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n TIIE MORNING OREGOXIAX, MONDAY, JANUARY 11, 1909. GOOD SPORT LIKELY! MULTNOMAH'S CRACK 125-POUND BOXER GREATLY NEEDED ABY'S SUF Classy Events Promised for Inter-Club Meet. Depredations of Wild Animals Cost State $800,000 Each Year. MUCH INTEREST AROUSED BOUNTY LAW IS FERING ENDS SMALL BREEDERS STOPPED Former Bounty Law Repealed at Tftna When Coyotes Were Nearly' Exterminated, and Work Will Ilave to Be Done Over Again. PENDLCTOX. Or.. Jan. 6. (To the Ed ltor.) There Is now In every Western State a well-defined sentiment demanding that property shall be protected, and to this end we witness throughout all of Oregon a determined move on the part of all our rural population to secure the passage of a bounty law upon predatory wild animals. In the demand for the passage of a bounty law we find the farmer, poultry- raiser, cattle-breeder and sheep-breeder all united In deploring the constantly In creasing loss of poultry and livestock as a result of these predatory pests. Oregon once had a bounty law, and as a result of Its operations these predatory animals, particularly the coyotes, were nearly exterminated, but through the shortsighted policy of our Legislature the law was repealed Just at a time when Its enforcement would have been the least expensive and of the greatest good to the livestock interests of the state. The coy otes had been nearly eradicated and, had the law been allowed to remain in force, the cost to the state would be insignifi cant and the resulting gain to the stock interest would have amounted by this time to many million dollars. Since the re peal of the bounty law these destructive wild animals have been rapidly Increasing and are now a more serious menace to the stock Industry than they were 16 years ago. It li estimated by people in a position to judge that the loss to the poultry and livestock breeders of this state through the ravages of wild animals amounts to fully JSOO.wX) a year. This Is an enormous sum, but Its total does not represent all the Injury that Is done to the state by these plagues, for the coyotes have been an Important factor In discouraging hun dreds of small breeders from engaging In the livestock industry in a small way. As a rule the general public Is led to believe that the sheepman Is the only suf ferer from predatory wild animals. Noth ing could be further from the truth, for while the loss to the sheepmen from thla source is very heavy, the cattle-breeder and poultry-raiser and general farmer are also heavy losers. Coyotes) Raid Poultry Yards. Throughout Eastern Oregon hundreds of farmers have found it Impossible to breed or keep poultry of any kind because of the dcstructlvenees of the coyotes. This Is a severe embarrassment to the small farmer, for when he Is compelled to pur chase what poultry and eggs his family consumes, the expense becomes burden some, to say nothing of the profits that might accrue to him from the raising of market poultry and eggs. Over all East ern Oregon fresh eggs are always at a premium, simply because these small farmers have been driven from the poul try Industry by the constant ralda of the prowling coyote. . . At the last meeting of the Oregon 'Wool-growers- Association fully a dozen cattle men who were present told of the great loss of calves that they were sustaining through the depredations of coyotes. Many of them referred to losses of older stock from cougars, but It was the con sensus of opinion among these cattlemen that the coyote were their most serious enemy. Throughout the entire state the cattle-breeders have come to realize the Importance of their loss, for the loss of a few calves Is now of more Importance to them since their herds have been reduced than it was a few years ago, when Gov ernment grass was more plentiful than It Is today. It can be substantiated that fully ino.000 sheep are killed by coyotes In the State of Oregon every year. Of course, wildcats and cougars cause some loss to the sheep man, but It la of no Importance compared to the loss caused by coyotes. At lambing time fully 90 per cent of the Oregon coy otes live upon a diet of Spring Jamb for more than two straight months. Unfor tunately, the coyote does not select the delicate, scrawny lamb for his meal, as It Is always the big. fat. healthy lamb that strays farthest from his protecting mother and thus falls a prey to the ever present coyote. Strayed Sheep Easy Prey. In a range country It Is always lmpos pnsslble to herd sheep without occasion ally losing a small bunch that drift off from the herd and are not missed until the next morning. . In a section where coyotes are scarce these lost sheep could remain out for several days without be ing molested, but now, with coyotes as thick as they are, he Is fortunate Indeed to obtain the return of any live sheep from a lost bunch. The expenses of the sheep-breeder are greatly Increased be cause of the added help needed to fight coyotes from his flock. No matter what may be said about the sheep breeder he has done more to keep lown predatory wild animals than all other agencies In the state combined and were It not for his ef- I forts along: this line, stockralslngf would be well nigh Impossible In Eastern Oregon and all other range states. They have persistently poi soned, have trapped and employed hunters to rid their ranges of coyotes but their efforts have largely been nullified because the others Interested In their section have failed to do their part. Many of the larger farmers have no concern In tho destruction of coy otes and allow them to breed and live upon their farms. We hear much stress laid upon the fact that the coyote Is a friend of the farmer and fruit raiser because, he keeps down the rabbit pest, but I want to say right here, and without fear of successful contradiction, 'that the coyotes have" never destroyed enough rabbits In any country to be of any consequence whatever. The only time the coyote destroys any rabbits is at nesting time and before the young are able to run. but the num ber so killed Is so slight as to be of no censequence whatever. A few years ago we had In Eastern Oregon a great rabbit pest but through the influence of an infectious disease SO per cent of these rabbits died off. It was heralded through the press that they were dying of tuberculosis but such was not tne case as investigation howed 'hem to be seriously affected with a tapeworm disease. It would now appear that within the last three years tbU disease has almost disap peared and the rabbits are Increasing attain at a rapid rate and this at a time wnen me coyoirs ir i"" v they were before which shows con-A : ' -7' ' ' v -r - v v:-v: 7 -IJ - p: r ' - ' : & " ' ' ' i ' : OLMIB DIUNGA, WHO WILL MEET BOXER OP THE SPOKANE CLIB IX PORTLAND NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT. clusively that the number of rabbits depends in no manner upon the num ber of coyotes. All experienced men of Eastern Oregon know that this story of the coyote destroying the rabbit is a fake, for we all know that one coy ote cannot catch an old rabbit, and in order to kill any at all, they must double team him. Now, everybody knows- that a dog can catch a coyote and everybody also knows that a dog does not catch an average of one rabbit per month and this being true, how ridiculous it is to assert that the coyote, a slower animal, has ever been a factor in reducing the number of rabbits. Rabbits Easily Kept Out. This rabbit question is not a ser ious one for every gardener, fruit raiser or alfalfa farmer can absolutely protect his crops against rabbits at the small cost of three cents per foot for wire netting. For less than $S0, any 10-acre tract can be fenced so that it will be absolutely rabbit proof for all time to come. It would appear to me that It would be far cheaper for these farmers to build such fences than to allow this continual loss of almost $1, 000,000 per year from these depreda tions. The coyotes of Eastern Oregon have long since learned that the farmer's fat hen or the new Spring lamb furnishes a choicer and more deli cate morsel for his morning meal than does the rabbit, and that they can be obtained at one-half the physical ex ertion. v The coyote problem Is a most serious one west of the Cascade Mountains in Oregon, as for the last four years they have been increasing very rapidly and they are now one of the most Important factors in retarding the development of that section. No district in the world can equal the Willamette Valley for the profits to be derived from the ownership of small bands of sheep, but with the ! present abundance of coyotes it is lmpos-sibl- to run sheep in many portions of the valley without most serious losses. The small farmer In the Valley with only 100 sheep cannot afford to keep a herder with them to protect them from coyotes, as does the larger flockmaster In Eastern Oregon. If the coyote pest in the Valley could be abated, I am sure that within three years the Income from sheep In that section alone would amount to $500,000 per year more. Local Association Bounties. ThitcA ,wivnte ere. an. destructive that at certain places in the Valley local as sociations pay as much as t2o for the de struction of a single coyote, but beforo these animals can be eradicated in tne nmo,in v.vmrrv venr thousands of Coy otes follow the Eastern Oregon sheep to his Bummer grazing grouna near mo summit of the Cascade Mountains, and r Jf . f MISS MABEL BROWNELL, IN TriB GREAT DIVIDE," AT HE1LIG THEATER TONIGHT. ........ sss.eesssss.ss-eeesess m i t from there over two-thirds of them find their way into the valleys of Western Oregon. This will be true every year until a bounty law is enacted which will reduce the coyotes of Eastern Oregon. Oregon has a game law and Game Wardens, but If she has a sincere desire to protect her game birds and animals the enactment of a county law on coy otes, cougars and wildcats will do more for the protection of our game In a single reason than our game laws can do in ten years. Cougars kill more deer In our mountains than all the hunters .v.- .o .nmhinoH Kastern Oresron has been depleted of its grouse, and the nMlrl. phlrtftnl Are entirely eradicated , ' - I hv thj. Mvntpx alone. i It is frequently charged that bounty laws permit a great amount of fraud, but this need not be so, for such a law can be so constructed as to eliminate all fraud S. W. M'CLUEE. ACTRESS HIKES HIGH RSI 3IIS9 MABEL BROWXEJLIi WEfS GREAT POPULARITY. Star In "The Great DiTlde," at Heilig Tonight, - Under Long Contract With Henry Miller. Miss Mabel Brownell, who essayed the role of Ruth Jordan In "The Great Di vide," which was taken by Margaret Anglin during the Eastern run of this worthy play, was Margaret Illington's alternate in the trying role of Marise, in 'The Thief," at the Lyceum Theater, New Tork, and many times had an op portunity to enact the role that has given Daniel Frohman's pretty wife an en viable prominence. It was in this part that Henry Miller,. astute as well as ar tistic, saw in her the possibilities that prompted him to make her one of his stars. Miller has her under a contract that will run 12 years, which Is suf ficient commentary regarding his faith in her value to the American stage. Miss Brownell will be seen at the Hel llg Theater for four nights, beginning to night, with a special matinee Wednes day, with Henry Miller's excellent cast of players In this, the long-awaited Ideal American drama. ANNOUNCEMENTS. Thompson is the foremost authority on eyes. Second floor Corbett building. Fifth and Morrison. Multnomah Will Meet Spokane Ath letic Club Next Friday Xlght, When 'a Good Card of Boxing and Wrestling Will Be Seen. The last interclub boxing and wrestling tournament of the regular season will take place at the Multnomah Club gym nasium next Friday night, when the two premier boxers and the duo of crack wrestlers from the Spokane Amateur Athletlo Club come to Portland for the purpose of trying conclusions with the mitt and mat artists of the Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club, who have been developed by Instructors Fred Bennick and Eddie O'Connell. The card on that night promises to prove the most interesting tourney in the history of the Interclub events. Spokane Is known to possess a number of splen did youngsters in each division, and, realizing that such is the case, the Mult nomah Club classes have worked hard and faithfully to develop the men best qualified to uphold the honor of the winged "M." The boxers who will defend the colors of Multnomah against the visitors will be Olmar Dranga and Gene West. The first named Is an idol of the club, for he demonstrated that he was the best 126 pound boxer on the Pacific Coast last May when he defeated the pride of Se attle as well as scoring over the best youngster at that weight of the Olympic Club. San Francisco, . Young Granfield. Dranga Is one of the most promising young boxers ever developed in Portland. He possesses none of the Instincts of the embryo professional and Is content to maintain the laurels gained in amateur competitions against any lad of his weight on the Coast, or for that matter. In any other part of the country. Wins Slany Laurels. He is a splendidly built athlete and has frequently demonstrated his worth on be half of the club. Incidentally he has dis played more class than any other boxer at his weight In the xMorthwest, and, while it is admitted that he is pitted against one of the best youngsters ever developed at the Spokane club, his many admirers anticipate he will have little dif ficulty in winning his event. However, Dranga makes' no such claims. He sim ply confines himself to the modest state ment that he will do his best, and that is sufficient to guarantee that this match alone will be well worth the time and trouble to visit the club on the night of the Interclub events. Dranga seems to have the happy faculty of never under estimating an opponent. Gene West, the Multnomah Club's 136 pound crack. Is one athlete who has earned the approval of the boxing enthu siasts for the reason that he is a glutton for real scrapping. In most of his bat tles he has been punished severely, but always comes back smiling and seemingly likes the- harder scraps the best. He possesses considerable science and is shifty on his feet, but when pitted against an antagonist who likes to mix it, he is always on the Job and has proved him self to be able to give as good in return for what is sent his way. West will have a hard game next Friday night, but the fans can rest assured that he will account for himself creditably. Stronger In Wrestling Division. Among the wrestlers the club's repre sentatives stand an excellent chance to clean up against Spokane. Yesterday morning this was demonstrated In one of the final matches held to decide who should represent the club in the 135-pound division. B. D. Smith was 'pitted against Swlnny, the winner of the bout to have the glory of representing Multnomah against the Spokane bunch. Smith suc ceeded In defeating Swinney, but the match was one that will long be remem bered by the few who witnessed It. The defeated candidate gave his conqueror all that was coming to him, and the victory was well earned. Instructor O'Connell may well be proud of bis 135-pound class, for all of the tryout events have produced some really high-class wrestling on the part of the ambitious mat artists who de sired to compete In the main events against Spokane. One more tryout remains to decide the club's representative in the. US-pound class, and this event will be decided to night, when Dr. Tuttle andiFranske meet in the final bout. The victor will be sent against the best man in the Spokane Ath letic Club, and this honor insures that the match tonight will be a contest worthy of anybody's time to see. Both wrestlers are keen to gain the honor, and as both have been attentive students of O'Connell's methods, a first-class bout should be In order when they get together. The Spokane team will come to Port land Thursday and will rest up for one day preparatoiy to the big tournament. Each club has been defeated by Seattle and have return matches with that club, therefore the entries are anxious to win In this Instance in order to further their chances against the Elliott Bay bunch. FANDOM AT RANDOM SIX WEEKS hence McCredle, Casey and the other balltossers who will represent the two Portland clubs will begin reporting at Santa Barbara, where the preliminary Spring training stunts will take place. George Schreeder Is quoted as saying that he expects to depend upon Bill Hurley as the first baseman of the Ta coma club during the coming season. Schreeder had better send "Hough House Bill" to some remote place where he Is not likely to displease the patrons of the game. Anyhow, what's the mat ter with Kellackey? , A Philadelphia paper, in commenting on Portland, says: "Manager Casey, of the Portland, Or., northwestern League team, answers to the name of Pearl. Pearl Casey Is about as musical as Gladys O'Brien." Casey's handle, strict ly speaking, is Perle Barnes, but even then it is not necessary to apologize to Gladys. Room 611, Beck building. Is rapidly becoming the fanning headquarters. Here Is found genial William H. Lucas, ensconced in a comfortable chair, and several more equally comfortable chairs ready for occupancy at any time. Be sides the place Is real cozy and con venient refuge from the icy blasts of the outer world. - According to Pee Bee (Portus" Bax ter), of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Dugdale does not want either Phil Geier or Truck Eagan, both of whom are said to have been offered to the Seattre magnate. With eggs 5 cents apiece and scarce at that. Dug probably needs the money to buy more hens for his Ballard Beach ranch. Cruel Eczema Is Instantly Relieved by Soap Lake Soap HEALS UP AND CURES COMPLETELY Just like lemonade to a parched throat that's the way Soap Lake Soap lather feels to an itching skin. It tingles, cools and dries. Until you try it yourself, and then try it on Baby's tender skin, you can have no idea of its soothing, cooling effect. NO CHEMICALS IN THIS . The soap consists solely of vegetable butter and Soap Lake Salts. The butter simply holds the salts in convenient bar form. It's the salts that possess the curative properties, and these salts are just as NATURE DEPOSITED THEM In that unique natural wonder, Soap Lake, Washington. In her own mysterious way, Nature gave Soap Lake medical salts some proper ties that are possessed by no other material. JSTo chemist has been able to duplicate or imitate Soap Lake Salts. These peculiar proper ties are all retained in the Soap Lake Soap. . LATHERS QUICKLY " Just in working up a lather with your hands you will feel the in fluence of the soap. Apply the lather to the affected parts, rinse off, leave exposed to the air and let it dry. Apply as often as required to give relief and keep down the itching. There is no possibility of over doing it, and there is no danger. From the start, you will see the cura tive effect, and it is only a matter of a short time before the trouble has disappeared and the skin is clean and healthy. FOR SALE AT ALL DRUGGISTS If your druggist doesn't have Soap Lake Soap in stock, send us his name; we will send you free sample for your courtesy, and will inform you where you can purchase the soap. SOAP LAKE Soap Lake, Wash. Address HI GETS til Mi MAXAGKK ROWLAND COMES WITH FINE RECORD. . New Northwestern league Magnate Had Successful Career With Butte Three-Ej Iieaguo Team. DUBUQUE. Iowa, 'Jan. 9. T( Special.) Probably the most important change which has been made in the complex ion of the Three-Eye League since the close of the 1908 season is the signing of Clarence H. Rowland, manager of the Dubuque team during the past year, to manage the Aberdeen team of the Northwestern League. Mr. Row land leaves in a few days for the Northwest to take up his new work, and goes with the best wishes of every one who has been in any connected with the affairs of the Three-Eye League. In securing the services of Rowland for manager for the 1909 season, Aber deen has made no mistake, for if there is an aggressive baseball man in the country, that man is Rowland, and if there is a man who can size up a play er and get the best possible out of him, that man is Rowland. He a thorough baseball man, and a natural leader, and knows just how to keep his men in fighting trim from the opening of the season till the last ball has been tossed over the plate. Rowland has been identified with the Three-Eye League for the last six years, having (single-handed) landed the first Three-Eye franchise ever held by Dubuque, 1903. Since then he has been in constant connection with the affairs of the Dubuque team and league. He Is a wide-awake manager, is quick to discover the weaknesses of his oppon ents and even quicker to take advantage of these weaknesses. Along with these other necessary traits in the management of baseball players, he has proven an expert in de veloping raw material. Such men as Frank Smith, a, pitcher of the Trl-State Clarence H. Rowland, New Jinn, ajer Aberdeen Baseball Team. League, formerly with Cincinnati; Joe Beaver, of Peoria; George Hughes, John Carr and "Dada" Cahill having re ceived their first lessons from him. He is in close touch with a number -'- -;j I F " V ; t I s : . - J. ; t - ' 'i t I f -ml t - - SALTS REMEDY CO. Seattle, Wash. Portland Office, 243 Stark of managers of the major organiza tions, and has recommended a long list of players who have made good and are still making good In the major leagues. Among them may be men tioned Larry Doyle, of the New Tork Giants; Purteil, of the Chicago White Sox; Tom Tennant, of the White Sox; Dick Egan, of Cincinnati; Art Krueger, of Columbus, formerly of Cincinnati; Art Wilson, of the New York Giants; Swaclna, of Pittsburg. Rowland always keeps in close touch with his players, is not offensive and overbearing like many men In like po sitions, but is a fellow whom they all like, consequently he la always able to get good work out of them. He is one of the best versed men in baseball in the country, regardless of what league they may be in, and it will not be at all surprising If another year or two sees him step higher up In the profession. NO ANSWER FROM O'CONNELIi Local Wrestler May or 3Iay Not Take on Young Hackenschmidt. Young Hackenschmidt, who issued a challenge agreeing to throw Ed O'Con nell, the Multnomah Club's clever in structor, four times In an hour recently, yesterday stated that If O'Connel de layed much longer in accepting the offer he would arrange for a ma' 'l with Franklin, the Seattle wrestler, and pull the bout oft here or in Seattle. Hackenschmidt claims that his offer is made in good faith and that he has his money posted, and therefore expects some kind of a definite answer from the Multnomah Instructor Immediately. He contends that, as he is on the ground. UNINTERRUPTED SERVICE . VIA ASTORIA & COLUMBIA RIVER RAILROAD Beginning Sunday, Janu ary 10, two additional trains daily in each direc tion between Portland, Rai nier and intermediate points. For time, see Union Station Time Card. Through Service to ASTORIA & SEASIDE .For tickets and parlor car reservation: 122 Third St., Third and Morrison Sts., Union Depot. Portland, Oregon. Street. the expense of bringing him out here from the East, or arranging a match by wire. Is eliminated, and above all, he reiterates his confidence In his ability to accomplish the handicap he has set for himself. O'Connell's Intentions In the matter are not known positively, although he Is said to have decided not to take on any more men heavier than himself, and In this decision be may be using the best Judgment, although his many friends do not believe that Hack enschmidt can toss the agile ex-Yale man as he boasts. Albany Givea to Italians. ALBANY, Or., Jan. 10. (Special.)--Col-lections for the earthquake sufferers In Italy wero taken today In the Roman Catholic Churches of the Albany parish. Rev. Father Arthur Lane, rector of the parish, conducted the servle- . In the Lebanon Church and Rev. Father John Moran, the assistant rector, was in charge of the services here. In both churches good collections weresecured to swell the rellpf fund. Diseases of Men arlooeal. Hydrosale. 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