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Newspaper Page Text? N, IfSlTlLL OF 2,500,000 ACRES BY 0.& C. ROAD a O. Land Grant. Contains Jtotal I $,85(.00 Of this. TlO.tO are gold, 1.- (90.000 Mill unsold. Unsold portion worth average - of Its per acre. ToUU value ta $(8.(0.000. . it government wine, will be old at 11 1 an acre, or at total ' 84.3(0.000. e Grants contain greater area than Rhode Laland and Dela- war combined. Government will pacta suit to recover them laada -within to days tn the federal court In - Portland. a passage of Fulton raaoluUon will mean a great rush of sat ' tiers to Oregon. Qrant contains between II. ', and 1M0O homesteads. Within the next (0 days, probably much sooner, the government and the " Oregon California railroad com pany will be locking horns over the possession of tho unsold portion (I. 0,9 acres) In the lands granted to the company In the acts of eon grass In 184 and 18(9. The battle will be waged tn .the federal courts In the Oregon dlsrrl, in other wordr the Issue will be Joined in roruana. B. D. Townsend,. the special agent at the Interior department, who made an exnausuve lnveaugnon 01 grants and who draw up. the Pulton resolution, will come to Portland within the next SO days and prepare to Institute proceedings against the corporation on behalf of the govern ment Tho Fulton resolution was passed, by the house Saturday by an overwhelming majority, and will be ' signed by the president . within the nest few days. As soon aa that has been done, the government will pro- - ceed Immediately with legal action. Private advices received tn Port land this morning are to the effect that Mr. Townsend has practically drafted the petition which will be filed here shortly after his arrival. The petition will be a blU In equity, asking the federal court to declare the unsold portion of the O. C grant forfeited to the government because of the violations of the act of con gress perpetrated by the railroad com' pany In selling the other part of the grant, approximately 800,800 acres In : extent.' It is anticipated that the O. at C r company will appeal the matter to the supreme court of the United States, and in case the government wins In that tribunal; It is more than likely that the secretary of the inte rior will restore the 1,600,000 tract to entry, giving the public a chance to file on It under the homestead or , timber and atone act. As the matter now stands, follow ing -the adoption of the Fulton reso lution, there Is likely to be the great est rush of actual settlers to all sec . tJons of the grant throughout the - state within the next few montha Much of the land is very desirable, ' and while a good deal of it is covered with timber, -it cannot be excelled for agricultural purposes ' when cleared. -. Up to the present time on: about IS actual settlers have bad the hard- - ihood to settle on quartersectlon tracts - v of the grant, about ,30 of them In Co- -- .. lambla county-ana" about five In lane : county. They have taken this step on the theory that the O. 4 C com- ; ) pany, had no right to these lands, and ,' under the law must sell them to bona - fide settlers and In not more than , 110-acre tracts and at a price not fnvw 12.50 per acre. These actual . niers have all pooled their Interest, ,. hare placed their claims in the hands , of A. W. Lafferty, a local lawyer, who declared this morning that the pas sage of the Fulton act is the greatest Jrtrtory for the government Imagin able, and will mean a tremendous 'rush of settlers onto these lands with in the next, few months. ' .'I believe there will be an unpre cedented rush of actual settlers onto these lands from now on." aaid Mr. Lafferty, this morning. "Hundreds of people have been waiting to see what the outcome would be when Mr. Townsend took his fight Into con-gres-in the form of the Fulton reso lution. Now that home-seekers, ac tual bona, fide settlers see that the government la taking the matter se riously, they will flock to these lands : at a faster rate than the state has ever known. I am confident of that i i look to see a good share of the most V. available parts of the unsold portions ""'nJ' the grant gobbled up within the t lext six months, not only by people . in this rstate, but from all over the country. ,'- '- t Value of the Land. , "The railroad company, I under- ' stand holds these lands worth about . 2S an acre, and the settlers under i ( the law are entitled to buy them at ' M.BO an acre. The 31 suits which I have filed in the courts here are the only cases so far where people have undertaken to compel the Oregon California company to live up to the law as set down in the acts of con gress of 1844 and 18(9." - .Lafferty prepared a resume of the legislation and historical facts rela tive to the land grants to the O. C. company for Attorney-General Bon aparte, and this resume was used ef fectively In the hearings before the public land committee of the senate and the house In the fight for the passage of the Fulton resolution. "The contention of the railroad company has been all along," contin ued Mr. Lafferty, "that It had a clear title to these lands, and that It could not be compelled to sell for $2.50 an acre or in tracts of only 1(0 acres each, and then only to actual settlers. They have sold a great deal of tlm- FIGHT RETENTION bar lands to the big timber syndicates In tracts ot from to. 400 to tt.000 ores, and nobody knows how much they got tor it "Whenever any people have settled on quarter sections and have gone to the land agents of the O. C com pany and tendered them 11.10 an acre for this land, and demanded a deed, the railroad officials have laughed at them, but with the Fulton resolution now effective there Is no reason why the entire tract from East Portland to the southern boundary ot Oregon should not now be settled with amaa Ing rapidity, tor It gives bona fide settlers much greater guarantee that they will eventually win out than they hava had up to thla time." The essential feature ot the situa tion and the one that will mean great things for Oregon In the event of the government's final victory In the courts is the fact that no time la to be lost In bringing the matter before the federal court la this district On the other hand, the O. C. com pany may be depended upon to put up a powerful fight, tor the reason that the possession ot 8(0,000,000 worth of land Is Involved; a tract bigger than two entire states of the union, and Increasing in value very rapidly. THE MISSOURI DISABLED. Big Battleship Loses Cylinder Head . Off Santa Barbara. The battleship Missouri, while com ing into port today, blew out a cylin der head. While thla Is usually a very aertoua accident nobody waa In jured by the escaping steam and the battleship took her place In line af ter a few minutes of maneuvering without any trouble, says an Item from Santa Barbara. The repair ship cannot take care of this difficulty as all the drawing! for the machinery ot the ship are in the control of the construction de partment at Washington. It will take three weeks to repair the break, the delay, being occasioned by watt ing for the drawings. Tne Missouri can keep up speed with the other ships without the use of this cylinder and will therefore probably stay In the line. It Is the only accident of any se rious nature that has occurred to the ships since they started on their cruise. One of the fleet had to slow up on ne rasi run from Magdalena be cause of her port engines having a slight break, but she repaired it In 10 minutes. The splendid watchfulness shown by the engineering corps on the Mis souri was exemplified In the fact that the Instant the head blew out the steam was turned off, thereby sav ing many lives in. the engine room. RECORD CLEAN UP AT NOME. Camps of the Placer Region Will Yield 93,000,000 This Spring. The spring cleanup in the gold camps in Nome and vicinity may run more than $3,000,000, according to cable advices received In Seattle by prominent mining men who are Inter ested in the northern gold fields, says an exchange. The news of the rich strikes in Alaska brings Joy to the hearts of the merchants of the northwest, and also to laborers who have been out of work nearly all winter. The enor mous shipment of the precious yellow metal to Seattle on the first boats will Be supplemented by the shipment Into Alaska from Seattle of thousands of worklngmen who will find profit albe employment In the mines and other development projects. There will be a steady migration to the north this spring and there is every expectation that the season now approaching will be a record breaker In every way In that country. After Indian Lands. The local United States land office Is In receipt dally of Inquiries from all parts of the country, but partic ularly from Seattle and other Sound cities regarding the opening of the Yakima reservation, ' says the Yaki ma Republic. Some of these Inquir ies are of a most elaborate descrip tion. One correspondent suoDOsedlv clerk in a well known wholesale business house of Seattle, sent along a string of questions, many ot which could not be answered definitely even by the secretary of the interior him self, at this time. , It is satisfactory to note that so much Interest Is taken In the open ing of the reservation for It insures quite an Inrush of settlers when the opening takes place. According to the official reports of the department the reservation is to be opened this year, but there Is reason to doubt whether all of the preliminary work win be completed in time. Shoe Thief Gets Four Tears. M. Smith, who was arrested a few nights ago while in the act of at tempting to sell shoes on the streets, was Saturday afternoon sentenced by Judge Crawford to four years In the penitentiary, says the La Grande Star. Smith was kent In 1ail a few days after his arrest pending further Investigation of the circumstances by the local police and the railroad com pany's detective. The prisoner agreed to divulge the place where the goods, stolen from a freight car, had been secreted and this was about all the Information that could be gained, Four suspects of the business of box car rustling were arrested at Pendle ton last week and four others are in custody at Walla Walla. It Is the belief on the part of the officials that they are all of the same gang. that they are well organized and that in addition to robbing the railroad company of goods In transit, the gang also carries what would be known as side lines," such as burglary and In fact anything that promises the op portunity .of speedy money. LAND FUND DISTRIBUTED, Umatilla County RcorlT-ee $2Mi.lt From Land Sale. Salem. Ore.. Aprl 14. The distri bution of the United States ( per cent land sales fund has been determined as follows: ,v Baker ... Benton . . . I 1.334.83 (04.(1 Clackamas 1.844.80 Clatsop . . . . (SMS (88.84 1.111.(8 4.111.80 1,1(8.88 l.(t 800.14 8.410.18 Columbia , Cooa Curry .... Crook ..... Douglas' .. Ollllam . . Grant . ... . Harney . . 8.181 06 Jackson . . 8.1(18 1,884.87 4.7(8.48 (.888.88 Josephine Klamath . Lake Lane 1.1(1.(1 T78.I4 1,741. 8( 7.411.48 8(4.(7 Lincoln . . Linn . . . . . Malheur . Marion . . . Morrow . . 1.574.84 Multnomah Polk 841 89 (18.(7 Sherman . Tillamook (88.11 91S.0S Umatilla . Union . . . Wallowa . Wasco . . . 1.881.19 1.818.11 8.401.B4 1.8(7.(7 (48.K 1,817.10 A'ashlngton Wheeler . Yamhill .. (47D4 Total $74,011.17 The apportionment per acre It 0.0018141384108. Thla decimal Is de rived by dividing the total amount to be apportioned, $74,011.17, by the total number or acres tn the state, (0,9(7.7(0. THE MODEL AOTOMOBILE. Ideal Car Is Soon to be Within the Reach of All. The soundless, smooth-running, irrfectly flexible car what I like to call the Gentleman's car, because a gentleman can drive It without vio lence to good-breeding or to his finer aesthetic appreciation Is not far distant today, says Herbert L. Towles in the May Scrtbner. Most of Its elements are already present, some on this car, some on that; and In time they or their equiv alents will be united in all the best machines. Because ot Its almost per fect smoothness and flexibility Its appeal to the aesthetic sense In short I look to see the "six" accepted as hlghwater mark of excellence for cars of over, say, 84 horse power, until the time, now Indefinitely remote, when the gas or steam turbine . made a. success for vehicle propul sion. In lower powers the vibration ot "four" is not so marked as to thrust Itself on the passengers' notice, and tho flexibility, while not perfect, . Ik sufficient for the moderate speeds In tended. Another point worth naming, In connection with flexibility, is weight A heavy car with a given engine ac celerates correspondingly slower than a light car, and the effect on the driver is nearly as demoralising as that of an engine which will not run slow. The present tendency is for luxurious body equipment to run away with ease and delicacy of con trol; and this has a further 111 effect in multiplying tire troubles, which are a notable destroyer of the motorists' peace of mind. Light weight means higher cost for materials and workmanship, but It Is worth all It costs. I do not believe cheap" machine will ever be quite satisfactory as a Gentleman's car, though when it Is now It may run as smoothly as the best; but on the other hand, with due progress In man ufacturlng skill, it will not be neces sary to pay a fancy figure to secure perfect running qualities. We shall not need to revise our definition of the word gentleman to fit the owner of the Gentleman's car of tomorrow. LA FOLLETTE LEADS IN IDAHO. Wisconsin Senator la Favorite for the Presidency. Owyhee and Twin Falls are in line for La Follette, according to reports which have been received In Boise the past few days from both these sections' of the state by S. E. Annas. assistant secretary of the La Follette club, says the Boise Capital Newa The missionary work which has been done by the boosters of the Wiscon sin senator during the past three months Is having Its effect and many converts have been made for the "; vorlte son." S. E. Blaine returned recently from a business trip to Silver City, where he had occasion to do a little sound ing aiong political lines. He was more than satisfied with what the learned and succeeded in adding few stayes to the political fence of La Follette. He states that with but a few ex ceptions al! the people that he saw in Silver City believe that La Follette Is the leading presidential candidate today and would be solidly support ed by all republicans for the nomina tion to succeed Roosevelt Mr. Blaine also learned that this sentiment Is general all over Owyhee county. Old Coins Waking Up. The fact that Al Bettingen has be come owner of one of those nasty new $10 gold pieces has brought to light numerous old coins. P. S. Plummer is showing a $20 gold piece that had been minted In 1860 and was in good condition. This coin like the new $10 did not have the words "In God We Trust" stamped on its face.,' Then J. B. Golt pops up with a 60-cent silver piece that was minted In 1808. This piece Is the game size as the late coins and bore only 13 stars, repre senting the original New England states. The edges were not milled, but have what Is supposed to be small stars around It' Now Is a good chance for some of the many coin collectors to show up with something in this line and share In the glory. Dalles Optimist ' IDAHO I'll CUP IS EXGELLEN GOOD RETURNS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE STATE While Comfclerabte Wool Has Al ready Ilem CoiMlguod the Prions Will Be Good Buyer Will Have to Mil to Oct the Clip, The Boise Capital News says of the prospects of a good wool crop and excellent prices In Idaho this year Reports received In the city this week from the various sheep shear ing camps In the southern part of the state on and tributary to the Oregon Short Line Indicate that the average clip Is being made and that the wool la of a very much finer quality than usual. This would Indl cats that sheepmen will realise a good market price for their wool, regard less ot the fact that there Is a move ment, on foot by eastern buyers to offer a low price and stick to It The first clipping. In which thou sands ot head of sheep were Involv ed, took place at Bruneau and sam ples of the wool which were brought to this city indicate the quality very fine. Local sheepmen state that they have received reports from various other sheep camps In the northwest which are to the effect that the same good quality of wool Is being realised. While a few sheep owners have consigned their wool this year this does not Indicate that they will not receive a good price. On the con trary, many who have done this ex pect to obtain fairly high prices on eastern markets and their wool will be shipped there and held by eastern buyers until the price that the owner wants Is offered. As a large number of the sheep owners are Independently rich, they can afford to wait until their wool bring the price they are after. Oth era, who consigned their clip, expect to come out with a very reasonable profit. While the sheepmen or Idaho In tend to receive the best possible price that they can from eastern buyers they will endeavor to have them come Into the northwest territory and bid for the clip. In Utah the sheep men Intend to hold the entire wool clip this year until the price they want is received. In other words they pre rer to combine against the eastern buyers, who they have reason to be lleve. have formed a combination on prices and Intend to attempt to bu the wool clip on these prices, which are not thought to be reasonable. BASEBALL AT POCATELLO. Twelve-Tram League Is Being Organ. Iml In Southern Idaho. Manager A. J. Pierce of the Poca- tello baseball .team, Is meeting with much encouragement In his efforts to organise a ten or twelve team league In southeastern Idaho to take In Montpelier, Soda Springs, McCam- mon, Preston, Blackfoot Idaho Falls, Rexburg, Sugar City, St. Anthony, Marysville, American Falls and Twin Falls, says the Pocatello Tribune. In response to numerous letters written by Mansger Pierce to fans In the towns named, offors of assistance were made, and It now begins to look as If the proposed league will be formed. Manager Pierce Is firmly convinced that such a league would be a success from not only a flnan clal but sporting point of view. To the Tribune the said this morning: "With 10 or 11 teams In the league tne element of uncertainty would al ways be present. Playing only Sun day ball, It would require almost the entire season for any one team to get around to play another -team i second time. Therefore, if It so hap- pens that Pocatello, for Instance, has the strongest team In the league, that would by no means mean she would win the pennant, for some slightly weaker team might win enough games from still weaker teams to overcome Pocatello's handicap." PORTLAND LEADS. More Wheat Exported) from Oregon Metropolis Than From Any Other 1'ort. Portland exported more wheat during the month of March than any other port In the United States, says the Oregon Daily Journal. The com bined Puget sound ports, Tacoma, i-.vcrett and Seattle, are second on the list and then comes New York. followed by Philadelphia and Boston This Information was received by Collector of Customs P. S. Malcolm this morning In a report from the de partment of commerce and labor. the wheat exports for the month were 3,840,645 bushels, of which quantity Portland shipped nearly nair, or 1,422,347 bushels. The com lined Puget; sound ports exporting 899,930 bushels; New York, 449,118; Philadelphia, 800, 67 bushels and Boston, 228,(49 bushels. The balance was shipped from various leas Im portant ports. . In point of prominence as a flour exporting port Portland holds fourth position for the month of March, New York, Philadelphia and the com bined Puget sound ports, leading. The quantity of flour exported from the states during . March was 1,117,(76 barrels. FOR HORSE STEALING. Gang Operating Near Wallula Is Be ing Broken up. .Richard Tycke, of Wallula. who Is out on 11000 bonds awaiting trial on the charge of horsestealing, was ar rested at Wallula by Deputy Sheriff John CUmmlns this morning on an other charge of "horsestealing, says the Walla Walla Bulletin. The war rant was Issued out of the superior court, Tyske Is accused of being an accomplice of Rolla Warner, who waa arrested at Wallula night before' last and brought to Jail yestsrday to await trial, Tycke will be brought to Walla Walla tomorrow morning and an ef fort will be made to secure his re lease on bonds. This will make two esses against title man to be heard at the coming term of the superior court. Ulrhard Tycke, together with his father, John Tycke, and brother, John Tycke, Jr., was arrested about six weeks ago on a charge of horu steal ing The Tycke family was accused ot bring In league with Kruger and Anderson, who were arrested In Ore gon. They secured their release on bonds and Richard Tycke Is now ac cused of continuing the work of horsestealing. Warner waa taken while he had four horses claimed to be other than his own. Warner, himself, had Just escaped prosecution In Pendleton on an old warrant.he having been ar rested a couple of weeks ago by John Cummins. He was taken to Pendle ton, whero he got out of the trouble. OREGON WILL EXHIBIT. Stale Will Have a Fine Showing at Seattle Exposition. Oregon will make a collective ex hibit at the Alaaka-Yukon-Paolflc exposition which la to be held In Se attle In 1(09. This will be' the first time an exhibit of this kind has ever been given tn this state. All exhibits will be Installed n the Oregon building, which Is now being erected n Bcattls, and In the opinion of the commissioners this Is the best way to exhibit the resources ot the state. Every portion of the state will be represented, and It la the desire of the commission to cooperate with those who wish to assist In bringing together a ' representative exhibit of the state's resources. Lose 4(100 lire. Rumble A McCully, who had 18.000 ties manufactured along Looking Glass creek, lost about (000 of the number Inst Sunday night as the re sult of the pressure of the high wa ters taking out their boom, ssys the Glgln Recorder. The loom had been constructed with a view of perman ence ami nut little fear had been en tertalned regarding the safety of th ties, and the loss was a surprise me owners, rne extreme warm weather Sunday and the few days pre ceding caused a great rush of water. honrevor. which the dam was unable to withstand. Seven thousand of the ties had been taken out prior to ths rush of high water and this fact Is all that saved the entire amount from be ing swept Into Grande ItonUe river. A few thousnnd ties still remain In the crt-.-k that will bo recovered. The loss to the owners will be In the neighborhood of $1(00. as those which were swept Into the river will never bo recovered. This Is the second time In which great loss has been sustained In tics getting away In the Looking Glass, aa W. D. Graves of this city lost 18.000 In November, 1907, by the breaking or a dam, caused by unci petted high water The financial loss entailed by Mr. Graves was In the nelKhzorhood of $4(00. Arrested on Old Charge, George ilrard, who has managed to remain free for five years, was ar rented at Llnd, Adams county, last night and will be returned to Walls Walla by Deputy Sheriff Painter to morrow to await trial on the charge or horsestealing, says the Bulletin This makes 13 arrests on this charge that have been made by and for the walla Walla county officers this year. u was in 1803 that the crime for which Heard Is wanted, was commit- ica. A warrant was Issued for th. man at the tlmo but he cklpped the country. Ixputy Sheriff Charles Painter was sheriff then nnd. though he did all ne couiu, was unable to locate him. He sent accurate descriptions of ths man to all officers of the northwest and urged them to watch out for ueara. Aa a result a message was received inst night from Llnd. Washington saying that the man was under arrest nu ueputy Painter left Immediate ly for Llnd. Found Long Lost Parents. After traveling all the wav from the Philippines with her two nm. girls, Intending to reside temporarily wun ner parents, wnora she had heard naa settled here, Mrs, Charles Koen, Ing was on the point of giving un the ncarcn mis morning and was in the deepest despair at her failure to find Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Barry, her aged father and mother, and waa at hor wits end to know Just what to do, says Lim iiumu ncpuDiio. Then she called at the sheriffs office and with in half an hour Deputies Cov and meizgor naa located the old people residing at 215 North Third And that home Is today the happiest The circumstances of the case are unusual. Mrs. Koenlng had not seen her father and mother for is fPk. 1 M . ' .. luimijr lurmeny resided In Min nesota but some years ago Mr. and airs, warry went to northwestern banana ana tne children, four girls and a boy. scattered. Mr. vn..i.. married a young German snMia in the United States army and ho is no and has been for some time past a juiM lermasier sergeant stationed It the Philippines. , Dropped Dead In Field. Andrew Neglle dropped dead Tubs. day afternoon at John Welssenfluh'i place while chasing a hog. savs th Long Creek Ranger. He had been driving a clod smasher over newly sown ground when he noticed the hog In the field. He started to drive It out. He ran about (0 yards and walked about (0 yards and foil over. Ed and Frank Felssenfluh saw him fall and hurried to his assistance When they arrived Mr. Neglle was gasping for breath and died almost Immediately. ; - ' Andrew Neglle was born In Ger many In 1859., He came to Grant county eight 'years ago. .1 WILL SWEEP STATE imi-:pement candi- dates will i us named. IVldt Are Determined That Ute Last Vestige of the Mauiiiue tiluUl lie bri-epc Away -.Many AnU-IMaietuasw -Men Are Switching Over to lit Peo ple Side, The Oregon Sunday Journal says of the prospect of suteiuaol No. I sweeping the state at ths coming June lection; Klalit legislative candidates pledg ed to statement Nu. 1 have been plac ed lu the field by the voters of Wash ington, Yamhill, Lincoln and TUlu-1 tnook cuuultos In opposition ta fit. anti-statament No. 1 nominees eleoled at the recent primaries, ' Non-partisan mass meetings of the voters of these four couutlee were held Friday and Saturday at Hlllsboro and McMlnnvllle for I he purpose ef nomi nating candidates who would be pledg. ed unqualifiedly to vote for the peo ple's choice for United Slates senator, and thnrs Is little doubt that the men thus nominated will be elected In June. Sentiment In favor of statement No, 1 Is overwhelmingly strong inHhe leg islative districts represented In Ihesa mass meetings. Republican aa well as democrats are determined that the will of the people as expressed In the June election esiall be observed by lite legislature. The movement Is distinct ly non-partisan, the two parties being equally represented on the new ticket, HnrreU Changes Front, One of the most significant Indica tions of the temper of the voter ot the fuunr counties represented In these mass meetings Is the (uc that W, N. Hurrott, who was nominated In the primaries on a "republican voters' choice" platform, has changed front and has subscribed to statement No, I. Mr. Barrett realised that the mass of his constituents would be opposed to the election of any candidate who bad not pledged himself unequivocally to statement No. 1, and he therefore concluded to bow to thu popular will. When It was announced at the Mo Mlnnvllle mass meeting that Barrett had decided to adopt tho pledge em bodied In statement No. 1, the news was received with cheers and he was made the nominee for state senator from the 24th senatorial district. The independent vote In Washington and Yamhill counties Is very heavy and they are reckoned In the doubtful column In all close contests over state elections. In 190( Chamberlain car. rled Yamhill by 11( vole 'and Wash ington county went against him by only 11. in Lincoln and Tillamook counties the vote I comparatively null, but In both. Chamberlain re ceived a good vote In the last stale campaign. In the four counties. Lincoln, Til- tnmook. Washington and Yamhill, Chamberlain ran behind Wlthycombo In 104 by only 89 vote, in the present campaign the adherents of Chnmberlaln and of Cake are alike In terested In aeclne- atntesieni No i n. dldutes elected to the legislature, and there I little reason to doubt, there fore, that the nominees ot the Hllls boro and McMlnnvlllo mass meeting will be successful at the polls In June. Plans are already on foot In other counties of the slate for the nomina tion of Independent legislative candi date who will be pledged to stntemenf No. 1, and present Indications are that an overwhelming majority of the next legislature will be committed to the election of the people's choree for United States senntor. PULLMAN'S TO HE "DRY." Sale of Liquor Will lie AhollMlicd by Sleeping Car People. Pullman cars are "dry" now. Following Us decision of lust Feb ruary to abolish tlio sale of all liquors on its enrs In every part of tho United States, Canada and Mexico aa soon as the stock on hand could be disDosed of without loss, the Pullman company ii us unaiiy put mat rule into effect. and given strict instructions to all Its division superintendents to see to It that tho rule I not deviated from In the least, states a San Francisco re port The loft-over stock has ben sold back to the wholcsulo liquor dealers. The company has taken this action owing to the great Increase In the number of hlstrlcts of Its territory where prohibition Is being enforced. Furthermore, not only have these changed conditions of the past four teen or fifteen montha cut deeply Into the profits formerly derived from this source, but on long or through runs liquor can be sold only for portions of the distance, and the compnny'g of. flclals found they were constantly In danger of prosecution tor law-breaking through the carelessness of em ployes. This was particularly the ease In states like Maine, Kansas, Texas and Georgia and in many towns In other states, where under the local option ' law prohibition prevails, , The only trains on which llnuor can be had are those with dlnlns- oars. and It must be used In the latter. . The various roads own and control these dining cars and the Pullman people have no Jurisdiction over them. Cut Pay of City Employee. The city of Seattle has rtrM m.. hereafter all new men on clt-r nrr shall receive only $2 per day, a re duction of (0 cents over the prevail ing scale, . The reduction will apply, to men employed hereafter only, the: did men being continued on th pay roll at the rate of wages that h h.i. In force, according to advloea recelv ed from that city. , The new rate ot wage will apply only to th men' working m the city parks, and It I not expected that it will h am meat to other city laborors.