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-PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY. APRIL 29, 1911.
VOL. LI NO. 13,733.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
CHILDREN TO HAVE
REVISION URGED IN
RECIPROCITY HAS
E TAX
FACE. SLAP WINS
PORTLAND MECCA
CITY MAY PARTY
10 COMMANDMENTS
'HUBBY' ANDRICHES
FIGHT IN CM
STIR KNOX' IRE
STORES OF SANDWICHES, CVXDY
EPISCOPAL- PRELATE'S PLEA
SPOKAXK TOCXG WOMAX HERO
AND "tEMO" TO GO FREE.
MADE TO BRETHREN.
IXE IX REAL ROMANCE.
INCOM
MAY
WORDS OF CORRAL
in
SOON 1 LI
MEN
Menace of Obstruction
Arouses Laurier.
HE MAY ABANDON LONDON TRI
Premier to Stay at Home to
Force Bill Through.
HE CALLS MEASURE BOON
Tbml of Conertlr to Block
Trade Airrrmrat Make Premier
Talk of Giving lp Attend
ance at Coronation.
OTTAWA. OnL. April -The de
termination of the Canadian govern
ment to ratify reciprocity was empha
sised In Parliament today by the Prime
Minister. Sir Wilfrid Laurier. who de
clared that he would not go to Enc
land and represent Canada at the Im
perlal Conference or to the coronation
of Klnc George In June. Dul wouia r
main here to press the agreement. If
the opposition persisted In obstructing
Ita ratification.
The matter was brought before Par
liament by Opposition Leader Borden.
who asked Sir Wilfrid what hla Inten
t'ons were in regard to the approach
Ina events In London.
"I deemed It my duty to attend." re
plied Sir Wilfrid, "and engaged my
passage six weeks ago. but I have come
to the conclusion that, should my pres
ence be required In Canada, and there
Is every Indication that It may be. It
will be my duty to forego the privilege
of attending the conference. My first
duty Is to Canada.
He'll Fight for Reciprocity.
"It would be unfortunate that any of
the Prime Ministers of the self-governing
British dominions should be absent
from mo Important an event aa the Im
perial Conference. If It Is not possible
for me to go, the fault will not be mine.
The one thing which prevents la the
position of the trade agreement with
the United States.
"Mr. Borden haa aald ho and his fol
lowers offer uncompromising opposi
tion to the ratification of the agree
ment. I may tell him that on this aide
we offer uncompromising support for
the agreement. lie thinks It would be
a ban to Canada and a possible danger
to the empire. Wa think it would be
a boon to Canada and to the empire.
SI ensure to Be Blocked.
"It la well known that under the
rulea of the Canadian House, It la pos
sible for the opposition to block a
measure almost Indefinitely. It has
come to us that the opposition haa such
Intention. The lobbies have been full
ef such rumors.
"I have In my hand a report of the
speech delivered at the Associated
Press banquet In New Tork by William
Northrup. M. 1'- one of the moat Im
portant members of the Canadian oppo
sition. In which he atatea practically
that the opposition at Ottawa will not
allow this agreement to be carried Into
effect. I do not anow what authority
lie has to speak, but I am Informed he
voiced the decision of the Conservative
caucuses held only a few days ago. If
auch is the temper of the opposition. I
think It will be necessary for me to re
vise my determlnatloa to go to Kng
land." Borden Crges Laurier to Go.
"I think." aald Mr. Borden, "that the
prime Minister might have regard not
only to trade relatione with the United
Ftats, but to trade relations with the
great empire to which we belong. The
Question must present itself to the
Prime Minister whether our trade and
other relations with the United States
are more Important nan our trade and
our relatione with the empire of which
we form a part.
"Under the circumstances I trust the
Prime Minister will reconsider the In
timation he haa given and that at the
conference and the coronation Canada
will be represented, aa sha should be,
by the Prima Minister."
Mr. Borden suggested that Parlia
ment could rise for two months to al
low the Prime Minister to go to Lon
don. Fir Wilfrid made no reply, bat It is
generally accepted hero ha will not go
to England, and that the fight over
reciprocity will be prolonged and
marked with a good deal of bitter
ness. AXXEXATIOX DEMOCRATS AIM
Prince Telia House Reciprocity Can
Mean Nothing Else.
WASHINGTON. April II. Another
declaration that annexation Is the de
sired end of the Democrats in pushing
reciprocity waa made In today's debate
on the free list bill, now pending be
fore the House.
Prince of Illinois (Rep.), attacking
the Canadian reciprocity bill, sounded
the annexation note. President Taft's
speech in New Tork Thursday night
furnished his text- He said that the
pouring of Americans Into the Cana
dian Northwest and the attitude of the
controlling forcea of the Democratic
party could mean nothing less than an
nexation, reciprocity and partial free
ICoaduded on 1'ags J.),
Annual Festival Coots San Francisco
Thousands of Dollars, but Money
Is Thought Well Spent, .
SAX FRANCISCO. April 1$. (Spe
claLl New Tork walls about ita
crowded tenements and hungry ehll
dren. and there may be a few such in
San Francisco, but Monday. May 1,
will not be one of those times. At
least Indications point In that dlrec
tlon. for on that day all children in
the city are Invited to visit the chll
dren's playground In Golden Gate Park
and partake of bounteoua repasts fur
nished by the city.
Arrangements have been made to dis
tribute 40.000 sandwiches. 600 cases of
oranges, J500 pounds of candy. S00 gal
Ions of milk, aa well aa crisps and
lemonade by the drayload.
Two big May-day dances have also
been arranged for during the day. and
special dancea will also be furnished
by Irish. German and Scotch children
dressed In native costumes. Special
bagpipe solos will be played and during
the day a big band will play both
classical and popular music.
This May day festival, furnished
free to the children by the city, costs
many thousands of dollars, but it haa
become a regular Institution of late
yeara and haa furnished so much
wholesome enjoyment for both the
tens of thousands of little tota who
participate, aa well aa to the grown
up spectators, that the money la con-
aldered well spent by the Park Com
missioners. DEATH ALMOST WINS RACE
Daly's Daughter Reaches w York,
but Recovery Is Doubtful.
NEW TORK. April 38. Mrs. Car
roll Brown, of Baltimore, the eldest
daughter of Marcua Daly, ended here
today her night from the thin air of
the Montana mountalna with death al
most the victor.
The tang of the sea air and the
heavier atmosphere brought no revival
of her waning strength and physicians
at her bedside gave little hope for her
recovery.
Her private car. In which aha waa
rushed to sea-level, reached the Grand
Central Station at o'clock. A few
minutes later Mrs. Brown waa on het
way to the Fifth-avenue home of her
mother. Mrs. Daly. Physicians were
awaiting her and tonight they held a
consultation.
We do not exactly know what la
the nature of Mrs. Brown's ailment.'
I the statement given out at the
Dalv home afterwards. "Her heart
affected and her condition la Very
grave.
ST. PAUL BOURBON MECCA
Democrat of National Prominence
to Confer In Minnesota Capital.
ST. PAUL, Minn- April 18. Demo
crats of National prominence will be
In St- Paul June 1. when a conference
f the leadera of the party of the
Northwest will be held here. It Is ex
pected that more than 1000 men from
the Dakota. Iowa. Montana. Idaho,
Washington, Oregon and probably Wis
consln and Michigan will attend.
W. J. Bryan. A- B. Parker. Governor
Norrls. of Montana. and Governor
Burke, of North Dakota, have definite
ly accepted the Invitation of the Demo
cratic atate central committee.
Governor Wilson, of New Jersey, was
Invited but declined, aa he la to be in
St. Paul May 24. to address the Asso
ciation of Commerce and could not
make a accond trip.
SENATE EXPELS CRITIC
Ford, Conductors Secretary, Ac
cused of Slandering Member.
SPRING FIELD. 111.. April K.J. L.
Ford, of Clinton, secretary of the Order
Railway Conductors, waa removed
from tb Senate chamber by the Ser-geant-at-Arma
by order of Lieutenant
Governor John G. Oglesby today.
Ford's ejection followed a charge by
Senator Walter L Manny, of Mount
Sterling, that Ford had sent a large
number of untrue letters Into Manny's
district stating that Manny was opposing
employers liability legislation.
Other spectators to the number of 100
also wars excluded.
KITTR1DGE IS VERY LOW
Physicians Say ex-Senator'a Vitality
Is Showing 'Weakness.
HOT SPRINGS. Ark.. April 31..
Physicians attending ex-Senator A. B.
Klttrldge. of Sooth Dakota, who la
critically HU Issued the following bul
letin tonight:
"Senator Kittrldge was conscious to
day longer than at' any time during
his Illness, but his vitality was also
lower than it has been. He recognised
friends who came . from his home to
see him."
BIG STEAMSHIP WRECKED
English Teasel Goes on Spanish
Coast Loss of Life Unknown.
MADRID. April 3S. A dispatch re
ceived here from Vigo ssys that a big
English steamship, the Identity of which
has not been established, was wrecked
on Cape Vlllano. on the northwest coast
of GaWla.
The dispatch adds that It is not known
wheUiur there were any. fatalities
Amendment May Be
Ratified Next Winter.
ONLY FIYE STATES LACKING
Bill Ready Imposes Tax o
$100,000,000 a Year.
TARIFF QUESTION OPENED
Additional Source of Revenue Will
Compel Slashing of Duties, May
Cause Democrats to Drop
Revision by Schedules.
BY HARRY J. BROWN.
ORKGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
lngton. April 21. The income tax
amendment la likely to be ratified and
become a part of the Federal Consti
tution within a year, according to the
belief of those Senators who forced
the passage of tha Brown resolution
through Congress two years ago; some
of them. Including Brown, entertain
hopes that the amendmont may be rat
ified before the special session of Con
gress adpourns.
Regardless of when the amendment
will receive the ratification of the neo
essary number of states, tha fact ro-
malns that up to tha present timo the
amendment has been approved by 30
State Legislatures and the approval of
five more will make it a part of the
Constitution, provided the five act be
fore Arizona and New Mexico come Into
the Union; otherwise it will require six
additional statea to make it a part bf
the supreme law of the land.
The probabilities are that this amend
men cannot be wholly ratified until
next Winter, for while several State
Legislatures are still In session, there
hope for favorable action only In
New Tork. Massachusetts, Minnesota
and Florida. Should the Legislatures
of these states all vote favorably, the
amendment would still lack the ratifi
cation of the necessary IS states, and
it is hardly probable that any Governor
would call his Legislature in special
session for the speclflo purpose of vot
ing on the Income tax amendment, al
though such a thing might be done.
Failure to take this course would nec
essarily postpone final ratification un
til next Winter, when the Legislatures
of states that have not yet voted will
regularly assemble.
The 30 statea that have already,
through their Legislatures, voted to
ratify the Income tax amendment are:
Alabama
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Georgia
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Maine
Maryland
Michigan
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Txas
Washington
Wisconsin
Five statea have voted against the
amendment and are not expected to re
verse their position Louisiana. New
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Railroad Crossing Gate Arm Strikes
Miss King, ' Who Gets Husband
and $150,000 as Result.
SPOKANE. Wash.. April 28. (Spe
clal.) A slap in the face Sunday even
lng, March' 36, has won for Miss Mar
Jorle R. King, of Spokane, a husband,
a happy home and a Quarter of a mil
lion dollars.
One of the prettiest romances ever
known In Spokane, starting . Just
month ago with an accident, resulted
Thursday afternoon, when Rev. Mr. E
L.' House, of the Westminster Congre
gational Church. Joined in wedlock John
H. Starblrd, partner of T. E. Westlake
In the grocery and provision business.
and Miss King, a Spokane halrdress-
Ing expert. Starblrd la 45 years of age
and was a widower, while Mrs. Star
bird, nee King, Is 23.
While riding In Starblrd'a automo
bile in March the machine approached
the railroad crossing. The gates were
open and the party started across the
track. Then the long arm of the wood
en gate fell across the automobile Just
In time to strike Miss King, the blow
knocking her unconscious.
Mr. Starblrd rushed the Injured girl
to his home, thus starting the romance.
In 189 Starblrd caught the Klondike
fever. He brought back something
over 1150.000. After coming out from
the gold fields of the Klondike he lo
cated In Seattle, where he now owns
two apartment bouses, Lincoln Court
and Highland Court.
POND FLOWERS LURE BADE
Tot Recovered From Water by Brave
W-Vear-Old Sister.
BELLING HAM, Wash., April 28.
(Special.) Believing that she was
walking on firm ground, 5-year-old
Minnie Anderson this afternoon walked
Into a pond o. water which had been
obscured b the thousands of tulips
and hyacinths which are cut daily at
the bulb farm and thrown into the
water.
From her perilous plight she was
rescued by her 9-year-old sister. Belle,
who Jumped boldly In and brought the
little one to the shore.
The water Is over the heads of
either child, and wonder la expressed
that tha older girl, who knows nothing
of swimming, was able to effect the
rescue.
Under agreement with the city flor
ists, the flowers cut at the Government
bulb farm, two miles west of the city,
are destroyed, and now that the gar
dens are In full bloom each day thou
sands of tulips, hyacinths and nar
cissus are cut and cast into a small
body of water lying adjacent to the
tract.
MORMON INVASION FOUGHT
Mass Meeting In London Urges Brit
ish Government to Act.
LONDON. April 2S- Under the presi
dency of Bishop Welldon, a mass meet
ing waa held tonight and resolutions
were adopted calling upon the govern
ment to take steps to stop the activities
of Mormon missionaries In England.
It waa announced during the meeting
that the Mormons have 82 churches In
England with S0.000 members and 300
missionaries. It was said also that last
year there were 963 converts, of whom
GOO went to Utah.
HIS VICTIM.
Mexican Statesman As
sails Americans.
REPUDIATION IS DEMANDED
Vice-President. Says Ameri
cans Foment Revolt.
INTERVENTION THEIR HOPE
Knox Instructs Wilson to Call for
Retraction Revolt Spreads
Sontb and West and Rebels
Take Several Towns.
WASHINGTON, April 28. The report
ed declaration of Ramon Corral, Vice
President of Mexico, that Americans
were fomenting trouble In his country
in order to force intervention has en
countered the disfavor of the United
States Government.
The State Department has called the
attention of Mexico to the matter In
order to establish officially whether
the interview with the Vice-President
was authentic as published in Mexico
City.
The question will be taken up by
Ambassador Wilson, to whom the de
partment telegraphed late today a copy
of an official statement which it had
Issued, unequivocally disapproving the
alleged utterance. The statement
reads:
Mexico Must Repudiate Words.
The Department of State finds it
very difficult to credit the authenticity
of such an Interview purporting to
come from a high official of the Mexi
can government, because the efforts
made to enforce . the neutrality laws
and the disinterested friendship of the
United States for Mexico and the Mex
ican people are as well known to the
Mexican government as they are fully
understood In the United States.
The Department of State has made
every effort to prevent any harmful
misunderstanding, and there can be no
doubt that the Mexican Foreign Office
will take prompt steps to repudiate and
prevent the promulgation of such state
ments calculated so seriously to dis
turb the mutual confidence and friendly
good understanding between the two
peoples."
Rebels Gain Territory.
The revolutionary movement in Mex
ico, outside the prescribed zone of the
armistice. Is going on unaffected by
the limited suspension of hostilities, ac
ordlng to advices received by the
State Department today from the Amer
ican embassy and consulates in Mex
lco.
Lerdo, Durnago and San Pedro, Coa
hulla, are reported captured by the rev
olutionists and fighting appears to be
Impending in the vicinity of Cabora, Sb-
nora and Torreon, Zacatecas.
The revolutionists, it is said, have
strong force In Sinaloa and condl
tlons In the State of Guerrero also are
said to be bad.
The Federal training ship Tucatan
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Proposed Changes In Prayer Book
Cause for Arguments at Con
gress of Church.
WASHINGTON, April 28. "Revise
the 10 commandments," urged Rev.
George A. Douglas, canon of the
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New
Tork, in speaking today at the close
of the 29th Congress of the Protestant
Episcopal Church on "The Need for
Prayer Book Revision to Meet Present.
Day Conditions."
"Let us have the courage," he said
"to restore our prayer book version of
the 10 commandments to what scholars
are pretty generally agreed was the
original and shorter form."
He said that with prayer book revt
slon in line with the movement for
church unity, the Roman, Greek, and
Anglican churches ultimately must be
able to coma together In public wor
ship.
"In revision," he suggested, "we must
not snap the links that bind us to
these ancient churches."
He regarded the present book of
common prayer as unsuitable for
"working people and so-called social
lsts who have been attracted to the
Christian churches."
The revised prayer book should give
ministers the right on occasion to
"pray extempore without appearing to
be either rampant or radical."
Dr. Cyrus Townsend Brady, of Kan
sas City, declared he would oppose any
revision which would take away any
thing from the ancient truth or the
beauty of the prayer book.
.Revision of the book of common
prayer was urged by Dr. Grant- One
reason he gave was that "the prayer
book Is stationary and aristocratic,
while the present trend of things is
toward motion and more democracy."
GOULD TO WED HAWAIIAN
Annie Graham, Descendant of Royal
Family, to Be Jay's Bride.
NEW YORK, April 28. (Special.) A
descendant of the royal family of Ha
waii will become a member of the Gould
family tomorrow, - when Miss Annie
Douglas Graham, daughter of Mrs. Hu
bert Vos by her former marriage to
Douglas Graham, becomes the bride of
Jay Gould, aon of Mr. and Mrs. George
J. Gould.
The wedding, which Is to be at 4
o'clock In St. Thomas Church, Is the
third one In a year in which a member
of the Gould family has been the prin
cipal. Owing to the recent death in
Honolulu of Madame Montserrat, sister
of Mrs. Vos, the wedding will be com-,
paratively small and only a few friends
and relatives will bo present.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 58
degrees; minimum, 43 degrees.
TODAY'S Fair, northwesterly winds.
Foreign.
Rioters cause reign of terror in Canton,
China. Page 3.
Premier Laurier threatens to give up at
tendance at coronation In order to tight
tor reciprocity. Page 1.
British leaders adopt resolutions indorsing
international peace. Page 5.
National.
Senate appoints committees, insurgents giv
ing up after entering protest. Page 2. '
Secretary Knox demands repudiation by
Mexico of Vice-President Corral's attack
on Americans. Page 1.
Kent ridicules tariff in maiden speech in
House. Page 2.
Income-tax amendment likely to be ratified
next winter. Page 1.
Domestic
McManlgal refuses to see lawyers employed
to defend McXamaras on dynamiting
charge. Page 2.
One New York grand Jury says police are
demoralized, another says they are good.
Page 3.
Episcopal prelate urges revision of ten com-
mandments. Page 1.
Although at mercy of executors of father's
will, Mrs. Burke-Rocns will not contest
It. Page 3.
San Francisco to give children May party.
page l.
Sports.
Paclflo Coast League results yesterday:
san FrcJ.coX Vernon IoU.'
o. Page 8.
Northwestern Lesgue results yesterday:
Portland 10, Seattle 5; Tacoma 7. Van
couver 1; Victoria 2, Spokane 3. Fags a.
Hugo Kelly bests Johnny Thompson in sav-
age 10-round bout. Page S.
Paclflo Northwest.
Slap In faoe by wooden .arm wins husband
and fortune tor bpokane girL page 1.
Chemawa Indian School head suspended
pending Investigation. Page 6.
Rich Boise Valley farmer sued for 110.000
for breach of promise, page 6.
Oregon Academy of Sciences opens two days
session at Aioany. rags l.
T. W. Davenport, father of cartoonist, dies
at Pasadena, Cal. Page 6.
F. R- Archer resigns as Chief of Police of
Aberdeen. Page 7.
Commercial and Marine
Higher price offered for new crop hops.
Page 18.
Short covering advances wheat at Chicago.
Page 19.
Stocks less active, but prices advance.
Page 1W.
Export trade better than domestic business.
Page 18.
Lull in foreign arrivals foreseen In shipping
circles, page 18-
Portland and Vicinity
Sills' waterfront ordinances would compel
drastic business changes. Fags 9.
High taxation cause of adoption of commis
sion plan by uaaiana, i-ai. rage 12.
Rose Society wins contention with Festival
Association. Page 11.
Capital, reassured, looking to Northwest
again. Page 13.
Many high railroad officials dus in Portland
within few weeks, page 1.
Wife divorces husband whose fate is In
doubt, page lis
Gay Lombard, candidate for Mayor, criti
cises street railway company, page iz.
Portland Bench Show will be closed tonight.
Page 9.
Oregon Association for Highway Improve
ment organized, page 14.
Labor Council declines to join Socialistic
demonstration for accused dynamiters.
Page 11.
Commander McNuIty cross-examined at
Naval Reserve Court of Inquiry. Page 4.
Many hurt In series of auto aooldents.
Fags s.
High Officials of Many
Roads Coming.
NEW WORK WILL BE PLANNED
Hill Line Improvements Await
Arrival of Mr. Gray.
HILL AND ELLIOTT DUE
Visit of Men High In Milwaukee
Councils Has Especial Signifi
canceMr. Kruttschnltt to
Make Inspection.
RAILROAD OFFICIALS WHO WILL
BE IN PORTLAND NEXT
FEW WEEKS.
Carl R. Gray, president North Bank
and Hill lines In Oregon.
Louis W. Hill, president Great
Northern.
Howard Elliott, president Northern
Pacific
Judge Robert 8. Lovett, president
Harrlman systems.
Julius Krnttschnitt, vice-president
and director maintenance and opera
tlon Union Paclflo and Southern Pa
cific A. J. Earllng, president Chicago.
Milwaukee St. Paul.
H. R. Williams, president Chicago,
Milwaukee & Puget Sound.
Portland, for the next few weeks.
will be the mecca for railroad men of
high degree representing a variety of
roads and Interests and coming from
scattering parts of the country.
Of probably greatest Interest to Port
land will be the coming Sunday or
Monday of Carl R. Gray, who will suc
ceed John F. Stevens as president of
the North Bank and affiliated railways
In Oregon, air. Gray already has left
St. Paul. If he stops en route at Spo
kane or travels via Pgget Sound he
will not reach this city until tomorrow
or Monday.
Pending Mr. Gray's arrival, activity
on the various Improvements contem
plated by the local Hill lines has been
suspended. It Is expected that he will
take up at once consideration of the
Oregon Electric extension to Eugene
and the completion of the United Rail
ways line to Tillamook Bay. These are
the only extensive improvements
planned for the present fiscal year and
none other will receive the new presi
dent's attention, according to the pres
ent programme. Mr. Gray will take up
his new duties officially, on Monday,
May 1.
Hill Travels by Auto.
The new chief will hardly have had
time to become acquainted with his
work before he receives a visit from
Louis W. Hill, president of the Great
Northern and the Hill lines in the
Northwest, exclusive of the North Bank
and those in Oregon. Mr. Hill will at
tend the Northwest Development
League meeting at Helena next week,
having been tne of the organizers of
that body, and expects to continue his
Journey to Portland. He is traveling
from St. Paul to Helena in an automo
bile and may come to Portland with
the same conveyance. Although his
jurisdiction does not extend over the
lines of which Mr. Gray has charge,
their close relations require his fre
quent consultation with local officials.
Howard Elliott, president of the
Northern Pacific, will be in Tacoma
Monday to attend the dedication
of the new Union station, and although
he has not expressed his intention of
coming to Portland, the fact that ha
seldom comes to the Coast without vis
iting this city warrants the conclusion
that he will Include Portland in his
itinerary this time.
Julius Kruttschnltt, director of main
tenance and operation of the Union Pa
cific and Southern Pacific systems, also
will attend the dedication at Tacoma
and has arranged to pay a brief visit
to Portland before returning to his of
fice in Chicago. Mr. Kruttschnltt di
rects all the Improvements and new
work done by the Harrinian system and
will have much to demand hla atten
tion on his forthcoming visit.
Work to Be Inspected.
The new Harrlman bridge in this city
will come in for his scrutinizing in
spection and it is probable that he will
view the new Peninsula tunnel which
has been opened since his last visit.
If he has time he may take a trip over
the new Deschutes line of the O.-W. R.
& N. Company and inspect the work
being done there. Work on the Klam-ath-Natron
cutoff on the Southern Pa
cific has progressed considerable In re
cent months and as this Is one of the
most Important projects now under
way in the Northwest, no doubt he will
give it some attention. It 'is likely, too,
that he will go over the proposed routs
of the Portland-Spokane cutoff, con
tracts for which were let a few weeks
ago. The new double tracking on the
main line of the O.-W. R. & N. Com
pany is another matter that will bo
subject to his consideration.
Judge Robert S. Lovett, president of
the Harrlman system, has expressed his
intention of visiting Portland within
the Summer and recently announced
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