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J-: r: V - t . t -Trr "i ' "' '. r- - 4 Perfect preserves can only be had by the perfectly concentrated heat and the Gas Stove. With an ordinary stove you can't be too careful or too particular in making preserves. And even then you may fail. With a Gas Stove and ordinary care you are sure to be successful. You know how you used' to suffer with the heat in. preserving time. Well; the Gas Stove contributes its heat on the preserves; there's none left for you to suffer from. Aire Ym MMiig? IF You are building yourself a new, home and , r want it connected with gas appliances for heating, lighting and; cooking,, and feel that you cannot pay cash, we will sell you the necessary appliances on ' credit - Payment ; can be made each month with the gas bilL -Tnis" applies to those who want to buy gas or combination fix tures. Np one on the line of our mains has any excuse for hot having the conveniences of jgas.; A Gas Range costs so little. It saves Jime; heats only jiist when and where you want it, and' is thcfcleanest arid most economical ;y; of cooking T.'v ' ' CLARKE COUNTY CROPS SUFFERING ' , . , . - ,- J. ' S coBTnnra ' iouor mbbvom TXBXJt Or QMAXM AMD nVTT TO ' on-Txxss m vnvxx. akotot -rAJiiams anrox ooowd '.! it to wamm nn. ..';,. t (SpwUI Dtopatck t Tk. JowmI) Vancourcr, Wh, July 11. Th (wmera of Clark county ar' at tht tim. vrx much concerned about the absent of rain. Cropa ar suSerlnc ererely and U la aald wlU b only one third of what It ahould be under ordin ary circumstances. The hay crop that fcaT - already bean harvested have amounted to this ratio, and those yet to. be harvested otK b vn- amaUer 4n amount. . - -;-Th wheat'and oata fields on a ma jority of the larms appear so dwarfish that many of the farmers may not at tempt to harvest the crop at all.' - The cereal crops ar not the only ones to show (he need of rain, but In many places the tuber plants, as well as the fruit, also show the ' effects oi the drouth. In the orchards. In numerous places, the apple crop, which at first Appeared would b fair, the youns fruit Is being scorched and In som Instances entirely baked on the treea, so the out look for these Is not good, and there are no prunes at all. These facta ar making many farmers feel very much concerned about the coming winter. If the winter should be a severe one feed wlU become quite scare and the wintering1 of stock aa It should be will be extremely difficult The main bop of the farmer with refer ence to his stock now Is that the winter may be an open one, with mild, rains. -, This would Insureood pasturage, it la said, and. aid materially In getting tha stock through the winter In a good condition. Weald stave preferred Bears. The announcement of the nomination Of barker lor-the Democratic candidate tor president is somewhat disappointing' . to many of Clarke county Democrata, The county Democrata stood solid for Ilearst. and many hoped he would re- eelv the nomination. These members of this party, who are -Imown as stanch and tarlasHearat men, while admitting that Parker Is tbe favorite of the eastern Democrata, claim that Hearst would have carried the east Just as solidly and would have wielded a rreat deal more Influence In the weat. Many of tbe Democrats feel so dissat isfied with th reauit or tn national convention at 8t Louis that they assort they will not support Parker at th elec tion this fall. . . ' This sentiment. howvr, may undergo a change between now and the time for the election. . The Democrats of this county hold their annual convention on th Id of Jhla month fqr th purpos of piecing In nomination a county ticket,' n&J It Is presumed better understanding De tween th stanch and disaffected mm' bers of the party will .occur at that time. . ' Will Itni gammer at Seaside. I The superior court will end tt ses sion this week, probably Wednesday ttlfrht. Immdlntly therearter'Juage A. I Miller. and Ma family will go to Sea side to spend the summrr. There ar , a number of other Vancouver people ex penUng to drpnrt for elttiw the coast or mountains for their' summer outing Mi, about that' tints, and som business In terests will be entirely closed for r a coup! of monthp. . ' . - Xra. Taylor Ooa to Buffalo. Mrs.Dr.-Taylor ' 1ft-Tstrdar"tr Buffalo. N. where ah will visit with her daughter for several weeks. When ah returns she will be accompanied by on of her daughters, Mrs. Wilson, wife of Lieutenant Wilson, artillery ocrps. who la alao visiting In Buffalo. CROP CONDITIONS IN POLK COUNTY coMTJui u jp iimoi or maxk xrm- rmxaxoasTTSB--JKor xjostsvt XZOaXASeT QTAIOTT . rU SIOTZD XAT ' TTBU , (KOB- rxxvo sowsT asAnr tsbt room. (Special Dkpatea Is Tbe Jearaal.) Independence, Or.,' July 11. Old set tlers here state that they do not remem ber a time when It has continued so long wtthouf-a rain during this part of the year. Th last few days has been almost suffocating in heat and numbers of people ar leaving for th coast for th summer vacatlona. Crops generally ar not in good shape. Hopa will b light, but grower prophesy an excellent quality of hop. Th hopa ar arming out much better than waa at first predicted,' and those farmers and hop men who cultivated thoroughly their hop and land gener ally, and ar continuing the same method now, hsv much better pros pects for a good crop then thos who ar not plowing and cultivating deep. and packing -th sou so that tn mois ture raises near th surface. . The hay crop Is most all harvested. and th crop, though short to a certain extent, averagea far better than waa predicted.' Spring sown grain Is look ing very poor, and oata and wheat and other crops will mostly be cut for hay. A. good rain will do no damag now even, and. some of th hop men atat that It would be of great help to their crops of- hops and there Is no question but that It would do much good to tha spring crops of every kind. . . rersonal Votes. - band concert was given Saturday evening Main street. Funds ar raised annually for these concerts, -and large crowds of people attend them when given. After the concert Saturda? night a dance was given In th opera, house by the orchestra. Quit a large crowd attended, although the weather was not desirable for dancing. Considerable property has been chang ing hands In th city during th last few weeka. Mrs. Dr. Babbitt has sold her residence her and will mov to Monmouth, wher she has been elected to th chair of mualo and drawing la th Stat normal. Mia Mabel Creaaey purchased a de sirable property - here, and Mr. Mc- Cready -also ha I Just-bought resi dence!.'.. '. Th bicycle shop has been sold and a aet TnT machinery edded by th pur chaser, 'Mr. Edwards?5 . Mr. CleverdaJe has purchased th feed store her. Journal frier, As traveling en train an, ' readers. . when trains to and freirt Port- tend, should sak news aeents for The journal and Insist upon being supplied with this peper, reporting all failure In sht.lnlne It to th ofllc of cubllcatloa. 1 a4drssig Th Journal. ForfUad. Pr, , tHE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTIAND, MONDAY WILL IRRIGATE PART OF COUNTY mt , or watis . bxtos Am bxoxts nuo nr oovsttt sa ookdxb's ' orrzoa " by . nis mTTBST- 0 AUBOBA OBOPS IB BAB SXAn TOB U.OB 0 BAXB. (Special Dlipatch te The JearaaL) Oregon City, July 11. Last Saturday Fred Hurst of Aurora filed In th. coun ty recorder's office a plat of a water ditch and the rights connected with it on the upper Molalla that he Intends to ir rigate th -country near Aurora and Canby with In th future should his schem go through. This will b something new tn th county- the farmers -depond oa- th rain to irrigat their crop with, but this season has proven the uselessness of this and right now if there wa a system of irrigation Jn some parts of the county the crone would be saved. . His plsns ar not known yetbut'a stock company will no doubt be formed and the ditch dug and th farmers who patronise be charged. so much an inch for it, Th cropa tn th county now ar about destroyed for lack of water and If ther 1 no rain thla week there will b UttJ tat grgln harvested. . Work at Batch ery. " ; At th government fish hatchery on th Clackamaa river all Is activity and preparation for th fall run of flan. Th work st present Is In getting ready for th ggs that will be taken in September and October from th Chin ook salmon that run up ths Clackamas these months.. To take th eggs a rack haa to be constructed across th river to stay ths progrsss of ths flsh up stream and traps ar mad to hold th flsh alive until they. are rip and ready to hav th eggs taken from them. Other work that la being don Is paint ing - th hatching, troughs and other wls making th atatlon neater and cleaner. At present ther ar about 1.00 young trout at th hatchery and that la all the fish that th government la holding at present, leave for Surveying1 Trip. ' Hands Bros, will' shortly take a crew of men for a two months' surveying trip tooths, northern, part o.IdahoTha men who will make up the orew are: ' Lee Caufleld, Roy Sleight and William Calif. Th party will leave' Wednesday for the objective point of their work, which Is Bonner's Ferry, near the International line on . Mi Kootenai river. Th con tract Is 'in running township line for a new settlement. Assaulted TMf' CHrt ' .George Boyer, an employe of th Rus sell sawmill near Marquam, is now lying In the county Jail and will be given a preliminary hearing today before Jus tic Stipp on th charge of committing a criminal assault on Amy Comer. The alleged assault was committed Friday near th Ruasell sawmill, at th horn of Bert Williams, wher Amy Comer was . employed. Boyer Is said to have gone to Williams' horns and ther he met Amy Comer and engaged In con versation with her and she says that h assaulted her. Her brother, Hugh Comer, cam to Oregon City for the officers snd Swor out a complaint and a warrant was loeued for Beyer's arrest ' Constable itkrry, T. Rembath went out with the warrant and brought Boyer In yeater dax, Ue la a man X about It ears of .-....-..,, m . . i age and told the officers who arrested him that he ha'd ' committed no assault and had don nothing to Insult th- glrL TemplotoB-Toplomaa Weddlag. Word waa received her yesterday morning of th marriage In New Tork City of Misa Louis Hopleman to Mr. Henry Templet on. -Both ar well known In this city. Mr. Templaton went east last January to accept a responsible po sition with a manufacturing company, and about a week ago Miss Louis To pleman and-her father started east for a trip to Kurop. Th young ' people were engaged when Mr. Templeton left her, and they decided to marry 'at th earlleet opportunity. The marriage was a quiet on. ' .,? Tuaeral of . T. Btorey. ,' Th funeral of th lat' P. F. Morey was held yesterday from tn Morey horn near Oswago, th Rev. T. L. Eliot conducting th services. Th services were simple and were attended by many friends of th Moray family. After the services th remains were brought to Oregon City and were taken by car to the crematorium, wher th last services wer . conducted by th Masons. Mr. Morey waa a -member of th Masonlo order. Order of Elka and th I. O. O. F. Members of the order attended th funeral. - . , Th floral tribute to the memory of the dead man wer many and very beau tiful. In life h waa a lover of cholc flowers, and they wer near him In death. . t -, . The pallbearers wer CO. Huntley, F, T. Griffith snd J. P. Lovett of Oregon City, and Henry Schad. Allen Ellsworth and F. S. Kelly of Portland. Good Work of Bios Teas. - While Oregon City did not tak any first honora at th ho tournament which waa held In Portland last week, yet ths members of the team deserve som credit for th work that they did da On account of lack of time) In which to train they wer not lnth bast of ahape, but (hay ar manly- enough aa a team not to make this excuse and say thst they wer beaten falrlylf ' cloaslf. On thing that , th team resents hr the report of theirVflrat race, which wag1 a teat for water. They assert that this was not reported . correctly, and that they got water tn It 1-fi seconds. They are content with second place tn the races, but.no doubt a better showing could hav been made with mor train ing. ' . .--'.i . - - v- . . .. '. Tnt ta Demand. Tents tn Oregon City1 ar disappear ing Ilk frost be for th .sun, and ther la vry Indication that there -will be a veritable whit city tn Oladstons Park whan th Chautauqua opene- Tuesday, Secretary Cross of th association was busy yesterday telling people .that the association had no mor tents to rent, and referring them to th. business houses, whsre th much-desired summer hnus could be had. There waa even difficulty In- renting tenta from th busi ness houses, ssjrrtoet of them had been turned over to thCha'utauqua associa tion for ranting." C. H. Nye, vice-president of th asso ciation, said yesterday that h expected to see over 100 tents at th park fend thla number la far In ' excess of the number at any previous assembly. Last year th assoclstion rented 28 tents up to the first day of th assembly. This yesr they hav disposed of 60 to date and eould hav ranted aa many mor If they had them. 1 Thee tents that th assoclstion rent ar taken mostly by out-of-town peopl rand th officers figure thst about one- tenth of th people get their tenta thla way, while the rest own their tents and bring them to th park with them. Many Divorce Ores. ted... ' On Saturday th circuit ' court of Clackamas county met in adjourned ses sion. ' nivorces wer granted rWrht and left and U was pot lone befor tbe fair EVENING, JULY -, 11. 1P04. ON August first we rdduce; the price of gas ; from $1.50 per thousand cubic fcet-to $1.25 net This applies to the gas consumed in August, and on the bills paid on or before Sep tember 5th. Gas even at the present price is the cheapest for light and fuel. With the re- -duction thre will be many who will use gas the entire year for heating arid co6king.; There are many appliances now used for heat-, ing with gas and the kitchen can be kept warm in the winter, time without the use 6f the coal or "wood ' stove:- ';' ': ; ' 7:- -yf: ' vy A plibne message will bring our soiicitojr, who will talk the matter over with you and make such terms as will be entirely satisfactory to you and to ourselves.- - - y - " wives were husbsndless and th hus bands wer without wlveg. -. A divorce- wss granted to Eva A. PUlsbury from H. W, Plllsbury on.th grounds- of -failure to provide. The court decreed that she should hav 2t ror flv yeara for th aupport of two minor children 'and that ahe should b paid f 10 alimony for flv yeara. Th court alo decreed that sh should hav a further sum of f 2S for th support of th children for a subsequent period of flv years and 120 alimony for tha same length of time. F. C Setdensplner was granted a di vorce from Elizabeth Seldenaplner, who he wss married to in lt(7 In Cincinnati and whom, he alleges, deserted him. Other divorces granted . were: A. K. Baty from May Baty an Jenni Kyler and W. 8. Kyler. The court rendered judgment in favor of th plaintiff tn th cees of Pearl Bernler against Alice L., Elmer L. and Alta L. Russell, heirs of R. L. Russell, deceased, who, it la alleged, gave th plaintiff his promissory note. Tha plaintiff was adjudged sol Owner of a certain section of land north of Oregon City known a the Hiram-Straight dona tion land claim, which was mortgaged to th plaintiff as security for th note. -' Oregon City- Bews Bote. Miss Anna English of Portland la the guest of. Miss Ethel -Albright and will visit her during Chautauqua, . Carleton B. Harding, who has been absent in New York and West Virginia for th paat ear, returned hom to day. Mr.' and Mrs.' Oscar Frytag returned yesterday from a trip to Sprlngwater wher they picked many gallons of blackbrls. . '' t Crushed rock was put oh Center street for the first tlm Saturday and th work will continue until th street Is fully paved with this article. Th work of grading th street wlll.b extended on block farther south orato Sixteenth street In Csnemah, making a junction with ths south snd road, fcl . . Oregon City was f uJtof 5fopla ytsr day who were mostly' frorac Portland en joying an outing. At on tlm during th day there war so masiy people that th boat and ear line culd not handle them. On one of the trips of., the boat many wer turned back and .they had to await their turn to get back to ths city. Th car and boat lines wer capable of handling th people but ao many wanted to return about th aam tlm that th accommodations were very crowded. Ther were many who attended th dancing at th hall In Canemah park. BELIEVE .NOTORIOUS r BANDIT. WAS KILLED (Journal gpedal Service.) Knoxvlll. Tenn., July 11. It Is now thought that Harvey Logan, th notori ous Montana tralnrobber and. bandit, la dead. It is believed that Logan was th man killed by a cowboy during th pursuit of th gang that held up and robbed the Denver A Rio Grand train near Para ohute. Col., on July I. Th pose Of cowboys. that took part tn th chas shot on Of th bandits from his hors. After falling to the ground th wounded man ahot himself through th head. Photographs of the dead man war taken, and thee pictures hav now been Identified aa those "of Logan by Sheriff Fox and Jailer Bell of this place, from whom Logan escaped while aervtng a sentence of about 20 years In th Knoxvlll jail. Reward i&ggregattng 130,000 ar out standing fnf ths arrest of Logan, and tt Is probaWe that th body of th Para chut bandit will be exhumed and fur ther WegtlflcaUoojcnade U possible. mi . Ysim KJFP.v PLAN BIG PICNIC wlU oiTB rasas fob tabiots AQVATZO.. OOBTBSTfJ ABB .BBD ; BAT WXTB Bto BASXBT DpTBBB rOtnOIU FOB BBStmrO TBAB . XBVTAZ&BB. ' (Special Dispatch ta Tie JeorsaL) Eugene, Or., July 1L The local lodg of Knights of Pythias la planning a big picnic-f ob th near future. 1 Th plan Is to hold th plcnlo on th banks of th river and give prlxea for various kinds of - aquatlo -contests and nd th day with a big basket dinner In th evening. At th last meeting of th lodg th following new officers war installed: . "HT A; Dunbar, chancellor" commanderi Oeorg A. . Barge, vice chancellor; Frank B. Taylor, prelate; H. L. Traver, maater of work; Frank l roinaexter, master-at-arms; William O. Martin, In- sld guard; M. Woods; outsld guard. .. Tea tillers Assigned. Th Eugene school board haa decided that th publlo schools shall open for th school' year on Monday. September 1. ' Th following assignment of teach er has been made: .' . v . City superintendent. Matt H. Arnold. High ' school Mlran Hocken berry, principal; teachers, Emma Chase, Edith Kerps, Adels Plckel. Susie, Bannard, Lillian Lewis, Susan Dlnsmore. Central achoot-Brtnotpal. Kat Pat terson; sixth grad.Elsl Orcutt; fifth, Mary Wetherbee; fourth. Nettle Kress; third. Emma Oreen; first and second, Luella Brewster; first, Carroll John son. . ' Qeary school Principal, W. McWee; seventh grade, Carrl Hall; alxth, OetsJ trud Hamble; firtn, ruinn zeigier; fourth, Anna Whitley; third. Bell K se tt ey: second, Fannl MUllcant first, Kat Kelly. ' - ' ;.-' " "" Patterson school Principal, "Ida Pat terson; seventh grade, Ida Noffelnger; sixth.- Fannl Hemenway; fifth, Paulina Walton; fourth. Lulu Poll); third. Anna Buck; aeoond, LuU Norrls; first, Olll Waller. ' ' ' . Wcmaat f Woodcraft XnstaO. . , Th Woman of Woodcraft of this city hav elected and Installed th following naw -' offloera for - th ansulng alx months: '. Past guardian neighbor, August M. Cheshire; guardian neighbor, Lurena Zlmmer; adviser, Mary J. Zlmmer; ma gician, Ipheglma' Patterson; attendant. Bertha L. "Carson; outer sentinel. El Itha S. Bowden;-captain of the guard a, Laura C Larimer; mualclan, Bessie K. Farrlngton; manager, Edgar A. Par tington; clerk, B. J. Wilson; banker, W. M. Oreen..- Dath of 0org Davis. ' Oeorge Davla, sged 11 years, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. O. Davis of this city, dlsd Sunday morning after an lllneas Of only three or four. days' duration. Th cause of death waa a complication of appendicitis snd peritonitis. The young man wa Industrious, steady and well liked by hla assoeiatea. But for th prompt us of th com pany's fir .fighting ' apparatus, th Booth-Kelly Lumber company's big sawmill at Springfield would hav been destroyed by flV Saturday vnlng. A bias was discovered In th conveyor and mad considerable ' headway before It was extinguished. Th company has a fin .system of waterworks, a big reservoir being situated on a bluff jla do b roxlmltx t uc null. MI SONS OF VETERANS i MEET AT A$0TIN FX7TBBBTX ABBTAXi BBOAMFaTXaTT! OF DZTTSZOB OF , WASBZBOTOB. KOBTABA, ZD ABO ABB AXJkSXA- ' TABOO TTBB, WAf B, TBB BBXT ;nAOB or mbbubo. , . ; ,' (Special Dtepeteh te Tbe JonrsaL) Asotin,. Wash., July 11. Th Sons of Veterans of division of Washington, Montana, Idaho and Alaska mat In th fifteenth annual encampment at Asotin Friday, CoL John F. Hoyt of Spoken presiding. About SO members wer prea- 1 nt Th first day was devoted to organ lsatlon. Th election of officer resulted as fojlowa; . : i '. . .f .. v Millard . T. Johnson, division com mander, Asotin; F. H.. Strlngham, Rock- -ford, Washwaa elected to succeed him self as senior vloe-commander; Elbert i smith, junior vlce-oommander. Walla' Walla; Frank -Waldrlp -of Lewlaton, ,. Hon. B. Baumelater cf Asotin an John F. Hoyt of Spokan wer elected dlvls Ion council. . s ' Hon. B. Baumelster cf ' Asotin wag elected delegate to th national encamp-' ment, . and A. IL Strlngham of Rock ford, Wastu was elected alternate. Th following ataff efflcers wer appointed by iu newly-elected commander: Harry Shanar, Aaotln, adjutant; J, R, 8 nod- .. derly,' Asotin, chaplain; O. T. Oreen, Asotin. - Inspector; Albert T. Bedell, Walla Walla, sergeant-major; D. L. Par-) ' rott, Olympla, judge-advocate; . O. T. Oreen, Asotin, mustering officer. Th officers were installed by Past Commander John F. - Hoyt, after whlch a meeting of Shiloh camp was held,' at which several recruits wer mustered. $ In th evening Hon. A. C. 'Lewis of Clarkaton delivered a fin Oration, after which a banquet was served and late dancing waa enjoyed. 1 Th next, encamp- ment will be held at Vancouver, Waalu THE COOLEST, ' PLACE IN TOWN Th coolest plae In town yeeterday was not tha cafe or th fountain, but. wonderful to relate, a church. Th place In question talked of aa.a Oreen- . land wa the Scottish Rite cathedral. In which th Christian Science congrega tion hold services. , By large volumes of air forced In by a furnao in th base- ment over tha cold storage surface of a heating apparatus the atmosphere wss delightfully cool. Men will probably get to attending church if -many more Sun days Ilk yesterday hold forth. Schedule of Steamer T. J. Potter. Th seaside steamer 'T. J.Potter will leav Portland, Ash street dock, for Astoria and Ilwaso sa follows: . July II, Tuesday T:I0 a. m, July II. Wednesday,. I:l( g. m." . July 14, Thursay, 0:00 a, m. July 18. Friday :09 a. m. , ; July II. Saturday, 10:46 a. m. Get transportation and berth tickets at O. R. N. ticket office. Third and Washington streets. , , .. D. Chambers,- Optloiaa. f t Wholes! and rtU. 11 Seventh ev .1 4