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TIIE MORNING . OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 1910. 5 FETE QUEEN NAMED Miss Nellie Cowles Will Rule at Salem Cherry Show. FAIR TO OPEN THURSDAY Many Portland People Expected to Visit Capital During Most Suc cessful Exhibit and Carnival Ever Meld by Citizens. SALEM, Or.. July 5. (Special.) Thurs day will be the opening day of what promises to be the most successful Cherry Fair in the histoiry of Salem. The big show will continue for three days. At a voting contest which closed today. Miss Nellie Cowles, an attractive young woman and an employe in the office of the State Treasurer, was elected queen of the festival. Miss Cowles came to this city from W'oodburn. With the king, whose identity has not been disclosed, she will be crowned on Thursday morning, immediately follow ing the grand opening parade. Thursday Portland Day. Thursday will be Portland day and the local committees are preparing to enter tain hundreds of people from the metrop olis, who will come here on special cars. Albany, Eugene, Dallas, Woodburn and other towns of the valley will also send big delegations on other days of the fair. The cherry show itself will be held on the Courthouse lawn, on the High street side, between Court and State streets. A large pavilion is now nearing completion and will hold the cherries. A stand Is being erected nearby, where entertain ments will be given and it is probable that the king and queen will be crowned there. Large Exhibits Expected. The cherries this year promise to make a splendid showing and word is being received from growers all over the valley that they will send in exhibits. The mer chants of Salem have donated more liber ally than ever before toward the cause of the fair and the awards will be large and well worth competing for. Amusement features are to be many, in cluding Arnold's Carnival Company, a large number of free attractions, prob ably some aeroplane Tliglits. and a num ber of concessions and shows, which will be scattered about the streets and give the business district a gala appearance. Business men are making arrangements to decorate their stores and the streets. Considerable money will be spent for this purpose. Royalty to Head Parade. The opening parade on Thursday morn ing promises to surpass in magnificence any parade attempted on a similar occa sion in this city. It will be headed by beautiful floats carrying the king and queen, thega to be followed by long strings of floats, decorated automobiles, carriages and various fraternal, labor and other organizations. On the closing night the king of mirth and jollity will reign and will head a burlesque procession. Visitors will be given the key to the city and an evening of much pleasure is expected. LOCAIj FIRMS REPRESENTED Portlanders Will Reciprocate for Favors Shown at Rose Festival. Forty-four business houses yesterday agreed to be represented at the Salem cherry fair tomorrow, in response to the invitation extended by a. committee of business men of the state capital who spent the day in Portland. In addition to this number. 20 had previously an nounced their intention of. being repre sented at the fair, and it is expected more will be enrolled before the special train leaves at 9:15 tomorrow morning. Besides the business men, a general invitation-is extended to the public to turn out, till up the train and show Salem e, . spirit of appreciation for the way that city helped out the Rose Festival. "It Is right and proper that we should send a. big delegation to Salem," said C. C. Chapman, manager of the Commer cial Club promotion department. "Salem sent a. delegation of 800 here to the Rose Festival and during the Lewis and Clark Fair turned out 1500 strong, the largest delegation that came to the Exposition. We should reciprocate by having a big representation in Salem Thursday, ivhieh has been set apart as 'Portland day.' " The invitation committee was enter tained by the Commercial Club at lunch. Those in the committee were: A. F. Ho fer, secretary of the Salem Board of Trade; W. I. Staley, president of the Sa lem Cherry Fair; C. L. Dick, manager of the Salem Fruit Union; Professor J. H. Ackerman. State Superintendent of Schools; F. W. Power, secretary-treasurer of the State Horticultural Society; H. C. Atwell. president of the State Hor ticultural Society: C. L.. Starr, F. G. Deckebach and H. XV. Meyers. FOURTH'S TOLL IS TEN Three-Year-Old Roy Dying as Result of Seattle's "Sane" Celebration. SEATTLE. July 5. Ten persons were more or less seriously injured in acci dents incident to the. Independence day celebration here yesterday. One of these, .the 3-year-old son of C. M. John son, was so badly burned in an explo sion that he is not" expected to live. Little effort was made by the police to enforce the recently-passed "sane Fourth" ordinance, it having been dis covered that the law was deficient in several vital parts. A new ordinance will be introduced in the Council im mediately, and it is believed that next year's celebration will be on a much quieter scale than the one this year. SALEM WARNED OF WATER Citizens Called to Boll Aqua Before Drinking It. SALEM, Or., July 5. (Special.) City Health Officer O. B. Miles has issued a statement to the citizens of Salem warn ing them to boil their water and take every precaution to see it is fully steril ized. He states the local water com pany is planning to Install an additional suction pipe and the work may result In contaminated water for the time being. Mayor George F. Rodgers also issued a statement urging this precaution, but says the danger is only temporary. An Inquiry among physicians shows that there are four cases of typhoid here, but they state these are not traceable to water. TOWN SAVED BY BUCKETS Volunteers Check Colfax Fire When City Water Runs Low. COLFAX. Wash., July 5. Fire broke out In the laundry of Wan Lee, on lower Main street last night, and before it was under control swept away the entire row of frame buildings on the west side of the street between Island and Upton streets. The- whole town at one time seemed to be in, danger. The fire is thought to have been caused by fire works-shot from the hill on the east side of the city. The fire department was handicapped by lack of water, but as soon as the city pumps were started the fire was soon brought under control. Good work was done by volunteers with buckets, who saved adjoining property The Dime Theater was saved by hard work with buckets, and the Are that way was confined to the one block. The Farmers' Implement Company and the Colfax Implement Company, on the op posite side of the street, were damaged by the heat, the building of the Farm ers' Implement Company being damaged most. The losses were: Wah Lee Laundry, total loss building and contents; the building owned by William Codd, of Spokane. Codd Bros.' furniture store, loss on stock, $7000; building, $3000; insurance, $2000.. T. A. Cyland, shooting gallery and cigar store; loss, $1500; in surance, $500. Minnls & Starl, cafe; loss, $1000; no insurance. j.s- H. Reid, building loss, $1000; insurance, $500-R. K. Squibb, building, $5000; insurance. $2750; loss on stock, $3500; insurance, $1500. II. M. MoTatt, loss on building and stock, $1500, covered by insurance. A. J. Davis, building, loss $500; covered by insurance. Farmers' Implement Company, covered by insurance. Bur- rell Investment, loss fully covered. BENSON NOT 10 RETIRE GOVERXOR INTENDS TO RCX FOR SECRETARY OF STATE In Letter, Executive Says He Will File Declaration of Candidacy In Few Days Health Better. SALEM, Or., July 5. (Special.) A let ter received this morning from Governor Frank W. Benson, who is now in San Francisco, bears the news that the Gov ernor is preparing to file his daclaration of Intention to become aindidate for re election to the office ot Secretary of State. The letter also says that the Governor is rapidly improving in health, that, he has not felt better for several years and that he is getting anxious to return to the state. It is expected he will return about July 20, when he will probably resume the duties now being taken care of by Acting Governor Jay Bowerman. Many friends of the Governor in this city had become alarmed at reports from San Francisco and believed he would retire from the political arena this year altogether. They took his request to Bowerman to act as Chief Executive' in his stead, as a tacit understanding that Benson had retired from the field. The letter; however, sets this idea at rest and plainly states that the petition for his re-election win be filed within a few days, probably before the Governor's return from the South. I ADVANCED SEATTLE DEALERS OFFER 86 CEXTS FOR BIjUESTEM. Wlilte River Potato Crop Will Be Early and Large Eggs Quot ed Higher on Exchange. SEATTLE, Wash., July 5- (Special.) Under bullish reports from the Eastern, Washington grain belt, the market was stronger locally today and bluestem ad vanced to 86 cents. Other varieties were un changed. Several more cars of Yakima Valley new timothy arrived. Although watermelons were temporarily out of the market today, four carloads of California stock are known to be in transit, The market was rather bare of cantaloupes and the supply promises to be limited for several days. Good stock sold up to $2.7., with $2.50 the low price. A straight car load of California tomatoes, arrived, com lng on a market practically bare. One or two other straight carloads are due shortly. A carload of peaches arrived and sold at 90 cents. Raspberries were lower at $1.25. Fancy lemons were quoted higher at $7 to The prospects for a large crop of pota toes in the White River Valley are excel lent. The crop will be at least two weeks earlier than last year. The dairy produce exchange today lifted the price of fresh ranch eggs to 32 cents. That quotation was not general, however. on the street, although the market was firm. Receipts were light ' Dealers are preparing for large receipts of poultry. But ter was steady. PLAN TO SAVE SMALL FISH Petition Out to Kill "Use of Xcts by Anglers. SALEM, Or., July 5. An Initiative peti tion for an act to make it unlawful for persons to nsh In the Rogue River with anything: but a line and hook was re ceived by the Secretary of State today. It was prepared, by a majority of anglers residing in the district several miles above the mouth of Rogue River, and is mainly for the purpose of protecting the smaller fish from being caught and thrown aside by commercial fishermen along the lower river. Riparian owners to the shore land along Rogue River use fine-mesh nets under the present fish lawn, and owing to several large fishing concerns controlling In the neighborhood of 20 miles of shore land on the lower river, a great quantity of small steelhead salmon are being caught and thrown aside because they are too small for can ning purposes. These fish. It Is claimed, take the hook on the upper river readily and are a very sportive fish, and for this reason should be protected from the mesh nets of the commercial fishermen. FISHERMEN GET INTO TOILS O. A. C. Men Leave Licenses Behind and Are Arrsted. NEWPORT, Or., July 6. (Special.) Captain Jack Alexander, commander of the O. A. C. cadets, and his son, P. H. Alexander, were fined $26 each and costs today by. the local Justice of the Peace for fishing without having their licenses on their persons. They were arrested yesterday at Beaver Creek by Deputy Warden James Gatens. Captain Alexander had left his license in Corvallis, and a telegram from the Clerk of Benton County verified his as sertion. His son had left his license in camp, but Gatens made no inves'tigation. Their fines were remitted and they pro ceeded to Yachats. THE ORIENTAL LIMITED. The swell Great Northern train, elec tric lighted, through tourist and stand ard sleepers, Portland to Chicago In 72 hours. No change of cars. The best of dining-car service. You'll like the com partment observation car. From Hoyt street station daily 7 P. M. Tickets and berths at city ticket office, 122 Third street, and depot, Eleventh, and Hoyt street " . M'CREDIE TO VISIT Returning Congressman Will Go to Puget Sound. TAFT'S WORK IS PRAISED 'There Never Was a President Who Desired More Earnestly to Do Right to All the People," Remarks ex-Judge. VANCOUVER, Wash., July 5. W. W. McCredie, Representative of the Second Congressional District, has returned to his home In Vancouver, after attending the recent session of Congress. Next week he will go to Tacoma and other Puget Sound cities to spend several days. When asked to talk on politics today, Representative McCredie replied that he was not prepared to make an extended statement, as he had just returned from a long trip and he had not become settled yet. He has not formulated his plans for the coming campaign. "The first year a man is In Congress he is a mighty small factor, but his vote counts Just as much as any of them." said Mr. McCredie. "This Congress did more than any other Congress and accom plished many things which a few years ago would have been thought Impossible. "I believe President Taft Is absolutely conscientious and honorable and has been and is trying to do all within his power to carry out the principles of the Repub lican party. I believe that there never was a President who desired more earn estly or sincerely to do right to all of the people." Mr. McCredie is glad to return to his Western home and hopes to enjoy the cool weather here this Summer. It has been sultry and hot in Washington and at times the heat was almost unbearable. W.. G-- MacRae, who went East as Con gressman McCredie's secretary, is still at Arkansas Hot Springs. OREGON CITY ENTERTAINS Five Thousand People Enjoy Fourth of July Celebration. ORECON CITY, July 5. (Special.) Five thousand people from every section of Clackamas County and from Portland were here yesterday to see the biggest and best Fourth of July celebration ever held at Oregon City. From early morn ing until late at night the streets were thronged, and the crowds were greatly interested In the monster parade in the morning, and various athletic events. The water carnival drew a large crowd to the banks of the Willamette, and the land sports were an attractive feature of the celebration. Public exercises took place In the morn ing in the City Park, and Charles V. Galloway, of Salem, delivered the ora tion. Miss Mary Ellen Lonff recited the Declaration of Independence and Mrs. Ieon DesL,arzes sang "Star Spangled, Banner." The baseball game at Glad stone Park between the Canby and Camas teams was hotly contested and was won by Canby, with a score of 4 to 3. Hensling of the Vernon team, in the Pacific Coast League, was in the box for the winners. The celebration closed with a spectacular display of fireworks. ROBBER MAKES $2537 HAUL Agent in Great Northern Ticket Of fice Beaten by Highwayman.' EVERETT. Wash., July 5. The Great Northern ticket office, on the water front, was looted of $2537 about -11 o'clock last night by a robber, who knocked down the agent with a heavy club and carried off three sacks of gold and slver coins. When the agent, H. E. Stevens, was picked up a few moments later, he was In a highly nervous state and was placed under an opiate at the hospital. Physicians, however, say he is not seri ously injured. He was unable to give a connected account of the robbery. Bystanders saw two men, one of whom was carrying two or three sacks, walking down the track away from the ticket office at about tbj time of the hold-up. APPLE MEN FIGHT PESTS Valley Growers Ask Further Co-operation of A' .thorities. SALEM, Or., July 5. (Special.) The Willamette Valley Apple-Growers' Asso ciation will meet in .his city at the time of the cherry fair, later in the week. The association includes more than 100 mem bers from various parts of the Valley, and a full attendance is expected. The most important question for con sideration twill be that of fighting fruit pests. A move was begun in this city several weeks ago to secure the co-opera tion of the Oregon Agricultural College and the Federal Government. It is hoped to secure an appropriation from the Leg. islature to carry on the work, but in the meantime the fruitmen themselves will be asked to bear the burden and ways and means will be devised to ascertain how this may best be done. Representatives of the Agricultural Col lege will be present to offer Information as to what the school may do in the way of an enlarged campaign to eliminate pests. WHITE MAN WHEELS NEGRO South Bend Man Wins Bet. Through Jeffries' Defeat. SOUTH BEND. Wash., July 5. (Spe cial.) As a result of the Jeffries-John son fight, George Cassells, proprietor of the Cassels Hotel, will give Fletcher German, the only colored gentleman in this city, a wheelbarrow ride through the main street of the city, German to wear a high hat and swallow-tail coat. Seaside Historical Monument Begun. SEASIDE. Or., July 6. At 3 P. M. yesterday, with simple but impressive ceremonies, under the auspices of the Oregon Historical Society, ground was broken for the massive monument which is to be erected to mark the spot where Lewis and Clark boiled sea water to secure salt on their return Journey to the East. Building Permits Reach $73,732. EUGENE. Or., July 5. (Special.) The building permits issued for the month of June aggregate $73,732. Only one business building of importance was Included, that of the Bangs LJvery Company, which is constructing a brick livery and garage at a cost of $26,000. Most of the others are for residences. cm jlIL !il(S Twenty-One Prize-Winners Find On Investigation That Prices Are Much Lower at Eilers Music House. Bring in Your Checks We'll Allow Full Face Value. The winners in a, recent publicity contest (?) conducted by an obscure Michigan factory are fairly pour ing into Eilers Music House to take advantage of our splendid offer. We've announced that we would accept all prize checks whether they be for $1.00 or $125.00 as a bona-fide off our regular established lowest retail prices. This arrangement is made possible through the co-operation of nine of America's largest and fore most piano factories. . This result is not surprising in view of the questionable method of juggling prices in which these small and unknown dealers are indulging. Altogether 21 cireful and shrewd buyers, after an investigation, turned their checks into Eilers Piano House toward payment of a fine piano. This certainly is conclusive proof. The purchase of a Kimball, Story & Clark, Haddorff, Hallet & Davis, Lester, Hobart M. Cable, King1, Schumann or any other one of our list of over thirty celebrated high grade makes is not a matter of experiment as to the piano's tone, durability and lasting qualities, nor of speculation or conjecture as to what the price should be. Our makes of pianos have been sold in this territory for so many years and the prices are so well established that to buy one of them carries with it the assurance and satis faction which comes only with a knowledge and experience of years. Remember It makes no difference to whom your check is made payable, it will be accepted by us. You are the owner of the check and are free to make any disposition of it you may see fit. Guarantee Each and every piano leaving this store is guaranteed for from five to ten years by an old-time honored manufacturer, as well as by ourselves, and in addition thereto, each purchaser of an in expensive piano is made doubly secure by receiving our two years' free trial exchange agree ment. Shop all around, visit the other piano stores if you wish, but by all means make a rigid compari son of our values with those of fered you elsewhere before mak ing your final decision. You will ' then do as did these twenty-one people whose checks are photo graphed herewith, by purchasing your piano of the old, reliable h 21 PIANOS lfS$k i ii ili wnen5 f l A e WzeChecbi v if I rr t- .t a J9t CI o z 1 E 3 A 'AL-f rJr' YC-C- Ul -s 3 5 ,UULJC 1 V o , nnd citat -4 riLUCCIWDU URLI DI . 1 u UAlFiinrti r ri -l & miiA Cu !06rifrHST. PORTjANttOREGOtl . TtT-hai- i gno w't aw fwwfcw prim VOID AFTER THfOa, 1910 Hn o..w Chck Hntn.i nch iturchftM Net cooJ o rn-wMpufThaM 4y PcttASf.Gtfrrctin'. UNITED PIANO MAMJFACTUKERS 353 WASHINGTON ST., AT EIGHTH PARK. CHARGES ARIL M Lingenfelter's Retirement Not Due to Original Accusations. ALTERNATIVE IS GIVEN Intention to Resign Not Mentioned Before Trip to Washington to Hold Conference Xew Man Agreeable to Borah. Boise. Idaho, July 5. (Special.) That an ' opportunity was given to United States District Attorney C. H. Lingen felter to resign from office or accept the alternative of suspension or re moval following: the conference he held last week at Washing-ton with the Department of Justice is evident from authoritative reports In Federal circles, as well as Washington dis patches received here. Mr. Lingenfel ter is now en route to Boise from the East, and a statement from him may serve to clear up the speculation rela tive to his sudden abandonment of the Federal office he has held for two years. years. There is a growing belief among those familiar with the sudden turn of events in the district attorney's office that the Department of Justice has determined to place the lid on what occurred in Washington between the Attorney-General and District At torney Lingenfelter. Federal officfals here have knewn that charges had been made against the district attor ney and that the Department had taken much pains to investigate them. The resignation will take effect as soon as the -new appointee. S. L. Tipton, has had an opportunity to become familiar with the wishes of the Department. It was learned today that the graver accusations against the district attor ney are not the general charges pre ferred when he first took office, re lating to the connection with a land case at Lewiston before he became district attorney, but instead involve his action in becoming attorney in other land cases after he was in office, and doing so without the permission of the Department. The attempt that has been made to draw special government agents with headquarters in Boise into the Lingen-v felter episode is denied by these agents, who, while familiar with some of the facts in connection with the departure of the District Attorney for Washington, knew little of its possible outcome. Prior to the sudden trip of Mr. Lin genfelter East, attention of the De partment of Justice was called to the evident aonflict that existed in the Idaho district- For several months these questions were investigated. Later, according to reliable reports. Senator W. B. Heyburn and Senator XV. E. Borah were consulted. They were asked if they had any objection to the removal or resignation of the present district attorney. Both said they had none, and preparations were then made to select his successor, S. L. Tipton being appointed. His ap pointment is agreeable to Senator Borah. No intimation ever has been given In Federal circles that District Attor ney Lingenfelter wished to resign to engage in private practice, and this statement, coming from Washington after his reported removal, was a sur prise to Federal officials. He left a good practice in Lewiston to enter Federal employ when N. M. Ruick was removed. left arm near the elbow, tearing away the flesh to his wrist and then imbedding his teeth in Simpson's hand and fingers. When the monkey was pulled away. Simpson was bleeding profusely, his flesh hanging in shreds from his forearm. Simpson recently acquired the monkey from Charles Hunt, also with the show, and the animal was not familiar with the ways of hi new master. L. R. TRAVER IS SPEAKER Seattle Educator Addresses Univer sity Summer School. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. Eugene, Or., July 6. (Special) L. R. Traver, principal of the Emerson school of Se attle, addressed the university students enrolled ,for the Summer session in the regular assembly this morning. His sub ject was "The Organization of a Course of Study." Mr. Traver's former field of work was in Oregon, where he was a leader In all educational movements, being instru mental in the foundation of no less than three county high schools. Mark Wheeler and Gladys Huston have been elected chairmen of the men's and women's athletic committees for tho Summer school student body. The com mittee have made arrangements for men's, women's, and mixed tennis tourn aments, both singles and doubles, with prizes and trophies for the winners. BANTERED, MAN DROWNS John Ivinkle Ventures Too Far River' Body Recovered. in GRANTS PASS. Or., July 5. (Special.) The body of John Kinkle, who was drowned in the Rogue River yesterday, while bathing with some companions near Savage Rapids, was found today by a searching party a short distance from the point where he was1 last seen. He was a poor swimmer, and had been Induced to venture too far upon the bantering of his companions and suc cumbed to the cold current. MONKEY CHEWS UP OWNER t Showman's Forearm Torn to Shreds by Vicious Animal. SALEM, Or., July 6. (Special) "Jack," a big Rees monkey belonging to Charles Simpson of the Arnold Carnival Company shows, which arrived here to day, turned on his owner while he was being fed today and bit Into Simpson's JgJ Try Our- New Two-Number Service Between Portland and Salem Call to Salem completed same as local calls in Portland You need not call "Long Distance," simply ask Central for Salem, giving telephone number wanted. 4 Note Special Rate--s cents If you do not know telephone number of party wanted, call "Information" and ascertain. 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