OREGON BRIEFLETS
H.ppnnr Wool has trans
frr4 la llttrtr tea paat lo
tba itnt of ofr 1.000.000 pounds.
Tli low-t prlct paid It II tnli
and lb highest 10 7-1 eenta.
Portland Sorloua r.porla art now
coming la Irom tha OraD bP yards
and unleaa tbrra I Improwtaaat
loon Or.goa mar not b over ball
a crop,
1'oriland Tba recall la to b In
okd against all tba hldoor mom
bert of ib council who voti d fur tba
Portland Hallway Light 4 Power
Company'a fram-hlae at tbe lait
counc il miUng.
Albany Albany's big taberoarle
U completed and la readiness (or
the all weeks' revival services which
will opn May 7. Tba building will
aest 1600 people and will have a
plt form 00 by 31 (( for tbe speak
er and a big chorus choir.
Portland llrfore be could reach
a drowning girl whom be had
jumptid Into Iho river lo aave, Mir
rll UndHf)', aged 24, auuk in tba
watera of the Willamette Saturday
pltiht and waa drowned. tiiadya
Jacobn'-n, BK'd nine, whom he tried
to help met d'a Hi at thu amo time.
Salem Governor Benson baa re
appointed the following iim'IiiIhtb of
tbe aula board of optometry, upon
the recommendation of the Slate Op
tical Association: 12. O. Mattern,
Portland, one )jr; Herman Harr,
Salem, two years; C. W. l-ow, Eu
gene, three yearn.
Portland Senator Itourno hopes
to Bwure the eaUbllHhmeut of liial'
service between Portland and Eu
reka, Cat., by ati-ainer. OfTlclula of
tbe pout office department are going
Into tbe matter and aay they are. dis
poned to grant the requeat If condl
tlona make It possible.
Lebanon Iebanon wilt bold a
atrawberry fulr In June, which, If It
proves successful, will become an a
Dual event. The Lebanon Business
Men'a League recently adopted tbe
atrawberry aa an emblem for Ita
"booater" literature, and In view of
this fact an annual atrawberry fair
will be very apropoa.
La Grande Tbe La Grande water
system la being put on the meter
baala and hereafter flat rates will be
abandoned. Since tbe Installation o
the system people have been allowed
to use all the water they wanted a
a certain late per mouth. The abuse
of the system haa caused the Inatal
latlon of meters.
Salem J. If. Ackerman, state an
perlntendent of schools and director
of the National Educational AsBoda
tlon for Oregon has Issued a clrculat
letter to the teachers of Oregon, re
latlng to the annual convention of
tbe association, wblcb convenes Ir
Denver. July 6, and holds four days
In which he states that the railway
lines have made reduced round-trip
fares which will be In effect on July
first.
Albany Local merchants are now
forced to adopt the almost unprece
dented expedient for shipping out
side potatoes here for consumption
In the local market. Practically all
of the potatoes of Linn county have
been sold and shipped and tbe small
supply now In Albany Is being care
fully held by the Durchasers. Pota
toes are now selling at SI to $1.20 a
bushel.
Central Point Fruit men of this
section are indignant over reports
circulated to the effect that the crops
In' many of the orchards In this Juris
diction are totally ruined. These
gentlemen declare emphatically that
the story is without foundation, and
that it has had the effect of damag
ing their properties in the most im
portant section of the Rogue river
yalley.
Milton Word has been received
from H. S. Shangle, financial secre
tary of Columbia College, who Is now
In the East representing the claims
of the Milton College before the edu
cational board of the M. E. church,
South, in session in Richmond, Va..
that his plea for a $12,000 appro
priation for the Milton school had
been passed upon favorably and this
amount given. This now makes the
total subscription toward a greater
Columbia College $40,000.
for two or tb?M rouada7 Anally atop
plag Bear the body of tbe dead mas.
fcUelag th bora standing ttUI for
aomt time, a msa plowing In aa ad
joining fl.ld weal to Investigate and
four Wilroi dad. Heart dla.aas
ia beiiovH to bate raud Ike d.aia.
t .
New lUllroail tr Rogue fllver.
Central Point Kllaa Ituud, nngla
r for an Esstera syndicate, la barn
..curing data, making charts, ete., la
I be Interest of hla company, wblrh
proposes to build railroad from
Rogue River Valley to Crasc.nt City,
Cal., la order to connect tbe vaat
roal field and tbe timber belt of
thla atstloa with water tranaporla-tou.
.Many t'nlon Men March In Pntrt.
Portland Called together In pro
teat agalnat the action of Judge
Wright, of Washington, D. C. In
sentencing to prison for contempt of
court Ramuel Oompcrs. John Mitch
ell and Frank Morrison, officers of j
the American federation of Labor, j
$000 men and women of Portland i
Sunday adopted tbe following rvao
lution: . !
"We, the rlllxom of Portland, In
mass meeting -aitsemblod, protest
against Bonding troops into peaceful
communities, and we likewise vigor
ously protest against tbe un of sol
diers at any time when the laboring
Clana la endeavoring to Improve Ita
condition. We demand the Imme
diate reoeal of , the Dick military
bill."
There were 03 unions represented
from ortland and 13 from other
citle In the state. William I). Hay
wood, of Denver, tbe former scre-
tary-treaiurer of the Western Feder
ation of Miners, who was accused
with . Mover and Pe!tIbone of being
accessories In wboleaale murders and
bomb outrages In Colorado and Ida
ho, was the principal speaker.
f ALLS INTO LONG SLEEP
Third Time In Two Years Malady
Overtake llrulah Hawkins..
Loa Augeloe. May I. Mrs. Be-
lah Hawkins fur tbe third time In
tbe last two yaara hiu pasted iota
aiate of compute coma and ber
strange caae la again pooling phyaU
clans. She was stricken after feel
ing for ieveral daya' that aha waa
again about to go Into a long sleep.
She fought the strange malady, but
at laat It overcame ber and ahi now
Ilea at ber borne, aa though dead,
aava for a faint breathing and aa
oc.a.lonal fluttering of the eyelid.
Two years ago Mrs. Hawkins waa
overcome and for several weeks re
mained In a trance. Exactly ona
year ago she waa stricken for the
second time and for 85 days lay un
conscious. After her recovery from
former attacka she recovered her
health anl mental facultlea quickly
and seemed lo be none tbe worse.
Largo Farmers' Meoting.
La Grande The farmers of Union
tnd Wallowa counties will hold a
meeting at this place May 14 and
15 for thd purpose of discussing the
problems which confront the workera
in the fields of this section, and to
outline some plan of aotion relative
to the marketing of crops and the
purchase of grain bags. The meet
ing has been called by the five local
unions of the Farmers' Educational
and Co-operative Union, which are
now the only representatives of the
organization in Eastern Oregon, ex
cept a few locals near Milton.
Farmer Dies on Plow.
Pendleton Ed. Wilcox, a farm
Jaborer, aged 22, dropped dead while
plowing in a field near Adams. His
presence from the seat of the gang
plow was not noticed by the horses
and they kepton around .the field
Finds (lues to a Crime.
Pendleton That two men who
were traveling through the Blue
mountains for the purpoae of taking
moving pictures had a quarrel which
resulted In tbe murder of one of
them seems to be proven by the
ghastly discoveries made at a lonely
apot between Pilot Rock and Starkey
Prairie.
Late Saturday afternoon Roy Jen
nings came across a team and double
back at a point near the summit of
the Blue mountains. The team
showed evdence of having been tied
up all night, ao the young man at
once began a search. He found the
body of a man by whose side waa a
pick and shovel. Without making
further Investigation Jennlng rush
ed to the nearest telephone and sent
a message to the officials of Pendleton.
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QUEEN WILHELMINA.
To whom a princess and heiress
to the Holland throne was born last
week.
XonlMtrom Convlcli'd of Murder.
Tillamook Adolph N. Nordstrom
waa found guilty of murder In th
first degree for killing John Peter
son on Sunday night, February 28
Nordstrom is a Swede. 25 years old
He left this city 'on the night of the
murder about 9 o'clock, being armed
with a large revolver, and went to
a cabin where Peterson was stop
ping. Here he first attempted to rob
Peterson end then beat him to death
by Btrlking him over the head with
the butt end of the revolver, inflict
lng a number of frightful wounds
Hean Resigns; McBride Sworn.
Salem Justice R. S. Bean Satur
day morning resigned his position
on the supreme bench to accept the
position of United States district
judge. Judge T. H. McBride, of the
circuit court for the Fifth Judicial
district, also resigned and was sworn
in as a member of the supreme court
by Chief Justice Moore.
Judge Bean received a telegram
from United States Attorney-General
Wlckersham. Informing him that his
commission as the additional United
Statas district Judge for Oregon, au-
horized by the sixtieth congress.
had been forwarded April 29. Judge
Bean was sworn in Wednesday.
Salem The supreme court has de
creed that the standard of examina
tions for admission to the bar In
this state shall be raised and here
after candidates will be required to
answer all questions regardless of
how long the examination may take.
There will be an examination held in
Salem June 8, and th.e prospects are
that a large class will be examined.
Portland Henry Meldrum, form
er surveyor-general of Oregon, will
be pardoned if efforts now being
made by his Oregon friends prove
successful. Petitions are being sent
to the President reporting that Mel
drum has served much of his sen
tence, that his friends believe he had
no criminal intent when In office,
that he drifted Into wrongdoing and
that strong drink was largely re
sponsible for his undoing. The pe
tition will be filed . with President
Taft by the Oregon senators.
F.
Little attacks of indigestion are
what bring on other ailments, such
as acute indigestion, chronic dys
Densla and even more serious npr-
manent illness. Kodol is guaranteed tlon made by his firm
to give relief, xry it today, sold Dyimnnan & Marvin,
all druggists.
ASSAY OFFICE AT THE FAIR
Machinery for tlie Exposition Plant
Being Initialled.
Seattle, May 4. Seattle will have
two fully-equipped assay offices in
operation this season, engaged la re
celvlng bullion shipments of a record-breaking
year of Alaska gold
production. Besides the main Seat
tle office, a duplicate of the existing
office will be in operation at the
government building at the A.-T.P.
prntin ds. where the Alaska miner or f.
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consignee oi goia uiuy uciwi
shipment, have it assayed and
weighed, and can receive hla pay
check, either at the grounds or at
the downtown office.
A nart of the machinery for the
exposition plant la already on the
grounds, iinu is being installed next
to the exhibit of the mint bureau.
By June 1 everything will be ready
for operation, and visitors may
watch every stage of the work of
assaying, weighing and melting the
precious metal.
Chorus of 600 Children.
Seattle, May 6. Six hundred Se
attle children, between the ages of
8 and 14 years, will render th an
them "Lift Up Your Heads," at the
Epworth League Convention at the
armory Sunday afternoon, July 11.
CANNER8 CANNOT HAVE A
MONOPOLY OF LABEL.
Washington, May 4. There can
be no monopoly in the use of the
word "sockeye" in denominating the
species of salmon canned by any of
the salmon-packing- interests of the
Pacific Coast or of Alaska, nor is a
packer required to state on the la
bel of his can tbe locality in which
the salmon is taken, according to a
decision by Solicitor Earle, for the
department of commerce and labor,
in an informal opinion to the United
States fish commission.
It was pointed out by the commis
sion's communication that the same
species of fish packed by the Alaska
salmon industries and labeled as the
"sockeye" was caught also in Puget
Sound and the waters of British Co
lumbia and canned under a label
Identical with that used for the prod
uct of the Alaskan fisheries "sock-
eye. But it was Biaiea mai wuno
the fish caught in those two locali
ties were of the same species, there
was a difference in their quality of
value, the difference la market price
beina 50 per cent in favor of the
Puget Sound waters and the waters
of British Columbia.
How's This?
We offer One Hundred Dollars
Reward for any case of Catarrh that
connot be cured by Hall's Catarrh
Cure. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo.
Ohio.
We, the undersigned, have known
J. Cheney for the last 15 years,
and believe him perfectly honorable
in all business transactions, and flnan
cially able to carry out any obllga-
Walding,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O.J
ft rale
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JIOU need our goods and we need your
Y trade and we are always willing to
g make concessions to gain new busi
ness. We have lately enlarged our
stock in all lines and can show you larg
er lines from which to select than any
other store in the country. Now, our
proposition is this: come to Salem if you
can. If you can't come, then write us
stating your needs and we will send you
cuts and quote you prices delivered to
your nearest railroad or boat station. In
case you can come to Salem we will see
'that you more than make your expenses,
provided, of course, you trade with us.
Sit Down and Talk
it over and then after due consideration
come right here arid-we'll show you
the best Tan, Oxblood, Patent Calf or
Kid $3.50 Oxford a man ever bought
for the price. Then we can show you
the best Patent, Kid or Colt Skin $3.00
or $3. 50 woman's Tan, Oxblood Ox
ford that these prices ever bought.
The styles are new and we have all
the correct shaped last. It is a fact
that is being demonstrated every day,
that the best things in footwear always
come out of this store. Come to see
the new Spring creations.
ORES
2N SH
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The Home of Good Shoes
SALEM, OREGON
Shoe Repairing a Specialty
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