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f i ft SALEM, OltEGON, FJtlDAY, JANUARY 28, 1010. No. HI. SECURES CONVENTION honte Aocn. fir m-.,i- lotion win riom ou"' tention in the City. IS VICE-PRESIDENT ,i1....f lull lu SlIITCSSl'tll ill lens - Idling tho Convention, and Now It Is Up to Cltys Citizens and Business Men to Prepare for Its Battrtalnnient. tst a little over a year ago i idetenaW delegation of boosters Ld him men of Eugene wdnt to Sported with tho avowed purpose M hnilng tie convention of tho totgoa Retail Merchants Associa ia, and they landed It. Just tho uler day a handful of business w from this cltv wont to Eugene ilta the Bamo avowed purpose lit is of landing It for salem, and gfej landed It. 1 1 lie labor and success of these two IjAgations In securing theso two Istrentlons beconio apparent only rial It Is takvn Into consideration Iiht ever since tho Association was ionized until this last conventon llks held its conventions in Port ia!, and that at each tlmo delega tion from Pbrtlnnd ihadd strong bids and Inborod html to laud them for tho "City of lionet," When tho Eugdne delegation announced it In tontlon of securing the convention, Portland, fooling secure in it posi tion, smiled a big ami lo of contempt and pity. When it lost In its fight, for It thoro wa a feeling of more or loss surprise and chagrin but It was considered only an accident nnd at Eugono, Portland citizens and business men renewed their light for tho convention with oven moro vigor, but again they were foiled nnd this tlmo by but flvb Salem business men and the citizens and busings mou of the Chorry city owes a debt of gratitude to them for thoir faithful labors and succoss in bringing tho convention here. What Convention Menus. Tho convention which will moer. hoiro in January at about tho tlmo that tho state legislature convenes, meatiR that apon Salem will devolve tho duty and responsibility of enter talning delegates from all parts or tho state of Oregon. At Eugono last night over 225 delegates sat down to a banquet and it is conservatively estimated that there wore over 300 dologatcs in attendance, besides many members of tho association. When tho convention memts hero next year It is estimated that there will bo fully r.00 delegates in atten dance nnd that the complete attend ance of visitors will exceed tho 1,000 mark, owing to Salem's close prox imity to Portland. Directly, of course, that moans that Salem will derive a benefit in a financial way. but tht groat and real benoilt to he derived will comet from creating a favorable impression upon tho visi tors and sending each and ever.v ono of them away an enthusiastic OF DISEASE (Continued on Pace 5.) SALEM'S BUSIEST STORE f la here all tho tlmo with the right goods at the right prices. We have bargains now to offer you all over this big store that will con vince you that tho Chicago Store' is tho best place in Salem to buy your dry goods. Wo are busy ovory day becauso wo give the bargains. $15.00 $m. wwq sun. .. :. i" ' : $25 0o c ' Tw.ow ,,,. S,lits nv only Jjtn.OO "'o same way Half Price m Wo aro solHn BU,ts Store ah ,,u nicago una season's best Hill KniT1 hr - J1 HI I ' j nu., . coais anu navy ' umrs uiack, n' W, reseda and llSh nf(V... WBulne u lt you wnnt Suit n, Knl"8 ,n "WW anU coats, como to tho Chicago store 65c Rough Silks, yd35c 75c Pongee Silks, yd 49c 75c Crystal Messaline Silks, yard 49c 85c Black Taffeta, Silk, yard 65c $1,45 yard wide black Taffeta Silk, yard 98c 39c Wash India Silk, all colors, yard 25c Tho abovo aro only a few of tho wonderful assortment of silks we carry in this store. Beautiful spring silks now on saio at very low prices. Buy your silks hero. It will pay you hnndsomiely. 65c Panama Wool Dress j Goods, all colors, yd 66c J 75c Wool Dress Goods, 1 yard 49c $ $1,00 Wool Dress Goods, 1 yard 68c J Authorities Fear the Polluted Waters of the Flood Will Breed Much Disease. TO DECIDE TITLE OF EVERY PRECAUTION TAKEN Olllcials Sending Out Warnings of the Death That Lurks in C:. Waters Befouled Iy tho IS Aiken Sewers All Flooded Hous?-; A! ist ! Vuiiiifak'd. Tho dress goods wo offor you at theso low prices aro all 1910 newest fabrics, priced away down for quick selling. Investigate Best Apron Gingham, yard 5c CHICAGO STORE 1 T1C Storo SALEM, OREGON That Saves You Money $ UNITED MlBRS I.KASED WinE.J Paris, Jan. 28. Rearing its ugly head out of tho polluted waters of the Hood, the horrible dragon of dis ease bared its fangs in the faco of Paris today,, and the stricken city hesitated in its rejoicing at the ar rival of tho crest of the Hood, with a sickening sensation of the new peril. The hoalth officers are sending out placards giving tho people warning of the 'death that lurks in the waters befouled by the broken sewers. The newspapers publish in big type in structions to the citizens, and every moans within the resources of the crippled municipality Is being em ployed to battle with tho pestilence. The soldiers and police have posi tive orders not to allow anyone to move back into houses that have been Hooded, after the waters begin to re cede. Inspectors reported today that the breaks in the sowers havo been so frequent that it will be necessary for the olllcials to burn all clothing, bedding, carpets and other materials which absorb water. All tho Hooded houses must be fumigated, and the walls must be scraped before the oc cupants can safely return to them. With the higher temperature to day the stench from the sewers was increased, and the danger of the spread of disease from the foul gases was correspondingly greater. The hospitals are being taxed with numbers of patients far greater than they could accommodate properly under ordinary circumstances. With tho lack of heat and light, and the danger. of a failure in supplies, tho doctors are facing a most critical sit uation. Hundreds of doctors havo been working constantly under most ad verse circumstances day and night The heroic deeds that have mu rived tho darft days of tho flood have not all taken place upon tho wntn front, in the actual struggle with tin great tide; but the bravery of th doctors and nurses who have met tl.fc sltua tion without llinchlng ranks rtlth the spirit shown by the famous leader of the lied Cross Society In tin.es of war. Within sight of scores of persons, unable to rescue him, Corporal Trip- tleu, was drowned today in water coV' ering tho sidewalks of tho Qua! do Billy. Ho had gone out with two other soldiers and a messongor boy, when the small craft was capsized, nnd all tho occupants thrown. Into tho water. Ills companions were able to reach places of safety, but Trlptier was weakened by constant service, and was unable to keep himself above tho tide. Tho sower broke this afternoon near tho Central Market, and Hood ed tho basomont, whore a largo quan tity of Hsh, eggs and game had boon stored. Most of tho provisions wore destroyod and tho market was ren dered so unsanitary that lt was al most useless. This was ono of tho big food sta tions on which tho authorities were expecting to draw hoavily to food tho hungry and dostltuto, and tho loss, which ordinarily would bo light, Is oxtromoly heavy at this time. The waters which havo been at tacking tho Hospital Boucloault today so weakened tho structure that lt had to bo abandoned, and many of tho patients, who woro soriously ill, wore cnrrlod out at tho risk of their lives. Tho doctors had continued the oc- Decision Will Affect the Title to Many Thousand Acres of Land. WAS LAND GRANT VALID Corvallis & Eastern Railroad Insti tutes a Test Suit Against State Land Board to Determine Owner ship of One Acre of Tide Land in Alsea Bay. Tho case of the Corvallis & Eastern Railroad Company against tho state land board will be heard before Judge Galloway next Thursday morn ing. According to complaint filed in this case there is involved in it "but tho title to a little ' over an acre of land tide land situated In Alsea Bay and generally it would seem that it would be of but little conse quence whether the decision went the ono way or the other. But It is one of those test cases that crefep in to the courts now and then and depend ent upon the decision as to that aciv or so of land will be the title to ap proximately 20,000 acres of the tidn laud, valued at millions, of dollars and there has probably been few cases tried in the courts of Oregon which havo been of greater signifi cance to its commercial welfare. - (Continued from Pago 6.) Involves Old .Land Grant This land is all tide land and is situated on Alsea, Yaquina and Siletz bays and It was granted to tho Wil- lametto Valley & Coast Railroad company in 1S74 on condition that the company should construct a line of railroad within a certain desig nated period of time. The railroad was constructed and the governor of tho state notified of its completion and upon the performance of theso acts it is contended by the company that it had complied with its part of the contract and that the title of tho land vested In it; and should it be successful in tho suit it will mean that it will have full control of theso bays, and tho coast for miles and that not a dock or a wharf or any commerce can bo c'arried on without the company's sanction and it would havo what might bo termed a monopoly upon all of tho com merce so far as this part of tho coast is concerned. Act Void Says State. Some time ago an application was mado for a part of this land for tho purpose of building docks and wharves upon it, but it could not bo grant exceeded its jurisdictional its title; it was claimed by both tho state of Oregon and tho railroad company and tho suit was com menced for tho purpose- of ascer taining which is tho legal owner c it. At tho last session of tho legis lature an met was passed repealing tho act granting this land to tho railroad company, but tho railroad company contends that its title had already vested in it and therefore tho act is of no effect. Tho state on tho other hand not only contends that the act Is effective, because It says, tho company failed to survey tho land and havo thx governor set apart, but it also contends that tho legislature of 1874 when it mado it granted exceed Its jurisdictional powers nnd that tho act wns and is unconstitutlon'al. The statte bnses this latter claim upon the, fact that the land Is composed of ordinary ow and high tldo land and that It thoreforo bolongs to tho sovereignity of tho state of Oregon and that it holds it In trust for its peoplo'for tho purpose of fisheries, navigation and commerce and that tho logisla- turo of 1874 had no authority to convey tho land to anyowo for any other purpoao and thoreforo Its grant to the railroad company was void and of no effect. In view of tho importance of tho case Judgo Galloway will not bo sat- j isflcd with oral argument but will al so ask tho attorneys to submit their argument on brief before ho will de cide it, but which ever way it goes whother for tho railroad company or to tho state it will be carried to tho highest tribunal In tho land for final adjudication. SELLS POLK COUNTY -MAN 5000 TREES Sam E. Foster, salesman for the Capital City Nursery Company, has returned from Orenco, from which place ho brought a carload of the company's nursery stock to be plant ed in the immediate vicinity of Sa lem. Among the large orders were 5000 trees for Foster Lownds, of Polk county; 2700 trees for Need ham Bros., to be planted in the Lib erty prune district; also 2500 trees for the McNary Land Company, to be planted in the same locality. This makes the third carload that Mr. Foster has sold the past year, -le has had several years' practical experience in work in the fields and packing sheds of the Oregon Nursery Company. All orders entrusted to him will receive personal and careful attention by himself. Phone Main 996. ARE TRYING BALLIN6ER Glavis Testifies That Ballinger Was Fully Acquainted With Coal Claim Deals. MAKES DIRECT CHARGES FIRST WARD CITIZENS ORGANIZE Approximately 150 property own ers met last night at the office of II. A. Johnson on State street for the purpose of considering and tak ing action looking to the improve ments of conditions generally in. the first ward, and espiecialy improve ments with relation to tho streets in tho ward. Prominent citizens and extensive property owners from all parts of the ward were in attendance and participated in tho proceedings and ways and means for the improvement and betterment of the ward general ly were discussed at length. A mat ter which came up for special dis cussion was the pavement of North Winter street and it was finally de cided to appoint a committee to con fer with tho council with relation to this matter, secure prices and data as to the best pavement to bo used. Tho committee appointed consists of E. P. McCornack, chair man, J. Cox, U. G. ' Boyer, Wm. Welsh, B. F. West, and D. W. Ma thews. The committee will wait up on the council at its next regular meeting. A permanent organization was al so effected and officers elected. The officers are, F. B. Southwick, chair man and Geo. II. Riches, secretary. The organization will meet every tWo weeks, nnd will hold its next meeting a week from next Wednesday. WATER IN UPPER SEINE GOING DOWN Announcement by Attorney Brandeis That Important Documents Were Omitted From tho Records Upon "Which President Taft Based His, Exhoneration of Ballinger Grcaies ' Sensation. Paris, Jan. 28. Reports rocoived today from the upper Seine and Marno rivers say that the people wopt with joy when informed that tho Hood had reached its highest point and the waters woro receding Town criers passed through the streets, announcing the joyful news through megaphones, and drum corps wero formed to celebrate tho occasion. Hundreds of flood suffer ers in tho various little towns fell in lino behind tho drum corps and marched in triumphant procession singing tho "Marseillaise." In all tho river country abovo Paris, nearly tho entire population turned out to celobrato tho passing of tho crest of tho Hood. Tho full oxtent of tho damago in tho rural districts and in tho small towns cannot bo dotorminod as yot, as tho peoplo in those sections havo thrown themselves hysterically into tho demonstration. o Thero is a possible thance of Bal timore annexing Jack Knight, the shortstop of tho New York Highlanders. UNITED rltEBS LEASED WIBB.l Washington, D. C, Jan. 28. A Bensation was caused at the session of the Ballinger investigation com mittee today when Attorney Bran deis, representing T. R. Glavfs, charged definitely that important documents were omitted from the record upon which President Taft based his exoneration of the secre tary of the interior. Brandeis fol lowed tjbis statement with the pre sentation of a long list of documents which he alleged were not Included in the statements presented to Presi dent Taft. The attorney asserted that Ballinger had more than a "formal knowledge" of the Cunning ham Alaska coal land cases, as was stated by Attorney-General Wicker sham, and charged that Ballinger, as a matter of fact, was fully acquainted with the whole matter. The Wicker sham statement referred to was made in the report of the attorney general on his investigation of the charges against Ballinger. Washington,' Jan. 28. That the recent decision of Judge Sanford, of Seattle, in a coal land case, in which certain lands reverted to the govern ment because they had been obtained by an illegal combination, will be considered by the Ballinger-Pinchot controversy investigation commission was indicated by'Senator Nelson to day. Nelson said that he had wired for a full text of the court's decision. Louis R. Glavis, former chief of the field division of the land office, re sumed the stand today, and Attor-i ney Brandeis presented a long list of documents which ho desired to. havo submitted as evidence. Glavis presented a number of let ters concerning the Alaskan coal land cases, which aro among the indirect causes of the complaint. During the morning session sub--ponaes were requested by counsel for Glavis for the following perspns to give testimony regarding the Cun ningham and Wilson claims: Special Agent Horace T. Jones, of Portland, Ore.; Arthur R. Bowman, of Cheyenne, Wyo.; Andrew Kenne dy, of Seattlo, Wash; Henry Hoyt, attorney-general, of Porto Rico, and C. P. Richardson, of Seattle, Wash. Tho committee was asked to se cure several hundred telegrams, let ters and documents benring in vari ous ways upon the cases Involved, and tending to substantiate Glavis' testimony. Attorney Brandols offered a de tailed explanation of the correspond ence which he desired to introduce,.' when Senator Sutherland objected, saying: "Mr." Chairman, I think wo aro get ting moro evidence out of tho coun sel than out of the witnoss." tSenator Nelson, tho chairman, then directed Glavis to proceed with his testimony, and notified Brandeis that ho would be limited to tho ask ing of questions. It was dovolppod that Glavis and Hoyt had dlsoussod BaUlngor's ac tions in changing tho rules and tho regulations of tho land offlco, Glavis stating that "wo thought it was peculiar," Glavis tostiflod that ho told Bal linger that most of tho Alaskan cou entries, in his opinion, could bo can celled, because many of tho promi nent men lntorostod had formod a pool. Tho witnoss Btatod that Bal- (Continued on page 6.) 1 1 i hi in1 a ;8 m V -V. U mm