T1TE MORNING OREOON'TAX. WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 30, 1910. : 7 . : ' . -" V lrll -I" 1 1 111 ..n i WLAL H POISONER KILLED: GUARD IS WQUNDED Recaptured Convict Grabs Gun as Oregon Boot Is Being Applied. BURNS SHERIFF SHOOTS Six Bullet Air Sent Into Body of Arthur 11hrr. Besporado, Knd In; MruKxIe With Canard Ash ley, of Boise Prlon. BtT.N.-i, Or, Not. 29 iSpecia! In a las i'-sperato effort to rgaln h! free dom. Arthur Kf".r. na-aprd convict from tr-a M&ho rer.ltcnt'.ary. gr..;.pll with M captors thla morclrsT and a a rrsult row 1 dtad. while tM W. Ack'.er. penitentiary guard from lin'f. la if t'Ttng wtt.i a wail throuch tha abdo men. W!;i: Ack'.ry-p condition 1 -n.ua. fl-t.-r believe Ms char.cca fur re covery rx"! Kt'tier. ho wi rvjnc arr.ter.ca at IWi.t for liir.r;it j. e p-.l April 19. Vm. ar. l rfur:r.c the past two year hud bn h'Mhc : !n thl rounfy. Sher iff Ricr r,!ioi rerle1 r.orw last t fjiijr Mm an.J on Friday Flsh'f cm.- to Hum. whrn th" SVrtff ma.!e the arr- ar.l rolifl-d th I;oi officers. Ti.t er.rlre Ciir.l .V kley arrived an4 .rnnrt-! hi. m.ip. T' l nmrntric A"k-I.-T r-"r4r;r t.- take h . f.r Vale. Whu- A. kirjr r.) Sheriff Rlch- r.:.vn arern pla.mif the rirfn boot on K'her a ;io up between ti.e two. with M ft on a rhnlr. Klh-T rea-i-1 over lU'etlT ar.J sttjT'.l A.kN y'a revol ver from M hip ket. He turr.ej th Kin on Sheriff RlciiarJon. the bullet mwinr tha off:. r a h-al by a narrow mr'n. .-k!e.e rrpr!r'I tt'-th Flhr nil In I ha ufT!"" V'.i'er him rhrouch th ab- om-n. Itt -I ir lim r."'.I-'t M rja a .n a l a cw: I aaf.'ly rhoot ar.d pet lx bullets lr.: tha let'rS'Js aT.l:ns; h!m tr.sUir.t:y. Fiei.r. iM prison name at Bol wan jiDi'i Tarin-n. was I yeara olJ. It t rr"ete.l r shot a suard at tha Walla W:ia pr!.on anme yeora ao. M I ant.l to cot. a from a K'x0 family In Iwrenre. Kan. Gu.-.rl AcV-r remove I to the Ho tel Burn. hf re ho I linger the care of Ir Marsd.-n an. I Ortfflili. who four..l tht tlie bullet enrerrl Jut tx low the brat bone, ranittn miBht'y n.wnwnrJ. ar I pe"l out at the left I1 of tha ba.-k at the nlntii r!b- Tliera ll no evi.l-n- of Internal hemorrhaee and the So-tor lMr.it the putwnt hoe a ood rhini-o to live. Th:a een!nc he 1 reat Inr er. with no f'Ter. Th "oroner'a Jury xonertd S:ier!(T R .rhanlinn and commendt d him f r his pnm:pt action. LAND WILL BE RECLAIMED KcM-rtoir Mte Xrar Carp Ijikt to lie I'trd tor Storing 'Water. trjKSIAUK. Wash, Not. :. ISoeclaL) "onlderabla a.tllty has ten shown around Carp l.ake thla last week, slnca It Is known that thla nat ural reservoir !ta Is to bo used for tna storage of waters for frrlBatlon purpoaes. t'arp lJike la nlna miles north of Gotilen-lala In tha Slmcoa mountains. Tlie stored waters will be drawn from the lake br means of a tunnel seversJ hundred feel Ion. Thera will be water enough for several thousand arres of alfalfa land, f'prlnr Creek be Inr mnstly benefited by this project. leretofor wheat and apples have been the rhtef produeta for market, but un der the ditch It will make the land valuable for dlry purnosea. fan-. plain Ulllett. of tha Ftate Bank ef ;ol.lcn.;a!e have enelneera In the field at prent maklna: preliminary aurves. Thla past week the Crater Ir rigation Company haa been Incor porated by Lew Imncin and associates, of Portland and Vancouver. Condem nation procdlnca have ben filed by amplain tjlllett for dlt-h rlsht-of-way and for reerrolr sites. MRS. IRA CONNER IS DEAD leath Contra at tot tape drov In Vlit In Ilelative. COTTAGE GROVK. Or.. Not. : . IPpeclnH Affr an Illness of flva daya Sirs. Ira Conner died at th resi dence of her atster-ln-la w. Mrs. K. J. Held'.er. In thla city last evenlnc Mrs. Conner was passlns; Thanksclvtnc week with relatives. She was stricken auddenlr with paralvsla last Wdn lav and did not regain consciousness. Mrs. Conner waa born In Kirksvllle, Mo.. September 12. and with her family crossed the plains In locat ing; near Kucene. loiter she resided at Junction City and In F.atern Ore aon. la 1M2 she was married to Ira Conner. Phe Is survived by her hus Vand and five eons. Horace. Ira. Charlea. Harry and Rose, all of whom live here. She Is also survived by two stepsons. W. C- Conner, editor of tha Cottage Grove Leader, and K. C Con rr; Mrs. Howard and Mrs. Lee. of J inrtli.n City, and Mrs. Dixloifc of Jo. eph. Or., sisters, and John.. James. Jesa and Oeorue Kirk, brothers, who live In tastcra Ore on. BETTER SERVICE PROMISED Tclcpraph OffU-e at Klamath Kalis to !" tvra at Night. KLAMATH FAt-I. Or, Not.. (Special. In response to a petition prepared and circulated by Judce Oeorte T. fcaldwln and extensively signed by the business men of the city, tha Western Tnlon Telegraph Company haa decided to keep Ita local office open Kara all day and until midnight. The servtca here haa only been from f to t In the past. In response to the request by tha people the company rnanacer states In a letter to Judge. Baldwin, that an extra operator will ba kept on from this time until the first of the year as an experiment, and If the revenue proves sufficient to maintain the double serTice It will be Installed permanently. SCHOOLS' DEMANDS BIG Wahlntrton Institution Ilcqucst $2.0S7.I3.3. OLTMPIA. TA aah.. Not. Z. li'pe. laLV AJliioaxi practically a very xoeslxr cf ftl Lecisiature has announced In advance of coming to Olympla that he as for economy, there la ruins to be trouble y rlsht from the start, and an Indication public by the State Board of Control In connection with the five Institutions of higher learning in Wai:lngton. The Cnlvetsltv at S.-attle. the State Col lege at Pullman, and the three normal schools have enibmltted their eatlmat--s for the 11U1-1J blennlum. and the total Is ti0J7.IT-..; against the Jl..4.T.3-"Ji allowed by j the Iglal-iture for the 19-11 period. The lncreaso Is r3.TA.js. cio-e to ..'- or an lr.creuse of practically 31 1-3 per cent over the past two yearx. Kurtng tl year 19. for all purpoisi. Cl.WX'iTitSI was raised by taxation. The l.lshrr educational bu.lget for the comlrg two years eo,uals S.1-J per cent of thla amount. In 1 the total ralsvd by taxa tion for school purpose by the Mate, rountte and school d!ricta amounted to t.ilT.il. The Dve blB educational In stitutions ark 23.SC per cent of this amount. Taking the figures of K0 fr two year, aa the l?ia lieures will not be available until next Spring, the Mb srhooM are asking over 4 per cent of the total ta-ea or practically 12 P-r cent of tf money raued for school purposes. Aa a rcwilt the Hoard of Control will merely rxibmlt the estimates of the heads of the five lntltutlor.e to t!.e ly-El-ia-ture only, balking at t!:e Idea of recom mending that the amounts be allowed. The university heads Cie list tlii.o time with a r.---i-t f.-r l.M.t.M. having been allowed x-.tiX. by the last legislature: the State '..::- wants V 5.15. 17 from the l-"ti Ivgliature is tjin the iM. allowed two years ago. The normals nil o-k for substantial Incrcri.rn ns fol lows. H-lllnghsm Normal. Il-a.?-. against OREGON 'S SHOWN IN REPORT Agriculturally State Jumps Ahead With Great Cash Return. CORN CROP BIGGEST EVER Wheat Amount! to 18,003,659 DuHlirls Worth $16. 304. 800. Apple, rrult. Hops, JIony, Vogrtnulcs, Oats Important. SALEM. Or.. Not. 29.-Speclnl.)-Inter-emlne statl"tl- a are Included In seme or the advance heets of the report of La bor -ommlsloner Hoff for 1910 up to Sep tember i They Indlcato the remarkable C0EVALLIS GETS MOST MODERN AST) COMPLETE OF DEPART MENT aruitLs. .-serial "1.- HK'.l "We:. .nr s"' 1 - - ' r e filiMlis V J roRTLAM) MAX AKCIIITF.CT CORVALLIS. Or.. Nov. 15. (Sp two-story business block by G. II k.. on., of the most modern and turea In this part of the state. Th brick and steel heavy enough to ca Ing Is one of the leaturee ana n. wi The building has a full baeemeni. plant and has modern plumbing; th signed by K. E. McClarea. archltec supervision. OP VALLEY CITY STBCCTVHB eclol With the completion of the ariilnR for Nolnn tons, . orvama .nmnlla d nar t me II t - store "etruc- e building Is constructed of pressed , I.lffhl In thla build- II be known aa the "day-llRht store." It la fitted witn a iwira-nreum rouirhout. The structure was de t. of Portland, and built under hla rr.VO allowed two yeara ago; the Kllensura; Normal gne up from tfel M to l;jo...O while the Cheney Normal re oue.ts 17!.il.Si a agalnet the allowed two years ago. CROP PROSPECTS ARE GOOD Approach of Winter rind Plowing and Scedlnit Couipleled. PATTON. Waah..N Nov. 29. (Special.) -rop prospects at this season were never more encourag-tng In Columbia. Garfield and Asotin Counties, declare farmers who have tilled the soil of tli.a section for over a quarter of a cen tury. Since harvest. weather haa favored uninterrupted farm work and for the first time In several years, the approach' of Winter flnda plowing; and seeding completed. Kail f;raln seeded soon after harvest haa attained a growth of four to sit Inches, depending; on the locality, while late seeiMne haa sprouted nicely and will present a hardy stand before cold weather pre vails. , . , Several conditions are combined to brine broad smiles of sweet anticipa tion to the face of the Southeastern n..hin.in farmer. Chief of these la an abundance of Kail moisture, which has put the ground In prime condition. A Fall weed growth was prevented this year, heavy, soaking ralna holding off until late, thus discouraging; these troublesome pests. The acreage of Fall grain in C olum bia County Is larger than for many years, one estimate placing; the acreage at t0."00. CHAUTAUQUA HEADS NAMED Old IMreotoral Urtalned rart of Programme Told. OREGON CITT. Or.. Nov. 3 -Spe- cial. At the annual mellnc of the stockholders of the V tllamctte al.ry Chautauqua Arsembly hero today the following; directors were elected to serve for the ensuing year: II. E. Cross. J. K. llederes. O. D. Kby. Oeorgo A. Hard in;. Mr Sarah A. Kvans. C. B. Moorea. J. II. Ackerman. C Schuebel. John W. Loder. A. V. Parker. C. H. Pve. Pr. George Hoeye. W. A. HurtUy. The di rectorate was Increased from 12 to II and all of the former directors were elect ed, with the addition of W. A. Huntley. Annual reports of the secretary and treasurer and the audit committee show a balance on hand of after paying a note of t31-i. The aurplus will be ex pended In the Improvement of the Chau tauqua, ground". Most of the talent for next year's, ses sion has already been encaged. The mu sical programme embraces the Apollo Concert Company, of Chicago, for four days, and the Williams Jubilee Singers, of Chicago, for two days1. Kx-Govcrnor Hadley. of Indiana, and He Welt Miller are scheduled for two lecture and many other attractive features will be offered next July. Burke Snowsllde "Buries Miner. SPOKANE. Wash.. Not. 2. Four men. employed at the Full Moon mine, near Burke. Idaho, were near deatlt early thla morning; when a snowslide. sweeping; down the mountain, carried cabins, machinery and equipment Into I.ake Glldden. over 1000 feet distant. The losa to property la estimated at J10.000. One miner. Edward Butler, waa buried under the snow, but was rescued by his companion without In Jury. The enow at Burke Is .four feet deep. Slayer Not Benefactor by Will. TRENTON. N. J- Not. 29. Wills left br Rer. Ainzl L. Armstrong; and his wife, the victims of the double murder at Dutch Neck, on Thanksgiving; eve. were found yester-lay. There Is no men tion of John Seara. the confessed slayer of the minister and his wife. yields' of various) crop's In Oregon and some of the wonderful results that have been obtained In this state in 1910. Corn acresgo In 1910. lie states In the report, was tlie greatest In the history of the state, the average yield being re mitted at 2.VS buMiels to the acre. The acreage we :4.119. with a yield of 613.034 bushels. This sold at an average ot vu cents a bushel, the total returns being IVJ.SM for the crop. Correanondcnts of tha bureau show the wheat yield In the state for 1910 was 1S.993.C9 bushels, valued at $lS.3ni.S0O. There were "IS acres averaging five bush els to the acre, or bushels; 1232 acres averaging seven bushels to the acre, or NJ4 bushels; 31.2SO acres overaglng nine hit-hels to the acre, or 281.520 bushels; 47.K1 acres averaging 10 bushels to the acre, or 479.310 buyhels: 137.412 aties av eraging 15 bushels to the acre, or 1.96, 10 bushels: C1S7 acres averaging 25 bushels to the acre, or 10,C64.75 bushels; 13.2:4 acres averaKTng; S3 bushels to the acre, or 4U12.tO bushels: 19.173 acres av eraging 40 bushels to the acre, or 7t5.9:0 bushelsc Barley Crop Large. The barley acreage allowed 67.2SO acres, yielding 31.4 bushels to the acre, or 2.112. Vtt bushels, at a valuo of S1.47&.S14. Ti e year 1910 is shown to have closed with 127.1S7 goats In the state, these ani mals being valued at tl.SL ' tn September 3 there were K.122 hives of bees In the state, valued at ttlO.CO. the sveraKo price for a working lilve being st-t at S3 and the average production of honey wms 4o pounds to a colony, or 3.4.V pounds. This demanded an aver age value of 9 centa a pound, or IJH".iK. The buckwheat yield Is reported as being 31.017 bushels from 2821 acres. Hoff also reports that 2000 acrca of cabbages yielding five tons to the acre, of 10.0UO tons, netted the grower 1130. "0. gave employment to 4u7 people for SO days, the workers receiving 4 18,213. Hood lUver Grows Rich. Figures are given on the Hood River Valley In the report, which show that there are 1".07 acres In cultivation there nut of 47.S63 acres of tillable land. The actual number of bearing apple orchards for 1910 was S27. which produced 269.80S boxes of apples, none of which sold f. o. b. Hood River for less than $127 a box. the larger per centage being sold for $2.75 a box, and a few thousand bringing J3.75. The crop netted $0".068. There were also marketed 47.030 rratea of strawberries, which averaged $2.22 a crate, or $148.80$. Of this amount $S7.230 was received by the 3125 pickers, who averaged 20 days" time. To harvest the apple crop re quired lit5 hands, who averaged $2.30 a day for 30 days, or $87,315. Eighteen hundred acres In melons and vegetables, grown exclusively for seed purposes, are reported, yielding In 1910 $1,814,173. Eight persons re ceived $8125 for labors performed. For the first three months of the cer eal year ending September 30. 1910. the report shows that the' Port of Portland exported and shipped coastwise lum ber cargoes aggregating 74. 752.228 feet, or a 0tn over the same period in 1909 of 29.149.234 feet. September" exports reached 12.950.104 feet, valued at $154. 923.47, against 5.468.427 feet worth $31. 724 In September. 1909, representing; an Increase of 7.4S1.479 Potato Crop Not Reported. Eighty tons of seed peas were grown In Oregon In 191. and for this the growers received $100 a ton. or $8000. At an estimate on the potato crop, the harvest not being finished as yet. It is calculated there are 6.04S.900 bushels, valued at 60 cents a bushel, or $3,629. 340. Poultry products for tho year are estimated at 19.469.149 eggs, with a to tal value of $4,419,496. In 1910 there were 187.241 bushels of rye from 11.630 acres, with an aver age yield of 16.9 bushels an acre. This crop Is valued at $140,430. Sowing of this required 14 bushels an acre. Oats are shown to have reached 11. 001. 21S bushels, at an average ot 32 bushels to the acre. The ofllce of T.B bor Commissioner, however, expressed the opinion that 12 bushels Is too high n average. Toll b GifolbSc, MCo Morrison et Seventh Toll & GifefeS, MCo Portland's Foremost Complete Homefurnishers and Office-Furnishers. Agents for Leopold Office Desks. Quality Up to the Standard Here Always. Easiest Terms of Payment to Homefurnishers Every Sectaoo off Store no Clhrisfomas Readiness Increased stocks, new departments, better store service all for the convenience, and comfort of Holiday and all-time shoppers. And prices the iowest and quality the best it's recognized by Portland's most careful buyers, whether it be in the homefurnishmg departments or in the sections of wearing apparel for women, misses and children. The Toy Store is filled to overflowing with the best things that the toymaker's art has produced to make the little ones happy. Christmas selections are best made now, while stocks are most complete. If desired we will hold selections for Christmas delivery at your convenience. Merchandise Purchased Today Will Be Charged on December Account Bringing to Notice Again the Holiday Specials in Gloves That Were Advertised a Few Days Ago . v, . $1.39 for $2.00, $1.75 and $1.50 Gloves Ladies ' two clasp overseam and pique-sewn imported Glace Kid Gloves, with Paris point embroidery. Black, white and new shades. Sizes 5' '2 to 8. $1.39 for $1.75 and $1.50 Gloves Jlocha and Suede Gloves, one and two-clasp, plain and with heavy embroid ered backs. Also silk-lined Mochas in black, white, natural and pray. New Cape Gloves in tans, gnnmetal and white. SI. 89 for $2.00 and $2.25 Gloves Best qualities in im ported Glace Kid Gloves overseam. pique and P. X. M. sewn. All the new embrdideries, shades and finishings. One button or one-clasp Cheverette Tanne. Two-pearl-clasp Suedes. All sizes, 5lz to 71". Every Pair of Gloves Guaranteed to Fit Perfectly The Sale of Fine Blooses Is an Important Christmas-Buying Attraction This Week in the Shirtwaist Shop ZJL Gives Choice of Waists and Blouses, ToOa-V TTTnT r. TTrcm $K 05 TTn tn $7.95. 9)S Gives Choice of Fine Blouses Worth Up 0 $15 H For Fancy Blouses That Were JL cSa.oS'Qj) mow nn t17Kf nnrl $15. yMM.vv) Y""l T- T H For Fine Imported Waists, Worth JL .G)U $25j $27.50, $30 and $32.50. S CT) For Charming Imported Blouse3, iVoU)VaJ Worth From 35 to $50 In the Furniture Store Tlhese Holiday Economies In Oependalble Pieces $4.25 for Center Table of quarter-sawed . golden oak, with" pattern edge top. Regular price $6.50. 5.50 for Center Table of quarter-sawed golden oak, -with 6haped legs. Regular price $8.25. $5.75 for a mahogany Bedroom Chair, with cano seat and back. Regular price $8.23. 6.50 for a golden oak Arm Rocker, with Eigh back and solid seat. Regular price $11.00. 6.75 for a mahogany Bedroom Chair, with slat back and rush seat. Regular price $10.00. $6.75 for a Colonial style Arm Rocker, in golden oak. Has roll seat. Regular price $11.00. Sj$S.25 for a mahogany Shipper Chair, in Colonial design. Regular price $13.50. $21.7 for a high back m arm chair of craftsman de sign, frame of fumed oak, seat with leather covered spring cushion. High back has loose leather cushion. Regular price $33.00. $18.75 for a largo craftsman stj-le arm rocker, with frame of fumed oak, the seat and back tfaving loose cushions covered iu leather. Regular price $31. $27.50 for a craftsman stylo Bookcase, in fumed oak, with copper trimmings. Regular price $45.00. Easy Payments. Terms to Homefurnishers. $30.75 for a splendid combina tion bookcase and desk, in fumed oak and craftsman design. Regu lar price $60.00. That Extraordinary Sale oflLace Cortains Continoes A special purchase of 1500 pairs of the popular Nottingham Curtains was one of the transactions of our curtain buyer during his last trip to Xew York. He secured them with the sole purpose in view of making this remarkable offer. The savings, to say nothing of the fact that they are all new patterns, should alone be an incentive to home-furnishers to renew their window hang ings. Some priced as low as 60 pair. Every Heating Stove in Oor ILine Us Selling for Less and on the Terms of $1 Down, gl Week Right almost in the beginning of the stove season and at the time when the home-heating needs are most felt, comes this chance to economize in buying a. heater. And the showing is so completa in range of sizes and styles of stoves for wood, for coal, or for both, that selection should be most satisfactorily made. Base ment stove store. HATCHET IS BURIED Jones Says He Will Work With Poindexter. . FEDERAL PLUM IS TO FALL Senator Drnlcs He lias Recommend ed Judge Kudkln as Successor to the Iate Judge Wliltson, on rccleral llcncli. SPOKANE. Wash.. Nov. 9. (Spe cial.) "Nothing b-.:t the most friendly relations exlnt between CongrcKsman Mllea Polmlexter and myself. I know of nothinfc which would make it other-wle.-' ray Senator Wesley L. Jones. ... ik. tii viovi on some matters, but Folndexter Is a Republi can and I am a iitpuu"""- -. . ..... .- in n-nrv in nerfect harmony at Washington. The only way we win ne auie io thing for this state is to work to gpt her." Tlie hatchet has been buried between the Kreat Washington progressive, . - o n.l hiic olleairue-to- ie the United States Senator from Yakima, who it is said opposed the formers candidacy for the brother po- . . . i.i i. .... . I.w.i.la rlv. hnnv sltion in mo nn"" In the land. Aa far as Senator Jones is concerned, the last election closed the chapter and he is going to Washington with the determination to work shoulder to shoulder with progressive Republicans from the state. The Senator spent a few hours In Spokane this morning. , Jones AVIII Aid Harmony. With peai-e declared the matter of Federal patronage and appointments Is materially CM-airu ur. i -1" Senator Jones may assist in many ways . . . 1. Ka , n- r fni.tl.nfl In bringing isri " In the Republican party, especially in Washington. Next In Importance to the party nar monv Is the burning question of tha appointment of a Federal Judge In Eastern Washington, which Is one of the principal plums .to be given out. In response to the Question. "It has been stated that you have recom mended Judge Rudkln for the place." Senator Jones said: "No, I have not recommended Judge Rudkin to fill Judge Whltson s place and any statements to that effect are wholly unauthorized. I have not rec ommended any one at alL The Presi dent properly docs not consider Judi cial appointments as political appoint, ments. "lie desires, in filling these posi tions, to secure men of the highest le gal ability, character and standing at the bar and with the people, and rec ommendations assisting him in ecur ina; auch men aa ho wants. This la a It should be, and I shall do my best. to assist him along these Hens. Rudkin Xot After Judgeship. "With respect to Judge Rudkin, I have no hesitation In saying that he meets the President's requirements in every respect. but he is not an appli cant for this place and will not be. "I shall have no hesitation in sug gesting Judge Rudkin to him as a law yer and a Judge who will measure up fully to the standard set by hlra and whose appointment would meet with the unanimous approval of the bar of the district and the entire state." WORKMEN ARE STRANDED Sent to Klamath Falls for Work, Men Find Nothing to Do. KLAMATH FALLS. Nov. 29. (Spe cial.) Nine workingmen appealed to Sheriff Barnes and in turn were sent to District Attorney Kuykendall for relief. They had been shipped In here from San Francisco and Portland by employment agencies to work on the railroad contract north of Klamath Falls which was closed down a few days ago. When these men arrived hero they found they could get abso lutely nothing to do. District Attorney Kuykendall ssys that nothing can be done to force the railroad company, by law, to take these men back to where they came from, but that he had notified the company not to honor any more passes for men being sent here for railroad work. GRIEF LEADS TO SUICIDE Old Resident Broods Over Son's Death; Fears Mind Is Failing. THE DALLES. Or., Nov. 19. (Special.) Brooding over the death of a favorite son a year ago, weakened by the after effects of an attack of typhoid fever from which he suffered two years ago, and fearing that his mind was falling. James W. Zmnwalt. an old resident of Wainlo, a village in the interior of this section, committed suicide Friday by placing the muzzle of a rifle in his mouth and pulling the trigger. News of the suicide was received here today. Zumwalt was 60 years old. He leaves a widow and family of grown children. He was well-to-do and happy in his fam ily relations. The son he mourned was crushed to death by a falling tree. Washington's Aid Law Denounced. WALLA WALLA. Wash.. Nov. 29. John F. Bierny. of Walla Walla, was elected president of the Washington State. Association of County Engineers at the annual meeting held here yester day. John ir. McCaw, of Colfax, was elected secretary-treasurer. The engi neers), who are here to attend the Wash ington State Good Roads convention, rec ommended to the State Legislature a law requiring the examination of all en gineers before a state examining board and also requiring them to put up bonds for the faithful performance of their du ties) The examining board is to con sist of the State Highway Commissioner, together with four engineers appointed by the. Governor. The association went on record with resolutions denouncing the state aid law and demanding iis re peal. Wreck Barely Averted. ELK CITY. Or., Nov. 29. (Special.) A loose fishplate in the track on the Corvallis & Eastern nearly caused a serious wreck near Nashville last night when the flaw allowed the rails to spread under the incoming passenger train. Tho two rear coaches were dragged over the ties for 200 feet be fore the train was stopped. None of the passengers was hurt. Burglars Rob Marcola Store. SPRINGFIELD, Or., Nov. 29. (Spe cial.) Burglars entered the general store of I. F. Circle, at Marcola, Mon day evening, and stole som cheap Jewelry, cutlery and other small things. The total value was tlOO. The store was entered from . the rear. Sheriff Brown, of Eugene, believes the work Is by the same men who entered a gun store in Eugene. Milton, Or., Home Destroyed. MTLTOX, Or., Nov. 29. Fire, origin ating from a short circuit of the electric wires on the porch, succeeded in damag ing the residence of Mrs. Tassie Stew art, one of the finest homes in Milton, to the value of J2000 last evening. The roof wa burned and the contents of the bedrooms in the upper story were destroyed. Richmond, Joseph Wurzer, Frank irloe. Counoilmen; L. R. Van Winkle. Re corder: S. A. Barnes, Treasurer. O. C. Turner, retiring Mayor, declined renoml natlon. but consented to serve on tha Council, and led in the voting for this position. The primary nomination hero is generally considered equivalent to election. Slrikers Sent to Jail. TAMPA. Fla., Nov. 29. In .the Crim inal Court today, sentence was passed on Jose de la Campa. Brit Russell and J. F. Bartlum. strike leaders recently convicted of conspiracy to prevent by force eigarmakers from going to work n the local factories. They were given a year in Jail each. Weston Names Town Ticket. WESTOX, Or., Nov. 29. (Special.) At a primary mass meeting Monday night the following ticket was nominated for Weston's town election December 5: H. A. Brandt, Mayor: O. C. Turner. O. M. Diamonds Watches Jewelry Silverware . Are the most acceptable and lasting Christmas gifts. Our stock is the most complete and up to date in the city. Our prices low compared with those of other jewelers. EASY PAYMENTS For those that cannot or care not to pay cash without extra charge. MARX & BLOCH 283 Morrison St. 74 Third St. TRY THIS IF YOU ACHE ALL OVER FROM A BAD COLD OR THE GRIPPE Tells How to Get Rid of the Worst Cold and All Grippe Misery in Just a Few Hours. 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