Morning Oregonian., August 21, 1906, Page 10, Image 10

TIIE MORNING OREGONIAN, TUESDAY. AUGUST 21, 1906.
HOSPITALS CROWDED
HUSSITY CF PATIIHTJ WCMEH
THREE FACE J
TRIAL OF F. P. MAYS, W. N. JONES AND GEORGE SORENSON IS BEGUN IN FEDERAL COURT.
FOR CONSPIRACY
CRATER LAKE TRIP
Mrs. Pinkham's Advice Saves Many
From this Sad and Costly Experlenc.
10
URY
PARTY HUME FROM
Trial of Mays, Sorenson and
Jones in Land-Fraud
Case Begins.
WITNESSES GO ON TODAY
Eight Jurors Secured Before Close
of First Session Former V. S.
Attorney Faces Bar Where
He Once Prosecuted.
JURY IX BM'K MOUNTAIN FOR
EST RESERVE CASE.
Gtorce H. Bull, merchant, Lebanon,
Linn County.
J. S. Pettyjohn, farmer, Wlllamlna,
Yamhill County.
Walter A. Gom, tennis champion,
and manager Acme Mills. Portland.
Robert X. Lovelace, farmer. Rainier,
Columbia County.
William J. FuIIam, ahoe dealer.
Portland.
Garrett
Portland.
W. Vereteg, brlckmaker,
Andrew
Vercler, architect.
Salem,
Marlon County.
Thomas C. Bodley, florist, Portland.
CHALLENGED BY GOVERN
MENT Norrla Perkins, banker and farmer,
North Yamhill, YamhIU County.
CHALLENGED BY DEFENSE
John W. Probst, farmer, Albany,
Linn County.
EXCUSED FOR CAUSE
Edward P. Hutchlns, farmer, Logan,
Clackamas County, by defense on
ground of actual bias.
George H. Andrews, assistant secre
tary Arlington Club, and formerly sec
retary California & Oregon R. R. Co.,
of which W. D. Fenton, attorney for
defense, la counsel.
George W. Kennedy, member of
firm of Allen. Gilbert & Raniaker,
piano house, Portland; challenge of de
fense for actual bids allowed.
A. L. Miner, capitalist, St. Johns,
and formerly Town Recorder: chal
lenge for caure by defense not resisted
by Government.
Haggard and gray, the ghost, of his
former self, Franklin Pierce Mays,
lawyer, capitalist and politician, who
In years gone by was honored with
various offices of profit and trust by the
State and Nation, sat with bowed head
before the bar of the United States
District Court yesterday and heard
with dull. Impassive interest the Im
paneling of the Jury which Is to
try him for his alleged connection with
one Of the most colossal land frauds
ever attempted against the Federal
Government.
In the same court, not many years
ago, Mr. Mays, then free from the stig
ma of grand pury Indictment as a par
ticipant in the widely-ramified land
frauds which have since brought shame
and disgrace to some of the most prom
inent citizens of the State, stood be
fore the bar and as United States At
torney himself, prosecuted scores of
violators of the Federal statutes; after
that time he stood high in the coun
cils of nis party, and only recently
represented Multnomah County in the
Senate of the State Legislature.
Today, with every legal technicality
and quibble that could defer that hu
miliating hour exhausted, he will hear
himself arraigned by the lawyer who
now holds the office he once held, as
one of the parties to a bold and far
reaching conspiracy to swindle the
very Government whose laws he once
swore to uphold, and to face a Jury
of his peers, composed o citizens few
of whom are strangers to the sharp
contrast between his position then and
now.
Co-Defendnnts of Mays.
With Mr. Mays were arraigned yester
day two of his alleged fellow-conspirators
and co-defendants, George Sorenson
and Willard N. Jones, like himself, men
of independent fortunes, who, prior to
the hauling In of the Federal grand Jury
drag net, stood well in the community,
and like him were intimate pergonal and
political friends of those holding the
highest offices in the gift of the people
of Oregon.
Sharp as is the contrast between the
position that Mr. Mays now occupies
and the one he formerly held. It is not
sharper than that between him and the
co-defendants, who have gone to trial
with him. Stout, rudely, well fed, well
groomed, with all the bearing of his
calling, George Sorenson. land specula
tor from hls youth. Is a fit running mate
to Willard N. Jones, a trifle less sleek,
perhaps, but equally nonchalant and well
grqomed, looking In every line of his
smooth, good-humored countenance, the
successful contractor and man of affairs
that he Is.
Mr. Jones, too, has been prominent In
politics. He was a member of the lower
house of a recent Legislature and with
Mr. Mays ho was on terms of greatest
Intimacy with the late Senator Mitchell,
Blnger Hermann. the ex-Congressman
from Oregon, and J. N. Williamson, Her
mann's late colleague. Indicted and con
victed In a previous land-fraud case.
These three representatives of the peo
ple of Ore-son in Congress. Senator
Mitchell and Congressmen Hermann and
Williamson, were Indicted with Senator
Mays and Jones and Sorenson In the case
now on trial. Since then death has called
Senator Mitchell before a higher tribu
nal, the Government has elected to dis
miss the Indictment as to ex-Congressman
Williamson and Blnger Her
mann has been granted a separate hearing-Case
an Important One.
Involving, as It does, the alleged con
spiracy of men of such prominence to
steal by means of barefaced fraud and
perjury, aided by the abuse of high offi
cial position, many square miles of the
most valuable timber lands in the State
of Oregon, the. case now on trial, known
as the Blue Mountain forest reserve case,
is the most Important of the many land
fraud cases.
Through the Influence of Senator Mitch
ell and Blnger Hermann, who was then
Commissioner of the General Land Office,
aided by Congressman Williamson, the
Government, it is alleged, was induced
to withdraw from public entry and set
aside as a forest reserve a large section
of the public domain in Oregon in which,
by collusion, perjury and fraud. Mays,
Jones and Sorensen had obtained claim
to vast tracts of more or less valuable
land.
The ultimate purpose of the scheme was
to relinquish all this land, much of it
worthless, and obtain from the Govern
ment in exchange. 3 the law provides,
lleu-Iand scrip, which would have en
abled the conspirators to locate the cream
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of the best timber lands remaining In
the state.
The application of the grand Jury probe
revealed the ulcer, and the conspiracy
was never carried out. but with its col
lapse came the downfall of the corrupt
ring which the . Government claims had
laid plans to appropriate a great part of
the remaining standing timber In Oregon.
In view of all these facts there Is a
widespread interest in the outcome of the
case, and not since the trial of Senator
Mitchell, last year, has there been so
great a crowd in the Federal Court bjs
that assembled yesterday.
Eight Jurors Selecled.
When court adjourned yesterday even
ing, eight Jurorls out of the necessary
twelve had been selected to try the Blue
Mountain forest reserve case. Half of
this number are well-known Portland
business men. It is though the other
four will be secured before noon today.
It was 11 o'clock yesterday morning be
fore i..e decks had been sufficiently
cleared of all debris In the shape of legal
technicalities to permit both sides to set
tle down to the serious feature of select
ing a Jury.
The first 12 names drawn were: Edward
P. Hutchlns, farmer, Logan, Clackamas
County; George H. Buhl, merchant. Leb
anon, Linn County; George H. Andrews,
assistant secretary Arllneton Club, Port
land; George W. Kennedy, department
manager Allen. Gilbert & Ramaker Com
pany, piano dealers, Portland; A. L.
Miner, a capitalist of St. Johns and ex
Recorder of the town; Norrls Perkins,
banker and farmer. North Yamhill. Yam
hill County; John W. Probst, farmer, Al
bany. Linn County; J. S. Pettyjohn, farm
er, Willamina, Yamhill County; Walter
A. Goss, tennis champion and manager
Acme Mills Company, Portland; Robert
N. Lovelace, farmer. Rainier, Columbia
County: William J. Fullnm, shoedealer,
Portland, and Garrett W. Versteeg, brick
maker, Portland.
The box netted six talesmen, and Judge
Hunt directed Clerk J. A. Sladen to draw
more names. John W. Cooke. an Oregon
City merchant, failed to respond, al
though it is claimed he had been present
at the morning session and had answered
to the roll-call. Judge Hunt thereupon
ordered a bench warrant Issued for his
arrest, returnable forthwith. Last night,
however, the subpena for Cooke was re
ceived at the Marshal's office unserved,
showing that he had not been present at
any stage of the proceedings, and Judge
Hunt recalled the bench warrant.
Additional Jurors Drawn.
Andrew Vercler, an architect of Sa
lem and at one time a Justice of the
Peace for Marion County; Thomas C
Bodley, who conducted a florist estab
lishment In the building at Fifth and
Washington streets before it was torn
down, and who Is now running a simi
lar place on the East Side; J. E- Zelg
ler, a stockman of Gervais, Marion
County; Robert J. Stewart, a local con
tractor and builder; Amos Beach, a
constable of Wodburn, Marlon County,
and W. M. Kapus, department man
ager Portland Gas Company, were
then drawn to fill the panel.
At the hour for adjournment Vercler
and Bodley had been accepted, making
eight all told. The other four were
ordered to remain with the Jurors al
ready chosen, and they were not per
mitted to return to their homes last
night in consequence, although not
yet examined as Jurors.
Mr. Mays attracted more attention
than any of the other defendants. Ac
companied by his wife, he entered the
courtroom at 10:15 o'clock In response
to an order from Judge Hunt that ail
the defendants should be present dur
ing the proceedings. Mays had been
previously In the small ante-room of
the Clerk's office, but in obedience to
the court's instructions, came In and
took a seat by the side of his counsel.
Instantly he was the cynosure of all
eyes from the large crowd that filled
the courtroom to overflowing. Mr.
May's attitude throughout the day was
by turns listless and nervous. Most of
the time he sat with his head resting
on his hand and gazed out of the
window.
Five Lawyers for Defense.
Altogether, the three defendants
were represented by five lawyers at
the session yesterday, William D. Fen
ton and W. Lair Hill appearing for
Mays; Martin L. Pipes and S. B. Hus
ton, of Hillsboro, for Willard N. Jones,
and Alex Sweek for George Sorenson.
James E. Fenton, of Seattle, who had
been detained on a case, arrived from
the Sound city last night and will be
on hand this morning to assist in the
defense of Mays. In addition, Ed .P.
Mays, brother to the principal defend
ant and a lawyer, was In constant
consultation with counsel for the de
fense, so that when they all got busy
upon some interpretation of law, their
combined voices resembled a battery
of rapid-fire guns.
Opposed to them was Special Assistant
to the Attorney-General Francis J. He
ney. serene in the consicousness of an
unbroken string of victories, and United
States Attorney William C. Bristol who
makes an able right bower for the Gov
ernment's chief counsel, and who Is fast
developing into a prosecutor of marked
ability. Alongside the two officers eits
Irvin RlttenhouFe, sharp-eyed as fer
ret, who takes no part in any of the vocal
ceremonies but whose knowledge of the
records of the General Land Office 4nake3
his services Indispensable when It comes
i At. , i , . v j . rt a. son.-. m: i
to the Introduction of documentary evi
dence In the case. . '
During the examination of Juror Per
kins yesterday Mr. Fenton outlined some
of the features of the defense when he
charged that the prosecution of Mays had
its basis in political reasons. To this
Judge Hunt made reply that he had never
heard of a case where a man's political
affiliations were supposed to cut any fig
ure in his selection as a Juror.
"There never was a state that held
such political feuds is Oregon," was Fen
ton's significant retort to the court's as
sumptions. All through the examination of tales
men Mr. Fenton sought to make it ap
pear that the present land-fraud crusade
was the aftermath of the political up
heavals that were born in the lurid pas
sions of the warfare between the Mitchell
and Simon factions and which have left
as their only legacy a tradition. of hate.
Both sides have exhausted one peremp
tory challenge, so that each has two left.
The case will be resumed at 9:30 this
morning.
INSTRUCTORS WILL MEET
Teachers of the Blind to Begin An
nual Convention Today.
The annual convention of the Amer
ican Association of Instructors of the
Blind will convene in the parlors of
the Oregon Hotel at 9 o'clock this
morning. A number of the delegates
arrived yesterday and others are ex
pected this morning. The convention
will continue until tomorrow, holding
two meetings today and one Wednes
day morning. Thursday will be de
voted to a trip through the Willamette
Valley.
After the close of the meeting this
afternoon the instructors will take a
trip to Vancouver, where the Wash
ington State School for the Blind will
be visited. The business affairs of
the association will be completed to
morrow morning and In the afternoon
the delegates will go to Salem to visit
the State Institution for the Blind at
that place. They will return in the
evening and start on their trip
through the Valley early Thursday
morning.
Among the Instructors who are ex
pected to attend the convention are:
T. C. McAloney, of Montana; J. J. Dow,
of Minnesota; W. Wilkinson, of Cali
fornia; H. L. Finer and T. J. Morey,
of Nebraska: George S. Wilson, of In
diana, and-T. P. Clark, of Vancouver,
Wash.
MOUIITAINRESORTS.
The most attractive mountain resorts in
the world are In the Canadian Rockies,
less than 48 hours' ride from Portland.
The Canadian Pacific has made a very
low rate to these resorts, which Include
Glacier, Field, Laggan and Banff. Round
trip rate, $35. Tickets good for 30 djfys.
with stopovers. Double daily train serv
ice. Two Vesesls Sail With Lumber.
ASTORIA, Or., Aug. 20. (Special.)
The schooner Sequoia, which sailed
yesterday for San Francisco, carries a
cargo of 450.000 feet of lumber, loaded
at Vancouver. The barkentine Tropic
Bird, sailing for San Francisco yes
terday, has a cargo of 320,000 feet of
lumber, also loaded at Vancouver.
NO RECORD EXISTS THAT THESE
27 COUPLES WERE EVER WED
Return on Marriage Licenses Not Made to County Clerk
as Required by Law.
FROM July 25, 1905, until March 20,
1906. the records In the office of the
County Clerk show that marriage
certificate returns have not been made by
officiating clergymen in the cases of 27
couples. When a marriage license Is is
sued It Is accompanied by a certificate,
which, according to the law, must be re
turned to the County Clerk's office by
the one who performs the ceremony, stat
ing that the contracting parties named in
the license were duly united in wedlock.
A record Is made of the return of the cer
tificate in what is known as the mar
riage certificate book. This Is the only
legal record of the marriage of the
couple.
The Issuance of the license does not
establish the fact of a marriage, for the
reason that the license might never be
used. County Clerk Fields endeavors to
obtain the addresses of persons for whom
marriage licenses are issued, and when
the marriage certificate is not returned
he notifies them of the fact, and has
them direct the minister, priest or Judge
that tied the nuptial knot to send In the
certificate. ,
Mr. Fields cannot reach the ministers
direct because he has no means of know
ing whom people go to to be married.
A penalty Is provided by law for failure
to return marriage certificates.
The names of the 27 couples whose mar
riages have not been certified to follow:
E. W. Sargent and Mary Carson.
Joel S. Gilbert and Jennie R. Grimes,
American Inn.
Clyde Mauldlng and Maria A. Jamison.
269 Third street.
T LET
Paquet, Gleblsch & Joplin Will
Build Brooklyn Sewer.
AMOUNT OF BID $242,377
One of Largest Improvement Con
tracts Let by City in Years.
Two Other Contractors
Submit Bids.
One of the largest contracts that has
been given recently by the City of Port
land was awarded yesterday, when the
sewer committee of the Executive Board
accepted the bid of Paquet, Gleblsch &
Joplin for the construction of the Brook
lyn district sewer. The total amount of
the accepted bid Is J242.377.52. Other bids
were submitted by Robert Wakefield &
Co. and the Pacific Bridge Company. The
former's bid was J264.643.42, and the lat
ter' s J2G5.669.4S.
This sewer has been projected for
many months, and Its construction will
be welcomed by the residents throughout
the district where It Is to run, even
though It will necessitate a considerable
assessment. The time allowed the con
tractors to complete their work Is on
year, and a representative of the firm of
Paquet, Gleblsch & Joplin who was pres
ent at the meeting said that It was ex
pected 'to finish the project several
months within the time limit. Several
construction gangs, comprising a large
number of men. will be employed, and
the work will be rushed as rapidly as
weather conditions will permit. The
sewer will serve a large area. Including
Brooklyn and other portions of Southern
East Portland.
A stretch of 1616 feet of the sewer will
have a width of ten feet. Inside measure
ment. The construction contract stipu
lates a cost of J14-S8 a foot for this sec
tion. The sewer gradually diminishes
from this size to three feet two Inches,
which Is bid In at $4.64 a foot. The con
tract Includes cement work, excavation,
tunneling and all other details of the
project.
In case the work runs over the esti
mates, the bidders agree to do additional
work at the following prices: Crushed
rock, per cubic yard, $2.50; solid rock or
cement gravel, which cannot be removed
without drilling and blasting, in the open,
per cubic yard. $1.50; solid rock, which
cannot be removed without drilling and
blasting. In tunnel, per cubic yard, $2.50;
cement gravel which cannot be removed
without drilling and blasting, in tunnel,
per cubic yard, $3; four-Inch drain tube,
per linear foot. 6 cents.
Wants Names of Broom-Makers.
A letter has been received at the
Chamber of Commerce from the secre-
Louis Harris and Mahoma Granish, 6064
North Sixtn street.
John R. Liles and Edith Knapp, 263H
First street.
Frank B. .lllis and Minnie B. Shep
herd, Echo.
H. C. McDonald and Melvlna Barrett.
John Hunt and Ceclle Morris, 87 Fourth
street.
James D. Hennessy and Mary McNeil,
256 Eleventh street.
John Fordney and Zella Hyde. 507 Van
couver avenue.
Hyman B. Nudelman and Rose Ross.
Abe Rykers and RoBe Lentch, 3S2 First
street.
H. T. Clause and Catherine Schneider,
steamer Columbia.
George A. Stahley and Lena Mabel Rod
die, 190H Seventeenth street.
Sam Spencer -and Irene Mayfleld, Tale,
Wash.
V alter McKlnney and Liable E. Rivers.
370V4 East Pine street.
G. P. Brown and Annie Darrow, 595
East Twenty-first street.
George H. Lashbaugh and Annie E. Cal
kins. St. Johns.
David R. Wood and Edith C. Elliott. 464
East Pine street.
Charles J. Johnson and Mercy Root 642
Sixth street.
Constant Barcard and Louise L. Aufrey
410 Park street. J'
Robert C. Welch and Clara L, Ford
Seattle.
P. Wickham and Verna I. Imel. Abine
ton building.
Harry McGraw and L. ' I. Wolfe. Mc
Cauiey Hotel.
John Chrlstensen and E. M. Irish 775
Roosevelt street.
John A. Sherwood and Marian Cullison
?vewberg.
H. Welch and Fanny Hendren.
County Clerk Fields will later cheek up
the marriage certificate book from March
20 to date.
CONTRC
tary of the Stanislaus Board of Trade
at Modesto, Cal., requesting Information
concerning the names of manufacturers
and wholesale dealers In this vicinity of
articles used In making brooms. The let
ter states that the raising of broom corn
Is quite an Industry In that section sur
rounding Modesto, and the farmers have
requested the Board of Trade to locate
dealers who may purchase their products.
BANQUET TO THE OFFICERS
Idaho National Guardsmen Guests
of Colonel S. E. Meyer.
Colonel S. E. Meyer, of the Idaho Na
tional Guard, and disbursing officer for
the state troops at American Lake, ten
dered the officers of his regiment a ban
quet last evening at the Hotel Portland.
The table was set for 32 people, among
the civilian guests being Frank Johnson,
a commission merchant of Boise, which
Is also Colonel Meyer's home. The troops
arrived here yesterday morning.
During the repast a permanent organ
ization was launched and officers for
the ensuing year elected. It Is to be
known as the Officers' Association, and
Its object Is to promote the Interests of
the Idaho National Guard and for the
general welfare of the officers and the
men as well.
The officers selected are as follows:
Lieutenant-Colonel L. V. Patch, presi
dent, Payette; Captain Lee S. Burrows,
vice-president, St. Anthony; Regimental
Adjutant C. H. Duval, secretary and
treasurer, Nampa. A committee of five
was appointed for the purpose of draft
ing a constitution for the association
and by-laws. These members will meet
In Boise during the national Irrigation
congress. "
Many of the members of the Idaho
Guard left last night for their homes,
traveling by special train. Others will
remain In Portland several days.
WILL TAKE ACTION SOON
Steamship Committee Meets and
Postpones Work.
Owing to the absence of a majority of
the members of the Joint committee ap
pointed from the four commercial organ
izations on the Portland-Alaska steam
ship project at a meeting last evening
at the Commercial Club. It was decided
to postpone the assembly until a future
date. Many of the men are at the sea
shore and the others were probably at
tending the circus last evening.
It has .not been deemed practicable to
secure another meeting of the main com
mittee, but the effort to obtain condi
tional pubscriptions proposed has not
been abandoned by any means. There is
in the neighborhood of $30,000 in sight,
which has been tendered without any
fdYmal canvass.
It is Intended to bring the steamship
proposition to an Issue within the next
few days. This will give the various
classes Interested in the project an op
portunity to convert their promise of
support Into pledges toward the condi
tional subscription. These will become
binding only when the full amount in
view has been procured.
According to those interested the offi
cial reports for the year ending July 1
show a total of $15,000,000 of Inward com
merce 'to Western Alaska.
BOULEVARD PLAN OPPOSED
Center Addition Will Fight Monta-villa-Falrview
Road Project.
At 'he meeting of the Montavllla Im
provement League last night the sub
ject of the widening of Villa avenue
through the Ladd tract. Center Addi
tion and Montavilla to Fairvlew was
considered. W. J. Burden, president,
brought the subject before the league.
W. C. Aylesworth, appointed to in
terview farmers beyond Montavilla,
submited a report to the effect that
as far as he had been able to ascer
tain, they were favorable' to making a
wide road through that district.
D. Groat spoke for a delegation from
Center Addition, declaring that the
property-owners in that addition were
emphatically opposed to making Villa
avenue 60 feet wide.
H". B. Dickenson spoke long and
earnestly for a wide street. The dele
gation from Center Addition were
asked If a 70-foot street would be fa
vored, but they were not prepared to
say.
It was decided to let the question
rest until another meeting. The in
tention Is, however, as soon as the
boulevard matter Is decided, to start
a movement to drive the street through
the Ladd tract to a connection with
East Glisan. 1
Deer Shot Close to Town.
OREGON CITT, Or.. Aug 20. (Spe
cial.) Two deer, one a four-point
buck, were killed yesterday by hunt
ers on the Molalla River, about two
miles east of the town of Molalla.
Deer are reported quite plentiful In
the wilds of this county this year.
Beauties of Wild Region Told
by. Tom Richardson and
Jefferson Myers.
FINE FISHING IS ENJOYED
H. Jj. Pittock Catches Four-Pound
Rainbow Trout in Williamson
River and Richardson Takes
Fish From the Lake.
Tom Richardson, manager of the Com
mercial Club, returned yesterday from a
ten-day trip to Klamath Falls and South
ern Oregon with the Portland business
men's excursion. He Is enthusiastic
about the country visited and states
that the party of 40 odd Portlandltes
who accompanied the party had one of
the greatest Journeys in their lives. Oth
ers who returned yesterday were H. L.
Pittock, F. W. Leadbetter, H. M. Cake
and Jefferson Myers.
"Our trip to Klamath Falls was de
lightful from start to finish," Mr. Rich
ardson said yesterday. "We visited al
most every portion of the lakes, per
sonally Inspected the enormous ditch and
general work of the reclamation serv
ice, and unanimously agreed with the
people of Klamath Falls and all of Kla
math County that within a few years
they would have the show place among
all the Irrigation projects of the United
States. They have rich soil, splendid
climate and ample water, and only need
additional transportation facilities and
more capital to have an agricultural par
adise. "We were treated with generous hos
pitality and given undivld2d attention,
and the exchange of courtesies in public
addresses was exceedingly pleasing.
"As guests of Fred W. Leadbetter,
president of the Portland Commercial
Club, Mr. Pittock. Mr. Myers, Mr Cake
and myself had the pleasure of enjoy
ing the most remarkable trip of our
lives. We spent two full days and nights
on Williamson River and Spring Creek,
and all of us were successful In catch
ing trout from the finest trout fishing
section in this or any other country.
"We were in the hands here of Frank
Silvers, one of the finest natural dip
lomats, politicians and entertainers that
it has ever been our pleasure to come
In contact with. We all made good rec
ords, but Mr. Pittock won the champion
ship by catching the largest trout.
Scenery Is Incomparable.
"The beauty of the scenery was In
comparable. We were all impressed
wherever we went with the marvelous
timber resources, and noted how wonder
fully well watered Is all of that portion
of South-Central Oregon.
"Having met the most famous and suc
cessful of fishermen in Frank Silvers, It
was again our good luck at Fort Kla
math to be put In the hands of George
Denton, the most accomplished, daring,
but at the same time careful and skill
ful four-in-hand driver we had ever met.
Under his guiding hand we visited that
most marvelous of all American won
ders. Crater Lake. The first glimpse of
this great natural wonder Is awe-inspiring,
and while your expectations have
been magnified by various descriptions,
none of them give you even an idea of
Its grandeur. From the top of the crest
you look down from 1500 to 2000 feet upon
a deep blue lake, with a green fringe,
and near the center is a mound, which
by comparison with the cliffs appears
to be only an enlarged ant-hill, but an
Investigation soon tells , you that this
apparently Insignificant mound Is four
times as high as the tower of the Ore
gonlan building. Within it is a crater
that would make even Forepaugh's &
Sells' great circus look small Indeed.
"We were entertained most graciously
by the campers from Portland and other
portions of Oregon, and were served a
dinner of seven courses on one occasion,
and we believe this excels the camp
menu of any other Oregon outing.
"George Denton drove us from the top
of Crater Lake to Medford. 90 miles
away, in exactly 11 hours running, time,
and we claim this to be the record trip.
We went down the mountain behind four
horses, between great rocks and among
native timber, with an incline that in
some places was 45 degrees but we were
in the hands of Oregon's best whip-, and
made the woods resound with cheers for
our modest driver, when the reins were
turned over to Mr. Leadbetter.
"This trip of Portland's business men,
like all others that have been made, Is
good for the home people as well as
for those visited, and I hope that we
will find no trouble In filling a special
train to attend the national irrigation
congress at Boise. This train will leave
the Union Depot at Portland Saturday,
September 1, at 8:15 P. M.
Jefferson Myers' Account of Trip.
Williamson River is said to be one
of the most famous trout fishing re
sorts In the world. Jefferson Myers
says people go to the resort from all
parts of the countrv to enjoy the ele
gant sport with the finny tribe. H. L.
pittock caught the prize of the trip,
a four-pound trout, and later at Crater
Lake, for the only time in his life, Tom
Richardson had the pleasure and the
experience of landing a genuine fish.
It tipped the scales at two and one
half pounds. Collector of Customs
Stratton, of San Francisco, Is now at
Williamson River on a fishing trip.
The Portland party brought home ten
pounds of trout for their families.
"Every one had the experience of his
life in more ways than one," Jefferson
Myers said yesterday. "One of our
greatest amusements was to witness
the capture of the trout by Tom Rich
ardson, his first one. He was fasci
nated, had the 'hunter's ague to a
certain extent and with contortions of
the face and body displayed to the
party the suspense under which he
labored while the fish played with the
bait. For a long time we were In
doubt whether Tom would land the
fish or the fish catch Tom. And when
the trout was finally caught the relax
ation all around was noticeable.
"Fort Klamath, where Captain
Jack was hanged in 1873 for the mur
der of General Canby during the Mo
doc massacre, a notable event In the
history of the country, was also visit
ed. The fort has been abandoned. A
magnificent school has been erected
Ave miles away, where 200 students
from the Indian agency are being edu
cated, and Is doing splendid work.
"We passed through the Wood
River country and then cross the Cas
cade forest. Anna Creek Is one of the
greatest sights I ever saw. There are
rock cliffs, beautifully situated, and
1000 feet In height. A tremendous
amount of water flows through the
canyons and adds to the enhancement
of the view.
Crater Lake an Asset.
"Crater Lake is one of the most
valuable assets that ever passed from
the ownership of Oregon to the con
trol of the Government. Its value for
It is a. sad but
certain fact that
every year
brings an in
5 iMr "
crease in the
numberof opera
tions performed
upon women in
our hospitals.
More than three
fourths of the.
patients 1 y 1 n g
on those snow-
white beds are women and girls who
are awaiting or recovering from opera
tions made necessary by neglect.
Every one of these patients h4
plenty of warning in that bearing dowTi
feeling, pain at tho left or right of the
abdomen, nervous exhaustion, pain in
the small of the back, pelvic catarrh,
dizziness, flatulency, displacements or
irrejrularities. All of these symptoms
are indications of an unhealthy con
dition of the female organs, and if not
heeded the trouble may make headway
until the penalty has to be paid by a
dangerous operation, and a lifetime of
impaired usefulness at best, while In
many cases the results are fatal.
Miss Luella Adams, of Seattle, Wash.,
writes :
Dear Mrs. Plnkham :
"About two years ago I was a great suf
ferer from a severe female trouble, pains and
headaches. The doctor prescribed for me and
finally told me that I had a tumor and must
undergo an operation if I wanted to get well.
I felt that this was my death warrant, but I
spent hundreds of dollars for medical help,
but the tumor kept grow ing. Fortunately I
corresponded with an aunt in theNew England
States and she advised me to take Lyaia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, as it was
said to cure tumors. I did so and immediately
began to improve in health. and I was entirely
cured, the tumor disappearing entirely, with
out an operation. I wish every suffering
woman would try this great preparation."
Just as surely as Miss Adams was
cured of the troubles enumerated ia
her letter, just so surely will Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound euro
other women who suffer from fe
male troubles, inflammation, kidney
troubles, nervous excitability or ner
vous prostration.
Mrs. Pinkham invites all young
women who are ill to write her for free
advice. She is doughter-in-law of
Lydia E. Pinkham and for twenty-five
years has been advising sick women
free of charge. Address, Lynn, Mass.
scenic beauty Is worth millions of dol
lars and is certainly one of the great
est natural sights that exist in the
United States. This great lake covers
27 sections and has an average depth
of 2200 feet of fresh water, being the
deepest body of water of Its kind and
size in the world.
"The rim of the lake averages about
2000 feet above the water, and sur
rounds the entire lake with only one
break. A single rough trail by which,
the lake bed can be reached is through
a pass and covers a distance of more
than a mile. There is an island in
the center of the lake called Wizard
Island. It has an area of one section,
and has a cone 1000 feet high In the
middle. This cone Is the remnant of
an extinct volcano and In It the Port
land party deposited records of the
trip.
"Kvery member of the party took his)
turn catching fls'.i out of this famoua
lake. Each trout was a beauty of the
rainbow variety. We not only fished,
but took a swim as well. The water
Itself is simply grand and Is fine for
drinking purposes. The water is the
prettiest color a deep azure blue
that I have ever seen. It Is even
deeper In color at the surface of tho
water than from the rim. It Is sim
ply beautiful and inspiring to look;
upon.
"We made the return drive to Med
ford In 11 hours, making what is con
ceeded to be the record trip.
"Citizens of Oregon should make
every effort to Induce the government
to conduct Crater Lake on the plan
which has been adopted at the Yellow
stone National Park. 'If well adver
tised at the Jamestown Exposition,
and this Is our Idea, Crater Lake will
undoubtedly attract unusual attention.
It Is one of the wonders of the world,
but It is remarkable the number of
people who have never heard of the
place, let alone having visited there.
"There is a strong loyalty among
the business men of Southern Oregon
and particularly Klamath Falls, and
they desire to do their wholesale trad
ing in Portland. At present there is a
slight differential against Portland,
but If the freight rates are rear
ranged, this city will undoubtedly get
Its share of the trade.
"Every one was delighted with the
country and with all the advertising
that has been done there were no dis
appointments. Klamath Falls has made
good. I certainly .believe that this
section we have Just visited will be
come one of the great wealth-producing
spots of the Pacific Coast."
Surly Bulldog Makes
Trouble at Hotel
Attempt to Bite Pretty Telephone
Girl and Cnuifi Consternation
Among- the Porters and
Guests.
A BULLDOG, the plaln-every-day-ordlnary-pet-of-the-famlly
va
riety, was boss at the Oregon Hotel
yesterday. He is the property of a
guest, but he Is so mean and vicious
that for two days the canine has had
every one In the house bluffed even
the clerks who arc not afraid of any
thing as a rule. " ,
Consequently the dog has been occu
pying a basement room all to him
self. Even the telephone girls havei
no charms for the animal and yester
day he made an attempt to bite one
of the young women. And the por
ters have had so many narrow escapes
that all are suffering from something
that seems to resemble palpitation of
the heart.
Still the dog is master of the situa
tion, In spite of protests from nearly
all the employes of the house.
Gun, Meet at Hoqulam.
HOQUIAM, Wash., Aug. 20. Special.)
The next gun meet of the Southwestern
Gun Club will be held in this city Sep
tember 2 and 3. Members from all over
the state and from Portland will mjtU
clpate. TOTTEK" IX SERVICE.
Popular O. R. X. Excursion Boat Re
sumes Trips to Beach.
The T. J. Potter leaves Ash-street dock
for North Beach, touching at Astoria 11
follows:
August 14. 10.00 A. M. : August 1 11
A.M.: August 18, 12:30 P. M. ; August 21.
From Ilwaco: August 12, P. M - Au
gust 15, 8 A. M.: August 17, 8 A. M.: Au
gust 19, 8:30 P. M. ' AU
Tickets at Third and Washington streets
and at Ash-street dock. Meals mav hi
.secured on the boau
9jt4in Liiflla A da m 1 $