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Newspaper Page TextTHE 3IORXTXG 0REG05TAN. THURSDAY. JTHLY 2, 1908. ORCHARD TO LIVE AGAINST HIS WILL Idaho Board of Pardons Com mutes Death Sentence to . Life Imprisonment. WANTS TO EXPIATE CRIMES Protests Against Efforts to Have Penalty Set Aside Clemency Re com mended by Judge in Passing Sentence. BOISE, Idaho, July 1 Harry Or chard's desire to hang was frustrated by the Idaho Board of Pardons shortly before noon. It decided that Steunen berjr's assassin should spend the rest of his days in the penitentiary, instead of going to the scaffold. The board is said to have been in fluenced by three motves: The fullness of Orchard's confession and the conse quences of his alleged expose, the rec ommendation of Judge Wood, who in passing sentence of execution said Or chard certainly should not pay the ex treme penalty in vietl of the disclosures he had made; and the possibility of his being useful at future trials in connec tion with former Colorado outrages. The Pardon Board consists of Gov ernor Gooding. Secretary of State Lans lon and Attorney-General Guheen. Frank Wyman, appointed by the court to represent Orchard, appeared before the board and presented a formal ar gument in behalf of his client, basing his plea solely on the legal status of the case, and maintaining, as was held by Judge Wood in recommending clem ency, that in making Orchard a state's witness, the state obligated itself to extend clemency to him In return. No one appeared to oppose the proposed commutation, and by the unanimous vote of the board clemency was ex tended. Orchard "Wants to Be Hanged. Orchard to the last was opposed to having the sentence of the court inter fered with. Only yesterday he ex pressed to his attorney the hope that efforts to save him from the gallows would fail. Orchard was arrested two days after the assassination of ex-Governor Steunenberg at Caldwell. Idaho, Decem ber 30, 1905, and a few weeks later, While confined in the Idaho penitentiary confessed his guilt to James McPar land, of the Pinkerton detective agency, at the same time asserting that he was employed to commit the crime by offi cers of the Western Federation of Min ers. As a result of his confession, Charles H. Moyer, president; William I. Haywood, secretary-treasurer of the Western Federation of Miners, and George Pettibone, were arrested in 1'onver and brought to Idaho to answer the charge of murder. John Simpkins, another member of the Federation, also indicted, escaped and Is still a fugitive. Haywood and Pettibone were acquitted after memorable trials In which Or chard told a story of wholesale assas sination which shocked the world. Sentenced With Recommendation. Following the trial of Pettibone the case against Moyer was dismissed. Or chard, who was indicted separately, when arraigned after his confession, stood mute and the court directed that a plea of not guilty be entered. His case was continued from term to term until April 10 of this year, when it was called at Caldwell and he asked per mission to change his plea. The court granted the request and Orchard pleaded guilty to murder in the first degree. In pronouncing the sentence of death a week later. Judge Wood recommend ed that the Board of Pardons commute the sentence, saying he was fully con vinced that Orchard had told the whole and exact truth at the trials of Hay wood and Pettibone and that he was therefore, for the service he had rend ered the state, entitled to clemency. CEMENT DITCH TO PROTECT Government Project at Kcho to Keep 200 Men Busy. ECHO. Or.. July 1. (Special.) M. A. Klrtley, who has supervision of the Government project at this place, has eix carloads of cement stored here, to use on the Government ditch. The first carload of gravel and sand arrived yes terday from Umatilla, 18 miles from here, and work will begin at once. About 5000 lineal feet will be cemented, at a cost of $50,000. This is a force contract by the Gov ernment to protect the O. R. & N. track, which runs parallel to and just below the ditci. The work begins at a point about one mile below town. Th seepage of water necessitates this work, aa it endangers the track. Vhtte the reservoir was being filled it was necessary to employ ditch-walkers and pven then there were three serious brenks In the ditch. At one time two mm were killed, twice the railroad track was washed out, the last time a trftln-wreck was narrowly averted. Now as the reservoir has been filled the water is turned off, and the ditch will be cemented in a substantial and per manent manner. It is estimated that it will require a force of 200 men for a peciod of not less than two months to complete the work. Mahoney Succeeds Conser. HEPFNER. Or., July 1. (Special.) At a meeting of the directors of the First Na tional Bank of this city today, T. J. Ma honey, cashier of the Bank of lone; was elected cashier, llr. Mahoney will enter at once upon his duties as successor of George Conser. deceased, and will bring his family here from lone. Murder Charge Dismissed. BELLIXGHAM. Wash.. July 1. The murder charge against Mary E. Eggles ton, who on June 16 shot her husband to death before her children's eyes, was dismissed today by Prosecutor Perin ge.r. The woman's defense was self defense, and he prosecution decided it could not make out a case against her. Killing; Off Squirrels. ECHO, Or., July 1. (Special.) A number of farmers in the vicinity of Echo are exterminating the squirrels by giving them a dope received from the Department of Agriculture at Washington, D. C, which spreads a fatal disease among them. The de partment distributes this free. Settle on Baker Dry Lands. BAKEK CITY, Or.. July 1 (Special.) As evidence that certain men who were hero a, few weeka ago from Washington State looking over dry land mean busi ness, several have returned and on their .claims in the Virtue Flat country are erecting cabins and making the neces sary Improvements which the homestead law requires. These men have no hes itancy in stating that Baker County dry lands will produce wheat as well as the Washington dry lands, and they further state that many people are planning on settling here next season. - Sumpter Valley Traffic Increases. BAKER CITY, Or., July 1. (Special.) As proof that conditions generally are Improving in Baker County and extreme Eastern Oregon it is noteworthy that the Sumpter Valley Railroad reports bus iness increasing each week. This is due to so many seeking the Harney country by way of Baker City, to the mining activity that is beginning to be notice able in the Sumpter district, and to the number of tourists that are seeking high er altitudes during the Summer season. BIGGEST FOURTH IN BAKER Three Days Celebration of "Jubi lee" to Be by Home Talent. BAKER CITY, Or.. July 1. (Special.) The biggest celebration of July Fourth ever held in Baker City will be held this vear in what is known as a July jubilee lasting for three days beginning July 2 and closing the night of July 4. The event is to be by home talent. The north end of Main street for two blocks has been given over to the celebration and a forest of trees has been brought in and replanted in that portion of the princi- PIONEERS MARRIED 60 YEARS. if. -; IB ,1 r k. y :- . 1 MR. AND MRS. B. BURTENSHAV, OP LEBANON. LEBANON, Or., July 1. (Special.) Mr. and Mrs. B. Burtenshaw celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in this city Saturday, June 27. Mr. Burtenshaw was born in England. December 17, 1824, and, with his parents, came to the United States in 1836 and first settled In Vir ginia, from where, a few years later, they moved to Kentucky. Mrs. Burtenshaw was born in Kentucky, August 17, 1831, and was the daughter of Rev. Mavlty, a Methodist preacher. In 1855 the young couple started westward and moved to Davis County, Missouri, where they lived until the Spring of 1863, when they again set their faces westward, this time headed for the far-off Willamette Valley. They arrived in Linn County in the Fali of 1863, having crossed the plains by oxteam. Their train was delayed a tew days on the top of Laurel Mountain by the arrival of a new daughter in the Burtenshaw family. They have lived in this county for 45 years. Mr. Burtenshaw Is now nearly 84 years old and his wife 77, but they appear much younger. To them nine children have been born, eight of whom are living and all married. Five live In this county. Those living are Mrs. J. P. Crabtree, Mrs. J. C. Prior, Mrs. E. P. Elliot, Mrs. E. J. Fitzwater, of this county: W.. A. Burtenshaw, of King County, Wash.; T. H. Burten shaw, of Bellingham, Wash.; L. L. Burtenshaw, a lawyer of Council, Idaho, and J. M. Burtenshaw, who is now 37 years old. of Lebanon. There are four generations of the family living in this county. pal highway of the city. This will be known as "The Trail" and along it will be shows of different kinds, all by peo ple of this city. Exciting events, such as broncho busting, riding and roping are Included in the programme. Each evening automobile and carriage parades, band concerts, dances of the plug uglies and many other features will entertain. A baby show is to be held during the jubilee in which a great deal of Interest is being taken. PASS ON RIGHTS OF WAY Jury Called to Take Up Oregon Elec tric Cases. HILLSBORO, Or.. July 1. (Special.) Owing to the many condemnation suits for right of way, filed by the Oregon Elec tric, and the desire of the company to have matters settled so that the line be tween Portland and this city may be com pleted before bad weather. Judge Mc- Bride has made an order for calling a jury for the equity term of Circuit Court, which will convene here July 20, In all there are 15 or 20 cases to settle and the jury selected is: W. W. Jacquith, r". A. Bower, J. R. Ennes, South Tuala tin; R. B. Porter; Homer Emmott, A. J. Roy, Dwight Pomeroy, North Hillsboro; E. J. Thomas, Beaverton; N. I. Burnett, H. G. King. Banks; J. R. Bailey, Buxton; Emil Hellman. West Butte; H. B. John son, A. W. Creps, South Forest Grove; B. F. Purdy. Gaston; C. W. Bloom, Reed ville: J. C. Beach, W. W. Williams. J. H. Davis, Columbia: J. C. Wilson, Robert Thompson, Herman Ritter, Beaverdam; Olave Johnson, Mountain; C. J. James, Gales Creek: D. H. Bailey. Cornelius; C. F. Barrett. West Cedar; William Kemper, North Forest Grove; James Jacquot. West Butte: H. D. Schmeitzer, W. A. Martin, P. W. McQuillan. South Hillsboro. TWICE MARRIED IN DAY County Justice Slakes Error, Which He Quickly Rectifies. HILLSBORO, Or., July 1. (Special.) The unusual experience of a couple going through two marriage ceremonies on the same day happened in this county today. Samuel Smith and Miss Mabel Grove, of Gales Creek, an outlying precinct, came to the city today, bringing with them on their 20-mile trip J. W. McRobert, the Gales Creek Justice of the Peace. After procuring a marriage license, the party repaired to the Hotel Tualatin, where Mc Robert performed the ceremony. The Justice then went to the Courthouse to file the marriage, when he was told by County Clerk Godman that a Justice could marry people only in his Jurisdic tion, which would be within the boundar ies of his precinct. McRobert soon gath ered in the couple and they proceeded 20 miles to Gales Creek, where another ceremony was performed. SLAYER PHYSICAL WRECK Anderson, Who Killed Mrs. Gordon, Cannot Live Out Term. MARSHFIELD. Or.. July 1. (Special.) Holland Anderson, the bartender who was sentenced to live years in the Peni tentiary for shooting and killing Mrs. Edward Sam Gordon in MarshfSeld on May 9. has been taken to the Peniten tiary. It is stated by physicians who have been attending him since his con finement in the County Jail that he Is a physical wreck and that he cannot live out his sentence. He is suffering from heart. and lung trouble and it Is not believed that he can survive for more than a few months or a year at best if , confined In the Penitentiary, FIND BRIGHT SPOT Thirsty Ones of Roseburg Con tract Future Delivery. BREWERY STORAGE AGENT Contracts Made Before June SO and Cover Period of Several Years for Kcgular Delivery "ear Beer'" Also Being Made and Sold. ROSEBURG, Or., July 1. (Special. ) At midnight last night. In accordance with the local option law, all saloons in Iouglas County were closed. It was ex pected that a last good time would be in dulged In at that time in Roseburg, but all saloons were- quietly and promptly closed at 12 o'clock, only four arrests being made during the entire evening. Although all saloons are closed, Rose burg citizens who love the flowing bowl fill by no means go without, as the Rose burg brewery has contracted with ail so wishing to supply them with a certain amount of beer regularly for a period of several years. The contracts were made before June 30 and the brewery acts as the storage agent for the contractor, al lowing the latter to draw out any amount at any time. The brewery also manufactures "near beer," which will be on sale at all soft drink establishments. Several Govern ment licenses have also been issued in Douglas County, evidence that Roseburg will have a few blind pigs. The vacated saloon buildings have mostly all been rented for other purposes, mainly for soft drink establishments. TXIOX COUNTY FINDING WAYS Schemes for Dodging Prohibition Being Mapped Outl LA GRANDE, Or., July 1. (Special.) Without any semblance of carousal the saloons of Union County closed at midnight last night and have been closed all day. To all appearances there are r.one which will violate the will of the people and the stipulation of the local option law. In La Grande there was much free booze, but few drunks, only two being arrested for disorderly conduct. The saloonmen have resigned themselves to conditions, and less grumbling has been heard today than prior to the closing. Laws covering shipments in and out of Union County are of more concern today than anything else. It is be lieved that large quantities of beer have been ordered and paid for before July 1, and as a result shipments will continue from the breweries. This is allowable under the law. It is also ru mored that the brewery here can dodge the law and continue to run its estab lishment by shipping the beer to Baker County, to its agent, where he will per sonally accept the shipment and then sell It. The first dry day passed very quietly and without noticeable differ ence from other days. THIS DEALER WILIi CONTEST South Hillsboro Saloonman Wants Recount on Prohibition. HILLSBORO. Or.. July 1. (Special.) F. E. Cornelius, a South Hillsboro liquor dealer, has filed a suit in the Circuit Court of this county asking for a recount of South Hillsboro precinct, which went dry, on the face of the returns, by a ma jority of 12. The complaint alleges that J. M. Bridges and F. C. Frances, two voters of Cornel ius precinct, voted here, and the plaintiff further alleges that many votes had tden tifying marks, and that there weremore than 12 votes counted for prohibition that were not legal ballots and should have been thrown out. The Circuit Court cannot take up the re count before July 20. when there will be a regular term. Both saloons In the re stricted precinct were running today, the County Court having issued no procla mation as to the election results. The order to close will probably issue between now and Saturday. DELAYED BY AX INJUNCTION Independence Still Wet, While Rest of County Is Closed. DALLAS, Or.. July 1. (Special.) Prohi bition took effect In every precinct of Polk County, excepting the city of In dependence, at 10 o'clock last night. The injunction filed yesterday by J. R. Coop er, a saloonkeeper of Independence, pre vents the law from being inforced in that city until the case can be heard before Judge Galloway In Salem tomor row. Xna change .from wettodry took placet quietly In Dallas, and the city passed into the new ,regime with comparatively no change in its ordinary activities. Every saloon In the city has been closed and Eeveral of their proprietors have secured establishments in Lincoln and Marion Counties already. The saloonkeepers of Independence, however, hope to keep that city in the wet column, through the same grounds that were recently urged in the Hedford injunction case. DAYTON COMMERCIAL CLUB New Organization to Boom Yamhill County Town. DAYTON, Or., July 1. (Special.) One of the most enthusiastic and best attended meetings ever held in Dayton was the one Tuesday night at which an organization to be known as the Day ton Commercial Club was perfected. The meeting was given in the form of an entertainment to which every person In this vicinity was Invited, and they turned out in full force. The big hall in the new bricjc block was filled to overflowing. The stage was appro priately decorated with flowers and bunting. A good programme was ren dered, whish consisted of music by Clark's orchestra, a number of songs by M. O. Lownsdale, and short but pointed talks by Messrs. Macy, Wort man. LeWlS. Vinton H n H Unilnnn nf McMinnville; M. O. Lownsdale, of La- layette, and R. L. Harris, of this city. The object of this organization, aside from its local duties, is to work in harmony with the Yamhill Countv De velopment League, of which Mr. Lowns dale is secretary and manager. rne Dayton Commercial Club starts out with a good solid membership and will be a valuable factor in aiding, the County League in whatever it under takes. SAMUEL COULTER DEAD Well-Known Pioneer of Oregon Passes Away in Seattle. SEATTLE. Wash.. July 1. (Snecial Samuel Coulter, a pioneer of Wash ington and Oregon, who crossed the plains, driving an ox-team in 1850, died here today at the age of 76 years. When Mr. Coulter arrived at Oregon City, September 12, 1850, he had exactly $2, but within a few years accumulated a comfortable fortune. He arrived in the West when the California gold ex citement was at its height, and tried his hand at mining, but soon returned to Oregon and engaged in the sawmill business. From there he moved to Olympia. Wash., and took up a claim. In 1871 he was appointed by Presi dent Grant to the position of Collector or internal Revenue for the District of Washington, and in 1873 entered the steamboat business. In 1878, with C. p. Church, he built the Esmond Hotel in Portland. In the following year he was one of a comnanv nf men tn hniM a part of the Northern Pacific from Cheney to Spokane. Later he opened up tne ttucoda coal mines in Thurston County, Wash. He leaves a widow and two sons. INDIAN MURDERER FOUND m y Coo-Se-I, Who Killed His Step mother, Enters Chemawa School. 'NORTH YAKIMA. July 1. (Sne cial.) James Coo-Se-I, a young Indian, who shot and killed his stepmother and wounded Walgus Strong at his father's ranch on the Yakima- reservation a week ago, has been located at Salem, Or., and will be brought back here by Sheriff Edwards tonight. Coo-Se-I joined the Indian school at Chemawa, near Salem under an assumed name. After the shooting he rode into the hills and fired at several Indians whom he met on the road. Coo-Serl boasted that he would never be taken alive. The crime was due to jealousy, Coo-Se-I being angry because his father had not given him charge of the ranch. SEATTLE IN DIVORCE SUIT Complaining Wife Makes City Party Defendant to Case. SEATTLE. Wash., July 1. (Special.) Andrew H. Stay and the City of Seattle are made defendants in the suit for di vorce filed today in the Superior Court by fcaran JLt stay, Andrew's wife. This is the first time the city has ever figured- in a divorce suit, and the papers served on Mayor John F. Miller, set forth many reasons why the decree should be granted. The city became a defendant by reason of the fact that the Stays have been awarded 3500 damages for property con demned by the municipality. Both hus band and wife are after the amount of this judgment, and Mrs. Stay makes the city a joint defendant in the proceedings in order that she may be awarded a part or ail of the condemnation award. VACANT LAND AREA LESS Yakima District Report Shows That Claims Being Taken Up. NORTH YAKIMA. July 1. (Spe cial.) The annual report of the United States Land Office in the Yakima dis trict shows that in Yakima County the area of vacant public land Is now re duced to 126,072 acres, a large part of which Is situated in the reservation. The area of unallotted land in Kittitas County is 150.000' acres; in Benton County there is but 27,062 acres unal lotted and in Douglas County, 15,003. During the year which closed yesterday 478 homesteads were taken up and these, together with desert land clams, account for 120,000 acres entered upon during the year. REDUCTION OF ONE-FOURTH Washington County Valuations to Undergo Decrease. HILLSBORO, Or., July 1. (Special.) Assessor Wilcox today stated that the Washington County assessment roll for the current year will suffer a fiat re duction of over 25 per cent on all realty values and that a big reduction will be made on timber assessments. He thinks that the entire roll will be about $11, 000.000, as against J16.500.000 for 1907. Standing timber will be valued at $3. 000,000 in. 1908, as against $4,500,000 for 1907. Timber land was last year assessed at $5 per acre and this year will be cut to W per acre. Gravity System for La Grande. LA GRANDE, Or.. July 1. (Special.) A business man- of Kansas City is in La Grande today arranging with the Coun cil to put in a water system that will take its supply fron) Beaver Creek, a cool mountain stream 18 miles away. . He is willing to take city bonds in payment The city voted on this matter a year ago, but as the charter was faulty, no bonds could be floated at that time, and the proposition was deferred. A new charter is now in force. Eya glasses tLOO. at Metzger'a, Our store will be closed all day Saturday, July 4th. Do your holi day buying today and tomorrow. Everything that men and boys wear will be on sale at our Enlargement Sale reduced prices. CLOTHIERS 166-170 Third Street. TO FISH OFF COD BANKS TO BE WORKED SYS TEMATICALLY. Newport Firm Buys Vessel and Will Start Operations at Once Others Soon to Follow. NEWPORT, June 30. (Special.) An nouncement has just been made here of the formation of a new firm, Voeth & Hembree, which will operate gas schooners to the big banks lying just off Yaquina bar. The new firm has al ready procured a hull In Portland which is to be fitted with engines of a late pattern and put in commission out of Newport. Some years ago the United States Fish Commission steamer Albatross spent some time in surveying the cod banks lying just southwest of Yaquina Bay. The report of the Fish Commis sion was that the banks were extensive and that both cod and halibut were to be found on them in great quantities. This report stirred up considerable speculation but it came to little. The fishing done so far has been by small boat and has continued during only a small part of the Summer. The new enterprise is but one of sev eral now under way. It is understood that the J. M. Alexander Company, of Aberdeen, is expecting soon to put one or more vessels into the business out of this bay and at least two other firms are .ousily looking over the ground with a view to erecting large cold storage plants for the handling of cod and halibut. Voeth & Hembree expect to be in active business within a month and promise to enlarge their facilities just as fast as possible. The depth on Ya quina bar is now 12 feet at dead low water and the entrance is now regarded as feasible for staunch craft at any season of the year. The new boat will be of light draft and heavy power. The market for fish is good throughout the valley and contracts have already been made for a catch of two tons a day. NORTHWEST DEATH RECORD. G. H. Daniels, Railroad Man. LAKE PLACID, N. Y., July 1. George H. Daniels, formerly general passenger agent of the New York Central Railroad, died here today, aged 66 years. He was a native of Hampshire, 111., and began his railroad service as a rodman in the en gineer corps of the Northern Missouri Railroad. After a varied service in rail road work, he became general passenger agent of the New York Central In 1889 and was retained in that position until 1905, when he was made passenger traf fic manager of the New York Central The General 'Demand of the Well-informed of the World has always been for a simple, pleasant and efficient liquid laxative remedy of known value; a laxative which physi cians could sanction for family use because its component parts are ' known to them to be wholesome and truly beneficial im effect, acceptable to the system and gentle, yet prompt, in action. In supplying that demand with its excellent combination of Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna, - the Cali fornia Fig Syrup Co. proceeds along ethical lines and relies on the merits of the laxative for its remarkable success. That is one of many reasons why Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna is given the preference by the Well informed. To get its beneficial effects always buy the genuine manufac tured by the California Fig Syrup Co., only, and for sale by all leading druggists. Price fifty cents per bottle. HAND SAPOLIO - FOR TOILET AND BATH Fingers roughened by needlework eaten every stain and look hope lessly dirty. Hand Sapolio re moves not only the dirt, bnt also the loosened, injured cuticle, and restores the fingers to their nat ural beauty. ALL gMCZMJUTCt SBSftSSXa 1 1 -TlmACT J I Fop the Nursing Mother -r f T" mo,ner', health and strength are of vital jf ' -j, V" importance during the nurting period Digesto P ' : , : lis jtijj Ml Extract it a highly concentrated, pre- ci- ; - it. fAli--yrH digetted liquid food, which hat not only the 5ssgtifcs?j ' x j J power to digeit other foods, but also to create " 1 (1 I new rich blood, and ratty matter necettary to the JLlfV 2 I formation of strength-giving milk. SiiiT "tract J Palatable and Efficient jex SIjPi THEO. HAMM BREWING CO.. ST. PAUL SiSCi I IIMMMWMMSIMIMIMII I 1 11 IIIIM ! Illll III ! m - - m lines. Mr. Daniels had been ill with a hardening of the arteries for some time and this was complicated by indigestion, which made it impossible for him to take nourishment. Mr. Daniels, in the 80's. served as com missioner of the Iowa Trunk Line Asso ciation, Colorado Railroad Association, Utah Traffic Association and Central Passenger Commission. He was also vice chairman of the Central Traffic Associa tion and chairman of the Eastbound Pas senger Commission. Admiral C. H. Rockwell. CHATHAM, Mass., July 1. Rear-Admiral Charles H. Rockwell, retired, died here early today of apoplexy, aged 6S years. Rear-Admiral Rockwell served In the Navy 40 years, retiring on h!s own application In 1902. His last com mand was the cruiser Chicago. Admiral Rockwell was born In Chat ham, Mass., April 29, 1840, and entered the naval service of the United States In July, 1862. as acting Master. He was rapidly promoted through various volun teer ranks to Lieutenant in February, 1868. Ten years later he became a Com mander and was retired a Rear-Admiral. He served with credit in many engage ments during the Civil War. NORTH BEACH Is the busiest and most brilliant pleasure haunt in this part of the country this Summer. Its thousands of devotees rejoice to learn that they can now go and come on a regular schedule, independent of tides. The popular excursion steamer of Oregon Railroad & Navigation Co., T. J. POTTER Leaves Portland, Ash-Street Dock, DAILY, EXCEPT SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, 8:30 A. M. SATURDAYS ONLY, 2 P. M. Magnificent Daylight Trip DOWN THE COLUMBIA Direct Connection at Megler -with the Uwaco Railroad, thence to the beach resorts. See published schedules. EXCURSION RATES FROM PORTLAND Season Tickets, on sale daily '. .3 4.0O Saturday-to-Monday Tickets $ 3.00 Five-Trip Commutation Tickets S15.00 Reduced rates prevail from all parts of the state. Purchase tickets at the City Ticket Office, O. R. & N., Third and "Washington Streets. Wm. McMurray, Portland, Oregon GENERAL PASSENGER AGENT Four Trains to the East NORTH COAST LIMITED TWIN CITY EXPRESS EASTERN EXPRESS NORTHERN PACIFIC-BURLINGTON EXPRESS NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY Visit YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK Stopovers Allowed on All Tickets to Enable Trip Being Taken Through Park. ROUND-TRIP TOURIST FARES To All Points in the Middle and Eastern States. Apply to Any Ticket Agent Northern Pacific Railway and Have Fares Quoted, Routes Explained, and Berth Reservations Made, or Call on or Write A. D. CHARLTON, Asst. Gen. Pass. Agent, 255 Morrison Street, Portland, Oregon. FALLS INTO PIT OF FIRE Curry County Young Man Victim of Peculiar Accident. GOLD BEACH, Or.. July 1. (Special.) Claude Walker and Ed Lawrence. voung1 men from the southern part of the county who were staying here at the hotel, were sitting by the side of a large pit in which ' smoldered the ashes from the remains of a huge tree that had been removed. Suddenly Walker, overcome by the gas possibly, became unconscious and pitched forward into the pit. Law rence immediately pulled him out, but not before his cheek and ear had been burned to a crisp and he had suffered severe burns on the body. He will re cover. Argonaut Gets Divorce. HILLSBORO. Or., July 1. (Special.) Converse W. McNamer, of Forest Grove, and who was one of the passengers on the Geo. W. Elder on Its first run to Skag way, in 1897, at the time of the Klondike excitement, has been granted a divorce from Aria McNamer. The property In terests were settled out of court. De sertion was the cause alleged.