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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.