HIE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. MONDAY EVENINw, MARCH 18, ,1807.
STEIHER
-STEEL
AND
CHOSEN
One Is to B Asylum Superin
tendent and .Other State .
Bank Examiner. ,
Jamea Steel of Portland, brother of
State Tnuunr Owrp A. Steel. I to
be tat bank xamtoer under tho new
law passed at tho laat legislature and
Dr. R. K. lo Stelner t , Salem ta to
bo tbo next superintendent- of tho atata
Inaano asylum, according- to th atory
seeping Into political circle.
- While neither of tho appointment
will be mads for aom time, yet there
baa been much discussion ana corneal
. over tho two offices, especially that
of superintendent of the asylum. Hero
a deadlock existed la tho state board.
Dr. JT. F. Caibreath. present superin
tendent, who has now held two term
of the office, . baa been a candidate for
reappointment He - wis supported by
Bute Treasurer Steel for reasons of
political affiliation la the past and of
personal friendship. '
roverao slot U Dlspate.
' Dr. Stelner entered the race strongly
supported by Secretary of State F. W.
Benson. Btelner is a eloeo political
and personal friend of both Secretary
of State F. W. Benson and of bla
brother. Judge Henry Benson, of Klam
ath Falls. Governor Chamberlain took
a- neutral stand, preferring to allow
the Republican majority, of tho board
to settle its own disputes.
Aaa result of this condition thsr
was a probability that no appointment
would break the deadlock and that Sup
erintendent Caibreath ' would bold of-
flc without appointment for anothef
, : term. , ' i ' "--,
Calsreath's Oood Baeord. -. -1
The reported selection of Mr. Steel
m i. t i .... Me h..w iMmlnw end
' f Dr. Stelner for superintendent of the
asylum t a compromise between tbe
two officials. It will retire Superin
tendent Caibreath at the end of eight
. rear -of service a tho bead of the
largest of Oregon' state institutions.
Dr. Caibreath. wben he leavea the In
stitution, will leave a record for good
management which even those political-
. ly opposed to him admit baa been excel
lent. During hi Incumbency tho In
tiilfi lies e-rown In also until It I
now th largest atat Institution under
the management of the state board.
- - Dr. Steiner 1 well-known physician
of the Willamette valley, though yet
comparatively a young- man. H spent
; his boyhood and youth at Salem and
later went to Klamath Falls, where he
practiced his profession. He waa elect
ed to the house of representatives from
there, hi term of office expiring with
the 10S session. r .
ffteora Aettr life. 1
James Steel: is well 'known to old
time resident of Portland. He was the
first cashier of tb First National bank
In this city, taking tbe. position upon
the organisation of the bank May 1,
.... TJ MatA amna IS W a - lata
to go Into business for himself, having
leased a Una of warehouse on th line
W .IJ ii ...im n A ,AW.
known as the Yamhill division of th
Southern Pacific, and also on th Spring-
The lines at the time were under th
management of Henry Vlllard, and ow.
tng to the fact - that the extension
oromlsed by V 11 lard were not made th
venture of Mr.' Steel did not prove
proniaoie ana am soia uui . -
' .'Mr. Bieei next assisted in m urbani
sation of the Willamette Saving bank,
which was afterward reorganised Into
the present Merchant National bank
of this city.' 'He ws president of this
bank juntlLb resigned !n lI Jo com
mence the construction of the Oregon
City electric line, the nucleus of th
present Oregon Water Power system.
He Is at the present time th secretary
of the Idaho Copper Mining company.
UHS RiniH'S Wll I .. . l...:..
IN rnUoAlc UUUHI
fBpeetal Wspatrh to The Jsraal.l "
CorvaUts, Or., March 18. The will of
lb late Mrs. Margaret Radlr was filed
at th Clerk' office for probate Batur
day."' It name Mr. Kllsa P. Smith, a
daughter, administratrix, to serve with
out bonds. To tb husband. Adam Radlr,
all th real property 1 bequeathed dur
ing hi lifetime; to Mrs. Mary Graham
Af lata Mtw a an RE-ava tnif
and to Mr. Ellsa Smith 17. acrea. both
in Una county, tbe latter the old Ra-
Mary E. Whitman, la to receive tl.KO
. ' J. W. Handy of this city baa been
appointed administrator of th estate of
Atttar. rwnnv MaaJ anil n.a IUt
his bond for 11.500.. Mr. Denny commit
ted suicide ahmrt the waaka trn In
northern Benton because of Ill-health
and financial worries. ' ' - -
ENGINEER ROBBED OF
CLOTHING AND MONEY
kv w v w m mwm v w w w saw in s ) One) a)
(SparUl Dwpatek to Tke JeersaL)
The Dalles. Or.. March, II Jn.
was arrested laat nt7ht on th chare
f larceny from a dwelling. He I
. charged with having entered the room
of J. Flooan, engineer of a switch ea-
- gin, at th Umatilla house, and stolen
hi clothing. In th pocket of which
were tie! In coin and a gold watch.
Th engineer was asleep at th tlm
but awok a th robber waa leaving
the room. He followed Fox to hi
room and called th polio. They re
port th ' finding of the money and
clothing., Fox was arrested and tsksn
to jalL Hs will have an examination
today. . 1
ED ANDERSON AND
v HIS SON PARDONED
i- aejawaweaxeawsawaesssh '
(H-eetal Dwaateh Tss JeerasL)
Astoria. Or March la. Ed Ander
on and his aoa, of th nam name,
who were laat year sentenced to one
, year In th county jail for assault with
a dangerous weapon on a mill hand
at Seaside, were pardoned by Governor
Chamberlain Saturdsy and released
yesterday at noon after serving ten
months of their sentence. -
WASCO'S TAXES ARE
MOST ALL COLLECTED
(SaaeUt Dtapatrk s Tke JesrsaL)
The Dalle. Or.. March II The
mount of taxes collected to March II
U 1111,111 IS, out of a tout amount of
tnse of IKI.07T.il. Thl make a re
in te of about 11,000. ,
Kctunlts Will File) Charge. -
an Frsnnsoo, March li. Msyor
F hmtt snnounced tod as that b would
r . charges of Ineoin Detency and mis
r unsgement against tn relief corpora-
IS
TWICE VICTOR
R. E. Moody and Corbett &
Macleay Company Lose Cases
In the Federal Court. -
'' After 1 yesr of litlirstlon In the
federal court the government waa suc
cessful In ths esses of R. K.- Moody vs.
L L. Patterson snd Corbett Mscleay
nomnanv n. ths ITnltad States board of
appraiser derided by ITnltad Ststes Dls-
met Juage woivenon inis momms
The case of Moody-against Patterson.
acting as collector of customs, ws tiled
la-ISM and was -brought, to have -re
scinded a IS per cent sd valorem duty
imposed by the -. customs office on a
shipment of .sheep dip consigned to X.
K. Moody from Australia. After hang
ing In the federal .court . since (hat
time It vii decided against Mr. Woody
and In favor of the government by
Judge Wolverton. This cose waa argued
before Judge. Bellinger and the decision
had been formed' but not given from
the bench when the jurist wss stricken
with hi last Illness. It bad to be re
tried therefore.
The ease of tho Corbett A Mscleay
company s gainst the United States
board of appraiser was brought In HIS
because of a levy of It per cent sd
valorem on a shipment of Jute or burlap j
consigned to the plaintiffs from India. I
Tho case ha been pending under rgu-
ment a to wnetner or not me articles
assess! were noi uimpm oy imw iruni
! duty. In this esse also the government
has been sustained
by the decision of
Judge Wolverton.
OFFERS OPPORTUNITY FOR
JIDOLEIiEIGHT IliVTSTORS
I A large banking house organised ' on
th popular plan of an advisory board
of S6 men and a stockholding list of
middle-weight Investor baa been In
corporated under the name of th Ger
man American Bank of Portland, and
ha leased the quarter now occupied
by tb -Northern Express company, at
ths corner of Sixth and Alder streets.
The bank's authorised eapltat la II,
000,000. -
F. H. Bloch and F. N. Meyers, repre
senting th Incorporators, here opened
a temporary business office In th Or
gonlan building. Th Northern Ex
press company will vacate th Lang
building within the next ft days, and
the new bank will be Installed there
by May 1. ' Richard Martin has drawn
th plana for remodeling th Interior
and construction contracts' have been
let Tbe plan of the, organiser I to
have a list of 100 stockholders before
tbe bank opens for business. Of these
there will b IS men selected a an
advisory board, and a board of seven
director. The director will choose
three executive officer who will eon
duet th business of tb bank.
Portland 1 growing In population at
the rat of nearly lO.Oow people an
nually, and at thl ratio It I estimated
that a sew banking houai can be prof.J
Itably atartea here every year.- iasx
year witnessed the establishment of
tho Banker and Lumbermen' bank on
th west side, and a new bank opened
by Geo. W. Bates on the east side. In
addition two or three trust companies
have opened for business within the last
eight i months. ; - ,' ', '
BEAT HUSBAND BECAUSE
HE ASKED FOR HIS WIFE
A complaint wa filed against O. Cole,
a shipwright, this morning by Charles
W. Boylan, a .logger,' charging th for
mer with assault and battery.
It I alleged that Boylan upon return
ing to Portland yesterday and not find
ing his wife at home traced bar to tb
Ross bouse, where It Is said ah had
been In the company of Cole. Boylan
demanded Col to produce bis wife,
whereupon the latter, it la alleged,
viciously assaulted him and Boylan-wa
so seriously Injured that h waa com
pelled to seek medical attention.
The woman returned to her horn
later In th day, but unaffected by the
plight of her husband gathered all of
her belonging and decamped. Col ap
peared at police headquarter laat night
and declaring' that b had assaulted
Boylan -In self-defense left his address.
Whsn sought by th police, however, he
could not be located. A detective .ha
been detailed to serve the warrant and
Boylan, Although able to appear, today
and sign the complaint, I In a serious
condition. , .
EVEN TIE CONTRACTORS
- HIT BY CAR SHORTAGE
(Operlal Dlapatek te Th JeornaL)
: Barlow, Or.. March II. W. B. TuIL
who has contracted with the Southern
Pacific company to get out ties, has 42
men working for him and Is unable to
get cars enough to keep them employed
all th time. -. "
The school her Is to be closed this
week and next on account of tbe Illness
of both of th teachers. -Mis Randall,
principal. I at her home In Oregon City,
and Mis Applegat at ber bom In
Salem.
8. Berg, who owns' th old William
Barlow farm, 1 having the old orchard
grubbed out, as it I bsdly diseased with
seal. H expect to turn It Into a
sheep pasture. -, -, , .-
T. Buxton, maater of th Oregon
State grange, who wss to have been
here Saturday venlig ' to . meet tho
Twentieth Century grange. ; wa called
to Corvallis and was unabl to attend
the special meeting which wa to be
called for him.
Th 1-year-old child of Charles Hard
ing, who waa seriously burnsd soma
time ago, I recovering and 1 now able
to b about th house. i
SETTLERS IN WANT : :
SINCE BOAT STOPPED
(seeelal Plapateb te The JosrsaL)
Hoqulam, - Wash., March Is. Word
hss Just reached thl city that th Bot
tler In Clearwater, Hop and Queet
are suffering owing to inability to get
Supplies. Last full th freighting sloop
Vera, owned sod operated by th Queet
Trading company, was wrecked while
tnteiing the Queet river. Sine then
no boat ha been running and a con
struction on th new steamer , being
Ubullt here ha been delsyed no supplies
have been shipped to the settler and
their stocks have run low. Several
tens of freight have been carried by
packhorses from Qulnlault agency, but
tb trip I a long, hard one, taking ser
ral days, , '
GOVEdilElIT
BUY APPLE LAND
AT HOOD RIVER
Messrs. . Schnabel and Smith
Purchase Eighty Acres - ;
; Other Realty Deals. ;
- Charlea J. Schnabel and C E. -Smith
have just closed the' purchase of 00
acrea of Hood River . apple land. 60
acre of, which has been set In three-
year-old trees. .The' price paid was
j 1 14.600,
The new owners will Imme
diately put the remaining 30 acrea In
choice trees. - Ths tract Is under a
Hood River Irrigation canal and j In
one of the finest apple belt In that
district. -
C. J. Schnabel and M. J. Thorsen sold
Saturday to H. W. Lemcke -the south
west quarter block"" on Union avenue
and East Alder street for 135.000. This
property was purchased last Novem
ber for 1 17,006. Is 'reported that
Mb, Lerocse has ' already resold ' the
site At a substantial advance over the
price plad Saturday. . . -
Mrs. Elisabeth Spencer purchased, Sat
urday., from A. K. Gantenbein a half
lot, IS by 100. on the east vlda of Third
street 80 feet from the corner of Ollaan,
for 114.000.. A two-story-frame building
occupied as ,a 'feed store cover the lot.
E. A. Eastlund ba purchased from
C M. Martin a 50-foot lot on tho south
west corner of Twenty-second and Reed
streets for $5.W0.
A , seven-room bouse
1 ocrunlaa the lot.
DANIELSON AND NELSON
WOULD HAVE NEW TRIAL
Lawyer Seneca Fnuta appeared be-
lafore Judge Eraser In 'th stats clroult
li-mirt this morning snd asked for . an
miuiiiviw iv m;i I" turn a mouun m
a new trial for his client. C H. Daniel
son, who was convicted last week of
manalsughter. Fouts was also allowed
10 days In whloh to file hi bill of ex
ception. Th same rulings were made
In the case of Ed Nelson who waa con
victed at th asm tlm of murder In
the second degree. Tb men were tried
last week before Judge Eraser for the
murder of Oscar Llndgren. ' -
fILL ACCUSE GARRETZ
OF GROH'S ttURDER
Arrangement for th funeral of An
ton Grab,' proprietor of th Spokan
saloon, who died at th Good Samaritan
hospital Saturday night a ' th result
of two gunshot wound Inflicted by I
peter Garrets isst Tuesday evening,
have been completed. The obsequies
will be hsld from the German Catbolie
church tomorrow and th service ., al
be conducted by tbe Son of Herman,
of which organisation decedent .wa a
member.
The Inquest over th body of th mur
dered man will b held thl afternoon
by- Coroner FInley. AK of tb wit
nesses -to-th tragedy haver been ud
poenaed and It I expected that he
Jury wlU formally accuse Garrets of
th murder. An autopsy performed on
th body yesterday showa that death
was caused from shock andseptlo In
fection of the cbdomlnal wall following
a gunshot wound In ths abdomen.
Jamea Hlgley, who Is confined at th
Good Samaritan hospital suffering a
bullet. wound In th abdomen, also In
flicted by Garrets, la reported to ba
resting easily and tb Burgeon now
believe that
bhg'TtchancTf'r
oovery. .
In tb event that th coroner's Jury
charges Garret with th murder of
Groha, which action (her ta no doubt
they will take, the district attorney will
Immediately file an Indictment - s gain it
th youthful desperado in tb circuit
court and th trial will take place at
an early data. - The atto.-ney represent
ing the murderer has announced that
the defense will be insanity and claims
to have in expert opinion of two doc
tors in support of his contention.
NET SPREADS OVER
MORE LEWIST0N MEN
Boise. Idaho, March 18. Rumor are
afloat to th effect that additional In
dictments will be found against Lewis
ton men In th north Idaho land fraud
ease by the federal grand Jury In ses
sion her. Many witnesses ar In at
tendance. United State District Attorney Rulck
says he hss not received official notice
from Washington relative to ny
charges against Engineer D. W. Ross,
chief of the federal reclamation service
In Idaho. . '
EMPLOYERS IN NEVADA "
WIN FIGHT WITH I. W.W.
: IJosrsal Kperlal gerrlea.)
Gold field. Nev March II All th
stores were opened for business this
morning, nearly all the clerka having
decided to withdraw from th I. W. W.
Their employers bad given them the al
ternative of quitting th I. W. w. or
losing their positions. Th American
Federation of Labor Is proceeding to
organise, tb clerk. Ther ha been no
violence. : i - ,
CITIZENS' ALLIANCE HAS
GOT BUSY AT BOISE
' fsseetal Dtseatrft te rs JeersaL)
, Boise. Ida., March II. Tbe local
branch of th Cltlsens' alliance that ha
been formed her I proceeding against
union labor snd proposes to make Boise
an "open shop" town. Union labor men
declare ther Is no excuse for th slll
ance, a harmony prevail between all
employer and employes. They charge
th organisation with hsvlng been made
for campaign effect, s th unionist
will have a ticket In tb city campaign.
They will hold their convention tomor
row. ---' .
FLOURISHING PISTOL
IS AMATTO'S CHARGE
v Sam Amatto was arrested last night
by Patrolman ' Stuart In a saloon at
Fourth and Lincoln streets on a chsrge
of carrying ooncealed weapons. It wo
reported to th patrolman that trou
ble wa brewing In Little Italy, and
Amatto I said to- have flourished a
revolver. To prevent th outbreak of
hostilities several policemen were sent
to th Italian quarter and searched
very man found In the saloons in that
district. In th polio court today
Amatto wss found guilty and evlll be
entenced tomorrow.
. ii a i i , . i. a. '
Fref erred Stock Canned Oooas.
Allen 4k Lewi' Bast Bra-
ST. PATRICK'S DAY IS
: AH INDIASSV DAY, TOO
MsasaasMSBSBBBBMBfeaBsajesaB y
Chemawa Band Celebrates An
niversaryConcert and a
Barquet With Toasts. '
- 'SpeelaJ IMasetrs t Tke JaareaM '
- Chsmaiwa, Or., March 1 The Che
mawa Indian band waa ' organised 11
years ago on St. Patrick's day. The
event Is appropriately celebrated each
year, and Saturday night th entire stu
dent body snd employes, together with
vlsitlng'frlends, assembled In tbe school
chapel, where the following program
was well rendered by the Indian boys
composing the band: "Patrol, American"
(Aieacnamj; march, "Tho Cowboy
(Marsh): "Bark Among the Clover and
th Bees" (Cutler); overture, "Some
thing Doing1' (Beyer); "Vale Boola"
(Hlrsh): "Indian War Dance" (Bell-
stedt, Jr.); waits. "Impsssloned Dream"
(ttasaa); march, "Th Crisis" (Hall).
At the end of the program the band
boys and their friends and employes of
tb school assembled In the school audi
torium for a luncheon. The following
toast were given by th Indian mem
ber of th band: "History ; of' our
Band," Robert Cameron. Rondo Valley
tribe; "Our ex.Membera," James Evans.
Alaskan; "Our New Members," Walter
Mlllet.,.WaacOr -Our-i-Lady Friends,
Harry . Queachpalma, Warm Spring;
"Our Leader." Maximo Barnaby. Flat
head; "Our Bandstand." John Upham,
Blackfeet; "Our Band Boys," Charles
Larsen, Columbia river: "Music," Mas
ter Pickering Chalcraft; "Phopbecy
Joseph Tea bo, Cowllts.
Assistant Superintendent W. P. Camp
bell was toastmaster. "
During the past year tb band ba
been materially strengthened, so that It
Is now ooe of - tb beat organisation
of It kind In th northwest. . -
REGISTRATION BOOKS
OPEN NEXT SATURDAY
Registration of voters of thl
city will begin Saturday In
County Clerk Fields' office and
the books will rt-msln open until
April li. Only - those having
changed places of residence will
be required to register anew for
tbe coming city election.
Sine . th laat registration a
portion of precinct 17. - compris
ing pert of th district of Conn-'
ell Crest, has been taken Into the
city limits snd added to pre-'
etnets IS, It and II. Th rest
dents of th dtstiict.wlll accord
ingly ba required to- register In
order to be permitted to vote at
th coming primaries. - ,, -
PROBE ENTIRE OFFICIAL
. CAREER OF HERMARN
(Jeorsai Special Berries.)
. Washington. Maroh II. Th alxth
week of - th trial of Blnger Hermann
opened today. Although he la charged
merely with the destruction of letter
press eopy books of tho general ' lsnd
office while to waa commissioner. Her
mann has been undergoing an lnqulsl-n
tlon as to bis sntir official career to
tb tlm whan he was forced by Hitch
cock to realm.
Tbe defense admit th destruction of
tho books, but claim that they con
tained only copies of private and per
sonal, letters. Th prosecution i en
deavoring to prove that although some
letters were personal, most of them
war orncuu. Testimony was introduce,
to show that several of th letter re
ferred to th operation of land grafters
In th west. At least a dosen more wit
nesses will be examined before th gov
ernment rest Its esse. ' .
SPEED LIMIT MATTER V
. IS AGITATING SALEM
' (Special Dlapatek ta Tke JearsaX)
Salem, March II. The fight over th
peed limit of train through Salem I
th all-abaorblng tople on th streets
today. Many people uphold Counctlmsn
Has In his st tempt to hold th trains
down to ths- alx-mll limit according to
tb ordinance.
"I have not stated my personal view
as to th merit .of tho speed limit
ordinance," said Haas, "whether I ap
proved or dlsapprovsd It I am attempt
ing to enforce. tb city law, as I am
worn to do. -
"Tb Southern Paclflo . is attempting
to bluff ths city with the threat of not
stopping it overland train here. If
the law doe not meet th a approval of
th citlsena of Saiem th oouncil can re
peal it
Councilman Downing will thl evening
Introduce an ordinance fixing tbe speed
limit at It mile from North Mill creek
on th north to . Ross street on the
south, and to II mile provided an
alarm bell system la installed by th
railroad company.
IDAHO MOURNS ONE
MORE FAVORITE SON
. ' ("penal Dtspatek te Tbe Jearnal.)
Boise, Idaho, Maroh II A. K. Staun
enbenrrr banker of Caldwell, a brother
of the lat Governor Frank Steunenberg
and ex-aecretary and ex-grand master of
thesldabo Odd Fellows, I dead at hi
hom town. He wa widely known and
highly respected. He was en of th
foremost cltlsens of his city. The funeral
will be held tomorrow at Caldwell under-
the auspice of th grand encamp
ment L O. O. F. Large delegations
will attend from vartou part of th
atat.
AUDUBON SOCIETY MAN
PLEADS FOR THE BIRDS
(Special Dispatch ts The Journal.)
McMlnnvllle, Or., March 11. William
L. FInley of Portland, president of tbe
Oregon Audubon society, gave si stereop
tleon lectur at th First Baptist church
on "Oregon Birds," th purpose of th
leotur being to arouse Intsrest .In th
protection of Oregon bird and secure
member for th Audubon' society. Th
lecture wa very interesting, not only to
lovers of Jslrds, but others in general.
Th lectur wa secured by County Su
perintendent L. R. Aldermen.
ANOTHER MASSACRE OF
JEWS NEAR KISHINEFF
New Tork, March It Th following
cablegram waa received from Podlhllo,
near Jsssack. Roumanla, by a Jewish
morning paper Isst night;
"Terrible 'msaeacr since Thursday.
AH Jewish population ruined, houses
destroyed.. We sak help.-Marcus Get
Mi, Ellaa Solomon, Shjsa Bterberg."
HOT AFFECTED
BY C0II
TROVERSY
President Jones of Deschutes lr-
rigatldn & Power Company
Says Project Is Sound.
H. F. Jon, president of the Des
chutes . Irrigation and Power Settlers'
association, a mutual protective organi
sation composed of the settlers under
the canal of that company wnicn, is
reclaiming a tract of 110,000 acre of
rid land in Crook county, write Th
Journal regarding that company's opera
tions and th success which so far has
attended Its efforts. His letter follows:
"In your Issue of March IS consider
able space I given under th heading
'Settler Ar Up In Arms' on th first
peg. Thl artlcl will . have , a great
tendenoy to - retard th settlement and
rapid development of tbe fertile land
of Crook oouaty now being reclaimed
under the Carey aot, over nine tenth of
whlcb have been segregated - by tne
Deschutes Irrigation A Power company.
"Lands of ths latter company em
brace about 110,000 acres, while tb Co
lumbia Southern Irrigating company,
mentioned In your-, article, has but J 7.
000 acres, only a part of which bas been
reclaimed owing to lack of water . In
Turoalo" creek, from whloh It upply 1
obtained.
'The Deschutes Irrigation . ft Power
aompany receives Its aupply of wstsr
from the Deschutes river snd has never
had a dispute with tbe stato land board
or th settlers under it canals. In th
controversy laat June between the atat
land board and th Columbia Southern
Irrigating company (a Carey aot
project), th publicity given th dispute
by Portland papers waa felt on thl aid
of th river In an almost total stoppage
of Immigration, although a company not
In any way connected with thl segrega
tion waa at fault- -
"During th past two weeks we bay
had our share of th homsseekera who
ar taking advantage of th low rates
to investlgst th resource, of Oregon,
and w believe that thl at present un
developed amplro will seour a large
percenter of th newcomer to our
atat during th next two month If th
unfavorable report now being circu
lated are o worded that th general
public will understand' that this project
la sound a a -dollar. Wa hav bar
room for several thousand ettler in Jk
valley as fertile as lie out of door.
"If you will kindly give this stats
ment th asm publicity given th Co
lumbia Southern article .you will con
fer a great favor on the 400 settlers
now on th lands ths Deschutes Irriga
tion 4 Power company is reclaiming.
Also tha several hundred who might be
deterred from Investigating (and that'
all the country needs to obtain set
tlers) from getting Just what they want
and ar looking for." .
POLICE RAID DIVE AND
FOUR INMATES ARE FINED
i ,
Sally White' notorious dlv at 144
Flanders) street wa raided by the po
lice last night and four colored dent
sen of th place were taken Into cus
tody on misdemeanor charges. The
raid waa the result of a complaint
made to tho authorltlea by Georg
Thoma and F. Kimball of tl First
treet. He said h hsd been robbed
of 110 In th resort. All of tb women
were released on ball and fined 110
apiece In th police court this morning.
IS
I WHILE THROWING SWITCH
Martin Shaddock, a conductor em
ployed on th Alberta line of th Port
land Railway Llgbt A Power company,
was taken to the Good Samaritan hos
pital -last night for treatment for a
number of bruises sustained In an acci
dent at Union avenue and Alberta street.
Shaddock was in th act of throwing a
switch at tb Intersection of th two
treat whan atruck by a oar. HI In
juries ar not regarded a serious.
Albert Tlmmlns, an employe of Tay
lor's logging camp, near Kelso, Wash
Ington, waa sdmltted to St Vincent'
hospital yesterdsy suffering from a
ssvered artery In the arm. Tlmmln fell
upon a large saw and sustained a se
rious wound. Although having lost
much blood, h will redover.
TEACHERS' MEETING
- - AT FOREST GROVE
(social Dtssste Is Tke Jearsal.t '
Forest Grove, Or., March 11. Th
Teachers' tnstltuts of thl section of
tb county wss held here Saturday with
about 10 teacher present from TMston,
Hlllsboro, Cornelius and other point.
County School Superintendent Cas
presided. - Th leading addresses of tb
day were made by professor from th
Pacific university. Dr. Arthur C Bog
gess spoke on "Methods In Teaching
History" and "Cause and Effect In His
tory"; Ml as Farnham. "Our ' Mother
Tongue" and "Literature In Grammar
Grades"; Professor O. H. Coons,, "Some
Neglected Point In Arithmetic,"
Morning" and afternoon session were
held. -
INDIANS OWN MUCH LAND
BUT CANNOT PAY FINE
Two bad Indian oonfeaaed them
selves to be poor before United State
Commlasloner 8 lad en ht morning,
when Charles Bennett and Charll Shap
less, botl. of the Umatilla reservation,
took th pauper oath. The two man
bad been sentenced to three month in
Jail and to pay a fin of 110 each for
having taken whiskey on the -reservation.
They hav finished th aervlo
of their sentsnces and took the pauper's
oath to eacap th payment of th fin.
Both of th Indiana ar wall-known
residents of th Umatilla reservation,
wher thsy own allotments of wheat
land, which la leased at good rentals to
whit farmers. .
SHEEP BOARD MEETING ;
AT PENDLETON TUESDAY
(Rpeelal Dlvpatet Is The JeersaL) -.
Salem, Or., March II. W, H. Steua
loff, on of th member of tb newly
created atat board of eheep commis
sioners, has gons to Psndleton to attend
the' meeting of the board to be held
ther tomorrow. - Th Umatilla Wool
growers' association will also hold a
meeting at that time. Various matters
of Interest to sheepmen are to be dis
cussed and It Is probable th board will
elect a state sheep Inspector snd select
a secretary of the board. It Is nndr
stood the board will mak It headquar
ters la Sales ,-
PROGRESS
CHOI II
OR
Baptist Minister, Meet and Re
, , port Increasing Membership
and Prosperity.
At th meeting of tb Baptist minis
ters this morning progress In tha
church work wss mads evident by tbe
reports. Rev. El M. Bliss reported tbe
organisation yesterday afternoon of the
Hyland Baptist church, which hss
grown out of a mission started by ths
Tblrd Baptist church about a year ago
A roll of IT charter members baa been
secured, and it la expected to estsbllsh
ther , a regular pastorate ' in . October
after a few months , supply work
from the. city mission.
Rev. MK Buerman of the Second Ger
man church cam in lata and announced
that.be had Just finished paying off the
last Installment oa tha church debt
Rev. Mr. Leonard of th St - John
church announced that they expect to
begin work on their new church build
ing very . soon. A Urge amount of
money bail been obtained by him from
the other churches of tb denomination.
Including 1000 from th First church.
The church, which started with a mem
bership of 14 a year ago and dwindled
down to 14 shortly after, baa now 10
member and 1 In such a. flourishing
condition that ther I crying need for
larger quarters. The member hav
bought and paid' for a lot and put up
a temporary building. Word - I ex
pected soon from tb Horn Mlaalon so
ciety tn New Tork and th sis of tb
undertaking depends on their - consent
or refusal to help tb church at one).
Dr. J. Whltcomb Brougher aroused
tbe meeting to enthusiasm by telling of
his sermon on Christian Sclsnc yes
terday morning. Ther ' waa . ready
acquiescence from all when he aatd that
Christianity hsd everything that Chris
tian Sclsnc hs without its absurdities,
bub It does not plaoe sufficient mpha-
is on soms -phases; - that there Is
too much of th long-fsced variety In
hw.t. . ...
church and too little preached about
Christ s good cheer; that cheerfulness
ffhTra?ls:I!:ith,n1B,I ri
-t "r for disease.
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LAZIEST MAN IN CITY
IS AGAIN BEHIND BARS
Henry Dahra, fanjou a ths-lasleat
man In Portland, ha become so devoted
to th environment and menu at
Kelly Butt that he is extremely anx
ious to return to th Institution from
which h wa released a few day ago.
Dahm wa arrested by Patrolman An
derson ysstsrday on a charge of va
grancy. When taken to th roekpll on a simi
lar chsrge aom tlm ago h gave an
ocular demonstration of his la sines by
falling aaleep hi th patrol wagon, and
It 1 asserted by the official at Kelly'
Butt that th fallow often alumbered
while breaking rock. '
DR. MORRISON LECTURES :
ON THERAPEUTICS
A lecture under the. auspice of th
South Portland Library association will
bo -given Tuesday v evening, March II.
In ths Fourth Prsbytrlan church at I
o'clock, by tho Rev. A. A. Morrison, D.
D. Tha subject will ' be "Suggestive
Therapeutlca." The doctor' Is one of
tb ablest speaker on th! coast and a
large audience, we feel sure, will be out
to bear him speak on thl very Inter
esting thefne.
bam
BOISE REPUBLICANS
NAME CITY TICKET
-Boise, Idaho, March II. -The Republi
can city convention today nominated
John M. Hayne for mayor.; also tha
following: For councilman, A. E. Carl
son, W. H. Walker, J. A. Blomqulst,
Robert Alkman; for city treasurer, Ben
Petting! U.
DETECTIVE LIGHTED
MATCHES IH CELLARS
B. P. Strandborg, - who said b waa
connected with tb Portland Dy work
and waa a detective commissioned by
th Grannan Detective bureau of Cin
cinnati, Ohio, waa arrested early yes
terdsy morning on a charge of tres
pass committed upon tb premises at
the northeast corner of Fourth and
Montgomery treet a Strandborg wa
captured in th cellar of th houss by
Jailer Wendorf and Patrolman Gruber.
At th jail h said b was formsrly
a soldier in th regular army and that
when b was arrested be waa oa the
trail of a deserter named Ashbaugh.
In answer to questions by - Captain
Bailey h admitted that he had bean
drinking, but be waa not drunk when
arrested. Women In the two houses
wher he wa seen said that hi action
seemed t be those of a burglar. He
went Into tb cellar with lighted
matches, and a none of th mal mem
bers of th famllie were at home they
were greatly frightened. '
' Strandborg said he waa II year old,
H had about 110 on hi parson whan
arrestsd. In th police court today h
entered a plea of not guilty and wa
discharged by Judge Cameron.
MAKE CORNERSTONE
LAYING BIG EVENTl
. At today's meeting of tb board of
governor of th Portland Commercial
club, it wa decided to make an event ;
of th laying of th corner stone of th I
new club building. - To that end the
grand lodge of Masons, which will be I
In session In Portland about June l.f
will be invited to officiate at tb laying i
of th. corner .ton. It I the Intention
iu inviw n ut.i uui ui ui venous t
western siaies iv om vrwmii
Auto-Driver Bonnd Ore.
' B. D. Nioewonder, tb San Franclsoo
ohauffeur who wa err ted by Detec
tives Tlohsnor and Jon on a charge of
obtaining good under fala preteneee
from Bam Wollach, a second-hand deal
er, by mean of an alleged bogus check,
wsivsd preliminary sxamrnatton In tli
pollc court todsy and wss uound over
to th grand Jury. -. -.'. -
- a 1 . ,
Today'o DnQdlnc Permit. , .
Building permits wer Issued by
Building Inspector Spencer this -morn
ing follow: M. -. Tower,- two-
story dwelling, Dwlsht atreet between
Hunt street and Willis boulevard,- ,-
100, jsnd Fred Countryman, two - one-
story dwellings, Webster, between Key.
by atreet and Alblna avanu. 11.110, .
TRAIWS LATE,
WIRES USELESS
Rain - In Southern , Part f th
State Has Been Almost .
Continually Falling.
- Continuous downpour of rain for tha
last two days and nights east and south
of Portland hav don muoh damage to
railroad property, and delayed traffic.
Southern Paclflo train ar tied up
eoutn of Cow Creek canyon and In th .'
Rogu River valley, and telegraph line -are
down In aom places.
At Ashland th heaviest rain storm
known In two years prevailed Saturday '
night Sunday and Sunday night Tha '
downpour wss almost continuous. Ob
servers report that tha precipitation in
to hour measured 1 11 jnchee. In th -Siskiyou
ther waa a heavy snowfall.
and th snowstorm Is still raging. -
Th wind blew a gal and tb heaviest
rainstorm of th season bss prevailed W
at Medford sine Saturday night Tb
precipitation for 11 hours wss about I ,
three Inches. Water flooded th South-
rn Paclflo track south of Msdford, and,
held' up trafne several hours. Old rest- I
dent of th Rogu river valley any tho f
storm was in . neaviest ever snown
there. .' There ,1 considerable damag
to crop.
Rain east of th mountain hav re
sulted In softening tbe ground and '
bringing th telegraph -line down In .
soma places, interrupting th transrals- "
slon of all telegraph business today.- . y '
WOMAN TALKS .
ON THE STRIKE
A feature of th weekly meeting of
the Portland Socialist club No. I. at
Allsky hall last night wss th address
of Miss Nina E. Wood. Miss Wood wa
I ihV.nik. unJ Ta.ri. t
1 8n po Pn t"0 attitude of the pub-
lio toward tb atriklng millworkers. -
paP.7.nd preu.d h.;
opinion of tbe public attitude with refer-
m th strikers. She cited an in- ,
""!rti " .. 5Mul thv
Miss Wood quotsd an editorial from
liuia wnicn m in liiaicauua oi iuiura -
great events, sne saia, unless a greater
Interest in such things 1s takan by th
publio.
Tbo case ihe cited Is that of a family
which lives on a scow. . Th husband la
not on of tb strikers, but was a vic
tim of th lockout which followed tha
strike. The family- is in . great want,
shs said, simply as a result of tb pub
llo'a attitude. , . c
At tha opening of th meeting tber
wa a lively discussion between W. B,
Parks, a member of tb L W. W., and
William Vandergoot Bo lively did tha
discussion become that a personal en
counter wa feared 'and It waa with dlf- ,
f Iculty that Chairman Steven restored "
i order. ' - -. . . . . .
PENNSYLVANIANS
SEE THE TOWN
V-r-T',;-.-);.
' A party of prominent Pennsylvanlans,'
consisting of Mrs. T. L. Butler wife of
Congressman Butler; Mis H. H. Felton,
daughter of the president of the Chi
cago A Alton railway;- Miss Margaret
Felton, daughter of President Felton of
the Pennsylvania Bridge oompanV, all
of Westchester, and Mis Edith Peter
of Philadelphia arrived in Portland
Saturday night over th O. R. eV N. snd
left yesterday at S o'clock for Seattle,
whenoe - they - sail Thursday on th
teamahlp Shawmut for th Philippine
and Japan. -
Th party wa oortd ovsr fh city
yesterday morning In an; automobile
rid by George vW. Hssen. aa old-time '
Pittsburg friend of President Felton of
th Chicago Alton road, and William
MoMurray, general passenger agent of .
the O. R. N. Mrs. Butler, while in
the Philippines, will visit her son, who
ta an officer in the Unltad State navy
and atatloned at Manila. Aa Interest
ing coincidence of the trip to th orient .
Is that the steamer Shawmut waa built
by the father of Ml Margarst Felton,
who was at that time engaged in ship
building on th Atlantic coast -
Ths party was delighted with th
mild, qusbl winter cllmst of Oregon
and . wer especially interested in th
Forestry building at th fair grounds.
Their Aslatlo tour will extend over a -period
of several months.
PERSONALS
Mr. and Mrs. R. C Bishop f Salem
war Portland visitors yeeterday. Mr.
Bishop I msnagsr of th Woolan Mill
tor at Salem and 1 wall known ta '
Portland atnletlo circles as a star foot
ball player, bavins played with tha -Multnomah
team.
Frank R. Beufert.' mayor of Tha
Dalles, I at th Imperial for a short
business visit -
Mrs. Paul Sroat of Salem la at tha '
Imperial for a short visit in the city.
Sieb Basdaeh sad relieve an the smablss mas.
dent te a bilious stale of the syatem, sash sa
Dintsasa, Naoaaa, Prnwalitas. Die trees sAa
eating. Pais ia the Bide. km. While their bum
sneoaes ass see Showa la euniig
moil
Baadaeb. ye OarWa Utile liver Fffls ar
1u'T.ntal!L0,.l.!S
ll.
hver and regulate lbs bowel, Xveau tasysaiy
Aahsthey wonld be almost prkasa to (boas wh
Snflar from this lUatreeila eneaplalssj sarerts
aataly tbatr (oodaaai does Dotead haraad taea
Wheoneetry them will And these UtUa pi lie vara.
able la eo many ways thai they will mot be wll,
llagtosVo without Uumb. But after all sick bead
la th ban of es many lire. hit bar Is wher
we make eur greet boast, OulpulaasreU whits
ethers do set.
Carksr-a Little Lives Pllla are very mall sad
very eaay to rait. Oae or two pllla makes dnea.
They are strletly vegetable and do not gripe e
pare, bat by UMirgenUssouoa p lease all wh
cutis xtstcsn eo jnr text.
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