THE ' MORXIXG OREGOXIAX, MONDAY, ATJjJL 1. 912. I MANY PORTLAND PEOPLE PASS SUNDAY HUNTING TO A AGATES DREDGED FROM BOTTOM OF WIL LAMETTE RIVER AND PUMPED INTO RITE OF SOUTHERN PACIFIC EAST SIDE FREIGHT DEPOT. 'iiitri ceil TELLS Or OVER PHOHE WATCH J. C. McCLURE M1MBHE CBBBT r Jchn Irvine Waits at Whitney; St Until Officer Goes From Baker to Arrest Him. KILLING FOLLOWS QUARREL A -. , f I " i -j -I7 I A. MeCraw I Shot and Instantly Killed 'While Tendln Bar a Rpnlt of Dispute Occur ring at Dintf. BAKER. Or March II. imperial.) -I hav killed a man; shall I come down to th Jail to be arrested?" tele phoned John Irvine, ag-ed 35. from Whitney ii -Tnllea west of here this mornlns. to Ieputy Sheriff McCord. M had tried to net Sheriff Rand, who via at Sumpter. and then called lc "ord. who aald Rand would to up. "All rla-ht. I will wait." aald Irvine. nd he did. for several hour, until Rand reached him. Irvine hot J. A. MeCraw. aited IS. In the aaloon at Whitney early todav. In a quarrel that followed a dispute at a -In nee Friday nlsht. M-Craw -a tend ing bar. and Irvine picked up an auto matic .31-callner revolver In the heat -f the dispute af' ahot MeCraw In ih.e left eye before the six witnesses rould rtop him. MeCraw died In.nant lv. Then Irvine telephoned for the inerlff. MO -raw had Just arone to Whitney a f-w weeka ao from Payette. Idaho. ir.it wa to take the office of Town Marshal of AVhltrey tomorrow. lie las a brother at Heppner. It Is be lieved that both men were peaceable, l.'it that Irvine ahot through fear. He Im lived In this part of tha country IT yeara and bore a cood reputation. He la In the County Jail here tonight nd will appear before the grand Jurj tomorrow. TAFT SENTIMENT GROWS Vorthweatern Vhln;ton Certain to Favor rroldrnt. liVKRETT. Wash.. March 31. Spe- rUI.) Sentiment toward President T.ift has undergone a wonderful c-hansa In Northwestern T'ashlt urton dunna; the past two weeks and tonight It Is considered certain that the Fresl lien will defeat Colonel Roosevelt by a lara-e majority. Thia sentiment pre vsll generally. asserts a traveling man who arrived today, and Roosevelt i third choice ptenerally and La Fol lettr sef-ond. In Everett more than 109 leading Re Mibliram have entered Into a. cam- patcn to secure a delegation favorable i. Taft and an organisation will be effected at a banquet to be held next Wednesday night. The change from Koosevelt to Taft here Is considered one of tlie most remarkable political developments of recent years. Disgust jver Rooaevelt's radical Judicial recall heresies and a feellnc that he la sacri ficing his prestige for the chance of setting a third term his alienated !tio?e Hero who had been his enthus iastic friends before the announcement ;f his candidacy. Word received here l-.dlcs.tea that throughout, the whole of Northern Washington, a locality in clined to be liberal politically, the Taft entlment overshadows everything- else. :n Everett a Roosevelt club was formed ome weeka ago. but It Is now almost forgotten and It Is nearly Impossible to find a man who will admit he favors the cx-rresldent. RABBIT WAR NOW BEGUN Trook Connly Farmer, Unite in At tempt to Kitermliiale PeM. METOIJUB. Or.. March 31. Speclal. The Farmers' Union of Crook County has sounded the deathknell of Jackrab. bits, which have become numerous during the past year. Drives have taken place in nearly every section of tun county. From jn to SrtOo are gen erally killed at a drive. Corrals are built at a central point. Into which the rabbits are driven and killed with rlubs. Those which break through the lines are shot. The rabbits are sold to the highest bidder, the bids averaging about S centa per head. Proceeds from sales are applied to the purchaee of ad ditional ammunition. The people of the different towns are giving excellent assistance in the crusade. It is Im possible to estimate the value of the riamase done annually bv the little -restures. The warfare of the farm ers ha become a matter of aelf-preser-vstlon. which will end only when the rehhits have ceased to endanger crops. LIGHT RATE IS CONFUSING Technical Tcrnra Mean Little to Av erage Consumer. PORTLAND. March 30. (To the Edi tor.) With your permission I would now pleased to acquaint your read ers with the facts concerning the new- rates of the Portland Hallway. Ught Power Company, as In developed In their schedule soon to take effect for liaht service. To ouote to the averige reader, rates in kilowatt houra la aa unintelligible n Img latin to a missionary. It Is as rryt;cal aa the crab-ltke Chinese lieroclvphs with whlfh a physician .!s l:l prescription, to that one un- initiat.-d taking It to a drugstore call- Ini: for an ounce vial ot aqua-pura jipil chiorioe pi eooium mr wnicii nv was charged 25 cents, said to the pro prietor: :omi Uol. man. you win ruin yonr vclf soiling such Chinese delicacies for .i:'i a low price:" not knowing that .-alt and water had been disposed of at a !ni2Elst's fair profit. As electric power -under the guise.or kilnwafts Is as deeply imDMoM in riTTTIan gloom. I win aras; n imo ,h opn so that any one familiar with bor-epower may the more readily iia ecf It. In the famous broadside Issued hv the company on March 22. Intended s a herald of glad tld'nga and great tov hy 31.00 usera of light In the city, s a reduction from previous rates, it is announced that as soon aa it ran fct reached thereafter the price will be rents per kilowatt hour for the first per cent of the posainie maximum; men T rents for the next rer cent possi ble, and the excea ss per cent at , nts per kilowatt hour. I This possible maximum clause means that If you have ten jamps in your house, all they could nam wnetner thev do bo or not. must be carried rainst your total consumption, wnri his preliminary we will first premise that as any one family uses a very small fraction of a kilowatt hour, we will assume that 25 householders use one kilowatt continually for one month with their aggregate liability. The maximum possible at cents a kilowatt hour la per month 13 18: at 7 rents It la $3, and 88 per cent at 4 cents la )o.Z. or a total of 11.28 for each family. This Is simply an Illustration. The IS famtllea are liable to use four times more than this when their bills would be neceasarily four times higher. The nature of tlie gouse Is discovered when it Is found that this rate means a horsepower rate per annum of over 1300. which, compared with the Otta wa rate of 110.40 per horsepower an nual constant use Is a difference of nearly 3000 per cent. In consequence of the fear of a pos sible emeute In the promulgation of this schedule, the people are requested to sign new contracts as promptly as possible. It might be well, however, to "bide a wee" before doing so. as these con tracts will probably cover a long term of years and If the bonds of this In tolerable behemoth are broken. It would bring no relief to those under contracts. I observe Governor West assumes that as the people of Portland have aat like dummies to see the water-power appropriated without a word of protest nor reprisal. It ts good enough for them, or words to that effect, and the only remedy now left Is by regulation. However, while there has been the most Inexcusable remissness and inertia by our sentinels on the watch tower, an approach to whom on the subject as Ineffective as to endeavor to resurrect a dead Ptolemy, the situation Is not as bad aa the Governor portrays. Enough water-power Is yet obtain able near Portland to make the Port land Railway, Ught & Power Company sit up and take notice. It only needs to Invoke some part of the same en thusiasm with which our citixens rushed to Impose a $60,000 mortgage against the city for a useless audi torium building, to get an Initial unit of 000 horsepower of elec'.rlclty to our city boundary. That Is much more than sufficient to furnish double the horsepower now used In street lighting and all the pri vate light demand now existing, whih would make a good starter. Within two years the city will be forced with the requirement to re contract to the present monopoly on their own terms and conditions as happened previously, or else very soon fend against that extremity. I made the error In my letter of yesterday that the interest cost of a horsepower un der the proposal there made would be S3 per year. whe-e $5 was Intended; a mistake readllv discernible. CHARLES P. CHURCH. Y0UH6TH0MP50N TAKEN I.OS AXGF.LES YOCTH CA lG If T PASSING n.I CHfcXKS. Son of Prominent Banker Cut Off by Fattier for Leading Wild Life Now in Custody. SEATTLE. Waah March 31. (Spe cial.) Frank H. Thompson, 21 years old, son of F. L. Thompson, cashier of the Home Savings Bank of Los An geles, was taken into custody yester day afternoon by Patrolman T. G. Montgomery, charged with passing a worthless check upon Albert Foss. pro prietor of the Calhoun Hotel bar. The check, which was for Hi and purported to be aigned by A- H. Sher rllL was made out to Frank H. Thomp son. Thompson told the police that he was married. Lrttera from his father found upon him Indicate that he has been receiving financial sup port from his father all Winter. in one of the most recent letters his fath er told him that he would send him 23 on March 1. and thereafter the boy would have to shift for himself. His father says In one letter that ha has spent thousands of dollars on the boy and that he would be compelled to deny him any more money, as he was hard up and had to educate the other children. Mention la made of young Thomp son s wire, and his latner entreated the boy to send him a copy of the mar riage license. Another letter speaks of young Hherlll haying broken hla leg end the letter Incloses ISO. The boy Is severely rebuked by hla father for cursing Ms mother In a letter and for allowing- hla wife to abuse his parents. Thompson la being held In the City Jail and the police are endeavoring to communicate with his father. 3 CAUGHT BENEATH AUTO Two Passengers Hurt in Accident Near Med ford. MEDFORfr. Or., March 31. (Ppeclal.) Caught beneath a speeding auto mobile, that turned turtle on. a sharp curve In the road oeiween .tieatorn and Jacksonville. Saturday night at 6 o'clock, John Bameberg, real estate man aged 35 years, was Injured, and T. V. Kellogg, hla brother-in-law, a rancher of Aahland. aerkiusly hurt and George Btacy. another brother-in-law, escaped without Injury. Kellogg sustained a tied cut on the head and Barneberg had his face badly cut. rr. Ptaarna attended the Injured. The men ware brought to Medford by livery automobile. The accident occurred on a banked curve which la a favorite speeding ground for autolsta. The party was coming to Medford with Barneberg driving. The mil chine, turned a complete somersault and then rig tit -J Itself. Witnesses say the speed was Ttom S to TO miles an hour. The road Is a well-trave'.ed thoroughfare. When the men were plaked up-4hey were uncon scious and both Buffered from a loss of blond. The extent of the injury to Kellogg is n"l known and both may have In ternal nj'jriea. Jtr -jp. flrr ( , V r wwuai. ifwrn mMJ11"1 r.Ti i uh t--i 1 ; rr .c("4 ' " . - ' s I I 1JTNs . t.'. -i '.o V- ,.,.r -vt i Above, Family Group fore of a Fiad Below. Master Knaeae Armstrong:, mt 22 East Slxteeath Street, Persuades Ilia Father to Let Him Search. AGATES ARE SOUGHT Crowds Hunt in Sand Dredged From Willamette. PRETTY PEBBLES FOUND Children and Elders Throng (Site of Sluicing Operations Being Car ried On for Southern Pacific Freight IVepot. " People looking south from the Burn alde bridge on the East Side have had their attention called to a scene very much like the Oregon beaches in Sum mer. Close observation shows their conjecture to be correct, for the site of the sluicing for the new Southern Pacific freight depot Is dotted with prospectors of both sexes and all ages who are busily engaged in hunting agates. Their findings Include moss, ribbon and clear agates, moonstones and petri fied wood. As Sunday Is a holiday and the wate,r from the sluicing pipe, which brings the sand and precious pebbles from the dredge in the river Is turned off, larger groups are seen collected on the nil on that day. Yesterday therS were little children with their parents, old men with Army badges, girls with white gloves and hoboes scattered over the sand all anxious to procure a valuable stone. Stories of gold watches, rings and money having been dredged from the river were plentiful, but whoever :as found such trophies has gone else where satisfied, all of those present yesterday having to be satisfied with agates in the roush. The popularity of the new resort Is spreading rapidly. The boss in charge of the gang working with the pipe said that he doubts the existence of any valuables In quantity sufficient to attract seasoned miners, but as a play ground for children, he thinks his dis trict has the city parks "beat a mile." MM WILL TAKE TRIP 2T CITIKS TO BE HKPRKSKXTKB OX PANAMA JUNKET. Steamer Sonoma Is Being Put Into Kirst-CIss Condition for Its Journey to Canal Zone, PAN FRANCISCO. Marrh 31. (Spe cial.) Twenty-seven Coast cities are represented in the. reservations made to date for the Chamber of Commerce ex cursion to Panama which will sail from 8an Francisco next month on the steamer Sonoma. Down at the Union Iron Works they are beginning to see daylight through a 3350.000 Job of overhauling and repairing, and on April :S the Sonoma will leave her dock with a distinguished party representing the commercial organizations of the Pacific Coast. Four hundred and fifty mechanics are busy putting the. vessel Into shape for the excursion of the Chamber. At her berth under the giant steel shears she Is a pandemonium of noisy activity. She will have a speed of 17 knots. She will have) a special cooling plant that can take care of 4S0 tons of refrigerat ed stores. The latest typo of fans and blowers Insure ventilation, and large decks promise the maximum of opeu alr comfort, with plenty of room for dancing. The larder will be stocked with the best the market affords, and In addi tion arrangements will be made to take on an abundance of the fruits native to the Mexican and Central American coasts. Two hospitals are being equipped and a, physician will accompany the party. Music and other entertainment will be provided. Besides a luxurious vacation, a sea voyage with ths beautiful weat coast always in sight, members of the Sono ma party will hare an educational ex perience of the highest value. They will see the canaL the most stupendous engineering work of modern times. The authorities at Panama and In the Canal Zone are, prepared to receive the representatives from the Pacific Coast commercial organisations and show them every courtesy, so that every fea ture of Interest will be seen to the best advantage. Communlcatlona should be addressed to W. N. Moore, chairman Panama ex cursion committee. Ban Francisco Chamber of Commerce, Merchants F.x- , chance building, San Francisco, Cal. aa.Mi3gara Twenty-three towns In California and Oregon will be represented. Among thoce who have already engaged pas sage are: Portland. Or., Loring H. Ad ams. Thomas Autzen, .Mr. and Mrs. O. M. Clark. B. G. Glisan and It. C.-'Hart; Gardiner, Or., W. N. Service: The Dalles, Or., Mr. and Mrs. K. O. McCoy. INTEREST IN FAIRS KEEN X. C. Marls Writes Enthusiastically or Work About Slate. SALEM. Or., March 31. (Special.) Writing from Baker. N. C. Marls, who Is assisting In organizing school chil dren's industrial contests in Eastern Oregon, says that he has met with en thusiasm and splendid co-operation in Umatilla and Union Counties. Frank K. Welles and Mr. Marls held public meetings with large and enthusiastic audiences at Stanneld. Kcho. Pilot Rock, Kreewater and Hermiston. It Is planned to hold local school fairs at each of these points, . Adams, Athena and one or two oth-. points. Exhibits from these contests will be taken to the district fair at Pendleton. In Union Counts- hical school fairs will be held at La Grande. Union, Cove, Elgin, Imbler and North Powder. At Cove there have been two school chil dren's fairs. At La Grande the Commercial Club had a committee appointed to solicit funds for the contest, with the result that nearly 1400 was raised in a lew hours. At La. Grande and Union the manual training and domestic science departments in the hrph schools will make very attractive exhibits at the State Fair this year. Mr. Marls says the work gains mo mentum as it goes on. Reports from each county Inspires other counties to take It up with more vigor. He has never seen anything promoted which meets with so much hearty support, he says. PRIMARYn list reduced Petitions of Five Candidates Found Not Properly Completed. SALEM. Or.. March 31. (Special.) When the final checking et candidates' completed petitions was finished by the Secretary of State's office Saturday, the list for the primaries had dropped off by eight names, leaving a total of 175 candidates who have filed here. Besides William A. Carter and J. N. Davis, who withdrew, there were five without properly completed petitions. Three of these are Republicans and the other two Democrats. The Republicans who were dropped were all candidates for delegate to the National convention. They were Ed ward N. Camp, Douglas: Thomas B. Hooker. Polk, and C. M. Rynerson. Multnomah. The Democrats who were dropped were also candidates for delegates to the National convention and were Al fred D. Crldge, yT Multnomah, and Emll T. Raddaut. of Lincoln County. KLICKITAT HENS ARE BEST I.yle'a New Besldcnt Thinks Local- Ity Ideal Home for "Biddy." LYLF. Wash.. March 31. M. D. Dodd. for many years editor of a Bellingham newspaper, recently came here with his wife and three sons. Mr. Dodd dlwposed of his Bellingham property and bought an apple tract In Klickitat. "Back to the farm" is not only a theoretical, but a practical proposition with Mr. Dodd, who Is a deep student of agriculture. He believes thpre Is a good field here for poultry farming conducted on business principles and that Klickitat County, with her abun dant sunshine. Is the Ideal home for "Biddy." VOTER MAY BE SWORN IN Prlmary Is Open to Unregistered Flector, Rules) Crawford. ' SALEM. Or.. March 31. (Special.) That a voter, who is qualified may vote at the primary election If he is not registered, the same ss he can vote at a general election, la an opinion which was furnished by Attorney-General Crawford today for the election Judge of Falls City. Thus by the use of blank "A" an unregistered voter may vote at the primarlea. In using blank "A" it is necessary for the voter to be sworn In by six freeholders who are acquainted with him. Astoria Seeks Wheat Rates. ASTORIA. Or.. March SI. (Special.) President Stone, of the Astoria Cham ber of Commerce, today appointed a committee consisting of George Mc Leod. George- W. Sanborn and Judge J. Q. A. Bowlby to take steps to secure the same rates on wheat shipments to this rity as are now given to Puget Sound. It Is expected a suit will be brought be fore the Interstate Commerce Commission. We Are the People That Compelled the Electric Trust to Reduce Prices on Electric Lamps We Are Representatives of Independent TUNGSTEN LAMP Manufacturers and Are Not Governed by Any Trust Compare the Following Prices With Those Quoted by the Portland Railway Light & Power Co. and Think Before Ordering Your Future Supplies THEIR PEICE vv-ft, Candle Clear. . Bowl Watts Candle clear. -rP01, watts. Power. lcdr- N Frosted. Power. Frosted. 23 20 $ .45 $o0 23 20 $ .40 $ .45 . 40 32 .50 .55 40 32 .45 .50 n'O 50 .70 .75 60 50 .65 .70 100 - 80 1.00 ' 1.10 100 SO .95 1.05 150 120 1.50 1.60 150 120 1.45 1.55 250 200 2.00 1.75 250 200 1.95 . 1.70 400 300 3.90 4.10 400 390 3.85 4.05 5(10 400 4.30 4.55 500 430 4.2-5 4.50 'Special. J. C. McCLURE & CO. MANUFACTURER'S REPRESENTATIVES 103 TWELFTH STREET KEEN CONTEST DUE St. Johns-City Election Held Today. MANY CANDIDATES IN FIELD Ilccent Supreme Court Decision Against Annexation Said to Be Reason for Strong In terest by Citizens. The St. Johns city election, which takes place- today, bids fair to be the most hotly contested in the history of the city, although until last Tuesday It was expected to be a' very tame af fair. The Supreme Court decision, which practically makes it impossible for St. Johns to be annexed to Portland, is responsible for the sudden and des perate interest now evinced by candi dates and citizens alike. There are four candidates for Mayor, A. A. Muck, of the Muck Mercantile Company, seemingly in the lead, is bc InB closely followed by Charles Brede son. A. W. Davis and Dr. A. W. Vin cent. Mr. Muck Is the primary nom inee, Bredeson and Davis are Independ ent candidates and Dr. Vincent carries the Socialist banner. For the offices of Recorder and Treasurer. F. A. Rice, the present Recorder, and .1. K. Tanch have no opposition. u. J. uaizmejcr ami Terry C. Stroud are running: neck and neck for the office .of City Attorney. Both are well quallfted for the position. Stroud lias the primary nomination, but Is handicapped by beinK confined to his home by Illness and unable person ally to conduct his campaign. A hot contest Is on among: the can didates for Councllman-at-Large; T. T. Horsman. r. B. Martin and J. K. Hiller Women who bear children and re main healthy are those who prepare their systems in advance of baby's coming. Unless the mother aids nature in its pre-natal work the crisis finds her system unequal to the de mands made upon It, and she Is often left with weakened health or chronic ailments. No remedy Is so truly a help to nature as Mother's Friend. It relieves the pain and discomfort caused by the strain on the ligaments, makes pliant those fibres and muscles which nature is expanding, and soothes tb.3 inflammation of breast glands. Mother's Friend assures a speedy and complete recovery Tor the mother, and she is left a healthy woman to enjoy the rear Blotter's ing of her child. Mother's Friend is sold at drug stores. Write for our free book for expectant mothers. . BRADFIOD REGULATOR CO.. Atlanta. Gs. being In the lead at present, with G. I Perrine and E. O. Magoon close at their heels. In the First Ward, J. W. Davis. J. S. McKinney and F. W. Valentine are candidates for Couneilmen. only two of whom can be elected. In the Second Ward. P. Hill, M. F. Stadelman, J. E. JenninKs and Carl Majeske are candi dates, with the llklihood that Hill and Stadelman will secure the coveted post, tions. There are 843 registered voters in the city and it is believed that over 800 of these will appear at the polls today. The Second Ward polling: place is under the Oddfellows Hall, on Jersey street, and the First Ward polling place will be in the Council chamber at the city hall. I.ocnl Option Debate Arranged. M MINNVILLE, Or., March 31. (Spe cial.) The question. "Is Local Option night?" will be debated here April 3 by J. Frank Burke, of Portland, and Honorable Kuprene W. Chafin. 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Botli men have a National reputation and Mr. Burke, who will uphold the local option law as righteous, wise and efficient, is known as a humorous and entertaining speaker. Butter Alleged Underweight. ASTORIA. Or., 'March 31. (Special.) Two complaints signed by W. B. Dun kin. Deputy State Food and Drug Com missioner, were filed in the Justice -Court Saturday charging Erick Hauke with having sold a square of California butter that was underweight and also charging him with selling a square of the same butter on which the full weight thereof was not plainly marked. The cases probably will be called for trial Monday, and. it is understood, will he contested. Complaints charging sim ilar offenses against two other Astoria, grocery firms are being prepared and will be filed on Monday. JIlI ST lit 4