THE IORNING OREGOXIAN, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20 1001;
WILL COMPLETE HIS TERM
TI3IE SUCCESSOR OP THE LATE D.
P. THOMPSON "WILIi SERVE.
Portland School Directorship the
Subject of a Decision by Atter-
aey-Geaeral Blackburn.
SALEM, Dec 15. At the request of Su
perintendent of CPubllc Instruction J. ii.
Ackerman, Attorney-General Blackburn
today rendered an opinion to the effect
that the successor of D. P. Thompson, as
a member of the Portland School Board,
will hold office during the remainder ot
the term for "which ilr. Thompson -was
elected. The question was presented un
der an act of the last Legislature -which
had not yet been construed in this re
spect. The opinion says:
"While, In the case -of the office of each di
rector being vacant at the same time, the
statute provides that the persons appointed
by the County Superintendent to All nch vacan
cies shall hold only until the next regular elec
tion, no provision is .made specifying or llmltlns
the time for "which., one appointed by the re
maining directors shall hold.
The Portland school district is a district of
the first class, and the Board ot Directors
consists of five members, "each of whom shall
hold office for a term ot five years, one member
retiring each jear, as hereinafter provided."
8chool Laws ot Oregon, 1001, Sec 01.)
And section 63 provides that "the election
ior members of the Board of Directors in all
organized districts "of the first class shall be
held each year, at-the time and In the manner
provided by law for districts ot the first class."
These sections must all be construed togeth
er, bo that the provisions of each may be given
the full forco and effect. To hold that the
person appointed by the board In this instance
vould hold for a full term would result Jn
nullifying that provision of the statute which
requires that onoDlrector shall bo elected
each year. There would be one year In "wlilch.
3J0 Director could be elected, for there would
3e five in office, and there -would be one year
in which two Directors must be elected.
As I am informed, the term for which Mr.
Thompson was elected will expire in 1903.
The -vacancy might be filled by the remaining
members of the board appointing a member to
hold until tho regular election In 1902, and
then a Director might be elected to fill out
the unexpired term; and thus the rotation In
office could be continued. But where there is
only one vacancy in the "Board of Directors,
the remaining Directors are authorized to fill
the vacancy without any limitation upon the
-term for " hlch their appointee may serve, ex
cept the implied limitation that he cannot
aserve beyond the end of the term of the per
son whose place he-is chosen to fill. BJt when
the County Superintendent appoints, the tenure
of office of his appointees is limited by the next
regular election. He cannot authorize them to
hold beyond that period.
Therefore, construing these provisions of the
Bchool law in accordance with what seems -Jo
xne to bo the intention of the Legislative As
sembly, it is my opinion that, when the Di
rectors of this school district make an ap
pointment to fill the -vacancy In tho board oc
casioned by the death of Mr. Thompson, the
person appointed to fill such vacancy will hold
The office of Director for the unexpired portion
of Mr. Thompson's term.
DEATh'oPAHPIOAEER )F'L852.
3Ir. 31. J. Attwell, One of the First
Settlers on the Upper Columbia.
THE DALLES, Or., Dec. 19. Mrs. M. J.
Attwell, who died at her home at Cascade
X,ocks Monday, and was burled here yes
terday, was one of the most widely-known
pioneers in Oregon. For nearly 50 yean,
she had resided at the Cascades, and was
one of the now few living witnesses to
the first traffic and t-ettleinent on the
Upper Columbia and the Indian excite
ments incident to those days. Mrs. Att
weil, whose maiden name was, Hervey,
. Tas born In Pennsylvania November 7,
120. When she was 3 years of age her
parents moved to Springfield, 111., where
tho early years of her life were spent. In
2840 she was married to Cornelius Wil
liams, and to them four children were
born, two dying in Infancy. In April, 1852,
Mr. and Mrs. Williams started for Ore
gon across the plains in the customary
prairie schooner outfit of pioneer times.
Toward the latter part of the journey Mr.
Williams died and was burled beside the
way, leaving his' widbw with her two chll
i(nto finish the long pilgrimage without
3lm. She arrived at,The Dalles on August
C. 1832, .after a few- days' rest going on to
the Cascades, where she remained, and
"was married the following year to Roger
C AttR-ell, -of that, .place.
The Attwell donation claim was one of
She earliest of those selections made in
Oregon, and adjoins the land upon which
the Government locks now stand. At the
Cascade Indian massacres of 1S5C, Mrs.
attwell was one of those settlers who
wetc picked up by the steamer Mary, in
charge of Captain Dan Boughman, and
bro ght to The Dalles for safety, remain
ing away from their homes until the out
break was oer. On the Mary's journey
ajp Uie river rajte brought from the Att
well place served for fuel for the steam
er, and food hastily snatched from tho
.Attwell kitchen formed the sole bill of
fare until The Dalles was reached. Mrs,
Attwoll's death was due to her advanced
age. Her four surviving children are:
C. E. Williams, of Id.-.ho; C. M. V iliisms,
f Washington; John W. Attwell and
James F. Attwell, of Cascade Locks.
HOPS FOR LOXDOX. .
Last of Forty Onrlontlj in OrcRon
Association Pool Shipped.
SALEM, Dec. 19. The last of the 40
carloajls of hops compri-lng the pool
formed under a contract with W. H.
Durst have been shipped to London,
yrancls Feller, who was selected by the
growers to go to London and represent
their Interests in the. dlspotitlon of the
hops, will leave Oregon early next month,
and the length of his stay will depend
largely upon the time it takes to dispose
of the hops. It is not expected that there
will be any delay.
Occasional sales of hops are being made"
here at ruling prices. At no time during
the season have the growers been over
anxious to sell, and with the possible ex
ception of one or two short sellers the
buyers have not made strenuous efforts
to get hops. Orders from the East have
always been below what the growers
believed they ought to receive, and the
fact that growers had confidence in the
market nad the effect of preventing a
stampede to sell, which would have
resulted In lower prices than ha'6 pre
vailed. Lnrg;ost Prime Sale of the Season.
INDEPENDENCE, Or., Dec. 19. Two
largo lots of "dried prunes were sold here
during the weelt, being the first sale that
amounted to anyj,hu1g. thib year. Gilmore
& Calbreath sold about 30,000 pounds and
D. A. Hodge about, 53,003 pounds. Both
sales were made to the H. G. Gilo Com
pany, of Salem The price was about
three cents per pound. As a general rule
the prunes were of fine quality.
The first entire carload of potatoes to
be shipped from Independence went out
this week. Owing to the open season it
has been rather hard on the potato
growers of this vicinity, as there has not
been a frost that was hard enough to
kill the vines, and cause the potatoes to
ripen. As a result potato-digging was
put off until the very last, and some or
the potatoes are now taking the second
growth.
CralR Admitted to Ball.
BAKER CITY, Dec 19. Austin Craig,
who has been in custody since last Satur
day, when he was bound over to await the
acUon of the Circuit Court, on the charge
of mlappropriaUng funds of the Bank of
Sumpter, entrusted to him as the bank's
agent at Whitney, was admitted to ball
today by Judge Eakin In the Circuit Court
in the sum of 52000. Mr. Craig Insists that
he has not made away with any of the
funds of the bank, and that the alleged,
shortage Is merely an overdraft, which
the bank allowed him. The cashier of
the bank said at the preliminary examina
tion that he supposed that Craig had de
posited every dollar that came into his
hands as the Whitney agent of the bank.
Just after Craig -was released this morning
he received a letter from Portland friends
-asklngjiim to send his bond to them and
they -would sign It. His bondsmen- are: w.
H. Cade, a member of the Whitney City
Council: H. A. Carrls. Cltr Treasurer of
Whitney, and J. B. Stoddard, president I
of the Sumpter XiUmber Company.
Supreme Coart Orders.
SALEM. Dec. 19. The following 6rdere
were made In the Supreme Court today:
D. H. Coovert. appellant, vs. Alice H.
Coovert et al., respondents: ordered that
appellant have until February 2, 1902, to
file brief.
State of Oregon, respondent, vs. W. 1L
Northrup, appellant, ordered that appel
lant's time to file brief be extended 20
days.
U. S. Investment Corporation et aL,
respondents, vs. Portland Hospital et al.,
appellants: argued and submitted.
As next -week -will be holiday week the
clerk of the Supreme Court did not today
follow the usual Thursday custom of set
ting cases for trial In that tribunal.
Flcischmana Not Captured.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 19. L H. Hell
man, president of the Nevada Bank, of
this city, and also of the Farmers & Mer
chants' Bank, of Los Angeles, states
there Is no truth In the report being cir
culated through the country to the effect
that Flelschmann, the absconding cashier
of the Farmers' & Merchants' Bank, has
been captured In Mexico.
MEXICO CITY. Dec 19. Harry R.
Flelschmann was arrested at Leon, In
the State of Guanajara by mistake, the
supposition being that he was the al
leged Los Angeles bank defaulter of that
name. He was released after 20 hours
when, his Identity was fully established.
The whole affair proved an error.
To Get Land Ceatest on Docket Agraia
OREGON CITY, Iec. 19. Judge Peter
H. Ward, attorney for Charles E. Hays,
appeared at the land office today and filed
a motion to reinstate on the docket the
case of Hays vs. Sarah A. Bailey. This
case was dismissed on December 3, owing
to the non-appearance of the contestant,
who alleges in his motion that he had
been unable to serve notice upon her ot
tho date of hearing. The land office will
probably reinstate the case on the dock
et, as Hays Is now aware of the present
residence of the contestee.
A patent was received at the land office
today for Ferdinand Schram.
Circuit Court-Adjourns.
OREGON CITY, Dec. 19. Judge Mo
Bride adjourned Circuit Court Ihis after
noon until January 6. Decrees for the
plaintiff were given In the divorce suits of
W. vs. Mary Stalnakcr and Mathias vs.
Minnie Apach.
Poultry Show Opens.
EUGENE, Or., Dec 19. The fifth an
nual exhibit of the Willamette Poultry
Association opened In Eugene today. Tho
exhibits are larger and more varied than
ever before. W. W. Browning, of Ogden,
Utah, is present, and is acting as judge.
Tho show will continue three days. The
attendance is large.
Elspass' Flue Received.
SALEM, Dec. 19. C. M. Elspass, of
Eugene who was recently fined $25 for
violating the pure food law by selling
short weight butter, has paid his fine
and the money was today received at the
office of the State Treasurer.
Oregon Mining Stock Exchange.
Yesterday's quotations:
Bid.
Asked.
5
50
50
2
35
7
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33
Adams Mountain 4
Astoria-Melbourne (guaranteed) ..24
Bronze Monarch 12ft
Buffalo 2
Coppcropolis 164
Champion 24
Caribou 2
Gold Hill & Bohemia 9
Huronian 5
Lost Horse ....... i ...... -
Oregon-Colorado M. II. & D 24
Riverside 2i
Sumpter Consolidated 2U
SPOKANE. Dec 19. The closing quotations
of mining stocks today were:
Bid. Ask.1 Bid. Ask.
Amor. Boy .. 5 5Prin, Maud . 1 2A
tfiacKian ....iu?$ ii lyullp mvi
Butte & Bos.. 10b .-lRamb. Car ...041
Crystal
T! Republic 4
Deer Trail .
Gold Ledge
L. P. Surp.
2ijRe5ervation .. 3
2 Sullivan 9
J"
i'fom Thumb ..1
L. Dreyfus .. 2
Mtn. Lion ...25
Xorn. Glory.. !
Morrison ..... 3
iortn Amer .. -4
i irraae uoiiar.
SVi.Val.
Coal Co.. 3
4
SAX FRANCISCO. Dec. 19. Official closing
quotations of mining stocks:
Alta ?0 05Mexlcan $0 22
Belcher
13 Occidental Con ... 3
Best & Belcher...
Caledonia
Challenge Con ...
Chollar
Confidence ......
Con. Cal. & Va...
Crown Point ....
Gould & Curry...
Hale & ICorcross.
Justice
lOiOphlr CI
18Ovcrman 3
HlPotosl 3
3;Bavage 2
5SSlerra Nevada ... 15
i 55iSllver Hill 31
2Standard 3 50
4UnIon Con 9
13Utah Con C
7 "fellow Jacket .... 9
NEW YORK, Dec 19. Mining stocks today
closed as follows:
Adams Con $0 20iLIttle Chief $0 12
Alice 451 Ontario 8 00
.Bn-ece .... 75Ophlr 50
.Brunswick Con .. 17Phoenlx 5
Comstock Tunnel. 2lPotosl 2
Con." Cal. ii Va... 1 50)Saage 2
Deadvood Terra.. 50! Sierra Nevada ... 12
Horn Silver ..... 1 60 Small Hopes 40
Iron Silver COjStandard 8 45
Lcadvllle Con ... 5)
BOSTON. Dec 10. Closing quotations:
Adventure ....$ 17 50,Osceola $ 70 00
AUouce 3 25rarrott . 29 60
Amalgamated .. CO WOtQulncy ........ .155 00
Baltic 35 OOiSanta Fe Cop... 2 50
Bingham 24 50jTamarack 240 00
Cal. & Hccla... 5D5 OOiTrlmountain .... 30 50
Centennial 12 75iTrinlly 13 75
Copper Range .. 50 50 United States it 14 00
Dominion Coal. 47 50, Utah 10 25
Franklin 12 25'Victorla 4 50
Isle Rojnle .... 20 001 Winona . 1 50
Mohawk ...... 30 25J Wolverines ... 49 00
Old Dominion .. zz iu
PEDERAL NAVAL RESERVE.
When Organized, It Will Have Three
Companies In Oregon.
The bllLfor the creation of a Federal
Naval Reserve, which has just been intro
duced in both houses of Congress, is
framed along very broad lines. It has tho
enthusiastic support of tho Navy Depart
ment, and stands a very good chance of
passage. It appropriates $200,000 for ex
penses incident to enrolling, training and
instructing the Naval Reserve, and that
amount Is to consUtute a continuous ap
propriation to be and remain available
until expended, for the purpose of con
tinuing and maintaining, under the di
rection of the Secretary of the Navy the
enrollment and instruction of the Naval
Reserve.
Adjutant-General Gantenbeln, of the
Oregon National Guard, thinks that the
bill will undoubtedly pass, and that it
means much to Oregon. Under Its pro
Visions it will be possible to organize
three ships companies in this state. Each
company will comprise 60 men. Two can
be raised In Portland and one at Astoria.
Under the new law everything nlll be
nationalized, and tho state will be at no
expense for the Naval Reserve. With
three companies here, Oregon will be en
titled to a training-ship permanently sta
tioned in tho Columbia and available for
the regular routine work of the. Naval
Reserve. Geographically the state is en
titled to such a vessel, and as the Nation
has many such ships, the Oregon dele
gation in Congress will be asked to see
to It that one of them comes here to
stay.
Salt Lake Mystery JTot Solved.
SALT LAKE CITY. Dec 19. The mys
tery of the death of James R. Hay, sec
retary of the Pacific Lumber Company,
whose body was found j'esterday buried
in a shallow trench in a field on the out
skirts of the city, remains unsolved. No
trace of the 53SC0 which Hay is said to
have collected from Peter Mortensen, a
contractor, has yet been found. Mor
Icnsen, who was arrested on suspicion,
stoutly denies his guilt.
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Plaa of Distribution Changed Prices
for Other Products of the
Penitentiary.
OLYMPIA, Wash., Dec 19. The Btate
Board of Control today fixed the 1902
prices for the products of the peniten
tiary. The most important Item Is Jute
bags, the price of which was fixed at
?6 25 per hundred, as against $5 90 this
year. Because of the fact that the pen
itentiary bags are usually sold cheaper
than Calcutta, bags, the demand for them
in the wheat districts of the state is
greater than the supply. This year the
complaints from those who did not get
as- many bags as they thought they were
entitled to received wide publication, and
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Coast and Insular Surveys, chairman.
Agriculture and Forestry.
Manufactures.
Pensions.
District of Columbia.
there were charges of unfairness In the
distribution. The plan of dlstrlbuUon
was "first come, first served." Owing to
the vigorous complaints, the board has
decided to go back to the p"lan In vogue
two years ago. Applications for bags
will be received from February 1 to
March SI, 1302. On April 1, If the output
will not supply the appllcaUons. the bags
will be divided pro rata, all applications
being of equal standing. The output this
vear will be about 1.400,000 bags.
" Prices on the two other most important
items were fixed at $C 50 per thousand for
brick and U. cents per yard for hop cloth.
IMPROVING THE WHEAT.
Agricultural ColleBe Ih Conducting:
Some Intcrcntlnjr Ka-pcrlnicnts.
PULLMAN, Wash., Dec. 19.-W. J. BplU
man, who for the past seven years has
been at the head of the Department or
Agriculture In the Washington Agricultur
al College, but leaves January 1 to accept
the position of head of the Department
of Experiments in Grasses and Forage
Plants, in Washington, D. C, has been
experimenting for the past four years on
hybridizing different varieties of wheat,
with a view to obtaining a better quality
of wheat for the Inland Empire, and has
met with success to such an extent that
he has decided to give io the public the
result of his efforts before leaving for his
new post of duty, and asks that the press
give It a wide circulation, for he believes
that his experiments. If carried out, will
result in vast benefits to the wheatgrow
ers of the Northwest.
In an interview Professor Splllman said:
"We have endeavored to secure, by cross
ing tho different varieties, a wheat that
will Ptand the winters, will not shatter,
and will yield as well as tho Little Club,
and as good flour wheat as the blue
stem. By continued work wo have crossed
PRIZE CHRISTMAS
STORY.
Miss Hazel Mills Dolph. of Port
land, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Cyrus A Dolph, wrote a Christ
mas story for the San Francisco
Evening Post which took first prize
In competition. The story will bo
published in next Sunday's Orego-
T nlan.
the breeds, or varieties, most likely to
produce this kind of wheat, and find that
the work can be done. We hope in a few
years to produce a variety of wheat that
will vield better and make better flour
than any variety now known, and the lm
portance of this cannot be conceived,
when the future Is considered.
"Out of 149 plants of hybrid wheat, of
14 different varieties. In 141 cases we
found that we had all possible combina
tions of the varieties used in making the
crosses. This leads us to believe that if
a variety is a Winter wheat, but shatters
its grain, we can, by crossing with Little
Club, get all the following kinds of wheat:
First, Spring wheat, non-shattering; sec
ond. Spring wheat, shattering: third,
Winter wheat, non-shattering; fourth
Winter wheat, shattering. Then by tak
ing the non-shattering Winter wheat and
growing It for live or six years, selecting
for seed each year those plants most like
what wo want.-4.we can get a permanent
variety of the type desired.
"Several of the hybrids already pro
duced are very promising, and we shall
proceed to grow them with a view to fix
ing the types so that we can send them
out to the farmers in as short a time
possible. Thlfi will take four more years,
probably. Meanwhile we have selected
1G varieties which we hope to combine
into a single variety of Winter wheat that
will not fall down, will not shatter out7
will not be subject to cither smut or
rust, will sell as well as blue stem, and
yield as well as Red Cliff or Little Club.
It will take year? to do this, but the
rcsuts will justify the expenditure ot
a large amount of time, energy and mon
ey." An Unusnal Damage Snlt.
SPOKANE, Dec. 19. An unusual suit
has been started by the widow of M. W.
Orion, a wheelman, who was killed near j
Cheney two months agp, a wagon being
driven over him. Frank Stents, the driv
er, was convicted of manslaughlcr and
now awaits sentence Orton's widow now
brings suit against Stents arid the throe
men' who were with him In tho ' wagon,
claiming $10,000 damages for the death of
her husband.
TO BUILD A BIG CAXAL.
Corporation Formed at North Yak
ima to Pat "Water on 14k000 Acres.
NORTH YAKIMA, Wash., Dec 17. Thb
Burllngame Canal Company has filed
articles of incorporation. The company
Is capitalized at $100,000, and has for Its
object the construction of a big canal to
put water upon 14.000 acres of land In
what Is known as the Wide Hollow. The
promoters are Yakima men.
The Unsold Hop Crop.
Dealers estimate the number of bales
of hops remilnlng In the Yakima Valley
at 2200. Several sales have been made
in the last few days, all at 10 cents.
Horses for the British Array
Canfleld & Eldred. of Sheridan, Wyo.,
Coast Defenses.
Commerce.
Pensions.
Fisheries.
Immigration.
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this week bought 80 horses here for the
British Government, to be used in the
Boer war. They were shipped In six cars
to New York.
Trainmen Taken to Hospital.
Four of the victims of the late freight
train wreck near here were taken to the
Northern Pacific General Hospital in Mis
soula, Mont., last night. All have fairly
good chances of recovery except Fire
man Peters, who, if he does live, will be
frightfully crippled. The other three men
are Conductor Joseph Chase, Brakeman
B. B. Stott and W. T. Darcey.
TRAINS WAIFS ON FARM.
C. H. EtiKllsh. Tells How He Rescues
St. Louis Slum Children.
C. H. English, superintendent of the
Children's Industrial Farm Association,
of St. Louis, is at the Imperial. He has
now over 100 small children on the farm
near St. Louis, he says, and he considers
that much good Is being accomplished by.
the institution.
"We do not believe in waiting for chil
dren to get bad enough to need reform
schools or houses of correction," he said,
"but wo take them before they get old
enough to require severe restraint. We
consider it cheaper to rear tho children
properly than to prosecute and imprison
them when they grow up, and to that end
our cottage farm has become a shelter
for a large number of waifs, who had
started on the downward road, although
very young. The children of drunken
and dissolute parents, or those llttlo ones
found growing up In the slums of the city
without TOoral training, are our especial
care, and we have no trouble in start
ing them on the right road. Before tak
ing charge of the cottage farm I had re
tired from the nursery business, so I was
well qualified to teach children the art
of raising fruits and flowers, which they
soon began to love. The boys who display
more than the usual amount of energy in
mischievous pranks are put to caring for
stock, and sometimes given a pony to ride,
and they soon divert their energy in use
ful directions.
"Children cannot be expected to love the
farm unless they are .brought up on one,
and town waifs that are permitted to be
come street gamins will always hang
around the city, while they might have be
come useful members of society If they
had been taken In time. We think when a
youth has become a subject for a reform
school chances of reformation have be
come slim."
Mr. English has visited the Boys' and
Girls' Aid Society's home on the East
Side, and found that institution crowded
with children that should have been taken
In hand years ago. "Of course. If good
homes could be found for all such children
they might yet be reclaimed, but there Is
considerable difficulty In finding enough of
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subscriptions of well-to-do people, of ,
whom there are a great many In St Louis
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the sale of these amounts to quite a good-
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SiU,Lb? ?TtlEZ'JaJ,n
sustaining In no lime. The main difficult?.
would be In starting, and there arc proh- j
vk nnu, uu mat. 1. wutit i. i.iuui. oc 1
ably plenty of generous people here who
have means and inclination to assist, were
some trustworthy person to take hold of
thc project. Such Institutions are far I
cheaper than penitentiaries, and their ex
istence verifies the adage that an ounce
of prevention Is worth a pound of cure."
President Hill Goes to St. Paul.
NEW YORK, Dec 19. James J. Hill,
of the Northern Securities Company and
he rorthern securities company and
Great Northern Railway Company,
tho
has left this city for his home in St. Taul.
Mr. Hill will probably return to New York
soon after thc holidays.
SMITH'S DANDRUFF POMADE
Positively cures dandruff. Itching scalp,
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' " ' ' . SENATOR GEORGE TURNER,
GUTTER'S ANSWER FIUED
IN SUIT TO:iEEF1IIM FROM GET
TING MONEY FROM BANK.
Allegation of Banker Bush, That as
"Agent" Giltner Deposited State
Funds, Not Denied.
SALEM, Or., Dec 10. S. C. Giltner to
day filed his answer to the objections made
by Banker A. Bush to the payment of the
balance of Glltnor's claim of $25,000 against
the defunct Williams & England Bank.
When the bank failed a claim
wa3 filed for $25,000 deposited in
the bank by him as "agent,"
The receiver has paid 95 per cent ot the
sum, and now Mr. Bush objects to the
payment of the balance or interest on the
whole, on the ground that the money was
state funds deposited by Giltner as .agent
-o-e
Inter-Oceanic Canal.
Judiciary.
Public Buildings and Grounds.
Transportation Koutes to the Seaboard.
for State Treasurer Metschan. Giltner
denies Information sufficient to form a
belief that the money was unlawfully de
posited with an agreement that interest
should be paid thereon, and denies that
at the time his claim was filed with the
receiver the money was state funds. Ho
alleges that on November 8. 1S95, money
was deposited In the bank on certificates
of deposit as follows:
L. A. McNary , , 14000
Frank K. Lovell 3000
L. K. Adams 70C0
B. F. Giltner 5000
E. C. Giltner 6000
It Is alleged at some date not given all
these certificates of deposit were Indorsed
to E. C. Giltner, who filed the claim as
"agent" for some person whose name is
not given. Giltner asks that he be al
lowed Interest on his claim the same as
other creditors.
It will be observed that he does not deny
that he wad agent for Metschan, and at
he does not deny that the money belonged
to the state at the time it was deposited.
It Is also worthy of note that all the de
posits were mado in good round sums, all
made on the same day, all made by men
closely connected by blood or friendship,
and all assigned to the same person.
TO ORGANIZE ALUMM.
Move for n Club of Graduates of
U. of O. Residing In Portland.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENK,
Dec. 19. A meeting of the students of
the university who are registered from
Portland was held today, at which It was
doclded to organize a University of Ore
gon Club, to be composed of members of
the alumni residing In Portland. The pur
pose of the club would be for social
advantages for the members and for the
advancing of the Interests of the uni
versity in- securing students from Port
land. There are about 40 alumnae of the
University living In Portland, and it is
thought the idea of such an organization
can be successfully carried out.
College Orators.
Following are the students of the va
rious classes who will take part In the
local oratorical contest, which occurs
Friday night, February 7:
Senior class J. Arthur Gamber and L.
L. Lewis.
Junior class George Eyer.
Sophomoro class Benjamin F. Evans.
Freshmen class Stephen Arlington Pen
nick. The winner of the'local contest will rep
resent the University of Oregon In the
state Intercollegiate contest at Salem,
March 7.
HAS READ TEXT -BOOK LAV
And Mr. Miller Still Is Dissatisfied
With Books Selected.
I LEBANON. Dec. 14.-(To the Edltor.)-
I have read with considerable Interest an
article headed "Merely Selected the
Books'" that aPPcawd In The Oregonlan
of December 7. signed by C. A. Johns.
1" whl hc says tht s surprised
at my making use of the following statr-
nt In a" artlcIe that Wa Published
, Th Q , November 23, which
was as follws. A revls!on of the' course
f tudy has been made In order to con-
t0 to the ne series of books, and
especially with the new text-books
dd t b Text-Bcok
Commission and the State Board of Ed-
ucatj0n "
1 that statement then and repeat
it now. I further said: "There Is a very
f cnrtf.?l hiwinf rmtnr tfesi nilmno et thA
J c schools thnHt waTnot e o
J fl morc stud,es tQ thc courgo as thJ.e
were alreidy too many for thc pupils to
do justice to them all." "It was hoped
that the Text-Bock Commission and the
State Board of Education would give us
relief on this point, but Instead they In
creased the dose."
Now Mr. Johns takes great except'ons
to this and replies by saying that ths
Toit-Ronk CrimmiHsInn hurt nntTilnir to
! do with thc number of books, but simply
i selected them.
i selected tnem.
I The law creating the Text-Bock Corn-
mission, section 4, says: "State Board of
Tcxt-Eook Commissioners shall adopt
text-boolcs for use in all the public
schools of this state for six years." The
school law says, page S. speaking of the
duty of the State Board of Education:
"To authorize such series of text-bovka
to be used In the public schools as shall
be adopted by the Text-Book Commis
sion." Mr. Johns is begging the question, but
perhaps he la not to be blamed, as it
would be hard to find a person that wonld i
like to bear the responsibility, in whole j
or in part, of loading- the children down
with books, giving- our schools a course !
of study that time will not permit of car
rying out, besides compelling the patrons
to go to such a great expense In the pur
Chase of books In order to school their
children.
He says: "In Baker City our public
school is following the course of study
and uses all of tho text-books adopted,
and there Is no complaint or criticism
against either." It Is far different In
this part of the state. I hive talked with
many teachers and have not found a
single one that has not complained of
there being so many studies that they
cannot get through with the daily pro
gramme without neglecting more or less
of the studies and recitations. In the J
public schools of this city, where we em
ploy seven teachers and have SOO pupils,
they do not have time, to my certain
knowledge, to do the work justice: be
sides, we are not using the text-books on
music, nature studies and physical cul
ture, as the law aUows 15 months in
which to adopt them In the course of
study.
Right here I wish to add that a very
able lawyer said to me not long ago that.
in nis opinion, tne law wnicn says a j
school district must pursue a stated course
of study or else forfeit 23 per cent of their I
funds would not stand the test in the ,
courts, for the reason that something un
reasonable Is required. . '
Take, for example, fourth-grade pupils I
from S to 10 years of age, with 11 studies,
besides 12 dooks m supplementary reiur.ng.
What Individual will claim that this is
within the bounds of reason?
Mr. Johns says: "The supplemental
reading Is discretionary with the teach
er." All right. Let us investigate that
a little. Suppose the teacher employed
chooses to use a certain number; a new ,
teacher Is employed for another term j
who selects something different from that '
selected by the previous teacher, which t
he will have a perfect right to do under j
the law. So with the next and the next.
and so on; and the patrons of the school
Just keep on buying books to suit th
different fads and theories. Perhaps Mr.
Johns' will state In his next why there
was not more of a reduction made In tho
price of the books.
I trust the gentleman will understand
that this Is not a personal matter but t
public question. I wish to inform him I
that I have read the text-book law, also
the school law. and I have a very good I
ldea of what the two laws have given ,
us that Is, that the people nne oeen
put to a very great expense, and that a
portion of It at least was entirely un
necessary. 31. A. MILLER.
COALITION 0F BANKERS.
Secretary Gns;e Explains Ills Sug
gestion at n Nevr Yorlc Bnntinct.
NEW YORK, Dec. 19. Secretary of the
Treasury Lyman J. Gage was the guest
of honor and the principal speaker at the
annual banquet of Group Eight of the
New York State Bankers' Association,
held tonight at the Waldorf-Astoria. Near
ly 500 members of the association and their
guests were present. Mr. Gage said In
part: i
"In my late report to Congress atten
tion was called to what I consider the
fundamental weakness of our banking
system in the United States. There was
explained the function that the banKs
play as an Intermediary through which
credit Is made available to the uses of pro
duction and industry and thus given a
power scarcely less great than the power
of capltnl Itself. When a period of dis
trust or doubt comes over the land there
Is a seeking of personal safety through
that general Instinct of self-preservation
which drives men in a confused mass over
each other like at the cry of 'fire' in tho
theater. I ventured to suggest a system
of coalition between individual members
of the banking community through the
country Into one central Institution with
convenient branches In the larger cities
in which all banks should be related or
Interested, according to their Individual
relative importance, and which, In a cer
tain sense, should represent to the bank
ing interests of the country what the
Federal Government represents In our
political system."
Ex-Speaker Reed followed Mr. Gnge. He
said in part:
"All the dissatisfaction with our pres
ent currency system seems to be In the
West and South. The people down, there ,
have all about them great natural re
sources as capable of producing wealth as
those in the East. What they want is
the means to develop these resources. The
trouble with them has been that they
thought they wanted currency when they
really wanted capital. For this reason 1
believe in a mixed currency."
. In the Sulus. The Moros.
Lieutenant-Colonel Sweet. U. S. A., In th In
dependent. The Moro Is a great talker, always re
turning to the same point. Practically
nothing of consequence can be obtained
from him in conference, and the less of
him the better. In his religion he Is nat
urally a fanatic. He is a wiry, sinewy,
athletic fellow, very different from the
VIsayan or Tagato, and quite different
from the Filipino generally. In physical
appearance hc Is a distinct type In the
Orient. He has a bold and haughty bear
ing and freedom of manners extending to
an almost defiant carriage. He dresses in
fantastic gnrbs of bright and brilliant
colors, and" Is as gay In manner as gaudy
In garb. A variegated, uniquely-folded
turban: a highly-colored silk sash to hold
his deadly, handsomely-carved and adorn
ed borong or krlse; a short jacKet
ornamented with bright metal clasps or
The Health of a Manly Man
will not all men insist upon having it, when it is so easy to get and to
keep. " Some men are eaten alive by tape-worms, others wander hopelessly for
years dying slow deaths from bowel disease.
nied
affile td
Business as well as social life of today is one of strain and effort, and tho
straggle for existence in competition makes life a fiVht day in day out, in which
care of body, nerves, blood is more or less neglected. Men wonder what's
wrong with them. No man can stand such unnatural conditions unless ho
counteracts them by using Cascarets Candy Cathartic, causing regularity of
body in spite of irregularity of habits. A man who "feels bad" should tak
Cascarets, find out what's wrong and be cured.
fsfewsMm
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Malt Breakfast Food makes a
delicious supper dish, and as
such is of the greatest value
to persons of weak digestion.
It quiets the irritated stomach,
gives restful sleep, and in a
short time will relieve and
overcome the most obstinate
cases of dyspepsia. Use it in
stead of medicine and so fol
low nature's course.
Try Malt-Oats and Malt-Barley al3Q.
They are as much better than ordinary oat
meal or barley as Malt Breakfast Food Is
superior to other wheat foods. At all gro
cers. . . m
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filigree work or buttons; very brlgnt
striped silk trousers that are tight in til
make him the most picturesque of barbar
ian people. He lives in simplicity. He is
brave to fearlessness, a born pirate, and
essentially a fighting man, ever at war
-with each other In some part of the Sul
tanate. Never happy unless on a maraud
ing expedition and steallnr from his neltrh-
bors. friends and foes alike. The chiet
I who Is the most successful thief is tliet
most respected and most powerful among
chiefs. He is constitutionally Indlposea
to work, and will not do what is ncces-
sary to sustain life and support his family
from dire want.
Don't Get Rich, Pnpn.
Success.
The children of a certain family, during
Its prosperity. were left In tne
nursery in charge of servants. When
adversity came the servants were
discharged and the parents lived
with their little ones. One evening
when the father had returned home after
a day of anxiety and business worry, his
little girl clambered on his knee, and,
twining her arms around hl? neck, said:
"Papa, don't get rich again. You did
not come into the nursery when you were
rich, but now we can come around you,
and got on your knee and kiss you. Don't
get rich again, papa."
A man whose wealth keeps him from
his family, sleep, healthy recreation, or
the time to enjoy the legitimate pleasure
of Jife, Is managed by money.
Willamette Won.
SALEM. Or., Dec 19.-The basket-ball
teams from Willamette University and
Company F., O. N. G., played a match
game In the Armory tonight. Wl Um
ette won by a score of 32 to 6.
THE FEXR OF HUMBUG
Prevents Many People From Trying
a Good Medicine,
Stomach troubles ire so common and In
most cases so obstinate to cure that peo
ple are apt to look tilth suspicion on any
remedy claiming to be a radical, perma
nent cure for dyspepsia and indigestion.
Many such pride themselves on their
acuteness In never being humbugged, es
pecially In medicines.
This fear of being humbugged can be
carried too far, so far, in fact, that many
people suffer for years with weak diges
tion rather than risk a little time and
money In faithfully testing the claims
mide of a preparation so reliable and uni
versally used as Stuart's Dyspepsia Tab
lets. Now Stuart's Djspepsla Tablets are
vastly different In one Important respect
from ordinary proprietary medicines, for
the reason that they are not l secret
patent medicine, no secret Is made of
their Ingredients, although thej are sold
by all druggists under protection of trade
mark, but analysis shows them to con
tain the natural digestive ferments, pure
aseptic pepsin, the digestive acids. Golden
Seal, bismuth, hydrastls and mix. They
are not cathartic, neither do they act
powerfully on any organ, but they cure
Indigestion on the common-snnse plan of
digesting the food eaten thoroughly be
fore It has time to ferment. soUr and
cause the mischief. This is the only se
cret of their success.
Cathartic pills never have and never
can cure Indigestion and stomach trou
bles, because they act entirely on the
bowels, whcreis the whole trouble is real
ly In the stomach.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets taken after
meals digest the food. That 13 all there
Is to It. Food not dhested or half ill
trmatea is nnlsnn. as It creates ras. acidity.
headaches, palpitation of th heart, loss
of flesh and many othr troubles wnicn
are often called by some other nime.
The Halted Cereals Cos
Malt
"After talclnc two Caenrots. there catno on the seena MT
unexpected visitor in the sh-po of n tapH-woTji eighteen fre
lontf ni Ioast. which 1 am unro caused my had health for thre
yoar." (tea. VT. Bowles. Baird, ills.
"After takinc Cnscarct I Iisto had natural relief without
laklnK meillcino of any ort during the past two traeki. This
had not occurred for IS yearn."
Clias. K. Penny. 601 Tales Ave.. Brooklyn.
Tor three rears I have been afflicted with diabetes. Sines
usluc Cantarcta I haro found urtat relief and feel thai I mnn
send you my personal recommendation. ' j ,
' C. II. LymaD.SlJVrestATO., Buffalo, K.Y.
"I hare been uslne Cascnrets for stonach trouble of six
Tein standlsc. I in cured and reeomnienil them to nil who
need n remedy." Rer. E. M. Chandler. -Mill P. O.. Mo.
medy.'
"Cabaret cured mo of the pile, trlth which 1 had lone
uCered." J. U. Wolleson. Perry, Oklahoma.
"Pascareta are tho only remedy I hae erer used that cans
a fine. eay mnyoracnt of the bow-l without impairing th
function of the stomach." Chas. S. Campbell. Sunbury, Pa.
Casearets for Inaoronta, with which I hare bcea
for twenty years.
Th.T- rTo Tar immediate relief."
Thos. Glllard. Elcln. Illinois.
"I hYe ziTen Cacnret a thorough trial In aa
obstinate caso of constipation nt a time when piles
were forming. It ylHdd nicely to tho treatment."
T. Dale divan, M. D., Slsa. Mo.
"Cascamts cnrM me of flux of Ions standing.
Thoy aro worth their weight In diamonds."
Leopold Kahn, Wapakonets, Ohio.
Best for the Bowels. All drop cists, roc, 25c, 50c. Never sold In hulk.
The genuine tablet stamped C C C. Guaranteed to cure far your money
bade. Sample and booklet free. Address
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