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THE OREGON DAILY ' JOURNAL,. PORTLAND, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 21,. 1911. HOMESTEAD FILING 1NSIDEDALLESC1IY Real Estate ; Man, ? Claiming 1 Title v Has : Never f Passed I From Gofvernfnent,' Makes ? 1 Entry That Is : Accepted. .''' ' ' 1 (Special to Th Journal.! ,.Ths Dalles, , Or., July own ership of it acres within too corporate limit of The Dalles, on which some prominent buildings are erected. Is sud denly made a vital Issue by a home Stead filing here. The tract takes in the Umatilla house, Columbia hotel, O. Vfi K. & N, repair, shops nd several dwellings. N, M. Esstwood, a local reil estate man, who has been search ing the records i and who claims that title to tbis tract has never passed from the United States government, has made. the homestead filing, which -has been1 accepted by the local land office, Mr. Eastwood says" that within the specified time he will establish a res! denes on his homestead, and will con sider all other occupants of the tract trespassers and treat - them according ly, while those interested In the - land. some of whom have had peaceable pos session of rt for many years, say East wood's contentions are groundless and that he cannot disturb present owners. Some of the ground in controversy is within the bounds of the original fil ing of Dalles City and the remainder in Trevltt addition. All or it has been claimed and transferred from, one owner to another for the past 65 years If Mr. Eastwood is sustained by the department of the interior and is al- I ltfwed to maintain his homestead rights. lde will acquire title to land valued at r About xioa.oiia. Wild Driver Barred From Street. (SpacUl to The Journal) The Dalles, Or.. July 21. Eugene L. Smith, who ha been running a hack In this city for the past nine months and has a polio court record on ac count of drunkenness, has been ban ished, the police Judge having forbid den him to drive his hack any more .within the city limits.- Smith' dur ing his residence here has been arrested a number of times for drunkenness, reck less driving and cruelty to his ani mals, but the act that brought him Into final disgrace was running Into Edward Carter on a bicycle in front of the post of flee, rendering the boy unconscious. BRIDGE AT WOODLAND IS FINALLY FINANCED (Special to Tlie Journal) Woodland, Wash., July 21. The last obstacle to the building of the bridge across Lewis river at this point wss removed when the Kelso State bank, Woodland State bank. Capital National bank of Kelso and the -First National bank of Kalama agreed to take up the 115.000 necessary as a deposit from Cowlits county. This was necessary Inasmuch as .the road and bridge fund of Cowlits county had been drawn on so heavily for Internal Improvements that there was not sufficient cash on hand to make the deposit with the state treasurer. The provisions of the state I appropriation covering the state's half of the amount was that the appropria tion from Clarke and Cowlits counties was to be on deposit with the state treasurer, before work could be begun on the bridge, but now that this ob stacle has been removed as far as Cow litz county Is concerned, and as Clarke has the cash, it is expected work will be commenced In a short time. TdllUn ' Leave Prison; ."Something Queer," Says. Relative. :. . ,x v?v.';--. -. .. ... . 5, . ;."?'. (United Preaa Uraad WIrs.l"v.'-,, " Los. Angeles, July 21. When Oeorge Bahra of Portage, Wy., uncle of Ortie B. McMant gal,, came to the grand jury room yesterday, as ordered-by the dls trie t attorney, he" was told that he would not be questioned now concerning the McNamara case but that he must ap pear on July 31. Behni is staying, with Mrs. McManlgal at the Bunner aprt merits. .-.V- v, '. ' , ' v ' i''.y "'; "What in the world can they want With met" asked Behm. "I know noth ing about this case. The man dyer there in the county Jail who- Is said to have confessed to scores of dynamltings Isn't like my nephew at all. 1 . was paralyzed when I read of his confession. ."Why, I brought Ortie "Up. He came to live with me when he was 4 years old snd stayed until he was 16.- Just before his marriage he seemed the samo as .- ever, but. now, he acts and talks queerly. Something certainly Is wrong with that boy. I told him that I did not believe what had been said about him and advised him to tell the truth and get out of Jail. He said he was afraid to get out of Jail. "I am hot gojng to visit Ortie any more. Everything I told him he told the Burns' detectives and he tolt them things I '-dld not say. -He was whst they calja floater in tne steel business. "There, is something -queer sbout all this thing. , I do not, understand," "1 A PAPA?" ASKS NAT; ...inrni iinrn ur rn i ILILIU WOW nuui (United Preas tieaard Wire.) Los Angeles, Cal, July 21. Nat Goodwin, the aotor, was a mighty angry man today when shown a dispatch from New Tork, which stated that John E. Goodwin, 28, of New York, was strong In the belief that the actor is his father. "The idea is nothing short of Idiotic,'' exploded Goodwirt "If I had the young man here now, believe me, I would cer tainly do a bit of fatherly work, and It would be some work, too. The man la an Imposter. How could such a thing be possible 7 I have only been the father of one child, a girl, who died at birth. ' That was when I was 29 years old. Her mother was Ellsa Weather-by." "Jimmy" Dunn Kills Himself to Escape Notoriety Caused : v by, Wife's Action. (United "Press ''.teased Wire. I Atlentio ' City,; - N. J July 21. The suicide of James T. Dunn, former man ager of the St, Francis hotel, San Fran cisco, who shot himself in the heart in a . hotel here, "1 attributed today to despondency , caused by. the notoriety which followed his wife's suit against Mrs. Leicester Holme, wife of former Judge Holme of New York, for 1260,000 for alleged alienation of her husband's affections. .. ." Dunn went to , Ban Francisco from New York 12 . years ago. While In Ban Francisco he met Mrs. Sarah. 8. Rosen- baum, widow of "Ducksle" Kosenbaum, and the two were married in Los An geles In 1907. Dunn later met Mrs. Holme, heiress of a $2,000,000 estate, who had separated irom , her husband. . Mrs. Dunn ac cused her husband of being too friendly with the wealthy dlvoroee. and follow ing a quarrel Dunn disappeared from San Francisco. His wife encountered Dunn and Mrs. Holme on the board walk here. A hair pulling scene ensued and the suit for alienation of affections followed shortly afterward. 1 f Do it Now? "4C You can SAVE MONEY by buying that suit RIGHT NOW of MOYER. Attend to it at once 4 ' Gets $20,000 for Lower Berth. (United IrM Xvaiwd Wlre.t At'anta, Ga.,. Jul , 21. Because he surrendered his lower berth to J. T. Young, .Oakland, Cal.. four years ago while en route to Florida, William R. O'Neal, of Balnbridge, Ga.. has been re membered in Young's will to the extent of 120,000. v . ' Jumps, From PIane to Haystack. (United Preaa Leaamf Wire Chicago, July 21. Harry Cowling, an amateur aviator, saved his life when his aeroplane overturned at a height of 60 feet from the ground by leaping out and alighting on top of a haystack. May's Sundale and Goodnoe Hills News. (Spflal to Th Journal.) Sundale. Wash., .Tuly 21. No great damage was done here by the long hot spell, although tjie temperature reached 107 on July is, ana was anove 100 on four days. It ranged In the 90's on six days. Harvesting was not Interfered with. Orchard trees came through In fine shape, but corn "rolled" badly while the east wind lasted. The Hayes place, consisting of 1000 acres, has been sold to a Portland syn dicate, represented by Charles E. War rens. It Is the Intention of the new company to summerfallow most of the tract, and plant to corn the remainder, with the view of planting several hun dred acres to orchards In the fall of 1912. The Pacific Light & Power company. whose power plant on the lower Des chutes will probably be finished this fall, Intends sending an engineer to Sun dale valley, and the Goodnoe Hills, with the view of lnvestlgat'ng the feasability of a power station on the Columbia i Jiver near the mouth of Rock creek. Kfrom which point a pipe line can reach oth sections. Water would have to be rwsed 700 or BOO. feet, and would cover about 18,000 acres of fine land. SUIT TO COLLECT 2 YEARS RENT IS BEGUN Following the ' issuance of warrants charging embesxlement against T. J. Uhlman, former manager of the Hoyt hotel, a civil suit was started, yesterday In the circuit court against him to re cover $8612. The three executors of the estate of Henry Welnhard, deceased, are the persons complaining in this action. The amount Is alleged to be due 1 for rent. As the financial affairs of Uhlman are being investigated, the discrepancies are made known. Uhlman disappeared some time - last Saturday evening. He has ' been. In the custom of cashing checks for workmen, and was advanced money by Paul Wesslnger. Last Satur day evening Wesslnger advanced 13000 with which to pay the men, and Uhlman disappeared soon after receiving the money. He has been paying M00 a month for the Hoyt hotel to the Weln hardt estate, and has not paid this for almost two years. ffl. n n U U 777 Restores color to Gray or Faded hair Removes Dan druff and invigorates the Scalp Promotes a luxuriant, healthy hair grq wth Stops its falling out. Is not a dye. 11.00 aad 50a. at Dref Stores or diraac apoa receipt of pria aad dcalcr'a sane. Sead 10c. loraaaapie kettle. Phi'o Hay Specialties Ce News. N. J.. V. S. A. Hay's Hart Ina Soap la astasias' lar Shampooiaf (ha hair aad kcapiaf tba Seals claaa aad aealtiy. alao for red, roads, eassped) m hands aad iaes. 2Sc. at Drajjiete. RBFUSB ALL SUBST1TUTB1 mows a KAjtTiir. mm tinoi SKUGt co. axxoHoma dbvo oo. VAxcotmn a. a. bkowv, om siva co. Our $15.00 Suits now at $1 1.85 Our $20.00 Suits now at $ 1 4.85 Our $25.00 Suits now at $17-85 Our $10.00 Suits now at $ 7.85 We have made big reductions not only in our men's clothing, but also in our young men's and boys' attire. Others are buying taking their pick from our big stock. If s your turn. Don't let somebody else get it When You See It In Our Ad It's So MOYE First and Morrison First and Yamhill Second and Morrison Third and Oak 89 Third Journal Want Ads bring results. STONE BLOCKS URGED FOR KEARNEY STREET The street committee of the city executive board yesterday afternoon rec ommended that Kearney and other streets be paved with stone blocks, the cost to be $108,000. The committee ordered that the Consolidated Contract Co., be required to furnish a bond to insure the city against a possible dam age suit in case the company is sued for Infringing on the patent of the Oregon Ha asam Paving company. The value of a franchise now under way for the O.-W. R. ft N. Co. for the privilege of crossing 12 streets on the Peninsula was fixed at $100. The streets are crossed by the Troutdale-St Johns extension of the railroad. New Engine, Exploding, Kills Two. (United Preas teaaed Wire.) Springfield, 111., July 21. Charles Baker and John Buck are dead and two ! other men are critically injured through the explosion of the engine of a power plant of the Illinois traction system at Rlverton. a suburb, last night The en gine had Just been inspected and its power turned on for the first time. The cause of the explosion Is not known. L!'.J COOL-PURE LOW PRICED You can't get any other good Beer for the Samefprice. rH '.V -v.' -ri 'i .-t You can't get any beer for the same price that's near as pure. ' . ,! JWhen you want beer that you can depend tipon for purity mildness quality when you want a surnmer drink that is a tonic and food order a case of , Spring ValleyBeer SAY- . " ' : if; vou ' wait till tomorrow we mav be too. i uusy.to deliver it on time. 1 Step to the phone now. Phones-r-Main 589 A-1117, ,Our wagons will be there soon. SPRINGLIJEYo? "THE BIG STORE" 4 Entire Corner 2d and Yamhill Sts. n The' Dozen UPERIOR CLOTHE a Correctly Tailored in Every Detail Smartest Patterns and Colors Ever Displayed $15 and- $20 A' GIEAT many of our customers have marveled at the values we have, offered during the past sea sons, in these worthy makes but we have a surprise in store for you now. We were exceptionally particular, in se lecting these new styles, to procure suits possessing high quality and attractive ap pearance. We propose to make these the most talked-of clothes in Portland. The popular striped, check and plaid effects in the ney shades of tan, brown, grays and fancy dark mixtures are in cluded in this matchless showing. Single or double-breasted coats, with plairi or fancy pockets, sleeves and apels, cuff or plain trousers. These suits priced at $15.00 and $20.00 Easy Terms to All ; r the People pBSL jP hmm QuwaUasV sfai ta rail (lptJlotj ' , ' $25 and $30 H T IO PRAISE these nationally famous ' clothes seems superfluous almost everyone is familiar with their mcr-J its. We wish more to direct your atten tion to the unusual character of this gath ering of superbly tailored suits. It is im possible to convey to you on paper the richness of colors and attractiveness of weaves and patterns. Fabrics are tweeds, cheviots, worsteds and cassimeres. Although these clothes Sre distinctive - in style, they lack any semblance of t , foppishness. Some are ultra in style, . but strictly in keeping with the new ideas sanctioned by the delineators of , fashion. We carry models designed for .U college chaps as well as splendid range . . , ' of conservative styles for business men. - Your Credit Is Good at Gevurtz. 1ST AND YAMHILL 2D AND YAMHILL