t nn? motjxtxg oregoxian. Wednesday, September 20, toil- . i 1 wwBfl SETTLERS POURING NTO NORTHWEST Colonist Movement From East Is Fe!t Already Through . out Oregon. 1000 INFLUX ESTIMATE First Vwromfri Principally From Mississippi slid Missouri Vallejs, Some Iom Southern Canada. All Co-ope rale In Welcome. Every train that arrived la Portland yesterday from the East brought tn new recruits for the rapidly-growing army of Oregon cltliene. They came from almost every Hate In the Mlssls stool and Missouri valleys and aome wre brought from points In Southern Canada. It la yet too early for those who started from points on the At lantlc seaboard to arrive, bat that sec tlon. too. la expected to contr'oute Ita quota. Noticeable among those who landed yesterday were many that bad brought with them all their possessions ready to atart life anew among congenial Or. egon surroundings. Moat tralna con tatned entire families. TheVe were aome married men who will choose a location and then send for their wtvea and children, and quite a few boys and single men. adventurous In spirit but determined in purpose. They have the common ambition -of finding new homes In the Northwest and the natural hope of winning a fortune la their new home. leaelr laflas Expected. The total number of arrivals up to thla time la not equal to the number that cam in the corresponding period last Spring, but railroad men declare that the aggregate for the present low. fare period will exceed that of six months ago. They say the movement will be steadier and more evenly dis tributed through the JO dayi In whlrh reduced rate tickets will be obtainable at Eastern points. I have been bearing and reading about Oregon for three or four years now." said Frank Itargley. who has abandoned his former home In North ern Minnesota for a prospective abode In Oregon. "Many people whom 1 knew back East have come here and most of them have done welL I don't fee why I can't make It go, too." Mr. liarrlty la a typical colonist. He la about 35 years old and baa a wife and two children. Mark In Minnesota he was a eurcesaful farmer, but ne bellevea fiat the chances for success are better In this state and that It offers better opportunities for hla chil dren, tie la eager to obtain a desir able piece of land and expects to en gage In farming. All the railroads tiava representatives wbo meet the Incoming trains at the eastern bordera of the atate. They en deavor to direct them to communities that offer the best opportunities. As a result many bomeaeekers do not reach Portland. They are Instructed to leave the train at points In the eaatern part of ttie atate which they have aelected Ita. By the time he haa made the rounds of, the enterprlalng towna In Central Oregon be baa become an en thusiast and la almost sure to remain. On the tl.eorv that what helpa one part of Central Oregon helps every other earL the Central Oregon Develop ment League la urging that thla kind of eo-oDeratInn be conducted by every community affiliated with It. The suc cess "resulting from this spirit already la anrarent- None of the settlers en terlng Central Oregon now la likely to leave. The rreat of the colonist tide la somewhat late thla Fall and may not reach Portland until early next week. The Influx la steady, however. It U eatlmated that more than 100 home seekers arrived yesterday. MOTHER SEEKS LOST BOY Jame Shelby. Aged 14. Thoofht In Hldlnr to Keep Out of School. "I don't think my boy would be afraid to come home to me. He ran away because he waa afraid he would V 1 ft ' ii Jaaaee Shelby, Kress Ilea Wee Disappeared etesnber 7. have to go to school.- aald art jamea Shelby, of s4J East Thlrty-flfth street. yesterday, telling of her 14-year-oia son. James, wno nas Deen mui home nearly three weeks. "If 1 could only let him know, wherever ne is. how much I want him 1 am sure ne would come back to me." "" The boy disappeared Thursday. Sep tember 7. having borrowed a nsmng pole from a neighbor and gone out to the Columbia Slough on the pretext of fishing. When he did not return, hla parents, waited until Saturday, con. ducting a private search for him be fore notifying the police department and the officers of the Juvenile Court, and asking their assistance. Ten days have elapsed alnce that time, ana no clew to hla whereabouts can oeen found. The boy's) mother reject me tneory that he may have been drowned in tne slough, and la certain that he Is some where In the atate waiting, afraid to turn for fear he will be sent to school. During the Spring months last year he played truant for several weeas before hla parenta discovered the ruse and at different times this Summer he declared that he would run away from home rather than enter achool tnie Fall. PISTOL ALSO CLUE AGAINST PENDER Sheriffs and Detectives Say Revolver Stolen and Put Back Killed Two. .' FATAL SLUGS ARE SIMILAR Investigators Connect Scappooso Crime With Weapon, Hiding; Place of Which. Waa Known by Suspect Xet Tighten. Farther Investigation by Sheriffs Thompson and Stevens and Detective Levlngs yesterday oonvlncea them that the revolver with which Mrs. Daisy Wehrman and her 1-year-old eon were slaughtered waa exactly similar In every respect to that presumed to have been stolen from the home of John lUIey and Joe Hasson In their absence lr Portland, from the nlgu. of Mon day, September 4. to tua evennlg of Saturday. September t. After the theft the revolver was replaced In the trunk. The revolver from which the bullets which killed the mother and child were dlacuarged was a S-callber with alx rlflea, Riley's pistol Is similar. Smokeless cartridges with hollows at the base of the lead were used tn the murder and they correspond to thoee found In the Riley and Hasson cabin. The bullets weigh the same, allowing; a few grains for waste In passing through the bodlea of the victims and the lead ahowa evidence of such waste. The bullets collected be- the officers In the Wehrman cabin were mlnua the alight hump at the place where the lead Joins the cartridge case and In th(a respect are similar to those In use for the Klley gun. Evidence) Considered Strong. The particular features of the pistol combine to make an expensive weapon of late model and It la presumed that there were few. If any, in the neigh borhood which exactly correspond with It. The Jnvestlgatora consider mis evidence of vast Importance in building nn th.i. circumstantial case. Sheriffs Thompson ana oicn u Detective Levlngs were in Bcappoose again yesterday and In addition to ob taining the Kller revolver anu ex amining it they ascertained that A. J. Pender, the suspect under arrest, had at various times passea nimsen on as an unmarried man around Scappoose and had tried to make datee" with young women. In his tent were found suggestive pictures and literature of an Indecent character. The Investla-etors determined alter an examination of the Klley and Has son house that entrance had not been gained through aide or front windows the strips wnicn noia tne sasn in place would likely have been marred In process of removal and replacement and they show no Indication of It. En trance may have been gained through a rear window which connecta with a little shed or lean-to. Thla window does not contain glass but Is boarded STREAM OF COLONISTS FOURS THROUGH PORTLAND DEPOT SEEKING NEW HOMES IN OREGON. r Ta'";' rrA V t ; ; - W t ? w. j ' s !u-iy' : - ! - . " " " 1 'fti -':' .- ' "n, ' ; -"'L. is:,t I '. -3 f " " 1 'J in f. : . . .. : V 'u- v--: - ' .fs - iJ ' - : .- . '....'-, : prr - . ' . ..." uiei . v;id--n . '.- -" dV j . ' t - t ' . 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It a man could not be satisfied In the place at which be left the train the people there would discourage him from ge Ing elsewhere. Ae a reeult he retraced hie steps and ofta returned all the Tray to hla farmer home. Now If a man falls to obtain what he wants at one place he la Invited to go te the next place. A welcome al ways awaits hi ox at every town ha vis- 3e r 0 J o)fo -t ' --BswsJsFT" Tw- O 'A o L. hi mm Thenndly stimulating Beer with it aromatic hop f rag rance and delicious) maltrSavor-is n ideall table beverage for all. e a s o n s ; e s p e c i a 1 1 y acceptable when.served with mealsror lunches. It; promotes appetite and restful slumber; MU.VWUKH rsOV mm Mil WAIJKPP tHt ZtlR OF QUAUTY t HMN s ' ' "i . TMinniV."-' .arn ' .Vr,,,,li.eaia..sWr Rothschild Bros Distributors, 80-23-24-29 N. First Street Paooast Main 153 A 4668 Portlaur Ore. nai-.i'. it irii;,ii.;sJsi.Jti asiiMeea ia.il ji w vvkii np and the investigators say one ut more of these boards could have been removed and replaced without aho-wing; any particular evidence of It. SI all Clew Tightens. The mall episode Is winding Its colls tighter and tighter about the suspect. Llndloft snd Pender were the only two who asked for and reoelved mall for the neighborhood Monday, tne day on which the paper found unopened In the Wehrman cabin was taken from the postofflce. Guy Whitney, the clerk, re calla positively that Llndloff asked only for bis own mall and refused to take that of any of hla neighbors. LlndlofTs action was prompted by the fact that mall left In the crossroads box near Pender's house had frequently been tampered with. He then made up his mind not to allow anyone besides him self to take his mall from tne post- office, and to take none belonging; to his neighbors. If asked to take mail for others he Invariably refused and did so on this particular day, Whitney says. I ' J IIOUF.jlF.EKERS LEAVING CA.XADIA PACIFIC TR1I.T AT CXIOX IPPER. DEPOT CtlSTtUt. rOUCC GUARD KEW AKJUTSS WITH ALL BEXOAGiaQS. AKBITAU BELOW, FAJULT DECOY DUCKS TO BE TOPIC gtate Fish and Game Association Will Hold Session. Members of the Oregon Fish and Same Association will hold a meeting In the convention hall of the Commer cial Club tonight, beginning at t o'clock, to select delegates to the Na tional Conservation Congress In Kan sas Cfty. September 28. In addition to the buslneaa aeaalon several talks will be gtven by prominent men, on differ ent phases of hunting and fishing. among which will be -a discussion or methods of placing decoy ducks. This meeting Is intended to be of particular interest to hunters. Discus sion of fishing questions has taken much of the tlcne in previous meetings, and Secretary Gebbardt says that It is their purpose to give the huntsmen the greater share in tonlghf e programme. State Game Warden W. I Flnley and Master Fish Warden H. B. Clanton will be guests of the association. Among the epeakers will be F. B. Thorn. E. W. Moore, H. B. VanDuser and David Wil liams. Copies of the fish and game laws. In pamphlet form, will be distributed among the members attending the meeting. MAYOR ASKS SUM FOR VICE Appropriation of $3000 to Fight So clal Evil Is Bequest to Council. Mayor Rushlight yesterday addressed a letter to the members of the ways and means committee of the City Council, 'asking them to appropriate $3000 to be used by the proposed vice commla- slon In making Investigations of condi tions In Portland. The subject will be debated when the committee meets next Monday afternoon. "I am ready to appoint the vice com mission at the next session of the City Council. If the appropriation Is made, said the Mayor yesterday. "I do not feel Justified In appointing a lot of people to serve until Buch time as ar rangements have been made whereby their services can be made effective. WOMEN AT NEWPORT DISCARD FACE POWDER "During- my lummtfi stay at New port." writes Mae Martyn. "I was great ly interested In the unusually charming complexions of the women. I soon found that these fortunate possessors, of perfect complexions no longer use powder, since it clogs up the skin pores and causes blackheads, wrinkles, etc Instead they use a lotion, made by dls aolvlng 4 ounces of epurmax In either 14 -pint hot water or -plnt witch haxeL adding 2 teaspoonfuls glycerine. Where witch haael Is need the lotion dries more quickly. "This splendid lotion clears and whitens the skin, making: it smooth, soft and velvety. It removes that shiny, sallow look and does not show or rub off like powder. It Is far superior to face powder, and a per manent akia heanflf Inr' idvt GRAND PIANOS AT FACTORY COST INVESTIGATE ! FASY TERMS Quitting Business PLAYER PIANOS AT FACTORY COST INVESTIGATE I EASY TERMS Hovenden Piano Co. 106 FIFTH ST. NEXT TO PERKINS HOTEL UPRIGHT PIANOS AT FACTORY COST INVESTIGATE I A