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Newspaper Page TextTIIE MORNING OltEGONIAN, "WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1911. 14 TIS DAMAGED BY FIRE Gas Explosion Starts Confla gration Causing Loss Es timated at $4000. FIREMEN HAVE HARD FIGHT Stiff Southerly Wind. Snow and Rain. Add to Difficulty Met la PirtfnUm Spread of lire to Wheat Warehouses. T?.ni.t nd atrenuous work by th firs drcirtmcDt in the face of a sting In. .nnlh.rl. htn hringinff IDOW and nin in .hoota. veaterdar prevented th spread of a dangerous fire that broke out shortly after 11 ocjoc at w slant of the Barber Asphalt Pavlni Company at tha foot of Randolph street For a time It was feared that Montgomery dock, wnere Kerr, oir ford Co. store most of their wheat The Barber riant suffered damage that Foreman W. M. Btrahn estimated at 14000. The property was valued at 15.000 and covered fully by Insurance. The Are started through a gas ex nimin. near the fuel oil tank. When the blaze gained rood headway an i . ..nh.it hrim tenltec dense clouds of smoke rolled along the Kast Side or tne narnor. loici imij-w-1 1 n. . ..Atiif Alarm and there gathered at the scene all available equipment. On the north, gravel bins of the Star Fand Company were mresieneu. uu lata, .ha. m-afar .UTinl' there for a short time they escaped Willi a scorcniuK- One of four motors osed to operat nt .v.. i.nt'a marhlnerv was in lured, but It Is not thought the othera will be out or commission ions. t-l .rHh.l tfnhart. . n H fTTlle Campbell both deplored the location of . ..l.nft V HMatiaa of its DfOX- imlty to the raln docks and the lower ferry slip, as there is usually sucn " mount of inflammable material being ...ji.j n.i -mnnrA in a blaze. When a permit waa secured for the works sir. Roberts said ne was aosem irora the city, but that he did not favor Its .oration. wh.r- th fir waa at its height As i.t.o rir. -hjr I.audenkloa was struck by a stream from the flreboat Ueorge lu niiuuni ana snocnea irura tne main aeca ox xne . lustalnlng ruts about the head and on his nose. He waa not seriously hurt. ALMAXCK SPRINGS LEAK Steamer Ordered to Be Lifted on Drjrdork Today for Repairs. Taking water at a rate that her steam curnt was barely able to keep In check, the steamer Alliance, of the North Pacific Steamship. Company's fleet, limped into port at an early hour esterday from Eureka and tool war. and today she wlil.be lifted on the Port of Portland drydock at St. Johns. Cap tain Albert Crowe, agent for the San Francisco Board of Underwriters, yes terdar made a survey of the vessel and today he will Inspect her hull with a t1w to ascertaining the least. The leak was sprung at sea while the steamer was laboring op the Coast Sunday night, when the heavy blow re ported here manifested itself outside, though It had prevailed with less strength during most of the day. Cap tain Crowe says that Captain Thorn- sen, master of the Alliance. Informed Mm that the steamer bad not struck at any port and simply opened a seam through the heavy pounding she re ceived In riding out the gale. Mi en tered the Columbia River late Monday afternoon and proceeded here during the night. Yesterday was spent In dis charging cargo. It Is not anticipated that her stay on drydock will be lengthy, unless difficulty is met with In locating the leak. T1LLA3IOOK B.W GETS AIDS Inspector Will Recommend Addi tional Light for Harbor. Range lights on both sides of the en trance to Tillamook Bay and additional Illuminations to mark the channel in sl'le are promised by Commander 3. M. Kllirott. Inspector of the Seventeenth Lighthouse district, but It Is doubtful If 11 lights petitioned for by commer cial interest on those waters will be granted. The situation waa thoroughly gone over 'yesterday and Commander Klllcott will forward his recommenda tions to Washington this week. I'ntll the Improvement of the bar and harbor Is completed under plana pro posed by the Government. Tillamook Bay will require assistance In the way of aids, but as Its commerce Is con fined to vessels of medium draft. It has not received the attention given otherl outside ports where commerce Is heavy. It Is proposd to sufficiently light the road from the bar to the principal towns aa far as Tillamook. A personal Investigation will be made of other conditions as soon as the Inspector ftnds an opportunity of making nls regular visit, which will be during the Spring. MAKER PROPOSES XEW ST TXT Bridge's Draw Descent Will Not Break an Egg SbelL Knglneer Mahar, representing Wad dell A Harrington, designers of the Hawthorne-avenue bridge, baa promised his friends that when slight changes are made In the controller used in the engine-room of th lift draw rid ing on the big span will be with such ease and under control so accurate that an egg can be placed on the pier rests and the draw stopped so gently that even the shell will not be cracked. There flows In Mr. Usher's veins a strong Celtic strain and during bis res idence in Portland his friends assert that he has made no pretension of be ing a magician, but when they com pare the weight of the draw to th is of an egg they talk of forming a -pool" that the hen product will share of the fate of "Hun-tpty Dumpty." The slight changea contemplated In . the controller will serve to more closely guage the "cut off. but Foreman Stuts man, of the bridge, says that If the op eration can be improved it will please him more, though he thinks the present gear fills requirements. Frieda Salts Today. Bound for QuMnstowtt or Falmouth for order the German sMp Frieda will leave th harbor this morning In tow of th ASPHALT PUN steamer Oklahoma. She cleared yester day with a cargo of 115,072 bushels of wheat valued at 107.811. STEAMER KITSAP TO BE SAVED Captain Hill Visits Seattle and Finds Wreck Moving. ' Captain F. R. Hill, of the tug Resolute, yesterday brought cheering news from Seattle to Joseph Supple, builder of the speedy steamer Kitsap, recently aunk on Puget Sound, when he Informed him that the work of salving .the craft was pro gressing and that she is being rapidly shifted from her first position In 110 feet of water toward shore. Mr. Supple was to have gone to Seattle to confer with the owners of the Kitsap before the work of raising her commenced, but he was delayed and then decided not to go until the matter of Insurance waa dis cussed. Meanwhile, a floating drydock was se cured and towed to a position over tne ITEAMES INTELLIGENCE. Dee ta Arrive. Name From - Data. Alllanr -Kur.ka In port J. H. stetson... San Francisco In port Anll Bandon In Prt Goldra Gal... Tlilamook. ...In port Henrlk lbsaa..hooa-kons 1 X""" Falcon .Sao Kranclaojln port Il.aTer n Pedro. .. In port Koanoke fan Pedro. ..In port ua H. ElmonTlllamook....Jaa. 14 Kear JSan Pedro... Jan l-t Breakwater. .. .Coos Bar. ...Jan. It Co. W. Elder. Smn Pedro. .. Jan- 13 Rose City aa ptdro... Jan. 18 Bcbedoled t Depart, Kama. Talcon. . . For. Da .Fan FranelscxJan. 11 11 11 11 12 12 II 13 IT IT 17 11 23 Oold.n Gat... .Tillamook. ...Jan. Jtoaaok. ... Alliance B.avcr AnvU J. B. Stetson. .han Pedro. Jan. . Jjureka. ..... Jan. .fan Pedro... Jan. . Panrinn Jan. . Pan Franrlaco Jan. .Hongkong. ...Jan. . 5in Prdro. .. .tan. .Coo Ha .Jan. Kenrlk Ibaen. . Bear Fraakirarar. Bua H. Elinor Oeo. W. Elder. Roe City . Tillamook.... Jan? .han Pedro... Jan. J3an Pedro. ..Jan. wreck. After considerable work, a cable waa slipped under the vessel's bow and another under her stern. Over the ends of each line was dropped a .huge steel ring and the cable ends were tlion drawn over the sides of the drydock and made fast. The dock waa submerged about 15 feet and the slack hauled In. Taking aavantage of the tides, which give an additional depth of about 10 feet, the dork was pumped out and tugs towed It with Its submarine load until the Kitsap struck on the bank, after which the operation was repeated. Captall Hill says he visited the. scene and that the owners are hopeful that the steamer will be recovered with but slight damage to ner superstructure. Marine Notes. Advices from the mouth of the Colum bia Isst evening were that the gale of Monday had blown Itself out. Flans for the new city dock at the foot of Stark street are being prepared and will be approved this month. Negotiations for a dock on the north side of the Yamhlll-street ship have been completed by the Rainier Slabwood Com pany, which will establish yards there. Captain Ledlngham. of the Inveravon, expects that his vessel will go to sea from the lower harbor today. Captain Lewis left today for San Francisco en route to England, and Captain Rendle, who reached here as mate of the Inver ness-, will take her home. In general cargo from. San Francisco, the steamer Johan Poulsen yesterday entered at the Custom-House, and when she departs Friday for San Francisco she will have aboard (50 tons of wheat and , feet of lumber. The steamer Washington cleared with EjO.OuO feet of lumber for San Francisco and the Ger man ship Frieda with a grain cargo for Europe. Movements of Veaecls. . PORTLAXO. Jan. 10. Arrived Steamer Alllanr. from Eureka and Con Bat: steam er Kalnl.r. from an Francisco: steamer J. A. Chanalor. from Mn Franclaro: ateamer fhaata. from Kan Prdro. balled Htram.r Itreak water, for Coo Bar: ateaxnar xtom City, for Han Pedro: steamer Vormlte-. for Mtn r ranctaco: staamer vaanmgtoa. xor oaa Franclaco. Astoria. Jan. 10. Condition at the moutn of th river at ft P. M.. rough: wind, south weat. 13 miles: weather, raining. Palled at . A. M.. stcam.ra Capaatrano and W. 8. Por ter, for Han Francisco. Arrived at 8 and left up at :30 A M.. at.amers Elalnler and J. A. Chanslor. from San Francisco, and Shaa- a. from Pan Pedro. Arrived at s A. al.. team.r halm. from Pan Pedro. Arrived dowa at lo A. M.. French barq Buffon. Ar rived at :1 and left up at P. 34.. steamer Shoshone, from San Franclaro. Pea Francisco. Jan, 10. Palled at mid night, steamer Caaco, for Portland. Arrived at 11 A. M.. steamer Bear, from Pan Pedro; at noon, strnraer Hoa City, from Portland. Point Jtrrea. Jan. 10. raseeu nteamer Olympic, from Portland, for San Pedro. P.n Pedro. Jan. lo. Arrived veatevdav. Steamer Klamath, from Portland. Pyrtney. Jan. lo. Arrived erhoonar Geo. E. Hilling, from Columbia River. Ran Franclaro. Jan. 10. Arrived etteamee G. C. I.lndaur. from Graya Harbor: riw- port. from uaadon: i;iarmont. rrora v. II lupa: schooner bnow and Flurgeea, from ndlow: Sierra, rrora viineimina: Dark Andrew TV-lch. from Honolulu. Sailed t.mra WlllaDa. for V lllapa: Col. EL L. Drake, for Seattl; Bark Star of Zealand, for Ladrsmitb- Seatti. Jan. lo. arrivec. Kiaa. uuernsey. Maverick. Admiral Pampaon and Queen, from n Franel.ro. Sailed steamer uovraor. for San Franclaro. Tacoma. Jan. 10. Arrived Steamer Ad mtral K.mDon. from Pan Franclaro: achoon- er Wawona, from San Dlfgo. Imparted British steamer Bell of Spain, for West at. Tides at Astoria Wedaesday. High. Low. 9:18 A. M .8 8 feeti2:ST A. M 8 8 feet .3 feet 4:37 P. M...0.2 foot 11:10 P. il WIFE DESERTION CHARGED Hood River Man Arrested at Pasco; Anto Starts Trouble. . PASCO. Wash.. Jan. 10. (Special.) Paul Hubbard, a piano salesman, and who came to this city from Hood River, Or., waa arrested Saturday night and Is now In the City Jail on a charge of wife desertion. It Is alleged that his man has a wife and family at Hood River. Or. Several months ago. ccordlng to th story of Hubbard, he and a friend were out automoblllng one evening at Hood River, when the car broke down forcing th occupants to remain at a house by the way. Later hla wife bearing of the situation through a brother 'who lived a short distance from this place, put the mat ter op to Hubbard and a family .quar rel ensued. A alius Tyler, who has been living with the Hubbard family for the past two years, was also an occupant of ha automobile the evening in ques tion. Several weeks ago Miss Tyler cam to Pasco and secured employment as a linotype operator in tne ottice 01 he Pasco Express, bhoruy alter air. Hubbard came to the city. At the time of hla arrest. MUDoara was engaged as pianist at th Crystal Theater. He la a man with a splendid rttitns ' voice and has taken part in several church entertainments. Pend ing arrival of the Hood Klver authori ties. Hubbard will be kept In th Coun ty JalL Jobless Man Kilhi Wire and Seir. OI-EA.V. N. T.. Jan. 10. Word was received here .today of a double crime t IJttle Valley, where Edwin Smith probably fatally beat bis wife with a hammer and then cut his own throat from ear to ear with a razor. Th man ad been looking for work several day a Finding none. It Is said he de- la red that he would kin his wile. They have five children CAPRICIOUS WIFE SPOILS HIS LIFE Husband Wants Divorce Be cause He Says She Prefers Other Men. NAGGING WAYS DISTURB William Yepkc Alleges Wife Tie plored Marriage, Calling Him "Sawed-Ofr Midget" Others Suo for Separation. William Teske. in asking the Circuit Court yesterday to grant him a divorce from Adcle Teske, charged that she Is a most capricious and flirtatious person, much given to attending public dances and frequenting public grills. Here are some of the things he charged against her in his complaint: Wrote erotic letters to John Roth. Went to dances with Henry Silverfleld. Went to other dances with Frank Sil verfleld. Formed a strong attachment for Peter North. Frequented public grills in company with Henry Einfeldt. Went out to dinner with George Hale. Went out repeatedly In company with George Mays. . Yeske charges that some of thes co respondents are married and some are single, and that his wife showed great dovotlon to each In his turn. She always treated him In a nagging and petulent manner and once exclaimed, "Why didn't I marry a big fine fellow Instead of a little sawed-off midget like you?" Noise Too Much for Papa. Once Mrs. Rose M. C. Power left her Infant daughter with her husband. John 1. Power, while she went to the dining room at the Roycrest, where they were living. While she was away the baby began crying, and Instead of walking the floor with the child In the fashion of normal papas. Power called in Mrs. R. IX Brent from next door and exclaimed, "Take the damn kid I can't stand tne noise." Mrs. Power recited this and numerous other Instances of lnfelilcty, in a divorce complaint which she tiled with the Cir cuit Court yesterday. She says her hus band has persisted In a course of cruel and Inhuman conduct, swearing at her, threatening to strike her and recently telling her she wasn't any better than Minnie, his flrst wife. As "Minnie" had been painted In many hues of ebony, Mrs. Powers says she was not nattered at tne comparison. She asks the custody of their child and JTS a month alimony. Woman Wants Alimony. Altfen M. Chamberlain's efforts to be released from further payment of 130 a month alimony for the support of his child was vigorously resisted In the Cir cuit Court yesterday by his divorced wife. In an affidavit nled with the court Mrs. Chamberlain swore that Chamber lain never supported- her during their married life: that he stripped her of every dollar her father gave her; that he took from her the proceeda oi ner larjor. and that the small amount he now gives towards the maintenance of the child Is altogether Insufficient. The child has been very sick recently and doctor bills have been Incurred, which, she says, she Is struggling hard to meet. Chamberlain promised her. sn says. that If she would make the divorce com plaint mild and not tell all she knew about him he would not resist xne pay ment of support money at any time be- fore their child became of age unless she should get married again. SPOUSES USE HARD EPITHETS Husband and Wife Relate Griev ances Against Partners. Unkind, abusive, quarrelsome, threat ening, vulgar, blasphemous, violent. In timidating, cruel that Is the picture William Mann draws of his wife, Helen M. Mann. In a divorce complaint- Qled with the Circuit Court yesterday. They were married in February. 10. and her arduous temper began assert ing itself at once, he says. Last March she hit him over the head with a stick of firewood, a month later followed up the attack with a blow over the head from an Iron basting spoon and In August smashed him In the mouth with breadpan, driving his pipe into his mouth and lacerating his tongue. His married son called on him soma time ago, bringing his young wife, who waa 111. The elder Mrs. Mann promptly called a policeman and ordered th visitors thrown out of the house. So he wants a decree of abso lute divorce, he says. May Floyd had grievances nearly as great to recite against Clarence C Floyd. By a strange coincidence they were married three days after the hap less Mann ceremony was performed in 1904. She says her husband became cruel at once and never has outgrown It. She works as a waitress In a restau rant and one of his favorite pastimes, she avers, la to drop In and abuse her In the presence of scores of people. He Is cruel. Inhuman, abusive, shame ful, humiliating and profane, she says. She asks a divorce and 15 a month alimony. Fraudulent Conveyance Charged. Fraudulent transfer of property to defeat a Judgment Is charged by W. F. Ball against A. Lane and his wife In an action filed with the Circuit Court yesterday. Ball secured a Judgment against the Lanes for 12800 two months ago. When the Sheriff went to levy on the Lane property it was found to have been transferred to Lane's broth er, Frank. Ball charges now that the sole purpose of th transfer was to de fraud him of the amount owed. He asks that the conveyance be declare! null and void. Wrist Lacerated, Woman Sues. Anna L. West wants the Citizens' Bank and the Lambert-Whltmer Com pany to pay tier 5035 for a lacerated wrist- In a complaint filed yesterday with the Circuit Court she sets up that she was summoned to the Lambert Whltmer Company'a Kast Side office to sign a document. When passing Into the place she was struck on the wrist by a pane of glass that fell out of a rickety door. The accident caused her to be confined In bed two days and necessitated a doctor bill of $35. In addition she says she suffered to 'th extent of zauoo. Street Railway Sued for $10, ISO. B. E. McAvinney sued the Portland n.iiw.v T.lo-ht A Power Comnanv in the Circuit Court yesterday for $10,130, alleging that through the company's carelessness he was permanently In jured September last. In attempting to kri.r w ear ha waa thrown and dragged 50 feet, b alleges. In addition to $10,- 000 damages, he asks $130 for repay ment of money paid out by him in doctor and hospital fees. Woman Sues for Detention. Elizabeth E. Stephens brought suit against the Meier & Frank Company in the Circuit Court yesterday for $L'5,000 damages. She charges that the company seized her a few days ago, held her for half an hour and shamefully mistreated her because of a groundless suspicion that she was stealing from the store house. Her complaint covers less thnn one typewritten page and Is one of the shortest complaints ever filed in the court In a damage catte. DEPOSITS SHOW INCREASE National Banks Have $576,422 More Deposits Than Year Ago. Increase In deposits amounting to $676,423.87 In the five National Banks of Portland Is the record made at the close of business January 7. the date of the call for statements by the Controller of the Currency, compared with the totals for the corresponding call of last year. Following bo closely after the holi day trade, when deposits are reduced to a . considerable extent, the banks did not make as good a showing as they would have done had the call been made the last of the month. The bankers say that fully 40 per cent of the wheat crop Is still unsold and it will be several days before a large part of the returns of the crop now moving are received. Comparative figures of the corre sponding calls are as follows: Bank Jan. 31. 1910. Jan. 7. 1911. First National . .$ia,:l.V7.K.r.T.K6 $13.1.r6.1'S3.00 U. 8. National... s.l6.00u.33 10,4SS.2S2.l4 Bank of Califor nia 4,133.599.91 3.SS1.972.7S Merch ants Na tional 3.176.36.S6 2.G0S.344.O4 Lumbermen Na- tional - 2.se.l40.51 3.000.586.0S Total $.i:..-.Sb.!K7.17 $33.i33.420.04 Increase, i574.422.S7. TIMBER SUIT COMPROMISED Bunker Hill & Sullivan Settles With Government for $389 8. Judgment against the Bunker Hill & Sullivan Mining & Concentrating Com pany for $3S!'S was taken in the Federal Court yesterday by United States District Attorney McCourt The company and the Government settled for this amount, although the suit originally was brought for $21,000. The mining corporation was charged with having cut a large quan tity of timber upon Government land to make Into stulls for the support of the mining tunnels. In defense the corporation contended that It had a right to . cut the timber, as the Federal Court permitted it where the cutting waa done on mining land. A Supreme Court decision was cited, how ever, to show that if timber Is cut upon Government. land by mining corporations the corporations must prove that It Is really mining land, and not timber orj agricultural land. The mine is operating In the Coeur d Alenes, but tne corpora tion Is organized under the Oregon laws. Government counsel held that timber may not be cut by a foreign corporation. s ROBBERY CHARGE FAILS Saloonmnn Cannot Be Held on Evi dence of Alleged Accomplice. ,. stnlw tAtHmnnv acrAfnst hi in w that of an admitted accom plice, Kdgar Peterson. a Burnside- treet saloonkeeper, was aismisseu in il I f . . . ..AaA Aar mAPtllttV fit JaUHICJIiai V-U J k ;coi.iu.j - n complicity In the robbery of Peter Mo- Jllie. JliU nciauii, w hj wv.' .-viuw in the crime and accused Peterson of inspiring the act. received a sentence of 180 days at the rockpile. Mollne complained of losing G5 when drunk. Patrolman Grlsim saw Peter son and Nelson scuttling and made in quiries. Peterson accused Nelson of the theft and said that 10 had been offered him to keep silence. Nelson said that Peterson had prompted him and two others to rob Mollne and had had hla share of the money. A war rant was Issued for the saloonkeeper, but as there was no evidence but that of Nelson, a conviction could not. be secured, and the charge against Peter son was dismissed. IDAHO IMPROVEMENT BIG Oregon Short Line Will Expend $7,000,000 This Year. BOISE. Idaho. Jan. 10. (Special.) Ofifclal Announcement was made here today by the Oregon Short Line of ex tensions and Improvements within this state for 1911. They aggregate an approximate ex penditure of $7,000,000 and cover 211 miles of new railways as follows: Boise yard and terminals, platform exten sions, etc., 17066; track to be laid on grade from Caldwell to Homedale. 11. i' miles, estimates J114.645; 'extension from Richfield to High Prairie Sum mit, 67.2 miles, estimate $1,596,800; ex tension from Burley to Kelton Summit, traversing the Raft River project, 60.5 miles, estimate $2,046,000; track from Ashton to Brlggs, 87.5 miles, estimate $994,957; extension from Buhl to Salmon River ..crossing. 8.6 miles, estimate $256,865; extension from Nlsea east toward Homedale, 26 miles, estimate $778,950. Everv- man who works in the open should 'use Webfoot Oil Dressing. Not a shine, but the best shoe grease made. Preserves the leather and makes shoes absolutely waterproof- All ahoe and general stores. " Winter Winds Buffet in Vain Against Well Nourished Bodies G rape' meets the body's requirements ' for those essential elements which provide true nourishment It is the product of a food expert "There's a Postum Cereal Co., Ltd. The One Complete Writing-Adding Machine is the New Model 11 .TYPEWRITER with Wahl Adding and Subtracting Attachment It writes the headings; it writes the items; it writes the amounts; it adds the mounts; it makes subtractions from the amounts; it gives the totals; it writes the totals; it proves the correct writing of the totals; it writes as many copies as you want; It does everything. Absolutely satisfactory service is guaranteed to every purchaser of the Remington Remington Typewriter Company (Incorporated) 249 Stark Street BIRTH RATE HIGH Stork Well Ahead of Reaper in Portland Records. INFANT MALADY BAFFLES Health Officer Wheeler Reports Relatively High Rate of Deaths lYom Ivittle Understood Dis ease of Children. Race suicide was not In evidence In Portland during 1910, for in the annual report of Health Officer Wheeler, filed yesterday. It is shown that there was an average of 15.10 births to every 1000 people, and that there were 989 more births than deaths in the city during the year. The average number of deaths to each 1000 people was 11.20. These ratios are based upon the census re turns made by the Federal Government. The number of babies born during the year was 3324, while the total number of deaths was 2335. There were 82 more boys born than girls, and of the total number of deaths all but 41 were of the white race. A high rata of infantile paralysis is shown In the report. In 36 cases re ported, there were 20 recorded deaths, and Dr. Wheeler reports that these fig ures may "be Incomplete. Infant Malady Little Understood. "Infantile paralysis has been quite prevalent during the year," he says in Ills report. "The reporting of these dis eases waa not complete, therefore It Is Impossible to give the exact number, or the percentage, of deaths. The knowi edge of this disease Is not great. Little is known of the method of dissemination and the treatment and prevention is not at "all satisfactory. Exclusion from school for a perioid of two weeks of all children of the family wherein tne ais- ease has occurred and fumigation of the house is generally followed.' Fatalities from other contagious dis eases during the year are reported as follows: Smallpox, 40 cases and no deaths; scarlet feder, 631 cases and 23 deaths; diphtheria, 368 cases and 44 deaths: measles, 889 cases and tnree deaths; chlckenpox, 153 cases and no deaths; whooping cough. 81 cases and nine deaths; typhoid fever, 216 cases and 47 deaths. "Smallpox has given us but little trouble." says Dr. Wheeler in his re port. "Had It not been for the lack of a proper diagnosis In one case, we would have had but about half the number of cases." City's Xeeds Outlined. Tlie most necessary things to be ob tained for the" health of the city, ac cording to Dr. Wheeler's opinion, are the following: "A suitable receiving hospital for minor cases and for the care tempor arily of such cases aa the hospitals re fuse to care for. , "A hospital with suitable grounds for the care of contagious diseases. "A systematic method of collecting gar bage and other refuse of the city; one that would not be unsightly and noi some." Concerning the work of inspectors and school examiners, the report contains the following: "The school examiners and the school nurse gave generally good service In an educational, as well as the more prac tical, work of detecting communicable diseases. Our one sanitary inspector has been kept busy, and it seems ridiculous that a city of over 200,0"0 Inhabitants Reason Battle Creek, Mich. E MING TON should have but one sanitary inspector. The market Inspector has done good work during the year.' "The Immediate assistants to- the Health Officer have been kept busy In specting, quarantining, releasing and fu migating. The growth of the city has increased the work of the City Physi cian and nearly all his. time is required doing police-surgeOn work at the Jail and the hospitals." ASTOR DOG IS EXPECTED Strange Animal May Accompany Owner to Celebration. People of Astoria who will celebrate next Summer the centennial of the founding of that city, the first settle ment on the Paorfic Coast, are much interested In announcement that Colonel John Jacob Astor, descendant of the founder, has found a rare curiosity in his "bear dog," and will ask him to bring the strange animal to the cele bration. Colonel Astor, according to the re ports which have interested the Astor lans, has an animal that seems to be half dog and half bear. He bought It from gypsies In the Pyrenees moun iatSS if MjaWhT1IITrTriii u-.w arr .vr ai ai mwr aTMIW kilbt m .aft if v mty ' w rar .ur a-i.. Suit Department January Drive Sale Extra Special! 450 Man-Tailored Suits FOR WOMEN AND MISSES ALSO STOUTS SIZES UP TO 52 BUST MEASURE Ranging in Price From $22.50 to $45.00 ALL- LATE FALL MODELS They represent the best tailoring, style, materials and finish, as you would expect in a suit for which you paid three times the prices we ask. The assortment comprises serges, cheviots, worsteds, basket weaves and broadcloths. "We have taken the entire lot and Divided Them Into 4 Lots $22.50 TO $30.00 NOV $12.75 $30.00 TO $35.00 NOW..... ..... $14.75 $35.00 TO $40.00 NOW .-. . - .$16-75 $40.00 TO $45.00 NOW $18.75 Also 100 Suits RANGING IN PRICE FROM $45.00 TO $65.00 DIVIDED INTO TWO LOTS $45.00 AND $50.00 NOW $21.75 $55.00 AND $65.00 NOW, ............. .$23.75 Muslin Underwear Specials 40c CORSET COVERS-NOW ....25 75c CORSET COVERS NOW 45 85c CORSET COVERS NOW......... 58 $1.50 GOWNS NOW $2.00 GOWNS NOW ' .$1.15 $2.50 GOWNS NOW. $1-65 $1.50 COMBINATIONS NOW .98 $2.00 COMBINATIONS NOW $1.15 $2.50 COMBINATIONS NOW. . . . . .$1.65 $2.00 SKIRTS NOW .$1.15 $2.50 SKIRTS NOW .$1.65 $3.00 SKIRTS NOW .$2.00 Compare Our Prices With Others We Urge Comparison. ALL MILLINERY REDUCED tains. He says it walks with a "wadd ling gait." and is wholly unknown to the scientists of New York. It Is main tained that the "bear dog" is unlika anything seen before In this country and Colonel Astor has offered $5000 to anyone who will enter in the dog show at Madison Square Garden in New Yoik a similar "bear-dog." Colonel Astor is expected to repre sent his illustrious ancestor of the same name at the Astoria celebration and probably will be made honorary chairman. Pasco Depot Agent Arrested. PASCO, Wash., Jan. 10. (Special.) J. P. Richards, until recently night agent at the Pasco Northern Pacific depot, is lodged in jail upon a warrant sworn out by Margaret Roseman of , this city, .alleging that Richards de frauded her out of room and board for $35. Richards left a wife at this place who was ignorant of his whereabouts. Richards Is a nephew of I. B. Richards, the superintendent of the Western Di vision of the Northern Pacific with headquarters at Tacoma. Wash. To thawr out frozen water pipes without danger of bursting them or t-f Igniting- surrounding- woodwork ia the pur;ae o a new electrical appliance. i