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THE MORJSTNG OKEGOXIAN, TTEDXESD AT, OCTOBER 2, 1907. 6 T TAKES TRAIN EAST Webb Tracked by Sheriff Shutt to Echo, Where Deserted Horse Is Found. 2ASBELL SLAIN FOR MONEY Seen to Flash Roll of Bills In Hepp ner Saloon Few Honrs Before lie Was Killed Webb Believed to Be an Ex-Convict. HEPPN'ER, Or., Oct. 1. (Special.) Sheriff E. M. Shutt and Deputy AV. T. McRoberts, the first two men to take the trail In pursuit or Georjre Webb, the man who is alleged to have mur dered E. F. Zaspell. Sunday evening at about 7:30, one mile below town, near the Mountain Valley stock farm, re turned this forenoon at 11 o'clock from Echo. The Sheriff and deputy took Webb's trail at 2 o'clock Monday morning and made the ride to "Echo in four hours, covering a distance of 40 miles. It is the opinion of, the authorities that Webb reached Echo In time to catch eastbound train No. 6. which went through there at 4 o'clock this morn ing, and has gone East. The horse taken and ridden by Webb was found near Echo this morning and is being held there at present. The horse is a gray and answers the description in every particular of the one of the three tied behind the hack of Zaspell when h and Webb left town to go to Henry Meyer's ranch, six miles west of Heppner. Flashed Money in Saloon. It is the general opinion that if Webb murdered Zaspell It was for the money he had on him. The men were together Saturday evening in a saloon, and Zas pell flashed considerable money, telling Webb and the bartender that he was going to buy a band of sheep and go to the Alberta country, where he had located some land, and go into busi ness for himself. No trace can be found of any deposit of this money in either bank. The bar tender who saw the money saye that there was over J200 in bills, besides considerable coin. The .38-callber revolver carried by Webb, which he had left at the Pacific Lodging-House during his stay in town, and which he got Sunday evening Just prior to leaving town, was found lying In the road near the Jack Matlock ranch, two miles above .town, on Hin ton Creek. It is evident that Webb lost the gun as he was riding at a rapid pace when he passed this point. Two shells were exploded in the gun, which tally with the wounds on Zas pell's body. From the condition of the wound that caused death it Is evident Webb was sitting on the left of Zaspell, placing the end of the barrel at the butt of Zaspell's ear. The discharge severed the spinal column at the base of the skull. Then, to make eure of the work, there was a second shot which caused a slight flesh wound on the cheek. Sheriff orfers Reward. Sheriff Shutt is doing all that is within his power to locate Webb and credit is due him for his untiring ef forts In this line. Webb was known to have about $50 of his own money Sunday evening. The Sheriffs office is having the following bulletin Issued: On hundred dollars' reward for the. mur derer. Georse Webb; atce 40; heiftht 5 feet, 8 inches; weight. ISO pounds; Mg-ht hair and eyes; partly bald; smooth shaven; might have short gray beard; stooped shoulders: blue striped blouse and over alls; white soft hat pulled over eyes; llsht soft shirt; heavy work shoes; flat sunken mouth: limps slightly. Loral authorities are of the opinion that Webb is no new hand at the busi ness, and from the getaway he has made this fact is borne out. About three years ago he herded sheep here and left with a Dand that was trailed to Wyoming, returning about a week ago. People who were acquainted with him think that he has just been re leased from jail, as they could not learn of him where he had been during his absence. Just why Webb should turn around and drive back to town with Zaspell's body is a matter of much speculation. Zaspell had two dogs, and when the Sheriff reached the point in ' the road between the slaughter pen and where the rig was turned around, these two dogs came out of the near-by brush ani began barking, probably scared away by the reports from the gun. Started to Mountains With Body. How the team happened to be found standing in the north end of Court street Is another puzzling question, but the general opinion is that Webb. Intended to take Zaspell's body to the mountains, hut got off his route, and. In turning around to take another road, upset the hack and tangled the team so that the only thing left for him to do was to take one of the three saddle horse tied behind the rig and make his getaway. PRACTICAL WORK BY STUDENTS Juniors of O. A. C. Set Grade Stakes for Railroad to Alsea. CORVALI.IS. Or.. Oct. 1. (Special.) The engineering work on the Corvallts & Alsea River Railroad, with eight miles of grade finished. miles of line located, bridges planned and all stakes for future work set, has been done by four O. A? C. students, neither of whom is yet gradu ated. All are members of last year's junior class and all In the mining course. So satisfactory has been their work that Mr. Carver, in charge of the construc tion, commends it as perfect as that done by old experienced railroad engineers. John Melhase. of Fort Klamath, ased 23, was chief engineer. The other boys are Rupert Wall, of Early, Eastern Oregon: H. E. Cook, of Shaniko, and Roscoe Neal. of Baker City. They all re-entered college yesterday for their senior year. GOOD VOICES FOR GLEE CLl'B University 'of Oregon Will Have Splendid Material for Team. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. Eugene, Or.. Oct. 1. (Special.) At the tryout for the University Glee and Mandolin Clubs, the candidates exceeded expec tations and the quality of some of the new material is exceptionally good. For the four vacancies on the Glee Club there were 25 aspirants, and though Professor Glen, who conducts the Uyouts and directs the Glee Club, has not given out the results of the MURDER 5U5PEG competition, it Is felt that some of I the old men will have to "sing some" ,' if they wish to retain their positions. The Mandolin Club has enough new material in sight to -warrant making the club equal to the Glee Club, so that ther programme of the combined clubs may be more evenly balanced. Manager Gifford has not completed his schedule, but it is known that the route of the club will be to Eastern Oregon, probably taking In the towns of Hood River, The Dalles. La Grande, Heppner, Pendleton, Baker City, Union and Walla Walla. The regular annual dates at Eugene, Albany, Salem and Portland will, of course, be luied. Tlia Portland date has not been settled, since both the Heilig and Marquam theater dates are filled in the East and their managers object to staging local attractions. It may be the clubs will have to use the Empire- theater or Murlark Hall If they wish to give their concert Thanksgiving night. KERR MAKES FIRST ADDRESS New President of Agricultural Col lege Talks to Students. . C6RVALLIS. Or., Oct. 1. ( Special.) The first chapel exercise of the college year was held this morning. It was the first appearance of Dr. Kerr, the new president, who made a 15-mlnute address, which was warmly received. Seated with the faculty was Dr. Gatch. retiring pres ident, who retains his position as head of the department of civics and econ- MAN SI TEARS OLD. HVNTS CHINA PHEASANTS. Amos Nichols, of LJnn County. ALBANY, Or.. Oct. 1. (Special.) Amos Nichols, of plalnvlew. Linn County, Is probably the oldest hunter In Oregon. Though 81 years old, Nichols secured a hunter's license and was out after China pheasants today, just as he has every year tt has been legal to hunt the birds In Oregon. He says that. In spite of his age. his aim Is as good as ever and that he got 23 birds last year out of his first box of 25 shells. Nichols has hunted deer erery year until this season. He says that so far as nerve and eye are concerned he could bag the bigger game as well as ever, but that he is getting so old he is not able to tramp about the mountains in search of deer. He now confines his hunting efforts to pheas ants and other birds and is able to hunt them regularly. Nichols Is an Oregon pioneer of 1853, and has spent most of his life in Linn County. omics, over n-hich he has always pre sided. Scarcely more than one-half the stu dents Tvere able to gain admission to the chapel. The room was outgrown several years ago, but up to the present no funds are available for its enlarge ment. Students were packed into the aisles, on the platform. In the corridors at either entrance and then far up the stairways leading to the floor above, with many still out of earshot of the exercises within. This, with the fact that a large percentage of the old stu dents have not yet arrived, renders the situation fairly strenuous. Matriculation has been in progress all day and tonight the number registered Is but little short of 800. Class work began this morning and the whole establishment is already well organized and running smoothly. COUNCIL APPROVES CHARTER Opposition to Several Features Ex pected to Develop Before Election." OREGON CITY, Or., Oct. 1. (Special.) The proposed charter amendments were last night submitted to the council and by resolution they were approved with out change and the work of the Charter Commission Indorsed. The amendments will be printed in pamphlet form and will be sent to the voters. Definite ac tion will be taken at the annual election early in December. It is expected that bitter fights will be made against the amendments making it optional with the Council where ordinances shall be pub lished, and providing for an increase In the tax levy for the purpose of creating a sinking fund with which to redeem the city's bonds. THE MYSTERY OF A SAILBOAT Young .Men Rent One and Neither Boat Xor Men Return. TACOMA. 'Wash., Oct. 1. (Special.) Three young men engaged a sailboat at the Foss boathouse Sunday for an after noon's outing, but the craft was not re turned and the occupants have not been seen since. "Whether the amateur sailors' boat was capsized or the craft was run on the beach and the men returned to the city without notifying: the owner is not known. Foss has had launches out looking for the catboat. but no trace has yet been found. He does not know the names of the young men. MONEY FOR ROAD IX . SIGHT Baker City Puts I'p $1,000,000 for Railway to Eagle Valley. BAKER CITY. Or., Oct. 1. William L. Vinson, promoter of the proposed Eagle Valley Railroad to extend from Baker City to Eagle Valley, today announced that the full amount of subscription to stock in Baker City, Jl.000.000, has been raised. His engineers this morning be gan cross-sectioning the. line out of Baker City and in a few days the en gineers will be followed by the graders. Dirt will be flying, Mr. Vinson says, the latter part of this week on the long-de- Flxing the Date. Smart Set. "You were married before the war, weren't you?" Well, yes: the fighting did start a few weeka after the ceremony." Buy Western Exploration & Dredg ing Co., 21 Couch building-, now and make 40 per cent in four days. i JAPANESE FLOCK OVER THE BORDER Canada's Open Door Lets 1600 Slip Over Line Into the United States. DR. MUNRO IS RECALLED Man Who Tried to Stop Flood From Honolulu Is Notified Passports Are Not Needed to Enter Canada From Islands. ' VANCOUVER, B. C. Oct. 1. (Spe cial.) Official figures obtained today disclose the surprising information that of the 6000 Japanese who have recently ap rived at Vancouver 1600 hae gotten across the boundary line to Seattle, Portland and San Francisco. These include 1000 who came from Honolulu and who could not enter the United States direct. The second feature of the day's news on the Japanese question was the official recalling of Dr. Munro, the Vancouver immigration inspector, who directed last week that he would recognize no more Honolulu passports presented by Japan ese. Today the Secretary of State fol lowed up a dispatch from Sir Wilfrid Laurier declaring that rr. Munro had made a grave mistake In the regulations and declaring that Canada cannot refuse admission to the Honolulu Japanese. Consul-General Nosse went a step far ther today in an interview in Ottawa, disclaiming altogether the existence of any agreement with Japan to limit emi gration to Canada. He says this agree ment was made prior to the treaty of law, and this treaty superseded the agreement. He insisted that there was now in existence no possible reason, from a diplomatic standpoint, that would prevent half the population of Japan coming to Vancouver if the Mikado s Government felt like allowing that. The Dominion Government today defi nitely decided to send a special commis sioned to Tokio to present arguments against allowing any more Japanese to come to British Columbia. There Is nothing in the present treaty between Japan and Canada that requires the pro duction of any passport whatever from a Japanese. Consul-General Neese today presented to the Dominion Cabinet a claim for $6000 damages for broken glass in Van couver. The government decided to pay this Immediately. The city of Vancouver win be asked to make good the amount. Today the City Council refused to rent the City Hall Auditorium to the Asiatic Exclusion League for a public meeting. The Mayor declared that the Orientals were too fully armed, and if another meeting were to be held, trouble might occur. At any rate many special police men would have to be hired. The Ex clusion League decided to hold its mass meeting in another hall. RAIN INTERFERES WITH SPORT Ardor of the Hunters Dampened. Pheasants Plentiful and Tame. ALBANY, Or., Oct. 1. (Special.) A drenching rain which fell here all fore noon interfered to some extent with the hunting on the first day of vthe China pheasant season." Because of vthe rain a great many hunters did not take the field in- the forenoon at all, but others began hunting at daybreak and kept it up until they bagged 'the limit. The pre-season prediction that the birds would be plentiful was verified in most parts of the country. Experienced .hunt ers who were accompanied by good dogs found no trouble in getting their 10 birds in the vicinity of this city, and similar reports have been received from other localities. The rain discouraged some hunters, who returned to this city with only a few birds, but in rare cases was complaint heard that the pheasants were scarce. The complaint of last year that the birds were unusually wild for the opening of the season is not apparent this year, excet In a very few places. With fairer weather in the afternoon, the hunting proceeded more vigorously than in the morning, and it will probably continue unabated during the next few days If weather conditions are satisfac tory. MAIL CAR ON SOUTH BEND LINE Twlce-a-Day Service Inaugurated Between Chehalis and Harbor City. CHEHALIS, Wash., Oct. 1. (Special.) Beginning today, regular twice-a-day mall service was inaugurated on the Chehalis and South Bend branch. Trains 39 and 40, which have hereto fore had only a closed-pouch service, will have a postal clerk and mail car. The accommodation will be much ap preciated iby people all along this branch, which is one of the Northern Pacific's most valuable feeders. One thing remains to be corrected, how ever, and it Is likely that the addition of this mall car will put this directly in line. Train 39 arrives at Chehalis about 10 minutes later than train 2, the North Coast limited. All mails and passengers are thus delayed. The delay In the mail has been taken up through the Postoffice Department. FEW GO HUNTING AT SALEM Business Men Cannot Get Away Till Next Sunday. SALEM, Or.. Oct. 1. (Special.) Pheas ant hunters were not very numerous in this part of the Valley today, for the reason, perhaps, that the season opened on Tuesday. Business men are busy with the usual first of the month collections and could not get away. Dealers in ammunition say that sales indicate very little hunting on the first day of the open season, but they expect a big rush to the fields next Sunday. Most of the hunting today has been by young men and boys who have no reflw lar occupation to keep them at home. Pheasants are reported to be numerous, but more shy than usual. HENRY HEWITT BUYS TIMBER Purchase Tracts Aggregating Over 270,000,000 Feet. TACOMA. Wash., Oct. I. (Special.) Henry Hewitt, Jr.. the millionaire lum berman, has returned - from a five months' trip through Oregon and Wash ington. He traveled some distance along the Oregon Coast and made a trip into the Sierra Nevada Mountains. During- the. trip Mr. Hewitt purchased several tracts of timber on the Oregon Coast, aggregating 270.000.00) feet. This is all large, most of the trees averaging from three to nine feet in diameter and about 150 feet high. Several small tracts were purchased in Southern California. National Every Fashionable . Color Every Price For Children's School Frocks For Sofa Cushions For Embroidery Foundations Look lor tbts trademark on yard. It Is placed there lor PLANS COMPLETE FOR FAIR CLACKAMAS WIIX AWARD OVER SI 000 IN PREMIUMS. Portland and Oregon City Mer chants Make Donations Chil dren's Day to Be Big Feature. OREGON CITY, Or., Oct. 1. (Special.) Plans are complete for the first annual Clackamas County Fair, which will be held in Gladstone Park, Thursday, Fri day and Saturday, October 10, 11 and 12. Attention is being attracted toward the fair from Marion, Washington and Mult nomah Counties, as well as from every part of Clackamas, and a large number of fine exhibits are promised to compete for the premiums, that are valued at more than $1000. In addition to the cash prizes, that aggregate $600, there are a large number of valuable prizes offered by the mer chants of Oregon city and Portland. Special premiums have been offered in every department, embracing horses, cattle, sheep, swine, dogs, poultry, vege tables, fruit, farm products, flowers, do mestic process, fancy work, pickles and sauces, works of art and ornamentation, domestic process and fancy work for girls under 15 years of age, minerals, granges, and last but not least in attractiveness, the baby show. The Fair Association is particularly for tunate In having the grounds used for the last 14 years by the Willamette Valley Chautauqua Assembly, as there are sev eral fine buildings that will be utilized. These include the vast auditorium, which will be used both for public meeting and ceremonies, and for the exhibition of dis plays. The outer edge of the circular building will be divided into booths, and here many of the exhibits of fruits, grains and other products for which Clackamas County is noted, will be placed. The res taurant will be operated by experienced people, and the athletic platform on the Chautauqua grounds will also be made use of. Children's dpy will fall on Saturday, the last day of the fair, and it is planned to make this day one of great pleasure for the young of Clackamas and ad joining counties. All children will be ad mitted free on that day. SPECIAL WORK AT CORVALLIS Students of Agriculture Permitted to Specialize on Various Subjects. CORVALLI3. Or.. Oct. 1. (Special.) A revised agricultural course goes into effect today at O. A. C. Hereafter, the agricultural student will be permitted to devote himself during the last two years of the four-years' course to spe cialized work. There is a great demand for men of liberal education with an ex pert training in some special line of agri culture. They are needed to take charge of large special farms, they are needed In colleges and experiment stations as teachers and investigators. There is also a great demand .for competent men In the Government service, and probably more important than all. every pro gressive young farmer, who owns his own farm, should be able to command the best knowledge of the day in some special branch of farming,, rather than a superficial knowledge on the general subject of agriculture. The student will hereafter be encouraged to make a hobby, so to speak, of that line of agri culture to which his inclinations draw him. If he wishes to make a specialty of horticulture or fruitgrowing, for example, he will find the course so ar ranged that he can devote the major portion of his time to that study, and also find in that subject a large enough field for a profitable study during his college course, without neglecting - any 5Ti tFTSr tTT i ifriK riRTlilt itfuT 1 1 i f ! ! tilt itt iiHUHnhl To the Women of Portland At 1 Tints Week All of the important dry goods and department stores of the country, in cluding the prominent houses of this city, are devoting this week ending Saturday, October 5 to a most elaborate concerted display and sale of the Famous Hydegrade Lining Fabrics Gorgeously arrayed in all their varied beauty of shade and sheen, the magnificent Autumn assortment of these bright new fabrics may be seen for the first time in the show windows and at the lining departments. It is an interesting education in the true meaning of r The New Idea in Linings The trademark Hydegrade is the designating mark of the world's most complete line of thoroughly high-class lining fabrics goods of every weave, every weight, every quality, every shade, adaptable to every purpose that could possibly arise in any home or sewing room. .No matter whether for a garment lining, a bitof fancy work or home decoration, a petticoat or drop skirt, all you do is to ask for Hydegrade and select the fabric best fitted to your requirements. - Hydegrade linings are soft and silky, uniformly beautiful in texture, weave and color, filling perfectly most uses to which silks and satins are put. Prices S5c to For Draperies and Portieres For Dressing Sacques For Morning and House Gowns See the Window Displays See the Exhibits in the Lining Departments You will find things you never dreamed of before in connection with linings and at inextravagant prices no more than you have paid for the old nondescript, unattractive lining materials. At the store ask for our booklet, "7Be Nem Idea in tinings,m containing valuable information on linings and semng in general. A. G. HYDE & SONS, New York Chicago. Makers also of Heatherbloom Taffeta. selvaae of every your protection. branch that is a necessary equipment for good citizenship and an intelligent career. PLANS PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN St. Helens Commercial Club Will Circulate Descriptive Pamphlets. ST. HELENS, Or., Oct. 1. (Special.) The Houlton-St. Helens Commercial Club at its meeting in this city last evening decided to publish and circu late several thousand copies of a pam phlet descriptive of the resources of the two towns and the surrounding country, to be prepared by E. H. Flagg, editor of the Oregon Mist. It was also decided to raise funds at once for the construction of a sidewalk along; the new county road from St. Helens to Houlton, a distance of about one mile. The walk will probably be made of the finest grrade of crushed rock, which, owing to the proximity of the St. Hel ens quarries, can be placed on the ground at $1.50 per yard or less, one yard making about six yards of walk. The road in question is probably the most traveled by foot passengers of any road in the county, as it connects the county seat with the railroad sta tion. HARNESS TRUST AT TACOMA California Concern Expects to Con trol Business of State. TACOMA. Wash.. Oct. 1. The United Harness Company, a $3,000,000 Cali fornia concern, has entered the State of Washington, with headquarters in Taeoma. It expects to control the har ness business of the entire state. The trust now has a chain of 28 stores in California. A large wholesale house Is to be built in Seattle. School Law Commission Meets. OLYMPIA. Wash.,' Oct. 1. (Special.) The commission to revise the state scho 1 law met here today. Those present were Assistant State Superintendent Dewey, Assistant Attorney-General Alexander, Principal Wilson, of the Ellensburg Nor mal School, and County Superintendent Showalter, of Whitman County. E. C. Hughes, of the Seattle School Board, was not in attendance. Tha meeting was given over enteirely to a discussion of methods of doing the work. Meetings will be held here tomorrow, when ar rangements will be made for apportion ing the work along the members and then the commission will adjourn to meet when this has been accomplished Killed While Felling Timber. SOUTH BEND, Wash., Oct. 1. Carl Nigard was instantly killed at 1:30 True Flavors With great care, by a process en tirely his own, Dr. Price is enabled to extract from each of the true, select fruits, all of its character istic flavor, and place in the mar ket a class of flavorings of rare excellence. Every flaror is of great strength and perfect purity. For flavoring ice-cream, jellies, cake, custards, etc., n?PRicrv - Y CBJCIOUS , 9 . flavoring Extracts , can be used with perfect satisfaction. lyde) Bis TRADE -MARK 45c the Yard For Equestrienne Skirts For Golf Costumes For Work and Sewing Bags o'clock today while at work felling tim ber In the Elliworth Logging Company's camp near here. The body was brought to his home in South Bend. Nlgard was a single man, 20 years old, and lived with his parents. CONNECTION WITH KNIGHTS Albany Especial?? Prominent In Knights Templars Circle. ALBANY, Or., Oct. 1. (Special.) The recent election of ' State Senator Frank J. Miller, of this city, as Grand Com mander of the Knights Templars of Ore gon, gives Temple Commandery, No. 3, of this city, the honor of having furnished more Grand Commanders to the Grand Commandery of Oregon than any other commandery in the state. Senator Miller is the sixth Grand Commander the Albany branch of the order has furnished, his predecessors from the local commandery being D. P. Mason, L. C. Marshall, F. E. Allen. C. B. Winn and V. C. Agler. It la a coincident fact that the Grand Commandery of Oregon was organized in this city, the organization being effected in 1SS7 by representatives of Oregon Com mandery. No. 1. of Portland; Ivanhoe Commander!'. No. 2, of Eugene, and Temple Commandery. No. 3, of this city. Rockhill Inspects Consulates. PEKIN, Oct. 1. Minister Rockhill started today for Manchuria on a visit of inspection to the American consulates. Thence he will start for the United States via San Francisco. Henry Fletcher. lil'jrororoio..' 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