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DAILY
THE OREGON
JOURNAL, PORTLAND. THURSDAY. EVENING,' tlARCII 3,, 11
THEE GETS fAf lc DY
rMIIEii LICiiED .g;i
SSOV W 7LUTEVAS1I
Ttttimony In - Investigation .
7 Hunt Shows Saloons Were
; 1 v , Opon After Hours.
of
OFFICER LEE REPORTED ;
- ONCE NINE VIOLATIONS
Chief Regarded Himself as Judge
in Liquor Cases as in ,Vag-j
rancy Matters. ' v
' ''' Despite the : careful ' arrangements
made by Chief of Police Hunt and the
police commissionera .vesterdsy after
" noon to prepare a-defense that would
' . prove the head of The department Inno
cent 'of the charge preferred against
" him. by'CouncUmnn A. P. Flag!. coj
".' slipped once or twice, and a few thing
' which tlM'chlef would have been clad to
' , keep buried popped Into the light.
' Patrolman Le..-tli officer who
' handed in nine report afcowlng saloon
: were open on hla beat after prohibited
hour .on night and waa tranaferred
to Another beat the next day, with the
injunction to apend more time In polio
,' and lee in literary, work, waa called to
(be Stand and asked a few- questions in
tended ta exonerate the chief frpm all
.; blame. ( ' v ;
Lev waa nerwous and perturbed; 'How
ever, he passed through the ordeal wlth-
out a serious blunder until Mr.- Flegel
took him in hand. . - : ;
wre 0y prosecutions rer .made
on these compiaintsT? asked the council
man. f , f -
-NosI can't amy that, there was," an
awered Lee. '- ."
Well.'w'hy''weBen,t therffr--
Th petrolmsn trepltrd thst the chief
had told. lunv the 'evidence waa not stir
: flcient to warrant the filing of the com
plaints.' Chief Hml't face turned red
and Commjas toner Bee be, twisted un
easily la his seat.; '.
"Now. Mr. Xae," sailed the chief, glar-
Ing at his subordinate. -isn't. It a fact
"that you yourself, expressed. th opinion
that the evidence ora not sufficient to
warrant a. belief, that convictions could
be lobtalnedr ...
As Lee had imported seeing' people' In
aom of -the places) drinking after hours,
- he was plainly In a quandary. A desire
to tell th truth and fear of th chief
and the commission atruggled. for th
mastery. --' ,..
."Well.", h answered evasively, at
' length, "no prosecutions grew out of .the
report.. I can't remember exactly what
waa don; .','' .-.-
"Well, that'a up to Deputy City At
- - -torney PttxgeraM, "dee la red -th -chief ,
eagerly.- "
All th wltneasea "called, excepting W,
W. . Harmon, proprietor of the A leaser
-saloon, at Third and. Couch street, and
. Police Judge Hogue, . were member of
- the force.- Harmon said he appeared
voluntarily to - deny . that. Oeorg . H.
- Howell. of th executive board had ever
been in hla aaloon after hours. -v-t-t .
' When Judge Hogue, who was called by
"WerTgal.i Innk .thgtandFwaa asked.
r relative to -certain statement mad In
print about him by th chief.: It
charged by th chief that th Judge dia
' charged a man who acted aa lookout 1
front of Blaxler'a concert hall on First
Street. lt y--t i. ..-;r-.
. -That . statement waa cot true," as
serted Judge Hogue. met th chief
shortly after the arrest and told him
that'th evidence warranted a conviction,
but that many aaloon were violating
. th ordinance, and If this man waa to
tte punished others would have to be.
' Th chief proteased Ignorance, but Raid
r he would look Into the matter, A few
t days .afterward he- Instructed -Captain
ifalley to look for Infractions of the law
and a number of arreeta were mad.
Then I found thla lookout guilty of being
oat after hours and Hned him lit." (
x - Chief Hunt admitted that h had given
wrong information, but added that at the
time th statement waa mad he believed
it to be true.' t, .. ,;,, ..a"
' la the matter of two women arrested
In a saloon. Judge Hogue said no penalty
was attached to such conduct, but that
the. proprietor of aaloon- waa guilty of
breaking the law by allowing women In
. .hie place. Instead of arresting th pro- I place.
pilKJI. IHlwetW. lneTffcarreatedthTTb
women, and Judge Hogue had to, dia-
charge them from custody.'
The Investigation, so-called, la -closed.
Deputy City Attorney Fltxgerald has not
yet testified, but th commission does
not' appear to think the evidence he wjll
give la necessary. , i
Tho . Investigation la closed." aald
General Beebe. "The commute 'now
haa th matter tinder consideration, and
a soon aa it reaches a 'conclusion In th
rlV be publiahed.n--
euro
WAU
, 8. E. White, of t Mltwauki avenue.
Is seeking political honors. He filed a
no tic of Intention to become a candidate
for nomination' on the Republican ticket
as councilman from the seventh ward.
Whit la a street contractor and haa been
doing considerable work in tb past. He
announces that. If elected, he will faith
fully and honestly perform the duties f
councilman, and will work and vote for
. the beet Interests of his ward.
THE VALUE OP CHARCOAL
Trw Feopl Xaew Sow Useful It Is U
' Piassnlag XJtk aad Beauty.
Nearly everybody knows that charcoal
Is th safest and most efficient disin
fectant and purifier In nature, but few
, Mills Its value when taken into th
liuman system for tb sam cleansing
purvoM. .. . ...... -
t narroai is a remeoy mat tn more
you
take' or it to better; it la not
drug at all, but simply absorbs th
gaaea ana impurities always present In
th stomach and Intestines and carries
them out of the system. - '
-- Charcoal sweetens th breath after
smoking, drinking or after eating onions
and other odnroua vegetables.
Charcoal effectually cleara and im
proves the complexion, It whitens th
teeth and further acts aa a oktural and
eminently sf cathartic
, It absorb tb injurious gaaea which
collect In the stomach and bowels; It
dlatnfecte the mouth and throat from
the poison of catarrh.
All druggists sell charcoal In on
form or another, but probably the best
' charcoal-and the moat for the money
la tn Stuart's Charcoal Losenges; they
are rompoeed of the finest antiseptic in
' tablet form or rather In tha form of
Jars, pleasant teal Ing losenges,. th
charcoal being mixed with honey. "
The dally -us of theae losenge will
soon teii In a much Improved condition
. of the general health, better complexion,
' sweeter breath and purer blood, and the
beauty of It la that no possible harm
ran result from their continued use, but
on the contrary, great benent.
A Buffalo physician. In speaking of
the benefits of charcoal, says: "I ad-
, vtee Hiuart'S Charcoal Iyosenge to all
patients suffering from gss in stomach
and bowel a. and to clear th romplex-
-Un- n1-Twlf v-t brwah. utoutU. end
thmet; I also believe th liver Is greatly
benefited by th dully us of them;
thev coat but twenty-live oenls a box
at drug stores, and although tn some
eenae a parent 'preparation, yet I be
lieve I get snore and belter charcoal lit
ftuert'a Chareal J,oaeng than tit any
f th ordinary cbarooal tablet."
CAUSE TO REJOICE
Commercial . Club t Will . Ratify
Charter and Make Glad Over
'.. Recent Achievements. : '
GRAND CELEBRATION
TO BE HELD TONIGHT
Governor
Chamberlain, Judge
Webster and Others Will Aid
; In the Jubilation.
Tonlsht at 'the Central' hotel- In -St
John th St; Johns Commercial cfub
will - ratify the recently adopted city
charter and will plan for future work fn
tn interest or tne xrowtn or roe cut.
President A.' 8. Dougla will aot aa toast-
A. 8, DouglaM.
t . .....
njter,'and th leading buainea men of
the city will present the various need
of the place, and, tell of th accomplish
menta of th organisation. - , -
Th guesta of honor will be Governor
Chamberlain, Judge Cake. Dan Malarkey.
Judge Webster, Tom Richardson and
Judge Bellinger. ' t
In th Immediate paat th .Commercial
Club of 8L Jolina has Sffured a public
wharf and the landing of Columblarrlver
boat, through service on the Interurban
line, better school facilities and th
tabllshmnt of the largest lumber mil
on the coaat. These and -Other, achieve
menta will be celebrated at .th bafquet
Richard Sbepard.
and an attempt made, to unify, th local
organisations into a body that will strive
for th material advancement of the
Tbe Commercial club or board of trade
of St, Johns waa organised ecaroely more
than a year ago; nd ourwig ita exiaience
nas secured meet or tne mausiries ana
improvements that cause the-cltlsen'e
heart to dilate with pride.4'' Th officers
of the present organisation are: A. S,
Douglas, - president; - Richard. Shepard,
vice-president; X. J. Monshan, treasurer.
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, Fref erred Steak Caaaed wood.
Allen &. Lwls' Best Brand. ' ''
SHARKEY INDORSES .
iliAUTOMATIC SYSTEM
Councilman John P. Sharkey has in
speotad the automat lo' telephone system
In Los Angeles and is entkuslaatlo ever
it. He intend going to 'San' Diego be
for he retarna to Portland to Inspect
the automatic system there. .
--All that f can aay of the -system Is
that lt-1 la-ret," wrote Mr. Sharkey to
Councilman, A. -P. FlegeL ."Can you not
confer with the other members, of "tho
council, with th, end in , vlew ef mak
Ing a trip to Vou Angeles, a that th
member may Inspect tha telephone sys
tem her for themselves T"sToday I have
talked with a great many vpeojnlnent
business men, and they tell m thattfcey
would not do without th dual system
for anything, i t . '
"Should tb council deem Jt advisable
to mak tb trip it wui receive my
hearty co-operation." r i ..
Proceedings have taken such a turn
regarding the franchise for the pro
posed automatic telephone system thai
It la not at all likely that the council
will act on Mr. Sharkey's suggestion.
Three member of th council ar an
tagonlstlo to th franchise, and will not
favor the trip.-.
STANDARD OIL PAYS
ONE FINE OF FIFTY
, ,,,.
... (Jearaal special lerviee.)
Hopklnavllle, Ky., - March- It. Th
Standard Oil company ha accepted
judgment and fines of 100 on on of
th batch of il Indictments returned on
th charge of selling oil without
license. .The company-contends that the
payment of on fin kills th rest of
th Indictments. I
REBELLION IN SAMAR.
CRUSHED BY TROOPS
'7 (ioeraal gperlal Bern.)
Manila, March 2i--Jeneral .Allen, ih
com m gnu trf Thr rrtfen tmmpnrt -nwm
reports th recent uprising among the
natlvea Is now under perfect control. A
majority , of the regulars will be with
drawn. Generate Allen and Corblt ar
now In Samar conferring la-regard to
measures for Ua futar. ,
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mm" yteili s r, (nr " i islii-H(Smi
.. f ALSE. PRETEHSES
Noble Oak at St. Helens Said to
-v Have . Sheltered Our.
. " . Discoverers. t;-
INVESTIGATORS RUDELY
ROB IT OF THE HONOR
Lewis and Clark Did Not Rest
Beheath Its Wide arid" h
; ? : . Spreading Limbs. ;
i Violent brotest has been raised by his
torians who are interested In the lwls
and Clark expedition against th ex
hlbltlon f a huge oak tree frpm Bt.
Helens, which marked , the spot, so it
Is said, where the explorers camped, for
on night. ' The tree has absolutely no
historical slgnfficanc so far aa Lwls
and, Clark are concerned, according to
Oeorg H. Himes: curator of th Oregon
Historical society, and Frank. J. eimun,
who has studied th subject exhaust
ively. ..V.- -' . . . 1 -
There Is so much material or real
miit and historical Interest that could
be secured that It looks Ilk Pure nut
ina- to exhibit a. tree Ilk that.? said
Mr. ' Smith. "There is positiv ..prooi
that th tree did not shelter tne ex
plorera and has no Interest .in oonnee-
tloa with tne icwia ana tun iair.
"In the Journal of th travelers no
mention Is made of any landing on the
mainland to th left on the day they
passed St, Helens until they landed at
Deer island, seven or eight miles , be
low. Th time of passing th sit of
this noble oak was tn mtddl of the
forenoon, when a. camp was not needed.
Th date of passing me spot was
November .4.and . thr could be' no in
centive to causa ' th explorers .to naii
under a dripping tree on, tn bank el
tha river away from th ' channel. No
Indiana accompanied then irom tnai
point to th sea. th statement of
Wvannachatt to th contrary notwith
standing, as th original Journal x-
nlicltlv atatea that on tb night of Nov
ember f ,we were reft,' for the first tim
sine w reacnea in waura oi iu Co
lumbia, without any of th natives with
ua during tb night.' ' '
"Indians can . be found at this late
date who aaw th Lwls . and Clark
party, and some may even be found who
saw th battle between Mt. Hood and
Mt Adam. -which caused th Bridge of
th' Ood at th cascades. to ran. The
truth,' bare and simple, is ah unknown
quantity to the average old Indian."
ANOTHER RAID IS
; HADE BY BURGLARS
After a Night's Rest They Break
in and J Steal Val
: uablea. ' ':
Thlevew iMdTSuroTneTTlurEaC
after Testing comparatively. qule. for a
few hours. . Th resmence or u.. Brick
manv-at -East Twelfth tret, was
broken Into and t stolen. Kvery piece
of furniture in th boos which might
contain valuablea wag turned topsy
turvy r-"1s , '
, A kit of tools was stolen - from the
government building at th fair grounds.
It waa owned by A. B. Bacon, a carpen
ter. living at t&IH Second street
A watch waa stolen from th residence
of 3. P.. Johnson, 470 Presoott street.
Entrance ' was obtained by prying ppen
a, window. .,-..--. .
Burglars entered th resldnc-f MrsJ
J. Klser. at tlOH First street, by means
of a skeleton key, and departed wy
ll.se and par of gloves.-
.Frank Bushier, a Greek, who has a
room at S6Vt First street, lost a suit
case through th work of a midnight
prowler.
Mrs. C yr. Xilckman. living at . 711
Mason street, reported to th police the
loss of a lisndbsg conmininga number
of small articles and 12.60.
TRYING TO COLLECT
ON INSURANCE POLICY
. Mabel M. Rosandal Is the plalnUff In
a ault filed In th federal court today to
recover 110.00 from the Fidelity at Cas
ualty company of New York, alleged to
b due on an accident policy carried by
the 1st Otto M. Rosendale, her husband,
providing payment ef that aum In case
death resulted by violent means. Th
ault was recently begun In the circuit
court, bnt was tranaferred to tb fed
eral court. '
The-eoniptatnt-Hee that Hosendale
died as tha result of injnrtee received In
a burning building at Kalama, Waao-.
A a gust 25, It 04. Tbe complaint alao al
leges that tbe policy promised to pay th
sum of. Iio.ooo to th insureds bene
ficiary, in, case disability or death re
sulted - directly or Independently of all
other causes from bodily Injuria sus
tained through external, violent and acci
dental tnemnat '.-'
LORD ROBERTS WILL "
. VISIT PORTLAND
VorA Roberts, "Bob,- Will visit th
Lewis and Clark fair. -4t
has been , known for some ' days
that ThJoef war hero would, during
July, iBspect-Hh Canadian troops an J
would attend the fair at New Westmin
ster. B. C but today word was received
by a resident of Portland that th fa
mous general - would . attend - tb - fair
while on .bis tour-of' America. ; -' , '
la 10 a special agent of th Brltlih
government left Portland and visited
central Afrio to ascertain th military
tatua of tb Boars and to learn' thin
equipment, fortifications and financial
before th Boer war began, - to - Lord
Roberts by th Portland detective, and
recently th cltlaen has-been In com
munication .with, .tb general and JUU
received CIS promts to visit th city.
uxua rumor sua.
.- '(Speelat Dtaaetch te Tbe'jaeraal.)
Corvallls. Or.,' March II In Alsea.
Tuesday,' Mrs. , Lillle , Purdy, aged, .21
years, died, leaving ss Immediate sur
vivor a husband and two small chil
dren. In maidenhood Mrs. Purdy was
Mies .Lillle Brown. . Sh was a native
of Benton county, having .spent her life
lit th 'Alsea country. The funeral was
held at I o'clock Wednesday, and the
body waa laid in th Alsea cemetery. .
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lent - It Surprising . , V
piece of furniture? Now's the tim for
you to sprue up for your fair visitors.
Th Journal la giving a can of Lustrelac
free with every cash want ad. for either
th Daily or Sunday paper. . Rate, 21
rords for II cents.
FUCHC STREET
An interested Crowd Watches A.
y W. Woithen as He Bats
-: A. Hertz. . VA'
THE LATTER LOSES HAT .
. BUT GETS BLACK EYE
Was Arrested for Insulting
Women, and Was Doing It
i Again When Punished.
Albert W. Worthen severely whipped
A. ( Herts this morning at Sixth and
Washington streets '.for insulting
woman. Herts mad no light, but sought
safety in night. rHe lost his hat In th
pattie, put got a black eye.
Harts hi -known to th pollc court
officials as "the masher." He was ar
rested several days ago . by Patrolman
Gibson, who .charged him with standing
at Sixth and Washington streets and
Insulting "passing women. At th trial
young woman working -in a candy
stor on Washington street, near Sixth
street, testified against Herts. H had.
so she said, winked at her and otherwise
made himself obnoxious. Sine aha gave
her teatlmony Herts la said to have
called at ' tb ' stor and ' Informed her
that he V'would never work on 4he rock-
pile, aa he had a pull with th offlclale."
Thla morning Herts was t b sen
tenced, but th case- was continued un
til tomorrow. ' Herts left th courtt room
and went directly to th candy store.
where he Is said to have again Insulted
the-young woman. - Worthen, who waa
present, ' noted th Insults and rained
blow after blow on him. The "masher"
ran down' Washington' street pursued
by Worthen. .
Worthen thn- want to - th - - police
court and told Judge Horue what he
had done.. . Ha waa not a Treated. Herts
will appear before Judg Hogue tomor
row for senteno.
On of Herts' companions refused to
taks a seat In th court room this morn.
ing when requested to do so by Balllft
Qolts, ' He Insisted on standing In th
doorway. and was ejected. He took
Golts' nam and number aad said he
would report th officer to Commissioner
BlchaL ' . ., .. , .,.
STATE MUST FIRST '
CEDE RIGHT OF WAY
Government Will Do No Work on
Celilo CanaJ Until This 1
Is Done. V ' -
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Waahlngtea Bares ef The Jearaal.)
Washington, March 23. Work' on the
Dallea canal for which an appropriation
was mad iirth Tlver and harbor sp-
proprlatton bill, will not be commenced
Jj3J?FrtrntDt.lIlUtthe Ttgho nroperty priced so low. ' Business I
way for th canal la eeded by th sUteTand'TreiTdgllL1 piupeitj In llllsClty"lsl
of Oregon to tb general government.
Tb governor-of Oregon and th state
portage board are now, completing legal
arrangements and correcting some minor
defect in title in the rights of way
for tha canal,, and these will be la 'shape
within a very short" time to b turned
over to the general government. . No
delay Is expected to occur- aa a result
of - th provision abov referred to In
the canal appropriation bllL1 Everything
pertaining to the transaction la already
practically finished, and awaiting th
legal formality of transferring tbe en
tir right Of way to th United Btatea.
BOLD ROBBERS LOOT
SAFE IN DAYLIGHT
awsaasBpensBBsasBsssssss :
(Speelsl Dispateh t The Jearaal.) - '
BeatUe, March IS. Shortly bafor
'clock yesterday afternoon, -while many
persona were passing th store, safe
crackers entered th offlc of Duncan
lot Western avenue, broke open th
treasury chest of the safe and got away
with tltS In gold. ' The theft was not
discovered' until some time later when
Mr. Duncan entered th stor from
lunch.
At 1:10 o'clock the stenographer be
gan eating her lunch tn a balcony to
the rear of the stor. She wss behind a
pile of merchandise and could not see
the aafe. The other clerks were out and
th workmen In the strop Ih tb rear did
not hear any unusual, disturbance, The.
thieves entered the front door, which
had been left open, and walked straight
to .the office where th safe, with the
door wide open, stood in'one corner hid
from .view of pedestrians along th
street . . , . . .
With a heavy sledge the Inner door
waa crushed, in such a manner as to
mak th whole framework of th treas
ury box come out.: This bog wss re
moved and the money taken, after which
th robbers made their escape. A check
for a small amount was found lying on
the floor. . , " , . .. ,. .
Although detectives wer put on th
cas at one they have as yet no clew to
the thieve .
UIORfllSON STREET
BRIDGE COMPLETED
Assistant City Engineer John R. Han
son-Inspected th Morrison street bridge
yesterday and found that all th terms
of the contract had been filled and pro-'
nounced the bridge ready for acceptance.
He' made-a careful Inspection-of th
depth of th water beneath th structure
and found by soundings that the channel
had been dredgedHo th required 10 feet
below low water mark, and that th old
piers had been removed to th required
depth.
Th city engineer will recommend that
th. executive board accept th. bridge.
and the final settlement between th Pa
cific Construction company, th con-
piaeUitg.and the city will be made. There
Is still over al.? due th .contractora.
but It haa been stated by the authorities
that a part of this amount will be re
tained by the city aa forfeit for failure
to open th bridge within the tim spacl.
fled In th contract. Th amount dua ls
said to exceed $2,000. ,. .
PRISONER IS HUNTED
rrx WITH BLOOD HOUNDS
(Jo rati gpedal Bervle.)
Tacoma, . Wash March 22.-A poas
with blond hounds Is scouring McNeil's
island In 'search' of Albert Bell, a fed-
Ta pHwewee who eseapa last eveatwa
It Is feared confederates met Bell with
a boat and conveyed him-to' th main
land, ..where 'It 1 prsetloalty Impossible
to trace him. Bell was serving a two
years' sentenc for stealing a mall pouch
Seattle..- , . n .. -,...'. .
What could be more timely
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'introduce the wonderful workings of' the want eds. If .you've
can do. If not, the sooner you become acquainted with their little stunts the better 'twill be
JOURNAL RATE 2r WORDS FOR 15 CENTS
STARK STREET.
LOTS-VALUABLE
Julius Trtendly Refuses Forty-
Five Thousand Dollars v ,;
; ; for-Two 1 '," v;.:
BELIEVES THEY ARE ..
v WORTH A DEAL MORE
R. M. Wilbur Says Waees Are
Low Compared With Cost :
-.' of -Living. , : V
Sams . aggregating I4S.000 wer re
fused yesterday.br Julius Friendly for
two -lots on Stark street. . For one, fan.
Ing Tenth, with a frontage of 109 feet
on Stark street, h declined -128,609.
Tbe other Joining It on. Stark street, bat
fronting on Eleventh street. Is th sam
site, JO -by-iO feet,1 and for this Jot
he refused an offer of 120,000.
I in not a believer in th statement
that ' Portland business property Is too
high priced." aald Roael M. Wilbur, a
real estate, dealer. - "On tb' contrary.
Portland la th butt of rldlcul of prop
erty owners In Ban Francisco, because,
of the low price of Insid property.
There Is ne etty haying .Portland' sis
and blight prospect, that bas Its bust-
yielding large revenues, and they Justify
higher price tot- real ' estate. Along j
with the ad vane. In real estate thr
should' come an Increas Id salaries In
Portland among -eertain classes of peo
ple In mercantile and other lines, who
are not receiving what they should get
In order to llv properly her.
This Is a western city and whil
som things are high 'here and other
things should b higher than they are,
there should also be an advanc of th
salaries of the middle class Of people
who ar obliged to dress well and make
a good appearance In order , to follow
their vocations with success. Th sal
arte of these - people ar too low - In
comparison with rents and other things
that enter Into the cost of living. There
Is a wrong standard. It Is a-rello of
past ages and . It Is tim Portland ad
justed the matter.
' Mr. Wilbur aays that sine 1891 there
has been practically no eastern capital
invested bere, until recently. Outside
capital Is Just now beginning to come
In. Charles Sweeny of Spokane is among
fawQBIBB44a'fraB9B9avlwWHVl
profitable Inveatment of money la inalde
property In Portland. - H I now being
followed by others, who are looking for
favorable chance a - to Invest. In Los
Angeles and San Francisco eastern cap
ital - he e-4ong-been-plentiful, and has
don a great deal to build up those cities
snd bring prices to their present figures.
Tb sam should and will be the result
here, Mr. Wilbur says, and In no other
city today la there so god an ' oppor
tunity for -eastern capital as can be
jfound la Port land. reel estate.
RACE BETWEEN ROADS
-IN KOOTENAI COUNTRY
(Bperlal Dtanateh to Tbe JeeraaL) (
Vancouver, B. C, March 2S. Advices
from Princeton,, B. C, -say- that two
great railway ' companies, th Great
Northern and Canadian Pacific, ar en
gaged In high strategy In ,th Blmllka-
meen ana lower uxanagan.-
Ther Is every reason to believe tbst
the Great Northern will wsume con
structlon in the spring In tho boundary
as well is west from Midway .towards
Slmllkameen and th coaat. ' On the
other band th Canadian Pad no railroad
ha had engineers In th field and ther
Is ground for the presumption' thst as
soon as th Great Northern rails begin
to stretch westward tha Canadian Pa-
clflo will puah eastward from Spences
Bridge, in which event a most exerting
track-laying contest will be witnessed In
the upper country.
Both companies ' ar making strong
bids for Kootensl trad this summer,
and both will run- . various branches
through that section of the country,
CANAL BOARD REFUSES
TO DISCUSS SITUATION
v .-.' ;, ....
" IJooraal Special service.)' '
New Tork, March- 23. The semi
monthly meeting of the isthmisn canal
commission and the directors of the
Panama Railroad company was held to
day. No business of importance was
transacted and non of th commission
ers cared to discus th letter of th
president. Indorsing the recommenda
tions of Secretary Tsft for a Chang In
th personnel of the commission until
such Chang has -actually been ordered.
Th commissioners say they ' will not
mak an y . ststemn ta . , -iai --f . .
RUSSIAN WARSHIPS
ARE SIGHTED AT SEA
UoarML JtorclaU Serrlc.
Port Louis. Island of Mauritius. Ms rent
12. A steamer from Colombo and Cey
lon, arrived today, reports that on th
night of March If ah passed a Russian
torpedo boat, whk-h waa followed by
v aquadron Of warships
than such an offer as this? ' Sprinj is here and mow the busy
' If at. a aea.e
nousewiie s mina turns towara
cxpectn during the iair.' Y:' ' - .'
One Ccn Free Vith a Cdi Vcht Ad for
Eiilisr t!:2 Daily or Sunday Joarnal :
''(' Lustrelac is an ideal finish for floors, furniture, woodwork,
etc. It comes in 4 variety of colors mahogany, oak, maple, etc.
It is handled exclusively by Rasmussen St Co., the pushing paint
:v people, northeast corner Second and Taylor streets, in 'Portland,
with whom special arrangements have been made enabling The
'Journal to give Lustre lac free with want ads. 1 . ' '
This offer, like' all others, is simnlv made to still more widelv '.
"DEVELOPMENT" IS
THE WATCOVOStD
Willamette . Valley Commercial
l . Club Cohvention at Salem
." ,i Opejia-irLArmoryuL.
TWO HUNDRED DELEGATES
TAKING AN ACTIVE PART
Hon.' - Frank Davey and
Tom
- Richardson Deliver Enthus-,
-: ? iastic Addresses. . .
' (Rpeetal Dispatch t The Jearsab) .
' Salem, March t 'UvalopmemtT ; f
th watchword of the Willamette Valley
Commercial club convention that con
vened In th Armory at 11:10 o'clock
this morning. About 200 delegates are
present and a' rousing meeting Is being
held..- '. :
Hon. - Frank. Davey 'delivered th ad
dress of welcome on behalf of th Salem
Commercial club and th city of Salem.
After stating that Salem baa had a repu
tation of being a sreepy. easy-going
town, but ' nevertheless had accomplished
great things, h said: ' v
'No gatherin-ha ever been held
here but has gone away praising JLh
generos tt v nf th , 81 1 in I i ttn'leT'anrff I
trusi'th same will be true this time." . .
Discussing th work before th con-
vent Ion, he stated that th great crowds
which war coming out her this yeer
were not coming to- se Portland and. th
exposition, but to see ,.U f rea,t Oregon
oouairy. . .- . . ,i. j ,r . -. -,
: Tom Richardson Of Portland, la
ponding, took up this last thought and
emphasised th truth of It and said
"W ar here te represent Oregon aad
thla convention should not beg, but de
mand, that th railroads, mak It possi
ble for th crowds to se th country."
He thought -they would do this for
selfish reasons, but It la for us to make
sur of It "Such , crowds as w bav
never seen will be her and w will be
criminals, negligent, of. our duty. If we
allow them to return- without - having
seen all tb resource of this wonderful
eountry.
8paklag on behalf . of Portland b said
th elty waa interested In th develop
ment of tb valley and th whole atate,
for , selfish ' tf for ' no - othr reasons.
Speaking of the exposition, h said this
would be tb first in th history of th
wild nlilili 1 would uwn fit fiuui de
This waa du' to th spirit of th people
ot Oregon and Portland.
CREMATORY GIVES 7
-GREAT SATISFACTION
So pleased ' are th members of th
dvio improvement "board of the cham
ber of cdmmerc with Robert Robinson,
Jr., the superintendent of-th garbage
crematory, that they have congratulated
Mayor Williams on ' his ., appointment.
Great changes . hav been mad at th
reduction plnt Alnc h took charg
two weeks asar-"- - ,- , , f.-m
An Inspection of th crematory and
premises by an officer of th civic Im
provement board has proved very sat
Isfactory. He states that th crematory
and grounds have been cleaned up and
will soon be a sightly place. Th build.
Inga hav been white-washed, and th
dump Is being leveled off and on 11 flow,
era and grass will be planted.
The rules laid down for' th scaven
gers are . enforced and th garbage is
delivered In better shape. .
CORNELIUS H. PATT0N -"
. ' VISITS FOREST GROVE
(Special Dlsaeteh t Tte Jearaal.) .
Forest a rove. Or., March 23. Cor-"
nellus H. Pattbn, D. tk, horn secretary
of tn American board of commission
era on foreign missions, spent yesterday
with . tbe Congregational lata of Forest
Grove. This has been th only piac In
Oregon that he has or will visit out
sids of Portland. Dr. Pat ton spok In
th new church to a large crowd of
Congregatlonallats of Forest Grove and
neighboring towns. Rev. Mr. Kllbet-
rlck - of. Hlllaboro, - Rev. .Danlal Staver,
Rev. Mr. Rlggs of Huntington and Rev.
Mr. Teney of San Francisco wer pres
ent. . .
Dr.' Pat ton also addressed tb students
on foreign missions. . -.-
GOLDTEXCITEMENT
NEAR ILWAC0, WASH
(Special Daspatcb t The teersat)
Ilwaeo, Wash., March, 22. Consider
able excitement prevaUa her over th
reported discovery, of gold on th old
Btaney .townalte on .th Nasil river In
this county, about to miles northwest of
Ilwsco. Some rich specimens of or had
been exhibited -'several days' psevloua to
the filing -of th claim In th county
clerk's of floe at South BendVand thla
caused much speculation aa to where
i hey, JwiLbceiuJlitCQyexed,. JBut; japnn the
filing of the claim with . th county
clerkth plac was located and a great
rush followed. 'V. ; '
Th ground has been taken for many
miles In every direction aad th poopl
ar greatly axclted. - : ,,-;, :. , -
nouse - cieaning, bngnterungr ana
tried them you know what they
BROTHER SECURES
toAPPOIflTfJEfir
Investigates. Death of Sister and,
Has Change of'Adminis , ;
, . . trators Mad. ;y,""': : ; '
CIVIC IMPROVEMENT v
. CAMPAIGN AT EUGENE
University Student Offered ,Pov
Won of Assistant Geologist rV
.: ;' - to Go- to Chinav : ;r
rtaeeUI tMsaatek te Tke JtoraaL)
Eugene, Or., March 22. Charles F.
Flalakey of Fisher, Minn, haa been ber
for several day inquiring Into - th-'
manner of th death of his sister, Lena .
Becker, alias Eva Davenport, who 'was'
found dead la th rear of a saloon t;
Cottage Grove on tha morning of March .-S.-Th
coroner's Jury rendered a verdict
of suicide, but ss the woman had a deep
gash on her heard, her brother Is not en
tlrely satisfied that"-she took her own,
llf. , -': -r4 i---t- -i.
-. Yesterday h succeeded In securing
the revocation of the recent order of!"
County Judgn Cbrlamaav appointlag Lc
Mtnard. a Cottsaw Grove saloon-keeper,
administrator of her estate, William'
Bandera.' a. pttailet of1 that-plaeey-was,-named
In hla stead. - ' i."
Th local dlviaion of tb Lewis and-
Clark club has begun a oampalgn 1 for
clvlo improvement. The matter of tha
removal of billboards and old unsightly
buildings and fences In prominent places ,
will be taken up. '' ;-.-.--. .
"Chester Washburne son r Mrs.Min-: .
hie Wasbburne, of thla city, ha been "
offered a position as assistant geologist, -with
a party to teav Washington, XK ..
C. soon for China to investigate tb
coal fields vt Mongolia. .. "Washburn la
la tbs senior class at tbe University of; -Oregon.
! He wss engaged ItV geological. ,
work tn northern Alaska last summer. -
A. C Woodcock has Just sold I2
acrea of his 1,00-acre farm, six miles)
north of thla city, to Charles Wing, re
cently from Indiana. Th price paid
wss 111.560. . - '
Th Work of taking th stat census,
In Eugene waa begun yesterday by C W.
Rychard. ' Th other census-taker for, .
Lane County, It In number, will begla
their work April .. ,'.. ' " " '
I ; . f. 2C&XJTX.T mSOWITt . -
tered at 4h Portlaad.
Moonlight Kanaaa. Is th honss of N. - .
J. Breechblll. who la registered at th 4
Pwklna
Mrs: J. Hudson of Mt- Angell," Oregon, .
la a guest at the ImprtalVI ' ,
Mrs. J..R. Sutherlln of Roseborg la a
guest at the Perkins. '
. K. Z. Ferguson of Astoria Is tegto.'"-
tered at tbe Imperial. ...
Mr. and Mr. Richard "Woodward o0
Cascade Lock ar guests at th Per
kins. -' - - . . . .
F. D. Wlnton of Astoria la registered
kt th Perkins. .
Deputy United States Marshal Blow
era Is In Pendleton on official business,.
Cigarette and C v
- Tobacco Habits
' '.? -).
CURED FREB IN ONE DAY.' :
Kara of the ssdrnilrned. for himself, freeh
aad vehtatarily eertlBee aa follows:
I bereey certify that I was cosintot.ly aad
nmsa tly earvd at the tatMeiw kahlt by a.
free sample serkage ef Tnbaeee-Mpecme. star
tha a a year 'age. I bare poatrtTely dhillkt
tabaeee ever since t teak the sample, bar aot
ead ear la aay form, and my health has eeea
twttr thaa It' waa becsre. I sute these fame
freely
and
voluntarily, liaplng 1br victim -
ef the
aaoii wui praot ay air ex.
partakce.
Rev. O. H.'veala. Krandna,. I. -
H. H. BrayUm. Pepperwnod, Cal. ' '
leotard U Stafford, Blplrj, Mala.
W. H. Rroeraon. Belraoat, Mo. ..,,).,..
O. W. Xdaat Box suo, (llrnveod. Wis.
li. W. Palmerv Odar Bloff, Ala.
Jim M. Ward, Sontbera MoteL Chicago, 10,
rreek Hanaaa, Oleswooa, W. vs. ,
Jasiae Bart Brows. Coaorade, Tl.
Sesaa 1. kfonre, KaaU Mom. Ha. . :
R. )offy, 2 rraak at. CbatUaooga, Teaa.-
r.rrta Tllea, Oeaoa, Florida.' -
W. J. Kltcbeaa, rt, Kmlto, Ark. . '
R. a Donrea. I nloa Mllla. N. C
W. H. Hill. 8pbka. Kemper Ce.. IfM.
W. V. Kohlh.pp. Walnnt Port, Pa.
Mrs. Allle rietrhar, Brakebtll. Teaa.' '"
James Hotwrtana. Berwye. 111. :
Chaa. Doaote. Rickmoad, Mo, '. ,
Hrery t. ftabsoa, (Irveeaboro, Ale. '
IUart Broom, . Pallaa, H.- C. . .'..
If. O. DeWItt, Tu-kFi. tnd. Tat.
at. Knlawaky, Rl Bio, Calif.
Joba W. Kaoady, Mlogua, Tex. i ,
Taese seople sad ksadreds ef ethers la ail
arts ef tbe reentry save seem nir of the -...
Inbewe habit by free sample paekagee ef To- .
baero-Mpet'lAV. It is barmlm, prertlrally
aatelva remedy that eaa bo given la lead '
or drink aad win euro all forma of toban-o.
Cigarette or eaarr aaDic wunoat tne kaow lease
ef tbe aatletta. Take by tbe pa tint t hlswelf
the' remedy Is jaat aa eertaia to ears.
Tebeem-epeclfl'- will ear any-, ease ef , te.
habit. Km ioo me sample portage
snfttriest to rare roe ar a-nor trtano.
ttev bow long tobaroe haa boea urn.
People are being cored by the -fr sample
Sarkagos an tbe nw. Try it. It eaaoot
o any barm, bet will sorely 4 good, nr. a
and It will eoot ye sotblDg.
The Roger Dmg Cliemlrel fx. tU4 trui-
aed Race sta.. riarlnaatl. Ohio, will seed yeaj,
by mail, erMlala. is plain wrapper, a ssmpis
pai'aas' oi i odm i u npr i of mnij iik th
ina
that eorrd tbe prop la aamrd ana.
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