The Oregon daily journal., March 13, 1907, Page 7, Image 7

THE OREGON . DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 13. 1D07.
ARMY OF COLONISTS
lILOOTCIIUdGE
PLAfiS FOR DEPOT
LBIIY TIELCOLIE
SEUATOR fULTOu
ARGUUEilTS TO
JURORS BEGin
STEFFENS FILING HIS
BIG RAKE FOR PORTLAND
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Magazine Sleuth of the Backlots of Political and Commercial
Life Gets Busy Sharpening the Tooth He Has Re
V.","vV . " - rved for This City.
DAILY ON INCREASE
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Immense Crowds" Pour Through Huntington Gateway to Find
New Homes and Prosperity Central Oregon Gets
. , " Goodly Share of People Investigating. , ... -V .'vV
East Side Business Men" Club
Committee Waits on Man
ager O'Brien in Vain.
Pleased to See Orezon Well
Taking of Testimony In Nelson
Danlelson Murder, Trial
Is Finished.
Represented In Wash-
Ington. ' '
' For three day ending March t, th
O. R. . N. Co. brought l.iSI colonist
through th Huntington gateway. Tbe
travel ' thla action. Judged by these
. figure, wll) b on third heavier than
; tha colonial travel a' year ago. In 10
th urn three day of tha season's
! opening raaorded 1.064 eolonlata received
, at Huntington. . ,
Of tha number arriving in tha atat
thla year in tha three days mentioned,
IK came to Portland-arid .81 more had
destinations at other points in tha Wll
. lamett valley. Pendleton got It, Baker
.-, City to. Walla. Walla 13. Spokane 9,
Hood River 14. Tha Dallea II, Shantko
- II, La Grande 11, and 161 went to
points north of Portland, ahowing that
me rugei hum country la gelling tta
share of the Union ' Paclflo . colonist
movement Tha large proportionate
number going to Shtnlko lndlcatee that
a good many Investigator are beading
for central Oregon. .
The O. R. A N. Co. la spending about
1100,009 annually In advertising Oregon,
Washington and Idaho and particularly
Portland., for colonist .travel. The ad
BUILD STEAMER FOR
COQUILLE RIVER TRADE
'" m i i j . . I ii i i i 2'
Merchants of That Isolated District Seek . the Cooperation of
1 y Portland Men Toward Swinging Their Business From ''
' ; '. ::f'': Sn Franclscd to This City. ,v -; ,
Clttsec of Oregon coast polnta are
. determined that Portland eapltallat
. shall take an Interest Id coastwise ship
ping. ; M. I. Bingham, a business man
at Coquill, arrived in Portland today
with a proposal-that the people of Co
qulll will put up 125.000 if Portland
will furnish $20,000 and construct a
:' steamer that will be suiUble for regu
lar trad between Coqulll. Bandon and
" thi city. - ; v . .... . .., .
' Mr. Bingham' mjaslon I on that
' meet with hearty approbation of the
mercantile interests. He received a cor-
, dial welcome at the chamber of com
merce, end after conference wltb Sec-
kjeury Olltner he was given credentiaJs
to Henry Hahn, the newly elected chair-
man of the transportation committee. It
I said a meeting of the commttte will
be called and the Coqulll proposal will
be seriously considered.
The south part of Coo county la amid
to be on of th moat promising sections
of th Oregon coast In resources and
ttractlveneas to settlers, ita fatal draw
back being It Isolation. H The mouth of
SECRET -WILL-BE
I MEETING NEXT
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; Drew halt will boll th boat of De
mocracy ' on Friday night, when th
smoker to be given under th ansploes
- of th Toung Men' Democratic club
wlll be held and the future plan and
aspiration of th Democratic party In
municipal affair will be discussed.
Th smoker, will be a three-headed
. affair, as It will have been called tor
Lstether through , th . agency - of the
W Tminf ' Men's . rluh. the Multnomah
Democrat! o club and th oonnty central
committee. At a meeting of tu Young
Men' club held some weeks ago It waa
decided to appoint a commute to act
In conjunction with a committee from
the Multnomah Democratic club and
on from th county central commit
tee, all three to .work in conjunction In
planning prospective work for th com
ing campaign. ;' ,
ERNEST KRONER SAYS BRAIN STORM
HAS BROKEN LOOSE IN PORTLAND
At last the' celebrated brain-storm
' theory mentioned so frequently by th
alienists In th Thaw trial ha struck
the local municipal court - . O
In th caa of Herbert Exley. a 17-
: year-old youth arrested on th charge
of threats against life, preferred by Er-
' nest Kroner of East Twelfth and Stark
streets. . the ' complainant. In testifying
this morning, declared that the lad's
mother had struck . him on th head
with a broom handle. "It Is my opin
ion." said the witness, "that ah I suf
fering from braln-atorm." '
"From th evidence I should Judge
broom-storm, Interjected Judge Cam-
' -Are you n allenlstt" asked Deputy
SPEEDING STREETCAR MAIMS
MESSENGER BOY AND YOUNG GIRL
Jo Epstein, a messenger In th em
ploy of th Hasty Messenger company,
whll trying to avoid striking a young
woman watting for a ear to pass on
Morrison street near Twelfth, lust night
about o'clock, waa thrown from hi
bicycle and both he and - th wheel so
ROOSEVELT'S CABINET
Special Meeting of the Cabinet
Purpose Unknown. ..
' ' ' (Josraal Itwrlat Servles.) . '
. Washington, March II. A Special
meeting of th cabinet wa called sud
denly today to consider some matter of
grave Importance. No announcement of
th purpose of th meeting wa mad.
It Is rumored that It la th railroad lt
ustlon. ' '
The meeting lasted hnlf an hour The
members on Iwuvlng Ueclarsd tliey had
vertisements are appearing In leading
dally newspapers and standard mag'
axlne east of tha Missouri river, and
in agricultural papers at tha following
points: Prairie Farmer, Chicago; Prao
tlcal Farmer, Philadelphia; Farmers'
Call. Qulncy, Illinois; Indiana Farmer,
Indianapolis; National Stockman and
Farmer, Pittsburg; Twentieth Century
Farmer, Omaha! Wallaces' Farmers, Dee
Moines; Tribune Farmer, New Tork;
Michigan Farmer, Detroit; Ohio Farmer,
Cleveland Wtweon sin-Farmer, Racine;
Rural -New Torker, New Tork; Farm and
Fireside. New York; Farm and Home,
Springfield. Massachusetts; New Eng
land Homestead, Massachusetts; Ameri
can Agriculturalist. New York; Orange
Judd Farmer Chicago. - w,
Tha company- bills for December In
the agricultural papera alone totaled
I1.T00. It is. the intention of the rail
road passenger department ; to' appeal
strongly to ' the farmer of the middle
west and eastern state to com to
Oregon for the best climate and. cheap
lands. The' advertisements are almost
wholly devoted to those feature and to
the low rate during Marcb and April.
the Coqulll river la a good harbor for
coasting trad, but baa no direct boat.
Th shippers are paying a. freight rat
of 14.(0 because of ; trans-shipment
charge, while other coast town are
getting freight at half that rata, Mr.
Bingham aaid:
. "We could make any kind of favorable
arrangement with Ban Francisco for a.
direct boat, and th merchant there
would take all th stock In It. But we
live In Oregon and w would like to do
business la this state. We hav a ship
yard and could build th boat that w
propose should be built by Coqulll and
Portland capltaLW. hav Just turned
out a good schooner for a Ban Francisco
concern.' .,;. ...
W are determined, upon one thing
wa will not longer pay th exorbitant
freight rate now charged, and we are
going to get relief by securing a direct
boat line between Coqulll and some
good market. ' I propone to camp here
until Portland aaya It will or will not go
Into this proposition. If It will not, then
I shall go to Ban Francisco."
REVEALED AT
FRIDAY EVENING
John Montag. president of th Toung
Men' , club: Jo Malley. ' president of
th Multnomah . Democratic clulj, and
George Thomas, chairman of th county
central committee, hav heretofore ap
pointed men from each organisation,
who hav been working quietly toward
formulating some concerted plan of ac
tion to be followed during tbe campaign.
This committee Is supposed to find men
who can be indorsed by- th tbree or
ganisations for th different city of
fice. Th Identity of th member of
thi committee ha not yet been mad
publle and will not be until after it
ha completed ita work and made Its
report It Is expected that the report
of the committee will be announced
Friday night,-and It I therefor ex
pected that a large number of local
Democrat will be present at th meet
ing. . " .-, :, . .
City Attorney Fltsgerald. ;
"No.- replied Kroner, "but I hav been
reading fh account of th Thaw trial."
A warrant wa issued for Kroner' ar
rest yesterday upon complaint of Mr.
Carolina Exley of . 10 East Twelfth
street, who charged htm wltb trespass
ing on her property. : Kroner retaliated
by causing the arrest of young Exley
for threatening to kill. Th difficulty
between th parties concerned ' arose
over th purchase of a lot next to
Kroner' house by Mrs. Exley. - It Is
alleged that out - of spit . Kroner
trampled down Mrs. Exler's lawn and
rose bushes, and Kroner maintains that
he la In fear of his life at the hand of
her son. Judge Csmsron will bear fur
ther details tomorrow. y,;
damaged that they war compelled to g
off duty after reporting at headquarter.
Th girl, whoa nam waa not learned,
but who wa judged to be about II yea re
old,-waa also atruck by th car and had
to be carried away. In a conveyance. Th
extent of her injurle I not known.
nothing t say. , Th president also de
clined to discuss th meeting. - It I
hinted that Cortelyou will make an
nouncement shortly with referenc to
the Immediate withdrawal of deposit of
custom in th national banks.
Cortelyou this afternoon announced
that It Is not th Intention to fix at
present th date upon which th 20.
000.000 additional deposit placed with
xlsttng depository banks under, tha
press announcement of September 17
shall be returned to th treasury.
UMATILLA TEACHERS TO
WESTON FOR INSTITUTE
Weston, Or.. March 11. On Saturday,
March 13, th Umatilla county teach
ers' Institute will be held at thla place.
Preparation are now being mad by
those in charge, J. II. Ackrrman, state
superintendent of puhllo Instruction, will
bo among those pregent fct th Institute.
Little encouragement wea elicited front
General , Manager J. P. O'Brien of th
Harriman line yesterday when : ap
proached by th committee from th
East Bid Business Men' club to pro
test against th erection of a frame da
pot on th east side and to ask that a
brick or concrete building be substituted
In the plans. Mr. O'Brien failed to be
convinced by any of th argument of
the committee, -I '..
The committee .consisted of B. II.
Brannick. O. M. Scott, R. L. Harrow,
C A. Blglow, Dan Kellaher. A. IL Wll
lets, II. H. 1 Prouty snd J. B. Graham.
Mr. Brannick explained th situation to
th manager and other supplemented
hi statement - so that th field was
well covered. In answer Mr. O'Brien
stated th situation clearly. He did not
think that th building contemplated
would Increase Insurance rates, as it
wa to be roofed with tile and quit
fireproof. He did - not think that con
ditions on the east side demanded a
121.000 brick or stone building because
the depot wss not used by tbe patrons of
th line. Bine train hav been stop
ping there ticket sale bav not been
augmented.
To thi th committee stated that
tbey thought if a sui-abls depot were
provided It would be used mora by pa
trons of th line. Mr. O'Brien was not
coavlnoedV ' '
STARK STREET PROPERTY
ADVANCES AT RAPID RATE
. .'' '' ' ' ' .. v' '' ''
Lot Between Twelfth and Thir
teenth Streets Brings as Much
' ' ; ; as on Washington.'
Property en th Stark street extension
I selling for nearly aa high a price aa
that In th same vicinity on Washington
street. George Merrill old a SO by 100
lot on th south side of th extension,
between 'Twelfth and Thirteenth, for
110.000, or 1500 a front foot It wa
purchased by a local Investor, whose
nam 1 withheld for th present. E.
J. Dnlr mad th sale. '
Th lot at' th southeast corner of
East Sixth a.od East Burnstd was. pur
chased yesterday by C. B. Cooper for
tit. 000. The property belonged to C
D. Divine and. wa sold by Mall ft Von
BorateL' - :'.',
B. - E. Merge bought yesterday four
lots In th Goldsmith addition for 17,000.
Th lot are located on Savler street,
between Twenty-fourth and Twenty-
eighth street, a district that la rapidly
filling up with handsome home. .
MANUFACTURE FREIGHT
-CARS ON PENINSULA
Freight car are to be manufactured
by a plant that W. H. Judaon and other
propose to establish on th peninsula.
It 1 said the new company will be
backed by Portland capital, to th ex
tent of an Investment of 1500.000. Mr,
Jadson was formerly connected wltb the
Pullman ear- company, and for th last
year baa been local agent for George
W. i Evan Co., dealers In 'railway
equipment Th . proposed plant will
employ 500 man.
Option on site ranging from 22 to
100 acre . hav been secured on the
peninsula. Articles of incorporation of
the new company hav not yet been
filed, but are expected to be completed
thi wk'
THOUGHT HE WOULD DIE
.BUT CHANGED HIS MIND
.Whll. suffering from temporary de
mentia, I Jones, barber, conducting
a shop near First and" 8 tark streets,
attempted to and hi life thla, morning
at ' hla horn, Fifteenth and ' Division
street, by alashlng his throat with a
rssor. After Inflicting a painful but
not serious wound, Jones' nerve failed
him and h'a. determined. that 11 f wa
worth living after all. -
Dr. A.. J. Johneon wa summoned by
member of th family. Patrolman Pat
Maloney waa detailed to make an in
vestigation of tha caa.
TWO PLEAD GUILTY '
f TO THEFT CHARGE
' fr-perlet Dtopetrt fa Tbe lesrsal.)
Pendleton, Or.. Msrgh II. In th cir
cuit court Herbert Watson, who pleadefl
guilty to having atolen a watch from
Frank TDuprat. waa sentenced to serve
II months In th penitentiary.
. Walter Irwin, accused of having
robbed J. W. Myrlck of HO on nlgnt
last week, : pleaded guilty. Th time
for sentencing th prisoner waa set for
Saturday.
MRS. HUTCHINSON , .?
. DEAD AT TACOMA
'Spertal Wsesteh'.t The JoarsaL) '
Tacoma, Wash., March 11. Mrs.
Laura M. Hutchinson, died In tha hospi
tal at Tacoma early Tuesday morning.
She waa 61 year of as and leave a
son, Ralph, and a daughter, Minnie, Sh
formerly lived at Portland. Th re
main will be sent to Beattl for crema
tion. '-,..'. ' ' -
SAN FRANCISCO BOARD ;
, i TO STAND BY TEDDY
t' (Joaraal Speeisl Serrlee.1 ;
r wvanniaoA. March 1 1. A resolu
tion confirming th agreement entered
Into by Roosevelt and the San Franclaco
board Of education on in qanuon si
admitting Japan children to white
schools waa drawn up by th board thi
morning and will be adopted at a meet
in. ta he held thla afternoon, according
'to present arrangementa- t .i , - -. -
A JURY TO TRY BOSS
RUEF IS BEING DRAWN
- 1 . 1 v.,...
(Joersal KneHal genie, t -San
Francisco, March II. Every mo
tion madn by Ruefs defense relative
to th affldavii waa overruled by Judge
Dunn; also Well' motion for a chanjre
of venua The court then ordered the
drawing of a Jury. To thla the defense
objected but again wa overruled, and
th drawing waa freceedod wiUa, ,
Senator C W. Fulton spent the day In
Portland today and at hi headquarter
at th Imperial met a large number of
hi personal and political friends, . Who
earns to greet him. . He will leave thi
vening or tomorrow for Salem, where
hi political admirers hav arranged for
a reception to b tendered him welcom
ing him back to Oregon after hi long
and strenuous work in th session of
con xress. .
At the hotel thi" morning the senator
discussed th work that d been done
and that which was yet to be done for
th stats In congress. He 1 pleased to
e a full delegation In Washington
ono more and feel that great good
can be don for Oregon when th next
begin. He ha confidence that Senator
Bourne will make a moat useful mem
ber of tha delegation, aa will Repreaen
tatlv Hawley, who, though new to th
work, I earnest In his effort and work
ing hard to learn the way of legisla
tion at the national capltoL Represen
tative Bill I an experienced hand at
the business, knows manv of tha mam.
bers of th house and senate and will be
able to do tha atat much good.
. In discussing forest reserves and their
creation Senator Fulton, said be was not
opposed to reserve whan they were
crniN in reason. .,' f
"I think forest reserves are a good
thing and am In favor of their creation
when the land to be Incorporated In
them 1 forest land. - I do not believe In
Incorporating great reach of land In
forest reaervea, however, when much of
it l either good graslng or. good agri
cultural land. .. i
. "Gilford Plnchot, chief forester. Is a
seaiot in in rorest reserve - creation
business," continued the senator. "He
create reaervea where there 1 no tim
ber and never baa been any under the
tneory that lorests can be planted and
grown In time. ,
T am not a believer In robbing the
present to provide wood for 100 years
from now,- for I think that when that
thn come th development in other
line will make th provident action un
necessary. I think in other words that
th economio good of th country will
be Just well conserved by allowing
the land to be used for raislnr flocks
and herds and for growing grain aa for
me cultivation of forests. . . .
"I am of th opinion that th govern
ment should create permanent reserves
in th mountain at th heads of stream
and on land not fit for agriculture or
grasingDut I think home should be al
lowed to be -built on all available land.
Th senator is much gratified at hav
ing been able to secure so much in ap
propriations for the Columbia river and
other Improvement work and hopea for
even greater success at th next session
of congress,
ASKS FIVE THOUSAND
FOR IViFJE'S AFFECTIONS
W. M. Harvey of Beavertori Has
Sued Joseph Ouerst of Mult-
i nomah County.
(flperlal Dispatch tS'Tb Joersal.)
Htllaboro, Or.. March 11. W. M.
Harvey of Beaverton, thi county, yes
terday commenced action in th circuit
court against Joseph Ouerst of Mult
nomsh county for 11,000 ' damage.
Duerat lives at Portland and while he
waa la this city yesterday on business
connected with his father's estate th
paper - In the da mag action were
served An him by the sheriff. ' ..
- Attorney -ID. B. Tongue appear for
Harvey, who in hla, complaint allege
that' until December 20. 1101. be and
Ethel M. Harvey were husband and wife
and resided on a farm near Beaverton
and that two children, now aged I and
I year, were born to them. Th com
plaint contain many allegation Bat
ting forth bow Duerat mad . th ac
quaintance of Mrs. Harvey and wrong
fully and wickedly alienated her affec
tions from her husband.
Aa a result of the alleged scandalous
conduct of Duerat and Mr. Harvey, ac
cording to tha complaint, the husband
secured a divorce from Mrs. Harvey in
this county December 10, 1105, and alnoa
that time has ceased to live wltb ber.
Duerst Is about 35 years of ag and
I a son of th lat Joseph Duerat, who
formerly lived near Cedar Mill, eloa to
th Multnomah county line.
STATE FAIR SPACE FOR
EXHIBIT OF MULTNOMAH
' (Special Dwpateh to The Jearnat)
Salem. Or, March II. A. F. Miller
of Portland, superintendent of th Mult
nomah county exhibit at tha atat fair.
waa her today and choaa spaeevat tha
oumoaei enn or to main paviiitm, op
posit th space occupied by Marion
county. Multnomah county exhibit
lor th first time, and haa apportioned
$1,000 for an exhibit. , ,
PANIC IN NEW YORK
CAUSES GRAIN TO DROP
(Joaraal Special - gervlee.) '
Chicago, Marcb 11. Tbe rlou
break in value on th New Tork stock
market caused heavy selling of wheat
her today, despite further damage re
port on account of - th green bug.
Wheat lost a full oent on an otherwise
bull market. Cora lost 1H cant and
oat 1 oent. . . .
CONVENTION AT BOISE
NAMES CITY TICKET
'ftpeelel Pltpsteh to The foe real) '
Boise, Idaho. March 11. A cttlsens'
mas convention,' ba nominated V. C
Kerr, Republican, for mayor; Thomaa
Martin, IX R. Hubbard. C. H. Maberitar
and J. F. Koelsch for eouncllmen, and
Nannie Robertson for treasurer.
Tha Democrats hav called a conven
tion for March 10 t nominate a city
ticket -
NO POLL TAX AFTER -MAY
TWENTY-FIFTH
(special Dltnatck to The Joanal. '
Salem, Or., March 11. In an opinion
rendered today, Attorney-General Craw
ford hold that a Drill tax cannot ha
collected after May II, when th New-)
ell ct repealing lh former act geo
into effect. After thnt tiro a poll tax
should not be entered on any assea.
aaaat roll, ,
Both side In th ease of Ed Nelson
and C. H, Danlelson, charged with the
murder . of Oscar TUndgrsn, a saloon
keeper, January I, rested their cases
thi morning, and tha attorney are en
gaged In arguing th case before th
Jury. Deputy District. Attorney Bert
Haney -opened this morning for th
state, and he will be followed by At
torney Seneca . Fout for . the defense,
who will la turn be followed by At
torney W. W. Bank. Deputy District
Attorney Horn will conclude for the
tat tomorrow morning. Th case will
go to tha Jury lat tomorrow morning
or early la th afternoon.
The main feature of th trial this
morning waa th edging ta by the e
fens of th Incident concerning Tom
Buckley, who "shot up" Undgren' sa
loon on First street last year. Ever
alnc th trial commenced the defense
baa been trying to abow that the po
lice were after Buckley aa th man who
killed Llndgren. This was brougut out
in a measure when Sergeant Baty wa
put n th stand to offer rebuttal testi
mony. ' . -
Defease See Opening.'
. Baty testified that he went to see
H. C Johnson, th witness for th de
fense who testified that he saw Nelson,
Danlelson and Peterson board th street
car at th corner of Third and Couch
street at 1:11, after th murder waa
committed, for th purpose of learning
what Johnson might know concerning
Tom Bucklay.
Thla was th opening that th defence
had been ' looking for throughout the
trial and they used it to show to th
Juror that Buckley had "shot-up Und
gren'a First street saloon, for which he
served 110 daya on th rockpll; also
that Buckley waa released three day
before Undgren wa murdered.-"Attor-
'ney Banks asked Baty whether he knew
that Bucklay bad been ' arrested on a
warrant signed by Ltndgren. to which
Baty replied that h did - not know.
Baty alao testified that be did not know
that Buckley bad made threat to kill
Llndgren after hi conviction.' Neither
did the police officer know th present
whereabouts of Buckley.
John A. Olsen. a saloon-keeper at 41
North Third street, caused much amuse
ment by declaring that a man named
Clay, who waa in hi saloon at th time
Nelson, Danlelson and Peterson wer
there, "wasn't drunk, but he bad . on
a pretty good skate."
- Deal K metnraed.
Constable - Lou Wagner was called
to th stand by th state to testify
that after "Veleon had ; been arrested.
Nelson said he bad not been back to
Tulndgren's saloon between 5:10 In tha
afternoon and after th shooting oc
curred, t
Attorney Haney commenced htf argu
ment before the Jury at 10:40 and fin
ished at noon. Th defense will occupy
the entire afternoon and Attorney Moeer
will require about two hour tomor
row . mornlnc to make . hla argument.
PACIFIC MAIL STEAMER
SEIZED BY NICARAGUA
:' (Jonraal 8 pacta! Berviea.) e
' San - Francisco, Marcb II.
Word waa received thi after- ; 4
- noon that th Paclflo Mall liner
- City of Para, plying between
San Franclaco and Central Amer-
lea, bad been aeised by a Micar-
aguan gunboat for , carrying
contraband of war. ' ,
Two hundred and thirty-six
cases or arms wer taken orr
th vessel; which waa then re-
leased and allowed to proceed to
her destination. The arm were
; Intended for Honduras. '
CARMEN MAY YET
WIN THEIR POINT
Richard Cornelius, a member of th
general executive board of the Amalga
mated Association of Street and Electric
Railway Employes of America, arrived
in Portland thia morning to tak charge
of th carmen's strike.
Cornelius organised the Ban Franciaoo
platform workers seven year ago, sine
which time h baa been at me head or
th Carmen's union of th Bay City. He
I recognised as one of the most sstut
labor organiser In tha United States.
Th Snn Francisco labor leader apent
today In conference with International
Vice-President Burton, who haa bean
at th head of the strike sine a few
days after It Inception last December.
Mr. Cornelius said today:
"Having Just arrived In Portland, I
am not prepared to make a very 'com
prehensive statement regarding th situ
ation, or controversy, between the street
railway company and It former em
ployee, but thi 1 not th first situa
tion that I have confronted, and whll
to a casual observer It would appear
that th employes are defeated I wish
to remind the street car company that
th Amalgamated association ha never
been defeated for keeps. It baa been
set back from time to time. Just as In
all other conflict th tide of battle
sways from aid to side. But. In th end
the Amalgamated association haa corns
out victorious and Portland is going
to b no exception. , ,
TWENTY NEW MOUNTAIN
ENGINES F0R 0. R.&N.
, fftpeetal Dtssetek to The J cental.)
La Orande, Or., Marcb II. Twenty
new engine for us on th mountain
division of th O. R. A N. are expected
to arrive in La Grand In a short time.
Th new engine will be of th most
Improved and modem type of piston
valve, simple engine, weighing about
110 ton each, equipped wltb every lat
est appliance. Tbey will be used on
the rosin line of the O. R. V N.. be
tween Umatilla and Huntington, whll
a number of engine now In use on the
mountain will be transferred to th
Washington and Dalle division.
Flra fa milsboro -Bealdence.
(Special Dispatch The JoarsaL)
Htllaboro. Or., March .11. Th resi
dence of A. Souther In thi city waa
laat evening damaged by fir to th ex
tent of 1600. The family had left the
house early la the evening. The fir
started presumably from a defective
flua Th volunteer fir department
saved the building. The damage wn
confined to th content and th In
terior. Preferred Stock Canned (rood.
Allen A Lewi' Best Brand.
'. Lincoln Steffens th man at th sound
of whose name cold ahtvera still chase
down th spines of numerous state and
municipal ex-offlclala, a large portion of
which now wear stripped clothing. Is In
Portland. He came from San Francisco.
Before b left ther San Franclaco
found out who he was and trembled
lightly.. y.. -V-.
Lincoln is th father of a new variety
of garden cultivation. It I called muck
raking, but it la not distributed free of
charge by your congressman. H it Is
whom President Roosevelt used as th
original target In a speech some time
ago when he hurled a portion of Bun
van' "Pilgrim's Progre' at tha libr
ary man engaged In th aforesaid va
riety of huabandry..
Lincoln did not seem to mind it In
fact he got out real early In th morn
ing after that and neighbors could see
Lincoln J. Staff ens In Action, ;
htm at unrlse hoeing diligently In hla
garden awamp. Every two . hours and
nv minute h would dig up a fresh
muck raking yarn and tha world con
tinued astounded. - rt
' Strangely Clean reraonaUy.
But Mr. Steffen doesn't look mucky.
In acV-tha most susploioue would not
suspect him of being th author of so
much acandalou gossip about our
prominent men. Mr. Steffens - would
set real well la a drawing-room, and
he'd distinctly ornament any post he
happened to lean against. He haa a
way about him that look legal, but he
resents any Inference that be 1 a law
yer or related to on a . He I shv and
bashful almost to th point of stepping
on his own toes and thinking some one
else was doing It. As a result he Is
quiet and talks little, but well.
"Good mornlng, Llnk I said .thls
mornlng,ss t presented ablt of paste
board bearing my name. . "Win yon
taikr - y
"Sure," he answered. "Look what I
hav here," and with that h opened a
Suitcase and pulled forth an extension
handle which he proceeded to elongate
Ilk a Jointed flahpol. and almost .4-
Cmton Clarke Tomorrow Night.
' "Tb Redesiptlan of Soul, it Bight sppre-
prlstely be called." said frestoa Clarke daring
e oiscossloa Ike etaer esy oc sis attest sm
sreatest success, the modem esieUonal drams
-The Reeved Messenger." Creates Clarke win
resent "The Raxeed Messenger" at the Heillc
theatre. Fourteenth, sad Waahlnstoa streets.
Uiismiw (Thursday). Friday and Satwdar
alshu. March 14. la and 10. with a suectal-
prlee natioee Saturday. Seats are ew selling
at th kox eiriee ot toe taeaire.
"The Virginian" Nest Monday.
-The Ttrrlnlaa." which win be nrasseted st
tbe Hrlllf theatre Best Monday, Marcn IS, rnf
three slants and a Wednesday SMtmee. haa
established a remarkable record as a "repeats."
for thia dramatlsattoa ef Owe w latere neastv
folly wevea Aeaerlraa nmaaee breaks all pre
vious records ea each retmra visit made. It Is
kara aa ens ef the Kit Brosperans attractions
uow towing the eooetry. Beet sale opens next
rrxiay. .,.',;
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Irish Dram Next at Baker.
ahanaa ef the glxfV win auk Ita first
manan la Portland st the Baker seat
week, eemnenrlng with the natinee ea ana
day, watch tsdilentaiiy Is March 17. saint
Patrick's day. This plaj kaa received his
eonmendatloa wberrve It has beea sfednced.
and Brack Interest has seen sroesed by the
at et Its sppearaace sere.
"The Parish Meat r"
tellshtfn1 Is the word Bmst people see te
escribe "The Pariah Meet," the fameee pas
toral success Denial Bally played 43 weeks
In New Tork City, snd which Is give this
week by the Lyrle etock company. Tbe play
kaa been well produced by tbe Lyrle people,
the farorlte players are In the east snd some
new faces ere seen. There sisuaee every
day. :.,:'.' '' '
"The- King of Trampg." ,-
- Victor rnoat, a eomedlaa who Is rapidly
spproechtng the top of bis' prof we km. ap
pears st th Empire' aett Monday hi "Die
King ef Trssaps" with aa excellent company.
This prodnctton Is guaranteed gW-d!ape.
kw. The enviable repatatloa ef the Empire
ran be enly Increased by the viilt. sU next
week, beginning Sunday. - ' .
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Don't Mis wLot fa New York."
It seems as thensb all Portland wa talk
ing aboat "Lost la Hew Xorft." the great
attract too at the rnplre this weak. Tbe audi.
enwee have heee large at every perforeiaac,
and the deawnatratinns at approval have beee
seoewaseed. The startling reallatlc scenes
srvnnd Manhattaa set rrerybody talktag. Tb
pint supplies the hasla for sobs fine acting.
Matinee gstnrday.
. r ... " " A'
- Hoyt'a Magte Name. '
Jnst wbbiper "Hoyt" la Portland a ad tbst's
enonth. It certainly has seeaaed that way
st the; Baker this week, for Boyt'S - "A
Black Sheep'' has beea received eve sane
enthusiastically- tha waa thought possible.
There's a la ash la It that makes roe feel
better fbr days afterward. Matinee Saturday.
Grand' Minstrels,
Weill's Blnstreis hav the place ef aeanr
en the Grand proa-ram this week. This ta
s mlmatnr svlnatn-l first part, with end enee.
Interlocutor, Jokes, daaces and sona-s. while
the rcet ef the eirrle b scrupled br llfe-alaed
dnmmles. Kelly and Rene are arrobata whs
hate recently returnee rrnm e tour or Ksmn.
They ere furniture breakers snd their com
edy serobatle stunts keep s steady flow nt
lauirhtiv. Onetta Is s w.ioiaa SittI.Ii with
s fltctcular dance, and the rit ef the bill
la r-.nhH.ee.l of bitereatlnff featnre arta. There
are tiif-e -r for ma area dnlly at the tratai.
-H I
n tit f'ltir-lc.
.1
f AT THE THEATRES '
it '
stantly It waa transformed Into a meet
serviceable muckrake. It resembled a
safety rasor, only waa much larger and
longer,, and with more sociable-looking
teeth. '...,.',....
"Thi I what I hav brought with
ra to th Paclflo coast," he explained,
a he turned It over, patted It gently
on th aide and cast fond glance at
th long and venomous teeth.
low dramatic . vole, "that' an awful
looking acrateher. but thi I a rough
country and some of tb prong may
get buated." . ' .
; .. raat Trisea oob. '
- "I carry plenty of extra one with
me," anawered the magazine man in a
aquelchlng voice, "and I felt Ilk a cut
rate subscription." .
. Then he slipped from hi inner vest
pocket a rat-tall file and began sharp
ening one of the prongs.
"This," he edded, pointing with Ill
concealed pride at aa unusually guilty
projection of steel; "this," b repeated,
"is th San Francisco tooth, I found
thing quit naaty down . in the Bay
City. - Tea. Indeed, quite naaty." 11
sighed heavily and' thoughtfully, and an
inspiration, which In due time will an
pear In McClure' Magaslne, walked si
lently across th bridge of bt nose.
"Tea. thi San Franciaoo tooth got
pretty badly worn down. In fact. I
might tat without undo exaggera
tion that it Is worn down to th quick."
He glanced Ilk a fond parent at tha
remaining teeth In the ponderous rake.
This is ths tooth that bit a healthy
chunk out of Lo Angeles," h Informed
me. "Thi on sank clean to ita blit la
California ' generally; this on nibbled
Art sons, and this one" he , smiled ta
fiendish glee 'Is a canln of bulldog
tenacity for ' Oregon." . Hi ye held
mine in a trance and I noticed that on
of hi whisker was out Of plumb, but
I dldn t mention- It.
' Just fo Portland. -
"And this," he concluded with a broad
sweep of hi band aa If announcing th
last number on th program. Is Port-
land' a tooth."
"Looks bent. Link," I suggested, try
ing to flgtir on my next word; "don't
you think you better tak it to A den
tist 7" ' .
"Don't Joke, young man, don't Joke,"
admonished th muckraker. "I may aay
to you editorially that Portland baa a
bum garden. It contains soma overdone
swamp cabbage. A . combing . will da
miuH artxA-". - 1 . . .
Mercy me! Link." I exclaimed, ar
our publlo official to have their bair
combed , with that ugly looking thing T"
"Not their hair," ha corrected, "but
the backyard of their careers, publlo
and private." ,
"Gee, Cricket! Such a muck ado
about nothing," waa all my tangled
tongue had strength to say. r
P. 8. Mr. Steffens Is under 'contract
for hlmaelf (he 1 editor of th Aemrl
ean Magaslne) ta, go back to New Tork
city, after completing hla tour which
Includes New Mexico, Arizona, Califor
nia, Washington, Oregon and Idaho, and
writ some real red-pepper stories about
political condition and municipal gov
ernment in th areas mentioned. H
haa agreed to do It. He also agreed not
to ue thla paper for libel except on an
accusation that he wa raking up dol
lars. . He I not. ; , , ,)
ef Cigarette hi .' "Under Two flaes." . Thi
faraoas play of Oolda Is bang preeanted by
the Allen stock company st the Star theatre
this week. Mies Versa rsitoa I playtn the
role ef Cigarette, ssade fasiaaa by Blanche
Bates, snd It Is the most reallatte seting the
talented little leading woman has sassy i 4a
thla city. There will he sastlnee Thursday,
garnrday and Sunday. Beats ar now selling
at th box office.
TO MAKE THE CITY OF
PENDLETON DEBT-FREE
(Special Dtapatea e The Journal. t '
Pendleton. Or March . IS. It ha
been decided by th. city council to
ebang th charter so that tha elty may
nei Drouarni out. ok lie nrauni inntrt.
. - It haa heen aaraaA hv lh, M...nf 1 v
money Is needed for different purposes.
aa follows: . Th erection of a city hall.
itu.uuo; tor redeeming lev bonds, I to.
009; for x ten ding th lav. 120.000: for
extending th sewer System. 1 10.000; for
paying off tha city street paving in
debtedness. $10,000: for Improving OlneV
cemetery, f J. 000. 1
In order to provide mean far carry
ing on th abov Improvement It wilt
be necessary to Increase th city
bonded Indebtedness to S215.0OO. With
such an indebtedness th annual Interest
r-A v., ..I. muiM , m a.. .& .1, c n 1
steaa 01 tne ,oo par annum which tha
city now paya
in orner to meet ine increased D la
ment It I tlmatd that an Increaaa of
2 mill In th city tax levy will ba nec
essary. .;..;'.,,., ' , .
JUDGE CAMERON HEARS
OF MOTHER'S DEATH
Judge Cameron of th municipal court
received word by letter thla morning of
th death of bla mother, Mra Marlon
Cameron, aged 70. at Kilmarnock. Ayr
shire. Scotland. February 21. after a
brief Illness. Mrs. Cameron waa a Mao.
Oregor. Her father developed) th fa
mous breed of Ayrshire cattle. Sha was
born In a house adjoining th en In
which Robert Burn first saw tha light
of day. ' -
CROWDS GATHER AT
; BIER OF ELIJAH III
.. (Jeenal Special Ssrvie.
Zlon City. iu. March IJ. Throng
ar crowding to Dowle'e bier, compose !
mostly of palsied man, women and weak
children who kiss the fringe of th
coffin. Rachel Fisher pushed to the
casket, kissed th fringe and aald a lie
could walk. Sh started down stair
alone, fell and received Injuries that
may prove fatal.
. Mr. Gaunt Allege Desertion. .
(Special Dlapeeh re Th Journal.)
Pendleton, Or, March 11. Mah'l
Oaunt has commenced a suit for - di
vorce from David IL flaunr on t)
grounds' of desertlrrn. The two were
married June 20, IhSI, at (Joldends l.i,
Washington, and hav tbree clilUiien.
Conrt at HlIlMloro Blond.tf,
(Spet-lal Hai. to Ti.e Ji",l
IlllUti.ircj, trr.. Nt.r.li 11 1 i n t'
Inr Marclt t- rm i f it -i t r
convene In t ' , t v f
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