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FRAUD INVOLVED IS REPORT ON BANK Officials of Defunct Vancouver Depository May Be Arrested. PROSECUTION IS PLANNED County Attorney Tempes Dclrtf Marrams Will Bo Issued Ex amination br Eiprrw Allege Taking- Money ' Criminally VANCOUVER. Wh July IS. (Spe e!sO.) Teat warrants for the arrest of it:. officials of the Commercial Bank of Vancouver, which failed owlna about HuO.000. December 1. 110. will be served next week charring the taking" of money when the bank was known to have been Insolvent, is the statement rr.ade. here today by Fred TV. Tempes. County Attorney. TMs declaration followed the making pufclle by tfto official of the report of tre expert accounUnts. who have been examining the bank books for the past two weeks, under the supervision of Martin L. Pipes, special prosecutor, of 1 Portland. The report of the accountants alleges that the bank was hopelessly Insolvent when It closed, and for some time be fore that, and also that the officers of the bank knew It at all times. It Is alleged that numerous fraudulent en tries were made to deceive the State Dank Examiner, and that they carried two certificates of deposit for 150.000 each, making $100,000. to make it ap pear that there was more cash, than ac. lually was in the bank. Ilrni Got Money Easily. It Is altered that It appears that the firm of Thiaips Aldrlch and allied Interests were able at any and all times to borrow the bank's funds at will on 6rnand: that Jurcltng of renewals and notes was carried on rontlnuously for five years, since the present owners tad It. A. I. Miller, vice-president: Gil bert Daniels, cashier, and H. C. Phil lips are brought prominently Into the l!lM by the report made today. A. J. Conk, another director, who is 111. Is said to have taken everything for granted that the bank was all right. In speaking of the case. Mr. Fergu son said tonight that the methods were very similar to those of the Oregon Trust Savings Bank, which failed In Tortland. The report says In part: At a raeeitnt of the board of directors en Iarr-a 1. lw-O. rori.tlrs of H. C. Phillips. A. U Miner and rank Aldrtrh. the board at lTorih: on aa application for a rjit of 40.x of tha firm of Phillips a Aldrlch, As result of the eove, resolution, the Irm of Phillip AMrirh and their allied tnterosra. such as Gotdnda! Milling Com panr. Coiumoia V:ir Realty Company. H. C. Phli'.lpa. Frank AMrirh, Lo Aidrleh. tv.; Aldrlch. C J. Art rich. Aldrlch Co.. Tnpntmh Llvcotoi-a Company. olc. ap peared to bo ib; to borrow th bank's lanli st will on demand. The arountlns of the rmrloua aetea of taesa coarorni and la diTMua.s was handled In a prepoateroue minnor. A note woa!d appear tn tho ac count ob lay oo M. f. riillllpe or Prank AMr:ch. otc. and upon rtotool would p p-ar IB th nam of AMrtcb at Co. or Oold- idalo Milling Company or Columbia Va:iey ReaU Company, or vice versa. This Jucc.lng of not'l and renewal waa ron s.eteailir matntalne darlaa tho Avo years tno peopla hat conrrol of tho bank- A Bow not. Net. !. to Phillip A Aid rich, la th turn of IJiOuO. and by' a nctl tioue remittance, to Oroa Truat Favinrs Kink, of Portland. Or.. In th ion of $o, Ot. tho baianro of unpaid principal and Interval was liquidated by apparaat amall payments aad adliairaenta s la conArmttton of our asaertloa that the f:rn of $ waa not a I'Slomat rrtnlt tanro of funds to th Orrioo Triet Pav Ins flank, w advls that th .""- Item wa carried aa a balance with aforaaald back from Jan IX lt. UBtll ABSust 2. ;, when the Item waa transferred from tli account of Oroaoa Truat a Savins Bank back to th loan and diacouot account by th r-try of t aw notes of Phillips A:drr-h. No. 7'J and iw). rspctlly. lot $:Jtctt each. This transfer mad a few days b for th t Tnn Truat having Bank of Portland rtos-d Its door. Aa to th insolvency of th bank whan It rlooad Us door, wo report that In our opin ion, whl.-h I uhtantlted by th condition and nature or th assets and liabilities as ..l-nc-d by th book, th bank waa hope lessly Insolvent on t-mbr IT. 1PIO, and for aora tlm prior thereto. Ws aro alo of lb opinion that th officers and dlrec tnri la th Institution had full knowledge f th Uuolt.acy of th bank at all times. Various documentary evidence la on file In th bank from the banking department f th Stat of Waahlnston, In which th officers of the bank wr continually ad vted as to th condition of tb bonk and partlcu.arly aa to th Batur of th loon they wer maklnt. Deaplt th wamlns ad dvlcee from tho varloue ftt Bank J.aamlner. they continued their policy of tnaainx loan that violated eVery prlaclpl of sound and conservative- banklns. Th r.!T'crs of th bank would nesotlat loan from th Bank of California, of Portland, upon th basis of th bank' note secured by sood not, and Inatrad of accounting their loans correctly aa bills or note par age would cover thcra up by leaning cer tificate of depoait In addition to tho notes and In th tatemenl deliberately decelv th public and atat banklns department. Numerous fraudulent entrle wer. mad In th booka for th purpoo. of deceiving tn fiat Bank Esanftr.er and th deposit ors and minority stockholders. Wo contend that the transactions not on y hao a tendency to show that th of-n.-r of th bnk know th Institution to b inaolrent. but ar la direct violation of th Washingtoa Stat banklna law under tai nt, covering fal protens aad fraudulent a: . ' om or. ! . w cou.d find no rcords wbr th County Crk was over secured In any maararr at .. t rwcember 17. 1D10. V.' contend that tho ctlon of th officer a of th. bank 'n ..curing tn th day th bank eiod It doors. Placed v . ,.ino of a Dreferred creditor. and that th tranaactlon waa not towards protecting th rlahts of th depoaltora. aad w b:iv that th amount of thta dopoait can b recjerea By tn uepooitoi. V -. - Kn ratirdod IB Our InVOStlSB tlon by th lack of teller, blotters, or blot tor r-uch rcord 1 mlnialnd In all well re'ulated banking inatltutlooa hart Bt.it;ionlly not bu ai to local any rrvord of clearance. Th caahler of th bar.k Inform ua that they maintained no such records but compiled this data In thir dally work In a s ip form and thai these aitl'S wer aooenurniiT o"11"! - hard for u to buv that any ao baok.i il..nt itcti mthorla of accordloa vl Mai and Important trnactlona and wo ar of th opinion tnat m n-oig tnu aiou . m.in!.in.il it would hav bn In our opinion tmpoealhle for th officer of In bank to rminw ..ne aF eeah Item. tuatment without a documentary record. vm lcember 17. IVltl. w h.n th bnk rlod It d.)ora l.oaa account (tood a aa af of 1 14. UTAH. Th note of Moor and Hard'.n ot itj-w c n"ui " i't"i back and aJo'l to thi aal. making loans oefiMaCl.na l.U".t. 1 1 T.ii. Th fotlDWlns lon ohow that prartlratly all of th fun.! of the bank wr ud up ,thp vH. p. "-"A'drlch m Mo SJ l'ior Hardin '.:.Vfo K'Ctor A 11 H.S-XOe) Swank A Co. J1.S7V0.I C.ntral Mf. Co. :?LT" t! J R, Harv.y ll.o.nt.00 Baldwin Truat ll.wai.oo , H'ooetkor A Wthoff sotmot) Tonn.y A TapPadorff . . .. . 0O W. 8. Mlltr T.OtW Qil Tof.l IJ2O.24.0l it wi I b a from th aoov chdu! that t.'OJ.0l of an lndt!n of ... llT M waa in lh hand of only lu Interest. In th files are found Utter rrom Phillip i Unhundro. Stat Bank Eiamln.r. I o'f which tend to show that Mohundro get ap to Ha lefal refnr nd cut down l real eat I holdlr.sa In nearly all of the letter, which wer slsned by Phillip, h stated that bualn wa holding up fairly we. I. that money waa comlas In and thai recently vral good coliectlona bad been mad and mor wr I follow. "I have not bad sufficient Urn thor oughly to consider the report of the ex perts following their Investigation of the Vancouver bank." said Judge War tin L- -Plpea. yesterday. "If the report contains evidence of wrong doing on the part of the of floors of the bank and such acts ran be proved, there Is no question but that the guilty par ties will bo prosecuted criminally. I was employed by th people of Clark County, Wab. to assist County Attor ney Tempes In making a thorough In vestigation of the affairs of th bank and In prosecuting those responsible for Its wrecking, if the facts warranted prosecutions. Any action that will be taken will be determined by the County Attorney, with whom I probably ihall bold A conference early In tha week." FIGHT IS ON MANUFACTURE Writer BtllcTea .r . .-n.M-?-Kao!p C rasa do Will 6uccd. VANCOUVER. Wash, July II- (To tha Editor.) It seems to ma that In tha editorial. "Half-War Measures," The Ore r on lan ha used an argument which, to aay the least, la oven - to criticism. There are thousand of toterk 1A tha United States who, like Ir. Crlm. be-, lleve that tho present policy of the prohibitionist tn fighting Intoxicants la Ilk trying to kill a dog- by out ting oft tha tip of big tall. Aa long aa intoxicating liquors are manufactured they will bo aold. Tho man who raises bop avad shouts for prohibition la a hypocrite; but there are other uses for wheat, corn. nH notatoai than the IO, VUBOI tou. - r , marufartura of tnttrxloaJirs. It refftirrea very fertila soil to raise nop. uu tho hopgrowers would suffer no finan cial loss wer they to turn their flelda Into potato or grain fields; In fact, take It year In and year out. potatoea are a better money producer than hops. As for the surplus products now used by brewers and distillers, there are millions of half-fed women and chil dren throughout our land who would use up thle surplua and whose hus bands and fathers could and would buy the comforts of life for their fam ilies if they could not spend th money for strong drink. Th street loafer, too, would be eliminated, aa Jtrong drink la the greatest producer of loaf ers kcown to man. We would lose the wealthy brewers and distillers, but they might turn their talents Into more useful chan nels, were their present vocation clpoed to them. At any rate, the price iwe . . - ii... f on little onea la pay in. mo . - ---- . too great for the benefit wa derive from this class. . , . . ,f ih, VTnrioavorera. a , in ivBu " ; . saloonliss nation In 120," means noth ing but a Nation wherein th manu facture and Importation of all ""- i. exhibited and th can n K dawn of a glorious era. It may n only a dream, out ' U coming when th loss ot anergy and , . . . w etctthin' of the mia- enicicucy ti" " " . . ... ery). caused by strong drink will no longer bo tolerated -J ''"onts. r ruu v . ' - BOY IS TWICE BEREAVED Orc.on Clew Lad Lot Chum and Mother in Same We-. ...w sw T.iix t S. Spe cial-) K.'nneth Morrison. U yars old. who almost lost nis hi ih . oa v a his com- nnsucccsaiui . :, r.nlon. K1ph Burd. w they wer. . A kaMaw'mnlll tOdAV sulT tree m - " . when hla mother. Mrs. S. U Morrison. died In a Portland nospttat. Kenneth and the cum oj " TW-lh Ing In the water at tho foot of Twelfth in iu . i.,... who rjould not Street wnen - w.m. got into hurried to r.is crura --- ?or several minutes they After the drowning lad had drawn him nd"r three times, and ho was almost . v..t. manaxed to SWlm exnausira. - . to shallow water, where ha waa met by several men wno nao. - nrolc effort to save hla friend. JURY USES BREWERY FANS Men Hearlnff Liquor Case Presented Willi Coolln Devices. SALEM. Or, July 15. (Special.) The peculiar sight ot a jury ' fto a llouor case while fanning Itself with a collecton of fans preaented by a brewery waa " ' 1 " . , Court today, when tho case of Wood- burn Alpln was up. n. th. fane aDDear advertisements of local brewery Sixty Bushebs to Acre Predicted. ELGIN. Or, July IS. (Special.) Preparations ar In order for the car ing for th Immena grain crop of this section, new outfits being unloaded every few daya for threshing. Among others, Sam Booth and Ed Thompson hava purchased a fine new outfit with which to thresh their large contracts already seoured. It Is predicted, that Elgin and vicinity will set a new yield record along the grain Un this year, many farmers claiming aa much aa 45 bushels per acre for Tall wheat. Eugene Folk Hold Land High. EUGENE, Or, July IS. (Special.) Right-of-way men for tho Portland. Eu gene A Eastern, buying land for the extension of the electric Jlne from Eu gene to Corvallls. via the Carver road from Monroe, assert a group of property owners near the city limits of Eugene have entered Into a pool to hold their luid for prices averaging MOO an acre. This price th railroad considers pro hibitive. Southern Pacific Renews Activity. EUGENEX Or, July IS. (Special.) Presence her of A. J. McCaba and other railroad contractors of San Francisco lends substance to the belief that the Southern Pacific Company will shortly be asking for bids on the remaining 98 miles of the Oregon Eastern, which la to connect Natron axnd Klamath Falls. The contractors left by automobile for the present construction camps, and will go even fsrther by pack horses. Rainfall Damage Cherry Crop, EUGENE. Or, July 11 (Special.) Heavy rainfall during the thunder storm of Thursday afternoon caused some damage to th cherries of this county, the bulk of which aro now dead ripe. Hay waa uninjured by the rain, as It was generally well cured, although nearly tha whole county crop la still In the Held. OUR OWNMIXTURE. Th mlxtur for the fastidious smoker. Perfectly blended and costs about balf what other good mixtures do. Clean and pure tobacco; no arti ficial flavoring. That's "Our Own Mixture." If your dealer doesn't keep It we will aupply your wants. BIO SICHFI CO, i: Third street. Third and .Wash, FOREIGN WEDDINGS 111 JAPAN ILLEGAL All Such for Period of Six Years Must Be Approved . by Home Countries. CONSUL MAKES DISCOVERY Fred D. Fisher Who Married Port ' land Girl, Now at Mrakden, Is Re married Complications Said to Be Probable. AtBANT. Or, July 15. (Special.) That all foreign marriages performed In Japan for a period of six years will have to be- legalised in th home nation of the parties affected. Is apparent from a certificate of marrlag filed In the County Clerk's office .here today by Fred D. Fisher, Utalted States Consul-General at. Mukden. China, who won Interna tional attention while Consul at Harbin abonf four "years ago In handling this country's side of th Manchurlan con troversy with Russia. . Fisher was married In 190i while Vlce Consul at Nagasaki. Japan. Under tha American law a marriage performed In any country with which the United Btatea has ex-terrltorlal rights Is lawful here, and la lawful In that country. Tha United States haa never had those rights with Japan, because. It being a pagan country, marriage was not a civil, but a religious contract. So the practice was to have all foreign marriages In Japan certified by a Consul ot the coun try of the persons Involved. Mr. Fisher was married by a Metho dist missionary and the marriage certi fied by the United States Consul. He then supposed this practice still legal, but discovered about four years later that Japan had passed a law In 1900 mak ing marriage a civil contract. For some reason foreigners were never apprised or this change, so all foreign marriages there for six years are Illegal. About 40 British and many American marrlagea come under this condition, and a complication "of heirship" Is likely to arise. It Is said a big estste In California already la likely to be Involved, because a man. married In Japan, died before legalising hla marriage in this country. After discovering tho condition, Mr. Fisher decided to remarry on his first furlough. When visiting his mother at Albany. 1906. he secured a marrlag li cense here and waa remarried. After returning to tho Orient he sent th Consul's certificate of hla marriage in Japan to hla brother here to be recorded here aa explanatory of this sec ond marriage, and this certificate was died today, in connection with th filing this condition, known heretofore only to members of th diplomatic corps, be comes public Mrs. Fisher was Alameda E. Mason, of Portland. They became acquainted when Mr. Fisher lived In Portland, and she went to tha Orient to' b married to him. ' . M Mr. Fisher Is an x-Albny boy. and his mother and aeveral brothers and a sister reside here. Whllo living In Port land he enlisted for th Spanish-American War and went to th Philippines with Company T, Second Oregon Volun teers. After the. war he remained in th Government servle In th Orient, and soon afterward entered the consular service. In which his rise hss been rapid. SEASIDE SUES ON BOND CITY WOULD RECOVER FROM SURETY COMPANY. When Cashier of Seaalde Bank Cora, mlued Sulddo H Had $T949.0 of the City's Funds. ASTORIA. Or, July 16. SpecIal- H. M. BrownelU attorney, left thle morning for Portland to Ale a complaint In the Cir cuit Court of Multnomah County wherein th town of Seaald will sus th Oregon Surety k Casualty Company, of Port land, for 794.09, the amount of tho funds belonging to the -plaintiff which th lata E. N. Hennlnger, aa treasurer of th town of Seaalde. was supposed to have In his custody at th tlm of his death. Interest at tha rata of 6 per cent is also asked on that sum from November 7. 1910. the date on which Mr. Hennlnger committed suicide. The complaint recite that the Union Guarantee Association, of Portland, was Mr. Hennlnger'a aecurlty In. the sum of 115.000. but a few months ago this asso ciation sold Its business to the defendsnt In this case. and. according to the rec ords at the State Capitol In Salem, tho defendant assumed all the obligations of the guarantee association. Including the Hennlnger bond. OREGON AROUSES INTEREST Teachers at National Convention Eager for Information. SALEM. Or.. July 15. (Special) I R. Alderman, State School Superintend ent, returned today from San Francisco, where he haa been attending, 'the Na tional Eduoational Association. C A. Dunlway. president of the University of Montana, was another to arrive from tha association meetings today. He atopped here for a visit with hla broth er, W. S. Dunlway. State Printer. "Thera were over 400 teachers from Oregon at tha convention." said Su perintendent Alderman. "Tha Oregon reception held last Thursday waa at tended by hundreds from all over the country. The reception waa at the Palace Hotel. Interest In Oregon was great and thousands of pieces of lit erature dealing with this state were distributed." Canby Woman Dies. CAXBT. Or, July 11 (Special.) Mr, will Holns. wife of a farmer of th Macksburg district, died at their home three miles southeast ot Canby early this morning. She leaves two .mail children. Funeral services will J be held Saturday and burial will bo In Zlon Cemetery, canny. Bishop to Dedicate Church. ELOIK. Or.. July 15. (Special.) Elgin's Catholic Church, which is now about completed, will be dedicated on August with Right Rev. Bishop O'Reilly, of Baker, conducting the services. The priest at Elgin will as sist, A large delegation from , sur rounding towns la expected for th im pressive service. The New Multnomah Built by the R. R. Thompson Estate Company . ' " - . . : . -:'.' ; T V I J.- ?Tra, J: i' - -V jv'-Hr -vy; ,-ff,4-' l Df- S'!--J ' - "J-P&MvWtQfr y Jsritftf '--r:'- y?ir- htiw'Bh-- iL. ... -1 I I tvtt IV10 "Ptt"1 oYir Vt n XI W V LXAC4, O -a. VA. LitAAiVA av, ---j city,' as is evidenced by a telegraphic request from prominent Elks at Atlantic City to Manager Bowers, of the new Multnomah Hotel, asking for the reserva tion of one hundred and fifty, rooms in the Multno mah Hotel for the session to be held in 1912, it is well for. the people of Portland to realize that in the Multnomah Hotel they are going to have the greatest of accommodations. The building covers an entire block 200 feet square ; and is similar in location to that of the Palace Hotel in San Francisco. It has a frontage on Third street, is-convenient to banks, railroad ticket offices, rail road stations, and in the business portion of the city; has an entrance on Third street similar to that of the Palace Hotel on Market street; a principal entrance on Pine street for the hotel busses and automobiles, 1 free of carlines, similar to that of the Palace Hotel on new Montgomery street; and also an entrance on Fourth street, similar to that of the Palace Hotel on Stevenson street. In addition to this the Multnomah Hotel will have an entrance on Ankeny and Ash streets for the baggage and sample trunks, clear of hotel lobby. The lobby, arranged soihewhat like the lobby in the Brown Palace in Denver and the St. Francis in San Francisco, has an area of 10,400 square feet, over which a large mezzanine floor overlooks the lobby. In the northwest corner of the second floor there is an immense banquet hall without a column in it, con necting through ante-rooms and committee rooms to a convention or assembly hall, in the northeast cor ner, being the same size as the banquet hall, and also without a column in the room, the upper floors being carried over on steel trusses as heavy as an ordinary railroad bridge truss. SLAYER 1101 IN HIDING KliAMATH IXDIAX POLICE MAKES STATEMENT. Prim Weeks, Murderer of Allle Hardin? Declared to Be Barricad ed In Home Arrest Cncertaln. KLAMATH . FALLS, Or., July 15. (Special.) That Prim -Weeks, slayer of Allle Harding, Is not In hiding in the wilds' of the Klamath Indian Reserva tion, but haa been at hla borne, near Modoc Point, alnce the shooting; on July 8. which resulted in the death of his victim three days later. Is the state ment made yesterday by FTsTnk House, one of the Klamath Indian Police. House has been In the city several days. He says that he has learned pos itively that Weeks has been at his home all the time although the Indian police have declared he was not. He says further that the police on the res ervation are afraid to go to the home of Weeks and attempt to make his ar rest but that when he reaches the res ervation he will get him. House says he la a friend of Weeks and he can go and tell the slayer to accompany him to the agency and he will go without dissent. House also sheds some new light on the' cause of the shooting. He saya that the atory Is that Harding, who, with Weeks, his wife and two other voting Indians, rode out from Klamath Falls together on the afternoon of the third, wer all more or leas Intoxicated and that Harding insulted Mrs. Weeks. Uoon reaching their home the slayer and wife went 'into the house and Weeks stspped to the door with his rifle and shot at Harding In the rig. This shot misssd and the victim started to run when another ball hit him in thThepolloeman also states that had Harding been given attention there was no reason for his wound proving fatal. After he fell Weeks picked him up and carried him from the road Inside bJs yard, and tha wounded man laid q rpa llv hpnorae a convention there by the fence until the next day. before any further attention was paid to him. Exposure and neglect of the wound' caused bloodpolsonln to get started and Harding died three days after the shooting. MORMON CHIEF IS SPEAKER La Grande Conference Attended by High Church Ofifclals. LA GRANDE. Or., July 13. (Special.) Joseph F. Smith, head of the Latter Day Saints of Jesus Christ, or Mormon Church, with a retinue of apostles and high church officials, is here tonight to attend a two-day conference of th Union County stake, the largest in Ore gon, Hundreds of families from this region of Oregon are here. The principal ad dress, to be delivered by the president, will come tomorrow afternoon, when the huge tabernacle will be filled. Other Salt Lake dignitaries will address the congregation at the all-day session Sun day. President Smith was to have been here several weeks ago, but the conference here was postponed following his sum mons to appear before the sugar trust Investigating committee. Clatsop Gets Fire Warden. ASTORIA. Or., July 15. (Special.) In response to a petition from a large number of timber owners, the county court today appointed Charles Osgood as county fire warden at a salary of $100 a month and necessary traveling expenses. The appotnment Is for two months, and Mr. Osgood will work un der the supervision of the state deputy warden in preventing; forest fires in this county. Medford Masons to Build. MEDFORD. Or., July 15. (3peclal.) At a cost of 40,000. the Masons of Medford will erect a four-story brick temple. Work on the building will be gin soon. The first two floors will be used for commercial purposes and the third and fourth by, the lodge. This Is the first permanent home the Masons 1 here have had, The Multnomah Hotel will contain 525 room?, with about 300 baths, and one whole floor being devoted to the best-arranged sample rooms on this Coast. The building is entirely fireproof, and in addition to the restaurant on tho irain floor there is provided a handsome grill in the basement larger m area and far greater in height than the well-known Mission Grill in the Hotel Alexandria of Los Angeles. The Leonard Construction Company, of Chicago, contractors, promise the completion of the building by the first of December. When tins building is fin ished streets renewed and lighted, house furnished and lighted, and placed under the splendid manage ment of Mr. Bowers, the widely-known hotelman of this city, and Mr. Julian Browned, coming from the Palace Hotel in San Francisco, as assistant manager, the people of Portland will be proud to welcome, not only delegates, of the Elks' convention, but all other conventions coming to our city. This block has been owned by the It. Pt. Thompson Estate Company for many years, and they own a number of other properties in the same vicinity, which the writer has had improved during tho past two years. This massive, attractive-appearing and fireproof hotel, under the, splendid management, is bound to prove a great success and will be a great drawing card in assisting to get other large conventions to the City of Portland. Agent for the R. R. Thompson Estate Company. idaho is mm SHORT AVEIGHT AXD TXSAXI TARY PROBLEMS CACSE RAID. Fight Against Violators of Law Has Only Commenced, Says Commis sioner AVallis of State. BOISE. Idaho, July 15. (Special.) The war on manufacturers in Idaho who short-weight their product, sell ing to the consumer goods that do not come up to the standard, resulted in the first round in the fight going to Pure Food Commissioner James II. Wallls, of this state, through the con viction of the Jensen Creamery Com pany, of Pocatello, one of tKe largest butter manufacturers in the Northwest, of selling short-weight -butter. The company was fined J100. and un der a stipulation entered into with the pure food commissioner, in the future will sell a pound of butter containing 16 ounces, instead of 14 or 15, and not force the consumer to pay for the wrapper placed upon the butter. The fight against the short-weight manufacturers in this state has but just commenced, according to the statement of Commissioner Wallls, who declares that his inspectors will con tinue to gather evidence against those manufacturers who persist in violating the law and will bring action against them, carrying the cases, if necessary, to the supreme court to secure the con viction of guilty parties. The commission literally raided the city of Idaho Falls, in Eastern Idaho, this week, securing 12 arests and 12 convictions of violators of the pure food laws of the state. The raid was conducted by Commissioner Wallis, Deputies M. S. Parker and Dr. M. W. Smith. In addition, they closed down four slaughter houses, and the same number of restaurants were forced to close their doors. In the restaurants and slaughter houses In particular con ditions were found to be repulsive, and filthy foodstuffs were served In the IT TJ fL n av 1-r ,4 - u former to patrons. Tho meats were found to contain maggots, while sani tary conditions were beyond descrip tion. Tho entire city water system was in spected to ascertain if the cause for the complaint made by consumers that the water Is Impure is correct. Sam ples of the water were taken, and In the event the water is found to be Im pure, arrests may follow and the sys tem be shut down. The Short Line dining cars are tho next big proposition to be tackled by Commissioner Wallis, who has been making an investigation of the diners and discovered that the cooks are forced to work in a kitchen that is not of sufficient size to warrant the proper preparation of the foods and keeping them in a sanitary condition. Mr. Wallis declares that there Is prac tically no ventilation for the kitchens, and they must be remodeled to pro vide this, as well as give more room to the cooks, or he will close them on all trains pacing through Idaho. Dock Company Incorporates. SALEM. Or., July IS. (Special.) Ar ticles of incorporation were filed with th" Secretary of State today by the Corbett Public Dock Company, capital ized at J20&0. The purpose of the com panv will be the construction of docks at Cm-hott Station. Multnnmnh County. S3 r3 Restores color to Gray or Faded hair Removes Dan druff and invigorates the Scalp Promotes a luxuriant, healthy hsir growth Stops its falling out. Is not a dye. $1.00 and SOc at Dm Stores or direct opoo receipt of price and dealers name. Send 10c o sample boiile. Philo Hay Specialties Co, Newark. N. J.. U.S.A. REFUSE ALL SUBSTITUTES W HSJ S rJ - EH aa nammeriaa v - - i