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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL', TORTLAND, SUNDAY tlORNINO, AUGUST 21, 1310. CUIiluWB iiitiU AS GAf 'DIDATE FOR il C01MPA1DF0RL0TS Investors in Townsite of Othello ' Are Undecejved When Re ceiver and Constable-Take Possession of Offices. : . Meantime Keeping Silence on Defeated for Gubernatorial Nomination,' Mayoralty Does $ Not Appeal; Name Makes McCarthy's Teeth" Chatter. Q t. :' i All ; Political TopicsAlso Works on Conservation Con gress Address Sees Races. 10 SHOW TAFT PREPARIilG Portland man invents automatic coupler I 5 HMD MIED LETTER FOR USE i -jsss-.. , , Wi fit CAMPAIRHFDS - ' 1 It OF FRISCO Ul Ullllll 1 1IU11L.I1U -Othello's prospect la gloomy. So art the thought of score of Portland peo ple of email means wno gave up their hard cash to the "Othello Investment' Co. and the R. S. King Co., allied cor-j poratlona, of Seattle, Wash., for sage brush plots on "the outskirts of "the ! payroll town on the Cv M. & JP: rail road," as It was attractively advertised. ; ' Just now the affairs of the. two prom ising corporations' are in the hands of a receiver and the Portland offices, into which rolled the dllara of many of Portland's workers, are being cared for by the constable, Lou Wagner, and a few deputies. R. B. Newkirk, who was "manafrpr and director" f the Port land office, declares he "was ,not "in on the game," and that i'300 Is coming to him for salary. ' In the meantime Othello, "the new City- of ; opportunities, as : described In ,, that ; highly Interesting booklet, "Othello," Is drowsl.g ' along with a meager population of a hundred or so persons, and only a few grass-covered holes to mark -the spot where the "plant of, tha American Slate Products company Is now under construction." And no one heeds the siren song of the booklet, coaxing, "Nov, do not let anything prevent you from acquiring at least one lot at Othello. Get as many lots as you possibly can, but by all means get at leastrone." ' Hrd Earned Earnings Gone. It was nto long ago that Philip Kailbach, aKpoor7tarar, was lured to the' company's offlcpsXt 219 and 220 Commercial Club bulldlngSby the prom ising advertisements. He laid not been making much at his trade and It had taken him more than two ears to save $200. He put -ft safely yf th lnk and was adding to It a few dollars every month. He stinted himself Ho save a little, so when he grew old he would not have' to go to the poorhouse. He's not far from so' years .old' now, and has no one to depend upon. But he couldn't resist this ang of promise, so he gave up all but $10. ;-v . . . "Othello lots are ' for sale by the Othello Investment company, which la spending thousands of dollars in bring ing inauufacturies and other Industries to Othello, and is making extensive mu nicipal improvements in. tha wayi of streets, parks, sidewalks and civic at tractions at Othello." 7 ' Painted In CHowinff Colors, Mr. Newkirk told , him there waa a 'great opening for a taitor. H made preparations to go - to Othello. But 'wjhere Is Othel!o7 Just listen, If you don't know, and learn: When tha Chicago, Milwaukee & Pu srrt Sound railway hnilds its Una through the state of Washington, be tween the Great Northern to the north and the Northern Paciiic to the south. it opens up a veritable wonderland of agriculture. It finds flourishing farm ing regions, which owing to marvelously fertile soil and productive conditions', have grown even without transporta tion facilities to Important even fa mous producing sections. For many miles along the new railroad tha rich Crab creek valley spreads back from the track on either side In a gorgeous garden of growing crops. As one trav els westward the valley gradually nar rows, until it becomes but a pass be tween two bluffs, whh may be said to divide the Crab creek from "the Colum bia river district "Back of the valley-where tha rail road lies, just behind the coulee to the south. Is a country richer and more blessed by nature than any other.' It is a land of plenty, where every nat ura! thing grows as If by magic, from sheep, which fatten and grow almost without care, to wheat crops of 60 bushels to the acre, and those wondrous npples. whose splendid colors look like the paintings of fairies, and whose Ha vers the Greeks would have counted as given by the gods, but whose perfec tion, after all the scientists account for, through the agency of' the peculiar ash which characterises the aoil of the valley. This is the Big Bend country." Canter of Centers. Then, among other things. "Othello will be the first farming center of the great Inland Empire of eastern Wash ington, It will be the center of all the other farming centers, it will be the middle of three great cities of the state of Washington, the one common point, "Thousands of railroad employes and expert mechanics" are now "living In Othello." oal fields are only a few milea distant. It seems that no less than nine other cities, the largest In the state, offered inducements for the promoters of the American Slate Pro ducts company, to locate, their nlant But the oompany chose Othello. The viruiuar aoea noi explain wny, Put fu ture developments do. This la some "candid advice" sent out by tha cora- ' panys '.-,,..' - "Othello will be a great city. It will be tha home of rich and influential people. Its. buslcess and commercial de velopment means opportunities for hundreds to make fortunes by taking part in the stirring work of building. Othello Is the place for you. Othello i the place for any person who has ambition, energy and a few dollars td invest ' in property which, with the growth of the city within the next few years, will make . them independent Lots may be secured In Othello now for but; a small part of what they will eventually be worth." -xf. Caught by Claret Words. So much for the prologue. As has been said, before tha poor tailor and scores of other read and believed, they snaked all their available cash out of the bank and Invested. Or rather, they turned their money Into the Othello Investment company, or. R -S. King company, lor it maae no difference, Soma few days ago soma of them wont to the offices of thecompany In the Commercial" Club building. They found thera closed. On tha door was tUe constable's notice of attachment It Bctms that the-corporation- owed the building, company for rent and also owed an advertisement bill of some 1150. About that time purchasers of lota In tha "new city of opportunities" began Investigating. Kallbach got hold of a Seattle newspaper, telling of the com pany Trolng into the hands of a receiver ana or the orncera being missing with "nv?t.t'8: like tCO.000 of tho ncoolc's fffiikj li, L'v .uia Jveu tlie court phrased tha soheme a gigantic swindle. Kallbach R-rote to the Othello State bank. The r ! ivrs not eorufirtn. "I will say tiiui rro(,ent IrirtV&uonW ir not look fa- tr-ili(1. wrot th t-nshlrr. r:"( (he uUht end A. W. Ferguson, (Br the Inttrnatlrmtf Newi Serrtce.) Beverly. Mass Aug. 20. Still main taining1 absolute silence on all political topics, President Taft was up early; enough this morning to begin work at B:S0 o'clock on tha letter .which he-will contribute to the campaign book of the Republican congressional commitee. At 10 o'clock tha president, Mrs. Taft, Miss Delia Tbrrey, Representative Mo CalVof Massachusetts and former Col lector George Lyman went aboard the Sylph and witnessed the victory of the American yacht Harpoon in tna aonaer races. The party ad luncheon on board, and between times the president disposed ofa batch of mail. This aft ernoon the president worked on tha ad dress which ha will deliver at tha con servation congress at St Paul on Sep tember 6. There were no callers during the day. Late In the afternoon the president took a short motor ride , with Mrs. Taft and his aunt . Secretary Norton denied thia after noon the newspaper . Btory printed In New Tork 'that he waa requested to withdraw his consent to. aaaress tne Presbyterian - conference at Winona Lake, Ind., because" Rev. Dr. Morgan had refused to speak on tha same plat form with him. Secretary Norton said he had no knowedge of any such Inci dent. . ' Lloyd i C. Griscom is coming next week some time, but Secretary Norton declared today that he did not know the. date. ; ft working man of Montesano, Wash.. waa making inquiries. He went to the prosecuting attorney at Seattle, told him of tha situation, and tha officer urged him to prosecute. Ferguson went to the head officers of the companies in Seattle, told them he would get out a warrant for the arrest of all and frightened R. 8; King, president, who gave him J 50 In cash and a note for 1116.75, the balance he had paid on his land. When the bank got the note It returned it, Baying that two of the officers, H. 0. Moon, vice president, and A. O. Bemond, secretary and treas urer. had'Sklpped with thousands of dol lars. This Is what Ferguson writes to The Journal: "I am In Montesano, working, and do not know what 'to do about it, as the company is now in the hands of a re elver. Mr.. Browne, assistant sales man for Mr. Newklrk, tricked me and lied to me when I bought my lot. I may coma down and liava them ar rested." . A report made to The Journal from Othello, saya of King, Moon, Semond, George Canning and J. J. Drlsooll "They hired a couple of men to clear ground and commence work on the foun datlon of the main1 building of the American Slate Products company, for which a site was donated. The ground was leveled and a few holea dug for tha pillara, A small bunkhouse waa built The men" who did the work had a hard time collecting their wages, while tha lumber company that sold tha lumber finally settled with them at a discount A carload of lumber waa shipped here and is still held for demurrage. . So Building on Xing StrnV "They represent .that King street which is exactly a mile south of Main 'street has several large buildings on it and several more in the course of construction. It hasn't a single build ing. They also represent that the depot and freight warehouses are down there, while in reality they are more than a mile away. They have sold hundreds of lots which are not platted and which they are unable to give title to. 'They have done nothing here except to stake out lota and aci-e tracts. All they did waa to clear a small space of sagebrush, build a small bunkhouse, clear a few streets of sagebrush, which work has not been paid for, plant a few apple trees,- build a rlve-room house, which has not been paid for, and on which laborers have filed a Hen." G. H. Ogden of the Othello Times has written to VBt. Kallbach; "I am sorry to note that you have purchased a lot in the 'First addition to Othello.' The promoters of this addition have proved to be. nothing but swindlers. ' 'There are only about 300 people here now and nothing that gives em ployment to men outside of the round house and machine shops, where about 40 men aro employed. Other railroad departments at Othello employ probr ably 50 more men." Just how many Portland people fell into the net cannot be ascertained. Records of the company, however, show that aeveral scores were swindled. CARPENTER FOUND DEAD IN HIS ROOM Albert Price, a carpenter, who " re cently came here from San Francisco, waa found dead in his room at 383 Gll san street yesterday by his landlady, Mrs. -Mary Durant Price complained that he was ill In tha morning, and asked Mre. Durant to bring him some water. When she went back to hia room at 1:80 yesterday afternoon he was dead. He had been drinking heav ily for a number of days, and it la sup posed liquor contributed to his death. Price . lived at 394 Dolores street, in San Francisco, where his mother, wife and a brother reside. The body has been removed to the morgue. PERSONAL H. L. Wilson, a hotel man from Sioux City, and an Id friend of Walter Mc-' Credle, manager of the Portland ball team, is registered at the Hotel Oregon. Judge W. R, King, of the Oregon su preme court, came In yesterday from Salem to remain over Sunday and is stopping at the Imperial hotel, P. G. Osborn, an Ontario merchant and warehouseman, with his wife, Is regis tered at the Imperial., Alfred Watson, purchasing agent of Hill steamship lines, came down from Seattle yesterday and is staying at the Hotel Oregon. , . C M. Sharpsteih, member" of a pioneer Walla Walla family and a well known business man of eastern Washington, is I at. the OreaoiL. - C. L Filchard, an Independence hon grower, is spending the day at the Im perial hotel. C. A, Bell, a Hood River merchant, is registered at the Imperial.. Journal Want Ads bring results.- While .' working on tha Northern Taclflo railway for a numbar of years. IL c. Newman of Portland was xoreea to seriously consider the needless slaughter of trainmen, and he, discov ered, that hundreds of brakenien and switchmen lose their lives while making couplings of air and steam hose. So great had been tha loss of life in mak ing car couplings that, laws had been passed prohibiting men from going be tween the cars to be, connected, but It was still necessary for men. to go ba Illinois Politician Predicts Ulti mate Defeat of Machine Rule Politicians. Attorney Charles Fisher, former cor poration counsel of Elgin, III., 'and a prominent political worker of that state, Is in Portland. He is a guest of the Corneous hotel, and had a few things to say last night about Insurgency in his state. Attorney Fisher is Identifad wth that wing of the Republcan party that brought about the defeat of Sen ator Hopkins, and has bitterly opposed Speaker Cannon, Congressman Snapp and tha old machine. ' , "While 'Uncle Joe has a strong grasp on tha situation In our state, and has a large following, I believe he has seen his best days." said Attorney Fisher. "Illinois is tired of machine rule. Tha old line office holders have been In power long enough, and one by one they are losing out. The best thing that ever happened to the state was when Sen ator Hopkins was defeated. He- waa. defeated squarely, too. Insurgency , Is growing in Illinois, and is the one thing that is making cleaner politics Uncle Joa wll be the next big man to be Disced, on the retired list." Attorney Fisher has been through all the stages of . Illinois politics, and says people In his state are very much inter ested in Oregon. J He says Oregon has been talked of more tha past two years than any other state west of the Mssls slppi river. The political system Is also drawing the attention of the politicians, and ha expressed tha Oregon direct pri mary law and Statement No. 1 feature the best on earth. 'It's what all states are' coming to, sooner or later," he said. J. IT Dr. J. Whltcomb Brougher. Dr. X Whltcomb Brougher will preach tonight at. the White Temple. He came into Portland last night from Gearharf expecting to hear Dr. W. B. Hlnson speak twice today. .But Dr. Hlnson heard of Dr. Broiigher's coming and an nounced him to preach at the Temple tonight. Thia will be Dr. Brougher's last sermon before going to hia home In Loa Angeles, as ha leaves Monday for the southern city, Hia theme Sun day night will be "Up Against It" AUTO OWNERS FORM NOVEL ORGANIZATION Tha Idea promoted by the Automobile Owners' Purchasing league has taken a deep hold In the auto world. Thia or ganization haa arranged to get" all au tomobile sundries at wholesale priced. Gasoline from 3 to 4 cents cheaper, than sold by dealers la also offered the mem bers. In case a member la' unjustly ar rested for speeding, the league will fur nish ball and ah attorney to defend tha case. Repair stations will be installed at various points along tha fiost prom inent country roads, and repaira can ba made at these points 10 per cent cheaper than at the, regular-'repair Shops,' ' v .':'"-"'' -..' :'-"'-v '':..'. '.. In helping along the good roads Idea, the league further proposes to be of great service. Encouragements plac ing sign boards at crossings will ba an-aUiW-Jaatuta. ,af ...tha,, 1 auwriii bert. Cleveland, who is president of the Cleveland , Investment company, haa been elected president; D. W. Stalnbrook, vice president; William Neece, treasur er, and J. T, Weart, secretary. -Offices have been opened In tha new Spaulding building. - " jfe lira Oil! OF FN EAT WHITE TEMPL 1 mwn.ui.Mi mn JJ'....-..i.ii,.jiiii. ...i.. ii.ii. .i .... ' '-.r - - -' 5'.': .i, '' ' . ! ' V ' - - . . L V "7-r ':', -$ &' '4 Automatic air and eteam boss coupler tween tha cars to make the airbrake couplings. ,' " Then -It was . that Newman undertook to develop an automatic air and steam hose coupler. At first the self-imposed task seemed hopeless. Then tha Idea of connecting the air couplings to ' the "standard cr ' couplings dawned on the inventor, ana toe Newman automat air coupler waa the result Standard Parts Tsed. A singular fact In the construction Last of Season in Uptown Plat Today Program of Un . usual Excellence. V Brown's Park band will play its final Bummer concert in City Park for this aeaaoo this afternoon. Director Charles L. Brown has prepared an especially at tractive program, far more pretentious than those put up by the big traveling organizations. The concert should prove a big treat for tha public. Arrangementa have been made to aug ment tha Instrumentation tduay so that tna Dana will number about 40, with a complete representation of band instru ments, from oboe down to tympanl. Program Is Pretentious. Tha program for this afternoon will be: March, "Tannhauser" Wagner Walti. Tales From Vienna Woods".. j. Strauss Overture, "Tannhauser" .Wagner Sextette from "Lucia" ........ Donizetti Excerpts from "Robin Hood". .De Koven Intermission. Suite, "From Foreign Lands" . Mosxkowskl German. Russian. ". Spanish. Scenes from ' Lohengrin".,.. Wagner Hungarian f antasia. .. i i , . Tobani Potpourri of National Airs. . . . i . .Tobani j "The Star Rnaneled' Runner: -' ' Owing to the fact that only a small appropriation was made, this yeaFfor rrea music, tha number of concerts had of necessity to ba reduced, and today's will be the fifteenth of the aeries. Of these eight Including today's concert, will have been given Jn City park, with seven divided between Holladay Dark. Chapman square and Ladd park, the last evening concert having been given at that place. , Sunnyslde residents were so well , pleased with the concert and the attend ance waa ao large and representative that the Sunnyslde Puah club, headed by President George T. Moore, has al ready begun agitation for a concert in that park each and every week, weather permitting, next summer.- Incidentally tha club alao thanked tha Portland Rail way, 'Light A Power company for hav ing strung and furnished lights for the occasion free of charge. 'Tha park board," said Mr. Moore, "made an offer to tha Sunnyslde Push club that If it secured electrlo lights for tha band, we could have one concert In -Ladd park. Through the courtesy of tha Portland Railway, Light & Power company, which ran a wire Into the park, and furnished Uie lights free of charge, tha concert was made possible, and r as fully 6000 people attended. It demonstrated more than ever tha need of more park music during tha sum mer months. "Ladd's park Is one of tha most beau tiful parks in the city, and as Sunny slde la thickly populated the park should be Improved and we should have concerts avery week when the weather permits. It la too late to take the mat ter up this season, but we hope that our request will be given favorable atten tion next summer." The average attendance at the park concerts thia summer haa been about 8000. It la expected that at least 10,000 will attend the concert In City park this afternoon. i YESTERDAY WAS RECORD DAY FOR REGISTRATION AT THE COURTHOUSE A man whose residence In Oregon dates back to tha time thia was British territory, 13 years before Oregon be came, a state of tha American union, registered yesterday at the office of the county clerk. This true native son Is J. N. Anderson of 470 Larrabee street Ha stated ha was born, In Northweet territory on the Nehalem river about 60 milea northwest of St Helens. He was' born In H46, the year Oregon territory waa recognized as a part of the United Sta'tea. ' ..... yesterday broke all records for this year in registration, 39 names being added to the rolls up to 9 o'clock, when the doora were closed. After 5 o'clock 376 wera registered. Owing to the poor showing for some time previous, how ever, tha total for 1110 Is only 1397 ahead of two yeara ago, when there wera 22,609 on tha books on the corre sponding date. Now the number la 34, 80, of whom 19,076 are Republicans, 3663 Democrats and 2177 of all other persuasions of political faith. . . . 'Yesterday was the 64th day of regis tration, and only 22 days remain. It Is estimated "that only a little over ono half, the full vote is registered, and If the lists run up as they should the clerks will have all th work they can do during tha next three weeks. Those (who want ,ta avoid tha rush of the last days will do well to remember and make a ahort Journey to the courthouse without further delay. ''Get Home at Hermiston. (Social Dltpttch to Tbe Joanxl.) Hermiston, Or., Aug. 20. Four per sons from Minneapolis yesterday ap plied for homesteads on tha third unit Thia leaves about 10 homesteads yq to ba taken. invented' by H. ,C Newman.. of tha coupler la Interesting. Practic ally , every pari of the invention; la a standard part of the air equipment of every regulation car and coach, only the arrangement of the coupling- parts Is changed. . This . wfll, greatly simplify the equipment of cars with the new de vice. The invention will cause the car and air couplings to be made simultan eously "without the presence :of a man, and even tha air and steam will ba "cut in'? and "cut out" by levera fixed to tha ' il ir , ,1 ,1, , i i' ' .J, , Ii- GIVES UP TITLE TO Chris von Ladigcs One of Twelve to Pass Examina- tion Successfully, v Chris von Ladlgea renounced hia al legiance to the German kaiser in the .circuit court yesterday afternoon, and at the same time gave up hia claim to a minor order of nobility when ha passed examination for American citizenship and waa admitted by order of, Judge Cleland. Two applications for citizenship were denied on the novel ground, that the candidates wer&already citizens. It de veloped that Fred Gritzmacher, a native of Germany, was naturalized in Kansas In 1880. He had not forgotten it but thought it would be mora convenient to take out'hew paperS'than to write east for a certified copy. He was told he could be made a citizen only once, and hia petition was dismissed. John Edward Larson, a native of Sweden, was refused papers because he became a full fledged citizen by -the naturalization of his father before he reached the age of 21. ; . .Joseph Unterfachberger, an Austrian, lost out because he lived for soma time with Anna Gailo without tha formality of marrying her. Ha admitted hia dere liction, and his application waa. denied by Judge Cleland-on the ground of im morality. . , , Iwrninlk Zorovlch, another Austrian, whose case had bean continued from last March to allow him to study up on Amerioan government passed the gauntlet John Mlrandes, a Greek,- alao succeeded, after having his case con tlnued from last May. Jacob Henry Kattermann failed because he is a resi dent of Washington county and filed In the wrong Judicial, district Twelve candidates In all wera rejected and 11 admitted.. In addition to those named above, the successful ones were Ulrich Herzig of Switzerland, Piua Schmid of Germany, Ole Halvorsen Dahl of Norway, Thomas Wilson of England, Carl Becker and Jacob Harduna- of Rus- aia, Charles John Johnson of Sweden and' Ludwig Olsen of Norway. Louis Monson of Sweden, William Nelson I iiu.uuu.vn uuiuii, nans xomas Trulaen of Norway, George Mlladanoff of Turkey, Abraham Arbitman of Rus sia and Alois Partsch and Joseph Partsch of Austria, brothers, were re jected because the proof of residence was insufficient David FWstein. a Rojjmanlan; failed because his declara tion of intention was filed before he waa 21. Antonio Verenzionl was al lowed further time to study up. .Henry B. Hazard of Seatle, naturaliza tion examiner, conducted the examina tions In behalf of the government as sisted by J. W. Caldwell, an examiner from tha same office, . ER Fees for notarial service collected tha past month In the office of Constable Lou Wagner were turned Into tha Mar Joria Mahr benefit fund yesterday even ing. Tha amount waa 311.26, and many attorneys having work In that office expressed pleasure in being allowed to contribute in thia way. Four weeks ago Constable Wagner announced that a.fee for the use of his seal would be ran WAGNER TURNS OV 1 F MAHR FUND exacted of each attorney having papers witnessed .in tha constable's office. Heretofore ho charge haa ever been made far thia work, although tha law gives that officer such privilege. The fee la uaually 85 cents. The fund now totals $7046.44. Tha little chorus girl still maintains her op timistic view of the situation, and has won tha admiration of all with whom she has coma' In contact She atlll de clares Portland shall be her home aa It contains ao many good people. E. J. GREN ARRESTED ON SEATTLE CHARGE E. J. Gren, wanted In Seattle on a grand larceny charge, waa arrested at hia residence at 3 72 H Oak street last night by Sheriff Stevens and. Deputy Sheriff Beatty. Gren Is also known as Peta Laraon and is in the contracting business. .,u.--' , - - v'':; Yesterday afternoon a request for th apprehension. of Gren waa received over tha telephone from Sheriff Robert T. Hart of -Seattle, and little' time was idst In gathering him in. Ha waa placed In tha county Jail and saya ha will go to Seattle without requisition papers. Gren la married and has three chil dren. His wife is visiting in Seattle-, and ha was found at JiomV with tha children. Several monthi ago he was hrtriirimarargrbrpMafhg- bad checks,, but In some way the trou ble waa adjusted. The officers here ara not aware of tha exact charge upon which he la wanted at thia time, but it is understood to pertain to tha disposal of a quantity of furniture in tha city on tha sound,. '1 X ' car coublliig, miking tha action poaltive and certain. , . y v ( ': ., 'Company Xa formed. y " The Newman air coupler company has been formed to handle tha Invention, with H.. C Newman, president; .Louis Furcht, vice president and , manager; Thomas J. Johnson, secretary, and A. I. Moulton, treasurer. A public demonstration of the coupler on a passenger train is planned to take place within a few days. - 1MES0N JUPE 0 LEAVE Weather Seer Mops Brow, Jut ; Can't Even Offer ' " ' Relief. Including yesterday, , tha dry. spell has continued unabated for 68 days, and although a light rain fell for a ahort. time last Monday, ; It measured only about 0.04 Inches and waa of practically no mora benefit than no rain would have been. It was sufficient, however, to prevent tha record being broken for long continued drought the longeat dry spell having occurred la 1883, when Uenawera 67 daya without rala In any measurable quantity., The rali during the present apell of dry weather, which began Juna 23, waa merely a tantallzer and waa of no par ticular benefit to Portland, simply cool ing off tha atmosphere for a ahort pe riod, the aun coming out In the after noon and quickly absorbing what mois ture had fallen. There is a marked deficiency In the rainfall since September 1, 1909, the amount cf the deficiency "being 3.68 inchea. The total rainfall during that period was 43.14 inchea and th normal for the aame period waa 44.83 Inches. .Weather bureau reports show no re, lief in eight and the prediction for to day fair with westerly winds, AUTO PRATY PROBABLY BACKED BY, FLAMES , ht L. Wood party, which left Portland early last week jtor an outing In the Crater Lake country, is believed to have been driven back by the flrea. raging in southern Oregon, and la now on the way back to Eugene, "from where tha overland trip was begun. Composing the party were Dr. and Mra. W. L. Wood. Mr. and Mra R, B. Lamson and Miss Mabel Laurence. Up to last night nothing -had bee heard from the party, but Portland, friends ara confi dent that they had timely warning of tha forest fires and made their escape. Ohio mines a greater sroDortion of its coal by machinery than any other state. Our school had but 6 small class rooms. ' Five Years Ago and Now Then Now Our equipment con- Our -equipment is un sisted ol 25 typewriters, surpassed in the norths a mimeograph, 3 . cabi-v west, consisting of 85 nets and a capacity of typewriters and billing 175 students at one time, machines, a mimeo- graph, a writerpress, an ,l- - electric printbgraph, a' " Burrows adding ma- . chine, 17 cabhrets and accommodations for 500 students at one time. " We had but 4 teachers. We had 483 students and -321 calls for help. - In the meantime thousands have entered our school and: then been placed in splendid positions with the -best firms in. the Northwest. - I4 As announced to the public, we are about to move, into our new home, where we shall have 15 light. and well ventilated rooms, with accommoda tions for. 1500 students each year. . - ; In keeping; with qtir policy we, of course, will ,. add to our equipment, appliances, departments, teachers,. etc.- We can. help you. Ask for information: . . . Business l It WAIXEB, President - PrinclpaL (SpfcUf DtipstcB to The Journal.! . ' San Francisco, Aug. 20.--"For mayor of San Francisco, 'Charles F. Curry." This is the' talk that haa begun to ba whispered i about town by the poli ticians. It started the day 'after the defeat of Curry by Johnson for tha Re publican gubernatorial nomination, and ' It has reached P. H.' McCarthy, who now rules oyer the destinies of; the city by '' tha Golden Gate, x, Tha whisper has -given McCarthy all kinda of political in digestion and he is busy demonstrating what an excellent amay or he haa been, I ; how San Franclsco'a salvation lies In his continuance in office, and how fool- ism it is to suppose that Curry could -beat-him at tho polls; :-fv';.t'-;',.:y'';iW'.;?.:'; Curry, while ha has said he will not Lbs a candidate for anything, would make ' a , strong opponent to McCarthy, it is believed, and if the wishes of his friends . prevail he. will ba Induced next year to "-" ' csiver ma municipal iiaia. ' : . uvwuu- an io uorernor, Soma one today atarted tha Idea JJiaf . McCarthy woud enter the governorship race aa an . Independent candidate. This V tha mayor denied. Ha said: .?. 1 : ' "I am not a candidate, for governor. -t will not be a candidate. Yea, I am v awara of tha fact that thara la a move-' ment la Sao Francisco to make ma a ' candidate for governor. That movement la not confined to San Francisco. The v demand cornea from many points In the; state. X will not ba a candidate. There is not a nart Of California that needs my aervicea mora than San Francisco right now. and I am going to do what X said I would do for San Francisco. , Saya Baa Tra&olaoo Xeeda Him. "I lova Baa Francisco too well to laava It now. San Francisco needs my services too much for ma to leave it During the, time I have been In office I have dona mora for the permanent , Improvement of San Francisco In its ' . streets, sewers and otherwise, and mora for tha Insurance of Ita permanent peace and prosperity, than anyone In my mem ory. Tha taxpayers ara getting a dol lara worth of labor for averr dollar of - their money. P. H. McCarthy la mak ing good for tha people, and' the people . know It too. "When I get tha Stockton street tun nel built Market street runj through and four or five other tunnels that will put thia city on a 8 per cent grade, ao that business, can ba dona all over the city, soma of tha politicians will not be so anxious to run for mayor." ' Bemindft Him of L&ne'a Campaign. It is not unlikely that Mayor McCar thy appreciated tha personal compli ment conveyed by the demand that ha enter the lista aa an .independent can didate for governor. It may be eonsld- ' ered as beyond question that he was nettled by the talk about .Curry as a . candidate for mayor of San Francisco. While ha declined to discuss that phase of tha situation for publication, tha mention of Curry's name caused tha mayor's mind to revert to the Lana mayoralty campaign following hia fight . for the governorship, in which Lane polled about a third tha vote for mayor that ha had polled In San Francisco as ' a candidate for governor. Mayor Me- . . . . a I . . I nlk.H V uarcny is not given j cuiuimwiiB umci men with himself, and. besldea all that while it Is too early for ..hurling defies. A Mavor McCarthy does not hnow tho - , name of tha man whom he be'teyea can , beat Mayor McCarthy..'. r 4 1 .... ., . ;. '-rr . Journal Want Ada bring reaults. We occupy 9 spacious rooms. We have 10 instruct ors. Last year we had 832 pupils and 1268 calls; for help. " College O. A. BOSSEBMAK. gaoratary . Manager. " ",, , j.,;, T