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THE MORXIXO OREGON! AN. SATURDAY, AFItlL. 11, 1903.
LOGGERS THINK
SITUATION
AO
Removal of Duty on British
Columbia Logs Is the
Last Straw.
CATCH THREE-SIDED FIRE
. TIate AeitRttrm and Increase In A--emenrs
on Standing Timber
Bad Enough, hut I-t Move
May Close All the lamps.
ft iTTl V Wa.i. A ,,.-11 i.. .Cn .
. ...... . nr- ii.. n t'i 1 1 i-- mi I
-Timber land rm-nprs nml Iwth arr
ff !nj lh (f r iiHTitn wh alarm. Tho
n-Tit fTnrvnt of th $J itrHtrt rtnty on
Pr;tSh (""oiijTnb'a Tjis bit! f.ilr to lr!vr
;rir- vrr. Inwpr rhn at rrvrnT, and
wcll-knovti lopfff-rs th stHtomPiit Is
mar That rather than submit to a fur
ther reduction the mnlorliy of tfif ramps
Rill rlopil.
That I " himbr-r r ni Ie1rrz imprests
r nottiTtir a rrops-Ilrp from t!-!rrr Mrl'
is th t low thy tftVw of trio pituntlon.
The raff HtiffaTi"n was bal nnonph and
t hp 1if inif down of sa many mills has
ha1 n bad ffft on tb lsrsrinE siiiiatinn.
Thin !orpts and timhor land owners
"havft had thrir asss-mnts inrroas-d
'mir.y fnjfl in mmy !n5tnnfp. fnumv
Aspsnrs hnv IfvIM on thousands of
f-' pi of standing tlmbpr not before hp
and tby oronitse to fc e'n fur
ther. Thfn rome-p thf prospwtivo fur
ther drop in prior rsTiliinr from ibf
removal of thf export duty on British
Columbia lop.
Th matter will br tnkort up at the next
rnerinR of th I josrRerit" Asporlation.
HOLD RHODOIEMKO FIESTA
Florrnoe ArranRlng Tor Big Time on
Kt'GRXF. Or.. April 10. i Specials
Florence. Iane t'ounty's aeanort town,
a deetded to hold a EhodMendron
Festival on May Ifi, an event whih will
e of eonsidernble Importunee and to
whii-h visitors from a'l piints will bn
.-ordlnlly welcomed. The rhododendron
begins blooming soon along the Coast and
ht at Ua best about the middle of
May.
An endeavor will b made to run an
excursion from Bu prone to Florence for
tb event and it ts expected that a great
many peo?b from this peel ion of the val
ley will take advantage of the opportunity
to visit the Coast. A Queen Uhododemlra
will be crowned and tho exercises mmaily
t ompanying a carnival will be indulged
in. Therp will be parades, bot h on land
and on the river, and thi country around
will join with the citizens of Florence
to make the event the moat Important one
jet heid in that city.
VI II.MAN WINS FROM WHITMAN
Judge Ieeide Two to (hie In IX-
hating 'ontest.
WAILA WAI.I.A. Wash.. ApHl 1f.
(Ppecinl.) Washington Btate College
won the debate tonight from Whitman
College, the .uirigefi deciding two to one
in favor of the victors. The question
was. "Kesolved. That the T'nited States
Hhould authorize the establishment of
branch banks and the issuance of aset
currency as under the Canadian banking
prsteni." Pullman Hiipported tho nega
lve. The Whitman speakers were Clarence
"Morrow. Roy ftVrrtnger, Walter C Eel Is.
The W. S. C. team was composed of
Milton Newhouse. J. O. Blair and N. .1.
Aiken. Tho Judges were Judge William
A. Tlutirke, Spokane; James A. Ttnlcy.
.Pendleton, and Rev. John Van Nuys.
Pendleton. Kx-Govcrnor Miles C. Moore
Vrcsided.
ORPERS PEED SET AS11E
T)erislon Afreeting Wolf property in
The Dalles.
THE PAT.-KS. Or.. April 10 (?pe
cVft . Circuit J udge W. 1. Brad.shaw
fViay rcrdered a decision in the case
of the hira of P. Wolf versus Father
(Wolf Uarrlp. in' favor of the plain-'
tiffs. The nare Involves a.11 tthe real
estate owned by Mr. Wolf in this city,
located on Fast Second street, valued
at $10,000. The controversy Arnee over
tb validity of a deed by Mr. Wolf to
his daughter Ksther. Mrs. Nathan Har
rip. of Portland. Oi.. alleged to have
ben -executed by him unknowingly
eubsequent to the making of a will
which divided his property anions: his
heirs. The ruling of the court sets
aside the deed, and orders the defend
ant to deed the property within SO days
to the executors of Mr. W o I f ' estate.
,Ies?e C. Ho.Mtetlr. Oeorge C B1akelcy
and Fdward H. French.
"At A XT TO mi ID MURK JHKES
A citation In Astoria Over Proper y
on West side of Ray.
ASTORIA. Or . April 10. (Special.)
Steps are being taken by a number of
owners of property on the west side of the
bay to form diking districts In that sec
tion for the purpose of building several
miles of new dikes and repairing the old
ones. The plan ts, after the distrivts are
formed, to have estimates of the cost of
the. proposed improvements made and then
levy the tax to raise the required funds
before any contracts are let. In that way
the provisions of the State. Constitution,
whVh forbids any county incurring an
Jrdehtedncss of JTwIOO or over, will be
obviated.
IEAl F THE NORTHWEST
Mrs. Karen Marie Hansen.
.ASTORIA. Or.. April ,10. Special.)
MrS- Karen Marie Hansen, wife of H. K
Haastn of this city, died nt Hammond
Hst evening after a long illness with a
complication of dlsties. She was a na
tive of Norway. fi4 years of ago, and came
to ttils country 'Jfi years ago. making her
home In Portland and Astoria sinoe that
time, fthe left a husband and two sons.
The funeral will be held tomorrow aft
ernoon ard the remains will be shipped to
Portland Sunday morning for interment.
Mr. Minera Adams:
COTTAVJB GROVE. Or . April m.-pe-cial.l
Mrs. Minerva Adams died at 11
o'clock today. She was stricken with
paralysis 13 years ago and has been an
Invalid since. She came from Texas in
j7fl and married O- P- Adams soon there
after. She has a brother, Tr. Oromweii.
hc ate d at l,a Grand, Or. The remains
will be buried Sunday.
Linn Register 4080.
A-LBAJS'T, -Or... April ia Special.) The
total r''.f ration In Linn County fr te
pnniavlt-s 4w. On the rffiPtration roil
th riepubi cans have a majority f
ovpt th I mtKTat5. a ho win a a bir pain
in ih KpuMiran registration. Vac rcci
tration by partis as fo!lw: R- pib-W-nn.
21X; I.pmo.ratlr, 1,"0; Prohibition.
f-ofialist. in7; Prpul!iH. 3: Ttnlrp. nl--nt,
j 44 ; rfisp-d to answer to political
aliiiaTion., 2P.
Farmers ly at Aberdeen.
ABKRHKHN.' sh., Arril 1. 1?P
cial --Tlif Ohamb-T ' of 'ommrrr
hs (!' id ed to arra npp n I'a rniTS" Pay
and to invito all tho tamirrs of fheha
li rinin'v and thfir familVs to mm to
AWfJfn. I'r;zp will bo offrod for the
finest trani and wflgon, th iarR'St fatn
ily. t family with t ho most boys and
thfj most irirls. A dinner will b srvod
in tii fit y H il and spephes tnll
mad. It is ,xj-wi"tvi m tho ripult of tli
puthrlna: that a free pub! ic markot will
be e.si,ibi jshed.
I.lne-up oT Salem Team.
PAI.RM, Or., April l. tSpovial 'piti
:11 srni t li o followintr team lo. Woodburrt
Saiurda nutrmnR to nioi ihc tW'ondburn
twii1ers in the tirst two Kams uf the Trt
t'ity I.oanuo srhedule:
I.ras. pitrJiPr; Kaiser, rateher; Newell.
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Mrs. Km ma K. Mil I cock II ray.
Kt GENE, Or . April 10 t Special.
-Mrs. Km ma. K. Willcork Bray who
died at her home here April wan
a prominent member of the t.lrrlo'of
the C. A. H., having been asoelntcd
with that organization In the F.ast
anl aisft e-er ainc ulie cam1 to (rr
gon. Hr husband hihV six children
su rv 1 vp her. Tlie elrt I dren ar M r.
Nora Fiandlpy, KuRvne: ). H. Tlray,
rrtlnnd : A. O. Bray. Eugene; Mrs.
K. Fmore. Rnfriip; J. Hemer Bray,
Eugene : V lw Maade A. Bray, Eu
gene. The funeral rv1ros were In
charge of the Ladle of tha O. A. It.
.shortstop ; Carey, first base: Ia wrenrV,
Feond bae: Porterfield. third base; Naco,
left tield: lwarda. center field; Otl. right
held. In the Sunday game Hull will pitch
and Hamilton will play left Held.
Two Freight Trains Collide.
PPOKANK. April 10. Two freight
trains ca mo together ort th Northern
Pacific at Sprague tit 2 o'clock this
morn in g. The eastbound tra in was
taking water at tko station whan the
westbound. containing 70 heavily
loaded cars, crashed, into it. ; Bath
engines and nearly every car wero
thrown from the track and four cars
were demolished. Kir em en Maroff and
George Pippen were considerably
bruised but their injuries are not be
lieved to be serious.
Inereae Value of Cow.
5Al,FiM. Or.. April 10 t Ppeial.) That
modern dairying methods will Increase
the annual Income of the average Oregon
cow from J40 to $lo was the statement of
Hon. Fj. T. Jndd. of Portland, at a meet
ing held at "Lincoln, Polk County, near
Balem. today. The meeting was for pur-poj-o
of organizing- a cow-testing asso
ciation, and was largely attended. Among
the speakers were State -Dairy and Food
Commissioner J. W. Bailey. T. Town
sond und other prominent dairymen.
NORTHWEST BREVITIES.
Colfax. Wash By a imnntmous vote ef
thr Wiiitrnan I'ounty ComiTiiMsloner it wan
derided that no aloon Ucenso would., be
granted fr la Lrose.
4"rlfa. Wash. The Methodist Ministerial
AFsoelation. nw in "! on her, has passed
Tso1uiions eoitimending tie work of the
AnM Siil.nn' !.iaue and pletipintc themselves
to do ail tlie tan to help in the work.
-..Albany, Or Plnns are already under way
for a chrysanthemum show in Albany npxt
Fall. Prominent lot-al women are managing
tbe arrangements and it (s purposed to make
the fair An event of Importance.
Albany. Or. OorRp T'hamberlnln has rp
lt'i,i) In 1.1 nn t'onnty a" a Republican and
Wilitam McKlptey as a Jiemocrat. .The (or
nir 4 no relativa tn th I morraf lc Gov
ernor of Oreiftn n'r i the latter a rela
tive of the martyred L'resident of the Uni
ted State".
l.a .tirande, ,Or Arbor day was generally
Vhnen "d here with appropriate en relics at
th new brick eluoI bul Minn, on nut ( lnt of
plant mi; vt trees, and an interesting pro
p rain in e.
WARNED NOT TO INVEST
Match and Salt Monopolists Cannot
- Expect England's Aid.
1VNIXVX, April 10. Great Britain Is
somewhat reluctant to take up diplo
matically the cases of the Hrltish match
and ealt monopolies in Venezuela, as it
was against the advice of the foreign
Office t hat th controlling company en
tered upon its original agreement with
tho government of that republic.
Concessions obtained by tho Nation a
Match Company a.nd the Venezgela Sn.lt
Monopoly. Limited, two English corpora
tions owned by the lit he 1 burg Syndicate.
Limited, of London, were annulled by
executive decrees of the Venezuelan gov
ernment in January of- this year, where
upon a representative of the syndicate
a ppared at the British Legation at
'aracas and protested that the decrees
wero both ruinous and illegal. The syn
dicate is now preparing to take the mat
ter tip with energy. All the circum
stances have been presented to the For
eign Secretary by a representative of the
syndicate who has just returned to Lon
don from Venezuel.i.
Officials "point out the uselessness of
diplomatic action, as President Castro
would very likely ignore, as he has done
on previous occasions, any such repre
sentations. MARSHAL MILLER IS DEAD
Man Wounded by Ilold-l'ps Suc
cumb No Trace of Gang.
SEATTLE. Wash.. April 10 Marshal
Harry Miller, of Kent, wounded in a
pitched battle with desperadoes Thursday,
died at the Taylor Hospital, in Kent, last
night about 9 o'clock. Aside from a few
scattering reports, the manhunt for the
gang responsible for his death is unsuc
cessful ... , t
DREAKWITH HENDRY
Louis Hill Displeased With
Canadian Chief.
ALLEGES SECRET GRAFT
Say Great Northern Has Never
Askerl t Subsidies, hut That
Name Ha- Been I'wd to
Otnaln Thent.-
SKATTT-R, Waali:.- April 1". (Special.)
President T-ouis Hill, of the Great
Northern, rave .oat an Interview this
mominp. says a special to the Times from
Vancouver. B. .. which marks the tlnal
fracture of fr'endly relations between tho
Hills nnd John Hendry, who for years
has been the Great Northern chief in
Kritiah "oiimhia. Mill talked anarlly of
the v xatious incidents of the "Vancouver
crowd." as he called thvm.
"I find here that the delay In the trans
fer of t3io Vancouver section of the line
has bO'-ome a pnhlV joke. For years we
have been Unable to find out Jut. exactly
what we owned here. The Great North
ern from the outset haa adopted the prin
ciple of building main and branch lines
w I rhout land grants or subsidies of n ny
kind. We have sought no favors in Van
couver, but 1 recret that the chief ef
forts of certain parties masquerading ami
juirsling in t!ie name of the Great North
ern, parading th tr supposed connection
and intimate relations, have been prin
cipally devoted to a still hunt for sub
Sidles."
Hill also announce that an arrange
ment was being made, whereby the North
ern Pacific -would jrive the Great Northern
entrance to Tneoma, while the Great
Northern. In exchange, .will carry North
ern Pacific trains into Vancouver over its
tracks.
Ml" ST PAY FOR TI AVITNG CARS
Supreme Court leolles Complaint
Against Eloetric Rood. ,
OI.YMP1A, AVAsh.. April 1V-(Special
Holding that thte agreement of the lTnlon
Pacllic Railway Company to haul boxcars
for the Ooeur d'Aleno & Spokane Railway
from St. Ijonia to Spokane free of charge
Is in violation of tho laws of the Inter
state Commerce ('otnnilseion,' the State
Supreme. Court today In a decision re
verse the judgment of the Superior Court
of Spokane and gives tho Harriman sys
tem $lf)O0 damages against the electric
roa 1.
The elcctrlo road ordered 20 cars from
the St. lyuila Car Company, and as they
had a traffic acreement with the l:n1on
PaA'Ific and O. R. N. Railways, thope
roads agreed to haul the cars from St.
Ixmis to Spokane for nothing. After the
cars were en route, the Spokane road
entered Into a traffic agreement with tho
Groat Northern, and when tho Harriman
people delivered the cars they asked for
the regular rate of $9n per car as freight.
This the Spokane road refused to pay,
attempting to hold the railroad to Its
agreement to haul the cars free of charge.
Suit was brought to collect this amount,
but the lower court found In favor of the
Spokane road. Tho Harriman crowd ap
pealed .and win in the high court.
BEN TON TIMBER MICH LOWER
Props From Over $1 a Thousand to
About 50 Cents.
COR V ALUS. Or., Apri 10. cSpecial.)
Timber lands in Benton County are
much lower In' price than a few months
ago. About 60 cents a thousand is
quoted as the price of standing timber
now, though none Is changing bands at
that figure. As high as $1 a thousand
CLAMOROUS HOSI ERY NOTICE
ABLE. TACOMA. IVavh., April 10. iPre
cial.) This was "Loud Sock" day at
the Taeoma High School, and the
male turientfl observed It by wearing
hopiery that for gaud 1 net puts, en the
blink the loudf st blankets seen in
any Indian collection. Patterns of all
descriptions and colors were Worn by
the boys, who tried to get tho most
voclferoua pair possible for thia
ceasdon. On a Point. Defiance car
this morning a freshman who had
dwTf?i to blossom out In. pair, of
- biaaer wai tt upon by "Upper, clasw
mrn,. -who rwmovefl his shoes and cmp
turcd his Book. His whoV-a wera re
placed. He had to come .-doitTi town
and . get new briery before he cftuld
attend his clashes.
was paid before the "bottom .dropped out
of the market when the October panic
came ..on. It has gradually become
known that tho Rankin holdings In this
county fferf In actual process of "chang
ing hands at a better figure than $1 a
thousand when the money pinch ar
rived. " Tho figure in the transaction
was Sno per Here, and one of the best
timber "cruisers in the country says at
that figure tho timber was going at
more -than SI per thousand. Of the lat
ter timber there is 19.000 acres, and it
is now a collateral asset In one of tho
defunct Portland trust companies.
CT1EHAL1S HAS BALL FEVER
Park Donated and Money Raided
for Grandstand and Fence.
CHRHALIS. Wash., April 10. (Special.
-Baseball fever is running higher in this
city than in any previous season. A few
days sgo the Land & Timber Company
donated a block and a half In the south
ern part of the city for a ball park. This
week r. C. Millett donated the rest of
a block so that the Chehalis ball park in
cludes a tract of land slichtly over six
acres in size. About tlOOO has been raised
in town to build a grandstand, fence the
property and otherwise improve it for an
athletic tiejd. The City Council has ac
cepted the grounds on behalf of the city
and the new park Is known as Millett
Park. It i hoped to open the season
witii a big game ahout the first of May.
A grandstand capable of holding lonn peo
ple will be built, and bleachers big enough
for ;0 more.
CHANTS PASS FOR UXIVERSITV
Commercial Club Desires Annual
Appropriation Granted.
GRANTS PASS. Or,. April 10. Spe
cial. At a recent meeting of the
Grants Pass Commercial Club, a resolu
tion favorable to tho University of Ore
gon appropriation hill was. adopted with
out a dissenting vote. Tho text of the
resolution is as follows:
Where a, a referendum has he.pn invoked
arain.t t h appropriation by the last legis
lature of $i2i.oo annual'y for iho support
nd matntenanre of the t'niversity of
Oreeon .
. .Whereas, taia etat- witii Ht frea-t re-
"eirce and iin0'ial'e'l climatic adanrar,
ha Jut entpr-d upen a camp' a-n to av
tritct he nutrition rf the better ea.s of
horueseher from th M I -Id West. Th l
much-desired cla.1 f hrmeeekerr. pew
nd old. demand an opportunity for a unl-vej-lij-
education.
Whereas, it 1 a step bat kward to even
de(nv th se-uTinjr of thle mn-'h-need-d
iifPr' to th university, and 1 h present
movement la ne upon blrb no live com
mere!; body shou'd fail to go on record tn
dt-appeovnl of: therefore, be t
Relived. That the fjram ra CVimmer
ctal nub, proud of It Jo- educational ad
vnntaae. believing in a Oreater Oregon, ed'i--a.l
iori al 'y a well as com me -Trial . pleda
Its barty lunpnrt to the T'nlvcralty of or
eon in Its effort to rHaln th annual ap
propriation voted by the last Ieflslattire.
TEACHERS' MEETING dOSED
lleaolntlnn Passed I'avorlnjr Agrt-
eultural Instruction In School.
Pt'LLMAN, Wash.. April 10.
(Special.) "Resolved, that we approve
the spirit of the lavls bill insofar as
It aims at the training of teachers
for agricultural and industrial .edu
cation and at education in agriculture
and the mechanical arts in secondary
schools; but we would deplore any de
tail or arrangement tn such legisla
tion which would make a uuplicat
system of public schools. We would
NFW PCBMC PR1NTFR LEARNED
TKADK A PEVII IN HltXM
INtSTON JOB NtlOP.
I Itfot e-"v
x. 4 WHaASa vA-jWff torn
John H.
mXMlN'OTON. 111., April 1V
( Special. ) John S. Leech, appointed
Public Printer by President Roose
velt, learned hla trade aa a printer's
devil in a Job printing office In this
city.-his birthplace. He learned the
details of the Job printing bualne8,
and.- being ambitious, decided to en
ter the Government Printing Office
'In Washington. He was ateadtly ad
vanced tn authority and responsi
bility, and Ave- years ago was sent
to the Philippine Islands to take
charge of the public printing for tho
t'nited Htates Government. The fine
record made by Leech In the Philip
pine colonies assisted in brining
about hla eleotlorf. Ha will return
to this country at once and take
charge of the duties at Washington.
heartily approve tho establishment or
extension of the present maehlnery of
publle education in the direction of
agricultural and industrial education."
This resolution prsented by a com
mittee consisting of President E. K.
Bryan, of Pullman; J. A. Churchill,
Baker City. Or.; G. A. Axllne, of the
Albion State Normal School, Albion,
Idaho, was unanimously adopted by
the Inland Kmpire Teachers' Associ
ation at its closing session this after
noon and is in accord with the plea of
State Superintendent of Schools, J. II.
Ackerman, of Oregon. Another reso
lution recommended medical Insj-ction
in schools and pledged the hearty sup
port of tho' teachers' associations to
the plans which will result in the cre
ation, of medical inspectors for this
work.
The -newly elected officers are: G.
A. Axllne, of the Normal School. 'Albion,
Idaho, president; Miss R. K. Kel log.
University of Montana, first vice- presi
dent; Dr. K. O. Sisson, University of
Washington, second vice-president;
Professor R. C. French, Weston Normal
School, Weston, Or., third vice-president;
Professor Philip Soulon, Uni
versity of Idaho, secretary; J. 11. Baire,
of Spokane, treasurer. Executive com
mittee For the three-year term and
chairman -elect for next year. Presi
dent B. L. Penrose, of Whitman Col
lege; two-year term. Professor H. C.
Sampson, Washington State College;
one-year term, J. A. Churchill, Baker
City, Or. Next year the association
will meet In Walla Walla.
FIRE DEPARTMENT IX FIGHT
Taeoma Chief Says He Will Not Give
Vp His Job.
TACOMA, Wash., April 30. (Special.)
George McAlevy will not retifo from
bis present position as Fire Chief with
out a struggle. Ho plans to take his
fight before the Council. A two-thirds
vote of that body will be required to ex
pel him under the charter amendment
that brings the fire department in the
civil servlee. Mr. McAlevy has employed
legal counsel and will contest his re
moval. This statement of the case is
made on the authority of Mayor Wright.
The Mayor also says that Chief McAlevy
cannot be dismissed under the provision
that bars a city employe under civil
service from participation in partisan
polities, since, according to the Mayor,
the Chief has taken no, part in politics
and did not contribute to the- campaign
fund. The Chief himself Is quoted aa
denying that be ever said' that be would
resign or that he Intended to resign.
THIRD SAIiOONMAN ACQUITTED
Jury Decides llillsboro Dealer Did
Not Sell to Minors.
HILLSBORO. Or.. April 10. (Special.
The thord of the 1'liquor to minor cases"
before the Circuit Court resulted In a
verdict of not guilty, today, after de
liberation of an honr. One man alone
held out for conviction. Hillsboro saloon
men have not been before the court for
many years, and none of th present
dealers, all of whom have been in r the
business for some years, has ever been
under arrest for any offense. The agita
tion started' last Fail, after city election.
Senator VV. H. Wehrting employed spe
ial counsel to gather evidence acainst
the saloons, and H. T. Bagley assisted
Deputy District Attorney John M. Wall
with the cases. " Wehrung was on the
stand yesterday, and admitted that he had
employed an attorney to help prosecute.
Gilbert L. Hedges. District Attorney, did
not appear in the cases.
Attempted Suicide Falls.
NORTH YAKIMA. Wash.. April 10.
(Special.) Mrs. Q. B. MeClellan. wife
of the foreman of the Title Ra nch in
the Moxee Valley, attempted suicide to
day in a fit of despondency by swal
lowing three ounces of carbolic acid.
Her husband found her unconscious,
but was aide to get a doctor soon
enough to, make recovery possible.
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POINT FOR DEFENSE
Hyde and Benson Weaken Evi
dence as to Agreement.
PRODUCE WRITTEN PROOF
Offer Torn and Plsrolorrd Contract
That Paw1 Throiich San Fran
cisco Fire Government Will
Fight Injunction C'ae.
WASHINGTON, April 1(1. A torn
and dierolnrcd parchment. r-orrhrt by
the fire that -wppt over San Fran
cisco after the rarthnuajce. wn plared
In evidence today in the Hyde-Rrnson-Dimoml-Schneld.'r
land-fraud case. Tho
document, nn agreement entered Into
ly Hyde and Benson on September IX
JK97. provided one of the most Inter
esting developments of the day, belnK
Introduced by the defense to contro
vert evidence tendina; to show that a
secret understanding existed between
Hyde and B. nson as to their operations
in public lands.
Stonoprrajilior on Stand.
Miss Isabella Klncald, who was em
ployed by Hyde from April. 1HSR, to
November. ,lN!tS.. testLfied as to the
visits of certain aKents of the Interior
Department to the office of Hyde, and
said that a special report on proposed
forest reservations to the Commission
er of the fleneral Uand Office was
d'.ctated to her by a special agent of
the Interior Department, t'nited State
District Attorney Baker's testimony
regarding certain letters dictated by
Hyde, which were simply addressed
'Dear Sir." The attorney for the Gov
ernment said he would endeavor tn I
show that these letters, which the wit
ness raid re.ferred to legislation nn
Government land and other matters In
which Hyde was concerned, were ad
dressed to certain clerks In the land
office In Washington. D. C.
Fight Injunction Suit.
The Attorney-General today Kent In
structions to tho District Attorney at
San Francisco to oppose the granting
of an Injunction to prevent the records
of the California land office being
brought to Washington. Surveyor-General
Kingsbury was stopped at Truc
kee, Cal.. on Wednesday while on hlB
way to this city with the records.
An effort was made today by the
attorneys for John A. Benson to have
the Court of Appeals advance tho hear
ings on the appeal from the habeas
corpus proceedings on hehalf of Ben
son. The Assistant United States Dis
trict Attorney , advocated the hearing
and the court reserved decision.
WOMEN CLEAN THE CITY
Ijcwlston Society Leaders Get Out
and Sweep l"p Dirt.
SPOKANE. Wash.. April in. (Spe
cial.) Under direction of society women.
Lewlston. Idaho, was thoroughly cleaned
today. The city was divided into dis
tricts, and men, women and children be
gan early. Great piles of rubbish were
raked out of alleys as early as 6 o'clock
this morning. Bonfires consumed great
quantities of refuse, which the school
boys took pleasure in burning, while
business men raked their backyards and
piled rubbish for wagons which worked
all day.
The residence portion was cleaned
spotlessly by thoroughness of the
women's work, but the business district
received a belated cleaning when men
were told they had been eclipsed by the
women and children. The work will not
THe Coroner Should Be A
Physician
Dr. Ben LMen
NO. 101
Republican Candidate
for
COUNTY
CORONER
Indorsed by Medical
Profession
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Tl'RMXf, OFT MANY TKOl'T
Clackamas Hatchery Has 300,000
for Streams.
OREGON CITY, Or.. April 10. (Special.)
Nearly a half million Rainbow and
Kaetern brook trout are ready for distri
bution In waters of Oregon, Washington
end Idaho, after having been fed for sev
eral weeks at the (Tlackamaa stalk of
the t'nited States Bureau of Fisheries.
There are 350,000 Eastern brook trout and
200,000 Rainbow trout, and they will he
sent by Superinte. ident Henry O'Malley
according to the allotment made by the
department In Washington. The fish will
go to Baker rity. Haines, -West Sclo,
Lyons, Salem, "Woodbum, North Powder,
Forest Grove, Hilgard. Hood River. Carle
ton, Pendleton, Arlington and Medford.
Or.; Vancouver. Seattle, Taeoma. Auburn.
Enurhclaw, Stevenson, Pnmeroy, MeMnr
ry. Yelm, Roy. Hartford. Bnker, Wood
vllle and Republic, Wash., and Weiser.
lriahe.
Seven thousand trout will he placed in
Pierce Oreek. at Warrendale. near Bonne
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Powder
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fo.fKt ttrmt will be distributed as follows:
It. J.. i Pickens, "o.nnn. In (Iw iYek;
Harry R. Draper. 1S.. in Abemethv
('reek; ('. tj. Hintley. ls.noo. in Molnlla
River; M. J. ("oekrell, 4vm, in Milk Creek.
J"hn It. Humphrys and Fred J. Nelson
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of Milk Creek and the Molalla and Clack
mas Rivers.
Fifty thousand chlnook salmon fry are
being fed at the Clackamas station and
will be turned out In about six weeks.
They are now ahout two Inches In lencth.
Rojrlstratioit In Clackamas.
ORKOON CITY, Or., April in. Fpe
elal.l The total registered vote of
Clackiimas County is 4R!VJ, and of this
number 34TiX are Republicans. IMS
Democrats. 147 Socialists. r,4 Prohibi
tionists, .1 Populists. 82 Independents
and 3.) miscellaneous.
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