THE HORXISG OKEGCmAN, MONDAY, 'APRIL 3, 1905.
FRAUD ON STATE
How Speculators Gobbled
School Lieu Land,
PERJURY BY THE WHOLESALE
Marion .County Grand Jury Has
Great Task Before It in Unearti
Ing Crimes by Which the
State Lost Fortunes.
SALTE-M. Or., April 2. (Special.)
Though tne statutes governing the-sale
of state lands have been violated ever
since they were enacted, the investiga
tion to be made by the Marion County
grand Jury this -week will be the first
attempt that lias ever been made to
punish Infraction of these laws. Sev
eral hundred thousand acres of land
have been bought illegally, and the
state school fund "has been despoiled of
several hundred thousand dollars, but
usually punishment of the offense has
been, barred by the statute of limita
tions before It was discovered, or, the
state having received the legal price
for the land sold, no one felt Interest
enough to start an investigation. The
offense which the grand Jury will In
vestigate this week is of recent date,
and the facts are so well known that
the transactions can scarcely be over
looked. Because the state In every instance
receives the price required by law, and
Is not directly robbed, it has been easy
to let the infractions of law go with
scarce a passing notice. But indirectly
the state has heen robbed, and vigorous
action at the proper time would not
only have landed the offenders in pris
on, but saved many thousands of dol
lars for the school fund. It is not
through the ordinary sales of school
land that the steals have taken place,
for in all such sales the state has re
ceived all the land Is worth.' It is
tnrough the lieu land operations that
the manipulators of public lands have
made their fortunes at the expense of
the school fund.
How the Fraud Was Worked.
For many years state school land
Eold for 51-25 per acre, and at this
price the land was bought by settlers
as fast as the .development of the
country made the land worth having
lor its own value. Purchases of land
in quarter or half sections by men who
wanted the land for themselves were
made from time to time, and the state
was in no way wronged. But through
the Federal lieu land laws, by which
owners of land in a forest reserve or
Indian reservation- were permitted to
exchange the same for other lands out
side, heavy operators made their big
profits. The case of the -Cascade for
est reserve will show how this was
(lone.
"When this reserve was created, the
State owned many thousands of acres
of school land within the boundaries of
the tract withdrawn from settlement.
The Department of the Interior had
held, that the surveyed school lands
could not be exchanged for lands out
side, and the state held them. In 1S98
the -Benson-Hyde syndicate and others
secured scores of people to purchase
school lands in the Cascade reserve,
the purchasers swearing that they
wanted the land for their ,own use, and
had made no agreement to transfer it
to any other person. As soon as all
the land was in the hands of the oper
ators, the department at Washington
changed its ruling and permitted tne
exchange of these lands for other lands
outside the reserve. In this way the
operators were able to get lands worth
several times the price paid by them to
the state.
State Lost S1 00,000.
That this land was bought In viola
tlon of law was known soon after the
deal was made, at least as soon as the
department changed its ruling, and, if
prompt measures had then been taken,
nearly all the deeds from the state
could have been canceled and the state
would have secured the benefit bf the
advance in value by reason of the
change in the ruling of the depart
ment. The state's case was clear. The
land was bought in a majority of cases
by men who had not the money of their
own with which to purchase It. and the
fact that they assigned their certifi
cates of sale two or three days after
receiving them was pretty strong evi
dence that they had made agreements
to convey the land, and that they did
not buy It for their own use. No ac
tion was taken, however, and the state
lost $100,300 or more.
When the Federal Government had
about determined to create a forest re
serve in the Blue Mountain region, and
was preparing to withdraw the tract
from entry for that 'purpose, those who
had an advance tip as to the Govern
ment's plans rushed in and bought up
all the school lands in the proposed re
serve. The same methods were pur
sued as in the case of the Cascade re
serve, except, perhaps, that some of the
dummies were fictitious persons, 'in
stead of actual persons who were will
ing to commit perjury in order to se
cure the small sum the operators would
pay for the use of their names.
Business of this kind has been going
on for years, and every one who looked
at the records at the State Land Office
knew that the sales were in violation
of law. Nevertheless, the state had re
ceived the price it asked in dollars and
cnts, and the violation of that portion
of the law which limits sales to 320
acres to each person was overlooked.
Had this portion of the law been en
forced, so that operators could not se
cure large tracts of land through the
medium of others, the blg land steads
could not have been made a success.
Much Work for Grand Jury.
Transactions of this kind are to be
Investigated by the Marion County
grand Jury this week and next- It is
said that the investigation will be so
extensive that the jury will be in ses
sion a month, and many deals that
have not been made public heretofore
may be brought to light. Certain It is
that, if the grand jury makes its in
vestigation searching enough, it will
uncover many applications for the pur
chase of school land that bear strong
evidences of perjury.
When Benson and Hyde were indict
ed for defrauding the United States by
their lieu land operations, their attor
neys argued that they had not defraud
ed the United States, for. If they had
not exchanged-these school sections for
Government land, the state would have
done so. They argued that, if any one
had been defrauded, it was the state
from which they bought their land.
This argument prevailed, and, since It
was evident that some one had been
wronged and the United States' had not.
It would seem that the state had a good
case for prosecution if It had acted in
time.
The statute of limitations hag barred
prosecutions against the people who
bought the school sections in the Cas
cade reserve, so that the matter will
not be taken up-by the grand jury, but
there have been many sales of land
since then, and within the last three
years, tnat bear strong evidence or
having been made in violation of state
law.
PACIFIC BOYS ARE MAD NOW
Resent Eugene Students' Action in
Forcing Member From Debate.
PACIFIC UNIVERSITY. Forest Grove.
Or., April 2. (Special.) Much-Indignation
is felt among undergraduates here in re
gard to the action of the University of
Oregon students, who prevented a Pacific
student from attending the tOregon
Washlngton debate at Eugene, . Friday
night- The debate was upon 'practically
the same question that will be debated
by Washington and Pacific, and the Ore
gon men gave "this as their grounds for
debarring the visitor from the contest,
and threatened to keep him out "by- force
ful means If he Insisted upon attending.
Local students regard this action as en
tirely uncalled for, and It wlll tend to
make bad feeling between the studont
bodies of the' two Institutions. The cus
tom jot sending representatives to attend
debates upon a question which is being
studied for a future coptest, is general
in many Eastern and Middle West in
stitutions, and Is not regarded as ques
tionable In any way. When one school
submits the same question to two other
colleges, as Washington did in this case,
she does it because1 the experience of the
first debate will better fit her for the
second. In such a case it is only Just
that the second school should hear the
first debate, and she is under an unde
served handicap If she does not.
The Washington men declared that they
were willing that Pacific's representative
should hear the debate. Eugene has no
debate with Pacific this year, and, there
fore, had no personal Interest at stake.
Under these conditions students "here re
gard Oregon's conduct In using threats of
force to keep their member from hearing
the contest, which was given as a public
entertainment with an admission charge,
as high handed and ungentlomanly, and
believe it results solely from an unsports
manlike grudge against Pacific for a long
lino of forensic defeats.
WHEAT OUTLOOK VERY BRIGHT
Cold Rains Have Slightly Damaged
Linn Prunes, but Farmers Satisfied.
ALBANY, Or., April 2. (Special.)-Linn
County people are watching the weather
man closely these days, and yearning for
a "fair weather" flag. This is particular
ly true of fruitgrowers, for the recent cold
rains arc a menace to the fruit crop.
As it is, some injury has been reported.
A prominent farmer and fruitgrower of
Linn County today stated that he was of
the opinion that cherries and prunes were
somewhat injured already, particularly
cherries. The tcherry trees were loaded
with blossoms at the end of the warm
Spring weather that marked the closing
days of February and the first half of
Varch. and the rain caught them at the
tenderest age. Then a couple of light
frosts last week added to the danger.
Prunes were not brought out so much
as cherries by the premature advent of
Spring, and may possibly escape Injury.
Although the trees seemed to be In blos
som at the beginning of the rains, they
were in reality not generally in full bloom,
but were loaded with buds that wore just
ready to burst but had not ye exposed
the tender Inner part to .hc weather. Un
der these circumstances it is believed the
damage will be nominal. If good weather
comes soon. However, It would not take
many days of chilling rains and winds to
do irreparable damage. It has been stated
that the prune trees were giving. evidence
of such a heavy crop that it would really
he better for the fruit If sofne of the em
bryo prunes were killed by the cold,
Other branches of farming are faring
well. An easy Winter and early Spring
places stock In excellent condition, and
every class of stopk looks well. Dairy
farmers are milking more cows, with
better results than In yoars before .at this
season of the year. Many farmers will
finish the Winter in much better shape
than was anticipated after the poor crops
of last year.
. Wheat is looking fine, and. barring some
unforeseen freak of Nature to destroy
-the present bright prospects, the wheat
yield of the Valley will be far above the
average. Fall-sown wheat can almost be
seen to grow now, and many farmers are
preparing to put all their remaining acre
age in Spring grain.
INDIANS OF FOUR STATES.
Pupils for Chemawa Being Sought
Far and Wide
CHEMAWA. Or., April 2. (Special.)
The Indian Training School here Is mak
Ing strenuous efforts to increase its en
rollment. Superintendent E. L. Chalcraft
has gone to Puget-Sound, and will bring
back a party of pupils from tne Puyaiiup
Reservation in Washington. Chief Clerk
R. C. Spink left today for the Klamath
Agency, and will bring back a large party
promised by Captain O. C Applegate, the
acting agent. Instructor Farrow is now
at Umatilla after a party, and Miss Lucy
Jones, clerk, will leave in a day or two
for Eastern Oregon.
Superintendent Knott C. Egbert, of SI
letz, arrived today with a party from
there, and Assistant Superintendent W.
P. Campbell will leave early In the week
for Northern California. On his return
he will proceed to Blackfoot Agency, Mon
tana, for an additional party, while Su
perintendent Chalcraft will go to the
Yakima Reservation, where Superintend
ent Jay Lynch assures him a number of
prospective pupils. In all about 200 pu
pils will be added to the enrollment of the
school within the next SO days.
JUST WATCH UMATILLA NOW
Development League Organized and
Town Feels a Civil Revival.
UMATILLA. Or., April 2. (Special.)
At a meeting last night a development
league was formed and membership ap
plied for in the state organization. The
meeting was well attended, a large dele
gation being present from Irrigon- Stir
ring addresses were made by Messrs.
Holbrook. Terxa, Bennett, Roderick and
others. Sixty dollars was raised to em
ploy an attorney to draft a petition for a
bridge across the Umatilla River at this
point, and the following committee was
appointed to further tho project: Messrs.
Holbrook, Bennett, Swain, Means and
Amesbury.
The officers elected for the league were:
President, R. T. Yerxa, and secretary, O.
C. Smith. A committee was appointed on
tree planting and beautifying tjjc town,
and over 1000 shade trees will at once be
set out in 'the town as a result, of the
meeting. A new era seems dawning for
Umatilla.
BUFORD IS STILL IN RIVER
Transport Delayed by Fog, and Spent
Night at Brookfieid.
ASTORIA, Or.. April 2. (Special-The
transport Buford was "delayed in coming
down the river this morning by the dense
fog. She anchored at Walker's Island
last night, and tonight is anchored at
Brookfieid. The .transport should reach
here about noon tomorrow, and will be
taken 'to sea at once.
Lost Witness Is Arrested.
SAN DIEGO, Cal., April 2.C W.
French, formerly of Ohio, a promoter,
was arrested here today on a warrant
issued by the Federal Court at Los An
geles on request "bf a Federal Court In
New York City. The warrant fixes the
bail at $500. French says that the charge
against him is contempt of court for
failure to appear In some proceeding in.
which he was called as a. witness.
EEK MAYOR'S SG ALP
Tacoma Democrat Has Two
Factions Against Him.
IMPEACHMENT IS DISCUSSED
'Because Mayor Wright Continued a
Few Competent Republicans in
Office Some of His Party Are
Whetting a Big Knife.
TACOMA. Wash., April- 2. (Special.)
Mayor George P. Wright Is up against
the strongest fight In his political career.
In the Councllmanlc campaign just com
menced by the nomination of candidates
the Mayor must fight for an indorsement.
The election of a majority of Councilmen
radically opposed to him cannot only be
Interpreted as a rebuke to the administra
tion, but as a possible threat of future
trouble.
The "open-town" issue is not deeply in
volved. Tacoma has grown accustomed
to the wide-open policy and Is not pro
testing so strongly -against it. There is
small difference between the Wright and
the anti-Wright candidates so far as the
police policy is concerned. It is the man.
ner of Wright's enforcement that brings
forth trouble.
Party lines are not being drawn, very
sharply, in the Councllmanlc fight. Tho
administration has indorsed candidates
wherever there has been an opportunity,
and there is .as long a list of Republicans
on the slate as of Democrats. The Mayor
is not particularly concerned over the I
partisanship of his supporters. It is the
support in the Council he seeks. .
Tacoma elects eight Councilmen each i
year, giving two representatives to each
ward and Insuring the presence at all
times of half a Council th'at is familiar
with city affairs. This .Is the "off -year"
in Tacoma municipal politics, for there
are only eight Councilmen to be elected
the other municipal officers are chosen
a year later.
Mayor Controls the Council.
Into the usually quiet and unevemful
Councllmanlc fight has been interjected
the personality of Mayor Wright and tho
policy he has inaugurated. At present
the Mayor controls tho Council. Through
a coalition of Democrats, one independent
and a faction of Republicans, he named
E. A. Rolce president of the Council a
year ago, and Wright's control of the
lawmaking body has not been questioned
since.
The fact that eight of the old .Council
men .leave this Spring gives the Mayor
a small handful of supporters In the num
ber left. He must win this Councllmanlc
struggle to keep a firm grip on the city
government, and Wright has grown to
like the Mayor's berth well enough to
want to run again.
Disgruntled Democrats are as bitter In
the fight against Mayor Wright as are
the ultra-conservative and strongly par
tisan Republicans. Curiously enough, it
is among these Democrats that the pro
gramme of the fight against Wright was
hatched. In this faction the "wide-open"
policy holds sway, and it is definitely un
derstood that these men are not making
a fight against Wright that will close tho
town. They are after revenge, a re
buke. Mayor Wright did not appoint enough
Democrats to suit the radical wing of that
party. He disappointed other members
of his party who have been accustomed to
collect an-offlec as the price -of their ward
and precinct work, and created another
opposition faction. Wright declared that
he owed his election to Republicans: a
self-evident fact to "one who has studied
Tacoma election returns. And in pay
ment the Mayor retained a number of
Republicans In appointive offices. No one
has ever urged against these men the
charge of Incompetency.
May Impeach Mayor Wright.
If the City Council is carried against
Mayor Wright strong enough to onable
them to do so, there is a faction .of Dem
ocrats who are prepared to demand the
Mayor's removal, even If impeachment
proceedings are necessary to bring It
about. This Is a wild threat, but It Is
discussed seriously by the anti-Wright
workers In both parties. If no other
charge could be" brought the failure to
enforce city ordinances and state laws
is suggested to force a removal.
It is not a change In municipal policy
that prompts this revolutionary threat
against Mayor Wright, for the men whom
the indignant Democrats suggest most
prominently as his successor Is George
B. Kandle, Republican. They talk.- too,
of Arvld Rydstrom and others, all of
whom are favorably Inclined toward a
continuation of the Wright policies In
police matters.
This Wright enmity stirred up over po
litical questions Is not the only factor
in the Councllmanlc fight. The Mayor
has indorsed a scheme for issuing $750,000
of bonds to pay for the construction of
a municipal "light plant on tho Nlsqually
River, to be financed by a Portland cor
poration. The city owned a light plant
once, but under Mayor Fawcett nego
tiated a contract with the old Tacoma
Railway & Power Company whereby that
corporation furnished electric power for
city lighting. Subsequently a contract
with the Tacoma Cataract Company sup
planted th'ls contract. There Is a strong
taxpaying contingent that is bitterly op
posed to further debt-Incurring, and a re
turn to the policy of municipal owner
ship. Under Mayor Wright, too, the city
has built miles of new board and con
crete sidewalks, and from the suburbs
In particular there is a cry against the
cost these improvements, have levied
against property-owners. It lias hit the
small property-owner hardest, and he Is
full of fight on this ground. Of course,
the. Council .Is as much to be blamed In
both connections as the Mayor, but the
politicians waging .the anti-Wright fight
are using tho arguments against both ex
ecutive and candidates for re-election
who have come under the ban.
SCHOOL BOOKS OF YAKIMA.
Commission . to Be Appointed, Also
an Inspector of Fruits.
.NORTH YAKIMA, Wash.. April 2.
(Special.) Tho .County Commissioners at
their session next week will appoint a
Fruit Inspector, Polltax. Collector and a
School Book Commission.. Two applicants
are in the- field for- the office of Fruit
Inspector, the present Incumbent, O.
Breck, and J. 31. Brown.
Much Interest is being- taken in the
Schodl Book Commission to be named.
Since the expiration of the contract
between the stateand.the..Wcs'tland "Pub
lishing" Company, the authority of each
county and district Is absolute, and com
plete change In books is expected. In
all probabilities the Commissioners will
,takc some: action In regard to construct
ing a new Courthouse, which is badly
needed.
FIRES WHEN LAMP- GOES OUT
Fisher's Revenge, on . His Wife Who
Would Not Live With Him.
SPOKANE, Wash., April 2. (Spe
cial.) Because his wife refused to re
tura'and livejvilh him. Herman Fisher.
a painter, short her twice at an early
hqur this morning. He went to the
woman's .apartments, where she has
been living since they separated, and
waited for her. They quarreled, and
he told her he would kill her-and him
self. The lamp began to burn low, and
Fisher said he would begin to shoot
when the light went out.
At the expiring of the flame he
opened fire, shooting three times. One
bullet pierced the woman's abdomen,
another struck her leg. Fisher did not
attempt suicide." He was arrested this
morning. The woman Is not expected
to recover.
COLEMAN IS CAPTURED.
Train Crew Seize Suspect and Hold
Him at Chehalls.
WINLOCK, Wash., April 3. (Special.)
The train crew of Northern Pacific train
Is'o. 4 think they have the man who is
suspected of having murdered Edna Hoff
man, on board, and are having him locked
up at Chehalls, Wash.
CAPTURES A CHINESE BOBBER
Proprietor of Fruitstand Catches Him
Robbing the Till.
Although he realized that he was
risking his life as ho was unarmed,
Jackson Walker, who runs a fruitstand
on Sixth street, near tho depot, last
night grappled and after a fierce strug
gle captured a Chinese who had robbed
the till in" his establishment. Tho
robbery took place about 10 o'clock.
The Chinese, when taken to tho police
station, give his name as Charley Foon.
He Is considerably larger than Walker,
and 'did not have any weapons on his
person.
Walker was about to close up, as tho
streetB were deserted, when the Chi
nese came in the store and asked for
10 cents' worth of oranges. He gave
Walker a quarter. Ho made the
change, handing the Chinese his 15
cents. I nconsciously he left tne till
open, which is back of tho counter, and
walked to the front of his store to get
the oranges. Ho suddenly remembered
he had left the till open, and looked
back just In time to "see the Chinese
leaning over the counter gathering up
the money.
Walker yelled at him. and tho Chi
nese started for the 'door with a rush
Walker jumped in his path and tackled
him around tho 'waist, the same as is
done in football. The Chinese endeav
ored to break loose, but Walker hung
onto hlttt like a bulldog. They wrestled
around the floor, knocking down fruit
boxes and tearing things up in general
Walker continued to yell for aid,
and attracted the attention of a police
man who was standing near tho depot.
When the Chinese saw the offlcershe
quieted down and allowed himself to
be takon to the station' without resist
ance. It was found that $3.50 had been
taken from the till. The money was
found on "his person. The police believe
that Foon is the petty thief who is re
sponsible for many of the robberies
which haVo taken place in Portland.
The entire back of his coat was lined
with newspapers 'about half an Inch
thick- The papers were compressed to
gether and wore of sufficient thickness
to stop a bullet from a revolver unless
It -was fired within a few feet of him
It is thought that Foon took these
precautions in case he should be fired
at after robbing houses or stores. As
a rule, a robber has a chance to turn
his back and run in case a revolver is
pulled on him.
VALUE OF WIFE'S AFFECTIONS
Sclo Man Places it at $31,000 in
1 Suit for DaTnages.
SPOKANE, Wash., April 2. (Spe
cial.) Joseph N. Morris, of Sclo, Or.,
values the lose of his wife's affections
at $31,000, In a damage suit which he
has commenced against Maynard War
wick, a wealthy rancher of Lincoln
County. Washington. Morris further
sets forth his other damages as fol
lows:
Los's of business due to wife's ac
tions, $5000; loss of his wife's services,
$2000; cost of a divorce action wherein
Mrs. Morris lost her case, $1000; to
tal. $39,000.
It is declared by tho husband that
Warwick sent his wife prcsonts of Jew
elry and silk underwear, that the cou
pie met on the street In Sclo and em
braced and kissed each other. War
wick Is accused of prompting Mrs. Mor
rls to sue for a divorce, agreeing to
pay the expense. ,
Morris was formerly a stockman of
the Big Bend country. Warwick Is a
widely known man and has grown
children. He separated -from Ills wife
some time ago.
Big Ore-Shoot In Champion
COTTAGE GROVE, Of.. April 2. (Spe-
cia.) C. C. Mathews, resident superinten
dent of the Oregon Securities Company,
Bohemia, came In from the mines last
night and is highly elated over the recent
developments in the big thoot of tho
Champion ledge. Tho drift from the 1000
foot station of the big cross-cut trolley
tunnel, running east of the vein, is now
in a pay shoot of splendid milling ore,
which is being extracted and trammed
to the mill. Mr. Mathews says that the
quartz of the pay shoot is the finest he
ever saw, and the quantity Is such that
2000 tons can be taken out dally If re
quired. Some beautiful specimens
brought out by him show bluelsh green
tints of copper, specked with Iron and
streaked with fine threads of gold.
The new mill has been started and is
steadily dropping 20 stamps. The cable
tramway Is delivering the ore without a
hitch. The 500-horscpower plant Is fur
nishing ample power, and the outlook for
water supply is good until the middle of
the Summer. About 50 men arc now em
ployed and more will be taken on. at an
early date. The large cross-cut tunnel of
this company is now in over 1200 and is
steadily being pushed forward. Snow at
the mine is about seven feet and at the
mill about four feet in depth.
HOUSEWARE STRUCK BY CAB
Boys Driving Wagon Have Narrow
Escape From Injury.
A teum driven by Frank Booth, about
IS years of age, and a boy by the. name
of Sax, collided with a streetcar on
Williams avenue, near Halsoy street,
yesterday afternoon, so badly Injuring
one of the horses that It had to be
shot. The accident occurred about 3
.o'clock. The tongue of the wagon was
ruined, and one of the windows of the
streetcar broken. The other horse was
slightly injured.
The boys wero 'driving rapidly up the
street when they saw a streetcar near
Ing tho crossing. The boys thought the
would allow them to pass, but, instead,
it blocked their way. They tried to
swing the horses around the corner,
but they did not have sufficient space,
and the animals crashed Into the rear
end of the car. The boys say that the
motorman first stopped the car when he
saw them coming, but that he sudden
ly started the car when they expected
it would remain at a standstill. The
team belonged to the Portland Live
stock Exchange. The mare killed was
valued at $200.
Mrs. John Conner Dead.
Mrs. John Conner, aged 63 years, died
at the North Pacific Sanatorium at 2:45
this morning. Her home is in Portland.
She, suffered a stroke .of "paralysis about
15 days aeo.
NEW CHURCH DEDICATED
VAST CONGREGATIONS OVER
FLOW BEAUTIFUL EDIFICE.
Forest Grove Congregationalists Cele
brate Climax of Sixty Years'
Growth Dedicatory Sermon.
FOREST GROVE, Or.. April 2. (Special.)
The Congregationalists tonight dedicated
their beautiful new church, which has
just been completed at a total cost of
$11,000. All the churches of tho. city united
in the service, and the crowd filled the
audience-room until Its seating capacity
of 700 was exhausted, and many remained
standing.
Among those present were the younger
members and newer residents of the vi
cinity sitting side by side with old, gray
haired men and women who have given
the larger part of their lives to the service
of this church and have witnessed its
progress from pioneer times, when the
small congregation gathered In a log
houee, through its period of growth, and
when It was housed In the building which
was burned by an incendiary three years
ago, up to the present, and Its entrance
upon a new era of Its career, one of tho
strongest Congregational bodies In the
state, and occupying a modern, commodi
ous structure, fitted with every conven
ience. There were also present many vla-
ltora from sister churches, who had come
to assist in the dedication.
Tho members held their exercises with
rejoicing, because they commenco services
entirely free from debt, with the excep
tion of $1000 owed to the Church Building
Society, which bears no interest and need
not be paid for ten years. Eight hundred
dollar?, tho total unpaid cost of the
building, was subscribed at the services
held this morning.
A spirit of deep solemnity prevailed
throughout the meeting this evening.
Dr. J. S. Bishop made the speech of
presentation on behalf of the building
committee and Mr. L. C. Walker replied
for the trustees. The dedicatory ser
mon was delivered by Rev. William C.
Kantner, of Salem. He preached on the
New Jerusalem, saying:
"The celebrated Bishop Brooks used
this text in his masterly sermon on the
symmetry of character, but in it are
also to be .found the spiritual dimen
sions of tho churoh of Jesus Christ.
Here is a church with a splendid plant,
equipped and well manned for service.
Will It meet tho moral needs of today
for the community In which It is lo
cated? It .may, if it possess these spir
itual dimensions. What dedicates a
church edifice is not a form of words
or some ceremony, but rather a body
of Christian men and women, who,
constituting the church, are marked by
the characteristics of the New Jeru
salem, the church of tho first-born
above. And the church edifice dedi
cated to God's service by a church
possessing spiritual length or purpose.
spiritual breadth or sympathy, and
vision and spiritual height or loyalty
to God, and all that is highest and best
Is dedicated In tho truest sense. What
Is the purpose of this church? It is
the ecclesla, the assembly that is
called out, nnd that for a purpose sub
lime and glorious.
"As an Institute of worship, as the pillar
and ground of truth and for thc salvation
of men and the moral betterment of the
world, does every true church exist. Its
work Is that of fitting men to realize their
manhood's possibilities here and hereafter.
In the realization of this purpose there
must enter into the church the spirit of
aggressiveness and enthusiasm, unweary
ing -patience and perseverance, for less
than this can nover be loyal to the pur
pose divine. But the true church must
have breadth as well as length, sympathy
and vision as well as purpose. This Is
opposed to the narrowness of selfishness
and bigotry. There must bo that breadth
of vision which catches the larger
glimpses of God and truth of" the kingdom
and of man. Where there Is no vision, the
peoplo perish. Besides this, there must
be that breadth of feeling that recognizes
the brotherhood of man and cultivates tho
helpful living principles of service. The
church must have heart. It must feel for
men. It must be interested in men. More
than this, it must serve men. Again, all
thin purpose and sympathy will go well
nigh for naught. It to them is not added
the loyalty to God. The church must have
moral height; It must be a high church In
a noblo sense. Communion with God and
his Christ gives this moral height and
with thc higher Ideals to which the church
must always be loyal. These spiritual di
menslons should receive equal develop
ment. None of them can be safely neg
lected. To make this church plant con
trlbutory to the development of tho spir
itual characteristics is to consecrate it in
the truer and sublimer way."
Rev. Mr. House, of Portland, was also
to have spoken, but was unable to be
present. At the service this morning the
sermon was delivered by Rev. Austin
Rice, of Walla Walla, a former pastor
here. Tomorrow will be the second and
closing day of the exercises of dedication
In the afternoon services will be held in
recotmltlon of the new pastor. Rev. Her
bert Boyd, who comes here from Ashby,
Mass. In the evening tho 60th anniver
sary of the church will be celebrated.
PERSONAL MENTION.
Senator D. H. Simmons, of North Yak
ima, was a Portland visitor yesterday,
staying at tho Imperial.
G. C. Flavel, a capitalist of Astoria, is
spending a few days at tho Imperial while
in Portland on business.
W. J. Snodgrass, a prominent mining
man of Okanogan. Falls, is at the Imper
ial for a business visit in the city.
W. F. Matlock, Mayor of Pendleton, re
turned to his home last night, after hav
ing spent a week in Portland on. business-.
C. E. Redfield, a prominent" lawyer of
Heppner, was a Portland visitor yester
day, returning to his home in the evening.
Miss Leona A. Thompson, of Pendleton,
and Miss Ida Thompson, her sister, are
the guests of friends in Portland for
short time.
Mr. and Mr?. S. H. Friendly, of Eugene,
are at the Hotel Portland, accompanied
bj their daughters, for a brief visit la
the city.
J. H. Ackorman, Superintendent of Pub
lic Instruction, left last night for his
home at Salem, after a short business
visit In Portland.
W. L. Thompson, a well-known banker
of Pendleton, returned to his home last
night, after a three weeks' sojourn at tho
Imperial while undergoing treatment for
his eyes.
Dr. and Mrs. C. J. Whltaker. of Pendle
ton, are visiting friends In the city for a
short time and are staying at the Perkins
while here.
William H. Laird, of Winona, Minn.. Is
at the Portland for a few days. Mr,
Laird is one of the well-known tlmbermen
of Minnesota and Is here to look after his
Interests In this district.
Henry D. Edmonds, a well-known
young business man and promoter of
Kansas City was at the Portland yester
day. He went south last night over the
Southern Pacific.
Mr. and Mrs. MIko Jacob, of 141 North
Eighteenth street, announce the confirma
tion of their son, Edwin, on Saturday,
April S. at Temple Beth Israel. At home
Saturday. April s, and Sunday, April 9,
W. L. Whltmore has returned from his
stock ranch near Pomeroy, bringing with
him a carload of running horses, which
he will put into training here. Mrs. Whit
more, who has been visiting in California
during the time Mr. Whltmore was at
Pomeroy, has also returned to the city.
Give's 100,000 to Tract Society'.
NEW YORK, April 2. Ralph Voorhees.
of New Jersey, has given $100,000 to the
American Tract Society.
1860
The
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141 Broadway New York
ASSETS $17,500,000 . ,
Portland Office, 610, 611, 612, 613 Chamber of Commerce Building?
John Tatlock, President
Hon. Charles H. Allen, Theodore T. Johnson,
Vice-President.
Modern Policy Contracts
with guaranteed surrender
values and all approved
privileges to the insured.
(Extract from report of the Superintendent of Insurance ot the State of New York.)
"The Department is satisfied that it is the aim cf the new management
to conduct all the branches of the business of this company In such a manner
as to fulfill beyond perad venture the contracts entered Into with its policy
holders and to use all legitimate means to the end that such contracts may:
be secured by the policy-holders at a cost to themselves fairly comparable
with the cost of Insurance in other approved companies. The Department
can state that the new management engages in the task set before it with
absolute Integrity of purpose and honesty In method and procedure, and fully
believes that its plans and aims will result in maintaining this company in
the position in which, the forty-flvo years of its history justly entitle it to be
placed. FRANCIS HENDRICKS,
' "Superintendent of Insurance."
MOTOR CAR SPEEDY
Successful Test of the One
Intended for Portland.
INVENTOR'S DREAM REALIZED
Union Pacific Tests Gasoline Motor
on Main Lino Prior to Sending
It to Run on the Oregon
Railway Lines.
OMAHA. Neb., April 3. (Special.) The
new Union Pacific gasoline motor, which
is to be sent to Portland, Or., for ser
vice, was given Its first official trial to
day. Tho car was run for a distance of
nearly 40 miles out of Omaha along the
main line and back, and when it returned
the railroad men who accompanied it ex
pressed their opinion that the success
ful railroad motor car had been achieved.
Superintendent of Motive Power Mc-
Koen, who designed and superintended the
construction of the car, was at the throt
tle on today's run. He pointed with much
pride .to the car as he stepped oft It, re
marking that his life's dream had been
accomplished. The feature of tho car
which distinguishes it from all other
gasoline motors Is the air-pressure system
of starting, which enables it to be started
at high gear and without a Jar.
The car is shaped like an Inverted rac
ing machine, and Is capable of immense
speed. On the return trip today, although
no attempt at high speed was made, the
run of 40 miles was mnde In 75 minutes.
DEATHS ON THE PACIFIC COAST
Judge Joseph W. Huston, Boise.
BOISE, Idaho, April 2. Judge Joseph W.
Huston died today, aged 72 years. s
Joseph "Waldo Huston was born at
Polnesvllle, O., April 10, 1S33, and was ed
ucated In the public schools of Willough
by, O. On July 5, 1S55. he married Lucia
Wilder, ot Kalamazoo, Mich., and his sec
ond wife was Frances Colllster, of Wll
loughby, O., whom ho married on Decem
ber 28, 1S64. He moved to Kalamazoo in
October, 1S45, and studied law there. He
was a clerk in the Treasury Department
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latter year until 1S90, when he was elect
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preme Court, and served in that capacity
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ARMED WOMAN FACES BURGLAR
Thief in Stockings Surprised in the
Mears Residence.
HOOD RIVER. Or.. April 2. (Special.)
As a burglar was entering the Mears resi
dence on Sherman avenue Friday night.
Mrs. Mears bravely parted the portieres
with' a Winchester rifle and ordered the
man with a mask to depart. The thief
lost no time In making his exit.
This is the third night within a week
that residences of this city have been en
tered by burglars. No clew can be found
leading to the Identity of the thief, who
operates in his stocking feet. Hood River
has no night watchman, and is without
fund3 to pay salary for a Marshal.
"Whisky," roared the temperance lecturer,
"has filled more graves than anything else In
the world." "What's the matter with th
doctors?" queried a small voice from the gal
lory. Kxchanse.
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