' SUNDAY OKKGOMAX, rORTLAXD, SEFTK3ir,ER 4, 1910-
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COMMISSION HEAD
SON EPS PLEDGE
TO DYING FATHER
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Mother's Remains Conveyed
on , Horseback to Their
Last Resting Place.
PIONEER GRAVE OPENED
Rough llRTm of Rurlnl riacc 1
of Little Assistance. Owing f
Changes In Country Since
Journey Oref Plains.
KOSEIILTIG. Or.. Sept. 3. (Sp.-. ln.
Bearing with him on horseback, se
curely tied to the pommel of Ms sii.hll-'.
a narrow box containing a j-ku'.l and
a few crumbling hones, nil tr,at remained
of the body of ! mother. Il.-nry J-'hn-
on arrived In Koseburg last night t
pun-et. It.- had traveled from the old
BoHe-Kelton trail and was on hi- ')
to hi ranch In one of the small un.l
Nolate.l valleys of south-, st.rn l.ni
U County, to kc.p a promise that his
mother should rest b. side her In..- .an -I
anl son In the burial l-t n.-ar their
pr.-s.nt noni-.
Mrs. Jolirsn" mother .lie.l from
fever ! years ago on the Journey- In -a
(ic..n from Iowa o r. son. .on.:
on the ri.s-rt. far from Hunan hahlM
tlon. he ami his father sa.lly fa.'s I
a rat e. whl.h they carefully mark-1
A ninth rflascram of the la.ni.-.ll.'.-
urroun. lines was mail.-, aft-r whi-.li t'i-
boy and his father continued on the
lone trail across deserts an.l mountain,
until tiiey rea. he. I their destination in
a valley on tne r.-K..n coast.
Promise to 1'ullier kept.
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The father dle.l two yearn ano an-l
his last re.iu.st to his son that he
return to I.lnlio as s'.n us p-issihle. and
ohtaln the iMHly of the mother ti ;nl it
mulit rest beside him.
The son started on his Ionic journey
four months and alti-ui-h le pos
sessed the rmiKh dwisrufn' n.a.!.- Ion it
he haU itreat Uiflhulty in rin.lsn
thf spot.
"I found that many ehinit.s had
tak. n pla-e In Idaho sin. e I rame over
the trail nearly SO years a'.." said
Mr. Johnson in spi ukinu of I'js Journey.
"When we passed that way the Hoise
Kelt.m trail extend..! through tlie
(treat unbroken d.-sert. .ov.re.l witri
sacebrush and with no habitation, on
my recent' visit I found that the l.-s. r
iu dotted with many towns vilili h had
an air of prosperity about them, and
tne lands, formerly unproductive of
any vegetation except sagebrush, were
being Irrigated by canals and ssd. nili l
crops wsre being prodiic..l.
"Instead of an old uncertain ferryboat.
I found a substantial bri.lue at a plut-e
cti!l.-l Hcyhurn, which ext.T.ilcd acro.-w
tie Snake River to Hurley, a town of ap
parent prosix-rity. A few mll.-s south of
Hurley I struck the old Hoise-Kelton
trail. In many places I found the trail
blocked by fenren wlich enclosed farm
land and it was with great difficulty
mat I . able to get my hearings. I
spent a week on the trail between Hurley
and liock Creek before the s-arcli for
the bonea of my mother was reward-d.
ICeturn Trip I.oiu-1).
The return trip has been a sad and
lonely one. After securing the remain
of my mother I went to Twin Falls, a
city of M people, which haH sprung up on
the desert within the past five yearw.
There 1 had the little narrow box made
that I might convey my burden safely
over the Ions trail to Oregon. My love of
nature the great forefns. the mountains,
the open plains, prompted me to make
the journey on horseback, and during my
absence of nearly four months I ' have
slept In the open every nigl'.t. A few
tfaya more tnd the long trip will be end
ed, and my lat snd duty to ti e memory
of a mother will have tievn performed."
Johnson remounted Ms horse and con
tinued his journev toward the southeast.
COOS APPLE CROP LARGER
4'ounty lnpc'tor Muklug Fllit
Against Sale of Had I rnit.
M AltSH FI K LI. Or.. Kept. 3.-T!:e apple
crop In Coos Oout y tliis year will be
larg aecordlng to present Indications. I".
M. Hall-Ivwts the new county fruit In
spector, has been making tripn of msper
tlon and reports that In the Coos H.ty
district of the county ulono the yield
tliis year will h.- about l." boxes an.l
of this probably &"' box.' will he Uravrn
stelrs. Tills Is exclusive of l.at w ill be
produced In the Co.Uilte Vall-y section of
the county.
Tl:e tlrjvenst.'lns are of an especially
g.d quality thla year and the color,
nl-ape and slae are auch that they should
command the be prices. The fruit
growers organization Inilh on Coos Kay
and In the Con, ill lie Valley re adopting
their own labels and the apples going
out of thla county thlsi year will probably
largely be handhtl through the organiza
tions. Inspector llall-Iywi." i mHklr.g a
v'.goroux fight on diseased fruit. All that
comes In from the mark-t the dealers
are required to i-nd bai-k if . It is not
perfect and any bad fruit which ia offer .1
for aale tlie Inspector makes unci cm by
the application of coal oil. The fruits
sent here from California are carefully
watched and much of thin has been or
dered off the market. Mr. Ilall-Iewis y
that he will Insist upon a r gid observance
of the lawa In order to ke. p uji tiie
standard of the Coos County fruit. He
aide there has never been much diseii.
In thla locality and It Is thoiiKht, that by
allowing only perfect fruit to he brought
in or offered on the market the m Jos
scale and other fruit blights may be
kept out.
$200,000 SPENT ON ROADS
Cooa County Muke-i Kcroril Outlay
for Public Improvement.
MARSH FI ELD. Or.. Sept. 3. The
County Court of Coos County meets
thla week to conclude the business of
the year which represents the largest
outlay of money for public Improve
ments In any one year In the history
of the county. Much has been done
for the advancement of the rurnl dis
trict. There are TOO miles of roads in Coos
County and work of some kind has
been done on all of these roads. Some
of the work was extensive, consisting
of reurveys of the roads to get rid
of bad hills and mountains. Kspecial
attention waa given to the roads lend
ing from Coos Hay to Kos.-burg and
used by the stages and autos. With
the money that waa appropriated by
the county and that which was raised
by peclal assessment and donated by
property 'owner there has been ti-
J. K.'nnff. ofMIVertoa.
Sll.VKIiT'lX. 'r.. Scj.t. 3.
IS, ... i u. J. K. Huff, one of the
iiieif o.Vi."-:tfors Vi"irVV''n'. VW
I. ml.. I in th" Silvvrton ce.netery
Thi.r. lay a ft .-rnooli. He tiled
Tne. lay r.1 t it" 'Insane srsyliim:
where he had ln i-oiifined for
more than :i yar subsequent to
. a .jmtf." ls.k- of KpralyslM..
Mr. Huff was born in .Missouri
June ;T. lM't. un.l itosmmI the
.i:i!r.s witli. his parents in l"2.
..,:iting. near Sllverton. June
7. 1 sT r.. he .vas married to Miss
Kmma i emlleton.
Mr. Huff graduated from WU
" h!ni.'tl.' Tfirv'er.--ll.e In Hi'ls an.l
t.i.ight school for 4T. eoiiM-cutlve
j ears. !! was a man of great
rinsleal end ii ranee and he
r-..i'l- freqi.tit trips between
SI :verlon and Portland on foot
while teacliiig M'honl near that
. itv In his early manhood.
.Mr. Huff was a man of very
peculiar l a'. its and dr -ss and
took great pride In making him
self ai'j'.'.ir different from the
average man. His eccentricities
nre all that prevented him from
becoming one of Oregon'", most
stihstiinlinl ed'icntors.
Taft, Just Prior to Starting on
3000-Mi!e Trip, Makes
Announcement.
THOROUGH PROBE PLANNED
prnued this year on the roads of the
county about J'i'i."0O.
l our I.ir,-e hri'iges have, been huilt,
representing .an outlay of many thou
sands of .il in is. The county lias also
expended $r.'i'D in repairing the Court
house at ConiiiHe.
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;.KUIS)X IIF.LI) FOIC PF.KKIXS
AUKXCE AT -MAKSIIFIKI.il.
.Men Work To",cliirr, Quiirrel. Start
for Town. Shot In I Irani, One
Is Not Seen Since.
MAKSin-U'I.n. Or.. Sept. X (Special.)
-.Roy Perk'tii has niysteriotisly dy ap
pealed and Kra.'.k tiarrison is in Jail here
on tl:e siu-plclnn that he may know some
thing of Uic mining num. They had
worked tog thcr digging clams and peel
ing chlttam bark but fell out and had
a quarrel.
At Sumner, last Wednesday, they had
f.unw words and (Jurri.M.n. it is said, drew
a gun on p.-rk us. Tne l.-tter started on
fool to M.irsl.Irld for the purpose of
wcuring a warrant and 01nrrlr'h left
on the same road shortly afterward.
Perkins, never arrived but Harrison did.
The officers believe that tiarrison may
have murdered Perkins, and they placed
l.'.m under arrest.
Today thev s arched the woods along
the road and learned th:-.t a shot was
heard by a fanner Wednesday night
after tiarrison "a s-cn following
Perkins.
The wood, are thick with underbrush
and it would not be difficult to conceal
I h body.
! tiarrieon will net t.ilk about his ar
! rest further than that he knows nothing
of where Perkins went, lie win oe i.e...
until the mystery is cl ared.
Mis Maltlry Jrt New Poi-iUon.
OHK;X CITV. Or.. Sept. 3. (Ppe
rial. t Miss Maude Mattley. formerly
vice-principal of the Kastham School,
of this city, has been appointed teacher
of the ninth grade In the Alldna Home
stead School. 'Miss Mattley was re
elected this year In the Oregon City
schools as Instructor of mathematics of
the new high school. '
Stork ami Ronil Commission AVlll
InrestlKntc Question of Bringing
Issues or lSallroad Seeuritics
I'ntlrr Government Control.
SPRING FIKLP, Mass.. Sept. 3-Presi-dent
Taft announced today his appoint
ment" to the new stock and bond com
mission, which will Investigate the ques
tion of bringing future, h-sucs of railroad
securities, under the supervision and con
trol iff, the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion. The announcement was mods phortly
lifter the President left Roston for Bt.
Paul, where he will speak before the Na
tional Cnny.'rvatlon Congress.
.Tir. Arthur T. Hadley, president of
Yale rt.lv. T-iiy. if named as cliairman
of he .eisnnilsslon.
Prominent Men Memhrrs.
The orticr members nr- Frederick N.
J idson. of St. Louis: Frederick Strauss.
..r v-... v..ru- w..:tr 1 Fisher, of Chl-
e.iu-.h and Peofeswor H. H. Meyers', of
Madison. Wis. The President l partic
ularly gratified at obtaining the consvnt
of all these gentlemen to serve. More
than -i names were considered before he
urrlved nt i 11 mi I choice.
Mr. Taft regards the eummlHsain as r?p
resentallvc both as to conservative nnd
progressive thought In railroad legisla.
lion.
The President's . train had hardly
pulled out of Roston today before he
was In the thick of a series of tolltl
cal conferences. Senator W. Murray
Crane, his most Intimate political ad
viser, boarded the train here to go to
Pittsburg, nnd Governor Hughes, of
New York, rode from Pittslleld to Al
bany. Thorough Investigation line.
Regarding the work of the new stock
and bond commission it is stated their
investigation will be thorough.
Mr. Judson is a graduate of Yale,
the author of several books on law,
taxation and Interstate, commerce, and
In 1S90 acted as special counsel for
the L'nlted States in the arosecution
of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Railroad and the Colorado Fuel & Iron
Company for giving and 'receiving
rebates.
Frederick Straus is a banker and
a member of the firm of Sellgman &
Co.. of New -York City.
Walter L. Fisher, of Chicago, was
attorney for that city In the settle
ment of the Chicago Traction dispute.
He has been president of the City Club
of Chicago nnd vice-president of the
National Conservation Commission.
Professor H. H. Meyer Is head of the
clinlr of political economy at the Uni
versity of Wisconsin, and is chairman
of the Wisconsin Railroad Commission,
expert special agent for the Census Ilu
renu. an.l Is in cliurge of the Inter
state Commerce Commission of phy
slenl va'uatlon of railways. As an au
thority on railway matters he Is well
known.
No Stops Scheduled.
No stops are scheduled on President
Talfs SiiUO-inile Journey, either going
or returning, an.l Mr. Taft will be back
In Beverly late Wednesday afternoon.
The President has prepared his St.
Paul speech with much care. It will
I stand as defining accurately and final
I ly his position on the subject of con
servation.
Colonel Roosevelt Is to be In St. Paul
on Tuesdny. but will not meet' the
Prerldont. as Mr. Taft will leave for
I Beverly Monday evening.
PORTER FAILS IN QUEST
j Pustor-Doctor Asks for Keronsldrru
i lion by Board.
' SPOKAXR. Wash.. Sept. 3. (Special.)
Charles H. Porter, of Portland. Or., who
waa requested to drop out of the Metho
dist ministry by the annual conference
at St. Paul'. last Wednrlay, failed to
lecure a favorable reconsideration of the
action this morning. A telegrnm was re
ceived from him asking for continuation
on the supernumerary llFt, but the pro
position was voted down immediately.
He Is practicing me. Heine as a 'chiro
practic and Hplneulugiat in Portland and
was. dropped for that reason.
CAKI1 OF THANKS.
Mr. M. R. Amaeher and brothers and
family, of 4t Kast tlllsan, wish to
thank their many friends for the kind
ness shown them In their bereavement
In the loss of their mother, Mrs. Mar
garet Atnucher.
NEW CHEISTIAN'CmTP.CH IN EUGENE TO BE ONE OF FINEST
OF THAT DENOMINATION IN NORTHWEST.
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F.i'ilKXF.. Or., Sept. 3. (Special.) The above is a drawing of the new
Christian Church to be erected soon on the corner of Oak and Kast
F.leventh Hreets. The building alone will cost at least $30,000. It will
be of reinforced concrete, finished In Portland white cement. The con
tract n-111 be let some time this month.
Members of t!u Christian Church believe that when this edifice is
complete it will be the finest church building of the denomination In
the Pacific Northwest.
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The clothes that
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woolens, the most skillful and
intelligent tailoring and
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New Fall Styles
Now on DUp'ay
Our Store Will Be
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Labor Day
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Our Store Will Be
Closed Monday
Labor Day
PARADE IS FEATURE
Norwegian Singers Conduct
Historic Pageant.
PORTLAND MEN IN LINE
Snengerfcst at Eureka Most Sucooss-
ful Kver Held by Society 3000
Hear Concert and Applaud
Local Vocalists.
r-i-uKWA. Cal.. SeDt. 3. (Special.)
The second day of the big Norwegian
Saengerfest was given over to a granu
historical-pageant. This eveninir oc
curred the ttrst concert of he week of
mu-slc at Occidental pavilion In the
presence of people. I''"1"!
Kngebretsen. of the Association of
Singers, and director Carlo Sperati.
state it Is the most successful saenger
fest In the history of the organization.
The morning and afternoon were
taken up by rehearsals aiiu
ing trips about the city. The same pro
gramme is announced for tomorrow
morning. ,.,
The giant pageant started at 7.30
this evening and proved the greatest
ever held In Northern California. All
singers, 600 in number, bearing ban
ners and torches, formed a procession
more than half a mile long. .Historical
floats showing Viking ship. Norwegian,
.ural scenes and many others were fea
tures. Many societies In costume made
the color effect brilliant.
The Portland delegation had a yell
which called great attention to that
portion of the parade, representatives
of the ltose CJiy carried individual ban
ners and extolled the virtues of Port-
'""o'llowtng the parade all marched to
the pavilion, where a greatVoncert was
held. The Immense hall, with a seating
capacltv of ,3000, was filled and hun
dreds were turned away. Representa
tives of the Portland society who ap
peared In two Individual selections, en
titled "Naur Fjordene Blaaner." Paul
sen and "Carry Me Back to Old Vir
ginia." received great apHause. the
last-named selection being one of the
best of t lie evening.
Tomorrow afternoon another big con
cert will be held in Indoor Theater, this
- ,i.A loot of the RA.eneerfest con
certs. Following the concert tomorrow-
awards will be given tne society nu
judged the best. This is an annual
custom. Eureka holding honors at
present. Northern societies are mak
ing big efforts to secure the award this
year The singers are manifesting
much interest in this feature. The
business meeting will be held on Mon
day, when officers will be elected and a
place for the next saocgerfest select
ed. Spokane, with a delegation of en
thusiast, is making a good campaign
for the next festival. It Is understood
that that city will be successful.
k. i..ivni, at a reasonable cost from
any known sou.ee of water suppiy, may
not be entered under this act.
"The fact that lands have Deen uesis
.i D o. to entrv is not con-
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elusive as to the character of such
lands, and should it afterwards develop
that the land is not or tne cnaiaciei
contemplated by the act, the designa
tion may be canceled.
"Those who make entry under the
provisions of this act cannot afterwards
make homestead entry under the pro
visions of the general homestead law,
- t n who enters under
the general homestead law lands desig
nated as falling wltnin me pru.i .u...-
of this act afterwards enter any lands
under this act.
"All entry men must reside not more
than 20 miles from the land entered
and be engaged personally In preparing
the soil and seed, within six months
after date of entry."
SETTLERS GO TO IDAHO
XKW UW WIMi OPEN' 320.000
ackks roit imv fakmixg.
Restrictions Are Less Severe Than
Formerly Continuous Resi
dence Is Vnneccssary.
BOISK. Idaho., Sept. 3. (Special.)
The recent act of Congress appropriat
ing 31!0.000 acres of drv farming land
In Southern Idaho to the state for set
tlement Is attracting settlers.
Under the new law entrymen are en
titled to take up 320 acres of land,
using thereon a homestead right and
continuous residence on the land Is un-
necessarv. Before entries can be made
under the new law the chief of the field
division must first designate what part
of the tract can be Irrigated.
In his opinion and Instructions to the
registers and receivers of the land of
fices, the Commissioner of the GeseraJ
Land Office says in par:
"Lands containing merchantable tim
ber mineral lands, and lands within a
reclamation project, or lands that may
FOREST GROVE MAN SHOT
Coroner's Jury, However, Declares
Heath Is Accident.
FOREST GROVE. Or., Sept 3. George
W. Parker was found dead 60 yards
from his home, one and a half miles
southwest of this place, by his son
George, at S o'clock this morning, with
a charge of shot in his head. He had
been sought Dy his family since yester
day, having left the nome at 9 A. M..
for the purpose of killing a hawk, and
... l.o.l .viilentlv COmd
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from his own weapon, a nammerless
shotgun, apparently by accident. The
coroner held an inquest and the jury
decided that death was due to an acci
dental shot.
Parker came here from Texas last
. v,n..o.l.t the A. W. Russell
Place near town. He was 5S years
old and a native of Illinois, ne .va.c,
a widow, one son, George, and a daugh
ter, Frances.
The inquest showed that there was
no reason for premeditated suicide, nor
could any evidence be found indicating
that he had an enemy, and the acci
dent theory was the only tenable one.
REBEL CHEIF IS CAPTURED
Fugitive Filipino Governor Turned
Over to Troops by Natives.
MANILA. Sept. 3. The uprising In
Nueva Viscaya. led by Simeon Mandac,
former Governor of Ilocos Norte, col
lapsed today when Mandac, who had
been seized by the people of the Prov
ince among whom he had sought to
stir up trouble, was turned over to the
constabulary.
A few of Mandac's right-hand men
also were arrested and his other fol
lowers dispersed. It is estimated that
the band of outlaws originally num
bered 500, but it dwindled soon to 200
and these had few arms.
An Interesting feature of the upris
ing was the co-operation of the natives
in running down the disturbers.
Mandac will now probably serve the
14 years' imprisonment sentence which
has been haniring over him since his
conviction for killing a prisoner while
he was Governor.
SOCIALISTS SEEK BEQUEST
Court Asked to Sustain Will of Mrs.
Randolph, Whose Son Contests.
VANCOUVER, 'Wash., Sept. 3. (Spe
cial.) Declaring that the Socialist
party is legally authorized to accept
and receive money, property and be
quests, its representatives here have
filed an answer In the Superior Court
to J. Randolph, who is seeking to break
the will of his foster mother, Mrs. Ellen
R. Randolph, who recently died, leav
ing tlOOO to the National Socialist po
litical organization, and similar be
quests to the Prohibition party and the
Methodist Church.
Randolph, who was adopted by Mrs.
Randolph and reared by her, recently
made an attempt to break the will and
to have himself announced the sola
heir.
Hood River Has New Hector.
HOQD RIVER. Or., Sept. 3. Rev. D. T.
Simpson will come here next week as the
new rector of SL Mark's. Episcopal
Church. Rev. Mr. Simpson brines his
family direct from Honolulu, where he
has been for the past four years. Be
fore going to Hawaii he wan engaged In
work In Portland and Corvallis- having
come to Oregon from Sioux City, S. D.
wire contrivance, patented by an Illinois
man. to lift a pie from an oven Is dewltned
t. operate eo that the edge of the crust1 will
not tm hreken.
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Five-Minute Car Service. Beautiful
Mountain View, Cement Sidewalks,
Graded Streets, a Tract for Homes
Lots $3SO, Up
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Will Meet You at Car Line and on the Ground.
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