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6 THE 3IOKXIXG , OREGOXIAX, FRIDAY, MAT : 29, 1908. PHONEY TO BUILD TO EAGLE VALLEY Baker City Gets Promise Con struction Work Will Be s gin by July 1. OHIO MEN TO BUY BONDS A. B, Jacobs Arrives From Cincin nati to File Deeds and Mortgages for Hallway to Klch Mining District North of Baker. BAKER CITT, Or., May 2S. (Special.) That money for conttruction of the Eagle Valley Railroad has been secured and that work will begin July I Is the an nouncement made today on the arrival here of A. B. Jacobs, of Cincinnati. Jacobs represents the promoters of the enter prise and he announced today that he Is here to file deeds and mortsaies so that bonds may be issued for immediate construction of the road. He gives assurance that purchasers are already secured for the bonds, and that there will be no lack of money when once the details are arranged. Cincinnati people, it is understood, will furnish the money. The new road will be narrow gauge, ex tending from Baker City to a rich mining diftrlct 70 miles into the interior, where it will tap the Eagle and Pine Valleys and the rich copper country northwest of this city in the Cornucopia mountains. Ac cording to Mr. Jacobs, construction work will begin about July 1. MAT GRA$T REDUCED RATES Railroads Hope to Reach Agreement on Mileage-Book Question. SALEM, Or., May 28. (Special.) A conference of representatives of the Harrlman lines and of the Travelers' Protective Association was held here todas-, and it was agreed that further hearing upon the subject of mileage" rates shall be continued until August 5. Presumably this continuance is with a view to reaching an amicable settlement of the differences that have arisen. The traveling men want mile age books at 2ti cents a mile. The books now on sale are in the nature of scrip and cost, all told, about 2 cents a mile. Those present were Charles F. Fee, passenger traffic director of the South ern Pacific Company, and C. B. Sealey, his assistant; William McMurray, gen eral passenger agent of the O. R. & N. and Southern Pacific lines in Oregon; John M. Scott, assistant general pas senger agent of the came lines; H. G. Thompson, manager of the Transcon tinental Scrip Bureau; R. E. Moody, attorney for the O. R. & N. and R. A. Letter, attorney for the Southern Pa cific Company; C. D. Fraaer and Charles Dick, special committee of the Trav elers" Protective Association, and C. I McNary, their attorney. The Railroad Commission consented to the continuance. ACTIVITY OF LUMBERMEN Rumors Intended Purchase of Sev eral Clatsop Properties. ASTORIA, Or., May 2. (Specials Representatives of the Hammond Lumber Company and of the Ctirtiss Lumber Com pany are hei-e looking over the Warren ton mill of the ld Oregon Lumber Com pany, it is said, with a view to purchas ing It. Recently these men conferred with the officers of the Beaver Lumber Company relative to the purchase of Its mill at Presoott. The Hammond interests re alleged to have had three months' options on the Tongue Point Ijimber Company's mill, at this place, and-on the Seaside Lumber Manufacturing Com pany's mill, at Seaside. None of these deals have yet beei closed. Both the Hammond Lumber Company and the Curtiss Lumber Company, which are said to be closely allied, have ex tensive timber holdings In this district and some months ago the former pur chased a mill site of several hundred acres near New Astoria and had plans prepared for a mammoth electric mill, but nothing further toward tho con struction of the plant has been done. WAINWRIGHT IN COMMAND Departure of Sperry and Emory Puts Captain in Charge of Fleet. TACOMA. May . Anchors were hove by the battleships of the first division and ths hospital ship Relief this morn ing and they sailed for San Francisco, leaving the Georgia, the New Jersey, Rhode island and Virginia to remain in Tacoma harbor until Sunday morning, when they will go to Bremerton to be drydocked. The vessels sailing today were the Connecticut. Kansas, Vermont and Louisiana. The departure of Rear-Admirals Snerry and Emory left Captain Richard Watn rlclit in command of the division here. This forenoon Captain Wainwright ad dressed the students of the High School in favor of a larger navy. Today's festivities included a baseball game between the teams from the Rhode Island and the New Jersey, picnics for the enlisted men at Ppanaway and Amer ican lakes, and a luncheon for officers at the Country Club on the shore of American Lake. Tonight . there was a formal reception at the University Club. TRUMPER GOES SCOT FREE Ohio Man Acquitted of Murder Charge by Canadian Court. VANCOrVER. B. C. May 2S. Fred J. Trumper. a young civil engineer of Cleve land. O.. was today acquitted of a charge of murder at the Clinton. B. C, assise. Trumper killed James Coleman In the Northern wilds of British Columbia early this year. The story developed by ths evidence was one of Inconuatibillty of temper, developed between men in the wilderness. The two were living In a cabin with J. Stansfield. The latter re turned one night from hunting to find that Coleman .had been killed. Trumper was later arrested. The defense by Trumper was that he had ktlled Coleman with a smashing blow from a mallet on the head. The blow was delivered while Coleman was reaching for a niie with which to shoot Trumper. The jury believed Trumper's story. The dead man was of exceedingly bad temper. Though a cripple, he was very powerful. The dead man's head waa cut off his body by the police and brought to the courtroom to show the wounds that caused death. Go in Automobiles to Sound. HOQUIAM. Wash.. May 21. (Special.) Manager A. L. Paine and Superin tendent Ewart, of the Kational Lumber & Box Company; O. M. Kellogg, manager of the E. K. Wood Lumber Company, and R. F. Lytle. president of the Hoquiam Lumber & Shingle Company, have pre pared an autoraohile pageant consisting of lo heavy touring cars and wiil leave here tomorrow for Seattle to pay their respects to the fleet. W. E. Boeing, a prominent logging operator, left here yesterday In his 45-horse power gaso line launch Widgeon, and intercepted the fleet off Neab Bay, accompanying it into the Straits. Well-Known Horseman Missing. v TACOMA, -Wash.. May 28. George Thomas, a well-known turfman who has been at the Puyellup Fair ..Grounds near Tacoma or a year with a string of val uable horses sent here by Uie Mc Laughlin brothers, of Kansas City, dis appeared about two weeks ago. and it is J feared he has made away with himself. as he suffered much from a bullet wound in the temple received during the Spanish-American War. Be was traced as far as Everett, but has not been heard from since. SILVER CIIP FOR DEBATERS HIGH SCHOOL ORATORS COX TEST FOR TROPHT. Championship of Oregon League- to Be Decided Tonight Ty Debate Be tween Astoria and Lebanon. EUGENE, Or., May 28. (Special.) The championship of the Oregon High School Debating League will be settled by the debate between Astoria and Leb anon Friday night at Villard Hall, Un iversity of Oregon. Astoria will favor and Lebanon oppose the "Proportional Rea-enta' Silver Cap to Be Awarded Champion t Oregon Hitch School Debating; League. Representation" amendment to be acted upon by. the voters of Oregon June 1. As' the result of a succession of vic tories, both schools are confident of win ning the splendid silver "regents Cup," presented by the regents of the Univer sity of Oregon as individuals. Astoria is champion of the northern half of the state, having won the title for the Columbia iKiver district and then defeated Baker City, the representative of Eastern Oregon. Lebanon has won similar honors in the South, first secur ing the championship of the Central Ore gon district and then defeating Grants Pass, the victor in Southern Oregon. The Astoria debaters are: Miss Birdie Wise, Carl Thomas and Miss Jennie Jef fers: those of Lebanon, Miss Annie Mc Cormick. Miss Elsio Lillard, and Miss Pearle Aldrlch. The league was organized at the State Teachers' Association at Salem last July. Twenty-eight high schools promptly en tered and have carried on from one to four debates each. The interest has been strong and the study of public, ques tions such as municipal ownership, pos tal savings banks. Government owner ship of railroads, direct primaries, Jap anese exclusion and proportional rep resentation has been of great benefit to the student, and has notably increased the regard of the people for these schools. The quick response of the high schools and tho marked success of the league during Its first year, argues well for its permanent usefulness as an import ant agency In promoting intelligent cltt xenshlp and in bringing the communities of the state into vital touch with their schools. The officers of the league are: Presi dent. Principal E. T. Marlatte, Salem; secretary-treasurer, Professor E. E. I Cou, University of Orgon. Eugene. The directors of the four districts are: East ern Oregon. ."City Superintendent J. A. Churchill, Baker 'City; Columbia River district. Principal 1. N. Garman. Astoria; Central Oregon, Principal George W. Hug. Eugene: Southern Oregon, City Su perintendent R. R. Turner. Grants Pass. BOISE BANK FAILS TO OPEN Publication of Bank's Xotes Frus trates Reorganization. BOISEv Idaho. May 28. Announcement was made last night that the Capital State Bank, which it has been announced would reopen Its doors today, would not resume business, for the present at least. The plan for reorganization included a loan of 1300.000 by outside Interests, represented by James H. Brady, ' chair man of the Republican State Committee. Brady arrived yesterdny with the money, but after his arrival matters arose which frustrated all plans. It is said that publication in a local paper of a full list of the bank's outstanding notes at the time the bank closed in January, showing that a large amount of worth less paper was on hand, was the reason for the failure of the plan, the promot ers fearing thnt this publication would shake the confidence of the public. In the ability of the institution to continue bus iness. State Bank Examiner Chaney an nounced that other plans .for the re opening of the bank are under consid eration. The bank has deposits of over $1,000,000. It Is charged today that politi cal Interests and opposition on the part of other-banks contributed to the failure of the plans of the reorganize. PARASOL SALE. v r'trtftint nut nf naraoln tod a v. rKntlre siook on sale at wholesale prices. Prepare for Decoration day and Rose Festival. Mo Allen & McDonnell, Third and Morrison. GOOD ROADS URGED Chief Topic Before Convention of Letter-Carriers. MEET AT ALBANY TODAY - i Prominent Men of State to Make Ad dresses Parade and Banquet Feature of Programme) Local Postal Employes Are Hosts. ALBAST. Or., May 28. (Special.) The sixth annual convention of the Ore gon Rural Letter-Carriers' Association will convene in Albany tomorrow. About 100 carriers from all parts of the state are expected to be present and the con vention will be a notable one In the num ber and prominence of the speakers and in the entertainment features planned. "Good roads." an Important subject to the rural carriers, will be , the chief theme of the convention, and some of the leading workers of the state on this question will bepresent. The convention will open at 2:30 tomor row afternoon in the Modern Woodman Hall on Broadalbin street, and the after noon session will be devoted to organi zation. Tomorrow evening there will be a band concert and a parade on the lead ing business streets, and this will be fol lowed by a big reception with an excel lent programme. A banquet will follow the reception. Those Who Will Deliver Addresses. The real work of the convention will begin Saturday morning. After a brief business session there will be addresses by Tom Richardson, of the Portland Commercial Club: Bury I. Dasent, man ager of the Albany Commercial Club: Al fred C. Schmitt. of Albany; president of the Interstate Y. M. C. A., and R. O. Allen, of Silverton. In the afternoon there will be addresses by J. H. Scott, of Salem, County Judge of Marion Coun ty, and president . of the Oregon Good Roads Association; !. Hofer, of Salem, president of the Willamette Valley De velopment League; W. J. Clarke, of Ger vAis. errand master workman of the A. O. U. W. of Oregon, and B. W. Johnson, postmaster of Corvallis and secretary of the Oregon Postmasters' Association. Papers dealing with different features of the rural service will be read by the following carriers: Frank Kraxberger, of Aurora; William A. Spence, of Gas ton; M. P. Cady, of Beaverton; H. M. Cummings, of Corvallis, and A. E. Tozer, of Junction City. Saturday evening; there will be ad dresses by E. C. Clement, Government postal Inspector, and President P. L. Campbell, of the University of Oregon. The election of officers of the association for the ensuing year and of delegates to the National Convention of Rural Letter Carriers will also occur at that time. Officers of the Association. The present officers of the Oregon Rural Letter-Carriers Association, who will be In charge of this convention, are: President, K. P. Loop, of McMinnville; first vice-president, W. H. Boyd, of Bea verton; second vice-president, H. M. Cummings, of Corvallis: secretary-treasurer. John H. Golns, of Albany; executive committee. J. S. Alberts, of Salem, A. Parker, of Independence, and E. B. Cor nett, of Albany.- President Loop arrived here from McMinnville today to assist In arrangements for the convention. The Albany, carriers.- assisted by the entire force of the Albany postoffice and the citisens generally, are making big preparations to entertain the convention successfully and satisfactorily and the convention is expected to be one of the best in the history of the association. Gets Clerkship at Washington. ALBANY, Or., May 28. (Special.) Oscar Whitlow, carrier on Rural Free Delivery Route No. 6, running out of this city, has been appointed a clerk In the Treasury Department at Wash ington, D. C-. and will soon leave for the National Capital to begin work. He won the place in a recent civil serv ice examination. Whitlow Is an Al bany boy and a graduate of the Com mercial Department of Albany College. BITTER CONTEST IN COOS "WETS" AXD "DRTS" MAKING ACTIVE CAMPAIGN. If Prohibition Wins, County Will Be Without Saloons' for First Time in SO Tears. MARSHFIELD, Or.. May 28. (Special.) The fight which Is being made by the prohibitionists on one hand and the ad vocates of saloons on the other Is the bitterest that has ever been known In Coos County, and It Is predicted that at the election June 1 the contest will be close. A year ago Coos County as a whole voted wet, ' while localities went dry. Marshfield. North Bend. Bandon and one district of Coquille City, the county seat, have saloons. Myrtle Point Is dry. This year a petition was circu lated for the purpose of voting on the wet and dry proposition in a district em bracing most of the southern part of the county snd designed to make Coquille City dry. An injunction was applied for and granted In the Circuit Court prevent ing this proposition from going on the ballot on the grounds that in portions of the district a year ago It was voted to be dry and that consequently It could not be voted upon until two years had elapsed. Then a petition was filed to vote In the county as a whole and this proposition will be summltted to the vot ers next month. ' The antl-saloon people have organized as never before and the liquor Interests are making an equally hard fight. Liter ature of all kinds is belug "posted, sent through the mails and distributed by both sides. The liquor interests are pleading the effect the removal of sa loons will have on business, while tbe antl-saloon element Is making the most tt the murder of Mrs. Gordon by bar tender and the fact that the proprietor of a North Bend dance hall was sen tenced to jail for & year because of the manner of conducting his place. If the county should go dry it will be the first time for half a century that Marshfield was J without saloons. A month or so ago the saloons in North Bend and Marshfield were closed on Sunday for the-flrst time in thp history of the bav. This was due to the orders of the District Attorney. In Marshfield there are IS retail saloons, two whole sale liquor houses and two arms bottling beer. In NorUi Bend there are ten sa loons and a new brewery Just completed. At Coquille there are "two saloons, and t Bandon half a dozen and a wholesale house. AH other political matters to be settled at the June election appear to be of sec ondary Interest with the people. In com parison with the saloon question. See the window display They should MEN'S $20.00 SUITS ARE NOW . . . MEN'S $15.00 SUITS ARE NOW . . . MEN'S $3.00 VESTS ARE NOW . . . MEN'S $3.50 PANTS ARE NOW . , . YOUTHS' $10.00 SUITS ARE NOW . . . . BOYS' $4.00 SUITS ARE NOW . . . : Also great savings on Hats, Shoe3 and Furnish ings for Men and Boys. This Enlargement Sale is your opportunity to profit. Store Open Tonight. Closed All Day Saturday Decoration Day. Cldthin'Q Co GuS KuhnProp1 - 166-168 Third Street. AUDIENCE BREAKS RECORD CAKE MEETING AT CONDON 19 LAKGEgT OP CAMPAIGN. Republican Senatorial Candidate Makes Strong Argument for Party Cnity Given an Ovation. COXDOX. Or., May 28. (Special.) Gil liam County was conceded to the Repub licans before the arrival today of H. M. Cake. Republican nominee for United States Senator: now even Cake's oppon ents admit that his victory will be sweep ing. Mr. Cake spoke here tonight to the biggest audience of the campaign and his remarks evoked storms of applause. "I am a Republican." said Mr. Cake, "and not seeking election because of my personality, but because my party repre sents the beat there Is in policies of gov ernment and of citizenship. There is too much involved in this election for any single Individual's personality or ambition to ba considered." Mr. Cake gave a brief history of the two parties. He Showed the folly of the Democratic argument that a member of the Democratic minority could accomplish results in a Republican senate. He ad mitted that In voting the people should consider the men and he urged the closest scrutiny of the two candidates. Mr. Cake was vociferously applauded when he referred to the efforts that are being made to discredit his position with reference to Statement No. 1. "Without an issue and unable to And a thing against the Republican nominee that might be used the Democrats were forced to resort to efforts to discredit my position and my views, but have failed completely. Such methods will not be tolerated by the people of this state," he said. Mr. Cake refrained from any personal attacks upon the Democratic nominee, but said that he was perfectly willing that the people follow the Democratic advice to "vote for the man." He declared that although he is the Republican nominee his party would- not suffer If the people followed that advice. It is emphasized In this campaign that the Democratic candidate for Senator Is the delegate from Oregon to the National Democratic convention pledged to vote for Bryan for President of the United States. EIG ATDIENCE AT ARLINGTON II. M. Cake Discusses Issues of Sena torial Campaign. ARLINGTON. May 28. (Special.) H. M. Cake, Republican ndtninee for United States Senator, addressed a large and appreciative audience here today. Among other things Mr. Cake declared himself firmly in favor of statement No. 1. and that he had made his campaign along those lines. He also declared ltlmself in favor of the election of United States . Senators by popular vote, and added that. he Is the only real thins in Oregon so far as statement No. 1 is concerned. He put particular emphasis in saying that his Democratic opponent did not come out for statement No. 1 until he (Chamber lain) saw that enough members pledged to statement No. 1 would be elected -to the Legislature. Mr. CaKe said the Republicans had nothing to be ashamed of, but many things of which to be proud. He took a firm stand with Roosevelt and made a strong appeal to Republicans to stand bv their party. - The local brass band furnished music- Mr. Cake goes from here to Con don, where he speaks tonight. Ground to Pieces by Train. TACOMA, May IS. The body of the man found (round to pieces upon the of these great offerings. interest you. $13.35 $8.65 $1.45 $1.85 $5.85 $2.35 Northern Pacific track Tuesday night, between Prescott and the Puyallup river bridge Just outside of Tacoma, has been identified as James C. Fran sen, a hardware merchant of Tacoma. It Is thought he wandered away in a fit of aberration Caused by Illness. He leaves a widow and three children, a brother In Seattle and also a brother In Belllngmam. MUST BUILD ROAD BY 1910 Tillamook Grants Conditional Ex tension to Pacific Company. TILLAMOOK. Or., May 28. (Spe cial.) A large and representative meeting wa held yesterday by those who had subscribed for the railroad subsidy, for the purpose of consider ing the application for an extension of tlma for the Pacific Railway & Nav igation Company. The meeting was unanimously in favor of extending the time for the completion of the road until June, 1910, but in the meantime ten mles of railroad Is to be com pleted and In operation by February, 1909. The company has promised to start work again by June 15, and un der those conditions the subscribers readily agreed to sign again for the original amounts they subscribed for. Beating the Law Seems to be a popular pastime with "sports" who are not sportsmen. There's an added zest, they explain.in playing hide-and-seek with the . game warden without being "It." But They are beating their' own game these Game Hogs that Emerson Hough so picturesquely describes in this week's SATURDAY Evening Post. It's amaz ing to reflect that a few thousand American Game Hogs are likely, in a few years, to make sport impos sible for real sportsmen and for themselves. At the News-stands, 5 cents. $1.50 the year by mill. The Curtis Publishing Comfaxt philadelphia 0r Boys Are Everywhere More Boys wanted to act as scents. apply to JAMES O. HAVELY, JR., TU East 11th Street, Portland. WOODARD, CLARKE & CO. T7 1 r-nqay rSarg am OUR Friday Bargain sales are specially arranged money saving occasions. We always sell drugs a little lower than any store in town, but during this Friday sale we make an extra reduction for the one day only that no store can possibly compete with. We will not be undersold and we want everyone to know it. Our Drug Sundry Bargains When we say our drug prices are lower than any store in the city, xre make no exceptions and offer no baits. When yon purchase a bot tle of medicine at this store you get the genuine article and you are waited on by a registered," qualified, competent clerk, -who knows his business. You take no chances: Moth Balls, regular 10c per lb., Friday '. 5 Witch Hazel, regular 25c per pint, Friday 17 Chloride Lime, regular 8c per lb., Friday.... 3 Chloride Lime, regular 10c per lb., Friday 8J Comp. Licorice Powder, regular 15c per package, Friday Soap Bark, regular 10c per pkg., Friday... 5J Powd. Orris Root, regular 10c per pkg., Friday 6 Formaldehyde and Sulphnr Torches, regular 25c, Friday 15i Soda Bicarb., regular 10c per pkg., Friday- -4t Cream Tartar, regular 50c per lb., Friday .39 Phosphate Soda, regular 25e per lb.f Friday 15 Vanilla Eitract, pure, regular 15c per bottle, Friday 10 Lye, regular 10c per can, Friday ... 7 Colonial Gut Glass Bargains Tumblers, half dosen, regular $8.50, Friday '.$5.92 Cordial Glasses, half dozen, regular $3.50, Friday , $2.43 Wine Gla ss, half dozen, regular $5.50, Friday. .$3.85 Cocktail Glasses, half dozen, regular $5.50, Friday $3.85 Wine Glasses, half dozen, regular $4.50, Friday $3.15 Wine Glasses, half dozen, regular $5.25, Friday $3.60 Wine Glasses, half dozen, regular $5.75, Friday $4.02 Water Goblets, half dozen, regular $6.75, Friday $4.62 Water Goblets, half dozen, regular $6.85, Friday $4.72 Champagne Glasses, half dozen, regular $6.35, Friday $4.44 Art Department Bargains Facsimile Water Colors in antique gold frames, the famous Rus sell pictures in ornamented frames, complete assortment, val ues to 60c, Friday ' 157 Photo Colors. in one-ineh gold frame, brass corner ornaments, glass size 10x20, large, varied assortment, regular 60c, Friday. 25 Combination Dog Pictures framed in Soft green, three pictures in a frame, size about 8x22, regular $1.75, Friday .'..59 Small Green. Vases, about inches in height, Rozane ware, holds -single flower, regular price $1.00, Friday...'. .......39 Fern Pots in the new soft green Rozane ware, with three dainty legs, 4-inch top, regular 75c, Friday..... 39 Our Toilet Article Bargains Spiro Powder, rsgular 25c, Friday 16 Oriental Cream, regular $1.50, Friday .....93 Java Riz Powder, regular 35c, Friday 25J Satin Skin Cream, regular 25e, Friday .: 16 Daggett & Ramsdell Cream, regular 35c, Friday 23 Charles' Flesh Food, regular 50c, Friday 33 4711 Soap, regular per cake 15c, Friday . . Lava Soap, per cake regular 10c, Friday 6 Wool Soap, regular 5c per cake, Friday 1 dozen cakes. 39 Friday Stationery Bargains Eaton-Hurlbut's Box Paper, regular 40c, Friday , 26 All Post Card Albums at 33 1-3 Per Cent Off "Gem "-White Paper Napkinn, regular 15c hundred, Friday.... 9 A few more of our regular 20c Tablets, Friday t.ll Remember, that your Fountain Pen is cleaned and filled free of charge. We do all kinds of pen-repairing. Rubber Goods Marked Down 2-qt. maroon combination and hard rubber attachment, regular $2.50, Friday for ' $1.73 2-qt. Hot-Water Bottle, regular $2.00, Friday $1.59 Ladies' Spray Syringe, regular $2.50, Friday $1.9S Rubber-lined Wash Cloth Case, silk cover, reg. 50c, Friday 29 Atomizer for spraying nose and throat, regular $1.10, Friday.. .63 Rubber Complexion Brush, regular 2oc, Friday 19 Rubber Sponge, regular 35c, Friday 19J ; Family Liquor Specials FRIDAY AND SATURDAY; Preferred Stock Whisky, qts., regular. $1.50, special . .70 Fischer's Pure Rye, pt. fla-k, regular 70c, special 48 Cabernet Wine, qt., regular 50c, special ' 29 Superior Holland Gin, qt., regular $1.25, special 89 Currant Wine, regular 40c pt.. special 19J Catawba Wine, regular 50c qt., special ,...35 FEAT9EB DUSTERS, regular 35c, SPECIAL 17J WOODARD foaunrdth L -ZJZZ- washing I I A K K H V 4 a- Ja-B- .-a--.-. i 5 Exchange 11 HomeA6171 s I ) STREETS -v -v-- Sale