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Aerial navigation, or ballooning, Is getting much attention these times; and the New York World happOy illustrates Mr. Bryan's politi cal method by representing him as Snlllno (IWDV Itltrt tVia clv in t n i nH Chariot carried by two balloons, one of them representing "Government pwnershlp," the other "Railroad ?ontrol by the states." Perceiving what a storm he had raised In his party by his declaration In favor of ownership by the National Sovernment, and wUllrtg to show a catholicity of spirit, that would as readily teach that the earth is round r flat, just as the school directors slight require, Mr. Bryan now attacks sir. Roosevelt because he Is urging She Incorporation by the General Gov ernment of all railroads engaged In Dterstata commerce, with supervision If their management and operation under laws to be enacted by Con tress. The man who a little while igo pronounced, after full delibera tion, as he declare!, for - Covernment wnershlp. now tells the country that even supervision, by National authority sould result in extinction of the states. and therefore must be rejected. "Not lnce the days of Alexander Hamil ton," he declares, "has such a doctrine of centralization been advanced as this suggestion by the President. It would practically place the government of the states in Washington." It would practically be an assertion t Washington of the power to regu late commerce among the states, dis tinctly granted by the Conrtitution, (This always has been a constitutional power. It stands Jn the original ln- ltruraent, affirmed In express terms, Hitfrerto Congress has not employed the power as It should have done. Henoe great abuses have grown up, President Roosevelt now urges that this power shall be asserted and em ployed; and to make Its employment effective he would have a National In corporation act covering corporations engaged In Interstate commerce, woull .oblige all corporations or other per sons engaged m commerce between the states to conform to Its provisions and requirements, and would have Congress provide such further laws and regulations as might be necessary to make such supervision and control effective. What right of the states would this extinguish T Congress would simply bo Coing what I the itates cannot do, and, moreover. Con gress would be doing what the Con stltutlon of the United States expressly authorizes It to do. The states wouldn't lose a single funotlon they possess how. ' This attempted scare about the rights and powers of the states, and government of the states from Wash ington, is an extremely shallow. expe dlent. It Is an echo .of a folly about centralization" which the country has outgrown. In Jefferson's day it had rogue and power. Now it has neither, There are certain great abuses to be surbed and extinguished. The Gen ral Government is expressly endowed with power to deal with them, and the country Insists that it shall deal with them. Mr. Bryan's attempt to raise the ghost of "state rights" is ridicu lous. It Is a pity Cat so amiable a man should be so shallow. But is that always an attribute of your very ami able men? Telegraphic reports of the loss of the steamship. Queen Christina indi cate that the British freighter has found a resting-place near or possibly on the identical spot where the Broth er Jonathan disappeared more than forty years ago. The Brother Jona than was an ancient wooden steamer dispatched from San Francisco for Portland, in an overloaded condition, I and became unmanageable in a storm. She was wrecked July 30, 1865, leav ing but twenty survivors out of a total of 119 passengers and 55 crew. Port land was a small city at that time, and Oregon a sparsely settled country, apd for that reason the heavy loss of life affected every one in the state. There has been some Improvement in the ancient craft which ply on the Portland-San Francisco route, but even the recent tragedy of the Columbia has not resulted in the placing in serv ice of anything like a modern steam ship, nor has it reduced the number of passengers who seem willing to take chances In the Brother Jonathans now on the route. THE BULL, Bull Run will do. Our finical and fastidious folk seem to us not to know an honest name when they see It. To suggest that Bull Run Is an indecent name. Isn't that now a suggestion of indecency itself? The bull has a splendid place in literature and hiBtory. From the be ginning of human time down to our own day the bull has had an honor able record. He has even a sacred record. He was worshiped in Egypt; he was offered up as a burnt sacrifice or sin-offering in Israel, for placation of the Deity; he has been one of the great sources of civilization and of human progress, in all times. We shall only make ourselves ridiculous by pretending to squeamishness about the bull. For the buil and his . progeny have been the chief supporters and com forters of the human race. Man's condition on the earth, without him, would still be that of the savages of America, where the bull (except the untamable buffalo) was unknown. In America there was no bull or ox to draw the plow; no cow to give milk for infantile humanity; no butter or cheese; no beefsteaks; no ox-tail soup. The chief reason why the Eastern hemisphere developed great civiliza tions while the Western hemisphere remained . in savagery was the pres ence of the bull in one and his ab sence In the other. Had not the bull been brought to America, never would or could there have been any uplift of humanity here. Homer wasn't ashamed of the bull. nor Ezekiel, nor Shakespeare. He is the source of ' innumerable noble similes by a multitude of great writers. An age of prudery may af fect to treat him with disrespect; but the honest and noble bull will hold his honorable place among men, nev ertheless. The Oregonian ventures to think that the name of Bull Run will remain. Ors shall we also be ashamed of beefsteaks, butter and cheese? Mil HENEY'S INTOLERANCE. Mr. Hearst's coquetry with a cer tain element in the Republican party has extended to San Francisco, and we are treated to the improving spectacle of an alliance between" the millionaire adventurer and Mr. Ryan. This is the outward aspect of the af fair. In soul and spirit he is in alli ance with the faction that marches under the felonious banner of Schmitz and takes Its orders for the campaign from the penitentiary. By dividing the decent vote of the city between- Ryan and Taylor, those who are in sympathy with government by graft hope to secure the election of McCar thy, who is the candidate of Schmitz and represents all that Mr. Heney and his allies are fighting in San Fran cisco. The compact for mutual aid and support between Mr. Hearst and the most debased faction in San Francisco politics may he attributed partly to predilection and partly to spite. Had Mr. Heney consented to make Dwyer Mayor in place of the deposed Schmitz he might now be in the full enjoyment of the gracious smiles of the head of the Independence League and might read his glories reflected every day In the pages of the brilliantly intellectual newspaper which Mr. Hearst controls; for Dwyer was the Hearst candidate. Heney, however, had the temerity to appoint Taylor to the chair which Schmitz had vacated for the public good, and then the trouble began, as trouble always does begin,' and con tinue, too, when Mr. Hearst falls to get his own way. The unpardonable attacks which the Examiner now makes upon Mr. Heney are intended, of course, to punish him for his disobedience by thwarting the great work of civic reform in which he is engaged. It is conceivable that they might contribute to this very, un desirable result In two ways. Their newspaper attacks might make Mr, Heney so odious to the public that he could not hold up his head In court. If every available Juryman should come to believe that he was a man of contemptible character, actuated by low motives and aiming at base pur poses, of course he could thencefor ward accomplish nothing against the grafters whom he has undertaken to prosecute. Mr. Heney's reputation for integrity and undeviatlng devotion to the public good Is perhaps the most valuable asset he possesses in the ex traordinary work he is doing. It would be of little avail for him to be known as a fighter unless the publio believed that he was fighting for a strictly unselfish purpose. The Hearst attacks upon his character, therefore, are skillfully planned for their nefari ous purpose. But their effect is less ened, probably altogether nullified, by the fact that everybody understands Mr. Hearst and his newspapers. Praise and blame from that source are alike discounted because nobody dreams that they are sincere. If Mr. Hearst praises it is because he hopes to reap advantage from the man he lauds. If he blames it Is because he has failed to receive that servile obedience which he exacts as the price of his favor. Again, an insidious and unrelenting newspaper warfare, such as the Ex amlner has undertaken to wage upon Mr. Heney, might break the spirit and destroy the resolution of some men. It might harry them Into a fit of disgust with the public service which demands the most toilsome de votion and so often repays It with con tumely and ingratitude. But it may be asserted very confidently that Mr. Heney is not that kind of a man. De traction seems to stimulate rather than depress him. He thrives upon ingratitude and relishes calumny as other men do praise. He attaoks his work wiUi a passion which opposition only fans into a fiercer flame. It would be difficult to Imagine anybody speaking of Mr. Heney as a tolerant man. On the contrary he is intensely intolerant. He is a good hater, as the great apostle of common sense in mor ality used to say, and he has selected the objects of his hatred with a keen and beneficent discrimination. Is It not Mr. Heney's intolerance that makes him efficient? Have we not made too , much of a fetich for the last fifty years of that limp and spineless doll which is called "tolera tion" ? ' Is the man who hates noth ing, blames nothing and fights noth ing of much account in the world? Has the human race advanced by fondling its enemies or by siaying them? The so-called virtue of toler ance is a highly composite affair made up of Indolence, cowardice and In difference with other less conspicuous ingredients. One who believes noth ing strongly is quite willing that everybody else should believe anything or nothing as they please. All faiths can live together in a happy family when all of them are half dead, but not otherwise. A man who sees little difference between vice and virtue can discover no. reason for violent attacks upon vice. What Is the use of mak ing such a fuss over tweedle dum and tweedle dee? Wrong left to itself flourishes and spreads throughout civil society like a corroding cancer. It can be checked only by positive opposition, and men will never oppose It effective ly unless they hate it. It is the flam ing passion for righteousness that has saved the world in all its crises, and it is that same passion that must save us now from the corruption that Is eat ing its way to the vitals of govern ment in our municipalities. Mr. He ney is peculiarly the man for the times because he is of relentless intol erance for what he knows is wrong. And that there is so much of wrong in our politics everywhere is because of the easy, indolent tolerance which we have cultivated thinking it was a vir tue, when In reality it is an unpardon able vice. In matters of fashion and taste it is well to tolerate the most diverse .conduct; where principle Is In volved, toleration invariably signifies a yielding to evil. WALL STREET'S LOSSES. The late Thomas Ochiltree was once bewailing the results of a poker game In which he lost $5000, of which "two dollars was cash." The present pre dicament of several hundred Wall street gamblers is in some respects not dissimilar . from that of the famous poker-playlng Southerner. Heinze, Morse and their retinue are reported to have lost upwards of $50,000,000 when a "showdown" in the game was called for last week. This is a large number of dollars, but, like the collat eral used by Colonel Ochiltree n the poker game, it was not all a cash loss. These theoretical losses have been going on in Wall street for several months. In fact, their extent Is so great that it Is estimated that the shrinkage in values since January 1 has reached a total of $3,000,000,000. Now there has been no destruction of real intrinsic values in any or all com modities in the United States that would even approximate such a figure. On the contrary, there has been an enormous creation of real tangible -property possessing great value. The most unfortunate feature of the present situation lies in the inability of the promoters of perfectly legiti mate financial and industrial under takings to escape all of the evil ef fects of the work of the high-finance gamblers. The overdose of air and water to which so many American se- curlites have been treated has had a tendency to throw suspicion on all kinds of stocks and bonds. Even the production of $6,000,000,000 worth of farm products, for which the whole world is waiting, will not have the beneficial effect it would have had If we were not now passing through a-i era of drastic liquidation. The for eigners on whom we expect to unload the most of our crops have in the past been liberal purchasers of American stocks and bonds, and they have not always escaped those of the gold-brick class. As a result, they now prefer to send over In payment for our wheat, cotton, corn, etc., the securities of which they have become suspicious. These securities must be absorbed by a market that Is already stagger ing under the load placed on it since the "rich man's panic" began. For tunately for the Pacific Northwest, we have been selling no Inflated securities to the foreigners, or to any one else, and we will insist on being paid in cash for all of the products which we have for sale. The enormous crops and high prices which are In evidence in Oregon, Washington and Iaho this year quite naturally require a vast sum of money for use in handling them, but the stringency caused while this money is being turned over from buyer to seller will be but temporary, and in a short time money will be more plentiful here than ever before. FOR RIVER IMPROVEMENT. The President has announced in un equivocal language that he will do everything that lies in his power to Improve the great waterway.! of the country. His famous trip down the Mississippi River seems to have dem onstrated to his complete satisfaction that in the improvement of the Missis Blppl River lls the most certain relief from the dependence which producers now have on the railroads. The Pres' ident announces that he will, in his forthcoming message, advocate mak ing a deep channel from the Great Lakes to the Gulf, and with such powerful assistance behind the' pro posed improvement there is no doubt about its being pushed to completion. But the interest awakened in the waterways of the country will not all redound to the benefit of the Missis' slppl and its navigable tributaries. The principle Involved in river Im provement is the same on the Colum bia as it is on the Mississippi. Both of these rivers' drain an immense terrl tory in which the transportation prob lem of the people is the most im portant factor in their prosperity. In his discussion of the open-river ques tion and its attendant benefits at Vicksburg yesterday the President stated that in the plan for Mississippi River improvement "we have a policy whose first and direct benefit will come to the man on the farm, the man on the plantation, the tiller of the soil, the man who makes his fortune from what he grows on the soil." This statement applies with even greater force to the Columbia River improve ment, for, while the Mississippi Valley has temporarily neglected its water ways, it has had rail transportation facilities Immeasurably superior to those enjoyed by the dwellers in the territory drained by the Columbia River. River Improvement projects in the past were much hampered by the at tachment to every legitimate river and harbor bill of a large number of worthless measures designed for no other purpose than to draw money Qut of the Treasury and disburse it on useless creeks and harbors adjacent to the weaker precincts of small states men's homes. These numberless schemes tended to bring into disre pute the legitimate demands for money for the improvement of water ways that were an actual necessity In the development of certain sections of the country. Fortunately time and a closer study of the merits of the vari ous projects have served to eliminate these worthless schemes and vastly improve the outlook for those possess ing merit, and It is a certainty that, in the future the Columbia River will re ceive attention in keeping with Its merits. Much has already been accom plished in the face of great obstacles In Washington.and, low that for the first time on record we have the out spoken promise of assistance from the Chief Executive of the Nation, as well as from other prominent statesmen who are in a position to accomplish almost anything they undertake, the open river fr6m the sea to the farthest possible point inland may be regarded as a certainty. The wheat markets yesterday suf fered another slump of large propor tions, Liverpool and Chicago both showing losses of more than three cents per bushel. So long as the market continues to be the football for two opposing factions of specu lators. It will be difficult to determine Just what prices are warranted by the ancient law of supply and demand. The world is undoubtedly facing a short crop, and there is a possibility that the carry-over supplies from the preceding large crop will not be suf ficient to make up the deficiency. This proving true, present prices and per haps still higher prices are warrant ed, both at home and abroad. There is nothing in legitimate conditions. however, that warrants a decline of three cents In one day, followed by an advance of equal proportions twenty four hours later. Hysterical specu lation is at present the most Important factor in the making of wheat prices. The pictured face of Mrs. W. ' E. Walling, the American Socialist, who. with her husband, was arrested in St. Petersburg, is that of a dreamer an idealist. It recalls that of Margaret Fuller, a talented, cultured, intense American woman, a friend and co worker of Emerson, A. Bronson Al- cott, Horace Greeley and other work ers along lines of reform, Idealistic rather than practical, in the middle years of t,he past century. Mrs. Wall ing is doubtless a woman who has the gentle courage of her convictions, the tenacious, dogmatic purpose of the Idealist. Such a woman, is not pur posely, but is nevertheless surely, a mischief-maker when she engages In the work of the political reformer, and in the land of the autocrat is more than likely to -get Into serious trouble. Citizens of 'Coos Bay are preparing to gather a half dozen towns, or em bryo cities, under one municipal gov ernment, and by this means secure a city containing something like 12,000 Inhabitants and over twenty miles of deep waterfront. This seems to bean incomparable opportunity to demon strate the truth of the declaration "In union there is strength," and incident ally to demonstrate the direct effect Iveness of the Initiative. With energy consolidated and ambition stimufated and envy dissipated, an enterprising and progressive community will in due time realize the dream of a city on Coos Bay. The plan Is as yet undevel oped, but It Is considered a promising one. Tacoma is up in arms against the arrival of a powder ship at her wharves. The Montara reached there Monday with 5000 cases of dynamite and 6000 cases of powder, an amount sufficient to blow up everything within a radius of two miles. A dispatch says that "hundreds of people were at the dock to see the steamer tie up." Had this explanation of their presence not been given, the casual reader who no ticed the protest might get the impres slon that the hundreds went down to the dock to see the steamer blow up. The actions and the talk of these citi zens are somewhat conflicting. Portland bank clearings for the first two days of this week exceeded $3, 300,000, or approximately $1,000,000 more than on the corresponding date last year. Bank deposits in this city are several millions greater than last year, and the commercial and finan cial situation as a whole is In excellent shape. It requires a large sum of money to move the largest wheat crop on record, especially when the price also is near the high record mark, but the Portland bankers and business men seem to be equal to the occasion The goose-bone orchestra Is remiss in its duty. It should be working overtime these glorious Autumn days to give us music prognosticating a cold, cold Winter. As It is, the only thing that breaks the monotony of bright days and balmy airs is the muf fled voice of the growler, who, driven to extremity, takes the foggy jnornings of the last week as the keynote of his complaints. The assumption that Portland Maine, is a better known city than Portland, Oregon, is entirely erron eous. Cables from foreign ports ad dressed to shipmasters in Portland without the name of the state, are continually turning up In Portland, Oregon, although Intended for Port land, Maine. An aged man In New England says he waited over eighty years for his au tomobile. Perhaps the chief reason for his length of days is in the fact. as suggested by this statement, that he has waited for trouble to come to him instead of going out to -hunt or meet it. When they make one city out of all the towns on Coos Bay, let the com munities vote for a slogan the same day they name the metropolis of Southwestern Oregon. It would be cowardly to leave this Important ques tlon to posterity. The Filipinos greeted Taft as "the future President of the United States." As they neglected to place a time limit on the futurity phase of the matter. Jonathan Bourne need dis play no uneasiness for a while yet. St. Louis seems to have had strenuous day keeping out of the way of bulky balloons and dodging ballast bass. STATE LOSES BY HAY TREATY Federal Provision Nullifies Wash ington's Inheritance Tax Law. OLYMPIA. Wash., Oct. 22. (Special.) This state will lose $500 inheritance tax on the estate of Samuel Walker, who died in Spokane County, and may lose many thousands all because of a treaty negotiated with Great Britain in 1900 by John Hay when Secretary of State. That year the treaty was made which contained a provision that Englishmen in this country could de vise their personal estate to persons living in the old country, and that no duties nor charges other than those exacted from citizens of this country would be exacted. Washington's in heritance tax. law provide for a 25 per cent tax on all inheritances of for eigners, and the state had confidently expected to collect $500 oh the $2000 estate willed by Mr. Walker to his relatives in England, but this treaty was discovered and Tax Commissioner T. D. Rockwill says it is higher than the state law and that the estate Is exempt under the $10,000 exemption allowed by the law to state recipients of bequests. Search of the treaties made by the United States shows that Argentina, Austria-Hungary, Batavia and Bulgaria probably have similar provisions. This will cut down state re ceipts from inheritance tax consider ably, as a great deal of property has been diverted to foreign residents. BONDING ISSUE IS DEFEATED Hood River Taxpayers Reject Prop osition, for New Water System. HOOD RIVER. Or.. Oct. 22. (Spe cial.) The election yesterday on the question of issuing $70,000 In bonds for constructing a city water system was a- defeat for the proposition to bond, the vote, standing 85 against to 58 for. As soon as the result was announced the City Council met and voted to hold another election in order to give the people an opportunity to vote on the proposition of buying the old plant at the figure offered to the city, $40,000 with an additional $10,000 to improve the plant. As soon as the required notification can be given this election will take place and Is expected to finally decide the question of munici pal ownership of Hood River s water system. Campbell la Bound Over. PENDLETON. Or., Oct. 23. (Special.) J. L. Campbell, the butcher employed by the Garden City Packing Company, arrested on a charge of attempt ing to extort money from Daniel O'Connor, father of James O'Connor, accused of picking the . pockets of Manager Reinhold Harris, of the meat company, Is in the County Jail await ing the action of the Circuit Court, to which he was bound over this morn ing. So far all efforts to Induce Campbell to confess and Implicate others in the attempt to compound a felony and extort money have failed. Southern Pacific Complains. OREGON CITY, Or., Oct. 22. (Spe cial.) The Southern Pacific Company is so far the only corporation that has filed -a complaint with the Board of Equalization, now in session, over the amount of its assessed valuation. County Assessor Nelson stated this afternoon that there was no likelihood of a reduction being made. The South ern Pacific Company is assessed at $19,000 per mile, which is an Increase of $7000 per mile over last year, and a total Increase of about $176,000. The company has 21 miles of track In this county, and this does not include the trackage of the Oswego branch. Monthly Payments for Troops. VANCOUVER BARRACKS, Wash Oct. 22. (Special.) Orders have been is sued for the monthly payment of the troops of the Department of the Colum bia. The troops at Forts Law-ton, Casey lumbia, Canby, Walla Walla, Wright, and Vancouver Barracks will be paid by Ma jor Thomas C. Goodman. The troops at oFrts Lawton, Casey, Worden and Flagler wih be paid by Cap tain Edward P. Orton. The troops at Forts Davis, Egbert, Gibbon and St, Michael, Alaska, will be paid by officers performing the duty of special disburs ing agents Cbehalls Wants New Water System. CHEHALIS, Wash., Oct. 22. (Spe cial.) Four Councllmen voted favor ably last night to a resolution declar ing that the present water system la Inadequate to the needs and require ments of Chehalis; that it is the in tent, desire and wish of the council that a gravity water system be built. It is proposed to issue bonds and the matter will be voted on at the next city election. The source of the pres ent water system is the Newaukum River, about two miles south of town, the water being pumped into a reser voir on the hillside. Makes Dash for Liberty. ROSEBURG. Or., Oct. 22. (Special.) On being taken from the courtroom after conviction on a charge of assault ing Bud Martindale, of Camas Valley, with a dangerous weapon, Frank Smith attempted to escape from Depu ty Sheriffs Slocum and Stewart, but by the rapid and accurate fire of Depu ty Slocum he was brought to a stand etill and soon placed behind the Jail bars. Smith Is to appear In court to morrow to receive his sentence, and it la the opinion that Judge Hamilton will not be at all lenient with him. Forest Rangers Adjourn. ROSEBURG, Or., Oct. 22. (Special.) After several daye of careful study of rules of the department and lnstruc tlons on how to act In the performance of their various duties, the forest rangers' meeting came to a close this afternoon. The time has been spent during the entire convention in giv lng instructions and In training the men upon whose shoulders rests the responsibility of the preservation of the forests. Arrested In New York. OLYMPIA, Wash., Oct. 22. (Special.) tsovernor aieaa today granted a requisition on Governor Hughes, of New York, for John Duffy, wanted in Douglae County on a charge of horse stealing, and who has been located at Silver Springe, Wyoming County, New York. Sheriff A. A. Lytle will go East after the man. ' McBroom Buys Chehalis Paper. CHEHALIS, Wash., Oct, 22. (Spe cial.) The People's Advocate of this city has changed hands, J. H. GIblin having sold his Interests to Elmer Mc Broom. Mr. McEroom comes from Grangeville, Idaho, where he has been publishing the Free Press. Mr. Giblin will devote his attention to private business. Fink Suspects Released. ASHLAND, Or.. Oct. 22. (Special.) The three men held as suspects in con nection with the Flnk boxcar murder, were released from custody this after noon, they having established an alibi to the satisfaction of the authorities. If AMP A MAN FOR MODERATOR 1 Rev. B. B. King Presiding Over the Mennonite Convention. ALBANY. Or.. Oct. 22. (Special.) Rev. B.- B. King, of Nampa, Idaho, has been chosen moderator of the Sunday School Conference of the Mennonite Church on the Pacific Coast in session here today, and Rev. J. P. Bontrager. of Albany, was chosen assistant moderator. The Sunday School Conference began last evening and will conclude tonight. To morrow the church conference proper will begin, and officers will be chosen tomor row morning for that session, which will conclude Thursday evening. Other officers chosen for the Sunday School Conference are: Secretary, Katie Blosser. of Nampa, Idaho; assistant sec retary. Katie Widner. of Albany; choris ter, M. H. Hostetler, of Woodburn; as sistant chorister, Fannie Schragg. of Hub bard; treasurer, C. R. Widner. of Albany; committee .on query box: Bishop D. Hil ty, of Nampa. Idaho; Bishop J. D. Mish ler, of Aurora; L. J. Yoder. of Albany; E. Stanly, of Nampa. Idaho, and N. L. Hershberger, of Hubbard. About 50 delegates from outside places attended the Sunday School Conference today and more ar arriving to attend the church conference tomorrow and Thurs day. The members of the church residing in and near this city bring the total at tendance up to about 100. 4 The Sunday School Conference opened last evening in the W. C. T. U. Hall, where the sessions are being held. Rev. J. P. Bontrager, pastor of the North Al bany Church, welcomed the visitors, and E. Stahly, of Nampa. Idaho, made the re sponse. Organization of the conference was then effected. DEAD OF THE NORTHWEST David C. Kelly, Pioneer and Well- Known Resident of La Grande. LA GRANDE. Or., Oct. 22. (Special.) David C. Kellv died at his home In this city this morning after a protracted Ill ness. Mr. Kelly was born in New aea ford, Mass., February 20, 1S31. He came to Oregon in 1852 and after remaining a short time went to British Columbia and engaged in the mercantile business. He returned to Oregon in 1S63 and set tled at La Grande. In 1870 he was ap pointed by the Secretary of War. agent of the Lapwai Indian Agency in Nez Perce County, Idaho. During his resi dence in La Grande he served several terms as City Recorder and Justice of the Peace. He was city editor of the La Grande Chronicle for several years. Mrs. John Labour. ORBfiOV PITY. Or.. Oct. 22. (Spe cial.) Mrs. John Labour, a well-known resident of Marquam, died this morning at her home, and the funeral will be held at 1 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, the rtmafnn hMner interred in the Miller Cemetery. Mrs. Labour was aged 65 years, and had been a resident of Orearnn for nearlv 30 years. She is survived by a husband and an adopt ed son. SPIRITED OFF TO AVOID TRIAL Fifteen-Year-Old (. Incorrigible Is Taken to Canadian Soil. BELLINGHAM. Wash.. Oct- 22. (Spe cial.) Spirited away in contemplation of an order of the Superior uourt command ing her to appear for trial last Saturday, Ethel Thomas, a 15-year-old Incorrigible, was taken to Milltown, B. C, lastweek and is now being held on Canadian soil. That the girl was abducted from this city and carried away In secret Is the opinion of officers who have been work ing on the case ever since the child failed to appear in court. After vainly searching the girl's home and looking through her usual haunts, the officers were baffled entirely. By questioning the girl's friends they learned hints of her being carried away, and on communica tion with border and Canadian autnorv ties finally located her. Little Call for School Bonds. ASTORIA. Or., Oct. 22. (Special.) In response for bids for $19,000 worth of 5 per cent school district sbonds, running from one to five years, the Board of Edu cation received bids last evening for an aggregate of $9900. Of this amount $4000 was from Morris Bros., or rornana, tne balance from local parties. The board will readvertise for bids on the balance of the loan, which Is made for the pur pose of building additions to the school buildings In order to accommodate the increased number of pupils. Clear Up Suicide Mystery. ABERDEEN, Wash., Oct. 22. (Special.) The mystery surrounding the finding of the body of a man in the river Monday evening was cleared up today. The name of the man is Rudolph Alterman, aged 22. He had been employed in the Cos mopolis Mill for three months, and Is said to have been of unsound mind. He was a native of Germany, and had pro nounced anarchistic views. An autopsy revealed that death had been caused by a bullet In the head. Lutherans Meet In Vancouver. VANCOUVER, Wash., Oct. 22. (Spe cial.) The Columbia Central Lutheran League began Its. seventh annual con vention this evening. The Central League composes all the leagues In the Columbia River Basin. A. large delegation is al ready on hand and It Is expected that fully 200 representatives from the dif ferent states in the Columbia Basin will be here by tomorrow morning. Declares Swayze Elected. PENDLETON, Or.. Oct. 22. (Spe cial.) The Hermiston Councilman election case was decided in the Circuit Court this afternoon . by Judge Bean instructing the Jury to return a verdict for the defendant, F. B. Swayze, and against the plaintiff, J. Means. Notice of appeal was immediately given by Means. Drops Dead From Wagon. EUGENE. Or., Oct. 22. (Special.) James Blllmore. of the Blllmore Transfer Company, fell from his wagon this aiter noon while driving along East Thirteenth street, near Mill, and when found he was dead. It -is thought that he died of heart failure, as indications are that he was dead before falling from the wagon. Benton County's Increase. CORVALLIS, Or., Oct. 22. (Special.) The footings of the assessment roll have been completed, and they show an increase of nearly $1,000,000 in the tax able property of Benton County. The total valuation is $5,409,025, against $4,516,420 last year. Denied New Trial and Sentenced. PENDLETON. Or., Oct. 22. (Special.) The motion for a new trial in the case, of G. A. Gardiner, convicted of stealing a watchin Echo, was argued and overruled by Judge Bean today. Gardiner was sentenced to one year In the state prison. Aeronauts Near Wheeling. WHEELING, - W. Va., Oct. 22. A telephone report from Barnesville, O., 28 miles from this city, says a balloon passed over that place at 9 o'clock (Eastern time) tonight. The balloon is traveling due east and will pass over Wheeling. POTPOURRI BY NANCY LEE. SPEAKING of frankness. A man whose wife is a social light and has a repu tation as a hostess, was asked: "Is your wife entertaining this Winter?" "Not very," was the reply. mm Prior to changing the prefixes of the West Side Pacific States telephones to main, they were designated by red. white, black, etc. A business man calling up a number was connected with the wrong residence, where the phone was answered by a colored maid. "Is this Black 237?" he asked. "Oh, law, no, honey, you got de wrong number." Facetiously he called back, "I may have the wrong number but I certainly got the right color." Senator Levi Ankeny, of Walla Walla, Is the owner of numerous farms through out Oregon and Washington, In fact, so many that he Is unknown to many of his employes. While shooting pheasants in Whitman County, he ran across a party of threshers on one of his farms, and discovered the engineer feeding the straw burning engine with SO-cent wheat for fuel, which of course made a better fire and was labor-saving. Somewhat astonished. Senator Ankeny inquired: "My man, isn't that ratner ex- I pensive fuel?" 'That doesn't make any difference," was the reply. "It belongs to a rich old duffer down in ' Walla Walla, who has more money than he knows what to do with." e On Friday last, the steamer Charmer collided and sank the steamer Tartar at Vancouver. This Is not the first charmer that has caught a tartar, but the attend ant results are usually somewhat differ ent, for while (he Charmer is not serious ly injured, the Tartar is practically a total wreck. e A banker who. had an enviable record at college as an athlete Is now a man of mature years and Inclined to embompolnt. The following story he tells on himself. Expecting to go on a trip, he arrived at the depot Just as the train was slowly starting. Gathering up as much speed as Is possible for a fat man, he yelled at the top of his voice: "Have I time to make It?" One of the passengers poked his head out of the window ana called back: "Yes, you've got the time, but you haven't the speed." e The following conversation was heard between iwo Irishwomen: 'And how's your son Pat?" 'Oh, folne; he's out of the penitentiary now." "Why, I taught he was In for foive years." "Faith, he was, but he behaved so good they let him out in four years. "Ah, Mrs. McCarty, you're to be con gratulated. Phwat a folne thing it is to have vsuch a good boy!" see Writing a column of alleged humor is jiot always an easy matter, as it has been said there are but three original Jokes in the world. A number of years ago S. G. Carpenter, a San Francisco newspaper man. in addition to his duties as City Hall reporter, prepared a humor ous column for the Post, entitling it "Out of the Groove." To test the humor of the Joke, Mr. Carpenter was wont to "try it on the dog," the canine in this case being the City Hall Janitor, whose com ment was so frequently favorable that Carpenter's associates expressed doubts as to the sincerity of the Janitor's opin ion. To satisfy himself. Carpenter con cocted a story utterly void of any point to read to the Janitor, . whereupon the latter laughed uproariously. 'Hold on. you idiot, there's nothing fun ny about that," cried Carpenter. The Janitor, looking chagrined, replied: "Perhaps not, Mr. Carpenter, but It Is as funny as anything you have read ma the last six months." A small lad inquired of his father the definition of "affinity," and received the following reply: "Almost any woman who isn't your wife." A matron of Astoria, who is one of the near social lights of the seaport town, prides herself on her familiarity wilh well-known epigrams, and uses tem on every possible occasion, in most Instances Improperly. Coming up from Astoria she met one of her Portland friends at the Oregon Grill. "Oh," she said, ef fusively greeting him, "how small the world is, after all." A well-known clubman was seated in the Portland hotel grill last week, bored because his physician had placed hi i on a diet. When a group of the visiting Ha waiian girls entered the room and occu pied seats at a round table, he bright ened up perceptibly. One particularly at tractive brunette taking his attention, he commented upon the fact. "If you are so enamored of her, why don't you seek an introduction?" asued his companion. "I would, but the doctor has forbidden me chocolates." George'a Boosters, San Francisco Chronicle. "On my ranch in Sonoma County," re marked George I. at the Fairmont, "I haf two leedle white roosters what I dook dere picture last Sunday." "You took a snap shot at 'em. George?" inquired "Chris." who. if he had his royal rights, might even now be Sven IV of Sweden. "No, no, nod shoot; only make der photograft mid Gus' godack when all der chickens come qudt togeder pie der hen house." "Ah, then you must have made a coup, George ?" "No, I nefer made id. I bodt id mid der ranch from Judge Gook." A FEW SQUIBS. "You reelton dar's any folks llvln' today what BOt faith 'miff ter tell de sun stand still?" "Plenty. But dar ain't a one er 'um what's fool 'nuff ter do it!", Atlanta Constitution. Lois raged 5 proud of her first mourn tnir) "No. thank you, auntie. I do not want the colored crayons. I feel like using only black pencils since my grandpa died." Harper's Bazaar. parlahoner "Yes. Mr. Churchly, I am troubled greatly with Insomnia." Rector "1 shouldn't have thought so. looking at you while I was preaching last Sunday." SomervHle Journal. . "I suppose you will have some great speeches at your- banquet." "Speeches don't make any difference." answered the statesman. "What voters are Interested In now Is whether or not there are any cock tails on the bill of fare." Washington Star. "When Gladys Vanderbllt wants to call Count Sxechenyl to breakfast." says the Des Moines Capital. "It will only be neces sary to go to the foot of the stairs and sneeze." During the day. we suppose, the Count will keep her busy coughing up. Washington Post. I believe in giving the devil his Just dues, and while I oppose him politically. I rec ognize the fact that John Dawson, by his open stand for local option, has shown him self to be.trus blue. Martha Washington Correspondence Maryville (Mo.) Republi can. "Do you believe there is any future for me in politics?'' "Yes." answered Senator Sorghum; "but in these days of graft you want to take mighty good care not to be one of those fellows who start In with fine future and come out with a terrible past." Washington Star. "The more poets the better," remarked the commercial looking person. "Ah. you are a lover of poetry." ventured the liter ary man. "Not so you could notice It." replied the commercial looking person. Tm manufacturing waste baskets." Phil adelphia Record.