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About The Oregon mist. (St. Helens, Columbia County, Or.) 188?-1913 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 17, 1911)
Km iNAL SHOULD MADE TO PAY ibis limes That Tolls Bring Good Revenue. .m.ndt That Oovernment Dal AH Kindt of Tool and Sup pl, Nesded by Shipping. ..hinirtcin. D. C I he revenue t Panama canal, when completed, id no to pay not only the opcrat- jpenses, but to repay the capital .imI " declare Colonel (jeorge W. ihals. chairman and chief eni(ineer lh In t rift) u n cunai coiiirninnHiii, in Lnnual report. Following which colonel urge congre to llx lm itvly the toils through tho canul, hit shipping which contemplate nj through that waterway can u,t its routings and ratings by tiire the ranal is opened for busi- not Inter than January 1, 1914. nrobibly earlier. Inf opinion ui VOioiitii vftiriiiaia be seized upon by those who are 'nor of ltnKiBing heavy tolls uiwn ,. passing through the Panama l, snd will he advanred as an ar r'nt agsinst the proposal to grant parage to ships Hying the Amer flag, but hefore the question fin it disposed of Colonel Goethal is y to he summoned to appear tie-cong-res to give hi views more lonel (im-thnls, however, not only In the imMmtnn of good round but wood go further, tie says: try Irgltimule mean for increas- the revenue should be adopted. pivernmrnt should have coal and oil on hand for It own vessels. lhm commodities should be sold inpinir using the canal. These id be supplied at an established and purrhased after advertise- , A wireless telegrnph station M be established for commercial (II s.t nulitury puroses. The 1I authorities should be authorized II tool ami upplianrrs needed hy snd to make repair as may be wary while ships are in the virin f the canal. A dry dork should jilt with dimensions conforming luck. itoth the dry dork and line nhops would be available for y the navy. If this poliry is to klopted, early legislation i needed !-r that tho construction noces r to make it effective may be un iken without delay." latter suggestion of Colonel 'h!i will provoke a murh discus in congress a will his sugges in favor of heavy bills, for he ;lly favors having the United i government open and comluct a ral maritime store ami repair ' st the canal, not only for the It of American ships, but of all "hips or the world, lonel Coelhals says that the orig ultimate railed for completion of ransma canal January 1, 1915, progress has been o much more i than was expected that the wa My, barring accident, will be fii at least one year in advance of date. STAY-AT-HOME CLUB. ttouiu unael temptation Which Kep Men Out Night. Kpokine Strengthening the family tie and weakening divorce tempta tion la the primary purxie of a nation-wide movement launched In Spo kane by the formation of a Stay-at-Home club for married men. The national organization i to be known a the Stay-at-Home League of Amer ica. E. potter Hall, formerly an English clergyman, now member of the editorial stair of the Spokesman Review, who originated the idea, says the only obligation of the members will be to stay at home with their families at least three night a week. George A. Forbes, secretary of the Young Men's Christian association, declared in an interview that no more important work can be undertaken at thi time, when engagements and munrnienia taxing men from their homes re so varied and attractive, man ny every means strengthening me nome tie. Home-loving and nome Keeping men are not those who become candidate for divorce. Mr Forbes said, adding: "I think a league on these lines will do irood ami help to bring bark those sanctities of the American home which obtained in the earlier and simpler time of the nation. CARNEGIE MAKES $25,000,000 GIF! Big Corporations Organized t Handle Benefactions. Orat Philanthropist Turn Over At Benevolent Work, Togslher With Million In Stock, HATS USED AS FILTERS. I'D NOT ASK INTERVENTION. kih Government Only Asked At' , rocities Be Stopped. Mhington. I). 'C Misconstrue- of the appeal made by Turkey to American government for inter- fion at Trioli resulted in the issu er a statement by Youssouf Zia ii, the Turkish ambassador, de- "K that Turkey had no wish that Unite.! States should act as niedia- ' end the Turkish-Italian war. the request the ambassador made N Wah inptifl imvurnniftnt Nil. w 4 was that the State depart- t intervene In order to bring about "ation of the 7trocitie commit- "7 the enemy against women, ren ami the defenseless popula 'Tri)oli," said the ambassador. " lpeal did not Imply, in any ) whatever, a request for media 's has been reported In some M"V Patient Recover. Mi'n. Wis Th l.....fW n.,m. h"l by tho treatment 'of consump 1 'n the utato tuberculosis SBnitar t Wales are strikingly illustrated ' report of that Institution. It r' that. nl.,,i, n tk .......... , -t .! KIIK "ta treated in all stages of the ll!,e are improved ami thut J5 tier f the inritlient sllirerora nr diu- flfH as Rlinarentlv e.ir.4 Of th "its received at the sanitarium in """iplent stages, not I"'- The ninriullis (n mn.u,at!i anpMl stage la alxiut 6 per cent. Wom.n Rsgister at 102. Hnt" Cal. Mr. Electa Ken- "i-nve into thi cltv from her In . .i 4tered as a l. K nllirc. tiUttinir down hr aira as ytr. "Itkent ma rirh kmv up the house thi morning o UMl apt aurau ,.. I lk...,.kl I 11 to resistor ..i.i iic...j.'i r .. UIBIIIIIIIB nwy, who lant wtek txk flnt 'dsburg. . Rlch Gold Slrika Mad. ""liter. Or ie of ....i.i i. t. . " O e Oil no n... - A most sensational ore was made at the thi place, the V,,ry sllOUfinir ,.U tt llii1 which is being sacked for 1 "K to the .melter. Frenchman Cain Idea for Invention From biater-ln-Law. Iondon A dainty woman' hat of the fashionable I'ierrot shape has led to the invention of an ingenious mill tary filter which may save live on ac tlve s-rvice. The idea was first sug gested to Dr. Frederick Alexander, tho medical officer of health for Pop lar, who has patented this improved apparatua for straining water, by the hat hi sister-in-law wore. Four or five cone-shaped bags like Pierrot huts are suspended upside down, one aoove the other, in an easily portable pyradmiilal frame made of four uprights of wood or met al in Dr. Alexander's invention. Muddy or dirty water, which is fre quently the only supply available to troops on active service, ran then be poured into the topmost hat with th certain knowledge that by tho time it has trickled through all the straining bags it will bo as clear as crystal. "The idea of these cone-Bhajied bags, said Dr. Alexander, laughing ly, "was given to me by my sister-in law's Pierrot hat after I had been reading a hook on military require ments. It is quite simple. WEATHER BAD FOR GRAIN. Corn and Wheat States Suffer, But Cotton I Benefitted. Washington, I). C. Unpromising weather in the corn and wheat grow ing states and lavoruMe conditions in the cotton belt prevailed throughout October, arrording to the National monthly bureau bulletin. It says: "In the prinripal corn and wheat growing (winter) states, there was a great excess of cloudy weather, whjch delayed fall seeding to some extent and interfered somewhat with the curing and gathering of the corn crop especially in portions of the Ohio val ley. No killing frosts occurred until too late to cause any material damage and the generally warm weather was favorable for the growth of fall pas turage and wheat. "Over the spring wheat section the weather was partly cloudy and too wet at time for outdoor work. No severe frosts were general until toward the latter part of the month." Wneat Holder Let Go. Chicago A. J. I.ichstern, who is credited with being one of the largest holders of cash wheat in the United States, has sold 100.000 bushels of No. 2 red winter wheat to miller at file under the May option. These are hi own term after having refused remarkable offer from the miller for 5.000. 000 bushel. It also was an nounced that within the last week he had disposed of 4,000,000 bushels at his own term. The fi.OOO.OOO bushel bid was probably the largest ever made for a single transaction in wheat. Chester Doe Not Tarry. Washington. D. C. The scout cruiser Chester, which was sent from Malta to Tripoli by the Stnte depart ment for the avowed purpose of ascer taining the extent of the cholera out break, has completed her mission and is on her way to Marseilles. Aineri Consul Wood, at Tripoli, said he stood in no need of help, and rather than jeopardise the ship's company. Commander Decker sailed for Mar seilles, which i free from cholera General Murdered in Tnt. Pekin General Wu Lu Chang, a brilliant young military oflicer, who wa recently governor of Shcn Si pro vince, wa assassinated at 1 o'clock Friday morning. He wa asleep In m. tont at the military encampment at Shlkal Chuan when 30 Manchu ol dier rushed In past the guard and murdered him. The assassins were all captured and will probably all be beheaded. rrlgatlon Congre Create Inter! Chicago Seventeen governments have stated their intention or oeing officially represented at me nmi-ircnu. National Irrigation congress in R to 9 next The gov ernments signifying their Intention to participate are: Argentina, HrMil. Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Kica, Germany. Guatemala, Honduras Mex ico, Uruguay. Panama. Pent Russia, Salvador, Nicaragua, and Venezuela. New York Andrew Carneirie ha. announced that he ha triven tlT . (inn . 000 to the CarneiHa nirnnriii..n New York, organized here under a charter granted by the New York leg islature last June, "to promote the advancement and diffusion of know ledge and understanding among th people or the United States." In bestowing this gift upon the cor poration organized especially to re ceive it and to apply it income to the purKise indicated, Mr. Carnegie said that he intended to leave with the cor poration the work of the founding and aiding of libraries and educational in stitutions which he as an individual has carried on for many year. The statement follows: "The Carnegie corporation of New York, incorporated by an act passed by the New York legislature June 9, 1U, was organized November 10, 1911. The purposes of the corpora tion as stated in the charter are as follows : "Section 1. Andrew Carnegie, Elihu Root, Henry S. Pritchett, Wil liam N. Frew, Robert S. Woodward, Charle L. Taylor, Robert A. Franks, James Rertram and their successors are hereby constituted a body corpor ate by the name of the Carnegie Cor poration of New York, for the pur pose of receiving and maintaining a fund or funds and applying the income thereof to promote the advancement and diffusion of knowledge and under standing among people of the United States by aiding the technical school institutions of higher learning, librar ies, scientific research, hero funds, useful publications and by surh other agencies and mean as shall from timo to time bo found appropriate therefor." 83,205 WOMEN TO TO VOTE. Total Registration in Los Angele I More Than 191,000. Los Angeles The total registration of Ixis Angelo for the coming city election has reached a total of lyi.941. Of these 10H.736 are men and 83,205 are women voter. Owing to the unprecedented regis tration, officials express a fear that there may have been many duplica tions, especially among the women, and for that reason the exact number of voters that will decide whether the Socialists or the Good Government forces shall rule this city for the next two years will not be known for several days. Tho work of checking off the lists has already begun. What dupli cations there may be, election officials say, are principally due to inexper ience either on the part of the person registering or the registration clerks, hundreds of whom were women, with a limited knowledge of the election laws. CROCKERS PAY S355.000, of D. Hillman Announce Sal 6.000 Acre Near Seattle. Seattle ' Upon his return from a month' trip to California, C. D. Hill man. of this city, announced the sale of hi Cathcart property, consisting of more than 6,000 acres, for 1355,000 to Crocker Brothers, of Portland. He stopped at Portland on the way North and closed the deal, taking $25,000 earnest money and arranging for the payment of $100,000 within 30 day or as soon as the abstracts ol title can De arranged His Cathcart acreage amount to 6,- 250 acres and is situated near Maltby, about 11 miles north of the Univer sity of Washington. About 2,000 acres are cleared and sown to grass. The county recently spent $25,000 in jonsructing two boulevards through the property. Taft is Hailed a "Bill " Louisville, Ky. President Taft was entertained by the IouisvilIe Press club at a banquet, which was unique in presidential visits in that Mr Taft divided honors with his military aide. Major Archibald Putt. Major Hutt formerly was a Louisville newspaper man. lnoanair wa given on me basis of one newspaperman to another. Early in the night Colonel Henry Wat- terson suggested that everyone stop calling him Mr. President or Mr. Taft and substitute just "Bill." this sug gestion was adopted to some extent. Big EmbexiUr Paroled. Peoria, III. Newton Dougherty, formerly treasurer of the Peoria school board, who was sent to Joliet for an Indefinite term, wa paroled by the stata board of pardons. Dough erty's peculations during his tenure in the school board position amounted to close to $800,000. He wa entenced on his own confession to an indeter minate sentence of from one to 14 year and ha served a little more than five years. Lot of Wheat Enormous, Winnipeg, Man. Rctween 80,000,- 000 and 40,000,000 bushels of wheat ie buried and worthless under a foot f frozen snow on the prairie of Western Canada, according to the es timate of local grain men. NEW YORK IS REPUBLICAN '6 v vi i aw' r ie State department ha taken tiu action on the request of the Ottoman government that the United State in tervene to protect the Turk and Arabs in Tripoli from the alleged brutality of the Italian soldiers. There were indications that the Turkish note had somewhat embarrassed the State de partment. Advices state the Arab at tack on the Italians before Tripoli was a feint to conceal the consolidation of the combined Turkish-Arab forces. High Living Cost Study. Madison, Wis. A committee of the state board of public affairs met to take up the subject of co-operative marketing as an aid in solving the problem of the high cost of living. Those present included Governor Mc Govern and several Wisconsin univer sity professors. The committee con sidered the selection of an expert to assist in getting statistics with refer ence to the cost of living and co-operation among the farmers. New Jersey I Republican, Trenton, N. J. Return indicate that the Republicans will control both branches of the legislature next win ter. The election is significant in the defeat of several men whose election was specifically advocated by Gover nor Wood row Wilson. Essex county went back to the Republican aide. A Republican senator and 12 Republican assemblymen were chosen. Returns from the First district show that Wil liam J. Brauning, Republican, was elected to congress. Taft Refuse to Comment. Cincinnati President Taft had no comment to make on the result of the election In . the various states. He scanned with interest the bulletins handed him by an Associated Press representative, but refused to make any statement. A STRING of little black beads, linked together with gold, brought to Indianapolis a few days ago Is regarded by anti quarians of the far west as substantial evidence in support of the theory that the American Indians are of old world descent. The beads were a present to Mr ' Claire Bell. 428 North Alabama street, from her mother, Mrs. B. I. Canfleld, who Is a teacher in the Sherman in stitute, a school for Indian children at Riverside, Cal., and they are the .work of the girls in the school. i ue ueaus are peueis uuoui iue size of a pea and jet black. They are hard and metallic to the touch, but are as light as paper. The wonderful pe culiarity about them is that they have a strong, agreeable odor of roses, an odor that never will leave them, and It is this peculiarity that makes them of such Interest to antiquarians. For. according to Mrs. Canfleld, who received her Information from a pa per published by a California anti quarian who became absorbed in the study of the beads not this particular ' string, but others like them made by the Indian girls of the southwest beads remarkably similar to these have been found in the pyramids of Egypt and In temples of oriental an ' tlqulty. Those beads. In spite of the ! fact that they had been burled for :: scores of centuries, still retained a strong, delicate scent of roses. , A comparison of these beads with ; rare strings of beads in the possession of Indians of the southwest, who are . supposed to have migrated north from the Inca settlements in Peru, showed ? them to be identical. As the beads I' were wholly unlike anything else of I known existence, the conclusion was t reached that tbe ancestors of the In ! dians must have been either the mak- era of the bead found In the pyra mid or their ancestors. White men were deeply puzzled over the composition of the beads, and It was supposed that the manufac ture of them must be one of the lost arts. But when the Indians discov ered the Interest that had been aroused In their relics, they found that the method of making them had been transmitted through the tribe by tradition. They et to work, accord ingly, and duplicated the pellets, to the astonishment of the white men. The secret of the Indians did not remain exclusively tribal for very long, however, since a great demand arose at once for the rose-scented beads. The art was taught to a large number of the Indians, and from them It leaked out, until now there Is no longer a mystery about their manu facture.. Hut the novelty of It is Just as Inter esting as the mystery. The secret of the scent of roses Is that the beads are actually made of rose petals. "The Indian girls at our school hold parties to mnke the beads," said Mrs. Canfleld, "much on the order of the fudge parties of their white sisters, or more like the old-fashioned spinning or quilting parties. "They gather bushels and bushels of rose plants, which grow, as you know, In profuse abundance In California. They grind these petals up very fine, running them through a grinder seven time (even times you mustn't say forty-nine time, for there 1 a mystic significance to them In the expression 'seven times seven' which Is lost In the prosalo 'forty-nine,' and this mys ticism, they believe, has an Important part In the result of their labors. "When the petals are properly ground they are put Into Iron pans and tincture of Iron Is poured over them. That ends the first party, for It Is necessary to let the mixture set for several days, so that the tincture will eat Into the Iron of the pan and color the composition black. Every time one of the girls passes a pan dur ing this period of 'ripening' she stirs the mlxtura with her hands, so that It will have the proper color and con sistency all the way through. "After the mixture has 'ripened' the girls gather again to make it Into beads. It Is a black, viscous sub stance, thick enough to remain in any shape Into which it may be rolled. The moisture In It has been supplied by the juice of the rose petals, which runs out In surprising quantity during the process of grinding, and by the tincture of Iron. "The girls take small quantities of this viscous substance from the pan and roll them Into pellets such as you see in this string. They are very deft at the work and very painstaking, not stopping until the pellet 1 perfectly round. "These pellets are then pierced with hatpins, and are strung on the pins to dry. When a big beadmaklng party is given at our school there 1 a hatpin famine In Riverside, for the girl buy up all they can find at the itores. "Then the Indian maidens stretch strings across their bedrooms and from these strings they suspend the hatpins to allow the beads to dry. The process of drying consume several days, and during this time the girls very Jealously avoid raising dust la their queerly decorated rooms. "When the beads are dry they are taken oft the hatpins and the little rough spots caused by piercing them are carefully polished off. You have then a neatly-pierced, black, perma nently rose-scented bead ready for the Jeweler." Mrs. Canfleld has been In the gov ernment service for 17 year as a teacher of Indlaas, first In the reser vation schools and finally in pictur esque Riverside, and she ha an abun dance of first-hand Information of In dian life and character that Is highly Interesting. Learn -Whit Man's Patty Graft. One of her regret 1 that the In dian artisan, engaged In the making of blanket, basket and other beauti ful curios, is learning the vice of the white man, o that now Inferior ar ticle are being made and sold o ex tensively that only an expert Is free from the danger of being swindled. Their education at the Sherman In stitute consists of the common school education. Including the eighth grade, and In addition they r given Indus trial training. Cpon graduating from the school the Indians are at liberty to do as they please. Some of them go to tbe higher institutions of learning, such as the Carlisle school, and some, whose parents can afford It, enter other large American colleges. Others go back to their reserva tions, where they become teachers In the reservation schools or enter into the active life of the tribe, where their superior education soon mnkes them leaders. Still others, attracted by their summer work, hire themselves out as skilled servants to the Cali fornians. A few go to the cities and become a rart of the great active world of America, putting themselves upon an equal footing and In competition with white men in their chosen trades or professions. Many of these Indians have more than made good In tbe bat tle of the big city. Romances begun at the school fre quently culminate In marriage after graduation, many a stalwart Hiawatha having proudly claimed a bashful Mla nehaha. Occasionally an Indian girl marries a white man, or an Indian man a white girl, but, according to Mr. Canfleld, such cases are rare In California. Mrs. Canfleld believe the government Is doing a great work at Riverside and at similar Institutions. Th Silent Father. "I'll bet that man Is tbe father of six or seven children." "Why?" "If he had less than three he'd be bragging about them." t;;
