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i '. . - j J ; t-- - f - - r ..... - r v-x;1 II . i v I ; , ' " " " .'. .-' f ; ' ' : - f K . A.- . : i ' , r ' U i ii' i. m i 1 1 ii ii i'"" Yi ' ' iff : i 1 1 T i ii ft' i n i if 1 1 rf Italian Gtrdptjer'i Mffket iildinf TO DEVELOP RICH COAL FIELDS tocal Capital Acquires Control of ficola Valley Reds apd -N ' Will Mine Them. ' - TfM MILMPN DOI.LABS BACK OF CORPORATION ''.'; 1 '' ' " ' i: Qil, Irpn and Copper "Also Abound In District nnd Clarlj xpecta to Build the Biggest Smelter in the : : 'World There.. . .-...;- : .. ...... Portland cplt to -develop oiwDf the larg-st anij what U bald to be "one . ot'tha rlceit to&I dltr(ctn of ' 6rltlh Colnmbta. A company with . fcapltal toclt of $10,000,000 ha Seen organised - for the purpose of developing- the prop " erty, and la CohipMKdoT several of the most prominent business and profcs- atonal tneri of Oregon.' ' f " The British Columbia Amalgamated Coal company Is the nam of th com- - jaiiy reopntljr. erganlaed In this pit, which lias arqulred control of'l7,00(f acres of coaf land In tne famous Cold water basin. In tha'NIoola valley, Brlt- , ,lsh Columbia, about 160 miles northeast Of the city of Vancouver, and approx imately 100 miles ' north' of the boun dary line. . . . .. ... ,j . Offlcnrs of the eompany are R. I Uurham. lica-prealdent "of the 'Mer chants: National bank of h!a city, prea . Ident; Dr. II. I. Keeney, vlce-prestdont; A. B. t.'roasman, ex-postmaster of the Portland postomre, secretary and treas ofer. These with yf.- It Hurlburt. pfeldent of thfl Oresoa Water Power Railway company, Andrew Hartman. J9hn tmont, J. M- '-ook and Alfred A. Aya comprlsf the directorate Mr. A a - will also serve as general cpunaol of the company. .' 1 . J-;' ' It s the purpose of the 'company to " develop on a large scale the rich coal fields of Nicola -valley, . which' ara fa mous for the' quality of bituminous coal found there. It baa been pro nounced by soma of the foremost geo logists and coal' experts to be of the highest Wty. -1 v " The promoters of the company be . lleve that. the almost limitless supply Of cjal In tha Nicola valley will be an Im portant factor" In the many Tiewtndus trlal and commercial enterprises Vfetcb are springing up In the northwest. 1 "Two of our great 'transcontinental - railroads the Canadian Pacific and th Great Northern are now building their lines Into tbe Nicola coal fields." said on of tha directors yesterday. "It is ' Will be Jn operation there next fall. ' "Recent developments v In the Nicola coal flelda have demonstrated that high class ' petroleum 1n - quantity ' exists ' there. Coal oil Is' ooslng "up from . springs in several places Jn tha valley, ' but not until last January was the -flow it oil discovered. " - 1 ' - ' "The Nicola district is exceedingly rich In many other natural resources pealdes coal.- There are to be found nounjalns of high-grade bemltlt Iron and also great deposits of high-grade Copper ore.1 7 Senator W. A." Clara of Montana Is largely interested in that . . country and a short-time -ago it 'Was : announced that he intended to build there the largest smelter In the world. It Is said he -will begin th erection' of th smelter ss soon as railroad facul ties are completed." '' . , No humananlmal la as ' faithful and devoted to" others of his kind as aotns specimens of fhe "lower creatures" are tq their human masters and mistresses! ji'-ayi wwm-: .vm.i!fjpfwi& m m-ssiin- vm'niweiij iw-jsiirsj ssj v m m esiiv' y Wiwr.'.w.ntr 11 V J: ' ''' ,'' ' '. '';'', : ' y: ' ... ; ' v':. - . '"''' f '"" -:.'.- - -''.;v'" V"v': -. . .?:'' . y ; 'i -----v y-h vs'T'. : 1 - V , : r , li-- J I t 1 L ': I'-f A '.;.. V.,'i..- f.JWi. Outlet of Dredge Pipe Pumping River earfn pomplio t Unloq Aynu .-' YOUTH OF 26 -IS TO BRIDE OF 85 Crporn Prpntees to Be a Model puuanu iw oeunuuoii viu ; ' Lady nd pets ipr Cflh.1:'-' (Bptetal DUpatck by Uasad Wire te Tb Idorul) 1 San Francisco, ApTU 7. "By this Is meant that the said party ' or th sec ond part shall be In reality that which rartslv exists a 'model' husband.'"" ith these word One of tb. Strang eat marrlag contracts ver drawn up jn California tjraa 'Brought; to Cose yesterday, wnen wrs. eponi, ageo o, a native of Franc, and Joseph Dufour, aged it, wer Joined in wedlock? at th homo of the bride on tb southeast cor ner of Blanatng avnu and Oak street, Alameda.-' i " A ' peculiar combination of circuro stahpes ana Infirmities ' brought about th wedding. The bride la a rheumatic eiinole 'and' bedridden, -whlle per youth ful' husband, paralyslsed 1n 'his right arm, is unable to do any physical laoor. The newly married couple first became acquainted when th youthful groom used ' t cell at tb bom of the egd woman to solicit orders for tea and coffee.' i They sympathised with each other ln'thelr afflictions and the woman. who had long ago passed the tbre acor and ten limit, took a fancy to her young caller, lis ran errands ror ner ana in every way tried 1 to "' her - le uauyior. . . - . In -order to insure this treatment for th balance of her days, and being with out kin, shs proposed that Puf our' be come ber "husband and In "consideration of that arrangemept eh would give him 1.500 cash, which eh bad in the bank, besides her valuable realty holdings wher sh resides. Th groom accepted her proposition, with th result that the unique -nupiiais iwk piace u oca1 side of the crippled woman "this after noon.-1' "" - ' "J- ''-;-""--'- r- -LYNCHERS F01(.EQ (Continued from Pag pn.) ; automatic revolver and fired four times. jTh first twb shots'blt pogan in the shoulder th thlrdJor way part of bis chin and tha fourth lodged, in bis anaomen ana ck-jbu ii ib - Logan. .. although fatally1 wounded, aDrang on bis assailant like a tiger and tearlne-' th Vevolver from ' his - hand. struck him over the bead with it For ten minutes ths t wo. men struggled 'up and down tb ftreet.,! lgan. growing weaker very moment. - retained Ws grasp on the weapon and Anally suc ceeded In beating Barlea into tnseristblr Ity. 'H was 'found dead beside fh unconscious form of th man who ao killed htm: - ' "' ' H V . ' ' Latin leavea a widow and eight chil dren, three of whom r at school in Oakland. H was 1 extremely popular. I When th news of als -death became current in Manhattan, th town - grew mad with rage. A lynching party was Immediately organised, nd for a tme a pitched batu between" tne laws oin cers snd the men who would avenge h death of th sheriff seemed imminent. Befor any actual fighting 'occurred, however, an automobile was secured, snd Barleu, heavily manacled, was bur- - It was th original Intention of th authorities to-bring -him to-Tonopah and lodge him In th City Jail. But It was learned that he would surely be lyncheij st Tonopah arid .' the deputy sheriff decided to carry the gambler to Mlna by automobile, and from ther to Carson City, to the state prison. Scarce ly had th motor ca left town when it waa . learned by th would-be lyncher that their prey had escaped. Leaping on horses they started a vain pursuit across the desert,' and when that proved bootless,' f hey notified friends ln Mlna to await, jd coming of arjeu wun shotguns. ' 1 '.' tS' " r ' 0 II - I) .SuH-in Qravel to East Side Lowlands. r 1 Li'. o4 Et Madlaoo Street. 0PERS TELLS LABOR TO IJAKE OSE OF BAllOT Kforl(ingnien . Mu$t fleet Men From Their Own Ranks to Crekte Law's for Them. .1 (Special Dispatch by Leawd Wire to Th J0on.1l) N?w York, April 7. President Samuel Compere 'of the American Federation of Tjtbor today Issued' n Of Qclal statement predicting ' Independent political action on tbe part of 'organized 'labor in the United . States.' 4monf other ,hlngs he declares; . ", '. ' ... . . ' '. . L . "That th American Federation Of Labor . most firmly and vnelulvocally favor th Independent us of th ballot by th trade unionists and worklngmen, united regardless of party, that we may elect men- from our own ranks to make new laws and administer them along tha lines laid down In tb legislative demands of the American Federation Of Labor, and at th same time an "impartial ju diciary that" will not 'govern' us by arbitrary' injunction of the courts,' nor act as the pliant tools of ' Corporate wealth.-''" '- a ; -. "'''-: "We must also direct our utmost en ergies to remove air forms of political servltud and party slavery, to ths end that the' working people may act a a unit at th polls at every electlon.'f " ' fie 'encourage the election of laboring men 'o congress and' says: -', i "ThS' federation has declared for th municipal ownership of gas,, water and telegraphs ' and telephones. ' ' r ""Our trades "unions'' rely more upon their ' organization to protect ' ahd ad vance their fnteresta than they do 'upon ahy lscaf policy of government.".'4 ' ' 1 ' " DOVVIE WEDDED ' Continued Froip Page, One.) meetlnr of all the faithful" Sunda. when,' ft 1; said, be will hurl th bomb sneii ma; wiu qeiea uowit at in very eglnplng of 'the battle. ' ' '' ; - '' , 4' SootoU aBrrlag-e. . ' Th bigamous marrlag Is said to hav taken phtce In th late summer xt MM. when' Miss Hofer flrst became known Ih connection with Dowlelsm." Th crs mony. It is said, was performed In Pol lock Fields, a suburb of Glasgow Scot land, In th presence of two witnesses, a man and a woman; whose names are kept secret tit. was not 'an orncial" nuptial ceremony performed by a church official, or a civil magistrate; but aa 'espousal under ths common 'law, it la charged. 1 Dowle "took Ruth Hofer by th band snd. said solemnlyccordlng"' to - th (hargesr 1 ""' "I take unto myself Ruth Hofer as my true and lawful wife." - ' " 1 ' 17 ' Under th' Scotch law and th com mon law Id th United States this con stitutes a marrlag which may not be broken Java by legal decree. Iv4 XlgbbaJla. The Story of bow Dowfe. who loved to proclaim tobacco and alcoholto drinks to be inventions of tb devfl. and to be "fit only for awine and vermin," learned to drink Scotch highballs, is on of jthe stories illustrating th influence me noier woman naa over tne aged 'prophet " Her brother, th win mer chant, shipped her a cas of win occa sionally and ah drank It, taking care to say, gowirtr,- no in -win was UD fermented. - . ' - Dowle waa fond of Joining her In her room,' end he, too, learned to drink tha wine, th' bnest Cljlantl, as th empty bottles afterward showed. After - tb Horer girl 'eft Zlon. driven out by th wrath or Mrs. .powi. th prophet's Source of spirituous - refreshment was cut off and he laid in a supply. Ths story -of its discovery was told by a student in zion university, who was working his way through by doing odd job at ghlloh house, powie's 1190,000 mansion. , ' ; ,t, . FATAL" ACCIDENT AT mmm munching (Special Dispatch te Tb Journal Aberdeen, Want., April T. Probsbly a fatal accident occurred shortly before to cour 01 - tauncning th steam schooner Qulnlault at Llndstrom's ship yard this morning, when Henry Johnson, sged years.-whtle Playing on th rail of the boat, slipped,' falling to , th ground. IS feet. -When a doctor arrived n xouna tnat to cnua was internally Injured and its skull ' fractured.' An operation was performed this afternoon. The boy has not recovered consciousness sine th accident. He la th son of cnariee jonnson, employed at th ship- yaro. - ARMY LIEUTENANT IS SENTENCED JO pFjlSON (Special Dlapatch br Leased Wire to The Journal) - Sn Francisco, April 7. Sidney Bur- bank, lieutenant United States army, was today sentenced to If Months' im prisonment at Fort Leavenworth, Kan sas, for conduct unbecoming an officer and for embesslement of army funds. He will te brought over from Alcstras Island this afternoon and this evening Will be started on his Journey to prison. . 1 ..I 'Vrarahlps tot tom Angeles. . (Bpxlal IMnpafrS by Leaaed Wire te Tbe Journal) . Waahlngton. April 7.-Th navy-department ha arranged to place a war ship at Las 'Angeles during tb SUrln.. rs encampment tbr. - - - Photographs of the first seven prize winners in the great publicity word contest conducted by Eilcrs Piano House. Over $25,000 was distributed among prize winners in Oregon, Washington and Idaho. AH Credit Certificates possess genuine value.' ' Remember there will bg frjojiiinjrice5 oianyJi)! outanstnunentvtolake care of any prize certificates that have "Been' issued. Bring in'your pedit certificate during the mammoth demonstration sae pf pianos,' pianola pUnos,' orcbestreUejb etc., now going on. ' . ' " ' 1 .. ' " '--'.-. . .. EILERS PIANO HOUSE SSI WASHINGTON STREET.' Largest and Most Reliable, Dealers STORES IN ALL LARGE CITIES. BOOT PREPARES SHAKEUP FOR CONSULAR SERVICE (Special Dlapatch by teased Wire to Tb Journal) Waahlngton, April 7. Officials of th stat 'department are discussing today an expected new shakeup In the consular aervlce. The matter did not materiallM until after the passage of th bill re latlng to tb diplomatic and consular service. ' .' i- Secretary Root is said to be about to order such a number of changes as will amount to" a' practically new serv ice. Jn a number of cases, however, tb Greatest ' We have concluded to close out our entire line of PENINSULAR HOUSE and FLOOR PAINTS. Buy while the assortment is complete. While if lasts W.e are, selling the HOUSE PAINT at ? J. 2 3 per gallon and the FLOOR PAINT at f 1.15 per gallon. It will pay , yuu iu uuv iiww. REMEMBER These are thoroughly first class goods, as good as any in the market and v far superior to the most of them. ' All jo the latest shades.' Come early so you will not ' ' have to stand -.in line. ; .: ' - ; -;. ' : ' ' - " - . "' NEW -ERA PAINT & YARNISII CO. ..".-. . -.-208 FRONT STREET. BETWEEN TAYLOR VlilRSrS .' 10 :.utS;; liKi y deal is to consist of new ways of do ing the" consular business. ' - ' ' " Recently there wa given-to th pub lic 1 a report ' which Effected consuls general 'and some of th wot Impor tant officials- of -th consular service Th forthcoming; new deal Is Bald to affect th lower class, such as consuls proper snd ' 'their vice-consuls or deputies. In several Instances consulates hav been raised in financial valu and this, 'perhaps. ' may account - for th proposition that new men should have th plaoes. ' - A . - 'Crushed la Xog Jam. ' Vancouver:; C. April -T. WUHam Campbell, a' resident of '-Port 1 Moody. Paint Sale Ever Greatest Opportunity Ever Consumer to Buy at Real near her, was killed this morning. He W st work on a jogging akld. when h was caught In a Jam and crushed to death. " . -. - - -. - -- WAR DEPARTMENT ADOPTS FINGER PRINT SYSTEM (Special Dispatch by Leased Wire te Tb Journal) ' Washington, -April 7. Th war de partment will adopt th finger-print System' of Identification in ' all posts, hospitals and ' receiving ' stations. Offi cers as wel sS enlisted men will hav tneir ringer maras preserved ror ruturt Offered the Cut figures AND SALMON. . ' speccal SPECIAL . . . 1 i " r 1 n To Assure) Prompt and . Careful Attention CALL :,' , Fulton Wcc3 Company JONES' MILL , Phone Pacific 891 Prices for the Next ' 30 Days " ' . -..-''' pelivered in South PortlanJ ' Only Per Lo. Green Slab Wood.. .l.n Dry Slab XVood. . ; . r Inriis ::b V V--.