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TIIE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1906. CHAMBERLAIN HAS NO RIVAL Ifj RAGE Oregon Governor Acclaimed President of the National Irrigation Congress. VICTORY FOR SACRAMENTO On the Second Ballot the California City Wins the Next Assembly Over the Well-Presented 1 Claims of Jamestown. NEW OFFICERS CHOSEN. President. Governor George Cham berlain of Oregon. Flret Vlc.-PrelrJent, John ; Henry Smith. Salt Lake City. Second Vice-President. H. B. Mox on. Reno. Nev. Third Vice-President, George W. " Barstow, Texas. Secretary, D. H. Anderson, Chicago. Convention city, Sacramento, Cal. BOISE, Idaho. Sept. 6. The fourteenth National Irrigation Congress closed its ' eesaioni thia evening after voting to hold the next congress at Sacramento, Cal., and electing as president of the fifteenth congress Governor George E. Chamber lain, of Oregon. The enthusiasm of the Callfornlans over Sacramento's victory was the more pronounced because of the narrow margin by which the victory was oil. j lie fliuo,ii"iia ............ - Exposition had been cleverly presented, and on the first ballot for the convention city, Jamestown wag in the lead Sacra mento won on the second ballot, with 207. Jamestown received 155 votes. Ore gon adopted the unit rule early and at an early morning caucus decided upon Pacramento as the convention city for 1907. Governor Chamberlain was the unani mous choice of the congress for presi dent, and when he was escorted to the platform and expressed his appreciation of the high honor accorded him by the representatives of 30 states of the Union, he was given a tremendous ovation. Governor Albert E. Mead, of Washing ton, presided at the final session and In troduced the new president. President Chamberlain said: I assure you that this great honor con ferred upon me is appreciated, because it came unsolicited. I promise you the best effort of my life will be devoted to the In terests of irrigation during the coming year. Anderson Elected Secretary. There was some evidence of discord in connection with the election of a secre tary. D. H. AncT-rson, a Chicago pub lisher, was the choice of the nominating committee. His published utterances in criticism of . the Federal Reclamation Service were urgd against him, but the convention indorsed the nomination. Tha ahAiitani fnv "VihyiHt-ciI mflltnna more for irrigation" came before the con gress with a minority report from the committee on resolutions, demanding that the National Congress authorize a bond Lssue ' to raise such a fund. After a spirited debate the minority report was voted down. A special train which left Boise over the Oregon Short Line late tonight car ried a large number of delegates to the congress, who will spend two days in specting the irrigation projects of South ern Idaho. The great dam at Mllner, the Shoshone Falls, the Twin Falls irriga tion tract and the Minidoka tract will be visited. Papers Read In the Morning. Monti B. Gwynn, chairman of the ex ecutive committee, presided this- morning when the closing session of the four teenth National Irrigation Congress was called to order. "Early Homebuilding in the "West" was described in a paper by L. W. Shurtliff, of Ogden. first vice-president of the Con gress, and one of the pioneer Mormons of Utah and Idaho. D. A. Knuppenburg, a delegate from Pennsylvania,, and a member of the State Board of Agriculture of the state, spoke In praise of what he had seen In the Irrigated states of the west, and de clared that henceforth he would be an advocate of all possible Government aid for the reclamation of arid lands. Aaron Gould, of Colorado, delivered before the convention a tariff argument against fur ther concessions to the sugar of the Phil ippines. He urged that the sugar-beet raisers of the Irrigated states not be forced Into closer competition with the cheap labor of the islands. Objection to Discussion of Tariff. An Idaho delegate protested against the time of the congress being given over to the discussion of. tariff, and Governor Mead, of Washington, who had been called to the chair, suggested that the speaker confine his remarks to irrigation and its co-related subjects. Mr. Gould Insisted that this tariff issue was insep. arable from the growing of sugar beets, Committee on credentials reported an attendance of 1123 delegates, representing 30 states. A resolution adopted expresses appreci ation .of the interest shown by President Roosevelt in irrigation and reclamation work and of Vice-President Fairbanks' courtesy in coming to address the con- . gress. A resolution introduced at the Instance of- persons interested in the Arkansas : River litigation and recommended for adoption by the. committee says: "We recommend that the Congress of the United States consider the extension of the Jurisdiction of the United States Courts to provide for the Judicial deter mination, of water rights on interstate streams." The report of the committee on reso lutions was presented when the congress reassembled as follows:-. . Report of Resolutions Committee. The report of the committee of resolutions, ts presented to the eongreew. expresses the hope that the Governmental irrigation works under construction and In contemplation -will be pushed to an early completion: heartily approves the efficient and thorough work of the Federal reclamation ' service and ex presses the fullest confidence in the honsty and ability of that service; indorses and commends the earnest and efficient work of National Weather Bureau; - commends the -work of the Federal Agricultural Depart ment in Its Irrigation and drainage Investl , gatlons. The report recommends that the Irrigation . Congrew authorize its president to appoint a committee of five member to carry on a campaign of publicity in relation to irriga tion, this committee to be authorized to em ploy a secretary at a salary of $25 a month; pledges earnest eupport to the Federal Forest , Service in Its efforts to maintain and Im prove the country's watersheds; favors the passive, with certain amendments, of Senate bill No. 4tS24. relating to the relinquishment of reservoir altee, with the privilege of se lecting lieu lands; expresses the opinion that Government enterprise lor reclamation ahould not unnecessarily Interfere with prior private enterprises; indorses the Federal Department of Agriculture's experiments in dry farming in the eeml-arld regions: recommends tne en actment of a Federal law prescribing penal ties for unlawful Interference with Federal headgates and other Irrigation works. Protest on Philippine Sugar. The committee recommended the fol lowing resolution In relation to the tariff on sugar from the Philippines: Inasmuch as the sugar-beet Industry In ir rigated America returns to our farmers an annual rvenue of over f20.000.000, and as the production at home of the cugar we now Im port from the tropica would afford our farm- era an additional annual market for nearly $100,000,000 of beets, and as it has been urged that the United States Congress further stim ulate the sugar Industry of the Philippine Islands to produce all or a portion of the sugar which the arid land of America has helped to produce; Therefore, we protest agalnet any further legislative concession! In favor of Philippine sugar and urge that legislative action and attacks on the sugar production of this coun try cease, that this great Industry of arid America may be fully developed. In conclusion the resolutions express thanks to the people of Boise for the manner In which the delegates were en tertained and compliments the retiring officers of the congress. Minority Report Is Rejected. A minority report was presented by Oregon's and Utals representatives on the committee voicing a rjamand that the Federal Government authorize the issu ance of 2 per cent bonds, running 20 years, to enable the reclamation service to finance and carry out "all practicable Irrigation projects in the United States." Opponents of the minority report main tained that It would be unwise to pre sent such a demand to Congress at this time. Congressman Reeder, of Kansas, voicing his opposition, said the Eastern Congressmen, would resent it. He said they had little faith in the success of the reclamation law now being put on trial. In this connection he quoted Speaker Joseph G. Cannon as having said ten minutes after the passage of the recla mation act: "Reerlcr. that's the biggest and slickest steal I have seen since I have been In Congress."' Roosevelt Given All Credit. Senator -Dubois, of Idaho, Indorsed what Congressman Reeder had said, and stated that but for the personal efforts of President Roosevelt the reclamation act could not have been passed. By a decided vote the congress voted to table the minority report. Frank C. Goudy. of Denver, moved to strike out the resolution urging Congress to extend to the Federal Courts Jurisdic tion over water rights on interstate streams.' It was the old fight of Colo rado and Kansas over the Arkansas River. The Kansans favored the com mittee resolution. Dr. Elwood Mead, of the reclamation service, moved as a sub stitute that the President appoint a com' mlttee of five to investigate the ques tions at issue and report to the next congress. This was agreed to. . Two Committees Appointed. The report of the resolutions committee as thus amended was adopted, and the chairman named as the committee El wood Mead and Morris Blen, of the rec lamation service; Frank Freeman, Cali fornia: Ira Inglehart, Washington, and J. M. Lewis, Oregon. As the committee on publicity for the ensuing year. Governor Mead In the chair named Professor Fortler, California, and Messrs. Hurd, Arizona; G. R. Reeves, Nevada; Goudy, Colorado; F. H. Ray, Montana. Adjourned sin die. Correspondents Coming to Portland. SHOSHONE Idaho, Sept. 6. (Special.) Nine Washington correspondents who have been attending the Irrigation Con gress at Boise, spent today inspecting Twin Falls and Minidoka irrigation pro jects. The party left here tonight for Portland, where they will be guests of the Commercial Club. The party in cludes: Ira E. Bennett, San Francisco Chronicle; Gibson Gardner. Newspaper Enterprise As sociation; Charles S. Smith, Associated PresB; H. W. Schulz. Spokana Review; R. W. Pullman, Washington Post; James Hay, Jr., Washington Times; M. H. Thorpe, For estry and Irrigation; H. B. Nesblt, Kansas City Star, and Harry J. Brown, Portland Oregonlan. The party will go from Portland to San Francisco, and return to Washing ton by various routes. To Visit Twin Falls Tract. BOISE, Idaho, Sept. 6. (Special.) Gov ernor Mead, of Washington, left with the excursion of delegates tonight to visit Twin Falls and other points on the Snake. Governor Chamberlain left for Portland, where he has an appointment Saturday morning. A considerable number of the Wash ington and Oregon delegates joined the excursion There were 11 cars filled to their utmost capacity when the train pulled out. Among those going to see the remarkable irrigated tract at Twin Falls was H. L. Pittock, of The Ore gonian. CLEANING UP THE SIDETRACKS Northern Pacific May Be Compelled to Extend Freight Embargo. TACOMA, Sept. 6. (Speoial.) While the movement of cars has been satisfactory, yet Northern Pacific officials do not think that the embargo, set originally against forest products and later widened to in clude all freight but perishable goods, will be lifted until Saturday night. There was some hope earlier in the week that the order could be rescinded today or tomor row, but that hope seems to have van ished. Not only that, but if conditions are not entirely satisfactory by Saturday night. the embargo will be continued for a. few days, at least. Sidetracks have been cleared of loaded cars and the road is now in better shape to handle business than it has been in months. SUCH FUN FOR THE BRIDE ILIUS TRATED PLACARD POSTED IN SEATTLE HOTEL. Friends Procure Extraordinary At tcntions lor R. T. Hardy and Wife on Honeymoon. SEATTLE, Wash., Sept. 6. (Special.) When Ralph T. Hardy and wife of Sac ramento, registered at the Butler Hotel they found a great placard posted over the clerk's desk. warning the general public of their disappearance and faceti ously calling upon the public to stop them and offer congratulations. All the hotel attaches and most of the guests knew of the couple's coming and knew they were on their honeymoon. Strangers greeted them effusively and the hotel employes were scrupulously polite and attentive. At first Mr. and Mrs. Hardy were in clined to be angered at the attention they received, then they accepted it grace fully and fled from the lobby of the hotel, rnotographs of the couple in dif ferent poses,- with excellent descriptions of each and humorous comment uDon their married state, were displayed in the. poster proclaiming their coming. No one' about the hotel was left in any doubt of their Identity when the coupie -arrived. , California friends pre pared the joke, GREEN SK1FFACLEW Suspicious Characters Landed From Craft at Ladu for Food. ARE THREATENING IN MIEN While Storekeeper's Wife Filled the Order, Stranger Paced the Floor In Nervous Fashion, as if Anxious to Get Away. RAINIER. Or.. Sept. 6 (Special.) The first tangible clew In the hunt for the two men who robbed the State Bank of Rainier Monday afternoon has come to light at Ladu, a landing on the Wash ington shore of the Columbia, six miles below Rainier. Two men answering the description of the robbers landed there at dusk Monday night. They stopped to buy a lunch, which they hurriedly ate on the dock. Although night was fall ing they did not as for accommodations at Ladu, but pushed on down the river in the darkness. The two men were rowing a small green skiff. This boat has been missing from Rainier since the afternoon of the robbery. While the tali and short man stopped at Ladu only one left the boat. This was the younger and taller man. He hurried to the store, which, wltn the dwelling of W. J. Mattchen. Com prises the settlement of Ladu, which lies at the foot of Coon Mountain. ' The store being unoccupied, the sup posed robber hurried to the Mattchen house, where he found Mrs. Mattchen, her husband being at the barn milking. The stranger got Mrs. Mattchen to come to the store, where he bought canned meats and crackers. '.While the food was being procured the stranger seemed hurried and nervous. He paced up and down the store and his manner was threatening. ' 1 It seemed as though he was trying to hurry me," said Mrs. Mattchen to an Oregonian - reporter today. "Although I cannot tell why, I seemed to have "a feeling that everything was not quite right, and so remarked to my husband. He went down to the dock to see if he could see the two men, but they had slipped away in the darkness. Of course at that time we. had not heard of the bank robbery." The - woman describes the man who came to the store as about 26 years old. of medium height, smooth - shaven, with a brown hat. He wore a flannel shirt. Without being asked where he was go ing or why he was traveling on the river at night, the stranger volunteered the information that he and his companion had come from up the river, ut as the wind was blowing so hard they made but little progress and had stopped on the way. Tom Bush, a fisherman, who lives a short distance from Ladu, also noticed the green boat and the two menl as he is about the river all the time, it struck him that there must be something wrong about the two in pulllng'against such a strong wind and in traveling on the lower river in a frail craft, where there is danger of its being swamped. Strangely enough, as the two men were) hurriedly lunching on the Ladu dock. Dr. ' Webb, a Deputy SherlfT, who had driven hastily over from Kelso to look for the robbers, was at the Bush place, a short half mile away. No one there had heard of the two men and the green boat and Dr. Webb went back to Kelso, none the wiser for his trip. The Finkerton detectives who are look ing for the robbers are searching be tween here and Portland today, but so far their clews have showed nothing ex cept they were on a false scent. They will probably go down the river tomor row and will try to find the green boat occupied by the robbers. With three days' start it is not likely the two are still on the river, but until their boat is found or someone is discovered who has seen them lately, it will be hard to pick up their trail. The district the bandits have apparent ly picked is one admirably suited for concealment. The Washington shore of the Columbia below Kalama is without telegraph or telephone connections for the most part. It is thinly settled, with out railroads, and is covered by a dense iorest. Should the men get well away they could live for months concealed In some homesteader's cabin. There is not even need for coming out to a settlement for rood, for In most cases these cabins are well supplied with provisions and cook ing utensils, which are used on the oc casional trips of homesteaders to their claims. ROGUE RIVER NEGLECTED VETERAN . CANNERYMAN RE FUSES TO PAY LICENSE. Suit Pressed by State Is Won by R. D. Hume, and He Tells Why He Would Not Pay Tribute. WEDDERBtJRN, Curry County, Or., Sept. 2. (To the Editor.) As a suit entitled State of Oregon vs. R. D. Hume has been decided adversely to the state at the term of the Circuit Court just terminated in this county, and as it is a matter in which all the people or the state are interested in some degree, while others are con cerned in a business way, I would re spectfully ask space in The Oregonian to place the matter before the public in as brief a manner as possible, con sistent with a due explanation of the causes which led to the suit, and the proper justification of myself in bringing about the action. The suit of the state against me was for the refusal to pay the yearly can nery license and was brought by Infor mation filed by the District Attorney, George M. Brown, Esq. The case was tried by the Hon. James W. Hamilton, Circuit Judge, who held that the part of the law which compelled the can neries or cold-storage operators to pay license was unconstitutional and void. Having for many years heretofore taken a great interest in the preser vation and propagation of salmon within the state, as well as the whole Pacific Coast, it may come as a sur prise to many of my friends and to those of the public that have read my writings on "the subject of protection for the salmon of the Coast, that I should be the first to resist the pay ment of a tax for the support of hatcheries. In explanation of this ques tion, I will say that until the present year I have generally been the first to pay the license tax. and would iave cheerfully continued to do so, had I not became discouraged by the neglect to give proper attention and protection to Rogue River, which is a salmon stream second in importance onlv to the Columbia and the only one outside of that stream that has a Sprint run. There has been a studied neglect in providing fishways to enable the sal mon to reach the srjawninsr arrounds to su.cn an extent that instead, of .taking. as in 19D4, at -the upper hatchery on thi' river 9.J0O.0OO salmon eggs, in 1905 only 175,000 were obtained, while the present season I am Informed by the United States Fish Commissioner there are not fish enough in sight to warrant its operation. Very little, if any, attempt has been made to enforce the laws for the protection of salmon on this stream, and not one dollar of the many thousands I have paid to the state has been used to stock the river by those who have the business in charge. Receiving no benefit from my con tributions to the hatchery fund while the river upon which my business Is situated does not receive due protec tion from the laws, beside being threatened with total destruction as a salmon stream, on that account, I de termined no longer to pay the tribute demanded by an invalid act. K. U. irtuaitii. SCHOONER . CARMEIi LAUNCHED New Vessel Slides From Ways of Llndstrom Bros, at Aberdeen. ABERDEEN. Wash.. Sept. 6. (Spe cial.) At the Llndstrom shipyards this afternoon the schooner Carmel, built for Beadle Bros., of San Fran cisco, was launched. The Carmel is of 600 tons burdert and will carry 750,- 000 feet of lumber. She is of the same type as all the vessels built on Gray's Harbor and will have cost, when com pleted, J80.000. The trouble with the carpenters at the Llndstrom yards was settled today by the men, the Llndstrom Company not having been involved in the dif ficulty. DRIVEN OFF BY SHOTGUN VASHOX ISLANDER IS NOT PER MITTED TO liAND. House Has Been Burned, and Thos. Leach Lays the Blame on the Bridges. TACOMA, Wash., Sept. 6 (Special.) The home of Thomas Leach, at Clam Cove, on the south end of Vashon Island, DEATH OF OREGON PIOXEER. T J- .V- John Kay Sampson. FAIRDALE, Or., Sept. 5. (Special.) John Kay Sampson, a pioneer of the early 'SOs, died at his home near Fair dale, Yamhill County, on August 29, aged 75 years. Mr. Sampson came West with three brothers In 1852 and after a season In the gold mines of California, settled in Tamhlll County and encaged In the lumber business. Three years ago he retired from active business and has since lived a quiet life . on his farm near Falrdale. was destroyed by fire Sunday night, and Leach charges that the fire was set by the Bridges gang. Leach, who is a well-known character, was absent from his home Sunday and Monday. Yesterday he was . notified through a. letter from one of his neigh bors that his house had been burned to the ground. He hired a launch and pro ceeded to the scene. Before he 'could make a landing, the Bridges, ' armed with shotguns, he declares, appeared on the beach and forbade him to set foot on shore under penalty of Instant death. He was not prepared to resist, and so he turned the launch about and came back to Tacoma. The feud between Leach and the Bridges is of more than a year's stand ing, and arises from the escape, last July, . of the convicts from McNeil's Island. GAULT IS CHOSEN PRESIDENT Noted Northwest Educator Goes to the University of South Dakota. TACOMA, Sept, 6. (Special.) Franklin P. Gault, for the past 18 years one of the most prominent educators in the North west, has been tendered the presidency of the State university of South Dakota, at Vermilion, and today wired his accept ance. Professor Gault came to Tacoma from Iowa in 18SS and for four years served Superintendent of the Public Schools. He was then elected president of the Uni versity of Idaho, at Moscow, and re mained there six years, returning to Ta coma to assume the responsibility of es tablishing the new Whitworth College as an educational power In the Northwest. Laborer Passes a Forged Check. PENDLETON, Or., Sept. 6. (Special.) J. T. Neil, a young farm laborer from near Elgin, was arrested early this morn ing for having passed a forged check for $184 on Louis Moses, a local clothing mer chant. The young man came into the store in the evening and asked to buy clothes. He selected J.O worth of goods, and received in exchange for -the check $44 in cash and a due bill for $70.40. He was arrested as he was boarding the late tram for Portland. The due bill was found torn in two In the tenderloin, while he had $13 in cash on him when arrested.. The prisoner says his parents live In Elgin. . Cushman to Speak at Aberdeen. ABERDEEN. Wash., Sept, 6. (Special.) Congressman Cushman has accepted an invitation to speak before the Young Men's Republican Club. The club was organized last week for more effective work by young men during the county and state campaign. LOW RATES EAST. September 8 and 10 the Chicago & Northwestern Railway will sell low-rate round-trip tickets to all points Bast, with return limit of November 16. One fare plus J10 for the round trip to Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, etc. Favorable stop- oei bi auj jjuiiii. in enner airection. Further information bv calllnsr on R v. Holder, general agent. 153 Third street. - ' illlilfeMIII 1 WANTTO SEE BOOKS Washington Railroad Commis sion Will Appeal to Courts. DENIED BY THE 0. R. & N, Information Is Desire.! Concerning the Cost of Construction of . the Road in the North ern State. OLYMPIA, Wash., Sept. 6. Special.) After innumerable conferences be tween the Railroad Commission of Washington and officials of the vari ous railroads doing business in this state, during tne past 14 montns, at which the utmost harmony and good feeling prevailed, the commission to day took steps to bring the O. R. & N. Co. officials into court, to compel them to furnish certain information which was refused when asked as a matter of courtesy, but which the members of the commission think they have a right under the law, to demand. The information desired is in regard to the cost of construction of the road, and members of the commission say the attitude of the O. R. & N. is in striking contrast to that of the two northern roads, both of which threw their offices In St. Paul wide open to the commission to secure the informa tion desired. The engineer of the commission, ti. P. Gillette, of New York, has been working in the Great Northern and Northern Pacific offices in St. Paul for some weeks and left a corps of assist ants there when he came West last week. He went to Portland on Mon day, armed with a letter of authority from the commission as provided by the commission law, and proceeded to the offices of the O. R. & N. for the purppse of securing Information simi lar to that being secured from the other roads in St. Paul. He returned here last night and reported to the commission that the O. R. & N. offi cials had refused point blank to allow him to see their books or profiles. a. a result of Mr. Gillette s report, the commission today adopted the fol lowing drastic order: The O. R. & N. Co. havlnar declined to fur nish II p. Gillette, a duly v accredited and authorized representative of the Railroad Commission of Washington, an Inspection or the books and papers of said company's rail lines, for the purpose of ascertaining the amount of money expended In the State of Washington, or to furnish any Information concerning the same, it is now ty tne com mission ordered: That the facts connected therewith be re ported to the Attorney-General of tne State of Washington, and that said Attorney-uen- eral be requested to Institute proper pro ceedings in the Superior Court of Thurston County, or such other court as he may deem proper, to enforce compliance with the mandatory provisions of the Railroad Commission act, making it compulsory upon said road to furnish all information required by the Commission, and to that end to com pel said road to produce in said court for the inspection of the Railroad commission. and their accredited agents and represen tatives, the profiles of all the lines of their road In' the State of Washington, together with all the evidence in their possession showing quantities and classification of ex cavations, embankments, culverts, bridges, station-houses, and all physical properties of their roads together with all equipment of said roads: and to procure an order from said court compelling the attendance before the Commission, at a time and place to be fixed by the court, of its officers and agents, to be examined under oath by the Commis sion touching the moneys expended by said roads In their construction and equipment, and compelling said officers and agents to remain in attendance before atd Commis sion from day to day until Buch information is furnished. The commission law provides that the commission, or any person author ized by them, shall have the right at any time to Inspect the books and pa pers of any railroad or express com pany, and. to examine the officers and agents of the company under oath in relation to the business affairs of the company. Failure or refusal on the part of any officer or agent, or tne com pany to permit such inspection, sub jects the offender to a fine of from $125 to $500 a day for each day that such refusal is persisted in. Members of the commission say they are paying Gillette a salary of $750 a month as engineer, that xney empioyea him to secure this information and that the refusal of the O. R. & N. to tiermit him to examine their books will be presented to the courts in the strongest light. W. W. Cotton, general counsel - for the Harriman lines, wnen asueu in il lation to the matter referred to in the v, J i . tin t el, Inst niflrht. stated that tho company did not care to discuss the matter at tne present, time ana said the officials of the company had d;Miiiinii with the Washington uliJVU'-""" ' " state authorities, which In the end might be satisfactorily aajusiea. STOCK JOBBERY, SAYS BECKMAN Lumber Manufacturers' Secretary Says Hill Roads Are Not Sincere. SEATTLE. Wash., Sept. 6. (Special.) Victor H. BecKman, secretary oi me jtu. rAa,f ljimhpi Manufacturers' As- umi ' " " - soclatlon, angered at the order of the Northern Pacltic. which cuts off tho sup ply of cars for East-bound shipments of nonperishable products until September 8, declared toaay tne miiuro m . ,.rv with the demand for rUMiB IU - - shipping facilities Is due to stock job bing operations. "For nine years we have been trying annnirh cars." declared Mr. Beckman. "We have always gotten the same excuses, we nave a report mat there are 38 locomotives In the South Ta coma shops that could be gotten out with little effort. vve also Know eomo of the Middle Western roads which want ed lumber offered to lend cars and loco motives to the Northern Pacific, but the offer was refused. We have failed to get an excuse for the Northern Pacific's attitude, and I for one am convinced that the road's earnings are being kept down for stock-jobbing reasons." The railroad Itself has alleged it is re fusing cars to all nonperishables, billed to the East, because of a freisht con gestion, due to manufacturers' failure to supply 100 of the 182 locomotives ordered for this Summer's delivery. . MRS. BIGGERS WANTS DIVORCE Doctor Husband Said to Be Wealthy, and Wife Demands a Share. LA GRANDE, Or., Sept. . (Special.) Mrs. Laura Biggers has filed a suit for divorce from her husband. Dr. G. W. Big gers. The plaintiff alleges desertion and general misconduct; that the defendant Is worth $100,000, and she asks $10,000, be sides $7000 for present support and for costs of the suit. About 60 persons in debted to Dr. Biggers. against whom he holds notes and mortgages, have been served With notice of a restraining order issued, by Judge TTakla -to. pay no money. to defendant during the progress of the suit. The amount thus tied up will ag gregate $30,000. Orson C. Wixom, of Elgin, asks for a divorce from his wife, Nora J. Wlxom, alleging she makes life for him a bur den. Mrs. Susie I. White asks that a divorce be granted her from her husband. Jay White, on the grounds of desertion and non-support. Mary McFall prays for a decree of di vorce from her husband. C. C. McFall, alleging cruel and inhuman treatment. Crushed to Death Between Logs. RAINIER. Or., Sept. 6. (Special.) Joe Freeman, a logger at M. T. O'Connell's logging camp, a short distance below this place, was crushed to death this morn ing by being caught by two logs at the head of the chute. A load of logs had just been loosened from a logging train preparatory to sliding them down the chute to the Columbia. Freeman stood between the car and the chute and could not get out of the way before the logs struck him. He was unmarried and has relatives at Clatskanie. Pig-iron Plant to Be Reopened. PORT TOWNSEND. Wash., Sept. 6. (Special.) The pig-iron producing plant of the defunct Pacific Steel Company, lo cated at Irondale, a suburb of this city, was today bought at receivers' sale for $40,000 by J. A. Moore, a millionaire real estate man of Seattle. Moore states the plant will be operated to Its capacity. 60 tons daily, as soon as repairs and renovations amounting to $,000 are made. HORSE RAGING IS FEATURE DISTRICT FAIR AT ROSEBURG OPENS WITH FINE PROSPECTS. Exhibits of Agricultural Products and Stock Are the Best Ever Shown. ROSEBURG, Or., Sept. . (.Special.) The district fair for the Second Oregon District Is now in session, having opened in good order yesterday. The display of agricultural products is the best ever be fore placed on exhibition in this place. The stock show is the finest in the his tory of Douglas County fairs, while the horses for the various races are unsur Dassed bv anv district fair in the state. There are racers entered by Hume, of Curry County, Percival, of Independence: Sweetland, of Grant's Pass; uixon, oi Roseburg, and by Duncan, of Sacramento, and others. The second race of the day is a single dash of a half mile for a purse of $100, In which there are entered King Kohr, by Walter Dixon, of Roseburg; Requa, by R. D. Hume, and Chita, Dy w. w. Percival. of Independence. These are some of the best horses entered for the various races and this promises to be one of the best running races of the fair. Following these will come two sin gle dash races for ponies for and $2i respectively. The last race for the day win be a single dash of five-eighths of a mile, in which are entered Hop Green, by Per cival Snark, by Sweetland, anu Skipper, by Hume. As these are all good blooded horses and good runners and as the race Is one for a record much interest is man ifested in this race. FIRST HERD AT FAIR GROUNDS Atkinson Bros. Bring Prize-Winning Stock From Newberg. SALEM, Or., Sept. 6. (Special.) Atkinson Bros., of Newberg, brought the first herd of cattle to the state fair grounds today and have the ani mals comfortably housed in the com modious sheds in the livestock depart ment. The herd consists of Jerseys, among them animals that took prizes at the Lewis & Clark Fair last Sum mer and at state fairs in previous years. Other herds are ready for ship ment and, barring delays due to scarc ity of cars, the livestock will all be in the stalls before Sunday night. The Hazelwood herds of Holstelns are al ready on the way from Spokane and are expected to arrive early tomorrow morning. It is understood that some of the breeders of beef cattle will not ex hibit this year, for the reason that they have been keeping their stock up and feeding heavily to fatten for show purposes for several seasons and desired to give their cattle a year off in the pastures. Whatever may be lacking in exhibits of beef cattle will be made up by the dairy herds, and the livestock department -will be as full as usual. The State Fair management has pur chased a large number of comfortable seats and distributed them over the grounds. There will be seats enough out doors to accommodate 2500 people. A large open pavilion has been con structed and provided with seats for about 1000 people, and here the crowd can be entertained if a shower pre vents them from walking about the grounds. The Reform School Band has been engaged to play on the grounds dur ing the forenoon and afternoon. The Salem Bend will play at the race track in the afternoon and in the auditorium in the evening. Photographers Gather at Spokane. SPOKANE, Wash., Sept. 6. (Special.) The sixth annual convention of the Pho tographers' Association of the Paclfio Northwest was called to order this aft ernoon by .the president, John Savannah, of Victoria. About 75 representative pho tographers from Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and British Columbia are in attendance and display enthusiasm in the work of the convention. Notable among them are the Tacoma delegation McKibbin is HAT. You don't pay extra ror name or 'reputation". You pay for HAT only. Pay "the other fellow" another two for the name if you WISH. If you want to SAVE it buy C&W r-M Round toes, pointed toes, broad toes, narrow toes whatever the shape of the shoe, it has to fit the Foot. You want stylish foot-gear with comfort. 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Dispatches from the Vancouver Island coast report that freshets caused by abnormally heavy rains have caused considerable loss to loggers, and at least one life is known to have been lost. Charles Veblum. an Indian, who was with Constance Chan ton, storekeeper at Hesquot, in a canoe which overturned at Jordan River, was drowned and the storekeeper had a thrilling experience. Model Road in Umatilla. PENDLETON, Or.. Sept. 6. (Speclal.) The County Court today decided to assist the Government In the construction of half a mile of sample road on a part of the Pendleton-Walla Walla wagon road, east of the city. The point selected is part of the most heavily used thorough fare, and will give a good test of the sam ple to be built by the Government. The work will be commenced soon. League Meets at Forest Grove. FOREST GROVF3, Or., Sept. 6. The Willamette Valley Development League will hold one of the most important meetings in its history at Forest Grove tomorrow. 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