TIIE MORNING OREGOXIAN, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18. 19Q8. 8 CODLING PLANT IS ? PROMISED SALEM Fruit-Shipping Industry Marion County Re ceives Impetus. in DISCUSS MARKET PROBLEM Horticultural SoHctv'I.lsJens to Ad- ' drec by V. K. XewHI Score- tary Williamson Fears No Overproduction In Apples. SALEM. Or.. Pc. 17. fppeclal.) The announcement today that Pa!-m will have a coollnst plant for handling the " cherry and -berry crop of 1909 ia the mopt Im portant event that has occurred In many yeara to promote the fruit ln- utry In this vicinity. F. G. Decke- bach, of the Salem Ice Works, an nounced at a meeting of the fruitgrow ers that his company will erect a plant with about a seven-carload ca- paclty and have it ready for operation '.this year. It will be constructed in ;ouch a manner that it can be easily 'enlarged to suit future needs. The es tablishment of a cooling plant will en able growers to ship fresh fruit across -'the continent safely. v The meeting of fruitgrowers was ,hld undr the auspices of the Marion County Horticultural Society. Horti Vultural Commissioner W. K. Newell was the principal speaker. His ad '.Iress dealt almost entirely with mar ; ketln problems, and after picturing -the helplessness of fruitgrowers who act separately and have only a cannery for a market, he urged the importance .of co-operntion and the establishment .of a cooling plant. He explained that If chTrleg or berries are put into a refrigerator tar. Iced and shipped, the :warm fruit melts-the Ice. vapor gath ers on the roof of the car and drips on the boxes of fruit- and the fruit spoils. Mut If the fruit.be cooled before being placed In the car. It can be shipped across the ontTnent without danger of .'los. Th.- cooling plant, he asserted, is essential t.. successful marketing of 'fresh fruit In large quantities. While Mr. Newell was spnaklrrg. M,r. 1eokebach entered the room and soon made the announcement of his com pai.y's plans. His remarks were re ceived with hearty applause, for the growers realize that they will now have an enlarged market with ad vanced prices. This evening another meeting of the .society was held, at which time Secre .larv H. M. Williamson, of the State Hoard of Horticulture, delivered an address upon the future of the apple industry. In a very exhaustive discus sion of the subject. -Mr. Williamson de tlared that though large addftlons are ,elng made to the apple producing area, there is no danger of over-production. Heretofore, he said, apples have been supplied by the old and neg lected on hards. But the consumers are no longer satisfied with the apples .that com- from such orchards. Horti cultural laws have compelled owners of ituch o;ehards to cut down the trees. This work of extermination is going on all over the I.'nited States and the destruction of old. diseased trees re duces production of inferior fruit at the same time enlarging the market for good fruit." This being true, there 'Js no danger of over-supply. . The subject of establishing a new cannery in SftWm was also taken up nml a committee composed of C. J. Vwiivtz. William Zosel and Andrew Ver ller was appointed to Investigate the matter and report at a meeting on January PROSECUTION RESTS CASE Motion to Dismiss Reynolds Prose cution Dented. CHEHALI3. Wash.. Dec. 17. SpecIal.) Good progress was made in the Rey nolds case today, the state resting this afternoon. One of the principal point raised by rhe defens is the question of whether or not the railroad crossing where-the "accident occurred is technically a crossing. After the state had con cluded introduction of testimony. Attor ney Thompson, for the defense, moved that the court direct the Jury to acquit liis client on the grounds that it had not heen shown that this was a crossing wlrhin the meaning of the statute. Judge Rice overruled the motion and an nounced his belief that the fact of a cross ing had been established and sufficient other testimony that the rase should go io the Jury to determine the result. FIVE WIRELESS KEYS BUSY Only Nine Months Required to Ks-tabli-h Stations In Alaska. SKATTLK. Wash, Dec. 17. (Special.) Exactly nine months and four days after he bad placed the order at Wash ington for the material for five wireless stations In Alaska. Nome. Fairbanks. Circle, Fort Gibbon and Fort Kgbert. First Lieutenant E. A. Jeunet. 14th Infantry. Unite.! States Army, was able to advise his chief. Colonel R. E. Thompson, of the United States Signal Corps. Department of the Columbia, with headquarters at Seattle, that all five of the stations which he sarted out to establish were in perfect working order and ready for business. PEACOCK'S BONDS $5000 C'athlamet Doctor Held to Appear Before Superior Court. ASTORIA. Or.. Dec. 17. (Special.) Dr. Peacock, accused of being Impli cated in causing the death of the late Madeline 1-ongta.lne, who died in this " city (recently as the result of an alleged unlawful operation, was arraigned' In the Justice Court at CAthlamet yesterday sftemoon for a preliminary hearing. Dr. Peadock was held under $5000 bonds to appear before the Superior Court, and Guy 1 Morel, one of the witnesses, and who -Is said to have been the dead girl's sweetheart, waa held under J500 bonds. GIRL SAILS 300,000 MILES Lassie of 15 Has Spent 12 Years "on Board Sailing-Vessel. SEAITL.K. Dec. 17. (Special.) Miss Gladys Margaret Graham, the 15-year-old daughter of Captain andtr. R. J. Graham, of the American ship F-rsklne M. Phelps, now loading in port, holds the world's record for a girl of her age. for travel by water. Although Miss Graham has been attending school at Honolulu for the past three years, living with iricnds of her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Oilman, the first 12 vears of her life wre spent at sea. In that time she sailed with her father more than 300.000 miles, all under the Stars and Stripes. She has 'circled the world -three times in sailing ships, three times she has rounded Cape of Good Hope and 17 times she has braved that promontory of storms. Cape Horn. Over forty times this young woman has crossed that Im-gtnary line, the equator. Miss Gladys arrived from Honolulu this week, and when the Phelps spreads her white wings to the winds off Cape Flattery, the young woman will be aboard, accompanying her parents to the Atlantic Coast. She plans then to resume her studies in an Eastern school. Miss Graham is perfectly at home aboard, ship. ANOTHER SCHOOL NEEDED McMtnhvllle District to Purchase I .and and Build. M'MINNVILLE. Or.. Dec. 17. (Spe cial.) The taxpayers of this' school district met yesterday and without a dissenting vote Instructed the Board PORTLAND BOt TO MANAGE PACIFIC UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL TEAM. - :'"V- -; V C. KrMkUa Koch. PACIFIC UNIVERSITY. Forest Grove. Or., Dec. 17. (Special-V-At a recent meeting of the stu dent body, C. Franklin Koch, of Portland, and an alumnus of the Portland High School, was elected manager for the football team for 1909. Mr. Koch holds a prom inent position in the athletic and social circles of the university. He is at present vice-president of the Gamma Sigma Literary So-, clety and an energetic worker in the Young Men's Christian Asso ciation. The manager-elect is -president of the Junior class, a etar performer on the track and played left guard on this year's varsity. of Directors to purchase at once a tract of land of not less than five acres In a suitable location, upon which to erect a new and modern school building. Three separate buildings in the city are at present occupied by the public schools, and the increased at tendance makes the erection of another building imperative before another year. If ample grounds can be secured a very large building may be erected, with a view to the centralization of some of the different schools. A special tax was levied to create a fund for the purchase of land. HIGH SCH00LST0 DEBATE A'ancouvcr and Aberdeen to Discuss Open-Shop Issue. VANCOUVER. Wash.. Dec. 17. (Spe cial.) Fred Bennett and Theresa Hil strom will represent the Vancouver High School in a debate In the Inter scholastic series, to be held at Aberdeen Friday evening. December IS. Tho ques tion to be debated is: "Resolved, that labor unions are Justified in Insisting, through nil legal means, upon the closed shop." Vancouver has the affirmative, the same side this school hnd before. Railroad Boosts Ontario. WHITE, SAL.MON, Wash.. Dec. 17. (Special. I Max Bass, general immigra tion agent, and Mr. Noble, advertising agent of the Great Northern Railroad, met a large number of fruitgrowers and business men yesterday. They discussed the plans for publicity work for this fruit section. The audience was greatly in terested in the matter. The Great North ern proposes to place White Salmon Val ley prominently before the public the coming year. Two Men Drown In Lake. GRAND FORKS. B. C. Dec. 17. Ernest Downs and Archibald Wilkinson .were drowned in Christina Lake. 12 miles east of this city some time between Monday night and yesterday afternoon. The men were ranchers on the lake shore and go ing home in a boat from Cascade in a fog and It is supposed lust their bearings. ' Stricken; Dies Wthln Hour. MIDDLETOWN. Dr.. Dec. 17. (Spe cial.) Mrs. Allen Craven was stricken with apoplexy while dressing this morn ing and died in less than an hour. Mrs. Craven was a pioneer. She leaves a husband and many friends. She was past 50 years of age. Body Broupht From Arisona, ASTORIA. Or.. Dec. 17. (Special.) The body of the late Albert Brunstrom arrived in the city today from Phoenix, Ariz., where he died of consumption after an illness of a year. Funeral arrange ments have not been completed, but services will probably be held Sunday. Snow Closes Logging-Camps. ASTORIA. Or.. Dec. 17. OpeclaU A heavy fall of snow in the hills ad jacent to the lower Columbia River has caused several of the logging camps to close down for the holidays several days earlier than was Intended. Fitted bags and cases, Harris -Trunk Co. -e--'lvV .? . ' i '. f : - V f ; - V t MEET IN CHEHALIS Washington State Dairymen in Annual Session.' EASTERN MEN ATTENDING Addresses Made by Dairy Owners and Professors of 'State College at P'ullman Provision Made . for Display at Seattle Fair. CHHHAIS1S. -Wash.. Dec. 17. The Washington Stte Pure Bred Stock Asso ciation convened today with a good at tendance. Dr. J. S. Kideber, of Green River Hot Springs: John I Smith, of Spokane, and Guy Mac. U Richards are among those present. The Washington State Dairymen's As sociation convened today for a two days' session. The programme contained ad dresses by H. L. Blanchard, of Hadlock: E. J. Ross, of Bethel: Dr. Damman. of Ellensburg: C. L. Mltchel. of San Fran cisco; H. W. Maynard, of Olympia; Pro fessor Severance, of Pullman: A. E. Smith, of Orillia; D. S. Troy, of Chima cum; Professor Thatcher, of Pullman: Professor Whitney, of Pullman: W. J. Iarugdon, of-Sumner: Guy M. Richards, of Seattle: Professor Nelson, of Pullman; L. Davies, of Dawnport. and Professor Lawrence, of Puyallup. Four prizes are offered by the conven tion: Beet dairy butter, best dairy barn plans, milking stool, and essay on t.ie "Care of Milk on the Farm." Wives of farmers In and around Chehalls served luncheon today and will tomorrow to vis itors In the large sanitary barn, just completed by N". B. Coffman. in this city. At the evening session of the Wash ington Buttermakers" Association last night a constitution was adopted cov ering the scope of work comprehended by the organization. The name final ly adopted is the Washington Cream ery Operators and Buttermmakers" As sociation. Officers were elected as fol lows: President. H. W. Maynard. of Olympia; first vice-president, A. L. An derson, of Stanwood; second vice president, S. S. Morris, of Montesano; third vice-president. Ira P. Whitney, of Pullman; secretary-treasurer, L. V4 Hanson, of Seattle. At the evening meeting of the stock breeders a legislative committee was named as follows: D. S. Tfoy. of Jef ferson: John L. Smith, of Spokane; G. McL. Richards, of King; S. B. Wilson and Dnncan Dunn. An Alaska-Yukon Pacific fair com mittee was named composed of John L. Smith, of Spokane and L. K. Cogs well of this city. A committee was named to confer with the granges, the Washington Livestock Association, Buttermakers' and Dairymen's Associations to arrange that all meet together in annual ses sion. H. L. Blanchard of Hadlock, Senator W. H. Paulhamus of Sumner and Professor Severance of Pullman were chosen for this work. Resolutions were adopted favoring the stimulation of greater interest in the breeding of good stock: that J500 be offered in prlr.es for the stock show at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposi tion. , A strong resolution was also passed urging the next Legislature to pass a law making racetrack gambling, pool selling, etc.. a felony. BOY BURGLAR IS CAPTURED Wayne McCarty Admits Bobbing Station at Battleground. VANCOUVER. Wash., Dec. 17. (Spe cial.) Wayne Mccarty, 16-year-old son of Ed McCarty, of Battleground. thi county, was brought to town this after noon by Sheriff Sapplngton, charged with the robbery of the railway station at Battleground Monday night of last week. McCarty, when confronted with evidence, broke down and confessed to rifling the cash drawer of 53 cents. Robert Burrls(gave the clew which led to the lad's capture. The old man had lighted a lantern tft the station with matches, which the McCarty boy had furnished. Examination of these burnt matches the next day with like matches in the station pointed to young McCarty as the culprit. This is the lad's first offense. It is expected that he will be sent to the Reform School. BANKERS LIABLE TO FINE Forfeit of $50 a Day for. Delay In Filing Report to Kxaniiner. SALEM. Or.. Dec. 17. (Special.) Some of the Btate banks are very likely to find themselves called upon to pay .fines of ISO a day for delinquency in filing report unless they" are more prompt in the future than they have been in responding to the recent call. The law requires that they fllo reports within 10 days after receiving the call, but a considerable number of them were delinquent, some of them several days. As thia was the first call under the new law. Bank Examiner Steel has thought best not to take draetlc meas ures, but he has seen fit to remind some of the bankers of the penalty provided by law. He will insist upon prompt re sponses in the future. GIRL. WILL WED SOLDIER Emma Heanes, Bay City Runaway, Under Arrest at Astoria. ASTORIA. Or.. Dec. 17. (Special.) Emma Heanes. the 17-year-old girl who is wanted at San Francisco, and who is said to have eloped from that city with a soldier a short time ago, was found about 2 o'clock this morning by Sheriff Pomeroy in company with John Johnson, a soldier, and waa brought here this morning to be held until her father or an officer from San Francisco cornea after her. The girl did not make any objeetiona to going with the Sheriff, but says that as soon as she becomes' of age she will return and marry Johnson. She appears well behaved and says she cannot live at home, aa her father makes her life unbearable. WIFE PROMISED DIVORCE Mrs. Claggett to Secure Decree, but Xo Sloney for Children. SALEM. Or.. Dec. 17. (Special.) At the conclusion of the trial of the famous Claggett divorce case this eve ning. Judge William Galloway an nounced that he will grant a divorce in favor of plaintiff, Mrs. Elizabeth Mc-Farland-Clsggett, who charged her husband, W..D. Claggett, -witht cruel and inhuman treatment. The Judgo I suggested that tle parties get together i and airree unon their property interests. 1 but if they cannot agree, he will make such a decree as will provide for Mrs. Claggett during the rest of her lire without permitting her children to reap the benefit of the decree. Claggett is a well-known pioneer farmer. He was a widower when he married Mrs. McFarland in 1905. three years after she had secured a divorce from her husband. Trouble began when her grown children became fre quent visitors at the Claggett home and after much quarreling the wife brought suit for divorce, alleging that Claggett was too penurious to provide her sufficient food. In answer Clag gett charged extravagance on the part of his wife and her children. Mrs. Clagg'ett alleged that her hus band was worth J50.000 and he admit ted it, but in his oral decision this evening Judge Galloway expressed the opinion that he is worth J100.000. He also, said that his own experience in maintaining a family of three convinces him that in maintaining a family of six on $850 a year. Mr. Claggett did not. properly provide for his family. The detals of the decree of the di vorce will not be announced until next month." TO OPEN BIDS NEXT WEEK CONSTRUCTION' OF ROAD TO HARBORS TO BE HASTENED. Engineers and Contractors Make Visits to Aberdeen Make Trip Overland From Chehalls. ABERDEEN. Wash... Dec. 17. (Spe cial.) For the past few days Aberdeen and Grays Harbor have been the mecca for railroad engineers and contractors, the one preparing for the beginning of actual construction work on the Harbor Line of the I'nion Pacific and the other gathering data on which to. base bids for the construction of the line from Centralla. These bids are to be opened at Seattle next Thursday, a week from today. One engineering party, in charge of John D. Isaacs. Jr.. of Seattle, is here, and another, which has been here for several days In charge of C. J. Mc Cain, left this morning for Centralia. It is stated that Mr. Isaacs will be the constructing engineer In charge of the work on the harbor. It is understood that work will be begun rrom this end and Centralia simultaneously. Of the contractors. John Twohy and D. D. Twohy. of Spokane, comprising the firm of Twohy Bros., spent Tuesday here. They drove to Aberdeen from Centralla, making a very careful inspection of the route of the proposed line. That work on the Puget Sound exten sion and on the Harbor Line is to be rushed is quite evident. The contract for the Tacoma tunnel has been let to Hudson & Rydsrom, of Tacoma. it is said, for J8O0.000. Orders have been given to hurry construction. Like or ders, it is declared, have been given as respects the Harbor Line. LANDIS TO HEAR LAND CASE Idalio Atorney to Argue on Barber Indictment in Wisconsin. BOISE. Idaho. -Dec. 17. (Special.) Instructions were received in Boise- to day from Attorney-General Bonaparte by Peyton Gordon, special, assistant Attorney-General, who has been in this city preparing the Government's case for the civil actions pending against the Barber Lumber Company and Involving the ...tie to S5.000 acres of land in the Boise basin, to proceed immediately to Eau Claire. Wis., and argue the serving of the sec ond criminal Indictments on Sumner G. Moon and J. T. Barber, members of the Barber Lumber Company before Judge Kenesaw Land is, the famous Jurist who imposed a fine of ?1'9.000.000 on the Standard Oil Company for rebating. When the first indictments returned against the Barber Lumber Company members were taken into the Wisconsin district Judge Quarles, the presiding Judge, decided that the indictments were not specific as to the fraud committed and declared them null and void. The last Indictments were returned during the Federal grand Jury session in April. 1908. If Judge Landis orders the In dictments valid the defendants will be arrested and removed to this city for trial. LIVED 53 YEARS IN DEXTER James Parvln, Lane County Pioneer, Passes Away. EUGENE. Or., Dec. 17. (Special.) James Parvin, a well-known pioneer of Lane County, died at his home at Dexter, early this morning. James Parvln was born in Indiana, in is:n. He crossed the plains In 163. taking up a donation claim. In 1S55. near Dexter, where he remained until lfWl, when he bought the place which was his horn" at the Hme of his The BestValue Your Money THAT'S WHAT WE GUARANTEE TO GIVE YOU We, do not -claim that the Diamonds and Watches, we sell are superior to those sold by . other. firms, but we do claim that our prices are far lower for equal quality and make than at any other jewelry store in the city. Easy Payments For those who -care not or cannot pay cash, without extra charge. We give possession when making first payment. M arx & Bloch Largest Diamond 74 THIRD STREET At Stuciebaker's Carriage Robes Automobile Robes Steamer Robes Perhaps more of them to select from than all other stores combined. For the boys and girls a Miniature Studebaker Wagon; just as good for eight dollars as the bigswagon is for a hun dred. They can't break it. Studebaker's 330 E. Morrison St. The Miniature Farm Wagons can be bought of Meier & Frank or from us direct. dath. He farmed, contracted and en gaged in the mercantile business and ac cumulated considerable money and prop erty. He was regarded as one of the substantial citizens of Lane County. In February, 18."4, Mr. Farvm married Se lenia Parker. She and three children survive him: The children are: H. M. Parvin. of Dexter; Mrs. Ida Williams, of Dexter, and Mrs. Jennie Slmffler, of Gettysburg. . FRIDAY SPECIALS. 36-in. 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Mrs. William Gales, wife of the mining man who is known throughout the North west as "Swift Water Bill," is seriously III at St. Luke's Hospital, where she has lately undergone an operation for append icitis. .Mrs. Gale is a bride of onlv a few weeks. She and her husband had perfected plans for an extensive foreign trip and were about to leave for New York when slie was taken ill. Apoplexy Strikes W. C. Sampson. SPOKA-NE. Wash., Dec. 17. (Special.) W. C. Sampson, in charge. of the right-of-way department of the Spokane, Port land & Seattle Railway, is at(the Sacred Heart Hospital suffering from the effects of a stroke of apoplexy. Mr. Sampson had Just undergone an operation lor the removal of his tonsils and was apparently recovered when he was overcome by the stroke of apoplexy.' His condition is now said to be serious. Dallas 42; Roslyn 17. ROSLYN. Wash., Dec. 17. (Special.) 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