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PAS5IM LAS
fnnncll Erallv Docs Some-
; thk, After Eight Months
ofIlag(Chewing:r
After eight months e wn ling the
. council mi Anally paaeea r
ordinance. The measure requires that
.u r. mora than II feet U length
operated U Portland shall be extntppj
- i.k .ihVm within oca year, No
J mora ara nnder II feet are to be put
la operation end within VatSEoiSd
uimtunr muit bi removed
these ;ra and Installed J"
liy wiUi the previsions . of the rfli-
There was tba usual debnte ujwa tho
mnuurt wbut resuiiea to
, Li," th anbicct. Councilman
t....kn rwunil tha history of the
n,..Zr. frnra lt Inception estil tb
praeent tlma end delivered a
mount at oratory upon tha. subject
1 nable to complete hie speech In tha
' four mtnutee allotted by tha tlma-limU
rule. Vaushn riven way to by sev
eral other oouncilmen ana apoae moiv
than II minutes by tha watch- ,
Inasmuch aa elrbrakee cannot be ln
' stlid upon, the cara nndar II feel
In lenrth tha council eliminated thaaa
from tha ordinance, but gave tha com
pany two years in whlrb to replace
them with oars r on waicn airDraaes
can be Installed. Tha ordlnanoe wss
voted for by all councilman save Drie
coll and la believed to be satlefaotory
to Mayor Lane. -. .
DEMOCRATIC TOTE
OF MARION COUNTY
. t i .1, ': ,
(Spedal Dispatch a, Tba Joaraal,)
Balero, Or, April 14. Tha official ean-
vaaa-ot tba Lemoc ratio primaries la
Marlon, county waa completed yeeter-
iv. Governor Chamberlain, for Unt
tA Rtataa aanator. received tha Sreet'
t numbtr of votee. Ha received 114
n told. In several instances tha Re
publican candidate for nomination wara
linrmnaiea also oy in iraw;.
there waa no ticket befora tha primaries
rnuoh confusion resulted. -Tha namaa
of tha candidate had to be written In
1 r tha voters. Following la tha raault
In thta county: . , .
For senator. Georre E. Chamberlain:
rprntative In congress, J. J. Whit
ney; justice of tha supreme court, R. B.
van; food and dairy commlaaloner, " J.
W. Hallpy; railroad commlaaloner, T, t.
t'amiibeU: preaecuUng; attorney, 3. It.
MrNary: leglalatlva nomlnea, iJr, W. H.
Mntt. J. 8. Smith, O. O. Bavana, J. W,
Kbner and C VV. yanncka; eonnty Judra.
'. K Fraier; kherlff, J. W. ChrUtopber;
!rk, M. P, ilaldwln; recorder, K. M.
Hoover; aanpanor, J. P. Roberteon; aohool
superintendent, A. C iiaker; aurreyor,
Ii, li. Herrlck Jr.; coroner, W. T. Blf
don; conmlsaioner, K. C Baker. '
' Teachcra Mlsa Trrat.
i nianfttra ta Tka ImraaLt '
Aatorla, Or., April 1 4. On account of
the unfavorable weather tha contem
plated axouralon of tha delegatea to the
teachera
on the
inaUtuta
nonh aide
to point
of th
abandoned yesterday
r.roaram aa originally arrange
curried Out. Liuring tha noon hour tha
of Intereat
river waa
and tha reaular
ly arranaea
dfleKatea were entertained at a lunoh
enn In tha ' parlora of tha Methodist
l i lnropal church. Tha program, which
liicliidea addreaaea by a number of tha
landing educators ot the atata. con
tinues today. .
A custard
d" pag;e.
bako dish free. Sea "want
THE BEST
83 Ml
IN THE
WORLD
-.7
THE BEST.
3 1AT
IN THE
WORLD
BEN SELLING
LEADING CLOTHIER
PUBUG ST AMDS
BE AGAIN DEFRAUDED
Threa thousand dollare la worthless
bank notes will be palmed off oo tha
public. If Baylor, Saeehan and Dorsey,
tha man who recently alipped through
tha federal court oat on a technicality,
can retrain possession or wnat is leu
of their big bundle of Ma paper., wnno
tha oaae against them appears to baj
f.nirv. it la doubtful If they can aver
nhtaln thAaa Botu aABjB.
Thaaa man have UmllUd tnat uiey i
naaaad I J. 000 worth of notes or me
Merchants A plaotere bank, Savannah.
rria, between Ban UTanciaco ana
Portland. Tha bank suspended tha first
Sear of tha civil war, ana ever einca
ia United States secret service has
hatan ,-vin m in nt Dossaaslon of the
plates from which tha notea are printed.
are. mean reaov money io ui ttui ui
KnM tmnmA awlndlera. they want very
much to aat them In their handa. The
manner in which they passed tha notea,
htah are or all denominations, was
clever In tha extreme. Una xavonte i
mathwl waa thla!
Two members or ina irans; wouia anier
u mh and line uo aaainsi me oar.
One would throw down the exact change
for two drinks. Suddenly third would
re, and he wouia Da irreeieu mu
cordlailv. Certainly, ha must nava
drink. A aearch through a pocket
vaalad no mora small silver. Than a I
large roll of graenbacka would ba pro-1
auced ana a no dui puiiea out ana
thrown down on tha bar. Tha appear
ance of tha big roll denied tba .bar
keeper, and ha did not healtate to changa
tha bill. Then with about ll.TI In good
money In their pocketa tha gang left tha
aaloon."" - . t - v : . t .
For nearly 10 yaara tha secret aenM
lea operators have been hunting for tha
Merchants' and Planters' plates. It la
believed that they hava been in tha
United States during little. If any. of
that period, being probably locked in a
eaf a-deooalt vault in London or Paris.
About every -10 yaara a new crop - of I
their spurious notea appears. . Appar
ently once in a decade tha man who
know the secret of tha plates take them
from their hiding Place and print a few
thousand notea, which ara then circu
lated In this country by tha same meant
employed by Baylor, . Sheehan and XHr
ay. . . . . ,
JOSEPH LEITER TO
I'l
ED HH! Gl
'. More men buy suits at this price than at any ,
other. Ask any 'man how much he wants to '
pay for a Spring Suit and the chances are that
it-he,wiU say:;';-- y,iyii''.' ''.-Wfi : ;Vi V
.if
A
- Knowing that this price is so popular ;we.
place great stress on our Fifteen-Dollar Suits
and we offer lines of suits that we bdieve can
not be duplicated elsewhere. .v .
We Court Comparison
WeVe the Two and Three-Button fctyles ;
The' Single , and Double Breasted Styles.
Choice selected fabrics of cheviots; cassimeres, . .
cerges, etc cut by experts and - tailored by
skillful workmen. j - - . . "
The man who stays away from our Fifteen-, :
Dollar Suits will stay away from the Best
Fifteen-Dollar, Suits the town affords. , See .
the window display." r' ' , ; .
(So
Gui3IfulmPrcp,
XC5-U3 THIRD STREET
! Chicago Hunger Who Tried
to Corner Wheat Market
' Is Engaged.. '",
. t (Onlttd Frsss teased Wire.)
Waahlngton, April 84. Joseph Latter,
tha Chicago millionaire, whose daring
attempt to corner tha wheat market In
tha latter city In HIT startled avan tha
old tlma plungers, and coat his father,
Levi Iiter, something Ilka 11,000.000
or perhaps mora. Is engaged to marry.
Miss Juliette Williams, daughter of Col
onel and Mrs. J. R. Williams of Wash
ington, la the brlda to be. She waa
graduated at ueorgretown convent in I
this city and. later apant four years la
Europe, . she made her debut laat win
ter ' at, one of the largeat taas of the
season. Miss Wllliama la strikingly
beautiful and la aearcalv trior than SO I
years old. 1 inciter, who waa born in Chi
cago In 1888, is a graduate of Harvard. I
The data of tha wedding has not beenj
set. but friends of the couple aay it will I
take place la Washington within a few
weeks. . " - , , ,
ALARM EEANCHISE
NEEDS SUGGESTIONS
After a Ion a wrangle yesterday af
ternoon tha city council voted to send
the franchise - of the National Auto
matlo Flra Alarm company to tha cltv
executive ooara lor aDDraisemant and
suggestions as to whether it should be
grantea in us present zorm. council
man Kellaher has led a f iarht aralnat
tha franchise and Is supported by Chief i
uamnDeii ana i;nv njiecirician bavarian
because tha measure provides that tha
company can attach lta wlrea to the
wires of the city fir department ays
iem. Ail ur ineae mm uvor.tni nr-
dlnanca if this provision la removed.
While Kellaher stands alona amona- tha
councilman In his contention , there is
a great deal of sentiment In his favor
ana several changes in tha measure will
doubtless be made before It Is passed
OJf ill VUUUUli. ...
BURIAL OF JETTY ;
: VICTIMS TODAY
(Special Dlapateh to The loonuL)
Astoria. Or., Anrll 3-Tha fnnwil
of J, C Lehman and Martin Carlson,
who were killed in the accident An tha
Jetty Wednesday morning, will take
place today from the First Methodist
church at Hammond under the auspices
of the Odd Fellows and Red Men. in
terment will be In Ocean View ceme
tery. . Tha other Injured men ara rest
lng easy at the post hoanltal. r.nrnnr
Pohl visited ; the scene of the aniddent
and will open an Inquest today, bu t will
adjourn until the injured men are able
to appear. ",.(.
Wc Guaranfcc r.Iost Generous Dividend. CIJ Ycj Ever liter of Any
; Oilier nilnlng Company Dofnfl This?
Tremendous Fdrtniies in
Wa present below ar outline of the Florence gulchea and meadows. Those rulchea
In black onca contained fabuloua pincer gold deposits, and during tha Clvtt war and a few
yaara subsequent, more than $100,000,000 placer gold were taken from these black spots
and the small creek beds near them.1 But the enormous quantity of gold waatied down
Into the meadows at . the rooth.iua never naa been touoned. for the reason no , one
ever- had. the. equipment W delve - down to bedrock, hoist up the gravel and
wash' It out. To provide such equipment the Florence . Tlarer Mining company
na 110.000 snares or lie atocK at xs cents per an a re. iscn snare is or ttie par value
of 60 cents, and Is fully raid and non-aesaMe. There Is no pmrantinn stock In
A 1V1 vllvV VkUAVIlVU
- III ' , '
It ' ' '
IT IJ AN ABSOLUTELY SQUARE TRANS- ,;.., , (fNNS.
- . J l ' ! I m ' . " i n a m m ... aa i. M . "maW a
Is selling It 0.000 shares of Its stock at 2ft
Kverythln Is In the treaeury.
FROM STAjtT TO FINISH.
company,
ACTION
If a Man Worked Every , Working Day, for 25 Years at $4 Per Day He Would Earn $31,280
It that same man, working now at 14 per day, would put his earnings for C3U day lota Florence Plaoer Mining stock,
would
and we pal
have dlsbu
doctor, druggists, amusements or lostlme.
paid him but the trilling
irsed to film, the splendid
aum or vino per month
sum or 110,0001
on the 1.000 shares he would buy. at tha and of ti rear we would
From thla there would be no deductions for room, beard, elotblnc. sickness.
He would get the 10,000 IN JX'LLl . , , . , . -
If a Man Working at $10 Per Week
ould put its earnings for 10 weeks Into Florence Placer etock. that Investment would earn for hlra in the future as ranch
money each month aa he la earning now in 10 weeks. It would earn for him 11.200 per year, Now he Is earning 1(10. If
he would wcrk continuously at his present wage, never losing a, day, in 26 years ha would have earned 111,000. Ills mining
. shares would bring him, without anything subtracted, in this 25 years, tha handaome sura of $10,0001 Some sacrifice now,
therefore, would mean that no sacrifices need be made in the future. Bis mining shares would take care of him.
The Florence Placer; Mining . Company
r ::, ....
Owns 7 placer mining claims, or 140 acres, In the renowned Florence Placer Mining district, near Florence, Idaho, Back 10
yeara these were considered the richest placer mines on earth. Miners with pans and shovels would take out of tha creek
bottoms and gulches leading into the Florence meadows aa muck as $100 to $1,700 per day. But the time came when the ereaka
and gulchea wara worked out and the miners departed because they had not th apparatus to work tha meadows Into which
the gulches and creeks had for hundreds of years poured their nuggets and fine and coarse gold. r
. We Have Had Men at AVork All Winter Preparing to Install Such Appliances
The material has been ordered. Mr. H. B. Perks, our engineer, will leave Portland about tha first of May to mi perl n-
were centered In British Columbia, where he represented an Knalith. syndicate. His work at an end In the British
tend the work. Mr. Perks is a moat capable
is now s years
his -efforts were centered In British Columbia,
enalneer.
old, and has had Immense experience since he crossed
en but It yeara of aae he besan
ue water ana arrivea
yadloata
his apprenticeship in Cn aland. He
in this new country. For a time
province, something like seven years ago he came to Oregon, and has been operating out of Portland elnoe that time.
While Out for a $200,000 Development P
The history of tha Florence Placers waa a familiar atorr to him. It had bean written and told on all. aides ef the At
lantlc. He well knew that $100,000,000 had been taken from the Florence rulchea and creek bed a. but ha had not heard that
the great dumping ground of these gulchea and creeks never bad been" mined. .Now. however, he had been put in possession of
: all the facta. He had learned that William Crandall was the poaeaaor of more than E00 acres of channel ground, and that no
.one ever had attempted to mine that territory- because no one ever had ' organised a company .to 'provide the
, machinery, and Mr. Crandall knew nothing about aucn business. Now. that old gentleman was on a bed. of
sickness and anxious to dispose of his mines so that his affairs might be settled. Mr. Perks came to
Portland, . where he has many friends, and waa not long In telling them what he had found up In the Idaho mountains.
. His sklU and reliability waa so well known that soon he had this corporation under way and money enough to enable him to -'
hurry back to the Florence district, sample the meadows and conclude the bargain with Mr. Crandall. Thla has all been accem-
llahed, and men have been at work all winter in the Florence camp. They have dressed up miles of the $10,000 wefth of ditches
Ir. Perks secured with tha property. This has greatly expedited preparations for the summer campaign, and , . , '
By September 1 -We Will eB Throwing Water Upon the Gravel of This Treasure' Bed and a
4 . t.- ni A xr:iv t-- rv Tit--., win t ; v 1 't -i n ..rl,
v (UidiC lUi 1U UC Vli iildl VVU1 JUdSt, lJl ct uu icr ui .a VCI11UI
Then, beside those great rulches on the west side of the meadows, so Ion aa-o worked out by
nany on the eaat aide never yet touched. There la no water -on tha aaat aid a. .but ara can throw
It across from our .west aide elevations,, and. It la expected, will find Just as much gold there as those who carried away $100.. .
And possibly twloe that time.
early mlr
000,000 found on the other aide. If thla surmise shall prove correct, then there is no telling how fabulons our dividends will-be.
But without those east side a-ulches and creeks we have millions at our command. - THIS WH KNOWI WK -KNOW IT BiQ-
CAUSB WE HAVE DUO IT OUT1 , , . . t .
Therefore We Guarantee , Large Dividends!
Do, you know of any other company that ever did thlsf ' A quarts company, however
guaraniee, airr
to contend
promlslnr. could not safely, srrve
quarts cannot e sampiea neyona a small amount.
Imply because it Is Quart, an
with. There is no drilllna to secure the aold., The only reaulsltea are to find
and set your giants playing upon, the gravol. We have the mine, we have the water and only
anauie u m v aneau avim juwuct iui join, w m siia.il aeu only izu.uuv snares.
S
no rock
But plaoer mines have
placer gold mine, secure water
lack a few thousand dollars to
Capital Stock $250,000500,000 Shares 25c Per Share, Par Value 50c Per Share, Fully Paid ,
' . ' and 'Non-Assessable . , '
TERMS OF PAYMENT
100
200
800
400
shares,
shares,
shares.
ahares,
S00 shares, :
60
1H I18.7B
100; 2S.00
125; Sl.SS
cash,
cash.
cash, t
cash. 12.60
cash, 16.82 H
iOO" shares, $160;
' , 700 shares, 176;
per month, y 800 shares, 200;
per month, -' 900 shares, 226:
per month.., 1000 shares, 260;
87.60
48.76
60.00 '
i.oe
cash,
cash, '
cash,
caah.
i cash,
18.76 '
21.87
26.00 .
28.12H
1.26v
per
per
per
per
per
montn,
month,
month,
month. :
month.
5 PER CENTt DISCOUNT FOR CASH ON ALL SALES OF 300 SHARES OR OVER
;t ; ; oprzoxBS j -
John B. CI eland. President
. (Judge Circuit Court)
Geo. L. Peaslee . .Vice-President
(Peaslee Bros. Company)
Richard C. Hart. . . . Sec.-TreaSi
, (Superintendent U. S. , Light
t House Service) .
'," JJEMCTOBS". :.
J. B. Cleland . W A. Cleland
H B. Perks ,- - W, W. Peaalee
J. F. Boone ' B. C. Hart
, v, O. I Peaslee .
1 i ' -
r TheFlorence"; Placer;, ,
: Mioiiiq Company''
220 Commercial Cluh Building. Fifth and Oak Strcsts, Portland,
- Oregon, Phone Main 985 ;
01
D
v.,
I BURil
BY illSECTICIDE
Pursuit 'of Cimex Lectular-
, ius Laudable, but Means
' - Dangerous
, (Special Dbpatck to Tba tan-sal)
Salem, Or., April 24. J. B. Barre, sent
uo from Wallow county and serving a
life sentenoe for murder in the ,second
Kafru ,m iarrlhly burned In Mi call
, DEAD, IS STILL ALIVE S-
Ing bedbuga with turpentine, v E very ar
ticle in the cell was burned.' The face
and hands of 1 the unfortunate convict
were so seriously Injured that there Is
doubt of hie recovery.
One of the convicts bad atruck a
match close to the turpentine solution
for the purpose, evidently of seeing betr
ther what they were doing. - The match
caught the solution and an explosion re
sulted.. Quick , work on the part of the
attendants was all that prevented a se
rious conflagration at the penitentiary.
It la thought the turpentine was con
cealed by the convicta In their clothing
when they, returned to the cell from the
shps.
There are atomlzwe and antiseptic so
lutions furnished the prisoners by the
attendants upon request for the purpose
of exterminating bedbujre and fleas, but
these prisoners resolved to try a new,
nulrker or more interesting method of
catching the pestiferous- insects. , s
Barre is receiving the bent medical
!on. One or his hands. Is parti-
MATTER LONG THOUGHT
A mild surprise waa eorunar In the
council yesterday afternoon when, an
ordinance was Introduced calling for an
appropriation of 1500 to pay for the
services of an engineer to aid City En
gineer, D. W. Taylor to draw nn nlana
and specifications for a new crematory
o m iwuw w vum or in islands .in
the lower harbor. The Dlan contem
plates baullna- garbage to the new cre
matory In barges.. The ordinance was
referred to the committee en health and
pouce. -i t ,
Lane Convention Date Set. ' -
' (Special DUpntrh to Tbe JonrnaL)
Kuaene. Or.. April t 14. The T.ana
county Bepubllcans have set Saturday,
May 9, as the date of the county4 con-
ention to select aejesates to the state
convention to be held at Portland May
' '"af -
lletiger, jeweler, optieiln, tit Wanh-
aiiy destroyed and his features were
so badly burned that he is hardly re cog
nlsable. , , ,
WAS A BENEFACTRESS ,
; OF M'MINNVILLE
, (Special Dispatch te The onrnaL)
McMlnntllle, Or., AprU 24.-Mrs. Ma
faalla. Cosine, widow of the late 8. Co
sine, 'whose funeral was held from the
First Baptist church, Wednesday, was
born at Independence, Missouri, in 1829.
On 1842 she crossed the plains with her
parents, who" located on the ' 'Molalla
river. In 1845 she was married to 8.
Cosine and moved to McMlnnville, where
she spent the remainder of her life.
kiffht children were born to them, -of
whom' three survive: Mrs. J. L. Storey
of Walla Walla, Mrs. Robert Linn of
Portland and Pleasant Cosine of , this
place. - Mrs. Cosine was one of the char
ter members of the First Baptist church
of this place, which, waa organised in
1867. She donated 20 acres of the pres
ent campus of McMlnnville college and
a laree part of the city of McMlnnville
stands on the old Cosine donation claim
of 440 sages. Out of respect to the de
ceased the faculty and students of Mc
Mlnnville college attended the funeral
services In a body,
SEASIDE FIRE LOSS v
FIFTY THOUSAND
((j, ' ii n , - -s
(SiMclal DUoateb to The Journal.)
Astoria.- Or.. April 24. -The fire at
Seaside Tuesday af ternoon caused more
loss than waa at first estimated. Fully
60.000 worth of finished lumper was
destroyed. The mill had orders te ship
80 cars per month to Minneapolis anu
St. Paul, the order being a continuing
nnA until nnri fail . in the emergency
and until the new dry kllne cane built
a contract nil Men maaa wii.n
ouium mill to snrrlv Its contracts.
BANDITS MAID
TO ROB T
liAIII
After Stoppinsr Flyer Ten
Montana Highwaymen
lose Nerve and Flee. -
, (United press Leased Wire.)
Butte, Mont, 'April 24. Lack of nerve
on the part of would-be train robbers
at the critical moment last night saved
the " North Coast Limited, the crack
overland flyer of the Northern Pacific
from being held up a second time within
a few months at Welch's spur, is miles
cast of Butte. ' As the train approached
the spur a red lantern, was waveo ana
almost immediately shots were fired
from the roadside. The train slowed
down but no attempt was made by the
bandlta to hoard. -
Word waa immediately sent to this
city and Hherlff Henderson and a posse
were rushed to the scene. - . After a
brief search they' caught three men,
Alfred Teasdale. Rudolph Wenk and
Paul Fllenlus, the two latter being mild
appearing Germans, who admit flagging
the: train,, but who declare -they were
compelled to do so by two masked men.
Teasdale could not explain his presence
In the vicinity. The prisoners were
brought to this city this morning. Half
dozen snots were urea at uie ena-m".
empty shells being found together with
a, stick; of dynamite with a fuse at
tached. Tho two Germans say tney
were also forced to soap - the track.
Welch's Spur was the scene of tha hold-
fq)
u u
im
Dllet baaran t
r ln they dt not trouble m a all, .Gaaearatf
are dona wonders forme. I am entirely earad ana. -
feel like a sew aeav Qaort .rjniet, kapeleea, (X .
77wl Best For, .
(I VsJ The 5owts ,
Blu,.ai t.t.,.Vt. ...... A Ki tm
Waver Slekra, Weakea or Urlpe, loa, ste.ane.
na la bnm. Tne fenntne tatilol tarasea
tnaranwea to tan er four aioner kaaiu ,
I Bteruog Kemeoy Co., vnieage er n, x.
592
sjlle, tem r.:iu:a coxes
Coast Limited several -
s ' aso. when Enalneer Clow was
red and his fireman wounded. -
up of the North
month
mur
, ; Re publican Delegates. V"
Ispeial Ptapatck te The Journal.)
Astoria, Or April 24-FolIowlng Is
the Hat of delesates to the state and
congressional conventions which will
meet at Portland next month, named by
the Republican county, central commit;
tee: W. T. Schoflold. W. F. McGregor;
F. J. Carney. Charles Oullllume, K. A.' ;
Abbott, James WJVflch. Q. C. Fulton '
and F. L Dunbar. '
Metzger, jeweler, 242 Washington.'