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THE MORNING OREGONIAN. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1913. ? r .1. CLEAR SKY GREETS GEARHART VISITORS Appropriate Exercises Mark Dedication of New Park at Opening of Fair. AWARDS VALUED AT $3000 where bulleti struck him which, to gether with fil interesting narratives of the battles there during: the nine years from 1901 to 1910, should con vince the most skeptical that he was in those fights. i Clarence Diet Is not yet 29 years old. but he' Is prematurely gray and looks to be past forty. He was scarce ly eighteen when the trouble first be gan there, and he says the worry made an old man of him before his boyhood days were over. He has not lost his ability to shoot yet, as he can kill a digger squirrel with a revolver at a distance of 75 to 100 yards at nearly every shot. His steel gray eye would iiiuiAm n WW II, . . ... - , i ii.. JUA,U4nn danger, ne is oi h. rnejiuijr uioouiui. . . - 1 1. . ,V,A ana does not :aesii&ie 10 uvui fnmllv fieht to hold the Cameron in anv or all of its details. Mr. Di ROADS ENTER HEW ERA. SAYS SPROULE the lam ietz ! . ALBANY MA HEPRE- SENT OREGON ODDFELLOWS T WINMPECJ. Exhibits of Agricultural and Dairy Products Are Exceptionally Good Prlie-Winning Stock of Vari ous Strains Are Shown. GEARHART. Or., Sept. 11. (Special.) riatson County's second annual agn cultural fair Is now" in- full wing at the recently-acquired grounds in GeaT7 hart Park and will continue until Sat urday. The - weather conditions for the opening day were ideal, a large crowd or spectators was in iin.-.." i . i u i k; u fa amnne the nnest In lh nnrlhoreit Section Of rCi Biiun" . " ...... the state. The fair was opened this morninj i.w ,,ATi-hps for dedi cation of the grounds, including short talks by President ees members of the fair board, after which the people were given an oppormiui, to visit tne exnions mm immediately began their work of i. All of yesterday large forces of men and women were ii.. ...awi in mrrftnariniT the ex- hibits and the result is a display of agricultural and dairy prooucis. shows that nature has been kind to Clatsop County and the Lower Colum bia River district. The exhibit. of livestock Is an espe cially fine one. including cattle, horses sheep and hogs of all the fancy breeds Among the animals on exhibit are sev eral which have taken prizes al various other fairs on the coast. Prizes Valued at 3000. ' An excellent premium list has bee a-nA a tntal nf aonroximate! $3000 is to be awarded in prizes. These include a number oi special purses, well as cups offered by private In dividuals, Arms and corporations. There ' .m , a nanot rhflmt nn the beach. Sat urday, In which several members of the Portland Hunt uiud win piiriitiynns and it is also expected that some of the local riders will take part. The -course will be three miles In length and will be obstructed with a few hurdles about three feet in height. The prize will be a cup, given by the Gearhart Hotel management. GERMAN DAY IS FAIR FEATURE Clackamas County Fixes September 26 as Date for Celebration. OREGON CITY, Or., Sept. 12. (Spe cial.) One of the'big drawing features of this year at the Clackamas County F'alr will be German day, September 2, when an excellent programme win be In charge of Gustave Sehnoerr and O. E. Freystas. During the day the Hubbard band of 20 pieces will fur nish music. Many of the German so cieties of the state will be in. attend ance. There will be races and base ball, and otbar.entertainments, and a monstrous barbecue and potato bake from 12 to 2:30 o'clock. : The races will be .among the fea tures, as well as the programme fur nished by the German societies. There will be a fast trot, pacing and a mile run, and the Clackamas County horses will be on for mixed races, this being free-for-all. This will be exclusive for Clackamas County horses, and track horses barred. The money will be di vided as follows. Sixty, 30 and 10, with the best two out of three win ning first money. A platoon of the Oregon National Guard Company, of Oregon City, will camp on the grounds, and besides Its regular military maneuvers will .police the fair grounds and buildings both night and day. PRIZES AWARDED AT EUGENE Irving Grange and Florence School Win In Their Classes. EUGENE, Or.. Sept' 12. (Special.) Irving Grange was awarded first prize today for the best collective exhibit at the district fair; Mohawk second; Cot tage Grove third, and Creswell fourth. Lee Goetschius was awarded the Great Northern's $50 cup for the best Individual farm exhibit, and E. M. Warren is first on best collective ex hibit. Announcement was made this morn ing that the award of $75 for the best collective exhibit made by any school of the county goes to the schools of Florence. Th? second prize of $50 was awarded to the Lancaster school, and the third of $25 g.ws to Creswell. The best individual collective exhibit Is made by Miss Evangeline Jennings, a recent comer to Kugene from Polk County, where bIm had had the advan tage of A I. O'P.Ktily's "school credit for home work" system. Miss Jennings' exhibit included sewing and cookery In wide range, and earned the $40 prize. Second prize for Individual col lective exhibit goes to Bessie Wheeler, and third to Hetty Wheeler, A -unique exhibit is that of LeRoy 'Andrew, who shows 47 kinds of Ore gon woods, each carefully labeled. ROSEBURG ATTENDS INSTITUTE Athletic Sports and Addresses at v Melrose Draw Crowds. ROSEBURG, Or., Sept 12. (Special.) With business practically suspended here today, the citizens of Roseburg went to Melrose, where they enjoyed the first annual fair and farmers' in stitute held at that place. Races, base ball and other athletic sports com prised the chief entertainment of the day. A number of addresses also were de livered by Oregon's foremost horticul turists on subjects pertaining to the welfare of the farmers and fruitgrow ers. . - DIETZ FINDS NEW ABODE Son of Cameron Dam Defender Now Resides at Wedderburn, Or. WEDDERBURN. Or.. Sept. 12. (Spe cial.) Clarence Dietz. son of John Dietz, of the famous Cameron dam case In Wisconsin, Is now living In Wedderburn and employed at the mil of the Wedderburn Trading Company. Some of the local people doubted whether the Mr. Dietz here was the only, surviving soa of the Dietz family In that long-drawn-out battle with the lumber company and authorities in Wisconsin, but Mr. Dietz puts in evi dence a dislocated bip, a broken and misplaced ankle, three fingers with bullet marks, a breastbone which has been shot in splinters and four upper teeth missing. He also has about a half-dozen other marks on his body j H 1 i I , 1 -1 ' I i Is 1 V - A. W. Bowrrioi. ALBANY, Or.. Sept. 11. (Spe cial.) A. W. Bowersox, of this city, left today for Winnipeg, Manitoba, where he will attend the sovereign grand lodge of the Independent Order of Odd fellows as the delegate from Oregon. He served during the past year as grand master of the grand lodge of Oregon of this order, and at the session of the grand lodge at Pendleton this Summer he was elected the rep resentative from this state to the sovereign grand lodge, which will be in session at Winnipeg from September 16 to 21. inclusive. Mr. Bowersox is manager of the mills of the Portland Flouring Mills Company at this city, and has been a resident of Albany for several years. expects to remain at Wedderburn this winter and perhaps return to Wiscon sin In the spring on a business trip. OFFICER FIGHTS TO Ei MARSHAL STRAND, OF HARNEY CITY, IS SLAIN. James Bucklln, Otto Lowell and Bur- bank Clay Under Arrest 20 Shots Are Fired. ' BURNS. Or., Sept.' 12. (Special.) Following a battle with three men who resisted arrest, H. Z. - Strand, City Marshal and saloonman of Harney City, 18 miles from Burns, was shot and killed there, ..yesterday. James Bucklln, Otto Lowell-and Burbank Clay are under arrest as a result. In the battle, which occurred when Strand attempted to place the men un der arrest for "shooting up" the town, 22 shots were fired. There had been trouble between the officer and the trio for several months, it Is said. The men involved in the shooting were arrested after the Coroner's Jury had made an investigation of Strand's death. They were brought to this city and placed in the County Jail.s Strand was well known in this section. MILES OF LAND AVAILABLE Figures Compiled In Josephine County Are Interesting. GRANTS PASS,Or.. Sept 12. (Spe cial.) Josephine County contains 1', 059,000 acres of land; out of this vast area 622,000 has been segregated as forest reserve; 30,000 has been pat ented to private owners; 189.600 be longs to the railroad company; 182, 000 acres are available for cultivation, of which there are now in cultiva tion about 25,000 acres. The Southern Pacllio or the O. & C. Railroad Company's holdings in this county have an assessed valuation of $1,866,185. The railroad company's holdings are classified as non-tillable. grazing, agricultural and timber, the latter of which predominates and gives value over other classes. It is said by those who are well informed In auch matters that 30 per cent of the land in this county is held for Its valuable timber and that un developed land In this county means timber land, much of which is suit able for agricultural purposes. AGGIE EXPERTS TO ASSIST Institute Work Will Be Done at Mel rose and Deer Creek, OREGOif AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, Corvallls, Sept. 12. (Special.) Four members of the college faculty have gone to Melrose to do institute work connection with the Grange Fair scheduled for today and tomorrow. The arrangements were made by the exten sion division of the college, and the lecture work is being done by Pro fessor E. J. Krause, Department of Horticulture; Alfred G. Lunn, Depart ment of Poultry Husbandry;- E. R. Stockwell. Department of Dairy Hus bandry, and Dean Henrietta Calvin, of the Department of Domestic Science and Art. On Friday the college experts go to Deer Creek, south of Roseburg, where they are scheduled for two Institute sessions of general discussions and demonstrations. VAGRANCY LAW ENFORCED Lane County Man Has Performed Only Five Days' Work In a Year. COTTAGE GROVE. Or.. Sept. 12. (Special.) The first man in Lane County and one of the first in the state to be convicted under the pro visions of the vagrancy law passed by the 1911 Legislature is Jack Rice, who has been found guilty in the District Court at Eugene. He has not yet been sentenced. The evidence developed the fact that since June 12. 1911, he has done only five days' work. Rice recently got into tne courts through an altercation with the dog license collector, at which time he chewed up one of the ears of the of ficer. Southern Pacific President Talks to Passenger Men -at Seattle. . , PUBLIC'S CONFIDENCE NEED to Traffic Officials In Annual Cbnven Hon Hear Report's and Attend Banquet Ticket Reform - Is Recommended. sfattle. SeDt. 19. The address of William Sproule. president of the Southern Pacific -Company, on the rela tion of . the generals public and tne ran waB n-a d two , nHnr.innl event at to ....u Ha K7tH annual con II o ocoDluil vpntinn nf the American Association of Passenger and Ticket Agents, xne con vantinn ilaVrttlna- th TPSt Of itS time t th consideration of technical reports and communications irom otner as soclations. Tonight the visiting rail way men were entertained at an elabor. ato Kanmiot Thn rnnvention Will COn' elude Its. business tomorrow with the election of officers and tne selection nlana tha Tl,rt mAPtlnOT. It tl Blreadv been decided to hold the 1916 convention at San Francisco. W. F. VanBuren, auditor or pas nr nfcnnnts nf the Chicago I MnrthwAalarii . RnHWflV. UTEed ' the adoption of simpler forms of through tickets from tne east to tne wesi more convenient for the railroads ana thn nnsseneerH. A resolution favoring this suggestion was aaopieo. Rirntr Resrulatlon Wanted. rr R rnrnn pfnfrl Tiassenarer agent of the Southern Pacific, read a paper on the problems confronting me nag gage department and urged the ctanorsiivaMnn nf ihp re&fulations covering the free transportation of bag f T. RavlntrtAn nretarv Of thl TVnnscnntinental Passeneer Assocla tlon, read a paper of tne see America First" movement advocating organiza tion n rvnmntA thn movement AS the only way results couio De accompusneu Snfmile fn hist address, sooke fOl more friendly relations between the general public and tne railways. "In the broad sphere of managemenl as related to the general public," h said, "we are entering upon a new era "Under the present system of govern mntai rnnfrnl. the relations of the .nii.i'u ... tn thA rniiritrv are as CDen as the day to tne inspectors wiu ex am nnrE a rut commissioners ol me ucu pie. Old things have passed away, but thA nin nroltidicps remain. The rail ways are exploited on public platforms and in the public prints too often as if they menace the puDi'.c weai in some vague and unexplained way. "Tho tttilh la thA e-Aneral nubile has little Knowledge oi me cuuuui cm miamA nvAf raliwAVH. And whv? Be o.iaA thA rallw-av have maintained almost perfect silence and from their silence It has Deen mierrea ini omc thing is wrong. Silence has been mistaken for secrecy." . CLTJBMEX TO GO TO GEARHART Local Transportation Men Will "Wel come Visitors to City. Representatives of. the Portland Tranar.orts.tlon Club will Journey to Gearhart on Sunday night and remain at the Gearhart Hotel there to greet th two special trains bearing mem bers of the Association of General Passenger and Ticket Agents, who win be the guests of tne people oi t-ort land next Monday. The specials will arrive at Gearhart early Monday morning ana tne iuv pas senger officials and tneir lamnies win remain there long enough to take breakfast and to enjoy a dip In the surf. Accompanied by the local committee they will come to Portland, arriving here at 2:30 Monday aiternoon. uur tng the remainder of the day and even ing they will be guests of tne fort land Transportation Club. The following passenger officials will meet the party at Tacoma: John M. Scott and wife, general pas senger agent Southern Pacific; W. E. Coman and wife, general freight and passenger agent North Bank line; A. D. Charlton and wife, assistant, general passenger agent Northern Pacific; A. C. Martin and wife, assistant general passenger agent O.-W. R. A N. Com pany; W. C. Wilkes and wife, assistant general freight and passenger agent North Bank lines,, and W, C. Seachrist, general agent mew lorn central sys tern. Members of the Transportation Club who will go to Gearhart are: J. E. Werleln and wlte, president of the club, and special -agent of the Portland Railway, Light and Power Company; W. T. Buchanan and wife, Portland Railway, Light and Power Company; E. C. Griffin, general agent Chicago Northwestern; it. E. Vernon, general agent Santa Fe; A, R, Kerri gan, city passenger agent Chicago & Northwestern; J. A. Ormondy, chief clerk passenger department bouthern Pacific: J. L. Miller, city passenger agent Harrlman lines; F. R. Johnson and wife, general agent Canadian Pa cific: M. J. Geart and wife, general agent Rock Island; J. O, Thomas, city passenger agent Milwaukee system; E. K. Garrison and wife, general agent Milwaukee system; W, C. McBride and wife, general agent Denver & Rio Grande; Dorsey B. Smith, city passenger agent Grand Trunk system; E. W. Mosher, secretary of the Transporta tion Club and city passenger agent Pennsylvania system; G. B. Johnson, general agent at Astoria for the North Bank; Bert Cohen, secretary to W, E. Coman, General freight and passenger agent North Bank; O. W. Stinger, city ticket agent Harrlman lines; F. D. Hunt and wife, traffic manager Port land Railway, Light and Power Com pany; T. A. Rochester, city passenger agent Rock Island lines, and A. P. Campbell and wife, secretary to B. S. Josselyn, president Portland Railway, Light and Power Company. Eugene to Establish Rock pile. EUGENE, Or., Sept 12. (Special.) Provision, is to be made at once for a rockpile at which hobos and others may be made to work while serving out fines in Eugene. A rock quarry opened several years ago at the end of a toutte within the city, and on city property, offers a suitable location by the building of a short stockade. Nu merous complaints of householders, many of them nervous as the result of the Green murder, causes the city officials to round up with unusual zeal all transients. In addition, the cam paign being waged against persons found drunk on tne cars coming from SDringfield has filled the city and county Jails to their comfortable limit, and some place must be provided for the prisoners. Apple Packing; School Opens. MlTStmr TVash. Rpnt 12. ( Rnerial.t An apple packing school opened here lliiiiW ill iff JRfti MB! pMH Iflffil iliil H Get a Good Start After the Beautiful, Costly Premiums 4 40 Trading Stamps Free Today and Tomorrow Only You do .not have to purchase. Just ask for your book with ten stamps at ths entrance; take ele vator to Third Floor and get 30 more stamps. Then you are on . the road to make your home happier, brighter and more complete. Note the Big Specials for Today's and Tomorrow's Shopping A Stamp Given With Every 10c Purchase Note the Following Sug gestions From Our Sta tionery Dept. for Today and Saturday Bp Sire Saturday is the last day. 100 Cards from plate.. 69 :'Wood-Lark" Lawn, . a friend -worth .while; get a pound at 2o You will come back for more. Envelopes at 10 a pack, 3 for. . .25 A nice Card Prize Silver Pencils in all styles and .shapes; prices 75 to $2 "Wood-Lark' Playing Cards in Red, Brown, Blue and Green Backs; Gilt Edge at 25tf Monogram Dies for stationery and corre spondence cards at reasonable prices. We have received a Fall shipment of Conklin's Fountain Pens, and our Pen Doctor says they are in fine 6hape. If you have a decrepit pen, let us give it a look. We clean, repair and fill while you -wait, and sell none but the best Waterman's Ideal, Conklin's Self Filler, "Wood-Lark," special 89 S i Something New Our r-.-M. -1 xi u Art Dept. Beautiful and Attractive. Note the Latest News From Our Art Expert Mil IB Our Cut Glass is rich and perfect ; . the cutting deep and the polish brilliant. We are showing such standard makes as Empire, Fostoria, etc. No pressed pieces in our collection. A visit to our Cut Glass and Art Department will be a great pleasure. In Art Rooms we are showing Water Colors, Oils, Carbons, Etchings framed . and unframed, as well as Art Pottery, Marbles and Plaster Statuary. Our line of mouldings is very finely se lected and includes Mahogany, Rosewood, Walnuts, Antique Golds, etc. Bring in pictures and get our prices and ideas. mm A Visit to Our Store Is Not Complete Without Seeing Our Leather joods Display SB New shipment of "Cross" English Gloves for Fall wear. Our stock is new and np to date in fashionable gloves for Fall and Winter wear $1.50 pr. up New showing of "Cross" imported Enplish leather new and exclusive leather from England. All our Imported Leather Novelties and Imported Hand Bags are on display new and exclusive shapes New shipment of Traveling Cases Fitted and empty Traveling Bags and Suit Cases for the September traveler. Note These Suggestions in Our Bristle and Ivory Dept. for Today and Saturday Extra large heavy Parisian Ivory Comb, coarse and fine., 79 Parisian Ivory Set, mirror, brash and comb; special $6.39 Military Brushes in Ebony, Rosewood, Mahogany; per pair $3.98 Men's Combs in white and black, 25 Tooth Brushes, good values at. . . . . .15 Cloth Brushes, new style at, 98J Women's large Blaek Combs at, . . . 59 Avoid tooth-brush troubles by using one of our Guaranteed Tooth Brushes, each one in a box, 12 styles. .......... .25 Extra Specials in Our Rubber Goods Dept. for Today and Saturday 50c Red Rubber Gloves 39 $1.75 3-qt. Combination Syringe and Waterbottle $1.39 $1.50 2-qt. Seamless ft. Syringe, $1.17 $1.25 Davol Spray Syringe 69 $1.00 Chocolate Water Bottle 73d $1.75 Alpha Bulb Syringe $1.39 $1.50 Bath Spray $1.22 35c White Bath Towel 23tf $2.50 Friction All Linen Bath Towel $1.89 75c Oil and Water Atomizer 59 For Your Next Cold Try Homeopathic Cold Tablets, 20 On the Mezzanine. H IB Today's and Tomor row's Big Specials in Our Perfumery Dept. . 25c Euthymol Tooth Paste. 14 25c Graves' Tooth Powder 10 50c Java Riz Powder ....27? 25c Williams' Talcum 14 U-Ar-Das Bath of Benzoin, perfumes and softens the water .Jr Princess Cream, a splendid vanishing cream, at v VsSiL $1.00 Wood Violet Perfume, only. .biJ C Parisian Massage Cream 3o? St IIP Big Reductions in Our Cutlery Dept. for Today and Tomorrow Good Razors, reliable brands, regular values to $2 ; to close out at, each, 37? $2.50 to $3.50 values, including such brands as Corbo-Magnetic, Ern, Swedish, "Berg" Torey and others at, ea., $1.48 Pocket Knives, well-known "Conti nental" brand, val. to $1, going at 47 Dressmakers' Scissors, assorted sizes, regular 75c values, going at 47 Able to Work, Though Ruptured For men with a living to make, work to do, business to attend' to, families to provide for a properly fitted Truss is as necessary as a frying pan is to a cook. It means just as much to men and boys who want to take part in ath letic games; men who work or men who play want a Truss that they can depend upon and rids work and ex ercise of every one of their dangers. When we fit you there isn't the slightest risk of having your rupture forced out by sudden strains or movements. Will you try us t Have You a Good Photo Album? Here's Your Chance at a Big Saving Fine assortment of Paper and Leather Covers. Photograph Albums for all size pictures up to 8x10; reg. price 25c to $3.00, at half price. One 8x10 B. & W. or Sepia Enlarge ment free with each $1 finish work. Phone us your Kodak Finishing Orders and we will send a boy after them and deliver promptly. teSjETjBig Friday and Satur fj!day Specials in House jKrpljjhoId Drugs. Note the jPsf j Following Reg. Spec. Lump Borax, pkg. loo 9 Lump or Powder'd Alum, pkg. 10c 6J Babbit's Concentrated Lye 10c 70 Flax Seed, gr'd or whole, pkg. 15c 11? Tannic Acid, pkg 15c 11 Soda Bicarbonate, pkg 10c 6 Wood Alcohol, bottle 20c 14! Powdered Soapstone, pkg.... 15c 9 Rochelle Salts, pkg..' 2oc 19 Whiting, pkg. 5c 3 Formaldehyde, bottle 50c 38i GOOD HOUSEWIVES, TAKE NO TICE: Saturday will be SAL SODA DAY, in 5 and 10-lb. packages ONLY, none smaller, none larger, at the re markably low price of 5 lbs., 15 10 lbs 2o At our drug counter. Prescriptions From now on our Prescription De partment will be open for business from 8 A. M. to 10 P. M. Saturdays nntil 11 P. M. Only high-grade reg istered pharmacists are employed in this important department. You are sure of prompt and perfect service here. See us before you buy. There are 46 years back of this department. Do You Like Sweet Things? You've heard of "Dolly Varden " Sweets! They satisfy the fastidious. TOMORROW we offer CHOCOLATE DIPPED MARASCHINO CHERRIES, regular 65c the pound, SPECIAL, 49 Milk Chocolates, half pound ; regular 40c, special . . . .29 46 years ago we made "Wood-Lurk Soda famous in our old location we gave np this popular department -it just outgrew us now we're back in the game folks tell us our Fountain Drinks are nicer than ever- come to our cool quiet basement today and try us out Delicious Fountain Drinks 50 and up. Extra Special in the Basement for Today and Tomorrow $1.50 Bath Sponges $1.25 Bath Sponges.. 97 $1.00 Bath Sponges 74 75c Bath Sponges 5oC 65c Bath Sponges 44p 12.50 Bathroom Mirrors in white enamel frames, oval and square designs, $1.98 Extra Specials in Medi cinal Stimulants for -Today and Saturday $1.25 Old Keller 5s, bond bottled.. 98 $1.25 Cloverdale Rye or Bourbon, bond bottled, full qt 98 60c and 75c California Wine Angelica, Claret, Muscat, Port, Sherry and others; a full line of one of the recognized lead ing vineyards of Sunny California, 43 05c Large size Virginia Dare 49 $1.50 Burke's Gar'n Kirk Scotch, $1.09 $1.25 Plymouth Gin, England's best dry gin 98 Pure Apple Juice, bottles, each. 11 dozen $1.00 35c Full half pint Clawood bond bottled Bourbon, 7 years old Klickitat Mineral Water, quart. . . 25 dozen $2.50 w oodard, Clarke & Co. ip fsi B'ltt mill fllil iPBit SSI HI mm WSm mm MS JmI liM i ; 1 New "Wood-Lark" Building, Alder at West Park Frea DeWvOp, a Monthly Account Today, It Is Convent. -a 8a... Tim Canadian Money Tak.n at Full V.l-.-Fre. Delivery Pi mm IB mo Si Pi mm HI H pis mil 07JK'v'i'':3 ? lop ttfli today, with Professor F, W. Cash as instructor. The school Is -free for all who wish to pack for the union, and opens with a membership of 20. The same price for packing will De paid here as in the Hood River valley. SPOKANE BOY ILL HERE Mother at Frank Chllds Worried Over Inability to Find Him. Frank Childs, a prominent youngf man in society circles in Spokane. Wash., is supposed to be ill in Portland, under his mother, Mrs. Lew Childs. is worry ing; over him, ghe hag addressed let ters to Portland, asking for informa tion as to the whereabouts of he son. Lew Childs, the father, is at present in California. Frank Childs, who is 28 years old. is reported as being seriously ill, but his mother has been unable to find any definite word of him or to locate where he is staying; Husum Apple Packers Enlarging, HUSOM. Wash, Sept. 12. (Special.) A large storage plant and packing house, 42 feet square and three atories hish, is being erected by William Olson adjoining the townstte of Husum. The oackinc house of J.. R. and P. B. luwi.-ab.Ti (. ilan hninar enlareed and improved in order to handle the big apple crop to do narvesieu irum iu Hunter Hill orchards. Eugene ltoads Ueaeh Agreement. EUGENE, Or., Sept. 12. (Special.) Announcement was made today that crossing agreements have been signed by the Portland, Eugene 4 Eastern and the Oregon Electric to cover all of the points at which the Hill line will cross the former road in Eugene. For a time it was supposed that the Oregon Electric would rely on the priority of its franchise for some of the cross ings, and not ask an agreement. To prevent any construction without a contract the Portland, Eugene & East ern for several weeks past had kept watchmen constantly on duty. loss Ijiglit on Italian Prunes. EUGENE, Or., Sept. 12. (Special.) Drying of prunes began today at the plant of the Eugene Fruitgrowers' As sociation. Manager J. O. Holt statef there has been very little damage don the Italian prunes by the recent rains but that the French prunes, which ripen earlier, were cracked badly by the rain. The earlier prunes, however, are a very small item in the Lane County prune crop, so the loss is nominal 1 I