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THJB SUNDAY OKEGOXIAN, PORTLAND, FEBRUARY S3, 1913. TELEPHONE PROBE 10 BE TWO-SIDED Be!! and Independent Compan ies Alike to Be Investi- gated, Says Coiner. "EXACT TRUTH" DEMANDED General Officer Are Not Sabpenaed Slnoe Appearance Before Grand Jury Would Exempt From Prosecution, Says Attorney. ' SEATTLE, Wash., Feb. 12. (Special.) Invalidation of telephone companies on the Pacific Coast, begun In this city yesterday by a Federal grand Jury under direction of Attorney-General Wlckersham. will be absolutely Impar tial and will cover the entire Coast Employee of the Bell system, known as the- Pacific Telephone TelegraDi. Com Dan v. will be examined by the in quisitors just as freely as officers of the Independent lines. The only desire of the Government will be to arrive at the exact truth concerning the numer ous mergers and alleged violations of the Sherman anti-trust law. Such was the statement made today by United States Attorney Beverly w. Coiner, following a prolonged confer ence between himself. Special Assistant John McCourt, Special Agent Charles Pray, of the Department of Justice, and C J. Pettys, assistant secretary and treasurer of the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company, of San Fran cisco. Pettys, In response to a subpena duces tecum, laid before the Investiga tors his books and records dealing with the mergers of the Bell lines with In dependent systems. He probably will be called before the grand jury Monday to be examined. In addition to Pettys. the general counsel of the Bell lines was subpenaed In San Francisco and will reach the city Monday. According to the Gov ernment Investigators, It Is possible they will obtain all they desire from ' the Bell employes themselves. A significant feature of the probe, which developed today, was the fact that none of the general officers of the Bell lines have been called as a witness before the grand Jury. The same is true of the general officers of the Pacific or Sunset lines. The Fed eral officials admitted that they had purposely refrained from subpnalng them, and intimation was that tbls arrangement was jnade because all who testify in the grand jury are exempt, under the statutes from prosecution. All witnesses presently desired by the Government have been subpenaed. The Inquisitors hope to close, their probe here 'with the witnesses now subpenaed. In that case the Investi gation will not extend beyond next ; week, and may possibly be closed In four days. LOGGING INDUSTRY BETTER Clatsop County Camps to Be Busy and Expenditures Heavy. ASTORIA, Or., Feb. 22. (Special.) Activity In the logging Industry prom ises to be more pronounced in Clatsop County this year than ever before In the history of the county. Several new ramps are to be opened and camps established, and It Is estimated that within the -coming few months not less than $3,000,000 will be expended In bet terments, extensions and equipment. The most extensive, project is the one by the Kerry and Blodgett inter ests, which includes the construction of a railroad 30 miles in length from the Columbia River near Wood's Land ing to the Nchalem Valley, and tapping a district that contains billions of feet of merchantable timber. The work projected by this company In building its railroad, establishing its logging camps and other Improvement's, Is ex pected to cost 12.000,000. The Astoria Southern Railway Company, which is ostensibly a side Issue of the Western Cooperage Company. Is crowding the extension of its railroad toward the Kehalem Valley by way of the Klas kanlne River, and not less than ten miles of road on that line Is to be built this year. The Palmer Logging Company is con structing a logging railroad in the AValluskl River district that will be approximately four miles In length and will tap a tract of about 80.000.000 feet of timber which It is to log. The Big Creek Logging Company, which Is an adjunct of the Crossett Timber Com pany, practically, has eompleted its railroad from the Columbia River to Its tract of 2.000.000,000 feet of timber In the Big Creek district. In addition to these big enterprises, Robert Kinney and his associates are preparing to construct a railroad along the line of the old Reld grade In the Lewis and Clark district, and will log about 250.000.000 feet of timber there. The Peterson & Frye Logging Com pany Is opening up a new camp In their timber holdings In the Upper Lewis and Clark River district. These projects are all located In Clatsop County. WIFE CAN'T GET OWN CASH IVitb 940,000 In Bank Poverty Re sults Because Husband Is Gone. LOS ANGELES. Feb. 2J. Because of the strange and prolonged absence of her husband, Mrs. William Scholle is destitute, altnougn 4u,vuo to ner credit Is on deposit in a Los Angeles bank Scholle disappeared two weeks ago after telling his wife he was going to the postofflce to mall a letter. Cur rent household funds were scon ex hausted and she was forced to pawn her clothing and Jewelry. An Investigation revealed the fact that $40,000, which Scholle had de posited in a bank, was Intact, but Mrs. Scholle has not had access to this money, because under the terms of the deposit a check requires the joint signature of her husband. Because of the woman's plight, the police have redoubled their efforts to find the missing man. MILLS RUN CONTINUALLY Centralis Lumberman Says Prices Now Are Satisfactory. CENT R ALIA. Wash., Feb. 12. (Spe cial.) At the luncheon of the Cen tralla Commercial Club yesterday. D. F. Davles, an officer of the Eastern Rall , way tt Lumber Company, operating one of the largest mills in this section, ex pressed a decidedly optimistic view of the lumber outlook. Mr. Davles stated that the mills of Southwest Washington were running night and day to fill orders, and that the prices on most grades of lumber bad steadily Increased since last August until they are now as high as they uiuld be, BUILDING OF CONCRETE BEING MOVED. - Ill ' ' 1 mlnl IK. ; - HW. vr" - y;? . ABOVE, COXCRETE POWER STATIOST WHICH IS BEING MOVED BELOW, WORKMEN ATTACKING WALL. SHIFT TO BE Concrete Structure at Van couver Will Be Moved. BUILDING'S WEIGHT GREAT Sub-Power Station of 550 Tons to Be Transferred More Than One Mile Railway Span Must Be Cut tq Give Room. VANCOUVER. Wash.. Feb. 22. (Spe cial.) A pile of concrete, weighing more than 660 tons. In the form or a sub-power station. Is to be removed from Its present site more than a mile to a point at the foot ol Washington street, on the bank of the Columbia River. The North Bank track, 26 leet hlarh in the air. will be crossed, traffic to be suspended but two hours, it is estimated. The power station was built by the Mount Hood Light A Power Company and fitted with the most modern ma chinery. Everything was ready for op. eratlon except the turning on of the electricity, when the Portland Railway, Light & Power Company took over the Mount Hood Company's holdings, this sub-station being Included. Portland Gets Contract. The contract for moving the building was let to Gerrlck & Gerrlck. and the Pacific Bridge Company, of Portland. Contractors are now engaged in making ready for the move, and It is estimated that It will require about 75 days to complete the job. The build ing will be cut off at the ground and 10 needle beams of 16x16 Inch timbers, 36 feet long, put under the building and under these will be the two loading beams, 20x20 Inches square and 48 feet long. The building will be resting on 28 points, but will roll on but four points, 125 tons to a point. There will be a steel track built on which will be the big steel rollers under the build ing. Even the shoes on the beams will be of steel. Measurements have been made and It was found that there is but a clear ance of six Inches between the tele graph and telephone poles on Fifth street, across the military reservation, Vancouver Barracks. Wreckers to Get la Work. At the crossing of the railway track over Reserve street, there Is a wooden span. When the building is at this point, two wreckers will be pressed Into service, one at each end of the span. This span then will be lifted high enough lor the ouiming to pass under. Tre dimensions of the building are 36x45 feet and 42 feet high, two stories. The walls are 18 Inches thick. Nelson Gay, the foreman, has 18. men at work now, getting the building ready for its mile journey, and another gang of men will begin to make a place ready . on which to set the house. The Portland Railway. Light & Power Company Is to build a substa tion at the foot of Washington street next to where the ferry now lands. The Vancouver office will have quart ers here. " - RAIL WORKFINISHED SOON Palmer Logging Company Felling Timber on Big Contract. ASTORIA. Or, Feb. 22. (Special.) Birch & Jacobsen have completed con struction of 1500 feet of trestle for the Palmer Logging Company In the Wll luski River district and are now driv ing about 200 piling for a log boom. The construction of the company's log ging railroad Is well advanced and the locomotive and cars will be taken out there next week. ' It Is understood that a crew Is now employed in felling timber and the hauling of logs will begin within a month or six weeks. The company has a tract of approximately 45,000,000 feet of timber belonging to the Sorenson Logging Company, which it Is to log.. ST0CKRAISING INCREASES Sherman County Farmers See Profit In Cattle and Hogs. . WASCO. Or.. Feb. 22. (SpeciaL) Sherman County farmers are beginning to raise more hogs, horses and cows. In less than two years half of Sher IDE .' J. : --.:.-. -J man County will be under hogproof fencing. One dealer in Wasco has sola more than three carloads since the first of January and is now working on his fourth car. The railroad company soon will be compelled to run an extra bag gage car to handle the cream cans on the branch of the Columbia Southern in Sherman County. A great many farmers arebuying up dairy cows and are paying from 675 to $100 a head. There have been about 60 new cream separators sold out of Wasco In the last year. Business is good in all lines In Wasco and there is not one empty house In the town. The new steel bridge being constructed over the John Day by Sher man and Gilliam Counties will be the means of bringing a lot of new busi ness to Wasco from the Ajax country. From all reports the county has had more moisture up to date than last year. There have been no reports of any Fall wheat freezing, and every body anticipates a big crop and good business for 1913. The horse market Is the best; 1200 pound animals sell for from $150 to $175, and 1400 to 1600-pound horses from $200 to $250 a head. A good 1600 pound brood mare will sell for from $260 to $300. , SHEEPMEN SEE BELIEF SXOW MELTIXG OS WALLOWA COUNTY KA"GE. . Weather This Winter Most Severe Experienced In Many Tears and Feeding Necessary. ' ENTERPRISE, "Orl, Feb. 22. (Spe cial.) Wallowa County sheepmen are beginning to breathe easy again after coming through one of the most severe Winters known in years on the Snake and Imnaha Rivers. The snow, which fell to unusual depths- and remained on the ground several weeks, has melt ed off the south hillsides, the ground is free of frost and there is an abun dance of grazing. In the north end of the county, how ever, snow Is still a danger. Along Joseph Creek and the Grand Ronde River, the fall was so deep that in many places the sunshine and frost has packed the mass with a coat of ice. C. B. Daugherty, who took his bands to the Grand Ronde for the Winter, re ports a foot of snow and Ice along the river. He has bought hay and is now feeding. Jay H. Dobbin's flock range on the Lower Imnaha and on the Snake River. Two weeks ago Mr. Dobbin was in formed the ground had frozen under the snow, in places. But the weather moderated shortly, before damage was done. Mr. Dobbin has plenty of hay and feeds a large part of his sheep. Peter Beaudoln's sheep range on Big and Little Sheep Creeks, where the snow was reported bo light as not to make It difficult for the animals to graze. Mr. Beaudoln cut the weaker sheep from the bands in the Fall and has been feeding them, all Winter. He says his stock is coming through with out loss. On the Imnaha. Johnson brothers, Ray E. Vest and others fed through the most severe weather, but now have turned their sheep out to graze. They report no loss. W. H. Graves has returned from the Snake River and says that the snow has gone -from the sunny slopes and the ground is free of frost. In this dis trict range Is found by Li ten & Graves. Craig & Hanson. Mr. Dobbin and oth ers. Some of the stockmen had hay on the river and their flocks never were In great danger. . DAY OBSERVED AT EUGENE Washington's Memory Honored at 1". M. C. A. and by Germans. EUGENE. On, Feb. 22. (Special.) Washington s birthday was observed here, patriotic exercises being held at the T. M. C. A. and at the hall of the German Aid Society. At the Y. M. C A. today Guy C Stockton, superintendent of the city schools, read Washington's Inaugural address and Rev. H. W. Davis, of the Baptist Church, delivered an address on the life and character of George Washington. The Eugene High School Girls' Glee Club gave a musical programme. Mrs. O. A. Roemer, of San Francisco, was the musician at the German ceremonies tonight. Centrallans Held for Abduction. CENTRALIA. "Wash- Feb. 22. (Spe- ciaL) R. Berchet and H. H. Kilgore, two Centrallans, were bound over o the Lewis County Superior Court this morning by Judge Hoss on charges ol abduction. The daughters of two prom- nent Centralla families are Involved in the case. BURNS IS CAPITAL 0. A. C. Extension Short Course Opened on Monday. HARNEY COUNTY BENEFITS Lectures to Be Delivered and Bern onstrations In Domestic Science, Agronomy and Animal Hus bandry to Be Given. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, Corvallis. Feb. 22. (Special.) Next week the little inland city of Burns will be the capital of Eastern Oregon insofar as educational advantages for the farmers are concerned. Inasmuch as representatives of Oregon Agricui tural College will take up residence there to conduct the first extension short course ever given under the aus pices of the college. The. course will run from February 24 to March 1. inclusive, and each day from 8 o'clock In the morning until 4 in the afternoon the people of Harney Countv will be able to hear the leo tures and see the demonstrations which were given in domestic science, agron omy and animal husbandry during Farmers' week at the college last u cember. Three, members of the O. A. C fac ulty. Dean Henrietta W. Calvin, de partment of home economics; H. D. Scudder, department of agronomy, and E. L. potter, department of animal husbandry, are now on their way to Burns to take charge of - the work. They reached Bend Friday night, and expect to motor to Burns, arriving in time to begin their instructional work on Monday. The college people will be assisted by L. R. Brelthaupt. of the Burns branch experiment station, and also by J. C. Leedy and Miss Zoo Irwin, O. A. C. graduates, now teaching In the Burns High SchooL Household Arts to Be Taught. The work outlined by Dean Calvin for the women will cover the useful household arts and sciences, and the instruction will be given by the dem onstration method In all cases where the laboratory facilities will permit. The complete outline of the domestio science course follows: Monday Demonstration; simple vegetable cookery: lecture, "Relation of Food to Health"? demonstration. simple desserts. Tuesday Demonstration, cooking of meats; lecture, "Care of Little Chil dren"; demonstration, uses of Left Over Meats." - Wednesday Demonstration, cheese dishes; lecture, "Foods for the Sick"; demonstration. Invalid cookery. Thursday Demonstration, cakes and cake making; lecture, "The Home Nurse and Her Problems"; demonstra tion, invalid cookery. Friday Demonstration, breakmak- ing; salads; lecture, "Some Causes of Disease and Its Prevention , French bread demonstration. Saturday Demonstration, table set ting and serving; question box; the school boy s lunch, demonstration. For the men special work adopted to meet the local requirements of Eastern Oregon has been carefully planned by Professors Scudder and Potter. The agronomy work . will consist of two courses one in soils and one on dry farming each course consisting of six lectures and three demonstrations. In the study of soils the work will begin with a discussion of , the origin and. composition of soils, followed by a demonstration of soil analysis. ; The second day a brief study will be made of the Harney County types of soil and practice given in sou judging. Wednesday's work 'will consist of lec tures on the management of different Harney County soils and discussions of samples to be brought in by farmers. The remainder of the week will be de voted to the study of soil alkali and soil fertility with demonstrations for testing. The dry farming subjects to be discussed are selection, soil mois ture, tillage methods, crops and crop rotations. Animal Judging on List. In the animal husbandry work the "students" will be given Instruction In judging animals. In feeding and In marketing. The programme by days follows: Mon day, draft horse Judging; feeding horses. Tuesday, light horse judging; beef feeding. Wednesday, beef judg ing; sheep feeding. Thursday, beef judging: sheep Judging; dairy feeding. ing. Saturday, hog judging; hog feed ing. Saturday, hog juglng; hog feed ing. Special lectures to be given by Professor Potter are "Marketing Live stock": "Principles of Breeding"; "Breeds of Hogs"; "Breeds of Dairy Cattle" In addition to the sonsecutlve lec ture courses and demonstrations a se ries of illustrated evening lectures will be given on 'such subjects as "The Farmstead" showing proper methods of laying out and Improving the home grounds and buildings; "Use and Man agement of Harney Irrigated Lands"; "Abuses of Irrigated Lands and Reme dies"; "Modern Farm Machinery"; "The Hen ; "The Horse industry in eastern Oregon"; "Cattle and Hog Raising." . "Bill" Hanley, one of Harney Coun ty's stanch friends of agricultural education, initiated the movement for the Burns extension course, and it was at his earnest solicitation that the col lege undertook to work out the de tails of such a course at this time. The course has been advertised extensively throughout the county and more than 160 Eastern Oregon farmers have sig nified their Intention of attending the lectures and demonstration. Mr. Han ley has arranged to entertain 50 "stu dents" on his ranch during the entire week, and a number of other public spirited citizens of Burns have volun teered to assist In providing entertain ment for all who may be present. NEW FACTORY IS STARTED Honlton Payroll Will Be Increased 300 Men This Summer. HOULTON. Or., Feb. 22. (Special) Work was commenced today on a tur nlture factory. Concrete is being put in for the engine bed and the building Is being generally put In shape for the machinery that will be ready for In stallation In a few days. The Western Cooperage Company is moving considerable machinery to Its new location at Trenholm, just west of this place. There are about 50 men at work and the crew will be Increased. The Portland Lumber Company has 'established a logging camp west of Houlton and expects to cut Z00.00O feet oftlogs daily. It is building four miles of railroad to connect with the Colum bia City road. These various Industries will add about SOO men to the Houlton payroll this Summer. - Washington to Meet Pullman. UNIVERSITY " OF WASHINGTON. Seattle, Wash., Feb. 22. (Special.) The University of Washington next week enters into the last laps of the basketball schedule when It meets the undefeated team from the Washington State College, on Its Western and Southern trip v ' We Are Cspyriite Rut SdAc te Mux Saml Rosenblatt & Co. Northwest Corner Third and Morrison This Store Is the Home of Hart Schaffner & Marx Fine Clothea BOULDER MARKSEND Terminus of Oregon Trail to Be Shown to Posterity. FITTING PROGRAMME HELD Granite Taken From Mountains Is Dedicated In Capitol Park- at Olympia Pioneers Honored In, Impressive Exercises. OLiTMPIA. Wash- Feb. 22. (Spe clal.) Olympla Joined this morning url.Vi tha lnr.nl rhflntflr of the Daugh ters of the American Revolution in JJI .1 a rr.anl. T.ftlllflffl In til A U6U(i.auiiB o o Capitol Park as marking the end of the Oregon trail. Among the notables who took part In the exercises were Governor Ernest Lister, who formally accepted the stone on behalf of the state; Ezra jueeKer, the white-haired old pioneer whose ox team and Nation-wide advocacy of monumentlne the Oregon trail have mnriA him Known inrougnoui. ij country; W. H. Gilstrap; cura ,, rr tim ' w, .TKninsrTon fusion eal Society; Supreme Court Judge r, . fiii. mnA Mrs. R. R Streets. president of the local chapter of the Daughters or tne American iwvwuuuu, u.mh.,a nf thA nrrie.r were nresent from all over the State of Washington n n .i n ...mil., from Oresron. Of unusual Interest was tne reaains r mnnnft written bv EdmOnd 9. Meany, the Northwest historian. "End of the Oregon Trail." it was reaa oy Mrs. S. J. Chadwlck, wife of Judge Chadwick, of the Supreme court, ana is: Fair Oregon, what brave men bade thee hall When first their eyea beheld thy templed Tliy verdant plains, and e'en thy cryatal rllla That throw tneir anver mreau. wiuwmi. mi trails! Such men! To dare they anew, but not to fall. ' 1 n. ums w - Exultant wine of win that strangely thrills The soul In quaat of rough-hewn woodland 11 And now we gaie from ragged range to range ; We mark as holy ground the paths they iroa; Sweet aod we pluck from myriad blriewea soa; Uncovered stand amidst all ruthless change A WARNINGTO MANY Some Interesting Fac!s Regarding Health Statistics x-. n.nni i-bslIIza to what extent their health depends upon the condi tion of their kidneys. The physician In nearly all cases of serious illness, makes a chemical anal- na,fttn'. Iirlnn. Ma knoWS J oia wi. a,....... that unless tne moneys are omais work properly, tne otner organs cnu not be brought back to health and strength. T(7V.AM IrMnova nr. npfirlected or abused in any way, serious results are sure to follow. Accorajng 10 nemm statistics, Bright's disease, which is really an advanced form of kidney trouble, caused nearly ten thousand deaths In 1910, In the state of New york alone. Therefore, it behooves us nav mm- ottAntlnn to the health of these most Important organs. An 'ideal herbal compound that has had remarkable success as a kidney remedy is Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, tha great Kidney, Liver ana uiaaaer Remedy, The mild and healing Influence of ,1.1. vAnf.a,inn la CfllTl raflliAH. Tt stands the highest for Its remarkable record of cures. if von feel that your kidneys require attention, and wish a sample bottle. write to Dr. Kilmer & jo., xiingnam ton, N. Y. 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