Vol 41
EUGENE OREGON THURSDAY SEPTMBER 5, I907
No. 31
4
nomment men
ATTEND MEETING
OF IRRIGATIONISTS
Sacramento. Sept. 4.—Practical ir-
rlption. agriculture and settlement
e the features or the addresses at
* jessioiis of the National Irrlga-
J' Congress today.
There was a
¿jrl, large attendance when Gover-
M- JieaJ. of Washington, acting as
ryirman. called the convention to
order this morning. Addresses were
maoeby
Elwood
Mead and Professor
■ads
by r
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E Lament
•> " ’‘’ of
T.u!
the University of Cali
fornia. *>>o read papers.
4 C. True, director of the experi
ment stations of the United States
deparment of agriculture;
A.
A.
Ward, director of the Rice Growers'
Vsoeiation. of Beaumont, Texas;
Robert D. Manson, a Chicago banker;
Governor Kibbey, of Arizona; C. M.
Mott, general Immigration agent of
the Northern Pacific railroad; W. J.
McAllister, general agent of the
Southern Pacific railroad, and Colo-
uel J. H. Brady, persjnal representa
tive of Gox-erno.- Gooding, of Idaho,
occupied Boats on the platform.
CELEBRATED VETERAN
AND INVENTOR DEAD
Charleston, Sept. 4.-Captain Har-
ry Brown, a veteran of the Mexican
c.,vB warB ar'd inventor of the
Bell buoy., now used at American
ports, la dead at the age of SO years.
Lakeview continues to be excited
over the return of George Wingfield,
a boy raised here, who went to Neva
da without a cent and came back a
few days ago riding in an automobile
and worth many million dollars, a lit
tle portion of which he is scattering
I «round freely.
injured no one.
It is believed the
explosion was that of gunpowder, and
it Is attributed to "dynamiters." who
arl believed by the police to seek re
venge on Chicago gamblers, though
why Graham abcAild have been select
ed as the victim is unknown.
FALL CREEK IS
MOORISH SULTAN
FAVORED AS WATER
OFFERS CHOICE OF
SUPPLY SOURCE
WAS FALSEHOOD
PEACE OR WAR
LONG SENTENCE
FOR CONVICTED
BRIBER GLASS REP3RT OF MUTINY
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San Francisco, Sept. 4.—
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Louis Glass, vice president
♦ of the Pacific States Tele-
♦ phone Company, convicted of
♦ having bribed Supervisor
♦ Lonergan to vote against the
♦ granting of a franchise to the
♦ Home Telephone Company,
♦ was today sentenced by Supe
♦ rior Judge Lawlor to five
♦ years' imprisonment in the
♦ state prison at San Quentin.
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San Francisco. S-pt. 4
Captain
J.M. Helm, of the United States navy,
who his just returned
from the
AsiaticEtatict. where he commanded
•riiiser Galveston, says the re-
the cm
port 1 fr$ni Honolulu of an incipleut
mutiny 1 i the cruiser Raleigh in that
as without foundation. He
harbor
says th< b is no better discipline ou
4 any shi of the cavy than the Ra-
« lelgh. wi l.h Is now on her way to
San Frat Acisco.
CHICAGO STORE
BRYAN TO SPEAK
IN NEW YORK
WRFCKED BY POWDER
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Chicago, Sept. 4.—An explosion in
the store of Stanley D. Graham, deal
er in paints and wall paper, eariy this
morning wrecked the building and
threw out of bed several persons who
were asleep on the second floor, but
New York.
Sept.
4. —The an
nouncement was made today that SEVERE FNGAG4 MIAI
Bryan would begin a tour of speech
OUTSIDE FRENCH ('AMI'
making in New Yoik state In Octo
ber under the auspice« of the New
Casa Blancs (Tuesday). Eight
York Progressive Democratic League i—
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SEPTEMBER SHOWING
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New arrival of Ladies’ Suits, never have
we had such a grand line of suits
as we are showing this faU. Prices
from
$12.50 to $45.00
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Wild Scenes Ensue.
When he flnl^ho/S </»„
ELMER FLICK.
Right fielder of the Clevelands,
who is one of the reliable batsmen
of the American league.
Clothing, and
CASH
we**e
granted to the delegates to ask ques
tions. A dozen were on the hour tn
an Instant, wildly waving their arms
to attract the attention of the chair
man.
RABON YAMAMOTO.
Admiral in the Japanese navy
Ind former minister of marine,
who it wjgitinw America.
within the archipelago, because Pra-
By the almost unanimous adoption taa Island is less than 60 miles north
governor of Oregon and the founder
of
the
ordinance
granting
A.
Welch,
of this city, a solemn requiem high
of the twentieth parallel, which was
mass was conducted In his memory his heirs or assigns, a franchise over the international boundary line of the
certain
streets
of
the
city
of
Salem
former Spanish dominions as defined
in the Catholic church this morning.
as a connecting link for other urban In the treaty of Paris.
and
Interurban
electric
railways,
of
The northbound afternoon passen,
ger train is reported five hours late which the Willamette valley is de-1
stlned sooner or later to become a
today.
perfect network, the city council last
evening placed Itself on record as one
of the moat progressive and enterpris
ing bodies of municipal legislators
that the city of Salem has ever
boasted.
With the exception If changing the
route of the proposed railway from
Water street, as It originally read, to
Front street, so as not to conflict
with the plans of the Spaulding Log-
glng Company, there wan no altern ♦
New York. 8ept. 4.—A re ♦
tlon tn the ordinance at adopted, ex- ♦ ceiver has been appointed for ♦
cept that the time limit for the com ♦ •the Union Iron A Steel Com ♦
New York. Sept. 4—The contents pletion of the two miles of railway ♦ pany, of New York, a corpo ♦
of the will of Richard Mansfield were within the city limits Is reduced from ♦ ration capitalised at 22.000,- ♦
made public today. The entire es two years to eighteen months and ♦ 000.
It owns furnaces and ♦
tate. real and personal property, is the grantee of the franchise Is held ♦ manufacturing plants In sev ♦
left to Mrs Manfleld, who Is made subject to the forfeiture of the fran ♦ eral Southern states, as well ♦
sole executrix As the will was made chise and a bond of $5000 for fail ♦ as Michigan and New Jersey
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In 1XH4 before the birth of his son,' ure to comply with thia condition. ♦
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George Gibbs, the boy will take his The franchise Is to be accepted with ♦ * ♦
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share of the estate as if the actor in sixty days of the date of Its ap
proval by the mayor, and construc
had died without a will.
The estate is much smaller than tion work la to ttesln within six
Instead of months thereafter — Salem States
Senator Joseph W
Bailey has
was generally believed
spent the most of the summer travel
|2’,«.((Ob life insurance he had but man.
ISO.000
ing from one end of Texas to the oth
Much of his property was
Ell Rang* today started two wagon er making political speeches and en
already In the name of his wife, and
of this property is not loada of freight for the Sluslaw coun deavoring to ma ekhlmself right with
the value
|the Democrats of his state.
try.
known.
STEEL CONCERN
Hart, Shaffner & Marx
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Washington, Sept. 3.—News fron»
Yokohama that the Japanese “ex-
plorers” had occupied and hol«ted
the national flag over the island of
Pratas, near the Philippines, attract
ed much attention here because by
this act has been added to Japanese
territory an island within 120 miles
of the Philippines, which would fur
nish an admirable naval base. Jap
anese passesslons are brought almost
His announcement wa« greeted
with wild cheering
Tariff revision
for the protection of the nation's for
ests has become the keynote of the
convention. Irrigation Is a second-
ary Issue.
Forestry and forest preservation
Is practically the sole topic of con-
vernation among the delegates today.
Gifford Plnchot is the most popular
man In Sacramento.
The debate broke like a thunder
cloud from a clear sky. Plnchot had
just completed hlg address. It was
a grave, almost startlingly grav».
warning to the American people for
the necessity of the preservation of
the natural resources.
"Under present conditions of lum
bering our forests will not last 30
years,” he thundered
F yowR
In business or society
if you come to us for
Clothing you needn't
be anxious about your
We sell
appearance
that
means quality and style
JAPAN SIEZES
GOOD NAV/L US
Springs Sensation.
You’ll Shine
Gordon
and
Stetson
Hats
INDICTMENT
ENTIRE ORIENT
AGAINST BORAH
SAYS SENATOR
SERVED AT BOISE
TO REPEAL DUTY
UPON LUMBER
100 Children’s Coats, all colors, velvet
$3.50
trimmed
100 Children’s and Misses' Coats for $4.50
50 Ladies’ Black Coats, braid trimmed
prices from ♦ .
$4.90 to $40.00
Department
000.000 FEET PER HOIR. BI T
Frenchmen were killed and seventeen
wounded in an engagement yesterday
FAI.I. <1(11 K
outside the amp. The Moors con
centrated t.ie largest fjrce they had
yet mustered in this vicinity, and re-
turitied to the attack again and ugaiu
after encountering the deadly fire of
Vivor Matlock, the fire nn'1 w| «r
the French artillery and machine
guns.
The < nemy's losses are de ¡committee of the city council, x..d I’n*
glneer McClain, who drove to Rltc'.ile
scribed as enormous.
The fighting was started by the at ’ creek, up the McKenzie. Monday to
tack of the Moors on a French scout ascertain the flow of the water In
i that stream with a probable view of
ing party.
1 utilizing the water for the propjs'd
municipal water plant, r’port that
VICK PRESIDENT
there Is a flow of 2.006.000 gallons
SPEAKS TO STI BESTS per hour at extreme low water.which.
| it is thought, would be enough i to
San
Francisco. Sept.
4 -Vice supply the city, but It Is Partied that
President Fairbanks addressed the the committee, in fact a major-
students of Stanford University at Ity of the members of the city coun-
noon today, and leaves for the East ell, are in favor of the Fall creek sit«
as a source of supply. The flow of
tonight.
Fall creek Is raid to t>e as great st
I that of Rull Run, which supplies wa
ter for Portland, and the water Is
! Just as pure and cold as Bull Run wa
ter.
However, the matter will not
. be definitely settled until the cost of
securing the water from each place is
ascertained.
It is figured out that
[the cost of either will be the amount
[of the-bonds proposed to be issued
If the election next month la decided
In favor of issuing the bonds. Mayor
Mntlock. who has visited both alter,
states that each is an Ideal place for
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Boise, Idaho, Sept. 4.—The ♦ a water supply source, but he thinks
♦ Indictments returned last ♦ the Fall creek site will be selected.
4 April by the federal grand ♦ Thia site Is 3d miles from the city,
4 jury against United States ♦ Wl-llc the Ritchie .•reek site Is M !-'!
♦ Senator Borah and other ♦ ¡miles. The much larger quantity of
4 prominent men. charging ♦ water to be obtained fr >m Fall creek
4 conspiracy to defraud the ♦ however, will probably be the decid*
4 United States government, ♦ Ing factor.
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4 were served on the defend ♦
♦ ants today.
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San Francisco. Sept
4. United
States Senator W. J. Stone, who has
Just returned from a journey to the
Philippine Islands and the orient,
says the whole face of the East has
changed In the last few years
The
Japanese, says the senator, have ta
ken entire control of affairs in both
Korea and China, and have so sys
tematized commercial and political
undertakings in the East that in a ♦
short time all European and Ameri ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ► ♦ ♦
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can influence will be completely shut
out.
Outside of court circles. Senator
Stone found that there was among a
certain small class a spirit of re
sentment at the reported mistreat
ment of Japanese in San Francisco.
The bulk of the people, however, ex
pressed nothing b it the best feeling i
Sacramento, Cal , 8»pt. 3.—In as
toward this country.
sensational an outbreak as ever dls-
M c L oughlin hale
aranged the carefully prepared pro
A CENTURY' DEAD gram of an irrigation convention.
Judge John E Baker, of California,
Oregon City. Sept. 3.—Today being announced nt today's session that a
the fiftieth anniversary of the death resolution demanding the Immediate
of Dr. John McLoughlin, the first repeal of duties upon timber and lum
ber and by products would be pre
sented by him to the resolutions com
mittee of the national Irrigation con
gress today, and that he would lead
the fight for Its adoption Saturday
when the resolution committee made
Its report.
Of Ladies' New Coats
and Suits
SUITS
Paris, Sept. 4. -The Libre Parole
(newspaper* dec lares :hat the cabl
net has consider! 'd (he prop.islton
made to General Drude. commanding
the French forces at Casa Blanca,
bp Muali Hafig. as sultan, that he
will undertake to restore order
He
asks as a pledge of good faith that
the powers permit hint to have the
arms and ammunition which are da
talned at Mogadar, and says if tila
proposition is not accepted he will
preach a holy war. The cabinet, Li
bre Porale says, has resolved to pla< ?
the matter before the powers, but at
the same time It was decided to send
General Drude further erinforcetntns
from Senegal.
907 by
art Schaffner tí Marg
MANSFIELD LEFT
ALL PROPERTY
TO HIS WIFE
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OF RECEIVER