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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (July 28, 1907)
THE SLDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND. JULY 28, 1907. i K STATETRQPHY CUP Portland Boys of the Third Oregon Infantry Are Crack Shots. DEFEAT ROSEBURG'S TEAM Visitors Score 48 6 Out of Possible 600, While Home Sharpshoot ers Run Up- 4E0 Some Clever Work Shown. ROBEBURG, Or.. July 27. (Staff Corre spondence.) In a closely-fought rifle com petition. Company K. of the Third Ore gon Infantry, of Portland, won the state trophy cup on the target range a mile east of Roseburg today. The Portland team defeated the formidable Roseburg sharpshooters by a scant six points. When the last shot was fired. Portland's marksmen had a score of 46 points out of a possible 600, while Roseburg totalled just 480. The trophy contest proved a spirited one throughout. Roseburg held the cup from last year and 'was determined to keep it. Eighteen teams entered the comneti tion and all had been drilling months for the event. A Roseburg man, Private B. F. Shields, won the state individual medal, beating Captain Denn of Port land, by two points. , This trophy competition marked the first event of the annual state target shoot. Riflemen are in camp from all over Oregon and today's scores proved that the Guard has some excellent rifle men. And riflemen -are what count in event of hostility, dress parade soldiers being of no consequence. In slow and rapid-fire shooting, accord ing to the terms of today's shoot. Com pany K's score of 486 is an exceptional one. inasmuch as the range was changed three times, and during the final volley each marksman was required to fire five shota within 20 seconds. The Roseburg command. Company D, of the First Separate Battalion, is likewise being com mended by it3 score of 490. Nearly every one of the 18 teams on the range shot above the 400 mark. Seventy Men In Contest. The effectiveness of marksmanship of this sort. on a firing line is obvious. It Is estimated by tacticians that 100 trained sharpshooters are worth more In warfare than a regiment of soldiers who cannot hit what they shoot at. The man who yells and advances, firing wildly, proves hi patriotism and courage and makes much noise. But it Is the man who shoots straight that wins the battles. Three hundred men, m all, are en camped at the rifle range. Of this number, 70 men are entered In the rifle contests. Five companies of the separate battalions are on hand for in struction in military duties and are not shooting. The instruction camp 13 in command of Major Yoran, of the separate battalion. The rifle competi tion is under the supervision of Adjutant-General w. E. Flnzer, as eiecu tive officer, and Major F. S. Baker, chief .range officer. The trophy shoot opened at 8 A. M. today , and did not end until late this afternoon. Early in the. day it was plain that the struggle was between Company If. of Portland, and Company D. of Roseburg. Other teams, while doing good work, were plainly out classed by these two squads. In all, jnoo rounds of ammunition were fired. The valley below the range has been echoing all day with the sharp rattle of rifle firing. The forenoon was devoted to slow .Ire at 200 yards. Company K gained I slight advantage on this range, but lost it early In the forenoon over the 300-yard range, slow fire, when Com pany D forged ahead. The marksmen worked with the greatest possible rare, and necessarily progress of the flow firing was leisurely. Ideal condi tions continued through the forenoon, the sun being obscured and the atmos phere being clear and steady. A bright sun appeared at noon, however, and made the afternoon shooting more dif ficult over the long-distance range. Boys Do Clever Work. The rapid-fire shooting at 200 yards was what gave final victory to the Portland team. Each man was re quired, to fire five shots at a target COMPANY w s Short Sight-Far Sight Either Can Be Corrected Instep Supporters For flat-foot a certain relief and cure; pair $1.50 Sent to. any' address on re ceipt of price and size of'shoe I Artificial Benders' Ideal Bandages Elastic without rubber; any width, any length; a help and cure for strains, sprains or any weakness of the joints. Complete Telephone Ex change 11. No Delay representing the half-figure of a man. This target remained in sight above the pits only 20 seconds for each marksman. Each bullseye counted five points, and any man tardy in shooting his final shot thereby lost five points for each shot left unflred. Few of the marksmen got left, and none of the leading teams for a point in this man ner. Next to a -skirmish run. this rapid fire work i is the supreme test of a marksman. He has to work quickly or not at all. The target does not wait any more than does any enerny keep in sight any longer than necessary. Riflemen who qualify In this work are rated as the very besfsoldiers for war time. Every man in the camp was out to see Company K and D finish on the rapid fire range. Captain R. O. Scott lead oft with a score of 43 out of a possible 50. Sergeant A. A. Schwartz followed with a score of 32. Corporal C. E. Upton made 45. Captain F. B. Hamlin lead off for Company D. scoring 35. Corporal C. S. Jackson followed with 41, Sergeant A. Q. Johnson -32. and Private B. F. Shields 47. Private Shields' score was close to the record for rapid-fire work and won for him the state Individual medal. He got every shot in . with machine-like preci sion iffside of 20 seconds, lowering his rifle, in fact, before the target sank out of sight at the expiration of his time. Spectacular Events Today. Tomorrow's competition will be the most spectacular and Interesting of the three days on the range. It will be occupied by the state individual match consisting of a skirmish run. and slow firing at 200, 600, 800 and 1000 yards. Gold, silver and bronze medals will be distributed to the winners. The scores made by the various teams in today's trophy shoot were as follows: Company A, First Separate Battalion, 455; Separate Company E, 403; Company H, Third Infantry. 412: Company B. First Separate Battalion. 345; Separate Com pany F, 422; Company C, Third Infantry, 381; Company I Third Infantry, 356; Com pany K, Third Infantry, 486; Company I, Third Infantry, 33; staff of the Third In fantry, 452; Company F, Third Infantry, 416; Company M. Third Infantry, 475; Com pany A. Third Infantry, 329: Company EJ. Third Infantry. 360; Company D, First Separate Battalion. 480. The team Captains are Captain Denny. Lieutenant Haines, Captain Bowman, Lieutenant Parsons, Lieutenant Beard, Lieutenant Probst, Lieutenant Deieh, Sergeant Cammack. Captain Scott, Cap tain Kern. Sergeant White. Sergeant Fur nish. Lieutenant Spencer, Sergeant Gilbert, Captain Hamlin. Sergeant Snoderass, Lieutenant Cunningham and Lieutenant Houch. The range officers are Major F. S. Baker. Chief Lieutenant Colonel J. M. Poorman. Captain F. W. Settlemier, Lieu tenant A. E. Jenkins. Lieutenant Moss berger, Lieutenant Metcalf and Lieutenant Agee. G. A. W. CONTRACT IS DECLARED VOID Foreign Corporation Had Not Com plied With Oregon Tax Law. ASTORIA. July 27. (Special.) Be fore adjourning the session of the Cir cuit Court last evening. Judge Mc Brlde rendered a decision in favor of the plaintiff in the case of T. K. John son vs. B. A. Seaborg et al. The deci sion is a far-reaching one, as the court held that any contract relating' to property located in Oregon made be tween a resident of Oregon and a for eign corporation, which has not paid a license In this state. Is void. The suit In question way over the pbsesslon of what are known as the T. K. Johnson seining grounds. In 1905 Johnson leased the grounds, which are located in Oregon, to B. A. Seaborg at a stated annual rental, the lease to run until 1915. Seaborg operated the grounds for one year and paid the rental. He then transferred the lease to the Sea borg Packing Company, a Washington corporation which at the time had not paid the license required by the Oregon statutes before a foreign corporation can transact business in this state. The packing company operated the grounds during the season of 1906, but failed to pay the rental and later went into the hands of a receiver. Last Spring Johnson took possession of the grounds, claiming the terms of the lease had not been conformed with, and when the company attempted to drive a trap on the property he brought the suit to restrain the company from driving the trap and also to oust it from the prop erty. In fts defense the company claimed Johnson had extended the time for paying the rental. But In render ing his decision the court held that the defendant company could not plead such a cause, as the corporation had not complied with the laws of Oregon, In that It had not paid the required license fee and was thus not qualified to transact business within the limits of the state. Dies at Age of 112 Tears. RAHWAY, N. J.. July 27. Catherine Moore Drew died today, aged 112. Her fac ulties, except for a slight deafness, were well preserved. Headaches and many obscure nervous complaints are often re lieved by properly fitted glasses. "We make no charge in our Optical Department until you are satisfied. ttAT FOOT WITH ARCH SUPP0W (Glass) Eyes Over, 2000, to meet any size or shade re quired. Selection sent to your address. WoodareL DEEPEN SEA INLET Government to. Begin Work at Gray's Harbor. EXPECT 24-FOOT CHANNEL Engineer Clapp 'ow at Aberdeen to Do Preliminary WTork Jetty to North Side of Harbor Also to Be Constructed. ABERDEEN. Wash.. July 27. (Spe cial.) Assistant United States Engi neer Clapp. of Seattle, has reached Gray's Harbor to start the preliminary work for the improvement of the Gray's Harbor channel to the sea and the construction of the proposed jetty on- the north side of the entrance to this port. Engineer Clapp will survey the channel for the American Con tracting; Company, of San Francisco, which corporation has the contract for the inner-harbor work, and will make arrangements for the transfer of he Government property on the south side of the harbor, which was used in the construction of the south jetty, to a point on the north side. . The improvement contemplates a channel 200 feet wide and 18 feet deep at mean low water, from the mouth of the Hoquiam River to a point this side of the old Gray's Harbor city wharf, following what Is termed the north channel. When this work is completed the dredger will begin at the upper end of Cow Point, between this city and Hoquiam, and work through that shoal to the mouth of the Hoquiam River. The contractors will use the dredger Pacific, a self-propelling craft, which Is seagoing, and has been used on Puget Sound and in the Hawaiian Islands. A crew is to be started soon at Westport to take up the Government tramway there, tear down the mess houses, sleeping-quarters and other buildings, preparatory to removal to the north side. Specifications have been prepared for the trestle ap proaches and the jetty trestle will be extended to the low-water line in the same contract. This will permit of the operation of the hydraulic driver. The project for bar Improvement in the opinion of those authorized to speak, will result in a channel of 24 feet at mean low water on the bar, and it is Engineer Clapp's opinion that it may run higher. It is the Ameri can Contracting Company to which the contract for filling the tide-flat streets of Aberdeen and Hoquiam ha.3 also been awarded. ' EARLIXG ENDS LONG JAUNT Reaches Seattle After Trip Over Route of Milwaukee Railroad. SEATTLE. Wash., July 27. (Spe cial.) President A. J. Earling, of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, reached ' Seattle tonight, thoroughly convinced, after a trip over the right of way of the St. Paul from Missoula. Mont., to the Coast, that his line will be operating trains into Seattle by 1909. Despite the fact that reports from sub-contractors indicate the work has been delayed by a late shipping in the Cascades; that the Bitter Rodt tun nel is scarcely commenced and that be tween Tekoa and the St. Joe River the contractors have been exasperatingly slow. President Earling; said tonight that the progress on the west end has exceeded the expectations of the direc torate of the road. Except for the 30-mile ride down the St. Joe River in a skiff. 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NEW LIFE-SAVING STATION Government AVill Begin Construc tion at Once Near Tillamook. BAY CITY, Or., July 27. (Special.) Work on the new Tillamook Llfesavlng Station Is at last about to begin. Mr. Andre Fourchy, Assistant-Superintendent of Construction of the T.tfeaving Servioe, Q Nurse Perfume Nurse Inhaler Use INDIGESTION? Use Nothing better nam who with his family arrived here Sunday from Norfolk, Va., left Thursday for Garibaldi, near where the station Is to be erected. The contract for the construction of the station has ee na-warded to Ferguson Huston, of Astoria, who are now on the grounds with the required materials. Th,e station Is to be located at a point about or)e and a half miles from Gari baldi and near Tillamook Bar. The buildings are to consist of a main struc ture 40x45 feet, where the keeper and crew will live, a boathouse J4x40 feet, and outhouses. The equipment will consist of a 26-foot surfboat and the usual ac cessories to such a station. 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The first harvesting accident of the season in this vicinity occurred this w lr. whn J. JC. Davis, a farmer living For the Sick Room , And the Invalid Each Evtry requisite for Health and Comfort. Invalid Chairs $25 up Rented, if desired. Medicinal Oases $2.00 up Plain, or filled; leather or rosewood. Commode Chairs $12.50 Fever Thermometers $1.00 Accurate. ' 1 - pan V The Latest Happenings Sellin Just to make room for the Fall Mer chandise which is soon to arrive. Men's 2-Piece Outing Suits Half Price t Youths' 2-Piece Outing Suits Half Price Boys' Wash Suits, now Half Price Misses' and Ladies' Wash Suits and Coats Half Price NOTE Our Mr. Ben Selling is now in New York with the world's Best Clothing manu facturers, overseeing the making of the clothes that will be shown by this house this Fall. . Leading Clothier three miles southwest of Albany, fell from a load of hay and fractured a rib. Big anticipation sale on at Robinson & Co.'s. See page 10. section 1. 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