Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, September 21, 1907, Image 5

Historic Oregon Newspapers

Morning Oregonian., September 21, 1907, Page 5, Image 5

Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR

About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 21, 1907)

Prev Page of 18 Next Prev Issue Next Text PDF JP2 (4.3 MB) Clip/Print Image

Return to Top

Prev Page of 18 Next Prev Issue Next

Newspaper Page TextTHE MORNING OREGOXIAX, SATURDAY. SEPTE3IBER 21. 1907. CROAKERS UN-T ¬ Tigers- played water tight ball and Ike Butler pitched In great form. . He ga-e the leaders but four hits in as many in nings and Issued no passes to first. Hig glnbothman was hit almost wlce as often as Butler. He. too, kept his ,hlts well scattered and the Tigers could not cash them into runs. Tacoma lost a chance to score in the first Inning when Martinke drove out a three-baser, but was caught at the plate, owing to poor coaching. A hit by a Tacoma batter in the ninth in ning would have won the game. Stovall and Engle singled In succession and Kel lackey was deliberately passed to first by Hlgglnbotham. baniry Shea strove vali antly lot hit in the pinch, but his drive to right field was caught Just off the ground by Householder. The score: R H ID. Te.coma 0 0000000 00 6 4 Aberdeen 0 0010000 01 4 0 Batteries Butler and Shea; Higgin botham and Spencer. NATIONAL LEAGUE. TORRENS LAW IS heartily indorsed. October IT will be Grange day. It will be the day for fra ternal organizations -nd women's clubs. The report of the committee on taxa tion appointed by the State "Grange, sub mitted a partial report along the educa tional lines. The gist of this report was that "the first and most Important end to be attained is a proper enforcement of our laws, and the assessing of property at its true cash value." This report was signed by Clara H. Waldo. J. J. John son, Thomas Paulsen and Seneca Smith. It was reported that five Granges, Mut nomah. Pleasant Valley, Rockwood, Lents and Russellville, are preparing to erect halls. Rockwood Grange entertained the convention. The next meeting will be held at Fairvlew Wednesday. December 18. IE RESOLVE Roosevelt Determined to Send Battleship .Fleet to Pacific. Report on Australian Plan In dorsed at Convention of Pomona Grange. BANK CLEARINGS INCREASE WILL COAL . SOMEWHERE PROTECTS LAND -TITLES I Portland Among Leading Cities for CHANG FULLYAPPROVED WEI Volume ol Growth. I NEW YORK, Sept. 20. Bradstreet's It Americans Refuse Supply Will Buy Abroad Ignores Objections of Politicians Voyage Was tlie President's Own Idea. ORKGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Sept. 20. Certain large coal dealers on the Atlantic Coast have shown a disinclination to furnish coal for the battleship fleet in large enough quantities to meet the demands of the long cruise to the Pacific; certain Eastern politicians have protested against sending the fleet to the Faciflc on various political grounds; certain newspapers in the East have con demned the Pacific cruise on the grounds of expense and because of the fact that it will leave but little naval protection along the Atlantic seaboard. But in spite of all these pro tests and objections, the trip will be made as planned by the President, coal dealers, politicians and newspapers to the contrary notwithstanding. Roosevelt Proposed Voyage. According to information gleaned from Cabinet sources, President Roose velt was the first man to suggest the rrulse, and it was he who eventually decided the cruise should be made. There were various reasons why the President thought the cruise should be made, but the main reason was the need of concerted drill whicJK' would be afforded by the long voyage around the world. It has always been an Idea of the President that the Navy like the Army, should be maintained at a high standard of efficiency, and he has indulged in the further Idea that con stant practice Is, the best guarantee of efficiency. The Army has Its joint ma neuvers and its rifle practice; the trip of the battleships win take the place Df joint maneuvers, and the Individual warships have their practice every season. In case of war with a foreign power the American Navy would very likely be concentrated at the center of activity. Up to the present time there has been no such concentration since the close of the Spanish Wrar. The Navy has been divided into fleets or squadrons, and quite often the respec tive fleets or squadrons have maneu vered as units. But there has been no such concentration as is now proposed, and no such practice on a large scale. The President felt that the cruise was demanded in the Interest of proficiency, and that was the main reason why the cruise has been arranged. Can't Be Moved by Carpers. Having made up his mind to send the battleship fleet around" to the Pa cific, nothing will dissuade the Presi dent from his course. If American dealers refuse to furnish coal in suf ficient quantities. " coal will be pur chased abroad. If owners of American vessels refuse to transport this coal to desired points along the route, ships of foreign register will be chartered. There is ample authority for such ac tion, and the President has no anxiety on the coal question. As for political objection, it is as readily disposed of. Eastern Senators and Representatives, thinking It good politics, have entered a protect against taking the battleships from the Atlant tic seaboard. But there is not the slightest indication of war between the United States and any of the European powers; n apparent reason why the Atlantic coast Is in need of constant patrol by a battleship fleet; therefore, there is no good reason why the bat tleships cannot be sent to the other ocean for six or eight months. Work at Navy-Yards. But the politicians urge upon, the Navy Department that, if the battle ships are removed from Atlantic wat ers, there will be little work for the navy-yards along the Atlantic coast, and in consequence large numbers of mechanics who find employment there will be thrown out of work. To some extent this is true, but it is equally true that an unusual amount of work will be done in Atlantic yards in get ting the ships ready for the cruise, and there will be another rush when the ships return to their station. Moreover, as Secretary Metcalf ex plained, there are constant fluctuations in work at Government navy-yards, depending upon the amount of repairs needed. When work is heavy, a large force is employed; when work is slack, the force Is cut down. In no instance will It be necessary to close the yards, for there are other warships in need of repairs, not to mention Government vessels of other classes that go out of commission through the Winter, in or der that they may be overhauled and repaired. There will not be any such reduction as the politicians pretend to believe. Therefore their objection is set aside. The objection of the newspapers Is substantially the objection of the poli ticians; some attacking the cruise on policy; others bemoaning the cost, while still others seem disgruntled be cause the trip ' was planned without consulting their own marine experts. The objection amounts to nothing; it does not reflect public sentiment, and will therefore be disregarded. The trip Is to be made as planned, and the administration is fully satisfied that none of the dire results predicted by the pessimists will follow. NORTHWEST LEAGUE. . Seattle 4, Spokane 1. SEATTLE, Wash., Sept'. 20. (Special.) Frank Allen was In midseason form to day and he both pitched ball and fielded like a whirlwind. He knocked down three line drives that would have gotten away from a short pitcher, and got his man at first each time. The only time Spokane got out of his reach was In the ninth In ning, when three men hit In a row and one run was chased over the plate. It was a fast game with six double plays and a lot of, fast fielding. Emil Frisk played left field today and didn't get a hit. though he hobbled his flrsti fielding chance. Just as he used to do in the Coast League. Ikey Rocken field was back from the East and played a corking good, sec ond for Spokane. The score; R H B. Seattle 0 2020000 -4 7 2 Spokane 0 0000000 11 8 1 Batteries Allen and Krelti; Clafiln and Swindells. Umpire Frary. TACOMA. Wash., Sept. 20. (Special.) In the fourth Inning of today's fierce bat tle, the Tacoma fielders threw ,the ball wildly about .the diamond and Aberdeen scored one run, winning the game 1 to 0. JWure and after the disastrous Inning, the Philadelphia 8, St. Louis 3.' ST. LOUIS. Sept. 20. The Phlladelphias smothered St. Louis today. Beebe in jured his side in the third inning, giving way to McGlynn, who was batted hard. The score: R H E It H E St. Louis 3 6 3 Philadelphia ..8 14 2 Batteries Beebe, McGlynn and Hostet ter; Sparks and Dooln. Other Games. At Pittsburg R.H.E. ' R.H.E. Pittsburg 2 2 2j Brooklyn 1-0 2 At Cincinnati ' R.H.E.! R.H.E. Cincinnati ....3 8 2New York. ....5 7 0 At Chicago Chicago-Boston game postponed; wet gronds. AMERICAN LEAGUE. ; Yesterday's Scores At Washington, first game R.H.E.I R.H.E. Washington ..1 6 2j Chicago 2 6 0 Second game R.H.E. R.H.E. Washington ..6 13 4Chicago .......13 21 2 At New York R.H.E. R.H.E. Detroit .......1 8 0New York 0 2 3 At Boston Cleveland 4 11 0 Boston ........1 6 2 THE DAY'S HORSE RACES At Gravescnd. NEW YORK, Sept. 20. Gravesend race results: Two-year-olds. Ave and .a balf furlongs Magazine won, Running Account second, Calhoun, third; time. l:7 1-5. Handicap, one mile and an eighth Right Royal won. Far West second, Kercheval third; time. 1:51. The Speculation, mile and a sixteenth Rye won. Tamaceo second, Tony Ronero third; timo, 1:51 1-5. Handicap, about six furlongs Don En rique won, Florlng second. Sir Toddlngton third; time. 1:11. Mile and a half Smiling Tom won. KIU crankle second. Lord Badge third; time, 2:. 19.1-5. Mile and a sixteenth Prince Portunatus won, Vlh Woods second. Ramrod third; time. 1:58. FIGHT OVER WATER RIGHTS COMPLEX SITUATION ARISES IX ' HARNEY COUNTY. River Changes Its Channel and Question of Ownership Must Be Settled in the Courts. BURNS, ,Or., Sept. 20. (Special.) Har ney County is likely to experience an exciting lawsuit in the near future, one of those cases that will involve the interests of many persons and engender a good deal of bitterness, as it will relate to thai always vexatious ques tion of water-rights. The movement liable to precipitate litigation is about to be made by the Pacific Livestock Company, in the damming up of a wa tercourse known as "Foley's slough," through which a large part of the water of Silvles River Is now deviated from the river bed and carried out to land for which nature did not original ly Intend it. It appears that several years ago at a point on the Silvles River a few miles north of Burns a man settled on a piece of land and obtained a right to appropriate a certain amount of water from the river at the Foley place, where a spring existed and a consequent slough had formed. A small opening was made from the river through this slough and the required water was obtained. Later, the settler aforesaid abandoned his land and his water-right, but at each recurring season of high water in the river the opening at the Foley slough widened and the construction of mill dams farther down the stream kept the water in the river at a high stage- constantly at the point of divergence, so that each, year the slough Increased In size and its flow increased In volume, and now the Foley slough carries almost as much water as the Silvles River. It has become of great value to a number of rich farmers which years ago had no water supply. Now the Pacific Livestock Company proposes to dam up the opening into Foley slough and force the water of Silvles River down its natural channel and the men whose lands have been made productive by the slough are up in pro test. The company and settlers along the river for miles below the slough have adjudicated rights to the water of the stream which they claim are Jeopardized and ultimately threatened with destruc tion by the workings of Foley slough, hence the project of closing its mouth. On the other hand, the farmers along the slough claim they are entitled to such benefits as come through natural changes and they assert that the slough is now as much of a recognized stream as the Silvles River, so the. prospects for bitter contention in the courts and other wise are decidedly good. DENIES CAR SHORTAGE REPORT Superintendent Fields Says Plenty of Cars at Albany. Superintendent L. R. Fields, of the Southern Pacific lines in Oregon, states emphatically that reports of a car short age at Albany are entirely untrue. He takes exception to stories of such a short age that have appeared in the Portland papers. "There is no car shortage at Albany so far as we know," said Superintendent Fields. "Cars are being furnished at Al bany as fast as they are ordered and are being taken away as fast as they are loaded. The report Is a gros3 error, there being no 'ruth in it whatever. There have been no complaints of lack of cars at Albany during the past few months, and our office Is at a loss to understand where these false reports come from." Eight-Hour Law Held Invalid. HARRISONVILLB. Mo.. Sept. SO. The telegraphers' 8-hour law, passed by the Missouri Legislature, was declared un constitutional by Judge Bradley, of the Circuit Court yesterday. The railroad at torneys argued that the law favored one class of worklngmen more than other classes. R. C. Wright, Chairman of Special Committee Highly Commends Workings of Registration System- in Many States. At the convention of Pomona Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, held at Rockwood, on the Base Line Road Wednesday, J. J. Johnson, master presiding, over 200 members participated in the important discussions. R. C Wright, chairman of the special committee on the ToTens law, read a report which was thoroughly discussed. The report pave a concise his tory of the law. In part the report says: Oregon adopted the Illinois Torrens law In tOOl and since then your chairman of this committee hiB been an enthusiastic sup porter of the law and has had bills passed by the Legislature to correct errors made in copying the Illinois statute. In lvOT he also had Included in the correcting bill an amend ment providing for making proper defendants in the suit of married persons who fail to sign instruments affecting land owned by their fpouwa. This has been a source or great trouble with titles heretofore. This law takes away no rights, but compels such pe r sons to come 1 n to co u rt a nd se t up their rights if they have any and let them be prop erly registered, or else be barred of any shadowy claims they might appear to have on the old records. The present law of Oregon Is now in good working shape and the forms for making the records, also drawn up by your chairman, have been put In by most of our counties and we believe are now uniform throughout the state. Much land of considerable value has been registered and a great deal more would be If lawyers and business men would get familiar with the law and use it. The old pystem makes a burden in the expense of abstracts, which must te made pvr and over again, and, with their exam ination, must cost millions throughout the country. The delay in getting abstracts, their exam ination, hunting up matters not on record, etc., almost always either prevents a sale, hinders It or makes it difficult, or at a sac rifice. Old System Unsafe. The old system Is unsafe, or we would not have title insurance companies to protect buyers at additional expense, for if a title Is bad and the seller bankrupt, no damages can be recovered on his warranty deed. Then there" is a chance of forged deeds, mort gagee, etc., which can now be recorded with out any trouble the same as genuine, for the recorder puta "any old thing on record If witnessed and acknowledged. Again, the books and records accumulate so fast It makes big expense to buy them and more to provide rooms to keep them in. The taxes are heavier to keep up the old system, and market values of raU estate can never be so great where the trouble to make & sale or loan la Increasing all the time. Now against all this we have the benefits of the Torrens law. In Oregon, for a $1000 lot the court fees amount to about $25 where there Is no contest. If there is one, the owner might as well And out he has a, law suit and settle it in a Torrens proceeding as in any other manner or time, and clear up his title, whatever the necessary expenses are to do so. Beside the court fees In an ordinary default case, the owner pays his at torney such fee as they agree on, and also for bringing down his abstract to date of the case. This last is the way the law pro vides for testimony to prove your title In court. Any sensible person can see that the mere showing of his deed and statement that he owns the land does net show title from the Government down, and this must be ex hibited to the examiner of titles, for if any thing is wrong and any new party ought to be served with a summons that Is the way It Is found out. These things an owner may never knqw about and there has to be a showing of everything on record down to date. After the land is thus registered under the law, no more abstracts are required, for noth ing can stand against the land unless put down in the land register on the same page and the certificate for that particular piece of land. All old matters are balanced up like a ledger account and closed when first registered. After that everything must be charged against the land on this register, which makes It just like a ledger up to date all the time. Deeds, mortgages, etc., are made out under this law. Just as they are now, but they are kept on file instead of being copied. Keeps Original Signatures. This saves the immense number of books and also keeps original signatures on file, and the registrar has to compare them when new Instruments are brought In, thus reduc lng the chances of forgery to practically none. Only a memorandum of the instru ments filed is noted on the register. The safety, quickness and simplicity of the Tor rens system, besides Its low cost after the land Is once registered, ought to appeal to everybody and make It unnecessary to argue In Its favor. It is only ignorance of the ad vantages of the law or mleladlng statements by those opposed to It because of self Inter est, which have so far retarded Its use. When a system Is provided whlcU enables a man to go and look over his own title at the court house with his buyer, and to record his transfer of that title for GO cents, with put any abstract or delay, what more can tie want? The law provides that nothing whatever shall affect the land unless It la down in the register, except current taxes ,or assessments for Improvements. Therefor the buyer has only to look up one book this register, instead of dozens of books, as at present, and then step In and aee about cur rent taxes and Improvement assessments, when . be has done the whole thing in short order. c Prosperous communities are those where land can change hands or be taken as se curity for loans quickly and easily without any' trouble, the same as horses and wagons. The Torrens law permits this to be done without any doubt whatever, and the title is practically backed up by the State of Ore gon, which is a better guarantee than of any Individual or company insuring titles. Grange Adopts the Report. The report was adopted with the rec ommendation that all farmers give it careful study. Resolutions were adopted declaring it the sense of the convention- that the actions of he Railroad Commission should be carefully scrutinized by the farmers. Speakers declared the resolu tions were not aimed at the commission, but that a close watch of the body's deal ings with railroads could do no harm. The attack of the telephon-j company on the initiative and referendum was con sidered. It was declared to be of great Importance that these measures passed by the people should be defended. , While expressing confidence in Attorney-General Crawford, the Grange declared that he should be assisted by able counsel. A resolution was adopted calling attention of 'Granges and farmers to this attack on the people's laws throughout the country. It was declared that the case is National in Importance. The coming county fair at Gresham was bank clearings report for the week ending September' 19 show an aggre gate of J2.748.872, 000, as against 2. 667,811.000 last week. Canadian clear ings for the week totaled J82.737.0O0. as against $83,518,000 last week, and 75,- 421.000 in the same week last year. The following is a list of the principal cities: City Clearings. Inc. 22.8 15.0 7.1 6.1 18.7 2.1 8.4 3.1 2.3 .. 28.R 20.8 25.0 41.5 43.3 9.8 14.2 New York 1.64O.3O9.0OO Chicago Boston ... 240.lnA.OOA 145.332.0OO 135.270.u0O 63.0U,OOi 46.475,000 4.'..528.0O0 S7.2 1 rt.OOO 11.597.000 10.347.000 9.78S.0O0 0,250.000 7.8S9.(Mit 6.5S9.0O0 0,354 .OOO 957.O00 1. 228.000 2.279. 00O ' 1.050,000 Philadelphia St. Louis Pittsburu ban Francisco Kansas City ...... Los Angeles Seattle Denver Salt Lake Portland Spokane Tacoma . . . . Topeka Lincoln Oakland Oklahoma 'City . . . Decrease. No report. An Old Soldier's Complaint. PORTLAND. Or.. ' Sept. 20. (To the Editor.) I am getting old. was born Octo ber 1, 1842, came here In October, 1883. with the Fourteenth Infantry- and served ten years In that regiment on this Coast. Re-enlisted twice in Vancouver. Wash. To night I applied to the Board of. Charities for a saw and an ax to cut a tree, for which Job I was to receive $1.50. Jin lady In the office Informed me at 8 o'clock that they had no saw or ax. I produced my cre dentials, but the lady was helpless. I want to ask why do they keep an office of that kind In Portland If they cannot help the poor and old who are willing, anxious and ready to work. JOHN M'INTTRB. Good Show at Pantages. Packed audiences have been seeing the Pantages bill at every performance this week, and all have been more than satis fied, as Judged by the continuous rounas ot applause. There Is a thoroughly good show on the boards, with not a weak act among the lot. The famous. Bell trio, greatest of vaudeville singers; Wells and Sells, cele brated trick cottage althletes; the Wallace Sisters; Moss, the equllibrlstic Juggler. 'and all the others are of the best. Are Ton an Elk?" the biographic comedy, is the season's moving picture hit. Crushed to Death by Log. ASTORIA. Or., Sept. 20. (Special.) John Feazle, an employe at the Steel man logging camp, near Skamokawa, was almost instantly killed yesterday by a log rolling over him and break-. ing his neck. The deceased was 18 years of age and left several brothers. two of whom are employed at the Saldren camp on Grays River. Among persons' of social standing gen erally the world throughout, the average age of marriage is at present, men 37 and wo men 2S. It Pays to Buy Young Men's Clothes ET a thoroughly good suit, pay $18, $20 or $25 for it, and you'll be a better dressed, more contented young man all season than if you had two suits of the ordinary kind. You'll find the tailoring, quality and style in these suits; the lasting good shape and wear that pays you in the price you can have them for and the' satisfaction they give. If you're an earnest desire to .' dress right, get Ederheimer Stein clothes. Let the other fellow do as ha likes. Sam'l Rosenblatt S Co. Corner Third and Morrison.' ""TIT s? il 'Si i34 r '-s ' ri ft 5f- W cl II . . . ll THE AMERICAN CLOTHIER will open his new store for business at 283-285 Washington Street, Near Fourth This Morning at 8 A. M. Will Continue Business at First and j F pgr Wii'.-.'.V.V' mokee& c, . ' - A Convincing Experiment Dr. Sabouraud, of the Pasteur Institute, Paris, France, inoculated a rabbit with human dandruff germs, and "in between five and six weeks," says the official report of the Pasteur Institute, "the rabbit was completely de nuded, in fact it had become entirely bald.'! This experiment prove that dandruff is a contagious disease due to the presence, of a microbic growth in the sebaceous glands of the scalp. It also proves that tinless the formation of dandruff is stopped by destroying the dandruff gerru-that it will lead to falling hair and in curable baldness. . NEWBRO'S HERPICIDE Is the original remedy that kills the dandruff germ, and its success in the treatment of dandruff, itching scalp and falling hair is ofttimes little short of marvelous. Send for booklet. Two sizes, 50c and $1.00, at Drugstores. Send 10c in stamps to The Herpicide Co., Dept. N, Detroit, Mich., for a simple. Guaranteed nnder the Food and Drags Act, June 30, 1906. Serial No. 915. BE SURE YOU GET HERPICIDE For sale at all drugstores.- Applications at prominent barbershops. Morrison Sts.