- - --- -- - - - THE "MOKNTXG OREGONIAX, TTITJItSDAX, " I)ECEM"BEH 1G, 1909.
35 MILES GRADED
ALONG DESCHUTES
State Railroad Commission
Predicts Operation of 0. R.
& N. Line by July.
ANNUAL REPORT IS FILED
O. R. & H. Progress Great, Several
Brandies Completed Two Col
lisions Recorded, 1 1 K Acci
dent, 54 Killed.
' SALEM, Or., Deo. 15. (Special.) The
State Railroad Commission presented
11a third annual report to the Govern
or late this evening-. The report Is
voluminous, going- into every detail of
the -work of the Commission, giving
rtatistlcs of railroad mileage, . equip
ment, new lines, improvements. Inves
tigations, wrecks and' accidents.
The report shows there are 2412 miles
of railway operated In the state. In
cluding commercial lines. There has
been a total Increase in mileage during
the year of 174 miles. There was a de
crease of 17 miles, leaving a net in
crease of 156.82 miles. It is noted that
the Deschutes Railroad has graded to
date 85 miles of road and has laid fully
five miles of track, and that it is hoped
to have the line in operation by July,
3910, to a point 90 miles south of the
Junction with the O. R. & N. Com
pany. ' Several Branches Complete.
Reviewing the progress of the O. R.
A N. Company, the report states that
:the reconstruction, of the track between
Troutdale and Bonneville, 17 miles, is
'completed, and that during the year
616 block sigrnals were placed on the
,maln line between Portland and Hunt
ington. ' Many wooden bridges were re
placed by masonry and steel structures.
The completion of several branch
lines in various parts of the state is re
ported, and construction work on others
not yet completed is reviewed. The
Oregon Electric expended $45,000 for
additions and betterments and an
nounces an appropriation of $160,000
more for the same work during 1910.
: During the year ending December 1,
il09, 168 informal and 29 formal com
plaints were docketed on the books of
the Commission. -Attention is called to
the reduction of grain rates on the O.
R. & N. lines and a cut in the Pacific
Express Company rates.
51 Fatalities Reported.
During the year there were two col
lisions, two derailments and 115 accl
'dents from other causes; 54 persons
killed and 124 injured. Two of the
killed and 54 of those injured were pas
sengers. The O. R. & N. Company has
the largest casualty list with 21 killed
and 19 injured: the Southern Pacific
has 17 killed and "15 injured; the Port
land. Railway, Light & Power Company,
2 killed and 84 injured, not including
injuries to passengers within cities.
The report says: "Six persons were
killed and 27 Injured by Jumping on or
off trains or while walking upon the
tracks. Many of these persons were
trespassers and the same may be said of
the ten killed and 29 injured who were
neither employes nor passengers."
Referring to the checking of the ap
praisal of the roads submitted by the
companies. It is stated that the work of
appraising will cost the state between
S3 and f3 a mile, which Is much less
than any other state within the knowl
edge of the Commission has paid for
rlmllar work. The compulsory fencing
law is declared to be doing good work.
TROLLEV LINK INCORPORATES
Grays Harbor to Be Connected With
Cities on Sound.
HOQUIAM. Wash.. Dec. IB. (Spe
cial.) It was announced here today
that articles of incorporation for an
extensive Interurban trolley system had
been filed with the Secretary of State
at Olympla. The company Is stated
to have a capital stock of $500,000.
Among the officers and backers are
named the following: R. F. I.ytle,
A. L. Paine and E. O. McOlauflln, all
Tloqulain lumbermen;, "W. II. Abel and
Eldrldge Wheeler, of Montesano, and
A. M. Abel and Phil S. Locke, of Aber
deen. The county commissioners recently
granted a franchise to Mr. Wheeler,
and it is snld that the line will cover
virtually the entire Ofrays Harbor
country, with Olympla for an initial
terminus, although It is expected that
Tacoma and Seattle eventually will be
reached.
ODD-CENT CHARGES CUT OUT
Xorlliern Pacific Announces Slight
Change in Rates.
VANCOUVER. Wash., Dec. IB. (Spe
cial.) By an order that went into ef
fect todny the Northern Pacific here
after will not charge the odd cents for
fare. In some cases this will make
the fare higher, In other cases the
fare will be lower.
For the most part on the main line
the cost of tickets, where the odd
cents now are collected, will be In
creased, and on the branch line it will
he decreased. The fare from Van
couver to Kelso, now $1.17, will be
come $1.20; the fare from this city
to Tacoma, now $3.97. will become $4.
Rut on the branch line from here to
South Bend the charge will be cut
from $4.11 to $4.05. The fare from
here to fct. John. OrN now 13 cents,
will be reduced to 10 cents.
ROAD WILL LAY .HEAVY STEEL
Italia for 13 Miles Now Ready for
Cor-rallis & Eastern.
ALBANY. Or.. Dm. 15. (Special.) The
tvrvallls & Eastern Railroad Company is
preparing to lay new 75-pound rails on
a Ftretch of track 13 miles long, where
th, line runs through the Coast Range
just beyond Summit.
The rails are now in this city ready
for shipment.
DARING ACT SAVES 'CREW
Captain Chops Away Spars of
Schooner on Beam Ends.
SEATTLE. Wash.. Dec. 15. (Spe
cial.) 'To save himself and three men.
Captain Charles Curry, of the Arctic
Trading Company's gasoline schooner
Sea Wolf, chopped away the masts and
spars of his vessel when beam-ends
down and washed by terrific waves In
llertng fiu. Curry has arrived in Seat-
tie. The feat was performed 150 miles
west of the Pribyloff Islands.
The vessel was leaking badly and sea
anchors had been resorted to many
times. For two days not a man slept
and for ten days every stitch of cloth
ing had been drenched with icy water.
The little craft was running under
a slow bell, with Just sufficient speed
to give her steerage way, when a tre
mendous sea which threw her on her
beam ends was encountered.
Following many more difficulties, the
vessel reached Cape Inko on the main
land, but the precipitous .cliffs and heavy
surf made a landing impossible. She
lay there for three days and nights, her
crew working the pumps incessantly. At
the end of that time the storm had sub
sided and Captain Curry managed to
navigate to Kodlak Island, where he laid
the vessel up for the Winter.
He declared that eevry American proe
petcor was driven out of Siberia by the
Cossacks last Summer, but that Ameri
cans are still allowed to trade with the
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John D. Roselalr, on Trial at
Hillsboro for Wife Murder.
Siberian natives under the supervision
of the Russian authorities.
CHICKEN THIEF, HE SAYS
WOMAN DECLARES HUSBAND
TRIES TO HUMILIATE HER.
Wllloughby Family Recites Its
Troubles in Albany In Suit
for Divorce.
ALBANY, Or.. Dec. 15. (Special.) That
her husband tried to have her arrested
for stealing chickens to humiliate her,
after she left him, is a unique allegation
In the complaint for divorce which Cora
E. Wllloughby filed in the State Circuit
Court here today against J. E. Wll
loughby. The complaint recites that they sepa
rated on November 11 last and two days
later Wllloughby was twice arrested and
fined by the city officers of Harrisburg
for drunk and. disorderly conduct. Pre
sumably to get revenge upon his wife for
his arrests, Wllloughby went before .the.
Justice of the Peace at Harrisburg and
tried to effect her arrest for stealing
chickens. He failed to accomplish ' his
purpose and the complaint filed today
recites that Wllloughby knew there was
no truth in the fowl-theft charge, but
was merely trying to humiliate his wife.
Mrs. Willoughby's complaint contal
numerous charges, many of them alleg
ing drunkenness and cruel treatment on
the part of her husband. She asserts that
while they were living In Springfield in
1907 her husband spent all of the $r0 a
month he earned for liquor and that they
were forced to sell their furniture to pay
the rent. She also avers he threatened
to kill her at different times and that he
slept with a razor under his pillow to
keep her In constant fear.
Three times she left her husband, Mrs.
Wllloughby says, but twice Bhe listened
to his promises to reform and went back.
She says he continued drinking" and on
October 7 last she left him again. In
few days he persuaded her to return a
second time and live with hun, but on
November 11, she asserts, she was forced
to flee for her life. . -
Mr. and Mrs. Willoughby were married
in Lane County, March 14, 1S94. Their
only child is a daughter, 9 years old, and
Mrs. Wllloughby asks for the custody of
the child and $20 per month for the girl's
support.
RIGHT TO USE LAND ASKED
Portland Irrigation Company Ap
peals to State Board.
SALEM. Or., Dec. 16. (Special.) Presi
dent -Ball and Attorney Sawyer, of the
Portland Irrigation Company, appeared
before the Desert Land Board today and
asked permission to open the company's
segregation for settlement immediately,
and without waiting for the construction
of reservoirs, ditches and canals. It Is as
serted that the company has applicants
for nearly all of the land in the segrega
tion, and that these settlers will at once
move onto the land as soon as the com
pany is in position to contract with them.
The company has had some difficulty In
financing its proposition, but its repre
sentatives state that K the company is
allowed to sell its land it will furnish
bonds that will amply protect the state
and the purchasers from any litigation or
failure of the irrigation company to re
claim the land. The segregation consists
of about 12,000 acres, and is located in the
Che-wak-kan Valley, in Lake County.
The Desert Land Board has taken the
matter under advisement, and will " call
another meeting of those interested in
January.
CHEE LETTERS TELL TALES
Arrested Chinese Mall Says Smug
gling Organization Well Heeled.
ASTORIA. Or.. Dec. 15. (Special.)
When Immigration Inspector Bonham
arrested Leong Chee. a few days ago. for
being illegally in the country, he seized
among his effects a number of letters
and these have been ' translated by the
official Interpreter.
They show that there- is an organised
body to smuggle Chinese Into this coun
try, just how they come in. where they
go and who is interested in the principal
cities of the country.
Dentists Present Mount's Name.
OREGON CITT. Or., Dec. 15. (Special.)
The appointment of Dr. Clydo Mount,
of this city, a member of the State
Board of Dental Examiners, has been
recommended to Governor Benson by the
executive -committee of the State Dental
Society. Dr. Mount is young in the pro
fession and has been practicing the last
two years m Oregon City.- where he i
associated with Dr. Alfred I Beatle. ex
president of the State Dental Society.
R0SELA1R JURY1S
SECURED;TR!ALON
Neighbors Testify That Ac
cused Wanted to Be
Rid of Wife.
JAIL INTERVIEW RETOLD
Prisoner Calmly Relates How He At
tacked Spouse With Knife After
She Had Thrown Pan of
Milk in His Face.
HILLSBORO. Or., Dec. 16. (Special.)
Twelve men have been sworn In as Jurors
in the John D. Roselair murder case, and
the defendant -Is now on trial for the
murder of his wife on the morning of
May 15. 1909. The jurors were sworn in
at 2 o'clock this afternoon, after two
and one-half days of examination.
To secure these, 39 men - were put
through an examination; eight were per
emptorily challenged by the defense; and
two were likewise dealt with ' by the
state. The Jurors are: Austin T. Buxton,
pastmaster of the State Grange; T. W.
Sain. .Tucker Palmer, R. Hoffarber. C. F.
Tiga-rd. ex-member of the Legislature;
Oscar T Larsen. X F. Brandt, John
Nyberjr, J. T. Andersw. William Stevens.
B. Gould and Clem Shaner.
Neighbor Goes on Stand.
After the opening statements were made
William Raymond, . a neighbor, testified
that he knew the Roselairs- well; had
known the prisoner for eight or nine years
that he worked with Roselalr on the road,
and that Roselalr had told him that If he
were only "rid" of the wife now dead,
he might live happily with the second wife
and children, now in the East. He also
testified that he thought the dead Mm
Roselalr was a good-hearted woman, and
was very fond of children.
Raymond swore that he visited Roselair
in the Jail, and that the prisoner told
him. without asking, the etory of the
killing, and that story was the same as
that which has been published how Mrs.
Roselair threw the milk in his face while
at the breakfast table, and how she
then started for the hot water, that he
(Roselair) then attacked her with the
knife.
Would Be Rid of Wife.
Perl Raymond, a brother of the first
witness, also swore that Roselair had
told him of his domestic troubles, and
also related a visit to the jail, and swore
that Roselair had told him that Mrs.
Roselair was not the woman for him but
that she would have been a better wife
for the witness, as he was a young man,
and she was a young woman.
Attorney Jeffrey asked the court that
all the Ravmond evidence, except that re
lating to the day the body was found and
the Coroner's Jury was In session, be
struck out. This was denied by Judge
Campbell. The court then adjourned and
will resume sitting tomorrow morning at
9 o'clock.
WILL IS 70 INCHES LONG
Unique Document Filed in Linn
County Probate Court.
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ALBANY, Or, Dec. 15. (Special.)
One of the longest wills ever filed in
Linn County was admitted to probate
today. It was made by G. T. Frost,
of Scio. . and covers seven pages of
legal cap paper all pasted together In
one sheet 70 inches long. It was writ
ten entirely by the testator himself.
Frost died July 14 last at the age of
80. He was a Linn County pioneer
and had resided for many years on his
farm six miles northeast of Scio. The
will was written August 10. 1899.
This unique document disposes of an
estate valued at $7500, and divides the
property among six children, F. B.
Frost, of Scio: J. W. Frost, of Scio;
R. S. Frost, residence unknown; Clara
B. Smith, of Scio; G. M. Frost, of Salem,
and Ella Edmisten, of Carlton, Yam
hill County. .
NAME OREGON DEBATERS
Three Selected After Hard Try-Outs
to Meet Utah Orators.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene.
Dec. 16. (Special.) Three men. trained in
the Oregon High School Debating league,
have juet won first honors in debate at
the University of Oregon. They were
chosen after a series of hard try-outs in
which a large number of men competed,
to represent the university against the
University of Utah in their annual debate
on January 28.
The team chosen is as follows: Percy
Collier, of Eugene, and Carlton El Spen
cer, of Cottage Grove. Howard Zimmer
man, of Salem, is alternate.-
The Utah debato Is considered one of
the most important debates that the uni
versity enters. In previous contests the
University of Oregon won one and lost
one.
COAL HEARING GOES EAST
Cleveland and New York, Then
Paris, to Be Future Scenes.
SPOKANE. Wash., Dec. 15. The Cun
ningham hearing has ended here, and
under stipulation of counsel adjournment
was taken subject to the call of Com
missioner W. J- McOee. When resumed
the hearing will probably be at Cleve
land, O., where three of the claimants
live, going from there to New York to
get the testimony of Charles Sweeney,
one of the entrymen.
Meanwhile arrangements will be mads
by opposing counsel to send a commission
to France for the testimony of A. B.
Campbell, of Spokane, and B. C. Rlblet,
of New York, two entrymen now in
France.
BIG CONTRACT LET TODAY
Asylum Heating Plant to Be In
stalled Within 95 8,000.
SALEM. Or., Dec. 16. (Special.) Plans
and specifications for a new central
heating plant were submitted to the
asvlum board at the Governor's office to
day and will be taken up and the con
tract let at Corvallls tomorrow by a board
composed of W. H. Corbett. of Portland;
E. A. Strang,' of Salem, and C. E. Covell,
of Corvallis.
All the original bids were rejected be
cause ' too high. The present plans, are
drawn to come within the appropriation
of S5S-000. The bidders are the W. G. Mc
pherson Company. Public Work Sngin-
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FRANK CRIGGS
SEVENTH S OAK STS.
PHONES
MAIMCLO A 1127
v. a-
eering Company and Iowa Manufactur
ing Company, all of Portland.
CARNEGIE LIBRARY READY
Vancouver Will Formally Open New
Building December SI.
VANCOUVER, Wash., Dec. 15. (Spe
cial.) Vancouver's new $10,000 Car
negie library building will be formally
opened Friday evening, December 31,
New Year's Eve. There will be a spe
cial programme, and Miss Frances Isom,
librarian of the Portland Library, has
been invited to deliver the principal
address. She will speak on "The Li
brary's Place in the Community."
Among the other speakers will be Don
ald Jlcllaster, Judge of the Superior
Court.
The new public library building is
situated at the corner of Main and Six
teenth streets. There is a nucleus of
500 volumes from the old city library.
Several hundred new volumes have been
ordered and are now in the Duildlng,
and an order for $1000 worth more
books will be placed this week. The
librarian, H. C. Lieser, is engaged in
classifying and cataloguing the 1000
volumes now on hand.
ROAD TO BUILD SEAWALLS
Northern Pacific Restoring Moclipa
Branch After Washouts.
HOQUIAM, Wash.. Dec. 15. (Special.)
Thousands of dollars are being ex
pended in repairing the Mocllps branch of
the Northern Pacific Railroad. More than
100 cars of gravel and many tons of
rock are being hauled to the bluffs west
of Grays Harbor City to build a seawall
to - protect the track.
For several miles it will be necessary
to protect the grade by means of a -wall
built of rock, to withstand the action of
the water and save the company from
further washouts. At all places along
the line where the grade was washed out
gravel is being dumped.
FRANCHISE IS GRANTED
Grants Pass Council Gives XJje of
Streets for 50 Years.
. GRANTS PASS, Or.,. Dec. 16. (Special.)
The City Council has granted to J. R.
Allen a franchise for an electric line for
60 years,, upon condition that the appli
cant begin work within a year and pave
and repair such streets as may be used
within the track and 18 inches abutting
thereon.
Allen also is figuring on extending the
line into the timber xone and mineral
belt that surround the Kerby and Waldo
districts.
OREGON - CITY HAS 6075
School Census Shows Growth Since
1900 Has Been Rapid.
OREGON OTT, Or.. Dec. 15. (Spe
cial.) Based upon a ratio of four and
a half times the number of children of
school age in Oregon City, there is a
population of 6075 here, more than 800
in excess of the number shown by the
census several months ago. The total
number of children between 4 and 20 is
1360.
The census of 1900 gave Oregon City
fewer than 4000.
. Clark County Docket Heavy.
VANCOUVER, Wash., Dec. 15-(Spe-'
c'ial.) The jury session of the Superior
Court, which will open in January, will
be unusually long, as the Fall term of
court was not held because Judge Mc
Credie was carrying on his Congres
sional campaign. The list" of pettt
jurors for the next session is: W. F.
Barnett, Charles Bishop. O. S. Mee. Mar
tin Mo r trad, J. M. Yeigh, H. F. Roder,
3. T. Woody, W. W.- Eaton, J. T. Condon,
James Custard, John Rhodes, R. W.
Terry, L. E. Reed, M. S. Allen. O. J. Gil
bert. Matt Blair, J. P. McQueen, C.
Payne. E. H. Burnett. J. H. Hi pes, C J.
Moss. John L. Miller, Ole Relnseth, C. L.
Schaffer, C. D. Peterson, L. E. Warnum,
William Laughlin and G. W. Wright.
Telephone Company Sued.
OREGON CITY, Or., Dec. 16. (Spe
cial.) The Firwood Lumber Company,
of Sandy, has filed a Hen against the
Mount Hood Telephone Company, of
which J. R. Keep is the owner. The
company furnished poles and crosstrees
of the value of $485.05. The line has
been constructed from Toll Gate, about
one and one-half miles from Rhododen
dron Tavern, to Sandy, where it was to
have been connected with the Pacific
Telephone & Telegraph Company.
Frank C. Aldrlch Takes Wife.
VANCOUVER, Wash.. Dec. 15. (Spe
cial.) Frank C. Aldrlch, a Portland pho
tographer, and Mrs.' Lena M. Wilder, of
the Rose City, were, married in this city
yesterday afternoon at- the Baptist par
sonage, by Rev. C. R. G. Poole. Aldrlch
came over In the morning and made ap
plication for a marriage license, but as
he did not have the cnae witn nim, it
could not be Issued, i In the afternoon
he came back with the brida and secured
his passports to bliss.
Pupils Will Entertain.
VANCOUVER. Wash.. Dec. 15. (Spe-
rtal The pupils of Providence Academy,
conducted by the Sieters of Charity of the
House of Providence, will give an enter
tainment In the Academy auditorium, on
Thursday evening, the proceeds to b
used In buying books for th Academy
library.
Ladies' handbags and leather novelltiea.
special sale, 20 per cent "reduction. Stipe
Taylor Drug Company, 2S3 .Morrison -St.
Send Your Friend a Cross
Christmas Gifts in
LEATHER
SECTION
Cross English Gloves, for ladies
and gentlemen; Cross WTork
Baskets; Cross Scissor Cases;
Spool and Button Boxes; Glove
and 'Kerchief Boxes; Photo
Frames; Soft Leather Opera
Bags; Opera Glasses; Gold and
Silver-mesh Purses; Card, Coin,
Bill and other Cases; Collar and
Cuff Boxes and Bags; Jewel
Cases and Caskets; Note and
Memorandum Books ; Pocket
Flasks Drinking Cups.
Exclusive Handbags, Fitted
Traveling Bags, Likly and Mur
phy Trunks.
Hints From Our
STATIONERY
DEPARTMENT
Hand-colored Box Stationery in
all sizes 606 to $5.00
Post Card Albums 25 to $12
1910 Calendars 10 to $5
Xmas Cards, Tags, Labels and
Stickers, all new. . .5 to 25
Rag Books, fast colors, will not
fade, from., . . . .5 to S2.00
$2.50 Money Banks at. .$1.00
A Waterman
Full Line
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ALL RECORDS GONE
Burnside Bridge Draw Stays
Open for 25 Minutes.
DELAYS 24 STREETCARS
Total Time lost While Citizens
Await Iieisure of Steamers Is 1 0
Hoars 15 Minutes Ixmg
Walts for Supper.
Records kept for the past few days
concerning; the time lost to the public
by the opening of the draws dn the vari
ous "Willamette bridges went to smash
yesterday between the hours of 6:54 In
the morning and 6:34 in the evening.
During that period patrons of the street
car system of transportation consumed
10 hours, and 16 minutes while they
watched the steamers and scows float
laatly up or down the current. Six
hundred and fifteen cars, loaded with the
business men. shoppers and laboring peo
ple of the East and. West Sides twiddled
their thumbs while they watched the
procession.
When the reports of Tuesday were pre
sented showing that eight hours and 43
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Just a Few Doses Regulate Out-of-Order
Kidneys, Ending the
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If you take several doses of Pape's
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Lame back, painful stitches, rheuma
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- Uncontrollable smarting. frequent
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Feeling miserable and "worried is
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tion goes at once to the disordered kid
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Glove Order for Xmas. All Sizes and Colors of Gloves
for Men and "Women.
BRILLIANT CUT GLASS
NOW ON SALE AT FOURTH OFF
BUY "HIM" A
GILLETTE
RAZOR
And HeWill Be Happy
Beautiful morocco case, plush
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SINGLE BRACKET
TRIPLICATE MIRRORS
Make Suitable Gifts for Men or Women.
Single Mirrors 81.25, S7.SO
Bracket Mirrors 84 to 85
Triplicate Mirrors.. 82, 815
Pedestal Mirrors ...-81.50. 88
Hand Mirrors 81.25, SIO
OUR
scores of
preciated.
or a Conklin Fountain Pen
of Opera and Field Glasses
minutes had been lost in the opening
and closing of the draws, fair ground
was supposed to have been reached, and
it was freely prophesied that the record
would never again be equaled, unless it
might be during the rush hours following
Christmas day shopping. That day is
yet to come apparently, as the trade in
the department stores and large down
town emporiums on Wednesday was re
ported as being about normal.
Burnside-brldge draw yawned yesterday
afternoon for a period of 25 consecutive
minutes, during which time 24 cars piled
up at either end, and waited for the gap
to close. A Vancouver car which arrived
at the draw at 2i26 P. M. reached the
other end of the bridge at 2:51. During
the morning rush hours from 64 to 9:66
just 47 cars were delayed for a total of
58 minutes at this crossing o the water
way. From 4 P. M. to 6:30 P. M. 54 carJ
were tied up at Burnside for a total of
28 . minutes. All told, Burnside-bridge
draw was open yesterday for three
hours and 16 minutes, and 224 cars await
ed the pleasure of the bridge draw-keeper.
The draw opened 32 times.
Down at the Steel bridge conditions were
infinitely worse. 188 cars being detained
for a total of four hours and 14 minutes,
while the draw opened 42 times. From 7
in the morning to 9 o'clock 40 cars were
tied up for a total of 46 minutes. From
4:30 in the afternoon to 7:15, while the
laborers and shoppers were trying to
reach their homes, 44 cars stood at the
draws for a period of 37 minutes.
On the Morrison bridge 200 cars yes
terday .waited on the draws while 2
hours and 1 minute dwindled Into the
history of the past. In the morning
from 6:54 to 9:29 71 cars stood along
the causeway while 32 minutes flew
on the wings of the winds. This bridge
opened 40 times during the day.
On all of the bridges the traffic
seems to be most interfered with in
the evening, when people are in a rush
to reach their homes and whon a large
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vitalizing influence directly upen the
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The moment you suspect any kidney
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cine, with the knowledge that there is
no other remedy at any price. made
anywhere else in the world, which will
effect so thorough and prompt a cure
as a fifty-cent treatment of Pape's Diu
retic, which any druggist can supply.
Tour physician, pharmacist, banker
or any mercantile agency will tell you
that Pape, Thompson & Pape. of Cin
cinnati, is a large and responsible medi
cine concern, thoroughly worthy of
your confidence.
Only curative results can come from
taking pape's Diuretic, and a few days
treatment means clean, active, healthy
kidneys, bladder and urinary organs
and no backache
1221
HnilKda of Pieces to Select From.
Take Elevator to Third Floor.
Frnlt Bowls. S-tneh. Many Designs
Reg. $4 to 6 Bowls on sale 83.25
Fruit Bowls, S-in.. $4.50 vaU 82.98
Sugars and Creamers. $3.50 values,
82.75.
Nappies, 3-eornered; regular $.50
values. S1.90.
Toothpick Holders; regular 11.60
values. 81.15.
Pin Trays, very neat; regular $1.25
values. 95.
Deep Cut Rowls, 6-inch; $3.15 val
ues. 82.45.
Individual Almond Dishes at 75
Individual Butterettes. each 55.
7
IV'o Real Man mr Bar could pos
sibly object to a nice Pocket
Knife of the famous Wostenholm
make.
POCKET KNIVES
Priced from 50t to JR5
Ladies' Pen Knives from 50 to
ART SECTION
ifwn i. i ii (mi
is full of fine Christmas Gifts, ap
propriate and suggestive. Mottoes,
small pictures, pastels, water colors
and carbons, photogravures, color
prints, genuine imported oil paint
ings, antique mirrors in all sizes, and
other useful and ornamen
tal gifts that must be seen to be ap
is a G-ood Gift.
Now Ready.
an
proportion of the extra cars utilized
by the company are pressed Into ser
vice, but a comparison of the various
tables complied since the check was
begun is not conclusive as to placing
the exact time when the draws should
be prohibited from opening. The long
est opening on Morrison bridge yester
day was for 8 minutes in the middle
of the afternoon, the Steel bridge
swung for 11 minutes at 10 o'clock
In the morning and again in the after
noon for 15 3-4 minutes at one time.
Burnside was open a number of times
from 5 to 7 and 9 minutes., with the
grand record of 25 minutes about 2
o'clock.
Victoria Masons Celebrate.- .
VICTORIA. B. C, Dec. 15. Four hun
dred local Masons celebrated the 50th
anniversary of the introduction of Ma
sonry into British Columbia last night.
Large delegations from "Vancouver . and
Kaatern points were present. Prominent
officers of the grand lodge were in at
tendance and delivered addresses. The
new temple, the finest on the Pacifle
Coast, was dedicated.
Receipts from Suez Canal shipping ra tbe
flmt nine months of the year amounted to
17.7BB.00O, against tl,020,000 In 1008. and
$17,268,000 In 1907.
NOTHING PLEASES
THE BOYS AND GIRLS
LIKE A GOOD
BICYCLE
We have a large stock of all sizes.
Make-your selection early and we will
deliver December 24th.
ATHLETIC GOODS
MOTORCYCLES
AUTO SUPPLIES
BALLOU & WRIGHT
86 Sixth Street. . .