Morning Oregonian., March 13, 1909, Page 5, Image 5

THE MORXIXG OKEGOXJAX, SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 1909.
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May Jumps 2 Cents and Pat
ten Predicts July Will
Sell at $1.25.
BOOM NEWS EVERYWHERE
Iteports of Scarcity Pour In Krom
AH Points and Demand Con
tinues to Grow Despite Ex
pansion in Prices.
CH ICAGO, March 12. (Special.) May
gained over 2 cents In price today.
Bulltah news was plentiful, about every
believer In higher prices anywhere for
warding his contribution to the, general
fund of information. James A Tn,
the bull leader, was telling his friends
uiy mat ne expected to see July wheat
in Chicago sell at 11.25 nr hnshi u
went ever farther, and predicted that
..rtii wouio. average w or better in Chi
cago during the 1909 crop year.
World Sitnatlon Strong.
"I have never seen as strong a world
situation in wheat as there is now "
eald he. "The Leiter year was not nearly
as strong in its principal and important
features. Canadian stocks are rapidly
melting away under the foreign demand,
and it will not be long before the for
eigner will be coming direct to Chicago
for wheat. I am getting unsolicited tes
timony daily from many points shoeing
that the Government figures are far too
high on percentages of reserves on the
farm."
Bullish sentiment was running hish at
the close of business and many trained
speculators believed that the momentum
was likely to carry prices to still higher
levels during Saturday's short session.
Supplies of May -wheat in the pit were
suspiciously plentiful, this future coming
on salein small quantities, but psrstetent
ly, and from many sources throughout
the session. There was no indication that
the big bull leaders were marketing July
wheat. On the contrary, there was every
indication that they were using their
efforts to help the price.
Business Big and Expanding.
One of the favorable results of the big
operations of the Bartlett-Patten follow
ing in wheat, counting from the com
mission man's standpoint, has been the
expanding trade. For some months com
mission men were complaining that the
big concentrated holding here was driv
ing trade away from the market, but no
such complaints are heard now. There
is a big "in and out" business with the
trade In July, and more than an ordinary
sprinkling of business going over into
September and a moderate gain in Decem
ber. Some of the stock and grain com
mission houses, that usually do much
more business in the former than in
grains, say that the grain trade now is
vastly overshadowing that in stocks.
All Owners Boost Price.
Judging from the reports that poured
in from almost every quarter of the
globe today, about every owner of wheat
anywhere had constituted himself a spe
cial press agent to boost the price. Even
the time-worn and frayed European war
rumors were patched up and gaily
flaunted. All of Europe and the grain
sections of South America appear to have
been pretty well "Fatteuized." Cabk-a
from Buenos A res reported "sellers re
served1' and "interior marketings falling
off." The market was taking on a few
.of the phases that were current at times
during the Leiter deal. The enthuiasm
was acute enough to indicate that possibly
it might be too unanimous to be profit
able. DENVER POLICE GET YEGGS
Two Xoted "Cracksmen" Taken
Into Tolls by Officers.
DENVER, March 12. In the arrest
last night of two cracksmen known to
the police all over the United States,
the police authorities of Denver are
confident they have frustrated a plan
tor a series of robberies. The men un
der arrest are Thomas Lee, alias "One
Armed" Tommy, and Patrick Lavin.
Lavin. the police say, has "done time"
in nearly every large penitentiary in
the United States.
Lee is said to have been a member of
the notorious Mitchell-Cardona-Harrls
gang of safeblowers and burglars
broken up by the killing of Cardona at
Seattle a year ago in a pistol duel with
the police, and the imprisonment of
Mitchell and Harris, who were convict
ed of blowing a safe at Pueblo, Colo.,
and later learned to be the men who
robbed a jewelry store in Omaha of
thousands of dollars' worth of dia
monds. DEFENDS COLLEGE HAZING
Guileless One Thinks Newcomers
Require "Mild Instruction."
CLEOXE, Or.. March 12. (To the Edi
tor.) I present one student's viewpoint on
the question of hazing and some atrocities
of college life.
Hazing Is undoubtedly carried to extremes
In a great many cares, but. nevertheless,
from the students' point of view, there are,
coming from preparatory schools, a great
many self-important youths to whom a
good stlit dose of the proper kind of hazing
Is a life-long benefit, taking for granted
that any treatment Injuring the victim In
body or mind should oe eliminated. Many
a college man is glad that he was hazed.
When students enga In a rl.n they are
generally actuated by some motive that
seems to them Justifiable, and they uro
always fully cognizant of the fact that
"In union there Is strengtn." A year ago
at Ann Arbor, the writer was present at and
participated In a rlor in which 20no students
demolished a moving-picture show and kept
the city police and th firs- department
'guessing for three hours As may be sup
posed, a majority or the participants were
attracted and led on by the excitement.
About a dozen m:n managed the affair, saw
that the mob was collected and incited it
to do the damage.
The Oregonian may, perhaps, think that
such conduct does not cor.form to the
principles of education am", civilisation t:,.r
talniy not. But there wan a reason for
this uprising. The mancger of the show
had been making himself obnoxious to the
student community for several years, a fact
which the town people admitted. He kept
a. special officer in the building during per
formances to keep the students from smil
ing. One day this officer seized a young
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SOARING
AEROPIAN
man who had been doing nothing In par- I
ticular and conducted him toward the door. 1
ne manager, who happened to be stand
ing in the aisle at the time, made some
Insulting remark which caused the student
to become angry and strike the manager,
whereupon the boy was attacked and so
badly Injured that he had to be taken to
a hospital where he was kept for a month.
Of course, the matter referred to should
have been taken up with the University
authorities, but such a collection of 41K
young fellows, of all temperaments and all
nationalities, full of life and ready for ac
tion of most any sort. Is not very apt to
wait for the deliberations of a slow-moving
faculty, when there Is a speedier means
at hand. The affair cost the student body
$1200 for dismases and lawyers' fees, but
the amount was willingly paid and the show
manager was forever ostracized from the
favor of 5000 students.
The Oregonian thinks that the best, rem
edy for the hazing evil would be to abolish,
class spirit. Probably that would help some,
but it would be far from a means of com
plete eradication, because there are always
In an incoming bunch of new students a
lot of obstreperous, and unsophltticated
young men who need to be shewn where they
belong. And this matter will always be
looked after by men who have been longer
In the Institution, and generally by second
year men. because having just been given
the medicine themselves, they are anxious
to try it on somebody else.
Traditions exist mostly in the older in-'
stltutlons, and traditions and hazing go to
gether probably because time has proved
that certain species of new students are
benefited by a certain mild kind of In
struction that cannot be had from the pro
fessors. L, H. STONE.
DEBT-PAYING PUH FORMED
COXtGRKOATIOXAIi ASSOCIATION
KX1S MEETING.
Discusses Various Phases of Work
at Home and Abroad and
Adopts System.
The local association of Congregational
Churches continued its meeting yesterday,
beginning at 10:30 A. M., and held a ses
sion of more than local interest- It was
in the nature of a delegated conference
upon the apportionment plan and mis
sionary methods in the local churches by
pastors and church workers with visiting
speakers. Rev. Cornelius Patton, D. D.
presided.
The morning session was devoted en
tirely to the question of paying debts
and devising plans to maintain all the
missionary enterprises and show a clean
balance sheet at the end of each year in
each society connected with the work,
and at the same time provide for future
growth. It was shown that there had
been a substantial increase of at least
49 per cent in the membership of Congre
gational Churches in the United States
during the last 20 years, but an increase
of only 12 per cent In contributions for
benevolences. It was further shown that
on an average only about one-fourth of
the church membership gave anything.
By careful examination of the necessary
expenditures to maintain all the enter
prises now in operation, and to clear up
all existing deficits, it was shown that
J2.000.0UO would be required. It was also
shown that the amount required from the
Oregon churches as their share In mak
ing up that sum would be an average of
&.2 per member.
In the afternoon, after a devotional
season, stirring addresses were made by
Rev. H. L. Hoyt upon "The Highlands
of the South"; Rev. George V. Hinraan,
upon the work in China, briefly outlin
ing the wonderful change in conditions
there from threatened destruction upon
arrival there 12 years rgo, to an earnest
appeal ror the mission physician to ren
der medical aid in a case of severe ill
ness on the part of one of the native
provincial dignitaries; Rev. Arthur J.
Folsom. superintendent of the home mis
sion work in Oregon, who gave striking
emphasis to the great need of emancipa
tion of the societies from debt, and the
adoption of a better plan than that hith
erto In vogue in order that no more debts
be incurred. An "altogether" movement
was most emphatically urged for accept
ance, the speaker believing that if all
the members of every church "would do
their part, the vexatious problem would
be solved.
The "apportionment" plan was adopt
ed, after having been discussed in all
its relations to the general work of the
church. Whereupon committees were ap
pointed from the delegates from all the
churches represented, with the result
that the total sum asked for from the
Oregon churches was pledged in a short
time. This prompt action created great
enthusiasm, and was especially gratify
ing to the distinguished gentlemen pres
ent representing the great Eastern so
cieties, upon whom the burden of admin
istration falls.
The association closed last night with
stimulating addresses from Rev. L. R.
lyott, D. I)., of the First Church, of this
city; Rev. J. W. Cooper, D. D., of New
York; Rev. K. J. Van Horn, I. 1. ot
seuiue. ana ttev. Cornelius Pattou. r.
IX, of Boston.
East Good, bul West Better.
Traveling Passenger Agent Herrman. of
the Chicago. Burlington & Quincy lines
in the Northwest, arrived in Portland
yesterday from the East, after a three
weeks' business trip. Things are good in
the East, but not nearly as good as they
are in Portland, was the matured opinion
of" Mr. Herrman.
"The westward colonist travel this
Spring will b3 very heavy. Indeed," com
mented Mr. Herrman yesterday. "We
have booked already several largo com
munistic parties, who are coming out to
the West to settle together. Business
conditions in the Bast are good and im
proving, but I believe that Portland is
ahead In the question of business being
done. The railroads are doing well in
the East, but out here we find business
better In proportion."
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SERI0-C0IV11GS in
COOPER'S DEFENSE
Scared Messenger, Mimicry
and "Rooters" Enliven Pro
ceedings in Courtroom.
WASHINGTON ENDS SPEECH
Attorney for Defense Speaks for
Eleven Hours, and Condemns
Methods Used by the
Prosecution.
NASHVILLE, Tenn., March 12.
"Come back again tomorrow, ladies and
gentlemen, and we'll have an entire
change of programme for you."
This was the cheerful announcement
made today by Judge Hart In the Coo-per-Sharpe
trial, after the immense
crowd had been treated to nine more
hours of stirring Southern eloquence, in
which lawyers for the defense sought
to justify the killing of E. W. Carmack.
The defense will need considerable more
argument before closing its case. Former
Judge James M. Anderson talked at a
rapid gait today until he got weak and
then said:
"I am very exhausted, your honor."
turning to Judge Hart, "and ask your
indulgence until tomorrow."
The court was willing to let him quit
and the spectators filed out, looking for
ward to the promised entertainment of
the next day.
Anderson Carinack's Krlcnd.
Strangely enough Lawyer Anderson was
a close personal friend and political sup
porter of Senator- Carmack. Only once
in his speech did he refer to Colonel
Cooper as "the old soldier," and not
once did he appeal to the sympathies
of the Jurors. He boldly disclaimed any
Idea of pleading that any editorial or
speech could Justify the slaying of Car
mack and declared that the defense
rested solidly and alone upon the law
implanted in all living things the law
of self-preservation.
"The law gives them this right," he
declared, "whether Colonel Cooper had
threatened Carmack's life or not. And
even if Robin Cooper had gone over there
and struck Senator Carmack in the face
with his open hand he would have had a
legal and moral right to have killed him
if the Senator attempted to draw a re
volver." After speaking for 11 hours. General
Washington concluded his address for
the defense today. His summing up
was filled with dramatic effort, and
also contained virulent attacks on the
various witnesses of the prosecution.
Incidental to the argument there was
much comedy in the proceedings, and
several times the court .Joined in the
laughter that rippled over the audi
ence. When the trial was resumed General
Washington continued his argument.
General Washington said:
Bradford Is Defended.
' T want In illraot i-iiir a..,.!....
James O. Bradford. He enters the case
the morning of the tragedy at the
Maxwell House, when the Governor
telephones him. and Immediately his
good offlcea are apparent in the effort
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.v a ua$vuj. a c. mi ne Hungry,
starving lawyers for the prosecution,
hungry and starving for facts, would
have you believe that this splendid
lawyer, this Christian gentleman, this
scion of an aristocratic old family,
suddenly became a raging he-devil,
thirsting for blood and plotting mur
der." Then he passed on to Adjutant-General
Tully Brown, to whom he paid
lrtknta act a n f a a ..l.ll i
- l v,uiin.uviuic duiuici, and
added:
"I tell you. Brown ki as much a hero
as Hobson was. Yet they say he lied."
General Washington referred to Miss
Lee. He said she was in the office
entertaining company.
"I am not surprised," said he, "that
she did not hear the telephone ring.
She and Mrs. Blake were talking about
a new hat."
Lawyer Mimics Women.
'General Washington, in a high fal
setto voice, indulged lu mimicry of the
two young women. The crowd that
lined up behind the defendants, previ
ously referred to by Attorney-General
McCarn as the defendant's "rooters,"
laughed repeatedly at the antics of the
attorney. Judge Hart rapped for order,
but the deputies made no effort to sup
press the demonstration.
These "rooters" climb up on the step
of the bench, face the Jury and evi
dently endeavor to convey their ap
proval over the Judge's shoulder's to the
12 men who are trying the case. Judge
Hart has repeatedly cleared them orf.
When the laughter began again today
he cleared the steps again, and ordered
the deputies to keep them cleared.
General Washington once more
reached the actual shooting and called
a messenger boy to help him re-enact
the tragedy. This was the third time
the speaker had described the tragedy.
"You are Carmack?" he exclaimed.
Washington seized the automatic re-
PORTLAND ASSOCIATION OF
MIKISTERS AMI LAVMEJf
volver. crouched down with gleaming
eyes and bristling moustache. The
boy, frightened, began to back away
as Washington stealthily advanced. The
crowd laughed and the Judge did. too.
"A son who sees his father's enemy,
revolver In hand, and doesn't kill that
enemy as he would a mad dog, is not
fit to be food for worms."
Again and again the attorney re
enacted fhe tragedy. Again and again
he declared Robin had a rlght to shoot
Carmark like a dog. Again and again
he declared that Carmark was a cow
ard; that he hid behind Mrs. Easton
trying to get his revolver into position
for action.
General Washington concluded, after
having spoken 11 hours. .
Concert for People's
Institute Success
Blsr Crowd Attends Dramatic Kntrr
taltimrnt. and l'erfnrniera All Ac
quit Thrmarlvra With Credit.
'IW" PACKED house was In attendance
LjL at the dramatic entertainment
given last rright at the People's In
stitute under the supervision of Mrs.
Henry L. Corbett and Miss Elizabeth
Patterson Sawyers. . Mrs. Corbett's club
presented excerpts from Shakespeare's
"Midsummer Night's Dream." with the
following cast, composed of girls from
the Institute: Titania. Marie Roberts;
Oberon. Amy Burton; Puck. Sarah Bal
lard; Bottom. Inga Hansen; Moon. Susie
Kuborn; Pyramus, Cobweb, Lizzie Kast
ner; Thisbe. Peablossom, Freda Johnson;
Lion, Annie Lackemier; Moth. Annie
Kuckenburg; Fairy Boy. Helen McLear
an;.Wall and Mustard Seed, Rosa Wle
derholt. Under the tutelage of Miss Sawyers,
the senior class appeared in "The Uni
versity of the Princess,' a burlesque
written for this occasion by Miss
Sawyers, with the cast as given, also
institute members:
Princess Ida. Gladys Conway; Lady
Psyche. Anna Chllade; Lady Macbeth,
Leah Burton; Juliet. Katherine Lubker;
Desdemona, Fay Gibson; Ophelia, Eliza
beth Blotter: Portia, Jennie William;
Kosallnd, .Bertha Blotter: Celia. Klina
Chllade; Katherine from Henry V, May
McDougal; Xanthippe. Helen Barnes;
Becky Sharp. Mary McCartney; Dolly
Varden. Mattle Owen; New Women,
Anna Walble.
An additional feature was the Lakme
Quartet; consisting of Mrs. May Dear
born Schwab. Miss Sadie Knapp, Miss
Petronclla Connelly and Mrs. W. A. T.
Bushong, whose several numbers were
especially well received. Miss Delia
Bradley, a. Portland girl, who has re
cently returned from several years' train
ing in dramatic vofk. In the East, ap
peared in several specialties, one of
which, a valse a la 2000 A. D.. danced
with Charles Townsend. was enthusias
tically encored.
Other numbers were Othello's "Sun
flower Chorus." and "Sacajawea Quin
tet," in realistic costume, "The Minuet,"
as danced by four handsomely-gowned
maidens, and Miss Lena Harwas as a
fair Japanese maiden, who rendered a
song from the "Mikado." The staging,
dramatic criticism and costuming were
exceptionally fine. Mrs. Fletcher Linn,
acting as musical director; Assistant
Manager, Charles S. Townsend: critic.
Miss Delia Bradley, and-costumer. Mrs.
Mina Crolius Gleason. The patronesses
were: Mrs. Helen Ladd Corbett, Mrs.
Theodore B. Wilcox. Mrs. J. Q. Gaul,
Mrs. Charles Ladd. Mrs. L. Allen Lewis,
Mrs. Holt Wilson. Mrs. W. B. Ayer,
Mrs. Gordon Voorhles, Mrs. Harriet K.
McArthur. Mrs. A. G. Barker. MIm Val
entine Pritchard, Mrs. William Mac
Kenzle. Mrs. George Simon, Mrs. A. il
Rockey- and Mrs. A. II. Tanner.
MARY E. BALLARD DEAD
Pioneer Wlio Landed at Portland In
1858, Later Going to Auburn.
AUBURN. Wash., March 12. (Special.)
Mrs. Mary E. Ballard, one of the oldest
pioneers, of the State of Washington, died
here this afternoon at the age of 76.
Mrs. Ballard's husband, the late Dr. Levi
W. Ballard, died 12 years ago. Aside
from stepson. Captain W. R Ballard,
of Seattle, she leaves her own sons.
Charles H. Ballard, of Nevada; Hazzard
I. Ballard, of Okanogan County, Wash.;
Leon F. Ballard, of Bain bridge Island,
and Arthur C. Ballard, of Auburn, Wash.
Mrs. Ballard, formerly Mrs. Condit,
was born at Morrlstown. N. J. She was
married to Levi W. Ballard, in 1S57, and
following her marriage she and her hus
band embarked for the Pacific Coast,
coming by way of Cape Horn. They
arrived at Portland. Or., in 185S, aboard
the old vessel Northern Light, where
Dr. Ballard practiced medicine until 1864,
when the couple moved to what is now
the townslte of Auburn, taking up 160
acres of land in the White River district.
Later a part of their holdings was
platted into the townslte of Auburn.
C. P. R. THROUGH TRAINS
Persistent Rumor O. II. & X. Track
Will Bo Used to Spokane.
8teadily persistent rumors are abroad
in the local railroad offices that the
Canadian Pacific Rntlu-nv u'lll - K i
commence running actual through trans
continental trains from Portland to St.
Paul, via the O. R. & N. tracks from
Portland to Spokane. No confirmation of
the rumors could be obtained In local rail
road offices. General Passenger Agent
McMurray, of the Harrlman lines in the
Northwest, stated that no agreement had
been reached to that effect and that an
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WHO HAVE BKEX ATTE.M)IG MEETING OF ASSOCIATION.
ITCHING
SEEMED
TO BE INCURABLE
Terrible Red Patches on Face and
Arms Made Victim Ashamed lo be
Seen Suffered Intensely for Ten
Months Expert Treatment Gave
No Relief Two Sets of the
CUTICURA REMEDIES
ENTIRELY CURED HER
"About two years ago I contracted
eczema and suffered intensely for about
ten months. At times I thought I
would scratch myself to pieces. My
face and arms were covered with largo
red patches, so that J was ashamed to
go out. I was advised to go to a doctor
who was a specialist in skin diseases,
but I received very little relief. I tried
every known remedy, with the same
results. I thought I would never got
better until a friend of mine told me to
try the Cuticura ltemedies. So I tried
them as the last resource, and I am very
glad that I did, for after four or five
applications of Cuticura Ointment I was
relieved' of my unbearable itching. I
used two sets of the Cuticura Remedies
(Soap, Ointment and Pills'), and I am
completely cured. I always recom
mend Cuticura to any one that is suf
fering and in every case it seems to cure.
Miss Barbara Krai, f2'J Mt; Pleasant
Ave., Uighlandtown, Md., Jan. 9, '03.'"
Fretful Babies
Suffering from Skin Humors,
Soothed to Sleep by
Cuticura.
A warm bath with Cuticura Soap and
gentle anointing with Cuticura Oint
ment, purest and
sweetest of emolli
ents. afford immediate
relief in the most dis
tressing forms of itch
ing, burning, scaly and
crusted humors, ecze
mas, rashes, inflamma
tions, irritations and
chaflngs of infancy and
childhood, permit rest
and sleep and point to
a SDeedv cure when all
other remedies fail. Guaranteed abso
lutely pure and may be used from the
hour of birth.
Cntlcurm Soao (25e.. Ointment f.W . Rcnlv
ffiOc.). and chocolate CoAlrd Hllla V2$c.). are sol4
throuchout the world. Potter Drug A Chem. Corp
tf-MaUed Ir'rea. Cuucura Book on Bala Dl
actual date for commencing such service,
if any, nad not been agreed upon. Fur
ther than this he declined to discuss the
matter.
General Passenger Agent Johnson.
the Canadian Pacific Railway, stated that
lie knew nothing of such a service.
though he admitted that efforts were be
lng made along that line.
Should the C. P. B actually decide to
enter upon transcontinental competition
they should be enabled to cut the time
between Portland and St. Paul at leas
10 hours. The present average speed
the C. P. R. trains between Spokane and
St.- Paul Is 33 miles an hour. If their
trains were to keep up this average speed
between Portland and St. Paul the run
nlng time would be reduced to 58 hours
or 14 hours less than the present Northern
racmc schedule. It Is reasonable to be
lieve that the C. P. R. will be able t
keep up an averago speed of 30 miles an
hour, which would mean a running time
or St hours.
The exact mileage of the C. P. R. via
the O. R. & N. and Soo lines from Port
land to St. Paul is 1917 miles, while the
Northern Pacific route over the North
Bank tracks Is but 30 miles shorter.
The C. P. R. at present has a train
from Montreal to Vancouver with a ru
nlng time of 75 hours and trains averag
lng 40 miles an hour. It Is, reasonable to
believe that the C. P. R. is capable of
keeping a similar speed on the route of
the proposed track running via the O.
R. & N.
In the absence of an announcement
from the East. General Manager O'Brien,
of the Harrlman lines in the Northwest,
will probably make a definite pronounce
ment on his return In the course ut a
week.
MAN GIVEN UP FOR MONEY
Woman Who Xeeds Bond Money Sur
renders Prisoner.
SPOKANE. Wash.. March 12. (Spe
cial.) Because she was In need of money
with which to fight a divorce suit now
pending in the Superior Court between
herself and husband, Mrs. A. Johnson
surrendered William Gardner, charged
with embezzlement, to the Sheriff yester
day and collected JSOO. the amount of
bond she had put up for him.
A new bond of the same amount for
Gardner was furnished this morning and
he will be released, pending trial. Gard
ner's case has been set for next Tues
day, but he objected to remaining In the
County Jail even for that short period.
J. B. Ballard, owner of a horse which
Gardner is alleged to have sold. Is be
hind the prosecution.
Happy Hour Club Wins Again.
The Happy Hour Club of the T. M. C
A. made Us 13th consecutive victory last
night ty defeating the Lincoln High
Oreg-onian Bicycle
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IS ELIGIBLE TO ENTER AND EACH
HAS AN EQUAL CHANCE TO
WIN A BICYCLE IN AN
EASY WAY.
. The Oregonian offers an opportunity for
every boy and girl in Portland to win a bicycle
in a very simple and easy way.
On March 15 the first of a series of contests
will begin. The winner of each contest will be
presented with a bicycle of any make which the
winner selects.
The contestants will start out on equal terms
to solicit subscribers for The Oregonian. As
soon as the first 150 orders have been handed
into The Oregonian office, the first contest will
be closed, and the boy or girl securing the most
subscribers out of the 150 will be awarded a
bicycle. Then Contest No. 2 starts in precisely
the same manner.
Suppose thirty boys and girls enter the con
test. They will only have to average five sub
scribers apiece to secure the necessary 150 sub
scribers to close the first contest. The winner
will be the one who turns in the most sub
scriptions, and will not have to get very many
to win, either. The sooner a boy or girl starts
in the contest the better chance he or she will
have.
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scriber, one who has not taken The Oregonian
for at least one month.
Each subscriber must sign a contract
agreeing to take the Daily and Sunday Ore
gonian for three months.
Each contest will close as soon as 150 orders
have been received.
Orders will not be counted in the contest
until they have been verified by the Circulation
Department.
Contestants may solicit subscriptions any
where in the City of Portland.
CONTESTANTS MUST CALL AT THE
OREGONIAN OFFICE TO REGISTER
AND GET BLANKS.
There will be
more people in
Gregory
tomorrow than on all
the other properties of Port- ,
land put together. Read Gregory's
ad tomorrow and then visit GREGORY.
School basketball five 31 to IT. The
Happy Hours have made a splendid rec
ord In their games this season, having
gone without a single defeat. They have
gone through the season with as clean a
record as possessed by any quint In the
scholastic or other league. The line-up
follows:
II. II. C. Position L. H. S.
Madoris F AHmui
Jat-kf"n F. ......... Yanatr&nd
Walters ........... 1. ............. . ('.rout
Jorrttn (1 FeMlrord
Dlvllbliss G Carlander
HIGH HONORS FOR RUSSIAN
Alexis Surorln, Kdltor, Celebrates
SO Years of Literary Work.
ST. PKTKRSBl'RO. March 12. Alexis
Suvorln, the publisher of the Novo
Vremra. today celebrated the fiftieth an
niversary of the beginning of his llter
sry activities. Several thousand persons
prominent In Russia. Including Kmperor
Nicholas, the members of the Cabinet,
high courtiers, a large deputation from
the Duma, and another from the Council
of the Empire, and many of the leading
writers, artists and actors of the country,
united in honoring the veteran editor,
who, starting life as the aon of a peas
ant, has won an unique place as an au
thor and dramatist and molder of public
opinion.
Kmperor Nicholas has presented ths
Heights
fi, h ? Pnotoer-Ph bearing his au-
J. !Ph-,"nd Krance ha mada him an
officer of the legion of Honor.
DICKENS' TESTIMONY FALLS
Prosecution Can t Corroborate Self
Confessed iVelghtcar Kobber.
PENDLETON. Or.. March 12.-, Special.)
-Hearing of the men alleged to havs
stolen freight from the O. R. & N. ware
house was brought to an unexpected tem
porary termination this evening when
Justice of the Peace Tarkes took under
advisement until tomorrow morning the
motion of the attorneys for the defend
ants to d!mi the charges.
It was alleged that the prosecution had
railed to corroborate the story of Dickeni
the self-confessed accomplice, and tl.ot
without such corroboration the men could
not be held to the grand Jury. The cor
roboratory evidence offered was the find
ing of stolen good In the possession of
tle defendants as Dickens said they
would find, and the producing of bills or
lading and records of complaints to show
that the articles had been stolen at the
time, place and manner described by
Dickens.
Your prescriptions filled at EvSKell'a
Pharmacy. Morrison, bet. 4th and Sth.
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