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Newspaper Page Text7 With the arrest and confession of Iretv Ross, wife of a bellboy at the Merchants hotel, In which shi implicated' several employes of the place, including her husband, Will Coffer, and others, as comprising an organized gang for the purpose of robbing roomers at the hotel, there is little doubt that District Attorney Cameron will request the council tdlose the place. - The hotel has been the scene of numerous robberies within the past few weeks. (C ire THE OREGON1 SUNDAY JOURNAL," PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 12, 1008. OUIS SNUG SURPLUS Gre tl 0 - 'v.v.,..fPv, .Tl . ee Me State Treasurer's Jteport Shows Almost $375,000 in Cash on Hand. (Salem IIuiviiu of Thu Journal.) Salem, Or., July 11. State Treasurer Etecle today lusued his neml-annual re port for tho iierlod ending Juno 30. It howa that rt42,726.02, or over halt the tate tax-js, had leeu paid In up to the clous of the report, which domon ktratee the Kuod flminclul condition of the etute (fein'rally. The tux, on foreign In aura nee companion, Muff 2 per cent Of tlrelr net 'lu'emlunm durlntr tlie rerlod covered by the report, amounted to $60, CS9.U1, and the stnte lmomn for Inher itance taxes totaled $1 7,U2.!8, tho tarif et amountevur collected In nix monthn before. . . Cash on hand In. the several funds of the state, Juno SO, wait $374,203.2, as fatnat fI16.377.0S at thu clone of the tirevtouit seml-onnuul term. January 1. 1908. and. shows a gradual and healthy lncreasn of the state funds In all de poi tmi fit u over tho biuiO period of a year ago. The total amount of tlia Income from tli loan of the Irreducible school fund durliiR thb year closing: June 30, from all ources, was $227,792.07. of which mount $6.1 R'.i.9 was paid out In war rants, and fll9,ino was apportioned among the several counties In April of tills jeur, liavlus a ba.lt.nc-G of- 1102, 622.13 on hand, to be apportioned Au gust 1. The cauli on hand tnsthe Irre ducible school fund January 1. 1908, was I2B3.2S1.P0, and thla. has been in creased to 378,St5 85 up to July 1. The total amount of the Irreducible ohool fund. Including outstanding first mortgage loans, school district bonds and certificates of salo of state lands, is $4.U53,S04.2, and this will be In creased to the $5,000,000 marlc before the close of the present yi?or. A state ment of the condition of the several funds at the close of the report yar follows: Irreducible school funds $ 373, 905. 95 Agricultural college fund... 4,964. i0 University fund l.TU.fcfl Bpeclal funds u,773.44 Satnmary. Cash on hand January 1 $ 642.620.61 Receipts 1.64tf,89li.89 Llsbursements 1,331,77(5.09 rrv 5 On hand June 30, J 90S ... S 960.641.41 A statement of the. revenue for the current expenses of the state follows: Receipts. Cash on hand Jan. 1. 1908 $116,377.08 Etate tax. 1907 65,440.00 Intorest on state tax, 1907... 41.66 Btate tax, 1908 642,726.02 Interest on state tax, 1908... 1 7.62 Tax on foreign Ins. companies 60,039.01 Fees of the dept. of state 35,698.81 Corporation license, tecs 88,110.00 Express company license fees 8,741.93 Telephone Co. license fees... 1,04 8.19 Telegraph Co. license foes... 1.090.27 Pleepln car Co. license foesi. 1,832.85 Refrigerator car company li cense fees 99.73 Supreme court fees 2,060.00 Int. on deposits of state funds .1,361.25 Inheritance tax 17,162.88 Idiscellaneous , 9,305.23 -ToU.1 -. $988,652.82 . Disbursement. Warrants top current ex penses $013,783,90 Transferred to state library fund 660.00 Cash on hand, June 30, 1908.. 874,203.62 Total $988,552.52 AUTO AM) STAGE FOR TKK CASCADES S Ss! Merchants Hotel. 62 North Third Street, Which Will Probably Be Closed by tho Council Owing to Numer ous Robberies la Its Rooms. WAIIKEE SAILS STRETCHIHBWEST To Butte Next 3Ionth and to the Coast Early Xext Year. fSl.i-tjil Jls,i.tr!i tn The Journal.) Alhnnv, dr., July )!.-- Jorgo B. W'htt.'..nil. ..f I!!s Jflit f m has cstah 1 1 u stagf line in run across the ( '.18! t, 1 1 1 ri . 1 n t n ! . i .s durlt'': t'le .mimnuT K' Kvoii. It will Mop .it Will Icoinh, I'.is- cr..ll;:. I?lsli I.ikc mid Hist'ra. and will reduce tin- diMttitc ; !) ruKlcrn tHeKoi lo a niinifnuni. J'h.' stitK" c,inrieciH witli the tnlMs ;i! I.c)i;iii"u. In addition to the hltcoiiili line, Templcton brothers ui' Ur. !vv: i.villc h.ivu placed a bis Vhorii;is flyer mi th" Casciidia route and i; in 10 iu.sI:.' a round trip each duy. Tli'i c:r liiis n cjipaciiy of eiKlit persons i;:nl 11 Is thought will prove an incentive to tonrisis. Hi lKiA Fiano dale AT GRAVES MUSIC CO. MONDAY AND TUESDAY Here will be founil l'argnins which thould Interest exerymie. Mn alues and little prices. .Some of these in struments have been out on rent or turned In on a Player Piano or a hlfrti rrade Krand many of them can nardly be told from new In fact, pome of them probably are prefera ble to new ones, as they have been used Just about lorif? enough to sweeten the tone. Those which need overhauling are thoroushly repaired and polished in our up-to-date re pair shop, and are In perfect condi tion. The following are but a few of the rnnny rn re pi:u:o opportunities await ing yon nt o ir wa 1 croonis: A Sohmer I'inno. X- w York's f'reate.st. ai'SMiutcJy new. out m;kii y scratched on one sida froni dls play purposes, r-,ular price $575, out (Toes now for Jl.lo. A splendid Smith & Barnes which ha been out rn rent for seven months, can now be had at a (?reat reduction, aUhouph In fine condi tion. lon"t miss seeing: this one. KohUr & Campbell, nearly new, Rostwool case, modern design, full 7 1-3 oc xes, InM not ns l::r(r as ll:e ofiliii.iry fd.lflc tills Roes "at $i:H. r. :i 1 will. ;i" doubt, quickly. An old reliable Ulne excellent nractlce plan", full 7 1-3 octaves, very Iters, elmnlcid rase. While not 11 f y cH.e i Instrument, the action nnrl tore are fine, and st tho price $!00 It is a rare bargain for any one. Kasy terms. A Railey. walnut rase and of mod irn ',eslftn. Former owner used It ntv"t n year snl then turned tt in 01 ! I'ih.ver I'Uno. J181 buys this l:i.n'incnt. Poch a t'Srcain should and probably will be, snapped up ij,. ickly. I Hint delay. .V rtate! above, tbes are but a f. i. f the e nry bargains which nil: K'1 on i)e tomorrow and Tues iiy hut you would better come !awn early to secure bext rholc. as nt th' prices we h.ve niarke-1 these instro!.reBts they are almost sore to go In hurry. jmemter the time Monday and N Tuesday and the place (United Press Leased Wire.) , Spokane. Wash., July 11. Barring de lays not now looked for, the Chicago, Milwaukee A StrwPaul rails will be laid as far as Butte by the middle of this month, according to W. E. Dauchy, en gineer In charge of that division. The rail-laying crews are now wunin a. iew miles of-Butte and the roadbed is ready for them. Krom Butte weet the laying nf rails is scheduled to commence July 20. Mr. Dauehv has lust completed tt trip over the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul right of way from Butte to Portland and Puget sound. The condition of tho work is such that he estimates the coiiiplntion of the entire line early In 1909. The road will be handltnqr traf fic on the Butto division before the end of the month. Reports from the recently flooded district In Montana show that damage to the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul fondbed was greater than at first esti mated. Between Garrison and Missoula several miles of rail was completely washed away, and the trestle work was damaged. Construction work In the state was a4so delayed four weeks on account of the high water. 'I CUt, 'T SAW, 'I COfjpUERED Dircctoire Hits Frisco Looks Good to Lang don and Biggy. FOREST FIDES WREAK BUI Hood Kiver Sustains -Heavy Losses Flames Sweep Western Montana. (Spertfil Dispatch to Th Journal.) Hood River, Or.. July 11. A forest fire, which started this morning a short distance from the city, threatened for a time to destroy The home and orchard of Murray Kay e.nd also tno power house of the Hood River Kleetrlc I.ig'.it company. Only through the unceasing efforts of a large number of men, who worked faithfully for several hours, was serious loss avoided and the fire gotten under control. The section where tho fire occurred Is being patroled tonight. Unless a high wind should, come up it is thought that all danger is over. trnlted Press Leased Wire.) San Francisco, July 11 San Fran cisco, women can wear the dtrectolro gown without fear of objection; from either Chief of Police Btggy or District Attorney Langdan. A local department store Is responsi ble for the first ruling from tho au thorities here on the propriety of thj much-mooted Parisian style. The gown was placed 011 exhibition on a liviitw model in the store today and there was a crush of men and women who were nnxlous to see what It looked like. The d'-ess Itself is the extreme model of the direetoire. it was so advertised In the announcement of the exhibition and It lii l not disappoint anyone In that re gard. The mo-icl obligingly walked around the suit department of the store while women and children lined the walls taking in every feature of the gown. It had not been on exhibition mom than an hour before Indignant women went to District Attorney I.angdon and demanded that the exhibition be stopped. "I shall not Interfere," said Lang don. "I refu.se to he the censor of women s dress In Han Francisco. Ami this was all the satisfaction that the women could get. Chief of Police Kiggy was not so reluctant nbout taking up th matter. He sent a man over to look at the gown and then announced that nothing would he done about It. "My officer reports that the gown Is all right and perfectly proper, and I shall not act," said Chief Biggy. "The-re Is no Just objection, so far as I can learn." When the chief was later asked to make a personal Investigation of the gown he promised he would see the gown for himself. The model chosen for the exhibition was a comely young woman of beauti ful figure, nbout which the clinging folds of the gown draped In real French style. SEATTLE BLAZE Even With Such Heroic Handling Many, Home less One Fatality. WIFE OF RICH rORTLAXP MAX GETS DIVORCE Two Big Fires. Butte, Mont., July 11. Advices from western Montana tell of two Immense forest fires raging In the dense for ests west of Saltese, with heavy losses threatened. Fifty men have been fight ing the flames for two days, but the strong wind hs served to handicap i their efforts and the tl. lines are swcip 1 lug through til? heavy pines with i:r.nt I ferocity. Several large timber tracts are In the path of the fire and it Is feared they will be destroyed. The fire is supposed to have been started by careless campers. OLD MAX SHIELDS YOTJXG MOXEY THIEF 111 TOXrZTK FT. fmst SrU cX .WulUagtoa. (Stwinl P1ptch to T!ia Joniril.) Spokane, Wash., July 11. Charle Wheeler, confessed thief of a bag of money from the F.Ik, Wash., express office was today told to go free. The old man deelared he stole the bag- con talning $500, but tha authorities ques tlnanii the confession. Harry Russell. 12 year old. was caught having a big time at rsaionum una irrrsicj on us plclon. He la thought to have taken the money. Companies Incorporated. (Kiln Hum! of TTi JfOTBal.) Balem. or. July 11- Article of In corporation have been filed In th office of the secretary of state as follows: Echmebl. Strawn Co.; principal of fice. North Bend, Or.: capital stock. $10,000; Incorporators. Henry Hoe-k, P. O Larson. Rudolph 8chmchl aad Man ley M. Strawn. The Drake A Swan eompanrt princi pal office, Portland- capital stock, $15. fi0: Incorporators. F4 ward Drake. Wil liam L Swan and W. G ghellharrr. Unci PuM'shina: enmpan": princi pal offir. Portland; cspital stock, $i. (idO; Incorporators, L Molstad. C Lan-i and 0 L VCH j C L- Fox Lumber company: prtn"1ral ffiee. BsyCity. Or.: eapMsl sleek. $.- 10; Incorpnratora, C t fox. George I. Carry aad WtllUn T. iiulr. . , (Speelal Dlapatcb to Tha Journal.) St. Helens. Or.. July 11. Mrs. M. SlcAdam was graTttd a di vorce from L. H. McAdam. of Portland and Tillamook, by Judge McBrlde yesterday. The plaintiff alleged desertion and non-support. The parties to the suit were married July 23. 1890. The defendant la a well-known man of Oregon, being worth several thousand dollars. It developed during the trial that the defendant had deserted a wife and family In the south before his marriage to the plaintiff. The defendant did not contest the case. (United Press Leased TVlra.l Seattle, Wash., July 11. One Japan ese burned to death, another perhaps fatally Injured, 200 , men, women and children, principally orientals, made homeless, eight three-story buildings arid several smaller ones gutted by fire, tiie restricted diMtrlct threatened nnd the calling Into play of the largo hy draulic machines used on the Dearborn street grade, were results of a most ppectacular ablaze this morning. Had It not been for the Immense stream of salt water used by the hydraulio company thu entire rodllght district probably would have been destroyed, as the water pressure was weak and the fire men lielpless. The origin of the conflagration Is un known. Plumbers were at work In a new building, when smoke followed by Immense flames suddenly broke forth. Almost Instantly the flames sprung from building to building, then leaped across tho street to the restricted dis trict. It was then that the city authorities asked the hydraulicklng company to as sist, and the big 24-Inch stream of salt water was turned on. Denizens of the district escaped almost miraculously, as the fire spread with alarming rapidity. The Japanese who lost his life was endeavoring to save a trunk from the ; second floor of a lodging house, when the floor caved In and ha was buried under the blazing ruins. The other Japanese was Injured by Jumping from a window. Practically nothing was aaved from the lodging houses or the business establishments on the first floors. Tho loss Is estimated at $100,000. ' R. R. COMMISSIOXER STOPS AT ALBANY (Special pi.patrh to Tha Joarnal.) Albany, July 11 Oswald West, the railroad commissioner, inspected the railroad facilities at this city yesterday. I lie Is on a trip of Inspection over the llnox of the t'orvnllts A Eastern. The roadbed on the Yaqulna bay line has i oeen improve.! and two trains are now running each way dally. 1 i ! YOUTH COXFESSES TO STEALING HORSE (S clal Dinpatrh to T!i Journal ) Albanv. July 11 Sheriff Smith of T.lnr conrty yesterday arrested Heorge W. Ballard. the 11 year-old son of Johua Ballard, for stealing a horae and bupcy belonging to I). 8. Towr.ea, a farmer near Ivnox Butte. Young Mal lard hss had a checkered career A short time ago he waa sent to the Rot p.nd Girls' aid society of Portland. He ecaped and returned to his father, who lesides In this city. Joshua Ballard recently figured as complaining witness for the state In the rase of the state of Oregon vs. David F. Young, who wit charged wlh attempting to cut the wltres wltha scythe. Ballard Jr.. admitted taking the horse and buggy and also pleaded guilty to other petty sets of vandalism that ha i been chsrged to him. An examination will be held in the Juvenile court ami the boy w.H probably be ant to the r-1 form school at Salem. ; Injnrrd In runaway. (Salem B"ra cf Th J-mraal. ) Pslem. Or, July 11. Deputv Sheriff Willlnm .FrH wsa MtlruaiT Inlured in runaway accident ytT1ay afternoon. wnua onving itween iurner ant ftisy- ton. H 8jstalre4 a wrench! leg and will b usable in rum tiia work in th sherllf of flea lor perbapa rnaral etu, - Vgf Cor 7th. Of I Monday ji ; Specials j 35c and 45c all-silk Taf feta Ribbon, all colors, black or white 25 25c and 35c Embroid eries, 10 Thousands of yards of Embroideries with buttonhole edge. Parasols, $1, $1.50, $2.50, 33.00, 95.00 each, and up. mm 4r if' U I wm Boys and Youths' Clothing Every Boys' Two-Piece SPRING SUIT in the houses-Knickerbocker or plain pants, ages 8 to 16 years, at exactly HALF PRICE BOYS' $2.95 SPRING SUITS. BOYS' $3.45 SPRING SUITS. BOYS' $3.95 SPRING SUITS. BOYS' $5.00 SPRING SUITS. $1.47 $1.73 91.07 $2,150 BOYS' $6.00 SPRING SUITS ?3.00 Young Men's Outing Suits $10.00 OUTING SUITS, NOW $5.00 $ 8.50 OUTING SUITS, NOW 4.25 Boys' Washable Suits Reduced 50c WASH SUITS, NOW 37 75c WASH SUITS, NOW. . : , 565 $1.Q0 WASH SUITS, NOW 75 $1.50 WASH SUITS, NOW ....?1.12 WHEN YOU SEE IT IN OUR AD IT'S SO w 1 -1 a. V JL 3rd and Oak 1st and Yamhill PI W00DLARK JUICE At Special Prices This Week GUARANTEED UNDER PURE FOOD LAWS "W0ODLARK' Woodlark brand Grape Juice is bottled expressly for us by the Lawton Vineyard Co., Lawton, Mich. It is pressed from selected Concord Grapes and has the true natural flavor of the grape. No alcohol, preservatives or chemicals are used in our grape juice and it contains only the sugar that exists in the grape. It can be sweetened to suit the taste and is especially beneficial as a hot weather food beverage for both old and young. pRICES Quarts, Regular $5.00 Dozen, Special $3.89 (Pints, Regular $2.50 Dozen, Special $1.98 An ice cold sample of Woodlark Orape Juice free to all who visit our store this week. See Washington street window display. SPECIAL CUT GLASS REDUCTIONS FOR .JULY REDUCTIONS IN PICTURES Hand-Colored Photographs, popular subjects, neatly matted and framed in gold mouldings, plass size 9x12. Regularly $2.00. flfl Special tDl.UU Facsimile Water Colors, neatly framed in two-inch gold moulding, each with name plate. Regularly 50c. Spe- 25c Musicians in sepia frames, new designs, ready to hang. Regularly 50c. special o 25c Genuine Oil Paintings in double-sweep gold frames, m figures, landscape and A (t marine. Val. to $15.00. Special. . 3)3 vU Oil Paintings in figures and heads, in deep frames, and each incased in a shadow box. About 19 pieces in all. Values to pj Cfl $25.00. Special 3.DU Original Oils, an odd assortment embracing marines, landscape and figures, all suitably framed. Values to $30.00. Spe- JQ QQ SEE THE $8000.00 PAINTING IN ACT DEPARTMENT OPEN SUNDAYS FROM 10:00 A. M TO 2.-00 P. M. BATH CABINETS For rheumatism, con stipation, kidney trou ble, catairh and the blood. Easy to oper ate, inexpensive and indispensable to the home. CABINETS FROM . $4.00 TO $1150 I I LA 'W Talking Machines Phonographs on Easy Terms" "turn ? Free concerts on Fourth Floor every even ing. Hear William Jennings Bryan in his ten. latest speeches. ALL THE LATEST RECORDS. tone- MaaaaBnBBBaMaaBHaaBHBaaaaaaaHaBaiaaai aBBBaBHBBaBaaHBMaaaaaBaaaaHanHaMBaaaaaBBMBaaaaaaaaBaaaaa)" 1 WtiQDARD, CtARKE f; CO.