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THE MORNING OKEGONIAN THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1905.
PLACING OF POLICE
Critics Say Patrolmen Are Not
Properly Distributed.
CHIEF HUNT IS . ASSAILED
Detectives Fail to Unravel Any One
of the Three Recent Murders
Lack of System Is Alleged
to Be Reason.
IT-
FACTS CONCERNING DISPOSITION
OF POLICE OFFICERS.
Number of square miles patrol ed by
one officer on day relief... 8
t Number of large resident districts
with officer but half the sight... 3
Number of officers assigned to cen
tral station on day relief....... 8
Number who formerly did the same
work 2
Number of detectives supposed to be
actively engaged 0
Number of murders solved by these
detectives out of three committed
in two months... 0
Number of crossing policemen on
day relief... 0
The disposition of the police officers un
der command of Chief of Police Hunt 1b
exciting- comment In official circles, and
'there are rumors of suggestions pending,
!wnlch will come from those In authority.
Complaint has been made that the town
&s but poorly policed. Chief Kunt states
that tills is owing to the small force with
which he is compelled to work. His critics
come back at him with the statement
Ithat the officers are not distributed cor
irectly, and that, if they were, the city
'would bo more properly protected.
Some of the districts patrolled by offl
cers on the day and two night reliefs are
'bo large that it is Impossible for the offl
jcer to visit each point on his beat in the
'course of a day, whether he be mounted
or otherwise. One officer on the day relief
'patrols a beat extending from Sullivan's
'Gulch to the northern city limits, and
Irom the river to the eastern city limits,
a beat over four miles long and from two
to three miles in width. Depredations of
all sorts may be committed on this beat,
and when they are reported at the cen
tral station the officer may be miles away
and unablo to get to the scene of the
crime without a disastrous delay. Business
concerns In this district, therefore, get
but little protection and the residence por
tion is so scattered that many of the cit
izens see a police officer but once in a
great while.
There are three large residence districts
with police protection but half the night
The officers in these districts go off duty
at about the hour when burglars begin
their work. One of these districts Is on
the West Side and two on the East Side.
While these portions of the city are
without police protection or at the best
poorly policed, there are eight officers on
duty at the central station during the
day, these men doing work formerly done
by two men. There are two clerks, one in
the Municipal Court and one In the sta
tion proper. An officer is specially ap
pointed to do the work of a bailiff. An of
ficer is specially appointed to be Jailer.
There is a patrol driver, a man on the
Tear of the wagon, and an extra man who
has no special work to do. On the night
reliefs there are but two men on duty in
the station besides the captain of the re
lief a driver and a man to take re
ports and ride on the wagon. One man on
these two reliefs is jailer, desk man and
wagon man. This amount of work could
ibe done by the same number of men in
the daytime, leaving the extra "men to be
assigned to those districts who are now
without proper police protection.
Six men draw detective's salary. Their
lot is an easy one. They have no captain
to whom they report and the Chief re
CSllfeS helr rcPorts himself; Burdened
with other duties of his office. Chief Hunt
does not give the proper attention to the
detectives and they come and go at their
will regardless of whether there is work
?0t- T.hey are sned to cases
and that is as far as the matter goes Of
three murders committed in Portland
within two months all remain unsolved.
KHZ Iaenles have been reported since
October 1, and none have been solved
W ?J6arv " cross,ns Police, owing to
SVt? that the offlcera are so detailed
that there are no men to do this work.
One. officer of the day relief Is compelled
S n dos tch" after his day's
work is done until 11:45 o'clock at night.
The men take turns at this duty, and are
constantly complaining that after this
tfr ZlTk ,thC5L 0X0 unfit for Patrolling
t? 63enSlve beats tne blowing day-.
During the busy hours of the second night
i LC& "ey Is compelled to Si
Btation to do desk duty while the regular
nan is with the wagon. This leaves the
city from Burnslde to Oak and from Front
thiSf SffletS,Un!lccd durlnS the time
that the officer is obliged to remain at the
h,e fbsence of a police ambulance
the patrol is obliged to do service when
accidents in the street occur. offlcTra who
e!PS1S?ners ln the meantime being
SSfi UnU1 "V6n has made the
long trip to one of the hospitals.
The part of the city where special of
flcers are engaged by merchants is heav-
iheTthlle the OUtlyIn d,sS.
rilt beTr 1,0 specials, go entirely
without protection. An officer was rl
SS Lf" " the 6econd n'sht re
nSL Ws P remains unpollced. no
other officer having been assigned to it
2,a "EViaving the necessary man
f?f bJHunt refuslns to detail one of
the superfluous men at the station dur
ing the day relief to fill the vacancy,
f wJSS?i2lced yterday on good au
thority that the police committee of the
Executive Board was about to make m
investigation looking toward a recommend
dation to Chief Hunt that the See offl
cers be differently distributed o that be
ter ponce protection may be afforded the
Onion-Growers Ask High Prices.
, hre general produce dealers, who
adH fr ,a car,oad of onlons each,
finding the market was not supplied, took
afS$ m 1 into ihe on,n-6rowing district
3lnf?0County a. da or two ago.
ostensibly to hunt pheasants, but really
to see what sort of an onion crop there
was. They found that it is a good 50
mi?? iS0'811? on,ons of excellent
Quality, bright, clean and sound, but not
quite so largo as usual, growers having
all the way from 600 to 3000 sacks each
They, however, found it impossible to
buy any. as. the growers "had the big
head and refused to sell for less than
2 cents a pound. They offered $1.35 to
51.40 per hundred pounds, which was re
fused, though they consider it more than
the onions are worth. They recall that
many farmers have lost money by not
selling potatoes when a big price was
offered, and say they fear the onion
growers will meet the same fate.
Their Troubles Just Begun.
, The sight of Poundmaster Reed and the.
Superintendent of the Street Cleaning De
partment. Alex Donaldson, riding down
town yesterday morning in the buggy pro
Aided for their use by the city, caused
many of their friends to congratulate them
on the leisure they would now have, as
dogcatchlng and streetcleanlng could not
be carried on when It rained, and anywya.
the streets had all been cleaned up and
the stray dogs caught. The two officials
seemed astonished that any one should
take this view of the matter. Said Mr.
Donaldson: "If you will Just take a" look
around town you will imagine that the
streets have never been cleaned, for catch
basins are choked and streets have been
flooded everywhere., and you will find that
the work of the Street-Cleaning Depart
ment is just beginning, and that there will
be no let-up for months, and. if all hands
worked dav and night, they could never
catch up with the work." Mr. Reed said
it was true that the dog wagon was not
out, for, owing to the numerous com
plaints about cattle trespassing on private
grounds, he had been obliged to turn all
his men loose to run them in. The poor
cattle have had short picking for a long
time, and the smell of the moist earth
puts them ln mind of green grass, and
their owners had turned them out to eat
their fill, and so brought down a shower
of complaints. As for dogs, Mr. Reed
said he had sent about 100 to the crema
tory and had a lot more in the pound
waiting their turn, and the pound wagon
would be out after more whenever the
stray cattle did not need looking after.
There are few to whom rainy weathen
brings a life of luxurious indolence.
EDITORS WILL EAT PRTJIT.
State Press Association to Meet at
Hood River.
The Oregon Press Association will meet
in annual convention in Hood River on
Friday and Saturday, and the good citi
zens of the strawberry, valley have ex
tended a cordial invitation to every news
paper man and woman in Oregon to at
tend. A number of the outside delegates
will be in Portland on Thursday, and the
Oregon Information Bureau has opened
its rooms to the editors and inyites them
to make themselves at home. Those going
up town will make their headquarters at
the foot of Morrison street at the office
of the Oregon Timberman. President S. L.
Moorhead, of Junction City, will arrive on
the early Thursday morning train, and
will divide his time between the Informa
tion Bureau and the Oregon Timberman
office.
The Eastern Oregon delegates, of course,
will not come to Portland, but will go di
rect to Hood River. Hood River's fruit
fair is on, and E. I Smith, president of
the Oregon State Board of Horticulture,
and of the Oregon State Development
League, promises to show any Missourian
who may attend Just what the Jiood
River Valley can do and do well.
The state association is composed of
members editing or publishing papers ad
mitted to the mails as second-class mat
ter. This year the association favors a
modification of the libel law, favors publi
cation of the assessment rolls as a means
to prevent tax dodging, and will ask that
the press of Oregon be recognized in the
matter of legal notices as well as are a
majority of the states ln the Union.
The association is a member of the Na
tional Editorial Association, which met
here In 1809, and will consider the advis
ability of insisting on the National Edi
torial Association coming here next year.
Oregon did the grand by the newspaper
people that year. Transportation lines
gave the editors free swing, the citizens
of Portland met them at the state line
with a carload of fruits, eatables and
drinkables and gave them a reception
equal to that shown General Grant when
he landed here on his trip around the
world. A rate was given at the Hotel Port
land that cannot be given now. Feasts and
banquets were given throughout the state.
The result was that articles on that trip
were given in the newspapers of the coun
try for over a year, some papers giving as
high as 100 columns to descriptions of the
Oregon trip. Mayor Story kept a clerk two
months clipping articles from papers
mailed to him, and W. M. Davis gave two
hours a day for three months helping
the Mayor read them. Transportation lines
will be taxed next year, hotels will be
crowded and citizens will have many
other people to care for. This leads many
newspaper people to doubt the advisabil
ity of having the visitors return. They
are ready to return and 200 will come any
way, if the transportation lines leading
Into the state will grant advertising
courtesies as ln 1S89. All of these matters,
will be discussed at the Hood River meet
ing. .
Among those from the valley who will
attend the annual meeting are: Albert N.
Fisher, past president of the state asso
ciation, Portland; J. W. McArthur, editor
of the Bulletin. Eugene; Fred A. Dun
ham, editor of the Chronicle, Portland;
A. B. Voorhies. editor of the Courier,
Grant's Pass; Walter Lyon, editor of the
Enterprise. Independence; W. W. Watson,
editor of the Gazette, Gresham,E.H. Wood
ward, editor of the Graphic, Newberg;
George H. Hiroos, Historical Society Quar
terly, Portland; Mrs. A. S. Dunlway, Port
land; "V. A. Bath and wife. Independent,
Hillsboro; Arthur Conklln. Oregon Mining
Journal.. Grant's Pass; E. Hofer and wife.
Dally Journal, Salem; A. C. Gage, Leader,
Cottage Grove; B. H. Flagg. Mist. Si.
S. L. Marehead, PrecSde&i et State
Preac AMOclatioa.
Helens; William Matthews, News, New
port; Frank Lee. Northwest Pacific Farm
er, Portland: H. M. Williamson, Rural
Northwest, Portland; F. "WVChausse. Ob
server Grant's Pass; Charles Nick ell and
wife. Times. Jacksonville; John E. La
throp. Pacific Northwest, Portland; L
Wimberly. Dally Review, Roseburg; D. L
Asbury. Reporter. McMinmille; Will G.
Glllstrap. Daily Register, Eugene; Ira L.
Campbell and wife. Dally Guard, Eugene;
J. H. Zane. A. O. Ix W. Reporter. Port
land; A. Noltner, Rural Spirit, Portland;
Will G. Clarke. Star. Gervals; R. J. Hen
dricks, Dally Statesman. Salem; T. T.
Geer, Dally Statesman. Salem; W. Hogt
and wife. Times, Forest Grove; D. M. C
Gault and wife, Orchardlst, Salem: C F.
Soule and wife, Leader, Toledo; Henry E.
Reed, secretary of the LAwls and Clark
Corporation, Portland; I. N. Flelschner,
chairman of the committee on publicity
of the Lewis and Clark Corporation; J. R.
Whitney and wife. State Printer, Albany.
It Is generally conceded that R. J. Hen
dricks, of the Salem Statesman, will be
elected president for the Exposition year,
a majority of the delegates having so ex
pressed themselves last year at the Salem
meeting.
An Invitation has been extended to the
association to meet In Portland next year,
and it is believed that Baker City and
Newport will withdraw In favor of Port
land. Never fall to cure, sick headache, often
the very first dose." This is what is said
by all who try Carter's Little Liver Pills.
TO THE GARDEN CITY
Portland Business Men Visit
Walla Walla Fair.
TRAINL0AD OF-ONE HUNDRED
They-Will See Riches of Metropolis
of the Wheat Belt and Boom the
Lewis and Clark Fair Hood
River to Be Visited.
One of the most representative business
men's excursions eyer sent out of Port
land to any other city left the Union de
pot last night at 6:15 o'clock over the O.
R. & N. for Walla Walla to celebrate
Portland day at the fair in that city.
The Portland Commercial Club and the
PORTLAND'S PRIZE FAIR BOOMERS WHO WILL LET
Board of Trade have been at work for
some time arranging for the excursion
and have at last persuaded more than
100 people to take the trip to the Garden
City of Washington to view the fruits
and varied products now on exhibition
there and to take advantage of the op
portunity to get better acquainted with
the people of the sister state and to boom
the Lewis and Clark Fair.
A. L. Craig, the general passenger
agent of the O. R. &. N., has been active
ln assisting the commercial bodies in
their efforts toward making the excur
sion a success and has made especially
favorable rates. He left with the party
and will look after the people while en
route, will see that everything is done
for their convenience and comfort and
will bririg them back ln safety.
Tom Richardson, the manager of the
Commercial Club. Is the father of the
plan and the godfather of the trip. He,
assisted by M. Mosessohn, of the Cham
ber of Commerce, has carried vast quan
tities of literature telling of the wonders
of their country, which will be distributed
among tho people along the way. Mr.
Richardson will also do a little talking
while in tho fair city and will try hl3
Southern eloquence on the hearts of the
Northerners In an effort to cement even
tighter the bonds of fraternity now exist
ing between tho two states.
The train went by way of Wallula
Junction and straight to Walla Walla,
reaching the latter place at an early
hour this morning.
The management of the fair has. made
especial provision for the entertainment
of the Portland people for the evening.
A banquet will be given and the entire
day's enjoyment will wind up with a
grand Mardi Gras festival.
The excursionists will leave for home
late at night on the regular train, their
cars being attached. Arrangements have
now been made to allow the party to
visit the Hood River Fruit Fair, and
when the train reaches that place the
Portland cars will be shunted off and al
lowed to remain there until about 3
o'clock ln the afternoon, when they will
be attached to the afternoon O. R. & N.
train and brought on Into Portland.
Among those who reserved accommoda
tions on the special cars for the trip
were:
H. McCraken. P. H. Graham, p. C. Bates, J.
O. Halstead, G. S. Livingstone. F. Jennings,
T. Peareon. "W. C PuftTcer. H. F. Hooking, J.
E. Cameron, H. B. Hall, TV. C. Cameron, F. R.
Cook. J. A. Henderson, E. Koss, I. B.
Wlckeroham. E. B. Mink, B. F, Jones. G. W.
Church. C. T". Froze. T. Banfleld, F. I. Weber.
E. S. Kelly. G. P. Henderson, J. P. Conllsk, C.
Lombardl. J. J. Ross, J. O. Humphrey, C. C
Woodcock, H. Jennings, W. H. Corbet, G. O.
Graves. H. T. Hudson, H. II. Gaylord, W. H.
ilcMcnles. F. W. Arias, C L- Mastlck, J. G.
Robertson. John Clark, D. J. Zan, J. r5. Car
eon. P. D'Hass, J. Closset. D. Closset. J. E.
Haseltlne, F. L. Zimmerman, E. Ehrman, F.
A. Spencer. L. A Lewis, Mark Levy. Charles
R. Levy. C. M. Rohr. C. H. Pape, M. A.
Markowltz, E. II. Moorhouse, Sanford Hlrwch.
ii. Jj. Kline. W. J. Burns, L. H. Parker. W.
C. Lawrence. H. D. Kilham. Charles Deyette,
George Lawrence, Sr.. J. M. Ewartz. Jay Smith,
M. D. Wisdom, R. Lutke, Otto Breyman, Sid
ney Lowenberg. S. Chapman, J. K. Gill, B.
Alters, H. W. Goode, A. II. Wagner. F. B.
Dooley, E. Z. B lazier, J. E. Chandler. George
S. Taylor. F. T. Fall. J. A. Martin. W. H. Be
harrel, J. C. Flanders. J. Dooley, S. C
Beach. W. F. Zwlckey. F. J. Kaetter. Dr. J.
S. Stott. J. G. Peck and wife, R. A. Marshall,
J. C Lackell. F. Rodgers, H. C. Jacobs, L
Lowengart, C. Jacobson. C E. Rumelln, C H.
Glelm, A. K. Bentley. E. W. Wright. W. J.
Hofman, C J. Owen. B. II. Trumbull, J. C
Tull, J. A. Clock, Meed am ea J. F. Booth e.
Simpson. L. Romaic e, C F. Frazee, B. F.
Lynn. B. McCuIlough and daughter. Misses
Sheehaa. Martha Lay&e, Mrs. W. H. Casey
and Mrs, J. Hobklrk.
Will Visit Hood River Fair.
HOOD RIVER, Or., Oct. 1Z (SpeclaL)
Seven Pullman cars with 150 Portland
business men passed through here tonight
bound for the Walla Walla fair. General
Passenger Agent Craig has arranged
that on their return Friday morning- the
seven cars will be cut off here and the
Portlanders given an opportunity to see
the apple show until 10 o'clock, when I
the excursion will continue to Portland
with a special engine. It has also been
arranged that those who wish to may
remain until the afternoon train to take
a drive about the valley as the guests
of the Hood River Commercial Club.
E. L. Smith, president of the Oregon
Development League, arid Truman But
ler, president of the Hood. River Com
mercial Club, met the party at Cascade
Tcks this evening and extended the
Portlanders an official invitation to visit
the fruit fair on their return. They all
expressed an anxious desire to do so.
RAILWAY TO TROTTED ATYR.
Branch Line Extending to Columbia
River From Cedarvllle Proposed.
It is now proposed to build a branch
railway from the Oregon Water Power &
Railway Company's line, from Cedarvllle,
two miles west of G res ham. to Fair-view
and Troutdale and to the Columbia River,
.and to operate it in connection with a
steam ferry connecting' with LaCames
F. A. Morris, Engineer Brown and Dr.
Belt, of the company were driven over the
route from Cedarvllle a few days ago by
A. L. Stone, and expressed themselves as
pleased with the route and the country.
From Cedarvllle northward to Falrvlew
there Is a natural pass and easy grade.
Messrs. Brown and Morris were familiar
with tho route, and Mr. Stone drove them
where they directed, showing that they
had Investigated this route before.
Mr. Morris said if this branch were
built by his company he would put on a
steam ferry at LaCames, tapping a very
wide district on the Washington side of
the Columbia.
At LaCames and the surrounding dis
trict there Is much interest shown ln the
project to build the electric railway and
put on a steam ferry. Such a ferry and
railway would bring the residents within
nearly an hour's journey to Portland,
while It now takes four hours . to drive
around by way of "Vancouver and about
two and one-half hours to come 'by steam
er. It would also bring a very wide dis
trict across the Columbia Into close touch
with Portland.
To reach the Columbia River from
Troutdale it would be necessary to build
a trestle half a mile long along the Sandy
River. It would not be practicable to run
the ferry up the Sandy River to Troutdale,
as that stream Is shallow most of the
year, and a roaring torrent the remainder.
Everybody on the Washington side is
talking steam ferry and electric railway
to Portland, as they are at Falrvlew and
Troutdale.
Regarding the projected line from Mon
tavlila, there Is nothing definite. Half a
mile of franchise has been granted Sen
aca Smith and others, with a view of get
ting tho Montavllla. branch extended.
Manager Swigert Has spoken favorably
of a branch to Falrvlew and Troutdale,
but says that nothing can be done until
the consolidation of the two companies is
completed.
ASSEMBLY OF GOD'S CHURCH.
Queer Sect on East Side to Meet In
New Building.'
The annual assembly of "God's Church,"
in "God's Meetlng-House," at 430 Haw
thorne avenue, near East Seventh street,
will open tonight, and contlnuo until Oc
tober 23. G. T. Neal and James Bamford
are In charge. There are no elders, no
reverends, no organization and no creed.
The meeting-house la a four-story" build
ing. Including the" basement, with an au
ditorium on the first floor above the base
ment. The remainder of fee building Is
divided into apartments for rent. An
nouncement is made that able ministers
will be present from all over the North
west to address the assemblage on Bible
subjects such as "Justification by Faith,"
"Sanctification by Faith," "Divine Heal
ing by Faith" and "Oneness of God's Peo
ple." A singular feature of this denomination,
if this people can be called a denomina
tion. Is that at public meetings nobody
knows who is to speak, or deliver the
sermon.
"That is a matter which Is left entirely
to the promptings of the Holy Spirit,"
said one of the elders. The congregations
come together without the slightest ar
rangements having been made, and then
when the spirit moves, some minister
walks to the platform, opens the Bible,
reads a passage of Scripture and com
mences his sermon then and there. The
adherents claim that the ministers are as
much .prepared as In other churches.
"God's Church" condemns all other
churches and subdivisions, and believes
that finally all the innumerable branches
will pass away and that all will come into
the one church God's Church. Services
will be held at 10:30 A. M., 2:30 and 7:30
P. M. The public Is Invited to attend.
Jamleson Only Small Stockholder.
KANSAS CITY, Oct 12. H. G. Cop
ping, local manager for the Kingman
Moore Implement Company, says Charles
A, Jamleson severed connection with the
firm five years ago, that Jamleson la
only a small stockholder, and that to
day's action will not affect any of the
firm's houses.
TO CURE A COLD US ONE-DAT
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund the money If it falls to care.
EL W. Grove's signature Is on each bcx. 25c
SCENT SEWER JOB
Property-Owners May Demand
Investigation of Work,"
CONTRACT IS PROFITABLE
Petition Alleges Less Concrete Was
Used In Tanner Creek Than
Called For, and That Brick
work Is Lacking.
Nearly a week after the time for re
monstrance has expired, owners of prop
erty in the assessment district for the
Tanner-Creek sewer'have prepared a pe
tition which will probably be presented
at the next meeting of the Executive
THE LIGHT 'OF PUBLICITY SHINE AT WALLA WALLA
Board. An Investigation of the sewer by
three civil engineers Is requested, the
property owners supplying the engineers
and Executive Board the permission to
Investigate.
The affairs of the Tanner Creek sewer.
are In a decided muddle. At the last
meeting of the Executive Board, C. C.
Palmer, a lawyer, asked permission for
his unnamed clients to examine the sewer.
The Board reluctantly granted the request.
The City Engineer made an engagement
with Mr. Palmer to enter the sewer, but
the lawyer did not appear.
The property owners whose names ap
pear on the new petition say Mr. Palmer
was not acting for them in any manner.
It 13 alleged that the 'contractors, Rlner
& Riner, did not complete the work ac
cording to specifications. The City En
gineer reported to the Executive Board
thattwo inspectors of his department
have found the construction satisfactory.
Taking Into consideration the verbal pro
test of tho lawyer; however, the Execu
tive Board allowed three days more
for a written remonstrance to be filed.
No such document has yet made Its ap
pearance at the City Auditor's office.
Upon the petition appear the names of
the following remonstrators: Estate of
W. S. Ladd, by W. M. Ladd; estate of H.
W. Corbett, by Henry Ladd Corbett; Leo
Friede; estate of Amanda W. Reed, by
Martin Winch; Clementine F. Lewis, by
George Good; Elizabeth C. Good, by
George Good; Elizabeth C. Good, by
George Good, and J. C. Ainsworth. Some
of these names -are found on about every
third remonstrance filed at the City Hall.-
While the manner ln which the sewer
committee of theExecutive Board has, as
Its members say, finally adopted the sewer
is In accordance with the charter, there
are ugly and repeated rumors of a com
bine of contractors which distributes the
larger Jobs of sewer construction as best
suits the members of the pool. If this is
true then the Tanner Creek sewpr work
went to Riner & Rlner as a part of a
general agreement. The sum which the
city is due to pay the contractor, accord
ing to the contract, Is $32,500, but addi
tional work has been done In laying more
concrete and in placing six man-boles in
stead of four, so that the total bill is
135,893. Favored by the best of weather
and every favorable condition, the sewer,
will undoubtedly net the contractor well
over J10.000 profit.
The charge made by the property own
ers is that far less than the specified
amount of concrete was used and that but
one ring of bricks went Into the sewer
where three were called for.
"The sewer was open for any one. to
examine It," said E. W. Rlner last even
ing. 'Til be glad, to see any one Investi
gate it now, although it looks like spite
work to me."
"There was no remonstrance filed al
though wo had granted three days more
than the statutory limit," said H. C.
Wortman of the sewer committee last
evening. ''As there was no remonstrance
before the committee yesterday we ac
cepted the sewer. The acceptance is in
the form of a recommendation by the
committee to the Executive Board."
STILL TIME TO REGISTER.
Seven Days Remain in Which Books
Will Remain Open.
There yet remain seven days in which
those who have not registered can do so
at the office of the County Clerk. It is
the duty of every man over the age of
21 years as an American citizen to take
his place at the polls on November 8. No
one who loves his country should forget
or neglect to fulfill the obligations incum
bent upon .him as a. citizen and resident
of the United States. The section of the
direct primary law which makes possible
the. registration at this time should be
heeded by those to whom it applies. It
reads as follows:
"It shall be the duty of the County Clerk
in each county, between the first Monday
in January, 190S, and 5 o'clock P. M. of
the 15th day of May, 1906, and between
the same1 dates and hours biennially
thereafter, and between the 20th day of
September, 190. and 5 o'clock. P. M. of
the 20th Hay of October, 1004, and be
tween the same dates in each and every
year thereafter in which there shall be
an election of Presidential electors, to
enter upon the proper registers every per
son who complies with the requirements
of this chapter and claims to be an elector
residing in the county."
COW WISHED TO COLLIDE.
Railroad Man Has Difficulty in Ap
pealing Bovine Mother.
While the Wall-street quotations show
that the railroad stocks of the country
are jumping up and down In a most un
certain and puzziing manner, and people
are trying to figure out just what It all
means, the Inhabitants of Railroad Row
are discussing the new and large holdings
of stock secured by W. C Seachrest. the
local agent of the New York Central lines,
and are speculating as to what the future
career of the official will be.
Mr. Seachrest is a man of rural in
stincts and a tendency toward the quiet
and sequestered nook. He likes to see the
potatoes blossom on the vines, to watch
the blush of the tomato and to drive the
sweet-breathed klne from the clover dell
at night. Accordingly he recently in
vested ln a small tract of land close to
the city, where he spends a large part of
his leisure time ln studying agriculture.
The new farmer, having put In his crops
for 1905, could find nothing more to do
and so decided Jo buy a cow. He bought
one, a large, meek-eyed and docile beast.
The first of .the week the man who sells
tickets went out to his farm for a look at
his possessions. Everything was in evi
dence except the cow.
"Where 13 the new bossle?" Inquired
Mr. Seachrest of the hired man, solici
tously. He was Informed that the animal was in
the back pasture lot, nursing a young and
thriving offspring. Mr. Seachrest was de
lighted, and, hastening to the scene, went
out into the lot to make friends with the
new arrival.
"Pretty calfle," remarked the railroad
man, advancing cautiously and working
his fingers open and shut like a conductor
punching tickets.
Being Inexperienced, the man from the
city failed to see the look of maternal
anxiety welling up ln the eyes of the
docile mother until a shout from the "hired
man caused him to stop patting the head
of the wobbly Importation long enough
to see a brindle cloud bearing down upon
him.
Mr. Seachrest tied a knot In the whistle
cord, kicked the cylinder cocks wide open,
eased off the air, feached for the sand and
let out the last notch in the throttle. In
other words, he turned to flee, but in
turning collided head-on with a second
edition of the cause of It which had wan
dered onto the main line, and fell head
long ln the path of oncoming disaster.
The hired man officiated as a wrecking
crew and helped Mr. Seachrest once more
onto the rails, since which time he re
fuses to venture out over the dansrerous
division without having first sent a flag
man to see that the track is clear, with
no extras running wild
Mr. Seachrest has been figuring up his
stock prospects, and finds that they are
excellent. The problem he quotes is as
follows:
"If one cow has two calves in one year,
how many cattle will I have by the time
I am ready to retire from the railroad
business?"
Kind friends along the row have esti
mated that the representative of the New
York Central will have, figured by geo
metric progression, something like 500,000
head of choice cattle by the time his pen
sion arrives. In the meantime, Mr. Sea
chrest Is. looking out for Increased pas
turage for his herd.
Electricity Did Much Damage.
Dr. L. M. Davis, a dentist," wants 517,275
damages from, the City & Suburban Rail
way Company because a broken trolley
wire fell, striking him upon the knee. The
accident occurred, he avers, on March 7,
1904, at the corner of Third and Wash
ington streets. He alleges that his knee
was poisoned by the electric shock, and
that he expended $275 for attendance of
a physician and medicine, and is perma
nently Injured. He filed cult against the
company in the State Circuit Court, yes
terday through Miller & Miller, attorneys.
Memorial to Father of New York.
NEW YORK", Oct. 12. Plans have been
adopted for a memorial to Andrew R.
Green, known as the "Father of Greater
New York." who was murdered at the
door of his home by a negro last year.
The site chosen, is the One Hundred "and
Tenth-street and Seventh-avenue en
trance to Central Park. It is estimated
will be raised by public subscription.
PLAN ST. LOUIS TRIP NOW.
On October 27, 2S and 29, the O. R. &
N. will again sell very low rato excursion
tickets to St. Louis, good returning until
December 3L Particulars of C. W. Stinger,
city ticket agent. Third and Washington
streets.
BUSINESS ITEMS.
If Baby Is Cutting Teeth.
Be sore and use that old and well-tried remedy,
Mrs. TTlnslow'a Soothing Syrup, for children
tsethlng. It soothes the child, softeaa tho gums,
allays all pact, cure wind colic aad. diarrhoea.
PLAN OF NEW SHOPS
0. R. & N. Co.'s Improvements
at Albina Are Designed.
TOTAL COST TO BE $347,000
Additions and Alterations to the Big
Pldht Are Necessitated by Rapid
Growth in Traffic Much Ma
chinery to Be Purchased.
General Manager E. E. Calvin, of the O
and Southem Pacific, made a
definite announcement yesterday of the
additions to be made to the Albina shops
of the O. R. & N., which will be the first
made at that place ln the past 15 yeara
Ihe traffic of the O. R. & N. has In
creased to such an extent that it is be
coming difficult to handle the shop work
of the company with the preaent shop fa
cilities, and It Is to provide ample means
for keeping the rolling stock of the com
pany in the best condition that the man
agement has at last decided to make the
changes and additions that have been
talked of for some time. The plans for
the new buildings are now being consid
ered in the construction department, and
will be finished ln a short time, when es
timates will be made and the work com
menced. The Improvements Include a ma
chine shop 160 feet by 338 feet to be
erected at a cost of $95,000; a 22-stall addi
tion to the roundhouse, to cost $56,000;
paint shops, 80 by 544 feet, $45,000; transfer
tables, SO by 773 feet. $26,000; coal chutes.
$5000; storehouse, SO by 200 feet, $5000, and
new tracks running to all of the addi
tions, $15,000. This will make a total ex
penditure of $247,000, which, with $100,000 to
be spent for new and addlUonal machin
ery for the new buildings, will raise the
total amount spent at Albina In Improve
ments to $347,000.
The plans are still in the hands of the
draughtsmen, and it Is not known just
when the construction work will be com
menced. GRASS TO BIND SAND.
O. R. & N. Is Experimenting With
New Plant From Australia.
Colonel R. C. Judson, the industrial
agent of the O. R. & N., has returned
from the East, where he has been visit
ing; for several weeks, and is now busy
experlmentlng with a wonderful grass
which he has imported .from Australia.
Ever since the O. R. & N. has had a
track along the Columbia It has been
harried by the sand curse. The rolling
dunes of fine sand, blown up from the
banks of the river, have drifted over the
tracks and many times have delayed traf
fic Thousands of dollars have been spent
by the company in trying to find a rem
edy, but without success, and now Colo
nel Judson thinks that he has solved the
mystery.
The grass, which was brought to this
country by an old man who had formerly
lived in Australia, is a coarse sedge grass
having roots of wonderful length, pene
trating the ground sometimes under fa
vorable conditions as far as 20 feet. It
grows best ln dry and sandy districts, and
has been used ln Australia to bind the
drifting sands in many places.
The Australian has refused to divulge
the name of the grass, but has furnished
a small amount of the seed, which will be
planted along the tracks of the O. R. & N.
above The Dalles, and-If it can be grown
successfully, large shipments or the- seed
will be made from Australia and w'lde
stretches will be seeded down along each
side of the right of way, ln ofdet that the
shifting sands may be held in place and
kept oft the tracks.
Will Extend Line West.
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Oct. 12. The
Journal today says the Duluth, South
Shore & Atlantic, one of the Canadian
Pacific group. Is to be extended from Du
luth westward of Thief River Falls, Min
nesota, and that the plan is ultimately
to extend on west through North Dakota
between the Great Northern and the inter
national boundary.
Oregon Crops Never Fail.
There appears to be a diversity of
opinion this season in regard to the
products of Oregon farms, and no one Is
able to decide what should be the price
for most of these products. The genera,
opinion heard on all sides is that cropi
have been poor ln Oregon this year cn
account of the unusually dry season. A
reporter was therefore somewhat started
yesterday by- the statement of a railroad
agent who was soliciting an order to
carry freight from a general produce ieal
er. "What Is the use of trying to 3hip
freight by your line?" asked the ftaler.
"The last time I wanted a car I ad to
wait a long time for It, and then lad to
try another line." "I know we haie been
overworked," said the agent; "u fact,
have been about a thousand cart short,
as there is so much stuff going I&st, but
If you want a car or two now, Iwill try
and see tha they are furnished prompt
ly." "What on earth Is there to Is shipped
East how to require so majy cars?"
asked a bystander. "We have poor crops
In Oregon and I thought thezs was but
little to export." ' "Oh! you are away
off," replied the agent. "Orefon Is really
In better condition than any other state
in regard to crops this year. The .drouth
all over the East and South fas been bad
and crops are poorer everywhere than ln
Oregon. We arc shipping ffheat to Chi
cago and Minneapolis and flour to Bos
ton, and all sorts of products In all direc
tions. Oregon is the. onr state where
crops never fail. Crops mfy be short here
occasionally, but they never falL De
spite all the stories you hear, we have
more of everything grovn by farmera
than the home market fan consume this
year, and exports, thoufh not so large as
usual, will be very considerable, much
larger than most people imagine."
Knights of Columbus at Fair.
ST. LOUIS. Oct. 12. Three thousand
Knights of Columbus visited the Exposi
tion grounds today, where they celebrated
the special day designated in their honor
and also commemorated the 412th anni
versary of the discovery of America by
Columbus. Addresses were delivered by
Archbishop Glennon, of St. Louis; Rev.
Thomas H. Malone, of Denver, and oth
ers. Old New York Firm Fails.
NEW YORK, Oct 12. An involuntary
petition ln bankruptcy was filed by credit
ors today against Sweetzer, Pembroke &
Co., one of the oldest wholesale dry goods
hbuses ln New York, and which is now
In process of voluntary dissolution. No
statement of aesets or liabilities is made.
President of Argentina Inaugurated.
BUENOS AYRES. Oct. 12. Manuel Quen
tana was today Inaugurated as Preeldent
of Argentina. The event passed off with
out special Incident. The republic is calm.
Some Seasonable Advice.
It may be a piece of superfluous advice
to urge people at this season of the year
to. lay in a supply of Chamberlaln'3
Cough Remedy. It Is almost sure to be
needed before Winter Is over, and much
more prompt arid satisfactory results are
obtained when taken as sdon as a cold
Is contracted and before it ha3 become
settled ln the system, which can only be
done by keeping the remedy at hand.
This remedy is so widely known and so
altogether good that no one should hesi
tate about buying It in preference to any
other. It Is tor sale by all. druggists.