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SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 1905.
NO. 70.
LAMETTE
VALLEY
if Development
ized at Salem
legates Want to
Convention at
Called
Tho afternoon and evening sessions
i tho Development Convention were
old in tho Grand Opera House. Tho
(invention was called to order at 2
'clock, and Col. Hofer, as temporary
hairman, stated tho objects of the eon-
ention1. Ho outlined tho program for
ho thrco sessions as including the con
sideration of trolloy lines for tho Wil-
amotto valley, independent and mutual
telephone systems, tho development of
water powers and promoting the con
struction of branch lines and better
(transportation facilities, no briefly re
iowed each of tho objects of tho con-j
vention, nnd then introduced the speak
ers provided on tho regulnr program.
Hon. J. C. Cooper, of McMinnville,
was introduced as ono of the seven
Cooner brothers of McMinnville. Tho
subject of his address was "Tho Tele-j
phone as a Means of Development, "
and it was well haiidled by Mr. Cooper.
Ho gave tho history of tho telephone,
which was very interesting. He said
tho independent lines were established
all over tho United States, except
Utah. Tho telephone system is quick
er than tho tclograph and cheaper than
tho postofllce. This subject is of great
interest to tho peoplo of Oregon, nnd
after tho gentleman's nddress others
jpoko on tho question, among those be-
ing JS. T. J mm, or auiiibvhio; u.
Weeks, 11. R. Ryan, of Salem; W. J.
Hadley, of Turner; Percy Brown, pro-
priotor of tho Silvcrton oxchangc; Jones
of Lincoln; Judgo Scott, of Salem, and
J. K. Sears, of Polk county.
Hon. W. M. Killingaworth, of Port
lnnd, was tho next speakor, and he gave
a fino nddress on "Development of Or
egon Water Powers." Ho said what
Oregon needed was publicity. Thero
wcro a great many people coming to
Oregon this Bummer, and we wanted to
how them tho best Oregon has to put
forth. Thore wns no doubt about tho
great resources of Oregon, tho only
troublo was it was not made known. It
is like boing in n box with tho lids down
all it neoded was somo ono to get it
3 itnrtod, and this was what tho conven-
The surest way to satisfy
yourself that out prices on
NOVELTY
DRESS
GOODS
are right is to examine the
same goods at other dry
goods stores. The ladies
tell as that we have an ex
ceptionally fine assortment,
equal to any in the city.
They are surprised at the
wonderful difference in
prices on the identical fab
rics.) Banest
Cash State
Undersells regwla stores.
Their spot cash plan does it
LEAGUE
Clubs Organ
on Thursday.
Know Why the State
Portland Was
Off.
tion was for. He compared Oregon to
Washington, her sister state, and
showed how much grcator that state is
dovelopod beside of ours. He said tho
chief power of Oregon was its magnifi
cent water powers, and that was not yet
developed. His speech was one of grent
eloquence, and was received with great
enthusiasm.
Hon. G. A1. Westgate, of Albany,
gave an address on "Wheat as a Staple
of Westorn Oregon." Ho said there
is no reason why wheat should not yield
as much as it did in tho .years gone by
The milling industry in Western Oregon
has suffered greatly in the past years
for lack of wheat supply. Wheat en
ters moro into tho life and comfort of
man than any other plant, and should bo
made tho lending agricultural product
of tho state,
Hon. T. II. Binghnm, of Cottage Grove,
spoke on tho transportation and man
ufactures of Oregon, and, perhaps, no
other man could have handled tho sub
ject as well as ho did himself. Ho said
that ono depended upon tho othor, for
without transportation we could hnvo
no manufactures. Ho said he did not
wish to condemn railroads, for we must
have them, nnd "wo have them, nnd
they havo 'got us." Tins statement
was received with great npplause and
laughter. Ho told of tho industries of
his county, and of the greatest of them
all. lumber. 1 n that county there is
more timber than in any othor county
in the world. Ho told of tho enr short
age in 1903, hud the exhorbitant rail
road rates which were taxed upon inte
rior sawmills afterwards. He said he
could show 20 sawmills in their county
stnuding idle, which had been cnused
by tho greed and avarico ofvmnn'. He
said ho did not wish to be put down as
a knocker, as ho was not. But he said
let tho railroad company beware, if thoy
did not do anything for Oregon people
soon, they would do something for
themselves, and the legislature would
pass a law which would put them out of
business. His speech wns received with
cheers, and was followed by several
other short speeches by Walter Lyons,
of Independence; Mr. Jones, of Lincoln;
Col. J. C. Cooper, of McMinnville, and
W. L. Toozrt Mr. Lyon's talk wns
on tho calling off of the Development
'Convention, which wns to havo been
I hold at Portland April 4th and 5th. He
said ho thought a greater mistake had
j never been mado in this procedure. Ho
said their club had made great prepara
tions to attend this convention, and
that they wore to havo sent two specinl
Lora iinwn. nnd now this callinc off
'would dampon tho spirits of tho Polk
'county men, and they hardly know
: whore thoy stood. The othor geutle-
'mon gpoko on tho same lines, nnd quite
a discussion followed
0. A. Hurley, of Independence then
spoke on tho Bnleni-Dallas trolloy lino,
which is cnusing a grent ueni or inier
est. His remarks wero fitting to the
'subject, and shows theonthusinsm in
'which tho people of Independence aro
.willinc to nut forth in this effort.
Walter L. Tooze, of Woodburn, then
took up tho question of development by
.'means of advertising the Lewis and
Chirk exposition. He treated the sub
ject from the standpoint of the eompe
jtion to which Oregon would be sub-
Ijectod at her own fa,r flBl1 eronteJ a
j great deal of enthusiasm on the subject
of better advertising.
Tl. rannrt nt thfl eAnlHUtttiO OU &
general plan of permanent organization
was received and adopted.
The convention adjourned to 7:30 p.
m.
Permanent Organization.
When the Willamette Valley De
opment Convention was called nt Sa
lem it was with no thought of organiz
ing a permanent league, but the teatt
(ContiTined on page two.
FEDERAL GRAND JURY
AFTER BEEF TRUST
Chicago, March 24. Michael R.
Murphy, Manager of tho Cudahy Pack
ing Company, of Omaha, was tho prin
cipal witness this morning boforo tho
federal grand jury, which is investigat
ing the alleged beef trust. Tho man
agers of several packing concerns aro
CZAR
AGAINST
PEACE
St. Petersburg, March 24. A corre
spondent called on ono of tho most in
fluential ministers of tho present Rus
sian cnbinet shortly boforo midnight
Thursday and discussed with him the
present status of tho peaco negotia
tions. After being assured thnt his
identity would bo concealed,! tho minis
ter declnred that tho reports of peaco
negotiations wcro hardly likely to bo
born out bv tho fucts. but for this cir
cumstance 'he blnmcd tho grand ducal wns not mi but ,,n,1,v rottpll Vnh-
party, and not either tho Russian min- "bly saved tho train from being pflod
istry or tho Czar. !in tho ditch, niid preveated tho loss of
There was a conference between tho .reciDUH ivc.
officers of tho general naval and mili-t ,, ., . , , ,,, . ,
. , , ,, ... , . ! When tho train came in Wednesday
tnrv staffs and tho Czar and his advis- J '
ors'vosterdny, at which tho tntire ques- niH U Wls fm,ml t,,nt ,l Pleco f "
tion of war nnd peace was thoroughly bcr a1jout olK,lt' lnche8 Hflnro waH
discussed. Kvontunlly tho ministers wodgod under tho pilot in such n man
wero called in, and tho army and navv ner ns t0 rc(luirw tl10 unitt,a pfTort of
experts, and tho ministry agreed that.it BOVeml ()f tho trainmen to extricate it.
was useless for tho nation to contin-1 Investigation showed that it had
uo the struggle, and that there was no bocn P,ckml UP bv " cnWno within a
cowl reason to postpone ecoklnc for , hlock &f tho ,lcl,ot wliero it had boon
peace on tho best posslblo terms.
Tho Czar mado a strong address, in
which ho declared thnt no truo son Of,stroet crof,S08 track, and a guard
Russia could wish tho nation to grovel I rail la in9i,1 tho ,nni" trck- Tho cntl
at her enemy's feet. Ho declared that,0' tnis Kuim1 rnil is botwocn tho second
the mistakes of tho past would bo all nml thir(1 8witch HKht u,,a ls a liul
rectified in tho future, nnd that tho ,,iB1"!r tlinn tll rnil of tho " li
armv nnd navv. realizing full well tho ' Apainst tho end of this guard rail, and
weight of tholr responsibility, would
from now hencoforth wipe out in blood
tho disgrnco that had been placed up
on them by oflicora who failed to up
preciato tho woight of their responsi
bilities. His majesty stuck to his posi
tion, and tho discussion finally took on
a serious phnso. Ono of tho ministers
took it upon himself to try to oxplnin
to tho Cznr that tho prestigo of tho na
tion abroad was at stake, but his majes
ty insisted. thnt ho was right.
The emperor finally dismissed tho
r VI c
conference in anger, and it seems cer-
tain thnt, is ho does not consent to awm ,H I'"'"--" '"W " '" .,
peaco movement, a cabinet crisis niay;A !" of U was broken and splintered,-
result i''
St. Peternburg, March 24. The possi-1
bility that, if tho It ussian army should
bo unnblo to hold tho lower lino of tho
Snngari river, at Chunchlatsu, it may
he eompeiiou to roireai, nui uniy in
Harbin, but also further westward
along tho railroad, abandoning to the
.lapancso Northern Manchuria and the
Itussiun mnritimo Amur provinces as
well, is the latest startling news from
the front.'
Port Said, March 24. Admiral Nobr
ogatoff's fleet which forma tho third
division of Admiral Rojestveusky's
squadron, has boon sighted.
1 ...i.. nr,,.i. uTi.n al,rnMrn nf .
.. ,,..,, i,nnv.,n Vntirauln and
LlWIIUUU .! VI Ml . " " -- I
tUU Ul VM V- jiv" ..- " --- -- -
the Anglo-Gorman bond holders ad
justing tho exterior dobt, wns completed
today. Sixty per cont of the customs of J
..ii ...... T.o....i.rl nn.1 Pnnrlo
till jvu ia, i;vv' "m -...-
Cabello, will be eollootod ns security.
Port Said, March 24. Admiral Ne
bogatofl" fleet (wbittlt forms tho third
division of Admiral Kojcstvensky's
Itussiun squadron, and which left Sudaj
Bay, Island of Crote, March 21 t) hai
been sighted.
SU Petersburg, Mareh 24. Word was
recoived here late last night that all
of tho non-combatants, including many
women, wore expelled from Vladivostok
yesterday, it being explained that, if
they did not leave, they mifc'ht be com
pelled to remain in the eity fr a period
J0"-
years.
The eity has auppliM anil ammunition
for a period of two years.
rsuntrlinrr. Manchuria. Marah 84
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luwian oflloera eonneeieu wuu "
headquarters staff are envinced thct
General Kurekl is moving nortbeaat,
with the intention of inverting Vladi
vostok. It ia reported that all women
and children are leaving IJarblp, and
that the business houeea are cloning.
scheduled to appear beforo tho jury to
day. It is understood that tho jury is
questioning witnesses regarding prices
of dressed moats at wholesalo and re
tnl prices covering tho past threo years
Every precaution is being takon to
provcit information reaching tho pro
gress of tho cases.
ATTEMPT
TO WRECK
TRAIN
Albany, March 24. Tho narrow
OS-
capo from damago to tho ovorland, duo
hero "at il:30 Wednesday night, turns
out to hnvo been a dastardly nttompt
ou tho part of somo ono to deliberately
ditch that train with its human froight.
Tho attempt was mado in this eity,
Iwithiu a few hundred feet of tho do-
pot, and the fact thnt tho timber used
placed across tho rnil with a view to
ditching tho train. At that point a
braced against tho ends, n timber from
an old bridge on tft street near-by hnd
been lnid in such a ninnnor that when
tho eugino struck it, running at n high
rnto of speed, tho wheels would bo
thrown off tho trnck. Tho fiend who
placed tho timber thero overlooked one
thing, and thnt was tho fact that tho
timber from tho old bridge was rotten,
and, but for this, hit hollish plans would
not havo miscarried. When tho engine
struck tho brldgo timber tho rotten con
dition of tho latter allowed tho guard
ruilH to cut through tho edge, and the
and parts of it were wedged in between
the main rail and tho guard rail, while
another piece, as was stated before.
..lirml ..,,. tlin ntlol of ti1(. nL,t,10.
I From tho polnt w,,oro , e1Rl10
'truck th timber to where it wns
HtoD,,c,if Rplinters of tho rotten wood
covered tho trnck, having been cut by
tho action of tho machinery and the,
grinding of tho timber on tho mils. Thoj
stickB found wedged in tho aporturo'
between tho L'liard rail and tho main
track wero cut and crushed by tho ac-i
tion of the wheels passing over it. j
Tho train at this point runs slow,
owing to tho fact tint, beforo reaching
tho yard, a full stop has to bo made,
at tho crossing north of tho city. Tho ,
wreck, if one had occurred, would,
probably not havo boon a very serious
one, as tho speed was not great. Still,
. , , . ..
had tlietliiii.or Dooii sotin.i, u woutu
havo not given away before the engine,
ami tho latter would have been dltohed
and somo of the oars would probably
"HVB Ueilll llOrnilCU.
Tho mattor was carefully investigat
ed yesterday, and the railroad people
have a suspicion as to tho Idently of
the would-be train wrorkor and tnur-J
derer, and it is possible that some nr
rwtta will bo made In a day or two.
Ughweight Champion.
Chicago, March 24. Juboz
White,
the liritiih llghtwoight ehampion, ar-
rived in Chicago thin morning with his
manager, Charllo Mitchell, on their '
wnv to tho count for a buttle with llrltt
j j Hattllng Nelson. White declined
K0 1)0 interviewed, but Mitchell volun
teered tho Information that the Ihltish,
pugilist waa In grand form, and do
sat need mueb trainlns?. They will
probably leave for tho coast tonight,
o
Murder at Drain.
Drain, Or.. March 34. Herman Shook
not and killed A. K. C'oojter and Paul,
lhOt
,.,, ,ma .,uiv fflnd then
k jjjgj j,imclf. The men had a quarrel, '
which resulted in the trlpple killing.
O'
Vftrao Ia Bead.
Amientr, Mareh 24. Jul Verne died
I today.
TRADING
STAMP
Business Men Aroused Lest; If:
Gets Into Salem.
Thero is considerable flurry turning
tho business men of Salem todny over
tho introduction of tho "trading stamp
curso" in our midst. Where the trad
ing stninp methods havo been pursued,
thoy have, to a large extent, been un
satisfactory, so much so thnt, in somo
stutes, tho system is being legislated
against. A solicitor for this kind of
business hns been in town recently and
has closed soveral contracts with mer
clinnts. Upon close inspection these
merchants find that tho contracts mndo
by them aro intnnglble thing which
can do them little, good, and possibly
groat harm. Tho company repvesonted
hore duTlng tho past week by solicitors
loaves no Intimation of whonco it comes,
or whoro it can bo found. It agrees to
furnish merchants, ono only in each
lino of business, with stumps to bo giv
en out to purchasers to tho vnluo of 0
per. cont of tho goods furnished, and
these stamps are to bo redeemable in
gooils by tho stamp company. In othor
words, tho local merchant pays fl por
cent tribute to tho so-called stamp
company on all goods ho sells under
their system ii older to get this com
pany to advertise tho local stores that
hold membership, and thus induce trade
with the reodeomnblo stamps as an In
centive. The Siilein merchants who
havo signed up these contracts now find
thorn a very imperfect affair. Thoy
virtually havo no consideration and no
penalty, and thus, literally, aro not a
WE'
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THE BEST
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SUIT
CASES
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Largest assortment wo have over carried line just boon rocoived
Tho lino comprises full block nolo leather ctibcti in UtiHta. Drown
or Olive colore; strnnn or bolt; loathor and linen linod in fact,
nil thnt jh best in suit enses. Wo are showing a f ill stock lontber
case, linen lined, blurt fold, bolls or sirups, Jirownu or UHto
colore, full 8ie, steel frames, roin forced coruoif.
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For women nnd children. We are
ready for upring busineu with tho
largest variety of perfoet-flttiug un
dergarmtnts, niarkud at price that
more than ever beforo will main
tain our reputation ai the greatoct
value-giving bouse in the city.
10 to 93.50.
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contract. Tho signers feel thoy fctmw
been duped, and proposo to untto wa
turning down tho wholo propoutin
This would bo done at onco, but, mnfoe
tunately, thero is uo cluo tin to tie
whorouboutB of tho company nmltlnfjr.
tho contracts. Tho solicitors have Br
appearcd, and it seems n littlo tliflfcaUs
to get out of tho dilemma.
Wherever tho stamp process nitir Ticww
employed, there has been moro or Is
dissatisfaction, and, in time, great lows,
not merely to tho merchants vrnc -eomo
parties to it, but to tho customersi
of these inorehnnts who receive the?
stamps as an Inducement to buy good
1 it short, it appears on the faco of it to
bo a "something for nothing" propewf
tion, nnd all know that unfit schoMiisp.
do not successfully materialize.
Vonozuola la Naughty.
Washington, March 24. Word vmar
received at tho state department today
that President Castro formnlly rofuwwi
to arbitrato tho question at issue be
tween Venezuela nnd tho United Stutasx.
Fronch Smid Troops.
Marseilles,' March 24. Fresh Tela
forcemontH of (1000 men and ammuni
tion has been ordered to Tonquln, ftr
4000 troops to Madagascar early w
April.
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