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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (June 12, 1910)
THE SUNDAY OREGON! AN PORTLAND.. JUNE 12.. 1910. WAGON ROAD POLICIES GIVEN OUT XEWPOHT MAX DESCENDS .lGKROl S C I. I K V IN SKABl'll OK BlitOS' KtitiS. TO BE COLONIZED BUFFUM & PENDLETON 311 MORRISON THE SHOP OF HIGH QUALITY OPP. POSTOFFICE J. M. Ashton, Senate Aspirant, Announces Platform. ' Every Acre in Vicinity of Prine ville Now on Market, Is Announcement. MANY QUESTIONS COVERED man who expects 1 A JLJUj LEASER JiAS PREFERENCE Campaign of Publicity to Be Begun In Eastern States Crooked Kiv- or and " Harney Valleys to Be Separate Units. PR1NEVILL.E. Or., June 11. (Spe cial.) Members of President David son's party, which has been inspecting tlie road grunt lands recently trans ferred to the new Oregon & Western Colonization Company, have left for the final stage of their cross-state journey over the Cascades to Albany, convinced that the greater portion of the -800,000 acres involved in the pur chase is agricultural land of the first i:iass and adapted to effective coloniza tion. After a week at Prlneville, the ftreater part of which was spent in de tailed inspection of the possibilities of the Crooked Kiver valley and the tributary highlands, the party closed contracts with peoplo here for sales ranging from Soo to $200 an acre, 'liie buyers are chiefly holders of leases whom President Davidson believes are entitled to the first chance to become owners of the tracts they have been operating undr lease, in some cases for many years. Bar to Settlement Kcmoved. The official announcement of the rep resentatives of the company that every acre in the vicinity of Prlneville is now for sale removes the greatest bar to the settlement of this district and will result in an immediate influx of settlers. The road-land holdings in the valley proper are heavy, constituting in several districts each alternate sec tion. On the plateaus there have been , few sales to break the continuity of the alternate road grant sections. In the Powell Buttes upper bench section, where there are 100,000 acres adapted to cereal crops, the road holdings con stitute each alternate section for many miles. President Davidson announces that this area of rich and fertile land will be subject at once to the campaign of advertising and publicity already started by his corporation, which will result in heavy settlement from the L. Alosher, who accompanies "president Davidson, has made a careful inspection of the broad stretches of bench land to the south and west of Prlneville, where the holdings of the new corporation are very heavy. Big Grain Crops Grown. ''There Is no land in Oregon better adapted to grain farming than this, r.0.000 acres of which is of the highest quality," said Mr. Mosher. "An equal amount of land may be classed as ex ceptionally good but cannot quite so readily be brought under cultivation, because it must first be cleared. This land may In time prove to be equally as productive as the thousands of acres from which the sagebrush may be cleared readily ,and which can be brought under cultivation In a single season. Much of this land is good for 4.". bushels of wheat, to the acre, and for rye it is not surpassed. We per sonally saw field after field of dry (farm wheat of the finest quality, and rye so tall as to hide a man standing In It. What this land will do in the production of onions, cabbages and similar crops It is impossible to Imag ine. It is an absolutely new and al most untried district, but there is am ple evidence that it has produced heav ily of every rrop which has so far been sown." The party reached Prlneville after making a month's automobile trip of more than 700 miles from Ontario. Af ter leaving Ontario and Vale, the party proceeded to Barren Valley and stopped three days at the Crowley ranch. Ad jacent to the ranch Is the new irriga tion reservoir of the Gwinn & Ander son Company, and the big concrete dam which is to be raised an additional seven feet, storing water for the irriga tion of a large part of that vallev. From the Crowley ranch the party re traced 15 miles through Road Canyon and turned west to the Visher ranch, Then proceeding to Burns, where sev eral days were spent in the inspection of Harney Valley ami adjacent timber anil agricultural laruta. I'rloes Not Yet Fixed. President Davidson said that no at tempt would be made at once to an nounce any specific plans for the colonization of the road grant lands. The party has viewed 500.000 acres en route to Prlneville and will view 300.000 acres more before completing the trip. To announce classifications and prices of land will require a still more de tailed inspection, and beyond the gener al announcement that colonization will he proceeded with at once it is impos sible to say until further work is com pleted what the details of the coming campaign to bring settlers to Oregon will be. The company has taken un usually large space in the big Chicago farm land exposition this Fall and is making careful preparations to gather together the most attractive Oregon ex hibit possible for displny. It is considered probable that the 'rooked River Valley holdings of the company, between SO.OOO and 90.000 self, will be handled as a unit, while the Harney Valley lands and the lands of the Malheur Valley adjacent to On tario and Vale will be handled as sep arate units. Lack of railway transpor tation prevents a connected campaign for the simultaneous settlement of these divisions of the grant, and will prac tically force the company to operate from three different points, of which Prlneville will. It is believed, ne one. It is considered probable that the com pany will dispose of its timber, of which there is 5.000.000.000 feet in the Cascades, in one block, and will not at tempt to log the timber lands itself. COUGARS TOO PLENTIFUL Vancouver Inland Becoming Over run by Wild Animals. VICTORIA, B. C. June 1 1. Special.) "Cougars and wolves are so numer ous on the northern end of Vancouver Island that deer have practically dis appeared," declares Mr. Ward d"Beck. who has Just returned from a trip to that locality. "Cougars are so plenti ful that people In that district are now shooting them from their doorsteps. "One man. who has a small place about five miles from Albert Bay, shot m cougar the other day without going outside his house. It happened this wan The old man was standing In X -; -1 fit s , ,,tr ; i I o. ; ;v t if irs K. Young at Cape Koulweatber. NEWPORT, Or., June 11. (Special.) The accompanying picture shows Ellowyn Young, of Newport, making his way down the precipitous face of Cape Foulweather, in order to reach a crevice supposed to contain birds' eggs. At the place where the photograph was made. Mr. Young was only a few feet above a dangerous, boiling surf. He hopes some day to scale Mount McKInley. his kitchen, the rear window of which looks over a small bit of bench land at the back of the house, when his at tention was attracted by a sound of scratching on the window panes. Look ing up he was surprised to see a full grown cougar standing on the other side of the window admiring his re flection in the glass. Getting his rifle the old man dropped the cougar, shoot ing through the window glass." In the old days the northern end of Vancouver Island was gridironed with deer runaways, but the wolves and cougars are now so numerous there that the deer have either left the lo cality have been killed- Black bear are also very numerous this year. SUIT IS THIEF CATCHER Clothes of Klamuth Man Stolen Twice Botli Culprits Taken. KLAMATH FALLS. June 11. (Spe cial.) Sheriff W. B. Barnes has in his possession a J2S suit of clothes that twice has been stolen. The city has paid between $20o and $300 in main taining one thief in Jail, and will ap parently be out several hundred dol lars more in punishing the second. Six months ago. Todd Fitzgerald was arrested for the theft of clothing from a lodging-house and was found to be wearing a suit identified as the prop erty of Harold Dunlap. a well-known cattle man and hotel proprietor. Fitz gerald pleaded guilty and served a sentence of six months in jail. Today, Mr. Dunlap, when on a casual visit to a second-hand store, discovered the same suit among others offered for sale. He had not previously missed it. J. Kenneyer, a roomer at Dunlap's hotel, was identified as the man who sold the clothes to the dealer and is now under arrest. Chares F. Gee Is Drowned- . SEATTLE. June 11. Charles F. Gm, a clerk, aged 23, was. drowned from a canoe in Lake Washington during the gale that swept Seattle late last night. So far as known this was the only loss of life. WOMAN" KI.RCTKII HRKSIDKNT ni'SDER TRI.EPHOSB COMPANY. .1 fr Mm. Dorothea V. Raman. DUNDEE, Or.. June 11. (Spe cial.) The merchants and busi ness men of Dundee organized -a new Telephone company Tuesday nig-ht, for the purpose of con struct insr an independent line specif ical ly for- commercial pur poses. This line will connect at Newberg with Home Telephone and all mutual lines, and will be constructed under the supervision of C- H. Coe, division manager of N e w b e r g- Telephone Company. Officers elected were: President, Mrs. Dorothea V. Ranzau; vice president, Bernard Groth: secre tary and treasurer, J. X. Crosby: directors. A. A. Parrett, J. TV. Gor don and H. P. Prince. Mrs. Ranzau is well known in Port land and prominent among the hopsrowers of the Coast. 1 $c n g. q . " .-' j Tariff, Trusts, Labor l"niou. Con servation and Many Other Sub jects Dealt W'itli in Statement of Washington Politician. f TACOMA. Wash., June 11. (fipecial.) James M. Ashton today issued an ad dress in support of his candidacy for United States Senator and setting forth hia platform. In part it says: When recently announcing my candi dacy for the United States Senate. I stated that I would request the press to publish the policies 1 stand for and desire to advance. These I now sub mit so far as practicable without un duly trespassing upon newspaper space. First Tariff. - The tariff should be so adjusted that it will be impossible for any special interest to thwart the good of the people. Time and again in our National history business has been paralyzed by pending tariff legislation, and the time is now ripe tor a change in our present method. I believe all tariff problems should be solved by learned and unbiased men who have the welfare of the whole peo ple at heart, in order that Congress may be enabled to act speedily and justly, -and so that the enormous ex pense of lengthy and special sessions of Congress may be eliminated. Federal Expenses Heavy. The expenses of the Government are too heavy. There Is too- much red tape, particularly in the courts and depart ments, and too many bureaus and quasi-judicial bodies. This all means heavy import duties and excessive tax ation within the states, which have now become so burdensome that they are discouraging to individual effort and energy. I am in favor of laws which will cut down, simplify and expedite procedure and permit of the people transacting their business with the Government, and enforcing their rights and redress ing their wrongs in the courts with the greatest economy and dispatch. President Taft will not only make good, but he is doing so. Rome was not built in a day. Second The Trusts. A trust. In the common acceptation of the term. Is a combination to control a certain prod uct. Any such combination which in creases the cost of the product to the consumer is an evil; if It increases the cost and also degrades the tiuality of the product, it is an unmixed and vi cious evil, and should receive the fear less condemnation of all men. Uwb which regulate corporations and combinations of capital upon the lines above indicated will receive my sup port if elected, and the Republican party is already vigorously advancing with such laws. Third Labor Unions. Labor unions are combinations between performers of labor. Any union which stands for a fair wage and fair hours of labor is a benefit, but when union men enter into violence or lawlessness, or demand that which is unreasonable under ex isting conditions, they injure the wel fare of the people. Unionism Is Favored. I believe In unionism and am in favor of union labor. I feel that labor is en titled to organize to protect Itself and the welfare of its members. fourth The Public Service Corpora tions. Itailroads and kindred corpora tions are semi-public, and owe their ex istence to the people in a special sense. Their life depends upon franchises granted by the people. By accepting these privileges the public service cor porations at the same time assume cer tain special duties and responsibilities toward the people. They should be required to protect the life, health and comfort of their employes and patrons. They should be required to give reasonable service at reasonable rates, and their profits should yield a fair return on legitimate capitalization. Their rates should not be based on watered stock. Further more, 1 believe they should bear their just portion of the burden of taxation. Fifth Conservation and Reclama tion. The conservation and perpetua tion of our natural resources without destroying the legitimate industry, welfare and commercial interests of tlie present generation; and - the reclama tion and development of our arid lands; the application of Nature's forces and energies are the duties to which we should bend our best talents and ef forts. East Cannot Dictate. The Eastern theorist who contributes comparatively nothing to the West is neither more honest nor more able than our own 4eople, and the Kast has no right to administer our affairs and spend our revenues, particularly when It does not and cannot return anything in kind. Like the prodigal son, haviDg squandered their substance in riotous living, they now want to partake of our fatted calf. Irrigation I am heartily- in favor of the irrigation of arid lands. Several desert portions of our state and Nation have already been transformed into fertile areas, and numberless happy homes have sprung up where hereto fore there has been nothing but sage brush. Oenerally, the emancipation and ele vation of mankind In our 5land pos sessions; th construction of the Pan ama Canal; the maintenance of our for sn markets: the stability of our cur rem y; the re-establishment of our mer cbiiiit marine; the prohibition of child labor: governmental protection of the people's savings, proper administration of affairs in Alaska, these and many other important policies, form the tssk of the present Administration. The work must not be delayed. MURDERER ADMITS GUILT Evidence of Man Who Lent Weapon Brings Confession. SPOKANE, Wash.. June 11. Con fronted by the evidence of the man from whom he borrowed the weapon with which he did the deed.--Archie R. Ash, living in the southwestern part of this county, this morning confessed to the murder of James Boone, a wealthy neighbor. oa the night of April 29. The killing was done from ambush, as Boone was going from his barn to his house. - RANCHER'S 2 SONS DROWN Washington River Makes Victims of Brothers, When Bathing. BELLIXGIIAM, Wash.. June 11. Fred and Meyer Knutsen. acred 15 and 13 years, sons of a rancher living near Nooksack. 15 miles northeast of this city., were drowned in the Nooksack River while bath'ng yesterday. The bodies have been recovered. Suit Against Hallway Fails. LA GRANDE, Or., June 11. A Jury which heard the evidence in the case of Standley against the O. R, & x. Co. returned a verdict late last night in favor of the defendant. Standley fell into a turntable pit some time ago, and la suing for $10,000 damages. The Jury did not give him anything. KNOX HATS CASE IS REVIVED Rumor Implicates Woman Now Dead, in Murder. ' . INNOCENT MAN CONVICTED? Agnes Bush, Boise White Slaver, lie ported to Have Confessed, on Deathbed, Killing of lavtd Jjevi, Pioneer of Idaho. BOISK, Idaho, June 1 1. Unmourned and all but forgotten, Agnes Bush, whose true name m Frances Richard son, known In Boise as a notorious character and suspected of being Im plicated in a brutaj murder that took place here in 1902, died last week in a sanitarium in Portland, after, it is claimed, she had been kidnaped and taken from this city by Clarence Price Persistent rumors, that will not down, are that this woman made a deathbed confession, in which? she said that she was responsible for the death of Oavid Levi, a pioneer resident of Boise and for whose murder George Levi was convicted on circumstantial evidence and is now serving a liie term in the State Penitentiary. Charles S. Kingley, a well-known at torney in this city, who represented the interests of Agnes Bush's only son. James Oliver Smith, a lad 10 years of age, was in Portland when the movher of his ward paused away, and denies that such a thing as a death bed confession Ovists. The friends of Levi, the convicted man, aver that the document was drawn and are in hopes of gaining possession of it in ordor tD make a showing before the Board of Pardons. A year ago the abolition of the re stricted district was an issue in mu nicipal politics. The people demanded that Agnes Bush, who was reputed to be engaged in the white slave traffic, be driven from the city. The district was closed after the election and the Bush woman told to leave. Although in ill health, fhc ref if?d, and lit i (ra Do You Ever Long for &p A Home in tlie Country o the greatest satisfaction in his Summer Suit buying should depend upon this store for it. Our unprecedented Spring business gives us convinc ing evidence that the public appreciates this store. Our celebrated BENJAMIN CLOTHES for Summer appeal to every man because they present just the style, pattern, fabric or shade he wants at just the price he wants to pay. For the garments themselves it is a' well established fact that they are absolutely the finest ready for service clothes in the world. Suits $25, $30, $35, $37.50, $40 OUTING TROUSERS SERGE tion followed. At this stage Clarence Price came to Boise and, claiming old friendship, arranged for her to go to Portland. Attorney Kngsley declared that she was kidnaped. Fearing that Price would influence Agnes Bush to make a will leaving him her ceal estate and personal prop erty, Attorney Kingsley followed and arrived in Portland just before death visited the woman. She had with her $2500 worth of diamonds, and these were attached by an order of tho court, with which Attorney Kingsley was armed. Frank Weise, with whom the only son of Mrs. Bush was living, was appointed guardian for the boy, as well as administrator of the estate, and Price wa s blocked in his attempt to secure the property. The Levi murder was, committed in 1902 in one of the houses on Lvt alley, named after the pioneer. George Levy, a young man of the same name, but no relation, was arrested and convicted of murder in the first degree. He maintains his innocence today. The name of Agnes Bush was drawn into the case owing to the fact she was then in the district and had quarreled with the murdered man. Levy was sen tenced to hang, but the Board ot' Par dons commuted the sentence. RICHES WON IN 12 YEARS VakLiuu Clitcken Breeder and Or fliardist Earns Automobile Tour. NORTH YAKIMA. Wash.. June 11. After having comefiere 12 years ago without a cent, Aaron F. Linse and his wife have left for their old home in iansing-. Mich., where, after a visit, they will beprin their return home by automobile. Mr. Linbe decided to .sell a car he had here rather than ship it," preferring toj buy a new one in Michi gan. Mr. Ltnse has made a reputation as breeder of White Wyandotte chickens, tiaving the best birds of that breed in Eastern Washington. Upon arrival here 12 years- ago, he was able to pur chase five acres without making any cash payment. A few years later he bought an additional five acres for $8000, which had been offered him at the time of his first purchase for $75 an acre. Combining fruit farming and poultry raising, he has accumulated property worth $40,000, and Is now go ing back to Minnesota, where he used to be a streetcar conductor, to tell how he did it. Ifusum Tract to Be T'latted. HL'PUM. Wash.. June 11. (Special.) -H. N. Lawrip. of Portland, has bought Is the one place that will satisfy that longing. No little stuffy lots, but large, broad tracts of an acre or more. EVERY TRACT COMMANDS AN UNOBSTRUCTED VIEW PLENTY OF MAGNIFICENT TREES IT IS IDEAL IN EVERY WAY , ALL THE COMFORTS OF THE CITY ALL THE ATTRACTIONS OF THE COUNTRY BETTER LET US TELL YOU MORE ABOUT IT Clia. STRIPES AUTO DUSTERS 80 acres of the James Brown tract. Yhree miles up the river from here. A portion of the land will be cleared and set out to fruit trees. Dayton AVar Veteran Dies. DAYTON, Wash., June 11. (Special.) ' Levi W. Watrous, who settled here In 1872 and who was the oldest Civil War veteran here, died today, aged 85, following a four years' illness of indi gestion. Born in Eastern Canada, Mr. Watrous moved to Ohio, where he mar ried Miss Almira Fish, who died 17 years ago. He served in the Ninth Iowa Infantry and received a wound READ THESE PIANO BARGAINS $5 Cash, $5 Monthly These pianos were taken in exchange for new Kraiiioh & Bach and Universal "player" pianos, during our recent successful piano contest. Every piano is sold under our full guarantee, and may be exchanged for a new piano any time, and the full amount paid applied on the purchase of a new piano. New. Ham ha II A Smith, small upright, fine tone, g-ood condition $300 ew Enfcland large "P- Aoir. S 95 rigrnt. aarK case, good 350 110 350 J 55 350 148 300 14ft 350 . 17. 350 185 Jacob Doll, a good piano, good condition, mahog "any case AVI Hard, a f i n e upright piano in walnut case... Hlnxe, a large piano, oak. case Kmrrtun, a fine little up right piano, rosewood case Smith & BarnM, a f I n e piano, oak case, little A B. Chase, a fine piano' In fine condition, taken In exchange for a "player" piano 500 All of these instruments are real bargains; they have been care fully looked over, and all worn parts replaced. . Sold under our full guarantee. GRAVES MUSIC GO. Ill FOURTH STREET, PORTLAND,' OREGON. 332 Chamber of Commerce ASSORTED COLORS which left him a cripple. He crossed the plains to Walla Walla in 1S72. Surviving children are Ruben, Madras, Or.; Walter, of Oklahoma: Ellen Knox. IT. F. Watrous. Clara Walsh, Harriet Butler, Fred, Frank and Belle Hat field, of Dayton. llillmaii Is Now I'ostof f ice. ORKGONIAX NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. June 11. A postoffice has been established at Hillman. Crook County, to be supplied by special service from Redmond. Krvln A. Cleland has been appointed postmaster. N'ew. Xow. Uajlord, a fine piano, oHk case, rented a short time only ..$325 92 lO Bradford, nearly new. mahogany case, little damaged in shipping. A nearly new fine piano for the price of a. "used" piano Rurdettc Organ d octave, oak case, new style.... ChlcaKo O r k ii, nearly new. twken In exchange -far ne w - piano, ....... . Kimball Organ, large si., parlor ty 1c, oak case-. 1 ike new ChlrnKn Cottnicr Orgran, w u In n t case, parlor style, like new ... Krhardt Organ, walnut case, parlor style, good condition 24 150 44 enow H -1