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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, FEBRUARY 19, 1911. DEAF MAKE SIGNS . TO LEGISLATORS Officials Visit State Schools for Dumb and Blind at Vancouver. 'BUILDINGS ARE DISGRACE" Lawmaker of Washington Declare Blind Folka Accommodatlost Entirely Inadequate to. P mandMore Money Needed. TAXCOCVEP, Wuh4 Feb. 1. (Spe cial I Twenty-four Stat Senators, Representatives and state officials of tVaihlnjrton wtrt entertained by vocal and Instrumental music by pupils la the State School for the Blind, saw tha chorus of the Ftate School for ' Ieaf sine "La-ad. Kindly Llicht." and -Nearer. My Ood. to Thee." In signs, and enjoyed a dinner cooked and served by ittrla from the classes of tha deaf In the state Institution here today. The delegation arrived from Olympla last night and attended a banquet given by the Vancouver Commercial Club In honor of the delegates to the South western Washington Development As portation. At o'clock today they ware taken to the Stat School for the Blind and Inspected the building, which they aid was a dlsgrac to the state, and wholly Inadequate to the demand. Deaf Pupil Prepare Food. The State School for the Deaf was Tislted and the work done by the grades was exemplified. The deaf chorus, which sings In slims, gave sev eral selections tn their poetry of mo tion, and It was a revelation to nearly all of the visitor, and they were much moved. After they bad seen the poor accommodations at the school, and the urgent need of repairs, dinner waa aorved by 14 of the girls In the cook ins; class. The pupils had also pre pared It. and the legislator pro nounced It good. After lunch Representative Byerly happened to be standing near a little daf boy. Touched by the look of appeal In the small lad'a face, be pulled a big dollar from his pocket and gav tt to the boy. who made tha sign. -I thank yoo." And there wa another lad there and then several tnor and finally the dollars were exhausted. Turning to Superintendent Thomas r. Clark. Mr. Byerly aald. -How many boys have you here, for goodness' aaae?" "Slvty-elght." waa tha answer. -See that every boy baa a dollar aa a present and send the bill to me and t will send you a check for th amount.' said the philanthropist. The Legislature has reported out of committee an appropriation of $30,000 for a new dormitory for girls, and $15,900 for shops and equipment for manual training. Requests' Cot Down. . , Mr. Clark had asked for $30,009 for repairs on the main building and $7000 for a aupertntendent's cottage and fur nlshlncs. but these wore cut out. A new sohool building li necessary for the blind pupils, and a request was made for an appropriation of $75,000. but this was cut by the Board of Con trol to $50,000. The members who vis ited the two institutions today said they would go back to Olympla and work for the full appropriations, aa they deemed them absolutely necessary for th car and education of th deaf and the blind. There are now at th school for the blind I pupils, but there is a waiting list of 2i who cannot b ai-corr.nioda.ted. When the older boys were asked a number of questiona on current eventa. when the visitors were present, on of th Senator suggested that on b asked. -What la the Legislature doing? "Nothing much except making ap propriations," came back the signs. The delegation which visited th two Institutions today was composed of Senators and Representatives: A. B. Eastham. of Clark County; Oliver Hall, ef Whitman; F. J. Allen of Yakima; John A. Whallay, of King; E. Hammer, of Skagit: Peter Jensen, of Pierce: John E. Chappell. of Klickitat: George W. Shaefer. of Spokane: 11. M. White, of Whatcom, all State Senators; Ed ward I French, of Clark; W. L. Howell, of Pomeroy, of the sessions of 1101 JiOl; W E- Ilornlbrook. of Klickitat; Oliver Byerly. of Cowlltx; Lloyd E. Oandy. of Spokane; S. J. Appleman. of Stevens: F. W. Hastings, of King; D. E. Twttchell. of Spokane, and Oeorg T. Moody, of Clark, members of the House. MAN FACES 3 INDICTMENTS Telephone Raw Work Cleverly in Case of KLiniaLh Man. KLAMATH FALLS. Or, Feb. IS. (Bpe. daij J. W. Norrta. who baa been In th County Jail for th paat four weeks, bow faces three, Indictments returned against elm by the grand jury now la session. One la for obtaining money under fain pretenses, while th others are far burglary and larceny by bailee. The first charge Is based upon hi going to O. W. Cain, a business man with whom b had a alight acquaintance, and asking for a loan of $75, stating that T. L. Tempi, a railroad man. would stand back of the transaction. Cain re fused the loan and Non-la left with the statement that he would secure Mr. Temple and bring him to the store. A few moments later Cain was called over th telephone and the speaker stated that It was Tempi and tor Cain to let Morris have th money and h would S'and good for It- Not suspecting the ruse, Cain gav Norrta th money, taking hie note therefor. It later developed that Xorrti had himself oailed up Cain and Imitated his frW-nd, Temple, and that Temple knew nothln of the transaction. The charee of burglary waa for enter ing the office of E. B. Henry, county surveyor, and purloining a surveyor's transit which h tried to dispose of around town. In this he waa unsuc cessful and th transit was recovered. The larceny by bailee was for securing two diamond rings from an acquaintance with Instructions so dispose of them. This he did but spent th money for himself for liquor on which h tanked up. th owner of th rings not being returned ny of K. SNOWS CAUSE BACK SEASON Crater Lake National Park Opening May Be Month Later. KLAMATH FALLS', Or, Feb. IS. (Spe sJblU W F. AxaaW superintendent of th Crater Lake National Park. Is pre dicting that th season for tourist travel for the park will be at least a month later In opening the coming Spring than It was last year. Whll be baa not been la th park alnos he left th Govern ment headquarters, three miles below th rim of th lake, at th commencement of snowfall last Fall, be says there 1 more snow, from all Indications at th lake, than there has been for seven Winters past. Twenty miles below Crater Lake, near Fort Klamath, the snow Is Bve feet deep and It is believed there Is at least feet at the Government bead quarters and 36 at tha rlrq of the lake. This si about the same amount that fell there during the Winter of 1904 and tt was July 1 before any travel could be mad with any comfort to the lak that year. Lsst year the tourist travel waa In fairly full swing by July 1. snd th road was open to th lak and con siderable travel ther as early as June 1. Mr. Aran usually makes the trip to his camp In March, but b aays h la not coins; to attempt it this Spring until In the latter part of March. Then be bellevrs the snow will be so well packed that he can make the trip on foot on top of the snow and after reaching the camp he win be able to dig nia way into his home, where he spends the Bummers and where he left wood and supplies when be deserted the place last year. SPOKANE PIPER IS SOLD IXXAND IIERALD ACCTIOXED; F. B. GREGG Pl'KCIIASER. New Plant Sold for SI 0,000 to Man Who Has Advanced I-arge Sums to Keep It In Operation. SPOKANE. Wash, Feb. 18. (Spe cial.) F. B. Oregr. proprietor of the Quick Print Job Plant, acquired th property of th Allan Haynea Publish ing Company, publishers of th Inland Herald, an afternoon paper, for $10,000 at receiver's sale this morning. Uregg was th only bidder. As an original ' order of th court permitted the receiver. Mr. Sammla. to borrow money to keep the paper going until today's sale, enough cash to keep th plant In operation Is said to hav been advanced by Mr. Gregg during the last month, so that when the formal conveyance Is made, no money need be paid by Gregg for his purchase. Th money advanced by Mr. Gregg from January 1$ to February 17 will con stitute a prior lien upon th property and this amount la said to be $1,600. Attorney Williams explained that the purchaser would have to shoulder all encumbrances, but that the purchase did not Include bills and accounts re ceivable, nor the ledgers in whloh these amounts were kept. He also ex plained that the $26,000 lien on th property held by bondholders was re leased, which thus makea void any and all claims of bondholders. Th assets of th company amounted to about $i5.000. but mortgages and conditional sale contracts on machinery and equipment left the equity In the property less than $10,000. Chattel raortgas-es are held by the American Type Founder Company for $11,000, by th Mergantbaler Linotype Company for $:i.0u0, by R. Hoe Co. for $7116. and by tha Printers' ink Supply Com pany for $786. Th Interest on many notes to these concerns, now long overdue, ar part of the liabilities. Th losses of th Inland Herald since Its foundation a year ago are rated aa approximately $400,000, distributed aa follows: $:60.000 bonds, which have been sold and hy pothecated; a floating Indebtedness of about $160,000. and th receipts ef the Herald during the last year amounted to approximately $100,000. It la esti mated that Gregg and Barney O'Nell. the Wallace banker, have advanced approximately $160,000 during th last year. BIG METEOR IS SEEN CEXTRAXIA A .YD TACOMA FOLK WOULD SOLVE MYSTERY. Prominent Washington Fanner De scribes Phenomenon as Like Cal cium Streak Through Sky. CENTRAL! A. Waeh.. Feb. 18. (Special.) Witnessed by reputable residents In various places and having the additional proof of 1U fores In falling to the earth, a meteor dropped somewhere between Centralla and Tacoma yesterday. A num ber of farmers) ar now out looking for th meteorite for th sake of its value. Among th residents who saw It was T. R. Pstber. a prominent farmer of Lincoln Creek. He describes the visitant aa passing closely in a white blsxe, like a calcium streak through th sky. fol lowed by s whitish vapor that faded in Its fl.ght and which seemed of gaseoua formation. Th flame descended at an anal of about 46 degrees and seemed to drop about midway between Centralla snd Taooma, but in a norxneaateny direc tion. Just at th tiro th bias waa aeen de scending from th sky. Tacoma waa shocked by a loud report and the force of the blow shook buildings. It was thought that some blasting operations were going on and the rumor spread that ail the dynamite had been set oft at the reservoir, but investigation proved that no unusual blasting had been taking piece- All remained a mystery. One reason that the light In th sky could not be seen from Tacoma. although the concussion wsus felt mor there, waa because of the sain, which waa in a posi tion to shut off other light from Taco ma while being located behind the) fall ing light of the meteor. BULLET IN LUNG IS FATAL Idaho Home. lead Quarrel Results In Slaying of W'aahlngtonlaa. COLFAX. Wash-, Feb. 18. Delbert Emmons, deputy postmaster of Sol dier. Idaho, waa fatally shot by Ernest Vaught there Monday. Emmons dying Thursday. Emmons, who Is a son-in-law of Sheriff Q. B. Carter, of her, and his brother. Clifford Emmons, resided st Garfield in Whitman County before taking homesteads at Soldier. Vaught also resided at Garfield and after going to Soldier contested a claim belonging to Albert Leak, a friend of the Emmons brothers. Clifford Em mons was a witness against Vaught, who told th land inspector that Em mons bad threatened him. Whll at th trial Clifford provd by W. C Cas sia that th charge was falss. This displeased Vaught. who called Clifford a liar. A quarrel reaulted and Delbert Emmons draw a gun and Jumped In to stop th quarrel, when Vaught turned on him and shot five tiroes. One shot penetrated th left lung. Vaught was arrested' and taken to JalL Vaught bad won out In his contest for the Leak homestead. All parties concerned are well known la Whitman County. a we two and a quarter nllee lone baa beta taken from th Ve4jr ef a apMeiw THE DALLES BOOSTS Publicity Work Is Lauded at 'Get-Together" Luncheon. CAMPAIGN IS CONTINUED Business Men's Association Gives Welcome to Publicity and Rail road Officials and Reviews Work of Past Year. THE DALLES. Or, Fb. 18. 6peclal.) The "get-together" luncheon given by The Dalles Business Men's Association Wednesday evening st Hotel Dalles In this city to Us members and several prominent Portland publicity men and O.-W. R. a N. officials, was the most enthuslastlo meeting of the kind ever -1 . i . l.i.t fur on nar- sons and 87 were present. The occa sion aiso ceieDraiea mi cumpicwuu 35.000 lssu of Th Dalies publicity book lets. ii-miaM rfnrr.v. eeneral rtaasenrer agent of the O.-W. R. & K. line, spoke In regard to the publicity and immigra tion movement which has been carried on by the railway company, and said he had Just returned from a trip to St. ... . . i . k-M mMtinff of aen- I.Mtl " , era! passenger agents, and he had found that tn moet inquiries Oregon. , j t a . NT- . A k- nmm books fl. ,.IU .M -J " " Just turned over to the association. which were gotten out ny tne commun ity publicity of the O.-W. R. N. Com pany, I suggest that in uaiiea du. ness Men's Association take charge of e aa - J . 1 1 1 l.tHhiit. ItlrilriOUS- i : An a - j c n , n In Pnrll.nil sub ject to your orders to be distributed by us. H complimented tne mmki.uui. very highly for th co-operatlv work l.k. a V. -1 1 . A,mnnV IT Bald W1VU lUO ".r thst th only question was going to be wnetner -in jjauea is to n accommodations and homes for home seekers. He olted a cas whereby a community lost a family who had a large sum of money to Invest and was imnlv driven awav because of not be ing able to buy a home. Value or Publicity Told. William Blttle Wells, general mana ger of the community publicity for the railway company, mads a talk upon publicity work and the value of com mercial organisations like The Dalles association. He also asserted that Ore gon would receive more horaeseekers during 111 than ever before. He waa astonished to know that The Dellea Business Men's Association had received from May. 1910, to January 1. 1911, 68 Inquiries through various organi sations and personal letters; also from January 1. 111. to February 14, 1911. that th association had received 6178 Inquiries, or over one-half aa many from th first of January as they had received In th preceding eight months. He made his own estimate after look ing over various letters received by the association that In 1811 the inquir ies would amount to 80,000 for the year. He said that Th Dalles had don one thing in particular that had con vinced him that they had tha right spirit and progresslvenesa, when they mailed a check to the general passen ger agent McMurray for $3000 for pub licity work In advance. He said tha new books Just issued for The Dalles wer th finest they bad ever gotten out and the local people were to be congratulated on them. Mills Makes Address. John Scott Mills, special writer for community publicity, mad a few point ed remarks la regard to his work, and also mentioned the fact that the Har rlman system waa expending $76,000,000 so It could shorten the road on the east and get to The Dalles quicker. Mr. Mills did tha wrlUng for Th Dalles new book. John Day. who Is spending several months In th Wast gathering data for th us of hla paper, the Minneapolis Tribune, and is a guest of the associa tion for three days, made suggestlv remarks In regard to his' work and the booster spirit everywhere evinced. 8. W. vt aters. a prominent Seattle at torney, who has recently acquired some land near The Dalles, said he felt that with th opportunities th dlverslf'ed agriculture and horticulture give that thla district should in a few years be the largest settled of any diversified district In the West. E. W. Thomas, a new Dalles resi dent, was called on, and remarked about the opportunities and advan tages which this country possess. II Is opening up an office In Minneapolis, and waa sure there would be many a man sent from there to The Dalles. Circuit Judge Bradshaw extended a vote of thanks to the O.-W. R. fc N. officials for th beautiful book. District Attorney Fred W. Wilson spoke In regard to th county and h friendly position shown by the O.-W. Ft. K. Co. In publicity work. H thought Th Dalles citizens were tak ing the rlsht step when they co-oper ated with the railroad. Edward C Pease, for tha aasoclatlon, moved that It was tha sense of tha meeting that $4000 be pledged for the new books, and that they should tele- srrenh a check for that amount as a cash payment In advance for the same. Th motion was carried unanimously. A social session and smoker followed th luncheon. HILLMAN WITNESS FINED Seattle Judge Penalises Vser of i Profane Language. SEATTLE. Feb. 1$. Clarence D. Hlllman, th wealthy real estate dealer on trial for alleged use of th malls to defraud, today Introduced aa wit nesses a number of satisfied purchasers In Birmingham and Boston Harbor. On o th witnesses admitted on cross- examination that his father was a salesman for Hlllman. Henry Bendle was fined $20 for con tempt when A used profane language on th wltnass stand. Bendle had tes tified that h was well pleased with his purchase In Birmingham and had never had cause to complain. When aaked why it was that he told an en-, tirely different story to a postofflce Inspector who Interviewed him at Birmingham h mad an angry retort and th fin resulted. One of Hill man's attorneys paid the fine. Sev eral witnesses who testified In Hill man's favor admitted under cross examination that they bad been given free deeds or that they had sold lum ber or other supplies to th townsit company. Professor Talks at Eugene. EUGENE Or., Feb. 18. Special.) Professor A. K- Sweetser, of the Uni versity of Oregon, lectured yesterday befor th Pauron-Taaohers' Association of th city upon th subject of heating and ventilation In tha sohool. He also touched upon th subject of open air teaching. ' 1911 Knox Styles Of course, you axe interest ed, even though you are men. Knox Spring styles are now on display they're beau ties. We've lined them up and "looked them over care fully. You'll vote them (as we do) the finest lot of hats you ever have seen they are Soft Hats... $5.O0 Stiff Hats ..5.00 Silk Hats .?8.00 PELTS HOLD PLAGUE Mongolian Marmot Is Blamed for Disease's Spread. ' FURS SHIPPED TO AMERICA Mukden Letter Says Trader Collect ed Skin of Animals Which Are Said to Carry Germs ot Death-Dealing- Malady. SEATTLE, Wash., Few. 1. Th A a nl.trii. In Tanchlirla and .11 m v. j . v.v .hB wv ... throughout North China Is eomment- d on by Japanese papers just rcututu .hnulrff th. 4nrnmnftence of H nk(n.. eiithftHtlAS. It Is Dolnted out that the plague has not been per mitted to extend Into Cores or Japan, and has been held In check In the ter ritory tn Manchuria over which Japan as control. a . . i, . n uit.p . a v tha nla.eue broke at Khaller and Tsltslhar City. mere a vast quaumy ux iuBii i. ! v - a ..th.r.il hv an enter- B fl 1 1. uaiu o i-i . a -w whn h.a i1n. shinned them to America. The plague Is the Mongolian torm. ana oriBiuei.es . r . is xarDagan or Aionguuau mui. ahilllt thai elZA Of S lUff xe.twa.aaaa .men t end hu vellowsh han r-ut- hrh la used In the fabri cation of cheap "imitation" furs. The steppes of Mongolia swarm who nlmals. which in tneir nanus are mucn n.. .. ..rl. Anmm nt the TTnited States. The Indian form of the plague. wnicn IS carriea or wiw l. uiuo. -from the Mongolian, ths latter, ac cording to reports, being more deadly. In Mongolia the natives shun the tarbagans. The fur trader brought nondescript Chinese Into Mongolia to hunt the marmots. These , hunters were excellent plague subjects. They wer crowded into wretched hovels or inns and there wr no sanitary ar rangamenta. Th Mongolian plague thrives In the coldest weather, and there is no hope of checking It until ths hot winds of April and May arrive. EUROPE IS DECLARED SAFE Dr. Reginald Farrar Th4nki Plagne Will Not Spread So Far. ' BOSTON, Feb. 18. Dr. Reginald Far rar, medical Inspector of the local gov ernment board, who will start on Mon day for Barbln to join ths International plague commission, which Is to advls China as to the best means of stem ming the outbreak of ths plague, thinks there is little danger of the disease spreading into Western Europe. England has not declared a quaran tine against Russia, but sines ths out break in Manchuria the usual precau tions In the matter of examining ship arriving from that quarter hav been taken, resulting in th detection of two or three cases. LASHER TO GO TO PHOENIX Habeas Corpus Writ Refused Pris oner Captured la Portland. LOS ANQEXiES, Oei, Feb. IS. Special.) Judg Cabannla today denied the writ of habeaa corpus In behalf of Fred Dasher, who is wanted In Phoenix on a charge of forgery, and ordered Dasher remanded to the custody of the sheriff. Be will be returned to Phoenix at once for trial. Lasher was captured at Portland, but, while en rout to Phoenix escaped. After ward he took refuge In a rooming-house In this city. Some of the neighbors, noting his mysterious actions, sent word to the Sheriff that the man was Sam Barron, the Venice car holdup man. When h was taken Into custody, his Identity was disclosed. SCHOOL HEAD ?'UP STUMP" Clackamas County Superintendent Para Assistant Most Money. OREGON CITY. Or, Fob. 18 (Spe cial.) T. i. Gary, sohbol superintend We Always PRING Advance Showing Benjamin Clothes Knox Hats and Stylish Furnishings Buffum Pendleton I ent of Clackamas County, will find himself in the peculiar and unusual position of paying his subordinates more money than he receives, and men and women working under his immedi ate direction will secure a greater monthly wage than th officer. This condition Is due to the passage of the bill, which was fathered by State Superintendent of Public In struction L. R. Alderman and the County Superintendents' Association, providing that the work of directing the public schools shall be divided into three districts, one of which shall be covered by th county superintendent and the other two by educators to be named by an educational board of five people, consisting of the superintendent and four others to ba appointed by the superintendent himself. This practi cally meana that the superintendent will be clothed with the power to ap point his co-workers who are to re ceive $100 per month for 10 months in the year. It Is not Intended to have the two assistants on duty during the months of July and August and they will draw no pay for those months, but during th remaining 10 months they will re ceive 100 a month, while Mr. Gary will hav to b content with his salary of $78.53 a month. An effort waa made to enact a law basing the salary of county school sup srintendents upon th number of chil dren enumerated, but the Legislature declined to pass the measure and a separate bill to increase the salary of Superintendent Gary also failed to ob tain favorable consideration This was partially du to the fact that the bill came In after th session waa nearly over. Mr. Gary proposes to name his ad visory board within a few weeks, and probably will select two people from the city and two from the country districts. This board, along with the superintendent, will thereafter appoint the assistants to the under-paid county superintendent. INITIATIVE TEETH DRAWN ID AIIO MEASURE VIRTCALLY MADE INOPERATIVE, Democratic! Resolution Amended In Senate to Require 5 1 Per Cent of Voters on Petitions. BOISE1, Idaho, Feb. 18. (Special.) The initiative and referendum resolu tions were adopted in the Senate today as Republican measures, but with soma of their "teeth" drawn. Th majority wing of the Senate stole the thunder of the Democrats? for it first defeated both resolutions for direct legislation, as Introduced by Senator Hornlbrook, and then voted the initiative and refer endum resolutions introduced by Sena tor Whltcomb, Republican. The fight was staged over the draw ing of the initiative teeth. As it orig inally stood IS per cent by petition was proposed. The Republicans offered an amendment Increasing It to 80 per cent but the Democrats howled. Senator HOrnlbrook proposed 61 per cent of th vot for Governor at the preceding election and th Republicans promptly accepted. Both sides ar claiming viotory. th Democrats because they secured recog nition and the Republicans because they believe th resolutions are virtual ly Inoperative. Th Bouse locked in a tie vote on th reciprocity memorial asking Con gress to pass the Canadian bill and de feated It by a tie vote of 17 to 17. Ths memorial required a two-thirds vote. The Senate passed the Adams County division bill dividing Washington Coun ty and, after a heated and olose fight, defeated the Power County bill with American Falls as the county seat by a vote of 11 to 10. Clearwater County recommended for passage. Charges of corporation affiliation and fattening of Legislators' pockets through the passage of bills were hurled back and forth In the Senate when the anti-trust bill was indefi nitely postponed. Governor Hawley vetoed the divorce bill xtendlng residence to on year. Iaft Grande Ships Many Apples. DA GRANDE. Or.. Feb. lA-(SpecIal.) Setting a new mark for Individual shipments, tha Ramsey Warehouse Company today shipped out the last of a 25-car consignment of apples for Eastern points, which brings th total shipment up to 125 carloads for tha season. The crop of apples ran over 6S0 carloads for the valley, though a greater bulk of It tvas grown at points some distance from La Grande. Try to Please TYLES & IfrU1 Opposite Postofflce a I BOYS TAKE BLAME High School Team Arresled on Charge Stealing Pennants. LOOT IN GIRL'S SATCHEL Goldendale Students Put TTp Cash Bail and Insist Girl Is Innocent of Robbery of Stevenson Schoolfaouse. STEVENSON, Wash, Feb. 1. (Spe cial.) Following a bitter basketball game between Stevenson and Golden dale last night the entire basketball team representing the Goldendale Bigh School was arrested on a charge of pennant stealing. Members of the team are charged with having broken into the schoolhouse and having taken 11 pennants, valued at S20. Upon missing the pennants search warrants were issued and they were found In the satchel o Miss Blnshaw, a Goldendale girl. She at once broke down and sobbed and thereupon ths other members of the team came for ward and relieved her of all blame in connection with the possession of the pennants and said she was an inno cent party to the entire transaction. She waa forthwith released, but th other members of the team were ar rested and released on $25 bail to ap pear for hearing on Thursday, Feb ruary 21. Those arrested wers Hinshaw, cap tain and forward of the team; Hamil ton, forward; Spaulding, center; Sav age and White, guards. All hav their homes at Goldendale. The gam between Stevenson and Goldendale, which was won by the latter with a l2-to- soore, engendered much hard feeling, owing to the al leged unfair decisions of Referee Lou Saunders, of Goldendale. After the game a reception waa given by the Stevenson Blgh School, but th Gold endale visitors left the party and started celebrating their victory, to such an extent that they were ejected from several places for alleged nn gentlemanly conduct. As a preliminary game tha Steven son Blgh School girls defeated the Van couver Blgh School girls. 15 to S. EUGENE'S NEW PLANT OPEN Energy Developed Will Be Ctillaed for Lighting Whole City. EUGENE, Or Feb. IS. (Special.) Eu gene's new municipal bydro-electxlo power plant at Watervill was formally opened yesterday, the Mayor and Coun cil and a delegation of some SO citlsens being present to see the starting of the machinery. The generators were oper ated under an artificial load, as the transmission line has not yet been con nected up with the substation at Eu gene. The plant consists of two units which together will deliver 2200 horsepower of energy at th substation at Eugene. The water Is taken from the McKensie River at a point three miles above the power house, and the total fall obtained Is 46 feet. The transmission 11ns is approxi mately 16 miles In length. The energy thus developed will be utilized for lighting the city, and for operating the pumps of the water sys tem. A 126,000 bond lssu will . be voted on at the coming city election for the purchase of a modern Tungsten lighting system to be used In connection with the new plant. The total cost of the plant when completed will be about $240,000. HIGHWAY ROBBERY, CHARGE Elma, Washington, Has First Snch Case Ini Don; Time, ELMA, Wash.. Feb. 18. (Special) J. Bill and Robert Madison were ar raigned here today on the charge of highway robbery committed on th person of Joseph Easka. It Ooourred late last night in a lonely place near town on the Northern Pacific tracks. Report was Immediately made to Georg Mart!!, oonstabla, and he 1911 J Benjamin Clothes Always the Best Bui we think tEem jusf a Ut ile better this season than ever We think you will, too, when you see them. Suits Priced From $20 Up rounded up the robbers, taking them by surprise with a drawn revolver. The men resisted, but seeing the re volver finally yielded and. wers marched to Jail. They pleaded not guilty and trial will be held Monday. This Is the first rpbbery that has. oc curred In Elma for some time and ths quick work of the constable in mak ing the arrest is very commendable, as It was accompanied with considerable danger. SEA YIELDS OSHKOSH DEAD Bodies of Three Victims of IIl-Fated Schooner Found. Ox ASTORIA. Or., Feb. 18. (Special.) The bodies of three of the victims of the gasoline schooner Oshkosh disaster, were found today, one at Columbia Beach, one at Gearhart Park and one at Bolladay. The bodies were brought here to night and were Identified as the bodie of William R. Deane, part owner and engineer on the craft, Charles Larson and Gus Chllberg, two of the sailors. The bodies of Captain Latham, master, Al Davis, cook, and Gus' Ralnbager, a sailor, are still missing. Body Believed That of Fireman. ASTORIA, Or., Feb. 18. (Special.) While not yet positively identified it it now believed the body found at Long Beach, Wash., a few days ago was that of Fireman Brown, of the revenue cut ter Manning,, who has been missing about six weeks. A launch was sent to Ilwaoo today by Coroner Gilbaugh to get the body, but the Justice of the Peace there refused to allow the body to be taken away until it had been positively identified Seattle Gets Plttsburger. SEATTLE, Wash., Feb. 18. A deal has been closed for the purchase by the Seattle ' Club of the Northwestern Baseball League of First Baseman Kadlng of the Pittsburg National League team. President Dugdale, who announced the closing of the transaction tonight, said that he was not at liberty to state the purchase price. This Prescription Knocks Rheumatism The only logical treatment for rheu- matlsm Is through th blood. A pre-, sciiptlon, which has recently proved wonderfully effective in hospital work is the following. Any druggist has th Ingredients or will quickly get them fol you. Any one can mix them. "On ounce compound syrup of Earsaparillaj one ounce Torta compound; half pint first class whiskey." These to be mixed and used In tablespoon doses before each meal and- at bedtime. This cured thousands here last winter. It relieves Immediately. Not only will it eradicate rheuma tism quickly but It Is a splendid sys tem builder, and soon restores appetlt and vitality. Many persons troubled with rheumatism would not be without a bottle of this mixture on hand at all times. Adv. PIANOS, WATCHES, ETC, FREE! 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