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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1912.
, SALEM, OREGON,
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JOT I fclUiS IS SWEPT QY FlflE
FIFTY-OT BLGffi ADE NUB
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ITV OFFICIALS ESTIMATE
I DAMAGE AT $6,000,000
FfREMEH DID HEROIC WORK
it Started Last Night in a South Houston Hotel and Was
Soon Beyond Control A Fi erce Gale Blowing Made it Prac
lically Impossible for the Firemen to Stop the Onward Rush
of the Flames, Which Were Swept a Half.a Block Ahead of
the Real Fire Other-Cities Give Aid.
; Hwiiton, Texas, Feb. 21. Houston
i-Gf li counting her losses and get
j her breath again after one of the
' lWt flres in her history. It started
5 j a hotel In South Houston last night
' !Mt 10 o'clock, and, with a strong
,' ,( blowing, the blaze was soon be
i tid control, though the fire depart
' sit put up a heroic fight, and were
; listed by the citizens In every way
i cisible. ' the sudden shifting of the
',id, which drove the flames back
aln toward the burned over district,
' ;i the firemen their chance, and
-ji morning all danger was over,
jur neighboring cities' tendered as
iUice, but most of it came too late,
JjIiMi morning fire fighting men and
jaifhlnery on their way to the city
, i Hopped by wire 'and told their
services would not be needed. There
were many spectacular and dramatic
scenes, and, when the fire was at Its
height, the flames, driven by the gale,
and carrying pieces of burning roofB,
and lighter material were simply ap
palling. It was Indeed "a hell of fire."
The mayor this morning said:
"Houston Is hurt, but not helpless or
disheartened, and can take care of her
people without aid " and already the
scarcely cold embers are being re
moved In a few places to make way
for new buildings.
After a visit to the burned section,
city officials at noon placed the fire
loss at $6,000,000. The flames de
stroyed 57 blocks of residences,
churches, schools, warehouses and
other buildings.
Promises Thrills.
San Francisco, Feb. 21.
Thrills are promised Ran Prn.
clscans by Howard Kearny, St
Loul8 aviator. Who nnniinii1 A
today that he would fly across
ln bay from the Oakland vl-
tlon field at 5 o'clock this after-
noon and sklin over San Fmn.
Cisco, following Market street
from the ferry building. On, the
way back to Oakland Kearney
will drop 1,000 tickets, admit-
ting the finders to the aviation
grounds.
NEARLY A
ullLLIOfl TO
WALKOUT
ALL ENGLAND
THREATENED
STRIKE THAT
YZE PRACTICALLY ALL INDUS-TRIES.
Tuxlrub Bandits Busy.
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New York, Fetx 21. Taxlcab
bandits who for days have ter-
worlzed New York, today com-
mltted another daring crime,
seizing Robert Scfeearer, an ar-
tlst, bustling him Into a taxi,
robbing him oM3(J and a watch,
and' after beating jhlin Into un-
consciousness, - throwing him
Into the street. Schearor gave
a good description , of the men
" who held him up. The police
believe the bandits mistook
8chearer for a rich man carry-
Ing a large sum of money.
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10 GL8E!i
Municipal Improvement League
Will Tackle the Job of Mak
ing Salem Be Good, at Least
on Sundays.
ALARMED OVER '
S ELECTED OFFICERS TODAY
IIS OPENED
I FOR TWO
! SCHOOL HOUSES
j It a meeting of the school board,
:MA the office of J. F. Laf ky yes
. iriij afternoon, the bids for the con-
Mion of two new school houses,
i In Richmond addition, and one In
! 'jbland addition, were opened. There
j m 15 bids in all, and most of the
ir were present. The bids ranged
:.'!WJ36,834 to $44,894. The bids of
jiltot W. D. I'ugh, Welch & Wright,
1 ln & McLaren and Snook &
j Truer were rejected, and the last "four
j a fere referred to the building
wimlttee for consideration, In con
j action with the attorney of the
.j w4, as to the regularity or lrrega-
Mr of the bid of W. D. Pugh, which
m reduced, by a communication to
at board, after the bid had been hand-
iln. The reduction in the bid of
f was $2644.
I UNITED PUEBB LtlSKD WIU1.
I Londoif, Feb. 21. Another confcr
The board then adjourned to meet ence of representatives of the 800,000
at the same place ut,,4- o'clock Wednes- coal miners of England, Scotland and
day. i Wales with agents of the coal com-
0 panles and the government, will be
M'GILCHRIST.SAVAGE j held today In an effort to settle the ex-
H'EDDIXG THIS EVENING, lstln8 difficulties growing out of the
1 i j demand of the miners for an Increase
The wedding of William McGlI-ln wa8ea'
Christ, Jr., and Mies Eva J. Savage, As a result of the recent ballot of
of this city, will take place this the i'1"6 of the United Kingdom on
evening at the Presbyterian church. al)0,lt a universal stoppage of work in
The couple will leave Immediately the mles of t'18 United IKngdom on
for the south. The honeymoon jour- February 29 unless the mine owners
ney will Include a trip to the Sand- cceVt tne Principle of a minimum
wlr.h Islands and will consume sev- wage for airmen and boys.
eral weeks, after which the young
couple will reside- In Salem.
We wish them a long and happy
married life and' believe that our
wish In this respect will be realized
9 thev are certalnlv the kind of neo-
pie to make the married relations probable riots and bloodshed.
pleasant. --
o . result of the terrific gale
Every effort will be made to adjust
the difference today for a strike of the
miners would result in tying up thou
sands of British industries, throwing
thousands out of employment and
causing much suffering, In addition to
sweeping Texas today.
that Is
Hundreds of
TERRIFIC GALE S WEI'S
TEXAS, DAMAGE IMMENSE small buildings are totally wrecked,
and It Is believed that further reports
uMTiD mess leased wins. w ghow heavy losses to ranchmen In
Austin, Tc.t., Feb. 21. More than cattle and horses. The street car traf
$2,000,000 damage 4s estimated as the fic In Austin Is demoralized.
II. S. Department of Agriculture.
30 WEATHER BUREAU.
X 5J WILLIS L MOORE, Chief..
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Salem and Vicinity: Show
,r 'onlght and Thursday,
outherly winds.
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Pint fliium. lowoat un
"? Pmi 12 hour,; aeconu. preclpliatUm of .01 Incb or mor. t..r put M boun; third, BaiUnam wind t.locli,.
Forfrtst Till S . m. Thurxdar.
Showers west tonight and Thursday, showers or snow flurries east portion tonight
or Thursday.
Km,
w'nds, becoming southerly.
Shippers' Forecast.
"hi-nent. far north a. Seatt.e against minimum tem,raturc. of .bout 40 d-yee.; nortbea.t ,
'wo, mj . . . ...i. si.iiivmi. 32 degrees. Mlmmura wniriun
m tonight, about 40 degrees.
degrees.
River Forecast
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Klver at Portland w III continue in uu " - . r.,.,,i, pP(,p.ir:
. EDWARD A. iiiiAivo, ii.Hiv.
i next two or three days.
Smokers Mutt Buy Their (Ignrs Sat
urday and Lows of Ire Cream,
Soda Pop mid Candy Munt Fill l'p
the Mght Before or Go Without I n
til Monday It s the State Law and
Will He Enforced.
If the plans of the Municipal Im
provement League, -tilch was orgiuii
Ized here yesterday, aa a result of. the
Dulgln revival meetings, and which
elected officers at noon today, are par
ried out, and there Is every reason. V?
believe that they will be, every biml
ness house and place of amusement,
save theatres, will be closed In the city
on Sunday.
For years and years past the peo
ple, despite the law on the statute
books to the contrary, have permitted
cigar stores, billiard rooms, news
stands and confectionery stores to
conduct business on Sunday. The
law says that all shops, stores, billiard
rooms and many other plnces, innst be
closed, making exceptions only. In fa-,
vor of theatres, drug stores, hotels, liv
ery barns and places handling the ne
cessities of life.
If, therefore, the league carries out
Its plan citizens who desire to enjoy a
good Havana cigar on Sunday will
have to do as the Indulger of the liquid
which cheers does now, make his pur
chase Saturday night. The same meth
od will have to be pursued by those ad
dicted to the habit of drinking soda
pop, eating Ice cream. Indulging in bon
bons and marshmrllows. News stands,
under the law, can also be taboed, but
It is not likely that the arm of the law
will be strong enough to reach the
news hoys, and, with an armful of pa
pers, he may likely be able to serve
the people who want Sundny reading.
Hut a week or so ago, Chief of Police
Hamilton, In obedience to Instructions
from Chairman Jones, of the health
and police committee, directed that
all shaking of dice for cigars or drinks,
or playing cards for the same or other
articles of value mimt cease. Bven
raffling games, where products, as
candy and gum, were raffled off, have
licen abolished. There seems to have
been only one game which the chief
has so far overlooked, and that Is
a checker game being run In a rendi-s-vous
in inn cii- fi pcr.r.7 2
It will only be a matter of time, how
ever, until his engle eye detects It, snd
It will also he abolished.
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Bladen Confesses.
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Portland, Or., Feb. 21. Harry
Bladen, arrested tn New Orleans
under the name of John C. Wal-
lace, and charged with -the ab-
ductlon of Hazel Aylesworth, of
Suisun, Cal., whom he married
at Oakland, has confessed to a
charge of robbery and assault
to commit murder In Portland
and will return without extradl-
tlon, according to telegrams re-
celved here by Captain of Detec-
tlves Baty from the chief of po-
lice of New Orleans.
li!S POL!
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CIES FtlOQRESSiVE
IE S.1!D OF LA F
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CUB
OG IS
PROFITAOLE
AN IXDCSTRV THAT
NEGLECTED, BUT
WHICH THERE IS
HAS BEEN
ONE IN
GOOD PRO
FITSA CROP EASILY GROWN
Ono of the Industries In th) Wil
lamette valley which has been sadly
neglected and which offers splendid
remuneration for the grower Is that
of growing ciicuri)trs for pickles.
There are at present not enough cu
cumbers grown In this vicinity to
support a pickle factory In Salem, al
tliougb the few growers that do en
?tf;'ula business, do so at a
nice to tbtmselves. Some
growers having a number of children
y,p ,t.)'(lle to do the picking, find
H'trtpfiiiily remunerative. As the
picking fihijlns abot June 10th and
lnats until October, tho children aro
thus enabled to care for the entire
crop, which will yield from $100 to
$150 per acre,
, The Gideon Stolz company, of Sa
lem, for a number of years conduct
ed a pickle factory. This concern
pays as high prices as are paid in
Portland, Tacoma or any of the oth
er cities where pickle factories
thrive and large quantities of cu-
cuiubors are gro'n. The Gideon
StolU company will be glad to quote
prices and make contracts If those
Interested will call on them, or phone
Main 2G.
What Gideon Stolz company niot
dealre la to get Into communication
with experienced growers who have
grown, cucumbers for euHtern pickle
factories; as these growers know the
prices elsewhere and know the meth
ods UHed and are usually better sat
isfied with tho results than the con
tractors making their first planting,
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WHATEVER IT IS,
IT IS INCORPORATED
With the object of "learning, dem
onstrating science, art chiropractic,
neuropathy and care for removing
morbific conditions of the sick," the
"Kugene Modern College of Chiroprac
tic Neuropathy and Evolutionary Acad
emy of Rejuvenescence and Snnstor.
lum" filed articles of Incorporation
yesterday. Incorporators, Dr. Thos. A.
Jenson, H. D. Bprlngnmlr, A. 8. Bprlng
melr and Dr. Ella II. Jenaon, Eugene.
The latter-day moral philosophy Is:
Be ust stud generous to th man you
can't lick.
GILL IS
ilflD FOR
MAYORALTY
foxiTSD rums umhhd wins J
Seuttlo, Feb. 21, With 233 precincts
not of a total of 2S1 heard from this
noon, results of the city primaries
hare remain practically unchanged.
Former State Senator Oeorge F. Cot
terlll, progresulv Democrat, and
Hiram C. GUI, stand-pat Republican,
former mayor, who was recalled last
year, are the nominees.
Thomas A. Parish, Republican, ran
third and M. A. Wells, Socialist, was a
clos fourth, with nearly 9000 votes
cast for htm.
The Socialists nominated E. J.
Drown for corporation counsel ; Frank
Illllebrant for comptroller, and It, V.
Jacob and John Burgess for council
men. It Is estimated that the total vote
was about (10,000 out of a total regis
tration of over 74,000.
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Progrens never got very big on
ward boost from th perfectly con
tented man.
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He Came Out Flatly for the Iniative and Refcrendm, the Short
Ballot, Direct Nominations by the People, the Presidential
Preference Primary, the Election of United States Senators.
By Direct Vote of the People, and in a Measure Went on
Record as Favoring the Recall Was Given an Ovation at'
Close.
Columbus, Ohio, Feb. 21. Pledging j'rebel yell,' handciapplng and the wav
himself flatly as for thts Initiative and(lng of handkerchiefs making the hall
referendum, the short ballot, direct a pandemonium of nolso and color,
nominations by tho people, the presl- j President Blgnlow, of the Ohio con
dentlal preference primary, the elec- stltutlonal convention, Introduced the
tlon of United States senators by direct j former president. He referred to Ben
vote, and, In a measure, going on rec-.Jnmln Franklin's popularity, aud Bald:
ord for the recall, former President "Ills world-wide fame was never sur
Roosevelt here today addressed the passed by any American cltlaen. savo
Ohio state couBtltutloiiul convention,
and outlined, as ho has never done so
fully before, just where he stands aa
to the progressive policies on which
It Is believed he may ugaln become a
candidate for the presidency.
Welcomed to Columbus by cheering
crowds, Colonel Roosevelt also re-
hlm who Is our guest."
Roosevelt's speech was repeatedly
interrupted by thunders of applause.
At the end of hjp Bpeech Colonel ,
Roosevelt posed for a flashlight pic-,
ture with Iilgelow, Gladden and the
reception committee of the convention.
On his leaving the chamber tho crowd
celved an ovation when he appeared In In the corridor demanded a speech, and
the convention hall. With little delay
he plunged Into his speech, which was
distributed for publication to tho news
RooBovolt snld:
"This constitutional convention muiit
represent not only you men of Ohio.
agencies under tho tltlq "A.. fcharter of but all of the nation In the effort to
Democracy." j shape government so we will hav
It Is estimated that more than 1000 rule by the people, and not by a part
persons heard ' Colonel Roosevelt's of the people."
speech, A demonstration, which lasted During his set spwrh Roosevelt's,
several minutes greeted his appear-.mention of La FoVlette and of his work"-
ance In the convention hall, cheers, the In Wisconsin was loudly cheered
IliULBERG
PURCHASES
FINE TRACT
A deal which means much to the
development and the beautlflcatlon of
the suburbs of Salem was pulled off
yesterday when, through the Oregon
Realty company, R. C, Hnllberg be
came the owner of 83 acres of land on
the Rlvorslde drive, Just outsldo the ' "tat ted immediately, and the tract will
city limits.
be doing a livelier business than at
present between the up-river cities ,
and the capital.
It Is Mr. Hallberg's Intention to sub
divide this new acquisition Into tracts
containing from one and one-half to
four acres. Riverside drive, which
skirts along one side of the tract, will
be connected up with Commercial
street at Hansen avenue as soon as
the divisions of the tracts aro com
pleted. The right of way for this
change bus been secured, and the sur
vey will be so made that winding
drives will drop gently from the plat
to Riverside drive. Mr. Hullbnrg has
pecured the services of W. J. Culver
to survey the tract. This work will be
Mr, Hallberg's new acquisition will
be known as the Riverside Acres. It
Is situated Inienullately adjacent
the Oregon Elctrlc railway as
he on the market about March 1.
Mr. Hallberg, who Is considered ono
of Salem's most energetic business
to , men, last year opened and put on the
It market Richmond addition, which has
leaves Salem for Albany. With a
gently sloping surface the location Is
a beautiful one, and presents from any
point of view an excellent panoramic
scene of the Willamette river. The
Oregon Eloctrlc railway, running
near the tract will, In a short time,
proved to be one of the best additions
to the city.
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The barn owl has a wondrous ap
petite for rats and mice; he should
be encouraged, but not with a ahot-gun.
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Quality is Oar
Specialty
At a glance yoa can recognize superiority
in "BISHOP'S READY TAILORED
CLOTHES." Tht hbrk' ' r.V.nhU.
The patterns and colorings are character
istic of good style. The tailoring in every
garment is of a class which marks dis
tinction. "The making in our garments has been
the making of our business." That's why
every smt with Bishop's Label is guaran
teed. Prices are moderate for the quality,
$15.00 to $35.00
Largest showing of New Spring Lines are
ready for your inspection.
Salem Woolen Mills Store
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