THE 8UXDA.T OREGOXIAX, POKraA2rDt!'iJ?ltIL 8, H90i
ROUTE 1 THE RIVER
Very Enthusiastic Meeting Is
Held at Walla Walla.
PROJECT SEEMS ASSURED
Proposed Line to Connect Cities of
"Walla Walla and Columbia Coun
ties With the Sea, and to Be
Extended to Clarkston.
WALLA WALLA Wash., April 7. (Spe
cial.) A mass meeting of the farmers and
business men of Walla Walla and Colum
bia Counties was lield this afternoon In
the Courthouse, in this city, for the pur
pose of receiving the report of the com
mitee on organization on the proposed
electric line between the cities of the two
counties and the Columbia River.
The report revealed the fact that the
project has been enlarged to include an
extension from Dayton through Garfield
and Asotin Counties to Clarkston, and
that a company had been organized with
a capital stock of J3.500.O00.
A number of enthusiastic speeches were
made in behalf of the feasibility of the
project and the necessity of the people of
the counties through which the road is to
extend to subscribe for a sufficient
amount of stock to control its manage
ment. It was generally conceded that an in
dependent electric line from the great pro
ducing sections of the Inland Empire to
the Columbia River would be a means of
leveling freight rates in both directions.
One speaker said:
"When we get our grain to Wlllula,
there is no doubt that a railroad will bo
there to offer a fair rate to tidewater. If
not, we can build boats and operate them
with greater case thdh we did years ago,
when there was one more portage than
there Is now. We will consider no rate a
fair one until the railroads will carry our
wheat to Portland for $2.60 per ton."
Representatives of the O. R. & X. and
Northern Pacific were at the meeting but
took no part in the discussion. President
M, C. Moore, of the new corporation, an
nounced that a crew of surveyors under
Alfred F. Scars will be put In the field
Monday.
Letters of regret were read from J. N.
Teal and A. H. Devcrs, of Portland. Mr.
Teal wrote in part as follows:
Xo city in the Northwest has a greater In
tercst In this and kindred movements than
has my own home the'Clty.of Portland. Sit
uated practically at the Junction and almost
at the mouth of these great rivers, through
which under natural conditions the product
of a great and growing section of this country
would normally flow, it it not a matter for
wonder that the people of Portland are vi
tally Interested In the development of traffic
through and by the waterways. Tour own
section is in a like and equal manner inter
wtrd ih obtaining through these means fair
and reasonable freight rate and Increased
power of distribution.
What I say is 'not actuated by any deelre
to Injure any existing transportation Inter
vMh. but Is based solely upon the fact that
the opportunity to correct many of the evils
and disadvantaged we complain of and la
bor under lies In our own hands.
The great wealth-producing section of our
common country, sometimes called the "In
land Empire." is drained by two mighty rl
?ns flowing reslstleosly to the sea. Except for
a few obstacles involving no great engineer
ing or technical difficulties, these rivers are
navigable for hundreds of miles-, and im
proved as they should and will be. and used
by those whoso burden bearers they would
gladly be. will unquestionably settle and reg
ulate the question or ratea for all of the
great section lying (as oldtlmens my) cast
of the mountains.
This subject is- one that has been uppermost
in my mind for many years, and I have often
wondered In thinking o-cr it how It has been
possible that the people of the three North
western States, an empire In. extent and pro
durtlvenewi. full of empire builders, the peers
uf any pioneers, independent and elf-rellant.
could have been so heedless and indifferent to
huch powerful factors In their development. In
every community under the min the water
coutw have been and are the arteries of com
merce, the great controllers of ratts. the keys
to the transportation .problems. Their courses
marked the line of developments and their
grades and levels determined the lowest factor
of transportation cost. But we have been
under aomc spell, some hypnotic Influence, and
we have allowed the Instrument Providence
lilactd in our handu to go unused, to be of no
benefit, until It almost became a belief that
their chief, nay their only purpose, was to be
part of a scenic attraction a pretty picture
but of no use otherwise.
Can you Imagine such great rlvcra In any
part of this Union, In Burope. anywhere on
the civilized globe, being permitted to re
main closed to navigation? It Is unthinkable.
In Europe they spend million on artificial
waterway, even though the railroads are
owned by tho governments. In New Tork
but two years ago they voted $100,000,000 to
deepen and otherwise Improve the Erie Canal.
In the Mississippi Valley they arc working
ior a channel from St. Taul to the Oul.
Yet railroads are so numerous they are al
most within gunshot of each other. Tet wc
have allowed what would have been and arc
rivers or wealth to roll heedlessly by. elmply
a feature of the landscape, until finally lost
In the embrace of the mighty Pacific
The Interior has not only !one this, but
2'ortland has Jeen equally remliw. Hut the
leople here are awakening: they are begin
ning tp understand what the rivers mean to
them. They have learned, as you have learned,
that Stephenson's aphorism in reference to
railroads is n true now as when first an
nounced, namely, that there will be no com
petition when combination Is possible. There
may be north-bank roads and south-bank roads
and roadn in the middle, but except on spe
cial occasions, and then only for short times,
will there be any "rate wars" or real compe
tition on the basis of rates between rival
roads.
Once the rlvcra are opened it will not be
long until you will see from maay points
Bhorter or longer roads leading back Into the
Interior, and, then there will be a development
throughout your section, that is now but little
dreamed of. In the opening of the river your
uttentlon should not only be directed to the
upper stretch, but to the mouth of the river
aa well. It Is all a part of our great prob
lem, and 1 can conceive of no greater advan
tage accruing to the- Inland Empire than to
have a number of great seaports bidding for
lier products and her freight rates based on a
water-level haul to the sea.
In Portland we are now about completing an
organization to place boats upon the Upper
Columbia and Snake Rlvem. We have every
reason to believe Lewlston will Join us In this
enterprise, and we hope to have both Walla
Walla and Pendleton as partners also. When
We. stop to think what a united people cesld
do it bound together by a common purpose
and for the common good, one is almost awed
by the possibilities.
After expressing regret at his iaabUlty
to be present. Mr. Devers wrote:
Something Ima than a year ago I returned
from a trip to Europe and I may say that
nothing impressed me more than the wonder
ful traffic on the waterways of the ceetlBent,
especially in Germany, in France, in Holland
and in Belgium. Notwithstanding the enor
mous expenses of standing armies, these coun
tries epend many more million every year
than the United States spends for the develop
ment of their waterways) and the creation of
new means or water transoortatlon.
As you are aware. I have been appointed a
member of the executive committee of the
National Rivera and Harbors Cesgress far the
Northwest, and as such it 'behoovea ma to
push in every possible way the lmprevemcHt
of Mm rivers aac ih barbers saa to aM ta
-work which the Natteaal Btvers ant Harfeera
'Ooscrem is attempting. Tats eere mate
tales tm peaKtaa tbat the, UaUed States saeoM
epcBl 999 yer xaausk oa its water
ways until all 1U waterways have beca Im
proved to the utmost powlble extent.
The Pasama Caaal'M doubt Is a great tnlag
we all Savor it, ImK how much saore'to
pertaat to us It Is to have ear Interior water
ways aeveieped so that we sy west ecmosa
Voaliy transact our frwn boslnese. What the
.Inland Bmelrs is Interested In Is the Unrest
possible distributive rates and the lowest pos
sible rates on its produce to the point of ex
port. Nothing will bring this about so quickly
as the lmpreveeaeat of our rivers and our
harbor, bat in order to accomplish these ob
jects we mast all put -our shoulders to -the
wheel, and we mast all help to a certain
extent financially.
BOISE COUXCIL QUIESCENT.
o Farther Action Taken Regarding
the Deposed City Officials.
BOIBB, Idaho. April 7. (Special.) The
City Council held a session ihh? evening,
bat nothing was said or done regarding
the seven city positions from which the
officials were deposed by the Council
Thursday evening. All but one of the
'ousted officials arc still performing the
duties of their positions, and there are
no signs that the Mayor end the Council
have reached an understanding.
It was rumored today that a portion at
least of the appointments would be made
at tonight's Council meeting, but there
was no Indication that there was any
more harmony between the Mayor and
Councilmen than heretofore. In only one
or two of the offices Is there a question
of the capability of the officials raised, it
being only on endeavor on the part of
the Council to enforce Its rights under
the city charter.
City Attorney Kahn and Police Magis
trate Locke had nex'er been appointed
under the present administration, the reg
ularity of this being the main point at
Issue. This question is clouded In Locke's
case by the personal business relations
which exist between him and the Mayor.
OUTLAW GANG IN SEATTLE
LIVE OFF JAPANESE WOMEN' WHEN
PLUNDER IS SCARCE.
One ef Xumber Is Murdered Because
He Violated the Cam-men Law
of the Order.
SEATTLE, Wash., April 7. (Spe
cial.) Police Investigation of the mur
der of Chlcklchi Toklo, the Japanese
who last week was done to death by
two hireling murderers belonclnc to a
band of Japanese outlaws, has brought
to light tho fact that this band of mer
cenary assassins live off the earnings
of Japanese slave women herded to
gether In the southern part of the city,
when the revenue from robberies, bur
glaries, murders and assaults fall to
supply sufficient money for them. The
40 women aro not only forced to supply
the assassins with their earnings, but
they are sold as slaves whenever their
master? need more ready money than
they can earn.
The women, the polite believe, fur
nish the motive for tho existence of the
organized band. With the women out
of the city there would be crimes com
mitted by Individual Japanese, but the
police would have little trouble In fer
reting out the offenders and punishing
them.
For years Gondn, a Japanese now In
Portland, was t he largest slaveowner
and was chief of the outlaws. Now
from the Investigation of the recent
murder the police believe this office
has fallen to Ben Talnaka, who engi
neered the recent murder. Yoklo was
murdered because he misappropriated
$200 belonging to George Osuma.
Five hundred dollars had been paid
by Osuma for a slave girl. After the
sale she returned to her former master.
Osuma's money was returned to him
through Toklo. The latter kept part of
it and Nnkayama and Hayasha mur
dered him and threw his body Into the
street because lie violated the ethics of
tho ring of slaveowners.
PLAN TO SMUGGLE CHINESE
Nipped In Bud by Federal Officials
in Southern California.
LOS ANGELES, Cal- April 7. (Spe
cial.) Immigration officers have uncov
ered plans for the most extensive whole
sale smuggling of Chinese Into the
"United States ever undertaken In South
ern California. They are certain that
within the next month, had not the plot
been discovered, Chinese men and women
would have been pouring into Los An
geles Chinatown by scores, to be hidden,
by their countrymen until they could be
safely scattered.
The general plan of the Los Angelcs
Hedondo combination, which arc said to
be the principals In the proposed smug
gling venture, is said to have been to
secure- from the Lower California Devel
opment Company, an English syndicate
which controls major portions of the
peninsula territory, a concession for fish
ing and the operation of rtshboats to
points northward. All these fishboats.
which were to run from Knsenada to San
Diego or Newport Bay, were to be
manned by Chinese, and the scheme was
to Interchange these crews while at En
scnada with cxecluded Celestials, and
gradually work them over the border.
Inspector Engelcke also has documen
tary evidence to show that effort have
been made to bring from Mazatlan to
Ensenada a large number of Chinese
women gathered from various Mexican
towns. The promoters of the smuggling
scheme expected to make a big thing out
of It: as It Is, they have offers of t300
for each Chinese successfully "worked"
through to United States territory.
JUMP DOWN EMBANKMENT.
ChalnrGang Prisoners at Tacoma
Make Successful Break for Liberty.
TACOMA. Wash- April 7. (Special.)
Frank Kahon and Tom Smith, two chan
gang prisoners, made a spectacular get
away at the Seventh-street bridge today.
The two men secured a file yesterday and
cat through their chains close to the
swivel, leaving only enough, metal Intact
to hold the manacles together.
This morning, while working near an
embankment at the west end of the
bridge, both men suddenly broke their
chains and leaped down the banks to the
Northern Pacific tracks, to feet below.
There they dodged among the freight cars
and found safe hiding. There was no
trace ef the men. aad a search has so far
failed to revea their whereabouts.
E. H. Pickard Asks Divorce.
OREGON CITT. Or.. April 7.-S pedal.)
Charging desertion. E. H. Pickard has
filed suit for divorce from Mary E. Pick
ard, whom he married at Portland in July.
1881.
Coed Words for Chamber Uia's Coach
People everywhere take pleasure ia tes
tifying to the good qualities ef Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy. Mrs, 'Edward Phil
Hps, -ef Barclay. Md- write: "I wish to
tell you that I can recoasaend Chamber
lain's Csugb Remedy. My Uttle girt. Cath
erine, who le 2 years old. baa been takiag
Lais remedy whenever afee has had a said
since she was two tneaths oM. About a
Hxmth ago X contracted a dreadful eoM
ray self, but took CbamberleiR's Cough
Remedy, and -was see, as well a ever.
Recently, whea y httoeaad was Wytag a
bottle of ttoto remedy, a waa etoppet w
aad aaid. 'Mr. PhMHsja, le Um4? ieed
ssedkeneT a ad Bay awsfeaad reetted, 'It
caa't be beat. " TUi resaeiy it for sale
by an rtkctu.
BURY THE HATCHET
Hill and Harriman Will Settle
Difficulties at Seattle.
PROBLEMS FOR ENGINEERS
New Plans Mtist Be Made So That
the Tracks or Hival Lines De
Not Cross Too Many
Time. .
SEATTLE. Wash.. April T.-(Spcclal.
Harriman and Hill Interest will settle
the controversy over the Harriman ter
minals In this city by conference. A
definite agreement will be reached about
the time the new Harriman line gets Its
franchise In Seattle, the preliminary
agreements affecting only the tracks that
must be laid within the city limits. High
officials of both the Hill lines and the
Harriman system declare there Tfill be no
bitter controversy over the coming of the
Washington Northern.
The Northern Pacific's freight yards at
Argo sit at the entrance to Seattle from
the south much like a cork In a bottle.
Harriman plans for an entrance Into the
city show that unless rome other agree
ment can be made the new line would
have to cross these yards, and inside the
city cross four Hill tracks twice. This
ia Impracticable, and new surveys are be
ing run to locate a new entrance. The
yards may be crossed on the cast side
with a minimum of conflict.
The Chicago. Milwaukee &. St. Paul
avoided this trouble by Its trackage lease
from the Pacific Coaia Company, of the
Columbia & Pugcl Sound. This affords
an easy entrance to the St, Paul's local
terminals. There is nothing In the Pa
cific Coast Company deal to prevent a
similar arrangement with Harriman, but
it will not be asked.
In tho northern part of the city the
Harriman plans indicate a crorring of the
Great Northern freight terminals at
Smith's Cove, to" reach the Harriman
freight terminals. This difficulty will be
straightened out by engineers of both
roads.
COLONIST HATES ALL SUMMER
HHI Roads Ask Oilier Northern
Lines to Continue.
SEATTLE. Wash.. Aprl I7.-SpecIl.)-
The Hill roads have asked other North
ern lines to continue the colonbu rates.
which expire "today. In effect throughout
the Summer. Ic- Is announced there Is
every Indication that the cheap one-way.
second-class fare will be prworved.
The railroads expect, besides the heavy
travel of tourists and new settlers, to
handle thousands of laborers who will be
attracted to the Northwest by the heavy
railroad building. The 2 rate Is neces
sary to Induce this travel, and the new
roads must have the men. St. Paul dis
patches today nay the last trains lett for
the Coast crowded, and this record can
be duplicated it the rates remain.
KEPORT.S ON INSURANCE. ,
Secretary Dunbar Makes Annual
Statement of Duettos In Oregon.
SALEM. Or.. April 7 SprciaL)-Thc
annual report of Secretary of Stale Dun
bar as Insurance Commlmioncr has been
issued, from which It appears there are j
57 fire insurance companies, tlx mutual :
fire companies, six marine Insurance com
panies. S3 life Insurance companies. IS ac
cident companies, six platcgtass com
panies, two steam boiler companies, three
surety companies, and one livestock com
pany doing business In this state.
Thf business of these companies during
the year Is shown by the following sum
maries; Premium
Collected.
. iO57.0ll.2i
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UL1&.70
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Fire companies......
Mutual fire (assts etc.)....
Marine
Life
Accident
Plate las
Steam belter
Surety
Llvextock
STOCK MUST NOT LOITER.
Indian Police Will Escort Across
Umatilla Reservation.
PENDLETON. Or.. April 7. (Spe
cial.) Colonel J. IL Ralcy. of this city,
this afternoon received a telegram
from Senator Gcarln saying:
The Secretary of the Interior will
today wire you and also issue an order
permitting cattle to cross the Umatilla
reservation along the main traveled
road under guard of Indian police.
Transportation and travel will be un
der control of Superintendent Edwards.
Crossing the reservation must be reas
onably expeditious, and loitering on
the way to permit grazing on the res
ervation a great length of lime under
pretense of crossing will not be per
mitted. The Secretary Is ery desirous
of accommodating owners of stock, but
many complaints have been made
against unreasonable delay in crossing
the reservation.
The question of getting stock across
the reservation has been one of great
Importance to the stockmen of Uma
tilla County. They arc not yet permit
ted to take horses across without being
held up by the Indians and compelled
to pay 11 per head. Sheep cannot be
taken across at all and Congressional
aid Is now being sought by the Wool
growers Association.
SCOm SUED BY BROTHER
WARNER WANTS MOXEV SALVE
FOR HURTS.
Alleges Conspiracy la .Which He Says
A. X. Tearl aad William
Kejcs Took Part, .
LOS ANGELES. CaU April 7. War
ner Scott, brother of Walter Scott, who
has been lying In the hospital since
the fight at WIngate Pass, suffering
from a most serious wound, today en
tered suit In the Superior Court
against Walter Scott. A. V. Pearl and
Will lata Keyes for 5 150.000 damages,
alleging- conspiracy.
Walter Seen Is Arrested.
SAN BERNARDINO, Cat, April 7-
Walter Scott, the Death Valley miner.
Indicted here on a charge of assay If
with a deadly weapon In connection
with the assaiwcade on the desert sev
eral weeks age. in which hie brother.
Warner was aevecely woajoded.
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Gescral Saaklsc Butineas Traasacted.
Drafts issued on Alt Parts of IB World.
OFFICERS:
W. H. Moore. President.
E. E. Lytic. Vice-President.
"VY". Cooper Morris, Cashier.
DIRECTORS:
W. H. Moore. E. E. LyUe.
Leo Friede. H. A. Moore.
W. Cooper Morris.
was arrested today upon his arrival
here from the North with his theatri
cal company. He was placed In cus
tody by the Sheriff and taken before
a Justice of the Peace, who released
him -on :oOO ball. His preliminary
hearing- was set for May 1.
INCREASE CAPITAL STOCK
KLAMATH WATKR-USERS HOLD
THE1U ANNUAL MEETING.
Government Actios la ladoraed and the
Entire "Board or Directors
Ia hc-Elrctcd.
KLAMATH PALLS. April 7. (Spe
cial.) At the annual meeting marking-
the end of the first year of the Klamath,
atcr-ussrs Association this after
noon it was voted to Increase the capital-
stock to S3.000.000. and resolutions
wArc adopted Indorsing the action of
the Reclamation Service 'in purchasing
the property and rights of the canal
corporation previously engaged In Ir
rigation enterprises In this section,
thereby giving to the greatest number
the benefit of Government Irrigation.
The efficient work of T. H. Humphreys,
as project engineer, received special
commendation.
The pnipoAul for the association to
engage in transportation and power
enterprises thnlahas been considered In
several localities did not receive offi
cial uctlon. though discussed, but was
deemed foreign to the objects of the as
sociation. Approval of the administration of
affairs was evinced by re-election of
the entire board of directors. The
board met ti.Is evening for rcorganlxa--
tlon and to map out the work: of the
coming season, The directors re-elected
the following officers:
Jcromf P. Churchill, president: P. L
Fountain, vice-president: Elmer I. Ap
ple sate. iervlaryi tJ. W. White, treas
urer,, and D. V. Kuykcndall. attorney.
CAUGHT liY MINE CAVE - IN
One Miner Is Killed, His Companion
Jlocucd, but Slay Die..
WALLACE. Idaho. April 7. John
Jacks was killed and Clarence Ebney
injured almost unto death In a cave-In
on the 1600-foot level of the Tiger
mine at Burke today. Both were min
ers, aged 21 and 22 respectively. The
accident happened at II o'clock this
morning and Ebney was pinned down
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till 2. The. dead body of Jacks was
found by rescuers beneath tons of rock
at 7:30 tonight.
The cause of the caYe-ln Is unknown.
The mine Is owned by the "Federal
Mining & Smelting Company.
Lit Pipe and Saved His Life.
BUTTE. Mont.. April 7. -(Special.)
; John O'Brien, a well-known miner.
met death here, a mass of ground slid
ing upon his neck and breaking it. Ills
partner had just stepped back to light
his pipe wficn the slide occurred, and
was Just a few feet out of the way.
Patrick Duggun. station-tender, was
fatally Injured by having a four-foot
splinter of wood run lengthwise
through his body.
MUST STICK BY CONTRACT
City Has No Right to Vary In Pav-
Inr Streets or Tacoma.
TACOMA. Wash.. April 7. (Special.)
Judge Huston today gave his opinion de
claring the city assessment for street
paving in special assessment district No.
2S2 Invalid. He holds that the city author
ities bad no power to vary the contract
as originally made for the work. The
amount Involved In this action Is 33S.2S7.
It is announced by the City Attorney's of-
ce that the case -will be appealed to the
Supreme Court. The court says:
The charter provides that a certain
time shall be given, and that in the event
of any nubile work not being completed
within the. time the City Council shall not
pay anything.
"The only power the City Engineer or
Commissioner of Public Works would have
would grow out of the discretionary power
vested In the Commissioner of Public
Works, or In the City Engineer's office,
to violate a contract, an absolute written
contract.
"Action of the Legislature could not do
away with the binding force of the con
tract, if the city had It atthe Usae It
made It. and It would be unconstitutional
if it undertook to do It-"
TO ItEMOVE THE COUNTY SEAT
Petition With More Than Enoagh
Names Filed Ih Grant.
CANTON CITY. On, April 7. (Spe
cial.) A petition for the removal of
the county seat of Grant Canary was
flled tonight with 12C9 signatures. The
number required for aa order for a
vote is 102C. A petitlea ree.uestlag
cancellation to prevent a vote will be
presented. The result ! at certainly
known.
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GETS AWAY
WHEN KUARD TURNS BACK CON
VICT CRAWLS INTO SEWER.
James Cnnnum, alias Fisher, Nearly
Killed aa Officer When Arrested
for Home Steallaar.
BOISE. Idaho. April 7. (SpecIaU
James Cannum, n convict, escaped from
.the state penitentiary between S and
9 o'clock this morning. He, la thought
to be hiding somewhere In the hills. Al
though a large force of men has been
searching for him. no trace bf his exact
-whereabouts has-been discovered.
Cannum was working with a gang
on this new penitentiary cell building,
under guard. -with about 50 other con
victs. At a moment when the guards
back was turned her quickly' crept into
the large sewer opening which passes
under one ofthc Buildings' and outside
the fence. Ills disappearance was not
noticed for about 15 minutes.
The prisoner's real name Is Fisher.
He was sent up from Washington
County last November for a lerm of
five year.-, for horse stealing. He is
deemed a very dangerous man. It re
quired four officers to place him under
arrest and then he came near killing
one of them by shooting.
SOCIALISTS NAME A TICKET
lloolution Denounces Backsliders
Who Itcsfetcrcd as TcputiIIcans.
OREGON CITY, Or.. April 7. (Spe
cial.) At a convention held at Knapp's
Hall todny. the Socialists of Clack
amas County nominnted a complete
legislative and county tlckeL W. W.
Meyers and C S. Howard were elected
president and secretary, respectively,
of the convention. The following ticket
was named: "
State Senator William Beard, of Oregon
City. Representatives Robert Glnther.
Shubel: M. V. Thomas. Sandy; F. J.
Kraxbergcr. Macksburg. County Judce
C. E. Spence. Carus. Sheriff Frank Mat
thews. Macksburg. Recorder J. Y. Kauff
man. NeedS. Commissioner Elijah. Coal
man. Sandy. Treasurer Charles Moran.
Oregon City. Surveyor George Frye. Ore
gon City. Coroner George M. B. Jones.
Parkplace.
A platform was adopted afllrralng
both the National and state platforms
of the party: declaring for the election
of Road Supervisors by the people, re
gardless of politics; demanding that
money collected for road purposes be
expended in the district In which it Is
raised: that the- county establish a
county employment office, the same to
be maintained by the county, and the
publishing of a correct statement of
the county's finances every three
months.
A resolution was adopted denouncing
the action of the mlneowners in caus
ing the arrest and prosecution of the
officers of the Miners Federation on
the charge of being Implicated In the
assassination of ex-Governor Steunen
berg. of Idaho, as an act calculated to
break up the labor organization. In an
effort to bring these men to the gal
lows. The resolution demanded for the
accused men a fair and Impartial triaL
In another resolution the direct-primary
law was Indorsed and the belief
expressed that the advantages offered
thereby should be extended to all par
tie. This resolution also declared as
dishonorable and unlawful the practice
of voters registering as members of
any other party than that to which
they belong. This resolution was
called forth by the recent action of a
great number of Socallsts in this coun
ty who have registered as Republicans,
and. although the opportunity was
iilven them to correct their registration,
few of them did so. Their purpose In
registering as Republicans., as a great
majority of the backsliders did. was to
enable them. to participate in the prl
Bsary election of that party.
OFF FOR THE tCAMAS FIELDS
TJraatHI Indians .Start oh Annaal
Outing to l be Mountains.
u-iT T.i WAi.TJLWa.h Aoril 7. (5e-
daL The annual hegira of the Indians
fc iTmatllla reservation to the
-Mountains has been in progress for sev
eral days, and numerous larontes aaa
iu4 of buck are dallv Basetac through
wall a wTla toward the headwaters of
Mill Creek. One local bfackomlth has beea
delag qaite a lucrative bawneoa with taeiB
In iaaklng a otck-tBee hfotrimeat wMea
the Indians use to g coese aad caam,
The Indians wIH follow the snow as- K
dioas)f)ars Troea tite, uc wusttam aaa
waters of the rivers and treoka. awgsmed
hs fcwttl: and ftoaoag. They wen aoC r
tara wrtN Hm first sewmt of WloUi drre
CORNER THIRD
QUALITY
ARE
them back to the congenial climate of the
reservation. Many- of the women and
children were traveling In buggies and
hacks, but moat of the bucks can be seen
logging along on horseback behind the
vehicles.
JI.M WAS A GOOD XSDIAS
Whites Came From Miles Around to
Attend the Funeral.
CENTRAL.! A. Wash.. April 7. (Special.)
Indian Jim. a NIsqually Indian living at
Rochester. Wash., about 12 miles from
Centralis, died Wednesday of cancer of
the liver and was buried Friday after
noon, the funeral sermon being unique in
many ways. NIsqually Jim, whose white-
man's name was James Saunders, was
what Is known as a good Indian, and on
the news that his funeral would be held
Friday afternoon at the Methodist Church
at Rochester, people for miles around
prepared to attend the funeral of a native
s'orr of the forest, who had made the
white men his friends and done so much
to help make the forest of his youth the
promised land of the white, man.
Indian Jim was. or at least he claimed
jto be. 73 years of age. When a young
man he was taken to be raised by the
family of, James Saunders, an early set
tler of .Olympla. Jim was brought up In
the ways of the white man, and about
43 years ago he took service under Cap
tain Sidney Ford, whose son. Thomas
Ford, and companion of Jim. died less
than a fortnight ago at Tenino. Jim was
a member of the NIsqually tribe of In
dians. He had some white blood in him.
and he was generally considered a half
breed Indian, although his mother may
have been a full-blooded NIsqually.
Jim was appointed as an Indian police
man of the United States Government 53
years ago. and he held this position for
years, and for the past six or seven years
has been doing duty as mail-carrier for
the Postofnce at Rochester. Jim was
married years ago. but he and bis wife
were parted alter a number of sons had
been born to them. The funeral services
were held In the Methodist Church, and
the interment took place at Grand Mound.
Rev. John Smith, a full-blooded Indian
preacher, of the Chehalls tribe, preached
the sermon, which was spoken in the lan
guage of the Chehalls Indians, of which
the Rev. 9ohn Smith Is a member.
Hcv. Anna Shaw at Woodburn.
WOODBURN. Or.. April 7. Special.)
An assemblage that filled the commodious
Methodist Church greeted the brilliant
exponent of the equal-suffrage cause. Rev.
Anna Howard Shaw, tonight. This girted
woman made an excellent impression and
quite a number of converts among the
voters in attendance. Mrs. Sarah A.
Evans, president of the Federation of
Women's Clubs, was aso present and
made a few remarks.
Season Opens In Xcw York.
NEW YORK. April 7. The baseball
season of 1906 was opened at the Polo
grounds today with an exhibition game
between the world's champions of this
city and the collegian team from Yale.
The weather was very cold. Attendance
1000. Score. New York 18; Yale 3.
Does Your
Heart Beat
Yes. i ooooo tinies each day. Does
it send out good blood or bad blood?
You know, for good blood is good
health; bad blood, bad health. Ask
your own doctor about taking Ayers
Sarsaparilla for thin, impure blood.
He knows all about this medicine.
Wc have no secrets! Wc publish
the. formulas of all our medicines.
X by ,,1?frt?l' ir1'
tie loir.
AND MORRISON
Headquarters
For the Famous
Hart, Schaffner & Marx
Fine Clothes
ARE .SHOWING THE LATEST
STYLES IN
Men's Blue and
Gray Spring Suits at
$12.50 to $30
CONSIDERED, OUR PRICES
EXTREMELY MODEST
IT
lADDElt IN BUTTER CREEK IS OUT
Of REPAIR.
JnntT to Sjairaiag GVostad la Inter
ested br MaxweH-B-Heh"' Com-
saay's Property ;"
PENDLETON, Or.. A jrll ; 7.-r; Spe
cial) Thousands of fish are now col
lected at the mouth of Butter Creek, in
the Umatilla River, where they are
held by the Maxwell Ditch Company's
dam. in Butter Creek. The dam Is sup-,
plied with a good fish ladder, but it Is
now out of repair and the fish are un
able to pass over it. and the. water over
the dam Is so swift that they 'cannot
ascend that way, so they are held in
large numbers below the dam. The
fish are now on their upward journey
to the spawning grounds arid if held
at this place long many of them will
be caught by fishermen, and many will
die from being crowded In the stream
unable to get away.
The fish, ladder In the dam was well
constructed by the company, but Is out
of repair and unless something Is done
to relieve the situation there will be
great loss of the fine fish with which
the Umatilla River is supplied by the
state and Government.
SENT TO PRISON FOR TjIFE
3Iontana Tailor Killed When He Was
Prompted by Jealousy..
GREAT FALLS. Mont.. April 7. A
Kallspell dispatch to the Tribune says:
Hugh Kubn. who killed John H.
Pliinkett at Troy last month, pleaded
guilty to murder in the second degree,
and Judge Erlckson this afternoon sen
tenced him to Deer Lodge penitentiary
for the term of his natural life. Kuhn
formerly had a tailoring business in
Spokane. Jealousy caused him to mur
der the husband of the woman in the
case.
Milwaukee Leases a Railroad.
SEATTLE. April Special.) The
lease of the Columbia &. Puget Sound
tracks, negotiated by -the Chicago, Mil
waukee & St. Paul to provide an entrance
Into Seattle, will run for 99 years. Attor
neys are now completing the details of
the agreement, and It will be closed some
time this month. Under Its provisions the
St. Paul road will have to share In the
cost of constructing additional tracks
when they may be needed: will pay about
$20,6CO annual rental and a share of tax.
Improvement and other fixed charges. The
St. Paul will use the Columbia & Puget
Sound tracks from Maple Valley to Seat
tle. This will not interfere with the oper
atlon of Columbia & Puget Sound trains.
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