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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL,' PORTLAND,, SUNDAY , MORNING, JULY 4, 1915. E SEIZE LARGE FIREWORKS STOCK -AT CHINESE ST Andrew Kan Arrested ; and Fined After, Patrol Auto ' Takes; Pyrotechnics, : ENVIOUS BOYS SEE RAID Tin Marshal inspires Slnn to Pre - serve Safety and Enforce Tix - , . Prevention Ordinance. While hordes of envious' small boys stood gaziftg on the scene, four husky policemen packed . millions of fire crackers and thousands of Roman can dles,, skyrockets, "nlggerchasers" and other Fourth of July noisemaklng. de vices from the Andrew Kan is. ercantlle store at 348 Morrison street yester day afternoon. ., yis; ' The occasion was a raid on, the store led by Tire Marshal Jay W, Stevens, on warrants charging , Kan.- who Is one of Portland's best known Chinese mer chants, with bavins -in stock and sell ing fireworks in violation of the. city : ordinance. J' . . . Had someone touched a match to the cargo ; that ..the patrol automobile hauled to the police station after the belzure," the pyrotechnic display would have been a rare onie, for it Is no ex aggeration : to say that the tempting fuses" Of skyrockets and Roman can dles protruded m. foot out of the rear f the machine. The biff-bodied car seemed fairly bursting , with Its I load of: combustibles, which i weighed alto gether over ,1000 , pounds, ; and -was valued at considerably over $250., ; Fire Marshal Stevens spent most of last week In seeing that Portland peo ple Jiad no opportunity to violate the law prohibiting the use of fireworks in, the city- limits. No1 stocks were found tn the stores of the ' Caucasian merchants, but ; in - three Chinese, es tablishments large supplies were un earthed. - Tn A ,--V- -1 Yesterday afternoon Stevens secured a. (warrant -- for the Kan store,-and C. O. Williams, one of the janitors of the police headquarters building,-, was sent s out to make an investigation m urder to. constitute a technical violation on which the seizure could be made. ' '1 want a dollar's worth- of fire crackers, Roman candles., skyrockets, and torpedoes," Williams began, on en tering the store. - oi so last, not so iaav proiesiea the Chinese attendant as he led the way to . the rear; of . the store. There Williams was given all the fireworks lie wanted. Williams then stepped to a telephone and called the patrol wagon. . r . Patrolmen I. Iong, r Edward Burke, J. Thompson and Strain re sponded., and spent 20 minutes tn car rying?, the stock of fireworks to the "bus." Mr. Kan was taken to police head quarters and Judge Stevenson con vened a special session of court to hear he case. "The merchant, pleaded guilty and wasvfined $10 for selling the fire works aacV 415 for keeping it in steak. Downstairs, when he was talking the matter, over with ' Captain Moore, i pa ' trolmaa Burke approached - Mrv Kan with a bill ? for SI, the amount taken from the city treasury for Williams to make his purchase. Kan' had to pay this bill, and when he left police sta tion, he had exactly 23 cents. " . The fireworks are confiscated and will be turned over to Marshal .Stev ens for destruction. Disposition - of O.-C; ; . Lands Is Discussed State's Desires In the Matte Certain , to Be Considered, Declare Officials In Washington. t Washington. July 8. (WASHING TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAU) It looks like the United States govern ment, Oregon and the Southern Pacific railroad may-be competing bidde; be fore the next congress for the Oregon railroad lands, Assistant -Attorney General Knaebel today said h 'had been discussing .with the general land commissioner the1 Question of what rec ommendation to make to congress regarding-' disposition of unsold' lands. One v suggestion ; being ' gives serious consideration, he said. Is that the government buy back at $2.60 an acnt all unsold lands. When ; '-informed of . ex-Governor West's idea for the state to buy ithe lands, Knaebel: said: "It may be pos sible. Whatever action ris , taken the state's, desires in the matter are cer tain to be considered." ' " - The problem has been taken up only in a tentative way thus far, he said, but will be tackled seriously by his department when he return from a month'a.vaeation. Knaebel has charge of land matters for the department of Justice.' - , - -V-- . " . '. -"-New P. O. Star Routes in Oregon. Washington, July 3. (WASHING TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL.) New postofflee star routes have been established In Oregon as follower Jfar rnot to Sandy,, contract given Olie B. Pomeroy;- Sandy .to Rowe via. Welch's and Cherryville, '- Percy ; T. ynelley; Sandy to Myrtle Point, P. Wi Laird., McMinnville Couple : 3Iurt at Tacoma Mrs. Xu B. Mulkey Probably fatally ' Crashed, ,X S Mulkey. Mrs. Xtadd ; and Daughter Also Seriously Sort. Tacoma. Wash Ju!y 3. When their automobile was- struck by a streetcar tonight Mrs.-I Dr-rMulkey war prob ably fatally hurt and her husband, a prominent tmslness . man- of McMinn ville. Or., and Mrs. Ti ; W. Ladd an-I her 10 year old daughter, Mary Jewell. Sustained serious Injuries. Mr, Mulkeya right ear was prac tically severed and her skull frac tured." & The Mulkey party had mo tored to Tacoma from McMinnville and were going to the home of friends when ; the accident occurred. 5 Mrs. Mulkey jwas cut ly -flying glass and hurled against one of the iron canopy supports. : Street car. officials declare. j Mulkey was "jtrying to save time and Otllberately cut in front of their car. j s Cloth- images of animals which can i b- filled with " sand have been in dented to serve as playthings for chil dren at the seashore. . - ORE essional ; U's . Methods Explained Kiss Tirginl Arnold Speaks favor - of CompeUlng' Consideration of flraf fraga. President Wilson. Xnlogised. " Miss Virginia i Arnold, of Washing ton, D. C.in charge of the. field work of the Congressional Union tor Wom an -Suffrage, spoke -at 'Central -library before -the - i Single Tax. league.- last night. In faVor of compelling - consid eration for equal suffrage by the poll-, ticlans in Washington. She told of the -way In ' which by eauous, rule In congress and in committees equal suf frage was stifled, although a majority of the representatives-and the senators favored It. ; ' - She urged that women of Oregon as sist the. union by opposing the domi nant party, declaring it would not give equal suffrage respectful considera tion. ; i ' ' Alfred l. ", Cridge said he believed that: differences between . branches of equal suffrage was not. of - prime in terest, i ;. ' , ' ' , Paul Turner.-praised: the Wilson ad ministration, and eaid .tne -president wa. the greatest man since Lincoln. He believed that the Congressional: union, etc, "will be -used by the trusts; and big ' business Ao .overthrow, the only administration since LJncoln that hat tried to do something for the people afeng fundamental . lines. -- - -- IX E. Holcomb and ,W.' L. Glass also spoke.. - ---. v " , . .... , .. . , ," . . . . r D. Eccles, Visitor ' . , f At Geddes Home - - ; ' ; . , r . Sanghter of Wontaa rilghttng for For tune Testifies at Trial Conoerslng 'Calls Made by MUUouair; ; Ogden, Utah, July 3. (U. P.)--Mrs. Margaret - Geddes Head, - daughter of Mrs. Margaret Geddes, occupied the witness stand, during the greater-part of the Eccles trial today. , Mrs. -Head's memory - was defective to many inci dents and details of the occurrences at the - time Mrs. Geddes moved v from Plain City to Salt Lake.".... .. .. .. Eccles, she said, visited the quarters occupied by Mrs. Geddes and her fam ily and often remained over night; She said her mother was never in -poverty. "She", alaways ' had plenty," she said. When Eccles came to. see. her mother, she said, she did not stay around the house, -but . "sometimes went jfor - a walk." : ; - A . ' ; . Mrs. Head testified 'Jhat while talk ing about purchasing a home for Mrs.. JGeddes, David Eccles : told her to L get one wen oni irom town wnere w wouia not be noticeable when he came to visit her. ' Her "mother, she. said,, al ways had a wrlvate bedroom In all the places they had 11 ved.n ii. . . Slavs; Being -Swept V Out of Galicia Oeneral von Xackensen's Plans to Sep arate Bnsslaa Armies Succeeds la Stive Between Mug and Vistula. ' . rBerlln," July;. 3, via wireless to Lon don. (U. 'P.)-i-Gneral von - Macken sen's daring dash into ."Russia front Lemberg has- resuited-.in. -complete suc cess of his plans to separate the Rns-, sian armies; war office dispatches .re ported tonight., fi .;:;. -jt f ! t-t t-. -Von'- Mackensen's s drive 1 northward, etween the ' Bug. and Vistula already has Isolated the Slav - right wing. Hip advance guards tonight were reported within 34 miles of Lublin. -t ! From ' a1" point northeast of Lemberg to the Dnelster, river. General von Lin-1 singen and Austrian -commanders are sweeping t the Slavs out of - Galicia on a hundred mile front. -The war off Ice admitted-a slight reverse -on : the Vosges mountains. . ' r : r r-: - .. Junior Police Examination. , All,oye - desiring to become Junior police officers should hand in their ap plications before 6 p. m. Tuesday, July 6. On that evening1 there will be an examination for all new boys. . On Wednesday evening there "wllT be a business meeting. j. '- Fop any-information "regarding the Portland Junior police ask at the desk Cjf the junior chief of police, second floor of - the - Chamber of . Commerce building, between the hours of 10 and 12 noon, and 1 and 6 p. m. Tuesday. Congr PO.LICE LUG FIREWORKS . . . - - v . - ' " . " r; v J$r- - v - ry :, I - . JZ' -, , - : ' - " . - - r f -f. - . - ' ) I .: 5 vi " - 'f ' r - - ii i-' x VN - ; , ... wm& f - s . ---.! I" l:i-::;:Si- '. VX: -v-'.--- : y.: :.::. :::-:-:-: :: ::::. : t .:-:-::: :L:.y- 1 ) ,. . Jy:: : : - v ' : J , v, '; -' . V y "'' ' - - N 9 , ' . ' , " L i i. ' " , . , . lv . ,s .., f . , - f- i . ' ' " ' -a.M".JJi-MLLL'.( ,,-111 , "-- , - I .... j. , -v- Scene at raiding of "Andrew Kan's - establishment yesterday. In patrol wagon, Patrolman Thompson; ether officers, left to right. Patrol ? men A. JL. Long, Edward, Curke and Stram. Tiu-orxj of men and boys stand enviously as explosives are hauled away. , '-" " NEW YORKERS SEE PORTLAND AND COLUMBIA RIVER "I 4 Brooklyn SERGEANT OF POLICE ViLL PROBABLY! BE : . PLACED AT ST. Definite Plans for ' Patrolling I New Territory. Have Not - Been - Decided . Oiv - "-.' - if'--'.-t..il- - . t:-ywi :;k While no definite plans have been made, it Is probable that sergeant of police and several patrolmen "'will ; be stationed In St. Johns when that town becomes a part of Portland after July 7. Mayor AJbee' said, yesterday that he did not expect . to place a man In charge of the men in that district who ranked above a sergeant. - ' - ' It has. not been definitely decided whether the municipal building In St. Johns, will be used as ia. sub-station or not; 'although Mayor Albee stated that such : a plan ; would likely prove more satisfactory than having . the patrolmen-sent out from the central police -Station. -. -: .-i, r; .'- u -; . v ; . If a sub-station ' Is located at St. Johns It is probable that the men " to police' Linnton. 'across the river,' ; will be under toe direction of those in charge at the sub-station.-, v. Arrests made in Linnton .in orach a case will result Jn prlapners being taken across the river on the ferry to. St. . Johns. The 1 annexation of 'he two towns will mean a great deal of territory for the harbor police to, coverr No definite plans for policing the harbor : along Unnton and St. Johns have been made, however. . . " V- " ' .- ' ' XPELES AN ANCIENT CLAIM Star Sand Co. Seeks to Recover ' ! - Seven-Year-Old Fines. " After a"; lapse of more than - seven years,- the Star Sand ..company - latj now attempting to have the .city remit fines imposed during Mayor Lane's tadmln lstratlon for delrsquencles on r s.treet WOrk.'-;.' - ig i . : - A claim for $1444 which the company alleges it paid was'iled with City Auditor Barbur yesterday, f The com pany says it was required to pay fines on Borthwick, Failing, Fargo, Ganten beln, Shaver, and Skidmore streets. It now charges that the fines im posed by the-old executive board were never . recommended by -the city en gineer and should not nave been made. Jackson Club Is s , GainingjMembers At its - meetings Friday night, the Jackson club took In S7 new members. Af the: meeting two weeks before tt new' members were taken : in, arid 20 were : added " at i the meeting ; before that, CoL Robert A. Miller says the club aims to Increase its membership to 1000 before the. end of the year. JOHNS eeiyeN?e'ia-.ovv ywyyrie-' - n9 ' ' ' 'fir. 5 J'9i Eagle party of 140 persons at LEGAL INTELLIGENCE Saturday In the Circuit Court .,; "Hew-Buita Anne B. Echoepper ti. ermaa E. Scboepper, divorce. . ). - , . . Henry . Fleekenstein I Co., .. Charles E. Frailer, et al., conspiracy damage. - - . Florence Price t. . Wilmar Prtcts, divorce. Ida M. Berxatranjl vs. iuiiner F. Bergatrand, dlvorc. . i - Myra S. Gaylord va. Eliell eompiny of Cali fornia, et al., injanctloo against building. - Morris L. Coartright . Grace Dart i'oung er. et al., mortgage forecloaure. . F. A. Zelloer . H W. Mitchell, personal Injury damages. ' -! .- - Mabel Jackson vs. P. R-i L. k P.. Co., per. aonal injury damacea. - A. VL Knndaon et aLj vs. 1. H.. Peterson, to collect rentals. ,i - Joaeptilne Jermann P. S.. A P. Co, personal Jnjnry- damages. - Uanaab Baxtoa vs. WUUam I. Buxton, . di vorce. ' - f. ,1 1 Jcdgvents. Watklns vs. Martha J, George E. Wilson. at aL. mortsasra foreclosed. mmt - v. Leignion vs. -v. E. Clodfelter, iuda-ment for Dlalntiff. Kdlth E. -Bloe vs. I. P. for Dlalntlff. ' Arnold. Judgment Florence Cochran vs. Antaoey Haxdy. Judg ment for plaintiff. John BjelUt vs. Monarch Lomber Co., of Oregon, et al., receiver appointed. : O. A- Vorphal vs. Larretta H. Vorpahl, decree. -.- . i .- Jesaica Gross Hanaen vs. Paul Hansen, de cree. - 1 i ti. Mendelsohn va, Phil Roeumny,. dismlsaed. : Frank Masson vs. 3, H. Girates. et aL. die mlvaed asi to Harry Feres,' . - - . . Rebecca gax vs. S. A.j Sax, decree. Rose C. Rockwood T. Mrs. Nora McCann, et al., mortgage forecloaed. Natbaa Wise vs. Addie Parvto, et al., mort gage foreclosed. I - I - - C. Lewis Vs. City of St. 'John, et al., assessment cancelled. i Fred A. Jacobs Co., vs Soren Peterson, et al., dismissed. t Fontelle 8. Wallace ra, Herbert N. Wallace, dlamifsed. - ' .- Nottingham 4 Co. vs. James H. W. Willson, et-aL.t.. liens foreclosed, j . -.-, B. L. Knight, et al. vs. J. H. W. Willson, et aL liens foreclosed, i '- Bessie Mary Thacker i ts.i x Watson James Thacker. decree. . A ' - Barbara. Cornwall vs. Frank Cornwall, de cree. - ' -'. . J" i - . - A. J. Croae vs. "Majorj' Creek Lumber Co., lodgment for plaintiff, t A. J. . Cross ts. Johnson 4k Gobs, et al., indament tor plaintiff. . M. Pallay. et aL, ts.! PhiUp Qevnrts, et eL. mortgage foreclosed, r HURT FIRE CAPTAIN SUES - F. A. Zellner Brings Action, Against Antoist Who flit Truck. - Fire Captain F; A. Bellner -yesterday filed suit against' N.l -W.,, Mitchell for $5050 damages, alleging injuries re ceived when Fire Marshal Stevens' au tomobile was struck by Mitchell's' au tomobile a the fire auto -was-en routs to a fire - June - 9. The accident oc curred at Union avenue " and 1 Fast Stark street, and ! Zellner f,' alleges Mitchell was violating the traffic or dinance in failing tor give the fire ap paratus right of way. Zellner says that since that time he has been un able to do his work.. I , . .. ' COFFEY TUliNS IN FEES County Clerk Places - In Treasury v. A $2078.8O Received, t During the' six months just ended. County Clerk Coffey, has turned Into the county .treasury!" $2078.80; received as - fees in accordance with his pre election promise to accept only a flat salary. - - During 'the same." period of 1914 he added $2044.21 to the county funds. During June, $323.79 was paid into .the ' treasury -Attorn the same sources. Among the Items' of the past six FROM CHINESE STORE 11.'- ' t Forestry building yesterday, before months and including December is one of S which was received fromr the sale of internal - revenue stamps. The government allows , a commission of one per cent' of the value - of stamps sold and $5500 worth was sold by Mr. Coffey's office,, Mr. Coffey also add ed to county funds $8 received for his services in canvassing the St. Johns merger election. The other funds turned Into the treasury were declara tion of intention fees, fees for petition for citizenship and Interest on daily bank balances on which two per cent interest is allowed. - . . . - - - CtTID IIUXTS IX AVOQDS i , Cochran, '- Flagged - by June Bride I v. Rush, Seeks Rest, ' "Cupid' ' is' going hunting, but not with his bow and arrow or for hearts to 'break. This "Cupid" happens .to be John Cochran, who . presides over the marriage license' counter In the county clerk's office. '-The strenuous work of providing" June brides . with properly certified husbands proved too much for him, so he took his vacation as 'soon as. the last one was properly cared for. Bert DeMartini, clerk for 'Circuit Judge Davis, will loo kafter prospec tive bridegrooms for the EnesEt two weeks and Edgar B. Piper, Jr., will be come Judge Davis' aide. Cochran will Journey Into the mountains east of. Al bany searching for game worthy of his prowess. - Deputy County Clerk E- P. Mahaf f ey also began., his vacation yes terday,: going tip the Columbia for two weeks of rest.1 ' ' 'ti- vv-sk l- ONE ACCTOENTil i TWO 'SUITS 5 Label Jackson aitd Josephine Jer mann Want $13,000 Each, . ; Two suits by women for $15,000 each were filed yesterday against the Port land Railway, IJght & power company as the - result of one accident-, of k un usual .character. ' Mabel Jackson and Josephine Jermann allege they were riding with E. A. Lupton in his auto mobile January 16, when a trolley wire broke ' at Williams avenue and. Knott street. Mabel Jackson says that as she Jumped from 'the - machine to avoid the wire she pulled Lupton after her. She asserts that the fall 1 resulted In a - sprained - asjjcle and other injuries. Josephine Jermann alleges - that her Jump to miss thf; wire- injured her riously, ' ', .I.'-' "-' '' m ' '" ' " Legalizes Fourth Marriage. .To make absolutely legal a marriaga performed five years - ago, : : four months after George Fi," Rltter " was divorced . from his third wife, Hitter yesterday remarried his fourth wife, who was Isabella Dad. Rltter is 78 years old and has six children- as the result of his many marriages. Mrs. Dad-Rltter is 75 years old.- They were married first In Vancouver within the six-month period, during which re marriage of divorced people Is forbid den in Oregon,' and to clear up real estate titles it- was found - necessary for Mr. ana i Airs, renter to De mar ried fcigaln. The - Bitters .- reside In fXients. I Maid Loses Damage Suit. . I .A jury- in Circuit Judge McGinn's Court .yesterday returned a verdict for Mr. and Mrs. George M. ' Harris in a $20,000 damage suit filed against them by Hilja Lahti. their former domestic. Miss Lahti alleged that she suffered r. - "V. leaving for trip over Colunmbia IUver a. broken leg and other Injuries as the result of a fall through a skylight In the Harris home. - She alleged that the tall was due to lack of light. . , , - Would Block OH Station. fK restraining order to prevent . the erection of a $600 filling . statldn at East Twenty-second and . - Schuyler streets, was sought yesterday" by Myra S. Gaylord in a suit fUed against the Shell Oil company and X.ucy -Meyer. The complaint charges that - the . sta tion would -violate the building- re strictions of the district tn which the property is situated, both as to price and distance to- the edge . of th lot. . Orders Inheritance Tax ; Paid. Xn ' the-? absence - of County Judge Cleeton, who went, to the beach for the week-end. Circuit ; Judge Davis yes terday directed .the payment of $512.4 inheritance taxes In -the estate of Helen May. who died October 4,' 1914. Carrie ' Rossman, a I daughter, receives $38,897.40 from the estate and pays $333.97 taxes. Clarence B. .May re ceives .$22.$!7.40 and pays , $178.97 taxea The net value of the estate Is $61,294.80. . , -w Aged Father Sole Heir. - K.y Ouackenbush, ' 72 years old, - a resident of Sherwood, Or,, filed a petition-yesterday for his appointment as administrator of. the estate of his son, E. HQuackenbueh, who died April 16. He said the estate Is worth $12,000. The father Is the sole heir. . .:: Pivorce Suit Filed.. :. Divorce suits filed yesterday were: Ida M. Bergstrand against Elmer F. Bergstrand. cruelty; Florence Price against Wilmar Price, 'desertion;' Anna B. Schoepper ' against ' Herman K. Schoepper. cruelty; Hannah Baxton against; Wllllam J. Baxton, cruelty.' - -Boulevard Assessment Invalid. i Circuit : Judge Davis "; held ; Invalid the assessment against the property of XX C. Lewis iriiSt. Johns for Improve ment of 'Willamette boulevard. " He enjoined the city of St. Johns from collecting It. - Judge Davis ruled -that the proceedings for improvement of the boulevard were Irregular. - 1 Divorce pecree Granted. , ' Cirealt . Judge ' 4.Davis -, yesterday granted. divorce to Barbara Cornwall from Frank Cornwell on grounds of desertion. , " r , sBBsSasiaSBaBssB"",""Saas" -J4- Brewery Bottler ; 7 Some Foot Racer James Johnson Outdistances Polloe ' men on root, on Hotoreycle and In ; Patrol Wagon.- ' James - Johnson, a , brewery bottler,' is some foot racer. : Xast night he outdistanced patrol men on- foot, on motorcycle and In the patrol wagon tn a wild ' effort to get away after havttfg been -arrested for fighting.- Johnson was picked up while fight ing in a saloon near Sixth and Wash ington streets, by' Patrolman Brunlng. He was brought to the station in the patrol wagon and aa - he was being lead ' upstairs broke away s- from Mo torcycle Patrolman Morris and dashed up Oak' street Morris caught him at Third street, or rather caught his coat tails. -Johnson slid out of his coat and kept on running south on Third while, Morris field the empty coat. The patrol wagon, driven by -Larry XOvans, and Motor cycle Patrolmen Irvine and Tully hstarted in pursuit. Johnson sped down Stark street to First and then north on First to Oak street again. At Second and Oak he dashed into - the Arton baH.' where a dance - was . In : progress. Kvans had almost caught him x with the. patrol wagon, by that time. The officer left his wagon, and . hurrying upstairs, found Johnson trying to hide himself in the cloak room. -- ' This time he was landed In Jail. X large crowd, attracted by the chase, watched Johnson lead away to Jail. . Italians Batter . ; - Austrian Fortress Artillery Slowly Crushing Stronghold : of Malborget, Aooordtag to Oeneral : Oadoraa's Beport; Take S00.. Rome, r July 8. (U. V P.) iUlian heavy artillery is slowly battering In the works of the great Austrian for tress of Malborget. " "Our" bombardment was 'carried on with great violence yesterday,"- said tonight's report frera General Cadorna. "Our air scouts report that great dam age was done. "The enemy violently counter -attacked our positions on the heights of Carbisco. We repulsed the assaults and'took 200 prisoners.' MATTHEWS IS IMPROVING . W. FV Matthews, formerly - United States marshal for Oregon and chair man of : the Republican state central committee, who, is critically . ill at St. Vincent's hospital,- is reported to be standing the warm weather very . well. His ' condition was reported to be somewhat improved ' last -night. ' ;j unction ; Creamery - Wins. -Junction City, Or July 8. In 'the butter contest for the state, of .Ore gon, conducted by the Oregon Agricul tural college, the Junction City Cream ery was an easy winner for the month of June with a score of 85 points. The creamery ' buttermaker, I S. . . t-each, has participated in this contest contin uously for the - last six months. HIGHWAY Highway. AVERAGE WHEAT CROP IS CoiTditions ;Were Most En- coujaglng Until the 'Hot : Winds Game Along Lately, By Hyman H. Cohen. Wasco, Or July 8. Sherman coun ty will have an average crop of wheat. This much is assured.' If weather con ditions turn out for the better the crop may, be slightly In. excess of i the av erage, .' but general indications at this time do not point that.way. f 'M: There Is a smaller acreage planted to' wheat in the county this season. The amount of summer fallowed land is - perhaps the greatest ever known. For some reason unexplained the acre age planted to grain, last season was the greatest ever known ; therefore it follows that the present season should show ; a decrease. - 4.,- we- "V; U .It has been a most -erratic season for : the wheat grower- of ;Sherman county.. He has had to contend with a great deficiency in the winter rain fall. That was perhaps one of the biggest blows dealt him. Then he had a very dry spring, butlhls April show ers wer really crop saver. Since then the grain has been growing well. Under pressure or these timely show ers Sherman county fields looked - as if they would show double the bushel average of previous seasons. .Along Cam the-wind. i , Everything looked rosy until about a week ago. Then the dreaded hot winds appeared, and at this time have already damaged the average crop fully 80 per cent. Some of the fields T damaged only 8 to S per cent, while others show loss of fully SO per cent, in the early ' promise. lhas been done in. fields of late sow" v. mat most of the daniaga lag. The spring -sowln . i, .rv of sufficient good to pay. harvest ex IPS0??: but ickUy there IS not enough . mak much' difference in the 'total showing. ' . . . . - If the "hot. winds should disappear from this ? time untl after the crop ..Bafljr . sarnered, Sherman county will have a full average production, if -not, only, the future can be V the Judge. j In the east end of the county, in the vicinity of Klondike, and on through Moro and Grass valley, the showing Is slightly better than in the west end of the county. . -' . ,- ; . This is because the wheat in . those sections was not at. a critical stage when the warm winds appeared. - - In fact, while there Is damage re ported all ' throagh i the county as a result of the heat, some of the fields in the east end have actually Improved since- the weather turned warm. -.X! Stually distressing to see the fields of grain in the west end of the county. While an examination from the road would indicate that some of the fields would go from 85 to 50 bush els per ' acre, an examination of - the grain- In the fields themselves would disclose the fact that a large per cent of the grains . have entirely vanished and the. rest have been "caught" By the weather. f -: , - - Crop About Average. . Taking the county as a'.whole, there Is only slight cause for complaint. The crop Is an average - one, and that is about all there is to It. : The average grower figured his crop on the earlier prospects; prospects that have appeared only three times la 30 years, and in each Instance the re sults were the same. The crop went to pieces Just as It was approaching maturity. Insofar as. quality Is concerned. Sherman county will 7 have Us best milling wheat this season. '-. Allies': Trenches ' Taken by Turks s Constantinople, July 8. (I. N. S.) Capture of two lines of Anglo-French trenches in terrific - fighting on- the Gaiipoli peninsula was' claimed in an official statement issued .from the Turkish war office. ., The sUtement saidV, ,' ' ' r . ' - "On the Dardanelles : front north of the sector of Avi Barnu Tuesday there was an exchange of fire. In the southern sector of Sedd-El-Bahr there was fighting - all day. The enemy aimed at the -investment of our right wingt and delivered an -attack . sup ported by violent artillery fire. It failed, however, owing to our counter attacks. "North of Avi Barnu, Tuesday night, we repulsed attacks directed at our central intrenchments; North of Sedd-El-Bahr, we attacked the enemy's left wing and there was fighting- all night. We ; penetrated . severs 1 trenches and maintained these positions. - The bat tle ended at sunrise. - - "All 'Wednesday there was fighting between the right and left wings. Our attacks are proceeding most favor ably" . . ROYAL CANTON ' XSffTAITB A2TT 85S-854 Aider St., Cor. Park. Portlaad.Or. Opk 10 A. X. rstU t A, X. Special Scsiay CL;ckea Knacr 35c special xxrscn. ise vr t rora w A. k. to S P. 2a. Americas sad Chinees DisIms Opaa ! .and Jtiglit Fnons: A-i382, Haia 4749 NOW INDICATION SHERMAN COUNTY PARTY OF 'BROOM PEOPLE TAKE III THE SIGHTS OF PORTU liiil FromjTime of Arrival Unti uepanure Lasx iNignx no ' Yorkers Are Kept, on Mov TRIP ON GREAT HIGHWAY Columbia Praised la Comparison XTl.'i Sudson aad Bhlnar-Seoeptloa at - . - rortlaad Press Clnb. The Brooklyn Eagle party saw Fort land lb shadow and in sunshine. They heard us apologize because our snowclad mountains were not In view. When the sun came out in the after-, noon they eagerly searched the haxy horizon ; for ' the great white peaks which they were told should be stand ing on the horizon like great dishes cf ice cream. : 7 , They drank at the Benson fountains, and returned to drink yet again and declare the superlative quality of Bull Run watef. They saw Portland from end to end, from the east side to the heights, and marveled at the fading beauty of the roses, still blooming bravely despite the heat of the past four days. And many of them went over the Columbia river highway, comparlr -the scenery J.6 that of the Hudson an i the Rhine, with the rugged grandeur of the great western river high in their cpmparlsons. t ;.. Portland Is Inspected. From the time of their arrival i 3 mid-morning to their departure for Se attle late last night, the Brooklyn Eagle touring party were mighty busy giving Portland an eagle-eyed inspec tion. ' . " V .- - ; There were 140 In all, men, women and - children whole families tn - some cases and they arrived in Portland as unwearied of sightseeing as thous 1 they had not come clear across the continent-and almost the length of the American Pacific coast, with two world's fairs en route. Their entertainment closed last nijrht with a recepttlon given by the Wom en's State -Press club and the Prei a club at the rooms of the latter. Dr. Newell - Pwlght HUlis, famous pastor of Plymouth church, Brooklyn, made a little talk expressive of the ap preciation of the'party over their en tertainment In Portland. ' He told of the sights' and experi ences of the teur In a humorous vein. Speaking of the scenery . of Cali fornia, he declared: , "We thought we saw some scenery there, but that was before we saw the Columbia river highway this afternoon." Others- who spoke also praised the highway, saying that the view from Crown - Point surpasses any, in - the world. . . ' v See America Plrst. Herbert E. Gunnison, business man ager of the Eagle and one of the offi cials of the party, says that all alone: the route he has been kept 'busy ex plaining that the party is not the re sult of .a circulation contest, but. that Its members are Brooklyn citizens who wanted to make the trip and chose to make It under the Eagle's auspices. From Seattle tne party will return east by way of Yellowstone, Salt Lake City, Denver. Omaha, Chicago, Detroit and Buffalo. ' . 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