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Newspaper Page Text. . .(. ; T S i X THE OREGON i)AILY JOURNAL, -PORTLAND, SATURDAY EVENING. MARCHES, . .- , There Is it. Furnace-It's a-Perfect 99 "(Continued from. Fs go On.) 4ale-for prompt payment, making a .rate of SS cents. ;: ,' . "The- Question of the price of gas came up for" "discussion among the di rectors last August.", said Mr. Adam a. s Did yoii evet. sec a RgECT:ifecd dop ash ! -pit-doorPheyrtg TTRft anp orilv a few of the dfttai1s:thnt my ymr "We were not all agreed ' aa to the -amount of ieauullOirtrpeTftdrTnial time, so we compromised on a reduction of 10 centH '" further reducr and niakc "PERFECTS", better. it tlon to II to take place Mar 1 of this MATER li! THE STOCK " li J . i A year.t 1 with a t cent discount. ;TWi r-'- - .win go tutp effect May l The laat hour of the aesalon waa oc- eupled In llatenlng to the teetlmortr of gaa consumers who Jiad been subpoe naed to tell , of oausee of complaint ' agalnat the gaa company. r.1 a. glass's -ruur The attempt to. prove by the teetl mony of Edgar M. Piper that the stock . of the gaa company Is -largely water, waa a ludicrous failure and the die , eomflture t the Oregonlan forcea waa palpable. So utter waa the collapse -of thla charge that Judge - McGinn waa -.' forced to make a diversion by attack .. '." Ing the validity of the gaa company'a -franchise a aubject .wnully foreign to the purpose of the gaa company's ln - i vest Igat Ion. Attorneys for the gaa com " , pany called .his attention to the fact . -that the lnveatlgatlng committee was ' charged only with inquiry into the .price W and qualify of gaa. -and had no power to ,a Inquire legal -jaisUoce raised y an attack on tno legality or tne Iran i'' chlHe. ' t - -- But Judge -MoOlnn persisted and. read ' at great length from decisions of atate i"aud ..federal oourta to show that the out consent of the legislature, - worked a forfeiture. Not until the committee tne question or tne price ana quality of gas d ldJildg! TTlB argument. -When K. B. ' Piper was aikedl to state what' he could aa to 'the Oregonlan charges that the stock of the gag com panyls wntred, he. entered n,a,hla- Tt6ryof the company, from the granting of the original franchise. The witness admitted that bis information waa au . second hand.- "common report," and that ea.to the details of the sale to the ' present company fn 14t he had no In formation. In so far aa the . witnea stated facta he told only what had been told earlier la the investigation by C. F. A dam a. The only extraordinary part of Mr. Piper's testimony was the deduo ttona which he drew from the facta, and on cross-examination he waa forced to m teriallymodfxinJiyf-4il-gtat-4 ... menia. , . . Considers took All Water. W " w Briefly told, the testimony of the wit nessea was aa follows: In 181 the Portland Gaslight company transferred Its stock to Mills. Adama and White house, for an unknown consideration? Thfese three men then sold to the Pbrt- - land ni ' comoanr. the new company. which had been capitalised tor 11.000.- i. ftflff.ln bftnd fiTano,aa -in . tefc A tJn 192 the old company a earning Wf I q p,vvv ,11, .mm uiv vuw - new company bore t per cent Interest - a fixed charge amounting to $40,000 per : annum bad been imposed. "Mow much money or actual value the-old com pany got for Its property the witness "had noa Idea." He believed, however, that the million In bonds given by the4 present company waa. full, payment for tne prorrjty ana inn iu, iiw-k ' pure water." " ' ' "T "r ' In 1801, aaidjhe witness, the Portland "Ge ' company t found : It impossible "to . stagger longer under- Its load of In debtedness and determined on reorgani sation. It waa agreed that of 'the $1.000.6((0 of stock outstanding all butlbe $1,087$ per thousand feet. If the JoO.OOO should be canceled. The bond holders agreed to cancel one half of their 11.000.000 worth of bonda and. TO accept" la lleu.of the canceled -bonde 71 1500,000 bf if atoofcvjThe -bandholdera further agreed to advance $260,000 in rcash for whlch they received that amount rn new bonds, thefnOny"goini 1 Into tb-raaury,- Finally the- bond' holders consented to a reduction In the rate of Interest on the bonds from to ( per cent, and aa the bonda had still ,; il year to run It Waa agreed that the heldera ahould 'be compensated for this loss of Interest by receiving 1160,000 la atock. .- --- "' Where Piper railed. Th nhvlr.nu i-nnrlmlnn fnim Plpr' teetlmony . waa that all the "water" In ' the capitalisation of the Portland Gas ' company-had been aqUecsed out by the . reorganisation of 1901, when 5 per cent of the stock waa surrendered and can celed. - Judge McGinn hastily Inter ejected ' the suggestion that .there was . .,"! 50,00 of high finance" In the reor ganisation of the company and the wit' . nesa promptly replied that "it. looked . that way.' Slnoe.th reorganisation In 1901, the . company has Issued 9800,000 of new stock, all of -which, said the witness, . hss been paid for In cash,- dollar for dollar. - Judge McGinn' again came to the reaoue and asked if it was not the ' Tact that the more stock la Issued the ' heavier becomes the grind on the con sumer. Mr. pipnr again thought that It J'looked that way,!' ' - The ' crose-examlnfitlon waa devoted """ entirely tq,. Adding out why Mr ; Piper Uiouglrtr here-wafcwaer rinth preeen '. capitalisation of th gus company, when, '. ' by his own admission, every dollar of atock na bonds represented an actual - rnveatmene-ei-eneqnat amount of ' money.' The editor repeated hia former declare tlon that when the'present com pany bought out the eld company In 1892, paying a million in bonds and mill ton -i-alotk(the. stoclt waa-rail '.'water. ,'" , ; Very well,' said Mr. Wood; "but on the reorganisation of the company 1901 all but $50,000 of this atock waa BUILT IN - LOGGING AND HOISTING ENGINES J1ABINK AND ETEAMB. ELECTRIC ' HEAVY SAWMILL SPECIALTIES f: ' , V . . POWER TRANSMITTING MACHINERY " Guaranteed heavier, stronger and of better design than, sim " liar machinery built elsewhere. We believe what we say and stand behind it-J.'" -' :,V':?- .''-.' v' f i'. :"'l:JJ.?2L Villamette Iron arid Steel VorKs " PORTLAND, OREGON, U. S. A. I . . - c1fT I III- ' oanceled and absolutely wiped out,; waa u . not?" . ; - - - ., ; Tea". admltUd Plper '. a thl.! pnlnt Ih. Mil, dlssn. pea red r ' continued the attorney -Tea." I "Th,n rPf" "mnHhnMera -Blir.. rendered one half of their bonda which were a Hen on the proDer: stock in place of them, they really gave value-for the stock Pfper-thought that-the bondholders' money waa "loaf and It waa with aome dlf f lculty that Mr.AVood--flnaJly ootainea tne . aammsion . mat tne atook ' given 'to -the . bondholders In -lieu of their bonds was paid for by the surrendered bonda, " AaaOyslag the Testimony. Tou said that the $800.00. of stock which haa been ao.ld by. the company since 1901 waa issued by Ita 'mere flat,' and that the - more atock- la lasued the heavier the grind, will be on .the con sumers. If the stockholders" of this company, expend $300,000 . thla . summer the money goea Into extensions, lent it right-that the money ahould pay Inter est to the men who put It InT la any' one hurt thereby 7",. . -. .v.v-'r The wltneaa was obliged to acknowl edge that, bis former testimony on this nnint hail Hen mlHtjtken r r-' I don't thlnkJL-waS tlni explained. "It la perfectly clear thai aa a ' company grows - and Us business grows. It must tnvast greater sums In improvements. I think I would better correct my former. Although Harvey W: Bcott waa again present at the investigation, he was not called to the witness stand. - The ex amination of C F: Adama, the presi dent of the gaa company, developed some interesting facts. In testifying to tne customary allowance for depreciation In a s plant he said It ahould be figured at from "7 to 16 per cent of the' value of the plant, but that the 'Portland Gas company . had charged off; on an aver age,- leas than 1- per cent. i n toiai coat of gaa In Portland. the present timet including manufacture, distribution. administration, depreciation (figured at tVfc per cent),- ( per cent dividends on the-stock and Interest on bonds, would rate or aiviaenaa on .- wt f cent the coat-per thousand feet of gaa would be $V1T4$., At 10 per cent, the cost would oe i .!. Cost of labor Here Ze XlffW Comparisons with other cities are difficult, said Mr. Adama. becaui of the varlationa In price-of labor, price of materials, volume of output, num ber of consumers and other condition Three quarters, of the gas com pan lea work their men In 12-hour ahlfta, while the Portland company : works . three ahifta . of eight hours each. Increasing the cost of labor -about 60 per ' cent The daily output of gas In Portland Is about 1.000,000feet; In Ios Angeles about 6.000.000, and In Ban Franr.iafio front 8,000,000 to 11,000,900 feet. In New York the number of consume era la 'about 600 for each mile of main. In Portland the number la from 100 to 110 on the west side and from $0 to 6 on. the eaat.alde.- -; , .; Mr. Adama testified that the gas com pany' had never paid a cent for politi cal or legislative purposes, nor do the directors receive any compensation;-. In the laat five years the expenses for legal fees had not been over $300 or $400. As president of the comptny Mr. Adams drawa a aalary of . I860 a' 'month. A superintendent waa formerly' employed at $500 a month, "but buaineaa become ao poor we had to let him go and I took his Place," testified Mr. Adams. "What salary did "you draw' as super intendantr' asked Mr; Teal.. , , , "Nothing.", i - t . "And how long, did you draw that galaryrlarrsr-- -i ' - "Five yearaT1 anawered lb WHneM. . Mr. Adama atated that during the present year the company will spend at least $360,000 In extensions and Improve mentv The bulk of th extensions will be on the eaat aide. . ' . ;, - - - ew Witneases mespoad.'. ' Although aom T6 wltnesaes had been aubpoenaed- acarcely. .one - In ten - re sponded when their names were called. Of those who did testify several de clared that they bad nor cause com' plaint, and that the gaa waa satlsfso- OREGON HOISTS I I it' tW?-.? rrt f itssm k I r -1 f 1 1 wa;r ;.'-r- t - ' . lory.. .Why they. had beea-subpoenaed theydid -not" know.; r "." .There were others, however, who told a different, etory and complained that their . gas bills bad been extortionate. Perhaps the most striking testimony of this description waa' given by George H. Howell, a compositor In the employ of the .-Oregonlan. ' He produced his bills for the. months of October, No vember and December for -the - years 1903, 1904 and 1906. The total bills for the laat three months of 1903 were $18; for the like period-In 1904, $1 (.10; for the rorreeprmdlng tlmt In 1806,- $ 21.20.1 Mr.. Howell .admitted that he had changed his residence about a year ago, but insisted that there had been ho in crease In his consumption of gaa. -' "I found It cheaper to burn. -gas at $1.60 than when the price dropped to aald Howell. He testified that he" complained .to the company, but suc ceeded only once In getting a reduotion. V. J. Stelnmetx, a real estate dealer, had a big grievance ' against the gas company on"a.ccountr of overchargeaV but as he had failed to bring his gas bills with him the committee decided to hear him- at the next session, when his bills will be produced. . ; ; - r -' - "rrr " Xfanmdrymam Oomplaias. " Ia T. Ollllland, manager of the Union Laundry company, . testlfred that he did not get the servloe formerly given, aa there-Is not aa much heat In the gaa as there used to be. The laundry usee presaureburnersandlnJeota alrtnto the gas. - ,. . ...-.-n... "There - was. -oner ttmeraat-sTrmmer when we didn't have to put any air In." aald the wltnesa, and a laugh rah around the -room. . J. F. Olaxlk, a barber at 209H Third street, complained that his gaa bills had been too high.' The largest In crease for any single month was -from fl.86 In December, 190S, ttr-$5.16 In De cember,: 1805. He-admitted that he had never made any complaint td the gas company with a view to having, the bill reducedbutad!dlsoubJestB the Oregonlan. - J "' - JJ A. Benedict, superintendent of Zan Brothere' factory, produced bllla for a year past,- showing a large Increase In the amounts of hla payments to the gaa company.' Though "he had changed hla realdence during the year, he believed there had been no lncreaae In the amount of caa used. In November, 190 his bill waa I1.8S. .nd ihe same month a year Jtrt jwaf i4Ur-arp6ftx-U:waa only when cross-examined by Mr. Teal that the witness admtttted that the 'amounts of the targe bills of which he Was com plaining were the gross charge and that hla actual payments were materially less, aa be secured the usual discount In every esse.' In December,-105. hle grons bill. wa $ll.5, and in January of thla year the amount (gross) was S 1 l.SS. as compared with fl.ts a year previous. "I should say that Mr. Benedict had a large-alsed kick," aald Mr. rTeal, "but we would like to look the matter up." ays Odor of Oas la sttrona;. " R. 8. Farrell -complained both of the amount of his bills and of the odor of the gaa, which sometimes waa so bad aa to Interfere with, cooking. W. CPowera was aaked-what com plaint he had against the gas company. "Not -any."" ';" ".'''. ' ' "Is the gas satisfactory?" , "Perfectly, .with the exception of the fact thatthere la sometimes-alf in the pipes so as to Interfere with lighting the gas." There was no trouble from air In the pipes-except when-Hghtlng the gas. v-. -r-Rtbert Brady, a-plumber, bad no eom plaint to make. ' -. -rf Mayor Lane was called to the stand, but he, too, hsd no complaint and was dlsmlsed.- - J' . Bays Flpes Are Badly bald.' I J. Dame, a former employe of the gas oompany and the author of two let ters published In the Oregonlan. waa the laat witneaa called. He declared that the gas-company cared nothing as to the manner In which pipes -and fix tures are put In Inside of consumers' houses, and the leakage from careless work Is very heevy. To this leakage he attributed much Illness. The wit ness Indulged In much, criticism of the -present supeTtntendentof -thegmr com nanv. Dame admitted that he could II give eatlefattlew? by his own werU.-H although he insisiea wai no rweignea his Job voluntarily nd was not dis charged, tm crosa-exsmlnaUon by Mr. Teal. Dame said: . . - . "The only time the superintendent made a oomplalnt about my work was after I had said I waa going to quit. Then he told hie-that my laat Job-wae the bummeat Job everrurned out of the offlce.' ? , 1 , INNER; CIRCLE" EXPOSED (Continued from Page One.)' that Slmpkina will be captured Inside of three daye,es .detective are hot on his tralL H said, without a doubt that 'r' .; '' I ' '4 - i Richard" Ac ItcCurdy, lately preIdent f T the" Mutuai"Llfe,""hii Morris . townj ' New, Jersey, home, and his daughter, Mr. Louis A. Theband, Who Accomoanicr her husband and parenta to Paris., Slmpklns had a hand In. the assassina tion. . , The evidence against St. John J was not all that could be desired and It way hard to connect Steve Adams with, the crime,- although he "waa undoubt edly ImpIicated-iB- other Crimea. , Swain said he could show .through telegrams that Moyer, - Haywood and Pettlbone were In close ' touch - with Orchard and Slmpkina up- to- wUhlav--av few days of the murder, and ao faxaa he could corroborate Orchard's confes sion he had the histories In minute de tail of all the prisoners for alx years past '. - - Letters threatening violence and de struction ' are .being received by Gov ernor Ooodlng, Judge Smith, Prosecutor Hawley. and all - connected ' with the prosecution, signed "Knee bone," mailed from Colorado, Montana and Idaho. :,Kneebonr was shot to 'death, by 40 tnln- ers in tne nret -oeur a Aims rran di July 8, 18(4, and the,tame Is considered an omlnoua threat. , 'After telling this story-of ' his 21 murders Orchard .concluded with an ex pression of penitence and a determina tion to make what atonement he could. In a broken voice he aald that he hoped Ood would forgive him,, aa at last he realised the. monstrous -nature of hla cri mea and deserved all the punish-. ment that could be meted out- , TO PUMP PENDLETON " WATER BY ELECTRICITY (Speclil Dlipetrb to The JearasL) -' Pendleton, Or- March 8 By the terms of an agreement which has been entered into between the Pendleton" water com mission and the . Northwestern . Oas Electric company,"he city -pumping plant is henceforth to -be operated by electricity. The contract proposed Is for 10 years and for pumping the water the electrlo company will be paid $4,000 the first year and 11,100 annually for each succeeding year. Under the terms of the Agreement the oompany agrees-to Install a 78-horse-power motor and a pump which shall be able to pump 1.000 gallons-of water a minute. ThO earn shall be ready for use by June 1. 19047 When the plant Is installed and la - working In accord ance wfth the' contract the sum of $2,000 is to be paid the company, and at the end of the year the remaining $1,000 for the first year's work will be paid. Preferred Stock Censed O-eods. . - Allen- Ai-La wis' -Beat Brand. .. . . , . . ; :'1 Bake Union Support stead. . (Xpui DMelrlt - The Jeereal. - Baker City, Or., March I. In view of the attitude taken against John L. Rand of thla city by the labor unlona of' Port land, at a meeting -of the Baker City Trades s,nd-iiabor assembly resolutions were adopted condemning the attack on Rand, published in the Portland Labor Press, aa "slanderous and uncalled for and tending to mislead the people of thla district for tho-beiwflt-f political can didates In other parte of the atate." PI-TTKTM mm raswtMCE Conducted on safe lines that have stood theHest of time. .Profits of the business paid to policyholders at the end of each year. X. Samuel, Manager, Macleay Building, 2S3 Washington St, Portland, Qregon. " - - . - li r: - ' V-; 47 FIRS T S TREET ; ; :M':r ? nssxxixxiKZU An American Citizen Rounded Up brCowackyTVrriiersrN--- other trrftuMtas ESCAPED MONTHS LATER AT FIRST OPPORTUNITY Dropped Out of Line During Blind ing Snow Storm,. Bribed a Soldier and Swam a River to Freedom in : Austria. " " - -: -: ' . (Jeoraal Special Serrle.) New Torta, March S. imonf the S.T7S steerage paaaenaers on the Hamburg-American liner- Pennejrlvanla, ar rivlnc yesterdar. waa . Nathan 8plesel, an American cttlsen, who said that he had been Imnressed into the Russian army while on a visit to his mother last summer. He did not succeed In roaklnf his escape until December, when he Amnrwwt nnf nf line, made hla war back I to hla mother"! home and ot awas xrom nuHia oj onuini uiurer buu swlramlna a small river Int Austrian territory, " ' ' Bplesel decided" laat July that he would go back to his native town on the Russian frontier and endeavor , to persuade hla mother to eome to Amen ca with him. n''A troop of Cossacks swrrounded the houee and arrested me," said' Bplesel, "and took me prisoner. I was examined, measfifed and told I would make a food soldier. 1 served for months, not dar ing t Show my naturalisation papers for - fear they -would take them , from me. --''..'.' ' ' "It was not until December that I rot a. chance to escape. The retlment was on the march. to Voalauk and when night overtook us we were still march ing. , It was snowing, and I found It comparatlvely-jeasy-to drop out of the ranks."!:'.. .'' SLAIN BY -T0RNAD0 (Continued from Page One.) After the tornado had passed the un Injured turned out to aid In the work of , rescuing those caught In the' debris.: Temporary hospitals were Improvised. v and aa fast as taken out the Injured -were carried to them, while the dead were placed in pyacant bulldlngjutlilsed aa a morrue. Heroic efforts were made by me eltl- I sens In subduing the flames, but many were incinerated before tin fires-were under control. , Not much could be done In the darkness, but with dawn thou sands' of volunteers begun a systems tic search for the dead and Injured. Throughout the night guards petroled the area of debris and wreckage by the' light of camp fires. They were as sisted by cltlsens as well as the police and firemen. "A number of negroes caught looting were summarily pun ished. .. The path of the tornado extends from the Meridian Fertiliser company on the south to the Meridian cotton mills ih Georgetown, an eastern euburb. Many of 4he box ears standing on the tracks Of the Alabama at Pittsburg were over turned and many oAilldlnga not other wise hurt -were unroofed.. The vast piles of lumber In the Roebuck com pany'a yard were scattered over a large area.. ; '-Many Varrow Saoapea. .; Many narrow escapes are , reported; William Kthrldge, a young man,-waa carried 100 yards through the air and aet down on hie feet unhurt Twehty one men were caught In a restaurant and five of them killed. Mrs. R. Slngle- luii.-' lier daughter amT granaaaugnter were killed in theif Jiome by a falling roof. Five unknown pegroee-snd whltee were killed In the Georgetown cotton mills and six killed in the fertiliser factory. WT A-Garrett, night clerk at Camer on's restaurant, "was carried through the air a "couple" Ofhuhdred yards, .had -a leg broken 'and wss otherwise seriously Injured. F. C.Woodruff., bookkeeper of a ruined, business house.T was pinned by his leg. Wnlon w Druacu, unu-r un mrkiii for 12. hour. This morning h bodies of 18 ne- corww SB FORCED TO SERVE 111 CZAR'S ARfilY7 .jiiii iij ..' tza:ssaMKaUMsaxMMi:gKiiia3iTsiggiiiag: ..IVI.!.,..!...!.- II . .1.11. ............... - .-. - - - -The fpnd"lTrlTavr2wayi 77 tor us fbr Xsror &0 years,: . -and has AU Counterfeits, Imitations and f Jost-as-8rood are bat ;zpeiimeht& tkat trifle with and endanger the health of Influita and ChildrciiItiBr What is CASTOR I A ' Oaststia Is harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare goric, Drops and Soothing1 gyrops. It la Pleasant. It eon tains neither Opium, Morphine nor other NarcotlO ambstance. Its age Is its guarantee. It destroys. Worms and ' allays r FoVerlshncss. It , cures Diarrhoea and "Wlnd 7olio, - It reneves Teethlnjr Troubles, cures"Cdnstlpatlon ' said Flatulency. ; It assimilates the Food regulates the ".' Stomach and Bowels, Irin g healthy and natural sleep. The Children 3 Panacea The Moth4s.Fjrt.ea4l..,;i.:. Bears the The Kind You Have Always In Use Fbr Over 30 Years. l " -BATHAiwtrr- I A Perfasscd Lixnry I -bathaswixt-; i RICE POWDER I Fee dte SATH , I COMPLEXION SOAFJ J il Beet leilet eowd.rr An- J SeftesM Hard Water X2Z1 "iiJflk " slajsitixsiHir wm. 4 Mgar ncavy I -N- tMili wind .." awtter idea rf ,.en.mr laOwr. V.ry S 1 I I , N W AT m HQ, MyaCl, M Tf ST 8WI V j PORTLAND WIRE Phone Main 2000 : 263 groes, many of them partlaliycVemated, were taken out of the ruins of the tene ment district Many more are atlll buried in the debrta. Twelve unidenti fied 1 oodles were4'eoovered- from the ruins In the manufacturing suburbs. TAX COLLECTIONS IN " BENTON ARE EASY .ltSpMlLDUplch. la The fosroal.) . . Coevallla, Or., March I. Tax collect ing la on In full force at the Benton eounty sheriffs office, 400 seople hav ing already paid In their amounts. The time for getting a rebate expires on March It. and about 1.400 peotrfe- usual ly take advantage, of ..the . period and save-that-much on their takes, Every mall brings in lettera and money jio Sheriff Burnett, and the amount Of money paid in' over his counter so far this - ear -la Jl 4.3 44A1 ThU-lsboul as- much as- had been paid at the same timftJtajijreaL..i)iU1a tnar thn ta roll was not turned over until February IS, while last year It was In the handa of tha sheriff January IS. '. MRS, MARY MOORE IS ' -ARRESTED At C0RYALLIS ' ' (SlwHal IMipatrb te The JrvL) Corvallla. Or., March. . Whan the Corvallta Eastern train arrived yea. terday from Yayulna, Mrs. Mary Moore, who boarded It at RummlU was met here by Deputy Sheriff Wells snd taken Into custody on the order of the eherlff of Linn county, where she Is wanted on a statutory charge. She was taken on the noon train to Albany ft Peputy WeHa- :. ' i i ... i I v;'"'' i n baa borne the signature of been made muter tits t- - Ij- aonal soperrlaion since ltfaiftar.!-r-r s Allow no one to deceive you In this. v. Signature of ' ' " " Bow BANK AND OFFICE RAILING r WIRE AND ICON FENCING . - Barbed Wire, Wire and Lawn Fencing, Poultry Netting, Etc. . , & IRON WORKS FLANDERS ST., Near Third MILWAUKEE IS AFTER ; HOQUIAM TIDE LANDS gpelal Dhpetch.ee The Joemal.) -Aberdeen. - Wash., March I. Reports - from Hoqulam are to tha effect that the Chicago. Milwaukee at St Paul Rail-, road oompany, through Its representa tives. Is getting hold of ttdelande from tha state on the harbor. ' According to the law,, these ttdelanda are Sold by the ' katate at an appraised value, but owners of lands which border on the same have , the first right to buy them within a ' '.' certain time. .-.'' - r ' - There-Is no evidence of such activity -here as Is said to be prevailing at Ho-::. qulam, but there is a rumor that the . . rtorthenrPactflo RaHway- eom pany bee been quietly securing additional land. ' with the Intention. It Is thought,. f , being-ready- tor-aay-emergswey WAYWAR&iTOUTtfSENT TO REFORM SCHOOL (SpeeUI Din'k e The iearaalj Eugene. Or., 1 March I Floyd Fryer aged II years, was taken to tha reform school from here .today. ' He Is tha soa of J. JP. Frye ef Springfield, who says It Is Impossible to manage the bojr. Floyd. wh two othe hr. ran awe r from home the first of this w-rk. hut wss caught south of Kosohurg ant brought back. The boye bmke Into a car on a southbound throng friht train. They broke opn soveral raie of canned fruit and ealnion. whlnh eii plled them with food for lr and a bait.