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VOL. XX
HOOD RIVER, OREGON, JUNE 18, 1908
NO. 5
SOCIETIES
HOOD KIVKK COMMKRHIA-CLCB Mmta
every srroud Monday Id Mrb mouth at I p.
id., In il eiub rooms over Jukwn i (tore.
A. A. Jmi, Pre.
V. 8. Daviimon, (Secretary.
HO()I) KIVKK UHK1K NO. 106, A. F. and A.
M. Meet Maiurday evening on or before
earn full moon. '. N. Clah-C. W. M.
U. MrlxiNAi.n. Hfivwrv.
HOOD KIVKK ( II APTKH NO. (7. K. A. M.
Me"U rim and llilrd Kriday nights ur eaoh
month. u. K. CAarnaa a. r,
K. O. Bi.amchar, Hwretary.
Hood KlterCommanderr No. 12. K.T.
Meela every cma Mouaay eveniDg
1 - 1. 11' IT 1 .. k' 1 '
A. D. Woe, Recorder.
HOOD HIV ICR CHAPTER NO. X, O. K. 8.
Meelaseooud and fourth Tneaday evening
of each month. Visitor cordially welcomed.
Cakhk Bailey, W. al.
Miss 1UKL Woodwokth, Becretary.
IDLEW1I.DK LO GBNO. 107, I. O. O.
Meeta In Fra' rnal hall, every Thursday
nlicbt. M. J. Uabikeu, N. U.
Geo. Thomhow, Tretary ,
EDEN ENCAMPMENT, NO. 4S, I. O. O. F.
Kenlar meeting aecond and fourth Mondays
oleacbmoutb. (Ieo.Tuomhon.C. P.
H,C. Bmitu, Scribe.
KEMP LODOK.No. 181. 1. O. O. F.-MeeU la
Udell Improvement Co.'a hall every Hatur
dayniKbt. Visitors cordially welcomed.
J KCkohuy. N. O.
RG MAHBIKEH. Kec. Secy.
L' RKLREBEKAH DEGREE LOIKJK NO.
I. t.O. O. K.-Meete first and third rrldays
each month. .,
MM. E.B. M-Y, N. U.
Ella May Davidson, Secretary.
W.O. W meeU tbe Id and 4th Halurdaya
each month at I. O. O. K. ball. Vlaltori i cor
dlally Invited. A. C. SfATEN, C. C.
P. W. McRey holds. Clerk.
WAOCOMA LODGE NO. SO. K. OK r
Meeta In K. of P. hall every Tuesday night.
C. P. Roan, C. I.
J. E. Nichols, K.ofR. and B.
UOOD RIVER CAMP, NO. 7,702, M. W. A.
Meeta in I. O. O. K. hall every Wednesday
nlnht. H. H. Dawo. V. O.
C. U. DAKIH, Clerk.
OOD RIVER CIRCLE NO. 624, WOM EN OK
Woodcraft-Meet at K. of P. hall on the
Brut and Third Fridays of each month.
LOU McRBYHOLDS. G. N,
F. W. McReynolds, Clerk.
RIVERSIDE LODGE NO. 88 A. O. U. W.
Meeu flrat and third Haturdays each
month. R. E. Chapman, M. W .
GEO. HLOCOH, Financier
Chkhteh Suute. Reoorder.
OLETA ASSEMBLY NO. 103. UNITED ART-lhana.-Meelx
the first and third Wednes
days, work: leoond and fourth Wednesdays
Artisans' ball. 0. D. llHNKICHS, M. A.
E. H. Habtwio. Becretary.
COURT HOOD RIVER NO. 4O"0rtE8TERS
of;Amerlc,-MeeU every Tbumday evening
atHocock. WM.K1INe.c.n.
F. C. Brosiub, Becretary
CAN BY POHT, NO. 16,0. A. R .-MEETS AT
A. O. U. W. hall, second and fourth ISatar
aayiof each mouth at 2 o'clock p. m. All
O. A. IC members Invited to meet with us.
U. K. CABTNKB, Commander.
8. F. BLYTH , AQ,iutant
CANBY W. K.C..NO. 18-MEET8 SECOND
nd fourth Saturdays of each Month In A.
. U. W. hall at p. m.
KatukyN Gill, President.
LYD1A BUMNI R. Secretary
MOUNTAIN HOAIE CAMP No. MM), R. N. A.
Sentu at 1. O. O. r'. Hall oh tbe second and
fourth Fridays ol eaeri mouth.
M tut. 11 . Peeler, O.
ii km. r . E. Bkosius, Reoorder.
PAYNTER 1JDGE. No. SI 10. M. B. A.
uireU first and third Fridays of each month
at K. of P. hall. Geo. . Millkb, Pres.
AUO.UIU.HAHD.Be.
J. Jb WATT, M. D.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
lelcilnmeit: Ollloe, M iwiileui. all.
M KUKON O. It. N.fo.
H. L. D0MBLE,
PHYislCiA.N aNDSURUKON
Calls promptly auswci ! in uwn or country,
Day or Night.
Telephones: Keid-iitw, 611: Olllce, M.
OmoeintUi lirosiua bulldlnx.
E. 0. DUTRO, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon
Uflice over First National Bttik. Hood
River, Oregon.
Office Phone Main 871 Res Mwia 873
HmTfTshaw, m. d7
Office in Jackson Block.
Office phone, No. 1471. Residence, No. Mm.
Dk. M. H. Sharp
Dr. Edna B. Bbakp
(ktpnnathic Phvsicians
GraJuates of the American School of
Osteopathy, Kirksville, Mo.
Office, Hood Kivr Hank and Trust Co. Bldg
Home Phone 102 lteb. 102-B
F
0 BROSIUS, M. D.
PHYSICIAN AND SUKUKOiN
Phone Central, or 121.
Office Hours: 10 to 11 A. M.; 2 to I
and 6 to 7 P M.
Mrs. Mary Powell Jordan, M. D.
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
Office and residence, home place of John
llud Henderson, State St., head of Third St.
Phone 971. .
DR. EDGINGTON
Smith Building
HOOD RIVER - OREGON
DR. E. T. OARNES
DNTIST
Office over Bartmess store
Telepbone 21
H. D. W. PINEO.D.D.S.
DENTIST
Office over Telephone
First National Bank 131
C H. JENKINS, D.M.D.
DENTIST
Telephones: Office 28; residence 28-B
Office over Bntler Bank,
A.JAYNE
LAWYER
A I w tract Furnished. Money l-o-tned
E. H. HARTWIG,
LAWYER.
Will Practice In All Courts
Office In Smith Building, over First Na
tional Bank.
A. 0. BUCK
NOTARY PUBLIC AND INSUR
ANCE AGENT
Room 12 Broking Block
DR 0. W.EDMJNOi
SPECIALIST
EYE, EAR, NOSE AND TIIUMVT
ew Broaius Building. Teleplmn- Hu 4
White Salmon Valley Bank
The small deposit-r iti-i-iwn ilies niifroiii ti'ouhlit'utmeii
as thp larr ones. Wh have both.
C0MK AND SEE US.
K-HHTAKL-T, K.UH-IT, . O, Hl.A ( 4 a
lnk Vire-Hw. C'aauter.
V. C. Buk-k, Ami. Cashier.
First National Bank
vsr nuwu nia un4nin. i
P. M. Hall-Lewis & Co.
ARCHITECTS and ENGINEERS
Deputy l.'ounty Hurvej or tor Wasco County.
Deputy County Surveyor for Klickitat tX).,
.vaap. vity engineer, city of Hood River.
Makeaarveya, plana and eatliuatea for mm.
V liahl n..u. II . . i .
r-' - -M- iMiiwaj piauis, aua
rurnlkb subject to approval, plans, epeclnoa-
Llnna MlinatM m 1 1 - ....
. . i .... v w, uui IU 1U,
public, private aud mercantile. Hiieclal atten
tion ln ... u. - .. i . .
struUon, Accuracy and economy guaranteed.
Home and Pacific Telepuonea. Davidson
Building, Hood River, Oregon.
JOHN LELAND HENDERSON
ATTORNEY-AT LAW, ABTRACTR, SO.
TA K y PU BUC and KKAL
EBTATK AU-NT.
For a years a resident of O egon and Wash.
l?c." H" lMd many eara eiperlenoa In
Heal luitaut matters, aa abalractor.aearcberof
tltlea and agent. Baljafaciiou guaranteed r
no obarge
nte?utio1a! (ormpondencc chool
8CRANT0N, PA.
II. V. REED, Representative
M Blxth Bt,, Portland, Oregoa.
Hood River once a month. Full infor
mition mailed upou request.
Eureka Meat Market
McGUIRE BROS., Pn.pt.
Dealer In Freali and Cured Meals, Lard
Poultry, Fruito and Vegetable,
f nee Delivery. Phone Main 36.
M. E. WELCH,
LICENSED TETERIKARY SURGEON
la prepared to do any work In tbe veterla
ary line. He eaa be found by calling at or
pnning to Clarke s drug store.
A. J. DERBY
Lawyer
HOOD RIVER, OREGON.
Stranahan & Slaven
Contractors and
Builders
HOOD RIVER, OREGON.
JOE WRIGHT
CARPENTER AND BUILDER
Phone 211-S
Eati:nate8 furnished on request. Ai
honeel job guaranteed.
E. A. JEROME,
Architect
,lurtt... , .. .iii.... i ' ...-..n.
u''t"i a'iu uuiiuiuKi i iHl rwWliliii
nollcit a part of the painnme ot thf pmli-. u
Ooe t rehicnov on Hcighu.
H.SEYMOUR HALL,
Surveyor.
I am mutinied and p.yim.ixI ut do all kluil.
of dniUMass land urv n,( Accuracy kuhi
auteed. Th.- who wis - ftrtlMss work Omu.
HitdrtKK it. K. Ii. i.. IliNHl River. Fh .ue Mil
ASSOCIATION
OF McMINNVILLK. ORE.
Announces another reduction in the
cost of insurance.
T. L. 0UNSM0UK, THE DALLES
or
C. D. THOMPSON, HOOD RIVER
FRLDFmGK A ARNOLD.
CONTR'CTORS
and BUILDERS
Batlmates furnished ua all kinds of work
FOR SALE.
110 ncre place, G room house,
about, six acres in orchard,
part tine liarinr trees, th
others y(unr Kpitzeiiburtfs,
Yellow vevtovns and the
famous Banana apples. A tine
8iiiir of wiiter pipftl in the
house, 2.10 chirkens, lmrnc
and lm' mid a' line cow
g-oes with pla- ';alsoall kinds
of small fruits. Address
H. Graham
Home Valley. Washington
J ti-t 12 mi!"! Ix-low H n River on n. w
N .rth li.i.k K-.ii.l
Price, $3,300
ii It-ins. Write ni" ami I will n.. el
you a ill) a r g.
ME. ABBOTT
Millinery,
HairGoods
Richardpon's Silki and
Embroidery Supplies.
Opp-gile the Pari Fair.
M
Cbaa. U. Pratt, i. H. Osborne, R. W. Pratt,
I President. Vice Pres. Caotilrr.
Hood River Banking
and Trust Co.
We traasact a genei-l banklnf boalneea and
own our own fankl( property
Interest paid on time and Havings drposlU
Safe depoatt boaea.
C. F.SUMNER
IIEADQDARTE I '
Plumbing
Come in and exam
ine our line of
Pumps, Bath Tubs, La
vatories, Sinks, Etc.
MB SPRAY HOSE
Agents For
FMIS-MOBSE GASO
LINE 1G!
Ferguson & Wright
Hood River Marble Works
Are prepared to execute
all orders for granite and
marble work, monuments,
etc.
McReynolds & Co.
DEALERS IN
Flour, Feed, Hay, Grain
and Poultry Supplies
YUCCA TREE PROTECTORS
Petaluma Incubators and
Brooders
STOCK FOOD
Phone 1091
HOOD RIVER, OREGON
McEwen & Koskey
Canaral Cemmiaslon
Merchants
Hrimipt Hales and tiulrk IMnrns. Wholesale
Dealers In all Kinds of
Fruit and Produce
CouslcnmeuU Solicited.
IS FltONT HT. POUT LAND, OKKOON
BON TON
...Barber Parlors...
The place to get an easy
shave and firKt-olass hair cut.
Our shop is metropolitan in
ever.v iisjMfct.
Porcelain Baths in Connection
U. H. CRAY, Prop.
k TAFT
DRAYING
If
yon wint vour winter
wood rhenp, have us
put it in now.
We also have three or four
good teams for sale.
phone 232-m Hood Kiver
Underwood and Little
White Salmon
CHOICE FRUIT LANDS
This is where (mil large and small
if rown to perfection and commands the
highest market price.
70 a're, 3! aerea net to orchard last
print!, mostly applea and peaches aud
all good vanetica, clean and healthy;
other small fruit. About SK i-re good
Iruit Ihhu, several ucres aiiiened and
burned, remainder uf traci koimI pa-itnre
land. 1) story hiiife 4 room iluan
gtairg, root hou-e, barn, wiha! Iioiip
chicken hoiist hikI park. If sold at
once ciiii be hud cheap, la only three
ipiHrlem of a mile mr.
52 H'-ree, la'atwl 1 1 Hood elation, 25
ti're in cnli ivat ion, 15 of which is in
gra s Kr"intf crops per eeason and
goo I p iMi.re; 21 X. w'owns end Spitx
tr.-i n , yea- .M : unal: Irthi lor lanii.y j
. ih t. it-M- Imh8 for tarly fni't
siid ail' ,n vegetables unfurpsmtd
II mw. Iarn, t hiiken house and paik
an ( oile'r neee ?ir' ontliuildings. Any
one wanting h ki ( home will do well
to write w mr .t once for full par
tic ar-.
A Specialty of Small Tracts.
We have now completed the survey
of a l.trve tract and can furnich from
lei. rtt-ie up. ConiH and make ymir
eteetioim as a delay iieaii" that yi.u
ill pay mure h oney as prices are
advancing.
I have al Klii-kitat County yr.'.in
and arasiiik.' Initiln, highly inipr ved
farii'8 at rvain:itl prir-es.
Write or call on
F. W. DeHart
Underwood, Wash.
Lands
Homes
Orchards
The best bargains are listed
with us. We Ml you iust
what the land will produce.
We do not exaggerate any
thing. We guarantee a per
fect title. We do not try to
list property unless the prices
are right and the land repre
sents full vulue. Every prop
erty that we have sold is
worth from 25 to 100 per
cent more now than it was
sold for. This is the kind of
place you want. See us and
avoid mistakes
J. Ii.
&Co.
"The Reliable Dealers"
PORTLAND HOOD RIVER
408 Corbett Davidson B Ig
DR. JONES
Dentist
i' ro w ii and
Bridge Work.
Teeth wlthou!
Plates. TreaU
munt of dis
eHKed teeth
and gums.
Office in BroatiM Building. Home Phone 91)
Land For Sale
I have about 1 ,000 acres
of No. 1 Apple Lai d,
most of it under ditch at
prices ranging from 00
ler acre up.
J. R. Steele
HOOD RIVER, OREUON
RALPH REED
Best line of Cigars in
the City
Also handle line of
Pipes, Tobaccos and
' Fishing Tackle
Hpecial Notice.
UavioK secured the atreucv for tbe
famous Edison phonographs and re
cords, I wib to announce that 1 huts
just received the complete line of
maonlnes and the entire catalog of
teoords, being all the renorda n.ade I 5
this oompany up to January 1, 19( 8.
Also a large stock or 1iho ruoonls
lu aU over three thousand to .Aieet
from. One of tbe largest stooks In
the state. Call aud see and bearibem.
Soule's Plimo Iluose,
Silas II. Soule, Crop.
Representatives from erery school
dlstrtct In Polk County assembled at
Rlckreall last week and celebrated
the unveiling of a monument erected
on the site of the cabin where the
flrat achool ever held In this county
was opened in the year 1845. Only
three of the original 16 pupils whi
attended the 8 '3t school were pres
ent at the cero nony of unveiling.
These were: Dr. T. V. B. Embree,
Marcus Embree and Mrs. T. J. Hay
ter, of Dallas.
The McMinnvllle Local Long Dis
tance Telephone Company, capital
stock $10,000, which was subscribes
by local people and Tortland capital
i was orsnniied at McMinnvIlle last
week. It Is the Intention to construct
a long rlistanca line from Portland
to McMinnvillo. The new organiza
tion has taken over the Btock of the
Mutual company. Long distance
connection will be made with the
Home company in Portland. Fann
ers' and all rural lines now connect
ed with the old Mutual will be given
11 right and privileges, enjoying
greater switchboard UKommodatlons
A Bargain.
Kwhty acre, fmir mil winth
Mii-r, lo iiii'es from Mo"d Riv 1
ltl0 pits. Ne. towns and peHeh Ir. :
I house anil barn; gmvl temn hnrvr
J wn,(i.n. harnem; itikmI well; a miall or
I eha'd in beating (' home une; t.miae.
ih'ild luruiture; 100 saeka iH.tHtnes
Kalance of land ensilv cleared. 1'rifP,
1 tl (Kin if a.ilil in ?.0 ilnv-. Willi the ml.
! liitiiin il of $U00 the pfa will he worth
SH,t"J In one year. Apply to lr. Jone
or ur. tiumble.
NEWS NOTES OF
OREGON COUNTRY
INITIATIVE ELECTIONS DELAYED
Work Started on the Forest (Jrove
I'ertland Electric Itallioad
Han Dohertj Convicted
Portland Oregon will have no
more taute of the initiative or of the
referendum for two long years and
five months. On matters of stato
wldo importance it will be the first
Tuesday after the first Monday In No
vember, 1910, before ;he people of
the state will be called to vote again
on the merits of measures coming
from the people or submitted to them
from the legislature. Incidentally,
In case the referendum Is invoked on
any action of the legislature of 1909,
It will not he possible for the people
of the state to puss upon the queslion
before November, 1910, thus holding
up the matter for five months longer
than usual, owing to the abolition of
the general election on the first Mon
day of June.
The constitutional amendment
adopted by the people at the last elec
tion, changing the time for holding
general elections from June to No
vember, has tacked on five additional
months to the space of time before
which the next initiative or referen
dum business can be done. The
amendment does away with the gen
eral election of June, 1910, postpon
ing the voting day to November.
Depository at Portland.
Portland Beginning July 1, the
Portland postofllce will be the de
pository for all postoflices of . the
tate. Heretofore only the fourth
class postoflices have been required
to remit their receipts to the local
office, while the offices of the first,
second and third grade have made
all remittances to tho San Fraalsc
postofllce.
Another change affecting tk paf
ment of the 27 rural mallcnrrlers
employed in this state will also go
into effect tho first of next month.
All of these employes are paid
monthly through the Portland post
ofllce, PostmaHter MInto issuing his
personal check covering each car
rier's salary on the First National
Bank of this city, the local deposit
ory of the postofllce.
Itoad to Ho Built Soon.
Forest Grove Dirt will be flying
on the Oregon Electric Railway right
of way between Hlllsboro and Forest
Grove within 30 days, providing the
citizens of Forest Grove and along
the proposed route will furnish the
required 60-foot strip of land be
tween the two cities.
The requirements, as outlined by
the company, are: Forest Grove and
Cornelius to furnish the right ot way
and terminal grounds in this city
within 30 days. The route is almost
a straight line from Hlllsboro and
will enter the city limits 1400 feet
north of the Base Line and across a
oorner of the college campus.
Acruwd of Land Fraud.
Baker City On the alleged charge
that Charles Cursten, proprietor of
the Baker City Dye Works, had false
ly sworn in proving up a desert claim
in Colorado In 1902, United States
Marshal Terry arrived from Portland
last week and placed Carsten under
arrest. A preliminary hearing was
held before United States Land Com
missioner C. A. Moore and Carsten
was held under a bond of $1000, for
which he supplied the cash.
The defendant has been a resident
of Baker City for about seven years
and has the respect ot the business
men of this city.
IVndleton-Made Harvesters
Pendleton Three new combined
harvesters, the invention of J. D.
Reynolds, have been manufactured
at the Pendloton Iron Works during
the past three months. Mr. Reynolds
has been engaged upon perfecting a
new principle In combined harvesters
for a number of years, and has at last
turned out three ideal machines, all
of which have been purchaaed by
Umatilla county farmers.
These machines have an 18-foot
cut, and can be handled by 24 horses
and will cut 30 acres per day In an
ordinary day's work.
Dan Doherty Is Convicted.
Heppner "Guilty as cliargftd,"
was the verdict in the cu3p against
Dm P. Doherty last week. The ver
di'it was reached in 15 hours.
Uohcrty was convicted on ji charge
ot murder In the second degree for
ih; killing of Oscar Alien in a bar
rom quarrel In Lexington, last fall.
It Is expected that Judge fee, at
torney for the defense, will appeal,
although he made no statement to
that effect.
OKKGOX STATE NEWS IN 11RIEF.
Sparks from an engine set Are to
the O. R. & N. depot at North Pow
der last week and buraed to th
ground.
The county court of Llnr-cln county
has Issued an order Mr.j to.U New
port and Toledo money to estaoir
high school courses Immediately.
The Comptroller of the Currency
has approved conversion of the First
Bank of Hermlston, Or., into the
First National Bank of Hermiston,
with $25,000 capital.
Charles Green, representing Kosh
land Bros., ot San Francisco, has pur
chased the 300,000-pound wool clip
of Lee Bros, of Baker City. Thia la
one of the largest clips In Oregon.
The large hotel at Boswell Springs,
a health resort two miles south ot
Drain, burned Sunday night with all
its contents. Including a large num
ber ot costly paintings. Tbe loss Is
more than $3000, with no Insurance.
It was owned by Mrs. E. E. Boswell.
In the circuit court at Oregon City
last week, O. L. Puryear wa3 awarded
$250 by a Jury in his suit against the
Milwaukee Country Club for $1000,
which was double the amount Pur
year Is said to have lost while gambl
ing at the club.
Judge Bean having refused to
grant the temporary restraining or
der asked by the attorneys for the
liquor interests, the county court last
week Issued a double proclamation
declaring the sale ot Intoxicating
liquors as a beverage In the county
of Umatilla prohibited.
The lumber mill and 2,000,000
feet of lumber owned by the Wind
River Lumber Company at Menomi
nee, four miles below Hood River,
were totally destroyed by flro last
week. Several cars belonging to the
O. R. & N. also were burned. The
loss is many thousands of dollars,
partly covered by Insurance.
The State Land Board has received
from the United States a patent to
about 11,000 acres of lieu land, se
lected on forest reserve bases. This
patent rovers all selections made up
to February, 1907. As the land has
been already sold, the patent does
not mean that the state will have ad
ditional lands to offer for sale.
The following forest guards have
been appoluted In Oregon: George H.
West, Cuscwte reserve, Mazama divis
ion; Smith L. Taylor, Cascade re
serve, Willamette division; E. Barnes
and Walter Allison, Blue Mountain
reserve. Miss E. A. Newell has been
appointed a clerk on the Cascade re
serve. For the purpose of seeing that the
prohibition law Is rigidly enforced In
every precinct in the county, a Law
and Enforcement League was formed
in Pendleton last week. The purpose
is to assist the officers la enforcing
the law and to expose and prosecute
every officer who who doo not en
force the law; also to work for the
upbuilding of the county.
P. J. Walsh, county Bheep inspec
tor of Wasco county, has filed his an
nual report ot the condition of the
sheep in this county, in which he
says there is not a single case of scab
In his Jurisdiction. The report gives
the lambing average at 80 per cent.
The total number of sheep in Wasco
county Is given at 119,165.
Ex-President John H. Coleman, of
Willamette University, has received
an Invitation to become president of
the University of the Pacific at San
Jose, Cal., and will probably accept.
This university Is under the patron
age of the M. E. Church and has six
buildings and about 300 students.
The value of the plant Is about $200,
000 and It has $150,000 endowments.
The new safe put In Troutdale
postofllce by the government to re
place one destroyed by safecrackers
last fall was blown so Successfully
last week that it was possible to
carry off the Bteel strongbox bolted
Inside. It contained papers and mon
ey, part belonging to the government
and part to Harlow, Blazler & Har
low. The postmaster declined to give
the amount secured, but $700 Is said
to have been about the amount se
cured. Five families, 16 In number, were
seriously poisoned last week at North
Yamhill by eating ice cream which
had stood in the freezer over night.
For a time it was thought that many
of the sick people would die, and sev
eral times Reliance, the little daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Moore, was
given up for dead. Three physicians
labored for several hours to save the
victims, and all are now entirely out
of danger.
It has been learned one of the
moBt Interesting details of the Uma
tilla land frauds to he brought out in
the tfial of those accused will be the
manner In which entrymen were lo
cated upoa their land. It Is said
that about 60 entrymen were located
upon tholr slalms by oae locator, who
used the same "homesteader's" cabin
for the entire 60 entrymen. The
facts are that the cabin shown many
entrymen as their 'residence," was
from four to eight miles from their
land, and the same cable served for
everybody who simply took the land
for speculation. ,
A conference or representatives 01
the Harrlman lines and of the Trav
elers' Protective Association was
held last week at Salem, and It was
agreed that further hearing upon the
subject of mileage rales shall he con
tinued until August 5. The travel
ing men want mileage books at 2V4
cents a mile. The books now on sale
are In the nature of scrip and cost,
all told, about 2 cents a mile.
ROOSEVELT IS
DOMINANTFACTOR
RULES REPUBLICAN CONVENTION
Interstate Commerce I'ommissloa Or
ddrs Rfdiirtlon In Rates on
Hardwood to Coast Points
Chicago, June 15. President
Roosevelt Is running this convention
from the White House by long-distance
telephone and other availablo
Instruments ot ready and Instant
communication. He Is the boss. The
convention will do nothing that it
thinks may be In the slightest de
gree objectionable to him, and It Is In
humor to do cheerfully and prompt
ly everything that he favors. Take
the case of the Vice-President.
It is reported that the President
has given ont an intimation that the
Vice-President must be either Sena
tor Dolllver or Governor Cummins,
his chief political rival. Thus Iowa
will get rid ot one or the other of its
chief factional disturbers and the
troubles of that turbulent common
wealth will be composed.
The draft of the Republican plat
form made by Attorney-General '
Wade Ellis, of Ohio, and approved
by President Roosevelt and Secretary
Taft, Is now In the possession of the
prospective members of the commit
tee on resolutions and will In all
probability be adopted by the com
mittee on resolutions with but slight
changes.
The platform contains a most em
phatic Indorsement of the Roosevelt
administration and Its policies. It
contains planks on the subjects of
trusts, railroads, Injunctions and
currency. It declares for revision
of the tariff by the next congress on
the lines of the Ohio platform.
.The antl-lnjunctlon plank of the
platform as passed upon In Washing
ton is as follows:
"We declare tor such an amend
ment of the statutes ot procedure In
the Federal courts with respect to
the use ot the writ of Injunction aa
will, on the one hand, prevent the
summary Issue of such orders with
out proper consideration, and on the
other will preserve undiminished the
power ot the courts to enforce their
process, to the end that justice-may
be done at all times and to all par
ties." Labor leaders are urging the adop
tion of this plank, while employers
are opposing It.
At the personal request of Secre
tary Taft, Senator Fulton was slated
for chairman of committee on cre
dentials at the Republican National
Convention.
GIVEN HOPE TO LUMBERMEN.
Orders Reduction in Old Rate on
Hnnlwood From Chicago to Coast.
Washington, D. C, June 15. In a
decision rendered today by the Inter
state Commerce Commission, hope Is
held out that Pacific Coast lumber
cases, now pending, will be decided
In favor of the lumbermen, and in
vent the decision is ot that charac
ter, the commission will allow the
lumbermen full recompense for the
excessive rates they have paid since
filing their complaint.
Today's decision bore on the rate
on hardwood lumber shipped from
Chicago territory to the Pacific
Coast, the commission holding that
while hardwood from Chicago to the
Pacific Coast should undoubtedly pay
a higher rate than softwood from the
Pacific Coast to Chicago territory,
yet at the same time the old rate of
85 cents on hardwood lumber Is ex
cessive and that rate was ordered
reduced to 75 cents.
The commission further held that:
"When the shipper has paid an ex
cessive rate he may recover as rep
aration the difference between the
rote paid and what would have been
a reasonable rate at tbe time, even
though he may not ultimately be
damaged by payment of the higher
rate." But reparation was allowed
In this case only from date of filing
the complaint
A subscription nas been circulate,
among Glendale's citizens to raise
funds for a reward for the conviction
of the person who attempted to blow
up tbe Auditorium at that place re
cently. Over $1400 has already been
subscribed. No clew has been dis
covered. There is much indignation at Ore
gon Agricultural College on account
of the theft by some one at the Sa
lem railroad station last week ot a
monogram displayed on the locomo
tive of the student excursion train,
en route to the Portland rose show.
It was seven feet high and the wood
was wrapped with the college colors.
In compliance with requests of the
Farmers' Co-operative and Educa
tional Association, R. B. Miller, gen
eral traffic manager of the O. R. &
N. company, last week notified the
association that warehouse sites had
been granted by his company at
State Line, Hadley and Ennis sta
tions, and that a site would be grant
ed at Valley Grove ' '