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WORK ON FIRST OF H RARNAHI F PiTRI inK "SNAG" HUGE BRIDGE PIERS .f,4,,.. ; r : . HAS BEN STARTED ; Deep Excavation Under Way at Edge on Sand Bar on - Hayden Island. START THE DOCKS SOON Ipu Trck for Vnloadlnc Itogm and yillng to B Start - Boon. Vancouver, Wash., April 17. Exca vations for one of the piers of the new Interstate bridge have been start ed at the edge of the sandbar on Hay den laland and the work will be pushed as rapidly "aa possible. After 4he necessary depth baa been reached 1 20 foot piling will be driven to form a foundation for the concrete worlc on the pier. The dredge Ajax has completed the channel through the sand bank at the head of the Island, which will allow access by water to other piers of the bridge. The construction of docks for use In assembling the steel pans will -begin within the next week or 10 days under direction of O. S. Stevena, local representative of McCreary & W1U lard, aulMTOntractors under Porter Bros., who have the contract for erecting the steel. In connection with the construction of the docks, a spur track, for . unloading logs and piling, will also be constructed. This track will be used by the Murphy and the Dtetderlch & Studer Logging compa nies, which, it Is understood, will fur nish a large . amount of the piling. Manager Fleischauer Resigns. - Vancouver, Wash., April 17. H. J. Flelschauer. general manager of the Washington-Oregon corporation, yes terday tendered his resignation to the stockholders. He had been connected with ti nmnstnv fnr o ri Tl m Hot" tf years, and for the past year and a half had been . Its general manager, succeeding A, Welch. Mr. Flelschauer stated that other business required his attention and that it was Impossi ble for him to attend to both. No ac tion has been taken by the stockhold ers toward selecting another manager but this will be done before May 1. on which date Mr. Flelschauer's resig nation takes effect. Mchlers Are Surprised. Vancouver, Wash., April 17. Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Mohler were pleasantly surprised last evening by a number ot their friends, the occasion being the twenty-fifth anniversary of their marriage. W. S. T. Derr, with a few remarks In behalf of those pres ent, presented Mr. and Mrs. Mohler with a set of silver knives and forks. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. J. W. P. Andresen, Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Chrlstopherson, Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Leuschner, Mr. and Mrs. Gesick, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Btockenburg. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Studer and daughter Viola, Mr. and Mrs. wane, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. T, Derr and Melvin Thompson. Vancouver Marriage Licenses. Vancouver. Wash.. April 17. Mar riage licenses were Issued today by the county auditor to the following persons: Robert Van Lone, of Maple wood, Or., and Miss Marie Hubl, of Portland; W. J. Brooks, of Portland, and Mrs. Margaret Andrews, of Van couver; George L. Melvin, of Mecca, Ind and Mrs. May Wilson, of Port land; George L. Morris and Mrs. Mar tha H. Hlatt, both of Portland; Jerome 8. Mann, of Llnnton, Or,, and Miss Alberta Crowley, of Vancouver; Paul B. Dlmm, of Portland, and Miss Anna TolpoOar, of Oregon City, Or. .- Makes Second Escape. Vancouver, Wash., April 17. Sheriff E. S. Biesecker is making a search for Pauline Krueger, also known as Pau- . line Frederick, who escaped from the county Jail Thursday night. She was crested some time ago on a charge of incorrigibility and was allowed freedom about the. lower floor of the ' court house. She made her escape and it was some time later that she . was 'again placed under arrest. This time she made her escape by prying apart the bars of her cell with the pieces of a rocking chair which she . bad broken for that purpose. Vancouver Retains Rates. ' Vancouver. Wash., April 17. Infor mation has been received from Washington, D. C. that Vancouver Will retain her terminal freight rates, despite the fact that an effort was being made, due to new conditions, Which confronted the Interstate Com merce commission owing to the com pletion of the Panama canal, to take them away. The Columbia river cities ; were represented at a hearing in Washington by Joseph N. Teal of Portland, who conveyed the message to William C. Bates, secretary of the Vancouver Commercial club. - Juniors WJn Meet. ? Vancouver, Wash., April 17. At the annual lnterclass track meet yester day on the high school athletic field the. Juniors carried off high honors. They scored 68 points, the seniors scored 48, the freshmen 16 and the sophomores 1 points. Terrill and Norgren were the individual high point winners, each scoring 16 points. CGI ..JLL. J9 a: a FOB COUDS, INFLUENZA COUGHS, SORB .THROAT - The Grip is here with all its : distressing svmotoms of Influ enza,, Catarrh, pains and sore- ness in tne neaa ana wnest, sore ; I Throat and aching bones. - Be sure to keep I)r. Hum phreys beventy-seven handy ana raise a aose at tne tirst cruli or shiver, to insure best results . Mf you wait till your bones be gin to ache, it may ;take longer. Pleasant ' to take, handy to carry, fits the vest pocket. 3Se. and 11.00. at all drncictsta or mm lied. Humphreys Homeo. Medicine Ox, 158 'Wil , Btreet. New Xork. (A4r.) '' ' '' Vi V ' 1- ' , Is IS ,-''-', Sloop Barnacle of Coos Bay. Marshfield. Or., April 17. The sloop ! bogus money inakers, and though the Marshfield. Or.. April 17. The sloop Barnacle, which sailed from this port March 3, ostensibly for Mexico and South America, on a gold hunting ex pedition, ' came to grief Thursday in Sausalito bay, California, when secret service men boarded her and placed her crew and passengera-Thomas B. Boggs, William B. Young and Frank Harris under arrest on a charge of counterfeiting. Harry M. Moffitt, chief of the fed eral secret service, declares the Bar nacle was a veritable floating den of Rockwood Grange . Indorses Gresham Rockwood, Or., April 17. Rockwood grange this afternoon passed unan imously a motion endorsing the plan of Gresham grange to secure the 1916 session of the state grange for Gres ham. This plan, suggested "by J. J. Johnson, master of Multnomah County Pomona grange, has been endorsed by Gresham grange and $ Gresham. city council and will Be considered at Mon day night's public meeting of the Gres ham Commercial club. C. T. Dickenson, of Oswego grange, state deputy, spoke on "The Good of the Order" and Mrs. Dickenson spoke on "Women's Work in the Grange." Other talks on grange work were given by John Richmond, master;Mrs. Mary Richmond, Mrs. V. A. Lovelace. Mrs. Ida Burgess and J. McConnelL A pro gram of songs and recitations was presented by children. At tne next evening meeting. May 5. eight candidates will be initiated in the third and fourth degrees. Today four new applications were received. NORTHWEST HAPPENINGS Marshfield. The .rush of gold pros pectors in this locality still continues and it appears that every foot of placer ground in southern Coos and northern Curry counties will be staked out be fore many months. Centralia. Farmers in the vicinity of Oakville are agitating the erection or a cheese factory in the town. Dallas. Walter I. Ford has been elected superintendent of the Dallas schools for another year. He is a native of Dallas. All other teachers were also reelected. Tacoma. Robert E. Moore, believed to be a member of a prominent Eng lish family, has been sentenced to serve from 1 to 15 years in the pen itentiary, after pleading guilty to a charge of grand larceny. Moore ad mitted that he had defrauded several Tacoma people of various sums by representing himself to be the agent of the Canadian Pacific Railway com pany, sent here to locate large term inals. Woodland- Announcement that the De Bois Lumber Mills at Vancouver wfll start their plant Monday is good news here, j as it will certainly result in. the opening of operations in 'their big logging camp on Lewis river above Woodland.- Astoria. For receiving the highest gains in membership during the year 1914, the local lodge of Modern Wood men of America will be presented with a special banner April 21 by J. SV Slmms, state deputy head consul. Morton. Roy McGinnls of Belling ham, shingle sawyer at Llndberg, two miles north of Morton, was killed Tuesday when struck by freight train. RIdgefleld. An explosion of the gasoline, storage tank in the . bridge tenders house on the bridge over Lewis river, about three miles north of here, on the main line of the North ern Pacific railroad, wrecked the ap paratus for swinging the bridge and injured Lincoln Smith, the bridge ten der. Olympia. During the calendar year 1914 the gross earnings of the Great Northern railway company in Wash ington were $9,480,504, according to the annual report filed with the state tax commission. The operating ex penses of the company in the state were $7,101,459, leaving a net income of $2,379,044. Hood River. Petitions are being cir culated in Hood River by the business men asking the city council to make a substantial cut In the wages now paid to -city employes. Newport. The city council has passed the occupation license ordinance regulating and licensing vehicles, au tomobiles, autq trucks and business and occupations in general. The ordi nance as drafted Is Intended to raise the amount of money lost by the city in the closing out of the saloons, and to provide funds for the entertainment of the summer visitors. Dallas. The Jury In the circuit court which has been hearing the suit of Mrs. Josephine Waltman for $5000 damages against the city of Indepen dence returned a verdict of $400 for the plaintiff. Jlrs. Waltman alleged that she was permanently injured by reason of a fall on' a defective side walk in Independence. . I bogus money makers, and though the sloop left this port under a cloud, tha nature of the developments were re ceived here with surprise. The Barnacle was built at Coos Bay of Coos Bay woods and by -Coos Bay men. Th Barnacle is 37 feet long, with 12 foot beam t and draft of 6 -feet 8 Inches. She. carries (sails and a 24 horsepower engine. The sails" are classed as Ketch rig, with a spread of 125 yards. Her sail speed Is six; knots per hour, and her . engine and .' sail speed 11 or 12 knots. . Championship Goes To Milwaukie High Mllwaukle. Or.,' April 17. Milwaukie high won .the championship of the northern division of the county high school baseball series by defeating the Orient high school nine at Crystal Lake park grounds this afternoon, 28 to 11. Buckner of Milwaukie knocked a home run. Jett, Milwaukle's short stop, made a sensational running catch. In the eighth Milwaukie scored nine runs, and Hale replaced Neibauer in the box for Orient. Reid of Wichi ta, umpired. The line-ups were as follows: Mil waukie Gamble, second base; Thies sen. pitcher; Shlndler, third base; Merriott, first base; Buckner, right field; Miller, catcher; Jett, shortstop; String, center, field, and Klnsey and Hopwood, left field. Orient Elliot, catcher; Neibauer, pitcher; Hillyard, second base; Stone, shortstop; Bram- hall, center field: Hale, right field; I, AnrtWrnn firs rmse: Kf!r thirri hA and J Anderson, left field. years old and had lived in Oregon ever Milwaukie defeated the same team since she was 3 years of age. at Orient last Saturday, 19 to 7. Mil- Mrs. Hollander's maiden name was waukle will play the winner of the Lidia Edwards. She was bom in Wis southern district championship, con- consin and her parents moved to Ore tested between Oregon City and Mo- eon three years later. Miss-Edwards lalla high schools, on May 15 at Glad- stone for the county championship. Revival Services at T.onfo QnnOQCafnl 1 UVJLLUO MUUUUUOIUI Lents, April 17. The series of spe cial revival services conducted at Lents Methodist church by the pastor. Rev. W. Boyd Moore, for the past two weeks, with a different Methodist min- ister preaching each night, closed last night with preaching by Rev. W. T. Randolph, of the Vancouver, Wash., church. The meetings were largely attended and a reception for new mem bers received as a result of the revi vals will be held at the church tomor row morning with baptism. The following other Methodist mln isters preacnect; at the .Lents church during tne revivals: tev. isric Bolt, Salem; Rev. L. F. Smith, Boring; Rev. E. O. Eldridge, Mt. Tabor; Rev. J. Stanford Moore, Willamlna; Rev. C. C. Rarick, Central; Rev. W. H. Hamp ton, Montavilla; Rev. T. B. Ford, Ore gon City; Rev. W. T. Kerr, Albina; Rev. C. O. McCullough, Epworth; Rev. C. L. Hamilton, University Park; Rev. Louis Thomas, Woodlawn and Rev. T. W. Lane, Centenary. Pupils at Lents Are To Have Gardens Lents. Or.. April 17. That much- desired educational feature, bringing the teacher in touch with the home, is being worked out at Lents school, where each teacher is ; visiting the home gardens worked by her pupils. Lents pupils are working 400 home gardens, and 20 pupils are working on the 80x80 foot school garden under the direction of Principal A. F. Hershner. Only a few varieties of cooking vege tables for use in the cooking class are being raised in the school garden. Otto, Fred and Leo Katzky, well known I merchants of Lents, received word this week of the death of their father. Marcus Katzky, at his home, in Min neapolis, after an illness of several months. ' The funeral was held Thurs day at Minneapolis. . Revival services, conducted by Lind ley E. Wells, of Portland, evangelist of the yearly meeting, will be held to morrow morning and evening at Lents Friends church. Rev. T. R. Hornschuch, pastor, will preach on "Sanctification' tomorrow morning at Lents Evangelical . church, in his special series of sermons on Christian doctrines. . Foreigner Was Assaulted Eugene, Or.. April 17. A foreigner, whose name may be Diaza Konstant" Nonnoli. or Diaza - Fopopupl, these names being written on the back of a book found in his pocket, was beaten over the head some timer Friday night at the junction of the Willamette Pa cific and P., E. & E. railway, three miles west of Eugene, and was left in an unconscious condition. He was brought to Eugene and placed in a hos pital. He is : Still unconscious. He was seen walking along the P., E. & K. track, near . Monroe. Thursday by the section men,, who discovered him - this morning., ir is believed he was as saulted for the purpose of robbery. C. E. 3 (arks Dies. - Roseburg,- Or.. April 17. C. E. Marks, prominent Edenbower resident, died at Mercy hospital here today at the age of 72 years. 'JAPANESE GIRL IS THE CHAMPION SPELLER IN CL No Word in School Spelling Book Could 'Stump". Lit tle Fukiro Fukio. THIRTEEN AGAINST HER ntur Friz Ii Awtrdtd Wlsnw, and Si Xa tli FroudMt X.1U1 Girl In tb Stt. Oregon. City, Or., April 17. Eleven-year-old Fukiro Fukio, a little Jap anese pupil of the Sunnyside district. Is the champion speller of Clackamas county. ,For two hours she stood and correctly spelle word after word, un: til the last of the 13 champion district spellers, competing against her, had taken their seats. - The whole spelling book was gone : through and Superin tendent Calavan, reading the words, had to rehash through the book again for the last hour.: The little Japanese girl's victory in the. first division entitled her to the large framed picture , presented by Huntley i Brothers. She was perhaps the proudest little girl in this state when it -was given to her. Charlotte Nash, -a student of the Milwaukie school, won first place In the second division. She was pre sented with a silver loving cup donated by E. El Brodje. The county spelling match attracted a large number of people from all over cn the hlgn school auditorium was crowded to Its fullest capacity. Will Discuss Fair. Oreeon City. Or., April 17.- -The Clackamas county fair will probably be held during the week Immediately pre ceding the weekly annual session of the State Fair association this year. The tentative plan is to hold the fair for four days, but upon the first, four days in the week and not upon the last four days in the week, as has been the custom in past years.- Thls and other matters relating to the association will be taken up and decided at next Saturday's meeting of the directors, which will be held in the courthouse in Oregon City at 10 a. m. x There has been much complaint about the fair grounds being located at Canby. Those in the northern and eastern part of the county olalm Can by is too far removed from the popu lation center and several movements have been started to remove the grounds to Oregon City or some more centrally located point. Mrs. BoIIander Dies. Oregon City, Or., April 17. After an extended illness, Mrs. Valentine BoI Iander died at her residence in Beaver Creek early this morning. She was 42 was married to Valentine Hollander in mis county. Besides her husband,' six children survive Mrs. BoIIander as follows: Ger trude, Wilbur, Richard. Evelyn, Katie 'and Walter. The funeral will be held Sunday at 2 p. m p. m. from the Beaver Creek Presby terian church. Rev. J. R. Landsborough of Oregon City will read the service. Lecture Instead of Sermon. Oregon City, Or., April 17. A stere optlcon lecture on the "Progress of the Pilgrims" will be given Sundayr eve ning at the Congregational church. This will be in place of the regular Sunday evening services. Petition for Administrator. Oregon City, Or., April 17. Petition for the appointment of an adminis trator for the estate" of Sarah' Jan Prindle was filed With the probate court today. The estate is valued at $2568. Oregon City License. uregon Jity, or., April 17. A mar riage license was issued this afternoon to William C. Bunke, of Canby, and Miss Ethel Thomas. Sellwood Lads to Form Church Club Selrwood, April-ir. Older boys of St. John's. Episcopal church, Sellwood, will 'TllMilav.nlerht Vi. n.t.k hoii to ornniza rinh annni athletic and Sunday school purposes under the leadership of Rev. John D j Rice, vicar. A similar club for boys between the ages of 10 and 15 was organized this week with the follow ing officers: President El win Mor gan; vice president. Harry Benton: secretary, Alexander Davidson; treas urer, irrea JtJaineim. This club will meet at the parish house at 3:30 o ciock each Tuesday afternoon. The vestry of this church will meet Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock at th church to plan for the every-member canvass to be held May 9 and to lay ueiimte pians ror navine every lay man give one day's Income before June 1 for missions. The Toung People's society of Sell wood Baptist church gave a picnio at OflK urove last night, attended by 48 persons. Ernest Richmond was In charge or the arrangements. Portland Team Wins. Gresham. Or., April 17i Gresham high school's baseball nine lost to Behnke-Walker Business college team of Portland yesterday afternoon on the new Cleveland avenue grounds by a 10 to 5 score. Last night the high school orchestra, and.. Byers' Pleasant Home band gave a benefit performance at Regner's hall. A playlet, " The Girl and the Undergraduate," was presented by Ernest Quesinberry. Miss Pearl Ruegg. Miss Leta Mathews. George Lane, Roy Gibbs, ciyue Kuegg, waiter Brown and Ernest Uster. Principal J. E. Stubbs of Gresham high 'school is confined to his home with lagrlppe. but is expected to be able to resume his duties Monday. Wilbur Stanley, a high school senior, who accidentally Inhaled chlorine while experimenting with chemicals at the high; school Monday, was able to re turn to school yesterday. : : "Rev. F. -H.: Freund. pastor, will preach In German tomorrow morning at Zion German Evangelical church. "The Doctrine of Atonement" -will, be thV-' topic at tomorrow morning's Christian Science services. ' - ACKAMAS COUNTY WiU Try Sugar;;! " ! . Beets in Lane Co. 1 . - - ! . W. X. Bealuun Announces, Taaf Re I Will Complete Drainage and zrrlga I tlon Xtexals and Oive Water. Eugene, Or. April ; 17. W. L. Ben bam of Portland, who built aa Irriga tion - ditch northeast of Eugene and Springfield two years ago, announced today that drainage , and Irrigation laterals will be built throughout ter ritory served by -ditch, this summer. He said that between 10 and 20 miles of them will be put In this year, and that others will be completed as demand for irrigation and drainage exists. -i Cost of the irrigation canals will be approximately J2000 a mile, and drain age $500 a mile. A number of farmers In that district havo agreed! to plant sugar beet seeds as an experiment, and Benhani has agreed to furnish wa ter free for irrigation. ' ' If the experiment proves success ful, Benham said, theEccles interests promise to erect a beet sugar factory. : ! : Bank Directors "i - Will Appeal; Case. Tirst national of Roieburg Will Take Mrs. znizabetn Byron Utigation to the United States Supreme Court. i Roseburg, Or., April 17. -At a meet ing of the directors of the First Na tional bank, held here today, it was decided to appeal to the United States supreme court the case of Mrs. Eliza beth Byron against that bank. Mrs. Byron secured a judgment in full in the circuit court here for a sum of money she alleged she had on deposit at the time the . First National bank ceased business. Later the supreme court affirmed the decision of the lower court. Other cases in which Judgments were awarded against the bank will be appealed to the supreme court. The money involved In , these suits is that alleged to have been bor rowed by T. R. Sheridan, former presi dent.. Rawn Is Wanted Now at Pendleton Ben Calvin Swears Oat Warrant Pol- lowing Note Deal That Aroused Sus picions of American -STational Bank. Pendleton. Or., April 17. P. L. Rawn, arrested in Portland last night, is wanted here. It is alleged he tried to sell a forged note for $500 to the American National bank. The note. with the name of Ben Colvin, a promi nent stockman, forged to it, was sent through the mail Thursday, : with the request to the bank to discount it. The bank suspected fraud and communi cated with Colvin, who swore out a warrant. Rawn is not a local: man, but came here about the middle of March and announced that he was the repre sentative of a. Boise company that would soon put up a $30,000 .apartment house here. . He made himself known to Colvin, and introduced to him' a prospective buyer for the Colvin . ranch. : The ''buyer" promised to return later to close the deal, but never appeared. Cow Creek Road I Is Now Complete i ! Douglas County Commissioners Inspect : Sew Highway That Marks Important ; X4nk of the Pacific Highway. Roseburg, Or., April 17. The mem bers of the Douglas county court spent today in Canyon Creek canyon, south of Canyonville, where they inspected the -road completed there yesterday. This new road will eliminate one of the bugbears to auto tourists on the Pacific highway, the two miles of al most impassable road familiarly known as Cow Creek canyon. The new road is of slight grade, while the old road had many treacherous grades, many as high as SO per cent. Tdachers Will Be I Chosen Thursday St. Johns, Or., April 17. The an nual election of city school superin tendent, school clerk and principal and teachers of James John high school and East, North and Centred grammar Schools will be held at the meeting of the local school board Thursday evening at Central schoolhouse. ' The local school board will purchase and Install at once playground appara tus costing $1000 at the three gram mar schools. It was provided for in the annual budget adopted at the De cember school meeting. Rev. S. F. Pitts,( of Gresham, a converted Catholic, ' will preach to--morrow morning at St. Johns Free Methodist church. "The Doctrine of Atonement" will be the subject at to morrow morning's Christian Science services. "A Peace Message" will be the theme of Rev. D. T. Thomas, pas tor, tomorrow morning at the First Congregational church. "Now Is the Accepted Time" will be the theme of Rev. K. P. Borden, pastor, at the First Baptist church tomorrow morn ing. - Allen Hunter Dies. : Dallas, Or., April 17. Allen Hunter, who crossed the plains to Oregon in 1849, died April 12 at the home of his son. Paul Hunter, in this city. He was born in Indiana on March. 1, 1832, and was married to Miss Caroline Chap man, of Klrkville, Iowa, in 1869. Mrs. Hunter preceded her husband In death in 1905. ' Six children were born " to them, of whom four survive: Dell, Jus tin, Paul and Mrs. Maude Willoughby, all residents of Polk county. i V : Cochran Gets Post. ' Spokane, April 17. W. H.J Cochran, county Democratic . chairman during the last presidential campaign, was to day appointed by Governor Lister on the state board of control to fill a six-year vacancy caused by the re signation of Chairman H. T. Jones. Cochran was the Democratic choice for Spokane postmaster but in.' spite of party strength. Senator Foindexter secured the appointment of Dana Child. Cochran's new job pays $3600 a year. ! id Grande Writ Denied. ; j Salem, Or April 17. Judge Gallo way, of the circuit court, today denied a writ of habeas corpus in the case of Virgie LaGrande, - committed from Multnomah county to the State Indus trial School for Girls, holding that, when she married, she became of le gal age, although under 18, and so Judge Stevenson was qualified to com mit her. It was contended 1 that the juvenile court alone had Jurisdiction. VARRENTON SELLS WATER BONDS AND ORGANIZES A CLUB Plan Is to Attract Industrial pS-bV.1 oTjoSn Enterprises That Will Build!0-Rice- vlcar- atith: mornUl ervlce- Up the CQmmunity. BUSY TIMES ARE AHEAD ; JTew School Bouse and Electric XJght and Power Ilant Assured. . Hew Water System. Warrenton,- Or., April 17. C. H. Green company of Spokane today ar ranged to purchase $160,000 worth of 20 year six per cent water bonds at i par, and was awarded the contract tot constructing a I gravity water system from the Lewis and Clark river via Fort Stevens to Warrenton. a distance of 21 miles. I i . - The svstem will have a daily capa city of 2,000,000 gallons. The contract price is $138,000. C H. Green has made a thorough Investigation of the conditions here, ana made the offer, knowing that suit has just been filed in the circuit court at Astarla by the Flavel Land and Development com pany, attacking the validity of the an nexation of Flavel 'to the city of War renton, which issufc successfully car ried at special elections held last No vember. It Is proposed to -furnish water to this city and to Fort Stevens, Ham mond, Hill terminals at Fiavel, Gear hart and Seaside, and It 1 estimated that the income of the system will make itself- sustaining after the sec ond year. Work will, probably begin in 60 days. Club is Organised. With 60 members pledged, the War renton Commercial club was organized here today and will supplant the War renton Development league as , the commercial body of this town. The league was organized six years ago for the purpose of working to procure the introduction of public utilities into this city, and not for general commercial work. Now the city has sold its water bonds at par; the school district has Just disposed j of $25,000 worth of school bonds, to cover the cost of nine and one-half acres of school site, and erect a school building, to cost about $16,000: electric light and power is being installed by the Pacific) Power & Light company (24 hour ser- Bnell Circle, Ladles of the- G. A. R vice) at a cost of $50,000, and $22,000 , w hold a social Tuesday afternoon at is being spent on county roads in this I the home of Mrs. V. G. Benvle, at Con district this year, so It was .leemed j cord, i in advisable to have an active commer- ! cial club with la salaried manager to 1 Reception for Hew Members, work to obtain substantial payrolls, Sellwood, April 17. A reception for and to locate I Industrial plants that new, members will be held tomorrow will make use Tof the "water and elec- trie power assured. Temporary Officers Sleeted. Temporary officers for the ensuing three months were elected, consisting of Clifford Barlow, retiring, president of the development league, president; O. S. Wiggles worth, secretary, and John Evenden, treasurer. Financial support is promised by several large realty holders,-and the club's prospects for success are bright. ; , ! . .. Wells Had Bad FaJ. Dallas Or.. Anril 17. Georee Wells. nieht clark at the Gall hotel, is re - covering frcm a serious injury that be- fell him a few days ago. He was j found about 4:30 in the morning lying unconscious in a pool of blood on the . ... . . JJ . 1 . i 1 I .v. . BiaewaiK in iruni ui iub uuiei, wmi a. 'terrible ga3h over his left temple. At first it was thought that he had been slugged, but it is now thought that he fell in golns out the door and struck his head on tne cement "step. He can recall nothing that immediately pre ceded the accident. t Albert E. Hogue, aged 59 years, died April 14, after a short Illness with la grippe, He was a -widower and leaves one small daughter. Thursday was the 81st birthday an niversary of Cornelius Hughes, who came to Polk I county in .1861. In honor of the ! event Mr. and - Mrs. George H. Muscott, with whom he makes his .lome, gave a dinner party to a number of his relatives and friends. Compensation Act Effective. Salem, Or., April 17. The good fea tures of the compensation act are again exemplified in the case of . Mrs. Kenneth McCleary. About two months ago her husband was killed - while employed by the Hammond Lumber company at Gates,-and the State In dustrial Accident . commission set aside $8000 for the payment of a pension to the widow and one child, as provided by the law. This was supposed to end the case, but later events proved otherwise, for the com mission was recently advised that Mrs. McCleary was the, mother of twins. This made it necessary to set aside $1676 additional to guaran tee the payment of $6 monthly for the support of each, child. Weiss Funeral Today. Salem, Or., April 17. The funeral of W. P. Weiss, who died yesterday afternoon at his home. 1269 Flrstreet, wUl be held . tomorrow afternoon from the residence. Rev. J. C. Spencer of the Leslie Methodist Episcopal church officiating. Mr. Weiss, who was 46 years old, was born in Linn county. He is survived by his wife and daugh ter. Miss Letha, and the following brothers and sisters: A. P. Weiss of Medford; Mrs. James Barlow of Portland; Charles C, Weiss, Mrs. D. D. Meeker, Mrs.. Charles Eddy t-nd Mrs. Ella Hovland, all of Los Angeles, CaJL : ' -'- ' . . Body Is Identified. j Aberdeen, Wash., April 17. Identifi cation has been made of the bodv picked, up by the steamer Champion last Sunday thus -clearing up the sea mystery. March 13 last L. D. Stevens, of Bay Center,! 17 years old, crossing the bar of Willapa harbor on a launch, was washed overboard. Mrs. Norblad, of Bay: Center, Stevens' ' mother, came here ; today and claimed the body as that of her son. j . 1 . " j . . Funeral of E. K. Xewcomb. The funeral of E. E. Newcomb, aged 69. a retired dentist, who died Thurs day at his home. 6410 Sixty-third street southeast, was held yesterday afternoon at Mt, Scott Park cemetery chapel, with interment in Mt. Scott Park cemetery. I The widow and a son. 11. L. Newcomb, survive.- Bichloride Was Fatal. - Spokane. April 17 Mrs. Dr. John j Dunlap, wife of a prominent pioneer dentist, died here tonight from the ef f..t. sr h4oilr4lA nf mrcnrv tablets I she took over a, week ago, with sulci- dal intent. She was deranged. i SUBURBAN NOTES Peace Sunday to Be Observed in Sellwood Episcopal Church. .Peace Will Be Thame. i Sell wood. April 17. Peace Sunday, which will be observed generally In Episcopal ? churches tomorrow, espe- ciaiiy on the Pacific coast, will be ob I served tomorrow i at St. John's Epls- Preaches Pirst Sermon Today. St.- Johns, Or, April 17. The first sermon in bis new charge will be new pastor, at the United Evangelical . cnurcu tomorrow) evening. Tomorrow morning his nrcdrsor. 1 Ttav. J. A. Goode, who resigned because of falling health, will preach. Clean-Up, Say Set. Fairview. Or., j April 17.--April 24 has been designated by the city -council as clean-up day for Fairview. All residents are urged to cooperate in the movement to? Improve the sanita tion and appearance of the town. Own ers of teams will be asked to haul away refuse on that day. I i '.... f ' ' Sandy to Clean Vp. Sandy, Or., April 17. Monday Is clean-up day in j Sandy by proclama tion of. the city council at the request of the' Sandy Women's club. The Sandy Commercial club also is inter ested in the movement. Refuse will be hauled away Monday, i ! May Celebrate Fourth. Sandy, or.; April 17. -The Sandy v.ummerciai ciuo will decide at a meeting Monday night whether or not to hold a Fourth of July celebration nerc. 4 Silver Tea Planned. Sandy, Or.,-April 17. A silver tea win be given by the Ladies' Aid so ciety Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs. W. IL Bar end rick. i Women's club to Meet. Sandy. Or.. Ariril. 17. The Sandv Women's club will meet May 7 at the nome or jars. Alfred Bell. . Must Stop at Midnight. Fairview, Or.J April 17. The city council nas passed an ordinance pro hibiting dancing after midnight on faaturday nights. ' fishermen Are Preparing". Corbett, Or., April 17. Local fisher men are preparing for the. opening of the season May Will, Meet Tuesday. Oak Groe, Or., April 17. George IL morning at Sellwood Methodist church laymen to Have Charge. Sellwoodi Or., (April 17. -The laymen will have charge of tomorrow evening's services at the :Spokane Avenue Pres byterian church. Reports on . the every-member (canvass for raising funds for current expenses and benev olences will be made. " j . Will Hold; Missionary Tea. Sellwood. Ori, April 17. Tuesday afternoon the Women's Missionary so ciety of Sellwood Methodist church will hold a missionary tea at z:J ! o'clock at the I home of Mrs. O. D. Stanley, 484 Lexington avenue. A pa- per on "in Kea Mans v,anu win uo read by Mrs. A. R. Maclean. - I. ! Will Tead Meeting Tomorrow. St. Johns, Or., April 17. Mrs. A. Jeffcott will lead the regular business meeting of Deborah Livingstone W. C. T. U. at 2 :S0 o'cjpck Monday after- IB Springs 5tto5t important ooKs The season's newest books are arriving daily. 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Chase. ...... . ... ..$2.50 "Germany's War Mania" t ' IThe Official Teutonic Point of View. . .$1.00 (Bill's The J. K. Gill Co.. Booksellers, Stationers and JlllililiiluiuililiiiUulil Mrs. A. B. Cochran ( Dies at Salem, 0r Was WellOCnown Pioneer Wno Cams ' to Oregon by On Team In " 1863 Survived by Pamily. Salem, Or., April 17. Mrs. America B. Cochran, aged 84 years, a well known pioneer of Oregon, died today at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W. T. Slater, in Salem. Mrs. Coch ran married David M. Howe in Mis souri In 1848, an) in 1863 they went to La Grande by ox team, and, with their seven children, settled there. Mr. Howe died the following No vember, and the family moved to Brownsville, where the older boys found employment in a woolen mill. In 1869 she married R. B. Cochran, who was well known In politics, and who was president of tlm senate at one time. Mrs! Cochran is survived by the following daughters: Mrs. W. T." Slater, wife of a former justice of the supreme court, and Mrs. Sadie Yantis. both of Salem; iyirs. Alclnda Keyes of Seattle, and Mlas Julia - Cochran of Colfax, Wosh, The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 from the Slater residence. Joseph Harris of Salem Is Dead Well Known Hop Man Succumbed to Heart; Tailure In Offloe of Louis Ziachmund Iieaves a Pamily. Salem, Or., 'April 17. Joppli Ilurrir,. of the firm of llnrls & Tallot. wotl known hop men, was found dead In hi office here at 4 o'clock this afternoon by Louis lichniun J, atiotlier hop man, who came In for a visit. Death was due to heart failure. Coroner dough decided. It' had been Harris' pactlci to take a nap In the' afternoon, and the position of his body indicated that he had passed away while sleeping. Harris Is survived by a wife and sev eral children. Advises Teachers to Go. Salem, Or., April 17. State Superin tendent of Schools Churchill Ima a1 dres.sed to county superintendents a letter urging , them to make every effort to induco teachers to attend tho National Educational-association's convention In OaKlaml, Cal., and, in cidentally, attend the exposition, es pecially Saturday, August 24, which lias been' designated as educational day. He suggests that a special train be .arranged for and believeH (SrtRnn should be represented by 1000 teach ers. noon, at the St. Johns library. "Mis sionary Societies" will be the topic. Residence Being Built. St. Johns, Or, April 17. A $1600 residence Is being erected for Mrs. J. C. Scott at the corner of Central ave nue and Charleston street. Sunday School Institute, Gresham, Or., April 17. Tomorrow evening a local Sunday school Institute will be conducted at tJreshanv Free Methodist church by Rev. Edwin W, Hight, former pantor, . now Huiftlay school secretary of the Oregon con ference. Bew Bell to Be Blessed. "Gresham, Or., April 17.' Tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock Father J. L. O'Brien, a Dominican . father from the Holy Rosary church, Portland, will bless the large hew bell of St. Henry's Catholic church and will preach the morning sermon. - Belegates to Be Chosen. Melrose, Or., April 17. The Sunday school of Iliff Memorial church will elect tomorrow delegates to the state Sunday school convention to be held In Portland. ' . a .$1.25 .$1.35 $1.35 .$1.25 .$1.40 $1.35 .$1.35 .$1.25 .$1.25 - iction 3Sooks .$2.00 .$1.75 .$1.00 $3.50 $1.50 $2.50 and their Missions Third and Alder St. Complete Office Outfitters'