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THE 5IORNIXG OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1912.
METHODISTS OPEN
ASHLAND HEE16
Oreqon Annual Conference
Formal Proceedings Start
Today. m
PORTLAND MEN ARRIVE
.Familiar and Welcome Figure at
Church Convention Is Rev. K. J.
Van Kossen, Xow of Astoria.
Work Is Outlined.
ASHLAND, Or.. Sept. 17. (Special.)
The Oregon annual conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church nominally
opened Its sessions today although
formal proceedings do not actually
beeln until tomorrow morning.
Ministers and delegates have been
met upon arrival by automobiles and
coaveyed to church headquarters, which
has been merged Into & sort of ecclesl
astlcal clearing-house pending the as
siEnment of visitors to their respective
places of entertainment while in the
city.
Bishop Richard J. Cooke arrived to
day and Is scheduled to participate In
the reception features, as is also Rev.
W. A. Schwimley, pastor of the Con
Rregatlonal Church, who will deliver
a fraternal greeting to the conference
bodj the laity being represented by
Mayor Nell and R. P. Campbell, of this
city.
Portland Mem Arrive.
Rev. Benjamin Young, pastor of the
Taylor-Street Church, and Rev. Charles
T. McPherson, pastor of Trinity Church,
both of Portland, are among late
arrivals on the scene of the annual
gathering.
A familiar and welcomed figure Is
the person of Rev. H. J. Van Fossen,
former pastor of the congregation
here, but now of Astoria.
Today was given over to the examl
' nation of candidates for holy orders,
about a dozen having.gone through the
nulz on the relative merits of doctrine
and belief, including Christian perfec
tion, elementary English, hemtletlcs,
logic. American history, Butler's
analogy, the English Bible, grounds of
theistic belief. Christian ethics, etc.,
the topics arranged by gradations In
curriculuae form.
Examination Committee Large. 1
i The committee on examination In-
" eluded: Revs. H. Gould. L. C. Poor,
, H. T. Atkinson. W. R. F. Browne. G.
' H. Fees. W. S. Gordon, J. K. Hawkins,
W. R. Jeffrey, Jr.. D. H. Leech, W. J.
. Douglass, A. R. McLean, D. H. Trimble
' and D. A. Wattera.
Examinations for local deacons will
?, be conducted by D. H. Leech. H. T.
Atkinson. TV. J. Douglass and W. R. F.
Browne, while a like service in behalf
of elders' orders will be held by D.
i A. Watters.
' The weather Is fine and attendants
upon the conference will combine busi
ness with pleasure by taking advan
tage of seeing the picturesque en
vironments of Ashland, arrangements
to that elTect having been under way
for some time past.
DOG SMUGGLING NEW FAD
Many Schemes Worked to Get Can
ines to Vancouver an Ferry.
VANCOUVER. Wash., Sept. 17. (Spe
cial.) Smuggling dogs from Oregon
Into Washington is becoming a prac
tice of some persons crossing the Van
couver ferry on the Columbia River
between Hayden Island and Vancouver.
There Is an order from the State Board
of Health to the effect that dogs can
not be brought into Washington un
' less they have a certificate of health
and freedom from rabies, signed by a
licensed veterinarian.
Persons coming to the "ferry from
Portland, not knowing this rule, often
: bring their pets along. When Informed
that the ferry will not pass them across
the river, many passengers become an
gry and abuse the pursers for the rul
ing. Others, who have been prevented
from taking their dogs across the river
come prepared and -hide the canines in
the bottom of automobiles, wagons and
buggies.
One woman, who had a little toy
English terrier, carried the small anl
mal under her coat until, slie was on
Washington soil and then dropped him
to the ground, looked back at the peo
ple on board the ferry, and walked up
town. Some owners of dogs leave them
. at a waiting-room on Hayden Is
land and cross to Vancouver, get &
veterinarian. Dr. Knox, to return with
them, examine the dog and make out
a proper certificate.
Pendleton and Heppner. Messrs. Mc
Bee and Rogers, of Heppner. have re
cently purchased & thousand head of
cattle in and about Canyoil City and
have already made one drive of about
500 head and will return In a few
days to drive over the remaining 600
head. These cattle have been bought
for feeding at their ranches near
Heppner. and the bunch will be turned
off in the Spring for beef. H. H.
Trowbridge, of Izee. this county. Is
also busy buying for Fall delivery.
Prices that have been paid are the
highest known in this locality. Messrs.
McBee and Rogers paid on an average
of about $60 per head for the cattle
bought by them, and prices prevailing
generally are In like proportion.
H. S. Tobey. of Condon, uilllam
County. Oregon. Is In this locality buy
ing sheep for his ranch near Condon.
He has acquired a large part of the
holdings of James Small, one of the
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ONTARIO. Or., Sept.' 14. (Spe
cial.) A, A. Brown, a staunch
Republican, died here this morn
ing, following an operation for
peritonitis. He was sick but a
few days. It was the first time
he had ever called a doctor.
Mr. Brown was born in Illinois.
September 13, 1854, dying on his
.birthday. In 1878 he married
Ada Tucker, at Humboldt, Kan.
He came to Malheur County 26
years ago and lived on his ranch
west of here until nine years
ago, when he moved to Ontario.
In addition to his wife he left
eight children.
pioneer sheepmen of this valley. It la
reported 'that the prices paid are bet
ter than the prices prevailing last
Spring. The general market for sheep
s on the advance, which is very en
couraging to sheep raisers. -
BAKER FAIR UNDER WAY
CARNIVAL- FLITS TODAY FROM
STREETS TO GROUNDS.
Community Exhibits to Be Feature
and Horseraclng Card Promises
Interesting Programme.
NEW HARD WHEAT IS TRIED
Tawy, Stewart's Farm at Poe Valley
Proves Productive.
KLAMATH FALLS, Or.. Sept 17.
(Special.) A new hard wheat is being
tried on the farm of Tassy Stewart, in
Poe Valley. It Is had with a large
proportion of gluten, and Mr. Stewart
says that he Is confident it will
yield 45 to 50 bushels per acre. It is
named Hlghgrade, and he has 140 acres
of it. The ranch contains 700 acres,
and his other wheats he estimates from
IS to 35 bushels per acre, all raised
without irrigation.
Mr. Kerr, from Eureka, Cal.. is also
an enthusiast over the possibilities of
the Klamath country, on different lines.
He thinks the great future lies in dairy
ing, raising cattle, horses and hogs.
WEDDING DAY CELEBRATED
Albany Man Starts Suit for Divorce
on Marriage Anniversary.
ALBANY, Or.. Sept. 17. (Special.)
On the second anniversary of his wed
ding day, William O. Bergholz today
Instituted a suit for divorce from .Dora
Secor Bergholz In the State Circuit
Court here. He and his wife lived to
gether only seven weeks.
Bergholz recites in his complaint that
they were married, at Hermon, N. Y.,
September 16, 1910, and that November
4. while they were living at Star Lake,
N. T., he accepted a position In Cleve
land. O. It was necessary for him to
go to this new location in order to
make a living, h.e alleges, but his wife
refused to accompany him and deserted
him.
CATTLE PRICES SOARINGf
At Canyon City Buyers Pay $60 a
Head, Record Price There.
CANYON CITY.Or.. Sept. 17. (Spe
cial.) There Is considerable activity at
the present time In the' cattle market
and numerous cattlemen of Grant
County are gathering for delivery at
BAKER. Or.. Sept, 17. (Special.)
What bids fair to be -the best county
fair ever held In Baker-really -begins
tomorrow, though nominally It began
Monday. The. first two days, however,
have been spent in actually setting up
the shows and booths for the car
nival uptown portion and the arrang
ing of exhibits for them and making
other preparations at the fairgrounds.
The fair this year is the first ever held
under the auspices ot the Baker Com
mercial - Club, which has made ex
tensive preparations for the event and
has practically the entire county be
hind It. The exhibits, which are of the
most varied and generally distributed
the county . has ever made, are ready
now for the opening exhibition.
Many community exhibits will be a
feature of the agricultural display. Be
sides these, however, are the exhibits
of the children of both the city and
county and those of the women. The
biggest drawing card of the week will
be the horseraces, which begin tomor
row afternoon and continue through
the remainder of the week. .
There are 140 horses ready for the
track, over twice as many as ever be
fore, and among them are some of the
fastest horses in the state, Hal Mc
Kinney, who broke the state record
on the La Grande track Saturday In
the free-for-all pace, making the mile
In 2:09, being a notable example.
Horsemen of this section look upon
the coming races as the best, both in
prizes and variety, in Eastern Oregon.
The relay race, for which notice of
conditions were posted today, is ex
pected to be the fastest ever run In
Eastern Oregon. ,
ALASKA PACKERS DO WELL
AH Bis Canneries Secure Guaran
teed Pack of Salmon.
SEWARD. Alaska. Sept. 7. (Special
correspondence.) The salmon packing
season Is practically at a close now
and the canneries of the Cooks Inlet
and Kenat Peninsula have, "with scarce
ly an exception, taken their guaran
teed pack for the season. In this Im
mediate vicinity the Alaska Packing
Company at Kasllof has the largest
pack, amounting to 70,000 cases for the
season.
The Northwestern Fisheries Com
pany at Kenal packed a few cases more
than 50.000, and the Libby. McNeil &
Libby cannery, at the same point,
packed 35,000 cases. The Seldovla Sal
mon Company at Seldovia packed more
than 23.000 cases, and the Fidaldo Can
ning -Company of Anacortes got about
64,000 cases at their Port Graham cannery.
The packs contain a fair amount of
Alaska reds and pinks, but at the close
of the season there was an unusually
large run of humpbacks, which were
packed largely for the foreign trade.
PNEUMONIA TAKES VICTIM
Mary A. Fluucane Dies at Oregon
City After 10 Days' Illness.
OREGON CITY, Or., Sept. 17. (Spe
cial.) Mary A. Flnucane, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. P. F. Flnucane, of 1216
Thirteenth street, of this city, died at
the family home this morning at 1
o'clock from a ten days' Illness of
pneumonia. The funeral services Will
be conducted on Wednesday .afternoon
at 2 o'clock from St. John's Catholic
Church, Rev. A. Hlllebrand, pastor, of
ficiating, and the interment will take
place In the Mountain View Cemetery.
Mary Flnucane was the only daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Flnucane and was
born in Oregon City on June 17, 1901,
having resided In this city all of her
life. She attended the McLoughlin In
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Up Until October 1st We Give the Free
Pick and Choice of Any Suit in Either
of Our Two Stores for Only
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That our friends and customers have learned by past
experiences that our stores alyvays do as
they advertise, is shown in the quick re
sults of the first few days of this big sale.
Our business has been enormous at times
our help was not able to wait on all who
wanted suits and in many cases men went
through the stock and selected their suits
themselves this is just what we want
the public to know, that they can help
themselves to any of our $30, $25,
$22.50, $20 or $18 suits and up until
October 1st pay only $15.
Boys' Guaranteed All Wool
Suits With Two Pairs Pants Q
Our Boys' Department is also getting its share of the big in
crease in ;sales and well it may, for the suits with two pairs of
pants that we are now letting go at $5 are really worth from
$6.59 to $10; it's the advertising we get out of these suits that in
duces us to put them in at so low a figure. Bring the boys today
or tomorrow. ,
Remember there are plenty of styles to choose from and all
sizes from 6 to 16 years.
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Albany Club Urges 2.5 Channel
as First Request.
HAWLEY IS NOT OPPOSED
Members Believe Improvements in
Willamette Already Suggested
Should Be Obtained ; Then
Start on Others.
ALBANY, Or., Sept. 17. (Special.)
Preferring to work for improvements
on the Willamette River, as-- recom
mended by Major Mclndoe, of the
United States Engineer - Corps,rather
than to concentrate all efforts on Rep
resentative Hawley's plan for a. sys
tem of locks to insure a six-foot chan
nel from Portland to Eugene, the ' Al
bany Commercial Club went on reoord
at a meeting last night in favor of
devoting its efforts to improvements
already recommended, which will give
a low-water channel of from two and
one-half to ' three and one-half feet
from Portland to Corvallls.
The club discussed the question of
river improvements last night in re
sponse to a letter from Major Mclndoe,
who advised the club that an exam
ination and resurvey of the Willamette
River has been authorized with the
Idea of opening a channel six feet deep
from Portland to Eugene. .
Hawley'a Plan Not Opposed.
The matter was discussed throughly
by the executive board of the club and
It was decided that the club would
devote Its principal efforts for the
present toward obtaining the improve
ments recommended By Major Aicinaoe.
In taking thla action the members of
the club announced they did not wish
to be understood as opposing Repre -sentative
Hawley's plan in the slight
est, for they would gladly welcome the
six-foot channel. But they feared that
the cost of this work " would be so
great that it would require a long time
to obtain the appropriation and that
by concentrating their efforts in tnat
direction they would get no appropiia
tlon at all., ,
The opinion generally expressed at
last night's meeting was to the erf-ct
that it would be much better to et
the appropriation which has been rec
ommended already by all of the neces
sary boards, which would give -a three
and one-half-foot channel at low water
to Corvallls and assure some Imme
diate Improvement, and then work for
the larger project In the future.
The club officers say they know Rep
resentative Hawley is working earn
estly and successfully In obtaining ap
propriations for the Improvement of
the Willamette River and is 'sincere in
desiring the action which he believes
best calculated for the permanent im
provement of river traffic.
Mclndoe'a Plan Favored.
The plan of Improvement of the
river which the club indorsed fast
night is -that recommended by Major
Mclndoe in his report of December 3,
1910. In response to the river and
larbor act of March 3, 1909, Major Mc
lndoe made a thorough survey of the
Willamette from Oregon City to Eu
gene, and In his report he gives a full
description of all bars on the river and
the stream's general condition.
Major Mclndoe, in this report, rec
ommended the improvement of the
Willamette from Oregon City to Cor
vallls by snagging and dredging, with
auxiliary dam, dike and revetment con
struction, and the river's Improvement
from Corvallls to Harrisburg by snag
ging and clearing the channel of over
hanging trees. He found that condi
tions do not justify the Improvement
of the river above Harrisburg.
According to Major Mclndoe's report
this Improvement would give a low
water channel of from two and one-
half to three and one-half feet from
Oregon City to Corvallls and a high
water channel from Corvallls to Har
risburg. This work couldbe accom
plished, according to his estimate, for
$245,000. It was recommended that An
annual appropriation of $60,000 be
made to carry out this work, $30,000 of
each annual appropriation to be de
voted to temporary improvement and
maintalnance and the other $30,000
placed in the permanent Improvement
work, in which permanent work, $245,
000 altogether, is to be expended ac
cording to the recommendation.
Decreaae la Recommended.
This report has gone through the
regular channels of the United States
Engineer Corps and has been approved
by all necessary boards. The only
change made by the Board of En
gineers for Rivers and Harbors, at
Washington, P. C, which recom
mended that the annual appropriation
be decreased from $60,000 to $40,000.
It is in view of this fact that the re
port has been approved by the various
boards that the Albany Commercial
Club believes it advisable to concen
trate present efforts for river improve
ment In obtaining this appropriation,
and with it obtained and work under
way, which will insure a low-water
channel to Corvallls, the larger project
could bo undertaken then.
PRUNE PICKERS IN DEMAND
Clark County Begins to Gather Crop
Which Is Below Average.
VANCOUVER, Wash., Sept. 17. (Spe
cial.) Prune picking in this county is
now on in earnest and pickers are In
demand. The crop this year Is very
light in most places, though there are
a few sections where the yield is about
average. The growers have, not yet
disposed of their crops for this year
and the buyers do not seem to be
anxious to invest.
The high wind of Saturday and Sun
day shook much of the fruit down and
this Is being picked up and dried. Two
of the largest growers in the county
will not operate their dryers this sea
son, having not enough prunes In their
orchards to pay for- the trouble of
picking them.
SALEM AFTER "SPEEDERS"
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Council Also Disclaims Responsibil
ity for Steel Bridge.
SALEM, Or., Sept- 17. (Special.) At
a meeting of the City Council last
night Councilman Jones scored the Sa
lem police force for alleged laxity in
allowing speeding automobiles to
whirl through the city streets, brand
ing it as a. "disgrace and shame to
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As a result special men will be
placed to go after the speeders. The
bridge committee of the Council also
asked that it be absolved from all re
sponsibility in regard to the steel
bridge across the Willamette River. A
committee was named to confer with
the County Court with a view toward
taking some action in relation to the
bridge tM has rauently con
demned and is alleged to be In a high
ly unsafe condition.
Over this bridge passps all traffic
between Polk County and Salem and
for a number of years attempts to get
action on a new bridge have been
made witli the only result that repairs
were made about two years ago. From
some quarters of Polk County efforts to
secure a new bridge have been fought
on the ground that a bridge over the
Willamette at this point takes from
Dallas and gives to Salem the lion's
share of business from this part of
Polk County. It is possible that over
tures may be made toward construc
tion of a new bridge.
Redmond Church Dedicated.
REDMOND, Or., Sept. 17. (Special.)
The new Catholic Church of this
city was dedicated Sunday at 10 A.
M. by Right Rev. Bishop O'Reilly. Sol
emn high mass was sung by a special
choir from Bend, assisted by several
local singers. Redmond has four
churches now Presbyterian, Baptist,
Catholic and Methodist.
urday night before a large and appre
ciative gathering of the voters and tax
payers of this community. Sentiment
of the people of this district seems to
be in opposition to slnJe tax.
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Tax Talk Given at Mosier..
MOSIER, Or., Sept. 17. (Special.)
Charles H. Shields, representing the
equal tax organization, spoke here Sat
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