entire session to pick ing up and securely fastening the loose ends in the web of evidence that for the past week they ' have been weaving against the defendants on trial. Franklin Tierce Mays, WiUard N. Jones and George Sorenson. Today the forward progress will be resumed, and it is prob able that the defendants will have their inning by the end of the week. 'ovel Incident of Afternoon Session. A rather peculiar Incident of the afternoon session was when B. V. Smith, son of II. A. Smith, now de ceased, was called to testify against the defendants. The elder Smith, ac cording to the testimony so far taken, conceived the scheme to create the Blue Mountain reserve, and is alleged by the prosecution to have been the original conspirator with the De fendant Mays. The younger Smith testified with what appeared to be entire frankness concerning his dead father's connecr tion with Mays and Jones. He was cut short in his testimony by the fact that certified copies of certain papers needed to prove facts in connection with the settlement of his father's estate were not at hand, and will be recalled by the government today. The drift of Mr. Heney's questioning indicated that there had been a railing out between Jones and the witness over the school lands which the elder Smith, Jones and Mays had acquired in partnership. The younger Smith is now a member of the Portland police department. Lawyer Sweek Was called as a wit ness at the morning session, and if the blank look of half alarmed astonish ment on his face indicated anything, he wa3 taken wholly unawares. Mr. Heney's object In placing him on the stand wns to prove that he had acted for the Defendant Sorenson in helping to secure an addition to the east end of the Cascade Forest reserve, a deal in which the scrip game Is alleged to have been worked with great profit. . Denies Circulating Petition. Mr. Sweek was asked if, while tie was a member of the state legislature in the winter of 1931, he circulated or iiecured signatures from his fellow legislators for a petition to Binger Hermann, commissioner of the general land office, asking for the creation of the addition to the Cascade reserva tion. That he himself had signed the paper shown him, Mr. Sweek admitted, but he denied that he had circulated it, or asked others to sign It, with the possible exception of R. D. Inman. He stated that It might have been that he asked Mr. Inman to sign. Ten other members of the legislature from Multnomah County signed besides Sweek. The signers were Dr. Andrew C. Smith, John Driscoll, R. D. Inman, C. W. Nottingham, D. M. Watson, H. A. Smith, Otto Schumann, G. M. Orton. M. E. Thompson and Frank. E. Heitkemper. Edwin Mays, who is constantly in attendance at the trial was called, greatly to his own surprise and that of the defendants and their counsel, Bt tho afternoon session. He took the stand with an expression on his face that if Mr. Heney should next take a notion to stand on his head It would not surprise him in the least. It turned out that the younger Mays was merely wanted to testify to the fact that in the assignment of certi ficates for certain school lands pur chased by the Defendant Jones, he acted as assignee at Jones request havlne no interest in the lands and giving or receiving no money con eideration. The testimony of other witnesses has been that people who sold their school land rights to Jones made blank assignments of the lands for him. i The first witness called at the open Inar of court was Robert Schulze, Sorenson's former -business partfcer, who was on the stand when court closed the dav before. Schulze con cluded bis testimony, developing little of Interest. Bought Rights for a Drink. He was followed by Fred Saffem, a longshoreman, who testified that De fendant Sorenson bought his school land rights for a drink. Witness testi fied that in the same saloon where this transaction took place, Ave or six other men signed applications to pur chase school lands for Sorenson and were "ginned up" in payment for their school land rights. John D. Mann, who was a notary public at the time, testified that in De cember, 1300, he took forty acknow ledgments in a bunch for Defendant Sorenson in a saloon on Burnside street, where numerous applicants had been herded up to sign away their school land rights to Sorenson. Wit ness was paid 60 cents a bead for swearing the applicants, who all signed assignments in blank at the sr.me time. The next witness was W. M. La Force, recalled, La Force Is the lawyer who acted as go-between when the Defendant Mays wanted to make Forest Superintendant S. B. Ormsby a little present of 12S0 acres of school lane for his services in recommending the establishment of the limits of the Blue Mountain reserve in such a man ner ns to further the Interests of Mays and his associates in scripping school lands. La Force was cross-examined by Mr. Heney with reference to the trans action. He Identified the envelopes in which the four school Tana certificates were when turned over to him by Mays for Ormsby. but changed his former testimony, in some respects, stating that the certificates were not given blm by Mays until after the adoption of Ormsby's recommendation by the general land office, late in July, 1902. Mr. Heney cross-examined the wit ness at length and without mercy, and JDS after he had left the stand recalled him for the purpose of asking "nim If it were not a fact that subsequent to the transaction with Mays he had gone to Ormsby to demand money, threaten ing to expose his connection with tne Blue Mountain reserve frauds if he did not pay it Judge Hunt ruled that the defendant need not answer the question, to which the defense objected. Mr. Sweek was the last witness of the morning. Testimony of Smith. The first witness of the afternoon ses sion was B. F. Smith. He testified that in 1900 he filed on certain school lands in Grant County, Or., at the request of his laUmr. At that time witness was not in formed what his father's purpose was in desiring the land, which was within the original withdrawal of lands for the Blue Mountain reserve. Asked more oartieularly whether his father had ever made any statements to hlra regarding his school-land purchases, witness said that several montM before th temporary establishment of the- Blue Mountain forest reserve, at the request of his father, he marked out on a tracing paper a map of a long list of sections of land. Witness was shown a blueprint copy of the original map of the proposed Blue Mountain reserve prepared by John W. Rowland, at the request of the elder Smith and identified it as a copy of the tracing he had marked. The elder Smith told witness that the lands the latter had marked in on the tracing were school lands In Harney County, and informed witness that he wanted the map made for Willard N. Jones, F! P. Mays and himself. Witness volunteered the information that the blueprint map, which Mr. Heney placed in evidence, had been In Smith's family home ever since the elder Smith's death. Continuing, witness testified that his father died in May, 1902, and that by the terms of his will, defendant Willard N. Jones was made one of the executors. When the estate was inventoried, certain school lands were shown among the real property. A. F. Flegel was the other ex ecutor. While the attorneys were waiting for the prosecution to obtain a certified copy of the inventory, Mr. Heney stated to the court that the list of lands which was used by witness in marking the tracing, which list the witness was shown and identified, was a list of the school lands which had been fraudulently purchased by the conspirators, who had procured them to be Included in the. lands recom mended for withdrawal in Captain Orms by's report. School Land Owned by State. Witness, resuming his testimony, stated that In 1902, after his father's death, he had several conversations with Jones re garding the school lands his father had owned. Witness understood from Jones that the estate owned 8300 acres of school land in the proposed Blue Mountain re serve one-third of 25.000 acres, which Smith, Mays and Jones had purchased from the state. Jones told witness that if the reserve were made permanent the lands would be valuable for scripping pur poses. Cross-examined by Judge Pipes, witness was asked whether his father had not told him when he was purchasing the school land in 1900 that he wanted it for Its timber. Witness said he had not. Wit ness learned later that some of the land was timber land. Fred A. Kribs Testifies. Fred A. Kribs was the next witness. He testified that he had lived in Oregon about four years, and was acquainted with Williard N. Jones and Dan W. Tarpley. He had bought assignments of certificates of purchase of school land from both men, and had dealt extensively in school and timber lands. His testi mony proved the Government's charge that the assignments made by persons whose school land rights Jones bought were not made in blank. Kribs also testified that on December 4, 1905, he drew a check for J6700 in payment to the state for certain school lands at the request of Defendant Jones. Witness did not know what the lands were; mere ly did so to accommodate Jones, who made as his excuse lor not maKing tne payment himself that he had been "mixed up in some of the school land scanaais. Mr. Heney answered an objection Dy stating that he would prove that the lands Kribs had paid on were a large part or the same lands that had been fraudulently procured by the defendants for inclusion in the forest reserve. Kribs was not cross-examined. Neither was Mrs. Belle Smith who was called to corroborate the testimony of her husband. B. F. Smith, that soe as well as he had annlied for school lands at the request of H. A. Smith. Mrs. Smith Identified the application she signed. Edwin Mays was tne next witness k ' I 1 i 1 i KLASBXIGHT PHOTOGRAPH OF A XI GHT-BLOOMING CERECS. A night-blooming cereus in bull bloom is not a common sight in Portland, but an Oregonian staff photographer secured a photograph Monday night of one in full bloom. The plant in question is the property of Mrs. D. A. J. Stroud, of 53 East Fourteenth street. It Is 18 years old and has been blooming steadily for the past seven years. It was' grown from a cutting and once reached to the height of 12 feet, when it became unwieldly, so Mrs. Stroud now. keeps the plant pruned to a mo re convenient size. Last year the plant produced five blossoms, and four 'have appeared already this year. Previously the plant bore but a single blossom each year. . The flowers have an exquisite perfume, rival in beauty Portland's famous roses, and are, In this latitude, ex tremely rare. The night-blooming cereus, or cereus grandifiorus. blooms, as Its name Indicates, only at night and Its flowers are very short-lived, opening late in the evening and withering before morning. In appearance it resembles a water lily, havtng long, waxy petals and milk-white pistils and stamens covered with light yellow pollen. There are about 150 species of cereus bearing the common name torch thistle, and many of them blooming at night, but the name "night-blooming cereus" is applied to only one species. The cereus belongs to the cactus family and is native of America from California to Chile and to the Hawaiian Islands. The night-blooming cereus is without spines on its leaves when cultivated. and testified as has been Indicated. He was followed by Robert Gee, a car penter who was in the employ of H. A. Smith in December, -1900. Gee testi fied to selling his school land rights to Smith in that year. Several other per sons, who were working- for Smith signed similar applications and so did witness" wife. Mrs. Ida Gee, wife of the preceding witness was next sworn. She corroborated her- husband's testi mony. She testified that Peter H. Ward, the notary public who swore her to the affidavit accompanying the ap plication, did not tell her that she was taking a false oath when she made the affidavit that she was applying to purchase the land In good faith. Mr. Fenton made the objection that the lands taken uiyler Mrs. Gee's ap plication appeared to have been as signed to L. E. Newton, In whom title now vested. Mr. Heney said that he would like to have Mr. Newton who is now In New York on the stand for a few minutes: that Mr. Fenton would probably be willing to waive his objec tion In that case. "Oh, no." retorted Mr. Fenton. Mr. Heney was game and refused to take the dare." Orders New Yorker Subpenaed. "Mr. Clerk," he said, turning to that official, "Issue a subpena for L. Newton, of New York,' commanding him to appear forthwith as a witness in this case. Telegraph it to tne United States marshal in New YorK and tell -him to serve It, and instruct him to have Mr. Newton take tne nrst train for Portland." Therefore, unless the defense is win ing to stipulate what facts Mr. Newton would testify to, which would not likly ibe of much importance, the New York owner of that particular tract of Oregon school lands will be forced to make a flying trip across the continent at Uncle Sam's expense. J. P. Lucas, who was register of the United States land office at The Dalles from 1898 to 1903, was placed on the stand to testify as to th at tempted Maury Mountain timber land fraud. He prefaced his testimony with the statement that he had known the defendant Mays In a casual way for twenty years. He testified that on September 25. 1902, he received a letter from L. B. Geer, then state land agent at Salem, enclosing applications to file on the 8,800 acres of valuable timber lands which Mays and his al leged fellow conspirators are charged with having attempted to secure on the lieu base of the un surveyed lands in the proposed Blue Mountain forest seserve. Mr. Heney stated that Tie would prove that Mr. Geer transmitted the filings at the reuqest of the defendants who had asked him as the agent of the state to select for them the Indemnity lands, which they had applied to pur Mr. Heney then asked the witness to go ahead and tell what he did after receiving the letter from Geer. "We noticed," said Mr. Lucas, "that the base marked on the applications was 'the Blue Mountain Forest Reserve.1 We also noticed that there were several con flicts between the applications and home stead entries. Therefore on the same day I wrote Mays at Portland, telling him that as I understood it the Blue Moun tain Reserve had not yet been created, and that until dt was there would be no valid base for the applications to pur chase under the Indemnity act. There fore, I stated, we would suspend the ap plications until the matter of the creation of the reserve had been settled. Mays Shows TTgly Temper. "Two days later I had a long-distance telephone conversation with Mr. Mays. He seemed to be In a bad humor when he called me up. 'What is the matter with you fellows up there, anyway? he asked. 'When did you begin to constitute yourselves judges of the validity of filings made in your office?' "I told him that we made ourselves judges in some cases, and that the pres ent case ' was one where we thought we were justified. He demanded to know whether we were In the habit of doing this. I told him we. were not. Then he demanded to know why we were making an exception in his case. "We talked a while longer, and finally 1 told him that we would allow the ex nsrts at Washington to settle the matter. Later the Receiver and I talked the case over and decided to send the applications to Washington and allow the General Land Office to pass on their validity. As revised bv the State Land Agent. who eliminated all conflicting entries, the annlieations were for 5500 acres of land. Mr Wenov dronned the witness at this point, not going into that phase of the Incident he had several times mentioned how Mays exerted his political "pull to have Lucas and the Receiver of The Dalles Land Office suspend the rules in his favor and send the applications for the Maury Mountain timber lands to Washington. Mr. Lucas was the last witness of the aay. CULLS FOR REPORTS Auditor Makes Formal De mand on Corporations. CHARTER GIVES HIM POWER Statements of Receipts, Expendi tures, Aewets, Debts and Profits Are JitHjurwtf d From 21 Fnb !lo fijay vio Companies. Ever since the charter went Into effect. In 1903, various efforts have been made by the municipal authorities to secure a compliance with section 99 of the measure requiring holders of franchises to render report to the city of business transacted, but thus far the corporations have suc cessfully evaded every attempt on the part of the city to keep In touch with their operations. Recently Mayor Lane took the matter up, and has announced that it is his intention to force the dif ferent holders of franchises to comply with the provisions of the section. In conformity with this Idea, City Auditor Devlin yesterday afternoon addressed the following letter to each holder of a fran chise; Auditor Devlin's Ijctter. In pursuance of Section 99 of the char ter of the City of Portland. I hereby de mand from you. as the holder of a fran chise granted by ordinance of the City of Portland, a report in writing which shall contain an accurate statement in summarized form, as well as In detail, of all receipts from all sources and of all expenditures for all purposes from the time of the acceptance of your fran chise to September 30. 1906; I also demand a full statement of all assets and debts of your company and such other informa tion as may be necessary to show the costs and profits of the service rendered. I request that such report and statement be filed in this office not later than Oc tober 31, 1906. I hand you herewith a copy of the charter of the City of Portland and call your attention to Section 99 thereof. These Corporations Called On. Altogether 21 companies have been com municated with upon the subject, includ ing the following: Highland Park Water Company, Cas cade Power Company, Willamette Valley Traction Company, Investment Company, Portland Railway Company, Western Union Telegraph Company. Portland Gas Company. Postal Telegraph-Cable Com pany, American District Telegraph Com pany, Portland General Electric Company, Southern Pacific Company, Oregon Rail road & Navigation Company, Oregon Water Power &. Railway Company, Port land Hydraulic Elevator Company, North ern Pacific Terminal Company. Mount Hood Electric Company.. Home Telephone Company, United Railways . Company, City Messenger & Delivery Company, Pacific States Telegraph & Telephone Company, Union Market Association. No attention has heretofore been paid to these demands from the city govern ment for the reason that the corporations have always regarded the provision of the charter in the light of a dead letter, and that it applied only to those fran chise-owning corporations that have come into existence since the charter went into effect Whether the more recent deter mined attitude of the Mayor in the mat ter will result In bringing them to terms remains to be seen. The provision of the charter bearing upon the subject reads: Charter Provision on Subject. Section 99. Every grantee or holder of a franchise from tne city rendering ser vice to be paid for wholly or in part by the users of such service shall keep full and correct book accounts and make stated quarterly reports in writing to the Auditor, which shall contain an accurate statement in summarized form, as wen as in detail, of all receipts from all RnnrrcH nnrl All exoenditures for all pur poses, together with a full statement of all assets and debts, as well as such other Information as the costs and profits of said service and the financial condi tion of such grantee as the Auditor may require. Such reports shall be public rec ords and a summary thereof shall be printed as a part of the annual report of the Mayor, and the Auditor may in SDect or examine, or cause to be in spected or examined, at all reasonable hours, any and all books of account and vouchers of such grantee. Such books of account shall be kept and such reports made in accordance with forms and methods prescribed by the Auditor, and. so far as practicable, shall be uniform for all grantees and holders of franchises. Every failure or neglect on the part of the grantee or holder of a franchise un der tins charter to keep books of account or to make reports under this section shall authorize the city to declare a forfeiture of such franchise; and every such failure or neglect shall also be deemed a mis demeanor and the Council of the City of Portland may by ordinance provide for the punishment of every such violation, failure or neglect, by fine or imprison ment or both, of the person or persons whose duty it shall be to keep such books of account or maJce such reports. A TRIP TO TILLAMOOK. Mrs. Dunlway Tells of Journey to Coast County. PORTLAND, Or., Aug. 29. (To the Ed- ttcr.) It was my good fortune to be a guest of the road, during a late trip to llllamook or Oregon s wide-awake Food and Dairy Commissioner, Mr. Bailey, whose team of well-matched thorough breds are his heart's delight. Our com panions were Attorney Murdoch, also of Portland, and Leslie Scott, of The Ore- gonian, while, following us as closely as the ever-abounding dust would permit, came Mr. Schulmerich, Washington Coun ty's leading dairyman; Dr. Withycombe, of Agricultural College fame, and Hon. B. L. Bddy, of Roseburg. Everywhere, as we sped along for ten miles or more after leaving Forest Grove,, the beautiful valley, set like a collection of priceless gems within a rim of towering moun tains, the undulating farm lands rose and fell in billowy and brilliant variety: now exhibiting a field of ripening grain in the shock, now arrayed in a pale green cov ering of kale, now carrying a harvest of vetch or clover or alfalfa in its ample lap, and again supporting languorous rows of corn and vines and potatoes In the August sunshine, while close at hand arose the farmhouses, set round with or chards and gardens of luxurious growth. Now we are In the mountains. The te dious hours roll on as round and round, up and up we go, the great trees rising in silent majesty, tier above tier, a wealth of tangled undergrowth, rioting at their roots, their branches laden with festoons of moss, their fallen comrades rotting at their feet. Night, and Buxton's camp, on the ever green banks of Wilson River, where, with busy waters roaring In our ears, the weary travelers nurse their bruises, their lungs Inflated with ozone from tree-hid den ocean and balm-breathing air, their appetites sated with speckled trout, their dreams (I speak for myself only) filled with visions of .zigzag heights and fallen logs and towering trees. The next day's journey brought us to the open prairie, among the farms and creameries of Tilla mook, as famous for its butter and cheese as is Hood River for its apples, Ashland for its peaches. Grant s Pass for Its mel ons and the Willamette Valley for its hops. Everybody In Tillamook County was In attendance at its first county fair, and many came by tug and launch from As toria and Seaside. The news of my unexpected arrival spread rapidly among the people, some of whom had been my pupils In the long ago In the classic shades of Yamhill. The women gathered around me, and at their request, their husbands and the managers of the fair arranged a hearing for me at the grandstand, of which I can only say I had the honor to be intro duced by Senator Fulton, and, in response to the eulogy he gave my humble work for liberty. I was glad to tell the people that our Charlie's championship for equal rights, which had first made him famous, had in no way hindered his march to tne highest place In the gift of his constitu ents. The good women of Tillamook wanted more equal-rights speeches, and arrange ments were made for meetings the next day and evening, but plans for return to Portland came sooner than were expect' ed. and changed the programme., A visit to the lone and lowly and neg lected grave of a beloved and gifted sis ter, who yielded up her precious life in her sweet young womanhood, a victim to the strenuous days of pioneering, of which the folklore of Tillamook County, which keeps her memory green. Is full, awak ened in my saddened soul a song of thanksgiving that I had been spared to bear an humble part in so far elevating the standard and conditions of tne toning, unrequited motherhood of the long ago that the hard fate of many a woman who died and made no sign Is less and less often repeated: and men. ioa Diess tnem. are coming to the rescue In greater numbers vear bv year. Our return trip was relieved or mucn of Its monotony by an overnight stay at the country hostelry kept by Mrs. J. F. Reeher. the happy and busy mother of ten children, whose husband runs the stage over the tollroad. while she runs the hotel educates the children ana manes and receives her own money, In striking contrast to the days of '71. when Miss Anthonv and I went pioneering and stopped at wayside inns where the wife did the work and tne nusnano. imm at the receipt of customs. The world Is marching on. ABIGAIL SCOTT DUXIWAY. WATER LAW CONFERENCE Portland Board of Trade Issues Call 9 for Meeting at Salem. , The legislative committee of the Port land Board of Trade yesterday issued the official call of the Water Law Confer ence, which will be held at the State Capitol building In Salem, September 10 and 11. The conference will be held to promote the discussion of laws govern ing the use of waters with a view to presenting to the next Legislature a more practical irrigation and water law than the one now in force. The meeting will be attended by repre sentatives of practically every commer cial organization and water users' associ ation in the state. Leading Irrigation ex perts, national and state engineers, prac tical farmers and horticulturists, business men, state officials and legislation ex perts will be among those who will help swell the attendance. The delegates will be enabled to secure special railroad rates to Salem on account of the State Fair, which will be in progress at the time of the conference. BOYS WILL PICK HOPS. Juvenile Improvement Association Will Help Lads Earn Money. A hoppicking outing is the latest plan of the Juvenile Improvement Association, connected with the Juvenile Court. Early next week 20 or 25 boys In charge of Probation Officers White and Nisley will leave for Haines" hopyard near Forest Grove, where they will spend 10 days camping and picking hops. The associa tion will advance the fares and furnish the necessary outfits. The boys will re receive the profits, after the expenses have been deducted. It is believed the boys can earn 11 to JL25 a day clear. The action of the Juvenile Improvement Association is in line with a beet field scheme worked successfully by Judge Llndsley of the Juvenile Court In Denver. The money will be used for the boys In providing thmselves . with school necessi ties. Harriman Line to Mazatlan. ' SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 28. President E. H. Harriman notified the San Fran cisco offices of the Soutnern Pacifio yes terday that the work on the extension of the Cananea. Yaqui River ft Pacific Rail way from Alamos, Mexico, through Ma FALL IMPORTATION BEE1 RUGS The Rugs, which we import direct from the manufacturers in Germany, are chenille weave, fast colors, and without seams. They are celebrated throughout Europe for the distinction and beauty of their designs, the strength and harmony of their colors and their remarkable durability. They re in every way .superior to cheap Orientals. . We have a fine line of these magnificent rugs in stock, in sizes up to 9 x 12, and ranging in price from $8.50 to $65.00. We take import orders for seamless rugs in any size up to 33x50 feet at any price from $4.00 to $20.00 per square yard. J.G.MACK&G0. Exclusive Carpet House 86-88 THIRD STREET flilX METSCHAN. President and Manacen Seventh and Washington European Plan zatlan and down to Tepic and San Marcos will soon be completed. The extension of the Harriman lines now reaches from Guaymas to Alamos. The distance to Mazatlan is 75 miles. MRS. SMYTHE TO TESTIFY Husband Says She Is Returning to Sustain His Charges. Rev. C. M. Smythe, who denounced Rev. F. J. Warren in the St. Johns Con gregational Church Sunday morning, said yesterday that he is preparing to start a suit against Mr. Warren for criminal libel, and that his wife, who re cently returned to her father's, home -in Howard Lake, Minn., had started on her return tap to Portland to testify against Warren. Rev. Mr. Smythe declared that he willr press the charge and bring light to bear on Rev. Mr. Warren's real char acter, through the testimony of his wife at tha trial. If Mrs. Smythe does return, as Mr. Smythe declares she will. It will add another chapter to this affair that may prove as sensational as the first. The charge will be based, if presented in court, on Rev. Mr. Warren's statement that Rev. Mr. Smythe had lived an Im moral life, which caused her' to have nothing more to do with him. Smythe says that ha expects his wife to reach Portland Thursday. Friends of Rev. Mr. Warren are still skeptical about her return, but say they are prepared to Stand by Rev. Mr. Warren at all events. DAILY METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. PORTLAND, Aug. 28. Maximum tempera ture. 83 deg. ; minimum. 69. River reading at 8 A. M.. 4.8 feet; change in 24 hours, none. Total precipitation, 5 P. M. to 6 P. M.. none; total precipitation since September 1, 1905. 38.75 Inches; normal precipitation slnoa Sep tember 1. 1905, 46.74 Inches; deficiency. 7.99 Inches. Total sunshine. August 27. 1906, 7 hours 7 minutes; possible, 13 hours 34 minutes. Barometer reading (reduced to sea. level), at 5 P. M.. 29.88. PACIFIC COAST WEATHER. 0 a J STATION. Baker City...... I S2;o.oo SIN .1 fttll T. 4INW Clear Cloudy ICloudy Pt. Cloudy Clear Cloudy Clear Clear Bismarck Boll Thrdlu cmf vbgb Helena 7il).0Ol CXW Kamloopl". B. C. . North Head r.R!O.O0'24!NW Pocatello. ........ 82!0.00j 8410. OOl 101 W Portland Red Bluff Roseburg Pacramento 6INTV 98'O.Ortl 4:SE Pt. Cloudy 94 0.00 8rtl0.no 8410. OOl 8!N Clear Clear Clear 8!S 'nw Salt Lake City.. San Francisco. . M Spokane Seattle Tatoosh Island... 2!0.0O 8' W Cloudy 8410. OOl 8NW 72in.ool 4W SSlO.Oo'MlSW 9-'i0.00i 4;S Clear Clear Cloudy Walla Walla IClear WEATHER CONDITIONS. Tho barometer remains nearly stationary in the North Pacific States, and fair weather continues with but slight change, In tempera ture. The Indications are for fair weather In thta district Wednesday with nearly stationary temperature. I1 Uit 1 3. Forecasts made at Portland t 8 P. M. for 28 hours ending at midnight. Wednesday, Au gust 29: Portland and vicinity Fair. northwest winds. Eastern Oregon., Eastern Washington and Idaho Fair. ' ( EDWARD A. BEALS. District Forecaster. Habitual constipation cured and the bowels- strengtheend by the regular use of Carter's Little Liver Fills In small doses. Don't forget this. PHMff No woman who uses "Mother's Friend" need fear the suffering and danger incident to birth; for it robs the ordeal of its horror and insures safety to life of mother and child, and leaves her in a condition more favorable to speedy recovery. The child is also healthy, strong and pp El E33 cmcA -naturecL Our book telt.il mim M BUl fi ij "Motherhood," is worth Bf its weicht in cold to everv B "sj woman, and will be sent free i ' i 33 : i:. envelope Dy addressing apyiiauun w Bradfield Regulator Co. Atlanta, Ga. Exclusive Carpet House Streets. Portland. Oregon. $1.00, $1.50, $2.00 per Day. AUCTIO.V SALES TODAY. Auction ale todnv at residence, cor. T.ara- oee and McMillen Bts. ; furniture, eu-. : take L. car: sale at 10 o clocH tJAKEK & SUN. Auc tioneers. By J. T. Wilson at salesroom, 2"S First St.. at 10 A. M. J. T. WILSON. Auctloner. MEETING NOTICES. WASHINGTON LOIXJE. NO. 411, A. F. & A. M. Special communica tion this (Wednesday! evenlnsl at S o'clock. Burkhaxd Kldg. Work. M .. M. desrree. Visitors welcome. Hv order W. M. J. H. RICHMOND. Secretary. MEMBERS OF COURT MULTNOMAH. NO. 3, T. OF H.. are reQuested to attend thfi funeral of our deceased brother. M. J. Barbfr. from Holman's Chapel, Third and Salmon, at 2 P. M. Wednesday. By Order C. R. ORIENT LODGE. NO. 17. t. O. O. F. ReKUlar meeting this (Wednesday) evening In Orient Hall. East Portland. Initiatory de-. sree. Visitors invited. W. A. WHEELER, Secretary. SAMARITAN LOIXJE NO. 2. 7. O. O. F. Regular meeting this (Wednesday) evening at. 8 o'clock. Second degree. ViHitors welcome. . M. OSWOLD, Sec. DIED. MAEOLT In San Jo.e. Cal.. August 25. ' ltH6. Mrs. Margaret Maegly. beloved mother of George L. Maegly. of Kansas Citv. Mo. ; A. H. Maegly. of Portland. Or. ; Mrs. P... Wlltz and Emma Maegly. of San Jne, an'l. F. C. Maegly. of Chicago, 111. Deceased was 84 years and 8 days old, and was & sister of the late Adam Klippel, of this city. PIT.CHER Near Astoria, Or., on steamship Roanoke. August 27. lfto. William J. Pile her, aged 49 years. Funeral notice- here, after. PATTON Dr. f. J. Patton. of Portland. Or., at Astoria. August 27, 1906. aged 57 years. FUNERAL NOTICES. MA PES In this city. August 28. 1906, at the. family residence, llo Glbbs street. Mildred" Allen, beloved daughter of Raymond and Ora Mapes. aged 2 years 1 month and 5 days. Friends and acquaintances are- re spectfully Invited to attend the funeral services, which will .be held at the abov residence at 2:30 P. M. today. Interment Rlvervlew Cemetery. KENNY At the residence of H. TT. Pierce. 8i2 3. Couch street. August 27, 1906. (Jewel Earl Kenny, aged 25 years. 6 months and 24 days. Funeral will take place today, August 29. at 10 A. M-, from F. S. Dun ning' chapel, corner of East. Alder and East Sixth streets. Friends and members of the O. A. H. are respectfully invited ta attend. BARBER In thll city. August 26. lnon, Morden J. Barber, aged 40 years, 6 mnnthl 18 days. Friends are respectfully Invited td attend thfuneral services which will b held at Holman's Chapel, corner Third and Salmon streets, at 2 P. M. today (Wednesw day). August 29. Interment Rlvervlew Cem etery". CARTER Tn this city at 826 Oantenbeln ave nue. August 28, Petronel Emelina Carter, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. w. N. Carter, aged 4 months 7 days. Funeral service! Thtirsday morning, 10 o'clock, at above resi dence: Interment at Rose City Cemetery. Friends Invited. CANNING Friends and acqnalntAnces are re spectfully Invited to attend tho funeral services of Thomas F. Canning, which will be held at Finloy s chapel at 8 P. M. to day (Wednesday). Interment Soldiers' plot. Rlvervlew Cemetery. PATTON Dr. M. J. Patton. of Portland, Or., at Astoria, August 27. lltofl. aged 67 years. Funeral from Holman's undertaking parlor Bt 2 P. M. August 29, 1U04. 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