THE MORNING OKEGdNIAN, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1904.
USE OUTSIDE BOOKS
Oregon Teachers AreVioIating
a State Law.
COMPLAINTS IN THE CITIES
Patrons Have to Purchase Substi
tuted Texts for Younger Qner
ation 'Instead of Those Used
Jjy.- Graduated Scholars.
SALEM. Or.. Sept 22. "(Special.) With
the&penlng of the new school year com
plaints have been made In different sec
tions bl the state that the provisions of
the text-book law are being: violated and
that In some districts public school -pupils
are being required to purchase books
other thair those adopted by the State
Text-Book Commission in 190L In some
Instances these violations of the law are
committed in email rural schools, where
the teacher desires for one reason or
another to use some book that Is not in
the list regularly adopted for use in the
schools.
The principal complaints, however, have
been made in cities where the teachers
have substituted eome other book, or a
new edition of the same book, which, un
der the law, amount to the same thing.
Substitution of books in this manner ls
very strictly forbidden by the text-book
law.
In both Portland and Eugene it is re
ported that changes have been made in
the text-books used in High Schools, and
in the former city complaints have been
made that a spelling blank other than
that adopted by the commission has been
put in use in the common schools. As to
the spelling blank, it is doubtful whether
the school authorities arc obliged to use
the one adopted, for the reason that no
contract was ever made by the State
Board of Education with the publishing
company providing for the use of the
work in the schools.
The State Text-Book Commission adopt
ed the Natural Spelling Blank, published
by D. C. Heath &. Co. The records here
show that the book was adopted at the
time the commission held its regular
meeting, July 8, 190L For some reason,
however, no official certificate of the adop
tion of this book was made until July
22 after the certificate of adoption of
other books had been filed with the State
Board of Education. It was probably be
cause of this delay In making the certifi
cate that the representative of the Heath
company did not appear before the State
Board of Education to sign up a con
tract as required by law.
In the Portland schools, according to
reports received here, a spelling blank
published by a local company has been
put in use, and the Heath company has
been making an Investigation of Its rights
in the matter.
"Upon inquiry at the office of Superin
tendent of Public Instruction J. H. Ack
crman it la learned that no complaint
has been received at that office regard
ing changes in the spelling blanks in use
in Portland, but that the Heath company
is dissatisfied with the change that has
been made is indicated by correspondence
received from them making Inquiry re
garding the adoption of their book and the
existence of a contract providing for its
use in the schools. Superintendent Acker
man has replied, stating that the Heath
company's book was adopted but that no
contract was made.
"When asked what he knew about
changes in the text-books used In Port
land and Eugene High Schools, Superin
tendent Acknnan said that some time
ago he received a letter from the J. K.
Gill Company, of Portland, saying that the
Macmlllan Company has Issued a new
edition of the physical geography In use
in the schools, and the principal of the
Portland High School requested that the
new edition be ordered for use this year.
The J. K. Gill Company desired to know
whether this change would be satisfac
tory. To this Superintendent Ackerman re
plied that he has no authority to au
thorize the use of any text-book In lieu
of a book adopted by the Text-Book Com
mission. It is understood that the substi
tution was made, nevertheless.
Regarding the report of changes at Eu
gene, Superintendent Ackerman said that
he has received a letter from -a book
dealer at Eugene complaining that a
history of Greece other than the one
adopted has been put In use and that he
is unable to sell the books he has on hand
because the book adopted by the Text
Book Commission Ls no longer In "use.
The text-book law ls very plain and em
phatic in forbidding the use of any books
other than those adopted. In prescribing
the method of adoption It Is provided that
the year of copyright of the book shall be
specified, and It Is made the duty of
School Boards to cause the books adopted
to be used. Section 3itQ of the code says:
"The text-books that may be adopted'
under the provisions of this act. and none
others, shall be used In the public schools
of this state thereafter, and It shall be
the duty of school officers and teachers to
comply with the provisions of this act
concerning the same. If any teacher shall
-willfully violate any of said provisions he
shall be deemed to have violated the
terms of his contract with the district.
Any taxpayer of a school district, or par
ent or guardian of a child attending a
common school, in any district, shall be
deemed to have such a beneficial or direct
interest In the enforcement of this law
concerning text-books that he may bring
any proper proceeding in a court of com
petent jurisdiction to compel the Board of
Directors of his district, or teachers in
his school, to perform the duties enjoined
upon them by this act In relation to text
books." There is a provision In the law (section
S457) which authorizes- School Boards in
districts having High Schools to adopt
text-books for additional studies, but "no
text-book shall be adopted as herein pro
vided that shall be used, directly or Indi
rectly, as a substitute for any text-book
adopted by the State Board of Text-Book
Commissioners, or that shall directly or
indirectly replace any such adopted text
book." So far as patrons of the sohools are
concerned, the complaints against -changes
come from those families In -which
younger children could use the books pre
viously used by older children. The use
of a new edition of the book adopted
means that all pupils must purchase new
books Instead of -using books they may get
from older brothers or sisters.
CARPENTERS' STRIKE SETTLED
Hoquiam Contractors Join Men in
Signing an Agreement.
HOQUIAM. Wash., Sept 22. (Special.)
The differences between the Carpenters
Tnlon and local contractors were amicably
settled this evening when the .carpenters
and contractors signed articles of agree
ment ending the strife. The settlement
of this trouble, which has been hanging
on the past year, is due to the work of
C. O. Young, of Olympla, state organizer
of the Federation of Labor. Following is
a portion of the contract:
First The contractors shall employ
only union men, provided that the car
penters now employed by them shall be
permitted to join the Carpenters' Union
at the present fee, and the helpers em
ployed by them shall be permitted to Join
some other union to which they may be
eligible.
Second Nine hours shall constitute a
day's labor.
Third The contractors agree to have
their men join the union at the earliest
possible moment and not later than M
days from date.
FIRES SOUTH OF LA GRANDE.
Valuable Timber May Be Saved by
Impending Rain.
LA GRANDE, Or., Sept. 22. (Speclal.)
Forest fires have been at work in the
timber about IB miles from Le, Grande,
above Mount Emily, south of vthe city, and
Iastsjiight great damage was done. It
now depends on which way the wind -will
blow regarding the amount of timber that
may be destroyed. If it should turn to
the west, there are hundreds of acres of
valuable timber In that vicinity that
might be destroyed.
It has been raining a little today, there
ls a sign of more, and if it continues the
fires will, possibly be quenched with little
damage. '
RAIN' FALLS IN TORRENTS.
Fences and Bridges Washed Away In
Eastern Oregon.
PENDLETON, Or., 8epL 22. (Special.)
A severe rain storm struck the city this
afternoon, but no damage ls reported. At
Cold Springs, 20 miles northeast of the
city, rain came down In torrents, water
filling ravines and ditches to a great
depth. Fences and bridges are reported
washed away where the storm struck.
W. H. Bell, who arrived tonight from
his ranch, ten miles east of this city, says
he was caught In the full sweep at the
edge of the foothills. He passed through
one of the heaviest downpours of hail he
ever experienced. The hailstones were an
Inch or more In diameter, and long after
the storm the hail lay on the ground four
Inches deep.
Roads were washed out badly and
bridges are damaged. A portion of the
O. R. & N. track, four miles east of the
city, was washed out, causing a delay
of the eastbound Overland for several
hours.
HOPE FOR FALL OF SNOW.
Montana Residents See Only One
Way of Extinguishing Fires.
BUTTE, Mont., Sept. 22. The rain storm
yesterday was not heavy enough to put
out the forest fires which have been rag
ing for the post two weeks in Warm
Springs Canyon, near Anaconda. A change
of wind fanned the smoldering embers
into fierce flames, and the fire started off
again on a rampage toward the Twin
Lakes country.
The residents of the county west of
Anaconda are hoping for a snow storm. It
ls said that should a heavy snow storm
come, the fires would be smothered. The
ground Itself .seems to be afire, from the
burning of the roots. A snowfall would
smother the embers and there would be no
further damage.
Loss Is Remarkably Small.
SALEM, Or., Sept 22. (Special.)
"About two sections of good timber were
destroyed by forest fires this season In
the Santiam country," says Manager
John A. Shaw, of the Curtis Lumber
Company, of Mill City. "There were
thousands of acres of slashing burned
over, but fortunately the amount of good
timber destroyed was small In comparison
with the quantity in danger of destruc
tion. The Curtis Lumber Company lost
about 640 acres of timber by lire and
other owners lost as much."
The Curtis Lumber Company Is the
largest holder of timber land In the San
tiam country. Mr. Shaw says there has
not yet been rain enough to extinguish
the fires completely, but they have been
checked so that no more damage will be
done, and the later rains will put out the
fires still smoldering.
Rains Have Checked Fires.
HOOD RIVER, Or., Sept. 22. (Special.)
While Hood River orchard and farm
crops were well supplied with irrigating
water during the prolonged dry spell, the
copious showers last night and today
werc welcome. The atmosphere ls still
hazy with smoke, but It ls thought the
rains have been sufficient to chock the
destructive forest firen that have been
raging the last two weeks near the base
of Mount Adams.
Yamhill Farmers Can Plow Now.
M'MINNVILLE, Or.. Sept. 22. (Special.)
The first heavy rain for over two months
fell here last night. It Is thought to be
general throughout Yamhill County. The
farmers welcome it, as they have been
waiting for a good rain that they might
commence Fall plowing.
Rain Will Help Potatoes.
SALEM, Or., Sept. 22. (Special.) A
heavy rain fell here last night and occa
sional showers prevailed during the day.
Potatoes and grass will derive the most
benefit. Most of the hopgrowers have fin
ished picking, and the hopplckers havo
nearly all returned to their homes.
RUN DOWN BY ENGINE.
Intoxicated Man Killed on the Cor
vallis & Eastern Track.
TOLEDO, Or., Sept. 22. (Special.)-John
Ledahl, a Norwegian, about 23 years of
age, was run over by the westbound Cor
vallis & Eastern train at 5:45 this even
ing and instantly killed, his head being
completely severed and his body crushed
to a pulp. Ledahl was Intoxicated and
walking on. the track. The train came
upon him In a cut on a sharp curve about
one mile from Toledo. Engineer Arthur
Casteel saw him and gave the warning
signal, but was too close to stop the
train.
Coroner W. W. Soule summoned a jury
and ascertained the above facts. The en
gineer was exonerated from all blame.
Ledahl leaves a wife only 17 years of age,
and a 6-months-old baby.
War on School Fraternities.
. SEATTLE, Wash.. Sept. 22. Principal
Gelger, of the Seattle High School, has
notified members of the High School fra
ternal societies that in the future they
would be barred from the football and
baseball teams, the Athletic Association,
the basket-ball team, all class organiza
tions, he debating societies, school band,
glee club, orchestra and editorial or busi
ness stiff of the school Journal.
Those now members of the society will
be permitted to graduate, but they will
not be allowed a class vote or office.
Pupils joining the societies In the future
will not bo graduated.
Leg Crushed at Bugby Quarry.
ASTORIA. Or., Sept. 22. (Special.)
W. Ford, of Portland, was seriously in
jured while at work in the Bugby rock
quarry this afternoon. He was assisting
In loading rock In a car, when a large
stone rolled upon him. crushing his left
leg and hand so badly that the leg below
the knee and three of his fingers had to
be amputated.
Spokane Milliners Arrested.
SPOKANE, Wash., . Sept. 22. The
League of- American. Sportsmen, repre
sented by F. S. Merrill, of this city, has
stirred up Deputy Game Warden Uhllg
and caused the arrest of 13 of the leading
milliners ot tlie city, charged with selling
the plumage ot birds other than game
birds.
Chiunbcrlaln'e Cough Remedy Aids Nature.
Medicines that aid nature are always
most effectual. Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy acts on this plan. It allays the
cough, relieves the lungs, aids expectora
tion, opens the secretions and aids na
ture in restoring the system to a healthy
condition. It is famous for Its cures
over a large 'part of the civilized -world
Thousands have testified to Its superior
excellence. It counteracts any tendency
of a cold to result in pneumonia. For sale
by all druggists. .
HARD LABOR FOR HOLD-UP
NORTHERN PACIFIC TRAIN ROB
BER SENTENCED TO 15 YEARS.
Self-Confessed Accomplice Is Given
Seven Years on trie Charge of
Larceny.
BUTTE, Mont, Sept 22. A Miner spe
cial from Phllllpsburg-says that George F.
Hammond, who confessed to holding up
the North Coast passenger train on the
Northern Pacific Railway at Bearmouth
last Juno, today In the District Court here
pleaded guilty to a charge of grand lar
ceny and burglary and was Immediately
sentenced to 15 years in the State Peni
tentiary at hard labor. Hammond smiled
when his sentence was pronounced, and
seemed anxious to begin at once on bis
term.
It had been the Intention to try Ham
mond on the charge of the murder of En
gineer Dan O'Neill, who was murdered
In the holdup of the North Coast at Bear
mouth a year ago, but the eidence ob
tained by the officers was of too" flimsy a
character to warrant trying the tralnrob
ber on that charge.
Christie, the self-conferaed pal of Ham
mond, who yesterday pleaded guilty to a
charge of larceny and was given seven
years, was taken to the penitentiary
today.
TWO MURDER CASES PENDING
Leisurely Prepared for Trial Before
I the Supreme Court.
SALEM, Or., Sept 22. (Special.) The
Gugllelmo murder case ls being slowly
prepared for trial in the Supreme Court
and will probably get to a hearing some
time in November. The transcript on ap
peal was filed In the Supreme Court Au
gust 1, and the appellant's brief was due
August 2L By agreement of the attor
neys, however, the time provided by the
rules of the court was more than doubled
and the appellant was allowed 30 days ad
ditional to file his brier. The state will
have 20 days In which to file Its brief for
the prosecution, and the appellant will
then have ten days In which to file a re
ply. These times may be extended by
agreement of the attorneys.
The Norman Williams murder case Is
also pending on appeal in the Supreme
Court An abstract of the record was filed
a week ago. In lieu of a transcript This
abstract contains over 200 printed pages
and contains all the testimony upon which
the. defense bases Its claim that error was
committed In the trial court The appel
lant's brief will be due In 20 days from
September 13. Both cases will probably be
ready for trial not later than December 1.
SHERIFF OVERTAKES FUGITIVE
Irwin Said to Have Been Shot Near
Ballard's Landing.
BAKER CITY, Or., Sept 22. (Spe
cial.) A report comes from Haines late
this evening: that Sheriff Brown and
posse have had an encounter -with Bar
ker and Irwin late this afternoon on
Snake River near Ballard's Landing
and that Irwin has been shot
It whs Impossible to confirm this ru
mor this evening as all the lines of tel
ephone communication leading into the
country -where the Sheriff Is supposed
to bo closed at 8 o'clock. It is known,
however, that when the Sheriff left yes
terday he had a pretty good clew as to
the direction the men were traveling,
also their destination. If his informa
tion -was correct, it Is not Improbable
that the Sheriff, came up -with them in
the neighborhood of Ballard's Landing
on Snake River.
SESSION OF WOOL-GROWERS.
Shanlko Meeting Well Attended, and
Discussion Is Earnest.
SHANIKO. Or.. Sept. 22. A.ter a two
days' session, the Oregon Woolgrowers'
Association adjourned, after electing of
ficers for the ensuing year, to meet next
year at Portland. Officers elected are as
follows:
President Douglas Belts, Pilot Rock;
vice-president Robert Keys, Mitchell;
secretary. J. H. Gwinn, Pendleton; execu
tive committee, W. G. Ayres, Durkee; R.
R. Henten, Bakoven; Robert Hynd, Hepp
ner; J. H. Dobbins, Joseph, .arid the presi
dent, secretary and vice-president
"Vice-President Robert A. Young, of
Shanlko. presided in the absence of Presi
dent Belts, and sheepmen were present
from Wasco, Crook, Morrow, Umatilla,
Baker, Wallowa, Gilliam and Grant Coun
ties. About half of the time of the session
was taken up in a discussion of range
partition in the Blue Mountains, as the
forest reserve is expected to be established
before the next meeting. A division sim
ilar to that in use on the Cascade reserve
will probably be recommended, though on
a broader scale.
A system by which the depleted grass
of the Blue Mountain withdrawal will get
an opportunity to resume its one-time
profusion was unanimously favored by
those present It was argued that to give
a big sheepman an annual, or longer
term, lease on a certain tract -would
mean that he would refrain from over
stocking his portion, and would use every
endeavor to build up the range. Under
the present system, with a horde of sheep
pouring In from half .a dozen outside
counties, adding hundreds of thousands
to the large holdings of ' Grant County
owners, the Blue Mountain withdrawal
range ls in wretched condition before
Summer Is more than half gone, unless
the season Is unusually favorable. This
year It has been favorable.
The second most prominent feature of
the meeting was the desire expressed by
the big sheepowncrs present to secure the
enactment of legislation -which would
sooth the Irritation of home sheepmen In
the Summer range districts, who feel that
the outside stock, -which crowds their
smaller holdings, is usurping their pre
rogatives. This applies particularly to
Grant County, In which lies a large por
tion of the Blue Mountain withdrawal
area, and where the home stockmen have
been In a ruffled state for years against
alleged trespassing foreigners from such
counties as Morrow, Umatilla, Gilliam and
Wasco.
The method proposed was to allow the
Summer range county a portion of the
taxes on sheep. Thus If a Gilliam County
band of 2000 head were to range in Grant
County from Juno 1 to October 1, one-third
of the taxes on that band would be al
lowed Grant County. It was not made
quite clear whether this should apply to
both state and county assessments, or
only to the state tax. The executive
committee is to attend to the drafting of
a measure to bring this about The asso
ciation members declare their motives are
sincere In talking of this legislation.
Action against shooters of sheep was
left in abeyance. In spite ot the fact that
the Antelope Woolgrowers' Association
had spent hundreds of dollars, and had
finally discovered the perpetrators of the
recent Crook County slaughter. It was the
expressed belief that no jury could be se
cured to convict the marauders.
NEW LINES OF PRESBYTERIES
Resolution Introduced at Meeting
Held at Enterprise.
LA GRANDE, Or., Sept 22. (Special.)
The most Important feature of the work
undertaken at the Eastern Oregon Pres
bytery, which is In session In Enterprise,
Wallowa County, for a few days, was a
resolution to divide the Eastern Oregon
Presbytery, which now consists of every
county east of the Cascades, except Lake
and Klamath. The division "will be made
along the crest of the Blue Mountains
jfrom the state Hoe southward until Grant
County Is reached. A portion of Grant
County will be in this and a portion in
the other presbytery.
Grand Ronde Presbytery will consist
of Harney, Malheur, Baker, Union, Wal
lowa and a portion of Grant Counties.
Pendleton Presbytery will comprise Uma
tilla County, a portion of Grant Wasco,
Wheeler, Crook, and, In fact all of the
rest of the territory east of the Cascades
not Included in the Grand Ronde' Pres
bytery, and Lake and Klamath Counties.
MEET NEXT AT PORTLAND.
Northwest Photographers Send Invi
tation to California Association.
TA.COMA, .Wash., Sept 22. The Pho
tographers' Association of the Pacific
Northwest this evening1 elected officers
for the ensuing term and decided by a
unanimous vote to hold their annual
convention next year at Portland dur
ing the Lewis and Clark Exposition.
An invitation was extended to the
California Association to meet with the
Northwest organization at Portland in
1905 In Joint convention, and assurances
wore given by the California represen
tatives that the Invitation would be ac
cepted. Oregon received the lion's share
of the ticket, which was unanimously
elected as. follows:
President, H. D. Trover, Salem; sec
retary and treasurer, Charles Butter
worth. Portland; vice-president, ;E. W.
Moore, Portland; vice-president for
Idaho, H. P. Egari, Moscow; vice-president
for Montana, F. M. Ingalls. Mis
soula; vice-president for British Co
lumbia. Howard King, Vancouver; vice
president for Washington, T. J. Lee, Ta
coma; vice-president for Oregon. A. G.
Churchley, Portland.
WOULD ENLARGE THE STATE.
Mead Says Northern Idaho Should Bs
Joined to Washington.
SPOKANE, Wash., Sept 22. Albert
Mead, nominee for Governor, advocates
the annexation of Northern Idaho, and
In his talks to the Republicans of East
ern Washington Is advocating such a
movement In preference to a division of
this state.
"I am not In favor of a division of
this state," said he, "rather do I favor
making this state" larger and annexing
the panhandle. I think Grover Cleve
land made a big mistake when he ve
toed the bill to make Northern Idaho
a part of Washington. This state should
not be divided the east and west one
part is of equal Importance to the other.
"I am In favor of a Congressional di
vision of the state as advocated, and be
lieve that it would be a good thing."
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DAMPENER TO THE FAIR.
Rain at Eugene Forbid3 Day's Rac
ing Programme.
EUGENE, Or., Sept 22. (Special.)
Heavy rains last night and today put
a damper on the district fair and it was
impossible this afternoon to carry out
any exercise at the park. The track
was partially flooded and all races
were 'called off, but the management
announces that- the programme will
be carried out tomorrow if the weather
permits.
There was no falling off in the at
tendance at the pavilion in the city and
the side attractions In the streets con
tinued to receive patronage. The change
in the weather will cut down the re
ceipts of the association very material
ly, as today and tomorrow were count
ed on as the heaviest days.
Sewer Assessments Questioned.
ASHLAND, Or., Sept 22. (Special.) No
tice has been given that Injunction pro
ceedings will be Instituted by property
owners interested to test the validity of
the recent special sewer assessments lev
led by the City Council to complete Ash
land's sewer system. The special assess
ments recently levied aggregate about ?43,
000, and have been taxed up against the
property embraced within the sewer dis
trict and covering nearly the entire city,
on a square foot of land basis.
Tho completion of the city's proposed
complete sewer system is generally de
sired, but the equity of the plan adopted
by the Council to raise the funds re
quired is criticised, and Is the cause of
the proceedings now about to be insti
tuted to test the validity of the levy and
apportionment
Farmers on a Sound Basis.
HOOD RIVER, Or., Sept 22, (Special.)
The Farmers' Irrigating Company of
Hood River has floated a 522,000 bond
loan, the First National Bank of this
city taking tho entire block at 7 per cent
interest N. C. Evans, secretary of the
Farmers' Irrigating Company, who Is pre
paring his report for the first annual
meeting, October 1, states that the com
pany has been placed on a sound finan
cial basis, and that the farmers have re
ceived better service.
The receipts and disbursements since the
organization of the company March 1 of
this year amount to over f65.000. The
ditch Is supplying 1400 Inches of water,
and will be able to Increase this flow 200
Inches at very slight cost next season.
Registration at McMinnville College.
M'MINNVILLE. Or.. Sept 22.-(SpecIal.)
Registration began at McMinnville Col
lege yesterday. Many students will reg
ister today. There is a marked increase
over that of last year, and Field Secre
tary Latourette states that the enrollment
will reacn the 250 mark.
The 47th annual opening exercises were
held in the BaptlBt Church last night
Rev. J. W. Brougher, of Portland, deliv
ered a very entertaining educational ad
dress. New members of the faculty were
introduced as follows: A. C. Davis, chem
istry and physics; Miss E. E. Babbit con
servatory assistant: Miss Blanche Robe
son, elocution; Mrs. C. C. Potter, princi
pal of conservatory.
Ashland Normal Is Crowded.
ASHLAND, Or., Sept. 22. (Special.)
The State Normal School at Ashland
opened this week with the largest at
tendance la Its history. It Is a note
worthy fact that notwithstanding Ash
land's fine High School system ls furnish
ing academic opportunities for the home
demand, the patronage of the Normal
from distant parts of tho state Is eo great
that the Institution la being crowded to
Its utmost limits.
The conditions here strongly suggest
that It would be feasible and proper to
require all cities asking for a normal
school by state aid to maintain High
Schools by local taxation for academic
purposes.
Body Found In Sun River.
GREAT FALLS, Mont., Sept. 22. The
body of L. A. Enders, the man who mys
teriously disappeared 12 miles south of
this city ten days ago, and for whom hun
dreds of people have been searching, was
dynamited to the surface of Sun River
Bhortly after noon today, where It had
Iain In a deep hole. Enders had gone
hunting on the morning of his disappear
ance and is supposed to have waded into
the pool after ducks shot and fell from
a stomach trouble to which he was sub
ject Enders was for many years a promi
nent business man of this city, and leaves
a widow but no children.
Confesses Falsely to Save Pal.
SACRAMENTO. Cal.. Sept 22. In the
case of Charles Padllla, on trial for the
murder of J. C. McCarthy, in September,
1S02, Augustine Mirandi today testified
that it was he who killed McCarthy, and
that Padllla was Innocent Mirandi was
charged jointly with Padllla, and has been
convicted and la under sentence of death.
It was apparent that .he was trying to
save Padllla from the gallows. Padllla
was convicted and sentenced to be
hanged.
Absolutely Perfect
Copyright 1904 by
Hart Schaffner fc? Marx
Sam'l Rosenb
BLOCKED BY CAPITALIST
SECTION OF COOS THAT SHOULD
BE WEALTH PRODUCER.
Inactivity of Boston Owner Prevents
Rapid Development Dredging
-Cannot Be Done.
MAHSHFIELD, Or., Sept. 20.-i(Special
Correspondence.) Sumner ls at the head
o Catching Slough, ten miles south of
Mar8hfleld. At one time It was an am
bitious place, with three saloons. Hav
lng' the ratio of saloons to population,
you could figure out how many people
lived there. But the ratio varies. In Ne
vada the population would have been
very small. In Utah, where the people
have other forms of entertainment and
are sober, it would have been very large.
Sumner's prehistoric greatness of the
hurdy-gurdy was in the days before the
building of the railroad from Oregon to
California. It followed the completion of
the Coos Bay wagon road from Roseburg
In the early '70a. Sumner was quite a
center. It was at the head of naviga
tion on the Inlet One wagon road led
northeast to Daniels Creek and C003
River, another south ten miles to Co
qullle, one west threo and a half miles
to Coos City, and It was on the main
road from Roseburg to Marshfleld.
The building of that road is described
in these latter days as a great farce. It
ls said that It was to have been a turn
pike, and It Is averred that it was no
better than a ditch. The company that
built It received a large subsidy of tim
ber land of alternate sections, first three
miles on either side, and then six. It
was to sell this timber for not more than
52.50 per acre, In tracts not larger than
160 acres to any one man.
Boston Man Gets Big Tract.
It disposed of 97,000 acres In one body
to the Southern Oregon Company, of
which Elijah Smith, of Boston, 13 the
president. This company for several
years past has pursued a policy of mas
terful inactivity, and Is said to be the
one drawback In the rapid development
of the peninsula. It keeps Idle a fine
sawmill at Empire, with a capacity of
150,000 feet per day. It is said that this
company Is about to change hands, and
that an era of progress in its manage
ment will be inaugurated.
The Southern Oregon Company owns a
narrow-gauge railroad of Ave miles, run
ning through Sumner from the logging
camps to the bay. That section has been
mostly logged over. A section of the
road ls now used as a diversion for the
traveler coming In on the stage. He
leaves the stage at Sumner at 8 o'clock
In the evening, mounts a handcar, and is
given an exhilarating ride at top speed
of a mile and a quarter to the wharf,
where he takes the gasoline launch for
a charming ride on the water to Marsh
fleld. Dairies Use River Boat.
This staging by train and boat i3 an
innovation of modern times. "When Cap
tain Harris began business at Sumner,
five years ago, for two years ho made
regular trips with his launch at a loss,
just to make a record and let people
know that he was on the map. At that
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That is an abbreviated description of our Fall Suits. These garments
are of the latest patterns, in the latest styles, by the very best tailors.
We have not ' sacrificed fit, material nor workmanship to the price,
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time not a pound of milk was going to
the creameries from Catching Slough.
The stage made a halt at Sumner and
drove on to Marshfield-
Now the business has so developed that
Captain Harris requires two regular
boats to accommodate the traffic, and
an opposition line has sprung Into ex
istence. A dozen dairies are sending milk
to the creamery, and a hundred families
living In Marshfleld each has its private
mllkcan to come down of a morning on
the boat '
When Captain Harris was asked If it
was not possible that Elijah would die
some day, he answered:
"We have been praying for it for some
years."
Tou must know your Western man be
fore you can tell when he ls not serious.
Sumner is expecting great things for
the future. Catching Slough on both sides
ls dyked from the Coos River up to the
wharf. The slough extends beyond the
logging wharf, up to the town of Sum
ner Itself, but It would have to be
dredged before It is navigable for1
launches at low tide, and it will take
110,000 to do this. Aid is expected from
the Government
Improvement Is Blocked.
But the dredging of that slough would
complete the dyking of the land on both
sides and make fine dairy bottoms. This
Improvement Is not made for tho reason
that one side is owned by the Southern
Oregon Company. There is a six-foot
vein of fine coal exposed In the hills
near Sumner, and when boats can go
up to the end of the Inlet It will be
mined and marketed.
The fact that all the bottom land along
Catching Slough has to be dyked to save
it from being submerged at high tide
latt & Co
however, by the use of Mother's Friend before baby comes, as this
great liniment always prepares the body for the strain upon it, and
preserves the symmetry of her form. Mother's Friend overcomes all the
danger of child-birth, and carries the expectant mother safely through
this critical period without pain. It is woman's greatest blessing.
Thousands gratefully tell of the benefit and relief derived from tho
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use or tnis wonaenui
remedy. Sold by all
druggists at $1.00 per
bottle. Our little MWSB
book, telliner all about
this liniment, will be sent fre.f
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The cure of Varicocele, Rupture, Loss of Vital Power and all dis
eases of mon has engaged our attention for the past quarter of a cen
tury. We understand more fully than most physicians the disastrous
possibilities of these diseases.
We have cured more than any other physician on the Ooast. Our
treatments are more rational, more modern and more effective than
any other physician practicing in the West. We not only relieve, but ab
solutely and permanently cure all diseases and weaknesses of men,
including Strictures, Varicocele, Contagious Blood Poison, Contracted
Ailments, Loss of Vitality, Nervous Debility, Kidney and Bladder
Troubles, etc. One personal visit always preferred, but if you cannot
call at our office, write us your symptoms fully. Many cases can be
cured at home.
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contributes to the success of its dairjinsr
Interests. In Summer here the high
lands get quite dry. and the cows do not
do well on the parched grass. But along
Catching Slough the grass Is kept green
all Summer long. At Sumner the land
lies but about a. foot above high tide.
TVhen the tide flocds the fresh water in
the rivulets from the hills Is backed up
In the meadows, and this Is almost as
good as an irrigating ditch.
Good Feed All Summer.
This is one prime reason for the supe
rior quality of the cheese made at Sum
ner. The cows have good feed "all Sum
mer long. Professor Blackmore, who
taught Mrs. Harris the art of cheese
making, took only second prize at the
State Fair for the reason that his cows
did not have such excellent grass In
Summer.
Then, too, Captalrf Harris believes in
blooded stock. He Is gradually Improving
the breed of his stock, and says he Is
making a finer cheese today than ever
before. He claims to have the finest
bull in the state, a full-blooded Jersey,
land expects to exhibit him at Portland
next year. This bull was on exhibition
at the Chicago World's Fair as a calf,
where his mother died.
Sumner's greatness of the past was
ephemeral. Its future will .be of a dif
ferent character, and It has already at
tained fame as the place where the fin
est cream cheese ls made In the State of
Oregon.
"What mo' does you want," nslos a colored
philosopher, "than cotton ter clothe you, corn
ter feed you. a shelter w'en It's ralnln. en a
fiddlo ter make you dance w'en you feels lone
some?" Atlanta Constitution.
Every woman covets t
shapely, pretty figure, and
many of them deplore the
loss of their girlish forms
after marriage. The bearing
of children is often destructive
to the mother's shapeliness.
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Every case of contracted dis
eases we treat is cured thoroughly.
Our patient3 have no relapses.
When we pronounce a case cured
there is not a particle of infection
or inflammation remaining, and
there is not the slightest danger
that the disease will return in its
original form or work its way into
the general system. Some con
tracted diseases are less serious
than others, but none are too triv
ial to warrant uncertain methods
of treatment. We especially so
licit those cases that other doctors
have been unable to cure.
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