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TTTE 3TOTCXTNG OR'EGOXTA'N', TUESDAY, APTMTi 28, 1914. CEOS SHOWS BIG GAIN IN OREGON New Federal Figures Estimate Increase in Last Four Years Is 110,474 at Least. TOTAL NOW IS .783,239 but she died 10 minutes after reaching the hospital. After being rescued from her predicament the woman recovered partial consciousness and made a wan dering explanation of the accident. SPRINGS ARE ANALYZED Ashland Waters Found to Carry Val uable Mineral Matter.' ASHLAND, Or., April 27. (Special.) The chairman of the springs devel opment committee returned from San Francisco today with exhaustive an alyses of the various mineral waters in this vlciniy. Five different springs were reported upon. Percentages run unusually high as to valuable constituents of litbiated- Portland Will Have C 6 0,601 by July 1 on Calculations of Bureau, Advance Being 53,387 Xatlon Now Has 109,000,000. "WASHINGTON, April 27. Continen tal United States now has a population of more than 98,000,000, while the coun try, with its possessions, is peopled by more than 109,000,000 persons, the Cen sus Bureau announced today. he population of Oregon is estimat ed to have reached 783,239, being an Increase of 110,474 for the four years the estimates were made. It is an nounced "by arithmetical method," which "rests on the assumption that the increase of population each year since the enumeration is equal to an annual increase from 1900 to 1910." Portland ,shows a gain of 53,387 by the same method of estlvating, the total, being placed at 260,601. Kxperts have calculated that the population of Continental United States July 1, 1914. will be 98,781,324 against 91,972,266 on April 15, 1910, when the last census was taken. For the United States and its possessions, they estimate the population this July will be 109,021, 992. compared with 101,748,269 in 1910. The July 1, 1914. estimates of popu lation of 59 cities of 100,000 or more include the following: The estimates of population for July 1, 1914, and the population April 15, 1910, for all states are as follows: Estimate. Census., July 1, State 1914 Alabama 2,26U,45 Arizona 2o9,0u3 Arkansas 1,686,480 California 2.757.805 ( olorado 809,537 Connecticut l,au6t8 Delaware 209,817 District of Columbia ... 353,378 Florida 848.111 Georgia 2,776.513 Idaho 395.407 Illinois 6,!t6.78l Indiana 2,779,467 Iowa 2.221.755 Kansas 1.784.897 KentucHy loulsiaua ... Maine Maryland . . . . M assachusetts Michigan 2.350,731 1,773.482 762,787 1.341,075 3.605.522 :, 9 7 6. 030 Minnesota 2,213,919 M ississippi Missouri ... Montana ....... Nebraska ...... Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey .... New Mexico .... New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma ... Oreson ... .... Pennsylvania Ithode Island .. South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee ..... Texas ... ..... t'tah Vermont ... ... Virginia "Washington ... "West Virginia 1.901,882 3,372.888 432,614 1,245.873 98,726 4H8.66J 2,815.663 . 383.551 9,899,761 2.339,452 686.966 5, 026.898 2,026.534 783.239 8.245.967 591,215 1,590.015 661.583 2,254,754 4,257.854 414.518 861,205 2.150,009 1,332,910 April 15, 11)10. 2.138,098 204,354 1,574,449 2,377,549 799.04 1,114.756 202,322 331,069 752,619 2,609.121 325,594 5. 638.591 2.700,876 2.224.771 1, 690,949 2.289,905 1,656.388 742,371 1.295,346 3.366.416 2.810,173 2,075,708 J. 797,114 8.293.335 376,053 1,192.214 81.8 430.572 2.037.167 327,301 9.113,614 2,206.287 577,056 4. 1 67.1 1,057,155 672,765 7.66i.lll 542.610 1,515,400 os;i,N88 2.184,789 3.898.542 373,351 355,956 2.061.612 1.141.990 1.221.11H 2,333.860 145,965 Wisconsin 2.446.716 Wyoming 168,736 The following list shows the est! mates of population for July, 1, 1914, and the population in 1910, for cities having an estimated population July 1, 1914, ol at least 100,000: Population. Estimate. July 1, City 1914. Birmingham 166,154 I.os Angeles 438.914 Oakland 183.O02 K&D Francisco ......... 448.502 Denver 245.523 Bridgeport 115.289 Hartford 107.038 New Haven 144.505 Washington ........... 353.378 Atlanta 179,292 Chicago 2,393,325 Indianapolis .. ........ 259,418 Louisville ... 235,114 New Orleans .......... 361,221 Baltimore r79,590 Boston 733,802 Cambridge 110.357 Fall River 125.443 Lowell 111,004 New Bedford 111,230 Uprlngileld 100,375 Worcester 157,732 Detroit ...... K37.650 firand Rapids 3 23 227 Trenton 106,831 Albany 102,961 Buffalo 454,112 New York (including) . 8,333,537 Bronx Borough 029,198 Brooklyn borough .... 1.833.696 Manhattan borough .. 2,536,716 Queens borough 339,886 Richmond borough .. 94,043 Ttochester ... ......... 241.518 Syracuse 149.353 Cincinnati ... ......... 402.175 Cleveland 639,431 Columbus ... ......... 204.567 Dayton 123,794 Toledo 384.126 Portland. Or. 260,601 Philadelphia 1,657.810 Pittsburg 564.878 Reading ... .......... 303.381 Scranton ... 141,831 Providence ... 245,090 Memphis ... .......... 143,231 Nashville 114,899 Dallas 311,986 Han Antonio 115.963 Richmond Seattle ... Ppokane Tacoma . , Milwaukee City 109.530 134,917 813.029 135.657 103,418 417.054 Census. April 15, . 1910. 132.683 819,198 150.174 416.912 102,054 98,915 133.605 331,069 154,839 2.185.283 '2RR finn 223.928 339.075 658.485 670,585 104 KttU 319.295 106.294 86,652 88 H'JR 145,988 465,766 112 R71 96,815 423,715 4,766,883 430,980 1.BS4 3S1 2,331,542 284,041 85.969 218.149 137.249 363.591 560,663 . 181 nil 116,577 3 68.497 207,214 1,549,JU8 583,905 ti 671 3 29.867 224,826 131.106 110,364 92. 1 04 96,614 92,777 127.628 237.194 104 4n 83.743 873,857 ROTATION RULE DISOBEYED -Marion County Clerk Declares Changing Ballot Too Costly. SALEM. Or, April 27. (Special.) Max Gehlhar, cleric of Marion County, announced today that he would no rotate the names of aspirants for the legislature and Supreme Court on the ballots, notwithstanding a recent onin- ion of Attorney-General Crawford that they should be where there were five or more persons seeking the offices. Mr. Gehlhar takes exception to the Attorney-General's construction of the law. and says that the expense of ro tating the names would be a burden upon the taxpayers of the county, as it would necessitate 3625 changes "in ine Daiiot lorms. DEATH MET IN FIREPLACE Too Valley Ranch Woman Horribly Burned, Following: Fright. KLAMATH FALLS. Or, April 27. -rigntenea and fainting when one of her garments caught Are, Mrs. Clara Moore, a pioneer of Klamath County, fell into the fireplace at her Poe Valley ranch late Saturday night, and was there over a quarter of an hour before discovered and rescued. The woman was horribly burned, only part of her body above the knees escaping. Her arms and shoulders were burned to the bones, and all of her hair and clothing were aestroyea. Mrs. Moore was rushed to Klamath Falls In a vain effort to save, her liXe, SEASIDE GIRL LEATHNC LADY IN COLLEGE PLAY. I 1 i -, - . , - I ' -ft s&o. Mis Elvia W. Tagg. CORVALLIS, Or., April 27. (Special.) Miss Elvia Wain Tagg will take the part of leading lady of the junior play, "The Wife," at the Oregon Agricultural Col- i lege Friday. Miss Tagg is mak ing her first appearance in dra matic circles this Spring and it is expected that she will prove worthy of the honor which the class has bestowed upon her. Since entering college from the Seaside High School in the Fall of 1911, Miss Tagg has been a leader in all class and student activities. FACULTY IS CHOSEN George A. Axline Re-engaged as Head of Albion Normal. LAW SCHOOL MAINTAINED borated waters, comparisons with a dozen leading resorts of the country being favorable to the Ashland springs Full reports will be made at a special meeting of the Commercial Club Wed nesday night. The matter of financing the project now up to the electors. The cost is estimated variously at from $100,000 to $250,000. GEORGE BROWN POPULAR Candidate for Attorney-General Travels in Eastern Oregon. PENDLETON, Or., April 27. (Spe cial.) George M. Brown, of Rosjeburg, who is making his race for the Repub lican nomination for the office of Attorney-General on his record as Dis trict Attorney for 18 years, left yes terday for Portland. He canvassed the towns of Milton and Freewater In this county, in addition to Pendleton, and found that he al ready was well known as the leading candidate. He was given a non-partisan welcome wherever he went, being pieagea tne support or men and women of all parties. Budget for Lewlston Institution Is Passed On and Arrangements Provided' for Holding An nual Summer Sessions. v , luauu, -tlv " ' - - T J In the consideration by the St&tel Board of Education or matters pertain ing to the Albion jNormai, it wa an nounced that George A. Axline was re elected president. The following faculty members have been engaged: Clarence E. Bocock, dean of science; t-va omuu, i"""' xr.rhri7n Vnllmar music: Belle D. Don- ohue, library and kindergarten; Mar garet Jeffrey, supervisor oi grades; Jay Kerr, agriculture; Celia M. t - ..-l . i i tpaclifr third and fourth grades; G. H. Aitchison, critic teacher. fifth and sixth grades; tranit How ard, supervisor of training and educa tion; J. C Hazzard, English; 8. L. Rip-w.thamtiia- Rimnr A. Bull, man ual training; Grace E. Caple, critic teacher, seventh and eighth grades; Laura A. Slaughter, voice-art;, Char lotte M. Truman, intermediate and grammar grade critic. The Latin department has been dropped and German wllj be eonsoli dated with some other department. The resignation of Charles E. Cave. in charge of those departments, has been accepted. Mrs. E. A. Bull, has resigned as head of the domestic science depart ment, and the board also accepted the resignation of Lucy Oppen, an English In the concluding session of the board Saturday it was announced that the budgets for all departments of the university had been provided for ac cording to the recommendations of the president. Included in the budget was ample provision for the maintenance and operation of the law school. Mud- ime was devoted to the plans for tl' iummer Normal School which will i leld June 9 to July 24. The board mao re-elected an or ine present faculty members, with the exception of those whose resignations had been presented. The report of the Lewiston isormai School covering the budget for the re mainder of the year was also made. This report shows the year's work will be completed without a deficiency.. The plans for the luturo aeveiopment oi the Institution, were discussed in a general way. . IS TWISTED OFF W. B. SMITH, OK MMIXWILLB, CAUGHT IN MILL MACHINE,"!1 FURNITURE STORE BURNED Fire in Raymond Causes $5000 Loss; Big Building Threatened. RAYMOND. Wash' April 27. (Spe cial.) A lire which broke out at 2 o'clock this afternoon in the work room of the Votaw furniture store, lo cated in the Philbrick . building, corner or Duryea and Second streets, for a time threatened the entire Philbrick building, which has 30 offices, the Com mercial Club, the Philbrick lodge hall and Walters' candy store. The damage to tne iurniture stock is estimated at $5000 and to the building about S1000. ine origin or tne tire is not known. "Voters' Excursion" Popular. PENDLETON. Or., April 27. (Spe cial.) A "voters' excursion" to Thorn Hollow was conducted yesterday bv the commercial Association. The pur pose was to enable the voters of Pendleton to examine the work already done by the water commission on the new gravity water system before they are called upon to vote on the addition al $40,000 bond issue needed to com' plete the work. Several hundred vot ers, including men and women, made the trip, an O.-W. R. & N. train hav ing' been chartered for the purpose. Calling an Employe to Hla Assistance, Injured Man Nervily Driven Car to City for Amputation. M'MINNVTLLE, Or.. April 27. (Spe ciaL) W. B. Smith, of this city, was ear-innxiv Iniured today by having his left arm twisted off when his oat caught in a shaft at his sawmill on Panther Creek, nine miles northwest of this place. Mr. Smith proved to be a' man; with an iron nerve. He stepped out from under the machinery, raised his injured limb and ordered his men to shut down the mill. "We will go McMlnnville, he said, and at once ordered out his automobile. With the aid of one man. who knew practically nothing about operating an automobile. Smith headed for McMlnnville. Drs. uoucner ana Wood amputated the bruised portion up to about three inches above the elbow joint. Mr. Smith retained his remarkable nerve throughout, walking to the operating table unassisted. Mr. Smith was formerly a member of the firm of Jacobson De Haven Com pany's hardware and implement-house here. He has been-ia-the mill business for several years, residing in McMlnn ville. Dr Morrison, of Carlton, was met on the road and helped to bring Smith to the McMinnville hospital. Idaho to Have Exhibit In Chicago. MOSCOW, Idaho, April 27. (Special.) C. H. Shattuck, head of the Forestry Department at the University, has pre pared an exhibition which is to go to the Forest Products Exhibit held in the Coliseum in Chicago from May to June 9. 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