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THE SUNDAY OKEGONIAX, PORTLAND, JULY 11, 1909. T'S FEARS T MIIMN'S Weyerhaeuser Says Forests in United States Will Last Forever. LUMBER OUTLOOK BRIGHT Tariff Adjustment Satisfactory to Millmen and Activity in Rusi ness Is Kxpeeted to Ke snme at Once. . 8EATTX.fi. Wash.. July 10. )Speclal.O Th lumber industry is entering upon an era of renewed activity and prosperity, in the opinion of Kredorick Weyerhaeuser, popularly credited -with being the "lum ber king of America," who arrived In Seattle this afternoon. Mr. "Weyer haeuser declares that there is no war rant for the assertion credited to Gifford rinchot, head of the T'nlted 'States For estry Department, that there is dancer of "exhausting; the timber supply of the United States in the next 20 years. "There in no reason to think the tim ber supply will not hold out indefinite ly," said he. "The lumber outlook is encouraging. Xow that the tariff Is practically adjusted and on a basis that 1 reasonably satisfactory to lumbermen, there will be a rapid revival of the in dustry and a renewal of activity. It has been a long time since the memorable panic of October. 1907. and the country has refined Its equilibrium. The finan cial pol.se of the Nation is restored. Con fidence has returned and business enter prises, and building activities that were (suspended and held in abeyance, pending an improvement In conditions, will be resumed. I therefore predict that the demand for lumber will be all tliat could be asked and that the manufacturing in dustry in the. mills of the Northwest will be conducted on as large or larger scale than ever before. "I am very much interested in the for estry problem. Although T do not agree with the statement attributed to Mr. Pinchot, to the effect that the forests of the country would be wiped out in 20 yearc, T am making a special effort to conserve the forest and to pursue scien tific methods In removing timber from my holdings. I am conducting experi ments witli the assistance of Government forestry experts, along lines suggested by Mr. Pinchot. and by Professor Graves, of tlie Yale School of Forestry, to the end that the timber supply may be perpet uated. There is no reason to believe it will ever be exhausted. I am of the opinion that we will have ample timber for our needs for an indefinite time for all time, in fact. "Talk commonly indulged regarding the depletion of timber in the Kaet and Middle West and South, is an exaggera tion. There Is still an abundance of timber throughout the iSouth and also in Minnesota, Wisconsin. Michigan and con tiguous territory. With ordinarily con rervative methods of lumbering, it will last indefinitely. It is constantly grow ing, young timber Is replacing the- old. wnd' With proper safeguards against forest fires and utterly useless waste, it should last lorever." NO WHEAT, MILLS CLOSED Klour "Factories at Dayton Shut ' Iown Vnlll Grain Is Harvested. . DATTON, Wash., July 10. (Special.) Plouring and chop mills of the Touchet Valley have closed on account of a short age of grain. Not for years has milling grain been cleaned up so closely, a con dition due to the high prices this Spring and Summer. The Portland Flouring Mills of Dayton will close next Tuesday and will not resume operations until the first of September. The plant will be thor oughly overhauled and repaired and the Portland chop mill will be moved a dis tance of 70 feet and placed on cement piers. The Prescott Mills, also owned by the Portland company, will commence the Fall and Winter run aoout the middle of September and the Preston-Parton mills at Waltsburg. which "closed last Tuesday, will remain closed until the last of the month. -About 60 .men have beon thrown out of employment by the closing of the mills here. . New wheat will not commence to come in in quantity before the latter part of July. RUNAWAY BOYS CAPTURED .News Story Leads to Identification by Albany Officer. ALBANY. Or.. July 10. (Special.) A tory in this morning's Oregonian regard ing the runaway of three boys from Portland led to the capture of two of them in Albany today. Officer John t'atlin saw three lads boarding a south bound freight train here this afternoon. nd. though he had no orders from the Portland police to watch for the run ways, the boys answered the descrip tion of those of whom he had read of in The Oregonian, so he decided to arrest them. He grabbed two of the lads, but the third ran and caught the train, which was then moving out of the depot. The boys raptured are Henry Kunz. of 617 Karl street, and Victor Cobin, of 640 East Fit teenth street. Catlln communicated with the Portland police and will return the boys to their homes. NEW ROAD INCORPORATES Clark County Railway Company Xew Vancouver Firm. VANCOUVER, Wash.. July 10. (Spe rial.) Articles of incorporation of the Clark County Railway Company have been filed in the office of the County Auditor by Bert Yates. J. W. Sifton and Omar C. Spencer. The object of the company will be to build electric lines in Clark County. The life of the company is for 50 years, and the principal place of bus! ness will be Vancouver. The capital stock of the company is placed at $150. 000, divided into shares of $100 each. The directors of the company are James o. Kldwell. of Walla Walla; J. 1. Murphy. A. Welch, C. E. Moulton and Omar C. Spencer. OLDS IS CHURCH DIRECTOR Portland Man Selected by I'nltarlai Conference in Seattle. PKATTLK. Wash.. July 10. The Pa cific Coast conference of Unitarian pino churches concluded its business today by hearing reports of officers, electing directors and adopting resolutions. Mrs. Mary B. Presson, of San Francisco, submitted the reports from the "Pacific Unitarian" and headquarters; Rev. Earl M. Wilbur, of Berkeley, Cal., read the report on the Pacific Unitarian School for the ministry. These directors were elected: Rev. Bradford Leavitt, San Francisco: W. P. Olds, Portland. .Or.; W. II. Payson. Berkeley, Cal.; Pratt Carr. Seattle, Wash.; Karl G. Re.nsdorff, Palo Alto, Cal. The directors will meet in San Francisco on the second Monday in September and choose a president, sec retary and treasurer. The conference adopted resolutions of greeting to the Epworth league, now in convention here, and also adopted a resolution declaring that "we proudly take our stand by the side of the great Methoaist Church in Indorsing its prin ciples in relation to the social progress ami welfare of mankind." A.fter the close of the conference the delegates and their friends went on a steamer excursion to Bainbridge Island, lauding for a clambake and to visit the tomb of the celebrated Indian. Chief Seattle, on the Suquamlsh reservation near Port Madison. FIRST WILL FORGERY ? JKW SKXSATIO.V SPRCXO IN MABKL WAKXEU Til f A Li. Pendleton City Attorney Explains How J. V. Young's Signature Could Have Been Attached. PKNDLETON, Or.. July 10. (Sna- cial.) City Attorney Roy Raley, who was placed on the witness stand this morning by Mrs. Mabel Warner, in her fight for possession of the J. W. Young estate, proved to be one of the most interesting witnesses examined so far. Taking the so-called "first" will, he de clared the document bore evidence of having been placed in a copy press. ana tie advanced the theory that the signature .of J. W. Young to the doc ument was obtained by reproducing a copy of an original signature by means or tne copy press. He demonstrated in court how this could be done. He said the copy of tne signature thus obtained would be dim and that the one in question had probably been traced over with black ink, thereby corroborating the testi mony of E. H. Thompson, the handwrit ing expert, who testified yesterday. h. J. Toland, the expert from Port land, proved somewhat of a disap pointment to the spectators. He was not questioned regarding the genuine ness of the "fourth" will, which is the one at Issue, and merely corroborated the testimony of Thompson as to the statements that the four letters alleged to have been written by Young and the signature of Young to the "first'" will were forgeries. While insisting that the "first" will is not at issue in this contest, and that the question of its genuineness has no bearing whatever upon the point at issue, the attorneys for the contesting heirs declare they will prove positively that the signature to the document has been tampered with since it was intro duced as evidence. REGULARS START MARCH Machine Gun Platoon Leaves Van couver for Clackamas. VANCOUVER BARRACKS," Wash, July 10. (Special.) Company G, First Infantry, left the barracks this morn ing, in command of Captain King, for its annual 21 days' march. The troops were accompanied bv ten Dack-mulea and two wagons loaded" with army sup plies, xney crossed the rerry to the Oregon shore and started for the en campment site of the Oregon militia near Clackamas, Or. This is the machine gun platoon of the First Infantry and the men were fully armed and equipped for field service and provided with camp equi page and wagon transportation. They will proceed by marching to the e'n campment of the Oregon National Guard, in time to participate with the National Guard of Oregon In its an nual encampment. July 12 to 18 and July 24 to, SO. It has been arranged so that the time spent on the march and at the encampments will make at least 21 days, which will constitute Company G's annual 21 days' field service. During this period the machine-gun platoon will also engage in its required target practice. LABORER ROBBED, SLAIN MiUliand Who Follows Thief Shot Iown; Murderer Escapes. SPOKANE. Wash., July 10 At Fuller's sawmill, 25 miles northeast of Spokane, Hess Hoffman, a mill hand, was shot and instantly . killed this morning by a man who had worked at the mill only a few days, and who gave his n.me as K. A. Greek. Greek was paid off this morning, and when he left the camp took property belonging to Hoffman. The latter fol lowed to recover his belongings, and overtook Greek a mile from the camp, where the shooting occurred. Three shots were fired. Greek was believed to be a desperate man, as he always carried a gun while at work. He has disappeared. . Deputy Sheriffs are in pursuit. W. CARLISLE IS MISSING Orchards Farmer Disappears After Reaching Vancouver. VANCOUVER, Wash., July 10. (Spe cial.) William Carlisle left his home on Fourth Plain near Orchards last Wednes day to come to Vancouver, but he lias not been seen since a short time after he reached the city. The police have been unable to get any track of him and his friends cannot account in any way for his disappearance. , a He is described as being 40 years of age, 6 feet tall, weighs 175 pounds, has black hair, is smooth shaven, had a wound on the right forehead. He wore a dark suit and black soft hat. Dufur Farmers OrganM!e. THE DALLES, Or., July 10. (Spe cial.) Articles of incorporation of the Farmers' Union AVarehouse Company, of Dufur, were filed with County Clerk F. R. Angle this morning by Theodore Buskuhl and Lester D. Kelly, of Kings ley, and Alex Strachan, of Dufur. The capital stock is $4000. divided into 800 shares of the par value of $5 each. The headquarters of the company will be at Dufur. CAKD OF THANK. S. Mr. Christian Kretzer, 505 Ebey street, Montavilla. wishe to extend to his many friends whose kind deeds and sympathy contributed to the comfort of his beloved wife during her sick ness, and for the beautiful floral offer ings at the funeral. ALTON PACKARD'S SKETCHES DELIGHT New York Cartoonist Illus trates His Own Lecture Before Chautauquans. DR. FORD GIVES ADDRESS Stage at Forum Is Decorated "With Flowers in Honor of W. C. T. U. Recital Pleases Jjarge Crowd in Auditorium. CHAUTAUQUA GROUNDS, Gladstone Park, July 10. (Special.) Thousands of people braved the threatening weather thi afternoon and came to Gladstone Park to hear one of the most interesting programmes of the session. The audi ence was the largest of the week and the auditorium was well filled with peo ple to listen to the lecture of Alton Pack ard, whose work in caricature has ex cited widespread attention. Mr. Packard . this afternoon chose a lighter vein, his topic being "Fun and Fancy in Form and Color." The first of his lecture was illustrated in black and white, but colors were introduced toward the finish. Mr. Packard come from New York state and he was at the Willam ette Valley Chautauqua just 10 years ago. His first newspaper work was for the Minneapolis Journal In 1S88, while he was a student at the University of Minnesota. He drew a picture In competition for a $25 prize and won it. Later he was em ployed on that Journal and afterwards was connected with the newspapers in Chicago and Cincinnati. During recent years some of his cartoons have appeared in Life and Judge and he has been In platform work for 13 years. Mr. Packard Is accompanied on this trip by his wife and son. He has been to the A-Y-P Exposition at Seattle, and will go to Ashland next week to lecture at the Southern Oregon " Chautauqua Wednesday and Thursday. He will talk tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock, giving illustrated sketches of ideals. Biology Lectures Interest. Thomas J. Pennell sang Handel's "O, Ruddier Than the Cherry"' this afternoon and responded to an encore with "Thy Beaming Eyes," (MacDowell.) In the biology stereopticon lectures this morning the first part was a continuation of the discussion of bacteria. Their habits and methods of growth were explained and the destructive power of sunlight demonstrated. During the remnant of the lecture the method of cell division was ex plained, leading up to the evolution of sex, and on Monday the whole lecture will be devoted to this topic and the de velopment from the egg. Miss Frances Gage, district secretary of the Young Women's Christian Associa tion, followed the biology class, with an exhibition of lantern slides showing pic tures dealing with the missionary work In Turkey. She will have more of these interesting features. The Forum hour was a good one to day, as it always is, and the stage was decorated with flowers and streamers of white in honor of the W. C. T. U. Twelve little girls sang and Miss Vio let Beauliau, of Oregon City, gave a recitation. She was dressed as a fairy and made a pleasing hit. Dr. T. B. Ford, of Pendleton, gave a strong ad dress on "The Paramount Issue in American Politics," and was followed by Mrs. Margaret Dye Ellis, of Wash ington, D. C, who talked on "Congres sional Measures." For 14 years Mrs. Ellis has been kept in Washington by the National W. C. T. U., and her bus iness is to" watch National legislation affecting 'the liquor traffic. More than one member of the lower house of Con gress has failed to be returned to his seat as a result of his attitude on the liquor question. The W. C. T. U. Is so organized that the headquarters can reach by wire any county in the United States. There was to have been a reception this afternoon to Mrs. Ellis and Dr. Ford at the W. C. T. U. headquarters, but it was postponed on account of the damp weather. The baseball game this afternoon was played under some difficulty, but was interesting to the spectators, and was won by Gladstone, who played against Eagle Creek. On Monday Canby and Clackamas will play. The recital of Montavllle Flowers and the Misses Keller tonight drew a crowd of people to the auditorium. Miss Grace Keller, the vocalist of the trio, made three appearances, singing the "Gloria," by Peccia, and "Der Freischutz," by Weber, and a little group of songs at the end of the pro gramme. Miss Luella Keller- played the "Rlgoletto" from Verdi, and the "Andante Finale" from Lucia dl Lam mermoor, by the left hand alone. Mr. Flowers gave two selected readings. On Thursday night he held a big audi ence' breathless to the end of hfs mas terly rendition of J. M. Barrie s "Little Minister." W. C. T. IT. to Handle Programme. Tomorrow is W. C. T. U. day and during the band concert in the after noon Miss Grace Keller will sing and Mr. Pennell will render cello numbers. The Chautauqua chorus will sing, "Oh, How Amiable" (Barnby), and in the evening will render "Oh Lord, My Trust Is In Thy Mercy" (Hall). Miss Georgia Cross giving the solo. Tomorrow aft ernoon Miss Keller and Mr." Pennell will sing a duet, "The Crucifix" (Faure). The programme for Sunday follows: MORNING. 30 Sunday school. . 11 Chautauqua Forum "The Recent Up heaval In Turkey." Alexis Abdullah Ben Korl, formerly a subject of the Sultan, Pro fessor of Modern Latisuagei, P&cino Uni versity. AFTERNOON. 2 Music by Chautauqua Chorus. Vocal Iuet, Thomas J. Pennell and Miss Grace Keller. Sermon lecture, Alton E. Packard. 8 Music by Chautauqua Chorus. Lecture along: temperance lines. "Conivression&l Glimpses. Mrs. Margaret Ty Kills. Na tional Superintendent of the legislative de partment for the W. C. T. U. LABORER IS ELECTROCUTED iron Rod With Which. He Re-enforces Concrete Touches Wire. VANCOUVER, B. C. July 10. (Spe cial.) Charles Larson, aged 30, em ployed as a concrete mixer on a build ing being erected here, early this morning met death by allowing the twisted iron rod he was handling, which was used to reinforce the concrete, to come in contact with a live wire. It is believed the wire was not prop erly insulated. The man's death was Instantaneous. Most Clothing' B HOOD RIVER IS RENT Proposed Water Bond Issue Causes Strife. THREE FACTIONS IN ROW Xumcrous Issues Combine to Make Bitter Struggle and to Arouse In terest of Voters Question Sole Topic of Conversation. HOOD RIVER, Or.. July 10. (Special.) Interest in the Robbins murder case is dwarfed into Insignificance by what prom ises to be a bitter struggle for and against issuing tlO.OOO in bonds to estab lish a municipal water system at Hood River in competition with the system of the Hood River Electric Light, Power & Water Company. The election to vote the bonds Is called for July 23. The warm est supporter for bonds is Mayor Dick McDonald. A majority of the members of the City Council are favorable" to the project. - - - The bone of contention Is a spring located about seven miles from town that flows 1,000,000 gallons of water In 24 hours, the same amount as the system now in use owned by the water com pany. The company's spring is situated on the outskirts of town and was esti mated by an engineer, recently employed by the city to make an investigation, to be adequate to the needs of the city until it reached a population of 8000 or 9000. A census taken this year gives the population of the city at 2000. Company Offers to Sell. Opponents of the bond issue argue against purchase of a supply no larger than the one now in use. F-urthermore, the water corr.pany has offered to sell it3 system to the city for J40.000. The fight Is embittered by the attempt of the city health authorities to have the present system condemned by the State Board of Health, and also through the action of the Council in turning down a petition presented to it, signed by a num ber of taxpayers, asking that the proposi tion of buying the city svstem be sub mitted to a vote July 28, when the" bond Issue is voted on. Another proposition submitted to the Council is from G. D. "W'oodworth, a wealthy resident, stating that If he is given a franchise for 60 years he. will furnish the city with water from a large spring on his property in the upper valley, flowing 5,000,000 gallons a day and esti mated to be sufficient for 50,000 people. He agrees to take over the present sys tem, charging the same rate for water as is now being paid, and to turn over the entire system to the city when the franchise expires at a cost to be deter mined by a commission. Old Struggle Is Renewed. The latter feature has caused the fight to assume a three-cornered contest, which comprises those who want the bonds Issued to establish the municipal system in competition with the present system; those who want the present sys tem bought and improved by the city ; and the faction that does not want any bonds issued and are in favor of grant ing a franchise to bring in the large sup ply of water from the upper -valley. The present fight is a renewal of the struggle that has been going on inter mittently for several years to establish a municipal water system at Hood River, with the storm center around H. K. Davidson, the largest stockholder in the water company, and president of the Davidson Fruit Company, who it Is claimed is responsible for the failure of several previous attempts to Issue bonds to establish a. municipal water system. A feature injected into the fight la a suit instituted against the water company by N. C. Evans, its former manager, who is suing for an accounting of its affairs, and which, suit is pending in the Circuit Court. It Is charged that Evans is in fluencing the city government against buying the city system on account of his litigation with the water company and that he was instrumental in having the ordinance framed to call the election to vote the bonds. According to an expert who appraised the Rvalue of the water company's plant for the city several years ago. Its value i Important COME HERE TOMORROW AND SEE THE VALUES WE $25 and $30 ENJAMIN SUITS FOR YOU CANT AFFORD TO MISS THE CHANCE Outing Suits SEE WINDOW DISPLAY UFFUM 81 311 MORRISON STREET, was placed at $42,000, to which the com pany says It has since added tlO.000 in im provements, and that its net income to the city would be $5000 per annum. It is claimed by the supporters of the bond Issue that although the Tucker spring the name given the water supply they are In favor of. is Inadequate to the future needs of the 'city it Is on the way to petting a much larger supply when it Is needed, while the opposition brings the argument to bear that there i no necessity of spending $90,000 for the same amount of water that can be obtained for $40,000 by purchasing the system now in use. The adherents of no bonds are vociferous in their protest that there Is no need of spending any money when the city can get an adequate supply of water by granting a. franchise to the company that proposes to bring in the big. supply from the upper valley. The question at present forms the sole topic of conversation, interspersed with allegations of graft, assertions that the City Council is disregarding the right of the people and counter charges against the opposition to bonds that their peti tion to the Council was circulated to defeat the bonds. The spring, which it is proposed to utilize In establishing the municipal sys tem, is the center of discussion but on ac count of its inaccessibility but few have ever seen it. It is now, however, being visited by many for and against the bonds, who return to town to take up their side of . the contest with renewed vigor. It Is Intimated that if the issue carries th initiative will be Invoked and an election held to vote on the question of buying the city system. Famous Old Bridge Burned. TROY, - X. Y., July 10. The famous old wooden-covered bridge across the Hudson River between the upper sec tion" of this city and Waterford, was destroyed by fire today, caused by an electric wire. Loss, $100,000. inj" h' eti IN THE ESTIMATION OF THOUSANDS There are thousands of persons who are firmly convinced that Hoste tier's Stomach Bitters is Better than anything else for ailments of the Stomach, Liver and Bowels. They reached this decision alter giving it a fair trial' and did not hesitate in writing us voluntarily of the benefits received. We believe it will prove so in your case too. Therefore, get a bottle of rm today and you make the first step on the road to health. 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Mr. Hopson, supervising engineer of all reclamation work in the state, will reach here next Monday, and will take up all matters In process of adjustment between his service and the water users, and it is confidently expected that common ground will be reached. If such proves to be the case, greater activity" will no doubt soon be apparent in construction work on the project. Good progress is being made on the Clear Lake dam. which is to convert Clear Lake into one of the great reser voirs of the project. Several carloads of machinery arrived here yesterday for the reclamation service, the entire equipment to be used in the construc tion of the dam. One of the pieces is a big dredger bucket, which will be used in excavating' for the foundations of the dam. There are also a number of cars for use in hauling dirt and rock for the construction of the dam. A ill OFFER IN $18.50 hundred and twenty men are now at work on the Clear Lake dam. and the force will soon be considerably in creased. DEAD MAN'S CHILD SOUGHT Coos County Coroner "Would Ijocate JJelatives of Thomas W. "Wilson. MARSH FIELD, Or.. July 10. (Spe cial.) The Coroner Is endeavoring to locate the original of a kodak picture of a child which was found in the pocket of Thomas W. Wilson, a logger who was accidentally killed in a log ging camp. The man came here from Canada and was a good workman, but nothing Is known of his relatives. He bas some property hero and it is thought also some money, and every effort will bo made to find the man's relatives. He had told fellow-workmen that the pic ture was that, of his child, and the authorities are' anxious that the little one may be found to receive the dead fathers estate. The inquest today did not develop anything further than that the man was killed by a falling log. Masonic Lodge for Seaside. SEASIDE. Or.. July 10. (Special.) 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