THE -MORNING OREGONIAN, TTLSHAT, JULY 14, 1908.
WILL JOIN ISSUE
Oil INJUNCTION
Taft to Analyze Platforms in
His Speech of Ac
ceptance. DEFEND HIS OWN RECORD
AVill Speak Briefly at Cincinnati, but
N Discuss Issues Thoroughly in Let
ter or Acceptance Com
pares Two Platforms.
HOT SPRINGS. Va., July 13. Beginning
the work of writing his speech of accept
ance of the Presidential nomination, to
be delivered in Cincinnati on July 28, W.
H. Taft today made a careful study and
comparison of the Democratic and Re
publican platforms adopted by the re
cent conventions. Injunction planks will
receive the most attention, so much more
having been said on this subject, crit
icism from Democratic sources having
been made on his record while on the
r bench in respect to the process of the
' injunction, and the two parties having
adopted planks on that subject which
are liable to play an important part in
the campaign. ;ir. Taft will declare
his position on this important question
in forceful and unmistakable terms.
Senator Warner's notification speech
will be so brief that it will not require
over 10 minutes in its delivery. The
speech of acceptance also will be short.
The letter of acceptance will treat pub
lic questions at greater length and will
not be forthcoming for several weeks
after the ceremony of notifying the can
didate has taken place.
Mr. Taft went out upon the golf links
today as usual and played 18 holes. He
purposes to play golf every day while
at Hot Springs, and it is not likely that
anything he will have to do will interfere
with the game.
"I play golf instead of taking medi
cine," he said.
BOIRXE GIVES TAFT ADVICE
Begs Him Not to Xante His Own
Successor.
WASHINGTON. July 13. The Wash
ington post prints the following:
Senator Bourne yesterday crept out
of the retirement in which he had
been nursing the wounds made by the
Taft atoam roller in the Chicago con
vention. The original Roosevelt-second-elective-term
champion signalized
his reappearance by issuing a state
ment in which he called upon Taft to
promise upon the sacred honor of a
fat man that he would not attempt to
name his successor when he ceased to
be President Taft. provided he was
elected in November.
Bourne declines to admit that Roose
velt is not yet the choice of the peo
ple of the country. He maintains that
the demonstration on mention of the
President's name in the convention
proved it to his satisfaction. He slaps
his Idol, however, by declaring "the
means used to nominate Taft may be
potential enough to destroy our party."
Denouncing what he terms the resi
duary legateeship to the White House,
Bourne says: "Taft should declare
when his party or electorate relieves
him of service that he will In no man
ner attempt to select his successor
other than to give loyal support to his
party's selection.
In the end It's all right. Senator
Bourne may be chastened, but he will
stick by the Republican nominee. Cries
of great joy were heard from the direc
tion of Hot. Springs last night, and
the glow of red fire being burned in
celebration lighted the heavens.
NO NEED TO DECLARE HIMSELF
Star Criticises Bourne's Suggestion
of Taffs Re-election.
OREGONIAN NEWS Bi'REAU. Wash
ington. July 13. The Washington Star
construes Senator Bourne's latest inter
view to mean that W. H. Taft. it he
would improve his chances for a first
term, must declare a willingness, to ac
cept as many terms as the people may
wish to bestow upon him. Commenting
upon the interview, the Star says:
"If Taft is elected, he Is certain of re
nominatlnn, and should have a fine
chsnce of re-election. That will comply
with, not violate, precedent. The mat
ter will work Itself out without any dec
laration now or later by the Chicago nom
inee. "One of the best things so far of this
year is the fresh repudiation the third
term suggestion has received. We should
hear no more of It. Let us hope that, at
last. It has gone to the bourne from which
no Jonathan ever returns."
HITCHCOCK HATES APATHY
(Continued from F'trM Pan.
llcan nomination. Hitchcock, as Taft's
manager, did not lec up when he found
that his candidates had enough votes
to win: he kept flghMng until the total
was far beyond the necessary majority;
fighting until the status of every dele
gate had been determined, and then he
remained on guard to see that nothing
went wrong with the progiamme he
had mapped out. So It will be In the
Fall campaign. Manager Hitchcock
will be on the Job right up to the time
the votes are cast, .and then, as at Chi
cago, he will be on guard to see that
the programme is carried through.
AVhy He Was Chosen.
One of the participants in the Hot
Springs conference, speaking of of that
meeting, said:
"Hitchcock was chosen to manage
the campaign committee because, in the
opinion of the conference, he was far
and away the best equipped man to
undertake the Job. and because he was
the personal choice of Mr. Taft. The
Republican nominee, however, chose
Hitchcock for the same reason thax
actuated other participants in the con
ference: he had unbounded confidence
in Hitchcock's judgment and ability,
and felt that the campaign would be
safe In his hands.
Has Had Much Experience.
"Mr. Hitchcock has had more exper
ience in the management of a National
csmpaign than any other man who was
looked upon as a possible National
chairman. As assistant to Chairman
Cortelyou four years ago, he was cog
nizant of all that transpired, and on
all occasions he was , consulted by th
man who managed the campaign for
Roosevelt. In that way he learned how
a campaign is conducted, and he. more
over, gained acquaintance among the
leading Republicang of the entire coun
try. During the past three years, as
First Assistant Postmaeter-General, he
has been brought in still closer touch
with the party leaders, and his coun
sels with party leaders in the South
and West have made him more familiar
with conditions in those sections thaht
any of his competitors for the National
chairmanship.
Young, but Very Wise.
"It is true," continued this prominent
Republican, "that Mr. Hitchcock is n
comparatively young man, but in this
day and age youth is no handicap. Frank
H'tchcock has a level head, and a eool
ore, an active brain and an analyti
cal one." He is peculiarly equipped to
manage a campaign, for he has the
ability to size up a situation, determine
Just what is needed, and then get re
sults. "And when Frank Hithccock. well
along in the campaign, makes his pre
dictions, you can accept them as be
ing nearly correct. His forecasts prior
to the Chicago convention were ac
curate to a marked degree, because ne
knew whereof he spoke, and he did
not allow himself to drift into idle
boasting. Hitchcock is the right man
in the right place, and I venture to p -e-dlct
he will make good."
Believes in Publicity.
George R. Sheldon owes his selection as
treasurer of the Republican National com
mittee to the fact that he believes in
publishing a statement of campaign conr
tributions and their expenditure, and the
further fact that as treasurer for Hughes
in New York, he carried out the publicity
idea in a most satisfactory manner. Bryan
is committed to the publicity idea, and
the Democratic platform declares In favor
of publicity. The Democrats had intended
to make capital out of the failure of the
Republican convention to adopt a pub
licity plank at Chicago, but Taft is a
gieat believer in publicity, and his coun
sellors agreed with him at the Hot
Springs conference, and. therefore, a pub
licity man was chosen for treasurer and
it was announced that a statement of
the Republican campaign fund would be
made public in all its details, notwith
standing the action of the convention.
Shows Taft's Generalship.
This move, by' the way, is an indication
of the political astuteness of Mr. Taft.
The Republican nominee; according to his
friends, will show to the country, before
the campaign is over, that he knows not
a few tricks about the game of politics,
and will demonstrate that he is quite
competent of meeting Bryan on the big
field of battle. He robbed Bryan of an
Important campaign issue when Sheldon
was named and publicity was assured.
He will have further opportunities of
checkmating his rival as the fight pro
gresses. Vorys Had No Chance.
As a matter of absolute fact.
Arthur I. Vorys was never very near
the Republican National chairman
ship. He thought he was, and a great
many Ohio and Indiana Republicans
thought he would be honored, but out
side of this small circle Vorys was
never in high favor. Two tilings stood
between Vorys and the National
chairmanship. First, he was absolute
ly without training in the field of Na
tional politics, and secondly, as a Taft
manager in the campaign leading up
to the nominataion, Vorys made sev
eral bad breaks, one of them very
serious breaks which no man fitted
for National chairman would ever
make. In other words, Vorys was not
big enougii to conduct the National
campaign, in loyalty to Taft he was
not surpassed, even by Hitchcock, and
in his desire to see him nominated
he was as enthusiastic as any man, but
it requires more than loyalty and en
thusiasm to run a campaign.
Bryan Was Handicapped.
The Republican conference knew
they could not afford, to repeat the
blunder made by Judge Parker four
years age when he selected Tom Tag
Bart for National chairman, and had
to retire him before the campaign was
half over. The selection of Taggart
was a heavy drag to Parker through
out his campaign. Bryan, also, was
heavily handicapped in his two past
campaigns by his manager, James K.
Jones, now dead. Jones was a bluff
and a joke: he was no manager. Hitch
cock, on the other hand, is neither
a bluff nor a Joke, but measures up
to the requirements of the office for
which he has been chosen.
nan
PROMOTERS OP PHILADELPHIA
COMPANY IX TOILS.
Homer L. Castle, Who Once Ran for
Governor on Prohibitionist
Ticket, Head of Concern.
PHILADELPHIA. July 13.-True bills
of indictment, charging conspiracy in
making, printing and circulating false
financial statements of the Standard
Title & Trust Company, of this city, were
returned by the grand jury today against
Homer L. Castle, of Pittsburg, a former
Prohibition candidate for Governor of
Pennsylvania and his associates in the
promotion of the trust company, which
never opened for business.
Those indicted with Castle are Charles
Hunter. Philadelphia; D. C. Classington,
follinwood. N. J.; Arthur F. Williams,
Chicago and H. F. Aspinwall, Freeport,
The grnd Jury also returned indict
ments against Henry Cohen, of New
York, and Colonel S. Ford and Colonel
H. M. Ralston, of Chicago, on charges of
conspiracy, which are alleged misrep
resentations of the trust company's finan
cial condition.
It is claimed by stockholders that about
$150,000 is due them.
Alia Ready for Hanging.
CANTON CITY, Colo.. July 13.-Giu-seppe
Alia, who is to be hanged in the
State Penitentiary here some time this
week for the murder of Father Ieo Hein
richs. whom he shot In St. Elizabeth's
Church, in Denver. February 23 last, is
reported by the prison authorities todav
to be in good physical condition. No
other information concerning the con
demned man has been given out, and if
the day on which the execution will take
place has been set, the fact is not
known outside the prison.
Can Inspect Bank Books,
SAN FRANCISCO. July 18. The State
Supreme Court today made an order di
recting Receiver Le Breton, of the
wrecked California Safe Deposit & Trust
Company to permit all parties interested
to inspect the books of that institution
now in his charge. The order was made
as the result of mandamus proceedings
brought by Attorney Charles J. Boynton
to compel Superior Judge Coffey to al
low him to see all accounts in the bank.
Rain in Klamath Basin.
KLAMATH FALLS. Or., July 13. (Spe
cial.) Refreshing showers the past two
days have fallen throughout the Klam
ath basin, terminating several weeks of
dry weather. Upland crops have been
greatly benefited, and good viMs of
grain ara now assured. " -
INT SIMON
FOR PRESIDENT
Enemies Anti-Saloon League
Busy in Prohibition
Ranks.
ATTACK WOMAN SUFFRAGE
Chairman of Ohio Convention Says
Women Are Becoming Greater
Drinkers and Equal Suffrage
Aids Liquor Men.
COLUMBUS. O., July 13. With but few
of the delegates to the National Prohibi
tion convention, which will be held here
Wednesday and Thursday, on the ground,
a vigorous movement in behalf of Pro
efssor Charles Scan Ion, of Pittsburg, for
the Presidential nomination is the latest
development. Professor Scanlon is the
field representative of the Temperance
Society of the Presbyterian Church.' He
led the fight against the Indorsement of
the Anti-Saloon League at the meeting
of the Presbyterian General Assembly
here a year ago.
Other candidates for President whose
names are receiving consideration are
F. F. Wheeler. Los Angeles: D. R. Sheen,
Peoria. 111.; Alfred Mannier, of New
York, and Joseph P. Tracey, of Detroit.
Others in the race are George R. Stewart,
of Tennessee; Rev. A. B. Leonard, sec
retary of the Home Missionary Society
of the Methodist Episcopal Church; Rev.
J. D. Crantleld. of Dallas, Tex., and P.
W. Dalmore, of St. Louis.
Watklns for Second Place.
Up to the present time one candidate
for Vice-President has appeared. Profes
sor A. S. Watklns. of Ohio, is a candidate
for this place. It is expected he will be
named for Governor by the state conven
tion tomorrow and, if so, it will be with
the understanding that he' will withdraw
from the state ticket In the event that
he secures second place on the National
ticket. The reason there are no other
entries for the Vice-Presidential contest
Is that it has been a custom to select the
candidate for this place from among the
defeated candidates for President.
There will be meetings tomorrow of the
National and central legislative commit
tees. The' former will name temporary
officers to be recommended to the con
vention, which wil lopen at Memorial
Hall Wednesday at 10 A. M. The dis
trict meetings for the selection of mem
bers of the National, central and -other
committees will be held tomorrow.
Vicious Attack on Women.
A-fight against a platform of numerous
issues and in favor of one confined to
the single issue of prohibition was started
at the opening session by Temporary
Chairman H. L. Peake, of Sandusky, and
will be carried to the National prohibition
convention, which opens Wednesday.
Mr. Peeke, in an address which con
sumed more than two hours, assailed
woman suffrage, which has come to be
regarded as an established tenet of the
party, declaring that women drink more
and men less than they did a decade ago
and that the weakest laws regulating the
liquor traffic are in the woman suffrage
states of Colorado, Idaho. Utah and
Wyoming.
Wright Must Speak Out.
According to high officials of the party.
Seaborn Wright, of Georgia, must -soon
state his position or he will have no
chance for the nomination for President.
Mr. Wright has an enthusiastic following,
but he has not yet said whether he would
accept the nomination.
Rev. S. H. Taft, of California, arrived
today as a delegate. He said: "I am a
relative of Judge William H. Taft, the
Republican nominee for President, but I
would not vote for him if he were my
father. Any man who would advise the
people of Oklahoma to vote against the
prohibition clause in the Constitution
must repent very thoroughly before I
could give him my support."
Some of the Indiana delegates who
want to go outside the party for the
nominee, advance the somewhat startling
proposition to nominate Governor Hanly,
of Indiana, for President. He will be
acceptable to the Prohibitionists, al
though a Republican. Others want to
nominate Governor Glenn, of North
Carolina, and still others are talking of
Congressman Charles E. Littlefleld, of
Maine, who supported the bill to pro
hibit the transportation of liquor in in
terstate commerce under certain condi
tions. Money Coming From South.
The National committee has in its war
chest $30,000, and contributions are com
ing In very fast, especially from the
South; The largest vote polled by the
Prohibitionists was1 in 1S92. when their
candidate secured a total vote of 309.460.
Chairman Jones estimated today that the
vote will pass this high-water mark this
year because of the marked increase in
prohibition territory, especially in the
South. He estimates that the number of
people embraced in Prohibition territory
has grown since the last National elec
tion from 20.000.000 to 40.000.000.
There are 1159 delegates to the conven
tion, and It is estimated that the con
vention will bring from 4000 to 5wJ0
visitors to the city.
PANIC IN A COURTROOM
Bay City's Temporary Palace of Jus
tice Threatens to Collapse.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 13. Over 300
persons in Police Judge Shortall's court
room on the second floor of the tem
porary Hall of Justice, were tfliown into
a panic today when the floor suddenly
sagged and began to sway as though
the building was about to collapse. The
Judge hastily adjourned court and made
a rush for one of the windows through
which he was about to leap when he de
cided to join the crowd rushingthrough
the corridor toward the exits. No .one
was hurt, but for a time wild confusion
prevailed.
The building, it is said, has given evi
dence of weakness before.
MAY BE FATALLY CRUSHED
J. A. Stademan Caught Between
Steamer and Dolphin at Astoria.
ASTORIA. Or.. July 13. (Special.)
John A. Stademan. a passenger on the
steamship Rose City, was seriously if
not fatally crushed by being caught be
tween the vessel's hull and a dolphin this
afternoon as the steamer was leaving her
wharf en route to Portland. Stademan
and a companion came running down to
the dock as the Rose City was backing
YfhA. tTha r1tmli.il xw.u.4hA Jiwl J
phin. and jumped to the steamer's deck
as her stern swung in. but Stademan
grabbed the cork fender, hanging over
the side, and a moment later was caught
between the hull and the dolphin. His
body was badly, crushed- He was hauled
on board as quickly as possible and a
launch summoned to take him ashore.
Although so seriously squeezed that he
was black in the face, and his eyes bulged
from their sockets. Stademan didn't lose
consciousness and talked freely of his in
juries, saying that his greatest pains were
in his back and chest. He asked that no
word be sent to his mother, who resides
at Mayfield, Cal., but requested that
Frank Bosworth, of Portland, be notified
of the -accident. Dr. Fulton, who is at
tending the injured man. says that while
he is in a precarious condition, his in
juries are not necessarily fatal. His col
lar bone and three or four ribs are broken
and it is feared his pelvic bones also are
injured. Whether he Is injured internally
cannot yet be determined.
Stademan resides at Sonoma, Cal. He
is 45 years of age, a widower, and has
one son. He is a member of Court
! Sonoma, Ancient Order of Foresters.v
CAUGHT AT SAN FRANCISCO
H. E. Howitz and M. A. O'Mera Are
Wanted for Swindling Tailors.
SAN FRANCISCO. July 13. Special.)
H. E. Howitz and M. A. O'Mera were
arrested here on arrival of the steamer
State of California from Portland today,
on a charge of grand larceny, alleged to
have been committed in Portland.
Howitz and O'Mera are wanted in this
city on the charge of having swindled
two prominent tailors. John B. Coffey, of
263 Washington street, and Joseph Pol
ivka & Co., of the Corbett building, of
a number of suits of clothing. Prior to
their visits to the merchant tailors the
two workers had associated somewhat
with well known people on "railroad
row:" claiming former acquaintanceship.
Being seen in company and on friendly
terms with well known Portland people,
they were well received when they offered
to patronize the two tailoring establish
ments. Whea their clothing was finished
the men appeared for their final "try
on." Because they said that they would
prefer to have their families see the suits
before paying for them', the tailors per
mitted their suave customers to take the
clothing to their ficticious homes, with
the understanding that they would call
the next day and pay for them if they
proved to be satisfactory. Instead of
returning to their victims, they took the
steamer State of California for San Fran
cisco. HOUNDS FIND ONLY CORPSE
Gambler Wanted for Murder Kills
Himself in Woods.
SUPERIOR, Wis., July 13. Blood
hounds yesterday found the body of
Max Hockworth, a gambler, in the
woods, the top of his head blown off
by a shotgun. Hockworth had shot
Mrs. Ada Loos of Pike Lake while
riding with her Saturday evening. He
was seen taking to the woods and the
bloodhounds were put on the scent, re
vealing the suicide.
It is supposed that refusal of his at
tentions prompted the murder and sui
cide. SHOOTS HUSBAND'S SLAYER
(Continued from First Page.)
land Miles, she said that Dr. Simpson
had several times called at the house
and that his visits were unwelcome.
When he came today, she says, she or
dered him away and when he refused
to go, she took up a revolver and ehot
at him.
Constable Hanson. who arrested
Simpson in 1905, when the dentist shot
Mrs. Horner's husband, arrested Mrs.
Horner this evening. She was charged
with felonious assault. After Justice
Hawkins had fixed bail at ?5000, Mrs.
Simpson, the prisoner's daughter, quali
fied as bondsman, and secured the re
lease of her mother. ' Justice Hawkins
set the hearing for next Wednesday.
Had Killed Father-ln-Law.
. This second tragedy at the Horner
homestead is only another chapter in a
series of unhappy domestic events of
the last few years. The shooting of
Bartley T. Horner by Dr. Simpson
aroused the countryside in December,
1905, and when the dentist was put on
trial his wife took the witness stand
against him. Mrs. Horner also gave
damaging testimony against her son-in-law.
Dr. Simpson was going through
the manual of arms with a shotgun
when he accidentally shot his father-in-law.
After the verdict of acquittal
Dr. Simpson resumed his practice of
dentistry.
OxygenCures Peritonitis.
NEW YORK, July 13. Remarkable
results attained in treatment of peri
tonitis with pure oxygen at Beth Israel
Hospital have raised hopes that a way
has been found at last to combat this
disease, which places the stamp of
death upon 95 per cent of its victims.
Mrs. Anna Ablas, a sufferer from
peritonitis, whose 'case upon her ad
mission was at first given up as hope
less, recovered under the oxygen treat
ment. Mrs. AbiaS evinced such remarkable
Improvement from the very start that
other peritonitis sufferers were simi
larly treated. There are now at the
hospital four other patients who were
given the treatment. All have shown
improvement, and it is expected that
when they, too, have been In the hos
pital for two weeks and a half they
will be able to go home well.
Parrots Starved to Death.
LOS ANGELES, Cal., July 13 Hundreds
of, dead and dying parrots and parra
keets were discovered at the Arcade de
pot yesterday by officials of the Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals,
whose attention was called to the condi
tion of the large shipment to the Cali
fornia Parrot Company, of Fresno. Ac
cording to the statement of officers who
investigated the case, 'the cages contained
nearly 10,000 birds, nd it was claimed
they had been without food and water
since their departure from Guaymas. For
Borne reason not explained the cages had
been marked with the admonition not to
feed or water the birds, but the warning
was disregarded by the Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals officials,
who saved the lives of many of them.
Notice will be served on the express com
pany ordering that shipments under sim
ilar conditions l)e hereafter refused.
Fortune Left by Prince David.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 13. Advices
from Honolulu, received by the transport
Sheridan, say that the will of the late
Prince David Kawananakoa has been filed
for probate. The petition for probate es
timates the estate at 1105.000. The
Featherly Leis. Kahilis, decorations and
orders of distinction and other insignia
of rank are bequeathed to his son David
Kalakaua. The remainder of the estate
is bequeathed in trust for his wife dur
ing her life and after her death to their
children. It is the intention of Governor
Freer to open up shortly for settlement
considerable areas of public lands suit
able for growing pineapples. These lands
are open to any citizen of the United
.States. -
LAUGH AT THE LAW
Paper Combines Keep Thou
sands Out of Employment.
PROSECUTION WAS FARCE
President Ridder, of American Pub
lishers' Association, Harshly
Condemns Court for Grant
ing Immunity.
NEW YORK.' July 13. "Not only are
the paper makers keeping their own
employes in idleness, but they are en
forcing Idleness upon thousands of
workers in printing and publishing
plants throughout the country."
This is the conclusion Herman Rid
der. president of the American. News
paper Publishers Association, expressed
In a letter addressed to the President
about paper combinations.
The letter states that the promise
that the courts would provide an ade-.
quate and prompt remedy, after an
appeal to Congress for relief had failed;
that after 24 paper companies acting
together in the fiber and manlla
association had been subjected to in
vestigation by the Federal grand jury,
the paper makers admitted that they
had placed their records beyond their
reach: but subsequently, all but two of
the 'participants pleaded guilty, and
that Immunity was practically granted
to every individual who participated in
the pool.
The treasurer and originator of the
pool, John H. Parks, is now, the letter
says, a fugitive in Europe. He was in
cluded in the Indictments. "Such a
finish to the procedure," the letter adds,
"is a miscarriage of justice."
The situation, the letter coucludes,
requires drastic treatment and the ap
peal is made that steps be taken "to
bring the law-breakers to their senses,
and to end a lawless condition which
interferes with the return of pros
perity." HEPPNER STRUCK BY FLOOD
(Continued from Virat Page.)
tured and harvesting begun. The rain
was accompanied by an electrical storm
which followed a week of excessive heat.
HEAVY SHOWERS IX GILLIAM
At Pine Ridge Cloudburst and Much
Damage Is Reported.
CONDON, Or., July 13. (Special.)
Copious showers fell throughout Gilliam
County this afternoon. The rain was pre
ceded by an electrical storm. . Farmers
are rejoicing, for even at this late time
the crops are inneed of moisture. The
last few days have been warmer than
as usual at this time of the year and
weather prophets were looking for the
showers, which descended this afternoon
for one hourr In some sections of the
county the rains continued until even
ing. At Pine Ridge, it is reported that a
cloudburst caused considerable damage.
MAXY
ANXIOUS
IXQUIRIES
Ileppner People in Portland Glad to
Learn Flood Not Serious.
R. E. Wiley, a young business man of
Heppner, who i registered at the Im
perial, was last night an anxious in
quirer for news of the cloudburst. Mr.
Wiley left Heppner yesterday morning
on a business trip to this city, leaving
his family at home. He was greatly re
lieved when informed that no lives had
been lost in the storm.
"For several days," said Mr. Wiley last
night, "the weather had beeen similar to
that which precided the disaster of 1903.
The season has been an unusually dry
one and- storms have been threatening
for the last week. When I left. Heppner
this morning there were unmistakable
evidences of an approaching storm, but
I did not dream of another flood. The
volume of the flood would necessarily
have to be considerably greater ttian that
of five years ago to cause extensive
damage to property or any loss of life.
Since the former storm the residents of
the city have abandoned those sections
of the city that were liable to be reached
in case of a similar cloudburst and have
established ; their homes on higher and
more secure ground.
"That part of the city bordering on
Willow Creek, the scene of the greatest
damage and loss of life five years ago,
is now occupied only by barns and other
outbuildings and an occasional residence
which was securely fortified against any
possible harm from freshets."
At the time of the 1903 flood Phil Met
schan. Jr.. manager of the Imperial Ho
tel, of this city, had charge of the Palace
Hotel, in Heppner. On the day of the
cloudburst, June 14. Mr. Metschan was
out of the city, but he returned to the
flood-stricken town the next day and did
valiant service in assisting to care for the
maimed and injured.
The early reports from Heppner last
night were to the effect that the O.- R.
& N. depot had been washed away. This
was the only structure in the path of the
The Kidneys
When they are weak, torpid, or stagnant,
the whole system suffers. Don't neglect
them at this time, but heed the warning of
the aching back, the bloated face, the sallow
complexion, the urinary disorder, and begin
treatment at once with
Hood's Sarsaparilla
which contains the best and safest curative
substances.
In usual liquid form or In chocolated
tablets known as Sarsataba. 100 doses SI.
WEDDING
AND VISITING CARDS.
W. G. SMITH 8 CO.
WASHINGTON BUILDING,
Cor. Poturtb and Washlnctos St.
TEA .
One lingers long -over
tea, if the tea is fine. It is
a good time and place to
linger.
Yaw grocer returns renr money ii rov
All the Best New Novel. $1.18.
Dptnan.glolfe&o
OUR 1908 CAMPAIGN PLATFORM
We stand pledged to a fixed policy in these particulars:
1. . To hold fast to the idea that by considering the inter
est of our customers FIRST, we shall best serve ourselves.
2. To sell only good merchandise. "You'll remember the
quality long after you've forgotten the price."
3. To see that customers get the lowest prices in Port
land for goods of the same quality.
4. To not allow any customer to be dissatisfied with any
transaction in our house.
Lipman, Wolfe & Co.
Lingerie Waist Sale
Gibson and square yoke effects, exclusive high-grade
conceptions, trimmed with Filet, Paby Irish, and VaL
Lace and Embroidery.
$3.00-5.00 Values
2 -Piece Wash Dresses
Made of brown, blue and black novelty striped batiste,
with .white dotted Swiss guimpes and sleeves. Also
percale and other fabrics.
Reg. $6.50-$7.50
Chiffon Auto Veils
1 1-2 and 3-yard lengths. All colors.
$1.75-$2.00 Values 98C
Summery Cotton Voiles
Solid color, self stripes, checks and plaids.
35c Values 19C Yflrd
4-Inch Taffeta Ribbons
Black, white, red, light blue, pink, brown, navy.
Reg. 25c Value 15 C YfiFd
Sale Straw Suit Cases
Light, but strong, durable and waterproof. Ideal for
women and for Summer use.
A special purchase 3Q3
Women's Elastic Belts
About twenty styles, including several styles just arrived
that are absolutely new and novel.
Values to $1.25 69C
July Clearance Sales
Prices greatly reduced on women's Suits, Waists,
Millinery, Gloves, Jewelry, Bags, Purses, Parasols, etc.
Also Hammocks, Silks, Wash Goods, Pictures, Stationery,
Art Needlework, Muslin Underwear, etc.
flood five years ago .that withstood the
storm, and the news that it had been de
molished 'in yesterday's cloudburst na
turally made Mr. Metschan apprehensive
of the extent of the damage that had
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Start the day right by eating
a breakfast that gives the great
est amount of mental and
physical strength with the least
tax upon the digestion. Two
Shredded Wiieal
Biscuits with a pint of hot milk
will "supply all the energy
needed for a half day's work
and the cost is about five
cents.
Always heat the Biscuit in oven to restore
crispness. Two Shredded Wheat Biscuits with
milk or cream will supply all the energy needed
for a half day's work. Try Toasted TRISCUIT,
the Shredded Wheat wafer, for luncheon, with
. butter, cheese or marmalade.
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been wrought. This report was refuted
by more detailed information, which ar
rived later, confirming hopes that the
damage was not as great as had been
feared.
A Good Breakfast
for Five Cents
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