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OURI 1) 24th YEAR. OREGON CiTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. JULY 27, 1906 No U CHAUTAUQUA BUTTER IS CHEAP HERE WETTLAUFER ROAST FOR ROOSEVELT PARLIAMENT FEW PERMITS BEING ISSUED IS CLOSED IS FARMING DISSOLVED Thirteenth Assembly Ends Last Sunday. SATURDAY WAS A BIG DAY Two Splendid Oratorio's Are Given to Largest Aud ience Seen In Park This Year. , Mendelssohn's " Hymn of Praise" and'Rossini's ;"Stabat Mater-' were produced at '-ladstone Park Sutiir lay night to an auditorium that, was arowded with appreciative lipteners. Both oratorios were directed by umora masii, or 'roruana, musical lirector of the session, and the work Df the soloiBts was especially enjoy- ble. One hundred voices swelled the choruses, and an orchestra of 21 iu , strnments carried out the niusio to a pleasing finale. The soloists were, Mrs. Rose Blocli Bauer, soprano ; Mrs. Imogen Harding Brodie, contralto; Mr. Arthur Alexander, tenor, and Mr. Dom J. Zau, basso. Nothing on the program during the assembly has elic- , ited such hearty commendation. " The baseball game Saturday after- D3on between the Portland Trunk Company team and the Multnomah Amateur Ahtleto Club was won by the Mcltnoniah team. The Trunk Coinpanv secured two runs in the first inning, and kept a lead over the : clubmen nutil errors in the field done them. In the sixth inning the Trnnk Company catcher was put out of, bus iuess, and his substitute retired with a brokon thumb a few minutes later. Teabo, the Chemawa catcher, stay ed behind the bac during the remaind er of the game. The result of the game gives the pennant to Multnomah and ends an interesting series. An interesting ceremony was the award of prizes that were offered a .', few days ago by Qeorge H. Himes, assistant seoretpry and curator of the , Oregon Historical Society, for the largest number of samples of the var . ions trees and vegetable growth that auonnds through the beautiful groves iu Gladstone Park. This wai done to awaken interest of th young people in nature study of the rioh prodncts in the Chautauqua grounds. Only young people under the aae ot 18 years were permitted to compete and four entered. Eleanor Palmer, of 9125ast Yamhill Street, and Harold Smith, of lOOfi Hawthorne Avenne, tied for v first place, each socuring 28 varieties They split the difference equally be tween the first and second prizes. Arthur T"bey, of 119fi East Taylor Street, was third, and Miriam Oberg, of Portland, was fourth, with 19 var ieties. Tobey secured 25 varieties. The contestants brought in their twigs, which were classified by Mr. Himes. The Mothers' Study class was es pecially interesting and was largely attended. At the clos... a vote of thanks was teudered to Mrs. A. H. Burkholder. One of the most enjoyable olasses on the grounds has been the kinder garten, under Mrs. Burkbolrter's di rection. During the time the little tats a'e reciting the tent is surround ed with people, eager to Bee and her yu them. The work has been very bene ' ficial, and the little ones have been cared for and 'instructed while their . : elders spent the time in mow serious matters A class of 18 was graduafed in t auditorium from the Bible Class, which has been in charge of Rev. Howard N. Smith. Fourteen came from the first year junior wcrk and four from the second year jnniorc. The ceremonies took place at 2 o'clock and ten students were placed on the roll of honor for commendatory work. The graduates are : First year juniors Helen MoGlade, Mildred Jacobs Young, Fulton Ma gill, Beatrice F. Palmer, Bessie Legg, Ralph Young, Rnohel King, Ambrose Brownell. Clark Story, Miriam Oberg, Wendell Smith, Lillian' Robertson, Gladys Legg. Second year juniors Eleanor Pal mer, Roberta Sohuebel, Harold A. Smith, Arthur Tobey. Mrs. Imogen Harding Brodie was the soloist Saturday afternoon, and sang "Obstinatiou," responding to a generous encore. She was followed v by Dr. Charles Edward Locke, who .. lectured on "When Scarecrows Do Not Scprf." His address was exceed ingly interesting and he carried his auditors from Btart to finish. His lecture was a plea tor manliness in business life, as well as in Christian life. He asked his hearers not to neg lect their manhood for the sake of wea th, and also dealt wit the liquor traffic He said he was no prophet, but was safe in prophesying that, we had a man Jin the White House, who, before lie is throueh dealing with the evil- of graft, would attack the evils of the liquor traffic. Dr. Locke said there was no' such thing as tainted money, but there was tai-.ted men and tainted methods of acquiring money. He said that no aniour.t of money given for a just cause would excuse the corruptible methods employed in securing it. . The baloon ascension was given af ter the baseball game Saturday, and . (Continued on page 8) Climate Favors Dairying In Willamette Valley. LUMBER SOARS UPWARD Tvv c Children Burned Fatally In Wei. tern Oregon Lineman Killed In -Portland. " Salem, Or., July 21. The statement, was made Saturday at the dairymen's meeting hore that Oregon can produce butter cheaper than any other state iu the union. Oliuiate is less subject to extreme conditions. Butter can be shipped to New York for 2 cents a pound and to Liverpool for the same amount. The dairy products in this I state will this year have a value of i 000.000 and in a few yean will sur-: pass lumbering. Butter pays $700 to the ton, while wheat realizes about $35 FOUR KILLED IN TRAIN WRECK. Spokane, July 21. Four persons were killed and several injured in a wreck on the Spokane Falls and Northern tonight. CHILD BURNED AT COTTAGE GROVE, Cottage Grove, Or., July 21. The little son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Per- vance was burned to death last night at a warehouse on the Bohemia staee route. The house caught fire from some nnknown cause and the other occupants made their escape. JAIL BIRDS GET AWAY. Salem, Or.. July 21. Ten Iper cent of the prisoners in the peuitentary who have been working on roads have escaped this season. Two more took French leave today. BURNED TO DEATH. McMinnville, Or., July 21. Helena, the 10-year-old daughter of Henry Miller, of Wlntesnn, wag burned to death by the explosion of an oil can. The house and contents were totally consumed. PRICE OF LUMBER ADVANCES. San Francisoo, July 21. Lumber has advanced iu prioe "the increase in rougli being $1 per thousand, and in flooring, rostio and the better grades, per 1000 feet. The rates, since August 18, have increased between $1 and $5. , LINEMAN KILLED IN PORTLAND Portlai.d, Or., July 21. James E. Bannister, a lineman, met a terrible death here today at the top of a high pole near the city hall. He ancidently touched a live wire. Bannister form erly worked in Oregon City for the O. W. P. & R. Co. i ACCIDENT ON GREAT NORTHERN , Spokane, Wr)i., July 23. The smoking car, express car and engine of the Great Northern West Bound tram plunged down a (!0-foot embank ment into Diamond lake, 80 miles from Spokane. Nine men who went down in the smoking car were drowned and the engine's crew are down in the deep water. MAY NOT GO TO TRIAL. Seattle. Wash., July 2K It is pos sible that Esther Mitchell and Mrs. Maud Oreffield may not be tried for the mnrder of George - Mitchell, as the two women may be adjudged in sane. SEVENTEENTH CHILD BORN. Pooatello, Idaho. July 23. Mrs. L. O. Uartr, who is 50 years of ag6, gave birth to her seventeenth child to lay She has twelve" grandchild ren. TELEPHONE EMPLOYE KILLED. Albbany, Or., July 23. The bod. of Tom Bras ell, agent of the Pacific States Telephone Company, was found on the Southern Pacific tracks iu southern Linn countv. He had fallen from a moving train and was struck on his head. The impact caused death. Fined For Assault. Richard Ball and Edward Chuck pleaded gniity Tuesday in the Justice Courf to the charge of assault and battery nn G. E. Cline at Oswego sev eral weeks 8 go. Judge btipp imposed a fine of $15 on Chuck, and Ball was sentenced to pay a fine of fnO, but half tne amount wat remitted during good behavior. Land For Railway Stations. G. W. Andrews has sold 20 acres of lind on the Base Line road to the Ore gon Water Power & Railway Corn pan? for f4000. The lie branch road now under construction from Cedar- ville to Trontdale runs along one side1 of the property, -which has a frontage' on the Base Line of about 50 rods, ' and it is reported that the railway' company intends to make that point its most important station on the branch road. Preacher Has 160 Acres of , Land at Clarkes. COMPLAINS OF MARKETS Lack of Facilities In .This City and Present Conditions Stop Growth of County. Rev. W. H. Wettlanfer, who was formerly paster of the Evangelioal Church in this city and who is now farming 160 acres of land at Clarkes, was in the city Monday. He has been working hard but is qutie satisfied with tl e charge from nlpit to agri culture and has harvested a large crop of hav. Mr. Wettlaufor said that the farmers of his locality, are working on a creamery project. They have not yet organized but hope to in the near future. He deplores the lack of facil ities in Oregon City for the disposi tion of farm produce and is of the firm belief that Crjgon .City will not advance materially unless the farmer can sell his goods here. He believes that the county is not advancing at such a rapid rate as it was ten years ago and where ten acres of land were being cleared then, less than one acre is being cleared now. Mr. Wettlanfer said that it was very easy to peroeive that farmeis w re making little effort to clear land when there is little or no market. MR. HUNTLEY RE - APPOINTED. Will Serve Second Term on State Board of Pharmacy. Representative Clyde G. Huntley has been re-appoiuteu by Governor Geo. E Chamberlain a member of the state B ard of Pharmacy fot a five-year term. Mr. Huntley is a well known druggist and a popular cian of this city, and was last June elected to a third term in the state legislature. He has served as chair man and secretary of the Board. The appointment, is very gratify ng to his lriends in Oregon City and elsewhere, Test Board Bill Law. Salem, Ore., July 19. It is likely that the law for the prosecution of men who jump board bills will have a test in the courts. The case in point i' that of J. E. Farnham, who was charged with defrauding (Manag er Connor, of the Willamette hotel, and he is under arrest at Los Angeles and may be extradited. The case will be fought upon the grounds that the law: for ihe protection of hotel keep ers provides a species of imprisonment for debt. O. A. C. Instructors. Corvallis, Ore., July 19. The Board of Regents of the Oregon Agricultural College has appointed J.H. McDouval assistant professor of electrical en gineering ; Marl- Mc A Dieter instructor in woodwork; L. D. Baldwin assistant in English ; and C. M. McKillips as sistant professor of pharmacy. The contract for the new women's boilding to be erected on the campus has been let to H. Snook, of Albany, fcr $9,000. Ready For Bridge Construction. , Chief Engineer Donald, of the Will amette Valley Traction Company, has rented three acres of ground at Wil sonville Irom Peters & Aden, lor the purpose of a Bite for bunk and con struction houses. Work will be com menced without delay on the new bridge across the Willamette at Vil sonville for the company's valley elec tric line. i' V. 4-fc , - Prominent Spiritualist Says Hard Things of Teddy. CALLS PRESIDENT BRUTE Charges Him With Telling College Students That to Fight and Kill Is Glorious. Severe criticism was male of Presi dent Roosevelt by Harrison U. Barrett, president ot the National Splntuhst, Association, who Sunday delivered an address before the Oregon Spiritua list Associi t on in New Era where this s o1; is conducing its annual nanipmeet ing. The speaker said that Roosevelt, alihoigh h'J uul been honored with the highest offlue in the gift of the Amer ican people, was generally credited with having led the notable attack ou Sail Juan Hill. The speakor charged that Roosevelt, instead of loading the assault on this stronghold, was not within three miles ot the scene of ac tive operations when the hill was cap tured. The speaker also deuounced the presideutasa "brute,!' haBing the oharge on an alleged address delivered by the president before an assembly of colleae students in which he al leged Roosevelt said it was glorious to fight and glorious to kill. Barrett charged that the president did not concede even to wild animals the right to live, and ceclared "wheu the pres ident has nothing else to do he comes to Colorado or some other Western state and spends his t'me killing mountain lions, bears and other wild animals." FISH CULTURIST NEEDED. Civil Service Examinations In Four Towns Angust 8. Field Superintendent Wisnor has announced that a oivil service exam ination will be held Wednesday, Aug ust.' 8th, for the position of fish cultur ist In the Bureau of Fisheries. The examination will be conduoted at poBtofflces in Astoria, Portland, Eu gene and Baker City and the depart ment desires that all men, between the ages of 20 and 40, who have been employed temporarily and otherwise in the work of fish culture should participate. It i possible that several Clackamas County men will take this examination. INSTALLATION AT MOLALLA. Officers of Oak Rebekah Lodge As sume Chairs. The officers of Oak Rebekah Lodge. Independent Order of tOdd , Fellows, were installed Tuesday night at Mol alla by Miss Anna Wileharc, district deputy, in the presence of a large number of the members of the order. Mies Wilehart was accompanied from this city by Mrs. J. J. Cooke. Mrs. J. L. Waldron, Mrs. T. Finnegan, Mrs. John K. Morris and Lou f cas ter. The installation was followed by a social time and the members of the Molalla lodge served ice cream and cake to their guests. .The follow ing orncers were installed: Mrs. Anette Albright, noble grand; Miss Cornelia Boyles, vice-grand; Miss Dora Moody, recording secre tary ; Mrs. Miranda Engle, treasurer; Evermann Kobbins, R. S. N. G. ; Mrs. Davidson, warden ; Mrs. Annie S. Clifford, conductress; Arthur Kay- ler, outside euard; George Case, in side guard ; Mrs. Oua Robbins, L. 8. V. U. ; Mrs. John Stuart, . S. V. G. HARVEST PICNIC AT DAMASCUS. Hedges Will Make Address and Cood Program is Arranged. Under the auspices of Damascus Camp, No. 7583, Modern Woodmen of Amerioa, a harvest festival will be held in Morton's Park -at Damascus Saturday, Aagust 11. State Senator elect Joseph E. Hedges will deliver the principal address at 10:80 A. M. and a good program will be rendered, including horse racing, toot races and other athletic sports. There will be dancing nn the platform and a grand ball in the evening in Elliott's Hall. Refreshments will be served.' The committee in charge of the affair is Hugh Lay, A. Wolfhagen and A. W. Osborne. Sweet Pea Contest at Cresham. The sweet pea contest at Gresham, organized in the public schools last Spring by County School Superinten dent R. F. Robinson, will be inaug urated Friday atfernoon and continue over Saturday. This contest is for girls ouly. Superintendent Robinson has placod the management of Eastern Multnomah County in this contest iu the hands of Miss Birdine Merrill, Mrs. Clara Anderson and Mrs. Ida M. Thorp, who will attend to having the flowers arranged for exhibition in the City Hall, Portland, by Friday noon. Czar Nicholas Tuts Russia Back to Old Conditions. ; t 1 ROLLERS IN CALIFORNIA Russell Sage Is Dead Bolt of Lightning Kills Five Persons at Ball Game In Wisconsin. St. Petersburg, July 23. The Czar has dissolved the douma and has o- dered the convocation of a new parli ament March 5, 1!)07. The. capital of Russia and the surrounding provmee is iu a state ot martial law. Russia is just where she stood two years ago, in tho complete grip of autocracy. The Union of Unions has docreed a general strike on AuguBt 18. Public and private me tings are forbidden. The excuse for diwsolving parlia ment is that the priuoipal object of thuse in control was to make it the ceuter nf revolutionary agitation, in stead of settling down to constructive work. NINE PEOPLE DROWNED. Vancouver. B. C. .Julv 21. The steam Princess Victoria, v hife on her way from Vancouver to Victoria to day, out down the tug Chehalis. Nine persons wore drowned. DREYFUS IS HONORED. Paris, July 21. Alfred Dreyfus was today decorated with the cross of the Legion of Honor on the exaot spot where he was degraded 12 years ago, ROLLERISM IN CALIFORNIA. Los Angeles, Oal., July 21 Holy Rollerism has struck California tud evangelists advise self-immolation by fir a. The authorities are taking steps to calm the frenzy of the people ot Montrovia, where the excitement is at ns heighth. LIGHTNING KILLS FIVE PEOPLE Manitowoc, Wis., July 22 A bolt of lightning killed tire persona out right today at a' ball game. Twenty were iujured and 60 were stunned by the shook. RUSSELL SAGE IS DEAD. New York. July 22. Rnssell Sage diud today. He was nearly 90 years of age and his fortune is estimated at $100,000,000. FATAL ACCIDENTS IN LAND. PORT- Portland, Ore., July 23. H. Cohroy, a young machinist, was killod today iu tine Multnomah Box Factory, being struck in the stomach by a flying lath. Frank Pelton, a workman in the plant ot the Portland Rendoring Com pany reubived injuries that cansed his death. The plant was wrecked by the explosion of a toiler used lor melting tallow. One of the owners, F. F. Lint received internal injuries but will recover. LONG FALL DOES NOT HURT HIM. Middolton, Ore., July 23 The! three year ol. son of 1. L. Lindsay fell to the bottom of a (10-foot well and was rescued practically unhurt. Tho sjiock knocked the breath out of his body, but he was soon restored to consciousness after beiug brought to tho surface. MAYS CANNOT DODGE. Portland, Ore., July 23. Judge Hunt made an ordor today that State Senator Franklin P. Mays must stand trial, notwithstanding his declaration that he is ill. DOUMA APPEALS TOPEOPLE. Viborg, July 28. The Russian Douma has adopted a proclamation to the people, which formally inaugur ates popular resistance to the Czar. REPUBLICANS WILL STAND PAT. Oyster Bay, July 23. President Roosevelt entertained prominent Re publicans at luncheon today and the party went over the plans of the con-, gressional campaign. The text book will be a "stand-pat" dooumnnt and tn speakers will be Secretary Taft, Secretary Shaw, Speaker Cannon, Senator Beveridge and other promi nent Republicans. BRUIN OUSTED FROM OFFICE. Portland, Ore., July 23. Captain of Detectives Patrick Bruin has been ousted from his office by Judge Frazer. Ho declares his appointment was il legal. Cadet McCuIly Suspended. Corvallis, Ore., July 19 Cadet Rus sell A. MeOully haa been susnendod from the Oregon Agricultural College pending an investigation. McCully caused trouble for Lieutenant Quin tan, who is to be present at the in vestigation. Capital of Alaska Coes to Juneau. Washington, D. O. Jaly 19. The government has changed the capitolof Alaska. Irom Hitka to Juneau aud Governor Hoggatt has rented; .'two rooms in the Court building, at Jun eau, and haa established himself there, Controversy Over Slashing Law Has Quieted. MEASURE IS UNPOPULAR Clackamas County Delegation In Legislature Will Try to Secure Its N Repeal. Few permits for burning slashings are being issued from the county clerk's oilice, in comparison with a year ago, when the law was brand new and when larmers fell over them selves to obtain licenses and growled forooiously at being oompolled to ask for leave to burn Hlashings ou their own laud. Nearly every candidate for the state legislature, recognizing that the law was manifestly unpop ular, promised, it elected, to do all in his power to accomplish its repeal, and if the next legislature does not tear the law from the statute books, it will not be the fault of the Clack amas County delegation at Salem. There is, however, among the lumber man aud sawmill owners, a duoided sentiment m favor ot the law, aud they declare that its' enactment has saved thousands of acres of fine tim ber from destruction. County Clerk Greenman has issued only a small number of hunting lioon ses,'but expoots the applications to inorease inside of a few weeks. Far mers have more than they can do at the present time to harvest their large crops, aud have no time for sport. v PRESIDENT CATCH RETIRES. Has Been Prominent In Educational . Circles For 50 Years. Corvallis, Ore., July 19 President Thomas M. Gatoh has retired from the presidency of the Oregon Agricul tural College. . He was 73 years of age nd haB teen teaching for the past 50 years. , . . -,, (.. .... President Gatch Was principal of Portland Aoademy from 1867 to 1870; . president of Willamette Univorsity from 1870 to 1880; president of the University of Washington from 1887 to 181)5 and has been president of the Oregon Agricultnral College sinoe 18U7. He haB held chairs in the Un ivorsity of Pacific, at Santa Ulara, California, public schools ot Santa Cruz, Wasco Academy and University of Oregon. SCORES ROOSEVELT. District Attorney Jerome Criticises the President. Warm Springs, On., July 19. Dis trict Attorney Jerome, ot New York, criticised President Roosevelt hero to- , night fn a speech on "Publio Opin ion, Its Power, some of Its Evils aud Injustices and onr Duty ns LawyarB Toward It." Reforring to the president' 8 criti cism of United States Judge Hum phries, Mtf. Jerome said: ''There is one injustice which public opinion not infrequently does; it is one which lawyers can do muoa to correct, and that is the criticism of Judges fcr de cisions which tlioy could not avoid making it they obey the law. The re cent spectacle of the Nation's chief ex?outive, himself not a lawyer, crit- iois ng in a publio doouoieut a Federal - Judge for his decision on a point of the law, has not, 1 believe, commend ed itself to the profession. The laws afe ours. Publio opinion made them and can ohange them. Every citizen has a right to criticise them and seek their amendment or repeal, but while they are our laws wo want our Judges to obey them aud not substitute for them something they deem in accord with a thing so mutable and diliioult to ascertain as publio opinion." Social at Canemah. An ice cream sooial was given Tues day evening on the lawn at the horns ot Mr. aud Mrs, Stokes in Canemah by the Canemah Aid Society. Many people were present and enjoyed the evening thoroughly. The proceeds will be applied toward furnishing a water supply to the Canuinai ceme tery. Corner-Stone Laid at Milwaukie. The corner-stone of the new city hull at Milwaukie was laid last week. Contractor J. M. Snyder, Charles Mullan, Rev. O. K. Ballard, the Mayor and a few others were pre ent. Mr. Snyder made a few appropriate remarks, expressing the hope that the erectiob of this building would be followed by others. Charles Mullan, by request, delivered the Lord's Prayer. Rev. O. K. Ballard pro nounced the benediction, and that ended the ceremony. The struoture will be 90x40 feet. In the lower floor a large gymnasium for the lire com pany will be placed. Here also will be the Council chamber. On the second floor, whioh will not be finish ed for the present, there will be serine largo hall.- - ri