Morning Oregonian., November 23, 1912, Page 16, Image 16

TIIE MOvivr; ORrr,OVTA. SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 23, 1912.
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New Perkins Hotel
In the Heart of the City
NOTE OUR RATES
Room with Bath Privilege 551.00 UP
Two Persons 81.50 UP
Room with Private Bath.-. ... 1.50 UP
Two Persons $2.50 UP
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SCENES AT BANDON, LIVELY COOS TOWN.
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New Railroad Will Go South
From Marshfield to Coquille
River and Coast.
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River Steamers Said to Carry Many
Passengers and Freight Record
Extensive, but Business Is
Lost to ' Portland.
BANDON, Or.. Nov. It. (Special.)
The new railroad after leaving: Marsh-
Held will go south to the Coqulle Klver,
which It will cross about ten miles
above Bandon. thence dow,n the south
side of the river and touch the south
eastern part of this town and swing; on
to the south.
When I left Marshfield I took the
present road to Coquille, then trans
ferred to the little steamer Coquille,
Captain John Miller. This is one of
. the four or five passenger vessels
" plying- the Coquille. She is a fine
little boat, has accommodations ior ivu
passengers, with finely equipped cabins
and plentv of deck seats. We made
the run of 26 miles in two hours, and
it was a lovely trip, even though the
clouds sometimes wept copiously. But
one must expect that In this section
at this time of the year, ana rrom
now on until Spring-.
The captain told me there is a depth
of, ten to 60 feet all the way from
Coquille to a short distance above
Bandon, to what may be called the
Bandon Bay, then there ia from 30 to
40 feet, affording safe anchorage for all
craft that can get in over the bar.
The Coquille is from 50 to 75 yards
wide. The banks as a rule are above
. high water: or rather the bottom lands
nre, and there are a good many nne
farms alone here. The chief Industry
of the owners Is dairying, although we
vaw nets spread all along, so I suppose
these farmers and dairymen Keep an
eye on the salmon run-
Industry la Noticeable.
There are several dumping grounds
for loggers at work back in the timber,
and we passed a good many logging
trains. There are also a number of
coal mines being operated. Rtverton,
the first little town we passed, ten
miles below the town of Coquille, is
a typical mining hamlet. Apparently
two or three mines are being worked,
and th bunkers on the water's edge
showed that a good deal of shipping
is done from there.
' Our little boat stopped frequently to
pick up or let off passengers, and now
and then we took on a can or two of
cream. We had a pretty good load of
passengers, but the captain said that in
the Summer months he usually carried
utmost a full load. And it must be a
delightful trip during the warm
months. ' The river Is exceedingly
crooked, the trees and brush grow well
down to the water's edge much of the
distance, and It keeps a stranger guess
ing to know which way will be taken
from a certain point ahead. Indeed it
is a picturesque stream, well worthy of
a visit by every Oregonlan. .
Windswept Ocean Admired.
Notwithstanding all of our stops we
made the run In less than two hours,
and tied up at Bandon at 6 o'clock, just
in time to get to the Hotel Gallier and
get a good dinner.- And the Gallier is
"some hotel." It has 120 rooms, 20
of them with two beds. 140 - beds In
all. It Is doing a big business, having
a large number of permanent boarders.
It Is a eood place to stop, good clean
beds, cozy rooms and a mighty good
table. Anyone can come to Bandon and
be sure of good accommodations.
" "Bandon By the Sea" is the way the
people here speak of their town. Well,
It is by the sea sure and certain. From
' the hotel It Is not over 20 minutes'
walk to the end, the outer end, of the
main or south Jetty. So It is safe to
' say that the business portion of the
town is less than half a mile from
' the bar.
It Is a fine trip over this jetty. There
Is a good board walk all the way. It
was raining when I went out, end
blowing almost a gale. So there were
-many great breakers rolling across the
bar. and the spray came up around me.
Still, It was a trip that every lover of
' nature would be well repaid for
. making. It is something grand, en
thralling, exhilarating and enthusing
to see the old ocean lashng with fury
the works of man, lashing them us
though she would show the impotence
of labor and science to hold her in
leash. And Ho jetty or other contriv
ance can hold such waters In check for
any length of time without constant
surveillance and frequent repairs or
renewals.
Bar I Hogback of Sand.
There Is now a depth of 14 feet over
the bar. and yet little money has here
been spent simply the building of two
hort Jetties, not over 600 or 700 feet
in all. The bar Is short, simply a sort
of hogback of sand, and with the ex
penditure of a small sum vessels draw
ing over 20 feet could safely cross. No
. doubt this will be done before many
seasons pass.
Bandon surprised me as much as any
town I have visited for a long time.
- I knew the census gave the place. In
1910, about 1800 people, and I looked
for a little place of about that size, and
a rather slow place, being so far from
a railway. But, bless your soul, this
. Is a fine little city. It Is a hustling,
busy, splendid little city, looking more
like a place of 4000 than of 2000.
Bandon has a payroll, so it is claimed,
and figures seem to bear out the claim
a payroll of $7000 for every work
ing day In the year, over .$2,000,000 a
.year. Look at the shipping done the
first eight months of -the present year:
Lumber, 47,655,000 feet: cedar piling,
1317 pieces; shingles, 5,274.000; cedar
railroad ties, 132.741. equaling 4.247.712
; lumber feet; splints, 18.400 bundles;
matchwood. 715 cords; produce, 1747
tons, and 925 passengers. These figures
are for traffic over the bar, so to get
. a fair Idea of the trade one would
have to compute the river traffic.
San Franclco Gets- Business
And do you think Oregon gets busi
ness from here commensurate with the
xlepires of the Bandon people? She
does not. I asked merchant after mer
chant what proportion of the trade
" went to Portland, and the answers went
nil the way from 5 to 20 per cent, and
It is pretty' certain that 10 per cent
would more than cover It- And yet
the city Is Just about half way between
San Francisco and the Oregon metro
polls. The Oregonlan gets here a day
ahead of the San Francisco newspapers.
- All of the sentiment and consanguinity
favors Portland. But there is no
adequate service with the Willamette
River, while there are five regular
steamers and as many coasters plying
with the Golden Gate. Goods are re
reived from San Francisco in less than
ten days from the date of ordering
from Portland in 20 to 40 days. On the
shipping list there shows three Port-
" land boats, the Anvil, Patsy and Tilla
mook, but the Anvil, I am told Is the
only one making any pretentions to
. maintain a schedule, while the Speed
well, Fifield, Bandon. Elizabeth and
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Brooklyn make regular trips to the
California city.
In addition to the steamers men
tioned, the following schooners touch
here pretty regularly for cargoes, some
of them being constantly employed
aullng lumber to San Francisco, ban
Pedro, San Diego and other ports
below: The Advance. Ruby, Oregon,
Sausilito, Bertie Miner, Esther Buhne,
Mary Dodge. Oakland and Hugh Hogan.
Then the following gasoline coasters
touch here: Ranger, Tramp, Rustler,
Enterprise. Randolph and Newark.
Steamers Are ceded.
Do the Oregon people, as a rule.
now what It will mean for the state
at large to have this new road, the
Willamette Pacific, in operation? I
n not think so. Some. I fear not all,
of the Portland business men do. And
yet many of them do not appreciate
th fact "that we are crolnir to have an
nexed to the state 15,000 or 20,000
square miles of territory, territory ricn
almost beyopd the ken of man. It is
going to give us absolutely an 01 wesi-
rn Lane, western Douglas, (joos aim
Curry counties. It may be said that
wo now have most of this. But in a
commercial sense we do not control 30
per cent of the territory mentioned.
I said In a former letter mat wnen
this new road is completed south to
Coos Bay, and north to the same point,
It will be a golden day for Oregon.
And it will. But the Portland business
men must remember that it will also
mean a arreat deal to San Francisco,
and if the Portland jobbers think the
trade down here is worth having they
should see that at an early date there
Is a tellable line of steamers put on to
run hntween Portland and Gold Beach.
It will not pay to wait until freight
can be shipped In by the Willamette
Pacific.
Railroad Absorbing Tovle.
Manv people know that the coast
line lust below Bandon is as pictur
esque as any along the Oregon coast,
but like me the great majority of them
new it from the pictures. I can now
speak from observation, for I went out
to the beach and to the jetty ena ana
got a view of the great rocks dotting
tho shore. It is certainly a erana signi.
The beach is one of the best along the
upper coast, sandy, the water deepen
ing so gradually that infants may go
In wuneut risk. The main beach is
less than a mile from town, reached
by a good road and good walks dur
ing the bathing season. This is bound
to oe a' well patronized Summer resort
when the .railroad gets in. I suppose
when the railroad eets In is not tne
best of English, but the first question
about three out of five citizens down
here ask me is. "When do you think
the railroad will get in?" About 50
per cent of the others ask, "Do you
think it will ever get In?"
That auery has been put to me so
often so manv have told me about the
Myrtle Point road and the hopes built
Don that many years ago. ana tne n-
asco of the Drain road, that perhaps
it might be well to say right here that
this new road, this Willamette Pa
cific, now being built from Eugene to
the Siusaw, down the Siuslaw fro Ac
me, across to the Umpqna, to Coos
Bav. and thence south to Eureka, is
about as sure to be completed as far as
Coos Bay from the north by the Sum
mer of 1315, as the tiue is to eDD ana
flow tomorrow.
Bandon School Grows.
I have put the time at two years
from next Summer. It will be done
sooner than that. The people of Coos
Bay, I think the people of Bandon, will
be able to travel by this line from
ome to Portland before the first day
f January, 1914.
In considering the size or Banaon it
may be well to look at the school cen
sus figures of the present and recent
years In 1909 the school population
numbered 5S3, In 1910 It was 650, in
1911 it was 767, and the present count.
just completed, gives S55, while actual
nrollment is 50,i. inere is Dut one
large school building In use, but It is
full and running over with the pupils
nd the 17 teachers . In charge. The
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CENTER BAXDOS HIGH SCHOOL.
high school and grammar school are
In the same building, but a new struc
ture will have to be provided at once.
Another pointer on the number of
people here is the vote polled at the
recent election. The number of bal
lots cast was 603. Can these figures
be twisted to cover a population of only
18007 Well, the trouble is the city
limits are small, many of the platted
additions that are in the school dis
trict are not in the city limits. Two
elections have been held to remedy this,
but the expansionists have lost both
times. .
New Paper to Start.
There is a semi-weekly newspaper
here, . the Recorder, and there will be
another soon, a splendid printing plant
now being on the way from San Fran
cisco. L. J. Butterfield will be, the
owner and publisher, and he is said to
be a competent and able man.
In a recent letter I made an error In
saying that Bandon was platted by
Joseph Bennett's father. The elder
Bennett laid out the beach resort Just
below town. The town of Bandon was
fathered by the late Judge George M.
Dyer. His son, who was born a little
way down the coast from here, Elbert
Dyer, still resides here, as does the
judge's widow.
The principal Industry of Bandon is,
of course, the lumber business and the
sawmills, there being four of the lat
ter adjacent, the Randolph, Prosper.
Lyons & Johnson and Moore mills.
Then there are two or three box fac
tories, a large foundry and machine
shop, which is well equipped and fully
up-to-date; a cheese factory, a large
steam laundry, a splendid electric
light plant, two strong banks, the First
National and the Bank of Bandon, and
many more commercial houses than you
often find In a city twice the size, and
with larger stocks of goods.
Lumber Largely Cedar.
A large part of the lumber business
here is confined to Port Orford cedar,
which brings a high price. The rail
road ties now being sent out, made
from this wood, are cut from trees
that blew down or were killed by fire
from 60 to 75 years ago. This wood
is about as nearly impervious to water
as any that grows In this country, and
may be said to be everlasting. Lumber
cut from It commands a high .price. I
saw a great pile of boards lr. a ware
house here which had been sold to a
builder of store fixtures in San Fran
cisco. They were 24 inches wide by
24 feet long, and brought $90 a thou
sand. The lighthouse here hasT been pic
tured so much that it need not be de
scribed. There is-also a well equipped
life-saving station. It has two great
boats of the ordinary type and one
equipped with power. It does not look
as if all of the waters of the seven
seas combined could wreck this modern
monster. The crew here Is said to
stand as high for efficiency as any
along the coast.
Entrance Channel Narrow.
The entrance through the channel,
between the Jetties, is only about 300
feet wide, so mariners have to use cau
tion to come in or get out safely, es
pecially in the night. To make the
night service less dangerous the citi
zens here combined to light the Jet
ties, the Government being too poor or
too stingy to do it. A string of elec
tric light poles was set out on the
south jetty and a dozen 150-candle
lamps are lighted instantly, upon call
from commanders of vessels, wishing
to cross In or out.
From here -we go to the Star-Dairy
ranch, which is said to be well worth
looking at. It is on our way to Port
Orford, so we cannot afford to pass it
by. C. H. Marsh, the Willamette Pa
cific right-of-way man, was ordered by
Chief Engineer Hood, of the Harriman
system, to accompany me, and we will
soon start in a mighty severe rain
storm. But we are equipped to stand
any amount of moisture, so we will
not let the weather interfere with our
movements.
The Woman Makes Hie Home
She makes ijt best who, looking
after the culinary department,
turns her back resolutely upon
unhealthful, or even suspicious,
food accessories. She is econom
ical; she knows that true economy
does not consist in the use of
inferior meat, flour, or baking
powder. She is an earnest advo
cate of home made, home baked
food, and has proved the truth of
the statements of the experts that
the best' cooking in the world
today is done with Royal Baking
Powder.
10 TO FACE ACCUSERS
CANYON CITY CASES AROUSE
WIDE INTEREST.
W. G. Settle aud John Crowley to Be
Tried for Killings' Due to
Alleged Intoxication.
CANYON CITY, Or., Nov. 22. (Spe
cial.) Two criminal cases of wide local
interest will be tried at this term of
court, Judge Dalton Biggs presiding.
W. G. Settle was indicted early in the
week for first degree murder and John
Crowley for manslaughter.
Settle shot and killed Bert Crowley
near Susanvllle several months ago.
At the Coroner's inquest it developed
that Settle and Crowley had been
drinking together at Susanvllle and in
company with a young - man by the
name of Williams left together. They
were all Intoxicated and while en
route for their homes became engaged
in an altercation. Settle accused the
boys of stealing his bottle of whiskey.
They parted and the next day Settle
appeared on the road horseback and
witU a rifle looking for Crowley. He
rode down the road several miles and
encountered Crowley riding toward
him. Without saying a word he raised I
his rifle and fired and Crowley fell
from his horse dead. Settle came to
Canyon City and gave himself up to
the Sheriff.
John Crowley, who Is a brother of
Bert Crowley, killed by Settle, will be
tried for the killing of J. G. Sweek
at Hamilton a short time prior to the
shooting of his brother. Crowley,
Sweek and his son, were working in
the country and had come into the
town of Hamilton together. They were
on friendly terms and when they got
ready to return Sweek persuadeo
Crowley to return witn them. Crowley
was badly intoxicated and rerusea to
go. Mr. Sweek and his son started
without him, but had not proceeded
on the road but a short distance when
Crowley was seen riding his horse in
their direction at a reckless gait.
Sweek and his son attempted to get
out of the way but before they could
Crowley ran into the horse that Sweek
was riding. Both horses rolled over
Sweek and he received Injuries from
which he died the following day.
CONDON WOMAN CONFIDENT
Mrs. Luella Wain Completes Active
Canvass for Postoffice.
CONDON, Or., Nov. 22. (Special.)
Mrs. Luella Wain, third aspirant for
the postoffice plum, has finished cir
culating her petition and returned to
Portland to take up the matter with
Congressman Lafferty. She declares
there is no doubt but that she will be
the successful applicant-
Mrs. Wain is a sister-in-daw of Dr.
Wood, ex-Mayor, and a prominent Dem
ocrat, now practicing surgery In Port
land. Dr. Wood was a strong sup
porter of Harry Lane in the recent
election. The name of J. A. McMorrls,
one of the most prominent Democrats
In the county has also been mentioned
frequently in connection with the post
office position.
It is reported that E. H. Overman
will move his printing plant from
Shaniko and establish a newspaper In
Arlington. He will continue publish
ing the Shaniko Star, but will do the
printing and mailing In Arlington.
SMELT ARE RUNNING EARLY
Fish Caught Close to Ocean Bring
Fancy Prices.
ASTORIA. Or.. Nov. 22. (Special.)
Smelt are entering the river earlier this
year than ever before. Last night one
man who was fishing for herring in the
lower river not far from Sand Island
caught a pound and a half of smelt In
his net, and as a result he is going out
with a regular smelt net.
Columbia River smelt are considered
the most toothsome fish found on the
Coast, and when caught close to the
ocean are exceptionally fine, those
taken early in the season often selling
as high as a dollar a pound.
Herring are being found at the pres
ent time In fair quantities, and some of
the up-river traps are catching a few
steelheads. The run of silversides,
however, is light and Is considered
practically at an end.
CONVICT GANG WITHDRAWN
Difficulties of Court and Railroad
on Shell Rock Road Is Cause.
SALEM, Or., Nov. 22. (Special.)
With difficulties between the County
Court and the O.-W. R. & N. over the
Shellrock road, Governor West said to-
day that the convict gang which has
been working on that road has been
withdrawn and will be returned to
Salem until these difficulties can be
patched up.
"It Is barely possible we may return
to Mr. Benson the money which he
otfered for use on the road," said the
Governor. We have already accom
plished as much as. we expected to do
with the entire amount which was of
fered by Mr. Benson. If the difficul
ties cannot be adjusted it is more than
likely that the convicts will not be re
turned. We found ourselves short-
handed on men here and they will be
put at work in Salem.
SPOKANE FIRM IN TANGLE
Big Packing Company Has $300,000
Debts, Say AffidaTits.
SPOKANE, Wash., Nov. 22. (Spe
cial.) That Mitchem Bros. Packing
Company is hopelessly - insolvent ana
that its outstanding indebtedness
amounts to more than $300,000, with
assets of only $250,000 to cover liabili
ties, was alleged today when Mose Op
penheimer made application to Judge
Stanley Webster for the appointment
of a temporary receiver pending a Hear
ing to make the receivership perma
nent.
Mr. Oppenheimer appears in the ca
pacity of a creditor of the company, on
a showing made by Attorney F. C. Rob
ertson, representing the Mitchem cor
poration, that negotiations were made
by Interested financial men to buy the
plant, that the- books of the corpora
tion were being audited to untangle
alleired shortages and that the trus
tees of the corporation were in hope
less disagreement.
Judge Webster gave the defendants
until Monday to offer affidavits op
posing those made by William Huntley,
managing director of the Mitchem
plant, and Edwin T. Coman, president
of the Exchange National Bank, who
asserts that Mitchem Bros. Company is
Indebted to the bank for $25,000.
"The business for months past has
been conducted at a loss," says Mr.
Huntley, managing director of the com
Danv. "and in my opinion it is impos
sible for the defendant to pay its debts.
Ha concludes by saying that "unless a
receiver is appointed a heavy loss will
result.
TEACHERS WILL GATHER
Clark and Skamania Counties Will
Hold Joint Institute.
VANCOUVER, Wash.. Nov. 22. (Spe
clal.) Children of this city and county
are celebrating tonight the news that
there will be no school in Clark County
next week, on account of a Joint teach
ers' Institute, held by this county and
Skamania County, at the high school
building in this city, November 25, 26
and 27. Thanksgiving week was chosen
for the Institute on account of the hol
iday being on Thursday. '
Among the Instructors will be E. O.
Sisson, Reed College; H. B. Dewey,
State Superintendent of Washington;
F. F. Nalder, assistant; Professor
George S. Severance, of the state dem
onstration farm at Puyallup; Isabella
Austin, dean of women. University of
Washington; Dr. George Gilbert Ban
croft, of Chicago; Ida J. Webster (art)
Chicago; Adina Malms ten (music), this
city; Professor F. Clyde Leathers, mu
sic, art and penmanship, this city.
ASHLAND GROWERS ELATED
Xevs of Prize Winning at Portland
Land Show Travels Fast.
ASHLAND, Or., Nov. 22. (Special.)
Citizens of this section of Southern
Oregon are jubilant over contents of
a telegram received today, which an
nounces that Ashland won first prize
on agricultural display at the Pacific
Northwest Land Products Show, now
being held in Portland.
D. M. Lowe, of the Ashlandview or
chard and ranching tract, personally
supervised the exhibit from this lo
cality, having displayed a major por
tion of the same at the district fair
held here In September. Dry farming
products were especially exploited in
this collection, supplemented with such
selected fruits, grains and vegetables
as best represent the products of this
vicinity.. The priie enumerated carries
with it at least $250 in cash- In addi
tion to perquisites.
Chinook Egg Take Heavy.
WOODLAND. Wash., Nov. 22. (Spe
cial.) James Halvorson, superintend
ent of the State Fish Hatchery on John
son Creek, about seven miles above
Woodland, reports that the present year
as far as the "take" of eggs is con
cerned is the best the hatchery has
ever had, inasmuch as he filled all
available troughs about ten days ago
and took nothing but Chinook eggs. The
take for the present season will amount
to about 3,000,000 eggs.
. Over the four wires connecting Chicago
to New York 11 messaces can be sent at
once.
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Om 14-passenger electric 'bus meets all trains. A
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and shopping district. One block from any carline.
$1 per day and up. European plan.
HOTEL CORNELIUS CO, Proprietors.
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INSURGENT . FACTION . CLAIMS
FIRST VICTORY.
Partial Revision of Rnles Governing
Expulsion of Members Made at
National Session.
SPOKANE, Wash., Nov. 22. Claiming
a victory in that they had succeeded
in forcing a partial revision of the
rules governing the expulsion of mem
bers of state granges by the National
Grange, leaders of the "insurgent" fac
tion before final adjournment of the
46th annual conclave here today de
clared that the fight would be con
tinued And that still .further reforms
would be granted at the next con
clave. The fight began with the report of
a special committee named a year
ago to find a more direct way in which
the National Grange could be con
trolled by grange members through
out the country. This committee re
ported that It could not Improve on
the method now In vogue under the
constitution. A minority report, which
was lost recommended that when six
state granges Indorsed any demand
for a referendum vote of state granges
touching any amendment of the con
stitution the proposed amendment
should be submitted to a referendum
vote by the executive committee.
The minority report had the back
ing of the Insurgents, who also lost
their fight for proportional represen
tation. The insurgents fought to al
low one vote in the National Grange
for every 10,000 members in any state
grange above the first 10,000; this to
be In addition to the vote now held
by the state master and his wife.
In their victorious fight regarding
tne expulsion of members, the insur
gents succeeded in passing an amend
ment providing that the trial of any
member for offenses against the Na
tlonal Grange should hereafter be con
ducted by a committee of three , ap
pointed Dy the National master,, and
that the trial should be held within
the jurisdiction of the state granee.
where the accused was a member, and
not ceiore the National Grange, as
neretoiore. The new rule also pro
vides that no member may be repri-
maiwea by less than a majority vote
of the National Grantee nor bo ex
pelled by less than a two-thirds vote.
The recommendation of the commit
tee on. taxation was that the tariff on
any article should be so regulated as
not to cover more than the difference
between the cost of production at home
and abroad at any time, and that when
the manufacture or sale of any such
article became monopolized, the tariff
should immediately be removed.
PASTOR DEPICTS INDIAN
Klamath Higii School Students En
tertained by Missionary.
KLAMATH FALLS. Or.. Nov. 22.
(Special.) Rev. J. G. Brendel furnished
the high school students amusement as
well as Instruction, last Monday, when
he appeared before them in the bright
ly-colored blanket and the feather
headdress of a Pawnee Indian brave.
He sang an Indian song to his own
accompaniment on a regular tom-tom
as a part of his lecture on "Indians."
Mr. Brendel, who Is now the pastor
of the Baptist Church here, was for a
number of years missionary among the
Indians, and gave a very Instructive
talk on their habits and customs. He
also exhibited many curios which he
had gathered during his years amone
the tribes.
Gibson Sent to Prison. -
WALLA WALLA. Wash., Nov. 22.
John Gibson, a newspaper writer, trus-
Absolutely Fireproof
100 rooms $1.00 per day
100 rooms. $1.50 per day
200 rooms (with v )..$:. 00 per day
100 rooms (with bath)..t!.50 per day
Add $1.00 per day to above prices
when two occupy one room.
VERY ATTRACTIVE PRICES
FOR PERMANENT GUESTS
H. C. BOWERS, Manager.
HOTEL SEATTLE
SEATTLE. WASH.
"IN THE SHADOW OK THE
TOTEM."
Located in the center of the
financial and business districts.
Modern in every particular.
Magnificently furnl shed.
European plan.
WRIGHT A DICKINSON HOTEL
COMPANY, Prop.
Portland Famoiy Hotel
Noted for the Excellence;
tee of the First Congregational Church
and a leader of the men and religion
forward movement in the Inland Em
pire, pleaded guilty today to depravity
and now is serving a term of from ono
to ten years in the state penitentiary.
Gibson had organized boys' clubs
throughout all Eastern Oregon and
Washington. His trial followed the
confessions of nine boys.
BAD-ROADS DELAY MAILS
Contractor on Eiigene-Mapleton
Route Asks for More Time.
FLORENCE. Or.. Nov. 22. (Special.)
Owing to the heavy hauling done dur
ing the Fall by teams at work for the
railroad contractors, the Eugene-Maple-ton
road is now in an almost lmpuss
able condition, and it is not possible
for the malls carried over the route to
keep to their schedule.
EH Bangs, of Eugene, contractor on
the Eugene-Mapleton route, has circu
lated a petition asking that the cur
riers be allowed a day and a half to
cover the 60 miles, instead of a day.
Until this matter is settled with the
Postoffice Department a special boat
will be put on the Mapleton-Florenre
run to bring the mail to Florence on
occasions when it arrives too late for
the regular mall boat. .
$7500 Judgment Awarded.
Judgment against the Northern Pa
cific Terminal Company for. $7500, the
full amount asked and the maximum
amount for whiphit S"3 possible to
sue, was returned by a jury, by unani
mous vote, in the Circuit Court yester
day. The plaintiff was Victor Rofeno,
administrator of the estate of Frank
Rofeno, who was suing to recover for
the death of tho latter. Rofeno was
killed In the terminal yards at Portland
November 7, 1911. He was wheeling a
truck loaded with a scale frame be
tween two tracks on both of which
were trains. One of the trains started
to move. The step of the mall car
caught the frame and crashed It with
great violence against Rofeno, who, In
turn, was dashed against the other
train and killed. John "F. Logan and
John H. Stevenson were attorneys for
the administrator.
Turk Assaults Greek.
Two charges of carrying concealed
weapons, timed ten minutes apart, were
filed yesterday at .the police station
against Slav Jolef, a Turk, who also
stands accused of assaulting a woman
with a dangerous weapon. It was Turk
against Greek, for the prisoner In
vaded a Hellenic rooming-house at 81 V4
North Third street, and for no appar
ent reason seized a woman by the
throat and thrust an automatic re
volver against her. Bystanders dis
armed him and he fled. The station
was notified and Patrolman Butler took
up the chase, capturing the man at
Third and Davis streets. Just after he
had bought and loaded a second re
volver of the same kind. On advice of
Deputy District Attorney Fitzgerald he
was charged with the deadly assault
and twice for carrying concealed
weapons.
Springfield to Have "Tag Day."
SPRINGFIELD. Or.. Nov. 22. (Spe
cial.) Springfield will have ' a "tag
day" to provide money for a gymnasi
um for the public schools. The students
have raised $150 and the faculty $100,
but It is estimated that the cost of the
building will be $1000 and It is hoped
to raise the remainder on "tag day."
The date has not been set yo.t. The
women of the city will have charge of
the sale of tags. Plans have been
drawn for the building, which will be
40 by SO feet in dimensions.
Echo Pioneer Is Burled.
ECHO. Or.. Nov. 22 (Special.) The
funeral of Mrs. Elvira Teel. a pioneer
of 1860, was held here Sunday after
noon. The services were conducted
by Rev. John E. Garver, of the thn.
dlst Church,
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