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THE- SI7XDAT ORfiGOXIAX. FQI?TL,A"D, DECE3IBEE 26, 1909. ES OF GDRTEZ FOUND IN MEXICO Remains of Conqueror, Lost Nearly Century, Discovered in Hospital Chapel. HIDING PLACE LOCATED Success Ends Long Searcli by Com- mittee Body, Kemored Orten, Jeath of Administrator Seals Secret "Evidence at Hand. ' VICTORIA. B. C, Dec. 25. A fas cinating story is brought from Guay rnas by the steamer Georgia, to the effect that the remains of Hernan Cor tes, conqueror of, Mexico, which- had been lost for "nearly a century, had been located in the chapel of Hospital de Jesus Nazareno atJtht3 City of Mex ico by the committee of Mexicans en gaged in the search for j'ears. The remains were discovered "where Don Luca. Airman, administrator of the i 'orteg estate a.t the tiine they were re ported to 'have- been taken out of the country, had hidden them. It was said that- a document was was found by Don -Lucas Alaman. Jr., it which his father minutely described the remains and the method In -which they were interred. Immediately upon rinding the document, together with a golden key with which the casket was locked, Don liticaR proceeded to the temple of the hospital and began a dill Kent sirch, making a large excava tion, lie found tho bones where his father had hidden them and in turn reinterred them in the wall where the great monument to Cortes had former ly stood at the right hand or the altar. Death Seals Secret. Don Lucas was accidentally killed "while hunting not long ago and the ecrct- of tho Foot where the remains of the conqueror of Mexico reposed was again lost until discovered on Saturday, December 4, 03 the committee search ing for them. The remains of Hernan Cortes have known many removals and havo passed through many stormy vicissitudes. Dy ing in Castillejale la Cuesta, In Spain, tho evening of December 2, 1547, where Jio had retired after fruitless endeavor at the Spanisli court, to obtain redress for the wrongs, real or fancied, which he had suftcrrd. his death having oc curred six years after his arrival in 'Spain, Cortes directed in his will that his remains should bo brought to Mex ico, and Sifter a number of years this wisU wasmrried out. About 15Ht; the remains were taken from the monastery of San Isidro del Campo, just outside i the walls of Se ville, and brought 'to Mexico. ! Xew Spain, at that time .racked by political tronbl.es and the reported conspiracy of the'Avilas brothers' and others, the ( interment of iirtes" renmins in this country attracted practically no at tention and no chroniclers made men tion of It. However, it is quite cer tain that thoy were interred in the -hurch of San Francisco ' de Texcoco. that spot doubtless being chosen as a temporary resting place for the bones of the great captain. In 1629 the bones were removed romi San Francisco da Texcoco to San Francisco de Mexico, the grand old church now situated In Avenida de Wan Francisco, great pomp and ceremony being shown. This in terment 'was made in the presence of the Spanish Viceroy, the. Marquis de Cerratvo, and the Archbishop of Mexico, ltcmaliis Removed Again. in 1774 tho remains were removed from the Church of San Francisco to the temple of the Hospital do Jesus Xazareno, which was rounded and en dowed by Cortes. A magnificent mon ument was erected oyer them, it be ing designed b the dij-octor of the San Carlos Academy of jasper and "onyx. Within the sepulcher was an urn in which the bonvs were-plaeed. Authentic records of their existence in the Hos pital dq - Jesus wtts'loft by the Kng lish traveler. Bullock, who examined them. The bones of Hernan Cortes rested by the altar of Jesus de Nazareno for ,more "than half a century, quite undis turbed by thcXcry of revolution, which started at Dolores Hidalgo. In 1S22 hatreds ran high and a deputy in the Chamber, in a passionate speech, pro posed to remove the remains of the con queror etui every other evidence of the 'Spanish conquerors and rulers, "that we may forget the hated memory of the conquest." More conservative opinions .ruled, however, and nothing was done; but the forlowjng year, when the re mains -of Hidalgo and other revolu tionary patriots were brought to the City -of Mexico and interred With great pomp in the cathedral, unpleasant mem. orles were again awakened and manv suggestions were made that the bones of Cortes should be taken from Hos ' pltal do Jesus Xazareno and carried to San Lnr.aro to be burned. Bones Are Lost. On September 14. 1SJ.1. the day pre-1 ceding the fiestas of independence, a' commission was appointed to go to the temple and remove the remains of Cortes t a safe place. Don Luces , Alaman. whose tomb 1s even now close to the altar of iesus Nazareno, su perintended the removal, imd for many Vara the bones wer(' lost, somo con tending that they hud bevn carried to Havana and a few believing that they reniaTlruf d -- here. Don Louis Gonzalez pbregonis prartically -the only noted historian 'who- adliered to the belief that- the bones -of the conqueror had rterer been removed from the land he g conquered. - The nnding of the remains of Cor tes is of great historical inmnrim It will mean a new chapter in the his- I tory- or Mexico, and historians and stu dents everywhere wil! read and exam t lne with Interest the evidences which the committee which found them-will unquestionably be called upon to pro duce! - GAMBLING CASES ARE LOST Jackson County Juries Kefuso to Convict Acoused Jlen. JACKSONVILLE. Or.. Dee. 25. (Sne. elal.i The grand jury after a nlne-day iia. ayjuwrjica. rnorouifii in vestigation was made tou-chins tlie sale of liqtior to minors in the' rountyl Klerert Indictments were returned eliarpln offenses of this kind and one ehnrittnsrttho pale of inuor -n-ithnut 11 eense. Thre persons were indieted for jrrnb'Jnr. Tho last earned defendants wre Vcouitted "after a spirited con test. - -x Three pleas of gcuilty- for illegal sale of liquor have been entered. ' ' v.' " t DAUGHTER OF KEUPP VISITS .THE UNITED STATES. r . j ... : X 1 .:--: BARONESS TIIO ii - ' y.r" ; -..--.X J N13W YORK. Dec. i. (Special.) The daughter of KrupR, the iron king, is yisiting America." She has been in Chicago with her husband, the Baron Tijo von Wilmowski. They came to America incognito be cause tlTey wished to avoid .social recognition. The Baron says he is getting ideas here for his farm. His wife is not interested in the man agement ofjthe Krupp works, which were left by their father to 'her elder sister, the Baroness von Bohlen und Halbach. Nevertheles' she and her husband visited the steel works' at Gary and examined them with great interest. SHIPPER. AHOIDS MP ORpEKED TO OCEAX ISIiAXt, UE AVIItES WHICH ONE?" Three Isles Bear Same Xaifte, Only One a. Pliosptiate Mine Colony of Workers There. VICTORIA, B. C, Dec. L'5. Had the steamer Belle of Spain, now en route for Southern 'seas, started without .mak ing inquiry from "her owners as tov whioJi of the three ocean islands; lying below the line, she is to g5 for her cargo of phosphates, she would have gone to the wrong one. " ' - ; Captain Minister received orders after coaling at Comox a few days ago to "proceed to Ocean Island and load phos phates for Stuttin." Ho looked- up the charts, and found three Ocean Islands After some thought he concluded ' that Ocean or Cure Island which lies close to the line; was his destination. It was the nearest. Then came Captain Gow. of the Bessie Dollar and argued that ft was another, more distant Ocean Island to which the Belle of Spain was bound. The' perplexed skipper 1 cabled iiis' own ers, 'Send latitude and longitude Ocean island.' They did, and the skipper found thdt his destination "was Ocean Island ly ing two degrees south of rhe line, the 0ean Island where the Pacific Phosphate Company has its crews and where buoys have, been laid for the freighters,' which come for cargoes. ' " It is a little iHand two miles long ly a mile and a half wide, and has no la goon. It is dangerous of approach; hav ing to be mad-e over the reef. Flood and Millar, traders, found thev phosphate ten years ago. but didn't know tho value of their discovery. Later a" trader rushed to Ocean Inland and secured ' working rights1. "The Pacific Phosphate Coirfpany which now works the richisle, has built rows - of galvanized iron houses. ami girded piers run over the reef. There is a large colony of workers, all cmnJoyes of the company, on th island. Including Kanakas and Japanese as, well as natives. An ' electric plant supplies houses, wharves and works with light, and there is a railroad running around the little island, with tiny engines and the narrow eat of gauges 'carrying laden cars of phosphates to the piers. f ; There" are 100 white men; 600 Japanese and 3000 Kunakas on the isle, Japanese and Kanakas ; bemg kept to their owri villages.- -No liquor stronger than lager beer is allowed.' fof a Kanaka becomes dangerous when he has firewater, and the commissioner who: lives on Ocean' Island,- a British protectorate. takes strong measures against smugglers of contrabrand liquor.' FOREIGN COAL JS- USED . - United States Cutter to Get Knel I-'rora Nanaimo. VICTORIA, B. C Dec. 25. (Special.) It has been announced officially that ft contract, foe some time pending:, has beei closed between the United States Government' and the Frank Ayaterhouse Company for" n:akirtfa coaling station on Port Anpeles Bay for the-revenue cutters .nd the llfe-safing tug" Snohom ish.' ' A lease has been entered into by the Waterhouse Company ' for storag-e loading Vpriviks:es over 'the dock of the Crais Fish' Products 'Company, at the head of the bay; and the first consign-, ment of cqai for the Government pile arrix-ed there a 'few days ago.- .- It is - understood to be the purpose of the- Waterhouse Company -"to furnish the Tv'ellington,' B. C, coal, v'hlch - is more highly regarded for its Eteamlngr qualities than '"any obtainable on the Sound. 'The coal 'n-ilj'. pay duty at the Port Angeles custom house. - " The revenue cutters going to and re turning from up-Soutid "ports on their' patrol duty of the Coast will toal there, and the Snohomish no longer will have occasion to go farther from ' her sta tion than ' that town for Kei coal sup ply. ' - ' - ' - ' - - x Hofsethicf Pleads 'Guilty. . FOSSIL. Or- Iec 25. At the Decem' ber torro of the Circuit Court for-Wheeler County, J. T. Vickers. who was indlct?d over a year ago on a rharge" of -horse stealing and "who' fled the-Country and was arrested In-Nevada about" two- weeks ago. --pleaded guilty and was sentenced to two and one-half years in the Penf tentiary - and to pay the costsr "Walter Knsenbaura was acouited of larceny -of 4 calf from the Oilman French Company, "yy,...' .is ' U'V 'rv.w V -at. .- VOX WfLMOWSKI. as was Julius Joseph Hooker of assault with a dangerous weapon upon James JJoyd.at Mitchell' thre,e months ago and who pleaded self-defense. DEATH OF BENJ. P. SWELL Croniincnt Citizen or Arlington, Or., Passes Away. " ARLINGTON", Or., Dec. 25. (Special.) Benjamin Tasker Snell, a prominent citizen of this city, died Monay aftef a long Illness due to internal cancer. He was born in Poland, Cumberland Coun ty, Maine. February 25. 1S3S. At the afro of 17 he. went to California where he worked on a farm until Jie went to Vir ginia City, Xev..' where he became su perintendent of the Comstock mme.- In 1865 he was married to Margaret Malvina PerrauItL He came to Oregon in 3SS4 and was ensaged in wheat rais ing until 1901, when he moved to Arling ton. He was a man of sterling character, unfaltering- Iiv any1 cause he deemed Just or right, aljxays taking an active part in city? county and state elections, hav ing been elected " Mayor of Arlington twice, and County Commissioner for two terms, resigning the'latter office a month ago on account of failing health. He was devoted to family and home, and in his long illness? resulting from internal cancer, he was surrounded con stantly by wife and children, who were untiring in their- efforts to anticipate e very, want. He is survived by a wife, one son and four daughters': "W. H. Shell, proprietor of the Hotel jGrand; Mrs. Lena Shurte, Mrs. Minnie Vveatherford, Mrs. Josephine Ward, of Portland, and Mrs. - Lillian Wheelhouse, also twtr brothers and one eister living in Maine. ' He was buried in Arlington Cemetery 'V '1 t !1 V i ' The Late Benjamin I. Snell. '. by the Masons, of which order lie be came a .member of Silver Star Lodge in Virginia City in 1SG5. On coming to Ore gon he affiliated with ' Arlington Lodge No. SS, of which he was-a-member at the time of his death. WHjTE SLAVER SENTENCED Frederick Leplante, of TTacoma, Pleads Guilty to Charge. TACOMA7 Wash.. Dec. 13. (Special.) Fredericlc Leplante. ' former propri etor of a Tacoma candy store ancj re cently conTlcted -of "white-slave traf fic'" ' among-" Tacoma giria, - pleaded BuUty festerdy - of ' being an habitual criminal and was sentenced to a term of from 10 to -15 years 'in the State Prison. - - He has served time in Deer. Lodge, Mont.- Penitentiary on still more re volting charg-es and released there on' parole "wtth nine years unserved. Bank Cashier Itesigiis. FOREST GROVE, V, Dec. 25. (Spe cial. John E. Bailey, cashier of the Forest -Grove National Bank, has resigned, o restime the management of his gneral mercantile -establishment.' He- is "to" be pucceeded" by ex-Postmaster -Wilbur Mc Eidbwney. 'whose place at the Postoffice wlM be filled by W. B. Haines, recently appointed. ". SOLE HOTEL BURNS Satsop Lesse"e"injured in De fying Flarpes t6 Save' Coirrr ! ADJOINING CHURCH SAFE . Winston House.; Only ''Hostelry of Town, Destroyed by Fire Christ- iifcts Morning 100 9 Disas- irons Year for Harulct. ELMA, Wash., Dec. (Special.) De-' fylng flames in his efforts to' save money ar.d. furniture in the Winston Hotel at Satsop early this morning. Charles Pot ter, lessee of the place, was badly burned about "trie head" and barely escaped with his life. Even after' this experience Potter attempted to return to the build ing, bystanders finally - restraining him. Tile buildrpg was burned to the ground and byr Us., destruction Satsop Is left without hoter accommodations. An adjoining store and the Methodist Church were saved with difficulty, heavy snow preventing spread of the ' flames-to some extent.' Not long ago, the Oddfel lows' Hall. -a store and a saloon were burned "in Satsop. ' today's fire making this a disastrous year- for the . village. It is not likely that Winston will rebuild, as he has retired from active life, on ac count of old age. but a hotel is needed badly to replace the one destroyed. The Winston Hotel was one of tlie pio neer hosteirics of the Chehalis Valley and was owned by T. R. Winston,' who had condueted it for many years until old age : compelled him - to retire. Charles Potter .was renting the hotel and "owned the furniture. He had $2300 insurance; but Winston carried hone. Fire' was discovered in the-off ice," but its origin is unknown. Only the clothes worn by tha patrons were saved. Even the money in the hotel till and Elsewhere was lost. I so rapidly did the flames spread. GAME TO BE EXHJBITED British Columbia Will Be Represent ed in Chicago and Vienna. VICTORIA. B. C. Dec. 25. (Sperial.) As a result of communications 'from L. o. Armstrong, colonization and tourist commissioner of - the 'Canadian Pacific Railroad, the province- Is ar ranging Tor attractive representation-at the Sportsmen's' Show in Chicago;- to -be revived' in February after"-- eight years' suspension. ' British Columbia also ' will be represented -' adequately and picturesquely at the forthcoming sportsmen's -exhibition for" - Austro Hungary, to be held in Vienna in mid summer. It has been asked by the di rectors of both these important shows that British Columbia send exhibits of representative game the - heads and skins-' of typical wild ' animals,- dis tinctive game "birds and' sporting fistes. The difficulty presenting itself ia hat in- a - majority -of cases the" museum specimens', are not in duplicate and the risk of travel damage is too greaV to make it feasible to aend out museum treasures subject to return. -' There ' 'will : be Immediate reprints of Commissioner - Babcock's - booklet - of, "Our Gitrae ' Fishes" and 'the ''Game Bulletin" and tile "Museum Guide.'" MOSIER'S HLL TUBERS BIG 3 7 Potatoes AVeigli 103 Pounds, Equaling AVillamette Valley's. MOSIER. Or., Dec' 23. (To the Edi tor.) In .a recent issue of The Ore gronian the Willamette Valfey is' cred ited with " raising- !T2 'potatoes tvhleh, collectively, weighed 61 pounds or' about two and p eight-tenths pounds apiece. T-his was done on "rich bot tom lan3," to quote from the article in question. Now the Mosler district can equal tUat with a sack of potatoes weighing 103 pounds, containing 37 "spuds'- This gives an average prac tically the same as the above. More over they were not raised on "rich bot tom land"- but on a hill and without irrigation. ' -M osier's specialty is apples, which grow here to a perfectfon equaled only in Hood River, but if the district can grow potatoes equal in size the mammoth ones reported from the Wil lamette Valley we want a record made of that fact. Respectfully tours." . ;." V ' S. G. EMIJ-.10. , CAPTAIN BLOWN INTO SEA Halibut Schooner's Skipper Jcft on Board' Burning Vessel. ' . "1CTORIA. B. C!,' Dec. 25. (Special.)- - 1Among passengers just brought from tne North 1 by the : steamer Camosuri were the members of the crew, of the auxiliary halibut " schooner 1-iulu, ile stroyed by fire on December 11, whsn fishing In "Dixon's Entrance. An over turned lamp ywas the cause of the dis aster. "The ' courser of the fire was straight for the 40-galkn :gaso!ln tank, but every man aboard wa abfe to put off in the 'dories', except he captain, who was hurled into tHe "Sea by the explosion. " 11 "' The dories, however, stood -by, &nd the captain was rescued. Ther -was no insurance and little was saved. The crew rowed to-' the 3Vucy Ieland lighthouse, seven miles distant. 1 -' ; - : ' - ' STRIKE AIDS SHIPS HERE Tieup In Australia Makes Hemanfl -for British Cloimibia. Cargoes. VICTORIA, B. C, Dec. 25. (Special.) Owing: to the coal mining strike in Australia rh which 12,300 miners "-are ensaged. 14.300 mora men have been thrown out of employment and 64 steamers, with total tonnag-e of 89,000, 000 tons, are tied up," there is' no in creased demand for British Columbia coal. - . .Conditions in Australia which will operate against the outward chartering of bottoms may be of assistance to foreign steam craft on "this-side of the Pacific, as the lack' of shipment of coal from Newcastle to San Francisco and West Coast ports wiit lead t& an In creased inquiry for British : Columbia fuel, provided the mines on Vancouver Island are in a position to deliver cargoes. - ' " Chehalis Postof fice Gains. CHEHALIS, "Wash., VDec. 25. (Special.) Starap - ffes at the. Chehalis'pOFtoffice for the present- holiday season broke all previous recordsv -The increase for the month- over last December will show a gain of close to SfiOO. TJH to Wednesday night the total sales of postage w-ere ti2T8.54, as against $713.55 for the same period in 1303. The "total sales' for' last December were only 11073.77 Registry business lias been heavy . and ' money -order business good. - i CLEAR LAKE DAM IS DONE Natural Reservoir Increased. -Area 2 5.0 00 Acre.. in .'KLAMATH FALLS. Or., Dec. 25. (Spe cial.) The dam which crosses the "Lost "River outlet of Clear Lake, tire purpose of which i to make that lake the storage reservoir of the Upper Klamath project, lias been completed, and 'water is accu mulating to 'be- carried "through distrib uting canals to irrigate the valleys along the course of Lost River In Oregon, and probably also to 'Irrigate frMu the south eird of the lnkfe a considerable acreage in California. - - ': -' -; '" -r- Tte dam Is 35 feet high- and 2500 feet long -and will increiise the area of Clear Lake ' to about 25.000 acres, as' a etorage reservoir. ' The elevation of the lake is such that the water can "be conducted frjLm the north end to irrigate Lugeil, Vonna and Poe Valleys, in Oregon, and a considerable area in- Modoc ' County, California, can be irrigated, through a proposed outlet at the '"south. end""of the lake, made possible" by the construction of the dam. the effect of which will lie to raise the surface of the water probably 25 feet. ' ' - .-'- - - It Is possible that the reservoir will f urniFh water enough to irrigate. &11 tlie lands both in Oreson and California which will depend upon it for Irrigation. WATER LOWERS FREIGHT State Commission " Mays Competition Jlegulates Kailroads. SALEM. Or., plying to a Dec. 25. (Special.) Re- letlcr of the National Waterways Commission requesting Ln fownation regarding the laws govern ing - railways in -this state, the .State Railroad Commission gives water com petition credit for being a potent fac tor in regulating rates -off railroads In Oregon." " ' In reply to the question, "Is there any competition between railway' and water transportation In your state, and to what extent? And if so, what ef fect d09$ this have upon tfce temporary or permanent lowering - f - railway rates?-' -the commission wrote: 'Competition "between rail and water transportation exists'on the Willamette River for a distance of 75 or SO- miles and ,on the Columoia River for 250 miles. Freight rates are quite consid erably and " permanently lowered on ac count of this transportation, r particu larly on the Columbia River between Portland and The Dalies, where a boat line is operated which has no connec tion with the railroad lines in .com pet! tion." - - i. BRIBERY AT POLLS- EASY Frauds at ZVew Westminster May In validate Kesults. . VANCOUVER, B. C., Dec. 25. (Spe cial.) Because of corruption and possibly graft and bribery at tne Mayoralty elec tion in New Westminster,- December 13, the election may be held again. Twenty two persons are known to have- repeated at the poD., and one Impersonation of an' absentee is known. Nt!nes of "persons connected with the alleged frauds " have not been made public, .but ex-Mayor Keary, who was defeated, refuses to - run again. ' J. A. L.ee, the winning candidate, received a bare majority of slightly over 50 votes. - According to the - method of Voting in vogue at the Royal ?ity repeating was easy, any voter be,ing able to vote once in each of three booths. ' This1 eystem will be changed before next' election. CHEHALIS PLANS THEATER Oddfellows to "Erecfr - Three-Story Block to Cost Over $20,000. CHEHALIS, Wash., Deo. 25. (Special.) It is said a modern theater will be erected by the I. O. rO. F. -Lodge of this1 city, which recently sold Its property on lower Market street, and purchased a site- 6n Prindle, closer in and accessible to the two 'principal business' streets,! Market and Chehalis." It is intended- to have the structure GOxlOO feet and cost ing from $20,000 to $25,000, three stories, high. . On the upper, floor will be the lodge's new .home, while the lower por- lbA will be : devoted to theatrical pur poses, rrark' Miller1 is icnairman or the building committee." and plans arenow being prepared by C. Iewis- 'Wilson, a local architect. . . DECISION STOPS . WORK University of Idaho Hit by Invalidity of Bond Issue. MQSCOW, Idaho, Dec. 25. (Special.) Much disappointment is manifested at the Universitv of llaho' oyer' the effect' of the -recent: decision gf the Supreme Court upon 'the bond issue authorized by the last :Legtslattye for the. construction of the north wing of the adnnistration building. - . -" The "regents entered into a contract with" the International - Constructiorl Company, of Saginaw, Mich., " for" $S5;- 000 -to complete the building. The contracting company executed its 'bond and started work"' on the foundation and have raich material'oh the ground. 1 The Supreme- Court held that the bond' issues " authorized by the last Legislature exceeded the constitutional limitation. "University lanfls are worth more than $2,00p-000 at a fair varia tion it -is said. ' ' ' ll-" Bad "3Ien reak Oaj, at lt Koefc. PILOT ROCK, Or., ec. 25. After months ' of remarkable -Treedom from lawlessness, Piiot Rock broke into the ''bad-town" class Wednesday night on account of - a L fight "betveen- Wes Tweedy, a sheepherder. and - Frank Shields, a well-known' young man. A drunken quarel began at the near-beer saloon - of Bradburn- Br6s: Shields : threatened" to kill Tweedy; and plater both came up "to the main town and ! renewed -the quarrel : in Tweedy's - room. vAfter - a - -few 1 ex changes of" words and blows. Tweedy plcke up his 25-S5 rifle -lying on" the bed and firedVikt Shields, the ball going through th"e Jim of ' the latter's" hat. Tweedy got out of town, but was ar rested Thursday 'morning-1 and ' was bound over to the grand jury. He Is in -jail.- ' Packing Plant Changes Managers. ASTORIA, Or. Dec. 35. (Special.) K. Bendstrup. manager of the Vendessysel Packing Company's cold storage plant, has been appointed local ' manager for the A. - Booth Packing" Company, to suc ceed Jederick Barker, whose resigna tion will" take; effect on January 1 Mr. Barker resigns to accept the manage ment of a chain of canneries in South eastern Alaska. : Money . Iieceived Christmas., Invested in Alameda Park, will double, Carline being built. A)l 'Alameda. Land Companj', 323 Cprbett bids- . And Like All Good Stories, We Want to Read More of It - Every, man likes tq wear gop'd clothes, most men would if they knew where to get them. This stpry is for the man who hasn't yet worn Chesterfield Clothes: those who have wi 1 1 buy them without .reading the sto'ry, as they will testify they are the best-fitting, most styl ish -a'ppearfng and in every vvay satisfactory clothes they ever wore-. Chesterfield Suits Overcoats priced $25 to $50. Gu ar an te e If front of coat breaks in a year's year yeli give y qu a new,, suit FREE Like to Show 273-275 GATEWAY TARIFFS RULE WHOLE HARRIMAX SYSTEM TO ...... ' '.. V ADOPT XEW SCHEDULE. Thrce-Cornered Traffic A'srccmcnt Docs What Interstate Commission Failed to Do. S BATTLE, Wash.. Doc. 25. The Union Pacific; Railroad - announced "today that with the" beginning of train service Jan uary 1, lumber tariffs via - the Portland gateway -will ' become- effective-1 over- the wuole- Harriman system, 'extending to the Southwestern States and California and Oregon.- ' - - - . The Portland gateway has Ion.? betn & factor in making lumber and shingle "tar iffs from -Seattle and" the country north of this rcity' to the southwest. - To all in tentsand purposes the mills of North western "Washington have been shut out of -the. territory -exclusively controlled by the Jlarriman lines. Efforts to open the Portland gateway throug-h the -medium' of the Interstate Commerce -Commission, made during the past two"' years, - failed 'to ' bring--results, but" the - traffic agreement between the Northern Pacific,' Great Northern- and Harriman system has: brought the con troversy tq an end. ' EDNA LIGHTLY LET OFF Judge Suspends Six Months Sen tence and Girl Conies to Portland. SEATTLE, Dec. 25. Edna May Kelson, the- young- authoress ' and newspaper woman' svKo, in search for a himan irt1 terest story, contrived to; get into the county jail on the charge of grand lar5 ceny. .was allowed to plead guilty to pfttty larceny, and was given a sentence of six months In the county jail Friday; The sentence was suspended during- good behavior. - - - Miss Nelson left tonight for Portland, Or., where she will Fpend Christmas. ' $10,000 FREES SLAYER M. J. Ryan, Found Guilty of Man slaughter, Released on onds. ' PENDLETON", Or., Pec. ,25. Michael J. Ryan, (whfr was recently found guilty of manslaug-hter after trial on a charge of murdering- Edward 1 Dixon, was re leased undera bond of $10000, fur nisned by. prominent citizens of this county. V .'-'"' ----- ' The verdict returned by the.jury has been appealed td the Supreme Court.,- pffleer's' Assailants Sent to Jail. OREGON CITY, Or., Dec. 25. Jomes Caaskiy - and ' Jim- McKay, who late last night" assaulted Night Officer Cook and were arrested with the help of Officer lpShaw, today pleaded guilty to a charge ui uiiuii una wci e ii i s anu ;unia, and 'in default of payment eent to Jatl.-" Chelialis Has Flax yiber Plant. CHEHALIS. Wash., Dec. 25. (Spe cial. Six Carloads of machinery have !. arrived ir here- for- the nei' flax fiber plant that- wilt be installed m the old factory-i n; the sdtith part &t own. The company haa about 300 tons 'of old flax straw on rand with which, to begin work. " " ' - "-; --.' ' Knights of ColumbuaEIect. VANCOUVER, Wash., Dec. 25., (Spe cial.) The local order of Knights of Columbus have elected the following You the Clothes Morrison officers for the ensuing 'year:" Granii knight, SI. M. ' Connor;, deputy grand knight. Si J.4 Donovan; chancellor. K. M. Kcanlon; recorder, James Clancey; financial secretary. A'. A. Carlson; war den. D. F. Doherty; advocate, J. J. O'Keane; treasurer. Otto Zemstesr; guard. Charles -A. Kirch; trustee, J.-J. Padden. - - - SAMUEL 10CKW00D DfES Aged ' Cottiige Grove Ttcsidcnt Suc cumbs to Cancer. COTTAGE GROVE, Or., Dec. . 25. (Special.) Samuel P. Uockwood, aged 70 years, died here' this morning from cancer on his face. He lived in this vi cinity" since 1S84. Seven children sur vive him, his wife preceding his death several years. " '" . : . . -, , - He. was a member of the G-. A. R., having served in'Compan'y B. Wisconsin- Volunteers. 'That order 'will : take charge of the burial services. AVallowa Realty Active. WALLOWA, Or'., Dec. 25. (Special.. Ait unusual amount of real -'estate' is changing hands in this vicinity. : Values have: fully deubled within the past year, yet the- demand for' agricultural lands is increasing rapidly. - Town property is advancing rapidly- in value. 50 REWARD For any case of Kidney, Bladder or Rheumatic trouble Hall's Texas Won der cannot cure If taken in time and given a fair trial. 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