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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND.. THURSDAY EVENINO. OCTOBER 21. 1009. Inn rin nn in Tlfl TO RESUfJE 110 IESIIiIIIi; CEMETERY TO BE Hllir SQUIRES PROVES MIBI Mrs. Kimball Fails to Sub stantiate Her Serious Charges. RilllROilDS HOT mi mm in 01 TOMORROW Ml DISTRICT CASE IS ENDED Oil MOUHT SCOTT Tirst Speech to Jto 3fule at LVK)it of Government Kx- Man Who Complained of Butte, East of the City Is Manager 0'Drien Speaks of Attitude Toward Broad way Project Corpus Christ!, on Waterways. ert Made on 3fnlhenr County Frospects. Losing 3Ioney Fails to Appear. Purcliased by a Local Syndicate. II i -it FIGHTING BRIDGE , , (Called rmi Wtr. ) Oraaorr, Tum, Oct. 1 lreldent Taft la learning mor about th renrh business todsy. Yesterday saw cat tle nsned. branded and dlpd, and to tter b 1 Observing- tli work of team ploas and harrows on fields thai stretch over a day" horseback journey. . Aftar the early morning; golf at Ia Quint, the local name of the Charles P. . Taft residence and ranoh near Gregory, the president took an automobile rlda with hla brother ami went to the town of Taft. eight miles from thla place. Like Gregory and La, Qulnta. Taft la a part of the huge estate conirouea dt ine pmiuii brother. Down In theae parta tha con cent la known officially aa tha coieman Stilton Pasturage company, but no one aver falla to reply "Mr. Taft." when inr one aaka who owna tha propertle Tha town of Taft clalme the proud distinction of being the only village 1 tha country that oaat It vote for the Republic candidate for tha presidency laat fall. Practically every one In the nlac 'derive hit living directly or Indirectly from th Coleman-Fulton Pastures: company. ' Tha town' partiality for Mr. Taft at election time la not regarded as strange or remarkable In th parts. Tha big ranch concern la building an abattoir and packing house at Taft, and when It la In operation several hundrsd beeves will be alauchtered dally. This even In a President Taft will "probably map out the address he to make at Corpus Chrlstl .tomorrow before ha resumes his Journey east' ward. Waterways will ba tha subject dls cussed In his speech, and as he Is to make a similar address at New Or leans tha delegates who are to attend the larger waterways meeting at that city are awaiting Mr. Taffs Corpus Christ! remarks with considerable- In terest. T. W. rvllon. aeoretary of the Mammoth OH at Uas company of I'nlon, ami M. r. Loy of fit. Johna, secretary of the Eastern Oregon 1M1 at Oaa com pany or St. Johna, while very friendly Inlon. feel constrained to contend hat the eaatern Oregon oil fields, with which they are connected, are in tha vi cinity of Vale, Malheur county, and not of I'nlon. Mr. Davidson la In Portland on bus iness connected with the work his com pany Is doing on Its holding near Vale, and yesterday told of what Is being done there by the various companies, Upon refusal of H. A. Hogsted. ac- euaed of conducting a gambling gains at 111 Fourth street, and Clarence nar row, oomplalnlng that he had loat 1100 In the game, to testify against eaoh other this morning In. municipal court. ins two men war acquitted by Judge Bennett Darrow was chacged with Xr Quanting a gambling resort. The men were supposed to effect a settlement out of court Wednesday, which Is legal, but recognition of the same must be taken by the court The latter feature had not been observed. ind of the very favorable report madn and Judge Dennett refused to consider PLAN TO IRRIGATE RIO GRANDE LANDS LAID BEFORE TAFT United Press Leased Wire.) Gregory. Texas, Oct 21. To dam the Jilo Grande and transfer southern Texas and Northern Mexico Into an agricult ural ' paradise Is the plan laid before President Taft (today by L. K Bennett pi Mission, Texas. i Before tha river may be dammed. Jiowever, the cooperation of the govern ment must be obtained and the memor ial Bennett brought 'to Gregory to show President Taft begins with the sugges tion that negotiations be startad for that purpose. At least 10,000,000 acres f desert land might be reclaimed by the scheme, Bennett claims, j Bennett asserts that the famous river, which It now not navigable and serves po useful purpose, might be made to support a population as large as New .York, Pennsylvania and New England Combined by C. M. Washburn of the geological aurvey. As printed In The Journal, through some Inadvertence, the oil fields were, spoken of as near Union In stead of near Vale. It Is a well known faot that apples, and strawberries and sugar beets and many other fine things are raised near Union, but tha oil prospects are near Vale. . Neither Mr. Davidson nor Mr. Loy want to be responsible for oauslng an Influx of oil prospectors Into the beet fields and strawberry- patches of Union county, hence the misstatement Is rectified. the settlement, and directed the men to appear in court this morning for trial Hogsted appeared, but Darrow could not be found. The cases went to trial, but the man accused of running tha game would not testify In reference to the charge of Darrow losing money. Richard Dlech. a special officer In tha office of the district attorney, and Ser geant Harry Circle, who arrested tha two men. testified that Hogsted had said to the former "For God's aake keep thla out ot the papers. We tried every thing to keep' that man from making a complaint" He also stated to tha of floera that "such fellows are all right when they can win our money, but make an awful yell when they lose. Attorneys Ixigan and Stott appeared for Hogsted, and argued that alnce there was no direct evidence of gambling or that any one had lost money the case should be dismissed. All efforts to draw such testimony were futile, and Tin it-i arfM rvv ttti tttp :. -u.n.,..; ADDITIONAL SPORT NEWS STATE C0LM5GE ROLLS State College, Pullman, Wash., Oct 21. W. 6. C. this afternoon defeated tha Puget Sound academy team by score of 74 to 0, the W. S. C. points having been made by touchdowns by Dewitt Miner, Hunter, Fishback, Buck, White, Hartiuck and Keinholx. with one goal kicked by Miner and two by En gl e horn. Straight football characterized the game for W. 8. C. with two sue cessful forward passes, one for a 86- yard run and touchdown by Miner The lineup P. 8. U., Benbow, center; left guard, Boyd; right guard, Atter- bury; right tackle. Van Mavern; left tackle, Christiansen; right end, Atter- bury; left end, Mitchell; quarter, Cul bertson; right half. Decker; left half, Beardsle; full back. Case. W. S. C. Laird, center; Fishback, right guard; Harter, left guard; Deaner, right tackle; Hunter, left tackle; Gald rulth rlht end! Miner lftft end: Fnrftn quarter; White, left half; Buck, right val- half, DeWlt, full back. Officials Calhoun, referee; umpire. S HOPE TO 1ST GOOD SUPPORT Solicitors for the Rose Fes tival Will Start Out Monday. Bentley, Robert Connolly, tha champion of Texas. 1 Connolly laid out the links upon which jno same wis piayeu. f Governor Campbell of Texas, his staff knd a large party bound for the Corpus Oirlsti Inland waterways convention, stopped tor breakfast at -Gregory. OREGON BAPTISTS t: ELECT OFFICERS I . (Halted Press Leased WIre.l ' i Boseburg, Or., Oct. 21. Tha new offi cers of the Baptist Ministers' conference : of Oregon were elected yesterday fore noon, as ioiiows: president Kev. F. C. Ajoveti, or u rants fags; secretary treas urer, Rev. Pease, of Oregon City. ; The morning program was on tha gen eral theme, "The Christian Minister." Twelve addresses were made, and a gen eral discussion followed. Rev. I. N. Wunroe, of Portland, and Rev. 8. A. ,Hay worth, of Oregon City, delivered-inspiring addresses. The afternoon's ses sion was conducted by Evangelist H. wyse Jones. Rev. E. H. Hicks, Dr. C. A. JWooddy, and Dr. J. Whitcomb Brougher, aX D., of Portland, and others delivered j&aaresses. f On Wednesday evening, after ad dresses of welcome by Mayor Hoover nd Pastor Eaton, of the Roseburg, Bap- : jtlst church, and a response by President O. C Wright, of Eugene, the annual ermon before the convention was given by C. P. Bailey of Prineville, ; 5 The visiting members have been ex-i , .tended the free use of the commercial sciUD rooms wnne in this city. Monday morning, bright and early, a big committee of business men will start out on the regular yearly sub scription for the Portland Robo Festl- A largo committee has been or ganized and will start on the work then. It is hoped that at least $75,000 can be secured to handle the festival this coming year. This week tha festival association bf- fice Is being kept busy checking over the list of names of the people who gave freely last year. These are to be canvassed first and from lndlca- 1 . . .... Tuesday evening, October 28, Is set "on"' moBt 01 tnem re Koing to ln- the date for the Pastime Athletic "'"ir suDBcnpuons, some as club's boxing and wrestling tourna- nln as luu Per oent- several unso- tne contribu been received a great 1 T f.-'iVr,.-;. III! Miss Eva Mudge, the military maid at the Orpheum this week. Mount Scott, for many years owned by Harvey W. Scott, has bsen pur chassd by a local syndicate, who have organised a corporation called tha Mount Scott Park Cemetery corpora tion. Tha tract oonatsta of ISS acres located on tha, north and wast slop of Mount Scott, and commands a mag nificent view of tha city and surround ing country. It Is understood tha pur chase price Is $100,600. Tna officers of the corporation are: W. U Morgan, president; ' Lella M. Scott first vice-president; J. P. Fin ley, second vice-president; George W. Bates, treasurer; Koacoa C. Nelson, sec retary; H. R. Reynolds, manager. Tha company haa offlcea In tha Ablngton building. The summit of the mountain will ba devoted to a permanent natural park. and tha remainder of mora than 100 acrea will ba available for cemetery porposes. It la the Intention of tha company to develop thla tract Into high class, modern park cemetery, and improve the aama with substantial per manent atructurea such as entrances, chapel, crematorium, receiving vaults, green houses and nurseries. The com pany will Install a perfect drainage and water system. It Is the Intention of tha company to extend the carlina from the Junc tion of tha Mount Scott and O. W. P. lines to the cemetery, and operate a funeral car aa uaed In the larger cities Harry Squlrca, who was arrested and charged with assaulting hla former wife, Mrs. Jay Kimball. 7M Missouri avanua, was found not guilty yesterday afternoon before Justice of tha Peat Olson. Tha wlfa charged that October I opposing tha construction of tha Broad General Manager X r. O'Brien, of tha Harrlraan lines In Oregon, In a letter to Councilman R. K. Menefee denies that ithar tha O. R. N or tha Southern Pacific railway la behind a movement f,lf. SCOTT HAS PURE BULL RUN Water was turned Into the Woodmere system from the Bull Run supply last Cattle Men Will Probably r'ht na peopl8 ' ,Mount J?00" '1? IIB fJIIVIIlUD OI 7 CJUII1IV, A llv tun at GRAZING LANDS IN POOR SHAPE II at I o'clock In tha morning ha seised bar by the neck, dragged her out tba window and beat , her. On tha stand yesterday aba reiterated theaa charges, aaylng that aha plainly recognised Squire as her assailant, and that ha had been seen around tha house on previous occaalona. Tha causa of this annoyance, aha stated, was over i their son who recently returned from Nebraska to llv with har. Squires wanted to sea the boy, stated Mr. Kim ball. Squires answered her charges by positively stating that ha waa at home at the tlm of tha alleged aaaault, and Introduced hla wife and four neighbors to aubstantlate his statements. Barn Nixon, hla closest neighbor, stated that he called Mr. Squire short ly after I o'clock, to attend on of the latter' horses which' bad become fast In the barn and waa making a noise. Squire cam from hi bedroom. In the argument. Attorney I B. Hunt man. Tor Squires, Claimed tna woman had hallucinations, and Inflicted the In Juris upon herself, and that the charge were th outgrowth of an 111 feeling of long standing. squire naa Deen separated from hla former wife for 1 year. H la a local hors-man of considerable reputation way bridge. "Any statement to the af fect that th rail wet com pan tea are working against th Broadway viaduct baoaua they want th city to pay half th cost of th railway span to replace th steel bridge la not true," read th letter, "the railway, w maintaining a neutral position I had a personal Interview with Mr. O'Brien," aald Councilman Menefea, and hla letter waa in respons to a requeat from me that h mak tha posi tion of tha rallrod clear In -a public atatement, I am - convinced that th tatenaent of tha general manager la mad In all sincerity. I do not think It waa on th Initiative of th railway company that th proposition of a Joint bridge wa ever auggested. I think certain Interest have been trying to use th railroad Inatead of th railroad trying to uaa th city." . Mr, Menefee had another conference with Mayor Simon today, and whll h waa not at liberty to give out any state ment that might have been mad by tha executive, he said that th building of th bridge would b hurried aa faat a possible. Ha think th mayor will an nounce In a few day th nam of th engineer who will b employed to supe,-v intend th construction of th bridge. and haa a number of horses at the Coun try club track. Justice Olson held that I R A V DTTilflAW VTTT.fl th proaeoutlon hd mada out a weak """ WIFE AJVJJ HIMSELF. KOOSKVELT PJtEPARKS Nalro Have to Feed During the Winter. satlsfler wjll be furnished through tha I new eight inch main connecting the Mount Tabor reservoir with the mains of the Woodmere company. T. P. MacKenzie. supervisor of ara- HOV FT?MPT STWtTRF.S in 01 me national rorest service, re-1 ASTIME ATHLETES' SHOW NEXT TUESDAY ment at Wllhnlm'a nirlc Vultnn Th. liclted checks doubling .president Tart piayea goir toaay witn I boxing matches will be between Bert "" ut ,ttst year nttve turned yesterday from a six weeks' triD of inspection of the grazing lands in the Deschutes country. He found the grazing lands In hot as good condition as has been the case In other sections of th state and in all probability the number of cattle allowed on the ranges will be materially lessened before the opening of the 1910 grazing season. In some sections of the mountains the giyss was practically gone, while It was but seldom that real grass was encountered in sufficient quantities to Keep the cattle over winter. Many cat tle owners In the Bend country are EGGS FOR HATCHING Husum, Wash., Oct. 21. A crew of government fishermen has been secur ing spawn from the salmon run near the mouth of the White Salmon river at Underwood. Over 12,000,000 salmon eggs were secured for tha government hatchery, located one mile down the Co lumbia river from Underwood. K. D. Cameron, owner of a large or chard three miles down the river from here, has finished picking his apple (Cnltc4 Fmss Letted Wire.) r. i s-va at a i. FOR UGANDA TRIP of marital trouble, th bodies of Henry Hreitsen and wlfa 11 today In the city morgue, Breltsen shot and killed hla wife in Central park In this city, then sent a bullet Into- hi brain. He died hortly after being removed to a hos pital. Breltsen' wife left him three months) ago because of hi use of liquor. Sh was employed aa a domestlo In tho home of I J. Wild, a local banker. Late yesterday Breltsen persuaded hla wife to leave tha Wild home with him to look at a lot he proposed to pur chase. Crossing Central park ha drew a .18 caliber revolver and placing tha gun beneath the woman's Jaw pulled the trigger. She died .instantly. He then turned the gun on himself. The double tragedy was witnessed by a dozen schoolboys, who called the police. (United Press Leased Wire.) irobl, East Africa, Oct tl. Colonel Theodora Roosevelt arrived her today, and Immediately started preparations for his trip Into tha Uganda country. Kermlt la at Nakuru, heading hia own party, but will rejoin his father her either tonight or tomorrow. Colonel Roosevelt wa visited last night by Sir Percy Gtrouard, th new governor of British East Africa, who has just arrived here. The train bearing the new governor, which was en route to Uganda, stopped at Nalvasha that Sir Percy might visit the former president. The new gov ernor was born in Canada, and al though he lived there many year he had never before met Roosevelt. , Th White and Youna- Gardner. Ted Whit- ttnd with tnis pleasant Btart man vs. Al Rlaj-khnrn Jnhnnln niniann year 75 expected. vs. Young Frayne and Mike Spanton vs. The committe to take charge of the Kid Ross. The wrestling will be be- soliciting or runas will include some tween Walter Arndt vs. KL M nnvln of the most prominent business men in Charles Altman vs. Young Burns, and Portland. It will be headed by Presl Joe Campbell vs. jacK Berry. Kid Er- dent Kalph W. Hoyt of the Rose Fes vln will box a three round exhibition tlval association with General Man with Younar Kellv of Los Angelas. Th Ker Hutchin and Dr. Emmett Drake membership dues in the new club are as chief lieutenants. Numbered In the tl a month. personnel of the committee will be many or me directors or the Kose Festival association, the prominent bankers, merchants and professional men of the TTTTinf "DTCTrCMO Clly- " 13 expected mat tne work win tl UlUili illLoltriNfii be gotten out of the way with a rush. The Rose Festival management haa sent out a call for pictures of roses and rose gardens. It Is intended to have several thousand postal cards ad vertising Oregon, Portland and the Rose Festival and these pictures are needed in selecting the very best for the postals. The management will pay LANE COUNTY (Salem Bureau of The Journal.) Salem, Or., Oct. 21. County Judge Gabriel R. Chrlsman of Lane county has forwarded his resignation to Gov ernor Benson. The resignation has been accepted, and Helmas W. Thompson was planning to feed considerably during the croP' From a tract of six acrea he winter. The coming Of the railro&d lno rea-iizea over ivuw ooxeB or spiusenDerg ine country nas so aroused the farmers, I newrawn appie. ne win snip iuw however, that they do not bother about boxes of these famous varieties to the a temporary setback. national apple show at Spokane. While the cattle owners will nrob- The largest yield of oats "raised In ably Buffer a temporary loss, owing to I Klickitat county is from the ranch of ine cutting aown or the number of cat- Charles W. Moore, up the White Sal tle they are allowed to graze on thelmon valley near Trout lake. From a government forests, they will gain In four acre tract 484 bushels, or 121 bush- tne end in that with a rest, partial grass ela of oats per acre, was realized. wn,icn, property carea ror, will last for years without another rest. Little trou ble Is anticipated as the cattle owners have learned that tne actions of the na-1 tlonal forest service are for the best ana mey mane no eiiort to resist Death Roll of the Northwest today appointed by the aovernor to servo out the unexpired term of Judge any reasonable price for the pictures. Chrlsman. IT" a To o i V TT'i inrrm BROKE THEIR BANKS I Sacramento, Cal., Oct. 21. That ru Anor started by enemies of the institu tion were responsible for the runs which impaired the cash reserves and Jcauaed the closing of both the local Japanese banks, is the declaration of fthe bank officials. I : Postal cards In a disguised Japanese viand were sent out to the depositors of Jboth banks warning them that the jbanks were In an unsafe condition. Ef fort are being made uy the official to ftrace the source. According to State Bank Superintend ent Alden Anderson, impairment of the rash reserve I not the only trouble. fae Japanea banks have been inclined loan-money , with security that can ;ba readily converted Into cash to meet emergencies. Until they show they are i vie. to run their banks in conformity ith state law and aa American banks r run they will stay closed. The two mica her expect to reopen, but they ut first raise the necessary monev Indicate their complete solvency and Insure safety to depositors. This Date in Sport Annals. 1876 At XlyerpooL Daniel O'Learv. In a match to beat Weston's record, finished a walk of 602 miles in six days, less 14 minutes. 1877 -At London: William Gale be gan the task of walking 4000 quarter miles in 4000 consecutive periods of 10 minutes .each; finished November 17. 1883 At Cincinnati: Only one safe hit was made In the game between the Cincinnati and Toledo baseball teams, Mountjoy and Cushman being the pitcners. 1887 The Pittsburg and Cleveland baseball teama played tha shortest game of the season, nine Innings beinar completed in 60 minutes. 1891 Edward M. Darley, a well known professional pitcher. died in Washington, D. C. 1905 At Madison, Wia.: University of Chicago football team defeated Uni versity of Wisconsin, 4 to 0. Championship Game tor Fans. Portland fan will get a chance to e the moving pictures of the first game of the world's championship series between Pittsburg and Detroit at Forbes field at the Hippodrome moving picture the atre on Sixth street from today until Surday. The pictures show Clark'o home run and the pitched ball that hit Byrne, among other thing. Besides being used on postal cards it is expected that a booklet will be is sued showing a catlectlon of the most beautiful of the photographs. They should be taken to the office of the Rose Festival association on the fifth floor of the Swetland building. BOTH WILL BE GOOD, SO THEY PROMISE Bud and Nora Brown kissed and majy up in municipal court this morning, and promised to make a home for them selves and two small children. Brown was charged by his wife with assaulting her, and admitted treating her roughly. He also complained that she had been intimate with other men. which she also admitted. "I want you two young people to cut out all this trouble, and live together," said Judge Bennett "If you will promise me to quit drinking, and for give your wife, and she will promise me to forgive you. Bud. I will let you go." The both promised, and started with the two children to find a home. MUCH PLEASED WlTn ENTERTAINMENT HERE Notarial CommUnlons. (Salem Burea of Tba Journal, t Salem.Or., Oct 21. Notarial commis sions have been isaued to G. T. Vernon, Alsca. R. B. Carey, C. L. Van Meter and James E. Page. Portland: Harry Fall man, Rex; H. W. Keeaee. Klamath Falls. . EVHA3E AT JZL SfASOrt - . s I a. Utuu a a, i - - - - y 1 The party of men and women, 17 in all, comprising tba delegation of th Massachusetts Street Railway associa tion to the Denver convention were pleased with Portland and tha enter tainment accorded them by th Port land Railway, Light aV Power company upon their visit here Tueaday when they were abown about the city In special car and ntrtalned at th Com merclal clufi at luncheon. Thla r In dlcated by the following telegram re ceived today by Preaident B. S. Joaae- lyn "Our entire party were .very much pleased with your splendid system, ad mlrably conducted. But thla la prob- aoiy only to d expected In a city with j Portland's characteristic. Each of us , Is grateful for your generous hoapl . tallty." y Tbe meaaag cans Trora Redding, CaL Sheriff Arrrata Woman. . 9frUl Ptspafb to Tb JaraaL) Roaeburg. Or., Oct 21. Th flrt ar rest of a woman for violation cf th local option law wa made yesterday when Pheriff Fentea arrested Mr. WaA tr Ciiteaer, at West Fork, who Is ac cused of eelllng real beer at her hotel ynera. im anerirr Drought tack II bot ilea, altered to contain real beer, which were aMaea si ue noiei. , Mrs. Theresa Mlmnaugh. (Special Dispatch ts Th9 Journal.) Wallowa, Or., Oct. 21. Mrs. Thereaa Mlmnaugh died Tuesday at her home In this city. She had been in poor health for many months. Mrs. Mlm naugh was the wife of the late P. Mlm naugh of Perry and the mother of C H. and J.- H. Mlmnaugh of this city, stockholders in the Nibley-Mimnaugh Lumber company's mill. WITNESSES BLAME STREETCAR 3IAN Samuel Schnell, an expressman liv ing at 230 Arthur street wa struck by an eastbound car at First and Yamhill streets this morning at 9:30 o'clock, and sustained a broken shoulder and severe cut upon the right leg. He was taken to his home in the ambulance. Schnell was driving his rig south on First street and attempted to turn east at the intersection, when the car struck the wagon. Witnesses assert that the motorman wm to blame, as no gong had been sounded and that the currant had been turned on stronger when passing the Intersection of the streets. The wagon wa hurled 10 feet Into the air, and the driver came down under It. The horse waa unhurt. Dr. Gellert attended the Injured man. Rice ojjtjie Phonograph COURT DISMISSES COUNTER CHARGES Wilmont Vincent. Albany, Or.. Oct. 20. Wilmont Vin cent, or this city, died at the St Mary nuspiuu last pignt, at the age of 14 year. Appendicitis and Deritonltt. were the cause of death. He was born Th counter charges of assault with at Fort Dodge Iowa, and had resided 'ntent to d0 trreat Injury filed by Sam- wlth his parents in this city for the uel Goldblatt nd W. Margulus were past 18 months. The funeral will be dismissed thi morning In municipal held from the Fortmlller 'undertaking court Goldblatt charged Margulus with nitting nan id un moutn ana DreaKlng out two teeth. Margulus 1 proprietor of a restaurant and saloon at Second and Burnaide atreet. parlors tomorrow afternoon. W. C. T.'U. DELEGATES ASSEMBLE AT OMAHA W have mer safes and vaults Is daily osa than all other companies) coaa b.ned. W rarante our oafr to b superior t all other. Fortlaad Safe- eompaar. agents for th Herring-flail Marrla Safe rntc pan y. man fact rer of the genuine Hair Safe Lor ma afe aod vault, ft aVrwfhB otrrvt umana, eD., Oct 21. Throne. rt wnite riDDonea women On the street and In the railroad etationa, hotels and other publio placea today rave .vt. dence of the fact that th national con vention of th Woman' Christian Temperance union Is at hand. From very part ofth country the dela- katea have been pouring Into th city during the paat 24 hours, and by th um in opening prayer la aald to morrow, , one of th largest gathering at any national convention In years la expected to be on band. Several receptions were held In Aft. ferent parta of the city today. snA there waa general activity among th delegatea In anticipation of tha open ing of th convention. The official board held a meeting to oomolata thm preparation or th annual report and to put tne finishing touch to tb convention program. Tba sessions of tn convention will continue through umi n Nosiaar nignt. on too pro- J '' speaaera are many of th xoremost woman temparano worker In the country. Several public men of prominence and a number of noted di vine win also d heard during th woe. Th present ton vest loa mark th close of th thirty-fifth year of m wati anowa organisation. Thou local and sectional organisation had existed for oom years previous, th Bayonal W. C. T. U. waa given birth at convention held la Cleveland la No vember. UJ4. . Th first officer wr President Mr. AnaU Wltteemyer of miiaoeipaia; corres pondln ecitai-r. Mia France E. W 11 lard of Chkan: rocordlag secretary, Mrs. 'Mary C Joha oa cf New York; a1tat recording secretary, lira Mary T. Burt of New Tort; trearr. Mr. W. A. Jnghaaa of Cleveland. Th announced pwrpooeo of Uve I T ranltatloa wer 1 dcat tb roang. to form a better tmblia saatlaiMt tm reform th drinking claaoe. a4 to a. tho abeiitloa of th liquor traf- SEISMOGRAPH RECORDS EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS (totted Press Leaaed Wlra.t Cleveland. Oct 21. The seismograph record her show two distinct earth quakes have occurred about 6000 mile from here, on I reported to hav occurred at 8:30 o'clock thi morning ana in otner at t:io laat night An Edison Phonograph can be bought for your price whether it is $ 12.50 or a higher price up to $125.00, all playing both Amberol and Standard Records. But you cannot measure the Phono graph by money. Whether the price is $12.50 or $125.00, it is not much to pay for an instrument that will last a lifetime, which will furnish you good music every day, which will furnish you better entertainment than you can buy in any other way, which will teach your children "to love the best music, which will bring into your own home what other people pay large sums and go a long distance to hear. Edison Standard Records , . JSC Ediaon Amberol Records (twice as long) goe Edison Grand. Opera Records . . 75c There are Edison dealers everywhere. Go to the nearest and hear the Edison Phonograph play both Edison Standard and Ambtrol Records. Get complete catalogs from your dealer or irora us. NATIONAL PHONOGRAPH COMPANY 78 Lakeside Avsam. Omaa. N. J. cuWvc bowels; cVcawscs ftvo sy5em cccuoKly ; assss (Giax?ccoTixg abXuc couspoXoxv To 6cYs bctvcUaa CALIFORNIA ru r w 1 SOU) mucins smuaasiS' a txaj, J m km DAY AT THE HOOD RIVER APPLE FAIR SATURDAY,OCTOBER30,I909 Will be a brilliant and educational event, for which THE OREGON RAILROAD & NAVIGATION CO. WIIX RUN A SPECIAL TRAIN . LEAVING PORTLAND AT 9:00 A. M. and make special tJiTJ) flN OS round trip rate of p J Hj , Ticket will be good for return on the special from Hood River t 4 p. ra. Saturday, or on any train up to and inclcdirtr Monday, November I. On ale at GtT Ticket Oft'ke. Third and Washington street, or Union Depot, rortland. WJL McMURRAY, General Passenger . Agent