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VOL. V, NO, 147.
PORTLAND, OREGON; FRIDAY, EVENING." AUGUST. 24, 1803. SIXTEEN PAGES.
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Ex-Sheriff Storey
, Stevens Will - Clear ; Nine! Thousand
Yearly If Allowed to Feed Prisoners
h at Rate of Three i Dollars Each Per
. Week Shows Jlis Ovn Profits.
it Anertff bterens succeeds in ex
etinf from the county X t week for
tne Doard of each, county pruoner en
truated to ' hia keeping, ; hie emolu
ment , including hit salary, will
amount to over $9,000 year.
, Even if Sheriff Svrn wr tn V.
reive the aame amount allowed N to
hia predecessora for boarding; county
"priaonera, 25 centa per day. hia office
woujd- atill be worth to him. conaid-
; erably over $8,000 a year., i.'. ( , ;
Up to the present time thT public
haa lvr- knowa ihe xtjih rf the
" profit derived from" feeding the r in-
. matea or tne county jail. -But ac
curate figure have at last "been ob
tained which ahow the value of this
: pernmaite of the ahertffa office.! .
' That foVmer Sheriff Storey'a profit
on feeding the county" priaonera aver
- aged $188 a month ia ahown by figurei
furnished by Storey himself. And
'. when the Drofit on feeding th TJniif
.Statea priaonera ia included, tltia per
quisite of the aheriff netted him $299
i . month for the' 21 month fromAu
i gnat. 1902, t April, 1904. ; ; j ; ;
i Whit fitorey'sv.Flgnrc 8bOW V ,
;,"Tt6rey'a' own figure show that hi
thoae 21 montha his net profit on the
cottflty -jpriionera'. . bdardV aggntarated
"e nti pruiii guinea iron
botrding (he federal prisoners for the
ame lime was A3J.50,-making a to
tal of $6,273.25, which waa added to
the salary of $4400 a.year4hat waa
paid by tne county. : , vv,r ( ;t
V These figures throw interesting
aidelights on the controversy now on
between Sheriff Stevens and fudge
Yvebsier' and Commissioners Barnes
and Lightner over the boarding tf the
county priaonera. . They indicate ac
curately what a comfortable profit
Sheriff Stevena would net if allowed,
to feed the prisoners,' more partic
ularlyhadAuditor Brandea approved
the increase of 22 per cent over the
old rate that Stevena sked for. - x
An examination of the bills pre
sented to the auditor br - former
Sheriff Storey shows that during 1903
the Average . number of -bounty pris
oners was 46. . Sheriff. Stevens pre
sented a bill for the board of 59 pria-
A onera for the" month of July thia year,
ahowing an increase of 13 rn the nam
, ber of prisoners. v $ :'),,;
. Deta'U of Cost and iVofit.' ' 1 v
.A detailed, statement of the cost qf
feeding prisoners, the amount paid
for it by the county, and the profit to
MPHI CURE IS FOliriD
Dr. J. Hunter Wells, Son of Portland Physi
cian, and; Located at
J?k Accomplishes
A "cuA fot "the iinorphtne ' habit hae
been dlacoverad by Or. J. Hunter Welle,
head Of the Caroline A. Idd hospital
U ; tft. Oeorae M. fVella of Portland. Ac-
cord Ins; to the Inventor, the remedy cut
off . the- habit-- at one and 4ta- nee baa
eauaed aomethlng of a sensation - In
Pyendrana. which la ' the great empo
rium of the north or Korea and tne cen
ter of the moot anera-etlo and Independ
ent portion of the Korean people. ,
Phytctn T""ttTt heretorarsThert,
kaa exlated no medlotne that could prop
rly be railed a core for the -morphine
mania.. 1 The -chief Ingredient- or- Dr.
Wells' cure la adrenaline, which la Well
.known among physicians aa a powerful
heart etltnulant, and which la often uaed
In caaea of .nose or throat trouble and
In caaea qf operation. . ' : ' . '
. SpeaklrC hia cure In a recent laaue
f the Korek Review, Dr. Welle eaysr .
. "The opium flende or morphine uaers,
who becan.br amoklng opium, are a
moat, abject lot and neually from the
homes of the well-to-do. They use the
hypodemle ayrlno and tnjeot morphine
dally. I took on one caae and tnatltuted
an original ereatment In which adrena
I tne-waa the main medicine need and
int moil cuv ok oncv. .inn wma w
ucoeaaful that It created aomethlng of
a furore among too morphine a acre, ao
r that In April I had aome. IS appltcatlona
for . treatDient .They were ao numer-
f. oue that I aent aome of them to a hoe-
ltal ot-nditeted by one of mr former
- atudenta and he. with the-aame reme-
dies I used, la having good succeae."
What other Ingredient Dr. Wetla
uses In till cure la not known. Acoerd-
Shows How Sheriff
the sheriff for each "month during the
year 1903 follows. ; The expense
items - mcluda th aalariea-olhe
jailer and -all -hired help. ? is .';
' . Coat to Coat to Sheriffs
. Siontn... . f)hrlrr. Count
Januarr . . .. . .S17S.3 S6ST.S
Fabruarr . .... t4.)l S04.IO 25T.SS
est.si.
. sn.es
47S.S
4SS.7
111.04
J2I.S5
April . ;'.V.!,...- S.1
Majr . UJ.40
Juno . SH.Oi
July" i. ..J.' I4S1S
Auarvat ; v . 40S.S9
1ST.1
144 7
49S.14) 1
1S2.7S
663.4S - 144 Si
September . n SSt.JO ST4.4 ; 1I7.J
October i-vrfti aso.Tf J 604.SS- - 141 SI
November --4S1.4eJS:4(lw4:.0
Peeetnber . u.HS.Ta ' t.S6
, SherUTa net profit for rear ltd.
' eountr prleonere ......... $l,70t.6
IT. 8. warrant, Maoch 188.00
IT. 8. warrant, Juno 264.00
17. 8. warrant, September.....,! 421.40
U. 0. warrant. December , S2S.SS
. 8harlfra net profit for rear ISOt.
..v. eountr and U. H. priaonera. tl.2IT.S4
.Sheriff Storey credited hia war
ranta from the federal government in
the profit cofumru aa the coat of feed
ing .the federal -prisoners had already
been charged with the cost of feeding
the eountr Drisoners and the orofita
shoWft'on fne cotsnty-pftson?ra"rc re-
aucea tnat much.. i;, . : ,.
' The amount of orofit Sheriff Stev-
u mfght have reaped but for the- ac
tion ot tne county court in advertis
ing for bids, thus taking the boarding
of the prisoners from him," cannot be
accurately estimated, owing to the in
creased number of prisoners. It is
well known that, there ia more profit
in feedings large number of pria
onera than in feeding a email number,
i . . t ' . ' r " e . .
each additional prisoner cannot be de
termined until Sheriff Stevens makes
pubttc the amount , it coat him to
board the prisoners during July,
;-v I , County May et Profit.
As the.UnitedStatea.marshaUmay
let the boarding of the federal pria
onera to anyone he may choose, it it-
considered not unlikely that tne profit
of these prisoners may be reaped by
the county court lor the benefit of
the taxpayers of .the county. . . .
. Bids for feeding the county prison
ers were advertised for last week, and
will be ooened next Tuesday at noon.
Sheriff . Stevens maintains complete
silence as to 'his. intentions in regard
to boarding the . prisoners. Hisv ac
tion in demanding an increase to $3
pes. week per priionet-i from the old
-t (Continued on Paare Twelve.).
; Pyend-yang, Korea,
Ing to -local apeelaltats In nervoue dle
eaaea adrenaline (la not wholly unknown
aa a 'remedy for the morphine ' habit.
Dr. William' Hogua ' of : the CryaUl
springe sanitarium, aaid todar:
"t know .or adrenaline having been
used as a remedy for such condition,
but. f will aay that all nrat-claea phy
icians ouia conaiaer ita nae a dun
reroua method; .'The ahoek to the tier-
voua aytem la too great on account of
tne midden withdrawal of the morphine
stimulant .The nervoua ay at em would
be left in . auch a weakened condition
mat tne result would not be favorable.
In auch a Vase Improvement la always
mow aaa orten ne-panent does not get
weii.
Dr. W. T. Williamson, who nractlcea
oaur aiine uoon Samaritan hospital,
aald: - .. . s -. .-- ,
'"'I hava need adrenaline for tha mor
phine -habit, '.and only lately, but I did
not dlacoyer anything of especial value
in . i neae vaunted cure are usually
overeatrmated. New remedies are re
ceived with great favor for a time, bat
It la generally dlaoovered that they do
not -amount to ao much after all. 1
would not call ' adrenaline a euro for
the. morphine habit In fact, there la
no epeclflo euro, t . think, adrenaline
will come-to be known aa one of the
remeolea," however. It la stimulating
to the heart and tlasuea and nelpa to
leeeen the craving for the drug, bat on
account of Ita nature It 'can't reason
ably be. expected that It would really
cure.".-'-.1' - - -.. ,
But Dr. Welle uaea the adrenaline In
a mysterious concoction. Thai aecret
BREAKING
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Upper-cut ahowa firai work on conatniction of Southern Pacific brancb
if. from Praisi to MarahflclL tmr
Vshej at; Drain, to atora 20,000
POLICE 1ID POOL Kl
Officers -Secure : Evidence, and;, Arr
-leimTrtraTTcHtTJli
Fourth BetweenWashinlgtbh and Alder;
A -poolroonvon Fourth a treeV between
Washington and Alder atreeta, a branch.
of tha Mllwaukte elub, was raided by
the police a few mlnntea after I o'clock
thla afternoon, i. . '- " ... ' . : .
Fifteen men were arrested. - Martin
Ready waa in, charge of tha plaoa.- !' ,
Beatdea Martin Ready, tha othara ar
rested were: K. Robert, Robert Brady,
Oliver Hall, Fred Kelly, J. Joseph.
Charles Ready, Henry George, X. Jones,
J. Clark. .George' Scott. F. W. 'Wallace,
Jamea Hicka, R. L. Johnson.
Ball for the alleged players waa fixed
at 111, and Ready put up the money for
each man. his -own ball- waa- fixed - at
$300. ... -..,...', , , ,..'. ,
The room waa fitted out - completely
aa a poolroom. - No telegraph wire waa
In evidence, aa the returna of the racea.
upon which the beta are made, are tele
phoned from the,, Mllwaukte club out-
aide of Portland. - .' '
Walklng.lnto the room after a knock
had gained him admittance,-Sergeant
Baty picked up a 110 gold piece, and aa
there waa plenty, of other evidence of
actual betting belna; in operation, the
plaoa waa declared In euatody or tne police.-
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Tha doors were locked and the patrol
wagon aummoned. - J
No attempt to escape ever the roora
waa made. Had, not Baty been admitted
so readily every man In the room would
have had time to eocene through the
windows at-the rear of the building.
Other windows . reading . into . the Pull
man saloon on. Alder atreet could have
been easily , entered.. . - - -
Baty,- accompanied by Officers Kay,
Burke and Meara. marched up the atalr-
way at 1;1S o'cMrk. : As aoon aa they
were aeen aeverat porting men '.fol
lowed, them from the street but- there
waa e Interference with the arrest.
Braaoh ef MUlwaakle ab.
The Fourth street establishment ia a
branch of the'Mllwaokle-Country club.
owned -hx-Iaaac-Oratton- bettee-kqowa-
aa 'Trench jr' Qretton.. Martini Ready,
well known amoag the sporting frater
nity, waa employed by Gratten to man
age the downtown branch, ., i t
The "dope-sneer ' issued oy tne cruo
rtvea-Information . on .the " latonla and
Beattle races, and' beta on these racea
have been ' taken at the - Fourth - street
poolroom.' - .Tomorrow - the races i at
Windsor- (Canada! - .atari, and , these
eeuld also have' been played by thoae
with aportlng proclivities. , ,- .
: Folloe Xstaw Abeat It. V -
Tnnt the poolroom waa. In operation
haa been known to the Portland police
for Mini time, and they . have . ,beea
gathering enough evidence for a oon
vlctlon. Ita existence tiaa also become
known to scores of men about town, and
these -were not afraid to exhibit tele
grama containing tlpa to play a certain
home. , . . .... i
While at no time haa any great num
ber of bettnra congregated In the pool
room, hundreds of beta have been placed
through it. If a man wanted to pier
the -I .a ton la, races It waa not necessary
for htm -to enter the room at all, aa a
handbook on the atret comer did quite
Mivel-'rvV'lUi Ue eHettle raeea how
GROUND FOR; C003 ' BAY RAILROADS
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'f ! I 1
cut first building being constructed,
barrels ccrmtnT for tree on new line -
ever., It haa baen-thacuatom- for-lhe
bettor to place-bis money In the pool
room. Itself,.. !'. v.. ',.'-' "...'.-.-.'.-
n All kinds - ef - ingenuity . have , been
practiced to evade, the laws, i The race
track wire runs from the - Weatern
Union office at Third and Stark atreeta
Into a room In. the Taooma lodging
house on ths aame floor of the same
building. Here the race reaulta were
relayed ' byan expert operator 'to tha
Mllwaukle club, where the' principal
poolroom of the Oratton outfit la lo
cated ah a past of tha Mllwaukle club.
ine roriiand autnoritlea have no con
trol or er this poolroom, aa It la In the
corporate city - of ; Mllwaukle, and in
Clackamaa county. - t . , ,
i Telepkemed From the Olab. '
From the MIlwauklerThtb the results
were aent ever a private telephone line
io tne lourm street room. ' -
Mere every arternoon between 1 and
4 o clock bettlnsr was In oroarreaa.- Prnh
ably a double acore of men visited the
room every day. 't . (
The building la a amall two-story
rrame structure.' , Oown stalraU the
Warwick aaloon, planned aa an ad
junct to the poolroom, which waa to
rorm.a part of the circuit of Colonel
Applegate, . the millionaire ' distiller,
racehorse grid poolroom owner of Ken
tucky. - Though the place was fitted up
compreieiy, every eetau of a poolroom
being'-- ready, It - waa never opened, aa
the authorities shut down tha Portland
clubs poolroom on. the other side of
the' same block and Isaued a permanent
edtet againat poolrooms. This -waa two
years ago and during the Wllllame administration-
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Upstairs the ' hop office ' ef ' Klaber.
Wolfe , Netter occupiea . the three
front rooms. Apparently all of tha
upstairs portion of the building Is
taken" up by the hop dealers, hut one
amall room at the rear of the building
waa hired montha ago by Mart la Ready.
There are two jaindowg opening onJthe
roof from thla room. ' A hurried exit
could If necessary at any time, be made
through these windows, and only a few
feet away was a window by which en
trance' Into the Pullman aaloon on Alder
street oould be- effected. The back win
dows of the poolroom are painted and
the blinds were always earefuly drawn.
Oratton and Jack- Cullleon, another
part owner of the Mllwaukle club, have
been visiting the - Fourth-street branch
every evening to settle up the day's bus
iness "with Ready. ' .
SAPPERS REFUSE TO '
. FIRE ON JHE PEOPLE
' ' (Jenaal Speetal Serrlee.l
Odessa. Aug. 14-A regiment of sap
pers attended a polltloal meeting and
beat . the - of f Icera who broke it , up.
then adopted resolutions that they would
not fire on the people In any uprising.
Murders and rioting are beyond tha con
trol of policy. . . ,
The cltlsene have petitioned the gov
ernor general to increase the forces and
require each hmiaeholder to keD three
armed, posters' Instead of one, ' ' ,
ooi;i ii icon i nir
IWdUMU VIUU Ull
TEDDY ORDERS "
UHCLE SAf.1 TO
Covernmtnt Thru With Through
--Phonetic Spelling Ordered
Adopted in All Departments by
TroiitayF Will Give
Lanortfi-e an Individuality. .
. . (Joaraal Bearlal rrteS.)
, OyaUr Bay, Aug. 14. Uncle gam la
thru" with "through." The preaident
todar announced that the apelllng re
form reoommended by the Carnegie
committee will hereafter be accepted
In all departmental correspondence and
official documenta.
Prlntera, atenorraphers. elerka and
cabinet officers are ordered tn "unlearn
English aa ahe la writ" The publlo
printer la ordered to prepare llata of
the moat rreqaently Uaed 140 worda In
the Bngltsk language with the new
mode of apelllng and distribute them to
all department
The preaident thinks the reform will
give to the American language an Indi
viduality that will result In saving
time and trouble for the natives and
foreigners trying to learn it'
RI11AJ1 lVAHTS EMPLOYES
TO BUY HIS STOCK
SayaJThat-VYorkers-on-RaJIroad
Ought to Be Discharged
; : for Not Investing, -v '
- Maaraat aaeetal gerrlea.t
New Tork, Aug. 14. A friend of K.
H. Harrimaa waa quoted xt Wall atreet
today as having been told by Harrlman
that "Any employe of tne union Fa-
olflo who hadn't any of the eompany'a
stock ouaht to be discharged."
Ths Idea that Harrlman wished to
convey, apparently, waa that Union Pa
elflc employes who were ao Indifferent to
the steady Improvement In tne physical
and financial condltlona of the property
as not to wish to take aome personal
advantage of It were made up of atuff
too conservative for Wall atreet a lateat
"Little Wlaard." , -
. At any rate, the general Wall atreet
understanding la that many - Union Pa-
clflo office attaches and employee have
made larae amounts through the recent
sensational advances or union . -acinc
and Southern Paclflo aharea. i
FRISCO CAR STRIKE v T
. IS EXPECTED SUNDAY
' (SMctat Dtenateh te The Joernel.)
gan Francisco. Aug. 14. The United
Railroads will today aend a communica
tion to the Carmen e union, asking the
union to take no strike action until a
meeting of the board of directors Mon
day, at which President Calhoun will
be nreaent. President Calhoun will
reach San.Franeleeo Sunday.
There la- little 'chance of the union
complying with the request, and It Is
likely that all tinea of - the company
will, be tied up Sunday. ? '
Indications are that tne employes or
the Geery and California street lines
will also go out, although the men have
not yet made any demands. It Is stated
on good authority that tha United Rail
roads will refuse tne men a demands ror
IS for an etght-hnnr day. for all plat
form men. A atnae ia apparently in
evitable.-- - .', v . ', .
MINISTER HALDANE f
RESIGNS PORTFOLIO
',;',-',. .
" ' Uesraal Itaeelal SniNat ':
London. AUK.- Ji. Ai was vxpectea
. . . 1 . 11. 14 k 1
Vvar Miniai.r ii.iu.it. nmm rw.irw.
Politicians are dlaouaslng the conse
quent shifting of portfolios and the ap
pointment of a new member of the
cabinet Haldane thla afternoon goea
to join the king and CampbeLl-Banner-man
at Marlenbad. -, .
CONSUL ASKS THAT '
BOYCOTT BE ENDED
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- Uoaraal Sseetal Service.) ."
Honakona. Aua. 14. The American
eonaul-general , hae aent requeet to
Viceroy Cannon requesting tne suppres
sion ox ins ire yowi i.
1
, BIG CROWD OLD SOLDIER
IfrlillliF
Delegations Start for
Metropolis to Honor
Great Commoner on
His. Arrival Home.
United Party Enthusiastic In Its
Support of Democracy's Peer
less Leaderndoree31y All
States and Practically ' With-
.dut.e. Rival for Nominations
(Jooraal Special gerrfe.)
New Tork, Aug. S4. If reports re
ceived by the local committee In charge
of the arrangements for the reception
of William J. Bryan when he arrlvea
here next week are to be railed upon
there is going to be an enormous crowd
In tha metropolis to greet the Nebraska
leader, Advices - are , bslng-vrooolvod
dally to tha effect that-thla or that
state oontemplatea aendtng a delegation
of 100, 100 and even S00 to New Tork
for the occasion. In addition to the
regular delegatlona there doubtless will
be a host of other visitors. Thousands
with no interest whatever In the Bryan
home-oomlng probably will take advan
tage of the low exeuralon rates to make
a trip to New Tork. However this may
be. It la certain that the crowd of vis
itors will be something; enormous. Many
are comparing next week' a event to the
great welcome given to Admiral Dewey
on hia return home after the battle ot
otaalla Bay. . ,-- -..v
Mr. Bryan arrlvea home to find that
he is practically the only man talked of
for the Democratio presidential nomina
tion. SIX montha ago Mayor. George B.
McClellan of thla city, Senator. Bailey
of Texas, ; John Sharp Wllllame of Mla
elealppi. William R. Hearat, and one o
two others were seriously mentioned In
connection with the Democratic nomina
tion. - Today all have dropped from
eight ao far aa the presldencr ia con
cerned, with the possible exception of
Mr. Hearat. And even the latter de
clares that be ia not, seeking tha
nat!0iC Mr. Bryan apparently la left In
fun possession or tne risia.
" ' Sailed aa bata). '
In the numerous states where the
Democrats have held their state eon
ventlona during the past few montha
many of them have given MLBryan en. I
thuslastlc indorsement for the presi
dency. None haa gone on record aa op
posed to hia candldaoy. - - i ,
Thee Indorsements have not ' been
confined (o those atates of the middle
weat or far west, where the - Bryaa
strength heretofore baa always been
moat in evidence. - The Democratic stats
convention In Pennsylvania hailed Mr.
Bryan aa tha "great Democratic com
moner who la now regarded aa the oer-
(Continued en Page .Twelve.) ,
PEOPLE
X1
Thousands of Portlanders Nowat Seashdrc,
in Mountains and Campingiojig Co-; :
umbia Enjoying Summer Outihg. -,-
Portland people ere getting the vaca
tion habit More Portland residents
went to the beaches and mountains this
year than ever berore in the. city'e his
tory, even In proportion to the popula
tion. -All the local transportation com
panleg agree upon thla point It la eetl
mated that nbt fewer than 10.000 Port
landers are now out of town for pleas
ure. -
Government statistics - estimate that
only one person out of every It in the
United States goes on a summer vaca
tion. - Tha proportion la much larger in
Portland. Indeed. It la nearly one-half.
If the flan res submitted by various local
authorities are to be believed. ,
Postmaster Mint o says that . he haa
been laeulnr from l.SOO to- 1,000 for
warding blanks dally. since the first of
July and eetlmates thst three-fourths of
these were issued to vacationists. If
this la a fact 100.600 Portlanders have
taken, temporarily -to- the woods or the
seashore during that time. .The Aatorla
and Columbia River railroad people aay
that thla summer they have carried 10,
000 paaeengera bound for beach points
alone, while the Vancouver Transporta
tion company estimates the number ef
IMM
x in j-
Of the news, of the literary , features, of the prn"1 f.-:'
and of the Funnies, furnished by trained corrr?or. t
cleverest , writers and -the best artists in t:.; c. .try.
I IN THE SUNDAY JOURN.
I4eeeeeeee4ee4fet;v:;:::
Capt. Ormsby Relates
in Federal Court How
He Accepted 'Bribe
While Holding Office
Explains His Crime In Detail on
. Witness Stand, Showing That
-ffie Feels His Position Keenly
..Declares He ; Is There to
- Tell Truth.--v r: ,-
An old 'soldier, paat - the allotted .
three acore and ten, admitted under
oath In the federal court thia morning :
that while holding office under the flag
for which be had fought ha had ac
cepted what he felt In hia heart waa
bribe. .. The disgraced veteran was Cap
tain Salmon B- Ormsby, forest superln- ,
tendant hi theeiay a whan.- hia friend.
Blnger Hermann, waa oommlsaloner of
the general land ofnoe, and now an Im
portant wltneaa for tha government at
the trial of tha Blue mountain reeerve ,
caae. . - . .- ... . - , . -, ;-.
Ormsby felt hia position keenly. He ;
waa on - tha stand not aa an ordinary
witness, but as one who had conspired
to defraud the United - Statea out ot
100.004 acrea of land and had not been
indicted because ha could be used aa a
government witness against hia aUeged
accomplices. - He gulped - occasionally
before answering, but be did not spare .
himself. : - - ,-
, "I aenr-ot"Cxeusfng myself, ha aald
under cross-examination, "and I'm not
agoing to. Whatever I did I did. I'm .
going to make a clean breaet of It.''
This1 followed his admission that the
certificates fortwo sections of school
lands, which he expected to receive and ,
did receive afterward from Franklin .
Pierce Maya, through W. M. La Force,
hia agent In the transaction, influenced
hia official action In reporting In favor
of the establishment of the Blue moun
tain reserve. '',.''.'
. TgoS Fiamlaad tenlency.2
ttomsy W. U.' FeKtdn, attorney f or '
Maya, who la on trial with Wlllard N.
Jonea and George , Sorenaon. brought
out that Ormsby had been Indicted in '
another land fraud matter, and than. ,
aaked If he had been promised lenledcy .
in return for hia testimony in tha pros-
eni
No, sir," answered the witness. , -
Do you expect lerUencyT
No, I hope for it, but I don't ex
pect it- - - --
In anawer te questions oy u. u. Hue-
ton, one oi the attomeye for Jonea, Cap
tain Ormsby stated that neither Blnger
Hermann nor Senator John H. Mitchell
nor Congressman J. N.- Williamson gVl
ever Instructed him aa to whether hia
report on the reeerve ahould be favor-
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passengers carried to coast resorts since '
the first of July aa i.000. -- ;.' i "
" Of course thia ia only a email per'dtmV. .
age of thoae who have gone, on' .a vaca
tion. The O. R. N. was unable to
estimate the number of vacationists car-,
rled thla season, but figured that It waa
at least is per eent more than waa car
ried two years ago. Last year there
was a great- deal of travel, but It waa
almost entirely tourist travel: - The '
Portland people stayed at home and en
tertained fair visitors. . ,'5
"Portland people have contracted the
vacation habit only lately," aald H. r.
Whlttler, tha advertising manager of '
Olds, Vlortman 4V Klna-, today. " A much
larger- proportion Went o seaside and
mountain resorts this year than ever be
fore. We keep a cloae tab on the travel
and are able to make a very accurate es
timate of the people out of town. About
the first of Aust.we figured that the
number was about 40,000. - They are
coming home fast now and there ere a
little less ' than - 10.000 yet to return.
Very many of these will return within
the next week and by the first of the
month there will be but a few thousand
lingering away from home."
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