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THE SUSDAj OREGOMAN, PQBTLAKD, MAT 7. 1905. ROUSING RALLY IS HELD AT ECHO fianchers Greet Guests at An nual Convention of Citi zens' Association. ANVILS BOOM AT DAWN Governor Chamberlain, Senator Ful ton and High O. Tt. & X. Offl- cials Talk on Irrigation Past and Prospective. ECHO On, May 6. (Staff Correspond ence.) Boom! Boom! Bang! The weary travelers -who had swung through the night from Portland over the O. K & N. lifted their heads, raised the curtains of the car windows and gazed out over the landscape. On the one liand sloped hills covered with sparse and rapidly browning verdure, crowned here and there with bunches of sage brush, on the other reached a few newly graveled streets, dotted with groups of houses, now a store, then a residence or a hall. Bang! Out on the common a spit of llame lit up the scene and disclosed fehadowy forms of chaps grouped around the anvil which was being used to cele brate the fact that Echo was the host of a Governor, a 'Senator, a railway magnate and was about to celebrate. The first gray dawn was just beginning to climb .over the hills on the east, but the town was astir and the rising clouds of dust along the converging roadways told that the country was also awake and ton the march. The anvil was deserted by the pioneers of noise and an advance begun toward the two side-tracked cars in which the Cnief Executive of Oregon, Senator Ful ton and. General Manager Worthlngton were dreaming of home. Lungs trained "upon the range took up the cry of "Gov ernor," and "Fulton," and "George," and "Charley," and those sleepy states men brushed the slumber from their eyes, rose, for the firrt time In many days perhaps, to greet the dawn and their friends of Umatilla and the sec ond annual convention of the Citizens Association of Echo had begun. Ranchers Pour Into Echo. From every hill and valley of the Uma tilla streamed a thousand men of farms, come tb hoar the story of irrigation that has in part reclaimed the desert and brought the bloom of plenty to the slopes of brown and barren soil. Governor Chamberlain had come td tell them what he would do, and Senator Fulton what he had, done -and would still try to ac complish. Then General Manager Worthlngton and W. W.' Cotton, the two men who hold the future actions of the O. R. & in their control as far as Oregon rec omsei3a.tk)iis are concerned, were to speak of what the O. R. & X. would do. rwhat plans perhaps would bo set out in the future for the help and assistance of the Inland Empire. ' It was a day of history in Echo and one Important, to the citizens of Uma tilla County as an index of what Interest Is being shown in the section by the ex ecutive people of the state from a politi cal and a business standpoint. Early in the day the streets were thronged with those come to attend the convention , and at 8 o'clock a mile of carriages, wagons and. rfgs of all kinds followed the band and the guests of the day to the grove near the town where the pro gramme of the- day was to be heard. 3syor 'Esteb welcomed the guests to his- home ln the name of the people of Echo and of Umatilla County, addressing them as friends and brothers rather than as guests. Then the La Grande Quartet held the audience for a minute, and Gov ernor Chamberlain was introduced. Address by the Governor. The Governor spoke, as always the case, in a happy vein. He called to mind the progress of Echo and of Umatilla County, and said that it all came as the result of the community of Interest on the part of the citizens, each and every one of whom talked and worked contin ually for the advancement and progress of his home country In all things. It came from not knowing the meaning of failure and from a faith In the future of the country. If the spirit was main tained In the future, as it had been in the past. Echo would soon be the center of a vast reach .of highly developed land, Jarosperous and happy. The speaker then turned to the irriga tion subject and told of his efforts for the open ditch Jn Oregon. Some years ago he had tskeh up the subject, so he said, abd',-had worked hard with "Washing ton authorities for the investigation of the. Hood water system of irrigation. He had asked that a man be sent to a the state who should make a thorough examination of tho country on ail sides In that regard and report on the feasibility of such scheme in the various Idealities. Senator Fulton had also worked to the -same end in "Washington and the man was now on his waV jte iake the investigation asked lor. Already preliminary work had been none awl the. outlook was very favorable icf Fewe action being taken towards the realisation of the dream cherished threttgbOMt Umatilla County for an open ditch. . r Senator Fulton on Results. Senator Fulton followed the Governor and spoke briefly of what has beea done for the districts of Oregon in the past few years and what would still be the effort of the representatives of the state. He called to mind the fact that, if the people of the semi-arid regions could do as much as they had done without aid from irrigation other than they could provrlde of themselves, the country would be the center of the productiveness of the state once water had been led over the land. The -Senator ended his address by ln starcmg the fact' mentioned by the pre vious -speaker in regard to the Immediate investigation of the flood water system and the open ditch, und he promised to use his utmost endeavors Tor the fulfill ment of the dream of promise as long as he should remain in the Senate. General Manager Worthlngton quoted facts and figures in his address on the railroad as. a civillser,-few of .which had ever been, appreciated by the people who heard bias, if they are kaown to the so nority of the thinking people of the state. He compared the conditions of 29 years ago with those of today, and showed what resujt the work of the O. R. & N. bad had In the development. He fhowed by stattsj tics that Oregon compared favorably with any of the states In the matter of Its growth, both in population and In wealth and volume of production. Railroad Adds to Values. Prior to the advent of the railroads Into the Northwest, said the speaker, the aver age value of farms here was $3900. while at the present time It is 53800. He told that 14 per cent of the wool and 12 per cent of the sheep raised. In the United States were tho products of the North west, while 16 per cent of the lumber of the United States was produced In the Northwest. Of shingles, 53 per cent of the total production of tb'e country had been sent from here. He also showed that Ore gon had 39 miles of railroad to every 10,000 people, which Indicated that the state compared favorably with the East ern States In regard to mileage. W. W. Cotton spoke of the scientific side of farming, and compared the strength of -alfalfa as a stock food with wheat, corn and other grain, showing Its superiority. Then he turned to the Question of irriga tion, and arraigned the reclamation serv ice, saying that the country needed not so much scientific engineers as an execu tive engineer at the head of the depart ment. "What we want at the head of the rec lamation service," he said, "Is anything but a strictly scientific engineer. "We want a practical one. I never knew an engineer to build a railroad, or anything. They are good men tp end ahead to spy out the land, but they always tell of the discouragements in the way. They are good men to go ahead and prepare a way for the men of push and energy. Find Iiions on the Way. to follow up with results. "The engineers of the reclamation de partment went to "Washtucna and found the O. R. & N. When we told them we were ready to move out of the coulee they found 'holes in the ground through which the water would run. They went to Malheur, Klamath and Harney Coun ties and found private enterprise, as was also the case In, the Deschutes dis trict. They wanted these people to give what they had accomplished to the Government. "What we want Is to have the repre sentatives of the state in Congress put their -shoulders to the wheel and get some man at the head of the reclama tion department who will do some thing. We want the men of push and of power of execution. Then in place of a picnic here of 1000 people we will have a gathering of 10,000, and a pros perous and productive country." Jefferson Myers spoke on the work of the Lewis and Clark Exposition; Tom Richardson, of what the Oregon Devel opment League had done and would do for Oregon. T. G. Halley, of Pendleton, Senator W. M. Pierce, Colonel James Raley, and several other speakers told of what would be the outcome of the campaign of development now being waged. The meeting from first to last was a great success, more than 1000 people being in attendance from the outside districts. It is felt here that a spirit has been created which will spread and expand until it will force the reclama tion of all of the arid acres reaching along the banks of the Columbia and the Umatilla, throughout the basins of Umatilla and Morrow Counties. R. A. W. PRINCIPAL IS TOO ATHLETIC Everett School Board Forces 3fr. Lancaster to Resign. TACOMA. Wash.. May 6. (Special.) Principal George Lancaster has been forced to resign his position by the Everett Board of Education. The excuse given by the board is that Principal Lan caster is too athletic There are several things which enter into this action on the part of the board. A few days "ago Lancaster had a fight in the auditorium of the High School be cause a boy had released a snake upon the floor. Mr. Lancaster has always taken a leading part in high school ath letics and the "board believed that he was instructing the young men of the school too much along athletic lines. There Is considerable public indigna tion over this action of the School Board. "When Interviewed today Principal Lan caster said he had little or nothing to say. although he considered his dismis sal most unjust and a poor reward for his labors. Miss Elizabeth Hal. teacher of Eng lish, Professor F. A. Turner, teacher of physics, have tendered their resigna tions, effective at the close of the school year. They had been re-elected for the forthcoming year. Miss Hall wrote a saucy letter to the board In tenJering her resignation. LIQUOR IS NOT HYPNOTIC. Husband Tries Spell on Wife In The ater, and Is Slapped. SANTA ROSA. Cal., May 6. (Special.) Henrietta- Frd has sued W.- A. Ford for a, divorce on. the ground Qf cruelty. The Fords recently removed to this city f rom. Healdsburg. At the performance of "A Colonial Girl" at the Athenaeum Wednesday evening Ford Imagined he was a hypnotist, owjng to the quantity of Hqupr which he had Imbibed, and at tempted to place his wife under the hyp notic Influence between acts. His wild gesticulations before her eyes caused the spectators to wonder what was going on and was decidedly distasteful to Mrs. Ford. After repeated attempts to have her husband desist. Mrs. Ford administered a resounding slap on her husband's face. This put a quietus on the exhibition which was being indulged in 'by Mr. Ford, and he hastily departed from "the theater, not even waiting to witness the closing act." His wife sought an attorney immediately and the filing of the suit was the result. BREWERS TO MEET AT SEATTLE Strikers Attach Special Interest In Event of Today. SEATTLE, Wash., May . Proprietors of breweries involved Ik the strike throughout "Western Washington will meet in Seattle tomorrow. It is said the meeting- is .called forsthe purpose of cleaning up routine business only, but special Interest Is attached to it by the strikers. The joint executive board having In charge the strike for the men Is ex tending the boycott. Arrangements have been made to bring Into Seattle beer manufactured by foreign firms. In this way, by patronizing: saloons that sell the foreign product and are not controlled by the brewery trust, the strikers "expect tc bring- the- proprietors to-terms.- II OUT OF STUTE No Arrests Made in State Land Fraud Cases. WAITING GAME IS PLAYED Names of "Men Indicted Have Not B"een Disclosed District Attor ney Appears Confident of Ills Position. SALEM. Or., May 6: (Special.) No arrests have yet been made upon the indictments returned two weeks ago by the Marlon County grand Jury which Investigated -state land transac tions. Neither have there been any an nouncements of the names of the per sons Indicted nor of the reasons why ho arrests have been made. Absolute secrecy has been maintained by the District Attorney and the State Land Agent and the only information the public has been able to get is such as comes from rumors purporting to be founded upon remarks -dropped by dif ferent parsons connected with the in vestigation. It Is known that a number of persons were indicted and It Is practically cer tain that S. A. D. Puter was among them, for he openly admitted the char acter of the transactions in which he "was Involved. Puter is now in the East. The fact that no arrests have been made leads to the conclusion that all the leading defendants In the land fraud cases are nonresidents and that the arrests are being delayed because the prosecution hopes they will return to Oregon without involving the state in the cost of extradition. Since the indictments have been returned, the statute of limitations has ceased to run and the prosecution apparently-feels that Its case is more likely to be strengthened by the discovery of evir dence than to be weakened by the loss of evidence. The delay, however, seems not to be worrying the District Attorney or State Land Agent. The defendants have not been Idle, however. One man who is supposed to be among- those Indicted, and who has been charged with signing fictitious names to applications for the purchase of state land, has been trying to locate the men whose names appear upon the applications. With a list of the names alleged to have been forged, he re cently went among his friends and tried to fin I some one who would say that he knew the men answering to those names. So far as known, he has been unable to secure testimony supporting his claim that the men really exist. The prosecution expects to show by handwriting experts that all the signa tures In the questionable applications were written by one or two persons; that no men by the names given were ever known In this vicinity; that no men by such names can be located by reference to directories from various parts of the county, and that men were not registered at Salem hotels under such names at the time the applications were made. Salem hotel registers will doubtless play an important part-in the cases, for out of a large number of strangers coming to Salem with money to invest In state land, a very considerable num ber of them would probably be regis tered at a hotel. If the men were regis tered at the dates they were supposed to be here, that will doubtless settle the matter. If none of them Were reg istered, the prosecution will consider that a strong confirmation of its cases. The Circuit Court will be In session again on May 22, and It Is expected that there will be some arrests before that time. MADE GOVERNMENT OFFICERS t Health Officers In Coast Posts Ap pointed by Dr. Earle. SALEM. Or.. May 6. (Special.)-Dr. Bayllss H. Earle. in charge of the United States quarantine sen-Ice at Astoria, re turned yestefday from Coos Bay and Gardiner, where he went to establish Government health inspection service to replace that heretofore maintained by the state. At Coos Bay he recommended for appointment as health officer Dr. E. E. Straw, who will serve both at Marsh field and Coqulllc. On the Uqipqua he recommended Dr. Alex Patterson, whose headquarters are at Gardiner. No one has been, recommended for appointment on the Siuslaw for the reason that no physician resides there, but it is expected a physician will soon locate at that place. Dr. Earle went to Taqulna today, and it Is probable that he will recommend Dr. Carter for appointment there. Dr. Earle says the stage road out from Gardiner is la very good condition for this time of the year and travel is not difficult. BUTCHER SEIZES BICYCLE. Dcbibr Is Forced to Walk Several Miles to Get Home. OREGON CITY, Or.. May 6. (Special.) Henry Babler, of Logan, was today made defendant in an action to recover JS0 damages. The complaining witness Is Joseph Roger, who alleges-that Thursday Babler stopped, him on the public road and forcibly took from him the bicycle that he was riding. Babler contends that Roger, who Is a butchen owes him ?6. which he has been unable to collect, and that he simply appropriated the wheel In lieu of the uncollected claim. Roger demands the return of the wheel pr ?45. together with general damages appraised at $50 for Injured feelings. As the result of the seizure of the bicycle, Roger was obliged to walk seeral miles to his home. . FAIL FOR SCHOLARSHIP. Whitman Students Cannot Pass Rhodes Examination. WHITMAN COLLEGE. Walla Walla. "Wash.. May 6. (Special.) All five candidates for Cecil Rhodes scholar ships from Whitman College failed to pass the examination. Oregon and. Idaho 'applicants were also among the 19 states which failed to qualify. In order that the State of Washington should not go unrepresented this year, the Whitman faculty appointed L. G. Railsback, of the University of "Washington, who passed the examina tion last year. PORTLAND FIRM GETS THE JOB Seattle FIreboat Is to Have New Boilers Installed. SEATTLE, Wash.. May 6. (Special.) The. Zimmerman-Wells-Brown Com pany, on a bid of $8959 tendered for Taylor waterrtube boilers, was award ed the contract today for refitting the boilers' of the flreboat Saokaalsale. It is likely the Board of Public Works will order etllrariters substituted" for coal furnaces at the time the Portland Arm Installs the -Hew boilers. As the heated Summer period is appreachlag-. the work may not be done until Sep tember. The Pqrtland bidders were opposed by a dozen different houses aid were higher than three competitors. MEAD WILL NOT MOVE NOW Engineer Xoble's Protest In Yakima Affair Without Result. OLYMPIA. Wash.. May 6. (SpeelaL) Following a conference held this af ternoon. Assistant Land Commissioner H. P. Nlles aad Assistant Attorney General A. J. Falknor, Governor Mead I announced that he would take no ac tion concerning the protest of Engi neer T. A. Noble, of the Government Reclamation Bureau, against the selec tion by the State. Land Commissioner of 55,069 acres of arid lands. In the Yakima Valley. "The selection was made under the previous administration, and it has now progressed so. far and at so much expense that I do not see my way- clear to take any action antagonistic to the enterprise at this late day," said the Governor. 'The showing- made by Mr. Noble in his letter to me does not seem sufficient to cause the abandonment of the state's project. If we get the land we can then deal with the Government Reclamation Bureau. The law govern-. Ing the selection of the land requires the approval of the Governor to the contracts entered into by the state, and I shall approve them when they are presented to me. "My only step has been to forward to Land Commissioner Ross, who Is in Washington City now, looking-. after, the matter, a copy of Mr. Noble's let ter' STATE PROPERTY INVENTORIED Washington Auditor Compiling Re sources of Commonwealth. OLYMPIA. Wash., May 6. (Special.) The buildings, real estate and equip ments of the educational institutions maintained by this state are valued at a total of $2,003,483, of which sum Jl, 293.000 is credited to the State Uni versity, according to Inventories fur nished the State Auditor this week. . The Inventories have been supplied in compliance with a request from the Auditor, who is compiling a complete list of the resources of the state. This list will Include inventories of all property owned by the state. Including the cdu ttlonal, penal, charitable and reformatory Institutions, the capitol', with its furniture, supplies, library, etc. state fair grounds, fish hatcheries and equipments, property of the var ious boards and commissions, the oys ter, tideshore, school and granted lands and, in fact every article or piece of property upon which an estimate of value can be obtained. At the same time a statement of the state's bonded and warrant Indebted ness will be compiled. The inventories of the educational Institutions only a're now complete. Commencement at Albany. ALBANY, Or., May 6. (Special.) Preparations for commencement week at Albany College have begun. The gala season this year will begin on Sunday, June 11, and continue until the following Thursday. Sunday the bac calaureate sermon will be preached by Rev. Wallace Howe Lee, the retiring president "of Albany College, now as sistant pastor of the First Presbyter Ian Church, In Seattle. The Junior ora tions will be rendered on Monday, June 12. Tuesday evening- an enter tainment will be given at the college, and Wednesday will be commencement proper, when the graduates will pro nounce their orations; The graduating class this year will consist of fqur members: Misses Lena Miller and Volena Smith and Messrs. O. M. Hickey and John Bryant. Insane Rancher's Suicide. LIVINGSTON. . Mont., May 6. De spondent over imaginary troubles, John Whyatt, aged 69, a pioneer of Montana, committed suicide last night by drowning. ' His body was found this morning oh a sandbar in the Yel lowstone River, about a mile below this place. Whyatt was in good circumstances, but recently had frequently expressed fear that his wife would some day be in want. He started to walk to the poorhousc last night, and It is sup posed threw himself from the bridge. He was a native of England and a vet eran of the Crimean War, having taken part in the siege of ScbastopoL He lived in Montana 30 years. Stealing Ride Costs n Life. CENTRALIA, Wash., May 6. (Spe cial.) A man by the name of Blake was killed by freight train No.. 58, about two miles north of Tenino, at 3 o'clock this afternoon. Blake was try ing to steal a ride. The engineer of the helper saw him board the train, about ten cars ahead of him, but the train crew did not know of the acci dent until the return of the engine from Rainier. Blake's parents live at Tacoma. his father being a swltchten der at South Tacoma. Fireworks Destroy a Factory. SEATTLE- Wash.. May 6. Successive powder explosions In a fireworks fac tory at Columbia, a suburb of this city, at S o'clock this morning, entailed a fire which destroyed the shop In which it ocurred. Adjoining shops and a powder-magazine were saved by stren uous exertions. George Ayer. an employe, was badly burned and hurled 20 feet Into the street. Skull Broken In Mill. CENTRALIA. Wash., May 6. (Spe cial.) E. E. Peck was.probably fatally injured this afternoon at the Eastern Railway & Lumber Company's milL He was working in the dryklln, when a crossarm struck him on the head. The base of his skull was fractured, and he has not. regained consciousness since the accident. Two other men were struck at the same time, but their Injuries were slight. Justices Return to Salem. SALEM. Or.. May 6. (Special.) The Justices of the Supreme Court re turned today from Pendleton, where they held the Eastern Oregon term of court this week. The court now has under advisement one or two Western Oregon cases and all the cases tried at Pendleton. It is- expected that it will be three or four weeks before the court will resume trying cases here. Big Sale of Montana Wool. GREAT FALLS, Mont., May 6. One hundred and thirty thousand pounds of wool was sold here today at 23Vi cents per pound. Buyers here estimate that about 24,ee-S,08e pounds of the state wool Is under contract, and that 99 per cent of the clip will be takes be fore the end of next week. Superintendent at Aberdeen. ABERDEEN. Wash.. May 6. (Spe cial.) H. M. Cook, Superintendent of Schools ef Cslfax for three years- past, and re-elected for the fourth tiate; has acepted the raperlHtend-acy 'of tho schools of this city at a salary of $1SW. Copyright 1905 by Hart Sam'l Rosenblatt & Co. RELIABLE CLOTHIERS CURIOSITY COSTS EYESIGHT ARTHUR BAKER WANTED TO SEE . WHETHER FUSE BURNED. Dynamite Goes Off in Stump Near Independence, and Man Is In Critical State. INDEPENDENCE, Or. May 6. (Spe cial.) A dynamite explosion a .few miles north of Independence yesterday cost Ar thur Baker the lo3s of his eyes and badly lacerated his face. A man named Hazel tine was blasting- stumps, and Baker hap pened along Just as one fuse had appar ently gone out. He ventured near and the dynamite exploded. He now lies blind and seriously wounded In a hospital. Only a year ago a brother, Curtis Bil ker, and a friend named McCabe were blown to pieces with dynamite where last night's accident occurred. Another brother, Harvey Baker, was shot by an Insane person In Oregon City two years ago. DESPATCH IN A BAD TANGLE Steamer Smashes Platform and Iogs Catch Her Propeller. ABERDEEN,. "Wash., May 6. (Special.) The steamer Despatch got badly-mixed up while proceeding to her berth at the Wilson mill after she had arrived In from Portland. She tried to pass between the center pier of the new bridge and a plat form built for the use of the bridge en gineer. The platform was demolished. The vessel was then backed oft and head ed for the next opening, but the tide and wind swung her stern around against a raft of logs, so that If she went ahead two bunches of plies would have held her fast. Another attempt was made to back out, but this time a log got between tho blades of the propeller and the arch, and the Despatch was helpless. The steamer Iola was summoned and hauled the Despatch loose. No damage was sustained by the Despatch. The schooner Martha Tuft, which has been lying dismantled at Lindstrom's shipyard since last November, Is being cleaned and repaired before going to Alaska. CHICAGO IS HIS FIiAGSHIP. Admiral Goodrich Transfers His Flag at Panama. SAN FRANCISCO. May 6. (Special.) Admiral Goodrich -came Into the harbor this morning with his fighting sh!p3 of the Pacific squadron and ended a longr cruise down the Western coast. He sailed away from here nearly six months ago on his flagship, the New York, and he comes back with his flag flying from the Chicago. The transfer was made at Pan ama, and the New York continued dswn the coast and on to New York, where she was ordered for an overhauling and rearming. Accompanying the Chicago were the cruisers Marblehead and Petrel, the tor-pedo-boac destroyer Paul Jones, and the collier Santurn. The flagship anchored off Harrison street. Soon after the Chi cago let her anchor go there came a salute to the Admiral's flag from the Ital ian cruiser Umbrla, andIt was acknowl edged by a burning of powder In the flag ship's guns. Just before noon the Petrel pulled up her anchor and steamed up to the navy-yard. IAWS EFFECTIVE MAY 19. Attorney-General's Decision of Acs of the Oregon Klslaturc. SALEM, Or., May 6. (Special.) Attorney-General Crawford advised Sec retary of State Dunbar today that the acts' of the' last Legislature will take effect or the morning of May 19. The Constitution provides that acts shall net take effect until 98 days after Haal adjournment of the Legislature, and It has generally been held that Ihe rr - is f Garm is just Schaffner Marx laws were In,, effect on the 90th day, which would be May 18. The Initiative and referendum amendment provides that referendum petitions may be filed not more than 90 days from the date of 'final adjourn ment. The petitioners have, therefore, all of the 90th tiay in which to file' pe titions. ' Construing- the two provisions so that they do not conflict,, the Attorney-General holds that the laws do not take effect until the 91st day after adjournment. RELIEVED OF THEFT CHARGE Kuper Was Accused of Stealing' Reg istered Mall at "Woo'dburn. WOODBURN, Or., May 6. (Special.) At the preliminary hearing before Justice Overton of B. J. Kuper, charged with the theft of registered mail while acting- as mallcarrler from the Post office here to the Southern Pacific de pot, April 12, 1905, the Justice did not regard the evidence sufficiently con clusive to hold the defendant to ap par before the Federal grand Jury, though Miss Bynton, clerk, and Will lam Henneboker, acting: Postmaster, testified that the registers were placed In the regular pouch and properly de livered as usual to Mr. Kuper. A large crowd of the defendant's friends were In attendance, and strong: sympathy was shown for Kuper, who Is a young- man of 23 years of age. The Investigation of this case was made by A. R. Butler, Postoffice Inspecfor, who has labored diligently on the.case since the robbery occurred. United States Prosecuting- Attorney VITAL WEAKNESS Xosgest established, most saccessful and reliable ptcla!ts In disease of mes, as medical diplopias, llceases aad newspa per records show. 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He uses no patent nos trusaa or ready-made iK-paratlo jw, Ht cures the disease by taorough medical treatment. His New Pamphlet-ob Private Diseases sent free to all men who de serlbe their trouble. PATIENTS csretf M hps- Terms reasonable. All letters answered la plain enveleye. Ceagultatlon. free aad sacredly confidential. Call ob or address' , DR. WALKER. 181 First Street, Corner YamfilH. Portland, Or. Perfect-Fitting ents Are what you want. It does not make a particle of differ ence to you whether they are custom-made or not so long as they are fashionably de signed, correctly cut, thor oughly well-tailored, and of high quality fabrics; and that what we offer you. Single and Double : Breasted Suits $15 to $30 " Outing Suits $10 to $20 Cor. 3d and Morrison Sts. W. W. Banks handled the case for the Government and made a most eloquent and logical plea for the holding- of the ' defendant under bonds to appear be fore the Federal grand jury. Unnatural Oakland Father. ROSEBURG. Or., May 6. (Special.) Charged with criminal assault upon his 15-year-old daughter, N. A. Foster,- of Oakland, was lodged In the. County Jail here this evening- to await trial. About ten years, ago Foster served two. years In the Oregon Penitentiary for seduc tion committed In this county. He has -since been living- with his third wife. Coming- to Live In Portland. ABERDEEN. Wash.. May 6. (Spe cial.) G. P. Clerln, head of the West ern Cooperage Company, and an old resident of the city, will remove with his family to Portland on Mr. Clerln's return from an extended Eastern trip. Mr. Clerln is a member of the School" Board. Will Succeed Himself. OLYMPIA. Wash., May 6. (Special.) Governor Mead has appointed Dr. George W. Overmeyer, of South Bend, to succeed himself as a member of. the State Board of Medical Examiners. Rural Carrier at Baker City. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, May. 6. John F. James has been appointed regular, William Martin sub stitute, rural carrier, route 2, at Baker City. 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