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THE MOKNTXG OEEGOXL1N, MONDAY, JUNE 6, 1910. 5 INCENDIARY FIRES ARE WORK OF GIRL Culprit in Confession Says Older Woman Employed Her to Apply Torch. REVENGE ALLEGED MOTIVE Owner of House and Barn Said to Have Inspired Hatred by Sale of Balky Horse Both Held by Klamath Sheriff. KLAMATH FALLS, Or.. June B. Special.) Cora. Seaton, 16 years old. con fessed to the Sheriff today that It wast ehe -who set fire last April to the house end barn of David Shook, a farmer who lives near here. The gin said that she was employed by Mrs. Maggie Jones-Deal to apply the torch in both instances. In the fire that destroyed the barn 13 head of horses, a large amount of grain, several tons of hay and a quantity of harness and Imple ments, together with all the wagons and carriages . of the farm were lost. Horse Trade Inspires Revenge. Miss Seaton was employed at the Shook home. She said in her confession that the "burning of the barn was inspired by revenge, Mrs. Jones-Deal having accused Shook of selling her a horse that after ward proved balky The elder woman, she says, then employed her to set fire to the barn. After that, she says, both womerj broke into a case of whisky that was stored in the house and drank sev eral bottles, and fearing detection of the theft they then planned the burning of tho house. Both women are held in the County Jail. Mrs. Jones-Deal was arrested first and until the time of her confession the girl was held only as a suspect, no var iant having been Issued for her arrest. Girl's Actions Suspicious. The girl waa first to discover both fires, and her suspicious actions each time led to her being watched. There was a coincidence that the officers did not overlook in the fact that an incend iary fire which almost destroyed the town of Bonanza occurred while Miss Seaton was there. The search for the incendiaries has led the Sheriff to follow many clews. There was feeling in the neighborhood because of the part Shook took in securing the conviction of Alf "Wallls and Charles Llskey of the charge of stealing horses. The horse hustlers' friends had made threats against Shook and the others who helped to break up the band. Mrs. Jones-Deal is said to have been married several times. She is 86 years old. The Seaton- girl is believed not to be strong mentally. SIMPSON NAMED RECEIVER North Bank Lnmber Company Mat ters to Be Settled. VANCOUVER, Wash., June 5. (Spe cial.) George B. Simpson has been ap pointed received for the North Bank Lumber Company, which is In financial difficulties. It is estimated that the company has $3000 liabilities and $13,000 uss.'la. Several weeks ago when the manager refused to give the men their pay, after repeated -promises, about 30 of them walked to Vancouver, 28 miles, to file Hens against the company's property. They walked because they had no money to buy railroad tickets. The company's property consists of 'a sawmill, planer, logging road, donkey engine, some standing timber and 300,000 feet of sawed timber, which is near the railroad. The receiver expects to sell out the property, deeming this better than attempting to operate the sawmilL. Mr. Simpson Is under a J10.000 bond. J. D. Eaton is president of the com pany. Frank Schmitt, of Portland, is the heaviest creditor, having a claim for about $2500. PIONEER WOMAN, 89, DIES Mrs. Catherine Shook Long Resident of Klamath County. KLAMATH FALLS, Or.. June 5. Speclal.) Mrs. Catherine Shock, aged S9, and a pioneer woman of Klamath County, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Jacob Rueck. in Langell Valley, 25 miles southeast of here, yesterday. Mrs. Shook was born in Jefferson County, Ind., May 14, 1821. She was married to Amon Shook in 1853. Mr. and Mrs. Shook crossed the plains in fin ox wagon in 1864 and took up their home in the Rogue River Valley, wherS they lived until 1869, when they came to Klamath County. Mrs. Shook leaves eight children: John H.. David P. and William H. Shook and Mrs. Jacob Rueck, of the Langell Valley; Isaac N. Shook, of Ashland: Mary J. Sutton, of Klamath Falls; Hattie J. Parker, of Los Ange les, and Fannie K. Shuman, ot Uuate tnala. DIRECTORS CUT TO SEVEN Klamath Water Users Association Reduces Size of Board. KLAMATH FALLS. Or., June 5. tSpecial.) The proposal to- reduce the number of directors of the Klamath Water Users Association from nine to three was defeated at the annual meet ing of the association yesterday, but a reduction to seven was adopted unan imously. The following directors were elected: First district. S. T. Summers; second district. John Irwin: third dis trict. C. A. Bunting and C. O. Merrill; fourth district. Bert Hawkins; fifth district. Abel Ady; at large, James JDixon. The proposal to reduce the number to three was advocated by some, who urged that the reduced number would transact the business less expensively. MEN NEEDED AT WALLOWA Many Projected Buildings Wait Only for Mechanics to Do Work. WALLOWA. Or., June 5. (Special.) The present season will see more good buildings erected in this city than in the past 24 years. Twenty-five thou sand Idollars will be expended by the f iiatrlnt f-Or & modein- firesroof structure. More than $9000 will be ex pended for church structures. New business buildings are announced every week. The Presbyterian Church, with a membership of 60, will expend $6000 for a modern church structure. This represents an expenditure of $100 per capita for the membership. The Methodist Church, with ah excellent church building already erected and paid for, has let a contract for Im provements and additions to the church to cost $3000, an expenditure for im provements alone of more than $30 per capita. The Wallowa Mercantile Compan has announced the erection of a con crete structure with 60x110 feet floor space on each of the two floors. The present store building will be moved. Couch & McDonald have begun excava tions for a modern office building of native stone, two stories high, 30x100 feet. They are considering plans for a much larger store building for rent ing purposes. William Sherod has let the contract for a modern glass front in his present store building. C A. McClaran has recently installed a new front. Every carpenter that can be secured is busy at work on residences, and many are ready to build but cannot secure carpenters to do the work. A dozen residences have been completed this season at an earlier date than building operations usually begin. Houses are being occupied as soon as completed. Millmen are running over time with full crews. Brick and stone masons are in demand. WAR -HULK SAVES LIFE BATTERED ZAFIKO HOME OF IN VALID ORDERED TO SEA. Fine Cabins and Roomy Saloons Make Ideal Home and Garden Is Kept on Deck. SEATTLE, Wash., June 5. (Specjal.) At the foot of Kinnear Park the weather - beaten, worn - out steamship Zafiro has lain at anchor for the past eight months. She is to be broken up next month by the Chicago Junk Com pany. Few have known that the last service of the famous collier of the Dewey fleet was the saving of the life of a woman and the providing of a comfortable home for a famtly.N Mrs. W. H. Phillips, of Bellingham, was lying at the point of death in Wayside Hospital last November. The doctors prescribed an extended sea voyage as the orj chance of saving her life. Mr. Phlnips, who had given up his position as petty officer on the Oregon to be by the side of his sick wife, could not afford such a trip. The situation had grown desperate, when the distracted husband heard that the Zafiro was to be laid up in Elliott Bay. He applied to the owners, the Chicago Junk Company, and received the position of watchman, and Mrs. Phillips and her baby boy were carried from the hospital to the ship. It had been built for the finest pas senger trade, and there was no dearth of fine cabins and roomy saloons. The family sleeping quarters are in the captain's big rooms. The first-class saloon is used as a sitting-room. It is paneled in gold and white and is lighted by a handsome stained sky light. Baby George uses one of the bridal suites on the main deck as a. playroom. The, lifeboats are filled with flowers, which make the deck look like a Summer garden. The Phillips found they had a man sion, with the finest view and situa tion in Seattle. Mrs. Phillips dates her recovery from the first day on the boat. She had undergone two danger ous operations in quick succession, and had been threatened with tuberculosis of the knee. The wonderful sea air in her roomy quarters worked a mir aculous cure. Mrs. Phillips a few weeks ago re ceived a legacy of $5000 from an aunt. She persuaded Mr. Phillips' to allow her to buy the hulk from the Chicago Junk Company, but it was found it would be almost Impossible to remove the en gines, which are worth $20,000, with out tearing the boat to pieces. CROPS ARE BELOW NORMAL Gloomy Report on Conditions Made by State Board. MADISON. Wis.. June 5 (Specials According to a report issued by Secre tary John L. True, of the State Board of Agriculture, the. condition of farm crops in Wisconsin is about 12 per cent below normal for this time of the year. Corn acreage which is considerably in creased over that of last year has nearly all been planted and some stands are up and being cultivated. The plants are yellow and making slow growth and cut worms are doing some damage. The acreage of potatoes is less than last season and the prospects for a good crop are poor. The acreage of peas in canning districts has been increased and indications point to a big crop. Sugar beets are backward and little tobacco has yet been set, the acreage in each case being about the same as last year. The apple crop will be 20 per cent of normal and strawberries and most nthur bush fruits about 50 per cent. With 100 per cent representing the normal condi tion the present condition of growing crops is; Winter wheat. 96; Spring wheat, 95.5: Winter rye, 95.12; Spring rye, 90; oats. 94.5; barley. 90; clover meadows. 92.5; timothy meadows, 88; alfalfa, 92.5; pas tures, 88.5. 0. A. C. STAGEF0LK WIN "II. M. S. Pinafore" Production Scores Heavily at Corvallis. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL LEGE, Corvallis. June 5. (Special.) iserore a large and appreciative audi ence of students and townspeople, the Oregon Agricultural College School of Music presented the musical comedy "H. M. S. Pinafore" in the local Opera House last night. . The performance was enthusiastically received. It was the second perform ance of the kind presented under the direction of Professors William F. Gaskins and William R. Boone. The cast: DRAMATIS PERSON AE. The Rt. Hon. Sir Joseph Porter. K. C. B. William Yates Farnsworth, basso contante Captain Corcoran Mr. Sydney Boddinghouse. baritone Ralph Rackstraw. .Jack Porter, tenor-robusto Dick Deudeye A. G. B. Bouquet, basso Bill Bobstay O. G. Crawford, baritone Bob Beckett D. G. Thayer, baritone Tom Tucker Arno.'d Cook. Lyric tenor Boatswain's mate.-.Chas. Thomson, baritone SERGEANT OF MARINES. JACK TAR. ETC. Josephine. Miss Queen Inez Johnson, soprano Uebe Miss Jennie Bossen. alto Little Buttercup. -Mrs. E. F. Pernot, soprano New Pulp Mill Assured. MARSH FIELD, Or., June 6. (Spe cial.) It is reported here that Gardi ner, on the Umpqua River, has secured a large pulp mill. The men interested are understood to be Warren Reed, of Gardiner, and Senator Jones, of Massa chusetts, who represents Eastern cap ital. It is said that all preliminary work has been done and that the erec tion of the pulp mill will begin soon. The plant .will be one of the. largest ftmnlavara of labor in Orearonu- W.H.LUNDENDSLIFE IN SAN FRANCISCO Hoquiam Bookkeeper Sought by Relatives Commits Suicide in Hotel. MONEY IS ALMOST GONE Motive Not Fully Disclosed, Though It Is Known Mother Had Chid den Him for Neglect of Everett Sweetheart. SAN FRAXCISCO, June 5. (Special.) W. H. Lund, a young bookkeeper who disappeared from Hoquiam, Wash., last Tuesday under circumstances that were mysterious; was found dead in a room of a lodging-house, at 184 Sixth street, this morning. That he had committed sui cide by inhaling gas was evident from the condition of the room. A blanket had been hung over the door on the inside and the windows tightly closed and the gas turned on. Lund, fully dressed, had lain on the bed while the fumes , filled the room. He had registered at the house the night before from Everett, Wash., the home of his mother. He remarked to the clerk when he paid for his room in advance that he was looking for a Job. He was In a cheerful mood when he took his key and started for his roont'Sat urday night. , Money Almost Gone. The only money found on the body to day was a 25 -cent piece. He- had a good gold watch, a valuable etick pin and an expensive cigar holder. Lund was little more than 20 years old and well dressed. Except that his mother in Everett had censured him for neglecting his sweet heart there, there is no known reason for the young man's act. No trace of Lund was found and the mystery of his disappearance was not cleared up until the report of his suicide was made here last night. The fact that he had been found dead showed that he had not been murdered, but the cause of his strange act has not been definitely established. While it is known in Ho quiam that he took the fact that his mother chided him for neglecting his sweetheart in Everett much to heart, it is not believed that alone would have caused him to end his life. "Body Held at Morgue. The body of Lund has been taken to the morgue here to await instructions from his relatives in Everett. W. H. Lund disappeared from his home in Hoquiam May 31, and it developed later that be had been chidden by his mother for having neglected a sweet heart at Everett. He was a bookkeeper in the employ of the Hoquiam Sash & Door Company and a young man of good habits. He was a member of the Hoquiam Young Men's Christian Association and left his books in good condition. He stepped out of the office one day to ob tain a draft to send to his mother in Everett and never returned." His employers found after he had gone that he had left a cash slip showing an indebtedness of $12 and had taken $3 more in cash from the safe, but these transactions were regarded as trivial, in view of the fact that his personal effects were worth many times that amount and that he could have had more upon request. The search for Lund has continued per sistently ever since his disappearance. F. P. Newlands, of Everett, his uncle, has been here seeking a clew. All of the branches of the Y. M. C. A. on the Coast had been requested to help find him. The theory of friends here was that he had become temporarily deranged over a love affair. ALBANY COLLEGIANS BUSY Preparations On for Annual Com mencement Exercises. AIBANY, Or., June 5w (Special.) The ensuing ten days will be busy ones at Albany College. Preparations for the annual commencement exercises are now in full swing- and. the festivities of com mencement week will soon begin. The programme of events of commencement week is as follows: June 8 Recital of the Conservatory of MufIc at First Presbyterian Church at S P. M. June 9 Annua! -reception of the junior class for the senior class. June 10 Graduating exercises of the com mercial department at First Presbyterian Church at 8 P. M. June 11 Graduating exercises of the Con servatory of Music at First Presbyterian Church at 8 P. M. June 12 Baccalaureate address at United Presbyterian Church at 10 A. M. Address to Christian associations at Methodist Church at 8 P. M. June 13 Class day exercises of senior class on college campus in the afternoon. Presi dent's reception at Tremont Hail, 2 to 5 P. M. June 14 Annual meeting of the board f trustees In the afternoon. Faculty-trustee luncheon at Tremont Hall at 5:30 P. M-Oratorio-cantata, "The Rose Maiden," at United Presbyterian Church at 8:15 P. M. June 15 Commencement day exercises and graduation of senior class at United Pres byterian Church at 10 A. M. Alumni re union and banquet at S P. M. BERRIES PLEASE FARGO AVI lite Salmon Fruit in Demand In Xortb Dakota. i WHITE SALMON', Wash., June 5. (Special.) Fargo, If. D., is delighted with Washington strawberries. With a letter enclosing a $1500 check for a car shipment, the Stacy Fruit Com pany says: "We wish to state that this is the finest car of strawberries that we have seen for a number of years. It puts us in mind of Hofld River berries we used to receive some six or seven years ago, and your management is to be congratulated on packing and package." Fargo is the chief fruit-distributing point for Western Minnesota and East ern North Dakota, and their satisfac tion with White Salmon berries and packing is naturally very gratifying to the Fruitgrowers' Union of this place. Strawberries Served to AH. MILTOJf, Or.. June 5. (Special.) Over 5000 people were entertained in Milton on Strawberry day. The excur sion from Pendleton carried over 1000. Hundreds of boxes of berries were served. The horse show was also a success, some of the finest blooded and registered stock in Oregon being shown. Much comment was excited by the band of Shetland poines with sev- eral little colts. The ponies belonged to Matt Mosgrove, the pioneer mer chant of Milton, i THREE QUEENS ELECTED CONTESTS FOR FESTIVAL HON ORS ARE CLOSED. Miss Shindler, Miss Conner and Miss Fulley Chosen by Milwau kie, Sellwood and Peninsula. In three keenly contested series of elections that contributed more than $3000 for the respective districts' Miss Ottilie Shindler, Miss Elna Conner and Miss Josephine Fulley received plurali ties of votes entitling them to be the respective queens of Milwaukie, Sell wood and the Peninsula. All three were elected after hard fought contests. Miss Fulley's campaign was directed by a prominent Peninsula real estate dealer, who played her as a "dark horse" to win. There was no resident on the Peninsula but believed that Miss Ida Daughtrey would head the polls. Only a few days before the close of the competition the figures showed Miss Daughtrey leading by more than 5000 votes. A few minutes before the clostng of the ballot the supporters of Miss Fulley threw more than 6000 votes into the poll, making her total 9481. Miss Daughtrey was a runner up with 8182. The other lead- THE SEQUEL i 1 ft lOAQ TiXr- V ' V. Ahearn, a businessman of Rosevllle, Cal wrote us that his son was in a hospital under treatment for kidney disease. The case looked hopeless. There was a large quantity of albumen and the patient had uraemlc convul sions and for three weeks his mind was nearly gone. . Ahearn met Charles A. Newton, Yard Master or tne . r. n.. rv. vu., . cb. ramento. whose son was given up to QXe W1LII . -- ago and recovered under the Renal uompouna. . After talking with Newton. Ahearn took his boy home and put him on the treatment. One or two letters came thereafter reporting progress. VV e UCBUO lu W . .... rious cases with the view of aiding them when necessary, and not having neara lor u. ' " " fs 1 ' " ...... . . to ask if satisfactory results had been obtained and if we could be of any help. We nave a reply dated February 8th, 1910, which we condense to the fol lowing: "Will say that my boy has been in good health for the past year. Your kidney compound seems to have done the work. However, only yester day he complained of a burning feel ing and I had him get a bottle and will have him take two or three more. i ou can ii ici i j me n- cj . . 1 1 . . - The books declare chronic kidney disease to oe mcuraoie aim -il nits iau had been kept in the hospital it is reasonably certain that he would have passed over long before this. It is unfortunate that people some times have to leave hospitals to get the only treatment that offers hope in Cnronio jliuuc; uiocaoc, uui n 1 1 1 mi minded physicians are taking Fulton's rveimi v,uu4'"i" ....... ...... '- . . . nl it.. . . i 1 T piiaiS I" 1 1 1 .1 1 1 OI1U KB Will soon be universal and recovery instead of death be the rule. But how about the poor unfortunates who at this mo ment are dying under Nitro Glycerine, Die-nails. Basham's Mixture, etc? For such there is no hope. Their friends must see that they get Fulton's Renal Compound and not only that, but if the heart is weak it should be sustained and the patient held up against col- .11 ......It.. Xoo-ln in I - . lT lapSe lt " 1 ' i.il. -o 1 v 11UL all recover but a majority do and .as In fact, the above case had reacnea cuuui". uoiie near vielding. Literature mailed free, John j. Fulton Company, 64a Battery street. TIfoe Toll cs e Rose Sale BEGINS ITS SECOND WEEK TODAY Event Tlhat Presents toe Values Appreciable Savings in All Lines of Merchandise Yesterday's Foil -Page An nouncement Tells of a x Few of tlhe Many Opportunities.- Section 1, Page S. The Show Window Decorating Contest Commences Today. First Display Opens at 11 A. M. Morrison Street. Decorated by the Florence Meade Circle of the Church of Good Tidings, Universalist. i lng contestants were Laura Hilton, 4030; Fay Wise, 3022, and VeTa Cum mings, 1588. . In the Sellwood contest 2851 votes were cast, but the polls were not open as long as the -other districts. However, a total of J142.50 was raised, whfch will be devoted to aiding in preparing the Sellwood floats, which will appear in the horse and vehicle parade and in the Spirit of the Golden West pageant. Miss Con ner received 1341 votes. Her opponents were Miss Mary Johnson, 1131; Miss Pen nick, 175; and Miss Jackson, 108. The contest at Milwaukie dragged until last Thursday, when a meeting was held in the City Hall.- There the contest raged three hours, first one candidate for queenly honors' and then another forging ahead. The finals showed Miss Shindler to have 1823. Those who contended with Miss Shind ler for the position of honor were Miss Lizzie Streib, 1018; Miss Flossie Warren, 537; Miss D. Webster, 231; Mlsa. H. K-eck, 116; Miss M. Mullen. 86. The queens will rule over the floats of the respective districts in the parades. O S SHORTEST LINE By 45 Miles "The North Bank Limited" LEAVES PORTLAND 7 P.M. ARRIVES SPOKANE 6:55 A. M. Train Ready and Dinner Served at 6:30 P. M. "TheInlandEmpireExpress,, LEAVES PORTLAND 9 A. M. ARRIVES SPOKANE 9:40 P. M. The Only Day Train to Spokane Columbia River Scenery Rock Ballasted, Perfect Track Observation Cars, Library-Parlor Cars Compartment, Standard -and Tourist Sleepers and First-Class Coaches Passenger Station 11th and Hoyt Streets City Ticket Offices Third and Morrison Streets 122 Third Street 100 Third Street Gilblbs Store's of toe Year. The young women who also ran will ap pear as maids of honor. Pioneer Newspaper Man Retires. RATMOND, Wash.. June 5. (Spe cial.) J. J. Heath, pioneer newspaper man of Raymond, has sold the Ray mond Herald to his brother, Val Heath, of the Willapa Harbor Pilot at South Bend. The Willapa Harbor Pilot will continue under the management of C A. Heath, the father of J. J. and Val Heath. A standard linotype machine is to be Installed in the Raymond of fice. J. J. Heath came to Raymond five years ago and was one of the first men to erect a business building in the place. He established a good business, but is retiring on account of his health. Logging Camp in Readiness. MARSHFIELD, Or., June 5. (Spe cial.) The new logging camp which has been opened by the Simpson Lum ber Company, of North Bend, at what HOURS POKANE is known as Tarheel Point on Lower Coos Bay, is now ready to turn out logs. Two miles of railroad track will be built and already a mile ot this has been finished. It penetrates a forest of about 37,000.000 feet of fine spruce and other timber. Carl Albrecht has charge of the construc tion work and a large force of men is employed. About 4.000,000 feet of timber has been cut and is ready to put in the booms. The camp will furnish the biggest part of the supply of logs for the Simpson Company for some time to come. It is but a few miles from the mill. Buyers Will See Festival. BUTHERLTN, Or.. June 6. ( Special.? The two private cars belonging to the Luse Land & Development Company, con taining 40 land buyers, will leave Suther lln Monday afternoon on No. 18 for Port land. The bankers and merchants mak ing up the party will take in the Rose Festival before returning to St. Paul. tp n enrr ot1 TIME By IV2 Hours