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0 THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, JANUARY 2, 1910. SLUGS IN BODY OF MOB VICTIM. CLEW Murdered Man's Brother, Dep uty Sheriff, Three Others, Held as Lynchers. .E OF CHESTERFIELD CLOTHES SLAYER'S CAPTOR OWNS UP KNOWN TO BE THE FINEST - -- - ; ; ; . r - SAI lve Arrested, Accused of Wreaking Vengeance n OJIie Snyder. Who JviUcd t;reen Bullet Inci'iiuiiiatc One. ' HKPPXEK. Or.. Jan. l.-(Spcial.)-leputy Sheriff Joe Cassidy, Ben Hinton, Knmiet and .lames Shields and a brother f Arthur Green, tlie murdered man. who were arrested last niRht, were today barged with the murder of Ollie Snyder, the man who shot Arthur Green,. Friday night, December S3, near Monument.- Tho officers of Grant County, have been working on the evidence since the lynch ing, with the result of the arre st of the nien named. After rigid questioning. Cassidy named the other four men as lx-lug tlK? guilty ones. Snyder's-body was pierced with 10 Ind icts, eight of which Were from a 25-35 Savage rifle. Only two Savage rifles me owned In that community. One is the property or young Ore.n, brother i-f the murdered man. All of the Ave accused men were lirought to Hamilton at 11 o'clock this irmrnlng mid are held, preparatory to taking them to the County Jail at Can yon City, 50 miles away. Citizens of Giant County sire ineenseH it the lynching and are giving all their isMManee to aid in the arrest of the guilty person. Owing to the storm, alt telephone communication between aion tmient ami the rest of the world is shut 'fr and it is impossible to obtain details. TELEPHONE LINES SOLD Interstate Takes Over Property of Butter Creek Concern. PENDLETON". Or., Jan. l.-(Special.)-ne of the most important telephone deals ever made in Eastern .Oregon was closed here today, when tho Interstate Telephone Company took- over the sys V tne Eastern Independent Tele-Conit,a"y- The consideration was bands'. Hn ,n"eS. of Hne c'"Ki Tho purchasing .company Is better wn-'n.aai.the I,'il0t Rock and c,? o W'i'Ch south into Coant County. The Independent com J.anv is tetter , known as the Butter ' reek t ompany and supplies all the country between Pendleton and lleppner! l-m.mi ""J1" "t Krliot. Stunfield, 1 mutilla and Hermiston. besides, connect VnZS K ' '"e Pac,flc C"Pny n Pen tlleton. ileppner and l"matilla. ,V.P- 1'a-m. of Seattle, and R. H. MacAMioiter are the president and sec lctaiy of the consolidated company. Sev eral local men are stockholders. ' VANCOUVER CHURCHES JOIN AVeek of Prayer Will Be Observed In In ion Services. - VANCOUVER, Wash., Ja. l.(Spe cial.) The Presbyterian. -Methodist. Epis copal. Baptist. United Brethren, '.Congre gational and Christian Churches will J'ir" i'V"0,.t"nB "1e i:" services during lows- Prayer next week, as fol- Monday evening at the United Breth-"u"''- '""lor Rev. Angus McKen stic, Tuesday evening, at the li:intii Church, leader. Rev. "a. w. Bond, 'pastor ' - - -' . vuiirsuHv even- AVllllam Park, pastor of the .Methodist Kp.soopa Church: Thursday evening at the Presbyterian Church, leader Rev C R. O Poole, pastor of tho Baptist ? " Evangelizations-day evening, at the Methodist Kpiscol pal Church, leatler Rev. J. T. MerriH jiastor ot the Cited Brethren Church mhject "Home .Missions." v-""rt-"- HALIBUT CAUGHT IN OCEAN Big Haul .Made by Canadian Vessel West of Islands. VAX.H..L-VKU. B. C. Jan. 5.For tho lust time in the history of the halibut fisheries of tile British Columbia Coast, I.sh have been liilcen on banks in tha 3hi. oeean to the west of the Queen lmrlot.e Inlands. Tltese banks, lving from two to eieht miles off the coast were discovered" last week by Captain Morv.,k of the Canadian fiBhin,r steamer elestial 1-Jnipire. aceorfiinK to the state ment of a member of the chip's crew On this virgin ground the Celestial Empire made a eaten of 140.000 pounds of fish in three days. Of this catch 900 fish are .let hired nil to have been larpe aver "kiiie m the vicinity of 25 pounds apiece The discovery of the new fishing banks was directly due to the fact thatlhe Ce lestial Empire had been very, unlucky In lier operations on the Hecate Strait lianks. where she haa worked for eight lay with total results of 26.000 pounds of fili. PIONEER PASSES, AGED 91 Mrs. Mnraret Ciu-rin Dead Aear Cottage Grove 111 Three Weeks. COTTAUK GROVE. Or.. J&n. ' 1. (Special. Mrs. Margaret Currln. aged !!. died at the home of her son. Kellx Currln. four miles east of town today after an illness of three weeks. she was a pioneer, of Orepon. having crossed tho plains by ox-team from Missouri i i-j with her husband. John Currln, who died two years ago. The trip consumed seveji months. She resided continuously on the farm where she died for 5 years and was active up to her last illness. Of her seven children only one survives. I'eursons Champion With "Spuds." MO.NTKSANO. Wash.. J,.n. l.-(Spe-cil.) A. J. Minkler and Chri. Pearson. vt tills place, t lim the championship for sackinc and fortius potatoes. They risped up a patent chute a.1 the Pearson place mid hetwocn 10 P. M. and 5 A. M. had ported and racked GO fack. of tubers. Begins Monday Morning, January 3d This sale is in accordance with our regular custom at the end of each season and enables us to close m,t ti t- t. , can. .n eonsequence. open each sccding .with entire new stoc. GkZSXS .TtXSSnl SUITS Regular Regular Regular Regular Regular Regular Regular ,$20.00 $22.50 $25.00 $30.00 $40.00 $45.00 $50.00 BOISE TRIAL PLACE Kettenbach Conspiracy Case Gets Change of Venue. TRIAL ON FEBRUARY 15 llea TJmt Mkcow Would Kntail More Espensive Hearing; Is Allowed Other Transfers May Be Result. I BOISE. Idaho. Jan. 1. (Special.) The famous Kertenbach alleged conspiraoy and perjury cases of Northern Idaho wherein William p-. Kettenbach. of Lew iston, Kester and others are charged with defrauding the Government -out of valuable timber lands will be tried in Boise commencing February 15. Judge Frank S. Oietrich 'today granted the motion for a change of venue from Moscow, designating this city as the place of trial. Peyton Gordon, in charge of the prosecution, was directed to indi cate to counsel for the defendants on or i-eiure January zu. which one of the cases he desires to bring to trial. In the mem orandum decision. Judge Dietrich permits the defense to withdraw pleas of not guilty as moved by counsel, allows the filing of pleas of abatement and de murrers and sustains the demurrers of the Government to the pleas in abate ment which the. defense failed to file In time. The change, of venue to Boise Is k-ranted on the ground that there will be less expense to the court if the trial takes place here instead of Moscow. Peyton Gordon, special assistant to'the Attorney-General, in charge of the Idaho conspiracy cases, said today that the ruling of Judge, Dietrich was perfectly satisfactory to the wishes of the prose cution. No opopsition was made to the change of venue motion as offered by the defense, the Government believing as fair a trial can be cMnrAa ji . n . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 1 -Moscow. The demurrers of the defense are overruled, that the indictments returned against the defendants cannot be . at-, tacked hy their counsel, although the court is willing to concede thit-the In dictments are defective, but prejudice to the defendants can be avoided at the trial. The court holds that the pleas of abatement were not seasonably inter posed. ' There is a well-found rumor that the ttansfer of the Kettenbach or North ern Idaho timber fraud cases. In which the indictments' were returned in 1905 1S0B and 1907. is but the stepping stone to bringing the famous Lewiston National Bank embezzlement cases of i-icwiston. wherein Kettenbach. Kester. Robnett and others are indicted, to Boise for trial on the grounds that prejudice exists in Northern Idaho against the defendants. This Would practically mean the trans fer of all thfprincipal criminal litigation in the Federal Court at Moscow to this city. WATER POWER SITES HELD Much Land ift-. Vaneomer lis.rk-t Is Withdrawn From Entry. YAXCOUVBi; -vT.ih la i cl:d. About S-v acres of land iu "he y ... , ani OVERCOATS Values at Values at Values at Values at Values at Values at Values at Come now while selections We good fine clothing: we ofFef. Remember, the Terms of Sale Strictly Cash Vancouver district, -containing the most j.iuiiiii,iiiB water-power sites not already taken up. have been withdrawn from en try in the United States Land OfTiee in , Vancouver aCdifferent .times within the last six weeks. These reservations have been made by Secretary of the Interior Ballinger, through the director of the Geological Survey. They will be held temporarily, pending legislation affecting the methods of fheir disposal. The lands containing waterpower sites withdrawn temporarily by the- Govern ment consist partially of a dozen or more tracts along White Salmon River in Klickitat "County. These embrace alto gether 2233 acres of land, and are in cluded in townships 3. 4, 5 and 6, in range W west, and in 4, 5 and 6, range 11 east. There hae also been withdrawn HM) acres along the Toutle River in Cowlitz County. in township 9 north, range 4 east, and in township 10 north, range 3 east. A tfcird series of reservations, -the exact acreage of which is not given, has been madA nlnnir t . t--ii..i.:.. . . , . - o " - 1. 1 1 i i xiiver in Klickitat County in townships 3, 4 and . range 13 east, and in townships 4 and 6. range 14 east The fourth aerHee rtf . : ,.: , include 349o acres, have been made along the Lewis River, in Clark County, in township 6 nortK range 2 east; township S north, range 3 east, and townships 6 and 7 north, range 4 east: township 7 north, range 5 east : ' township 7 north range 6 east. boise hasgoaTtrust PJ5ICES NEARLY DOVBI.El) OVER LAST SUMMER'S. .Merger Feared. Together With Squeezing Out or Independents. Only lOO-Ftnmtl Lots Sold. BOISE, Idaho. Jan. 1. (Special.) Boise is face to face with a coal trust of local origin, alleged to have for Its object a merger of all coal companies and dealers into one combination to control Uie fuel business of this city and to dtale the price the consumer shall pay. This so-called trust is now endeavoring, under the title of the Union Feed & Fuel Company; recently incorporated under i ue staie-iaws of Idaho, either to buy out all independent companies in the cit or force them to follow the terms dic tated. The cost of coal at the mines in Wyo ming or other mines is $2.25 a ton. The freight rate to Boise is (4 a ton. making the total cost laid down in this city $t! 25 A reasonable profit, providfag for loss b sbrinkage and slack, is considered M "5 a ton. making the price 7.oO. here. People of Boise today are required to pay f2 a ton for soft coal of anv kind and the fuel can only be purchased now in 100-pound lots. Last Summer coal could- be purchased" by the ton order at Sfi.50 and bv the car load lot at J6.25. The present rate is an increase of J5.75 a ton over the prices of last Summer, or almost double. Few dealers- have any quantity of coal on hand, and they are dribbling It out m small quantities. , Vancouver Gets Xew Laundry, i VANCOUVER.. Mash.. Jan. 1. (Spe cial.) George G. Piel and O. Cate proprietors of thr- Elite laundrv. an nounced this morning that thev will in the very near future begin the construc tion of a hree-sTory brick block that will cost 10,ono. The entire budding will be used for laundry, purposes. Mr. Caies recently bougjit a half interest in tlT5 husine. He came here from Kingman Kan. - I $ 1 S.OO $1 6.SO $ 1 9.SO $26.50 . i $34.50 $39.SO Seattle Man Trampled Down by Roisterers. . CONDITION IS PRECARIOUS Frank S( inison Unmarried, Ageil 52. Caught by Crowd. Knocked Down and I n juries - Inflicted That May End His Life. SEATTLE, Wash.. -Jan. 1. (Special.) Frank Stimson, an employe in the Seat tle Federal Customs, may die from in juries received during the New Years merry-making last night. Attacked by a crowd of rowdies on Union street, between Seconffcnjd Third avenues, shortly before rnidnight, he was knocked down, trampled upon and beaten, and today he lies at the City Hospital suf fering from an injury at the base of the brain which the pnysiclans say may prove a fracture of thetemporal bone. If such, it is considered likely to prove fatal. His face Is a mats of bruises. The left eye Is swollen so badly" the pupil cannot be seen, and he is bleeding from one ear, the result of the blow on the skull Stimson; who is unmarried and 52 years old. was picked up by Patrolman R. Jones, shortly after midnight. He showed no evidence of intoxication, but was in great pain, and was hurriedly taken to headquarters. .. where his injuries were' given immediate attention. ' ' He says he has no clew to -the identi fication of his assailants. He was walk-" lng along the street, looking gfi at the noisy carnival, whenhe was suddenly caught in a jam and" a crowd of young men struck him down and then hllariously tramped on his prostrate body. Stimson. has been rooming lat the Esta brook apartments. Second avenue and Union street. His mother; Mrs. M. J. Rosa, resides at South- Pasadena, Cal. WASHINGTON PIONEER DIES (eoruT W. Conrad Passes at Home In Loon Lake, After Varied Career. VANCOUVER. Wash.. Jan. 1. (Spe cial.) After more than 79 yearn of varied pioneer life. George W. Conrad, who cams ..to the Pacific Coast In 1852. and lived in Vancouver from 1876 to 1S90. died at Loon Lake. Wash., on December 23, and was touried at that place. He was born in Licking Countv. Ohio January 30. 1SS0. being the sixthof a family of 14 children. When ho was 1 years old the family moved to La Sfeiile County. Illinois. "Later he enlisted in General Scott's Army. First Regiment Illinois Infantry' Voluntuers. and fought in the Mexican War until its' close. At the head of a large emigrant train be crossed the plains to California in 1S52. spending tile next ten years in pioneer life In the mining and freight camps of the West.' .March 1. 18. he enlisted in Company L. First Regiment of California Volunteers, Cavalry, for the Civil War, and he received honorable dis charge in 1S5B. , Mr. Conrad came to Washington in 1W!. settling fist near Bellinfnam Bay. M SALE of Regular $ 5.00 Values at - - Regular $ 6.00 Values at Regular $ 7.00 Values at - - Regular $ 7.50 Values at - - Regular $ .8.00 Values at - - Regular $ .00 Values at - - Regular $10.00 Values at- - - and get your share of opening; day is Monday, In 1S70 he removed to Vancouver, where ma year later lie ino rtia,.,.io,i at: Ht?len C CInrV u.-l,..i. when she was a mere child while crossing the plains in 1852. her father's train at the time being bound for the Willamette at ' ar -niie.v. Mr. ana Mrs. Conrad lived nea Vancouver until 1XS0, when they moved nana walla Valley, where tliev remained until a year ago, at which time j they moved to Loon Lake. He is survived by his widow and four j children. Claude G. Conrad, of California: ( Ralph W. Conrad, of Idaho- Mis? Fay I .M-. Conrad and Mrs. Gladys A. Wood, of I Loon Lake. i BOARD IS DISAPPOINTED Clark County Commissioners Expect Resignation: Difficulty Arises. VANCOUVER. Wash., Jan. 1. (Spe cial.) Failure bv the other Countv Commissioners touarantee that a man from Rldgefield would be appointed in his place, is the reported reason whv J". C. Smith, of Ridgefield, County Com missioner from the first district, did not hand in his - resignation to the County Board, wlilfch met in special session to receive and act upon such resignation. It had been announced that he would resign, as he expected to go to Tacoma. Those who would have selected Smith's successor, had Ire resigned, are Chairman of -the County Board J. G. Eddings. Commissioner A. M. Blaker and Judge Donald JIcMaster. In con nection with what was thought would be a vacancy; the name of O. B. Aa gaard. of La Center, has been men tioned, as well as that of James Xeill. 1 CELL HOLDS MRS. JOHNSON Woman and Child Unable to Obtain Their Release. PENDLETON. Or.. Jan. 1. Special.) Owing to the faf- that th! -a-..., legal holiday there has been no change me Bittius oi ine case or .Mrs. ftlaud Baney. otherwise known .as Mrs. John- I son.- She is sure or being held until Mondav at least unless r.mwnftT p.nDnn "honors or refuses to honor the requisi- j xion irom tne state of Washington. She and her baby son spent the day In 1 their cell. " ' Humphreys' Seventy-Seven Fanious-Eeiiiedy for Grip & There is nothing so bail for a Ca.d as neglect. ( There is liothrflg so good for a Cold as " Seventy-seven. ' ' Taken at the first feeling of lassi tude and -weakness, the Cold disap pears t once. Taken after yon begin to Cough and Sneeze,' it takes longer io break up. - ' Handy to cam-, fits the vest Docket. All dnicrgists. 2-k-. Trillion and Jkjua tiu-vvta. ew Xurlt." ' FINE TROUSERS the great values in the place is Gray's 273-275 Morri sonat Fourth DOOR HIDES GROG Deschutes Canyon Cave Buf fet for Thirsty Ones. I !UNES 0F BOTTLES READY 'Blind Pig - on Road From Dalles Cracks Lid of Two Counties. Railroad Contractors Oii- pose Bootleggers. At a lonely spot near the Deschutes Canyon, on the road from The Dalles to Hills new ferry, a cave has been hollowed out or the side of a hill, a door, covered with cement and earth conceals this cave from the closest scrutiny, yet if one knocks at a cer tain place, the door swings open and reveals a stock of-liquors and a price card. No one is in sight, and the per son who enters may leave the required amount or money and carrv away as much of the liquor as he wants. . -.T1.1,18 Is wnat is known as a "gallon -hill, op rural blind pig. and is one of the means used for unlawfully grasping the opportunity offered by thousands , "oilmen engaged In labor in a lonely canyon where there are no op portunities for recreation or the spend ing; of hard-earned money. The liquor obtained at a -gallon hill'- is satd to be something like a concoction of sheen dip and alcohol. Contractors Oppose Liquor. The contractors for both railroad companies are using their efforts to keep "booze" off the work, but In in stances they are not wholly able to accomplish their' purpose. Sherar's Bridge has become a sort ot rendezvous for bootleggers. Bootleggers, in vehi cles similar to those used by traveling quacks, have driven along the work The bottles are arranged in a com partment in the rear of the vehicle and -the purchaser helps himself after depositing his money in a convenient slot. Work in Dry Counties. The Deschutes River divides Sher man from Wasco County. Much of the llarrimaii work is In Sherman County and the balance in CroCk County. Bo'ii counties are "dry." Wasco Couniv still permits the saloon, however, and o- that , side of thp river semi-legitimate 'gallon houses" have) been established, where the proprietors have Oo'vern ment licenses, permitting them to sell -1 m " ' hi iiuaniiiips or nnt i one gallon, which must not be drur.k on the premises. It is told, howeve.-, that a request for "near beer" produce a drink of the genuine article, and that a call for "California grape juice" will bring out something in small quanti ties that tastes a whole lot like brandy. Smaller Sales Favored. Sales in gallon quantities are nt very profitable to the gallon houses, as it requires five ordinary quart whis ky bottles to make a gallon, and the price is $5. a workman who will stand at a; bar and buy drinks aggregating 15 or more in the course of the eve ning will not. as a rule, purchase jr. worth of whisky at one throw and carry it away with him. Wasco County ofBcIalsare active, however, and have $4-00 $4. $5.75 $6.00 $7.00 $7.25 made sevei-nl , .. ., . oootjeggers. The Harriman contractors, aX have Grass v,!?" i1""0" the'r ,ai from the n.. K T U"'n Mac'a Canyon to the Deschutes, where one can ferrv across to the Wasco side. This gate also edH-t0 ,RhiPts of tiquor and also to dissolute women th.s' .Fal1 the near-beer saioo i thrived immensely in Grass Vallev. One Place it is said, was clearing $1200 a month, and it was a resort for scores ot railroad laborers going to or re turning from the construction work. 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