THE yORSISO OILEGOXIAX. SATURDAY,
1910.
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JURY SOON FREES
E. JOHN
JDHM
SON
Prisoner's Wife Goes on Stand
and Tells, Story That
Clears Him.
TRIAL IS ONE OF SHORTEST
Eolalaw Connor TVwtri I-ane
County I Scene f TraRedT,
band Shoot Man Ho Mwt
Banning- From Ul Homo.
EUGENE. Or.. THc. --,s??rZZ
After on, of th. ahorte.t 'r rals
in tht. county, th. Jury Oil.
en. hour, returned a v.rdl-t of J not
ll'ltt in. th. cas. of John E. JIM;;
of alllm, E. 6 PrlmlM In th.
61ulaw country sral m"
Tb. principal fatur. of loua?'. trial
wa. tl testimony of Mr.. fJ
h. .try. thouh .txalaht-forw.rd.
, fvor her busban-1.
ZZ, one. durln, t... ord.al did
fc.r tomr.. Hr ramarks
. . . n-w - . ...1 aniirircd
rctad to in. jury. --
sl.ted and at time. bU,,m',
facial expression remain th. sam.
throughout th. trial.
Mm. Johnaon-. .torr In r" wan.
I wa at horn, all day Ponday. -c.pt
when 1 visited on. of tho
la th. afternoon. 1 had returned and
.fter havlnn pr.P.rl .upper atand
In. upon th. porch with Benny O'er
lm.a .on). About t o dock
cam. alm and atoned and talked I at
th. at. II. talked for a loo while.
Vlahor Aska for Water.
-Then h. aake4 for a drink of water
and 1 naked him Into th. h.mae. Fup
"? waa ready, b-caus. I wa. wmltln,
for my huband. I av. Henry hie .up
per, undressed hint and put '" ""T?:
Mr. Prlndel waa af.U there when I did
that H. .tared and w. talked. Hj asked
me If my husband waa -omln home. I
told him that I expected him that nlsUt.
My huaband had been at th loagln
Aft.r om. Interruptions, th. Ttoj
rutin Attorney asked her what Mr.
Prlndel talked about.
H. waa te'ie m About th. Sunday
achool and th. revival "
know h. wa. auperlnt.nd.nt In th. Sun
day .chool. H. aald he wai "lng away
In m few days. After I had put my son
to b.d. w. talked for a little while and
1 m.n tinned that It wa. gettln late. II.
aid that he thought so. to".
Than th. woman told how h tried to
earry her bodily UBiUlra. 8ha con
tinued: Husband Slsoota to Scare.
Tartly throua-h force h. Itot m. half
way upstair.. I pleaded and begited
with him. 1 don't know how lone It
until th. cat. aqueaked. H. ran and a
moment Uter I heard a .hot. Then iny
; , i it- asked me who
tt waa I wa frightened, and at first
I sail I dUnt know. Then I told him
that It waa Mr. Prlndel. H. Mid that
he did not know that Prlndel waa that
kind of a man, and that he only .hot
to scar, htm. Then h. w.nt outald. and
came back and said:
- -Oh. Kw. 1 v. .hot aim.' Then I
went outsW. and we saw that 'rlndel
waa dead. My hnahand exclaimed: Oh.
my God: I have killed him.'
"II. ran toward th. houa. and -grabbed
the eun. saying:
Tv. killed him and now I m oln
to kill myself."
1 struggled with him and took th.
gun away. Then h. telephoned to th.
ele-hbora. Pretty won the people came.
Mra. Johnaon wa. the lat wltneaa and
the argument, were short.
Johnson wa. cleared by th. Coroner-.
Jury and arreated Uter at the Instance
of th. (rrand Jury. E. K. Hry.cn. Pla
trlct Attorney, and his deputy. G. F.
Gklpworth. conducted the proaecutlon
and A. C. tVoodcock and L. Bllyeu wer.
attorney, for th. defenae.
a Isolated eabla la th. Terxbe. Na
tional Foreat that prels over th. T
toa itountalna. th. nnfortunat. elk hunt
er la nulfed ta h.avy .now. In an al
most boundless country and baa per
ished, lie disappeared two weeaa aso
last Saturday, wall, on th. trail of bt
came, and .inc. then no word or n.w.
of any character baa oca received from
him.
When Harry Lamberton. th. compan
ion of Corbln wh.n th. latter wa. loot,
returned to Boise a few days aso after
a II day." search that ended In hla lv
lr. up hop. of flndlns; Corbln allva,
ther. wer. It Inche. of snow on th.
around, and It wa. drlftlna; badly. H.
deelared that It wa. almost Impossible
to take th. horse, out. t followed
th. broken trail of th. Lamberton party
aa far as possible toward. Kea'i Pasa.
which borders on th. YeUowaton. Na
tional Park. The recent .now. and wind
had. however, obliterated moit of th.
trail. .o that It had to b. broken a
econd time. This la probably th. moat
difficult part of th. search.
Th. man hunt la not entirety aban
doned by th. soldier, stationed In th.
park. On th. contrary, they are busily
enxsxed running th. boundary lines In
tha hope, of running aero, a deserted
cabin Into which Corbln might hav. taken
refuge. This. It la believed. Is th. only
hope for Corbln. If h. could hav. mad.
on. of tae cabins In which th. troop,
(tore food It would hav. been an easy
matter to hav. survived up to th. Pev
ent time, a th. supplies h. would find
there would be ample to keep him. Th.
Secretary of War has directed that th.
soldiers keep up th. search until either
Corbln is heard from or his body Is found.
BILLION MARK IS NEAR
TAXAI1LK VAtrATIOBf OP ORE
COX IXC11KASED $150,000,000.
Total Is About .325,000,09 Mult
nomah County's Report Show
In I77,0S,5.
8AIJUI. Or.. Pec. . Specll.) Ac
cording: to th. nearest estimate that
may now be made with aeveral
of the gmalier publlo service cor
porations mlsainr from the aaseseiment
reports rscU.d ao far at th. rHicea of
th State Tax Commission, th. total aa
evsscd. taxable valuation of Oregon for
MHO will bo SSS V-XOOO, an ' Increase of
more than l3M0.fiO over the aa.-eaed
valuation of we. which was WM.T77.M1.W.
Tho year ?us closed is the first In which
the Tax Commission haei assessed prop
erty, the law creating th. commission
brine- passed In 1SC9.
And. from assessed valuation of public
Minnniinna which cam. under
Jurisdiction of th. Commission, the total
assessed valuations m a "
as lollonr.:
TlUublj land. $I.H.a5: non-tlllabl.
land. !(t..tllS; Improvement. on
deelad and patented '.andsv 17.-tT4t:
town and city lots. m6T.M3; improve
ments on town and city lots J24.fr.l
imnrovemcnts on land not deeded or
patented. ti.Ti.n: logirlnc roads,
v r-jfi- steamboaUi and other T.ssehs.
Limu. merahandlse. HlU.731: farm-
nir..r.ta r.i.iiS.?2: money 14.9U.OX:
nd accounts. JS.017.Sa; shares of
tru-k ttn it:- household goods; U.201
7- homes and muleex 11..4T7: cattle.
bftfitn- aheen and goata, S5.l4.tel.
wine. 'T74.4;o; dogs. $1.0U; miscella
neous $14S.&-
Grand total of all property assesaea or
County Assessors. tT4...t.4'M.4.
r.ml.ilnnrr Charles Galloway est!
matca tha Crratn lesion will arews. tia,
... worth of publlo servlc corpora
tion, during th. first year or lis aciiv.
work. mi
Multnomah Oountya total is an.w...
Total assessment for wallows, .vvr,
emi!&
Total assessment of Jackson County,
v . . rreat deal mors time will ba
...... in mniDiiia aewessmenta on cor-
poratlona. and tne worn oi """' -
equalization will begin.
SOLDIERS SENT TO PRISON
Severe Sentences Imposed for Steal
ing and IJesertlon.
VANCOtnTER BARRACKS. Wash..
c. . i Special.) Three soldiers having
charge of a shipment of horses from
Fort Tellowstone. Wio.. stole ftv. sacks
of oats Intended for fed for th. anlm.ile
and sold them, pocketing Ih. pe-ceeds.
Th. tVivernment cauxht them and now
th. three soldiers will have to erve a
term of one year each on Al atrnx Isl
and, besides being dw-harged dishonor
ably from the Army. The soMI.;ra found
guilty of this crime are: Charles J. Kln-
kald. Troop u: rrancis v.. i-nw. """v
E. and Georx. Kick. Troop F, aU of tb.
Fifth Cavalry.
Severe sentences were Imposed on oth
er soldiers, terms of Imprtsonmentbelns
accompanied by hard labor.
For being drunk and disorderly on .a
railroad train. Corporal Jes. U. Har
grov. wa. discharged and aentenced to
aix months. Harry J: Wilier stole a pair
of garrison shors and wa. dishonorably
discharged. George Currlngton deserted
al Fort Columbia. Wash.. July J. and was
sentenced to two years. Three years In
prison ta Elw.rd May . penalty for los
ing nearly lo worth of clothing and de
serting. Although UuUIn lllukley sur
rordered htmself aft-T nine months in
desertion, h. stas sentenced fr three
ytaxs- For going to Spokane without
Ser mission and threatening to injure an
ther private. Glen L. was sentenced
for two years.
DESTmcnox
STOCTLV
or bcildixq
OPPOSED.
Roscburt; District Aroused by Re
port Lane Building Is to Give
riaco to Jllgh School.
FRATS FROWN ON PLEDGES
Faculty of Vnlversity and Many
Leading Societies Agrtm.
rXIVERSITT PK WASHINGTON. B
attic. lec. . Ipon recommendation
from the faculty there will be no more
fraternity pledging cf blah school stu
dents who have net yet graduated from
their schools. Th. action was previously
prompted by m -ny leading "frats" them
selves, believing that co-operation should
exist between th. university and th.
high schools.
in recent years large numbers of stu
dents hav. been pleJted prior to gradua
tion. This, asserts th. (aoully, hinders
th. work of high school students and
tends to make them bvllev. they are bet
se than th. usual freshmen.
Hlgh Sjoaool sup.rintead.nts h.T. seen
ghtlng th. rledges for several years
gjul hav. been successful through th. co-
SJHI I l l Mil W u.m . - "
HOPE SLIGHT FOR CORBIN
Banter Believed to Have Perished
la Mountain Snows.
TU-itSE. Idaho. Dec Cnless B. E.
C tsjM"1 tha kist olss tookar, tas tonni
nnspnimo. Or- Dec . (Special.
. ... r..,iit of a newspaper story
given out by members of th. Roseburg;
School Board yesterday to th. effect
that the board had practically decided
to tear down th. Lan. School building
to make room for th. new Central High
School structure a factional flKht has
been kindled amon th. taxpayers of
the district.
Those opposed to tearing; down th.
t.t,. school building argue that such
will result in throwing- away
IIS.OOO and that little would b aecom--
pllihed toward relieving m. corn,
conditions of th. schools. They also
say th. I.an. 8chool should b. utilised
as a graded institution, and that th.
i.nirl Hlarh School should b. slt-
,n..t in another section oi tn. city.
Those favoring th. destruction of th.
I school assert that th. structur.
has .utgrossn its ussruiness ana mat
It should b. discarded to make room
for a larger and mora modern Duiiaing
n also declare that th. alt. occu
pied by th. Lan. School Is centrally
located, and strenuously oppos. th.
arguments of taxpayers who deslr. th.
structure erected la th. suburbs.
So bitter Is tb. feeling tnai inose
oppujed to tha destruction of the Lan.
hutidtna? hav. threatened to file In
junction proceedings in th. event th.
board acts contrary to ineir wtsnea.
PARDON HEARING PUT OFF
Ietition of J. Thorburn Ross to Be
Presented January S.
e '
SALEM, Or., Dec t.WSpeclal.) By a
chance in th. date ef hearing or
Thorburn Rosa' petition for pardon from.
December 21 to January I. mor. tim. is
riven th. attorney. lor th. former fori
land banker to arrange their case. So
far as known the question will come up
before Acting Governor Bowerman and
It Is understood that a large delegation
of Portland business men will appear and
BaV an appeal In th. Interest of Ross.
According to Information nere. virtual
ly all of the Jurors In the Ross ess. hav.
Indicated their Intention of asking leni
ency and it la understood hav. allowed
their names to go on th. petition.
In event that th. retltlon receives
favorable consideration by the Governor
It is probable that motion to dismiss th.
appeal, now pending In th. United States
Supreme court, win iu.
Grants Pass Has) Many Children
GRANTS PASS. Or, Deo. (Spe-
l.Lt Th. achool census Just complet
d .hows 1111 .llglbl. persons of school
age residing- within th. corporate lim
it.. Tbl. I. a decided Increase over
i.t vear'a returns, and Indicates sub
sisallaT arrow IS. aiich" kas called for
a new high school that Will cost about
,45.00ft.
INGLE TAXERSTQ
PRESS CAMPAIGN
Home From New York Con
ference, Mr. U'Ren Says
Advocates Are Pleased. ,
SSUE WILL COME IN 1912
People of Ore son Will Be Expected
to Pay .Greater Proportion of
Cost of Own "Education,"
but Fels Will Help.
OREGON CITT, Or., Dee. . (Spe
cial.) Advocates of th. "insji.-iax
method of raising- revenue have decided
to go straight to the people of Oregon.
In 111 with a bill to provide for the
collection of .tat. and local revenue
rom ground rent values, accorains i
W. S. U'Ren, who returnee mis
rom a trio of three weeks to. ins r-asi.
where h. attended a meeting- of the
Fels fund Commission In New York.
"The members of the commission.
said Mr. U'lte-n, "expressed themselves
as highly satisfied with th. results at
tained, though at that time it was sup
posed that th. county home rulo
mendment naa oeen iosi u v,.
narfe a resort to th. commission on
what had been don. in thla stat. to
ward th. adoption of single tax.
"Educational Campaign" Begun.
-Th, rnmmlaslon decided to assist In
an educational campaign in Oregon for
a bill to provide for the collection of
state and iooal revenue from ground
rent values of land, commonly known
as slngMe-tax. The effort will be to
how all classes or peopi. in uBu
hat It will be to the advantage of the
people to remove all taxes irom use-
ul business ana laDor oi evcij ....-.
Hlngl.-taxer. do not refrard lana specu
lation as useful business.
"Th. svstem has already been adopt
ed by the city of Vancouver, B. C. for
local taxes, and has resulted in the
lty's growing- in capital ana propenjr.
s Improving more rapiaiy -
before. . .
The Fels Commission expeois urn
the people of Oregon win pay v"
greater part of tho expense of the cam
paign of education for the next two
years, but th. commission will assist
in a moderate way, so far as the ex
penses are concerned. Th. commis
sion may pay one-quarter, or even
little more of the expense, but does
not expect to pay a largo proportion.
Th. advisory board in Oregon, com
posed of C E. S. Wood, W. 3. U Ben.
George M. Orten. H. W. Stone. H. J.
Parklsoa, C H. Chapman ana c. o.
McAllister, will have charge or ine
nrrnn ramnalm. so far as the com
mission's efforts are concernou. xncio
will be local organizations that will
take an active part In the different
countle. of th. state.
Fels Is Coming West.
"The meeting of the Fels Commls-
inn w. vrv interesting. The mem
bers of the commission are Daniel
Klefer, of Cincinnati, president; Jack
son H. Ralston, or v asnmnn. "
Unit mn ler-.H C HOWC Of INCW XOrK,
Tim Johnson, or cioveiana. inn
I.lninln RteffenS.
"I met Mr. Kels In fhliaaeipnia. no
s the founder of the Fels Fund and
contributes sra.euv annuany
spread of single-tax propaganda in the
United States. The single-taxers hava
not yet matched his money. Mr. Fels
is doing the same thing In England,
and Is contributing to similar efforts
n Denmark. France, Germany ana in.
British Colonies.
'Joseph Fels and Mr. meter expeci
to be on th. Pacific Coast the last oi
January, and I hop. to hav. them
spend two or three days among the
commercial and Industrial organisa
tions In Oregon.''
BIG DAM TO BE REPAIRED
Iiarco Pumps Will Fill Irrigating
Ditcbes Near Grants Pass.
r.Bivra PASS. Or.. Deo. 9. (Spe
cial.) In the neighborhood of 140.080
will bs spent witnin toe nexi icw
weeks to put tb. Golden Drift Dam,
thre. miles east. In geod condition for
th. irrigating season. Included in the
r.nifn will b. much ooacreto work and
heavy machinery xor pumping w im.
high land ditches.
Under th. new system these large
pumps will be placed on each side pf
tho river and will fill a .tring of
ditch.. 1J to 16 miles long. Work will
ha resumed soon upon the large grav.
Ity ditch which will be used for all
bottom land. Tne eompany aiso win
generate 4000 horsepower for electrical
purposes.
ARMORY MONEY GRANTED
County Court Allows SSOOP ior
SaJcm and JT000 for Woodbura.
satem. Or- Dec. . (Special.)
Grant of f0 to Salem and 7000 to.
Woodburn was mad. oy in. county
Court oday for new armories. The
court wa. waited on by a big delega
tion and received a petition represent
ing more than l,000.00i of property.
It is conditioned on the appropriation
by the cltv of Salem of 19000 and th.
state 118,000 In addition for the Salem
Armory.
Woodburn roust raise 7000 and the
state 114,000 for the Woodburn Ar
mory, the Salem building to cost
136.000 and th. Woodbura building
lis.ooo. Monejr from the stats is assured.
' . e
murderous and mysterious ws
the Blu. Mountalna. may meet Bis
Waterloo. In the last few day. numer-
inn. have been re-
celved her. from hunter, living in -all
parts of th. Northwest asaina ii -tlculars
regarding th. I&00 bounty of
fered for him. "
Trapper, and hunters m
Washington and Idaho ar.
in the capture.
That dogs, on wnicn mam uu.ij..
-.... .1 k. nracllcaiy useiesa
been' shown repeatedly, for the lion is
too cunning to allow "mero dog" to
bother him.
Although the Blue Mountains ranum
some of the most skillful nunters in
th. West all hav. failed to get a shot
at th. big animal, and only one roan
has seen him. altnougn eacu uism.
commits some depredation siays
horse, a cow or a hog. 'in. annual .
ers a trail SO miles long, yet on. night
h. may slsy a sheep at en. end and
v.. .,t nirht a horse at the other. He
works mysteriously and effectively.
BLOODY HAMMER FOUND
TET OFFICIALS DO NOT TH1XK
WOMAN WAS MTJRDEKED.
WOMEN MOST SIT
ON OLYWIPIA JURY
Justice Court Summons Those
Prominent in Society and .
Suffrage Cause.
DEFENSE OFFERS PROTEST
Discrepancy In Story of Self-Coa-
fessed Slayer Leads Them to Be
lieve She Wna Hit by Train.
MEnrnRD. Or.. Dec. 9. (Special.)
Although a blood-stained hammer was
found today "near tb. railroad track a
mile from here, where th. body of Mrs.
belle Ellis was found Wednesday morn
ing, exactly as B. L. Brooks, of Bids
burg, Canada, described It when ho
voluntarily confessed last night to
murdering the woman, local suuiuu
tles think that Brooks Is demented and
that Mrs. Ellis was killed by a train.
This theory was contained In a verdict
by the Coroner's Jury and no one
doubted it until Brooks announced to
.i,. niic taal he killed Mrs. Ellis
when she refused to give hlrn 60 cents.
xnere is on. puim -----whlcb
do.s not agree with facts. Be
say he was put ctf a ireigm iram
was walking to Medford along tho
track when ho met Mrs. Ellis. H.
asked her for money and when sh. re
fused him, he declares, no mi
over the head with a hammer he car-
l hi. nnrb.t. tbQ rODDea ucr
clothing. He says mis mw"""
Wednesday night, while the body was
found Wednesday morning.
Brooks says that after he hit the
... ... rnrw 1 11 n iiuiuuici " "
He has been In Jail ever since mi
night, but this evening a hammer, cov
ered with blood, was found In the spot
h H..crihad. This discovery adds
....... o .. u r tha Mi.
Brooks seems on the verge of a col
lapse and says he Is glad he Is locked
Word was received from Roseburg
today that Mrs. Ellis was well known
in rmiiirlaa County, where she lived for
several years. For two years she con
ducted a restaurant at Glendale, leaving
tvir ten months ago to accept employ
ment as cook in a lumber camp, near
Westfork. Sh. is supposed to have left
that plac. about a month ago. Sh. is the
wife of E. S. Ellis, at present residing In
California, and is also survived by a
daughter.
ROAD SEEKS WIDER SCOPE
Canadian Line Makes Plans to In
vade Alaska Minlns; Territory.
VANCOUVER, R C, Dec. The
British Columbia Alaska Railway
Company, Incorporated at the last ses
sion of the British Columbia Legisla
ture, is pplying at Ottawa for a
dominion i:harter conferring . general
The'company is seeking authority te
build railway front Lytton up the
Fraser River to Fort George, and
thence through the northern portion
of the Province to Alaska.
Th. company Intimate, that tne
American section of the road will ulti
mately prove a trans-Alaskan line,
with branches to th. various mining
districts.
Tacetns Postmaster Dead.
TACOMA. Wash., Dec Henry X.
Votaw. postmaster of Tacoma, died to
day after an illness of several months,
aged i 1 years. He came from Iowa 13
years ago. engaging in the real estate
business. His appointment as post
master in February, 1806. came about
through the efforts of the lat. Repre
sentative Cushman. He was a promi
nent member of the Masonic order and
was a Knight TmPar. Ha is sur
vived by his widow, thr. daughters
and two sons, also by bis parents, tw
sisters apd. two brothers
Ambulance Vsed as Dead' Wagon,
OLTMPIA, Wash., Dec . (Special.)
Protests have been filed with the
City Council against the action of an
Olympia llv.ry stable in renting out
the city ambulance to be used by a
local undertaking establishment as a
"dead wsa-on." Dr. R. Klncald, the city
health officer, has filed the complaint.
Suit Is One for Damages Sustained
In Runaway nd Will Decldo
Status or Women as Jurors.
Appeal Will Be Taken.
OLYMPIA. Wash., Dec. . (Special.)
Six prominent women of Olympia, all
leader In the suffrage movement, have
been summoned by Milton Giles, Justice
of tho Peace, to serve as Jurors in the
case of A. Koch, who Is suing to collect
510.05 damages from Fouls & Canneld,
Employes of the contractors set off a
blast while improving a atreet, and
frightened a team belonging to the plain
tiff. Tha women drawn as Jurors, or
"Juresses," as Soot, insist, are: Miss
B.rnlce Sapp, Supreme Court stenog
rapher and Thurston County leader of
the suffragists; Mrs. Paulina Graves,
president of the Thurston County Hu
mane Society; Mra J. W. Mowell, wife
of on. of th. leading physicians of Olym
pia; Miaa J.an McLeod. stenographer to
Governor Hay and secretary of the Olym
pia Suffragist Society; Rev. Geneva
Lake, an ordained pastor of the Spiritual
ist Church, and Mrs. Frank Blakeslee,
wife of the Democratic Olympia candi
date for the Legislature at the last elec
tion. . .
Th. list of rejected- names. 18 being
drawn and 12 stricken, was as follows:
Mra Mitchell Harris, wife of Mayor
Harris; Mrs. George Taylor, wife of a
prominent saloonman; Mrs. George Zern,
Mrs. Charles Peters. Mrs. George Blank
enshlp, a local newspaper woman; Mrs.
Victor Meyer. Mrs. T. D. Young. Mrs.
Charles Van Eaton. Mrs. Thompas Mac
Leay. president Olympia Rose Society,
Mrs. J. M. Hitt, wife Pf Stat, librarian,
Mrs. B- L. Sylvester and Mrs. William
Nunn, wife of the County Clerk.
John M. Wilsop, attorney for the de
fense, has protested against the Jury
drawn, but the plaintiff is not Objecting.
This suit, set for Vuesday, December 13,
will setae the status of women as jurors,
as It will be taken higher, whichever
side wins, say attorneys.
All women drawn are electors ana tax
payers either d'rectly or pn community
property.
TIMBER FIRM COMPLAINS
C. A. Smith Company Objects to In
crease In Tax Assessment.
ROSEBURG. Or.. Dec i.fSftdal.)-'
A'H'" "r,T. 8C. A. Smith
Timber Company has filed an appeal in
th. Circuit Court from the decision of
the Douglas County uoara "'ZT
tion. which Board denied a petition for
a reduction in tho 1910 assessment.
The eompany owns 8S.0OO acres of tim
ber land In Douglas County, upon which
the Valuation, total 8488,418. Th. assess
i...i.j n the land for th. year
1910 1. 81.88 higher than the assessment
in 1909, and upon this increase mo c
pany bases its objections.
v t if. .tw.i th timber company says:
"By reason of fires Bnd threatened fires
and by reason ef the distrust in the
minds of the public, created by disas
trous fires the past year, the value of
h. if anything, de-
UlllUCl w " ' - ,
creased."
Dayton Marshal May Lose Place.
Kivirnv Wash.. Dec 8. (Special.)
An Investigation committee may have
. v,. ,i.,.d here to decide whether
x Tr.rr Marshal, shall ba re
moved from office by Mayor-elect J.
A. Mulrbead. Strong opposition to the
present chief ha. developed .- Muir
haad's office today was crowded with
taxpayers clamoring for bis decision.
They got no satisfaction. Opponents
of Dor? say be ha. neglected his duties
snd that h. has held the office long
enough anyway.
Hood River powlers Active.
tmnn T3TVTTR fir.. Dec 9. (Special)
.Ther. Is considerable Interest in
bowling this year, and already teams
are being formed for tha championship
J .h. vallav. Yesterday Captain
H. DeWltt's team defeated Captain
.i n-o team, representing the
country, by the decisive score of t3Si
to 2284 ,
Pleasant, ereslg. Bencicial.
STABLE-OWNER IS SUICIDE
Ell Barnuxn, Sr., Suddenly Ends
Life at Lakevlew Home.
LAKE-VIEW. Or.. Dee. . The sui
cide here yesterday afternoon of Ell
Barnum. Sr., member of the firm of
Barn urn Rehart. proprietors of th.
Mammoth .table, th. largest establish
ment of its kind In Oregon, caused
much surprise among those who hav.
known Barnum for many years. The
deed waa dan. at th. family home. Bar
num firing a shot into his heart from
a heavy revolver. Temporary Insanr
ity. caused by brooding over family
matter.. I. given a. th. cause. H.
l.aves a wife, who Is a stepdaughter
of Charles Rehart. a prominent busl
aess man. aad three small children.
'OLD SLEUTH' STILL ACTIVE
Mysterious and Murderous Cougar
of Blue Hills Eludes Hunters.
nATTOls: Wash' Dec ..(Special.)
JjChrousab, jmilicitx. "Old flUiith,," hJ.
Syrup of Figs and Elixir of
Senna appeals to &e cultured
and the well-informed and the
healthy because its component
parts are simple and whole
some and because it acts with
out disturbing the natural func
tions, as it is wholly free from
every objectionable quality or.
substance. In its production a
pleasant and refreshing syrup,
of the figs of California is unit
ed with the laxative and car
minative properties of certain
plants known to act most bene
ficially, on the human system,
when its eentle cleansing is de
sired. To get its beneficial ef
fects, always buy the genuine,
for sale by all reputable drug
gists; one si?e only, price
fifty cents a bottle. The name
of the company California
Fig Syrup Cq. is always plain
ly printed upon the front of ev
ery package ot tne genuine.
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1
If
idrniag Syrup (o.
LOUISVILLE, KY.
SAU FRANCISCO. CAL.
NEW YORK, N. Y.
BRUM t CO.
PURE FOOD LIQUOR MERCHANTS
Extra Special Prices for the Opening of the
Madison-Street Bridge.
We will sell to our old friends and customers
ALL OUR CALIFORNIA WINES
AT Vz PRICE
The cost will be to you
45c Per Gallon and Up
Whiskies, per gallon. . , .?2.M to 910,00
Monogram Whisky, regular $2.00, bottled at distil
lery, spl today and next week, full qts.,only $1.50
Prompt Delivery by Our Own 'Auto Delivery.
Telephone in Your Orders.
DISTRIBUTERS FOR RAINIER PALE BEER
Corner First and Alder Streets
PHONES; MAIN S95S, MAIN 40S7 AND A 2958
Honored by Women
. f I
When from an speaKS m ncr
silent secret sufferinj she
trusts you, Million, have be-
stowed this mar oi count
dence oo Dr. ft. V. Pierce,
oi Buffalo, N. Y. Every
where there are women who
bear witness to the wonder
of Dr.
Pierce's Favorite Prescription
whioh saves the sufftring Mtx
fwnf az, and successfully
grapples with woman's weak. W
nesscs and ttubbor tils.
IT MAKES WEAK WOHEN STRONO
IT HAKES SICK WOMEN WELL.
- No woman's appeal was ever misdirected or her con
fidence misplaced when she wrote for advice, to
the World's Dupbnsaey Medical Association, lit.
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Dr. Picnx'l Pleasant Pellets Induce mild amtnral.bowal movement once a day.
saviNr, TIME W TELEPHONE
WEEN a man feels the necessity of being
in two places at the same time he goes
to the-nearest telephone and sends his voice.
It is not exactly the same thing, but when a man talks
hundreds of miles in opposite directions from the same
Bell Telephone, it is about as good.
In the daily use of the telephone a man travels all
ever town by wire in a few minutes. It is just as easy
to travel all over the state and other states by means
of the Universal Long Distance Service of the Bell
System.
The Pacific Telephone &
Telegraph Co.
Bv.rr Bell Telephone' la th. CtotM at
the System.
I9 mv little preen 6tamD
over the cork of that
battle?
If it is I guarantee the
whiskey to be absolutely
pure, perfectly aged
7bodold
' BottledJn Bono.
Since 1857 the Governments Standard of Purity
A