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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1911.
PROPOSED LINE
SPENDS BIG SUM
Mount Hood Railway Outlay Al
ready Is $1,200,000,
Say Officials.
FURTHER COSTS INCURRED
l'om.anj Dans to Enter Vigorously
Into Power BnlnfM Proposed
Ilates Have IlffD Considered
With Great Care.
Blnoe starting operations In Portland
and vicinity the) Mount Hood Railway te
Power Company has expanded
In construction and development work
and ordrr have been placed (or nia
chin ry and cth-r material that will ne
csaltate an Immediate additional outlay
of more than .
The company ha applied (or (ran
c'usea ot only In Portland, hut In St.
J 1. na. M'lwaukle. Oswego. Vancouver
Washnujsal and other town In Oregon
and Washington and ex;erta to auk (or
grants In several additional place. Con
tracts have been let and work hoe been
started on an auxiliary steam power
Unt capable of generating " horse
power of electricity on the Peninsula
wlihtn the city limits and work Is being
riahed on the mammoth hydraulic elec
trie plant at Bull Hun- This will be
completed early In the Fall of Il 1 1- The
local plant will be done May 1. accord
Ing to the term of the contract. Orders
(or supplies Include large quantities of
p-l'. wires. Insulators, generators,
trntformera and turbines and will be
delivered here as fast as they ran be
secured from the Eastern and Western
ma n u fact ure ra.
The present plana o( the company pro
vide (or the construction o( the line from
I'nrtland to Sandy. 3 mile, and the dia
trtDutkm of power to local conimers.
Future extensions to the road have not
bn determined, but It Is possible that
t line eventually will reach the les-
chutea baala.
All of the work has been done and 1
h-me; done under the direction of K- C
;il!l-. chairman of the board of directors
f the company, and Cecil It. Hmlth. of
the engineering firm of Smith, Kerry c
Chance, of Toronto. OnL
Th purpoae of the company." aaid
Mr. Gillis Mrdr. "Is. of coure. to do
bustneas. and nceaaarliy It must meet
any already existing buaineas that may
be owned or controlled by other Inter
eat "We believe that the people will' sus
tain tue Council l.i promptly granting
the franchise that wtU enable us to com
plete our road and to place u In a psl -tun
whereby we ran a-rve the po-4e of
1'ortland with power, electric lights. 1 n -terurban
and urban transportation to
and from the heart of the city.
"We positively hare no connection In
s (lnan-faJ or any other way with either
tlie ;!1 or the ilarrtman railroad aval-ma
We are operating entirely with
Independent and unrelated capital and
eipect no oppoaltlun from the Hill. Har
I man or any other tranarontlnnetal line.
The queation of franchlw Is up to the
t'llr of Portland and the people of this
cty vpon our merits alone.
' We want only that which Is Just and
reasonable, and If there la anything la
either one of the franchises that the
pub U- ought not to (rant, our manage
iii. nt Invlirs the public to point It out.
"v. b-Ileve that the Executive Hoard
will place a reaaonable valuation upon
oiir lighting franchise now before It and
promptly report It back for passage.
"Our company Invites the moat critical
and careful examination of Ita fran
chises and If the counties of Multnomah
and Clackamas want competition In the
Important matters that we propose to
serve, they will urge that they be grant
ed. The atreet committee will meet at 1:30
rext Tuesday to consider the matter
d.-nnltely and Anally to decide t.'-e loca
tion of the railway route through the
streets that wl'l be of the best Interests
to the cty. The company hopes that
the property owners will be willing to
s.a'at the Council In determining that
location.
"Inasmuch as our rates have been at
tacked, we want to explain that the
question of rates has been considered
with great care and are based upon the
rates charged In other cities and upon
t ie experience of Mr. Smith and his asso
ttatee In other parts of the country.
"The company e rea.ly to recognize
an reasonable objection of property
owners abutting ar.y street through which
we propose to operate, but we hope that
tl.e people of Portland. Including those
en the various affected streets, will not
ylel.t to any organised effort to prevent us
from entering the city."
Hood River, ara staying at the Im
perial.
B. G. Lin dorr. an. of The Dalles. Is at
the Oregon.
F. O. H ant 11. of Hop. Idaho, is
the Ramapo.
II. I. Roe. of Goldendale. Wash., la
at the Perkins.
Mlas R. Carpenter, of 51 osier, is at
the Cornelius.
Ike Blumauer. of Tenlno. Wash, is
at the Cornelius.
C. R. ArundelL. of Seattle, la regis
tered at the Ramapo.
Mrs. John U Rand, of Baker, is stay
Ing at the Portland.
U W. Bennett, of Marshfield. la reg
istered at the Portland.
O. K. Pulham. of Antelope. Is reg
istered at the Oregon.
Mr. and Mrs. I. St. John, of Cbrvallta.
are staying at the Lenox.
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Ford, of The"
Dalles, are at the Perkins.
Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Carey, of Marah
land, ara staying at the Oregon.
Pprague Rledel and John F. Morrill.
of Medford. ara at the Portland.
Mrs. E. II. Webb, of Wenatchee,
Wash, is staying at the Cornelius.
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Richardson, of
Grande, are staying at the Perkins.
R. R. Williams. Republican National
committeeman for Oregon, of Dallas, la
at the Imperial.
J. A. White, a civil engineer of Mar
shall. Mich, who came to Portland to
locate, la at the Lenox.
R. G. Smith, an attorney of Grants
Pass, who was a candidate on the Demo
cratic ticket against Representative Haw-
leyT is registered at the Imperial.
K. W. Rowe. of the druggist firm of
Rome at Martin. Is HI at his home. 6i
Rodnev avenue, am a result of a nervous
breakdown. Dr. W. 11. ltoyd. who l In
charge of the patient, says the casa is
not serious.
NEW YORK. Feb. . 4 Special.) Ho
tel arrivals hers tosy from the Pacific
Northwest were:
From Portland Miss C. B. Myers, at
the Algonquin: B. A. Edgar, at the till
sey; Miss It. Koehler. Mrs. R-'Koehler.
at the Hotel Astor: D. N. Turney, at
the Navarre.
From Olympla J. J. Benner. at tha
Grand.
From Tacoma R. A. Bprouae. at the
King Edward: E. S. Dim mock, at the
Wolcott,
From Fpokane Mlas M. Elllngaon.
at the Cumberland: F. J. Sonnekee. at
tha Union Square; A. A. Haddad, at the
Victoria.
From Seattle Mrs. M. Wsrdall, at
the Martinique: I O. Merrell. at tha
Aldlne: J. K. C'Mlberg. Mrs. J. K. Chll
berg, at the I'lasa: Miss E. H. Cox.
Miss M. A. Kelley. at tha Seville; W. A.
Care w. at the Navarre; Mrs. T. It. Starr.
t the Hrealln.
CIUCAtkJ. Feb. t. (Special.) Ore
gon hotel arrivals today in Chicago
were:
From Portland Great Northern. Mr.
and Mrs. G. L. Wallace; Hood River
Congress. Mrs. R. S. Davidson: Grants
Pass Great Northern. Elmer S. Shank.
EN PLAY DEEP
POLITICAL GAME
Mystery Envelops Decision to
Go to Salem in Support
of Food Bill.
WORKERS MAKE CANVASS
Bailer's Declaration of Authorship
Gives Impetus to Movement of
Consumers League In
dorsements Arc Solicited.
amination ofa child of Isaac Quiflander
that died at the Quiflander home near
Clatskanie Tuesday. An analysis of the
stomach will likely be made in the la
boratory of the State Board of Health
to determine the cause of death.
Quiflander. a widower with four chll
dren. brought his family from Finland
last Fall and married a widow with three
children, near Clatskanie. One of Qulf-
lanier's children died last December
without medical attention and in Jan
uary another of his children died with
out medical attention. When the last
one recently became ill neighbors In
sisted that a doctor be summoned, and
Dr. Wood In. of Clatskanie, was called.
He found the child almost dead, suffer
lug with symptoms of ptomaine poison
ing. The child died a few hours later.
On account of the peculiar circum
stances surrounding the series of deaths.
Dr. Woodin called Frank Sherwood, Cor
oner of Columbia County, at Rainier,
and tne Coroner decided to hold a post
mortem and the result will determine
the necessity for holding an Inquest. Dr.
White was asked to attend the autopsy
with Dr. Woodin, ao that .if the cause
of death Is not determined the stomach
may be brought to Portland for analysis.
LOW RATE IS EXPECTED
ICOSK KFSTIVAL FAKE AWAITS
LOCAL ADJl'STM EXT.
A delegation of women representing
the Consumers" League will visit the
legislature today In another effort to
Induce the law-making body to pass
their bill placing dnlry and food Inspec
tion under supervision of the State
Board of Health. The women have a
plan which they will not divulge, that
they hope will be successful in piloting
the bill through, but the campaign will
be aa vigorously carried on in the mean
time of soliciting Indorsements and influ
ences to aid them should today's effort
(ail.
From early In the morning until lato
last night members of the league were
busy campaigning. Several conferences
were held In the course of the day. at
which reports wera received from work
ers throughout the city and late In the
afternoon a summing up of what had
been done led to a decision to visit tho
legislature again and renew their efforts
before using all their ammunition.
The line of work yesterday was In the
nature of a "still hunt" and not ono
woman could be found who would tell
what was going on. An air of mystery
surrounded the dny's campaign and in
dicated that a deep game of politics was
being played.
The sudden Impetus given the move
ment to drive the bill through the Leg
islature, brought nbout by the asser
tions of J. W. Bnlley, State Dairy and
Pure Food Commissioner, that he was
the author of all the pure food laws in
Oregon, also had the effect of develop
ing the fact that members of the Con
sumers League have a knowledge oi
politics with which they were not
credited. Some of the members sat at
telephone moat of the day, while oth-
era were whisked mysteriously about the
city In automobiles. Not an Inkling of
bat was done was given out.
CITY DELAYS PURCHASE
FIKE HOSE TO BE SUBJECTED
TO CLOSE SCBXTIXY.
Manufacturing Firm Pleads for
Chance, Saying Rotted Goods Re
cently Sent Due to Spite.
BAIL
Railroads Sliow Friendship by Ctl)
Subscriptions and Preparations
for Advertising.
PKOPO.-tD IJXK IS OPPOSED
Irrtnston tlliieu Will Ak City
Council Not to Grant Franchise.
ObVctina will be made by residents
ef Braaea street In the Irvlngton d;e-t-U-t
to the placing of the line of tha
Mount Hood killaar at power Company
am tiat thoroughfare. The objection
wilt be voiced when the street commit
tee of tNa City Council meet In special
evasion to eorwt.ier tue franchise next
T'idAy afternoon.
Ttiat tha street Is too narrow, tbst the
railroad would greatly depreciate prop
erty values and ttiat It would destroy the
peace ami q'liel of the neighborhood, are
the main oujectlona to be set forth by
t prase street people. Theee were
tie points raised by otlra living In
Irrtnston when the eubject waa previ
ous: r under mnaideratlon aa to Weldler.
lialer and Knott streets.
It le generally understood that there
w.ll h complaint agttnat the laying of
the track wherever It goes, and It was
becauae of IMi that the atreet comm.t
teo of tha Council fixed upon liraaee
a: reel. It waa a d at that laac aa-saion
of the committee that the people of
Kncouraglng reports regarding spe
cial reduced rates for the next Port
land Rose Festival wera received yes
terday by Assistant General Passenger
Agent Scott, of tha Harrlman lines,
from William McMurray. his chief, who
Is attending the meeting of the Trans
continental Passenger Association in
Chicago. The word which Mr. Scott
had. and which also waa given to tha
Rose Festival, waa to tha eTTect th
heae farra were being held In abey
ance until some local condltiona involv
Ing rates In Intermediate territory had
been settled.
It waa awld at Featlval headquarters
that In addition to getting out one of
he finest Illustrated bookleta ever pro
ducrd by the advertlatng department o
he Harrlman lines, this system already-
had contributed 11000 In cash to the
Festival fund. This money waa turned
over some weeks ago. and supplemental
another fund which these lines have
appropriated for an extensive campaign
of billboard and poster advertising.
Wa have great hope that Mr. Mc
Murray will be able to awing things In
our favor, so far as tha low excursion
rates are concerned." said President
Hoyt yesterday. "The Harrlman and
Hill, lines have given f 1000 each to the
general fund, and now all that remains
(or tha railroads to do to make the
next celebration a. tremendous success
Is to grant ua tha same low rates that
the big (aira and conventions have re
reived, and I (eel confident that when
the March meeting of the Transconti
nental Passenger Association la held
the Festival will be included In the low
(are announcements.
"Never In th hlatory of Northwest
rn railroad .advertising has any event
or its character received the universal
attention by the railroads that th Rose
Featlval has." explained Mr. Scott- "It
is going to receive more genuine and
widespread advertialng of a high class
than anything In this country outside of
the Lewis and Clark and the Seattle
fairs have received. Our people feel
sure that the Transcontinental Passen
ger Association will grant tha same
ratea to th Rose Festival that It ac
cords to any other big gathering of Na
tlonal Importance."
DAIRYMAN IS FINED $25
Mixture of Two Fare Products
Adulteration, Court Rules.
That a mixture of two pur products
was not an adulteration under the law.
was th defena offered by W. F. Davis,
proprietor of the Daviaa Sn.nl pure Dairy,
on trial In Municipal Court yesterday (or
adding condenaed milk to cream.
The fact that his rresm waa thus adul
terated was admitted by the defendant,
and Oty Chemiet Smith told the court
that Iavls sold th product to his custom
ers! at an advanced price, upon the ren-
jrvmston na.1 rtccwlej tnat tne line would reaentatlon that It would "whip.
go tcrouga tr.e dtatrlct somwher and
r.ml It mlgM bet'.er go on Brase than
any other street. However, each prop
erty owner or Interested person appears
to wsnt th line to run pat pom door
other than his own. a waa freely ad
mit -e.1 by thos who addressed th com
mittee. As th Council has rot pasad upon
the fratiehieaa. th question of the route
on C Kaet sr.de. is still open, although
having bo agreed upon by committee.
True give th Brasee-atreet realdents
n opportunity to complain, and Indies
t.ona ar that they will make th best
of It la an effort to have th road
placed an some other thoroughfar.
Tit proow'trs of the road say they ar
w::ur.g to accent almost ar.y route, but
the on tiuag they ar urging ta prompt
a. tioa.
J.
Lend
Mr.
PERSONALMENTION.
E. Friend, of tulvertoa. la at tha
and Mrs. diaries F. Early, of
Judge Tasweil ruled that anything nut
into fresh milk waa an adulterant, and
imposed a fine o( fZ. Notlc of appeal
was given.
PIONEER RESIDENT DIES
Funeral of Mm. Mary tVII.-on Will
Be Held Today.
Mrs. Mary Wilson, a realdent of Port
land for many years, died on Wednesday
night at the realdeno of her daughter.
Mrs. Mary J. Johnston. SO? East Seven
teenth street.
Other children who survive her ar
Mrs. C. M. I")t of this city, and D. M.
Wilson, of Walla Walla. Mrs. Wilson
was born In New Tork City S3 years ago.
The funeral will be held at 1 o'clock
this afternoon from dl7 ait Seventeenth
street, and Interment will be at Lone
Fir Cemetery.
E"S DEFENSE TECHNICAL
Court to Decide Food Commission
er's Demurrer Tomorrow.
Whether Food Commissioner Bailey
will escape trial on the Indictment re
cently returned against him by the
grand Jury, charging him with (ailing
to publish bulletins aa required by law
concerning the analytical tests In his
office, will be determined by Presiding
Judge Gantenbeln when he opens court
tomorrow morning.
John Manning. Bailey's attorney, has
filed a demurrer to the Indictment, set
ting up the technical defense thnt the
Indictment does not mean necessarily
that the crime waa committed In the
Etata of Oregon. The demurrer has
been carefully considered by Judge
Gantenbeln, who said yesterday that
he had fully arrived at a conclusion
and would announce the result at the
opening- of court tomorrow morning.
If Bailey la (reed on the Indictment
against him. the grand Jury will be en
abled to draw up a new Indictment.
REAL- IXQCIRY IS DEMANDED
Merryman Would Empower Commit
tee to Investigate' Bailey.
PTATE CAPITOL, Salem. Or.. Feb. .
(Special.) Senator Merryman, with
Senator Bowerman and a large follow
ing In the Senate. Is anxious to secure
an official Investigation into the af
faire of J. W. Bailey. State Dairy and
Food Commissioner. They protest that
the recent Investigation was without
force.
Merryman today introduced a reso
lution calling for a full Investigation
Into th affairs of Bailey's office uid
giving power to the Investigating com
mittee to administer oaths and to the
fullest extent carry out a complete
and formal Investigation.
In asking the (Ire committee of the
City Executive Board to give his con
cern another opportunity to place hose
(or the (Ice department here,, the rep
resentative of the Bowera Rubber Com
pany, of San Francisco, yesterday told
the members that malicious, disgruntled
workmen In the factory were to blame
(or the rotted goods previously sold by
that establishment here. He pleaded (or
another opportunity that his employers
might be able to prove to Portland that
they are" now making a good article.
rio action was taken upon thia bid or
any of the others submitted, as S. C.
Pier, a member of the committee, waa
absent. It is likely the committee will
make unusual examination and Investi
gation before the 'awards are made P-H
recent purchases of hose have. been
criticised by the National Board of Fire
Underwriters of New York, In their re
port (or the past year. However, the
members of the committee believe they
have bought good hose and do not (eel
that the reference ' to their actions is
Justified by the (acts. There has been
no trouble over any of It.
After the representative of the Bow
ers company had made his plea (or an
opportunity to shoy hat his firm Is
making good hose now, and having as
sured the members of the committee
that tha poor hose will be made good,
Samuel Connell, one of the members,
asked him pointedly if it waa malicious
workmen in the factory who permitted
Inferior goods to go out. The represent
ative replied that it was; that a former
employe, subordinated to make way for
a more competent foreman, wrought the
mischief. Portland and Los Angeles de
partments purchased some of the hose
and It soon went to pieces.
Tha committee declined to recommend
that stokers to the number of 16 be
granted pay at the rate of J90 a month
from the date of their first six months'
service; they must accept $80, the usual
scale.
Four automobiles will be purchased.
two tor tne use of battalion chiefs, one
for the electrical department and one
tor the repair department, those for the
latter two to be small trucks and the
machines for the chiefs to be runabouts.
It Is believed that this will greatly Im
prove the service and that it will prove
to be a measure of economy.
The committee Is anxious to build an
engine house in Kenton, but as tha
Council has appropriated but $1500, but
little can be done. -No action will be
taken until it can be determined whether
more money can be had for the pur
pose. Bids will be sought (or the engine
house on Montgomery and Fourteenth
streets, which will be built 'during the
year.
NEW RULES COSTLY
Judge Gantenbeln Will Oppose
Suggested Change.
TOO MANY JURORS NEEDED
Requirement That Citizens Shall
Serve for Longer Periods Adds
to Difficulties Confer
ence to Be Held.
U U a7 H gat aw al ta il
t. '
i
is the most
Notre Dame.
In submitting to an interview yester
day (or the first time, concerning the
prqposd change In the court rules. Pre
siding Judge Gantenbeln declared that
the new rules, as suggested, would mean
an Increase in expenses to Miiltnomah
County o( between 16,000 and 20,00o a
year. The new rules were euggested by
Judge Gatens with the idea that they
would tend to lessen the necessity of em.
ploying more Judges. Judge Ganten
beln will call a conference of all the
Judges of the court as soon as poeadbla
(or the purpose of revising the proposed
rules in a more satisfactory manner.
It was pointed out that the proposed
rules would make It necessary for the
county to provide about twice the num
ber o( Jurors now needed, this would
make an additional cost as well as in
crease the dlnculty in obtaining men who
would serve on the Jury, as they would
be required to serve (or longer periods.
The present system Judge uantentx.m
said, required that Jurors not needed In
one department should be available for
another department. Under the proposed
system, it would be neceseary for each
department to have a separate Jury list-
Thus when one case 19 finished and it
Is necessary to begin a new case, a new
set of Jurors must be taken from those
assigned to that department Instead of
filling up the supply from the . overflow
from another department. Two sets of
Jurors are thus necessary for each de
partment. In addition to the extra men
who must always be on hand to make
good for those excused, and who also
must be paid.
It Is the opinion of Judge Gantenbeln
that when the Judges get together they
will be able to evolve a new set of rules
that will be much better than those al
ready proposed. The proposed rules
were prepared by Judge Gatens and ara
much the same as those now in use in
Owing to some Jury trials that will not MMVh NhJS UUIUK XZU.UUU
Ka .An,nUl. In tn ncfmlt I It I 7
Strip Near Kerby, Southern Oregon,
Makes Man Rich
"Here is a new-sensation in
a novel, which, with its won
derful double-page drawings
in ' oil by Castaigne, will cer
tainly take the country by
storm.
"The ''Phantom of the Opera'
daring, the most original, the most perfectly
worked out plot in the way of a mystery story
that has happened since the advent of Sherlock
Holmes we are tempted to say since Hugos
Tress
By GASTON LEROUX
Author of
"The Mystery of tho Yellow Room"
OF
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1.M ma
University Squay
Indianapolis
The BOBBS-MERRILL Co., Publishers UnZT
fair in all things. In our March number
we will publish this letter and the fore
going letter of Mr. Moffett. Voura truly.
.BENJAMIN H. HAIK1UM,
President Broadway Magazine, Inc.
will not be possible for the judges to
hold their conference on rules tomor
row. Judge Gantenbeln said yesterday
that he hoped to have them called into
conference within ten days.
SISTERS FIGHT CASE
ALLlXiED WIFE SLAYER
GIVEX AID.
IS
TRACT NOT ACCESSIBLE
Mayor Opposes Acquisition of Ilud
dleston Lands for Park.
Owing to the Inaccessibility of tha
property known as the Huddlcston
tract, situated beyond Riverside Ceme
tery, south of Tortland, it is improb
able that the members of the Park
Board will buy any of it just now.
They are coniderlng it, however, but
have reached no decision. Some of the
members visited the ground yesterday
afternoon to look it over. They were
accompanied by Councilman Belding.
Mayor Simon yesterday morning took'
the subject up with President Josselyn,
the Portland Railway. Light &
Power Company and learned that -there
no prospect that the corporation
will extend Its line to the Huddleston
property. There Is no other means of
reaching it by carllne and the Mayor
feels that it would be Inadvisable to
spend money for it now.
riKilograph Will Be Introduced at
Trial to Sltovr That W. J.
Massing Is Insane.
BURIAL IS SET FOR TODAY
jKuneral Services of Mrs. Eliza C.
Sulllger in Methodist Church.
The sisters of William J. Massing.
who Is soon to be tried on a charge of
murder In the first degree for the kill
ing of his wife at Fourteenth and Co
lumbia streets. In November, are prepar
ing to show by means of a photograph
of their father, ahowlng by the similarity
of his appearance to that of his son that
their brother waa by heredity Insane
when ha committed the deed. Hasslng's
father went Insane. It Is claimed, and to
prove his son was like him and therefore
was of the same temperament, the pho- I CI flCC RID
torraph will be introduced. I 1 tyJJ,yJ I W
una of tha sisters Is the wife of an
Army officer, and has come from the
Philippine Islands to work In behalf of
her brother. Another slater Is here from
Iwnver, Colo. The names of tha sisters
who are planning a determined campaign
to prove thnt their brother waa Insane
are being withheld by the attorncya for
tha defense.
At the time Hnssing committed the
crime. It waa believed by the police that
waa suffering from mental trouble.
lie had previously threatened to kill his
wife, and after he waa taken Into cus
tody, the woman appeared In bis behalf
and told the police that he mlsht be
released, aa she waa no longer afraid of
him. liasslng. however, made good his
threat, and after following his wife for
some distance, he came up behind her
on tha street and ahot her. Then ha
turned the gun on hlmrelf. but the bullet
ry went through his neck, and he reeled.
VANCOUVER. Wash., Feb. 8. (Spe
cial.) The funeral services of Mrs.
KUza C. SuHJger. wife of Dr. Hpcncer
S. Su'Ilger, district superintendent of
the Vancouver district of the Metho
dist Episcopal Church, will be held to.
morrow aftornoon at 2 o'clock at the
First Methodist Church in this city.
Rev. J. M. Canse, pastor, officiating.
It Is expected that many friends from
Portland will attend the aervlccs.
IS HANDLED
Federal Inspectors Complete Post-
office Inquiry.
Postoffice Inspectors Morse. Riches.
Durand and Fullenweider have just com
pleted an Inspection of the Portland Post
office. They say they have found every
thing in the bem possible siiape.
The sum of 1.6.5ia.88 passed through
tha main office since October 10. Port
land is the paying station for nearly all
the railway mall clerks in this district.
The Portland office also pays the. rural
carriers In this district.
R. KENNEDY PLACED OX TRIAL
Charge of Selling Business He Did'
Not Own to Be Heard.
R. Kennedy was placed on trial yes
terday In Judge Morrow's court on a
charge of having sold a third Interest
in a commission business that he did
not own. The indictment charges Ken
nedy with having sold to H. B. Riffle
tli'rd Interest in the business for
$1000. when It belonged to the Port
land Brokerage Company, of which
Kennedy was the president.
When the case was presented to the
Jury yesterday it was announced that
Kennedy had previously sold on two oc
casions one-third interests to the same
commission company, known as Produc
ers' Commission Company, at 205 and
207 Washington street, having secured
purchasers through advertisements in
the newspapers, and that in each In
stance he had kept the money thus ob
tained, but that he was to be tried on
a charge of defrauding Riffle only.
It took until noon to secure a Jury in
Kennedy's case, and It was late In the
afternoon when the taking of evidence
began. It Is expected to complete the
taking of evidence this afternoon.
Court Xotes.
With the County Clerk articles of
incorporation were filed yesterday of
the Bowers Hotel Company, the In
corporators being H. C. Bowers, E.
C. Mears and R. B. Lamson. The com
pany la capitalized (or $200,000.
One of the few cases in which a col
ored man has been selected to serve In
Portland on a jury is now being tried
in Judge McGinn's court. The juror Is
R. Jackson, a young man of 28 years.
The case Is that of T. M. Rodgers
against Michael O'Brien, Involving the
commission In a real estate transac
tion.
Oscar r. Folkenberg, who was re
cently appointed supervisor of Road
District No. 1, has proved his devotion
to hla work by refusing an offer from
Lane County to take charge of the
good roads work there. The salary of
fered Mr. Falkenberg is materially In
excess of what he is receiving In Mult
nomah County, hut he prefers to re
main here. For two years, Mr. Falk
enberg had charge of road work In
Hood County.
GRANTS PAS31 Or., Feb. 9 (Special.)
J. T. Logan, who came in from Kerby to
day reports a rich strike a few miles
west of the old town of Kerby by T. M.
Anderson who has been working upon bis
mining claim since January 1.
Anderson s luck has brought him a
quick fortune. He began his first develop
ment work on the first of the year and
continued laboring until the snow storm
drove him out. Two weeks ago he re
turned. He has taken out $30,000 In ore.
The gold was taken out without the
ltd of machinery.
The Simmons-Logan mine was sold this
week to parties from Delaware. The price
runs up into several tlgures. The con
veyance calls (or 1500 acres of land.
Notes of the Courthouse.
County Judge Cleeton went to Salem
yesterday to appear before the Legis
lature in behalf of a bill which will
allow the County Judge to appoint a
substitute when the Judge is on a va
cation or for any other reason Is un
able to perform his duties.
One-third of the Carrara marble, ,
shipped from Italy for the new Court
house, was broken in transit, and it
will be necessary to make up the lost
with American products. Three hun
dred and fifty crates of the marble
have been received by steamer, being
transferred at San Francisco from one
steamer to another which brought it
to Portland. It is believed that the
breakage occurred when the transfer
was being made. The breakage, It if
asserted, will not delay the construc
tion of the Courthouse. '
Rowena Barrett filed a suit for di
vorce yesterday against Grant Bar
rett on the grounds of desertion. They
were married at Shelton, Neb., hi 1SSS,
and came to Oregon in 1901. In 1903,
Mrs. Barrett claims, her husband de
serted her, and she has since beon
compelled to support herself and children.
NEW SCHEDULE TO
Seattle,
Tacoma and
Points.
Intermediate
Effective Sunday. February 8th,
O.-W. Owl" on O.-W. R. & N. "Puget
Sound Route," will leave Portland at
11 P. M. Instead of 11:45 P. M. for
Seattle, Tacoma, Centralla, Chehalls
and all Puget Sound points. Sleeping
cars open for passengers at Union
Depot at 9:30 P. M. as usual and pas
sengers may remain In these sleepers
after arrival at Seattle and Tacoma
until 8:30 A. M.
A Tonic
Free
rom
AKcoho
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and do you lack nerve power? Ask
your doctor if Ayer's Sarsaparilla
would not be good for you. He
knows, and will advise you wisely.
Not a drop of alcohol in this medi
cine. It puts red corpuscles into
the blood, gives steady, even power
to the nerves ; and all without stim
ulation. Make no mistake. Take
only those medicines the best doc
tors endorse. Ask your own doctor.
J. O. ATEB COMPANY, Lowell. Man.
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CANDY CHARGE UNTRUE i
MAGAZINE EXONERATES STAND
ARD OIL COMPANY.
GOODYEAR RAINCOAT CO.
Must Vacate Store.
Edlcfsen'a coal satisfies. C S303, E 3ut
CHILD'S DEATH IS PROBED
Third In One Family Dies Without
Medical Attention.
Dr. Calvin 8. White, secretary of the
State Board ox Health, will go to Rai
nier today to conduct a postmortem ex
positive notice has been served on this
concern to vacate the premises now oc
cupied by them at 302 Washington street.
The building Is to be torn down to make
room for a 10-story skyscraper; extend
ing from Fifth to -Alder this mammoth
structure to be occupied by Llpman.
Wolfe & Co. The Raincoat concern has
so far been unable to secure a suitable
location, and will therefore be compelled
to close out Its stock of men's, women's
and children's raincoats at a big sacri
fice. Watclt newspapers for further an
"Writer Admits Error in Story That
Impure Materials Were Sold
to Manufacturers.
Cleveland Moffett, a magazine writer
who was sued for $100,000 damages In
a libel suit by the Standard OH Com
pany, has made retraction. Hampton's
Mngazine, which was also sued by the
Standard Oil Company for S2S0.00O
damages, has joined Mr. Moffett In his
retraction. The article complained of
accused the company of selling Impure
materials to candy manufacturers in
Philadelphia. The letters of Mr. Mof
fett and Hampton's Magazine follow:
Hampton's Magazine, 66 West 3..th St.,
New York. X. V. Jan. 3L lull.
Standard Oil Company, 2ft Broadway. New
Tork Dear Sire: In the February lasuo of
llampton'a Masazlne there waa published
an article written by ine entitled "Cassidy
and the Food Poisoners." In that article
I referred to the Investigation, of Mr. Caa
aidy with reapect to the manufacture and
aale of impure candtea in Philadelphia sud
made the atatement that your company
manufactured and aold Impure material
which went Into these candles and that
when the various dealera were arretted and
fined at the lnatance of Mr. Caasldy, your
company paid the tinea. Upon lnveatlgatlon
I have ascertained that your company was
In no war connected with the transaction
referred to and Z hasten to retract In fuil
eat manner all charges made agalnat your
company and to express my alncere regret
that 1 should have fallen Into this serious
error. Tours truly.
CLEVELAND MOFFETT.
Standatd Oil Company, New York City
Dear Sirs: Referring to the foregoing lat
ter of Mr. Cleveland Moffett to you, we beg
to atate we are convinced that Mr. Moffett
waa In error in hla atatementa with ref
erence to your company. It Is tha desire of
Hampton s Muaatoe to be accurate ana
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