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THE SUNDAY OliEGOXIAX, PORTLAND, FEBRUARY 16, 19Q3. Whitewater division of the Big Four ! RUIN SPREAD BY WATERY PLAGUE PA! SOLDIERS MORE Railroad, near Harrison, slid into ithe flooded Whitewater River early today, tying up traffic on that division. The Whitewater River is higher than last year. The lower part of Harrison is under water, and a score of families have been compelled to move from flooded homes. The river was at a standstill Saturday, but additional rains were reported from Whitewater head waters. Big Four officials stated that the washout would not affect traffic on the main line to Chicago and Indianapolis. The Cincinnati, Lawrenceburg & Aurora traction line was badly crip pled by washouts, and none of the cars ran on schedule today. MUCH OF " BUFFALO FLOODED EXT ECIA pi House Committee Completes Army Estimates. SMALL LOTS OF Great Flood Swamps Pittsburg and All Surrounding Towns. $12.50 and $15.00 EXTRA FOR RE-ENLISTMENT RA THOUSANDS ARE MADE IDLE Rivers' Force Close of Steel Mills and Other Factories Boats Are Means of Traffic Whole Ohio Valley Is Flooded. PITTSBURG, Feb. 15. Spreading ruin and disaster in its path, the annual flood of the rivers and small streams of Jhis section holds Pittsburg in its grasp to night. At iO o'clock the water had reached a stage ot 28 feet and was rising a half- foot an hour. The weather bureau pre- , dieted 30 feet by tomorrow morning, and possibly a foot higher when the crest of tiie flood arrives late Sunday afternoon. At tlie headwaters the rivers continue to rise and scores ot cities and towna In Western Pennsylvania, Eastern Ohio and West Virginia are partially Inundated. In the Pittsburg district alone the dam age, it Is expected, will amount to several Million dollars. The record flood of last year, when the water reached a stage of 36V4 feet, caused damage estimated at JIO.000,000, but sufficient warning was given til year to save much property. Makes 20, OO Men Idle. A conservative estimate places the num ber of men thrown out of work by the flood here at 20,000. This great increase to the army of unemployed is expected to result In much suffering. For weeks charitable organizations have been solicit ing funds for the unemployed, and today additional appeals were made for contri butions to assist the flood victims. - A great number of families have been compelled to move their household goods to upper stories. They go to and fro in skiffs. On the north side of Pittsburg to night the policemen are patrolling their beats in skiffs. Thousands of families have been com pelled to move to the second floor of their homes: trolley lines In some-eections are out of commission: several railroad lines have been abandoned In part; cellars ar.e been abandoned in part; cellars are tilled with water; pavements in the lower portion of the city have col lapsed; several towboats and barges have sunk; telegraph communications Interrupted: hundreds of men thrown out of employment in the mines and manufacturing plants along the river banks .at Sprlngdale, near here; two valuable Government dams in danger of demolition from heavy ice gorges. As the water rises the serious propor tions of the flood 'increase and it is ex pected that a majority of the steel and iron mills will be forced to suspend operations. The men have only recently resumed work after weeks of Idleness and a great hardship to many families will result. High Water in Ohio. At points below Pittsburg the flood is gradually getting worse and a stage of from 40 to 43 feet of water is predicted for Steubernrille, Ohio, by tomorrow night. The damage to river craft and property located near the rivers is already heavy. Large ice gorges in the Allegheny and Toughiogheny rivers above this city are momentarily expected to break, wrecking and demolishing craft in Its path. Some alarm is also felt for a number of bridges. Several railroads and streetcar lines have been forced to abandon service in this city on account of the water covering their tracks. All the small streams in towns surrounding Pittsburg are beyond their banks and the water la rapidly rising. The tow-boat Robert Taylor, which was wrecked last night at Coraropolls Is entirely submerged today, and will be a total loss. Flood stages are reported from all points above here. At Franklin, Pa., the water is several feet above the danger mark this morning and rising. A similar situation prevails at Johns town, Freeport, Warren, Greensboro and other places. The Allegheny River is filled with floating ice, and a large gorge several miles long is slowly approaching the city from Parker, Pa., on the Allegheny River, and another from west New ton, on the Toughiogheny River. landslides on Railroads. Several heavy landslides happened along the Pittsburg. Virginia & Charleston Rail road from the rain, delaying trains and making the run dangerous. The Balti more & Ohio tracks, freight-houses and stations have been abandoned. At McKeesport the water is rising gradually and It will be necessary to close the steel and Iron mills of that district. Thousands of workmen will be affected and great hardship will be experienced, as the men just recently returned to work after weeks of idleness. Many coal mines along the river banks srn flooded and thousands of coal miners compelled to abandon their work. In Allegheny a squad of patrolmen are guarding the Inundated districts. Many plants are partially submerged and nun dreds of men are out of work. At Beaver, Pa., the Ohio River has risen 11 feet in ten hours and Indications point to a flood stage of dangerous pro portions. STREAMS RISING IN KENTUCKY Lumber Concerns Along Rivers Fear Great Damage. LEXINGTON. Ky., Feb. 15. Streams throughout Eastern Kentucky are rising rapidly as a result of the four days' rain and great damage is feared by lumber concerns along the Kentucky, the Red, Cumberland, Licking and Big Sandy rivers. Rivermen have extra forces of men at work, strengthening log booms to hold the thousands ot logs which will sweep down upon them. This rush has already begun. Several towns in the lowlands along the Licking River are reported as in danger of the water. Most of the fencing In the lowlands has already been carried away. Traffic on railroads and lnterurban lines running out of this city is delayed bo cause of high water. WASHOUT OX BIG FOUR ROAD Water Submerging Many Towns Along Ohio River. CINCINNATI. Feb. 15. Flood condi tions are reported at various points on the Ohio and Its tributaries, and .the danger line will probably be passed hero within a few days. Damage has been reported at Springfield. Layton, Hamilton and other points. Over half a mile of track on the People Travel on Boats and Rafts. Blasting Ice Gorges. BUFFALO, N. T., Feb. 15. A heavy rainfall aud melting snow under a high temperature today sent Buffalo and Scajaquada Creeks out of their banks, and late today low-lying streets in South Buffalo were under from 2 to 5 feet of water. The flood xivered an area of about two square miles. Boats and im provised rafts were used as a means of communication between houses in the flooded district and higher ground. Many points In Western New York and Northern Pennsylvania reported high water. At Cuba, N. T., a large sec tion of the town is under water. Large quantities of dynamite are used to blast out ice. While watching the flood at Bradford, Pa., R. R. Caldwell, 71 years old, was struck by a train and killed. WATER BLOCKS THE RAILROADS Worst Flood In 2'0 . Years Coal Mines Inundated. EV.ANSVILLE. Ind. Feb. 15. The Ohio stivers continue too rise here rap idly, a-nd the biggest Good in years is now looked for. The worst washouts In 20 years were reported along the Evansville & Indianapolis Railway and no strains have been rim on that road today bevtween Oakland City and Wash ington, Ikid. The switches of the coal mines at Littleo and Messy have been washed away and several coal mines along the road are reported filled with water. The losses will be heavy. The White and Patoka Rivers are rls ng rapidly and flooding the lowlands for many mllivs. The Wabash River is also out of its: banks. Snow is falling tonight. WHEELING DRIVEX TO HILLS Thousand Families Flee and Relief Committee Gives Food. WHEELING, W. Va, Feb. 15. One thousand families have, been compelled to flee from their- homes to higher ground owing to thte flood. The relief committee decided to oa-der tonight im mense quantities ocf "bacon, rice and other foodstuffs, which will be put up in small packages and distributed to morrow to the suffering poor. In the wholesale : district and in a portion of the retail district hundreds of merchants are tonight moving out. of the path of the rising waters. Mohawk River? Rising. UTICA, N. Y., Feb. If.. A thaw that has continued since Wednesday, fol lowed bv a warm rairt last night, has melted much of the great bodV of snow covering' Central and Northern - New York, discharging quantities of water Into the valleys. The, Mohawk River and tributary streams are rising and it is feared that unless the flood ' Is checked by colder weath'er very soon there will be. a repetition of the dam age caused many times heretofore. The business section of Ilion Is under water, which in some places Is three feet deep. Danger Line at Chattanooga. CHATTANOOGA. Tenn., Feb. 16. After almost continuous heavy rains since last Sunday the weather has grown very cold here and since last night strong winds, snow and sleet have prevailed. The river here, it is predicted, will be near the danger Una by tomorrow. False Alarm of Broken Dam. DAYTON, O., Feb. 15. Alarmihr re ports were received today from the flooded district and rumors were pre valent that the Lewiston reservoir had broken through its walls, but investi gation proves that the reservoir is still safe. Receding at Reading. READING, Pa., Feb. 15. The flood in the Schuylkill River reached its height tonight, when it was nine feet above low water mark. The ice broke up without causing any damage and passed down the river at this point, after which the waters began to recede. Hundred Houses Flooded. SPRINGFIELD, O.. 'Feb 16. Buck Creek is higher than since JS9S and fully 108 houses in this city are flooded. BoaU) are kept busy all night carrying people out of their sub merged homes. Out of Banks in Mississippi. HATTIESBURG, Miss.. Feb. 15. Leaf River is over its banks at this city. Residents in the lowlands are makinir preparations to move. The railroad and telegraph wires are down in every direction. Susquehanna Also Rising. PORT DEPOSIT, Md., Feb. 15. The Susquehanna River is rising and there are fears of an Ice gorge here. A heavy rainfall was reported from points along the river today. DRAWS GUN IN CONVENTION Lieutenant-Governor of Oklahoma Causes Pandemonium. GUTHRIE. Okla., Feb. 15. A special to the State Capitol from El Reno states that in the Canadian County convention George Bellamy, Lieutenant-Governor of the state, had) an altercation with State Senator Wm. Johnson, wherein Mr. Bel lamy secured a six-shooter and caused a general pandemonium. Two conventions were organized and the majority conven Hon direw up a stinging resolution de nouncing Mr. Bellamy as a state officer, but on Mr. Johnson's personal plea it was withdrawn. Attell and Kelly Matched. SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 15. Abe At tell and Eddie Kelly were matched tonight to fight 20 rounds February 28 for the featherweight championship. They will weigh .in at 122 pounds at 8 P. M. Hearings on La Follette Bill. WASHINGTON, Feb. 15. The Senate committee on education and labor de cided today to give public hearings Fri day and Saturday next on the La Follette employers' liability bill. Scale Ranges From $15 for Privates to $75 for Electricians Extra Pay for Marksmen and Skilled Gunners. WASHINGTON, Feb. 15. The House committee on military affairs today agreed to the report on th Army ap propriation bill, having completed its amendment Increasing the pay of en listed men of the various grades of service. The bill as it will be reported to the House will carry 85. 254,066, which is 9. 413,081 less than the. esti mates submitted. The amendment in creasing the pay of enlisted men is in tended to place the Army service on a footing comparable to the Navy service. The scale agreed upon Is as follows: Sergeants and Skilled Men. Master electricians, master signal electricians, $75; engineers, 65; regi mental sergeants-major, regimental ouartermaster-sergeants, regimental commissary sergeants, sergeants-major, senior grade, coast artillery, battalion serceants-maior of engineers, post quartermaster-sergeants, post commis sary sergeants, post ordnance ser geants, battalion quartermaster-ser geants of engineers, sergeants, nrst class. siRnal corps, and first sergeants. sergeants, first-class, hospital corps. electrician sergeants, nrst-ciass, io, battalion sergeants-major of Infantry and field artillery, squadron sergeants major, sergeants-major, junior grade. coast artillery, battalion quartermaster- sergeants, second-class; sergeants or. engineers, ordnance and signal corps. quartermaster-sergeants of engineers and color, sergeants, $36; sergeants and quartermaster-sergeants, cavalry, artil lery and infantry, sergeants oi me Hos pital corps, firemen and cooks, $30. Corporals and Privates. Mesa sersreants. $6 a month in ad dition to their pay: corporals of en gineers, ordnance, signal corps and hos pital corps, chief mechanics and mechanics, coast artillery, .i; cor porals of cavalry, artillery and in fantry, mechanics of new artillery, blacksmiths and farriers, saddlers, wagoners "and artificers, $24; privates, first-class, of engineers, ordnance, signal corps and hospital corps. $18; privates, hospital corps, $16; trump eters, musicians of infantry, artillery and engineers, $15; privates of cavalry. artillery, infantry, signal corps and privates, second-class, engineers and ordnance, $13. An honorably discharged soldier wno has served the period of his enlistment will be entitled to continuous service pay if he re-enlists within three months, on the following, scale: Re-enlistment and Marksmen. Three dollars monthly during the- second and third enlistments each for privates, cavalry, artillery. Infantry, signal corps, and $1 monthly during each subsequent enlistment up to and Including the seventh, after which there will be no further increases. Soldiers aualifylns as marKsmen will receive additional pay of $2 per month; as sharpshooters, $3 per month; as ex pert riflemen, $5 per month; as second class gunners, $3 per month: as first class gunners, $3 per month; as gun- pointers, gun-commanders, observers, second-class, chief planters ana cniei loaders, $7 per month; as plotters, ob servers of the first-class and casemate electricians, $9. No change is made in rates of in crease for foreign service. Enlisted Men tn Bands. The pay of enlisted men in military bands, exclusive of the band of the United States Military Academy, Is fixed as follows: Chief musicians, $75; principal musicians and chief trumpeters. $40; sergeants and drum majors. $36; cor porals, $30; privates, $24, witft continu ous service pay. It Is provided that Army bands or members thereof shall not receive re muneration for furnishing music out side the limits of military posts when the furnishing of such music places them in competition with local civilian musicians. UNDOING STILLINGS' WORK Roosevelt Reduces Price of Printing in Government Office. , WASHINGTON, Feb. 15. President Roosevelt today approved an order reduc ing the price of composition to be charged by the Government Printing Office from $1.20 to 80 cents an hour for hand com position, and from $1.80 an hour to 80 cents per 1000 ems for machine compost tion. The order was recommended by William S. Rosslter, who is conducting an investigation of the printing office as the President's personal representative. In support of the recommendation Mr. Rosslter indulges in some criticism of the new cost accounting system in operation in the printing office. The system, he says, is made almost absurd by the fact that the estimate clerks make their esti mates by fixed units as to the cost of work, while the bill clerk renders his bills for work on the basis of its actual cost, based on the system of reports. The prices which were refluced today were raised in November last from prae- tically the same figure which hu been restored. RESTORE MOTTO ON" COINS James Assured Committee Will Re port Bill Favorably. WASHINGTON, Feb. 15. Repre sentatlve James, of Kentucky, appeared before the House committee on coin age, weights and" measures today to make an argument m support of his bill to restore to the United States tro Id coins the words Tn God we trust. On leaving the committee room, Mr. James said he had been assured that his bill would be reported favorably next week.' BIDS FOR DIRIGIBLE BALLOON Ten Men Offer to Build Big Gasbag for Army. WASHINGTON. Feb. 15. Another ef fort was made today at the Signal Of fice to obtain satisfactory bids for the construction of a dirigible balloon. When proposals were opened In General Allen's office, a month ago, ix bids were received, but because of the In completeness of the specifications ac companying them, all were rejected. The specifications cover the construc tion of a dirigible balloon to carry combined weight of 350 pounds and at February is uncertain; better be certain to have a reliable raincoat. "One can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear," nor a reliable raincoat out of cheap cloth. The genuine all-wool Cravenette Coat is here 314.85 worth $20.00. CLOTH Hi GCO CwsKuhnProp' 10H-188 THIRD STREET. least 10Q pounds of ballast It is to be designed to have a speed of 20 miles an hour in Btlll air. The trial flight will be held at Fort Meyer, Va. Ten bide in all were received. The bidders Included some of the well known manufacturers, and in addition one from Paris, France, from Louis Lupetts, who offered to construct a bal loon in 90 days tor $20,000. A bid of $6750 came from Thomas S. Baldwin, of New York City. G. F. Myer, of Ham mondsport, N. T., submitted the lowst bid, $6000, the balloon to be delivered in 100 days. RAISE THE ILL-FATED MAINE Steps Taken In House Looking To ward This End. WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 With a view to the raising of the Ill-fated battle ship Maine and the "proper burial of Its dead, now lying with the hulk ot that vessel In the harbor of Havana, Cuba," Representative Sulzer of New York today Introduced a resolution calling upon the Secretary of the Navy for papers and correspondence bearing on the International status of the ques tion, and the rights of the Government of the United States in the matter. New Flour for Islands. WASHINGTON, Feb. 15. The Com missary-General of the Army has de cided to purchase for shipment to the Philippines, Kansas wheat which shows the best results in mixture with the California flour. This means that no more contracts will be awarded for Australian flour, which has hitherto been shipped to the islands. The Kansas-California blend has been found an equal of the Australian product, and It Is the policy of the Government to buy 'Its military . supplies' of domestic sources whenever possible. Plans for Army Supply Depot. WASHINGTON, Feb. 15. Plans and specifications have been compiled in the Quartermaster-General's office for the extensive work which is contem plated at Fort Mason, Cal., where there will be established a general military supply depot. Congress has authorized an expenditure of $l,o00,000 tor the construction of buildings and pier at that place. It will be the most impor tant shipping point and troops-transfer station iu the country. TURN TABLESQi. GRAFTERS DEMOCRATS INDORSE XHDJTXE, WHO CONVICTED THEM. Attempt to Secure Censure of Ap pellate Court's Critics Proves a Boomerang to the Authors. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Feb. 15. (Special.) The San Francisco Demo cratic Club has pledged itself un qualifiedly on record In favor of the continuance of the graft prosecution at its meeting tonight, by unanimous ly pledging its support to Judge Frank H. Dunne for re-election to the Su perior bench and at the same time de nouncing the action of certain attor neys in protesting against the criti cism which has been directed at the District Court of Appeals. The indorsement of Judge Dunne came in a Democratic manner. Cerr tain attorneys in the club friendly to the indicted magnates endeavored to place the club on record as opposed to the violent criticism of the Appel late Court which upset Judge Dunne's rulings in the Schmitz case. Not only did the club reject the resolutions framed in the Interests of the indicted millionaires, but turned around and passed a set of resolutions praising Judge Dunne for his stand in the Schmitz casef and indorsed him for re-election this Fall. The resolu tions are extremely laudatory. This is the first political action of any kind bearing on the graft prose cution since the Appellate Court's de cision) GRAFT CASES ARE POSTPONED Prosecution Asks More Time in Case " of Supervisors. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 15 The ar raignment of M. W. Coffey and Andrew M. Wilson, formerly supervisors under the regime of Eugene Schmitz, was con tinued this morning in Judge Dunne's department of the Superior Court. The continuance was asked for by the District -Attorney. The two men who are charged with receiving a trolley bribe were pres ent with their attorneys. The trial of Eugene Schmitz on the re maining French restaurant extortion cases was set for this morning before Su perior Judge Dunne. Schmitz was pres ent with his attorney, but owing to the calling of several witnesses in the action to set aside the indictments against J. Dalzell Brown, of "the defunct California Safe Deposit & Trust Company, the date of trial was fixed for February 29. George F. Duffey. former supervisor and afterwards president of the Board of Public Works, charged with bribery, ap peared before Superior Judge Lawlor this morning to plead. At the request of his attorney and with the consent of the Dis trict Attorney, the time for pleading was continued one week. See Keats' Auto ad, section 4, page 7." aiiicoats ails 0 vercoats YOUR CHOICE WHILE THEY LAST SEE DISPLAY IN STREET SAM'L ROSENBLATT & CO. COUNTY OFFICERS "MEDDLING" . IN AFFAIRS OF THE CITY Vigorous Expression From an Oregon Sheriff on Civic Unrighteousness and Necessity for Reform. E. M. SHUTT. THE editorial columns of The Ore gonian are so completely and ably voicing the sentiments of the moral people of Oregon on the question of law and order that little remains to be said. However, there Is one very important Issue along that line upon which the writer has noticed scarcely any com ment in the public press. We refer to the question of "whether .or not county officers have a right to meddle in mat ters pertaining to city affairs." It is a matter that is being discussed . and agi tated in the small towns and cities throughout the State of Oregon. This question has become so aeute in Southern Oregon that Mayor Reddy, of Medford, has filed with the Secretary of State an initiative petition for a constitu tional amendment, giving to incorporated towns exclusive authority to license, regulate or suppress saloons, poolrooms, theater, racetracks and similar places thereby abrogating the present local op- . 1 1-1.1 . . . .tn.. ...-.iivca- h. 1 HUH law. XI115 IJUCSLlUii (11 VI 1 .i,u.-at, w voted upon at the state election next June, and the friends of good govern ment must turn out and promptly defeat this proposed amendment. Attempts to enact such legislation were promptly crushed at the 1905 session of the Oregon Legislature. ' Mayor Reddy says: "We don't like to have county officers meddle in matters that relate to city affairs." Now, we all know that the best interests of the town and country are so Identical and closely related to each other that no dis pute should arise over matters of local government. The trouble Is that we have not yet eliminated from official circles all the Mayor Reddy in Oregon, and the few remaining ones must be weeded out as quickly as possible. ' Tou may rest assured that the city or town that has respect and reverence for law and that stands for civic righteous ness and public decency, has no desire to secede from nor to nullify the state crimi nal laws. The town that is governed by men who stand for law and order, who have regard for their oaths of office, and who have a sense of their moral duty to society, has no fear of a "meddling" Sher iff, but is glad and willing to work In conjunction with him for the betterment of social, moral and financial conditions. The municipality that doesn't want to be "meddled"' with by the state criminal laws Is usually governed by men who stand for a wide-open, Cripple Creek, rip roaring town, where gambling and thiev ery thrive and where everybody, includ ing father, works on Sunday. The Mayor and Councllmen and Marshal and Recorder of such cities are nearly al ways to be found spending their leisure moments In the saloons, at the gambling tables or some similar place of amuse ment. They are usually men who regard home as simply a quick-lunch counter and a place to sleep. Home, in its high est and noblest and grandest sense the very foundation of the government itself Is an unknown Institution to them. The wife of such a man stays at home year In and year out, slaving along with the children and house drudgery, never knowing what it Is to enjoy the sweet companionship and tender, protecting love of a husband and father. Wife and children see him only at meal times, for after business hours and all day Sundays he sits at the card tables In the saioons or at the Pastime or at the club. He is blind -to his duty to his family and to the moral, welfare of his city. He has degenerated into simply a money-making machine, and will sacrifice everything, even the honor and future welfare of his boys and girls, for the almighty collar. His sons have to look to the school teacher at school and the Town Marshal on the streets for their moral and intel lectual training, not daring to follow the precept and example of their- father. He is a moral coward and as an official he is owned body and soul by the law breaking element. He will tolerate any civic condition so long as it contributes to his financial welfare. Of course he doesn't want any Snerlff to "meddle" with his policies. In most of the towns of Oregon the saloon element is strong enough to elect a '"favorable" Mayor and Cn.y Council, by importing a bunch of floating tin horns if necessary. The City Council collects the license money from the saloons, 'gambling dens and houses of prostitution, and of course expends the money in the city. When these incuba tors of crime hatch and bring forth their finished products in the shape of mur der trials and kindred cases, it is then only that suoh cities do not object to the Sheriff and the District Attorney and the THE MORRISON WINDOW Cor. Third and Morrison Streets farmers and the stockmen butting in and "meddling" with city anairs, for tnere are perhaps thousands of dollars of Cir cuit Court bills to toe paid. Ninety-five per cent of all crimes are Incubated if not perpetrated in the saloons of the cities and towns. Mayor Reddy, has the country tax-payer no interest In the way his home town is run? Has he nothing to say when his boys and girls come to town to attend school and fall prey to the vicious town environments? Has the farmer nothing to say when his harvest hands come to town Sundays, get drunk and don't re turn for several days, while his crops and hard work are Sacrificed for want of help? In such cases as these a law-enforcing sheriff or district attorney proves a God send to the farmer and stockman and the j law-abiding element of towns and cities, I after the easy-going city authorities re- I fuse to do their plain duty. These county officers represent a higher power, and are usually under no obligations to the vic ious element for their election. They can toring order and decency out of this chaotic state and be upheld In it by the people of the county. There are, of course, some sheriffs and district attor neys in Oregon Who have no desire to "meddle" In city affairs, or in anything else that might lose them a few votes. Such officers belong to the gang above described, and their chief pursuit is playing politics and smiling upon and winking at anything and everything, even the devil himself, if he could in some manner help keep them in office. Look at Baker City for Instance. The writer attended the funeral of his noble friend, the murdered ex-Sheriff Harvey K. Brown, and it has always been our opinion, from all the findings of the de tectives, that this splendid specimen of Oregon manhood was murdered by the tinhorn gamblers and horse thieve of Baker City, to prevent his being elected sheriff and putting the lid on the town again next Spring. We don't believe the Miner's Union had anything to do with this dirty piece of work. The District Attorney, Sheriff, Mayor, City Council and Police Officials in that city are not doing their duty in maintaining an atmos phere in" which gamblers and law-breakers generally congregate and prosper. If they refuse to stop gambling and Sun day opening of saloons they should be fired out by the voters next June, and successors elected who have a clearer con ception of their oaths of office. It is really refreshing to see a mayor or any other public official rise above his surroundings and take a firm, manly stand for law and order. It Is astonish ing how quickly he can change the moral complexion of the city without in the least damaging its financial Interests, for after all there Is a latent majority In every community that stands ready and willing to come to .the support of a pub lic official who has the moral stamina and courage to take a stand for the right. Such men as Mayor Reddy and the Others we have described belonging to a past age, and have no place in official life In this great, growing, regenerated West. Eliminate the moss back official and professional politician and install pa triotic men who hold sacred their oaths of office. What we need in Congress, in the Oov ernor's office, in all state, county and municipal official circles are men who are not afraid to do their plain duty, whatever this calls for, even though an apparent majority are against them 6n the start. Great and small reforms spring from heroic and persistent minori ties. Lincoln, Roosevelt and Folk furn ish good examples for emulation. HEPPNJiR, OR. FRESCOS 0R FURNACES Proposition to Place Steam Heat in an Italian Cathedral. The guests In a hotel paTlor not long ago were enforced and amused listeners to the experiences abroad of a newly rich matron in sumptious attire who had not yet learned to moderate her voice. "Give me America every time!" she proclaimed. "No more sunny Italy for me. When you're outdoors you toast one side of the street and freeze tother, and when you ain't, it's worse. Houses like cellars, and galleries like tombs, and big. dead-cold churches that ain't fit for any thing but cold storage. ' "Mame got me to go to a cathedral In Florence once, a day It was snapping out side. Well, I stayed Ave minutes, with my furs piled up to my ears; and then I just grabbed Mame, and wa came out and went home. " "Mame,' says L 'you come with me, and don't sulk. That cathedral may bo grand, all right, but we am t arctic dls- discoverers, and we won't go back into any such polar cavern of a place till it's warmed up decently for Human beings. There'd ought to be a good, powerful mm ptfllflffp Copyright 1907 by Hart Schaffner W Marx steam-heating -plant put In there qulck.l before any more fool travelers like us,! that have left their happy homes In a country where folks know Winter's Wln-j ter, for this land of art and sunshine, can be killed off in their innocence by double' pneumonia. " 'But I'll tell you what I'll do,' I told.' her. 'I'll write your pa and get him to' donate the heating apparatus, and send a man over to hustle It right In. My, won't! that make our Italian friends alt up and1 take notice!' , "Well, If you'll believe it. Mama was doubtful and everybody else laughed. . They explained it wouldn't do, because there'd be disfiguring pipes, and the heati would crack the frescos, and a lot more; nonsensical little things like that. The' upshot was, they'd been uncomfortable so' long they wanted to stay so. "You can't throw a gift In people's teeth if they don't want it, naturally; but no more Italy for me. Frescoes are well enough, but furnaces are better. Give, me steam heat and progress and good old Uncle Samuel! Maine don't like me to say so, but she's just putting on airs." HOLD-UP IN THE SUBURBS Proprietor oi Lakeview Hotel on Llnnton Road Foils Robbers. Shortly before midnight an effort was made to hold up the Lake View hotel and saloon, which is just outside the city lim its on the Linnton road. Fred Llpzinger, the proprietor, was alone in the place at the time, and hearing a whistle, went to the door, believing that it was some one with a team who desired to have re freshments brought outside. He was met at the threshold, however, by a masked man, who, with revolver In hand, com manded him to throw up his hands. Llp zinger Instead quickly jumped back into the hotel slamming and bolting the door after him. He then secured his revolver and went outside to seek the robber, but could find no trace of him. The police and the Sheriff were tooth notified. Another holdup occurred between 10 and 11 o'clock at Riverdale. G. H. Durham was surrounded by three young men, two of whom thrust revolvers In his face, while the third went through his pockets. The man who searched him wore a hand kerchief over his face to conceal his features and the other two retired sev eral feet away so that they could not ba plainly seen. The thieves got only a trifling sum. San Francisco Shipping. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 15. The Alaska Pacific Company's steamer Buekman. Captain EJ. B. Wood, left for Seattle and Tacoma with 80 passengers and 1600 tons of freight. Included In the Buckman's cargo were 500 tons of cement and a ep-! cial shipment of 60 tons of machinery for' the Kodiack Gold Mining Company. The William Baylies is being fitted oit In preparation for another voyage in tho1 Arctic and Behrlng Sea. Late Shipping JTews. AUCKLAND Arrived Forerlc. Seattle and San Francisco, for Sydney. N. R TV. 1 Hongkong Arrived previously Nippon Maru, San Francisco, via Honolulu. Toko' hams. e'-c. Coronal Arrived Horm. Portland. Or.,! for ITnited Kingdom or Continent. STOPPED SHORT Taking- Tonics, and Built op on Right Food. The mistake Is frequently made of. trying to build up a worn-out nervous system on so-called tonics drugs. New material from which to rebuild wasted nerve cells, is what should ba supplied, and this can be obtained only from proper food. "Two years ago I found myself on the verge of a complete nervous col lapse, due to overwork and study, and to illness In the family," writes a Wis. young mother. "My friends became alarmed be cause I grew pale and thin and could not sleep nights. I took various tonl s prescribed by physicians. hut tnetr effects wore off shortly after I stopped taking them. My food did not seem to nourish me and I gained no flesh nor blood. "Reading of Grape-Nuts, T de termined to stop the tonics and see what a change of diet would do. I ate Grape-Nuts four times a day, with cream and drank milk also, went to bed early after eating a dish of Grape Nuts before retiring. "In about two weeks I was sleeping soundly. In a short time gained 20 lbs. In weight and felt like a different woman. My little daughter whom I was obliged to keep out of school lat Spring on account of chronic catarrh, has changed from a thin, pale, nervous child to a rosy, healthy girl and has gone back to school this Fall. "Grape-Nuts and fresh air were the only agents used to accomplish the happy results." "There's a reason." Name given by Potitum Co., Battle: Creek. Mich. Read "The Road to Well vi.le," in pkgs. fiiiipill 111