7
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
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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
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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
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!
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
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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
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indispensable to the
home.
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