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High Honor
Head of Northern Pacific Road Elected to Harvard Board of Overseers as
ST. PAUI Minn.. Aug. H.-Speclal.)
There Is no greater honor which
Harvard College, the oldest college
In the United State. can be
stow tan that accorded the North
west and West In the election
of Howard Elliott, president of the
Northern Pacific Railroad, as a member
of its board of overseers. The Southwest
and Middle West have been represented
among the 30 overseers, but the North
west has not heretofore received recogni
tion. Overseers of Harvard are elected
on commencement day. They represent
19.0HS men holding degreea from this uni
versity who are now alive.
To be elected an overseer is the most
distinguished honor that can be conferred
upon a Harvard alumnus. Mr. Elliott's
name was submitted with SO others of
prominent Harvard men to all. living
alumni for a letter ballot. Each graduate
voted for lx men and the 11 highest In
the total vote were placed on an official
Australian ballot and were voted In per
son by all graduates present at com
mencement. Mr. Elliott received the
largest vote, of any of the nominees, an
additional and emphatio recognition of
the Increasing Importance of the West,
and a fitting recognition of his energetic
work In the Interest of the ancient insti
tution of learning.
Will Represent Western Thought.
F. A. Delano, of Chicago, and George
D. Markbam, of St. Louie, are members
of the Harvard board of overseers. These
were the only men living outside of the
Atlantic coast states. The election of Mr.
EDIlott, who serves for a term of six
years, gives the great empire from St.
Paul to the Pacific Ocean direct repre
sentation and an active influence in the
management of Harvard, and enables the
West to voice Its convictions in the gov
ernment of the great university. Har
vard has many graduates In Minnesota.
North Dakota, Montana, Idaho and
Washington and Mr. Elliott, a resident of
9t. Paul, but as president of a great rail
way constantly in touch with affairs In
all of thwe Western states. Is In a posi
tion to meet the scattered alumni and to
convey to the far Eastern members of the
governing body the best thought of West,
ern men and to the Western graduates
full and fresh information of the work of
their alma mater. Mr. Elliott is a firm
believer in the future of the states be
tween the great lakes and the Pacific
and, having lived west of the Mississippi
for more than 30 years. Is a thorough
Western man.
Elliott's Rise to Front Rank.
Elliott graduated from Harvard in
1SKL He entered railway service In 1SS0 as
a rodman with a Burlington engineering
party In Northwest Missouri. After grad
uation from Lawrence Scientific School,
of Harvard, with a degree of civil engi
neer, he returned to the service and has
been continuously In railway work since
that time with the exception of one year,
serving In the engineering department, as
cashier, assistant treasurer, auditor, gen
eral passenger agent, general freight
agent, general manager and vice-president,
all with the C, B. & Q.. and was elected
president of the Northern Pacific In Oc
tober. Iii3, In which post he has served
continually since that date. Although a
resident of St. Paul, his duties keep him
on the road much of the time and in
New York on business of his company.
HILL'S HAND SUSPECTED
REPORT OF HIS INTEREST WILL
NOT DOWN.
Jliotory of War Between Systems
fhows One Always Seeks Means
of Forcing Concession.
Despite the positive denials of men
connected with the Oregon Trunk and
of President Elliott, of the Northern
Pacific, the suspicion continues to grow
that J. J. Hill is the actual force be
hind the Porter Bros., who are sparring
with the Harriman interests for an en
trance to Central Oregon through the
Deschutes canyon. That the empire
builder is ldentllied with the Oregon
Trunk line has been suspected from the
very beginning of activities, by that
company in the Deschutes territory. It
Is now confidently believed by those
who have been watching the contest de
velop that this suspicion will And full
confirmation In the adjustment of the
controversy, which will undoubtedly be
reached eventually.
The argument advanced In support
of this conclusion regarded altogether
plausible in railroad circles outside of
the contesting forces, who are saying
nothing. It Is urged that Hill is back
ing the Oregon Trunk, not alone be
cause he would like to Invade Central
Oregon, which has been regarded an
exclusive Harriman territory, but for
other advantages that are to be gained
from that association. It is known that
ever since the North Bank road ' was
constructed the Hill people have been
attempting to reach some agreement
with Harriman by which the railroad
systems represented by the two rail
road men might use the same terminals
in this city. This demand on the part
of Hill has been resisted successfully to
date, although it has been announced
repeatedly that an adjustment of this
situation had practically been reached
and only minor details remained to be
adtusted.
These reports have emanated from of
ficial sources at frequent intervals during
the last two years, but so far from be
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WESTERN MAN IS ELECTED OVERSEER OF HARVARD
UNIVERSITY.
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HOWARD KLLIOTT, PRESIDENT OF NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD.
Mr. Elliott has always maintained his
interest in Harvard and in New England,
where he lived until he was 20. but his
long residence In the West and his ex
tensive travels through Western states
have made him more of a Western than
coming effective, the arrangement is no
nearer practical operation than when the
negotiations were first opened. In the
warfare which has always characterized
the operations of the Hill and Ha.-riman
Interests throughout the Pacific North
west it Is generally known to have been
the policy of each always to secure every
possible advantage over the other as a
persuasive force for gaining concessions.
There Is no reason to suspect that this
uniform plan of operation has been aban
doned altogether by either of the two
systems, notwithstanding the fact that
the two rivals have about concluded a
contract by which the Union Pacific Is
to operate its trains from Portland to
Puget Sound over the Northarn Paslilo
tracks.
It Is therefore contended that Hill with
out doubt is the moving spirit behind the
present operations of the Oregon Trunk.
It is figured that by diseommod'ng H:r
rlman as mlich as possible and threaten
ing to build into Central Oregon, Hill ian
gain a leverage which will prove service
able In forcing a settlement of the
terminal question.
One Road Up Deschutes.
There Is a general feeling that the out
come of the pending litigation between
the Oregon Trunk and the Deschutes
Railroad will be the construction of one
road. Neither of the contending factions
will admit the possibility of such a com
promise, but at the same time the possible
attitude of the court mav '.nuke that plan
the only practicable Bolutron to tlie con
flicting interests of .the two projected
roads.
Contrary to the announcement coming
from his office Friday. General Manager
O'Brien, of the Harriman lines, has not
gone to Chicago. On reaching Pendle
ton he returned to Portland yesterday
morning. The Eistern trip of Mr.
O'Brien, however, is not understood to
have been abandoned and he may yet
join his superiors at Chicago for a con
ference. One thing Is assured and that
Is that the Deschutes fight Is of such im
portance that the real details of the cam
paign, so far as the Harriman interests
are concerned, are being directed from
the head offices In the Bast although
executed on the ground of contest by Mr.
O'Brien, the field marshal.
W. W. Cotton, general counsel for the
Harriman lines, will conduct the legal
proceedings in the Federal Court. He
will be opposed by Carey & Kerr, for the
Oregon Trunk-
LIBERATl'S GRAND MILITARY BAND
Representative Man of Great West.
an Eastern man. He predicts a brilliant
decade to come for all the territory west
of the great river, believing the next 10
years will see a development which will
surpass even the record of the decade
past.
WILL CONTESTANT DIES
MISS REX A KADY SOUGHT A
SHARE OF BIG ESTATE.
Woman Is Taken 111 on Street and
Dies at East Side Home "
Only Day L-ater.
Miss Rena Kady, one of the con
testants of the will of her sister, the
late Mrs. George Wood, who left thou
sands of dollars' worth of property to
various charities after her strange
death last Fall, died Friday noon at the
residence of her brother, Mark T. Kady,
at 62 Wlberg Lane.
Miss Kady was 111 but a day. She
was taken with an attack of dizziness
at Sixth and Stark streets Just after
noon on Thursday and fainted. She
was removed to a restaurant near by
and revived, but fainted again while
being taken to the offices of her brother
In the Oregonian building. Here she
was revived again and sent home, but
ail efforts to give other than temporary
relief failed.
Miss Kady was a native of Baltimore,
but had lived here for the last 10 years.
She came from Baltimore 10 years ago
with her mother, who died here five
years ago, since which time she had
been living with her brother. She had
been acting as the stenographer for Mr.
Kady. who Is the manager of the Mu
tual Reserve Life Insurance Company.
She was 52 years old this month.
Miss Kady was a contestant of the
will of her sister. Mrs. Wood, of Phila
delphia. Mrs. Wood was found dead in
a bathroom 24 hours after her death
last Fall. In her will she left the
Falrmount Park art gallery a collection
of rare paintings valued at $87,000 and
JeweVv valued at $90,000 to many lead
ing society ladies of Philadelphia, and
her residence, valued at $60,000, as a
club for artists. -Over $200,000 is in
volved In the contest. Some valuable
property not mentioned In the will will
become the property of the surviving
relatives, who have Instituted the con
test. Miss Kady Is survived by her brother.
IN CONCERT AT THE OAKS TODAY.
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Let Thompson
fit your glasses
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Thompson's ability ha hrn reroK
nixed bv the hiKlv-t authoritir In Eu
rix. Moree, Germany' foremost phy
sician. May 16, 1908, says:
"The rapidity and accuracy with
which Thompson corrects ye trouble
is nothing short of marvelous.
The London Dally Mail;'
The New York Times; ?
The Chicago Tribune
May 14, '08 says:
"R A. Thompson, an American op
tician, was called upon while In Berlin
to deliver several lectures on the eye to
students of both German and American
nationality. Eminent German authori
ties have declaned his system of eye
testing; a great aid to science."
The British Optician, London, May
9, '08, says:
"By the Thompson system of fitting
glasses a mistake Is impossible."
The jLondon Science Siftings (the Sci
entific American of Europe), June 6,
'08. says:
"A number of prominent oculists
were greatly astonished last evening
at the remarkable skill of R.' A.
Thompson, an American optician."
Ie Figaro, Paris, June 16, 08, says:
"R. A. Thompson, an American op
tician, astonished the medical world
last evening with an Important dis
covery for sight testing."
HIGH-CLASS WORK AT THE jLOW
EST POSSIBLE TRICE.
ONE CHARGE COVERS ENTIRE
COST OF EXAMINATION.
GLASSES, FRAMES.
THOMPSON
SECOND FLOOR, CORBETT BLDG-,
FIFTH AND MORRISON.
The Largest and Best Equipped Opti
cal Institution In Portland.
Mark T. Kady, of this city, and two
sisters Mrs. William Wahlstrom, of
Green Bay, Wis., and Mrs. Delia Cos
tello, of Baltimore, Md. Mrs. Wahl
strom is coming' to Portland to attend
the funeral, and arrangements have
been postponed until her arrival.
'BROTHER BEN" MOURNED
Creditors Attach Furniture of Miss
ing Benjamin F. Atlierton.
"Brother Ben: Where, oh where, art
thour"
The above is the text of a note pinned
to the doo- of the office by solicitous
creditors of Benjamin F. Atherton, pro
prietor of the Covenant Contract Com
pany, rooms 1 to 6 Hoyt building, whose
flaring- letter heads herald the purport
of his company as "that of contriving,
planning, devising, inventing or adapt
ing something to or for a special pur
pose." Evidently "Brother Ben" ad
hered closely to the standards he pro
claimed, because he has been mysteri
ously absent from his luxuriously ap
pointed suite of offices for two weeks.
What is more distressing is that he has
left a horde of creditors in his wake
even his pretty stenographer among
them. The concentrated efforts of the
creditors of "Brother Ben" resulted in
Constable Lou Wagner and a brace of
deputies swooping down upon his gaud
ily bedecked offices late yesterday and
levying an attachment upon the con
tents. Heaped upon t' j private roll-top desk
of "Brother Ben'' were heaps of memo
randa and "bills indicative of purchases
of everything from a pair of shoes to
a fireproof safe. The Knight Shoe Co.,
Harvey O'Bryan. Jennin & Sons and a
Mrs. De tond, from whom "Brother
Ben" is said to have got $385, are listed
among the victims.
Window Curtain Fire.
Another window curtain fire, the sec
ond which has occurred within a period
of 24 hours, called out the Are depart
ment last night to the rooms of C. Yuth,
at 344 Front street,. The family had
gone out, leaving the window open and
the supper cooking on the gas stove.
The breeze whisked the curtain over
the gas flame and set fire to it. The
window curtain was destroyed and the
window casing damaged. The loss will
not exceed $10.
ew Chief Engineer Oregon Trunk.
George A. Kyle, who recently resigned
as assistant chief engineer of tle Chi
cago. Milwaukee & Puget Sound, the
Pacific Coast extension of the Chicago,
Milwaukee & St. Paul, has been appointed
chief engineer for the Oregon Trunk. N.
W. Bethel, who has been directing the
engineering department of the Oregon
Trunk, will continue in the employ of the
company as assistant to Mr. Kyle. Mr.
Kyle comes equipped to. take full charge
of the engineering department of the
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Fall
The customer who inspects our line of the
latest weaves cut in the latest models
made by the best manufacturers at the modest
price of $15 will be convinced that we are
giving the greatest values in the city.
MQ.YER
rival Harriman road up the Deschutes
and will this week assume the duties of
his new position.
UNSAFE WITHOUT GUIDE
Josephine County Caves Have Been
Source of Danger.
GRANTS PASS, Or., Aug. 14. (Spe
cial.) Ever since 1874, when Elija
Davidson discovered the Josephine
County caves, there has been a tendency
on the part of the public to enter these
natural wonders without a guide.
Three years after the caves were
known to be of such magnitude, F. M.
Nickerson, of Kerby, Or., with the-as
sistance of others, made a partial sur
vey of four floor levels and installed
ladders where needed at many of the
difficult passageways.
These caves have never been fully
explored to this day, and it is said that
they extend In and through the moun
tain five or six miles from the main en
trance. Once inside there may be found
every variety of lime deposits. Within
the dark caverns may be heard the
music of running water from an un
known source. A strong breeze that
chills Is constantly in motion. ine
caves are situated in Cave Mountain, a
peak that vaults into the sky a dis
tance of 6000 . feet, and the opening
through which tourists may enter is
found at an elevation of 4000 feet,
in 1K97 the caves were withdrawn
from public lands, and by late procla
mation issued by the President the
mountain and a mile square has been
set aside as a public park. There is a
strong movement on foot since the ac
cidental killing of Frank Ellis to have
the government prohibit tourists and
visitors from entering the caves with
out official guides. It has been sug
gested that the government appropriate
monev and place iron gates over the
opening and that they be securely
locked.
Concerts at Oaks, Rain or Shine.
Some inquiries were made yesterday
whether the Llberatl free concerts' at
the Oaks would he given in case of
Real Success
comes to the man or
woman who stands
squarely on two feet
with mind and body
in poise and nerves
that don't fail when
needed.
If you eat GRAPE
NUTS, made frqm the
field grains which
contain the natural
phosphate of potash,
placed there by Nature
for rebuilding brain
and nerve cells, you're
bound to have "ginger"
and "nerve."
, "There's a Reason."
Read "The Road to
WeUville," in pkgs. It's
a little gem on right
- living.
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and Winter
Suits
rain. It is reported by the management
that if the weather is inauspicious the
concerts will be held In the music pa-
COPPER
PLXTE
POSITIVE
WHAT THEY ARE
ELECTROPODE8 are Insulated
metal insoles worn in the heels of
the shoes. One is of copper, the
other of zinc forming the positive
and negative elements of a galvanic
battery. The positive plate is placed
In one shoe the negative in the
other.
ELECTROPODES POSITIVELY CURE
Hheumatism. Neuralgia, Headache, Kidney Troubles, Backache. Weak
Heart, Sleeplessness, Lumbago, Stomach and Liver Complaints are posi
tively cured by ELECTROPODES or money refunded.-
ELECTROPODES have cured more case of Nervous Headaches and other
Nervous Ailments than any other five remedies combined. If your Druggist
cannot supply ELECTROPODES, have him order a pair for you from
Stewart & Holmes Drug Co.
WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTERS,
Tomorrow Is Washday, Avoid Its Troubles by
' - bending to the
UNION LAUNDRY COMPANY
Where Linen Lasts
FAMILY WASHING
Rough dry 5c a pound, rough dry by the piece lc up
Lace Curtains 30c Per Pair
Call Main 398 or A 1123
mm
Third and Oak
First and Yamhill
First and Morrison
vilion, locally known as the "afrdome"
at the hours announced 2:30 and 8:15
P. M:
HOW THEY ACT
One foot rests upon the positive
and one on the negative plate.
The nerves become the connect
ing: wires, feed the blood and tis
sues of the body a soothing flow
of electricity throughout the en
tire day giving the system time
to absorb it.
SEATTLE, WASH.
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