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LiT will t J ii. 1li; v .L.1 YAK'S CASE r-i-'0''"'1'''- xGucrete m WAKEFIELD'S STGHV U(QJflMS j ; v -7' s Hoffman Bros. Sue Bowles and ' Heusner for Money Alleged to Ba Due. Swore Agreement With Bridget Says Only Interest in Contempt Project Under Way to Water Was Made After Contract for ' Dock Was - Lei 1 ' fi- :." ' - : ' IN SEATTLE TESTIFIED " BRIDGES WAS PARTNER Hearing Is to Gain . 'v - Faots. Forty Thousand Acres of ; fflost Productive Soil. , throughout'the entire country are BEING EQUIPPED with .J,.r V,'. V.. I , . ' - -?5 ' ri . .r. 1 .1 REFUSES TO ALLOW THE PRINEVILLE MEN IN NEW TOOK SUB-CONTRACT OFF DEFENDANTS HANDS CHANGE OF VENUE ASKED RECLAMATION ENTERPRISE 11: rnv: " . - v a ' rm ' .... . ; .. r i. . ; . . - : . ' 'V t .i Thatcher ,' and - Ainsworth ' Say Never Paid Rumelin Cent for Influence. ', From the tangle of -reported manipu- latlnn mnA uh.mln. An Mnnection- with - city contracts,' on fact according to a. complaint fllaa today' oy Hourasn ' Brothers by: their . sttorneys.1 Brodle Merges 4ht J. R- Bowles and Georse F.- Heusner Jullt : the Marquajn gulch v Front street viaduct. :The complaint la ; in a atii at - lar rti tlva : recover, of $.600 tor work by Hoffman Brother, ', yarda of eacavauon. i.ise.Te yaraa Of concrete, tales work, .filling and foundation work, amounting to about V II 1.100, andJ leaving a balance alleged In this case ths lloffmana are suing " Tlnmrl. n4 UuMnrr lluil vlduall V- BomC 'l time ago they aued Bowles; Heusner. the . Pacific Construction company oi asn- Invtnn an,. Inhii fWM 4mit Richard ROS. ' '.ii..ii. h. unity court with their ! cause. There it wss shown that Bowles and Heusner were solvent: thereror tne i irAffun a n .nln. a them as in .dlvlduals and asking pay for work done lor mem. - . The suit Is based on the alleged dls Dnlu an1 innf them selves built the Marquam gulch viaduct. -a h.nttnfnr. attach W Havvwa - h - . . . L -I - . .Kb. -ing to in aea may. cien m , o fawaM Irrecalartttes. , This suit unlike , the :.equitv , case. - M.bu i,ht.iiM to aliased lrresularl- i l.ttln. 4ti. .Antnrt or in ItS 4 manipulation by city oflfcUla. but purr . in iu .DM.i.a . -- - plalntiffa merely desiring to get money claimed by them to do aue. - in h ant thn rronnd of the Hoff .. mans bo tenable, then wrongful practices IB oonneetlon witn to saarquam uuuvu . i i 2 w .kMiM .mv.. In the r ; invaaUgation now in progress, fill be ' ' laid at the door of Bowlea and Heuaner. It has been apparent that there were n.atn-.Hi ' futuraa of the Marauam Uulch viaduct transaction. - The city waa charge at an enormous rau iwr " " the concrete work, enough to enable , Howies v ueuin-r w - living price and still marts a large profit It was In oonectlon with this contract h h oiaiin wu made that theoretical i , yardage wag to bo. allowed, . and tha nircn J .iu nau - u mm .it.'MntrMt& for vears , . . ii , past. . nn t .jpivj ... - v. - yardage In place of aotually measured . ' ' - I K ka J1t . on the basis of a graft, thla would be " one ot the moot Important facts yet -rertalned, for it would account for thou : sands of dollars of tax moneyfwaed. " ' In connection with the general Investi gation Tbyth district attorney the ab . senc of Mr- planning at the seacoast Jjtaa put a stop to active- work. ' Strong dental Is ' entered by X'H. ' Thatcher, manager of the Paetflo Butes Telephone company, and by John C. ''Ainsworth, president of the United ' States National bank and one of the ' officials of the telephone company, that there Is any. truth 'in the allegations that money waa paid to C. E, Rumelin or any other councilman or officials to Influence their., votes a franchises aaked , for by j new , - companies, . Mr. Thstcher said,: V .- . .. "I wish to stamp as a tissue of lies the statement tht have been made. Tiers Is not a vestige of truth In them. mkl, -.MmVtanV IkFAUfffl Ml Af IDVOnt - - --- . " msenas never pa to n v person for an improper purpose, and does not lniena to pay i money. The story is absurd on its face and ahould not' be heeded by sensible ' persona" Mr. Ainsworth reiterated Mr. Thatch er's statements with ; equal force.' , V Mr. momeUa and Kls Baakv ' ' One fact has been disclosed by ths present agitation .that Councilman Rumelin has reaped a rich harvest from , the employes of the city and county In - lending money at high rates of interest, and the Intimation Is given that ho has . used his Influent to partially compel employes to do business with his bank ing house. Certain men working In city departments have said that- they were glven to understand, that ; thelraltua tions, would be mora score were they to carry accounts with Ashley Rume lln, bankers. Records at tho city hall sKow that In the month of March ths firm of Ashley & Rumelin, brokers, purchssed warrants from city employes aggregating U, M0.S0. At i per cant. which Is ths usual rata ot Interest charged by the brokers, their profits from the city era- ' ployes alone amounted to $617.20. -The amounts of . the warrants pur chased from the employes In tho differ ent departments were as follows: Police, Sl.SSTt flre. $4,800.40; street cleaning, - $1,174-10; water. $1.11.; city engi neer. 80.86; clty ball Janitor, , $110; city park. tU'Jr board of healtnv$$.10 pound. $40; building Inapector.' $15$. , Out f-otal ,of employes in ths policS'-alpsrtment. they, purchased ths warrants of Mi out of a total oXJfS em- 1 ployes In the Are department, they dis counted 7$ warrants, and out of 111 em ployes in the water department, they purchased $. In the engineer's depart- . ment - they discounted J4 warrants; pound department, J ( health department, i S; Janitors, I; city park, 1; building Jn- . spector 1. .,'' " C ,C BRumeliu'does all ths work con nected with ths cashing of ths waaranta Contractors Tell of Meetings at ' Restaurant to. GetThem ; 'i:S(Z to Withdraw. , ' ;j After Robert Wakefleld had told his story of the partnership which he had entered Into with i. B. Bridges for the building "of tho Port of Portlsnd dry dock, ths attorneys for . Bridges at tempted to Impeach hia testimony In ths circuit court this morning. On direct examination-Wakefleld said ths contract with Bridges was made before the con tract for the construction of the dock had been awarded to him. In anewer to a question by Judge: J. C Uoreland on cross-examination, he repeated this, statement . .. . "In another case," said Judge More land, tyou swors that .the agreement was entered Into after the: contract had been let.'; and the attorney Introduced paper from the civil . suit of Bridges against Wakefleld to prove thla. Ho read-the paper, and. then of fered . It '.in evidenoe aa the sworn statement of Wakefleld that . the partnership agree ment was made after the- contract was obtained - -. . ' In - reply . to questions, Wakefleld stuck to ths statement he made on di rect examination, and aald that after ho had secured tho contract he agreed wHIit Bridges as to the management of tho construction work and other details. But the partnership agreement- had been made In 102, and tho only condi tion attached to it waa that Wakefleld should secure ths contract. No- writ ing had over ." pssssd between '.them. Bridges had asked that the agreement be reduced to writing, but Wakefleld re fused to grant his request. . . ' ' omo xiaw. '""I- told him." said Wakefleld.1 Hhat a written agreement would have to be based on ths facta . I had never taken legal advice about tho matter, but I knew enough about law to know-that if Bridges were, a bidder tho agree- ment would be literal. . "Didn't you furnish Berry with boys In his office?" . -"i ' - -yes, and they ran their legs off while Bridges was sitting at hia ease la Van couver." : - . - - The defense (tried to show that In 10$. Wakefleld had given testimony in a ease In Seattle la, which Bridges wss Interested to tho .effect that Bridges wss his partner In the construction ot the dock. . waksfleld denies tnat ne naa aald that ' Bridges was his exclusive nartner. ' He had gone to Seattle at hi own exnenae to help Bridges out. hs did not remember ths nature of his testimony. ' "Don't ask mo any question, becanss f cannot answer thent." he said. I wept over there to help Mr. Bridges in hia eaao for the guardianship of his grandson. Tho boy was heir to about $7,000 Insurance monsy. It there is any glory in that you can have It." "The Is little glory In this case, saiv Judge More land. '1 am not proud of It." - ' "Nor I either aald Wakefield, Wakefleld said-that ha had testified that Bridges was a partner in the build ing of the dock, so that tho Seattle court eonI4 see that Bridges ' Jiad a standing In Portland as a business man when the application Tor tno guardian ship of the boy was heardr , Attorney J. O. Flanders testified that Bridges had borne a part of tho expense of the suit begun by the Federal Trades council against ths Port of Portland af ter the contract for thei building of the dock had been let. ' : Cr U. - Berryr-tookkeeper' ' for Bridges, testified that $IS0 in gold had been psid to George B. Thomaa, a mem ber of the Port of Portland commission, on March . 1904. Ths money was paid at the office of Bridges. Thomaa; when on tho stsnd, said the money had been received by him as a loan. Ha hsd offered Bridges his note for tho amount, but Bridges told him that It was not necessary, as they were old friends. v J. K. Bennett, Joseph Paqnet and Sid ney Smyth, contractors, testified , that two meetings hsd been held, at the Quells saloon before ths contract had been awarded, but arrangements were not completed then for tho - withdrawal of contractors from ths bidding- con test. . v , ' . : - ; WOMAN IN COURT ' , WITH HER LITTLE pHILD Mrs. Lillian Peterson . was arrested Isst evening on a charge of larceny By Nathan Boody, floor manager for Rob erts Bros.. Third and Morrison streets. He claims to have detected her stealing a pair of baby's; shoes and two little dresses. In tho poltcs this afternoon Mra Pe terson, who lives at The Dalles, and Is said to be . a hard-working woman, pleaded not guilty. Shs was represented by, Attorney . Oglesby Toung, who has known her and her relatives for years. Judgs Hogue allowed her to go on $50 cash bail being deposited with tho clerk of the court. . . . ;. Her hearing will take place - Tues day morning. Shs had.- her -year-old girl with her when taken to the city prison. ; - - Instead -of signing the Arm name, hs receipts ths wsrrants In the name of M. A. M. Ashley, his partner. ' To any body not familiar with the signature, it I would be Impossible to make It out. , !ivrV "vt Lengthy and Technical. Decision : Which Is Essence of Great ". ' " ' ' Authorities . - . In. a written "opinion comprising six snd ons half typewritten "pages Police Judge Hogue ' this morning denied a change of vens in the case ot Attorney W.' T. Vaughn, charged with contempt of court on the alleged ground that be endeavored to have l&lmund disss and hia wlfa testify falsely at a hearing. Vaughn must - stand trial, therefore, ot 10. o'clock Monday. Dealing with the subject of bias or Interest, tho - Judgs uses the following language: - The Interest' on tha part of a Judge. which Is ths basis of a Changs of venue provided by statute. Is an actual Inter eat, financial or otherwise. In the event of the cause or proceeding. Ths affi davit of ths defendant atatea that he la lnforfned and believes that ths Judge ot this court Is personally Interested In the result of this proceeding, snd has so ex pressed hfmsslf. I know of fto interest that I have In this matter other than tho Interest that I have In every case the ascertaining of tho facts, spplylng tho law thereto, ana administering jus tice upon ths bssis of such facta and law. Such an interest is not an interest within' ths meaning of statutes author ising Changs of venua It fs true, as the affidavit states, that tho Judge of this -court dictated and caused to bo made the original affidavit upon which this proceeding Is based, and that the affiant named in said original. x.iwa.. utu .IV. mk own instance or desire make or sign aald affidavit, but it is not' truo that - hs signed the same under tho fear of being Imprisoned -or any other fesr of compul sion.".. . - . . - : . . - " .' "For tho reasons above stated, ths mo tion for a changs of venus will be de nied. . i - . r . ,- Judge . Hogus .sdmlts ons of the grounds of the demurrer Interposed by Attorneys T. O. Greene and Ogleeby Young, that there Is a defect of parties because tho proceedings were 1 not brought In the name, of the state, to be well taken. Hs holds, however, that iifc a tfaet la not fatal and that In accordance with statutory provision ths court -may at any time before the trial allow any pleading to bo amended. He therefore orders that ths tltls of the case be changed from "In ths matter of tho proceeding against W. T. vaugnn tar eantamnt of court" to ."State of Ore gon, plaintiff, vs. W. T. Vaughn, defend- ant. - : - Prior to ths reading of the opinion fro tha bench Attorney Toung present ed another affidavit subscribed to by himself. In which ho affirms his belief that on account ot certain incidents oc curring In the proceedings Judge Hogus cannot give tho defendant a fair trial. Attorney Oreene- presented an: affidavit alsmed bv himself. In which ho draws at tention to tho refusal of the court to sign an order for the taking of Attorney Bchnabel's i testimony, before a notary pUbliO, .f , : - j-"-'" WIL L1AMS AND LAUTH .? MUST SUFFER DEATH I: (Speetor tMasatch to the Jearaal.) - Salem. Ore.. Aprir t.Tho suprems court yesterday ordained that worman Williams and Geo. W. Lauth must suf fer the death penalty. The former for tho mnrder ot Miss Alma Nesbltt and her mother near Hood Iriver In March, itno. and the latter -for the murder of his- parmour. Miwr-4jenora-B-JonJLln Oregon City. In September, 104. The appeal In the cass of Wllllama waa baaed on the grounds, that as ths bodies had not. been produced, tha pros ecution hsd not proven that tho women Srere dead. The court through on opln- Hon by Justice Bean holds that it w not MMuan to nroduco tno ooaies to tabllsh ths - fact of murder and that enough evidence had been produced in this ease to establish tno xact. mere fore tho decision of the iqwer court was affirmed. . i ; ' The rrounds unon which . Lauth s counsel , based .their appeal were that tho trial court erred In stating In tha presence of tho Jury that Jealousy or frensy caused . by Jealousy was no de fense upon the plea ot Insanity and that error was committed In permitting John Page- to serve as juror because ho wss disqualified to act as such. Tho rul ings . of .Judge T. A, McBrido in the trial court on both, these points wss up held by the supremo court. The opin ion waa given by Chief Justice Wolver- ton. - i. 4 .t ' ' Lauth is now confined In tho peniten tiary and. will be executed there, but as the crime for' which Williams, must hang waa committed before the law pro viding . for the. execution of - criminals at the stats penitentiary waa passed he will bo hong at ths Dalles. . WALL STREET SYNDICATE BACKS SEATTLE VENTURE V (Special Dispatch t Tse.Joaraal) t ' Seattle. April $. When Charles K. Baker, of Seattle, formerly president of the 8noqualmlo Power company, an nounced a few weeks sgo that he had secured a contract with ths Chlness government to construct several hun dred miles of slectri railroad hs gave no intimation who was behind the scheme. It now developes. on Undlsput- able authorlt yT that a Watratreet- syn J dtcate backed by August tjeimom, -milliard Barclay Parsons, lats chief engi neer of the New. York subway snd Csp taln Stewart Brlce. son of tho late 1'nited Btatea senator Calvin Brlce, of the International Banking company, which handlee the Chinese indemnity, is attending to ths financial end. and that Mr. Baker, himself a multi-mil-llonalro. owns a large block of the stock' of the company. ' " The scheme before being presented to ths Chinese government had the en dorsement ths Chinese minister at Washington but nolvnt'U" hsd-been. officially Informed of the backing and satiafled that the syndicate had suffi cient funds to earry ths project through. , . i ' i w "(IBS tT-aaiwaf , aOUlTSAJlY. ' si -. '" (Jearsal Ipeelal st1ps. . Washington, D. CM . April J. Ar raHtremsnta havo been made by the coast and geodetic survey to msrk the jiew boundary line between Alaska and ths Dominion of Canada, which was de termined by tho commission which, sat In London 1 months ago. A party of scientists tWIU Isavo here next Monday for Vancoivervwhere they will be Joined by Canadian engineers. ,. ... , , . -, v , . :. - t V. u- ... , Success of Proposition Depends Ut-Mn Consent; of; Portland Company to Sell Lands. ; . f T'- 1., ; J, " '. i V " ' ' ' :- " Prlnevllle. Or., April !. Forty thou sand acres of the most productive land In Crook county, lying In the immediate vicinity., of , this city. , will soon be In process of reclamation If 'the resolu tions adopted by tho Buatnees league here,, asking the Willamette. Valley and Cascade Mountain Wagon Road company to agree to dispose of Its holdings em braced within the tract; ere acted upon favorably by the company's Portland representative, C. E. 8. Wood. The com mittee which left here yeaterday, and with whom he Is now in conference, con sists of Sheriff Smith. T. M, Baldwin pf the First. National bank, and, Thomas Sharp." Jr., and it Is believed thst throua-h Ur. Wood's Influence the road company will sanction the project, which la conceded to be without an equal, so far as productiveness of ' soil is con cerned, east or tho Cascades. The land which It Is proposed to ir rigate, and which will prove, to bo one of tho greatest. drawing cards for rail road construction into this section, lies in a compact body through the open val lev realona of several streams in this vicinity and extends from a point a few miles east ot Prlnevlll to ths base of Qrirxly butte. about 1$ miles to tho westward. Tho rsct tnat tne roaa com nanv owns a considerable part of the land within tho proposed Irrigation dis trict haa heretofore been - an insur mountsbls obstacle standing In tho way Of successful reclamation ot the most fertile valley in the county. The com pany controls every other section In the entire tract, snd has refused up to the present time to dispose of any or its land, much to tho detriment of the. en tire country. But it is believed now, with other Irrigation enterprises being brought to a successful close on all sides, that the roaa company win see the benefits to bs dersved and will re lease the lands referred to la the reso lutions. At ths meeting of the business league In this city the first of the week, plans ot the engineers, who have been over the around, were submitted and approved. These surveys ' and estimates . of the nrolect IncTiide the building of several reaarvolra aome little distance east of tha eltT-lnto which shall be direr ted the waters of ths ucnoco, Maraa.ano aui creaks durlnr ths winter months when ths streams are unappropriated by ranchers for irrigation purposes. From) the reservoirs tha water will be diverted Into canal lines constructed along the base of neighboring ridges , at such a height that the thousands of acres lying In tha vallav helow can ba fullv covered. 4 The' district Itself, which it is pro posed to Irrigate, Is one In which defp anil abounds, devoid of rocks or Other hindrances to successful Irrigation; and la a rexlon through which-numerous s f alfa and fruit ranches are- already scat tered. Owing to the large holdings of the Road company... these . cuiuvstea tracts are surrounded by section after section of untitled acres, but tne rertuity of the soil bsa been fully demonstrated and rich returns come, yearly to those who are fortunate enough to own farms in this immsnss reglom Three crops of alfalfa are cut annually and fruits and vegetables are grown in abundance, With ths Remaining uncultivated acres reclaimed, it 4s estimated that the popu lation In thla district will be Increased Into the thousands, besides giving an enormous surplus of hay. grain and other products which can -readily bs rals The meeting of ths business league attended by w. IS. Guerin, Jr., of tho Deschutss Irrigation and Power company, who waa one of the' first to propose to tho iesguo that It take up ths matter of reclaiming tho district In question. He assured the league that In 'the event of favorable action on the part of tho Road company he was in a posi tion to interest eastern capital to take hold of tho project and bring It to an early - and n successful termination; .In asmuch as he Is Interested in tho re clamation of nearly 100.000 acres of land lying between Prlnevllle and Bend, and Is ' one of ths capitalists whose monsy la engaged In that undertaking, his offer was accepted and the following resolutions directed to the Road com pany adopted: "Whereas, There is now -i lying' and situate In townships It, 14 and It south. In range II. It and IT ssst ot tho Wil lamette meridian In Crook county, Ore gon, and in tho Immediate vicinity ot tho city of Prlnevllle, about 40.000 acres of arid, arable, semi-desert land, nearly half of which la owned and held by the Willamette Valley Cascade Mountain Wagon Road company, which said lands are now almost wholly uncultivated and Unsettled by reason of want' of proper Irrigation fscllltles and the policy of said company In withholding, their lands from sale, "Wheress. Ths Irrigation, reclama tion and settlement, of said company lands, aa well ss the public and patented lands lying "contiguous thereto In the even numbered sections, is entirely fessiblo and 1 practical at a compara tively moderate expenae, from the waters of Ochoco and McKay croaks, and '' v H - "" ' '' ' "'' ."Whereas, Said landa comprise a low. almost level plain, are naturally very fertile, contain all the elements of the most productive soil, and with Irriga tion can bo made to produce aounaani and valuable crops of hsy, grain, fruit and all ths hardy vegetabls products, - MsUin'g Food sndorsed by ths phy sic isns. Hundreds of doctors are - using MsUin'g Pood in their own fam ilies for their own children. If Mel tin's Food is good for ths doctor's baby it ought to bo good for your baby. ' Let us know if you would like to try ' MsUin'g Food and wo will send you. a ample bonis frss of chsrgs, etOn's feod le ths estT Infants sad. which received the bra ad rrlse. tho hlSs est award of the lse)kaaaor aaaseassesltlea, sLeata. 14. Elgav e taaa a geld sseaaL MBIXJN'S FOOD CO. O1T0M. MAS. no o m nt ventilation- ana1 ncaiine. Dccausc iv iias ' ' . ; been demonstrated that it fa the onlyone byvyhich a constant ' , J supply of pure, fresh air, 'an equable temperature throughout, all 2 with the avoidance of (iisagreeabie drafts, are positively assured. : , v ' r Invest i g a 1 1 on The W. G. PROIJIHEHT PEOPLE IN WRECK Special Train Bearing Robert C. i Ogden and. Party inuis-, : rastrous Smashup.' . . - (Joaraal tpeelal iervke.) fTreenvtlle, B. C, April I.t-A specisl train hatrlni Robert C. Ogden and a party of prominent New Torkers was wrecked near here looay' ana . . i irinxi - - Tha dead are Charles K.Coop. flsgmsn; W. W. Can ning, cook; j, jumie, w. tumminii jr. Ki i Hayns, negroes employed in the dining car.- . ' ' ' ' Several of the party were Injured among them being Professor Henry Far num of Tsle, Dr. St.. CUlr McKelway, editor of the Brooklyn Kagla. Bishop W. HI. McVlkar, of Rhode Island. Mrs. J. O. Throp. dsughter'or jtenry w.-iona-fellow and Robert M. Ogden,. secretary to Robert C. Ogden. . . -. . ...-.- .Tha train Waa COmDOSCd of ten CSXS, four ot which ware burned.. Some of the Injured were pinned ander the wreck and could not oe reieasea wmn " flames consumed them.. W. W. Canning, the -cook, was thus caught and burned to" death without those who ssoaped be- a akl. wa Mafini Kim , . . ' Jf Th tyTmln left Coluroblu. this mominc af. IsxinU aKtsa th faUTtTF WUTtt tO IVr yjTI t""i sw -v w Y be -received by the mayor and were to Inspect the cotton mills in which Mr. Ogden Is lnteresteo, - .- i and can be mads to sustain hundreds of families of aotual settlers If reclaimed and onened to purchase and settlement by sstUsra In tracts of from to to . seres each, and , , "Whereas, -There are vast and ample quantities - of ' unappropriated wster flowing annually down, ths ssld Ochoco and McKay creeks during ths flood sea sons' which If properly conserved can be conducted to-' nd upon the entire area of aald Isnds In sufficient quanti ties to properly irrigate ths ssms. and -"Wheress, Ths unsettled ana uncum vated condition of this large and- riqh vallsv-for-want of -Irrigation -facilities and the policy of -said company In with holding said lands from ssie to aciuai settlers nas'sreatlv retarded -the growth and development of tbts1"sectlon of cen tral Oregon, ana "Whereas. The Hon. W. E. Guerin. Jr haa personally appeared before this league snd confidently expressed his 'be lief in being able So Interest eastern capital In undertaking' to Irrigate and reclaim these lands If reasonable con cessions snd inducements csn bo se cured ; therefore be tit "Resolved, By the Cltlsens' Business leagus of Prlnevllle, Oregon, expressing the undivided sentiment of the residents and property-owners of this section oi central Oregon, that the Willamette Valley Cascade Mountain Wagon Road company be. and Is hereby re spectfully petitioned to confer with the eastern capitalists represented by Mr. nnerin. or such othert persons or cor- do rations as It msy see fit. looking toward tho Immediate reclamation, irri gation, settlement and sale' of ths lands mentioned herein, and to take such early action consistent with the spirit of those resolutions aa may seem to said company opportune and proper to carry out ths object of these resolutions. "Resolved, That these resolutions ss aitaoted bo presented to the representa tives' of the Willamette. Valley Cas- cads Mountain Wagon Road company at Portland, Oregon, by a committee to be appointed by this league, who ahall re spectfully ask eany . consideration thereof." t It is expected that the '.committee which left here yesteraeyi will have completed its work this week, and that the leagus will receive Its report Inside of a few days. Should ths latter prove favorable, as Indications now point, there Is no question but that ons of the finest irrigation' projects la the west will soon be In eeaBiness to add ma terially both tethe wealth and popula tion of tho stlte. - 1 v" 1 ail. iron oara J. M. Wood worth, clerk of ths local camp. Woodmen of the World, was noti fied today that the claim of Mrs. B. A. Stone of this city had been allowed by the head camp now in seimlon In Los An geles., Ths claim la for tl.ooo on a pol Icy carried In the order by K. A. Stone, who died in San Frencleeo October 6. 103-Jt was said that ths sssessment had not been paid at the time of his destb. and the amount was not paid, Ths matter waa brought before the attention tha hai emnD-nosUa session snd the '-claim was allowed in fulUT ' i BAJum BaooTaaJoio. ' Caoraa Barber of tit Thurman strset ..a beaten Into Insensibility with s loaded club In ths notorious Badger sa loon, conducted by W. If. Wilson, st Fourth snd pavls streets Isst night. nrn... . . .MaA An a hsraa at SS- sault with a deadly weapon and released on t&00 cash nail, aa ine lairsc npor. from too noapnsi wrr in di mi . Is about tl years old. has a fslr chance of recovery. His skull wss fractured. - i i aS" i ' '" "We will be whet we will to be," ssvs Klla Wheeler Wilcox. Now suppose she annuM a(y. Ka .... . v . HURT 5 i.."; w ill -cbnvince -the-most a kepUcaL ' i-,(i.;.t;,;i.-V;i' ' McPhfcrson , , ; ; I.- - '.- - r - . v ' I I ' '.' . ' '.. ' - :.. ;.. -'. ,: '.- . - '.:'-".' 1 . .;. , a ' The Kind. Ton Have Always in use for over 80 years, and aonal - All Ooonterfeita, Imitations and Jast-as-good are bat Xlxperimentc that trifle with and endanger the health of , - - Twfc"t and Chndrcii EqMjrta , What lo CASJORIA Oastoria is a barmlesa substitute for Castor OH Faro i gorie, Drops and Soothing1 Syraps. It la Pleasant. : It contains neither Opiom, Morphine nor other f Narcotio . . ; anhstance. IU age is it snarantee. - It destroys Worms ' 7 ' and allays Feverishness. It'cnres- lMarrhosa and Wind ; ' Colic It reUeres Teething Troubles, cores Constipation , -and Flatnleney. It assimilates the Food, regulates. the ;': r. Stomach and Bowels, saving healthy and natural Bleep. --The Children's Panacea The Mother's Friend. ccrjuinc CASTQ R (A- alwayo Beaxf the m . . .aV i s a m mm 1 Tbe Kind You Have Always In Use For Oyer 30 Yearti s!f .1 That Totally V r, Sprockets Between the Bearings Runs Easier, Wears IongSfe ! : Everybody Wants Them . (Some, Want Them So Bad They Steal Them) STOLEN! Bacycfe. 22-liu C K C. k L Tiro J-ln. Tnbing. NoT 76.203 M 2Mn, CX Single Tube Tires, Mn. Tubing. No. 79.252 New,20-ln.,CBnG.4 J. Tires. I'ln.TabNo. M.I23 ''Reward for Wheels or Thieves A ' Cash, .Trade or j Installments. - -Bargains : in, Second : hand Bicycles. Expert Repairing. . . Opn Evnlngt W. P. KERNAr.-Msnager W. do eraws aai krMts rark vttheal sale. Onr IS rrara' tipwIaBre la tlilt wra ea able s ta fit too awatb iftblr. r. W. A. WIM b found a sef waf a slraet ik. abaalat.; vltftoat sals. Dr. T. P. Wax IS an .ipWt at fnM fllliat a4 mwa and hrlrir work. : Kstractias (ne wbe ptata ar brlofte are srSmS. w DB. 1. . WIS!.. paaasaaaBBBSBBaBB WISB BROS., Dentists Failimr SuiMlss. ear. Iimi Kivninn nil n 13. JOURNAL WANT ADS PAY : Company Boajrhty and which baa been, has borne the tlgnatnre , of : . naa been madeander his per-. srxperrlsion since its Infancy. . v Allcrwno one to deceive yrm In this. inatnrecf TTTs BOMt leucveie Different Wheel ttnd Sundays f M. 30Q Oatc Otreet Y TaitS aas "Wm Bts f. m. mnnamrm nasi . Male SiaB. - f r