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4 TJHK MORNING OKEGONIAT, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2T, 1913. VHITMAN'S.WHEAT ESTIMATE GROWS County's 1913 Grain Crop Will Reach 14,500,000 Bushels, Says One Expert. YIELD IS ALMOST RECORD I i H arrest Is Expected to Bring Snag Little Snm or - 98,100,000' to Ranch . Owners Colfax Is Fi nancial Center Rich District. BT ADD130N BENNETT. COLFAX. Wash, Aug. 26. (Staff Correspondence.) A few weeks ago, in (riving- the amount of the grain haxYest In hitman County for this year. stated it would be something: like - 9.000.000 bushels. This statement was I based on an article written by a Spo l kane banker and printed in a Spokane : I rewspaper and I took it as reliable. Had such a misstatement been pub i lished about one of the counties in J Oregxn I would not have fallen for it. ' but the arrain statistics of Washington were not familiar to me. Now I learn on what seems to me most excellent authority that the 1911 grain crop of w hitman County will total 14.500.000 bushels, which is only a trine of 6.600.000 bushels above the estimate I stave before. I think I might go still further ami say "does" in place of "will.'" for the harvest Is pretty wel over and nothing is likely to happen now to decrease these fig ures. This estimate was made by Seymour Manning, of Colfax, and published in the current issue of the Colfax Com moner. The article, says Mr. Manning, is "admitted to be one of the best posted and most conservative authori ties on grain in Kastern Washington." T learned from other sources that Mr. Manning has been familiar with grain conditions here for many years, and Is a recognized authority. So much so that Governor Lister recently tendered him the appointment as state strain ln- . spector. which he declined. His esti 1 " mate of this year s crop was made after a careful Investigation, during which he visited practically every portion of, a the county. ! Crop Is Near Record. So it may be stated on the best of f" authority that Whitmsn County this year has the largest grain crop ever " excepting only the crop of 1907. when the Whitman County grain f growers harvested 15.000.000 bushels. j or F.00.000 bushels more than they will this year. The 1913 yield is certainly S going to bring some money into Whit i man County. Mr; Manning divides the J crop and states the prices as follows "heat. 10.000.000 bushels, at 64 to 70 J rents: oats, 8.SO0.000 bushels, at tl per : nanared. and 1.000.000 bushels of bar i ley. at 50 rents a bushel. Taking thesu l figures, it will be found that the Whit- j man harvest will bring Into the county i' the snug little sum of $8,100,000. It would be far from the truth to state that all of this money will pass i tnrougn the coirax banks, but Colfax 1 is the financial center of the Falo'-e country, of which Whitman Is the I heart. This is readily seen by taking a statement of the condition of the J Colfax banks and comparing it. with J me other banks In Eastern Washing- i ion. jnere are rour banxs here, with : deposits amounting to over $2.000 000 I Here are the statistics as taken from 1 the last statement. August 9: Colfax J Mate Bank Capital and surplus, $6 000: deposits. $83,801: president. J. K. McCarnack; cashier. R. K. Bigelow. The Farmers' State Bank Capital and sur plus. 1136.762; deposits, $370,390; presi dent. P. B. Stravens: .cashier. W. R. An derson. First Savings "t Trust Company Capital and surplus. $66,639; deposits cnrcK, cenmrate. savings and trust). $i80.278; president. Alfred CoolMge: cashier. . H. G. DePledge. The Colfax .-National Bank Capital and, surplus, $233.8(4: deposits, $1,122,239; president. -nira i-uuiiage; casnier, t;. L. Mac Ktnjie. Bank Showing Good. Considering the size of the town, not . t.vrru oovju. n is a lact that this bank showing is something for the town and the people to be proud of. It must be remembered that in ths grain country the deposits are now at the very lowest ebb of the year. The grain is Just beginning to be mar keted. Probably the future advances for sacks, threshing, etc.. will be offset bv the sales for the next week e iwn Then the current will turn and the t money will come rolling back from the J train buyers in golden stream, and 3 the banks of this whole section will t have a plethora of cash, the Colfax i banks getting more than their full - share. J This is shown in so many wavs that it seems unnecessary to recapitulate. 5 But take the Colfax streets no small 4 city in the West has better paved 5 streets, no city has a better sewer or 1 "ener water system. The buildings on the business streets are practically all J ot brick, the dwellings in the residence i districts average well with those of many cities five times as large. Thertj is an air ot cleanliness and sweetness 1 about the whole town that the stranger feels the moment he gets off the train at the depot even the hotel runners and taxicab drivers have an air of :im losy ana priue. killed when struck by a falling tree at about 8 o'clock this morning while fighting a forest fire In the timber owned by the Carlton Consolidated Lumber Company, on the headwater's of the North Trask River. The body was packed out to the rail road on a litter and brought to the Carlton Hospital. He had been in the employ of the company for some time in their logging camp and late last night, when a lire was reported in the timber, with about 30 other men he was sent to the scene. This morning a large tree fell with out any warning, striking him, and he only lived a short time. He did not give the location of either friends or relatives. A. Brown, who was work ing close by at the time, was also struck by a limb and received an in Jury to his leg which will keep him on crutches for some time. . The body of Mr. Stokes was laid to POPULAR DEMOCRAT NOMIN ATED FOR POSTMASTER AT HILLSBORO. J ? .v 2 i4t fca : - ' J i ' - v ! .r ; j Tr- v 1 1. . lyi '.' t"?. 7 r " i fcaaram m mswminminr sm r r tawmaai James C. Lamkin. HILLSBORO. Or.. Aug. 26. (Special.) Announcement that James C. Lamkin has been nom inated by President Wilson for postmaster in this city met with popular approval. All day Mr. Lamkin has been receiving con gratulations from his many friends . tn Hillsboro and In Washington County. Mr. Lam kin has been a resident of this city since 1875. He has been a lifelong Democrat. rest In the' Yamhill Cemetery at 4 o'clock this afternoon." Despite every effort neither relatives or acquaintances could be located. A simple service .was read at the grave by Rev. Schloser, of the Baptist church, the singing by the choir being made up from the1 dlfferen tchurches. COTTERILL HAT BE CITED IN CONTEMPT Judge Humphries Issues Warn ing, Saying Mayor Has, Violated His Oath. EXECUTIVE'S SPEECH BASIS 2 v Ve ar two gooi newspapers here, the Colfax Commoner and the Colfax '.azette. The former is 29 years old, the latter 3. .So it will be seen thai y no means a new city It has been the metropolis of an empire for. many years the Palouse Empire. J, m,y be allo"-cd to coin a phrase which seems to express the standing of the surrounding country. GRESHAM TO CELEBRATE Commercial Club AV1I1 Entertain If legations From Portland, An informal celebration of the loca tion of the plant of the Beaver State Motor Company at Gresham will be held tonight under the auspices of the Gresham Commercial Club. Portland representatives of the Beaver State Motor Company. ' Portland Railway. Light & Power Company. Oregon Pack ing Company and I'mbdenstock A Ijir- lnti. will be present as the guests of Gresham. I The entertainment will not be aii .-!aburate affair, but there will be .iKars and something to eat. The cele bration was arranged by J. N Clana ihan. W. R. Burke. C. M. Zimmerman. L. !J. Kidder. H. L. St. Clair. E. L. Thorpe. .J. R. Stocker. J. R. Gregg, Paul Hoet- i IFOREST FIREFIGHTER DEAD ; Joseph Stokes Killed ar Carlton When Tree Falls. , CARLTON. Or. Aug. 26. (Special.) Joseph. Stokes was almost instantly. YOUNG GIRL KIDNAPED 1 6-TE.VR-OLD LASS FOUND AF TER 1. BATS' EPISODE. Suffering From Morphine Poisoning and Dazed, Little JUss Tells of Being Hold Prisoner. tTOKANEX Wash., Aug. 26. (Spe cial.) Drugged as she was on her way home from visiting her sick mother, held a prisoner for 10 days, supposedly by white slavers, a 16-year-old girl named Helm is being treated at Eacred Heart Hospital for morphine poisoning and other injuries, which she suffered at the hands of assailants. The girl disappeared 10 days ago. ana was aiscovered wandering dazed on the street Monday afternoon by her younger sister. Her condition was plt- laoie. ler eyes, the pupils contracted to a pin-point, were almost closed, while her body was swollen and dis colored. She was taken to the hos pital. The story related by the girl is a dreadful one. She lives with her par ents near this city. The home ranch la located quite a distance from the end of the car lines. Her mother is also a patient at one of the hospitals. bhe says that after leaving the car she started directly for home. After going a short distance a well-dressed, elderly man wearing a white hat and driving an automobile overtook her. He stopped his car and invited her to ride with him, stating he would take her home. She got in the car and after a few minutes the man offered her some candy which she ate. This is the last she remembers until she came to on Monday at the hospital, with the ex ception that once she came out of her stupor for a few seconds, when or where she knows not. and heard a man say, ' Yi e re In Butte." LUMBERMEN WILL GATHLR Westj Coast Association Meeting W ill Be at Aberdeen. ABERDEEN. Wash., Aug. 26. (Spe cial.) Lumbermen comprising the West Coast Manufacturers Associa tion, from all points in Western Wash ington and Oregon, will meet tn Aber deen Friday for their August session. Thirty or 40 mill men 'Will be present and discuss trade conditions and the outlook for the Industry. The visiting lumbermen will be en tertained by the harbor mill men. plans for the entertainment being made at a meeting of the manufacturers here yes terday. It is Intended to have lunch immediately after their arrival and to open the sessions of the association at the Knights of Pythias hall. It Is not expected that the session will be long and most or the visitors will leave later in the day for their homes. BIG. BANQUET PROJECTED Spokane Plans Elaborate Function for Washington Teachers. SPOKANE. Wash., Aug. 26. (Spe cial.) The largest banquet of teach ers and those interested in education al questions ever held in Spokane is now practically assured, through ar rangements completed Monday by O. C Whitney, of Tacoma. secretary of the Washington Teachers' Association, who passed the day in the city conferring with the heads of the various teach ers organizations. . The banquet .will be held October 29, during the session of the state associa tion. Between 6000 and 6000 covers will be laid. Some of the best-known educators in the country are being in vited. Head of City Is Inciting Lawlessness and - Anarchy, Declares Jurist From Bench as Tiesnlt of Good Templars' Meeting. SEATTLE. Wash.. Aug. 26. (Spe cial.) Intimating that Mayor Oeorge F. Cotterlll will be cited for contempt of court because of the part he took in meeting of the International Order of Good Templars last night. Judge Humphries declared from the bench today that the Mayor had .violated his oath of otrice and was inciting lawless ness. The court accused Mayor Cotterlll of having called the Good Templars' meeting last night and of lining up the people againsth the court. The Mayor debated on the negative side of the question: "Resolved That Judge Humphries Should Be Impeached. Later a resolution was passed by the organization declaring that Judge Humphries is a menace to the com munity. Mayor Pictured as Aaarrklst. After a number of ex-parte matters nad been disposed of the Judge rapped for attention and began : The Mayor has done something I never heard of In the world. He has gotten up a meeting, asking the re ligious societies- and the temperance organization to disobey the city ordi nances. . "He is clearly Inciting lawlessness and anarchy. He has stirred up people and made them say. The Judge ought to be impeached.' What are we coming ioc Dcmicie is in tne nands of anar chists. I am the only bulwark here. "My phone rings every five minutes and they tell me to go where it is very hot. Cotterlll and his friends call a meeting and ask the people to vlo late the orders of the court. Just think of that. Cotterlll and hs gang aoing a thing like that" Warning Is Given. "Here I am condemned by the Mayor ana tne temperance ana religious so cieties ere appealed to. Whv should the temperance societies have anything to say aDout me? I never took a drink In my life. Well, here is Just a little note of warnlng:- "They may take my case before the men's organisations and women's clubs, but these club members should under stand this: If they want to take a look at the Jail. Just let them go ahead." Mrs. A. 8. Walker, who lives in the Grand View Apartments, on Fourteenth avenue Northeast In the University dls. trlct. today issued a public "statement that because of odium, cast upon her by Superior Judge Humphries who de nounced her from the bench for taking part in the free-speech league's meet ing in City Hall park, Sunday, she has been requested by her landlord to find another apartment. . ' Iterraetlozi la Refused. ."Anyone' can appreciate what this will mean to a defenseless mother and daughter, who have been taught that the courts will protect them against all Injustice," said Mrs. Walker. "In view of the publicity given to me on account of the remarks I made Sun day afternoon while speaking under the auspices of the Free Speech League at City Hall Park. I wish to say that, while I did not anticipate that I would draw the wrath of Judge Hum phries on my head, still I will not re tract the statements I made. then. When I was called, along with all the other people, an 'anarchist. never more false or untrue assertion was made, yet. coming from the bench it carrfes weight with certain people, so that this morning I was requested by the owner of the. Grand View Apartments, on Fourteenth avenue Northeast, to find another apartment on acconut of the odium cast upon me by this assertion." ROBIN&ON & CO H If sfcnRTN-OM CO- -'rr sUTt WTm- i n mVBm w rl illl flp pi? i HSMlw i l I --HI - .- It li A Final Windup of Sensational Jill LIlhJl JlLhL3 woji&GoJs f Steele The The end of this mighty slaughter of Men's High-Grade Merchandise is in sight. Dimaing must soon be vacated. Every article in the entire stock must be closed out in a very short time. Don't delay look at these still-lower prices on famous makes of Clothing, Hats and Furnishings. In some instances we have been obliged to complete the range of sizes with new goods, in order to sell the original Robinson & Co. Bank-' rupt Stock. Come todayl Any Suit, Overcoat, Raincoat up to $25 SteinBloch and Other Famous Makes ml A Clothing opportunity that comes but once in years! Many Fall and Winter-weight garments included. All size3. Finest Clothes that America produces. Come see for yourself the marvelous value-giving, $11.85. Any $1.50 or $2.00 Shirt Arrow, E. & W., York and Robin- son & Co Any $5 Stetson, Dunlap or Trimble Soft Hat A Final Windup 9 n k SHORT WEIGHTS CHARGED Seattle Commission Merchants May Be Arrested for Frauds. SEATTLE. WashT Aug. . (Spe cial.) D. Glickman,' a Western avenue commission merchant, is charged with selling sacks of potatoes, not marked. weighing less than 100 pounds, and other produce merchants probably will be arrested this week as a result of an investigation carried on by J. P. Worden. inspector for the city weights and measures department. L. W. Stanley, who says he Is member ot- the Gllckman firm, was ar rested on a warrant late Saturday aft ernoon. Inspector - Worden early lest week caught two peddlers selling sacks of potatoes weighing less than 100 pounds to housewives. The sacks were not marked. Under both- the state law and the city ordinances this is a misde meanor. Worden weighed the potatoes and found the sacks to weigh from 70 to 90 pounds' each. When placed under ar rest the peddlers refused to tell where they bought the potatoes. Worden started them in the direction of the police station and the hurriedly changed their minds, naming the Gllck man firm. Olfffg $1.75 and $2 Underwear 75c ConradI FVtedemann's fine Im ported mesh Shirts or Drawers, sold everywhere at 11.75 and ti. Final - Windup' Price, garment, 75 1 B. V. D. Shirts er Drawers. S1..V B. V. D. Shirts t Drawers, W I a t e r-welght Caderwear all sacrificed. Best 15c Collars Per Dozen 75c Arrow, Earl & Wilson 's. Red man, Cluett, Barker, Trian gle Linen. 'All styles, all sizes, in lot. Dozen, 75 ?2 finest imported Silk Knit Four-in-Hands, exclusive patterns, 95 $5.00 Ruffneck Sweaters si. Popular RuffnecVsr in mannish weave, for men or women. As sorted colors all sizes. $5.00 grade, $1.95 $6.00 imported Scotch Woolen Vests, 33.95 ankrupt Sale Robinson & Former Store, Yeon Building, Fifth and Alder J Veteran Shipmaster Dies. TACOMA. "Aug. :6. Captain James Burrows Clift. a veteran American sailing shipmaster, died at his home In this city today, aged i8 years. He was born la Mystic Conn., and went to sea wnea 14 years old. He made 4 voyages around Cape Horn in sail ing vessels. ' His longest command was In the ship William H. Etarbuck. SURVEYING PARTY AT WORK Southern Pacific Thought to Bo Planning New Link. MYRTLE POINT, Or., Aug. 26. (Spe cial.) A Southern Pacific surveying party has been started south from the terminal of the Smith-Powers logging road, which is being constructed out of here, and rumor has it that the line will be made a link either In the South ern Pacific Coast road or a new line to the present Southern Pacific road near Grants Pass. The Smith-Powers logging road will be about 21 miles long and of standard railroad construction as to grades and curves, and Is being laid with 90-pound steel. Some time ago the Southern Pa cific closed a contract whereby the road Is to operate the line with the excep tion of the logging train business. Escaped Inaane Patient Caught, SALEM, Or, Aug. 25. (Special.) Mrs. Kate Westerlund. known as "the elusive patient of the State Insane Asylum," who escaped last night, was captured this evening at Brooks, nine miles from this city. The woman was on her way to Astoria, from which place she was committed. She said that she had been walking since she left the asylum and would have reached Astoria before the end of the week had she not been captured. KIDNAP CASE IS HEARD WILLIAMS, "OR SLATER, PLEADS XOT GUILTY AT HEPPXER. Connie Bound Over Under $500 Bond Each to Await Trial at No vember Term of Court. HEPPXER, Or.. Aug. 26. (Special.) Myrtle Williams and Michael Williams, her husband, arrested at lone yesterday under the name of Mr. and Mrs. C K. Slater, and brought to Heppner to be locked up on a charge of attempting to kidnap the two children of Mrs. Will iams, had a preliminary hearing before Probate Judge Patterson today ana were, bound over under bond of J500 each to appear at the November term of court. The Williams "pleaded not guilty. Mrs. Williams said the children be longed to her and a former husband whn itled a few months ago in Califor nia. D. H. Grable, of lone, grandfather of the two babies, 'who caused the ar rest of the Williams couple after they had forcibly taken the children from ht home and were attempting to flee In an automobile, says the court of California appointed him guardian or the little ones on the deatn ot xneir father. He also contends that M: In almost every neighbor hood there is some one whose life h& been saved by Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Rem edy. In cases of colic and diarrhoea this remedy has no superior. Every family should keep it at hand. "I sincerely believe that my life was saved in the Fall of 1910 by using Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diar rhoea Remedy," writes Mrs. Agnes Booth. Tonawanda, N. T. "I was taken with a severe diarrhoea followed by an attack of acute Indigestion. Power of the pen fails to portray the agonsbs I endured before relief came in all th. way of this valuable remedy. I, as well as my friends, expected me to die as I had been unable to get. relief for so long a time. This remedy went di rectly to the seat of my trouble and cured me la a few hours." Williams Is not a fit person to have custody of her children, and hints that the woman is trying to recover the babies because they are heirs to ap proximately 112.000 left by the father. The Williams say they reside in Port land, where Mrs. Williams says she ob tained a divorce from her first hus band. When first arrested Williams gave the name of Slater and said he was a police officer of the Rose City. Mrs. Williams says she will fight the case to the highest courts. Court records in Multnomah County show that Mrs. Myrtle Grable procured a divorce from James Grable in Judge Morrow's court. July 30, 1912. The grounds were desertion and non-support. She brought as a witness her mother. Mrs. Amelia Simpson. The statement of C. K. Slater, or Michael Williams, to the lone authori ties, that he is, or was a member of the police department, is untrue. If that is his correct name, as no such man ever has been a member of the force within the recollection of old officers. Supreme Court Docket Out. ' SALEM. Or.. Aug. 26. (Special.) The trial docket of the Supreme Court for the week beginning September 15 is as follows: Sophie R. Wilson, against E. P. McCarthy and Nellie M. Rogers, appellants, appealed from Multnomah County; Howard Davis, asalnst C C and Lna Low. appellants, ap pealed from Klamath County; C. R. Temple ton, against Finlcy Morrison, appellant, ap pealed from Multnomah County; Oregon Wuhinrton Railway A Navigation Com pany, appellant, as-ainst G. R. Castner, ap pealed from Hood River County; John Alex ander Dalrymple by Katherine E. Dalrym ple. guardian, against Covey Motor Car Com pany, appellant, appealed from Multnomah Cotinty; A- Osburn and W. R. Chlsholm. asalnst Edaatiina Mas La, et al. appellants, appealed from Clatsop County; A. W. Hutcheon against th. West Coast Life Insur ant. Company, appellant, appealed from Multnomah County; L. A Crandsll. against J. C. P. Vary, appellant, appealed from Llrn County; F. B. Reeder, et al. against Mary R. Reeder and J. L. Reeder, appealed by plain tiffs from Multnomah County, and Alfred Olsen asalnst the gilverton Lumber Com pany, appealed from Multnomah County Independence Has New Service. INDEPENDENCE. Or.. Aug. 26. (Spe cial.) The Independence & Monmouth Railway started a regular train serv- Ice between here and the Wlgnch ranch, live miles south of here. This service was instituted on requests from Buena Vista. The Wigrich Spur is two and one-half miles from Buena Vista and the train in the morning leaves in time to connect with the morning Portland train over the Southern Pa cific There will be two trains a day, one leaving here at 6 A. M. and one at 4:30 P. M-, each returning in 43 minutes. Newfoundland has for several years stead ily Increased Its agricultural production. NOTICE! The Majestic Theater will remain closed today, Thursday and Friday while undergoing extensive decorations and repairs throughout. The grand opening will take place Saturday, 7 P. M., with the greatest bill ever offered in a picture theater. Positively the first appearance of the famous Kinemacolor Dramas in the Northwest. Kinemacolor means the reproduction of nature's colors in motion pictures. The following programme will be shown Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday: The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne. A great Kinemacolor Masterpiece reproduced in natural colors. Also two reels of choice licensed films. Mr. Gene Wilson in ballads and ragtime Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, August 30 and 31, and September 1 and2. Regular Admission 10c. Reserved Box Seats 25c. Doors Open Saturday Evening 7 P. M.