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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 27, 1903)
THE MORNING- OKEGCXNIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 2T, liHJo. WHITMAN IN LEAD Produces One-Third of Wash ington Wheat Crop. LAR8EST YIELD 0 F OATS KNOWN JRTfceafBerrie Are Uniformly Plump .'ud Heavy, Even From. Tracts trUaX Ran Only Ten or Fifteen Basliels to the Acre. "Wbtiroaa has folly regained from XJncoln her title Banner "Wheat County of "Washington," and "will this year produce about one-third of all the -wheat grown In the cate. The output will be 20 to 25 per cent smaller than that of last year. The good crops aro nearly all In O. B. 4 J. terri tory and the poor cnes In that of the .Northern Pacific The acreage and yield of oats In the county Is greater than ever before, and the barley ctop Is also large. With wheat prices one-third higher than last year anil oats and barley also commanding high figures, "Whit man's grain crop will probably com mand more money than In any pre vious season. COLFAX, "Wash.. Aug:. 2G. (Staff corre spondence.) Rich and prosperous Whit man has again taken a good, strong hold on the title "Banner Wheat County of Washington." The right to use this title was questioned a few years ago by Lin coln County, but tho light lands of the latter this year failed to make good, and "Whitman will easily head the list In wheat yields. She not only enjoys this distinc tion with a much smaller yield than that of last year, but she will also be entitled to the credit of producing fully one-third of all the wheat grown In the state this year. This big country has suffered from the whims of the elements, as have her .smaller neighbors, but to a proportion ately smaller extent, and If the late grain maintains Its present satisfactory condi tions until maturity, the total yield will approximate 75 per cent of that of last year. An output of this size, with prices S3 1-3 per cent higher, will -accordingly bring more money Into the county than was secured, from the Industry last year. In addition to this fairly satisfactory wheat yield, "Whitman lias the largest and best crop of oats that she has ever grown arid a good crop of barley. As high as 100 bushels Of oats per acre have been report ed, and yields of G5 to SO bushels are qulto frequent. Barley Is also showing a big yield of very fine quality. Where Yields Are Best. The best yields In "Whitman County, so far as hoard from, are In the vicinity of Sunset, St. Johns, Thornton. Diamond and Endicott. Through this region yields of 40 to 45 bushels are quite common, and small yields arc tht exception. Around Farmlngton and Tokoa most of the yields are above the average, and the quality is excellent. The crop is also fairly good around Rosalie, but. Is poor around Pull man, where the biggest yields were re ported a year ago... , The American ridge district 'Is' turning out good yields, , and the crops over toward the Potlack coun try are also reported good. Throughout this country, as In Oregon, the yield is "spotted, adjoining fields showing a variation of 25 bushels per aero In the output, apparently with no differ ence "whatever in thd methods of farming or the quality of the wheat. The uniformly high grade of the wheat Is one of the remarkable features of this season's crop. Usu&lly in years of light yield there Is an abundance of shriveled grain, which will not weigh more than DO to 52 pounds to the bushel. This year some of the fields that are running only eight and ten bushels to the acre turn out wheat that is weighing as high as 63 and CI pounds to the bushel. Considering the locality, and that it Is the first crop, one of the most remark able yields reported this season comes from a quarter section of sod land near Hay, down on the light lands near the Snake. This new farm turned off 24 bushels to -the acre, and It weighed C3 pounds to the bushol. Paradoxical as It may seem, the yield of the county has been cut down by an Insufficiency of rain on the light lands and a surplus on tho heavy lands. A con siderable area of the heavy lands lying east or Colfax was not sowed last Fall on account of the dry weather, and when it was sown in the Spring cold rains re tarded Its growth, but gave the wild oats and weeds such a start "that the wheat was choked out- West of the good crop belt of the Sun set and Endicott region the Spring grain suffered from lack of moisture, and a considerable area. is being cut for hay. The Smut KvlL. There Is again much complaint on ac count of smut, and already two threshing machines have exploded from that cause. About the only localities that seem to be exempt from this evil are the light lands. where a volunteer crop cannot grow. At the same time the superiority of scientific farming over the "hlt-or-miss" system Is again apparent, for there are Winter wheat- farms .here .that arc perfectly free from smut. Ullis F. Smith, the "Wheat King of the Palouse," has thousands of tons of clean. high-grade wheat without a single grain affected- by smut. About a year ago Mr, Smith lavored The Oregonlan with an la teres ting and valuable article on his method for treating seed wheat. His the ory was that, if the seed was properly vUrollzed and cleaned, smut would not appear. His own experience has year aft er year demonstrated the truth of this theory, and there are plenty of careful farmers throughout the Palouse who are fully as successful as he has been. The dry weather iast Fall prevented the early germinating of the "Wheat after it was sown, and some of the farmers cred it the present abundance of smut to this fact. They argue that the wheat re mained so long In the dust that all of tho effect of the vttrollzlng was exhausted, and the smut germ revived before ger mination .began. Whatever the cause, it is a certainty that the quality of some very heavy yields of wheat has been senously impaired by this evil. Most of the fanners admit that there Is considerable careliissness In connection with the threshing machine explosions. These disasters are said to be due to using a 'cheap grade of oil. -which permits the journals to run hot. and. as the smut dust is very inflammable, tho explosion follows, unless a close watch Is kept on the machine. Best Crop Tributary to Portland. The O. R. & X. Co. seems to have had the same "stand in" with the elements la the Palouse that it had over la Walla Walla and Umatilla Counties, for prac tically all of the best yields are In the Portland roads territory, while the poor to fair fields are In that traversed by the .Northern Pacific There is not only a good yield In the territory reached by the O. R. & N. rail lines, but there is a fine yield over toward the Snake River, "which will supply a heavy traffic for the boats. An illustration of the out-turn of some of the lands lying over toward- the river was noticed at Pullman yesterday, when a man who had taken out 3GCO sacks. In the belief that they -would be ample ior his entire crop, returned for an extra 3000, and said he might need still another 10M. In contrast to this are reports from over on the main line of the Northern Pa cific, near Llnd and .Rltzvillc. .where the farmers are returning- from 25 to 60 per cent of the sacks, which they were unable to fill. Larjrer Acrence Xext Year. While the crop of Whitman County will this year fall 20 to 25 per cent below that of last year, and will be over a third less than the record yield of two years ago, there will be a larger acreage than ever next year, and, with a continuance of present good prices, or even with SO.cents net obtainable, the acreage will quickly Increase until crops of 12.000.000 to 15,000,000 bushels are not improbable. The attainment of this maximum pro duction is dependent on the price, how ever, for at anything under SO cents net there will be an Increasing tendency to ward diversified farming. All of the Eastern part of "Whitman County makes fine showing In diversified farming, and this branch of agriculture Is adding great- f to the wealth of the country. Even with large expansion In this direc tion, there will be some Increase in the wheat yield, for there are many thousand acres yet unbroken that are better adapt ed to wheat than to anything else. E. W. W. Innpector Arrnsmlth'ji Estimate. TACOMA. Wash.. Aug. 26. State Grain Inspector Arrasmith returned yesterday, after spending several weeks In the wheat fields of Eastern Washington, and states that he estimates the yield for this year at about SO per cent of a full crop, or about 20.000.000 or 21.000.OX bushels. In most localities the straw is light on the ground, but the grain Is plump and what Is known as the very best variety, even In the dry belt. Average fields In the dry belt are producing 10 to 15 bushels per acre. Quite a quantity of the new wheat, known as forty-fold, was raised this year. he says, and it seems to be an excellent grain. The berry is large and plump and the quality is excellent. Millers say they would as soon have It as bluestem, and they are paying bluestem prices for It. It seems to be peculiarly adapted to the heavy soli. CLACKAMAS ASSESSMENT DOUBLED. Southern Pacific Will Endeavor to Sccnre n. Redaction. OREGON CITY. Aug. 26. (Special.) The Southern Pacific officials will appear before the Clackamas County Board of Equalization, which meets next Monday. in an effort to secure a reduction in tho ' assessed valuation of their lands In this county as made by Assessor Nelson, who has Increased from about $300,000 to about JCOO.OOO the assessment of the company. It. Koehler. G. H. Andrews and W. W. Brethorton, of the Southeren Pacific Com pany, called on Assessor nelson today and collected statistics concerning the as sessment of the property of that corpora tion in this county for 1503. The Southern Pacific Company owns about 130,000 acres of land in Clackamas County, together with about 20 miles of roadbed. The valuation of all lands in this county, as -evidenced by the assess ment of last year, has been In every In stance doubled by Assessor Nelson In writing the roll this year. Of tho 130,000 acres of land owned by the corporation in Clackamas County. 79.112 i acres are not contracted for sale, while 49,484 acres are under contract. Since the last assessment was made In this county, the Southern Pacific Company has dis posed of 22.000 acres of the most valuable land, E. S. Collins becoming the pur chaser. Of that land. 15,000 acros consist ed of fine timber tracts, the remaining 5000 acres being grazing lands. While this property was last year assessed for only J1.S0 an acre. It has been listed this year at 5G. Assessor Nelson will complete the writ ing of the 1988 roll this week and will have it ready for the Board of Equaliza tion, which convenes Monday. ESCAPES FROM PENITENTIARY. Takes a Horse and Goes to Join the Clrcnn. SALEM, Or., Aug. 3G. (Speclal.)-John Seymour, a trusty convict at the Oregon State Penitentiary, ran away thl3 morning soon after he and other tu3ties were turned out for their day's work. Sey mour Is 22 years old. and was received at the prison last November on a conviction of larceny committed la Multnomah Coun ty. He had but four months more of his term to serve. Seymour was at one time a circus em ploye, and It Is, therefore, thought that perhaps he will attempt to escape with the Ringllng Bros, circus train. This forenoon a horse was stolen from the barn of F. A. Wiggins, on East Court street, ' between the prison and the city, and it is not improbable that Seymour stole the horse and hopes to ride to some other town, where he will Join the circus raln. Superintendent James has offered a re ward of 550 for Seymour's capture, and has conforred with the circus detectives and enlisted them in the effort to capture the convict. Co nut Teleirrnphlc Notes. Martin Zedmulr. convicted of the mur der of George Bolder, will be hanged In Montana Friday. The Auburn. CaL, Hotel was destroyed at an early hour yesterday morning. Daniel Christy, an aged man. and an other, 22 years of age, lost their lives. Poisonous fungus spread on the Mon tana ranges is killins. the grasshoppers by the millions. The fungus was sent out by the Bozoraan State Agricultural College. Tno Grand Lodge, A. O. U. W., of Mon tana, has lixea tho oeneaciary rate to members of K years or more at 50 cents for each 51000 of insurance, thus Ignoring tho Supreme Lodge rate. C. E. Buckley, one of the proprietors of the shingle mill near Lynden. this county, was killed Tuesday afternoon by the pre mature starting of the machinery while he was seeking to repair a belt. The will cf the late Alice Skae, "who died recently in New York, makes her daughter. Alice, chief logatee. Jeanette S. Toraple and Mary Skae. of Toronto. Can ada, are willed Tlo.0. An equal sum is given to the Museum of Art In San Fran cisco. Martin L. Bowers, a bridge builder of San Francisco, died in a city hospital after a brief illness. It Is believed he was poisoned, and Henry E. Bowers, a broth er, and Sadie Bowers, a sister-ia-law of the dead man. are openly charged with the crime. Two men. with drawn revolvers, held up the saloon of John Bonner, at 300 Turk street. San Francisco, two blocks from the City Hall, at 1:30 o'clock yesterday morning, robbed the proprietors and six of his patrons of their valuables, and, with a threat to kill the first man to give tnc alarm, they quietly disappeared. NAVAL GUESTS OF ARMY VANCOUVER, BARRACKS GARRISON GIVES RECEPTION. Officers From the Crnlaer Mnrble head and Gunboat Concord Arc Entertained at a Banquet. VANCOUVER BARRACKS, Wash., Aug. 25. (Special.) The reception given to the officers of the Marblehead and Concord by the officers of the Department of the Co lumbia at Post Hall tonight was an elab orate affair and largely attended. It was strictly military, and all the officers were In full dress. The costumes worn by the ladies were elegant, and thoroughly be coming the affair. The hall was beautifully decorated. The music was furnished by the Nineteenth Infantry Band. There were 30 ofilcers from the vessels present- The arrange ments were under charge of Post Adjutant Evans M. Johnson, and the whole affair i was most admirably conducted. It was j the most elaborate reception given In the I post for eorae time. 1 At the close of the dancing a banquet THE LATE 3IRS. JOSEPHINE was served and toasts given. The officers were highly pleased with their cordial treatment. Most of them remained here aunng me nignt. SOCKEYE RUN WAS VERY SHORT. Canners Desire a Closed Season to Insure Propagation. VANCOUVER. B. C, Aug. 26. The fol lowing self-explanatory message was sent the Minister of Fisheries today by the Fraser River Canners' Association. It in dicates the almost total failure of this year's salmon canning industry in British Columbia. It says "Hon. Raymond Prefontaine, Ottawa Tho Fraser River Canners' Association, In i view of the lamentably short run of sock- ' eyes on the Fraser River and the entire ' absence of salmon from the spawning grounds, respectfully pray that your de- , partment will prohibit all fishing on the Fraser River from August 23 to September 12, Inclusive, In order that the balance of the sockeyes remaining outside may be enabled to reach the spawning grounds and tho hatcheries get some supply of spawn. If a closed season Is not ordered tho future of the industry will be seriously threatened. Immediate consideration and a favorable reply by wire is earnestly re- quested In the Interest of the canners and the fishermen. w. v. jukuis. "Secretary." The total pack for the Fraser River is officially announced today at but lu,992 cases. WASCO TEACHERS AT INSTITUTE. Ninety Come to Hood River and More Will He There Today. HOOD RIVER, Or.. Aug. 26. (Special.) The Wasco County Teachers' Institute convened In the Opera-House this morn- fing promptly at 9 o'clock, with 90 teachers in attendance. Other teachers are ex- After a thunder-storm a cloudburst oc pected to arrive tomorrow, when the at- curred, and torrents of water poured down tendance will HKeiy be sweuea to is. on tne town, rusnmg seawara ana carry Justus J. Neff, Deputy County School ing houses, buildings, trees and people Superintendent, has charge of the Instl- The Late Mrs. J. IC Sears. tute. In the absence of Rev. D. V. Poling of The Dalles, J. S. Saunders, city super intendent of The Dalles public school, took charge of the musical programme. There were lectures today by Frank RIgler, D. A. Grout and A. P. Armstrong, all of Portland. Tonight before a targe audience Rev. D. V. Poling lectured on "Our Boys." The address was ably given and replete with helpful Ideas. ROBBED OF HIS PAY ROLL. Montana Railway Contractor Shows Flfrht, hut Is Overcome. BOZEMAN. Mont., Aug. 26. Hadley Morrison, a contractor on the Montana iwiuway. vims oa uis ui uais i;tt from Lombard, where his construction crews are at work, was held up by two highwaymen early this morning and re lieved of 51E0J In greenbacks. Morrison had some bills to settle that day In Boze man, and he had not proceeded far to- ward the depot before two men pounced upon him from the bushes. Morrison tried to draw his gun. but was hit over the head and badly bruised. There Is no clew to the robbers. MONTANA LAND WITHDRAWN. ' Thousands of Acres Included la a Reclamation Project. BUTTE, Aug. 26. A Miner special from Miles City. Mont., says: The local land office Is In receipt of telegraphic Instruc tions from the Interior Department to withhold from disposal by entry 47 town ships on the north side of the Yellow stone River, from a point opposite Terry northeast to the Missouri River, a dis tance of about 100 miles. The townships so reserved follow the course of the Yel lowstone River. This Is undoubtedly in anticipation of the long-talkefl-of Irrigating project, the preliminary survey of which was made several years ago. GENERAL SC3INER AT SEATTLE. Veteran Officer Hail Just Returned From the Philippines. SEATTLE. Wash.. Aug. 26. General Samuel S. Sumner, recently promoted to be Major-General In the United States Army, arrived in Seattle today from the Philippines, where he has been for the last three years. He has been In charge A. STAPLETON, OF SALEM. of the campaign against the Moros in the Island of Mindanao up to the time of the crushing of that revolt, when General Leonard Wood was sent out to relieve him and place the island under civil govern ment for the first time. General Sumner Is one of the oldest offi cers in active service CONGO FOR THE NEGROES Southern Methodist Bishop's Solution for the Race problem. BUTTE, Mont, Aug. 26. A Miner spe cial from Helena says "When, negroes quit ravishing we'll quit lynching, and not before." Those are the words of Bishop H. C. Morrison, of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, of Louisville, who Is in the city to preside over the annual con ference of that church.' "Another thing," the bishop continued. "If the newspapers of the country would give as much space to the horrible crimes which invariably precede a lynching as they do to the aetalls of the lynching. It would serve to place the public sym pathy where It belongs." In regard to the race problem, Bishop Morrison said "I hold the same views as are hejd by j Bishops Turner and ""Holsey, two very able members of the African Methodist Church, and that Is that separation Is tho only solution of the social question. The Valley of Congo offers the only oppor tunlty for the negro." FLOOD DEATH LIST IS LARGE. Cloudburst Causes Torrents of Water to Ruxh Through Che Foo. VICTORIA, B. C., Aug. 25. According to mall advices from Shanghai, several hundred lives were lost In the great floods ' at Che Foo, briefly reported by cable. before It. Stores and warehouses were NATIVE DAUGHTER OF POLK COUNTY MCOT, Or.. Aup. 23. Mrs. La dusica J. Sear?, wife of James K. Sears, of McCoy, died suddenly at her home, Friday, August 14. aged -SO year;. The burial took place at Zena Cemetery the lGth. Professor TV. J. Crawford delivered a brief address at the church. Mrs. Sears not being a member of any church, no religious servlcw were had. Mrs. Sears was of a very happy disposition, of great social qualities. She was high-spirited and a truly lovable woman. She was a de voted wife and mother. None knew her but to lore and admire her. Laduska J. Walker, daughter of Walter M. and Jane Walker, was bora in tho las cabin on their co nation claim in Spring Valley, Polk County, Oregon. May 21. 1S57. She was educated In tbe public scivoql and at the Sister's Academy at Sa- -lem. On January 10. 1S7S, at her home, she was married to James K. Sears who, with four daughters and one ton, survive her. flooded by the sudden flood, and the prop erty loss will reach millions. The water swept "with such force as to sweep 400 tons of coal Into the sea. The beach was strewn with wreckage and dead, and pre sented an awful sight. Over 300 Chinese I ?50 l bne dednat Che J- No foreigners are known to have been drowned. but a sailor from the United States Steamship New Orleans had narrow escape. Portland Boy Injured at Newport. NEWPORT. Or.. Aug. 26. This after noon Edwin Turnbull. 10-year-old son of Mrs. W. Turnbull of Portland, whn Is , spending the Summer here, was thrown - i from a donkey he was riding, receiving a compound fracture of the left arm Just below the elbow. When picked up the broken bones protruded through the flesh. Gravel, sand, sediments la tbe unaev sr HOODOO ON ALASKA MINE EMPLOYES OF TREADWELL PROP ERTY LEAVE IN NUMBERS. Death, to Several of Their Number by Various Accident Works on Supcrsltltious Fears. SEATTLE. Wash., Aug. 23. Because of continued disasters resulting in loss of life. 100 men have quit work In the Tread well mine on Douglas Island. Alaska. All gave up their positions last week. Forty returned on the steamer Dolphin, which brings the news of the wholesale desertion of the mine employes. The men do not make any charge of mismanagement, or aa unsafe condition of the mine. They rather intimate that the most famous quartz property In Alas ka Is "hoodooed." In support of this con tention, they cite that seven miners met violent deaths within a week at Tread well. Three of these were killed Satur day by a falling derrick. Explosions and other disasters caused the death of the others. SENATORS BACK FROM ALASKA. Subcommittee of Committee of Terri tories Brine Nevr From the North. VICTORIA. B. C, Aug. 26. The revenue cutter McCulloch arrived here to-day with the Senatorial party which visited Alaska on board. They left Seattle June 2S on the steamer Dolphin and went via Skag way, Dawson and the Lower Yukon to St. Michaels, where they boarded the McCul loch and visited the Pribyloff seal rook eries on August 4.' The Senators witnessed a seal drive on St. Paul Island where S009 pelts were se cured this season. Dutch Harbor, Kar luk, Kodiak, Valdes and other points were visited en route south. The party brought advices of a rich strike on Dex ter Creek at Nome on July 2S, where. $iax) was taken out In 12 pans. On the way to St. Michaels the Mccul loch picked up a boat from the Japanese sealing schooner Selfu Maru, who had lost their vessel and been adrift for two days. They were afterwards put aboard their schooner. The party includes Senators W. P. Dil lingham, of Vermont: H. E. Burnham. of New Hampshire: T. M. Patterson, of Col orado, and Knute Nelson, of Minnesota, who form the subcommittee of the con gressional committee on territories. VICTORIA. B. C, Aug. 26. The United States Senatorial Committee, which ar rived today, will. It is said, recommend the appointment of a delegate, though not elective, from Alaska. They will rec ommend the building of a government- aided wagon road from Valdes to Eagle, on the Yukon: the establishment of hatcheries for the salmon fisheries, to be maintained by taxes placed on the can nery output. Recommendations will also be made to revise the mining laws and Improve the mail service. SCOW WRECKS OLYMPIAN BRIDGE. Main Broken, and West-Slders Are Without Wnter. OLYMPIA. Wash.. Aug. 26. (Special.) The West Fourth-street bridge, the only means of access to the city from West Olympla and the large agricultural dls trlct west of Olympla, was wrecked last night by a runaway scow of gravel. The tide runs very swiftly under the bridge and the scow was being brought through by men poling. It got beyond "their control and crashed Into the piling of the bridge, wrecking a large" portion and tearing out a big section of the water main that supplies West Olympla. The residents of West Olympla have had to resort to boats to get to the city and are without water for domestic purposes or fire protection. The accident Is a repetition of one that happened a year ago when a boom of logs wrecked the bridge. 3LVSTER PLUMBERS AT WHATCOM. Annual Session of the Stnte of Wash- incrton Organize and Hear Report. WHATCOM. Wash., Aug.- 26. The eighth annual session of the Master Plumbers' Association of the State of Washington convened here today for a three days' session. Delegates are present from all over the state. The morning session was given over to. the appointment of the usual committees on credentials, resolutions and other work. This afternoon President Groom, of the local union, welcomed the visitors, and State President W. J. Creevey, of Seattle, responded on behalf of the vis itors. The report of the sanitary committee this afternoon was the feature of the day's work. It was ordered printed. The delegates are the guests of the local union at the theater this evening. To morrow occurs the election of officers. PULITZER'S SON UNDER ARREST. Alleged to Have Killed a. Mountain - Sheep, Contrary to Law. HELENA, Mont., Aug. 26. Ralph Pullt er. son of Joseph Pulitzer, of the New York World, was arrested late this afternoon by State Game Warden W. F. Scott, of Montana, on a charge of violat ing the game laws, by killing a mountain sheep. Pulitzer is alleged to have killed the sheep in Teton County near St. Mary s , Lake last June, when he was on a trip ! throuch the northern part of the state, t The arrest was made at Monlda, on the Montana-Idaho line, as Pulitzer was leav ing the Yellowstone National Park. He will be taken to Teton County, a distance of GOO miles, for a hearing tomorrow. VANCOUVER rOLICE CHECK WORK. Binding Link of Great Northern at Out! With Council. VANCOUVER. B. C. Aug. 2S. Owing to the failure of the New Westminster, Van couver & iukon Railway officials to ef fect an agreement with the Vancouver City Council regarding street crossings and other points In dispute, the Chief of Police, acting under Instructions from the Mayor, stopped all construction work to day on the line, which Is supposed to be the final link of the Great Northern Into Vancouver. LOG CRUSHES BOY'S SKULL. Swnmper Is Caugrht Unnware in CIctHknnic Camp. ST. HELENS, Or., Aug. 26. (Special.) j Henry Harms, aged about 17, was acci dentally killed In George Howatson s log ging camp this morning, near Clatskanle. Harms was working as a swamper, and had occasion to pass under a log that lay across a canyon. The log was being sawed In two and unexpectedly fell, crushing the skull of the young man. M'KEE WANTS A NEW LEASE. Contends with Proprietor for Pos session of Olympian Hotel. OLYMPIA. Wash., Aug. 261 (Special.) Look )i ' kosd or Pearline is known by its Suds THY do you bup VV Pose we- take so much space to tell you about GORDON hats It is because we want you to know all about them' How they are equal to $5 bats in. respect of style.and quality. After aSfrhile we shall save a lot -of money We'll just say: GORDON HATS Styles now ready, $3 And you'll know what that means, viz.v hat-excellence in style and price. Suit has been filed In the Superior Court hero by Mrs. Ida McKay to obtain pos session of The Carton, one of the two leading hotels of the city, of which sho is tho owner. The property was under two-year lease to Joseph and C. R. McKee. According to Mrs. McKay's contention. the lease expired Aug. 20, at which time the lessees were notified to vacate. The lessees claim they had the privilege of re-lcastng. Defective Youth School Opens. VANCOUVER, Wash., Aug. 26. (Spe cial.) The Fall term of the State School for Defective Youth will open today. The Instructors will remain about the same as last year, under the direction of Professor James Watson. The attendance bids fair to be up to the usual standard. Many stu dents have arrived, and will be In at tendance the opening day. Deposits of Statuary Marble. BUTTE, Aug. 26. A Miner special from Big Timber says that an immense de posit of fine statuary marble has been discovered In Deer Creek country, near this place. The vein is about 400 feet wide and extends over a dfstance of four miles. Considerable gypsum Is said to accompany the ledge of marble. Salmon Appear In the Slunlaw. EUGENE, Or.. Aug. 26. (Special.) The regular annual run of salmon on the ' Sluslaw is just beginning to appear In the bay, and the canneries near Florence are preparing for the pack. In a few days it is thought the first will be suffi ciently plentiful to begin canning, and that there will be a heavy season. Experiments in Fire" Department. ABERDEEN. Wash.. Aug. 26. (Special.) The Council has had an expensive ex perience In buying its first team to draw the 56500 fire engine purchased recently. The first team, which proved valueless, cost 5550. The second team, which has kbeen pronounced suitable, cost 5125. Oregon Hose Team to Rnce. OREGON CITY, Or., Aug. 26. (Special.) L. Ruconlch, manager of the Oregon City hose team, today received and ac-l cepted an Invitation from the manage ment of the Multnomajh Athletic Club to participate in the hose races that will be" held la Portland during the carnival, Sep tember IS and 19. Vale Methodist Church Dedicated. VALE. Or.. Aug. 26. (Special.) On the evening of Sunday, Aug. 23, Presiding I Elder Van Dusen, Rev. W. W. Deal of Welser. and Rev. H. G. Carter of the- Valo circuit dedicated tho First Meth odist Episcopal Church of Vale The church Is without debt. The man on the staee who does the trick of escaping from firmly tied ropes, submits to the bonds with a smile. He knows he can get out of the ropes that are being knotted. Put the same man in the woods and let Indian captors bind him to a tree for torture and he would 6truggle to the last against the bonds. When the stomach is diseased there are bonds being woven every hour about the organs dependent on the stomach heart, lungs, liver, kidneys, etc The folly of mankind is to passively submit to the fastening of these bonds with no effort to escape until the pain they cause arouses fear. Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery cures diseases of the stomach and other organs of digestion and nutrition. It cures diseases of heart, liver, lungs, kid neys and other organs, when these dis eases, as is often the case, have their origin in the diseased stomach. "For a long time I was suffering and was hardly able to tret about." writes Mr. Andrew J. Jennings, of Thomas. Tucker Co., W. Va., Box 194. "Was bothered with kidney trouble and. rav whole system was out of order; had no appetite. A friend of mine told me to try Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. I did so and the first bottle restored my appetite. I took six bottles of 'Golden Medical Discovery and' some of the 'Pleasant Pellets' and fcsl like a new person." Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cleansa the clogged system from impurities. CUTLERY RW&ADE VENTED .If they're thin. weak, watery, then there's I very little soap in. your Washing Powder. That means little cleansing power or some I raw chemiceU. PEARLLNE suds are thick. 1 'rich, strong- Compare for yourself and prove how needless it is to put soap withe PEARLINE. It does more work tha.n any I other safe washing powder. 69i We Are Always Willing to Wait for Our Fee Until Cure Is Effected. Dr. W. Norton Davis If we do not know from long ex perience Just what our treatment will do In diseases of men, does it look reasonable that we would be willing to treat all diseases of which we make a specialty under a positive guarantee to cure or re ceive no pay? This, however, is just what we are willing to do and have been doing for many years. If you wish positive talk we are willing to talk positively. After we aave diagnosed your case we will tell you plainly if we can curo you. If we undertake your case you take no chances as you are abso lutely certain of being cured, else treatment costs you nothing. "Weakness" Our success In permanently cur ing that condition commonly known is "weakness, fully demonstrates the absolute correctness of our method of treatment which Is a method employed by ourselves alone. We do not stimulate the functions to temporary activity by the use of strong internal tonics. This is the course commonly pur sued by both general practitioners ana specialists, ana is a treatment that cannot positively result In a permanent cure. "Weakness" Is merely a symptom of chronic In flammation In tne prostate gland, brought on by excesses or early dis sipation or by the improper treat ment of some contracted" disease- A complete and radical cure is, therefore, a question of restoring the prostrate gland to its normal Jtate and this we accomplish promptly and completely mainly by the use of local remedies. Our treat ment Is original and scientific, and has proven absolutely effective In thousands of cases. We are con vinced that by no other methods can full and permanent restoration of strength and vigor be accom plished. Contracted Disorders Improper treatment of contracted disorders can easily bring loss of power. An examination reveals this very cause In a large portion of the cases 'Of "weakness." Lingering in flammation centering in the pros tate gland Is sure to result in dis ordered functions, and tho condition will never be corrected until the inflammed and swollen gland is re stored to its normal state. We thoroughly cure every contracted disease we treat. The remedies we employ are known to ourselves alone and no other physician has yet produced equally prompt ana thorough cures. Stricture Our treatmen for stricture re-, moves the necessity for surgical operations, even in severe cases bf long standing. We do no cutting jr dilating. No other physician em ploys our method of overcoming this disorder, so the service we of fer you Is original and distinctive. Do not give up hope because others have failed. We will cure you and the cure will be a prompt and pain less one. Our treatment dissolves the stricture and permanently re moves every obstruction from the urinary passages, subdues all in flammation, relieves all irritation or congestion, that may exist In the kidneys or bladder, reduces en largement In the prostrate gland and restores health and tone to all organs affected by the disease. Syphilis The use of mineral poisons In this disease frequently results in the virus being driven deeper Into the system, where it attacks and destroys even the very bones of the 'sufferer. We positively drive the very last taint of this poison from the system In 60 days. The cure la thorough and permanent, and every symptom of the disease vanishes forever. We use harmless blood-cleansing remedies, heretofore unknown in the treatment of this disease. We regard our success In overcoming this frightful leprosy as the crowning triumph of our professional career. PILES Quick Cures Certain Cures We cure the worst cases of plies permanently without the use of ointments, without pain, cutting or detention from business in from two to three treatments. Our treat ment is entirely new and peculiar to ourselves. Remember, no mat ter who has failed before in your case, we will cure you with mild methods, and without danger, or else make no charge whatever for our services. Should you live at a distance, we can treat you successfully" at home. WE ARE ALWAYS WILL ING TO WAIT FOR OUR FEE UNTIL A CURE IS EFFECTED. Consultation Free at Office or by Mai! Feel free to call upon us for con sultation and examination, for which no charge will be made. You will be. under no obligation to place your case in our hands ex cept you consider it to your best Interest to do so. Should it be Im possible for you to call, write for our book and question blank. e will diagnose your case without charge and tell you whether we can treat you successfully by letter. OFFICE HOURS: 9 A. M. to 12 M., 1:30 to 5 and 7 to 8 P. M. Sundays and holidays 10 A. M. to 12 M. DOCTOR W. Norton Davis & CO. 14 5K Sixth St., Cor. Alder Portland, Or. Delegates to Irrigation Congress. VANCOUVER, WasR, Aug. 25. (Spe cial.) Matt Brown and A. J. Young havo been appointed delegates to attend the National Irrigation Congress, which con venes at Ogden, Utah, Sept. 13, the Board of County Commissioners making tho selection.