.15, 1905.
BUILD ON TO BEND
HEINZE IN SMASHUP
SPEAKERS IN STATE ORATORICAL CONTEST AT M'MINVILLE
ROYAL
Baking Powder
Great Southern Will Extend
Road Southward.
Millionaire's Auto Hits Man
and Woman in Buggy.
HAUL MANY TONS OF WHEAT
ALL ARE PAINFULLY INJURED
THE MORNING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, APRIL'
ii
President Helmrlch Says That by
July 1, Thirty Miles More Track
Will Be Ready for Operation
West of Deschutes.
SEATTLE, Wash.. April 14. (Special.)
John Helmrlcb, president of the Great
Southern Hallway, which yesterday de
joslted a 55,060,000 trust deed -with the
"Washington Trust Company, of Seattle,
Eaid today of his building plans:
"The Great Southern plans an Imme
diate construction of 45 miles of road, and
4s permitted under the terms of its articles
iof incorporation to extend into California
jand Washington. An extension as far as
Bend, Or., is certain -to be made as soon
las the Immediate construction work Is
completed. "Grading for 30 miles of
track Is completed, and the steel is on
the ground for track-layjng. Terminal
work at The Dalles is under way, and by
July 1 we will be ready to operate 30
miles of track. This extension will take
the line as far south as Dufur, the heart
of a rich agricultural district. It has been
estimated that it costs $2 per ton to move
wheat out of that district, "and the last
.crop reports showed 1,700,000 bushels raised
annually. In addition, the district is rich
in horticultural possibilities.
"The new line runs out of The Dalles
weBt of the Deschutes River, with a
maximum grade of 1.5. The surveys of
the engineering department farther south
show this grade will be decreased. The
highest point the new line will reach is
2!60 feet."
ASKS CENTRALIA FOR $50,000
Electric Road Promoters Want Half
of Stock Subscribed at Once.
CENTRALIA, Wash.. April 15. (Spe
cial.) The mass meeting that was to have
been called for Wednesday night of this
week to consider the electric railroad
proposition did not meet. The promoters
of the company stated that if Central la
was made' the terminus of the r6ad they
would expect to have 550,000 worth of
stock subscribed in Centralia at once. The
committee of the Commercial Club that
was to call the meeting decided that it
wanted more time to considor.
Centralia already has a hotter proposi
tion In the field, and one that will prob
ably get a road to the Big Bottom before
any of the electric lines materialize. This
is the line of the Eastern Railway &. Lum
ber Company. This company has not
made its intentions known, but it is said
by Mr. Wilson, who is now building a
two-mile spur from the Eastern's track
to his coal mines, that the' company has
a scheme under way by -which they can
finance a movement to extend their road
Into the Big Bottom country.
THIRD LINE TO HAUL WHEAT-
Road From Spokane. Will Enter,-the
Big Bend Region. " ..
SPOkAKfi, Wash:. AprihlJOSpAclaJ.)-
Articles of incorporation were llled with
the County Clerk this afternoon for the
Spokane & Big Bend Railway Company.
The object of the company is announced
to be the building of an electric 'line from
Spokane through the towns of Creston,
Reardan, Davenport and other places to
a point at or near the mouth of the Spo
kane River.
The company is capitalized at $3,000,000.
and the trustees are W. H. Plummer, F.
C. Robertson, D. R. Cameron, Thomas
Hyde and F. B. Gregg.
Mr. Plummer Is president of the com
pany. He said part of the money was
furnished by Eastern people who are in
terested in the project, and that work
would commence on the road probably
"within 30 days.
This makes the third electric companv
proposing to build from this city Into
the Big Bend wheat country.
Working on Mount Hood Road.
HOOD RIVER. Or., April 14. (Special.)
Construction work is being pushed rapidly
on the Mount Hood Railroad. Two hun
dred men and teams are bupy grading, and
W more teams are expected tomorrow
from the Great Southern. Two crews of
workmen are boring at both ends of the
tunnel at Johnson's Point, and material
will soon be on hand for the bridge over
Hood River, just above the city. It is
stipulated that the grading for the road
ehall be completed by July 1.
NO RIGHT TO SAND ISLAND
Mead Protests Against War Depart
ment's Leasing Fishing Grounds.
OLiTMPIA, Wash.. April 14. (Spe
cial.) The following- telegram was
sent to the Secretary of War today:
"W. H. Taft, Washington, D. C 1
protest" against the lease of seining lo
cations on Sand Island. If you "do so.
It will not be for the public good. I
am advised that this ground Is now oc
cupied by seines licensed by the State
of Washington;
"ALBERT E. MEAD, Governor."
Sand Island is located near the mouth
of the Columbia River, and is claimed
by the Government as a military re
serve, by virtue of a proclamation is
sue$ by President Lincoln.
The Governor was induced to make
the protest by fishermen of the Colum
bia River. It was represented to him
that there are five seining locations on
the island licensed by the state. In pre
paring their grounds the fishermen
have expended about $10,003. One hun
vlred and fifty men and 50 horses are
employed during the fishing season.
The right of occupying seiners to pos
eBsion has not been questioned in the 20
years of their occupancy.
C." C Dalton, attorney -for the pro
testing fishermen, asserts ( that this is
the first instance in the history of. the
country where the "War Department" has
attempted to engage in the fishing
business. The right of the Govern
ment to lease tije locations is "dis
claimed by Dallon, and he asserts that
it the Government attempts to maintain
Its right to lease, the result will be
endless and costly litigation.
The seining grounds -were offered for
lease by Major W. C- Langfitt, of the
Army Corps of Engineers at Portland
in March. Congressman Humphrey has
been Induced also to protest to the War
Department
GET WATER RIGHTS IN LINN
Hawley and Healy Both Secure Val
uable Power Concessions.
ALBANY, Or., April 14. (Special.
Extensive water rights have been filed
on In Linn County by "W. P. Hawley
and Josepn m. Healy, mill men of
Portland. The power filed on Is to
come from the North Santiam River,
near the Marion County line. In fact.
the ditches will be extensions of ditches
to -be dug from the river in Marlon
County.
These men. have made five separate.
Winner, Chester r. Gate, Dallas College.
& lllIH IIIIHI il MB. HHUWig
Mrs. R. N. Lewis, rhllomath College.
filings, each of which. calls for 100,000
cubic inches of water, miners' meas
ure. The filings state that Hawley and
Healy are owners of land along the
route of the proposed ditches, or rather
bordering upon the north fork of the
Santiam River, and that the right is
reserved to take the water for elec
trical power, light and energy.- ,
One right is reserved to take water
-from the Santiam River where it
crosses the section line of section 25,
township 9, south of range 4, east of
the Willamette meridian. Another ditch
will commence at seotion 36, township
9, south of range 2, east of the Willam
ette meridian; the other three begin
at sections 29, 27 and 20, respectively,
in township 9.
The water in each instance, is to
flow In ditches that arc ten feet deep,
50 feet wide at the bottom and 70 feot
wide at the top. Right is reserved to
have water fl'pw continually in these
ditches.
. People around' Albany know nothing
;of' the -'enterprise .or of the people who
are uenind tneso reservations or water
rights. They are- the only filings of the
kind on record in the County Record
er's office in Linn County, and stand
alone in a brand new book for tfhe spe
cial purpose of recording water rights.
The rights are located along the north
fork of the Santiam River, and in con
nection with the rights filed in the
Marion County office, extend along the
bank of the river from a point abovo
Niagara down to the foothills. This in
cludes the very best power furnished
by the Santiam River.
DEBTORS MUST GIVE UP HALF
After May 18 One-Half Their Wages
May Be Taken by Creditors.
SALEM. Or., April 14. Special.) Ore
gon merchants will have a good remedy
against many of their bad debtors after
May 18, when the act of the last Legisla
ture regarding the exemption of wages
from execution will go Into effect. This
act amends tho law by making one-half
tho earnings of the debtor subject to
execution proceedings If the debt be for
family expenses.
Prior to 1903 all the earnings of a debtor
for 30 days next preceding the service of
an attachment, execution Or garnishment
were exempt if the earnings wcro needed
for the support of a family. Under that
law men with considerable monthly in
comes would escape the payment of their
debts. Tho Legislature of 1M3 amended
the law by limiting the amount of ear
nings exempt to $75, but leaving the law
otherwise the same. As there are com
paratively few men working for wages
who receive over 575 a month, this law
still enabled men to avoid debts which
they should be compelled to pay, and tho
Legislature of 1903 amended, the Bcction
still further by adding this "clause: "Ex
cept when the debt is incurred for fam
ily expenses furnished within slx months
of the date of the service of such at
tachment, execution or garnishment, 50
per cent of such earnings shall be sub
ject to such attachment, execution or
garnishment"
As construed by the courts, the term
"family expenses" includes such items as.
provisions, fuel, rent, furniture, wearing
apparel, pianos, organs, jewelry, medical
attendance, etc
BOND HEARING ON MONDAY.
Port Townsend Lobbyists Try New
Tack In Water Bond Deal.
OLYMPIA. Wash., April 14. (Special.)
The Port Townsend representatives in tho
5250,000 bond matter made a counter move
today by filing a motion in the Superior
Court to vacate the temporary injunction
secured by H. D. Crawford in behalf of
the Governor yesterday. It is alleged
in the motion that the plaintiff Crawford
has not the capacity to bring the action;
that the complaint Is not verified by af
fidavits in a manner proper to secure a
restraining order, and that the complaint
does not state sufficient facts to consti
tute a cause of action. Judge Linn is
sued an order calling for a hearing on
the motion next Monday.
The motion Is signed by" Coleman and
Ballinger of Port Townsend. Vance and
Mitchell of Olympia, and Assistant Attorney-General
Falkner.
Lieutenant-Governor Coon, Judge Cole
man and Chief Clerk H. M. Beanett of
the Quartermaster's Department, who
have been lobbying on the bond issue
for ten days, returned to Port Townsend
this evening.
Runaway Horses Hit Minister.
NORTH YAKIMA, April 14. (Speclal.)
As the result of a runaway accident that
happened in the middle of the Moxee
bridge,' across the Yakima River, near
here, yesterday. Rev. H. A. Borges, a
minister of- the Hollander Church, In the
Moxee, was seriously injured. He was
driving home, and when half-way across
the bridge two forces that had broken
loose from a loaded lumber wagon ran
Into him from the rear. His buggy was
completely demolished, and he was cut
about the head and body in a frightful
manner, one ear was almost severed.
Second, MUs Alice Wicklund. Oregon
Agricultural College.
1
Louis Saunders, Pacific College.
GATES THE WINNER
Dallas College Boy Victor in
Oratorical Contest,'
ALICE WICKLUND IS" SECOND
Six Speakers Try for Honors Under
Auspices of the State Prohibition
League, Which Also Elects
New Officers.
M'MINNVILLE, Or., April 14.-SpecIal.)
Chester P. Gates, representing Dallas
College, won the state prohibition contest
hare tonight. Miss Alice Wicklund, the
orator for the Oregon Agricultural Col
lege, at Corvallls, took second honors, and
Myrtle Calavan, speaking for McMlnn
vllle College, was given third place. Six
orations were delivered.
"My Nation's Hope" was the subject of
Mr. Gates' address. Young men were
the chief reliance of the country at pres
ent, he said. He followed this theme
throughout the oration.
Miss Wicklund took "Why a Prohibi
tionist?" She asserted that the Prohi
bition party was the only one which can
solve the problem facing the Nation. "The
Better Way" wag the subject of MIfs
Calavan. She laid stress on tho benefits
of evangelization.
Big delegations from Dallas, Philomath,
Newberg, Albany and Corvallls crowded
the Opera-Housc, where the orations were
delivered.
The other speakers were: Louis Saun
ders, Pacific-College; Mrs. R. N. Lewis,
Philomath College, and A. Carlos Mars
ters, Albany College. The subjects of
these speakers were: "The Problem of
the Hour," "The Power of the Drink
Habit" and "The Movement of tho Age."
Six judges decided the merits of the
speakers. On composition were: Rev. G.
W. Barney, Whatcom. Wash., and I. B.
Rhodes and Rev. T. E. Coulter, both of
Portland. The delivery judges were: Reno
Hutchinson and Rev. W. S. Gilbert, both
of Portland, and Rev. Mr. Phelps, of Day
ton, Or.
After the orations the State Prohibition
League held a business meeting, and the
following officers were -elected: Presi
dent, Miss Mary Sutherland. Oregon Agri
cultural Collega: vice-president, Edward
Wines. Willamette University; secretary.
L. A. Hunt. Albany College; treasurer, EL
Bales, Pacific College.
The Oregon Agricultural College was
elected as tho place for holding the con
test in 1S06. The Interstate contest will be
held in Portland some time during the
Lewis and Clark Exposition.
TOW LOG -RAFTS ON PACIFIC
Company Formed to Bring Oregon
Timber to, California.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 14. (Spe
cial) A big company is to be formed
tor the purpose of engaging in the
business of towing logs from Puget
Sound and Oregon ports to California
on a large scale. Among today's ar
rivals at tho Palace Hotel was R. D.
Pike, a millionaire lumberman of Ash
land, Wis., who has come to San Fran
cisco in the Interest of a big enterprise
fathered by Captain. Robertson, of Port
land, who- was tho pioneer in the raft
ing of logs from northern ports to
San Francisco Bay.
It was decided to build sawmills at
San Diego and San Pedro, Instead of on
the San Francisco Bay shore, and with
that idea in 'iew. Captain Robertson
has, through agents, been quietly get
ting options on sites at the two men
tioned, southern ports.
The log-rafting company will spend
about 51,000,000 on its plants, and ex
pects to cut about 30,000, 300 feet of
logs each year. As these rafts usually
consist of between 8,003,000 and 10,000,
000 feet of logs, it is estimated that the
company will send down from the Co
lumbia River and Puget Sound ports
each year .three or four rafts, unless
their mills at San .Pedro and San Diego
are Increased in capacity or the com
pany decides to build an additional mill
at this port.
This will be the biggest rafting pro
ject ever undertaken In the world.
NEWS EDITOR IS DEPOSED.
C. H. Fisher Goes Out, and Suit Will
Be Brought.
BOISE, Idaho. April 14. (Special.)
Troubles' which have afflicted the Evenlnc
JLaiUalJNews, ot;ihls city, tor some weeks
Third, Myrtle Calarran, MeMlnnTllte
College.
A. Carlos Marsters, Albany College.
came to a head today when the board of
directors met and deposed C. H. Fisher
as editor of the paper.
In a statement this evening by R. S.
Sheridan for publication, a remarkable
state of affairs is brought out. It seems
various efforts were made some months
ago to raise money with which to improve
the plant of the ja.per. Finally, accord
ing to Mr. Sheridan, C. H. Fisher and W.
J. D'Arcy, holders. of a much smaller por
tion of the stock than Mr. Sheridan,
made an arrangement to get a large sum
of money from J. H. Grady, chairman
of the Republican state committee.
For the purpose of enabling them to
carry on the negotiation;, hcrldan as
signed his stock to Fisher. As stated by
Sheridan, Fisher Issued that stock and
that of D'Arcy and himself? to George P.
Townsend. of Chicago, an associate of
Brady.
in . the course of time, Sheridan got a
purchaser for the paper. The others ob
jected. Finally, he says he realized he
had beon deceived by his partners. He
demanded the return .of his stock, but
they couid not or. would not return it. He
ivow proposes to bring suit against Brady,
Fisher and D'Arcy to recover the stock.
He will also ue Fisher for money which
he alleges the latter holds, belonging to
tne company, and another suit will be for
overdrawn salary. There are many rami
ficatlons to the story, and it is expected
they will all como out when the matter
gets into court, and may Involve some
other Republican politicians.
It is charged by Mr. Sheridan that Mr.
Brady wished to control the. Democratic
organ in the interest of his own political
ambitions.
BRUSH FIRE CAUGHT CLOTHING
Purblind Girl Helps Young Brother
and Dies From Injuries.
COTTAGE GROVE, Or., April 14. (Spe
clal.) Miss Thena Downes. a half-blind
girl, aged 23 years, died Wednesday night
from her clothing catchtng fire while she
was helping her brother, 10 years of age.
extinguish' a fire that was nearlng their
father s fence.
Her clothing was nearly nil burned from
her body, and she only survived a few
hours. She was the daughter of .George
Downes, a farmer, living about ten miles
from here. Her parents and sister were
absent from the home, and her young
brother was unable to rescue her from
the burning flames. She was a bright
and beautiful girl, but lost her sight dur
ing her youth from a fever.
Hill to Build New Road.
VICTORIA, B. C. April 14. A telegram
received by the Victoria Board of Trade
from Louis W. Hill, dated from Jekyl
Island. Ga., where J. J. Hill and his
son are visiting, says the Great Northern
Railway will commence to build a rail
way from Upper Slmllkaraeeji this year
and later on to tho British Columbia
coast, asking no subsidy. In this connec
tion, a report from Princeton says Great
Northern engineers have begun to work
from there to locate a line along the
Slmllkamecn River, working toward sur
veyors coming from Orovllle, Wash.
Oregon Boys Aro Honored.
STANFORD UNIVERSITY. Cal., April
14.( Special.) Two Oregon boys, Arthur
M. Dibble, of Portland, and wlnfred B.
Chandler, of Baker City, have been sig
nally honored by election to the Stan
ford chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa So
clety, tho oldest fraternity la the United
States.
The Phi Beta Kappa fraternity is pure
ly literary In Its nature and takes into
ifs ramks only hose university men
who have demonstrated in their four
years' work unusual ability.
Celebrate Eagle Memorial Day.
OREGON CITY. Or.. April 14.-(Speclal.)
The Oregon City Eagles are arranging
for the observance of their Memorial day.
Sunday, May 7. Not having any deceased
members, the members of the lodge have
extended an Invitation to Meade Post.
G. A..R., of this city, to accompany them
as an escort. There will be addresses at
the opera-house by Hon. G. B. Dimick
and Rev." P. K. Hammond. Dr. W. E.
Carll has been Invited to officiate as
marshal of the day.
Warner Talklngton.
RnSFTllTPr: fir. Anrll 1 I Cna.to1
Warner Talklngton, aged 6S years, a
resident of Jjouglas County since the
early '60s, was Tound dead In his bed
at his homo near Looking Glass Tues
day. Death resulted from heart fall
ure. He was one of the largest land
owners In the county. He Is" survived by
five brothers, one of whom Is Frank
Talklngton, of Salem, Or.
Hill Appointed Game Warden.
. CENTRALIA, Wash., April 14. (BpeciaL
H. S. Hill,, formerly, city Marshal of
Centralis, has been appointed Game War
den for Lewis County. Mr. Hill has also
applied- to be Appointed Deputy State
Game Warden, and is expecting the ap
pointment at any, time.
While Running at Thirty Miles an
Hour, Mining King's Motor-Car
Crashes Into" Rigj, Break
ing Horse's Legs.
BUTTE, Mont., April 14. Seven persons
were injured tonight in a collision be
tween a motor car belonging to F. Augus
tus Heinze, the mining millionaire of this
city, and a runabout containing Thomas
Roe, a - liveryman, and Miss Lillle La
Combe.
In the automobile were F. Augustus
Heinze. Al Frank, a mining Engineer;
Judge T. C. Bach and M. S. Gunn. of Hel
ena, Mont., and A. B. Hook, the chaf-
feur. All of the persons were painfully
injured, but none will die.
The accident occurred on a boulevard
about six miles south of Butte. While
going about SO miles an hour the auto
mobile crashed Into the vehicle driven by
Roe, hurling the occupants a distance of
nearly 20 feet. The motor car turned
completely over, but fortunately the per
sons riding In the car were thrown clear
ot the wreck. The front legs of the
horse were amputated at the knees.
Judge 'Bach, of Helena, suffered a
broken rib and was badly cut up about
the face. Roe has a dislocated shoulder
and an injured foot. Hook, the chaffeur.
is badly bruised about the body and may
be Injured Internally. The other mem
bers of the party escaped with slight
bruises and scalp wounds.
MAY WOO NONUNION WORKERS
Judge Decides That Strikers May
Use Persuasion, but Not Coercion.
SEATTLE. Wash.. April 14.-Superlor
Judge Frater today rendered a decision
that striking longshoremen had a. right
to induce non-union men, by persuaslgn,
not to take their places. He declared,
however, that they could not harass the
men who wanted to work, or in any way
attempt to interfere with thetr work.
The matter came up on an order to
show cause why a restraining order Is
sued some days ago against men on
strike against the McCage &. Hamilton
Stevedoring Company should not be made
permanent.
NORTHWEST DEAD.
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F. L. Mintie.
OREGON CITY, Or.. April 14. (Spe
cial.) F. L. Mintie, ex-State Represen
tative from Clackamas County In the
Legislature, died last evening at his
"home at Oswego. He was a native of
Thompsonville. Conn., where he was
born in 1S39. Coming to Oregon in 1801,
he became prominent In political cir
cles, serving In tho International reve
nue service in Alaska, besides a term
in the Legislature. He was a promi
nent church worker, and was a 32d de
gree Mason. He is survived by his wife
and one daughter.
Cyrus Smith.
ROSEBURG, Or., April 14. (Special.)
Cyrus Smith, an Oregon pioneer of
1S51. died at his home, five miles south
of Itoseburg yesterday, aged 75 years.
His wife, also a pioneer, died Just one
week previous. He was a native of
Maine, but came to Oregon from Ohio.
He is survived by four sons, three
daughters, three brothers and a sister.
Dr. W. T. Miracle.
BAKER CITY, Or., April 14. (Special.)
Dr. W. T. Miracle, ot Richland, died
today of a complication of diseases, at
McPherson's hot springs, on Snake River.
For many yeare he had been a resident
of this portion ot the county and is well
known throughout the state. The doctor's
family was In California at the time of
his death.
Sees Where VilardoDied.
SAN FRANCISO, April 14. The Coro
ner's Inquest in the case of Biaggio VI
lardo, tho murdered Sicilian, began today.
The jurors were first taken to the scene
of the crime on Green street. They In
spected the walls of the room where the
bloodstains had been vainly smeared over
with whitewash, and saw the sink where
Mrs. Torturicl says she found blood on
her return from a walk with her baby on
the night of the murder. They also were
taken over the route the murderer Is al
leged to have carried the headless body of
his victim. The jury then convened in
the Coroner's ofllce and heard the evi
dence In the case, which was substan
tially the same as already published.
Bullet Ten Trunk Highways.
OLTMPIA, Wash., April 14. (Special.)
The first meeting of the new State High
way Commission, which la composed of
the State Auditor, State Treasurer and
the Highway Commissioner, will be held
In Olympia early next week, and a plan
for beginning the work ot constructing
the ten trunk highways authorized by the
passage of the omnibus road bill over
Governor McBrlde's veto will be consid
ered. A telegram was received from
Highway Commissioner J. M. Snow, of
Spokane, that he would reach Olympia
Monday to take up the work.
Hold Big Good Roads Session.
OLYMPIA,- Wash.. April 14. (Special.)
Tho National Good Roads' Association has
appointed Governor Mead a vice-president.
A letter received from the organizer, T.
P. Rixey, says the association desires to
hold a state good roads convention In
Washington this year, and asks the Gov
ernor to co-operate. The desire is to hold
tho convention during the trip through,
the state of the Burlington Northern Pa
cific, Lewis and Clark good roads special,
which leaves Chicago May 3. The mat
ter will be taken up by the Governor and
his assistance given.
Canada's Exports Decrease.
VANCOUVER, B. C. April 14. Foreign
trade returns of the Dominion of Canada
for the last nine months show an increase
of $3.7S2.7K5 In Imports, a decrease of $10,
201,247 In domestic exports, and a decrease
of $3,213,940 in foreign exports. The cus
toms revenue for the nine months showed
an increase of $777,422. Among the domes
tic exports, manufactures and fishery
products alone show an improvement over
last year.
Orange Boxes for California.
MARSHF1ELD, Or., April 14. (Special.)
General Manager Valagln, of the Coos
Bay Furniture factors at North Bend,
said today that he had made a contract
with Southern California shippers to man
ufacture 3,000,000 orange boxes, and? that
his factory will bo kept running night
and day for a year. He Is installing this
week his own sawmill, which will cut
80,000 feet of spruce lumber dally.
Weir May le Postmaster.
OLYMPIA, Wash., April 14. (Special.)
A local naner asserts that Allen Weir.
onaerli: Seccctarx ol State, iss soon to bo
With Royal Baking Powder there is
no mixing with the hands, no sweat of
the brow.' Perfect cleanliness, greatest,
facility, sweet, clean, healthful food.
Full instructions in the " Royal Baker and Pastry Cook"
book for making all kinds of bread, biscuit and cake
with Royal Baking Powder. Gratis to any address.
ROYAL BAKING POWDEB CO.. 100 WILLIAM ST.. NEW YORK.
named Postmaster of Olympia. to succeed
W. T. Cavanaugh. Weir has lately been
living In Seattle, but still holds his vot
ing residence In Olympia., He Is a warm
friend of Congressmen Cushraan and
Humphrey.
Or. Wise to Address Graduates.
HOOD RIVER. Or., April 14. (SpeeiaU
Dr. Stephen S. Wise, of Beth Israel Tem
ple, Portland, will address the graduat
ing class of the Hood River public school
May 2. The public schools of this city
will complete their work Friday, April 2S.
A class of IS will be graduated from the
grammar grades, and 12 from the High
School.
Circular Saw's Quick Work.
EUGENE. Or.. April 14. (Special.) W.
W. Koon. employed In a sawmill on the
Mohawk River, Jumped upon the carriage
of a circular saw yesterday, and, stumb
ling, lost the toes of both feet. Only by
chance did he escape being sawn directly
In two.
HE PRESENTS A NEW REASON
John P. Robertson Discusses Refer
endum and Big Appropriations.
SAL.BM, Or.. April 14. (To the Editor.) Al
though many reasons why the voters should
order a referendum on the million dollar ap
propriation bill have been pretty generally
presented In The Oregonlan. yet there- la one
perhaps the noit cogent of all that ha not
been so thoroughly dlscuas-d as Its Import
ance demands.
The bill Is a plain and flagrant violation ot
of the constitution of the state.
Section 7, article 8, provides: "Laws mak
lnjr appropriations for the salaries of public
officers and other current expenses of the state
hall contain provisions upon no other sub
Jct." This clause needs no Interpretation or con
struction, as It la about as plain and unmls
takeable a9 human language can make it.
There Is no mistaking its meaning, or Its
obviously wise and patriotic purpose. That
purpose was to make Impossible In this state
a well known and altogether too prevalent and
vicious legislative- practice, and free the nec
essary appropriation bills from all danger ot
belns forced to carry other unwlso measures
or fraudulent grafts on the treasury.
The authors of the constitution knsw that
that patr'otlc people would always- be willing
to tax themselves and make jrenerous appro
priations for the necessary expenses of the
state Kovernment; and that bills for that pur
pose would certainly pass the Legislative As
sembly. But tbey also foresaw that shrewd
and unscrupulous trickster and grafters, hav
ing disreputable and unmerltorlous measures
or claims that could not possibly secure ap
proval on their own merits, or. rather, d.
merits, would seek to fasten them as riders
upon the appropriation bills, thus making
these necessary and meritorious measures
carry bad ones. The Governor has no power
to veto a cad provision thus engrafted In ah
otherwise, meritorious bill, while approving the
good ones. lie has no alternative but to ap
prove all or veto all.
Without this constitutional inhibition and
its strict observance ther was imminent dan
ger that the public treasury might be thus
looted, and that. too. notwithstanding the
conscientious disapproval of a majority of the
members of the Legislature, and the Governor
as well.
For a combination In either House strong
enough to fasten a graft on a general appro
priation bill, and by trades, log-rolling or
threat to defeat other, even meritorious,
measures to keep It In the bill, the other
House and the Governor must yield; or, taking
the other alternative, leave the state without
the necessary cash to pay current expenses,
while the money taxed from the people for
that purpose lies idly in the treasury. To
make such an alternative contingency an im
possibility in this state guard against the
looting ot the treasury, thus safeguarding the
welfare of the people, this clause was wisely
Incorporated into the supreme and funda
mental law. If strictly observed. It would go
very far towards accomplishing Its obvious
and salutory purpose, and there would now be
no necessity to order the referendum on this
bill. Let it be remembered that every mem
ber of the last unlamented Legislative Assem
bly, before entering upon the duties of his
office, recorded a solemn oath to support the
constitution, including this provision. Tet
it seems that neither their obligations as loyal
citizens to obey and support the constitution,
the supreme law. their official oaths, defer
ence to ths well-known will of their constitu
ents, whose servants and .representatives they
were, nor altogether were jiufflclent to prevent
them from grafting into this biennial appro
priation bill other provisions In plain and
flagrant disregard of this constitutional In
hibition. I do not charge that all those members who
voted to engraft these unconstitutional ap
propriations in the bill perjured themselves,
bat only that they violated their oaths.
Defending this bill In Tho Oregonlan of
March 25. Suulre Faxrar. Marlon County's
Senator, calls the- institutions for which the
appropriations complained or were mace es
tablished state institutions." and "legitimate
state Institutions." His evident contention
being that thoy bing state institutions the
name as the asylum, penitentiary, reform and
blind school; that, therefore, appropriations
for their support wasi properly and constitu
tionally incorporated In the general appropria
tion bill as legitimate "current expenses of
the state."
Are these schools really "state institutions?"
Then let Mr. Faxrar read section 3 of article
1 of the constitution, which, "ho took an oath
to support. Here it Is:
"That all public institutions of the state
hereafter provided for by the Legislative As
sembly shall b located at the eeat of gov
rnment." Also this from the deslclon ot the
Supreme Court, State vs. Metschen, 32 Or.,
page SS6:
"The Insane Asylum, is a public institution,
and the Lgislature has no power to provide
for the establishment and maintenance of one
at any other place than the capital."
Here the argument la conclusive, over
whelming, unanswerable. If these appropria
tions were not for "salaries of public officers."
or for "other current expenses of the state,"
It was a violation of the constitution to put
them in tbe bill making appropriation for these
purpoees. It thee institutions are really
"public Institutions" and entitled to be pro
vided for in the general appropriation bills,
as the asylum, penitentiary, reform school, etc.,
then. In the language of the Supreme Court,
"the Legislature has no power to provide for
their maintenance at any other place than the
capital."
TVhy, then, did not the "machine," the
"combine," composed ot a small coterie of
opinionated, self-appointed, dictatorial leaders
"grand dukes," with small gs and ds like
Kuykendall. Booth, Rand. Farrar and Mills,
put these appropriations in separate bills and
thus avoid the constitutional objection? The
reasons are not far to seek nor hard to And.
1. It was almosst certain that even these
imperial "grand, dukes" could not have forced
all these appropriations as separate bills
tbrouth even the last unlamented Assembly.
2. If they could and should do so. part at
least wero euro to meet the Exocutlve blue
pencil.
S. IC not these, the people might call the
referendum on them.
In this emergency they probably reasoned:
"Tha constitution is . back number, our
oaths but a breath, and as for the opinions
and will of the people who pay the bill, they.
are not worth consideration by a grand duke;
and we are the 'grand dukef .' '
Doubtless, there were many honorable and
conscientious members who could not in
whipped in to support these appropriations as
separate bill. To coerce these Into acqui
escence or at least furnish them with an ex
cuse, and to compel the Governor to approve
them, they were put In the general appropria
tion bill. Then, as If to show their utter
contempt for their maeUrrs the people aiM
their constitutional right to order a referen
dum, they attached an emergency clause.
Here they met their first defeat. The Gov
ernor, by special meseaifr. Informed them
that tf that emergency clause remained in
the bill, when evidently there was no emer
gency, he would veto the bill. The Guberna
torial books were securely In th?lr gills, and
they knew it, yielded and struck It out.
Many friends, with strong reasons, earnely
urged him to ttlll veto the bill. But
choae Instead X think wisely to pass it up
to the people, who must pay the bills. It U
now up for them to decide.
If they are content to allow their constitu
tion to be habitually disregarded. Its plainst
and wisest restrictions reduced to absolute
nullities, and to pay these appropriations and
any others the machine the "grand dukes"
may hereafter be pleased to make, they should
not sign theee petitions.
Hitherto the people had no adequate and
roeedy remedy for legislative blunders, or,
worse, malfeasance. They could only grum
ble and pay the bill Now. thanks to th
constitutional amendment, they have an ef
fective remedy, especially designed for Just
such an emergency as thl.
Its prompt application will teach future leg
islators a much-needed and long overaue les
son to hereafter obey the constitution and to
pay at least some rcapect to the will of their
masters the people.
Mr. Farrar thinks we should teach tljls les
son by not re-electing them!
We don't educate doctor after they quit
practice, teachers after they ceae teaching,
nor preachers after they retire. Why, then,
teach legislators after they cease to be leg
islators? Better teach them first; then elect
them.
Gentlemen. It Is "up to you." Tou have the
power. Use It, or walk up to the Sheriff""
office, pay your taxes and stop grumblinz!
JOHN" P. ROBERTSON.
YOUNG SCHOOLGIRL DISAPPEARS
Police Are Searching for Twelve-Year-Old
Child.
Helen Lasher, a girl of 12. who lives at
209 Cook avenue, has mysteriously disap
peared, and. although the police have
made a thorough search of the city, they
have been unable to And any trace of her
whereabout?. She was last seen yester
day noon at the Williams-avenue school.
The pupils had been dismissed, and Helen
Lasher was seen to walk away in the di
rection of her hbme.
She was not missed until dinner time,
and Immediately inquiries were made, but
nothing was heard of her after she had
left the school. The police are unable to
understand where she could be, as she had
never associated with any bad companions
or stayed out late of nights.
DALLY CITY STATISTICS.
Deaths.
In North Yakima, April It. 1305. George
B. Wise, aged 38. years.
April 12. 1903. Gladys Melby, native of Ore
gon, aged 2 years.
April 13, 1905, Hilda Hallstrom. native of
California, aged 31 years.
April 13. 1903. Nora Stone, native of Michi
gan, aged 29 years.
April 14, 1005, Ell Leese, aged 60 years.
April 12. 1905. Edgar Gantenbein, a native
of Oregon, aged 3 years.
Births.
In Portland. April 6, 1905, to the wife of
Howard K. Bates, a girl.
Building rermlts.
J. Kcrnan, office building, on Sixth, be
tween Irving and Johnson. ?300.
Daniel Kern, dwelling, East Fifteenth, be
tween Yamhill and Taylor, $2300.
Fidelity Trust Co.. dwelling. Vaughan, be
tween Twentieth and Twenty-first. $1700.
Fidelity Trust Co.. dwelling. Twenty-first,
between Upshur and Vaughan, $1700.
Fidelity Trust Co.. dwelling, Twenty-first,
between Upshur and Vaughan, $1700.
Fidelity Trust Co., dwelling, Twenty-first,
between Upshur and Vaughan. $1700.
L. Lampert, dwelling. Alder street, be
tween Eighth and Ninth. $1000.
Burnside Bridge Will Be Closed.
Beginning Monday next the Burnside
street bridge will be closed for a period
of about two weeks, to make necessary
repairs: The sidewalks will be relaid, the
approach on the East Side will be re
built, and the West Side approach partly
reconatructcd. Some other work will be
done, and the whole will cost about ?13,
000. "W. S. Chapman, a civil engineer,
will have charge of the work for the
county. The bridge will not be redecked
until next year, as the present deck Is
still good.
Detective Will Take Nicholson.
Detective Ross Whlttakcr. of San Fran
cisco, will arrive here today for the pur
pose of returning James H. Nicholson to
California for trial on a charge of forg
ery. Nicholson Is a prisoner at the City .
Jail. He was arrested several days ago,
on instructions from the San Francisco
police. He is said to have passed forged
checks. He has been engaged aa a re
porter on various Coast papers. He has
a wife and baby In San Francisco, who
are said to he destitute.
That's Different.
PORTLAND. April 14. (To the Editor.)
In the controversy over the gifts of Rocke
feller to churches, etc.. they claim illegal
gains, etc.. due to rebates, yet every minis
ter carries a half-fare rebate In bis pocket
and travels on all railroads and street-car
lines at half the fare charged the ordinary
traveler. Surely these kicks como with a.
bad grace from the clergy? a. B.
Attempt to Assault Child.
Mr. Haas, who Hve3 at 563 Clinton street,
has reported to the police that yesterday
afternoon an unknown man made an. at
tempt to assault criminally his S-year-old
daughter. The little girl was playing In
tho yard when a man, who appeared to
he about 35 years of age, walked up to
her and led her into the cellar below the
house.
Mrs. Hannah B. Sutton Dead.
'Mrs. Hannah B. Sutton, aged 75 years,
died at 1 o'clock this morning at the res
idence, ot her daughter, Mrs. George Ains
worth, S53 Hawthorne avenue. Mr3. Sut
ton was an old resident of Portland-