THE , OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND. TUESDAY EVENING, , FEBRUARY 6,' 1912. F'aMsSMMsmsWssBBBBMssMMsMMMsss VANCOUVER AND CLARICE COUNTY CLARKE COUNTY FREKI OF ALL WARRANT DEBTS !' " i-i-Snarfal' fa Tb Journal. V Vncouveri Wash-, Feb, ' ."Clarke county Is the .best fixed of any county In the stats of -Washington," tdeciarea Commissioner tWrlght' of Washougal In an Interview thJa morning. "The county has a bonded lndebtednass .of , 11QL00O, but there ara no outstanding warrants rThe 1101,000 WeMeaneea' '-leon: the courthouse, and 1(1.000 of this will bs , due In 191s, and the remaining- 140.000 will be due In im." A bloc or oonaa In the sura of $21,000' was recently paid. The commissioners; tnet yesterday, and ; tne lime was uuitii prinayany ,. road mattera. A resolution was adopted to Improve Fourth Plain avenue from the government reservation to the Jaggy l-oad to form a connecting link with the state aid road fchlch ends there. The plana, maps and profiles "will be sent to the state highway commissioner witn out delay, and It Is expected that the first publication for bids will be printed within 0 i days. The contract was warded some time ago to W. F. Ouern sey for 116,000 for the same work, but was never, done. It Is expected that the work will not cost more than that at ;this t!ne anf , wil .be paid wholly by the atatac.fi:".''''--v" ''"-, i An order wai made- by, the jeommls- sf oners to cancel an Outstanding; war ranu against the vCouoty prior to Jan uary, 1904. - Jast bow much these war rant amount to la not known, but they are considerable, it la thought. The or'. ' der 'ls made to clear the county books, and is made every six years. An order was made for the. P. Con nacher road on the north side of the Lewis river near TecolV and It will be surveyed. ' - ' ':J?1::;- :Tb commissioners wljl.be In session for several days. t..-.W''", Real Estate Transfers. 48peefal to T JoaraaLl Vancouver, Wash.. Feb. . The fol lowing transfers of real estate have been filed with the county auditor for record todayi':j- ''ivv ' Ralph Hi Speaker to Charles EL Bpeak. er, lots S and ot .block of Lay's sub division, and lots 11. II and IS of Co lumbia Orchard lots, also let 4, In, block lettered "C." of Lay's Annex te Vancou ver Heights- $10, - - 5' " ' Nils c Carslenseft to Emil (VKrohn, SO acres In section 17, township a north, range 4 east; IJ850, - John T. Ough to At B. Acker, a tract of land In the Richard Ough D.' li C, at Washougal; $250. ,r f, 1 1 , Saaakl to B Cremated, y J (Special ie'se Journal ' ' , - Vancouver. Wash., Feb. . The body of the late Tstsuju Sasaki was taken to Portland this i.afternoon, where - It will be cremated at the Portland crema torium , Immediately after the funeral service at the Japanese cathedral In that city. ' Sasaki died at St. Joseph's hospital yesterday morning after an Ill ness of thre8 months of cancer of the stomach. He leave- a wife In Japan and a brother at PoCatello, Idaho. -I ' .MMSnMMMHSMMSS. ; - Marriage license; Record. -(Special to Ibe Joan':, ' " ' ' ' Vancouver, Wash., Feb. e.Marrlage licenses were Issued yesterday by the county auditor to Ira Bolan and Miss Clara- Hursh. both of Manor, Wash.! John B. Hope and Miss Katie Gruslng, both of Lebanon. Or. ; - ' t. ; Dr. Rice Eye Specialist. - Lenses Ground to Order. 613 WASHINGTON STREET SAGAMORE HILL WHQ - T& V -i1'' ' . . . r 1 ' 1 ' ' " ' J p-'' t-:"'''-'':'.''''.'::'--.- '.'' :' Th Vancouver office of The Journal la located at room S. Commercial Bank building.- Fifth and "Main ati-eats. phone i. sve. : wmn aubsortptlona. pla.nts. dvartlaantanta and nawa will be received - and - promptly attanOel C. R iM via. agent.' . ' '. to. Srcll to The Joarnal.) Vancouver, Wash., Feb. . President Llovd DuBois' of the - Vancouver Com mercial Club has named the following as a committee to confer relative to the construction of a bridge to span the Columbia river at Vancouver: - James P. Stapleton. J. H. Elwell. Floyd Swan, H. L; Moody, A. B. Bastham. A. M. Blaker, W. Shaw. Mayor C. S. Irwin. E. A. Klaekmore. L. F. Russell, C. A. Aagaard, E. . L'.' French, O. J. Olson; Hugh Mc Master' and . J. A. Keaton. The first -unofficial meeting was held at the Commercial club rooms at 10 o'clock this morning, when Engineer Harrington of the Wad dell & Harrington Co.j, construction engineers, met with the committee to discuss tho proposition. J..H. Nolta. chairman of the Portland committee,' recently appointed at Pied mont, was also present. j. it Harrington piacea an estimate oil the bridge of $1,600,000 and esti mated its length, at &600 feet, : He will take the matter up with the war depart ment at Washlagton at once, and sketches will be-made. The location of the bridge would be from the foot of-Washington street In Vancouver to a point a few hundred feet west ot the present landing on the Ore gon side, to connect with Patton avenue. This route would intersect to tne manufacturing district of Portland on the peninsula, and It Is contended to be ther route r favored by President Josse lyn.of the Portland railway, which would operate Its cars on this bridge. unairman eiapieion wiu can a meet ing soon to devise plans to raise a fund for the survey, which must be estab . - ' . . . , lisnea oeiore me tegisiaiure is assea ior an appropriation, J. H. Nolta, S. L. Woodward, H. A. Ruble and A. Donovan of Portland at tended the meeting. F COSTS HELBiNGS $474 Vancouver, Wash., Feb. 6. For horse whipping John M. Hoff. a prominent resident of Sara and candidate last year for county commissioner, the Helblng family was yesterday, sentenced by Judge McMaster to pay fines In the fol lowing amounts: Mrs. Henrietta Hel blng.. s.OO and costs; ,Hsrvey Helblng, 21 years old, $100 and. costs; Allen Hel blng, 19 years old, 150 and costs. Af ter -passing sentence Judge McMaster said that provided that the fines wero paid immediately by Mrs. Helblng and Harvey Helbing, the fine Imposed on Allen Helbing, the younger boy, would be suspended If costs were paid. The costs In the -case amount to $274.85. making a total of $474.85 with, the fines attached. Hoff was accused by the Helblngs of having slandered a daughter of Mrs. Helblng and . she stated that she had takeirthe matter before Prosecuting At torney Fred Tempes many times to persuade blm to arrest Hoff, but that every time he refused and that conse quently she decided to take the matter Into her own hands and apply the lash. Big Land Deal. (Kpectal to The Journal.) ' ' . Vancouver, Wash., Feb. 6. A deal wss consummated this morning where in Roy McOee of Vancouver bought of tne Atkinson Real Kstste company 800 acres of land four miles from Lexington, Or., for $20,000 cash. About 400 acres of the land is In wheat. ARE THESE STRANGE MEN ? HOF HORSEWHIPPING PRETmWEDDING WITH E '- : -. i V- . (Special tame JeenuL) , . Vancouver, Wash,. Feb. .A.- very pretty wedding was solemnised - at the noma of Mr. and Mrs. K. A. Moor : at Minnehaha at 6:30 o'clock February 4, when their daughter Mlsa Ethel Moore, became the bride of John Oaughertv of Sunset, Ky., Rev. J. H- Barringer Of the Irvlngton Methodist Episcopal church officiating. The bride was hsndsomclv attired in a gown of white. Miss Lela Moore, sister of the bride, acted' se bridesmaid, while Percy Simpson was groomsman. The wedding march was played by Mrs. Frank Reevea of Van couver, a cousin of the bride. After the ceremony the bridal party with friends were ushered into the dining room, where a bounteous wedding dinner was served. tne guesis were: Mr. and Mrs. Edward Rhoror, Mr, and Mrs. F. A. Nichols, Mr. and Mrs. C E. Ownby, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Moore; Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Moore. Mr. and Mrs, F. A. Reeves. Miss Orphla Moore. Percy Simpson, Leslie Rhorer and John Nlch ola . .. Mr. and Mrs. Daugherty received many useful and beautiful presents. EIGHTH GRADE RESULTS IN CLARKE GIVEN OUT V (Special to The JaaraaLt Vancouver, Wash., Feb. 6. As a re sult of the recent eighth grade examina tion held In Clarke county and taken bv several hundred pupils, the following in Vancouver have been issued state diplomas Ruth Anderson. Marie Anderson. " , W , 11, UC.I1. xj. comer. Martha Habich, Catherine HOW' ard, Mildred Marsh, Robert H. Offley, Mildred Pegg, Maude Ranford. Clarissa Remington, Clarence Studer. Guv 8ha.f. far and Harvey TerrllL The following pupils passed the state examination, but were not granted di plomas, ub they did not take reading cir cle: Mary Caleen, Richard Dent. Zella Dent. Ida Johnson, Sophia Ruslcka, Rob ert Smith, Edith Stickney, Harry Smith, Ray Vance, Jiramle Webber. Jessie Wilcox and Mary: WUUams. The following is the rotation of pupils according to general average: Clarissa Remington, .76.1; Robert Smith, 7.3; Cstherine Howard 74.J; Robert Offley, 74.S; Sophia Ruslcka, 73.4; Guy Shaffer, TS.0. Ask Change of Venae. Vancouver, Wash., Feb. t. The case of Stephen Stanley, Alex Tesrow. John Sullivan and Owen Carmichael will be called at . $ - o'clock this afternoon be fore Municipal Judge Shaw. It Is prob able that a change of venue will be taken to Judge Davis' court The men were arrested In the rear room of a shooting gallery at Fourth and Main streets Sunday night Entertainment Thursday. Vancouver, Wash., Feb. . 6. The ' last number of , the, Vancouver Lyceum course will be given at the assembly hall of tne high school building Thurs day evening, February 8, by the Robley male ' quartet These entertainments have proved very popular, and this, the last of the season, is expected to be the best produced. Celestial Has Automobile. . Vancouver, Wash., Feb. 6. Konar Lov a well known Chinese merchant' of this city this morning purchased an auto mobile. Kong Loy Is one of the most prosperous Mongolians in the west and controls a great many Interests In this section. Ho is the adviser of all of the race in this section. - By Tom Powers tMSVASS MISS MOOR EAS B "I Ami'; 'Ahn'i Inn'.: ilh'i hn'di'-' 'w'L''' - .rpslted Praes ImM Wire. - Vancouver, Wash., Feb.: 0. -The sum of $1831.4$ taken from the street funds of the city last year to replenish the general , fund, Was last night : ordered back to the fund from which H, was taken by the city council and April was the date set for. the transfer. The transfer was mad Von recommendation of City Treasurer James1 P. Oeoghegan In a written communication which read as follows. ,"-'... a ?: ! '"In transferring B per cent of the to tal assessment on the following streets Into the general fund ..for engineering and expenses, there wss created a short age In the several improvement funds and the bond Issue exceeds the amount or the unpaid portion of the street a sessment- In the following I amounts: District No. 71.- 02.$S; District No. 7J. $1280.16; District No. 7$, $148.48." A resolution was adonted prohibiting me installation or a crematory in tne downtown dlatrlct of - the . city. , Tho question was raised as to whether there Is prospect of such an Institution being established, and It was argued that there Is, yet no one claimed to know who would Install it. , . ; ; - Cemetery Problem Again, A proposition Was submitted to sell a parcel of the Anton Toung estate to the city for a cemetery at a price ot sti,ou. several councilman who fa vored Ihe purchase of $4 acres later turned over to T. H. Adams, smiled at the price quoted and said: "I told you so. wo action was taken. . , - . . The city cemetery trustees asked In a communication that 950 feet of 4 inch water mains be laid in the city ceme tery at a cost or $280. It was argued that the city had no property : In the city cemetery and that individual prop erty owners could lay the malna If they saw fit . . A petition was presented asking that Virginia avenue -near the carbarns be opened and a Strip of land "30 feet wide. unplatted and owned by Judge J. A. Munday. be condemned. Favorable ac tion was taken. , A street light Was asked for at Sev enth and East B streets, one at Thirtieth and Rowley, and one at Thirty-third and Myers. They were all referred to the light committee with power to act Would Improve Itreeta. A resolution of Intention to tmnrova Columbia street formerly Tyler street, irom xwenty-sixtn to Thirty-ninth, with cement sidewalks and curbs, and bltu- lithlo pavement on a strip In the center. 'Ihe petition presented calling for the improvement was signed by four men who own 82 per cent of the property on the street " ' ; ' A resolution was adopted to improve Washington atreet from Twenty-seventh to Thirty-ninth with cement sidewalks the curbs and by grading. The matter was brought up several months ago and dropped on account of remonstrance against the Improvement It Is afrued that the improvement is now necessary, on sccount of the new high school being built at Twenty-sixth and Main streets. The Clarke County Abstract company was granted permission to use the streets for materials to be used In a new building at Eleventh and Franklin streets. rnrnlsb, City Jail. - A request from Chief Secrlst that the city jail be whitewashed and more bed ding furnished was granted. At preaent the jail has only eight mattresses and 24 blankets. 7 The city attorney; was directed to draw an ordinance providing for a sewer on Grant street -, f ronu.Fif teenth, con necting with the ' main trunk at Nine teenth. The appointment of E. E. Fuller on the police force, Steve Preston on tho street force and Clyde Moss as driver of the auto fire wagon, was affirmed by the council. In his January report City Judge Shaw reported (1 cases tried and $1$S.60 in fines collected. Chief Secrlst report ed 2S0 people furnished 'lodging in the city jail, $97.50 paid out for meals for prisoners and 92 arrests. Quibble Over Sills. Some contention arose when It came to allowing bills. Claims of Health Officer Black were' turned back and the question arose ' whether or.' not the claims were Just, lie receiving a. salary for the work.' ' Some of the Kerns should be charged to other sources, it was .con tended, the county, public library and school district. The services of Mr. -Clegg and Mr. Stanley as health Inspectors were dis pensed with. Clegg presented a bill for $63 for December, and Stanley a bill for $103. It was stated that the bills for January would be more. The United States National bank w designated by Treasurer Geoghegan m the city depository. In a communication City Attorney Sugg atated that the city treasurer had the : whole say in the matter, and the council had no right to interfere Ksarlng on Improvements. X resolution was adopted to Improve East Seventh street with hard surface. Councilman Tenny stated that It was no use and only a '.waste of time, as pro tests would come In as before, ;; This statement was upheld by Attorney Klr wln, who was evidently there represent ing property owners. Councilman Wei gel Insisted on a hearing and If re monstrance was made, to change plans and Improve between Main and East B, where there would be no objection. This carried, and March 4 was set for the date of hearing. A resolution was adopted to hard sur face West Fifth .street from Columbia to Ingalls, and the city attorney was in structed to prepare an ordinance cover ing the work., ' i v.; c - '. To Condemn Land, y ',-! A resolution , was adopted to condemn land east pf the garrison for the .widen ing snd straightening of Sixth street and Its improvement Condemnation proceedings will be-Instituted at once. The street will be made a uniform width Of 0 feet. ,'. ,:.-''-.?-;:' ..'',--. The city clerk was Instructed to ad vertise for, bids for catch basins at Sixteenth and East B; Eleventh and Lincoln; Eighth and Hill. The deplor able condition of the Main street ana St. Johns roads was brought tip, and the city attorney Instructed to prepare reso lutions of intention for their Improve ment; Main street will be Improved from Twenty-sixth strset to the city limits, and St. Johns road from Reserve street to Burnt Bridge irwfrf. t A resolution was adopted for the open ing and imrpovement of Madison street from Main street to the 8t, Johns road. Tarvla macadam will be . used. Land from Main street to Maine avenue'wll! be condemned. -' . Councilman Wright asked If there was not an ordinance prohibiting saloon men from selling drinks to drunken men. He was advised that there was; and ; that the laws would be enforced. . ' , , The Unt contract was postponed. t",, -Brief Vancouver News.),'..,- ' i. .. (fepeelal to The JvoraaLl "' ' "r ' Vancouver . Wash., Feb. . S.--Mrs.1' L. FV Truesdale of '1813 Main street is tho guest of ' her niece, Mrs Tom Brewltt at Taooma. . She will also ivtslt rela tives St Seattle before her return., Her son, Galen, accompanied her to Taooma Saturday and returned Sunday evening. Miss Mabel Smith Of The JDalles is ' Captain Stewart of Vancouver -bar. racks left yesterday -for San Francisco. : John 'L. Marsh received a csrload of automobiles yesterday and during the af ternoon gave a demonstration on the streets with the new machines. i School elections over-the county will be held on March 3 and supplies were sent out yesterday to the various dis tricts Jfrom the superintendent's of rite. Forty recruits ? from v the Jefferson barracks will, arrive In . the city - this afternoon, and, will b assigned to the First infantry at the post (Snafflnl a The Jonrnal.1 " Vancouver, Wash., Feb. 8. Bids for the txoavation for the new banking house or the united states National at Sixth and Main streets will be. opened this afternoon. v It "is ! understood that several bids have been submitted. The C. A Blurock market building now occupying the site ' has been sold to, John Rauscb, and will be removed in m rewuays ana tne wor or exca vating will then start Ths building will be 60x100 -feet and five , stories high. The ground floor will be devoted entirely : to- banking purposes while the floors above will be fitted as office rooms. .. STATE MAY GIVE UP ALL HOPE OF E Remaining Indictment Jointly Charging Him and . W. Cooper Morris, May Be Dis missed Following Acquittal. Dismissal of the remaining Indict ment against Louis J. Wilde and a clearing of the circuit court slate of indictments against W. Cooper Morris is the ultimate result expected within a few days as the sequence of the ac quittal of Wilde by an Instructed ver dict by order of Judge Kavanaugh last Saturday... '.'-.',. A Judge Kavanaugh was not feeling well yesterday he requested Judge Mor row to continue acting In his place as presiding Judge for a day or two. Die. trlct Attorney Cameron states that the disposition of the Wilde and Morris cases will not be taken up until Judge Kavanaugh la presiding, and no definite time haa. been fixed. While the attorneys for the state have been scanning the law books for some new angle upon which to place Wilde on trial again, either under the Indict ment still pending or by means of a new Indictment, It la believed that they have about given up hope of being able to present a case that will stand the test Second Charge like rust. While not prepared to say definitely that all criminal cases growing out of the fsilore of the OregoiMTrust & Sav lngs bank will be, laid on the shelf, CR.6AKFASr VNITMOUT A fltSrfVLAID is utce a hound wiTHoor A iea (ttMRMOWlMO. TMSf AVUfUL PMCQi 1'LU WALK. .WITH CAfU ACftOfifc iSSis conio '; '--"-- ' -" - 'V- '- ' V ' ' '' I -."-'' '' '-.:." ' y' .' -' ' -' ' - ' ' ."',-,..-- ( ""V ' - V 5MACK.1 k R RACIt; I'VE WSApPEARtO FROM 7 . '. WHAT MATTCRfc tT- THE BSa'fi 1 " - , (Copyright' ; 112. International News Service.) ? ' - J 'S" V--: ;ff.4---;'j!;-. ''. .'.;v'.--'-.,-;'-.-','-i. ''...'?" :-;.-;;t'y-"'.-.-'.-.:'.i''.C,;:.'''-:' -i i'i s v 1 " , , J:, .,'',, '.'...;', 1 '; tt' Is now practically admitted that such Is the case.. : v .- V The only indictment left; against Wilde Is one charging that he and Mor ris embessled $11,500 from the bank 1n January, 1(07. The facts In this esse are substsnttsllr. the same as In the later, transaction. which i Judge Kav anaugh: decided did not constitute ths crime of embesslement It la oonceded that this case will fall, as a trial would disclose a state of facts on which an other Instructed verdict: would have -to be ordered.- -;v .. ' Incidentally,. If Is recalled that ; Gov ernor jonnsonof California was strong ly Inclined . to refuse to grant extra dition papers for Wilde because he did hot believe any embesslement had been committed. Finally his Judgment was overcome by sn opinion of the Attorney general of California. Governor John son's idea, about the case Is vindicated by the outcome. & i w , ,,. . KorrU Kay Withdraw Plea. - As i to Morris, who wss Jointly in dicted with Wilde and pleaded guilty to the charge before he took the stand to teatlfy against Wilder It Is thought he will be permitted torwlthdrkw his plea oi t gumy ana . that - the Indictment against him win be dismissed. At the Same time the district attorney Is ex pected to renew " hia . motion that ,- all the - old , Indictments against - Morris , bs cleared away, this motion having been aeniea by Judge Oatens while Wilde was on trial. -.,-..: t, ,.Hrt':"'--'--i-ir::,':', The district attorney thinks that Mor- rls has bad -enough, all things consid ered, with the six. year sentence, he- is now serving. He will be in line for parole next May, after serving one year of his time. - The county court will have to fix the fee to be psld by the county to A. E. Clark, special prosecutor In the case Just tried. For like services in the trial of W. H. Moore, when ' the Jury, acquitted but: declared the de fendant censurable, he was paid $800. ; " Cost to Ooaaty Heavy. ,H County Judge Cleeton has expressed surprise at the outcome, and said , h supposed the state had a good -Case, so far as the law wsa concerned, when the county was asked to. employ an attor ney outside the district attorney's of fice to help try ths cass.: , t- '." t In addition to this, expense,- the coun ty employed detectives upon the repru- sentatioa of ths district attorney that sleuths were needed to guard the Jurors from molestation and )ook up informa tion for the state. The expert ac countant cost between $450 and $600. while the hotel bill for Morris and his guard ran into the hundreds. By the time all these expenses are footed up, with the expense for Witnesses, for the hotel bill ot the Jury, for the miscel lanepus 1 expense of collecting evidence, and for the expense of extraditing Wilde from California, where the dis trict attorney- and a deputy sheriff were engaged for two weeks, the final cost will be enough to make the tax payers sit up and' take notice. , ; , SLAYDEN MOVES TO PASS ANTI-ROOSEVELT BILL (United Press Lessae Wire. Washington, Feb. 8. Congressman Slayden of Texas today moved that the house suspend, its rules and pass his res-, olution that "the sense of the bouse is against a third term for any president" The resolution is aimed at Roosevelt. It was evident that the regular, Republi cans will not fight the resolution when Minority Leader Mann waived the rigbt to control the debate in opposition. Representative Norrls, the Insurgent, then took charge of the Opposition. la order to secure a full attendance a point of "no quorum" was made, and the members flocked in from the committee rooms. - -' ' 'Journal Want' Ads 'bring results. RYMO THE MONK By Gus Mager Anyway, He Saves That Precious Egg, AU. I OOOLD. AUt 6Ki Ort AT TMI6 TtMEL , , I'M 60N8 ! I'Vt I l . TH6 CE i MH; CONE OH, BftMf& - SIGHT ! REACH OUT, tHI ALL WHT . , . r .1 . ... tttj ' WIRELESS SYSTEM KED SUCCESS k u 1 1 1 ' ': . ' New Plan, Invented by, Dane, ! - Noiseless and Effective ; , . Established at Lents. f , - ' j ! H 1 U 1 ' k 1 , r - i l i A wli-elees system known as the . Poulsen whlclj , has, been established by tl)e Federal v Telegraph .company at Lents has been having marked success r in transmitting Its messages over the ' land and ? still greater Success Is -expected, - The- method of transmitting., the messages Js far different from the Marconi System. and is the Invention of' Valdemar Poulsen, a Dane. It has been : In - use , for five years by-i the German 1 $emenC,-v't.'.-?l:'.iS:.1':' i 1 In place of the disruptive spark which the Msrconi 'and similar systems use in "transmitting their code the poulsen uses a continuous aro or ourrent, the , dots and dashes being sent by means of increasing the current for the sracT of time , required to1 form - the dot or; dash.- By using this method the deafen- ' Ing crashes .caused by the Jumping of the, spark from one pole to .the other. are done away with and the only-noise produced by the Poulsen system is . at ' the receiving end .-i when 1 the message, Is received. . This noise cannot be beard t ;any - appreciable 1 distance J r;,;' S Another feature which distinguished this system from the better known sys tems la the fact that a message sunt ' out by one of the stations can b rea4 only by a receiving station of tho 'same make, and these are patented so that messages ' cannot - be read . outside of ths company's stations. Bach- station -also has Its own particular strength- and In order for one , station to oall another It must "tune", its apparatusv ; either up or-down to agree with the., station desired. - T.Hus several messages. can be going between different ata-. tlons and can cross each other without ' Interference. , , v - ', f . . The ststlon at Lents hss two aerlala or. masts $00 feet in height snd 4$i feet apart. Between these two are strung - thousands . Of feet of wire " by . means' of which the ether waves are' ' sent out end received.' In order to i transmit the messages now being sent but 1 J kilowatts of electric energy is. -needed.-,"' r. - , This apparatus. It Is claimed, Is the most . practical for land ' use and at , present commercial messages are being sent from Portland to Los Angeles,, a . distance of approximately 1200 miles." At present the only messages are over land.. Stations beyond Los Angeles have been caught but no messages sent fur ther than that The company already' has IS stations west Of the Mississippi .' and sxpects to have One Installed In -Chicago within $0 days. Others will be added as rapidly as possible.? The " company is a San Francisco concern. - J. N. HILL HERE BUT IT ; IS NOBODY'S BUSINESS- James N. H11W oldest son of James J, Hill tbe railroad and empire builder, is in Portland -. tot; a few days. Mr. Hill's home Is in New York, and he Is , connected with a number of railroads and other . financial ; organisations throughout the states. , Mr. HUl declined to be interviewed yesterday and stated - curtly that the purpose or his visit to the Pacific northwest and Portland at this time was nobody's business. - ' - --- Mr. Hill intends to remain here 'two ' or three - days, He Is staying at'ttte11 Portland" hotel. i r te 'b, k V& 'OHCCi ONE. nXJM COST "tA6n' SUrTEOI IU CtT A fkC) PEIU&M 4"' Arr all ; y - a, . .- . , MEAUr, oMe-OHpBa'' WAY AMD SAVE "THE EG& ' -..:' -It urn. , 'f m.