Morning Oregonian., July 30, 1908, Page 6, Image 6

THE MORMXG OREGOXIAN. THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1908.
ABERDEEN HAS
DAMAGING FIRE
Lower Portion of City Wiped
Out and Railroad Line
Crippled.
ONE MAN LOSES HIS LIFE
Logs' of 375.000. Two-Thirds In
sured, Extent of Damage Valu
able Property In Jeopardy Be
fore Flames Under Control
ABERDEEN. Wash.. July 29. Fire
swept over the lower portion of this
city this" afternoon, destroying nine
brick buildings, damaging the Northern
Pacific trestle, carrying the main tracks
of the road Jnto Aberdeen, and entailed
a loss of approximately $75,000. The
insurance is J50.000.
"Cedar" Wille, a saloon hanger-on,
was burned to death.
The property loss includes the com
plete destruction of the Johnson livery
stables, two blacksmith shops, the New
Brunswick hotel, and the "Mug." the
"Whale." the "Coast" and the "Alaska"
saloons. Besides these. adjoining
wharves and docks along the river
front were damaged to the extent of
several thousand dollars. Shipping in
general was saved, though about $2000
worth of small boats went up In the
flames.
Wille occupied a room in the garret
on the fourth floor of the New Bruns
wick Hotel, of which the Whale sa
loon formed the first floor. Tom
Ralney, a bartender, roused the hotel
inmates. Wille responded to the call,
hut evidently fell asleep, too stupefied
hy the drugs he hud taken to effect
his escape. The body was found still
lying on the bed in the saloon ruins,
having fallen the four stories of the
building. The head was nearly burned
on", and both hands and feet entirely so.
Nothing is known of the man, as he
had been here but a short time.
The wind swept the flames across
the Wlshkah Klver. threatening In its
path the lumber plant of the Slude Mill
Company, a large residence section and
several factories on the opposite bank
of the river. These industries were
saved by mill employes, and property
owners saved their own homes.
After an hour or more the fire was
brought under control, the Hoquiam
fire department having in the mean
time responded to the call for help.
The Northern Pacific may be tied up
for several days, or until the damage
to its tracks can be repaired, the rail
way effecting an entrance here over a
bridge and trestle.
Make Itun From Hoquiam.
HOQUIAM. Wash., July 29. (Special.)
Two magnificent teams of the Hoquiam
fire department made a grand run over
the four miles between Hoquiam and
Aberdeen today to assist in saving the
sister city. The teams arrived In a foam
of lather but the drivers said, "It will do
'em good."
DISPUTE OVER FOUR HOGS
LITIGANTS IX SUIT FIND LAW
EXPENSIVE.
J'orkers Break Into Albany Garden
Year Ago and Fee d o 11
Babb's Cabbages.
ALBANY. Or.. July 23. (Special.)
Though they have Ions since died and
have been served as pork chops andi Juicy
roasts to hungry citizens of Albany, four
hogs, whieh have figured in constant con
troversy and litigation since September
16, 1107. are now the basis of an action
in the State Circuit Court. A. Babb to
day fllrd a transcript on appeal from the
Justice Court derision in the case, in
which he was defendant end Arthur M.
Holt. Representative in the last Legisla
ture from Linn County, was plaintiff.
Karly last Fall four hogs owned by the
Albany Dresssed Beef Company broke
out of the company's slaughter-house
north of the city and Invaded a cabbage
patch owned by Babb. Babb took .pos
session of the animals and on September
16, 1W7. had the hogs appraised by Jus
tice of the Peace L. L. Swan and tiled a
formal eslray notice in the County
Clerk's office. Negotiations then began
over the amount of damage oone by the
hogs. Holt, who Is proprietor of the Al
bany Dresssed Beef Company, tendered
BRhb $7 for damnge to his garden, but
the latter demanded $UTt. The beginning
of the long holiday period last Fall pre
vented litigation, but the controversy be
came bitter.
Babb planned to sell the hogs at the
expiration of the six months' period after
tiling his estray notice, but two days be
fore the time expired, or on March 14,
mis. Holt began a suit before Justice of
the Peace O. T. Porter for recovery of
the animals. Under a bond in this action
he took possession of the hogs and
butehtred them. This case dirt not come
to trial until June 'X, when Justice Por
ter found that Babb should have accept
ed Holt's tender of $7 damages and not
only was not entitled to anything for his
six months' rare of the animals, but
should pay $1R for wrongful detention of
the hogs. Babb was also assessed 544.15
L'OStS.
Bubb immediately gave notice of appeal
to the Circuit Court and tiled an appeal
bond with City Councilman M. L. Wilmot
as surety. This precipitated the next
contest in the hard-fought case and the
plaintiff's attorneys objected to the bond
. on the grornd) that Wilmot was not
worth the sum of $,. the amount in
which he qualified on the bond. So Wil-
' mot appeared before Justice Porter, an
swered interrogatories as to his financial
standing, and he averred he was worth
about 7"00. The bond was then accepted
and transcript made out and nled today.
Th case has now reached a hearing
in the Circuit Court, and if It is con
tested as strenuously in the future as in
the past, it will likely go to the State
Supreme Court. The costs in the case
are now more than twice the total value
of the four hogs involved, and are grow
ing rapidly.
WANT MORE SCHOOL ROOM
Clackamas Educators Build New
Houses and Enlarge Others.
OREGON CITY. Or.. July 29 (Spe
cial.) Progressiveness in educational
lineR has struck Clackamas County and
in almost every section school buildings
are being constructed or enlarged, new
grades established, more teachers em-
ployed and high school facilities pro
vided. The district boundary board held a
meeting this week and re-established a
district between Upper and Lower Lo
gan. This district was formerly known
as No. 94. and lapsed a few years ago.
The building and apparatus are "intact
and the only thing necessary to be done
is to place the structure In order, en
gage a teacher and open the school.
Some of the residents of that section
send their children three or four miles
to school over rough roads in Winter,
and the leading men of the district
have promised County Superintendent
Gary to levy a special tax to assist In
supporting the school.
In Estacada there will be a four-
graded high school established this.
Kail, and Professor H. M. James, of
Milan. Mich., has been engaged as prin
cipal at a salary of $100 per month.
Last year only $70 was paid and three
teachers employed. Thomas D. Minor
was recently elected principal, but de
cided to go to Eastern Oregon, and Mr.
James was secured. A good school
spirit is being shown and residents of
the Eastern Clackamas town hope to
build up a school second to none of Its
size. The grade teachers are Stella
Womer. Eva Pruner and Mae Stevens.
The contract for the construction of
a four-room addition to the Eastham
building in Oregon City will be let
Friday night. Every attempt will be
made to have this work completed in
time for the opening of the Fall term.
September 21.
On Monday. September 7, the district
boundary board will hold Its last meet
ing until next April, and all pending
matters must be settled at that time or
be laid over until next Spring. The
board on Tuesday denied the petition
for the creation of a new district to be
formed out of the territory of Browns,
Phelps and Mundorffs.
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ACTOK RVX OVER BY STREET
CAR. Singular Actions of Unfortunate Man
as Seen by Motorman of
Tacoma Car.
TACOMA. Wash., July 29. (Special.)
Joseph Carroll, an actor with the Fraw
ley stock company, was run over by a
car about 3 o'clock this morning and had
his left arm crushed so It was necessary
to amputate it at the shoulder.
Carroll, whose home is In Seattle, where
his wife lives, has been playing with the
company about 3 weeks. He took the
part of the Mexican in the play of "The
Spoilers," which opened last night at the
Savoy Theater.
From the report made by the motorman
he first noticed a suitcase near the track
about 2 o'clock on his trip out. On the
return trip the suitcase had disappeared
When he came in again with his car the
suitcase was near the same spot and the
body of a man lay near the track with
his arms spread out. Before he could
stop his car the wheel had passed over
the man's arms.
Carroll was removed to a hospital in
an unconscious condition and has so re
mained. His condition is considered
serious.
The Frawley company played at the
Marquam Theater here for two weeks be
fore going to Tacoma. and Mr. Carroll
appeared with them here.
NAVAL DESERTER CAUGHT
Steals Pocket-Knife, Which Leads to
Identification.-
ALBANY, Or., July 29. (Special.) The
theft of a cheap pocketknife will give
Joseph Patrick Casey, alias Raymond
Lawrence, a term in a military prison.
For his detention here on the petty crime
led to his identification. as a deserter from
the United States Navy.
The young man took a knife from a
section house, occupied by Japanese la
borers, near the depot a week ago, and
was detected in the theft by Officer Cat
lin. He was arrested on a state charge,
giving his name as Raymond Lawrence,
and Justice Swan sentenced him to serve
ten davs In the County Jail. In jail Law
rence grew talkative and Deputy Sheriff
Stellmacher correctly surmised from his
"Jack Tar" style of talk and his descrip
tions of foreign ports that he had been a
sailor. He soon drew an admission out of
Lawrence that he was a deserter and
found from his description that he was
Joseph Patrick Casey, who deserted from
the U. S. 9. Pennsylvania at the Bremer
ton Navy-Yard July 7 last.' -Casey has
confessed his Identity and will probably
be returned to Bremerton when his term
expires here next Monday. He enlisted
in the Navy at Buffalo, N.. Y., March 22,
1907, and on his enlistment blank his near
est relative is given as Mary Boland, an
aunt, residing at Toronto, Canada.
CHERRIES FOR TOURISTS
La Grande Distributes Branches and
' Boxes to Travelers.
LA GRANDE. Or.. July 29. (Special.)
Cherries, the best in the land, are
being given away at the depot in this
city by the boosters headed by "Steam
Up" Pat Lavey. manager of the Boost
Club. Huge limbs loaded with cherries,
alternated with large boxes of the very
best fruit grown In the valley, are at the
disposal of travelers, and the rush that
follows the announcement that the cher
ries are gratis is a pleasing sight. Every
train from the East is met and treated in
this way. Boost literatuie is promiscu
ously distributed alnng - with the fruit,
the boosters maintaining they can reach
the prospective investor best by means of
his palate.
"BRAZIL JOE" STABS RIVAL
Drunken Sailor In Jealous Frenzy
Attacks Tacoma Man.
TACOMA. Wash.. July 29. (Special.)
Half crazed by liquor and overcome with
jealousy when he saw his supposed rival
assisting Miss Rosa Forbes, daughter of
Captain Forbes of the ship Dunstaff. from
the launch Chickaree at the Burton wharf
last evening. "Brazil Joe," a sailor, stabbed
and seriously wounded I. Evans, also a
sailor, inflicting deep gashes on each side
of the man's chest and cutting both
hands. Miss Forbes was a witness.
"Brazil Joe" escaped during the confu
sion. Evans was brought to Tacoma this
afternoon and taken to the Fannie Pad
dock Hospital. Nine stitches were re
quired to close the long gash on Evans'
left breast and seven stitches were re
quired to close the wound on the right
breast.
Union High School at Sclo.
ALBANY. Or.. July 29 (Special.)
The establishment of a big, union high
school in Scio is being planned by the
citizens of that town and the surround
ing country. Seven or eight school
districts in the Immediate vicinity of
Scio are considering the advisability of
forming a joint fund tor this project.
Scio now has a splendid ten-grade
school, and if -a union high school is
formed a 12-grade course will be established.
UMATILLA WHEAT
INJURED BT SMUT
Seventy-Five to 85 Per Cent
of Crop Is Said to Be
Affected.
DEALERS CONFIRM REPORT
Samples Received in Portland Not
Only From Umatilla but Other
Sections Also Show Much
Damage to Grain.
PENDLETON. Or.. July 29. (Special.)
A considerable portion of Umatilla
County's wheat crop for 190S is smutty.
Grain dealers in the city of Pendleton,
OREGON PIONEERS MARRIED SIXTY-FIVE YEARS
TTOODBTJRN. Or.. July 28. (Spe
Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Boynton, of
Woodburn.
the church edifice. In 1891 they sold the!
comfortable home on seven acres he pu
them. Both are in fair health, consid
generous impulses and have friends ever
Mason.
say the percentage will be from 75 to
85 per cent.
This means that the farmers of Uma
tilla County in addition to only harvest
ing approximately 4,000,000 bushels this
year instead of the usual 5,000,000 will be
compelled to accept from three to ten
cents less per bushel on at least 3,000,000
bushels of what they do harvest, which
means that Umatilla County, in this one
year, is compelled to lose at least J200.000
because of the unsolved- smut problem.
This Is figuring the loss in price only. If
the loss In yield could be separated from
the loss caused by the dry year, this
would be found to exceed several times
$200,000.
'So Smut on First Samples.
The very first samples of wheat brought
in were free from smut and when suc
ceeding samples showed evidence of the
"black plague" it was not thought the
damage was general. As harvest prog
ressed, however, the undeniable fact has
dawned upon the buyer and grower alike
that no section of the county has been
fortunate enough to escape the smut rav
ages, though some sections as well as
some kinds of wheat seem to have suf
fered more from the fungus than others.
Dale wheat, first propogated by "vv . H.
Dale, of "Vansycle, this county, and which
has been gaining such widespread popu
larity because of its great yielding prop
erty, is the grain In which the fungus
seems to have made the greatest inroads,
according to the buyers. One farmer on
the reservation who expected a 40-bushel
yield and had it insured for that much
discovered on threshing that he only had
20 bushels to the acre and the loss of 50
per cent Is attributed altogether to smut.
Xo Clew to Cause.
And by the appearance of smut this
year of all years are the farmers once
more baffled as to the cause of this, prob
ably, their greatest foe.
Heretofore the opinion has generally
been held that a wet season caused the
black fungus to appear, but this has been
the driest season in many years, proving I
conclusively that - excessive moisture
alone is not to blame.
Common Treatments Fail.
The commonly treatments of vitro and
formaldehyde have also proved unavail
ing, farmers who treated their seed in
this manner having apparently been as
heavy losers as those who did not.
Though there was little rain, the Spring
was late, cold and altogether unfavorable
for growing grain and grasses and those
in this vicinity who have made a study
of the smut problem declare that the fun
gus is the result of general atmospheric
conditions and that all the years of study,
observance and experiments on the part
of the agricultural college experts will
never result in a satisfactory solution of
the problem.
SOT SO BAD AS IT'S PAIXTED
Nevertheless Much Wheat Is Smutty,
Say Portland Dealers.
Portland graindealers confirm the re-,
ports from Umatilla of the smutty char
acter of the new wheat crop, but they
are of the opinion that the condition is
not as back as the dealers of Pendleton
have figured it out to be. While none
of them cared to make a close estimate
of the amount of damage, they all agreed
that the percentage placed by the Pendle
ton grain men was exaggerated.
A number of samples of new wheat
have been received here from Umatilla
County and they are all more or less
affected.
Smut has appeared In other sections
than Umatilla County, but conditions
there are much worse than elsewhere.
In other sections the blight is no more
serious than in previous years.
The only variety of wheat that has been
badly affected by smut, according to the
local exporters, is Dale .wheat, and as a
large portion of the Umatilla crop Is of
thla variety, that county has accordingly
been hit hardest. In the other sections
of the Eastern Oregon and Eastern Wash
ington wheat belt there is but a compara
tively small acreage of Dale wheat. This
variety of wheat is a very heavy pro
ducer and tor this reason the Umatilla
County farmers have gone Into the grow
ing of It on an extensive scale.
Dale wheat, however, has never been
popular with the export trade. It is not
an .export wheat and is not liked by the
European buyers. . The .thicoer of this
city believe that, now that the experiment
of raising it in Umatilla County has
proved unsatisfactory, the farmers wiil
in the future devote their energies to
the growing of a better variety.
"There is no doubt that considerable
damage has been done to the Umatilla
crop by smut." said D. A. Pattulo. man
ager of the grain department of Balfour,
Guthrie & Co., yesterday, "but I do not
think It is as serious as the Pendleton
reports indicate. The blight is evidently
the result of climatic conditions this
season, which weakened the plant and
made it susceptible to the attack of
smut."
"Dale wheat is a weak and unastisfac
tory wheat." said another 'large- buyer.
"It is neither club nor bluestem. It is
like the combination fruits produced by
grafting one kind of a fruit on another.
The result is an article that possesses
the virtues of neither and the bad quali
ties of both."
ROBBERS POSE AS LINEMEN
Gain Admittance to Residences and
Ordered to Leave.
ALBANY. Or., July 29. (Special.)
Representing themselves as telephone
linemen and thus gaining admission to
every house containing an instrument,
two supposed robbers started in to
"work" Albany today. One would pre
tend to examine the telephone and the
other, if not closely watched, would
pick up any articles which could be
easily secured.
They had not gone far. when Officer
cial.) Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Boynton,
of this city, celebrated the 65th an
niversary of their marriage Sunday.
C. O. Boynton, an Oregon pioneer,
was born in Troy. N. T.. in 1S22. and
lived with his parents until July, 1S43,
moving Trith them to Fulton County,
III., where he married Miss Mary A.
Bonney. July 2fi, 143. Mrs. Boynton
was born at Sandusky. O., and moved
with her parents to Illinois in 1S34.
Mr. and Mrs. Boynton farmed until
1850, when they came to Oregon In a
train of ox teams, accomplishing the
journey within six tnonths. They lo
cated a donation land claim of 640 acres
where Needy la now situated, engag
ing in farming and raising stock. Mr.
Boynton was County Assessor of Clack
amas for four years and County Com
missioner the same length of time. For
21 years he was justice of the Peace.
His home on the farm was the home
of the Methodist Episcopal Church dur
ing the early mlHSionary days. The
town of Needy in deeply indebted to his
generosity, as he contributed the five
acres upon which the M. E. Church
building now stands, and also contrib
uted liberally to the fund for building
r farm and came to Woodburn, erecting a
rchased here. Nine children were born to
ering their advanced ages, of kind and
y where. Mr. Boynton Is a prominent
Catlin learned of their operations and,
finding that neither of the telephone
companies had employed them, he drove
them out of the city. If they secured
anything of value here its loss has not
been discovered. It is said they have
operated on a similar plan in other
Oregon cities.
FARMER HIT BY RUFFIAN
Attacked Near Roseburg in His Or
chard With Club.
ROSEBURG. Or., July 29. (Special.)
Levi Minkler. a middle-aged man
who lives just north of town, was bru
tally assaulted In his orchard this
morning by an unknown man.
Minkler Is not very strong, and he is
still suffering from the effects of a
similar assault a few years ago, and
was In such a condition as to be able
to offer but slight resistance to his as
sailant, armed as he was with a club.
Sheriff Fenton pursued the fugitive,
but as yet has not captured him.
COYOTES COMMIT RAVAGES
Farmers Organize Clubs to Make
War on Menace.
ALBANY, Or., July 29. Residents In
the hills east of this city say t'hat
the 'coyotes, besides being bold
in their raids upon sheep herds are prov
ing a real menace to the farmers through
DIPHTHERIA CLAIMS VICTIM.
Rath Irene Baker, Six-Year-Old
Daughter of Dr. J. A. Baker, of
Gaston, Dies Suddenly 5Ionday
of Dread Disease.
FOREST GROVE. Or., July 29.
(Special.) Ruth Irene Baker,
daughter of Dr. and Mrs. J. A.
Baker, of Gaston, died suddenly
at her parents' home Monday of
diphtheria. he was born at
Florence, Colo.. February 22,
1902. and came with her parents,
four years ago, to Gaston. The
funeral was held today at 9 A.
M.t with interment at Hill Ceme
tery, this city.
the deadly war they are waging on quail
and other ground birds. It is said that
grasshoppers are thicker this year than
ever before known, which fact Is attrib
uted to the killing of the quail and pheas
ants, which feed upon these destructive
insects.
Hunters who have retirrled from trips
through the mountains eaet and west of
Albany report that cougars are destroy
irg more deer than the hunters .them
selves. Many large cougars have been
killed this season.
Special sale fine shoes at Rosenthal's,
DRAWS GUN ON LOG
Result Is Usual One and Reck
less Boy Is Dead.
CHARGE STRIKES ABDOMEN
Doctor Is Summoned Hurriedly, but
Victim's Lire Already Extinct
When He Arrives on
gcene of Tragedy.
WALLOWA. Or.. July 29. (Special.)
Eugene Pointer, 12 years old. who
lives some 15 miles east of this place,
was accidentally shot when holding a
shotgun by the muzzle and drawing It
over a log. The hammer of the gun
caught on the log and Pointed received
a charge of shot In the abdomen, from
which he died an hour later.
Pointer was picking blackberries
with Mrs. Nancy Mallory and Levi Al
len. The accident was witnessed by
only one person, Mrs. Mallory. a daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Allen. She heard
he report of the gun and looking up
saw Pointer falling. Dr. Gregg was
hurriedly summoned from Wallowa but
the boy was dead before the doctor ar
rived. The body was badly powder
burned and a halter which the boy had
around his waist was cut to pieces,
parts of the leather being blown into
tne wound. Pointed was the son of Mrs.
P. C. May, of Howard Meadows.
E. C. Haines, while pitching hay near
this city ran a pitchfork tine into his
eft knee, separating the knee-pan
from the leg. The wound Is not thought
10 De serious.
TWO BOOTLEGGERS CAUGHT
Secret Service Men Appear Quite Un-
awares at Stiles.
LEWISTON. Idaho. July 29. (Soe
clal.) After walking ten miles from
Nez Perce to the Clearwater, staying
out most of the night and hailing the
early morning train for a ride into
Stiles. Sam Cone and Joe Matulys, Gov
ernment secret service men. were en
abled to make an unexpected raid on
the bootleggers at Stiles today and se
cure evidence that will land at least
two more behind the bars.
They secured about 2000 pints of
goia nop, -a "near beer preparation
brewed for the purpose of rirodiicine
Intoxication and evading the exclusion
act. Those arrested were: Edward
Lane and J. L. Stonebreaker, both pro
prietors or sott drink joints at SUles.
as the result of several successful
raids these officers have terrorized
those engaged in the Illicit traffic, Sev-
erai days ago they left the country
ostensibly for Spokane. Their appear
ance on this raid was very unexpected
ana ineir success complete.
FALLS OFF LOG BOOM
Greek Millman Working at Astoria
Is Drowned.
ASTORIA. Or.. Julv 29. (Snenlnl.W
Billy Paulos, who was employed on
the log boom at the Hammond Lum
ber Company's mill, was drowned
shortly after 6 o'clock this morning by
falling overboard while at work.
A man who was working with him
heard his cries and ran to his assist
ance with a. pike pole, but Paulos, in
his excitement, refused to grab the
pole ana sank. His body was recov
ered shortly afterwards but life was
extinct.
Paulos was a native of Greece. 22
years of age and unmarried. The re
mains were shipped to Portland this
evening for Interment.
ON MISSION TO ROSEBURG
Talk by Local Men on Behalf of
Exposition.
ROSEBURG, Or., July 29. (Special.)
Hon. W. H. Wehrung, of Hlllsboro,
and M. D. Wisdom, of Portland, will
meet with the Roseburg Commercial
Club tonight In the interests of the
Oregon exhibit at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific
Exposition at Seattle next
year.
Another Oil Company Organized.
VALE, Or.. July 29. (Special.) An oil
end gas company haa just been organ
ized in Ontario. The officers of the In
corporation are David Wilson. J. R.
Biackaby, W. E. Lee and W. H. Doolittle.
The directors are A. F, Boyer. Dr. G. A.
Pogue and A. L. Sproul. The company
is incorporated for Jl.000,000. The stock
holders are all Malheur County men.
They expect to put down several wells.
This will make the sixth oil company or
ganized in the field in this county. Five
of those organized are located in the
Sand Hollow district near Vale, while this
one is located about 14 miles from Vale.
Vale to Vote on Bonds.
, VALE, Or., July 29. (Special.) The
City Council took up the matter of bond
ing the city at their last meeting and will
call an election to determine whether the
city shall bond for water works or not.
The amount of bonds to be secured has
not yet been decided. Since the Hadley
addition to Vale has been annexed to the
city, there is a strong sentiment in favor
of bonding and it is believed the vote
will be almost unanimous In the new
territory. This section will poll fully 100
votes at the election.
Long:-Distance Cable Breaks.
ASTORIA. Or.. July 29. (Special.)
The long-distance telephone cable
which extends from Fort Stevens
across the Columbia River to the north
shore has parted, and is supposed to
have been broken by the derelict steam
schooner Kelton during her erratic trip
about the lower harbor yesterday. A
force of men left this morning to pick
up the ends of the cable and splice
them.
Electric Line to Tillamook.
TILLAMOOK, Or., July 29. As there
appears to be but small prospect of'
work on the Pacific Railway & Naviga
tion Company's railroad starting up,
the Astoria, Seaside & Tillamook Elec
tric Railway Company has made a prop
osition to the Tillamook people to help
secure the right of way for that com
pany's road from Astoria.
Escaped Insane Man Retaken.
ASTORIA. Or., July 29. (Special.)
Patrick Farrell. who escaped from the
State Insane Asylum at Salem a few
days ago, was found by asylum attend
ants last night at Olney, In the vicinity
of his home. He was taken back to
Salem this morning.
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WHALE ENTERS FISH TRAP
BULLETS FAIL TO DRIVE II
AWAY.
Owner of Gear Resorts to Dynamite
Alter Killing Young On
With Rifle Ball.
BELLIXGHAM, Wash.. July 29. Dy
namite Is being used this afternoon to
kill a finback whale which entered the
salmon trap of W. A. Lowman, at
Smallpox Bay, San Juan Island, Monday
last.
The mammal entered the trap wich a
young calf, and In attempting to drive
it out the calf was killed with a rifle
shot. The body sank and the cow re
fused to desert the corpse. The animal
viciously attacks every boat thac ap
proaches.
An attempt to kill the whale by rifle
fire was tried yesterday, but without
effect. Fears are entertained that the
beast may destroy the trap In her
rage. She is 40 feet in length.
More than 12000 worth of fish per
day has been lost to the packer through
the presence of the whale.
MARY BELL
BOXCAR
Arrested In Roseburg In Company
With Three Men.
ROSEBURG, Or., July 29. (Special.)
Pursuant to instructions received
from Portland, Marshal Norman this
morning arrested Mary Bell, of that
city, who, together with three men,
was found in a boxcar. They are all
held on a criminal charge awaiting fur
ther advices from Portland regarding
the girl and her consorts.
The girl claims to be 18 years of age
and says she has no intention of re
turning home to her parents, who, she
says, live in East Portland. She claims
to have been working in a laundry in
that city, and upon losing her position
she started to San Francisco to procure
a similar one. Two of the men with
her came from Portland, and the other
man, also a transient. Joined them here.
Mary Bell, the young girl who was
found in a boxcar at Roseburg In the
company of three men yesterday, is the
girl reported to the Portland police as
missing last Monday by Mrs. M. Gray,
of 4-i9 East Yamhill street, with whom
the Bell girl had been living. Mrs.
Gray Informed the officials that the
girl had left her home Sunday, and
requested the police to locate her. Chief
Grltzmacher wired all the Valley
towns, with the result that the girl
was apprehended yesterday.
CRITICISES STATE SCHOOL
Blind Teacher Says Conditions at
Vancouver Are Bad.
SPOKANE, Wash., July 29.-(Speclal.)-It
is charged that the State School for
Blind at Vancouver is being mismanaged,
that the unfortunate boys and girls at
tending the institution have not been
given proper food, that beefsteak was
furnished only two or three times during
I the term, that beds and bed clothing are
miserable, that suffering has been caused
by lack of proper clothing In Winter and
that without proper advance prepara
tion the system of education was changed
In the school, leaving the pupils largely
without facilities for study or improve
ment. Charles W. Masterson, for 13 years
a resident of Walla Walla. and
until recently a teacher in the
Blind School, haa taken up with
Governor Mead the Irregularities alleged
and for nearly two months, he alleges, he
has been unable to get action looking
toward 'e remedy of troubles complained
of. Mr. Masterson Is entirely blind, and
Is a piano tuner, at which occupation he
has made a living.
The last term of school closed June 3
and two days later Masterson addressed
a letter to the Governor. To this letter
Mead made brief acknowledgment, stating
that the matter had been turned over to
the State Board of Control for investiga
tion. Bank Cashier Resign.
VALE, Or., July 29. (Special.) The di
rectors of the First Bank of Vale held a
meeting Monday. July 27, and elected El
wood Clark as cashier. In place of A. W.
Gipson, resigned. They also elected new
directors in place of those from Caldwell,
whose stock was recently purchased by
Vale men. The new directors elected
are George McKnight and Thomas Clag
gett. Mr. Miller, of California, haa been
elected assistant cashier. Mr. Miller will
move his family to Vale at once.
Lieutenant Morgan Honored.
HOQUIAM, Wash., July 29. (Special.)
Second Lieutenant FranU L. Morgan.
Company F.. N. G. W., and of the law
firm of Morgan & Brewer, has received a
bronze medal from the War Department,
inscribed:
"Philippine insurrection. 1898," with
the figures of three soldiers embossed
thereon. The reverse side of the medal
lion reads, "For patriotism, fortitude and
loyalty."
Lieutenant Morgan is justly proud of
the medal, as it simultaneously recog
nizes his valiant work in the field of bat
tle and is a souvenir of the late Presi
dent McKinley.
Juntura Visited by Heavy Rain.
VALE, Or., July 29. (Special.) Juntura,
located about: 60 miles from Vale, reports
three water spouts there July 13. Con
siderable ' damage was done. ' Charley
Nutt, a Chinese, had his hay stack and
garden washed away. John ink report
ed his dam washed out in the Malheur
River.
how
to
prove
it
Some people are skep
tical about the genuine
ness of our offer to sell
tailor-made clothing at
a discount of 25 per
cent from our regular
prices. They say they
do not understand how
we can sell our clothes
regularly at the prices
we do and make any
money on a 25 per cent
discount. Neither do wev
The fact of the matter
is we are losing money.
Now, the proof of the
puddin' is in the eat in'.
If you have ever looked
over our stock . you
know the general run of
our prices. The mere
statement of the prices
to you, with the 25 per
cent taken off, will con
vince you of the bona
fide sale we are adver
tising. A call will pro
vide the proof. If you
are satisfied, buy; if
not, don't.
D,u0a
GRANT PHEGLEY, Mfir.
Seventh andStarkSts.