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THE MORNING OREGOXTAX, FRIDAY, ATTGTJST 27, 1909. 000 PAIRS SAMPLE SHOES- ROADS OPERATED JIT LOSS IS REPLY PEACE DOVE REIGNS Windup Days WASHINGTON COISTY FRUIT BI; niKDKX FOR LIMBS MY SAMPLE SHOES ARE SUPERIOR SHOES, THEY ARE THE PICK AND CREAM OF THE -SHOE WORLD, Clearance Sale , WRIGHT'S Conservation Congress Has Calm Session. t 0, R. & N. Attorneys File An swer to State Railroad Commissioners. WHEAT RATE NOT TOO HIGH Grain HanW to Portland for Same Rate That It Is Brought Down by. Open-River Transportation Company's Steamers. SALEM. Or., Aug. 2. (Special.) vT. W. Cotton and Arthur C. Spencer, attor neys for the O. R. & N. Company, today submitted their brief in the case of the Railroad Commission vs. the Oregon Ttailroad & Navigation Company. This case is known as the Eastern Oregon grain rate case. .which is an Investigation by the commission on its own Initiative Into the freight rates on grain from Eastern Oregon -to Portland and elsewhere. Several pages pf the nrier are devoted to a scathing ar raignment of F. W. Oaines. "If this man were a shipper. comments the rrier. tnere might t.e some excuse un der the law to Justify the railroad com mission, or a court, in giving him a hearing in tills matter, but It Is farclal i' ?.Hy mat even nnoer tne Oregon Com mission Law. a man who has never shipped a carload of grain in his life, ran hack out of the door of his wife's little millinery shop, in some little town In the Palouse country, and light In the best wheat growing belt In Ore gon and there pose as the emancipator of the grain-growers of the state, with the alleged mission of freeing them from the greed of a railroad company, and incidentally, by any order the com mission might possibly make reducing grain rates, round out an unsuccessful career with several hundred thousand dollars rake-off." Gaines Admits Money Contract. Oaines admits that he has made con tracts with growers by which he is to secure one-half of any reduction in " freight rates brought about by any order of the commission. The Tftrlef asserts that the rates of the Open River Transportation Company . and the O. R. & N. are substantially the same, notwithstanding that the river and portage railroad line Is kept up by Portland merchjyjts and by the state, and is a losing proposition so far ' as an Investment Is concerned. The claim In made that the land barons ! of "Eastern Oregon are getting richer and Increasing their holdings every year: that J there Is less population In the grain belts . than there was ten years aso. owing to the alleged fact that the large landown ers are acquiring so much land and rent-, !ng It on ehares. and that there Is no de- i mand among the shippers of Eastern Ore ; gon for a reduction of rales, which It Is i maintained are now reasonable. It Is I claimed that the rates on various small ! Independent lines like the Oregon Elec tric, the Balem. Falls City arid Western and others, are as high or higher than the local rates fixed by the tariff on the ' branch lines of the O. R. N.. but that ; because the branch lines happen to be 1 operated by the parent company It Is proposed to make them put in rates that will not leave them self-supporting, but will make them a charge upon the par- ent company. Branches Operated at Ijoss. The statement Is made that several of '. the branch lines do not pay any substan- tla! returns on the Investment and that the Pilot Rock and Wallowa branches af i ford absolutely no return whatever over J operating expenses and fixed charges.' j It has been estimated that It would cost I JTR.OO.onn to reproduce the physical prop ' ertles of the 6. R. & N.- The road and its branches are capitalized nt tfi5.S70.000. j Its net earnings during the past ten years. ! not Including taxes, amount to 15, 21 8. 476 07 I per year. The annual taxes for this i period averaged t312.674.17, making the average net returns per year t4. 9f5, 01. 90. CURRY "WET," JUDGE SAYS Recent Circuit Decision Upsets Pro hibition Election. MARSH FIELD, Or.. Aug. 2S.-(Special.) Loral men connected with a court case In Curry County returned tonight and state that according to a recent ruling of Judge Coke, in the Circuit Court, Curry County is not dry. but is wet, and that there is nothing to prevent the selling of liquor there. , At the recent election the county went dry. Recently John R. Herron. of this city, was charged with selling liquor In a dry territory. After the case was heard. Judge Coke decided that the elec tion at which the dry decision was voted, was illegal, because the proper order of the court for the election had not been made, and consequently there was no restrictions on selling liquor. At torney McKnight. of this city, who ap peared for the defendant and made this plea, holds that since 1904 Curry County people thought they were in a dry terri-. tory, while, according to the recent de cision liquor could have- been sold. Whether the matter will be taken to a higher court Is not known. The decision was a surprise to the people. 1 TAP TILL DURING PARAPE - - i Thieves Operate In Salem. Securing $16 In Coin. SALEM. Or.. Aug. 2H. (SpeciaK) Dur ing the parade of Ringling Br on circus today, thieves entered the furniture store of I L". Josse. on Court street, and took flS from the till. The Job is believed to have been done by local talent. Although there is a very large crowd In the city this Is the only crime re ported and .there have been but two ar Vsts for drunkenness. HOP-PICKER SETS RECORD Aged Veteran Has Gathered Crop for 2 4 Consecutive Years. ' LEBANON, Or.. Aug. 26. (Special.) In a few days- Samuel Hawken. a veteran of the Civil war and a pioneer of Linn County, will make his 24th annual pil grimage to the hop yard of George Gen try near Brownsville. Personally, Mr. Hawken has little inclination to wander so. far away from home, his 72 years and the three rebel buckshot which he carries in his left hip having deprived him of much of the vigor of his younger days. Mr. Gentry, who owns a hop yard one mile ea.t of Brownsville and for whom Mr. Hawken has picked hops for 24 consecutive years. Is very anxious that r t f Hranch 14 Inrbe Long Rearing 70 Klpe Plums. H. J. Slrard, of 424 East Couch street, was the recipient yester day of an elegant branch of Damson plums shipped to him from the farm of J, W. Merrill, In Washington County, near the town of Cornelius. The branch is 14 Inches long and on it were 76 ripe plums. All the trees In the orchard. It Is said, are similarly loaded with fruit, and, moreover, the branch is a fair sample of the way all the plum and prune orchards in the county are bear ing. the quarter century shall be completed and as an inducement he has offered the aged veteran an oyster supper and medal If he returns this year and rounds out the 25 years work. Mr. Hawken was born In Pennsylvania, but spent most of his boyhood days In Missouri. He enlisted In the Fourth Mis souri Cavalry and served during the Civil war. He moved to Oregon 27 years ago and settled upon the present homestend near Mr. Howe choolhouse, 10 mils east of Lebanon. His family consists of a wife and five children, all of whom are grown and scattered throughout different parts of the state. SCIO READY FOR FAIR RACING WILT., BE STRONG FEAT IRE OF BIG SHOW. Entries in All Departments Are Large and Competition Will Be Sharp for Premiums. SCIO, Or., Aug. 26. (Special.) Preparations are now cdmplete for the rhlrd annual Linn County Fair, which will be held Monday, Tuesday .and Wednesday of next week at the fair grounds near this city. .From present indications it will be the best and big gest fair ever held in this part of the state, and probably the leading county fair In Oregon this. year. The fair grounds are In better shape than ever before and everything will be in readiness for the opening of the fair next Monday morning. The two large pavilion tents and the big res taurant tent have been stretched al ready. The large new barn for the track horses has been entirely com pleted. The big sheds for hogs, sheep and goats is also ready and the long rows of box-stalls on the east and south sides of the ground are pre- I pared for the reception of stock. The chief feature of the 1909 fair will be the racing. ScIo Is now on the circuit of the Willamette Valley Rac ing Association, and some of the best races ever pulled off In this part of the state will be presented. Entries In the stock department are large and there will probably be a splendid exhibit and a sharp contest for prizes. ' The cattle department will show a large number of fiuvorite breeds. The t50 premium for the best milk cow, to be tested on the fair grounds. Is bringing out a large num ber of cows which will fill a milk pail twice daily. The exhibit of farm vegetables and fruit will also be good, though It is not expected to be large on account of the backwardness of the season and the early dates for the fair. Tet the t50 prize for the best individual farm exhibit has attracted a number of con-" testants. A number of special premiums have been offered for exhibits which will attract attention. A splendid cabinet of tools to be awarded to the boy of 14 years of age or under for the- best specimen of woodwork, and a sewing machine to be given to the girl of like age for the best specimen of needle- i work, will furnish strong competition. The management of the Linn County Fair Association is doing everything possible to arrange in advance for the successful entertainment of visitors. Everybody in the "forks of the San tlam" Is planning to be here, and big crowds will come from Albany, Leb anon. Brownsville and other parts of the county. A large attendance is also expected from Jefferson, Stayton, Aumsvllle and the entire southeastern part of Marlon county. DE SAGANS ARE ROBBED Thieves at Rhelras Kelieve Tbem of $15,000 In Cash. PARIS, Aug. 26. A local newspaper publishes a statement that Princess Helie de Sagan was robbed of JSOOO during her recent stay at Rheims, and her husband, the Prince, was at the same time relieved of 10.0. The robbers have not been apprehended. i f .:: . : - i. ' r - i i x PINCHOT IN ATTENDANCE F. H. I.lbby, of Clarkston, Presides, and in Opening Address Insists Organization Is Not Mingling In Political Matters. SEATTLE. Aug. 26. The National Con servation Congress, which. It had been predicted, would witness a personal con troversy between the Chief Forester of the United States and the Secretary of the Interior, opened very pleasantly in the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition audi torium -Today, with Glfford Plnchot on the platform applauding a peace declaration and Secretary Ballinger in the Kittitas Hills, 125 miles away, studying an Irrigation project. The fact that charges affecting the pres ent public land administration are re ceiving personal investigation at the hands of President Taft inclines the radicals in the congress to adopt a pa cific, attitude. When E. H. Libby, of Clarkston, Wash., president of the "Washington Conservation Association, called the congress to order, he pointed out that the congress Is held for the sole pur pose of benefiting all the people of the United States and not for the purpose of exploiting any policy of any set of Washington officials. We are here to try to work out a policy for the people and not for officialdom," said Mr. Llbby. "We constitute a voluntary assemblage, not to support or con demn any man or set of rten. There Is nothing political in this meeting. There must be nothing . political. Should there be, the objects of this meeting would be lost and Its effl ciency sadly diminished." Mr. Pinchot, who sat on the platform with President Libby, was one of th leaders' In the applause that greeted the chairman's deelarations of peace for the congress. . John Barrett, director of the In ternatlonal Bureau of American Re publics, presided at the afternoon ses sion. which was given over to a sym poslum of addresses on "What Conser vation Is Doing in My State." Among the speakers were: Alaska, - Royal A. Cunnlson; British Columbia, F. J. Ful ton; Hawaii, F. D. Knudson; Louisiana, John E. Hardtner; Pennsylvania, A. B, Faruuher; Rhode Island, Henry A. Barker; Utah, Governor William Spry Washington, Joel Shoemaker; Nebras ka. Professor G. E. Condra; Colorado Professor Louis G. Carpenter: ' New York, H. E. Pearson; California, Alex ander Mackie; Missouri, H. B. McAfee Maryland, Bernard -N. Baker; Oregon J. N. Teal. The only reference to the possibility of a controversy was contained In lengthy message from Governor Hay of Washington, which was read to the congress by the secretary. In his mes sage Governor Hay said: "Free and- untrammeled discussion of the problems of conservation should be Invited. The Federal Government has already entered upon a policy of con servatlon as respects our timber re sources. If abuses have grown up in carrying out that policy, let Just crlti cism have ample opportunity to point out these abuses, to the end that they may be corrected. This congress. If It hopes to be of real and enduring serv ice to the cause It nas adopted, must not blind itself to wrongs in the ad ministration of a department that directs the first Government attempt at conservation, if there be wrongs. It must not become the subservient tool of a governmental bureau, else for all practical purposes It will be come impotent to do good. Neither must it lend Itself to furthering the Interests of one departmental head at the expense of another." The reading of the message from Governor Hay caused no comment, the work of the convention being resumed without discussion. GRAIN HAULED TO RIVER Umatilla Farmers Find Advantage in Water Competition. . PENDLETON. Or.. Aug. 26. (Special.) Because wheat delivered at Cold Springs landing on the Columbia . River Is worth three cents more per bushel than that delivered at any railroad station in the county, not on the river, double the amount of grain usually hauled to that place will be taken there from the fields of Umatilla County this Fall. The ad vantages offered by the Cold Springs landing were brought strongly to the at tention of the farmers by Rodney B. Smith, a representative of the Open River Transportation Company, who has been here for the past two or three days. - It seems that the O. R. & N. has been granting a freight rate on grain from Cold Springs to Portland that is lower than fnat granted the stations in the county which do not have the advantage of river transportation by a cent and a half. Now Mr. Smith announces that the Open River Transportation Company is willing to do still better and Is quoting a rate which is exactly a cent and a half lower than the railroad's rate from that , point This gives the farmer who can ship from Cold Springs an advantage of three cents per bushel, or nearly seven cents per sack, over the farmer who is compelled to ship from some railroad sta tion, not on the river. One wagon and a "'trailer" drawn by six horses or mules transports about 50 sacks at a load so the grain growers figure that If they can only haul one load per day that It is better to do that than to' haul to -some railroad station. RAIN STOPS THRESHERS Heavy Showers Soak Grain in Pa louse Wheat Fields. GARFIELD. Wash., Aug. 26. (Special.) Copious showers of rain have been fall ing over the Palouse wheat fields today and the threshing machines have closed down until the weather clears. This Is the first rain since harvest began, and If the showers stop now they will do no damage. - Continued rains would In jure the wheat which is now in shock. The harvest is the largest in the history of the country and wheat is averaging 40 bushels an acre. The wheat is plump and Is all No. 1 in quality. VETERANS . FORM SOCIETY Civil War Survivors In Yamhill County Organize. NEWBERG, Or.. Aug. 26. (Special.) Veterans of the Civil War residing in Yamhill County met in Newberg today and organized the Yamhill County Vet- Specials For Boys $6.50 Buster Brown Suits, strictly thi3 season's styles, special at $3.85 $2.50 Cqwboy Hats, with fancy carved leather band, special 'at . .$1.60 50c Laundered Shirtwaists, with 2 collars, neat color ef fects, special at -25 HOP PICKERS' SPECIAL Fancy Mexican Hats, Scotch plaid effects, straight 50c value, now 25 $ Lion Clothiers 166-170 Third St. eran Association. Speeches were made by Attorney Clarence Butt, of New berg; Colonel J. C. Cooper, of McMlnn ville and George Allen, of Newberg. Thenillitary band of the detachment or Regular Army soldiers la- camp in town furnished music for the occa sion. The officers elected: President, N. E. Britt, "Newberg: vice-president, Rob ert Butcher, McMlnnvllle; secretary, B. F. Hevland, Newberg; treasurer, H. P. Winslow, Sheridan. The first regular meeting of the association will be held In McMlnnvllle during the week of the school fair in. September. PLUCKY GIRL WINS OUT Taeoma Schoolteacher Fights'. Hard for Her Land. NORTH YAKIMA. Wash.. Aug. 36. (Special.) Mary Alice. Cone, a Taeoma schoolteacher, has been given a patent to her homestead near Mabton, southeast of here, after struggling against the hardest circumstances for nine years. She took up the claim on sagebrush land, when In poor health and encum bered with the care of a crippled father. There was no water on the land, but she planted crops, hoping for rain. None cane, and a well, too, was a failure. After building a hut, In which Bhe lived with her father for seven years, she was forced to leave to gain money to keep herself alive and returned to Taeoma to teach. Then she returned to the claim. and though her entry had been cancelled, she again took up her fight. Two years later irrigation was procured, and pros perity came to her. The Sunn'6ide Water-Users' Association petitioned the Gov ernment to reinstate her claim and her faithful struggle so impressed Fred Den- net of the Land Officethat she has been granted full patent. LUMBAGO IS EPIDEMIC Firemen on Cascade Division of the Northern Pacific . Afflicted. NORTH YAKIMA. Wash., Aug. 26. (Special.) An epidemic of lumbago is re ported among the firemen on the Cascade division of the Northern Pacific, from Ellenfiburg to Taeoma, and so serious has been the complaint that the company is trying to get men from other divisions to replace those laid off. The heavy grades and the prevalence of the epidemic, how ever, have railed to whet the men s en thusiasm, and now extra pay is being offered. The company phj'slcian at Ellensburg, the division point, says the excessive work and the constant balancing of the firemen -on the footboard as the heavy engines pitch and roll on the grade, has proved toff great a strain for their nerves, and brought on a nervous trouble closely resembling lumbago. V MOTHER INSANE, MAN GONE v Family at Sara, Clark County, In a Sorry Plight. VANCOUVER. Wash., Aug. 26. (Spe cial.) Mrs. Sarah Stunipff, wife of S. S. Stumpff, of Sara, was adjudged insane this afternoon by County Health Officer R. G. Black and Dr. Chalmers. The unfortunate woman has been suffering for some time. Recently she locked two of her children, aged 8 and 11 years, In the smoke house, tied the door shut and went away. Her husband has left for parts unknown and has not been seen for days. The son, Robert Stumpff, was compelled to swear to the complaint gainst his mother. The woman threatens to smother her- elf If forced to remain in confinement. Coos Bay Couple Marry. MARSHFIBLD, Or., Aug. 26. (Special.) Friends here were surprised at the an nouncement of the marriage of Albert To give the biggest pos sible cake of the best pos sible soap for the least possible money. That is and - always has been the policy of the manufacturers of Ivory Soap. That it is the right policy is proven by the fact that the sales of Ivory Soap grow great er, year by year. Ivory Soap 99 45ioo Per Cent. Pure. FOR WOMEN SSL v A PAIR . '.'ittp PORTLAND'S BUSIEST SHOE SHOP POSITIVELY NO BRANCH HOUSES IN .PORTLAND OPEN DAILY 8A.M. TO 6 P. M. SIXTH FLOOR OREGONIAN BUILDING ROOMS 600-601 Selig and Miss Ellen Johnson of this city, which tonk place at Coquille City. The couple went to Portland. Mr. Selig Is a well known young business man of Marshrteld. HOTEL COMPANY FORMED Corporation Will Have Charge of a New" Hostelry at The Palles. THE DALLES. Or., Aug. 26. (Spe cial.) Articles of incorporation of the Shepherd-Clarke Hotel Company were filed with County Clerk Angle this af ternoon. E. L. Shepherd, N. K. Clarke and Ralph E. Moody are the incorpor-- ators and T. H. Ward and Alydane Me- han witnesses. The capital stock Is J25.000, divided into 250 shares of the par value of J100 each. The Shepherd-Clarke Company will operate the new $85,000 hotel, which is nearing completion. Youth Home After 1 1 Years. VANCOUVER, Wash., Aug. 26. (Spe cial.) Joseph Goddard, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Goddard, of Salmon Creek, and a native of Clark County, returned last week after 11 years of wandering. His parents were overjoyed at his re turn. During his absence Mr. Goddard was a soldier in the United States Army. Cannery to Open at Fisher's. VANCOUVER. Wash., Aug. 26. (Special.) A cannery opened by George S. 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