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THE BrOKTyG OKEGOXIAN. SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 1907.
JONES NEVE S
HE WILL NOT RUN
Friends Expect Yakima Con
gressman, to Enter Sen- -atorial
Fight.
TO MAKE STATEMENT SOON
Ankpnj- Is Inactive and With Plies
Thus Released, Much Credence la
Placed in Reported Boom for
Eastern Washington Man.
NORTH YAKIMA, Wash.. June 28.
(Special.) The announcement recently
made in Puget Sound newspapers that
Congressman Wesley L Jones, of this
city, would not be a candidate for the
Senate, in the event of Senator Ankeny
standing for re-election, is incorrect.
Jones states today that he has made
no promises one way or another. He
lias received invitations from all parts
of the state to be a candidate at the
forthcoming: election, and will an
nounce, his decision In the matter with
in 10 days. It Is generally believed
here that Jonea will run. .
JOXES IjOGICAIj candidate
With Ankeny and Sweeny Out of It
His Chances Considered Good.
SEATTLE, Wash., June 28. (Spe
cial.) If United States Senator Levi
Ankeny la to be an active candidate for
re-election to the United States Senate
he bas not given much indication of it.
Shortly after his return from Washing
ton he declared that he was a construc
tive candidate; that he was to be con
sidered In the fight for the present at
lcnst.
For a man wno intends to appeal for
a popular indorsement of his work in
the National capital the senior Sons tor
ha been most exceedingly quiet and
unobtrusive. He has not been in Seat
tie and he has not ventured about in
Western WaBhlnftton. There have been
no delegations of politicians sitting on
his doorstep of mornings and there has
been no manager of Ankeny Interests
organizing in behalf of the Walla Walla
banker. Everything Ankeny did dur
ing his past well-organized campaigns
has been left undone this year. In fact,
Ankeny was not active In the nomina
tion" of hold-over Senators last Fall, and
It Is seriously questioned whether he
could count anything like a majority of
the holdovers.
These olrcumstances are leading politi
cians to believe Ankeny may not seek a
re-election next year. His closest friends
believe that the senior Senator is really
undecided and is allowing the future to
tRke care of Itself. That he must en
counter a fight that could only be over
come by thorough organization Is so well
known that the assertion of the fact Is
superfluous.
Charley Sweeny, the Spokane millionaire
fhine-owner. who made Senator Piles'
election In 1906 possible, has told Intimate
friends that if Ankeny drops out of the
fight he wants to enter the race. Swee
ny has a sentimental claim upon King
County support. For that matter so has
Ankeny, but no one has gone out to or
ganize In the Interest of either. Nor has
any one taken up organization work to
protect Senator Piles' interest in the
next senatorial fight. So far aa the men
tlat are In office are concerned, the situ
ation Is chaotic
Were Eastern Washington ' politics
clearer, there is no question but that
King County would like to support Con
gressman W. L. Jones for Senator. He
Is a logical successor to Ankeny, once
the Ankeny and 6wceny complications
are removed. Ever since he has been In
Congress, Jones has played politics with
the Senators and has been an "organiza
tion man." .He might have been nomi
nated for Governor in 1000 had he agreed
to accept the nomination, but he refused
to accept the nomination unless J. M.
Krink, of Seattle, agreed to withdraw.
The antl-Frlnk following wag ready to
go to Jonea and could have forced his
.nomination. As Governor, Jones might
have been sent to the Senate before, but
he refused to take that route. -
Congressional division and " alarm
over the possibility that Spokane will
demand the Congressman is responsi
ble for Jones' conFlderatlon of the
fienatorship now. He believes he can
"lie nominated, and his fight is a good
one to pick as a winner, for he is ex
ceedingly popular.
John L. Wilson has never made any
secret of the fact that he believed
Jones the moit available man to defeat
Ankeny, and he has tried to Induce
King County leaders to precipitate a
Jones boom.- They have held back
pimply because there la outstanding an
implied pledge to Ankeny on Piles'
part: not an iron-clad agreement, but
a promise to support an East Side can
didate that could be construed as a
hope held out to the Walla Walla man.
If Jones comes out strongly as a can
didate, the inactivity of Ankeny and
other possibilities will give talk for
his nomination a great impetus.
THREE DROIYX IX COLUMBIA
Ttlver Is Rapidly Adding to Its Long
List of Victims.
ASTORIA. Or.. June 18. (Special.)
There were two drownings on the
north side of the Columbia River yes
terday, and one this morning. The
first one occurred yesterday morning,
t Altoona. when John Axelson, an em
ploye In V. Klevenhusen & Co.'s cold
tutorage plant, fell overboard from the
wharf whHe trying to recover some
box snooks from the river. The other
employes heard his cries for assistance,
Vi'.t were unable to reach him in time.
Axelson was a native of Nord Statland,
Norway. 25 years of age, and had been
in this country about four years. So
far as known he had no .relative, liv
ing in America. '
As the teamer Lurllne was discharg
ing lumber at Sk&mokawa about 10
o'clock last night, one of the deck
hands, known as "Slim." fell off the
gangplank, and was drowned. It is
supposed the man struck a fender
piling and was stunned.as he did not
come to the surface after going under.
This morning Laurens Peterson, a
deckhand on the steamer Haaealo, fell
overboard and was drowned, as the
steamer was loading freight at Al
toona. KEEP CP VTGOROCS FIGHT
Opponents of New County Argue Be
fore the Supreme Court.
OLTMPIA. Wash.. June IS. (Special.)
Arguments wers heard by the Supreme
Court today In the three applications for
a writ of mandate to prevent Superior
fudge Rica proceeding with the hearing
to create the new county of Gray's Har
bor. After the arguments, the court al
lowed relators 30 days to file briefs, the
respondents 20 days thereafter to file
answers and the relators 10 days more to
reply, so final decision Is some weeks
ahead. The three relators represent re
spectively the old County of Chehalis.
a resident taxpayer and a non-resident
taxpayer. They bring up many points
against the proposed county division,
chiefly that the act la indefinite and un
certain, and that the Legislature cannot
delegate the power to ascertain if the
proposed new county contains the re
quired population. James M. Ashton and
E. M. Hayden, of Tacoma, and W. it.
Abel, of Montesano, made the arguments
for relators and John C. Hogan, of Aber
deen, and Harold Preston, of Seattle, for
respondents..
MISTOOK WOOLLET FOR BEAR
SIcGee Gives New Version of Acci
dent and Is Crazed With Grief.
DRAIN, Or., June 2S- (Special.) News
has just been received that Instead of
Elmstr-Woolley being killed in the Smith
River country last Tuesday by the acci
dental discharge of his own gun. the shot
was fired by his companion, William Mo
Gee, who mistook Woolley for a bear.
McGee admits this and is almost crazed
with grief over the terrible misfortune.
JURYMAN WAS OUT OF MONEY
Attorney Rossinan Was Merely Car
rying Information to Clients.
SEATTLE, Wash., June 28. (Spe
cial.) George P. Rossman, accused by
C. P. Spooner and the legal firm of
Bycrs & Byers of having placed before
them a proposal to sell out the jury in
CROSSED THE PLAINS
.- A i. . ' . '
F - - i
s ? ? y A
1852, at Mllwaukle, Or.. March
The Lata Mrs. Mary E. SrllliVell, ' 26 ign. They settled on a do
Ttllamooic nation claim in Yamhill County,
east of North Yamhill, and resided there until 1888, when they moved
to Newberg, where her husband 'died January 18, 1894, at the age of
65 years.
She was the mother of six children, vis.: Mrs. W. B. Rice (deceased),
North Yamhill; I M. Myers, Portland: A, L. Myers, Ilwaco, Wash.;
Mrs. G. W. Grayson, Tillamook; J. L. Myers, and Mrs. A. B. Cornell,
Grant's Pass. .
She married Captain W. D. Stlllwell, of Tillamook County, a pioneer :
and Indian War veteran, who survives her. November 16, 1901.
Before leaving Keokuk. Iowa, she witnessed the arrival of the
troops, the burning of the Mormon Temple, and the departure of
Brlgham Young and his wives for Utah.
Mrs. Stlllwell was a bright, intelligent woman, was a good, kind
mother and wife, and her mind was active and clear to within a short
time of her. death. The cause of death was cancer, for which she had
undergone several operations. Mrs. Stlllwell was well known all over "
the Willamette Valley, where she resided for a number of years, and '
was personally acquainted with all the pioneers of Oregon. She was. a
member of the Methodist Episcopal Church since girlhood, bringing
her letter with her across the plains. At her bedside, .besides -other
relatives, was a sister, Mrs. C. E. Springer, -of Cedar Edge, Colo., who
had not met her for 63 years. ' Interment will be made at Newberg.
ths Oregon & Washington's condemna
tion proceedings against J. D. Davison,
told Superior Court Judge Griffin to
day that he was merely carrying word
that S. C. Lapp, a Juryman and former
client, wanted some money. Rossman
told the court that Lapp came to his
office In an Intoxicated condition and
explained he was now In a position to
get some money. He wanted "Rossman
to do the collecting. Rossman. who
was disbarred a few weeks ago, says
he merely told the attorneys on both
sides of the case the circumstances.
With this explanation. Judge Griffin
dropped the matter. Lapp declares he
was too Intoxicated to remember what
he did when he saw Rossman.
PLEAD FOR FELON PARENT
CHILDREN" OF MCRDEKER ASK
FOR HIS PARDON.
Governor Refutes to Interfere and
. Man Who Slew His Wife Pays
Penalty on Gallows.
SALEM. Or., June 28: (Special.)
Without uttering a word of regret or
farewell, Holiver Megorden died on the
gallows at the Oregon Penitentiary at
12:30 P. M. today. Shortly before the
hour for the execution. Governor Cham
berlain received a letter from three chil
dren of the condemned man, pleading for
his life. The letter said that this re
quest was what they believed their
mother would wish them to make were
she here. Her voice having been stilled
by the bullet from her husband's re
volver. Governor Chamberlain could not
consider what her possible wishes might
be. More likely bis thoughts turned to
a pathetic scene on the plains of Mal
heur County when these same children
witnessed the cruel killing of their moth
er by their father, and when he had left
them alone with the dead, placed her
body on a wheelbarrow and heroically
endeavored to wheel her to a neighbor's
house for help.
This morning two sparrows flew into
an open window of the prison and could
not find their way out. Megorden worked
for some time in an effort to catch the
frightened birds and liberate them. Fin
ally they went out the window, and tears
flowed down the prisoner's eheeks.
He met his death like one kho knew
there was no escape and who wished the
ordeal over as Quickly aa possible. He
shook his head when asked if he had
anything to say, and muttered a prayer
as the straps, blackcap and rope were
quickly adjusted. '
Xew Shingle Mill Completed.
HOQUIAM, Wash., June 28 (Spe
cial.) The new shingle mill, bnUt by
A. F. Coates for Ben Johnson, of Aber
deen, and Jesse Lewis, of this city,
was "turned over" today, everything
being in readiness for work Monday.
This new mill will have a capacity
of 300.000 shingles per day, and cost
875.000. About iO men will find employment.
WEST MAKES TRIP
ON CUTTLE TRAIN
Plays Detective and Learns
How Stock Suffers on
Railroad.
DATA FOR THE STATE BOARD
Commissioner Gathers Information
at First Hand and Exposes In
adequate Accommodations
of Southern Pacific.
SALEM, Or.. June 28. (Special.)
Determined to learn by personal ob
servation the actual conditions in the
shipment of livestock on the Southern
Pacific, Railroad Commissioner Oswald
West secured a Job as cowpuncher for
a Valley shipper and made a trip last
Wednesday from Oakland, Or, to Port
land. .He was compelled to resort to
this expedient because the Southern
Pacific officials refused 'to let him ride
TO OREGON IN 1852
TILLAMOOK, Or., June 28.
(Special.) Another Oregon pio
neer, Mrf.'Mary E. Stlllwell, wife
of Captain W. D. Stlllwell, died
Tuesday at her home in this
city. She came to Oregon In
1852. Her maiden name was
Mary E. Armentrout, daughter of
Joseph Armentrout, and she was
born October 22, 1833, in Ohio,
and from there moved to Keo
kuk, Iowa; thence to Hancock
County, III. When a young
woman, she crossed the plains
with ox team, accompanying" her
sister and husband. Mr. and Mrs.
David Deardroff, who settled in
Clackamas County. She taught
school for two years, and out
of her earnings sent $100 to her
aged and sick father by Adams
& Co.'s express, the receipt for
which, dated Portland, Or., Oc
tober 31, 1853, she has always
kept.
She was married to George
Myers, who crossed the plains in
on a freight train in the capacity of
Railroad Commissioner.
Disguised as a laborer, he was read
ily given passage and he was able to
keep an exact record of the time taken
for the shipment. The trip took 20
hours and 20 minutes, with the train
running less than seven hours of that
time. For two hours and more at a
time, the train stood on sidetracks,
with the cattle suffering from the in
tense heat of the sun and their own
closely crowded bodies. Briefly summed
up, Mr. West's conclusions are. that
the road does not provide passing
tracks of sufficient length; does not
have telegraph offices as close together
as they should be, and when freight
engines have a full load, dead -freight
is not sidetracked in order to make
room for livestock. Delays in switch
ing and waiting on sidetracks, account
ed for the alow time made. Mr. West
kept an account of the movement of
the train and has made a report of
the trip for the information ef ship
pers and other persons interested In
the humane treatment of livestock. He'
says in his report: ,
Railroad Lacks Sidetracks.
"In my opinion the present car short
age is not caused so much by the short
age of equipment as It is by the lack of
yardage and sidetracks, and the manner
of handling trains. The freight I rode on
from Oakland, Or., to Portland was a
through freight. It took 20 hours end 20
minutes to deliver a livestock shipment
from Oakland, Or., to the Union Stock
Yards in Portland. The actual running
time was six hours and 55 minutes, while
the balance of the time. 13 hours and 25
minutes, was spent on side tracks. Some
of this delay was the result of switching,
which had to be done, but two hours
would have been ample time In which to
do all switching. If the yards and sid
ings had been of sufficient capacity to
permit free movement of the trains. The
balance of the delay was simply time
lost.
"Mr. Caton, who shipped the cattle I
came through with, had ordered six cars
end the ca-ttle were ready for shipment
Monday night, but the cars did not arrive
until Tuesday. When the first freight
came through about 3 P. M-, it refused to
take more than three cars. The train
was hauling a lot of dead freight, such
as threshing machines, some of wfeich
could have been set out and the balance
of the cattle taken. The next train came
through at 3:40 A. M. Wednesday morn
ing and had to -wait an hour and 20 min
utes for the stock to be loaded. This
could have been avoided if the train de
livering the empties had set them at the
stock yards, where they could have been
loaded before the arrival of the train.
"The cars were in a filthy condition
and one of them contained a part of a
double-deck, which had to be sawed out
before the cattle could be driven in. An
other car was old and dilapidated and the
door so badly used up that it took four
of us to close it. It gave way just before
reaching Junction and had to be repaired
there In order to keep the cattle from
falling through.
Two Hours In Boiling Sun.
"We reached Walker's Station with
out much delay, but were delayed there
about 36 minutes on account of the pass
ing track not being long enough to hold
either train. - The trains had to 'saw off
In order to pass. They say this is a com
mon occurrence out South, and it causes
a great loss of time.
"There, was but 35 minutes' delay be
tween Walker's and Junction, where we
arrived at 8:15 A. M. We hung up two
hours and 15 minutes at Junction, there
not being a crew ready to take us out.
The crew we were waiting for had been
called on duty at Portland the night be
fore at 6 o'clock and had arrived at
Junction at 3 o'clock .that morning, bad
gotten to bed about 4 o'clock and were
called again at 10 o'clock. They left out
with our train at 10:25 and knocked oft
at 11 o'clock that night. They had about
six hours' rest out of 29 hours.
"This standtng over two hours on the
sidetrack at Junction was pretty hard on
the rattle. It was getting very warm
and the cattle were beginning to feel the
effects of the. heat. Some of them want
ed to lie down and had to be prodded
vigorously in order to keep them on
their feet and prevent their being tram
pled on by the other cattle and smoth
ered. "We arrived at Albany at 1V.20. I
found a cow down and being badly
trampled by the other cattle, but after
a great deal of work she was gotten
on her feet again. The "prod" use in get
ting cattle up is a pole about six or
eight feet long, with a sharp nail In
the end of It. We laid on the side
track at Albany for 2 hours and' 25
minutes. There were a number of
empties to- eet out and a string of
loaded cars to pick up. It "was found
that some of them had not been billed
out. and another was without air.
These had to be cut out. The switch
ing was delayed on account of the
arrival of the south-bound passenger
train and the congested condition of
the yards. - ,
Cattle Bellow for Water.
"It was frightfully hot, and no one
knows how the cattfe suffered during
these two and one-balf hours we epent
there, I had access to plenty of ice
water and the shady side of the water
tank, but the cattle, packed In like
sardines, had to stand there and take
it. When a train Is In motion the cat
tle do not suffer so much from the
heat, for there la a circulation of air,
but when a crowded car is left stand
ing under a hot sun for two hours and
a half the suffering of the animate
must be something awful. We stopped
about SO minutes at Jefferson to let
the belated north-bound overland pass,
and arrived at Salem at 3:25 P. M.,
where we "were held an hour to await
the arrival of a south-bound freight
which had Just left Gervais. Had
there been a telegraph station at
Brooks we could have passed there and
lost no time. .But elnce there was not,
and the other train had "rights" over
ours, we had to He on the sidetrack
a full hour, or until the other train had
arrived and - finished switching. In
the meantime, the cattle, seeing the
hobos who had crawled from out the
empty boxcars, bathe their heated
faces in the nearby creek, bawled for
water and grew restless. One laid
down, and was nearly trampled to
death before I could get her up.
They- were growing 'tired, and did not
seem to mind the sharp prod which
brought blood at every JaB. .
"We arrived at Woodburn at 5
o'clock and took on seven loaded cars;
this made 41 cars to the train. Here
we met No, 13 and the Cottage Grove
local. We stood on the sidetrack at
Woodburn for two hours and 10 min
utes in the broiling sun. We arrived
at Oregon City at 8 o'clock and were
held 45 minutes for the south-bound
passenger. Another cow was down
when we arrived and bellowed piti
fully as the other cattle trampled her.
Slats nailed between the sideboards
on the car prevented the use of the
prod. After removing some of these
the brakeman and I tried to get her
up, but she would not" move: she ap
peared insensible to the prod and we
thought her dead, but the conductor
came back and succeeded in getting
her on her feet again.
Public Has Much to Learn.
"We left Oregon City at 8:45 and
after a delay of 30 minutes at Clack
amas, arrived at East Portland at :50.
It was now too dark to see if any of
the cattle were down and there was
nothing to do but sit back in the ca
boose and listen to them bellow and
wonder how many would be down and
trampled to death when they reached
the stock yards. Owing to the con
gested condition of the yards, it was
over an hour before the crew oould get
through and sidetrack their train.
. "The cattle were now taken over to
the terminal yards and left on the
sidetrack. . I left them there at 11
o'clock and learned later that they
were delivered at the stock yards at
12:20. the following morning. I tell
you, these things that the public may
know something of the suffering un
dergone by livestock while in transit.
This la only a mild case, and worse
ones are happening daily. Cattle and
sheep have been known to lie on the
sidetracks in the terminal yards for
six hours after arrival from a long
pourney and before being delivered at
the stock yards. Stockmen have been
complaining lor years, but no one
seems to give a whoop. Cattle are
nothing but dumb brutes, and are not
entitled to sympathy. They forget
their sufferings when they have been
served up hot with onions and French
fried potatoes."
DEAD OF THE NORTHWEST
Anthony O. Foster, Member of Pio
neer Family of Clackamas County.
BORING. Or., June 28. (Special.) An
thony O. Foster, who died June 23, was a
Bon of Frank Foster, an old resident of
Clackamas County, and grandson of
Philip Foster, one of Oregon's early pio
neers, who established a trading post at
Eagle Creek which was the first settle
ment reached by the emigrants after leav
ing the States. Philip Foster was a son-in-law
of Hon. F. W. Pettygrove, one of
the founders of Portland. Anthony O.
Foster's mother was formerly Fanny
Cooke, of the well-known Cooke family
of Clackamas County. Anthony O. Fos
ter was born in Clackamas County, near
Damascus. In 1S76. In 1S99 he was mar
ried to Myrtle I. Roots, daughter of J. W.
Roots. He leaves a wife and one daugh
ter, Mildred; two sisters and five broth
ers. HEARING IV ALBANY JTJLY 17
Railroad Commission to Hear Com
plaint on Depot Site.
SALEM. Or., June 28. (Special.) The
Oregon Railroad Commission today set
July 17 as the date for hearing the ap
plication of citizens of Albany for an
order directing the Southern Pacific to
move Its passenger depot in that city
across the tracks in order to make condi
tions less dangerous to the traveling pub
lic The hearing will be held In the Al
bany City Hall at 10 A. M.
The Commission has also decided to
go to Coos Bay about July 10 to hear
the grievances against the Coos Bay &
Eastern, which, it is alleged, discounted
notes in its freight rates.
Bell Company Offers (30,000 Reward.
BOISEX Idaho., June 28. (Special.) The
Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Company
offers a $500 reward for the arrest of some
one understanding telephone wires who
cut off a cable at Pocatello Wednesday
containing ISO lines. The method pursued
was novel. The offender climbed the pole
arid pounded the cable against it. The
effect was to break the paper insulation
which protects each wire and thus short
circuit all of them. -
E
Gray's Harbor Towns Seek a
Joint Rate on Wheat.
ADDED HAUL OF 150 MILES
A. J. Stone, Eastern Washington
Farmer, Testifies That He Get
Higher Price - for Wheat at
V Competitive Railway Points.
,?LTMPIA' Wash.. June 28.-Special.)-The
first witness examined today at the
Joint rate hearing of the State Railroad
Commission was W. H. Powell, of Aber
deen, who was called to support the con
tention of the complaint that Gray's
Harbor towns should be granted Joint
rates on wheat and produce the same as
Seattle. Tacoma and Belllngham. Mr.
Powell testified that the population of
the Harbor country is about 30.000 and
that they have terminal rates on some
classes of freight and should have on all.
by reason of being a seaport and a pros
perous community. On cross-examination
he admitted the haul from Eastern
Washington would be through Tacoma
and ISO miles more distant.
A. J. Stone, who farms 2000 acres and
lives between Rosalia,. Sunset and Thorn
ton, testified he hauls his grain to Rosa
lia and that the price at that competitive
point for wheat Is from 1 to 3 cents bet
ter than the nearer but non-competlttve
O. R. & N. points, Thornton and Sunset.
He said he raises about 50,000 . bushels
annually and also buys some wheat. Last
year he handled about 110,000 .bushels In
all.
On cross-examination by Attorney
Grosscup, of the Northern Pacific the
witness charged that the O. R. & N. re
fused warehouse sites to Independent
buyers, thus restricting competition. At
torney Snow, for the O. R- & N., then
offered on behalf of that road sites for
warehouses to Mr. Stone at Sunset or
any other O. R. N. point. This Mr.
Stone, declined with thanks, saying he is
building a warehouse on the Spokane &
Inland to handle his grain.
Grosscup tried to show by ,the witness
that Stone is making greater dividends
on capital invested than any of the rail
ways make. Objections to this were sus
tained by Commissioner Lawrence, but
it Is said Mr. Stone has been subpenaed
as a witness for the roads and will go
on the stand to testify as to his profltB.
The afternoon witnesses were J. T.
Bibb, a Tacoma wheat-buyer andmiller,
and J. E. Nessley, a newspaper corre
spondent, of Pullman.
Mr. Bibb covered practically the same
ground as other witnesses for the state,
as to the millers' desire to mix varieties
of wheat, bluestem from the northern
flelda and club from the Palouse, and
tvi.t laoklntr ioint rates. Puget Sound
mills could not get club. He argued that
a railroad in the state snouia serve .n
the people of the state, not alone those
along its own line.
Mr. Nessley testified he had been cor
respondent of the Spokesman-Review
many years in the Palouse country and
had gathered news as to wheat prices
and sales: He said prices were better on
tbe Northern Pacific and at competitive
points than at O. R. 4 N. non-competi
tive points.
REFUSES COMPANY RIGHT TO
ENTER CITY.
Requests for Brldeting and Fran
chise Privileges Obstructed by
Portion of the Business Men.
DRAIN, Or., June 28. (Special.f In the
Coos Bay towns of Marshfleld and North
Bend there is opposition to the plans of
the Oregon Western Railway Company
providing for a bridge over the bay.
Marshfleld has also refused to give the
railroad an entrance onto the water
front. -r -
Speaking of the opposition, to the rail
road in that city. J. W. Nler, right-of-way
agent for the Oregon Western Railroad,
says:
"The fountain head of the opposition' to
the bridging of Coos Bay by the Oregon
Western Railway Company is the Marsh
field Chamber of Commerce, a body made
up from my observation of certain Teal
estate men engaged lit promoting outside
townslte schemes, and an attorney In
their employ. Among the members at
meetings of the Chamber of Commerce
which I attended there was not one per
son who had anything at stake in the
railroad project whatever.
"The personnel of the attending mem
bers of the Marshfleld Chamber of Com
merce at meetings I attended was not to
my mind representative of local busi
ness Interests. ' The majority of the peo
ple outside that body seem favorable to
the bridge.
"North Bend people are, with a very
few exceptions, favorable to a bridge. If
built under Government regulations, which
as a matter of fact is the only way one
can be built. If the sentiments of Marsh
fleld "knockers" prevail the railroad wtll
have to take- some other route. That
route hae been surveyed and located, and
on a location where the "knockers" can
not cause any further annoyance.
"The Coos Bay people have been want
ing a railroad for 30 years. Now that
there is one within their reach, they seem
willing that their first and only chance
shall be thrown to the winds. I cannot
and will not discuss alternate plans, any
thing in that line you must get from a
higher authority.'
THOUSAND REDSKINS DANCE
Idaho Indians Gather for Annual
Fete on Portneuf River.
POCATELLO, Idaho, June 28. (Spe
cial.) Over 1000 Bannock. Shoshone.
Snake and Lemnl Indiana on the Fort
Hall Reservation are gathered on the
.Portneuf River, 13 miles from here, en
gaged in their annual war dances. The
dances are what are known as Half
Jjnn -dances, and last 36 hours, during
all of which time the dancers deny
themselves food and drink, dancing un
til exhausted. At another place a big
medicine dance is being held. The
event will wind up with a two days'
feast. Six barbeeue steers have been
provided.
ASKS WIFE TO BE PICKED OUT
Man Who Will Attend C. E. Conven
tion Wants to Marry.
SEATTLE, Wash., Juns 28. (Spe
cial.) John Henry Herring, of Passaic,
N. J., has informed the local committee
that he is coming to Seattle for the
convention, and requests that its ,mem
t
INT
SAM
FAVO
hers have in waiting for him one of
Seattle's "most beautiful girls who is
willing to assume the obligations of
matrimony." Herring does not Imsgine
that the woman of Seattle will reject
his advances, but assumes he will be
the bone of contention among thou
sands ef pretty gtrla. He intimates
that they will all "flutter around
him." Herring among other questions,
asks if Seattle is blessed with a daily
newspaper.
TO GET DATA OX CAR SUPPLY
Commission Is Asking for Co-operation
of the Shippers.
8ALEM. Or.. June 2S. (Special.) The
Oregon Railroad Commission today issued
a circular letter asking co-operation on
the part of shippers in an effort to se
cure reliable statistics on the subject of
car supply and service, the object being
to discover the cause for the car shortage.
The letter Is addressed to newspaper edi
tors and is as follows:
Shippers are advised to make their
applications for cars In writing and to
specify In their ordars tbe Items lettered
"a" to "f inclusive In paragraph 1 of
the regulations. The records are to be
public and any shipper- will be entitled to
Inspect the record at his station or the dis
patcher's office at any time during buelneae
hours, if the record is not kept at any
station, or if accets Is denied to bona tide
shippers, this commission will undertake to
see the practice is corrected If the facta axe
reported to it at SaJem.
At each station on every railroad in
this state where an agent is maintained,
ana where freight is received and delivered,
there shall be kept and preeerved. a reg
ister or record of all applications for cars
by shippers, and said register or record
shall e-lve substantially the following In
formation, towit:
(a) Name and address of the applicant for
ears; (b) number of cars applied for; (c)
when cars will be required; (d) kind and
size; (e) kind of freight to be shipped; (f)
destination of freight; g) date cars are
furnished and set for loading; h cumber
furnished; (I) kind and size; (J) Initials
and numbers of cars furnished.
All applications for cars made at any such
station shall be Immediately and correctly
recorded in such reglBter or record In
chronological order of application. Such
record shall be kept In a suitably bound
book, and be subject to the Inspection of
any bona fide shipper during business hours.
CRUSHED TO DEATH BY TRAIN
Young Man in Disgrace Was Mak
ing His Escape From Jail.
OREGON CITY, Or.. June 28. (Special.)
John O'Donnell was run over and In
stantly killed last night by an overland
train of the Southern Pacific Company on
the Fourth-street crossing, and his body
was found In a horribly mutilated- con
dition at an early hour this morning by
the crew of a passing freight train.
, ODonnell's parents reside in this city.
The young man, who was about 23 years
of age, had been wayward, and not long
ago was sentenced to serve a term In the
city Jail for disorderly conduct. He
escaped while working on the streets and
left town, and his presence in the city
yesterday was not known by his parents.
It is supposed that the unfortunate young
man was trying to steal a ride out of
town on the southbound overland, when
he fell underneath the wheels.
VIOLATED EIGHT-HOUR LAW
Chehalis County Contractors Pay a
Fine for Working Men Overtime
HOQUIAM. Wash., June 28. (Special.)
Because Contractors Snyder & Lynton
worked their crew 10 hours on a state
contract for the building of a state road
In . this county, they were compelled to
pay a fine of $23 and costs each today
when given a hearing before Justice Og
den. The case was brought about by State
Labor Commissioner Hubbard. It Is said
other contractors will be arrested. This
Is the first conviction of its kind ob
tained in Chehalis County. Contractor
Snyder pleaded guilty, averring ignorance
of the law.
FIFTEEN YEARS
V
OF
Affected Hands, Arms and Legs
, Endured Terrible Itching and was
Unable to Sleep Would Tear
the Bandages to Scratch the Skin
In less than One Week .
CUBED BY THE
CUTICURA REMEDIES
"I had "eczema nearly fifteen years.
Ths affected parts were my hands, anna
nd legs. They were the worst in ths
winter time and ware
always itchy, and I
could not keep from
scratching them. I
bad to keep both
hands bandaged all
the time, and at nigh
I would hava to
scratch through the
bandages as the itch
ing was so severe, and
at times I would have
to tear everything off
my hands to scratch
the skin. I could not
rest or sleep. I had
several physicians
treat me but they
could not give me a
permanent cure, nor
even could they stop
the itching, After
using the Cutioura
Soap, one box Cuti
eura Ointment and
two bottles Cutieura
Resolvent for about
six days ths itching bad ceased, and now
the sores hare disappeared, and I never
felt better In mv life than I do now.
Edward Worell. band 30th, TJ. S. Infan
try, Fort Crook, Nebraska.
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161 First et, Portland, fr.
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-J that beginning Is made In the
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The only way to have Cascarets ready to
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The ten cent box of Cascarets. is made
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Be very careful to get the genuine, made
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