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POTLATCII HEIVEST
IDAHO TOWN
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Population Expected to Double
'7i fa Next Two Months by Rea-J
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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.-
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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 '
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, 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. ,. '
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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"
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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'
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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 -
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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
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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
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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). -
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