The Sunday Oregonian., March 13, 1904, Page 6, Image 6

THE SUNDAY OREGONTAN. PORTLAND filAKUM lis, lttlM.
MOB KILLS A NEGRO
Were Coating With Tar and
- Feathers at Mojave.
THE VICTIM RESISTS AND DIES
Determined Crowd Had Taken the
Stranger From Jail, Where He Had
Been Confined on a Very
Serious Charge.
MOJAVE, Cal., March 12. An unknown
negro was-taken from the local jail by a
mob last night, and after being tarred and
feathered was either shot to death or
killed by being struck over the head with
a heavy piece of Iron.
The negro was arrested yesterday after
noon for an unmentionable crime, and
was confined in the Mojave Jail, prepara
tory to taking him to Bakersfield. The
facts concerning the crime became noised
about the town, and before the officers
could place the man aboard the train a
determined crowd had gathered about-the
jail, which is an insignificant affair, and
unguarded, and within a short time the
prisoner was in their hands.
It was the evident intention of the lead
ers of the mob to go no further than to
apply a coat of tar and feathers, and to
that end there had been provided a big
pot of hot tar and a number of feather
pillows. This form of punishment was
meted out to the negro, who continued to
resist the efforts of his captors.
His resistance angered some of those In
the mob, with the result that in the midst
of the scuffle the negro was either shot in
the head or struck with some heavy in
strument. NEW CORPORATIONS FORMED.
Articles Filed With the Secretary of
State at Salem.
SALEM, March 12. (Special.) Articles
of Incorporation were filed In the office
of the Secretary of State this week as
follows:
Crayne-Llsle Irrigation Company. Pen
dleton; $5000; Walter M. Pierce, Annie M.
Markham. A, D. Stillman.
Leona Mills Lumber Company. Leona,
Douglas County: $100,000; J. J. Kenny. T.
R. Sheridan, W. H. Kenny.
The Modern Confectionery Company.
Portland; $25,000: C. A. Painton. J. W.
VoRan, James G. Wilson.
Merchants Loan & Trust Company,
Portland; $5000; W. J. Makelin, George J.
Cameron, A. C. Emmons.
Prosper Canning Company, Prosper,
Coos County: $10,000; Samuel Nass, R. W.
Bullard. William Hanson. . Purpose, to
can fish.
Reckard & Co.. Portland: $10,000; A. M.
Reckard, Alice Reckard, A. C. Emmons.
Object, to deal In bicycles.
Oregon Savings Bank, Portland; $100.
000; L. O. Ralston, W. C. Morris. J. E.
Lancaster.
Peg Leg Mining and Milling Company,
Portland; $100,000; I. Lowengart, Fred IL
Rothchlld, Slg Sichel,
Portland Safe and Lock Company, Port
land; $2500: supplemental articles chang
ing the name to Portland Safe Company.
The Medford Furniture Company, Med
ford; $15,000; F. W. Hollis, D. S. Busey,
John H. Butler.
Lasselle Brothers & Company, Albany:
$5000; Jerome Lasselle, Sanford Lasselle,
F. E. Allen.
Pacific Coast Advertising Company,
Portland; $10,000; J. A. Kellogg, G. E.
Kellogg, G. A. Olsen, A. C Palmer.
Washington County Publishing Com
pany, Forest Grove; $2500; Earl B. Hawks,
Philip French, Will French, Mabel E.
Hawks.
Pacific States Mercantile Company, San
Francisco; $75,000; J. R. Glover, Portland,
attorney-in-fact.
Greenback Gold Mining Company, Ari
zona; $1,000,000: Cory W. Thompson, Green
back, Josephine County, attorney-in-fact.
CROOK LEANS TOWARD MOODY
Ex-Representative Has Many Friends
in the County.
PRINEVILLE, Or.. March 12. (Special.)
Crook County politics are modeled after
her backward seasons and are perhaps the
last in the. state to warm up and assume
tangible shape. While In the past the
county has been normally Republican by
at least 150, recent Immigration has In
creased this to a majority conservatively
estimated at 300.
Aspirants for county offices are very
scarce among the followings of both
parties. The Democratic solons seem to
be of the opinion that a renominatlon of
their present officers, Sheriff C. Sam
Smith, Clerk J. J. Smith and Judge M. R.
Biggs, will command more favor with
their party, while the Republicans seem
generally agreed upon C. A. Gilchrist for
Clerk and J. L. Luckey for Judge, while
they have several probable nominees for
Shrievalty.
Although this county is the former home
of J. N. Williamson. M. A. Moody has
many friends among Its substantial vot
ers. and an issue is likely to arise that
will have for Its termination some effect
on the Congressional situation. Mr. Will
iamson's friends seem confident of a
pledged delegation for their standard
bearer, -while Mr. Moody's friends aver
that should certain exigencies arise an
unpledged delegation will carry Crook's
Congressional banner to Portland that will
be in hearty accord with Roosevelt and
friendly toward the ex-Representative.
Thus the situation has again evolved it
self into a factional fight that jeopardizes
the strength of Mr. Williamson in this
county. Should he lose his hold here the
moral effect would be far-reaching, in
deed, as Crook Is still counted his home.
VOTE FOR A WATER SYSTEM.
Port Townsend Will Get Supply at
Distance of Eighteen Miles.
PORT TOWNSEND. Wash., March 12.
A special election held today to authorize
the City of Port Townsend to issue bonds
for $250,000, in order to enable the city to
construct and own a water system, was
carried almost unanimously. Out of 445
votes cast only two were against the mu
nicipal ownership of the water works.
It is proposed by the city officials to
bring the water from Snow Creek, a dls
tance of IS miles. The War Department
has offered to enter Into a contract with
the City of Port Townsend for supplying
Forts Worden and Flagler. Construction
work on the proposed water system will
be commenced at an early date.
WITNESS HAS DISAPPEARED.
Anti-Saloon Informer Loses Support
of Corroborator.
ASHLAND, Or., March 12. (Special.)
Thero has been great interest here today
In the progress of cases against the keep
ers of five joints who were arrested last
night charged with violating the city's
prohibition ordinance. The defendants
were all released last night on $100 bonds
each and when they appeared before the
City Recorder this morning at 10 o'clock
to answer" to the charge against them a
jury trial was demanded In the first case
and several hours were consumed em
paneling a jury.
Five business men were finally secured,
and It was agreed to proceed with the
trial of the case by them, when an ad
journment "was taken until Monday morn
ing, at which time evidence will be sub
mitted. One of the principal witnesses
depended upon to corroborate the evi
dence of the Informer, T. K. Roberts, has
disappeared and. a bench warrant has
been issued for his arrest. IK Is claimed
by the Anti-Saloon League prosecutors,,
though., ' that they have secured an
abundance of evidence to convict all the
men under arrest.
EXTENSION OFSILVER LAKE.
Four Miles of Track .Will Be Added
Toward St. Helens.
KALAMA, Wash., March 12. (Special.)
The Silver Lake Railroad & Lumber Com
pany, of which E. S. Collins, of Ostrander,
Wash., is the head, has a large surveying
crew at work surveying the extension to
the road which will be-"built at once. The
railroad starts at Castle Rock and Is
already completed about four miles, and
the extension of four miles will bring the
road to Barnes Mill, on Silver Lake.
TJie company owns 700D acres of fine
timber land around Silver Lake, which Is
about four miles long and one-half mile
ASHLAND'S NEW HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING TO BE ERECTED AT COST OF $35,000.
ASHLAND, Or"., March 11. (Special.) The contract for the construction of the new High School building recently author
ized for Ashland, has been awarded by the City Board of Education to H. Snook, of Salem, for $24,300. Including the $3000 heat
ing plant and fireproof roof. There were three other bidders. Mr. Snook, built the fine new East Side public School building in
Ashland several years ago aleo.. This is a fine structure, costing some $20,000, but the new building, which will be located on
the site of the present High School building on North Main street, the orlclnal location of the Ashland State Normal School,
will be a much more Imposing structure.
It will be of brick, two stories high, with a stone basement 'underneath. The length over all will be 120 feet, and the
width nearly the same. The interior, will be divided Into 12 commodious rooms. The High School department will Include
the main room or assembly hall,, with. a capacity for seating 150. and two recltatlon-rooms. The remaining nine rooms will be
used by the pupils of the' lower grades of the public schools. The building will have all the modem Improvements and conven
iences and sanitary arrangements, and will be the finest school building In Southern Oregon when completed, October 15.
wide. The plan Is to put the logs Into the
lake and float them down to Barnes Mill,
where they can be either loaded on cars
and hauled to the Cowlitz River and rafted
or can be cut Into lumber and the lumber
loaded Into standard-gauge cars at the
mill and sent dlrectt to market by con
nection with the Northern Pacific, with
out unloading.
The Silver Lake road will later on be
extended to the Mount St. Helens mining
district.
Knowingly Bought Stolen Goods.
rT.vTPTA Wnsh.. March 12. The
Washington Supreme Court has sustained
the King County Superior Court in sen
tencing Moses Druxinman to serve a term
of years in the state penitentiary for pur
chasing goods wnicn ne Knew 10 nave
been stolen. Druxinman was proprietor
of a notion and second-hand store in Se
attle and purchased a case of shoes
which it was afterward proved was stolen
from the depot of tne iortnern -acinc
Railroad Company. The goods were still
In charge of the company, and not hav
ing been delivered the company was lia
ble for the value of the shoes."
riTM.-rtnman niioirpri he was Innocent of
any crime, as he had no knowledger that
the shoes were stolen; but tne court neia
that the circumstances under which he
made the purchase 'were sufficient to es
tablish his guilt.
La Grande Municipal .Nominees.
t.a ftPACTR. Or. March 12. (Special.)
The La Grande city ticket for. the city
election which takes place .sionaay, reaus
as follows:
For Mayor J. E. Foley. Citizens; Bird
F. Lewis, Socialist.
For Recorder William Miller, umzens;
H. T. Williams. Citizens.
For Marshal ti, U. coiner, uiaepenaeni;
W. T. Cross, Independent; jonn is- r iiz-
gerald, Socialist; l,. iayourn, wizens.
For Treasurer Edgar C. Davis. Social
ist; J. M. Murphy. Citizens; E. J. Walsh,
Independent. r
TTnr rvii'inrHmen First Ward. J. D.
Heidenreich, Socialist; A- L. Richardson,
Citizens.
The Socialists have their first ticket In
the field this year.
Fishing Limit Is Raised.
ASTORIA. Or.,w March 12. (Special.)
Secretary Lorntseri, of the local branch of
the Alaska Fishermen's Union, received a
letter today from the secretary of the
kindred organization at San Francisco,
giving the details of the compromise be
tween the union and the cannerymen re
garding the prices for the coming sea
son. The letter states that the prices will
be the same as last season, but the limit
Is Increased from 1000 to 1100 fish per day
per boat.
The local union will hold a meeting on
(Monday evening, when these prices will
be voted upon. The terms originally asked
by the fishermen provided for. a half-cent
raise in the price of red fish and an ad
vance of $20 in the wages for working
the vessel to and from "Alaska..
Divorce Trial With Features.
DAYTON, Or., March 12. A sensational
divorce trial. In which August Engel Is
the plaintiff and Emma Morsbach Engel
the defendant, has been In progress here
this week In the Superior Court. Four
days were required to present the evi
dence in the case which Involves the
custody of six children and the disposi
tion of $18,000 or $19,000 worth of property,
with an Indebtedness against It of $9000
or $9500. It will probably be four or five
weeks before the case ends.
Cold-Storage Plant Completed.
ASTORIA. Or., March 12. (Special.)
The new cold-storage plant erected by the
Sanborn-Cuttlng Packing Company has
been completed, and the machinery was
operated for the-first time .today.' The
plant will have a capacity of 500nlerces of
pickled fish during the jseason.
RAISE MONEY ORDERS
FORGERS WORKING SAN FRAN
CISCO AND VICINITY.
Coggins, Originator of the Method, Is
Serving a Sentence in the Salem
Penitentiary.
SAN FRANCISCO, -CaL, March 12..
(Special.) An old scheme for obtaining
money from merchantsbyuse of money
orders rats' ed from small amounts
through use of chemicals is being
worked - in San Francisco -and vicinity.
It has already proved expensive to sev
eral victims.
The PostofEce Inspectors have
learned that, little less than $60. was
obtained this week from Judah Boas, a
money lender. They are satisfied that
one or more crooks are attempting to
make big clean-ups In the towns of the
Coast and that other case's will be re
ported.' They are convinced the scheme
"tiasbeen taught to the present oper
ators by J. C Coggins, a man now serv-
Ing time In the Oregon State Prison for
the same crime.
Coggins, before his arrest, ran a
school of forgery. In which, for certain
sums, he taught the art. Yt is his meth
od, unknown before ho used it, that
convinces tho police the men are his
pupils.
This plan of operation was first
worked in 1902 and 1903 on tho Pacific
Coast from San Diego to Oregon by two
men. nncxrins and William B. Mortimer.
Both men are now doing time. Cogsrlns,
the originator of the scneme, was
caught at Oregon City and sentenced to
the State Prison at Salem.
WANTS TO FIND HIS FATHER.
Charles Lund Will Then Die in Peace
.in Bay City Hospital.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 12. (Special.)
Charles Lund lies at the Southern Pa
cific Hospital in San Francisco and feeling
his end approaching, has asked his doc
tor to find his father, whom he has not
seen since he was a child. Lund says his
father lives in Portland, but what Is his
occupation or his Initials, he does not
know. An effort will be made to fine the
stricken man's father, and when so in
formed, the invalid said:
Then I shall die satisfied."
Lund was Injured three, weeks ago in
the northern part of the state. He Is a
Southern Pacific trackwalker and while
on duty was struck by an engine and
thrown down an embankment 75" feet,
landing in a snowdrift. He was badly hurt
about the hips and his legs were mangled.
He was brought to the hospital here,
where he-has-been slowly sinking. Physi
cians have "but -slight hope for.h'ls recov
ery. TOADSTOOL FEAST KILLED.
Ernest Early Thought He Was- Eat
ing Mushrooms.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 12. Ernest
Early, hailing from Portland, Or., was
taken to the Central Emergency Hos
pital yesterday morning from 904 Kearny
street, and died at 10 o'clock last night.
presumably from eating toadstools by
mistake for mushrooms. But on search
ing the body at the morque Deputy Mee
han found a letter stamped and addressed
to Mrs. Grace Early. Norman, Okla., In'
66
99
Cures Grip and
COLDS
Prevents Pneumonia.
The prevailing epidemic may not be
called Grip, because it may please the
doctors to use some other name, but
if you have Influenza, Catarrh, Pains
and Soreness in the Head or Chest,
Cough, Sore Throat, General Prostra
tion and Fever, or any of these, "77"
will cure you quicker and better than
any known remedy.
Jubilee Book Mailed Free.
At Druggists, 23 "cents, or mailed.
Humphreys1 Med. Co., " Cor. 'William' Jfc
John Streets, New-York.,
3
whlch Early regretted that "he had left
her and said it was his last day on earth.
The date of the letter was March 9. At
the hospital Early stated before be died
that on Wednesday be had been out on
the Presidio hills picking mushrooms, and
that by mistake he got hold of some toad
stools, which he had taken back to his
lodging-house and which he bad fried and
eaten. Two other tenants of the house.
Early said, also partook of the mush
rooms, but barely tasted them, and were
not made 11L Early stated that he was
seized with violent cramps after eating,
but tried to fight the illness.
Yesterday morning his condition was so
bad that he was hurried to the hospital.
In view of the suspicions aroused by the
letter found on the body a postmortem
examination will be made to determine
the cause of death.
MAKES HOMES ON OREGON LAND
Colfax Colony Takes Up Homesteads
Near Irrigon.
COLFAX, Wash.. March 12. (Spe
cial.) A colony of Colfax citizens will
soon be located In Morrow County, Ore
gon, on homesteads taken last Summer,
six miles frmo Coyote station. C N
HInchllft and E. M. Warner, advance
agents of the colony, left tonight for
I
that point, tajcnig a furniture car load
ed with household goods and provisions,
and they will soon be joined by their
families and t ie remainder of the col
onists. They hti ye taken teams, wagons,
farm machlner r and a full equipment
for farming pi rposes and expect to be
gin planting sWlng crops as soon as
they can get settled on ' their home
steads.
The colony consists of Messrs. "War
ner and Hinchiirr, w. u. scnmiat,
Georsre Chapman, J. L. Irwin, H. M.
Love, R. H. Vermilye, all married and
having families, and John Poteet, WIl-
Ham Pointer. T. "Waldrip, John White
and Andrew Johnson, single men.
These people took claims in Morrow
County last summer and built houses
on them. Now they must take up their
residence on the land and make their
permanent homes there. The land lies
about six miles from Coyote station, on
the O. R. & N., and 12 miles from the
new irrigated district of Irrigon. It is
auite sandy, but, if it can be Irrigated,
will become valuable. It lies under
the proposed Government irrigating
ditch, which the colonists think will be
dug in the near future. All of the col
onists are well known citizens of Col
fax and vicinity and they are enthusias
tic over the outlook.
STOP SHINGLE MANUFACTURE.
Gray's Harbor Mills Are Shut Down
for a Month.
ABERDEEN, Wars a., March 12. (Spe
cial.) In accordance with a decision
reached by the Interstate Red Cedar
Shingle Company today to curtail the
shingle output of the state as far as
possible until the demand and prices
strengthen, the two mills of the Aberdeen
Lumber & Shingle Company are shut
down tonight for a period of three weeks.
although the Aberdeen firm is not afflli
ated with the organization.
The Gray's Harbor Commercial Com
pany's plant at Cosmopolls and the
Hoquiam mills will- also close and the
manufacture of snmgies as far as
Gray's Harbor is concerned, will be prac
tlcally suspended for nearly one month.
Bellfngham Mills Shut Down.
BELLINGHAM, Wash., March 12.
After less than a month's run, following
as it did a three months close-down, the
shingle mills of this county shut down
again tonight Xor a period which will
run somewhere between two weeks and
a month.
Tonight's close-down is the result of
a general agreement of the manufac
turers of the state and Is for the pur
pose of upholding prices which were
tumbling as the result of the backward
spring in the East and the consequently
small demand at this time for shingles.
.. Closing of Mills Indorsed.
SEATTLE, March 12. The shut-down
ofvthe. single mills of the state, rec
ommended by the directors of the Inter
state H4t Ceda Shingle Company, was
unanimously indorsed at a mass meet
ing of Washington shingle producers
held today. The duration of the shut
down is indefinite, but Is expected to
be from 10 days to two weeks. It will
continue as long as is believed naces
sary to preserve the market.
PLENTY OF LIGHTFOR OLYMP1A
Power Generated at Tumwater More
Than Sufficient.
OLTMPIA, Wash., March 12. (Special.)
The Olympla Light & Power Company
will bedn tomorrow transferrins? the ven
erating power of the electric lighting sys
tem from the old power-house to an en
tirely new plant. TKe latter has been
completed at Tumwater. at an expense
of $100,000.
' The. falls of the Deschutes River-operate
the new plant by means pt two 8W-horse-
power Victor turbines. The new building
Is built entirely of Tenino stone, and the
plant has capacity for a city twice the
size of Olympla.
M'BRIDE CLUB AT SPOKANE.
Republican Organization Starts Off
With a Good Membership.
SPOKANE, Wash., March 12. (Special.)
The Municipal courtroom was packed
tonight at the organization meeting of
the new Republican Club, which will be
known as the Roosevelt-McBrlde Club, of
Spokane County. A number of speeches
advocating harmony In the party and
eulogizing McBride and Roosevelt were
made.
The principal speakers were J. B. Linds-
ley, who scored W. M. Ridpath on his as
piration to become .Governor; L. B. Nash,
and Jacob Schiller. The latter Is the pres
ident of the Spokane Shippers' Associa
tion, which recently organized to boycott
the Hill railroad.
Mr. Schiller was elected president; W.
S. McCrae. secretary; A. Chase Klein, as
sistant secretary. The vice-presidents are:
C. M. Fassett, L. B. Nash and J. R-
LIndsley, of Spokane; T. J. Kelly, of Deer
Park, and Charles McDowell, of Medical
Lake. The rolls show names of 556 mem
bers of the new organization.
Killed in Falling Over Bluff.
SPOKANE, Wash., March 12. Preston
Eaton, a well-known and prominent farm
er, living on Mica Bay, seven miles from
Coeur d'Alene, was instantly killed thi3
morning by being thrown over a bluff.
Eaton had started to haul some wood
along the side hill, which was covered
with ice. In going down the hill the sled
gained such headway that It was beyond
his control, and In attempting to turn a
corner it struck a tree, throwing Mr.
Eaton over a bluff. He left a wife and
five children. He was a member of tho
I. O. O. Fl and was highly esteemed by
all.
Decides Against Plumbing Law.
SPOKANE, Wash., March 12. In the
Superior Court today the state law pro
viding for regulating the business of
THE WAR
IN THE EAST
West, North and South That Stuart's Dys
pepsia xaniets Are waging Against
All Forms of Stomach Trouble,
Can Only End One Way.
Dyspepsia W1U Be Driven Off the Earth.
The great and effective work of Stuart's
Dyspepsia Tablets Is no longer confined
to America. They are being used now
all over tne woria, ror tneir fame has
spread- throughout foreign countries and
they cure dyspepsia In all lands and all
climates just as well as they do at home.
In fact, surroundings and conditions
never Interfere with the successful work
of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets, not even
the conditions of the stomach Itself.
They go ahead in their own natural way
regardless of the stomach and digest the
food that the bad stomach cannot digest,
and permit that organ to do just as it
pleases, rest upr take a vacation, get
well or what-not. The stomach, how
ever, always makes it a point to get well
when it has nothing else to do. That's
what stomachs always have done and
will continue to do when they have the
opportunity.
A prominent Detroit physician says:
"I prescribe Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets
for all cases of stomach trouble. I have
tried many prescriptions, including a
number of my own, but find nothing that
gives such universal relief as this rem
edy. They are natural, harmless and
thoroughly effective in their work, and
while I have a natural antipathy to
patent medicines, I do not hesitate to
prescribe and recommend Stuart's Dys
pepsia Tablets on all occasions."
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are for sale
by all druggists at fifty cents a box.
They are so well known and their popu
larity Is so great that a druggist would
as soon think of being OHt of alcohol or
quinine. The above testimonial of the
physician is no exception. In fact, phy
sicians are prescribing them all over the
land, mnd 'If your own doctor la real
honest with you he will tell you frankly
that there is nothing on earth so gdod
for dyspepsia, .as Stuart's Dyspepeta.
Tablets.
OPYRIGHT 19Ch
ELLING
LEADING CLOTHIER
plumbing was declared by Judge Kennan
to be unconstitutional In three particu
lars: First, in that on!yone member of a firm
of plumbers is required to have a license;
second, in that a plumber must take out a
license in each city in which he proposes
to work; and third, in that the law did
not apply to cities where there were no
water and sewer systems, even though the
city was of the first class. The lawwas
passed by the Legislature of 1901, and re
quires plumbers to pass an examination
and receive a license before they can fol
low their trade In the largest cities.
Excellent Work of Miss Ketchem.
AtOTTNT ANGEL. Or.. March 12. (Spe-
clnl.t Mis Kathleen Ketchem. of Mount
Angel Academy and College, was Informed
by Superintendent J. H. AcKerman, mat.
in the February examinations or teacners
for state papers, she more than attained
the required general average for a teach
er's stnti certificate and that the same
will be forwarded to her as soon as she
has obtained the required amount of ex
perience In teaching. Miss Ketchem Is
now ealnlne this exnerlence by teacnlng
In the training school of Mount Angel
Academy and College with the Benedictine
Sisters as critic teachers.
By June Miss Ketchem will have under-cone-
the neeessarv training and will then
receive her state certificate authorizing
her to teach in any public school in Ore
gon for a period of five years without
further examination.
Prosecutor Hangs on to Office.
NORTH YAKIMA, Wash., March 12.
(Special.) There will In all probability
be a big fight over the office of Prose
cuting Attorney in this county. Fred
Parker, who was appointed this week
by the County Commissioners to the
office, has made formal demand on the
deposed attorney, W. P. Guthrie, for
the books, but the latter refuses to turn
them over to him.
Mr. Guthrla says that he 13 still Pros
ecuting Attorney anC that he can be
removed from the office only oy tno
State Legislature. It Is probable that
the matter will be taken into the courts
at once to have a settlement.
Engineer Did Not Fill the Bill.
NORTH YAKIMA, Wash., March 12.
(Special.) The City Council and the
Mayor has relieved N. Miller, the
exDert engineer, from the duties of pre
paring plans and specifications for a
sewer system for this city- He was
appointed last week to the office and
came here this week to take up the
work, but for some reasons the Council
found out that he was not the man they
wanted.
It is probablo that George Cotterill,
of Seattle will be selected for the place.
Clackamas Socialists Call Convention.
OREGON . CITY, March 12. (Special.)
meetlnsr held here today.
the Socialists of Clackamas County de
cided to call a County Convention-to be
riroonn Pitv Anril 9. Tho pur
pose of the convention Is the naming: of
a complete legislative and county ticket
A committee was named to secure space
in tho press of the county to be edited
weekly In the Interest of the organiza
tion and Its ticket. There are about 500
Socialists in Clackamas county.
Excitement Over Oil.
VANCOUVER, B. C, March 12. An
other oil excitement seems about to start
here. This morning comes the announce
ment that petroleum has been discovered
in Golden Cariboo, and that five square
miles of ground has been staked already
at Beaver Lake. A vial of crude petro
leum taken from shale formation was ex
hibited here to prove the value of the
find. Boring Is going on at Steveston and
experiments at North Vancover also.
Sale of Land in Grand Ronde.
LA GRANDE, Or., March 12. (Special.)
Two deeds and a bill of sale were filed
In the office of the County. Recorder
Thursday, involving transactions amount
ing to ?22,oeOr all of which represents pur
chase ta&de by J. B. etedtefd. Oae ded
JUST AN INKLING
OF WHAT OUR
SPRING SUITS
LOOK LIKE.
MADE RIGHT,
FIT RIGHT,
PRICED RIGHT.
$15 to $30.
sfc-r--
was from the La Grande Investment Com
pany to J. B. Stoddard for 4S0 acres, of
land near Imbler. consideration being
J19.000. This is what is known as the old
Striker place, and was sold .'at nearly $10
per acre.
The second deal was from Charles Bur
nell, transferring to Mr. Stoddard the
grounds and buildings of the La Grande
planing mill. The bill of sale was also
from Mr. Burnell. and conveyed title to
stock on hand. Including lumber and other
supplies, to the amount of 57500.
Debaters From Roseburg High School
ROSEBURG, Or., March 12. (Special.)
At the first try-out of debaters from the
Roseburg High School last evening to
elect members to meet the debating team
from the Eugene High School, the follow
ing were chosen:
John Townsend. Earl Strong. Ed Moore,
with Hazel Jewett as substitute.
The question is: "Resolved, that it
would be to the best Interest of civiliza
tion for Japan to become the controlling
power in Eastern Asia."
Cowlitz Teachers' Institute. 1
KALAMA, Wash., March 12. (Special.)
The 16th annual session of the Cowlitz
County Teachers' Institute, held at Kelso,
closed Friday evening. The total enroll
ment was 122, 82 of whom were teachers.
the others being eighth-grade students
from different schools in the county.
The social feature of the institute was a
banquet given by the Kelso teachers to
the instructors and members of the insti
tute. Homeseekers From Illinois.
OLYMPIA, Wash., March 12. Special.)
Thirty-five homeseekers arrived In Olym
pla today in a special car from Lewistown,
111. They came direct to Olympla and
will make their 'homes here.
A woman worn-out, -who never has to
lift a hand, for herself, -who does not
know the meaning of the word n worry" I
How can it be possible? That it is possi
ble js proved by the experience of many
a woman -who, because of sleeplessness,
nervousness, backache and other wom
anly ills, becomes an utter physical
wreck.
Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription give
new life sad new strength to weak, worn
out, run-down women. It establishes
regularity, dries unhealthy drains, heak
inflammation and ulceration, and cures
female weakness. It make3 weak women
strong and sick women well.
T mtWrrA fnr five veaTS frith jnfltmSft&Ml
which caused violent pain asd often torture so
bad at times that I could not be about to attend
toi
of
- ii,f wad fried doctors bat foeacl
they did not help me. My druggist advised at
tn iy Dr. Pierce's PTorfte Presenptioa cal.-
so maea improved 2 decided to take aaother and
after that a third battle. I have rood reasoM to
be pleased, for lam to-day a well wcwiw.wpric
it easy aad the world looks bright. I Iveyr
fcet health, thanks ta yosr seffieise."
Sick women are invited to conftlt Dr.
Pierce by letter, fret. Address Jbr. JL V.
Pierce, luffclo, N. Y.
" Favorite Prescription" sake waak
woven strosg, sick wotta well. Ac
cept no substitute for the medicine wicfc
works wonders for weak woeaes.
Dr- Pierce's PlcMiMt:Pti aa M be
ed withaTOPMtuijMi wfcssr