Morning Oregonian., August 08, 1908, Page 6, Image 6

THE MORNING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY. AUGUST 8, 1903.
JVOODS ON FIRE
! AT GRANTS PASS
I Hundred Volunteers Fight
. Flames and Save Several
I Farmhouses.
: BRILLIANT NIGHT SCENE
; Blailng High Into Air, Fire Illu
minates Whole Cltjr Heaviest
Damage So Far Is In Ixss
of IVood and Fences.
' GRANTS PASS. Or., Aug. 7. (Special.)
This city 1b surrounded by fire on every
tide. Monday. fire escaped from the
Shaussee place. Just outside the city lim
its, and has been burning over the hills
il a most spectacular manner. Today It
j i. ! i on-ii Tit Around the
renewwu luwi "m -
wutn hill slope in a menacing manner
ind threatened to burn up the farm
Souses of Morris. Scoville and Morrison
md other ranchers on the north and
last side of the county road In that vlcin-
'. The buildings were saved by back fir
ing and the damage was not great out
iide of fences and a few outbuildings
This morning about 4 o'clock a number
jf citlsens volunteered to go out and do
what seemed best and by noon the num
ber had been Increased to 100. In several
instances. In Its rapid stride of destruc
aon. the fire leaped among pines and
.hot skyward S feet. Illuminating at
night the whole town.
By hard work the I. O. O. F. Cemetery
!has been saved aJid It Is thought that
Jones Creek Valley is out of danger. The
heaviest damage Is to wood and fe'pS;
About 60 men are stationed to"'!-"1
along the northern part of the city limits
to prevent the fire creeping Into the sub
urbs. FIRES APPROACH BIG TREES
Flanres Leap Streams and Do Much
Damage In California.
: STOCKTON. Cal.. Aug. 7.- Special.r
Fanned bv a strong wind, the fire which
Is causing the ranchers and cattlemen or
.Tuolumne and Calaveras counties a lot
of trouble swept over a large area and
consumed a lot of pasture along with a
number of buildings and fences. It started
along the south fork of the Stanislaus
River and swept across a wide strip of
country northward near Groveland.
In the past 4S hours the flames have
jumped seven streams and are still doing
a lot of damage. Every man and youth
In the large district has been called out
and It Is estimated that fully 6"0 are at
present fighting the conflagration. In
case of the wind subsiding they may
check the fire or turn it into a district
where It cannot do much damage.
l. renorteri that a long section of
the Union Construction Company nume
had baen destroyed, but this is a mis
take. A late report tonight was that the
fire had changed ana was niuwug u
south fork of the Stanislaus River in an
easterly direction, and it is believed it
can be brought under control today.
A fire Is reported near the south grove
of the big trees in Calaveras County,
which threatens to destroy the Big Tree
Hotel and attack tho National forest
Itself. Arrangements have been made to
remove women and children.' Hundreds
of men are trying to turn back the tire,
which Is reported within a quarter of a
mile of the reservation.
FIRE IX CASCADE RESERVE
Blaze Xear Detrojt Reported to
Have Entered Green Timber.
ALBANY. Or., Aug. 7. (Special.)
The forest fires which started on the
headwaters of the Clackamas, near the
Marlon County' line, over a week ago,
have been burning furiously ever since
and are still beyond control. The area
covered by the Are has Increased con
siderably, as the Are advanced in a
southerly and easterly direction and
scattered somewhat, reaching up nar
row valleys and favorable slopes of the
mountains. The flames and smoke can
be seen from Detroit, near the tops of
the ridges, which divide the waters of
the Breltenbush from the Little North
Fork of the Santiam.
The greater part of the area burned
over was dead timber, but the fires are
now consuming some, green timber
and .unless they can be grot under con
trol, much valuable timber will be de
stroyed. This Are is entirely in the
Cascade Forest Reserve, and a num
ber of rangers with what assistance
they can get are trying to gain control
of the fires. Tommy Watkins, a well
known cruiser, and several assistants
left here thla morning to help the
rangers In the unequal combat.
LOSSES LIGHT AT ABERDEEN
Senator Poison Declares, However,
That Fire Danger Is Xot Over.
ABERDEEN, Wash., Aug. 7. (Special.)
Mayor France, who Is largely interested
In timber, and A. P. Stockwell, of the
Burrows Lumber Company, say that the
reports of great damage to the timber
of this section have Teen exaggerated.
Mr. and Mrs. Willard Turner, who came
In today from the Wlshkah River district,
where fires have been running, say that,
outside of the probable loss of timber on
section 25, ownedi by the Weyerhaeusers,
there has been no loss In that part
of the country and that no settlers have
suffered.
ftate Senator Poison, of Hoquiam, who
was in the city today, declared that the
alarming danger from the Ares has at
least not been over-estimated, while per
haps the losses up to this time are not so
serious, but that the danger is not over
by any means and that the coming up
of a west wind will make trouble again.
The Poison Company has had many men
at work for days back-lighting he Are.
Several Homes Threatened.
TACOMA. Wash.. Aug. 7. (Special.) A
brush Are which started In a ravine south
of Milton Heights has reached a SO-acre
slashing and this afternoon spread be
yond control. Several tracts of green
timber and a logging outfit, including a
donkey engine, are threatened.
The Are Is gradually working north,
and If the wind should continue in the
south, several homes, without a source
of water supply, may be burned.
CLARK COUNTY NOMINEES
Democrats Central Committee Puts
Ticket in Field for Primaries.
VANCOUVER. Wash.. Aug. 7. (Spe
cial.) At the meeting of the Democratic
County Central Committee yesterday they
decided to place a full ticket in the Aeld
,u n r i Tn q rtr ftnrtinn in SeDtember.
The names of the different candidates
are: Foster Hidden, state senator; juubo
Abe Axtell; of this city, and A. T. Cof-
nr t nrnmaM ReDresen tatives :
Charles Daly, Sheriff: Oscar McCann,
Clerk: E. M. Green, trosecuting Aiior
ney: Webber Abbott, Auditor; A. C.
Reinhardt. School Superintendent: J. .M.
Hough, Assessor; M. G. Llsher. Sur
veyor; Dr. R. D. Wisswall. Coroner: J.
W. Wentworth. Commissioner Third Dis
trict: George Slmson. Justice bf the
Peace for the city: George E. Thompson.
Constable for Vancouver; Frank Marble,
Commissioner for the First district
Portland Firm Gets Contract.
OREGON CITY. Or.. Aug. 7. (Spe
cial.) The Oregon City School Board let
the contract for the construction of the
addition to the Eastham School building,
last night, to Parsons & Varney. of Port
land, for $4651. and gave them 60 days
in which to complete the contract. This
will place the addition in shape for use
about two weeks after the school opens.
The work of putting in the new ventilat
ing and heating system In the same
building is to be done, by the W. G. Mc
pherson Co.. also of Portland.
PACIFIC'S THIS ARE CUT
EFFORTS TO RAISE VALVA
TIOXS MEET OPPOSITIOX.
Taxpayers' League Succeeds In
Pounding Down Assessments
and County Board Yields.
SOUTH BEND. Wash., Aug. 7. (Spe
cial.) Efforts of Pacific County's Board
of Equalization to raise assessed valua
tons 100 per cent were put to rout today
by pressure from the Taxpayers" League.
Members of tho league spent the en
tire day with the County Board, hammer
ing down assessments on timber lands.
In tle end they were successful.
The league's demand was that the tim
ber assessment, which was Axed by the
Assessor at from tl to J2.30 per 1000 feet,
according to quality, should be cut in
two and the valuation then Axed at 60
per cent of the remainder. This was the
result secured. ,
Other taxpayers will now demand that
their valuations be Axed at 60 per cent
of the original assessment, and this must
be done In order to make an equitable
assessment.
All this was done after hundreds of
notices to taxpayers had been sent out
notifying them that August IS had been
selected, as the day for hearing protests
against the proposed 100 per cent raise
in real estate valuations.
It was at Arst given out that the Tax
payers' League was an organization for
the purpose of promoting the election of
irreproachable candidates for county of
fices regardless of political affiliations, and
coming as it did directly after the ex
posure of alleged official fraud In this
county, it was hailed as a long step
In the right direction. Now, however,
as It is known that "taxpayers' leagues"
have been organized In all, or nearly all,
of the timber counties. It Is thought to
be a concerted movement on the part of
mill and timber owners to force down
the timber valuations in these counties.
DEATH ROLL IN NORTHWEST
Hugh Herron, Pioneer and Promi
nent Benton County Farmer.
CORVALLIS, Aug. 7. (Special.) Hugh
Herron. a pioneer farmer of Benton
County, died this morning after an Ill
ness of more than four months. Mr.
Herron was born In County Down. Ire
land. In September. 1S39. He emigrated
to America with his mother at the age
of 11 and moved to Oregon In 1S62. In
1S6S he purchased of Harlow Bundy the
beautiful farm of 730 acres on which he
has since resided. He leaves a wife and
Ave children and was known as one of
Benton County's most honorable citizens.
The funeral will occur Sunday at Mc
Farland chapel.
Oregon City School Teachers.
OREGON CITY. Or.. Aug. 7. (Spe
cial.) The grade assignments of public
school teachers for the coming year are
as follows:
High School Gertrude Nefgef, English
and Latin: Robert Goetz, assistant prin
cipal, mathematics and history; W. C.
McKee. City Superintendent, sciences.
Barclay Building Margaret Williams,
first grade: Harriet Cochran. Becond
grade; Elizabeth Kelly, third grade;
Pearl O. Cartlldge. fourth grade: Helen
Brobst. fifth grade; Edith Karr, sixth
grade.
Eastham Building Helen F. Grisez.
first grade: Marjorie Caufleld. second
grade: Laura Pope, third grade; Emily
O'Malley. fourth grade; Irene Carter,
fifth grade; Daisy Spauldlng. sixth nd
seventh grades; Ida Mae Smith, seventh
grade; A. K. Hill, principal, eighth grade.
Meeker Celebrates With Pioneers.
BELLINGHAM. Wash.. Aug. 7. Nine
thousand people are attending the annual
picnic of the Northwest Washington
Pioneers' Association at Pioneer Park.
Ferndale. today. Twelve men and women
who came to Whatcom County In 1854
are present. The parade this morning
was led by Ezra Meeker, driving the ox
team with which he crossed the conti
nent to Washington last year. Senator
Piles made the principal address.
Clackamas Summer School Closes.
OREGON CITY. Or., Aug. 7. (Special.)
The Summer Normal School conducted
by Professor T. J. Gary, assisted by Pro
fessor L. A. Read, of Gladstone, and
Professor Howard Eccles, of Canby,
closed this afternoon at the Barclay
schoolhouse. The school was one of the
most successful ever held in this city.
There were 42 teachers of . Clackamas
County In attendance.
Find Ties Piled on Track.
BELLINGHAM. Wash.. Aug. 7. An at
tempt to wreck the Northern Pacific pas
senger train due here at 10:30 last night
was made at Sunnyslde. oh Lake What
com, a few miles southeast of this city.
A section foreman found a huge pile of
ties and railway iron on the track and
flagged the train.
Houses Scarce at Oregon City.
OREGON CITY. Or.. Aug. 7. (Special.)
There is a demand for desirable houses
in this city. The building of the new
paper mills here will bring more people
to this city and more houses will have
to be built to accommodate them. Very
few vacant houses are to be found.
Teal and Loggie Delegates.
SALEM. Or.. Aug. 7. (Special.) Gover
nor Chamberlain has appointed J. N. Teal,
of Portland, and Peter Loggie. of North
Bend, delegates to the Lakes-to-the-Gulf
conference to be held In Chicago 'Octo
ber 7.
Big Apple Crop in Washington.
TACOMA. Wash., Aug. 7. State Horti
cultural Commissioner Huntley says the
Washington apple crop wlU be immense
and of good quality.
TIMBER TAX VALID
Columbia County Wins Fight
With Lumbermen.
ASSESSOR'S GOOD RECORD
In Six Years Valuations Have In
creased 600 Per Cent All Property-Owners
Assessed Xear as
Possible on. Cash Value Basis.
ST. HELENS. Aug. 7. (Special.)
Judge McBride today rendered his deci
sion In five Important tax cases brought
by the Blodgett Company, the O. K.
Logging Company, the Western Tim
ber Company. John West and the Ben
son Logging Company. In the first three
cases the decision Is that the assess
ment is just and equitable and the costs
are assessed against the plaintiffs. In
A. T. Lams, Assessor of Colum
bia County.
the West case and In the Benson case
the assessment was reduced only so far
as it applied to certain tracts of land,
the assessor having based his values
upon the location of the timber upon the
Columbia or the Nehalem side of the
divide. The Judge holds that the West
tract and the west half of township 5
north, range 3 west, of the Benson Com
pany's timber, should be given the Ne
halem valuation. All of the companies
had paid their taxes under protest, and
it is thought there will be no appeal.
This is a decided victory for Columbia
County, and especially for Assessor
Laws, who has stood with Sigler of Mult
nomah and Strain of Umatilla In their
fight to uphold the law requiring that all
property shall be assessed at its true
cash value.
The question of the taxation of timber
land in Columbia County was the great
issue in the last primaries and general
election. There were five candidates for
the Assessorshlp. and the timber owners.
with a few honorable exceptions, massed
their forces against Mr. Laws and In
favor of one of his opponents, whom they
thought stood the best chance of de-.
feating him. They succeeded at the
primaries by one vote, but public senti
ment was such that the Republican nom
inee was defeated by his Democratic
opponent In a county having a Republi
can majority of over 700. The Demo
cratic nominee for Judge was also elect
ed as a result of the strong feeling
against the interference of the Portland
timber-land owners.
That Assessor Laws has not been In
fluenced by a desire To oppress any class
of property-owners is shown by the fact
that, as a rule, and excepting errors of
judgment, he has pursued the same
course with all classes of property. The
railroad right of way, which in 1901 was
assessed at the ridiculously low figure of
$2000 per mile, is placed In 1907 at $40,
000 per mile. Tillable land, assessed In
1901 at $15 per acre, now figures at $60
per acre, which Is much nearer its full
cash value than the figures now placed
on timber land. The total valuation of
the county has been raised in six years
from $1,630,924 to $16,786,655, or 900
per cent. Of course the actual value of
the property has greatly Increased in
that time, but by far the greater portion
of the Increase is due to Assessor Laws'
determination to comply with the law
and his oath of office. As he holds of
fice until January next and will be suc
ceeded by a man who was elected in
opposition to the timber owners, there
is no doubt, unless the decision of Judge
Galloway Is sustained and the old meth
od of apportioning state taxes re-enacted,
that all property In Columbia County,
barring errors of Judgment, will be as
sessed for four years to come at Its
true cash value.
CLIMB TWO MOUNTAINS
Party of Mammas Scales Lesser
Peaks Near St. Helens.
BY ELBA NOR M. GARDNER.
CAMP CHIPMUNK, Spirit Lake. Aug.
5. (Special.) Messrs Deoring, Wehtje,
Gammans and Freidle climbed Mount
Llllnor on Tuesday. This is the highest
peak near here excepting, of course,
Mount St. Hele'ns. Mount Elllnor is over
7090 feet, according to a recent geological
survey. They found it a hard climb, but
made It after some difficulty and then,
rot content with this feat, immediately
made the ascent of Mount Margaret, a
nearby peak. They found some snow and
had their first slide down the mountain
side.
They brought Into camp a large bouquet
of the various flowers found on Mount
Elllnor. Among these were trlllium,
spiriea, valerian, rock lilies, fox glove.
There are two young ladies In the camp
named, Eleanor, and the 'bouquet was
presented to them by the climbers.
Today Mrs. E. T. Parsons, of San Fran
cisco, C. H. Sholes and Miss Margaret
Fleming, of Portland: Rev. Mr. Coving
ton, of Seattle, arrived In camp to spend
the remainder of the outing.
Fire Destroys Gold-Dredger.
REDDING. Cal.. Aug. 7. The Shasta
Dredging Company's gold dredger at
Horsetown. 14 miles southwest of Red
ding, was destroyed by fire last night,
causing a loss of $125,000. with $40,000
insurance. The dredger had been In suc
cessful operation only two months. The
fire was caused by the transformers on
the boat burning out. A similar craft
valued at $100,000. was burned at the
same place three years ago.
Citizens Form Own Water Company
GRANTS PASS, Or. Aug. 7. (Spe
cial.) Aggrieved over the failure of
1 t : . y
Tnm. T?iv-r Water Comnany to
furnish them water for domestic and
sewer purposes, the residents of Lin
coln Park Addition have incorporated a
company and have gone before the
Common Council to ask for a franchise
for a period of 60 years. The organiza
tion will spend considerable capital,
and when the plant is installed will be
able to furnish water, pure and cold,
from deep wells, for the inhabitants
and for city use.
ROBBED BY ITS OWN MEN
Employe Seattle Transfer Company
Accused of ; Thef ts. .
SEATTLE, Wash., Aug.' "..-(Special.)
William Miller, assistant foreman of the
checking department of the Seattle
Transfer Company, Is under arrest
charged with embezzlement. He. has con
fessed to the theft of a small sum, but It
is stated that the' total amount the com
pany has lost will run into the thou
sands. It is stated by the Transfer Company
that the existence of an organized gang
of employes engaged In robbing their em
ployers has been developed. For months
the thefts have been going on. Falsified
accounts, rifled bags and even opened
trunks were some of the methods em
ployed. Miller admits a small theft, but
will not implicate any one else, he says
he Is "wise" and refuses to talk further.
PHOTOGRAPH BEER BARREL
W. C. T. V. Gathers Evidence
Against Pullman Professor.
PULLMAN, Wash.. Aug. 7. (Special.)
The board of regents of Washington State
College adjourned last evening and
Barnard and Browne left for their homes.
Johnson, Anderson and McGregor re
mained in town tonight and are in
vestigating charges made by the local
W. C. T. U. against Professor Charles
Timblln, head of the preparatory depart
ment. The nature of only one charge is known.
That is that Timblln received a shipment
of a barrel of bottled beer from a Spo
kane brewery and it was taken to his
home. Photographs of the barrel and the
label on it were secured in the freight
depot before it had been taken to Pro
fessor Tlmblln's house.
PUMP WATER FROM ROGUE
Irrigation Project Being Investi
gated at Grants Pass.
GRANTS PASS. Or., Aug. 7. (Spe
cial.) G. I. Brown, a civil engineer,
and several capitalists, are in this city
looking over the valley below town
with the view of putting in an Irriga
tion system. The promoters have ac
quired the dam across Rogue River,
and the power plant, of the old Grants
Pass New Water, Light & Power Com
pany, and it is proposed to pump the
water to the required elevation and
hold it In storage as needed for the
farmers below.
This project will, when fully in-'
stalled as outlined by the person in
charge, irrigate several thousand acres
of valuable land. Later water will be
pumped out for use on the south side
of the river, where there is easily 6000
acres that can be brought to a high
state of cultivation. It is this land
that will produce three crops of alfalfa
yearly with sufficient water.
PASCO LIGHT PLANT BURNS
City In Darkness as Result of Fire.
Damage $51,000.
PASCO, Wash., Aug. 7. (Special.)
Shortly after 6 o'clock this evening fire
broke out in the Northern PaciAc light
and power plant. A strong south wind
aided the flames, and before the local
department could arrive upon the scene
of the fire the entire plant was doomed.
As the plant furnished both light and
power for the city, Pasco Is thrown into
darkness tonight. The plant was val
ued at $51,000, and was partly covered
by Insurance., The origin of the fire
is unknown.
FORCED 0FFG0LF LINKS
Fort Lawton Soldiers Retreat Be
fore Invasion of Mosquitoes.
SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 7. (Special.)
Officers at Fort Lawton have been
compelled to abandon the golf links and
tennis courts and other outdoor games
on account of the millions of mosqui
toes which are this year more numer
ous than ever before. The sentries and
men on fatigue duty are compelled to
wear hoods of mosquito netting, and
the children of the officers at the post
do likewise when at play.
Paying 80 Cents for "Weston Wheat.
WESTON, Or., Aug. 7. (Special.)
Eighty cents for No. 1 wheat was offered
yesterday by local buyers and resulted
ini the sale of about 23.000 bushels. 6. A.
Barnes, agent of the Pacific Coast Ele
vator Company, bought about 12.000
v....t.ai. irhinh (nfiurieri the lots of Alex
ander Walker, Mrs. L. McMorris, W. H.
Booker and others. Frank Price bought
the following -lots for the Kerr-Gtfford
Company: J. N. York. 1000 bushels; O.
C. and Otis Turner, 2200 sacks; A. J.
Mclntyre, 1800 sacks; James Rltchey, 900
sacks.
Honors for Captain Robertson.
HOQUIAM, Wash.. Aug. 7. (Special.)
Captain George D. Robertson, select
ed at American Lake as range officer to
go East with the expert riflemen. Is
the commanding officer of Company F,
located In Hoquiam. Robertson is
prominent socially, an expert civil en
gineer and a veteran of the Spanish
war. Captain Robertson is a strict dis
ciplinarian, but holds both the confi
dence and esteem of his soldiers.
Burglar Operates In Corvallls.
CORVALLIS, Or., Aug. 7. (Special.)
The first burglary in years occurred
in this city last night sometime after
midnight. The cigar store of Jack
Milne, on Second street, was entered
through a rear door and about $100 se
cured from the safe. The safe was
opened by breaking the combination
wHh a carpenter's hammer. The offi
cers think they have a clew to the
robber.
Montesano Streets Dark.
MONTESANO. Wash.. Aug. 7. (Spe
cial.) The Montesano Light & Water
Company, on account of the low supply
of water, has notified the City Council
that no more street lights can be fur
nished for some time. So the city is
now in darkness, the lights only running
half the night, instead of all night, as
heretofore.
Boy Lights Powder; Face Lacerated
JACKSONVILLE. Or., Aug. 7. (Spe
cial.) The 11-year-old son of H. D.
Kubli. of Applegate, was badly injured
yesterday by the explosion of a pound
of powder he had poured Into a pan
and to which he had touched a lighted
match. The boy's face Is burned and
mangled and his eyesight endangered,
SALE OF
This is all regular first-quality Hose, and a Nozzle goes with every piece at these
prices. All our Hose guaranteed for one year.
50 feet Chatham Rubber, -inch; regular price $5.00, sale $3.9S
50 feet Columbia Rubber, -inch; regular price $6.00, sale $4.89
50 feet Columbia' Rubber, y2 -inch; regular price $5.50, sale .....-4.48
50 ft. "Woodlark" Rubber, -in.; regular price $7.00, sale $5.59
50 ft. ..V Woodlark" Rubber, Y? -in.; regular price $6.50, sale ...$4.98
25 feet Superior Rubber, -inch; regular price $3.50, sale.. $2.38
25 feet Superior Rubber, y2 -inch; regular price $3.25, sale . $2.19
REELS, SPRINKLERS, MENDERS, ETC.
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Makes old straw hats look like new.
Easily applied and positively harm
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clean several hats. 25 box.
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Governor Chamberlain Says It
Will Be Great Success.
VISITS OREGON BUILDING
Declares This State's Exhibit Will
Eclipse Anything Shown at Seat
tle Exposition Next Tear.
Work AVell Under "Way.
SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 7. (Special.)
Governor George Q Chamberlain, of Ore
gon, accompanied by W. H. Wehrung.
president of the Oregon State Commis
sion; D. C. Lewis, architect of the Ore
gon building, and B. W. Rowe, a mem
ber of the State Commission, visited the
Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition site to
day and were escorted about the grounds
by a party of fair officials.
The visitors examined every building on
the grounds and at the conclusion of the
Inspection Governor Chamberlain said
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DEFECTSOFVISION
Although slight, may in time develop
into serious eye trouble. Let our op
tician examine your eyes and advise
as to glasses and their fitting. Com
plete line of Glasses in stock.
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most successful ever held In the West.
In addition he declared that Oregon plans
an exhibit that will eclipse anything else
on the grounds next year. Of course the
Oregon building was the center of in
terest. The work of tearing down the scaffold
ing about the building had begun before
Governor Chamberlain's arrival. Prac
tically all the staff has been put on and
the exterior is about completed. '
"I have been surprised at the progress
made by the Oregon Commission," said
the Governor, "Oregon plans an exhibit
which we hope will eclipse anything else
shown during the fair. Oregon has the
utmost confidence in the success of the
exposition and our experience has shown
us that our participation in the fair will
be of immense value to the state. The
exposition will be of immense value to
the entire Northwest and both in ex
hibits and attendance Oregon will do her
share, to make It a success."
Governor Chamberlain left this after
noon 'for American Lake, where the Ore
gon Militia is engaged in maneuvers with
the regular troops and other Northwest
militia.
To Guard Taxpayers Institute.
HOQUIAM, Wash., Aug. 7. (Special.)
Councllmen McTaggart, Homan and
Hoag have filed their credentials and
will constitute the Hoquiam committee
to sit with the Chehalis County Board
of Equalization, which meets next
Monday.
Xew Town on Oregon Electric.
HILLSBORO. Or., Aug. 7. (Special.)
The Oregon Nursery Company Is laying
Soda Crackers with crack to them
Soda Crackers with snap toUhem
Soda Crackers with taste to them
neda Biscuit
Oven-fresh Oven-crisp Oven
In dust tight.
New sold in bulk.
NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY
25c Bottle
8 CO.
FOURTH AND
WASHINGTON
out a new town on Its JlflO.OOO holdings
three miles east of this city, and one of
the deed stipulations In property sold is
that no liquor shall be offered for sale.
The name of the prospective town 1
Orenoo, and it Is on the line of the Ore
gon Electric.
LUNCHEON FORCED ON BOA
Milk, Egfcs. Sujrar and Cognac Is
Poured Into Scorched Reptile.
SPOKANE, Wash., Aug. 7. (Special.)
Natatorium Park crowds of pleasure- ,
seekers were treated to a unique sight ,
today when big Joe. the boaconstrlctor, j
recently brought here from Kernle, B. C ,
where he was scorched in the fire which
destroyed the city, was forced to swallow ;
ovi;r two gallons of milk punch. Twenty
seven men were required to handle the
big snake while he was being given his
enl'orced meal, the fire having driven his :
appetite away.
The punch poured down Big Joe's neck
was made from two gallons of milk, five
dozen eggs, a pound of sugar and a. quart
of cognac. The repttie showed no ill
effects of his enforced meal and tame
dli tely slunked off to a corner.
Old-Tlme Placer Miner Gone,
CANTON CITY, Or., Aug. 7. Jack
Woolsey, one of the early pioneers - of ;
Grant County, died Monday at the home :
of the county poor near this clity. He
came to Canyori Creek during the early
mining days and is known to all thosn
who were engaged In mining here at that
time.
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