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THE MORNING OBEGONIAN, FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 1903.
HEED WATER ONLY
Harney and Malheur Counties
Cry for Irrigation.
GOVERNMENT AID QUITE LIKELY
Corps of Engineers Xovr at Worlc
Ascertaining the Practicability
of Establishing Vat Storage
Reservoir at Head of River.
Judge "William Miller, District Attorney
tor the Ninth Judicial -District of Oregon.
Is here from Ontario, and la registered at
the Imperial. He has been a resident for
the past 21 years of Eastern Oregon, and
expresses an unlimited amount of confi
dence In the resources of the southeastern
portion of the State.
In an interview yesterday he stated that
the prospects are good for the Govern
ment's early aid In solving the irrigation
problem in Harney and Malheur counties.
For the past two weeks a corps of engi
neers In charge of Engineer Newell have
been operating at the head of the Malheur
Biver to determine the practicability of
establishing a vast storage reservoir sys
tem to hold the high waters of spring in
check for use In the dry season.
"According to preliminary surveys that
have been made by competent engineers,"
said Mr. Miller, "it Is evident that the
head waters of the north fork of the
Malheur Riyer can be drained into Sll
vies Valley in Harney County. This val
ley is about 18 miles long and will average
about five miles In width. It Is so level
that a moderate sized dam at its lower
end will make a lake of its entire area.
"In the dry season the early spring
water which could be stored in it would
be serviceable In Irrigating the large
amount of lands bordering the lower part
of Sllvies River, and passing later from
these lands It would be collected In Mal
heur Lake and pass from that Into the
south fork of the Malheur River for use
in the fertile valleys through which it
passes.
"Mr. "Whistler, one of the engineers who.
made the preliminary survey, says that
the project is entirely practical. It the
men who are representing the Government
there now arrive at the same conclusion
It is probable that the thing will materi
alize at no distant time, and if It does it
will benefit that portion of the State more
than any one unfamiliar with the condi
tions there can realize."
The Judge said further that it would be
practical to form a series of reservoirs
through the Malheur Canyon, but as the
expense would be great the' could only
be made by national aid. An excellent
site for one of these Is at the Harper
ranch, which embodies a valley seven
miles long and two or three miles wide.
"When the snow melts In the early spring
an enormous amount of water flows away
from the higher mountains, and if but a
part of this could be retained till summer
a vast amount of land now overgrown
with sagebrush could be utilized.
Bordering the lower Malheur are thou
sands of acres of rich soil that is uncul
tivated, but which could be made to pro
duce from six to ten tons of alfalfa an
nually if It could be irrigated twice 'or
three times during the season. This soil
is formed largely from decomposed lava
enriched by vegetable matter, and com
bines all the chemical elements necessary
to plant life.
Mr. Miller estimates that 40 acres of that
land well watered can be made to produce
a good living for any family. There is an
abundance of this land yet unclaimed.
On the uplands and table lands of the
Malheur River, Bully Creek. Willow
Creek, Owyhee River, and Snake River
aro miles and miles of It awaiting the
llfe-glvlng element of water and the hand
of man to convert it into landscapes of
beautiful homes.
The desert appearance of this land
often misleads the stranger Into the con
viction that it is of but little value. But
the localities where irrigation is carried
on give an undeniable evidence of what
it may produce. Fruits and vegetables
raised on the Malheur River, have on sev
eral occasions won the first prizes at
State fairs, though the profits on hay are
generally so much greater than on other
poducts that but little exportation of the
latter has yet been made.
Malheur and Harney Counties are al
most identical In their interests. Each has
exceptionally good agricultural and stock
raising resources, though the development
of the former industry in each Is yet in its
infancy. In earlier times the large cattle
companies, such as the Lux & Miller
Company, had unlimited access to the
range, but of late years settlers have
"been crowding them tb the wail. There
is a gradual change taking place and
advanced civilization Is succeeding fron
tier life.
"With the decline of the cowboy period
the rest of the State is begining to real
ize that Southeastern Oregon has other
resources distinct and separate from that :
of cattle-raising. And even now there are
but few who really know what- a promis
ing country it is.
"Ah," said Mr. Miller, nodding his head
emphatically, "that country Is an empire
of hidden wealth. What It needs Is ad
vertising to bring in the men of industry.
It needs, too, as I have said, to have the
Irrigation capacity enlarged, and it needs
a railroad to bring It and Its products In
direct contact with the outside world. It
will take time to accomplish all this, but
the wealth Is there awaiting to be cap
tured by the people who are willing to
seek it.
"Its one great disadvantage has been
its lack of transportation facilities. There
has yet been no use of producing anything
beyond that which is needed for local con
sumption, with the exception of livestock,
for It could not be disposed of. Of course,
there Is a little portion of Malheur County
that is touched by the Oregon Short Line,
and this gives, as it were, a sort of an
outlet, but not until the road now partly
constructed up the Malheur River is com
pleted and in operation, will that part of
Oregon he fully appreciated by the rest of
the State.
To the class of people now occupying
that locality. Mr. Miller had many compli
ments to offer. He-explained how the un
selfish hospitality of many ranchers was
shown during the last winter. The hay in
some places gave out long before the
grass was high enough in the Spring to
support the cattle. As a result hay went
lip to a very high figure. It could scarcely
be obtained for $15 per ton In the stack.
He told of several Instances where men
who had plenty on hand in excess of what
they would need did not charge their
fellow-cattlemen the prico that the hav
demanded, but allowed them to borrow It
with the understanding that It should bo
returned next season without any addi
tional amount as Interest. Some even
went so far as to part with so much as
to leave themselves in danger of running
short.
In regard to the old county-seat fight
between Vale and Ontario, Mr. Miller said
that the tendency was to drop it The
people were realizing that they could ac
complish more by working for a common
Interest than dividing on local issues. For
several years the two towns have been
contending for the seat of the county gov
ernment, and at times the issue gave rise
to much bitterness. The matter has been
brought before the Legislature on differ
ent occasions, and each side has spent
more money on the matter than It de
served. Now, however, the outlook for an
agreeable settlement is promising, and the
more conservative citizens of each nino
are looking forward to mutually working
aw cu-j guuu uu. uie couniy.
Citizens of that part of Oregon, he ex
plained, have in" the past been so content
to make their money, easily by the grow
ing of livestock that there was nq reason
for them to seek immigration, and, indeed,
many of the ranchers were opposed to the
country becoming thickly settled. Now.
however, there is a growing feeling that
the country should be built up and its re
sources developed. There is a probability
that a county board of trade will soon
bo organized in Malheur County, and that
a systematic method of determining the
area of various kinds of land, the data of
production and resources of the county
will be established together with pro
visions for sending this material abroad
for the information of intending settlers.
WORSE THAN AN ORPHAN
Little Roy Kisor Is Reared la H&Hats
of Vice.
"Worse than an orphan." said Chief of
Police Hunt last night, as he heard the
story of little Roy Kisor, who was
brought to the police station by Officer
Price.
Although scarcely 6 years old, the boy
has no one to care for him, and no one
to love him. His mother offers him neith
er care nor attention. Afraid of a beat
ing, the boy last night refused to go
home.
He was found late In the evening by
Policeman Price. The latter was not on
duty, but as he was passing Third and
Market streets, he heard a sharp report
and listened. Another and another rang
through the still evening air.
"He's killing the whole family," mused
the ofllcer. "It's me for the detective
force," and he started at top speed for
the scene of the shooting. As he turned
the corner, he beheld the harmless little
boy sitting on the sidewalk and lighting
firecrackers.
"What do you mean by disturbing peo
ple in that way?" asked Price, when hei
saw the cause of his alarm; but a- mo
ment's conversation showed him that
there was something strange about the
boy.
"Where's your home?" he asked.
"Ain't got no home," answered the boy
in the most matter-of-fact way.
"Where do you live?"
"Wherever my mother goes I generally
go."
"Where is she now?"
"She has rooms on First and Washing
ton." The stern officer of a moment before
became the good-natured man willing to
help the little fellow out.
"Well, this is no time for such little
boys to be out on the street," he said. "I
am going your way, and I will take you
home." Overjoyed at finding an agreeable
companion, the little fellow trotted along
by his side and showed him to a room
where he said that he and his mother
stayed.
There was no one there, and the officer
thought he had made a mistake. He in
quired of. the peoeple in the house, but
they said they did not know the boy and
were sure that he did not live in the
house.
He was taken to the police station and
an effort made to find his people, but
no one seemed to know him. Finally
Charles Rosle, a bartender at the Boston,
was found and said that he knew the boy.
"I have been taking care of him as' well
as I could for nearly a year," he said. "I
am working and cannot look out for him.
When he gets hungry he comes down to
the saloon and I give him money to get
something to eat with. He has been
sleeping with his mother, but of late she
has taken up with a German who tends
bar a day or two In the week to keep from
being arrested on a charge of vagrancy.
This man is very mean to the boy, and
beats him so hard that he is afraid to go
home."
Rosle seemed to manifest a great inter
est in the little fellow's welfare, and said
that he would send the boy to Beaverton
to the Catholic school If the police would
permit it. Chief Hunt, however, after
hearing the story, decided that it was a
case for the Boys and Girls Aid Society,
and ordered the boy to be turned over to
Officer Hawley.
HATCHERY AT ONTARIO
GIRLS WIN DIPLOMAS.
Commencement Exercises Held at St.
Helen's Hall.
The fragrance of June roses and the
presence of hosts of girls in dainty light
gowns made the commencement exercises
of St. Helen's Hall seem of quite the ideal
order. The graduates of the class of 1903
are Miss Elizabeth Stuart, who completes
the academic course, and Miss Mary E.
Bays and Miss Augusta Humphrey, from
the kindergarten training class.
Bishop B. Wlstar Morris presented the
diplomas and at the same time presented
Miss Pearl Grimes with a beautiful lov-ing-ci'p,
the gift of Miss Eleanor Tebbetts,
principal of the echool. The honor was
conferred upon Miss Grimes after her
classmates had voted her to be the most
obedient and courtetous girl In the school.
After the religious service, conducted by
the bishop, the commencement exercises
were begun by a Spring song by the chorus
class.
Right Rev. Frederick Keator, bishop of
Olympia, then addressed the graduates and
the school and gave much earnest and
valuable advice as to the way to lead a
happy and successful life. He urged the
importance of self-control and spoke in a
cheering way of the strength there always
is in Christian hope.
Miss Bellus played a charming noc
turne by Field, and Miss Lily Banfleld,
one of St. Helen's Hall's most popular
sopranos, sang "The Flower Girl" (Bevi
quanl). "Llebestraum." by Uszt, was a
delightful piano solo by Miss Sloss. Miss
de Bevoise sang "When Cella Sings," a
charming soprano solo by Moire.
Bishop Morris presented the diplomas in
the cordial and gracious manner charac
teristic of all his speeches of this kind.
and his address was received with deep
attention. The bishop praised the girls for
their obedience to their teachers and for
their high scholarship.
"Tou can take no better text," he said.
"than obedience and courtesy. The life
and blessings God gives you are to teach
you this that you are to be obedient
through all the duties and responsibilities
of life."
Miss Ethel Webb sang Dudley Buck's
"When the Heart Is Young," winning
much applause. The programme ended
with an overture, "Rosamunde" (Schu
hert), played by Misses Grimes, Bellus,
Sloss and Tanner. A great many roses
and carnations were presented to the
graduates and the singers, and between
the numbers of the programme the two
small ushers, Georglana Leadbetter and
Paul Rlggs, were kept busy with flower
laden errands.
SEW PLAJTT WILIi BE READY FOR
TJSEJ THIS SEAS OX.
Master Flsa Warden Speculates ea
tkc Return of Propagated Sal
raoa to t&e Willamette.
Master Fish Warden Van Dusen said
yesterday that the new hatchery buildings
and epuipment at Ontario will be ready
for use this season. "A Portland architect
is drawing up plans," remarked Mr. Van
Dusen. "Next month after the freshet
subsides we shall place our racks to
head off the fish. The salmon which will
reach the hatchery at Ontario have been
entering the river for the past month.
"The earliest fish that come In go up
the Willamette. That's in February.
March and April and in, the first half of
May. It Is noteworthy that few salmon
come into the Willamette after "May 15.
Fishermen have told me this for several
seasons and each year has verified It.
I watched it closely this year and sure
enough, it came true again.
"There will not be another run of
salmon in the Willamette until FalL The
fish will come again in August and will
continue through September and October.
These salmon do not reach the high
waters of the Willamette. The United
States hatchery on the lower Clackamas
propagate these late fish.
"But the early salmon go to the head
waters. They're the fish which the state
hatchery on the Upper Clackamas has
been propagating."
Mr. Van Dusen is convinced that the
Upper Clackamas hatchery has kept up
the early Spring runs of fish. This hatch
ery was the first to do large work In
Columbia waters and the fry which it sent
out four and five years ago are now com
ing hack. The run of fish In the Co
lumbia last Spring was good. Mr. Van
Dusen believes that they were Willamette
River salmon.
"It's Interesting to note," he went on,
"that when the Willamette is full of back
water it receives few or no salmon from
the Columbia. In Spring months, when
the Willamette is a strong stream, It has
runs of salmon. A peculiar variety of
salmon, not. however, so peculiar In Its
outward appearance as In Its instinct,
seems to choose the Willamette every
Spring to propagate In. I don't know why
this is and I can't predicate this charac
teristic absolutely. There's sometlung
very mysterious about it The fish may
choose the Willamette for the tempera
ture or the taste of Its water. Some per
sons presume that the salmon have a
sense of smell which guides' them up this
way. It looks queer, doesn't It, for fish to
have gumption enough to come back into
the very stream to propagate in which
they received their life. It all goes to
show how little we know of the Impulses
or reason or instinct of the salmon
species. Whether these salmon are the
creatures of a peculiar evolutionary pro
cess in which the season of the Willam
ette freshets or the temperature or taste
or smell of Its water has been the for
mative influences, we don't know. It
certainly Is a subject big with mystery."
Little fishing Is going on in the Colum
bia just now, because of high water and
drift. "When the river Is rising, said
Mr. Van Dusen, "salmon do not run.
They halt in their progress up stream
until the river begins to fall. This Is
what old fishermen tell me and their testi
mony Is as good as any. There may be
100.000 salmon In the Columbia between
the Willamette and The Dalles, but they
won't move up stream until the river be
gins to recede."
The Legislature at the last session ap
propriated $15,000 for hatcheries at On
tario, in Wallowa County, and on the
McKenzie. Mr. Van Dusen does not
know how the money will be apportioned
between the three stations.
ALLAN A. WRIGHT RESIGNS
Leaves the Knickerbocker Hotel to
Return to Portland.
SEATTLE, Wash., June 1L (Special.)
Allan A. Wright, manager of the Knick
erbocker Hotel, of this city, today re
signed, and at a meeting of the stock
holders F. C. Harper, one of the largest
stockholders In the Seattle Hotel Com
pany, was elected to succeed him. Mr.
Harper takes charge In the morning.
Mr. Wright leaves Seattle tomorrow for
Portland, where he will again connect
himself with the management of the Port
land, which he left at the time he came
here, three months ago, to open the new
house.
Wanted In Dalian.
John Chittenden was arrested last night
by Detectives Day and Kerrigan on a tele
graphic dispatch from John H. Ashoot.
Constable of Dallas. The complaint stated
that Chittenden was wanted for obtaining
money under false pretensss at Dallas.
He was found by the detectives on the
towboat Maria.
Call for Condition of Banks.
WASHINGTON. June 1L The Con
troller of the Currency has Issued a call
for the condition of Notional banks at
the close of business Tuesday, June 9.
WOMEN WOULD NOT POSE
that they are notorious pickpockets. I
know their records for several years back.
They have been working-this town off and
on lor several months, and this is the
first time we have had a chance to get
them. We keep pictures of all the notori
ous rogues, and the pictures of these wo
men should be in the rogues' gallery."
"I have not investigated the matter
thoroughly," said Chief Hunt, "but I do
not think the officers would strike a man
under such circumstances, much less a
woman. I am inclined to think that we
had a perfect right to take the pictures.
Detective Day knows them to be crooks,
and we make a practice of keeping the
pictures of such people for reference."
As soon as it was reported that one of
the women was seriously injured. Chief
Hunt telephoned for Assistant City Phy
sician Dr. Slocum. He made a careful
examination, but said that be found no
evidence of any injury of consequence.
"There were a few bruises," said he,
"which might have been caused by the
grip of tne officers in holding her."
Attorney Hume sent a physician of his
own ohooslng to examine the case. Mr.
Hume says that his physician found un
mistakable evidence of violence, and was
unable to tell how serious the injuries
might be.
"I asked him," said Mr. Hume, "if the
bruises he found could have been caused
by the officers in trying to hold them,
and hesald that there was unmistakable
evidence thit they had been struck violently.'"
DRUNK AND JEALOUS.
JeflE Miller, Blacksmith, Is Arrested
While in a Frenzy.
Family troubles reached their height
last night when Jeff Miller, a blacksmith
who has a shop at Fourth and Davis
streets, went home drunk and accused his
wife of being disloyal.
Mrs. Miller resented the charge, and by
the way of showing his displeasure the
enraged man broke up all the furniture in
the house. He then seized his repeating
shotgun and announced that he was going
out to get Clinton Haight, whom he be
lieves has been paying attentions to his
wife. An officer was quickly summoned,
and the jealous Benedict was placed un
der arrest. The charge made against him
was "drunk and disorderly."
According to the testimony of Miller at
the station, he has been suspicious of his
wife for some time.
"Young Haight has been at our house
nearly every evening for seceral weeks,"
said he last night. "Only the other day I
told him that he must never come on my
premises again. Yesterday I was working
in the shop and some one telephoned to
me that he and my wife had gone to Van
couver together. I thought It was a good
chance to catch them, and started at once
to see If the report was true. I found
them together on the road to Vancouver.
I don't see why I should be arrested. I
simply was trying to protect my family,
ana every man nas a ngnt to- ao mat."
As Miller was discoursing so freely upon
his affairs he was leaning against the
railing for support, and his words were
jumbled out In a way that showed a few
more drinks would make him speechless.
Patrolman E. S. Nelson had made an in
vestigation of the circumstances and as
sured the captain that the man was only
telling his drunken fancies.
"He Is a hard drinker," said the police
man, "and when he gets drunk he Is very
quarrelsome. When I arrived at the
house today I found that he had broken
up a large amount of the furniture."
Policeman Teener arrested him, and said
that when he arrived at the house Miller
was sitting on the back porch with the
gun In his hand.
"I am looking for him," said he. "If he
ever comes on these premises again I will
kill him."
Alleged Pickpockets Refnse to Be
Photographed.
When an attempt was made yesterday
to take the pictures of two women pick
pockets at the city jail, trouble started
which is still brewing, and promises to
become interesting:.
Miss Mary Manning, alias Amelia Moran,
and Ella Wilson, alias Lizzie Wyman,
were the cause of all the trouble. Attor
ney Hume, their counsel, yesterday made
open charges of brutal assault against the
officers who were present when the pic
tures were being taken, and later stated
that he intended to file a damage suit
against the Police Department and the
City of Portland for $10,000.
The two women were arrested Wednes
day night on a complaint from a man who
said that he had been robbed by them.
Detective Joe Day declared that they were
noted pickpockets, and that he knew their
pedigrees from A to Z. The one who gave
her name to the police as Manning he
declared was none oihcr than the cele
brated Amelia Moran, known from coast
to coast as a clever pickpocket, and the
other, Lizzie Wyman, of almost equal
fame.
As Is the custom In tho Police Depart
ment, the official photographer was sum
moned, and the women were taken into a
room to have their photographs taken.
When they saw the game they offered a
strong resistance. Detective Day was
making an effort to hold one of the wo
men while the photographer made the ex
posure, but she would not submit With
a frantic yell which could be heard for
blocks, she began to fight and scratch
until tho detective had about all that he
could do.
Jailer Branch and Officer Price, who
did not know anything of the picture be
ing taken, heard the screams and thought
something very wrong was happening In
the room. They jumped Into the elevator
and hurried to the scene, Just in time to
assist in holding the woman. An exposure
was made on the first victim, but the
second fainted, or pretended to faint, and
the officers gave her case up as a bad Job.
The picture of the first when developed
proved to be of no value.
Their case came up for hearing in the
Municipal Court yesterday morning, with
Mr. Hume as their attorney. One client
was present, but Miss Wilson did not ap
pear in the courtroom.
' "My client .Is not able to appear," said
Mr. Hume. fShe Is not able to be out of
bed." He then proceeded to give the offi
cers a good rounding up.
xoe iwo women were taxen into a
room, said he, warming up to his re
marks, "and an effort was made forcibly
10 taxe tneir pictures. .No charge has
been made against them, and If there wa3
a charge, they have not been proved
guilty. Of course they would not submit
to having their pictures taken in such a
way. When they found that they could
not handle them, the officers kicked and
beat them until one Is seriously Injured
ana tne other is badly bruised up."
Judge Hogue was not ready to hear the
case, and continued it, fixing a ball of
$30 each for the appearance of the two
women.
"The whole thing Is an outrage," said
Mr. Hume, after he had talked to his
clients. "I think that we have Just cause
lor damages, and shall file a suit for $10.
030, provided my clients do not change
tneir minds about prosecuting the case.'
The officers who were present deny the
charges made and say -that the women
were not struck or kicked, and that they
were not nanoieci rougniy.
"I am sure there were no blows struck
while I was there," said Officer Branch
"We each held an arm Until the photog
rapher could get the picture. One woman
tried to make us think that she was hav
ing a fit, but I think It was only make-
believe." Officer Price gave the same
testlmonv.
Detective Day insisted that he'dld not
strike tne woman, and that he only used
what force was necessary to keep them
sun wnue tne pictures were belntr taken.
"I know theiHt" said he "and I know
PERSONAL MENTION.
Dr. M. M. Davis, of Corvallis, Is in the
city.
C. W. Nibley, of Baker City, Is at the
Portland.
F. A. Moore, a business man of Salem,
is at the Perkins.
Milton Schmltt.'a prominent attorney of
San Francisco, Is a guest of the Port
land. C. A. Johns, a prominent attorney and
politician of Baker City, is at the Im
perial. Dr. W. H. Flannagan, a physician of
Grant's Pass, is registered at the Im
perial. Deputy Collector of Customs R. F.
Barnes ha3 returned from a three weeks'
trip to Missouri.
Judge Page, of Astoria, passed through
the city yesterday on his way to Boston
on a bu&ness trip.
Frank Davey, of Salem, has moved to
Portland. Mr. Davey Is a member of the
Legislature. He says he has retired from
Politics.
C J. Carpenter, president of the Car
penter, Laub Company, of Minneapolis,
is at the Portland. Mr. Carpenter Is
heavily Interested in Oregon timber lands.
Mr. and Mrs. L. Samuel announce the
engagement of their daughter Estelle to
Herbert J. Gosllner, of San Francisco,
Cal. At home Sunday, June U, and Thurs
day, June IS.
Virgil Conn, of Paisley, Is at the Im
perial. Mr. Conn is in" the mercantile
business. He says fthit the repeal of the
scalp bounty has brought no ill effects to
the sheep industry.
A party of tourists from Cleveland. O.,
are at the Portland. Among them are
J. C. Wallace and wife: his brother, Rob
ert Wallace, and his wife, and Lydla and
Lindsay Wallace, their children.
Arthur Mackenzie and Edwin L. Mc
Klnlay, members of the class of 1S01 at
Portland Academy, and now attending
Princeton University, returned last eve
ning for their summer vacation.
Tom Allen, Sheriff of Harney County,
is among the arrivals at the Imperial.
"The hope of our region," said he yes
terday, "lies In irrigation, and we do not
talk much of railroads. If the land Is
irrigated the railroad will come quick
enough. Government surveyors, are at
work on an Irrigation project in Harney
County today, and upon their report
everything depends."
Moses Durkheimer. of Prairie City,
Grant County, accompanied by his wife,
has been In the city since last Saturday,
and will leave for home Sunday. Mr.
Durkheimer was raised In Portland, leav
ing here a number of years ago ,for East
ern Oregon. He Is a prosperous merchant
of Prairie City. He is a delegate to the
Grand Lodge, A. F. & A. M.f and its
master of Prairie City Lodge, No. 60.
Gilbert L. King, of Ontario, worshipful
master of Acacia Lodge, No. 118, A. F. &
A. M., Is attending the meeting of the
Grand Lodga. Mr. King is a pioneer of
Malheur County,, going there to open the
Oregon Short Line station when the road
reached that point. After many years of
railroad service Mr. King "retired to his
330-acre ranch adjoining the townsite.
which he has cultivated until It is like a
garden, and from the heights of which he
sees trains come and go and never regrets
that he quit railroading. He says -"Malheur
Is all right."
State Senator E. V. Carter, of Jack
son County, is a guest of the Imperial.
Mr. Carter thinks the Republicans did
excellent work in keeping the Democratic
majority cast in his county for Reames
in the late Congressional election, so low.
"When we consider all the circum
stances," said Mr. Carter, "I think we
made a surprisingly good showing. Jack
son County is the home of Reames, who
is personally a young man of high char
acter. The wonder Is that the Republi
can ticket was not snowed under there.
In Josephine Count there was much
money bet on the election, and to this
fact I attribute the Democratic victory
there. Every Democrat in Grant'3 Pass,
had money bet on Reames. Consequently
they all worked like beavers, and as the
bulk of the votes are cast In that city,
Hermann lost the county by a few votes.
But It didn't matter. He won by a large
and wholly satisfactory majority in the
district at large."
NEW YORK, June H.-SpecIal.)
Northwestern people registered at New
York hotels today as follows:
From Portland T. C. Devlin, at the
Arlington.
From Ashland, Or. T. W. Hammond, at
the Murray Hill.
From Seattle J. N. Jackson, at the Na
varre: J. E. Price, at the Manhattan.
From Spokane C. H. Breed, at the
Cadillac; D. A. Corbln, at the Murray
Hill.
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.
A new case of plague Is reported at
Iqulque, Chile.
Tho presidential elections In Santo Do
mingo have been set for June 20.
Foot and mouth disease prevails among
sheep Just brought to Liverpool from
Buenos Ayres.
The Standard Oil Company has been
forced out of Roumania by opposition of
the government.
The,jndnk3 expelled from France "will
come to Kentucky and endeavor to es
tablish a monastery.
Willis Brown, of Erie, Pa,, has been
elected president of the American Foun
drymen's Association.
Secretary Hitchcock has issued regula
tions prohibiting all molestation of the
wild animals In Yellowstone Park.
Eight thousand New York bricklayers
threaten to strike for 70 cents an hour,
as against 63 cents, now prevailing.
Major Robert L. Howse, who has been
ordered to Manila- to be present during
the investigation of the charges made
against him of cruel treatment ot Fili
pino persons, has sailed from Porto Rico
for New York.
The International Standard Type Com
pany, with an authorized capital of
$6,000,000, has incorporated In New Jer
sey. Dr. O. F. Howe has been chosen per
manent president of the Board of Trus
tees of the School of Applied Science at
Cleveland.
Andrew Carnegie has purchased from
Baron de Boyefhis notable collection ot
European fossils for the Carnegie Muse
um In Chicago.
Intoxicated Shoshone Indians yesterday
engaged In a battle with the native po
lice, five of whom were wounded before
peace was restored.
There is no truth In the report that
Queen Wllhelmlna has shown symptoms
of tuberculosis, or that she has any in
tention of going to Madeira or Cairo on
account ot her health.
Ex-Attorney General W. J. Hendryck.
of Kentucky, has been declared a bank
rupt In New York. His liabilities aro
$ln,259, and his assets principally were
lands of questionable value.
The University of Illinois has conferred
the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws
upon Representatives Cannon and Mann.
John E. Wright, managing editor of the
Chicago Post, was made a Master of
Arts.
Coal Roads Juggle Freight Rates.
NEW YORK. June 11. The Interstato
Commerce Commission resumed its hear
ing on the complaint of W. R. Hearst
against the coalcarrylng roads. W. A.
Marshall, of the firm of Reghter & Mar
shall, coal dealers In this city, Boston
and Philadelphia, was called, and said
it was usual when the price of coal was
low at tidewater for the railroad com
pany to make a monthly adjustment of
the freight rates so that the agent might
make a profit on the transaction. Slnca
March 1, 190L there had been no devia
tion from the schedule rate at $1.55 per
ton, free on board.
Chile Favors American Project.
NEW YORK. June 11. Charles M. Pep
per, of Washington, representing the Pan
American Railway, has been Introduced ta
President RIesco by United States Minis
ter Wilson in a private audience, at which
the Minister of Public Works was present,
says a Herald dispatch from Valparaiso.
Chile. Mr. Wilson and Mr. Pepper lett
the President greatly satisfied with the
result of the conference.
Danghter of Ex-Krench Ambassador.
PARIS. June 11. The death Is announced
of Louise Patenotre. the 9-year-old daugh
ter of M. Patenotre, the ex -Ambassador
at Washington, whose wife was Miss EI
verson, of Philadelphia,
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