The Sunday Oregonian., February 16, 1908, SECTION TWO, Page 10, Image 22

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?JHE SUNDAY OKE tiOMAX, PORTLAND, FEBRUARY 16, 1908.
SAYS LOVE WAS
GAUD BY FRAUD
California! Charged With Se
curing Woman's Affections,
on Promise of Wealth.
TOLD OF A RICH LEGACY
Mi SB Kathcrine McCall Sues .John
Gribble for $5000, Having De-
iayed Wedding for Years
on His Promises.
Jnlin Gribble. a young Californian, is
in the County Jail on the unusual charge
of obtaining affections under false pre
tenses. He is accused of having prac
ticed fraud in winning the love of Miss
Katherine McCall, his former fiancee.
First Case of Its Kind.
Gribble is the first man to see the in
side of the local Jail on such a charge as
this. His arrest was effected on a writ
of arrest issued in. connection with a
damage suit for JuOOO filed Jby Miss Mc
Call. who mtys her whole life has been
fceel'ouded by Grlbble's deceitful conduct.
The affair is a romantic one which had
its beginning at San Rafael, Cal., In Oc
tober of 1904, when the two became en
gaged. Gribble was then a youth of 22.
while Miss McCall was four years his
senior. Strangely enough, the two agreed
that there would be no wedding until
early In 190S. They left San Rafael to
gether and have been living in Portland
for some time past. Gribble being quite
well known about the cigar stands.
Consents to Delayed Wedding.
Cribble's arrest was occasioned yester
day, when the woman in the case brought
lier damage siHt against him, charging
him with fraud.- According to her com
plaint, filed with the court during the
day, Gribble won her consent to a de
layed marriage by representing that he
had a. valuable legacy left him by a rel
ative In England. He was to get the
money on becoming 25 years of age, pro
vided he remained single until that time.
Kor that reason he could not marry her
at once, and she 6ays she consented to
wait, finally agreeing to start housekeep
ing. It was a long wait, but Miss McCall
sayi she waited. And when her fiance
reached the age of 25 nothing in the leg
acy line materialized. Furthermore, Grib
ble refused to marry her. Now her char
actor ami health are both missing, she
says, and she would like the court to fill
tile hiatus with an order compelling Grib
ble to pay her t"000. Gribble is in Jail
because of inability to furnish $5000 bail,
although he has hired a law'yer and may
try habeas corpus proceedings.
COVUT ORDERS KEEIjKY CURE
I ii usual Sentence Pronounced on
Sell wood Postoff ice Robber.
Claude Kggleston. self-confessed par
ticipant in the Sellwood postofflce rob
bery lust Winter, was yesterday sentenced
by Judge Wolverton in the Federal Court
to tHke the Keelcy cure. This unusual
sentence was imposed on the recommen
dation of I'nited States Attorney Bristol
nd Attorney W. H. McGarry, counsel for
KsRlcxton.
Kggluston admitted to the court that he
was hopili'SMly addicted to liquor and
pleaded for a chance to reform. The
-ondttlons of the sentence are that Eg
glestou is to stop drinking and he is
allowed six months to complete the treat
ment at the Keelcy Institute. On the
third Monday of each month he will be
required to report to Judge Wolverton
that the prosress of his reformation may
he noted. If he keeps his pledge for that
length of time, the probation period may
be extended. But if he fails to keep
Ills promise or attempts to escape from
the Keeley Institute, a bench warrant
will b Issued and lie will be transferred
immediately to McNeils Island to begin
serving a five years' sentence which is
the alternative if he violates the terms of
3d unusual punishment.
A fine of $150 was imposed on Louis
Gilbralth, a co-defendant with Kggles
ton in the Sellwood robbery. This com
pletes the disposition of the gang that
robbed the suburban postofflce last Win
ter. - Wayne and Anderson, the ring
leaders, were convicted in the Federal
Court and sentenced to nine years each
at McNeils Island.
TOXE IS 'FREED OX PAROLE
Year's Sentence for Tuking Advan
tage of Banks' Error.
G. 1. G. Stone, the Portland Gas
Company foreman who appropriated
S.'iOO which the Security Savings &
Trust Company gave him by mistake,
was sentenced to year in the Peni
tentiary and immediately paroled, yes
terday. Judgment was passed by Cir
cuit Judge Cleland.
The parole was granted with the un
derstanding that Stone be taken back
by 'his former employers. Assurance
was given that he would get back his
position, the gas company overlooking
the theft and regarding him as too
valuable a man to lose.
Stone was given what was supposed
to be a $500 bundle of bills at the
bank last Winter. The money was for
use in paying oft mechanics employed
by the company. After paying out the
J500, Stone found there was $500 left
and Instead of refunding the money.
Tie spent it. He did not regard his
conduct as theft, but laughed openly
at what he termed "a good joke on the
bank." Stone's mirth ended though
when he was suddenly thrown in jail
and It has kept him busy since then
getting the incident straightened out
to the extrnit of keeping out of the
Penitentiary.
AVOMAX SEXTEXCED TO PRISON
Mrs. J. J. ."lones Will Serve a Year
' for Robbing Miner.
One year in ' the penitentiary is the
penalty Mrs. J. J. Jones must pay for
allowing an Alaskan miner to deposit his
money and valuables in her pocketbook
and then walking off with thera. She was
sentenced to that term by Circuit iJudge
Cleland. yesterday afternoon. The woman
took the sentence stoically. Lawyer
Vaughn made a lengthy plea for mercy
in her behalf, saying the woman was the
victim of circumstances and her principal
iifTenee was lack of knowledge of the
ways of the world.
Mrs. Jones came to Portland from
firitiHil Columbia, where she left her
husband and four children, because life
there was too dull for her. She led a
frivolous existence the first few weeks of
lier stay In Portland, but her 'frolic Was
eudctf suddenly with her arrest for rob
bing the miner. ' She did not plan to
rob the fellow, but when he left his
valuables in her pocketbook while drunk,
the temptation to abscond was too great
for her.
The miner had been trying to Induce
her to get a divorce and go to Alaska
with him, promising her everything he
had.
ROBBED WIFE OF HER SAVINGS
Allegation Made in Divorce Com
plaint Against E. J. Elliott.
Fifty dollars for clothing in eight years
of married life!
That is all Mrs. Lilia Rose Blliott, of
this city has been allowed to. spend by
her husband, .Edward J. Elliott, a postal
clerk, as she alleges in a divorce com
plaint filed in the State Circuit Court yes
terday. And that is the smallest part of her
grievance. He compelled her to go out
and do housework and by the most rigid,
even painful, economy she managed to
save $3000. When that amount was got
together the head of the family departed
for parts of California unknown. Need
less to say he took the $3000 with him.
Naturally, Mrs. Elliott is tired of her
bargain and wants a divorce.
JOHN HAIL IS APPOINTED
Made Administrator or Estate of the
Late J. L. Hicklin.
John H. Hall was appointed by County
Judge Webster, yesterday, administrator
of the estate of J. L. Hicklin. The estate
Is worth $5500. Hicklin left it all to his
mother. Mrs.-" Sarah J. Hicklin, of
Klickitat County, Washington.
The will of Charles Evans, an old man
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STEAMER AXTIOCH, WHICH IS Tp BE PIT OX THE PORTLAXD
TILLAMOOK RUS.-
The above photograph shows the steamer Antioch, which a syndi-.
cate of Portland, and Tillamook business men is to purchase and put
on the Portland-TIIlamook run. It is expected that the trade to be
developed will make the operation of the new line profitable.
who died at St. Vincent's Hospital early
this month, was filed for probate yester
day, $500 worth of mining stock being left
to the hospital. Mining stock worth $1500
more was distributed among friends, $1000
going to Mrs. Lizzie Frelland and her
three children.
GUILTY OF SIMPLE LARCEXY
E. B. Henderson, Charged With
Burglary, Gets Jail Sentence.
E. B. Henderson, the young man ar
rested for burglarizing the art store in
the Portland Hotel, was found guilty
"of larceny in the State Circuit Court
last nig'lft and sentenced to serve a
term of nine months in the County Jail.
The case was placed on trial last
Wednesday, but was 'delayed through
the illness of one of the jury. It was
resumed yesterday, when arguments
were heard and the case left with the
Jury late in the day. A verdict of
simple larceny seemed to be highly
pleasing to Henderson, who had feared
a penitentiary charge being found
against him.
HIGHWAYMEN ROB FARMER
Ben Sellinger Is Held Up on the
Slavln Road.
In a lonely spot on the Slavin Road,
near an old brickyard, Ben Sellinger,
who resides in Hillsdale and who .was
driving a farm wagon home after a
visit to the city, was stopped by two
highwaymen last night shortly after
dark and robbed. The two robbers
had seen the driver coming and had
hidden behind a clump of brush. When
the wagon arrived abreast of them,
they jumped out and leveling a revol
ver at Sellinger, commanded him to
alight. He complied and they rifled
his pockets of their contents.
The victim was then ordered to
climb into, the wagon and compelled to
drive off down the road with his horses
on the run, under the threat that if
he slowed down while in sight they
would fire. Immediately upon his ar
rival home Sellinger telephoned the
details of the affair to the Chief of
Police, Gritzmacher, giving a de
scription of the thugs.
He said that owing to several pur
chases made in town, the amount of
money he had at the time was small,
but. that the robbers took everything
they could find on him.
W. Dorcher, who lives at 17 Mar
shall street, was also held up and
robbed last night by two men about 10
o'clock. Mr. Dorcher had alighted from
a car at the corner of Twentieth and
Marshall streets, within half a block
from his house, when approached by
two men who gave the usual command,
"hands up." JJorcher was relieved of
all the money he had, which amounted
to $3. He reported to the police that
he thought that he had seen the two
men before .and coolcU easily Identify
them.
Quake Severs Alaska Cable.
VANCOUVER . BARRACKS, Wash.,
Feb. 15. (Special.) A dispatch was re
ceived at department headquarters this
morning announcing that a severe earth
quake occurred between Valdez and Sit
ka, in Prince William Sound, breaking
the Government cable, 'and communica
tion with Alaska has been severed. No
report can be received from Fairbanks
until the cable Is repaired. It is an
nounced at headqaurters that the cable
ship Burnside will leave Seattle next
Monday to search out the break and
make repairs.
Another South Bend Burglary.
SOUTH BEND, Wash., Feb. 15. (Spe
cial.) Burglars entered Werley's dry
goods store, at this place last night, by
prying open a rear window, .and took an
iron box from the safe, which was un
locked, containing $150; also a Smith &
Wesson revolver. This is the fifth burg
lary within the past month.
See Keats' Auto ad, section 4, page 7.
Ey Glasses $1.00 at Metzger'i.
BUILD RAILROAD
TO SWIFT PLANT
Harriman General Manager
Orders Work Begun on
New Line.
LAY ONE MILE. OF TRACK
Will Be Oregon End of Union Pa-
cific's Extension to Sound As
sures Immediate Construction ,
of Packing Establishment.
Orders to commence the construction
of the Oregon & Washington Railnoad,
the Puget Sound extension of the.
Union Pacific, were issued yesterday by
General Manager O'Brien of the Harri
man lines in this state. This is the sec
ond large railroad project to be under
taken by the Harriman interests in tisii
territory within the past two week
The first work to be resumed was on
$ttsi ft.
the Riparia-X.ewiston line, operation
on which. were recommenced 10 days
ago.
General Manager O'Brien has au
thorized only the construction of that
portion of the Oregon & Washington?
Railroad south of the Columbia River,
the remainder of the construction be
ing under the direction of General
Manager J. D. Farrell, with headquar
ters at Seattle. Work will be begun
Just as soon as the contract can be
let and the-materials assembled.
This order does not include the im
mediate construction of the Oregon &
Washington tunnel through the Penin
sula. Bids were rece.ived recently, for
this work, but owing to changed con
ditions in the labor mar'ket, the original
tenders were sent back to contractors
unopened and new bids will be asked
within a short time.
Mile of New Track.
The work just ordered involves an
expenditure of about $125,000. although
the distance to be covered Is -bfit little
over a mile. Track to be lald at once
is in the shape of a giant letter-S. The
track will leave the Troutdalrf exten
sion of the O. R. & N. at a point a shorf
distance, east of Maegly Junctictn. The
new line will run toward the souVh ap
proach of the new Spokane, Portland
& Seattle bridge on a slight curvet .and
upon the two roads converging,- a
reverse curve will be built, leaving the
Spokane, Portland & Seattle line and
running almost directly east into tbe
packinghouse district lying along the
Columbia River.
. The work is expensive throughout,,
for there is a great deal of piling to be
done. Some of this piling will be
permanent bridge-work acrofts sloughs
and lowlands that the river covers at
certain stages. Other portions of the
track will be built on piling tempor
arily and filled in -with earth later.
The principal object in constructing
this portion of the Oregon & Washing
ton at this time will be to reach the
holdings of Swift & Co.. which He along
the Columbia River northeast of Pied
mont. An early railroad connection Is
desired by the Swift people so that
materials may be hauled in for the con
struction of the big packing plant and
stockyards. t .
Heed Swift's Request.
W'hen Louis Swift was here last w'eek
he expressed his desire to -the rails oad
people that the. spurs to the packing
house tracts should be laid at once; so
that work might begin early ni;xt
Spring. General Manager O'Brien ma de
recommendations to the Eastern offi
cials of the Harriman system that work
be started on this connection at onco.
and favorable action was taken on his
recommendation.
This means there will be no delay to
the packinghouse projects by reason
of the railroad companies, and Indicates,
that workmen will begin building at
the Swift plant within a very short
time. The spur to the Swift site will V
oe Dunt to a certain point Dy tne
Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway,
after, the Harriman people have com
pleted their -extension, and the Harri
man and Hill people will divide the
cost of construction. The Swift people
have promised to lay tracks that will
serve the buildings and stockyards of
the packinghouse district to the best
advantage.
MERIT SYSTEM INTRODUCED
Canadian Pacific Railway Will Re
ward Faithful Employes.
To put railroad men on their metal
by giving them good or bad marksand
keeping a record of their actions, is the
plan of the Canadian Pacific Railway
officials. Just as ihe teacher used to
give the small ooy a credit mark when
U worked out a compl cated problem in
frncuons on the ooarJ and explain id it
to the whole class, r a black mark wh;n
he threw a spitbail al a fellow student,
so the Canadian Pacific officials will
iccord the failiitrs or th successes ot
their men in railroad work.
The l.ew order Is aimed at careless
service, drinking while on duty and fail
ure to carry out orcers. Obviously, the
merit system will be used principally in
the operating department of the road.
The plan has been worked out by Assist
ant General Superintendent ' Bury, of
JV'inDipeg, who propotec to give credits
to inploxes when they do anything crcd
ItaL te, and by the sainc token the train
man t who drinks on duty, or fails to obey
sign; Us, is given a demerit, six of which
n".Ci. t discharge, .t is provided also that
a go d mark will of'set a demerit.
n a. circular Jutt. itsiitd. Assistant
Gener l Superintendent Eury indicates
the ni inner in -which the new regulations
will b enforced. All employes will
start w nth a clean recoul, and a weekly
disciplL le list "will be issued on each di
vision. This list will show" cause, extent
of discii time, or action and extent of re
ward, -is heretofore, employes will be
liable to : sumi nary dismissal for cause.
For ever y 12 n lonths' consecutive service
free froi u dejjierit marks an employe
will liavtl 20 demerit marks deducted
'from his record.
TRY OUI! NEW SAFETY DEVICE
f Operating; Officials of O. R. & X.
Pleasipd; 'With Its Workings.
Operating, officials of the O. R. &. N.
are trying out a device that has just
leen paten ted by Portland men to stop
trains if I3iey pass semaphores ' set to
halt them at th entrance to a block -on
Hie line. 'Che attachment is designed to
work with the "block signal system now
in use- on the O. R. & N. and to correct
the lapses of memory that sometimes
occur in th most unaccountable man
ner. If a locomotive engineer enters a block
on the line, where the red board is set
against him. Sndicating there is another
train in that block, which does not per
mit him to proceed until the block is
cleared and the signal automatically in
dicates the fact by the board, the train
stopping de vice comes into play and pre
vents the cureless, engineer from entering
the forbiddem block.
The apparatus works In this way. As
soon as the engine enters the block, a
shoulder- attached to the rati is hit by
the wheels of the train and the apparatus
automatically sets the air brakes, stop
ping the train instantly and preventing
j possible accidents through the oversight
4 if the trainmen.
A test of the apparatus was made dur
ii lg. the past week, but it was not suf
ficient to establish the merits of the in
vt ntion definitely. Further tests will De
mtide this weeki. If the device will do all
ths t is claimed for it, it will probably be
pu chased by the Harriman lines and put
in wherever the block system has been
instulled.
Committee Does Not Meet.
There was no session of the special
City Council committee named by Mayor
Lane to probe the alleged illegal com
bines, .and it dm not hold a meeting yes
terday. Councilman Concannon, one of
the members, "was ill.' Chairman Vaughn
Jias called another meeting for 10 A. M.
Tuesday
IMPROVE TtiE DAIRY COW
Oregon iDairymen Discuss Subject at
Monthly Dinner.
At trie monthly dinner of the Ore
gon Dairymen's Development Associa
tion at the Calumet Hotel last night,
the betterment of the dairy industry
of the state was considered. The
leading dairymen of the s,tate were
represented at the meeting, whicH re
solved -for the adoption of methods
making for the advancement of the
dairy industry in this state. The or
ganization of cow-testing associations
throughout the state is proposed to pro
mote this Important industry. Senti
ment at the meeting unanimously
favored the elimination of the unpro
ductive, cow for the better animal that
will produce a better quality of cream.
Statistics were quoted to show that a
similar experiment in Denmark had
demonstrated that the more desirable
cow produced cream to the value of
$14 a month more, than the Inferior
quality of the prqduct of a high-grade
ttnlmul.
' The purpose of the association is to
educate farmers to the production of
a better quality of creain. It is con
coded among dairymen that the time is
not far distant when the dairy pro
ducts o:f the state will be required
to seek a market outside of Portland
an id that an Improved standard in the
qutality of the product will be neces
sary. It will be the aim of the dairy
m Bn of this state to provide such a
qtcality of goods that will meet any
competition.
SIX REPUBLICANS AFTER IT
Scramble for the Nomination for
District Attorney.
When it comes to the scramble for
the office of District Attorney, Gus C.
Moser, who is the first of the Republic
an candidates to announce himself lor
the office, will find five others out
after the pie. Just at present Moser
la the most active candidate, yet the
.friends of George J. Cameron.' Munici
1 al Judge; R. B. Sinnot, J. M. Davis,
t Valdemar Seton and Henry S. West
b.ook are making an active campaign
in their behalf.
While Moser and Sinnott are the
onlV candidates who have openly an
nouuiced themselves . for the office,
befiwe the week is out several of the
others mentioned will come out in the
open. While all mentioned may not
file their petitions, yet It Is certain
three or four men will be in the scram
ble f0r the office. Judge Cameron's
name has been mentioned for the of
fice around the haunts where the poli
ticians; are wont to gather. He is
looked upon as a formidable candi
date and so is Roger Sinnott who filed
his petition yesterday. Sinnott is one
of the, prominent young lawyers prac
ticing before the local bar.
ALL APPEALS ARE IN VAIN
Chinese Woman Must Go Home,
Though Senators Intercede.
BUTTE, Feb. 16. A Helena special to
the Miner says:
Na Lay, whose case was brought to tne
a ttention pf the President and Congress
in an effort to have the order deporting
In r annulled, will go back to China.
Atter being ordered deported "in 1905, she
ap ealed to the Federal Court -and then
to 4e Circuit Cooirt. but failed to perfect
her appeal. The mandate came back yes
teruYiy and she was arrested today by
Man hal Merrineld at Bozeman. Scores
of Bozeman citizens interested themselves
in. her ibehalf and took the matter up with
tlie MSontana Senators.
T.he iwoman came to this country in 1851
and lived in Oakland. In 18?5 she married
and Jiiffved to. Portland, and from there
went to many places. Immigration of
ficials declare she is of immoral char
acter. Half of Votes Already Registered.
W'hen the registration' books were
cloeed for the week at the Courthouse
last night, it wqs found that more than
half. the voters of the county had al
ready qualified. The total number of
registrations was 11,549. of which 8878
werje Republicans, 2059 Democrats and
612 miscellaneous. Yesterday proved
the second largest day since the books
opened, 383 registrations being re
ceived between 8 A. M. and 5 P. M. OE
these, 301 were Republicans, 61 Demo
crats and' 21 miscellaneous.
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HOIEE
RISES IH SERVICE
Promotion for New Chief
Geographer.
CHARGE OF WORK ON COAST
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Robert B. Marshall Entered Service
in 1890 and Is Advanced to the
Top Topographic Maps of the
Sacramento Project Noted.
ORKGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Feb. 15. Robert B. Marshall, of
the United States Geological Survey,
who has just been appointed Chief
Geographer for the United States, in
charge of the topographic branch of the
survey, at J3500 a year, has, like a good
many other young men in that bureau,
practically grown up under it. He re
ceived his first appointment In the
survey in 1890 and has now risen to ,
the top of his chosen line of work.
He is a member of the Society of
American Civil Engineers. In 1903 he
was placed in charge of the California
topographic surveys of the Geological
Survey, and, in the reorganization of
that branch last year, was made geo
grapher in charge of the Pacific Coast
division California, Oregon, Idaho,
Nevada. Utah and Arizona.
Mr. Marshall's work is best known In
connection with his special survey
during the last five years of the swamp
and overflow areas of the great Sac
ramento Valley. Here is located the
most stupendous drainage and irriga
tion project in the I'nited States, if
not in iho world. The Sacramento,
during its flood season, comes boiling
down out of tbe mountains, and not
only passes uselessly by lands rich in
elements of fertility, but often car
ries in its wake great destruction.
While there are some 3,000.000 acres in
Its valley susceptible of irrigation
from its waters, its average flow would
still provide water enough for the
reclamation of three or four times this
amount in addition.
Two Problems Involved.
After the great problem shall have
been solved of reclaiming these 3,300,
000 acres, the still vaster one of carry
ing this surplus water over into the
San Joaquin Valley and irrigating sev
eral million acres of its arid soil will
present Itself. This survey of the Sac
ramento Valley is a co-operative
undertaking between the United States
Geological Survey and the State of
California. The part of it attracting
the greatest attention is the mapping
of the million acres of overflowed
lands on both sides of the river back
of these and at a higher elevation is
an irrigable area of about 2.000,000
more acres, also included in the sur
vey. Mr. Marshall has supervised the sur
vey of a large portion of these 3,000,
000 acres, including a proportionate
share of the million acres of what are
known as the tule swamps, producing
large maps showing every detail of
topography and upon which projects
for irrigation and drainage can be con
fidently based. The survey is so de
tailed that it becomes almost, a con
struction survey; that Is to say, the
construction engineers in planning
either drainage or irrigation works In
the valley will have all the data be
fore them for working out all the
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Attend Bargain Sales
Clearance Sales Sham
or any other Sales when,
you can buy
.First-Glass
uits for Men
of us at
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There are dozens of styles
to choose from, every size
and all the new fabrics.
Some of these identical
fabrics and patterns are
shown in uptown stores
at $20.00
When You See It in
Our Ad It's So
bfoaM features of their plans. This is
exactly what has been done. In fact,
at one point by the reclamation service.
At Orland this bureau is 'spending
$650,300 in construction work, having
followed closely behind Marshall's
topographic surveyors and utilizing his
maps. This is what is known as a
unit project; that is. It constitutes a
complete project, but at the same time
It may be extended almost indefinitely
and become an harmonious part of a
vast system.
Work Extremely IHfficuIt.
Much of this surveying has been ex
tremely difficult, owing to the short
ness of the season between floods., and
the maps' usefulness is indicated by the
great demand for them. Californians
are particularly enthusiastic over them,
as they point out the vast possibilities
which lie before the state and the feasi
bility of projects of reclamation of
vast areaa . so productive that five
acres will constitute a farm which will
bring wealth to its owner. The great
need of these detailed surveys Is em
phasized, as practically nothing of an
engineering nature can be intelligently
considered without them.
Mr.- Marshall's new duties, while they
take him away personally from his
California work, still leave him in gen
eral charge of this branch of the serv
ice, while his successor, in charge of
the Pacific Coast, Thomas G. Gerdlne,
is another young man of energy and
ability who has made a most enviable
record in Ahtska. Mr. Gerdine has for
several years had charge of the topo
graphic work In that territory, has
made reconnaissance and topographic
maps of nearly one-third of it and has
carried on explorations stated to be of
large economic value. It Is confidently
predicted that he will make good in the
prosecution of the great work to which
he falls heir in California.
FATHER'S TALE ACQUITS
Says He Finds It Necessary to Take
Shot at Son.
: BUTTE, Mont., Feb. 15. A special to
the Minetr from Missoyla states that
Weymazi "White was today acquitted of
the murder of James Gibson at Taft,
Mont. The testimony of the father of the
defendant played no small part in secur
ing an acquittal for White, the parent
testifying that he found it necessary once
to take a shot at his son to make him
behave when the latter, threatened to
shoot him.
Gillett After Government Aid.
SAjCRAiMENTO, Feb. 15. Governor and
Mrs. Gillett will start Monday for Wash
ington, D. C.. where the Governor will go
before the rivers and harbors committee
to urge the -passage of an appropriation
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of $400,000 for the deepening and improve
ment of the. Sacramento and San Joaquin
rivers. He will be ready to assure the
committee uhat if the Federal Govern
ment will furnish $400,000. the State will
put up the same amount, and that the
work shall be done under the supervision
of tbe Government engineers.
- Will Be Tried In Arizona.
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Feb. 15. Manuel
Sarabia. one of the alleged leaders of the
Mexican revolutionary party which
sought to depose President Diaz, was to
day ordered taken to Arizona to bo
tried. It appears that Sarabia. s part in
the alleged revolutionary movement was
very s.-.iall, as his removal to Arizona,
w not bo contested.
Ijynch Pleads Not Guilty.
Richard Lynch, the East Side wood-yao-d
proprietor arrested by Sheriff
Stevens several weeks ago for whole
sale horsestealing, was arraigned be
fore Judge Cleland in the Circuit Court
yesterday afternoon. He pleaded not
guilty to the charge and was held for
trial.
If BUiy Is Cutting IVeth
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Mrs. VVinslow's Soothing Syrup, fnr i-hililren
teething-. It soothes tho child, noftcns tha
gums, .tllayfl pain, colic and diarrhoea 1
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ou a
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