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THE MORNING REGONIA THUSSBAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1903. BAD MEN BREAK JAIL Find Soft Spot In-tlie Wall at Hillsboro EASILY- DIG THEIR WAY OUT J. H. Bnrke . In Charged "With For gery and ,1s Very 3Iuch Wanted J. T. JlcXamara Was Under Arrest for Theft. HILLSBORO, Or., Sept 9. (Speclal.)-J. H. Burke and J. T. McNamara, two pris oners in the County Jail, made their es cape between 2 and 3 o'clock this morning, hy cutting a hole 10x13 through eighteen Inches of brick and mortar, making their way into the office of the Sheriff, thence to the hall, and out to open air through the rear door of the Courthouse. The prisoners were locked into the steel frame late last evening by Deputy Sheriff Fred Sewell, and, although -he noticed that the levers did not work as they should, he anticipated no- danger, as the mechanism had been unwieldly for some time. Dan Tromley, who is confined, awaiting a hearing on a .charge of threatening to kill, states that the two escapes discovered that the outer door of the steel corridor was not securely locked early In the even ing, and that after midnight came they started to work making the exit They went to excavating the hole a few feet above the floor, where some years ago a section of the wall had been torn out and then patched up. This place was not well filled and Its weakness was caused by the hole being first made to permit the Sheriff, some years ago, when W. D. Bradford was Sheriff, to get into the jail and get a key which had accidentally been left Inside. The prisoners worked with two pieces of Iron, eight inches long, which had for merly been a three-eighths wrought sta ple, and had been cut in two by a cold chisel, a long time since, as the cut was not fresh. They used a block of wood as a mallet and, according to Tromley, were not very long In making their exit They cautionad Tromley to make no alarm upon pain of death. They went out into the main hall of the Courthouse, and went Into the open through the rear door. Tromley remained Inside all night, although he could hare gained his freedom after the escapes left. He says that he told the escapes that es cape would mean- death to him, and that he preferred to remain in the jail with his wife, who last night was locked In the female department of the prison on a charge of larceny by bailee. He says they offered also to go and get a crowbar and let the woman out but that he refused the offer. J. H. Burke, the larger of the fugitives, is charged with trying to pass a forged note at the Forest Grove bank, and the state had a clear case against him; he -is wanted by the Medford authorities for getting money on a forged note; by the Linn County outhorities for getting money on lorged paper from Banker Scroggln, of Lebanon, and also at Martinez, Cal., where he obtained $300 from two banks in the same manner. McNamara is an old offender, . and will easily be identified. He is charged with stealing two rings from a feed store In this city. There is a good case against him and he would probably have been sentenced anywhere from two to seven years n the State Penitentiary. He has served time in the County Jail, and also served a sentence in tie vState Peniten tiary. -He is "about five feet seven or eight possibly a little taller, has red hair and black or brown eyes, nose badjy twisted to one -side, very sandy com- plexioned, and Is-an inveterate cigarette smoker. - , - Both are considered desperate criminals, McNamara Is "well known to many of the Portland police,' where he has also been Incarcerated on one charge or another. Sheriff Sewell has notified all authorities over the stateWnd hopes to effect a cap ture before two or three days. Burke is one of the shrewdest criminals, and It is not likely that he will long cumber himself with his fellow fugitive. More than likely they will travel alone. Burke will doubtless resist capture. The Sheriff states that everything taken in from the outside has been thor oughly Inspected, and he can account for the pieces of iron being In the jail only through the agency of some outside party who had dropped them in from the barred windows. Neither of the escapes has any money, but it is thought they procured food In the city before leaving for the forests along the Tualatin River. SCHERIXG WINS IX SUPREME COURT Whatcom County Cane That Attract ed. Considerable Interest OLYMPIA. ' Wash., Sept 9. (Special.) An important Whatcom County case was decided today by the Supreme Court which arose out of the fraudulent acts of E. Bartlett Webster, who for a' time enjoyed a rather spectacular career on Bellingham Bay as the representative of the large Interests there of his millionaire uncle, the late Erastus Bartlett, of San Fran cisco. In 189S Webster was the secretary of tho Sehomo Improvement Company, the other officers of which, including' "his uncle, lived in other sections .of the country. On January 26, 1S9S. the Sehome Improve ment v Company regularly mortgaged a section of land 'In Whatcom County to Alfred Coolidge for $10,000. This mortgage was not recorded until June 20, 1899. Be fore the recording of the 'mortgage Web ster represented to one Charles Scherlng that he was authorized to sell the sec tion of land for $4 per acre In cash, and showed a fraudulent entry In the minutes of the company to satisfy Scherlng. The latter declined to pay cash for the land, but offered to trade 1500- shares of Bellingham Bay Gas Company stock for the land. This required another fraudu lent entry by Webster In the minutes, and the order of the company authorizing the exchange was signed also by F. D. Alex ander, as vice-president Alexander held no office in the company, and is now dead. Tho trade was consummated, after Scherlng had examined the records and obtained a clean abstract of title to the land, tho Coolidge mortgage not having been recorded The fraudulent deed became known to tho company In June, 1899, but no atten tion was paid to the fraud until after Coolidge had begun an action, to fore close his mortgage. The foreclosure suit was filed in January.. 1901, and subse quently thereto the Improvement company entered a resolution In Its "minutes repu dlatlng the transaction with Scherlng. In the trial of the-foreclosureusult Scher lng was given a prior Hen on the-land" for the amount of taxes paid thereon by him and the value of the gas" stock, $1500. Both sides appealed. The Supreme Court re verses the case and vests-the title to the land absolutely in Scherlng. The Supreme Court today affirmed the Yakima County case of Keene Guarantee Savings Bank, respondent vs. Abraham E. Lawrence, appellant The action was to foreclose a mortgage of $10,000 on cer tain lots in North Yakima. Prior to the Institution of tho foreclosure suit Law rence had brought an action to set aside the mortgage as a cloud on his title. The cases- were consolidated and tried as one, and the judgment was for the bank. The Supreme Court also affirmed the Spokane County case of E. J. Voss, re spondent vs. A: J. Bender et al., appel lants. In which Voss had obtained judg- ment in the lower court for $1350. The action was upon an attachment bond. .Bender had attached certain property be longing to Voss, which attachment upon trial of the cause- was dissolved. The .judgment obtained by Voss against :Bender represents damages sustained by such attachment. hooks aioirsTEit sat.mox. Fi'iikcrinaa in. the Deschutes looses All HI Tackles. MORO, Or., Sept 9. (Special.) Ev R. Hlckson, an enthusiastic disciple of the "Immortal Izaak," brings a tale- of .woe from the Deschutes, where he spent the day fishing, the first of the week.' Mr. Hlckson, who is an expert with Tod and line, repaired to the Deschutes on Sun day for some sport with the steelhead salmon, or trout, as some wiseacres choose to call these fish. The day was all that could bo desired by the angler, cloudy, with a gentle breeze from the sou'west, and our local "Ike" put up a cast of his own manu facture of salmon flies with his stoutest leader. In the very first pool he fished up comes a whopper of 50 pounds and swallowed his dropper, which we will ex plain to the uninitiated means the next fly to the line. The fish rose quite near and when he felt the steel In his. jaw- he shot right across the river, running out about 100 yards of line, then back again as hard as he could lick. The fun went on for over an hour, when the fish sulked and wouldn't budge, an Inch more. After 'two hours, Mr. Nick- son, not being able to get. a move out of the monster, w'as forced to break his leader and try for a smaller fish. -This was bad enough, but when three more flsh were lost and four leaders and 12 flies carried away, Mr. Hlckson quit for want of tackle or light to flsh, and came home a sadder and wiser man. He swears he will go prepared with tackle that will pull in a whale next time. Last year Messrs. Hlckson and Fltz- maurlce caught several salmon ranging from six to 12 pounds In this river and exploded the Idea that the steelheads at least will hot rise to a fly. The run of flsh this year are much larger and our anglers must discard the .single gut leader of last year and use something more like a clothes line if they want to bring home a &-pound salmon. ROCK CARS IX THE RIVER. Rock on Jetty Track Precipitates an Entire Train. ASTORIA, Or., Sept 9-(SpecIal.) An accident occurred on the jetty at the mouth of the river yesterday afternoon by which 14 of the rock cars were thrown overboard. As the loaded train was going out a rock fell off, lodging on the south track, and was not noticed by tho train men at tho time. Returning, the train runs backwards, an dthe brakeman who was on the head car signaled the engi neer, but the latter was busy putting on a fire and did not see the signal at once. When he did he applied the brakes so quickly that tho drawhead was jerked from the first car, and this probably saved the engine. The drivers left the track and tore up the ties for several yards before the locomotive could be stopped, but It settled down right sicfe up. The train, consisting of 14 cars, went overboard on the south side of the jetty. Brakeman Ewlng and fa. trackwalker, went with them, but escaped without serious Injury, and the cars can probably be res cued. FISHIXG BEGIXS TODAY. Low Price 'of FIsli In Xot Attractive to GHInetterK. ASTORIA, Or., Sept 9. (Special.)-At 6 o'clock tomorrow morning the Fall fishing season on the Columbia River will Open. Aa near as can be ascertained, only two canneries and three cold-storage plants will be operated, and the opening price for fish will be very low, with 3 cents per jpound for steelheads and not to exqeed 2 cents :per pouno. ior otners. The.Seab.org cannery, at Eagle Cliff, and the McGowan cannery, atllwaco, will be run, and. of the cold-storage companies S. Schmidt & Co., J. Llndenberger and the "Warren Packing Company will take steel heads rind probably some silversldes. . The low prices will be no attraction for glllnetters to put their gear into the water, but there will be moro Fall traps in operation than ever before. ICILLED BY ELECTRIC SHOCK. Linemen in Employ of Xorthern Pa cific Strike a Live Wire. SEATTLE, Sept 9.-James Powell, a lineman for the Northern Pacific, engaged In stretching wires along the route of the Belt Line, was killed by an electric shock at Renton this afternoon. Chris Berg, who was pulling the line. was knocked over and thrown several feet from the wire and suffered Injuries. Pot Powell, foreman of the gang and brother of the dead man, while attempting to drag off his brother from .the charged wire on which he had fallen, was given a shock which knocked him out for a short while, and A. Phillips, another member of the gang, was shocked so that he was Incapacitated for work for the rest of the day. Certificates Granted Teachers. SALEM Or., Sept 9. (Special.) Tho State Board of Education granted stato teachers' papers as follows: J. H Orcutt The Dalles, state life di ploma, upon similar papers from Iowa. Elizabeth GUI, Qulmby, la., state cer tificate, upon similar papers from Iowa. Grace Gilliam, Pilot Rock, state life diploma upon graduation from Portland University. Katherlne Patterson, Eugene,tate life diploma upon graduation from University of Oregon. Belle Joseph, Portland, state life dl ploma, upon graduation from Drain Nor mal. In each case of diplomas Issued upon graduation, the teachers had evidence of having .taught school- the required length of time. Street Work, Is Suspended. ASTORIA, Or., Sept 9. (Special.) By an agreement made this afternoon be tween Contractor Goodln and City Attor ney Smith, work, on the Improvement of Sixteenth street is to bo suspended until tho injunction suit recently brought by several of tho Interested property-owners Is heard In the Circuit Court All the grading was stopped this evening, but the driving of piling on the block between Commercial and Duane streets will be completed. Jnvr Broken toy Flyingf ,Llmb. ASTORIA, Or.,' Sept-9. (Special) While felling a tree In Drlscoli & Flood's logging camp, on Deep River, about 6 o'clock last evening, Albert Pfeterson was struck by a flying limb and his under Jaw badly broken. It Is also feared that he .was in- jurea lnternmiy. Peterson was brought to the hospital here this morning, but It may be several days before the full extent of his Injuries are determined. Cntohlnp; Salmon Oat of Season. ASTORIA, Or., Sept 9. (Special.) Nine teen nshtrap owners, whose traps are lo cated near Cathlamet were arrested last evening by Deputy Flsh Commissioner Burton on the charge of operating their traps aunng tne closed season. Persons who saw the traps yesterday state "that they were f ul of fish,- many of which were silversldes. Anchor Long: on River Bottom. ASTORIA, Or., Sept 9.-(SpeciaU While Fritz de Rock, the submarine diver, was at work at tne biivia de Grasse wreck yes terday afternoon he brought to the sur face the anchor belonging to that vessel It is in a fair state of preservation, con siderlng that lt'has been in the water for over 50 years. Gravel, sana. sediments la tse cured by Oregon Kidney Tea. unne. ara SURE OF THEIR POSITION CORVALLIS SCHOOL BOARD GOOD LEGAL ADVICE. HAD Bond Offered to State Land Board at 4 Per Cent, Then Sold to Local Bayers In Small Lots. CORVALLIS, Or., September 9. (Spe cial.) Members of the local School Board believe themselves securely entrenched in their position with reference to the lato bond sale in which an 5S00O issue bf Cor vallls school bonds was placed with local buyers on a basis of 4 per cent Interest notwithstanding the law which com mands that such bonds .be flrst offered the State Land Board on a basis of 5 per cent interest They boldly challenge the constitutionality of the law, and in their attitude are backed up by the legal opinion of various local attorneys, as well as by the official advice of Deputy Dis trict Attorney Bryson, on whose advice the bonds were sold local buyers at the lower Interest rate. Concerning the ad vice given the school board, Deputy At torney Bryson says: "There are several objections to the law; but the principal one Is that the title of the act does not conform to tho J. H. BURKE ALLEGED PORGEB. constitutional requirement, that It shall express the subject of the act It Is de ceptive and does not express the subject of the act The title of the act is, 'An act to authorize and provide for the In vestment of the surplus of the irreducible school fund, university fund or Agricul tural College fund, held by the State Land Board, and to authorize the said Land Board to make such investments.' No one could reasonably gather from this title that the act placed any duty upon the officers of the school districts to offer bonds to the State Land Board or im posed a criminal liability upon them fo'r failure to do so; or that the act had any thing to do with the question of the Issu ance of bonds by school districts. "So far as the act authorizes the State ! Land Board to Invest such funds in school Donas, it is prooaDiy consuiuuuuui; uut so far as It attempts to place upon the officers of the school district a duty first to offer the bonds to the State Board at 5 per cent or to impose a criminal liabil ity upon them to do so, I am of the opin ion that It Is unconstitutional, because of the defect In the title and so advised the local District School Board." In view of the fact that Deputy Attor ney Bryson is one of the officers that the law relies npon for enforcement the sit uation oftbe School Board in the matter would seem to be secure. Chairman Lilly, of the local School Board, says that there was no question as to the validity of the bonds, and that the investors, as well as members of the board, had taken full legal advice with reference thereto before the deal had been concluded. The Salem corresDondence. discussing our sale," said Mr. Lilly, "Intimates that Injustice is done the state because the Corvallls district did not sell the bonds to the State Land Board at 5 per cent If it so happens that a few local citi zens get the Interest on these bonds and that the state School funds do not It Is fault of ths Corvallls School Board. Local people offered to take the bonds at 4 per cent It would have been manifestly unjust to the people of our district had we sold tho bonds at 5 per cent after that offer. 'Our first move was to offer the bonds on a basis or 4 per cent to tne state Land Board. The latter did not accept No reply. In fact was vouchsafed. As business men, guarding the Interests of the district our only course was to sell the bonds on a 4 per cent basis, and to local buyers. Our view of the function of the state Is that It Is not an eleemosy nary concern for school districts to be made to pay 5 per cent Interest to, when other folks will be satisfied with but 4." The view of attorneys consulted here with reference to the validity of tho - bonds Is that the bonds will be found to be valid in the hands of the local buyers, even though the law in question should be held to be constitutional by the courts. Those who purchased the local bonds are all people In moderate circumstances. Among them are J. G. Wuestfelt saloon keeper; Henry Gerhard, farmer; J. T. Phillips, blacksmith; Mrs. Callahan, In structor in English in Agricultural Col lege, and Mrs. Canan, former owner of the Occidental Hotel, Corvallls. EXAMINATION FOR PROMOTIOX. Captain Hardin and Lleatcnant Van Horn Before Board at .Vancouver. VANCOUVER BARRACKS. Sept 9. (Special.) The board of officers appointed for the examination of officers for pro motion met at the Post Hall at 10 o'clock this morning for the examination for promotion to he next higher rank of Captain Charles B. Hardin, Eighteenth Infantry, and Lieutenant Robert P. Van Horn, Seventh Infantry. Lieutenant Leonard J.- Mygatt, ' Nine teenth Infantry, left today for the camp on American Lake with a detachment of men for the Second Battalion, now en camped, there. Contract Surgeon H. D. Brown goes also to relieve the surgeon In charge. .Lieutenant Percy M. Cochran, Nine teenth Infantry, has been promoted to the rank of captain and assigned to the Sev enteenth Infantry, which he will Join at the end of his present leave. Corporal Arthur S. Brown, . Nineteenth Infantry, besides being a winner of the bronze medal at the Infantry and cavalry small arms competition at Sheridan, IU..A Is also one of the successful competitors who will represent tho United States In fantry at Seagirt Corporal Brown stands fifth on the list of successful competitors. TROOP A OX THE MARCH, ' Forty-six Men and Officers Show Re sult of Training-. PHILOMATH," Or., .Sept 9. (Speclal.) Troop A, D. N. G of Lebanon, Captain E. L. powers commanding, now on a practice . march, was in camp here yester day. The contingent consists of 43 men and three commissioned officers. The troop was accompanied as far as Junction City by the Inspector-General, Colonel James Jackson. The daily routine Includes Inspection of arms, mounted drill, target practice and guard mount Captain Powers reports a creditable showing In target -practice, tho average score standing IS out of 25. The company has recently received an assign ment of Krag-Jorgensen rifles. To the devotion and energy of Captain Powers and Lieutenants Harry Elkins and G. I Fry Is due the 'credit for the troop being maintained, as a strong pressure has been brought to bear to "have It dis banded. The troop gave a fine tactic drill. COXDEMX TRIAL BY PRESS. Methodist Conference of California Passes Resolution. MONTEREY, Cal., Sept 9. Tho 51st annua) conference of tho Methodist Epis copal Church of California took cogniz ance today of newspaper criticism relat- i'lng to the management of the affairs, of tho San Francisco branch of the Aietno dlst Book Concern by passing by a decid ed vote the following resolution: "Whereas, The reputation of a Metho dist pastor is his most valuable posses sion and confidence-In their judicious man agement the chief asset of our connec tional interests. "Whereas. A metropolitan journal has recently published statements and Intima tions gravely reflecting upon the Integrity of our ministry, the disinterestedness of our bishops and the wise management of our connectional enterprises. "Resolved, That we condemn such at tempt at trial by press as contrary to our discipline as. destructive of the bonds of fellowship among Methodist preachers FUGITIVE FROM THE HILLSBORO JAIL." HILLSBORO. Or., Sept. .0. (Special.) Sheriff Sewell offers one hundred and fifty dollars -reward for the arrest of Burke- and )25 for McNamara. Burke. Is 5 feet 10 inches: face slightly pit marked, has blue eyes tinged with gray, has furtive look, wears slight mustache, has uneven teeth, and what Is termed in criminal par lance a "squirrel mouth." -He is always smoking 'cigarettes made from .paper and Durham tobacco. and as wantonly detrimental church enterprises." to our PACIFIC COAST. DEAD. James V. O'Dell, First Attorney In Whitman County. COLFAX, Wash., Sept 9. (Special.) James V. O'Dell, the first attorney to set tle in what Is known as Whitman County, a member of the state constitutional con vention, and a prominent Democratic politician and farmer, died this morning on his fnuit ranch near Wawawal, of paralysis,' aged TO years. Mr. O'Dell was stricken with paralysis nearly two years ago and had been unconscious for many months. , Few men in Whitman County were bet ter known than James O'Dell. Coming here from Eugene, Or., In 1871, he settled on a farm and when Whitman County was organized moved to Colfax and practiced law for many years, later engaging in fruit culture. He leaves a widow, one daughter, Mrs. Bishop, and a brother, all living In Whitman County. Mr. O'Dell was a native of Missouri and served in the Confederate army during the Civil War. He will be burled at Almota to morrow, the Whitman County Bar Asso ciation and many pioneers will attend from all parts of the county. Mrs. Mary Ellen Cecil, Pioneer. CECIL, Or., Sept. 9. (Special.) Mrs Mary Ellen Cecil, a pioneer of Morrow County, died at her home here September 6, after a brief illness. Mrs. Cecil was born December 2, 1829, in Illinois, where she was married to William J. Cecil on December 11, 1847. Later they moved to Missouri, and In 1853 crossed the plains and settled on Willow Creek, where an estate of 900 acres of land was accumulated and still remains Intact .Deceased was the mother of nine children. Six now survive her James, of Spokane. Wash.; Mrs. T. A. Rhea, Hepp- ner, Or.; Mrs. James Robertson, of Walla Walla, Wash.; William H., of Burns, Or., and Nathan and Wilfred, of Cecil, Or. All were present except James, and with their families did all that they could to ease and comfort the last hours of their be loved mother and grandmother. Mr. Cecil died seven years ago. Frederick. Gridley, Octogenarian VANCOUVER, Wash., Sept. 9. (Spe cial.) Frederick Gridley, a well-known resident of this city, died this morning, aged 83 years. He came from New York, where he was born In 1S20, to Illinois, in 1847, and from there he went to Wisconsin, and came from that state Xo Washington In 1893, locating In Vancouver, where he had since resided. He was universally respected as a citizen. His wife died two f - i - years ago. He was a brother to H. H. Gridley, of this city. His death was due to old age and infirmities. John P. Burnliam, Engineer. LOS ANGELES. Cal., Sept 9.-nJohn P, Burnham, chief engineer of the San Dlmas Irrigation Company, is dead at his home In Lavcrne from heart failure. De ceased was 63 years of age. For 20 years prior to coming to Los Angeles County six years ago, he was known as one of the leading consulting engineers of Chi cago. Marion Baldwin, From Missouri. FOREST GROVE, Or... Sept. 9. (Spe cial.) Marion Baldwin, aged 45 years, died here "today of consumption. Deceased recently located here from Missouri. A wife and child survive him. HOT DAY AT SAX FRAXCISCO. Mercury Jumps From G4 Decrees in Morning to 02 After Xoon. SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 9. This city was visited by a hot wave today. Tho mer cury stood at 64 degrees in Che early morn ing, and during the day It gradually rose until at 1:20 P. M. the thermometer regis tered 92 degrees In the shade. The tem perature has abatod tonight and cooler weather Is predicted. Escape in Close Hiding-. WALLA WALLA, Wash., Sept 9. (Spe cial.) That some one not far off Is har boring D. Estcny Sheppard, the escaped trusty who walked off from the State Penitentiary Sunday night Is now regard ed by Penitentiary authorities as certain, as the aged crook has apparently van Ished Into thin air. The country is guard ed for 30 miles around. Ten officers are doing nothing else but seek Sheppard. Run Over toy Loaded Wheat Wagon WALLA WALLAT Wash., Sept 9. (Spe cial.) Herbert Osgood, a 12-year-old boy fell under a wheat wagon two miles east of here today while getting down from the rig. He was severely injured Inter nally, being run over by the wagon. Visitors to Portland Should not miss the delightful trins ud and down the Columbia River. Particulars at o. jk. & m. city ticket office. Third and wasnington. FRESHET HELD BACK FISH WARDEN VAX DUSEN SAYS THE QUALITY IS GOOD. Hatcheries Are Taking a Great Many Eggs Credit for the ' Run This Year. . SALEM, Or., Sept 9. (Special.) In his monthly report, submitted to the State Board of Fish Commissioners today, Mas ter Flsh Warden H. G. Van Dusen re views the fishing season just closed as follows: "This month has witnessed the close of another Spring fishing season on the Co lumbia River and tho product shows again tne result ot artinciai propagation, Tne qually of the salmon was generally good and the fish averaged large. The pack was apparently not quite as extensive as It was last season, but this I attribute principally to the long continuation of the freshet of -the river which Interfered to a great extent with the'fishing appli ances. "There were fully as many salmon entered the driver, though not as many were caught owing to the fact that for fully six weeks' time the traps and seines could do practically, nothing on account of the high water and the tremendous quantity of- drift carried. "With the glllnetters It did not Interfere n cmri an o-vf or f onrl thov m ti n i crorl in fish the season through and all made fair- good catches. It has been what one might call a glllnet season and the glll netters have all made good money, for the- prices paid were good and their catches large, in consequence of which they have fared better than they have dope for years past "When the season opened, April lo, there were plenty of early salmon In the river the result of the state hatchery on the Upper Clackamas River and from the showing made by the glllnetters, flsh were fairly plentiful In the river during tho months of April, May and June, but during the month of July very few were to be had by any of the appliances and It was looking very -discouraging to the canners and those Interested, when on the last day of July there began to show up at the mouth of the river what proved to be one of the greatest runs of salmon that was ever known to enter the river the result 1 again attribute It to be, the good work that has been done by the Kalama and Little White Salmon hatch erles and from that time on until the end of tho season the canners and pack ers had more than they could handle and thousands of salmon were allowed to go by unmolested on account of the canners and.packers.not beln equipped sufficiently to take care of the quantity. "For the cold storage plants this ha3 been an exceptionally good year and their packs have far surpassed anything nere tofore dono. A- conservative estimate places this ' product at near 7000 tierces which is more than double that of last year. There seems to be no limit to the demand for this product and it Is safe to say that by another season all of the canners will have cold storage plants connected with their : canning establish ments and be prepared to put up this pickled product as well as the canned product. The superintendent reports, a successiui year's work at the Salmon River hatch ery, and says that the total take of Chi nook salmon eggs will exceed J,bw,wu. This Is more than tne total tor two years previous, for In 1902 the take was LOBO.OOO and In 1901 It was 2,347.000. At the Clackamas hatchery the" eggs se cured aTready 'amount to 2,S37,000 and Mr. Van Dusen says that the total for the sea son at that place will be 4,000,000. .Last year the take there was only l.oOO.OW. No reports have been received irom tno Wallowa and Grand Ronde stations, but Mr. Van Dusen says that the Indications "are favorable for a good supply of eggs at the former station. Work on the new hatchery building1 at Ontario has been delayed on account of difficulty In securing lumber. Racks were nlaced In position on August 15 and from the number of salmon that nave appeared, Mr. Van Diisen believes that a success ful season will be had there. Hatchery operations are being conducted on Wilson River, Big Elk River, Sluslaw River. Umpqua River and South Coos River, but It Is too early yet to tell what success will attend the work this season on these Coast streams. Four convictions for violations of fish ery laws were secured during August, and in each case a fine of $o0 was imposed and paid. The total receipts for the month were $471.30. STRIKE GOOD WATER VEIX. Agricultural College Buildings Will Derive Amply Supply. CORVALLIS, Or., Sept 9. (Special.) An ample water supply for the buildings at the Agricultural College has been a problem in tho past, but there are Indlca tlons that it Is solved now. The supply was so short during the later months of the last college year that use of It In the toll ets and aboiJt the buildings had to be either curtailed or cut off altogether. A new well sunk in the vicinity of the heating plant has tapped a subterranean water flow whose force Is so great as to lift the water to within 20 feet of the sur face of the ground. For the past three days an engine has pumped steadily at the pipe, and nas Deen unaoie to exnaust or to have perceptible effect upon tho supply. The output has been about 500 gallons per hour, pumping ten hours per day. Three other pipes of the same size are to be sunk In the same vicinity, and If a similar supply of water is secured with each, the aggregate will be 20,000 gallons Of water per day of ten hours, which In addition to a well of 12-foot diameter. which has been the source of supply In the past, will provide adequate water for the use of college buildings, and for the steam heating and power plants for a long time to come. JAPS CHARGE WITH KXIVES. ' Vigorous Protest on Being Reproved for Dirty Hoppicking. WOODBURN, Or., Sept ?. (Special.) Fourteen Japanese under T. Kldo, fore man, were arrested at the William Caso farm for assault with dangerous weapons against Thomas N. Kennedy, William C. Miller, "John Schelan and Joe Johnston. They were brought before Judge Overton and trial set for tomorrow. The difficulty occurred In the hopfleld, and was the result of dirty picking of hops by the Japanese, who, when repri manded by Foreman W. C. Miller, at once attacked the white men with knives and drawn revolvers, chasing the employes of the yard for over a mile. The' defendants were taken to the Coun ty Jail at Salem tonight. PORTAGE RIGHT OF WAY. Meeting Monday to Commence Con demnation Proceedings. SALEM, Or., Sept. 9. (Special.) The members of the State Board of Portage Railway Commissioners met Informally today and agreed to hold their September meeting on next Monday. At the time for the regular meeting last week none of the members of the board was here. At the meeting next Monday the boarth will take action to set in motion the ma chinery of the judicial department of the state, with a view to condemning a right of Way across the property of the O. R. & N. Co., near Celllo. WAXT MELLIS PUT IX. Baker City Will Feel'silghted If He I.i Overlooked. BAKER CITY. Or., Sept. 9. (Special.) The objection to tho selection of Fred R Mellls, of this city, made by some of the delegates to the State Mining Association, Miss Asrnes Miller oi Chicago, speaks to young women about dangers of the Menstrual Period how they can avoid pain, suffering and remove the cause. "I Buffered for six years with dys menorrhea (painful periods), aqmuch bo that I dreaded every month, as I knew rt meant three oc four days of intense pain. The doctor said this was due to an inflamed condition of the uterine appendages caused by repeated and neglected colds and feet wetting. "u. young gins oniy realized now dangerous it is to take cold at this critical time, much suffering would he spared them. Thank God for Xiydla E. Pinkham's "Vegetable Com pound, that was the only medicine which helped me any. "Within three weeks after I started to take it, I noticed a taarked improvement in my general health, and at the 'time of my next .monthly period the pain had diminished considerably. I kept up the treatment and was cured a month later. I am like another person since I am in perfeot health." Miss Agxes MnxER, 25 Potomac Ave., Chicagp, 111. $5000 forfeit If original of above letter proving genuineness cannot be produced. The monthly siclcness reflects the condition of woman's health. Fifty thousand letters from women .prove that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound regulates menstruation, and makes those periods painless. "which appeared In vesterdav's Orpcronl.m has awakened considerable feeling: in this pare oi ine state. Jt Is not so much the objection offered to Mr. MIUIs. although hfe stands woll In this community, as the declaration that the mlnlnrr sunerlntendent must h n Port land man. The selection of Mr. Mellls was considered to be a recognition of this county and cltv bv the authorities of t"h Exposition. The leading citizens of this county are inclined to await the expres sion of the Fair officials In regard to the matter. The failure to clve this cltv and pnuntv representation on the State Board of Fair Commissioners was followed by the drop ping of Baker City when it came to the selection of a successor to Director O. L. Miller, and now an "effort Is being made to oust air. Mellls because he Is an East ern Oregon man. . The consensus of opinion here Is that the Exposition officials are not going to oner mis aniront to iiastern Oregon. FLAMES SURROUNDED DBLAMAR, California Town Encapcn Imminent Destruction Others Threatened. REDDING, Cal:. Sept. 9. The people of Delamar fought throughout the day to save their homes from. fire, which burned north, east and south of the town, that sprang up about the smelter which re duces the ore of the Bully Hill mine at a ,polnt 26 miles northeast of Reddintr. Although several houses became Ignited at different times, one of them being on fire on four' occasions, the flames were extinguished in all cases. Tonight the danger of Delamar's de struction seems to have passed, ,although tne nre has leaped Squaw Creek and. fanned by a stiff north breeze Is racing towards Copper City, a small settlement four miles 'south. Men are on guard at Deiamar and Copper City. Citizens have been warned of danger. They will resort to back tiring. LEAPS OX WHIRLING FLY WHEEL. Insnne Man's Body in Terribly Bro- - , ken by the Fall. ANGEL'S CAMP, Cal., Sept. 9. An un known man, evidently Insane, Jumped Into the great fly wheel of tho air compressor at the Melone mine today. The wheel was revolving ai the rate of 160 revolutions per, minute. The man went around with tho wheel twjee before being thrown out. His arms and legs were broken and his skull frac tured. Sonth Bend Exceeds Debt Limit. SOUTH BEND, Wash'., Sept. 9. (Spe cial.) Yesterday the City Council elected H. A. Peeples, the manager of the Co lumbia Box & Lumber Company s mill here, as City Councilman to succeed H. F. Peters, deceased. The extensive street improvements now going on may come to a sudden stop be fore the month Is out, due to a proposed Injunction which a property-owner Is likely to ask for on account of the city having exceeded Its legal limit .of indebt edness. Tho Council has reduced the rate of In terest to be paid by street warrants hereafter from S to 6 per cent. The delin quent street assessments pay but 6 per cent. Talcing Ekk on McClonil niver. REDDING. Cal., Sept. 9. All records for salmon' eggs In Northern California have been shattered this year at the Balrd fish eries on McCloud River. There have been 25:000.000 eggs taken already, and It Is ex pected that the total will reach 28,000.000. or possibly 30,000,000 eggs ror tne season. The run of flsh will not end until about September 30. Dr. Va Possesses the greatest virtues 4s a stimulant, nerve tonic and regulator of the Intesv'nal system. Purgatives eive only temporary relief, bUtDr. VAN DYKE'S HOLLAND BITJEES absolutely cures CONSTIPATION Irs action Is mild and ceatle and Its taste most pleasant Taie a half wineglass of VAN DYKE before each raeal. It will eive you an appetite, cure dyspepsia and Iclcdrec troubles and build up the entire system. AT ALL FIRST CLASS PLACES FLECKEHSTEIH-MAYER GO. - Distributers n yke s H fe B PORTLAND, OREGON OUR METHODS OF TREATING MEN'S DISEASES DR. W. XORTOX DAVIS. Our methods of treating men's dis eases are a result of our own study and experience. "We employ them, not because they are, in their chiet essentials, original with us, but because they are the only meth ods that can possibly euro some of the cases we treat. They have been built up and perfected through twenty-one years' experience in treating men's diseases. They are the methods that have made us suc cessful specialists. Our treatment for "weakness" can be obtained ot no physicians other than ourselves. "Weakness" Our success in permanently curing that condition commonly known as "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 tonics. This is ,tho course commonly pursued, and Is a treat ment that cannot possibly result in a permanent cure. "Weakness" Is merely a symptom of chronic in flammation in the prostate gland, brought on by early dissipation or by the Improper treatment ot some contracted disease. A complete and radical cure Is, therefore, a question ot restoring the prostate gland to Its normal state, and this we ac complish promptly and completely. Our treatment Is mainly a local one. It Is original and scientific, and has been proven absolutely ef fective by thousands of tests. I am convinced that by no other methods can full and permanent. restoration oi strengtn ana vigor oe accomplished. WE ARE ALWAYS WILL ING o WAIT FOR OUR FEE UNTIL A CURE IS EFFECTED. Contracted Disorders In no other ailment peculiar to men Is a prompt and thorough cure so essential. Contracted disorders tend to work oackward until the most vital nerve centers become In volved In the inflammation. Then follows a chronic stage, that stub bornly resists all ordinary treat ment. Safety demands that every vestige of Infection be eradicated at the earliest possible moment. Our treatment is thorough. The remedies employed have a more positive action than has ever be fore been obtained, and so perfect is our method of application that even chronic cases yield completely. Stricture Our treatment for stricture re moves the necessity for surgical op erations, even in severe cases of long standing. We do no cutting or dilating. No otner physician em ploys our methods of overcoming this disorder, so the service we offer 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 a painless one. Our treatment dis solves the stricture and permanent ly removes every obstruction from the urinary passage, subdues all in flammation, relieves all Irritation or congestion that may exl3t in the kidneys or bladder, reduces en largement of the prostate gland and restores health and tone to all or gans affected by the disease. Varicocele Under our treatment the most ag gravated cases ot varicocele are cured. There Is no operation, no pain, and it is not necessary for the patient to be detained from his occupation. Normal circulation Is at once restored throughout all the organs, and the natural processes of waste and repair are again estab lished. If you are affected with varicocele, consult U3 at once. De lay can but bring on aggravated conditions and nervous complica tions that will Impair the vital func tions and Involve the general health. PILES Quick Cures Certain Cures Wo cure the worst cases of piles 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 FE UNTIL A CURE IS EFFECTED. Consultation and advice that you can rely on free. Call or write. Our instructive book describing the male anatomy sent free. s 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. I45K Sixth St., Cor. Alder Portland, Or. S3 3Inrderon Lunatic Still nt l.arf?e. SANTA ROSA. Cal.. Sept. 9. A. Garrad. the escaped lunatic who yesterday shot and killed J. A. McKlnney at Guerneville, Is still at large. Not the slightest trace of him has been seen since he shouldered "hl3 rifle and walked away from "the scene of the shooting toward the brush-