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r 10 THE 3IOKMXG OKEGOMAX FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 190T. DESTINY OFA. IS NOT Hill People Refuse to Admit Purchase; Harriman May Be Bidding. LYTLE ROAD HARRIMAN? JIlllsboro-TIIIainook-Astorla Line Is Delleved by Many to Have Keen Miisniale's Move When A. & C. Was Held Too High. With Harriinnn in possession of tlie Corvallis & Kastorn Railroad, and from what can be learned. Hill cither in actual possession of the Astoria & Columbia .River Railroad, or else about to close the deal, the oft-predicted future of the Hammond lines in this state will come about. For years it has been held that these lines must go to the transconti nental systems to effect the lest results in operation and development. The actual transfer has been often rumored, but not until now have these actually passed out of the control of the Hammond-Hubhatd-Himtington interests. Tho salo of the Astoria & Columbia River Railroad is stilt unconfirmed. Vice President Ievey, of the Northern Pa ctlic, reported the buying official was in tlie city last night, but would not confirm tile purchase of tho property. Negotia tions have been on for some time and ill sale may not yet be-actually effected. Tliis is tlie Ivdicf iu some quarters and would explain tlie hesitancy of all con cerned In talking, lest premature state ments delay accomplishment of the deal. If this is the true situation. It is prob able that Hill and Harriman are bidding against each other for the property, since it would apparently be a desirable addition to either system. Officials of the A. & C. liave not received notice of transfer to either the Hill or Harriman interests, and they doubt that it has been disposed of jet. Possible lilea in Hill Silence. Should the Hill people be in actual pos session, and Northern Pacific officials are us chary of making a denial of the sale as they fire of lending it continuation the deal may be purposely kept as quiet as possible with a view to making de sired extensions into Harriman territory under tlie pulse of a Hammond line so as to encounter a minimum of antago nism. Mr. llarriinan was considering the pur chase of the A. & C. a year ago. but after expert examinations were mado of the road, the price tho Hammond people held out for seemed excessive to Mr. Harriman and lie would not purchase. Then it was, many believe, that he put on foot the project of a branch line from the South ern Paciiie at Hillsboro to Astoria and Tillamook under the guise of nn inde pendent Lytle road. This route to Astoria is said to have advantages over the A. &. C. line because it is shorter and it is said that Mr. Harriman determined to build a road ,of his own rather than pur chase another at what he considered an exorbitant price. Moaning of C. & E. Purchase. The purchase of tlie C. &. E. doubtless means that the surveys made across Cen tral Oregon by C. & E. engineers from the present terminus at Detroit to On tario will be followed by the Harriman .'entral Oregon line rather than the route lor the Oregon Eastern, just surveyed trom iatron to Ontario by the Harri man engineers. The C. & E. survey is .omplete and is said to be preferable to the Oregon Eastern route. The former line, laid out long ago, is still marked with stakes and very little relocation would be necessary before construction in me long promised Harriman line across Central Oregon could be begun. i nere is considerable unrest in the offices of the Hammond roads, as it is Kit yet known whether the two railroads ire to become a part of the systems nur. basing them or whether they will be uanaged separately under distinct divis ions. MAY STKfcX PAShKNGEK CAll I'irst Car of Lute Pattern Hrotight Here for Exhibition. i in Liana ranroaa men viewed tlie new Southern Pacific steel passenger coach o. tM), wnicit stood in the terminal ards yesterday, with great Interest. It vas brought here by the Southern Pa ine for exhibition purposes and is now n Its way back to the Sacramento shops, where It was built. The car was attached to tho Cottage .roe local, leaving here at 4:15 yester iay afternoon. While here it created much avoraoie notice. rue new passenger oacn promises to come into general use supersede the present wooden day (ir. it has a seating capacity for 70 assengers and Is far stronger than the vooilen coach. In case of collision it is aid to be practically Impossible to tele rope the new coach. The car is lighted by electricity, gener- ted by the axle system. The coach is Ighly attractive throughout, havintr e remely wide "windows, the glass in the ower section being 25 by 47 Inches. The ar Is bO feet long over end sills and feet S lncnes wide over side Bills. The ieight Inside from floor to ceiling at the enter Is 9 feet 2'4 Inches, the car having n elliptical section of roof and no upper eeK. The center sills are made of 12-inch T earns with 5-inch flanges. These extend ie full length of the car to the outer nil of the platforms. The car has a splendid ventilation sys Tfi, the Cottier fixtures being used. The oor In made up of 8-16-Inch steel sheet ig. covering the whole area: on this is layer of 1-16-inch asbestos; upon this laid a flooring of lH-tnch Oregon nine ngued and grooved: then another steel late 1-16 inch thick; the final Hnish Is layer of linoleum. The exterior of the car is handsome is finished with 3-lS-lnch steel sheets id no attempt has been made to conceal ie riveting. It has not been attempted produce an entirely fireproof car. the iterior being finished with mahogany inets. The body of the car weighs 7a."jO0 pounds id the two trucks 31.500 pounds the tal weight being 107.0UO pounds. ' This la.Cn) pounds heavier than the standard -foot wooden coach of the Southern Pa flc. The car Is mounted on four-wheel neks. The new coach Is said to represent the test development of the carbullder's -t and It is expected the number of eel passenger coaches will be constantly creased on all the big railway systems ' the country. It will prove safer in recks, less likely to be telescoped or ke fire, while it Is far stronger and oro durable. lews I'rges Higher IVeight Uales. Henry, Olows' aoanciat letter eaa kIJJvJl DISCLOSED rTsrcvffSS L?CS ) MAP SHOWING THE rJ RELATIONS OF J l S Vnt V Tf-JSV THE HAMMOND LINES J,S-pi' oV TO THE HARRIMAN II c latt- sop y ft 4vv SYSTEM ijh K vTv I Ncstucco 3afA sJiYAMHILL-jf A - ,,W: I 1 I Tlie Corvallis & Eastern runs from Taquina Bay to Corvallis, Albany and east to Detroit. The Astoria & Columbia IUver Railroad runs from l'ortland to Soasicto and Is projected suuth to Tillamook Bay. The Corvallis &. Kastern has been acquired by Harriman. Tho Astoria & Columbia Iliver Railroad is reported sold to Hill, but thia report haa not been officially confirmed. reference to increased cost of running railway systems: "There is one point that must be watched with care; that is the rising ex penses in all corporate management both in our large industrials and in our rail road systems, where cases of diminished net profits are constantly appearing. Gross earnings are likely to continue to grow, but smaller net earnings such as are now appearing are anything but a bull argu ment. The agitation among railroad man agers for higher freight rates is signifi cant, as in no other way can they pro tect themselves from diminished profits and a lessened capacity, pay dividends, and meet other obligations. If the net earnings do fall off, it will be adverse to the bull side of the stock market, and the only offset that the railroads can make will be to advance rates, which may prove difficult. However, an effort will be made in that direction. Ilibs Broken in Houlton AY reek. Another victim of the derailment of an Astoria & Columbia River Railroad train Sunday near Houlton has been found. Mrs. Fred G. Wonder, of 447 Alder street, sustained injuries by being thrown against a seat in tlie smashup. She did not think she had received any serious injuries and instead of going, to the hospital for treat ment, she went home and paid very little attention to her hurts. It lias since been Work Is Started on the East Stark-Street Fill ,yyj " F A af P v - - ' t VIEW ON EAST STAKK STREET, LOOKING WEST FROM GRAND AVENUE. 1! t.m.. ...... ....... , , t 4 THK I'RBLLMINARY work for the filling of East Stark street between East Water and East Seventh, has been started by the Pacific Bridge Com pany, which is building a temporary trestle between Union and Grand avenues and on the west side of Union avenue. A piledriver is driving piles for tills trestle, which will carry the track for the dump cars. West of Union avenue for- a distance of about 70 feet tho road found that she had two ribs fractured and it may be that there are other inter nal injuries. She is now under the care of a physician. Portland & Seattle Directors Meet. The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Portland & Seattle Railway was held at Vancouver yesterday and the di rectors of the company were re-elected. They are as follows: C. M. Levy. L. C. Gillman, John S. Baker, N. P. Martin and J. Couch Flanders. Reports on the construction accomplished were received and matters of minor consideration taken up. Y. II. Jaynes Promoted. W. H. Jaynes, formerly clerk in the local freight offices of the Northern Pa cific, has been appointed tracing clerk in the general freight offices in the Wor cester building to succeed W. H. Ormsby, who has been promoted to traveling freight agent. Timber Famine Xot Vnlikely. CHICAGO. Feb. 21. Unless the strictest economy is practiced, a timber famine will result in the United States within the next few years, in the opin ion of 1l. s. Kellogg, United States for est inspector, who spoke last night be way was wrecked by the collapse of the East Side Motel building and the pressure from Union- avenue fill, and a short trestle has been built there. Between Union and Grand avenues the old road way was destroyed by fire. The main portion covered by this contract la oc cupied by elevated roadways except the block named, and will carry the tracks of the dump trains. It Is expected, that a. spur will be laid fore the Western Society of Engineers. "The output of timber has remained stationary for many years, while the demand has increased steadily," said Mr. Kellogg. "White pine lumber has advanced 10S per cent In price in the last 20 years. Economy must be prac ticed in the next few years to avert a timber famine." Mr. Kellogg said there were 103.0.10 acres of forest reserves under the jur isdiction of the United States. He said the annual output of forest products in the country amounts to $1,000,000, 000. . Logging- Company Incorporates. The Standard Logging Company, which announces Its intention of car rying on a general logging business, filed articles of incorporation with the County Clerk's office yesterday. The Incorporators are C. A. Barnum, Mill lard Mayhall and I C. Garrigus. The capitalization named in the articles is $ 15,000. Lumberman Endows Hospital. CHICAGO, Feb. 21.-A dispatch to the Tribune . from Winona. Minn., says: Matthew G. Morton, a millionaire lum berman, yesterday announced a gift to the Winona General Hospital Associa tion of $50,000 in New York City bonds. on to East Stark street from Grand ave nue, west and east for the dirt cars. The fill on East Stark street is the most ex tensive yet undertaken, being seven blocks long, with wide intersections, and the total cast will be above J100.000. Fairly solid ground will be encountered for most of the distance, it is exiiected. East Stark is the street over which there was a great fight, and the improvement came near being defeated. RUDE LI BREAKS IN ON HONEYMOON Principals in Ocean Marriage Merely Friends, They Are Wormed. LICENSE IS HANDED BACK Carl liex'kman Admits Bride Is Ills "iccc and Authorities Promptly Ilcturn His Marriage Certifi cate Will Try Xcw York. A harsh interruption of a happy honeymoon, following the romantic sea wedding of last week, occurred yesterday afternoon when Carl J. Beckman was given back the marriage license he filed on Tuesday with the County Clerk. The groom was told that he was not a groom, that his bride is Miss Nettie Anderson and not Mrs. Beckman. There was no wedding and. the young couple may consider themselves nothing more than friends, so the County Clerk told them. Beck man appealed to the District Attor ney's office with the same result. The rathtr startling fact that Miss Anderson is Beckman's niece, his brother's daughter, developed yester day when the man was closely ques tioned. On Tuesday he said she was remotely related to him and qualified the remark by asserting she was a cousin. In talking the matter over with Deputy District Attorney Brand anot Deputy County Clerk Prasp, yes terday, Beckman admitted the closer relationship. It was tills phase of the case that caused the return of the license. While frowning on sea marriages, with the captain of the boat officiating, the authorities are nevertheless required by law to recognize such a transac tion, provided the ceremony occurs three miles off land and, again pro vided that the sea is not resorted to for the specific purpose of evading the law. In this particular case it was the law that drove the couple to the ocean steamer. They tried to cet married several weeks ago, but tiie Oregon statutes prohibited such a union. The District Attorney's office says that tinder the law the marriage is not valid. Had Beckman and Miss Anderson met casually aboard a ves sel and then called upon the master to tie the knot, all would have been well. But the scheme fails to apply to a case deliberately planned to de feat the law. Beckman and Miss Anderson do not intend to abide by these developments in their nffair, however. The hapless groom-elect has been advised that Xew York permits marriages of this kind, and he said yesterday he would take Miss Anderson there and have the marriage solemnized as soon as possible. SAYS WIFE IS XOT SEDATE C. B. Andrews Wants Divorce to I'rescrvc Peace of Mind. Charles B. Andrews is sedate, repu table, of good character, a man of probity, a loving and provident hus band, and possessed of a sensitive temperament. At least these are the things he claims for himself in his divorce suit against Mrs. Ella G. An drews, which was placed on trial in Judge Frazer's division of the state Circuit Court yesterday. Andrews says his wife is a trouble maker, ma licious, and that her one aim in life is to bring misery to her husband. Andrews left her In Indiana a year ago and came to Portland. She had just contested her grandfather's will and hi'd done other things of tills or der which greatly humiliated him, he said. These things, together with her habit of dallying with the truth and her other shortcomings affected his health, and he came here for peace, quiet and recuperation. A year elapsed and the wife ap peared. She tried to interview him by climbing over a transom of a room in which he had secured himself. The hu3band asserted she was after his property. Mrs. Andrews is contesting the di vorce, and she has' quite another story. She denies the charges against her and declared on the witness stand yesterday that the trouble grew out of the ' husband's excessive fondness for other women. The case will be con cluded Saturday. IXJIKIES WERE IMAGINARY. Mrs. Zcllar Says She Was Deceived by" Her Physician. The power of mind over matter is set forth as the basis of a counter claim in a damage suit which was placed on trial In the state Circuit Court yesterday. The suit brings out the somewhat unusual aspect of a woman who collected $1100 damages two years ago, now claiming that her injuries were of no consequence at the time; all in an effort to get. dam ages In a suit wherein "her physician. Dr. Flora Brown, Is seeking to recover fees for medical attention. In 1305 Mrs. JJellar got damages from the Portland Railway Company for an accident which she declared had severely injured her. The star wit ness In that case was Dr. Brown. It develops that the doctor had a claim of t'tOO for professional services, and despairing of ever receiving the sum or any part of it she took the matt'er Into court. Then came the cross com plaint. Mrs. Zellar now sets out that her injuries of 1905 were mostly of lier imagination. superinduced by Dr. Brown, that she was made to believe her condition was serious when it was not, and thus $lo00 worth of her val uable time was occupied in pursuing lost health which she had not lost. Prepare Briefs in Land-Fraud Cases. United States Attorney Bristol and Assistant Cole were busy all day yes terday preparing briefs to be submitted to the United States Supreme Court. in certain of the land-fraud cases now on appeal. Attorney Bristol denied himself to callers yesterday in order to get this important work done and forwarded. More Pay for Clerk's Force. An order was issued by the County Court yesterday authorizing a compli ance -with the new legislative enact ment which gives more pay to the force in the County Clerk's office. The court apportions live deputies to re ceive JtOO a month, six at $9n. two itchier clerks at JloO and 13 at $75. MRS. A. M. HAGERMANN Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound made from simple native roots and herbs. For more than thirty years it has been helping- women to be strong, regulating the functions per fectly and overcoming pain. It has also proved itself invaluable in ire panng for child birth and the Change of Life. P a. m. jaagermann, of . lumimu.- i sunerea from a juu:i.iuua bo mail bad to lie r j , . . " " ' t uvau ui ujic Lime. I Lydia , E. Pinkham s Vegetable Compound has made me a well woman so that 1 am able to attend to mu dnt.loc I nich - - . . . - - ..... . ounci mi! woman : i 1 wou.,1 tr7 Lyd,a E- Knkhama Vegetable Compound and see what relief 1 ee it will give them." Mrs. Pinkham's Standing Invitation to Women 1 1 ,, Women suffering from any form of female illness are invited to write 1 I i V Flnkham- at Lynn, Mass. for advice She is the Mrs. Pinkham who 1 m has been advising sick women free of charge for more than twenty I e years, and before that she assisted her mother-in-law Lydia E. Pink- 1 ham in advising Therefore she is especially well qualified to guide 1 ssick women back to health. g niiuiiiniuiiffliiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiniBni Through arrangements with Eilers Piano House The Oregonian is enabled to offer all old or new subscribers to this newspaper a S25.00 VIOLIN Bow, strings, rosin and case included, or a S25.00 PHONOGRAPH And six records, with a year's subscription to The Daily and Sunday Oregonian, all for $25.65, on very liberal installments. KOHM OF I liereby subscribe for The Daily and Sunday OroKunian fnr twelve months, for which I will pay on demand 7.5 cents a month, and I am to jeceivo a t-T. Violin with case complete, or ,i Phonograph and six standard ten-inch re.-ords tmv 'selection"! all for J16.6.".. I asree to pay Sl.." on delivery of the machln-l and six records and 'in cents a week on the machine until all pay ments have been paid In full. Ill case of failure to comply with tlie terms of this contract I agree to return said machine upon demand without leal process. Signed : EILERS PIANO HOUSE PARK AM) WASHIMi'l ON PRIVATE JJX. S3 ( UXDOES ALL lOIJMKH RIK1) LAWS, SAYS W. L. F1XLKV. Instead of Legislating Against Cer tain Species, tlie Perkins Meas ure Includes All. William L. Kiniey, president of the Oregon Audubon Society, returned last nigrht from Salem, where he has been working in the interest of bird pro tection and making an effort to pre vent the passage of House Bill :;S7. "This bill passed tho Senate today by 19 to 11," said Mr. Finlcy. "As far as I can judge the main protest against birds comes from Medford and Ashland, where the Fruitgrowers' As sociation adopted the resolution that a farmer, gardener or orchardist should be allowed to shoot any or all birds found on his premises, if he thinks they are dolnpr him an injury. "House bill 3ti7, embracing this res olution, was introduced by J. W. Per kins, who has been an extensive or chardist for tiie past two years near Medford. When 1 talked to Mr. Per kins and told him I thought his meas ure was too sweeping, he told me he considered birds more harmful than beneficial. He did not want any song birds dn his place, he could get along better without them, as I hey pecked and destroyed so much of his fruit, he said. He told me emplintically he had been shooting the birds ' that came into his orchard. He stated lie had been breaking the present song bird law and would continue to do so If House Bill 37 diil not become a law. In other words, Mr. Perkins, as a legislator, claims the right to make laws and at the same time breaks them. "I find the views of several orciiar dists from tlie Rogue River Valley are that the present song bird law. which has been among- the statutes for the past few years, cannot be enforced because it does not allow a man to protc t himself against birds. Now. this law, known as the Model Kird law. Is in force in most of the states. It Is based on the principle that all wild birds are tne property of the state, and that killing- these birds is a privilege, not a right. The state lias the right to Impose restrictions and in the present case the state has imposed certain restrict!ons, which Mr. Perkins insits on the right to override. "T wish to explain clearly the stand the Cure Your Dandruff Why? Because it is annoying, untidy. And mostly, because it ' almost invariably leads to bald ness. Cure it. and snve vnnr hair. Get more, too, at the same time. All easily done with Avers Hair Viqor Cures dandruff. Stops fall ing hair. Makes hair grow. The New Kind Does not change the color of the hair J. C AYER CO., Manufacturing Chemists, Towell, Mass. irciininiMiniSHiiu ALL WOMEN SUFFER from the same physical disturbances, and the nature of their duties, in many eases, quickly drift them into the horrors of all kinds of female complaints, organic troubles, ulcera tion, falling' and displacements, or perhaps irregularity or suppression causing- backache, nervousness, ir ritability, and sleeplessness. Women everywhere should re member that the medicine that holds the record for the largest number of actual cures of female ills is Bay Shore. L. I., writes : Dear Mrs. displacement, excessive and painful down or sit. k11 mr.. t the time. CTRACT THE OREGONIAN J l l 7IITO itooti ;nn Audubon Society has taken on this inirs tion. We want it distinctly undcrs-lood ,. do not defend birds merely from the sen timental standpoint. We are ileremlinu songbirds as a class because tlie Ilepart ment of Agriculture at Washington has proved beyond doubt that they are of real economic value to man. We find in i e Bm it really the case that the l.owl' woodpee'eer destroys apples both r.t Hood River and in Southern tiregon. We also understand from orchardists the red headed lionet destroys many b:;ds on fruit tree;. and the varied thrush or Alaska robin eats many grapes. ".instead of legislating against these specific birds, or any other bird.s which in the economy of Nature can he proved more harmful inm helpful, the Perkins bill legislates a:r;.inst all owls, which are the most useful birds wo have, ami against all woodpeckers. It annuLs all preceding songbird legislation by allowing people to shoot all songbirds that are thought to bo Injurious in any way to crops. If you protest against tlie man who shoots meadow larks for potpic. In: can tell you he is doing it for his own protection. "One of the strong points Mr. Perkins makes for lus bill is that in Rogue River Valley the songbirds are not needed to destroy insects because tlie people s -r.iy to destroy all harmful buss. Hut ho seems to forget that bo does not spray for the lo?uets in his neighbor's held, tlie potato bugs in his potato patch, tho cab bage butterflies, cutworms and plant lice that infest the gardens, and if it were not for the birds tho ornamental trees or our highways and groves would soon lie de plorable, leaflets sislits." 'oles of I'cderul Court. In the United States circuit Court yes terday. Judge Wolverton heard tlie peti tion of the Oregon Round Lumber Com pany, a corporation, to limit its liabilities. An appraisement was llled llxing the value of a barge at PSjO. In tlie action of Mrs. Laura B. Gregory vs. the Southern Pacific Company, a suit for damages. Judge Wolverton heard a demurrer to complaint, which was argued by counsel and submitted. Judge Bennett of The Dalles appeared as counsel for Mrs. Gregory, and the Southern Pacific Company was represented by R. A. Lelter. Thomas I -arge of Shedd. Linn County, Oregon, yesterday filed a petition In bankruptcy. He represented in tlie peti tion that he was not able to pay his ddits. He owes $7-12. S2, and his real and personal property is valued at $lJMi.rH. all of which he alleges is exempt from execution, except $!' which amount Is now in the hands of the Sheriff of l.inu County. KISKn PHOTO CO. Scenic Photos Lobby Imperial Hotel. "Beauty's charm, a satin sliin secured usinp Satin skin crenni and Satin skin pnnd-r.