THE OREGON, DAILY JOURNAII, PORTLAND. THURSDAY 'EVENING, JUNE 7. ISC3.
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FRiiriGIIISE GIVEII
SMILING JUNE SHEDS TEARS : .
1 ..: J UST-SEVENTEEN TIM ES
Special
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Thursday, Friday
and Saturday
City Council -Allows
Automatic Telephone Con
' cern to Enter the Field,"
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' According to . the record of ' the
weather bureau, Portland baa enjoyed
REMONSTRANCE OF THE
, BUSINESS MEN IGNORED
No Attention Paid to Their Protest
by Council, but Franchise Is Given
Third Reading and Passed by Prac
tically Unanimous Vote; ' "" :r;
The Joareal has eaenee a sews and sukH
scrlpttoa bureaa at 430 Commercial street,
Astoria, where aay bnslsaas with tb iaper
var be traaaactea. Psoas Mala 230J.
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.Special Dispatch te The JeoraaL)
Journal's : Astoria Bureau, June T.-r
The final chapter In the controversy
ever the admtealqn of ens -Home Tele
phone company into theloca;, field, was
enacted laat night, whan the city coun
cil (ranted a 35-year franchise to' F, H.
Stows. -. The ordinance '-granting the
franeblse' iraa given Ha third reading
and paaaed by rota of I to 1. In spite
ef the. fact that a remonstrance bearlnf
the al (nature of practically every busl
neaa bouae In the city was presented. .
Since the new company sought to en
ter the 'field eeveraJ weeks ago It has
been riven every encouragement by the
elty council and other city officials. On
the other hand tta entrance haa been
'-tvtgoroualy oppostf-'by- rhe"gtaJorlty of
the business firms. -. While the sctlon
of the FpencU in ignoring the petition
has ctuM a storm of protest, . It was
not unexpected. , .-
By the terms of the franchise the
new company ia to spend a large aunt
of money in the erection of a plant
and work la te be Immediately bsgurt.
r Automatic equipment must be uaed and
modem brick block . erected for the
using oftbs plant.
The Paclflo States company la also
planning a eerie of extensive improve
ment Their plant will be Immediately
tranaformed into a strictly modern one.
J. H. Thatcher, manager of the Paclflo
""Tgrttesr-sntr-TV Btows et tae-AienM
both addressed the council tn the In
terest of their respective companies.
Kimoir loom in
weathered 6sk finish, spring
seat, upholstered tn Chase
sjpe.nirh a.eethsr.
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SAXB PRICK....
$5.00
' Tlae Dentistry -Ail Work waaraarteeC
Oold Crowna.f 4.00
Hrldge work..i3.00
- JMI1 set teeth. S5.00
' " Neaheae
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S, Oraaa Tkeft.
Blag.
Ovsuaise auecg Vlaae
Ail birds "whee perched on trees or
teahes senrs as waather-aocks. as they
invariably plare thsmaelves with their
Leads te the wind, " - . .
. rtak Bayes Srowaad. . .
H. F. Bruhn, a flsh buyer. Is believed
-to have been drowned at Fort Stevena
yesterday." Bruhn waa In charge of the
Llndenberger scow, to which hs was
rowing In a saaatl boat whenf last seen.
The boat was later picked up by the
Point Adams lifesavlng crew, but there
Is no trace of the missing man. ' Bruhn
was a resident of Esst Astoria end well
known.
. Applloatloa fos Wire Privilege. -
An application for permission ' to ex
tend wires along the high way a was pre
sented to the county, court yesterday by
ths Willamette Valley company, which
owns the new electrlo light plant st
Seaside.. The application - wae referred
to the district attorney for a legal
opinion, who decided that the court had
no power to: refuse. The application
will probably, be granted today. . . : . .
:JT-Beie to Berth Bank Bead. --
The little towing steamer Cruiser of
the Callander ' Navigation company's
fleet was sold yeaterday to representa
tives .of the Portland-Seattle Hallway
company and will-be uaed In the build
ing operatlona up the liver. She will
be taken In charge by her new ownera
In a few dsys. , .
ENTERPRISING SALESMAN
EXCEEDS QUALIFICATIONS
it4l Dtanatch te The ootbL
" Seattle. Waah.. June , 7. The - Nor
wegian Steamship Hercules narrowly
escaped being wrecked when a few
miles outside of Tacoma yesterday by
the unskillful piloting of Harry &
son, a ship chandlery nrm, who-tnrper-
sonatad a -llceneed pilot. : Me boarded
the veaael oft Dugencas and aigned a
contract with Captain BJerck. master
of the craft, agreeing to bring It Into
Tacoma for 1 100.
When manipulating . the - Teasel - hs
could not ring the bells required for
operating the-maehlnery and almost ran
the veaael aahore off Weat Point.
swain to ths captain prevented a wreck.
It ls thought Garfield's object waa to
gat aboard the veasel shead of the other
runners and obtain the buslnesa of fur
nishing . the , supplies for -his firm.
MORE TIME REQUIRED
JO REPAIR LIGHT PLANT
(Special Diapatch te The Journal.) ,
- Milton, Or., June 7. During the re
cent big- flood which awept over -tfmatlllarr
county, the Nortbweatern Gas Klec
trio plant on the Walla Walla river,
which supplies lights for Walla Walla
and Pendleton; was so badly demollehed
that It will be at least 10 days before
these towns snd many of the Interven
ing points can be furniahed with light.
AU are uatng old-fashioned , coal , oil
lamps.' ......... ,,
Four of the sis big transformers were
swept from their concrete foundations
and one waa found 160 yards from Its
station.. As these transformers weigh
six tons each the water had terrible
force. About 1,100 feet of the flume
was- washed away. ""V ' r ;.; ,
ADJUSTING COMMITTEE "
BEGINS PAYING LOSSES
i
" - (Journat gprelal Rervlr.) -
'San Franctaco, June-T. -After seven
weeks of deliberation," bickering, ' open;
quarrels,,-deadlock and threatened rup
tures, the underwriters' adjusting com
mittee this morning entered upon the
work of final adjustment of loaaes, In
volving alz or. more companlea. Two
loaaes were partially adjusted. Secre
tary Hohrhardt stated that in ' Ms
opinion there would be jio delay In the
edluatment of other loaaes. such as
marked - the deliberations of the com
ml t tee. -
DESERTED REFUGEE
STRANGLES HERSELF
(Joaraal Spartal gr1.-. ' "v
Los An galea June T. Minnie Kramer.
deserted by her lover ' Sunday night,
threw hereelf In front of a streetcar,
but wae. saved by -the fender.-. Jn the
hospital she tried to best her brains
out agalnet the wall. Laat night she
choked herself Jo death with a rope in
a lodging -hoaee. She was a San, Fran-
dsdo refugee. , " '
only 17 dlatlnot showers since the first
of June, la ifustics to those, however,
who-believe that a cipher should be
added to this number, tbe keeper, of
the record explains that It - doea not
Include the showers that "wlgtit have
occurred .between the hours of p. m.
and 4:10 a. m-, for during thoae hours
the members. Of- the. weather, bureau
ataff are not supposed to be out record
ing j-alndropa - . -.. ,.
' "Thla. has been, an Unusually long
spell of email showsra, but the quan
tity of rain has been small.'' said Dls
trlot Forecaster Beala today In explain
ing why he has not put a stop to the
prolonged spell of showera The people
are getting tired of carrying overcoats
and umbrellas and naturally they blame
the weather man. ; .. . .
"Early In May we had a hot day and
some 160,000 orders for cooler1 weather
poured Into the office, " continued . Mr. j
Bfeals. "snd we are now busy trying to
fill them. We expect to have moat of
them filled - tomorrow, and I believe
from, then , on . we will commence die-
poalng of our summer ejtock.
. "To the average peraon It might seem
ss If we have had more rain than ordi
narily, but ths truth of the matter Is
that ws are still short five and one
third Inches, aa compared with average
precipitation (luring ths laat It yeara
"We had leas rain laat month . than
during the average month of May, and
so in order to make up have been draw
ing a little on the supply every day..
June of US 'was a rainy month, nearly
every day during the entire month hav
ing lta little ahower. . Tbe same might
be eald of June a year- ago. which
opened with' eight days of oontlnuous
rain. It must be admitted, however,
that . this Is rather late In the season
for such a protracted period of showers
and we are preparing for fair and
warmer -weather." . , .. ..
MILLIONS OF CATERPILLARS
; .: ARE INFESTING SWAN ISLAND
. Caterpillars by the. million hate In
vaded Swan Island .and the treee look
as bare as In mldwlnter. not a vestUge of
foliage being vlslbls to tbe naked eya
Cottonwood treee and willows allks have
f alien prey to the ravenous appetltee
of the peata and the underbrush and
wild rhubarb .that has been thriving on
the marshv dot of land at he entrance
to the lower harbor are now receiving
the attention of the hungry army. . , .,
This report was brought to the city
this morning by Dr.. Ney Churchman,
with with a number of friends returned
from a black base fishing-trip- la the
vicinity of the Island. He alao reports
that ths waters around the islsnd are
sllvs with suckers, "Chlneee" trout and
chubs, who live high on the caterplllarg
as they drop from the twigs with every
' f Uelt " Oaf Will4 (sUe aVWCpS wsvftt (f'l-
JgnmchsW; , , ,,,:. ' , ,
FIFTY KEPT ESCAPE FROM
-1MI-0M7ATEIU
Cloudburst .Swseps Down Jrrv
mens Boulders and Does
: Much Damage." ,. ;
'(racial Dtasatch te The JaorsaL) - .
r Arlington, Or, June -Newa from
the waterspout which occurred Sunday
above the mouth of Wood gulch has
Just reached the city, where B0 men
wre-tmployedatWtlson'i camp on
the Waahlngton side of the river. The
etorra struck the ' bluff. In order to
save themselves ths men started to the
hills, but found they were hemmed In
by a wall of water four feet deep, but
they succeeded In reaching an laolated
knoll and no Uvea were loat, although
many of the eurvlvore wars elsd in
their underclothes and slippers.
The cloudburst did a great deal of
damage. Contractor Orsnt of ths north
bank line says that It will' coat $10,000
to repair tbe grade." .
. No one was Injured In the storm,
but msny rsnge horses were carried
Into the Columbia and bowlders ss large
ss sn ordinary boxcar were hurled for
hundreds of feet. The anvil. lit the
camp blackamlih shop was carried 100
feet, -which - would -prove the terrific
force-of the water. ' . ,. .
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FAVORSBUYINGTALLT
r r SUPPLIES IN AMERICA
v 1 never Saw anything like It," said
Dr. Churchman; ' "The trees were cov
ered with caterpillars. We were fishing
from a launch and ran up to the Island
to see what was caualng such a com
motion In ths water near shore. Thou
sands of euckere were leaping after the
Juicy worms and we saw there wae no
use - fishing with so much opposition.
In fact we loat all dealre for the sport
and returned te the city as soon aa we
had, made a brief aurvey -of the sore
rounding. Taking a abort walk over
the laland we encountered a veritable
rain of caterpillars and had to brush
thsnt-off -our clothes In big bunohea. -"Vegetation
grows wild on the Island,
so ths damage there doee not amount
te much, but I believe something should
be done to check the spread of the pests,
for such an Invasion In aa orchard
would
time.-
PROCEEDINGS III CALIFORNIA
LEGISLATURE
Controller Asked 'T- to 3 Furnish
Statement of Shrinkage
Clll: In -TaweeW'TvI -..v . i-
(Joeroal apectal Berries.)
' SscTsmento,- Cat.T June 7. -Senator
Carter of Pasadena haa Introduced
a reaolutlon in the-" senste 'asking
the pnntmiiwr 4 rurnh a report on
the shrinkage of taxes. Ms aald ha un
derstood that ths shrinkage amounted to
half a billion. .
1 Senator Wolfe, In opposing ths reso
lution, stated that the actual shrinkage
was but 1150,000,000. The resolution
waa adopte . . T "t
Three bllla were paaaed by the eenats
for reestabUshment of land titles, relief
of the San Franciaco High schools and
for, the purohase of text books for pu
pils wboee parenta -are unable to buy
them. v . '
The latter bill, carried a provision per
mitting school trustees to compromlss
any claim for damage from total or par
tial destruction of school buildings in
course of construction in April. Bines
the- earthquake ' construction work on
many schools In Oakland and San Fran
ciero has been discontinued because
there was no provlalon -. tn the law
granting power te compromise damage
claims. . . ' -, '
0rB1f-gpe, aarrice.l
Waahlngton, June J.-Bj a party vote
the Democrat opposing, ths houss
ways and means committee reported fa
vorably the senate reaolutlon directing
that Panama purchases ' relating to. ma-
aarflsM T and emoToye of J iLnlwiLl rlal be made In Amerlca.xoept when
Oarfieldt..nd empi0ye orjJYlW , r .....M.ra the nrlnea ..nr.
Wtant.
WISCONSIN OFFICIAL
FACES BRIBERY CHARGE
' (Joaraal Bpedal Service.) -
Milwaukee, Wla., June 7. Charging
Secretary of - State - Houaer wlth rat
temped bribery, -preferred by 'In'aurance
Commlaaloner Uoat, a warrant haa been
laaued. i The arrest will be mads when
Houser arrives here this afternoon.
Enloint Doctor. Pralsa lis lieradlenlj. :
'. We refer to that boon to weak, nervous,
suffering women known aa Dr. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription.
- Dr. John TyTe one of the Editorial Staff
of Ths Kotacnc mcdioai. Kevisw sari
oL Unicornroot LUtUmtot Hoioo which
Is one of the chief Ingredlenta oi the a-
vorlte PreacriDUon :
A rvnady which Invariably Sets as a nter
tne lnvlgorator makee for normal c
Sviry of the entire reproductive system.
e oonelnuae " In Helonlae we have a medica
ment which more fully answers the above
purposes Outn any oAr dm with wMea torn
eeauaented, In the treatment of disease pe
culiar to women it la seldom that a case Is
which does not present some Indication
ut. ryie rurtaer
tne issuing
rooU. Pain
)eucorrbo?ai
iDroductlve
organs of womsn. mental depression aad lr-
forl
atonic (weak) eondltiona of the re;
ore-ana of women, mental deorseai
ritablllty, associated with cbronio diseases of
the reproductive Off ens of women, constant
isaMon or beat in toe region oi
enorrbagia aiooan
adltlop of the rei
rhose (suppressed,
L arislns from or
abnormal condition of the dlgesUve organs
aad tnaxmlo ( thin blood f habltt dragging
i kid-
ilnal. dtta to a weak-
condition of the reproductive eystemt
amenorrheas (auppra ad.or abseat monthly
neyat menorrhagta fll
iea
neti
periods t, arising
. W, MUIIIJMV HWlIWIIf
i or accompanying aa
maALma In trtunn lfieB nart nt -
ahdosnen.
Tf more or less of the above symptomt
Ke - present, no Invalid woman can do
tier than take Dr. Pleroe't Favorite
Presorlptfoa, one of the leading IngroM
enU of which Is Ualeorn root, orllaUmla.
and the medical properties of wtflch ii
ost faithfully represents. ' ,
Of Ooldsn Seal root, another prominent
Ingredient of "Favorite Prescription
Prof. Flnlsy Elllngwood, D., of Ben-
leal College, Chicago, says:
It Is aa Important remedy la disorder! of
ib. In all catarrhal cosd uuna
tha
aad geaeral enteSbieaaeas, It la useful."
Prof. John M. Scudder. M. D.. lata of
Cincinnati, says of-Golden Seal root
" In relsMoa te Its general effects on ths
sreism. tAsr it mri4eiyt M m ahout wMch
tktrt p tuak arai MnonenSty f owenfna. It
It mfoMvoilat regarded as ta too la useful In
aU debilitated stale
Prof. BerthOrOW. M. D.. of Jefferson
Uedlsal Oollege, say of Golden Sealf
VeJaeMe -in uterine hemorrhage, mannr-
nagte uioodlng) and congeetlTe dyamenor
rhesa (painfull BMSHTsrsaOon a"
Dr. Pieree's Favorite Presertntlon faith-
Erepresanta all the above named In
lenis and cures ths disseise for which
. are rsoootasoded. ' J
AGENT OF PACKERS r-
INVITES INVESTIGATION
(Jearasl flperlal gerviee.)
Washlngton. June 7. Thomas B. Wil
son, - representrng the-Chicago" "packers,
haa - Invited the houss committee on
agriculture to visit, the planta, and the
Invitation may be accepted. Me read a
e itemetit' favoring extension of ths in
spection system and . sanitary regula
tions and Indorsed the recommendation
In -the Nelll-Jteynolde report, but ---objected
to the packers paying ths Inspec
tion fee.. He favored placing ths Inspection-
data on TOeata, allowing - ths
secretary of agriculture to be the Judge
of eanltatlon and construction. -
Wilson snd Nslll clashed when Wilson
dsnled the Incident In the report con
cerning a hog slipping into a cesspool.
Nelll reiterated that It had happened in
one of tne largest establishments, but
would not say which ona
Wilson objected to taking the packers'
business- out of the packers' handa and
placing it In ths hands of theorists and
chemists. He denied that meat had
been "reprocessed.
MAJORITY FOR BOURNE
:. IN TILLAMOOK COUNTY
' (flpeHai btspsteh to The Joaraal.) '
Tillamook. Or June 1. Reports from
country precincts are delayed and the
full vote for state officers cannot be
had until the of flclal count, indica
tions are that Chamberlain and Withy
combe have almost evenly divided the
vote of the county. ' Bourne will likely
have a majority reaching toward too,
while Hawley's majoslty will go beyond
the 100 mark.
The following is the vote for county
officers:- Joint, representative ef Tilla
mook ' ' and Yamhill countlee-A.' T O.
Beala, Republican, 670; W; W. Conder,
Democrat, 410; 8. Bcovtll, Socialist, 1 4.
County Judge H. SV Q code peed. Repub
lican. 57; 8. A. Broad ed.remocratJ
its; c. i. Hiancnard. - Hoolallst,, ill.
Sheriff Henry- Crenshaw, Republican,
t0: H. C Wolfe, Democrat. 477; W. C
Wolfe. Is. -County clerk O. B. liamb.
Republican. Hi; Frank aAUender, Sdclal-
lat, ltV . County treasurer Carl HaberH
lach, Republican,!: P. W. Todd, Dem
ocrat, 470; O. A. Cobler, Socialist, 41.
LARGEST STEAMSHIP
' IN WORLD LAUNCHED
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(Journal Special Service )
Olaagow, June 7. An lmmanae crowd
that Included many noted ahlpbulldera,
engineers and . othsrs aassrablsd today
at the John Brown company's r-orks at
Clydesdale . and witnessed ths launch
ing of ths Isrgest steamship ever built.
The veesel is the Luaitanta, ona of the
two mammoth ships being built for the
Cunard company, and -.which, If expec
tations are luinuea, win smash - all
transatlantic speed recorda The launch
ing of .the great ship was sueceaafu! In
svery ' respect. The christening cere
mony wee performed by the Downser
lAdy lavsrclyde, widow pf the Conner
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?':; . ;. -GEVURTZ SELLS IT FOR LE5S.- - - --V
;..' , J HERE A RE SOME: EXTRA SPEClALy AWES' '
V THAT'LL- SCT WE' TQw.jwi::c : ; :
; x' 1 . Ona doaen stylea of Parlor and Reception . Chairs tar , ,:
- ,v chooae) from, and regular. values ranging front ; ;
$9, $ 6, $5, Going om Saturday; for
. FIRST TO COME SATURDAY MORNINO WILL HAVE. FIRST CHOICE -Mahogany Chairs,
quaiter-eawed golden oak Chairs all of them with band-polished finish.; You -pay-elsewhere for these
Chairs not less than $5, $6.50 and aa high aa $9. ' ; ;".'.. -' ;.; '. ' .v''-v '.,"'..'r:"':r- .'
evut'te
173-5 First St.
219-27 Yamhill
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r; Everybody's Magazine for June Is an incomparable souvenir
of a vanished town. Our artist, Vernon Howe Bailey was In
San Francisco two weeks before the earthquake and at full lei
sure made some beautiful pencil-drawings. of thoni03t picture
esque .city In .America. Jiiv
; James Hopper, the magnificent picture-writer, was in the
midst ' of the earthquake. ' There has not been, and it Is impos
sible that there can ever be, another account of this most thril-
ling disaster as vivid and graphic as his. " y .l:Lj...,;',
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Ten Splendid Fiction Stories
"The Outlaw,' by Edwin -L. Sabln a horse-story for men
and all lovers of horses; "An Angel Unaware,'' by Eleanor Hoyt"
Brainerd, a story for women because it Is about a discomfited
: man eight other man-stories and women-stories , of first rate
interest and literary quality, .. ' ; . ; ?;;:;:'-; :,
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ber as the greatest magazine they have ever seen and almost ' ,
every one picks out a different feature.- This shows how close ,
"Everybody's Is to the American public.
For those" who are following the big Issues of the day, there
are those strong and peppery articles by Lawson, . Russell, Eu
. gene Wood on Consumption, and Teague In a brave and notable
attack on the Bucket-Shop Sharks, who stsal one hundred mil
lion dollars every year from the trusting American investor.
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chalrman of the Cunard line. "f
The IXisitanla and her sistsr ship, ths
Mauritania which la being built on the
Tyne, are -to have a displacement of
11.109 , tons escta. They are 126 feet
longer than the celebrated Great East
ern and are the first vesaela constructed
that hare a greater beam than Uiat ) ea
sel. Each ship has about 11,000 tons
of stsal wrought Into her. Some ef ths
pistes In the hull, are 40 feetlong snd
weigh four ts- Sve tdns. The motive
power will consist of four turbines, esch
of a designed Indicated horsepower of
11,000. The speed is expected to reach
2t JuwtaV ' .- ( 7
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, Xeg Srekea U Six Vlaeea.' .
'- , (Speclsl Dtopsteh te The Jsoraal.) t.,
Brownsville. Or.'-ijune 7. B. TV
Bhlck has been severely Injured through
his horse -falling while driving -cattle. .
The snlmst fell upon him. breaking his
leg In six places between the ankle and
the knee, .-
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