TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAy. rORTLAXD, AUGUST 30, 1908.
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STARBUGK HIT BY
550,000 GLAZE
Fire Is Supposed to Have
Started From Stub of
, Cigar.
BUSINESS SECTION GOES
Hlffb Wind Fans Flame?, Which
Spread So Rapidly That When
Brigade Reaches Scene Dls
f trlct . Is Doomed.
WATT.A WAIAA. Wash., AUK. 2!
(Special.) Kir, which Is supposed-to
ymvm iitirtcd from the stub of a clga
hwm n the xtairwav of the I. O. O.
F. hall in sitarbuck. a division poin
on the O. R. &. N. Railway about 40
miles northeast of Walla Walla, early
this morninff. was fanned by a heavy
wind and oulckly spread to adjoining
biiildlnfs. Dractlcally wiping out th
entire business portion of the city be
fore It could b checked.
The loss is variously estimated a
between $40,000 and $r0.000.' which is
partially covered by Insurance.
Flames Spread by AVInd.
There was a big dance In the hall
Just before the fire broke out, and it
is suDDOsed that some 01 tne guests
carelessly dropped the remains of a
cigar or cigarette on the stairs, caus
Inr the disastrous results.
The laxt of the dancers left about 12:30
o'clock, and it was nearly 2 o clock oerore
the blase was discovered. An alarm was
Quickly given, but almost before the
bucket brigade arrived on the scene the
flames, fanned by an excessively nign
wind, spread to the large store owned by
Sproul A Bernhart. This Duumng ana
all Its contents were enveloped in a mass
of fierce flames almost berore anyone
realized that there was a nre.
A hose from the O. R. & X. depot was
secured and greatly assisted in bringing
the fire under control.
Business District Doomed.
Rven with this the Are-fighting appa-
ratus was wholly Insufficient to cope with
the oncoming disaster and u waa soon
evident that the best or tne Dusiness ais
trict was doomed. "
By the utmost exertion a few buildings
not In direct line of the wind-fanned
flame were saved.
John Mur.tinga, & prominent business
man of this city, who owned a large store
building jn Starburk. received a telegram
thla afternoon stating that his property
ha j been burned to the ground, entailing
a loss of 400O, which is covered by about
500 insurance. Mr. Muntlnga announced
today that he would rebuild the block
with brick.
For a time it looked as if the handsome
store building owned and occupied by
Jackson & Cline would be destroyed, but
through the effective efforts of the fire
company, assisted by the owners, the
building and contents were practically
unhurt.
List of Ixsers.
The largest ioss falling on one individ
ual was that on Sproul & Bamhart. who
witnessed their building and' goods bum.
This loss amounted to 115,000 with 4000
Insurance.
Following is a list of the loscro. with
the amounts of each and insurance: -
Sproul & Bamhart. stock merchan
dise. $15,000; Insurance. $4000. Walters
Bros., stock merchandise. $9000; Insur
ance. $5000: L O. O. F. lodge. $1200; in
surance. $400. Masonic lodge, $150; no
insurance. K. of P.. $300; no insurance.
Firemen's lodge. $400; no Insurance. En
gineers' lodge. $100: no Insurance. James
McDonough. personal effects, $250; no in
surance. Telephone central. $400; no in
surance. J. G. Muntlnga; building. $4000;
Insurance. $2500. Mrs. Stahl. building,
$300. Mike Roy. building damaged, $50.
REPORT IS PESSIMISTIC
Receiver Says California Trust
Company Holds Worthless Stock.
SAN FRAXCISCO, Aug! 29. In a re
port filed with the County Clerk, Ed
ward J. Le Breton, receiver for the
California Safe Deposit & Trust Com
pany, charges District Attorney Lang
don with having exaggerated and mis
represented the services rendered by J.
Dalzell Brown to the receiver" In rec
ognizing securities. The $1,000,000
worth of securities returned by Brown
he says have an actual cash value of
less than $100.
I.e Breton asserts- that he has re
celled valuable information from Bar
rett and Treadwell.' as well as a return
of all moneys In their power to return.
At the time, of the receiver's report
the resources of the bank were $12.
247,SSS. of which nearly JS. 000, 000 Is
represented by miscellaneous stocks,
many having only a nominal market
value. Of the liabilities, JS. 739, 168 is
due depositors. There Is now on hand
a cash balance of $o6Z,478. The mar
ket value of the resources Is placed at
$2,482,823. Which would leave 23. 6 per
cent for the general creditors.
The receiver estimates that it will
take four or five years more to liqui
date the bank and pay the final divi
dend. The downfall of the institution is
tttrlbuted to the loans made to John
and James Treadwell, although it is
asserted that its .connection with the
Western pacific prolonged its life.
Pet-Infested Orchard Destroyed.
GRANT'S PASS. Or., Aug. 29. (Spe
cial. Fruit Inspector ESsman, of this
county, has destroyed ' an old prune or
chard on the Cass property which had
become badly Infected with scales and
pesta. The local fruitgrowers' union
have now under consideration a plan to
re-organize and adopt bylaws on broader
terma than the present organization af
!ords and for this purpose there will be
a meeting of ilMh growers in the Com
mercial Club rooms next Tuesday.
Roosevelt at the head of this adminle-
tratlon.
Prosperity Unprecedented.
Under the Dlngley bill of 1897 we went
ahead to a prosperity never before known
In this country and indeed never before
known In the world. The Investment of
capital and the expansion of Investment
funds, the expansion of business went to
such a great extent that wages were In
creased and the standard of living of 'the
wage-earner, of the business man, and
of the farmer, was proved beyond prece
dent. But we found in the business world
that we had expanded ourselves a little
too far: that capital had become fixed In
enterprises that did not make the return
sufficient to Induce further investment.
capital became frightened and,, now we
have had a halt in that prosperity, capi
tal is necessary if we are going on. A
thing which leads invested capital te
doubt the question whether a fair return
will be paid affects injuriously both the
wage-earner and the capitalist and the
farmer.
"Now, what -I say Is 'that the intro
duction into power of the Democratic
party under its present leadership will
create doubt of the future In the minds
of the people, in the minds or those wno
will invest capital. These are not all
millionaires. Now. unlesss you assure the
capital' a return, unless you can bring
about that confidence In what Is to be
done, you may be certain that the return
to prosperity which is now gradually as
suming a definite form, will halt again.
AVI1I Curb Abuses of Greedy.
"In this great development of wealth.
this magnificent stride onward and ex
pansion of material prosperity, mere
crept in abuses growing out of the greed
and unscrupulous character of some of
the prominent men In business by secret
rebates. We don't wish to destroy these
great organizations that have a large
wane fund when they are prosperous.
that add greatly to the prosperity of the
country, but what we wish to do is to
keep them within that law. This - is
what the Republican party stands for and
that is what the Republican party in
tends to do. If you give them an oppor
tunity by your mandate to take the
nnu'fr.
"But I am asked, what is the relation
of the Republican party to labor? I
want to make one statement first. Never
in the history of my country has there
been an administration that has passed
more measures directly In the interest of
the laboring classes than the present Re
publican administration.
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FALL HATS
ARE READY
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lows, and conservative shapes for
the older men.
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SOLrD BY
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'PORTL'AXD 0RE
GENERAL M. CRAWFORD VISITS
OLD OREGON HOME.
Is Much Impressed by Wonderful
Development In His Na
tive State.
OREGON CITY. Or.. Aug. 29. (Spe
cial.) Brigadier-General Medorem Craw
ford. U. S. A., retired, who has been vis
iting his sister, Mrs. II. C. Stevens. In
this city, was for years a neighbor and
personal acquaintance of Dr. John MC-
Louchlln during the pioneer days. Gen
eral Crawford was -reared on a farm near
Wheatland, where his father. Captain
Medorem Crawford, who crossed the
plains to this state In 1842. resided for
several , years. It has been 36 years
since General Crawford left the state.
Since coming to Oregon, six weeks ago.
General Crawford has spent most of the
time on the old homestead where he was
bora, near the town of Wheatland, Yam
hill County.
In1863 he was appointed as cadet to
West Point Military Academy, by Sena
tor Nesmlth. Graduating from the mili
tary school in 1869. he was commissioned
Second Lieutenant and sent to Vancouver
Barracks. Wash., spending several years
in the service In Oregon. Washington,
California and Alaska. He was pro
moted from one office to another and.
during the 8panlsh-American War, he
was chief ordnance officer In Cuba and
had charge of the appraisement of all
the guns in the Spanish forts. His last
post of duty was at Fort Wadsworth, in
New York Harbor, from which post he
was retired.
For the most part of his career he
was attached to that branch of the serv
ice know as the Seacost Artillery.
On January 2o last. General Crawford
was 64 years old and had served 45 years
n tne Army continuously. Only once
during his term of service did General
Crawford vote and that was In 1872. At
that time he was stationed at the Presidio
at San Francisco and secured a leave of
absence permitting him to return to this
state and vote for President Grant.
Naturally, following an absence of 35
years. General Crawford found many
changes by reason of the wonderful de
velopment in this state. He was partic
ularly astonisned at the growth of Port
land which was only a small town when
he left the state, 35 years ago. In his
search for familiar haunts in the me
tropolis he was disappointed, finding
SKyscrapers wnere formerly stood small
frame structures.
TAFT JUMPSINT0 FRAY
(Continued From Flrrt Page.)
four yeara ago we were told that If
Theodore Roosevelt was put In power,
be would go around this country with
l chip on his shoulder and involve us
In war; that he waa waiting for some
body to tread on the tall of his coat In
rder that he might have a fight. "What
Has the result? It Is not necessary for
ne. to detail It. only to state that never
iefore In the history of the world has
'.he President of .the United States or
ny administration or any Emperor or
Monarch, done more to preserve the
eace of the world than has Theodore
MONEY FOR COOS BAY ROAD
Los Angeles Man Offer $20,000 To
ward Improvements.
SALEM. Or.. Aug. 29. (Special.) "A
man named Crow, from Los Angeles, of
fered to contribute J20.000 toward the im
provement of the road from Marshfield
Roscburg. . said Judge Scott todav
pon his return from an extended trip In
me interests ot the good roads movement
in Oregon.
Judge Scott states that every place he
visited la clamoring for a good roads con
vention during the Winter. He looks to
see a great highway constructed from one
end of the state to the other, and also a
road into the Coos Bay country.
AUTO RIDE FOR HARRIMAN
Invitation of Eugene Commercial
Club Is Accepted.
EUGENE. Or., Aug. 2. (Specials
Late this afternoon J. H. Hartog. of the
Eugene Commercial Club, received the
following telegram In response to a mes
sage inviting E. H. Harriman to take a
few minutes for an automobile ride in
Eugene, if he could not arrange for
longer stay:
"Your telegram today. All right, will
be glad to take auto ride with you. Will
advise later number In my party- and
time of arrival. E. H. HARRIMAN."
Seattle Shipping News.
SEATTLE, Aug. 29. Steamer Watson
left for San Francisco today with 2000-
tons of cargo and 75 - passengers.
Steamer Dolphin arrived from Skag-
way this morning with 100 passengers
and 5000 cases of salmon. She leaves
again tomorrow with general cargo and
40 passengers. Steamer Portland Is
due here Tuesday night with 130 pas
sengers, a large general cargo, includ
ing ore and salmon. -.United States
transport Buffalo departed for San
Francisco today after loading 300 tons
of flour for the Atlantic fleet. British
steamer Queen Amelia has left for
Portland, after bunkering, to load
grain. Steamer President sailed for
San Francisco, with 397 passengers and
a large amount of freight. Steamer
Governor arrived from San Francisco
with 266 passengers and during the
night proceeded to Tacoma. ' Steamship
Minnesota leaves tomorrow for Hong
kong, via Japanese ports. The ,blg
liner will have 137 first and second-
class passengers in addition to a large
number of steerage.
Albany Girl Scales Otter Rock.
ALBANY, Or., Aug. 29. (Special.) Miss
Arlene Train, of this city, daughter of
S. 8. Train, ex-postmaster of Albany, has
attained the distinction of being the first
woman who ever scaled Otter Rock, a
high, precipitous rock in the Pacific
Ocean, ten miles north of Taquina Bay.
She was accompanied on the trip by Sam
Dolan. of Albany, the Notre Dame Uni
versity football player, who formerly won
high honors with Albany College and the
Oregon Agricultural College, and by "Sea
Lion Charley" . Anderson, a well-known
boatman of Newport.
IF IT COMES FROM US IT'S CORRECT
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Demand
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Correct Fitting Clothes
Suits
Topcoats
Overcoats
Raincoats
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KITTENS" ARE TORTURED
IIOO-HOOS INITIATE CliASS OF
43 CANDIDATES.
i Tacoma Marine Notes.
TACOMA, Aug. 29. With close to
1,000.000 feet of lumber, the schooner
Balboa departed this morning for San
Pedro. The steamer Pennsylvania was
in port today, to load 300 tons of coal
for the United States cableship Burn
side, now In Alaska, and left port to
night. The Kosmos liner Rameses will
finish her Tacoma cargo this evening.
and some time tomorrow will leave for
San Francisco. The Blue Funnel liner
Bellerophon will leave for Victoria
Monday morning early.
Will Survey Cowlitz Klver
KELSO. Wash., Aug. 29. (Special.)
A party of Government surveyors, un
der command of Major Mclndoe, will
commence the final survey of the Cow
litz River from here to the Columbia,
September 1, for the purpose of esti
mating the cost of deepening the chan
nel sufficiently to admit deep-water
ships An appropriation for the work
will be asked at the next session of
Congress.
Preparing for Apple Fair. '
ALBANY. Or., Aug. 29. (Special.)
President E. W. Langdon, of the Al
bany Commercial Club, today appointed
the following committee to work in
conjunction with a -committee named
by the Linn County Horticultural So
ciety to manage the Albany Apple Fair
this Fall: Owen Beam, chairman; E. H.
McCune, H. Bryant and J. A. Howard.
Lumbermen Combine" Business and
Pleasure on Visit to Gray
' Harbor
HOQUIAM, Wash., " Aug. 29. (Spe
cial.) Yesterday, last night and today
the Hoo-Hoos and lumbermen nave naa
the keys of the city during one of the
most notable gatherings of these affili
ated Interests ever1 held on the Coast.
Lumbermen Hoo-Hoos, accompanied by
their wives, are here from all four
points of the compassV
Late last night 43 "kittens" were put
through the mysteries as'well as the
attendant miseries of becoming wear
ers of the rampant black cat emblem.
Agonized walls and caterwauls accom
panied the odor of burning hair as
the kitten contingent went through the
class Initiation.
W. B. Mack, of Aberdeen, was hon
ored by the Hoo-Hoos by being rec
ommended to the superior nine, the
National body whlck is to meet in Chicago,-
In September, for- vicegerent
snark of the State of Washington. The
recommendation is equal to an election
and will give Mr. Mack the head office
of the organization In this state.- The
position was sought by Seattle men for
one of. their number, but after speeches
had been made In favor of a Seattle
lumberman, C- C. Quackenbush pre
sented the name of Mr. Mack for Grays
Harbor, and,. after that no one else
was considered.
Charles E. Patton.. of Seattle, was
recommended for a member of the su
perior nine. This appointment. If made,
will assist Seattle in securing the next
annual meeting of the- superior nine
during the exposition. :
A sumptuous banquet followed, al
which covers were laid for 150 guests.
Forty prominent Hoqulam ladies were
a committee of welcome and entertain
ment for their visiting sisters. About
the same number were In the sister
city of Aberdeen and this afternoon
railway and automobile service was
taxed to the limit In transporting the
jovial crowd to Moclips Beach, where
a grand ball and banquet closed the
meeting.
VISIT MILLS AND FACTORIES
Manufacturers and Members of In
spection Bureau Tour . Harbor.
HOQUIAM, Wash., Aug. 29. (Spe
cial.) The Pacific Lumber Inspection
Bureau held an executive session here
this morning, which was followed by a
meeting of the Western Spruce Manu
facturers' Association. Routine work
was the only business effected, v the
members adjourning to visit all the
mills and factories on the harbor. Those
unfamiliar with this vicinity were
much impressed at the lively and bus
inesslike aspect of these Far . West
coast towns.
GROWTH SHOWN BY CENSUS
More Than 250,000 Children of
School Age In Washington.
OLYMPIA. Wash.. Aug. 29. (Special.!
There are more than 250,000 children of
school age in this stater according to the
census taken in July. This is a gain of
about 15.000 over the previous year.
The 2S60 schoolhouses in the state in
July, 1908, and sites, libraries and other
school property are valued at an aggre
gate of about 15.5O0.0O0, as against but
C2,448,291 the previous year, a gain of
about 1 000,000.
Mattress Factory for Albany.
ALBANY, Or., Aug. 29. (Special.)
Gustav Hesse, of Portland, is planning
the erection ot a mattress factory in
Albany In the Immediate future. He
has purchased a tract of ground at
Third and Lyon streets and will also
establish a wholesale furniture houBe.
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Run of Salmon at Aberdeen Light.
ABERDEEN, Wash., Aug. 29. (Special. )
The run of salmon In the harbor has
thus far been slow. The fresh fish deal
ers are paying 60 cents, while the can
neries are paying 50 cents. Many Colum
bia River men have come to the harbor
and more are expected. - the Columbia
River season having closed.
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IN IRVINGTON
WILL BE SOLD ON TERMS TO SUIT
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GERALDINE FARRAR
of the Conried Metropolitan Opera Co,
. writes as follows of the Weber Piano:
The WEBER PIANO CO.
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apart.from all others. . It cannot be surpassed for richness
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emotion of the artist.
. Wishing you all possible success, I am,
Very cordially
GERALDINE FARRAR.
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