t THE MORNING OKEGOyiAX, TUESDAY, JULY 4. 1911,
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LOW-HATE BUTTLE
Southern Pacific Mt Make
Big Cut in Willamette
Valley Tariffs.
SHIPPERS WILL BENEFIT
fnle Cae I Delayed by Techni
cality Freight Rales Mill Be
Down as Result of Decision
of Judge Bean.
Unless the Southern raciflc Company
succeeds In holding up. on a techni
cality. Its can in the Federal Courr
aarainst the Oregon Ptate Kanroaa m
mission over Willamette Valley freight
rates, a cut of from I to 30 per cent
of the class freight rate must be made
at once.
The new rates, as soon as put into
effect, will operate betm-een Portland
and St. Joseph, or Corvallls: Sheridan
Junction and Sheridan: Whiteson and
Alrle: Woodhurn and MohawR Junc
tion: Mohawk Junction and Wcndllng;
Mohawk Junction and Natron: Sprins-
flld Junction and Springfield, Albany
Junction and Albany.
Action Taken In September.
The low rates were ordered by the
Ttallroad Commission last SeptemDer,
after a hearing at which it found the
class freight rates, then In force, to be
unjust, unreasonable, excessive ami
discriminatory. When tne ranroaa
company brought suit for an injunc
tion to restrain the commission from
enforcing the rate, and the court re
fused to grant It. th lallroad was ob
liged to put up a bond of $50,000 to
Insure shippers against loss. Since
that It has been giving rebates.
Jndse Bean's decision in the case yes
terday was to sustain a demurrer to
the application for an Injunction. This
gives the original complaint no stana
Ing in court, and Is a sweeping victory
for the commission and the shippers.
Attorneys W. P. Kenton. J. E. Fenton
and Ben C. Day. representing the rail
road, secured permission to file an
amended complaint, but whether this
will be done, or whether an appeal will
be taken to the Appellate Court has
Sot been decided.
, Rates Alleged Too Low.
In Its suit the railroad alleged that
lower rates are unfair, causing it to
operate at a loss. In his decision Judge
Bean (ays the railroad company de
clared Its receipts for lSOs to nave oeen
17.104. nsi. and asserted these would be
reduced by 12ti.31.80 should the lower
rates take effect. But attorneys for the
railroad afterward admitted. says
Judge Bean, that there was an error
In the footing, and that the actual
estimated reduction In the receipts
would be only I16S.07I.4S annually.
Judge Bean says that the statement
that It will be necessary to raise the
rates on farm produce and other freight
traffic other than class freight. In order
to meet expenses. Is Inconsistent with
the farts alleged. He gives the gross
expenditures for 1909. taken from the
complaint, as J...S.19.69. which would
leave a net balance for that year of
II.:!4.313. The value of the property
bonded and the floating indebtedness is
I39.CS2.0O. says the complaint. Nothing
is said about interest being included In
the aggregate expenditures, therefore.
says the court. It is fair to assume that
it is included In the operating expenses.
Thus, he says, there Is a net balance of
I1.24.3S3 to be applied on the stork of
the par value of $19,000,000.
Showing Declared Inuf fielent.
'On this showing." continues the
court. "It certainly tan not be consist
ently said that the earnings of the com
plainant . . . will afford but slight com
pensation above the cost of service, or
that the order of the Commission is con
fiscatory, or that the rates fixed by the
Commission will not afford a fair return
jon the value of the property. There is
no statement as to the cost of conduct
ing state business by the railroad, nor
as to the difference between freight
And oaesenger expenses."
The railroad company argued that the
legislative art creating the Railroad
Commission Is unconstitutional, be
cause, it Is urged, rate-making is a leg
islative function. Judge Hean said:
"Rate-making is a legislative func
tion, and when rates are fixed by the
Legislature or by a subordinate body to
which the power has been delegated,
they will not be declared invalid by the
Federal courts unless they are so un
reasonably low that their enforcement
would amount to the taking of the
property for public use without com
pensation, and therefore, practically,
confiscation.
"But the rates now In controversy
'were made by the Slate Commission In
(the light of a knowledge of the facts,
and after a thorough investigation and
hearing of the party Interested. They
are made by law prima facte lawful,
and are therefore presumed to be rea
sonable, fair and Just. . . This court
has no authority to fix rates, nor should
It usurp the powers of the Commission."
Another point was that the new rata
order conflicts with Interstate com
merce rates. On this point, as well as
'.he constitutionality of the act. Judge
Bean said he Is In full accord with the
Secislon of Federal Judge Wolverton In
the Campbell rasa, w hich Is In the Com
mission's faror.
FLIGHT TESTS SUCCESS
Salem Arlatm-s Will Hold
Cherry Fair Week.
Meet
SALEM. Or. July S. (r-peclat.)
fhree attempts this afternoon by P. Q.
Suddleston In the new Tuylor-Huddle-rton
aeroplane, whlh has been con
structed In this city, amply demon
strated that the machine can fly. al
though there was nothing spectacular
acout any of the short low flights.
It Is probahle. If the mat hine can
re properly adjusted, that an exhibi
tion will be given by the Salem avi
ators at the Cherry Fair this week.
The machine Is a biplane, similar to
the Curtlss type.
DALY OUT OF COMMITTEE
"o Appointment Made to Fill Va
cancy on Charter Board.
wni H. DaTy ha tendered to Mayor
JlushJgiit Ms resignation as a member
of the charter committee of 15. re
cently named by e-x-Maror fUmon. Mr.
Daly had previously announced his In
tention of resigning. -tiut waited until
the new Mayor took office before
doing so.
No ona has a yet been named to fill
tie aoanor
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WOMAN MAKES FIRST FLAG IN PORTLAND HALF
CENTURY AGO.
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-MUM. I. K. BILLS ASD FLAG.
Today, when so many flags are waving In the city where 1.000,000
roses bloom, a sweet-faced old lady sits sunning herself on the veran
da of her home. She thinks or another July 4 half a century ago,
when rortland was but a village and boasted of but one flag, a flag
made painstakingly by this same old woman. This woman is Mrs.
P. K. Bills, who has lived here since 1SS3. She Is called "grandma"
by those who know her best.
"You eee It wj;s hard to get any kind of goods In those days (1861)
but I was anxious to make a flag." said Mrs. Bills, tolling of how
she made the first flag in Portland. "I knew a sailor; so 1 got some
goods from him. The red was all-wool delaine. The blue was of
marine, about a yard square. Tne nearest to white I could get wa
a light cream delaine. I sewed the stripes together, then cut out the
stars and sewod them on the blue marine, then I cut out the goods
under the stars so they would show on both sides.
"We put it up In our yard on Main and Second streets (General Cof
fin's old home). There wasn't a houe west of Third street at that
time. I gave the flag to Mr. Himes. of the Oregon Historical So
ciety, the last time he was here. I felt as If I was getting pretty old
and couid not take care of It." When asked how old she Is. Mrs.
1:111s exclaimed: "Now, that's a pretty question to ask an old wo
man": fhen her eyes began to twlnklo nnd she added, "Honey, If I
live another month I'll be K2." The flag Is at present on exhibition in
the Ortcon Historical Society rooms In the City JIalL It measures
17 feet 3 Inches In length and R feet In width, and except for sev
eral small tears Is In very good condition.
Ml REIGN BEGUN
Mayor Rushlight Names Heads
of Committees.
OATHS OF OFFICE TAKEN
Slaver Is Confirmed as Acting Police
Chief and Harlburt Is Appoint
ed City Engineer Short
Session Is Held.
In a five-minute session at 4 o'clock
yesterday afternoon, the machinery of
the new Executive Board was set In
motion for the ensuing term. Mayor
Rushlight presiding. John B. Coffey
heads the police committee. C. A. Blge
low the Are committee, R. O. Rector the
bridge committee and W. H. Fitzgerald
the street committee.
T. L Hurlburt was appointed by the
Mayor as City Engineer and his ap
pointment was confirmed promptly by
the Board. He took charge of his de
partment at once.
Captain E. A. Slover was named as
Acting Chief of Police by the Mayor,
and. upon motion of John B. Coffey,
the appointment was confirmed by the
Board. Mr. Coffey then moved that the
bond of the new Chief be fixed at
$10,000. This was seconded and carried
and. there being no further business.
the meeting was adjourned.
All of the members of the new Board
were on hand at 4 o'clock. The Coun
cil chamber, where they met. was-.dec-
orated lavishly with roses. City Auditor
Barbur administered the oath of office
to the members as they stood, when
called to order by tne Mayor.
Committee Are Named. -
Teputy City Auditor Grutse read the
list of committee appointments as an
nounced by the Mayor. These are:
Rules and order of business Meets
at 3:30 P. M- Friday Board meeting
dajf D. Soils Cohen. Wsldemar Seton.
George Hornby.
Fire committee Meets 4 P. M..
Thursday preceding Board election day
C. A. Blgelow. John Perry. D. 3.
Cohen.
Police Meets 4 P. Ml, Thursday pre
ceding Board meeting day John B.
Coffey. Waldemar Seton. W. 1L Flti-g-erald.
Bridges Meets 3 P. M, Thursday
preceding Board meeting day R. O.
Rector. IX 8. Cohen. John B. Coffey.
Fitzgerald Heads Streets. v
Streets Meets I r. L. Thursday
following Board meeting day TV. H.
Fitzgerald. R. O. Rector. C A- Bigelow.
Sewers Meets 3 P. M.. Thursday pre
ceding Board meeting day John Perry,
John B. Coffey. Ir. 1L C. Fixott.
Street cleaning Meets 3 P. M.. Thurs
day preceding Board meeting- day W.
Peton. George Hornby. M. J. Murnane.
Lights Moets I P. M., Board meeting
day M. J. Murnane, W. H. Fitzgerald.
It. C Fixott.
City Hall Meets :S0 P. M-. Thursday
preceding Board meeting day Oeorge
Hornby. R. O. Rector. C A. Blgelow.
Current expenses Meets 3:80 P. M..
Board meeting day 1L C Fixott. John
Perry. M. J. Murnane. r
SUFFRAGIST SEES GAIN
MRS. MARY ARKWRIGHT HIT-
TON, OF SPOKAXE. HERE.
Hope- to Send Two Women to Vh
ngton Ijeglslatnre Expressed.
Progress of Movement Told.
"Statistics In recent elections held
In different parts of the Etate of Wash-
ngton entirely refute the contention
hat women do not take an Interest In
public affairs and for that reason the
rlicht of suffrage should not he extend
ed to them." asserted Mrs. May Ark
wright Hutton. of Spokane, Wash., a
prominent suffragist.
To date, women in my state nave
had the privilege of voting In only
hree Important local elections since
he right of suffrage was given them
last Fall. Their first opportunity came
In the recall election of Hiram Olll. ex-
Mayor of S-attl. For that election 23.-
00O women registered and the returns
ho wed that the great- majority or
them voted. In Spokane! 8000 women
registered for the lectio of Commis
a. V
sioners under the commission form of
charter and nearly every one of them
went to tha polls.
"The women of Washington today
hold at least threo Important public
positions. We have a food inspector
in Seattle, Spokane and Tacoma and a
woman Police Commissioner In Seattle.
We have the right to vote for all offi
cers, including Presidential lectors.
At the same time we are eligible to all
offices and are liable to Jury duty. In
fact, many women already have served
as Jurors in my state. In the election
next year wo expect to send at least
two women from Spokane County to
the Washington State Legislature.
"Spokane is th largest city in Wash
lngton having the commission form of
government and It is giving very gen
eral satisfaction. Taxpayers as a whole
are more than pleased with the manner
In which municipal business is conduct
ed. Besides, the commission govern
ment makes It possible to fix respon
sibility." Mrs. Hutton has Just returned from
Olympla. Wash., where she attended
the annual convention of the Washing
ton State Federation of Woman's Clubs,
She reports---that the sentiment for
woman suffrage at this meeting was
Just as unanimous as was the feeling
against that reform at the convention
of these clubs a year ago. "Equal rights
for woman" was the keynote of every
address at the convention, according
to Mrs. Hutton, who declares that wo
man suffrage "has como to stay" In
Washington. In the campaign that
preceded the wloptlon or tnis- consti
tutional amendment in Washington,
Mrs. Hutton was president of the
Washington Political Equality League
an organization that was discharged
as soon as the 'adoption of the amend
ment was officially, declared.
En route to her home at Fpokane,
Mrs. Hutton decided to spend a few
days In Portland, where today eh will
be Joined by relatives, wno win par
ticulate in the proceedings of the
Christian Church convention, which
will open Its sessions today, ino party
consists of Mrs. Henry Grombacher, a
sister, and Miss Lulu Shephard, of
Cleveland. O.: Mr. and Mrs. George
Grombacher, of Spokane; Mr. and Mrs.
It. G. Grombacher, of Seattle, and Mr.
and Mrs. F. T. Bailey, of Butt, Mont.
BIRO PROTECTION IS CRY
COLD SPRINGS RESERVOIR IS
MADE NATIONAL PRESERVE.
Government Official Say Hunting
and Fishing- Is to Be Absolutely
Prohibited for Three Years.
KERMISTOX. Or.. July 8. (Special.)
F. M. mile, special agent of the bio
logical department of the Cnlteo biaies
Oenartment of Agriculture, spent sev
eral days here this week in connection
with his work. The big Cold springs
reservoir, which supplies this project
with water. Is a National bird preserve.
As yet no effort has been made to
prevent hunting and It was for this
reason Mr. Dllle came here. He posted
notices and made other necessary ar
rangements for the protection of the
thousands of ducks and geese which
make this large body of water their
home. In speaking of this subject, Mr.
Dllle said:
"It is the policy of the Government
to convert all reservoirs on reclama
tion projects Into National bird reser
vations. This has already been done
with the Cold Springs reservoir. I am
here to Investigate conditions, secure
local men to enforce the rules and reg
ulations of the department and attend
to such other matters as are necessary
for the protection of the birds. On
these reservoirs hunting and fishing
are absolutely prohibited at allseaT
sons of the ypar and ther are rigid
laws against violation. The preserve
not only Includes the reservoir, but
enough of the shore line adjoining: to
protect the nesting places."
Mr. rllle also announceu mat tnere
as a shipment of between 20.00 and
30.000 bass on the way here. As soon
as the reservoir Is stocked with these
fish there will be a strict prohibition
of fishing for three years. Then It is
expected that that this will be one of
the finest planes In the state for this
sport. There are already many salmon
trout In the reservoir.
I. awn mower Nips linger
VAXmrVKR. Wash.. July 3. fSpe-
clal.) Desiring to see if the lawn
mower would cut flesh as well as grass.
Glen, a small son of Mr. and Mrs. R,
H. Griffith, got his finger tangled up
In the machine this morning and one
finger on the left hand was cut on.
Merry-Go-Rounds) Are Barred.
VANCOUVER. Wash.. July 3. (Spe
cial.) Becoming tired and nervous by
the monotonous hum nnd din of the
music-box on a merry-go-round In
Camas, the City Council of that place
has prohibited the operating of the
contrivances within the city limits.
FORGES ARE JOINED
Suburbs Work Together to At
tain Common Ends.
SLOGANS FORWARD CAUSE
Mount Tabor Helps Monta villa to
Get Carnegie Library, Compli
ment AVIII Be Returned In
Securing- Park Betterment.
Who are we? who are wet Who are we?
We've come down to .Monta V
To help vou get from Carnegie
The thing you seek a Libra ree.
Oh. boost Mount Tabor Park.
ro It now, do It now!
Panit Mt. Tabor Park, do It now!
ioost Ml. Tabor Park.
While vou'ra happy as a lark.
Boost Mt. Tabor Park. Do It now!
Citizens of Mount Tabor and Monta
viila have Joined forces In working
for two things of common Interest to
secure an appropriation of $250,000
for the Improvement of Williams Park
at Mount Tabor, and to get a Carnegie
library at Montavllla.
These projects will play prominent
parts In the celebrations to be held in
these suburbs on the Fourth. The. cel
ebration In Montavllla will take place
In the mornlngr and a large delegation
from the Mount Tabor Improvement
Club will leave the end of the car line
for the Montavllla celebration at 10
o'clock, singing the foregoing slogans
as they go and on the return.
"Montavllla is after one of the Car
negie libraries, and we of Mount Ta
bor are going to help them get It,"
said C. II. Welch, president of the
Mount Tabor Improvement Club. "We
have appointed. Joint committees to
work together for the library. Mon
tavllla Is entitled to that library, and
we are going to the celebration on the
Fourth singing our slogans .to show
the folk of that suburb that we mean
to help them out.
"We want to make Williams Park, In
our own suburb, the finest in the city,
or on the Coast. It will cost 8250,000
to make the improvements, and we
shall ask for a special bond issue for
that amount. Williams Park is for
the entire East Side and I believe that
the people will stand by us. Every
Portland citizen is invited to our ceie
brations on the Fourth, at Montavllla
In the forenoon, and at Mount Tabor
in the afternoon. Automobiles win
run from the end of the carline to Al
tamead Park, where the Montavllla
celebration will be held. We will
boost' for the Carnegie library In
Montavllla and for the Improvement of
the Mount Tabor park."
The Montavllla library committee, of
which John W. Conway Is chairman,
will offer land for the library free or
cost. They will ask that one of the
three libraries offered Portland be
erected on the East Side, and wish to
locate it where It will be convenient
to Mount Tabor as well.
BEETLE PEST IS CHECKED
GOVERNMENT FIELD MEN SAY
DANGER IS SMALL.
Yellow Pine In Eastern Oregon Re
ported to Have Suffered Heav
ily Last Season.
6UMPTER. Or., July 3. (Special.)-
Work of the Government Entomo
logical Bureau In the extermination of
the black beetles that infest the pine
forests of Eastern Oregon has been
finished for this season. Over 100
men, who have been working In the
field, have left the camps.
The officials who have been direct
ing the work expressed themselves as
well pleased with the result of the
season's campaign, and say that within
two years. If the work is carried on
properly, danger to Eastern Oregon
timber will be eradicated.
It has been commonly affirmed that
the beetles attack only black pine,
but reports this year show that fully
as many yellow pine trees were affect
ed by the pest. The black bugs bur
row Into the trees and after the larvae
Is matured the beetles free themselves
from their birthplace and epread the
Infection to other trees.
Since starting the war on the beetles
more than 30.000 Infected trees have
been cut down and burned. These were
scattered over a large range of coun
try, extending about 20 miles. Th
plan Is to cut down the Infected tree
and bum the trunk and branches, also
the stump. In this way the bugs and
eggs In the tree are destroyed.
RUSE SAVES EX-BANKER
DEPOSITOR WITH GIN' WANTS
CASH FOR FOURTH.
President of Defunct Vancouver
Bank Calls Police AVhcn De
. mand Is Made.
VANCOUVER. Wash.. July 3. (Spe
cial.) Flourishing a revolver. Adolpb.
Jastcr. of Salmon Creek, today entered
the office of H. C. Phillips, president
of the defunct Commercial Bank of
Vancouver, and demanded money that
his wife and children might be able
to celebrate July 4. Jaster had $1702
on-deposlt. in the bank when it failed.
Phillips, who Is Register of tne
United States Land Offflce. was alone
when Jaster entered the office.
PhilllDS told Jaster that he liad
money In the bank down stairs, and
suggested that they go and get the
matter settled. Going down stairs, Jas
ter meanwhile covering Phillips with
the gun. Phillips, went Into the bank
and Jaster stood outside watching him.
Phillips telephoned to the police sta
tion and John Secrlst, Chief of Police,
responded and took Jaster In charge.
AC the police station. Jaster said he
did not Intend to harm Phillips, but
that he thought he might be able to
scare the bank president into giving
him a few dollars so he could cele
brate the Fourth of July. The gun
was not loaded: Later Jaster was re
leased. Phillips says ho will not pros
ecute. Jaster has a wife and three
children. He has collected 10 per cent
of the deposit he had in the bank.
MYSTERY MARKS PLAGUE
Scientists Unable to Explain Epl-
dcmlo In Manchuria.
pt. PETERSBURG. July 1. (Spe
cial.) The pLague irtiicli recently
raged in Manchuria has disappeared.
It appeara to have been as mysterious
a scourge as any that struck fear
to the hearts of nations' in the Mid
dle Ages. After carrying off about
100.000 victims it vanished. Even con
tact with the dead bodies does not
now Impart the infection. Medical
authorities hold that it ws an un
paralleled phenomenon in the history
of public health. It appears to have
been a hitherto unheard-of variety of
the pulmonary .plague known to medi
cal science. Never before, and no
where, except In Manchuria, had an
epidemic been recorded which killed
100 per cent of those It attacked.
Again, during the whole period of the
plague not one infected rat was found
in Manchuria.
Neither preventive measures nor
treatment during the malady, euch as
Injections of anti-plague serum, pro
duced the slightest effect. In a word,
it might have been one of the plagues
sent by Moses, so obscure was its
origin and so mysterious was the way
In which it fastened on its victims.
DESERTTO BE IRRIGATED
TASK OF RECLAIMING GARDEN"
OF EDEN IS HUGE.
Undertaking Second In Engineering
Magnitude Only to Building
of Panama Canal.
CONSTANTINOPLE. July 1. (Spe
cial.) Next to the Panama Canal, the
greatest engineering feat in the
world's construction camps today is
the irrigation of the desert "of Mes
opotamia. Sir William Willcocks,
who has surveyed the region for three
years, is convinced it Is the original
Garden of Eden, and he promises when
a regular supply of water once more
reaches the arid zone that it will
blossom like the rose and be worth
at leaet $200,000,000. Then there will
be more apple trees to Tjeguile the
myriad descendants of Adam and
Eve who will flock to take up home
ste.ids. Work has just been begun on this
long-projected scheme, and the first
3000 laborers are at work with the
preliminary preparations. The British
contracting engineer. Sir John Jack
son, famous for dock works, has con
trol of the Job, with Arthur Noel
Whitley, another Britisher, who has
been second In command on the rail
way construction work across the
Andes, as commander on the spot.
The work 13 a huge one, for It en
tails opening a gap through the
mountains and building watercourses,
dams and reservoirs. Three great
barrages will be built, the first at
Hlndia on the Euphrates, where the
first section, irrigating 600,000 acres
at a cost of $7,500,000, will be worked.
It will then match the work the Brit
ish Government has done in the lower
Nile in consequence of the building
of the great Assouan dam, modern
Egypt's contribution to the wonders of
the world.
DWARF SHOWS STOPPED
125 Lilliputians In Paxis Prevent
ed From Giving Performance.
BERLIN, July 1. (Special.) A dem
onstration by 125 dwarfs took place
the other day outside the Sport Palace
In the Potsdamerstrasse. The man
agement of the Sport Palace had col
lected these tiny performers from all
parts of the world and had concluded
contracts with them to appear for
three months. All put In an appear
ance, but were faced by closed doors,
and the Intimation that the contract
could not be fulfilled, as the police
authorities had refused permission for
the performances to be given in the
Sport Palace.
The dwarfs assembled outside the
Sport Palace to demand compensation.
Some of them came with miniature
ponies, with which they carry out a
Lilliputian circus performance. Among
them was the tiny dancer Ulpts, three
feet six inches in height, who came
from America to appear at the Sport
Palace.
Two brothers equally diminutive came
from Bordeaux and -the remaining
dwarfs had assembled from such dis
tant places as San Francisco, Buenos
Ayres, Johannesburg and Melbourne.
After a noisy demonstration before
the closed doors of the Sport Palace
they adjourned to a neighboring res
taurant, under the leadership of their
smallest member, aged 68, who is ex
actly 28 Inches in height.
Coos Farmers Have Institute.
MARSHFIELD. Or.. July 3. (Spe
cial.) Ranchers of Coos County will
have an opportunity this month to
attend farmers' institutes conducted
by professors from the state agricul
tural college. There will be institutes
at Myrtle Point, Coquillo and Marsh
field on July IS, 19 and 20. Dairying
general agriculture and livestock hus
bandry will be discussed.
Cherries Unhurt by Rain.
SALEM. Or.. July 3. (Special.) After
Investigating for several days to de
termine the exact condition of the
cherries. It has been found that the
crop In this section has not been hurt
by the rains and tne entries ror me
Cherry Fair to be held the last of this
week are larger than ever Detore ana
are growing dally.
Cotton Crop Best in History.
WASHINGTON. July 3. Official es
timates of the cotton crop of 1911 in
dicate that it will be the largest In
the history of the country, approximat
ing, according to the present figures,
14,425,000 bales of 600 pounds each, ex
ceeding by almost 1,000.000 bales the
record crop of 1904.
W. S. Royce Named Newport Agent.
ALBANY, Or., July 3. (Special.)
W. S. Royce, who has been chief oper
ator in the Western Union office here
for tne past five years, has been ap
pointed agent of the Corvallls & East
ern Railroad at Newport and left to
day' to take charge of the Newport
office during the heavy traffic of the
Summer months.
Fire Explodes Rockets
TTTTTrTTTNTKON- Kan.. Julv 3. When
fire of unknown origin broke out today
in n. ennfectlonerv and notion factory
warfthnnaA a lat-CA SlinnlV Of fire-
works Btored in the building exploded.
and rockets shooting in an directions
endangered the firemen. The building
was destroyed at a loss of $50,000.
Fast Lumber Carrier Building.
MARSHFIELD. Or.. July '3. (Spe
cial.) Kruse & Banks, shipbuilders of
North Bend, have begun construction
of a steam schooner for the Simpson
Lumber Company. It Is to be one of
the fastest lumber carriers on the
Coast and will be used out of Coos
Bay. This will be the fifth boat built
by the North Bend firm this year.
ti imnnn of rve flour Into Norway is
Inrreaslns. The 'Canadian Trade Commls'
slonar at Chrlstlsnla states that It amounts
r about halt a million sacks annually Xrom
Germany.
Jfplll
The Jmperial
Oregon's Greatest Hotel
850 Rooms, 104 Suites, With Private
T- . V.
.DSUIS.
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" Moderare Rates:
Phil Metechan & Sons, Props.
PORTLAND HOTEL
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WKREU SEPT, 1008.
PRIVATE
HOTEL LENOX
B, D. and V. H. JOR.GEN8EN,
Propa. and Mam.
CORNER 3d AND MAIN STS.
Hot and Cold Water.
Lonj; Distance Phono
ta Every Room.
RATES
Sl.OOand Up
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Hotel Donnelly
TACOMA, WASH.
Most Centrally Located Hotal in tha City
Recently Modernized
RATES 75c TO $3.00
European Plan Free 'Bos
$1 "
all
Miss Millie Schloth. swimming Instructress of the T. V. . C. A. 111 have
charge of the swimming exhibitions in Gearhart Natatorium during season.
Miss Schloth trill also give Instructions in swimming and diving.
T
SEE FETE
Tacoma's Carnival Opens With
Briliant Pageant. .
TROOPS TO BE REVIEWED
Governor Hay Will Bo Present at
Crowning of Queen In Stadium.
Floral Parade Is Feature of
Four - Day Programme.
TACOMA. Wash.. July 3.-Ppecial.)
A crowd, conservatively estimated at
50,000 persons, of whom probably 10,
000 were visitors from other cities,
witnessed a spectacular dash by the
Tacoma fire department tonight
through the business section, -which
was so Illuminated with red fire as to
resemble a general conflagration. The
dash concluded the day's programme of
the Carnival of Nations, Taconia's
four-day Fourth of July pageant. A
floral auto parade this afternoon and
an Illuminated procession of decorat
ed automobiles, bicycles and motor
cycles this venlng were other fea
tures. George B. Kandle won first prize
for the best decorated car in the after
noon floral parade. Prizes in- the
evening were awarded to motorcycle
and bicycle riders, Roy Packard get
ting first for motorcycle, and Earl
Allen first for bicycles.
Governor Hay will review tomor
row's pageant, which will be participat
HRONGS
NEW PERKINS
Fifth and Washington Sts.
OPENED TUNE, 1908
A hotel in the very heart of Portland' businet
activity. Modern in every respect. Rates, $1.00
and up. Moderate price restaurant in connection
L. Q. Swetland. Secretary and Manager.
J
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The largest and most magnificent
hotel in Portland; unsurpassed in
elegance of accommodations or
excellence of cuisine. European
plan $1.50 per day and upward.
O. J. KAUFSIANN". Manaer.
THE CORNELIUS
The House of Welcome, corner Park
and Alder: European plan. new. modern
and strictly up to date: fine sample
rooms: rates $1 per day and up: rooms
with hath, $2 per day up; all outside
rooms: our omnibus meets all trains.
E. P. MORRIS, H. E. FLETCHER,
Proprietor. Manager.
HOTEL RAMAPO
Cor. Fourteenth an JW&shingioij
Mew Hotel, Elegantly Famished.
Rates $1 and Up
SPECIAL RATES FOR PERMANENT
European Plan. Bns Meeta An TratnsJ
M. E. FOLEY, PROPRIETOR,
BATHS.
THE BOWERS HOTEL
Special Announcement
Commencing July F!rt, Nineteen Hundred Eleven
AMERICAN AND K t" HO PEA N I'UN
Very Attractive Permanent RU'S to Families and Ptrt
prlo Gentlemen. Hotl Newly Furnished and Decorated.
Table d'Hole Breakfattt 0..M
Table d'Hote I-uncli ..0
Table d'Hote linner . ,. 1-0U
Also la Carte Menu.
Service in TVa Room I'nttl 12 o'Cloek P. M.
IWrshmentR Served on Roof Garden Kvery Kveninir.
Private Dinner Parties, Luncheon and Banquet (riven
Personal Attention. Perfect Service In All Department.
H. O. BOWERS, PRES.. AX1 K.R.
For Seventeen Years Mur. The Portland.
Portland, Oregon.
KTlTi 153 tS 3 5?iiir(H
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Hotel Geariiart
BY.THE-SEA
Gear hart, Or.
(CLATSOP BEACH.)
Improvements completed, ready
for
Summer guests; American plan. Res
ervations can be made with H. C.
Bowers, Bowers Hotel, Portland, Ore
gon, or by mall, telephone, or tele
graph, to Hotel Gearhart.
ed in by the National Guard from all
parts of the state, arriving for the
annual encampment at American Lake.
Besides these the crews of the cruiser
West Virginia and monitor Cheyenne
will participate. A track meet,
aquatic meet, games and dances of all
nations wi'.I lead up to the crowning
of the Queen in the Stadium tomorrow
night, to be followed by a brilliant
pyrotechnic display in the Stadium and
by vessels In the harbor.
Sumpter Wants New Depot.
SUMPTER. Or., July 3. (Special.)
The reports of the State Railroad Com
mission scoring the Sumpter Valley
Railroad and demanding that action to
remedy defects be taken at once, meets
with approval in Sumpter. particularly
that part of the report concerning the
depot at this city. The attention of the
railroad officials has been called to the
condition of the building here many
times, but, though promises have been
freely given, no action has ever been
taken.
Stream of Whisky Afire.
GLASGOW, July 3. Dalmores Dis
tillery was burned today causing a
loss of J500.000. A remarkable spec
tacle was furnished by a stream of
burning whiskey running from the
flame-swept building Into the Cromarty
Firth.
HOTEL
NEACOXIE
GEARHART, OREGON.
(Clatsop Beach)
European Plan.
Btoorcs by dy or week.
Modersta Hates.
G. L. REES, PROPRIETOR.
Write or telegraph for reservation