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- i- POTLATCII HEIVEST IDAHO TOWN Iv 1 r i t t J. Population Expected to Double '7i fa Next Two Months by Rea-J 'f I on of industries,' . .7 ft M This is the best bed value , ever offered inr Portland, n S A full brass bed for price ;itwould be worth if it W u were all .iron.-' The brass used ii Its construction is i A CITY OF MAN0rACTURE3 AND COMFORTABLE HOMES j4 first dualitv. and is orotected bv heavv French ii M Lacquer. We have 23 of these beds recentiy boughtv o IN at a'great-tiarga Hu( 'Sawmllli Will Employ Jiun.. . dreds of Men, Those Hvin run Headquarters .for New RaQroad. THE OREOOW SUNDAY jOURNAL'rORTL AM), .SUNDAY- MORNING. MAY tt,ltZS.- Tivv .-.n. n . . . o n n t 11 tii.hilHV r Hi' Jwirusl.t ' r Potlatch. Ida Ma-J.J'robNyTiCr'- Tnpst relnarkable town.in many respects 'inUhe state. of , Idaho ,lo Potlatch. , the ' '" vounrei a. tx.MilaUuu of more than "; which ; 'Is expected to doublok.lfc.the nest two months. . ' ' , - - potJatch la headquarters of the Pot "... latch Lumbar company. branch of . the Weyerhaeuser syndicate, and 'la str(ct 1y a "company'? town. . Not only la the townelou end everything located fhere-'-' on owned by the Potlatch Lumber com- patty, but the -land surrounding the town la owned by the aame firm" and -J.- mm tut the company ts permitted' to 40 business- here. .,..-.-.-. All main buildings atand on eonerete r foundations.' which, rn turn,- Test upon bedrock "underlying..; Solid maaonrjJa " tised In many instances and tho-number " f lanre brtcK buildings gives evidence that Mia town ta hera to .stay- ....... There ara id acroi in the bit lumbar yard and It will be traversed by SO mtlea - ,r track over which the pushcaraof the v , sawmill .will be run In piling lumber to dry, - da the mldat.of thla area stand .1 the neat largest aawmtll In tha north-r- wast, jwlth-a daily-capacity of 7PO,00 Tet of lumber- ......,...- r. All - the brkk. used . la. const ruction V has . beea jnale.OArbe groun9w-.Ije, T awmlll-le-tn-onry- building of .wooj. , i nth.r. hnli.g hrlrk or atari. The ,..x,tww nuts litem Tiih - i. trlclty furnished by tha company's own -"ylaiit, whlnh A locatf A fa a brick build- ian near ths mllL . ''' - i. , Potlatch la to be made, the home of the Washington. Idaho - Montana ' " " Railroad eomfany's officers and head "juaxters'for railroad worltZTThe finest .- y .' depot 1n--ther Inland empire, outside of - ffookana has . been built here. A fine brick ''roundhouao with" stalls for" six enjtlnes has beeiv bullCiL . . Near the roundhouse stands a huge brick "bulrdingtobe- need -as--railroad shops (for' the repairing end building ' tnT cars. -j. The Washington; Tdaho ' 'A ' Montana railroad Is built, owned and wixeafil t'lia Palath fcumhsa snm pany. wlUlam Deary, general manager f ' the latter company. Is also general manager of 'the railroad. - A. W. Laird Is Mr. Deary's aaalatanU. At present the headquarters of the company are at Palouee. but they will im-moref o JPotlatch early In June, when the new depot .-will be completed. - . ' , Potlatch is to become, a city of homes. More tha a 100-.dwellings have been ' completed and about SO are in couree of construction. ' Th numoer Is to, be ; Increased to 200. . These residences, ss Twell as 0verythlnglirth.e"towic are owned by-4h aonnpany. Not single -lot will be sold. The - dwellings-have 'three, four rnd elx rooms. Thay rent , for $. SS and S10 per month. They ara laid out In regular atreeta, and no two houeea In the eame Immediate ;Tlclnity are exactly alike They atand , cloae together and at present mere are no' fencea between them. About (0 car - pant era are employed regularly ta build-" - -4ng : homealorthe company g emplorea Jo addition to the dweiunga, . the oom ' pany is building a IS-room boarding- . tiouse end Intends to build three others,. H win msu aiet't g'laue Uiicn iiuiei. In the north part of the town will b . built the homes -of t be officers and higher salaried employee of' the com pany. These will be better homes and will be plaattred end well arranged. The alte selected Is a fine one, with es : . ' eellent drainage and overlooks the mill, . Taatory and yards of-the eompanyr-A I large brick store building. .112. by 121 feet, two stories high. Is to be built' lust iwesjfjhtdepot-jrhecompany . hsst r im vmy pwr in vuwu uu earriea m i a. cosnplete stock of everything. Ite new store- will be equal to the department . j . stores of mtnyjif the larger cltleaIt rHI eontaln a meat market. grocery. dfoodsjothingvnnioerliteerbon. carpet, furniture, - hardware tnd : other ''reirtmehls. r V - There will be no ealoons in Potlatch. f or lhat 1 ona-lnduatry AhaX la lositlua. ir prompneq-by-tne company.' -whlcrl . :"wrril not aeU a lor nor rent a building . i. .; , for a saloon. Everything necessary to ' the welfare and comfort of Inhabitants ',, will be provided, butj saloon Is not deemed a necessity.' There will beV ' 7 halla for amusement and a library for the ust of ths employes of the cora- .. .s " ,. pany. , - :, Modern machinery is used throughout ' 1 the mill, where SS.000 feet of lumber " i will "be turned out every hour and car- j. rled by machinery to the yards or to . ' ears on which it will be shipped to ths t markets of the world. The mill -Is ex pected to use 150,000,000 feet of logs ;; annually and when running at full ca paclty will employ from S00 to 1,000 men... It is the intention of the com ',, , pany to employ as many married mmn . aa possible, and to have the families of j," these make their homes in Potlatch. ' f In addition to the sawmill at Potlatch ' the company has a large mill with a - capacity of 100,000 feet of lumber dally, . . ; at Palouse, and another, with a daily , .f capacity of t0.000.feet at Colfax.-These mills are-raimfng. the Palouse mill hav . .. . wig f.0,000.000 feet of logs In its pond . . and the Colfax mill having 1,500,000 v feet. The Palouse mill and factory em s plora J59 men, and the Colfax mill about 40. - The Potlatoh mill will begin operations about July 16. .fin Formerly proprietor Cham ber of I Commerce Paths, wishes ta announce that his NEW BATHS are ready for business . 266 Alder St Bet. 3d and 4th." Pacific 23 ' 0 , Eawmin at CREFFIELD SAYS, -VDOil'T WORRY" Widow of Holy Roller Claims She -- - Has Message From Dead ' --f Fanatic Leader-i- WHY ESTHER MITCHE Prank Hurt , Misitag and FelaHres . Have No Tiding! of Hia Where aboutfOne3irciU6"weri?e:clatea Strange .Faith" IsBqund to Grow. (Speelal fHspateb-U The JoanaU) , ' rorvallls. ' Or.-, My-- "I -have-received .a -message, from Joshua telling me to worry-no mora about that poor olt earthly body of his," Is what- Mrs. gaad BUrt'CrefrieM wiltes In Oui"allls relatlvoa from Seattle. . r She is the widow of the late holy roller leader, for the" murder of whOmTJeoiEe-MlluH" ell is now awaiting trial In Seattle. Mre. Bert Starr of Portland, who de sertedhee famtry-Hw Join Creffleld. tor whom she claimed to have a 'spiritual love," Is still In this city. Asked by a' friend what she intended to do she replied. "I am going to do. whatever God wants m to do.,t--r -- r other memberai-of lhe,Jfalth here eay little or nothing of their belief to rela tives or companions, although one lady stated: L "There haa never. been a relig ion tike It, but it Is bound to carry, the world." - - One familiar with the holy roller movement from Ite beginning In this city to the present time said today: :.:::7nv SHatefg Aetiosv- - "To ona who knows all the hlatory, h. tr.thr Mitchell going on tne wltneea stand agalnat her brother. George. Is not so strange aa at first appears. Kstner was iaaen iron, m TiulyrolIir croid - loni IWfure tilings had gone to extremes, ana was piacea in the Boys' and Girla' Home In Portland. She escaped from the home and re turned to Corvallis, but was again Uken away and finally taken east, where shs remained until after Creffield wae sent to the penitentiary. " It wae after het departure that Creffield "carried on his L villainous schemes, and she therefore may not have been harmed py mm aa she "tiitf.i i, .. - , . .. ."" , , , VMany times Creffield remarked that he roust ste ' Esther . Mitchell, but ho never did from ,the time she was Uken et nUl he want to Waldpor t rccr n t- ly. T:verl"then he war onrr at he-camp rdlng Junction or Eugene for Seattle." Thle information throwe a clearer 4lrKt on -K a, and sbowa why father Mltrhell'ls eolrmiy eonvim-e-a tnat Creffield did no harm to his disciples. ITaak Hurt Kissing. Mrs. Frank Hurt and child are atlll hrrt, awaiting news -from- Frank Hurt at Seattle to join him. It le stated by relatlvea that Prank Hurt has, not been heard of for two weeks. - ' Will H. Morris of Seattle, who is George Mitchell's attorney, arrived yes-terrtsy-noonv presumably-tnraearch "of evidence, .and to gather all possible dsta that might be used for defense of bis client. . , . , - , ' BRIBERY INVESTIGATION AGAINST STANDARD e-1 TJMirnit" ftpertat aervlee.t ' Cleveland. May 21. W. E. McEwan, formerly a .Lake Shore railroad em ploye, -before - the Intestate commerce commission today said that road gave the Standard Oil company better rates than were given to Others. He, declared that. Lake Shore employes receive pay from the Standard Several newspaper editors were called In an attempt to ahow that newspapers were bribed to support the Standard. S. B. F.llle. an Illinois dealer, testi fied that drivers of other companlaa were bribed by the Standard to secure reports of oil sold by them. CONDON VOTES BONDS'""" 1 FOR CITY WATER SUPPLY "' (Special THseatra to The JeamaLr - Condon, Or., May 2. Yesterday this city voted on the proposition1 to bond the .city for $17,000 jfor a system to pipe' water from Hay creek, four And one half miles from Condon. Only two opposing votee were cast. The eyatam will assure ample water to aupply a town of 10,060 people. BANK PRESIDENT IN -JAIL FOR EMBEZZLEMENT i -J: - - t (Jeeraai seeelel flervlee.) , Knsley, Ala., May 46. Gordon Du- bnse, president of the First National bark, .was . srrested , on a charge, of embesxllng H,000 of the ""bank's funds. He was snt to Jail under 110,009 bond to await trial. ,. ' . ',' . : . ' , ' Potlatch Lumber Company, Which WIH GREATER PACIFIC Portland and Spokane Join In 4 Effort to. Promote Common Interests of Section. aXTQimrmifR-CEMENTED Oregon McnCordiaIly.Jlcceve!iJn ' City by the Falls and Entertained r.TRoyally Eacorfion ""to ' 'jCoeur d'Alene Over Electric Ltne.-f (SkUI Dispatch ts The Journal.) -pokane.- Waalw .Mar t. The UU tors representing the Portland chamber of commerce arrived here thla morning at 10:06 o'clock. Through unavoidable delay In Isavlas the Chasnbae at Com merce rooms, the Spokane committee did not" meet them upon arrival of the train? but within a few minutes, the re ception committee met the visitors and took the whole party- in seven carriages totheflotel Spokane, whare they-were assigned rooms and rested until noort. . A general reception and luncheon was given In the silver grill at noon, open to all members of the chamber of com merce and the., publicity -committee. President - F. K. Goodall of the 8po kane chamber of commerce mad an ad dress" welcoming ihejrisKOre. HeBald In part: - . "Portland only a few years ago waa everything. . Spokane la now-beginning to take care of her own eectlon of the country: The time haa now come when Jhe two cities should lock arme and work together for the greater Paelfle northwest." -t ; Theodore B.- WllcoxrpresUenr of the Portland - Flouring Mills company re- rw : "We have come here to meet your people and see something that la arising spirit of progress. "A new spirit of "Do or die has been generated.- We have come here further to cement the, cordial . relatione that have been created and we hope that we may grow together and make the north west a united and progressive territory of 141.000 square miles. - The day is not distant when Spokane will be the east ern terminus of ths whole section." Tom Richardson, manager of the Portland Commercial oluh, was tha .ririt speaker. He said: . - , "Hers In the northwest there remains the only, spot - on earth better .than ganlse. . work and push the country; iej xne people mow wnai is nere. Afleifunch The"vIsItors "werstaTien over the city Jn u ee ven . automobiles. They were entertained' and invited to fllnnerat Darenporrs thtr wentng To morrow the entire party will be taken te Coeur d'Alene, ' over ' the electric line. , WIND TQ MILES AN HOUR AT i NORTH HEAD. STATION Assistant Keeper at Desdemona Lighthouse, Caught in Squall, Rescued by Lifesavers. . 1aplarDlspstrtrT"-T!i-Jeiirnt.) K Astoria. Or.. May !. -The gale which prevailed at the mouth of the Columbia last evening continued during the night and the wind attained a velocity of .70 miles an houtj'at North Head. ; Today heavy squalls are numerous on the lower, harbor, but this evening sees an abatement. " So far no damage or lone of life haa been reported, although many small boats ware oapalsed.. . ....... Acting Assistant Keeper Olaen of the Desdemona lighthouse, while attempting to go to the lighthouse last evening waa caught in the squall and compelled to drop anchor. He waa rescued by the To(nXAa'ami"irrevrng-cTew:- The' bsrometer last evening reached the lowest point in months. Tha local instrument registered, 2:16.t while.-the one at North Head dropped to I9:0t. The glass this; eveninr" Indicates favorable weather. The stesmer Asuncion was the only vessel arriving thla afternoon. . She experienced, some difficulty lnrosslhg owing to the roughness of the ber. TEN YEARS ON THIRD - -j TplAL FOR VICTOR, NORTH 1SmwUI Dlapates te Tke Joeraal.) , Butte, May It. Victor jNorth, an ex police officer, was sentenced today to 10 years In ths penitentiary for killing Mat Dikson, whose throat he silt with a pdrket knife during a drunken argument over the question of taking a drink. This wss North's third trial. The pen alty adjudged Is the maximum for man JDRT UtST v slaughter la this state. ,, EmplorJiMnf Men. READY 'FOR TRIALS a .... m t a . af Al UALUWtLL Both .Sides Prepared to Open teunenberg Murder Case 1 1 Jn Canyon County.:. v DEFENSElVILtTMOVE" j- Parj&tjong ln Courthouse to Be Re- " moved to Make Room for Hearing :of What I Predicted Will Be the "Most Sensational Caae Ever Tried. , (Special DUpateh te The IsaraaL) - - Boise, Ida., May J2. Attorney s for the prosecution and defense in tha 8tsu nenberg murder trials, which are set for next Tuesday at CaldwelU anrfounce 4s,SVTl5'teWfM4eJ(g45r"'e,efgJsHa casa.aa soon aa the court convenes. Tha defense wlfl move for change of i, alleging that such bias and prsr 1 Judlce exist In the minds of tha people of Canyon county that it will be impos sible-to secure a fair and Impartial trjal. . ; Supporting the motion, over 100 affl davlta have been procured by agents of the federation. i v -- w , To resist this, application tha prosecu tion haa secured a still larger number of ..counter affidavits Staling Jihatjio such prejudice exists. Y . Should the motion be denied the eases' will not be set for trial before June 11. Judge Smith having announced that the docket will first be cleared of all minor cases, which will occupy .at leaat two weeks, : . ' All partitions are to be taken from the second floor of the courthouse in order to make one large room to accom modate the large number expected to be- present, : : 1 . Attorneys for the prosecution esti mate that each case can be tried in three weeks, while the defense dsslarsa- It "wlIL take months to hear ths evi dence. At leaat a week or 10 days will, be devoted to cross-examination of De tective McParland when he goes on the witness stand, and aa much mora time will be required when Orchard : and Adams give their evidence. ' The defendants -will-haa "two sten ographers and a corps of typewriters to take : the - testimony, -which- will be written up as fast as given. the most sensational ever tried by an American court. LOGGER'S BODY- F0UN D FLOATING IN RIVER (SsecUl Dlspstck to Tea JooraaLl: Boise: lda.May ?. Workmen the government dam across the Boise river, eight miles above this city, dis covered the body of Nets Bradley float ing down stream thla afternoon. Brad ley was 4 logger for the Barber Lum ber company. He fell Into the river at the mouth of Grimes creek, to. miles up stream, two weeks ago. ' The river waa filled with . logs at ethe, time, pre venting . tha body from coming, to the surface. . NEW TRAIN SERVICE- . GIVEN FOREST fiROVE "ForestOrove, Ors, May itj Forest Grove le to have a revlaed train schedule from Portland. The train leaving here at 11:10 p. m.) and returning from Portland at 13:10 a. m. still be changed to leave here at t a. m. and at 1 p. m., leaving Portland at 10:30 a. ' m. and 7 p. m. - The new echedule will be put into effect on June 1 and by that time atreetcara will be in .operation between the Southern Pacific depot and the bust ness section, thus giving essy trans portation ' between this city and Port land. HEADACHES -Those who suffer from headaches, -whether sick, nervous or neuralgic, re rccominenaea to. . Seltzer Aperient tTMMMlttlfMll4) , x An effervescent, saline draught which cures headache by removing-: the cause. It settles the stomach, corrects acidity, clears the , brain. Contains no bromides or heart depressing drugs, . Sixfy yert qf ettreu At year drarglsts eg by stall from EA Tarrant Co. S tieaeee Street Sew reek Take Warrant' 'K ' . . . . - . ' ' '''' '' "' 'j I I ITT, ...... :.s J : v I R B I I 111 f W4 ar. . -. i- : s a v . u n , .- .. . 1 i. siw ... " r-v -z. t-.v,- -- , ..L. . .J..l , TA- We have never before offered this bed for less than $50.00. One look at the bed z::J:r.:j2-:: will convince you.'This price b lbr - 0GB DECLARES JAPANESE EQUAL UrAHtHATIOSTODAY- Long Resident: In Island King. ' dom Convinces John Hall Their Ability.. ntAtfetal Tacoma. Waah- May ?. Johm Kail, of Kobe, Japan, late Inspector of. the locomotive department ' of the Imperial government rallwaya, fa Tiere en route to bis old home In Scotland, where be A A. A A A A A AAA A I $ (5)o(BS i (o(BS For Ail - XFor AU i X : 71$J.C9low-r - '( -1 J3iOLow ? i U J Shoes. . . U J Shoes ' s I Cccflycar 5ic8 RcpMr ' IFsdory ; I r : Corner Pourth-and Yamhllh-Y. M. C A. Building y . ,y - T"V"7.,::- -r...r..! .v.; , . -, .... . (XjiExartlyJlike it: head 65 f inches; foot43 inches;, posts inches; rop y j rod -inch; filling : X-inch; knobs 3-fach. zJ Ll IDuircr polished finish. p"f uI uQ3Lr &$SlsQ '' A will spend the rest of his days. . " Mrr-HeH-a the dUtlnotlon of build Ing the first railroad In Japan.- That waBryesrijigo when the Japanese I governinenK were . juei Dsnnips in marvsloua - growth that has 'iadethe nation one of - the moat . progressive of the age. The government Imported a number of foreigners. Hall among them, to teach the Jepaness railroad ing. Mr. Hall save that in a little more than three decades the railroad traffie of Japan has become enormoue. The government successfully - controls all " the" rallroede, and 1t-h-Jnst-now standsrdlslng all ths old narrow-gauge railroads. One . of ths ' most important things that haa taken place, Mr Hall says, in the IS years he has been in the lei aada Is the" remarkable development and betterment of the physical 7 con A gf Wsf WsYW WsfksfWst mm PA CeUh.;U: " win 'i " tf dition of the race. He declares . this la due to methods thay have copied-from English and American gymnasiums and phyalcal culture directors. These metn-- ha aaya. thay hays assimiuten .ann aoDlled to their uses, and aa a result the present generation of Japanese is the equal, he bells vee, of any nation nnder the sun. . Ooodrlob's Vrograsa. Prederick W. Goodrich has arranged the following program of -organ mualo . for today's services at BtPavld'e Epls oopal church Morning Prelude, "Angells" ' Du pont); offertory. "Aadsnta,'!--flrst organ. j concerto (Handel); poet 111 na, -uirt IP Tour Heads" (Handel). ' Evening Prelude, Ttomaasa" ' (Mer- kel ofTertory, -"Orand-ChoeuiC Dm. bols) r poBtludej-Ttnale" Lemtnene). - .- I; 4 a i 1 V - it r;