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4 f HE MORNIXG OREGOXIAN. . WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1918. ROAD MAY SPEND MILLION AT SALEM Granting of Franchise Means Much for Capital City, Is Declaration. INTERURBAN PLANS OUT Thirty-Five-Year Grant to Portland Eugene and Eastern Electric Koad lilkely to Result in Great De velopment of Valley. PAL. EM, Or.. An;. 6. (Special.) When the City Council last night unanimously adopted the ordinance in-anting a 35-year franchise to the Portland. Eugene & Eastern Electric Road, the representatives of the city ODened the door for the expenditure of approximately 1,000,000 within the city limits during the next year, in addition there will be immense sums of money paid out by the Portland. Eugene- & Eastern Railway Company In the construction of electric railroads to the four points of the compass, with Salem as the hub. It is announced that the Interurban lines will be pushed as fast as rights of way, fran chises and other necessary rights can be obtained. The Salem franchise annuls fran chises under which two streetcar lines have heretofore operated within the city, the companies having been ac quired by the Portland, Eugene & Eastern. The old tracks within the city will be used for both streetcar traffic and as connecting links for the interurban lines. In addition the Port land. Eugene Eastern is given the right to occupy a number of streets which have heretofore been without adequate car service, and the company is now engaged in construction work on Front and Chemeketa streets. In the plans of the new company Salem business Interests see great pos sibillties for the future of the capltol city. The new line from Salem to t lr, where it connects with the Southern Pacific East Side line. Is now being electrified, and will pass on to Silver ton. From that point a line is now beinsr constructed via Molalla to Canty, making 45 miles of rich territory avail able to the merchants or tnis city. Action Awaits Portland Franchise. South Salem Hills, the country where. it is said, the soil is almost worth Its weight in gold, will be only 25 minutes away from the great terminal station, while the line from Salem to Inde pendence will form 13 miles of the Portland to Eugene trunk line. Con struction of the trunk line over the 50 miles Intervening between Portland and Salem is understood to be ready to start as soon as the Portland City Council passes the "Fourth-street fran chise" now pending before that body. Having acquired the Salem. Falls City & Western Railroad, the Portland, Eugene & Eastern is pushing its con struction work as rapidly as men can be placed on the line. Within 60 days steel will begin to go up on tne great J35O.000 bridge across the Willamette River, which is to afford this line en trance to the city, and the work is to be completed within 90 days. The bridge and approaches are more than 1000 feet in length, and will be supported by three immense concrete piers. No. 1 being now almost com pleted and the others rapidly growing up from the water. Entrances to Be Adequate. The new franchise provides ade quate entrances for all streetcar and interurban lines to the great terminal station which will occupy the block of ground bounded by Liberty. Commer cial, Marlon and Center streets just two blocks northwest of the Court house. All lines will converge on this point for the convenience of passen gers, and all transfers will be made there. The new terminal will be operated In the same manner as the great ter . minal for the streetcar system at Los Angeles. Cal which has been declared to be the most perfect In existence In America. Plans for the new building are now under consideration by Presi dent Strahorn. By the terms of the ordinance the Portland, Eugene & Eastern is required to widen Twelfth street from Court to Union streets, a distance of four blocks. At this point the street Is only 60 feet In width, while the rest of the street Is 100 feet wide. The company will purchase the frontage of 40 feet from the property owners, and will pay its proportionate share of the cost of new paving required. - As a compensation for this expense the company Is al lowed to lay two extra tracks In addi tion to the present track of the South ern Pacific Company over which It has the privilege of operating both steam and electric trains. As the Portland. Eugene & Eastern maintains friendly relations with the Southern Pacific, this arrangement will mean the saving of much time and ex pense to both the company and local merchants In the handling of freights. Satisfactory provision for moving freight cars through the city has been made. ASTHMA SEIZES "WAPPY" Ex-C'hief of Seattle Xow in Prison Develops Serious Ailment. WALLA WALLA. Wash.. Aug. 6. (Special.) Charles F. Weppenstein, ex chief of police of Seattle, under HI Gill's administration, and who was sent to the penitentiary here, after having been found guilty of bribery, is all at the state penal institution and has had no regular duties since enter ing upon his sentence about four months ago. Since coming here Wappy has de veloped a serious case of asthma and at times he can hardly get his breath. His wife calls at the Penitentiary from her Seattle home about twice a month. Wappensteln says that when he gets better ho would like nothing bet ter than to be placed in charge of the ?hickens at the institution. RUSSIAN TEACHER IN CITY Frofeor of Imperial Business In stitution Tells of School. Professor Nicholas Shllow, of the Im perial Technical College and Commer cial Institution of Moscow. Russia, passed yesterday In Portland. Speaking of his visit. Professor Shi low said: "I am a delegate of the Rus sian government to the International Congress of Applied Chemistry that will commence its session at Washing ton. T. C. on September 1. represent ing the educational institution with wbicb I am connected and the only other of a similar character In my country. I am professor of Inorganic chemistry In the Moscow institution that was established by the commer cial interests of the city and supported by the merchants. The studies are ii vided into a department of commerce and law and of technical subjects that have a bearing on commerce. "The lectures are all held in th evenings, in order that the employes of merchants may attend, and while it is really intended as a school lor tnese all may attend. It was only a year ago that the Imperial Douma recognized these two schools, and now a graduate from them is accepted into the govern ment service without further exam nation. "I started on my trip early in order to make a hurried run over the United states, and I have been amply repaid. In both New York and Chicago I had ORRGflV RESIDENT FOR SIXTY YEARS DIES AT SCIO AT THE AGE OF EIGHTY-FOUR. Mrs. Mary E. Miller. SCIO, Or., Aug. 6. (Special.) Mrs. Mary E. Miller died here last week at the homo of her daughter, Mrs. Vina Randall, aged 84 years. Mary Elizabeth Ulbblns was born June 15, 1S2S, in Mayvllle, Ky. When 11 years old she moved from there with her parents to Andrew County, Missouri, where, October 1, 1844, she was married to Samuel T. Miller. Eight years later they crossed the plains with an ox team and settled on a donation land claim nine miles southeast of Sclo. They resided there until 1876, when thejr moved Into Scto. Mr. Miller died in 1889. Ten chil dren were born, of whom eight are living. In youth Mrs. Miller united with the Cumberland Pres byterian Church. Funeral serv ices were held In the Baptist Church at Sclo August 2. Inter ment was in the Franklin Butte Masonic Cemetery. the pleasure of visiting some of the commercial colleges, and much to my surprise I heard prominent men of af fairs lecturing to the students on practical subjects, a thing unknown In my country. AGATE CARNIVAL IS DUE CURRY COUNTY FOLK GATHER AT PORT ORFORD SATURDAY. Unusual Event of Pacific Coast to Be Enjoyed When Sham Battle Will Be Fought on Battle Rpck.- - MARSH FIELD, Or.. Aug. . 6. (Spe cial.) People of Curry County will gather at Port Orford Saturday to attend the agate carnival, an unusual event on this Coast. A fine display of agates for which the locality Is famous will be mode and the event is also In commemoration of the fight with the Indians on Battle Rock. One of the attractions of the carnival will be a sham battle carried out as nearly as possibly like the real battle was fought. Battle Rock Is Tne of the historio land marks on the Pacific Coast. Very few persons who figured in the battle are living today. Mrs. Anna Dart, of Portland, is one who took part in the early day affairs at Port Orford. She was a daughter of the late Captain Tlchenor, who. with the members of his family, made up the first real set tlers of Port Orford. Captain Tlche nor owned and manned a small boat called the Seagull. When cruising along the Oregon coast he was at tracted by the timber and the harbor at Port Orford and landed there. He decided to go back to San Francisco and get more men and leave a few volunteers at Port Orford. An old muzzle loading cannon on the boat was taken ashore and . placed on Battle Rock, where the whites established themselves. The fact that Captain Tlchenor was to return on a certain date was communicated to the Indians. He was not able to return as soon as possible and this angered the Indians and the battle followed. The Indians under the leadership of a French Canadian attacked the white men. but the latter with their cannon, which they loaded with . nails and rocks, managed to repulse a large band of the redskins, after which they fled to the Umpqua. Captain Tlchenor re turned to find his men gone. He. how ever, settled at Port Orford and got along well with the Indians. This battle which marked an im portant step in the settlement of Curry County, will be fought over again for the entertainment of the people who will gather from all parts of the coun ty at Port Orford. There will be other out-door entertainments and the gathering will be one of the largest ever held in that county. A party of Marshfield men have made up an ama teur minstrel troupe and have char tered the gasoline schooner Osprey to make the trip from here to Port Or ford. They will put on a minstrel show to help in the entertainment of the visitors. Agate beach at Port Orford is famous as place for finding the beauti ful stones and there are several large and very valuable collections of agates which will be on exhibition at the carnival. Candidates File at Chebalis. CHEHALIS. Wash., Aug. 6. (Special.) L. W. Field, a well-known merchant of Adna, today filed his declaration as a candidate for Representative from Lewis County. M. C. Lowry, of Claquot, filed for County Commissioner from the second district. J. C. Berry, of Cen tralia, filed for Engineer: W. A. West over, for Justice of the Peace for Che halls; D. W. Monfort, of Chehalis, for Auditor; all on the Republican ticket Austin Zenker, of Centralla. filed for Representative, and P. C. Beaufort, of Chehalis, for Justice, both on the Demo cratic ticket Mr. Zenkner served a term in the House several years ago. White Pine Rate lowered. SPOKANE. Aug. 6. The Great North ern Railroad announced today mat white pine lumber had been returned to Its former classification. This ac tion will reduce the freight rate on white pine 10 cents per 100 pounds. . BEN KELLER IS TOO LATE Attack on Selling's Expense Statement Failure. LEGAL TIME LIMIT PAST IMstrlct Attorney McNary Cites Ore gon Law Showing That Com plain! Should Have Been Made Within 6 Says. SALEM, Or., Aug. , 6. (Special.) The attempted move on the part of Arnold Keller to Impeach Ben Selling's expense statement as candidate for the nomination for the office of United States Senator failed today when Dis trict Attorney McNary, of the third judicial district, returned the papers In the case to Secretary Olcott with the declaration that Keller had come in too late to give a court Jurisdiction. In his letter to the Secretary of State, District Attorney McNary ex plains his attitude as follows: 'I herewith return a copy or tne statement of expenditures of Hon. Ben Selling, candidate for the nomination for United States Senator in Congress, together with a copy of the affidavit of Arnold Keller, a citizen of Multno mah County, Oregon, averring that such statement does not conform to law and to the truth. Code la Cited. Section 3499, lord's Oregon laws. provides, among other things, that upon complaint in writing by a candi date or by a voter that a statement tiled does not conform to law or to the truth, or that any person has failed to file his statement, which he Is by law required to die, said officer forthwith n writing shall notify the delinquent person. Every sucn complaint nieo Dy citizen or cannraate snau state in detail the grounds of objection; shall be sworn to by the complainant, and shall be filed with the officer within 60 days after the filing of the state ment or amended statement.' The leeal rule for computing the time within which an act is to be done excludes the first day and Includes the last. The records In your office show that Mr. Selling's statement of his ac counts and expenses connected with his anipalgn for the United states Senate was filed on May 3. 1912, and that the objections made thereto by Arnold Keller were filed July 6, 1912. Apply- nz the above rule for the computation of time, it will be observed that 63 days elapsed between the filing of said statement or accounts iw tne oDjec tlons thereto. Jurisdiction Held Lacking. "The abovo-mentioned section, which Drovides that a citizen or candidate shall file their objections with the Sec retary of State within 60 days after the filing of a statement by a candi date, is mandatory and In my Judg ment a court at this time would be without Jurisdiction to take cognizance of the matters referred to in Mr. Kel ler's complaint." LIGHT KEEPER REWARDED William Demming Given Pennant for Good Work at Capo Arago. ASTORIA. Or., Aug. 6. (Special.) William S. Demming. who was recently promoted keeper of the Tongue Point buoy depot, has received a communi cation from Inspector Beck, Inclosing the general efficiency pennant for the fiscal year ending June 30, an award given each year for the best-kept light station in the district. Mr. Demming won this pennant as keeper of the lighthouse at Cape Arago, where he haa been stationed tbe last tnree years, An Announcement of Tremendous Importance to Every Man and Young Man in Portland and Vicinity Beginning this morning and continuing for ten days I will sell 500 Men's and Young Men's Fancy Spring and Summer Suits At OeeJfflalf Regnnlair Price No other sale in the city offers you such bargains no other sale can sell you similar merchandise at such a sacrifice. Everyone knows the worth and the reliability of the clothing sold by this store everyone knows that no misrep resentation is ever made as to its quality or its price. Every Suit in this great offer is this season's model every one is plainly marked with its original price ticket. Any Suit may now be yours for just one-half . Come today, men, while opportunity waits. These Are the Reductions $40 Suits are now $20.00 $30 Suits are now $15.00 Men's Shop, Main The banner will fly over that station the coming 12 months. In addition to the pennant, Mr. Dem mlng was awarded the general effi ciency star, which Is given by the de partment In recognition of meritorious service. This prize Is the personal property of the keeper. The winning of these two awards is a distinguished honor for Mr. Demming, and one which he and his many friends appreciate most highly. SCHOOL WARRANTS SOLD Money to Pay for Land for Mll waukie Building Site. MILWAUKIE, Or., Aug. 6. (Special.) At the meeting of the board of di rectors last night in the schoolhouse. B. M. Flsch, presiding, the warrants of the Mllwaukie school district, to the amount of $5000, were sold to William Scott and the Milwaukie State Bank. Mr. Scott took $1000 and the bank $4000. The money will be used to pay for the two-acre site for a central high school purchased from J. Snyder for $5000. The deed will be issued to the district as soon as '.he papers are made out. The site is the Henneman tract. The street in front of the property Is opened. Erection of the building will not be undertaken this year, and not until the taxpayers give explicit Instructions to the directors. The plan has been to erect a central high school In Milwau kie and Invite the surrounding districts to send their pupils there. In order to accommodate the in creased attendance the . directors are fixing two new rooms In the present building, one on the lower and one on the upper floor in the assembly halls, which will provide a total or 10 rooms It Is considered that 10 rooms will 15 sufficient to accommodate all pupils for another year. FIRE DESTROYS LANDMARK Gainard Opera -Ho use Block at Ashland Gutted by Flames. ASHLAND, Or.. Aug. 6. (Special.) Early this morning fire completely gut ted the Ganlard Opera-House block, a landmark of the city, erected In 1889. The property Is owned by G. W. fcte- phenson, whose loss is Ilo.ooo, witn $4000 Insurance. A policy on the build ing lapsed recently. Tenants In the building and their losses were: Har rison Bros., moving-picture theater, loss 11200. with no Insurance; Ideal Grocery loss $4500, with $3000 insurance; Sayles billiard-rooms, loss $2800, covered by $1500 Insurance. Roof Dodge's furniture store In an djacent block was somewhat dam aged. The fire started at 4:30 A. M., In the rear of the theater, on the sec ond floor. The origin Is unknown. By 9 o'clock nothing but the bare walls were standing. Before noon a major ity of the tenants had made arrange ments for perhanent quarters elsewhere. MONTENEGRO FIGHTS TURK Guerrilla Bands Give Trouble and Government Takes Defensive. CETTINJE. Montenegro, Aug. 6. Frontier fighting between small guer rilla bands and the Turkish troops has been going on continuously since yes terday. The cordon of troops on the Mon tenegrin frontier was ordered to re tire and adopt a defensive policy. The Turks crossed the frontier, but re treated again when the Montenegrins opened fire with their artillery. Great excitement prevails here and dangerous complications are feared. Albany Priest Begins Labors. ALBANY, Or., Aug. 6. (Special.) Rev. Father John Bernards, who was ordained to the priesthood on July 28, today began his work as an assistant rector of the Albany parish of the Roman Catholic Church. Rev. Father Arthur Lane, rector of the local parish, will leave tomorrow for Vienna to attend the eucharistlc congress, and during his absence the local parish will be in charge of Rev. Father Michael J. Gilligan, the. assistant rector. $15 Suits are now Floor Young Men's An ample sales force to wait upon you help fully, courteously, with interested attention ELLING MORRISON STREET AT FOURTH CITY FULL OF Railway Electrifying Line McMinnville Now. at PAVING IS IN FULL SWING Bid's for Erection of Depot Opened and Contract Will Be Let Soon. Many New Buildings Are Under Construction. M'MINNVILLE. Or., Aug. 6. (Spe cial.) Another large force of men went to work here today In charge of R. T. Guppy, chief engineer of the electri fication of the Southern Pacific West Side and Yamhill divisions, excavating for a new track on the west side of the main track between Second and Fourth streets In this city. The bids for the erection of the new depot were opened yesterday and it is expected that the contract will be let within a few days. Two McMinnville and several Portland contracts offered bids. The Southern Pacific crews also are raising, the present tracks and sidings to the established grade prior to the laying of the hard-surface pavement, which crosses the company's right-of-way at Third street. Paving Prep it rations Made, Workmen are hauling away surplus gravel and rock on Third street and side streets from B street to one block east of the Southern Pacific railroad preparatory to-the laying of hard-surface pavement on these streets. The paving will start in a few days. The Oregon Electrlc's crew Is rush ing work and will have the tracks laid and its part of the street pavea within a week. The work was delayed two days on account of the contractor who furnished the ties being late In supplying them. Since ties were avail able work has progressed rapidly. The streets of the business section of Mc Mlnnevllle are almost Impossible, be ing blockaded by men and teams plow ing up the old rock foundations and pulling out the old cement crosswalks which are no more needed. All side walks in the district to be paved have been widened to ten feet. This Summer witnessing the greatest improve ments that McMinnville has ever under taken. New Building Rlae. Not only municipal improvements are in vogue, but a large number of indi vidual Improvements are being done. The rebuilding of the large business block on the corner of E and Third streets is one of the most Important Improvements on Main street. The old Oddfellows' building has been razed and a large modern building now is un der construction. It will be the home of the United States National Bank when completed. Several modern homes are under con struction and two more will be started this week. . Mat Corrigan, cashier of the First National Bank, will erect a large residence on the west side of South B street and Frank Rogers, drug, gist, also will build. It Is estimated tnat there is more work no to be had In McMinnville than at any time in many years. ALFAFA SEEDCR0P HEAVY Bumper Yield, in All Lines In Mal heur Valley. VALE. Or.. Aug. 6. (Special.) The outlook for bumper crops In the Mal heur Valley this year Is encouraging. according to reports received here daily from the farmers. They have been vastly benefited by the recent rains and every indication gives promise of a good yield of every variety of farm product. The altaira aeea crop, which win 1 $25 Suits are now $20 Suits are now $7.50 Shop. Second Floor soon be ready for harvest, and which Is one of the main products of Malheur County, will be better than usual, while the fruit crop looks equally en couraging. The fruit raisers declare the fruit to be free from pest and say they look for a yield above the aver age In quality as well as quantity. There are several Instances where land that was covered with sage brush 90 days ago today Is yielding corn nine feet high and potatoes 200 bushels to the acre. The dry land experiments, which are being tried a few miles from Vale, are proving satisfactory and are being- watched with Interest Many believe this sort of farming will prove a success in many sections of this county. WEISER BREAKS RECORDS Fruitgrowers" Association Has 200 Yards of Grading Done. WEISER, Idaho, Aug. 6. (Special.) Records were broken at the packing house of the Weiser River Fruitgrow ers' Association here when 200 yards of grading for a spur track connecting the shipping station with the Oregon Short Line main track were completed on a hours' notice. The packing-house, which Is affiliated with the Northwest Fruit Exchange of Portland, was com Dieted a few weeks ago and efforts were made to Induce the railroad com nanv to build the spur at once. The grading crew was In this territory when orders came by wire from head quarters to complete the Weiser Job the next da V. This srave the fruit association only 24 hours' notice In which to complete its share of the work. After rapid work on the cart of Secretary Russell Kimball, the Job was completed, and the spur was laid the following day. Arrangements have been made for handling between 300 and 350 cars of choice apples and prunes over the spur this season. Last year 50 cars were shiDned from the Weiser Valley. The tremendous Increase is due to the large number of new orchards coming into bearing this year and the heavy yield. McMinnville Priest Says First Mass. M'MINNVILLE, Or.. Aug. 6. (Spe cial.) Father Bernards, who was or dained at Albany July 28. celebrated high mass here Sunday at bt. James Church. This was his first ceieoration Father Bernards' parents. Mr. and Mrs, John Bernards, reside on a farm south of thl cltv and formerly lived at er boort. Washington County. Tne cnurcn was splendidly decorated with flowers and special music waa prepared in honor of the new priest. A number of relatives and friends of Father Ber nards from Verboort attended the serv ices, helping to make it a large con gregation. Father Bernards Is unas Biirnwl hut has been assistant to Father Lane, of Albany. Weiser Valley Crops Uninjured. WEISER, Idaho, Aug. 6. (Special) Reports reaching Weiser from the sur rounding valley give assurance that recent unprecedented storms did prac tically no damage In this section, al- Manufactured only by JAMES PYLF & SONS, New York PSiA $12.50 $10.00 Leading Clothier though death from waterspouts and other storms occurred only 20 or 30 miles away and train service was practically paralyzed for many hours between this city and Huntington, Or. Rainfall broke all records In the val ley, but aside from temporary Incon venience to farmers about to harvest their hay and Insignificant damage to the grain crop, there was no loss suf fered in this valley. Boy's Death Accidental. CENTRALIA, Wash.. Aug. 6. (Spe cial.) Coroner Charles Sticklln held an Inquest today over the body of William Colo, a 17-year-old boy who was killed In Chehalis Sunday when he rode his wheel around the rear end of a southbound train directly In front of a northbound train. The Coroner's Jury returned a verdict of accidental death. 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