1909. ISSUES ARE T SHEPARD HALL, NEW 0. A. C. BUILDING, TO BE DEDICATED TODAY GREAT ANNUAL OF Dedication at 0. A. C. Takes . Place Today. Cosgrove's Return to Califor nia Will Complicate Election of Presiding Officers. EXERCISES WILL BE HELD New Building Stands as Monument to Yonth Who Conceived Idea and WIio Gave His Ulfe to Bring It to Reality. $ 1 3.35 for Hart, Schaffner Marx high class $20 Suits and Overcoats LOCAL OPTION LOBBY BUSY frTTr iTnnvTvn nprr.nvTA V FT TO AY. JANUARY 8, i . 1 .ipiirnimn umi nnrMlii ' ll dnLrnnU IlflLL UiLII - t : - RGANIZATION : - r;; - . , - i t j it-It H-Jr- -4 i b Uv "' , I . ' ----- i-,'-- ' l 4- V Ms A If ,Mf i . I - r J It If - ' . - I ?..T,.;. '' -: .. , .... ?k- t .;. I ' - . . , .. . J UkS i' m: s i T i .' -j;x- ' 1 ' . - ,. v' - . -ro 4 1 ' i T I' -s ' 1 ' s r -. ' f-.: A " : . fl l I v. ' e- .svnetx ' i : -X 7 I ! . .. -Afi,AX : s.'" iyuPs-v'--'v-'v "-sJ T Will Try to Defeat Knth for Presi dent of Semite Iiecaue of Hit View Initiative anil Kefcr rndnm Again Coming Up. OLTVTPIA. Jan. 7. (Special.) Local option and other Issues may play an Im portant part in the organizatldn of the Senate here next week tf the anticipated Inauguration of Governor-elect Cosgrove is followed fcy hla Immediate return to California. Thia would place IJeutenant-Oorernor M. E. Hay. presiding otrieer of the Sen ate, in the Governor's chair during the session and would necessitate the election of a presiding officer who would wield a powerful influence In the progress of pending legislation. Awake to this situation, the radical local option auvorates are seeking a can didate for President rf the Senate to opposi Senator A. S. Ruth, ol this county, who. until the last few days was looked upon as tho legitimate successor to Jhe place. Senator Kuth believes the Legislature should pass a local option Mil. but he is not in favor of the sort of till that the local option advocates want. It is re ported here that the latter are attempt ing to Induce Senator W. H. Paulhamus. of Pierce County, to start a contest for presiding officer. Failing to secure him. they will sets, elsewhere. Ixx-al Option Bone of Contention. Senator Ruth and Lieutenant-Governor Hay are warm personal friends and there are but few matters that they do not agree upon. One of the exceptions is the construction of the local option plank In the Republican state platform. Sena tor Ruth believes It is capable of a liberal construction, while Lieutenant-Governor Hay Is said to believe that to comply with the platform declaration the local option law must effectively apply to every lo cality. Senator Ruth favors the enactment of a local option law that will apply only to country precincts. He be.!eves that It Is not necessary to provide the cities with local option privileges when the ends desired by the people In the matter of permitting saloons can be accomplished In the choice of the City Councllmen. Notwithstanding this difference of opin ion between the two. it is likely that the Influence of the Lieutenant-Governor will bo directed toward placing Ruth in the presiding officer's chair. The radical local option advocates ar aware of Ruth's stand on the question and it is now apparent they will attempt to prevent his election. Senator Ruth is the oldest member of the next Senate In point of service. It is a characteristic of his not to conceal his opinions on any subject. He Is outspoken on the subject of the Initiative and referendum, which he helped materiauy to defeat in the Senate of 197. During the campaign, the State Grange fostered a movement for the enactment of Initiative and referen dum legislation and In many localities had the support of the labor unions. Pledges on the question were exacted from many candidates during the pri maries. Initiative and Tteferendam Again. In the last session Senator Ruth, who helped organize Cie Insurgent forces in the Senate, was a member of the Senate committee to whlcn the Initiative and referendum bill was referred after it had passed the House. Five insurgents and two regulars were on the committee. For once. Ruth Joined the regulars and the three submitted a mlnorlay report, recom mending the indefinite postpdnement of the bill. The minority report was- adopt ed and -the bill was thus killed without debate, undfr the rules of the Senate. Another attempt to secure an Initiative and referendum amendment to the con stitution is practically certain. In the Senate Its most pronounced advocate will be Senator George F. Cotterlll. of King County. If the labor, grange and local option sentiment becomes united on a candidate In opposition to Ruth, the contest over the election of a President of the Senate is likely to .become interesting. Present Indications, however, point to Ruth's elec tion. The only other member so far men tioned heer .s Senator R. A. Hutchinson, of Spokane ounty. who. It is said, would like the place, hut will not enter into a contest over it with Senator Ruth. SLA YD EX SAYS FIGHT IS WOX ' . Declares Meigs' Strength for Speak er Is Overestimated. TACOMA, Wash.. Jan. 7. (Special.) "We are not saying anything further than that our fieht Is won," said J. W. Siayden. Representative from the Thirty sixth district, and candidate for Speaker of the House at the next session of the Legislature, following a caucus of his supporters held at the Arlington Hotel, Seattle, last night. "We are positive that the votes re ported to be pledged to Jlr. Meigs are over-estimated. Spokane's delegation Is fairly evenly divided for and against m" he continued. It is possible that the Speakership con test will not be settled until a caucus is held in Olympia, either Saturday or Sunday night. DID SIX MAIDENS POP? Leap Year December Brings More Marriages Than December, 1907. VANCOUVER. Wash, Jan. 7. (Spe cial.) Leap year statistics for Clarke County shows that during the month of December, 190S. six more marriage li censes were issued than In December, 1907. In the year of 1907 for the month of December 49 marriage licenses were granted. In December, 1908, S3 marriage licenses were Issued. XeW Creamery Making Butter. ALBANT. Or.. Jan. 7. (Special.) The beginning of another new industry In Linn County was marked today when the first roll of butter manufactured in the new creamery at Shelburn. 14 miles north east of Albany, waa received in this city. It was sent to Couoty Clerk J. W. Miller, who sold the grotTnd on which the plant stands to Stanley Taylor, owner of the new enterprise. DES CHUTES GAINS f S, li Hough' Porter Decision Clears Way for Irrigation. UNCERTAINTY IS REMOVED In Supreme I'noertalnty Only One "BKOMO QVIXINE" Th.t is LAXATIVE SBOMO gUMSB. Look for th. ..sntur. ol B W. GROVly V.l h. wand r to fun a Cold la On. Day. 2ic Termination of Case Court Clears Away and Opens Way for Beginning of Active Operations. SALEM. Or.. Jan. 7. (Special.) The decision of the Supreme Court in the Hough-Porter water right case, from Lake County, will go far toward clear ing the way for irrigation enterprises on the Pes Chutes River, In Crook County. There has been more or less uncertainty concerning the irrigation work In the Des Chutes country be cause riparian owners have asserted rights seriously conflicting with those of the reclamation companies which bad diverted the water. While there has been no litigation attacking the right of the irrigation company to take all the water it need ed, there has been uncertainty because of the unsettled condition of the law as to riparian rights. But the deci sion of the Supreme Court assures the rnclnmnllnii nmr)ATv itai! ti Motttor. on its lands that the owners of ripar ian lunus CKnnui cause iivuuitj uy in sisting that the water be permitted to flow in the stream undiminished in quantity. Situation at Des Cliutes.. . The Des Chutes Irrigation and Power Company diverts water from the Des Chutes River near Bend. Above mat point there are a number of riparian owners who have never used the water. Below that point there are a number of riparian owners who nave Deen noiaing their property with the expectation that sometime it would be valuable for power sites. These riparian owners have Deen of the.'onnlon that they held rights in accordance with the old com mon lnw Hnctrln of rlnarian rlahts which authorized them to demand that the water be permitted to flow in us channel undiminished in quantity. If they had that right they could compel the irrigation company to close its head gates whenever they got ready to use the water for power. But the Supreme Court has decided that the old common law right does not exist as to lands disposed of by the Government since 1877. so that the owners of the power sites have only such water rights as they may obtain by appropriation to beneficial use. and their rights are subject to the rule of priority In time. All Water-Csers Affected. The decision similarly affects water users on every stream in the state and Insures them that If they hare appro priated water and put It to a benefW clal use they need have no fear of In terference from riparian owners who have been holding land without using the water. Of course, every riparian owner has a right to sufficient water from a stream for domestic purposes, such as household use, watering stock. Irrigating a garden, etc. The decision of the court was im portant In many other particulars be sides that of settling the dispute re garding riparian rights. The Hough Porter case has been, pending in the courts for nine years. Since the suit was started one litigant died and another is In the asylum. The parties had been put to great expense and they had postponed improvements be cause their rigths were uncertain. In the hope of finally settling the litiga tion. Trial Judge H. L. Benson or dered that all water users or riparian owners on the stream. Sliver Creek, be made parties to the suit. This was done and 50 parties were brought in. By this means the Supreme Court has Ka.n .Kin in aettle all the water rights on that stream. It has also established the practice of making all persons in terested parties to water right suits. nnH thl nractlca will probably be fol- in .11 cases in the future. Under the decision. It Is within the province of the court to order that all persons In terested be made parties, even though the plaintiffs do not so desire. The decision also declares and es tablishes the right of the court in com .ii.. f this kind to disregard - r ,h admissions made In the pleadings If such admissions conflict .. it,, riirhii of some of the parties. hr words, the court, having all . v, rttea 'hefore it. will determine their rights according to the evidence. The decision Is one of the most com .h.i.aii;o ffver handed down In this. or perhaps In any state. In a water -o.o tis broad scope was made necessary by the large number of par ties with varied Interests. NEW OFFICALS INSTALLED t, xm c fRvnr Announces His Executive Appointment. GRANTS PASS. Or.. Jan. 7. (Spe cial The old Council held Its last ...ion toniarht. at the conclusion of ki.i. u f nvor-elert and the new iiivu . " . " . - r-oimrllmen. J. G. Rlggs. J. L. Myers, Ti-inio r-h..hlre and George Cronk ,nnir th oath of office. The Mayor then announced the following appolnt- C ! h ' 4 i is t ' If Late Claiborne Shepard, Who First Conceived Idea of Erect-Ina- this building and Who Sac rificed Hia Life by Too Arduous Efforts to Make It Realty. ments: Auditor and Police Judge, George Colvlg; Chief of Police, C. E. McLane: night police, F." W. Capp; Street Superintendent, R. II. Gilfallin; City Attorney, George Durham. All the appointment were confirmed by the Pfiiinril. TTnon adiournment the new Council and officers were Banqueted. WIFE WOULD KILL RIVAL JEALOUS, SHE SHOOTS, BUT HER HUSBAND INTERCEDES. Mrs. Maude Burroughs Fires Revol ver at Grace Fredericks, Bullet Narrowly Missing Girl. SILVERTON. Or., Jan. 7. (Special.) Jealous because of the alleged intimacy of her husband and Grace Fredericks, Portland actress playing a two nights stand in this city with the Burroughs Stock Company. Mrs. Maude Burroughs shot at her rival early this morning, but the bullet mlssea Its mar ana pene trated the wall in a room In the Silverton Hotel, a few inches above the girl's head. Mrs. Burroughs is the wife or dent Burroughs, manager of the company, and her stage name is Maude Francis. After the performance Wednesday night Burroughs and wife and Miss Fredericks eisxaged rooms at the Silverton Hotel. Mra. Burroughs, It Is saia, nas wra Jealous of the young actress for two weeks or more, during which time she has been playing with tho company. Mrs. Burroughs' apprehension reached Its climax about 1:30 this morning, when she found her husband in the room oc cupied by the young actress. 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Tour druggist will furnish Stu art's Dyspepsia Tablets 60c the . box, or send us your name and address and we will send you a trial package free. Address F. A. Stuart Co.. 150 Stuart Bldg.. Marshall. Mich. and went to the room, demanding admit tance. When Burrougs opened the door his wife advanced a few steps toward Miss Fredericks and fired, but Burroughs struck his wife's arm Just aa she pulled the trigger, and the gun fell to the floor, probably preventing a fatality. Mrs. Burroughs then seized a pair of shears from the dresser and again as saulted the frightened woman, who ran screaming into the hall. Burroughs undertook to wrest the shears from his wife; whereupon she stabbed him In the lip and one side of the face. Clark C. Burroughs Is a Portland man and has been engaged In the theatrical profession for several years. He has never played In Portland. Prior to fathering the Burroughs Stock Company he conducted a theater in Victoria, B. C, but failed. He came to Portland, where he sought employment in several stock companies without success. Little is known here of Mrs. Burroughs, whose stage name is Maude Francis. Grace Fredericks Is not a Portland girl. She belongs Jn San Francisco and started north from that city last Fall with a. company presenting "Her One Great Sin." The company went broke and Miss Fredericks came to Portland and later Joined the Burroughs Stock Company. BIG WAGES FOR CHINESE Cannerymen Offering $1000 Season Workmen Scarce. for ASTORIA. Or., Jan. 7. (Special.) The demand for skilled Chinamen to work In the canneries wllf be greater the coming season than ever before, especially the slitters and aolderera. A great run of salmon la expected on Puget Sound this year and extensive preparations are being made to handle it. Some of the Columbia River slitters have been ottered J1000 for the season and some solderers J600. These prices are about double what have been paid In former years, but as a mat ter of fact Chinamen are getting scarcer every year. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, CORVALLIS. Or., Jan. 7. (Special.) "Bhepard Hall, the new T. M. C. A. build ing which has Just reached completion, will be formally opened and dedicated to morrow afternoon and evening. The building will be opened by a reception In the afternoon and will be dedicated in the evening. . The dedication eeremones will be pre sided over by Dr. James 'Withycombe and the speakers ofthe evening will be Rob ert Livingston, of Portland; Harry W. Stone, secretary of the Portland T. M. C. A.; L B. Rhodes, state secretary for Oregon and Idaho, and John G. Schroe der. Shepard Hall, so named In honor of Claiborne Shepard, the young man who first conceived the Idea of erecting this building and who sacrificed his life by reason of too ardent labors In an attempt to make it-a reality, has been constructed at a cost of over $30,000, one-half of which was contributed by the students of the college. The movement which has culminated in the erection of the Hall was started four years ago by Mr. Shepard hut shortly after received a serious setback by the death of that young man. But the mat ter was taken up soon afterwards and haa by virtue of unceasing effort been brought to a successful close. The Hall Is open to all students and all college orcanlzatlons but will be under the Immediate control of the T. M. C. A. The first floor is given over to a large re ception room, a reading room, and a room for the use of the college publications. The second floor will be used primarily by the literary societies. The basement is equipped with lockers, ahower baths and a swimming pool. The opening of this new building marks a new era in student life at the College. Mrs. Rebecca C. Clark. OREGON CITY, Or., Jan. 7. (Special.) Mrs. Rebeoca C. Clark Is dead at her home In Mount Pleasant, from tubercu losis. She was born in Sweden. March 27. 1863, and when a child came to Iowa, where her father died. She- was married in Dakota, July 9, 1889, to Gilbert Clark, and they came here in 1896. The funeral will be held at 2 o'clock tomorrow from the chapel at the Sellwood crematorium. Rev. R. C. Blackwell officiating. Mrs. Rebecca Bray. OREGON CITY, Or., Jan. 7. (Special.) News has been received here of the death of Mrs. Rebecca Bray at Seattle. She was for many years a resident of Oregon City, and was the daughter of the late Colonel White, who was County Judge of Clackamas County when the $16.65 for Hart, Schaffner & Marx fine $25 Suits and Overcoats $20.00 for Hart, Schaffner & Marx superb $30 Suits and Overcoats $1.50 "duett" Shirts, cuffs attached and detached $1.15 m $1.00 Monarch Shirts, fancy patterns 75o Eegular $1.00 wool Under wear in fawn and natural gray, per garment 75o $2.00 and $3.00 wool Jerseys in all shades $1.15 13 Off on All Boys Suits and Overcoats 91 F I n Hi im rw am iam i nosenoiaa & to. COR. THIRD AND MORRISON STS. 1 . .. o present courthouse was constructed. Mrs. Bray waa 62 years of age. She Is sur vived by. a husband, Charles E. Bray, and four daughters. Mrs. H. V. V. Bean and Mrs. Frank Pierce, of Seattle; Mrs. Joseph E. Heages, wife of State Senator Hedges, of this city, and Mrs. J. C. Lewis, of Los Angeles. Cal. She also leaves a sister, Mrs. Annie E. Rhoades, of Portland. In Saw Belt. Wash., Jan. 7. (Spe- Cauglit VANCOUVER. ciaL) While showing a green man how to start a woodsaw, John Loomls yesterday was caught in the belt, turned two revolutions around the wheel, tearing off his overcoat and throwing his shoulder out of place. He was re moved to St. Joseph's Hospital. WE PAY THE HIGHEST PRICES FOR RAW FURS AT ALL TIMES Send for Price List and Tags. Cor. Fourth and Morrison Sts. MAIL ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED Send for Fur Catalogue. Mailed Free. Im $ ' m n-$ ' 5 fT3" .Vv Crrt h'nil WitH Greater Bargains Than Ever On our entire stock of ladies', misses' and children's ogVY0EABT0 reductions from 25 per cent to 50 per cent off. PHOKE IN YOUR ORDERS IF YOU AKi, unaviju xu COME IN SPECIAL BARGAIN OFFERINGS IN COLD WEATHER REQUISITES ' Reductions From 25 Per Cent to SO Per Cent Off On LADIES' LONG WINTER COATS, SUITS, JACKETS, LADIES' WOOLEN SWEATERS AND WOOLEN CLOVES LADIES' HEAVY WINTER UNDERWEAR AND HOSIERY CHILDREN'S WINTER COATS, UNDERWEAR, SWEATERS BARBIES' WINTER UNDERGARMENTS, LEGGINGS AND MITTENS ALSO LADIES' AND CHILDREN'S BATHROBES, KIMONOS, FLANNELETTE GOWNS, PAJAMAS AND ALL WINTER UNDERWEAR At the special reductions of 25 per cent and 50 per cent off. Buy your Winter wants now at this great saving AT '3 PRICE BUY FURS NOW AT Va PRICE mm Only Sensible Thing for Cold Weather. Get a Fur Now FUR JACKETS STOLES THROWS SETS NECKPIECES MUFFS V2 OFF ON Don't freeze when you can buy a fur garment fromSl.OO up. Remember this reduction of One-Half Price is for a short time only jmor to stock taking, SO TAKE ADVANTAGE NOW! M