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VOL. MIL NO. IGvSIG. PORTLAND, OREGON. VRIDAY. DECEMBER 5, 1913. PRICE TIVE CENTS. "SEE OREGON" PLAN IS OFF WITH VI Roseburg Convention Attended by 1000. ASHUND GETS STATE EXHIBIT Southern Pacific Promises , ' . Stopover Privileges. CAMPAIGN BY MAIL BEGUN Wildest Enthusiasm Prevail When Hate tJolns in Campaign ' for 'Greater Oregon and Prom, i les United Action. ROSEBURG. Or Dec. 4. (Special.) The Greater Oregon movement vn riven a tremendous Impetus today when more than 1000 persons, repre senting nearly every line of commer eial activity in the Northwest, pledged unanimous co-operation to support state-wide exhibit at Ashland during the Panama Exposition, a uniform and Mate-wide system of advertising and a movement to reduce the Southern Pacific differential on travel from the. East to San Francisco, returning- via Oregon. The wildest enthusiasm pre vailed. The meeting was called to order by Judge Colvlg. of Medford. who re viewed briefly the progress of the Greater Oregon movement from the time it was launched, a few months ago, until the present day. for Ca-Operatloa la Told. Mr. Colving emphasised the need of eliminating sectional differences, which, he said, should be supplemented by co-operation. In co-operating. Judge Colvig said, the greatest of benefits would be derived. Although a rival of Ashland In many ways. Judge Colvlg declared Medford was awake to the advantages of the Great er Orgeon movement and was united , in working for a great state-wide ex hibit at Ashland. ' Tom Richardson, recognized as the father of the movement, stirred the vast assemblage as he advanced argu ment after argument why the people of Oregon should lend their co-operation and support In the movement to at tract settlers. -eed f state Pat. He told what Oregon needed in the way of advertising and how to get It. He said that during the past month the Oregon Development League had sent ont more than 1.000.000 personal letters to the people of the East and that before the exposition gates opened in San Francisco In 1915 more than MOO.000 letters will have been posted. air. Richardson urged that each com raunlty send personal letters to Eastern friends, asking them to take advan tage of the stopover privileges Jhen attending the exposition. He told of the benefit to be derived from a state wide exhibit at Ashland during the ex position, and urged each and every section of the state to co-operate in ar. ranging this display. "Ashland Is the natural ' gateway of the Northwest," said Mr. Richardson, and it Is the first Impression that counts. Pee Promises Stepever. Charles Fee, passenger traffic man ager of the Southern Pacific Company, and a director of the Panama Exposi tion, spoke briefly upon behalf of the railroad. He said the Southern Pacific Company would exert every effort to rurther the movement to attract East erners to Oregon during the exposition. When he said that stopover privileges would be Included in all tickets over the Shasta route, the delegates went wild with enthusiasm. Mr. Fee showed by his remarks that the Southern Pacific Company Is will ing to share In the cost of the move ment for a greater population on the Pacific Coast. He urged the early com pletion of the state exhibit at Ashland. He said the time to Interest people In Oregon is now. not two years from now. -"Begin to send out personal letters at once, and by so doing you wl:i cre ate a desire on the, part of the people of the East to visit your inland com munities, he remarked. Mr. Richardson asked for an expres sion from the Eugene contingent re garding their attitude towards the greater Oregon movement. J. S. Mag ladry replieM in a few Introductory re marks, which brought the Eugene Ra diators to their feet. In one enthusi astic and unanimous expression the Radiators went on record In favor of the state-wide exhibit at Ashland, a uniform system of advertising and gen eral liberality on the part of the rail roads. A chorus of cheers followed the re sponse of the Radiators. Bert Greerf editor of the Ashland Tidings, said It was but natural that he should be Interested In tfce greater Oregon movement. Casapalsa Meaaa Mark. Reviewing the Greater Oregon move, ment from an unselfish standpoint. Mr. Greer said no campaign had ever been undertakn In Oregon that meant as much to the state. Speaking on behalf of the Ashland delegation. Mr. Greer promised co-operation and -support for any movement which had for Its pur pose the development of Oregon and the Pacific Coast. Arthur Devers. of Portland, directed f Concluded aa fax T.) ' CITY ALTERS WORK TO HELP LABORERS CONSTRUCTION TO BE DONE IN WINTEIt MONTH'S. Heavy Season In Water and Sewer Departments Changed From Sain nier to Aid Cncmplojcd. For the benefit of laborers and others unable to secure work during the Winter months, the City Commis sion yesterday decided to change its heavy construction season In the water snd sewer departments from the Sum mer to the Winter months. In accord ance with the policy as much of the sewer and water main laying will be put through between now and Spring aa possible, and work will b shut down during the Summer, either par tlally or altogether. The change In season has been brought about by labor condition which members of the Commission say are bad. Mayor Albee says there Is not a dsy that he does not receive let ters. telephone calls or personal calls from persons who cannot get work and have families to support. In the general plan it is believed a change of seasons would open the way for many men to secure employment. and the city would be out nothing. There are times in the Summer months that it is difficult to secure laborers while In the Winter, because other cor porations shut down on operations. men are idle in hundreds in the city. Commissioner Daly says he proposes to do Just as much construction work In the water department as possible during the Winter, money for the work being available from the sale of bonds. DOG RELIEF IS ORDERED Muzzling Ordinance Repealed by City Commission. Muzzling of dogs Is do longer neces sary. The City Commission has re pealed the ordinance requiring the muzzles on the entire canine family he year round. The ordinance will not be enforced again until next Summer. Dog owners have been urging the repeal of the ordinance for more than two months, but the Commission has been relentless because of foar of rabies. More than 700 dogs have been taken up by the pound department for violation of the muzzling measure dur- ng the course of Its enforcement, cov ering about five months. Dr. Calvin S. White, secretary of the State" Board of Health, disapproves the action of the City Commissioners. He says two persons are now taking the Pasteur treatment In the laboratory of the Board of Health. - He advocates keeping dogs muzzled for a year. CHAUTAUQUA WOOER WINS Albany, Or., Girl Figures In Ro mance V'lth Wisconsin Professor. MILWAUKEE. Wis.. Dec 4. (Spe cial.) Teachers and musicians of Mil waukee were surprised today by the announcement of the engagement of Professor F. Stanley Powles. West High School faculty, to Miss Essa S. Hu bert, of Albany. Or., a daughter of Levi Hulbert, a manufacturer. Miss Hulbcrt Is an accomplished musician. The wed ding will take place soon, the date being kept a secret. Professor Powles has been a member of the West High School faculty for several years, teaching mathematics and has been prominent in Milwaukee musical circles. It was while appearing as a soloist In a Chautauqua in Oregon during the Summer vacation that he met Miss Hulbert. PARIS WANTS MAIL HUBBY French Woman, Willing to Work Field?, Writes to Governor. Sobriety and industry arc the only qualifications demanded in a husband by a young Parlslcnne. who has writ tn to Governor West, asking him to find her a farmer husband. She inti mated her willingness to work In the fields If she were to come to Oregon to marry. f-ne gave her age as is years, ana In closed a clipping from a Paris paper In which It was said that women were in the minority In the far West. The writer denied her desire to live In the city and said she had no fear of making the long Journey to Oregon. The letter was turned over to the Tortland Commercial Club. THIRD PARTY ABANDONED Prendcrjast, One of Pounders, Says Xo Good Can Come of It. NEW YORK. Dec. 4. William A. Prendergast. Controller of New York, formally announced his withdrawal to day from the Progressive party, which he helped to found. "1 considered," his statement says, "that the result of the Presidential election made It evident that the third party idea was not acceptable to the American people, and that the continu ation of a third-party movement could have no other effect tban the perma nent success of the Democratic party." HORSE GIVEN TO COLONEL Roosevelt Guest at Dinner on Cruiser at Buenos Ayrcs BUENOS AY RES. Dec. 4. Theodore Roosevelt arrived in Buenos Ayres to day, after visiting the naval base at Bahla Blanca and Inspecting the Ar gentine squadron. The Minister of Marine gave a luncheon In his honor aboard the cruiser Buenos Ayres. The Colonel was presented with an Argentine horse at a reception given by the Buenos Ayres Equestrian So ciety. ' STATE ivm IS Tnr 4.365 MILLS Estimated Expense for 1914 $4,165,000. MULTNOMAH RATE IS '4.7 Receipts to Exceed Record of 1912 by $1,101,184. EACH COUNTY SEGREGATED Prior to Commencement of Collec tions in 114 About 91,000,000 Will Have to Bo Burrowed to Meet Expenditures. SALEM. Or, Deo. 4. (Special.) The Tax Commission today, in making pub lic the state tsx levy for the fiscal year ending December 21, 1114. announced that the total amount of revenue re quired for general state purposes for the year, not Including amounts appor tioned on a special mlllage basis, would be S3.SSS.2S8.10. Added to that sum will he a tax of one twenty-fifth of a mjll. yielding 138.171.39. for the Monmouth Normal School, and a tax of one-fourth of a mill, yielding f2SS.ST0.C0. for the state road fund, making the total amount needed $4.1(5.000. Canal r Rates. Vary. To raise this money the average rate of taxation on all property In the state will be a little more than four and one third mills, or. to be exact. .0043(3. The rates In the various counties will vary widely, depending on the relation of assessed to full cash value of property in each county. The lowest will be 2.1 mills and the highest S.C mills. In Multnomah County the rate re quired to raise the amount of state tax apportioned to that county will be ap proximately 4.7 mills. New Record Made. The levy for next year Is by far the highest In the history of the state, be ing tl.10I.lS4 more than in 1912. which held the record up to this time. The state revenue required. Including the Monmouth Normal School fund and the state road fund, as apportioned among the counties. Is as follows: Baker (2.?l3'Lan 1 160 29! Kenton 53.o.ti Lincoln .... So.S4t Clackamas.. K.4. 73 Linn 131 Jul Clataop .... 7.366 Malheur .... 48 1 Columbia .. M.IM1 Marlon ' Coos O.OSI jiomrn- .... 40 !S Crook r.t.tai Multnomah.. 1.SS2.VM Curry ' lO.tfld po.k 71.870 Dsuslaa ... l::.02 Sherman ... S'VIIS Gilliam .... 35.2H.S Tllinmook .. Tl.ilT Grant 33,"5 Cmatlila ... 172.C4 Harney .... 34.007 Cnlnn J-R.S41 Hood Htver. 43.1a'.' Wallowa ... 4K ItM Jackson ... H0.34S, Wasco fts.SH Josephine .. 4.:.fc'-"0 w hlr.iton. 1IJ.I1' Klnatb .. l.'.!!l Wheler .... 1.IW) LaJ 33.i49 Tamhlll .... f'J.510 Although the rate Is unusually high. Concluded on page i J . 1 ' j Burnt) tfFl UffM) V VET ZJ Uf ) I I A .rZ'7.rsfttr17 I I n ill i rar- - III f l rufcW ycry' -v - 111(111 --J-ia35 I r M JW I 'J fflSilTf X i Jriefvoyfr- as ror' l U ! t "VT X V TAX YoutlHox J J3 I INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS ' Tha Weather. TESTKRD4Y'8 Maximum temperature. 40 degrees; minimum, degrees. TODAY'S Cloudy, with probably rain; southerly wind. Forelaa. Mrs. Pankhurst arrested on return to Eas land. Pu &. Alsace Incident growlnr to political crisis la Germany. Pace Z. Xatloaal. Cummins warmly attacks currency caucus In e-bate. rase z. Antl-suffrage speaker heard by House com mittee. . rase 5. Ioinetle. CbrlMma "don'ts" Issued for New York shoppers. Paga 1. Senator Chamberlain saes ha proposes to disregard "poek, tarrT' cry. Pass 2. Antl-sufrragtrts li'ard before Congress com mittee. Vmst 0. Continental divide In grip tf great snow storm, rsge 1. Fedrala lose In tight near oil fields. Page S. fport. Coast League niagnatea adopt 1914 schedule Page S. Bium signs new umpire, for Coast League. Page . Fans deeply Interested In Williams-McNeil mill tonight. Page S. Athletic directors of Northwestern colleges confer la Portland. Page s. Parlfle Northwest. State tax levy s-t "at 130 mills: In Mult nomah County 4.7 mills. Apportionment announced. Pag 1. The Dalles passes rigid saloon law. Page S. Labor shown to sear heavy percentage of compensation expense In Washington. Page 7. "See Oregon" plan launched with rim at Roseburg meeting. Page 1. Iifo stales take over Lcwiston-Clarksloa bridge. Page 6. Commercial aad Marlae. Heavy buying again 4Cis In in hop market Page si. Serious crop damage In Argentina causes advance In wheat at Chicago. Page -1. Small net changes In stocks after day of fluctuations. Paga ii. Public docks are Intend td chiefly for trans- oceanie ships, Ccatmlsslon indicates Psga IS. Portland aad Vlrlally. Star Theater reopens tomororw night. Page JO. Commission rilvldrd on Daly sratar p'an. which comra up again today. Page 1U. Proposed municipal pavlnc plant is subject of ulacusslon. Page JO. p ,. . i,-h.. , ,.,,.,., i .... from Summer to Winter to aid unem ployed. Page 1. Woman draws warm reply by Insinuation S-hool Board la dishonest. Page 14. Betrot-M of Mildred Josselyn to Mason Manghuru sets aociety a-flutter. Page 12. Poultry produces zuore wealth for Oregon than does trait. Psge la. Weather report, forecast and data. Page 21. Hood' River Orchard Land Company la de- nieo rignt it aoea not want. 1'cgo 9. No law warrants Governor's Pish Board or der. Page 1. ARMED MEM HOLD WELLS Southern Pacific Subsidiary and Rival OH Claimant Cla-li. FRESNO. Cal.. Dec 4. When Thomas West, a San Francisco attorney. . ai terpotod today to view the assessment work on land lu the Coalings district. claimed by the People's Development Company, as representative of the com pany, he was ordered from the land by Manager Hlvely. of the Kern Trading & Oil Company, a subsidiary of the Southern Pacific. The Kern Trading A Oil Company operates a large part of the land which Is In dispute between the development company and the Kern Trading Company. West went to the section on which the Kern Trading A Oil Co. is operating and found a solid line of armed men all along the line of the section facing Derrick boulevard, which leads from Coalinga to the oil fields northeast of the city. When West met with armed resistance he desisted. The land has been in litigation for years. It was llrst given to the South ern Pacific in a land grant and later withdrawn by the Government on the ground that it was heavily mineralized. KAVTt YOU PATD voTJU TNCnME . - - "i HO LAW WARRANTS FISH BOARD ORDER Abolition of Commis sion Unauthorized. PART ONLY NAMED BY WEST Kelly Cannot Resign Now, Is Assertion Made. LIMITS SPECIFIED BY LAW Whole Project Said lo Be Attempt to Ou;-t Kinney, Who Was Opposed by All Other Members, but rian Proves Failure. , If Governor West has any legal au thority for abolishing tha Stste Game and Fish Commission, even "for the time being. that authority does not appear to be conferred by the state law under which the Commission Is created and derives its powers. This point was raised yesterday as a result of the Governor's announce ment Wednesday that the Commission was abolished for the time being on f account of dissensions created by "busy I , . . ' bodies, after he had accepted the res- ignatlons of Commissioners Hughes Stone, Duncan and Kelly on their state ment that they could not get along with Commissioner Kinnef. Under the law. which la part of -he new game code passed by the last Leg islature, the Governor has authority to appoint four of the five members of the Commission. It is specifically provided, however, that the men appointed shall serve "until their successors shall have been appointed and qualified. Power of Kesaeval Met Clvem. As successors to the four Commis sioners whose resignations the Gover nor accepted i lve not been appointed by bim or qual.Aed. they are held to be, under the terms of the act, still mem bers of the Commission. In other words, the phrasing of the law is such aparently as to require the Governor to appoint a successor to any member, the auccesosr to qualify, be fore that member ceases to be officially on the Commission. This Interpreta tion of the legal point involved would louve the entire Commission Intact. Nowhere In the act Is authority del egated to the Governor to remove any member of the Commission, though Mr. West is said to be contemplating the removal of Commissioner Kinney. Commlaaloa Selects Mr. Kelly. In the case of George H. Kelly, of Portland, the law .would seem to pre clude the Governor from accepting his resignation in any event. Mr. Kelly originally was named by the Commis sion tinder the provision that one of (Concluded on Pass T. TAX? CHRISTMAS DON'TS OFFERED SHOPPERS NEW YOHK POLICE DEPART MENT 1SSCES WARNINGS. Beware of Swindlers and Refuse C. O. D. Packages fillers Ex amined, Say Officers. NEW YORK. Dec 4. The police de partment prepared for the Christmas season today by assigning extra detec tives to guard shoppers and Issuing the following list of "don'ts": "Don't receive and pay for CCD, packages until you have examined the contents. "Don't display money. "Don't leave jour handbag in the baby carriage under the pillow. "Beware of persons wbo call after the delivery of a package, representing that the package has been delivered by mistake. "Don't bujr Jewelry on the street. "Don't carry your purse in your hip pocket. "Don't be hoodwinked by any person who aays sou have dropped your hand bag and shows you a pockctbook con taining money. Be sure that you have your pocketbook, for this is a swin dling game. "Don't leave the room of your apart ment in which a messenger deliver a package to show Us contents to an other member of the family and permit the delivery messenger to await your if turn. "Don't enter Into coin-matching games on the street. SMUT-DEFYING GRAIN AIM Washington State College Seekln; Grow Practical Hybrid. to WALLA WALLA. Wash.. Dec. 4. (Special.) That the State College Ex periment Station Is trying to grow wheat which will resist smut, was told at the State College Extension School here today. G. Sohaefer said that the college has secured an Alaskan wheat which resists smut, but which has a low yield and milling quality. It has been crossed with Washington wheat or high yield and milling quality, and It is hoped the hybrid will have the good qualities of both. L. C. Crow, of Pullman, president of the Stat Farmers' Union, said the or ganisation in five years had saved farmers over 3.000.000. an average ot $1500 for the 200 members. He said on wheat sales they had saved S2.&00.- 900. 2 cents each on sacks or 1 750.- 000. and the warehouse 'charges have been reduced from 75 cents to iQ cents a ton. GUARD MEMBERS SCARED "Valor Test" by Sergeant Is Success, but lie Is Dismissed. MEDFORD. Or.. Dec 4. (Speclii!) Because he declared the company bad been ordered to Mexico and thereby scared some of the members so thor oughly that they tried to leave town. First Sergeant TengwalU. of the Sev enth Company Oregon National Guards, was retired to private life today by Captain Artemus W. Deane. Accord ing to Tengwald. he wished to test the valor of his men, so remarked casually to a group of them at a local club that the order had been received to advance and invade Mexico. Con sternation followed. Two of the men left for the hills and. another applied for a vacation. The agrleved- members complained to the captain and Tengwald was re lieved of his command. Tengwald is a nephew of representative J. A Wcsterlund. PRIZES GIVEN TO GROWERS Yakima Orchardits Receive $1000 Awards Prom Apple Show. NORTH YAKIMA. Wash, Deo. 4 (Special.) Approximately $1000 la cash, comprising the awards won by Takima Valley fruitgrowers at the Na tional Apple Show in Spokane with fruit which Is now on exbiblt in North ern Pacilic. offices In IS cities In the East, waa presented to the growers last night at the Taktma Commercial Club rooms. The Takima Valley had TS exhibitors at the apple show, who won 73 priz:. according to W. P. Romans, represen tative of the Spokane show, who came to this city to attend last night's meet ing. Of these 73 prises il were in cash. TRIP BY DRAG IS PLANNED Eugene Knllinlat Will Drive Pleasant Hill to Demonstrate. to EUGENE. Or, Dec. 4. (Special.) Aa a practical demonstration of his belief In tie value of the split log road drag as a means of Improving the country roads. N. K Fltxhenry. president of the Lane County Road Builders' Club, will leave Eugene to morrow riding on such a drag, en route to the good roads meeting which is to be held at Pleasant HU1 Saturday. Mr. Fltzhcnry put the proposition up lo the County Court yesterday, and was granted the privilege of working on the roads, without cost to the county, and given the use of a team belonging to the county. . Haw ley Protests Wage Cut. OREGONIAX NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. Dec 4. Representative Hawley. at the request of T. E. Madsen. of Port land, secretary of the Pacific district of the longshoremen's union, has asked an investigation of the report, that the Golden Gate Stevedoring Company at San Francisco, handling Government coal on the Pacific Coast, has reduced stevedore's wages from ti to 32ft cents go hour. I IN- GRIP OF SIO! Snowfall in Colorado Breaks Records. DENVER STREETS BLOCKADED Railroad Traffic Interrupted, Trains Are Abandoned. SNOW IS TIGHTLY PACKED From Three to IViur l'eet Reported to Hate fallen In Certain Sec tions Children Enable tio Home lVoni School. to DENVER. Dec. 4. Denver is snow bound tonight. At 7 o'clock the United .States Weather Bureau reported from 30 to 24 Inches of snow had fallen in the city and suburbs, with no prospect of a cessation for at least 10 hour. Sinco mid-afternoon streetcar traffv: has beyi completely Mocked. Thou sands were marooned in the downtown district 'tonight or were forced to plough their way through two feet of snow over blocks or miles of almort trackless streets. On the railroads suburban trains were reported from three to eight hours late. Inconjing overland trains were from four to 10 hours late and early to night no attempt was being made to send any trains out of Denver. Wire Service Threatened. Telegraph companies, which had maintained outside communication throughout the day. were fearful that a sudden drop In temperature would seriously impair, if not entirely disrupt, wire service. The local telephone com pany reported no serious impairment of wires, but a shortage of ceneral opera tors. Early this morning the thermometer went below freezing, where it has stood since the last fall of snow began short ly after midnight last night. The snow, formed at moderate temperature, fell In a wet mass, packed easily and added to the difficulties of keeping traffic open. All day and early tonight there was comparatively no wind, thus min imizing the damage. Only meager re ports had been received from outlying cities and towns, but these showed that the record snowfall was general throughout the mountain districts and on the plains east of tho Rockies. Other Cities Bloekadad. At Colorado Springs streetcar traffic had been tied up since 7 A. M. Pueblo reported aerioua interruption of traffic and a heavy snowfall in Southeastern Colorado. From Trinidad came reports that traffic In the coal mining district was completely blocked, the strikers' tent colonies and militia camps experi encing considerable Inconveniences. Some of the remote tent colonies were completely Isolated. Along parts of the continental divide from 36 to 48 Inches of snow was the reported fall. This is the record for this time of year. Advices from the cattle ranges v.er meager, but indicated that so far thero had been no serious loss, owing to the absence of wind and the mild tempera ture. Saewfall Breaks Records. At Roulder records for 10 years were exceeded by a 30-inch snowfall. Despite tbo fsct that the schools closed early, hundreds of children were unable to reach their homes aad were cared for In houses adjoining. Messen ger boys were employed to carry notes to parents notifying them of their chil dren's safety. Many of the department stores ar ranged to close an hour early, that the women employes might have oppor tunity to reach their homes before trafllc was completely blocked, but to night hundreds were housed in down town hotels. Unable to get accommo dations In hotels or rooming-hous-a. men clerks spent the night in the stores. TEXAS PI.OOD MOV1US SOUTH Cre-t of Brazos Carries Death and Destruction With It. DALLAS. Tex, Dec 4. Tlie Texas flood center shifted southward to night towards the gulf, centering from llearne to Richmond, where tho flood crest of the Brazos River continued to do great damage and caused some lo of life. The general flood situation Improved when rains began to cease after three days' continuous down pour over most of the state. The creeks In Northern and Western Texas (Concluded on race 7. Oregonian s Circulation A comparative statement for the month of November for tbe past five years shows the growth in circulation of The Daily and Sunday Oregonian. Thus state ment shows a clean, consistent growth year after year. Dally Sundae Orea-onlao. Oregonlari. Nov. Nov. Nov. Nov. Nov. 190?.. lle.. 1911.. 1M3.. 1113.. .41.828 52.930 -47.0.1.1 52.695 59.895 66.416 68.050 76.563 ..54.728 -.58.507 '-e-e-.A 3L ON NENTMDE i j