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POKLAND, SATURDAY, MAY , 1B0S.
TO LEWISTON BY RAJ I
Inauguration today of rail service
between Portland and Lewlston marks
a"lhe re-establlshment of commercial,
-relations with a vast territory, which.
JJfor reasons of natural location should
"-never have been permitted , to drift
away from Portlahd. "The Lewiston
-"country," as that vast region drained
..Jay the Snake and Clearwater Rivers is
j generally known, is a land rich in nat-
ural resources. In the early days of
r its development the business arising
J. from .its mining and agricultural re-
sources drifted down to Portland .s
T naturally and easily as the merging
t. rivers rolled on .to the sea. In the
" golden age of steamboating on the C07
1 lumbia and Snake Itivers, when the
wealth, of the Idaho mines attracted
crowds from every land, communlca
r tion between Portland and .Lewlston
" was so frequent and so regular that
the Northern Idaho metropolis was
linked to Portland by the closest possi-
ble business and social ties.
So long as the steamboat remained
Z the only means of transportation,
there was. no strain on these ties.
- Hemmed in by lofty mountains on all
sides, Ihe opening through which the
Snake River wormed its way seaward
ws the only outlet, and trade, as it
Jj always does when unrestrained, fol
. lowed the line of least resistance and
t came to Portland. It was well re-
2 ceived here, and the relations between
j- the two cities were as close and cordial
t : as those existing between Portland
- and Vancouver, Salem, Walla Walla,
, or any of the other cities of the North-
I Svest that by reason of geographical
hicatlon found in Portland their most
convenient trading center. But the
coming of the railroad temporarily
changed the commercial map of
Northern Idaho. .. Warring factions
among the railroads were unable to
"'t settle their differences. Like the river,
mi railroads follow the lines of least re
Jt; sistance, and as a result the Northern
Pacific, then exclusively - a Puget
w1" Sound railroad, built a track down the
'J', dreadful canyon which Potlatch Creek
. had made in Its downward rush to the
Clearwater River.
." There are few, if any, more terrific
-.. grades on American railroads, but It
" was a "railroad," and, once the traffic
" had been dragged to the top of the
mountain. It was hustled along to mar
ket so much more rapidly than was
i "possible .by steamboat that Lewlston
'-'soon found It advantageous to do
business by rail, and much of the
trade of .that rich region was diverted
to - other markets on Puget Sound.
Mountain climbing and curve-rounding
were quite common in ' the pioneer
days of railroading, but economies in
operation and permanency of con
ntruction have been forced to a point
3 jlvhere the ' water-level grade is now
nought, even though the cost of reach
ing it be enormous.
J Lewlston is again on a water-level
grade, and but twelve hours from tide
' water, and every ton of freight dee
lined -for Pacific Coast points will be
hauled out of the Clearwater country
by the water-level route, which Nature
intended It should follow. This means
, more for Portland than Is easily un
' derstood. With a steadily deepening
-Vhannel at the entrance and In the
river, we can bring to Portland the
' cheapest ocean tonnage obtainable at
. ny Pacific Coast port, and the im-
Tnense and rapidly growing traffic of
'"""the Lewlston. country will find 'In this
,A1port the cheapest and best outlet
'"available anywhere on the Pacific
t.vifoast. Meanwhile 'river - improve
"rrtents which will afford uninterrupted
communication by steamer to Lewls
.J"uin and points far beyond are pro
' grossing, and in time the , barge and
"-Steamboat will again be in service,
handling heavy traffic which the de
velopment 'made possible by the rail
road will produce.
RECORD WHEAT SHIPMENTS. -Wheat
shipments (flour included)
from Portland and Puget Sound ports
for the ten months ending Thursday
reached a grand total of 40.893,185
bushels, breaking all previous records
for a corresponding period by more
than 6,000,000 bushels and exceeding
the total for any previous entire year
by more than , 3,000.000 bushels. The
foreign exports of wheat alone from
Portland and the three ports on Puget
Sound exceeded 26,000,000 bushels,
being nearly one-third of the total
wheat exports from the United States
for the .ten months, while from these
same Oregon and Washington ports
has been cleared more than one
fourth of all the flour exported
from the United States. These fig
ures make an exceptionally fine
showing of the growing import
ance of the Pacific Northwest as a
factor In the world's wheat markets,
and by reason of there being a larger
proportion of the crop available for
export than can be spared from any
other part of the United States, the In
fluence of the Oregon and Washington
crop on the foreign markets is becom
ing quite pronounced.
Not only are Oregon wheat and flour
being shipped foreign in greater quan
tities than ever before, but California
has dropped out of the ranks of wheat
states to such an extent that Oregon
and Washington ports have shipped
into San Francisco and Port Los An
geles, within the past ten months,
2,200.000 bushels of wheat and 345,000
barrels of flour. In wheat exports
Portland stands far in the lead of any
one Puget Sound port, and, with ship
ments of 13,933,309 bushels, is but
429,000 bushels short of the combined
shipments of Seattle, Everett and Ta
eoma. A noticeable feature of the business
this season is the heavy decrease in
flour shipments. Last year, for the
ten months ending April 30, 15,300,000
bushels of wheat were shipped as
flour, and but 12,500,000 bushels as
wheat. This year but 12.597,000 bush
els have gone forward as flour, while
more than 28,000,000 bushels of wheat
have been shipped.
LIVESTOCK PROGRESS.
Success of the horse and cattle sales
in Portland this week gives further
promise that natural forces are work
ing to make this city the great live
stock mart of the West. Breeders
brought fine animals and received
surprisingly good prices. Many of the
animals sold below their value. But
they .brought prices which show that,
when the sales have become estab
lished as a calendar event and their
reputation has spread broadly, live
stock men will come in much larger
number and the bidding will be
higher. Numerous breeders offered
horses and cattle, expecting to receive
less money than at ordinary private
sale, but to reach buyers otherwise not
accessible and thereby to create larger
demand in future.
Promoters of the sale have believed
that- owners of livestock will come to
regard It . as a profitable medium for
disposing of their animals. This belief
has, been verified this week. It is the
experience of other livestock districts
that the coming together of breeders
and ' fanciers makes sales, distributes
animals where needed and saves the
trouble and expense of finding the pri
vate market.
And let us not forget to mention
the contemporary dog show. There,
canines graced the bench as nobly as
bovines and equlnes graced the sales
ring, though not all the canines were
as productively useful as their -big
four-footed neighbors. When the next
chicken show comes round, it will re
ceive its due of attention, also. Horses,
cattle and poultry are doing quite- as
much to upbuild the Oregon country
and Its . trade . center Portland as
their two-footed masters.
KILLING FLIES WITH A SLEDGE
HAMMER. If there ' is merit in perseverance,
Mr. H. D. Wagnon will certainly lay
up great treasures in heaven before the
single-tax campaign is over. His letter,
which is printed today, contains noth
ing that has not been said before, but
Iteration has a certain convincing
power and therefore as often as Tie
states his fallacies perhaps it is well
for The Oregonlan to correct them.
Hence we patiently resume the appar
ently endless task.
The single tax is advocated by Mr.
Wagnon and his earnest but deluded
allies for two reasons, as his letter of
today clearly shows. The first reason
is that it would prevent the punish
ment of a man for making improve
ments on his land. The second, that
it would abolish land monopoly. That
both these purposes are highly desira
ble The Oregonlan would be . the last
newspaper in the world to deny, but It
thinks the single-taxers are mistaken
in the remedy which they wish to ap
ply. Let us look the matter squarely
in the face for a moment, without eva
sion. At present if a man clears new
land, or builds a barn, or buys a good
breeding animal, or invests in a power
spraying outfit for his orchard, or
plants an acre of walnuts, the County
Assessor, acting for society, forthwith
appears upon the scene and taxes him
for his enterprise and thrift. Mr.
Wagnon is perfectly right, in disap
proving of this. On the side of soci
ety it is consummate folly, since it dis
courages thrift and industry; on" the
side of the farmer it is a burning
wrong. The simple, direct and com
plete remedy for this folly and wrong
would be to exempt the farmer's stock
and improvements, or a reasonable
part of them, from taxation. But our
friends propose nothing so rational.
To kill the fly on the parson's nose
they hit the poor man with a sledge
hammer. It Is not enough for them
to do the thing they wish to do in the
simplest way and let it go at that; In
order to relieve the farmer from his
unquestionable hardships they think
they must exempt not only his stock
and improvements, but all personal
property whatever, no matter to whom
It belongs or for what purpose It Is
employed.
Thus, while they would give the
farmer an ounce of benefit, they would
give the tax-dodging millionaire, the
corporate plutocrat and .the swollen
money shark a hundred tons. Shakes
peare advises us that it is sometimes
best to do a little wrong to accom
plish a great right: the single-taxers
wish to do a great wrong to accom
plish a little right.
Now as to land monopoly. There
Is a simple and adequate way to abol
ish that also without going through
the complex and unfair process of the
single tax. If land monopoly is wrong
the straightforward remedy for the
wrong is to pass a law limiting the
amount of land which any person or
corporation may hold. Most writers
on sociology believe that land monop
oly is injurious to the state, and they
would generally approve some such
law as the one suggested. In fact. It
is difficult to imagine any argument
against a legislative limit to land hold
ings, except the selfish interest of a
small and privileged class. But the
single tax would not break up land
monopoly. If it produced any benefits
at all, they would be at the cost of so
much injustice that it would soon be
repealed.
AN IMPORTANT ANNIVERSARY.
An important day in the history of
Oregon was May 2, 184S. Upon that
day and date, responsive to the call of
duty and patriotism, fifty-three men
honored pioneers of Oregon met at
Champoeg, a supply station of the
Hudson's; Bay Company, in the early
days, now but a name, sjnd then and
there organized the provisional gov
ernment of Oregon Territory the
forerunner of our present state gov
ernment. This was the first decisive
step taken to. bring the "Oregon Coun
try" permanently under the flag of the
United States. A civil government es
tablished by American citizens, in con
formity with accepted rules and regu
lations, could not be ignored by the
Government at Washington, nor over
thrown by a rival government without
provoking war. It was thus that the
early foundations of American civil
and political power were laid in Ore
gon. Updn this foundation the super
structure of a great state has arisen.
Upon the spot where Oregon was ded
icated to the cause of civil liberty and
became an Integral part of a great Na
tion, a monument of enduring granite
was raised eight years ago and the
names of the men who voted for the
provisional government have been
given to its keeping.
For many years no note was taken
of the event which the monument
commemorates. Champoeg, from a
pioneer village, crude and simple, but
alive to the stinted opportunities of
traffic in those days, fell into a state of
decay that presaged its slow passing
into the oblivion that is the portion of
the makeshift hamlet on the extreme
border of civilization. Its annihilation
was hastened by the Winter freshet of
the, Willamette River, known as the
"flood of 1861." The subsidence of
the waters left the site of the village
bare of buildings. Its inhabitants were
driven to other locations, and, except
that a postofflce with the meager fa
cilities of the time was maintained
there for the convenience of the set
tlers for miles around, Champoeg was
not.
But the fact that the provisional
government of Oregon was organized
upon the site where stood the old town
was not lost to folk-lore. As a result
public interest was revived and the
event of which Champoeg was the
rallying point was duly given to his
tory and to commemorative granite.
On each recurrence of the anniversary
the historical event for .which the
monument stands has been suitably
celebrated. Pioneers and their de
scendants, with as many of the newer
citizens of Oregon as could be induced
to accompany them, have rallied; at
old Champoeg, end with reminiscence
and speechmaking, music and feasting,
the renewal of old friendships and the
forming of new, have passed the day.
Today, the sixty-fifth anniversary of
the first political rally of American
citizens in the "Oregon Country," will
be observed in the usual way. The
invitation is to all. Let every one who
can attend. A delightful trip into the
green and flowery depths of an Ore
gon May, and a 'celebration unique
with a touch of the past, unshadowed
by regret, is assured. The skies will
pour down probably but not all the
tears of Jupiter Pluvlus can drown the
emerald glories of an Oregon land
scape in May or dampen the Joy with
which loyal Oregonlans view the be
ginnings of their state. -
THE HOME-GOING ALIENS.
The outward rush of alien laborers
who are going to Europe in the steer
age has already exceeded 200,000 since
January 1, with no apparent diminish
ing of the tide which set in with the
coming of the financial stringency in
this country last Fall. To offset this
heavy outflow there have been less
than 80,000 arrivals during the same
period. Had this exodus of labor
taken place at a time when there was
a demand for its services in this coun
try, it might have been regarded as a
calamity; but under present conditions
and taking into consideration the.
character of the departing aliens, their
return to Europe can hardly be re
garded as an unmixed evil.
The energetic, hardworking for
eigner who comes to this country with
a few dollars. saved, and who prac
tices the same thrift and self-denial
that Were a necessity in the old coun
try, has had ample opportunity dur
ing the many years of good times in
this country, to provide against a brief
period of hard times, without being
obliged to leave the country. So it is
hardly probable that we have lost very
many of the better class of foreign la
borers. But we have apparently lost
several thousand of the undesirables,
who can well be spared, and who
should not be pefmitted to return.
Fully nine-tenths of the anarchists
and professional Jawsmiths of the
country are unable to speak the Eng
lish language without an unmistaka
bly strong foreign accent. This coun
try would be a distinct gainer if all 'of
this class could be "sent back . to the
land from which they came.
As the present Immigration laws are
much more stringent than those under
which some of these anarchists and
trouble-makers came in, it will be a
more difficult matter for some of this
class of alien labor to secure entrance
should they attempt it with the, return
of better times. The decision of the
Pennsylvania Railroad and a number
of large industrial enterprises In the
East to employ none but American
citizens will also have a tendency to
cause some of this army of temporary
Americans to remain on the other side
of the Atlantic. The present immi
gration, while small In comparison
with that which is departing, is said
be of a much higher grade. News of
the depressed industrial conditions in
the eastern part of the United States
has penetrated the most remote por
tions of the Old World, and in conse
quence the aliens now coming are
prepared for something more than a
siege against the hard times, and can
remain until there is a change. Most
of them are bound for the West, where
there are still plenty of opportunities,
especially for the man with a small
amount of money with which to en
gage In farming, logging or, mining,
the opportunities in these lines for the
comparatively poor man being fully
as good as they have ver been.
. The-United States Is not much loser
by departure of the aliens who are
now crowding to capacity the steerage-J
or the trans-Atlantic liners, but the
season is just setting in for the crowd
of Americans who fill the first and
second cabins of the steamers. This
crowd will spend on an average per
capita about five times as much as the
average amount taken . out of the
country by the aliens in the steerage,
and, after rehabilitating the fortunes
of half the decadent cities In Europe,
they come back to this country and
make a fresh haul, to be. spent abroad
the following year. It might be well
for the country if many of this class
of the foreign bounders would con
clude to remain across the water, pro
viding they disposed of their interests
in this country to some good American
citizen who would stay at home and
attend to them.
The possibilities for a "corner? in
May wheat in Chicago seem to be in
creasing. Another advance of nearly
3 cents per bushel on that option yes
terday carried the price well past the
dollar mark, and, as July closed slight
ly lower, the "spread" between the
two options widened out to nearly 14
cents per bushel. As there is only a
moderate amount of new wheat avail
able in time for July delivery, it would
seem that May wheat was either much
too high or that July was about 10 or
12 cents per bushel too low. As nearly
all of the wheat available Tor delivery
on this month is said to be in the
hands of Armour & Co., the chronic
bears, who have so persistently ham
mered Ihe market, they may be taught
a severe lesson on the folly of selling
heavily of something which they do
not possess. The honest agriculturist,
regardless of his opinion on gambling
in wheat options, can meanwhile take
advantage of the market that Armour
made and sell the straggling stocks
from the bottom of the bins at highly
remunerative figures.
Far back in 1891 the Legislature en
acted a law allowing independent can
didates a designation on the ballot, of
not more than three words. With
what far-seeing purpose that law was
enacted Is now revealed in the neat fit
of the designation "Statement Number
One" to certain independent candi
dates put up against regular Republi
can nominees for the Legislature.
That law was enacted before Mr.
TJRen was heard of and almost before
Senator Bourne emerged into the
limelight. All of which shows the
long-range plan with which our poll
tics is conducted for us.
There. are ministers, even in these
days, as appears from the 'reports of
the Free Methodist Conference, held
in Portland this week, who do not receive-
salaries for their work. They
trust to the Lord to supply their neces
sities; go wherever sent, however un
promising the field, and manage to
keep life afoot and maintain a spirit
of cheerfulness ' on contributions of
from $250 to J400 a year. The irrev
erent, reading this report, will account
the Lord a poor provider, and these
faithful servants as" "miserably under
paid. San Francisco's campaign against
the plague has proved ' so successful
that no new cases have been discov
ered for seventy-five days. With the
dread disease so thoroughly stamped
out and an opportunity to entertain
the American, fleet of battleships, the
Bay City ought to be reasonably happy,
even with considerable stench still
arising from the late municipal rotten
ness. John D. Rockefeller has refused to
pay J500 for a sword used in Crom
well's tim'e. But if ' any one has for
sale any utensils or cutlery that can
cut out competition, it will be wel
comed at the Rockefeller headquarters
and the acid test will not be applied
for the purpose . of discovering how
old it might be.
"Republicans In Oregon have chosen
the man they want for United State
Senator, and how with Statement No,
1 are allowing the Democrats to say
whether he should be elected. But
never mind; Democrats will be gener
ous enough to . do something just as
good for Republicans some day, per
haps. "Sullivan was floored three times in
the fourth round. The police jumped
into 'the .ring .and stopped the fight.
Sullivan was completely knocked out."
This was in San Francisco, where the
police evidently understand when the
psychological moment has. arrived for
them to interfere.
Senator Jeff Davis' eulogy on the
American Press suggests the thought
that he has never been taught the wis
dom of that ancient admonition which
intimates that, if a man remain silent,
the world will be in Ignorance of the
monumental nature of his damphool
ishness. Senator Fulton has succeeded In
convincing the United States Senate
Miat there are twenty-six feet of
water, or more, at the Columbia en
trance; but the Senate isn't directing
ny battleship cruises under this ad
ministration. , Ten inches of snow fell at James
town, N. Y., on the last day of April.
This undoubtedly necessitated the sub
stitution of a pair of gum boots for the
customary satin slippers of the Queen
of May.
Senator Fulton was absent from the
Senate when Perkins of California said
the bar depth of the Columbia is nine
teen feet. Senator Bourne must have
been absent, also.
Now we shall see perhaps whether
the United"' States Government can
keep actual settlers off the railroad
lands any better than the railroad has
done. ,.
Warm weather Is bringing on"1 the
strawberries and soon there may be
another struggle with Hood River for
blue-ribbon honors. .
If the hew -streetcar rule of stops on
the "near side" aims at elimination of
street mud," its object is worthy.
Evidently the State of Arkansas has
its own reasons for wanting to keep
the name of Jeff Davis odious.
HERE IS MR. WACXOS'S REPLY
Telia Mr. Campbell and Other a Few
Thing: About Slngrle Tax.
PORTLAND, April SO. (To the Editor.)
Insomuch as you Invited me to answer
J. W. Campbell's "center shot" against
the single tax, and as it affords me great
pleasure to da so, here it Is: Yes, under
the proposed single tax amendment, Mr.
Campbell, as Farmer A. w'ith land of
equal value, would have to pay the same
taxes as Farmer B, and rightly so, as
neither the poor buildings of Farmer A
nor the good buildings of Farmer B would
be taxed. If J. W. Campbell was poor
Farmer A living in a shack, with poor
furniture and his -team of horses con
sisted of ' a sorrel horse with a sore
shoulder, and a, hip-shot ' mare. With a
gray colt, and his one old cow Eavemllk
on only one side, his two dogs were
neither well fed nor well bred, but always
barked at strangers yes, if he was
Farmer A he would be glad to have some
retired merchant or banker buy the land
next to him and erect, at a great cost, j
all the good things found on the land of
Farmer Br and I venture to lay, should
the editor of The Oregonian conclude to
spend some of the money he had earned
at the laborious work of correcting the
grammar and reforming -the spelling of
your servant, and other "ignorant dema
gogues and dishonest agitators," he
would find out that Mr. Campbell, as
Farmer A, would tell the editor that his
place was Just as good as his neighbor s
across the way, and if you wanted it
you would have to come to his price, as
he was in no hurry to sell, as he expected
another bloated banker to build on the
other side of, his shack and when that
happened you' would have to pay more;
in other words, he would want to take
advantage of his neighbor's industry.
Farmer B should not be penalized in
the shape of taxes, for his Industry, even
though he Is a "despised banker." If
he has repented and gone out on a farm
to spend his money for good buildings and
fine stock, he is doing good and we should
not fine a man for doing good. Now let
us suppose that the retired merchant or
banker did not put his money into good
buildings and fine stock on a farm, but
bought the land next to Farmer A and
let it lie idle, or rented it to poor ten
ants without any buildings, like Mr.
Sculley does In Illinois how would it be
then when Mr. Campbell's shack and poor
stock would be assessed for more than it
would sell for? f
Mr. Campbell is much afraid that the
Standard Oil will escape taxes should
this amendment carry, but he should
know that the Standard Oil crowd and
the Southern Pacific are the same thing
and that they are the largest timber
owners In this state, and that the Weyer
haeuser Interest is only another name
for the Standard Oil crowd, and that
the single) tax Is the only thing that will
stop their kind from exploiting the peo
ple. All manufacturing plAnts are not owned
by rich men. There are many poor men
engaged In manufacturing, and all rich
.manufacturers are large land holders, and
all rich men, or companies are large land
owners, as no rich man puts any large
amount of his wealth in anything but
land. The monopoly of the Standard -r;
is in the oil lands, and the same is true
of the steel trust. It Is In the iron and
coal lands, and the single tax would
bring them to time as nothing else would.
OREGON TAX REFORM ASS'N.
Per H. X). Wagnon, Pres.
PEAKS IXTO CAXXOX'S MOUTH
Eight Cruisers Sail by as Baron Sa
katanl Lands at Seattle.
SEATTLE, Wash., May 1. Baron M.
Sakatanl, ex-Minister of Finance of
Japan, arrived today on the Nippon
Yusen Kalsha liner Kaga. The Baron's
entrance was timed by the fates with the
procession of eight armored cruisers of
the United States Navy which swept out
through Elliott Bay es the adviser to the
Japanese Emperor landed from his ship.
Accompanying the Baron are M. Yagui,
president of the Japanese Bank of For
mosa, and K. Makoshi, director In sev
eral brewing concerns of Japan. The
party, numbering ten In all, were met at
the dock by T. Tanaka, Japanese Consul,
and prominent Japanese merchants.
New Capital Takes Ditch.
PENDLETON, Or., May 1. (Special.)
Three months ago J. W. Messner, of
Baker City, became the owner of an
option oh the.HInkle Ditch properties,
which are located on the Umatilla River,
adjoining the Government Umatilla proj
ect on the west. , Today the property
was transferred by deed to the Western
Land & Irrigation Company, the officers
of which are: J. W. Messner, of Baker '
City, president; E. E. Cleaver, of Chi
cago, vice-president; W. J. Staplsh. of
Anderson, Ind.,' treasurer, and Clifton
Cleaver, of Pendleton, secretary. The
gentlemen and G. E. Crane, of St. Joseph,
Mich., own all of the stock of the new
corporation. The new owners will make
active. improvements and later will ofrer
the land for sale In small tracts.
Red Men Take to Revival.
PENDLETON, Or., May 1. (Special.)
One hundred theater chairs from a local
theater were taken to the Tutulla Mis
sion, on the Umatilla reservation, to
day, to accommodate the crowds at the
big camp meeting services. The attend
ance and interest seem to be much better
than at any similar meeting eves) held,
and It is believed the number of reds to
be brought into the fold will exceed all
former records, despite the fact that
$50,000 in rent money was distributed
among.the Indians this week. Those that
are not attending the meetings are in
Pendleton, getting rid of their money as
rapidly as possible.
. Dalles Tries Market Day.
THE DALLES, Or., May l.-(SpeciaI.)
Tomorrow will be market day in this
eity, when a trial will be made of that
system of buying and selling among the
merchants of the town and the farmers
from neighboring communities. Should the
sales prove a success it is the purpose ot
the local business men to hold a market
day monthly during the coming Summer
and Fall. A horse sale will occur early
in the forenoon and will be followed by
acution sales at different points on the
business streets during the day.
Linn Republicans Harmonious.
ALBANY, Or., May 1. (Special.) At a
meeting of the Linn County Republican
Central Committee in Albany today. Gale
S. Hill, of Albany was elected State Cen
tral Committeeman, and M. J. Cameron,
of Albany, Congressional . Committeeman
from Linn County. The committee met to
plan the campaign and the meeting was
the most harmonious political gathering
in this county in years. Strong resolu
tions were passed heartily indorsing the
entire state and county Republican ticket-
Excursions to Hermiston.
PENDLETON, Or., May 1. (Special.)
The first of the week-end excursions to
Hermiston will leave Pendleton tomorrow
morning. The excursion round-trip fare
Includes the stage ride to the Govern
ment reservoir and dam. The excursions
will be continued indefinitely throughout
the Summer, each ticket being good for
two days. The 1700-acre reservoir lake is
to be converted into a Summer resort. .
Morans Refuse $0,000,000 Offer.
SEATTLE. May 1. The directors of the
Moran Shipbuilding Company were to
day offered J2.000.000 for their plant and
business in Seattle and declined to ac
cept the consideration, holding out - for
$2,500,000. The identity of the prospective
purchaser is withheld, but it is admit
ted that those concerned in securing the
local shipyards axe identified with rail
road interests. ,
HIS POCKET PICKED OF $500
Rear-Admiral Thompson Victim of
Bold Robbery in Seattle.
SEATTLE. May 1. (Special.) The
pocket of Rear-Admiral W. J. Thompson,
U. S. N., retired, -was picked of $500 in
bills this morning while he was. crossing
Pioneer Place from the Puget Sound
National Bank to the Mutual Life build
ing. The money Admiral Thompson
had just drawn from the bank to make
a payment on a piece of real esta'te. He
crossed the square and when he entered
the office of the attorney's to whom he
was to make the payment, he found that
his right trousers pocket, in which he
had piaced the bills, was empty. The
theory is that a pickpocket watched the
Admiral receive the money from the
paying teller, and that he was robbed as
he entered the elevator in the Mutual
Life building, pr perhaps in the bank
itself. There was quite a crowd in each
nlnce. It Is believed that a gang of pick
pockets Is at work in the city. Admiral
Thompson for years was the Navy pay
master in this city.
LETTER THREATENS DEATH
Mayor Kinney, of Coos Bay, Lays the
Scatter Before Grand Jury.
MARSHFI ELD, Or., May 1. (Spe
cial.) A letter threaenlng his life is
the basis of complaints which are be
ing laid before the grand Jury at
Coquille today by Major L. D. Kinney,
one of the prominent real estate pro
moters of Coos Bay. and recently nom
inated as the Republican candidate for
the Legislature from Coos County. It
is alleged by Major Kinney's friends
that there was left on his doorstep a
few days ago a letter threatening his
life if he did not at once settle all
his business obligations, and further
that the letter was attached to what
appeared to be an infernal machine.
Tie matter has been turned over to
Major Kinney's attorney, with the re
sult that the whole thing has been
taken before the grand jury.
SriCIDE AT NORTH
BEND
Young Man Goes Into Park and Cuts
Throat With Razor.
MARSHFIELD, Or., May 1. (Spe
cial.) With his throat cut from ear to
ear, the lifeless body of Andrew Sud
derlund was found today in Simpson
Park, in North Bend; His hand
grasped a razor and his coat and vesc
were found folded on the grass near
by. Coroner MIngus held an lnhuest
and a verdict of suicide was returned
by the Jury. Sudderlund was 28 years
old and was a well-known young man
of Marshfteid. He had been in poor
health for the past six months, and
this Is supposed to have been the
cause of the suicide, which was prob
ably committed Wednesday night.
STABBING FRAY AT WATERLOO
Neighbors Renew Old Quarrel.
Brown Slashes Potter in Hip.
ALBANY, Or., May 1 (Special.) In
a fight above Waterloo today, J. O.
Brown stabbed E. L. Potter with a knife,
Inflicting a wound in the left hip. Pot
ter Is not dangerously hurt. Several
months ago 'the men, who were neigh
bors, had trouble over some hogs. Just
prior to Potter's departure for Okla
homa. Potter returned this week from
the East and met Brown today for the
first time while the latter was at work
on the road. The old quarrel was re
vived and a fight ensued.
Albany Girl Debaters Win.
SALEM, Or., May 1. (Special.) The
girls' debating team from Albany College
defeated the Willamette University girls
here tonight when the question, "Re
solved, That the United States should
permanently retain the Philippine
Islands," was discussed. The affirmative
was maintained for Willamette by Hat
tie Beckley, Theodosia Bennett and Sel
ma Norberg. Albany's team, composed
of Mamie McKnlght, Martha Montague
and Wllletta Wright, supported the nega
tive. The judges were John Manning
and R. R. Steele, of Portland, and E. K.
Barnes, of Lebanon.
"Wets and Drys Fight In Clatsop.
ASTORIA, Or., May 1. (Special.) Seven
local option petitions have been filed in
Cratsop County, five for the city and two
outside. The city petitions are for pre
cincts Nos. 1, 2, 3, 6 and 7, while the out
side petitions are for Seaside and Olney.
Precincts 1, 6 and 7 were voted dry two
years ago, but the others are wet. Peti
tions were circulated in precincts 4 and 6,
which are in the central portion of the
city, but sufficient signers could not be
secured.
Social Clubs as Saloons.
SPOKANE, Wash., May 1. The so
called "social" clubs which run without
hindrance -now in this city will be put out
of business in a most effectual manner as
the result of an order issued by Mayor
Moore through Chief of Police Ren Rice,
Informing them that If they Intend to
run and sell liquor, as they have in the
past, they must take out retail licenses.
The fee is $1000 a year.
No Candidates for Office.
CHEHALIS. Wash., May 1. (Special.)
Very little interest has been evinced thus
far in the primaries for the Republican
county convention, which will be held
Saturday all over Lewis County. The
convention will meet on Saturday, May 9,
at Centra Ha. There have as yet been no
announcements of candidacies under the
primary law, excepting Commissioner Til
ley in the Centralla district. .
Murdered for His Money.
SEATTLE. Wash., May 1. Vincent
Carllno, an Italian gardener, was
robbed and murdered In the residence
section last night. The body was found
on the street this morning, and Inves
tigation showed that he had been shot
through the heart.
Marks on the body Indicated that his
money belt had been stolen.
Accused of Branding Other's Cattle.
CASTLE ROCK, Wash., May 1. (Spe
cial.) J. B. Porrla, an old resident of this
section, was arrested this morning.
charged with branding a heifer belonging
to a neighbor named Stankey. Porria
pleaded not guilty and was placed under
$500 bonds to appear for trial. There Is
much feeling In this neighborhood over
the matter.
Self-inflicted Wound Fatal. .
ALBANY, Or., May 1. (Special.) W. H.
Beard, of Lebanon, who shot himself
while insane two weeks ago, died today.
Beard snatched a gun from the pocket
of the officer who had arrested him and
shot himself in the head.
Fur Robbery in Sitka.
SEATTLE, Wash., May 1. A cable to
the Times from Sitka, Alaska, says the
local office of the Alaska-Pacific Express
Company has been robbed of raw furs
valued at $4700 belonging to H. Moses, of
Haines Mission.
Crime Weighs on His Mind.
SEASIDE. Or., May 1. (Special.)
Henry Blunk, held in the County Jail in
Astoria, charged with a statutory crime,
is reported to be losing his mind. The
girl he betrayed refuses to see him.
BELIEVE OUTLAWS DROWNED
Posse Finds Horses With Wet Sad
dles at Luke's Edge.
SPOKANE, Wash.,-May 1. (Special.)
A heavily armed posse from Wilson
Creek and Coulee City have been chas
ing two horsethleves all day In the coun
try west of Wilson Creek, in the vicinity
of Strford. Search late this afternoon
resulted In the capture of the horses
which had been stolen from a Wenatchee
livery barn, on the banks o"f Brook Lake,
near Stratford, but the riders could not
be found. , '
The horses were found grazing on the
shore of the lake and the saddles and
blankets were soaked with water. Two
water-soaked and mud-stained hats were
found in the waters of the lake, indi
cating the robbers evidently tried to ford
an arm of the lake and failed. There
was no Indication on the opposite Fide of
the lake that a landing had been effected
and many members of the posse believe
the hunted men drowned. Others think
the fugitives used this device to delay
pursuit until they could ' get Into safe
hiding. An effort will be made tomorrow
to locate the bodies in the lake.
RESUME WORK OX BIG PLANT
Building Dupont Factory and Town
at Tacoma to Be Rushed.
TAOOMA. Wash., May 1. ( Special.)
Proof that prosperity has setumed and ii
here to stay was the announcement todaj
that construction work on the mam mot b
plant of the E. I. Dupont-De Nemourt
Powder Company, on the Nisqually flats,
is to be resumed tomorrow morninc.
Two hundred men will be put to work
and the task of completing the plant ami
its neighboring town will be pushed witb
energy. Work of constructing the various
buildings began about a year ago. Witt
the financial depression in the Eust last
Fall, construction was temporarily sus
pended. Orders to resume work won
received Thursday from William Ramsay
of Wilmington, Del., chief engineer loi
the company. The activities for this Sum
mer contemplate the erection of 20 mor
buildings and the expenditure of approx
imately $100,000.
BARBER SHOPS TO BE CLEAN
Tacoma'H Health Officer Says Thej
Must Sterilize Everything.
TACOMA. Wash.. May l.-(SpeciaL)-Health
Officer Sargentivh proposes to
make his campaign fnr "Cleaner Ta
coma" widespread. While he is com
pleting his circular, which provides rules
for grocers, butchers, bakers, confection
ers and other dealers in edlhliv. he is
planning to cleanse the barber shops.
The barber shop Is one place where
diseases of every nature may bo spread,
says the Health Officer, and he will de
mand that each brush, mug and razor
be thoroughly sterilized after enrh shave
and scissors much be sterilized after each
haircut. No towel must be used on two
persons. Dr. Sargentich figures that it
will cost the largest shop In Tacoma
less than $1.50 a month to carry out his
Idea, and many of the barbers have
spoken favorably of the new rule.
DIES FROM UNKNOWN MALADY
Italian Woman in Tacoma Cannol
Get Physician's Aid.'
TACOMA. Wash., May 1. (Special.)
Mrs. Fiorotte Sahr, an Italian woman,
died suddenly of some unknown malad
this morning at ljoS South D street. Mrs.
Sahr was taken suddenly ill about I
o'clock with what "appeared to be pa
ralysis. .She was not feeling well wher
the men left the house and shortly aftei
the attack took a firmer hold upon her.
She finally managed to drag her body to
the window on her hands. After repeated
efforts she attracted the attention ol
neighbors, who ran to her assistance.
Efforts were made to call several phy- v
sicians, but without result and the woman
died about 9 o'clock.
TRIES TO SPOIL THE ISSUE
Centralla Daily Chronicle Appears
in Spile of Vandalism.
CENTRALIA. Wash.. May l.-(Spe-clal.)
The first issue of the Centralla
Dally Chronicle was published today. The
paper will be the same size as when a
semi-weekly. The United Press news
service Is used. All the stock of tha
Chronicle Publishing Company has been
secured by Thomas Crawford, managing
editor, and H. A." Steel, city editor.
The night before the paper was to ap
pear as a dally some miscreant familiar
with printing presses tampered with the
Chronicle press. The damagu done was
slight.
Dalles Girls Win in Oratory.
WALLA WALLA. May 1. (Special.)
First place In the trl-state Interscholastic
declamation contest was won tonight by
Miss Pearl Watkins. ef The Dalles, with
a selection "Ole Mistls." The decision
of the judges was unanimous In favor of
Miss Watkins. Second place went to
Margaret Stelle. of Boise, and third to
Leila Garfield, of Walla Walla. Eighteen
representatives of the leading hifih
schools of Oregon, Washington and
Idaho were entered in the contest.
Better Service for Pendleton.
PENDLETON, Or.,May 1. (Special.)
The Pendleton-Walla Walla freight
train, whieh has hitherto made its head
quarters in Walla Walla, leaving that
city In the morning and returning in the
evening, will stay over night in Pendle
ton hereafter and leave in the mormnfc.
The greater amount of freight to be dis
tributed from this point was the cause
of the change In schedule. Towns along
the line can get their freight a whole day
earlier than before.
Refuse to Take Wage Advance,
SPOKANE. May 1. Because the em
ployers refused to sign the new scale of
wages of the Coopers' Union, nine mem
bers of that organization, walked out to
day. The new scale provides for a
graduated scale which would mean an in
crease of from 25 cents to 50 cents fw'r
man. All coopers working east of the
Cascades and west of Butte, Including
that city, will be affected by the strike
unless the scale is signed.
Seaside Wants High School.
SEASIDE, Or.. May 1. (Special.) An
effort is being made to have a high school
course added to the public schools of
this city and a meeting Is to be called
to discuss ways and means for accom
plishing this object.
There re' a number of publis in Sea
side who wish to take a high sehool
course, but who cannot leave homo for
that purpose.
Close Down Logging Camp.
ASTORIA. Or., May 1. (Special.)
The Chinook Lumber- Company Is making
arrangements to close down its logging
camp on Deep River for an indefinite
period. The reason for this action Is
said to be the weak condition of the log
market.
Mayday at O. A. C.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.
Corvallis, May 1. (Special.) The Mayday
exercises in the forenoon filled the campus
with spectators. The gay costumes, the
music by the Cadet Regiment Band and
the dance around the May-pole with the
crowning of the queen afforded a beauti
ful spectacle.