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TIIE MORNING OREGOMAN, MONDAY, AUGUST 19, 1907. 3 con HGING IN GOOD FAITH Governor Chamberlain Says Deschutes Project Is All Right. OFFICERS TAKE ESTATES Investigation to Extend to Their Action in Clubbing Together to Settle targe Tracts May Not Be Actual Settlers. BY A. TV. PRBSCOTT. BEND. Or., Aug. IT. (Staff Correspond ence.) That the Deschutes Irrigation & Power Company Is proceeding In good faith to reclaim the 140,000-acre tract ot arid land covered by Its contract with the State of Oregon, Is the unqualified opin ion of Governor Chamberlain, who has Just completed a week's visit to the Irri gation projects in Deschutes Valley. Whether the company Is actually re claiming the land in accordance with the requirements of United States statutes. Is a question which Special Inspector Thomas B. Neuhausen and United States District Attorney Bristol are investigat ing. The investigation Is likely to be far reaching In its scope, involving a number of questions which have been raised from time to time but which never before have been presented for definite determination by a tribunal having Jurisdiction. So far as now appears there is no charge of fraud or want of good faith on the part of the reclamation company, but there are a number of complaints which have been incorporated In a protest and this protest Mr. Neuhausen has been assigned by the Department of the Interior to in vestigate. The protest and the Investi gation have arisen because of the appli cation of the Deschutes Irrigation & Power Company for the Issuance of a patent by the Government to 38.000 acres of land which the company alleges It has reclaimed. The first question to be inquired Into is whether the land has in fact been re claimed. State Engineer Lewis certified It to the Department of the Interior as reclaimed, but a protest was filed at Washington by J. M. Lawrence, Re ceiver of the Roseburg Land Office, rais ing numerous objections, and this protest occasions the investigation. Upon his arrival here Mr. Neuhausen applied to President F. S. Stanley for information regarding the situation and Mr. Stanley directed the company's engineer, C. E. Redfleld. to throw open all the records of reclamation work for inspection. Mr. Neuhausen will not only go through these record's, but will personally visit the land and see what has been done. In this he has the assistance of John T. Whistler, engineer In charge of United States re clamation work in Oregon, who is recog nized as the leading Irrigation expert In the Northwest. Plenty of 'Water. Though no report or official statement has been made upon the subject, it seems to be generally agreed that there Is a sufficient supply of water In the Des-. chutes River for the reclamation project Dow under investigation and In this re spect it differs from the Columbia South ern project on the west side of the river. It Is also conceded that the company's canals and ditches are large enough to carry water for more than the 3S.O0O acres for which patents are asked. But this does not settle all the questions presented. In some Instances the company has con iitrueted canals to the lands to be irri-. gated and has then delivered water to the settler. In other instances no lat eral ditches have been constructed closer than a mile from the land to be Irrigated and which the company alleges has been reclaimed. The question arises whether this is sufficient. The statute provides that a patent shall be issued when water sufficient to irri gate the land has been supplied In a sub ttantial ditch. It does not say how close the water shall be supplied. At first glance the reasonable interpretation of the law would be that the water must be upplied at the highest point upon each tract of land to be reclaimed. Yet the reclamation company has a very reason able defense of the position it has taken. The argument is that it would be worse than useless to dig a lateral to a tract tf land upon which there Is no settler, for It would be a waste of money and labor. If the ditch were dug and water turned In. with no settler to use It, the Water would run uncontrolled over the land, cutting channels and tearing down the walls of ditches. If the laterals were Jug and no water turned In, the soil in the bank would be dry and loose and would be tramped down by stock or leveled by the wind, thus destroying the work that had been done. In either event, say the managers of the company, nothing whatsoever .Is to be gained by ;onstructing a lateral to the border of land that has no settler upon it or that has not been sold. They say that If the rater has been brought close enough so that slight additional work will bring it to the land, this should be sufficient. In 111 cases where there are settlers upon the tract for which patent Is asked, the water has been delivered on the land, and has ilso been delivered on the land In some places where there are no settlers. Water Should Be Near. Even if land should be accepted as re claimed when It has no water actually ipon It, Government agents are quite Ikely to look with disfavor upon the pol ler of adopting a fixed rule as to dis tance. Water might be within a mile of t tract of land and yet the intervening territory be of such a character that it rould be practically Impossible to build i lateral which would put the water at :he desired point. A low piece of ground r a ledge of rocks might make it neees- lary to build a flume, blast out the rocks, r go several miles farther up stream to ret the water so as to avoid the obstruc- lions. and at considerable expense. It is roughly estimated by an official of the Deschutes Irrigation & Power Company lhat the construction of laterals for the and already listed as reclaimed, will tost to an acre. It will be seen that this a a considerable amount when the total tost of the system was estimated at $10 in acre. According to figures that have teen made public. It appears that so nuch of the system as has been cpn itructed cost more than $10 an acre and tn additional $5 an acre Is now esti nated as necessary to put the water on rie several 40-acre tracts. Failure of the Columbia Southern Com any to complete its project will naturally naka Federal and state officials more itrict in their requirements in dealing rlth the Deschutes Irrigation & Power Jompany and it will not be surprising r they take the view that an Inspector tught to be able at least to stand upon he arid land and sea the water that is o reclaim it. Question haa been made a number of imes as to the title to the water in Deschutes River but the prevailing opinion In official circles now is that the Deschutes Company's right to enough water to irrigate this 140,000 acres Is beyond reasonable doubt. At the same time, under the system or lack of system of water laws in Oregon, it Is Impos sible for anyone to say with any degree of certainty that this or any other com pany has a right to a specific quantity of water, unless that quantity has been used for the period designated in the statute of limitations. It Is, of course, possible that there is water enough In the river and in the ' ditches to reclaim the land and yet riparian owners have con flicting Interests which would deprive the company of the right to the water. Since this right is an all important matter, it will be investigated so far as pos sible by Mr. Neuhausen and Mr. Bristol. Large Holdings in Question. Another matter which will receive the attention of the Federal authorities Is the manner In which two or three large ranches have been formed by members of families of officers of the Deschutes Irrigation & Power Company. The law limits sales to actual settlers and in tracts of not to exceed 160 acres to one person. Two large ranches of 1800 acres each have been formed by officers of the company, their relatives and close friends, each- of whom took .160 acres. The land lies In a body and each ranch is operated as a unit tnough composed of a num ber of claims. Protest Is made that this Is In direct conflict with the spirit and letter of the law, whicli contemplates 1 THESE YOUNG LADIES RECEIVED FIRST AND SECOND PLACES FOR QUEEN OF TILLAMOOK CARNIVAL 'j MIh Ilattio Maroff. Elected Mi N'elllo llannenkrat. Who Ran Queen. Second. TILLAMOOK, Or.. Aug. 18. (Special.) The people of Tillamook became so excited over the election of a queen of the carnival Si be held August 22, 23 and 24 that they packed the opera-house to hear the returns from the voting-. Interest In the contest has been keen, and the closing moments were marked by a fever of excitement. Miss Hazel McNair had kept the lead up to within a few minutes of the close, when an auction of several thousand votes placed Miss Hattle Maroff at the . head of the list, with Miss Nellie Hannenkrat second. Miss Maroff, elected" queen. Is the daughter of the late John Maroff. of South Prairie, and has always lived In Tillamook County. She Is very pop ular among the young people. The official returns of the contest give Miss Maroff 8669 votes. Miss Han nenkrat 5684 and Miss McNair 4014. that there shall be a settler on every 160 acres. J President Stanley, who Is interested in one of these large ranches, makes no secret of the manner in which the sales were made and the plan upon which the ranches are conducted. He says that officers and other stockholders in the reclamation company have the tame right that other citizens have to take lands under the Carey act. This right a num ber of them have exercised and for con venience in making improvements they have selected their lands in adjacent quarter sections. They do not care to make their homes upon the land until the junipers and sage brush have been cleared away, irrigation ditches con structed and the lands put under cultiva tion. In order to have the Improvements made to best advantage, they have or ganized an operating corporation and have leased their several quarter sections to the corporation for ten years, which Is the period at the end of which the whole reclamation system Is to be turned over to the settlers. This operating corpora tion is doing all the work of clearing and seeding to crops and when the lease expires will turn the several quarter sec tions over to the respective owners. "The state law and the rules of the State Land Board provide that deeds shall be Issued only to actual settlers," says Mr. Stanley, "and I presume tnat regulation will be in forced as to the purchasers of the lands referred to the same as In other cases. If the purchasers cannot show that they are actual settler.s, I presume that deeds will be refused. So far as I am informed, all the purchasers intend to make these lands their homes. I do not suppose they will live upon their ranches all the year, but I think they will live there through the Irriga tion season, while crops are being sown, cultivated and harvested, and move to town' for the Winter. "I do not see that in ultimate. results it makes any difference whether the pur chasers of these tracts do the work of clearing and cultivating personally or hire some one else to do it. What Is wanted Is to change arid land Into pro ductive land and this we are doing much faster and better by the method pursued than could be done by any other plan." l,nrge Estates Likely. It will be seen from this statement that these large ranches, are likely to be held Intact for the next ten years and the situation is very favorable for their being held together much longer.. If they can be held together prior to the time deeds are Issued, there is no reason why they cannot and will not be after the title has passed from the state to the pur chasers. There is a difference of opinion on the question whether the Government has any business to Investigate the nature of the settlement made by purchasers of arid land. It Is asserted by some that the only province of the Government is to see that the land Is reclaimed and that the state is the proper authority to pass upon the sufficiency of settlement. On the other hand It Is pointed out that one of the terms of the grant to the state is that the land shall be sold to actual set tlers In tracts of not to exceed 160 acres each, and If the Government finds that this condition is being violated, it has a right to refuse a patent. If the reclama tion company has a right, through its officers, to place 1800 acres In the control of a corporation through leases, it also has the right to effect a similar transac tion covering 18,000 acres, thus producing results not contemplated by the Carey act. The lands placed under corporate con trol. In the manner described, are' among the very best in the whole segregation of 140.000 acres. Bristol, and Neuhausen will look Into the transactions very carefully. These four questions, relating to the distance of the supply ditches from the land alleged to be reclaimed, the quantity of water available, the title to the use of the water and the nature and effect of the sales to officers of the reclamation company and members of their families, are the principal subjects of Investigation by the attorney, special inspector and reclamation engineer of the Federal Gov ernment. They are taking nothing for granted, but are going out on horseback to see the land and canals so that they may know exactly what has been done. , SALOON IS ROBBED Two-Masked Thugs Hold Up Eight Men. SECURE FORTY DOLLARS One Victim Grazed by Bullet Jn At tempting to Hun Away, but Not Badly Hurt Robbers Make Their Escape. SPOKANE, Wash., Aug. 18. (Spe cial.) While eight men were playing cards in the rear room of the Clinton saloon, on Monroe street between Col lege avenue and Broadway, at 12:45 o'clock this morning two masked men entered through the rear door and with drawn revolvers commanded the play ers to throw up their hands. All complied with the order with the exception of George Berg, brother of F. O. Berg, a tent manufacturer, who made an attempt to escape. He dashed through the rear door when the hold up men were not looking. One of them noticed his disappearance and ran in pursuit. As he reached the door he fired, the bullet Just grazing Berg's head and knocking him to the ground. The thug picked him up and brought him into the saloon, remarking to the men who were lined up against the wail with their hands raised high above their heads, "For two pins I would kill you. Just for luck." While one man kept the eight cov ered the other went into the front room, took the register, carried it around in front of the bar and, placing it upon a table, coolly took all the money with the exception of a f ew nickels nd dimes. The sum secured amounted In all to about $40. The men afterward made their escape. FURTHER MYSTERY IS FOUND Death of Mary Thomas In Lake Union Not Cleared Up. SEATTLE. Wash.. Aug. 18. (Special.) The mystery of the death of Mary Thomas in Lake Union was Increased to night 'by the partial completion of a chemical analysis of the girl's stomach which shows she was not poisoned. Miss Thomas was not drowned though her body was found in the lake. A Coroner's inquiry found no water in the girl's lungs, and a chemical analysis disproves a poisoning theory. Coroner Carroll rejects the theory of suicide and believes the girl was murdered, possibly by chloroform. The police have been unable to find any thing save that a little unpleasantness existed In her family but this was not sufficient to cause any serious trouble. A mysterious woman is telephoning several times a day to Hester Fairfax a half sister asking for all 'Information. This Is the only clew that outside persona may be interested in the' girl s death. REDUCE ASSESSOR'S FIGURES Cliehalis County Board Thinks Mill men Were Hit Too Hard. ABERDEEN, Wash.. Aug. 18. (Special.) The County Commissioners, sitting as a Board of Equalization, have reduced the assessment placed on the mills by County Assessor Carter to the figures of 1906. which makes a difference 'of about $150,000 in the amount of county taxa tion. The Commissioners say that timber land has increased in value sufficiently for the needs of the county and that the mill men who employ a great deal of labor are entitled to the reduction. The men who are working for the division of Chehalis County have made the claim that mill men have not paid their just proportion of the taxes and that when division Is successful the values of mill property will be Increased. Assessor Carter was one of the men favored by the county divislonists and raised property in proportion to what he believed it has advanced in the past few years. TRYING TO FORGET THE FAITH O. V. Hurt Living Secluded Away From Remainder of Holy Rollers. NEWPORT, Or., Aug. 18. (Special.) Recent rumors that Holy Rollerism yet exists at Waldport, a seacoast town on Alsea Bay, have been found to be untrue. They arose from the fact that O. V. Hurt, whose home was wrecked by Creffleld, Is residing with his family near Waldport, and on a mountain ranch, almost isolated from communication with the world. Is trying to live down the memories of that time. Once a leading business man of Cor vallis. Or. and high in the political 'and social life of his county, O. V. Hurt is now content to spend the remainder of his life on this far-away foothill farm. He shuns ordinary acquaintance, not be $i M cause he is a devotee of Creffleld's faith but because he wishes to forget it. DECRY "ADVISER'S" POLICIES Complaint Made Against Issuance of This Form. SALEM. Or.. Aug. 18. (Special.) Infor mal complaint has been made to Secre tary of State Benson, ex-officlo Insurance Commissioner, that certain life insurance companies, the titles of which are not specified, continue to issue what is known as the "adviser's" contract or policy, which practice is prohibited by an amend ment to the state laws, and prosecutions are likely to follow at any time. The pen alty for violation of this section of the Insurance code Is a heavy fine or impris onment to both company and agent found guilty, with revocation of his or its license to do business in this state. Old-line life insurance companies have been waging a relentless war against the Issuance of special adviser's contracts for many years, and have secured the enact ment of legislation In many of the states prohibiting the practice. An, amendment to the Oregon laws upon this subject went into effect May 25. The attention of the Insurance Commissioner is called to vio lations of this law by the Life Insurance Underwriters' Association of Oregon, and steps will be taken by this organization to prosecute certain alleged violators of the law In the near future. The so-called "adviser's" contract Is a special agreement entered Into between the company's resident manager whereby the assured, upon consideration of ren dering the company certain services of advantage to the company, is promised special privileges over the ordinary polcy holder. The company limits the number of these especially favored beneficiaries in each state and agrees to set aside $1 out of every $1000 written in the state to con stitute a separate fund, which Is to be divided pro rata among the advisers In proportion to the amount of insurance maintained. MOT E .SEATTLE LIQUOR MAN REFUSED LADY OF HIS CHOICE. Tries to Wed Her In Japan', but Consul Refuses Permission Re ported to Immigration Officers. SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 18. (Special.) Immigration officials have been notified to watch for Walter "B. Lindsay, who Is declared to be a tormer Seattle liquor dealer, and Hineuri Tanl, a Japanese girl, whom the United States Consul-General at Yokohama refused to permit Lindsay to marry. Lindsay tried to wed the Japanese girl before the Consul and was refused per mission after an Investigation. Since then the Consul has reported the facts to the Immigration officers and the serv ice will try to prevent their coming to this country to be married. If the Japanese girl has already married Lindsay she will be admitted, but if no ceremony has been performed the Immi gration officers will try to prevent it. INTERESTED IN LIGHTHOUSE Yaqulna Head Light Visited by Many Summer Resorters. NEWPORT. Or.. Aug. 18. (Special.) Two thousand one hundred and fifty peo ple have visited the Yaqulna head light house this year All but 113 of this num ber have been there since June 16. Though the lighthouse Is five miles from Newport, people have been visiting it during the past three weeks at the rate of 100 a day. and it takes almost all of the time of one of the keepers explaining the workings of the light to visitors. The largest num ber of people there In one day this year is 146. Though most visitors are residents of Oregon, almost every state in the Union Is represented on this year's register. Year after year the number increases and on August 13 a total of 2004 had registered. On the same date last year the register showed a total of 1632. The total num ber of visitors for 1906 was 2929 and this number will be greatly exceeded this year If the present rate continues. This lighthouse probably receives more visitors than any other on the Northwest Coast. The Yaqulna Head lighthouse, as it Is called by the Government, Is popularly known as the Cape Foulweather light house. The official Cape Foulweather Is a point four miles north of Yaquima Head and the confusion of names arose over the fact that it was originally planned to place the lighthouse on Cape Foulweather but a change was made just before work began. Because of this the structure was listed incorrectly a number of years. This is one of the oldest lighthouses on the Pacific Coast. It was erected in 1872 and has been burning nightly since 1873. The same lenses which were originally placed around the light have been doing duty constantly for 34 years. They were made In Paris In 1868. This Is one of the two lighthouses on the Pacific Coast which burn with a steady white light with no flashes. The keeper of the Yaqulna Head light Is Captain Frank M. Plummer. who has been In charge for 30 years and four months, probably an almost unequaled record for similar service. W. P. Ford is first assistant keeper and Herbert Hig glns second assistant. MINERS ARE OUT OF WORK 1000 Men Lying Idle in Nome Sub sisting on Charity. TACOMA, Wash.. Aug. 18. (Special.) Fully 1000 miners, many of whom are ex isting In miserable quarters, are out of emDlos'ment at Nome ana the discouraged men are returning to the States as fast as they can secure money enough to pay their passage. Nome is taking care of a number of foreigners who are in des titute circumstances. They are living in temporary dug-outs along the beach and the city Is providing mem wun neces saries in the food line. The above report concerning labor con ditions in the Far North was brought to Tacoma today by the captain of the steamer Ellhu Thomson. The list of un employed Is not caused by strikes, as is the case at other places In Alaska, but by an over-supply of labor. Employment companies rushed men through to the North,, promising wages of $5 per day ana when the men got there they found if they wanted to work they would have to take $3.o0 per day. There are more men getting $3.60 per day than are drawing $5. The cost of living Is not as great as it was and there has been no serious labor troubles during the season: According to the officers of the Thom son the salmon catch is much larger than usual this season. Baby's Play Starts Fire. SALEM, Or.. Aug. 18. (Special.) While playing upon the floor with his baby, El mer White, a guard at the Penitentiary, overturned an oil lamp tonight which set fire to the house and destroyed all of the contents, valued at about $400 and dam aged the house, an old one, almost beyond repair. The house was valued at $600. Mr. White and his baby both had narrow escapes with their lives. As it was be suffered a badly burned hand. TO A MERRY PARTY Ellen Waite and Joseph Sul livan, of Vancouver, Drown in Columbia River. TRIES TO RESCUE GIRL Sullivan Jumps in After Miss Waite. Misses Footing and Falls Be tween Barge and Dock. Both Are AVell Known. VANCOUVER, Wash.. Aug. 18. (Spe cial.) Miss Ellen Waite and Joseph Sulli van, both prominent young people of this place, were drowned In the Columbia River here at about 10 o clock last nignt. The voung people, together with Miss Sarah Waite. sister of the dead girl, and Fred Franz, an employe of the Kelly & Atkinson Construction Company, were re turning from a launch trip on the Co- Joseph Sullivan, Drowned at Van couver in an I'nsuccesaful Attempt to Save the Life of Miss Waite. lumbia River when the accident hap pened. The party pulled up beside' a barge that was anchored near the Northern Pacific railway dock. They landed on the barge and it was in attempting to step from the barge to the dock that Miss Waite lost her life. There was a distance of about two feet between the barge and the dock, the boards of the dock are un even on the end, and In the darkness Miss Waite failed to notice this and stepped between two long boards, falling Into about 30 feet of water between the dock and the barge. Falls Between Barge and Dock. All . the party except Sullivan had crossed the barge. He remained in the launch attending to some matter relative to the machinery, and called to the girls to wait until he could help them over. They, however, disregarded his warning and Franz and Miss Sarah Waite suc ceeded In gaining the dock in safety. In attempting to cross the gap Miss Ellen Waite stepped short and fell. Sullivan had Just left the launch when he heard her cry and saw her fall. He rushed across the barge and without stopping to throw off even his overcoat, plunged in. Both disappeared at about the. same spot. The current at this part of the river is very swift, and as they fell In on the up-river side of the barge, they were both swept underneath and drowned. Neither Came to the Surface. The frantic screams of the sister aroused the people of the neighborhood, and scores came rushing to the scene. As soon as the nature of the accident was discovered boats were launched, but no sign of the drowning people could be found. Franz states that he threw a rope into the river on the opposite side to that on which- Sullivan Jumped in, in the hope that he would be swept clear of the barge by the current. He also kept a sharp lookout. Intending If they rose to the surface to go in after them. But It seems thev were both drowned ENDING IIPMifeiBillBI GIVEN AWAY NEXT WEEK GERMAN-AMERICAN BANK Corner Sixth and Alder Streets, Portland YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY It's Absolutely Free ' No reckless desire to throw away money a definite purpose to encourage all to SAVE money. The plan will be fully explained in next Sunday's Oregonian Great Monday Sales and- First Fall Display Offering matchless economies as well as the most superb new styles Extra special bargains are adver tised for today in many depart ments, for which see our LARGE SUNDAY ADVERTISEMENTS Dpntasi, yjoirc o. while beneath the barge, and never came to the surface. Parties at once set to work to recover the bodies, and at 10 o'clock this morn ing the body of Sullivan was found. J. B. Foster, a fellow workman of the dead man. was fishing for the body with a long grappling hook, and after dredging back and forth across the river for sev eral hours, caught the body about 100 feet below the place where Sullivan Jumped In. The body of Miss Waite has not yet been found. Both Young People Well Known. Ellen Waite was the daughter of E. E. Waite, a pioneer of Vancouver. The family reside at the corner of Thirteenth and C streets. Miss Waite was born and raised in Vancouver and was very well known and liked. For some time prior to her death she had been employed at the Vancouver Steam Laundry. Her father. E. E. Waite. Is an old soldier and at the present time Is employed as a teamster at Vancouver Barracks. Joseph Sullivan was the foreman of the structural steel work on the new bridge across the Columbia River. He was in the employ of the Kelly & Atkinson Con struction Company and was held in hlgn esteem by his employers, being to a great extent the right-hand man of Mr. Stone, the superintendent of the structural steel work on the bridge. He is a native of Staples, Minn., his parents still residing at that place. He has a brother, also a foreman of steel work, at work at Al bino, Wash., on the North Bank road. His body was taken to Hamilton's under taking parlors to await instructions from his relatives as to Its disposition. OREGON EN HIVE WEIGHT NEW DELEGATION TO CONGRESS WEIGHS OVER 800 POUNDS. Representatives Ellis and Hawley Are Heaviest Men in the House. Other Heavyweights. NEWPORT, rir., Aug. IS. (Special.) "Oregon will have the heaviest delegation In Congress next session of any state In the Union," said Judge W. R. Ellis, of Pendleton, Congressman from the Second District, who Is now recreating at New port. "I am confident that no other state will have a delegation with as great an average weight per member as Oregon. Whatever the people may charge us with, they cannot accuse us of being deficient physically." Congressman Ellis weighs ,255 pounds and Is sometimes a little heavier. Con gressman Hawley, of the First District, weighs from 240 to 245 pounds. Thus Ore gon's two Congressmen weigh 600 pounds, an average weight for the delegation of 254 pounds. "In my former term in Congress," said Judge Ellis, "there were only five or six men In the House as heavy as I. Judge Cockrell. of Texas, was the heaviest Rep resentative. He weighed 325 pounds. Speaker Thomas B. Reed was also a heavyweight, tipping the scales at 260. Both Reed and Cockrell are now dead. Other men In the House then who weighed In the vicinity of 250 were Repre sentltlves Henrichsen. of Illinois; Oates, of Alabama, and Sereno E. Payne, of New York, present chairman of the ways and means committee." Held on Charge of Assault. ABERDEEN'. Wash.. Aug. IS (Special.) TO BE BY THE You Don't Have to Save Coupons Ydu Don't Have to Make a Guess You Don't Have to Take Chances Lou J. Smith, who shot Fred Mochlin a week ago, has been held for trial In th Superior Court on the charge of assault with Intent to commit murder. Mechlin is on the road to recovery. We Are All Human Many Important affairs hang in the balance this month. ' If you want to be consid ered a heavyweight and have things slide your way, a new lightweight suit might help. You know Homer, or Mr. Pooley says: "The Inward de cision Is influenced by the outward appearance." Here are a few more $15 and $20 Summer Suits at $10. LI0M ClothinoCd iQttKuhnP?op: 166 anJ 168 Third 8b Mohawk Bulldlns. WEDDING AND VISITING CARDS W.G.SMITH 6 CO. WASHINGTON BUILDING Fourth and Washington Streets COFFEE It is a good country to live in; such coffee as one can get. Do you get it? Tour grocer returns your money If you don't Ilka Brhllling'H Best: we pay him.