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THE MORNING 6EEGONilf,. SATCTDAY, JASUAKJT 7, 1905. SUM FOR IXHIBIT Washington Commissioners to Recommend $75,000. STATE WILL RECEIVE BENEFIT Elmer E. Johnson, Who Was So Suc cessful at Former Fairs, Is Being Urged to Take Charge of the Display. SEATTLE, Wash.. Jan. 6. (Special.) The Washington State Board of Commis sioners for the Lewis and Clark Expo sition -will urge an appropriation by the next Legislature ot J75.000, to have this (state suitably represented at the Exposi tion. The board met ia the Hotel BuUer this afternoon and remained In session -until this evening. Still another session will be held tomorrow for a number of changes in the bill that will be submit ted to the Legislature are to be threshed out by the members. W. R. Paselee, of Clarkston, "Wash., chairman of the board. Is outspoken in behalf of a liberal appropriation upon the ground that the Exposition means aS much to Washington as It does to Ore gon, and that this state will benefit large ly by the Increased Immigration to the Coast that is sure to follow the Exposi tion. Elmer E. Johnson, of Everett, who was commissioner at the Exposition at Buf falo, and later at St. Louis, having charge of the Washington exhibits in each state, was offered the same place for the Lewis and Clark Exposition. So far he has de clined to accept the place, giving as his reason that the experience he had In Buf falo and St- Louis "was enough for one man. The members of the board have not yet despaired of getting Mr. Johnson to ac cept the place, however, and it is. thought that when he learns that a liberal ap propriation Is to be made and that ao pains or expense will be spared In giv ing Washington a suitable exhibit, that he will yield to the unanimous request of the board and take the place. His wide experience gained In two large" Exposi tions makes him the Ideal man for the pltfce. and no steps -will be taken toward getting another man until another effort is made to get Mr. Johnson. The bill that will be presented to the Legislature was drawn by Harold Pres ton and the board will confer with him tomorrow to make a few minor changes before taking It to Oiympia. POLK'S ANGORA GOAT SHOW. Ninety Prizes to Be Awarded in Reg istered and Unregistered Classes. DALLAS. Or., Jan. C (Special.) The sixth annual Angora goat show for the State of Oregon will be held In Dallas Thursday and Friday, January 19 and 20, under the auspices of the Polk County Mohair Association. Diplomas will be granted to all prize-winners. No entrance fee will be charged and feed will be fur nished free of charge. Registered and un registered goats are eligible. Forty-Jive prizes will be awarded In the registered class, and the same number in the un registered class. Free space will be given to all those who desire to make an exhibit of sheep and .poultry. The latter exhibits will be Entirely Independent of the goat show. The Southern Pacific and Falls City roads have made a half rate on exhibits and one-and-a-thlrd passenger fare. Tillamook's Exhibit at Exposition. TILLAMOOK. Or.. Jan. 6. (Speclal.) There was a public meeting at the Opera -House last night to take into considera tion the matter of an exhibit at the Lewis and Clark Exposition, and to ask the County Court to appropriate 52000 toward the expenses. County Judge W. W. Con der presided. The sentiment of the meet ing was in favor f a county exhibit, and the motion to ask for $2000 carried. Judge Conder was authorized to appoint a com mittee to take charge of the matter. High School Pupils Are Interested. ALBANY. Or.. Jan. C. (Special.) A J.lnn County geological exhibit for the Lewis and Clark Fair is to be prepared by the students of the Albans' High School. The specimens will be collected by the boys of the school and will be vlasslfied and prepared for exhibit by tho girls, assisted by the teachers. MAYOR HELD IRRESPONSIBLE. How Indictment of Seattle's Execu. tivc and Chfef Fell Through. SEATTLE. Wash.. Jan. 6. (Special. Ex-Mayor T. J. Humes, Chief -of Po lice Sullivan, Police Judge Georgre and others of the city officials and poli ticians indicted by the last King Coun ty grand Jury, were accused nearly ivn yn.rs ago. At the beginning of tho administration of County Attorney Scott h demand for an investigation intt city affairs, growing out of th jramhllng scandal that ultimately, re sulted In the legislature passing the Rambling felony act. grew up, and a surla) grand jury was summoned. Thbugh an organization of citizens, firmed as a municipal alliance 10 fur ther tho work, employed special coun sel. Scott took upon himself the direc tion of the grand Jury's work, and be sides the Mayor and Chief of Police, a number nt prominent polltlcVins were Indicted on gambling, slot machine, franchise, crooked gaming and other chniftus. Theso were In addition to the regular charges preferred against suspects In the County Jail awaiting trial. The Indictment against the Mayor was distressed because a demurrer was raised that brought out the point that the Mayor was not responsible for the enforcement of the laws. Subsequent ly, as The Oregonian told in an exclu sive story at the time, the indictment against the Chief of Police was dis missed by the Prosecuting Attorney, because he held that the Chief was re sponsible to the Mayor, and If the Mayor were guiltless the Chief, a sub ordinate officer, could not be held. Since thHt time all the indictments have been dismissed. PAWNS DIAMOND FOR TICKET Portland Woman Says She Is Afraid to Live With Husband. OREGON CITT. Or., Jan. 6. (Special.) Declaring that ahe feared to longer live with her husband, a Mrs. Wilson, of Portland, spent a few hours In this city yesterday, departing on the overland last night for Oakland. Cal., where she has relatives.- Mrs. Wilson reached Oregon City during the afternoon and immedi ately telegraphed her California relatives for funds with which to reach the Golden State. The money failed to arrive before the time for the night train, and Mrs. Wilson, who was well dressed and adorned with some valuable diamonds, deopslted one of the atones us security for a loan of $ that she was successful In ralslmr In this city. During the afternoon the woman's "hus band, suspecting the elopement, also came to thl. city, but was "unsuccessful In hla endeavors to Induce the wife to abandon -fcer jiian oI" elopement. -In conversing with friends, whose assistance she ob tained, "Mrs. Wilson divulged that Jicr hnma Ufa feet Wn ,T7M"MnclV TinDleaS- ant and that she -was afraid further to live with her husband, at whose hanas sne feared violence. THUG HANGED FOR MURDER Victim in San Francisco Held His Man Until Police Came. SAN QUENTIN. Cal., Jan. 6. Larry O'Nell was hanged in the State Prison here today for the murder of James Gil llce. an aged saloonkeeper of San Fran cisco. Larry O'JCelll, alias Henry Miller, alias George Lupton. killed James Gilllce April IS. 1903. After closing his saloon. Gilllce walked along Ninth street near Market, when 0-Nelll held him up. Gilllce failed to submit to robbery and was shot in the groin bj O'Xeill. -who was" Immedi ately captured by the police, being held till their arrival by Gilllce. Gilllce died the following day. Testerday afternoon Milton prepared and handed Warden Tompkins a signed statement in which he confessed that It was he who committed the brutal rob bery of aged Mrs. Matthews, on Halght street, on March 4, 1903. Mike and Docla Nolan were convicted of this crime and are now serving long terms for it. The prison authorities place 'no credence In Milton's confession. , FOUND WITH STOLEN NUGGETS Burglar Does Not Get Far With Booty in Coos County. MARSHFIELD. Or.. Jan. 6. (Special.) A burglar with the booty In his posses sion was captured here today by Marshal Carter upon the arrival of the steamer Alert from North Coos River. Wednes day night the house of Mrs. Anderson. 20 miles above Allegany, was entered and 132 In money and 13 gold nuggets, valued at about $100, stolen. The man -when arrested gave the- name of Fred Johnson. He afterward said his name was George Lollor. He had In his possession ten of the nuggets and $43 In money. Mrs. Anderson Identified the property as that -which he had stolen. SHOT AT WIFE; KILLED HIMSELF Seattle Man Has Troubles, and Drinks Himself Into Homicidal Rage. SEATTLE. Jan. 6. Matthew H. Cou riers, a former employe at the Court house, fired three shots at his wife this afternoon and then shot himself through the head. His wife received but a slight wound In the arm. Conners lived until he reached the hospital. He had fired two shots at himself, but missed the first time. Family troubles -were the cause of the shooting. Conners. who is well known here as one of the early residents, had been drinking heavily for some time. Friends Made Embezzlement Good. ASTORIA. Or., Jan. S. (SpeciaU-W. H. Davis., who has been held In the County Jail for several days on the charge of em bezzling several hundred dollars fro"m Ross. Hlggins & Co., by whom he was employed, was released from custddy this evening, aa his friends had refunded the amount of money taken and paid all the coals In the case. Young Men Arre3ted for Larceny. OREGON CITY. Or.. Jan. G. (Special.) On complaint of George Ogle, Charles Spurlln and Harris Ridings, two young men residing In the Molalla neighbor hood, were today arrested on the charge of larceny from a dwelling. The young men are accused of the theft of a watch, a pistol and $S from "the complainant's residence. Chinese Gambler Hanged. FOLSOM. CaL, Jan. C Sing Yow, a Chinese, was hanged today in the pen Itentiapjr here for the murder of Jeong Him at Walnut Grove. Sacramento County, In October. 1902. The tragedy was the result of a gambling game. ROAD TO SKEENA RIVER. Great Northern Plans Route in Con junction With Grand Trunk. VANCOUVER, B. C Jan. . The Prov ince this afternoon says: Working in conjunction with the Grand Trunk Pacific, the Great Northern Rail way plans to construct a line of railway north from Burrard Inlet to the Skeena River. The line will be pushed north ward to tap the richest regions of the Cassiar district and perhaps connection may be established with Dawson. The line will run north from Vancouver via Howe Sound, through the bquamisn vai ley to Hazelton, where a junction will be effected with the main line of the Grand Trunk Pacific Construction will be carried out under a charter granted to the Vancouver, West minster & Yukon Railway. CHIEF PEO GOES TO THE ASYLUM Ignored by Umatillas After 'Injury in Drunken Debauch. PENDLETON, Or.. Jan. 6. (Special.) Chief Peo, who for 30 years has been the nominal head of the Umatilla Indians. ,1s insane and is now on his way to the Government hospital at Canton, S. D, Peo's ailment is pronounced by the res ervation physician as alcoholic dementia. the old Indian having been addicted to drink for a number of years. A short ti me ago he was on a protracted sproe and when placed "under arrest by a local policeman he resisted and received a hard blow on the head. It is alleged, from the officer, the blow affecting his mind. Peo has been entirely Ignored by his fellow tribesmen since his downfall, He is about 60 years old. HIGH SCHOOL FOR KLAMATH. County Commissioners Levy Tax to Raise $25,000. KLAMATH FALLS, Or.. Jan. 6. County Commissioners Court made a tax levy or 25 mills today, and decided to build a $25,000 county high school. Near to Free Delivery Mark. OREGON CITY. Or.. Jan. 6. (Special.) Postmaster Randall s annual report shows a substantial increase In the re ceipts of the local office during the last year over that of 1903. During the 12 months Just ended the receipts aggre gated 53743.93 as against $8,C4.5 for 1KB. In the ensuing year it is expected the receipts of the Oregon City office will exceed 110.000. which will entitle the peo ple of this city to free mall delivery for which they are striving. Large Sum for Road-Building. HILLSBORO. Or.. Jan. 6. (Spccial.) The County Commissioners have levied the tax for the current year and the to tal tax will be $133.01iS5. funded as" fol lows: State. 6.1 mills. J31.20S.S5; county gen oral. XS mills. $19.44&24: school. 6 mills. $30.(35.27: Indigent. .1 mill. $311.58; road purposes. 10 mills. This makes the tax $11,000 greater than last year, and gives $23,000 more for road purposes than In ISM. Judge-Advocate Sent to Luzon. VANCOUVER. Wash.. Jan. 6. (Special.) Telegraphic Information received from the War Department this morning directs that Walter K. Bethel. Judge-Advocate of the Department of the Columbia, be relieved from duty In this department and assigned to duty as Judge-Advocate of the Department of Luzon. No successor has- yet been -mused, to take bis place In uus acpartment. HOMES FOR MANY Oregon Land Board Praises Irrigation Enterprises. WATER FOR ARID CROOK LAND Personal Visit to Bend Country Leads to Belief That Contracts Made by Companies Will Be Carried Out With Speed. LAND BEING . RECLAIMED. Acres. Pilot Butte Development Com. Pany 84.707.74 Three Sisters Irrigation Com pany 27.004.83- Deschutes Reclamation & Irri tation Company , 1.2S0.00 Portland Company 8,733.47 SALEM. Jan. C (Special.) New homes for thousands of people and the addition of millions of dollars to the taxable prop erty of the state Is what the State Land Board sees . In the Irrigation enterprises now under way in the Deschutes country, IN TOMORROW'S OREGONIAN WHAT JAPAN HAS ACHIEVED IN MANCHURIA. ' At the request of The Sunday Oregoman, General Thomas M. Anderson, United States Army, has written, in popular form, a review of what Japan started out to do and what her arms actually accomplished in the campaign that ended this week in the fall of Port Arthur. It is the view of a military expert, but stripped of technical language and intended for the reader who is not familiar with the science of warfare. OREGON PIONEER MAIL AND EXPRESS ROUTES. Fred H. Saylor writes a chapter of early history, beginuing at the time when postage on the lightest letter for a distance of 100 miles was 50 cents; illustrated with rare photographs. HOW THE OTHER HALF OP THE WORLD LIVES. First of a series of letters from Europe by G. W. Burton, formerly of Portland, on industrial conditions in Europe. He has spent three months studying France and Belgium, and for his first topic takes up the latter country ON A BUOKBOARD ACROSS THE COAST RANGE. Mrs. Alma A. Rogers writes her impressions of a Winter's stage ride from Eugene to the mouth of the Siuslaw River. TODAY'S OPPORTUNITIES POR YOUNG WOMEN. To this series Mrs. Margaret V. Allen, Dr. Joseph R. Wilson and City Superintendent Frank Rigler contribute interviews on school teaching as a vocation. RUSSELL SAGE, MONEY LENDER AT THE AGE OF 88. Frank G. Carpenter writes concerning the business-like methods of this miser, together with some excellent advice td young men. WAR BALLOON STATION TO BE ESTABLISHED. A Washington correspondent tells of the plans of tlie Army to test various military aerial devices at Omaha. ARTHUR PEARSON, CHAMPION HUSTLER OF ENGLAND. Our London correspondent writes of the publisher 'of 28 news papers and periodicals, who has recently bought the London Standard. LARGEST LOG STRUCTURE IN THE WORLD. Old Faithful Inn, Yellowstone Park, combines the crudest Avdrk manship with the latest and finest bidding material. DR. LYMAN ABBOTT'S VIEW OF GOD. . Authorized version of the recent sermon that has aroused dis cussion throughout the country. PECK'S BAD BOY ABROAD. This mischievous youngster tells how his paternal ancestor poses in Paris as a Mormon bishop and climbs the Eiffel Tower. ' in Crook County. This optimistic view of the result of Irrigation work under the Carey act is expressed by the board in its biennial report to the Legislature, which was made public today. The report shows that applications have been made for contracts for the reclamation of 4C0.221.9S acres of land, under the Carey act, and that contracts have been made by the state with the United States by which the state will acquire title to 121.7S5.30 acres, when the land shall be reclaimed. Concerning the work being done by three of the companies, the board says: Durfns the earlr part of thl year the Ore son Irrigation Company made application for a contract to reclaim S6.000.S9 acres of land adjoining and partly surrounded by that of the Pilot Butte Development Company, the source of water also being the Deschutes River in the vicinity ot Bend. This company subse quently sold out to the Deschutes Irrigation and Power Company, aa did also the Pilot Butte Development Company. This corpora tion ls composed ot. Eastern capitalists of large means, who, the board believes from the let ters presented by them, are amply able to ful All the contracts undertaken by them. This company notified the board that they would Apply for about 80.000 acres additional land adjoining the- segregation of the Pilot Butte Company on the south and exit, talcing prac tically all of the remainder of the big desert between Crooked River on the north and Beer Creek Mountains on the south, and the Des chutes River on the west and the mountains on the eivtt. For this last project the water is also to be taken from the Deschutes River at lknhasi Falls. The board made a visit to Bend last June and made a. perional examina tion of the river as far np as Benham Falls, and being satisfied that the qcantity of water was ample for all there various projects, and that the location of the land was such that It would be better that one company have it all. so it all would be under one system, and con flict of Interests be thereby avoided, the seg regations were made and contracts applied for. The board Inspected the flumes and 'ditches already constructed and being constructed on the projects of the Pilot Butte Development Company and the Three Sisters Irrigation Com pany, and found that a large amount of ditch and flume was completed, the water running In same for several miles, both companies pushing the work as fast as money, men and teams could do It. The board has no doubt that the Deschutes Irrigation and Power Company, the Three Sis ters Irrigation Company and the Deschutes Re clamation and Irrigation Company will fulfill their contracts to the -satisfaction of the state, and that the successful reclamation ot the lands in these projects will be an accomplished fact in a very short time, end that the land reclaimed will furnish homes and profitable remuneration for several thousand people, as well as add to the taxable property ot the state several millions of dollars, and all this from land which has hitherto only furnished Winter grazing for a few thousand sheep. Detailed reports from the Pilot Butte Company show -that 21 miles ot flume and main canal and 14 miles of laterals have been constructed with a carrying capacity of 300 cubic feet of water per second. Water is running in 18 miles of main canal and IS miles of laterals. Settlers have applied for 1S45 acres In this tract. The company Is now working a force of 4S0 men and 150 teams. In the Three- Sisters system,, now owned by the Columbia. Southern Irri- jcatlort Company, 33 miles or main banal and. 58 miles of laterals have been constructed witlt a carrying- ca pacity or 400 cubic feet of water per second. Water" Is running In 30 miles of. main canal nnd 40. miles of laterals, and will Irrigate" 18,000 acres next Sum mer. Settlers have applied for 18,000 acres. ' One entirely new plan of Irrigation shown by the report of the State Land Board Is that of the Portland Company, in Barney Valley, where the pumping system has been tried. This company says: . The plan adopted by, the Portland Company, whereby it proposed to furnish water to "re claim the tract selected for It by the state. Was to pump water front wells sunk on the land; ani also to brine the early Spring freshets from the surrouodlnc hills to the land by rneans-of ditches, depending: on this freshet water to Tret up the land thoroughly until a boat June, and then pumping whatever amount would be necessary to Insure a crop after the effect of the freabet water Is gone. After spending considerable time In digging open, shallow wells. believing sufficient water could be obtained to supply large pumps from what may be termed surface water. It became evident that the wells would bare to be of such zlze as to make the work of construction quite expensive, and. therefore, we secured drilling machinery, asd after drilling a 10-inch hole SO feet deep, struck a good flow of water, which rise to within eight feet of the sur face of the ground. Thla 10-Inch bole was drilled In the bottom cf a well which was dug 23 feet deep aud Gift feet In size. The water boiled up out of the drilled hole Into the 6x6 well, and fills it from 21 to 20 feet below the surface In li minutes; this equals 134 gallons per minute. We hare put In place a pumping plant con' nected with the above-mentioned well. This pump will throw 3000 gallons of water per minute, which will cover 52 acres three Inches deep In 24 hours. We are undertaking to Increase the supply of water In three waya: First, by digging a long trench 314 feet wideband 20 feet deep; In this trench several holes will be drilled in such a way that the water can rise from them Into the trench and flow from It intb the CxO well: it ls yet uncertain as to whether or not the water will come from each of sereral holes bored a few reet apart with the same force as It does from one Second, the 10-inch hole will be put down deep to eee If any other can be found. Third. If a stronger flow than the one found at a depth of 83 feet cannot. be found, a large strainer will be put down through the 10-Inch casing and left to rest In the sand belt when the casing is drawn bacfe. so that the bottom of the casing will be at the top of the sand. This will doubtless In crease the flow. It may also be best to Uft Use water from a greater depth, possibly 30 feet: this should also Increase the amount of water that can be taken from one well. The Board recommends careful con sideration of the irrigation code pre pared by the United States Reclama tion Service officials, and. If the office of State Engineer be not created, that J1500 be appropriated to pay the ex penses of the Board for the next two years; Only $469 was expended from the appropriation of 53000 made two years ago. FARMER HIT ON THE HEAD. Found Lying, Nearly Dead, in Field on His Ranch. BOISE, Idaho, Jan. 6. John B. Wood, a prominent farmer of the Boise Valley, Is lying at the point of death as a result of a wound on the head inflicted by some unknown person.. He left his house on Wednesday afternoon, and was last seen walking across his place. When he did not return at night, search was made and he was found lying on his face about half a mile from the house. There is no clew to the identity of his assailant, nor is there any known reason for the assault. Battery Leaves Vancouver Barracks. VANCOUVER BARRACKS.. Wask, Jan. 6. (Special.) The Eighth Field Battery left this post today for Fort D. A. Rus sell, Wyoming, .where It will be stationed for some time. As the battery left the lost It consisted of 108 enlisted men. commanded by William I Klnley and Lieutenants Walter K. Wilson and Chaun cey L. Fenton. The battery came to this post direct from the Philippines, August 4, 1901. During the Department athletic contest, which was held here last Summer, the Eighth Battery carried off the pennant given the organization securing the greatest number of points. The depar ture of this battery will leave the post without a battery organization until the arrival of the Seventh and Eighteenth Batteries from the Philippines. 3"o Freeze Rogue River Fish. ASTORIA, Or.. Jan. 6. The schooner Chetco leaves tt Tight for Rogue River fitted with a cold-storage plant of a ca pacity of 23 tond, to collect Chinook' sal mon for German shipment for delivery frozen. This is "the first of a fleet being equipped by Captain E. B. Eums and a Seattle coaapany tand the first time fish frozen on leaving water will be delivered fresh to European breakfast tables. TEST OF LIQUOR UW Suit Brought in Circuit Court at The Dalles. HOOD RIVER MAN COMPLAINS Hotelkeeper in "Dry" Section Would Force City Council to Pay Back to Him the Amount of His Unexpired License. THE DALLES. Or., Jan. 6. (Special.) A suit has been brought In the Cir cuit Court which will probably result In testing the legality of the local op tion -liquor law. The action Is brought against the City of Hood Klver.by P. F. Fouts, a hotel-keeper of. that, place, who alleges in his complaint that h was granted a license by the City Council of Hood River, Juna 7, 1304. permitting him to sell liquors in tho bar attached to his hostelry for th period of ono year; that in a subdivis ion of "Was co County, including Hood River at the olectlon of November S Llast, local option was adopted, and thereby he was prevented from reap ing the benefits or his license since January 1. Under section J of the local option law it Is provided that a proportlonati amount of the lax paid by a liquor dealer for his unexpired fe'rm shall ut refunded, and under this section Mr Fouts ia suing the Oily of Hood River for the amount due on his unexpired li cense. This amount the City Council declined to pay when called upon by Fouts for his refund.- It Is apparent by this refusal of the Council to comply with the require ments of the local option measure that thy hope to protect themselves from the demands of Mr. Fouts by question ing the validity f the law. January 1. when Hood River became a dry town, four liquor-dealers were put out of commission, each with an unexpired 11 censtt. It is expected that all will t celve like treatment from the City Council. FEE IS BAKER'S CHOICE. Lively Contest Expected Over Selec tion of Electoral Messenger. BAKER CITY, Or., Jan. 6. (Special1 Unless all signs fail, there will be aj lively time over the choice of a mes senger to "carry the vote of the Oregon electoral college to "Washington ivfiea the electors meet at Salem Monday. State Chairman Baker has interested himself in the matter and is doing all he can to bring about the choice o' Judge James A. Fee, of Pendleton, as the official bearer of the vote of Or gon to "Washington. Hon. J. N. Hart, of this city, ls one of the electors?, and h does not agree with the suggestion of Chairman Baker that Judge Fee b selected. Mr. Hart says that the other three electors have an equal claim upon the position, and so far us he is con cerned the choice of the one to go to Washington will be made in such a way that the other three electors will stand an equal show with Judge Fee Besides the honor, there Is a neat lit tle fee In the shape of mileage at the rate of 25 cents per mile from Salem to 'Washington for the man w ho car ries thu big official envelope contain ing the certificate of Oregon s vote for President and VIce-Pre3ldenL There has been considerable correspondence and telephoning about the choice of the official messenger during the past few days. Mr. Hart says that "he has re fused to give any pledge and that he will insist on each one of the electors having an equal show to draw the prize. RESULT OF MORMON AGITATION Bills Introduced in Idaho Legislature Making Polygamy Criminal. BOISE, Idaho, Jan. G. (Special.) Iden tical bills were Introduced in both houses of the Legislature today making adul tery and -the practice of polygamy crimes. The penalty fixed for polygamy ls a fine of not more than $500 and imprisonment for not more than five years, while that for adultery Is imprisonment In the Coun ty Jail not exceeding one year, or a fine not exceeding JiwO. These measures are in line with the recommendation of Gov ernor Gooding. They are a result of the Mormon agitation during the campaign of last year. A peculiar complication has arisen over the right of Representative R. J. Ander son, of Welppe. to hold a seat in the House. He was elected as a Representa tive from Shoshone County, but he lives in a section which voted at the last elec tion for annexation to Nez Perce Coun ty. It was held by the ex-Attorney-Gen eral that the section became a part ot Nez Perce County so soon as the vote was canvassed. The point is now made that Mr. Aanderson cannot represent Shoshone County, since he is a resident l of Jez "Serce. while he cannot represent icnc ttinr iiavuis ueen eiecicu oy the electors of Shoshone. Representative Aulbach. of Shoshone, is preparing a resolution which will be in troduced next week, declaring the se3t vacant. He does thl3 to get the matter before the House. Few Legislators at Oiympia. OL.YMPIA, Wash.. Jan. 6. (Special.) Oiympia still shows little indication of the near approach of the Legisla tive session. About 1 or 20 member are here and about an equal number of position-seekers. All the candidates for Speaker have arrived, and talk so far Indicates a lead for J. G. Megler, ot wahKiaKum. Four candidates for Chief Clerk of i the House are announced: Storey Buck, of Spokane; C. W. Gorham, of I Snohomish: A. C. Bundle, of Seattle, and S. P. Carusl, of Port Angjles. All are here with the exception of Mr. I Buck. There Is no prospect, of a contest over I the positions of Sergcant-at-Arnis and Chief Clerk of the Senate. Ex-Senator George J. Hurley, of Stevens Coun ty, Is assured the former and J. Will Lysons. secretary of the Republican State Central Committee and Chief Clerk two years ago. will undoubtedly be named. None of the Senatorial headquarters have been opened and the candidates are still holding, forth In Seattle and Tacoma. Lane Wants Freight-Rate Bill. EUGENE. Or.. Jan. 6. (Special.) The measure which seems to be considered of most Importance by the Lane County members of the Legislature is that of regulating freight rates. All the members of the delegation will work for some bill in this line, but just what bill it will be ls yet to be decided. Several bills are likely' to be proposed, and the members from this county will select what appears to be the best and push it vigorously. This county during the past two years has felt the ettect of heavy and inequit able freight rates, and all realize that It Is time for something to be done in the liae of correction. Ex-Mayor Is, Denied Office. TILLAMOOK. Or., Jan. . (Special.) Mayor George Cohn. in his message to the City Council, recommends economy in all SPECIAL TODAY Fifty Mission-style Footstools built of carefully selected golden oak. Handrubbed and polished. Fifteen inches high with 18 inch top, covered with fine Spanish leather. Your choice of solid or four-piece top. The prettiest stool we've ever offered you at special sale. Regular Price $5.50 YOUBCKEI IS GOOD city affairs on account of the loss of the eilnnn 1lon?is. The Citv has about $1500 outstanding warrants and about $900 to refund to the saloonkeepers. Mayor Cohn appointed C. vv. uaimage. tne outgoing Mayor. City Attorneyr but h mtv Council turned the appointment down, while that of Fred Sapplngton for City Surveyor was connrmeu. DESERTED AND THEN BEATEN Washington County Woman Sues Wife No. 2 for Husband's Affections. HILLSBORO. Or.. Jan. C (Special.) Sheriff Connell last evening served a summons of Mrs. Susan Reynolds Keen, in a suit wherein Delia B. Keen asks the Circuit Court to give her $23,000 damages for alienation of her husband's affections. In 1903 the Keen family lived near Ce dar Mill. 3Irs. Keen Xo. 2 was then a a widow, Mrs. Susan Reynolds. Delia B. Keen alleges that the widow allured and Induced her husband to desert her, and that he fled his own home and went to reside with the widow. Delia Keen finally secured a divorce and "within six months the husband married Mrs. Rey nolds. The complaint alleges that even after the husband left her, wife Xo. 1 went to him and offered to forgive him if he would return. He refused, and she al leges he struck her. She "says she also went to see Mrs. Reynolds about the matter and again she was beaten. The suit will be tried at the March term of the Circuit Court. New Courthouse for Yakima. NORTH YAKIMA. Wash., Jan. C (Special.) It was decided here today by the old Board of County Commissioners to build a new Courthouse, to cost not over $75,000. An order was made direct ing the Auditor to advertise for bids for plans and specifications. The new Board, which will meet Monday, has agreed to follow up the work and carry It to com pletlon. The records of the county are for infants and Children, Castona is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. It destroys Worms and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and "Wind Colic. It relieves Teething- Troubles and cures Constipation. It regulates the Stomach, and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. 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Coal Mine Considered Unsafe. RED LODGE, Mont, Jan. 6. The Gebo coal mine Is closed on a restraining order made by Judge Frank Henry, on com plaint of Attorney-General James Dono van. The complaint alleges that the mine Is unsafe in regard to ventilation. A previous restraining order against the Gebo mine. Issued at the Instance of the Attorney-General, was dissolved., it being directed against, the wrong corporations. Logging Camp Started Up. KALAMA. Wash., Jan. 6. (Special.) McFarlane Bros., of Ilwaco, have closed a deal with Peter Brady for S00 acres ot fine 'timber on the Kalama River, and are on the ground Installing a logging camp. A force of men will, be put to work at once to cut the timber and put it Into the Kalama River. Eighth Battery Going East. KALAMA, Wash.. Jan. 6. (Special.) The Eighth Battery, United States Light Artillery, passed through Kalama at 2:30 P. M. today, on the way from Vancouver Barracks to Fort E. A. Russell, Wyo. 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