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PLATT-ANGLE NUPTIALS IMPORTANT MEDF0RD SOCIAL EVENT
DAM WILL ITER
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Coe and Furnish Buy 800-Acre
Tract in Umatilla County,
Oregon.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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. ..
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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.
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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.
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