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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAX, PORTLAND, JANUARY 9, 1910. FOOD .IS SCARCE; PRICES SOARING Coal Shortage Relieved, but Provision Trains Are Delayed. PRODUCE ARRIVES FROZEN Further Advance in Food Stuffs Is Expected in Chicago Monday, Notwithstanding Continued Warm Weather Is Due. CHICAGO. Jan. 8. (Special.) With the promised continuation of warmer weath er, the coal situation was somewhat re lleved today, but provisions allowed an other advance in price, owing to the de- In freight movement and tha cold. "We are receiving little provisions from the country and what is shinned is frozen." explained one of the dealers in South Water street today. A hog famine was one result of the cold, tha price going skyhigh, but declining slightly today. Juat when the real danger of a coal famine was believed to be passed today, renewed now caused new fears of traffic delay. Coal Trains Delay Provisions. While giving coal the right of way of all freight, the railroads have been forced. to delay shipments on other commodi ties with the result that prices have been mounting. The cold weather, which stopped live stock chipping,, has sent prices skyrocket ing' at the stockyards, where hogs reached $9.05 the highest since 18$?. Hogs by the thousands are reported at loading stations in Iowa awaiting an opportunity to get to Chicago, where prices are the highest ever shown during the Winter packing season. There is also a shortage in hogs. Corn was high, hogs absurdly cheap, and the farmers quit raising them, preferring to haul the corn to the elevator. '.Potato Supply Is Short. Potato shipments have dropped from 25 to about six cars a day and tubers were most costly today, as. were but y ter, eggs and poultry. Flour also climbed. Following- are some of the prices quoted today by "wholesale dealers. The retail prices show several cents Increase: Eggs, dozen, 40 cent; butter, 34 cents; chickens, 16 cents; ducks, 17 cents; geese, 14 cents; turkeys, 24 cents; potatoes, per bushel, carload lots, 50 cents; flour, per barrel, $6.80. Further Advances Expected. F. R. Merrill, of South Water street, today said the provision market had been affected greatly by transportation delay and the cold. "There is not the activity on the farms this weather that there Is when the farmers can get about." he said, "and most of what was shipped In the lero spell was frozen." It was a report in South Water street that a further advance in provisions was coming Monday. PINCHOT STAYS IN FIGHT (Continued From First Page.1 the investigating committee, which could only bring him criticism from one side or the other. It was said. : Repdr-sentative Norris. of Nebraska, the Insurgent author of yesterday's amend ment taking away from the Speaker the right to name the investigation commit tee, has no dou.bt that the vote of the House showed a lack of confidence . in Mr. Cannon. , , "That illustrates on thing to the coun try, unmistakably. an(j that is, that the members of the Hoifse do not trust Speaker Cannon' he said. "Personally, I had no interest in the controversy In which Secretary Ballinger and Mr. Pin chot are Involved, and no inclination ona way or the other. I did not believe the Speakrr should -name this committee and thus prejudice in advance the investiga - tion in one 'of the principals in the af fair, and a majority of the House took the same view. It was a vote of lack of confidence in Speaker Cannon, and can not be construed any other way." The Insurgents were inclined to the view tjiat the time was not ripe for expressions of opinion as to the wis dom of President Taft's action in dis missing Pinchot and. his assistants. From the private expressions of opinion, however, the idea seemed to prevail that Pinchot must have be lieved that if he continued in the Gov ernment service he would have been trammeled to a certain extent In the giving of testimony before the Con gressional investigation committee. Not all of Mr. Pinchot's friends in Congress and it is admitted on all aides that he has many sympathizers thought he was Justified in precipi tating his official decapitation. One of the insurgents in the Senate, who has been a particularly warm friend. -of Mr. Pinchot, said it made little dif ference whether the House or Speaker Cannon appointed the House members of the Investigation committee, and that the personnel of the entire com mittee was of little' consequence to either of the principals in the Ballin-ger-Pinchot controversy. It was ar- gued that the very fact that the in quiry was to be made in public would prevent a whitewash, for it was well known that the public was so Intensely interested in the proceeding that it would judge for itself, and the decis ion, if it whs to be final, would be ren dered by the people. There is only one conclusion upon which all are unanimous; that is, that nun ii ilia x iceiuriiL una BUUglll t(J avoid, for the present at least, and in forcing it at this time by the dismis sal of Pinchot. the President's sup porters maintain that Mr. Taft has considered all the probable effects and vonsequences, and has decided to see it through. Throughout the Bureau of Forestry there was a feeling of alarm as to what mlsrht become of the organization which had been to such a large de gree the work of the late Chief For ester. All of the officials of this de partment who occupy places of respon sibility were personally selected by him. Whether or not there will be any turther shakeup of the bureau is a question that is calling forth a great deal of concern within the bureau to aay. t.eorge P. McCabe, the solicitor of the Agricultural Department, called on Mr. Pinchot in his office early to day and presented to him a letter from Secretary Wilson which desig nated Mr. McCabe as Acting Forester. Albert F. Potter, an Associate Fores ter in the service who had been pre t viously designated by the Secretary to' relieve Mr. Pinchcft as Forester, be ing In the West and not able to re turn for, several days, it became ne cessary this morning to name some one else in his place. Mr. Pinchot gave Mi. McCabe a hearty welcome and said he. was ready to turn over the Bureau to him at once. Aa Mr. Pinchot was about to leave the building the scores of employes therein gathered in the assembly room on the top floor. Thither went Mr. Pinchot, his "entrance signalized' by deafening applause. No candidate re turning from a successful campaign ever was greeted by a more enthu siastic demonstration than that ac corded to the late Forester. Mr. Pinchot bade farewell to all who filed by. A little later he left the building. "I have nothing to fear from a thor ough determination of the facts,", said Secretary Ballinger . today. "I may have committed errors of- Judgment in one way or another, as any man might while In the public service, but I am firm In my knowledge that no improp er motive has ever Influenced me in any action I have taken." The Secretary remarked that he not only wanted to have his own conduct Investigated, but desired also to have the same course followed "in relation to the other fellow." He declined to make any comment regarding the action of the President in dismissing Glfford Pinchot. The Secretary said he had endeavored to have the Joint. resolution providing .or a Congressional investigation worded so that It would be as thorough as possible. PINCHOT'S MOTIVE IS PUZZLE Even Friends Believe Dolliver Iiet ter Was Error of Forester. OREQONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Jan. 8. No one seems able sat isfactorily to explain the motive which led Gifford Pinchot to write the letter to Senator Dolliver that caused his dis missal. Pinchot himself refuses to ex plain and his friends, like his enemies, are confounded. Certain it Is that if he paused to consider ha must have realized what, would follow his action. Various theories are advanced: One that he de termined to take matters into his own hands and hasten what he felt certain would follow the Congressional investi gation, incidentally exploding the big sensation that remained to-be devel oped; another that Pinchot, like Glavis, suffers from what Attorney-General Wickersham designates as megalo mania, and, being in that condition, could, not realize his error. Still others believe Pinchot was actu ated by some deep-seated motive which will develop later. It Is believed ,now he is out, that he will become an open and active op ponent of the administration. The manner of his dismissal, however, and the-absolute Justification of the Presi dent's course, it is conceded, will weak en Pinchot if h eundtertakes such an assault. Not even his friend Roosevelt, in the circumstances, could ask his retention after his attack upon President Taft. AERIAL CONTESTS TO START (Continued From First Page.) lfornia announced tonight the selec tion of the following competitive flights that are to take piace auring the meet: Courtland Field Bishon. nresldent nt- the Aero Club of America, chairman; .. l.b. v. Twinning, president of the Aero Club ' of California, vice-chairman; M. C. Neuner, Lieutenant Paul W. Judges; A. I Smith, George 3. Harrll Beck, Dick Ferris, William. Stevens; alternates,, A. L. Smith, George B. Har rison; secretary to the Judges, W. H. Leonard. First Flight on Monday. While no ' programme for the meet has been inmnataJ nn. i. ... . ww....n.vi iiui V1II uo UHLH the arrival of Louis Paulhan, the x-icHn aviator, ana nis associates, on Sunday morning, Monday has been nominated as Avlntinn . i, - devoted to trials and ' elimination The aviators who will make the first fli&Thttt In hen v i ni. t V, ., .. . i. ; ever attempted on the Pacific Coast will n vjiciui v-uriiss, jjouis paulhan, Charles K. Hamilton, Charles F. Wil lard, Clifford B. Harmon, M. Maisson, M. Mlscarol, Roy Knabenshue and Lin coln Beachey. Farman biplanes, monoplanes, Cur tiss biplanes and the new Knabenshue machines will be used. Besides these, which are mni-hlnpa wninh v.n.,n - i ready been successfully flown, several iiii.iihicb maue Dy inventors in San Franciscn Pnrtlonil T.n A c ' - uus Aii5i;ii;a, QUn Diego and Phoenix will be given their first trial to determine whether they shall be entered In the lists of com petitors for tht ssft nnn i - - ' 'w JllJiStH offered by the aviation committee. Curtls Expects Sew Keeord. FllehR for the t-ain fln-n- U 1 . balloons that have been brought to this city from all.partsof the country will be made from Huntington Park between tills ritv n n ,i v. ..... i .' ' (I, oiiu 20 miles from the aviation camp. uauoon races will oe held during the latter days of the meet, when attempts to sail over the Sierra . rt -o mtra ... mountains and to sail from this city to Ban Francisco for prizes offered by the aviation commission will be made. The first one of the nrize pomTvitinti. for heavier-than-air machine" that greatest speed, will be made on Tuesday. According to Glenn H. Curtiss, the avia tors win oe compelled to make these flights, at a heierht of about tk ta account of the sloping of the field, where as) the flights over the aviation courses in iiiurope nave been made at a height of from 15 to 25 feet. It Is the exnectnttnn of Curtiss that all records for altitude in neavier-than-air machines will be broken here. Xot the Daughter or John Day. PORTLAND, Or., Jan. 8. (To the Edi tor.) In the Evening Telegram today, there els printed a half-tone portrait of Mrs. 9. A. Weeks. , It is there said tha she died recently at Sherwood, Or., aged 64, and that she was the daughter of John Day, in whose honor John Day River is named. John Day, for whom the river in Eastern Oregon is named. was a noted trapper, who was one of the ill-fated party of Wilson Price Hunt, the overland Astor expedition of 1S1L John Day died at Astoria in 1S12. So far as I can ascertain he was unmarried. In the map in Washington Irving's "Ad ventures of Captaian Bonneville," pub lished in 183i, this river is ehown and called "'John Day's" River. Rev. Samuel Parker arrived in Oregon in 1835. In the map in Parker's Journal, published in lSoS, this same river is shown and called "John Day's" River. FREDERICK V. HOLMAN. Albany Traffic Grows. ALBANY, Or., Jan. 8. (Special.) Re ceipts at the Union Depot in Albany during 1909 were 41 per cent greater than those of 1908, according to figures furnished. Wallace R. Struble, manager of the Albany Commercial Club, by R. K. Montgomery, the local agent. The increase In freight office receipts was $44,901.94 and the increase In passen ger receipts $10,780.23. The total num ber of passengers arriving and depart ing from the Union Depot here during 1909 was 201,690. and 14,235 trains re ported at the Union Depot WDOLGROWERSFOR PORTLAND IN1811 Uvely Convention Closes in Harmony After PoIiticaI Row Threatens Peace. ; PINCHOT HEAVILY SCORED Resolutions Condemn Past Manage ment of Forestry Service and Reforms Are Demanded. Potter Delivers Address. OGDEN, Jan. 8. After the selection of Portland, Or., for the next meeting place, the 46th annual session of the National Woolgrowers' Association came to a close today. All the present officers were re-elected as follows: President. W. Fred Gooding, Sho shone, Idaho; Eastern vice-president, A. J.v Knollln, Chicago; Western vice president, J. M. Delfelder, Walton, Wyo. ' The closing hour of the convention was marked by a contention of a per sonal nature between the supporters of President Gooding on the one hand and those of Secretary George S. Walk er on the other, in which touch heat was shown and the lie was passed. The committee on by-laws reported, among other things an- amendment to the effect that the secretary should be elected by the executive committee, with the approval of the president. The friends of Walker saw in this an attempt to legislate him out of office. They rallied warmly to his support, and a confusing hour of personality and parliamentary- tangled followed. After much warmth i of debate it was brought but. In a statement by Presi dent Gooding himself, that the princi pal cause of his dissatisfaction was tliat on. one occasion last year he had a-'Tfl Secretary Walker t- come to l.i.. home in Shoshone on business in connection with the association and that Secretary Walker sent him a let ter in 'reply to tha effect that he was no hired man to be ordered around. Mr. Walker explained that while he had no doubt that he wrote the letter com plained of, he at that time was laboring under misapprehensions which had since been explained away. The -association adopted the bylaw prac tically as it was introduced. The conven tion afterward adopted a motion that the executive committee recommend the ap pointment " of Mr. Walker as secretary after President Gooding and Secretary Walker had given intimation that they could work in harmony. The contest for the meeting place of 1911 was between Portland, Or., and Boise. Idaho, but Just before the voting began, the Idaho delegation withdrew Boise, and the selection of Portland was made by unanimous vote. The association adopted the report of the committee on resolutions without change. It" was also voted that the as sociation should become an Incorporated body. The resolutions emphatically condemned "tariff tinkering," and reclared that pro tection was the salvatioa of the Wool in dustry. Past regulation of the Forestry Service was declared to be based "more upon theory than upon knowledge," and more favorable interpretation of the grazing laws is demanded. A special minimum clause is also desired in. the 36 hour limit law on livestock transporta tion. Hearty approval is also expressed of the efforts of the National Wool Ware house & Storage Company in marketing wool, and Western cities are praised for the establishment of Independent ware houses. A feature of the day's session was the address of three Government offi cers, Doctors A. M. Delvin and John R. Mohler, of the Bureau of Animal In dustry, and Albert F. Potter, Forester. It was evident that the recent dis missal of Glfford Pinchot was pleasing to the majority of the sheepmen. On one or two occasions reference' was made to the dawn of a better day, and the secretary read a telegram from T. A. Cdsdriff, of Cheyenne, Wyo., of con gratulation on the downfall of Mr. Pinchot, and requesting the convention to write an epitaph. On the other hand. In his address on "The Woolgrowers' View, of National Forest Regulations," P. G.' Johnson, of Blackfoot, Idaho, spoke a word in be half of the ex-Chief Forester, paying tribute to what he designated as his far-sightedness and honesty of pur pose. APPLE BILL IS OPPOSED Oregon Delegation Fights Measure Establishing Fruit Grades. ' WASHINGTON. Jan. 8. The Oregon delegation has taken notice of the bill introduced by Representative Lafean, of Pennsylvania, to establish standard packages and grades for apples, and will oppose its passage, believing its pro visions inimical to Western fruit growers. k The bill fixes the standard box for apples at a capacity not less "than 2342 cubic inches, and standard grades, size A, two and half inches in diameter, size B, .two and a fourth Inches, and size C, two inches. The bill provides restrictions upon packing and penalties for deviations from standards and grades. It is likely to prove onerous to Western growers. LETTER CAUSE OF ARREST (Continued From First Paje.) that Is not feasible, that you advise the department of the specific charges on which you rely to save the statute before Rctually having the indictments brought in. You may telephone either to me or to Mr. Ellis, If I should be out of the de partment when you call on this point- "GEORGE W. WICKERSHAM." Lents Grange Officers Installed. J. J. Johnson, state lecturer, installed the following officers of Lents Grange, Patrons, of Husbandry, yesterday after noon: Master. T. J. Kreuger; overseer, Mrs. IT. A. Darnall; lecturer. A. F. Mil ler; chaplain, Mrs. A. F. Miller; stew ard, E. Morrell; assistant, A. J. Stone; lady assistant steward. Mrs. Hayforth; secretary, Mrs. Hotchkiss; treasurer, Mrs. Grace Feury: gatekeeper, J. Hick man; Ceres. Lillian Thomas; Flora, Adah McCullom; Fomena, Leila Lent. In behalf of the Grange Mrs. Hogue pre sented to H. A. Darnall. retiring master, an elegant gold pin in appreciation of his services for the past year. An excellent programme was rendered during the lec turer's hour. Lebanon Conncil Chooses Officers. LEBANON. Or., Jan. 8. (Special.) City Attorney N. M. Newport and City Mar shal Frank Richard have been re-elected by the City Council. Dr. F. J. Laird has been elected City Health Officer. Men's Suits and Overcoats If 4) POTTER IS EXPERT Pinchot's Successor Knows About Range Conditions. CONSERVATION - TO GO ON Subordinates Say Former Chief In spired His Men to Good Work. Movement Now Beyond Reach of Politics. A. F. Potter, who was named by Secre tary of Agriculture Wilson to succeed Glfford Pinchot as chief of the Bureau of Forestry of the Agricultural Depart ment, is at present attending the meet ing of the National Woolgrowers' Asso ciation at Ogden, Utah. Mr. Potter was appointed to the service 'from New Mex ice, where at one time he was the owner of a large band of sheep. He Is conceded to be an expert on grazing and livestock conditions in the United States. For several months Mr. Potter has been considered as standing closer to "Tama Jim" Wilson, Secretary of Agriculture, than any other man In the service. C. 8. Chapman, district forester, in charge of National forest work in Oregon, Washington and Alaska, on being asked how the removal of Mr. Pinchot was looked upon by the local men of the service, gave out the following state ment yesterday: "As to the action taken and what led up to it I have nothing whatever to say. I might state, however, that I have known Mr. Pinchot and worked under his direction for the past ten years: During that time what Is now the Forest Service grew from a few men to its present size and from doing experimental and educa tional work to having charge of the 195,000,000 acres now in the National for ests. The growth of the service was due to the energy and enterprise of Gifford Pinchot, backed by the Secretary of Ag riculture. "Mr. Pinchot has a peculiar way of placing responsibility on the members of his force, and making them feel that their lives depend upon getting their work done promptly and well. No man was too far down in ,the organization to have the privilege of giving his opinions and suggestions for Improvement, and the best suggestions were, the ones accepted. "The forest policy of the Government is now well established and I believe has the indorsement of the great bulk of the people. We have had no indication that there are to be changes either in method or personnel in the field. The work, so far as I know, will be carried on as for merly, and the men in the service feel that their work in the past has been satisfactory and will be in the future. It is certain that users of the forests will continue to receive the same con sideration and that National forest busi ness will be in no way interrupted or put on other than its present sound basis. "Word has jilst been received from Secretary Wilson that George P. McCabe, solicitor for the Department of Agricul ture, is in charge of the service until further orders. E. T. Allen, Mr. Chapman's prede cessor as District Forester under Pin chot for the Northwest, who resigned recently to become forester for tha Western Forestry and Conservation As sociation, said: ' ' "I regret it, of course, for during 11 years' close association with Mr. Pin chot I learned to admire him greatly both as a man and as a public, official. He is always actuated wholly by de votion to public good, with no thought of self-interest. His work is not a pastime or hobby, but a consecration of his entire life to the service of the American people. A Westerner- myself from childhood, I found him remarkably familiar with the problems of the West and .thoroughly in sympathy with its best development. It never will have better friends than Roosevelt and Pin chot. "But although the conservation move ment received its chief Inspiration from him, it has now grown -beyond serious set-back through any accident of poli tics. The people approve of it and will insist upon their resources being pro tected, whoever may ,be In official au thority. This incident will be an ef fective means of awakening even greater interest and watchfulrtess. Nor do I think Mr. Pinchot's usefulness will be at all diminished. He is not the man to be discouraged by reverses, and will find ample means of serving the cause. 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