The Sunday Oregonian., July 22, 1906, Page 5, Image 5

- THE SUNDAY OREGOiflAN. PORTLAJTO, JULY 2Z, 1U(5.
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BEST SITE FOR
DAIRYING
UN ON
Iowa Expert Saya Climate Is
Far More Favorable Than
His Home State.
SHOULD BE AN EXPORTER
Hay in the Willamette Valley Now
Selling for $2.50 a Ton and Yet
Cream May Be Imported
From Minnesota.
SALEM, Or.. July 21. (Special.) That
Oregon can produce butter cheaper than
any other state In the Union and that
Oregon creamerymen are nevertheless
figuring on importing cream from Minne
sota, were startling assertions made at
a dairymen's meeting here today.
Professor McKay, of the dairy depart
ment of the Iowa State Agricultural Col
lege, was the principal speaker. He said
that although his state produces mora
butter than any other state, he freely ac
knowledged that this is a more advan
tageous region for dairying, for the rea
son that the climate is less subject to
such extreme conditions. He said Ore
gon should not Import a pound of butter,
but should be an exporter when that pro
duct can be shipped to New York for 2
cents a pound and to Liverpool for 2 and
1-2 cents. He urged the extension of
dairying as a means of retaining farm
fertility.
Director James "Wlthycombe, of the
Oregon Experiment Station, said that the
dairy products in this state this
year will have a value qf $8,000,000
and In a few years dairying will
surpass lumbering, which is now
our greatest wealth-producing Indus
try. He said that one creamery op
erator In figuring on importing cream
from Minnesota, and deplored such a
condition, when the Willamette Valley
will produce ten to fifteen tons of green
corn feed or 30 tons of green alfalfa per
acre.
Dairy Commissioner J. W. Bailey spoke
in a Blmilar strain, saying that he has
seen hay offered for sale this year at
$2.50 a ton in the field and yet the farmer
had no stock to sell.
Justice T. G. Hailey told of his suc
cessful dairy experience at Pendleton,
but added that the Willamette Valley is
superior to Eastern Oregon for this in
dustry. He spoke of the cow as a cream
producer machine, and condemjiad the
practice of many farmers who put their
harvesters under sheds to protect them
from sun and storm, but let cows stand
out unsheltered.
Manager Morson, of the Hazlewood
Creamery, said that the great drawback
in the dairy Industry is the difficulty In
securing milkers. He hoped to see dairy
ing become such an important Industry
and milking such an honored occupation
that Oregon girls will refuse to marry
men who cannot milk.
Traveling Freight Agent Lounsberry. of
the Southern Pacilic, gave figures to show
that dairying has made farms valuable
In Iowa under conditions not as favorable
as in Oregon. He predicted that dairy
ing will become Oregon's greatest in
dustry. '.
IDEAIj dairying country.
Vxpert Opens the Eyes of Yamhill
Farmers.
M'MINNVILLE. Or., July 21. (Special.)
"What Part Shall Tamhill County Take
In the Dairying Industry of Oregon?"
That- was the subject discussed at an in
teresting meeting of the McMlnnvllle
Boosters' Club, held at the Courthouse
Inst nieht. There were four excellent ad-
dreses on the subject of dairying given by
Professor G. L. McKay, of the State Agri
cultural College, of Ames, la.; J. W.
Bailey. State and Dairy Food Commis
sioner; Dr. James Wlthycombe, of Cor
vallis, and H. E. Lounsberry. of the
Southern Pacific Company. In part, Pro
fessor McKay said:
"Oregon has a most excellent market in
Portland, hence the cost of shipping Is
minimum. Your conditions In the state
and especially In Yamhill County, are
ideal for the business, for I have not seen
anywhere richer, more productive soil or
better climatic conditions. They approach
the Ideal. Wheat pays but from $-2 to $25
per ton, while butter realizes to the farm
er $700 per ton.
"Your first attention should be given to
the "herd test" or selection of the best
butter-yielding cows. There are three es
sential things: First, feed well; second,
procure a-unlform breed; third, select to
improve the herd. From what I have
seen of your state I am satisfied that you
can produce as cheaply as any state in
the Union, and you should see to it that
your- great City of Portland does not of
necessity Import butter from other states,
as has been done in the past."
Dr. James Withycombe devoted most of
his discourse to methods of feeding. Th
kinds of food for stock that gave best re
sults and how to feed it. He said that
the future of agricultural Oregon depend
ed on the dairying industry, because the
cow enriches the soil and also brings in
a never-falling monthly stipend. As an
example he cited Washington County un
der conditions that prevailed when wheat
was the leading product and under those
of the present time, when butter-making
Is foremost.
In the first Instance, there was not a
bank In the county, but now there are
live good banks. He also told how the
oil could be rejuvenated by raising vetch
and clover for cow feed, as had been done
at the experiment station at Corvallis,.
where land that had been termed "worn
out" and "exhausted" had been made to
produce 50 bushels of grain per acre.
Dr. Wlthycombe advised feeding succu
lent food, and closed by saying that, from
careful observations, it was his unbiased
opinion that the conditions In this county
for butter-making were the best In the
valley.
Commissioner Bailey very briefly told of
me growtn oi aatry work in Linn Countv.
citing It as an Illustration of what other
counties could do If they would. He said
that the Valley counties should put a
carioaa or butter, nogs, etc.. Into Portland
daily: that the market there was always
open and active.
Mr. Lounsberry. of the Southern Pacific
gave an accurate comparison of Oregon
counties and other counties in Iowa to
show the natural advantages In resources
possessed by Oregon, and what the state
might accomplish by systematic, skillful
dairying. He reminded the Boosters'
Club that as McMinnvllle had the best
train service on the West Side division
it should lead the ranks in shipping its
butter-rat and otner products.
Yamhill County farmers are becoming
wide-awake to the advantages of dairy
ing, and are making rapid progress along
that line.
Pioneer Dies From Accident,
ALBANY, Or., Julv 21. (Special.) An
drew J. Blevlns, an Oregon pioneer, year
-f 1&0, died at his home near Tangent,
Linn County, yesterday as the result of 1
internal inlllriea rrlvfA in n n accident. 1
Mr. Blevlns was 70 years of age, and
was one of the prominent residents of
Linn County. He was a native of Mis
souri, coming across the plains to Oregon
in I860. His death resulted- from a blow
received from a hayfork when he was
assisting in unloading hay into the hay
mow of his barn on the home place last
Monday. He is survived by two sons and
one daughter George and Ed Blevlns and
Mrs. A. Llewelling. all of Linn county.
SKARCH FOR BOY GIVEN IP
Kidnaping Theory Is Gaining Much
Strength at Walla Walla.
WALLA WALLA. Wash., July 21.
(Special.) Harry Draper, who has been in
the mountains around the Toll Gate hunt
ing for Cecil Brittan, the 4-year-old boy
who strayed from camp last Sunday even
ing, left for Spokane this morning, firmly
convinced that the boy has been kidnaped
and spirited away. Nearly all the search
ing parties have returned to town, and the
guard who has been in the mountains
with the hounds from the penitentiary
since last Sunday, will return tonight.
The father of the boy, with a few
friends, will continue the search; but
nearly all who have been out on the hunt
are of the opinion that the child has been
stolen and have given up hopes of finding
him until negotiations are opened with
his captors for the $1000 reward which has
been offered.
GOAL OIL CAN IS EXPLODED
HELENA MILLER IS BURNED
ALIVE AT WHITESON.
House Is Set on Fire and the Body Is
Burned to Ashes Within
a Few Minutes.
M'MINNVILLE; Or., July 2L (Special.)
Helena Miller, aged 10 years, daughter
of Henry Miller, of Whiteson, was burned
to death by explosion of a coal oil can,
which she was using to start a fire. The
house and contents were a total loss.
The Southern Pacific bridge gang, work
ing near, tried, in vain to rescue the girl,
but were driven away by the flames. The
mother was working in the Postoffice ' and
the girl and sister, 8 years of age, had
gone home. The younger girl was in the
yard and escaped the accident. The body
of Helena Miller was reduced to ashes.
LITTLE BOY BURNS WITH HOUSE
Grandmother, Awakened by Fire, Es
capes With His Sister.
COTTAGE GROVE, Or., July 21. (Spe
cial.) The little son of Mr. and Mrs.
Ernest Fervance was burned to death last
night at the warehouse on the Bohemia
stage route. ' Mrs. Pervance had gone to
the powerhouse of the Oregon Securities
Company, where her husband was work
ing on the night shift, and left her two
children asleep with their grandmother,
Mrs. Pervance. The house caught fire
from some unknown cause. The grand
mother was awakened by the noise of the
fire, seized the little girl and made her
escape. By this time the fire had made
such rapid headway she was unable to
return, and ran around to the window
and called to the little boy upstairs to
break the window. Jump and she would
catch him.
The boy appeared at the window, but
soon disappeared, and it is supposed he
was overcome by heat and smoke. His
body, almost burned to ashes, was found
after the fire had completely consumed
the entire building.
Steamer Breaks Up School of Whales
TACOMA, Wash., July 21. (Special.)
While coming up the coast of Washington
the German steamer Setos, Captain
Kraus, ran into a school of whales. Two
of them were struck by the steamship and
killed outright. The two leviathans bled
profusely, and 4t seemed to the officers
that the water was colored with blood for
nearly a mile In all directions. The bodies
floated away and were soon lost to view.
It is estimated that the whales were at
least SO feet In length.
VAUDEVILLE'S NEW FIELD
New York Will Use It In Crusade
Against White Plague.
NEW YORK, July 21. New York's De
partment of -Health has gone into vaude
ville and will open the season with "A
Tubercular Exhibition" next week. These
shows, planned by Dr. Thomas Darling
ton, president of the department, are de
signed solely to instruct the people o'f the
city on the simple preventives of the
"white plague" and incidentally on how
to care for those who are suffering with
this disease. There will be four or five
performances each week, from now until
September. They will be held in the vari
ous parks and on recreation piers.
These exhibitions, entertaining as well
as educational, will consist of stereopti
con views, showing how the "white
plague" is contracted In poorly ventilated
and dirty rooms, and a few Illustrations
of localities where consumption Is treated,
the camps in which the patients stay
during their illness and some of those
fortunate enough to be convalescent Be
tween these Instructive health slides there
will be pictures of well-known publlo
men, funny kidnaping, burglar and fire
fighting scenes, with an occasional song
from a quartet to make the exhibition
entertaining and to hold the interested
attention of the crowd.
Inaugurating these performances, the
Department of Health believes that by a
combination of entertainmn. and in
struction it can reach thousands of per
sons who would not read literature or
attend lectures to learn how to prevnrt
contracting tuberculosis, or how to care
for those suffering with it.
Drunken Man Abducts Boy.
Munching peanuts and . matching
baby philosophy against drunken
incoherency, Frany Ray, a 4-year,
old boy, whose home is on Alder
street, was picked up by the police In the
North End last night. The police and the
drunk, who is said to have led the little
boy away from home, came to blows when
the former tried to take the little boy
away. Strength prevailed, and little Ray
was taken to the station, where he wait
ed two hours until his mother came to
claim him. He said that the man had
given him peanuts to walk with him, and
that he was a nice man. There was no
attempt to kidnap the boy, the police
say. It was merely a strange fellowship
and the allurement of peanuts.
Bad Attack of Diarrhoea Cared by Chsniber
lsin's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Bemedy.
I was attacked with diarrhoea about
July 15. 1305. and used the doctor's medi
cine and other remedies with no relief,
onlv getting worse all the time. I was
unable to do anything, and my weight
dropped from 15 pounds to 125 pounds.
1 suffered for about two months, when I
was advised to try Chamberlain's Colic,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, of which
I used two bottles. That seems to have
permanently cured me. I now feel like a
new man. I would advise all who suffer
with bowel disorders to use this remedy.
B. W. Hill. Snow Hill. N. C For sale by
all druggists.
VACATION NEEDS
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FLANNEL TROUSERS
NEGLIGEE SHIRTS
LEATHER BELTS
' STRAW HATS -PANAMA
HATS
GAUZE UNDERWEAR
PAJAMAS
WHITE DUCK TROUSERS
KHAKI SUITS
All at Our Usual
Modest Prices
For Your SUMMER OUTFIT See
THE VOTES
MORMONS SAID TO BE BEHIND
CANDIDATE BORAH.
Pocatello Tribune Comments on In
cidents in the Fremont Coun
ty Convention.
POCATELLO. Idaho, July 21. (Special.)
Under the caption, "Too Much Sugar,"
the Tribune tliis afternoon says edito
rially: "As the inside facts of the manipula
tion of the Fremont County Convention
by Mr. Borah and his friends are coming
to light, a new turn is given the entire
Senatorial situation. The vote on tempo
rary organization In that convention was
82 2-3 to 79 1-3 in favor of Mr. Brady.
When the convention reassembled Mr.
Brady held the permanent organization by
a vote of 87 2-3 to 77 1-S.
"When the Borah indorsement resolu
tion was introduced, Mark Austin, who is
manager of the Idahu Sugar Company,
and who is first councillor to the presi
dency of the Fremont County Stake, went
to Albert Heath, who Is second councillor
to the Fremont County Stake, and suc
ceeded in inducing him to change the four
votes from Edmunds precinct to Mr. Bo
rah. These delegates had been with the
Brady forces all through the convention,
and three of them had openly expressed
themselves as opposed to Senatorial nom
ination. "Councillor Austin then went to the
Wilford delegation and persuaded three
more members of his church to desert the
Brady ranks and vote for indorsement.
These are the votes that swung the Borah
resolution.
"After the convention, Mr. Borah, who
Is attorney for the Idaho Sugar Company,
accompanied by Councillor Austin and
Bishop Hart, came to Pocatello. Austin
went west to Narapa, and Mr. Borah and
Bishop Hart went to Preston, where they
met President Parkinson, of the Oneida
Stake, . who is managing director of the
Idaho Sugar Company, and the three set
out to swing the same trick in Oneida
that they did in Fremont, and while the
Oneida County Convention has not yet as
sembled, there is no doubt that it will
this afternoon pass a resolution indors
ing Mr. Borah for the United States
Senate.
"President Parkinson, by the way. Is
the man who fooled the Legislature Into
passing the sugar-bounty law four years
ago, and has ever since been hounding
state officials to collect some $200,000 sugar
bounty, payment of which has been stead
ily refused on the ground of the Illegality
of the act.
Borah Is Chosen of Oneida.
BOISEX Idaho, July 21. (Special.)
Oneida. County, with IS votes, was added
to the Borah column today. The conven
tion adopted resolutions Indorsing Hey
burn and French, and expressing the hope
for their continued service to the state at
Washington, The resolutions further "in
dorse the state administration and espe
cially commend Governor Gooding for his
vigorous action in the prosecution of the
men accused of the murder of ex-Governor
Steunenberg." They pledge the delega
tion to vote for the renominatlon of Dis
trict Judge Budge, and continue:
"We favor the nomination of a candi
date for the United States Senate at the
Pocatello convention, and we Indorse for
that position Hon. W. E. Borah, and here
by Instruct the delegates to the Pocatello
convention to vote for him as a unit, and
to use all honorable means to secure his
nomination." There are no instructions
for the Governor, but the delegation is
understood to be favorable to him.
Owyhee Instructs for Borah.
BOISE, Idaho, July 21. (Special.)
The Owyhee County Republican Con
vention today elected a state delega
tion instructed to support the plan of
nominating a candidate for Senator in
the state convention. The conduct of
state affairs by the present administra
tion was indorsed, also the work of
Senator Heyburn and Congressman
French. The delegates are all favor
able to Borah, while three favor Gov
ernor Gooding and two are opposed to
him.
Nes. Perces Is Pivotal County.
LEWISTON. Idaho, July 2L (Special.)
A political battle which will have consid
erable bearing on the Senatorial question
in this state will be fought out in this
county Monday, when delegates will be
selected for the county convention which
will convene Thursday to name a county
ticket and select delegates to the state
convention at Pocatello. Since the trend
of affairs in Southern Idaho has been
strongly In favor of Borah, his friends in
this county have redoubled their efforts,
and a fight to the finish is promised in
this city and throughout Nez Perces
County Monday.
Nez Perces County Is credited with 25
delegates, the third largest number in the
state convention, and the Senatorial sit
uation is now at a point where the result
in this county may decide the issue. Both
sides are tonight confident of victory.
Cassia Delegates for Gooding.
BOISE, Idaho. July 21. (Special.) The
Cassia County Republican Convention se
lected nine delegates who are reported to
be solid for Governor Gooding and with
one exception opposed to Borah. The con
vention gave the delegation no instruc
tions, the only resolutions passed being
formal indorsement of the National Ad
ministration and the work of Senator
Heyburn and Congressman French.
Borah Opponents Give Up Fight.
BOISE. Idaho. July 21. (Special.) The
opposition to Borah in this (Ada) County
has broken down. Several coalitions were
attempted, but they met with so little en
couragement that they have been aban
doned, and the carriages engaged for
Monday, when the primaries will be held,
have been released. There will be con
tests In a few precincts in the city, but
beyond that no opposition appears likely.
POLITICS IN CLARK COUNTY
Big Field of Candidates In Race for
Offices.
VANCOUVER, Wash..' July 21. (Spe
cial.) A meeting of the Clark County
Republican central committee has been
called by Chairman A. M. Blaker for
Saturday, July 28, when the date of the
Republican primaries and the county
convention will be decided upon, and
the apportionment of the delegates
will be made. So far there have been
no signs of any combination among
the candidates.
The main fight will be over the of
fices of Sheriff and County Clerk. For
the office of Sheriff the contest will be
between Ira Cresap and Joe Webber,
both of Vancouver, and W. D. Sapplng
ton, of Yacolt. There are several other
aspirants.
For the office of County Clerk there
are five candidates J. Fike, LaCenter;
Frank Blaker, Amboy; Max Remllnger,
Harney; Milton Pritchard, the present
COunty School Superintendent, and
John Wilkinson, the present Deputy
Clerk;, both from Vancouver.
Myron Kies, the present Deputy Au
ditor, seems to have the undisputed
preference for that office, while for
Treasurer there seems to be another
trio composed of Frank Elchenlaub,
Roderick and Waggoner. Two men
want to be County School Superintend
ent Charles Alexander and Oscar Mc
Brlde while for County Commissioner,
John Eddings, of Fern Prairie, and A.
Quarnberg, of Fruit Valley, expect to
get re-elected, and the third member
will probably be brought in from the
county. Oliver Allen, County Assessor,
who is Just finishing his first term,, is
conceded to have a claim for re-election,
and will probably not meet with
much opoosltlon.
No one has been mentioned for Prose
cuting; Attorney, but the present in
cumbent, W. W. Sparks, will probably
be re-elected.
THE , MAN WITH THREE LEGS
Sideshow Freak Dies a County
Charge at Salem.
SALEM, Or., July 21.-Speclal.-Aiter
traveling all over the world as an attrac
tion in freak shows, George Lippert died
here last night, a county charge. Lip
pert was the possessor of three legs, the
third leg growing out of the side of his
right leg below the knee. When not on
exhibition he kept it bent around his leg
and strapped so that it would scarcely be
noticed. -v
Five weeks ago Lippert left a show
company at Med ford and came to Salem.
County authorities were about to send
him to a hospital when he became ill, but
he refused to go, for fear the doctors
would cut off his leg and preserve It. He
was taken care of In a private home un
til he died. He was buried today, the
funeral being conducted by Father Moore,
of the Catholic Church.
Pains In the back and kidney and liver
troubles are cured by Hood's Sarsaparilla-
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LUMBER . PRICES SOARING!
TRUST AT BAY CITY SAYS
TRANSPORTATION IS HIGHER.
Retailers Are Compelled to Pay Pre
mium on the Offi
cial List.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 21. (Special.)
The lumber trust has sent the price of
lumber soaring upward again. The rea
son given for the advance is the increased
cost of bringing material to this port.
The steam schooner men say they ha-it
been fighting for years to keep the freight
tariff down, while the sailing vessels have
worked in just the opposite direction.
The steam schooner men who are also
lumber-dealers admit that they own a
large number of sailing vessels, but they
allege they do not control enough ships
to tlx the tariff. They also assert that a
number of outsiders have taken advan
tage of the strike here to bring in lumber
at greatly advanced rates.
The retail lumber dealers have an
nounced an advance in their prices of $1
per 1000 feet on all rough or common lum
ber, and J2 per 1000 feet on flooring, rus
tic and all better grades of timber. The
rates on these materials have Increased
between S4 and $5 since April 18.
Wholesalers, who control the lumber
situation and are combined to keep up
prices, disclaim any responsibility for the
present raise. The retailers, on the other
hand, declare that the responsibility rests
with the big fellows. The latter have an
official price list, and thus far no ad
vance has been announced in this list.
But the retailers claim that It is impos
sible to buy any lumber at prices quoted,
and in order to get any building material
they are forced to buy at a premium.
REGULARS TO MARCH TO LAKE
Active Preparation Is Under Way at
Vancouver Barracks.
VANCOUVER, Wash.. July 21. (Spe
cial.) Active preparations are making at
Vancouver Barracks for the coming en
campment and siege of long-distance tar
get practice at American Lake. It is ex
pected that about two months will be
spent by the regular troops in these ma
neuvers, and. In addition to the regular
troops stationed at this post and the Na
tional Guard of the different states, a
number of troops from other posts in this
department will gather here for the march
to the camping grounds.
An order issued from headquarters, De
partment of the Columbia, arranges the
following schedule for the departure of
troops from this post: Companies H, I
and K, Fourteenth Infantry, leave here
July 24, arriving at American Lake August
2; headquarters, band and Companies B
and G, of the Fourteenth, with Company
B, Hospital Corps, leave July 25, reaching
the camp on August S; headquarters, band
and Troops C, D anft I, Fourteenth Cav
alry, leave July 28, reaching camp August
4; headquarters of the First Battalion and
the First Battery, Field Artillery, leave
July 29; the Twenty-Fourth Battery, Field
Artillery, leaves July 30; and the Ninth
Battery, Field Artillery, a day later. July
31 the second battalion of the Fourteenth
Infantry will leave, and on August 2 the
Seventh and Eighteenth Batteries, whose
regular station is at Vancouver Barracks,
will leave. The troops above named will
compose the regular troops to be en
camped at the lake.
Camp sites along the route of travel
have selected for the foot troops as fol
lows: Haggards, Woodland, Kalama,
Kelso, Castle Rock, Winlock, Chehalis,
Tenino, and Yelm. The mounted troops
will camp at La Center, Kelso, Kalama,
Little Falls, Chehalis, Tenino and Yelm.
Company G, National Guard of Wash
ington, stationed at Vancouver, Is expect
ed to 'leave this city on August 11, and
will go by train to the place of camp.
Captain Burton B. Bowen, who has been
for the past two years at Fort Leaven
worth attending school, has Returned and
will command the company, assisted by
Lieutenants Dleterich and Fleet.
LEAGUE FOR DIRECT PRIMARY
Organized at Seattle, a Committee
Will Prepare a Bill.
SEATTL"E, Wash., July 2L (Special.)
The Direct Primary League of the state
of Washington, was organized here to
day, with the following officers:
C. W. Horr. King County, president;
Hiram Hammer, Whatcom, vice-president;
T. J. Bell, Pierce, secretary; J. W.
Bryan, Kitsap, assistant secretary; Hans
Bugge, Whatcom, treasurer. These with
R. G. Hudson, Pierce, H. C. Berry,
Skagit, W. R. Moultray, Whatcom. G. M.
Powell. Chehalis, F. A. Hazeltlne, Pa
cific, R. W. Jones, King, and E. K. Mat
lock, Mason, are to constitute the execu
tive committee.
After a prolonged flght, the convention
rejected the draft of a direct primary
bill submitted by the Civic Union, King
County Republican Club and Working
men's League, and Instructed the execu
tive committee to prepare a new bill. All
candidates for the Legislature to be asked
to agree to support a direct primary
measure.
Greetings from the recent Good
Templars' Convention at Ellensburg were
conveyed by a delegate, who asserted
that beside direct primary, the Templars
wanted the initiative and referendum and
woman's suffrage. Most of the delegates
present today were gathered in King,
Pierce, Snohomish, Kitsap and Whatcom
Counties.
Chehalis Has Money to Build.
ELMA. Wash., July 21. (Special.)
Little Interest seems to be taken at
present In the county seat removal
fight. Montesano has done very little
so far, following in this respect the at
titude of the harbor cities In letting
the matter drag along until about the
time the county convention meets to
nominate county officers.
Chehalis County ts now out of debt,
and if the county seat is removed to
Hoquiam an expensive and costly
building will be erected, one that will
answer its purpose for years to come.
Adventlsts Lose Publishing Plant.
SAN JOSE, Cal.. July 21. The loss
of the Pacific Fress Publishing Com
pany, by the burning of its entire plant
at Mountain View last night, is $350,
.100, and the insurance is only 2103,000.
It employed 125 hands and sent out a
ton of mail a day, in addition to heavy
freight and express shipments daily.
The stock of the company is owned by
Adventlsts throughout the state. They
wiil rebuild. The plant comprised
complete printing, binding, photograph
engraving and electrotyping depart
ments. Hottest Day at Lewlston.
LEWISTON, Idaho, July 21. (Spe
cial.) The mercury in the local
Weather Bureau registered 106 today,
the highest point reached this year.
Singularly enough. July 21 has been
the date of the hottest weather for
three years here. On this date In 1904
the mercury registered 104. and last
year it was 08. Tonight a thunder
storm with vivid lightning Is notice
able to the north and west.
Labor Scarce at Hoquiam.
HOQUIAM, Wash.. July 21. (Special.)
There is a scarcity of common labor on
the harbor, and many of the mills are
compelled to run their yards short-handed.
Carpenters are also in demand, and
the building boom which has been going
on tbis Summer does not seem to slacken
but looks like it was Increasing. ...
Growth of Tacoma,
TACOMA, Wash.. July 21. The city
directory for 1906, Issued today, shows
Tacoma's population to be 84,910, a
gain of 10,040 over last year. The in
crease in population since 1900 is over
100 per cent.
READY FOR ARBITRATION
Striking Electrical Workers Willing
to Meet Street-Railway Officials.
SAN FRANCISCO. July 21. (Spe
cial.) No move has been made by the
United Railroads or the striking elec
trical workers coward arbitrating
their differences. The officials of the
union state they are willing- to arbi
trate any trouble, but do not feel it
Is incumbent upon them at the present
time to take the Initiative. If, they
say. Mayor Schmitz should request
that they meet the officials of the
railroad they would do so. The strike
committee of the union will issue a
statement tonight definitely defining
its position.
The officers of the United Railroads
refuse to declare the position of the
company toward arbitration. They
say they have the situation well In
hand; that the cars are running and
will continue to run; that several of
the shopmen who went out on strike
have returned to work and altogether
they look upon the etrike as a small
matter.
LEADING
CLOTHIER
FIGHT FDR LOWER FARES
CLARK COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
DECLARE RATE EXCESSIVE.
Co-Operatlon Has Been Pledged by
the Commissioners of Multnomah
County in the Struggle.
VANCOUVER, Wash.. July 21. (Spe
cial.) An effort Is being made by the
Commissioners of Clark County, aided
by the County Court of Multnomah
County, to have the fare between Port
land and Vancouver reduced. The Port
land Railway Company charges 15 cents
fare across the trestle from the Portland
city limits to the ferry landing opposite
Vancouver, and this is regarded as ex
orbitant by people of this place. Con
ferences have been held between the
Commissioners of the two counties and
co-operation has been pledged in the
effort for a reduction of passenger fares.
In case the fares are not reduced on
the Oregon Bide of the river, a. reduction
In the charge of ferriage across the Co
lumbia is likely to be made by the Clark
County authorities, as the local authori
ties have jurisdiction only over this por
tion of the journey.
Vancouver people are working for a
fare of 25 cents for the round trip. Un
fairness is charged to the railway com
pany in making a charge higher than 3
cents a mile, which is the legal rate
for railway companies.
. Difficulty is found in compelling a re
duction because the Clark County au
thorities have no jurisdiction across the
river, f An opinion from the Prosecuting
Attorney, which is backed up by the
Attorney-General, sustains them in the
regulation of rates of ferriage across
the river between the two states.
Pure Water for Agricultural College.
CORVALLIS. Or., July 21. (Special.)
Students at the Agricultural College
are to have pure mountain water, here
after. At Wednesday's meeting the
board of regents made provision to
have the water brought by the munici
pality of Corvallis from Mary's Peak
sullied in abundance for use at the
college, and the president and secre
tary were authorized to contract with
the city water board for 103,000 gal
lons or more at a rate of 15 cents per
10D0 gallons per month, the contract to
run for one year, with the privilege
on the part of the college of five years.
Lack of water of any kind In sufficient
quantity has been a serious drawback
at the college since the Institution has
grown great.
Lewlston Is a General Office.
LEWISTON, Iro., July 21. (Special.)
The Lewis ton office of the Northern Pa
cific Railway has been raised to the dig
nity of a general office and the local
agent, W. J. Jordan, promoted to the po
sition of general agent and traffic man
ager for the whole division of the Pa
louse and Clearwater country south of
Marshall Junction, with headquarters
here. The announcement of this pro
motion was made publlo here today.
Mr. Jordan will spend most of his
time on the road, studying the tariff sit
uation and looking after the equipment
for handling traffic. This change by the
Northern Paciflo Is regarded as a recog
nition of the growing importance of
Lewiston as a jobbing center.
Princess Mary of the Humptulips.
HOQUIAM, Wash., July 21. (Special.)
Princess Mary, of the Humptullp tribe of
Indians, dropped dead on the ground near
her tent In this city, today. Princess
Mary was the daughter of old Chief Cape,
one of the mighty warriors of the Hump
tulips. She married Chief Chenolse, who
ruled his tribe for many years. She, with
her husband, was the first Indian to
visit Captain Gray when he sailed Into
this harbor, and she was said to be one
of the handsomest women of the tribe.
Her body will be interred amid all the
pomp and ceremony of the Shaker religion
at Chenoise Creek, where her husband
now lies.
Bonus for Machine Plant.
ABERDEEN. Wash., July 21. (Spe
cial.) -Over $25,000 has been sub
scribed by business men of the city
and Hoquiam for the removal of a
machine plant from Montague, Mich.,
to this city. The company has agreed
to locate here for a bonus of 4O,00J,
ail of which will be subscribed the
coming week.