CURRENT EVENTS OF THE WEEK RAIN QUENCHES FIRES. Light Showers Soak Tree Tops and Aid Fire Fighters. GROWTH BIGGEST IN SMALL CITIES Sherman p la y & Co. Local showers in Portland and vicin­ ity Sunday, Aug. 28, put an end to one ESTABLISHED 40 YEARS o f the longest dry spells in the history SIXTH, AT MORRISON ST., PORTLAND, OR. o f Oregon and at the same time We want you to try this Piano IN YOUR brought relief to the firefighters en­ HOME FREE. We want you to try it at gaged in the endeavor to overcome our expense because— conflagrations in the districts between At the end o f thirty days the Piano (tonerai Resume o f Important Events Sandy and Mount Hood. n S E L F will convince you o f the following Average Record Not Up to 1900— The showers extended as far south in facts: Presented In Condensed Form Many Places in West Report the Willamette valley as Eugene, but It’s the best value on earth for the price Phenomenal Advance. fo r Our Busy Readers. ($275). the dry spell is still unbroken at Rose- It’s MUSICALLY and MECHANICALLY burg. South o f that place and east o f right! Washington— Careful, though unoffi Medford a light shower fell in the Cra­ The stork again hovers near the roy­ We know there is so much real value in ter forest district, where the worst cial, analysis o f the returns from the al house o f Russia. this Wellington Piano—w e’re selling for $275— on easy payments— that thirteenth census on cities thus far Colonel Roosevelt enjoyed a 30-mile fires in the state prevail. we’re willing to let it be IT'S OWN SALESMAN. There were light showers at some announced reveals that the increased ride across the Wyoming plains on a It will tell it's own story to you—in your home—if you’ ll send us the cow pony. parts east o f the Cascades, notably at rate o f urban growth for the last de coupon. cade over that o f 1890 to 1900 has Please sen_ me tut! particulars concerning this unusual Piano offer. The kaiser’s outburst on his “ divine Walla Walla, where a 75-day drouth right to rule” is attributed to irrita­ was broken. The sky is overcast and been confined largely to places having a population o f less than 50,000. tion at the Socilists. more rain is expected. Name................................................. Adaress. While universally there has been a It has been 96 days since a real Official announcement has been re­ ceived at Washington o f the annexa­ shower fell in Portland. August 15 healthy increase, in a large majority tion o f Corea by Japan. witnessed a mist which served to clear o f cities exceeding 50,000, the rate of It is estimated that the new north the atmosphere. Eight one-hundredths the previous decade has not been main­ jetty at the mouth o f the Columbia riv­ o f an inch fell during the intermittent tained. In no instance so far has an er will cost $1,205,000. Have your teeth out and plate and bridge work actual loss o f population been shown storms o f Sunday. done. For out-of-tow n patrons we hniah pUu < 1 LTf* work tvnrk in in nno don i if f — _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ K Mayor Gaynor, o f New York, has and bridge one day necessary. The rain fell in about the same quan­ and present comparisons are only on left the hospital and will soon take up tities in the Mount Hood fire district PRICES; the rate o f growth. MnV Crown___$ 5.00 his official duties again. and will enable the members of the It 22 k Bridge Teel, $ 3.50 The population o f 63 cities o f more The Federal census shows that the state militia and citizens now on the CoktFilliw........ $ 1 , than 25,000 has been officially announ­ smaller cities made the largest per­ firing line to prevent the further Fnonwl FiUinrr., $ 1.00 spread o f the flames. It is well known ced. These are somewhat more than s a «r Fffins, .. 50 c « centage of gain in population. Coed Rttbiwr Rile, $ 5.00 that fires run through the crowns only one-fourth o f the estimated total ni Ray Thomas, 23 years old, o f Oswe when the atmosphere is dry, and the Bnf Rod Rubber * Plot*........... $ 7.50 ber o f such cities in the country. go, Or., was struck and instantly killed humidity o f the past few days is ex­ Pimlou Eilrartion 50 s by lightning during a thunder storm. Four announcements cover crities of BEST METHODS pected to have almost as good an effect Painless Extraction Free when plates or brldn They are W ASH IN G '«TEN TH STS., P O R T L A N D The city o f Bogota,Colombia, has on the fires as a good soaking. The more than 400,000 people. work is ordered. Consultation Free. You cannot se t better painless work anywhere, no mutter bought the street car lines from the men on the ground can set their fire­ St. Louis, with 687,029, or an increase how much you pay. American owners to avoid complica­ breaks and drive the flames back. o f 19.4 per cent as compared with an A ll W o rk f u lly G u a ra n te e d fo r fifte e n Years tions resulting from recent riots. Albany received her first soaking in increase o f 27.3 per cent as shown by U I I D I M E When Your Eyes ■ IT IU H I H E Need Care 67 days, the longest dry spell ever re­ the census o f 1900; Pittsburg, with A wealthy woman tourist returning from Europe was caught trying to corded there. The last rain fell June 533,905, or an increase o f 18.2 per E Y E R E M E D Y Te. wm uk. it 342J Washington St., smuggle in a $6,000 pearl necklace and 22. Reports from Albany are that cent, as against an increase in 1900 of Liquid Form, 25c, 60c. Salve Tubes, 26c, (1.00- 31.3 per cent; Buffalo, with 423,715, a spun-gold purse, purchased in Switz­ the rainfall equaled that in Portland P o r t la n d , O reg o n A light shower was experienced at an increase o f 20.2 per cent, as com­ erland. Take car at depot and transfer to Washington SL Eugene about noon, but is believed pared with 37.8 in 1900, and Detroit, T r a v e lin g on a T im e L im it. Ivy Baldwin, expert aviator and ex­ that heavy rains fell in the mountains with 465,766, an increase o f 63.0 per A woman having with her a husky signal man o f the U. S. army, fell 50 east o f that city. Following the rain cent, as compared with 38.3 per cent looking boy recently boarded a street D a in t y D e s s e r t . feet when his aeroplane struck a tele- the atmosphere cleared o f the smoke ten years ago. Place two tablespoonfuls of apricot car on a line that exacts full fare for pone pole at San Francisco. He was which has been hanging over the city Jam In dessert glasses and heap over A decidedly better average is shown children over 10 years of age. uninjured but the machine was consid­ and the fires burning in the Cascades for the nine cities whose population When she tendered the conductor It the whites of an egg beaten stiff, to erably damaged. were visible at times. Eugene secured ranges between 200,000 and 400,000. the change for one full and one-half which has been added one-half dozen A California train was derailed telephone communication with Flor­ These are; fare he looked at the boy suspiciously maccaroons cut fine, one tablespoon­ ful powdered sugar and vanilla to Denver, 213,381; St. Paul, 214,744; and Inquired: twice in one day by striking cows on ence for the first time since the fires broke out two weeks ago, taste. Whipped cream may be sub­ Providence, 224,326; Kansas City, the'track. How old Is that boy, madam?" stituted for the beaten egg If a richer 248,381; Jersey City, 267,779; Wash­ Well,” replied the mother, "he will Conservatives in Nicaragua oppose dessert is desired. Newark, 347,469; ROOSEVELT RIDES ON PLAINS. ington, 331,068; be 10 years old today, but he wasn’t elevation o f General Estrada to thç Cincinnati, 364,646; and Milwaukee, born until In the afternoon.”— unUl late Jn presidency. 373,857. For this group the average Takes 30-Mile Jaunt With Cowboys growth amounted to 33.8, as compared New York Times. A big cyclone and rain storm did in Wyoming. with an increase o f 26 per cent in the O w n U p Now . much damage to crops and buildings 1890-1900 epoch. But this high aver­ Cheyenne, Wyoming, Aug. 29.— On Eleanor, uged six, had been going in Michigan. tough, wiry cow ponies, Theodore age ¡ b due in large measure to the ex­ Get a The government has forbidden the Roosevelt rode 30 miles across the ceptional showing made by Denver to school only a lew weeks. She had 25-cent learned to raise her hand If she want­ burning o f any more money on funeral plains o f Wyoming yesterday. and Kansas City, two o f the smallest He vial. ed anything. One day she put this pyres by Yuma Indians. Denver scored a Into effect when she was sent to the If it wanted to get back once more among cities o f the class. fails to Mayor Gaynor, o f New York City, is the cowboys in their own country and growth o f almost 60 per cent, as com­ chicken house to get some eggs. cure so far recovered that he is planning to mingle with them as he did in the old pared with a little more than 25 per Just as she reached the chicken I will days, 27 years ago, when the lure of cent for the previous 10 years, and house door her mother heard her say: take up his official duties soon. refund the West brought him out here, a Kansas City, almost 52 per cent, as your All you chickens that have laid an Ex-President Castro, o f Venezuela, young man, from the East. He visit­ against less than 24 per cent in the money. egg, raise your hands.”—The Delinea­ is beleived to be at the bottom o f a re­ ed the sheep ranch o f Senator Warren previous decade. Munyoa tor. cently-discovered plot against Presi­ and returned to Cheyenne tonight, The mean for the 10 cities of be­ dent Gomez, more enthusiastic than ever about the tween 100,000 and 200,000 is favora­ ble to the 1890-1900 period, to the ex­ Eight are known to be dead and wonders o f the West. Colonel Roosevelt began the day by tent of almost 4 per cent, the average many badly injured in a train wreck A S T H M A A N D H A Y FEVER Congregational for 1900 being 35.7 per cent, and that near Durand, Michigan. Several more going to the First are quickly relieved by Wyatt's Asthma for 1900-1910, 32 per cent. But not­ church. Early in the afternoon, he N ew. Handsome, Instructive, Up-to-D ate, are missing. Remedy. Guaranteed or money refund­ describing mounted his horse. He had a relay o f withstanding this general falling off, ed. Ask your druggist or send six A 16-year-old girl is dead from three mounts and he rode them like a the rate o f growth was more evenly cents postage for Free Sample to starvation at Los Angeles. She is cavalryman. When the ride was over maintained in this than in any other FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL TREES, J. C. WYATT, Druggist. the second one o f a party of Holly Rol­ he said he had enjoyed every mile o f it class. There were not so many ex­ SHRUBS, VINES, VA N C O U VER. WASHINGTON lers to die as a result of religious and was not a bit stiff or sore. tremes. The advantage also was with Lieu­ ROSES, BERRY PUNTS, ETC. fanaticism. 1900 in *he 21 places o f from 50,000 tenant Thompkins, of Fort D. A. Rus­ Free on request. W rite now. mentioning Customs officers held up the 12 sell; R. S. Van Tassle, who owns a to 100,000, the average gain being this paper. trunks o f Mrs. Nat Goodwin, wife o f ranch near Cheyenne, and Nat Baker, 41.6 per cent, as against 39.1 in 1900. It is a sure stopper, opper, promptly . re- It should be explained, however, the famous actor, at New York City, a ranchman, accompanied him. J. B. PILKINGTON, Nurseryman lieves Bronchitis, Whooping Cough, that Oklahoma City and Schenectady not being willing to take her word as They cantered across the prairie, Portland. Oregon Cough and especially thoaa ugh Croup, ' stopping now and then while the col­ have been excluded from this calcula­ to what they contained. _ also moat harsh, hacking coughs, onel talked with some cowpuncher, tion on account o f the abnormal in­ useful for lung diseases. For sals About 40 men who had labor liens by all dealers; 25c a bottle. ___ _ asking him how things are nowadays crease in both. against the North Bank Lumber com­ From the 25,000 to 50,000 grade, in the cattle country. As it began to pany’ s mill at Yacnlt, Wash., will grow dusk they came to the ranch o f Muskogee, Okla., and Flint, Mich., are probably lose their claims, since the Senator Warren, where they stopped eliminated for the same reason that mill is destroyed by forest fires. for suppr. Everybody turned out to Oklahoma City and Schenectady are There was almost a riot at the inter­ welcome Colonel Roosevelt with a cow­ taken out o f the 50,000 to 100,000 fT c O F F E E l national convention o f hotel stewards boy yell, and the colonel shook hands class. Because o f their high figures TEA SPICES at Pittsburg when both San Francisco all round. The cowboys and sheep- they would run the average up to an No H ypoderm ic Injections. B A K IN G POWDER and New Orleans sought an indorse- ! herders were dressed in their Sunday unwonted extenL You can take this treatment at the Institute - EXTRACTS But even without them, the showing ment for the Panama exposition in best. or your home, and your money will be returned if a perfect cure is not affected. Investigate J U S T RIGHT is altogether in favor o f the last cen­ 1915. this, it will only take a few moments to phone -eii-m a im . i.'i’iia»- sus. With Flint and Muskogee out, us for information. Personal and financial Three Killed in Baseball Riot. Further revision o f the tariff will be CL0SSET fi DEVOS reference on application. For full inform a­ the mean growth is almost 48 per cent, made the keynote o f the coming cam- (J PORTLAND. 0»t 11 Brooks, Ga.— A ball game between tion. phone, write or call at the while the increase for the same places N E A L I N S T I T U T E paign. negro clubs for the championship of in 1890-1900 was 25 per cenL Phone. Marshall 2 4 0 0 \ J S 4 Hall St P O K T I. W n . O R F j It is estimated that the fire loss in Fayette county Sunday afternoon broke up in a riot in the ninth inning. Three the forests o f the Northwest will reach Couple Dead on Ranch. ball players are dead, three probably $10,000.000. Great Falls, Mont.— Lying dead in o f the. *5 h£ l fgtally injured and several less serious­ yonr terfh Official news has been received in ly hurt. Pistols, knives and ball bats their ranch home, several miles north p l a t e s n t r im j Work done. Washington o f the death o f the Madriz were used in the riot, scores o f spec­ o f Shelby, the bodies o f P. J. Hazel- of.town OPIUM— TOBACCO finish government in Nicaragua. tators taking sides. The riot was berg and his wife were found by neigh­ bridge work la on n.hiu PontMvelv CuryA. d»r if r'V«I.T7. O n ljT M th criM dK aeley In- Paria fashions decree that the “ hob­ caused by a close decision o f Umpire bors. They evidently had been dead -pmiciw . . . « litote la Oregon. W rite Î for several days. The bodies were ly­ or iìlastr» tea circolar. «lo l.rO »»» W -R ble skirt” for women shall be sup­ Smith in the ninth, which allowed the m an ixjTttuTtni.mil a. 22VB-A»T*e*-W Brooks team to score the winning run. ing side by side and hand in hand with planted by the “ tube skirt.” Gold FiSiMJ L B Although all the fighting raged about a bullet in the head o f each. The posi­ o r t l a n d r e g o n Southern delegates to the National the umpire, he escaped without injury tion o f the bodies and the surroundings b w l IW l S Coopers’ convention declare that prohi­ Silver Flit!** •** indicated that the husband first shot Gocd Rukktf 5 53 bition has not hurt their trade. his w ife and then fixing the rifle with Pl.t«« Six Are Victims o f Duel. B«tt fbbtar I 55 a stick and a piece o f string, he lay An O. R. & N. train was struck by a put«» ' ’a Lawton, Okla.— According to a re­ down beside his w ife ’s body and fired CUT BATES IN landslide near The Dalles and narrowly port received here, five men and one PAINLESS DENTISTRY a k . l . l t n . P n w . t o w a bullet through his own head. escaped being pushed into the Colum­ P ainless E x tr a c t io n ......... Free woman have either been killed or seri Silver F i llin g s .........................30c bia river. is ordered. Conruitation Free. *o s ^ m a ch jo o l* ously injured in a duel that took place Gold F illin g s............................. 75< pal n 1ms work anywhere, no m t f t y howmm ^ Deposed Friar Disturber. 22 K. Gold C r o w n s ...................*3 A ll work fully gu aranteed for An sffort will be made to shift the about sixteen miles from Water». A, Porcelain C r o w n s ................... $3 Rome— A former Franciscan friar, /V»\ entire responsibility for the Illinois Bushley and two Rawles brothers an M olar Gold C ro w n s................. %4 W i s e C o* named Beltramini, created a panic in # Bridge W o r k , 22 K . G o l i . . . . f 3 Central car repair graft on J. T. Hara- said to have been the participants. In la y F ills, Pure G o l d ........... §2 IWCOWVOWATXO the Basilica o f the Vatican at vespers han, president o f the road. V e ry N ice Rubber P late ____$4 Painless D e n t l s « , by firing three shots from a revolver in Best Rubber Plate on E a rth ....................................... $7 T w o Mexican Roads Sold. A L L T H IS W O R K IS G U A R A N T E E D . A 14-year-old girl while out rowing the air. Worshippers fled from the Don't throw your money away. A dollar saved on Puget Sound was caught by the tide New York—Official announcement is church and service was suspended. is t wodoliars earned. O ur original reliable Modern and carried away from shore, and was expected within a few days o f the sale Beltramini, who was arrested, said Painless Methods and our perfected oihee equip­ P N U ------------------------- ment saves ua time and your money. not rescued until 2 o ’ clock next morn­ to the National Railways o f Mexico that he desired to attract attention •05TON DENT!STS. 5th OMerrisea, Perl land , ■ — - — Ä<1 Trrtleee* I ing. She was nearly exhausted from o f the Pan-American railroad and o f with a view to securing reinstatement lerrtftc« w m MovTfeoA. ottudte PoffnAce sad MHer * ! I Y IT H J C If w r i t i n g t o pmpar. Fatabhtbed la Poo land 10 years. Open cvenmya , I f f m e n tio n th la I and fright. the Vera Crus A Isthmus railroad. to th e priesth ood . i u>Ht for i people who work. 1 Doings of the World at Large Told in Briet Places of Less Than 50,00 Make Greatest Increase. D r. B . E. W right m Dr. B. E. W right C o. 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