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Centenary of Country's In
pendenco to 03 Celebrated
From Now Until December
-U. S. Represented.
Tacta Concerning Argentina.
4 The country was discovered by
the Spaniards in 1515, and settled
by them in 1553. It Joined the
insurrection of 1811, and became
4 Independent in 1816. The Argen-
tine constitution is almost ldentl-
cal with that ' of the United
States. The confederation is
composed of 14 provinces and .10
territories, Total area of coun-
try, 1,185,840 square miles; pop-
ulation, 6,210,428. Buenos Ayres.
4 the capital, is one of the ; li
largest cities of the world. , . 4
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Meeting
Citizens Hold Mass
and Move Made to Inter
est Railroad Euilders.
Buenos Ayres, May , 15. Argentina
looked backward 100 years 'today and
. juwed low to the little band of patriots
.' of Buenos Ayres who compelled the last
of the Spanish viceroys to resign,' an
act which broke the power of the Madrid
' government and marked the beginning
of the presenf Independent republic. The
boom' of guns at dawn today ushered in
the centennial celebration, for which
; preparations' have been ! going- forward
for over two years, and which will con
i tlnue In one form or another until next
December, from the capital and me
, tropolis down to the smallest village and
hamlet of the republic the populace is
: giving Itself up to the Joyousness of the
.occasion. - -
Many Countries Bejfresented.
One of the most pleasing features of
' the occasion is that Argentina is not
alone in Its celebrating. At the eplen
' did. military port of Bahia Blanca, 300
' miles -south of the capital, there lie
some of the finest fighting ships of the
nations ,of Europe and America, all of
which are proud of the privilege of hav
ing a share in Argentina s festivities
The American cruisers Montana, South
Dakota, North Carolina and Tennessee
and the scout cruiser Chester are there,
together with a British squadron con
elating of the cruisers Argyll, Harme
and Amethyst, under command of Rear
Admiral George Le Clerc Egerton. .
' Quartered in the best hotels Of Buenos
Ayres or at the .residences of Its lead
ing citizens are many foreign states
men an soldiers of , note,- whe have
come to present to the republic the con
gratulations and good wishes of their
several governments. - Foremost among
these special ambassadors is Major, Gen
eral Leonard Wpod. chief of staff of
1 the United States army, s
; ' The great event today was the formal
,i opening of the tniernatfonal xposltlon
, by Dr. Jose Figueroa Alcorta, the presi
dent of the republic. There are two of
these international shows. One is the
railway and land transport exposition,
- devoted entirely to that branch of in
dustry and including everything pertain-J
lng to locomotion, from the horsecar to
-the airship. The second international
. exposition is an agricultural and live
stock show, whloh comprises exhibits
. from all parts of the world. Among the
nations that have sent exhibits to these
two expositions are Great Britain, the
United States, Japan, Germany, Belgium,
France, Italy and Holland. .
, . Bnows Country's Growth.
A third exposition, national In scope,
is devoted to an Illustration of the tn-
. dustrlal progress of Argentina during
the first century of Its Independent ex-
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In addition to the expositions there
are' to be numerous other interesting
, features In connection with the centen
nial celebrations of the next few months.
.'In Buenos Ayres and In all other cities
of the country the municipalities and
voluntary citisens' committees have pre
pared for elaborate festivities.
One of the most Important events will
be the assembling in this city of the
Fourth International American Conf er-
. ence, whih-hs Its headquarters in
Washington, and which will be attended
by distinguished delegates frdra ' the
United States, Mexico and the republics
of Central and South America. ,
, The dedication of a number-of na
tional memorials Is ' to be included in
i the program of the centennial celebra
tion. In the principal park of Buenos
Ayres a great monument Is to be erect
. ed to commemorate the birth of the re
's public. There will also be unveiled sut-
ues of several of the heroes who first
raised the standard of c insurrection
. against Spain and of the foremost lead-
" era among the 'patriots, who comprised
the congress which met in the city of
Tucurhan, In July, 1816, and Issued a
declaration of Independence. Fifteen
' years later, after a valiant and unoeas-
' ing struggle against great odds, the dec
laration of independence signed at Tu
cuman became an accomplished fact
- and Spain lost her last claim upon Am-
" .erlcan territory.
(Special Dispatch to Th Journal.)
Fossil, Or.,' May 85. Subject to the
call of Chairman James S. Stewart a
second mass meeting of those interested
in the building of a railroad from Con
don via Mayvllle to Fossil was held in
Fossil Monday. There was -a large and
enthusiastic attendance of farmers and
business men, t who', by their talk "and
actions, showed that they are fully de
ternuned to have a railroad in the near
future from one source or another, even
if they have to build it themselves.
The j reports of the committees ao
pointed at the last meeting to procure
data showed that the proposed road in
its first 15 miles out ot Condon would
pass through a grain belt capable of
producing 1,000,000 bushels a,! year.
and that from the same territory hun
dreds or carloads of livestock would be
shipped every year. .
coming on to Fossil, 500,000 bushels
more would be available, and the live
stock shipments would be much larger
still. : Four miles southeast of Fossil
begins a timber belt containing - 1,
000,000,000 feet of yellow pine timber,
and across the John Day river, ., still
within Wheeler county, there stands
ancther 1,000,000,000 feet In this ter
ritory there are several thbusand acres
of creek and river bottom lands capable
or raising as fine peaches, apricots, ap
ples and other fruits as are raised any
where on the continent, all waiting for
railroad .development Add to 'this
thousands of acres of alfalfa lands, that
produce from three to six tons of hay
to tne acre, ana one will begin to have
the meeting
s and rallrua-J
Boston, mia-
t: it l l ;. i v. d :3 s cf n .'ri I
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Letters wc-re read at
from capitalists, c: .,'neiT
builders of Kcw Tor
delphla, Chicago, Pittsburg, Kan Fran
cisco and Portland, asking for d&ta.
which was ordered to be sent to them
by the secretary at ence.
A motion by II. II. HenUrlcks to the
effect that a committee of three, of
which the chairman should . be one,
should be appointed to go to Portland
to interview the Oregon heads of the
different railroad Bystems with a view
to interesting them in the proposed rail
road, was carried by acclamation, and
Chairman Stewart appointed W. J. Ed
wards and George Dukek to serve with
him on this committee, which will In
terview the railroad officials In Port-1
land about the first of June, and report
their findings to another maiss meet-
ing in Fossil about the middle of June.
If this committee cannot Interest one
or -the other., of the big railroad sys
tems of Oregon In the project, It will
so report, and the steps will be taken
by the farmers end business men of the
territory Involved to build the road
themselves with the aid of eastern cap
ital that can be secured after sufficient
local capital has been Injected into the
project to insure its stability. -;i
Open Furs Strings.
While the meeting was in session a
subscription was taken up to ..defray the
exrenBe of the committee's trip to Port
land, and so enthusiastic was the re
sponse that in less than five minutes
more than twice the necessary amount
was obtained, and it was decreed that
thb balance be used for other necessary
preliminary expenses. j
In accordance ,L with the Instructions
rect-1 ved by him at , the former meet
ing, that the chairman appoint a sec
retary and treasurer to assist In the
railroad movement, -he named Attorney,
Gerard Rysek for this position.
Slorrill Law In Effect.'
Boston,' May . 25. The Morrill law,
which aims to regulate advertisements
and solicitations for employes during
strikes, lockouts and other : labor dis
putes, went into - effect In Massachu
setts today. The statute provides that
if an employer during a strike or lock
out publicly advertises for employes
an Idea cf the nature of the territo-v by himself or his agents, or solicits per-
to work for him to fill the p'.uc. s
of t: ft ttrSk-'rs, tie shall explicitly men
tion In Ruch advertisement that a strike.
lockout or other disturbance exists. The
l:iw rroviifs a penalty of $100 maxi
mum for each violation of its provisions.
TluED OF TROUBLES,
HE. SHOOTS HIMSELF
(UnltPd PriHis Laae4 Wire.)
Tacoma,, May 25. Earl Hoffman, 25
years old, is dying in tne Northern Pa
cific hospital with a self inflicted bul
let wound in his left breast
"I Just got tiredn of living and work-
1 iil an 1 having people talk about
ir.e," he paid when taken to the hos
pital, i
Hoffman is a son of Mr. 'and Mrs.
John Hoffman of 6440 Puget Sound ave
nue and was employed as a blacksmith
in the Northern Pacific shops.
The attempt at suicide took place
last flight at the Oakwood cemetery.
The bullet grazed his heart and pierced
a lung. He tossed the gun away and
walked 40 feet before he collapsed.
Work on St. Helens Water System.
(Special Dlanatcb ti- Tht Jourg't.t
St Helens, Or., May 25. The new
gravity water system is under construc
tion, under the management of McCate
Construction company of Portland, to be
completed in 90 days. George Scogglns
of Portland is acting engineer.. The con
tract price for the system is $42,609.
REFUSES $500-AN ACRE
FOR HIS ORCHARD LAND
iSpecini nispatrti to Tl) Joainai.t
La Grande, Or., May 25. T. R.' Mc
Call, who with his son has been visiting
here from Denver,; has offered ,F. A.
tay the round sum of $500 per acre
for the Day ranch of '- 40 acres,' and
r-ro-'l i . i i
ore com:" ? t o i . ' '
holdings h:ive no.:" ,. i: ,
ivmnly titributcd :n..l hi
Is not to be anwrd nt. r o.
likes his locatioi so well t .
not sell even at such fo."v
offered him ' by Mr. M'iOUU
traveled throughout t'oe nor!
tenslvely and realized that Or;
valley orchards are worth goo
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'A new automobile speedometer in
vented in Kngland can be read either
from the vehicle or the road and rlpm
a bell by day or lights a red lamp at
night If a set speed be exceeded.
" BUILDING AND LOAN
... LEAGUE IN SESSION
v Charlotte,- N. C.v May 25. Millions
l of dollars eared by the thrifty workers
of the country were represented 1n the
" large assembly room of the Colonial
club this morning at the opening of the
- annual convention of the United States
league of Local Building and Loan as
sociations. The attendance was made up
of several hundred delegates represent-
Ing over score of states.
. . president J.- W. Sutton, of Sault Ste.
. Marie. iMlch., called the " gathering to
order at 10:30 and Introduced Mayor
Iawklns, who made an address of wel
f come.James M. McKay, of Youngstown,
'Ohio, responded for the visitors. Presi-
' dent Sutton , then , delivered his annual
address, which was followed by the re
port of the general secretary, ti. . f,
Cellarlus. of Cincinnati. Routine busl-
' tiess occupied the remainder of the f ore-
". noon. : . The speakers at tne arternoon
session included former Governor Dur-
bln of Indiana, Thomas J. Skuse of
Krookiyn, George F. Bilmore of Omaha,
mid Alexander Moore of Port Huron,
Mich. The convention will conclude Its
business tomorrow.
New City Hall for St. Helens.
fNnMnl Dlprxiteh to The JonreaLV f
St. Helens, May 25. Ths city council
vouaaU4t. regulatiBeeUng -Monday
nlKht to construct a new city hall 46x90
feet two stories and a basement one
floor to be used as a public hall and the
other to contain offices for the city of
ficlals. The basement -will ;be a home
foxfire fighting apparatus, 0o.
Journal Want Ads. bring results.
. Wc are headquarters far Boys' Wasfr Suit, ,
' showing a range of values that will surprise
even ; our regular customers who are accuse
, tomed to good values. Suits in guaranteed
. fast colors 50 to ?5.00. t
SPECIAL Twenty dozen . Boys' Fancy
Golf Shirts with cuffs attache, regular $1.00
Values, special this week at 59
165-170 THIRD ST.
We offer an apology to those that didn't get waited on at our store after the
first announcement of the closing out of stock North Pacific Furniture Co.
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We again ask those that are. in the market for furniture or a good steel
range, not to overlook the greatest opportunity, ever offered in this city
We are Pacific Coast agents for Laurel Steel Range,
which is the only two-flue constructed range on . the
' market. The two-flue construction circulates the heat
under the six Covers before entering into the flue' and
passes twice through the oven before reaching the flue. '
That makes it a fuel-saver and even baker.
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Solid Quartered' Oak
Dining Tables
$15.00 Table . . ; . ..$ 8.95
.$20.00 Table ;...?13.50
$22.00 Table $14.90,
, $24.00 ,Table . . . . ... , ..$15.75
$25.00 Table .'. , .$16.50
$30.00 Table .$19.50
$34.00 Table1 ....... . .$23.00
Buffets
v $25 .quart'd oak Buffet $14.50
$27.6b quartered' oak Buffet,
...A $1T.75
$3"0 quart'd oak Buffet $19.50
$34 quart'd oak Buffet $21.75
$40 quart'd oak Buffet $24.50
Iron Beds
$ 3.00 Bed $1.85
$ 4.50 Bed $2.75:
$ 6.00lBed $3.90
$ 8.25 Bed .'.$5.50 .
$10.80 Bed I;,.. $7.25 '
$14.00 Bed $9.50 ;
$20.00 Bed $13.75
China Closets
$20.00 China Closet. . .$13.50.
$22.00 China Closet. . .$14.75 .,
$25.00 China Closet. . .$10.00 '
$27.50 China Closet . . . $17.75
$3o,00 ChinTCiosetr.:.$22.50
$45,00' China Closet. .$28.00
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RAILROAD WAR US NOWJH'
The Two Giant Railroads of the West Fighting for Right of Way Down Wilson River on the Way to
BAY CITY- on TILLAMOOK BAY
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Drawing hows routes'of the United Railways (Hill) and the ' Pacific Railroad & Navigation Co. (Harri
man) where both follow the course of Wilson river from the headwaters of Gales creek to Bay City. The
three'points that will figure most prominently in the battle, for right of way are Cedar canyon, the sum
mit of the divide between the headwaters of Gales creek and Wilson river and the Wilson river canyon,
where the river makes a 6harp bend through almost perpendicular clifftf and where the Pacific, Railroad &'
Navigation company is said to hold the key to the situation.: At this narrow point there is 'said to be
room for but one road, making it necessary for either joint usage of the one track or. a tunnel through the
hills at a very heavy expense. , . .
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Group of United Railways Surveyors Working on Line to Bay City
, ' From current reports a repetition of the Deschutes Canyon right of way war is on in Wilson river can
,'yon, where both the United Railways and the P, R. &' N,' Co. have surveys. The latter company wii!
build their SECOND Or southern line ipto.Bay City down this river, which insures three lines instead
of two for this, coming metropolis. - .
DOES THIS SIGNIFY ANYTHING TO YOU, Mil, INVE5T0::?
The railroads, recognize the tremendous possibilities of Bay City and Tillamook County, and are af;rr
the immense tonnage awaiting trains.
. , , Will you wake up and recognize these possibilities and invest in a sure thing?- a ..l' ,
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