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THE SUNDAY OREGOyiAX, PORTLAND, AUGUST 16, 1903. HOPES TO GO FREE Forney, of the Southern Pacific Com pany, is located in the railroad yards at Ashland. The Westinghouse Company is introducing a new triple-valve air brake system on the Southern Pacific, and experiments are being made and the equipment added to the trains crossing the Siskiyou Mountains from here. 1L Puter Believes Marion County Indictment Invalid. HALF THOUSAND MEN TO STRIKE , lll,,ll-..IBI " I II J1L XL mLlm VkT Fzr CLEANING 0LD ORCHARDS Inspector Rids Washington County Italians Refuse to Work for Northern Pacific at . $1.25 Day. OTHER LABORERS GET $1.50 Division Superintendent Says Com pany Will Sot Recede, and 500 Section Hatrds Propose to Jjay Down Shovels. TACOMA. Wash., Auk. 13. (Special.) Between 500 and 600 Italian laborers In the. employ of the Northern Pacific in the vicinity of Tacoma will throw down their shovels and quit work in a body next Monday mornlns. This was the decision arrived at at a special meeting held today by local Ital ians. The trouble started over the fact that the railroad is alleged to have been paying Italians J1.25 a day. when other workmen doing the same class of work received J1.60. Mike Christian, the local boss, inter viewed S. C. Albee. division superintend ent, and was told that tho company would do nothing. If the strike occurs It will include the laborers at Auburn, C-ntralia, Puyallup, Kent and other towns. COLORADO EASILY FREED Cruiser Released From Lipllp Beach With Rising Tide. SBATTL.E. Aug. 15. At 4:47 this after noon the armored cruiser Colorado, pro pelled by her own power, backed from a grounding on the beach near Liplip Point, Puget Sound, where she had poked her steel bow between monster boulders ex actly seven hours before. Captain Under wood, commanding the cruiser, estimates that the damage is alone to the vessel's hull and that the only harm caused was the springing of plate bolts' on the star board bow. Through the tiny aperture made, a (mall quantity of water gained entrance to the forward compartments, but at no time was the condition of the ship such as caused worry that she would not be floated with the arrival' of evening high tide. Release came nearly two hours be fore the high register of tho tide had been attained. " The Colorado returned to the navy yard on Puget Sound tonight. An inspec tion to determine repairs needed will be made. A board of inquiry to be apoint d will hear testimony concerning the accident to fix the responsibility. Wireless messages for aid sent by Cap tain Underwood located the cruiser on Double Bluff, a point in Puget Sound five miles distant. The point where the Colorado hit the beach is pronounced by navigators as two miles distant, or two compass points off the usual course. The naval tug Navajo and the revenue cutter Areata stood by the Colorado, but were not called upon to aid the floating of the warship. TO DEVELOP COAL-MINES Million Dollar Company Formed by Corbin in Spokane. SPOKANE. Wash.. Aug. 15. (Special.) Articles of incorporation were filed today for the Corbin Coal & Coke Company, the capital stock being $1,000,000. The purpose of the comDany is the development of 17 sections of choice coal lands within 300 miles of Spokane in Eastern British Co lumbia, known as the Crows isest rass district. A railroad 14 miles long is now neing constructed on the land by the East ern British Columbia Railroad Company, in which D. C. Corbin is interested. Trustees of the company are: D. C. Cor nln. Austin Corbin, A. H. Sperry. Albert A. Allen. E. J. Roberts, and G. H. Mar tin. all of Spokane; Alfred Paige, of Wardner. Idaho, and J. K. O. Sherwood. of New Tork. CLOSE CALL FOR HIS LIFE Ray Gable Jumps From Speeder Just as t Engine Hits Machine. COTTAGE GROVE, Or., Aug. 15. (Special..) Ray Gable, employed by the Southern Pacific Company in looking after the block system, met with an accident this morning that all but cost Klrvi his life He started out on his usual morning run to replenish the batteries. The morning was somewhat foggy and as he pumped his speeoer tnrougn me south end of the yards in this city he can head-on to an incoming freight. He -nanA0-H in free himself from the speeder, but before he could derail the machine the locomotive strucn, iiv Emasning it to ous. SKULL CRUSHED TO PULP Harry Tuttler, Logger on Deep River, Meets Horrible Fate. ASTORIA: Or.. Aug. 13. (Special.) Har ry Tittier. an employe at the Grays Bay Logging Company's camp on Deep River, was instantly killed this afternoon by be ing struck by a limb from a falling tree. His skull was cruBhed almost to a pulp. Tuttler was a native of Germany. 54 years old and had worked in logging camps in the Lower Columbia River dis trict for fully 20 years. He left a father and mother living in Germany, but so far. as known had no relatives in this country. Lewieton Has 600 Cars Peaches. LEWISTON. Idaho. Aug. 15. (Spe cial.) It is estimated that the Lewls- ton-Clarkston district will this season ship 600 carloads of peaches to the Eastern markets. In addition to the peaches. 20 carloads of mixed fruit will be handled, which with the 50 car loads of cherries sent out early in the season, will make a total of 850 cars of fruit from this district. New Airbrakes on Mountain Trains ASHLAND. Or.. Aug. 15. (Special.) The Westinghouse air train, comprising two Pullman sleepers and a dining-car. and carrying about 30 expert airbrake n handed hv Fred Farmer, and ac- coj&B&nled, bjc General Air inspector of Pests. HILL6BORO. Or.. Aug. 15. (Special.) Fruit Inspector W. R. Harris, of Forest Grove, has been waging an active cam paign against pest-ridden orchards m Washington County, and says that the best fruit for years will be placed on the market this Fall. Hundreds of orchards have been pruned nearly to the trunk and while" it has had a tendency to diminish the yield, the result is very satisfactory for the marketable product. ' Speaking of his work, today. Mr. Harris said: "We have destroyed about ten pest ridden orchards, without opposition, and a number have cut down old diseased trees at request. Over 1500 orchards have been sprayed for the San Jose scale, but there was a dearth of spraying for the codling moth. Washington County's fruit will be better this year than it has ever been, and in proportion to the amount raised there will be double the market able fruit heretofore. "I have notified all county dealers that OMAHA RAILWAY MAIL CLERK CLAIMS PHILOMATH SCHOOLTEACHER FOR HIS BRIDE - f "I'r 1 X f ' t , - 1 I S . r - ' " ' i - - ; I i y ft - ' X S. f 1 ; r t I MR. AND MRS. IRVIV M'CLUNG. PHILOMATH," Or., Aug. 15. (SpeciaL)-On Wednesday, August 12, occurred the wedding of Miss Winifred Merrick, of this city, to Irvin McClung, of Omaha. Neb. The bride comes from a prominent family, and for the past two years has been a successful teacher In tho Philomath public school and a leader In social and religious circles. Mr. McClung is a railway mail clerk between Omaha and Cheyenne. Mr! and Mrs. McClung will be at home to their friends at 8027 Mander aon avenue, Omaha, after September 15. they must neither buy nor sell defective fruit, ana I propose to see uiai me i&w ..ii i I thi. ,1a, all Vot voar T cxtinll 1UIIUWCU J 11 us hi . - ' " J see that there is seasonable spraying for the codling moth, and we shall have bet ter results than usual. Washington County can raise a fine apple, with proper cure, and in my estimation it gives a better bouquet tnan me riooa mver or iwkuo River product. But the rainy weather here demands much care, and neglect means non-mariitiauiw uu. DINE ANKENY AT HOQUIAM Congressman Cushman Also Visltoi In Grays Harbor Town. HOOUIAM. Wash.. Aug. 15. (Special.) Congressman Cushman and Senator An keny were visitors in Hoquiam today and were entertained at the Gray Port Hotel. Senator Ankeny stated that if re-elected he would work for a foreign commission to determine upon the desiraDUity oi proa t hofore thev were al lowed to leave their native lands. Mr. Cushman said he was not nere in a political sense, and merely wanted to fill his lungs with some of the salt sea breezes.. Called From Ball to Fight Fire. RAINIER. Or., Aug. 15. (Special.) About It o'clock last evening, while the firemen's ball was in full swing, a fire alarm was sounded. The merrymaking was soon changed to one of earnestness and soon a stream of water was being directed onto the house of Mrs. Brunner, on "Kentucky Flat." The house, with all its contents was destroyed, however, as the flames had gained too great head way before they were discovered. In surance of JS00 was carried on the house and contents. Origin of the ftre is un known. Yamhill Wheat of Fine Quality. M'MINNVILLE. Or.. Aug. 15. (Special.) Wheat, once Yamhill's main crop, b(ut now only a side issue with the farmers, is coming to the warehouses quite lively this week. So far 27',4 bushels to the acre, machine measure, is about the best yield reported, although the grain is generally very plump and heavy and overruns in weight. One farmer's load of 25 sacks gained six bushels when weighed at the warehouse. There are a number of crops not yet threshed where the estimated yield has been placed much higher than the average. Jacksonville Pioneer. ASHLAND. Or.. Aug. 15. (Special.) News has reached here of the death at San Francisco a few days ago of Henry Judge. a well-known and respected pioneer of this county. Mr. Judge was 84 years old. He was strurk by a street car on the day of his death. For many, years Mr. Judge was engaged in the harness and saddlery business at Jack sonville, later removing to Ashland. He was a brother-in-law of Jerry Nunan, a prominent Jacksonville merchant, and Is sarvived by a wife and family of grown children. E. Perdue Alive In Virginia. HILLSBORO, Or., Aug. 16. (Special.) Coroner E. C. Brown has received word from J. H. Coekerham. a McMinnvllle business man. that he has located his rel ative Eborn Perdue, and that he is mar ried and now residing at Fries. Va.. This Perdue was on the Coast a year or so ago, and Coekerham thought he might have been the Perdue murdered near Timber. . .... , ,1.. IHnrlfimtinn of the 1 nis BI1II i-avwo dead man a mystery, which may never be cleared. WORLD'S SCENIC - ROUTE The scenic wonders of the Canadian Pacific route are beyond description. This I the verdic-t of the traveling public, Purchase your tickets via the "World's Si enlc Route." The road that hae more tu offer than all other roads combined. TO BE DECIDED IN OCTOBER Accused of Subornation of Perjury in Securing Buyers for School Lands Fine Law Point Is at Issue. SALEM, Or., Aug. 15. (Special.) S. A. D. Puter, arch-conspirator in Oregon land-grabbing operations, believes he will secure a dismissal of the Indict ments nenriin? against him in this county charging him with subornation of perjury. The fact that District At torney John H. McNary had very little argument to offer against the dismissal when the case was submitted recently indicates that the attorney for the state has very little confidence in the suffl clency of his Indictments. Judge Bur nett has the case under advisement and will decide It in October. Puter was indicted in this county on a charge of subornation of perjury in procuring certain persons to make ap plication for the purchase of state land, the applicants swearing that they wanted the land for their own use, and that they had made no agreement, express or implied, to tranfer the same. Three Indictments were filed but the eases were not pressed, for the reason that Puter had been indicted by a Federal grand jury and was wanted as a witness by the Government in the prosecution of other persons who had been indicted for land frauds. But when Puter was released from the Multnomah County Jail the Marion County indictment was await lng him. Sheriff Culver had a bench warrant, and - though Puter pleaded against being- arrested, the Marlon County Sheriff took him Into custody. He demurred to the Indictment, on the ground that it does not charge a crime, and It is upon this that he bases his defense. Fine Law Point at Issue. The indictment charges that he se cured certain persons to make false affidavits before G. G. Brown, clerk, of the State Land Board, a person author ized to administer oaths. The statute which prescribes the powers and duties of the clerk of the Board expressly gives him power to administer oaths That authority Is conferred by section 3296 of the code. But section 3302 of the code provides that an application for the purchase of state land shall be sworn to before a Notary Public or County Clerk. It is, therefore, argued in behalf of Puter that since a valid application could not be made by tak ing the oath before the clerk of the Land Board, no perjury was committed, hence there was no subornation of per Jury. The law defining perjurys section 1875 of the Code, which says that "if any per son authorized by any law of this state to take an oath or affirmation, or of whom an oath or affirmation shall be re quired by law, shall willfully swear or affirm falsely in regard to any matter or thing concerning which eucb oath or affirmation is authorized or required. such person shall be deemed guilty of perjury, and If any person shall procure another to commit the crime of perjury such person shall be deemed guilty of subornation of perjury. Affidavit Was Kecognlzed. For the purposes of the demurrer, the facts as alleged are admitted, that the false affidavit was made before Brown. The affidavit was recognized as sufficient bv the State Land Board, as such an af fidavit was tn all cases where the oath was administered by the Clerk. Hun dreds of such applications have been ac cepted and certificates of sale and deeds issued in pursuance thereof. But the at torney for Mr. Puter, M. L. Pipes, con tends that such applications are invalid, because not sworn to before a Notary Public, and that his client le not guilty because the affidavit was not legally ef fectlve, although recognized as effective bv the State Land Board. The statute defining perjury relates to false swearing by persons authorized to take oaths. In this case the applicants were authorized to take oath, but not before the Clerk of the Board. Their oath, in order to be legally effective, mus be -before a Notary Public. The question presented is, therefore, whether one who takes an oath before an onice.r wnom ne believes to be authorized to administer it and who is. in fact, authorized gen erally to administer oaths, is CTilty of perjury If he swears ffalsely In a proceed ing where the oath is required to be taken before some other officer. If Puter's contention is correct, all the applications that have been sworn to be fore the Clerk are invalid. This fact, however, would probably not raise a doubt as to the validity of the deeds that have been issued by the State Land Board, for the Board could scarcely re fuse to recognize now the validity of ap plications which they have heretofore , accepted. t. . i ' i' m The Knox Hats shown by us are the styles you can see worn on Sth av., New York FAIR ON COOS BAY Marshfield Expects Big Crowd August 26 to 29. oood races Promised Farmers to Have Many Fine Exhib its Interstate Oregon-Idaho Con ference Will Discuss Xeed or Railroad to Seaport. iTEHinTr.T.r Or.. Aug. 15. (Special.) iuixi.u... . ' ' The final arrangements for the Soutn- ern Oregon District Fair, to oe i,b.i i,,o-nt 2fi to 29. are being completed and a big crowd is expected. The races will be exceptionally Some of the best horses from Roseburg and Douglas County are entered. The string of R. D. Hume and some others from Curry County will be starters, and . niimher of horses coming uioni me u ....... from California. Besides, there are 15 or 20 horses now training ai ui The Improvements at the fair grounds are all completed. The grandstand will now seat 2000 persons, and a large pavil ion has ben built and space is nearly all taken up by exhibitors. Extra stalls and sheds for livestock have been con structed. . Frank Micelli, the district secretary, of Roseburg, will arrive in Marshfield Au gust 20 to take charge of the fair. . Governor Hope to Attend. Governor Chamberlain has been Invited to attend, and has expressed his hope of doing so. The Chamber of Commerce of Marshfield is making arrangements for the entertainment of the visitors and cit izens have been asked to make provisions in their homes for the accommodation of those who attend and want rooms. Besides music by the Marshfield band and the Bandon concert band, there will each day be singing by a chorus of 300 children under the direction of Professor Elmer Todd. Entertainments of various kinds are arranged to take place in the city at night time. Mrs. 8. A. Toakam, the Deputy State Dairy Inspector, has been traveling through Ooos County assisting the ranch ers in preparing dairy exhibits, and states that there will be the finest exhibition of thia kind ever ehown In the district. Others who have been calling upon the fanners report that the number of exhib itors will be large. Many of the Coos Bay manufacturing establishments and retail stores are taking space in the pavilion to show their goods. Interstate Conference Talk Railroad It is expected that roost of the Front street pavement will be finished in time for the fair, and extra electric lights will be installed In the business- section by the Coos Bay Gas & Electric Company. The Oregon-Idaho Development Con gress will be held at Marshfield August 24 and 25. and delegates from different parts of both states will be In attend ance. The object is to discuss matters which pertain to the Interests of both localities. Colonel William Grimes. Wal ter Lyon. Dr. J. T. McCormao and C. J. Mlllls. of the Southern Pacific interests, have been named to serve on a committee of genera! arrangements. The matter of an electric line between Roseburg and Coos Baywill be brought up. BUILDING BOOM AT ECHO Business Houses, Residences and Churches to Be Constructed Soon. ECHO, Or.. Aug. 15. (Special.) Echo is on the eve of a building boom. Mayor Srholl yesterday sold to H. B. Gillette four lots Just south of the Gil lette Hotel, upon which the building now being used as a, feed store and a blacksmith shop on Main street will be placed at once. Upon the same lots Mr. Gillette will construct a neat little dwelling, and upon the lots he vacates on Main street there is talk of con structing a business block which shall have three store rooms 22x70 feet. The structure will probably be of steel and concrete and will be two stories high. Both the Presbyterian and Baptist 190 If you want the best trade mark is SOLD ONLY BY BUFFUM & PENDLETON 311 Morruon Street, Opposite Postoffice denominations of Echo are laying plans to construct houses of worship. There is a great demand for dwelling houses, many people living in tents. Work of widening the Coe ditch pro gresses nicely. All shrubbery on the Coe ranch, which but a short time since waa wild sage brush land has a splendid appearance. Especially Is this true of the walnut trees and berry brush.. FAMISHED WHEN CAUGHT Two Chemawa Indian Iiads Ldve Five Days on Green Apples. HUBBARD, Or., Aug. 15. (Special.) Five days in the woods with nothing to eat but green apples convinced two truant Indian lads from the Chemawa Training School that life In the wild woods was not such a dream of happi ness after all. When apprehended to day by Charles R. Piatt and G. A. Diraick they readily consented to re turn to school. One of the boys, who gave the name of Roy Wilson, was so completely ex hausted he couldn't speak. The other, Mclntire by name, admitted he be longed at Chemawa, and explained that they had been in the woods since Tues day night. Both are 13 years old. When taken to a grocery store, the little redmen feasted on canned goods and cheese in a manner that indicated a hearty appetite. The smile that spread over their copper-colored faces was genuine when informed that free transportation awaited them for return to Chemawa. C. DESTELL STRIKES GOLD Portland Miner Has Splendid Pros pects in Bohemia District. COTTAGE GROVE. Or., Aug. IB. (Special.) Charles Destell, of Portland, who has been identified with the Bo hemia mining district for the last 13 years, during which time he has been developing his 160 acres of mining ground on the old Noonday road. seemH No Stndents-No Gas-No Cocaina We Set the P ace SPECIALISTS IN PAINLESS DENTISTRY NERVOUS PEOPLE and those afflicted with heart weakness can have their teeth extracted and filled without any pain or bad results. Extraction, absolutely painless 50 Best plain rubber plate..$S.OO Bridge work 855.00 22-k gold $5.00 Silver filling 50 4 up CLEANING TEETH FREE Consultation and estimates free. Open evenings until 7. Lady in attendance. Union Painless Dentists Suite 1, 2, 3 and 4, 221 Morrison, Corner First Phone A 2132. 3 (gT r TEETH Worn by the best dressed men of the World; partic ular men see that the above in your hat now to be in a fair way to reap a re ward for his long years of labor. He placed on exhibit "in this city to day some exceedingly line specimens of gold and copper ore. The specimens that seem to attract most attention come from a ledge which Mr. Destell snys he has crosscut 14 feet and is not through yet Four assays on this quarts' gives gold returns from $8.26 to 122. The property Is admirably lo- BEAUTIEDL NEW BUILDING TO BE NEXT MONTH Portland is the home office and head quarters for the Eilers music business, which of lat years has grown Into what Is unquestionably the largest and fore most retail business In the United States. Eilers' stores are located in every Im portant Western American city, Including 6an Francisco. Before the bin fire the Eilers interests in San Francisco were housed in the beautiful History buildinc. on Market street. After the oatastrnphy temporary quarters were secured by the Arm on an Ness avenue, .alone with nearly every other San Francisco mercantile institu tion. Now a magnificent eight-story, fire proof "Class-A" building has been com pleted for the firm on Market street, be tween the two largest department stores in that city. The building bears . the name of the house, and has a frontage of 50 feet and is over 170 feet In depth. The main floor contains a large area for the display of grand and upright pianos, also the gen eral offices and various private offices for managers and officers of the firm. A commodious Talking Machine Depart ment is also to be found on this floor, which is proving a decided Innovation, in that it is built sound-proof and entirely of plate glass. On the mezzanine floor is found the mailing-room, filing-room. stool and searfroom. tuning-room, lockprs for em ployes, central telephone station, etc. The main feature of the general office Is a magnificent fire and burglar-proof vault, which will give ample security to the company's books and records. Upon the next floor is the section where most of the retail piano selling will he done. Special rooms have been provided for the various makes of Instruments carried In stock. A separate parlor has also been set aside for the wonderful Welte Mlgnon. and for the Peerless Elec tric Pianos. Here are also located the various music roll libraries. The third floor Is taken up by a large concert hall.' and by a small recital hall. The large concert hall is furnished with M i0mlmk P I Hi PiWt- MEio -nPN wSP hiW w HliU 11 .-...l,HWUIlllllllllMlllllIIHlM.,n-i I D 7 Knox Soft Hat cated. provided with abundance of wood, timber and water. Already overtures have been made to Mr. Destell to organize a company. A $6-A-M0NTH WEEK! This will be a slx-dollar-a-month wepk at Eilers Piano House. See large display announcement on pace X. sectior I. EILERS MUSIC FORMALLY OPENED IN SAN FRANCISCO illtl.l ll'ijT1lil ji! : till:: a stage and permanent seats, and f equipped with a self -playing Tubular Pneumatic Kimball Pine Organ, a Concert Grand Piano, a Welte self-playing home. Orchestrion, and the Mignon Artist re producing piano. The smaller recital hall is arranged so that It will serve as a piano display room when not otherwise occupied. A hall Is also provided for tho display of Orchestrions and Pipe Organs. The fourth floor Is devoted to the wholesale Pinno and Organ department, and the fifth lionr is for storage. The re maining floors in the building have been sublet to various commercial interests. The entire Market street frontage of the building was arranged into suites of mag nificent private offices. The building i supplied with a modern passenger elevator on the Market street fiontsge, and a very large freight elevator on the rear, or Stephenson -street side, has been Installed. All delivery and re ceiving is handled from the Steplienson street frontage, where also a sldewam elevator is connected with the basement, which is ten feet in the clear, and Its large size makes It an Important adjunct for tho establishment. Here are located the various repair departments, varnish-ing-rooms. packing-rooms and general storage quarters. F.vcrvthing that is up to date Is con tained ' In this building, and it la both feared and hoped by the Portland estab lishment that very shortly now the sales of the San Francisco Institution will ex ceed the enormous record that Portland has made and Is making. For many vears the Portland establishment has r-een far in the lead of all the other Eilers Houses in point of sales. This was In dicated by the shipping records recently obtained, which showed thRt out of all the carload shipments into Oregon last year the Filers Piano House handled over "i per cent, a very significant Indi cation that the public generally recog nize the position of the Arm to furnish as tt advertises, "the most Intrinsic piano value at the lowest possible cost to the buyer." , j x Fir r