TIIK J1UKJM31T UKEUUMAJX, TUESDAY, JUNE
1910.
FARMERS TOLO TO
BUILD GOOD ROADS
Material Is Here Aplenty, Says
Maurice Eldridge in Talk
at Eugene.
VALUES CAN BE BOOSTED
Poorly Built Roads Worse Than
one, Says Kxpert, Wlio Cites
$100, 0 00, Waste on Highways
( In Washington County.
ECGEXEI Or., June 6. (Special.) Be
fore a large and representative gathering
of Lane County farmers and local citi
zens in the Folly Theater this afternoon,
Tionel It. Webster, of Portland, and
Maurice Eldridge, representative of the
United States Department of Agriculture,
told the latest methods of building roads,
f their care and benefits derived by the
farmer and citizen and nearly every
phase of the question dealing with or
related to the construction.
The Commercial Club had made every
effort to get a large number of farm
ers In attendance and Tvas very success
ful, and. from the enthusiasm shown
after and during the splendid addresses",
it 1s believed that much practical benefit
-will result.
Material Is IMcntifuI.
"Oregon, -with but the exception of New
York, is the only state in the Union with
11 the materials readily available to
make good roads. said Mr. Eldridge,
who explained that he referred in parti
cular to the vajrt deposits of basalt
granite which is the best pubstance there
is of which to make good roads. He urged
that this resource be made use of while
it 1b available. He then pointed out,
using various instances and figures, how
the - farmer's property value waa in
creased and more particularly the amount
actually &aved the farmer while using the
road.
Another important point was the fact
that good roads Increased the opportuni
ties of the farmer boy's education, for h
eaid it was an established fact that there
were better schools in the vicinities of
good roads than elsewhere.
Good Work Ksscntial.
One caution he threw out was that the
roads must be built right or not at all.
A poorly-built road is worse than a
poor one, and he cited "Washington Coun
ty, where $100,000 has been practically
wasted, for there is scarcely now a mile
of good road in thq district.
He said ho approved the plan to adopt
a constitutional amendment permitting
counties to issue, if they . chose, road
building bonds. Almost all progressive
states, he said, have this plan.
"Judge Webster's plan in this regard
is neither visionary nor untried," said
Mr. Kldridge.
"Yet a trunk line system . of
highways is as valuable for development
as a railroad. Railroad building is her
alded in flaming headlines and properly,
but I have figures to show that per
manent road-building is fully as important
to the community, the state, as the railroad."
TROOPS WILL SEEK PRIZES
Tacoma Offers $4000 for Competi
tion at American- Lake.
VANCOUVER BARRACKS, Wash.,
June 6. (Special.) Over $4000 in prizes
will be lven by Tacoma to the soldiers
competing in the military tournament, to
be held in the high school stadium at
Tacoma, July 24 to 31. The stadium, which
Is being . built at a cost of over $30,000,
will be dedicated by the tournament.
The 250 soldiers from this post, in
cluding Companies A, B, C and D, the
Machine Gun Platoon, and the First In
fantry Hand, will leave here July 22, so
as to be there In time to pitch their
tents. Following the tournament, the
soldiers will go to American Iake, for
the annual maneuvers.
The officers in charge of the tourna
ment have been appointed. Major Noble
will have under his command the entire
battalion. Lieutenant Ralph B. Lister
will act as adjutant. Lieutenant A. J.
Davis will be commissary and have charge
of the machine gun platoon. Company A
will tm in ch;fTge of Lieutenant Ulio and
Lieutenant Burnett; Company B, of Lieu
tenant True; Company C of Lieutenants
Butterworth and Schofleld. and Company
I. of Captain Aloe, assisted by Lieuten
ants Caziarc and Phillipson.
Besides the regular athletic events
there will be wall-climbing contests, tugs-of-war.
mounted and unmounted; tent
pitching, mounted wrestling. bareback
and exhibitions and contests by the ma
chine gun platoon.
In tne massed band will be over 100
musicians. About 1000 men from various
posts of the department of the Columbia
will participate in. the tournament.
ciaL) Shedrick Rosebrook, a Portland
bandmaster, and Mrs. Eva Charlotte
Rosebrook have patched up their do-j
uicsirc anncuities ana an oraer ais
missing her suit for divorce, filed in
the Clackamas County Circuit Court
May 25. was made today by Judge
Campbell upon request of her attorney,
M. J. MacMahon.
This is the second time the Rose
brooks have rushed into court, the first
time the suit being filed by Rosebrook
himself, while his wife was in Pan
Francisco. He alleged desertion, but
finding his charges untrue, he returned
to his family.
In . her complaint, Mrs. Rosebrook,
who was Miss Krogstad. says her hus
band ran around nights with other
women and gave the following sample
of a note he received last month:
My Dear Rosie: WiU look for you up
again tonight, for thfi1 old man is sttll
away and we want to make good use of
the time after show.
When she discovered this epistle,
Rosebrook wrote and told her he in
tended abandoning her.
PRINEVILLE IN PROTEST
Columbia Southern I toad Shipments
Delayed, Is Charged.
SALEM. Or., June 6. (Special.) J. E.
Stewart & Co., of Prineville, have com
plained to the State Railroad Commission
that recently the Columbia Southern Rail,
way Company has been taking from 13
to 16 days in -which to get freight from
Portland to the warehouse at Shaniko,
while formerly five days was considered
ample.
Prineville is 65 miles from the railroad,
and the uncertainty as to the time the
goods will be ready has made it impossi
ble for the Prineville merchants to send
teams to get the goods until advices have
been received at Prineville that the goods
are ready to be turned over. This has
aggravated the situation and caused much
additional and costly delay. A similar
complaint was received today from the
Wheeler Trading Company at Mitchell.
Or.. 'which says it has already suffered
a loss of $686-32. owing to its inability to
have large shipments of freight hauled
into the Interior from Shaniko by wool
teams, which, rather than return to the
Interior without loads, haul merchandise
at half regular rates.
General Manager O'Brien states that the
difficulty has been that the freight ware
house at Shaniko has been overwhelmed
with merchandise and that the road has
been unable to unload cars promptly after
their arrival there. An assistant freight
agent has been sent to Shaniko and it is
expected some way of relieving the con
gestion will be found.
R0SE3R00KS AGAIN UNITED
Portland Couple Patch Vp Trouble
After Divorce Is Begun.
OREGON CITY. Or., June 6. (Spe-
LEBANON PAIR SUCCESS
KXHIBITIOX SHOWS TO FULLY
15,0 00 PEOPLE IN 3 DAYS.
Judge Webster Speaks on Good
Roads Day Many Prize-Winners
Announced.
LEBANON, Or., June 6. (Special.)
The most successful agricultural ex
hibition ever held in Linn County closed
here Saturday night after a three days'
celebration of the third annual Lebanon
Strawberry Fair, Horse Show and Rose
Exhibitions. The fair opened Thurs
day morning with the horse show, in
which there were in the parade and
exhibition 200 head of the best ani
mals in the county. Friday was Good
Roads day, with Maurice W. Eldridge.
of Washington, D. C., and Judge L. R.
Webster as the chief speakers.
The total attendance of the three days
was fully 15.000 people.
The Marshall berry was the best on
exhibition and took the grand prize,
as the champion berry in the show.
Clem brothers took the grand prize
on their Marshall as the best berry ex
hibited and the best packed berry.
They were packed by Mrs. F. M. Sher
man, who took the prize last year for
the best crate. Hall & Sons took first
prize for the largest display, quantity
and variety.
The judges of the display were E.
Hofer. of Salem; B. F. Mulkey, of Jack
sonville, and Alex. Power, of Halsey,
and their awards were as follows:
First prize. Marshalls. Clem Bros.: Ma
goons. A. F. Hall & Sons; Brandiwine. H.
O. McTimmonds: Gold Dollar, A. F. Hall &
sons: Clark Seedling. A. F. "Hall & Sons;
Oregon Improved, John Rlckels; Gumbo, E.
IS. Watters.
Second prizes. Marshall. R Chambers;
Majroon. Swink & Fitzwater; Gold Dollar,
Swlnk & Fitzwater.
First prize, best commercial packed crate.
lem Bros.
Second prize, best
crate. B. I,. Simpson.
commercial packed
DEAF AND BLIND GRADUATE
Students Unarhe to Speak Sing Song
in Signs.
VANCOUVER, Wash.. June 6. (Spe
cial.) At the Vancouver High School
auditorium tonight, the commencement
exercises of the State School for the
Deaf and the State School for the Blind,
were ' held, a large number of persons
being present. " The 'exercises were held
in the city, that Vancouver people might
attend, it being a long distance to the
state Institutions.
Superintendent Thomas P. Clarke, of
the institution for the deaf, and Profes
sor Mullin, of the School for the Blind,
had charge of the exercises, which were
unique. The blind pupils gave " a num
ber of literary and -musical selections
and a number of recitations. One of the
interesting feats performed by the deaf
students was to sing a song in signs.
To show that the deaf pupils read the
dally newspaper and keep well informed
on all current events, a number of ques
tions were asked by persons in the audi
ence. The answers showed intelligence.
NEGROES' REMOVAL
HOTLY DEMANDED
Seattle People Say Troops Are
Terror to Their Wives
and Children. v
MANY INSULTS ENDURED
DROP APPEAL, COSTS PAID
Test on Wearing of Gown Docs Not
Come to Issue.
VANCOUVER, Wash., June 6. (Special.)
Whether or not it Is legal for a Judge
to appear on the judicial bench without
the prescribed goown, when rendering de
cisions, will not be fought by Henry Van
Atta, who toek steps to do so when a
decision was rendered against him in a
suit in which the City of Vancouver was
the plaintiff.
The costs of the case amounted to about
$54. but Van Atta refused to pay, saying
that when Judge W. W. McCredie, since
sent to Congress, rendered his opinion in
the case he was clad as an ordinary citi
zen and did not wear the flowing black
judicial robe required by law.
Judgment against Van Atta was ren
dered by Judge McMaster, of the Su
perior Court, and today Van Atta paid the
costs accruing, amounting now to $62.85,
and settled the matter.
JOYRIDERS BADLY HURT
Athena Scene of Auto Accident When
Wheel Breaks.
ATHBXA. Or., June . (Special.) Five
joyriders were injured in a very dan
gerous accident here last night. The -car
was being driven rapidly around a short
turn when one of the wheels broke,
throwing the passengers, all of whom
were men, a distance of about 20 feet
into a wheat field.
Henry Booher and Ralph Cannon were
thrown Into a barbed wire fence and nar
rowly escaped fatal injuries, receiving
dangerous cuts about the face and necks.
The rest of the party, York Dell, James
Bryan and Henry Miller, were thrown
clear over the fence and, escaped with
bruises.
COOS BAY TO HAVE LINE
Local May Connect With Railroad to
Eugene.
MARSHFIELD, Or., June 6. Spe
cial.) The Coos Bay Rapid Transit
Company, organized. to build an elec
tric line, is erecting a new building
and doing much grading on the termi
nal grounds between North Bend and
Marshfield. The Larson dredge has
been engaged to deepen the channel
in front of a large wharf near the
company's property and to open Pony
Inlet, which extends from the bay to
the terminal grounds.
F. B. Kidder, of the Eugene-Coos
Bay proposed elecrlc line, has visited
Coos Bay and it is understood that
there is to be some connection between
the Eugene line and the local electric
railway.
Assault on Mrs. Redding Causes
Residents Near Port Lav. ton to
Ask Congressmen for Transfer
of Brownsville Men.
SEATTLE, Wash.. June 6. (Special.)'
Thoroughly indignant at the ions:
series of insults to which their wives
and daughters have been subjected, the
culmination of which came when a
negro forced his entrance into the home
of Mrs. J. W.. Redding in Lawton Park
addition on Saturday night, citizens of
Interbay and the locality near Fort
Lawton held a mass meeting this even
ing and adopted resolutions demanding
the immediate removal of the Twenty
fifth Infantry from Fort Lawton.
The City Council adopted a resolution
of the same tenor. Public indignation is
so great that lynching of Mrs. Redding's
assailant is heard and he is under strong
guard.
Copies of the resolutions will be sent
to each of the Senators and Representa
tives from this state with a request
that they take the mater up with the
War Deparment at once.
Women Repeatedly Insulted.
"We have reached the end of . our
patience," said F. S. Steiner, a promi
nent citizen of the neighborhood. "The
women of our locality have been in
sulted and frightened by the negro
soldiers at Fort Lawton long enough.
If, after we have entered our protest
and demand for their removal, it is
not granted and the depredations con
tinue, we will shoot to protect our
families, so there will be less of the
negroes at the fort in either case, un
less affairs undergo a radical change.
"Case after case has been reported
where a woman or girl has been in
sulted and followed by a negro sol
dier, and many times men have ap
peared just in time to prevent further
insults. Night after night nesrroes
have smashed lights at the waiting
stations on tne 1' ort Lawton carline
and then, when a woman came along
10 wait ior a car, she would be ap
proached, insulting remarks would be
made to her, and in many cases she
would be followed when she attempted
io escape ner persecutors.
Protest Was Ignored.
t "The men and the women of the vi
cinity are up in arms, as the condi
tions are becoming unbearable and
something must be done at once
Everyone at Interbay and in the sur
rounding locality is thoroughly aroused
ana mere was one of the biggest meet
ings ever held in Seattle at Interbay
lonignt.
"The Twenty-fifth (colored) Infantry,
which is stationed at Fort Lawton, is
composed of the associates of men who
were discharged after the Brownsville,
Tex., affair, and when it was announced
that they were to be transferred to Seat
tle a vigorous protest was made, and Wil
liam D. McKay says he was promised per
sonally by Congressman William E. Hum
phrey that at the first outbreak the regi
ment would be removed."
Soldier. Brnte Identified.
Private Emanuel Bletser, Company D.
Twenty-fifth Infantry, was positively
Identified today as the man who attacked
Mrs. Redding. The final identification
was made by Mrs. Redding's 9-year-old
daughter Eva. who witnessed the attack
and whose screams frightened the man
away.
Bletser is the negro soldier who was
ordered under arrest yesterday bv Lieu
tenant-Colonel S. W. Miller, commanding
the regiment, when evidence began to ac
cumulate that he was connected with the
assault.
Bletser was taken before Mrs. Redding
three times yesterday and was pointed out
as resembling her assailant. Today the
child was positive of his identification.
Bletser Says He Is Innocent.
Bletser is now being held in solitary
coniinement. tie protests his innocence.
He is in his fourth year of service in the
Army.
Colonel Miller said tonight that Bletser
will be dealt with strictly according to
law, but whether the soldier would be
turned over to the civil authorities for
punishment, or would be dealt with first
by a military court, he could not at pres
ent say.
Klamath Politics Not Worrying.
KLAMATH FALLS, Or., June 6.
(Special.) Little Interest is being
manifested by the voters over the com
ing primaries and election this Fall
for state and county officials. In fact,
it is impossible yet to get a very ac
curate line on the men who are seek
ing office. Sheriff W. B. Barnes will
be a candidate again on the Repub
lican ticket, while he will probably
have as his opponent B. St. George
Bishop and C. Guy Merrill, Democrats.
Claude H. Daggett will also be out
for a second term. C. R. DeLap will
probably be the Republican nominee
for County Clerk. Judge J. B. Grif
fith, a Democrat, probably will seek
the place again. As to County Sur-
ToH
s Hoc
Morrison at Seventh
Toll Gibbs, loc.
Rose Festival visitors are invited to make this store their headquarters. Its conveniences are yours to
make the most of. Tea Room on the Balcony. Service from 8:30 to 5:30.
Every Pepairforoeofc Is Well Represented! io fclhe June
Rose Sale"Greatet Saiviog - Eveimt of tlhe Month
Bargains Extraordinary in all Lines of Merchandise A Month of RemarKable Opportunities
The Window Decorating Contest See Display Today in Window No. 2, Morrison Street, Decorated by
Florence Meade Mission Circle, Universalist Church. Windows Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4 Will Be Decorated To
morrow Respectively by Woodlawn Methodist Church, Oregon State Congress of Mothers, Portland
Women's Union and Patton Home for the Aged. Displays Open at 11 A. M. Don't Fail to See Them. '
SpHeodlidi VaiUpos .Aire Tlhos Some of tlhe Opportoimities-
Tailor dl Suits ait glSBoTS io Dloihnigf - IR.o oim ForraitTuure j
Portland women have never known such values THIRD FLOOR
never shared in such opportunities as the June Rose $52.oo Dining Table in solid oak, fumed finish, ex
Sale aftords. Jn this group of strictly Tailored Suits t g feetjat $29.75.
are some worth as high as $o0 .finely made gar- -1 LU xccu . v
ments of beautiful serge, of fancy mixtures, of home- $44.00 Solid Oak Dining Table, Mission design, in
spuns, Irish tweeds and English cheviots. It's one fumed finish at $32.30. -
of the offerings of our Ready-to-Wear Section to the $49 00 Dminff Table, 54-ineh round top, in fumed
second week of the June Rose Sale-one of the op- f Has Tyden lock. At $33.50.
portunities that women never overlook. J
- $45.00 Buffet in fumed oak, with very convenient
w o fj n a. g& "a. a. e$?r tn& drawer arrangement. Matches any of our tables.
jLnoeo Jaielkefc Boats ait 6.95 At $31.50.
Another June Rose Sale offering from the Cloak and $39.00 China Cabinet, strictly Mission style, in
Suit Section and one that is interesting many women fumed finish. Has old copper trimmings. At $22.50.
is this group of $10 $120 and $15 Linen Jacket $44 m Buffet in the fumed oak, with hand-ham-Suits
grouped at ?G.9o. Choice of about six differ- mered old copper trimmings at $31.75.
ent styles. Coats in Lengths of from 28 inches to 36 , . , . . , ,
inches, some piped in different colors-double and s 51? 1U ' W knobs-single-breasted
models. Skirts with the new band- at
fold effect. $31.00 China Cabinet in the fumed oak, to match
" above Buffet at $10.50.
gglB.SB g.Tpqf S!lk Presses Convenient Payments
auradi Wool Presses Stom-oo Bargains . Basement Store
A newly-arrived lot -of Silk Dresses has been rrtade a part .$13 5() Gas R with lished t three burners and
of the June Rose bale offering for this week in the Ready-to- broiler at SIO 95
Wear Section. Some of them are styles that are being shown !?
for Fall wear. A few wool dresses that are suitable for beach $36.50 "Sunlight" Steel Range; oven; burns coal or wood,
wear are also included in this jX2.95 lot. , at $23.50.
. $18.00 Dr. Perkins Sanitary Refrigerator, 65 lbs. ice ca-
Ifa VajO BlaimketS JSSfo LOWer ls.OO Dr.. Perkins Sanitary white-enamel-lined Refrigera-
tor, 125 lbs. ice capacity, at $2-4.95.
Nothing better for the sleeping porch, the den, your camp
or Summer cottage. Splendid examples of aboriginal weavery, BUYING TERMS ON THESE, $1 DOWN, $1 A WEEK.
in characteristic patterns and colorings. Several sizes; pro- -
cure one now on easy-payment terms, if you desire. 6th Floor. grvn n y. n v ti-h
z Tihese andL Otner Bargains
In Hodges Fiber Mattings and Rugs flo mbrary Tables gffgfffg""-
The best and most artistic of inexpensive floor coverings. Our '
immense stock of both Rugs and Mattings is included in the June ' $39.50 Library Table in the Golden Oak; has one large
Rose Salesavings that should induce many to replenish the floor drawer and two smaller drawers, at $27.50
coverings of the home. Easy payments, too.
$12.00 Hodges Rugs, 8 feet 3 inches by 10 feet 6 inches. .. .. .$9.75 $34.00 Library Table, Golden Oak, at $22.50.
Eureka Fiber Matting, regularly 60c yard, sewed, laid and lined 'for, $46.00 Library Table in full-quarter-sawed and polished
4w3h'e,9 Golden ak' at 32.25.
Hofi Fiber Matting, regularly 80c yard, sewed, laid and lined for, $46.00 Library Table in Golden Oak ; drawers open from
the yard GO both sides; glass knobs, at $34.75.
June Rose Sale in Portieres, Couch Covers, Hammocks, Lawn Mowers, Garden Hose, Go-Carts and Car
riages, Crockery, Odd Lengths and Sample Lengths of Upholstery and Drapery Materials.
1 - I
veyor and Assessor nothing definite
Is known, although George Cline, who
is Surveyor now, probably will seek
another term, while CaptainJ. P. Lee,
an old Southern Democrat, may suc
ceed himself for his third term as Assessor.
High School Students Graduate.
SOUTH BEND, Wash., June 6. (Spe
cial.) The commencement exercises of the
South Bend High School, class of 1910.
were held Saturday night in the Grand
Opera-House and diplomas were given to
the following: Lulu Brown, Bessie More
head, Florence Hubler, Fred Stoppelmann,
Herbert Loveless and Alvin Shagren. At
the conclusion of the exercises an ad
journment was taken to Oddfellows Hall,
where the graduates were given a recep
tion by the High School Alumni.
Bar Examination Due.
SALEM, Or.. June 6. (Special.) The
regular annual examination of appli
cants for admission to the bar will be
conducted tomorrow by the Supreme
Court. There will be about 50 students
to take the examination.
Building since 38S0. Uverr-ool only re
cently completed a irreat water supply
heme. IncludlnR the impounding of a
Welsh river and the building of a 75-mile
aqueduct.
LANE & JOHNSON
OXFOR'D
.'TAILO
Will Be Open for Business To
day, Regardless of the Fire
Last Night.
iilffmiuWiTWUftmiTiMiiKttni illil ,1
Aviation Meet at Baseball Park
Rose Festival Week, June 6 to 11, From 1 to 3 P. M. Each Day
Five aeroplanes will be exhibited; one of them was one of the first to make
a successful flight in the United States. '
This will be one of the most interestins; and exciting exhibitions ever given
in the Northwest. Don't miss it. i
FLIGHTS AT BASEBALL PARK, 24TH AND iVAUGHN STREETS.
Gates open at 1 P. M. Flights each day at 2:30:
Pacific Aviation Co. (Manning Bros.)
TO THE PUBLIC We desire to announce that the prices charged for wit
nessing the Aviation Exhibition at the Athletic Grounds during June 7, 8, 9, 10
and 11, from 12 M. to 3 P. M. of each day includes admission also to the ball
game following each exhibition, that at the close of the Aviation Exhibition the
gates will be open at the regular price for the ball game.
PORTLAND ATHLETIC COMPANY.
Admission, including ball game: Grandstand, $1; Bleachers, 75c; Children, 25c.