CITY ENTEEPEISE
-H-No. 60.
OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY, NOVEMBEF
ERJ1907.
ESTABLISHED 1808.
CHARTER AND EXCISE LAW FORCES UNITE
0
OREGON
Will Hold a Joint Love Feast at Shively
Opera House This Evening.
$50,000 FLOATING DEBT!
Would Be Refunded But for Other Dis
tasteful Clauses in Charter-Eleventh-Hour
Candidate.
The fuel Hint there wa to be treii-
tion opposition tn tho proposed Ex
cise m w known from the out nut.
Hut Hi" plan for changing tho Char-'
l r illil ikot bring out oppoltlon at
the outset, and In cousoqueuco the J
friend of th ir)MHi Charter fought j
uliy of those who were puhliiic the
new Kxclso Law,
Hut condition hftvo changed. It
In t'lmy to see that something mut let
iloim to win and the followers of ttm
1 Inn I of F.xcImo Law havu flmtlty cap
tured tho oout lull of tho friend of
tho new Charti-r and a a r'HUlt there
1 to liu a love feast In Hhlvoly'a thea
ter thin evening;
WrltliiK on thin subject the Tele
gram correspondent ha tht to nay:
Tho flrttt announcement that tho
advocate of the proKed Excise Uw
had combined with thn iuipiorter of
t lie iok iHc-it Charter amendment
came Huturday when the excise ad'
herein gave notice thut Mayor Can-fli-ld
and other cltUen would appear
on tho platform next Friday nlgiit at
tho Shlvi'ly theater, with L C, Otto.
'X-chlef of police of Lincoln, Neb., who
come at tin I untune" of the moral
element to explain how the law ha
operated In hi state. At the same
Unit argument In faver of tint Char
ter amendment that have tieen pro
posed by four men will bo advanced
ly Mr. Cattfleld and other, which
lend color to tho belief that tho ex-1
cine people ami thono behind the
amendment have Joined hand and
will nlimd or fall together, rromlnent
candidate for municipal office and
leading hunlnenn nun and property
owner have gone on record an op
poned to tho Charter amendment,
which are advocated by Mayor Can
field. J. V. Campbell, Franklin T.
Griffith and W. S. C'Hen.
When the law placing In tho hand
of tho people tho power lo enact their
own charter had heeomo operative,
tho Mayor appointed a charter com
mixnion, conHiHimg oi inn iiiiiiih ipui ,
office holder and aeveral prominent, .
cH1..m i. After It appointment tho ! In case a corimrutum wishes a fron
apait x vn ho nu rked that the com-! chlH"- which munt be publlnhed and
ml eii- n - uld not ol tain a quorum, i l'l for by tho corporation, tho publl
nnd t.. iw.v nt Itn dlnnolutlon a aub- ra,u nHl bo In the nuwapaper and
-mui"t' wan na;ned to draw up
amenit-iicut to the existing charter.
Thene amelidmeniH are now ftuhmlt
ted to tho voter of Oregon City for
their approval or rejection at tho an
nual election next .Monday. While
there 1 no general antagonism to tho
proponul to take up tho city's flouting
IndebtednoM with nn Inntio of InMid.t,
the measure changing the method of
Improving streets has met with disap
proval from tho men who have In the
last year paid out In tho aggregate
thousands of dollars for tho Improve
ment of street adjacent to their pro
perty, and object to the additional ex
pense of Improving property In which
they have no direct Interest.
Many of tho more substantial citi
zen are discussing tho proposal to
change the city's foatlng debt of $?i0,
(100 Into a fixed debt at a five per cent
rate of Interest, and tho discussion
don't add to tho good feeling of those
who discuss It.
Certain citizens feel that the debt
may have been unavoidable, but they
would like the facts In the case. Why
vta tho fact that this Indebtedness
was being allowed, to pile up kept
from the public? Is tho question ask
ed fifty times dully.
Considerable criticism has been di
rected toward tho Councllmen of the
past; not that these man may not
have done tho best thing to be done
under the circumstances, but that they
did not sound tho alarm. Certain who
have been criticised have retaliated
with tho statement that they wore
Ignorant of actual conditions when
chosen, and It Is freely commented
that certain Councllmen have said
that had they known tho condition no
one could have Induced them to take
up the burden as City Father.
It can bo said In favor af tho pres
ent Council that with all these diffi
culties staring them In tho face an ef
fort has been to keep as bold a front
as possible In the hopes of getting
things straightened up before the time
enmo to lay aside, the mantle which
they have continued to wear because
of the necessity for Home one to act,
and not because the work appealed to
them, ,
One business man Bold: "I wish
there was some way to adopt the
Items In the proposed Charter, that
appeal to me and vote down those that
do not. It Is my opinion that the
floating debt should bo bonded and the
'sinking fund established for Its pay
ment. Hut there are other things I
do not like and I hate to sanction one
In order to get the other.
Our Council has been compelled
to carry a heavy load the past few
years and It Is becoming an lmposl -
tion to ask a man to serve In that co-i
paclty. If trouble Bhould come bo
, cause of errors In the past those hold-
V ing seats m Council would be given
the blame, regardless of the fact that
tho trouble mlKht come from legisla
Hon panned bolore their time, lu fact
It take contlderahlH courage to con
tinue lo alt an Councilman knowing
how thing are."
Another wild: "I would not be a
Councilman for $3 a meeting. People
only half iinderNtand what Council haa
to contend with at this time, and a
majority don't care. Our Council haa
a heavy loud to carry at this time and
It U no wonder no one want the job.
I should like to vole to help out but
Homo thing doll t look good to me."
Hut the final declNlon, when all tho
evidence U In, miiHt hinge on the pro
position, Khali we vote yea or no on
tho Charter. Look at It for a mo
ment: '
In matter where nireet, aldewalk,
ewer and other Improvement!! are
conti'inplated, t bo paid for hy tho
Individual owning tho property abut-
Hii or otherwise benefitted, Council
ak permliotlon to t thu announce
incut of tho Improvement on a bulle
tin board on tho door of the city build
ing, and not bo compelled to publtMh
lu a newspaper. Nothing need bo suld
In tho paper that you and your neigh
born read an to the Improvement,
which you must pay for, almply post a
notice on this board. And tho pro
poned Charter provide that an error
In the notice even If you nee It
which give you misinformation an to
w hat In to be dojio, will not relievo
you from paying. How do you like
that? You are given one privilege,
and that la comforting, you can walk
up and pay for something you wanted,
or Nontethlng you did not want: It's
all tho name pay up and abut up.
When It la a mutter that tho city in
luterented In to tho extent of winning
for tho widest sHslblo publicity. It
inunt bo advertised In a paper. That
In wlno, wo concede, but no In It wise
tit publlnh the other wlno for him
who may otherwise he Improved out
of bin homo and ho known nothing of
,. ii i,,i
i ""l "U,B "ewn uoum. n-
ouiy mo owner oi a lime iioiue, wuo
may not feel able to make certain
Improvement and might oppose them,
thut don't need any notice In tho
newnpnper. If there I a plan on foot
to make him pave, lay a Htdewalk. or
build a newer, pont It on tho bulletin
lmard, he'll know noon enough; he'll
""" ume-io pay ins
ment.
And In case Council don't cut In
deep enough tho first time It can try j engineer, whoso recommendations
again on tho same improvement. And j would be adopted. Too much one
all thla time this valuable news is i man power is bod for any city and the
posted on this little bulletin board. If 'Charter amendments are the limit for
there Is fear some may object to a
$10,000 Improvement, Council can set
out to spend $5,000, ami no one will
object; then when that Is spent and
tho work half done It can "Make a
second haul" and you foot the bill.
And there Is no way to get out that
promises an even chance to evade tho
second assessment.
And errors on the part of Council
don't count: and you will find this
out If you pass the ordinance. The
fact that oCunell's Intentions were
good Is all thot Is necessary; you've
got your Improvement now pay for It
whether you wanteds It or not, or
whether you wanted It at the price or
not.
. With wIho safeguards the plan of
making Improvements by districts
would be a good move. But have
those wise safeguards been put luto
this proposed Charter? We think not.
According to the present plan a man
may be included in assessment dis
tricts galore, and he will never know
when hQ has seen the last of It. And
he has little to say as to whether his
property Is benefitted by tho contem
plated Improvement, and his neigh
bors may not have anything to say,
either; It la true some have a Btiy. but
he may be Included In a district the
majority of frontage Is benefitted and
because he Is. Included In the district
he Is outvoted and assessed even If
ho can see no good to himself. And
the fact that he has been Included In
one district does not preclude count
ing him In on a second.
As an example: He lives on a street
between two that are being Improved.
This year he is counted In on the Im
provement of one and next year he Is
saddled to the one on the other side.
What chance Is there that his street
will be Improved If those on either
side are put Into good repair this sea
son and next and he counted In on the
work? He Is made to help them Im
prove, because It Is "nice to get on to
a paved street by going one block,"
and the contention is good that It Is
of some value to him. The trouble
comes In assessing him too high, and
his protest weighed against those on
the street to be Improved, will be of
little force, for they are Interested In
his being assessed as nearly to their
figure bm K)nlhlo, Then when both
Htreet uro paved, and ho hun paid
towurilM both linpi'ovemetiU Ijmcbiiho
of the value to him, he may go on and
pave hi own Htreet If he hook fit.
And tho puvlng of hi at root will be
of little value to men living on Ktreeta
already paved, who are enjoying the
benefit of what he wa forced to do,
and they will not reciprocate and will
defy any one to ahow wherein they
are benefit tod.
The proponed Charter give Coun
cil Uki much power. There are riot
enough aufeguard thrown around the
man with tho amall homo. An hon-
ent Council may not do harm, but bow
Hnm may there be men chonen to
Council who have an ax to grind, and
what would be the outcome. With the
city carrying a floating debt of $30,
0000 and a belief that her City Fath
er have been honeat, but not wIho,
I It not a good time to oonalder the
necenmiy of all the Hufcguard that
can be devlnod?
If our Council have Ignored the
Charter In the pant, and thla I con
ceded by member of the charter com
mlaalon, what' to hinder them doing
It again? Inn't It a wine thing to lock
the door before the home 1 atolen at
Oil time, having lont a valuable ani
mal ho recently?
It eema to be a gixd time for the
people of Oreg-m City to be certain a
to the next atop to take, when the
leader In a move for good govern
ment confe to the Hotting anlde of
law Inn't it time to atop and consider
what kind of a law one can make that
wont be net alde?
The Telegram haa the following to
ay concerning the Charter content
here:
The three amendment to the city
Charter will be a wept clear out of
night In tho election next Monday.
Thl U the belief of nearly every pro
perty holder and bunlncn man In the
city. That there I evil hidden In the
amendment I common report. The
omendment changing the manner of
making street annensments I proba
bly the biggest blunder of them all.
It lengthy pannage of "whereases"
and "what l" are not aufficlently In
telligent for the voters to understand.
Dr. W. E. Carll, who will nnqiio
tlonably be elected Mayor of Oregon
City next Monday, Is strong In his de
nunciation of thono amendment and
aay they will be defeated from top to
bottom, a they ought to be. In an
interview he says:
'The creation of these amendments
reminds me of the? atory of the hen,
who had no egg to set on,, and she
hunted around until finally she found
a door knob. The tale fits the case
exactly, for It I well known that the
present Charter 1 entirely satisfac
tory, and there Is no demand for a
change. The men who made tnese
amendments simply found tho door
knob.
"It Is all rot to prepare an amend
ment to refund the city Indebtedness
by Issuing bonds. These bonds are all
right but they can bo Issued at any
time through an ordinance without
the necessity of nn amendment to the
Charter. The city may Issue bonds
whenever It can find anyone to buy
them.
"Tho street assessment amendment
Is the most Injurious and opens a way
for graft on the part of the city engl
neer,
It Is provided that a committee'
shall
create a district whenever a
street Is to bo Improved. Now, lust
toke the average committee. It would
probably shirk responsiiiiiuy iy lurn-
lug over the whole matter to the city
this.
"1 Intend to vote against all these
amendments and shall advise my
friends to do the same thing. I be
lieve they will be defeated and there
U no doubt they ought to be.
LIVE STOCK SHOW
FOR PORTLAND.
The Portland Country Club & Live
Stock Association, recognizing the Im
portance of the development of the
live stock Interests of this State, have
arranged for the greatest fair yet
held west of the Missouri river, for
1908. There are $40,000 In prizes,
equalling those offered by the Lewis
& Clark Exposition In 1905." To this
wll lbe added $10,000 or $12,000 by the
different breeders' associations In at
tendance upon the International Live
Stock Show at Chicago, November 30
to December 7, where M. D. Wisdom
will go as a special representative to
arrange a date and to secure the pres
ence here of the most famous herds
In America.
BURGLARS AT VANCOUVER.
The residence of Henry Van Atta,
proprietor of the Baltimore cafe, of
Vancouver, was entered and ransack
ed by burglars Wednesday night. Mr.
Van Atta and his wife are at work
until after midnight each night, and
the looters took advantage of this
fact. It is evident that there were
two men Implicated. The house was
entered my a rear window and every
room was thoroughly searched. Bu
reau drawers were opened and the
contends strewn about. Carpets were
torn up and the house completely up
set from cellar te garret. The thieves
seemed to be after nothing but money,
for rto silver and glassware was taken.
Mrs Van Atta entered the house
about midnight, and at once notified
the police that It had been entered.
A Missouri woman Is asking $10,
000 for a klBS, How can she have the
face to demand a price like that?
PANAMA
CANAL
HAS COST UNITED STATES 98r
000,000 AT PRESENT 8TATE
OF CONSTRUCTION.
WORK MOVES RAPIDLY
During tha Past Nine Months Labor
Has Been 8earce New Condi
tions Likely to Aid In
Finding Help.
Full details of the work done on
the Panama Canal during the fiscal
year 1907, with a showing of what
ha been accomplished since the pro
ject has been in American hands, are
disclosed In the Annual report of the
Isthmian Canal Commission, made
public Tuesday. It Is the first report
made of the operations on the Isth
mus since construction work has been
In charge of Army engineers.
Aside from the 150,000,000 paid to
the French company and to Panama,
an aggregate of 48,283.1 10 has been
expended by the Government on the
project adopted by Congress and
which It was estimated by a board of
consulting engineers would ultimately
cost $139,705,200. This estimate, how
ever, did not tnolude sanitation and
expenditures of the Zone Government,
waterworks, sewers and paving In
Panama and Colon and the re-equipment
of the Panama Railroad.
There Is no reference In the report
to the proposition which has been
brought forward to extend the width
of the locks to 110 feet, so as to ac
commodate without difficulty the ex
treme breadth In the development of
shipbuilding, and this will be made
tho subject of a special, report from
the Commission. A strong position
is taken favorable to the policy of
doing the work by hired Instead of
by contract labor, a step at one time
seriously considered by the adminis
tration, and many arguments are pre
sented to Justify the Commission In
Its conclusion that the canal can be
built better, cheaper and more quickly I
by the Government.
Sanitation, upon which so much de-:
ponds for the comfort and health of,
the -employes, Is treated of, a state-
nient Is made of what has been done
and the declaration made that there
was no yellow fever originating on
t'.;e Isthmus during the year.'
As bearing on the question of the
suitability of the foundations for the
proposed lock sites, the report quotes i
from the conclusions of the board of
consulting engineers, who made a
personal examination of the material
at the lock Bite and which found
tnat all'of the locks of the dimensions
then proposed 085-foot level 'canal)
would rest on rock of such a charac
ter as would furnish a safe and stable
foundation.
The work of preparation done by
the former Commission is compli
mented as having contributed to the
great volume of work done In the Cu
Icbra cut In six months ending June
30, of the total of 5,570,432 cubic
yards moved during the fiscal year,
,4.047,071 cubic yards were moved be
tween January i ana June au. since
the close of the fiscal year yardage
moved has been: July, 770.570; Au
gust. 786.80C; September, 753.4GS. The
total for September was greater In
proportion to the number of steam
Bhovels and days' work In July.
The Commission has finally decid
ed upon the method of filling and em
ptying the locks and the number and
type of gates. The gates are In dupli
cate and of the miter type, except
that the rolling gate similar to that
now in use on the Ohio river will be
substituted for the duplicate set at
the lower end of Well summit-level
lock. In addition there will be pro
vided an auxiliary pair of gates at the
lower end of each flight for use as
cofferdams In case It may be neces
sary to pump out the locks, and It
has been determined tentatively to
adopt a swing-bridge type of dam for
emergency use.
In the cities of Panama and Colon,
towns along the zone, the paving of
streets and construction of water
works and sewer systems, roadmak
Ing and grading havevbeen done.
Over COO horses and mules, with
wagons, carts, carriages and ambu
lances, are used. The report says:
A. geological survey of the canal
route has been made and surveys
have been made of the zone boundary
lines, which are marked by monu
ments of 4-Inch wrought-iron pipe,
about four feet long.
The skilled labor force Is recruited
In the United States, and on June
30, 1900, was about 2500, and on June
30, 1907, was about 4404. To secure
thla nlcrease of 1904 and fill vacan
cies, 8038 men were taken from the
United States. The Commission Bays:
The unskilled force Is brought from
the West Indies and Europe. Recruit
ing agents are located In Barbardos
and Martlnque, and a representative
In, Paris, France, to keep In touch
with European labor conditions and
with European emigration. On June
30, 190, there were on the canal
work 500 Europeans and 13,625 West
Indians. June 30, 1907, thore were
4317 Europeans and 14.C0G West In-
Alans. To maintain this force of la
borers, and alno provide the Panama
Railroad force of abut 5000 laborers,
C8S9 Europeans and 10,974 West In
dians were brought to the Isthmus
an average of nearly 1500 men per
month to meet the demands of the
work for common labor during the
year.
The total force of skilled and un
skilled laborers of the Isthmian Can
al Commission and Panama Railroad
on June 30, 1900, was 19X00, and on
Juno 30, 1907, It was 29,44! an In
crease In the total of 10,000 men.
During this period 20,884 men were
brought to the Isthmus from the
Cnlted States, Europe and the West
Indies. The labor problem Is still an
unsolved one, but the experiments of
the past year with a diversity of
races and nationalities has Improved
the efficiency of the force and prom
ises to make the term of service
longer.
The rebuilding of the "Panama rail
road Is completed, and the double
track almost completed. The heavy
traffic has caused the Commission to
begin laying 90-pound rails.
GOOD PROGRAM
BEING ADVERTISED
CONVENTION WILL BE HELD
PORTLAND DECEMBER
12 AND 13.
IN
The sixteenth annual meeting of
the Oregon Dairymen's Association j
will be held under the auspices of the
Portland Commercial Club at Port
land, Oregon, on December 12 and
13.
Following is the program:
Thursday, Dec. 12, 10:00 a. m.
Address of Welcome, Tom Richard
son, Portland Commercial Club.
Response, Annual Address, Presi
dent E. T. Judd, Turner.
"Testing Milk on the Farm," Dan
Dleuer, Brooks.
"Winter vs. Summer Dairying,"
John Dinwiddle, Woodburn.
Necessity for Clean Milk," L. B.
Zlemer, ' Tillamook.
Thursday, Dee. 12, 1:30 p. m.
'.'The relation the Dairy Industry
Bears to the Commercial Business of
the Country," T. S. Townsend, Port-
! land
"Care of Cream for
Mrs. E. T. Judd. Salem.
Shipment,"
Discussion, fifteen minutes.
"Succulent Feed for Wlnter," Wm
Schulmerich, Hlllsboro.
Discussion, fifteen minutes.
-Milking by Machine," Mrs. S. A.
Yokum, Marshfield.
"The Dairy Cow at Home and
Abroad." Jos. E. Wing, Mechanlcs-
i burg, Oblo.
Friday, Dec. 13, 10:00 a. m.
"Advanced Registration for Dairy
Cattle," Prof. F. L. Kent, Corvallls.
"Practical Dairy Suggestions," H.
L Blanchard, Hadlock, Washington.
"What and How to Feed the Dairy
Cow," Dr. James Wlthycombe, Cor
vallls. "Future of Dairying Inastern Ore
gon," A. Bennett, Irrlgon.
Friday, Dec. 13, 1:50 p. m.
Business session.
Reports of officers and committees.
. Election of officers.
Address, J. W. Bailey, State Dairy
and Food Commissioner, Portland.
Address. B. D. White, Dairy Divi
sion, U. S. Department of Agriculture.
Announcements of premium awards.
All railroads entering Portland will
sell round trip tickets for Mils meet
ing, on the certificate plan, at one
and one-third fare. Full fare to be
paid going, and a receipt taken there
for, upon which return ticket will be
lssude at one-third fare.
FOREIGN WORKMEN
LEAVING OUR SHORES
That the estimate that 50.000 emi
grants will leave New York this week
for European ports is far below the
number that win probably sail. Is
the opinion expressed by Gustave H.
Schwab, of the North German LlOyd.
At least (50,000 and perhaps 70,000 will
sail, according to Mr. Schwab's fig
ures. The Pennsylvania Railroad
alone brought more than 2000 to New
York today.
"Immigration regulates itself, and
needs nto stimulus from the steamship
companies," said Mr. Schwab. "When
times are good In America and there
Is plenty of work they come over.
When there Is a lack of work the la
borer returns to his own country."
Every steamer sailing yesterday
filled to capacity with steerage pas
sengers and although the steerage
rate was again raised, this time from
$:!l to $36, it made no difference with
the number of people demanding tick
ets. Carrying passengers, even in
steerage, is more remunerative than
carrying freight, and a number of
small lines are fitting up the holds of
their ships for the accommodation of
passengers and are leaving freight
behind. Several Bteamers that have
heretofore carried only freight are
now carrying passengers. This was
the case with the Cambrian, of the
Red Star Line, which sailed yester
day, with 1000 steerage passengers.
A curious feature of the situation Is
that the number of Immigrants arriv
ing In New York this month is greater
than fof any December on record. It
Is believed that most , of these made
their plans before the great exodus
began and that as soon as the van
guard of the present horde reaches
Europe there will be a great falling
off of the traffic In this direction.
HOLIDAYS
INTERFERE
LAND 'FRAUD CA8ES WOULD
HAVE BEEN UNDER WAY
NOW WITH
HENEY IN THE SADDLE
Importunities of Guilty Men Not to
Disturb Plans of Attorney ,
In Charge of
the Work.
An Associated Press dispatch says:
Further postponement of the trial of
the Oregon land-fraud cases Is not to
be tolerated. Because ef complaints
and criticisms, the Department of
Justice has decided to take radical
steps, which will force trials at an
early date, and It is expected that
District Attorney Bristol will soon re
ceive Instructions to proceed.
Only recently John Hall, under In
dictment, wrote the President, ask
ing for trial. His request was trans
mitted to the Attorney-General and
thence to Mr. Bristol, who replied
that he could not proceed, as that
was one of F. J. Heney's cases.
The Department says that, if Mr.
Heney cannot get away from San
Francisco long enough to prosecute
Hall and Binger Herman, some one
else will be found who can take up
this work. In fairness to those under
indictment, the Department believes
these long-delayed cases should be
tried. It Is probale that Mr. Bristol
will be Instructed to prosecute Hall
and Hermann, as well as all others
under indictment for land frauds.
"If John Hall Is running the Depart
ment of Justice, the sooner the peo
ple of Oregon find it out the better.
Further than this I have nothing to
say."
This was, the only statement that
W. C. Bristol, United States Attorney,
would make when the above dispatch
was read to him last night.
It Is evident from the dispatch that
some" one other than Attorney-Gener-sl
Ronanarte did the talking, for
'some time In Septetmber the Attor
ney-General, Mr. Heney and Mr. Bris
tol reached an agreement as to when
the Oregon land frauds were to be
taken up for trial. The understand
ing was reached after Mr. Heney and .
Mr. Bristol had made a Joint report
to Mr. Bonaparte, setting forth at
great length the conditions regarding
the land fraud cases pending in Ore
gon. This report was sent to the De
partment of Justice on September 1
and a reply was received by
Heney In San Francisco September
24, in which the Attorney-General con
curred with the Joint statement.
In this report Mr. Heney told of be
ing held in San Francisco on account
of the Tlrey L. Ford trial, and prom
ised that just as soon as he had fin
ished with that trial he would return
to Oregon and resume the land-fraud
cases. This was acceptable to the Attorney-General
and he so wrote Mr.
Heney.
At the time the Joint report was
written and it was not written un
til after Mr. Heney and Mr. Bristol
had visited Seattle and held a con
ference with Secretary Taft, and after
both Mr. Heney and Mr. Bristol had
held a conference with Secretary of
the Interior Garfield and United States
Land Commissioner Balllnger the
legal holidays that have been declar
ed in California and elsewhere were
not dreamed of. When the holidays
were declared in CaliforniaM r. Heney
wltb'n a week of closing up the
Ford trial. The closing of the courts
naturally stopped the Ford trial. But
for this Mr. Heney would have been
busy trying some of the defendants
that are clamoring so loudly for trial.
The reported decision of the United
States Steel Corporation to continue
the manufacture of material in spite
of the cancellation of orders Is de
serving the attention. The corpora
tion has notified customers that It
views the orders of cancellation mere
ly as postponements, having faith In
the present business situation, which
It believes certain to return to pros
perous conditions In a few weeks. Ex
amples of this sort are necessary If
the American public is not to worry
Itself into a wholly unnecessary state
of business depression. A compan
ion of the steel trust In this effort
to restore confidence Is one of the
largest New England banks which
has notified all its branches and cor
respondents to renew credits and ex
tend others.
Report on Milwaulcie Finances.
The financial report for Milwaukle
for the year ending November 1, 1907,
shows that the total Income from all,
sources was $259G.44. November 1,
1906, there was a balance of $129.07
on hand. The sources of revenue
were taxes and licenses. From the
Milwaukle Country Club the receipts
for the year were $1300. From liquor
license, $500. Total expenditures
were $1269.67, leaving on hand
$1226.44. ', -'
A Tacoraa man, about to be Incar
cerated for insanity, finally admitted
he was In love. There Is' always a
great similarity of symptoms in the
two cases.