TJTT" MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 20, 1908.
IS SPELLED
BY FISHWHEELS
'-Master Fish Warden Van Du-
sen Reports on Oregon
;' Pack of Salmon.
DECREASE IS ALARMING
!
! fctatistics Show Falling Off of 5,
(900,000 Pounds, or 17 Per Cent,
in Columbia Kivcr Catch ,
lor the Year of 1007.
l . SALEM, Feb. 19. (Special.) In his
J annual report, Master Fish Warden H.
' o. .Van Dusen says that there was a
decre-'rt of nearly 5,000,000 pounds in the
ColumTTs. River salmon catch of 1907
as compared with vm and he attributes
the reduction to the work of the iish
wfieels' operated above tide water. He
; goes Into a lengthy discussion of the his
tory and causes of decreasing supply of
ji fish and points to the nshwheel as the
) arch enemy of the salmon industry on
J the Columbia. He cites the satisfactory
i condition of the industry on Coast
! streams, where no fishing is permitted
! above tide water, as evidence that his
theory Is correct. His report is In part
as follows:
Report of Master Fish Warden.
Th salmon product - of the Columbia
River, canned and packed under the cold--.tora-ge
processes and handled by dealer
1 and others on the Oregon side of the river
) tli Is year lt07) was as follows: Chlnooks,
t lo.798.1l pounds; steelheads, 1.112,001)
; pounds: sllverairtes. l.Ho,51A pounds; blue-
backs. llHi. 102 - pounds. md tules. - 57,1jS
) pounds. As compared with the product of
j IIIO. this is a fulling off of nearly 17 per
cent with the chlnooks. of over 39 per cent
. with the sllversldes, of 2 per cent with the
steelheads and of over 6S per cent with the
hluebackf. I have no figures from the
'State of Washington showing; the product
i!that was handled on that side of the river
'this year: but 1 infer, from close observa
tions made, that the same conditions ex
isted on both sides of the river and that the
entire river showed a general shortage with
Ijall varieties of salmon of about the same
: proportion.
1 This year, the combined pack of chlnooks,
'Bllversides. steelheads and bluebacks, on the
l Oregon side of the Columbia River, was
MS. lM. 74-1 pounds, whereas, during 1900 It
was 22,906.700 pounds, as shown by the fol
lowing table;
Chinook
Number
of pounds.
. . is,:tsi.3lR
..IH.52S.217
. .20, AO 1,1139
. .19.M4.174
. .20.70.3.077
. .19.010.120
. .15.798,116
. 10O1
't02
' IIMl.t
!!MH
lirnr,
190,1
1907
Alarming Decrease in Chinooks.
Coniparlnu: the Chinook product of the
Columbia River this year with the chlnook
product of 1002 or 1903, assuming: the theory
to he correct that the flsh raised from the
spawn ot 1!02 or 1003 would reach ma
turity and return to the stream of their
nativity during 1907, we find that while It
ix only a trifle short of the 1903 product It
has fallen 20 per cent or more bctow the
1903 pack. Whether this theory be correct
or not, it Is very plaln'to be seen that such a
condition of affairs Is alarming In the face
of the extensive hatchery work that has
been carried on since 1901. and the matter
' should be looked to and the wrongs correct
ed by our people before it is too late and
r' rhis valuable food product is lost to us and
fiur or five thousand of our best and most
. loyal citizens lose their principal occupation.
In 1906 there was a shortage of 8 per cent
over the year previous, but the product of
1906 showed a gain of more than 20 per cent
over either the years 1901 or 1902, and every
year since 1901 there has been a fair gain
ovrr comparative, years, under the four or
. five-year theory, until this year, which, not
withstanding that the weather and water
conditions for the Columbia were more
favorable than for years, the product .fell
-.. short.
Legislation Is Beneficial.
On our Coast streams,' our people were
confronted with this very same condition of
affairs prior to 1901; the product was de
creasing gradually ' year by year onfall of
those streams, on account of excessive flsh
, ing which waa carried on from the lower
harbors to the extreme upper waters where
the streams were very narrow, and com
paratively few salmon ever reached their
spawning grounds, and those' that did were
soon seined off and marketed by- unscrupu
lous persons, thereby destroying millions of
spawn that should have been deposited for
a future supply.
The situation was alarming. Largs Invest
ments bad.been made in canning establish
ments by the packers, and in fishing appa
ratus by the fishermen; a sacrifice had to
be made some place for something had to be
done to save the product, and, as I have
heretofore reported, the Legislature ot 1901
proved to he equal to the occasion and wise
ly passed laws confining commercial fishing
to the lower waters. Dead lines were es
tablished on all of the streams. Some of
w hich were severaf miles below the head of
tide, and no fishing above those lines have
been carried on since, excepting with hook
and line, with the result that every season
since, thousands of salmon of all varieties
have been enabled on the tides and during
freshet times to get hy the lower river flsh
' ara and have ascended the streams to their
spawning grounds where .they are now pro
tected and left alone to spawn naturally, or
are taken at the hatcheries established to
assist Nature In that respect.
KJshwhecls Cause Decrease.
Mr. Van Duseh then proceeds to show
that- as the take of fish by the wheels
at the narrows near Celilo Falls
lias increased the supply of Chi
nook eggs at Ontario for hatch
cry purposes has decreased from
4.H00.O00 in 1904 to 500.000 in 1907. He also
shows that while the take of Chinook
salmon has been decreasing on the whole,
it has been increasing at the narrows
near Celilo, where " new and more ef
fective devices have been established
for the purpose, of taking all the fish that
go up the stream. He predicts that un
less, drastic measures are enacted which
will Insure a certain percentage of the
salmon getting up to the spawning
grounds the Chinook will soon go the
road of the bluehack and not a canning
establishment will be operated on the
Columbia. He shows that the fish
wheels were entirely responsible for the
extermination of the bluebacks. for the
gillnets nave too large a mesh to catch
that kind of fish.
Tie reports conditions more satisfactory
on the Coast streams according to the
following table:
Chlno
. . RS9,
. . 751
..1.254
..1.668.
..2,139,
. .3.018,
. .2.018.
ok.
lh-
S.18
Tear.
l"t .
1P"2 .
10OS .
1!"4 .
19"5 .
19. 6 .
1907 .
.123
027
CieO
085
,90
643
Egg-Take Also Decrease.
1 Under the head of hatchery operations,
Mr. Van Dusen shows that the supply of
' eggs has been entirely inadequate at
. plants located above Celilo Falls whlje on
; tributaries of the Columbia below the
falls plenty of eggs were taken. Be
cause of a want of eggs ft becomes nee
; essary to close down the Ontario hatch-
ery. the largest plant the? state has. He
. . also, that Washington hatcheries,
above the falls have not been operated.
DOOM
This supports his theory that the fish
wheels are responsible for the depletion
of the supply of fish. '
The take of eggs this year on Coast
streams was Interfered with by the- ex
treme dry spell in the Fall, causing low
water.
The take of eggs on Columbia River
hatcheries and on Coast streams was as
follows:
Columbia River
Silver- Steoi
Chinooks. sides. heads.
Salmon River hatch
ery &6o,000 M8.000 608.000
Clackamaa River
hatchery station ..2,495.000 '
McKensle River
hatchery 2.172,000 ,
Wallowa River
hatchery S1.000 287.300 .:
Ontario Salmon
hatchery 542.000
Totals ..6,865.000 805,300 508,000
Coast Streams
Sllver-
Chinooks. sides.
Tillamook hatchery station. 2. 493.0O0 1,805.000
Taqulna hatchery 2,370,000 1,463,000
Alsea River hatchery sta
tion 2M.100 DfU.SOO
Siuslaw River hatchery 787.900 1.222,200
I'mpqua River hatchery .. ,2.824.0fiO
South Coos River hatrh'y 5.981.500
Cootillle River hatchery
station 22S.SOO
Totals 14.712,500 6.721.300
TRTOtfT OF THE ORATORS
Oregon to Select Representatives to
Interstate Oratorical Contest.
UNTVFIRS1TY OF OREGON. Eugene,
Or., Feb. 19. (Special.) The final tryout
for the selection of an orator to repre
sent the university in the annual inter
state oratorical contest will be held on
February 21. The contest, which Is be
tween the state universities of Idaho,
Washington, and Oregon, will take place
at Seattle In the early part of June, the
definite date not yet having been agreed
upon. The victor of the contest, in ad
dition to securing the Northwest champ
ionship for his university, will receive a
prize of J75. gi.ven by the King County
Bar Association, which also offers a prize
of J26 to the winner of second place.
MAYOR RESIGNS AFTER MONTH
Cafhlamet Executive Springs Sur
prise on the Council.
CATHLAMET, Wash., Feb. 19.
(Special.) Mayor Henry K. Arm
strong, who was Inaugurated just one
month ago, sprang a surprise on the
Town Council at its meeting last night
by tendering his resignation. He
gave no reason for his action.
The Council accepted the resignation-
and (unanimously selected ex
Mayor A. F. Cooper to fill the unex
pired term. The appointment of .Mr.
Cooper gives general satisfaction.
PATE OF liIVESTOCK SHOW SET
Corvallls to Have Exhibit May 15
and 1 6 Prospects Good.
COnVAUJS, Or., Feb. ' 19. (Special.)
Sllversldes
Number
of pounds.
1.24.526
90B.M7
1,007.444
1,558.S75
478.119
1.722.1SO
1,045.516
Steelheads
Number
of pounds.
1.792.033
2,761.701
2,60.:i7.-.
1.772.075
2.797,218
1.553.40O
1.112.009
Bluebacks
Number
of pounds.
287.558
8S9.243
209,470
521.099
3SO,77
623.000
196,102
Total
Number
of pounds.
16.725.435
21.175.868
24.575,228
23.466.R23
24.425.291
22.9O8.70O
18.151.743
The date has been set for the annual
Corvallis livestock show. It will be held
May 15 and 16, two weeks earlier than
last year. This will be the -third event of
the kind In this city, and prospects are
flattering for a far better show than
those of the past. Fifty per cent more
money is available, and the preparations
by stockmen have been begun early
enough to put their show stuff in tljft
finest condition. Information at hand in
dicates that the number of exhibits will
be largely Increased. For many years
Benton County has been devoting espe
cial attention to all lines of fancy stock
arising, and will have large resources to
draw from in producing an excellent
show.
CHANGE OF VENUE IS IJENIETJ
Bartlett Must Stand Trial Again in
Marlon County."
LA GRANDE, Or., Feb! 19. (Special.)
Ex-Councilman B. W. Bartlett, now of
Portland, but formerly of this place, 'and
a year ago sentenced to imprisonment for
extoritlon while In office here, was de
nied a request for a change ot venue to
Umatilla County here today.
Judge Smith, of Baker County, heard
the original trial and the motions today.
Bartlett appealed to the Supreme Court,
which granted a new trial at the last ses
sion. ATTACKS THEIR FREEDOM
Canadian Judge Makes Sensational
Charges Against Bench.
VICTORIA, B. C, . Feb. 19.-Judge
Martin, who this morning endeavored to
force his way to the bench in the Appeal
Court against the instructions of
Chief Justice Hunter, who had assigned
other judges to the sitting, gave way
this afternoon. He stated that he
reaffirmed his statements of this
morning with regard to the partial
ity of the tribunal and intimated that he
would Insist upon his right to sit in
other cases before the Appeal Court,
retiring now solely to facilitate public
business pending a settlement of the dis
pute. Judge Martin, one of the younger
judges, has for some time past been en
gaged in controversy with the Chief
Justice regarding the propriety of noti
fications assigning him to sittings of the
court.
Municipal Ownership Loses. .
HOOD RIVER. Or., Feb. 19. (Special.)
The second election to vote bonds for
the purpose of establishing municipal
ownership of Hood River's water system
which was held yesterday, resulted in the
proposition being-lost by a vote of 86
against to 30 for. The second election
was called by the City Council owing to
the fact that it was said that the tax
payers were in favor of buying the pres
ent system for $40,000 although they
turned down a proposition at the previous
election to bond for ,70,000 to put in a
rival system.
Canby Wants County Fair.
"CANBY, Or., Feb. 19 '(Special.) An
enthusiastic meeting of the Canby De
velopment League was held last night,
to arrange for the Spring campaign.
R. S. Coe was elected president, How-
Silveraidee,
No. Ihs.
2.990,462 ,
2.06K..76O
2.830.273
3.316,040
2.3T.1.465
4.721.0OO
8,852.1 13
6teeelbeads,
No. lbs.
78.999
26.060
46.428
232. 1O0
S76.016
67,000
210.520
Tules.
No. lbs.
614.818
556. S60
418.060
6K3.400
767.162
238,710
657,407
Total,
No. lbs.
4.S71.61S
8,402.803
4.549.685
5.809.540
5.555.728
8.043.690
6.738.682
ard Eccles secretary and E. E. Bradtl
treasurer. A special committee, con
sisting of C. N. Walt, W. H. Balr'and
L- D. Walker, was appointed to meet
the directors of the Clackamas County
if'r Assoclatlon and arrange to locate
the fair on" the ground offered for
that purpose by Hon. C. N. Walt, ad
Joining; this town. The Development
League has several enterprises in
view and hopes to add materially to
the resources of the town during 'the
coming year.
IS
T
Washington Railroad Board Is
Victorious in Two
Cases. ' - . '
SUPREME COURT TO DECIDE
Case Will Be Carried Tp at Once
for Tribunal to Pass Upon, Con
stitutionality of Commission's :
Laws Affirm Rate-Making.
OLTMPIA, Wash.. Feb. 19. (Spe
cial.) An Important victory was won
by the State Railroad Commission to
day, when Judge O. V. Linn, of the
Superior Court of Thurston County,
handed down favorable judgments In
the two chief cases recently heard on
appeal from the orders of the Commis
sion. "While the reversal of the Commission
in the other two cases Is a victory for
the railroads, it pleases the members
of the Commission scarcely less, as it
will permit the state to carry the case
Immediately to the Supreme Court to
secure a ruling, upon the constitution
ality of the Commission's laws. The
state is confident that the whole case
will be settled by the Supreme Court
during the May term
The right of the Commission to reg
ulate and' fix rates was sustained by
Judge Linn in affirming the order of
the Commission for the joint wheat
rate. This order was resisted by the
Great Northern and, the Northern Pa
cific. The O. R. & N., whieh was the
original party In the suit, having -withdrawn,
by consent of the county, dur
ing the arguments before Judge Linn,
consequently the latter road Is not
bound by the decision.
The court also sustained the order
requiring the railroads to make physi
cal track connections A various points
in Eastern Washington.
The Commission was reversed only
on the joint rate on potatoes and ex
tending the terminal rates on hay,
oats, feed and barley to Grays Harbor,
which the court held was an arbitrary
and unjust measure. The cases In
volve the Commission's right -to make
rates, and will be immediately appealed
to the Supreme Court of the State
BURNS FINDS PLENTY DOING
Easy to Raise Money In Metropolis
of Harney County.
BURNS, Or., Feb. 19. (Special.)
Anybody who imagines the hard times
are felt in Burns or Harney County will
be disabused of the idea by a recital
of the social enterprises of the past
week, their objects and results. One
evening a dramatic entertainment was
given for the benefit of the public li
brary, from which about $150 was real
ized Two evenings later a masquerade
ball was given under the auspices" of
Woodmen Circle, at which $96 was
realized, and on the next evening a
basket social was' held, with a literary
and musical programme, for the -purpose
of starting a fund for the purchase
of a piano for the public school, and In
the sale of the children's baskets about
$S5 "was realized. And this is but a
sample of regular occurrences as
worthy objects need assistance. Burns
has some of the best musical, literary
and dramatic talent la Oregon.
Socialist Ticket at La Grande.
LA GRANDE Or., Feb. 19. (Special.)
Local socialists have named a full slate
of officers for election at the city elec
tion, March 9. The ticket as filed with
the City Recorder this evening follows:
Mayor, Bird F. Lewis; Recorder, H. A.
Watson; Treasurer. , J. K. Fitzgerald;
Marshal, I. H. Stoll; Councilmen: First
Ward. J. R. Watson; Second Ward, A. J.
Warren: Third Ward, E. Relsland; Fourth
Ward, W. T. Grtder.
Acquitted of Selling Liquor.
ALBANY, Or., Feb. 19. (Special.)
In a trial which excited considerable
Interest, Peter C. Andersen, proprietor
of the Wigwam Feed Stables, was ac
quitted today of a charge of violation
REACHED PORTLAND BY OX
. TEAM IN 1852.
I!
The Late Mm. 8. s. Van Busklrk.
AMITY. Or., Feb. 19. (Special.)
Mrs. S. S. Van Busklrk. for 55 Veao a
resident of Amity, died at the home of
her daughter, Mm. J. J. Henderson, at
Coburg-, February 6. Mrs. Van Bus
klrk was born In Pittuburg, Pa.,
September 26, 1819. In 1830 she
moved tth her parents to Ohio. At
the age of 18 she associated heraeir
with the Baptist Church, and for
over 70 years was an earnest worker
in the congregation. For SO years
she waa a member of the First Bap
tist Church of Amity., 6he waa mar
ried to John Van Busklrk. In Fred
ericktown. Knox County, Ohio. Sep
tember 26. 1834. in 1852 Mrs. Van
Busklrk crossed the plains with her
family and parents, the party reach
ing Portland the last day of October
.that year. They settled near Amity.
Since the death of her husband, Octo
ber 81, 1874, Mrs. Van Busktrk has
made her home with her daughters,
Mrs. J. J. Henderson, of Coburg, and
Mrs. II . G. Jones, of Amity. Besides
her daughter, sii grandchildren and
14 great-grandchildren survive her.
COMM
SS1QN
GOUR
of the local option liquor law. This
was the second trial of the case, the
jury having disagreed In the former
hearing.
CHESTER THOMPSON'S RELEASE
Father Said to Be About to Take
'Steps to Secure It.
TACOMA, Feb. 19. A dispatch to the
News from Walla Walla Penitentiary,
where Chester Thompson, acquitted of the
murder of Judge Emory, of Seattle, on
grounds of Insanity, is confined in the
insane Ward, says that Will H- Thomp
son Is there preparing: to begin proceed
ings for his son's release". Warden Reed
and Prison Physician Lane have assured
Mr. Thompson they will support hie peti
tion to Judge Snell, of Pierce County,
where the trial waa held, asking for a
hearing- before a Jury, as provided by the
Graves law, to determine If the young:
prisoner has recovered his sanity.
Horse Thief Taken in Harney.
BURNS. Or., Feb. 19. (Special.) Wil
liam Pollard of the Narrows neighbor
hood has been arrested by Sheriff Rich
ardson under a charge of stealing eight
head of horses from Mrs. W. W. Johnson
in the western part of the county, and
taking them to Lake County, where they
were sold. A young man named Miller
is accused of assisting in the theft and
will soon be in the county jail to accom
pany Pollard and to stand a preliminary
hearing with him on Friday, February ZL
Stranger In Jail.
CHEHALIS, Wash., Feb. 19 (Special.)
Frank Wilson, a stranger employed at
Little Falls, waa landed in the County
Jail today for SO days on a petty charge.
S3 -SWUgi-; ifi
, 1
Mrs. Minnie Bier, Wife of F. W.
Bier, of Vancouver, Waah., Who
llied Suddenly of Heart Disease.
Wrilson will be later prosecuted for grand
larceny, being accused of stealing a gold
watch at the Little Falls Hotel.
Investigate City Government.
ALBANY, N. T., Feb. 19. The Senate
today passed by a vote of 30 to 7 the Paige
bill providing for a commission of 15 to
investigate the government of New York
City.
OFFICIALS ARE CHD
GOVERNMENT ALLEGES IT IS
CHEATED OUT OF PROPERTY.
Major Chittenden, United States En
gineer In Charge and His
Brother, Defendants.
SEATTLE, Feb. 19. (Speeial.) Major
Hiram M. Chittenden, of the United States
Army Engineer Corps In charge of the
Seattle district, and his brother Clyde C.
Chittenden, of Cadillac, Mich., ex-Judge
of the Twenty-eighth. Judicial Circuit,
were made defendants in an equity suit
In the United States Circuit Court late
yeeterday afternoon for the recovery of
property the Government complains it has
been cheated out of.
The complaint is signed by Charles J.
Bonaparte, Attorney-General, and by Dis
trict Attorney Elmer Fj. Todd. The
amount of money Involved Is $12,000.
The complaint places Major Chittenden
and his brother in the position of agree
ing to purchase Government land prior to
the granting of a patent, which, under
the Federal statutes, constitutes a land
fraud and can be prosecuted either In the
civil or the criminal court
DEAD OF THE NORTHWEST
. Mrs. Minnie Bier. '-
VANCOUVER, Wash.. Feb. 19. (Spe
cial.) Mrs. Minnie Bier, wife of F. W.
Bier, a prominent citizen of this city,
died suddenly at her home here today
of heart trouble. She was the daugh
ter of William Ginder, a pioneer of
Clark- County, and was born on the
Lewis river, August 29, 1854, near the
little village known' as Pekin. She
lived practically all her life. In Clark
County, nearly all of these years at
Vancouver. She was married -to Mr
Bier January, 1875. and leaves four
daughters, Stella, the wife of F. C.
McClure, of Eugene, Or.; Myrtle, wife
of Georgre E. Sanders. Albany, Or
Maud and Freda Bier, now residing- at
Vancouver. She will be buried In the
City Cemetery, Friday, February 21
and the funeral will be under the
auspices of Oneonta Rebekah LodKe
No. 12. Mrs. Bier had many devoted
friends, especially among the early
pioneers of this city. She had been a.
sufferer for years from bronchial and
heart trouble.
Mrs. Julia A. Bean,' Pioneer.
EUGENE, Or., Feb. 19.-(Seclal.)-Mrs.
Julia A. Bean, an Oregon pioneer of 1S52,
died here at home at 1:10 this afternoon,
after a lingering Illness, at the age of 70
years. Julia A. Sharpe was born near
Newmarket, O., February 25. 1S3S. With
rer,rints she started across the plains
n 1S49, but the family, purchased a farm
in Missouri, where they resided for three
years before taking up the journey for
Oregon, coming over the Barlow route
when, after months of suffering and prlva
tion, they arrived at Oregon City, Novem
ber 1, 1852.
They went into Washington County,
later coming to Lane In 1S&3. Miss Sharpe
was married to Obadiah R. Bean In Yam
hill County In 1863. Mr. Bean died In
western Lane County in 1890. Of their
11 children nine survive them, as follow
Judge Robert S., of Salem. James R of
Portland. John W., of Tacoma. ,Mra.
Emma A. Lucas, of Aberdeen. Edward
A.", Louis E.. Frederick and Estella of
Eugen. and Chester O., of Aberdeen The
funeral will be held Friday, with a
private service.
IS BITTER
Tacoma's Executive Does Not
Mince Words.
CALLS 'OPPONENTS NAMES
In Letter of Acceptance of Demo
cratic Renomi nation, Refers to
Rival Candidate as "Political
Hypocrite," "Slanderer."
TACOMA. Wash., Feb. 19. (Special.)
Mayor Wright today, in a long: let
ter, accepts the Democratic nomina
tion for Mayor as "suggested" by the
Democratic convention. The Mayor
says he has also received a petition
from 1500 citizens, mostly Republicans,
requesting- him to be a candidate.
The Mayor bitterly assails his ene
mies and handles the other candidates
without gioves and pays particular at
tention to E. I. Salmanson, who will
probably be the Republican named at
the primaries, speaking of him as
"this Hebrew deacon of the Presbyte
rian Church, who is endeavoring to
capitalize his standing In the church
as a political asset and I charge him
openly as a political hypocrite."
In another part of his letter he
brands Salmanson as "a slanderer and
defamer as low In moral character as
any prostitute." It is believed by
many lawyers that the Mayor has ren
dered himself liable to criminal prose
cution for libel.
The Mayor defends his administra
tion and says the people know where
he stands on all important Issues.
From the Mayor's letter it is evident
that he Is prepared to make a red-hot
fight after the primaries and It is in
timated that he will not pick his
words when he goes on the stump as
he promises to do.
DEBT IS OF ANOTHER COLOR
" . i
Olson, Charged With Embezzlement,
Still Cannot Get Bail.
OREGON CITY. Or., Feb. 19. (Special.)
The expected aTd from a Portland man
named Levi for Otto F. Olson, In jail on a
charge of embezzlement, did not materi
alize. It was reported here that Levi
was in a position ' to assist Olson; that
he waa a man of means, and that he
owed a debt of gratitude to Olson for
friendly turns that he was eager to re
pay. When Levi arrived here he would
not go near Olson, nor would he see Ol
son's attorney, and It has developed that
the debt of gratitude was a debt of an
other sort, and that he owes Olson JS00.
Olson is still In jail, and will stay there
until his friends In Oregon City and Wil
lamette are able to furnish ball to the
amount of 5000. John W. MofTett la en
deavoring to obtain bail for Olson. The
books of the Willamette School District
are being experted by E. C. Hackett, and
B. Lee Paget, secretary of the Portland
Trust Company of Oregon, has been scru
tinizing the records of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, of which Olson was
trustee and financial agent. The findings
have not been made public.
CANXER1T STOCK SUBSCRIBED
Corvallis Sure of Fruit Industry In
' Very Short Time.
CORVALLIS, Or., Feb. 19. (Special.)
Announcement was made this morning
that enough stock had been subscribed to
Insure the success of the movement for a
fruit cannery, and a meeting of stock
holders has been called for Friday to per
fect an organization. The capital stock
is Jll.OOO, and the plant Is to have a capa
city of 12,000 cans dally. The machinery
and appointments are to be of the very
latest models, embodying everything nec
essary to turning out a pesfect product.
The stockholders are Corvallis business
men and farmers In the vicinity of the
city. An expert for taking charge of the
plant has been provided for and all de
tails carefully worked out looking to the
success of the enterprise. The plant is
to be completed and ready for operation
within sixty days after the contract Is
signed, which will take place as soon as
an organization of stockholders is ef
fected. REPUBLICAN CLUB ORGANIZED
Harney County Slaking Ready for
the Approaching Campaign.
BURNS. Or.. Feb. 19.-(Spec!al.)-The
first Republican Club in Harney County
for the campaign of 1908 was organized in
Burns this week with 110 member. Cap
tain A. W. Go wan was elected president
and County Superintendent Lester M.
Hamilton secretary. A committee was ap
pointed consisting of Frank Davey, J C
AVelcome, Sr., C. H. Leonard, J. J. Done
gan and W. E. Huston, to prepare by
laws and provide for other ofHcers of the
organization, and another committee-G.
W. Young, Piatt Randall and Clarence
Drinkwater to prepare a programme for
the next meeting, which will be held on
Tuesday evening, February 25.
The question of the advisability of call
ing an assembly of representative citizens
from the several precincts to suggest a
ticket to be voted on at the primaries was
discussed, and a test vote was taken, in
which a small majority was in favor of
the assembly or convention plan, but It Is
very doubtful about Its being carried out,
as there is a fear that the party would
lose more than It would gaiu by working
contrary .to the spirit of the primary law.
OBJECT TO BILL FOR PAVING
Faclcers at Astoria Say Work Was
Done Illegally.
ASTORIA. Or.. Feb. 19. (Special.) A
suit has been commenced in the Circuit
Court by the Tallant-Grane Packing Com
pany, the Sanborn-Cutting Packing Com
pany and the Columbia River Packers'
Association to restrain the city from pay
ing Bert Hunt $6675 for the Improvement
of Bond street in front of the plaintiffs'
property. The complaint alleges that
while L. Lebeck was a member of the
City Council he induced Hunt to bid on
the work and that as soon as the con
tract was awarded, Lebeck assumed it.
This, the complaint asserts, renders the
contract void, as under the city charter
no Councilman Is permitted to perform
any contract work for the city. A tem
porary injunction has been Issued pending
the hearing of the case.
United Democratic Fight for Sheriff
EUGENE; Or., Feb. 19. (Special.) Drew
Griffin, of the Griffin Hardware Company,
has announced that he will be a candi
date for the Republican nomination of
Lane County Sheriff. I. T. Nlcklln, Re
publican, of Eugene, has already filed his
petition, as has Frank A. Snodgrass, of
Cottage Grove, for the eame position. The
office of Sheriff has been held by the
Democrats for several terms, the Repub
licans being unable to get a man who
could be elected. Inasmuch as the Dem
ocrats have always consolidated their
forces for ihi particular office. The
Iff!
Democratic candidate will be Harry
Bowns, of Eugene, who has served as
Deputy Sheriff and who is well known all
over Lane County. The Democrats have
already agreed to leave the field clear to
Mr. Bowns. and they have definitely de
termined to concentrate their fight upon
this one office.
NOT RESPONSIBLE FQR FIRE
Verdict Rendered Against Firm
Suing for Loss of Timber.
ABERDEEN. Wash., Feb. 19. (Spe
cial.) In the case of Sargent &
Hulett against the Lytle Logpinfc Com
pany, a verdict was Riven the defend
ant. The plaintiffs asked for damages
on account of a lire which they charge
was due to tHe negligence of the log
gers. The Are broke out in the Lytle
logging- camp on the divide between
the Wishkah and Hoquiam after the
camp had been deserted by the Lytle
Company, but was admitted to have
been the result of fire drawn from
their engines. The fire burned over
the timber of the plaintiffs causing
about $10,000 damages.
SMALLPOX AT WHITEWORTH
Tacoma Greatly Stirred Over Case
In College No Quarantine.
TACOMA, Wash., Feb. 19. (Special.)
Residents of a section in the North End
In which are located some of Tacoma's
finest homes, are highly excited as the re
sult of a case of smallpox having devel
oped at Whltworth College. Miss Effia
Wilson, a senior 20 years old, Is the
victim.
After having ordered the removal of
Miss Wilson to the quarantine hospital,
Health Officer Dr. A. Dey Green, super
intended the vaccination of the 300 stu
dents of the college and thorough fumi
gation of every room in the college build
ing and dormitories, even compelling all
students to unpack their trunks and over
haul their" clothes, so that everything
could be disinfected. Nearly 100 per
sons residing in the vicinity of the college
telephoned Health Officer Green demand
ing that he quarantine the school. ' This
Dr. Green has so far refused to do, de
claring it is unnecessary.
Miss W'llson's condition Is not thought
to be serious.
From School to Work.
MONMOUTH, Or., Feb., 19. (Special.)
The Oregon State Normal opened last
Monday with an encouraging outlook for
the coming semester. The registration
has been increased by a large number of
new students and more are expected by
the end of the week.
Those just graduated from the school
have gone directly Into the field as teach
ers. Miss Grace Whitehouse is located
at Independence, Miss Mabel' Muldrich
has gone to Grant County, Adrian Owen
to Fall City, Miss Dora Murdock to La
Grande. Miss Mae Tracer to Elkin,- Misa
Anna Godbersen to Mosier. Miss Esther
Fisher to lone, while Chester Day will
teach in Polk County.
Tacoma Flour Drops.
TACOMA, Wash.. Feb. 19. (Special.)
Domestic flour today followed wheat In
Its decline by dropping 15 cents a barrel.
This reduction was decided upon at a
meeting of the Washington State Millers'
Association.
Alex Thompson, of the Millers' Associa
tion, asserted that the demand for flour
locally Is i about normal, but the millers
expect an increased business from North
China and Manchuria shortly.
Organized Charity at Aberdeen.
ABERDEEN, Wash., Feb. 19. (Special.)
An Associated Oharities has been organ
ized here with a membership of several
hundred. Business men have taken kindly
to the proposition for the reason that In
discriminate almsgiving has led to a
great deal of misplaced confidence in
years past. The organization Is headed
by several of the principal men of the
city and many prominent women are also
Interested.
Salem to Continue Boosting.
SALEM, Or., Feb. 19. (Special.) Fol
lowing up the two "booster" meetings
that have recently been held 1n this city,
the Salem Board ot Trade will give a
dinner at the Willamette Hotel on Friday
evening, at which time it is said that
announcement will be made of the most
important business proposition ever pre
sented before the people of this city. The
dinner will be attended by nearly all the
business men in Salem.
Nervous -women should profit
by Mrs. Barton's experience with
Lydia E. I'inkham's Compound.
.Mrs. Helen Barton, of 27 Pear
son Street, Chicago, 111., writes to
Mrs. Pinkham t
" 1 was all run-down, and on the verga
of nervous prostration from overwork
and worry, and ill in bed, when I beg-an
taking- Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. After I had taken it a week
I commenced to g-et better. I continued
its use, my nervous trouble disappeared,
and I am completely restored to health.
I hope Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound will benefit other women
as it has me."
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.
For thirty years Lydia E. Pink
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from Yoots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
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women who have been troubled with
displacements, in flam mation, uleera -tion,
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Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick
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She has guided thousands to
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Field Secretary Northwest Sabbath
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