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PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY. 11, 1909. EIGHTEEN PAGES, ;, PRICE TWO '. CENTS."-.'."' JSm eml.. " I
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COUNCIL WILL HAVE
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x Saloon-restaurants will be permitted to 'continue in bus-
incss without: the necessity of paying for the privilege. The
license, fee prescribed by city ordinance No. 17535 has been
1 held to be void by Judge Gantenbein. .
T Effect of the decision will probably be to hasten action by
the council toward a repeal of
ing the liquor traffic and the enactment of a new law contain-1
iner all the provisions necessary to regulate the sale of liquor
'by drug stores, grocery stores,
loons, restaurants ana saloon-re3taurants. " -
',- Declaring, that ordinance No. 17,635.
prescribing restaurant liquor ' license
fees,-Is null and void. Judge Gantenbein
In the circuit court this morning over.
rulfC'the city's demurrer to the suit
for an Injunction brought by eight grills
and restaurants nearly two months ago.
The ordinance Is held of no effect be
cause It compels applicants to obtain
licenses and fixes the fees therefor, but
does not prescribe the manner , In Which
they shall be secured. .
Will rile Answer.
Deputy City Attorney Tomlinson, who
' has had charge of the case for the city,
says he will at once file, an answer to
the decision of Judge Uaotecbein In
which he will, take the ground that the
manner of obtaining' licenses la outlined
in ordinance 10.604, and others, tnd that
'ordinance No. 17,636 being only Intend
ed to fix the amount of fees, cannot be
vised to further a plea of ignorance on
the part of the restaurant men as they
had heretofore obtained liquor licenses
In the manner designated by other o:
d I nances and should have knr.wn the
procedure in-this instance.,
S-t,
WHEAT
Highest Quotations Beached Today hi Chicago' TitAll '
Records Broken Enormous Demand for Cash
Suppl. Foreign Markets Are Firm.
. (United Press Leued WlreJK
Chicago, Feb. 11. Chicago wieat
prices went to the highest point for
the year during today's trading
Every-record for the past season was
broken when the May option went
above $1.11. the price of yesterday
and previous tb today's quotation the
highest of the crop year.
Tho enormous demand for cash wheat
at all milling centers in every section
of the world caused wheat prices to
cpen very firm and higher this morning
EDGE E HOLDUPS
Five Men Are Victims of Two Daring Youths Who
Spend Busy Evening but . Are 111, Rewarded
Caught in an Old Farm House.
(Special Dispatch to Tht Journal.)
Eugene. Or.. Feb.-11. The. two hold
ups who operated in Eugene last night
were captured about 11 o'clock this
forenoon In a vacant farm house, two
miles north of Eugene, by a posse con
sisting of Chief of Folic Farrlngton
and Deputy Sheriffs Hammond and
Conner, and a .number of citizens. The
GiNominated
for Judgeship
(By Journal Lean 8lm 'Wire.)
Salem, Or., Feb. 11. William Gatens,
private secretary to the governor. Is to
be circuit Judge of the Fourth Judicial
district, in accordance with the passage
of th Jaeger bill provldingor five cir
cuit Judges, in Multnomah county. ,
The Jaeger bill - passed the senate
yesterday, carrying an emergency clause
and will be sent in to the governor for
. his signature either today or tomorrow.
There is no doubt about tho signature
.of the governor being affixed to the
bill, as the arguments that have been
made for the measure and the change
In front of the senate "members of the
Multnomah ' delegation has convinced
him that an emergency exists and that
the Multnomah court should be offered
relief- by the addition of another judge.
Mr. Gatens is well known In Portland,
where he lives and practiced law before
being appointed secretary before tho
beginning of Governor Chamberlain's
term of office. He was deputy district
attorhey under the administration' of
governor- Chamberlain , in - that office
prior to his election as governor. He
is well known both as a citizen and as
an attorney and the prospective appoint
ment has .brought him many messages
of congratulation from different , parts
of the state, -'-. '
It is practically certain that the api
pointment of Mr. Gatens will be forth
coming within a day or so after the
bill has been signed by the governor,
and as the bill is effective as soon as
'signed It la fair to presume that Mr.
Gatens will assume : the duties of his
. new office before tho end' of the coming
week. t, - '-
. Alrs.'C. B. Bhelton, chief stenographer
In the executive office, will assume the
duties of private secretary to the gov
ernor as soon as Gatens goes to take
his' plaiMf-on the 'bench, and Until the
. governor's term of office ends.
all existing ordinances govern-
wholesale liquor houses, sa
- Attorney .Dan Malarkey. who repre
sented the restaurant proprietors, stated
in his application for an Injunction to
prevent interference with the business
of his clients that the city requires the
payment, of license fees and tht .such
fees had been tendered to the city audi
tor, 'Who had refused to accept the same
because no regular application for li
censes had been made to the liquor li
cense committee of the city council ac
cording to custom.
Attorney Malarkey held that Inasmuch
as his clients had endeavored to comply
with' the law and did it aa far as they
were able owing to the insufficiency of
Ordinance No. 17,686, that they should
be protected from molestation.
knsliliffpit' Forecast
"It's just as I bave predicted all
along," asservated Councilman Rush
Hsrht this morning, when he had learned
of Judge Gantenbein's decision against
the city, "and I hope the council will
now see the necessity of repealing all
the existing ordinances relating to the
regulation of the liquor traffic and em
bod" nil In one measure which will be
compact and free i from ambiguity."
and forced -the price of the May deliv
ery to $1.13 a bushel or H4 cents above
the closing of yesterday or cent
above the previous record. .
Much of the strength here was due
to the fact that all foreign markets are
very firm and are closely following the
advances recently shown in the Chicago
price.
At Ulterior points the price of milling
wheat is even higher than at Chicago,
a condition very seldom seen. At Kan
sas City the price of No. 2 red has
moved up to $1.26 a bushel.
arrests give tho namer of Harry Mc
e.ure,,18 years, and Elmer Yerger. 19
years. '
The two appeared at a meat market
In the suburbs of the city at 7:80 this
morning to buy some meat. Chief Far
nngton was phoned for and he and the
deputy sheriffs followed the trail un
til certain they had the tWo in the va
cant farm house. Upon tho arrival of
several armed oltisens the house was
entered by the posse after the barn hRd
been searched. The robbers quietly sub
mitted, to .arrest, but declared If there
had only been two or threo men In the
posse they would have killed them.
Several articles stolen from their vic
tims last night wero found, also a Win
chester rifle , which one confessed to
stealing from the residence of Dr. O
E. Smith In broad daylight a. few days
ago. They used this gun in the hold
up operations last night
The youths w-er lodged In the coun
ty jail and will be. tried at the March
term of the circuit court. They sav
they recently came from the east and
had been -. camped In the old house
where they were captured for a week
The two operated in the eastern part
of the city last night and held up
five men. but secured no mora than $6
in cash and a few articles of minor
value. - - . ;. . .
From Burke Williams, a bank clerk,
they secured S5 cents, a fountain pen
and other small articles. - William Nich
ols, a butcher, and Jesse Anderson
were stopped, but as they had noth
ing, of value they were let go. Cecil
Henderson, a mall carrier, was relieved
of $4 in cash. . , .
B!ft'Y,nt"lV i)arb,?t' com
manded to hold up his hands., but in
stead of complying '-showed fight and
received several ' severe cuts on " the
scalp from clubs In the hands of the
robbers. - He finally escaped. He had
over $100 In his pockets, most of which
belonged to the shop where he la em
ployed. ' -'- v . .
In each holdup there were two men
one heavy set and the other tall. Both
wore black masks. They had either ri
fles or shot guns, but no attempt was
made to use them. .
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. PUes Works few Postal lianli.
i ' ' (United Press Loued Wlre.V '' "'
, Washington, Feb, . 11. Senator i plies
ot Washington, discussing the . postal
savings bank .bill yesterday afternoon,
announced he woujd exert, himself for
its passage at this session. He staled
if he failed h would try. to -fret Taft to
call an extra session to pass that meas
ure. ' .'-'...,' : . . .
HIGHER
AP
II
supSe 1B1
BENCH HARD
House Follows Senate . in
a Passing Hart's ; Increase
' Bill King arid Slater, the
Present Commissioners, to
Fill New Places.
(By Journal Leued Salem Wire.)
Salem, Or., Feb. 11. Will R.
Kin? and W. T. Slater, present com
mlssloners of the Oregon supreme
court, will be full fledged Justices
of the supreme court, by authority
of tb.e Hart bill, which passed the
house this morning, and the appoint
ment of Governor Chamberlain,
which will be made as soon as the
bill comes to bim for signature. One
of the commissioners will fill the of
fice by appointment until his suc
cessor is elected at the regular elec
tion of 1910 and the other until af
ter the election of 1912.
Senator Hart's bill Increasing the su
preme court from three to: flvo mem
bers and bearing the emergency clause
passed tho house this morning by a
vote of 38 to 2S, with One absent Thts
puts, tho matter up to the governor for
his approval, and as ' he i recommended
the measure In his message to the legis
lature there Is no doubt abbut Its being
approved. Neither Is ; ther any doubt
who ths two new judges will be. for the
governor baa repeatedly to!4. xnamhers
of . the' legislature that lv case it was
passed and the appointment was' left to
him he would name the two men wliom
he had appointed as commissioners two
years ago.
. Governor Reaffirms.
This morning after the passage of the
bill the governor reaffirmed his state
ment saying that as soon as the bill
was placed before him and tho time had
come for him to make tho appointment
he would name the two commissioners.
When the report of the judiciary com
mittee. Which considered the measure,
came Into the house a Couple nf days
ago It carried two reports. The ma
jority report called for the killing of
the measure. The minority report CHlled
for the passage of the bill. The fight
revolved about the retention of the
emergency clause, it being contended by
Dlmick, Rusk and other members that
there was no emergency and that the
people of the state should not bs de
prived of an opportunity to say whether
they desired an addition to tho supreme
bench.
After a bitter fight, led by Bean and
Brooke, the minority report favoring
the riiustira of the bilL was adooted
and the bill placed on the desk for final .
consideration in aue course.
The bill came up for consideration
this morning and the fight was re
newed. Those who did not want to
allow the governor the appointment
fought the measure, as they had done
during the previous discussion. Those
who favored the bill contended that
the emergency clause was on the bill
because an emergency existed and that
it was time ror the nouse 10 nse aoovo
...... n.ttv nniltlca and rive the judi
ciary of the state relief even if it old
result in tne appointment i
oc ratio members of, the supreme court.
The contention won, the final voto
being 38 for and t3 against the bill.
The vote In detail was as follows;
Yeas Altman, Applegate, Barrett
Beals. Bean. Bedllllon. Belknap. Bones,
Brady, Brandon, Brattaln, Brooke. Bu
chanan, Clemens, Corrlgan. , pavls,
Dodds, Eaton, Jackson, Jaeger. Libby,
Mahone, Mahoney, Mann, Mariner, Mo
Cue. McDonald, McKlnney, Meek, Mil
ler, Munkers, Orton, Patton. Philpott
D,.n Mr. Avthnr. 36.
Noes Abbott, Bonebrake, Bryant
Calkins, Campbell. Conyers. coucn.
Dimick, Farrell, Greer. Hatteberg. Haw
lev, Hlnes, Hufrhes, Jones (Linootn and
Polk), Jones (Douglas. Jones (Clacka
mas. Llnenweber, Muncy, Reynolds,
Richardson. Rusk, Smith 13.
Absent. Carter 1.
ROOSEVELT 10
WELCOHE FLEET
Program for That Notable
Event Is Announced
, , at Washington.
(Dnlted Prm ted Wirt.)
v.li 1 1 President
v Bailing luii, -- - ---
t i x-.A th nrealdential vacht
Mayflower, Secretary of the Navy New
berry ana a party m "
here on tho afternoon of February II
for Hampton Roads for a review of the
lnr ceremony attendant upon Its world
cruise. According to arrangements an
nounced today the Mayflower will an
chor In tho vicinity of Bug Light at
ths entrance of the roads, on the morn
ing of February tl. on the anniversary
of the birth of George Washington.
The fleet wm appear in juwer v
peaks bay at U o'clock and pass in re-
lew oerore nqawcii. 4 .
sels will then proceoo i-inrouitn . ine
roads to the anchorage from which the
fleet started on its famous cruise.
n.vii. -ha .- M vflower. 'aarh
ship will firs a salute of jrgTins. -
2 OClOCK in ina bihihwh
iresident will receive Rear Admiral
Pperry and -officers or tne neet aboard
the Mayflower. After an formal
luncheon to the officers the president
M.m k-(.i a v nf tti IS huttleflhinn sni4
'depv't for Washington about 6 o'clock.
Senate Committee on Irriga
tion ' Beports Water Bill
Without Becommendation
Senator Miller Stands by
His Guns.
Salem, Or., Feb. Hi Emmet
w Cochran of Monument. Grant 4
4 county, who Is In Salem to boost
Falem, Or., Feb. Hi Emmet
Cochran of Monument. Grant
county, who Is In Salem to boost
for the water code, suggests trtit
the cattle and land barons are
the Interests responsible for op
position In eastern Oregon. He
said this morning:
"The small land owners and
water users tf Malheur, Harney
and Grant counties are for the
code, sending strong delegations
and numerous favorable tele
grams. The large cattle com
panies of Harney county, who
are opposed to any law which
will simplify water rights ap
pear to have the upper hand: In
controlling legislation."
the cattle and land barons are
the Interests responsible for op-
position in eastern Oregon. He
By Carl Smillt.
(Br Journal Leaned Salem Wlrt.
, Salem, Feb. 11. All tho cunning .Ac a
bushwhacker campaign baf been thrown
into the figat against the water cods
bill.' As the loae of tho session ap
proaches every obstacle of delay and
innuendo Is being placed in its path.
This morning the senate bill was re
ported from the committer on irrigation
without recommendation. Senator Frank
J. Miller, the only outspoken friend of
the bur on tne committee went. io nis
colleagues last night with a demand for
action. He told them plainly that ho
would not consent to longer delay, but
would exercise his right to call the bill
out if a report were not made this
morning.
Outsiders Tired."
Representatives of commercial bodies
and irrigation interests of eastern Or
(ton attended and -asked permission to
present anew some of the arguments
that have brought thorn hundreds of
miles to urge the passage of the meas
ure. Senator Parrish insisted that there
be no further discussion, although men
from- Malheur, Grant and Harney coun
ties, which he represents, were anxious
to be heard. So the committee "fired
out" the outsiders."
Parrish announced that he was op-
fiosed to the bill: he wanted to report
t adversely, while Miller warmly fa
vored the measure. Chairman Merry
man was not present. The other mem
bers, Bingham and Beach, were not anx
ious to commit tnemseives.
Miller asked the committee to report
out the bill that massed the house, there
by saving a second battle in the other
branch, but the others would not agree.
They insisted on reporting the bill in
troduced by Miller and Hart which is
identical with the house bill, except that
a number of amendments have been at
tached. Lengthy Amendments.
Some of these amendments are
lengthy, but they hare been approved
by the conservation commission and
do not materially change the bill.
By reporting the senate bill the
house amended, an excuse was given for
further delay In ordering the printing
of the amendments. But the friends of
the bill put spurs to the steed and the
amendments were hurried to the state
printer's office laat night so they will
be on the desks of the senators today.
Word came from Portland this morn
ing that Chairman Teal of tho conserva
tion commission, accompanied by a del
egation from the Portland chamber of
commerce, will arrive this afternoon, to
boost for the bill. . The chamber of
commerce is behind the bill for the
same reason that commercial bodies
from other sections have declared foV
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Victim of Unfortunate Tragedy
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Mrs. Ij. C. Tuckerinan and Oeorjte ,
A. Busse, Principals in the Fatal
Accident at Chicago.
One ot the saddest accidents of recent
rocont was the shooting of Mrs. L.. t.
Tuckerman of. New York, daughter of
ix,n.r9l A. V nirard. IJ. S. A..
retired, by Georgo A. Buss;, brother of
Chicago', mayor: , Both families are
m,rut,t with snrlef jover tBa v affair,
and Mr. Buss la In a BtaW of -nervous
collapse. The coroners juryas weii n
t h fattier and nmotliof -wf M rs.-; -Ttw' k
erman. with whom she was stopping,
entirely exonerate Mr. Bus., from any
intentional part In the . fatal accident
Georgo' A. Busse, with his brother,
the mayor, his mother and otnor mem
bers of tho family, was dlscusMing the
recent burglaries in Chicago In a flat
adjoining that occupied by Brigadier
General GIrard and his daughter, Mrs.
Tuckerman. Mr. Busse In Joking
manner said to tho maid of the houe
that he would show her how to use his
large pistol In order to protect the
house In case burglars should appear.
While showing Its action . to the maid
the pistol exploded and unfortunately
was pointed directly at "Mrs. Tucker
man, who was dressing before a mir
ror In the adjoining apartment. The bul
let penetrated . a heavy wooden blind
ELOPERS" MECCA
MAY BE HO MORE
90 Day Eesidence May Be
Bequired in Washing
ton If Bill Passes.
(RWliI Plroatcb to Tb loarnal.)
OlymDia. Wash.. Feb. 11. Washing
ton will cease to be the meat of love
sick .couples who candnot secure per
mission to marry in Idaho, Oregon and
British Columbia, about June 11. The,
abuse of the privilege of marrying in
this state has brought about a disposi
tion to prevent the continuance of the
present methods, and a drastic bill is
now before the legislature.
It provides that no person shall be
allowed to secure a license to marry
from any county auditor In this state
until it be shown that the persons and
in ract noth persons interested, ar res
idents of the state and have been' for
at least 90 dayB. This law will, effec
tually stop elopements and cases where
parental opposition Is strong. .
Along the border between Washing
ton and Oregon and Washington and
Idaho, the habit of couples "dropping
across the line" and being quietly mar
ried has grown to be. a matter of pub
lic concern and the people residing in
the cities affected are protesting
strongly against it
Representative Snarks of Vancouver
is fathering the bill. -
TAFT'S SECOND
CABINET fJflll
(I'nlted.Prew Lened Wlre.l
Mtw , Orleans, . rb. llPresident-
elect Taft,' who arrived hers at boob
today from Panama, formally - a
BoanesA the appoiatjasnt of rrank K.
Hitchcock to the positloa of postmaster
general la his eabiaet. -
This is the second dtflnite aaaonBC
ment. That of Boaator . Xnox, to bs
secretary of state, was the first.
New Orleans. Feb. II. President
Elect Taft and Mrs. Taft, with the
partv of engineers who accompanied
Taft to Panama to inspect the canal,
m-ere transferred to the lighthouse ten
der Magnolia early today and taken to
the scout cruiser Birmingham. The
Birmingham began the Journey north
ward to this city, arriving -here tt 1
o'clock. On .the wayV the cruiser was
met by - the river reception committee
aboard -the steamer General . Newton.
which was accompanied oy a rtre tug
no a. police patrol boat. . '
The city, is in -gaia attire and thou
sands of person thronged the streets.
The health officers expedited the land
ing by giving the president-elect and his
party -clean? bill of health. ,
and ' strurk Mrs. 'Tuckerman - In the
heart . 4nfltbang -almost Instant, death,
As soon a, the mayor, heard the shot
he rushed to the-adjoining quarters to
see li any -damage had neen "done and
was horrified at' tho-havoc wroua-ht.
Aid was immediately ' summoned, but it
was too late,: ,x ;, Vv ......
Mrs. TUcKerman was known In armv
circlos as "one of the beautiful GIrard
sisters' ana ror years Had been a social
iavonte in jvew vorlt society.
GRATER LAKE
House Committee Eeports
for $100,000 in'Fonr
Installments.
(By Joornl Leaaed Salem Wlre.t
Balem Or., Feb. 11. Tho Crater Lake
road bill,, asking for an appropriation of
f 100,000, was reported favorablv uv tho
ways .and means committee of the house
this morning, .though in an amended
form. The committee recommended that
tho appropriation be granted, tlrough in
annual installments of $25,000 for four
years. In this form it la practically as
sumed that the bill will pass the house,
though Its fate In the senate is a mat
ter of doubt, as there is some opposition
there. ,
The committee on education also rec
ommended the passage of the bill pro
viding that school boards mav uermlt
the use- of schoolhouses for other than.
scnooi purposes.
0
FAVORED
STRINGS TROLLEY
United Railways Will Complete Work on Overhead Sys
tem Inside City Limits Today Opens Line-to-
Ilolhrook to March 1. . -
Overhead trollev wires for the-1'nlted
Railways are being strung down Stark
street today and by tonight the entire
overhead system within the city limits
will; be In place. Kquipment for th
new line is now on its way to Portland
three motors are due tomorrow and
the-llne-wiU-b JUiOperation wlUi trains
every hour in eacn airection oeiween
Portland and Holbrook by March 1.
Chief Engineer Wickersham of the
road will let the contracts for the car
houses and shows this afternoon. "The
shops will be 60 by 130 feet . and a
freight depot will be constructed at
once to handle the freight business Of
the line. '
The trolley wire being strung down
Stark street- today is the heaviest In
Portland., excepting that of tha Oregon
Electric. An unusually heavy cable Is
being used to carry th feed-wire for
the lo.ooo von-nign tension -jtne-from
Portland to- Linnton. Poles are being
erected between the city limits and
Unnton and Holbrook. - and as soon as
th wiring within th city is completed
the overhead system will be carried out
through I.Innton to Holbrook, 18 miles
distant. The wires will all be In pUi:e.
it is tnougnt. oy tne time the equipment
reaches Portland. - .
"We are arranging our train schedule
now, said Mr. W Ickerxham today, "HnH
we expect to put on an, hourlv service
between th - Chamber of Commerce
il IIH vii w . w a i mm
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UUIILIIIL
Chamber of Commerce Unan-
i mously ; A dopts Kesol if
tiohg Approving Proposed
Change in , Constitution
and Indorsing Bill. !
To Bnild State KnUroad. V
"Resolved, That the "Portia rid'
4 'chamber of commerce approve
the amendment to the' constitu
'
'
tion permitting the state or n.
district thereof to construct ratl-
roads as a means to self help in
the development of the state.
"Resolved, also. That tho Port
land chamber of commerce fa
w vors a bill to create a highway
commission to formulate detailed
plans and collect data relative to
the construction of railroads in
the state and that the president
be authorized to appoint a rep
resentative delegation to go , to
Balern and urge the. passage of
the measures." "-'. '
Mor than 100 of the best known and
most , influential .citizens 'of Portland
gathered In the chamber of lOommer
yesterday afternoon and by,.nnanimoiis
vote adopted th foregoing resolutionn.
This action was taken without anlmo
"y"r any-Sfpeclal Interests, but, aa one
of the speakers stated, in order that
the "shackles which now bind v the
hands of Oregon may bo stricken-off."
At 3 o'clock this afternoon a special
car over the Oregon Electric carried to
alem a committee; of about 30 mem
bers of the chamber, ;who will confer
with the Multnomah- delegation . con
cerning the amendment -to the constitu
tion and the highways eommission bill,
i The meeting was marked by a state- :
meat from W. W.-Cotton, general coun- .
sel for the O. R. A N.. of the ejeact
status of the projected - Ha rriman line
into central Oregon the first 1 public
statement made oy any representative
of the J-iarrlman Interests of what has
caused ttie delay In the construction of
the desired line. According to Mr. tint
ton the maps of the railroad have been
held u D for approval In the department
of the Interior and he Invited the as
sistant of the chamber to secure early .
action on these by the federal officials.
. Sponsor Makes Statesmen!. '
C K. S. Wood.' the sponsor for both
the bill and the amendment now before
the legislature, said that he first hev
came interested in this matter during
nis attendance on me laano-i'regon de
velopment -Lieague congrens In Vale laat
fall, when the desire of the Idaho dele-,
gaflon to - do anything that Oregon
would do for the construction of a rail-
road so impressed .him tliat he took up
the question of authorizing the state
to build its own lines. ,
He stated that, nothing was of Use
without highways, to bring It to market
and cited eastern Washington and east-,
ern Oregon as a sample of what' rail-'
roads will do for two practically similar 1
regions so far as natural advantages
are concerned. .- - - -
"1 don't believe Mr llarrlman do
ing his duty by Oregon," said. Mr. W'ond.
"It is not my idea of the moral dutv
of those allowed to-build railroads to
take millions from one territory to head
off other roads from what they regard
as their- private domain in another. I
believe eastern, Oregon needs a rail
road more than we need parallel lines
to the sound or tunnels at Tacoma ami
terminals at Seattle. - Mr. Harriman has
the legal right . to spend his money ;
where ho wants to, -.We can't forco him
to spend It where we wish it.- . There
fore, how long will you wait- for him to
spend It where you want money spent 7
Continued on Page Six.)-
building and Holbrook the firnt wepfc in
Mann. Three complete eouipnvcnts a?.
on their way now and should he he re i,,.
side of two weeks. - It will lake ,
couple of days to Install the motor ,
then we'll be readv for business.
."The construction, department 1 1,; .
ing steel befond I.lnnton - ar,i
work of ballasting the roadbe.i w
rock Is following;- closelv tiimn t'-e ! ,
ing of the rail. Our fre
will include a 60ft ton elecirn- 1 .. .. .
being built fer u now in St. Ln, . -
we will not begin any retniUr
t
servtie until after our passt usir
are well established."
- The United Raitwavs H t, - ,
constructing an ele-trtc I . fr,
na to rarest urovc. V .i.vi ;
come to be known t'.e e (
Tillamook hav and t ,c .. .5 f i
been held by mo.-t ra. ,i i
new line ha hci-n -ut.it,
Interest H Of Hill. Tr,.i.,:. . -
Missoula. Mn-.it., tl.e h. i , i s
madn tun furttrne I v n,, -u-
feulerable i-n t .f tl;e N,.-, .
ono he -wn
in tli coii -i
for Hilt.
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