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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND,- SUNDAY I- MORNING, JULY 23, 1911.
PORT COMMISSION
HOLDS
ELECTION
THREE SELECTED
Joseph Goodman and E. i.
? Dodge Chosen to Fill Va
1 cancies; Capt. Pease Re
I elected..
Yh new members were elected to
fill places of old Port of Portland com
missioners, who had resigned, at a spe
cial meeting held by the new board
, yesterday afternoon In the offices of
- the Port of Portland commission in the
city nan. una memDer or me oia ooaru
was elected to succeed himself, namely.
Captain Archie Pease, of the Columbia
river pilots. The two other ..members
elected to fill vacancies In the new
board were Joseph Goodman, wholesale
shoe dealer, and E. J. Podge, of the
K. J. Dodge Lumber & Steamship cora
' pany. The election of the three new
members gives the board Us full quota.
Commissioner Goodman was elected
secretary to succeed J. C. Adams, of
me oia commission, wno resigned, ana
he will also supervise purchases. A
number of other appointments were
mad also, among them being that of
. B. D. Inman as vice president Mr.
Inman was also given general supervis
ion of dredging work for the port As
Inman has always had an Intimate con
nection with river matters and has
necessarily made a close study of chan-
nel conditions because of the necessity
of getting ships to and from his mills,
he was selected for that work as It
needs close attention.
Another appointment which will un
doubtedly meet with popular approval
was that Of Captain J. W. Shaver, of
me unaver Transportation company, as
supervisor of the towage and pilotage
end of the business. Captain Shaver
has been engaged In the steamboat bus
iness on the Willamette and Columbia
rivers for many years past and Is a
thorough and practical man, which
makes his appointment to that work
one doubly to te desired. D. C. O'Reil
ly, who at the special meeting held
prior to the one yesterday, was elected
temporary treasurer, was made treas
urer at the meeting yesterday.
The entire personnel of the new board
as it stands now, Is James J. Mears.
president; Joseph Goodman, secretary;
I". C. O'Reilly, treasurer; J. W. Shaver,
Robert Inman, E. J. Dodge and Archie
Piaue. ,
TO RESCUE STEAMER
Sunken Sternwheeler M. F. Hender
son in Danger of Breaking Up.
Details of the collision between-the
steamer M. V. Henderson, with oil
barge No. $3 in tow, and the steamer
Famson, towing three rock barges yes
terday morning. In which the Henderson
was sunk, are still lacking, except that
Captain J. W. Shaver was told in a
roundabout way that the Samson had
struck the Henderson.
Captain Stinson telephoned to the
officers of the Bhaver Transportation
company yesterday afternoon, asking
for a boat to be sent down to the point
between Clifton and Bugby light, where
the Henderson Is lying on her side prac
tically submerged, as the swells In the
channel had started to'break the steam
er up, a part of the house being torn
away.
The steamer Shaver was dispatched
to the scene at once and she will stand
by the Henderson until the arrival of
the other boats with wrecking appara
tus. Captnin J. W. Shaver was busy all
yesterday afternoon In getting together
barfres and derricks as well as other
apparatus with which an attempt will
he made to raise the steamer from the
bottom of the river, where she rests,
nnd it was expected that the steamer
Cascades would be able to get away
for the scene of the accident at mid
night last night with barges and a der
rick. The steamer Wauna will be Bent
down there today with other apparatus.
The position in which the Hender
son lies at the present time In the
channel makes It hard on her. as the
swells from passing steamers have
a tendency to move her, and In addition
to the danger of her breaking up and
becoming a total loss is that of her slid
ing into deeper water. She now rests
In about 20 to 25 feet of water.
HERCULES IS ON WAY
P. & A. Liner to Be Loaded Out by
New Owner, Frank Waterhouse.
Advices received yesterday afternoon
at the Merchants Exchange stated that
the Norwegian steamer Hercules, for
merly of the Portland and Asiatic line,
sailed from Yokohama for Portland
during the day. Hercules as well
as the other steamers of the line now
In the orient will bring inward cargo
for the P. & A. for orle trip, but they
will be loaded outward by Frank Wa
terhouse & Co., the new owners.
A new schedule for 20-day sailings
Of the steamers of the Bank line, which
are operated by Frank Waterhouse &
Co., has been received by Statter & Co.,
the local agents of the line. The steadi
er Hercules, which will be due to ar
rive from the orient between August
8 and 9, will probably be dispatched to
North China, sailing from here August
20. The Lucerlc will be due to arrive
August 8 and sail August 16, while the
Orterlc Is scheduled to arrive Septem
ber 6 and sail September 20. The sail
ing of the Strathlyon will occur on Oc
tober 10. but as she will come in on
the Portland and Asiatic line no time
has been given for her arrival. The
Suverlo will arrive October 18 and sail
October 30, and the Ku merle: will arrive
on her" next trip November 13,. sailing
November 19.
FALCON HAS BIG CARGO
Steamer for Han Francisco and New
York Will Take 1552 Tons.
Laden with the biggest cargo that she
has taken out of Portland In over a
year and one of the biggest that she
has ever taken out ths American
.Hawaiian steamer Falcon, Captain
Schage, sailed last night for San Fran
Cisco. When she leaves the Columbia
uver iiio rucoD win nave looa tons or
cargo destined for San Francisco and
' iw t vi wmcn win om
picked up at Astorola, From here the
Falcon will take 602 tons of wool, sal
mon and canned cherries for New York
and 760 tons of wheat for San Fran
cisco. From Astoria she will take 200
tons of salmon.
MARINE AOTES ;
"'Astoria, July 21 Condition at ths
mouth or the river at 5 p. m., smooth;
wind northwest 30 rhiiesj weather, clear.
Arrived and left1 up at . 1 a. m.--Steamer
Elmore, fronvTlllamook. Sailed
at 5:30 a. m. Steamer Golden Gate, for
Tillamook. Arrived at and left up- at
8:60 a. m.Steamer. Beaver, from San
Pedro and Ban Francisco. ( Sailed t 7
New Lifeboat Designed for
Photographs ehow
Portland may . soon see one of the
strangest craft that ever floated In the
Ufesavlng service if the plans of Bear
Admiral John A. Howell, Inventor, do
not go awry, as the United States Life
service made tests of the craft last
June. It is an amphibious craft, being
designed for both shore and surf. work,
the motive power being gasoline engines,
and it is said that it can propel itself
at the rate of six and one-half knots In
the surf and twelve and one-half on a
hard beach or In the streets of a city.
Not only can the craft, which Admiral
Howell has called the Amphl, work her
self out through a very bad sea but she
can make a landing In as bad a surf,
which Is said to be one of the main
features, and her progress is not stopped
even by a steep hill.
Captain F.. 8. Bosworth, of Bath,
Maine, where 'the Amphi was built by
the Bath Construction company, said
in a letter to George Taylor, of the firm
of Taylor, Young & Co., that he thought
the boat would be of great value on
the Pacific coast especially on the sandy
beaches.
Balled Seas Many Tears.
Captain Bosworth is an old time sea
captain and at one time or another was
skipper of some of the finest of the old
clipper ships. After leaving the sea he
was located In Portland In the early
eighties, having been surveyor for the
underwriters and also having engaged In
business for himself. During the per
iod that he sailed on the Pacific and
while here he became well acquainted
with the different beaches where sad
mishaps have occurred to ships of all
classes, which makes him a capable
Judge of what type of craft could be
of use on this coast. In his letter Cap
tain Bosworth said:
"Thinking of all the sand beaches
about the Columbia river at the mouth,
and the North and Clatsop beaches and
the accidents that have happened, It
seemed to me that such a craft would be
very appropriate in that locality, and
used as a lifeboat would be the means of
j a. m. ---German ship H, Hackfeld, for
London; Norwegian steamer Kygja, for
I Hongkong and way ports. Sailed at 8
! a. m. Steamer Maverick, for San Frsn-
cisco. Sailed at 3 p. . m. Gasoline
schooner Bayocean, for Bay City. Ar
rived down at 3:30 and sailed at 6 p.
m. Steamer Rose City, for San Fran
cisco and San Pldro. Arrived down at
4:30 p. m. Barge Amy Turner. Left
up Schooner Resolute.
San Francisco, July 22. Arrived at
5 a. m. Steamer Nehalem, from Colum
bia river. Bailed -at 6 a. m. Steamer
J. Marhpffer, for Columbia rivur. Ar
rived at 5 p. m.-r-Steamer George W.
Elder, from Portland. Sailed last night
Steamer W. F. Herrln, for Portland.
Yokohama, July 22. Sailed Nor
wegian steamer Hercules, for Portland.
Tides at Astoria Sunday High wa
ter, 11:35 a. m., 6 5 feet; 10:38 p. m.,
9.2 feet. Low water 6:00 a. m., 0.6
feet; 4:37 p. m., 4.1 feet.
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ALONG THE WATERFRONT
When she arrives this afternoon from
Coos Bay, the steamer Breakwater, Cap
tain Macgenn, will have passengers and
200 tons of coal, as well as two car
loads of doors for rail shipment to St.
Louis.
The Bteamer Beaver. Captain Nelson,
arrived yesterday afternoon from San
Francisco and Los Angeles with 340
passengers and 2200 tons of coal. She
docked at 3:45 o'clock.
The steamer 8ue H. Elmore, Captain
Schrader, arrived late yesterday after
noon from Tillamook and docked at
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One of the strangest and most unique
craft that has ever piled the waters of
any river on ths pacific coast In ths
freight traffic Is ths Wakena shown
In the accompanying cut. Ths Wakena,
which arrived yesterday afternoon on
her second trip between ' Portland and
points on ths lower Columbia rlvsr as
far as Deep river on the Washington
side and Knappa on ths Oregon side. Is
a twin screw gasoline propelled barge
of the ' spoon . bow type and was spe
cially designed to reach points on ths
different sloughs and shallow places
on the rivers tributary to the .Colum
bia which could not be reached by ths
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stranje craft being launched n breakers
saving many lives during the summer
season." 1 .
Has 10-root TalL
A lifeboat that will live In an angry
sea while making a landing, providing
that it could be launched, has been a dif
ficult problem to solve and many dif
ferent types of boat have been Invented,
with the object In view of eliminating
this feature, with practically all of the
ordinary lifeboats great difficulty has
been experienced in preventing them
from broaching when the stern is thrown
high Into the air by the advancing sea
as they are making a landing in the
surf.
This feature is said to be overcome
by the tall of tha Amphl, which is 10
feet long, is hollow and has an Inside
diameter of 8 Inches. When the tall is
submerged the sea water runs into the
chamber in the hallow tall. This over
comes the buoyancy which is the cause
of the ordinary lifeboat broaching and
when the long tall fills with sea water
the stern of the craft is held well down
permitting the propeller to grip hard
and thus prevent broaching as well as
doing away with the racing of the wheel
as the screw is always submerged.
Has Bids Wheels.
In addition to the large broadside
wheels, which are used tor the naviga
tion of the craft on shore, are coupled
to the engine by reducing gears, hav
ing at high speed a ratio of IS to 1 and
at low speed a ratio of 48 to 1, which
gives a correspondingly great traction
power. These wheels, which may be
used while the boat is in the water as
well as when she is on land and which
are of great help in the surf, can be op
erated independently of each other as
well as of the propeller and It Is said that
in the water the Amphl may be spun as
on a pivot. A wheel hung just below
the combing around the hatchway
amidships furnishes the means of guid
ing the boat, the entire tall answering
the helm Immediately, thus giving quick
results. Ashore the tall rests on the
the Couch street wharf, where she dis
charged her . passengers and freight.
The steamer Olson & Mahony, after
being 'docked at the Oregon drydock,
was scheduled to sail last night for
Nanoose Bay, B. C, where she will load
lumber for San Francisco.
It Is reported that the contract for
delivering rock to the government Jetty
at Humboldt Bay, was let to W. G. Cor
baley of Eureka, for which a bond of
$250,000 had to be filed with Colonel
John Btddle, corps of engineers, U. 8.
A.
Wireless apparatus -lias been installed
on the V. 8. S. Captain James For
nance to facilitate the handling of tar
gets during target practice at the forts
at the mouth of the Columbia river. It
is said that the artillery tender has al-
Teady made a record of 800 miles when
she talked with the steamer Siberia, out
of San Francisco during the test.
It is reported that the steamer Mon
arch may be placed on a dally excursion
run between Portland and Astoria dur
ing the centennial, and Captain Frank
J. Smith, excursion manager for the
Monarch Transportation company, has
been In Astoria arranging for docking
facilities and other details connected
with the proposed excursion run.
MAHINE INTtLLIG EN CM
Due to Arrive.
Str. Beaver, San Pedro July 22
Str. 8ue H Elmore, Tillamook. .July 23
Str. Roanoke, San Pedro July 28
Str. Breakwater. Coos Bay July 23
Str. Golden Gate, Tillamook ..July 23
ordinary river steamer.' The Wakena
was built, at the South Portland ship
yards for the Clatakanls Transporta
tion company, and she makes two trips
a. week to points on the lower river. -
Jt is said that ths Wakena is the
only craft of her klpd and size in ths
United States, and ths idea of combining
power with a barge of ths type so pop
ular on the Columbia and Willamette
rlvsrs, was evolved because of the sue
cess of. that type" of barge in shallow
waters.,' She has a cargo boom forward
for handling freight. She was named
after an Indian . princess panned Wah-kee-nalu
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Sea or Land
on ocean beach.
ground being fitted with a 40 inch wood
wheel sunk into the lower edge of which
steers the boat as when she Is afloat.
The principal dimensions of the Am
phi are 23 feet overall. 7 foot beam
with-a depth of 4 feet and an extreme
draft of about 40 Inches. 'Her motive
power is furnished by a gasoline en
gine installed in the hull, having two
opposed cylinders, four cycle, generat
ing 12 horse power at 700 revolutions
and 15 horsepower at 1200 turns per
minute.
Propeller Vssd at Sea.
In addition to the paddle wheels a
propeller Is used at sea, being a three
bladed affair 18 inches in diameter with
a 16 inch pitch. The craft Itself, which
somewhat resembles a submarine boat,
is decked over and can be closed up al
most as tightly as If it were Intended
for submarine work.
Admiral Howell has spent many years
in working on the details of the craft
and with the exception of one or two
smaller improvements, has the craft all
patented. He is also Inventor of well
known Howell torpedo, another of his
amphibians as he calls them.
"The nearest approach that I have
ever seen to such a craft," says George
Taylor, "wi In England when I was a
boy. It was a surf boat mounted on
wheels and its motive power was can
vas. It would run along the sandy
beach with a fair wind and made many
successful launchings from the beach
into the water." ,
The United States government was
interested in the Amphi to the extent of
ordering tests to be made with It by the
life saving service last month, but the
result of the tests has not been learned.
It Is possible, however, that before
many months have elapsed some of the
queer looking craft may be in use
around the Columbia, not only in the
life saving service but as fishing boats,
as it is argued that their ability to make
a landing at almost any place would
be a great time saver to the fishermen,
while hunters would be equally well
served by it.
Str. Bayocean, Bayocean ........ .July 24
Str. Anvil, Bandon July 24
Str. Alliance, Eureka July 2ti
Str. Bear, San Pedro July 27
Str. Geo. W. Elder. San Diego.. July 30
Str. Rose Sity. San Pedro Aug. 1
Lucerlc, Orient Aug. 8
Orterlc, Orient Sept. 6
Suveric, Orient Oct. 16
Kumerlo, Orient Nov. 13
Due to Depart.
Lucerlc. Orient Aug. J5
Hercules, Orient Aug. SO
Orterlc, eOrlent Sept. 0
Str. Geo. W. Elder, San Diego. .July 25
Str. Breakwater, Coos Bay.... July 25
Str. Rue H. Elmore, -Tillamook. .July 25
Str. Bayocean, Tillamook July 25
Str. Anvil, Bandon July 28
Str. Golden Gate. Tillamook July 26
Str. Roanoke. San Pedro July 26
oir. weaver, san rearo July 27
Str. Alliance, Eureka July 28
Bir. near, Ban fearo Aug.
Str. Rose City, San Pedro Aug. 6
Strathlyou, Orient Oct. 10
suveric, orient Oct. 30
Kumerlc. Orient Nov. 18
KisosXlaasoas Tsssels Bsronte.
Bannockburn, Br. str. Antwerr
Carondelet, Am. bee Can Francisco
Ethel Zane. Am. sen San Pedrt
Hampton, Br. str. San Francisco
Koan Maru. JaD. str. Honolulu
Louisiana. Am. bge Irondale
St. David. Am. bge Irondale
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Titanla, Nor. str Victoria
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Col. da Vlliebois Mareull, Fr. bk.
Glasgow
Jules Gommes, Fr. bk Newcastle onT.
Rene, Fr. bk. Newcastle. A.
St Oeorge. Br. str. Antwerp
Straithbeg. Br. str Antwerp
St. Rogatien. Fr. bk. London
Barmbek Ger. so. sta. Rosalia
Rene, Fr. bk. Newcastle, A.
Bretagne. Fr. bk Newcastle on T.
Kirkcudbrightshire. Br. sb Newcastle A.
Teasels la Fort.
Boston, U. 8. ss Stream
Ethelwolf. Br. ss Inman-Poulson
W. F. Jewett, Am. sch Astoria
Alvena, Am. sch St. Helens
Irene, Am. sch Goble
Kumerlc. Br. ss Kalania
Geo. E. Billings, Am. Sch Prescott
Lottie Bennett, Am. sch Prescott
Amy Turner. Am. bk Astoria
Rose City, Am. rs Alnsworth
L. D. Foster, Am. sch Rainier
Nokomls, Am. sch , Rainier
Bunkoes Two Banks at Al
bany, Flees, Caught, Pleads
Guilty, Same Day.
(Rpedal to Tfa Journal.)
Albany, Or., July 32. In less than
an hour after a bad check artist had
secured $70 In equal amounts from the
First National and the Cuslck bank
here this morning, the culprit was
apprehended at Jefferson by a con
stable upon telephone advice sent out
by county and city officials. He Is
now In Jail here. He gives his name
as J. A. Woodward, says he Is 21
years old and claims to hail from San
Luis Obispo, Cal., where he says he has
a wife and son.
After banking hours this morning
Woodward appeared at the Cusick bank
and secured 835 on a check. He imme
diately went to the First National and
secured $35 on , another. Both banks
discovered' they had been bunkoed
shortly after Woodward's departure.
The officers were informed and notifi
cations sent to various county towns
and It was ascertained Woodward had
secured a rig and driven out into the
country1 toward Jefferson. Poflce Chief
Munkers with A. C. Schmltt of the
First National bank followed with an
automobile and he was brought back
to Albany at noon. He pleaded guilty
before Judge Swan this afternoon.
Woodward drove hers from Salem
Thursday with a livery team, which
was left at ths Wigwam stables, from
which place he obtained a small sum
of money.. When captured jthe proceeds
of-the checks were foundon him, also
a Colts automatic revolver.
Because of the quality of paper used
few modern newspaper files, will last
more than 30 years unless carefully
handled,
BAD CHECK MAN'S
CAREER IS SHORT
Woman Who
Passing Qf Mrs. Richard Ough Takes Pioneer Who as Indian Princess Married Englishman
In Days When Hudson's Bay Company Dominated ftorthwest 1 , K
Written for The Journal by E. D. Clapp.
Washougal, Wash., July 22. With the
death of Mrs. Richard Ough, an old In
dian woman and a pioneer settler of the
Columbia river country last Sunday,
there passed into history one of the
oldest women of the Paclfio northweat.
No one knows how old she was, in fact.
She did not know herself, so that the
exact number of years can never be
ascertained, but those who are best in
formed place her age as somewhere be
tween 98 and 106. D. W. Hutchinson,
who a year ago spent some time in
gathering ths data of her life, says that
according to the early records which
correspond to tales she has related, she
must have been at least 102. She has
five children living, ths oldest being 72,
18 grandchildren, 28 great grandchildren
and four great great grandchildren,
making before her death five living
generations, a record rarely paralleled.
In a small white cottage on the south
ern edge of the town of Washougal,
Mrs. Ough passed away quietly on Sun
day, July 16, 1911. and people are Just
awaking to the faot that a character
worthy ef the utmost regard and re
spect because of her long service, and
her connection with the Oregon pioneers,
has been in their midst.
From her earliest childhood, Mrs.
Ough's life was filled with Interest and
romance. She was born at the Columbia
cascades, and was the daughter of an
Indian chief, whose name as nearly as It
can be spelled in English was "Schly
housh." She was never able ta say
whether the name had any peculiar
meaning or not She grew to be a beau
tiful girl, and was the honored daughter
of the tribe, but when scarcely more
than a child, she went away from her
home, never to return. One day when
she was about 12 years old, her mother
told her she was to go down the river
to pick berries this story is from her
own lips. "And me, I no want go and
mamma shs say, "You go down river,
you see new country, new people, new
things.' And I go down river, and I
never go baok to Cascades, I never go
back." And from that time, she was
never again up the river to the Cas
cades, for while on her berry picking
trip she stopped at the home of ths
McDonalds, who were connected with
Dr. McLoughlln and the Hudson's Bay
company. B afore she was ready to leave,
they persuaded her to stay and .work
for them, and the proud daughter of
the Indian chief gladly made her home
with the wonderful white man. It was
there that the real romance of her life
began.
About this time Richard Ough, a pure
blooded Englishman, sailed into the har
bor of Astoria on an English ship of
which he was the mate. There he left
the ship and went inland for a short
rest and exploration trip, and through
Dr. McLoughlln was brought to the
McDonald home, and to acquaintance
with his future wife, the daughter of
Schlyhoush. An attachment was soon
formed between them, but before their
marriage, Ough had to go back to hla
work on the ship, which the Hudson's
Bay company had engaged to coast
along the Oregon shore to pick up hides.
Dr. Murphy Makes Masterly
Defense of Vivisection Be
fore Medical Folk.
Though not announced as such, the
address of Dr. John B. Murphy, presi
dent of the American Medical associa
tion, before the physicians of Portland
and Oregon yesterday afternoon, was
a masterly defense of vivisection.
By means of experiments performed
on dogs, Dr. Murphy related, many of
the mysterious and baffling diseases
that protracted ths misery of pain
racked human bodies have been con
quered their causes determined, their
cures found.
The audience assembled In Chrlsten
sen's hall yesterday constituted one of
the largest gatherings of medical ex
perts that ever met In Portland. It In
cluded both men and women Interest
ed in surgery and medicine.
In telling of the work at Mercy Hos
pital, Chicago, where he is chief sur
geon. Dr. Murphy emphasized the. fact
tha surgical methods have been revo
lutionized In 30 years. The treatment
of rheumatism, he said, for Instance,
haa been found positively a disease to
be treated, not with medicine, but by
surgical operation.
Modern operations, their methods dis
covered by vivisection and by re
search, help the blind to see and the
lame to walk, said Dr. Murphy, In a
way almost as wonderful as the heal
ing of Josus Christ 2000 years ago.
Dr. Murphy illustrated his address
with many elaborately drawn views. He
spoke chiefly of the diseases of bones
and Joints, and ths treatment of these
diseases.
At the Arlington club last night Dr.
Murphy was guest of honor at a dinner
where the hosts were Dr. K. A. J. Mac
kenzie, Dr. Calvin S. White and other
prominent Portland physicians.
KAPTAIN KIDD NAMED
SURGEON S KNIFE
REAL MEDICINE
ROYA
HELPERS FOR
At a meeting of the entertainment
committee of the Portland Press club,
yesterday afternoon, tno following werj
appointed to assist F. David Morrison,
who has accepted the office of Kaptaln
Ktdd for the club's Katsenjammer
Krulse on the. steamer Monarch Sunday,
August 8:
King of the Kangaroo Kourt. John H.
Stevenson; Royal Keeper of the Plank,
John M. Scott; Brigand of the First
Water. Samuel H. Pierce; " Brigand of
the Rest of the Water, E. A. Beats;
Bilgewater BUI, William H. Souls: Guar
dian of the Treasure Chart, J. E. Ren
vls; Hans, Claude Simpson; Frits. A. K.
Slay maker;- Binnacle Fete, Charles Wil
liams; Klerk of the. Kangaroo Kourt,
Frank J. McGettlgan; Kourt Jester,
James II. McCool; Galley Slave, K. J.
Daly; Swamper 'of the Lee Scuppers,
8;ott Stevens;,, Teller of the Royal Se
cret, Frank' I Perkins; Bos'n's Mate,
James C. Good.
. Ths excursion will be to Bonneville
and return and tha entertainment com
mittee Is preparing a program of ath
letic events and other Jinks not only for
the trip up the river, but while they
are making the short stay on land.
-The germ theory -of the transmission
of Contagious diseases was entertain!
as far back as 1667, when the plague
ravaged 'Boms,
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Lived Century
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Mrs. Richard Ough.
Whenever he- came home he put all his
earnings In a sack and gave them to
her for safe keeping. The White set
tlers used to laugh at her, for they
told her that he would never marry an
Indian; but she easily got the best of
them. "They laugh and say, 'Ough, he
no marry Indian girl,' and 1 say. Then
why he always bring all his money to
mo to keep?' and I shut my ears and
don't listen."
Indian Mrl Weds Englishman.
A few years later the two married,
no one know just where, but they went
directly to Tualatin Plains, and at some
place near the present site of Hills
boro or Forest Grove, were married
again, because of ths uncertainty of the
legality of the first ceremony. At this
time Ough was not with the Hudson
Bay company, but he suffered so from
ague that in a short time they removed
to what is now St. Johns, and he Joined
himself to the Hudson's bay. Then there
was no settlement of any kind where
Portland stands. Mrs. Latourelle, next
to the oldest living child, says she re
members when there was nothing but a
swamp and five houses at Portland, and
all the children can remember when the
first steamboat that ever came up the
Columbia river passed by. Mrs. Ough
could remember Dr. McLouglln well,
and described him with a remarkable
accuracy to detail, even mentioning the
tall hat he used to wear.
Fifty-seven years ago Mr. and Jilrs.
Ough cams to the present site of Wash
ougal, and settled on a small piece of
land. Stories conflict as to how they
obtained the large tract of land con
'Death to Cats," Cries Citizen;
Roosters Don't Howl Anyway
From all quarters of the city pro
tests against the proposed ordinance
prohibiting the keeping of fowls In resi
dence districts have come to the mayor
and the city council. The ordinance has
been referred by the health and police
committee to the lawmaking body with
out recommendation and It will be
placed on final passage in the council
next Wednesday. Most of the protests
are serious, but occasionally one comes
In that brings smiles to the mayor. Not
all of the letters received, however, are
from opponents of the measure, as a
communication from L. 8. Wright, 310
Ross street, will show. The letter,
though evidently Intended In all serious
ness, produced much merriment around
the mayor's office yesterday. It fol
lows: ,"I have noted in The Journal a pub
lished statement to the effect that an
ordinance has been Introduced In the
council, prohibiting the keeping of roost
ers and other noisy fowls In the resi
dence districts of the city. I wish to
call your attention to a far greater nui
sance that has been overlooked. I refer
to cats. (Dogs, by the way, are little
better, but they can be fenced against
and can be trained, by those who have
brains enough, not to howl at night.)
75 to 100 Head of Horses
Have Been Run Across Co
lumbia Since Jan. 1.
Sp''il to Tha Journal.)
Heppner Junction, Or., July 22. As
bad a gang of horse rustlers as has
operated in eastern Oregon In many
years Is still preying on the stock of
Morrow, Gilliam and one or two other
Oregon, and Washington counties along
the Columbia river. Since the first of
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ended. In two days the corn comes out, In the meantime
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simple way. It never falls. Ko harm, no pain, no discomfort.
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taining ths present town site besides
several hundred acres not Included la
the town, but Mrs. Ough says they
bought it from an Englishman who did
not like the country, and was very an
xious to go to California. He had ne .
money and no means of travel, and was
willing to take anything he could get ;
for the land. Mr. Ough came to bis
wife who was evidently ths treasurer
of the family, and asked her how much '
money they had. She got out ths sack.',
and found that there was 45 dollars
left. So Mr. Ough bargained to bur
for that amount and a saddle horse :
with saddle, which was to be the Eng
lishman's means of travel. Before he
left, Mrs. Ough made a baking of bresd
for him to eat on the way. Thus It
was that the land that Is todsy a thrlv
Ing town site was bought for 45 dollars,
a saddle horse and a baking of bread.
But when the Oughs took possession ths
whole place, which is now all cleared
and under cultivation was a forest so
thick that one could scarcely crawl
through it on hands and knees. The
two people were tireless workers, and
they spent the best part of their life
in putting the land in shape, and to-
gather with their children, have effected
a change so great, that the former con
dition is scarcely believable.
Old House Still Stands.
The roof of the Ough's first home, the
first building ever erected in this neigh
borhood, is still lying on ths ruins of
ths logs which once supported It; and
although when built this house was
more than half mils from ths bank
of the Columbia ' river, at present it
It Is directly on the bank. Before his
death. Ough built the houss which Is
still standing and in good ' condition;
and in ths very room In which he died,
Mrs. Ough. on Sunday, July 16, quietly
passed away.
. Her death marks the passing of a
remarkable woman, who though Indian,
made such a remarkable helpmeet to
one of the pioneer builders. She did
a man's work, and played a man's part
well. She has seen Portland grow from
a swamp into a large city; haa seen ths
wilds of ths Columbia opened up and
settled; has seen the settlements grow
into towns and the towns into small cit
ies. She has seen the Oregon trail grow
Into a well used road, and the road grow
Into a railroad. Whereas her husband.
If he had come overi-nd, would have
taken six months; her great great grand
children can make the trip In 72 hours.
She has known early pioneers person
ally, and has seen the early foundings
of that great factor, the Hudsonjs Bay
company. She has aeen these things
pass into history, and yet up to a year .
ago her mind was as clear and bright
concerning all her earlier life as though
it were only a few years ago. And any
one who has heard her talk, has been
thrilled with her tales of the early .
times, told In a somewhat broken, but
in a graphic way. The fact that be
fore their marriage and after, Ough en
trusted all the funds to her keeping, and
the fact that when he died, he left
the whole property In her cars without
let or hindrance bears ample testimony
to his perfect confidence In her re
markable wisdom and ability.
"Fowls make their noise mostly about
daylight, when people are about ready
to get up. But a lousy, mangy tomcat
will not e.ly howl and fight all night.
In your neighbor's house, under your
own window, but If you succeed in scar
ing him out he will go on down tbs
.line howling and. fighting from one end
of town to the other.
"Cats are constantly killing birds
which are tha best friends of mankind
and the very things we are constantly
striving to protect. These feline . pests
do little, If any, good. It Is now be
lieved by many that they are partly re- 1
sponsible for the spread of contagious
diseases.
"Generally, I believe, when a houss is
quarantined for scarlet fever or other
contagious disease, the family dog and
cat are allowed to roam about at wliL
A cat will visit every alley and garbage
can In the vicinity of his horns and
nearly every child with which ths anl-,
mat comes In contact will pet it
"By all means, banish ths cat from
the city.
"I own no fowls of any kind; bu X
believe fowla do a great deal of good,
while cats, I believe, do absolutely none.
"Tours respectfully, .
"L. S. WRIGHT."
the year between 75 and 100 animals
have been stolen and presumably rnn
Into eastern Washington and northern '
Idaho for sale. A reward of $200 has
been offered by the county court of
Morrow for the arrest and conviction
of the perpetrators of the most recent
theft, that of seven animals from ths
Black Horse country, ten days ago.
Scott Brothers lost four head and Frank .
Bell three head on thlsr occasion. Bell's ,
three being unusually good stock. Bell
himself has added f 100 to tha reward.
The tracks headed north, toward the
Columbia. f
Indians have been among the heav
iest losers along; the Columbia In re
cent months. r i . s
Improved Working Conditions.
About 99 per cent of the members ef
the International Paving Cutters' union '
are employed on the piecework system,
and most of the gains they strive for
are In the nature of Improved working
conditions, which lead to better wages.
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