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v :: :? .1 ,t I, i, 1 f I - . 1l TRAINS AND STANDS 5 CENTS VESTchnvv was! 1 r 'Oiii0 af' J - SundayJournal Cc ; The Weather-r-Falr .tonight. To morrow -probably, fair and cooler. " . . PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY -EVENING, SEPTEMBER 1 1909 SIXTEEN PAGES.- V, T f, priced TWO- CENTS. ??1t2,Wa " VOL. VJII. NO. 154." i - 1 V Jl IB) n n uU:y:y;.-y?yiLL 7P 1 r . - - ' . -t - ,- i r i. - -' , - 1 1 .... , t ' 1 ' . 1 - .. .. . i I, 1 1. i - . ; ... , . t I,-'. i , I,. 1 i - - - . -m .- - -A -a. , 1 7fT u)pp coo c LL.uU 1L LV icinnn 'icAHCorni i.LUUU LLHULU Hwi S00 PERSONS lAi 4 i ' l i ' - HOMELESS Torrent Enjrulfs Camp of Rawhide, Xev., and Inflicts $15,000 Loss; Heroic IctionsSaiMany V IT J ives. B OF BAD Mim - i ISnceUl DiiMtrti to Th loursaL) .Reno. Nev., Sept. 1. Report V'ceived at. noon today from Raw 1 de atate that 600 peraona ; are b unelesa as result o the cloudburst H1ch partially wiped the camp of J iwhlde off the map last nigni. v-hlle' there -was no loss of life so ?T as known, the property loss is v ry great and - will approximate ftiioutr 115.000. . The refugees jeing cared for by the resiaents oi Qiat portion of tle camp which es- ped the suaaen ana awiui iuuu iiut:.u dayllkht w disappearing, i a most terrible electric an thunder rm In the hletory of Rawhide broke rlh with mU the fury oi a iornao. V . ... .A tk. air ie clouds Began 10 w"f yiTl" came eurcharged with-impending die ter. The rain began to fall in aheete it then the cjouq . uurm mmlt or. ine camp. onv tne Warning came k . aVint from the Regent camp. A ,ckle of a atrial! stream etartea oown . nt nf th mala rt and In leee . of w.t.il four feet high. Aa . n .ronl from til 0 Stf-" undlng galleys and ffiiyons'beWw tti ln viAktr. housea and fences anq , ... that riiahed through ' the' nireei "lone were all aorta of debris -and l.ueehold furniture., bedding and liquors rid groceries. , 1 1 . n-nndrada of Home Wrecked. f The - flood tore down hundreds of f,i,L. nrt nearlv all the buaineea ...... nn ih rlkht hand aide of Main t Jl-. .'. ti.. i riiinin vai on Main !d Stlngaree gulch. . A wall of water id aand tore down the gallowa frame . th , Pmikv lease and earned tne innn ft down . int luicn, ""-'..V? .T , . .w M..lt w.. .y fiinrta inn hiihii.. l ii wit v& r by eome freak then tore down the natatorlum and went etralght down ie west side of Squattertowa for six locks, the water wasning eyeryining ifor It. A woman and ner two cnu. I en went down with the flood, cunglna ih. front end of the butldinav Emll J-utt at the risk of his life, plunged to the water and after heroic effort agged the three to a place of safety. Whvtock dove Into tTie water and i saved the lives of two little beya who haA fallen Into the flood with the cav- Vno" rf j. hank. 'tXurhiia the water was at Us highest Int overvthlno- waa lnkv black, and deeds or heroism ana me saving oi will never oe Known. Eivery ni led wan. of the camp waa along the h of disaster, ana did neroic service. is estimated that there were over ISO llriMnara destroyed anl partially irecked by the cloudburst. The loss . lk,. . - this time on . aooflttnt or tne .aaranese . . . . a it - jr. - s n.u j. tw. ana xnc exvent ok inf iiuouiua iwiiiac done to placs or Dusmesa is as louowa . samag-e Dy tne riooa. Kentucky Mercantile company, $S000. Yellowstone ciuo, tzv.uuu. Rainier club, $200. High Grade Club. $500. Blake's shoe atore, IS00.- Frencn resiaurani. ou.. . Swaney cafe. $X0. , . roskey mine, total loss. a . Jatatorlum. 11000, alace bar, 1500. , 'nuntaln bar. S500. " :..." Palace) hotel, 1 1000. - . t . i J II? A 1 t ... ... ul . tIAAA t BlHiqil TVWl. "H VJIAIl jaiua, aivvv. '-. riark's corral, wood and hay.I5000. - , It la Impossible to estimate1 the loss on the great number of little homes, but 'th losses will : be rentlre; The report tlmt two women and four children were oiwwned in u ran noi xe coij- frmeiij.- Nothing definite ; can'-be ob- ''talned. and the full extent of the dam age can not oe learned. - ,-! . The flood occurred almost on the an i niversary of the disastrous fire which ) wiped out the business; portion of Raw Whloe a year ago. I . ' - . THREE DEAD III TRAIN WRECK ifflit and.Vork Trains Collide May Be More f Fatalities. . r.nlta Prees Leased Wtre.1 edford, Pa., Sept. l.Three-men are d, two are injured and 10 are miss- as tne result or a collision oi a k train and a freight on the .Hunt- ton -A Broadtop railroad near Rld- Mnirg tnta morning. Th wreck was sed by mistaken orders. - or several morttns a strike nas been pressing and the trains were in rge of strikebreakers at the time of accident. ! . "S. hree bodies already have Veen re- eted SAd wrecking crew is work i franticatty to tear awar the BDlln- t-d box -Hirs with the hoptha,t some the missing men may yet tie alive er them.. It. is almost certain thnt 10 ml"J"' . .r. underneath tt : i SOME FACTS FOR MOTHERS I i. W. Bailey, state dairy and food commissioner, says he doe J now if the dairies supplying Portland with milk are unclean, if cows are tuberculoid and it the milk is killing the babiei. , - CpmmissioneTSailey has, been in office 12 years.; After more than a decade of official life he professes ignorance of conditions. lie has not secured during this time information which The Journal, ', has secured in less than a week. This is information forming part of Ihe public records,, equally available io all. Here it is; , v-- . - Seventy-five hahiea less than-gyfarfri!J tlied in Portland during August. This was the HIGHEST MORTALITY KNOWN IN PORTLAND'S HISTORY. Tuberculosis, diseases of the digestive : system, inanition (all these due. to bad milk) killed 57 out of the 75.. Eighteen deaths out of 23 in June were due to the lame cause; .10 out of 21 in July; ::(Wva:v.;k;V-:;'' "H' Death records kept in the t:ity "health office show thesi figures.. ': Physicians who certify to the reports have abandoned concealment. Bad milk, bottle Jed, appear boldly on the pages ot the big book "as causes of death.' ' v.;-"i. ::J'-:C;;".' ''-'i ' ;-v-'"'':.V: , Concerning the'eondition of the dairiec. Dr. D. W, Mack. 'city. ; milk inspector, briefly states: I have inspected 140 or more dairies , out of more than 500 supplying Portland. Fifty per cnt.of these arel so filthy that the milk should not be used. ; , a : v ; . As to the condition of the cows, the Rolfes herd and the results of Dr. Pinkerton's test, is a case in point: These cows were reported . tubercular. COMMISSIONER BAILEY, HAVING THE RE PORT, DID NOTHING TO STOP THE SALE OF MILK. , The -test, all other matters aside,; shows the cattle more diseased than at 'first was thought. ; . (.:. These are the outstanding facts relating to the milk supply of Portland, r Over against them are placed Commissioner ' Bailey's reiterated assertions that Portland dairies are clean according to his personal inspection; that though there maybe tubercular cows, he has not caused any cessation of sales, and that his personal corfvic ; tion is tubercular milk is not unwholesome, and may safely be sold. O0..G11E ROBABLE kl BMW Vancouver Will Probably Retain , Headquarters, of Department of Columbia Say Beiiatfjrs Warren and ; Chamberlain ' , . ' EXPERT COULD PROBLEM Secretary of State Board of Health Says Office of Dairy and Food Commis sioner Should Be Appoint ed and Free From Politics. Cooperation between the state dairy and food commissioner and the state board of health, will be sought by making the commissioner a 'mem ber of the health board. ; "Only thus wlll we secure equipment and influ ence enough to' clean-up "Portland's tnilk supply and keep it clean." de clared Dr. Robert C. Yenney, secre tary of the board, today. ' will advocate," .lie Jjontlnued, that the office of the dairy and food commissioner be made appointive. The commissioner, lr appointed, will be an expert In passing on the question of mlly supply, -v. - WORS10I mm PEARY PHYSICIAN PARTY SAI !AVE REACliE OF- :' D TO GOAL City Health Board Will Take Steps at Once io Make Dairies Clean Up-Hitch Over License of Milk Ven- ' ders'. " (Continued on Page 'Three. Mayor Simon and the city health board at the meeting of tie board thla, morning announced themselves as heartily in unison with the move ment for pure milk which has been started by The Journal J Mayor Simon 'eald he thinks It Is the duty of the health board to reguSate dalr? ies and take such steps aa will in sure cleanliness In the " municipal supply and freedom from tubercu lous germs. " ('.'. To a committee of women1 from tlH Consumers' league, of which .'Mrs. A. R. Rockey was, he chief spokesman, the (Continued on Pag Threo.) IN THIRD AFFINITY hRLE FINDS BLISS; NO WEDDING BELLS (Didted' Preaa Leased Wire.) 1 A' New York.. Sept l.-B. Russell Herts. a magaslne editor,, and a close1 friend of Artist Ferdinand Plnney Karle, who. It la alleged,' has left New York for a Eupooean tour with? . Miss rtirlnirlo Dunn, a well knows literary woman and settlement worker, declared today- that he wain a position to know that Earls was perfectly mated, this time." - . - Rarle is best known as the "hrltrinsl affinity," Who startled two1 continents when he deserted his first wife for Miss Julia Kuttner. whom he subset quently Wedded, and who lsi now suing to annul tne marriage. ; ': .-.. -"ThlS affair between Earls and Miss Dunn Is entirely spiritual,"! - declared Herts today, ''and 1 know that thev are just as perfectly mated as it Is possible for human beings to be. It also is their Intention to always remain soulmates, and there will be no marriage unless the oouplo decide they want children. ' At any event." he concluded. "there will be no wedding ceremony. . - Miss liunn, according to Earle, Is of a" type directly opposite to his famous affinity, Julia Kuttner. now Mrs. Earle. and he declares that Miss Dunn -1 no more to htm than a "mentality." . Ballard- Dunn, a Chicago newspaper man, and a brother of Miss) Dunn, today declared that his sister had not eloped wtth Earle. He said he was convinced that the relations between his " sister and the artist were perfectly proper. . "My slater and Karle." said Dunn, "are Simply: friends. .They are Interested In the same, project of starting an- or phanage. : Yesterday. I received a letter saying that she- was in Paris alone, and would sail for New York on September Miss liunn and Earle it la reported, left New York on July 25, but so quiet was their departure that .most of their friends knew nothing yfft until -late yesterday. . UN ION COUNTY MEN ' , FIGHT FOREST FIRE 1 (Speclst DIDtrli a Tbe JoeroaM La Grande, Or.. Sent. .1. Five .ranch- houses and hundreds of dollars' -worth or grain, standing In the ; fields, are In imminent danger of destruction be fore night as the result of a raa-lnir fire In a 160 acre tract of timber 4 miles from Summervllle. Only a ces sation of te high wind will a-ext dis aster,- The timber Is owned by Mts. L.ucla - Smith, a widow, who wlll . be mavle penniless by the fire. Two hun dred; and ' fifty cltlsens of Tmbler, 'All eel 'and Summervllle are fighting the flames. The threatened loss to build ings, grain and timber will . run Into the thousands. The timber, la the fln- es&Mn eastern Oregon, i , What amounts to almost positive assurance from Senators Warren and Chamberlain that the headquarters of the Department of tb. Columbia will not be removed from Vancouver barracks waa made this , morning. Senator Warren, who is chairman of the committee on military affair, stated that he believed-that there is no removal of the- barracks re ceiving serious consideration now and that he did not regard such a removal . as Impending In tbe near future. ' iVfJ:-'-y-- . .' ' - Ths entire committee-of senators on the reclamation and irrigation of arid lands will, to Vancouver in automo biles this. afternoon and will Inspect ths barracks while there. The chief ob ject of : ths trip Is to demonstrate to Senator Warren's satisfaction that ths Vancouver barracks afford room enough for what growth may be needed tot' de partment headquarter. -" -. 1 ' Well placed at ancouva. ; An Important feature of thTBSiter is" If now stands Is that Bertatof" Ctiam bet lain , has received thutf " word - of the conwrehtilonal 'delegation from the state of Washington that they believe the headquarters are as valuable to the state of 'Washington in Vancouver as they would be were they removed to Seattle. Fort JlAwton, ft is admitted, would not bs enlarged, but offices would be secured in tbe city of Seattle Itself. Senator Warren, who arrived with the committee on irrigation this morn ing, said that he was going to Vancou ver to inspect the barracks, because he was unable to do so as the head of ths military affairs committee at the time that committee had planned to visit all ins array posis. ' Bemoval Vot Probable. "It had been arranged that our com mt-ttee should visit these posts ail over the country, and we had planned to do so. The session of the congress was de layed so long by the . tariff discussion that we could not make our trip. I had assured Senator Chamberlain that the Vancouver headquarters would not be removed before I had visited the post at least, and while I do not care to dis cuss the question at any great length I ao not reel mat mere is any iisdiih: their removal at present. If at all. ' v (United Press Leased Wire.) Copenhacren. Seot. 1. The north Dole has been reached. Dr. Frederick Cook, an American, is. the' man who 'accomplished the . t "- ' i t '. a a- . I "'.'' I. - ..t- - - A I -' icaiaaj5-wefr-ine-;iory;oeinf;-tn to Manu at the point 'where. every direction is south. :. ' - Cook feached the north pole, April 21, 1008, according to a tele gram received by the" Danish government today from the inspector of GreenlancL-. The : dispatch was sent from Lorwfck, Shetland islands. " -. VTV; ' . .''.'..,:''.' -V-.-' Dn Cook is on board the Danish govcrnrnent steamer Hans Lgede, now en route for Denmark. mam ' 110 Rio Grande Elver Overflows Tliousands of Acres Are Inundated Scores of Per sons MissingFlood Crest Xot Reached. ' Copenhacren. Sent. l.--The inspector of Greenland todav re ported to 'the Danish government fromLorwickt irj, Shetland, that Ur. v. Ai Cook, the Brooklyn explorer, discovered the north pole, April 21, - v. : ' " ' Since that timeaccorduig to the dispatch, Cook has been fight ing to return to civilization. - The explorer is practically alone. Last year his only white com' panion was taken, sick and -returned to the outside world for treat ment- In his dash , to the northernnfost point on the globe, Cook was accompanied by only a few Eskimos. ; , 1 The American has been exploring for a number of years, but unti his successful attempt to reach the pole has confined his efforts to exploring the Antarctic regions. - v v - have not gone Into the matter very thor business, but I expect to have 4 look at oughly; because of the press of other the barracks this afternoon.' The Irrigation committee tiartv which arrived: this morning Included Senator Carter of Montana, chalrtnan: Senator Chamberlain of Oregon, Senator Faynter of Kentucky, Senator Warren of Wyom ing, Senator Jones of Washington, Craw ford, clerk of the committee. Mumny, representative of the sergeant at arms of the senate, and Caples, Senator Cham berlain's secretary, and who will act as secretary of the committee on its Van couver trip. Xtttneli at Commercial Club. - The party had luncheon at the Com mercial club this noon, when about ,30 guests In all were present. They lert for the Vancouver trlD at 2 o'clock and will be gone most of the afternoon. It had at first been planned to have the senators visit council urest ana enjoy tne view usually obtained rrora there. but the smoke is so thick that It was deoided to give up. this part of the program. This morning the senatorial party met at the Commercial club at 10 o'clock, ex pecting to hear complaints or pretlttons from water users or prospective water users. None showed , uo. however, so after conferring awhile with Director xeweu or tne reclamation service. Chief Engineer Davis and Engineers Henny and Hopson. and wtth representatives of the Commercial club and the cham ber of commerce, they postponed . the (Continued on Fag Three.) In the Want Ad Section of The Journal Today Advertise for ticjp i Advertise for situations Advertise furnished 83 14 O l rooms for rent 125 S3 Q, Advertise houses for Advertise real estate for sale . ' Advertise business chances itO rent 27 rent Advertise flats for Advertise housekeeping rooms for rent. . -.-: The Journal "Want Ad" De partment maintains a free bu reau to assist. the public in the recovery of lost articles.' When Peary mads his unsuccessful try for the North Pole in 1891-1893, Cook was the surgeon -of the exploring party, and there) he gained an extensive knowledge of the northland. " He was bora at Calllcoon Depot, Sulli van county, K.' on June 10, USsnd, hk his fathen" stu3Ie(T "nedicTne, He reoelved his degree of M. D. at ths Uni versity Ot New" Yprt In 180, and' twe yeais. later was njarrid , '-if .;;V;.r , For his work of "exploration of the frosun regions and his writings he has received numerous decorations from dif ferent governments, among which' is The Order of Leopold." a Belgian dec oration. The Royal Geographical soci ety awarded him a silver medal and the Royal Society of Belgium presented htm with a g-old medal in honor of his sd entlflo contributions, following the Bel gian Antarotlc expedition of U97.:when a daBh was made to reach ths South Pole- - .- xi He Is the president of ths Eixpiorers club of New York, : Sails Proa Halifax. Dr. CooFi expedition left' Halifax, N. 8.1 in May, HOT, to make the dSgh to the goal that has spelled an untimely death for so many braye men, and, the last word received from him was dated March 1. 1908, four miles above Cape Thomas Hubbard Jr., the highest point of, aid in the north Polar aea. Twilight was just beginning, and he expected to reach the Pole and return to Etah, the base of supplies. In the following Sep tember." . I ' The entire absence ' of advices from the party for more than a year led to the gravest fears regarding its safety, and in April of this year steps to form a jellef expedition were taken, .i f Travels, at Wig-nt, - It was the purpose of Cook to travel with all speed during ths long Arctic, night, so that he would b in the best possible position to make the run acress to ths Pole. Cook Is a man of Indom itable courage' and Iron constitution, who recognizes no - obstacle. but his friends believe that' he had miscalcu lated the time ef his return and had run abort ot provisions. - -' Tho explorer made .his dash rfor, the Pole over a new route. He planned to march across Ellsmere Land, keep north by Nansen strait, and then strika out Into, the; Polar-sea. ." -:f ? . .CABLEGRAM CONFIRMS" DR. COOKS DISCOVERY OF GEOGRAPHIC POLE (CnHt-e Press LemdrWire.) ; Brooklyn, Sept 1. -A cablegram dated frdm Lerwick and sent from Copenha gen, which announced Cook's discovery of the-nerth pole, reads: 4Cook, American explorer, - reached north pole April 21, 1908. He Is now aboard Hans Egede. bound for Conenha gen. Arrived May. 1009. to TJpernavik from. Cape York, accompanied by Kski- moa. Eskimos confirm ths truth of hi statement regarding discovery of geo graphic pole.'r . In announcing Cook's world triumph ths. government officials emphasised the fact that Cook has discovered the geo graphlo pole, and not the north magnetic poie, wmcn, nas long neen aiscoverea, "SUCCESSFUJi AND WELL," WiRS COOK TO BROOKLYN FRIEND IV sited Press Leued Wire. ' Brooklyn, Sept. 1. Mrs. Robert Da. vMinn. m. friend nrthe Pnnlf lodav re. ceived ,a cablegram from Dr. Cook, which read: "Successful and welt Cable a-ldress to -Copenhagen. (Signed! FRED. Mrs. Cook, the wife of the explorer, and her children are now at South Hav erhill Island. Maine. Mrs. Davidson lm. mediately forwarded to. Mrs.; Cook the contents of the cablegram. ' STORY OF FORMER EFFORTS TO REAOH THE NORTH The first polar expedition of any Im portance was that promoted by Sir John Franklin In 1851. The first Am erican ships to participate in the Frank lin search were the Advance and Rescue, in command of Lieutenant De Haven, which left New York. Mav 24. 18S0. and searched the Greenland coast as far north as practicable.- returning later the same, year with no tldinrs of the lost explorer. Henry Orlnnell, a New York merchant, who bad given liberally to ths , work, renewed his of f er f aid in equipping the brig Advance and de spate-bed her from New-York the 80th of May- 1863, In command of El la ha Kent Kane of the United States Navy. Dr. Kane found no trace of Sir -John Franklin, but his explorations by sledge were extensive and tne scientinc : re sults of his expedition valuable. . In I860 Dr. Isaao L- Hayes, surgeon (Continued on Page 'Three.) GRAIN KNGS REFUTE BIG CROP FORECASTS . (8peeial Diipstcb to Tke Journal.) walla Walla, Wash., Sept. 1. Farmers of Walla Walla valley are up in arms over what they claim is a deliberate attempt. to bear the wheat, market and to Induce1 them to sell their grain at a losr figure. - The most recent cause for their ire is tne statement or Leo Peter son who is said to be' a henchman of the owner of the Portland Flouring mills. . .' - '. ; - 0 ' -. . - In a recent interview. Peterson says he has traveled over the entire state and Is in a position to know Just how matters. stand; and that the arm In crcn of the , northwest will be 85,00, 0U0 bushels, -' and that - the Washington crop - will os 40.oo,OOO. - This, local farmers say,. Is not the ease, and claim It is only a. movement on the part of the mills and grain, dealers to get them to sell their grain early, and before the true conditions become known and the price goes up. . -- 'The wheat crop of Washington will not exceed 85,000,000 bushela." said a, well. known farmer of this district to day. "And the reports sent out that there will ba a record breaking crop are unfounded. The crop, of this state will not exceed 30.000,000. and of the northwest not' more thas fi 0,000.000. Taka in the Walla Walla valley for in stance. It is yielding far below normal, and in Franklin, Douglas. -Lincoln. Asotin. Grfleld, Columbia, Whitman. In fact all of ths grain growing regions, it .Is r the same.- , i; -v,). ' "Farmers win not be deceived, if they are wlse- Crops are short, not only here rAit elsewhere. This lsshown by the interview given "' out by James J. Hilt. . Argentine Is short this year, that has become-known, deisplte censorship, and farmers .here will . hold for good prices. - . V -- . "Another thing that looks bad ta the fact that when grain advanced last sum mer, flour went alons; lust as tilth. Now wheat "has fallen?' and flour lsJut j as nijrn as at tne top or tne wheat mar ket.". . - ' - - - Harvest Is well advanced and In most sections of the country nearly flnlxhed. Wheat has been arming .to the ware houses In large quantities, hut vp . to this time there has been little sold.' -The (CDited Press Leased Wire.) , - Matamoras, Mexico, Sept, 1.- flood water of a score of smaller streams pouring into ths Jtio Grande caused the river to overflow its banks today and to reach the high est stage ever, known in its history. Though the flood has not reached its crest, several towns and hamlets have been washed away and ..the property loss will run into the thou sands. Thousands of acres of cul tivated lands are inundated. " The San Juan valley la entirely under water and the loss of cattlemen will be. heavy, .' i i Haillngen and Ban Benito are sub merged, and it is feared that a number f .persons have lost their Uvea Mon-' cedes, in the same -state, -also has suf fered heavily. The villages of Camarge, Z-.tcate ard Cosoa have been- swept away. The loss of Uvea in those towns. ' however, will not be heavy, as they re ceived warning In time to flee to points of .safety, The Rio Grande valley is inundated for miles, and scores of peo ple are missing. go great Is the overflow ttrsit In snrn's r laces tha Ulo Grandu is 30 miles wide, iundreds of head of cattle have been curried down stream, and the river is filled with the debris of hundreds of wrecked homes. The American levels that protected the -Irrigation systems have been swept away, and it will re quire the expenditure of thousands ta repair the loss. No relief Is in sight, as tha flood water, from the Smaller streams con tinue to pour . unabated into the Itlo Orande. - - . ... ... ,- HIORE ACTIV1TV THflfl LAST YEAR Big Increase in Number of ' Building: Permits for August. ' Exceeding the record for the ror responding month of last year bv near, ly 8250,000, the building oermlts for August aggregated 899S.345, while for August, 1908, the total was 1772,395. The number of permits - Issued last month was 473, and for August of last year, the number . was 412. . Permits for new 1 homes sggregate over.-$650,000, demonstrating continued confidence in the future of Portland on the : part Of property owners, who be lieve the- population of the cltv will steadily Increase and are preparing for me newuuHicrs, - .. ' For the eight months ending Inst night of - thla year, , new construction was authorized by the building inspec tor to the value of 89.213.150. as com pared with ,69S,8Ti 5 tor the - same period in 1908.- This is a clear gain of over $1,500,000- and establishes a new -record in the construction lln in this city. : V EXPBE5SC0f,lPJIiiy I BEG S BUS Mexican - GoYenmient and Harriman Launch New Enterimse. molted Press Lessee Wlre.l Mexli-o .;uy liept l.-rAim a csDltat of 81.000.000. of which 15 per cent Is owned by the Mexican government. nd tne remainaer oy t;. jrt. iiarriman and associates of the Wella Fargo compunv, the Mexican Express company com menced business today on the lines of tne national railways oi m-jxico. - SQUARE DEAL FOR . .I1)A1I SX0CK3IEN ) ' fSpetl.iil r!ptch to The 'iSiTl. : Boise.' Idaho. Sept.. l,Kecrtarv rt Agriculture James Wilson todsv assitrnd representative- Slockaien of tills sriit that the bureau of forestry Is eixlea vot ing to work in harmuny withs atlletnt-t in response4o their 'complaints iht many rt-strk-tlons were jilacr.t i , , -. : them' In connection with the u oK i.a tlonat forests . . v - Secretary Wilson1 praised. t!)i S'lrn'ii lstration of Chief Forester fiit f'iri - r- chot and - toid -the wiH'kmi thur i i service enfli'iivoring fx ht itiiiKit- tlal- in-Mt dllhKS. ' Wil" S Confi-reilf Wlt'.l '..' ; 1 was held at MHikir, air h: r : from a trip tn l.ot rn.-r t i t W r lands Included In the i -hi.' i i r . i- hm prn.url which -WiU i e wi m ; ember 14. A! 2