4 THE MORNIK OBEGONIAff. SATURDAY, 2IABCH 18, 190p. New Legislative Apportion-nHo;Madein-1907. BASED ON THE 1905' CENSUS Eastern Part of Oregon and Multno fjmah County WW Probably Be GJven-:.Larfler Representation jky htrNext Assembly. SALEM. Or., March 17. (Special.) A legislative apportionment,-based upon ithe state census of 1SK. must be made by thejXeitelature of 1507, and for that reason If behooyes -each county to see that a. XuU'f enumeration of inhabitants is made -Jthis.-year.. The .growth pt Eastern Oreton and of the -Ciry .of Portland in the last five years is opposed to have been more rapid than tbe growth of the "Willamette Galley counties, and -if the state census e&ould show much pi a. difference, CAuU pornah County and Eastern Oregon may profit by securing larger representation Jn'the Legislature. .Article ,4 of the state constitution limits the number of Senators to SO and of Rep resentatives to W. and section .of that fcrtfele says: The number of Senators and Representatives hall, st me eeeeion.sext toUowlnj: tn enumer ation fit ths Jatblteats by the United -Stata. cr thl state, be fired by law, and apportioned em one the several counties according to 'the number of -white population in each. And the ratio of Senators' and" Seprtsentaiives ball be determined by dividing tbe -whole number of white population of such county or district by m)ch Tecpectlve. ratios; and when a fraction rtball result" trom such division, -which shall exceed one-half of such ratio, .such county or district" ehall be entitled to a member for such fraction. And In case any county shall not have the requisite population to entitle such county to a member, then such county ehall be attached to some adjoining- county for Senatorial or Bep resent&tlve purposesu " JFroni computations made by Labor Com missioner O, JP .Hoff laBt Bummer, that official reached the conclusion that some Of the older settled Valley counties are not-increasing very rapidly in population. His .report showing that opinion raised a storm of criticism from the counties' that received an unfavorable showing, but Cojnmlssloner JHoff asserted that his com putations were made According to plans approved by the best statisticians, and he anticipates that the census will bear out. bis. figures. . The apportionment into Senatorial -and Representative districts is sot always made in strict compliance with the .con stitution, and therefore some counties et '"larger representation than their popu lation entitles them to, while other coun ties get less. Should the Legislature of 1907 -be actuated by a desire to iollow tbe constitution, there might be some im-t portant changes In the apportionment of representatives. :Marlon County, for example, has now five 'Representatives, but it is difficult to see how that county could claim more -than four nn4r the Federal census .of 190). The total population of the state Was i2,oS6, and the ratio lor the Appor tionment of CO Representatives would be onefor each GS91 inhabitants. Tbe Fed eral -rcensus gave Marion County .27,713 in habitant, or a small fraction more than enough for four Representatives. That Is a computation upon the total popula tion, -but the constitution requires that the apportionment be made 'according 'to the -white population. The number of white Inhabitants in -1900 was 294.5S2, and the ratio according to the constitution shouy. be one 'Representative . to every 5?&.whlfe persons. Marlon County "had a Vbite population of 26,837, entitling It to Only four Representatives. Baker -County had a white population of 14,916, entitling it to two Representatives, but the last apportionment gave Baker only one Representative. Douglas County, .which had a smaller white . population titan Baker, was .given two -Representatives and a joint Repre sentative with Jackson. Multnomah is the county that would probably gain most by a strict following of the constitution. That county bad a white population of $Z.02b. '.according & the last census, entitling the county to li Rep resentatives, with a good fraction to'spare tpr a Joint Representative with some oth er" county. The last apportionment, how ever, gave Multnomah but 12 Representa tives and one jointly with Clackamas. In the apportionment of Senators not eo many discrepancies are to be .found, tor the ' ratio is twice as large, and it is necessary to make more joint districts, but a strict following of the constitution would bring about somo changes. "It js worthy of note that two years ago the Eastern Oregon bounties bad a total of IS Representatives and eight Senators, while now they have but 13 Representa tives and seven Senators. ' Discrimination in fa-vor of or against certain counties has been made in the past chiefly for political reasons. Marion County is strongly Republican;, and hence was given one more Representative than it: was entitled to. The political complec tlon of the state has changed, however, and nearly every county is now Republi can. This fact may cause the next Legis lature to be more liberal with some of the counties in making the next apportion ment, especially if the changes In popu lation support a strong demand for a change in the apportionment. To be safe against losing a Representath'e, Marion CQunty will need to show by her census that her population has kept pace with that of other portions of the state. Ihe" hea-y Increaso in population in Portland in the past two years and the rapld. development In Eastern Oregon, to gether with the fact, that Multnomah County and Eastern Oregon have not now as large "a. representation in the lower house as they are entitled to, make it quite probable that some of the Western Oregon' Counties will lose some in repre sentation by the next apportionment. ' It 's now up to the Assessor of each county to see that his county bas a full numeration of inhabitants, -not only for the protection of Its interests in the ap portionment of Senators and Representa tives, "but for the purpose of showing that his county is .growing and not standing still .or retrograding. PROGRAMME OF CONVENTION c Willamette Development League Meete March -23. SALEM. Or-. March 17. (Special.) The mutual interests of "Western Ore gon counties will be discussed at a "Willamette Valley Development League convention to be held in. Salem Thurs day. March 23. Delegates will be pres ent from every part of the state west of the Cascades. Even Coos County, which sometimes is claimed as a part of California, commercially, will be represented. Timely topics will be 'dis cussed at afternoon and1 evening- ses sions and the meeting- will close with a banquet given by, the Greater Salem Commercial Club at .the WUlamette Hotel. "Arrangements for the convention. 'naye been completed and the- pro gramme was Issued today." A pro gramme of, toasts for the banquet will be prepared later. The work? of the convention. ,wl J be as ollows: ; " Forenoon. Session, 11:S0. Gall to order, by-J.vU, Stocklon,-of Salem. Address of" welcome, by Hon. Frank Davey. pCSailera, - . . "neKTonse by Hon. Torn Richardson, of Port ions. .. cUqaggg temporarj' chairman nJ scre- Appolntment of committees and adjournment. Exhibition drill by Salem Fire Department. . Altera oo Session, l:St. " Taking photograph t convention on steps of City 'Hall. "Report of committee on organisation and elec tion of officers. Address. 'Telephones as x aieaas of Dcvel-pmenV-Hon. J. C. Cooper, of JlcMlnnvIue. Andrea; Trrjojsent of Oregon Water Bowers." Boa. TV. IT. Kllllngswortb, cf Port, land. " Andrew. -"Wheat a the Staple of "Wettcrn tkregon." lion. C. A. Wtgate. of Albany. Addreas, Salem Dallas Talis City Rail road." Jj. Gerllnger. of Dallas. Address, Transportation and Oar Manurac tonse," iloru X. H. Bingham, cf Cottage Grove. Andreas. "Beauarxlcg Our Homes !n the dues," Hon. Charles Ji. Jfoores, of Salem. . Address. 1ttSuenee Upon Oct- Development of a Proper .Exhibit at the lria and Clark Fair." W. I. Tooxe. of Woocbum. Exmg in, 7:20. Addrcae, "Higher Education us a Factor In the Development pf Oreroo." .President P. L. Campbell. Oregon Etat tJalversJty.. Addrtas, "Good itoada .as Developers," Hon. Jof:o -K. Scott, of'Ealem. . Address. "JCecearttjr of Trolley Lines in Wil lamette "Valley G. A. Hurley, of Independ ence. Addresx. -"Development of Our CitiesL" Mayor F. W. TVaters. of ISalfra. Report Irom icciznties and committees. The Southern Pacific lias granted a rate of one and one-third ..fares for the. round trip tor the convention. The arrangements lor the convention are in charge cf the following committees: Committee of reception Mayor T. "5V. Waters, H. V. Patten. 3. G. Grabam. Ccload L. Page. I. A- Manning. Committee onliatl and decorations T. K. Cor jaellus, Eesry IV. Heym T, A. "WIS5n9- General committee E. Hofer, J. L. -fitocVton, lisuSk Davey. y Albany Vin From Pacific College. ALEAXr. Or., March 17 (Special.) Albany College "won from Pacific Col lege in the intercollegiate debate held in this city tonight. The decision of the Judges, was unanimous -in .favor of -the Albany debaters, -who defended the negative of the. question: Resolvea. That reciprocity is a better method of regulating our international commer cial intercourse than a protective tariff." Pacific was represented by Lewis Saunders, R. W. Reese and T. L. Straight, and Albany by Ralph "W. Knotts, Ross B. Miller and Evert L Jones. The Judges were President P. L. Campbell, of the University, of Ore gon; Rev. Prank Stannard, of Newberg; and Rev. W. P. White, of Albany. Takes Time to Reach Coast. VICTORIA, March 17. F. TV. Morse, vice-president xif the Grand Trunk Pa cific . Railway, left Victoria today for .the East, after -vain attempts to secure "a land grant, from the British Colum bia, government -as a subsidy for the railway jylthlri the borders of the prov ince. He said that his proposals not be ing; accepted, tbe company would now act independently of the province and the company would not now begin work at tbe Pacific end, constructing from tbe iEast and reaching the Coast in 1911. Plan for Larger Iron Work. ASHLAND, Or., March 17. Special.) The- Ashland Iron Works Company, whose plant was partially destroyed by fire a few months ago, bas let the con tract for new buildings and machinery on a new site and on jl greatly enlarged scale. The company has been reorganized with a nominal capital of I30.6G0, but the plant when completed will represent an Investment of more nearly S75.O00. It is said. The new buildings are to be com pleted and the new plant Installed by May 1. Prune Trees About to Bloom. CORVALL1S, Or.. March 1". Special.) By tbe latter part of next week tbe Italian prunes In the big 153-acre .orchard north of Corvallls will be in full bloom. Tbe event Is nearly a month ahead of time, tbe usual date being about mid April. Five years ago the same orchard began blossoming March Ju. and that sea son yielded a bcavy crop. Peach, almond and apricot trees In the vicinity have nearly finished blooming. No. Comments to Make. SAN FRAJfCISCO. March 17. V. V. Grajensky and A. D. Popetoff. officials of the Russian postal service, "who have been in Port Arthur -for several years', have ar rived on the steamer Qhina. on their way to Russia..' Both .the officials refused to comment upon the conduct of military af fairs at Port Arthur, stating that they would be censured if they criticised the" 'military operations or said anything re garding the surrender. Irrigation In Yakima Valley. NORTH YAKIMA. Wash., March 17. (Special.) The Government will probably take up an irrigation scheme in Yakima at an early date. Engineer Noble, of the Reclamation Department, in a letter writ ten to H. B. Scudder today, says that the Palouse scheme ias been bung up for a time and be will be here soon to con sider plans in the Yakima Valley. Nineteenth in Excellent Condition. VANCOUVER BARRACKS. Wash., March 17- (Special.) Major 'Lee Febbi ger, Inspector-General of the Division of tbe Pacific, arrived at this post last even ing and this morntng and . today made a thorough inspection of the post -and the JTlneteenth infantry. He reports the Nineteenth to' be in excellent condition and well able to go into tbe tropical climate. New Siding at Goble and Kalama. KALAMA, . Wash., March 17. Special.) About 6000 feet of additional sidetrack will be built at Kalama by the Northern Pacific this Summer, to accommodate the increasing business. Nearly or quite as much new siding Trill be built at Goble. where a. large crew of men are now at work. The In creased yard room is badly needed on both sides of the river. Barbers' Jury Does Not Agree. OREGON CITY, Or., March 17. (Spe cial.) "Falling to reach an agreement. Jus tice Stlpp this evening discharged the Jury in the case of State of Oregon against Ernest Case, who was charged, with vio lating the state barber Jaw The case was concluded after -3 o'clock and sub mitted, but the Jury could not agree on a verdict. Sealers Report From Rio Janeiro. VICTORIA. B. C March 17. The scaling" schooners Enterprise and E. B. Marvin, of Victoria, havo been report ed from Rio Janeiro with 1200 and 1G0O fckics respectively. They were ordered to Victoria, -but owing: to mishaps are returning to Halifax to rent. NORTHWEST DEAD. Judge C. M. Klncald COLFAX, Wash-. March 17. (Spe cial.) Judge C M. Klncald, prominent attorney.'politiclan and farmer and pio neer of Whitman Cojuntx, died today of jinoumonia. louowing: an -operation tor abscess in too bead. Judge Klncald had lived on a farm near Colfax for 30 years and practiced law In towns. He was Probate Judge In territorial days and Democratic nom inee for Superior Judge in iSSi. He was 64 years old and left a widow, six sons and one daugnter. The funeral will occur from tbe Methodist CMirch to morrow nnder the auspices of the Whit man County Bar Association. Thp Su perior Court adjourned In bis honor. ARREST 0F DOCTOR Took Bullet From Head of - ' Sharratt, af tutgeris. SAID .ABSCESS KILLED HIM Examinations by Newport Surgeon Tended toiShdw That Dr. Parker -Was Trying to-.-Shleld Mrs. Green, rleld for Murder. NEWPORT. On. March 17 (Spe cial.) That Dr. t Thomas Parker swore that E. G. Sharratt; "had come to his death because, fit" an' abscces on the "brain, -after the doctor "himself had THE SUNDAY OEEGONIA1T SIX MONTHS TOE 75 CENTS. In order to advertise the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition, the Oity of Portland, the State of Oregon and the Pacific" Northwest. Tbe Orcgonian -will' mail the Sunday edition to any address EAST OP THE SOOKY MOTTNTAINS - six months for 75 cents. This is less thanr He "cost of the white paper and the "postage, -which The Orcgonian jwill prepay. Orders from 'business- houses or individuals ur xther cities in Oregon and. "Washington, -who may avail themselves of 'tliis'exceptional ofter will receive prompt -attention. ".' " . This offer expires "by "limitation June 1, 1905. THE 0REG0NIAN; Portland, .Oregon. v Circulation Department. . abstracted a bullet from the head of the dead man. was what the evidence in the preliminary trial of Mrs. Minnie Green today tended to show. Mrs. Green was committed to await trial in Che Circuit Court In July. Dr. Parker has been arrested and is out on bonds. He is charged with being- an accessory after thy fact. Mrs. Green's husband is also under the mur der charge. The trial took place at Lutgens this afternoon. It was Dr. Parker who con ducted the autopsy at the Coronerfs inquest over E. G. Sharratt. The aub" ject of the Inquest was found dead In his bed, January 21, in the house of the Greens, with whom he had been boarding for some time. At tbe .autopsy Dr. Parker declared an abscess caused -Sharratt's death. He derided tbe bullet theory. But the Coro ner's jury Tefused to believe anything of the kind and returned a verdict of death by bullet wound. When the body was brought to New port Jt was examined a second time by Dr. F. M. .Carter, who Xound that a bullet had been removed irom the sec ond Joint of the cervical verterbrae. Dr. Carter therefore unhesitatingly declared that this bullet bad. been the cause oz anarratts dcatn. .There seemed to be no doubt but that.lt bad been fired Into Sharratt's bead and then removed by some one well acquainted with human anatomy. Ugly rumors that Dr. Parker ab stracted the bullet on account of a money consideration are partially sus tained by the evidence deduced in court today. LIBEL SUIT BEGUN AT ASTORIA Letter Signed by B. F. Allen Objected to by "John Hahn. ASTORIA. Or., March 17. (Special.) The trial of Hon. Benjamin F. Allen on a charge of libel was commenced before a Jury in tbe Circuit Court today. -The charge is based upon a letter signed, by Mr. Allen and published in a local paper, February 8. of this year, in which the -defendant accused Hon. John Hahn of offer ing bim 500 to vote for tbe late H. W. Corbett for United States Senator at the legislative session of 1901. when both Mr. Allen and Mr. Hahn were Representa tives from this county. The first witnesses called by tbe prose cution were the proprietor and -editor jot the paper publishing the letter, and they testified regarding Mr. Allen bringing the letter to the office and requesting that it be published. John Hahn, the prosecuting witness, was next called to the stand, but the only questions asked bim were as to his being a member of the" Legislature of 1201 and that tbe allegations contained In the Allen letter referred to bim. The attorney for the defense attempted on cross-examination to go Into details as to Mr. Hahn's acts during the session, but objection was raised and sustained by the court. Tbe prosecution then an nounced that Its case was closed for the present The first witness for the defense was Mr. Allen, the defendant. He testified that soon after the lunch hour on the last day of tbe Legislative session in 1901, Hahn met him in tbe lobby .of the Capi tol and. calling him to one side, said: "George Hill, of Astoria, Is in Salem In the interest of Corbett and will prob ably endeavor to secure your vote. Don't have anything to do with him, as he Is trying to make some money out of it, and you might as well bave all there is In it for yourself." Continuing, Mr. Allen testified that he asked Hahn bow much there "was In It." Hahn replied be did not know, but would Jind out. That evening In the legislative hall, tbe witness testified, Mr. Hahn said he bad learned the price and wrote on a piece of paper. "COCO." .The witness replied that he could not afford to "change" bis vote for that price and Mr. Hahn whispered In his ear that he could get $500 more, and if that was not sufficient, to name his own figures, as the offer was not limited, adding that Representative Schumann, of Portland, also a Democrat, would change bis vote to COrbctt that evening and it would be a good excuse for the witness doing the sime. Mr. Allen also test! fled that Mr. Hahn said "be would be personally respon sible for tbe money. . Tbe remainder of the afternoon session was consumed in the examination of wit nesses regarding the reputation of the defendant for truth and veracity. The trial will not be concluded before late tomorrow. LEAGUE FORMED AT LAKEVJEW Business Men Would Becpme Identl fied. WJth State's Development. LAKEVD3W. Or., March 17. Special.) w v-ounty business men met at tbe Courthouse the first of the week and or ganized a development league amid much enthusiasm. V. L Snedllng caUed the meeting to order. Representative Stelwer was elected chairman and J. W. Mai a well secretary. Interesting and pertinent re ports were made by Daniel Boone. George Conn, of Parsley, and other roeakpr Attention was called to the fact that vW.'.w acres of rich virgin soil lay Idle for lack of moisture, while" an abundance ot water ran Id-many lakes in xh etmnt there to evaporate. The ranges are fast In "irrigation and diversified' farming. Mr. Lippincott. chief engineer of the Reclamation Sut-iHw frw thi Aictrir-t- ,iu t arrive in the early Spring: with a corps ff etfrftefsf e ake Ihororti flsvVs!llri9 tion of an likely projects for reservoirs In the county. The Lake County organization will be come Affiliated with the Oregon Develop ment League, and a delegation will at tend the convention to be held in Port land in AprlL Effort will be made to call attention, to the fact that Portland Is in danger of losing- the trade of a'large sec tion to San Francisco. ROAD TO BE READY IN OCTOBER Spur From O. R. 4L N. to Run Seven teen MIlec Up Heed River Valley. HOOD RIVER, Or.. March 17. (Special.) W. H. Eccles, president of the Mount Hood Railway Company, states .that a force of graders will be put to work on the new railroad the first of next week. "We Intend to push the work to -a rapid completion." says Mr. Bcdea, "and hope to have tbe railroad la operation by the first of October." The road will leave the O. R. & N. Co.'s tracks just east, of the depot in this city; cross the stream of Hood River Just above the city, -continue up the east bank for some distance and strike tbe East Side apple belt near the Sears orchard. Tbe road will skirt the valley, making a step at Odell, and continue thence southwest to the timber lands of tbe Oregon Luzn- ber Company, a. distance by rail of about 17 miles .from this City. It Is the companys-intention to continue on to the Mount Hood" settlement; but not this year. NO MORE CHARTER-DAY RUSHES Stanford Underclassmen Today WHI Use Energies to Some" Purpose CNTVERSITr OF CALIFORNIA Berk eley, March 17. (Special.) Instead of the usual Charter-day .rush, which bas char acterized March 23 for the last few years, under-classmen will celebrate this year by building an enormous cement "C" tomorrow on Charter Hill, back of - the college. The Charter-day rushes have al ways resulted disastrously -for many stu dents, and bave been placed under the ban bv the faculty. Last year a number of the participants were caught by the uni versity police and suspended from col lege. This year the students decided to dis continue the rushes and do something mora patriotic, at the same time less strenuous. Accordingly plans were drawn up tor the erection of the "C" on the Saturday before Charter day, and as a re sult President Wheeler announced a- holi day for the students who would help mix concrete and carry It up the bill, as he believed this would be a. much better method of celebration than cracked heads and suspension .from college. The fresh men and sophomores will build the "C" wider direction cf the civil engineering de partment. It will be 60 XceUlall and 2S feet broad. The hill is on such a slant that the "C" will be seen very plainly from .tuiy- par t. of- Berkeley .cr San Fran cisco, i , , ; MAY GO NORTH FROM COUNCIL Extension of P. & 1. N. Is Said to Be In Prospect Soon. WEISER, Idaho, March 12. (Special.) Rumors arc flowing thick and fast re garding the extension of the Pacific & Idaho Northern Railroad north from Council. Today a telegram was received from New York City by a prominent railroad man that money for the exten sion of tbe road Is now ready and wait ing demands. A special train, with General Manager Bancroft", General Superintendent Buck ingham and Division Superintendent Mans on. Short Line officials, today went over yie f, I a. on a tour of inspec tion. What connection this visit has with the extension of the road remains to be seen. Governor Frank Gooding, of this state, was a guest of the officials and accompanied them on the trip. Oregon, Hops Are Dirty. BHiVERTON, Or., March 17. (Spe claL) Fred Arthur has Just returned from a four months' visit in England and among other things "ho brought back a sample of choice hops upon comparison with which the best hops of Oregon are found to be less clear and bright in appearance. Mr. Arthur says that although man, of Oregon's hops found a market in England this year the buyers there complain that the bops are too dirty and that instead of getting better they are picked less clean each year. He fears that the Reputation" of Oregon hops will suffer unless there Is an lm provement in tbe picking. Burglars Will Ask for New Trial. ALBANY. Or.. March 27. Special.) The attorneys for Ed Dunn and J. A. Crosslcy, found guilty of the charge of robbing tbe Lebanon bank, filed a mo tion for a new trial this afternoon. This is understood to bo a preliminary step toward carrying the case to the Supreme Court. It is alleged In the motion that on ac count of irregularities In the proceedings cf the court the defendants were pre vented from securing a. fair and impartial trial. Judge Burnett will probably act on tbe motion Monday, when he reconvenes court for the purpore of sentencing the jrcisuucrsi. 1 Dangled High Ln Air. FORT STEVENS. Wash.. March 17, While -C. A- Lawton, the painter- at tbe fort, was working at tbe top of the 72- foot smokestack on the neve pumphouse. a few days since", fire was started in tne furnaces and the rush of smoke and gas overcame the workman. As be lost con sciousness bis rope girdle caught on bis chair book and the body dangled high In air until Lawton's nelper. John McDer- mott, succeeded in lowering him to the ground.' La vr to a -Is recovering from the effects of his mishap. Both Had Same Side of Question. MONMOUTH. Or.. March 17. (Special.) The debate which was to have been held here tonight between McMinnvIlIe and the State Normal was postponed till a later date. The reason for this was a misunderstanding .by each team regard ing tbe question, each having been as signed the afflrmatlre. The secretary of tbe league so Informed the McXlnnville team and tbe president of the. Normal tram. - The error was not discovered till the team reached here. j Cave Creek Rises Again. PHOENIX. Ariz-. March 17; The Cave Crcelviflood waters i reached the capital this morn Inc. Railroad traJKciis .asraln suspended. ' . m eats the mm Big Hotel at Coronado in Dan ger of,Destructi6n,! SANDBAGS TO STAY WAVES Men Are Kept Working Night and Day In the Effort to Savs Val v' ; uable'Property-fiigfi'Tide s ' 'Comes Sunday. ' SAN DIE GO, Cab. March 17. The sea continues to eat Into Coronado Beach -and much, alarm is felt. The great hotel Is being threatened-'ond aiforce of sen arc -working night and day -dropping bags of sarrd in front of the devastating waves. The boulevard has been eaten away and several dwellings are threatened. Tbe wooden . dwellings of Dr. Meadler, United States Army surgeon, assigned to Fort Rosecrans, and George Gay are being moved. The fine brick resi dences of Graham Babcock and Bartlett RlcharJs. which cannot be moved, are beinsfought for. - - Sven-tbousand bags of sand havo been tumbled over the bluff and 20,003 more are ready to be used. The highest tide Is yt to come, Sunday being the maximum, six feet three Inches. DELAYED' TRAINS ROLLING IN Passengers Have Tales of Hardship and Lack of Food. L03 ANGELES. Gal.f March 17. The Southern Pacific reports both its coasline and. the San Joaquin Valley di vision open, although the tracks ln many places -are of "the most temporary -&ort, and traffic for several days necessarily win move very., slowly. Five trains that bave been held at Santa Barbara for the past two and three days left there this morning on their way to Los Angeles. Three trains on the valley division have started south, from Bakersfield and wffi. reach here some time during the day. No attempt is being made to resume the regular schedules on the northbound trains, although two of the delayed trains were startcdnorth on the valley division this, morning. The Santa Fe reports its line open and trains moving- both ways.' The line has been cleared, and the damaged track tem porarily restored in most places, but trams. Uro-uroceedlmr with: great caution. Although a large: proportion .of the pas sengers on the westbound Santa Fe trains that bave been stalled in the .'region of Cajon Pass for several days were: brought to the city last night on a special that went out from here and met those trains at the scene of the landslide in. the Pass, there stillTemalned several hundreds who are- coming In on trains to arrive today. Travelers who have been- on these de layed trains for a week or more bave suf fered tbe greatest discomforts and many of them are weak and 111 from their ex perience. Tbe food supply on tbe dining- cars and at the available eating-houses was insufficient, and many went without food for periods of 21 hours, and even longer. It Is stated that many were so 111 that when they were trans fe rr ed across the landslide at Ccjon Pass to. the wait ing train on this side. It was necessary to use improvised stretchers for the pur pose. The women nd children especially suffered. Passengers on the stalled Southern Pa cific trains also suffered great Inconven ience and discomfort. Several Of them made their -way from the storm-bound trains by wagons and other vehicles to the suburbs and took the trolley lines, reaching the city in thatway. - In the drawing-room of one of the sleep ers of the south-bound "owl" train, Mrs. Carouthers, wlfo of a Los Angtles civil engineer, who was on her way here from San Francisco, gave birth to twins. She was attended by two physicians, who hap pened to be among the passengers. The drawl rjg-room was converted into an Im provised hospital, and neither the mother nor the babies suffered from the unusual conditions. Great Piece of Track Carried Away. BAKERS FIELD, Cal., March 171 An other disastrous washout on tbe main line of the Santa Fe was reported at the local offices today as a result of more heavy rain during the night and today. A long stretch of track east of Mojave has been washed away, and the .trains which were to have left Bakersfield for the East have been held here until fur ther notice by an order from Barstow. Wednesday and Thursday's eastbound limited Santa. Fe trains, and yesterday's and this morning's overlands on the same road, are stalled In the division yards. It was reported at the Southern Pacific dispatcher's office at noon that the trains would begin running again, but shortly before 1 o'clock a message was received of .further washouts In tbe mountains. At BealvUlo huge boulders fell o the track. One rock weighing- about 100 tons slid down on the great "loop," and other stretches of line are said to have washed out at that section. Between Rosamond and Oban there were from four to eight inches of sand covering the rails, and a crew of ISO men was sent out from this city to clear it away, , Fruit Rots on Stalled Trains. LOS ANGELES. CaL, March 17. Seri ous financial loss to shippers and the prospect of a partial famine in Los An geles in some lines of foodstuffs, ara the principal developments- In. -the demorali zation of railroad traffic to and from this -.city yesterday by reason of the storm of Sunday and Monday, says the Times . this morning. Hundreds of cars of oranges, lemons, vegetables and -other perishable (freight destined from Southern - California to Nearly nine-tentKs of the cocoa bean is composed of matter that is assimilated by the digestive organs; while with tea and coffee more than half is thrown away as waste product. Ghirardelli's Ground Chocolate is made from the richest substance of the "choicest cocoa beans and pure white sugar. 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There was another procession of Inbound vessels 'for Infants and Children, Castona Is & BarmlesB substitute for Castor Ofl, Pare goric, Drops and Soo thine Syrups. It is Pleasant.- It contains seithcr Opium, -Slorpljlne nor other Narcotic substance. It destroys "Worms and allays Peveri&kness. It cures Diarrhoea and. "Wind. Colic It relieves Te til ing' Troubles and, cores Constipation. It regulates the Stomach, and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. The .Chfldren'sj Panacea The Mother's Friend. The Eind You Have Always Bought Bears the In Use For TMCCKTAUft COM aW V. TT 9 "B Mjj through the Golden Gate this morning, t they -surged along to anchorage before a stiff northwest breeze. Eighteen vessels coming from Coast and Hawaiian ports, with the exception of the British ship Kirkcudbrightshire, which came from Antwerp, passed in 'through the Heads, and there were several more sails Just .showing north of the horizon. Every one had a tale of storms to tell. Water Contract Is Let. TILLAMOOK, Or., March 17. Special.) The "Water Commissioner let a contract yesterday for a new water system to KUlam Creek, a distance Bf-G.S milaa from the city. . The successful bidder was Wakefield & Jacobson, Portland, the price being $42,780 forU mils 10-lnch wood pipe and four miles 10-lncb Matheson Iron Pipe. Signature of Oyer 30 Years, MOW AT TWtIT. WCSM