o:;::go:i daily journal1, Portland, Saturday evening, july 13, 3.012. iliFIIKSEE 11 f nmo nc v i thmo ur 1 Trout ' Creek, Juniper Flats and f Wamic c Districts ; Af ford Surprises; Party Fin I ' ally .Crosses Into Crook. Bv Phil 8. Bate.? The Portland Auto club tour book party is bachlpg tonight with John Bolter, one of the pioneer tarmers of the Trout Creek Valley, which, in lta six miles length, baa put up 2000 ton I.M.. i4ii(M tha loaf faff rinva W found that the women in the valley had . either gone to Prlnevllle, Bend or Mad ' ... - - J .... fnll. . llttla ana uto r. . u -- Beared at the sise of the party and their .appetites. We traveled today and yesterday through Wasco county, entire ly and are now over no line in Crook county about four miles. VTaaoo'i soadi "Will Surprise. O. I. Beck, manager of the tour book, ays there Is hot a county in western Oregon that can begin to make a show ing from a good roads standpoint that Wasco can, with which several of the ' party who are familiar with tho roads west of the Cascades fully agree. The Portland business men who, are to take part in the Lakevlew excursion next month will have an exceptional oppor tunity to Judge what a system of good roads would mean to Portland leading out Into the Willamette valley terrl tory. "TJnels rank" a oooa rarmer. . This morning we visited the home ranch of "Uncle Frank" Driver, on the outskirts of Wsmio and were' given an opportunity to 'see what head work and team work on the part of the sons can eooomplish in a section that to a causal observer could not be made to produce anything. The farm home was sur 'rounded by great Lombardy poplars, which causa our agriculturist, C L. Bmlth of the O.-W. R. fc N. to state that praotloally any kind of fruit could be : frown successfully that would raise such magnificent specimens of poplar. ,Mr. Driver took the party out into his .orchard where Newtown Pippins have been grown that won first prize at both The Dalles and Hood Elver apple shows. (Trees loaded with as fine cherries as war ever seen, strawberries of large slse, with the much sought wild flavor, and Buerre Anjou pears were shown as evidence of Ur. Smith's remark. Clover so heavy as to clog the mowing ma china and necessitate an extra hand to fork from the knife of the machine was another exhibit of interest to our party, Wheat on new land, which two seasons go was covered with rock and which run 40 bushels to the acre, rings the death knell to the stock Industry to a large extent XJttl vales of irorthwost Crook. We "went south of the town about three miles and passed a succession of valleys in a most perfect state of cul tivation. Potatoes, corn, wheat and barley were In evidence on every side and a timothy field that waa seeded in 1874 by Mr. Kennedy, the local mer chant. wa cutting five tons to the acre, and has never been reseeded since the first seed was sown. A great lrrlga. tion j project now fairly under way to cover thousands of acres in the near Vicinity of Wamic. Volney Driver, sec retary of the Wamlo Commercial club, has the matter In charge and It Is fin anced. He Is to Impound the waters of badger lake in the foothills of the Cascades and under tho drainage basin of Mount Hood, which promises an un ending source of supply. On the Juniper Flats. From Wamic we returned to Tygh valley and then went up an 18 per cent grade to the famous Juniper Flats. Crossing through a great wheat field for nearly 18 miles, we literally dropped down into the city of Maupln, on the banks of the Deschutes, where we stopped for lunch. Here we found an ardent advocate for good roRds In C. W. Shattuck, the general merchandise deal er, formerly of Gresham. Mr. Shattuck wants a good mod constructed eut of the old Barlow road and says he won't b.e satisfied until he gets it. More power to him for it would prove a big thing to both the Willamette valley peo ple and those on the east side of tho Cascades. Wheat In All Directions. We crossed the Deschutes and went Up out of trio canyon over a four mile grade recently constructed, which Is one of the best pieces of road construction . . . . . . nr. i i i 5. . u ..... . l. i Bakeoven country and It was .the same story as told, on the west bank of the' Deschutes wheat in all directions. At Shanlko, the next stop, we found .-Jrtrs. Overman of the Star, who told of homesteaders coming In. and said conditions were rapidly Improving throughout the tributary! territory ad jacent to the city. A rapid run was made through to Antelope and-the Trout lake section and early In the morning the pilgrimage will again begin for Prlnevllle and Bend. (Sprtal tt Th Journal. V Spokane, wash., July IS. The court room bursf in cheers when the fore man announced "not guilty" after being out nearly 19 hours In the casa of Dejla Olds. Mrs. Olds gave a loud screech snd fell on the floor. Her slater, Mrs. Frank ie Tcon. fell on top of her. It was some time before the courtroom could become quieted. There was a great Jam In the room early this morning. Mrs. Olds when called came In cool and collected. Sh sat by the side of her attorney, P. C. Robertson. Robertson assisted her to her feet after her collapse. The Jury refused to make a state ment. , 'ARCHBALD IMPEACHMENT CASE MUST WAIT AGAIN (Cuited Pri l.etned Wlrs.l Washington, July, 13. 1 Immediately after the announcement of the Lbrimer vote a message from the house was presented to the senate submitting the Archbald Impeachment cns to the- sen; ate. No action was taken." k - Senator Brandegee moved that the senate take up tli bill to fix tolls on the Panama canal. """A"rolT Tan war demanded w the dtfes tion of a quorum. The senate made the Panama canal bill ths "unfinished "business.' ' giving It the right of way and temporarily do tracking the Archbald case. ncnn mouu IS OLDS ACQUITTED SCREECHES A First Units to Be Begun in September, Finished This Year. Work on iths first two units ot Port land's public docks system will, be com menced in September and finished In a year. Work on the warehouses to be constructed in connection with the docks will be commenced next spring and fin ished in time for use when the docks are completed. , Plans and specifications now being prepared for the water ter minals by Charles J. Stanlford, chief engineer of New York's department of docks and ferries, will be received be fore August I. ' , Success In this plan of construction depends, It was said at an adjourned meeting . of .the dock commission yes terday, upon getting condemnation suits for site No. 1 on the west stds and site No. t on the east side, started by Au gust 1. Two ordtnanoes were adopted by the dock commission instructing the city attorney to immediately proceed wno me condemnation. Me naa al ready been informally Instructed to this effect, and it was reported that he had secured from the presiding Judge of the circuit court a promise that the cases would be given precedence and so ad vanced on the calendar, as to Insure their immediate trial and termination. It Is highly essential that Work on tho ddeks be commenced during the low water period, which begins the first of September, Engineer Hegaret reports that tests of strata at each site show a most excellent foundation. ' Both docks will be built at the same time, their construction being let to contract. To meet construction cost the dock commission Informally agreed to adver tise and sell an additional $1,600,000 in dock bonds. Its power is to issue all told 12.600,000 In bonds. To date the Issue is 150,000, and this amount has been used in paying preliminary ex pense. All members of the dock com mission and Engineer Hegardt expressed great desire yesterday to commence construction as soon as possible. The nearlng completion of the Panama canal and Portland's traffic Interest in its necessitates ths early construction Of publlo owned water terminals. The meeting yesterday was held lii the com commisslon's commodious suits of of fices on the fifth floor of the Worcester building. There were present Chairman F. W. Mulkey, C B. Moores, Oeorge Cornwall and Dan Esllaher. Ben Selling was absent A ballot was taken at yesterday's meeting on the election of a clerk to the dock commission which resulted In a tie vote on two candidates considered. E. C. Giltner, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, who has been acting as secretary to the commission, is finding that the work seriously interferes with his regular duties. Four of the most prominent speakers for woman's suffrage In the United States will sneak at tho open air meet ing which is. to be held this afternoon on tho lawn of the home or Mrs. v meant Cook,, 426 Fifth . street. ,,Tho.,four.,ar Mrs. Frances Squire Potter, Dr. Cordelia DeBey,kMlss Helen Varick Boswell and Mlsg My Wood. Owing to the restrict ed space the meeting hss been made invitational. An informal address will be given by Miss Boswell at tho headquarters of the Federated Women at the Gladstone Chautauqua, tomorrow afternoon at 8:30 o'clock. Miss Boswell will tell of her experiences In Panama, where she was Sent by President Taft to arrange clubs and other - forms of advancement and amusement in order that the women of the families of men employed on the canal might be induced to remain in the canal zone. Oh next Wednesday evening Miss Bos well and Miss Wood will address a meeting in Salem in the interests of equal suffrage. A number of Portland women will attend this meeting, E (Salem Bureau ot The Journal.) Salem. Or., July 13. Dr. M. K. Hall, of La Grande, was appointed superin tendent of the eastern Oregon insane asylum at Pendleton by the state board today, the appointment to take effect September 1. There were six other ap plicants. Dr. Hall was highly recommended. He Is recognized as one of the leading physicians of eastern Oregon and dem onstrated his executive sblllty whjle serving as mayor of La Grande. He visited the members of the stats board here yesterday. AMERICAN BANK TO PAY PREFERRED CLAIMANTS Failure to reorganise the suspended American Bank & Trust company has resulted in sn order from the circuit court to pay all preferred claimants against the Institution 45 per cent of their claims. This order was taken yesterday before Presiding Judge Kav anaugh by the superintendent of "state banks. Hope of finally perfecting a reor ganization has not been given up, how ever, and persons interested In such plans say only 41me is required to com plete them. The disbursement by. the bank examiner of the 4o per cent will not affeot such plans. The bank sus pended December 18, 1911. The exam iner stated In his petition for the dis bursement that sufficient funds had been collected for the disbursement. WORK ON EXTENSION TO EUGENE TO BE RUSHED Now that the line of the Oregon Electrlo from Salem to Albany Is com plete, work will bo prosecuted vigor ously on the extension to Eugene, begin ning this morning, said General Mana ger Coolidge of the Oregon Electric, this morning. Crews of men are hard at work putting down the rails and con struction work is being advanced as rapidly as possible. The distance Is 84 miles, and" the track will be laid at the rate of l',4 miles a day. Requisition for S. Alexander. ' Salem, Or., July 13. Requisition pa pers were granted today for S. Alex ander, wanted in Portland on charge of obtaining money under false pretenses. 4 NOTED SUFFRAGISTS . TO SPEAK AT MEETING HALL OF LA GRAND MADE HEAD OF ASYLUM 27 WITNESSES SAY THEVHAVESEEM JUDGE IN LIQUOR Five of the 27 Say They Saw . Him Intoxicated on Bench; $140,000: Fee He Allowed :. Is Sensation of Today. V . (Cnltcd Preis Ussed Wire.) Seattle.. Wash.. July 13. 'A summary of the evidence on ths charge of drunk enness against Judge Hanford up to the present time shows that'ZT wit nesses have testified that they have seen Hanford drunk. Fivef of these tes tified he was Intoxicated on ths bench, while the others swore to seeing him intoxicated in street cars, in saloons, on tho streets and one In a barber shop. Five bartenders have unwillingly tes tified that they knew Hanford and that they sold him drinks, and one wit ness testified that he won, a wager by betting that any one of nine bar tenders would know what a "Judge Hanford cocktail" Is. Of tho witnesses testifying on the charge of drunkenness' six are attor neys, one a school teacher and three contractors. One business man, a mem ber of the. Rainier cltib, testified that every member of the club and scores of business men know that Hanford gets drunk. . Over 30 prominent attorneys and per sonal friends of Hanford testified that they never saw blm drunk. Hanford Allowed $140,000 ros. A new line of Investigation by the congressional committee was opened this morning In the Hanford probe, In taking up the Pacific Packing company case, in which Judge C. H. Hanford is accused of having abused his Judicial office in allowing James A. ,Kerr as re ceiver, and the firm of Kerr & McCord, as attorneys for ths receiver, fees amounting to-1140,000. The committee spent some time yesterday afternoon merely in preparation of court docu ments to take up this case this morn ing. Seattle Bar's Indorsement. Tho Seattle Bar association last night by a divided vote passed a resolution of Indorsement of Judge Hanford. At the earns time, the association ostensi bly complied with the request of Chair man Graham of the congressional com mittee to appoint a committee of law yers to assist the Investigators In get ting material evidence. The bar asso ciation appointed the three lawyers who are now defending Judge Hanford as its committee. The meeting was attendtd by only 76 lawyers and included Rich ard A- Bellinger, his psrtner, Alfred Battle, and every railroad attorney in Seattle. Political Prejudices of 1898. , Ths session yesterday afternoon waa repleto with sensations. A letter writ ten by Judge Hanford was admitted into the record as an exhibit, showing that the Judge was so biased against the Democratic party in 1898 that he made the general announcement that he would not "appoint any man as United States commissioner unless he knew that he was nbt a supporter of the Chicago plat form of 1898 of the Democratlo party, or of any of Its candidates." Represen tative McCoy asked William H. Gorham, expresldent of ths Seattle Bar associa tion, a witness called for the defense, whether that letter expressed proper Ju dicial attitude, and Gorham was foroed to admit that he would not have written it. "If the attitude expressed in that let ter," said McCoy, "should be followed, then , 000, 000 American Citizens would bs disqualified In holding any publlo offlca." Kanf ord's Jfatural Waddle. Gorham made several other admis sions concerning the habits and pecul iarities of Judge Hanford. He sald-the Judge waddled" frequently in his walk. "What do you mean? Does he waddle like a duck?" McCoy asked. The wit ness replied in the negative. Asked to explain, he said, "You know what I mean. He swings In his walk more than the average man." Gorham said that this, as well as the habit of doz ing on cars and apparently dozing on tho bench, were only peculiarities, but that-upon- all ocrBslnns -Hanf nrrt '., tallty was alert. Gorham said that only three weeks ago Judge Hanford fell asleep on a street car while resdlng a newspaper and he was quite sure the iudge was not drunk then. "Frequently the Judge relaxes his muscles when he walks so that he gives the appearance to strangers of being under soma Influence perhaps," Gorham said. "Did you see him relax... the muscles of his legs?" McCoy asked. "What do you mean by relaxing muscles?" The witness answered in general terms. Gorham also said that he noticed Judge Hanford, during the present proceed ings, gave the appearance of relaxation. McCoy said that he had been watching closely, but did not observs anything of the kind. "Judge Hanford" Cocktails. That Judge Hanford has aVso a most peculiar taste in cocktails Is evidence brought out In the trial which is caus ing no little amusement here. "Give me a Judge Hsnford cocktail," is ths request George M. Jacobs, a real estate man, told the Hanford, investi gators would produce the special tipple the Jurist favored in at least nine sa loons in the city. And Jacobs declared the Hanford brand was "a dry Martini with an onion In It Instead of tho usual olive." Two of the Hanford receivers who drew enormous fees, which are alleged to have shown favoritism on the part of Judge Hanford, and abuse of Judicial discretion, were called by tho congres sional Investigating committeo this morning. They were James A. Kerr, of the legal firm of Kerr & McCord, re ceivers for the Pacific Packing & Navi gation company and the Pacific Ameri can Packing company. nd Sutcliffe Bax ter, who is at present one of the receiv ers of the Western Steel Corporation, who already has1 got $40,000 in fees out of that case. A Professional Receiver. In answer to Representative McCoy, Baxter testified that he had no profes sion, that he is not a lawyer and that he has had seven receiverships from Judge Hanford in the past four or five years. Baxter could not give the exact dates and detailed faots in connection with the receiverships which he held, and was excused to prepare the data by next Tuesday or Wednesday. NORTH BANK DOCK FIRM INCORPORATES AT SALEM Salem, Or., July 13. The Narth Bank Dock company of Portland filed articles of Incorporation today. . The incorpora tors' ro-A.'-C'ohnr-A.PiJhneoitr Alfred E. Sutton and William Dujlng. The capital stock Is 125,000. Ths purpose of new corporation Is to bujld and operate docks, wharves, etc., in Oregon, Jdaho,; Washington ana California, FIX VALUATlOil OF ELECTRIC LIGHT GO. 3 Per Cent of Gross Yearly ? Receipts Agreed Upon; Fin al Action Urged. By unanimous vote the city executive board yesterday ordered tho proposes franchise Of ths Northwestern Electric company sent back to the city council for final action. " The board fixed a valuation on the franchise of three per '4cent of tho gross annual receipts of the corporation. The company, which pro poses to enter the . local light, power and heat business, has, It Is pointed out. sat a new mark for corporations to roi low In the reasonableness of its re quests and Its resdiness to submit to ths most drastic provisions that a city attorney could draft into the franchise ordinance. This proposes to give the Northwest ern company the right to sell light, power and heat In the city of Portland for a period of 25 ears. The company agrees to give a bond of $100,000 that It will spend $350,000 on equipment within the city limits within two years from the dat the proposed franchise be comes effective. It also agrees to per mlt ths city to condemn its physical property If at any time during the life of the franchise tbo corporation shall sell out or merge, with a rival com- pany, . " ' One of the severe provisions insisted Upon by the city attorney and some of the councllmen and acoeded to by the company, was that of giving the council the right to regulate rates, though tho council has never exercised this right in the case of the Portland Railway, Light A Power company, which has enjoyed a monopoly of the business of distributing electrical en ergy f oif many . years. The next step In the psssage of the ordinance granting the Northwestern competing company its franchise will be for the measure to be ordered pub lished for a period of 60 daya It is believed the council will so order at its next meeting, as but little opposition to the new company is expected. Bids were opened yesterday by the board for the construction of fills on Wheeler and Broadway streets. . The lowest bid was that of Jeffery & Buff ton. $14,781.44. The lowest bid offered for the print ing of the Bennett plans booklet pub lished by the Greater Portland Plans association ' was $1680. This bid was tendered by Wells & Cot All bids were referred to commltteea Awards will be mads at ths next meeting of the board. BODY OF CENTRAUA MAN FOUND IN SLOUGH The worst fears of Mrs. Thomas R. Long, of Centralla, who on July 4 re ported to the police mat ner nus- band had disappeared from the. Union depot while they were awaiting a train to take them to their home in Cen tralla, and that she wss afraid ha would meet with harm, were realized last night by ths woman, when a tele gram from ths coroner was received. announcing that the body of her hus band had been found in Columbia slough two miles below the Vancouver bridge. The body was found yesterday after non by a fisherman, who was in a boat In ths man's pockets was found his gold watch and chain and $50 in currency. It is believed that he has been in the river over since the day of his disappearance. At the time the woman reported the disappearance to the police she stated that her husband had suffered from a nervous collapse last winter and that they bad gone to Los Angeles to spend the winter and were returning to Centralla and had stopped off here waiting for the Cen tralla train. At that time she stated that she was afraid . he jcauld meet with somo fatal sccldent. If is bwleved that the man strayed away from the depot, walked down the river arid per haps while walking along, fell and struck his head for there is a contusion1 on his head. The widow lives at 618 Gold street, Centralla, and JvM come here to take charge of the Cody. ATTFMPT TO Rl DW SAFF tll I IW MMSiWfSV f-ii SB JENDS IN TOTAL FAILURE An sttempt was raado some time last night to blow the safe In the office of Dwlght Edwards company, at Front and Couch streets, but tho robbers suc ceeded only in knocking off. tho com bination and springing the door with their explosives. Nothing was tsken from the place. Entrance to tho rlaco was gained through a rear window, which the po llco declare must have been opened from the inside, on account of the bars that held the window and which were pried off. It Is believed that- the work was done by parties who were well acquainted with the interior of tho building rather than by professional yegg men. A ma son's chisel and maul were found near the safe. The attempted robbery was discovered about 4 o'clock this morn ing by a special patrolman. Detectives Coleman and Snow were assigned to the case. VALIDATING AGENTS BUSIEST MEN IN CITY The busiest men in Portland the past two daya have been tho validating agents. To them It has seemed that the town was moving away. As a mat ter of fact the departing of the Elks has comblfied with bringing them here to put the heaviest strain on the traf fic facilities of the railroads entering Portland, in the history of the city. In most Instances tho problem of schedul ing the trains bearing Elks has been solved by sending out second end third sections of the regular trains. The Elks who camo to Portland via Cali fornia are almost uniformly going out by way of Seattle or oast via Spokane or Cheyenne. Those who came from the north aro quite generally returning by way of California, BANK CLEARINGS FOR WEEK SHOW GAIN OF 5 PCT. OVER YEAR AGO A Local bank clearings for the 4 a week ending with noon today 4 show a gain of 6 per cent over 4 the figures of tho same psrlod 4 one year ago In spite of the fact 4 that there were but fivo busl- 4 4 ness days this week. The figures lu detail are as follows: 4 1911 911.143.I8S.SS 4 4 1912 11, 690,865.10 4 4 Bank balances also show a con- 4 4 slderabla. Increase, over JasVreaC 4 4 Ever notice how long some people can talk about nothlngT OUSAtlDS LEAVE; N 0 Delegates to Elks' Convention Scatter to Four . Wintjs; Many . Make Trip to Beach; Seattle Gets Great Number. Of tho host of Elks who thronged Portland on Thursday, the day of the big parade and climax of the arand lodge reunion, hardly one third are loft in the city today. Fully half of these wll depart to night or tomorrow, and by Monday night only a few stragglers from the 60,000 visiting lodge men and those who accompanied them will remain. All . day yesterday and last night special trains and extra sections of reg ular trains were leaving the depots as last as they could be made p, filled with folk starting on the reAirn Jour ney to their homes. But though it was Goodbye Bill," it was not "farewell." for tho greater number of the departing throng have declared their intention of revisiting ths city Ind renewing the pleasant memories of the convention In the future. Every regular train out of Portland has been running In two sections, and In some cases in three and four sections, sines yesterday, and many of these trains had special cars with parties of Elks traveling together, attached. Vir tually every train leaving Portland has had from 9 to 12 coaches, and some have had as many as six extra Pullmans, ail loaded to capacity. rawer Bpecial Trains, Not as many special trains have been made up to carry Elks away from the city as came In. Railroad men say that the reason for this is that many of the parties that came by special split up at Portland, some members returning by one route and some by another on the regular trains. The heaviest travel has been over the JKPXthern. JPaclflolraxkJL tJracomaSer attle and way stations. This track Is also used by the Great Northern arid O.-W. R. & N., the three lines running between them 11 regular trains a day out of Portland. All these trains have had from three to four .sections. Part of this heavy travel has been : due to returning delegations from towns like Centralla, Belllngham, Aberdeen snd Hoqutam, which sent large parties to ths reunion, but more than half of the Elks from eastern cities are return ing by way of Seattle in order to take in the Fotlatch. The Seattle delegation In the parade here and the work of Se attle delegates In the grand lodge who are working to have Seattle made the grand lodge city In 1915 made a re markably favorable impression on the easterners, who are eager to see the town for themselves. Incidentally, every Seattle man In Portland -was a "booster for the Potlatch, which be gins on Monday, and thousands of visi tors hav doclded to return east via Seattle to take lo the big festival. 'We have been handling so many trains over our tracks to Seattle and way points that I can't even state how many have gone out," said A. D, Charl ton, Northern Paclflo passenger agent, this morning. "I have simply lost track of them. One train has followed an other out of the city as fast as It could be made up. There have been several specials, but most of tbs travel has been in extra sections of ths regular trains. It Is taking all the time of one man merely to see that these trains are made up and sent out." Nine Speotala Sent Out, Tho Great Northern has already sent out five special trains for the east over ths North Bank road, and threo more specials will follow tonight. Besides this, every regular train has been run ning In two sections with five or six extra Pullmans, accofSlng to Mr, Dick son, passenger sgent here. The O.-W. R. & N. and the Southern Paclflo have also been handling great crowds. Nine special trains over the two roads will have been sent out by TonTgT,wTiITriirTh running in two or three sections. The Shasta Limited for today is in two sec- UN $3 Seashore Limited. Daily Lsres 9:10 A. M. Arrives beach points ior luncheon, allows all after noon st ths ocean, returns after din ner, arriving Portland 10:30 P. M. ASTORIA Hotels, cottages, camp sites, mountain water, surf bathing, fishing, etc at Gearhart and Seaside. Special Folders, Tickets, Parlor Car Seats, etc, at ,.: CITY TICKET OFFICE, FIFTH AND STARK STREETS. NEW MANAGER OF EMPRESS THEATRE 7( I ilii --4 I V. r John Williams. Charles N. Ryan has resigned as man ager of ths Empress theatre here and will bo succeeded Monday by John Wil liams of San Francisco, who has been named by John W. Consldlne, president of the Sullivan & Consldlne circuit. Mr. Williams Is known In the stage world as Johnny (Frisco) Williams, and has been associated long with theatres either as an actor or as a manager. In the early '80s he belonged to Emerson's minstrels, and later he was tho leading grotesque danoer for the original 40 Haverly minstrels. Shortly after the opening of tho old Cordray theatre, Williams appeared here in the title role of '"Peck's Bad, Boy," and he was one of the pioneers In stag ing that piece on the Paclflo coast. Then he managed the Georgia minstrels far three years, was comedian for Kate Castleton with Howe & Burke produc tions for a similar period, and then man aged the tour Charles Frohman. Ha severed his connection with, the Froh man company to Join Alexander Her mann (Hermann the Great), for whom he acted as manager and agent for more than five years. Williams was general manager of the Pavilion rink In San Franclnco for more than six yeara tions, with every reservation takem. Scores of returning Elks plan to pass several days in California The railroads expect to handle 10,000 to 15.000 persons tonight and tomorrow morning, whlls the last big crowd of outgoing passengers will be handled tomorrow night. After that the regular trains are expected to be able to handle all the traffflc. Clatsop beach trains lesvlng Portland today carried hundreds of Elks to Sea side and Gearhart to pass Saturday and Sunday at the eesshore. Many of tho visitors from inland states will have their first view of the ocean at Clatsop beach, and the ocean trip Is one of the features of the week for the visiting Elks. Extra equipment is carried on all North Bank trains for ths various Clat sop beach points, with parlor and ob servation cara Ths combination train and steamer side trip of the North Bank has also proved popular. The steamer Bailey Qatzert carried a capacity crowd. to The Dalles yesterday, many going through to The Dalles and returning on tho evening train. Most of the beach visitors will re turn to Portland Monday and depart for tho east some time" in the day. SPR0ULE COMES JUST TO LOOK OVER. LINE President Sproule of the Southern Pa clflo, came to Portland from 8an Fran cisco this morning, not as hs says, for any special purpose, but merely to look over company properties and the line generally. He will be here until Mon day in conference with local represen tatives of the system. It is hinted that his presence will have special relation to the plans for electrifying tho Fourth street line. Under bis direction the elactrlo lines of the Southern Paoiflo in California have been made, it is said, thobeet .In service In tho world, and he entertains "a' sfmllar Ideal for the de velopment of the proposed electrlo serv lc In Oregon. A Great One-Day Trip to the Pacific Ocean 100 Miles Columbia -River QAA-.r TICKETS SOLD EVERY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY jCenciy Good for Return Until Monday Week-End Special, Sat. Leaves 2:00 P. M. Arrives beach points for dinner, gives full week-end at ths ocean, return to Portland Sunday eve ning or Monday noon, OBSERVATION PARLOR CARS AND LAROB 1 TO The interesting jmd at the mouth of the (aP Mlwl SEASIDE AND GEARHART, OREGON'S OCEAN RESORTS $4 ROUND TRIP ANY DAY. SEASON LIMIT. WHY NOT SPEND EVERY WEEK END AT THE OCEAN SIDE? QUICK TRAIN SERIVCE PERMITS- IT WITHOUT J-OSS OP OFFICE TIME. Alf Trains Use "..' . NORTH BANK STATION, ELEVENTH AND CAE FIB TOIYBffi Harvest Made 2 Weeks Late by Moisture and Coolness; - - Echo i Flouring ' Mill to Pro vide Market This Year. By Hyman H. Cohen. Echo, Or., July 1$. There Is an sstl- ! mated increase of 10 to 15 per cent In , the acreage in wheat growing in tho Echo section this season. - -'--s-v-'." . All crops are looking good this sea son, the fair yield being an exception in stead of the rule. . ... : On all sides are notsd prospects that would Indicate averages of 25 bushels in ' entire districts, while oven in ths ox treme light lands there" are ' Indications of averages of 15 to 20 bushela In the country between Echo and Butter Creek, where practically no crop was produced last season and only a fair one tho pro- t vlous season, tho present outlook is tor N at least 16 bushels. , - - ' Combines and Threshers BoughK ' t New combines and threshers are, being t . purchased by growers in anticipation of' the big crops of wheat, they are about , to gather. Harvest Is about two weeks late in the Echo "country thUT season," owing to the great amount of moisture : the ground has received and ths rathof i cool weather during the period when grain should have received Its quickest ripening. In some places where the plant fllo . not receive a quick start last season and ; In others where resowing was necessary, the prospects are but slightly below . those where the seed took hold quickly.! J. W. Reese, five miles northeast of Echo, has acreage that will run close to the 900 mark. Tho Indications j are for fully 25 bushels, somo expecting ! more. His planting is bluestara. j Alex Young with 1200 acres of Turkey red, one mile esst of Echo, who had! some reseeding to do early In the season, i still retains prospects for a 25 bushel i average. One Han Buys Two ComWns. Jacob Rhode, five miles east of Echo, j with. 1000 acres of bluestem and Turkor 1 . red, has such good prospects that ho has purchased two new combines. . George Copplnger has some fall bar-M ley thst will go close to 45 bushels av-t, erage this season and about 1200 acres ' of bluestem and Turkey red that will : mah.; the usual good avesage for. tha i. , season. . F. W. Staats, one and a half miles east of Echo, has not ths usual good : prospects, owing to the great numbers! of weeds. Notwithstanding this ho '.Un ¬ likely to harvest close to 20 buahsbB this year. i j.v Henry Ransom, with 600 acrea-of key red, 10 miles east of Echo, baaing dicatlons of a 25 bushel average, ' . W. P. Benedict will have cms of tho , best crops of the Echo district this i son, because of the excellent start mai ; his grain received. He has 700 aorea 1 of bluestem. M. EL Whltmoro, with 600 acres north , of Nolan, has bluestem that Is expected c to make the general average. , Henry WUtzen, In the earns section,, with 600 acres, mostly bluestem, is an-; other fanner to purchase a new com- bine this season, owing to the excellent ' prospects. Echo Mills WtU Bun Again. Tho grain situation in the Echo sec- tion will bo somewhat different than usual this season. With the reopening i of the Henrietta mills with plenty of capital, there will bo a muoh greater home call for the cereal. Joseph Cunha, one of the big stock raisers of this sec-' tion, has taken over the' mill property,' and Is at present building a concrete warehouse 72 by 150 feet to house the grain. Ths mill will bo operated this season for- ths -firs years. Mountain Climbers Gather,. , Edmonton, Alts., July 13. Alpinists from various parts of the United States and Canada and Great Britain and con- ; tlnental Europe will foregather at tht , seventh annual camp of tho Alpine elua .: of Canada at Palllser's Vermilion Pass, 25 miles southwest of Banff, Alta., July 29 to August 0. The camp will be pitched In ths forest on tho south side of the summit, 6300 feet above sea; levet., -rr-rrrrnri. -COACHES Impertsnt city Cohrmbia and .', ; . :!. . -HOYT STREETS