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THE 0REG6N DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 27, 1811. CAM LOAN CO. HI PROVE BOOST MOCKERS Civil War Drama Boiled Down to Tabloid Enterprise Will Result in Dou t bling Shipments of Live ' stock to Portland Market In Three Years. - " - That th organisation of the Port land Cattle Loan Compsmy, in ron " land -will result In doubling tha num '''br of livestock shipped to this msr- - ' ket within tha next three years la the ' belief of tha Portland bankers who sre ' Interested In tha company. ' . "Mr. Mills. Mr. Ladd and myaalf ' war loath to take atock In tha com- - panr- when flrat pproohl .upon the ubject soma montha ago," said J. C ' 'Alneworth. of tha United BUtta Na Itloaal Bank, "but aftar investigating tha opanuiona of theae companies In tha cattle feeding territory In tha eaat , . ' we became convinced that auch a con- i . ... . . , Mm la anaoiuteiy necenwu-y m urn pro par development of tha Uveatock In ' duatty In Oregon and Waahlngton. Thera la no doubt that It will raault In mak . ng. Portland ona of tha largest llve '.' atock centers in tha country," ' $100,000 Capital. Tha corporation will have a paid-in capital of $ 100.800, conaldarably mora than half of which waa subscribed by ' tha Swifts of Chicago. J. C Alns- worth. A. L. Mills and W. M. Ladd are tha local directors and will have Im mediate control of all loan a. Mr. Ains worth said thla morning that he now reallaaa that tha lack of money by the catUereen with which to lead livestock had been a aerloua drawback to tha proper growth And development of the livestock Induatry la tha northwest "Heretofore" aald Mr. Alnsworth, cattleman In eaatern Oregon, wno la only able to ahlp to Portland one car load of beef cattle a year will now bo able to double bla ahlpment aa the re sult Of Ma being able to fet the neces " aary money at a low rata of Jnterest to bur feed. The aama condition ex , lata with tha heep and ho men. Wa are prepared to loan 21,000.000 If necee- aary to tha livestock' raisers In eaatern Ore iron and eaatern Washington." Cattle loan companlea are eatabllahed Inatltntlona In the big feeding centera adjacent to Omaha. Kanaaa City, St Lou la. Fort Worth and other Uveatock renters. They are profitable institu Hone, nearly all of them paying- eight per can or mora In dividend!. Tha plan or operations aaoptea oy tneae com panlea in the eaat will be followed by tha Portland company; that la tha banks will loan to the cattle loan company money required -by the cattle feedera - at per cent; and the company will In , turn loan to the feeders at an advance of l or 1 per cent The president of tha Portland com "Tanr"enotytteenr selected. Tha place has been offered to John F. O'Shea but on-account of the big building op erations that he expects to be engaged In for the next year. It la likely that be will decline It WEARING COMPLETION Oregon City, May 27. The Oregon .City Commercial club exhibit building ' will be completed In another week. The building will be open to the public from . o'clock In the morning until 6 o'clock in the evening, dally. Tha many visit- ors to Oregon City will have a good op .' portunlty to see the county's products when they .-are arranged In the new : building. v Among tha displays that will be , shown will be a mineral collection from the Olge Mountain mine. This mine has been developed by Oregon City peo ple. Tha proeeaa uaed In the manufac ture of. paper and woolen goods, local products, will be demonstrated. . The rooms will be, decorated with pho tographs of the various Industries of i the county- and many views taken along the new Molalla railroad will be shown. - It Is the plan of the publicity depart ment of the Commercial club to main- ' tain an exhibit of all the varieties of apples grown In this county and demon strata to the public that Clackamas ' county Is a good section for this popular fruit. Tha building will be finished on the Inside with sanded celling, stained and varnished. The outside wll be painted white. As the building; Is of the bun galow design, It will present a very attractive appearance and will be one of the main points of Interest In Oregon City. X . , , - 1 J ' TJ1 V5 " .. :V. ;''"i i'i .-i . - J i. , .: - f REED IHSHTUTE TOIL If UES (IIP OUTLOOK GOOD ;FV'i Three Story Structure", to .'Go Conditions In Eastern ' Wash- Up at 11th and Jefferson - Ington , Promising, Says to Be Ready Sept. i; Industrial Agnt. ' ' H Tha trustees of tha Reed Institute! Tha crop outlook never was batter In have decided to erect a three-story I aaa tern Washington than today, accord :XZl"J-J?.h''" a.C. Idy, general Immlgr.. lege work. They propo.e to hava tha tt0B nt , Oraat Nortbera rail- bulldlng completed and equipped, for way, wno, coomps,niea oy , a. Atgooa, i use by September I, 1111. No time will Immigration, agent, for ..the. same Una, ,ba lost In tha project T" 7 " arrived here this-morning from their i ne sroniieciurai urm or Lrayie, rai teraon A Beech has beai retained to draw be arran headquarters In St Paul. : En route they pranrT;;' iuTmrV. u t. th terruo ud b' th anged so that when tha big ool. "Vi l.'.J W 'i ' ' ' ulldlncs hava been completed on In company with F. W.-Qrabanvwoat- lege buildings hava been completed on the Eaat 8da, tha Eleventh street build am Industrial and Immigration agent Ing will be converted Into a bualneas the Oreat Northern with headquarters block. The structure will be brick, and conform to similar plans of lha Red Inatltuta: building" at Thlr In this. city, tha St. Paul Immigration men win make a tour Into central Ore- gon.- Bver " Tha" Oregon , Trunk , and 7 by teenth and-Jefferaon streets. All nos- auto and ' later they will Inspect the atbla'Jiaate la to be used to complete territories tapped by the Oregon Eleo- the temporary college quartera. trie and tba United Railways, with, a The sits of the temporary building view of closely acquainting themselves Is tha. northwest corner, and Is 80x100. with opportunities for settlers in those Ths ground Is being cleared today. In parte of. the state. " Tha party will view of the achool year opening Sep- start for central . Oregon tomorrow tember 1,. Professor W. T. Foster Is morning. ,- , " ' '., , . t ' now busy srranglng tha currioulum and "The Great Northern Is e-olaa- to ad- work or the fall classes. Prospective vertlse Oregon very extenalvely with a instructors are Demg communicated view or attracting settlers to the state,' with, and everything Is swiftly moving Md Mr. ledy, "and wa.ara now send Mlsg Frances Golden, who la appftarlnx hi Interesting plajiot at Grand .,. theatre thia wek. meet only to discover that they have met before on the field of Gettysburg, and that they had maimed each other. Then the Civil war Is reopened and For aoma time past "Tactics," tha clever playlet on tba bill at tha Grand thla week, has been considered tha model Vaudeville playlet and In the haada of tha Barrows-Lancaster com pany It Is one of the most delightful. "Tactics" haa all of the element of a Civil war drama boiled down Into a 20 mlnuta tabloid. There Is the same lit tle love story, southern girl, northern man. and of course, the same happy ending. They meet and their fathera Gettysburg Is refought only with dishes and bric-a-brac for weapona and with chairs, tables and what-not doing duty as "position," "ambushes" and ths like. As fun It is riotous; as a bit of sentiment it is dellgluVful, and as an example of finished worthy acting Is more than ordinarily noteworthy. L TO BE CURTAILED VQULD BE FREE Federal Prisoners. Under New , Law; tot Apply for Parole; ; . , 1 History of Cases, y Actlnar r under ' the nrovialona of tha hew federal parofe law which permits prisoners who. hare served one-third of their terms to apply for a parole, re quests. have been received by tha United States attorney's of flea hero for the rec ords ; of . three well known ; Portland criminals, two of whom have bean In tha penitentiary for nearly 80 years. .- Louis R. Bavaga killed: an Indian on tha Qrand Rend Indian' reservation In 1014. received a- Ufa sentence .and has been la Leavenworth penttentlar aver alnca, . . .. . v. , j r. . J. R. Todd held up a mall etase near Mearord in 1811. lie did . not Injur norhurt anyone but, tha federal .law then provided but one punlahment for robbing, the malls life .Imprisonment Todd got It .- Albert U. .Tanner waa Todd's attorney In the caae and Is probably tha only ona connected with It n any way who la atlll llvlna. Judce Deady, who sentenced . Todd, died soma years ago. It Is said that some time after Todd had been locked up In Leav enworth, ths sheriff who arrested him waa , passing throuxh tha, penitentiary when Todd aaw him and, reaching out with an Iron bar. hit tha visiting sheriff over ma Dead with It Todd claimed he had been 'Mobbed' By tha aherlff. He said a Chinaman. supposed to hava been sitting on tha stage coach with the driver had car. IBIEIMl TEST ; ' . s TORYIN WEATHER mil Report of the Superintendent r -.Shows Expense v Greater i ..Than. -, Guarantee; i Holds Cpntractors Pilatory. ' it:.: i. REGISTRATION TO BE ENDED TONIGHT ST.1NSS.0PV. ,L Wll 1Z E but 5 Days Weekly; Un settled Condition. take advantaaa of this fact his release, : A similar plea waa sue. cessfully presented bv Wavna. expiration of his first, tsrm. ,.t Books to Be Held Open Until Sons of Veterans to Meet To 9 o'Clock; Yesterday's Registration,-Record. night; Boy Scouts Locate Camping Place, This Is the laat day for registration for the coming city election.. The book! will be held open at the courthouse an' Plans are being made to organise the Sons of Veterans on the peninsula and la meeting will be held at the old engine I house at the car barns this evening, in LOSES $30,000 DAMAGE mm I S. P. CO. A verdict for the defendant was brought In today by a 1nrv in fv United States court in the milt ne .Tna.nv. i people will vote in June. Foeshl against the Southern Pacifioi The proposed Institution of a fire company. Poeshl sued for 130,000 for ' men's pension fund was Indorsed by the ine toss or Ms lert leg. He was a bride Janor council carpenter working for the Southern Pa- ! Other Issues of the municipal eam- ciuo ana was repalrlnsr a bridtp in I palgn were discussed, but no further ac Bonth Portland. When an approaching I tlon either in approval or condemnation irmia winiiim ior tne construction Ken- crew to get out of the way Poeshl's foot The labor council adopted a vigorous til 9 o'clock tonight and thoae In Hn f 1 at that hour will be accommodated. I :'", i, r- Si.-- e . -1A , . . igiwMi rcoiuvii. in ofc. ovinia wi, u.w rruuru in uiimira.n county, ana m-i. n a x k.n .111 m..h .if n dlcatlons ara that when the books are tn. v,teVan-, them.eives in the general f,?P 0,0 tonight there' will be owr L, on Decoration day. and thereaf 17.000 names of alectora on tha rolls I ; . v.i .m t . . . . 191 m CVIilUIHCU Will W v uutuuicu i tuio un auun a or uwvr ,. aPana mnii itinlnn mt which tha fu, u"r cn.jr onn.oro. . I ture plans will be discussed. Tne total figures ror .yesterday or jUdra O IL Downs has taken out new registration aon not counting buildlnr nermlt for the erection of a changes from onepreclnct to another, dwelling on Jersey street, between Alma ran to i is. ur mis numner ion were and Ida streets. RepubUcsns. 12 were Democrats, and The Interest in the library ia steadily III miscellaneous. There were 511 Increasing. During last week over 700 transfers, making the total for the day books were taken out the high record 1975. I being reached last Monday when Libra' This morning the space sround the I rlan Mabel Rundail Issued 133 booka to registration booth waa again thronged I applicants. with voters, indicating that even yester- Bishop Scaddlng Is to give an Ulus day's championship record may be beat-1 1 rated limelight lecture under the aus en. Thia afternoon County Clerk Fields pices of St. Andrews mission in the swung several additional clerks Into Portsmouth theatre next Monday. The action, and he says all comers will be subject chosen la "The Churcn In taken care of. however arrest tha num-1 America.1 ber. With long hours and short reliefs, The Iceless Refrigerator manufactur tha force -of deputies 4s- kept working plant has completed the necessary at full speed. The work Is now dls- changes to the French block building. mi aoy bcouis, unaer ine leaaersmp of their scout master., took a hike tnls afternoon. In order to chose a suitable camping ground for their forthcoming picnic. The boya were only away from the city about three hours, but during their march they managed to look over three sites and to settle definitely on the choice of their camping ground for their coming outing. The old Lauthers building on South City election Issues commanded the I Jersey street is being painted and re- attention of a largely attended meet-1 decorated, the front being finished In lng of the Central Labor council last I gray, picked out in- a brilliant red. The night. Will Daly.he president, pre-1 new owners. Messrs. McCabe & Corbett, sided. ' I are moving their stock In today and The sum of 1409 was appropriated out will be ready for business early next of the treasury of the council to be I week. . used In fiahtina the amendment nro- City Attorney Esson left for his long Kibltln-r the carrvlne of unfair banners expected vacation to Canada laat Thurs on the streets, and the so-called "sac" day. During his absence the legal af- ordinance which prohibits unions from of the city will be looked after by placing pickets about a manufactory uog a n. ureeno. where a strike has been declared. wn" driving a wagon rrom tne rocK Th nrnnnatut II flrtft Oflft V,nnA Ibkii- tnr I CTOSher tO tha XOlTy thiS mOITtlng, Ed' the construction of a municipal paving ward Hansen, a Norwegian, slipped In plant as a means of destroying the al- rounding the curve and his foot was leged paving trust was indorsed by the crushed beneath tha fore wheel of the council, as was the no-seat no-fare no- I ,ulluca "" ride charter amendment upon which tha patched more rapidly than the first day. several special deputies being then with' out previous experience. LABOR COUNCIL WILL FIGHT SO-CALLED "GAG" ORDINANCE DECISION GERMAN SOCIETIES TO 10 CON Fl ERENCE wuiiii ana ne was run down. Ha -claimed the accident was due to negli gence on the part of the train crew In not stopping the train On time. I Poeshl had been an employe of the railroad for a long period of time and his experience In bridge work was one f tha points the road used as a de fense, claiming he was responsible for tha accident and knew the dangers of his trade. -u The suit of Peter Stlfanoff to recover f 40,000 for Injuries alleged to have been sustained while employed by the Utah Construction , company, went on trial before Judge Bean In the United States rourt today. The plaintiff claims to have been working In a tunnel when a Srematura explosion of a blast injured Im, ; - - ' ' Robber Sonpects Taken. Shortlr after J. M. JRepass, aged SS years, a . real , estate dealer .Jiving ?at lit Holladay avenue, reported, to the poMce that ho had been held up, beaten and .robbed', at $1 bear his home by (wo men, Patrolman Crowe arrested WUlard HoldmanJ aged II years, and Joe Craw ford, aged il years, under tha asst. end of the Steel bridge. Both were carry ing revolvers. - This morning Crawford was fined tie and tha boy remanded to ..lha Juvenile court. : i - resolution approving the settina apart or Monaay June o, election aay, as a I Monday afternoon at 4:80 a confer general nonaay. worKingmen were ence of the German speaking societies Urged not to fail to go tO the Dolls nf 0ffnt will ttaXA rn.r.n. n h i ilJ u ' v LC, I arratin rnnm nf Vi rnmmitfM.I nm. merclal club for th nurnoae nf taklnar Bjr Carbolic Add Route. I up with the proraotloh committee of the 1'illamook. Or..- May 27. By takina I club, various plans for bringing more carnoiic acid yesterday afternoon Peter I wermana to uregon, ana locating tnem Asp committed suicide, death resulting I properly upon arrival soon alter a physician arrived. Asp I jnairman-u. . jonnson or tne pro was 50 years of age and married. I motion .committee, and Manager C. C Chapman Have aent out a circular letter RAMI fl CXDItirc rnn l to a number of Germans asking them DAIlr ULCAnllllUld; rUn I to attend the conference, tha arrange- M AY QUniA A RAIW ments ror wiucn are ueing made by a iiif-i i uiiuii " wirtif Isoeelal committee comDosed of C. U OVER flWr- YEAR ARfl Carey W- H. Mall. O. C. Bortsmeyer. J. UWn UHC ItHn MUUa Elrod. F. R. Freeman and N. N. stoppenoacn, members of the promotion committea. Ing out tons upon-bne of literature. But It Yequlrea eonatant work X look for a vary heavy Influx of aet tiers In Oregon and Washington next year as' a raault of tha aitmrtlatn dona - last year and now, a much' heavier Influx j 'l1 marked money and that his marked than was rartirdiut thla tnrinr I money Was used tO COUVIct him. '- -When we began to advertise central I Thr-lhlrd Portland prisoner who'.may Oregon last fall. It was under tha dls-moon v" In Charles Anderson, advantage that wa did not know exact- !n0f th two 'mo.UB Bellwood bank lv bow aoon the Oreron Trunk' Una ro?D,rf- Anderson. It la thought. Is would be ready for operation and there- f,.nI,ir7l.w J ut of ,th Poniten fore wa did not Ilka to make too det- ""J, .w,,.",vVdjL WLU h,fbeM inlta promisea The fact that tba road J",', " "lLL""' SaWmlll OperatOrS May RUn Madras February 1 cams aa a pleaaant tSS7hSt thtJ. . . ... .. .. - surprise to many who sUrted for Ore- K 0 fLf ?!.t.ni'- therefore bound to create a deeper Inter est and we look for a very heavy traf- flo Into central - Oregon ' next .year, "I hiM hAn -II (hmtivh th atata and .The cutting time of sawmills In tha nmve ...mined conditions In central Ora- Columbta river district will probably KOn very thoroughly, yet I am anxious be reduced soon enough to bring about j to get still better acquainted ao that the a curtailment of from 18 to 20 per cant Information we give out to inquirers in th outnut of lumber. No concerted will be aa trutnrui ana rename aa pos action has been agreed upon, but It Is "ibis. Wa are In receipt of a great understood thst Individually tha mill- many Inquiries even at this time of the men are planning to reduce tha output year, a ract inai goes io snow ins im until market conditions Improve auf- can or Oregon ror more peopie is noing flclentlv to warrant a heavier nroduc. heard throughout tha east tlon. A in speaking of the crop prospects In Reports from Centralla are to tha J eastern Washington. Mn.Leedy aald he effect that tha mill man of aouthwest- had never seen crops 100a ao wen any ern Washington hava decided to op- where any time. erate their planta only five days a week. giving tha employes a day. of rest on Saturday 4n addition to Sunday, The lumber market has been unset tied for a long time with auch keen competition evident at tlmea. that ord ers have been taken at an actual loss. Whether the Portland mills will fol low tha example of tha southwestern Washington mills and close . Saturday or reduce the working time each day by an hour has not yet been decided by the .respective mill operators. APPENN ES CI PIN HEADS Will IAD IF IS Republican Executive Commit- leemanJS-Selected-From : Each Ward. ' SIMON 111 Chairman W. R. Anoereon of tha Re publican city central committee, thla t .uiii Miivuncfa xno cnoica or tne It became known today that Chief I executive committea. which will have of Police A. Cox will positively not direetv charge of the campaign for the be reappointed lfMayor Simon la re-jwoction or A. O. Rushlight as mayor elected. It is believed that Chlei Cox nd the success of the other primary VTl .v.. .., v... i. VI. ..1,4 nominees of tha Republican party. . vi. Afff-i.t h0, .fAr June 1. .. m win warn. ... . me selection belns: made by Chairman In his olace.'lt la creditably reportea I . , r.v . . ..mrMi to hit r near tha Tn KuahUght, managers are aa .h-nK f h Mtv. la hot fOUOWS: . , t.t.A iwrTh. .1.. n th.t ti Miv.1 ward, Charles Conroy; Second . ' nirtnai leaaue haft aiven Its suDDort to wara, i. jw risner; laira ward, c. H soi.ow.ng revocauon or ine sa- - -,.,-h, name w. Monroe; Fourth ward. John P. Moffett With the end of ; tha official six montha :"tesf' of. the new city gaybage Incinerator at Guild's Iska only 4 few weeks away," the dally reports of Cltv Crematory Superintendent H. N. . Na-' pier oontinue to potnrvut defects In the burner,! The crematory made a fair record during tha nerlod- of extremely - r ...w n n.ou invrRiim u u 1 1 II K ' April, but with tha wet weather of the . Past Weak tha Mrnenaa of 4ImvIii reruse nag risen rapidly. Especial at tention ta this Increase la called In tha report of the superintendent for May SupeHntendent Nanler takaa nccaaloii to -remark also that "It seems strange tha the contractor la pot doing some thing" to bring the incinerator ud to the requirements of the specifications under which tha contract wag let to tha t-ubuc , works Engineering . company. Tha superintendent's report for May 14 follows: ; v :. "Contractor has never made any at tempt to correct the faulta or to sun-'' ply some articles -that have been men-, tloned the past five months. Six weeks ggo promises were made that correc tions would be madV and I felt hope ful.. It seems strange that contractor ia hot doing aomethlng now that thera remain only a faw weeks more of tha test -.. "vFrom footnotes of the 'report for the same data tba following extract Is quoted: - Temperatures below guarantee due to refuse being wet from today'a rain. Furnacea cannot keep up a proper heat to seour guaranteed temperatures. Xxpsnse JElgh. ... "Note how the wet weather and de creased 'amount of wood, paper, etc., caua the axpenaa of burning to exceed the guarantee." The guaranteed coat of burning , on May 14 was 41 cents a ton. The actual cost was (0 cents a ton. This Is but a slight exceas In comparison with ths record mad during previous periods of the "test." In soma Instanoes the actual cost of Incineration has been double the guarantee cost. The dally reports made by Superintendent Napier are submitted to tha city health officer. EUGENE AUTOS TO BE IN DECORATED PARADE r, . SEEK TO ARREST TRAP DOOR SALOONKEEPERS loon license of Al Wohlers by the city council for having a stairway front his I"0"'. saloon leading to rooms overhead and Fifth ward, J. F. Singer: Sixth ward. O. Tha chief was the redolent of a Robinson; Seventh ward. A. A. . r.:...:;r"- raoaotlon by tba officers of the vart- Hoover; Eighth ward, a C Wright k" k7", 7.' " T. v.tl ous reliefs last evening and this morn- Ninth ward;-Nell O'Hare; Tenth ward. k' ;" " . ; I Inir when he apfeeared before them for Theodora Rowland. Kwho win be compelled to fac similar th VmVa!n.!!! charges. Up to noon today, Caeper I" , T : , w v,t , ,w Arduessen of 283 Front street had been " lr"7Z . " " "7. ' . I . " " "m "v'i" arrested, convicted before Judae Tax- rece,vea " lne' nna"- vy" wm ine question or sending our speam well and fined 1100; Maurina Chiott of unuu.ui, .rr wiu D owiato. n mo piannea 64 North First street and Rarnev. Hof - ca"ea ne spoK as iouowb. to ..:ofganiga a larrf committee ,.p Rush- fey of 84 North Third ttraet "Tims' been I MJ-7nwr.jtmri ugut workers. Npcrhaps 200 -In nqmbef, arrested and put up ball for appearance cn,el e"cuu' w9" i 'YH lrvm who will be enlisted or personal work In court next Monday. . dui.y' my own rJSue' when. ,1w"te' getting out the vote and boosting Warrants are now out for 3. L hnim. mmcieu u i for RU.hHahtS election. Orosae, 64 North First street; John Doe waa cloud.. I have since been vindicated Durham of 275 Burnslde street; Made- by Judge, Jury and the majority of the Armond Fercott. 60 Narth Fourth street iS8ue 01er without a talnt of heat a.r,r..nt Tn h.. tha. ..A tancy. I thank you . all for your kind- is also carrying on the Investigation neM To mB 1 ve you ma ib resulting in ints arrcBii eintti' . " dm - : . made. . 1 I now bid you , d to your pouts witn a new vigor ana neip maintain asa. a, a ssa. 4... BV m B m . i Lite c Ln-ijucvi u . VL . oAViinivi maw biirj bLUUU rUULd ALAKM - Portland police now holds." PATROLMANjEES CRIME CHARGED WITH GIVING WILLAMETTE HEIGHTS PUSH CLUB IS FORMED -tr im ornamental gateway leading Maclaay ' Park and tha filling In Balch'a gulch are two of the alms that. I iniinR Tfl A UllninR tha Wlllametta Helghta Push club, or LlUUUn IU M nlllVUn ctnicd by about 76 property holdera .The finding of several pools of fresh blood, marks In tha road which, annear to have been made by dragging a pros-1 . " . . , . J . and resident of Willamette Helghta at trate body and fresh buggy tracks at .?Iam BUirum J la n V" l the Commercial oluh.Ust night, hava get Russell and Delay streets by Patrolman I X"D wy7" Z """"' out to attain. cv-rv wnit ha. rivm riai n . m.jA- . on a charge or giving liquor to V-year. I . .rk. n...ni. t... .t... i,... m m reM- . h. rio Ooodmaa. president; L. A. McNary, Sa.-if TaawebounV & n SVlSS!iSLtS'' SSfffi ... th. mvnA i..r fn- fun),.. v.. nd S. Isherwood, treasurer, while the i. T..,f ... h.i-aii -ih .r: ! executive board Includes W. ST Olafke, Hhintf t rw. H.Hnnn-X,. f . i- C W. Hodson and T. N. Held. The next Louie Hertz, a saloon cook, was ar- meeting yl the Commercial olub rested at Sixth and Surk streets last Fri?ay. ""I '?ek,y tneetings wijl nla-ht bv Patrolman Blackman on com- oe neia oy-tne memoers to oevise mein terrible assault theory and William Cas sedy who waa arrested yesterday morn ing within thirty feet of tha spot where the blood was found with a slug shot up his coat sleeve 1 being rigidly in vestigated. , Cassedy was accosted by Patrolman La Salle shortly after . midnight and failed to give a good account of him- self Whira .M quarters a rock tied m the end oe a handkerchief was found up his sleeve. ARLETA T0 GET BETTER MAIL SERVICE; SAVE DAY IN DELIVERIES Portland's bank clearing for the week ending at noon today were 18,786,127.42, aa compared with t8,?47.26.(3 . for the aama week In May of 1910., The in- crease is about half of ona per. .cent ', ,. ' . .'..- Clearings for today were $1,- 37,m.0, while for this date ona year ago, tha total waa 11.021,- 814.S2. The Increase is 1116 - 87S, or CO per cent. a , Iake Test Case. Charles Fette. an employe of Meier A Frank, was arrested yesterday for refusing to obey a "move on", order administered by a patrolman who' haa been assigned to duty in front of the Meier Frank store, where a demon stration is being made. . A test case is to be made of the arrest and It will come up for trial Monday; It la con tended .that an officer rannnt .rra.t . person for looking into a show window. Instructions hava been secured by the Portland postof flee to chanse the time of the dlsnatch 4) of mail io Arleta In tha after noon, which will, lb Is believed, do much to relieve mail condi tions at the new . Arleta branch offloe that hav been' the cause of considerable complaint since 4 this office was added to the city service. . TJp to the present the second 4 - dispatch of mill for Arleta has . reached that, station at 1:80 p. m4 too late , tor the carriers to distribute until' the following morning. The new dispatch will leave the main ' postof flee : at 11:0 a. nu arriving at Arleta at 12:45, and leaving thera for dis tribution by carrier at 3 p. m. It la believed this will save day in the delivery of a great deal of the mall for Arleta. Application to make the Chang waa made to the ' department at Washington -some time ago, but haa Just been acted upon.- - v' L- - J. ' '' e e year-old Lottie Olson, of 8264 First erty. street. The rather complains ' that SS? XhtT iffi. It P0ST0FFICE INSPECTOR sault and battery was made against . IC nAMftEDnilCI V III him. Hi case will ba heard next Mod- I wniiut.nwuwi),i n.i. ay- f -.! I n n BI.I,.. . XTmltA " Bt.t.. -v. vva wm kvu afvaaaua avo nffliiA InaiuiMnF hn I a anlHaiw onit fovAt F. S: GRANT W I LL STU D ably known In Oregon. Washington and OrUrxMlsl. UUV Cii lilVIE.IV I I Hospital ana m recovery ia matter or doubt, Kicnes was taxen in in; spo 'Cltv Attorney Frank S. ? Grant fwill kane a week ago with gastritis. His leave for Spokane tonight to etudy '-the JoondlUon yesterday was very low al. commission form of government in use 1 though a telegram received today states in the hub city of the 'Inland ttmplre. I that he pasi He will be In Spokane for several day. !51 quiet night last night , Caies ia Court. - (goecld Diioatch Tba Journal. Vanoouver, Wash., May 17. Suit was filed in superior tourt yesterday by the Gauld company a gainst B. M. - Larney for the collection cr an account amount ing to 1285.24. Tha plaintiff company contends tha.t of a bill for f 1079.01 con WHERE'S HEW ASTORIA? ' THAFS WHAT PUZZLES ' ' STATE? RAILWAY BOARD 4V e (galem Borean of -The Joarnif.) -; Salem, Or May 27. "New As toria" boosters, headed by their traded in July and August, 1210, M1J.77 1 mayor, ; Charles K. i Ford, , had haa been paid,' leaving a balance of $265.24, for which Judgment with In terest at I per cent. Is ateke'd. . - - Sheridan Street Hard-Surfaced, Prrll tHiDttch .to Tb JonmaLt - Sheridan. Or.. May 27. Bridge street, which has been partly closed through the business district on 'account of the laying of hard aurface pavement," is now completed and . ready for travel. Ttls street -now -has many- tncandescent'llgbts and looK reauy up to tiata 4 4 r the state railway cammlssion in 4 ' -quandary today Py sending in a , a peuiion asaing ine commission to urge the. railway company to- : erect a new depot in their town 4f before tha rush of centennial vis- 4 itors started,::' No "New 'Astoria' - postof fic Is known at the post- - office here, and the commission 4 1 wondering where 1 to address A -the booster. ? : ', . ; The Ehigene Commercial club la plan Mng'to be ' represented at the Rose Festlvat with from f0i to 0 rose deeo-.1 rated automobiles. From D. C. Free man, manager of the club came today the following to George L. Hotchlnr manager of the Rose Festival: "I am very glad to Inform you that at last night's meeting of the Com mercial club a good strong, working committee of five was appointed, with full power to act. to arrange if pos-. slble js large excursion of automobiles to the Portland Rose Festival. The proposition Is to arrive In Portland on Tuesday morning, stopping over night at McMinnvllle or at Salem, depending upon which route Is taken. A more de termined effort is to be made to have Eugene well repreaenled In ,th Rose City on that occasion, and, If we can get 40 or more machines, as now seems probabale, -we will come In style, boost ing hard - for the Rose Festival. The only thing that may discourage the participate la the unfavorable weather. 'There are many new ownera of ma chines who do not feel like undertaking the drive through in on day. and . we hope to be able to -arrange" agreeable ' entertainment at the stopover .point, so as to induce 40 or SO machines, or more, from this locality io Join and ..come loaded to capacity." Thousands of roses are blooming, at Eugene. Corvallls and Albany and the autolsts do not expect to lack material for decoration. J "BINGO" KELLY NOT ; BRUISED, SAYS DOCTOR . i- w & - "Blnjro' Kelly, a morphine prisoner at the Linnton rockplla over whom sev eral street speakers -created consider able trouble, waa brought ,rnto : the county court yesterday afternoon for an examination In regard to the charges made that "Mush" Myers, guard st the roekplle. had mistreated hinv V "Bingo" told horrible, stories of how he 'had been pounded by the guard and finally thrown Into the dungeon. , - Dr., E. P. Geary, county physician. made an examination of the man and u unable to find any bruises or in dications ot .mistreatment He found the man suffering intensely from the lack of- morphine. He , was also . found to be bothered with .varicose veins. The oounty court returned him to the city and he waa placed lit the county Jail. SAYS WIFE tEFT HOME , v- AND TINY BABY-GIRL G. H. Nelson, a sign painter Residing at 256 .Thirteenth street, has reported to the police that his young wife has left him and deserted her tiny baby girl. Where the woman has gone he does ' not know, but ife believes she may be on her way to San Francisco, Whence they came last week to Join a companion she might have met there. The mkn left the,, house yesterday morning to be gone but an hour, and when he returned 'his. wife had left, leaving the baby asleep In the bed. Private 'detective were put on her trail and the conductors, on various 'trains leaving the city were telegraphed to, but up to noon today the woman had' not been: located. The family recently came. from Omaha, -Neb., coming to Portland via San Francisco ': -n : -- '" NEW SUBSTATION FOR v , TWENTY-FIRST GLISAN " A new postal sub-station for Twenty firsthand. GUsan ; streets ha received the approval of - Postmaster ' Merrick and If the department, agrees, sub-sta- tion .No.. 29 will , be" established there. A considerable district would be served 1 by the, proposed .. sub-station, -which would be In the drug stor of LJoyi Crocker. Af preseot thore is no ,sta- tlon in the immediate neighborhood. .