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TIIE OHE(302T DA ILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, FRIDAY' .EVENING, AUGUST 1; 1902."
SUBURBAN
NEWS OF NEARBY
- " TOWNS IN BRIEF.
INFORMATION IN
f'M rC ' COMPACT STVI P.
' SALEM.
GRANTS,1 PASS
OREGON CITY.
PENDLETON.
Chinamen ; Unearthinz Bones v o:
Countrymen Killed in Early Days
(Journaf Special Service.)
GRANTS PASS, Aug. L-Th first
tatlonal rnov made by the Federated
rrades . Union since ; their organization
here, was to declare a boycott yesterday
aU "unfair" stores of the city. ..-TiM
movement la In compliance With the pe
tition of the Retail Clerk Union, , of
Grants Pass. There are over W . men
' in the Federated Trades Union here, and-
the edict of the clerks will hare consld
erable effect upon the atoree that refused
to recognise the union. The movement
"was brought about W the refusal of a
number of the stores to grant shorter
hours for their clerks, who asked that
all stores close at 8:30. Only a portion of
the stores agreed to do this, and as a
result the clerks have asked the Fed
crated Trades to cease patronising" the
non-union, establishments. ' The latter
stores, so It Is reported, will discharge
all of their clerks belonging to the
union and bring In non-union men. The
way the matter stands at the present
time makes a general strike likely,
The Mountain yiew Copper Company
is the name of a new company that has
entered the Waldo copper fields and be
come possessed of properties there. They
have a good mine, and have developed
and opened It up to a good depth. They
have recently installed a -ton smelter
and. have put their mine In shape tor
business en a large scale.
A number of Chinamen have come over
' from Happy Camp, Cal., and are engaged
in the gruesome work of excavating the
bones of their fellowmen that are buried
along Sucker Creek,, near Browntown.
These Chinamen were among the pioneer
gold hunters In that region, and many
were killed by tb whites. One of the
discoveries made in uncovering the re
mains of the Chinamen was to find a
pine tree growing through a skull. The
tree had taken root beneath the decayed
box and grown up through, passing
through the eye holes of the skull.
Borne party or parties atempted to set
fire to the new Sugar Pine Factory build
Ing in this city Wednesday night The
would-be incendiary was caught In the
aot by the watohman but escaped In the
darkness.
ROSEBURG.
Journal Special Service.)
ROSEBURG, Aug. L-Operations n
th trt imnraTamtnt work are . In
steady progress, and the third block on
Cass street Is now being surfaced with
cmahad rock.
Prof. Fred A. Nourse, who lives near
tha Boldlara' Horn. Is In serious trouble.
- A few weeks ago ha wrote a letter for
Nathan Meyers, an old soldier at we
home, the missive being directed to his
.daughter, and in the letter Mr. Meyers
placed a eheck for $36.06, endorsing it
before doing so. He then gave tne let
ter to Mr. Nourse asking him to take it
to the postofflce and register it tor mm.
He registered the letter as requested, but
when opened by Mr. Meyer's daughter,
h nheck . was found missing. Inquiry
and lnvstlgatlon followed, and It led to
tha discovery of the check . In the loug
las O. Bank, where It had been cashed
by Nourse, whose signature appears on
the back thereof. Nourse now occupies
a cell In the county Jail.
Messrs. J. F. Barker. S. C. Flint, J. C
Aokraa and families and Mrs. S. Ztgler
and Miss Zellce Zlgler have gone to
i Glendale for an extended outing in tnat
vielnltv.
Mrs. and Mrs. A. J. Beltdwa, Mr. and
4tfrs. A. A. Bellows, Mr. and Mrs. L.. D.
Carl, and tha latter's sister from St.
Louis, Mo., left yesterday for Bandow
for an outing on the beach.
MARSHFIELD.
(Journal special Service.
MARSHFIELD. Aug. L Nearly 800
acres of land In one body, with a good
water frontage on Coos Bay has been
bought by the Great Central Land Com
pany, the corporation through which tne
great Central railroad does its land busi-
nes.
The purchase Includes 130 aores lying on
the water front, situated about a mile
from the business center of Marshfleld,
belonging to the Flannegan estate; a
string of six forties lying Just west of
this owned by C. H. Merchant; and a 500-
acre tract adjoining the Merchant land
on the west and extending over to Pony
slough, and belonging to the Flannagan
estate. The price paid for the Flannagan
land Is JSO.OMTand for the Merchant land,
J12.000.
BAKER CITY.
(Journal Special Service.)
BAKER CITY, Aug. t-F. M. Wodklns,
a local prospector, has found what he be
lieves la the mother lode of the whole
Salmon Creek country. The ledge Is
quarts-porphyry, about four feet wide
and very rich In free gold. Mr. Wodklns
lsdown' about ten feet on the ledge and
has taken out several big nuggets and a
quantity of fine gold. Standing at the
discovery shaft on the mountain and fac
ing the northeast the ledge has the ap
pearance of running directly Into the
Kelson placer mines.
PHILOMATH.
PHILOMATH, Aug. t-Ed. Allen, Df.
Loggan' and Rihard Fehler of this , place
have returned from a successful hunt at
St Mary's Peak. r They killed two fine
. bucks, Tha deer .were taken' on what is
known to hunters as "The Knob." .Game
Is reported as plentiful in the vicinity;
The grass on tha top of tha peak Is'un
Bsually fine, and abundant enough, one
of the hunters Bays', to feed all the cat
tle In Benton County for tha next two
aaontns, , , , :
' " .(Journal Special Service.)
OREGON CITY, Aug. L-Alfred Nich
olas, aged IS years, died at Highland yes
terday afternoon of heart trouble. He
was taken f Wednesday and a physician
was called but medical aid was unavail
ing and Be expired at 1 p. m. lie left a
wife and seven children residing at High-,
land. , . ' " '.,.. .V-:
Horace Walters, a young man U yfars
of age,' fell from the top of an extension
hay" ladder ' Wednesday ' afternoon ' at
Courtney. Both bis arm were broken
and he wag smashed up generally. He
was stacking hay at the top of the ladder,'
when : he. lost his balance and fell 40
feet. The Injured limbs were set and he
is progressing favorably toward recovery
although it will be some time before b
will be able to be out.
William Marshall is staying at Wilholt
Springs during his vacation.
Miss Harriet Case has been engaged to
teach school at Skagway, Alaska, at a
salary of H00 a montrmlOT-ra.
ICranOlrsrGrwrChurch and son.
James Church,' leave today for Govern
ment Camp, on a two-weeks' outing.
. William Wright and P. M. Waddell, of
Portland, left today for an outing In the
mountains In the vicinity of Austen's Hot
Springs.
The local office of the Postal Telegraph
Company will be moved from Huntley's
book store to the postofflce store, build n?.
Fred W.; Humphry will take chaw.
Two dwelling houses are being con
structed on Water street, near the Ch-.r-man
building. They will be for rent and
are being put up by Dan Lyons.
The announcement that the Crown Pa
per Company would construct a new pulp
mill on the east side of the rl vermin 'this
city, created a stir in business clrcif s.
The employment of 60 additional .-non In
the manufacturing industries of Oregon
City means a great deal to . '.he mer
chants, and the lmprovemsnt la actcrd
Ingly very welcome here. There are now
considerably over 1000 people employed in
the mills.
McMNNVILLE. .
(Journal Special Service.)
McMINNVILLB, Aug. l.-A. D. Hale,
of Albany, Editor of the Peoples' Press,
the Socialist organ of Oregonhas been
in the city for several days. ""
In a talk today with G. A. Shields, a
large fanner of McCoy, Polk County, he
said that farmers are now in the midst
of wheat cutting, and that the crop ol
wheat andoats Is the best In several
years.
Mrs. Johnson and Mrs. Bryan havt
brought suit against Joe Matty for 15125
for damages claimed to have been don
to orchard and other property oh a farm
leased from them. This suit Is the out
growth; of the shooting of Bryan by Mat
ty some time ago. which, together with
other suits against him for damages from
the same source, amounts to about $15.
000. A. N. 'Martin has purchased of Mrs.
Asbury her residence property on B
street.
County Superintendent Llttlefleld ha3
announced that he will holJ the regular
examination of applicants for state aud
county papers at McMinnvllle, commenc
ing on Wednesday, August 13, and con
tinuing until August 16th at 4 p. m.
Mr. Sharp, an old and respected furnr-i
living four miles north of this city, Is ly
lng dangerously 111 with but little hopes
of his recovery.
LEBANON.
LEBANON. Aug. 1. The lumber manu
facturers of this vicinity' have found a.
profitable market for their product la
California. Several carloads of lumber
have been shipped from this place to San
Francisco recently, and the prospects are
favorable for Increased orders from the
Golden State,.
BOURNE.
BOURNE. Aug. 1. One of the mott
uniniia rork-drllllna- contests over hem
occurred at Bourne last Sunday between
two teams of 11-year-old boys. Glen Ker
ton and Pudge Wilson, each tinJU.- the
dozon-year marlc, upheld the banner of
the Columbia mine, and Berry Marcum
and Junior Daget, also In th 11-year
class, represented Bourne, The drilling
was In a solid granite block with inch
steel 4-pound hammers being; used T:th
26-inch handles.
The Columbia team drilled "Inches In
the alloted ' time, and the stur.lA Ilttlu
Bourne boys drilled 1? inchei, wlnhhi it
r-rlie of 125 huni un by the miner at
the Columbia and citizens of Binirn
The contest waa the most Interesting,
the two contending t&a-ns ljein,T trained
to the hour. It Is understool thai it
youthful team from the Cable Cove will
challenge the winner of the Bourne con
test. FREEWATER.
FREEWATER, Aug. 1. Mouralah, the
Terrible Turk," Is at Freewater, having
come across the Oregon line.; from Walla
Walla, wher he was expected to appear
jlnTollce Court on a charge of disorderly
con&uct. The Turk forfeited his bond in
Walla Walla. , .
- Redaced Rrates to Newport. ..
Commencing June 15, the Southern Pa
cific Company will sell round-trip tickets,
Portland to Newport . and return, good
via either East or West Side divisions, in
connection with the Corvallls -Eastern
'Railroad. Three-day: Sunday. . excursion
tickets, good going Saturday, ; returning
Monday, 14.50. Season - tickets, good "re
turning until' October 10, $6. Baggage
checked through to Newport. i; 'f; .
For ' further . information' call at City
Ticket Office,, corner .Third and Washing
ton itreet Portland, Q v A . v
v (Journal Special Service.) i
PENDLETON. Aug. L Fred Hendley
has received word of the death of .Mrs.
David Horn, which occurred at Oakland,
CaL Mrf and Mrs. Horn left here several
weeks" ago ln the hopes of benefiting1 Mrs.
Horn's health. She had been ailing with
a complication of diseases and her death
was not unexpected. The telegrams stat
ed that Mr. Horn' would leave for Pen
dleton with the body this evening and
will arrive here about Saturday morning.
Mr. and . Mrs. Horn . were . residents of
McKay creek and were prominent In that
neighborhood, he being an extensive
stockman and farmer." -
News reached this place last night that
a fire broke out from the sparks of n
threshing machine on Claude Steen's
place near Weston, In which there wera
1200 sacks of barley destroyed.:
- The contract has been let for the build
ing of the new Pendleton Academy to a
Chicago firm for 111,500. work to begin
once and the structure to be completed
by Pgrmbf r 8.r- . ,,.
Billle Rock, ' a Umatilla Indian, ran
amuck recently and was arrested on va
rious charges and brought to the city.
He flourished a knife and said he would
kill somebody, and as his remark was
general It wag thought best to appre
hend him. He has been doing an Imita
tion Tracy act for some time, and on
that account and for the peace and .quiet
of the community he was sent to the
County jaii for CO days under the experi
ment of trying to make a better Indian
of him.
The Pendleton baseball team defeated
the Baker City aggregation yesterday
afternoon In a score of 7 to S and are
rejoicing tonight. Pendleton Is leading
beautifully In the Inland Empire League.
The Chief of Peo, whose picture ap
peared in' a Portland paper, and who It
was announced had a grievance against
Uncle Sam and proposed to air It, has
been resare'ed here for years as the big
gest Joke on the reservation. There Is
notMr.g In it. y
DOWN BY THE SEA
Gay Yourg Hai in Trouble Notes
of Serial Interest
(Jo-j.'nal Eyectal Scrvlce.l
LONG BEACH, Wash.; Aug. 1. With
several exceptions. Long Beach, the fa
mous wattling place of the Pacific
Coast, has all the comforts of a big city.
It costs a man 25 cents to have his face
scraped; fculf a doiiur for a hair Cut,
with no extras. A broken looking glass,
a'nhfaichl-bac'kcU chair, an utter absence J
of illac'ifcciai.ts. and to think that he
charges as niiich t remove tha hair of
a tourist as tne O. R. & N. Railroad
charges for a round trip from Long
Beach to llwaco!
It Is a Jiirrl.ig !o a good many who left
their shavlrg outiits at home, and there
is a strors probability of a whisker
club being orsanlird.
Even the milkmen have formed a trust.
It costs 30 ceiil" a gallon to color your
coffee, that sky jlue--so nice to look at.
The saloons have a combine. It coats
10 cents a gl&ss fur' beer with no reduc
tions for spe-jiul diiiiks.
Captain A. B. Branr.on, for eight years
captain of police in Portland, has been
appointed a deputy sheriff of this sec
tion. This la the Mist lime a special
officer has ever been appointed for duty
here.
Five sons of prominent Portlanders to
day smashed the windows at the North
Head lighthouse station. They were over
In a Jaunt. Before reaiblng their, homes
they were taken in custody, They, gave
their names in to the Justice of the peace
at llwaco. Prosecutions will likely fol
low. The eoUlcrs arc cutting a road from
North Hind to the bea-h near the fishing
rocks. The road Is much neaueU to give
a shorter route to Ft. Caiy and North
Head from Long Ueaen points.
A Jarg-ly attended and highly enjoyable
danclns party was given at the Breakers
last Saturday night. - The decorations
were unusually fine. The English or
chestra furnished delightful music.
Thursday nieht the Everett orches
tra, which arrived from Portland Tues
day, gave its first dance of the season In
the Long Beach "hall.
The Portland Hotel gave a dance Wed
nesday nlerht..
The height of the season here will not
be reached until about the 10th of Aug
ust. Many are coming dally.
A severe wind and rain storm madeIt
rather Interesting for campers Wednes
day nljiit and Thursday.
HUNTINGTON.
HUNTINGTON. Au. l.M V. Gates, of
llillsboio. and Walter Moore, of Baker
City, who are largely Interested In the
Malheur OH Company, have visited the.
company's properties In Dry Gulch, and as
a result of their visit operations at the
oil well have been suspended for 90 days.
The drillers have, struck an unusually
hard rock In the well and in order to drill
further It Is necessary to secure heavier
machinery, whlcrt; will be purchased In the
Eastf Messrs. Gates and Moore have
great faith In the future of the Malheur
oil fields, and give assurance that work
will be resumed this fall. 1
HEPPNER.
HEPPNER, Aug. L Almost the entire
wool crop of this district has been baled,
and most of It has been already shipped.
Taking it all the way through,' the sea
son has been very active and conditions
have been favorable and satisfactory.
From the southern portion Of Morrow
County and Grant' and Gilliam Counties
more wool came to Heppner this season
than ever before, - while ' about . 400,003
pounds of Heavy wools down In the Sand
country- were purchased by the PendleT
ton Beourjng Mills and shipped by way
of Echo and other points, :i , . , ;
Death of Dr. J Rex Byars--Fifty
Cents a Box for Hop Pickers.
.' (Journal Special Service.)
SALEM, Aug. 1. Last night Dr. J. Rex
Byars, a popular, and well-known young
man of this city, died of tuberculosis, af
ter an Illness of several months, aged Z4
years and I months. Deceased was a son
of General and Mrs. W. H. Byars, of
this city, and waa a recent graduate from
the Medical College of the Willamette
University,. He was born at Roseburg,
and later -attended the High schoof In
Portland, where be was graduated. When
the Spanish-American war broke out Dr.
Byars, then a medical student, enlisted in
Company B, Second Oregon Volunteers,
and went to the front. His brothers are
Col. L. Byars of Roseburg, W. F, Byars,
tdftorpf -the flentlnaK Ctotdeneale, WmM
Dr. A. H. Byars, Medera, Cal. The sis
ters are: Mrs, Effle Wright, Melvlna,
Mrs. S. W. Thompson and Miss Vera L.
Byars, of Salem
State Treasurer Charles S. Moore, yes
terday received tax payments on account
of the state taxes for 1901 from two coun
ties. They are: Multnomah, $11,000;
Douglas, $1263.63.
The ashes of the late G. Perry Cord, of
this city, who died In Honolulu on July
13th, and whose remains were cremated
there, arrived In this city this morning.
end will be burled in the family plot by
the Woodmen of, the World. Mrs. Card
who was In Pennsylvania when her hus
band died in Honolulu, arrived here yes
terday for the funeral.
John Tldwell, .the West Salem horse
trader who was on Wednesday arrested
for assault and battery, plead guilty In
Justice Horgen's court yesterday and
paid a tine of $10 and cost for his fun of
pummelling a neighbor.
Charles Nicholson, aged 17 years, was
brought to this city yesterday afflicted
with a serious case of appendicitis. He
came in in a wagon, driving 40 miles, and
was at once placed on the operating table
and the operation was performed. He is
now much Improved and his recovery is
expected by his physicians.
Governor T. T. Geer went to his farm
in the Waldo Hills yesterday to superin
tend the harvesting of his crop.
Hop growers at Stayton, near here, are
offering 50 cents a box for picking, and
It 13 expected that this price will have
to be generally paid throughout this sec
tion if the crop Is to be saved this year.
The State Board of School Land Com
missioners has collected the largest sum
of money during the month of July, Just
closed, ever received during the corre
sponding month In any previous year, and
only exceeded once In the history of the
state in August, 1899, when 107,129.91 was
received. The collections during July ag
gregated 151,630.6
THE DALLES.
(Journal Special Service.)
THE DALLES, August l.-The Wasco
Warehouse Milling Company is erecting
another lurge warehouse In The Dalles.
The new building will he 50 by 20O feet,
and have an immense storing capacity.
The enormous grain crops of Eustern
Oregon will result In flooding The Dulles
with wheat this season, and this concern
Is preparing to handle the great Increase
In this commodity. The first of this
year's wheat was received at Moody's
warehouse Thursday, "and Is of excellent
quality. It was brought In by John Wag
onblust from his place to Dry Hollow.
Work hands In Eustern Oregon are tit
a premium. In Wasco, Sherman unJ
Morro counties harvest hands are being
offered from J2 to -13.50 per day to work
In the fields, and Set there Is a great scar
City of men. it has been necessary U
Import Japanese from Portland' to com
plete the sewers now under construction
In this city.
G. T. Parr, of the Eastern Oregon Land
Company, bus returned from a tour .of
Sherman County." He reports harvesting
In full blast with the prospects good for
an enormous yield.
Dalleslte3 teemed to have predomlnaU?il
at Trout Lake this season. Those rc
turning from camp this week are Mr.
and Mrs. William Fredden, Fred ami
George Welgel, Mr. and Mrs. J. Eberlo
and Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Welgel, of
Omaha, Neb.
The season for hunting quail, prairio
chickens and grouse opened August 1,
and accordingly Deputy Game Warden
Fritz has wurned all sportsmen to refrain
from killing more than 13 In one day.
OREGON BRIEFS.
The Astoria police department col
lected $920 in fines and forfeitures during
July. This establishes a record for the
river town.
Smallpox has broken out at the State
Insane Asylum at Salem. A quarantine
has been established against all visitors
but relatives.
Mrs. Mary Davidson, a Salem pioneer
of '64 was buried today In the Capital
City. She died on, Wednesday evening.
A Seattle company are to establish a
condensed milk factory at Forest Grove.
A brick building 100 by 120 Is to be
erected at once. - t
The Monster. Quart Mining Company,
with a capital of H, 000, 000,. has been in
corporated at Baker City. William Eb
len. F. L. Evans and Antone Klancer
are on the paper. '
A rumor Is current in Salem that at the
time ofthe recant . escape of Tracy and,
Merrill from the state pen the guards on
the wall deserted their posts and hid.
The story Is creating; great excitement.
Multnomah County yesterday paid 17000
on the second half of Its state taxes into
the office of the State Treasurer at Sa
lem.;.. ;: l?:"f4;si v-:a' '-. ;: ...
Work has been begun on the new
Southern Paclflo depot at Cottage Grove.
TM building will be M by, 112 fJ, ;
- "The Moyer Clothing- Go's.-
Clearance Sale has been the talk for the last few
weeks. We have surprised hundreds of customers
with the littleness of our prices. We can surprise
you. Every item in our big store reduced from
20 to 50 per cent. . . '
BOYS' KNEE PANTS in lin
en Qalatea, good value
at 35c; Sale Price......... 3(J
MEN'S ALL WOOL SUITS,
the kind that usually sell for
$10; brown and blue frr or
colors only; sale price j)t)eUt)
MEN'S JEAN PANTS, made
so they can't rip; dark colors
only; regular value $1.25
Sale Price
85c
MEN'S Blue Serge and Black
Clay Worsted Suits, the best
money can buy to sell at $15.
French facings, reinforced
throughout; Sale (A op
Price.. ...... 07a0t)
We have the new fad
If you have not time
WHEN YOU SEE IT IN OUR AD. IT'S SO.
Moyer Clothing-'C.
THIRD AND OAK STREETS
OVER THE WIRES.
William J. Bryan leaves New Haven,
Conn., today for .New York. Thence he
goes to Maryland to continue his speech
milking tour.
Tha steamer City of Sydney, Jut ar-
rived at Sun Francisco, brings news of
a greut tldiil wave at Costa Kl a. Many
of the houses In the lower purtlons of
Puntas Areias were destroyed.
The CusimlHSloner of Internal Rev
enue at Washington reuortB that in the
ear ending June 30 internal revenue
tuxes fell off W5.U00.UW. Tuxes on spirits
and oleomtrf;ariu aoii showed in
creases.
The sale of the Hammond Meat Pack
is Companies tn the Armours has been
concluded. The pi-ice is said to be about
(5,(IU0.Ut0.
Charles Craven, a negro who was ar
rested for thj murder of H. Wilson, a
farmer living near Herndoiy Va., was
lynched by a mob yesterday afternoon
near Lccaburg. Vu.
Mrs. Victoria Gibson, of Butler. Ind.
has been arrested for conducting a fraud-
ilent matrimonial bureau. A. K. Knight,
of Baslle, Kan., who was fleeced of J50,
lutd the charge.
Lee Newton, a negro, was lynched yes
terday ' miles from Magnolia. Arkan
sas. He had attempted to rape two
young daughters of a prominent family.
News has been received at St. Peters-
burs: that thousands of deaths irom
cholera have occurred In Manchuria dur-
g the lust .month. Both Chinese and
Europeans are suffering.
Twenty-seven dead bodies have been
recovered and 100 men are still entombed
the Mount Klmbia colliery at Wollon-
gonz. New Bontn Wales. The disaster
due to an eicpleslon which took place
yesterday?
May Tohe is In London. She says sh-3
III forsrlve Captain Strong If he only
says he's sorry for taking her jewels.
81r JoseDh Dinsdule, Lord Mayor of
London, last night presented fcord Kitch
ener with a sword of honor, the gift of
the
DcoDle of Cape Town.
Queen Maria Christina of Spain left
Madrid yesterday for Vienna on a visit
to the Austrian court.
The . Grampus, a torpedo boat Just
built by the I'nion Iron Works of San
Francisco for the United States Navy,
was successfully launched at the Bay
City Wednesday night In the presence
of thousands of people.
The steamer City erf Sydney, arriving
at vSan Francisco yesterday brought the
Intelligence that the Mexican steamer
Romero was totally wrecked July 23 by
going ashore t the port of Masatlan, two
of the crew being losst.
NORTHWEST NEWS.
' Alfred E. Rhodes, an employe of the
Danlrlnff (VimMIIT. WSS fileCtTO-
VUUBUJ '
eiuted In a refrigerator ar at Butte,,
Mont., yesterday oy stray current oi
electricity. V
Mayor A. A. Ames, of Minneapolis, has
written letter from Wanhlftgton. Ind.,
where bt sew la, resigning his office. He
Men's Patent Elastic dar
ters, the 35c kind,
it J 5c
sale price.....
Boy a Khaki Norfolk
aults, Just the proper thing
for outisgf the- $t3& kind)
sale price $1.15
Boys' Waists, percale,
blouse, warranted fast col
ors, reg. 50c value; OQ
sale price OC
The President suspender,
sold everywhere at "2Qr
50c; our sale price... 07 L
All 50c Caps on
sale price.. JC
All STRAW HATS
HALF PRICE
Men's Suits in Coronation
to look up these bargains
has also asked Chief of Police Ames,
his brother, to resign.
The salmon fishermen of Bristol Bay,
Alaska, after a bitter strike, have ob
tained concessions from the cannerymen
which doubles the price of fish.
An attempt to resume open gambling
at Aberdeen, Wash., after a cessation of
several months, was defeated. The town
Marshal closed all the games immedi
ately. The people of Weiser, Idaho, have voted
$40,000 or the installation of a water and
electric light system. Work will be
started at once.
A coaling plant capable of loading
steamers at 200 tons per hour isj to be
built at the Puget Sound navy yard.
The Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging
Company, of Seattle, have secured tha
contract.
A tree 55 feet in diameter has been dis
covered. It Is the largest In the world.
Aberdeen, Wash., has voted a $100,000
bonding fund to be used In the construc
tion of a bridge across the Chehalls river
and for other Improvements.
W. C. Stein, a Walla Walla, Wash.,
farmer, lost 1200 sacks of wheat and some
outbuildings by a grain field fire yester
day. DOINGS OF THE
LABOR UNIONS
Electricians Prepare for a Picnic
Carpenters Initiate New
Members. .
A committee on t,abor Day has been ap
pointed by the Teamsters' Union. " Sev
eral soda? wagon drivers have sent In
applications to the union for member
ship. A. S. Grace, treasurer Qf the Amalga
mated Street Railway EnWoyes' Union,
has resigned and accepted a position In'
the City Engineer's office. He Is suc
ceeded by A. Bauman.
The bootblacks In the city are agitating
We are
Known.. :
by the quality of our
work; by the repute
tion we have establish
ed for fair dealing end
honest prices; by a
record of is years con
tinuous practice in den
tistry and i by : the
hearty recommenda
tions of our patrons.
We guarantee painless
work, satisfaction and
fair charges. , ;
Dr. W. A. 'Wise.
WISE.BROS.; Dentist
aoS.soe, sie, sir. sis, sijPaninr ullnf
sr. Thlrdaad Washington Mreets.
MEN'S Allwool Hand-tailored
Suits with fine wool Em
press serge linings, flrstclass la
ail respects; reg. $15
kind; Sale Price.;..
$7.95
YOUTHS' SUITS, sizes 16 to
19, only In three shades; made
from Oregon cheviot; , splendid
value at $8.00; Sale J 4C
ie....i fy av(
We have a few medium
sizes left of those $15 Men's
Suits with hand-worked but
ton holes, serge linings, quite a
number of patterns; 7 HIT
Sale Price ) I
Here are FOUR Special lines,
of MEN'S PANTS, neat checks
and fine stripes, wear like If on,
splendid val. at $2.50; (ff OF
Sale Price 01.0 J
Cloththey are beautiful.
send one of the children.
the question of closing their shops at S
o'clock in the evening on week days and '
at 4 o'clock on Sundays. The advisabil
ity of the plan has been discussed for-,
several weeks past, and the proprietors la
both unjon and nonunion shops seem, to
be strongly in favor of doing away with
in ticket system. ' '
The electricians met Wednesday-night -and
President Thomas Sennott occupied
the chair for the first time in. two weeks,
lie has Just recovered from 8, serious 111
uess. The electricians are making ,els,bo
rate preparations, for a picnic to be, held
at Canemah Park In the near future, and
have accepted k challenge from the paint
era to play a game of baseball at that
time. The session last night : waa . abort
but there was a good attendance. t
The carpenters met Wedpesday evening
and initiated 14 new members. - A report
from the committee appointed for tha
purpose of Investigating charges mada
.against a local dally paper for circulat
ing false advertisements In tha Eta St was)
presented. So far as could be learned by
the members of the committee) the charge
was false, but no word regarding the
matter has yet been received from tha
unions in the East. The carpenters de
cided to give a smoker In their hall on
the evening of August 13. , ' "
The; Labor Day committee of IS met lit
the hall of the Building Trades Council
last night, and discussed further plana -for
the elebration. Subcommittees were)
apointed to look after tha various details
of the affair, such as music, the parade,
paraphernalia, etc An order was issued
for the manufacture of 8200 buttons out
In all about 10,000 will be received at di
vers t!meVbefor the celebration, occur
Members of the Water Front Federa
tion have received soma very pretty and!
unique badges, which have been. manu..
factured In such a manner as : to ! b
adaptable and apropriate for wearing" on
various occasions. For example, they
can be. folded In such a way as to leave
exposed the proper wording" for lbori
Daj parades. Folded tn . different way
they will answer for representations oft
funeral emblems, etc .,,,,
Subscriptions reearted for The Journal
at any of B. B. Rloh'a etsar store.
Dr, T, F. Wise.
H Beth PfteaMt Or. ooh si.f CM. iftl.
Opea v.olnfs till si kun4y, U i.