v , THE STJyP AY OREGpyiAy. rORTLAyD, FEBRUARY 28, 1909. " PLATT-ANGLE NUPTIALS IMPORTANT MEDF0RD SOCIAL EVENT DAM WILL ITER ING STYLE E TRACT Coe and Furnish Buy 800-Acre Tract in Umatilla County, Oregon. Knox Hats Vv?': "5 i I - . ..... j ii MMEN5 SPR " yt Ik '"r ' b - I I Xv v Ml TO IRRIGATE 10,000 ACRES Land Coats $24,000 and Estimated Cost of Dam "Will Be $81,000 Additional "Work to Begin in Near Future. PENDLETOX. Or., Feb. 17. (Special.) By far the biggest irrigation scheme un A4vi in T 'moHlla (Vmntv since the construction of the Government dam at Hermiston was launched here tooay w nen the Inland Irrigation Company made final purchases of an SiO-acre tract of land on the Umatilla River, near Yoakum, for the construction of a dam which will hold 1,000 acre f"et of water to be held in reserve for the use of the 10.000 acres of land in the Furnlsh-Coe project. All precautions have been taken rot to interfere with the water rights of the people along the river. The reservoir Is to be filled at the times of high water and at all other times there will be exactly the same amount of water flowing through the spillway as is entering the reservoir. F. H. Marble, a skilled engineer, has een appointed to begin the work at once. The land purchased has cost C4.000 and the estimated cost of the dam Is $64,000 additional. Pr. W. W. Coe. of Portland, and W. J. Furnish, of Pendleton, are the promoters of the project. HEAVY FINESJN ASTORIA Total for Six Counts Against K. J. Hermunstadt $2900. ASTORIA. Or.. Feb. 27. (Special.) K. J. Hermunstadt pleaded guilty in the Circuit Court this morning to slT In dictments charging him with conduct ing a "blind pis" in Astoria precinct No. 7. He was fined $409 on the first Indictment, which he paid, and was also fined $n00 and 30 days in Jail on each of the other five charges, but ex ecution of the sentence was suspended during good behavior. This afternoon I. Malagarnba pleaded guilty to three indictments charging htm with violating the local option law by selling liquor In Astoria precinct Mo. S, also a "dry" precinct. He was fined $400 on the first Indictment, which he paid, and was also fined 1500 and sentenced to 30 days in jail on each of the other two charges, but sentence was suspended during good behavior. CHECK BABIES LIKE GRIPS Dr. Matthews Opens Day Nursery in Smart Seattle Church. PEATTI.ta "Wash.. Fbb. 27. (Special.) Babies will be checked at the new day nursery which will be opened in the First Presbyterian Church tomorrow morning, without discrimination as to who their parents are. Women will attend card parties and other women Insist on shopping," said Rev. M. A. Matthews, pastor of the church. "Quite a number of others are so situated that they must go out and make their own living, and it is these that we particularly wish to reach. The nursery will take care of children from 7 o'clock in the morning till the last check is presented at nighv Plenty of nurses will be In attendance, and the cost will be about 7 cents a day for each child." (OREGON SELECTS ORATOR j Benjamin H. Williams to Contest Against Idaho. UTTCVERSiTT OF OREGOX, Eugene, Or.. Feb. 27. (Special.) Benjamin H. "Williams was chosen tonight to repre sent the University In the interstate oratorical contest to be held at Mos , cow. Idaho, some time In May. Will lams Is a Junior In college and a resi dent of Eugene. His oration is entitled The Pawn of Peace." The other orators competing with their orations were Merle R. Chess man, "The Idle Dreamer of an Empty ray;" Horton C. Nicholas, "Foundation of Hope:" Earl F. Strong. "The Funda mental Social Problem." and Thomas R. Townsend, "The Pathfinder." CHURCH COLONY FAILURE Alamo Company Kinds It Can't , Agree, Bishop Sells Out. SPOKANE. Wash.. Feb- 27. (Special. ) Alamo Colony established near Bonners Ferry. Idaho, about four years ago by Bishop David Mclnturff. Scotch mission ary, is only a memory, having been sold by the Bishop who drops the community Idea for evangelistic work. The colony occupied 3000 acres of land and for a while promised success, but soon dissensions appeared that worked to the early dissolution of the operative settlement. Having completed the sale of the land. Bishop Mclnturft has gone to North Yakima to get into the evan gelistic harness. INDICTMENTS NUMBER 76 Heavy Fines Collected From "Blind Pig"' Operators in Astoria. ASTORIA. Feb. 27. (Special.) The Cir cuit Court grand Jury completed its labors nd tiled Its final report this evening. Xuring the session it returned 76 true bills and one not true bill. The great majority of the Indictments are for violations of the liquor laws. In every instance but one the defendants, who have been ar raigned, pleaded guilty and the tines thus far collected are $1400 for selling liquor on Sundays, $700 for selling liquor without a license and $950 for violating the local option law by selling liquor in "dry" precincts. It Is understood that there are still sev eral Indictments on which the defendants have not been arraigned. Planking for Auto Koad. ASTORIA Feb. 27. (Special.) Three carloads of lumber .were shipped by the County Court to Gearhart Park today and on Monday work will be commenced on jlanking. the. road through Gearhact f ark MALLET F. &LATT. One of the most Interesting social events of the season in Medford so ciety was the marriage of Hallet F. Piatt. and Miss Prue M., Angle, which occurred at the home of the bride's parents on Tuesday evening. Rev. H. I Chambers, of Portland, performing the ceremony. The bride was attired In white messaline and attended by her' sister. Miss Bernice Angle. Master Junior Hanley acted as ring bearer, and Dee Miller, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. Miller, as flower carrier. Mrs. Piatt has been a leader In church and social circles and Mr. Piatt Is a prominent young business man. The couple de parted for Southern California, where they will spend two weeks. from the ocean beach to a connection with the main county highway. The planking of this road will complete the automobile road from this city via the ocean beach to Seaside. GULLS FOR APPOIHTMHTS IDAHO SENATE DEMANDS NAMES FROM BRADY. Insists on' Constitutional Right to Receive Iist Primary Bill Before House. BOISE. Idaho. Feb. 27. (Special.) Unless the official appointments to be made by Governor James H. Brady are filed soon, a demand will be made on the chief executive, through a motion intro duced by the minority members in the Senate late this afternoon, that they be submitted to the members of the upper chamber immediately for ratification. This action is to be taken on. grounds that the state statutes prescribe the ap pointments shall be submitted to the filiate within ton days after the Leg islature convenes and the date Is long past overdue. The Judiciary committee or tne esenaie reported the House direct primary bill out this morning and the measure was placed on the calendar for discussion In the committee of the whole. This action was contrary to the expectations of the minority members. The Democratic recall resolution was killed by a strict party vote to postpone indefinitely the measure, although, lm passlonate appeals were made In Its sup port. Had Senator Jordan not changed his vote at the last moment the recall would have been saved. He voted with the minority not to postpone Indefinitely and then changed his vote to the majority side. Two ieports were submitted out of the committee. The joint committee appointed to in spect the state Institutions In the north, filed its report recommending all appro priations for the schools. The Senate bill limiting leases on state mineral land to 15 years was passed and it Is believed this action sounds the death knell of the now famous Thompson lease. The House gambling bill was saved from defeat by being sent to the committee of the whole. An Important Boise measure, appro priating $20.0J( for the support of the children's home and aid society, a House bill, was passed, also a bill creating a state public park on the shores of the Payette Lakes. FASSETT OUT FOR MAYOR Complies "With Request of Business Men of Spokane. STOKANE. Wash.. Feb. 27. (.Special.) Importuned to run for Mayor by 50 lead ing business men headed by K. T. Coman, president of the Exchange National Bank, BF.COM KS GENERAL SUPERIN TENDENT OF UNITED RAILWAYS. - t 1 G. C. Morris. G. C. Morris, who lately re signed from the position of assistant general superintendent of the Southern Pacific lines in Oregon, has accepted the place of general superintendent of the United Railways. He accepts the new position tomorrow. He has been In the employ of the South ern Pacific, and before It the old Oregon & California Railroad, since 18S4. and is known as a competent operating official. His many friends on the Southern Pa cific regret to sea him leave the company's employ. 1 T p " lywsJfci-vWi.tj I A. '-.. r - i v k t rf- 'J hi i and David Brown, president of the Hazel wood Company, Charles M. Fassett, well known assayer and cousin of Congress man J. Sloat 'Fassett. of New Tork, to day announced that he will make the race. Already in the fleJrt for the Republi can nomination, are State iVnator R. A. Hutchinson. J. T. Omo and "J. Grant Hinkle. Three men are seeking the Democratic nomination. PARLOR POKER TO BELEGAL WASHINGTON SOLOXS WOULD REVISE CODE. Proposed Changes Abolish AH Stock Exchange Gambling Theaters Open Sunday. OLTSMPIA, Wash., Feb: 27. (Special.) Stock exchange gambling, the uee of screens In saloon windows,, and the ad mission of women to any place where liquor Is sold are to be prohibited If the new criminal code as amended in the Senate today is finally adopted. The Senate went on record for some regulations more drastic than those con tained In the original draft of the bill, but refused to discountenance private poker games or the opening of. theaters on Sunday. It aleo made more stringent the regulations of the employment of mi nors by putting the minimum age limit of girls 16, unless written consent Is given by the Superior Court. The code as originally drawn applied only to the unauthorized broker, a bucket shop proprietor, but at the suggestion to day of Potts of King, seconded by Booth of the same county, the section was made to apply to dealers on the stock exchange In contracts for actual deliveries of stock or commodities, thus putting nil hoard of trade speculations in fhe bucket-shojl class. The conducting1 of a bucket shop Is made a penitentiary offense by the bill. The Sunday-closing feature caused the longest discussion that has. been de voted to any chapter of the bill. The state now" has a form of "blue law" which prohibits mercantile pur suits on Sunday, the opening of thea ters, of saloons and the conducting of boisterous amusements. If enforced, the present statute would prohibit the opera tion of streetcars on Sunday. The code seeks to give greater Sunday liberties, and permits sale of prepared tobacco, magazines. ' confectionery, newspapers, fruit, medicine and surgical instruments. It specifically prohibits the sale of un cooked meals, groceries, clothing, boote and shoes, and puts the ban on the open ing of barber shois and saloone. Theaters are not mentioned In the new bill, and it Is construed to permit them to open. The question was discussed In the debate from both tbe religious and labor standpoint, but the amendment was de feated. 10 to 17. I The code continues open gambling games in the felony class, and an amendment by Graves exempting from its provisions games for stakes played in private resi dences between the host and guests, when no percentage Is deducted, was finally adopted by the close vote of 17 to 12. JUDGE THINKS CASE OVER Will Decide Hoqulam Recall Case on Councilman, Monday. HOQUIAM, Wash.. Feb. 27. (Special.) In the matter of the recall of Council man Gillespie of the Fourth Ward. Judge Irwin of the Superior Court today took the various points of law under advise ment until Monday, after listening to arguments by City Attorney Heath for the Councilman and Attorney Morgan, representing the belligerent fourth warder. In event that his honor decides against the petitioners for the recall, it Is assured that the Supreme Court of Washington will eventually be required to decide th casfe, Now on Display BUFFUM CWSOP PIHI KO It ROBERT STl'KGEOV MACBWAN ST1L-L HAIE A VD HEARTY. Came, to -Oregon in 184 6 With Clear Memory Ho Relates Many Stories' of Early Days. ASTORIA, Or., Feb. 27. (Special.) The oldest person In Clatsop County and one of the oldest pioneers in the state is Robert Sturgeon MacEwan of this city. who. although in his 96th vear, is still hale and hearty and able to enjoy his daily walks about town, when the weather conditions are pleas ant An expert penman in his younger days, he still writes a clear legible hand, his hearing 1b practically unim paired and he reads his daily Oregoni an without the aid of glasses. Mr. MacEwan was born in the Coun ty of Plctou. Province of Nova Sco tia, on November 10, 1813. In 1821 he i . i, i a-0ntA to the Province movcu " i v 1 1 t " of New Bruswick, where he resided un til 1836. when he enterea me eiuu.u, A - aa - civil en&rlneer oi tne k"-''1"" D" ' - , and aided In making the surveys of the disputed boundary nne Dei.wc.i . . n.ui.h torrltnrV On the American aim xi . " .i headwaters of the St. John and Restl gouch Rivers, near the southwest cor ner of New Brunswick. He is a pleasing conversationalist, has an excellent memory and relates many interesting incidents in connec tion with the early history of this sec tion as well as of the country where he was born. He well remembers the great forest fire which destroyed so . . nnA manv 1 i V ft 3 at Mlramichl, New Brunswick, In 1825. Mr- MacEwan was iz years time, resided in the district which was burned over and he carries scars on his arms and body now, as a result of burns sustained during the conflagra- t'i1' .1,1.. nf the treat fire. Mr. MacEwan said not less than 4000 peo , .. aA tn Heath and the pie wcic 17 1 1 . . . amount of property destroyed was en- normous. me rvyun. """"j . ii. i fnmatrv HenArtment Dy i.iie " ' regarding this fire gives the loss of life as 160, but Mr. MacEwan says he assisted in burying the remains of more than that number himself. In 1840, Mr. MacEwan come to the United States, sailing on the steamship L'nlcorn, the pioneer mail stamer of the Ctinard line. He settled In Missouri, where he was married in 1844 to Miss Cordelia Noland. This was before the Robert Stargrn McEt, . of Astoria, Aged 88. days of romantic gold discoveries in California, but many emigrant trains were crossing the plains to Oregon and in the Spring of 1846 he purchased an ox team and wagon and with his wife Joined one of the numerous trains en route to the Beaver state. His party had several skirmishes with hostile Indians, but' fortunately there was no fatalities and in the fol lowing Fall he reached Oregon, locat ing in Clackamas County, near the mouth of Eagle Creek, at what was known as Foster's place. Two years later he started for the newly-discovered gold fields in California, but sickness compelled him to turn back and he came to Astoria, which was then a Hudson Bay trading post. In lSi i. took. ua. a, donation, plaint en Ben j amines Exclusive Spring Models Suits Cravenettes Topcoats Remember That We Are the Exclusive Portland Agents for Benjamin Clothes and Knox Hats & PEN 311 MORRISON STREET Clatsop riains and that was his home until recently. On the arrival of the United States sloop of war Falmouth at Astoria. In August. 1850, bringing Hon. William Strong. United States Circuit Judge for Oregon, Mr. MacEwan in company with Colonel James Taylor. William H. Gray, Soloman H. Smith and R. W. Morrison, went on board to greet the visitors, and at the request of the local delega tion, he was appointed by Judge Strong as the first Clerk of Clatsop County, with authority to select suitable per sons to fill the other county offices. In December, 1852, he made a trip to his former home in the East by the way of San Francisco and the Nicar agua route to New York and thence to Mlramichl. After a short visit he again started Westward and with his father, sister and three brothers, and bringing 2000 head of sheep, 60 cattle and 20 horses, crossed the plains to Oregon for the second time. Mr. MacEwan had the distinction of having built the first vessel of any size in the Lower Columbia River district. The craft was the schooner Pioneer of 40 tons, which he constructed on the Skipanon Creek and loaded with a car go of hand-sawed lumber, which he took to San Francisco. He sold the lumber at prices ranging from $100 to $200 per thousand feet. Afterward he sold the schooner to the Government for $5000, and for a number of years she was used as a revenue cutter. For 15 years Mr. MacEwan was Jus tice of the Peace in Clatsop County, at a time when the jurisdiction of that office was much broader than it is now. and his record as such officer is favor ably commented upon by the older resi dents of the community. His wife died in 1860, after five children had been born to them, but of these, only one Is living. Until about four years ago. he resided upon his Clatsop Plains ranch, but when old age began to creep on he moved into the city, where he could have more of the comforts of life. Mr. MacEwan remembers distinctly all the Presidents of this country with the exception of Washington, Adams and Jefferson, as well as the reigns of several British monarchs, and ho ex pects to see several more American chief executives take their seats before he passes away. PLEDGED TO STATE AID Oregon-Idaho Congress Would Have States Bond for Railroads. BOISE, Idaho. Feb. 27. Resolutions fa voring the plan of creation of railroad districts and the bonding of them for the construction of new railroads were adop.ed today by the Oregon-Idaho De velopment Congress, in session in this city. The Governors of Oregon and Idaho are urged to appoint commissions for the purpose of further promoting the con struction of railroads on the initiative of the people. Coos Bay, in the resolutions, is declared to be the natural harbor for Southern Idaho, and members of Con gress are urged to use their influence to secure an appropriation for improvement of that harbor. Colmel Hofer,- of Salem, presided at the session of the congress today, and all addresses were along the line of state aid "for railroad construction. The Gregory idea. See Page 9. Sec tion 3. How To Brown Hair Without Detection Mrs. Potter's Walnut-Juice Hair Stain Can Be Applied in a Few Minutes Kvery Month. There la a way of staining rray. faded or bleached hair any shade desired, from a beautiful rich brown to almost black, o that it 1 difficult. If not impossible, for even experts to detect that the hair has fcaen treated In any way. This preparation has the tremendous ad vantage over hair dyea of containing no sil ver, sulphur, lead or other poisons which invariably causa bair failing-. It has no odor, no oil, no sediment and no grease, and does not rub off on tho clothing. It makes the hair grow out fluffy and luxu riant. A liberal amount as -a labaratory trial package of this walnut-Juice hatr-stain, to gether with a booklet on hair, is sent by Mrs. Potter's Hygienic Supply Co.. 641 dro ton Bldg., Cincinnati. Ohio, in plain sealed wrapper. If you w-111 send twenty-flve cents In stamps or coin, and If It Is desired to continue tbe treatment full sized packages may be obtained at drugstores for one dollar a package. It Is applied In a few moments with the comb, and it stains nothing but the hair, and stains it evenly from tip to root. It produces any shade desired from a beau tiful rich brown to almost black. One bottle of this walnut-juice hair-stain can last a year. ' Mrs. Potter's Walnut-Juica Hair-Stain Is recommended and for se.ie In Portland by Woodward-Clark Drug Co., wholesalers and retallem; Kyi-sell's Pliarmacy, 2S9 Morrison streati fl. ii. okidmor A Co, JAL Iiird. St, DLETON BEAUTIFUL GiRL SUICIDE "LIVING STATUE-' KXDS LIFE I BUTTE. Picture ot Seattle Man Who Is Said to Have AVon Love Found in Her Kffects. BCTTE, Mont., Feb. 27.--(Ppeclal.) Gasping out as she expired in a phy sican's "arma that this was her second attempt at death, Vivian La Grange, an actress of striking beauty, committed suicide here tonight by swallowing a large quantity of bichloride of mer cury. The young woman was 25 years of age. and came to this city from Se attle, where she left a company that has been presenting "living statues" on the different Vaudeville circuits. From all that can be learned the actress ended her life in this tragic manner through despondency. John B. Doherty, a Seattle man, is said to fig ure largely in the case, and to have won her love last year. In her effects, which were meagre Indeed, was found one of his pictures, taken In Seattle in 1908. PRINTERS TO WIN STRIKE Walla Walla Papers to Consolidate and Take Back Employes. WALLA WALLA, Wash., Feb. 27. (Special.) Non-union carpenters are now at work remodeling the offices of the Evening Statesman and Morning Union, this being preliminary to the consolida tion of these two papers, the issuance of a morning and evening edition having been definitely announced. Carl Roe, managing editor of the Union, will be at the head of the new department and the first editions will be issued next Tuesday. Although not positively ascertained, it Is practically assured that the scale de manded by the striking printers will be signed and that they will be taken on the rolls again to fill their former positions. Montana Buys Yakima Apples. NORTH YAKIMA, Wash., Feb. 27 (Special.) The North Yakima Horticult ural Union hns juFt shipp-d a oar of fancy Arkansas Blacks. Wine saps and WHEREVER THERES AL PLASTER ssit Pstna In the Rack AUcock's Plasters hare no equal Strengthen Weak Backs aa nothing else can Coughs, Colds, Weak Lungs AUcock' s Plasters act as a preventive aa well as a curative. Prevent colds becoming deep-seated. ill I IT oTlffGrcate8tEx,ernRen,M TitVe Has relieved and cured thousands eC(j Send postal with name and address to 374 ijiuiwisiji.i .miBusumaiii i Spltzenbevss to Anaconda. Mont., where the fancy grades brought $2 a box, while others rans-! a little lower. Nearly all the unmarketed apples are now in the. warehouses, although some growers still hold a few. FIREBUG HARD TO HANDLE Walla Walfa Authorities . Puzzled What to Do With Boy. . WALLA WALLA. - Wash.., Feb. '27. (Special.) The case of William ' Barrow, the 18-year-old firebug who was the causa of soven different tires In ' this city, is proving to be a puzzling' one to", the county authorities. He Is too old for the reform school,- the state penitentiary Is also no place for hlnl," and he is too dangerous to- be-at large. - '. ' ' ' Avenues- of 'escape- from' this action, ordinarily . open are closed in this case and the prosecuting attorney is at a losa to know what to do. ' ' ' ' J ' ' '' ' Gets Option on Pilot Schooner. ASTORIA, Feb.: . 27. (Special.) 'Henry Campion of the Port of Portland Com mission was in the city today anfl Is sail to have secured an option on the pilot schooner Joseph Pulitzer, which belongs to the Bar Pilots Association. 'It is also said that he arranged terms with several of the bar pilots for employment by the Commission. It is understood here that the Commission intends to employ- about six bar pilots. , . ; Closed Season Begin Monday. ASTORIA, Or... Feb.. . 27. (Special.) Under the new state law the flshln? rea son will close at noon on next Monday. Fish Warden McAllister is here arrang ing for a partol of the river to see that all gear is taken, out of the water at that time. He says his- deputies have been instructed not to be arbitrary, but to see that the law is observed. .. , . ... 1 Cntching Tons of Smelt. ! ASTORIA. Or.,' Feb. 27. (Special.) What is expected to . be practically tne last run of smelt for tho seasou 1ms reached the. Cowlits River, anil- the fish are being caught by the ton. . This morn ing two boatloads arrived In Astoria, ami as thfl price was Ion', they were-quickly picked up by. dealers and individuals. e 1 V .-. Vancouver 52 ; The Oalles 9t VANCOUVER. Wash.; Feb. 27'.-(Special.) Vancouver Athletic Chib defeated The n.-illcs Athletic Club in-a fast game I here tonight, goore-5'.' to B. jdi,iMilHi.tlrtnf.ti-t.jfa''''jfftt'-'n,''r-tl PAIN APPLY AN Pain In the Side Atlcock's Plasters relieve promptly and at tne same time strengthen aide and restore energy. 1 Rheumatism in Shoulder ' relieved by using AUcock' s Plasters Athletes use them for , Stiffness or Soreness of muscles. Canal St., N. Y., for book of testimonials. nmm. ..hpsuihiii-ih m 1111 imiliaiflHMi'iuuuy 4- ;y 4