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VOL. 24 DALLAS, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 2. 1912 WO. 45 H' WEDS US QUITS 1' $1500 FOR II n i ha lilli DALLAS CITIZEX IS BUNCOED OUT OF BIG. SUM BY SWIN DLERS following wild WEST SHOW. OLD METHODS EMPLOYED CHARLES HOUSE MANN TO MANAGE FOR J. W. CRIDER. Bernliard Fi'lesen Is Victim of Smooth Gang:; Complains to Authorities and Manager Digs Up $100 to "Ease His Conscience;" Show Had Unsavory Reputation. Swindling a Dallas citizen out of $1500 in gold and afterward return ing $400 of the amount to him as "hush money," cappers and confi dence men who came here with the Kit Carson Buffalo Ranch wild west outfit, pulled off a profitable stroke of business on Wednesday. Like other things connected with the show, the methods used in separating the man from his money, were not new, in fact about the oldest and most antiquated now employed by "con" men, but it brought home the bacon which, after all, Is the real re sult aimed at what's the odds how it comes? Old "Farm" Gag. . Bernhard Friesen lives in the west ern portion of the city. He recently sold his farm near town and moved to Dallas to spend his years in peace. On Monday morning when coming down town, according to his own story he met a well dressed stranger who engaged him in conversation. The stranger told Friesen that he was from Nebraska and had consid erable money to invest. He inquired the rate of interest and stated that he would like to purchase a farm for a relative, in fact might become a citizen of Dallas himself. During this conversation the stranger dis covered that Mr." Friesen had a con siderable sum of money In a local bank, and the result of the conversa tion was a date to meet Mr. Friesen at the Southern Pacific station about 1:00 o'clock. Gets the Muzuma. Mr. Friesen kept the appointment ground Mr. Friesen and his acquaint quaintance of a plan whereby they could each make $1500. The afore said "plan" it appeared was to be found somewhere near the wild west show and so the two walked up that way, not until Friesen, however, had gone to the bank and lugged away his $1500 in gold, tied up in a hand kerchief. The hanker advised Frles n not to take the money away but, if he had a deal on, to give his man a check. Friesen, however, would not listen to this rangement and took away the cash. Three Card Game. After their arrival at the show ground Mr. Friesen and his axqualnt ance met two other fellows, one of whom carried a grip containing a number of electric belts. Together the men went into a tent belonging to the show and here a trunk was displayed containing other electric belts. The belt man displayed three cards, one of which bore some print ing on its surface, and the other two were blank. After shuffling the cards he threw them down and declared that if any one present would put up $1500 and pick up the printed card he would give him $1500 and two electric belts. This looked like a cinch. Here was an opportunity to double the finances of the "crowd in no time. Mr. Friesen says he was sure which was the printed card, so he posted the money and grabbed the card, only to find it blank. Flies With the Coin. The card sharp swept up the money and suddenly discovered that he had business elsewhere. He got out of the tent, vanished into thin air as it were, and left no trail behind him Illness in Family Impells Runs to Relinquish Position; Mr. Crider ExiKH'ted From California Soon. J. A. Rans who came to Dallas from Payette, Idaho, in May and took charge of the New Scott hotel, re linquished the management of that institution Tuesday night, and since that time Charley Mann who has held the position of clerk, has been in charge. It is said that the change has been made on account of dissatisfaction on the part of Rans. When he came here it was reported that he had purchased the hotel and would be come a permanent resident. But sickness in his family has caused him to alter his plans it. is said, and he asked to be relieved from further obligations on his lease or his op tion to purchase. Accordingly a deal was arranged by C. L. Crider, as agent for J. W. Crider, owner of the building, whereby the former took over the business for his father and the place will be operated by Mann. Mr. Crider is expected in the city in about a week, but it is not known whether any further change will be made in the hostelry. Charley Mann, the present mana ger, has had much experience in the hotel business, being formerly con nected for a long time with the Gail hotel and later as clerk at the New Scott. He has many warm friends among the traveling public who will be pleased to see him behind the counter at the New Scott. Governor Wilson Welcoming Speaker Clark to. Sea Girt BAND CONCERTS END L ' 71 r- li f. T ' : W. . I lit - 4r mfS. : J ' Vt ft 3 AaaoiMMMW " ' '" ::::..! mmf (Wkow 1 if3 i -H itr: - i . - L !. r: Final Event of Present Scries to Come Saturday Night; Concerts Grow in Popularity With People. Final concert in the present series will take place on the Court House plaza Saturday night, further events of the kind having been postponed until Saturday night, August 31, when, if proper arrangements can be made, the concerts will be continued for three nights in September. That these regular Saturday night occas ions have become popular with the people of Dallas and surrounding country is evidenced by the constant ly increasing crowds which come out to hear the concerts. Last Saturday night saw the largest of the season and the applause bestowed upon the band was liberal. For the final concert. Director Grant has provided a program of un usual merit as follows: March, "King of the Air".. Johnson Overture, "Living Pictures," (by request) Dalby Overture, "Arcadia," (by request) Laurens March, "The Centaur" King National Overture, "Iand of Lib erty," (by request) .... Barnhouse Overture, "Radium," (by request) Southwell March, "Good Fellowship," intro ducing "Auld Lang Syne" and "The Girl I Left Behind Me" Billings "There has been a request made for 'Silver Threads Among the Gold,' from someone who did not sign their name," said Director Grant, "and . I take this means of informing them that the band has not this in their repertoire." w Photo copyright, 1912, by American Press Association. OODROW WILSON'S summer home at Sea Girt, N. J., has been a mecca for political notables ever since the governor's nomination for president Practically all the big men In Democratic national poll tics have called on the candidate to congratulate him and to pledge their support Among the governor's visitors have been Speaker Champ Clark of the national house of representatives and Oscar W. Underwood, the Demo cratic bouse leader. Both Clark and Underwood were candidates for the nomi nation which went to Wilson. Speaker Clark was enthusiastic In his congratu lations, and the governor's welcome was most cordial. The speaker told the candidate that he would stump the country for his election. In The Social Realm (By Gladys Canter.) w Chair Cars on Trains. That the efforts of t'.e Dallas Com mercial club to induce the South; rn Pacific company to operate chair cars on its trains between this city and Portland, has borne fruit is proven by the coveted cars which now form a portion of every train's equipment When extra coaches are hauled on the trains, and lockid, they now are attached to the rear. hile, figuratively speaking, al most everyone is out of town, one meets familiar fa:es motor ing or at once-in-a-while afternoon affairs given every two weeks by the Thursday afternoon club. Most of the members are yet In town and the afternoons will continue as long as there are members to attend. Special recreations are being plan ned by the younger set for the sum mer evenings. Creek parties are the most popular form of amusement and the different crowds have enjoy ed several evenings on the cool banks of the LaCreole with toasted mar.sh mallow and camp fire accompani ment. The club dinner planned to be given this week has been indefin itely postponed. Old Fashioned Hay Ride. A happy band of the younger set assembled on Tuesday evening for an old-fashioned hay ride. The des tination was the camp of Rev. and Mrs. D. Lester Fields near Hallock's mill and the purpose was a jollifica tion followed by a feast. Under the chaperonage of Rev. and Mrs. D. Lester FieMs and Mr. r.r.d Mrs. W. P. Miller about 30 guests piled on the wagon j overed with sweet smelling ptraw about 7 00 ' o'clock and embarked on thtr some what perilous journey to the hills, arriving at the old mill at 8.00 o'clock. Hugh fires were built on the banks of the histronic old creek and alter hours of story telling, games and different diversions, a delicious lunch prepared by the young Indies of the party as served. A surprise was of fered immediately after the dessert in the form of two wooden box.s, the lids of which were firmly nail'd down. Messrs. Harold Miller i:. d Herbert Shepherd were the doiuvs of this luscious finnle which pr.ov d to be several mammoth watermelons. Thursday Afternoon Club. Mrs. D. P. Patterson was hostess for the Thursday afternoon club '.n Thursday afternoon from two o'clock until five. m m w NeighlMtrlxMMl AI'M-riioon. Mrs. Gefirge Uilin.;r entertained at a neighborhood party Thursday afternoon when ten ..liis rnme in with their sewing to meet Mrs. II. Boyle, of Tacoma. W shington. the house guest of Mrs. ". H. Sundberg. The guests were intimate friends and 1 neighbors of the host's and tea vim j served in the play house of the Jun- ! ior Gcrlingerx. I WILD WEST'' DRAWS CROWDS AIKMTS XI AV ITE PLAN'. Opinions of I Vrioriiiuiii p Diner, But Majority Declare it MedUxre. Two fair sized crowds attended the OITver Subwribehr Now May nerformance here Wednesdav of "K'it Know When SnhMTiplions Carson's Buffalo Ranch Wild West"! Hae Expired. show and, while eome say the show! was good, others declare that It vas; In order to ki p abreast of very ordinary. Som; features of it '' modern methods and. at the are worthy of mention, however, es-' same time, vivt nii-h subserilrf-r pecially the trapeze work and the wire Information he d-fires about his Realizing that he had been buncoed him in his loss, although, at the same Mr. Friesen left the show ground and time declaring that it was through went home but did not notify the au- j no fault of his. thorities until night Sheriff Grant' After a conference between Sibley and Deputy Prosecuting Attorney J. and Grant, this arrangement was E. Sibley at once got busy. Officers , agreed to and the money was paid went to the show ground and brought over to Mr. Friesen. so his total loss the manaeer and one or two others 1 was cut down to $1100. The victim to Mr. Sil, lev's office where they 'of the confidence game gave a clone heard Friesen' story and where they ; description of the men who pulled 1 acts which were the best seen here subscription. The obserwr will j were questioned at length. ' off the stunt and this was wired to : in many days. But thf riding and: hereafter keep the .late at whieh I W'u hm RcKMnsilMlity. j Toledo yesterday by Sheriff Grant! roping was only fair and there were i every subscription xpires oppo- The manager was very much work- where the show appeared, but Is so many raw features with the out- j s;te the name printed e.n your -d up over the affair. He was 1 thought that the men will not b fit that they somewhat ovtrshad jw- paper. As for instance: "!:. Iva , shocked, in fact, to learn that such ' found with the company at this time, ed the better peirtion. Their "grand lK-kwnml April ISill," would in- , a stunt bad been pulled off and his, It is stated that the show bore an 1 street parade" was about the inemtj dicate that lielva's subscription show used as a blind to do the job. ; unenviable reputation, and Sheriff j gigantic fizzle ever beheld in this sec- expired April 1. IS1I. All u!- He emphatically declared that it was ' Grant had receive-d information in , tion and the "flight of the a-r.pln" j scriptlons are rekone. from the the work of crooks wfth whom the advance that a gang of crooks andjdidn't materialize. The whole shoot- first r,f the month, and perrons ! rhow had nothing to do, and that he confidence men were following it ! Ing matrh gave one th impr -syion subscribing durinc th month resetted the occurrence as much as Early Wednesday morning he called , of "fake" and the illusion wasn't oir- are give n the balance of that anyone. He said that it was the pot- the manaeer and informed him thatjpelled sfter a visit to the p rf..rni- month free, and th Ir t rne starts icy or the show to keep It free from any attempt tn puil onr anything n-;anee. such -people, that a rerular c.ffl -r Peal would t-e followed with dire re-, was carried at all times for su. h , suits. The sheriff was given ev. ry Mi ee. purpose. His alleged officer bore out awurance nothine of the r-rt ,t,.r' , . Ihe manager', statement and it was would be attempted t ut ,-fflrer, k,,t '".vl"'?, ' T ' Tf Ore? V ,' .d .r sue ret-rt and by job. r'ull- game wh:h relieved rieen of hi. transported free to and from the 4, ,.,. ,,f ,h,..r .. ri,., GAME PERMITS FOR HARNEY VW IS HlilUII PAST MONTH DEVELOPIHG HVE OFHCERS rlrALrJ IjU former dallasiti: writfs of I ISlllill llLllUM UU ACTIVITIKS TV FAST ORFGOV LUUIIiU IHXTIXG LICFXSFS (JET ROOST AS OPEN SEASOX FOR DEER ( APPROACHES; ANGLERS HOLD RIG LEAD. 25 ISSUED IN 3 DAYS Vnwit ion Period For Permission Dallas Lends in I'ishc Swells Applicants to Hunt or Fish: Second in Combination So Far Issued. men, Rut is Licenses Ninety-nine game licensees were Is sued by County Clerk E. M. Smith during thw month of July, divided as follows: Fishing licenses, 53; hunt ing licenses, 25; combination hunting and fishing licenses, 20. Of these more than 2 5 were issued during the last three days of the month and the most of them were for hunting and for the combination hunting and fishing licenses. The near approach of the open season for eleer has had its effect upon the hunting licenses, whereas, in the early portion of the season, the issuance of fishing per mits predominated. The vacation period, too, has re sulted 1n boosting thie issuance of game licenses of all kinds. Many people postpone the s?curing of li censes until they prepare for their summer outing, when they figure that a license is a portion of their equip ment. Tluse Will Fish. Fishing licenses during July were issued to the following: John A. Carpenter, J. W. Richard son, C. R Stone, enry Oede, Jr., D. L. Fields, John Lefors, L. A. l'ollman, Dr. Murk Hnyter, L C. Muscott, Al Stow, J. A. Rrown, Sol Bennett, C. L. Gilson, J. N. Conn, George E. Cutler, George Hillings, N. H. Smith, J. D. Hubbard, It. it. VanOrsdel, C. Ralph, L. If. Mallicont, Dallas. J. L. Cave, Arthur Moore, James Higgle, Robert Schafer, Henry Seha- I fer, O. E. Mills, J. A. Wood, C. D. 1 Saunders, S. II. McElmurry, Bert Crowley, Frank Coquillette, Independ ence. C. R. Fream, Ed M. Wunder, Ira C. Powell, XV. A. Gucffray, CLeves Powell, Ivan D. Wood, W. B. Ramsey, Orvlll Sevier, Walter Strain, E. A. Pagen kopp, Monmouth. Charles Moyer, A. E. Meyer, Ter rence C. Mahr, If. E. Barnhart, Wright Gardner, Falls City. Ernest Palmer, Walter E. Rasmus son, Rickreall. Earl Russell, McCoy; Don J. Fletch er, Buell; J. E. Osborne, Portland; L. S. Caughey, Airll. Hunting Licenses. Hunting licenses Issued during the month of July are as follows: Charles Ward, F. H. Weeks, Frank Chapln. John Whitehead, M. G. Green, Finley Whitney, Dallas. Hank Brown. W. I). Whitehead, W. D. Bancroft, Theodore M. Thncker, A. Wade, E. Arrance, Falls City. A. G. Byers, Russell Ballard, J. W. Cook, independence. Edgar Balderee, William A. Owns , J. O. Kelfbaber, Jack Bnldnree, Black Rock. Guy Mattoon, Tillamook ; F. J. Laird. Ix'banon; It. M. If'wnrd, Broadniead; D. L. Keyt, perrydnle; I G. W. Newbill, Ballston; II. G. Bush, Alrlie. Hunt Ing and Fishing. Combination licenses Issued during July are as follows: A. W. Tents. John Grant, Hugh G. Black. M. D. Ellis, Dallas. J. II. Hibbs. II. E. Bassett, D. J. Collins, Bert Marble, F. M. Rus.f II, Independence. W. E. Smith. J. II. V. Butler, !. T. Boothby, P. C. Bush. Monmouth. C. A. Clem, Henry Pulse. Alrlie. T. V. Mason. H. B. Ballon, Nnrh ville. fitto W. Helsse. Medford; S. S. CM.k. Fulls City; L St-in, Portland. FORMER IALLASITK WRITES OF ACTIVITIES IN EAST OREGON Coming of Railway and Oil Discov eries Room Land Values in Great Inland Empire of Eastern Oregon. Editor Observers The great "In land Empire," as Centinl Oregon Is called by the boosters, Is booming to the front at a rapid rate since the Hill and Harrlman railroads were completed to Bend, Crook county Settlers have been moving to this country from all parts of the United States and locating homesteads and desert claims. There is not a valley in Central Oregon that Is being passed up by the homeseekers, between the Deschutes river and Harney Aralley. Harney Valley Is the largest in East ern Oregon, and is about the same area as the Willamette Valley. There is no railroad to this country. The nearest railroad point is Prairla City, a distance of 90 miles; Vale 135 miles; Bend, 150 miles. The Oregon Eastern Is now building from Vale to Harney Valley, and the road is contracted to be finished in 1913. The railroad company is now purchasing rights of way thriush the valley, and has fin ished surveying its townsltj of 200 acres near Harney Lake. They huva purchased 900 acres for their city. There is a Portland Townsite com pany that has surveyed out the town site of Wellington, of 1000 acres. These two towns are only one-half miles apart, on the north side of the lake, and 30 miles south of Burns. There Is great excitement here now over the discovery of oil 15 miles from Narrows, on land owned by the Pacific Livestock company. This company Inst winter started to drill 1000 feet for artesian water, and hud drilled to over 800 feet when oil wits found. I. S. Holland, bookkeeper for tho company, has sent some of the oil and had lt-anal.v::ed, and it was found tc be of the hlrfh"sl quality. ThU alley has been at 0113 time an ln ltind sea, and has been attracting con siderable uttention the past two years by oil experts. The Eastern Oregon Oil and Gaa company, backed by the Clarke Oil company. Is now shinning dii'iing outfits here and leasing land. There are severdi gas wells in the vicinity of the present oil well. Van L. Einbree and myself own E20 aeres of bind in the Jli'rncy ril district. The present oil well is only three and one-half miles from our' land. With the building of the railroad and the discovery of oil, property In Harney ValUy iands bl.l fair to become very v.ii. table. ' T!i ! season ha bee n good for the f:nt"e;, and tli"c: are big crops of yin, hay and .ii'iicn produce. For a r.r country it Is di.-il tful whether ll.ere Is 11 place in Enstrn Oregon lli.it will compare; 'lth the great I'l'. cy Valley. Land that could be ; iivlm.cd last fall for a song, and si g It yourself, Is not for sale ne w. owing to the oil prospects and goi d crops on the h:i g.l 111 sli land. Tb beat grain nnd gard ns are to be seen on the sagebrush land, once considered worthless by th- old set tlers, who were here only to use the land for stock grazing. The newer settlers 4iave compelled the stockmen of the Inland Empire to turn their ut tention to farming, and the big stock raiser is a thing of the past In Harney county. Yours respectfully, CLYDE E Mllll K E. GOVERNOR ORDERS PROBE OF ALLEGED MISCONDUCT , .OP NATIONAL GUARD OFFIC IALS AT GATE, WASH. STIRS MILITARY CIRCLES Adjutant -General Flnzcr Declares Or egon Troops Have Recclvcel "Black Eye;" Men of Second Battalion Will Stand Behind Officers; Tlireat eneel "Strike" in Sight. ADVERTISE FOR BIDS Hospital Dire tors Cull lor Estimates On I'roMse New Building; Must Raise $2,."VO(i More. ed off bv men w h -m ther were as nrnnty was workm s ril' that it ' - " " ......Iw - h ,K..t ..-iti railway cee.Min to announcement l n rinr Il'f I'uni--i m m- m r ,. ,.- w-. .... ... - .... cne. - the furpici- n ! tb e.rTieers of the IHr Tf law Finally, however, real iir.. the- That the ttaehs ( the outf.t "id. dsms.e tht sueh reports iwM do however, pull .ff e-irl rtw f.-; the shew in otrtT plar-" the man- is evd-twd by rp'ft mude to acer arreed. if Fr en would rn Sheriff Grant --f sh--rt r.rr tact:r an rr-etnent nt ti sv ary-th r. t b-st thre. sntn. of this r.itore nr-out the Pea the new r rrw fcavmg cr.Tte to 1'Kh.t. Th fhnw. it K,c!j fill ut at-"ut :U and not spjsrs. is ir.fteii w.th this sort of tk t rer-rter he l-rnilj make rrtry and -rort" mn. shell rr-.e hm a rrert cf ft, s.rrj.lv t.t srtr"- and h rt ilrr thtre t,r receive.! by Ftate Purerintendent Al derman. Certain rules are pro ided courn r.g the ehipment and not ir.c what will be included or frrr.i sit le to r-e hi,jd under the fre hedu'e. and lhe tarti'-uiar ran t-e barred fr'm any Southern Pa r;f aent or S-he.rH SufTintendent fe mour. htm a iJ and tn-m f.t hr f..r r.urrer..t:s Mrs J K m r. . r g for a Mart n fw bft t' Thur-1 ta. : frm the r rst of the coming month. We have a,o;.ted the exp-di nt ( print ne the .ira- tion date on e rv ii'' ription v as a help to subf-nbers in order that they may know the een h- Th entire let Will ie e.JJ!J.(, ,) in this manWT a. ra i 1 ' y it ran l.e r t. If the .lure ,,n jour phiK r d" not eorrep .r. 1 irh -ur r- ipt. please irn'rm th's office and all .rr-t urn w;!l I -e made. Mrs (war H M r ! ' l nd Mrs. W. '. I ..i- r - .1 I- n t.nf morciM f"r Neaj-ort f r a fav f M-veral we its. INJURED IN RUNAWAY- ! Salem (.irl VLsiiing Ib-lntltes on Suit 1 Cmk Hun in S4-riou Riinn Fjtrly WediH-lay 1'orciioon. Miss- Verda olmsnail, the lS-year old daugbttr 'f James Olmstead. of Salem, was seriously Injured We Ire day morning, when a hor whieh she was driving In the Salt Creek neighborhoMl suddeiily te,k flight stnd ran away. The girl was thrown from the biiL-ey and tru k the ground oh her head and shoulders She wa r'nd red unrnn -ions by the impiot anil rnn ne .i-r ti. j'-i A phsjueian a siifTim're. from I.iia and made the icirl as c .m . f.rtn!.le as p'n ll-. It is reK.rfed that, w h b- the Injury i riou. no lrman'rit ill efTe t are fa'e,, Mix 'Jmstead as ,:tmg at the home of her grandmother, Xtrs. il-rlh ".ei-ri-r. At a meeting if the board of di rectors of the Ifiillas Hospital asso ciation held Tuisday night, it was decided to go ahead at once with plans for the building of a new build ing, and it was decided to advertise for bids for the construction of the same, paid bids to be closed Annus! 15. n that date Hie directors will hold another meeting when the bids will be opened and, according to present plans, the contract will be a w arded. I Previous to that time, hnwevtr, an I effort will be made to raise the bal- nce ff the funds required, and the entire board of dirw tors will go out I In a body and make a thorough can j ass to raise the amount. As has ; heretofore been staled, it will neces sitate the suhm ript on of about ;.",o additional to complete the amount It is pro osed to raise, n order that the 1 new institution may te built and e(uipied in a thoroughly mod. rn manner accord. ng to the pbiris contemplated. Courtmartial for the five officers of the Second battalion of tho Third Regiment Oregon National Guard, who are alleged to have disobeyed orders Issued by General Marion P. Maus, -at Gate," Wash., on Sunday, July 28, has been decided on by Act ing Governor Ben Olcott after a con ference by wire with Governor West, who is at present absent from the state. Military officials, Including Adju tant-General Flnzer, profess to be very much concerned over the Gate matter, and' declare that the contro versy has stirred the National Guard to the depths. They say that It is one of the most stunning blows ever demit the organization in this Btate and profess to believe that it will be years before Its evil effects are for gotten. Others do not take so rad ical view of the matter. They ad mit that, possibly, the officers might have been wrong, according to strict military tactics in disobeying the or ders, but on the other hand, they say that there might have been extenuat ing circumstances and some even de clare that the trouble Is the outcome of a long political fight within- the Guard which has kept it In a turmoil for two or three years. "Strike" Threatened. The latest feature of the affair is the announcement that the members of the Second battalion who are at tached to the Portland companies, will stand by their officers in the event of a courtmartial and 'that, If the officers are punished, the men will quit the Guard and refuse to do further military duty. Whether or not they really mea,n to attempt this extreme measure Is problematical. If so, it is difficult to understand how It could be accomplished. It is be yond the power of a member of tho militia to leave the service at his pleasure. He enlists for a certain period and he must remain in the service during that time unless dis charged or mustered out for cause. It is pointed out that a refusal to do duty by an enlisted man might ren der him liable to punishment for disobedience or, worse still, to prose cution on the charge of desertion, local Men Loyal. Mfmbers of company O, of Dallas, which company Is a member of the Second battalion, and whose captain, Walter I Tooze, Jr., Is one of the officers under fire, declare their loy alty to their offle-er. They say that all of them will stand behind them In the fight. If he has one, but, as one of the members said yesterday: "I do not see how we can eiuit the service If we should decide to adopt this course. Those of us in the ser vice, and who have been connected with the Ouard for several yearH, know of the political quarrel that has kept the organization stirred up and we all attribute the Gate diffi culty and the fuss that has been made over It, to that light. "We will certainly stand by Cap tain Tooze and do all that is possible to assist him In the present trouble but, further than that, I don't care to say." Captain Tooze has been out of the city since Tuisday and consequently It has been Impossible to secure a statement from him. LIGHTNING HITS PHONE I arl) Morning Holt M atters l'hooe and Cuts Jueer "asTs; Thunder Storms brim Numerous. IMIVTH.ATI-S W1IR Mf-TF.M lilirarr t ked. f n iTnurt c.f the moving f :r city hall, whieh ts now undr wr. the Iil!a library wiil remain ct.i-d tint I the Jot. hall h''e ln c m .b ted. Committee I nsn Cornelius I -It Cllj lo Itk rr Water snil. For the .uri.e of ln'.i ncatlng Dallas' splendid watr ."ts'ein a com m ttce of tornhus ttinc men head.d by lor A. fv Khoie, and .. sting of ''.urn dm-n A!rt bun ning. J. A. Irmb-r art.i fMitor II of the Trit.um, Mid a -( to Dallas V!reda Th- iown of "orn-hua. whoh ts i of the wide awake and growing mumnii.ti -a of Yamhill count), ts piiri.mj the in stallation cf a water system hnd. hear ng of I ! 'a' Ml ifa tor- int a trip was made to look it over Thei trawled by aut m.t il. During a thunder Horm early Wed Inesdav morning lightning struck the ) teb phone wire leading into the ottlce 1 of the Dallas Water company and the Sik hren Warehouse company and 'raised havoc with the Instrument and I forced outward a side of woo.W n wall ! to w hich the telephone was attached. The fluid first struck an insulator car rying the wire, which was attached to a barn on Ash street, and melted the I glass. A long ction of the covered I wire from this insulator leading to 'the phone was melted and would j crumble tip like ao much ro.e. The ! holt burned out the phone and shat , tered a hole In the side of the build f ing. It Is considered remarkable 1 that th- building was n ignited. I Thunder storms are unusual In this j vw inity. or were, until the precw-nt summer, when eeral of them have i1sited this pection. Wedneday j morn ng disturbance wai the most ; severe of anv jet evperienced. and the report of the .o,t which hattr je the jM-hren telephone startled 1 many oj.le.