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Newspaper Page TextDAILY KASt OUEUONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON. l'lUDAV. JULY S, 1008. EIGHT PAGES. rAGE nro. -.- m mm pflEslDENTIIIL DOCTOR'S ORDER POSSIBILITIES TOM. L JOHNSON WWHt- The Peoples U Where it Pays to Trade 1JUSI ORDER Of The Oregon Dally Journal says of the unjust order of the Insurance un derwriters' association that Portland's electric current be changed from di rect to alternating necessitating the Installation of at least 600 new mo tors: Every owner of an electric motor for machine or elevator power in Portland is confronted by the neces sity of buying a new motor if the Portland Railway, Light & Power company yields to the demand of the insurance companies for an imme diate change of the current used for power purposes in this city. The change from direct to alter nating current will. It is said, come naturally within the course of the next 18 months by the placing of the power wires under ground In the bus iness district. It is charged that the Pacific coast insurance combine is taking advan tage of a technicality and the usual public hostility against lighting cor poratins, to raise the Insurance rates in Portland and reap a harvest before the installation of the underground system ordered by the city council and now being planned by the Port land Railway, Light & Power com pany. Would Necessitate Cliange. Discusing the sensational Increase of insurance rates put into effect yesterday by the underwriters' com bination, President B. E. Josselyn of the Portland Railway, Light & Pow er company, said: "We have had this question up be fore and we have declined to make an immediate change, partly because we are considering the interests of our power customers, all of whom would have to instantly dispose of their mo tors and get new motors that could be operated by the proposed alter nating current. There are about bUU direct current motors now In opera tion on our lines. Every one would have to be superseded by an alternat ing current motor. "In our Judgment the advance of local insurance rates on the pretext of danger from the direct current wires Is nothing less than a holdup by the Insurance companies that car ry policies on the properties in the business district of Portland. "They claim that the rates must be Increas ed because any great electrical dis turbance might cause a general con flagration. The fact Is that there are no electrical disturbances in Portland. This climate Is peculiarly free from such disturbances. No Increase Elsewhere. "Eliminating electric disturbances, the present system Is all right. But in the regular course of events we are planning to change the . downtown wires to an underground system, and ot the same time change the current from direct to alternating, , reducing the voltage from 600 to 220 volts. The city council has directed ' that downtown wires be placed under ground, and we are making our plans to carry out this ordinance." It Is said by electrical engljiers that 80 per cent of cities of the Uni ted States are using direct current for power purposes, and that they never change excepting In rebuild ing their wiring plants and placing them underground, according to mod ern plans. In the making of this change the rule is to reduce the voltage, making It an alternating current Instead of direct. It is said that In some cities the direct current Is not even an Insu lated system, as In Portland, but that the power is taken direct from the trolly wire, and that In these same cities insurance la carried at regular rates by the same companies that do baslness In and are now raising rates in Portland. In eastern cities the risk Is natural ly greater by reason of the frequency of great electrical storms. But Port land Is free from such storms and therefore It Is argued should be free from Insurance rate advance on such pretexts. Garry Own Irwurwnoe. Under former conditions prevail STORE OPEN Until 9 o'Clock Tonight Warehouse THE UNDEOWRITERS ing with the local electric light and power company there were grounded circuits outside of the power house, but those conditions have practically been remedied and faults done away with. The present direct current in sulated system Is said by electricians to be really better than an alternat ing current, and the discrimination between the two under discussion is so fine that engineers differ In opin ions thereon. t "We are serlousiy considering car rying our own Insurance on all com pany properties, the same as is done by the Union Pacific system, where I Inaugurated the policy years ago," Mr. Josselyn said. "It Is entirely practical for large corporations or a number of them to get together on the Insurance ques tion and pay their premiums into a fund, out of which all fire losses can be easily met. I understand that the Union Pacific has paid all fire losses out of such a fund and has a good surplus In the fund today. Other bus iness concerns could do likewise, and especially here in Portland, where rates are constantly being raised by the Insurance companies doing bus! ness here." COVEIt EASTEKX OREGON WITH IJl'GGY AND TEAM MimicuiHlls Pawy Travels 800 Miles Through Central Oregon Counties Imgest Continuous Trip. The longest continuous trip made through Oregon In recent years has Just been completed by II. A. Hunter, president of the Hunter Land com pany of Minneapolis, says the Port land Journal. With two companions and a two-horse rig they left the ter minus of the Sumpter Valley railroad In Grant county and traveled over land through Canyon City, and south through Harney county skirting the eastern slopes of the Steins mountain to Catlo valley, where they entered the old Oregon military road and traversed it to Lakevlew, thence north and west over the Cascade via Crescent lake, and struck the South ern Pacific railroad at Eugene. The trip occupied four weeks, and the party covered about 800 miles, 250 miles of which was over the old military road, constructed 50 years ago to admit early settlers into Oregon by the southern route. The trip was made for the purpose of a thorough examination of the lands and condl Hons of Interior and southern Ore gon east of the Cascades. Mr. Hunt er came out enthusiastic over the prosperity of the residents of those regions and the possibilities for agrl cultural and industrial development. Copious rains fell nearly every day along the route through Lake and Harney counties. Coming out over the Crescent lake pass they encountered snow 10 feet deep, and met frequent parties of Southern Pacific surveyors with their pack horses and outfits, resuming the surveying of lines of the Oregon Eastern railroad from Natron to Vale, and branch lines to Lakevlew and Klamath Falls. The trip over the mountain was made mostly on foot. "Crescent lake is probably the most beautiful spectacle in all Oregon, the state of spectacular scenery," Mr, Hunter said. "The day that we spent at this lake was warm and pleasant, and we went In swimming. The wa ter waa cold, but the swim fine and Invigorating. This lake Is In form almost a crescent, and Inside the cres cent curve Diamond peak, a splendid snow crowned mountain, rises to great height and Is perfectly mirrored In the lake. On the opposite aide of the lake Is. a long, gently sloping solid beach. The lake is one of the moat beautiful I have ever beheld. Country Rapidly Settling. ' "Over In Lake and Harney coun ties there are many new people com ing in and the country Is developing. With the opening and colonization of the old Oregon military road land grant the future of that country looks very bright. I met old settlera In this grant who stated that the lands Save Your Coupons originally were covered with tall grass, and that their present partial ly denuded condition Is due to over grazing. In places where settlers have planted clover and alfalfa these grasses are growing prollflcally. Con siderable complaint Is heard because of the placing of the lands on the market without advance notice to the lessees, whose leases are all made subject to termination by the sale These tenants are only now hearing that the grant Is being sold, after nearly one-third of It has been dispos ed of. They naturally want to make an effort to purchase lands that they have been leasing. Many of the val leys produce good' crops of alfalfa without Irrigation. The cattle In that country today look fat and sleek. In fact I have seen no finer looking cat lie anywhere In western Oregon. In the Goose Lake valley numerous rail road surveyors are at work, and no less than five railroad lines are now being surveyed into Lakevlew. The July American Hoy. Young America and the glorious Fourth Is well depicted on the hand some colored front cover of the July American Boy. the contents of the magazine will surely satisfy every reader, in variety, Interesting, and In structive reading. Continued chapters of the five serials, Bred In the Bone, or Born an Electrician, That Dilling ham Boy and Four Boys on the Mis sissippi are given, and there is the first installment of Under the Great White Canvas, describing the Interesting and unique experiences of Hugh C. Weir, with the great Ringllng Brothers' cir cus. The smaller stories are full of interest and excitement, notably, Knv anagh of Lucknow, Hero of the In dian Mutiny, telling of how the hero Ism of one man saved the lives of thousands and quelled the great Insur. rection of India; The Rangers de scribes Incidents In the lives of those gallant and heroic pioneers who did so much to settle our country In the early days. A Duel In the Woods Is a fine story of a boy slaying a mad-bull moose. Larry Lojole, the Man wno r.reaks Baseballs, will bo eagerly read by every lover of our national game. The Story of the Signers Is a timely slieU;i of some of the members of that congrt-s.i which "Resolved, that these united colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and Independent." How Tony Leavltt Kept Independence Day In 1777, tells of how the coolness and courage of an American boy saved the colonial troops from disaster. Among the larger articles are: To American Boy Graduates, The Boyhood of Suc cessful Men, The Olympic Champions, The Editor Wants to Say, Some Strange Birds and Their Nests, Train ing the Baby Elephant to Carry Ba bies, and First Congress of Chinese Kite Flyers Amaze the American Boy. The usual departments are filled with matter Interesting and Instructive. In addition there are 80 Illustrations. 41 a year. The Sprague Publlshnlg Co., Detroit, Mich. Race for Upton Cup. New York, July 3. An ocean yacht race for the Sir Thomas Llpton 000 cup will be the feature nautical event in these waters tomorrow. Thb entries include sailing craft which have won honors In other races and the contest will doubtless be an ex citing one. Only yachts' measuring less than 100 feet, extreme length, were allowed to enter. The course Is from Gravesend Bay, passing the Scotland, Fire Island and Cape May lightships, to the starting point. 200-Mllo Auto Race. Lowell. Mass., July 3. A 200-mlle automobll erace that will rival the fa mous Vanderbllt races, over a plctus esque course along the Merrlmac riv er, and costing $10,000, will be the event of the Fourth of July celebra tlon In this city tomorrow. George L. Blodgett, who murdered Alice Minthorn, a variety actress In Portland, March 23, lt0(, was found guilty of first degree murder, sen tenced to be hung and then granted new trial, has consented to enter a plea of guilty In the second deegree and this will probably be allowed. This means he will be compelled to spend the remainder of his life be hind the prison bars. Cleveland, Ohio, July 3. "The best known mayor of the best governed city In the United States." Tom L. Johnson Is now serving his fourth term as executlvo head of tho city of Cleveland. First elected In 1901 on a platform pledging to tho people a three-cent car fare, he has Just succeeded In making good this promise. Cars are flow operating on Cleveland's streets, over tho tracks or me ou corporation that Johnson fought continuously for seven years, at three-cent fare. Johnson is a Kentucklan by birth, 54 years of age, and his ancestry shows fighting blood all the way through. This may account for his love of a contest, for he never side steps anything that bears the least resemblance to a scrap. Prior to the time Johnson was elect ed mayor he had served two terms in eoneress. Until Johnson first made the race for election to cou gress, In 1888, when he was defeated, he 'had devoted himself to tho mak ine of money, and he had become a millionaire. Johnson's parents were rich Slav owners at the time of his birth. The civil war left the family penniless. In 1869 Tom took a Job In a rolling mill at Louisville. Four months later he succeeded In obtaining employment In the offices of tho stret car com- pany at Louisville. All that he now has he mado out of rolling mills and stret car Hnes. . . Enters Street IVnlhvny Tlgl It was not until 1880 that he broke Into the street railway game here. He found himself arrayed against Mark Hanna, a director in a competing line with Johnson's. It was a long drawn out fight, with honors about even He got Into the manufacture of steel rails, establishing the great plunts at Johnstown, Pa., and Lorain, Ohio. In 1S98 Johnson quit business In order to get Into politics. Converted to the Henry George sinxle-tax doctrine he managed George's mayorallty cam palgn In New York, soon afterwards returning to Cleveland. The conservatives have always said Johnson was a worshipper of fads and isms, but all of these have been things that he believed were for the benefit of the public. Johnson Insists he Is not a candl date for anything except a fifth term as mayor. "My work Is here," he said when It was suggested he might be a a presidential or vice presidential pos sibility. "I will stay on the Job,, too, When he first made the fight for mayor he was opposed by Wm. Akers, who was given all the backing of the Hanna machine. Hanna could not tolerate Johnson because Johnson had Insisted he wanted election In order to give the people better and cheaper service, but Johnson was re turned a winner by 6200 majority. In 1903 he defeated Harvey D. Goulder, again on the same old street car platform, by 6100. In 1905 Wm. H. Boyd, a leading attorney, thought he had Johnson whipped, but when the votes were counted Boyd was 12,- 000 short. In 1907 the republicans picked Congressman Theodore Bur ton to trim Tom L. It was tho street car fight over again. Johnson won this time by 9300. As a, campaigner Johnson Is In a class, by himself. He Is much given to the spectacular. He likes to ex cite the desire of the masses for show. It was Johnson who Inaugura ted the circus tent In campaigning. Fie started off with a small, one-polo canvas. Pretty soon he had the reg ulation three-pole big top, and now he has two tents. It was In his second campaign that ho Introduced the nu tomobile. He had a fast machine, painted red, and his publicity man dubbed It "The Red Devil." This of course made a hit and incidentally won some votes. Lnst fall he Intro duced stereoptlcon views. Siieec Has Ilcon Local. His attempts, however, to go be yond local politics have not been suc cessful. In 1903 he believed he could be elected governor of Ohio. Myron T. Herrlek was on the republican ticket. Hanna threw himself and the republican machine Into the fight against Johnson. Wiien tho polls closed election night, Johnson had been .defeated by more than 110,000 votes. His attempts to lead In state conventions have also been balked every time. At the recent democratic convention at which Judson Harmon was nominated for governor, John son urged Atlee Pomercne for the nomination. It was anything with Johnson to defeat Harmon. He lost. He did Eucrocd, however, In getting his Ideas Into the platform on twhlch Harmon must run. While Johnson was In congress the Wilson tariff bill was under consid eration. Johnson was a free-trader, He was also a manufacturer of steel rails, an industry fostered under a protective tariff. He was accused of Inconsistency In that he opposed pro tectio nand yet was making a great fortune out of a business that thrived under It. "I am making much "more out of the steel rail Industry than I should," he said. "So long as you continue to keep the tariff on It,-1 shall continue to make all I can." A believer In municipal ownership of public utilities, Johnson la also a monopolist. He says so himself. "I believe one company should own and operate a street railway system. If we cannot have municipal owner ship," he told the people last fall. Al though he has never been a staunch free-sllverlte, he has been a consist ent supporter of Bryan. As mayor, Johnson has given Cleve land a government absolutely tftfee from graft. Every campaign his po litical enemies have sent a corps of expert accountants Into the city hall to find something on which to base a charge of corruption. Every time theso attempts have failed. "Extrav agance" Is tho worst term nny have applied to his administration, but h expenditures have been heavy the people have received value In return. Johnson occupies a splendid stom residence on Euclid avenue, the fash ionable thoroughfare of the city, but neither he nor any member of his family are much given to society. WILL BOOST NORTHWEST. llarrlmnn Lines Will Advertise Pa cific Count States. William McMurray, general passen ger agent of the Harrlman lines In Oregon returned from Chicago this morning, after an absonce of nearly a month, says the Portland Telegram He "was called east to attend the an nual "family gathering" of Harrlman officials. He attendod a successston of conferences of the heads of the passenger and advertising depart mcnts. The northwest had the strongest representation at our meetings," said Mr. McMurray today, "that it ever had, and assurance was given that greater campaigns of advertising and exploitation of our resources out here will, be made In the future than ever before. In fact, the affairs of the northwest, the opportunities for homeseeklng and colonization were gone Into deeply. "Much, too, was made of the de llghtful summer resorts in this terrl tory, and plans are now being de vised for attracting a greater vol ume of tourists from the east than in any former year. ".o many things have happened in the northwest of late to win atten tion from railroad men In the east that no opportunity will be overlook ed to bring Portland and Oregon to the front In the future. The reports of the success of the Rose Festival Impressed the railroad officials with the Importance of glv Ing this fete greater publicity through the literature sent out' by the Ham man lines, and I can safely say that the railroads will do a great deal more to assist tho next year's cele bration than was done this year. "I didn't get a drink of decent wa ter while I was gone, and the first thing I did when I got home this morning waa to gulp down about a gallon of cool, sparkling Bull Run. We suffered Intensely from the heat in Chicago, atvl I certainly am glad to get back to God's own country once more." CiOTCH IS STII.L CHAMPION. Dr. Roller or Seattle U Rolled Twice In Succession. Frank Gotch of Humbolt, Iowa, maintained his right to the worlds catch-as-catch-ean wrestling cham plonshlp Wednesday night In Seattle winning two consecutive falls In IS minutes and 25 seconds, and 25 mln uti-9 and 54 seconds respectively. The men entered the ring weighing close to 200 each. Roller may have been a pound or two heavier. They went at It like bulls from the very start and Gotch was soon forcing matters. He worked Ills no torious too hold six times In suerfs slon In the first bout. Roller broke away each time but It wore on him it nil finally Gotch downed him with a crotch and half-nelson. Roller did better work In the sec ond bout, but Gotch waa like a ter rler after n rat and went from hold to hold with startling rapidity. Roll er's best work In this round was to break a crotch and half-Nelson after seemingly lost. Ho was finally pick od up and dumped to his shoulders from the same hold. It Is doubtful If he was really down but It was only a question of minutes anyway, as he was at Gotch's mercy. Eddie Gaffney of Seattle, was ref eree. Owing to the high prices the crowd was not more than 3000. State of Olilo, City of Toledo, Lnras Coun ty, M. Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he la senior partner of the firm of P. J. Chu. ncy It Co., doing business In the City of luimu, uuouij una bthtb aroresaia, ana that said firm will pay the sum of ONK HfJNDKED DOLLARS for each and every ense f Catarrh that cannot foe, cured by tuo uae ot nana t atarrn lure. FRANK J. CHEVEV. Sworn to before me and subscribed In my presence, this Oth day of December, A. D.. (Seal.) A. W. GLKA80N, Notar Pntillp nail's Catarrh Cure la taken Internally, nuu bob uirecuj on ma Diooa and mu rnns aurfacea of tba system. Send for tes timonials rrec P. J. CHUNKY A CO., Toledo, O. Sold by all Drumclata. 75c. Take ilall's Family I'll la for conatlpa- tlUUi To Ilcvlve Top I lata. London, July 3. A crusade to re vive the vogue of the top hat will bo Inaugurated In London tomorrow, when a great procession, In which all members will wear the lntest styles or top nnt. win march through the Franco-British exposition. For some years the silk hat has been declining in ravor, even in the most fashionable circles, and has been superseded by straws ana aerDys. The silk hat man ufacturers, seeing their business threatened, have organised the publlo crusale. , COFFEE and tea; Schilling's Best, is sold by about 9000 grocers west of the Rocky Mountains. Tear grocer returoi roar moaer If roa seal like. Hi m say hia. For a Bad Case of Eczema on Child Suffered for Three Months Disease Reached a Fearful State Pain and Itching were Terrible. CURED AFTER OTHER PRESCRIPTIONS FAILED "When I was small I was troubled with eczema for about three months. It Vas all over my face and covered nearly all of my head. It reached such a state that It was just a large scab all oyer, and the pain and ltxhing were terrible. I doctored with an able physician for some time and was then advised by him to use the Cutlcura Itemodios which I did and I was entirely cured. I havj not been bothered with it since. I used Cutlcura Boap and Cutlcura Ointment but do not know exactly how much was used to complete the cure. I can safely say that Cuticura did a lot for me. Miss Anabel Wilson, North Branch, Mich, Oct. 20. 11)07." ITCHING CURED . With Cutlcura Remedies In Three Days After Six Months of Suffering. "I suffered fully six months. Tba trouble began on my arms in littl red pimples and it was not long before it was all over my body, limbs, face, and hands. It was so bad that I could not rest night or day and during the six months, I did not get a good night sleep. I doctored for three or four months and spent at least twenty dol lars trying to find a cure but none could he found. Then I saw the Cutlcura Remedies advertised, and the next day I purchased some for seventy-five cents ot the druggist's. I used them and I was relieved of the Itching in three days, and I havo never had aBignof any skin disease since. The Cuticura Remedies are tho only remedies to uae for skin disease, they have cured me and they will cure others in the same way. J. W. Bloom, It. R. Telegrapher, Holloway, Mich., Nov 20 and Deo. 20, 1U00. Cuticura Remedies are (ruaranteed absolutely pure under the United btates Food and Drugs Act. Complete Kitrrnal nd Internal TrMtny-nt toe Fvfr lluinor of ln(nt. nnulrrn. nd Adijlu oo. ilstaol cuticur Hop Ubcf lo Virfift CuUciimOliuiwnti.Wr u lll lh Skin, and CJith f urt HMolvrnt (60- I. ("r In the form i ot humM t-otl l-illa. l!x ! vUl of tt fc Purify the III. Hold throughout the world. Hotter Drue them. Corp . Hole I'ropt., Iioion, Hw . MTM.iled r r. Cuucur Uoo on Skin DimmM. "Meet me at the Fountain" DONALDSON'S Try Our New )rink BON-TON SODA Cool and Refreshing Our SnprifiUv ic - "i -j theJFaniily.Trade i We nre fully prepared to fur- limn wiu uvfli ui miu, sau sages and fresh, smoked or cured meats and fish each day. , I . . v. .1 1 ..... m , .... i ...... Central Meat Market Carney & Tweedy, Telephone Main 32. Thono Main 615. THORNTON .MUSIC CO 813 Main Street. HIGH GRADE PIANOS and OKOAN9 Columbln, Edison nnd Victor Talk ing Machines, Records, Cabinets and Musical Merchandise. -ts tsaar IN ONS OR MAN I COLORS LARQE3T FACILITIES IN THE WE8T FOR THE PRODUCTION G? HIGH GRADE WORK ft4 IATII it 10W it UtTIII omit PENDLETON-UKIAH STACE Dally trips between Pendleton and ttklah, except Sunday. Stage leaves Pendleton at 7 a. m., arrives at Uklah at I p. m. Return state leaves Uklah at p. ra arrives at Pendleton at m. Pendleton to Uklah. 11.00: Pan. dleton to Alba, H.7: . Pendleton to Ridge, t; Pendleton to Nye, $t.B0; Pendleton to Pilot Rook, i. mm4 Bladd Right