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VOL. XX
HOOD RIVER, OREGON, JUNE 25, 1908
NO. G
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SOCIETIES.
HOOD UIVr.K COMMKKCIALCLCB-MmU
W) mlld Monday ID Mtb UHMtO Ulf,
oin iu 11m. eiub room over Jacaaun'. .tor.
A. A. J At ft, Pre.
P. 8. Da Vinson, Socrulary.
UOD K1VKR UHHJK NO. 105, A. K. and A.
M. Meet Malunlay evening on or baton
earn lull iiiooii. t . N. 1'I.AUkK, W. M.
1). McDonald, Herniary.
HOOD Kl VKB CU APTKK NO. . It. A. M.
MeU tint aud Uitrd Friday ntglila of each
mouth. U. R. Caiitnk H. F.
K. O. Hi.ahchak. Becff lary.
Hood River Commnnderr No. 12, K.T,
Meet every oond Mouday evening
o( each mmitu. W . F. Laraway, al C.
A. v. Mue. Kecorder.
HOOD KIVKK CHAITEK NO. 85, 0. E. 8
Mwlawtonnd and fourth Tueaday evening
of each uionlb. Vlaltora cordially welcomed.
C a ait i a Bailey, W. M.
Uui lust, Woodwohtu, Hecrelary.
IDLKWU.DK I-O GK NO. 107, I. O. O. P.
Meet In Kra'trnal hall, every Tburaday
Din in. M. J. MAJtiaaa, N. O.
Oao. Thomsow. w lar)
KUKN KNl'A.dr'MKNT, NO. . I. t. O. f .
Kcynlar meelln "word ami fourth Monday
1 nu'h ininilh. Oku. TH'iimoN.r, V.
11,0. MBilH.HpribH.
KKMP LOIHIK.No. 181, I. O. . K.-MmU In
Odell luipruveiiipnt 'o.'a ball "t-rr Satur
day ulitlil. Vldtor cordlully liniHd.
J KChohuy. N.U.
It G MAaniKKB, Her. Kecy
I , rtr l. IlKBEKAU DEOREELODOK NO.
.. !. O. O. K.-Meeta Aral and third Friday
ii each month.
Mkh. E. 8. Mayes, N. U.
tii.LA Mat Davidson. Secretary.
W.O. W. meet the 2d and 4tb Hetnrday
each month at I. O. O. V. ball. Vbtllora our.
dlally Invited. A. C. 8f ATfcN, U. 0.
F. W . McKkynolds. Clerk.
WAUCOMA LODGE NO. SO, K. OK P.
' lleeuln K.ofP. ball every Tueaday night
C. P. Komi, C. C.
J. E. Nichols, K. of R. and a.
HOOD RIVER CAMP. NO. 1,702, M. W. A.
Meeta In 1. 0. 0. P. hall every Wedneaday
nlrht. H.H. DANO. V.O.
0. U. D AKIN, Clerk.
OOD R1VEK CIRCLE NO. 524, WOMEN OK
Woodcral-MwtHat. I.O.O. K. hall on tha
Brat and Third Saturday of each mouth.
Lou McHkynolds, U. N,
P. W. McIUynoliw, Clerk.
RIVERSIDE LODGKNO. 88 A. O. U. W.
Meeu first and third Saturday ( each
iiioulh. K. F;. Chaphaii, M. W.
OKU. Hiooh, Plnanoier
CU IL8TKK SHUTS, ReCOrdW.
OLETA AHHEMBLY NO. J08. UNITED ART-Uana.-Meellbeflnit
and third Wedne.
daya, work: OHd and fourth Wednesday!
' Artiaana' hall. C. D. Hknkichji, M. A.
E. H. H AKTwio, Hecrtlary.
COURT HOofTfirVEIl NO. 4POKiiWTERS
, oi;Amerlca,-MeeU every Thursday evening
at 8 o'clock. ... ,
Wm. Fleming. 0. R.
F. C. Bhoml-s, Secretary.
CAN BY POST, NO. 16, 0. A. R. MEETS AT
A. O. U. W. hall, aucond aud lourth Satur
' daya of each uiouth at 2 o'clock p. m. All
O. A. R. member Invited to meet with u.
u. Ll. Cahtnkh, Comiuandor.
8. P. Blytub, Adjiiuitii
l ANBY w! K C, No. Ift-MEKTM HKIJONH
iidliuirthHaturdMxaof eai'h Moutli In A.
t. f. W. hall lit i !. m.
KathyN Gill, PreHi.lmt. .
LYMA HL'MNl K. H.-,-ri"lrv
UlllM AI.N lltl.viK CAMP No. Hut, R. N. A.
Mei i at 1. O. O. P. Hall oh the aticoiid and
foui i h Prldnya ol eaeb mouth.
Mus. II. Pkklku, O.
Mku. I . T. BbosiUH, Reorder.
PAYNTER LODGE, No. 2110, M. B. A.
meeu nrt and third Friday of each month
at K. of P. hull. GKo. a. Millkk, Pre.
- AV. UUioaAKD, He , n , .
J. F. WATT, M. D.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
IVI-.ihiiihb: Ollloe, -Ml; lexldencc, HI I.
l'KKt'N O. It. N. Co-
H. lDUMBLuE,
PHYrtitlAiN AND SURGEON.
Call promptly anwei 1 In town or)untry,
Day or Nlht.
Telephone: lUwiil. nce.eil: offliw,iilS.
Office lUlli lii.mlllH HullillllK.
: E. 0. DUTRO, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon
Office over First Nationtil ll.ink. Hood
River, Oregon.
Office Phone Main 871 Res Main 873
M.F.SHAW,M.D.
Office in Jackson Block.
Olflrw pkooe, No. 1471. Realdence, No. 6M.
Da. M. H. 8HABP
Dr. EunaB. Bhakp
Osteooathic Physicians
Graduates of the American School of
Osteopathy, Kirksville, Mo.
Office, Hood Kiver Hank and Truat Co. Bldg
Home Phone 102 lies. 1U2-B
FC. BR0SIUS, M. D.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
'Puoue Central, or 121.
office Hour: 10 to 11 A. M.; i to I
and6to7PM.
. Mrs. Mary Powell Jordan, M. D.
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
Office and renldnce, noma place of John
Leland Henderson, Slate St., bead of Third 81.
PUone Kl.
DR. EDGINGTON
Smith IStiildiiig
HOOD RIVER - - 0KEG0N
DR. E. T. OARNES
DNTIST
Ortloe over Bartmasa more
Telephone SI
H. D. W. PINE0,D.D.S.
DENTIST
Office over Telephone
Kim National Batik 131
0. H. JENKINS, D.M.D.
DENTIST
Telephones: Office 28; residence 28-B
Office over Butler Bank,
J A.JAYNE
LAWYER
. Abstract Furnished. Money Loaned.
E. H. HARTWIG,
LAWYER.
Will Practice In All Court
Office In Smith Building, over First Na
tional Bank.
A. C. BUCK
NOTARY PUBLIC AND INSUR
ANCE AGENT
Room 12 Brrwling Block
OK G. W. EDMUNDS
SPECIALIST
EYE, EAR, NOSE AND THROAT
ew Broalu Building. Telephone ILnm 4
White Salmon Valley Bank
'.' Tive small depositor rewiveH t he name i-oirrteoiw tr'atinen
; as the larger onert. We have bntli. ;
Q0ME AND SEE US, "
f.8 HTAWLgT, lCUBlflTa.. LOltUICiAl
Praa. Vlea-Prca. Caabter.
. U. llROCK. Aaal. Cashier.
First National Bank
OP HOOD RIVER. OREdUN
Capital $50,000 Karpla, $ 16,008.
P. M. Hall-Lewis & Co.
ARCHITtCTS and ENGINEERS
Deputy County Surveyor for Waaea Uauntv
Deputy County Surveyor for Klickitat Co,
araan. Oly Knglneer, City of Hood River
Make aurveya, plana and eatlmatea tor aaw.
er, light and power and railway plauu, and
furnish aubjocl to auDrovaJ. utaaa. mnf itirm.
tlona and eallmalea tor all clawr. of building
i rii.BMBug mercantile, npeciai ail
in w muuuiuie aim ajw-uurniu w
Home aud Parldo Talephouea. Davldaoai
uMuuiuj, uwn niver. uregoti.
JOHN LKLANU HENDERSON
A'lTORN EY-AT-LA W, AI1ATKACTEK. No
TAKk PUliLlCand KKAL
a turn auknt.
For a yrara a raa.dent of U eo and Waab
l?1,' ,ma "" r exparieuaa lu
rival piiuia malUin,aaabalraeior,aearcbaruf
Ull. aud accui. HalmlacUMU guaranteed . r
Jntertutional orrcpondence chool
8CRANTON, PA.
H. V. KEED, KeprwteiiUtiva
MK With 8L. PorUand. Oraraa.
flood River once monlb. Fall ifor
matiou mailed upon requaat.
Eureka Meat Marktt
McGUIRE BR08., Props.
Dealers in Freb aud Cured Msats, Lard
rouiiry, fruits ana Vegetable.
If riee Delivery. Phone Main 85.
M. E. WELCH.
LICENSED TETERISART SURGEON
I prepared to do any work In tb veterin
ary line. He can be found by calling at or
phanlng to Clarke drug (tore.
A. J. DERBY
Lawyer
HOOD RIVER, OSEGOM,
Stranahan & Slaven
Contractors and
Builders
HOOD RIVER, OREGON.
JOE WRIGHT
CARPENTER AND BUILDER
Phone 21-S
Estimates furnished no request. An
honest job guaranteed.
E. A. JEROME,
ArcKltoct
Having had aevnrat ygart'- experianea In
drafting aud bulldlug.I would rmpw-liullv
aollclt part of the paliouwre of tlie paopta id
Heod River who uutlcipaie building, larin.
reaouuble, a id aaturactmu guaranteed. IH
Oca at rtuldenc on Uvlgbta.
H. SEYMOUR HALL,
Surveyor.
1 am qualified and i,'tfred lo do all kind
Of rtntl-flttVM lllllll Hlirvk-I.iw l..m.u.iu . .
anteed. Tli who wiaii Hratlaa work done
aiiuroxK it. r. u. x., niHM Kivri. fuone Wxl.
n
ASSOCIATION
OF McMINNVILLK, ORE.
Announces another reduction in the
mat of inRllrarwA
T. L. DUNSMOUK, THE DALLES
or
0. D. THOMPSON, HOOD RIVER
TRlUrHlCK A Ar-fVOLD.
CONTRACIORS
and BUILDERS
tadsoat. fnrnt.r.ed eh alt klns( work
1 r."J-..(a W.i. mm
FOR SALE.
1.
110 iicropliici1, Groom lioum.
alioiit- six jHiiVK iir,ircliHrd,
j).irt firiH bfai-iny trw8, th
otliHi-s voiinr SpitzeribntViS
Yi'llmv vtowiif'f nnrl Kt4
f;iiti'us B.iiiMiin Mpplcti. A Hp
spring of w;itnr pitoi in ,tVir
liKiisc. 2")(f cliii-kcns, hotyo
ami bii;y jiikI a fin i;oiv
goHK wild pla'alsoull kinds
of small fruits. AiIiIick
.H; Graham
Home Valley, Washington
Jnt 12 tnilos below I1h1 River on now
N .rth Bink Road.
Price, $3,300
on terms. Write me and I will tmet
j ou with a rg.
ML ABBOTT
Millinery,
Hair Goods : ;
Richardpon's Silks and
Embroidery Supplies.
Opposite tins Pari Fair.
Ckaa. U. Pratt. J. H. Oeborar, R. W. Pratt,
Praaldant. VlcaPn. Cashier.
Hood River Banking
and Trust Co.
W transact a general banking bualneaa and
owa our owa banking property
lataraat paid on lima and Raving depoalu
Safe dapoalt boxes.
C.F.SUMNER
UEADQUARTE 1
Plumbing
Come in and exam
ine our line of
Pumps, Bath Tubs, La
vatories, Sinks, Etc.
HTI SPRAY
Agents For
F11A1E
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
- ,Gavaral Conmlnlon
V-Merchants
Prompt Hale and Quick Return. Wnolaaale
- iwaierain an ainaaor
Frwil aa! Producw
CoualgumenU Solicited.
IS FRONT ST. PORTLAND, ORrSOON
BON TON
...Barber Parlors...
The place to get an easy
shave and first-class hair cut.
Our shop is metropolitan in
every respect.
Porcelain Baths in Connection
O. H. GRAY, Prop.
FLEMING k TAFT
D RAYING, GENT KAL
TEAMING
Wood For Sale. Prompt
Delivery
OFFICE PHONE (IC-M RES. PHONE
PHONE 232-M
Hood Kiver, Oregon
Underwood and Little
White Salmon
CHOICE FRUIT LANDS
Till is where .fruit large and small
crow lo perfection and commands the
highest market price.
70 si-re. S'-i acres set to orchard last
spiiiit!, mostly apples and peaches and
an ifoou varieties, ciean aim neaitny;
other small fruit. About 25 wrr gool
(ruit land, wveral acre k'aliel and
burned, remainder of tract kI pasture
land. If' storv honi-e 4 ronnia diiwn
stairs, root hou-e, baru, W'xi hotice
chicken house and park. If mid at
once csn be had cheap. Js only three
quarters of a mile out.
52 acres, located at Hood station, 25
acres in cultivation, 15 of which is in
gra-s growing 3 crops per season and
goo l pasture; zi isew'ownt and epitx
trees one year oil ; small fruit for family
use' Mi's is riist-class for early fruit
and will grow vegetables unsurpassed
Hoiie. barn, chicken house and park
and other nece'ssrv outbuildings. Any
one wanting a good home will do well
to write or see me at once tor lull par
tictilar. A Specialty of Small Tracts.
We have now completed tba survey
of a large tract and can furnish from
tei. acre np. Come and nnike your
select ions as a delay mean that you
will pay mora money as prices arc
advancing.
I have also Klickitat County Kr.iin
and tracing lands, hinhly improve,!
lamia at resaonaoie price.
Write or call on
F. W. DeHart
. Underwood, Wash.
Lands
Homes
Orchards
The best bargains arc listed
with us. We tell vou iust
what the land will product
We do not exaggerate any
thing. Wo guarantee a per
fect title. Wo do not try to
list proj)erty unless the prices
are right and tlie land repre
sents full value. 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 ns and
avoid mistakes.
J. H. Hciibronner
&Co.
"The Reliable Dealers"
PORTLAND HOOD RIVER
408 Corbett , Davidson Bl d
DR. JONES
Dentist
Cro w n an d
Brldife Work.
TVeth wilhoul
Platw. Treats
menl of din.
eased tee l b
and kuiuh.
Ilomu I'lione W
Office In Broeln Building.
Land For Sale
I have about 1 ,000 acres
of No. 1 Apple Lai d,
most of it under ditch at
prices ranging from f 00
per acre up.
J. R. Steele
II00I) KIVER, 0KEG0N
RALPH REED
Best line of Cigars in
the City
Also handle line of
Pipes, Tobaccos and
Fishing Tackle
Working In The Garden
is a real pleasure if you have the righi
tools. We havf a complete line of Ihe
best girden iiiiileiiienis in ti e word.
They are. made fur renl service and to
innke work ettsy. Con e and (." I an ui
fit. It will help yi'it make a better
gttrden with lees labor than you ever did
before.
Wm. fiaynes
Hardware Store
Hood River - - Oregon
Special .Viitice.
Ilaviuif Hecurnrl the agency tor I lie
famous Edison phouogruiilis mid re
cords, I wish tj uuuuulcu that I luce
just received the complete Iue of
machines and toe entire catalou ol
leoords, being all the records mad" iy
this oompany up to January 1, I!1' 8.
Also a large stock ot diso reeo..i
lu all over three thousand to s l-d
from. One of tha largntit stock' in
the state. Call and tee and hesr tin m
Soute's PlH.no Hnec .
Silas II Soule, I ri.i ,
Farm For St'e.
10 acre heantifnlly located, go 1 level
laud, half mile from town, one mile
from St. Martins Spring, 5 acres culti
vated, 80 walnut trees, young family
orchard, good well, goed house anil
barn, household goods, row, 25 chit k
ens; pri e reasonable. Addrem
J. L. Olson, Carson, Wash., box 27 J25
HAPPENINGS IN
! OREGON COUNTRY
i
PORTLAND MAN INHERITS TITLE
Is Heir t Kni'lNh Eststes Another
Mnrderer Convicted Normal
School Dispute will End.
Portland Lniiie pack-ipes of do
unien;s came thrjiiKh th:; Cuntoms
House last vetsk address! to Alex
ander Hewitt Kerr. Esquire, Lord of
tho Manors Klngshall, Kousehall,
Brentha end VV'ujlcollea, Suffolk
county, Ensland, Portland, Or.
1 no princinal documents wer
deeds for the lands which Mr. Kerr
has acquired, and other documents
contained rent rol'.s and records of
leaseholds of the manors described
in the address.
Mr. Kerr, who Is a member of the
firm of Wadhnms & Kerr Bros.,
wholesale merchants of this city, la
to leave for England In the course of
n few weeks to look after his Inter
ests in that country, though as lord
of the mnnors, he has already as
sumed one of the duties imposed by
acquirement of the lands by hold
ing what is known in English law
as a nitron Court, without which a
manor ceases to exist. The titles to
these manors traces hack hundreds
of years aud the leases differ in ma
terial respects to other rentals of
realty In tho old country. While
heso lenses are perpetual, they re
vert to the lord of the manor if the
tenant dies Intestate, and only the
surface Is Included in the right; that
Is to say, all mineral, hunting priv
ileges and the like belong to the lord
of the manor.
McOasline (,'ullty In Second Degree.
Heppner Convicted of murder in
the second degree and sentenced to
the penitentiary for life Is the fate
of Webb McCasli.il, who killed E. F.
Zaspell in Morrow county last Sep
tember. This case has- been one of
unusual interest here and has been
the theme of much comment during
the trial.
Owing to the well-known circum
stances surrounding the case, public
sentiment was strongly against the
defendant. McCaslin was Indicted
for murder in the first degree and the
verdict came as a surprise and la con
sidered as a victory for tha defense.
Three days were occupied In se
curing the jury and 37 men were ex
amined before the 12 were secured.
McCaslin, who confessed to killing
Zaspell, practically had no case to
work upon. Tha chain of circum
stantial evidence was without a break
iu showliiR that McCaslin drove out
of town with Zaspell, that he shot
him in the buck of the head, took his
money and made a fast get-away.
The case of Dan Doherty, convicted
of tho killing of Oscar Allen, will be
continued uutll July 7, when the mo
tion for a new trial will be argued.
Careless Motornian Causes Wreck.
Portland Six persons seriously In
jured, a dozen others bruised and
two badly demolished cars are the
rosults of n head-on collision between
two heavily-loaded trains on the
Portland Railway, Light & Power
Company at Archer Place on the Mt.
Scott line.
There were no fatalities, and none
of the injuries, it is said, will result
fatally, though the lives of between
160 and 200 passengers were Jeopar
dized. According to eye-witnesses and to
company oftlcials the collision was
due to the carelessness of the motor
man of the east hound train, who was
looking back and waving at a girl
who had just alighted from his car,
and failed to heed the signals of the
semaphore.
Normal Dispute to Knd Soon.
Salem The Board of Regents of
Oregon State Normal Schools will
hold its annual meeting in this city
on Tuesday, June 29, and it is prob
able that at that time the normal
school question will be practically
settled.
While the Board has no absolute
power in the matter and the ques
tion of how many and which nor
mals shall be maintained Is one for
the Legislature to determine, yet it
was understood when the board was
created that future Legislatures
would be governed largely by tha
recommendations of the Board.
That there will be an effort at the
Board meeting to recommend the
abandon men: of one and perhaps two
of the normals is certain.
Mother and Ilube In Jail.
Pnrtlnnrl Plondinor cuiltv in the
United States DlBtrlct Court Tues-!
day morninK to an Indictment charg
ing her with feloniously opening
mull and sentencod to serve 30 days
in the Multnomah county Jail, in ad
dition to a fine of $400, Mrs. Nellie
E. Ragau, former assistant postmis
tress at Royston, Or., has refused to
be separated from her year-old
daughter, with the result that the
pretty tot will spend the ensuing
month with her mother behind tha
walls of the county bastile.
Duller City Banker Arrested.
Baker City Local parties who
own tlmb'T claims have been keenly
alert sine?. United States Deputy
Marshal Nicholson came up from
Portland and placed J. H. Parker,
v'cs-presklont of the First National
Bank, unr! r arrest. Two warrants
were Issuer! for Parker, alleging that
lh committed psrjury In securing title
t.) a timber claim. He was arraigned
before United States Commissioner
C. A. Moore, who placed his bond at
S1000 on one charge and $2000 on
the other, for his appearance before
the federal court.
Trolley Line Assured.
1 Pendleton All doubt concerning
the Walla Walla Electric Company's
: Intention to extend 'Its interurban
line from .Milton to Athena was set
at rest wli"n 10 right-of-way deeds
j were placed on file in the office of
the county rec:rd r this week. Tha
deeds are all across land lying be
tween Milton and Ailnnn, a.id extend
to the very heart of the wheat ue'.i
IxiRger Is Drowned.
Roseburg Arthur Folk, a logger,
was drowned in the North Cmpqua
River, last Saturday, while attempt
ing to break a Jam of logs, tie cam
here from Idaho a weW ago.
Work on the extension of the rail
road has commenced between Elgin
and Joseph.
Ground has been broken at Baker
City for a new Catholic hospital. The
building Is to be of cut stone.
O. O. Whitlow, of Albany, has
been appointed bookkeeper in the
treasury department at Washington,
D. C.
The official returns from the recent
election give Chamberlain a plurality
ot 1522 over Cake for United States
Senator.
Delegate to the 24th annual meet
ing of the Oregon State Medical As
sociation will assemble at Portland
Wednesday, July 1.
The body of Dr. J. II. Logan, vet
erinary surgeon of Weston, found In
Laurel Canyon, California, was
buried last week at Los Angeles at
the expense of the county.
A masked robber held up the
crew of a streetcar in Portland, Sun
day night, taking the watches of the
conductor and motorman and $35 In
cash.
The Presidential Postmasters' As
sociation of Oregon will hold Its an
nual convention in Portland, Friday
and Saturday, August 7 and 8. In
cluded In the membership of the or
ganization are the postmasters of the
first, second and third grade offices.
John E. Loggan has received notice
from the department of his appoint
ment as postmaster of Burns by
President Roosevelt to succeed F. U.
Welcome. Mr. Loggan will resign as
County Assessor, as he will assume
the postotlice duties about July 1.
Clifford Vlckers, a 17-year-old boy,
died suddenly In Eugene Inst week,
immediately after receiving a treat
ment for asthma. The treatment was
a hypodermic Injection of anti-toxine.
Soon after the Injection, the boy be
gan to weaken and died within a few
minutes.
The fourth annual Northwest con
ference for Young Women's Christian
Associations was held at Seaside
last week. Delegations from city and
college associations covering Oregon,
Washington, Idaho and Montana were
present.
With a view of decreasing the
number of Intoxicated Individuals
who persist In rambling the streets
in this condition, the Marshfield
council has just passed an ordinance
which provides for the pasting of the
photographs of all dru-sikardB.
A company to build a l,lne of rail
road from Shanlko to Prlneville and
Bend has been formed by Eastern Or
egon men under the name ot the
Central Oregon Railroad Company,
with a capital stock of $50,000.
On July 1 the ClackwnaB River, In
cluding the Cazadevtv hatchery sta
tion, will be turned over by the state
authorities to the United States Com
missioner of Fisheries and these
properties will be In charge of Henry
O'Mally, government superintendent
of fisheries for Oregon.
A cherry carnival will be held at
The Dalles, under the auspices of
the Business Men's Association and
the Horticultural Society, June 30 to
July 2, Inclusive. There will be
prizes offered for the best packs of
cherries.
Frank Page, aged 28 years, was
killed In a logging camp at Cathlam
et while assisting in moving a don
key engine. The engine struck a sap
ling and as it passed sprung back,
striking and killing him inBtantly.
Rev. Robert McLean, wno nas nau
charge of the missionary work of
Porto Rico for the past eight years,
has been called to the pastorate of
Bethany Presbyterian Church, at
Grants Pass.
It Is possible that a neighborhood
feud may result of the Grant county
election on prohibition. In Canyon
Citv there is talk or a boycott nemg
organized by liquor men and their
friends on merchants wno took an
active part in the recent temperance
contest.
Yamhill county, through County
Judge R. P. Bird, has entered with
the railroad commission an informal
complaint against the Sheridan ft
Willamina railroad. The main track
of the railroad crosses the county
road in Yamhill county three times,
and at each crossing the condition of
the road is bo bad, according to
Judge Bird, that it is dangerous and
almost Impossible for loaded wagons
to cross the tracks.
A committee of business men or
Salem and Stayton closed a contract
last week with A. Welch, of Portland,
by which the latter agrees to build a
trolley line from saiem to stayton
within one year. The railroad will
cost approximately $300,000, and the
business men of Salem and Stayton
are to subscribe $100,000 of this
amount. Work will begin on the
road In about two weeks if the $100,
000 has been subscribed.
Counsel for John H. Hall, ex
United States Attorney, who was cov
victed of conspiracy last February,
have filed a motion for a new trial
and have served the government's
representatives with a brief In the
case. The motion will be argued and
disposed of as soon as it will be pos
sible for Federal Judge Hunt, of
Montana, to come to Portland and
hear the motion argued. Sentence
will not be pronounced on Mr. Hall
until this motion has been decided.
Judge II. K. Hanna last week sus
tained the former order enjoining the
County Courty of Jackson County
from declaring the City of Medford
dry under the state law as a result
of the county having cast a majority
In favor of prohibition at the recent
election. In his decisien the court
practically decided that the late elec
tion was nullified, as far as this coun
ty is concerned, and that the County
Court will be sustained in authoriz
ing the licensing of saloons In all pre
cincts which voted In favor of saloons
two years ago, regardless of the last
election. '
An accident to the machinery at
Ihe Cazadero power plant of the
Po-tland Railway, Light & Power
Co npany Sunday morning caused the
o'li'ili'ted wrecking of the station,
retailing a loss of $110,000. Flying
p'.efeo of hot metal and burning ln
iihron set lire to the building, de
3li:lng inflammable parts o! the
structure. Two operators wno were .
on duty at tne time naa a mimtuium
escape from instant death. A piece
of the machinery, weighing two tons.
tore the coat off one of the men, af- j
terward boring its way through tha ,
brick wall of the build's. 1
REDUCED RATES
FORILUMBERMEN
THEY WIN HARD-FOUGHT BATTLE
Interstate Conimrrre Commission De
rides that Coast Shippers Shall
Have Lower Rates.
Washington, D. C, June it.
Opinions rendered today by the In
terstate Commerce Commission la
five Northwestern lumber rate casea
are decidedly favorable to the lum
bermen. While In no case did they
get all they asked for, most of their
requests were complied with, and in
no Instance did the Commission sus
tain the advances which the railroads
rurt Into effect on November, 190T.
The advance of 10 cents on lum
ber shipped from the Pacific Coast
to points east is completely knocked
out in territory west of the Missouri
River, and in eastern territory the
advance la reduced 60 per cent or
more. The advance ot $1.90 on ship
menu from Willamette Valley points
to Sun Francisco Is practically wiped
out, only sufficient Increase being al
towel to offset the recent advance In
water rates from Portland to San
Frarclsco. The Inland Empire Is re
lieved from what the Commission
terms "excessive and unreasonable
rates on lumber" fixed by the rail
roads last tall, and is given a scale
of differentials more favorable than
the roads were willing to concede.
Along with these five casea, the
Commission temporarily opens the
Portland gateway to Western Wash
ington lumber consigned to Utah ter
ritory, but declines to make a rout
ing via Portland on Washington lum
ber to any other points east of the
Cascade Mountains.
In all cases, the Commission stipu
late that the existing advanced rates
shall be discontinued "on or before
August 16, 1908," and decrees that
the ih w rates aud orders which go
Into euect on that date shall continue
for two yeara thereafter. Except In
the Portland gateway case, however,
thtsi; new rulings are not Intended
to be temporary, but under the law
the Commission cannot tlx rates for
a lonKsr period than two years. On
August 16, 1910, the railroads will
be at bberty again to raise their lum
ber rates and, if such advance la
made, the lumbermen will And It
necessary again to appeal to tho
Comm. union for relief.
BR VAN Sl'KE OF NOMINATION.
Can Dispense With Votes of Big;
Eastern Stutes aud Still Win.
Chicago, June 22 William Jen
nings Bryan can read his title clear
to the nomination for President by
the Democratic National Convention
which will meet in Denver July 7.
This is based upon a thorough can
vass of the situation in the various
states and territories, and are extra
conservative. They show that Bryan
without New York and New Jer
sey, with only a fraction of Pennsyl
vania, with all other due allowances
to the opposition and with six un
reported Florida votes not counted
for anybody has or will have In
structed for him or otherwise com
mitted to his support 788 delegates,
or 116 more than (he 672 who will
constitute two-thirds of a convention
consisting of 1008 delegates, Includ
ing six from the Philippines.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Track prices: Club 87c;
red Russian, 84c; bluestem, 88c;
Valley, 87c.
Barley Feed, $25; rolled, $27.50
28.60; brewing, $26.
Oats No. 1 white, $27.60; gray,
$27.
Hay Timothy, Wilamette Valley,
fancy, $15; do, ordinary, $12; East
ern Oregon, $17.60; mixed, $16;
clover, $14; alfalfa, $12.
Butter Extra, 25c; fancy, 23e;
choice, 20c; store, 16c.
Hops 1907 crop, 66e.
Eggs Candled, 17 V4 18c; nn
candled, 17.
Wool Valley, 1212VaC lb;
Eastern Oregon, 815c, as to
shrinkage.
Mohair Choice, 18 18 4c
SEATTLE MARKETS.
Wheat Bluestem, 89c.
Oats Puget Sound, $2728 per
ton; Eastern Washington, $2728
cr ton.
Barley $25 26 per ton.
Hay. Eastern Washington timo
thy, $17 18 per ton; Puget Sound
hay, $10312 per ton; wheat hay,
$12.60 por ton; alfalfa, $9.5010
per ton. ,
L WILLIAM n. TAFT.
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