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V1LLAIWETTE RIVER
CANAL AND LOCKS
cOR SEA LEVEL
PANAMA CANAL
Report of Engineers to Effect that New Locks
Will Not Interfere with Manufacturing
Interests
Washington, Dee. 13. The eeoretaiy
of war transmitted to oonmu tha re
port of tbe board of englnem relative!
to tha Willamette river Improvement!,
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ment of a eanal and look for tha ooh
struction or a naw oanal and looks for
tha purpose of supplying power- elec
tricity to faotoriea will not Interfere
with manufacturing enterprises.
Tha proposed dlrerslon wall to sep
arata navigation from the power oanal
it also says will not interfere with
other boldness ' ',
A report was also transmitted from
the depsrtment of justice on the legal
eatures of constructing the oanal and
private individual would be only the
value of the lands taken and that the
amount of the damages could readily
be determined by condemnation pro
ceedings. ' f
This it is believed wlU make possible
a disposition of the oase satisfactory to
all eonoerned.
With the return to Washington of
the member of he House Committee
on Ioteratate and Foreign Commerce
a new and radical ehaoge in tbe plans
for building tbe Panama Canal has
beooms a topio of aerions discussion
Tbi change erntemplates the eon
trnction of a sea level waterway in
place of the lock and dam eanal au
thorised by Congress,
The member of tbe committee
alter a ' personal inspection of the
eanal route are all impressed with the
sea level project, and in this Senator
Kittredge, of Sontb Dakota, who eo
ooatpanied them, does not differ
from tbem.
While no one knows bow in nob
more the sea level eanal will oott than
a look and dam canal, a rough esti
mate that something like 1100,000,
000 additional will be required has
been made.
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They are ready for inspection. The line is by far
the finest we have ever shown. Too many
things to specify here, we don't want to
specify just yet, we want yon to see
the goods while the line is unbroken.
You know the advantage of early choosing.
Prompt buyers always avoid the rush and get
choicest picking. Prices aire as low as they can be .
and the very article you would most prefer may not wait'
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THE NEWLIN DRUG CO
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OREGON
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PIONEER TO
HAVE OPERATION
J see Failing, who was thrown from
a carriage several montns ago and sus
tained a fracture of the left thigh bone
is undergoing an operation at 8t An
thony's hospital this afternoon for the
amputation of the leg. Drs Bmith,
Cole, Henderson, Bingo and Dick are
in attendance. The oondltlon of the
patient and his extreme age make tbe
operation a very dangerous one, and
hope for his recovery is not very
strong. .
The patient is nearly 80 years of age.
He la a pioneer of Pendleton. Soon
after tbe accident last spring he was
taken to Portland for treatment and
wss In a hospital there until a month
ago, when he pas brought home.
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BIDS
TO BE
OPENED
Committee for Building
Portage Road asks
for Bids.
Portland, Deo. 18 Offlpial notioe
will be published tomorrow asking for
bids for building tbe portsgs road. A
meeting of the executive - committee
of the Open Kiver asiociation, at
which President J O Bmith, Secretary
YY J Marriner, Henry Habn and other
members were present, passed a reo
lntion committing tbe association to
ihis coarse and tbe tt ate portage
board is in entire accord with tbe ac
tion taken
Sealed bids will be asked for within
the next 10 days for grading, con
struoting and equipping the road.
Tbe length of tbe road is to be about
eight and a bilf miles, extending
from a point near Seutert's fishery to
tbe b:g eddy below the rapids In the
Columbia river at Celilo.
Tbe Open River exeoutive commit
tee has reoeived assuranoes that there
will be no trouble in raising all tha
money that may be needed to push
the project through to completion.
Work of raising the necessary amount
in exoees of tbe 1152,000 remaining of
tbe toe state appropriation is going
forwsr I. When the time arrives for
closing final contacts tbe committee
will be ready to assume its sbsrs of
tbe financial responsibilities. .
Kilkd Two Men
Los Abgeles, Dee. 13. John Mo
Clure, aged 60 years, In a dispute over
a 25 oent baiter this morning, killed J
Shea and 8 Psodiooff, employes of a
livery stable. He shot the latter and
when the foreman grabbed him a des
perate conflict ensued. Bhea was
stabbed 10 tlmea with a dirk. The
murderer gave himself op to a police.
man. '
LAND
FRAUD
CASES
Plea of Former Jeo
pardy Entered by At
torney for Defendants
DROWN NEAR
THEIR HOM
Portland Dec 12 On tbe plea of a
prior trial for the same offence, the
attorneys for defenanU In the land
fraud rases ar making an effort this
court to prevent the government from
bringing to trial the case set for to
morrow. The plea is being argued be
fore J udga Bellinger
Tbe defendants in tha oae to be
tried tomorrow ara S A D Puter,
Horace G. McEJaley, Emma L Wat-
goo, Marie L Ware and Guy Huff.
The plea la made in behalf of the flnt
four only of the five defendants, Huff
not having been a party to the former
trial. Jndge O'Day oontend that the
conspiracy charged in the second in
dictment, which Is the bashi of the
ease set for tomorrow. Is the same con
spiracy for which they were recently
tried, and that they cannot be placed
In jeopardy a second tloe for the same
offense.
Tha government's attorneys lnslut
that there la no merit In the plea and
that the frauds covered by the second
Indictment constitute a aeperste and
distinct conspiracy.
In the hope of obtaining additional
nformatlon whloh would have been of
great value both In this and In. subse
quent esses, the government's attorneys
subpoenaed Senator Mitchell and Con;
grea man Hermann as witnesses, but
both have refused to' come. Both of
them addressed telegrams to Judge
Bellinger in whloh they stated that ow
ing to tha pressure of public business
at Washington of great Importance to
this st-te, they wo old be nnable to
respond to ths subpoenas.
Billing's Mont, Deo 18 Two tittle
girls Ruby and Bernloe Warren aged
8 and 9 years dsughtara of Richard
Warren a rancher who resides six
miles east of Billings were drowned
last night la a slough near the family
realdenoe. The ihildrea were skating
oa the slough and wbsn together their
combined weight it la suop aed caused
tbe ke to break, and they iwere part
icipated into tha icy waters, "
A man passing ;by stopped at the
house and told Mrs Warren be had
beard children screaming back of kthe
house, The mottiej vent to the ' door
and called. Receiving no answer shs
went to the bank of the slough and
there saw a portion of the dresses of
the litUe.girls floating on the water
where the Ice had broken through.
The bodies were reoovered and eiforts
made to revive the victims ; :
Good Roads Association
meets in Salem today, and promises
to be a meeting of great Interest and
ultimate good to the people of Oregon
Gov Chamberlain will be present and;
deliver an address on "Oregon and Ita
Roads." All sides and phases of the
question will be debated and discuss
ed by men of prominence In connect
ion with such affaire, among whom
will be Dt James Wlthyormbe, Prof.
P L Campbell, Jndge U R Webster,
J E Magers, Prof ! M Hyde, and T T
Gear. . .
ENTIRE
FLEET
Russian Fleet at Port
Arthur Destroyed and
City Bombarded.
TAKES
SHORT
ROUTE
Commits Suicids by the
Use of a Revolver.
Portland, Deo. 13 Plaolbg tbe
mussleofa revolver in bis mouth,
Marion O Olsen, a hack driver, in
the employ ol the United Carriage
company, at 3 o'olook this morning
sent a bultet into bis brain. He fell
dead on tbe sidewalk In front of the
Federal building on Mwrison street.
Pstrolman Fones beard the report
of tba revolver and hurried to tbe spot
and found Olien lying in a pool of
blood. Coroner Finley wa notified
nd removed tbe body to tbe morgue.
Olsan bad been in tbe employ of
the carriage company for years and
was popular not only among bis as
sociate but with those whom on ao
ooant of bis avodation be met fre
quently . He was a law-al Iding man
and waa not given to tbe use of in
toxieanta to excess, though he bad
been drinking freely for the last week
on account of dw pondenoy; He had
a number of 'rouble to whloh he - re
ferred a few minutes before ending
bis life. .
Mrs Chadwick Indicted
Cleveland Dej 13-Two Indlotmenla
on two counts each were returned by
the county grand jury this afternoon
against Mrs Chadwick ' fche is charged
with forging tha name of Andrew Car
negie on 500,000 and :&0,000 note
held by tha Oberlln bank. Tha pens
Ity is from five to 20 years on each iu-
dlctment. '
Dowie Pays Debt
Chicago, Deo. 13. John Alexander
Dowie today liquidated bis debt on
tbe Zion City industries, making the
final payment of $140,000.
Tokio, Deo. 13. The following re
port waa rsoelved today from the com
mander of the Japanese naval land
battery: ' '
; "Four Russian battleships, two
oruiaers one guuuuM mwl wu. Ma-r.
d i storashlp, are lying In Port Arthur
harbor completely disabled. No for
tbar neoeuiiy of bombarding tbe Rus
sian naval fori, and we ara now en..
gaged In shelling tha town of Port Ar
thur, which is being heavily damaged.".
SECRETARY HAY'S
VOICE FOR PEACE
Portland, Or., Deo. 13 John Hay,
Secretary of slate, acknowledging re
ceipt of a oopy of resolutions adopted
by tbe Portland chamber of Commerce
favoring A ratificat'on of arbitration
treaties between tbe United States and
Great Britain, Germany, Franoe, Italy
end Austria, writes:
"Ths department Is always glad to
receive evidence of the growing tend
ency of the people of the world to seek '
for and welcome any practical means
of extending the away of peace and
averting the arbitrament of war in the
settlement of difficulties between
nations." , , , ,
1 6 SECOND HAND HEATERS
75c to $5.00
Some are bat slightly used.
Three fine coal burners at a bargain,
Fine Guitar, new, only . . $7,50
Eight Winchester riflea 12.60 to $ 9.00
Iron Beda . . . 1.00 to 12.50
New Chairs : . . . .60
New Chiffonier . . . . . 8.50
New baby buggy and child bed at wholesale cost
H. B. HAISTEN, : F. D. HAISTEN,
Upholstering - V Furniture Repairing
We carry Stove Repairs.
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