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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 8, 1909)
1 BLETHER DENIES rut 10. A special train, oX ten. coaches STATION FOR BEND wlir leavw herw with; the excursionist at 8 o'clock Monday morning. The booster committee, has arranged to take along a large amount of booster HE SAID IT literature and ribbon badges, stickers and buttons to be distributed among the Fair vixltor. Kong Lov. tne Cm nese gardener, who took second prize in. the Fourth of July parade, has do nated a large display of vegetables Government to Gather Data on Water Resources. 01 ! P rice which will be exnioiieo. at me A formal programme will be carried out on the Fair Grounds, which will ln xiitri rfcial music and speeches by Marie Carrau Insists He Told Her Piles Influenced State Court. Mayor Kiggins. of Vancouver. Presl- DESCHUTES IS MEASURED dnt Chilbcrg. or tne jupnanuvu. uu others. THE. SUSBAX QKEGQSIA rOJRT&iJSD, AUGUST 8, HKM- fJOl'i I WENT TO HIM FOR ADVICE Contestant for $1,000,000 Estate 4 Makes 8 worn Statement Before Legislative Committee In City of Seattle. SEATTLE. Wash.. Aug. T. (Special.) Miss Marie Carrau. long a claimant of the Jl, 000,000 estate of the late John Bnllivan by virtue of an alleged non cupative will, testined this morning before the Halsey committee, named try the State Hons of Representatives to Investigate charges of corruption against the Suprem Court, that she had been told by Aldn J. Blethen, at the time she was contesting for the Hull I van property, that certain mem bers of the state's highest tribunal .were tinder the dominance of United State Senator Samuel H. Piles. Colonel Blethen denied that he had made the statement attributed to him by Miss Carrau. "I want to say emphatically that no man or woman has ever heard me re flect upon the honor, dignity or In tegrity of the Supreme Court." aald Colonel Blethen. Miss Carrati and Colonel Blethen were the two witnesses before the com mittee. Sworn Statement Made. Miss Carrau waa then sworn and made the following statement: -My troubles In the effort to obtain the estate given me by Mr. Sullivan really began at the time Senator Piles was elected. I won all my first liti gation in the United States Court, but I began to fall when I got Into the utt i court. The nuncupative will was admitted once by the King County Su perior Court and was then thrown out by Judge rrater. Eben Smith, an at torney now dead, said If he had been Judge ho would have decided for me, and told me that If Piles had not been elected United States Senator things might have been different." The witness said that Jack Barberls bad sympathised with her cause and bad sent her to Colonel Blethen. Reflections Made on Court. The witness said further that Colonel Hetben told Attorney W. M. Russell that Judges Hadley, Root. Crow and Mount would decide the Sullivan oaae la favor of Senator Pile. "Somebody told me that Judge Root would do almost anything for money." aald Miss Carrau. The woman testined that Barberls. at the Instance of Colonel Blethen, had rone to her residence with a prop osition that ahe accept (10.000 offered by Charles H. Farr.ll. one of the rep resentatives of tne Irish claimants. She said she refused the offer and that ahe waa later told that ahe should ac cept the offer, for there was a big eheme on to divide the estate between the Judges and the lawyers. CAPTAIN MARK IMPROVING Master of German Ship Frelda Is la Astoria Hospital. ASTORIA. Or.. Aug. 7. (Special.) Captain Mark, of the German ehlp Frelda. who waa taken to the hospital lnt evening to be treated for a se vere attack of stomach trouble. Is much Imnroved today. The little gasoline launch Edwards. owned by Edward Franklin, or i.atn lamet. Is at the Astoria Iron Works being prepared for a trip to Fort Wrana-el. Alaska. She will probably cross out Sunday. The craft 18 40 feet long. 10.3 feet beam and 3.4 feet depth of hold. Her tonnage is 1J tons gross, eight tons net and she is about the smallest craft or ner class max ns attempted to make the outside run from Here to Puget Sound. The French bark Colonel DeVHIebols Mareuil arrived this afternoon. 68 days from Newcastle. N. S. with 300 tons of coal for Astoria. Captain Vivler reported an uneventful trip. CITY'S PAYROLL INCREASES Many New Factoriea Will Give Em ployment In Aberdeen. ABERDEEN. Wash.. Aug. 7. (Special.) The work of driving plies for the foun dation of the new Bousfield pail and tub factory has been started. About tTS.000 will be invested and 100 hands employed. The work of remodeling tha Deming hingle mill, purchased by Tacoma and Aberdeen capitalists for a cooperage fac ttrv. has been started. The company paid 3Ge,000 for the plant and will Invoat 130,000 In new machinery and changes. Sixty- hands will be employed at the start. The asphalt factory, to cost 18,00O. has been started, the framework of the build ing being cj and tne machinery on the g? round. The machinery for the California Furni ture Factory, which Is to be placed In the remodeled Aberdeen Box Company plant, bas arrived. About 100 hands will be em ployed. NEW ROAD INCORPORATES Spokane. Walla Walla Company Represents $3,000,000 Capital. OLTMPIA. Wash, Aug. 7. (Special.) The Spokane. Walla Walla & West ern Railway Company of Walla Walla bas forwarded Its articles of Incorpora tion here for filing with the Secretary of State. The capital Is $3,000,000, and Its objects are to build or buy interur bans and operate the same and street railways In Washington, Oregon and Idaho. The Incorporators are E. M. Symonda, M. S. Parker, George S. Hynes. Al H. Hoffman and E. C Moxom. of Spokane, TV. L. Russell, of Walla Walla, and M. Jt- Hanger, of Dayton. VANCOUVERJTO SEND 500 Special Train Will Convey Excur sion to Seattle Fair. VANCOUVER. Waah.. Aug. 7. (Spe cial.) Five hundred people from this city, the committee on arrangements 'Is assured, will attend the Seattle Fair on Vancouver Day. Tuesday, Au- EDITOR IS GIVEN FAT JOB R. J. Hendricks, of Salem, to Be Census Supervisor. SAL&M. Or., Aug. 7. (Special. ) A telegram was received this f fernowl from Congressman Ilawley announcing Jamea P. Crabtree. Deceased. CRABTP.EE, Or.. Aug. 7. (Spe cial.) James P. Crabtree. whose death occurred here July 25 from the kick of a horse, was born In Jackson County, MisCuuri, No vember 2S. 1837. In 1845 his fam ily, crossed the plains and settled on the forks of tne Fantlam In July. 1846. The Indian war of 1S&5-5S found James P. Crabtree enlisted as a soldier In Company D of Colonel Tom Cornelius" regiment. On December 24. 1865, Mr. Crab tree was married to Miss Eliza Burtenshaw. who survives him. To this union were born seven children, six girls and one boy. One of the daughters (Eva), now dead for several years, married Owen South. Three other mar ried daughter a Mrs. John C Young. Mrs. David Horsburgh a:id Mrs. Ernest Titus live with in a short distance from the Crabtree home, and Miss Rose and John are still at the parental home. Of the sisters, Mrs. Re becca Morris resides in Albany, and Mrs. Elizabeth Gaines and Mrs. Phoebo Turner In the Imme diate vicinity of the old home, ar.d Mrs. Martha Smith, who re sides in Stayton. the appointment of Robert J. Hendricks as supervisor of the census lor tne Second Congressional district. The place will pay about $2000 for a few weeks work. Mr. Hendricks is president of the Statesman Publishing Company and well known in Oregon. The appointment came to him without solicitation of any kind. MAD SCRAMBLE FOR LANDS Lake Shore Property Brings Many Times Its Real Value. SEATTLE, Aug. 7. Lake Union shore lands, two-thirds of which are sub merged, or semi-submerged, and with an appraised valuation of not more than (30.000, sold on the Courthouse steps at public auction this morning for $100,000. Four hundred men and women, anxious to buy the property which belonged to the state, bid many times the amount of the appraised valuation. Few lots were sold at much less than four times their assessed value. Some fi-w lots went for more than ten times what they are credited with being worth. ABERDEEN KEEPS UP FIGHT Will Seek to legalize Holding of Court Outside County ' Seats. ABERDEEN. Wash.. Aug.. 7. (Special.) To the end that sessions of tbe Superior Court of Chehalls County may be held on Grays Harbor or at points In the county other than at Monteaano. a bill may be Introduced at the resumption of the spe cial session of tbe Legislature. August It, authorizing such court sessions. Under the opinion of the Supreme Court declaring the Judicial district act uncon stfiutional. K was admitted that a bill allowing court sessions at points other thaa county seats would be legal and this portion of tbe opinion will be taken ad tantage of. ARTESIAN WATER STRUCK Seven Active Gushers Operating Xear Walls Walla. WALLA WALLA. Wash., Aug. 7. (Special.) Two artesian wells were struck in this vicinity, bringing tbe total of active gushers up to seven. The last one was on the property of the Walla Walla College, and the one before It at Blalocks. Both were about the same depth. 600 feet. Four wells are now being drilled, one at the peniten tiary, two at Blalocks and one in College Place. Chehali Bank 25 Years Old. CHEHALIS. Wash, Aug. 7. (Spe cial.) The firm of Coffman, Dobson & Co.. bankers of Chehalls. this week sent out Its quarter century announce ment to its customers and friends. This bank is the oldest Institution .of the kind in Southwestern Washington. In referring to it recently The Finan cier, a financial paper or New York, the Chehalls bank of Coffman, Dobson & Co. was featured as a roll of honor bank, being first in the city of Che halls, first in the county of Lewis, fifth in the state of Washington and S77th In the United States. The Chehalls bank bas at this time deposits of more than a million dollars. rnr h var ended March 31. 190S. the municipal ras department of Birmingham. England, was able to contribute $347.74 to the reduction of city taxation. ' 1 t SETTLED AT FORK!! OF THE I SATIAM 131 1S46. f Is ' rfL ' :;; J?'- "' i ! i Figures Prove That Large Portion of River- Seeks Outlet Beneath. Lava Bed of Interior Oregon. Gas In Harney County. BEND. Or., Aug. 7. (Special-) A, cll- matologlcai station is about to as estab lished at Bend, according to R. B. Post, of the United States Geological Survey, who has done extensive, work la tHis region during the last ten months, fathering statistics concerning Central Oregon water resources for a forth coming Government report. The purpose of the station ts to record the tempera tures, precipitation, evaporation, etc of thei region, considerable inquiry along such lines) having been made of late at the Portland office, and no information being obtainable. One established, tne station will be under the Jurisdiction of the Weather Bureau. The purpose of Mx. Post's work is the publication of an orilclal report concern ing the water resources of this part of the state, with particular reference to tabulating authentic data relative to existing and contemplated irrigation schemes, a field of inquiry in which little has hitherto been don. Practically all the statistics necessary for the report have been collected, and Its actual draw ing up will be Immediately undertaken, with tbe probability of completion within three mouths. To secure the desired In formation the Government has main tained over 40 stations on the various streams. One of the most Interesting results of the measuring of the Deschutes by the Government official is the curious dis covery that approximately 300 second feet of water are lost from the river in a distance of less than 20 miles. When, at a point above Benham Fails a large cataract situated at the side of the lava beds a dozen miles above Bend the instruments indicated a. flow of 1700 second feet, they showed but 1400 feet below Bend, this exclusive of the small amounts taken from the river by irriga tion ditches at the time of the tests. The explanation of thie phenomenon is that the lost water finds its way under ground through crevasses and subter anean passages In and under the lava, and does not return to the river for a long distance, if at all. It Is well known that at several places in the lava banks the water can be seen flowing from the river underground, and by some it Is maintained that springs many miles dis tant, otherwise unexplalnable in the desert, owe their source to hidden rivers thus formed. Mr. Post brought interesting news from Harney County, whence he had just come, reporting that extensive strikes of natural gas have recently been made In tbe country south of Burns, and that. In bis estimation, the Indications of oil thereabouts far exceeds In promise any thing he had seen even In the rich fields of California. The Intention in Harney Valley Is, he says, to utilize the gas for power with which to pump water from the wells, which can be dug prac tically anywhere, for the purpose of Ir rigating the rich but now dry soil. "But," said he, after telling of tbe promise he had encountered elsewhere, "despite what I've seen of Harney and the rest of Central Oregon, the Bend country looks like a winner to me. Un limited power, irrigation, timber and a railroad, which Is on the way, you know makes a combination which is hard to beat." . YOUTH WANDERS IN WOODS Bloodhounds to Be Used in Search for Feeble-Minded Boy. SHERIDAN. Or.. Aug. 7 (Special.) Fred Moritz, a feeble-minded young man, 20 years of age, who lives with his parents on a ranch four miles south of here, wandered away from home Fri day afternoon, and has not been seen since. All day today searching parties were In the woods looking for trace of the youth, but returned unsuccess ful tonight. Bloodhounds will be brought from Portland tomorVow, to resume the search, and a still larger body of men will go out. The country near the Moritz ranch la heavily wooded and second growth timber is but a few miles away. It Is feared the unfortu nate man may have fallen over a log and become injured, or that animals have attacked him. DIES AS HE TAKES REST Frank Levin, Aged 53, Expires Sud denly at Vancouver. VANCOUVER, Wash., Aug. 7. (Spe cial.) Frank Levin, aged 63 years, ex pired suddenly this afternoon at 2 o'clock, as be was lying on the bed taking short rest. His wife, hearing his heavy breathing, went to his side, but her husband was even then uncon scious, and be died without gaining con sciousness or before a physician could be summoned. The deceased was a natlce of Swe den, but came to this country when a young man. He had Jived In Vancou ver five years, and Was a member of Uount Hood Lodge of Masons. He is survived by the widow, three sons. William. Bernard and Earl Levin, all of Vancouver: a daughter, Mrs. Christ Engleman; two brothers. Oscar and Peter Levin, and a sister. Mrs. Lotta Herschman, all of this city. Skipper to Go Trading. VICTORIA. Aug. 7. Schooner Umbrl ana, for many years one of the Victoria sealing fleet, has been purchased by Captain McDonald, an old-time South Sea trader, to engage In peat shelling and to trade for sandal wood la the New Hebrides and other groups. Captain McDonald has been engaged in the South Seas since 1872, when he took the brlgantino Marion Rennle on a voyage to the Fiji group. Trunks, suitcases and bags. Largest variety at Harris Trunk Co. is a-. a e e i 1 jFfifel in 9 mml ilii fs. B 311 Morrison S3SS! JILTED, KILLS GIRL Murderer Then Turns Gun on HimseK With Fatal Effect. TRAGEDY NEAR ROSEBURG Charles Uendrlckson, Portland Boy, Kills Sweetheart Cousin When Sh Obeys Father and Re fuses to Marry Him. ROSEBURG. Or., Aug. 7. At Oak Creek, ten miles east of Roseburg, this morning, Charles Hendrlckson, aged about 26, shot and Instantly killed his cousin, Ida Erlckeon, aged 20, because she refused to marry him. Going 200 yards from her home, Hendrlckson turned the revolver .on himself with fatal effect. Hendrlckson came to Roseburg yes terday morning from Portland, where he had been working for a year past. He drove out and spent the day with the girl, came back to this city with the rig in the evening, then returned fb Oak Creek afoot. He waited until the girl's father and brother left for the hayfield, then went Into the kitchen where she was working. What words preceded the tragedy are not known. The girl is believed to have liked Hendrlckson, but waa guided by her father, who was opposed because of the blood relationship. A letter, written to Otto Erickson the dead man's uncle by Hendrlckson, in Swedish, said: "I love Ida, cannot live without her and will take her with me." He also Intimated that he would kill him. The Home of 9 ' ""'I' ''""'' t j : BBNJAc Our Entire Line of Spring and Summer Suits at EXACTLY ONE-HALF REGULAR PRICE STRAW HATS lh KNOX FINEST SPLIT PANAMAS Ladies" Rough Knox Sailors Blue. Black. White and Tan uffum & Fe Street self, and that he had thrown $15o anvay. Hendrlckson was engaged to Ida last Winter, but the father refused to let her marry and ordered Hendrlckson off the place. Hendrlckson went to Portland and returned for the first time this week. He drove out, saw Ida. when on Friday her father and brother were away from home, csroe to town and walked out 12 miles during the night. He hid In the birch this morning until the men went to the fields when he entered the houso and tried to persuade the girl to marry him. She refused, but no quarrel was heard by the sister on the porch, and there was no disturbance until the shot was flred. Hendrlckson quietly walked oat 200 yards from the house and shot himself In exactly tbe same spot he shot the girl, one inch below the heart. Hendrlck son had no other relatives in America. His father and mother live in Finland. Brickson was his uncle- and the girl his own cousin. He had given the girl a ring tend a watch, but she gave them back Friday. The watch was found on his person. He had 8, but the ring could not be found. FORBES GOES TO SPOKANE Salem Y. M. C. A. Secretary Takes Position In Palls City. SALEM, Or.. Aug. 7. (Special.) George A. Forbes, for the. past two years secretary of the Salem T. M. C A., has resigned to accept a similar po sition at Spokane. At a largely attended reception at th local association rooms, Mr. Forbes was presented with a valuable gold watch. The Salem association owns property worth $20,000, is out of debt and is In a flourishing condition. TELEPHONE WAR ACUTE Pacific Iilnemen Accused ol Tamper ing With Service. KELSO, Wash., Aug. 7. (Special.) Rivalry between the two telephone companies nere nas reacnea a neau Henry Jenninef & Sons Good Furniture. CLOTHE REGULAR PRICE ' SOFT BRAIDS SENNIT YACHTS HALF-PRICE odleton stsote. "Hie Granger Company lias Just swvrn oat a warrant for the arrest of the Pacific fitates Company's lineman, who yeeterday cut the wire from Sharsghati. where it enters Kelso. Recently the Shanghai TelepTmne Company changed over from the Pacific States ,to the Granger people. The -trouble - arose over the claim of the old company that the new company cut the- Shanghai line over to theirs with out any legal Tight and served an in unction on the Granger people. Tbe end of the trouble is not yet 1a sight. Ban Pedro Shipping. i SAN PEDRO. Aug. 7. The steamer Santa Barbara cleared today for Grays COPPER PLXTE POSiTiVE WHAT THEY ARE ELECT'ROPODES are Insulated metal indoles worn in the heels of the shoes. One is of copper, the other of zinc forming the positive and negative elements of a galvanic battery. The positive plate is placed in' one sfcoe the negative in the other. QELECTROPOdESS ELECTROPODES POSITIVELY CURE Rheumatlem, Neuralgia, Headache, Kidney Troubles, Backache. Weak Heart, Sleeplessness, Lumbago, Stomach and Liver Complaints are posi tively cured by ELECTROPODES or money refunded. EL.ECTROP015ES have cured more cases of Nervous Headaches anfl other Ker-rous Ailments than any other Ave remedies comblnad. If your Druggist cannot supply ELECTROPODES. nave him order a pair for you from Stewart & Holmes Drug Co. WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTERS, This Weil-Known Magnet Steel Range Exactly Like Cut, Only $30.00 THE BEST VALUE for the money in the Northwest. Thousands of these excellent ranges now in use in this city. Good 4-hole steel ranges as low as $16.50. All of our steel ranges are manufactured by the Fuller-Warren Company of Milwaukee. Malleable Steel Ranges as high as $75.00. Corner Second Opposite Postoffice ! Harbor to reload. The steamer Admiral Sampson arrived tonight from Seattle ! with freight and passengers. She will clear on the return trip tomorrow. The steamer Marehneld cleared today for Hardy Creek, via San Francisco, to re load. Escaped Convict Caught. SALEM. Or, Aug. 7. (Special.) Deputy Warden John Bengln, of the penitentiary, has gone to Eureka, Cal., to bring back to prison Rufus Fish, a convict who escaped several months ago while employed at the feeble-minded school near this city. Fish was serv ing one year for larceny, having been sent tip from Douglas County. HOW THEY ACT One foot rests upon the positive and one on the negative plate. The nerves become the connect ing wires, feed the blood and tis sues of the body a soothing flow of electricity throughout the en tire day giving the system time to aosoro it. SEATTLE, WASH. if.'",V. Mr- I arid Morrison.