FLOOD IS SUBSIDING
Portland Now Out Of
Danger From High
Water
Portland, Feb. 7—Flood condi
tions are improved greatly since
yesterday. Small damage was
done to the water front The Wil
lamette river is now stationary
and it is believed that most of tin
water from the mountains has
passed so that the flood will sub
side in a few days.
J. E. Thwaites has returned to
t8ke his old position of mail clerk
‘on the Dora. \V. E. Springston
will also resume his duties as pur
ser.
Good beds and warm rooms at
the Allen.
Now Said Wickersham Will Be Re*
appointed Late In Session
Washington. Fob. 7—It is stated
on good authority that Attorney
General Moody h&s finished his
review of the report on the Wirker
»ham matter made hv District At
torney Hoyt and after n long con
ference with three recent arrivals
fronh Fairbanks advised the presi
dent that Hoyt’s report was unjust
It is said that Moody is strong in
his support, of the judge, upholding
him in every way possible. Tin
belief is now prevalent that Roose •
vclt will take no further action re
garding the appointment until late
in the session, when it appears to
be Certain that he will rean
pcVTnt Wieienham rhi cOn-inue
him in office until the expiration
of his own term of office.
‘Olympia, Feb. 7—The county
sheriffs of the state in convention,
have adopted a resolution urging
the state legisture to pass a bill
providing tor & whipping post for
wife heaters.
OXM I rff^llTTHI^J/3 with us means that
OU I rl U I BMtl you get just THE
GOODS you want, AEE you want, WHEN you want
them ahd THE WAY you want them.
That we have been successful in ^asiTnf ^^nnTFTTTT^
* denced by the fact that we do the LARGEST OUTFITTING
wnslNESS IN TOWN. We should have the business if MERIT
S^beTause OUR GOODS ARE THE BEST aud OUR PRICES
RIGHT.
As in illustration of this statement we wish to announce that the Alaska
Road Cdjihmissioh awarded us their seasons contract for provisions,
agiinst all Ideal and Seattle bidders.
LET US FIGURE ON YOUR OUTFIT.
BURIED IN SNOWSUDE
Great Northern Passen
ger Covered With
Snow
Seattle. F*-h. 7—The vlreat
Northern overland passenmr train
is huri*d in a snow slide at (iavnor.
Seven hundred workmen nr** at
work digging the train out. and
the passengers are all safe with
plenty of foo 1. Several | •a s*** ■ nger
trains are stalled hy the slide, t >na
having come through from tlie Fast
a:nce the 2d of Februaiv. Four
locomotives and two snow plows
are hurled in the heavy snow in
the Cascade mountains. It will be
several days before traffic can be
resumed.
Washington, Feb. 7—Ex-Go? -
ernor McGraw had a conference
with the Washington delegation
regarding the Alaska exposition
appropriation. They are all satis
fied with the state appropriation
and will go ahead to urge the fed
eral government to appropriate
money for the fair.
Seattle, Feb. 7—The claimant*
of the lake shore lands have asked
the legislature to repeal tin* ex
position appropriation bill provid
ing for the sale of the land and
pass one instead selling all shore
land to the abutting owners for
I
$2,000,000, half of which mav be
used for the exposition and the
balance to be used in the construc
tion of the Lake Washington canal.
Dawson, Feb. 7—John J. Healy,
of Siberian railroad fame, is in thu
city and it is reported that ht i*
here looking for copper properties
in the Canadian and American
| Yukdn country. He denies this
\ atement. saying that his mission
is exclusively in the interest of the
Alaska-Siberian road.
Tacoma, Feb. 7—The court haa
appointed a ctmmission to entw
ine into the sanity of Cheater
Thompson, and he will be tried for
sanity immediately after tb»
mission makes a report.