UNITED TO EXTEND
TO FOREST GROUE
Formal Offer Made for Right of
Way Into Washington
County City.
PUSH LINE TO TILLAMOOK
rromotcrj Ask for franchise and
Ten-Acre Tract for Terminal
Grounds Board of Trade
to Assist Itoad.
FOREST GROVE, Or.. April 3. (Spe
cial.) The TTnlted Railways Company
iony rnrmally made a proposition to
ii" ooara or i raue or this city to ex
tend rts line now building out from
rorimna.
luctKe Mollis, who has been lnterced
Inn for the citizens here for the electric
line, presented the proposition of the
company to a larfre number of citizens
this morning; in his office. A blueprint
shows the route the line proposes tak-
irix. The map also shows about half of
the rijrht or way has already been se
cured. The company only asks the city
to furnish a ten-acre fact about a mile
north of town, which the company
agrees to use as terminal and switch
ing grounds, to ftrant them a franchise
throuKh the streets of the city, and to
use influence in aiding: the company
to secure tne riKlit or way. the com
psny paying whatever costs might ac
crue tuererrom.
Trains to Ilun on Main Street.
The company proposes running: its
rrains up Alain street to First avenue.
North, which is only a block from the
poBtomce, and a depot will be main
talned somewhere in that district. The
report states that the line is to be built
to Tillamook at once, taking the Gales
' reek route, and surveyors have been
busy in that district for the past month
or more.
The ten-acre tract which the coi
pany asks the city to give is located
about three-fourths of a mile from the
main section of town, and the line will
come down Main street to the terminal.
The line to Tillamook is to start from
the tract encircling the town to the
west until it touches Gales Creek,
thence west to Tillamook. All trains,
from Portland to Tillamook, however,
will come directly into Forest Grove.
The proposed route takes a northeaster
ly course from this city to Verboort
Church, thence east to the Cornelius
Gap. (
Itoad Expected Here by Kali.
The committee has already set to
work to secure the desired piece of
land, and fror.i indications there will
be no trouble in raising the funds for
it. As soon as the right of way can
be settled, the company states that it
will put several hundred men and
teams to work on this end of the route,
and that construction will be vigorous
ly prosecuted. It is expected by Fall
that trains will be running Into Forest
Grove on a second electric line to be
built within 18 months. The United
taps a section of the country that no
"other road doea and the best section of
th county at that. There are no
bridges to build, and no large amount
of grading to do.
It is authoritatively stated that the
ITnited will give the patrons a commu
tation rate that will not exceed & cent
a rnil. This Is one of the matters the
railroad committee of this place over
looked when the Oregon Electric made
Ita proposition and which has resulted
In the ommutation ticket service being
discontinued by the Southern Pacific
that have confronted our Government
in tne ruinlling of treaty obligations. I
learn a few years ago that a number
of Italians were killed in Louisiana by
a mob, which occurrence resulted In in
ternational difficulty and threatened
war. The Administration of the United
States declared that the Federal Govern
ment had no right or authority, under
our Constitution, to enter a state and
punish a citizen f f or such violation of
treaty rights. Later, when the California
Japan school question had threatened
trouble, editors. Senators and Jurist de
clared the Federal Government had no
right to Interffere with the regulation of
ate schools.
A few days since, I saw in- an address
delivered in New York by ex-Secretary
Klihu Root that there is great need for
the Government to be given authority
or power to enforce treaty rights.
Now, I maintain that the Constitution
grants all the authority and power need
ed for such enforcement- There is a
clause in that Instrument which says:
"The President by and with the advice
and consent of two-thirds of the Senate
shall make treaties." This gtves abso
lute authority as to the kind. Another
clause states: "This Constitution and
the treaties made In conformity there
with shall be the supreme law of the
land" (I quote from memory and may
not have the exact words). To question
the power or authority of that which, to
me. is supreme, would seem absurd.
Now, as to mode: If a law provides for
the violation of a treaty, the United
States District Attorney should ask for
BINGHAM'S TALK SHARP
ATTACKS MATLOCK, HIS OPPO
NENT IN RACE.
HouAins; Political Meeting Attracts
Large Crowd in Opera
House at Eugene.
F.L'OKNa Or.. April 3. (Special.) The
opera-house was crowded to th doors
tonight at the meeting of the supporters
of I. If. Bingham for Mayor. The Kugene
band played and an orchestra assisted in
the programme. B. I.. Boa-art presided at
the meeting and speeches were made by
1 11. Bingham. V. V. Calkins and S. I.
Allen. Mr. Bingham bitterly denounced
ilie present Mayor and Council.
Tlic speaker denied that the Willamette
Valley Company had brought the in
junction against the city, asserting thaf
the "taxpayers, the men who work for a
living." brought the action.
Mr. Bingham stated that 40 per cent of
the business men bad besieged lilin to
become their Mayor.
, W. W. Calkins stated that he had no
criticism to make of the McKenzie River
power project, but he didn't want to see
.Mr. Matlock Mayor of Kugene. He then
reviewed the work of the administration
S. Allen closed tlie speeches. Ha
aid he thought the proposed power plant
for the city waa all right, but he thought
Mayor Matlock waa not going at it in
the proper way. He accused the Mayor
or inconsistency and gave his own ex
perlences as a practical municipal own
ership man.
Tonight s meeting closed the campaign
s far as speechmaking is concerned. The
election Monday promises to be one of
th most interesting of recent years. A
record breaking vote will be polledl
CONTRACT LETF0R RAILS
l.rand Trunk Pacific Prepares to Ex
tend Canadian Line.
VANCOUVER. B. C. April 3. (Spe-
J- K. lajrymple. freight and
traffic manager of the Grand Trunk
Pacific Railroad. announced today
that a contract had just been awarded
to the Dominion Steel Company for
the steel rails for the first section of
100 miles now under construction east
tf Prince Rupert.
The contract is for 16.000 tons, to be
delivered at Prince Rupert in August.
They will be sent around the Horn by
sailing vessels.
Announcement will be made In a
fortnight of the awarding of a con
tract to grade the 100 miles of line
cast of Prince Rupert.
GOVERNMENT AUTHORITY
lti Power Considered in Enforcing
Treaty Obligations.
HIT.IS1AI.R. Or, April 3. (To the
Kuitor. In reading of the difficulties
RATE SUIT FILED
Wheat Farmers Ask Reduction
in Freight to Astoria.
PLAN TO SHIP OWN GRAIN
Allege Advantage in Erecting Ware
house at Mouth of Columbia Six
Railroad Companies ' Are
Defendants ; in Suit.
SPOKANE. Wash.. April 3. (Special.)
Suit has been filed by the Farmers'
Educational and Co-operative Associa
tion of America through the State
Legislative committee for "Washington
and Idaho of which J. M. Reld. of Pull-
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-Jerry Rlordan, Bnelaeis Manager.
and the United States Court should grant
an injunction restraining any and all
officers from enforcing such a law. To
provide against mob or other violation of
law. Congress should make a law provid
ing suitable penalties and mode of trial.
The United States Marshal would then
arrest such criminals regardless "of state
authority, or, if need be, take them out
of the hands. of the state, to be punished
by Federal law.
In regard to the school question, I be
lieve that the state might exclude all
foreigners from our public schools, but
they cannot distinguish between nations
having the same treaty rights.
If the above Is not good law and sound
reasoning. I should like to be shown
wherein it falls short. J. O. HAINES.
"ALKI" STAFF IS BUSY
VANCOUVER HIGH SCHOOL TO
ISSUE YEAR-BOOK.
Publication of Initial Annual Ea
gerly "Watched For by 200
Students.
VANCOUVER. Wash., April 3. (Spe
cial.) The "Alki" is the name of the an
nual which the senior class of the Van
couver High School is preparing to is
sue this Spring. It is the first "publica
tion of its kind ever issued by the stu
dents of the local high school, and its
appearance is being eagerly looked for
ward to by the almost 200 pupils.
The word "Alki" Is an old Indian term
denoting the future or what the future
contains, and while there will be con
siderable past liistory In the publication
tne idea is to show from what has been
done and what ie being done what the
future will brin forth.
The Vancouver Hign School has been
steadily growing until it is now one of
the leading high schools of the state. Its
debaters have reached the finals in the
lnterecholastic debates, its graduates
have honors at the Btate university, its
basketball team was the champion in
Southwestern Washington this last sea
son. Its teams have won victories In
baseball, football and track athletics. Its
curriculum has been extended and en
larged, its faculty Increased and a new
commodious high school building recently
erected.
The work of preparing the material
for the "Alki" has been going on since
the first of the year. The etaff is com
posed of the following: Editor-in-chief,
Kred Bennett: business manager, Jerry
Rlordan: artist, Roy Knight: associate
editors, Theresa Hilstrom. Inea Minkler,
Floyd Kingen, Lillie Sugg, and Carlton
Eouton.
Kopiah Miner I Killed.
CEXTRAT.l A Wash A n,H ,o
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cial.) Joseph Stockman, a miner, waa
ot-wuciuiuaiy Kiuea yesxeraay to the
"Wilson Coal Company's mine, at Ko
piah. Thfl HAV hfrl-m nma . ( l
,jaJ been put in place to keep the roof
of the rnnm un In . H . mAn,t,,, v. j i -
Stockman was engaged In putting in
nmoer. a car struck one of the
timbers already In place, knocking it
OUt and letting nn tmm.niia
rock into the room. This caught the
miner and crushed his head and upper
pare or nis oody almost to a pulp.
Stockman leaves a wife and six small
cniiaren.
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man. Is president, to require the rail
roads to give the same rates on grain,
livestock, vegetables and other farm
products to Astoria, as to Puget Sound
and Portland points:
The suit was filed today before the
Interstate Commerce Commission is in
formation Mr. Reid received in a tele
gram this evening from Frederick H.
Murray, of Tacoma, attorney for the
union. The complaint charges that the
union desires to build a warehouse for
handling grain of its members at tide
water and that Astoria is the logical
place, being but five miles from the
ocean and the rate bv vennel fs lec
front there than from Portland and
Puget Sound points.
The suit is brought against the
Northern Pacific, Great northern, O.
R. & N., Oregon, Washington & Idaho,
Spokane, Portland & Seattle, and As
toria & Columbia River Railroads and
demands a reduction in the rate on
grain and all other farm products. It
charges that, the rate now charged
to Astoria is 28 1-4 cents per 100
pounds as compared with 19 1-4 cents
per 100 pounds to Seattle, Sumas, Ta
coma, Bellingham, Portland and other
points, and that the distance is much
less from Spokane, Lewiston, Walla
Walla and kindred points to Astoria'
than to Puget Sound points, beinr 95
miles less than to Sumas; also that the
plaintiff la an organization of farmers
with nearly 15,000 members In Wash
ington, Jregon and Idaho, and that
they produce 25,000,000 bushels of grain
annually.
CHILDREN SHOW DEFECTS
Out of 4T5 Examined at Olympla,
Only 194 Are Normal.
OLTMPH Wash innl t
Fragmentary returns from the physical
rAauiuiauun wi iae scnoot cnudren or
Olympia. which took place last October,
show that out of 475 children of the
many examined, only 194 were normal.
""" -ox wcic ueucieni m one way or
another. The nose, ears and throat of the
afflicted ones were the chief sources of
trouble, as It was found that in most in
stances tueir sight was exceptionally
good. The school authorities and the physi
cians have been more startled bv the
Indifference of the parents than bV the
large mimher of deficient children found.
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Our ' showing of Men 's
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Soft hats wiU be unusual
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In many instances the parents considered
the whole examination a needless bother,
and few sent in reporta of any kind as
to how their children were getting along.
Physicians asked. that a report be made
at the end of six weeks.
- Wasliougal Kesident Dies.
VANCOUVER, Wash., April 3. (Spe
cial.) Leroy Morgan, . aged 72 years,
a resident of the State of Washington
for 45 years, died at Washougal
Thursday evening of heart failure. He
will be buried with Masonic honors at
AVashougal tomorrow afternoon. .
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