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CHAINED CONVICTS LEAP FROM TRAIN Men Escape From Car Going at 30-Mile Clip. POSSES ARE IN PURSUIT Fugitives Arc Believed to Be Picking Their AVay Over Mountains Toward Butte, but Have Left Xo Clew. WHITEHALL, Mont., Aug. 11. (Spe cial.) Convicts Mel Jowell and John McAdams while being returned to the penitentiary from Big Timber, whither they had been taken as witnesses, while handcuffed together, last night squirmed through the window of a Northern Pacific train traveling 30 miles an hour, rolled down & steep em bankment and escaped. The scene of their escape is a wild spot near the main divide of the Rockies where two Overland Northern Pacific trains were held up five years ago. with the ruggedness of the coun try affording opportunity to elude pur suit. Two posses, both with bloodhounds, have been scouring the timber all day, but without even picking up a scent. The convicts are believed to be pick ing their way over the range towards Butte and a posse on a special train left that city today for the Pipestone country. Jowell and McAdams were sentenced for the murder of Deputy Sheriff Joseph Brannin last Fall, at Melville. They had testified In the case of George Rlcketts. tried for complicity in the Brannin mur der, who also was convicted. CONTRACT LET FOR BRIDGE Medford Citizens, Council and Coun ty Court Call Truce. MEDFORTt, Or Aug. 11. (SpeciaL) Medford Is to have a new bridge over Bear Creek. This decision was reached Saturday, after a conference between a committee from the City Council and E. G. Perham, to whom the original contract for constructing the new bridge, was let by the County Court. Mr.. Perham will begin tearing down the present structure and removing it to Jackson street Monday. The decision promises to mark the close of a long-drawn-out legal strug gle, which started when Benton Bow ers and other Ashland citizens en joined the County Court from award ing the contract for the new bridge, on the ground that it would exceed the constitutional limit of indebted ness. The injunction was upheld by the Circuit Court, and is now pending before the State Supreme Court. A number of Medford citizens, realizing rhat the new bridge was a public neceslty, agreed to give their moral support o the contractor while the Su preme Court's decision Is awaited. With this understanding Mr. Perham decided to go ahead with the work. The original contract was for $33,900. Of this amount the Pacific & Eastern Railroad agreed to pay $2500. The City of Medford agreed to pay the county $13,000 for the present bridge over the creek, leaving: a balance of $18,400 to be paid by the county. It Is under stood that If the Injunction is sus tained In the Supreme Court, the coun :y will give the bridge to Medford snd then, in all probability, a city elec tion will be called to vote bonds so the City of Medford can build the bridge itself. SEASON BEST IN TEN YEARS All Morrow Crops Are Promising Well. HEPPSEB, Or, Aug. 11. (Special.) Never In the history of Morrow County have the crop prospects been as rood as they are this year. The largest wheat crop ever harvest ed in the county is now being garnered and the hay crop Is Immense, while all kinds of vegetables are making a bet ter yield than for several seasons. This is especially true in regard to the po tato crop. There will in all probability be more potatoes raised In this county this year than there have been for a number of years. All kinds of fruit promise a bounti ful crop, and in fact everything seems to be as favorable as could be wished for. Prices for wheat are fairly good. Weather conditions have been favor able for the harvest go far. and if the present weather holds for another two weeks the major part of the crop will be in the stack where headers are used and in the sack where combines are used. As compared with former years the season of 1912 Is the best and will Sjhow a larger yield of grain, hay. fruit and vegetables than any season for the past 10 years. MEDFORD PEARS ABROAD First Carload Shipment to Foreign Shores Off for Liverpool. MEDFORD. Or.. Aug. 11. (Special.) Because of the great influx of pears from California. Rogue River Valley fruit growers are holding their crop as long as possible in the hope that better prices will prevail. The pears are sizing beautifully and unless ex treme heat seta In they can remain on the trees for at least another week. The Southern Pacific Is anticipating the picking and has 19 cars on the side, tracks ready for immediate transporta tion. . One carload from the Daggert ranch has already been sent East and It Is planned to forward it from there to Liverpool. This is the first time that a carload of pears have been sent abroad from dford. CLAIM PAYMENT DUBIOUS Witnesses In "U" Referendum Cases May Xot Get Money. SALEM. Or Aug. 11. (Special.) Developments here indicate that wit nesses in the University of Oregon referendum cases, as brought the sec ond time, as well as Investigators hired in connection with the cases, will have a difficult time In securing their money from the state, as it is probable that Secretary Olcott will think some time before authorizing the payment of the claims. He Is doubtful. Inasmuch as the appropriation made for this pur pose is practically exhausted, whether he will be allowed under authority of law to issue certificates of evidence of the claims. The claims were sent to Secretary Olcott by Attorney-General Crawford after they had been approved by the Attorney-General with the statement that he believed their payment would be authorised. Secretary Olcott re turned the claims to the Attorney General, and today the Assistant Attorney-General, I. H. Van Winkle, has again returned them to Olcott. The Assistant Attorney-General says the claims came into the hands of that office merely for approval, and that, in asmuch as Secretary Olcott Is fiscal agent for the state, they are returned to him and he can do as he pleases with them. 1 A similar difficulty between the two offices arose today concerning claims in the recent condemnation proceed ings brought in connection with the Savage tract adjoining the State Peni tentiary, which the 8tate Land Board desired to secure. Whether the Land Board will purchase this land at the figure named by the jury Is doubtful. AGATE CARNIVAL IS HELD CURRY COUNTY HAS LARGEST ATTENDANCE OX RECORD. Frank B. Tlclienor Responsible for Annual Feature and for Agate Palace Contemplated. PORT ORFORD. Or, Aug. 11. (Spe cial ) Port Orford's second annual agate carnival closed Saturday with a fine display of fireworks and a repro duction of the famous Indian battle of Battle Rock on a larger scale than last year. The largest attendance was gathered in the history of Curry Coun ty. Over 30 automobiles came from Coos and neighboring counties Mrs. Robert McKenzle won the lov ing cup offered by Frank B. Tichenor. of Portland, for the best display of agates. Mr. Tichenor suggested the idea of an agate carnival to the Commercial Club here last year which was adopted and will be made an annual feature. He has also suggested the building of an agate palace to include hall of the same material for Oregon Sons, and this has been unanimously adopted by the Commercial Club. It will be built In time for the next, or third annual agate carnival, full details of which will ho published by the Commercial Club later. Port Orford has the best agate beaches on the Pacific Coast but owing to the Inaccessibility heretofore the outside world has not known it. This year the ball game, foot races, horse races and athletic events created great enthusiasm and all agree that this was the biggest and best celebration ever held in Curry County. FIVE ALASKANS IN LINE Voters to Choose Congressional Dele gate on Tuesday. SEATTLE. Aug. 11-AIaska will elect t- i ,,, iri.t.. n thn field James Wickersham. of Fairbanks. Pro gressive, the Incumbent: David GUmore. Mayor of Nome, Republican; Robert W. Jennlncs. of Juneau, an attorney, regu lar Democrat: Martin Harrals. of Chena, a Russian independent Democrat; Kazts Kraucznuos. of Ketchikan, formerly United States immigration inspeciui. Socialist. n'i.if.h,m n-hn has a. larsre ac quaintance in Alaska, and who defeat ed the regular ttepuoncan canumio two years ago. is under a disadvantage .1-1 hAnai.c htt .1- a m O h 1 1 1T H tO rP- im " . - main in Washington and was unable to make a cttmpaltrn tour, n ir.neruiii is strong n Fairbanks, Gilmore in Nome, Jennings in Juneau and Cordova. National politics have not figured largelv in the campaign. Wickersham's majority in 1910 was about 2000 over r- i?an,i,iif.fln Thft best-in formed Alaskans are unwilling to make a prediction concerning xuesaay s Dai- loting. KLICKITAT DIVISION LOOMS Legislative Candidates File for Of fice on New County Issue. tv jttttt SALMON. Wash.. Auk. lL ssnecial.) Charles R. Spencer, presi dent of the First National Bank of this nlace. left for Goldendale today to file as Republican candidate for Rep resentative of Klickitat County. Mr. Spencer is opposed by William n.. Hornlbrook, of Goldendale. member of the last Legislature. As Western Klickitat is campaigning for county division, the election of a west end member to the Legislature would be to the advantage of that part of Klickitat which wants to be cut off Into a new county. N. B. Brooks, an attorney at ijoiaen- dale. Is a candidate for the Legislature on the Democratic ticket. RUNAWAY GIRLS CAPTURED Astoria Police Pick l"p Youthful Pair With Companions. a cTftRT A Or.. A ue-. 11. (SDecial.) Viola McCartney, aged 16, and Mira m,-ir. a cr.ii ia two runawav KiriB iroiri Portland, were arrested here last night with their companions, Annur v nue and Glen Hull, on the return of the party from Long Beach. Wash. The girls were employed in a Port land deDartment store, and ran away last Thursday. Warrants have been Issued in Portland lor tne jwcuanney riri and hpr man companion, and the other couple Is being held at the re quest of the police department or me metropolis. An officer is expected here tomorrow morning to take the four to Portland. CATHOLICS ARE TO MEET Representatives of Federated So cieties Will Gather. ST. LOUIS, Aug. 1L Anthony Matre, National secretary of the American Federation of Catholic Societies, today anounced that the 11th national con vention of this society would be opened at Louisville. August 18, and continue until August 21. More than three million Catholics In the United States will be represented by delegates and there will be dele gates from Porto Rico. Hawaii and the Philippines. Twenty-four National or ganizations wfll be represented by their Supreme officers. LOW RATES EAST. Agust 12th is next sale date for Eastern excursion tickets via Cana dian Pacific Lines. Ticket office Third and Pine (Multnomah Hotel bldg.) Attend Rosenthal's great shoe sale. FIRE LOSS $25,000 Two Northern Pacific Ice houses Lost at Pasco. FRUIT SHIPMENTS HURT Hundreds of Cars Which Iced at Pasco Dally Must Xow Find Supply. Elsewhere Many Cars Destroyed. PASCO. Wash., Aug. 11. (Special.) Fire which started from an unknown cause at 1:50 o'clock this morning to tally destroyed the two big Icehouses of the Northern Pacific Railway at this place and entailed a loss of $25,000. There were about 14,000 tons of Ice stored in the houses, and a greater part of this will be a total loss. The fire is still burning in the big pile ot sawdust, although two lines of hose have been playincr on it all day. There were 400 cars In the upper end of the yards near the icehouses, all hut 18 were got out of the way of the flames. For the past few weeks from 1200 to 1500 cars of fruit and other perishables have been Iced each day at Pasco and the loss of this Ice will result in un told damage to fruit shipping traffic. The larger of the two houses was erected less than a year ago, and was 900 feet long. The combined capacity of the building was 30.000 tons. OYSTER CROP IS VALUABLE Industry at Grays Harbor Grows Re markably In Six Years. A T? IT R rl IT TT NT Wash Alio- 1 1 fSnn- clal.) Investigation of the oyster in- ..-. w ,., n-a.'B Tlorhnp hn HVlnTMd the fact that the crop to be harvested this Fall will be valued at approximate ly $75,000, an enormous figure for an inHD-,r n i-innir T Y,am fArralv been six years since Ralph L. Phllbrick ex perimented with oyster cunure on Grays Harbor and pronounced it a suc- Pnllnvlntf i1 c nor ASsf 11 1 WOrk. a company was formed which planted two carloads or eastern seea on me Kn- I. Qn ti u Hnv tha crnn hpjnfir har- kJtuo in .''--n ...... t - i' ' -- vested year years later, bringing the stockholders more rnan ouun. xmo money was used for the purchase of . an A thA rrAH in f Oil F VPRTH is now valued at approximately 25.000. Other companies have followed suit In securing choice oyster land and more than a HnxAii rarlnAfl nf seed have been planted during he past Spring. The Damon Point Oyster company win De gin harvesting two carloads of bivalves, nrViii.1, ai-A mm tn have crown to a good size. The Grays Harbor oysters have been pronounced equal to any grown on the Pacific Coast. COOS TEACHERS MEET Xormal Instltnte Attended by Many Prominent Educators. BANDON. Or.. Aug. 11. CSpeciaL) The Coos County Normal Institute con vnd In Bandon Monday. August 5. to continue In session, for two weeks. Seventy-five teachers have enrolled and W. H. Bunch, county superinten dent, says that this enrollment exceeas any previous figure. S. K. Ball, principal 01 me Aneia School, of Portland, Is Instructor in grade work. Miss Ruby Shearer, critic teacher, State Normal, Monmouth,, is leading the primary work. Mrs. W. H. Calvin, dean of domestic science and art. of the State Agricul tural Collegje, Corvams, gave two lec tures during the first week on Domes tic Science and Practical Hygiene. On the evenings of August 14 and 15 Professor Blddle, professor of English, Willamette University, will give dram atic readings. Monday. August 12, the high school department of the Normal will be organized with Mr. Melendy, of Portland, as director. W00DSAW IS REFUSED TAG Portland Man's "Motor Vehicle" Does Xot Come Under Auto Law. SALEM, Or, Aug. 11. (Special.) Miles Snyder, of Portland, wishes an automobile tag to place on his wood saw, but Secretary Olcott Intends to refuse to Issue the tag. Some time ago Snyder sent in a money order for Z and a request for a tag, giving a de scription of his "motor vehicle" as a gasoline-propelled woodsaw. The law exempts such vehicles, under an Inter pretation given to it by Miss Margaret Putnam, In charge of the automobile department, and as a result the money order was returned to Snyder with the information that he needs no tag. But Snyder is in earnest In his de sire to have a tag. and today he re turned to the Secretary's office the money -order with a second application. Secretary Olcott refuses to accede to Snyder's request, as he believes there is no authority of law for him to fur nish tags for woodsaws. NORTH CALLS TO BISHOP Rev. Peter Rowe Will Xot Leave Alaska Until Weary and Worn. . SEATTLE. Aug. 1L Episcopal Bishop Peter Trimble Rowe. of Alaska, who has just declined to accept elec tion as a coadjutor bishop, arrived from Alaska today. He said: "I do not feel that I can leave Alaska yet. When I get so tired and worn out I cannot travel any more I may consider it. Ive been on the go since last March, making the trip from Cor dova to Koyokuk. Most of the. way until Spring: I traveled by dog sledge. "The natives this year are In fairly good condition. Hunting was good dur ins: the Winter. Their health is stead ily improving. - The Government teach ers pay a good deal of attention to the sanitary features and the natives are getting a good education from many sources. Lawyer List May Be Curbed.' SALEM. Or., Aug. , 11. (Special.) Legislation, with an end in view of curtailing: the number or new attor neys who are admitted to the bar in Oregon, will be introduced at the next session of the Legislature, according to plans now on foot. Attorneys from outside states are easily admitted to the Orejton bar by transfer certificates. and there are now nearly 2000 attor neys In this state. It is probable an effort will be made to provide for resi dence requirements before an attorney is admitted to practice in this state. Mnnday Out for CongTess. VANCOUVER, Wash., Aug. 11. (Spe cial.) J. A. Munday, a resident of this county for the past quarter of a cen-..-.. Mntinnnl onmmltteeman to the Democratic convention in Balti-I more, ubb bcui Uoi,im y didacy for the office of Representative in Congress from this district. At a social session of the Eagles' last night. to which all the candidates were in vited, a Republican friend of Mr. Mun day took his hat and threw it Into a ring, in which boxing bouts were to be givn, and when Mr. Munday was called to speak, he was lifted Into the ring bodily by Republican friends. Timber Holdings Inspectod. EUGENE. Or., Aug. 11. (Special.) G. X. Wendllng, of the Wendllng-John-son Lumber Company, which in the past vear has spent more than $1,000,000 for Lane County timber; M. Fleishhacker and H. F. Ong, lumbermen of San Fran cisco, and R. M. Cross, of Portland, are all on the Lower Siuslaw examining their timber holdings. The members TALES ofihe. TURKISH TROPHIES TALE 13 - THE "AND" who is this little Harem Scarem that j seeketh our Royal favor?" inquired the Kink, as the Counsel for the Plain tin brought a blonde into the Court Room. "My client seeks a divorce, your majesty," said the Counsellor. of the party arrived in Eugene early Saturday morning and left at once by automobile for the Siuslaw, accom- oanied by Jesse Bounds, of Eugene, through whom the greater part of the timber holdings of the Wendllng-John- son Company were purchased. There is no word as to when the party win De back. Robber Suspect Returned. VANCOUVER. B. C Aug. 11. Hag gard in appearance, as a result of his long Incarceration In the Los Angeles Jail, awaiting extradition proceedings, Charles Dean, alleged to be one of the five men implicated In the robbery of the New Westminster branch of the Bank of Montreal, arrived In Vancou ver at 8 o'clock this morning, accom panied by Chief Bradshaw. BLONDE LADY "On what grounds?" asked the Kink. "Her husband smokes a pipe in the kitchenette." "Granted!" said the Kink. "Next time you marry, Dearie, be sure to get a hubby who smokes Turkish Trophies." Government Sale Prince Rupert Lots Acting under instructions from the Government of British Columbia, I will hold an auction sale of Prince Rupert Lots on Wednesday, August 28, 1912. The sale will be held at Prince Rupert, beginning at 3 P. M. and continuing on Thursday, tha 29th. The lots to be offered will be in sections 1, 5, 6, 7 and 8, about 300 in all, and will comprise some of the choicest lots on the townsite. Take Canadian Pacific Railway steamer from Vancouver, August 24, or Grand Trunk-Pacific steamer, August 26. Fare one way, including meals and berth, $18.00. It will pay you to attend this sale. If you cannot come your 3elf, send a representative. For further information apply to C. D. RAND, AGENT, Head Office, Vancouver, B. C. Branch Office, Prince Rupert, B. C jjgs KDfiffifiSO I y fS SOFTENS HARD WATER INSIANTU A LUXURY AlteTHRlPZRfDKE WITHIN bm REACH THE C.S WELCH CO. 3UCCUoltS TO BATOCUta MKUcnias at 1 :C00LM ; AND MM 3S