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SEVEN IN FIGHT;
JOHNSON IH LEAD
Prophets Think He Will Win
Third District Congres
sional Nomination.
RIVALS CONCEDE CHANCES
Spokane County Handicapped
In
Fact That Its Strength Is Divided
Among Four Candidates In
the Contest. .
RT JOE SMITH.
SPOKANE. Wash:, Aug. 21. (Special.)
With comparatively few important excep
tions Eastern Washington political ob
servers have picked Lee A. Johnson, of
Bunnyside. Yakima County, as the win
ner of the seven-sided contest iur m
Republican Congressional nomination In
the Third, or iiastern v asmngion un-
trlrt
Not many of them venture the predic
tion that ho will win the nomination on
the first choice vote, though that la con
sidered a nosslblllty. but on trie second
choice vote as well as on the first choice
vote he is looked upon as a general
favorite so that thia Is not considered as
militating seriously against his chances
of landing the nomination.
Johnson Easily Leads.
His rival candidates, as well as inde
pendent political observers, recognize Mr.
Jnhnsnn as easily the leading candidate
In the race. None of them will admjt that
he Is rnln to win It. but practically wnn-
out exception each of them admits that
he Is the candidate whom they must de
tent In order to win.
Although the largest county in the dis
trict by more than 100 per cent. Spokane
Is handicapped by the fact that It presents
four candidates for the nomination, can-
rilrtatf. of such comparatively even
strength both at home and in the other
counties that It Is Impossible lor aponane
County voters to agree with even rea-
onable unanimity which of them stands
the best chance or defeating tneir i axima i
county antagonist, iucoc inc.. .c .....
Poindexter. a member of the bupenor
Bench of the County; T. D. Rockwell, a I
member of the State Tax Commission;
xiarry noetnnaupi, . iu"-r ui i. i
Senate, and N . . iuaaen. tormer xie- i
ceiver of the Spokane Land Olhce.
xy i,....iirinii,T. rvTiost I
Of the four, Rockwell is probably the I
most widely known throughout the dis- I
trlct, having been given much prominence I
and publicity In connection with the work
. V. Tav rimmtainn anil eArlier In
the campaign was looked upon by many
or nis supporters as a uie wiimci. iuuso
Poindexter has made an aggressive cam
paign and one which has extended to
all parts of the district. In the course of
which he has attacked Rockwell a work
on the Tax Commission and charged him
with being the candidate of the Great
Northern Railroad Interests. Rockwell,
replying to these charges, has accused
Judge Poindexter of taking to the woods
and playing Into the hands of theatlroad
forwc four years ago when there was a
real fight on against railroad domination
of Washington politics, only to return
now to wage war on the railroads as a
purely political pretext.
Without being able accurately to gauge
the effect of this controversy upon rural
voters, local politicians have adopted the
conclusion that It has proven detrimental
to both candidates engaging In it.
Rosenhaupt Strong at Home.
AH three of the candidates from with
out Spokane County, Johnson. H. XI.
Boone and M. E.- Field, as well as Wil
liam Goodyear, the sole candidate for
the Democratic nomination, after look
ing casually over the field ln Spokane
County, agree in picking Rosenhaupt as
the man likely to get the most votes ln
his home county. Rosenhaupt. however.
is counting very confidently upon getting
a large proportion of the labor vote and
quite recently his chances of realizing
on these expectations have been mate
rially Injured by the Issuance of a re
port by officers of the State Federation
of Labor which shows that he voted in
the Senate last session against the in
itiative and referendum and side-stepped
the vote on one other labor measure. At
the same time one of the federation's
representatives at Olympla during the
session, has sent out a very enthusiastic
letter indorsing the record made in the
lower house by Johnson.
Interest at Low Ebb.
All seven of the candidates are mak
ing active campaigns, but supporters of
all of them complain somewhat at what
they term a lamentable lack of Interest
in the contest displayed ln many parts of
the district. Rockwell and Poindexter
have been holding public meetings and
the reports from them are to the effect
that they have been sllmly attended ln
some Instances, while ln comparatively
few Instances has the attendance been
satisfactory in either the number ln at
tendance or the enthusiasm manifested
by those present. Ludden and Rockwell,
of the local candidates, and Boone, of
Whitman County, have established and
are maintaining active publicity bureaus
from which they are sending out circu
lars and newspaper matter. Both of the
other Spokane candidates maintain head
quarters here, their local managers de
voting themselves largely to personal
correspondence. Judge Poindexter 'has
probably the largest Spokane County or
ganization, whue Rockwell presents an
imposing array of names of prominent
business and professional men upon the
advisory ooramittee printed on his offi
cial stationary. Rosenhaupt has a small
local organization and a number of ac
tive workers among the labor unions,
while Ludden Is his own local organiza
tion. Newspapers Xot Aggressive.
Little aggressive partisanship has
been displayed by the newspapers of
the district In the Congressional mil -
test, as compared with the contests for
Governor and for United States Senator.
Practically every country weekly in the
state has taken a more or less definite
stand for either Senator Ankeny or Con
gressman Jones on the Senatorshlp. a
considerable number have announced
their preference on the Governorship,
but most of those In the district have
adopted a more or less neutral attitude
In the Congressional contest, playing no
favorites In the notices published by
them. There are exceptions to this rule,
but a rule it still remains.
Johnson draws his strength from
three sources, and is apparently adding
to it dally by the campaign he is mak
ing, posaaaalng as he does an intensely
attractive personality and being ln the
superlative degree a "good mixer." The
first of these, elements Is the church
vote, to which he has a prior claim.
having served several years ln the
Methodist ministry, and through that t
connection hivlnr fnrmH a n-H. on 7
favorable acquaintance In several dlf- I ?
rent counties of the district. I
Jxt to this, he added largely, to aUi
popularity with this class of voters by
the record which he made In the State
Legislature two sessions, being In that
capacity particularly active In advocating-
moral reform measures. He was
chairman of the House committee of
public morals in the last session, and
Introduced and championed the pro
posed local option law, which met with
narrow defeat in the House. With this
professional and public record back of
him, he was thrown conspicuously Into
the limelight In Washington politics by
the sensationally unexpected action of
the Republican State Convention In de
claring for local option as a party
issue.
Conditions which are Nation-wide
have conspired with conditions in this
state and this party declaration to
make local option easily the dominant
Issue of the primary campaign, and
Johnson Is riding on the crest of the
local option wave. In addition to these
two elements of strength, he has been
"rljthf In the Legislature with the
labor organizations, and while this may
not attract the members of those or
ganizations to his support, it will pre
vent any successful effort to organize
them In behalf of any of his opponents.
How " Field Compares.
Field, who halls from Chelan County,
and comes with a record of rare excel
lence In two State Legislatures, has
developed superior strength in the t'p
ner Columbia River region, through fa
miliarity with its Congressional needs
and desires, but that region, while
large in area and possible resources. Is
comparatively small In voting popula
tion, and It Is upon second-choice vot&s
from the better-settled portions of the
district that he must depend for possi
ble success. Only a few days ago. after
making a brief canvass of Spokane City
and County, Field threw a bomb into
the midst of his opponents by propos
ing that the seven candidates join In a
Joint meeting In this city, each to ad
dress the meeting, and at Its conclu
sion take a straw vote of the voters In
the audience. Replies to this challenge
have not been received from the other
candidates.
LOGGING CAMPS BEOPES
OPERATIONS ARE RESUMED BY
TWIN FALLS COMPANY.
Two Hundred and Fifty Men W ill Be
Employed by Beginning
of September.
YACOLT. Wash., Aug. 21. (Special.)
rh8 Twin Falls Logging Company, which
,g a part of th8 Weyerhaeuser system,
WM beirin operations September 1. Tn
company open with 250 men on the
pay roU faiiers and buckers are already
taklng tne) fleldi and by the beginning of
the month the work will be running on
fuII time and wltn a fuli crew.
jogging companies of this district
shut down last winter, immediately fol
lowing the financial depression. The re
sumlng of operations by the Twin Falls
Company marks the return of prosperity
for this section
CATTLE QUESTION ISSUE
Washington County May Vote on
Stock Running at Large
HILLS BORO, Or.. Aug. 21. (Special.)
The Presidential ballot this Fall may
carry -as a side Issue the question of
cattle running at large.
Nearly all the mountain precincts voted
In a large majority to give cattle the
swing of the highways, and Buxton pre
cinct, where the timber Summer range
Is large, and of much value to the home
steaders and small home holders, has sent
ln a petition to have the question resub
mltted at the Jeovember election. There
are many other precincts which are in the
same category, and petitions are now
being successfully circulated. In all prob
ability ten precincts will ask to have
another chance to vote an open range for
livestock.
No "Organ" for Democrats.
HILLSBORO. Or.. Aug. 21. (Special.)
For the first time in many Presidential
contests, Washington County has no Dem
ocratic paper, and there Is much specula
tion as to the effect on results. Four
years ago the local Democratic paper,
which was sold to a Republican ln 1907.
refused to support Judge Parker, because
of his alleged sympathies with the "in
terests." Local Democrats expect to make
their campaign personal largely.
DEAN OF SCHOOL OF DOMES
TIC SCIENCE AT O. A. C.
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OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL
LEGE, Corvallis. Aug. 21. (Spe
cial.) Miss Juliet Greer, dean of
the School of Domestic Science
and Art. Oregon Agricultural
College, lias arrived from the
East and is already engaged In
preliminaries Incident to housing
her department on the second
floor of Science Hall. Miss Greer
comes to the college with a
record of . successes ln the East.
She received her preparatory
training ln Chicago, graduated
from Vaasar College, was a
teacher in grade an,d preparatory
schools, then a student in the
University of Chicago and Co
lumbia University. New York
City and comes direct from the
Domestic Science department of
Pratt Institute. New York, where
for ten years she has been in
structor. The Domestic Science and Arts
department at O. A. C.. this year,
will be transferred from Waldo
Hall Mo more spacious and far
better equipped quarters in
Science Hall. Here the entire
second floor. 75x130 feet, will be
used by this department. The
building Is very nearly finished
at th'a time, and will be ready
for occupancy at the opening of
school, September 25.
HINDUS USE GUNS
East Indians Rout Belligerent
Italian Strikers.
TWO RIOTERS ARE INJURED
Further Trouble Is Feared at Ta-
coma and Auburn and Rail-
road Company Has Ap
pealed for Deputies.
TACOMA. Aug. 21. Maddened at the
sight of 40 Hindu strike-breakers filling
their Dlaces in the Northern facmc
Railroad yards about 50 Italian laborers.
armed with stones, clubs and other
BEACTIFIX WO.MAS OF IN
DIAN RACE, DIES AT
KEWFORT,
Mrs. Joseph Brlgg-a.
NEWPORT Or., Aug. 21. (Spe
cial.) Mrs. Joseph Brlggs, wife
of ont of the liresaving crew
here, died In Newport, August 14,
after a brief illness. Mrs. Brlggs
gave birth to a daughter last
week and her death soon fol
lowed. Mrs. Brlggs. whose maiden
name was Alice Saunders, was
considered the most beautiful
woman of Indian blood on this
Coa3t. She came of a fine In
dian family, was a graduate of
Chemawa Indian School and took
a prominent part In every move
ment for the betterment of her
race. She was 24 years of age
at the time of her death, and had
been married 13 years. Her
daughter, Dorothy, died of pneu
monia in California this last
Winter, and It Is thought that
this bereavement hastened her
own death. Mrs. Brlggs was
burlad Sunday ln the wind-swept
cemetery of her family situated
on the height of Cape Foul
weather. weapons, twice today engaged the Hindus
ln a pitched battle, but were repulsed
by the latter with bullets. One Hindu
Is ln the hospital with a bruised face,
and the foreman of the track gang has
a lump on his forehead from a rock
thrown by the Italians. Other than this
there were no casualties.
The leader of the strikers has prom
ised Mayor Llnck that there will be no
further disturbance tonight, and .tomor
row he will have a conference with the
railroad officials. The strikers say they
are not demanding an increased wage
and that the men came from St. Paul
to work at $1.60 per day, and were prom
ised return transportation. The com
pany, they claim, has reduced the pay
to $1.26 per day and has refused to, keep
Its contract about transportation. The
leader of the strikers says he will not
vouch for the behavior of his country
men after Saturday night, and if the
Hindus remain at work they must pro
tect themselves.
Tonight the railroad officials declare
that the wages of the Italians will not
be Increased and that the Hindus will
be given every protection and have ap
pealed to the Sheriff for deputies.
COMPANY ASKS FOR DEPUTIES
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Strikers at Auburn Refuse to Vacate
Shanties.
SEATTLE. Wash.. Aug. 21. (Special.)
Sheriff L. C. Smith was called upon to
day by the Northern Pacific Railroad to
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Ing Italian section hands and Japanese,
with whom It is proposed to replace the
strikers. A few -days ago SO Italian sec
tion hands struck when their demand for
higher wages was refused. They were
ordered out of their shanties, but re
fused to go. Japanese .have been em
ployed and last night about 50 of them
slept on the ground near the Italian
quarters. Today another demand was
made on the strikers to vacate their
quarters, but they again refused, and the
company was told that, the Italians
would shoot any man who attempted to
evict them or any Japanese who was put
to work. The railroad was told that the
deputies would be sent to Auburn to
night:
DEATH ROLL IN NORTHWEST
Charles Putnam, Native Son and
First Sheriff of Klamath.
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal., Aug. 21
(Special.) CharlesPutnam died on the J
evening of August 18 at the residence
of Ivan D. Applegate, in Fruitvale, Cal.
at the age of 59 years. His death was
the result of paralysis, with which he
had been afflicted for more than a
month.
Mr. Putnam was born in Polk County,
Oregon, December 10, 1848. He was a
grandson of Jesse Applegate, one of
Oregon's earliest pioneers. On Novem
ber 29, 1874, he married Elizabeth A.
Hutchison. His wife and three sons-
Jesse, Lloyd and Ivan survive him.
At the age of 16 he enlisted in Com
pany K, First Oregon inrantry, just
before the close of the War of the Re
bellion, and served with his regiment
for two years ln the Snake Indian war
ln Eastern Oregon. During, the Modoc
Indian war, while living at the Clear
Lake ranch ln Modoc County, Califor-
la.'he was ena-agred by General Davis
as guide and scout to assist in the
capture of Captain Jack, the Modoc
renegate cjiief, aud his band of out-
lawa. aod KM'bUuaelX la tioinwid -oX j
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the detachment of Warm spring in
I dian scouts which captured the notori-
nnj renerarle. Tn lS8ri on the organi-
i utfnn nf thn r-ountv of Klamath, he
was aDoointed as Sheriff of that coun
ty. nH was afterwards eiecxea to
serve a second term, in .isau
Klamath County with his family and
has since resided in Redlands, Cal.
Mrs. Susie Talmage.
TILLAMOOK, Or., Aug. 21. After an
extended illness, Mrs. Susie Talmage,
wife of C. W. Talmage, a widely-
known attorney of this city, ana at
one tlmo Mayor of Tillamook, aiea
Tuesday night. Mrs. Talmage was born
Harrison County, Missouri, in xso-j.
and came West with her parents two
years later, spending her childhood and
early Klrlhood at Walla Walla, Wash.
Afterwards she lived at McMinnville,
where she married Mr. Talmage in
1880. residing- continually In that city
until 1901, when, with ner nusoana, sne
came to Tillamook.
James Leary.
THE DALLES, Or., Aug. 21. (Special.)
James Leary. .who for 28 years has op
erated the steam pump ln the yards of
the O. R. & N. here, died this morning in
Portland at St. Vincent's Hospital. Mr.
Leary was one of the few remaining em
ployes of the Oregon Steam Navigation
Company, whose steam Doats pnea rne
Columbia River before a railroad was
constructed, and who. being transferred
to the new company, had continued ln Its
service. In honor of his memory the
railroad shop whistles in this city, which :
he had blown for many years, remained
silent today. His widow survives him.
Mrs. C. H. Rosenberg.
PENDLETON, Or., Aug. 2L (Special.)
Mrs. C. H. Rosenberg, wife of a wealthy
German wheatraiser of this city, died
suddenly of heart disease at noon today.
She had been In ill health for some time.
Mrs. Rosenberg leaves a husband and five
children. She had been a resident of
Umatilla County for 25 years.
LIGHT DAMAGE IN MARION I
Reports of Forest Fires Exaggerat
ed Gateway to Eastern Oregon.
SALEM. Or.. Ausr. 16. (To the Ed
itor. )-Leaving Detroit at 12:30 on the
15th. I srlve you conditions there and I
latest news from the forest surround
ings. There is, according to the pro
Drietor of the only hotel, less visitors
for pleasure than last year. Probably
the result of "forest fire news." which,
as to damage done, seems to have been
greatly exaggerated, as was the case
two years ago, when the principal loss
was by the Curtis Lumbering com
' pany, and most of the fire was on
logged-off land fired by sparks from
the locomotives.
The logging now being done Is in
saving timber killed by the fire two
I years ago, and averages about eight
carloads daily run to Mill City, which
is the chief business point in xnis
valley, bearing: every evidence of pres-
ent and prospective thrift. This, ap-
parentlv. will remain true indefinitely
as long as the forest supplies last
probably prolonged by electric force as
an article of commerce, and the sue
being the western gateway through
valley ns a channel . of commerce
with Central Oregon Just as Portland,
grown to the single city of Hall J,
Kelley's fancy of 75 years ago, is sure
ly becoming the western gateway of
the old Oregon. There are two fires
yet burning in dead timber, but they
are no cause of loss or alarm.
The fire of 1906 here was a great
cleaner-un. but has. of oourse. left
dead and half-dead small and defective
trees, the sight of which is depressing,
but through which hints of scenery can
already be obtained that will be an
everlasting attraction to mountain lov
ers. The foundation for permanent
life Is already being manifested: The
good crops of native raspberries and
blackberries the finest flavored of
their kind then, to varieties of wild
vetches and lupins, elkweed, etc., is
being added white clover and velvet
grass, carried and spread by the free-
grazing stock. A Mr. Owen Judd is the
first personal pioneer grazer and hor
ticulturist. He has a white clover pas
ture inclosed. He 'has a garden of
small fruits and vegetables that would
be hard to beat anywhere ln the Wil
lamette Valley. In fact, with the heat
and shelter of a narrow valley, he has
the finest soli the grinding force of
this river has made ln past time.
held in a piece of beaver dam land.
By his labor at Hoover Mill he can
send a few hundreds of cedar posts or
other forest resources and get In re
turn clothing, coffee, baled clover hay.
etc With what he has here, butter
and honey and fine flour are only the
basis of his living. The honey Is the
finest quality.
I learn from friends returning from
the Hot Springs that white clover
there, added to social attractions,
doubtless holds the range-herders with
their steeds, while their flocks are
kept at a distance. They get their
camp supplies at Detroit increasingly,
but, happily, they can go there now
without being loaded with bottles of
snake-bite, or knocked down with
loaded dice. The women quietly say
there hag no one yet attempted to re
pair the saloon that was wrecked by
dynamite, I heard no regrets that
drunkenness or gambling is no longer
in evidence here.
i lie w i ue.i ib no longer ox me age oi I
I energy, as 35 years ago when first sent
traditional pass, but he feels wlUlng
yet to aid others in making common I
or electric road from Detroit to Black
Butte, the western edge of the Irri
gated system of the Central Des
Chutes Valley across which a business
road will go some day. J. MINTO.
BREEN IS AGAIN IN PRISON
Conditional Pardon Revoked and
He Must Serve Rest of Sentence.
WALLA WALLA. Wash., Aug. 21.
(Special.) After going through a strenu
ous "sweating" at the hands of Sheriff
Haviland, Deputy Painter, Chief of Po
lice Mike Davis and Sheriff Til Taylor, of
Pendleton, this morning. James Breen,
1 ";l,n.riw.lel!?, ! f0!
his parents, was handcuffed and escorted
to the State Penitentiary, where he
donned the stripes again in accordance ,
with orders from Governor Albert E.
Mead, revoking his conditional pardon.
When questioned 'by officers, Breen stuck
to, h"' th,at..the . Brl"a" was
! alive and living ln the vicinity of Tollgate.
He again promised to go into tne moun-
tains and secure the child, provided he
was not accompanied by an offlcer.
Prison officials believe this promise was
made ln the hope of securing another i
chance to break for liberty. He has five
years xo serve yet ior passing a no-iunp i
check.
Mrs. C. E. Burrows Sells Property.
ABERDEEN, Wash., Aug. 2L (Spe
cial.) Mrs. C. E. Burrows, widow of Cap
tain Burrows, has sold for $160,000 her en
tire interests and those of her two sons,
Frank and Glenn Burrows, ln the C. E.
Burrows mill on the south side, steam-
.tgprSpmbery-SSfSSTr?
Burrows Logging Company, which con
trols dams on the Humptullps River. The
purchasers ara A. P. Stockwell, of the
Burrows Company, and J. D. Crary,
manager of the Grays Harbor Railway &
Lirht Company, who is understood to i
represent Eastern, capitalists.
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ATTORNEYS WOtTD MAKE
WIFE-DESERTION CRIME.
National Commission American Bar
Asosclatlon Opens Session
ln Seattle.
SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 21. The three
days' session of the National Commission
of Uniform State Laws, preceding the
meeting of the American Bar Association
ln this city, began today with about 30
I delegates in attendance, representing per
I haps 20 states. Amasa M. Eaton, of
Providence. R. I., president of the com
I mission, was In the chair and delivered
I his annual address at the morning ses-
I sion.
The report of the committee on mar
riage and divorce recommended for adop
tion a bill making desertion and non
support an Indictable offense punishable
by imprisonment at hard labor.
The day was largely taken up with a
discussion of the proposed uniform bill on
stock certificates, which has been prepared
by Professor Samuel Willlston, of Har
vard Law School, and which makes cer
tificates negotiable.
The annual election resulted ln the
cTioice of Amasa M. Eaton, president;
Walter George Smith, of Philadelphia,
vice-president; Charles Thaddeus Terry,
of New York, secretary, and Talcott H.
Russell, of New Haven, Conn., treasurer.
Judge Eaton has been elected president
each successive year since 1901. At the
opening of the conference he was
presented with a gavel by W. O.
Hart, of New Orleans, on behalf of Mrs.
Hart, who Is president of the United
Daughters of 1776 and 1812. The wood was
cut from a magnolia tree on the battle
field where Jackson won his famous vic
tory over the British.
NORMAL COURSE IS ADDED
Changes Are Made In Curriculum of
Centralia High School.
CENTRALIA, Wash., Aug. 21. (Spe
cial) The Centralia public schools will
open for the registration of pupils on
September 7. Repairs are being rushed
so that the buildings will be in first
class condition. The High School
course has been changed, a Normal
couree to prepare young people for
the teaching profession being intro
duced. The High School faculty will prob
ably be as follows: Superintendent R.
B.- Kellogg, theory and practice of
teaching; Principal A. R. Terpening,
history and normal subjects; Cora Day,
English; Frances Piekarski, Latin and
German; S. E. Culver, science; Walter
F. Wollenhaupt, mathematics; M. E.
Harty, history, English and Latin.
Mr. Harty is a graduate of McMlnn
vllle College, of McMinnville, Or. He
wlu as athletic director.
saima.A n nstrism i r- "r
UUIM I HAL, FUM rAVIiMU LX I
Warren Company, of Portland, Will
Carry Out Work at Roseburg.
ROSEBURG, Or., Aug. 2L (Special.) At
special meeting of the City Council this
evening final action on the paving of 18
blocks of the main streets of the city was
taken. The contract was let to the War
ren Construction Company, of Portland,
the only bidder. Work la to commence
within ten days and be rushed to comple
tion. Bids for the purchase of the $3o,000
street improvement bonds to be Issued by
the City of Roseburg were .opened and the
bid of Morris Bros., of Portland, was
accepted. The owners .of the property
abutting the paving to be done are to
pay one-half of the expense Incurred, and
not one protest was filed.
WILL OF MILLMAN . FILED
C. R. Wilson Leaves Bulk or Jbstate
to Widow and Eight Children.
ABERDEEN, Wash., Aug. 2L (Special.)
-The will of Charles R. Wilson, the lum-
- h - rman. was filed in Montesano this
m0rning for probate. The document was
prepared while Mr. Wilson was ill in Los
Anreles. It leaves, with the exception of
two small bequests, the entire estate to
th( wlAow and children. One-half goes
to Mrs. Wilson, and the remainder is di-
vided equally among tne eight children.
Mrs Wilson Is made sole executrix, with
out bond. The estate consists of real and
personal property in Washington. Califor
nia and Oregon, to tne nrsc i-resDyter-ian
Church of Aberdeen $600 is left for a
fund to purchase a pipe organ. A simi
lar sum is left to Mrs. A. E. Lumsden,
of Portland, Or., a sister of Mrs. Wilson.
CITY WILL FURNISH LIGHT
Ashland Council Takes Steps to
Erect Municipal Plant.
ASHLAND, Aug. 21. (Special.) The
City. Council of As blood ha taken, all
Energy is well-nourished muscles
plus well-nourished nerves.
needa Biscuit
are the greatest energy-makers
of all the wheat foods.
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In dust tight,
moisture proof packages.
Never sold in bulk.
NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY
steps necessary to finance, equip and
operate a municipal electric light and
power plant and furnish electricity for
street and domestic use throughout the
city. A recent preliminary survey of
Ashland Creek showed the water sup
ply controlled by the city and available
during the low-water season to be
capable of generating over 300 horse
power by establishing a power station
at the upper intake of the city water
system. This is ample to supply the
electricity for the city at the present
time and for some time to come. An
other plan to put the power plant at
another point on the stream will dou
ble this capacity. The Council at once
ordered complete plans and specifica
tions for a modern plant and on Tues
day evening, at their meeting, directed
the Issuance of the $50,000 bonds al
ready authorized, and called a special
election for September g to authorize
an additional Issue of $30,000. It also
declared Its purpose of constructing the
plant at or.ce.
AFTER LOWNSDALE'S SCULP
OWNERS OF DISEASED TREES
RESENT DESTRUCTION.
Fruit Inspector Declines to Become
Excited Over Crusade for
His Removal.
vLA FAYETTE, Or.. Aug. 21. (Special.)
The fruit Inspector for Yamhill County,
M. O. Lownsdale, Is evidently 'causing
considerable distress to the owners of
diseased orchards ln this county.. A petl
tion . has been circulated asking, for his
removal because he Is enforcing the law
and Is cutting down diseased trees whose
owners refuse to treat or renovate them,
The petition is being signed by those who
evidently have no regard for clean or
ehards. and by a few who, perhaps, hope
the removal of the present Inspector will
allow them to retain their own infested
and diseased trees.
Mr. Lownsdale, when asked if the rep-
utaoie iruit interests would circulate
counter petition, replied: "No, Indeed! The
proceeding Is far too farcical. What a
burlesque It is to ask the removal of an
officer because he Is enforcing the law!
If the petition had recited that I was lax
or negligent In my official work there
might have been some ground for discus
slon. But as. it is, I will not turn my
hand In counteraction. Nor will the real
fruitgrowers of the county."
Mr. Lownsdale Is being loyally supported
by the best citizens of the county and
his official work as inspector receives the
same commendation as does his efficient
management of the publicity campaign
inaugurated by Yamhill County.
WILL HEAR GOiilPLII
EXAMINER TO INVESTIGATE
CHARGE AGAINST RAILROAD.
First Hearing Under Law Authoriz
ing Commission to Act
for Shipper.
OLYMPIA, Wash., Aug. 21. (Special.)
The first hearing under the new law au
thorizing the State Railroad Commission
to act as complainant for a Washington
shipper! before the Interstate Commerce
Commission will take place at Tacoma
tomorrow before Special Examiner
Mathew, representing the Federal com
mission. The charge Is that the Northern Pa
cific Railway Company has been charging
a shipper 14 cents per hundred weight
freight on hay from Portland to Auburn,
while the regular tariff Is but 10 cents
from Portland through Auburn to Seattle,
and Is but three cents from Seattle to Au
burn. It is said the Northern Pacific authori
ties have announced their Intention to
equalize the condition by raising hay rates
from Portland to Seattle to 11 cents, so
the Auburn rate will just equal the
through rate plus the local back.
Victoria Wins at Cricket.
SEATTLE. Wash., Aug. 21. Victoria
won the cricket tournament by beating
Vancouver in the final match today by
a score of 21 runs on the first innings.
Victoria scored 185 runs and Vancouver
164. Gillespie, with 42; W. Yorke. 34,
not out; L. S. Yorke, with 29, batted
best for Victoria, and Wallon. with 46,
and J. H. Young, with 20, showed best
for Vancouver. Vancouver takes second
place and the Burrards third ln the
tournament, Seattle. Portland and Ver
non being equal and the Garrison team
last.
Crossed Wires Start Blaze.
BAKER CITY, Or., Aug. 21. Crossed
electric wires it Is thought caused a
fire to etart in Palmer's grocery , last
evening. The loss, according to the
manager, is $4000.
GOES OVER EMBANKMENT
PORTLAND DOCTOR AND WIFE
IN AUTO ACCIDENT. .
Occupants Are Thrown From Car as
It Leaves Road, but Escape
Uninjured.
ABERDEEN. Wash.. Aug.' 21. (Spe
cial.) The automobile of Dr. L. B. Smith,
of Portland, who, together with his wife,
is on his way from Portland to Aber
deen to visit his son. Dr. C. T. Smith,
of this city, plunged over a 25-foot em
bankment between Kalama and Castlo
Rock yesterday afternoon. The chauf
feur Jumped. Dr. and Mrs. Smith were
thrown out just as the car slid from
the road. They escaped injury. The auto
was not badly damaged.
The accident occurred at a point In
the road which Is being repaired. The
car was proceeding slowly, when the
earth suddenly gave way beneath it. See
ing the danger, the chauffeur Jumped.
The machine rolled to the bottom of the
embankment. Dr. Smith and his wife
were thrown out at the first turn of the
auto, which plunged on down the hill.
Owing to the soft earth at the bottom of
the embankment, the car was not badly
damaged.
A telephone message from Castle Rock
to Dr. Smith, In this city, last evening,
conveyed the Intelligence of his parents'
lucky escape and the fact that they
would be delayed at Castle Rock a day
or more, getting the auto out and mak
ing repairs. Dr. Smith and his wife are
coming to Aberdeen to visit their son and
go on a fishing trip.
Dr. Lundy B. Smith, who. with his
wife. Is reported as having met with an
automobile accident near Kalama yester
day, Is a Portland osteopath, with of
fices in the Oregonian building. He left
Portland several days ago to Journey to
Aberdeen In his new automobile.
Johnson Hearing Is Postponed.
HILLSBORO, Or., Aug. 21. (Special.)
Mrs. C. M. Johnson, of Lents, was in the
city today, and after visiting her son,
Walter Johnson, held for the murder of
Elmer Perdue, conferred with Attorney
W. N. Barrett, who Is temporarily acting
as attorney for the prisoner. Mrs. John
son states that her son has never been
quite strong mentally. Johnson's hearing
was indefinitely postponed yesterday upon
request of the defense, and the prisoner
may not be taken Into court for some
time.
Judge Parker Is Called Home.
SEATTLE, Wrash., Aug. 21. Judge
Alton B. Parker has been called home
on Important law business, and will
not be able to attend the meeting of
the American Bar Aesoclation, at which
he w-as to make the report of the com
mittee on professional ethics and pre
sent a code for the government of the
legal fraternity. Accompanied by De
Lancy Nicoll. Judge Parker leaves to
night for Duluth, whence he . goes by
ship to Buffalo.
Charges Violation of Franchises.
SEATTLE, Wash.. Aug. 21. Formal
co"mnlalnt has been made against the
Sunset Telephone A Telegraph Company
and the Independent Telephone Company
by Superintendent of Public Utilities a.
V. Bouillon. He declares that they have
violated their franchises. Superintendent
Bouillon recommends that the franchises
of the two corporations be revoked. Both
are accused of charging ln excess of $5
a month for business phones.
Certificates for Ten Teachers.
TILLAMOOK. Or., Aug. 21. (Special.)
All of those who took the examination
for county papers last week received
teachers' certificates. They are:
First rrada Bllfn Bwchy. Clsra Erchenxer,
Verna Teston and Joseph MonVtt.
Second trade Daisy Aiienar ana raui
Hanson.
Third grad Kutn (iray ana kbiia bn&ip.
Amelia Miles Rohinon, of Washington
County, and Irma Madlll, of Marlon County,
also received certincates.
Tracklayers Again at Work.
HILLSBORO. Or.. Aug. 21. (Special.)
The grade and bridges between Hllls
boro and Beawrton, on the Oregon Elec
tric, are now completed, and tracklaylng
was resumed yesterday. It is expected
that the rails will be laid to this city by
September 1. Work H being rushed on
the Forest Grove extension.
Marble Works to Be Opened.
FOREST GROVE, Or.. Aug. 21. (Spe
cial.) Henry Gee and J. C. Jones, of Mc
Minnville, were here yesterday and mads
arrangements to open marble and granite
works. Mr. Jones will have the manage
ment of the Forest Grove plant, ' while
Mr. Gee will continue at McMinnville,
as before. ,
Minister Suffers Fatal Fall.
SEATTLE, Wash.. Aug. 21. Richard
Miller, aged 68 years, a retired Con
gregational minister, died here tonight
from hemorrhage of the brain follow
ing a fall downstairs at his home at 3
o'clock this morning. He came here
from .Wisconsin two years ago..