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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-06-24
TRAIN SERVICE ON THE 0. R. &N.
IS BEING INVESTIGATED TODAY

the desires of the public in the mat
ter of getting their moneys worth
when they pay the railroad companies
for transportation. Good service is
regarded as paramount, and next to
this the rate question ranks in i'm
portance 1t is believed that if the
people can get first-claSs service when
they pay for it the rate problems will
fall into line in natural order AMI the
remedies will follow fair investigation
and reasonable adjustment.
Especial interest is felt by the COM
missioners at this time in securing
improvement of train service between
Portland and Huntington and also be-
tween Portland and Ashland. 1t is
desired to get better handling of pas
senger train No. II, the daylight train
over the Southern Pacific from Ash
land to Portland Within the last
few days the railroads have put into
effect new time schedules. and it is the
commissions intention to allow a rea-
sonable time for testing these sched-
uleS."
Wheat rates on branch and main
lines carrying the products of eastern
Oregon wheat fields to Portland are
expected to come up within the next
few weeks, and the reasonableness
of rates will be investigated by the
commission.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-06-24

PORTLAND. June 24.-Adequacy of
train service on the 0. r. & N. rail-
road main line within the state Of
Oregon is being threshed out at hear
ing begun by the state railway COM
mission here today. The session is a
continuation of that held at Pendle-
ton recently. 1t is held at the direc-
tors room of the company, in the
Worchester building, and is, like all
meetings of the commission, open to
the public.
1t is to be determined by these
hearings whether the o. r. & N. COM
pany is giving a reasonably good train
serviceto towns on it's line in Oregon,
and particularly between eastern Ore
gon points and Portland. 1t is within
the power of the commission to remedy
inefficient service by 'recting that
changes be made, or that additional
train service be given.
The Portland hearing is held by
Commissioner G.. B. AitchisOn, who
later in the week will go to eastern
Oregon. Commissioners West and
Campbell are Investigating complaints
along the line Of the Corvallis & East
ern. Regarding the policy of the COM
mission in respect to precedence of
cases affecting the railroads, Commits
sioner Aitchison said
'The commission is keenly alive to
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-06-24

it is alleged, this company entered IN
to a conspiracy with numerous persons
with whom arrangements were mace
whereby certain shares of stock of the
Portland Coal & Coke company would
be given to the filers on the land.
The government allowing each en-
TRUMAN only 800 acres, the company
was compelled to enter into a number
of these conspiracy contracts, the
persons entering the land, it is al
legged, agreeing that the land SHOULD
not be patented for their use or bene-
fit, but was to be transferred to the
Portland Coal & Coke company.
The entries were all made since 1902
and at the United States land office at
Vancouver 1t is charged that the coke
company paid all the expenses OF ana
made the payments for the Individual
filers, all filings and entries being
made by the filers as agents OF, ana
for the use of, the two defendant cor
porations.
No blame is attached to the officers
of the land office at Vancouver. Tney
were ignorant, the complaint alleges
of the fraud being practiced, having
no way of ascertaining that the en-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-06-24
USE OIL FOR THE R0ADBED
0. R. & n. sprink|es Dusty Track
to Eliminate Annoyance

No longer will the travellers on the
line between Spokane and Pendleton
have to dig the dirt from their eyes
and sneeZe on account of dust rolling
up from the wheels of the trail.
Oil in large quantities will be spread
over the roadbed ana the worst tea
ture of summer travel will be elimi-
mated. The company intends to GO
over the roadbed three times Wit,
crude oil and when the process is COM
pleted there will be little dust left for
the discomfort of the passengers.
Work was begun Saturday and will
be continued until the road is thor
oughly oiled. This week the greasy
fluid will be applied between here and
Pendleton and after that the work will
be carried on to Spokane.
Thirty thousand gallons of crude oil
are to be sprinkled over the right OF
way until the road is free from the US
ual fog of dust which follows the sum-
mer train. The oil is stored in Pen
dleton and operations will be carried
on from that point.
Much satisfaction is expressed by
the travelling public over the new i'm
provement. Spring, summer ana tall
this stretch of track has been the worst
on the whole O. r. & n. system as
far as dust is concerned. Passing
trains by their draft raise great clouds
of dust and the discomfort of the ride
is so great as to Lften prevent people
from taking the trip. But with three
coats of oil on the loose dirt along the
track it is safe to predict that there
will be no more trouble along this line
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-06-24

TACOMA, June 24.-The gigantic
conspiracy to defraud the govern
ment of coal lands, charged in the
suits brought by order of United
States Attorney General Charles j..
Bonaparte against the Oregon Railroad
& Navigation company and the Port
land Coal & Coke company has caused
n sensation here, where they were filed.
The defendants are ordered to appear
and make answer to the alleged llle-
gal possession of the government
lands. it being set forth that there are
$500 acres of valuable coal lands IN
Lewis county. in the Vancouver
Washington, land district. of Whlch
Uncle Sam has been defrauded.
The Portland Coal & Coke company
il is alleged, managed the conspiracy
and caused all the land now in its
control to be investigated thoroughly
and exploited by the Oregon Railroad
& Navigation company, or at least at
the expense of the railway company
The complaint says the railway COM
pany organized the coke company Tor
the purpose of securing these coal
lands for the railroad. After the or
ganization of the subsidiary company,
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-06-24
GOVERNMENT APPARENTLY SATISFIED IF
COMPANIES PUT BACK THE COAL LANDS

tries were not made in good faith.
Those mentioned in the complaint as
defendants other than the two corpor-
atoms are: E. E. Lyle, Lizzie M. Ly-
tie. Charles Wanzer, Jane Doe Wanzer.
William Crooks, Jane Doe Crooks,
Marcus Simpson, Jane Doe Simpson,
Joel NJ. Long, Jane Doe Long, Villa r.
Mohler, c. r. Smead, Jone Doe
Smead, Mary B. Knowles, John Doe
Knowles, Kenneth A. J. Mckenzie, w.
A. Goss and Rebecca A. Goss.
suits being instituted because Of the
Five petitions are filed, different
number of people in whose names the
land entries are made.
The petitions declare that the claim
of the defendant corporations to any
title TO these lands for which patents
are issued should be denied. The
government asks that all the parties
mentioned in the suits be required to
make a full and complete answer to
the suits and that a writ in chancery
issue compelling them to answer the
governments allegations and that the
patents on the lands be cancelled and
the government title restored.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-06-24
SPOKANE BANKER HON0RED
v. ?. Winans is Alternate. Miles
c. MOOre'S Address

At the meeting of the state bank
ers in Spokane, w. P. Winans of the
Farmers Savings bank of this city
was elected an alternate delegate to
the convention of the American Bank
ers' association.
Former Governor Miles c.. Moore
paid deserving tribute to Theodore
Roosevelt in saying that in the present
condition of things in the United
States he was dist;nctively the man
of the hour. because he was not
afraid to attack crime and rascality
wherever it was found, among the rich
and influential as we'll as in the ranks
of the poor. Referring to the man of
the hour from the view point of the
banker he said the man was a man
of cOnscience-Of intelligence enough
to know and realize the responsibility
placed upon him in his capacity as
trustee for his depositorS; a man who
does not forget that his depositors
money is not his money, and who has
the moral courage to say no when the
occasion demands it.
The properly constituted banker is
man of unimpeachable integrity and
sound Judgment If he deserves it he
has the confidence not only of his
patrons, but of the entire community.
He is in a position to WELD a great
influence This he should exercise for
higher standards of citizenship, for
civic Righteousness and purer politics.
Sometimes he effects to believe that
it detractS from his standing as a
banker 70 be mixed up in disreputa BILE
party contests, and sometimes he is
not far wrong. But the time has come
when there must be a united effort to
purify politics if conditions are to be
improved
In all the great crisis of the cOun-
try the banker has borne his part.
Neither the war of the revolution nor
the war of the rebellion could have
been fought to a successful issue with
patriotism. Who does not remember
Jay Cookies distinguished service in
the sale of government bonds in the
gloomy days of the civil war, when
darkness curtained the hills. govern
ment credit was low, and patriots were
in despair
Patriotism. love of country, pride in
our institutions. interest in good gov
eminent must be inculcated if the re-
public is to endure. Patriotism is the
founda ton stone upon which the whole
fabric rests. 1t is this alone that
holds in bonds of unity eighty mil
lions of PEOPLE, saves us from the
terrors of anarchy and compels the
respect of nations
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-06-24
SLAYER OF KOTSOVOS
ARRESTED AS DESERTER

A deserter from Fort Walla Wal
Ia named BrOckman, alias st. Clair,
who was made notorious by his muir
der of a Greek restauranteur at Wal
lula last February, was returned to
the fort by Sheriff Haviland yesterday
Brockman deserted January 20, 1906
He escaped % Wallula where he en-
gagged in railroad work. February he
killed the Greek, whose name was
Kotsovos. During his trial, he was
recognized but he was not taken into
custody. Following his acqulttal
which resulted from testimony show
ing the killing to have been done in
self defense. Brockman returned TIC
Wallula, where he was arrested by
Sheriff Haviland.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-06-24

1t is said that the institution of
these suits merely opens the door to
further land fraud revelations. A
specially organized plan for inves-
land entries was undertaken
by the government some time ago, and
the secret service department of the
has had men working in
the northwest for months.
A technical description Of the prop
erty and the names of persons who
are charged with entering into the
conspiracy in acquiring the land for
the railroad company are given in the
papers filed.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-06-24
NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL ASSO
CITATION MEETING,

Los Angeles, California. July to
-. For the above occasion the O. r.
& N. announce special round trip rates
will be made to Los Angeles as fol-
lows:
Rate, S47.75. Selling dates, July 2
and g. Going limit July 8; final re-
turn limit September Is, 1907. Stop
overs will be granted in either direc-
ton.
For full particulars call at the o. R.
& N. city ticket Office No. p Main
street.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-06-24
There Are Few

People who know how to take care of
themselves-the majority do not. The
liver is most important organ in the
body. Herbine will keep it in condition.
V. c. Simpkins. Alba, Texas, writes: II
have used Herbine for Chills and Fever
and find it the best medicine I ever
used 1 would not be without it. 1t is
as good for children as it is for grown
UP people, and 1 recommend it. 1t is
fine for La Grippe. Sold by A. B. Shell
ton.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-06-24
A Fortunate Texan.

Mr.. E. w. Goodloe og 1907 ST. Louis
ST., Dallas, Tex, says. ''In the past
year 1 have become acquainted with
DR.. Kings New Life Pills, and no lax
ative I ever before tried so effectual-
ly disposes of malaria and billiousness"
They don't grind nor grippe. 25c at E. l..
Smalley's drug store.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-09-13
Nlneteen.Hour Days.

Our hours said nature stud.
ent, are nothing to the birds. Why,
some birds work in the summer 19
hours a day. Indefatigably they clear
the crops OF insects.
The thrush gets up at 23O every
summer morning. He rolls up his
sleeves and falls to work at once. And
he never stops till $3.50 at night. A
clean 10 hours. During that time he
feeds his yoracious young 206 times.
The blackbird starts work at the
same time as the thrush, but he lays
on earlier. His whistle blows at 1880,
and during his 17-hour day he sets
about 100 meals before his klddies.
The titmouse is up and about by 3
mouse Is said to feed his young, AT
In the morning, and his stopping time
Is at night. A fast worker, the tit.
meals-meals of caterpillar mainly
In the long, hard, hot day"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-09-13
c. D. 6 M. OFFICIALS
MAY COME BACK
Worthington May be Given
Cold Shoulder.
Road Can Easily be Rebuilt from
Mock Road Direct to Glenmary
Park.

There is a possibility that the peo-
pie of Worthington have seriously
their traction interests
by their attitude toward the Colum-
bus. Delaware and Marion road. Since
the town council there has ordered
the tracks of the road through the
place torn up Immediately. it is pos
sible that the officials of the road
will conclude to eliminate Worth
igton from the C. ID. and M. route.
The road can take this action with
out a great expense. When the road
from Columbus to Delaware was
first planned there were two routes
possible, and rights of way for both
were secured. The company can
build a cutoff north from the Mock
road to Glenmary park, leaving
Worthington to the west by almost
mile.
Whether or not this will be done
has not been officially stated. But
since the Worthington council has
taken extreme measures it is prob
able that the officials of the road will
resort to the same measures.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-09-13
MISS GRACE BUSH
BECOMES A BRIDE
United In Marriage to Oscar
]. Lusch.
Ceremony Performed Thursday
Afternoon by Rev. M. S. Bush
of Pittsburg.

The wedding of Miss Grace e.
Bush and Mr.. Oscar j. Lusch was
solemnized at the home of the bride $
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. E. e. Bush,
at the corner OF East Center street
and Boone avenue, at $3.50 O'Clock
Thursday afternoon. The company
present was made up only of the i'm
mediate relatives of the two young
people. The ceremony was performed
by Rev. VI. S. Bush, of Pittsburg,
a cousin of the bride.
Immediately following the cere-
mony, the young people left for
Mackinac and Petoskey, where they
Will spend their honeymoon. They
will be at home to their friends after
October l at their residence on South
Seffner avenue.
The ceremony which united Mr..
and Mrs. Lusch was simple but
pretty in its arrangements The
bride was attired in a travelling cos
tune. The Bush home was nicely
decorated with astors and dallas, the
color scheme being white and green.
Both of the young people have a
wide acquaintance in Marion and
are popular with all who know them.
The out-of-town guests were Mrs.
A. A. Bush. Rev. and Mrs. M. s.
Bush and Eli Bush. the brides grand
father, of Pittsburg.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-09-13
Senator Pettus, Library.

The late Senator Pettus of Alabama
was "Forty-niner." going overland
to California in the early days and en-.
gaging in placer mining. He took with
him on that long and tedious journey
three books, the Bible. Shakespeare
and Burns poems.
He said OF them at one time not
long since; Il read the Bible from
cover TO cover; read the side notes;
! read the captions OF the chapters; |
learned great parts Of It by heart, and
| haven't forgotten them yet. learned
many OF Burns poems by heart and
much of Shakespeare In the same way,
too" Such reading OF these three
books was an education In Itself 1t
Is not likely that many miners en-.
gagged in that search for wealth spent
their leisure in as profitable way.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-09-13
KLEIN MAIERS

IOnce.
! The Christian Women's Board oi
/ Missions of the church, at a monthly
meeting held Thursday afternoon al
the home of Mrs. Frank Thew on
John street, arranged to meet a part
lof the expense of the improvements
The society also decided to meet the
expense of educating an orphan, a
work which is in charge of the church
in general.
The following officers for the en-
suing year were chosen: Mrs. ].
A. Weidman, president: Mrs. Frank
q. Norton, vice president; Miss
Amanda Decker, secretary; Mrs. Ma
ry Wasson, secretary; Ernest Phil
lips, reporter.
An, interesting program on the sub
ject, United States" was given. Mrs.
Wasson read paper on Work in
the United States" and select read
ings were given by Mrs. Thew, Mrs.
Norton and Mrs. Frank Camp.
The annual district convention of
the @. w. b. NJ. will take place at
the Central Christian church, the first
and second days OF October. Mrs.
Thew, Mrs. Wasson ana Mrsr Weld
man were elected delegates from the
First Christian church.
The society will hold its next
meeting the second Thursday OF oc-
tober at the home of Mrs. Mary Was
son on Bellefontaine avenue.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-09-13
DEMOCRATIC
CAUCUSES
Held Throughout County
This Evening.
INTEREST IS CENTERED
IN Coming Contest For State
Representative.
County Convention Will Be Held
Saturday Afternoon at One O'Clock
at Court House.

Tonight between Z and o'clock,
Democratic caucuses will be held at
all of the precincts in the county
for the purpose of choosing delegates
TO the convention whicn will be held
at the courthouse, Saturday to NOM
mate candidate for representative.
A great amount of interets is CEN
tered in the contest and it is ex-
pected that the caucuses will be well
attended.
The men who are after the nom
ination are Charles w. Criswell, M.
B Chase and William n. Smith, of
Marion, and John e. Dutton, of
Agosta. 1t is also hnted that there
is a possibility of dark horse
springing up at the last minute.
Thomas Gruber, mayor of Gale
donia, will act as temporary chair
man and Charles Justice will be the
temporary secretary. There will be
157 delegates in attendance and 70 of
them will be from this city.
The Republicans will nominate
their candidate at convention to
be held a week from Saturday. Those
who seek the Republican nomina-
tion are s. e. DeWolfe, Thomas d.
Emery, Hoke w. Donithen, Peter C.
Sells and Truman Lewis. Fred w.
Warner Is slated to be temporary
chairman of the Republican conven-
tlon.
The Democratic convention will be
called promptly at o'clock Saturday
afternoon.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-09-13
LOCAL
EVEN rs

A son was born this morning to
Mr.. and Mrs. s. r. Bucklew, of
Willow street.
The funeral of the late Mrs. s.
II. Bartram will take place from
the residence Saturday morning at
ten o'clock.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred w. Warner, of
No 249 Blaine avenue, are parents
of seven pound baby girl, born at
noon today.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-09-13
NEW CARRIERS
Two Men to be Added to Fsrce
Monday.

Postmaster Dickerson today re-
ceived a list of the men who were
successful in passing the examina-
tion for mail carriers recently held
here, Beginning Monday the local
force OF carriers will be increased
from nine to eleven men and the
entire city will be redistrlcted so that
everyone living within the corporation
VIII get the benefit of daily delivery
The two new carriers will be- Lewis
T. Young and Lewis f. Bailer.
When the increased force begins
work, the plan of having the carriers
window open for an hour during the
evening will be abolished and instead
there will be an evening distribution
In the business part of the city.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-09-13
Personals
..

| Mrs. Madge Balch, OF Delaware,
visited friends in the city today.
Mr.. Edward Munnell was looking
after business in Urbana, Ohio, today
Miss Grace Willis, of Delaware, was
the guest Friday of Marion friends
and relatives.
John Seawright Of Fies Avenue,
is recovering from severe at
tack of typhoid fever.
James A. Knapp of the Marion
County Fair board, is in Sandusky
today attending the fair there.
The infant child of Mr.. and Mrs
lR. Il. Davis of Uncapher Ave-
1nue is critically i'll with cholera in
fantum.
John Mayhem of the Boulevard,
who is critically i'll with neuritis,
day.
Roy Wiant. of South state street,
and his guest, Miss Ruth Moore, of
Pontiac, Michigan, left today for a
Vlsit WIN friends In Dayton
Mrs. Hugh Kinds, of Springfield,
and Mrs. Marcellus Kerstetter left to-
day for visit with friends and rel
atives at Columbus.
Mrs. J. w. Knapp and son Lincoln
after a visit of a month with her
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. d. II. Lin
coin, will leave for her home in
New York City, this evening.
Mrs. George Washington Black, Of
Espyville, has returned home after
an extended visit with friends and
relatives at Sandusky and Cedar
Point. Mrs. Black was accompanied
home by her cousin Miss Frances
Jones who will be her guest for
several weeks.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-09-13
DELAWARE CHIEF
REINSTATED THURSDAY
Six Hours are Spent In Hear
ing the Case.
Board Of Public Service at Close of
the Hearing Rendered a Favor
able Decision.

Delaware. o., Sept. 1s.-Chief of
Police w. b. Matthews, who Monday
was suspended from office on the
charge OF conduct unbecoming a
city official" was reinstated Thurs
day afternoon, after the board of
safety spent six hours IN hearing the
case and then returned a favorable
verdict.
Whether or not the unified charges
alleging the chief TO have been in
Innate with Mrs. Anna Davis will
now be heard is matter which can
not be determined as both the mayor
and city solicitor are reticent on the
subject.
lt is very probable that the final
outcome OF the matter will shape It.
self into political issue In the may
crafty race in the coming election.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-09-13
MARION SPEAKER
Mrs. c. c. Hand to Deliver Address
ut Bellefontaine.

Mrs. Clarissa G.. Hand, matron
of the Waddel Children's Home,
is to be one Of the speakers at
the Ohio State conference of
Charities and Corrections, to be
held at Bellefontaine, four days
beginning October %. Mrs. Hand
will speak on work in institutions
for children.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-09-13
ELKS WILL
BRING SUIT
Against Grand Opera House
Co.
ANNUAL REPORT MADE
BY the Board of Trustees
Last Evening.
Uniformed Rank X. of P. to Attend
the Unveiline Of the Mckinley
Monument.

Mrs. G.. b. Smeltzer and Mrs. M.
G. Chips returned yesterday from
Tiffin where they attended the d.
A. r. state convention. Mrs Chips
was elected National representative
for term of Ave years.