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THE MORNING OREGOXIAN, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1907. WAGES UP TO S3 was married to Marie Olsen in Seattle six years ago. Discord arose a short time ago and in a fit of anger he killed her. To hide his crime he put her mutilated body in a trunk and left it at their home, giving the address as 527 Dock street, Se attle. He said he formerly lived at the Scandia Hotel, in Minneapolis, but six or seven years ago moved to Seattle, where he married the woman whom he says he killed. He says the manjage ceremony was performed by Rev. Jdiin Henlee, pastor of the Norwegian-Lutheran Church in Seat tle. Try It Try It Laborers on Keno Canal Get H'mhest Pay in State. Steamer White Seal anl 50 Passengers Fast Ashore. Try It Try It 6 STRANDED N YUKON W . ; : V ft t- , am - .,-.. v: r-v;v -.Wx "iH ' . "" ' , t "-v j k $ j j-3k-,, , ( fir-fir , .t WORK ONLY EIGHT HOURS Employment Agencies In Portland and San Francisco Rushing Workmen to Klamath Ir rigation Project. KLAMATH FALLS. Or., Oct. 4. '(Special.) In order to secure and keep laborers at work on the Keno Canal of the reclamation project, the scale of wages has been increased to J3 per 'day of eight hours" work. Until Octo ber 1 the scale was 12.50 per day. but recently the contractor who Is build In the grade for the Southern Paciflo across the tule lands of Lower Klam ath Lake. Archie W. Mason, raised wages on that work to $2.76 per day. As the scale on Government work is the basis of wagpa on all other labor In the Klamath Basin, it means that common labor Is receiving probably the highest scale here of any place on the Coast outside of the large cities. Employment agencies in Portland and San Francisco are sending men to Klamath Falls to increase the number of men on the canal work to the num ber it Is the Intention of the engineers to work throughout the greater part of the Winter season. PVSHIXG ROAD TO KLAMATH Hundreds of Men Put to Work on California Northeastern. KLAMATH FALLS, Or., Oct 4. (Spe cial.) Hundreds of additional men are being put to work on the grading for the California Northeastern Railroad, In Big Butte Valley. Krickson & Petterson, the contractors on that portion of the road to Klamath Falls, have established new camps and are building the roadbed at a rapid rate. The rails are to be laid to Dorris by December, which will enable the opera tion of regular train service to that point and within about six miles of connection with steamboats on the Klamath River. This will make the haul for freight and stage travel for passengers very short during the Winter season and shows the Intention of the Southern Pacific to com plete the line to Klamath Falls early in 1S08, as has been officially stated re peatedly. The grading will practically all be fin ished for the line through to this city by the middle of the Winter, but con struction of a drawbridge, where the line crosses the channel of the river, and the temporary line over the mountain at the south side of the 'Hole-in-the-ground," which is to be employed pending the driving of the tunnel, will delay finish ing the trackage through to this point probably until June of next year. STATEMENT STATE'S FINANCES During September Treasurer Re ceived $214,328.00. OLTMPIA. Wash., Oct. 4. (Special.) The report by State Auditor C. W. Clausen covering the finances of - the ttate for September, just issued, shows receipts from all sources of 1214,328.90 and disbursements of I71S.511.30. The big Item of receipts was $88,186.93 paid In from sales of state school lands, which amount goes into the permanent school fund. Sales of tide lands brought In 15225.64. Payments on state liquor licenses aggregated more than 1S. 000. Out of the entire amount re ceived but $7603.65 came in the form of state taxes paid in through the several counties. Of the disbursements $149,979.64 went for the several state institutions, the expenditures ranging from as low as JS71.24 for the State Fair up to $21. 278. s for the Western Washington Hospital at Fort Steilacoom. The expenditures for the month for the several state offices aggregated $48,033.71. HAWAIIAN GIRLS AT SALEM Break Into Tears at Prison on See ing Countrymen In Stripes. SALEM. Or.. Oct. 4. (Special.) A party of Hawaiian girls, chaperoned by lrs. Edith Tozier Weathered, visited Salem today and by courtesy of the Portland General Electric Company and the Sulem Press Club, were given a trolley ride to the state institutions and other points of Interest about the city. 1 hey were tendered a reception at the Willamette Hotel this evening. While the crowd of Hawaiian girls were at the penitentiary the prison orchestra played for them and they sang songs in their native tongue. While they were singing they observed that one of the prisoners is a Hawaiian, and some of them burst Into tears at discovering one of their nationality wearing stripes in this state. The prisoner, James Ward, serving a term for larceny, sent word de nying his nationality, but the girls were not deceived, and before leaving gave mm OHUges ana Bouquets of flowers. CANBY GETS NEW SIDETRACK Better Shipping Facilities Afforded for Outlet ot Produce. CAXBV, Or.. Oct. 4. (Special.) The Southern Pacific has a force of men grading for the new sidetrack to be put in here. The new track Is badly needed, both by the railroad company ana me snippers. v-anuys commission merchants are doing a large business this Fall in hay, eraln and potatoes. A number of cars of grain have been shipped from this point, also of hay. and now potatoes are coming in. This has been anlenrlM harvest weather, and as there was a iarge acreage with a good yield. Can by's output of potatoes this year will ds greater than usual. BAYS HE KILLED HIS WIFE Man . in Rellingham Jail Tells a Startling Story. BELLIXGHAM, Wash., Oct. 4,-nSpe- iii. i neoaore utrsen. a .Norwegian now In the County Jail, Is a self-confessed rife-murderer. Smitten by his conscience becsuse. he says, he killed his wife In Se- ttle and put- her body In a trunk, he rave himself up to SherlfT Williams late this afternoon. Larsen confessed tiiat he murdered rts wife In Seattle August 13 put her body in a trunk, left the city and has been a fugitive from justice ever since. He says he Immediately left for Canada after the murder, and has been wandering from place to place In that country since. According to the story of lArsen, ha HEARS BULLET MISS HIS HEAD Hoquiara Youth Has Close Call From Death. HOQUIAM. Wash., Oct. 4.-(Special.)- Roy Ward had a narrow escape from being 'murdered tonight while coming down the railroad track along the water front. A shot was fired at him. The police hearing the shot arrived on- the scene and arrested "Scotty. a waterfront character. A loaded Winchester rifle which had recently been fired was found In his shack. Ward said his assailant cursed him and when he began to run he heard the bullet whiz past his ear. DELAY OPENING FIVE YEARS MUCH T ODO BEFORE WHITES CAN GET INDIAN LAND. Colvllle. Reservation Must Be Sur veyed , and Allotments Made, Says Captain Webster. SPOKANE, Wash., Oct. 4. (Special.) It will be all of five years, and proba bly will be six years, before the south half of the Colvllle reservation is opened for settlement." So states Captain J. A. Webster, agent of the reservation. "There Is a great deal to be done," stated Cap tain Webster. "As 1 have tx figured, it will require all of two years to com plete the surveys on the reservation, and then after the surveys are completed the land will have to be allotted to the In dians. This Is no small tr.sk, and will re quire at least two years more. The work Is being done carefully, and I can say there will be no such mistakes as were made when the north half was surveyed and allotted. There is a mistake of about three miles" between the Okanogan and Columbia Rivers on the north half, and as a result some of the Indians are going to lose thvir allotments. After all of the land has been allotted to the Indians there is still one more task which will require a year or two before It Is completed. Under the act of Con gress all of the residue land on the res ervation Is to be appraised and divided Into agricultural, timber and grazing land, and thifl is not work which can be done In a few days or weeks. The commission will have a big task before it, and it Is only after the surveys, the allotments and the appraisements have been omciaiiy confirmed that the reservation will be ready for opening to settlers. CRUSHED TO DEATH IN A MINE Workmen Busy Recovering Bodies of Victims of Cave-in. SPOKANE. Wash.. Oct. 4. (Special.) About 8 o'clock this evening It was es tablished beyond all doubt that two men, Vincent Passadl and Larry Klsellco, who were Imprisoned in the Hercules mine at Burke. Idaho, by a cave-In on Wednes day, have been crushed to pieces. Almost without cessation a lorce of trom 60 to to men have been at work In hopes that the men might have escaped and be impris oned in the far side of the stops. The first sign of the missing men was a hat and jumper and an iron bar said to be covered with blood. A little farther in the body of one man has been found un der tons of earth and rock, but it will be several hours before It can be taken out. The body of the other man Is supposed to be near this neighborhood. Every man that space can be found for is engaged in the work of recovering the bodies. Buying Property in Clackamas. OREGON CITY, Or.. Oct. 4. (Special.) Reports from the country districts indi cate that hundreds of Eastern and middle Western people are settling In Clackamas County and are buying farms. C. L. Bates, of Canby, has sold his 40-acre ranch to an Eastern man for $4500 and many other sales are reported. The Erickson place, consisting of two blocks In the town of Canby, has been sold for $1500, and it is stated that the property will be used as a site for a Catholic educa tional Institution. - . ;:r'V ..'::. -,t ' --r.r:?-'. -. .- mmtrSf .. . FOOD SUPPLY IS SHORT General Greely Orders Major Rich ardson at Fort Liscum to Rush Supplies to the Vessel Will Take Off the Passengers. VANCOUVER, Wash., Oct 4 (Special.) General Greely today received a tele gram from Major Richardson, Comman der of Fort Liscum, Alaska, stating that the steamer White Seal became' disabled between Fairbanks and Yukon, about 123 miles above White Horse. The boat has 60 passengers aboard and there is danger of suffering from hunger. General Greely at once telegraphed back Instructions to use every effort to get sup plles to the passengers. Major Richardson responded, acting on Instructions, that he has taken the matter up with Mr. Berdoe, manager of the White Pass and Yukon Route, and that arrangements have been made to send the. steamer Selkirk from White Horse tomor row, loaded with provisions for the relief of the stranded boat. Any passengers who desire may return on the Selkirk to White Horse. WOULD NOT SPURN THE OFFER Attorney-General Atkinson Men tioned for Governor. SPOKANE, Wash., Oct 4. (Special.) Attorney-General John D. Atkinson, who has been mentioned as a probable candi date for the Governorship to succeed Gov ernor Mead, has made no formal an nouncement of his candidacy, although his friends have been keeping his name before the people. He states that his visit to Spokane at this time is not of any political significance, but was one purely of business, and was reticent about talk ing politics. "I am not a candidate for any state office at present," said he. "I am aware that I am being mentioned in several sections of the state as a candidate for Governor. In fact, a good many Republi cans In different towns and counties are telling me that the office is going to come my way under the present conditions of the Republican party and by the advent of the new primary law. Almost any man would like the honor of being Governor and I am no exception to the rule, If I should find that the composite opinion of the people stands that way; but I have no -burning aspiration to occupy any ofo flce before it would be clear to me that there was not more available timber forthcoming." SERGEANT WALL IS RETIRED Member of Fourteenth Regulars Earns an Honorable Discharge. VANCOUVER. Wash., Oct. 4. (Spe cial.) By direction of the President, First Sergeant John W. Wall, of the Fourteenth Infantry, will be discharged and placed upon the retired list Sergeant Wall has served the required So-odd years and has well earned his honorable discharge and his high place In the ranks. He has been in the Four teenth Infantry for many years and was with that organization during a great part of Its stay here before the Spanish American War- He is well known and liked in the city and many of his civilian friends will regret to learn of his leav ing. Colonel Samuel B. Jones, Chief Quar termaster, Department of the Columbia, who Is now on leave, may have his time extended one month and 20 days. Lieu tenants Robert S. Thomas and Jarvls J. Bain, Corps of Engineers, have been granted a leave of 10 days each. Guilty of Conducting Dancchall. ABERDEEN. Wash., Oct 4. (Special.) The first case for maintaining a dance hall that ever got to the Superior Court Try It Try It Try It Try It FIVE GENT CIGAR If you are Sold by AMBROSE, JOE, Third and Burnside. BROOKE DRUG CO., 67 N. Third St. . CENTRAL CIGAR STORE, 275 Washington St CRONK, S. M., 882 Washington Ave. DICK, J. A., Crosby and Holladay. DUNLAP, J. H., 234 Washington St DELURY, J. J., 203 First St. FRANK, CHAS. F., 293 Alder. HOGAN, E. J., 234 Morrison St HOLMES, C. E. (Holmes' NewB Stand), 147 6th St JACKSON, GEO. S., 83 First St Sole Distributers resulted, in conviction when the Jury brought In a verdict of guilty In the case of Ed Dolan. charged with maintaining a nuisance. Dolan was proprietor of the Eagle Dancehall and claimed that be cause he quit selling liquar In the dance hall he was within the law. The County Attorney bad him arrested with the re sult that he may be fined $1000. Dolan is being tried today for employing women In a place where liquor Is sold. This Is the first conviction of a dancehall pro prietor in this county. THIEF STEALS HIS TROUSERS Oregon City Man Awakes to Find Robber Has Visited Him. OREGON CITY, Or., Oct 4. (Special.) X.lght-fingered gentry were abroad In Ore gon City last night and paid visits to several places, but their profit was small. The store of Harry Baxter was entered from the rear door, and the money drawer rifled, but as Mr. Baxter kept no money in the etore at night aside from pennies, the thief obtained nothing and did not molest 'the stock. An attempt was made to break into the store of SCEKE AT THE MILWAI KIK GRANGERS' looking for a really excellent cigar at this price TRY IT the following up-to-the-minute dealers: Andrew Robertson, on Seventh street but the door was securely fastened. The room of Romey Rhoades was entered and when Mr. Rhoades awoke this morning he found that his trousers were mi&slng. Early this morning a man broke lifto the basement of the residence of C. D. La tourette and after drinking from a pan of milk, he peered into a tent that was occu pied by Councilman Charles W. Pope, who yelled at his visitor and fired a shot from his revolver at the retreating figure. MOSIER FORGING TO FRONT Fruitgrowers Organize Commercial Club to Boost the Town. HOOD RIVER. Or..' Oct 4. (Special.) Falling In line with the spirit of develop ment that is showing In many towns in Oregon, Mosler organized a commercial club Thursday and will begin a campaign of publicity. This was largely brought about by the fact that the apple-growers of Mosler Valley this year received Hood River prices for their fruit which was sold early in the week to . P. Loomis & Co., of New York, who last year bought the apples of the Hood River Apple-Orow- FAIR. LEWIS, J. HERMAN, 240 First St. LARSEN, 0., 42 Third St. LUDWIG, AUG., 304 East Morrison St. LUMSDEN, A., 1047 Williams Ave. NELSON, ALF., Third and Ankeny. REED, W. C. (Boston Palace), 345 Morrison St TONTI, CARLO, 172 Fourth St. TOZIER, A. R., 341 Morrison St. VUCASH, PETER M., Third and Burnside Sts. WICKHAM, ALF., 309 Washington St. Allen & Lewis PORTLAND, OREGON ers' Union. About 6000 or 8000 boxes were disposed of, consisting of Spltzen bergs, Newtowns and Baldwins. The new officers of the club are: President, A. P. Bateham; secretary. Dr. D. Robinson; treasurer, George Chamberlain; and dl rectors. John Carroll and Jefferson Mo sier. LARGE CROWDS AT THE FAIR Hlllsboro Carnival and Stock Show Has Been Complete Success. HIILSBORO, Or., Oct. 4. (Specials Today marked the close of the second day of Hlllsboro's Street Carnival and Livestock Show, and a large crowd was in attendance. The stallion and colt pa rade and exhibit of blooded horses was the feature of the carnival today. The town is beautifully decorated and the weather is all that could be desired. The affair closes tomorrow night, with races at the old Fair Grounds In the afternoon. Awards for premium stock will be made tomorrow morning. Rigby Made Superintendent. BURNS, Or., Oct. 4. (Special.) At Try It Try It Try It Try It an adjourned meeting of the Harney County Commissioners' Court today, the resignation of M. E. Rigby aa County Superintendent of Schools was accepted, and Lester M. Hamilton, a prominent teacher of the county, was appointed to fill the vacancy. The ap pointment stood between him and A. E. Willard, for whom County Judge Rector voted. There were two other applicants, General Griffin and J. D. Stewart. Mr. Hamilton is a Republi can and a worthy young man. WHEAT FLAKE CELERY is absolutely free from all sub stances that interfere with nutri tion and digestion. The name is a guarantee of its purity. M r. Fop sale by all Grocers :es and Jewelry pay a small payment at the time of purchase and balance in easy weekly or monthly payments' to suit your incQine or convenience. Eastern -Outfitting Co. few Tenth Our Silk Petticoal Sale Has them all skinned a block. The last day $2.65, $4.15, $4.95. J. H. AC?ESGN CO. ell