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TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, rORTLAXD, FEBRUARY 7, 1909.
ONLY FIVE BILLS
UP TO GOVERNOR
Main Issues of Session, How
ever, Well Under Way
in Washington.
NEW CRIME CODE BROAD
Affect Thirty Different Trades and
Professions Newspapers Are Not
Permitted to Print Murder
Stories Before Trials.
OLYMPIA. Wash., Feb. t. (Special.)
With almost half of the 11th session of
the Washington Legislature gone. the
record of laws enacted include only Ave
bills signed by the Governor, four of
which carry appropriations.
One appropriates feS.CW) to defray gen
eral legislative expenses: one appropriates
110.000 for legislative, printing: a third
appropriates $1617 for the Insurance Com
missioner's office and another a seal for
the same office, while the fifth continues
appropriation for the Alaska-Yukon-Fa-drio.
Kx position.
The Senate has passed 18 Senate bills
and the House has passed 21 House bills.
The Senate has received 2S7 new bills
and the House 303.
Feature Bills Well Along.
The two main issues of the session,
local option and anti-raoetrack gambling,
however, are well along and by taking
them up early In the session the Leg
islature has made more actual progress
thnn Is apparent on the face of things.
The anti-racctrack gambling bill has
passed both houses', but the emergency
feature is still unsettled. The local option
Issue last week consumed two days and
one night of the House sessions, but did
not reach final passage. Kfforts will he
nwdn to dispose of It in both housca next
week.
TiOcal option has engendered consider
able, bitterness in the House which may
have Its effect on future legislation. It
is claimed there are 35 prohibitionists
among the 95 House members, and these
have gained enough support from the
men favoring stringent local option to
control a working majority.
light In Senate Expected.
The House seems certain to pass the
WcMaster local option bill without ma
terial change, but there are no sincere
predictions that the measure will get
through the Senate in Its present form.
King. Pierce and Spokane Counties' del
egations In the House are split over the
local optkm Issue and the feeling runs
so high that In some Instances niembera
will not speak to each other In passing.
With the antl-race-track and local op
tion bills out of the way. Interest is like
ly to settle on the new criminal code.
The oode commission . has submitted a
draft of the proposed code to the Senate
Judiciary committee, which Is likely to
eliminate many provisions and perhaps
add a number.
The commission's suggestions cover a
wide range. Comparison with existing
statutes made today reveals that of the
250 sections of the code as submitted by
the commission, 130 are wholly new,
while a large number of old sections are
broadened In scope. Not all of the new
sections define new crimes or misde
meanors, some of them referring to dif
ferent degrees of offenses or relate to ad
ministration of proposed laws. There are
nearly 100 crimes or misdemeanors newly
defined or recommended to be placed In
the statutes for the first time.
New Crimes Are Listed.
The new crimes and misdemeanors af
fect more than 30 different businesses,
trades or professions.
They deal with stockbrokers, common
carriers, warehousemen, amusement
promoters, newspapers, pawnbrokers,
druggists, physicians, dairymen, bund
ling owners or agents, farmers, employ
ment bureaus, livery stables, auction
eers, baggage agents, shipmasters, to
bacco dealers, sporting goods dealers,
hardware merchants, railway employes
and railway officials, waterworks own
ers and managers, petition circulators,
labor leaders, actors, jewelers, liquor
dealers and others.
The following Include some of the
new crimes or misdemeanors as speci
fied In the new code:
Publishing untrue statements to af
fect the price of stocks; purchase of
strong opiates except or. physician's
written prescription; prescribing opi
ates except for 'medicinal purposes;
employment by railways of engineers
who cannot read timetables or ordinary
handwriting: Issuance of fictitious
warehouse or carriers receipts; selling
milk or cream below a fixed standard:
conducting mock auctions; wilfully
damaging baggage; selling tobacco to
minors; selling revolvers or toy pis
tols to minors under S years; permit
ting waterworks to supply Impure
water to patrons; signing fictitious
names to petitions; permitting doors
of public places to swing inward;
drunkenness while on duty of railway
'employes; admitting ex-convicts or mt
riOTs to saloons; bribery of labor leaders
In the discharge of their official duties;
misrepresentation of the demand for
labor by employment agencies: charg
ing more than three per cent for loans
on pawned articles; bunco steering;
conducting bucket shops; employment
of minors under 18 years as contor
tionists or acrobats; slandering virtu
ous women; tampering with gas or
electric meters; over-driving of livery
animals; tampering with railway sig
nals; and misbranding silverware and
Jewelry.
Ban on Murder Stories.
The section defining grafting is broad
ened so as to Include the third party or
go-between. A feature of the act is the
repeal of the anti-cigarette law and the
making of the sale of tobacco In any
form a gross misdemeanor.
The code would prohibit newspapers
from publishing accounts of murders
prior to the trial of the person accused
and would also make it a misdemeanor
to make misrepresentation concerning
newspaper circulation.
By inadvertance a section of the code
In the subdivision relating to druggists Is
made a general prohibition statute. The
commission did not Intend It that way and
the section will undoubtedly be changed.
How much of this will get through the
Judiciary committee is a .question, and
there are perhaps a dozen or more fea
tures that will be approved by the com
mittee that will be opposed atrongly in
House or Senate.
SICK, "HE TAKES HIS LIFE
Vell-to-Do Hood River Bachelor
Pots Ballet Into Head.
HOOD RIVER. Or.. Feb. 8. (Spe
cial.) In a fit of despondency owing
ttf Ill-health, Ulrlch Schaer, a well-
to-do resident here, shot and killed
himself this morning. Schaer's body
was found by his brother Charles ana
was lying over a bluff about 100 feet
from the house In which they both
lived. Charles states that his brother
had threatened to kill himself several
times of late.
The Shaer brothers, who were both
bachelors, lived in a small house on
the outskirts of the city. The brother
of the dead man says that he came
down town this morning on a business
errand, returning home about 9
o'clock, and, not finding Ulrlch in the
house, started out to look for him and
found bis dead body with a bullet
hole In the head and a revolver lying
alongside of it. Later a note was
found in the house btddlng his brother
good-bye. and saying that he was go
ing to kill himself. A Coroner's Jury
which Investigated the case, rendered
a verdict of suicide.
The dead man was a native of
Switzerland, and he and his brother
have lived together for 20 years. They
came to Hood River last June. A
brother, George Schaer, lives at Pasco,
Wash.
PHONE SYSTEM CROWDED
Vancouver Rapidly Outgrows Serv
ice Established Two Years Ago.
VANCOUVER, Wssh., Feb. 6. (Spe
cial.) The local exchange of the Pacific
Telephone and Telegraph Company Is In
stalling additional switchboard equipment
sufficient to accommodate 200 more sub
scribers. The company has now about
100 orders for phones which they cannot
fill till the new equipment Is Installed.
In January. 1906. the Vancouver ex
change had 650 subscribers. 60 of these
being on rural lines. It was about that
time that the North Rank Railroad began
construction work. During the Summer
and Fall of that year the telephone com
pany installed and equipped a modern
plant.
In January, 1907. the system was
changed from the local battery system
to a central energy exchange. A switch
board capable of handling 1000 city. sub
scribers and 600 rural phones was In
stalled in a new building erected espe
cially as a telephone exchange. But the
estimates of the future growth of Van
couver, made when the system was re
built In 190, proved entirely Insuffi
cient. December 1, 1MSJ. the exchange
records showeH over 1250 telephones con
nected with the Vancouver system sev
tral hundreds of these being rural sub
scribers, giving free connection with tel
ephone users withis; a radius of 18 miles.
Tihere are now SOO subscribers In the
county outside of the city, not all of
these, however, connected directly with
the city system. The entire switchboard
capacity at the local exchange was ex
hausted several months ago and orders
for telephones have been piling up.
Plans and estimates are now being
made with a view to rebuilding the local
plant so that it will be capable of
handling several thousand subscribers.
BODY LEFT; MONEY TAKEN
Chnm Breaks Promise to Dying Man
and Steals Coin.
BELLIXGHAM. Wash., Feb. S. (Spe
cial.) That a friend to whom John
Stark confided his intention to com
mit suicide did nothing to stop him, and
that he appropriated to his own use
$75 which Stark left in trust with
him to insure the decent burial of his
remains, are the startling facts made
clear by the disclosures by the police
of a letter written by Stark to his sis
ter In Alberta, Just before he shot him
self. The body of Stark waa found Thurs
day after the police had vainly searched
for him for two weeks, having In their
possession the letter to his sister, tell
ing of his Intention, which she had
forwarded to them immediately upon
receiving it His suicide was caused by
despondency.
Stark is known by his family and by
the police to have been in company
Just before his death with a man whom
he called his chum, with whom he be
came acquainted in Seattle. Who this
man is, the authorities are unable to
discover, as Stark did not tell his name
when he mentioned In his letter that
he had given the friend money to In
sure the interment of his remains.
LINCOLN CENTENNIAL FAIR
Pupils of Providence Academy, Van
couver, to Have Programme.
VANCOUVER. Wash., Feb. &. (Spe
cial.) The pupils of Providence Academy,
which is in charge of the Sisters of
Charity, will hold their annual social and
entertainment in the Academy hall, on
Wednesday evening, February 10- The
programme will be largely devoted to
Lincoln centennial exercises.
There will be numerous booths at which
the young ladies will have for sale all
kinds of fancy and embroidery articles
of their own handiwork.
The following Is the programme: Song,
"Washington and Lincoln," a Lincoln
centenary: flag exercise and salute,
"The Minims Tribute to Lincoln,"
"Crowning the Hero," kindergarten;
reading. "Our Country"s Flag"; song,
"The Sar-6pangled Banner"; recitation,
"Tha Sleeping Sentinel," "The North
Bank Train Equipped," boys; song, "My
Own United Slates"; recitation, selected;
song, "America."
MRS. BROWN GETS DIVORCE
Wife of Baseball Manager' Prefers
Single Life Again.
ABERDEEN, Wash., Feb. 6. (Spe
cial.) Eula Jameson Brown, wife of
R. P. Brown, former manager of the
Aberdeen ball club and the present
manager of the Spokane team, was
granted a divorce today by Judge
Irwin, at Montesano, on the ground of
incompatibility of temper.
Brown made no defense and settle
ments were made out of court. Mrs.
Brown resumes her maiden name. The
couple were married here three years
ago in the Catholic Church, Miss Jame
son renouncing the Protestant faith
and Joining the Catholics a short time
prior to the nuptials. They have no
children.
Mrs. Brown Is prominent in musical
circles and has appeared as the star in
several amateur theatrical perform
ances. BAY CITY DISCOVERY DAY
San Francisco Will Celebrate Find
ing of Golden Gate.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 6. Mayor Tay
lor has Issued a proclamation setting
aside five days in October for celebrat
ing the UOth anniversary pf the dis
covery of San Francisco Bay by Gas
per de Poreola, first Governor of Cali
fornia. The proclamation is in the na
ture of a message to all loyal Call
fomlans at home and abroad to Join in
the festivities.
The festivities, which will be some
thing on the order of the Mardi Gras of
New Orleans, will last from October
13 to 3
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HUSKY IN NEW ROLE
Interferes in Family Row and
Kills Husband.
R. E. WILLIAMS PRISONER
Former Football Star at Seattle
Finds Himself Accused of Mur
der for Shooting Wife
Beater In Alaska.
SEATTLE. Wash., Feb. 6. (Special.)
R. E. Williams, brother-in-law of Dr.
W. H. Corson, of Seattle, and nephew by
marriage of John W. Corson, the Nome
attorney, arrived at Seward today in
custody of two Deputy Marshals, says
a special cable from Alaska. He is
charged with killing Frank Dunn, a
roadhouse keeper, at Sustana Station, on
January 21.
Williams played on the University of
Washington football team of 1901, and
was one of the best tackles that ever
played for the university. He is a well
known mining man of Alaska, and
Goldfleld. He was on his way to the
new diggings on Valdez Creek when the
tragedy occurred.
He was staying over night at Dunn's
roadhoust and was awakened at an early
hour of the morning by an altercation be
tween the roadhouse man and his wife.
Dunn beat the woman and then declared
his Intention of killing her.
Williams rushed to the woman's assist
ance, 'but Dunn attacked him and was on
the point of killing him when Williams
got his own weapon and ' shot him
through the body, killing him lnstaiftly.
According to the deputies, Williams' act
was altogether In defense of himself and
the womtin. but Williams' insisted upon
being taken Into custody until the Justifi
cation for his act should have been
established.
NESMITH COUNTY TO FIGHT
Appeal Will Be Made to tlie People
at Xext June Election.
COTTAGE GROVE Or.. Feb. 5. (To
the Editor.) The report in yesterday's
Oregonian from the State Capitol,
makes Representative Jones, of Doug
las County, say. opposing the creation
of Nesmith County that, "the people
residing in the territory of the pro
posed county were opposed to the bill
and that Cottage Grove alone were the
sole advocates of the bill.!'
This statement is positively untrue.
There are 70 odd petitions from various
parts of the proposed new county and
in fact from every precinct, at the
State Capitol containing 1200 names,
and these signers not only voluntarily
signed the petitions but worked for
the new county. Cottago Grove Is not
alone in this fight, and the residents
In the outlying districts did work and
will continue to put forth their besc
efforts until Nesmith County Is crea
ted. The people, thoujrh turned down
by the Legislature, are not whipped
out or dismayed, and this measure will
be put before the people of this state f
to vote at the next state election, xne
people in the proposed Nesmith County
are not going to be brow-beaten -any
longer than Is possible to be avoided,
and the domlnanc way In which the
politics of Lane County Is carried on
and the administration of the Lane
County Court is regarded so unfair in
the distribution of the tax money that
Is collected from the people, that the
people in the new county will not sit
idly by and continue to be hoodwinked
any longer. FRANK JORDAN.
HAND LOST TO SAVE LIFE
Millman Lays Arm on Edger to Keep
Body From Being Cut.
SEATTLE, Wash., Feb. 6. (Special.)
Facing the alternative of losing either
his hand or his life, O. Lepper, an edger
mr.n at the Stetson-Post mill, this morn
ing dellberttely fed his arm against the
edge of a whirling circular saw. severing
his right arm three Inches above the
wrist.
Lepper had stooped down to remove the
accumulation of. sawdust In front of his
machine. The sleeve of his right arm
was caught In the -feed rolls and he was
slowly drawn toward the saw. He strug
gled to release himself, but was unable
to do so. He saw that either his body
or his hand would be forced against the
edge of the saw and determined to sac
rifice the hand.
He threw his body well out of reach of
the saw and allowed his arm to be car
ried against the whirling blade Just above
the point where his sleeve was caught.
The saw cut cleanly through the arm
three inches above the wrist and Lepper
was taken to a hospital, weak from loss
of blood, but alive.
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WOMAN IN HOLD-UP ROLE
Mrs. Hunter Accused by Neighbor
of Desperate Act.
TACOMA. Wash., Feb. 6. (Special.)
Charging that Mrs. Marie Hunter held
her up at the point of a revolver In her
own home last night while Mr. Hunter
'sat calmly by and made no attempt to
Interfere and that the woman forced her
to hand over a. large amount of clothing
and Jewelery, Mrs. Dassie Rufner ap
peared before Judge Arntson today and
swore to a warrant accusing Mrs.. Hunter
with assault with intent to kill. Mrs.
Hunter was arrested this afternoon.
After the Hunters had gone, Mrs.
Rufner sank In a faint to the floor and
was found there by friends In the house.
THIEVING CLERK CAPTURED
M. C. Ross, Wanted in Chehalis, Is
Found in Centralla.
CENTRALIA, Wash., Feb. S. (Spe
cial.) M. C. Ross, who has been em
ployed at the Gem Drugstore at Che
halls for the last three weeks, was
captured here this morning after rob
bing his employer of $125 and about
J 700 in checks. Sheriff Urquhart cams
to Centralla this morning and gave
Marshal Ingalls a description of the
man. The Sheriff had not gotten out
of sight of the Marshal's office when
Marshal Ingalls saw from a window a
man answering the description, walk
ing along near the railroad track and
Sailors' Agent Condemns Saloons.
ABERDEEN, Wash.. Feb. 6. (Special.)
William Gohl. agent of the Sailors'
Union, in a signed notice tonight con
demns the saloons and favors local option.
keeping some cars between himself
and the onerin. uepuiy nittianw
started after the man and brought him
to the police station.
Ninety-seven dollars and ninety-five
cents besides the stolen checks were
found in his pockets. A satchel -containing
several bottles of perfume and
a quantity of cocaine was found later.
Ross was removed to Chehalls at noon
by Sheriff Urquhart.
LAWMAKERS VISIT PORTAGE
Make Inspection With Party of
Dalles Business Men.
THE DALLES, Or., Feb.S. (Special.)
A committee from The Dalles Busi
ness Men's Association, composed of
Frank Menefee, M. T. Nolan, H. J.
Maler. A. W. l-'ohr, A. K. Lake and
Secretary Patterson, accompanied the
following state Legislators today on a
tour of Inspection of the state port
age road: Representatives Dodds, of
Wasco; Barrett, of Umatilla; Hughes,
of Marion: Mariner, of Gilliam: Sen
ators Chase, of Coos and Curry; and
Slnnott. of Wasco.
The party rode from Celllo to the
terminus of the portage road in box
cars, and walked a mile and one-half
to Seuferfs cannery, where they tele
phoned for a wagonette to bring them
to this city. A report favorable to
the extension of the state portage road
is anticipated.
PHONE COMPANY FORMED
Line to Be Constructed Between
Drewsey and Harney City.
DREWSET. Or., Feb. 6. (Special.) A
stock company was organised here Mon
day with S. 3. Williams, president, and
C. W. Drlnkwater, secretary and treas
urer, who will complete the telephone
line between this place and Harney City,
a distance of 35 miles. The line will be
completed in about two weeks. This
line was started during the early part
of the past year by Campbell & Co., of
Prairie City, but was later abandoned,
the excuse being the scarcity of help.
9even miles of telephone line which will
connect- Drewsey with Von, Or., a dist
ance -of 25 miles, also Government forest
reserve, a few miles beyond Von, have
been completed. When these lines are
completed Drewsey will then be con
nected with all outside points.
FUGITIVE RETURNS TO JAIL
Arthur Sweet, Who Escaped at Wet
so r, Begs to Be Locked Up.
WEISER, Idaho, Feb. 6. (Special.)
Arthur Sweet, accused by his sister, and
who escaped from the County Jail
about January 1, returned last night
and requested to be locked up. He ar
rived at 2:30 In the morning from some
point In Oregon where he had been con
cealed since his escape. Neither the
Sheriff nof his deputy was at the Jail
when he arrived and a trusty who
sleeps in the office telephoned Deputy
Sheriff Walker, who came to the Jail
and locked Sweet up.
Sweet will not talk, but says when
he escaped he walked out directly
through the Sheriff's office. Two other
men charged with participation In the
crime with Sweet are out on bail.
BRITTEN BUYS COAL LAND
Pays $18,000 for U5 Acres Within
One Mile of Chehalis.
CENTRALIA, Wash., Feb. S. (Special.)
S. T. Britten, a Portland man, has
completed a deal for 125 acres of coal
land lying a mile from this city. This
property belonged to the centralia Coal
Company which was organized here over
two years ago. The business which was
started by M. J. and D. J. Hickey and
John Richmond, has paid well from the
beginning. Mr. Britten paid P8.000 for
the property.
The vein now being worked is 15 feet
thick and of good quality. Several other
veins are located on the property. Mr.
Richmond will continue with the. com
pany in the capacity of manager.
FARMERS TO HEAR LECTURE
Witbycombe Will Talk on Dairying
at Forest Grove
FOREST GROVE. Or., Feb. . (Spe
cial.) Dairymen from various sections
of the county will meet here next Sat
urday to listen to an address by Dr.
James Wlthycombe, of CorvaJIis, and
to perfect a permanent county dairy
men's association. The temporary of
ficers are Wilbur Hughes, president,
and D. B. Adams, secretary, both of
this city. There has been a need felt
among ' dairymen to reorganize the as
sociation of a few years ago, and a big
gathering of the farmers interested in
dairying is expected on that day.
STEEL TO REPLACE WOOD
Umatilla Court to Erect Wagon
Bridges to Withstand Floods.
PENDLETON, Or., Feb. 6. (Special.)
According to aji announcement made
yesterday by the County Court, five
steel bridges, ranging in length from
45 to 75 feet, will be put in without
delay on the county road between this
city and Adams. They are to replace
the wooden structures washed out by
the recent floods In Wild Horse Creek.
All the bridges built during the
last three .yeara have been of steel,
and not one of these structures was
even moved out of plumb by the high
waters, and this convinced the court of
the wisdom of Its policy.
Vancouver Wants Elevators.
VANCOUVER, Wash., Feb. 6. (Spe
cial.) Ex-Mayor E. G. Crawford, Coun
cilman W. B. DuBois and Pat Lavey,
as representatives of the Vancouver
Commercial Club, left tonight for Spo
kane, where they will ' attend the
Farmers' Union Grain Convention to
be held there Monday and Tuesday. At
this meeting the question of where the
Farmers' Union will locate Its termi
nal grain elevators will be considered,
and Vancouver is in the field to secure
these elevators.
N'ewberg 26; McMlnnvllle 13.
NEWBERG, Or., Feb. 6. (Special.)
One of the hardest-fought basketball
games Been here this season was played
Friday night between the heavy Mo
Minnville College second team and the
Newberg High School quintet. Although
greatly outweighed, the high school boys'
speed and more accurate basket-shooting
won the game for them by a 26-13 score.
Cities to Join in Work.
''VANCOUVER. Wash., Feb. . (Spe
cial.) The Vancouver Commercial
Club has decided to Join with the Com
mercial Club of Portland In a meeting
to be held on or about February 20,
to bring together the fighting forces
of Portland, St. John and Vancouver
In the work of Columbia and Wlll-
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amette river improvements. There is
apparent an ever Increasing feeling of
mutual Interest on the part of Port
land, St. John and Vancouver, and it
is to Intensify this feeling. The union
gathering is to be held in Portland.
Clackamas Threshers Organize.
OREGON CITY, Or.. Feb. 6 (Special.)
Threshing men of Clackamas County
held a meeting In the Courthouse today
and organized the Clacaamas County
Threshers' Association. A motion to
adopt the constitution and by-laws of the
state association carried. The next meet
ing will be held March 3. Officers elect
ed are: Frank Jaggar, president: B. D.
Hostetler, vlce-presiaent; M. Kllgel, sec
retary. x
Biggerstaff Placed in Jail.
wittqwr Tilahn. Feb. S. (SDecial.)
A. C Biggerstaff, accused of murder
ing an old man namefl jvioore. near
TAKE
THAN HOSTETTER'S FOR STOMACH ILLS.
Then you have not only an absolutely pure
medicine, but qne that has clearly proven its
ability in such cases. As soon as you notice the
appetite failing, the bowels having: a tendency
to become clogged and sleep is restless, commence
taking the Bitters. You may thus ward off a
severe sick spell But be sure that you get the
genuine.
STOMACH BITTERS
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It is a splendid tonic and invigorant and will do
you lots of good in cases of Sick Headache, In
digestion, Dyspepsia, Costiveness, Insomnia,
Colds, Grippe, Female Ills and Malaria, Fever
and Ague. Be persuaded to start to-day and
you'll be thankful afterwards.
Mr. C. Marsh, of Keystone, Ind. writes, "I highly recommend your
Bitters in cases of Indigestion and General Weakness."
Mr. L. C. Byrne, of Oak Harbor, Wash., writes, "I know that your
Hostetter's Bitters is a good medicine for Stomach troubles and I gladly
recommend it." .
SPRING 1909
Knox
Hats
Now on Display
Worn by the Best Dressed
Men of the World
SOLD ONLY BY
BUFFUM & PENDLETON
311 Morrison Street Opposite Postoffice
Stalcy Springs, was brought here last
night by Sheriff Rand, of Baker
County and lodged in Jai. Biggerstaff
and Moore quarreled over wages. The
prisoner has a family and owns con
siderable property.
I..ebanon Prepares for July 4.
ALBANY, Or., Feb. 6. (Special.)
Lebanon, Linn County's second city, has
taken the lead of all of the cities of the
state this year in preparing to celebrate
the Fourth of July. At a meeting of the
Business Men's League of Lebanon this
week It was decided to celebrate this
year and preliminary plans for a big
celebration were inaugurated.
Marslial Interrupts Workmen.
FAIR VIEW. Or., Feb. 6. (Special.)
This morning a gang of workmen
starting to do construction work In
Falrvlew for the O. W. P. Co. was
stopped by the Marshal because per-
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mission had not been obtained from tha
town authorities.
. Steamer Crashes Into Draw.
RAYMOND. Wash., Feb. . (Special.)
The steamer Saginaw, owned by th j
Hart Wood Lumber Company, collided j
with the Northe-n Pacific draw bridge j
at 4:15 yesterday afternoon. The South j
Bend passenger train was delayed here
until 6 o'clock this morning, when it
proceeded to South Bend, leaving there
on time this morning.
W. It. C. Petitions Governor. . :
SALEM, Or.. Feb. 6. (Special.) The
W. R. C. today passed a resolution ask
ing the Governor to make Friday a
legal holiday throughout the state In
commemoration of Lincoln's birth.
The Japanese custom of licensing Indi
vidual opium amok.rs ha greatly rducl
the number of druic fiends In Japan, and.
especially In Formosa.
MV.ISKAV