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; WeddincScenaia The Bridge of the Gods.
, y. 8plI Ujwteh to Tb Journal)
- Pacific University, Forwt Orov. Or,
June U.T0 gtr a plar t th HiM
theatre, and that, to, tha dramatliatlon
of ona of their awn claea M the ax
traordlnary task the Junlor of TactflQ
unlTersIty will erforni Saturday aven
IngV June IS. ;: .:,y.,...:: ":-": v':"'
r. " H.! Balcb'e Indian , norel, ' The
Bridge of the Gods." as dramatised by
Herbert Hares Arnston and Miss Fran
ces Clapp of the junior class, will be
produced both here and at Portland.- It
will be put on at the college Thursday
evening, June It, out under the oaks
on the campus. The at ire settings will
be especially beautiful, with the natural
amnitrv' vlmml CBmO fires and TH
slve hedges, and In Its simplicity will
be very jnuch like Ben Greet s famous
suging. Another strong; feature will
be the rich costumea . . ,
M , Tale's rirst Bramatftatloa. ' : . ' .
While the play will be given under
the ausplcea of the Junior class and the
leading roles played by them, they will
ba assisted by some of the best talent
in the school. The company will num
ber SO or mora --.. : .
.This is the first time "The Bridge of
the Oods" has ever been dramatised. It
ts the story of the Indian tragedy, the
fall of the Wlllamettes.
The play deals with the great Indian
confederacy of the Columbia, the com
ing of the first white man and the re
volt and punishment of the rebel tribes.
It Introduces a romance of the Asiatic
treasure shin wrecked on the Nehalera
coast It relates the fall of the Bridge
of the Oods In fulfillment of the ancient
croDhecr. the ensuing death of Mult
nomah, the war chiefs and the passing
or the Willamette ,. .;;t,v. . .
Dlstlngulahed watronaga. -
Among the patrons and patronesses
are: Governor and Mrs. Chamberlain,
Mr. and Mr a Frank Btott Myers, rresi
dent and Mra Ferrln, Mr. and Mrs. F.
Ka-cert. Dr. and Mra Ernest Laidlaw.
Mr. andvMra David Lorlng, Professor
Mary F.. Farnhara, Dr. and Mrs. J. B
Wilson. !"
Professor J.. Wesley Orr of Paclflo,
who hss been enaaaed by tbe great ex
oresslonlst Curry, for the summer, Is
coaching the local Thespians.
Judging from the present sale of tick
ets the attendance will be very large.
RAILWAY VALUES
: III HSIIIIIGTOII
Engineer ' of State Commis
sion Opens His Budget
of Tables.,
FIRST DAY CONSUMED
' IN.KEPORT ON TWO
Great Northern and O. K. A N. Set
. Forth In 'Accordance With Laborl
, oas Expertlng Objections of At
torneys to Competency . (
(BpectU Dlipatek te Tbe Joaraal.) :
' Olympla, W ash., June 12. The state
railway commission's hearing yesterday
afternoon at adjournment had reached
. the point of the putting In evidence of
Engineer Gillette' tabulation of tho
value of the properties of the Great
Northern and the O. R. & N, In Wash
ington. A recapitulation shows the fol
lowing for the Great Northern:
Construction . . . . .,..,, . 18,180,S04.80
Falrhaven A Southern..... 1.876,757.17
(Seattle terminal Improvement ,
Freight station . 7.4 2S
Passenger station ........ J77.37J.63
Terminal tracks 17.388.41
Tunnel . . k i ... , 2,038,590.58
Everett tunnel ........... 182,106.48
Cascade tunnel ........... 2,524,212.84
Cost of Seattle Northern , 1,600,000.00
Construction cost ....... 826.580.400.99
Additions, Improvement., 6,618,678.70
Total .................. S8,14,074. 61
Total mileage In sUta, S37.7 miles,
making cost per mile 161,650. ."'-'
The total cost of the Oregon Railroad
A Navigation company Unas In this
state. Including 8874,965.70 for better
ments. Is $11,683,455.66, which Is ap
proximately $28,000 a mile. The greater
expense of the Great Northern is 'ac-
AOUntA1 five : IfLI-vwIv hv Maanfi A av-
penslve tenrilnala ' at Spokane - and
Seattle and costly tunnela' : , :
. Attorneys le . Objeotloaa. ' 'h.
- At the opening session of the state
railroad commission yesterday on 'the
hearing to fix the value of . railroads
and railroad properties of the state all
members were present. . The state was
represented by Attorney-General Atkin
son and Assistant Attorney-General
Falknor. Railway representatives were:
B. 8. Grosscup of Tacoma, for the
Northern Paclflo and tbe Washington
& Columbia River; M. iJ. Gordon of
Spokane, for the Great Northern and re
lated companies;' Ralph E. Moody of
Portland, for the O. R. c N.; C. W.
Howard of Bellingham, for the Beillng
ham Bay A British Columbia: B. M.
Ilayden of Tacoma, for the Tacoma
Eastern; Ira P. Englehart, for the North
xaaima ft vauey. . .
Senarate objections were filed bv each
attorney to the commission's proceeding
further with the hearing. - These objec
tions raised several constitutional
points.: Objection was made to the com
mission attempting to assume Judicial
powers: . to Ha attempting to assume
legislative powers; to the legality of the
commission 'as at present constituted
because the commissioners have not
been coifirmed by the-state senate: to
the legality of the appointment of Jesse
S. Jones as a member of the commission
because he was a member of the state
senate which enacted the-commission
law of 1907. -
No oral argument was made; objec
tions an writing were filed with the
secretary. Judge Gordon read the ob
jections filed 1 on behalf of his com
panies and the other attorneys stated
that air were substantially In the same
form. ',,
Assistant ; Attorney-General Falknor
stated - the - position of the . state and
asked that the objections be overruled.
The commission' overruled the objections
and auowea eaco or the attorneys an
exception. 1
Gillette on tbe Stand. ,
" H. P. Gillette, expert engineer for the
railroad commission, was sworn as the
first witness. . He produced first a large
sectional man of the state showlna the
divisions of the Great Northern rallroadj
line In- this atate. He occupied the rK
mainner or ine any ana only completed
his direct examination on values as to
the Great Northern and the Oregon
Railroad A v Navigation company. His
figures give the detailed results of the
engineering Investigation of cost data
of the two roads. . Requests were made
by the railroad attorneys, and granted,
for copies of his tabulated statements,
they statlnc they would need them In
cross-examination, i . .
An interested attendant ' was Chief
Engineer Stewart of the Great North
ern. He was frequently consulted by
Attorney M. J. Gordon of the Northern
Pacific. . ' , '
At one point In Gillette's testimony.
when describing the accounting forms
kept by the Great Northern, some of
ORAUBEORCHARDS
TO BE UPROOTED
Marysville Trees Afflicted
With Wliito Fly, Worst
Pest for Citrus Fruit
y ' (Joeraat Bpeetal terrlee.l '
Marysville, CaU June II. All orange,
lemon, grape fruit and hybrid trees and
all oyringa and Jasmine bushes In the
city of Marysville axe,' to be cut down
within the next, few days' by order of
State Horticultural : Commissioner El
wood Cooper who made an Inspection
of the local groves and yard trees to
day, accompanied by the local commis
sioners. ...
These trees were found 'to be badly
Infested bv white fir. which Is the
worst pest known in the orange groves.
The pest has not been found anywhere
in the state except in Marysville and
every attempt will be .made to stamp
It out here.
The board of supervisors held a spe
cial meeting taking favorable action. A
public meeting of citizens will be called
shortly to select a day. when the exe
cution of all trees of the designated va
rieties will take place. -
All danger will be removed, ' but at
great cost to Marysville, where orange
since 1801
nd until now.
with ;the idea that you must pay a
WTnir PR THE for vonr V : V
SPRING SUIT
when' you can obtain such good
ones from us at
fi
1(0)
Dozens ol styles-r-Hundreds of
suits to choose from Your money
back at. any time if you are .
hot satisfied.
BOYS' CLOTHING
SCHOOL SUITS $1195 to $5
WASH SUITS 50c to $1.50
WHEN YOU SEE IT IN OUR AD ITS SO
TWO STORES
Third&Oak
trees have been growing
without disease of any kit
'Heavy, Impure blood makes a muddy,
pimply complexion, headaches, nausea,
indigestion. 1 Thin : blood makes you
weak, pale, sickly. Burdock Blood Bit
ters makes the blood rich, red, pure
res tores perfect health.
which differed from the forms prescribed
by the Interstate commerce commission,
he said. In answer to 'a question, that
he - believed the Interstate commerce
commission forms were wrong and that
the Great Northern forma were right
At another point Gillette. In testifying
to the greater cost of construction per
mile of the Great Northern than the
Oregon road, after calling attention to
the expensive terminals and tunnels of
the Great Northern In this state, re
marked ' rather - Incidentally, "and also
the Great Northern ia a better road than
the other."
(rejjoji -.Money -Tending Wall Sfceei
TKcre'nevcr need be a scarcity of money in Oregon if the
--",'. , ' ! millions of dollars produced each year by the sale of our
; ; ; " ' ' wheat, wool, hops, fruit, cattle, fish etc., etc., are kept
4 hereSk'yfeKS
.S8e971e00300 went out of Oregon in the past five years for life insurance
: ", , ', . premiums. ' , , . ' '
O"" .toXeX 4 QiUU was returned in matured policies, death losses and divi-.
" . , . dends to policy-holders. OREGON IS POORER by
tQ6f4808S6e00-.an New York, Wisconsin and other eastern states are
' ' richer by becoming. the custodian of these trust, funds,
. , . ' . . - ,which are draining this state. More than" v
; SIO. 000000.00 0f Oregon :money is no w : in vest ed in life insurance pre-
1. ,- ' miums controlled by Wall-street manipulators. : , -.'...''.'
' '' '.'OREGON-LIFE" is a well-conducted life insurance
company, doing a .conservative and prosperous business.
. ' -1 Its home office is' located here. All supplies are manu-'
...v'--i:.r factured here. All officers and their families reside here.
Every.cent of- the premiums collected, as well as the ih-
- - terest on loans made, remains in Oregon. ; The premium
J:jy'--.':, rates, are lower; f he "security to, Oregon policy-holders
- better than if : the" funds were invested in any other state
- f ' by any life insurance company. For further particulars.
J call at the office of OREGON LIFE, corner Sixth and
, Ankeny streets, or address L7 Samuel,' General Manager,
(' ' - Portland, Oregon.
' 'V ! J'y
UMATILLA LANDS TO
BE OPENED IN FALL
Better Time Then for Settlers
" Clear and Prepare Their Farms
; for Cultivation.
to
. : (Special Dlipatch te Tbe YonrnaL)
' Hermiston, Or., June 1J.A meeting
ot tbe . engineers of the . reclamation
service, among them being T. C. Heney,
J. T. Whistler and others, has Juat been
held here to discuss matter affecting
the East Umatilla project Tbe engl
neers also met- In consultation with
members of the "Water Users'' associa
tion to discuss the opening of the lands,
the unit of land- and related matters. -
Officers of the reclamation service
nave aireaay seiectea eu acres a snort
distance northwest of town 'for the es
tablishment of an experiment station,
and It is understood, work will soon
begin, f - " : i -
According to present reports an ooen
lng of the lands under the project la not
looked for until early fall, which Is con
sidered the better time. It is said that
during the rainy fall season la the bent
time for the settlers to prepare their
land for cultivation.
CRAZY CHINAMAN IS
MSS0ED; BY MARSHAL
Crowd of Several Chases an Insane
Who Defies Mob '
With a Knife,
Oriental,
JflroaI Special Service.)
Los Angeles, June 12. Brandishing a
long knife and making a dash for every
body he saw, Adacht. Kanlsukl, a Jap
lanese, ran from house to house through
Flacentla last evening, frightening wo
men and children -Into hysterics. -
I - Soon a large posse was organised and
chased the insane man several miles In
the darkness.- hi was finally treed in
an orange' grove,v still swinging his
weanon and defying approach. . 1
i ' After a long fight Marshal Ruddock
of Pullerton lassoed him and he , was
pulled down . and taken to . Jail. ' The
knife was knocked out of his hands with
a long pole." Before the wild oriental
waa behind -the vbars several hundred
people had taken "part In the ' effort ,to
land him. ..
TEST.RUF3IADE IN ; V,
. UMATILLA DITCHES
(gfedal tHipatch to The Jonrnnl.)
' Echo Or., June 12.- Water -ha been
turned from the Umatila river Into tbe
fovernment ditch at the sand gate above
cho to test the work along the ditches.
At tMs point the ditch is 80 feet wide
and It is riprapped on the bottom and
on the sides,' being an expensive piece
of work. I. C. Heney and others- at
the head of tho reclamation service
were here to inspect the work. It Is
said to the highly satisfactory.
, . ' Alleged Deserter Captured. '
idwVI Dtepateb to- The ionrMl.l ':
Astoria, Or.. June 11 C. H. McDer
mott 1 under arrest here charged with
being a deserter from the-.coast -artillery
stationed at Fort Stevens. He de
serted over a- year ago, It la said, and
has been working In this vicinity ever
since, apparently immune rrom capture.
He was taken to Fort Stevens In charge
of a .detail . of soldiers.
Milton Pythlans' Officers.
Great
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Necessity never compelled such radical reductions as chronicled in this advertisement , Ab
tiftrmal weather conditions, lasting right- up to the summer season, leaves an overstock that
we must reduce at once.
r;vtvyv;yy:ry-0y
' TOT KATB BXTT TO &OOX t OVM
WXJTSOWS TO Bal COVTJaTCXS. .
Thursday we will have the most
attractive assortment of
In; stripes, checks and mixtures
that we have ever had in stock at-
this date, and thev must sell
x Values up to $65.0
Thursday
TOT KATB BUT TO KOOX XV OTTB
WnrOOWS TO BS COBTOTCED.
When we say so it is so. :- See our
" i : windows. ri . '
Watch
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nu n , -.Jt ar i i'in ui if tii niiti i
M."fi II U U 11 fill. U II IS I
Tli lMUtH. F Dresssv Tanane and Taffeta II
M III 111 11 ID I I ef . .
' J.l I HWi 1 c.'ib- Wf.;.. u ail i-Wo Ill
' m nil H' ucs up to 10-J0r v sjM
. Hypv See Our Windows.-
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for the Greatest SkirtNSale in. the History of Portland V 4
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FIFTH AND : ALDER
!- :'-Vii
Cures Biliousness, Sick
Headachei Sour Stom
ach, ;Torpid . Liver and
Chronic
Pleasant
." Laxative Fruit Svrap
Cleanses thfe system
tnoroughly and .clears
sallow complexions of
pimples and blotches.
It ia cunranteed
roa SAX.1I BT AXZi DKUOOISTS.
(Special Dtanatch te Tbe Journal.)
Hilton, Or, Jus 12. tiercules lodge
No. 61, K. of P., ha elected the follow
ing officer for the ensuing 'term; Chan
cellor commander, H. A. Williams; vice
chancellor, B. I Archer; master of
work. - George Edwards:- msster of
finance, Ralph Edwards; keeper of rec
ords and seals, A. C.
guard. & D. Peterson.
Troyer; Inside
Fishermen Have Narrow Escape.
'. Bpnl Dispatch to The Journal.
"Astoria, Or June II.- A. i W. Olsen
and his boat puller had a narrow escaptJ
from a watery grave yesterday through
the cnpsislng of their boat in the north
channel noar McOowans. They were res4
cued by occupants of another fish boatj
The - weather waa very rough on the
lower naroor.