TIIE MORNING OREGOXIAX, FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, 1909.
PORTERS HIRE 70
OF TWOHY'S MEN
Harriman's Rivals Comment
on Stoppage of Work by
Deschutes Company.
DENY ANY HOLD-UP GAME
Contractors Give Figures to Prove
They Are In Earnest Expect, if
"ot Hindered, to Reach Madras
Within Firteen Months.
THE DALLES, Or.. Aug. 12. (Spe
cial.) Early this morning a telephone
message from Johnson Porter, of Por
ter Bros., at Shanlko. announced that
he had employed 70 men recently turned
off from the Harrlman camps pending
the decision in the forthcoming hearing
on the injunction restraining the Two
hya from further operations In the dis
puted territory along the Deschutes
canyon.
This confirms the reports of the pre
vious day which declared that the Two
ny Bros, were letting many of their
men go. and substantiates the state
ment made by the Porters that they in
tended to employ every man dismissed
by the Harrlman contractors. Johnson
Porter left The Dalles on Wednesday
for Grass Valley, as reported In yester
day's Oregonlan. with the Intention of
hiring all the available men turned off
, from the rival camps. The crew of 70
I -which he secured, exclusive of the many
: stragglers who have drifted Into his
camps. Johnson Porter obtained in the
(vicinity of what Is known as "The
, Cove." 16 miles above Shearar s Bridge
and those were Immediately transferred
' to the Oregon Trunk camps at and near
' Free Bridge:
Action May Be Significant.
Although It Is maintained by the Har
rlman partisans that the fact the Two
,hys are letting many-of their men go
'has little real significance, and is sim
ply the natural result of the Injunction
restraining the Harrlman forces from
further work at present, the adherents
of the Oregon vrunk interests declare
r that much more ts behind the move.
They ask why It is that the Harrlman
laborers are turned out of work if
their employers believe the result of
tomorrow's hearing will be a cancella
tion of the Injunction and resulting per
mission to renew construction opera
tions. Particularly they dwell on the
: peculiarity of shutting down camps in
I isolated plaoes where substitutes to
rthoae dismissed can only with great dlf-
flculty be obtained, if the operators of
; these camps are sure, as they say they
are, that work can be renewed in a
' few days.
The injunction in question was
granted on August by United States
Judge Wolverton upon the application
of the Oregon Trunk Railroad, and
restrains the Twohys from further con
struction work in the southern 60
miles of the disj-uted territory. To
morrow is the date fixed for the hear
ing, when the Harrlman representa
tives may appear with evidence show
ing why the injunction should not be
made perpetual.
Feeling of Uncertainty Prevails.
A general feeling of uncertainty seems
to prevail among those in touch with
' the field operations who are only indi
rectly Interested, as the local merchants,
while from the parties chiefly interested
. only expressions of absolute confidence In
the successful outcome of affairs can be
secured. But whatever the proceedings
in the courts, and whatever the general
whip of the Deschutes constructionists. U
is generally conceded that the Porter
Bros, are straining every nerve to take
full advantage of the respite from hos
tilities given by the restraining order.
In accordance with the announcement
made by th Porters there is every indi
cation that thry are pressing an ever
Increasing number of men into the work..
Several times a day their representatives
mske the rounds of the various resorts
of the unemployed here at The Dalles.
The saloons and shady corners are
crowded with those who are blowing
in." and all of these that . the Porter
agents are able to secure are shipped out
to the camps in one of the 60-odd teams
that are constantly freighting supplies
from the warehouses to the canyon
camps. Today the Porters announced
that they have just entered into a con
: tract with the medical firm of Dutton
Russet, of Spokane, to whose hands the
medical care of the men In the field will
be intrusted. The Spokane firm already
has a representative in the canyon. Dr.
Fred Thompson, and In the course of the
week hospitals will be installed at ad
vantageous points. It Is intended to
maintain four of five of these, with the
principal and permanent one at Grass
Valley, although all the locations have
as yet not been determined. There are
i at present SO Porter camps with approxi
I mately 800 men. all of v.hom will hcre
j after be under medical supervision.
I Porter Gives Some Figures.
(Richard Porter seemed particularly de
sirous that the magnitude of the opera
tions his firm is undertaking should be
understood by the public, for he has lit
tle patience with the critics who accuse
J the Oregon Trunk of working on a "hold-
up game."
"As indication of the substantlability
S of our intentions." said Mr. Porter today.
I "let me lay before you sjme facts and
figures. I have just ordered from Van
couver 100 one and a half yard cars which
I will be rushed to the scene of action.
Three carloads of light rails are now on
! the road between here and Shanlko. and
1 to rive an Idea what the commissary end
of railroad building amounts to. I II tell
von that cur grocery purchases up to
date come to something' over 100.000
pounds.
"Why. look here." continued Mr. Por
ter, showing an order to a Portland
wholesale house, "here's an order for
three tons of butter. Doesn't look like
bluffing.- -despite all the pessimists, does
",. that In the neitrhbor-
' hood of liJ.OOO has been spent by the
Porters in The Dalles, and. according
to Richard Porter, over J100.OOO has al
ready been expended In construction
'work, entirely exclusive of the cost of
urveva and the expenses entailed in
litigation. A fact of possible signifi
cance in connection with the shipping
of Porter Bros.' supplies from Portland
and northern points is. as previously
pointed out, that much of the materials
come in on Hill s North Bank road, in
preference to the O. R. 4 N.. and are
ferried across the Columbia from the
Grand Dalles to be transported by
wagon directly to the camps or re
ahlpped to points on the Great Southern
and thence hauled over the wagon
roads the Porters are maintaining into
the canyon.
Keach Madras Within 15 Months.
Mr. Porter was reticent as usual re
garding the facts of vital Interest to the
public Madras as terminal point was
as good as any other, for the present,
he said. "When we get that far there
will be time enough to talk about the
rest of Central Oregon. As I've said
before, once out of the canyon there is
room for a dozen roads, so there is no
telling how far we may keep on. Tes,
1 don't mind saying that if we're not
blocked by legal complications, the road
should be completed to the end of the
present survey in about 15 months."
When asked if he had anything to say
regarding the latest timber tonnage to
be developed in Central Oregon. Mr.
Porter replied:
"Certainly the timber Is a vital fac
tor to a railroad in that section. I be
lieve a road that tapped the Deschutes
country could count on 500 cars of lum
ber a day for 20 years."
The merchants of The Dalles, who
have been supplying the contractors,
express great faith in the completion
of the roads, maintaining that no such
sums as are being paid out would be
expended In supplies and permanent
paraphernalia unless actual construction
was Intended. The town is. of course,
overflowing with rumors and "inside
information." chiefly maintaining that
the Oregon Trunk will bridge tiie Co
lumbia at the mouth , of the Deschutes
to connect with the North Bank.
Plenty or Traffic Ahead.
The Dalles merchants, who are In a
position to be in touch with the econ
omic conditions of Central Oregon
more thoroughly than any others, say
that there is ample business for two
roads. They report the number of set
tlers who have entered the country In
the last year as In the thousands and
give some startling figures indicating
the value of their exports to Central
Oregon points. The opinion is universal
that If either road gets into the country
beyond the canyon, a continuance to the
timber belt will be inevitable.
RIVALS SEEKING PLAGE
SEVEN
I.V RACE FOR
POSTOFFICE.
SALEM
Return
Stirs
of Congressman Hawley
Candidates to Activity
and Rouses Interest.
SALEM. Or.. Aug. 12. (Special.)
The return of Congressman Hawley.
who is expected here tomorrow, has
caused renewed interest in the contest
for the Salem postofflce, although It is
not anticipated that the Congressman
will make his position in the matter
known for several months. There are,
a number of candidates, including
George P. Litchfield. F. B. Southwick,
H. D. Patton, Alonzo Gesner, John Ro
land. B. Frank Meredith, and Squire
Farrar. the present incumbent.
Roland, Meredith and Farrar are be
lieved to be strong candidates, although
there are some who are of the opinion
that Senator Bourne will have some
voice In the selection of new postmas
ter, and who. In that case, are pinning
their faith to Hal D. Patton. Patton
was a member of the Lower House of
the last Legislature, and was elected on
a statement No. 1 ticket. Roland Is
a well-known local Insurance man.
while Meredith is city treasurer and
treasurer of various institutions and
organizations. He has been actively
connected with the work of the Re
publican county central committee for
many years.
Southwick is an old party war
horse, has lived in Salem a long time
and is developing strength. He is a
member of the G. A. R., with a Civil
War record, and will have the backing
of that organization. He is a con
tractor. Postmaster Farrar is considered, in
some quarters, the strongest candidate
in the lot. It Is suggested that Mr.
Hawley might stir up less strife among
his constituents by reappointing Far
rar than by picking one of the numer
ous rivals of the present incumbent for
the place. Postmaster Farrar's term
does not expire for nearly a year, and
It is probable there will be no definite
announcements until next Spring.
ROW ON IN GREEK COLONY
Oregon City Excited When Pistol
Shots Are Heard.
OREGON CITY. Or.. Aug. 12. (Spe
cial. ) Tom Mermenks, one of a small
colony of Greeks living together in
West Oregon City, fired two shots at
Makes Sotereu tonight, neither taking
effect.
Mermenkes joined the trouble band
thia morning when he assaulted Jimmy
Economos in the paper mill where both
men were working. A warrant was
sworn out against Mermenkes, but it
was not served, and tonight the Greek
precipitated great excitement by pur
suring Sotereu, revolver in hand as far
up the hill as the residence of Mrs.
Jessie Smith, where Sotereu evaded his
enemy by finding refuge in the house.
Mermenkes then returned to his own
dwelling and locked himself in. Be
fore shooting at Sotereu. he laid in wait
for his countryman with a club and
sprang from behind a rose bush at
Sotereu who was not severely injured.
The Greeks cannot speak English
freely and their trouble Is difficult to
ascertain.
Shoe bargains at Rosenthal's sale.
Krom Left to Might MIm Sylvia
K.
Hardlna. Mnu Jope, Mm. A.
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GARFIEUD. Wash.. Aug. 12.
ue of Spokane. Thursday the
and Harold Reed.
Christian Church of Garfield is
Jope lias been ra wi
f 4 -i ; i V ii "l. , rt u- - fit " r V! i 1'- i
I lw u ' ; 5 ft w hi -u Vi! " f : - i-'zyJ L Alt 1
ing the present pastor's administration presided over by
The church was organized Jnary 19- "3,f,n gating capacity
SmV Sund.rSDoLW spchrcT wi'll SlJSl!?
COTTON TALKS OF
DESCHUTES FIGHT
Oregon Trunk Charged With
Bad Faith in Efforts to
Block Harriman.
LEGAL POINTS ARE RAISED
Atforney Contends Surveys Were
Made Prior to Incorporation In'
Oregon of Opposition Kail
road Company.
On the question of whether or not the
Deschutes River is a canyon or defile
In large measure depends the outcome
of the struggle between the Oregon Trunk
and the Deschutes Railroad' Company,
the latter a Harriman extension, fpr the
occupancy of a route up the Deschutes
River for building a railroad into( Cen
tral Oregon. This much was indicated
yesterday when W. W. Cotton, general
counsel for the Harrlman lines, made the
first official statement on behalf of the
Deschutes Railroad which has been made
since the Oregon Trunk began its fight
against the Harriman forces to gain an
entrance to Central Oregon for the pur
pose of constructing a railroad into that
section.
Mr. Cotton Intimates that the regular
ity of the incorporation of the Oregon
Trunk and its legal right to the surveys
It has made will be attacked when the
pending Injunction cases come before the
United States Court. It will be con
tended by the Harriman people that the
Oregon Trunk was incorporated in the
State of Nevada, April 3. 1908. and. being
a foreign corporation, undertook to legal
ize Its operations in this state by con
forming to the Oregon laws on April 12
of the same year.
Right of Company Questioned.
While it will be admittted that the'
rival road made Its surveys) south of the
first 40 miles prior to that of the Des
chutes Company, the Harriman repre
sentatives will insist that the Secretary
of the Interior did not have the right to
approve such surveys, for the reason
that the Oregon Trunk was not author
ized to do business in this state at the
time the surveys were made. Accord
ing to the affidavits of its officers which
have been tiled, the Oregon Trunk repre
sents that it made its surveys between
February 25 and April 3. 1906. the latter
date being nine days before the corpora
tion qualified under the Oregon laws and
was legally empowered to do business in
this state. -
The Harriman people will contend fur
ther that they have a priority right to
their survey for the first 40 miles of their
orolected road and will instst--that the
second suit filed by the Oregon Trunk.
yesterday and applying to the first 40
miles was not brought in good faith, but
is intended only for the purpose of delay
ing the approval by the Interior Depart
ment of the maps and survey of the
Deschutes Company which are still pend
ing for the remaining 90 miles of its road.
In presenting the Harriman side of the
controversy Mr. Cotton yesterday made
the following statement regarding the
history and operations of the Deschutes
Company and the Oregon Trunk:
Statement of Mr. Cotton.
The Deschutes Railroad Company was in
corporated February 2. 1906, and as re
quired by the act of Congress granting right
of way to railroads, filed Its articles of in
corporation with the Secretary of the In
terior on February 10. 190. and such facts
were published in . the local papers. The
articles prescribed a route up the Deschutes
River, and the surveys of such line were
commenced on February 12, 1106.
Two maps of the first 20-mlle sections
were filed with the Secretary of the Inter
ior. The land over which the right of
way lay. was within a reclamation reserve.
The reclamation service objected to the
grant of the right of way. and the company
was ordered to survey a route 0O feet above
the water level, from the mouth of the
Deschutes River to Sherar's Bridge, a dis
tance of 40 miles. The company made an
examination as to the feasibility of so con
structing a road, and reached the con
clusion and finally satisfied the reclama
tion service that the elevation of the rail
road for this entire distance would In
crease the cost to such an extent as to pro
hibit construction.
The reclamation service modified Its re
quirements and recommended that the com
pany be allowed a right of way. provided
the line would be elevated 100 feet above
the water level, at one dam site, about 40
miles from the mouth of the river. This
was announced to the company In the ;et
ter of the Commissioner of the General Land
Office dated April 18. 107. and in the
Summer of 1907 the company again resur
veved the first 40 miles and filed maps com
plying with the requirements of the recla
mation service. These maps were held in
the Interior Department for further exam
ination by tho reclamation service, and on
March 25. 1908. were recommended for ap
proval bv the Commissioner of the Gen
eral Land Office. Wfcen this recommen
dation wa made, the company commenced
surveying and did survey the remainder of
WOMEN OF GARFIELD BREAKING GROUND FOR NEW CHURCH.
Manrlus, Mrs. Ben ManriuK, M
r aoiKner, "" ' -
,.1 Garfield is soon to have one
Special.) Oartieid is soon to ni o
ground w b
. -7... b. . memhershin of nearly 300. more than half
the strongest in the city, and has a me
the route up the Deschutes River and filed
three maps of such route. In the Fall or
19U8. -
Maps Not Vet Approved.
These maps are not yet approved by the
Secretary of the Interior, but have been
recommended for approval by the Commis
sioner of the, General Land Office. rhe
cause of the withholding of th approval by
the Secretary of the Interior was the protest
of the Oregon Trunk Line, to the effect that
the Deschutes River Is not a canyon or de
file. This protest relates to the point or
conflict between mileposts 70 and 82. In
this connection, the canyon or defile pro
vision of the right of way act Is to the effect
that no railroad company whose right of
wav passes through any canyon, pass or
defile, shall prevent any other railrocd com
pany from the use of such canyon, pass or
deHle. in common with the road first lo
cated. It follows, therefore, that It the
Deschutes River Is a canyon or detlle. the
trotest of the Oregon Trunk Line will not
.prevent the approval of tho maps ot tne
uescnuiea company.
In view of tho fact that the Oregon
Trunk Line procured the approval of its
own map on the second 20-mile section, on
the ground that the river was a canyon or
defile, and is now undertaking by a suit
filed today lu the circuit Court of the
I nlted Spates, to adjust the rights of the
companies as to this second 20-mile section,
and because there Is practically no differ
ence between the upper river and the lower
river. It certa'.nls' seems that the protest of
the Oregon Trunk Line is not in good faith,
and Intended only for the purpose of de
lavlng the approval of the Deschutes maps.
The Oregon Trunk Line was incorporated
under a law of Nevada, and its articles of
incorporation were Bled in Nevada on Feb
ruary 24. l!Ki. 22 days after the Deschutes
Company was incorporated. Being a foreign
corporation, the Oregon Trunk Line had to
comply with the laws of Oregon by filing
Its articles of incorporation In this state,
and this the company attempted to do on
April 3. 190B. in the Summer of 1906. the
Oregon Trunk filed maps with the Secretary
of the Interior, covering a survey from the
mouth- of the Deschutes River to ' Trout
Creek, and Its officers swore to affidavits
to the effect that the surveys were made be
tween February 20 and April 8. 1906. When
these dates are compared with the dates of
the attempted Incorporation of the com
pany. It appears that the affidavits were
made to show surveys taking place one day
after the articles were filed in Nevada, and
ending on the day the articles were filed In
Oregon.
Former Decision tiled.
The articles of Incorporation of the Ore
gon Trunk were not filed with the &eetary
of the Interior until April 12. 1906. Lnder
the decision of the Supreme Court of : the
United States the Washington & Idaho Rail
road company the Coeur d' Alene RaUroad
Company. 100 V. S. 77, it would follow that
the Oregon Trunk would acquire no rlgut
In the public land as the result of such a
survey. The maps of the Oregon Trunk
Line have all been approved. .,,,
And therefore Its survey is apparently
prior to that of the Deschutes company on
That portion of the river lying south of the
40-mlle oost. The Deschutes Company,
however, will insist that the Secretary of
the Interior had no power to approve such
maps under the act of Congress owing to
the fact that the. Orgeon Trunk Company
was not authorised to do business In the
state at the time the surveys were made,
and that any grant of right of way on such
maps and such survey was a fraud upon the
puWIc lands. The reason why the Deschutes
Company will so Insist 1s because the Ore
gon Trunk has attempted to enjoin the
Deschutes Company from constructing ts
line between mile post 70 and 82. and Its
attempting to hold uP the approval of the
maps or the Deschutes Company in the In
terior Department. . .
When the Commissioner of the Land Of
flos had before him the maps of the two
companies, upon the second 20 miles south
of the Columbia River, the Commissioner
held that the maps of the Deschutes Com
pany were entitled to. approval, both by rea
son of priority and by reason of the further
fact that the Deschutes Company had at
tempted to comply with the requirements
of the reclamation service, and ordered that
the maps of the Oregon Trunk Company be
rejected, unless that company could show
that the Deschutes River was a canyon or
defile within the language of th-3 act. The
matter finally came before the Secretary of
the Interior and by an order made the Sec
retary approved both maps on the same
day. but did not change the priority ruling
of the Commissioner of the Land Office In
favor of the Deschutes Company.
File Under Canyon Act.
The suit filed today by the Oregon Trunk
Company In the United StaMs Court is an
attempt on its part to obain the benefit
of the canyon act. but ,the Oregon Trunk
Company, notwithstanding the priority of
the Deschutes Company, seeks to have the
Deschutes line conform to its line, and this
the Deschutes Company. In view of Its pri
ority, will naturally resist. The Deschutes
Company also understands that the Oregon
Trunk Line survey Is on the water level,
whereas the Deschutes survey Is above the
water level, as required by the reclamation
service. The Deschutes Company may bs
mistaken as to the level of the Oregon
Trunk survey.
The line of the Deschutes Company com
mences on the eaest side of the Deschutes
River and extends along the east side to
mile post 34. and then It crosses to the
wost side of the river, and remains on the
west side for about six miles, and then
crosses to the east side and remains on
the east side, to the mouth of Trout Creek,
then goes up Trout Creek onto the plateau.
The line of the Oregon Trunk commences
on the west side of the river and runs along
the west side for about 20 miles, then it
crosses over to the east side of the river
and remains on the east side until mile
post 38; then It crossss on the west side
and runs to about mile post 70. and then
crosses over to the east side and remains
on the east side until the mouth of Trout
Creek.
It will thus be seen that the Deschutes
line Is on the east side of the river for the
entire distance from the mouth of the river
to Trout Creek, with tbe exception of about
six miles, and makes two crossings of the
river: that the Oregon Trunk starts on the
west side, crosses over to the east side, then
ovar to the west side and then back to the
east side, making three crossings of the
river, and that the Oregon Trunk has sur
veys covering the west side of the river for
20 miles, then 18 mites on the east side,
then 32 miles on the west side and then 12
miles on the east side.
The principal points of conflict between
m . u'lmw. Mrs.
irV Reei, Mr.. iVatt,' Mr.'. Brook., Mr.. Roger.. Ia Front Are Little Maud C-r-
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Koven.be, when the membership will begin a protracted meeting.
Mail Orders and
Inquiries Given
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the two surveys are found between mile
posts 20 and 8S and mile posts 70 and S-.
Referring to the facts recited In the pre
ceding paragraphs, it will be observed that
the conflicts exist on the eas t side of the
river where the survey for all but six miles
of the Harriman road extends It will be
observed further taht the conflicts in both
instances appear near the points where he
Oregon Trunk survey crosses the r ver
from the west side to the east side. This is
particularly true of the alleged survey for
the Oregon Trunk between mile posts 70
and 82. This survey, as projected conflicts
with that of our road in that it crosses
Trout Creek above our survey. It is up
Trout Creek our survey extends to the
plateau above.. In other worts, the i raney
of tbe Oregon Trunk in thta locality, if
sustainod. will shut us off our outlet from
ths canyon. i,,,
Under the canyon provision of the right
of way act. neither company can prevent
the other from constructing, unless it should
appear that the Oregon Trunk is not entitled
to build a railroad in the State of Oregon
If the Deschutes Company should resurvey
its line tor the six miles above mentioned,
ail ot Its line would be on the east side of
the river, and If the Oregon Trunk would
remain on the west side of the river on
which it started, and on which it has sur
veyed 52 miles of read, out of a total dls
tanc of 82. there will be no conflict between
the lines, and each company could construct
a road without any fuss or feathers, as a
practical question. It would seem that no
good reason exists why this should not be
done.
RECLAIMS DESERTED BABE
Mother Persuades Foster Parents to
Give Vp After Xearly Year.
SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 12. (Special.)
Muffled cries of a beautiful baby girl left
on the rear steps of the residence of
Thomas C. Short one night last Novem
ber attracted Mrs. Short to the porch,
where the little one was found Just as It
had been left, apparently by adestitute
mother.
A few days ago a pretty, refined young
woman, claiming to be the mother of
the once deserted baby, appeared on the
scene with her girl chum', and with con
clusive evidence of her rightful claim to
the little watt, now less than a year old,
she tried to persuade Mrs. Short to give
her back her baby a petition which had
little effect until the real mother pro
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the church,
bee nlarged twice. The
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After being convinced by the story of
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consented, with tears, to return the child
to its rightful parent.
MARINE SERGEANT SUICIDE
Despondent Over Reprimand, Petty
Officer Cuts Throat.
SEATTLE, -Aug. ' 12. Despondent 'be
cause he bad been reprimanded. Ser
geant F. A. Bruger. of the marine guard
of the cruiser Tennessee, now at the
Puget Sound Navy-yard at Bremerton,
commlttted suicide by cutting his throat
with a knife.
Bruger ran away from his ship last
night after he had been reprimanded and
relieved- from duty. This morning he
was found on the outskirts of the yard,
bleeding to death. He was hurried to
the Marine Hospital, where he died. '
CRACK SHOTS TO COMPETE
Cottage Grove Guardsmen Start for
Camp Perry. '
COTTAGE GROVE, Or., Aug. 12. (Spe
oial.) Sergeants Potts and Mooney left
Wednesday night for the Camp Perry,
O., rifle shoot The Company E Fourth
Infantry. O. N. G., team, of Cottage
Grove, carried off the cup by 465 points
out of a possible 500.
The members of this team ore Lieuten
ant H. H. Petrie, Sergeant Snodgrass,
Captain J. C. Johnson, Sergeant Butte
Mooney, Sergeant James Potts.
Hunters Are Injured.
EUGENE, Or., Aug. 12. (Special.)
A telephone message to Eugene this
evening brought word that the team
and wagon conveying Constable Plank
and family on an outing in the moun
tains, along the Willamette River, went
through a bridge, throwing the family
out, breaking Mr. Plank's wrist, dislo
cating his son's ankle and bruising the
others considerably. They have started
back home.
Will Speak In McLoughlin's Honor.
OREGON CITY, Or., Aug. 12. (Spe
cial.) Frederick V. Holman. of Portland,
president of the State Historical Society,
and P. H. D'Arcy, of Salfm. vlce-presi-
BIG BAND COI
ESTACADA PARK
SUNDAY, AUGUST IS, 1909
Donatelli's Famous Band
Will liven things up with good music during the day.
FARE 75 CENTS ROUND TRIP
Meals Estacada Hotel SOc
Spend the day on tlfc? beautiful Clackamas. Trains leave East
. Water and East Morrison streets every hour. ,
Portland Railway.
Store Opens at
8:30, Closes
at 5:30.
In Low Necks and
Dutch Collars at Half
$8.50 Waists for. . .$4.25
$10.00 Waists for. . .$5.00
dent of the Oregon Pioneer Association,
have been invited to deliver the ad
dresses at the memorial services to be
held here Sunday, September , In honor
of Dr. John McLoughlin, founder of Ore
gon City. The McLoughlin home, which
is being restored, will also be dedicated
on that day and invitation, will be issued
to prominent pioneers throughout the
state.
THE TEXAS WONDER
Cures all Kidney, Bladder and Rheu
matic troubles: sold by all druggists, or
two months treatment by mail, for $1.
Dr. E. W. Hall, 2926 Olive Street, St.
Louis. Mo. Send for testlmonirt Is.
FIVE DOLLARS DOES IT!
August This Year Already Ahead of
August Last Tear.
We have so far In August sold more
pianos than we sold during all of
August last year, and In August last
year we sold exactly 200 instruments.
What does this mean?
It means that. Eilers Piano House is
the oue place in town where one se
cures more actual, solid, piano worth
for the money than at any other place.
It means that the special sale of
Pianola Pianos now being conducted is
attracting the most widespread atten
tion. It means also that the sale of new
pianos, which has been advertised dur
ing the past several days, Is being
taken advantage of by many who never
heretofope even dreamed of being able
to own a good, sweet-toned, durable
piano.
$5 a month looks easy, and it certain
ly is esy for any home to supply it
self with the best and most refining
influence that can come to It a good
piano.
During the present midsummer dull
ness East we found two well-known
piano manufacturers with a large stock
of finished pianos. They were terribly
anxious to realize. We secured these
latest high-grade pianos at a most ex
traordinary reduction. We pass this
advantage along to wideawake mid
summer buyers. We are showing sam
ples now see them today at iietail
Salesrooms, 363 Washington Street.
Bear in mind, we guarantee every in
strument as to quality, and also as to
price. Tour money back if at any time
I within six months you can buy the
same grade of pianos elsewhere,. East
or West, at anywnere near sucii low
pfsCGS
Special Ordinarily our sale price Is
the cash price. Buyers "on time" pay
simple interest at 8 per cent per annum.
Those wishing to pay cash within 30
days after delivery of piano will re
ceive as premium 4 per cent.
Should you later on want the very
best in the world, the Chlckerlng or the
Kimball, or that beautiful art piano,
the Weoer, or the Pianola Piano, we
will at anv time within two years allow
total price.paid for these pianos in ex
change toward the former.
Eilers Piano House, the Home for
Fine Pianos, Biggest, Busiest and Best,
353 Washington Street.
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Light & Power Co.