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tiie Sunday oregoxiax, Portland, august 5, 1906. ORDER JOINT RATE Washington Railroad Commis sioners Serve Notice. WEIRD FINDINGS ARE MADE One to Effect That Wheat Is "Uni versally" Higher on Puget Sound Than In rortland Protect Milling Interests. OLYMPIA. Wash... Aug. 4. (Special.) The Joint wheat rale order, promulgated by the Railroad Commission, will be served on the defendant railroad today, and will become effective in 20 days. Under it provisions the Northern Pacii'ic, the Great Northern, Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company and the Washington Columbia River Railway Companies will be obliged to Interchange wheat traffic between Eastern Washington and Fuget ounrl ports, at the request of the shipper. The point.s of transfer as be tween the railroads named are fixed by the Commission at Spokane, Wallula and Hunt's Junction. In Its findings of fact the Commission declares It has been established by the evidence heard by It that wheat is uni versally worth from Vi to 3 cents per fotmhel more at Seattle and Tacoma than at Portland, and that those farmers liv ing on the lines of the O. R. & N. Co. In Eastern Washington are limited to the Portland market because the O. R. & N. runs only to Portland and refuses to de liver wheat to the lines of the other rail roads for shipment to Puget Sound: that therefore the farmers referred to are in jured to the extent of from to 3 cents per bushel on all wheat they are obliged to sell. Joint Kates Actually Exist."- The Commission also fintls, from the testimony, that Joint rates actually exist between the Northern Pacific and the Washington & Columbia River Railway Companies, but that the other three roads refuse to establish a Joint rate among themselves. The injury to the milling interests, comprising one set of complainants in the Joint rate case. Is covered by the find ings of the commission in three separate paragraphs. In which it is declared: First That the flouring mills at Ta coma and Seattle require a large amount of what Is known as "choice milling wheat," and that such wheat Is grown in considerable quantities, particularly along the line of the O. "R. & N. In East ern Washington. Second That by reason of the refusal of the railroads to agree upon a reason-, able Joint rate, It Is Impossible for the mills on Puget Sound to procure wheat as stated, thus excluding them from a large wheat section of the State of Wash ington, where might bo secured the par ticular quality of wheat they especially desire. Hound Millers Need Hetp. Third That It Is the custom and prac tice among a large number of farmers in Eastern Washington to Bell their wheat In the Fall of the year, but that many farmers have been and are now in the habit of holiling their wheat and not-' selling at as early a time as the major ity, and that this Is especially true of the farmers of Whitman, Garfield, Co lumbia and Walla Walla countiesi, through which counties the lines of the O. R. & N. largely extend, and by reason of the refusal to establish such Joint rates the milling interests of Seattle and Tacoma are unable to procure wheat from such markets when the supply of wheat from other portions of Eastern Wash ington is exhausted. Tiie commission thus finds that the present rat regulation of the rail roads, requiting the payment of the sum of two locals when a transfer is made from one line to another, "is unjust, unfair and unreasonable to the shippers and producers, and to the mill ing Interests." The Railroad Commission therefore makes the following order: l-'ull Test of the Order. That the rate, rule and regulation by which wheat consigned from points on the lines of the O. R. & N. Co. to tieattle, Tacoma, Everett and Belling ham. Is charged the sum of the two lo cals, be and the same is hereby abro gated and ordered discontinued. It is further ordered and adjudged in lieu tuertof. the rate to be hereafter cnarged for wheat from points on the lines oi' the O. R. N. Co.. and destined and consigned to Seattle, tacoma, Eve rett and Bellinghum. be carried over the lines of the O. it. & N. Co. and the Northern Pacific Railway Company's lines at a Joint rate, not to exceed I a V cents per 100 pounds, and not to exceed the rate now charged by the Northern Pacific Railway and the W Ac C. R. By Co. for like freight consigned from contiguous points on their lines to Seattle, and that the rate to be charged for wheat consigned from points on the line of the O. R. & N. and destined and consigned to Seattle. 'I'Hcoma, Everett and Bellingham be shipped and transported over the lines of the Great Northern Railway Co. shall be carried at a Joint rate not to exceed the rate now charged from contiguous points bv the Northern Pa cific Railway Company for like freight destined to Seattle. Joint Rates for Bellingham. The commission has also made a sep arate and further order granting tne same terminal rates and joint rates to Bellingham as ere given to Seattle, Ta coma and Everett on hay, oats, barley and mill feed, and livestock, from East ern Washington. CONSTRUES PURE FOOD LAW Washington Attorney-General In structs Dairy Commissioner. OLYMPIA, Wash., Aug. 4. (Special.) Attorney-General J. t. Atkinson holds In an opinion addressed to the State Hairy and Food Commissioner, that that official has a right to break boxes of goods being sold by peddlers and purchase samples therefrom for'the purpose of examining the goods under the provisions of the pure food laws of this state. In a letter addressed to the Attorney-General, Food Commissioner Davies says: "Grocery peddlers take orders among the farmers for groceries, ship the groceries in by the carload from out side states, each order packed in sepa rate boxes. Am I authorized to break the boxes and purchnse samples there from? The peddlers claim not. and that 1 can only purchase from the unbroken boxes as original packages." "There Is no doubt." says the Attorney-General, "bufc what you have the right to break boxes or packages when, you iiave good reason to believe they contain adulterated foods, or suspect that t'ney do, and you are required, under the law. to pav onlv the value of the samples taken for analysis." HAD EXAMPLE FOR DAUGHTERS Scuttle Divorce Judge Rebukes Wo man In Open Court. SEATTLE. Wash., Aug. 4. (Special 1 ."A woman with as many married daugh ters as you have Is doing wrong by set ting them the bad example of coming Into court and asking for a divorce from their father." This was the rebuke administered to Mrs. Florence M. Lindford this morning by Superior Judge Griffin, after the wom an had finished telling her story on the witness stand. The evidence showed that the woman had married the man froin whom she was seeking a divorce 26 years ago. Four daughters, the issue of the marriage, are married, and three minor daughters are living with the mother. Mrs. Lindford testified that her hnsband had refused to support her, and that two years ago she told him that he must leave the family home. This he did, and since has not interfered with the family In any way. When the woman concluded her story Judge Griffin said: "This man has not bothered you in any way since he left you, and I should think that a woman who had been married for 26 years ought to have more interest- in her married daughters than to set them a bad example, as you are. doing. I do not see how a divorce would make you or your children any happier." The woman declared that the granting of a decree of divorce would make her and her children happier. Judge Griffin closed the Incident with the remark: "I am glad that I have not the same idea of happiness many persons hold." The divorce was granted, as the statu tory proof had been made. LI NEMAN BURNED TO DEATH A. O. Ingerman, Formerly of Port land, Electrocuted at AValla Walla. WALLA WALLA. Wash.. Aug. 4. (Spe cial.) A. O. Ingerman, formerly of Port land, an employe of the Northwestern Gas & Electric Company, of this city, was electrocuted this morning at 11 o'clock on North Palouse street, while working at the top of a 40-foot pole. Ingerman was with a crew of men who were stretching a dead wire, and was standing on a crossarm above several live wires. The block and tackle used for stretching was attached to a crossarm above the live wires and Ingerman thought the crossarm would split from the strain. He called to one of the men on the ground to send up a piece of wire, which the ground man did. picking up a piece of baling wire from the street. Ingerman was standing with one leg touching a live wire and was wrapping the bailing wire around the crossarm, when the end of the bailing wire came in contact with another live wire, com pleting the circuit and sending 2400 volts through Ingerman's body. He uttered one groan, stiffened out and fell across the live wires, where he hung until word was sent to the power-house and the cur rent turned off. Ingerman's body was literally roasted and his clothing burned oft. At every point where the wires touched the body they had burned their way through the flesh and into the bones. The men who were working with Ingerman say that he was instantly killed. Word was received from Ingerman's uncle. A. F. Pearson, of Portland, this afternoon, asking that the body be em-, balmed and held for further instructions. PARTY LEADERS GOING NORTH Stevenson and Crocker Will Bo Ab sent During Campaign. SEATTLE. Wash., Aug. 4. (Special.) B. D. Crocker. "Collector of Internal Rev enue, and George H. Stevenson, manager of the Hotel Diller. both leaders In Re publican politics and close political friends of United States Senator Ankeny, left tonight for Alaska. The Republican coun ty and state conventions will be over be fore they return, as they expect to be in the north until late in September or early in October. Mr. Stevenson wa one of the pioneers of the Klondike, and had a claim on Hun ker Creek. Though the property was sold some time ago. the details of business were not arranged, and he goes north to conclude the deal. Mr. Crocker is going into Alaska to make an inspection of the revenue offices. Mr. Crocker and Mr. Ste venson will stop at Southeastern Alaska offices and then go through to Dawson. After Mr. Stevenson's personal business has been wound up he will accompany Mr. Crocker on a trip down the Ytrkon. The fact that both Mr. Crocker and Mr. .Stevenson are fcoing to Alaska at this time is indicative that neither regards po litical issues In the coming conventions of any great Importance or that they be lieve the situation safe. MILLS MAY BE SHUT DOWN Car Shortage on Pngct Sound Is Growing Serious. TACOMA, Aug. 4. (Special.) Many saw mills are shutting down, owing to the congested condition of freight traffic and the inability of manufacturers to get cars to move their products. Mlllmen along the Tacoma Eastern say their warehouses and platforms are filled with stock they are unable to move and many of them will close down. Tills means that some of the logging camps will have to suspend operations. A prominent manufacturer of the Gray's Harbor country says the mills there will generally close within a few days simply because they cannot get cars. "If this condition exists now," said a manufacturer of Tacoma, "what will It be when the wheat crop Is under full movement? There is no relief in prospect for several months except in the way of occasional cars to fill a few' orders." Meantime the market Is firm, with an upward tendency in prices. A rumor is current that some mills have decided to advance the price of long timbers, double car stuff 10 a thousand. STABS A DRINKING COMPANION Robert Orm Assaults Charles Price at Weiser, Idaho. WEISER, Idaho, Aug. 4. (Special.) Charles Price was stabbed on the street here this afternoon by Robert Orm. The men had been working In the hay field near the city, but came to town this afternoon and went on a spree together. They were talking amicably when Orm suddenly pulled a pocket knife and stabbed Price in the stomach, cutting a gash several inches long from which the bowels protruded. Orm escaped and a posse Is In pur suit. Price is In a serious condition. Both men are strangers here. Buys Pendleton Bank Stock. PENDLETON. Or., Aug. 4. (Special.) Monte B. Gwin, a prominent capitalist, today purchased J. A. Borie's stock in the Pendleton Savings Bank. Gwinn is well known in the financial world of the Northwest. He is president of the Cald well Bank & Trust to.; chairman of the executive committee of the National Ir rigation Congress, to meet in Boise, and hap heavy financial interests In different parts of Idaho. Youthful Forger in the Toils. PENDLETON, Or., Aug. 4. (Special.) Karl Kruger, 17 years old, was arrested here this evening for attempting to pass a forged check for $33. The check was on the First National, and wa signed "W. M. Anderson." RARE CHANCE TO TRAVEL. Very Low, Long.Tlme Round-Trip Tickets Via O. R. N. August 7, 8. 0 and September 8 and 10. the O. R. & N. sells very low long-time round-trip tickets to Eastern points. Par ticulars hv calling upon C. W. Stinger, City Ticket Agent,. Third and Washington .streets. Portland, KEEPS HANDS OFF Senator Piles Not Involved in . King County Campaign FIGHTS KNOWN ENEMIES Legislative Candidates Who Are Not Unfriendly to Seattle Man Will Bo Allowed to Settle Their Own Rivalries. SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 4. (Special.) United States Senator Piles will not interfere in the legislative fights in King County where Senatorial candi dates are friendly to him. He will fignt If a candidate appears whom the Piles managers regard with suspicion, or whom they And openly opposing the political interests of . the junior Sen ator. Neither Senator Piles nor his friends are deeply concerned in the list of nominees for the House as none of them will have a chance next year to vote for a candidate to succeed Sen ator Ankeny. However, the House nom inees will be scrutinized closely enough to indicate whether there is a fair de gree of certainty that they could be de pended upon in an emergency. This may be a somewhat ambiguous statement. But. that Is the way the sit uation Is explained by those who are authorized to speak 'for Senator Piles. It might be put moreiluntly this way: Senator Piles will not dip into the leg islative fight if the various districts are willing to nominate his friends, but that sounds something like an ultima tum and Senator Piles Is not delivering ultimatums. Fighting Two Men Only. ' There are two candidates for State Senator whom Senator Piles is fighting and he makes no secret of the fact that he is opposed to them. These are State Senator E. B. Palmer, and George W. Jeffrey, canjidates in the Thirty-sev-entli and Thirty-fifth legislative dis tricts, respectively. In the fight against Palmer there is no strong personal motive involved. Senator Piles gave his pledge for fu ture support to Robert Booth, then a member of the House, at the time Piles was elected to the United States Sen ate. His friends say he did not know then that Palmer would want to go back to the Legislature. But in any event the pledge to Booth was given and Piles will do all he can to nomi nate him. Booth is now an "Assistant Attorney-General. The last Legislature made an extra appropriation for the Attorney-General's office and Attorney General J. D. Atkinson gave a place to Booth. Rut for the Piles influence, this would count strongly against Booth. The fact j mat .rues wants mm win piwlwwj suit In his nomination. Booth's ward, the Third, has fewer votes than the Seventh, in which Palmer, who, by the way, la ex-Senator John L. Wilson's po litical Man Friday, resides. But Booth has no opposition at home, while a bitter fight is being waged against Palmer. Call Jeffrey a Knocker. The fight against Jeffrey in the Thirty fifth District dates back to the last Sena torial contest and has real politics be hind It. Jeffrey was not a Piles man and he is accused of traveling over the state and spreading the story that King Coun ty's Indorsement of Piles was not sincere. He appeared at Olympia to do damage to the Piles candidacy. Neither the Junior Senator nor his friends can now approve of his candidacy for the State Senate where he would have a chance to vote on a . successor to Senator Ankeny, n which choosing Senator Piles will be deeply interested. Piles has not chosen In this aistrict between State Senator Ws. G. Potts, can didate for re-election, and Frank A. Renlck, who was in the last House. His friends have a leaning toward Renick, but Piles himself has not indicated a preference. Whatever Is done by trie recognized leaders In the Thirteenth district toward selecting a successor to State Senator J. J. .Smith will be satisfactory to Senator Piles. He would probably prefer the nomination of I. B. Knickerbocker, now chairman of the King County Republican Committee, but is not insisting upon a choice. - Will Help Van De Vanter. If State Senator A.. T. Van De Vanter wants Piles' aid In his fight against Ralph D. Nichols, president of the Young Men's Republican Club in the Thirty-first dis trict, he can have It by applying for help. Senator .Piles assured Senator Van de Vanter a long time ago that he would aid him if he sought renominatlon. Van de Vanter Is in the fight, but he has been paying so much attention to his real es tate business in town and his interests in the King County Fair Association that Nichols has been left almost alone in the political fight. The outcome is going to be nllecl with interest, though either ma-n would be a strong Piles adherent. Senator Piles will let P. L. Allen and A. Klstler fight it out alone in Piles' home district. In the Thirty-fourth he is satisfied wfth either Irving T. Cole, George TJ. Piper or James A. Weir, the avowed candidates. Joe Lyons, alone in the fight in the Thirty-sixth, is satisfac tory, and in the Thirty-second, Watson Allen ana E. M. Williams have been ap proved. There are three other candi dates, but they have not been investi gated thoroughly. SMALL BOY LOSES A LEG Wynooche Farmer Runs Over Little Son With Mowing Machine. MONTESANO, Wash., Aug. 4. (Spe cial.) The 4-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. William Peterson, who live on a ranch about eight miles up the Wy nooche River above this place, had his leg cut entirely off yesterday by a mowing machine, the father having ac cidentally run over the little lad be fore he could stop bis team. The boy was at once brought down here and the leg amputated further up in order to secure the arteries. The lit tle fellow has stood the shock all right and the surgeons state that he is not now In danger. Stock Inspector for Clackamas. OREGON CITY. Or., Aug. 4. (Spe cial.) As an aid to the stock indus try In Clackamas County In preventing the spread of contagious disease, the County Court today appointed Richard Scott, of Mllwaukie, deputy stock in spector for the county. Mr. Scott is one of the leading; stock raisers in Clackamas County. Never Sent a Man to the Honpttal. During the Spanish-American War I commanded Company G, Ninth Illinois Infantry. During our stay in Cuba nearly every man in the company had diarrhoea or stomach trouble. We never bothered sending; a man to the surgeon or hospital, but nave him a dose or two of Chamber lain's Colic. Cholera and Diarrhoea Rem edy, and next day he was all right. We always had a dozen bottles or more of it in our medicine chest. Orra Havill. This remedy can always be depended upon for colic and diarrhoea, and should be kept on hand In every home. For sale by all druggists. 1 LADIES' MAN-TAILORED WAISTS AT HALF PRICE Sale of Outing Suite mkN Still Continues . (M- : : fmm ofLowPrice- SALE OF SUMMER VESTS The remaining stock of Summer Vests all the newest designs priced to sell quickly. $5.00 Vests reduced to $3.50 $4.00 Vests reduced to. $2.50 $3.00 Vests reduced to $2.00 $2.50 Vests reduced to $1.50 BEN GRADES BAFFLE HIM CAN FIJfD NO SATISFACTORY EN TRANCE TO TACOMA. Explains Abandonment of Oregon and 'Washington Franchise Enslneera Now Seeking New Route. SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 4. (Special.) Harriman engineers could find no way of entering Tacoma under the Oregon and Washington franchise that would escape a grade that averaged between 2.3 and 2.7 per cent. For this reason that grant was abandoned and a hunt ordered for a new entrance to the city. Surveys on a route a mile distant from the former line are under way, but Harriman officials have no idea of the line that will eventually be accepted. It is understood in railroad circles that old surveys were accepted by the Harriman line for the Tacoma en trance. Real estate buying was almost concluded before the Oregon and Wash ington Railroad was organized and the task put before the engineers for the Vno-fit sound extension was to find a way of utilizing the property. Tne jNonnern x-auiuu una n icu iv years to improve the grade in the gulch that the first Harriman survey nmnlatni uainfir RTlH the Hill line has failed. In fact the Hill line has given up all hope oi nnaing an uraei'i able grade and will build along the shore, tunneling through Point De fiance to preserve a minimum grade. The Harriman engineers encotintered . , jfAiiiHv that tVi Nnrfhprn ino came Pacific could not overcome and finally gave up me enori. -mat s wuj franchise was allowed to lapse a few days ago. At Tacoma the land begins to rise in a series of benches from tidewater to a broad plateau back of the city. Once upon this plateau, or table land, there is no gulch or water course offering an easy grade down to the shore line. Every line that has been investigated shows the road has to be brought down to tidewater within a distance of four or five miles. n . - ..i.i a n-tHn AarT nuth nf the Iy iiitLmiis ' . - city the Harriman line may be able to gain an easy gratie, aim im .uiciuc .a consideration. But this plan Involves a complicated entrance to depot grounds near the heart of the city, or establish ing a depot in a corner of the town. Both schemes are unsatisfactory. It is a fact, however, that no further steps will be taken at Tacoma toward se curing a new franchise until the defect in the grades has been remedied, for exces sive grades in a part of a transcontinental system are regarded as prohibitive of suc cessful competitive operation. The Ta coma real estate owned by the Harriman line Is advantageously situated, and the company will lose nothing from an invest ment standpoint. MONTESANO IS A SEAPORT Occan-Going Vessels Can Now As cend Cliehalis River. MONTESANO, Wash., Aug. 4. (Spe cial.) Edward L. Carpenter, of the United States Engineering Department, who has charge of the Government work on Gray's Harbor, yesterday finished his Inspection of the Chehalls River, which has Just been cleared of snags and other obstructions to navigation by J. W. Hall, of this city. The Inspection showed that the river Is now free of all impediments to navigation from the fish hatcheries above Montesano to Aberdeen, and that the channel offers no obstruction to deep draught vessels all the way up to this port. The Montesano Shingle Company, which is operating one of the sawmills here, has decided to extend its markets for fin $35.00 $30.00 $25.00 $20.00 $15.00 MEN'S STRAW HATS AT HALF PRICE Genuine Panamas, fine split straws everything in the straw hat line to go at one-half. $10.00 Panama Hats now: ... .$0.00 $ 5.00 Panama Hats now $ 3.00 Split Straw Hats now $1.50 '$ 1.00 Straw Hats now $ .50 JlS .Ladr JL-tf ished lumber, and will at once begin the construction of a 100-foot dock on the Che halis River fronting its mill, for the pur pose of making water shipments to Cali fornia points. Heretofore this mill has shipped all Its cut to the sash and door factories on Puget Sound, but will now in crease the capacity of the mill to meet the increased demand for its product. TELEPHONES FOR CLACKAMAS Northwest Long Distance Company Is Granted a Franchise. OREGON CITY, Or.. Aug. 4. (Spe cial.) The Clackamas County Court today granted a franchise to the Northwest Long Distance Telephone Company, of Portland, to erect poles and wires and maintain a telephony service throughout the county, subject to the customary restrictions. It is ..nflprctnn that, tho Northwest Com pany is in reality the Automatic Tele phone Company -that is seeking to in troduce its system in this section of the state. With the Pacific States Telephone and Telegraph Company and "the in numerable mutual telephone compa nies already organized, it will be but a short time until Clackamas County will be a network of telephone wires. NOBLEMAN WORKS ON STREETS Son of Knropatkin Has Unpleasant Experience in Vancouver, B. C. BELLINGHAM, Aug. 4, A special from Vancouver, B. C. to the Herald says : With hand3 blistered and raw from unaccustomed work as a laborer in the streets, Captain Kuropatkin, son of the famous Russian General, has left hers for Seattle. He complained bitterly while here of noblemen being forced to perform peasant labor in order to keep alive. New Oregon Incorporations. SALEM. Or., Aug. 4. (Special.) Articles of incorporation were filed with the Sec retary of State during the week closing tonight as follows: Sarjlam Gold Mining & Milling Com pany, Salem: $250,000; E. Maund, W. H. Claypool and George Whitaker, incorpo rators. J. S. Smith &' Co., of Chicago, III.: 2o. 000; C. T. Griffin, Robert Palmer and M. H. Clark, incorporators. East Side Bank, of Portland: J23.00O; H. H. Newhall, W. J. Lyons and J. A. Lyons, Incorporators. White River Irrigating & Lumber Com pany, of Portland: J25O.CO0: Joseph ; R. Keep. J. H. Kelley and J. H. Fox, Incor porators. First Bank & Trust Company, Bay City, Or.; $25,000; Scott Bozorth, M. A. Zallln ger and John K. Kollock, incorporators. Wild Pigeon Mineral Springs Company, of Portland; $80,000; L. W. Wynkoop, 9. F. Lee and J. V. Beach, incorporators. Benson Lumber Company, Portland: $30, 000: "3. Benson, A. B. Benson and O. J. Evenson, incorporators. Walla Walla Valley Traction Company, of Walla Walla and Pendleton; $m000; Isaac W. Anderson, Edwin S. Ieaacs, John B. Catron and R. B. Allen, Incorporators. The State Agent Company, Portland; $10,000; Edward 9. Simmons, E. C. Gamble, J. C. Foster, incorporators. Hillsboro Lumber Company, Portland; $16,000: E. M. Ward, J. C. Hre, George A. Morgan, incorporators. Willamette Social Club. Portland: W. W. Wheeler, Herman Hill, Jacob Jones, J. A. Merriman, incorporators. Transvaal Copper Mining Company, Jo seph, Or.: $2,000,000: O. V. Christy, J. W. Quirk and R. J. Eakman. incorporators. American Dentists Meet In Berlin. BERLIN, Aug. 4. The American Den tal Society of Europe concluded Its yearly convention today with the election of H. C. Merrill, of Cologne, as president. These suits are all the latest Summer models, cut from the best grade worsteds, cheviots and blue serges. , They will be closed out within the next few days, so hurry if you wish to reap the benefit $25.00 Two-Piece Outing Suits Now $20.00 Two-Piece Outing Suits Now $15.00 Two-Piece Outing Suits Now Three-Piece Three-Piece Three-Piece Three-Piece Three-Piece Summer Summer Summer Summer Summer ELK DIE BY THE SCORE EPIDEMIC OF MANGE PROVES FATAL TO IDAHO HERDS. Residents of tpprr Clearwater Dis tricts Say Hundred of Animals Will Not Live Through Summer. LEWISTON, Idaho, Aug. 4. (Spe cial.) Elk in the Bitter Root forest reserve are dying by the score from the mange, or some kindred disease. Game Warden Harbaugh, who returned to night from a trip to the Selway. where he went to investigate a report that elk had been killed out of season, says he found a half dozen or more of the noble animals dead In that vicinity from the, ravages of the mange.' People who reside on the headwaters of the Clearwater River say whole herds of elk are affected, and that hun dreds of the big brutes will not live through the Summer. File Three More Water nights. OREGON CITY. Or., Aug. 4. (Spe cial.) Three Instruments, proposing the appropriating of a total of 140,000 miner's Inches of water from the head waters of the Clackamas River, for manufacturing purposes, were today filed with Recorder Ramsby. S. B. Cobb will appropriate 100,000 miner's Inches from the Sandy River; J. H. Alexander will take 20,000 inches from Bull Run, and C. W. Pallett expects to divert the same volume of water from the Little Bandy River. This makes a total of 320,000 miner's inches that It is proposed to take from the upper Clackamas River, according to the in struments that have been recorded in this city during the last two days. Improving Harriman System. OREGON' CITY. Or., Aug. 4,. (Spe cial.) A party of surveyors for the Southern pacific Company Is operating In this city preliminary to making some important changes In tha com pany's system in this city, by which the danger to human life will be min imized and the oompany's roadbed will be placed in a more satisfactory con dition. The Improvements in contem plation includte the placing of the main track on practically a direct line be tween the passenger depot and Elev enth street. Plans will also be pre pared for an overhead team and pe destrian crossing at the foot of Singer Hill, the present roadway being an ever-present source of danger to both teams and pedestrians. TAX D0DGERS REPORTED James Hamilton Lewis Investigates on Behalf of Chicago. CHICAGO. Aug. 4. An increase in the assessed valuations of Chicago es tates running into the millions may be made by the Board of Review, as the result of information filed with that body yesterday by Corporation Counsel J. Hini.lton Lewis. The re sult of several weeks' investigation car ried on secretly by experts in the employ of the Corporation Counsel was laid be fore the board, with two specific recom mendations. One is that millions of dol lars be added to the present assessed valuations of the property. The other I? that back taxes be Imposed in nearly 350 cases. The board Is also requested to call be fore It representatives of 23 wealthy es tates to show cause why they should not Immediately be assessed for taxes al leged to have been evaded in past years. The names presented to the board by ING $15.00 $12.50 $10.00 $25.00 $20.00 $17.50 $13.50 $10.00 Suits Suits Suits Suits Suits Now Now Now Now Now REDUCED PRICES ON BOYS' WASH SUITS Boys' Washables are being sold out rapidly. Every Wash Suit in the house now selling at exactly one-half price. $1.00 Wash Suits now $ .50 $2.00 Wash Suits now $1.00 .v$3.00 Wash Suits now $1.50 LEADING CLOTHIER Colonel Lewis Include fhose of Chicago's most prominent financiers, business men. bankers and leaders in civic and social affairs. HAS PAPA IS10 RISEN AGAIN Filipino Bandit, Supposed Dead, Re ported on Warpath. WASHINGTON. Aug. 4. Papa Islo, the bandit and religious fanatic who caused so much trouble In Occidental Negros, Is the latest claimant for posthumous exist ence. Reports have reached Washington that the much-feared lnsurrecto is still alive and has 12 followers, who are as sisting him In preparing for another revo lutionary movement. Army officers do not credit rumors of Papa isio's activity and say he was unquestionably killed. At the time of the famous bandit's death his head was reported to have been put in brine for identification. The resurrection of Papa Islo adds an other to the long list of revolutionists who are credited with many lives. Fagan, Felizardo and Datto All are the best known of the other leaders who are con stantly being reported as alive, in spite of scores of affidavits showing when they were killed. Kaiser Visits New Grandson. BEKL.IN, Aug. 4. 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It Is not so good for acute colds and cougb.9, but for lingering, or chronlo cases it Is espeolally efficacious In producing per fect cures. It contains Black Cherrybark. Golden Seal root, Bloodroot, Stone root. Mandrake root and Queen's rootall of whioh are highly praised as remedies for all the above mentioned affeotloni by such eminent medical writers and teachers as Prof. Bartholow, of Jefferson Med. Col lege; Prof. Hare, of the Univ. of Pa. Prof. Flnley Elllngwood, M. D., of Ben nett Med. College, Chicago ; Prof. John King, M. D., late of Cincinnati ; Prof. John M. Scudder, M. D.. late of Cincin nati ; Prof. Edwin M. Hale. M. D., of Hahnemann Med. College, Chicago, and scores of others equally eminent In their several schools of practice. The "Golden Medical Discovery" Is the only medicine put up for sale through, druggists for like purposes, that has any such professional endorsement worth more than any number of ordinary testi monials. Open publicity of Its formula on the bottle wrapper is the best possible guaranty of its merits. A glance at this published formula will show that"GoIden Medical Discovery" contains no poison ous or harmful agents and no alcohol chemically pure, triple-refined glycerine being usea instead. Glycerine is entirely unobjectionable and besides is a most useful ingredient in the cure of all stom ach as well as bronchial, throat and lung affections. There is the highest medical authority for its use in all Snch cases. The "Discover " Is a concentrated glyc eric extract of native, medicinal roots and i9 safe and Tollable. A booklet of extracts from eminent, medical authorities, endorsing its ingre dients mailed free on request. Address Dr. E. V. Pierce, Buffalo. Y.