. fwm .xT-rvrn wwrtrriif TJ! llkSDAT. JUNE 1, 1911- IXlIi J1UH.11-VJ safcSJ.-w..r.. I ...........'' L I . CHEHALIS AWAITS GBEKTCONVENTION City's Arms Wide Open to Welcome Southwest Wash ; ington League Today. SLEEPING CARS PROVIDED Provision Hade That Atl Visitor Mar HaTe Rnifal Bed During Three-Day Session Mines) to Be Visited Friday. CHTTHALIS. Wash- Msy 11. S pa cta!. ) All arranrementa In connection with the firth quarterly convention of the Southwest Washington Develop ment Association St Chehalls tomorrow, for s three-days' session, sxs com pleted. The city will b especially Illumin ated for the occasion st nlrht. the Che haUs Cornet Band and the State Traln tnr School Band will be heard on the streets day and nlrht. All Chehalls Is In cay attire. Many delegates and visitors arrived tonight to be ready for the opening. Meet of the delegations are expected to be on hand early tomorrow morn Inc. The newly-opened rooms of the Citizens Club, only a block sway from trie depot will be scene of the recep tion. A commutes headed by J. A. Gabel. has chares of the assignment of rooms, and It Is thought there will be ample accommodation for alL The committee haa obtained several sleep ing cars to provide for those who may come when all town lodgings are taken. Sessions will be held In the Work man hall adjoining the ClUsens club rooms, and In the tillde Theater. Rooms for committee meetings hsve been ob tained In ths Knights of Pythias hall. The first session will open at 11:04 e clock Thnrtdijr morning when A. A. Ho'.U president of ths ClUsens' Club will welcome the visitors. President W. J. Patterson, of Aberdeen, will take the gavel, after which C. O. Olngrtch. Mayor of Chehalls. will present the key of Chehalls to the delegates. Will R. Dn Bo Is. of Vancouver, will respond to the speech of welcome. Features of ths entertainment will bs the coal -day excursion Friday morning at 7:10 o'clock to ths O.-W. R. & N. Co.'s mine at Tono. and to the mine of the afendota, Coal Coks Company at Xendota. where active mining will be shown on a great scale. An sutomo bile tour of the Chehalls Valley will be made and local excursion will bs run to CIsquato. three miles west of Che halls. Friday afternoon. Ths programme Is: Thursday afternoon Trad and eom msrre session, telesales from Seattle, Portland ead Teeoma will speak. Thursday evnin(. food roeds snee'lnx. Krldsr Vorelns. escuraloa to Tono and Meadota. followed by coal meeting et lt:2S o'clock ea retura te Chehalle: ait oi soon, as toeaeetle Srrre end excursion to Clequaie and picnic . evening, lead development ses sion. aeivrder lornlnf. business session and eoachitoa ef land development miob; aX toraeoa. land-clearing demoaatratlone ark" beaoa:t: evening. CnohalJa UdrkrAns f.ac e'-dK-aclon. assisted by the United Oerman aiaae soeietias ef the Morth Paetde Saw saceuad. PORTLAND WILL r-EM PORTY John Gill to Lead CHjs Delegation . to Chrhalls. Mors than 4 Portland business men win attend the meeting of ths South western Washington Development Asso ciation which will open Its three-day session st Chehalls today. Ths Port land party will leave ths Colon Depot at T o'clock this morning. John Olll. of the J. K. Olll Company. Is leader of the Portland contingent, and will make ths principal adJrees for Oregon at this afternoon'a session. The chief subject for discussion this a'ternooa will be "Trade Relations. On this subject J. W. Spangler. of Seat tle, will speak on behalf of ths Puget "Sound city and George H. Stone will represent Tacoma. W. B. Mack, of the Aberdeen Chamber of Commerce, and A C Little. Mayor of Raymond, will bs the home speakers for the development organisation. At the Friday and Satur day sessions "Good Roads." "Publicity." -oel." and "Logged-of Lands" will bs the topics. The following Portland men have signified their Intention of making the trip to Chehalls: John Olll. chairmen: C R. Orajr. pi !-e-ct of the . P. 8. Ft. R. and the Rill lne la Orin; C. C Chapman, mimitr Portland Commercial Club: John A. Keat tins. Archibald tlrar. A. L. Charlton. revtd P- Lwia, A. r Callan, Clou, as TLawreace Jr.. William Mcsturrarv. O. T Johnson. L loear.srt. S. C Flr. It. O. Teaney. W Q. ronnauch-y. Jullua Iurkhelmer. S. J. Mil lrr, r. H Focatr. V . Coman. TFrd lockior II. Ellor. H. V". rlojt, B. W. ' fc-hmw. r W HIM. 3. N. Teak C. Jars- I -m. Iwiht Kdwsrtfa. J. U tvrtt. H. w. Mu.-h.l. . l Hall. J.mrs F. Kaillne. F. A rr-maa. E. al. Whittle. F. ft. Karr. a. M. Lud'ra, F. R. Holbrook. C O. burton. W. A. MonTsomerv Rapr-eeetatlvee of the folluarlns f.'ma also arltl eA-'Companr the paru. rlerhner A laror. Leas A Co. IIimo, Khman A Co.. Merchanla National Ftank. Kllham Statlonrv Company, ftaa mueaa A t'a, and Alnere Brothers Com-pear. n LODGE31EN OF TWO STATES ASSEMBLED AT VANCOUVEE TO INSPECT NEW TEMPLE. .a vt yz. i. ' &faCnl' "Ak. ;:; jif .. jit-fe - ty r: a.; ' : s - Vis ' - ' n . Photo by W. G. Emery. ELK OFF1CE.3S IX FROKT OF HOME OF ORDER IX BARRACKS C1TT. ELKS OPEN HOME Vancouver Lodge Is Host of Thousands at Dedication. BIG BRASS KEY GIVEN ALL NEW CAPITOL DESIGNED F.ntlr Block Kast of Prr-acnt Kite to R Purrhaecd by Slate PAUEM. tr.. Mar Tl. t?peclal As auranve la now practically giea that the state erUl purchase the entire block dl rwilr east of the Capitol grounds to use for an additional rapltol building. Already the board haa options on three-fourths of the biovk at an ap-p-ot!mate rest of R.".J0 and there is little dxM tnat the balance of the prop erty a aa be trcured. In that event the entire ct for the property will be practically VXaa. Iravlrg r1." with which to build the additional str-jcture. A etrwturs worth miton mors than that probably will bs rocetructed for the money, as state-made brick ! he used at a very small cost t o the. state. Mtooasmchsrh Mine Opened. CF.NTRAUA. Wash.. May a. Spe jal. Another ceal mine la being tpened In the vicinity of Centralta. The old Skookumchuck mine, which ran operated on a small scale last year for a few months, hss passed Into '.he hands of the Pacific Coal Gas Company of Portland on a J-year 'aai and a contract for li tons a ur has already been obtained by the corporation. It le estimated that ths tn contains .sse.0ih tons. A royalty f 1 rents a ton will be paid- Ths mmpanv will build a railroad spur Jrom the mine to the main line at b.i. .nd the mine will be working th Ml strength In a month or two. , rentralie Is surrounded by a number of - . n. I CVMk aCoulah- ' Toao. Meadota and Tinlao. , 1 Members of Antlenred Herd From Two State Attend Ceremony. Grand Officers Preside. Minstrel Show at Night. VANCOtrVER. Wash.. May tl- (Spe cial.) Fifteen hundred Klka from all parts of Washington and Oregon. In cluding ths grand lodge officers of both ststes. wers gtven the freedom of the city today, each being presented with a large brass key. ths occasion being the formal dedication of the Klka' new ftS.000 rome at Tenth and Malta streets. It was Elks dsy In Vsncouver. On tha arrival of visiting lodgemen this morning they were tsken for automo bile rides through ths city and county, and through Vancouver Barracks, many being here In tlms to witness ths garrison rsrlew. Grand Officers Attend. In ths Elks horns at S o"clock ths formal dedication exercises took place E. Morgenstern. deputy grand exalted ruler, of Seattle, presiding. Other grand officers of the lodge during the services were: D. Soils Cohen, of Port land. grand chaplain: E. R. Ingersoll. of Seattle, grand estemed leading knight: C O. Bates, of Tacoma. grand esteemed loyal knight: B. E. Padgett, of Everett, grand exalted lecturing knight: F. W. Parker, of Seattle, grand esquire. Gus E. Moser. of Portlsnd. dellvsred ths address of ths day. Miss. Anita Norellus gave a vocal selection, and Plat Homan sang two numbers. Frank O. Elchenlaub. of. Portland, played a violin solo, snd all Elks jolnsd In sing ing the closing ode. Ths "high Jinks" tonight started at t o'clock, when ths Elks' 40 minstrels and M. S. Cohen as Interlocutor gave their show. Tho feature of ths even ing wss ths singing of ths Elks' song. -Portland In li:." by Frank J. Hen nessy, of Portland, who haa been se lected to go to the National convention at Atlantic City and sing his boostsr song on any and svery occasion. Mr. Hcnnessy was encored again and again. A special train from Portland, with hundreds of Elks, arrived before t o'clock. A special with Centralla'a delegation and a band arrived this morning. Tha Portland lodge presented a mas slve hall dork of mission wood to ths local lodge, which was accepted by Jo seph Carter, exalted ruler of ths local lodge. Officers of Vancouver Loess are: Jieeph Carter, nailed ruler; A. J. Dor land, eateemed leading knight: A. at. B La ker. eeteeni-4 loyal knlfht: A. Alberteon. esteemed lecturing knight. C at- Scanlon. eecrrtary: Frank Klrhenlaus. treasurer; W. H. McCeyet. tjler; O. B Sunpeon. eaqulre: il. K. Thoroa. Inner (uard: J. a. Winters, C. S- I rein. M. 8. Cohee. trasteee; James i Paddrn. chaplain. The building committee Is: Frank K1 rhanlaub. chairman; A M- Blaker. B. A. DeYarmoa. O. W. walela, J. W. wantworth. Finance committee E. R. Schofleld. A. R. Xunrer. J. M. Wltherei. Vuttlng commute Charles B. Sears, Clement Seoit. a. J. Dor land. Houm committee A. l. Blaker. F- El rhenlaub. 1. J. raddea. C, 8. Irwin. A. T. Kuyle. GUN STOPS JOY-RIDERS AVTOMOBILE THIEVES CAP TCRED XE-VR BOISE, IDAHO. Three Men -Confess They Had In tended to leave siaie With Ma chine bnt Accident Prerented. BOISE. Idaho, May Jl. (Special.) Uned up In a row at ths point of a gun held In the hands of sn employs ft the Reclamation Service. Bert Thomas, of Oakland: Arthur Kelly, of Chicago, and Thomas Calvert, of Bo lee, automobile thieves, wers held for sev eral hours this afternoon while a posse ef deputy sheriffs was rushed from Boise to bring them back to this city. They are held pending a hearing to morrow. rt Entering ths garage at ths Goodman ranch, three miles west of this city last night at It o'clock, the thlevee stole the valuable automobile of Mr. Ooodroan and started serosa country with It headed towards ths coast. An accident to the engine near Knna. which the thieves could not mend, pre vented them from croaslng the Oregon-Idaho line. There they abandoned the wrecked machine and attempted to escape across country. Indignant ranchers Immediately pursued ths thieves snd surrounded them In ths sagebrush country- member of the Reclamation Service eventually forced them to surrender and held them at the point of a rifle for three hours, until members of ths Sheriffs fores could arrive. The three prisoners confessed to planning to take ths mschlne out of ths state, one of them making ths sxcuss that hs only Intended ths escapade tor a Joy-ride- BATTALION QUITS RANGE Month's Practice at Proebstel Ends; Four Companies to Take Turn. VANCOUVER BARRACKS. Wash., May XL (Special.) Tho 8econd Bat talion Of ths First Infantry, under Major Charles H. Martin, which has been spending tha month on the Gov ernment target range at Proebstel. If mllea from here, returned today, hav ing completed its target practice and course In marksmanship. Ths Third Bsttallon, Companies I. K. ! snd M. First Infantry, with Major Tredwell W. Moore In command, will march to ths rsngs Juns 1 to spend a month there. in rifle practice. The soldiers will carry a full field kit and wear service uniform. D Battery. Second Field Artillery, went to ths range yesterday and will return tomorrow, for a practice march. FREE DELIVERY-PROBABLE Woodstock and Tremont to Be In vestigated by Department. Ths people of the Woodstock snd Tremont districts, who sent a petition to Washington, . C, asking for free delivery of mail, are to bava their re quest Investigated. Postmaster Merrick yesterday re ceived from the postofflca department a request for a report as to street signs, house numbers and sidewalks In ths districts, the department extending delivery only to sections which havs street signs In place, bouses numbered snd good walka. Tha residents of ths Woodstock and Tremont declare that their gravel walks are as good as ths gravel walks of Arista which wars passed on favorably by the inspectors. Postmaster Merrick yesterday re ceived notification from Washington. D. C that ZO letter collection boxes for uss In ths Arleta district had been shipped to him. When free delivery was established in Arleta about a month ago ths de partment at Washington declared that appropriations were such that letter reception boxes could not be Issued. Letters and telegrams from the local office, however, were successful In that they showed the necessity of the boxes being Installed Immediately. MAYORS WILL CONVENE rnlque Meeting: to Be Held in Seat tle on Sevmonr'g Initiative. SEATTLE. Wash, May 31. (Special.) Cnlqus in that it will be the first conference of Its sort In the history of the state, a convention which will be attended by ths mayors of the principal cities of ths state will bs held in Seat tle. Saturday. June 10. Inspiration for the Idea came to Mayor W. W. Seymour, of Tacoma, when hs learned that Mayor w. J. Hlndley, of Spokane, a former Congre gational clergyman, had been scheduled to deliver the baccalaureate sermon before the graduating class of the Uni versity of Washington. Sunday, June 11. Mayor Oeorge W. DUllng la heartily co-operating with ths Tacoma executive and has announced that he will pro vide entertainment for the visiting first men of mors than a score of muni cipalities. Ths object of ths conference, the de. tails of which ars being enthusiasti cally perfected by Mayor Seymour. In office only a short time, is to dis cuss municipal matters, particularly tha regulation of the liquor traffic. Independence Observes Day. IXPEPEXDEVCE, Or.. May 11. (Special.) Members of the Grand Army of the Republic observed Me morial day here yesterday In the audi torium. The following programme was given: Song, by the choir: reading, by Rev. James Dunsmulr; song, by Helen and Frances Eaton: recitation, by Xora Brink; recitation, by Martha Bullock. Rev. William Weber presi ded. Judgs P. H. D'Arcy delivered tha address of ths day. Company After Sherwood OH. SHERWOOD. Or, May SI (Special.) A company with principal offices here baa been Incorporated with capi tal stock of I15.(VOO. fully subscribed, to develop oil lands about four miles south of town, on which It haa leases. Robert ZumwalU general manager, who has had 18 years' experience In tha oil fields of Colorado. Nevada and California, says prospects here for oil are good. Most of the machinery la on the ground and work will be begun at once. Wood fleur is ared by tnanufartorers of UDloaKM. linoleum and other articles. The auantity eportt annuallr from Norway Is onlr ahout lOO.ono tors, while tha export of wood pulp (mechanical and chemical! exceeds iioO tons Pr snnum. Exports of wood If our from Norway to the Vnlted S'et'iWare valued at st-i-a ." 4 vasss ta lk BEACH II BUR fJ S Locksley Hall Hotel at Seaside Is Destroyed. TAR ON STOVE IS CAUSE Adjoining Buildings Saved With Difficulty and Portland Woman's Bucket Brigade Quenches Blase Block Away. SEASIDE. Or.. May SI. (Special.) The Locksley Hall Hotel, owned and operated by Mrs. L. A. Carlisle, was deatroyed by fire this morning. The loss Is 110.000 with little insurance. J. W. Carlisle snd J. J. Carlisle, cousins of Mrs. Carlisle, wers boiling tar on the kitchen range with the Intention of repairing the roof. After the tar was placed on the range both men went Into ths yard to do prepara tory work In the meantime. Suddenly they aald smoke began pouring from tha windows and they rushed Into the kitchen to find It a mass of flames. The Carlisle brothers attempted to' carry the vat of tar from the burning building, but wers unsuccessful as the firs hsd already gained too much bead way. J. W. Carlisle was burned about ths hands. A general alarm was Bounded and the local Are department responded promptly having two streams playing on the burning building in record time. The firs hsd already gained such head way that It was Impossible to save any of tha hotel buildings. Adjoining dwellings were dismantled during the progress of ths firs snd were saved by the Are department. Tha new house of Mrs. Emma E. Williams, r Portland, a block south of the burned hotel, caught Are twice from flying ambers, but the blase was ex tinguished quickly by Mrs C. W. Knowles. also of Portlsnd. who with ths aid of a few boys formed a bucket brigade and kept the roof saturated with watsr. MRS. E. CRATE AT REST Nonagenarian Pioneer's Funeral Is Held at The Dalles. THE DALLES. Or.. May SI. (Spe cial.) Funeral services over ths re mains of Mrs. Sophia Crate, widow of Edward Crate, were held this af'ernoon at St. Peter'a Catholic Church, the Rer. Father Bronsgeest officiating. Mrs. Crate was one of the oldest pio neers of The Dalles, coming here rfora Quebec and locating at Crate's Point about a mile west of the city with her husband In 1848. She was 93 years old. In 145 she was married to Edward Crate at Stuart Lake. In 1846 they Fine Pictures and Oil Paintings at One- Half the Regular Price Ton may choose any oU painting in onr Art Gallery, and it is yours at just one-half the regular price. "We also include in this remarkable offer 300 of our beautiful colored gravures, pastels, genuine etchings, and carbons, . all artistically framed. A wide range of famous and pleasing subjects : included in this splendid offer. We hang more pictures in our Art Gallery than the combined stocks of any three Picture or Department Stores in Portland one whole floor filled with the best selections. "We buy no sample lines c pictures; we buy the best, in quantities that make it possible for us to do our present immense picture . business. . Each of our pictures and oil paintings is selected by our art buyer; each" represents the best efforts of his trained judgment, and each is selected with an eye single to its being appropriate to hang on the walls of your home. "We invite your critical inspection and comparison of subjects, of style of framing, and of price. All selections made by you will be carefully, ; packed and safely delivered. , Woodard, Clarke & Go. Washington and Fourth Streets In our Framing Room there are over one thousand styles of mouldings. Bring us your pictures forthe best, most artistic framing by men who know how to frame pictures. No one can frame them for less. .. . , were stationed at Fort Wallowa by the Hudson's Bay Company. . At ths time of the Whitman' massacre Mrs. Crate took Spauldlngr. tho sole survivor of the mas sacre, to Vancouver. She was the mother of 14 children, of whom eight survive. The surviving children are: John and Joseph Crate, of this city; James and Edward Crate, Mra. Frank Huott and Mrs. William An derson, of Portland: Mrs. Joseph Silva, of Lyle. and Mrs. Julia Perry, of White Salmon. MAY WETTESJJN ASTORIA Weather Records Show That Pres ent Month Has Excelled All. ASTORIA, ok May 31. (Special.) . . . .h. runriia in Weather AW.Ulluiia -" " " Observer Gllmore's office the present montn nas oeen an eveiwv.ij one in Astoria. The total rainfall dur ing May was S.88 Inches, an excess of S OS Inches over the average for the corresponding month of previous years, which was S.8 inches. Since 1854, when the first weather records were kept here, there were four months of May In which the rainfall exceeded that of the present month. They were In 1871. with a total of 8.91 Inches; 1887, when the precipita tion was 7.33 Inches; 1895, with a total rainfall of 8.62 lnchea and 189. when the precipitation was S.96 inches. SALMON CATCH IMPROVED Warm 'Weather Slakes Ban Better and Pack Is TJp to Average. - ASTORIA, Or., May SI. (Special.) Since the warmer weather began there has been quite an Improvement in the runs of salmon and the gillnetters dur ing; the past two or three days have been making- fairly good catches. While the season thus far. Is regarded generally as a poor one. one of the canners aays that the pack to date Is fully equal to the amount put up at tha corresponding; time a year aco. Only One Merrill Pupil Falls. MBRRIXJ Or., May (Special.) Seven out of eight pupils passed the eighth-srrade examination here. The successful pupils ars: Edwin Patterson. Ruth Patterson, Juanlta Ratliffe, Iva Gruburgh, Muriel Hurter, Leonard Bow man and Marjorie Pope. The youngest member of the class, a boy of 11 years old. made an average of 91 S-9 per cent. Snmpter Man Appointed. BUM PTE R. Or.. May ZL (Special.) E. Barnes, of this place, who tor sev eral years was one of the head rangers on the Whitman National Forest, has ; 99 "The Charmed Circle Provide one in your home, too, with the A. B. Chase "Artistano'TlayerPiano -The Very Boat," aa.y Sherman, Clay & Co, "of all Player Pianos made-" Special A nearly new ArUtano, for 6TS, on terms Sherman Co. Morrison at Sixth, Portland been appointed deputy aupervfsor of the Ochoco reserve, with headquarters at Prineville, with instructions to re port at his new post at once. Mr. Barnes was firewarden for the Whit man forest last year. Lafayette to Celebrate. LAFAYETTE, Or, May SI. (Special.) Preparations for celebrating the Fourth of July are being made here. B. E. Baney, of Portland, will be orator of the day. A feature of the programme will be a fan dance under the leader ship of Miss Eva Fletcher. Two of the best baseball teams of this vicinity will compete for a purse of $50. Centralis Pupils to Beautify City. CENTRALIA. Wash.. May SL (Spe cial.) More than 1000 school children ...n. . ira Inlnerl the Junior Civic League and have pledged to use their Dest errorts in pumjui mo" home city. 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