Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (July 27, 1908)
THE MORNING OREGONf AN, MONDAY, JULY 2T, 190S. HARR1MAN ASKED TO SEE COOS BAY Renewed Effort to Induce Magnate to Consider Rail- road to Coast. REVIVE ELECTRIC PROJECT Convention of Southern Idaho and Southern Oregon Interests at Marshfield During Fair Week. MARSHFIELD. Or., July 26. (Special.) During the week of the Southern Oregon District Fair at Marshfield, August 26 to 29. there will be held on Coos Bay e Southern Oregon and Southern Idaho con vention. Representatives from different parts of the state will be present to dis cuss matters of any kind which may come up and which bear upon the interests of the southern part of this state and Idaho. The most important matter to be dis cussed is that of securing a rail outlet of some kind for Coos Bay. A delega tion has been named to wait upon E. H. Harriman and Invite him to visit Coos Bay and also to hurry work on the Draln- Coos Bay extension of the Southern Paci fic. But the people are anxious to have a road of some kind out of Coos Bay and there Is a revival of the talk , of building an electric line from Marshfield to Rose burg. Quarter Million Subscribed. This matter was up about a year ago, but the plans were never pushed through. At that time the Douglas County people subscribed 2o0,000 for stock in such company. The people of Roseburg and Douglas County are as anxious as ever to have the road, believing that It would be a great thing for their part of the country, giving a rail outlet to the sea. It is likely that there will be no trouble In raising stock subscriptions at that end of the line. The Coos Bay wagon road from Coos Bay to Roseburg is a rough one and goes over a high mountain, but It is suggested that by selecting a route from Roseburg through the Camas Valley and to Myrtle Point and then to Coqutlle and Marshfield no .very great feats of engineering would be required to build an electric line. Buch a road would extend past many farms in Douglas County and also through the rich Coqullle Valley, the fin est farming country of Coos County. Quick Rail Route to Sea. Those who are pushing the plan claim mat- an electric road through this terri tory wouia do a paying investment as well as being a great boon to both Coos Bay and Roseburg and surrounding coun try. It would give a quick passenger rail route Into Coos Bay and would also do away with the slov mall service now necessarily suffered by the Coos Bay people. - - At both ends of the proposed line the electric railway talk is stronger than ever, and it is likely that this matter will be taken up at the convention as one of the most Important topics. . NEW RAILROAD FOR SALEM Line to Falls City Guaranteed Prominent Capitalists. by SALEM. Or., July 26. (Special.) That Salem will have direct railroad connec tions with Dallas and Falls City within 15 months Is guaranteed by the promo- ters of the Salem, Falls City & Dallas Railway, who have been busy for some time, securing rights of way. L. Gerlinger. Henry L Plttock and F. W. Leadhetter. all of Portland, and C. K Spauldlng, of Salem, are some of the men back of the enterprise. The logging railroad from Dallas to a point three or four miles west of Falls City, in the mountains, will form the nucleus of the line, which has been surveyed through to Slletz Bay on the coast. The right of way has been secured for seven miles out of Salem, and In some cases money has been deposited as forfeit that cars will be running in 15 months. Grading will commence this week, ac cording to Mr. Gerlinger. YAKIMA RANCHER IS SHOT John Collins Wounds P. A. Bounds in. Quarrel Over Water. NORTH TAKIMA. 'Wash.. July 21 (Special.) Pleasant A. Bounds, a wide ly-known and highly-respected ranche of the Ahtanum Valley, Just west this city. Is In St. Elizabeth's Hospita here with a bullet wound In his groin the result of a quarrel this morning with John Collins, a neighboring ranch er. Collins surrendered himself to the Sheriff. It is believed that Bounds will recover. The men have had more or less trouble In the past over irrigation rights, and it was declared by Bound that his headgate had been Interfered with. Both men were walking th ditch this morning. Bounds in the rear. Collins, who thought he was being fol lowed, warned Bounds to turn back which the latter did not do. Collin then turned and fired. OFFICE SHORT OF FUNDS Washington's Land Commissioner Hampered In Handling Business. OLYMPIA. Wash.. July 26. (Special.) Commissioner of Public Lands Ross an nounces that It will be necessary to post pone until October the September sale of state, school and granted lands. The sale was to have taken place on the first Saturday of next month, applications having been received from practically every county In the state, but the last Legislature failed to correctly estimate the tremendous amount of business which would be done In the State Land De partment, and as a result appropriations then made have fallen so far short that, without the co-operation of the press of the state, business will be almost at a stand-still and thousands of dollars lost to the schools and educational institu tions of Washington. In the fund from which Is paid the advertising of state land sales there re mains only a sufficient amount to pay for one month's business, and in order to make that money go as far as it can pos sibly be made to go Commissioner Ross has deemed It advisable to combine the September and October sales under the later date. For many months the Com missioner has been conserving the adver- tlslng fund by publishing individual ap plications in groups under single notices, and In this way greatly curtailing the ordinary expense of that part of his business. The fund from which are paid the State Land Inspector and other expenses of state land inspection is also all but depleted. The inspectors who will be retained have agreed to carry their own expenses and a portion of their compen sation themselves until they can be re imbursed by the Legislature. Mr. Ross Is now preparing correspond ence with the newspapers of the state with which his department has done busi ness in the past, looking to an agreement with them to advertise the October, No vember, December and January sales. and wait for compensation until the Leg islature can create a deficiency appropria tion. Should the newspapers find It Im possibly to come to some such agreement it is likely that Commissioner Ross will leave the matter of advertising to the applicants for state lands, -requesting them to forward a sufficient amount with their applications to cover the cost of advertising and to rely for their reim bursement upon later action by the Leg islature. The vast majority of the applications now coming into the State Land De-. partment are from Eastern Washington districts. This possible suspension of business would mean that hundreds of persons sowing state lands to crops for next Spring would be estopped from so doing because they could not get title to the lands tney desire to farm until too late to take advantage of season and conditions. KILLED FOR HIS MONEY MEDIOAIi LAKE MAX IS BEATEN TO DEATH IX WOODS. Ira Xesslnger, Well-Known and Re spected Citizen, Foully Mur dered and Robbed. MEDICAL LAKE, Wash.. July 26. (Special.) With his gray head beaten to an almost unrecognizable pulp, his body battered and bruised and many of his teeth knocked out, the body of Ira Nessinger, a well-known citizen o Medical Lake, was found by fishermen this morning, lying near the trail lead ing to Clear Lake. A two-foot length of gasplpe, covered with blood, was found by the body. The body had been tossed to one side of the trail. The dead man's pockets had been rifled and his clothes torn into strips by the mur derer, whose efforts to rob Nessinger apparently met with resistance. Nes singer's stiff hat, crushed in from be hind, the rim torn off and blood- soaked, was found near the scene, lndl eating that the first blow was struck' from behind. The crime was committed about 10 o'clock Saturday night. At that hour Arthur Hubbard, whose home is less than 20 yards from the scene of the killing, was awakened by some one shouting his name, as if In distress, Hubbard seized a gun and ran out the back door In the direction of the cries but finding no one, returned and re tired. At 11:30 a neighbor, returning from a lodge meeting, saw the body of Nes6inger lying by the trail, but pre suming it to be a drunken man, passed on by. ' . LONG TRIP IN AUTOMOBILE Party Makes Run From Los Angeles to Portland. R. C. McCormack. .capitalist, and John C. Cline, ex-Collector of Customs of Los Angeles, accompanied by their families and some friends, comprised an automobile party that reached this city yesterday from Los Angeles on their way to Seattle. The party is trav ellng in three automobiles, having left Los Angeles two weeks ago yesterday. They are registered at the Portland, "The trip has been a delightful one and altogether uneventful so far even a slight mishap is concerned said Mr. Cline yesterday. "We left Los Angeles just two weeks ago, and have been proceeding leisurely through Cal ifornia and Oregon, enjoying the scen ery and inspecting the country gen erally. We will continue the Journey to Seattle this week, where Mr. McCor mack is interested in business prop erty." The party Includes Mr. and Mrs. R. C. McCprmack, Mr. and Mrs. John C. Cline. J. Banning Cline, H. W. Cline. Mil Barker, E. T. Stlmson and F. T. Griffith. Quiet on Waterfront. TACOMA. July 26. There were no de velopments in the waterfront strike today and no clashes occurrred between the union and non-union forces. The steamer Buckman continued to load outward car go, her men protected by a strong guard. The steamer President worked cargo all day unmolested and without the wharf gates closed. Cw-oss , , Portland's public baths are to be moved. They have been situated at the foot of Jefferson street and stories were started to the effect that they were contiguous to public sewers. "We have decided to change the location of the baths." said Dr. Esther C Pohl. city health officer, yesterday, "though we cannot say Just where they will go. At any rate, they are to be removed, and I am convinced that the change will be beneficial." City officials will probably decide today where the baths will be located. LAWYER IS MISSING Departure of W. C. E. Pruitt From Pendleton a Mystery. MANY FRIENDS PUZZLED Xo Apparent Cause for Young Attor ney's Action Thought to Have Yielded to Sudden Attack of Wanderlust. PENDLETON. Or.. July 26. (Special.) W. G E. Pruitt, Acting District Attorney for Umatilla and Morrow counties and temporary city editor of the Pendleton Morning Tribune, has mysteriously dis appeared. So far as anxious relatives and friends have been able to ascertain, he went west on O. R. & N. train No. 6. Tuesday night, taking with him a suit- se, an extra suit of clothes and less than $100 In oash. There does not appear to be the slightest cause for his strange action. He owed no money, and though as a member of the law firm of Pruitt & Oliver, he had the handling of consider able sums of money, belonging to dif ferent estates, there Is nothing to show that his accounts are not . absolutely straight. His business and social relations were of the pleasantest. Mrs. Pruitt. former ly Miss Cassie Raley and prominent so cially in this city, has been at Lehman Springs during the warm weather. She has been notified of her husband's action and is expected to arrive in Pendleton tomorrow. Pruitt was formerly managing editor of the Baker City Herald, having been in partnership with B. E. Kennedy, the present owner. For more than a year he has been practicing law in Pendleton, having been admitted to the bar soon after his graduation from the University of Oregon law school four years ago. When District Attorney Phelps went to the mountains, a few weeks ago, he left another lawyer in charge of the office, and when the latter was suddenly called to Roseburg on business before the land office, Pruitt was made Acting District Attorney In that capacity he was to have been in Milton Friday to prosecute a case in the Justice Court. At first it was thought Pruitt had left town for a short business trip, but as no one could be found who knew of his going, the .theory that he met with foul play then gained credence. Further in vestigation, however, has convinced his relatives that he acted upon some sudden Impulse to leave the country. It was learned today he had told one friend that some day he was "going to leave this town never to return," and to another he had often declared that if he were foot loose he would go to South Africa. WHEAT YIELDS HEAVILY Alaska Variety Goes Hundred Bush els to Acre Xear Lewiston. LEWISTON, Idaho, July 26. (Special.) W. J. Jordan, general agent of the North ern Pacific has a sample of Alaska wheat. raised by a farmer named Adams near Julietta. Adams has TO acres of this eraJn which will produce 100 bushels to the acre. He has had It analyzed by Pro fessor J. S. Jones of the State University, at Moscow, who states that the grain is high In gluten and proteld. and in his opinion will grade for milling purposes alonir with blue stem. The wheat grows on a tough stem from five to six feet high and the heads on the samples shown here are over en inch thick .and full of berries. Mr. Adams expects to sell the product of his 70 acres for seed at So a bushel. Many of the ranchers in this section are investigating the new grain and will plant small amounts this Fall. Two Courts in Albany. ALBANY. Or., July 26. (Special.) For the first time In years, both departments of the State Circuit Court for Linn Coun ty will hold sessions on the same day tomorrow. Judge George H. Burnett, of Salem, will convene an adjourned term of department No. 1, of, which he Is the presiding judge, in the morning, and then at 1 o'clock he will convene an adjourned term of department No. 2, and will pre side In the absence of Judge William Galloway, who is now on a trip In the East. Four Would Be Auditor. CHEHALIS, Wash.. July 26. (Special.) J. E. Veness, of Wlnlock, has filed his declaration as a candidate to succeed himself as state Senator from this coun ty. He has signed the pledge called for In section 37 of the primary law. Charles Edwards, of Curtis, has filed as a candi date for auditor, making four now in the race for that position. PORTLAND PUBLIC BATHS WILL BE THE ALCOHOL in beer is a trifle only 34 per cent. The effective ingredients are barley and hops a food and a tonic. Pure beer is both good and good for you. In Germany, Holland, Sweden, Denmark and Austria beer is the national beverage. Nearly all people, of all ages, drink it. And all the world envies their sturdy strength. Every doctor knows how beer' benefits. , If you need more strength or vitality he will prescribe it. But be careful to choose a pure beer, else you get harm with the good. And select a beer well aged to avoid biliousness. The way to be sure is to order Schlitz. We go to extremes in cleanliness. We even filter the air that cools it. We age it for Schlitz CONTEST IS BITTER Fight for Washington County Clerkship Hotly Waged. BAILEY HOLDING THE FORT Successful Candidate Declines to Stipulate to Reduce Cost of Re count Enemies Threaten to Invoke Recall. HILLS BORO, Or July 2. (Special.), The contest for the County Clerkship of Washington County is now In the acute stage, and the partisans of each of the contestants are apparently as bitter as if a campaign were on. In REMOVED FROM PRESENT LOCATION months. has no after BeerThat Made Milwaukee Famous the April primaries J. W. Bailey, E. J. Godman and W. D. Smith were candi dates for the nomination for County Clerk on the Republican ticket. Bailey was successful over his opponents and was placed on the ticket. E. L. Mc cormick was afterward named by peti tion, and placed on the ticket as an independent, although his campaign cards and posters designated him as an "Independent Republican." The fight for the election was fast and furious, and the regular nominee. Bailey, 'won out , by but 14 votes, by the official count, and this after Bailey had con ceded the election to McCormick and congratulated him upon his success. Within a few days after Bailey was declared elected and had received his certificate of election, a contest was filed charging irregular voting and illegal ballots counted for Bailey. Upon going Into court the petition to contest was quashed, but Judge Mc Bride gave the petitioner ten days to file an amended complaint. This ten days, added to the time of the hearing of the first petition, overlapped the SO days allowed by the statute in which a contestant must file his papers In order to get Into court, and Bailey's attorneys demurred to the amended petition on the ground that the time for a contest had elapsed. The court held otherwise and ordered a recount. At this Juncture, when it was neces sary to have at least 21 Judges brought into ourt at the expense of the peti- HODREDS OF BOYS EACH DAY TAKE PLUNGE IX WILLAMETTE AT FOOT OF JEFFERSON STREET We sterilize every bottle, effects. Ask for the Brewtry Bottling: Common beer is sometimes substituted for Schlitz. To mwad &nf imposed ttpan, see titat the cork or crown is branded Schlits. PEone Main 2779 Sherwood & Sherwood 8 Front St., S. E. cor. Ankeny St. Portland tloner one from each precinct the prosecution went to the Bailey faction, Bailey already being installed as County Clerk, and told them that If Bailey would agree that the ballot boxes as they now are, were intact and beyond dispute, they would proceed with tne case. If the Bailey adherents would not agree to this a "recall" would be invoked, and Bailey, within six months after Induction Into office. would have to stand the expense of another election. This Bailey posi tively refused, and McCormick parti sans allege they will force him to the expense of another election. Clerk Bailey says he will not be "bluffed" Into stipulating anything that will injure his case In court, and says that the affair is now assuming the proportions of a "vendetta," and accuses the opposition of being In spired by a feeling of revenge and a desire of making the office cost him more money than it is worth. Bailey has made an efficient clerk so far arid has taken hold of the office In a business-like manner. Consider able bitter feeling was caused by Bailey asking that the ballots be turned over to the Sheriff prior to his taking the clerkship and the fight goes on, with a chance for the U'Ren recall in Washington County. While ex-Clerk Godman was active in McCormick's behalf, W. r. Smith, who was also unsuccessful at the pri mary, took no active part In the elec tion, but accepted his defeat with good nature. BROKEN ' LEG KILLS HIM Seattle Bartender's Best Friend Held for Manslaughter. SEATTLE. Wash., July 26. (Special.) John Cox, aged 43, a bartender, is dead and Fred Hackleman, his dearest . friend for years, is In jail charged with killing him. Cox's death was peculiar as ap parently his only Injury was a broken leg, the injury having been received in a drunken brawl last night with Hack leman. In J. . J. Kelley's saloon, where Cox is employed. The shock of the In jury proved too much for Cox and, after being taken to a hospital last night he grew worse and died at 8 o'clock this morning. ' The fatal quarrel grew out og a debt of 12 owed Cox by Hackleman. Hackle man and Cox went out Into the street "to have it out" and Hackleman hit Cox a heavy blow. Cox falling to his knees. Friends who treid to assist -him to his feet found that his leg was broken. GOING AFTERCONVENTION Marshfield Red Men Hope to Secure - Next Session. MARSHFIELD, Or.. July 26. (Special.) The delegation from Coos Bay to the great council of the Oregon Order of Redmen at Medford next week will make an effort- to secure the convention for "oos Bay in 1909. The local delegation, accompanied by George X. Farrin, the great sachem of the order, will carry an Invitation from the Marshfield Chamber of Commerce. The delegation from Coos County will be composed of A. J. Hart man. O. C Waldvogel, Dr. Wetmore, George Robinson, D. H. Johnson. F. A. Sacchi. S. B. Cathcart. C. L. Pennock, J. T. Lynch and G. N. Farrin. Olympla Malt Extract, good for grand ma or baby. Only 16-100 of 1 per cent alcohoL Phones: Main 671, A 2467. Special sale fine shoes at Rosenthal's. TREAT GUESTS WELL Klamath Arranges to Receive Portland Excursionists. DEMONSTRATION AT WEED Steamer Ride on Klamath River to Be Given, Followed by Trip to Crater Lake Ka- tional Park. - KLAMATH FALLS, Or., July 2S.-(3pe-cial.) Arrangements are being perfected by the Klamath Chamber of Commerce for entertainment of the excursionists to leave Portland, August 2, for a trip to this section. At Weed the first demonstration will be given of resources of the region. In the big box factory and wood products mills of the Weed Lumber Company. The journey will Include a stage ride of 11 miles and a steamer trip on the Klamath River. One day will be devoted to Klamath Falls and vicinity, one day to a drive through the irrigated lands of the valley, and then an outing at Crater Lake. After ' which members of the party will make their own itineraries and doubtless many will devote some time to Upper Klamath Lake fishing resorts and in the game preserves of the mountains. For the Crater Lake trip a large num ber of Klamath people will accompany the visitors and the Crater Lake Company has placed another launch on the water to accommodate all who desire to see Wizard Island. New through service has been estab lished betwen this city and Crater Lake, by which boats on Upper Klamath Lake convey passengers to Agency Landing or Modoc Point, thence by connecting stages to Fort Klamath and for the trip through National Park. ' Pure Flavorings Flavoring Extracts Vanilla Lemon Orangra Roae.stfe. have been given the preference and are now used and appreciated by millions of housewives who have used them for half a century. (