TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND. OCTOBER
1910.
TAXPAYEBS ARGUE
FOR ANNEXATION
Eastern Washington County
Anxious to Tie Up With
Multnomah.
PORTLAND GETS BUSINESS
Argument Is Advanced That Only
Interest People Have In Home
County Is Payment oC Taxes
Once Year at Hlllsboro.
BEAVERTON.Or-.Oct. 8 (To the Ed
itor.) The eastern part of Washington
County has tired of the unjust taxa
tion and mlsgovernment doled out from
Hlllsboro and l seeking to be Joined
to Multnomah County. Annexation Is
provided by a bill proposed by Initi
ative which will be voted upon at the
fteneral election next month. This bill
Is numbered 218 yes on the official
ballot. It deserves earnest considera
tion on Its own merits and without ref
erence to any other pending county
measure.
The annexation movement originated
a year ago In that part of Washington
county which seeks admission to Mult,
nomah. The backers of It are all large
property owners and cltlxens and the
majority of them are old residents of
Washington County. Dr. Robinson, our
president, was born In the county In
184. Mis father crossed the plains by
ox team In 1847 and took up a donation
land claim near Hlllsboro. Mr. Walker
came with his parents In 1852. and has
resided In the county continuously for
68 years. Many of the annexationists
were residents of Washington County
when Indians were more numerous than
white settlers. It Is not conceivable
that they would want to leave their old
county and Join another county unless
they had just cause for so doing.
Solons Deceived in 183 1.
Justice from Hlllsboro, but without avail.
Blnce we cannot get a square deal, and
sine Hlllsboro does not seem to want
us except for purposes of taxation, we
have concluded to ask Multnomah County
to taka us In.
Taxpayers Ask Justice.
The opponents of our bill say that
Washington County will have only 618
square miles left if we are Joined to
Multnomah. In reply, we will say that
this la about all there has been of Wash
ington County for over half a century.
Many years ago, the controlling spirits
of Washington County drew themselves
Into a shell, and the 18 square miles
dominated from Hlllsboro were consid
ered Washington County. All the re
mainder of the county was looked upon
as foreign territory, and connected with
Washington County only to be taxed. We
never were regarded as part of Washing
ton County until we applied for annexa
tion to Multnomah. Now our opponents
spring up and want to keep us where we
do not belong in order that we may be
taxed to the extent of $65,000 to 170.000
every year for the benefit of Hlllsboro.
Our cause is a clear one of taxation
without adequate representation, and we
hope the voters of Oregon will give us
Justice. '
F. M. ROBINSON.
President Washington-Multnomah Annex
ation Club.
LOUT 3 HODLER.
Vice - President Washington - Multnomah
Annexation Club.
R. M. KYLE.
Secretary Washington-Multnomah Annex
atlon Club.
W. O. HOCKES,
Treasurer Washington-Multnomah An
nexation Club.
R. H. WALKER,
Financial Agent Washington-Multnomah
Annexation Club.
J. J. WI9MER.
Secretary Beaverdam Club.
ROBERT THOMPSON.
Treasurer Beaverdam Club.
INCREASED RATE
E!
INJUR
3 SUBURBS
Seattle Car Company's Order
Has Blighting Effect on
Population.
WORKMEN HARD PRESSED
TAXPAYERS OBJECT TO BURDEN'
Annexation Declared III-Tlmed by
Organization of Portland Men.
When Multnomah County was organ
ised in 1854. it should have Included the
part of Washington County now seeking
annexation. This would have beenlone
but for sharp practice In the legisla
ture. The dividing line which was
made slgxag. was fixed In the high hills
west nf Portland, and the legislature
. waa led to believe that all the land west
; of the line was worthless and lnarcessl
, ble. and would be a burden to Multno
mah County. All such statements were
false, and were made to decetve the leg
islature. The true quality of the land
was willfully concealed In order that
Multnomah County might be cheated
out of what rightfully belonged to It.
Similar deceit was practiced when the
initial point of surveys in Oregon was
placed near the dividing line above
mentioned. There was no settled li-nd
near the Initial point, and no inhabi
tants except Indiana. By this trick
settlers In the valley were compelled to
wait long to have their lands surveyed
or pay a bonus to some one to expedite
. their surveys The men who put
through the present Multnomah-Washington
dividing line knew where the
Initial point was and made sure that
Multnomah County got the worst of
the division of lands.
Our annexation to Multnomah County
next month will correct a wrong that
was committed 56 years ago. Our part
of the county should never have been
retained In Washington county for the
simple reason that It has no commercial
connection with Washington County and
never can have any. We sell all our
products In Portland and buy from that
city alone. Our business relations with
Portland began almost with the foun
dation of that city. The first ship that
came to Portland In 1S48 to buy sup
plies for the California miners carried
away In Its cargo the products of ouf
farms.
Portland Secured Trade In 1831.
Portland clinched our trad when It
built the wagon road out Jefferson
street In 1851. We could not deal with
any other city than Portland without
serious loss to ourselves. In short, we
live and breathe through Portland. We
rave no business of any. kind with
Hlllsboro. our county seat, and never
visit that town except to pay our taxes
Opposition to the proposed annexa
tion of a part of Clackamas County to
Multnomah County by the adoption of
an Initiative measure at the coming
election has taken form in this city
In the organization of the Multnomah
Clackamas Antl t. Annexation Associa
tion, composed of several leading busi
ness and professional men of Portland.
Among the charter members are: An
drew C. Smith, William D. Wheelwright.
C. F. Adams, Charles K. Henry. Will
Upman, Theodore B. Wlloox, D. Soils
Cohen. C. 8. Jackson. L. Gerllnger, J.
C. Alnsworth. William T. Muir. R. F.
Prael. S. M. Luders. Leslie M. Scott.
Martin L. Pipes. Dom. J. Zan. W. A.
Montgomery. II. W. Hogue, V. M. C.
Silva. George S. Shephard, Senaca
Smith. M. C. Dickinson, H. C Wort
man, E. L. Thompson, F. A. Nitchy. Her
man Wittenberg. George Lawrence.
In Its declaration of principles the
organisation says:
"It Is now sought to annex a
glon In Itself 160 square miles larger
than all of Multnomah County, con
taining large areas of extremely brok
en and mountainous lands, sparcely set
tled and unimproved and containing 700
miles of county road ZOO miles In ex
cess of our own present mlleafre. The
'Annexationists,' who have been un
willing to enter upon the task of lm
proving these roads, now seek by an
appeal to the voters In all of the
counties, a majority of whom have no
Interest In the matter, to press this
new burden on the Multnomah County
taxpayers.
"The said Initiative measure provides
that a'large portion of the Indebtedness
of Clackamaa County, now amounting
ot about 8100.000, sli&ll be assumed and
liquidated by the taxpayers of Mult'
nomah County.
"The success of this measure would
be a step backward In opposition to the
modern tendency noted among the larg
er American cities to curtail, rather
than enlarge, the areas of the counties
of which they are the respective county
seats and to administer under one gov
ernment the affairs of both county and
city. If In the future, the sentiment
for a City and County of Portland shall
crystaltze, the arduous work of now
transcribing the record would be ren
dered of no use and the process .would
have to be again undertaken In the
event of the formatlonof a new county,
consisting of parts of Eastern Clacka
mas and Multnomah.
"There Is now a widespread and de
termined movement looking toward the
creation of m National park, embracing
Mount Hood and the scenic region Im
mediately surrounding the mountain.
On what may be the eve of a change in
the county boundaries, affected by the
United States Government, the present
Juggling of the boundaries of Multno
mah and Clackamas counties seems ill-
timed.
The ballot at the coming election
Wage-Earning Class Unable to Stand
High Rates of Fare and Ruin
Stares Many of Dunamlsh
Residents) In Face.
lng of a so-called ' military school at
Riverside, where nine boys were res
cued from what is alleged to have
been conditions rivaling that of Dothe
boy's Hall, made famous by Dickens, a
boy who thought his parents dead and
whose mother thought him dead were
uiuugui lugeiner nere toaay. - iqb dot
la Charles Maloney. 13 years old. He
disappeared following the death of his
iatner. 10 years ago, and bis mother
thought he had been kidnaped by rel
atives, and later gave him up for dead.
She was married three years ago to L.
C Bother, of Chicago. She saw the
boy's name among those rescued, but
did not recognize the lad, whom she
remembered as a baby. It was neces
sary to point her son- out to her.
The school was conducted by James
C Campbell at Riverside.
The raid on the place was made by
Jerry McCarthy, state officer for the
Illinois State Humane Society, to which
complaints of the conditions at the
school had been made.
"Campbell, I am informed, received
$20 each for their care and a course of
instruction." said McCarthy. "The rel
atives, I have learned, who put up the
money believed the lads were well
cared for."
Among the boys who are at the Ju
venile Detention Home Is Peter White,
14 years old, parents divorced. His
mother remarried, and dives at Reno.
Nev.
SEATTLE, Oct. 8. (Special). Prob
ably nowhere In the West has the
blighting effect of a corporation's or
der been so pronounced as In the Val
ley of the Duwamtsh. Immediately out
side the limits of Seattle. Fifty per
cent of the residents of the once-thrlv-Ing
suburbs of Duwamish. Rlverton,
Foster and Tukwlla have abandoned
their homes, and more will follow as
soon as they harvest their small crops,
unless there Is a ruling in their favor.
The disaster Is due directly to in
creased rates on the Seattle-Tacoma
Interurban, dating from October 16,
1909. The old rate to the points named,
was IB cents for a round-trip ticket
from Seattle. The new rates are more
than 100 per cent higher than the old.
thus: Duwamish, SO cents; Rlverton,
24 cents; Foster, 38 cents; Tukwlla, 42
cents.
From the beginning of the trouble
the people of that territory have placed
their reliance on the State Railroad
Commission, which after many months
ruled in their favor and ordered the
Puget Sound Electric Company to re
store the old rates. But the company
has carried the question to the Su
perior Court of Thurston County, for
review of the decision, and there the
matter stands. The Increased rates
are In effect, the people do not know
how long they will have to wait; and
In consequence ruin Is literally staring
hundreds In the face.
The population In that neighborhood
almost entirely comprises wage-earners
who work In Seattle. The section is
without industries of Its own, and In
that sense Is not self-supporting; and
since the heads of the household earn
generally about $3 or 33.50 a day the
Increase In the rates is a hardship
they cannot endure.
Mayor E. W. Engle. of Tukwlla. has
counted 42 vacant houses in that su
burb alone, when a year ago the de
mand for residences could not be sup
plied. J. O. Wold, real estate man. did
812,000 In business a year ago; but this
year his transactions are only $1000.
He has Just sedured a tenant for a fur
nlshed house, with milk cow thrown
in. the whole going rent-free, in order
that the premises may not be vacant.
Registration Falls pit.
Two years ago the registration of
Tukwlla was 108 and the vote 97; at
the recent primary the figures were,
respectively. 60 and 42. The same con
dition obtains at Foster, where two
years ago the vote was 260. while this
year it dropped to 168. Adolph Baker
at that point sold 2Z lots, and 13 have
been turned back to him, with defaults
imminent on others. Fred Gillen.. of
the Foster Cash Grocery, was doing a
business of 3120 a day In 1909, but now
it has dropped to $60 a day, and he de
clares his store will close if the de
pression continues for a few weeks
longer.
At Rlverton, O. C Thomson, grocery-
man, had a trade of $2500 a month, but
It has been materially reduced. He has
counted 25 vacant houses In his Im
mediate vicinity. "A year ago," he
says, "we had tenants in shacks. It
was Impossible to get enough houses
tor them. A nve-room cottage then
rented for from $15 to $25 a month: to
day I have a house free for anyone who
win live in It. and there are no takers."
At Duwamish one oT the two stores
has been closed by the Sheriff. Before
the fares were raised the population
was 600; today it is 300. and DeoDla
are leaving every day.
PLAN FOR RECALL FAILS
MEETING VINDICATES ASSESSOR
OF LANE COUNTY.
Farmer Says "City Fellows Bawl"
When Asked to Bear Their Share
of Burden of Taxation.
Grays
Chesterfield Suits
and Overcoats
if
l "V
5 1)
EUGENE. Or., Oct. . (Special. The
mass meeting called at the Courthouse
this afternoon for the purpose of pro
testing against the Lane County As
eessor's method of assessment, and to
invoke the recall, resulted in a virtual
vindication of that official and a general
discussion of assessment and taxation
questions, which seemed to be satisfac
tory to those who attended.
F. M. Wilklns was chairman. The In
troductory remarks were made by George
B. Dorrls, who reviewed the law upon
which the Assessor must work.
The attack on the Assessor was begun
by E. J. Frasler, who denounced the offi
cial and his methods. R. Popenphues. of
Pleasant Hill, asked why the farmers
were not asked to attend the meeting.
Popenphues brought down the house when
he closed by saying: "When you city
fellows are asked to pay your share of
the taxes, you bawl about it.
After several had spoken Assessor
Keeney asked permission to speak. He
defended his methods. Others who fol
lowed him spoke favorably of his work
Tax Commissioner Galloway gave an
explanation of the tax law and the As
sessor s duties.
ORCHARD LAND SELLS HIGH
Small Tract Planted to Spitzenberg
Apples Brings $850 Per Acre.
GRANTS PASS. Or.. Oct. 8. (Special.)
Another sale of Josephine County or
chard land was made today, when five
acres of the famous Lakeside orchard,
seven miles from Grants Pass, became
the property of Mrs. Km ma Lettell, of
Pittsburg, Pa, a newcomer to Grants
Pass. The purchase price !s $850 an
acre.
The tract is planted to six-year-old
Spitzenberg apples, which this year
produced 800 boxes of fancy apples.
The fruit will be shipped by the Grants
Pass Commercial Club to the Chi
cago Land Show and Industrial Exposi
tion this Fall. Lakeside orchard, com
prising 25 acres of bearing fruit, was
formerly owned by H. T. Hull, of this
city, but ten acres were sold to East
ern parties last week for $1500 per
acre. The whole property sold less
than a year ago for less than $500 per
acre.
EUGENE PLANS AUTO TRIP
Boosters to Visit Portland and Inter-'
Tcning Cities This Week.
Cases of Hardship Shown.
or when summoned to serve on Juries, also contains a measure for the annexa-
This occurs once a year. On the other tlon to Multnomah County of a portion
band, our business tukes us into Port- of Washington County, aggregating 12
land1 at least once each week. Hills- square miles. If the 'Secessionists' and
boro has no connection with us except 'Annexationists' are successful in chang-
iv iax us. I lng tne pounoary lines ox ail inree
One of our serious grievances axalnat I counties Involved, the Fftth Judicial
Washington County la the system, which I District of Oregon, consisting of th
It has followed for 60 years, of taxing us
to the limit and giving us no substantial
benefits In return. Year after year we
' have bwa taxed for county roads and
never have been given a road worthy of
. the name. It Is an easy matter to find
the dividing line between Multnomah and
Washington counties west of Portland.
- On the Multnomah side the roads are
.- good, while on the Washington side they
" are narrow, full of holes, muddy, poorly
constructed and dangerous to life and
property. It Is a common saying among
- automonilists and others that use the
roads, "that you know you are in Wash-
r lngton County when you strike the bad
roads." Our roads are the most abomin
able In Oregon. uch la the treatment
we receive from Hlllsboro. Around Hllls
boro, however, all Is different. There the
roads are wide and smooth and the
bridges broad and strong. These fine
- roads and bridges have been built to com
pel us to ship our products to nillsooro
' and create there an artificial forwarding
point at our expense. From Hlllsboro
our products would be shipped to Port
land by rail at a cost that would entail
great loss to us. Our cheapest and short
est route to market is by wagon road
, to Portland. Bad as are the roads be
tween us and the Multnomah County
line, we use thrm In order to reach the
Portland market, and In order that we
soar not bo subjected to toll at Hllls
boro. IIlh Taxes Secure Li I tie.
We wish it distinctly understood that
we are not seeking admission to Mult
- nomah County simply to have Mult-
' nomah County build roads for us. Our
first object in annexing ourselves to
Multnomah County Is to get where" we
belong. So far as the road question is
concerned, we are satlrnrd athat Mult-
noman county win no rainy by us with
our tax money. We have lt.Ow.004 worth
of taxable property. We want the mod
ern conveniences that every progressive
fanning community should have and we
are willing to pay for them. This year
we paid a lT-m 111 tax on our farms.
whl-h was almost as much as the City
of Portland paid with all Its machinery
of municipal government. We get noth
ing In return, while for a much lower
tax. the Multnomah County farmers get
the best roads to be found In Oregon.
The opposition, appealing to an ancient
prejudice. Is seeking to make It appear
that Multnomah County Is attempting
to take away part ot Washington County.
This Is not so. The movement started In
Beaverton and has the cordial support
of practically every voter living la the
territory proposed to be annexed. For
v years our pan of the county has sought
counties of Clatsop. Washington. Co
lumbia and Clackamas, will no longer
be contlgious the counties of Wash
lngton and Clackamas being In that
event, separated by the newly-formed
wedge of Multnomah County.
"The present mode of effecting
changes In the county boundaries Is, it
Is believed, wrong in principle. The
voters of the state outside the counties
affected can have no Interest In, or in
telligent understanding of. the ques
tion involved, and should not be asked
to decide a matter purely local In
character. The voter in Clatsop or
Douglas County cannot appreciate the
needs of Clackamas or Multnomah with.
out a personal knowledge of their phys
ical boundalres and economic condi
tions. The same is true of the elector
in Multnomah or Clatsop counties with
respect to the questions Involved In the
proposed division of Lane and Umatilla
counties.
EUGENE. Or.. Oct. . (Special.)
Citizens of Eugene on October 13 expect
to make a tour of the Willamette Val
ley as far north as Portland, visiting
the Intervening towns on the retuan
home. The trip will be made by auto
mobiles and it is expected to have 26
machines in the procession.
The object of the trip will be to visit
the Portland Horse Show, and on the
way return the several fraternal visits
that have been made by other towns
to Eugene during the past two years.
The trip will be in charge of the
Eugene Automobile Club, but the com
mercial bodies of the city will co-oper
ate in every possible way In the under
taking.
Business Suits $20 to $55
Full Dress Suits $50
Overcoats and Raincoats
$20.00 to $50.00
Dress Overcoats $35, $50,
$60.00 and $75.00
STYLE CORRECT
QUALITY BEST
R
M
GRAY
273, 275 MORRISON AT FOURTH
GAIN
24 PER CENT
from Corvallls and Benton County who
really came from other sections and
are resident In this county only during
their attendance at the college.
Linn County sencft 39, Marlon 36,
Lane 34, Douglas 33, Washington 23,
Yamhill 43, Jackson 25, Clackamas 21,
Clatsop 18. Umatilla 17, Polk 20, Lin
coln 15, and the other counties from
two to 14.
1011 Students Now Enrolled
at Agricultural College.
MULTNOMAH SENDS 127
ANNEXATION-
IS
OPPOSED
Committee In Oregon City Raising
I'd nil to light Bill.
OREGON CITT. Or, Oct. 8. (Spe
cial.) Following an enthusiastic meet
ing of the Clackamas-Multnomah antl-
annexatlonlsts last night, three "live
wires" started out this morning to ob
tain subscriptions to fight the division
movement and obtained 1100 each from
the first three men they called upon.
Business men of Oregon City and tax
payers of Clackamaa County are
aroused and will give freely to the
fund. The board of directors having
charge of the campaign will meet Mon
day night with President Laxelle In the
Commercial Club rooms to devise fur
ther ways and means.
There are extreme cases of hardahln.
due to the fact that hundreds of work
ing people have been trying to acquire
homes. Instead cf having deed and
mortgage, most of them have held only
contract or purcnase on the monthly
payment plan, so that default In one
payment forfeits the contract. The
usual obligation Is a payment of $10 a
month. The fare to the suburb was
figured closely. The Increase from 15
to 46 cents per fare has proved the
ruination of scores of wage-earners,
and many others are hanging on by
the skin of their teeth.
The residents and praying for a de
cision. Even If it Is adverse, they de
clare It would be better than an un
certainty which has wrecked all busi
ness, has driven 60 per cent of the
people away and has made real estate
valueless.
There Is also a war against rates on
the Rainier Valley lines. Residents of
the district served by that company
are fighting against double fares. The
basis of ' their contention is that the
company Is charging more than 6 cents
for transportation between points now
within the city limits and uptown sta
tions. E. L. Turner and John Baldwin
have laid the foundation for a test
case. They each refused to pay more
than a 6 -cent fare, and they were put
off the car at Matheson station.
Lawsuits Are Threatened.
The Rainier Valley lines accordingly
are threatened with numerous law
suits. The effect on the Puget Sound
VAmftriM 1 i n I- ilMtnlMlnn " f . II ,
business through a rigorous boycott 3U UAKIS Uh ArrLhIS 5ULLI
ana iraavninv 01 papulation. ner
POSTAL SITE TO BE CHOSEN
Government Agent Expected to Se
lect Roseburg Location Soon.
ROSEBURG. Or., Oct 8. (Special.) Ac
cording to Charles Parks, the local post
master, a government agent In the em
ploy of the Postofflce Department will
probably arrive here this week to select
the site for the new Federal building.
In response to an advertisement for
bids, three proposals were submitted, as
follows: Mrs. M. A. Smlck. 315,000: W. L.
Cobb and Walter 8. Hamilton, $4500; and
T. B. Cannon, 37500. All of the property
affected by the bids Is situated close to
the business district.
The appropriation for a Federal build
ing in Roseburg Is limited to 310,000.
W
Falls Over 80-Foot Bluff.
CHICAGO. Oct. 8. Mrs. Ives Hlbbard
Stirling, wife of William R. Stirling.
senior partner of Peabody, Houghte
llng A Company, was found dead at
the base of the bluff overlooking Lake
Michigan on the Stirling country es
tate In Lake Forest yesterday. The
body, clad only In a night dress and a
light kimono, was stilt warm when
found by the coachman In a search that
was Instituted as soon as Mrs. Stirling's
absence from ber room was discovered.
Mrs. Stirling had died of exposure.
Not a bone was broken In her fall over
the 80-foot bluff.
the Interurban ran two cars a year
ago. it now runs one. A year ago there
were more passengers than the line
could easily handle: today the cars are
rarely filled. Some of the mechanics
living at Rlverton walk four miles to
South Park In order to avoid the pay
ment of what they consider an unjust
fare. Harry Smalley. who lives on Rlv.
erton Heights, has borrowed money to
buy a horse and buggy, and pays 60
cents a day stable charges at George
town rather than pay the 30-cent fare.
Railroad men in this city have taken
preliminary steps to organize the Seat
tle Traffic Club, which will embrace
about 100 representatives of transpor
tation lines entering the city. It Is
planned to extend the organisation so
as to include traffic representatives
of local wholesale anl manufacturing
houses, whereby It la expected that the
total membership will not fall far short
of 100.
Many Go to Corvallls From For
eign Countries, Eastern Unlver
sitles and Other States 2000 .
.May Soon Be Enrolled.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL
LEGE, Corvallls, Or.. Oct. 8. (Special),
The attendance at Oregon Agricul
tural College has increased 24 per cent
over that of last year with the prin
Clp- growth in the school of agricul
ture. If the same per cent of Increase
prevails In the other courses, which
open later, the attendance for the col
ge year will be between 1800 and
zOOO. Up to date 1011 students have
matriculated, as compared with 820 at
a corresponding date last year.
The report of the registrar shows
that students are here from every
county in Oregon, from 18 states of the
Union and from eight foreign coun
ties. Never In the history of the In
stitutlon have students been drawn
from such extensive territory. Not
many years ago almost three-fourths
of the attendance was drawn from the
Willamette Valley and the immediate
vicinity of Corvallls. The report now
shows that Eastern and Southern Ore
gon counties are sending almost
many students as the valley counties.
Benton County still leads the list
with 174 students registered, and Mult
nomah comes next with 127. It Is prob
able, however, that Multnomah really
leads all counties In the number of stu
dents who are actually residents of
the county, as many students register
Easterners Order Large Consign
ments of Rogue Klver Fruit.
MEDFORD, Or., Oct. 8. (Special.)
George Olivlt, of New York, and T.
Howard Detwiler. of Philadelphia, each
placed orders with Manager Wllmeroth
of the Fruit Association for 25' cars of
Rogus River Valley apples.
The buyers bought the apples In per
son, looking over the crop before clos
ing the two deals. The price paid for
the fruit was not made public. These
two are the first large sales of Rogue
River apples of the season.
MILITARY SCHOOL RAIDED
Bams Trunk Ce. tr fc. ga.
Abases Rivaling Dotheboy's Hall
Reported Near Chicago.
CHICAGO, Oct. 8. Throurh tie raid-
Mexican Smuggling Plot Charged.
BISBEE. Ariz., Oct. 8. Mexican . offi
cials at Cananea made wholesale arrests
of merchants yesterday, charging them
with being the "higher-ups" in a gi
gantic smuggling scheme. The arrests
are the result of the capture of N. D.
Navarette, an American residing in
Naco, who was kidnaped from his home
last Saturday night and hustled across
the border.
The Cananea merchants, according to
the Mexican officials, employed Navar
ette to smuggle merchandise from the
United States into Mexico.
"77"
Humphreys' Seventy-Seven
Breaksrap Grip and
CLD
"The Earlier Stage"
Every one knows they have taken
Cold, after they begin to Cough and
Sneeze.
There is an Earlier Stage of lassi
tude and weakness; if "Seventy
seven" is taken at this "first feel
ing" it will break up the Cold.
"Seventy-seven" breaks up stub
born Colds that hang on.
A small vial of pleasant pellets, fits
the vest pocket. At Drugstores, 25c
Hvmpbrsya Borneo. Medicine Caw, Corner
William and Ana Street stew Tors. I
The sticks of dynamite used in a year
In bulldlnr the Panama canal. If placed
end to end, would reach In a straight line
from Boston, to Spokane, WbhTi.
ELECTRIC
TOASTER
STOVES
$6.00
Will make Toast,
Hotcakes, Boil
Water or Make
Coffee and per
form much other
useful service.
Electric Store
AIDER AT SEVENTH