THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. MONDAY EVENING. DECEMBER JS. 104.
YACOLT MAN SHOT
WHILE HUNTING
mm snow
A BIG INCREASE
John McGrath Dropt Gun Which
Explodes. Charge Entering
Hit Foot Near Ankle.
Oregon City Postoffice Exceeds
Former Years' Business
by Large Amount.
THREE SALOONS CLOSED
BY VANCOUVER POLICE
800N BE ENTITLED TO
FREE DELIVERY SERVICE
2??" e- -aPfgaraTBBwl
On Father's Testimony Thirteen
Year-Old Boy Is Bent to
Reform School.
(Spatial Dlapatch to Tha Journal )
V'Hi.couver, Wash.. Dec. it. John Mc
Gratli of Yacolt waa accidentally ahot
near Yaoolt yi-strrday by a discharge
of number six shot wnlle out hunting.
Mrorath and ' a man by the nana of
Campbell were on a hunting trip and
In some manner the latter lot hla loaded
gun drop which caused It to discharge,
striking MoOrath In the Instep. The
wound waa a very painful on and the
Injured man waa at one taken to St
Joaeph'a hoapltal In thla olty. He waa
getting along very nicely thla morning
r.hcn seen, but It will be several weeka
before he can again use hia Injured mem
ber, v
Chief of Police Batsman cloaed the
doom of three saloons In thla city in
the early houra of Sunday morning. The
placea cloaed were the Rlerdon cafe, the
l.oir Cabin saloon and George Wlgle's
place. The charge agalnat the proprie
ties la keeping open after houra. As
yet no warranta have been sworn out,
but the proaecutlng attorney la at work
nn the caaee. and arreata may follow to
day. It la thought probable, however,
that everything will be settled out of
court, although the city . council baa
the power to rescind the licenses of
these placea.
Committed to Beform SeheoL
Hubert K. Matlock, a boy II year of
age. haa been ordered by Judge A. U
Miller committed to the Reform school
at Chehatla, Wah. Complaint wa made
to the county authorttlea by the boy's
father. Jesse Matlock. The father as
serts that hia son la Incorrigible and
that he la unable to properly control
hlra. After hearing the testimony of
the father and others the court ordered
the lad aeut to the Reform school at
Chehalls.
Courthouse JTotea.
Transfers of Clarke county real es
tate filed with the county auditor Sat
urday are as follows
"Elmer Stamp to Hiram Stamp. S3.I4
acres In section SO, township 2, range S,
Clarke county; also 16 acre In section
1. township i, range 1; considera
tion $1.
Effle L. Strunk to David Strunk. to
acres In section 24, townabip 2, rang
2; consideration $1.
W. P. Crawford and wife to John
Tlkko. TO acres In section 30. townahlp
3. range 3; consideration ic.non.
Sheriff Bleaecker haa filed with the
auditor a writ of attachment agalnat the
property of Oeorge N. Qaasaway. a Sa
loonkeeper of Yacolt. Thla la because
of a suit filed In the superior court by
C 8. Burchfleld against Oaaaaway to
collect a debt. The property attached
Is the south half of the northeast quar
ter and the north half of the southeast
quarter of section 10, rang 2, Clarke
county. Thomas Tobtn, the other sa
loonkeeper of Yacolt. agalnat whom
Burchfleld filed ault, has paid all claim
and the suit haa been dismissed.
Marriage Licenses.
licenses to wed were Issued to the
following:
Qustuv A. Hngar of Clarke county and
Harriett Clevlenger of Multnomah
eounfyr J-"r':.
Charles O. Patterson, of Granta Pass,
Or., and Minnie K. Luveluml of tht
county.
Walter ft. Jarvls and Emma E. Saw
yer, both of Clarke county.
Solomon Balcom of Vancouver and
Julia BeUale of 8t. Johns, Wah.
E. E. Coovert and son Leon of Port
land were Vancouver visitors yesterday.
All business house in Vancouver are
cloeed today, and alao the courthouse.
In order to give the employes a one day'a
vacation.
In the high wind Saturday afternoon
the Iron flagstaff at the courthouae waa
blown from th building, and, falling,
narrowly missed a woman leaving the
building. The only damage done by it
was that a large hoi waa dug In th
lawn whare the heavy Iron rod (truck.
Mr. and Mr. E. O. Crawford enter
lained a number of visiting friends and
relative at a Christmas dinner yester
day. Mr. and Mrs. Hallow will soon occupy
a handsome new residence erected for
them at Twelfth and H street. Van
couver. The special Christmas services held at
the various churches of the city yester
day were well attended. The decora
tion displayed every place were unusu
ally beautiful and were much admired
by the congregation One of the larg
est attended services wa that at St.
I. uke s Episcopal church, where In lieu
of the usual sermon a special song sei v
Ic waa rendered by the choir. Thla
aervtre constated of anthema by the
full choir, nnd alao solos snd duet by
t he various singers.
All department at the post and de
partment headquarter are closed today,
which gives th garrison rather a de
serted appearance.
BUSINESS BLOCK IN
CENTRALIA IS BURNED
(Special Dispatch te The Journal.)
Centrall. Wash . Dec. II A fir
broke out shortly before midnight In a
block In the north end, occupied by Fred
Hanson, druggist, and Jesse Lotahaw.
furniture dealer. The flame spread
rapidly and before the firemen reached
the apot it waa evident that th block
was doomed. Owing to th efforts of
the fire brigade and to the fact that
there was no wind th adjacent buildings
were eared. Th burned buildings be
longed to W. T. Blnkley and wr in
suredr It 1 said that Lotahaw carried
very little Insurance, though hla stock
was a large on. Hanson, on being
asked stated that he could not tell the
amount of hi Insurance um.. ..e looked
at hla books.
A farmer near Jacksonville raised a
largo crop of corn thl year, part of
which he IH keep to feed poultry, of
which h raises a great number, making
use of three Incubators.
CAStOR 1 A
For InfanU sad Children.
The KM Ym Haw Always Bought
.41
Bear th
Staaataieof
Christmas Day Celebration Par
takes of Nature of Re
ligious Festival.
(Special Dt.p.trh to The Journal I
Oregon City. Dec. 21. Postmaster
Randall reports a large Increase of busi
ness la his department, exceeding by
aeveral hundred dollars that of any pre
vious year. The receipts last year were
It, 200 In round figure. According to a
conservative eatlmate for the year 104
they will reach more than 110,000. By
all th rule of probability, th receipts
will, at the end of the present fiscal year.
June 10, entitle Oregon City to free de
livery. Postmaster Randall says that the holi
day business this year has exceeded an
ticipations, particularly In the money or
der and regiater departments. It be
came' necessary to put on extra forces
and to work far Into the evening.
Thar la still a vacancy In the rural
mall delivery oa the Ma 4 route, which
starts at Logan and touches Viola, High
land, Sprlngwater; thence return te
Logan. Thl vacancy exists, not be
cause of the lack of eligible to appoint
ment, but because it haa been found Im
possible to make the route within the
time alloted. The route connect at
Logan with. No. 1 route, from which the
mall of No. 4 la received. The carrier
of No. 1 leave thl city at 1:10 and doe
not arrive at Logan until noon. , Thus,
No. 4 carrier ha not time enough to de
liver the mall on account ot the late
tart from Logan.
The postmaster haa recommended tha
the route start from Sprlngwater, re
ceiving It mall from Batacada. By this
arrangement No. 4 carrier can make
hi start at 10 a. m.. and have ample
time to complete hla dally duties.
Holiday Votes.
The celebration of Christmas dsy here
was notably that of a religious festival.
One reason for thl 1 the fact that the
holiday fell on Sunday, and many Tn
dulgencea that might have been tolerated
during the week day were eliminated
by the churches. But In almost every
instance of a holiday fete, whether on
Hundav or a week day. the occasion ws
under the supervision or patronage of
some of the church. This waa tn
esse not only her, out In the neighbor
ing town and village.
Several young people In the county
elected the holiday for matrimonial
venture, while many others made it the
occasion of visits to former homes. A
large number of outside residents, hav
ing friends and relatives hre, arrived
Saturday and Sunday. . Many of these
are natives of thla city and sought the
peace and good will of the old homo
atead. There will be In th city and county a
number of other festivities during the
week of a leas religious character than
those Just paaaed. There will be dancna
and various kinds of social entertain
ments. Among the business men. th Chrlst
mas trade here waa at least aa large a
usual, th beat day being Saturday,
when th country people who had de
ferred buying to the laat, came to town
from every aectlon. Even yet the holi
day trade continues. Persons who un
expectedly received presents yesterda
but who neglected to bestow presents on
the givers, feel themselves obliged to
return the compliments.
The cltv was noticeably Tree rrom
demonstrations oT lritoxlcafeVl"rne'rr, who
frequently consider the holiday a license
for carousing. Aitogetner, it was an
ideal Christmas day.
By general agreement among the mtsi
nesa men. the majority of the atores
will be closed from 10 a. m. today until
1 P- m.
The marriage of Mlsa Ethel Kruse,
daughter of Mr. and Mra. J. L. Kruse,
In the Stafford precinct, to cnariesHa
ker waa consummated at the bride's
family residence yesterday afternoon at
I o'clock.
Th father of the bride waa a former
repreaentatlv of thla county, and la
one of the most prominent of Clackamas
farmer. Th groom Is a prosperous
farmer and alao the president of the
Weat Oregon Telephone company. The
young couple will make their home near
Stafford.
Woodmen Entertain.
The Woodmen of thl city will give
another entertainment tomorrow even
ing at Armory hall. In which many of
the order' members in Portland will
participate. The Royal Ouarda of that
city will take- part, and will give an
exhibition drill. Music, dancing and re
freshments will also be feature of th
entertainment. A special car will leave
Alder street In Portland st 7:10 p. m.
for the accommodation of visitors.
, mnerals Teeterday.
Thomas W. Swop, the civil war vet
eran, whose death was annouacsed Sat
urday, waa buried yesterday at 1:10
p. m . at Abemathy. The funeral waa
held at the family residence.
The funeral of Mr. Bertha Funk wa
held at her late home In Redland yes
terday afternoon at 2 p. m. She waa
65 years or age, and was tne mother
of a large family, that survives her. She
came to Oregon In 1111. The' dead
woman waa born near Berlin, Germany.
aea sitae 1 and Minor.
The paper mill, which are usually
in operation day and night, Including
Sunday, suspended work yesterday for
the holiday, and the woolen mills of the
Oregon Manufacturing company are sus
pended until Tuesday morning.
Snow fell at Redland yesterday, and
th ground was covered during th af
ternoon. Carl Arnold, an employe In the flh
hatchery at Ontario, Or., ha returned
home, the hatchery at that point being
closed until next April.
Will Arnold, an old resident of th
city, now living at Prlnevllle, Is visiting
her. Arnold married In Prlnevllle last
Wednesday, and comes with his wife
to spend th honeymoon with hi par
ents. William Sonkup, of the Canyon Creek
precinct, waa In town thl morning on
business.
S A. Flnley and wife of Mllwaukl
pent yesterday her with relative.
Percy Kelly, formerly The Journal's
correspondent of this city, but now a
student of the state University, is spend
ing hla vacation at home.
William Kourner, the son of council
man Kourner of th First ward. Is her
from Stanford university, whsre he ha
been a student st the famous California
school during the laat two years
Belgium' guff rage Law
Under th Belgian law. unmarried men
over II have on vote, married men and
widower with families have two vote,
and priest have three vote. Severe
penalties ar Imposed on those who fail
to vote.
IMPORTANT
ANNOUNCEMENT
Tomorrow Wc Inaugurate
Our Great Annual Sale
It is our determination to make this the greatest value giving
vent ever held in the Pacific northwest. To accomplish our aim
we have slashed the prices of this magnificent stock of Men's
and Boys' Highest Grade Clothing, Furnishings and Hats, right
and left, wholly regardless of cost or previous selling prices.
The first week's purchasers will get the cream of merchandise,
although our lavish buying has left a great many lines still unbroken.
EVERY ARTICLE REDUCED EXCEPT CONTRACT GOODS.
TWO IRRIGATION
SCHEMES CLASH
Klamath Canal Company and
Government Representatives
Oppose One Another.
PRIVATE CONCERN MAKES
OFFER OF LOWER RATE
Fight Narrowed Down to Stub
born One Between Com
mittee and Officers.
I Special IMar.at.-h to Ttir Joarail.)
Klamath Fall. Dec 3. A clash Is
now on between what 1 called th gov
.rnm.ni irrigation committee and th
representative of the Klamath Canal
company, a local corporation, trior to
the government entering th field, a
corporation formed by California capi
talists aa the Klamath Canal company
came to Klamath Falls, established of
fices, began th construction or a tunnel
through a mountain, and a canal by
which to reach th waters of Upper
Klamath lake At th same time it se
cured contracts with landowner of Kla
math basin and Po valley aggregating
about S0.O00 acres, to be supplied by the
private company. -
After thl company had spent about
$100,000 tn development work, the gov
ernment cam into th field and haa
had it engineers here ever since, who
have reported mis county mm ie
place tn which to operate in th United
States. Following this, government om
elets from Washington came and looked
over the field, and became convinced of
the feasibility of Irrigation here.
QaasgM With drafting.
At a big mass meeting already re
ported in The Journal, a committee of
cltlsens was appointed to act In con
junction with the government in estab
lishing federal irrigation in Klamath
county. In the meantime the Klamath
Canal company haa and la continuing Ita
work, and Ita canal and tunnel are along
th Identical route expected to be used
by th government. The sentiment of
the people arose strong for th govern
ment, because they thought they could
get cheaper irrigation from that source,
and considerable bitterness haa been
aroused agalnat the loeal company, and
it la being charged with grsftlng ami
getting tn the way of the government
generally.
Th canal company upon th other
hand maintain that It came upon th
ground first, spent its money In good
faith, snd doe net prepes to arieadi
Its rights without proper compensation.
The fight ha narrowed down to a stub
born one between the committee and
the officers of the company. The com
mittee has sent out warnings to sll the
landowners of the county not to sign
any further contracts 'with the Klamath
Canal company, and the latter, -declaring
that It will not be put out of business,
has gone before the people and offered
to furnish them water at a rate of J"
an acre leas than the approximate rate
recently made by the government. Gov
ernment Engineer Newell when here In
formed the people1 that he did not think
government Irrigation would exceed $10
an acre.
Situation Satisfactory.
The Klamath Canal company has la
sued a notice to the people that It would
furnish them water for lit an acre. It
was then urged that the government
would not charge any Interest and
would give landowners 10 years In which
to pay for the perpetual right. The
private company then made the same
proposition at tit an acre, and urges
that It will do better by the people than
the government, from the fact that It
will supply any person for any number
of acres and give them all th time they
desire to prepare the land for Irrigation.
while the government. It Is alleged, will
not permit any one man to own more
than 10 acres and requires him to have
It cleared of sagebrush and ready for
cultivation at one-.
While this fight Is being waged be
tween the committee and the officers
of the company, the people are looking
on with some degree or satisfaction.
They feel that with two competing or
ganisations disputing over the field,
from one or the other they are certain
to get water, and with water, auch as
Is promised by both, the future of Kla
math county will be the brightest of
any county In th Pacific northweat.
Grande, where thla afternoon he will
conduct a sale of fine cattle. The cattle
to be aold at I -a Qran.de today conalat
of a carload of pure bred Hereford,
snipped to Oregon from the Sunny Slop
Hereford ranch at Emporia, Kansas.
BIO OOUOJ
(Speelal Dispatch to The Journal i
Roseburg. Or.. Dec. It. Charles V.
Kyae of Melrose, Chrlstmaa, killed and
brought Into this city a nine-foot female
cougar. Mr. Kyes says that th panther
weighed 200 pounds. The skin will be
put Into the hands of a taxldermlat and
made to look as the original animal.
The hide la remarkable for the number
COAL,
wi Bra. ui
Diamond, Australian, Rosyln,
New Castle. Washed Nut,
Blacksmith
KI1NG COAL, CO.
front and
Main 14S8
of scars, which Indicate an adventurous
career.
THE "CECIL1AR
Pie do tad Pla oo-Players ar called
PERFECT
Bxau the? harr the most natural touch, and
the conat ruction Is
FAULTLESS
For aale only at
E. U. Wills' Music House
The homo of th A
DECKtE HAS OS.
MO Aider at.
Worst ef All
Can anything be worse that t feel
that every minute will be your laat?
Such waa th experience of Mra B. H.
Newaon. Decatur, Ala. "For three
years ah writes "I endured insuffer
able pain from Indigestion, atoms. Ii and
bowel trouble. Death seemed Inevita
ble when doctor and all reined lea failed.
At lenth I waa induced to try Electric
Rltter and th result wa miraculous.
I Improved at once and now I'm com
pletely recovered." For Liver, Kidney.
Stomach and Bowel troubles Rlectrlo
Bitter la the only medicine. Only BOc.
It' guaranteed by Red Cro Pharmacy,
corner Sixth and Oak, on th way to th
postoffice.
SEVERS HIS THUMB
WHILE CUTTING WOOD
Eddy Shea. Albany Mart, Meets
With Accident While Pre
paring Kindling.
(Special Dispatch tn Tha Journal. )
Albany, Or., Deo. t Eddy Shea, a
young man employed In the cigar store
of M MeAlpln. whll cutting kindling
wood at hla horn In thl city late Satur
day evening, had the misfortune to cut
off the first Joint of his thumb of hW
left hand. Th youth used an ax In his
work, holding In th left hand a small
atlck of wood on the chopping block.
In aome way, aa he brought the ax
down. It swerved and. striking the end
of the thumb, it cut it off clean and
smooth at the first joint. The injured
thumb waa at once dressed and the
young man Is getting along nicely, and
with the exception of the loss of a part
of the thumb, he will suffer no serious
consequences
Christmas waa quietly celebrated In
thla city yesterday. Many of the reel
dent of the city had gone to other
citlee to vlelt relatives, while other
entertained visitors from outside Albany.
Saturday's and yesterday's trains carried
hundreds of persons In and out of the
city. The number of local tickets sold
from the Albany station since Saturday
mornlng reached far up In the hundreds
Saturday night Christmas entertain
ments were given In all the churches of
the city, with Chrlstmaa trees for the
Sunday school scholars snd excellent
musical and literary programs,.
J. M Flaherty of Plalnvlew. near thl
city, left yesterday afternoon for La
mi
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ROSENTHAL'S
Annual Inventory
Sale of Fine Shoes
Starts Tuesday, Dec 27th
And will be the greatest money-saving opportunity of the year.
Not a lot of narrow widths and broken sizes, but fresh, season
able, up-to-date Shoes from the best makers of the country;
our reputation behind every pair. Below we mention a few of
the many choice bargains to be had:
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For Gentlemen
LOT 1 Hanan & Son's fine Enamel Calf
and Corona Patent Colt, in lace and
Bluchers ; regular price $7.00, now, a
pair 95.00
LOT 2 Boyden's French Calf, Enamel and
Patent Calf Lace Shoes, with double soles,
hand made, equal to any custom shoe ;
regular price $8.00, now 95. 40
LOT NO. S Our celebrated Box. Velour and
Vici Kid Lace Shoes, welted double soles ;
regular prices $3.50 and $4.00, now. $3.10
For Ladies
LOT 4 Hanan & Son's Waterproof Box Calf
Lace Shoes with double soles ; regular price
$6.00, now $4.50
LOT 51,500 pairs Ladies' Fine Kid, Patent
Enamel and Calf Lace Shoes; worth $3.50,
nOW "a a a. 92.85
LOT 6 400 pairs fine Kid Shoes with welted
soles and patent leather tips; worth $3.00,
now $2.20
LOT 7 .200 pairs Las Ideal and Patent
Leather Slippers, French heels and strap;
worth $4.00, now , $2.25
LOT S Boys' Waterproof double soled
Bluchers, tanned in oil and viscolized; your
boy's feet will be dry in a pair of these
shoes; good .value at $2.50, now 81.90
Same, in sizes 11 to 2.
75
LOT 9 Misses' Box Calf and Vici Kid Lace
Shoes, spring heel, extension soles, sizes
11 to 2; regular prices $2.00 and $2.50.
now 91.00
Same, sizes 8 to lOyi, now 91.20
LOT 10200 pairs Child's Patent Leather
Lace Shoes, spring heels, turn soles; regular
price $1.50, now 91-05
And many others too numerous to mention.
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