Morning Oregonian., January 31, 1902, Page 8, Image 8

THE MbBNING OBEqONrAN, FEIDAY. JAMTJARY 31, 190?.
COUNCILMEN TO GET PAY
CHARTER BOARD VOTES FOR. ?5
PER MEETING ATTENDED.
Park; Commission Is to Be Separate
From Executive Board Building:
Inspector Amendment Lost.
The Charter Board met at the City Hall
last night with a bare quorum. Those
present were Messrs. Ladd, Teal, Bro
naugh, "White, Willis, Montague, Frank,
Hogue, O'Shea, Devlin, Montag, Holman.
"Wesslnger. Morgan, Gllsan, Malarkey and
Hlrsch. The work was largely of routine
character. The session lasted over two
hours, and was presided over by Mr.
Bronaugh. Mr. Teal reported that the
committee on codification and revision had
finished its work? with the exception of
several minor matters.
One of the most Important details of
the meeting was the adoption of an
amendment offered by Mr. Morgan, pro
viding for compensation for Councllmen.
He said he brought the matter up for
recommendation at that time Instead of
later, because he did not wish to risk
postponement to a later date, as time was
running short. Mr. Morgan's amendment
provides that Councllmen be allowed 5
for attendance upon each Council meet
ing, and $3 for attendance upon each
committee meeting; provided, that an
aggregate of not more than $25 per month
be paid to any Councilman.
Long discussion followed the revival of
this old subject. Mr. Morgan catalogued
at length his reasons for pay for Coun
cllmen. He said that In discharging pub
lic duties, a Councilman would have to
neglect his private vocation, and that he
was entitled to compensation therefor.
The character of the public duty justified
pay for the service rendered to the city.
If pay -was .not allowed Portland would
be violating a precedent that exists in
almost all large cities. In other places,
Mr. Morgan maintained, it Is generally
the rule that to get good public servants It
is necessary to give compensation. "With
out It most workingmen would be pre
cluded from serving In the Council.
Mr. Teal saw no reason to change his
former opinion, that Councllmen should
serve without pay. Twenty-five per
month would not compensate a conscien
tious Councilman for his work. He
thought Councllmen could render the
highest standard of service when their
pay was the desire to serve the city, and
the honor of doing It. Mr. Holman was
In favor of the amendment. Mr. Glisan,
who before had been against compensation
for Councllmen, had changed his views.
He was convinced by observing the pres
ent Council that salaries would Induce
citizens to serve who otherwise would
feel unable to do so. Although the pro
posed compensation was not large, it
would serve the end desired. Mr. Willis
was still established in his conviction
against salaries. He declared the city has
had better service from Its Councllmen
without salaries than with them. Mr.
Montague replied that the worst Council
in the history of the city was under the
no-pay system. Mr. Willis responded this
might have been a possible exception.
While there may have been a corrupt
Council without salaries, he ventured to
say that there have been half a dozen
Councils corrupt that were paid salaries
Mr. Hogue was not afraid that $25 per
month would draw corrupt men. He
thought other Influences toward corrup
tion were more potent than $25 per
month.
Mr. Brcnauch called Mr. Malarkey to
the chair and entered , the debate. He
was opposed to the amendment in its ex
isting form. He Insisted the amendment
would put a premium on shirking duty,
and would work inequality and Injustice.
The great work of the Council, he Insist
ed, Is done by committees. He did not
bc'ieve that a man who shirked the hard
work of committees and attended the
lighter work of Council meetings, was en
titled to the same remuneration that a
conscientious brother Councilman would
receive. In fact, the proposed provision
would Induce Councllmen to neglect com
mittee work for the more formal and easy
Council formality. He maintained that
they should be paid in proportion to the
work they should do.
Mr. Teal dryly Interposed that the dis
cussion was drifting to considerations of
profit and loss, which should be furthest
from their thoughts In matters of civic
pride and honor.
Mr. Montague did not regard Mr. Bro
naugh's objection as entirely consistent.
Even if a Councilman should attend all
the Council sessions and only a few com
mittee meetings, he did not see that this
was an objection to paying Councllmen.
Council sessions are more Important than
those of committees. He thought the pro
posed distribution of pay was equitable.
The amendment was carried by a vote of
11 ayes against 6 noes.
Separate Park Board.
Mr. Teal offered an amendment, which
was adopted, creating a park board. With
out the amendment, parks were to be un
der the control of the executive board.
The change proposed that the park board
of four members should be named by the
Mayor and hold office four years, two
members to be named by each Incoming
Mayor. The board should have no legis
lative power. The Mayor was to be an
ex-offlcio member of the board. Mr. Teal
aid that too many duties had been put
upon the executive board, and therefore
It might be difficult to get fit men to
serve. Administration of parks Is so dis
similar from that of other departments
of the city that the two functions should
be distinct. The only way to build up a
park system was by a long-continued
plan. This plan could not be reached un
less administered by a separate body,
whose tenure of office should be at least
four years.
Mr. Willis opposed. He declared the
city is tired of commissions. He consid
ered it just as reasonable to institute
street and fire commissions as a park
commission.
Mr. Ladd sided In with Mr. Teal. He
thought the proposed amendment would
save money to the city. The plans of a
park board would not be such as could
be readily detailed or defined, and there
fore could be carried out only by giving
their executors sufficiently long tenure
of office.
Other Amendments Offered.
A number of amendments were offered
bj' Mr. Morgan. Chief of them was for
creation of a building Inspector, which
was lost. Mr. Devlin offered an amend
ment, whose object was to stop contests
and litigation on street assessments. The
amendment carried. Mr. Willis opposed.
He thought all property-owners should
have liberty to go to the courtB and have
their cases decided upon. Mr. Holman in
sisted that the proposed amendment would
take away one of the substantial rights of
citizens. Mr. Teal approved the change,
and said there ought to be an end to liti
gation somewhere.
An amendment was offered by Mr. Gli
san, the object of which was to do away
with uncertainty as to back taxes In the
old municipality of Alblna and East Port
land. The amendment was carried. A
' number of amendments of technical char
acter were referred back to the revision
committee.
Mr. Morgan gave notice that at the next
session of the board he would offer an
amendment In the interest of labor, pro
viding that eight hours should constitute
a day's -work, and that the minimum
wage for unskilled labor should be $2 per
day. x
Taken to Idano on Forgery Charge.
BAKER CITY, Jan. 30. "Ollle" Hunt,
alias Charles Hunt, and two women com
panions, -who gave the names of Mrs. D.
E Floyd and Mrs. Barrett, were arrested
here yesterday on a charge of forgery.
The women had passed a check in favor
of Miss Rhoda Bain, for the sum of $5,
on a merchant here, which proved to be a
iorgery. The women were later released,
as It was shown, they were Innocent, and
but tools of Hunt- Later In the day a
telegram was received from Sheriff TV.
H. Thorp, of Canyon City. Idaho, to the
effect that Hunt was wanted at Boise on
a similar charge. Hunt Is hut 21 yeara
old, and It Is said he comes of a highly
respected family of Boise. Hunt was
taken to Idaho this morning, the case
against him here not being pushed.
WEATHER COYH D UNCERTAIN
Sign of a Break-Up Are Xot Now So
PronoBBced.
TODAY'S WEATHER Light rain or
snow; variable winds.
Temperatures from G A. M. to 6 P.
M., January 30, by Forecast Official
Edward A. Beats:
C A. MT. - 25degs.
8 A. M - 28degs.
10 A. M... 2adegs.
Noon ...'. .......27 degs.
2 p. M 20 degs.
4 p. M - ..29degs.
C P. M .30dega.
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Miss Weather, you're uncertain.
Why will you persist in fllrtln.
When you know my stock in trade is weather-wise?
I have asked for moderation.
All I got was aggravation.
While you calmly sit and blink me goo-goo
eyes.
"When I say the snow Is going
You begin anew the snowing.
And chilling winds grind out their hapless
song.
The mercury has tumbled.
And It's like a football fumbled
You think you surely have it, but you're
wrong.
What think you folks are saying.
At the skating and the sleighing.
When the weather man has eald It would be
warm?
Ah, me! Instead of toasting
They are giving me a roasting,
And suggesting I retire to a farm;
So you see what you are doing.
Your capriciousness I'm ruelng.
Could you but know Just how a fellow feels.
Perhaps you'd have some pity
And behave yourself, my pretty.
Please do it. Yours truly, E. A. BEALS.
Forecast Official E. A. Beals didn't write
the foregoing, but he might had he dared.
For of a certain the weather has been
fooling with him, in a coquetry that ar
gues an overabundance of frivolity. Had
the weather lived up to predictions yester
day, the streets would be slushy Instead
of slippery, damp instead of dangerous.
Up to 6 o'clock last evening the mercury
did not touch the freezing point, 'the near
est approach being 2 deg. colder than
freezing. While there was a perceptible
moderation. It was not as marked as was
expected.
The storm that was pointed this way
from the ocean, with warm winds In its
wake, has fizzled out, and could have been
found last night central over Northern
Nevada. There Is no sign of warmth en
rrfute visible now, and Forecast Official
Beals predicts cither rain or snow, the
conditions being such that no accurate
forecast can be made. However, there Is
no reason to expect a continuance of cold
weather. At least It will not get extreme
ly cold, unless a storm not now in sight
comes in from the northern ocean. Light
snow fell In Washington and Oregon yes
terday, the precipitation here being .03 of
an inch.
DEATH OF J, L. ATKINSON.
"IVell-Knovrn Pioneer Real Estate
Mnn FnsiicR Away.
Josiah I. Atkinson, the well-known pio
neer real estate man, died at the family
residence, 3S5 Third street, at 10:30 o'clock
last evening. He was aged 78 years. His
death was unexpected, not having been
preceded by a long Illness, and was
caused by heart disease. Mr. Atkinson
came to Oregon In 1SG5, and a few days
later started In the real estate business
with Lewis M. Parrish, forming the firm
of Parrish &. Watklns. The firm con
tinued up to the early '80s, when Tyler
Woodward was taken Into the partner
ship. The firm broke up about 1892, and
Mr. Atkinson associated himself with D.
W. Wakefield In the real estate firm of
Atkinson & Wakefield, which continued
up -to a year and a half ago. Lately Mr.
Atkinson has been conducting his real
estate affairs under the name of J. L.
Atkinson & Co. He was one of the men
that were active in Introducing the first
telephone system Into Portland, was a
careful and shrewd business man, amass
ing a comfortable fortune, and a re
spected citizen. He was a brother of the
late G. H. Atkinson, a pioneer Congrega
tional minister. A wife survives him.
NEED FOR MORE ROADS.
Present Facilities Not Safllclcnt
to
Skip Clear-renter Products.
The Lewiston (Idaho) News says It
does not require official announcements
to convince people that a season of great
activity In railroad building impends in
the Snake and Clearwater Valleys. Con
tinuing it says: f
"Everybody knows there will be a rail
road down Snake River In time to move
the next crop. Everybody knows this
railroad will bring more railroads. An
easy grade Into this empire will give
Lewiston advantages that will he special
and no competitive point or transporta
tion line can contend against such a great
natural advantage. When one -water
grade Is appropriated to or from this
central point every other water grade will
bo utilized at once. The cost of hauling
the freight of the Lewiston country to
the top of the Vellmcr grade, during the
past year, has been greater than the
cost of all the balance of the route to the
Coast shipping center. It has been
double the estimated cost of a service of
equal magnitude over a water grade to
the same point. Not only Is It a fact
that the cost of the haul over this grade
Is expensive, but It is now known that
the freight of this region cannot be moved
out of the country by a .single railroad
line over that grade next year. Even the
limited output of the past year fairly
blockaded the present system with all
available facilities engaged to their ut
most capacity.
"The accumulated force of another
year's surplus will command either an
other railroad, or open river to the sea.
Even this boon does not have to await
an obstinate Congress. A fraction of the
benefits to be derived from an open river
for five years would build, first, a port
age road and then a channel around the
falls at The Dalles. This possibility Is
one of the Inspiring Influences that makes
the Lewiston business men, who are pre
paring for the good times to come, know
the railroad booms is right at hand. While
the men with the millions are very spar.
Ing of promises, the moving power that
is driving them to build the water-grade
road is Interpreted by the public. There
Is now a sign displayed that may be read
by the wayfaring man who is engaged In
other business as well as by the railroad
men."
Railway Sells More Timber Land.
SPOKANE, Jan. 30. The Northern Pa
cific's timber lands In Eastern Waahlng-
'ton are rapidly passing to new owners.
The sale of E000 acres near Milan, Wash.,
to the Sawmill Phoenix, of this city, Is
announced today. W. C. Edwards, of the
Elk Mills, has also purchased 9000 acres.
Sales aggregating about 50 square miles
to mill-owners have been announced this
week.
Magic.
The way Salya-cw. curse piles.
DASHED OUT OF SLEIGH
FOUR PEOPLE THROWN ,FR03I RUN
AWAY CUTTER.
C. W. WIneset Receives Slight In-
JHrJeM Mare Valued at $250 Ras
Into a Tree and Is Killed.
An exciting runaway accident. In which
four young people were thrown from a
sleigh and a mare valued at $250 was
killed, took place about 10 o'clock last
night on Twenty-third street, near Hoyt.
One of the party, C. W. WIneset, was In
jured, his right hand being dressed at the
Good Samaritan Hospital, hut the hurt is
not a serious one.
WIneset, Frederick Malcolm and two
girls whose names are not known at pres
ent went to the barn of Frazler & Mc
Lean, on Fifth street, last night, and hired
the sleigh, which was hauled by two black
mares valued at $500, and they drove to
the northern part of the city. Not very
far from the Good Samaritan Hospital one
of the mares shied, the sleigh became
t'"
CHAMPION BILLIARD PLAYER OF PACIFIC COAST.
yr. H. SIGOURNET, WHO IS ENTERED IN NETW YORK TOURNA
MENT. W. H. Slgourney, champion bllllardlst of the Pacific Slope. Is In New York on
a. mission that will tax his skill and cleverness as It has never been taxed before.
A competition for the "Class A" championship of the Amateur Athletic Union, the
Westerner is booked to meet men who for years have been regarded aa the kings
of the cue. The tourney is to begin at the Knickerbocker A. C. on February 3.
Should Slgourney defeat his opponents In the class A championship he will
meet Foss, and an interesting struggle will result. Slgourney is said to be the
equal of Foss, and the meeting will be watched for with the greatest anticipa
tion. The Westerner wields his cue with a deftness of touch that Is the acme of
delicacy. He has nerve and has proved his tenacity of purpose In many a luckless
and up-hill engagement.
overturned and the occupants were thrown
among the snow.
WIneset, however, did not relinquish his
grasp of the reins, and he regained his
feet Just as tho animals darted along
Twenty-third street. They tore along
until near Hoyt street, when one of the
mares swerved, struck a telegraph post,
and she dropped, with her neck broken.
The other mare was easily secured, and
people hurried to help WIneset. Police
man Welch was left in charge of the re
maining mare and sleigh, while Wlneset's
right hand, which was cut, was dressed
at the hospital. WIneset and his friends
then boarded a trolley car and went to
Frazler & McLean's stable, where they
told the story of the accident and ar
ranged about their liability as to the value
of the dead animal.
COiUNG ATTRACTIONS.
Murray nnd Mack In "Shooting: the
Chutes" at the Marquam.
Tonight at the Marquam Grand Theater
Murray and Mack, the Irish comedians,
begin an engagement of two nights, with
s special matinee tomorrow. They "will
appear in George's H. Emerlck's farcical
comedy, "Shooting tho Chutes," that has
won success of the most emphatic type
this season. It Is Ollie Mack who was
Identified with "Flnnigan's Ball," who Is
associated with Charles A. Murray, who
bears a brilliant reputation. They will
form a team of stars who cannot be
equaled in their line of work. They set
CHARLES A. MURRAY AND OLLIE MACK, AT THE M VRQUAM
GRAND THEATER TONIGHT IN "SHOOTING THE CHUTES."
a fast pace of funmaklng In this piece,
and the numerous other performers, 26 in
all, combine to make a performance that
Is without an Idle or a dull moment. Mur
ray and Mack are supported this season
by such well-known artists as the Pocket
Edition, Kitty Beck. Gus Plxley, Lillian
Durham, Kathryn Roberts, Sisters Dean
and tnany other equally well known.
Dora Merwla at the Baker.
Dora Merwln, operatic soprano, who
will appear at the Baker Sunday after
noon and next week, as one of the top
liners on the vaudeville programme, Is a
young woman who has won much fame
with opera companies, but who prefers
concert-singing as an occupation, .aiiss
Merwln Is reputed to be one of the best
and most stylishly dressed -women on the
stage, her gowns always exciting admira
tion among the feminine portion of the
audiences. Although her voice is well
suited to grand opera music, she chooses
nonular selections." which gain In popular-
j lty by her singlnff of them. Sdlsa Merwln,
it must be remembered. Is only one of the
many features on the programme.
"For Her Sake" at Cordray'a.
"For Her Sake," rewritten throughout,
with an entirely new scenic equipment,
nnd a specially engaged company, wJU be
the attraction at Cordray's Theater all
next week, beginning Sunday night. Al
though the play was one of the successes
of last season. It has been greatly
strengthened as to plot, and the comedy
Mde has been especially well developed.
The dtory. which is full of human Inter
est, Is said to be a faithful portrayal of
the conditions Imposed by the terrible
Russian police system. The play has
been very successful wherever It has been
seen, and will undoubtedly play to a heavy
week's business.
Josef Hofmann.
This morning ut 10 o'clock the sale of
seats for Josef Hofmann, one of the great
est of the world's piano-players, will open
at the Marquam Grand Theater, where
Mr. Hofmann will give his recital next
Monday night. The enormous popular
and artistic success of Josef Hofmann in
his last tours In this country are sure to
bo found by the future generations In the
history of music in America. The young
man, so modest, so free from affectation,
has caught the musical public He Is so
0g
winning and sympathetic that his per
sonality Is an entire contrast from the
many pianists who have been heard here
recently.
GOVERNORSHIP OF HAWAII.
Probability That Samuel Parker
Will Be Appointed.
CHICAGO. Jan. 30. "I have nothing to
say about the Governorship of Hawaii,"
said Samuel Parker, the Hawaiian mil
lionaire and ex-Premier, after his arrival
at Chicago last night from Washington.
Mr. Parker and his party, which includes
his wife and eon-in-law, Prince David
Kawananakoa and the Princess Kawan
anakoa, are on their way home.
"I have been a lifelong friend of Mr.
Dole," Mr. Parker said, "and I esteem
him highly. All I -will say Is that he Is
Governor at the present time. I did have
two or three conferences with the
President while I was In Washington, hut
then I am a member of the national
committee, so we may have talked about
committee matters.
"I was asked while in Washington to
look after the interests of the sugar-planters
In Hawaii, but I had to decline for
want of time. The Islands have only
one representative there, while the jugar
industries of the states have a lobby of
nearly 500."
Despite his father-in-law's denial. Prince
David, who was the Hawaiian delegate
who cast the deciding vote that swung the
Kanakas In the Democratic convention to
the silver plank, said that he believed
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Mr. Parker would bo prevailed upon to
accept tho Governorship, and said, de
spite contrary dispatches from Washing
ton, that Mr. Parker has been offered the
position.
"I believe that eventually my father-in-law
will accept the office of Governor of
the Hawaiian Islands' said Prince Pa
vld. "The office was offered h!m Lev
era! times by President McKlnley, but
this is the first time that President Roose-v-lt
has asked him to accept It. He does
not desire the position for the honor whicn
attaches to it, but I believe that he will
be urged so strongly to accept by his
friends that he will take the office as a
duty."
In the Schley Inquiry
The judges were divided. In the cham
pagne controversy all connoisseurs agree
that G. H. Mumm's Extra Dry owes Its
superiority to Its unsurpassed quality. Its
Imports In 1301 were 120.359 cases nearly
60,000 cases more than any, other brand.
Immense reserves guarantee the mainte
nance of its quality.
TO RECLAIM ARID LANDS
BILL BY 3IOODY IN THE INTEREST
OF EASTERN OREGON.
It Carries an Appropriation of 100,-
OOO, Which Is to Be Derived
From Sales.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 24. Following Is
the text of the bill recently Introduced by
Representative Moody looking to the
reclamation of the arid lands of Eastern
Oregon:
"That for the purpose of disposing of
the arable public land of Oregon and for
the reclamation and utilization in home
making of the unoccupied lands of thut
state, the Secretary of the Interior be,
and he hereby is, directed to cause the
necessary surveys and examinations to be
made for irrigating ditches, canals, dams,
reservoirs, artesian and deep wells and
other hydraulic works for the purpose of
conserving the flood flow of the streams
whose waters are needed for water-power.
Irrigation and other Industrial purposes:
such surveys and investigations to be
made under the supervision of the Di
rector of the Geological Survey.
"Section 2. That the Secretary of the
Interior shall, as speedily as possible, re
port to Congress the results of the sur
veys .and examinations made upon each
hydrographlc basin of the state, togethr
with maps, plans and estimates, snowing
the location of the proposed works and
the lands to be benefited; also-the probable
cost and benefits to be derived.
"Section 3. That whenever by thorough
examination and survey it has been shown
that artesian or deep waters can probably
be obtained for the reclamation of arid
land, the Director of the Geological Sur
vey Is hereby authorized and empowered
to cause test or experimental deep wells
to be constructed to depths of 1000 to 3000
feet, or more, if necessary, and not to ex
ceed five in number, said wells to bo so
located as to reveal most completely the
geological structure of the artesian basins
and the practicability of obtaining flowing
waters.
Section 4. That the Secretary of the In
terior Is hereby authorized, in his discre
tion, and upon the recommendation of tho
Director of the Geological Survey, to with
draw from entry and occupation any tract
or tracts needed for the construction of
wells, dams, reservoirs or other hydraulic
works and their appurtenances and the
lands benefited by their construction, and
also to acquire title for the "United States
for any lands which may be needed for
the construction of said works.
"Section 5. That It Is the intent of this
act to authorize and empower the Secre
tary of the Interior, through the Director
of the Geological Survey, to ascertain
fully the water resources of the State of
Oregon, In so far as these relate to the
development and utilization of the vacant
and arid lands of the Mate, and to report
to Congress fully upon the costs and
benefits to be derived by a complete de
velopment and conservation of the waters
in each natural hydraulic basin of tho
state.
"Section 6. That the sum of $100,000, or
so much thereof as may be found neces
sary. Is hereby appropriated for tho pur
poses hereof out of any money that may
be received from the proceeds of the pub
lic lands, to be a continuing appropria
tion until said artesian wells and reports
upon the water resources are -completed."
LIGHT ON CLAM QUESTION.
Wny Taey Are Fed on Corn and
Other Meals.
PORTLAND, Jan. 2S. (To the Editor.)
Ever since the discussion of tho alleged
fattening of oysters upon corn meal be
gan, I have been looking for some of the
oyster-growers upon this coast who have
had practical experience with the process
to give some account of It; but as they
do not seem disposed to respond, perhaps
a brief statement of the facts in the case,
even by a non-expert, might be of Inter
est I say non-expert because my slight
knowledge of tne process wis ucciucm.
ally acquired some years ago In the course
of an Investigation of the diseases of -molluscs
as compared with those of man.
There are two methods of fattening
oysters and clams, the natural and the
artificial. Both have been practiced since
the very birth of oyster culture In clas
sic times, and the former Is today the
chief secret of success In the industry.
In practice It Is a most elaborate enter
prise, requiring great skill and judgment;
but its theory may be briefly summed up
In the trade aphorism, "the muddler the
water the fatter the oyster." The young
"spat" are planted well out In the bay,
and as they grow, transplanted further
and further Inshore and up lhto the
mouths of the rivers, creeks and even,
alas! sewers, until the extreme of possible
size fatness is reached. This Is when, if
the growers are not carefully watched,
the oyster may earn his evil reputation
as a source of typhoid fever; but "that,"
ns Mr. K-lnlinr savs. "Is another story."
Suffice it to say that the secret of this
curious "rake's progress" Is that the oys
ter feeds on tiny vegetable micro-organisms
ralc-ae. diatoms, confervae. bacteria).
and tho fresher, less salt and fouler the
water the more swarms of tnese tnere
are. Your oyster Is a sea swine, but none
tho 1pr sutxrh eatintr for thit.
The second method of fattening is the
artificial one. It Is artificial in two
senses, both as to the means and the ef
fect. It grew out of the fact that when
oysters "tonged" out of particularly mud
dy water were piacea in water ior a aay
nr t-orn tn clean themselves I. e.. puree
thnlr mantle chambers of the mud and
bacteria they were feeding on when caught
they distinctly increased in plumpness
and -weight. If a short soak was good,
n Innirer would be better, so that it' has
become a widely distributed custom along
the oyster coasts of both sides of the At
lantic to "fatten" oysters by keeping
them In water in a cool, dark place for
a week or more after catching.
The next thing that suggested Itself to
the Intelligent longshoreman was that if
the poor beasts were to be fattened, they
would do better if they had something
comforting to fatten on. and hence, corn
meal being the most fattening thing
known to him from his experiments upon
the domestic pig, was sprinKiea into tne
water. On the other side of the Atlantic,
barley-meal, oatmeal and peameal were
used by the same process.
In their endeavors, however, to reach
the highest possible acme of fatness, they
soon overreached themselves and It was
found that if the process were continued
beyond a very moderate length of time
the oysters not only stopped swelling but
began to waste rapidly, and this no mat
ter how stiff the porridge they were fed
on.
This led to an investigation by some of
the biologists connected with the board of
Inspection, and It was found that the pro
cess was not really one of fattening at
all, but merely of absorption of water
and mucoid degeneration of the tissues of
the luckless bivalves. This does not Injure
them as food products Indeed, they are
tenderer and more juicy than before they
were gradually suffocated. It, however,
explains what gourmands had long before
noted, that the process, while making
them blander, lowers the tone of their
"bouquet." The only effect of the corn
meal Is to help clog the gills of the oyster
and accelerate the process of suffocation.
The same change will take place If
oysters or clams are kept in sacks, buck
ets or even heaps In a cool, damp place,
and throwing cornmeal In among them
would help to retain the moisture. Oys
ters, so far a3 our knowledge goes, live
solely upon nitrogenous food (proteld),
and alive at that, so that they would be
about as-likely to fatten on cornmeal as
hawks would. Sprinkling cornmeal over
the shell of an oyster, as mentioned by
one of your correspondents, would be
about as useful to him as scattering it
on the roof of our front porch would be to
us. WOODS HUTCHINSON.
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ration for the gold standard would bo sui
cidal," said Mr. Ramsey.
Delayed trains prevented the attendance
of at least three prominent Democratic
leaders, who started from their respective
homes hoping to arrive on thne, but wero
disappointed. The belated ones who turned
up last night, after tho committee ad
journed, wero .Thomas Crawford, of
Union; H. C. Cramer, of Wallowa, and O.
P Coshow, of Roseburg.
JUST AN EXPRESSION OP CHOICE.
What Naming of Senatorial Candi
date by Convention 31eann.
Tho action of the Democratic Stato Cen
tral Committee in adopting a resolution
urging the .state convention to name a
candidate for United States Senator to
be Voted for at the June election was not
unexpected. The law under which the pro
cedure Is made possible was Introduced
at the last session of the Legislature by
Stato Senator F. P. Mays, of Portland. It
provides that either party can at its state
convention place a name on its ticket to
be voted on for United States Senator.
The vote Is to be canvassed and the re
sult announced In both houses of the leg
islature Immediately after It convenes.
Tho Intention of tho bill was to provide
for an expression from the people of pref
erence in the Senatorial contest. Politi
cians expected the' Democrats to take ad
vantage of the provisions of the bill. In
asmuch as It Is Improbable that the pres
ent minority party will have a majority
In the next Legislature. Therefore it will
do them no harm.
Senator Mays, who stood sponsor for the
measure, is not quite satisfied with it as
It now stands, and If the Republican State
Convention Ignores Its provisions, ho will
submit an important amendment at tho
next session of the Legislature. "As tho
law stands," said Senator Mays last night,
"it does not give tho people an opportu
nity for the full expression of opinion that
It should. I shall offer an amendment
which will provide for a blank space being
left at the bottom of the ticket, wherein
the voter may writex'the nrime of his choice
for United States Senator, and have the
result canvassed and submitted to both
houses of tho Legislature. This will, I
think, ba of more practical value. The
object of the law Is to advise the legis
lators as to the wjshes of the people In
the Senatorial cotnests. With opportunlty
to vote only for the man named by the
state convention, many voters will not be
able to express their choice."
Tho Great Glucone Trnst.
NEW YORK. Jan. SO. Consolidating the
most important glucose establishments of
the country, papers of Incorporation will
be filed, according to the Times, In New
Jersey within a short time for the largest
industrial combination since the United
States Steel Corporation was organized.
The new trust will have a capitalization
of $SO,000.000, divided Into $30,000,000 pre
ferred and J50.0CO.000 common. Negotia
tions looking forward to this deal have
been in progress in this city for several
days past.
The companies which are stated to have
thus far been brought Into the deal are
the Glucose Sugar Refining Company, the
Illinois Sugar Refining Company, of Pe
kln. 111.; Charles Pope Glucose Manufac
turing Company, the National Starch
Company, and the New York Glucose
Company.
Texas Anti-Trut Catte.
DALLAS, Tex., Jan. 30. A suit has been
filed here by the County Attorney against
Granville P. Meade, Federal Court receiv
er for the Standard Light & Power Com
pany, of Dallas. The petition alleges that
the Standard Company has entered into
a combination for the restriction of trade
and become liable to the plaintiff In the
sum of J5000 per day for 314 days, or
51.570.000. A foreclosure of charter Is asked
for.
Suit was also filed against the Standard
Light & Power Company by the Dallas
Consolidated Electric Street - Railway
Company,- which operates several miles
of track in the city alleging violation of
contract to supply plaintiff with power to
operate their lines. Plaintiff declares the
alleged breach of contract has damaged
it to the sum of 5150,000.
English and American Morals.
NEW YORK. Jan. 30. The Archbishop
of Canterbury, speaking in support of a
resolution protesting against the legali
zation of marriage with a deceased wife's
sister, drew a comparison between Eng
lish and American morals, cables the
London correspondent of the Tribune. He
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"There la a tide In the affairs of men which
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denied that tho moral law Is as much ob
served in America as it Is In England;
divorce is far easier there than here, and
he regarded the prevalence of divorce aa
a certain sign that the moral line in lifo
had been lowered. Americans, he argued,
were distinctly beneath Englishmen In
that respect. '
Farmers in the vicinity of Wamlc say,
their Fall-sown grain never was mora
promising than at present, according to a
Dalles paper. It has made a good stand
and thoroughly covers the ground.
DAILY METEOROLOGICAL REPORT.
PORTLAND. Jan. 30. 8 P. M. Maximum
temperature. 32; minimum temperature, 2.1;
river reading at II A. M., 3.2 feet; change In
the past 24 hours, 0.7 foot: total precipitation,
5 P. M. to 5 P. M.. 0.22 Inch; total precipita
tion since Seat. 1, 1001. 17.G7 Inches: normal
precipitation since Sept. 1. 1001, 2C23 Inches;
deficiency. S.til Inches; total sunshine Jan. 2U,
0:00; possible sunshine Jan. 20. 9:36.
PACIFIC COAST WEATHER.
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STATIONS.
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Astoria . . .
Baker City
Bismarck .
Boise
Eureka ...
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SV
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xw
sw
Clear
Pt. cloudy
Clear
Snow
Pt. cloudy
Cloudy
Helena
Kamloops, B. C...
OO.Clm
Cloudy
Neah Bay
Pocatello
Portland
Red Bluff
Roseburg
Sacramento
Salt Lake
San Francisco ....
Spokane
Seattle
Walla Walla.
sw
Cloudy
12SE
Cloudy
NE
S
X
10SE
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Cloudy
Pt. cloudy
Pt. cloudy
Cloudy
Cloudy
Cloudy
Clear
loisw
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Light. "Trace.
WEATHER CONDITIONS.
The temperature has risen generally during
tho last 24 hours in the North Pacific States.
The storm noted yesterday as approaching the
Washington coast proved to be of but little
consequence, and this evening it can be found
as a shallow depression, central over Northern
Nevada.
Light snow has fallen during the last 21
hours in Washington, Northern Oregon and
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