Morning Oregonian., January 23, 1907, Page 7, Image 7

THE MORNING OREGON I AN, WEDNESDAY, JAMUAKr 3t liOT.
MIUS FDRCED 10
BUY EMPTY CARS
Paying Railway Employes to
Place Freight Cars on
Side Tracks.
TRAINMEN RUN UP PRICES
startling Evidence Brought Out Be
fore Interstate Commerce Com
mission on Car-Shortage
Question at Seattle.
SEATTLE. Jan. 2!.-Evldenc& Indicating
4hat lumberman have been paying money
to railroad employes to have cara
"spotted" on their tracks was Introduced
before Interstate Commerce Commls-
arloner Franklin JC. I-ane. at tb hearing
this afternoon into the car shortage ques
tion. Charles E. Tatton, president of tin
Reliance Lumber Company and vlce-
prealdent and secretary of the A.tlas
Lumber and Shinglo Oom pany, mado the
Ftatement during the course of hia ex
amination. To say that the evidence of
M r. Patton was a sensation would be
putting it mildly. Mr. Patton had been
giving some facts and figures showing
that there was an apparent discrlmlna-
tlon In the distribution of cars at Tacoma
umnriK the mills.
"J low do you account for this dis-
elimination ?" asked commissioner Lane.
v "Only that somebody was buying cars'
" rpr!1rd the witness.
"What Is a common salutation among
lumbermen, concerning this purchasing-
of cars?" asked Austin B. Griffith, who
was conducting the examination for tha
lumber-men.
'Well, a. very common saJutatfon
among lumbermen is what is the price
of cars today?' " said Mr. Tatton. "The
price of cars runs from $1 to $5 a. car.
The practice on the part of railroad em-
that -was a matter for tha railroad com
pany to investigate.
"But we dispute that any such a prac
Uce exists." said Mr. Cannon.
"The Commission has testimony from
&11 over the country that the practice is
a pretty universal one," said Commis
sioner Lane.
The matter ended there.
Berry Industry Crippled.
A multitude of witnesses testified be
fore Commissioner Lane today about the
car shortage and the crippling effect it
has had upon the Industries of the state.
Not only were lumbermen put on the
stand, but Senator Paulhamus told of the
sufferings of the Puyallup berry growers,
and the troubles of the wheat farmers of
Eastern "Washington were gone into.
The lumber men contended that while
the car shortage was particularly acute
at the present, there had never been a
time for years when they got all the
cars that they wanted. The rate at
which cars moved was gone into and it
was shown that this has steadily de
creased from an average movement per
car of 94 miles in 1903 to 36 miles in 3.906.
No attempt was made to dispute the
car shortage by the railroad attorneys.
They sought to show, however, that the
present paralysis of traffic was the re
sult of the floods in November.
ployes In selling the
has been
eliminated In the northern part or the
state, but still flourishes In the BOUth."
Is Common Practice.
"HOW Common la that salutation among
the lumbermen?" queried Commissioner
Ta re.
"Oh, It Is very common," replied the
Witness. "It is almost a. Joke. Some
wcVa m tha superintendent of our mill
at Tacoma saw a very large car being
switched around. Ho anked the con
ductor if we were going to get that car.
The conductor asKea mm now much it
was worth to him. T have Riven strict
orders that we are not to buy any cars
and the superintendent said that while
TV wanted that car pretty badly, we were
not going to pay for It. Tha conductor
said that It was worth SLO to him and we
iid not sret that car."
On cross-examination, E. J". Cannon, at-
torney lor the Northern Factnc wanted
to find out tha names of shippers who
Jiad paid for cars and the names of em
ployes who had received the money.
Commissioner Lane demurred about
coin Into tha matter and remarked that
WAS A NATIONAL CHARACTER
Mox-Mox, Noted .Nes Perce Indian,
Meets an Untimely End,
LEWISTON, Idaho.. Jan. 22. (Spe
cial). Oeorgo Mux Mox, npphow of Feo
Peo MOX Mux, chief of the Nez Perce
Indians and a near relative or old Chiei
Joseph, got full fn Juliaette last night,
went home, drove his family out into
the snow, and accidentally set fire to
his . house and was cremated. The
charred remains were recovered tnls
afternoon.
Mox Mox was 63 years of asre. al
though he did not look more than 33.
He was a Carlisle graduate, tiie best
educated of the old blanket Indians In
Idaho. and upon "several occasions
headed delegations which carried com -
plaints from the tribe to the Presidents
thftn serving in Washington.
By his learning, fine qualities, soft
voice, beautiful eyes and Chesterfield
manners he became not only a favorite,
)Ut a well-known character at the Na
tional Capitol. In the late eighties.
when the Government attempted to
make soldiers out of the Indians. Mox
Mox enlisted, and was made a corporal.
He lost his chevrons because of drink.
Many years of the man's life has been
spent in the penitentiary and Jails for
boot-Ieralns whisky to other Indians,
stealing and getting drunk.
MTJBDEB TRIAIi GROWS D1TLL
Ijawjers Go Out to Smoke While
Questions Are Read to Witness.
TACOMA, Wash., Jan. 32. (Special.)
With another expert witness in the
person of Dr. A. H. McLelsh on the
stand in the Thompson murder trial,
the attorneys for the respective sides
are going over all the ground which
they covered In the examination or
Dr. Williamson, who preceded Dr. Mo-
IHflsh. The same ions hypothetical
a uestions which were put to Ir. Wll-
llamSOn, eacll taking about an hour
to read and which Include the claims
of the state and the defense were put
to I r. Mr I 1 h ti today and he an
swered in the same way as did lr.
Williamson. So monotonous was the
trial yesterday that when an attorney
started to read one of the hypotheti
cal questions the other left the room
for a smoke in the Judges' chambers.
L1BE 1
State Institution at- Eugene
Wants an Appropriation
of $125,000.
HAS MANY USES FOR MONEY
Suit - the people. because they are
tired of bitter doses, with the pain and
griping that usually follow. Carter's
Little Liver Pills. One pill a dose.
Rapid Growth of State University
Necessitates More Buildings and
Equipment to Meet tlws Needs
of Large Number Students.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eu&ene,
Or.. Jan. 22. (Special.) Students and
friends of tho University are deeply
Interested In the bill recently Introduced
into ttie Oregon Legislature ty Represen
tative Eaton, of Lane County. By the
provisions of this bill, the annual ap
propriation for main tenance is raised
from 47,oOO, to 125.000. the latter sum to
include not only maintenance, tut tunas
for the purchase of additional lands, the
erection of new bulldinss. the purchase of
library books, apparatus, and all other
expenses. Heretofore, It has been custo
mary to provide for all these additional
expenses by separate items in the gen
eral appropriation hill, but friends of the
University wish the institution to stand
upon its own merits, ana for this reason,
all University appropriations are provided
for In one hill.
The Keneral appropriation bin which
was enacted at the last session of the
Legislature, afterward held up on &
referendum and finally approved by the
people of Oregon last June, contained ap
propriations aKgrreg-a.tlnjr J62.600 for addi
tional maintenance and new buildings,
bringing the total appropriation for the
past two years up to $167,000 or $78, TCO a
year.
This is the smallest amount appro-
priated by any Btate in the Union for state
university support, and the figures also
show that the averag-e cost per student
to the state is less at the University of
Oregon than at many other state unlver-
eltles.
The passapre of the "bill in its present
form will satisfy the Immediate wants of
the University, -but even if the full
amount Is granted, the funds available
will be Inadequate to meet the demands
that will necessarily be made before an
other leslslatlve session. The most urjrent
needs at present are an additional bund
ing for the departments of mathematics
and civil engrineerinir. a dormitory for
women, additional land for the campus,
and new books and apparatus for the
various departments. Many of the reclta-
tion rooms and laboratories are altogether
too small to meet the present demands,
and something: must be done to. relieve
the congestion. The completion of the
new library building next June will make
room for one or two recitation rooms,
and will provide a suitable plaoe for the
library books, but the number or volumes
in the library Is far too small to satisfy
the present needs of the different depart
ments. The present campus contains but 27
acres of land, and if the plans of the
"University authorities are carried out
15 acres of the KLlncaid tract, which lies
Just couth of the campus, win De-purchased.
A portion of this tract is now
leased by the Associated students for '
athletic purposes, but if the grounds are
acquired by the University, they will
be needed for other purposes, and It
will toe necessary to move the athletic
field elsewhere. The present campus is
altogether too small, and If the univer
sity is to grow Into a large institution,
additional land must be provided. The
resents believe that the Kincald tract
should be purchased before land values
go to a htgrher figure.
A dormitory for women is another
urgent need of the University. At the
last session of the Legislature an ap
propriation of $5000 for a dormitory for
women was made In the general appro
priation bill. This amount will build
nothing more than a small club house
and if a dormitory is built, additional
funds will be needed.
The University has enjoyed & substan
tial growth during the past two years.
At present, there are 326 students In
the undergraduate departments at Eugene
(exclusive of -the department of music) .
These figures show a gain of about 100
students over the enrollment of the year
1904-05. The total enrollment of the year
will reach the 350 mark, as a number of
new students will register on February
15 the opening date of the second term.
The rapid growth of the high school
system in Oregon warrants the prediction
that there will be 500 students at the
university or 'Oregon oeiore the next eea-
Blon Of tha Legislature.
E3EJPECT SKNSATIOVATj TRIAJJ.
State Has Much Circumstantial Evl-
dence -A.fra.insl) Wtddowson.
BAKER CITY, Or., Jan. 22. (Spe-
clal.)-In the first day's trial of Alex-
ander Wlddowson. who is accused of
the murder of "Wll lard. Moody. more
than one sensation, .was developed, and
a hint of one concerning the. women
who are supposed to be connected In
the case wa. BTiven when district At
torney Iomaac declared that Mrs.
Fanny . Coles, sister of the murdered
man, was completely in the power of
Wlddowson and Brown, with whose
families she Is staying at the hotel
here.
It was1 developed today, that the
state's case wilt be almost entirely clr-
eumstantial. It was declared that
ftollie Brown, son of one of the de
fendants, would testify that be had
heard Alexander Wlddowson threaten
to kill Moody - the night of the mur
der. The state plans to show that the
Srun in the possession of the officers
was that which, hilled Moody, it has
blood stains on it, and it belongs to
Wlddowson.
Their endeavor to fasten the crime
upon some one, and their assistance in
caring for Moody's body win be used
by the state in its case against Wid
dowson and Brown. A. photograph of
a woman and a bloody shirt left In a
BaKer City livery stable by a man
answering Wlddowson's description gO
to fill In detalla.
Aberdeen Wants Better Water,
ABERDEEN, "Wash.. Jan. 22. (Spe
cial. An attempt will be made to se-
cure the passage of a measure in the
Legislature that will permit the Colin-
cil to bond the city to the extent of
$750,000 to build a better system of
waterworks and lay a pipe line 25
miles to the headwaters of the Wynoo-
chee River.
After Right of Way to Aberdeen,
ABERDEEN. Wash.. Jan. 22. (Spe
cial.) The Gray's Harbor & Pugret
Sound Railway Company, which is rep
resented to be a Harrlman extension.
SPECIAL SALE OF
SHAVING STANDS AND CABINETS
Over twenty-five designs, comprising a delayed shipment
which we had selected especially for our holiday trade all new
and attractive designs a variety of styles of the best appoint
mentscomplete with adjustable mirrors. Some of these have
large roomy drawers for collars, cuffs, shirts, etc. As the sale
of these cabinets is confined almost entirely to the holiday
season we are offering them at prices considerably less than
their regular selling prices. This sale offers an attractive and
useful furniture piece at a great bargain.
$13.00 Shaving Stand in the mahogany ; sale
price $8.50
$13.00 Shaving Stand hi nickel and brass;
sale price $9.25
$li00 Sharing Stand in tbe mahogany; sale
price $0.50
$14.00 Shaving- Stand, in the golden oak; sale
price,,.-., $9.50
$15.00 Shaving Stand in the golden oak; sale
price .... . . Sj$.'7'5
$15.00 Shaving Stand in the mahogany; sale
price $9.75
16.50 SbaYing Stand in the mahogany; sale
price ' 10.50
$16.50 Shaving Stand in the golden oak ; sale
price... $10.50
$18.00 Shaving Stand in the mahog-any sale
price 11.50
$18.00 Shaving Stand in the golden oafc; sale
Price . . . 1 ..... J $11.50
$20.00 Shaving Stand in the birds eye maple ;
SiUe price . . $12,75
$22.00 Shaving Stand in the birdseye maple ;
- sale price $13.75
28.00 Shaving Stand in the golden oak; sale
price ........$16.75
$30.00 Shaving Cabinet in the golden oak;
sale price .$18.75
$33.00 Shaving Cabinet in the golden oak;
sale price $24.00
38.00 Shaving Cabinet. in the mahogany;
sale price $2(5.00
$40.00 Shaving Cabinet in the birdseye
maple; sale price $20.50
llHI
j jj TOUR CREDIT J
II It 6000 1
COMPLETE HO T URni5IlER5
( MAKE YOUR
opened headquarters here. Tha con-
demnRtl on procedlnRB started against
sl number- of property o-wnsr -was
temporarily held up, owing- to a. claim
of the Northern Pacific Company that
the Gray's Harbor Company ' has
usurped tm Huhts in matters of right-of-way
at several points.
Third Bank for Albany.
ALBANY, Or.. Jan. 22. (Special.)
Incorporation articles were tiled here
today for the . Linn County Savings'
Bank to bo located in Albany. rf. S.
Myers, F N. Myers and M. S. Myers,
all of San Francisco, are the Incorpor-
ators. and the capital stock is 15000. It
is understood th bank will be estab
lished In th near future. This will
give Albany three banks.
DiHtnisri Case Against Rude.
BOI8E, Idaho. Jan. 22. TSipeclal.) -At
BlackfOOt, today Judge Stevens dis
missed the case brought a&uinfit Judga
Alfred Budge, of the Klfth dlfrtT-iot. on
the (rround that he was dlnquiitiried from
holding office by reason of being a Mox-
mon. Tha Court held it did not have
3 u r 1 sdlot Ion , as proceed 1 mrs ho t v d h a ve
been started in the Supreme Court. It
It understood the Demoorattc State Com-
mlttce, by which the case was brought,
will take an appeal.
W - . IS UI IU(rcB,
NORTH YAKIMA. Wash.. Jan. 21
CSpeclal.) A. 30-foot span of MorM
brldse was carried away this after-
noon by the breaking up of the Ice In
the Yakima River.
The span was a temporary structure
put in the plaoe of the one destroyed
by the flood last November. - A. &reat
body of water and ice packed against
tne o rid re and it suddenly grave way.
The rivers in the -valley are rlsinsr
and another flood is anticipated.
dosing
Oiit
J. :JuL t
mm
Stock
COATS
MUST GO. .
Those fine $50.00 and. $60.00 COATS,
in black colors and mixtures.
Closing Out Sale price,
$19.75
COATS from $30.00 to $50.00. Clos
ing Out Sale price,
$16.50
COATS from $20.00 to $30.00. Olos-
ing Out Sale price.
$9.75
COATS below $20.00. Closing Out
Sale price,
$4.9S
OF-
SKIRTS
& III ft V. VrV
MUST GO
The . finest and most complete
line in' the city. Any Skirt
np to $35.00. Closing A -7H
Out price. V O
'Any Skirt up to $25.00. flj 1 1 CH
Closing Out price X X OVf
Any Skirt up to $15.00. 7C
Closing Out price iP.I 0
Any Skirt below $7.50. Tr "Cf"l
Closing Out price. p v
A few Misses' ! r7C
Skirts OC
Ladies
Garments
As we will not pack a single gar
ment to our NEW STORE, which.
we expect to open about Marcn 15,
Come to 131 Fifth Street
Every garment must go na who
fails to attend will miss the greatest
bargain opportunity of the season.
Here are a few of the thousands we
Sliall have ready for you.
SUITS
MUST GO
$50.00, $60.00 and $70.00 Suits. Closing
Out price,
$20.00
$30.00, $40.00 and $45.00 Suits. Closing
Out price, !
$15.95
$20.00, $25.00 and $27.50 Suits. Closing
Out price,
$10.75
Suits below $20.00,
$5.00
REMEMBER
We own, operate and maintain a manufacturing
plant for making Ladies' Garments, and have
the real man tailors to fit you. The garments
you purchase in our store will be handled in an
expert manner. You will find no such equipment
elsewhere as we maintain in our store.
PETTICOATS
MUSI
GO
Silk Petticoats
Closing Out
price .
Silk Petticoats '
Closing Out
price.
Silk Petticoats
Closing Out
price. . . T
Silk ; Petticoats
Closing Out
price
Silk Petticoats
Closing Out
price.
$1.50 Sateen
Petticoats. ......
up to $27.50.
..$14.75
up to $22.50.
. $9.00
up to $16.00.
..$6.95
up to $12.50.
below $7.50.
. .$2.95
....75c
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