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THE RTTVnAY OREGOyiAX. FORTLAXD,. AUGUST 1, 1910. OHIO 5 r M fl 1 1 P U 1 the present city charter, which are ln r I J 1 1 1 1 U H 1 adequate for the growing needs of the LIIUUUII OF J. R. GARFIELD Collapse of Boom for Governjr Sad Disappointment to Insurgent Band. PITIFUL SHOWING MADE Pro-.px-t of Certain Defeat at Polls Makes Nomination Impossible. Harding lias Good Chance of Beating Harmon. OKEGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, Auc. C The action of the re cent Ohio Republican State Convention may or may not have paved the way to Republican victory In November, but It certainly did one thing It demon strated that James R. Garfield Is !n no way a potent factor In Ohio politics. Garfield, heralded the country over on the day preceding the convention as the sure nomine for Governor, was not ven treated seriously by the, delegates when they met and got down to busi ness; he received TJ out of IMS votes cat. In the pre-conventlon days, the Gar field boomers made a tremendous noise. Garfield himself appeared on the scene and was extensively Interviewed. The vorps of subsidised pres. agent, lent for the occasion by Oltford Ptnchot. mere successful In creating the Im pression that Garfield would prove a strong runner and would develop Into the leading- candidate before the con vention. And those wholly dependent upon the presa dispatches were In duced to look upon Garfield as a real politician, wielding power and com manding support. Delegates Not Fooled. But what a fiasco It proved to be. The Garfield boomers, though success ful In raising a bl- racket, proved In flnlteslmally weak In numbers so weak that Garfield at the last moment, finding that the delegates were not de ceived, refused to stay through the convention, but packed his duds and hiked for home. He was shrewd enough to detect the true situation, but for deserting his followers be waa unmer cifully roasted and branded a "quit ter. The plain, blunt truth about the Ohio situation Is this: Jimmy Garfield waa turned down because he la hostile to President Taft. Ohio Republicans are loyal to the President, are satis fied with his administration and his party leadership and are In favor of his renomlnatlon. Garfield, though he said otherwise when he went to Colum bus. Is sore at Taft. professes to believe the Administration has been a failure and wants to see T. Roosevelt denomi nated In 113. Garfield's remonstrances at Columbua fooled nobody; hla decla ration that he had no quarrel with the President was a deliberate attempt at deception. But Garfield was dealing with men, and with politicians, and these men ex ercised their brains. They were aware that Garfield was attempting to make up with the President not because of any change In hla own heart, but be cause he felt he must do so to secure the nomination. And they knew equal ly well that Garfield, If nominated and elected, would have turned again on the President, and used his high of fice to embarras him at every turn In the road. Bo they turned down Jimmy. Defeat Thought Certain. Another reason why Garfield was re lected waa the absolute certainty that he would be defeated If nominated. The experienced Republican politicians sf Ohio, of all factions save the Insur ants, knew this, and all were against Garfield. The Democrats knew what an easy mark ha would be If nomi nated, and they wept bitter tears when Jimmy showed up with a pitiful 7J votes. They had banked heavily on the ore-convention reports that oar field would be named, for they knew full well that against such a man Gov ernor Harmon would have a walk over. As a matter of fact. William H. Taft Is a bigger man today In Ohio than Theodore Roosevelt. The Republicans of that state ow their first allegiance to their honored son. the President, and look upon the ex-President as an out slder when It comes to affairs affect ing only Ohio. They deem It more Im portant to show their loyalty to-presi dent Taft than to express their aaraira tlon for ex-President Roosevelt. And the minute they wrota their loyalty to Taft Into their state platform, they offered serious affront to Jimmy Oar field, and Jimmy declined to stay with them. Ticket May Win. In the Judgment of men well versed In Ohio politics, the Republican ticket stands a fair chance of winning In No vember. They concede that a strong man waa nominated on a platform that win prove popular. The Injection of National Issues into the campaign will add strength to the Republican cause, and the tariff Issue and the successful record of the Taft administration will be kept constantly to the front. By this means, there Is strong hope that Harding will sweep the state In No vember, and defeat Harmon, the popu lar Democratic IdoL Harding. In any event, has a reasonable chance of elec tion: Garfield would have been certain of defeat almost as great as ha met In the Republican convention. Out of It all. what does Garfield get? He Is worse off than before he at tempted to break In. Prior to the Columbus convention nobody knew Oar fleld's political strength; It had never been tested. From the amount of pub licity he had been receiving. It waa presumed that he would "cut some Ice." though nobody knew how much. When his friendly press agents got In their work, a great many people began to believe that Jtmmv was going to be a factor rn Ohio politics, aa hla father had been before him. QUEENSTOWN TO BE PORT Canard I.lners Induced Not Slight Queenstown. to LONDON. Aug. . In consequence of the pressure brought to bear on It through Irish and other influence, th 'unard Line today decided to revert to Queenstown as a port of call on eastbound Journeys, landing passen gers and mall there before contlnuln to Fishguard, the new port on the Welsh coast. All steamers except the Lualtanla and Mauretania will put In at both Vrueenstown and Fishguard commenc ing September L Cottage Grove Would Issue Bonds. COTTAGE GROVE. Or.. Aug. . (Spe rial ) Cottage Grov will hold a spe cial election on August 2i for the pur- a, ,.,..1. ..-.Inn. 3t .it. Amonr the most Important of these proposed amendment 1 the one to Increase the bonded Indebtedness and take up all outstanding warrants. Cou pon bond are to. be Issued bearing the same rate of Interest that the warrants do. Six amendments In m are to be voted upon at this election, and It Is hollered all will carry. PERSONALMENT!ON. Rev. D. H. Jones, of Boise, Idaho, Is among the arrivals at the Ramapo. C O. Ballard and Mrs. Ballard, of Dufur. reached the Cornelius yester- 5w y. A. Scofield. connected with a lumber company at Seattle, arrived at the Perklna last night. W. E. Welch, one of the llng merchants at Rainier. Is at the Cor nelius over 8unday. D. G. Harvey, one of the well-known citizens of La Grande, registers the Oregon yesterday. . ' I. Lowengart returned to me Portland last night from an m" trip through the cast. a r Rather, nromlnentiy identified with the lumber interests of Roseburg, was at the Oregon yesteraay. m n Thlelsen. of Salem. I staying at the Imperial over Sunday, and was accompanied by Mrs. Thlelsen. A. Whltehesd, accompaniea oy n l.,kl(r. came in from ooa m and la registered at the Oregon. Peter Conaher. of Tacolt, Aasn, one of the big timber dealera of the south western part of the state. Is at the Oregon today. H. R. Edwards, of Tillamook, and one of the large shippers of lumber aboard the coastwise steamers, is at the Cornelius today. p,.hiior W. P. Campbell, assistant superintendent of the Chemawa Indian School, was at the Imperial yesterday, accompanied by Mrs. Campbell. John Scharbauer. of Fort Worth. Tex-, owner of 85.000 head of cattle, la at the Portland, looking over Oregon an investment atanapoini. K a. Sargent and Mrs. Sargent, or the Coeur d Alenes, were amon i .ii.wnnmn Idaho people in the city yesterday. They regiaierea at toe kins. w.i iuiaa George and her sister. formerly residents of Grants Pass, but now living at Seattle, are staying at the Ramapo while visiting inenu. Portland. v, nt kihi of Salt Lake City, , ... ' the largest tracts of . in Vuatern Oregon, was at the pnind Yesterday, accompanied by Mrs. Nlbler. win.rH Case and Mrs. Case, of Ka lama. Wash, reached the Perkins yes terday and were the recipients of many courtesies from the lumber Interests of Portland. w r Niestrath. of Hammond. Ind., . .mon- the arrivals at the Ramapo veaterday and will be engaged during the next two weeks In looking over Oregon land. r--,. w. Brett. Mrs. Brett and F. U Michael and wife, of Mason City. Or, were yesterday the recipients of much ....iinn from Portlanders at the Hotel Perkins. R. J. Snowden, formerly a detective at Denver. Colo., but of late years con nected with the secret service of the Santa Fe Railroad, registered at the Perkins last night. t t p,imr nostmaster at J or dan Valley, and who travels through .,.-. mm In order to spend a day In Portland, came to the Imperial yes terday. "He Is with Mrs. Palmer. Ralph W. Smith, the "bond -man" of Denver, Colo., passea jrv.iciuaj while arranging the Woodmen of the World official bonds. He start ed for his home town last night. W. C Harris, ex-member of the u Benreaentatlves for Colorado, ,.,- t much land In the vicinity of Sterling In that state, was among the arrivala at the Portland yesterday. George Small, editor of the Democrat at Baker City, passed through Port land yesterday to Join hla family at Seaside. Mr. Small Is of opinion that assembly nominations and procedures are In the ascendency In Oregon. Wesley Austin, for 4J years a hotel clerk an only employed In three hotels during that time, arrived at the Cornelius yesterday on a visit to Clerk H. E Fletcher. Mr. Austin Is now with the Hotel Knutsford at Salt Lake City. J C Cooper, the walnut man from McMlnnvllle. was at the Imperial yes terday en route to Washington. D. C-, where he will speak before a conven tion of tree growers and display pic tures of the walnut tree which la add ing to the fame of Oregon. George P. Mason, general manager for the Western States Life Insurance Company, with headquarters at San Francisco, arrived In the city last night. Mr. Mason Is staying In Port land while arranging for a trip to the Philippines and Honolulu In the Inter ests of his company. He was the re cipient of a number of calls yesterday, among them being 8. B. Edwards, who came to Portland as the Commissioner for Colorado at the Lewis .and Clark Eugene Con ran. on of the Repub ti rnmmltteamen for the borough of Brooklyn and a politician of note In the Empire State, reacnea ine urcjuii yesterday on his wedding trip. Mr. Con ran had nothing to say as to the Gore charges against Vice-President Sherman or anything else of a political nature. "Cut It out. kid." said Con ran. "I'm Just happy." Captain F. C. Wood, of Porto Rico, left last evening on his return home after a visit of l weeks with bis mother. Mrs. F. W. Wood, of ltl Emer son street. Captain Wood goes to San Francisco. New Orleans. Washington. D. C and then to New York City, where he will take steamer for Porto Rico. His stay here has been very pleasant, many receptions having been given In his honor. SAN FRANCISCO. Cal.. Aug. . (Spctal. Portland arrivals at th Pal ace Hotel. San Francisco, are: C. B. Blmmona. C. B- Dedertck. F. N. Averlll, Fred Fontaine and wife. CHICAGO. Aug. . (Special.) The following Portland people are regis tered at the hotels: Roger Slnnott. Mrs. Slnnott. at the Blackstone; Robert W. Relet, at th stratiora. NEW YORK. Aug. C (Special.) Th following persons from the pactnc sonn west registered at New York hotels to day: FVom Portland Miss Frooro, " at the Gerard: E. F. AVentworth, at the Astor. From Tacoma C. L. Hufford, at the Brealln. From Seattle Mrs. W. S. Newton, at the Seville: F. H. Shoemaker, at th King Edward: Mrs. 8. B. Hickman, at th Holland; A. D. Clark, at the Albert; O. Gebllng. at the Hotel Astor; W. B. Kill, at the Grand. Mayor Would Improve Park. vtvrnrVER. Wash.. Aug. . (Spe cial.) Mayor Kigglns Is working for a I1S00 appropriation for city park lm .nnn.nii Th Cltv Park Is two blocks square and was given to the city by Mrs. Amos snort, wire oi n Khnrt vhn took no th sit of Van couver as a donation land claim about 1S47. Th park remains 'in about the ama eondition it was (0 years ago. At two corners of th park ara four miilatonaa which wer used In th rim flour mill established on the Pa cific C--mt. The stones were shipped around Cap .Horn In 184 in the Jona than ralcper. UTOPIAN TO LOAD LEGISLATURE Constitutional Amendment Would Apportion by Eaclv Party's Strength. SCHEME IS COMPLICATED Methods of Computation to Deter- mine Who Have Been Elected Dif ficult to Understand Amend ment Is of Great Length. (Continued from first Page.) didates of each party having the highest number of votes. The plan of electing Senators is tne same exceDt that the vote cast for all candidates Is divided by 30 to determine the "quota. . The figures heretofore given of the number of members each party would have had In the lower house by follow ing such a plan two years ago are taken from the argument nied In support of the proposed amendment, and are based on the respective party votes for Represen tative In June. WC8. It Is Impossible to determine Just what representative districts would have had no representation in the house two years ago for the reason that In Multnomah County, for Instance, each elector was entitled to vote for 11 members of the house, whereas under the proposed plan be could have voted for but one. Marlon County voted for five. Douglas for four. Washington for three, et cetera. There Is now no means of telling how the votes In the counties, that have more than one representative, would have been divided. Hypothetical Case Taken. But to take a hypothetical case: If men of equal worth and acquaintance had run for office In each district and each had been given an equal proportion of his party vote in his district, this would be the result In part: Douglas. Polk. Lincoln. Yamhill. Gilliam, Sherman. Wheeler, Washington. Clackamas and Clatsop would have had no representa tion In the House, with the exception that Clackamas, now entitled to three Representatives and one Joint, would have had one Joint Representative with Multnomah only; Yamhill, entitled to two Representatives and one Joint mem ber, would have had two Joint Repre sentatives with Tillamook; Douglas, in stead of four Representatives and one Joint member, would have had two Joint Representatives only, with Jackson, while Marlon County would have elected only one out of the Ave Representatives to which It Is now entitled. Lane County, which, according to the present apportionment is entitled to three members, would have elected three Re publicans, on Democrat and three Pro hibitionists, or seven members In all. One Socialist, a Democrat and a Repub lican would have been elected in the Joint district of Coos and Curry counties now entitled to but one Representative, and that situation would have been re peated In the- Joint district of Union and Wallowa counties. Extra Representatives Galore, nxtra Renresentatlves would have been sent to the Legislature from Benton, Co lumbia, Morrow-Umatilla. Baker and Harney-Malheur districts. It is not Intended to suggest oerem that at mv time would election condi tions be so nearly Ideal In the state that men of equal strength in their own par ties would be named in every aistrici, but on almost any basis of calculation, the results show that some districts in Oregon would be left without full repre sentation or no representation at alL Multnomah County now votes for U nenreaentatives from the county alone and for one Joint Representative with Clackamas. One of the candidates on the Republican ticket migm do so wen icnnwm and so Dooular in Portland that he would get one-half the entire vote. tIv would then nave to aivioe up ui remainder, giving them an average of 702 each. . Most 01 tnese. ana peruaps would be left at home, because Marlon, WaJhlna-ton. Clackamas. Polk and Clat sop, which were left without representa tion bv the former calculation, would have more votes to oistnouie anions their candidates than Multnomah would have to distribute among its remain Multnomah could' not rely on the Demo crats to nil out the delegation because th. ill.tr button of the total uemocrauo vote In Multnomah County among II can didates gives each so low an average that the Democratic members of th House would necessarily have to com from other sections of the state, although one or two might be elected from this county by concentrating th major portion i th Democratic vow on imm. No Hope of Full Representation. Tinder this plan and the way Repre sentatives In the Legislature are now apportioned by districts. Marion. Wash ington. Douglas. Clackamas and Clatsop counties, all of which are among the bet ter populated counties of the state, could ?h. Souse excTpt ny Inaugurating state- V . i ...II Hn.u.n,.ttnn In wide campaigns to capture vote irom other districts, but partial representation might be secured by concentrating votes on Individual candidates. Multnomah County, which by selecting II equally strong candidates, would have a reason able chanc of Iectlng all of them, would always be confronted by the risk that one candidate would draw more than his share of the votes In th county and thereby defeat all or some of the others snd leave the county without a full rep resentation. Ths latter danger would be present In Lane. Jackson. Umatilla, Linn and other counties: Th proposed amendment leaves to th Legislator the power of redisrict ing the state, but apparently Justice could not b done to all sections of the state even by a new apportionment based accurately on population. Th reason for this Is that the proportion ate strength of the several parties would never be the same In districts of equsl population. If all representatives were appor tioned on a, basis of equal population, the nearer the two dominant parties were of equal strength In a district the less likely that district would b to have representation In the Legis lature. Marlon County now haa one representative for every 1358 voters, using 1908 registration figures for the basis, while Curry County has half a representative for 643 voters, or Is al lowed one on a basis of 1088 votes. Tet It would be practically lznposibl for Marlon County to get representa tion under U'Ren's scheme. Curry, with a lower apportionment, would have practically a cinch on both a Democrat and Republican Joint repre sentative and too good a chance of get ting a Socialist member, so long as It is tied up with Coos County which 'has the highest registered Socialist vote among the counties oi mo Every Man for SeU Is Scheme. The election scheme proposed also gives every candidate on the Republi can party 69 opponents In his own party. 60 in the Democratic party, tw in th Prohibition party and 60 in tne Socialist party, if candidates are nom inated in every district. In shorty It proposes a scheme of every canaioate fos himself, regardless of party, ana defeat take the hindmost. The smaller parties could he ex pected to nominate candidates in every legislative district in the state for the reason that an individual candidate does not necessarily have to have a high number of votes in comparison with the votes of other party canal dates, to insure his election. Just so long as the total Prohibition or So cialist vote In the state is greater than the "quota," that party would have the right to one or more seats in the Leg islature and the equivalent number of candidates of that party, no matter where located In the state, who lead In their party voting, would be electea. With full Prohibition or Socialist tickets In the field throughout the state S00 voters would be pretty certain to send a candidate of either of those par ties to the Legislature, while a Repub lican or Democrat to be elected would need about 900 votes. Thus, with leg islative Jobs dangling so nearly within ..h ih, rree-fnr-all primary. It is believed, would bring out full legisla tive tickets, from the minority i Hiatfift nf the state. The amendment also provides for legislating out of office the 15 holdover s.n,tir. who will be elected this year. the election of members of both houses of the Legislature for terms of six years, for annual sessions of the Legis lature, for an increase of legislators n. trnm 1120 tier session to 8350 per session, for the election of presiding officers of both nouses rrora uiQ the membership of the legislative as .AMki. fnw rmni of the entire as sembly or any members or portion of either bouse, for the calling of special sessions by a majority of the members, makes five years' residence in the state .,-..nrv nualiAcatton of a leglsla- I tor, continues to the next session the life of bills unacted upon at - inn and reauires each member to subscribe to an oath tnat he will not "trade votes" on bills or resolutions or be influenced In voting by caucus agreements. Opposition Is Filed. Aro.timj.nt In nnnositlon to the prO' nnaorf amondment has been filed in the office of the Secretary of State by Wal lace McCamant. Mr. McCamant, in re ferring to the denial In the measure of rnr.nta.tlon to certain districts says: "In stating its indictment against George III. the Declaration oi inuiiu dence charires: He has refused to pass other laws for the accommodation of large aistncis or peupio. .,i... thnma neonle would relinquish the right of representation In the Legislature a rlsht inesiimaoia w tuaiu. . ... . to tyrants only. "Our forefathers understood by the right of representation in the Legisla ture, the rlnht of the people of each legislative district to choose by msjor ity vote certain men who should sit in the Legislature as representatives of that ril.trlrt and to whom the people of the district had the right to look for protection Thornus Jenerson was cor rect In speaKing oi uu nsui tlmohlA ' 'The proposed measure oestrovs mis Hrhi If I- la adoDted. at every kbib lative assembly some legislative dis triot- will hive no recrcsentaticn. If a candidate from Yamhill County haa vote sufficiently near the highest vote given to any candidate of his party in any part or tne state, ne win be declared elected; othernlse he will be declared defeated even though such declaration leaves Yamhill county with out representation and even though the candidate has recovered a decisive majority of the vote or lamnui uoumy, Thia la not riarht: it Is not Ameri can, and it will not pleaBe the people. No man should sit in tne !isiaiaiii.o until he can win out on a popular .,. in th. les-lslatlve district In which he ,llves, and a political party should have representation in the legislature only to the extent of the districts which it can carry Dy vote oi iuo vy ple at a fair election. DECLARATIONS ARE FILED Candidates for Senate and Lower House Ready for Primaries, C. N. McArthur yesterday filed his petition with County Clerk Fields for the nomination of State Senator to represent the Thirteenth District. Mr. McArthur declares for the direct pri mary, with an open assembly. John C.'McCue, Peter Hume, Homer D. Angell, H. H. Northrup and R. S. Farrell all filed petitions for the nom ination of State Representative for the Thirteenth District. Henry E. Collier, of St. Johns, also fled his petition for the nomination of State Representative, declaring for the direct primary, with open assembly. Claude Strahan, of Hillsdale, filed his petition for Justice of the Peace for the Portland District. DISPATCHERFALLS DYING G. S. Bandy Is Stricken as He Talks to Superintendent. TACOMA, Aug. . George N. Bandy, chief train dispatcher for the Chicago, Milwaukee St Puget Sound and Tacoma Eastern rallroadsv was stricken with apo plexy while talking with Superintendent Foster, of the Tacoma Eastern in the office at 10 o'clock this morning. Bandy sank to the floor and died In about an hour. His wife and children left a few days ago to visit her former horn. In Wisconsin. Bandy was 46 year. old. and has a son here in a printing office. Escaped Convict Caught. SALEM, Or., Aug. . (Special.) Word was received at the State Peni tentiary today that Albert Crawford has been arrested at Wenatchee, Wash. Crawford escaped from the State Fair grounds July 1, where he was work ing as a trusty. He was sentenced to serve two years from Umatilla County for burglary. DR. A.P. DeKEYSER CHIROPR-tCTOR AND OPTICIAN. GLASSES will not b. preaerlbed aor treatment atfvid unless we can assure yoa decided relief. 704 Dekum Bldc 3d and Wah. St. YOUNG MEN'S COLLEGE SUITS i i H ALF All Summer weights fancy patterns Young Men's College Suits at HALF PRICE V ODD LOTS Men's single and double-breasted Black and Blue Suits, odd lots, values to $25.00 $12.50 -' . BEN SELLING BIG SUM PAID FOR INTEREST IS STATE OF WASHINGTON. Superintendent Dewey Calls Atten tion to Alarming Increase and Suggests Reduction Plans. OLYMPIA, Wash., Aug. 6.-KSpecial.) Pointing out that the distlrct school debt in Washington has increased from 13.54 for each cnna oi suuoui orc m w $33.88 in 1909 and other startling facts concerning mismanagement of echool finances, H. B. Dewey, State School Su perintendent, nas laareaieu all county superintendents urging that provision be made this year for paying off some of this debt, and also that high interest bonds and warrants now out standing be refunded at lower Interest rates. The letter roliows: ... timA 7 npr cent of all the expenditures for school purposes are for payment of Interest. So far as .the schools are concerneo, wn NEW ' For the fourth time our growing business compels us to move, this time to Fourth and Yamhill Sts., Portland, Oregon. The above building will be ready for occupancy very soon. We shall tnen have more space-and the most finely equipped Business College in the West and shall be able to care for more than Eight Hundred students at one time. Perfect light and ventilation and all m'odern conveniences. Faculty and courses stronger than ever. ' Always ih session. Day and Night. I. N. Walker; President-Principal AT PR $15.00 SUITS $20.00 SUITS $25.00 SUITS $30.00 SUITS $35.00 SUITS NOW $ 7.50 NOW $10.00 NOW $12.50 NOW $15.00 .NOW $17.50 LEADING CLOTHIER wasted. Is there not some way to lessen the burden of indebtedness? The school districts of this state are paying more in Interest alone every year than the amount received annually from Interest nn fhek iwrmanAnt' ap.honl fund, rentals. T. tha a wuj nnH Itl.in 7 Per mit me to make the following sugges tions: "First Many districts are paying 8 per cent on warrants. In many cases this rate could be reduced to 6 per cent, and the warrants be fl anted without discount. Second In districts having outstand ing bonds, urge the County Commissioners to establish a sinking fund, if possible, under the provisions of the code of public Instruction. Then keep the sinking fund invested in echool warrants. "Third Between 190 and 1893, the school distrtots Issued bonds to the amount of 82,000,000. These bonds were issued, usually, for 20 years and with no option for repayment before maturity. Many of these bonds can be refunded Jit a much lower rate of interest. The state has 8750,000 on hand for investment in municipal bonds. TJcder the law the State Board of Finance musi give preference to school districts!. To repeat, establish a sinking fund and keep It In vested; pay off bonds, or part of them, and refund the balance. . Fourth Note carefully the expendi tures for Incidental expenses of the dis tricts. In 1909. the Items Included under QUARTERS O. A. ICE this head (fuel, interest, repairs, free text boks, libraries, etc.), required 32.3 per cent of the total expenditures for school purposes. The report of the Com missioner of Education shows that the percentage of the total expenditure for Incidentals In the unitea states as a whole was less than 20 per cent of the total amount expended for school pur poses. "Fifth However, at this time, I wish to call your attention chiefly to the levy for the current year. A large number of districts have outstanding warrants. Un less there is some reason for not doing so. it seems to me that these districts should include In their report to the County Commissioners an estimate for payment of outstanding warrants. Just as soon as possible, the districts should get on a cash basis. Toledo Wants Mountain Water. NEWPORT, Or., Aug. 8. (Special.) An enthusiastic meeting was held in the City Hall at Toledo, attended by about 50 citizens, who were gathered in the Interest of 'compelling the City Council to Install a municipal mountain-water system. The citizens demanded a spe cial election to decide the water ques tion. The water will be brought from Mill Creek, which Is a clear mountain stream of considerable size. Bosserman, Secretary-Manager TH1 107.0