Morning Oregonian., January 02, 1908, Page 7, Image 7

THE MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 1908.
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DROUGHT GROWS
IN SUNNY SOUTH
Georgia Court Refuses to Pre
vent Enforcement of
Prohibition.
CHICAGO TOSSES AWAY LID
Birmingham Judge Declares Xew
Law Invalid and Issues Li
censes Move to Oust Wet
Mayor in Kansas.
ATLANTA. Ga.. Jan. 1. Judge Newman
this afternoon refused to grant a tem
porary injunction requested by the brew
ery interests to stop the enforcement of
t lie prohibition law in Georgia. '
The lawyers for the plaintiffs' case told
the Associated Press tonight that the de
cision of Judge Newman did not have the
effect of throwing the case out of Court,
but that the case would come up in the
regular order of business, and it was ex
pected that it would be ready for trial
in about two months. In the meantime
prohibition is in effect in every district
of Georgia.
Notwithstanding predictions that the
enforcement of the law on the first day
of the year, which is a recognized holi
day in all parts of the state, would bring
about disturbances, there was not the
slightest disorder.
PROHIBITION' LAW IS INVALID
Alabam Judge Issues Licenses in
Dry Counties.
BIRMINGHAM. Ala., Jan. 1. Declaring
the. prohibition laws so far as 1508 is con
cerned unconstitutional. the Probate
Judge of Cullman County today Issued
nine saloon licenses. Cullman County
voted on November It for prohibition. The
saloonmen contend that the prohibition
law is unconstitutional because it makes
exceptions of counties which voted on the
proposition prior to December . The
Prohibitionists have called on the Gov
ernor to enforce the law.
MAY OUST OPEV-TOWX MAYOR
Leavenworth Officials Charged With
Ignoring Prohibition Law.
TOPEKA. Kas.. Jan. 1. A suit to oust
Peter Everhardy from office as Mayor
of Leavenworth, and a citation for Po
lice Captain T. J. Taylor to appear be
fore the Supreme Court on the charge
of contempt were filed in the Supreme
Court today by Fred S. Jackson. Attorney-General.
It is charged that
Everhardy has not enforced the prohibi
tory law. Captain Taylor, it is charged,
lias violated the order of the court by
accepting money from jointists in lieu
of license fees.
END GAMBLING AT DENVER
Last Game Is Closed on Information
of 15 Cases.
DENVER. Jan. 1. The closing of the
gambling establishments at Petersburg
by direction of J. V. B. Smith, District
Attorney of Arapahoe County, marked
the passing of the last gambling table in
the vicinity of Denver. Mr. Smith filed
Informations against Frank de Mandel in
15 cases, charging him with conducting
gambling rooms.
The Carsey -Brock prize fight that was
to be held at Petersburg tonight was de
clared off by De Mandel when the
authorities announced that this form of
entertainment would not be permitted.
Celebrators Toss Lid Away.
CHICAGO, Jan. 1. The Chicago Law
and Order League obtained a mass of
evidence against violators of the 1
o'clock closing law in the merry hours
of this morning, when the New Year's
revelry was at its height in the restau
rants. Investigators furnished to President
Arthur Burrage Harwell by a detective
agency visited all the principal hotels,
cafes and saloons in the down-town dis
trict where wine was flowing freely af
ter 1 o'clock.
SEABOARD NEAR THE ROCKS
(Continued from First rage.)
made "In order that the integrity of the
Seaboard Air Line Railway system may
be maintained pending an opportunity for
the formulation of proper plans for the
readjustment of its affairs."
HEARS APPLICATION ON TRAIN
Judge Pritchard Meets Lawyers and
Is Hastening to Richmond.
DANVILLE. Va.. Jan. 1. Federal Judge
J. C. Pritchard arrived here from Ashe
vllle at 1 o'clock this morning to meet
counsel for the Seaboard Air Line Rail
way Company with a view to hearing a
petition for a receivership. Judge Pritch
ard and the counsel for the Seaboard Air
Line held a conference at Southern Rail
way ptatlon here. They decline to give
out anything for publication until the
entire matter has been settled.
The private car containing the Sea
board Air Line counsel, headed by Sam
uel I'ntermeycr of New York, Judge
Iigh R. Watts of Portsmouth, general
rounsol for the Seaboard, anj Eppa
Hunter. Jr., of Richmond, reached here
at ll:3A o'clock. There were aboard the
car about fifteen or twenty men. mostly
lawyers, but among the number were Mr.
Brady, clerk of the United States Circuit
Court, and the court stenographer.
Mr. L'ntermeyer was questioned by an
Associated Press correspondent and
stated that no application had been made
for a receivership. He said:
"Learning that Judge Pritchard was in
Danville, we came down- here on the bare
chance that he might be able to give us a
bearing on the matter of business we,
have before him. That is all there is
to It."
When Judge Pritchard reached the city
he was at once taken to the Seaboard
private car. He will probably hold a
hearing on the way to Richmond, the car
having left here at 2 A. M. -
WRECKED BY HIGH FINANCE
How Ryan Drove (seaboard Airline
on the Rocks.
The troubles of the Seaboard Air Line
are told by harles E. Russell in Every
hoily': Maga. ,ie. They began at the
time of the absorption of the louisville A
Nashville by the Atlantic Coast Line, a
Morgan road The Seaboard Air Line
needed Uit L. & N. but, as It could not
be secured, set about getting other that
would let it get into the same territory.
There was a railroad that began nowhere
and ended nowhere, but so lay that by
building 50 miles of railway at each end,
it could be made a through line from At
lanta to Birmingham, and thus furnish
the Seaboard Air Line with the desired
southwestern outlet. This additional
building was done by John L. Williams,
president of the Seaboard Air Line, who
organized It by merging a number of
smaller roads together.
This building cost much money and the
Seaboard Air Line was soon in a position
where It must borrow. This was in the
Summer of 1903, when the money market
was tight. Then it was. when Mr. Williams
had many interests to protect, that over
tures were made to him from Thomas F.
Ryan, who had always been fighting him
and aiding Mr. Morgan, the Air Line's
bitterest enmy, for help. There was a
meeting and Mr. Ryan, playing the part
of a friend, suggested a loan to tide Mr.
Williams over his difficulties. So Mr.
Williams arranged with Blair & Co., a
brokerage firm under which Mr. Ryan
does business, a loan of $3,500,000 to the
Seaboard Air Line. This was arranged
on ample security and the understanding
that certain changes be made in the
voting trust and the directors by whom
the Seaboard Air Line was managed.
There was a distinct and explicit under
standing. Mr. Williams says,-, that he
should not be disturbed in any way, that
he should be as free as before to carry
out his policy, that the management of
the road should remain as it was; but
having advanced such a large sum, Mr:
Ryan urged that it was only fair he
should be represented. Mr. Williams
agreed to this and others were named
instead of some of his friends as direct
ors and on the voting trust.
As soon as this had been effected, Mr.
Williams observed a great change in
the attitude of the new directors and
quickly discovered that instead of sup
porting him they were bent upon
thwarting him. At almost the end of
December; 1903. they notified him that,
with January 1 close at hand, there
was no money wherewith to pay the
coupons, that the earnings of the road
TAFT ALONE IS
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The Late Christopher C. Barker.
The body of Christopher C. Barker,
who died on the train at Green River
Junction while on his way East, will
arrive in Portland this afternoon.
It is accompanied by William C.
Barker who was with his father at
the time of the latter's death. As
yet no definite arrangements have
been made for the funeral, but In
all probability the Interment will be
made at Bay City," Mich.
Mr. Barker was one of the wealth
iest lumbermen in the Northwest and
was interested in many sawmills
and logging industries. He Is sur
vived by hia wife, two daughters
and one son. all of whom reside In
Portland.
were insufficient to meet the fixed
charges and that it would be necessary
to effect a new loan of $5,000,000, of
which $2,500,000 was to be used to re
pay the loan of $2,500,000 from Blair &
Co., a transaction only a few weeks old.
They had therefore decided to issue
$5,000,000 worth of three-year 5 per
cent bonds, coupling them with a bonus
of $12,500,000 of stock ($4,500,000 of it
preferred). The bonds were to be of
fered to stockholders pro rata on their
holdings. The so-called bonus stock
was a gift or premium to induce sub
scriptions to the bonds.
To this proposal Mr. Williams object
ed vehemently, on the - ground that it
was wholly unnecessary. He was con
vinced that the actual situation war
ranted no such increase in the road's
debt, and that if left alone the prop
erty would right itself. Subsequently,
he discovered that the earnings showed
a surplus of $400,000 instead of a de
ficiency. WThen the directors saw that Mr.,
Williams was determined not to con
sent, they played their trump card.
"Very well," they said. "It Is either
this loan of $5,000,000 or a receiver
ship. If you will not consent to the
loan, we shall apply for a receiver."
Mr. Williams knew that a receiver
ship would be a grave disaster. He was
forced to agree to the loan, which was
floated through Blair & Co., who were
to receive 5 per cent bonus on all the
bonds sold by whatever means. It was
agreed that the bonus stock should not
be thrown upon the market. This agree
ment was not kept, Mr. Williams found,
and while other stocks were rising
after the panic of the previous Summer
Seaboard kept going down. Mr. Wil
liams taxed Mr. Ryan with putting bo
nus stock on the market to the detri
ment of the Seaboard securities, but he
denied it. He learned, however, that it
was being done. It could not be suc
cessfully denied, for the thing was
palpable.
Under the continued pressure. Sea
board Air Line went to half what it
was when the new directors, friends
of Mr. Ryan, went in. Mr. Williams
had long lines of the stock. - After a
strong fight he was forced to surrender
and sold his stock for $3,500,000 less
than it was quoted the year before Mr.
Ryan brought Blair & Co. Into the
property. Whereupon Mr. Ryan took
possession of the Seaboard Air Line.
The bonds, issued to save Seaboard
Air Line from imaginary disaster, bore
Interest at 5 per cent. With the bonus
stock they were offered to the stock
holders, the Blair-Ryan syndicate to
take whatever the stockholders did not
take and to receive as a commission
for underwriting, $250,000 in cash.
Stockholders took only $2,800,000 ot the
bonds, leaving $2,200,000 for the syndi
cate. Deducting its commission for
underwriting and the Interest the syn
dicate received, amounting to $450,000,
the cash that the syndicate actually in
vested was $1,750,000.
On September 1. 1904, the syndicate's
account in the transaction looked
this:
S'J.tlOO.OOO 5 per cent bonds, worth
9il $2,112,000
35.200 shares of common stock '
(hnu at 17 598,400
19. son shares of preferred, stock
(bonus) at 73 S.13.400
Total $S..13.8O0
It had paid out 1.750,000
Profit $1,613,800
Or more than 90 per cent profit on the
transaction. This is. ot course, exclu
sive of the profits made from hammer
ing Seaboard stock by means of the
bonus issues.
MAKING HEADWAY
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Only National Candidate, Al
though Some States Will
Support' Favorite Sons.
ALREADY ALIGNING FORCES
Indications That There Will Be 300
Scattering Votes, Leaving 680
Delegates for the Ohioan
to Draw On.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1. (Special.) At
the commencement of the Presidential
year the politicians here at the National
Capital are trying to foresee what the
next six months may bring forth. They
are trying to size up the Republican situ
ation. All they can see is one National
candidate, Taft. rapidly making headway
as the representative of the Administra
tion, and a bunch of favorite sons, each
with his state behind him but without
much following from other parts of the
country. Already the politicians are figur
ing on the composition of the convention
and the alignment of forces.
The Republican National Convention,
which assembles at noon, Tuesday, June
16, will consist of 980 delegates. The last
convention was composed of 994 dele
gates, but the National Committee re
duced the representatives of the terri
tories and District of Columbia from six
delegates to two delegates. Oklahoma
comes in with 14 delegates, and these re
spective changes fix the total representa
tion at 9S0.
Strength of State Sons.
Just now the politicians are figuring on
the strength of the favorite sons. Sena
tor Knox has the great Pennsylvania
delegation of 6S votes without question
and with unanimity and enthusiasm.
Vice-President Fairbanks will have the
30 delegates from Indiana and scattering
from the South and elsewhere. Speaker
Cannon is to get the 54 votes from Illi
nois. Senator La Follette will doubtless
have the 26 delegates from Wisconsin. If
we add the solid vote of New York (78)
to the favorite-son column and give them
to Hughes (of which there must be doubt
for some time to come), here is a total
of 256 votes tied up to the candidates of
the various states. The total is only a
trifle over one-quarter of the entire con
vention. Barring the doubt as to New York, this
many votes, it is conceded, the favorite
sons can hold away from the leader. Ad
mitting that some of the favorite sons
pick up scattering votes here and there,
their aggregate may run as high as 300,
always bearing in mind that New York
is not yet for Governor Hughes. That
would leave 680 votes unplaced, and it re
quires 491 to nominate. Out of these 680
or 700 the winner must get nearly 500.
which anyone can see may be difficult as
long as the favorite sons all stand pat.
List or Taft Votes.
Judge Taft will have the greater part
of the 'Ohio delegation, and he Is pretty
sure to have the delegations, in whole or
In part, from Michigan, Minnesota, Iowa,
the Dakotas. Nebraska, Kansas and most
of the Mountain and Pacific Coast States
and the territories. Of the 300 delegates
from the South, he is likely to have from
one-half to two-thirds, and may get even
a greater proportion of them.
Xew England is as yet uncertain. Taft
is undoubtedly gaining friends there, but
the people of New England are not as
much In favor of the Roosevelt policies
as are the people of the Central and Far
West, and he may not be able to win a
large share of the votes from that sec
tion. If he could, and if the power of
President Roosevelt in New York were to
give him the Empire State delegation,
even as first or second choice, his success
would be assured.
NEGROES FOR THIRD TERM
More Friendly to Taft, but Denounce
Lily Whites.
MOBILE, Ala., Jan. 1. Ten thousand
negroes gathered today and celebrated
Emancipation day with a monster meet
ing Rev. B. F. Wheeler was the prin
cipal speaker. The following resolutions
were adopted:
Resolved. That we, the negroes of
Mobile, Ala., pledge our continual al
legiance to the fearless leader and
faithful champion of the third-term
movement, in the person of Hon.
Frank H. Hitchcock, First Assistant
Postmaster-General; that we consider
Secretary of War Taft fortunate in se
curing such a man is Mr. Hitchcock
to manage his interests in the South
ern States. We will now feel much
more friendly in the future to the
Taft movement than we have in the
PaResolved, Whereas, we have heard
that within the last few days an effort
has been made to recognize individuals
connected with the former "Lily
White" movement, with a view of re
viving the "Lily White" party In Ala
bama, we do enter our most solemn
protest against any individual or in
dividuals or organization that will In
any degree give aid or comfort to the
"Lily White" party in this section; and
further.
Resolved, We will inrorm our broth
ers in the Northern States as soon as
we know of any Presidential candidate
recognizing the "Lily White" move
ment in the South, so that both in the
primary election and in the vote for
President they may cast their votes
and their influence against any candi
date who recognizes the "Lily White"
party.
Chamberlain for Vice-President.
SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 1. Fisher Har
ris, president of the Dry Farming
Congress, is the proud father of a Cham
berlain Vice-Presidential boom. He ad
vocates the nomination of Governor
George Chamberlain, of Oregon, by the
Democrats.
FINANCES 0F SEABOARD
Loaded W ith Stock and Bonds Suf
fered by Rate Reduction.
XEW YORK. Jan. 1. In March the
Seaboard made an arrangement with
the Continental Trust Company of Bal
timore and the New York Trust Com
pany of this city to extend Its $18,000,
000 Issue of mortgage and collateral 5
per cent bonds, due that month, to May,
1908. The company has -outstanding
$23,893,000 of preferred stock and $37,
000.000 of common stock. On June 30.
1906. the road had a funded debt of
$63,000,000. It owns 2382 miles of road
and a total of owned and operated lines
of 2611 miles. The main line extends
from Richmond, Va., and Portsmouth,
Va., to Tampa, Fla. under numerous
franchises. It- was organized under its
present corporate title In 1900. Some
time later, a holding concern, the Sea
board Company, was formed, with
GREAT CLEARANCE SALE EVERY
ARTICLE IN THE STORE REDUCED OUR ENTIRE
LINE OF OFFICE FURNITURE ALSO INCLUDED
Those who have had occasion to inspect our splendid showing of
office furniture will recognize the importance of this sale and of
the advantages offered for selecting good, dependable pieces to
meet any demand in the furnishing of the office. Never before has
our stock been so complete, and the keen reductions which we
have applied equally on the entire line should not fail to interest
those who contemplate changes or additions to their office equip
ment. It is needless for us to go into details and mention the many
superior features and qualities in the construction of the Derby
and Leopold Desks, of which we are sole agents in this section.
Mail orders and out-of-town inquiries will receive our careful and
prompt attention.
BOLL-TOP DESKS
$ 26.00 Desk, golden oak; sp'l $ 17.75
$ 30.00 Desk, golden oak; sp'l jjj ' 21.50
$ 40.00 Desk, golden oak; sp'l $ 27.00
$ 45.00 Desk, golden oak; sp'l $ 29.75
$ 49.00 Desk, golden oak; sp'l $ 31.50
$ 60.00 Desk, golden oak; spl S 39.75
$ 65.00 Desk, golden oak; sp'l $ 43.00
$ 72.00 Desk, golden oak; sp'l $ 49.50
$ 82.00 Desk, golden oak; sp'l $ 56.50
$100.00 Desk, golden oak; sp'l $ 65.00
$115.00 Desk, golden oak; sp'l $ 77.00
$110.00 Mission Desk in weath
ered oak;, special Jjj 80.00
$128.00 Desk, golden oak; sp'l $ 88.00
$160.00 Desk, golden oak; sp'l $106.00
$175.00 Desk, mahogany; sp'l $119.00
$183.00 Desk, golden oak; sp'l $125.00
$268.00 Desk, mahogany; sp'l $179.00
FLAT-TOP DESKS SINGLE AND
DOUBLE STYLES
$ 20.00 Desk, golden oak, sp'l $ 14.50
$ 26.00 Desk, golden oak; sp'l $ 17.75
$ 29.00 Desk, golden oak; sp'l $ 19.75
$ 35.00 Desk, golden oak; sp'l $ 23.50
$ 42.00 Desk, golden oak; sp'l $ 28.50
$ 45.00 Desk, golden oak; sp'l $ 29.50
$ 46.00 Desk, mahogany; sp'l $ 31.50
$ 58.00 Desk, golden oak; sp'l $ 39.75
$ 72.00 Desk, golden oak; sp'l $ 49.00
$ 90.00 Desk, golden oak; sp'l $ 61.50
$160.00 Desk, mahogany; sp'l $107.00
TYPEWRITER DESKS-ROLL AND
FLAT TOP.
$12.00 Desk, in golden oak; sp'l $ 7.90
$25.00 Desk, in golden oak ; sp'l $16.75
$33.00 Desk, in golden oak; sp'l $22.00
$38.00 Desk, in golden oak; sp'l $25 .OO
$40.00 Desk, in golden oak; sp'l $27.00
$45.00 Desk, in golden oak; sp'l $29.75
$60.00 Desk, in golden oak; sp'l $39.50
$68.00 Desk, in mahogany; sp'l $45.50
$76.00 Desk, in golden oak; sp'l $51.00
STANDING DESKS SINGLE AND
DOUBLE STYLES
$ 22.50 Desk, in golden ash, 6-ft. ;
special .. $15.00
$ 38.00 Desk, in golden oak, 6-ft. ;
Special $25.50
$ 46.00 Desk in golden oak, 8-ft. ;
special $31.00
$ 57.00 Desk, in golden oak, 6-ft. ;
special 1 $38.50
$ 60.00 Desk, in golden oak, 6-ft. ;
special $39.50
$ 69.00 Desk, in golden oak, 8-ft. ;
special $46.00
$ 72.00 Desk in golden oak, 8-ft.;
special $49.50
$135.00 Desk, in golden oak, 8-ft. ;
special $94.50
OFFICE AND DIRECTORS' TABLES
$ 17.50 Table, golden oak; sp'l $ 11.50
$ 23.00 Table, golden oak ; spl $ 15.00
$ 25.00 Table, weathered oak;
special $ 16.75
$ 32.00 Table, weathered oak;
special $ 21.50
$ 35.00 Table, golden oak; sp'l $ 23.00
$ 45.00 Table, golden oak; sp'l $ 29.00
$ 55.00 Table, golden oak; sp'l $ 36.75
$ 60.00 Table, golden oak; spl $ 39.50
$ 72.00 Table, mahogany; spl $ 49.00
$110.00 Table, golden oak ; sp'l $ 79.25
$150.00 Table, golden oak; spl $ 99.00
$250.00 Table, mahogany; spl $170.00
DESK AND OFFICE CHAIRS
$7.00 Typewriter Chair in golden
oak; special $ 4.90
$7.75 Typewriter Chair in golden
oak; special $ 5.25
$11.00 Typewriter Chair in gold- 1
en oak ; special .' . .$ 7.15
$8.75 Rotary Chair, in golden
oak; special. .$ 5.90
$10.00 Rotary Chair in golden
oak; special ...$ 6.90
$14.50 Rotary Chair in golden
oak; special -$ 9.50.
$12.00 Arm Chair to match; sp'l $ 7.90
$16.50 Rotary Chair in golden
oak; special $11.25
$13.75 Arm Chair to match; spl $ 9.50
$18.00 Rotary Chair in golden
oak; special $11.90
$27.50 Rotary Chair in mahogany-special
.... $18.25
$34.50 Rotary Chair in golden
oak; special $23.00
$24.00 Arm Chair to match; sp'l $15.90
$39.00 Rotary Chair in mahog
any; special $26.00
$30.00 Arm Chair to match; sp'l $19.75
$47.50 Rotary Chair in golden
oak; special $31.50
$42.50 Arm Chair to match; sp'l $28.50
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J72.000.000 capital to manage the se
curities of the system.
The Seaboard was in the thick of the
Southern rate war. It at first refused
to submit to- the 2-cent-a-mile rate
fixed by several of the Southern States
last August. J. M. Barr, ex-president
of the road, declared under oath at the
Federal inquiry in this city that the
rate was confiscatory. The road final
ly submitted to the rate. The Gov
ernment recently took steps to prose
cute the Seaboard for being in the al
leged bituminous coal combine.
It was stated tonight that there
would be no default in interest on the
5 per cent bond coupons, which fell
due on New Tear's, arrangements hav
ing been made with the NeWTork
bankers to advance the funds.
ALLOTTING THE RANGE
Stockmen Have to Travel Many
Miles to Attend Meeting.
JOHN DAT, Or., Jan. 1. (Special.) A
special meeting of the Grant "County
Stockgrowers' Association has been called
by President J. C. Moore, for January 18,
at John Day. Supervisor Cy. J. Bing
ham will be present and receive applica
tions for allotments and take the pre
liminary steps in that work. This is the
first time local stockmen have had an
opportunity to meet with an allotlng of
ficer -who will reside in .their midst, and
all leading stockmen of the newly cre
ated Malheur National Forest will be
there. This new administrative unit was
created out of the eastern portion of the
former western division of the Blue
Mountain National Forest, and extends
from the John Day River on the north
to the Harney limits on the south. Head
quarters are at John Day, and Mr. Bing
ham is Acting Supervisor.
Supervisor Edward Chidsey, of the
Heppner Forest Reserve, will also be
present and consult with stockmen
who may seek allotments in the unit,
which comes to the John Day River.
This is the only feature of the new ar
rangement that is unsatisfactory to stock
men. Many of them from the John Day
Valley range stock along the foothills
to the north, and It would have been far
more convenient for them to have been
able to transact their business in this
matter at their home town. It Is about
100 miles to Heppner, but headquarters
for the new division will be removed to
Monument, it is understood. Even then,
local stockmen grazing to the north will
be compelled to go 55 miles to attend to
details of a business conducted at home.
It is not known whether they will pro
test. LAKE CLIMATE IS CHANGING
Oldtlmers Say It Grows Milder Each
Succeeding Winter.
LAKEVIEW, Or.. Jan. 1. (Special.)
Lake County is this Fall experiencing the
mildest weather in her history. Not In
the memory of the oldest inhabitant has
there been a Fall when the weather was
so mild; when a slight rainfall and one
or two snowfalls of but a few inches in
depth, that thawed and melted in a short
time, was the only interruption of the
clear, fine weather. This Fall has been
very much like the Willamette Valley
weather; in fact, people who have been
watching the climate here assert that it
has been changing of recent years, get
ting milder all the time. There is more
rain and less snow and freezing weather.
As a result farmers here are raising al
most every kind of crop that grows out
side of the tropics, and doing It without
irrigation.
Albany Rainfall 44.43 Inches.
ALBANY. Or., Jan. 1. (Special.) The
total rainfall recorded at Albany during
1907 was 44.43 inches, distributed among
the different months of the year as fol
lows: January, 7.54; February, 4.81: March,
4.43; April, 2.70; May. 1.28; June, 1.30; July,
.44; August," 1.10; September, 1.15; October,
L20; November, 6.78; December, 11.70.
AT THE HOTELS.
Hotel Portland R. White, San Francisco;
E. A. Kelnh. New Torlt; Mr. and Mra. E. P.
Spalding. Spokane; Is. O. Lamborn. Detroit;
l'. S. Foss, Berkeley; Alexander Field, San
Franclaco: 6. Ullmann, New York; C. M.
Dow. G. P. NIcello, E. F. Starck, W. Swen
son, Madison: W. A. Williams, Forest Grove;
T. L. Hartung, Aberdeen ; H. Hertz, St.
Paul; Mrs. E. Heltum. W. A. Sumner, P.
Palmer, Kalama; Captain C. C. Lansing,
Vancouver; W. J. Kerr. Corvallls; c. A.
Roe. 1909; W. D. Plue, Ranier; R. B. Dyer,
Astoria.
The Oregon H. P. Campbell, North Pow
der; B. F. Evans. E. A. Evans, w. Klusple,
Boise; A. G. D. Vlnce"nt. Tacoma: C. P.
Zigler and wife. Astoria; T. Lyons. 6an
Francisco: C. S. Hall and wife, Astoria; T.
N. Johnson, city: Miss E. B. Mark, Salt
Take; John Bird. The Dalles; Miss Reid.
Miss Stanton, J. D. Mitchell, city; Mr. and
Mrs. M- Rosenberg, New York: J. H. Norton,
New York; J. A. Thomas. Seattle; C. S.
Grating. Seattle; J. D. Pemberton. Victoria;
J. B. Jamison, Spokane; E. S. Aldrlch and
wife. Moser; A. B. Weatherford, Albany;
Dr. R. D. Byrd Salem; N. A. Campbell. New
York; E. E. Ronig, La Grande; W. H.
Hicks, Hillsboro; J. R. Gutierrey. Boston;
H. R. McLafferty, Chicago; D. J. Hanna.
Minneapolis; J. H. Clyde and wife. South
Bend; G. W. Dorman, St. Paul; B. Fox. C.
A. Dunbar, city; Miss Ethel Hicks, Seattle;
P. W. Byrd. Salem: Mrs. R. F. Barker,
Mrs. F. M. Meserve, Prescott; W. A.'
Dautzscher, Seattle; F. W. Jones, Philadel
phia; Fred Bonstead and wife, Okanogan;
G. W. Smith, wife and children. Eureka;
C. P. Scott. Burlington; A. N. Lindsay, San
Francisco: F. Peckham and wife. Chicago;
G. M. Piatt, Red Oak; C. O. Anderson, San
Francisco.
The Perkins Ruby Brenner, Astoria;
Mrs. Grace McCall, Lincoln; Lena McCall,
Spokane; N. L. Tooker, Los Angeles; A. W.
McDonall. G. Hutter and sister, Mrs. Spoor
man, Toppenlsh; R. Brenner, Astoria; Marie
Charlotte, Ashland: W. R. Hamilton, La
Grande; S. Wittenberg, Fossil; O. Shepard
son and wife, Eufala; W. T. McBride and
wife. Aberdeen: Ralph McBride, Aberdeen;
J. A. Zellady and wife, Wenatchee; W. Mc
Mellar and wife, Olympla; W. D. Yuman.
Seattle; L. Gayner. Spokane; L. Anderson
and wife, Corvallls; Mrs. W. Irvine, Ethel
Irvine. Arlington; C. D. Wells and wife,
Pendleton; W. C. Cook. McMinnville: W.
Robinson and wife, Kelso: M. Conger and
wife. Bernard;. J. H. Fltzpatrick. St. Louis:
B. F. Jones, city; M. M. Price. Washington;
Miss F. Cooper, Miss E. E. Wolverton.
Portland; Verna Chandler, Kansas City; R.
W. Gill, Salem; T. C Galloway, Jr., Weiser;
M. Putnam, Huntington; H. J. Murry and
wife, Centralia; J. G. Haynes, Beaverton;
R. J. Brund. Florence; G. H. Franklin,
Wendling; B. J. Hall, Falls City; .J. N.
Sloan. Eugene: C. W. Strange. Tacoma; H.
M. Rich, T. Felton. C. Small, city: H. J.
Mackin. Astoria; Seaburg Bros., St. John;
P. L. Bhretts and wife. Hood River; William
H. Spencer, Albany; Captain D. Thompson,
Cleveland; W. Wallace Wilson. Clayvllle;
F. T. Darrow and wife. Lincoln: A. W.
Kraus. Aurora: W. W. Sail, Astoria; T. C.
Galloway, Washington: C. A. Fltzpatrick
and wife. Salem; G. Henninger and wife,
Moro; H. A. Brown. Lewiston; A. K. An
derson and wife, St. Paul; E. W. Cross, La
Grande.
The St. Charles H. F. Walton. U. 8.
Army; S. H. Cobb, Fossil; R. E. Bird, Van
couver: H. C. Seymour, Dallas: T. Smith,
N. Martell, F. Watson. Seattle;W. W. Sale.
Astoria: C. C. Wllfer, Albany; A. William,
city; Mrs. Mamie Lynn. Miss Stella Pratt,
city; C. C. Wlberg. Lents; D. O. Batton;
B. E. Campbell, city; A. E. Halfpar, Lea
McClure, The Dalles: O. P. Hunt, Pendle
ton; P. Donneyer, Pendleton; A. H. Wilson,
H. M. Miller. L. A. Patterson, Seattle: F.
J. Benge, Winona; Harry F. Walton, IT. S.
Army; J. C. Frost. Kelso; Mrs. and Miss
Holden, Grays River; H. Altman, Seattle;
J. P. Caxon. Carroll's; H. J. Van Schlock,
S. O. Van Scholack, Cottage Grove; S. H.
Cobb. Fossil; A. J. McDonough. Falls Ctiy;
Leslie Oliver, Kelso; Bert Hubbard, South.
Bend; H. Wood and wife, Denver; M. M.
Clark; William J. Keeney. Kent; Bert
Rockwell, city; J. B. Trullinger, Sheridan;
E. V. Cunningham and wife. Pullman; N.
Vanderhoof, C. H. Simmons, Marmot. Or.;
Bert Weaver. Stevenson, Wash.; D. L. He
ring. Gresham; Howard E. Schneider, V. S.
A.; Eldo Fratter and wife. Oak Point;
James Cramer. Dallas; A. Monroe, J. Mon
roe. Toledo; Flold McCurry, Carlton: Mrs.
Stella Poster. Lafayette: M. S. Hochstetter,
Aurora; J. W. Butts, Little Rock, Ark.; P.
W. Boyle, Rlckreall; N". Martell, F. Watson,
T. Smith. Seattle; J. T. Hamgan. Hoquiam;
Bert Hlxson, Shaniko; O. P. Hunt, city; J.
E. Sawyer, Lebanon; W. Martin. city;
Floyd Tifft, Beaverton: Elmer Markham,
Walla Walla: E. O. Hughes, Dallas: Orvlll
Anderson and wife. Dayton; C. B. Garland.
i Arlington; C. M. Baker, O. E. smith, city:
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c! h! McClain,' Camas'; Ed Koller.'
The Lenox T. E. Huffer, Washington; E.
G Lind, Washington; Pere Poole, The
Dal lee; R. W. Faulkner, Seattle: R. B.
Rlngo and wife. Hood River; F. C. Fox, Astoria-
Mr. and Mrs. Thompson, La Grande;
Mrs. E. Jacobson and daughter, The Dalles;
J. Tooney, sllverton; E. B. Smith. Fossil;
G. W. Grayson. San Francisco; Mr. and Mrs.
E Schultz. La Center; J. Wortman, McMinn
ville: W. Davis1 and wife, city; A. H. Cary,
Albany; P. S. Swift. Kan Francisco; H.
Harris. New York: M. M. Carpenter, A. C.
Maynard. San Francisco; B. Todd, Van
couver; O E. Smith, city; W. M. Miller,
Salem; G. W. Passage, Vancouver; H. Clay
ton. Hood River; W. E. Rawllnga. John
Bloomer, Seattle; T. C. Watson, Oregon
City; W. Miller, city: J. B. Draucker, Butte. 1
THE GREAT PASSION PLAY
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LIFE OF CHRIST
Nearly Two Miles of Film, Aggregating 525,000 Pictures, As Natural As Life
The Annunciation.
Shepherds Watching Their Flock.
The Birth of Christ.
Flight to Egypt.
Massacre of Innocents.
Christ in the Carpenter Shop.
Baptism of Jesus.
Death of John the Baptist.
Christ In the Synagogue.
"VIVID" A SACRED SERMON
Christ Feeding the Multitude.
Suffer Little Children to Come
Unto You.
Christ Healing the Sick.
Raising of Lazarus.
- The Transfiguration.
, Messiah's Entry Into Jerusalem.
The Last Supper.
Agony in the Garden.
Judas' Betrayal.
Christ Before the Two High
Priests.
Christ Before King Herod.
Christ Before Pilate.
Carrying the Cross.
The Crucifixion. ' ;
Taken Down From the Cross.
Placing Jesus in Tomb.
The Resurrection.
The Ascension. -
"REAL"
ILLUSTRATED SONGS "HOLY CITY"" IN HIS STEPS " " PALMS "
BEAUTIFUL GRAND-SUBLIME
Sacred Concert Music, A. De Caprio's Full Band
TWO MATINEES TWO NIGHT PERFORMANCES
One Week Opens. This Afternoon, January -2nd
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