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Tnr rouxTXG orec.oniax, Tuesday,- atjgtjst go, ion. CHARLESTON BESET BY WIND ID TIDE Hurricane Blasts Force Sea Into Lower Parts of City. At Least Five Killed. GALE HITS SAVANNAH, TOO Wind Attains Velocity Greater Than 4 3111m n Hour RJre Field Are Pamagrrt and Charles ton Is) Isolated. cHAnr.rsT"N-. s. c. or :. via Fummervtlle. R. C A the result of freak storm which struck thin cltr and SaTannah last nlvt and reached hurri cane proportion. Charleston ha bn rlrtnally Isolated for : hour. Five persons are known to have been killed near here and the property loss. It 1 et1mated. will rearb 11.000.000. The atorm became serious about 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon. At noon tha barometer r(tlstered 19. Ti. after havtrie; fallen ateadllr all dar. The wind relocItT 1ncrea'd from mllea an hour at i:IS P. M. to 4 mllea an hour at !:! T. M. when the wind ranee wa put out of adlnstment. Iter the wind veered from the north east and east to the southeast. Tlmbora Kill tnclnecr. At noon today the baromoter HoiJ at 19.7s. the wind waa only. brisk and the aun waa trylnr to shine. The rain fall wa more than two Inches. The disturbance waa reported to be west of Charleston and worklrar awav. Tha tide waa something more thn elrht feet. three feet short of the record of 1J. Considerable Jinum waa done by water In the low sectlona f the city and many persons were res cued from their home. Alonso Coburn. aa engineer on the Charleston division of the Southern Railway, waa killed while sttttna; In the yardmaster office, when fiylna- tim bers crashed throuKh the window and broke hie neck. A Mr. Smith, of Columbia, and Motor- man Cutter of the local street railway avatem. were killed, and I IV Kllnct- worthy, of 8t. fitephena. and E. B. Hill were seriously Injured when a trestle djolnlnr the Mount Pleasant ferry collapsed. Two unidentified men were drowned when their borne waa flooded. Rice Lands In Panjcr. Or eat damaa-e la feared for the rice and e Island cotton Industries by the rise of the tide. Hundreds of people were marooned on Sullivan's Island, when tha storm broke. They had. however. been warned In time to escape. One schooner waa thrown up on the battery at Charleston. PHONE LINE TO BE BUILT ' I n Ion and Wallow Farmer Will Construct Own Ersteni. ELGIN. Or, Aug. It. Special) That Union and Wallowa counties are rolng to have a new telephone line a assured. At a regular meeting of the Partners' Union here yesterday definite plana were outlined and stock subscribed for Ita construction. A committee was appointed at a mass meeting of the cltliens of Elsrln Friday to meet with the Farmers' Lnlon Sat urday and .provide some way of rec tifying the telephone situation that Is st present existing. Farmers' Unions from other points were also represented tt the meeting yesterdiy. The new line has originated from the Home Telephcfhe Company announcing l raise In ratea August 1. when nearly 11 subscribers disconnected their phones. The company was petitioned for lower ratea. but thus far have re fused to grant the petition and In con sequence a new line has been started. The new line la to be a non-dlvldend paying system and Is to be built and operated on a maintenance basis on-. FOUR INSANE DEPORTED Appropriation of Lat logl-latnr Used by State Officer. SALE5f. Or. Aug. IS. (Special.) Hopelessly Insane, four patients from the Oregon State Insane Asylum were deoorted from Oregon this morning to different states In the I'rlon. Prior to this year no appropriation ban been provided for thla purpose. Superin tendent Btelner said that all of the patients were chronic rases which would mean their conninement here for t. rest of their lives and the expenses of transporting will only be trivial compared to the eventual cost should they remain here. A. Rosenthal was sent to Lyons, Ky.; Medsrd Retourney to Montreal; George Prehm t St. Paul. Minn, and Jack Miller to Lebanon. I a. The last Legla- lature appropriated KlOO for traveling expenses of tnls nature, the first ap propriation of Its kind ever made In the state. MINE PLANT IS BURNED Cim'r.gl rrpn first Tsce.) lb tram, bunk houses, th tunnel house and other buildings characteris tic of a gold mine. All the buildings wer of an unsuaily good type. Power Purchase Plant. When th plant was closed down In ISO? a lien waa served and It was pur chased by On O. Powers and others holding attachments for labor and sjp- pilea. This year some other parties took a leas on th plant and have passed th last two months la pr par ing to operate. A considerable sum of money has been expended by these men. Th origin of th fir Is unknown. Th forest bias that It baa started Is said to b serious and is running through th green timber on the Linn County sld at a rapid rat. Forester McDuT. of th Fantlam reserve, has been notified, as bava'th Government authorities at Portland. Supervisor McDuff has several serious fires on b's hands and the addition of this fir make th situation grave. .MAG.VKA NOW IS FIRE ZOXE North Kantlara River Blase. Hott. ever. May "ot Injure Town. ALB ANT. Or. Aug. J f pedal.) Whipping westward yesterday, the big forest XU aJoog th North Sanliaa Rlvpr U now wlihln !m thtn n-hilf a mil of tb. Tllla. of Niagara. Be- idea continuing- its eastward and northward progress yesterday, the fire on, th. north aide of tha river also burned westward down the river, and has covered IV miles In that direction. It Is now burning on the hills back of the Warren Construction Company's quarry, not much mora than one-fourth of a mile from the town. Despite the proximity of tha fire, no alarm la felt for the safety of Niagara, according- to reports received here this afternoon. The few houses of the vil lage are surrounded by a large clear Ins; and the fire baa almost reached the edge of tha timber, on the east side of the town, but Is not burning- with suf ficient force to carry the flames to the nearest . buildings. A close watch Is being kept, however, to prevent fires from falling sparks and brands. The eaatward progress of the fire on the north side of the river has been stopped at Sardine Creek and tha fire fighters expect to keep It In check there. Though many trees fell across the CorvaJlla A Eastern Railroad raster-. day. the track haa been kept clear without areat difficulty today, and the Albaajn-Detroit train made Its trip to day on time. To relieve tha crew of ftre-flRhters. who were worn out by the constant vigil of keeping the track clear, the Corvallls Eastern ran a special train from Albany laat night, carrying- a new crew of f Ire-fighter. There la leas fire along- the railroad track today than any day since tue fire Jumped to the north side of the river. The Elk Lake fire, which started about 13 miles east of Klkhorn and which waa reported Saturday night to be almost under control, took a fresh start yeaterday and has been burning rapidly today. Up to this mornlrg It had covered an area five mllea long nd from one-half a mile to one mile wide. A report received here this morning stated the flre-f Ighters had iven up all hope of stopping- It in the old burn. In which It. Is now isglng. and would concentrate their efforta to check It at the edge of the green tim ber surrounding this burn. District Supervisor MacPuff aent In 11 more men from this city today to aid the crew of 16 fighting this fire. This fire Is burning on the ridge which forms the watershed between the f antlam and Clackamas HI vers. T. H. Watklns. supervising fire war den for Unn County, who la In chara-a of the fight to control the firs five mllea northeast of Gates, haa aent a re quest to the State Forester for more men. DAMAGE GROWS XEAIt PE-ELL Need of Rain Kniphasiu-d by Men Who Are Fighting; Three Fires. CHEIIAUS. Wash.. Aug. IS. (9ne- elal. Four hundred men have been called out to fight a forest Ore that Is raging near Fe-EII. the fire having started between Walvllle and McCor- mlck and burned Into tha Doty hold ings. The flames are said to be beyond control and the green Umber In five sections destroyed. Another serious fire ia renoi-teA be tween Francis and Pluvlus. The local wardens say that a third one near Min eral Is Bard to control. Rain la badlv- needed. noe having fallen for a long time. BLACK ROCK FIRE S PRE. VPS ImS8 P00 10 ,ull,r,0"d Comp'n' and lxjing Company Timber. PAXXJsS. Or, Aug. tt. (Fpectal.V The nre which broke out yeaterday In section IT, near Black Rock. Is still burning and baa done considerable damage to timber both on the South ern I'aclnc Railroad lands and on the lands of the Charles K. Upauldlng Log ging Company. The fire died down somewhat late last night, but today It nas revived and haa spread somewhat. About 10 men ere fighting the flames. Families Vacate Home. ASTORIA. Or., Aug. fS. (Special.) What may result In a serious confla gration unless rains come to check It. Is reported to have started n the Knt ern V Western Lumber Company, on Coal Creek, near Stella. The flames have already swept over quite a tract of logged-off land and several fam ilies residing In that district have been compelled to abandon their homes. Reekles Hunters Suspected. 6ALKM. Or, Aug. . (Pneclal 1 According to advlcea received by For ester Elliott from deputies, the suspi cion that in some localities hunters have conspired to burn out the brush to make hunting better Is expressed. Investigations will be conducted to de termine th truth of these reports. MOORE TO NAME BOARD PAXAMA-PACIFIC EXPO" AJICH. ITECTS KXOWX THIS WEEK. Oregon and Washington to Be Given Representation on Commission. Salaries and Expenses Allowed. SA.V FRANCISCO. Aug. fl (Kne el al.) President Charles C Moor, of the Panama-Pacific Exposition, nrob- ably will appoint this week an archi tectural commission. Th directors have approved of th plan, which In general is aa follows: The architectural - commission shall consist of 11 architects, to be selected by th president, subject to the ap proval of the board, and shall designate five of th 11 to constitute the execu tive architectural council. The southern part of the Plata of California and the States of Washing ton and Oregon shall each have repre sentation on th commission, and at least thre members of th commission shall be selected from the United States at large. It shall be th duty of th commis sion to supervise the preparation of the general scheme of the exposition, pass upon ana recommend tn nam to th board St directors and pass npon and approve plans for the Individual parts and elements, subject to th approval of the board of directors. The president may from time to time recommend to th board of dlrectore the selection of all such additional architect, sculptors, painters, land scape architects and engineers who may. In his Judgment, render valuable assistance to th commission, and when appointed shall act aa advisory to th commission. The members of the executive archi tectural council shall receive such com pensation as shall be fixed by the board of directors. Members shall receive expenses and per diem to b fixed by me Doaro. Brldgeworker Fall. ALBANT. Or, Ang. tt. (Special) Falling IS feet from th acaffoldlnr over th Corvalll Eastern Railroad bridge across the WUlamett bar to th tie of th track. William Costal- lo. a member of a crew repairing tb bridge, suffered a broken shoulder and serious Internal Injuries twriajr, . n r ITTI T MII1IPII O I M I it I I I I 1 1 f.l II I I I L fl f U I I If IJJII aTl 1 ULII I III. U II I LI LU I Duty to Family and City Forces Rich Man's Kin to Re veal AIL PRIDE OF MOTHER STIFLED Mr. R. V. Owtn, Prad Woman's Paretit, In Choking Vrrloe, Tells Tale of Son-ln-Law'a IInes. Prisoner Faces Strain. (Continued From Jlrst Pse.) shotgun. He replied. 'All rigHt. after the store closes we'll get. the. gun.' Renlnh Bin ford "Called Fp." "At 10 o'clock w got In tha ma- V 14 Panl neattle, C'easla of Alleged Ife-Marderrr, U se Sara Kim t'oaf eased to Hint 24 Hour Af ter Committing Crime. rhlne and went to a place near the pawnshop and I got the gun and came out to the automobile, while ha fixed the light. He got In the back part of th automobile with the gun and didn't se what he did with It. He took me home and aa I got out h asked me to 'call up th same lady, Mrs. Fisher, and tell her he would be around to see her. "When did you first learn of th mur derT" "Xext morning." "When first did you see Henry?" "That eame day In the evening at his house. We stayed on the front porch. 'Paul.' he said. 'I want jou to go to the house of Mrs. Fisher and tell her that if she opens her mouth or says anything about this thing, I'll kill her If It tskes a hundred years to do It. The witness said he visited Beulah Blnford and gave her th maaaage. "Sh aald. "I reckon Henry Clay Brattle. Jr., will marry me now.'" Paul continued. Objection mad to this testimony was sustained by th court. Men tile Has Remorse. Paul Beattle'a startling testimony came when Proaecutor Wendenburg aeked: "When did you see Henry agalnT" "On Thursdsy night at his house. I said. 'Henry, thla thing looks mighty black.' H said. 'I wish to God I hadn't done It. I'd like to know how those detectives found out there was a num ber six shot In that gun.' " " 1 want you to stick to me, Henry Clay Beattie. Jr, aald to me." Paul continued, "but I told him I would tell the detectlvea all I knew about it." "After loaving Henry I went horn and later was called on th telephone. It was Henry. He asked If I had been summoned by the Coroner and when I said no. he chuckled." On cross-examination Beattie . was asked to explain why he had failed to glv this Information at tha Coroner's Inquest and then had mad a com plete statement to Prosecutor Wenden burg. "I told the people that came to see me." Beattie replied, "that I owed it to my wife and child and to my town. to tell all I knew. I tried to keep it back, for I hated to tell on my own flesh and blood, for I know it was damaging.' Testimony Is Vonnteered. "Too knew that your testimony was damaging to Henry Clay Beattie, Jr, at th Coroner's Inquest; why didn't you tell It alir "I wasn't asked to tell. " I hated to tell. I was !n pretty bad condition then, but when my mind got clear, I told It a few days later to answer Wen denburg." "Did people In th pawnshop ever se Henry Clay Beattie, Jr, with you when you bought tb gunT" "No, sir." "Does anybody except you know about the baying of that gunT" "Not that I know of." A dramatic incident occurred in th morning session of court when the prosecution, without having given th faintest Intimation of their purpose, suddenly Introduced Mrs. Owen, of Do ver, Del, the mother of Mrs. Beattie. Entrance Is Dramatic. Mrs. Owen had come from Dover last night with her husband, who ac companied her to th courtroom. sh stepped from an automobile Into th courtroom and took th witness stand without a word being spoken, the customary announcement of a wit ness by ,the Sheriff being dispensed with by previous plan of th prose cution. The prisoner raised uls head in surprise, recognised th woman and looked down again. At first be en deavored not to look In her direction, but she spoke so feebly that he found it necessary to Join the row of pro jecting heads on th benoh to hear ber testimony. One he nervously whispered to At torney Smith beside him: "Ask her to speak louder. I can't hear." Mrs. Owen Is said to hav been her daughter's confidant and la believed to hav known of Seattle's relations with th Blnford girL On th stand Mrs. Owen told how sh arrived at the Beattie horn on May 22, of th birth of th Beattie child on May II. and hinted at the tribulations of her daugh ter, caused by Beattie s relations with Beulah Blnford. ail. nTTfn ft e-Truly In tha Wlt&CS MWM . chair, while her gray-haired husband I fanned her. it was learned the prosecution ex ; pected Mrs. Owsn to testify on cross examination lata today that xrom in 1 actions of Henry Beattie, Jr.. when I brought his dead wife home, she sus pected him of the murder. Crying Spells Unusual. Following a recess, the exam nation of Mrs. Owen was resumed. Sh testified at length, indicating that ther was no doubt young Mrs. Beattie had knowledge of the physical condition of her husband. . ' "You spoke of your daughter bavin crying spells, suggested Carter on cross-examination. That was not unusual." was It?" "Yes. unusual to me. I never knew her to be hysterical before," replied Mrs. Owen, Mrs. Owen was then excused and left tha room with her veil dropped ovor her face. Court adjourned lm mediately for luncheon. Court reconvened at J o'clock, with Dr. A. O. Franklin on the stand. H testified he had treated Beulah Bin ford before) the homicide, at Beattie'; reonest. The treatment, from May 25 to July 11. waa charged to Beattie, at his re Quest. When Mrs. Blnford, mother of th girl, waa called. Judge Watson dlreot ed all women to leave the courtroom. Mrs. Binford's testimony related to her daughter's relations with Beattie. cover ing a period of four years, and the birth of their child. Cross-examination brought out that Beulah had been intimate with several other men and that she onca had lived with a baseball player named It. T. Fisher, the defense trying bring out that the girl was generally known to be immoral. . The next witness was Henrietta Plttman, a chum of Beulah's. She als testified at length concerning the girl' relations with Blnford for four- years. The court adjourned at S:80 o'clock and Paul Beattie will go on the stand again tomorrow to complete th cross-examination by the defense. FISHED MUCH AMAZED SECRETARY VIEWS RESOURCES IX ALASKAX INTERIOR. Cabinet Member Told by Residents That Country's Greatest Xeed 19 for Cheaper Fuel. CORDOVA. Alaska. Aug. 2. Com pletlng a 400-mile trip along the Cop per River Valley Into th Interior of Alaska. Walter L. Fisher, Secretary of the Interior, stepped from his train today bubbling over with admiration and wonder at the great sights he had seen on his Journey to Kenneott, the terminus of the Copper River & North western Railroad. Secretary Fisher ana Ws party, to gether with a delegation of Cordova business men. mad the trip on a spe cial train, leaving here Saturday and returning today. At Chltlna. which they reached Sat urday evening. Secretary Fisher ad dressed a mass meeting of citizens. He gave them assurance of fair play, At the Bonanza copper mines. Secretary Fisher showed much Interest in tha mines and was conducted through tha works. Th return trip began Sunday night. During the entire trip Secretary Fisher was kept busy shaking hands with old prospectors and pioneers. He took a deep Interest In their sffalra and asked many questions regarding the pressing need of their particular localities. The prospectors replied that the most pressing need waa cheaper fuel. As In other places he has visited, he asked th citizens concerning their views of the beat method of opening the coal lands. While many said they were willing to leave that question to Mr. Fisher and Congress, all agreed that prompt action was needed. To this secretary Fisher assented. and his straightforward talk impressed the miners throughout the Copper River Valley of his sincerity and earn eatnesa. Mr. Fisher said he was still gather ing facts and figures and was not yet ready to announce his views regard Ing the best method of opening the eoal lands. He Intimated that the situ atlon revolves Itself Into two questions. one of leasing the lands and the other a system of Government owiershlp. The Impression left here Is that he will ad vocate the leasing svstem. When asked If he did not think Alaska had been misrepresented and burdened by unjust criticisms and laws Mr. Fisher said: "I don't care what has taken place in the past. It Is what the situation is today, will be tomorrow and in the future that I am here to study and am particularly interested In." The party left today for Valdes, and from there will go to Seward, the port or the Matanuaka coal fields. GOLD OUTPUT $3,000,000 Two Months' Returns From Alaska Eqnal 1910 Product. SEATTLE, Aug. 28. According to es timates at the Seattle assay office, the output of the Idltarod gold district In Alaska this season has reached 13.- 000,000. Within tha last two months th local offices have received $300,000 from this district and a like amount is said to have gon to San Franclsoo. This two monthr output equals the whol production of th district for 1910. Arrivals of gold at th assay of fices today totaled 1300.000, segregated follows: From Fairbanks, $52,000; from Nome, $69,000; from Idltarod, $178,400. . . OFFICERS G00N "HIKE" Alaska Army Men Start on Endur ance Test of 50 Miles. SKAGWAT. Aug. 28. Colonel Cor nelius Gardner. Lieutenant-Colonel C. W. Kennedy. Chaplain-Major J. W. Hill man, all of the Sixteenth United States Infantry stationed at Fort Steward. started today on an endurance "hike" of E0 mllea in 20 hours' actual walking time. They, are given three days for the test. The walk will be over the Gov ernment road. SOUTH END ROAD CHOSEN Capital Highway Committee Favors This Route to Xew Era. OREGON CITT. Or, Aug. 28. (Spe cial.) C 8. Noble, C. W. Rlaley and F. Bryant,-a committee appointed by th Eaat Sld Capital Highway improve ment Association, today made an In spection of th roads between this city nd New Era and decided to recom mend the South End road as part of the route for the capital highway. Th report will ba made at the meeting of the association to be held In this city Wednesday night. Tb committaa also will, recommend "Here's Booker Hltl where British bluff Once met s Yankee call, Glre me eoongli Of tbls Doe stuff. And I can lick them all." "No place like home" No hotel nor res- , taurant in the world can give you ; anything better than n TOMATO If they give you half as good you are lucky. When you are en joying this fragrant, appetizing delicacy at your own home table, both sense and senti m e n t make you mighty , glad you are there. 21 kinds 10c a can Just add hot water, briny to a boil, and seros. Joseph Campbell f Mtedf'W Camden N J Look for the red-and-whito label that a bridge ba built over the Clack amaa River near Its mouth. Messrs Noble and Bryajit are civil engineers and they declare that the South End road should by all means be the route of the capital highway between this city and New Era: The river and Central Point roads also were inspect ed. M. J. Laselle. secretary of the pro motion department of the Commercial Club, accompanied the committee on the trip. INDIANS AFTER LAND! KEZ PERCE TRIBE APPEALS TO GOVERNMENT FOR JUSTICE, Redmen Take Legal Steps , to Press Claims for $15,000,000 Worth of Appropriated Territory. LEWISTON. Idaho. Aug-. 2. (Spe cial.) The remaining Individuals of the Nes Fcrce Indian tribe are active In their claims asjalnst the United States Government, for 15,000.000 of appropriated lands. Throufrh Senator Borah, the Indians and their' attorneys expect to bring about a long- Investigation as' to the alleged abuses. Senator Borah prom ises to srlve the matter close attention, during- the Intervening- time until De cember, and says In a letter to tha Indians counsel, that he will do all in his power to bring- about an early set tlement. The Indians hav prepared a careful petition which sets forth their grlev ances as follows: "That the Nes Perce Indians were i large and powerful tribe owning- many housands of acres In Oregon. Wash ing-ton. Idaho. Montana and Wyoming; that they ceded 12.000,000 acres to the Government, retaining- game and fish rights thereon. That our people, a law abiding and ober people, have been unjustly and wrongfully treated lev the agents of the Government, in the forcible deposit of our moneys in banks without our consent; moneys that belong to indivi duals, derived from the sale of In herited lands or the collection of rents from their personal lands, and withhold ing money from the individual and de priving him the use thereof, and lm posing great hardships upon him. That much of the money deposited Dears no Interest and that which does bears but Vs per cent. "That no proper explanation has been made for the cancellation of many ot our allotments more than 110. We de mand a statement of the receipts and the explanation as to what has been done with the proceeds. That we hav no statement as to ths proceeds from right of ways through the lands. That we were to be sup plied with two sawmills at a cost of 10.000. "We demand a thorough investiga tion of the account books of the in terior department of the agency. various banks that have dealings with out funds, either tribal or individual. We pray for relief at th hands of Congress and ask that our claims re lating to tribal interests be referred to the court of claims and tn supreme Court. " The Nes Perees did not make public No. 5.Aaeu,t39 You bet money its a Gordon when a good hat your stake on. This Is No. 5 of a series of six transposed Gordon Hat advertisement appearing from August 1st to September 5th. A Gordon Hat free to all who solve the six correctly. Forward answers to your dealer, or Gordon & Ferguson, St. PauL See announcement in this paper of July 28th. Portland Printin g House Co. 6- 1- Wright, Prea, and Gen. Manager. PRINTING Ballnff , Bind I nc and Blank Book Mnkln-f. Tenth and Taylor Street. Portland. Oregon FR E Upright Grand Piano TjSS3J5eKisKif Fine Piano, First Prize. and Over $8000 in Other Awards Free to Contestants Who Solve 'the Great "Teddy in the This great publicity contest "conducted by the Graves Mnsic Co. in conjunction- with several of the world's largest piano man THE PRIZES ARE AS FOLLOWS: F?R$T PRIZE Mas-nlflcent I'P rlBht Grand Piano, V. O. B. factory in nmhoganv. oak or walmit case. SECOM) PRIZE: line Mandolin and $150 cash purchasing check. THIRD PRIZE Ktne t.nltar and $140 caeh purchasing check. FOIHTH PRIZE Fine Banjo and $135 cash purchasing check. FIFTH PRIZE Handsome Chest of Silver and $130 cash purchasing check. THERE ARE NINE ANIMAI," TN THIS PICTURE. SIX OF THEM DIRECTIONS Trace out the lines of each animal on this or a separate sheet of paper, mark them 1, 2. 8. etc The seven neatest cor rect 'answers will be given the Sevan grand awards mentioned above and others in the order named. Bach contestant must ablee by the rules and the decision of the judges will ho final. In case of tie prizes of similar value will be given to each contestant. Graves Music Co. EVERYTHING IN MUSIC. Ill FOURTH ST. their demonstration against the Gov- ernment until two weeks ago. but now they propose to fight tneir cause. -H.au y THE SIGN of ' J I EMPLOY A STAPLES THE JEWELER iSSSVSSS W3k NO .ll-. Pfijil0, Is Best Reached by the Popular Excursion Steamer "T. J. POTTER leaves Portland, Ash-street Dock, touching at Astoria on down trip. DAILY. EXCEPT SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, 8 A.E SATURDAYS ONLY, 1:00 P. M., TO MEGLER DIRECT. Also the steamers "HASSALO" and "HARVEST QUEEN," leaving Portland daily, except Sunday, at 8:00 P. M. .Saturday at 10:00 P. M., touching at Astoria. FARES FROM PORTLAND via the Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Co. 20-Day Tickets . . . ..... . . $3.00 To Astoria, Each Way . . ... $1.00 Call at City Ticket Office; Third and ' Washington street, for reserva tions, etc., or write to ' TO. M'MURRAY, General Passenger Agent O.-W. R. & N. Co., Portland, Or. Lady's Gold Watch Sixth Prize, Jungle Puzzle" ufacturers to acquaint the peopla of Oregon with Portland's only complete music, house and the pianos they sell. SIXTH PRIZE Lady'M Oola Watch and $125 cash purchaains check. SEVENTH PRIZE Fine anto harp and $120 cash purchasing check. Then, in order of merit, 98 spe cial advertising- cash purchasing; checks ranging in values from tha above down to $60. ' CA. 1'OU FIND Professional artists, muslo trada employes and winners of first prizes In our previous contents barred. Answers must be contestants' own work. All answers must bo mailed or brought to Contest Manager, desk 2. Graves' Music Co 111 4th st, Portland. Or on or before 9 P. M., Saturday, September 9, 1911. Be sure and write your name and address plainly and rush answer to us today. Everyone haa an equal chance. PORTLAND, OR. Indians residing on the reservations ar wealthy and are in a position to fightl meir raiiB m mo tuuna. WEAK EYES Tour head aches, your eyes burn and there is a dull pain -behind them. Reading and sewing are decidedly un pleasant, especially at night. We have a large experience and guarantee to it your sight. I charge for nothing but the glasses. Sphero Lenses In $1.00 $1.50 $3.50 $1.50 your rim frame.. Sphero Lenses your rimless frame Sphero Lenses in erold-filled frame.. Sphero Lenses In aluminum frame.. GRADUATE OPTOMETRIST 19