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7. , 1 V I THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL,; PORTLAND. WEDNESDAY EVENIN6, FEBRUARY 10, 1910. "A"M w-j. V BUNKO G1EIS : HIED ON AT A SAFE DISTANCE Crooks Write to Oregon Resi dents and Offer, for $50, to Secure for Thdm S. P. Lands Soon to Be Ready for Entry. Nelson and Wolgast Emit Sul phuric Statements About Coming Ring Battle. (Washington Burets of Th Journal.) Washington, Feb. 16. It has come to the attention of the members of the Oregon delegation that apparently' some land sharps, are trying to "work" real dents of Oregon, In a rather peculiar game. These sharps write to Oregon persons, offering to act as agents to procure for them preference rights to file on the Southern Pacific grants lands which .they strive to show Soon will be free for entry; a fee of 50 Is asked for this service. For a time the Oregon delegation members were puzzled over tile matter, but finally solved the mystery. It ap peared that these land sharps had at tempted to operate from out of the way places, one from Texas, and one from Tennessee, getting what money they might and being so located that they could easily disappear If the police or the postal authorities got after them. Whole Theory a Fraud. Of course, all such offers are merest fraudulent misrepresentation. The schemers knew that what money they procured would be "velvet," as crooks term It, and that those who parted with their cash would never see it or Its equivalent again. A number of persons In Oregon wrote' to the members of the delegation here, asking advice as to whether or not they should accept the offers of these Texas and Tennessee "agents." An swers were returned warning against all such schemes. One of the assertions which these agents made was that it was assured that the government would soon declare null and void the title of the Southern Pacific to these grant lands In western Oregon; and that then those first on the ground would get homes worth thou sands of dollars at practically no expense. It was apparent, from the tone of some of the letters sent to the delega tion members, that the persons men tioned In Oregon were about to "bite." It Is evident that some land sharps dcjwn in Texas and Tennessee were blocked In their fraudulent game by the energetic exposure of the proposed methods. ' . Largest Leather Belt in the World DO THEY WORSHIP; iiwriiripnrrriiinMiiiiitfn"iiiinrririr"ifT"i! n i i1"ifi"i mtf frwirwuifc V if i ; VI 1 " !., 1 1 nr4 1 - ! ; . . X K A ? j . 1 IV- L ' .Largo belt corning here. The largest waterproof leather belt In the world has Just been sold by the Portland branch of the Chicago Belting company to the Monarch Lumber com pany of this city for use In the big mill under construction near the Swift packing plant on the peninsula. This huge piece of fabricated leather Is 106 feet in length, 84 inches wide and weighs 2239 pounds. In Its construction were used 227 of tne heaviest steer hides to be had In the Chicago market The three thicknesses of leather used In the belt were put together with ce ment under a powerful hydraulic pres sure, making It practically indestruc tible and absolutely waterproof. The belt wjll be used in driving the big mill In the Monarch Lumber company's peninsula plant. It will be attached di rectly to the engine shaft and will be constantly under the severest strain. social; anil V (Social news U dully fetur of The jOTrnil. Any one wliblnf to insert iaeh nw iboald wed it signed .to the soclctr editor or tele phone It before 10 o'clock la the mornlnf ) NELSON WILL TO BE CONTESTED IN EAS T FoIlQwIng the announcement yesterday at Springfield, Mass., over the will of the late Oeorge I). fJelson, who It wus first reported, had left 11.000,000 to Mary Elizabeth Booth of Portland, At torney Henry King states today that he will Immediately, file notice of a contest for his client. Kither Attorney King or Monroe Goldstein, who has acted as a special agent for the woman, will leave soon for the east to handle the matter. In the will filed yesterday, the name of Mrs. Booth does not appear as a beneficiary. The document nanyed George Dunn srrto executor. Thomas Qutgley, fireman of the Nelson hotel. Is given 110,000; a son of the hotel proprietor, $10,000; keeper of trfe Hamp den roadhouse, $5000 and a third Interest In the property. Four women acquaint ances of Nelson each receive $5000. Attorney King maintains his client has a claim on the estate, and that Nelson promised her a share of his fortune. Notarial Commissions. (Selem Bureau of The Journal.) Salem, Or., Feb. Ifi. Notarial com missions have been issued to John C. James and ii. E. Miller, Portland: R. J. Slater, Pendleton; William P. Nealey, Medford; W. P. LaRoche. John O. B. Scobey and C. K. Moulton, Portland; Lee Webster, Empire City; William Mastln, Dryden; J. J. Elllnger, Red mond; T. J. Stites. Albany; Charles V. Jennings and T. W. Billings, Portland; John Brown, Rock wood; M. C. Van Tyne. C. G. Ardrews and L. E. Thomp son, Portland; George Wlllett, Tilla mook; Virgil H. MasBey, Cornelius; A. King. Mitchell, and Arthur McKeown, Marshfteld. Strange, what a little thing Will upset a man and Keep him so all day, When he ought to be Alert and cheerful. 1 A soggy, hot biscuit for Breakfast has been known To create a "scrap" Between life-long friends. For a successful day Eat a saucer of Grape-Nuts And cream (chew slowly.) The thorough chewing of the Crisp, nutty granules which Have, a delicious flavour Will not only put one right, But give strength of Mind and body For the morning's work. Try it! "There's a Reason." Read the little book, "The Road to Wellville," in pkgs. . Miss Ruth Demning of Aberdeen, Wash., Is the guest of Miss Carolyn Benson at her home on Eleventh street Miss Demning has just returned from Honolulu, and It was there that .the young woajen met. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Bewail and children will leave this week for south ern California, where they will spend two months at the various reports. They were dinner guests last night of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Hecbert, prior to their departure. e Society Is Interested this week In an' auction sale In the Stearns building of old books, old paintings and odd bits of furniture. The sale Is open only In the evenings and many valuable and beautiful things may be picked up at reasonable prices. 'The books are par ticularly rare and Interesting. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Maltland Brere ton are visiting In Los Angeles and other parts of southern California, Mr. Brereton, member of the Institution of Civil Engineers of London, and form erly chief engineer of the Great Ind ian Peninsula railway of India, was consulting engineer for the irrigation of the San Joaquin valley from 1871 to 1876. This Is his first visit to Cal ifornia in 38 years. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Alvord left last week for New York. They will be away several weeks. , Postiim Cereal Conip&ny,' Ltd.; Ua'ttle Creek, Much. - At the Portland Riding academy last night a miniature horse show was an event olf much Interest and was large ly attended. About 35 riders appeared in costume and great rivalry was dis played In the ring for the three silver cups that were offered by Mrs. Paul Froehllch, Miss Sally Leadbetter and William L. Wood. An enlivening scene it was with costumes of varied hue and kind, .ranging from colonial dames to Indians. Two hundred spectators viewed the exhibition. Miss Eva Kler nan won the cup offered for the most artistic costume. She was a Gains borough girl of 1860 and was much admired "in her pretty costume of black velvet. Miss Sally Leadbetter as an Indian maiden was given a silver cup for the best sustained character, while Ed Blum received a cup for the most comical costume. William Walter was the best high Jumper In the ring. Miss Mabel Lawrence and Miss Sally Lead better won the honors in the hurdles. One of the most picturesque costumes seen was that of Mrs. Richard Wil rnot as a colonial dame of 1777 in a handsome light blue velvet. Acting as judges were Ambrose Cronln, James NIchol, Dr. W. A. Cummlngs and Wil liam Davis. Others who participated In the show were Miss Eda Lowenberg, Mrs. Sholf, -Miss Nell Cronln, Mrs. Ar thur Montieth, Mrs. E. C. Wills, Mr. and Mrs. William E. Prudhomme, Miss Frances Jeffery, Miss Mabel Beck, Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Skuse, Miss' Angela Kinney of Salt Lake, Miss Helen Doble, Miss May Kelley, Mrs. Day. William Al bee. Harry Kerrin. A. L. Wills, Alfred Smith, Lansing Grudder, Sydney Low. enberg, Joe Cronln, Eugene Oppen helmer and Mr. Myers. After the show, Mr. and Mrs. William E. Prudhomme entertained the participants at supper In their Irving street home. News comes from San Francisco that Miss Kate Flavel of Astoria, who left several weeks ago with her mother and sister, Mrs. George C. Flavel and Miss Flavel. for California for the benefit of her health, is very 111 afbne of the prominent hotels there. Miss Flavel's illness Is the result of a recent attack of her malady at the Hotel Portland. e Portland lodge. No. 142, of the B. P. O. E.. will give a dance Friday evening at Murlark hall. Contrary to their us. ual custom, only the members of the lodge are Invited. Their recent dances haye been so crowded that it has be- coave necessary to limit their invita tions to the Elks; ' The Woman's Exchange tea yester day afternoon in honor of Miss Lila Agnew Stewart called fonh about 100 Kirmess enthusiasts. Including a few men, and the vicinity of Fifth and Yam hill streets presented .an animated pic ture between the hours of 4 and 6. Miss Stewart fs on her way to Los Angeles, and her brief visit here Is be lng made much of by her many admir ers. The EKChange was decorated .with Oregon grape and other greens and the tables were brightened ' with beautiful clusters of red and yellow tulips. Re ceiving with the gdest of ionor were Mrs. Harrison jCorbett and Mies Hen rietta Falling. Pouring at the table were Miss Mary Failing and Miss Sal ly Lewis. Miss Stewart wore , a very handsome coral pink chiffon cloth gown, topped by a sweeping black hat and carried lilies of the valley. Miss Sally Lewis was in a cloth gown of wistaria shade. Miss May Failing wore white. Miss Henrietta "Falling was gowned In a peacock blue cloth gown and Mrs. Henrietta Corbett was In black. e e In honor of Mrs. Harriet B. Greer, a charming visitor from Illinois. Mrs. Guy W. Talbot gave a luncheon yes terday afternoon, in her home on John son street. The table was beautifully arranged and carried an old fashioned French bouquet of tulips, mignonette and other spring flowers, which was most effective, and candles shaded In white. Encircling the table were Mrs. Greer, Mrs. E. C. Shevlln, Mrs. Frank Free rrian, Mrs. John E. Young, Mrs. Marlon F. Dolph, Mrs. Louis H. Tarpley, Mrs. Frederick Page, Mrs. Robert Forbes, Mrs. A. L. Maxwell, Mrs. David C. Lewis and Mrs. Samuel Kerr. Lunch eon was followed by bridge at which Mrs. John E. Young was the fortunate contender for the pretty prize offered by the hostess. Mrs. E. F. Tucker Is giving a sm&U tea at her home on Hoyt street to morrow afternoon. San Francisco, Feb. 18. Is all this feud talk that Battling Nelson and Ad Wolgast are handing out on the level or Is it the same old line of bunk dished up for the benefit of the box office? That Is the question that fight fans are asking themselves, but If they would relieve their minds of any doubt it Is only necessary to go to the fight ers themselves and talk It over. Just a few seconds conversation will entirely j convince them that if ever a pair of I boys hated each other they are Nelson and Wolgast. Mention the name of one to the other and they flare up like a bulldog at sight of a tramp. Nelson, usually of calm and equable temperament, fairly, explodes when he reads Wolgast's "cocky" statements. "I Bee where that little rat Is going to let me stay 15 rounds if I don't tall," said the Dane today. "I wonder how long he is going to let me stay If I do stall?" "it's awfully kind of him to let me go as far as 15 rounds, but I'm rather Inclined to the belief that he will be mighty lucky if he manages to stay that long. If he does manage to get through he will be the sickest boy after the rigni you ever saw. ' I Bat TTlnrt tn Win "In all my battles I have trained with but a single thought, and that was to win, but I am making an exception In this case, I am in good condition and could step Into the ring tomorrow, but I want to give him such a whipping that he will never forget it the longest day he lives And he's going to get it. "I have always made it a roint to I inflict as little punishment as possible just enough to win but this kid is going to get everything that I have In I tne shop, and whatever he gets he will nave only himself to blame. If he had kept his mouth shut and not bragged so I would have gone Into the ring with him feeling as I have felt toward all my opponents." And Mr. Wolgast holds similar views, so if the boys flgnt as they talk what Hn awful battle they will put up next Tuesday afternoon. IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT SMARTLY DRESSED MEN WILL WEAR THIS SEASON, ASK BEN SELLING This Date in Sport Annals. 1876 At London Edward Payson Weston defeated A. L. Clark In walk ing match, doing 180 miles 666 yards in 48 hours. 1881 At New York John Ennls de ted.R" cU ln 10-m" champlon- oujp entiling race. 1883 At San Francisco Pacific Coast Rowing association organized. 1891 At Minneapolis Tommy Ryan knocked out Danny Needham ln seTenty slxth round. 1902 At Chicago Tommy Ryan de JkBeauscholte in six rounds. 18.2 billiards, Albert Cutler made a run of 197. unfinished. 190 At riuluth American skl-jump- DuurH?'" by john Menth " . Mf mm MM W 4 iff zmmmi OUR PRESENT SHOWING OF Spring Suits FOR MEN, YOUNG MEN and BOYS Upholds our reputation for presenting only the BEST the season affords in STYLE QUALITY and VALUE. MEN'S SUITS, $20 to $40. YOUNG MEN'S, $10 to $30. BOYS' SUITS, $5 to $20. BEN SELLING HENRY L WATTERS0N 70 YEARS OLD TODAY - Louisville, Ky., Feb. 16. Henry Wat terson, veteran editor of the Courier Journal and often referred to as the foremost Journalist, of the south, cele- brated the seventmth anniversary of I 1.1. 1.1.1k 4H.. n .V, ilia uii in luuoj auu w a. a iuj laLijiiciii j I of many congratulations. Family be-1 reavements and falling, eyesight have I combined to cause the veteran editor ; to relinquish active work -almost wholly1 during the. past year, but his Interest ln , public affairs is as active and his pen as ready, when he chooses to use It, i as ln the stirring days of his youth, i when he was editor of the saucy j "Chattanooga Rebel." Dinghey Boat Club Meets. The Dinghey Boat club will meet ln the office of E. M Lazarus, fifth floor of the Lumber Exchange building, at 8 o'clock tqnight. Several matters of Importance will be discussed. OTHE Valuable Prizes for People ofi Portland?!' 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If you already own an Inhaler you -can get an extra bottle of Hyomei, liquid, for only 50c. OTHELLO is the name of the most promising city in the entire northwest. It is in the State of Washington, on the new transcontinental railroad, built by the Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound Railway company, and known throughout the United States as "The Milwaukee." OTHELLO occupies the same relative position on the "Milwaukee" Railroad as North Yakima occupies on the North ern Pacific. OTHELLO is the agricultural center of a country which the "Outlook," the magazine of which ex-President Roosevelt is contributing editor, as the most prolific in the world the Big Bend Country. OTHELLO is now the divisional point for eastern Wash ington for the Milwaukee Railroad, k will be the junctional point of the "Milwaukee" lines north and south and east and west. The right of way has already been filed, for beginning - work on the new lines to run north and south at right angles to the present main line. OTHELLO is the center of the finest Fruit Belt in Wash ington. The soil is of the same chemical analysis as the fa mous Wenatchec fruit lands. The apples and peaches grown at OTHELLO arc superior in coloring and in flavor, to those of any other fruit growing section we know of. OTHELLO is a wholesale center and a jnnufacturing . center. Its nearness to cheap coal supples are'very attractive to manufactures, who already have recognized the great pos sibilities of the new city from the standpoint of manufacturing and shipping. What Wc Want Is This: You Write Us An Advertisement j 1 D. Whooninfir-fkiiiirh- Tjinnnhltn nnc. b. Hoarseness, eto. t It Is e&fo and sure. We want a brief story, or description or essay or composi tion, or whatever vou may choose to call it, upon the subject "WHY-I SHOULD INVEST IN OTHELLO.". There are hundreds of reasons why any person should invest in OTHEL LO. Our sales manager, our advertising department and many newspaper writers have written advertisements for us. but none of these "just touch the spot." These writers are all right in their way, but their descriptions and their advertisements are not natural, not human enough. We want the sort of a little story, (which is the same thing as an advertisement) written by some person who will say just the natural things in just the natural, every-day way that peo ple talk. That is the sort x)f story some person who has never had any technical training in writing advertisements will write without making a strained or unnatural effort. We Will Give an Acre of Fruit Land Free for the Best Story of this Kind. AND WE WILL GIVE A CITY LOT IN OTHELLO FOR THE NEXT BEST STORY. AND WE WILL GIVE A CHECK FOR $100 IN PAY MENT FOR ANY FRUIT LAND OR LOTS IN OTHELLO TO THE NEXT BEST. AND WE WILL GIVE TEN CHECKS FOR $50 EACH TO THE TEN NEXT BEST. These checks will also be accepted as payment upon any fruit tract or lot we own in Othello. Now you know about OTHELLO. If you do not, call at our offices at once and ask for any information you want about it. Then sit down and write your composition and mail it to us. There is no telling who will get the prize.' Adver tising is the most remarkable process in the world. The very best advertisements and advertising stories ard written by ' people who do not know a thing about the art of composition The famous "Sunny Jim" advertisements for "Force" were written by a young girl not out of Grammar school. The advertisements which will make Othello known from one end of the continent to the otfter will be written by some Portland citizen. No one is limited to the number of stories, they may send in. nor as to the style of the matter nor in any, other way, excepting as to length. The contest will close -Monday evening, February 28, at , 0 o'clock. You may send in your story at any time before , that date. But you should not put the matter off until you be come indifferent. The best advertisements are written nat ural! v and while the mind is full of the subject to be written about. Write it now. Do not wait. All the letters must be in before 10 o'clock, Monday even ing, February 28, when they will be turned over to a committee of prominent 'Portland newspaper men, who will decide which of the stories are entitled to the prizes. We reserve the right to use any of the stories submitted which may riot win prizes, and will pay a fair price for stories so used. Crou: Coufi FOR ANY FURTHER INFORMATION REGARING OTHELLO, CALL OR WRITE V , OTHELLO IMPROVEMENT CO. P. B. NEWKIRK, MANAGING DIRECTOR. , - - 219-220 COMMERCIAL CLUB BUILDING, FIFTH AND OAK STREETS. Phone Marshall 727, Portland, Oregon. - Office Open from 10 a. m. to 9 f. ny t i . ... C ; ' , V