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VOL. L. XO. 15,543.
PORTLAND. OREGON. TUESDAY, SEPTE3IBER 20, 1910.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
ROOSEVELT
GAINS
HELP FROM
TUFT
Pledged Moral Support
in New York Fight.
lUTCDUiniCniinUTDVPni nUCI
lillCnllLll OUUUni 01 UULUIILL
Hasty Journey Made to New
Haven to See Taft.
SHADOW OVER FRIENDSHIP
Campaign of 1S12 Not Mentioned,
bat In Both Men'K .Minds Taft
Is Willing hut Not Anxious.
Mutual Regard lias Cooled.
ON" BOARD TAFTS TRAIN. Albany.
f. T- Sent. 19. President Taft today
nln pledged his moral support to Colo-
nel Roosevelt In the Utter s fight aitalnst
the New Tork bosses. He favor, direct
primaries but not abolition of conven-
font
Two other Important facts were brought
out at the conference which the Presl-
dent had with the ex-President at New
n--,n i-nnr, tod.v
One Is that Mr. Taft will run for Presi
dent in 1912, If his friends think he can
be elected.
The other is that there is not the same I
eordlality between Mr. Taft and Colonel I
Tn.....it -,. ... I
met after the latter's return from Africa.
The fals- report of a deal between Mr.
Taft nd' the New Vork bosses and the
posslble rivalry for the nomination in
3913 cot their rtdows on the meeting
It was plain from all that tranaplred
v.rnr. .ei.. ,. ,. I
Colonel and his close political adviser I
are not a little worried over the situa
tion In New Tork State and came to the
President for further evidence of his
moral support. .
Taft Pledges Roosevelt Aid.
This the President was glad to give. He
declared his position In the New Tork
State Cght had been clear from the very
first. He said he sympathised heartily
with the fight against "boaslsm" being
wared by the people of the atate.
Mr. Taft reiterated the statements he
made In his letter to Lloyd C. Grlsrom.
chairman of the New Tork County Re
public committee, at the time of the
Sherman-Roosevelt controversy over the
temporary chairmanship that he favored
direct primaries for tne nomination of
Representatives and state legislators. The
President la not ready as yet to admit I
I the advisability of doing away with con
iTentlons for tl J nomination of state offi
cers.
Mr. Taft understands that both Gov-
' ernor Hushes and Colonel Roosevelt are
sow practically In accord with his own
position, although the Governor fought
at first for direct primaries for all offices.
The President and Colonel Roosevelt
did not disrnss the question of the Presl-
V'A m TL .Ft?'dnt h" ."?t b'.n
advised as to what Mr. Roosevelt s attl-
tude is toward that campaign. From
sources close to the President it was said
there was no occasion to discuss the sub
ject, Mr. Taft's position Is this:
Taft Willing to Rnn Again.
He is willing to run if nominated. If
his friends think there Is a good chance
for him to be re-elected. Mr. Taft feels
that they will see to his nomination.
Mr. Taft's political friends say that. If
the American people want him for a
second term, not even Colonel Roosevelt
can prevent hi. nomination. If the people
nv. apir-vr iv want HUM. jar. 1 mil Will
tw only too glad to sutfmtt to their de
cision.
It can be stated of today's meeting at
New Haven that, while It may have been
successful In Its "scenic effect and of
moral advantage to the Roosevelt lead- I
ers In New Tork State. It was absolutely
barren of results as to any better under
standing between the President and Col
onel Roosevelt as to National Issues or
their personal relations.
Something In the nature of a trace
seems to have been arranged regarding
the New Tork State situation. After that
Is over, events will shape' themselves.
Colonel Roosevelt himself Is said today
to have let drop the hint that as to his I
side of the matter, "something would be
'"oTZnJ:;.
elares he has other matters of concern at
the moment.
Convention Will Indorse Tart.
It came out at today's conference.
which, in addition to the President and
Colonel Roosevelt. Included Lloyd C.
Ori scorn. Otto Bannard and Secretary I
Norton, that the Taft Administration is I
to be Indorsed at Saratoga. No mention I
of Mr. Taft as a candidate In 1913 will be I
made. I
"It Is not the province of a state con- I
vsntlnn to nominate any man for Presi- I
dent two years ahead. said Mr. Bannard
::rrdo z .z NekV a
tn of the Ohio Republicans In declaring
for him in 112. He did not think he
should be made an Issue. The Ohio lead
ers were anxious, however, that the Taft
Administration and the Congressional
record should be made a part of the state
campaign and took this mean, of bring-
Today a conference. It 1. believed.
. . ituc4uaea on i z.) j
ROAD FROM SOUTH
TOTAPLAKEVIEW
SOITIIERX PACIFIC LETS COX-
TRACT IX CALIFORNIA.
Railroad AVlwn Completed Will Af
ford Fortland Another Southern
Route to Lo Angeles.
SACRAMENTO, Cat, Sept. 19. (Spe
cial.) Contract! , hava been let for a
railroad between Fernley and Lassen,
n the northeastern part of the atate
which railroad will eventually bo ex-
tended Into Lakevlew and Klamath
Falls. This will afford Portland a new
southern route all the way to Lo
Angeles.
Erlckson tt Peterson have secured
the contract for the 100 miles of
railroad. The same contractors are
now building; a large section of the
Southern Pacific cutoff in Placer
County.
Two hundred carloads of rails and
great quantities of ties and other ma
terials are being unloaded at Wads
worth and Ferney, Nev and con
struction equipment Is belna; taken
there In big shipments. The Fernley
and Lassen is to run from Fernley. near
Wadsworth. northwesterly through
Washoe County. Nevada, and Lassen
County, California, touches; at Susan
vllle. Over other roads yet to be con
strtlcted It will reach the Sacramento
Valley at Chlco or Vina, and will reaoh
Klamath Falls, Or.; Alturas. Modoc
County, and Lakevlew, Or. Sur-
veys for all these routes have been
made ana companies naie orrn .n..,r-
porated. Over this road and the Oregon
Southeastern, now building between
Natron and Klamath Falls. a new
north and south route will be secured
rom ""'" ..k. -
Portland will have shorter connection
with the central i-acmc.
RATE NOTICE IS NOT GIVEN
interstate Commission Has No Infor-
... .
. mation From. West.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Waah-
ington. Sept. 19. (Special.) The Inter-
atate Commerce Commission haa thus
f" heard nothing; official regarding
the rumored purpose or tne mil ana
Harrlman Railroads to advance the
lumber rates next month. No new lum
ber schedules from the Pacific coast
points eastward have been filed.
One of the tariff experts of the Com-
mission said today that he did not be- I his son. came to our aid In a drench
Ileve any attempt would be made to I ing rain. They climbed the tree and
put In effect rates that were set aside
by the Commission two years ago. for.
he declared, those rates would today
be In violation of the long-and-short
haul clause of the Interstate com
merce act. and would not be operative.
If any advance Is to be made, said
this official, it must be along differ
ent lines from the advance that was
prevented by the Commission order In
October, 1908.
SHOTGUN BRINGS OUT COIN
Bricklayer Adopts effective Method I
of Collecting Money.
KLAMATH FALLS. Or.. "Sept. 19.
(Special.) John Allen, a bricklayer.
this morning held up C A. Bodack. a
carpenter contractor, at the muxxle of
a anoigun .no compri, i "f"""
tne contents 01 ms pvcKcia uu in.
ground.
Officers In the United States reclama- I
tlon office witnessed the act and tele-
phoneJ for tne police. They arrested
Allen and the explanation he gave was I
that 17 was due him for building a
chimney on the house Bodack was
erecting and that he was collecting Ills
wages.
He waa locked up In the County Jail
and charges of robbery and carrying a
dangerous weapon were lodged against
him.
Allen Is evidently mentally unbal
anced. ' ' )
TWO CHILDREN DIE BY FIRE
House at Douglas, Alaska, Burns While
Aunt Is Absent.
JUNEAU. Alaska. Sept. 19. Two
children were burned to death today
In the home of their uncle, George
Myers, a merchant of Douglas.
Last month Myers was asked to take
rare of the four orphaned children of
his sister. He went to Seattle and
brought them to Douglas. This morn- i
Ing Mrs. Myers went down stairs to
the store, leaving three of the chil
dren in the rooms above.
During- her absence the hulMlna-
caught fire. Mrs. Myers rescued the
third child.
BALLINGER TO BE GUEST
Denver Chamber of Commerce Will
Entertain Secretary.
DENVER, Sept. 1. The Denver
Chamber of Commerce haa arranged to
entertain at luncheon Wednesday, Sec- J
retary of the Interior Baillnger. who Is
scheduled to arrive in Denver from Salt
Lake tomorrow night.
Secretary Baillnger will speak on ln-
veatlgatlng of withdrawals of land, and
several others will speak.
evans going to salt lake
Which Sent Him Into Navy.
SEATTLE. Sept. 19. Rear-Admiral
Robley D. Evans. V. S. N, retired, de
parted today for Tacoma. whenre he
W,"1 it0rcPkn' """" Whl0h cUy ha
"rom" Spokane he will go to Salt
p,,ment to the Naval Academy at
Annapolis.
3
GALLOONS
MAY
STILL BE IN JIB
All others Have Made
RejTts of Landing.
NEW WV IS NOT SIGHTED
Trio of Pilots Qualify for Inter
national Races.
SOME HAVE CLOSE CALLS
Buckeye ' and Miss Sophia, Which
Have Xot Descended, Seen in West
Virginia and Ohio Respec
tively and Moving Fast.
INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 19. If they
nave not met with disaster or landed
safely at some isolated spot from which
they have not been able to report
these three ballons and their crews
have qualified tonight as the Ameri
can contestants in the international
balloon race which will start at St.
Louis. October I
New York Clifford B. Harmon, New
Tork. pilot; Thomas Baldwin, New
Tork, aide. Not sighted.
Buckeye J. H. Wade, Cleveland
pilot: A. H. Morgan. Canton, O.. aide.
Sighted at Charleston, W. Vs., 7 P. M..
Monday.
Miss Sophia W. T. Assman, St.
Louis, pilot: P. J. McCullough, St.
Louis, aide. Sighted at Pomeroy, O..
7:43 A. M.. Sunday.
All Others Are Down.
"We passed all but Hawley, In Amer
ica II, Saturday night during a storm
that brew great guns. In the storm
our drag rope caught in a tree top and
held up two hours, during which four
balloons went by at great speed. We
finally aroused a farmer, who, with
cut as loose, then we proceeded, tree
and all.
Louis Von PhuL who piloted the Mil
lion Population Club balloon of St.
Louis, assisted by Joseph O'Reilly,
described his trip as follows:
Rain Drenches St. Louis Men.
All the other balloons that started
from the Indianapolis Speedway Sat
urday afternoon In the free-for-all con
testtest are down.
The sixth of the nine starters In the
afternoon race to alight was the Amer
ican, which landed at Warrenton. Va.,
at 2:20 P. M. today. Allen B. Hawley,
New York, was the pilot, and Augustus
Post, New York, the aide.
Stories of the flight told by the pilots
of the balloons which have landed are
beginning to come to Indianapolis.
Carl O. Fisher, who with George L.
Banmbaugh, was In the Indiana II.,
wire, from Pittsburg as follows:
"We had been In the air only a short
time when the rain hampered us. We
were going In the dlrectloln of the Great
'e
Lakes, then we struck a current that
(f'nncluded on Pate 3.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, SO
degrees: minimum. 60 decrees.
TODAY'S (Showers; cooler; northwesterly
winds.
Foreign.
Aviators fall In first attenmt to cross Alps.
I'age 3.
National.
Congress has task In apportionment of mem
bers. Pace 0-
Senate committee begin Investigation of
l.orlmer a election today. I'age a.
rolitlrs.
New men in Congress will handicap State
of Washington. Page 2.
Taft and Roosevelt confer and Taft prom
ises help In New Torn flgac Page 1.
Roosevelt satisfied with Taft's promise, will
not run for Governor. Page 2.
Domestic.
Chsrles R. Heike. ex-offtclal of Sugar Trust.
fined S50O0 and sentenced to serve eight
months in penitentiary lor sugar frauds.
Page 5.
In letter to Ms sister. Muror Gaynor de
scribes his Impressions when he was shoe
Page 8,
Contract Is let in California for railroad
which will later extend to Lakevlew.
Page 1.
Evidence of manipulation in stocks by rail'
roads to hide dividends brought out at
rate hearing. Page 1.
California Prison Board refuses to aid Mil
lionaire Bradbury In helplns paroled
prisoners to get new stare Page 1.
Pnrlflo Northwest.
Lady Dorothy Walpole thinks It a pity
English wom-n should want ballot.
Page 6.
Willamette University will resume work
September -7. page 7.
I'uget Soundf Methodist Conference names
pastors for coming year, i'age 8.
, Sports.
Connie Mack, manager of Philadelphia Ath
letics, wonderful baseball general. Page
10.
Second annual motorboat regetta at Rainier
Is great success. Page 0. .
Beavers will begin series with Vernon on
home grounds this afurnoon at 3.
Page 10.
Spectators at Salem auto races cry "fake."
page to.
Commercial and Marine.
Hopplcklng In Oregon will be completed this
week. Page 17.
France may reduce Import tax. on wheat.
Page 17.
Stock speculation marks time. Page 17.
Puget Sound gains slight loaj over Portland
in wheat exports In eight months. Page
is.
Portland and Vicinity.
Reports show city nearly free from con
tagion, page i l.
Ten per cent dividend paid creditors of
line uuaramee or lruRi io., reaucing
iiaoiiities to 26.ooo. rage 13.
Forty Chinese bahles are exhibited at Pure
Food Show. Page IK
Ship strikes draw pier of railroad bridge
over toung s Kay and seaside Beaches
are cut otr. page Jo.
Federal Appeal Court Indicates intent to
reverse ruling on ' 2B-nour" stock law.
Page 16.
Judge Bennett dies suddenly at home m
mis city, page 7.
Chamber of t'ommeree favors decision by
voters in isovemDer ot puDlic docks Is
sue. Page 13.
RATS INVADE MANITOBA
Swarms Occupy Building and Ad
vance Steadily Northward.
WINNIPEG. Manitoba. Sept. 19. (Spe-
lal.) The advent of cold weather has
roused the rats In Southern Manitoba
to action and they are preparing to take
up their Winter quarters In various
buildings. Around Gretna, on the Da
kota boundary, they have already done
amage estimated at thousands of dol
lars, and from that point tAie plague Is
spreading out east, north and west.
They are traveling at the rate of 20
miles a year, and it Is feared they will
have reached Winnipeg by Spring. Five
ears ago there was not a rat In Man
itoba, but today there are literally
thousands of them.
Grants Pass Depot Ready.
The Southern Pacific will open a new
14,500 depot at Grants Pass today and
the citizens of that city are preparlnf
to celebrate the event. Last evening a
party of railroad officers left for
rants Pass to participate In the cere
monies. Among them were J. P.
'Brien, R. B. Miller, W. D. Fenton.
ohn M. Scott, J. D. Slack and L. R.
Fields.
FEB SCHEDULE.
DIVIDENDS MIDDEN
BY MANIPULATION
Practice of Railroads Is
Investigated
INFLATION IS ALSO ALLEGED
Stockholders Get Stoji Worth
Above Par at Parity.
GAIN HIGH AS 50 PER CENT
Queer Transactions Are Revealed at
Rate Hearing $49,000,000 In
Stock Is Secretly Sold for
Far Below Market Price.
CHICAGO, Sept. 19. Alleged stock
Inflation and manipulation, designed to
turn over to the stockholders' large
sums of money without putting in the
company's records any reference of
more than passably fair dividends, was
the subject Into which the Interstate
Commeroe Commission delved today at
its continuation of freight rates of
Western lines, scheduled te take effect
September 1.
The stock manipulation feature of
the Inquiry was suggested by Commls-
eiuner uemeniB ana was immediately
taken up by the Commission's attorney,
Frank Lyon, and by Attorney Atwood,
of Kansas City, who appeared for tlfe
general shippers' committee, which is
fighting the Increase-
Illinois Central Man Witness.
Controller Blauvelt, of the Illinois
Central Railroad, was the witness from
whom the disclosures which followed
were obtained.
Commissioner Clements called the
witness' attention to figures he had
furnished on direct examination by the
railroad's counsel. The Commissioner
said:
"You say. Mr. Blauvelt,' that in 1891
your capital stock was $40,000,000 on
2875 miles of road, and In 1910, on
only about 1700 miles more it was
$109,000,000? Also, that in 1891, the
bonded Indebtedness was only $62,-
000,000. while In 1910 it had reached
$176,000,000. Why is this?"
"Well," was the answer, "what would
appear to be the excess went to lm-
prove the roadway and for equipment
and purchase of other roads.
Stock Is Sold Secretly
'And how was the stock raised for
these purposes sold?" continued the
Commissioner. "Was It on the open
market?"
"Part of It was, but most of it was
sold to the stockholders at par."
'Was there ever declared a stock dlvl
dend?"
"Oh! I am sure there was not. That
would amount to the same as any other
dividend, you see. That Illinois Central
stock sales represented real values, you
must see, in dollars and cents."
Here Attorney Lyon sought to have the
witness differentiate between giving
stockholders a stock dividend or giving
them stock worth more than par at par
iConcluded on Pare 12.)
MILLIONAIRE MUST
SPEND OWN CASH
I CALIFORNIA PRISOX BOARD RE
FUSES TO HANDLE IT.
Directors Inform "Splttin' Bill
Bradbury They Can't Help Him
In Aiding Paroled Men.
SAX QUEXTIN, Sept. 19. (Special.) If
William B. Bradbury, the aged Corte
Madera millionaire, and ex-Inmate of
San Quentin, is still Insistent upon
spending some of his money for the
benefit of paroled and discharged prison
' erg, he will have to superintend hi
works of charity In person, or else hire
a man to do It for him, for the State
Board of Prison Directors will not look
after "Splttin Bill's" endowment fund
and has so Informed Bradbury politely
but firmly.
The State Board of Prison Directors
has had under careful consideration for
some time your proposition to establish
a fund for the purpose of aiding paroled
prisoners in making the necessary de
posits, as required by the rules of the
Board," reads the opening paragraph of
Acting Chairman Dentin's communication.
"We find, however, on examination
that the only moneys we can handle are
public moneys, and that we cannot, as
officials, undertake this trust."
ORCHARDS REPLACE WILDS
Big Crop of Choice Apples Gladdens
White Salmon Growers.
WHITE SALMON, Wash., Sept. 19.
(Special.) Where once were tall pine
and fir trees, the Slade orchard now
bends low with fruit. In this orchard
Mr. Slade has just made a picking of 39
boxes of apples from three trees, with
out using a box or ladder to reach the
upper branches. In the North White
AlEi., Unnn. Walilrnn haa
,,,., 40 hn. from two 10-vear-old
i trees.
I Just across the White Salmon River,
I Keeley & Dubois gathered 1000 boxes
' peaches from 70 trees. M. C. Martin
niut i-year-uuin mut win J iriu lwu
boxes each of Winter bananas and
Spitz. Further up the White Salmon
Vallev the MeCrarkens will cart to
market 8000 boxes' of choice apples.
HOP CROP CLEANLY PICKED
Dealers Say Easy Market Will Be
Found for Entire Product,
SALEM, Or.. Sept. 19. (Special.)
With four-fifths of the hop crop taken
from the yards, statements are made
by local dealers that this year the
cleanest pick Is shown in the history
of Oregon, and tt is believed that mar
keting of the 1910 Oregon hop crop will
not be interfered with on the score of
a dirty pick.
The majority of dealers now estimate
the crop near 100,000 bales, and It Is
believed these figures are accurate, al
though some dealers still Insist that the
pick will be materially smaller.
By the close of the week the crop
will be nearly all cleaned from the
vines. Predictions made all along of
superior quality are being more than
fulfilled.
CROP EXCEEDS ESTIMATE
55 Bushels an Acre Reported, SO
Common, in Western Canada.
WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Sept. 19. (Spe
cial.) Reports from threshing .outfits
throughout the three western provinces
show that the estimates of the total
wheat yield were generally below the
mark. During the last few weeks be
fore harvest the crops came along In a
wonderful manner, surpassing all ex
pectations.
Several yields from large fields or
over 65 bushels to the acre have been
-eported, and 30 bushels to the acre for
Spring wheat Is quite common. It is
now believed that the total wheat yield
will be 110,000.000 bushels, against some
119,000,000 bushels for last year.
OREGON BIDDERS LOSERS
San Francisco Man Receives Con
tract to Supply 10,000 Tons Hay.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, Sept. 19. (Special.) Portland
bidders will also lose on the new Philip
pine hay contract. Today the War De
partment awarded to W. A. Miller, of
San Francisco, a contract for 10,000 tons
of grain hay at $1.04 a hundredweight.
the total cost to the Government being
$208,000. delivered at San Francisco.
Most of the Oregon and Washington
bidders submitted proposals on timothy,
and among them W. W. Robinson, of Se
attle, was the lowest, at $1.55 a hundred.
Robinson also made a bid on grain hay
at $1.06 a hundred.
GOLDENDALE FAIR CLOSES
Best Exhibits Are to Be Shown at
Other Fairs This Fall.
GOLDENDALE. Wash.. Sept 19.
(Special.) The second annual county
fair closed here yesterday. The fair ran
four days.
The fruit exhibit attracted much at
tention. Lyle had a nice exhibit of ap
ples. The Goldendale exhibit was very
large, owing to the nearness to the fair.
These exhibits will be taken to Spo
kane and Vancouver and thence to the
Southwest Washington Fair at Chehalis
next week. These exhibits will finally
be placed on exhibition cars.
LIQUOR-SELLER SENTENCED
Palmer Junction Man Fined and
Ordered to Cease Business.
LA GRANDE. Or.. Sept. 19. (Spe
cial.) Victor Townsend, found guilty
of sellng whisky at his near-beer stand
at Palmer Junction, in this county, was
ordered to suspend business today.
He was fined $350 and sentenced to
30 days In Jail, but the Jail sentence
will be suspended, if Townsend will
close up his place of business and move
away. .
HEIR OF HOLSTEIN
ESTATE IS F
Man Sought by Danish
King Is in Seattle.
SAILOR WILL GET MILLIONS
Disinherited Son of Nobleman
Trailed Over Earth.
SEARCH OF 2 YEARS ENDED
Fleeing From Home After Angering
Father by Intended Marriage
Below- Station, Son Is Labor
er, Miner and Sailor.
SEATTLE. Wash.. Sept. 19. (Special.)
A nattily-dressed man of 30 walked
nto Detective William Peterson's of
fice early this morning and said that
he was Olaf Holstein, the sailor who
had been trailed for two years at the
request of King of Denmark as the
heir to an estate and title In Holstein.
Detective Peterson's caller said that he
had been known In this country as
Ben Suhr.
'I saw a story in the Post-Intelli-
gencer recently on the train going to
Spokane," said Suhr. "I am not the
son of Countess Holstein, bul the eld
est son of her sister, who died several
years ago. However, I am the heir
to the title and estates of the Holstein
family."
'The reason they are seeking me Is
that the estate of my mother, which
amounts to several million dollars, has
never been settled on account of my
bsence. I telegraphed to the Countess
my whereabouts and as soon as I can
lose up my affairs here I shall leave
for Copenhagen again to take my place
n my family."
Suhr Is now employed by the Chl-
ago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway,
charge of the commlsary depart
ment. He left for Spokane after see-
ng Detective Petersen.
Marriage Angers Father.
It was more than four years ago
that Olaf Holste'n, returning from the
Danish army. Informed his father that
contemplated a marriage with the
aughter of a tradesman, who lived
ear the army post at which hi. had
been stationed. This angered the father,
who declared that he would disinherit
the 'son if he carried out his intentions.
That night Olaf slipped from the Castle
grounds, and making his way on foot to
Copenhagen, shipped on a sailing vessel
bound for the Antipodes. Two years later
his mother died. Her sister, the Countess
Holstein, then took up the task ol
finding him and had detectives' follow
him Into all parts of the world.
Then the father died, which left th
eldest son the only heir to the fortune
and title of the Holstein family.
Search I .ds Over Seven Seas.
The search for Holstein, urged con
stantly by the Danish Brotherhood of
America. Has led over the seven sea,
where he was a sailor, into Texas and
this state, where he was a laborer, amlt.
into the gold fields of Nevada and
Alaska, where he was a miner. He once
lived In Seattle at SOU Main street.
MUCH PROGRESS IS MADE
Many Improvements Made at Bur-
doin Heights on Columbia.
WHITE SALMON, Wash.. Sept. 19.
(Special.) Burdoin Heights, overlook
ing the village of White Salmon, is
progressing. Besides building a mile of
logging road, the Swan-Hamann Lum
ber Co. is building a flume from the
mill to Catherine Creek, a distance of
three miles. The company will float its
products down the stream to the North
Bank Railroad at a point six miles
east of White Salmon.
The mill has recently Installed an
electric lighting plant. Will Bates is
setting up a wireless station, and with
specially contrived batteries Bates
Bros, are blowing up powder-loaded
stumps In the clearings. Mills & Shel
don have eight teams at work grubbing
40 acres, and S. Tl. Glavls will soon put
a donkey engine to grubbing his 180
acre patch.
FIFTY WILL BE INITIATED
Knights of Columbus Will Hold Spe
cial Session at Vancouver.
VANCOUVER. Wash., Sept. 19. (Spe
cial.) Fifty Knights of Columbus will
be Initiated Into the order at a special
convocation to be held here Sunday. Oc
tober 2. at which time 250 Knights from
all parts of the state will be In attend
ance. The ceremonies will begin with solemn
high mass in the morning, when 250
Knights of Columbus will attend ser
vices In a body. ' Following this the first
degree will be conferred upon 50 candi
dates and in the afternoon the second
and third degrees will be given.
In the evening at the St. Elmo Hotel
a banquet will be served.
Takes Xante of Suhr.
The stranger explained to Detective
Beterson that he had taken the name
of Ben Suhr of America, for the reason
that members of, his family who had
been In this country for many years
had been known by that name. He has
a second cousin In Seattle, employed by
the Pacific Balata Company, at 634
OUND
irst avenue, South.