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PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY, NOV. IS, 1807.
NOW AT ROCK BOTTOM.
The Merchants National Bank was
Bound; it had all the reserve that It
should have carried, or that any bank
could be expected to carry; its paper
was good, with perhaps the possible ex
ceptions that may be found in all bank
ing business; it has during a short time
paid almost 45 per cent of its deposits,
which is a 'showing extraordinary in
the history of banking; it has resources
enough to pay all the remainder of its
debts. But It has suspended because
' it could not pay all its depositors at
once. It is a victim of rumor concen
trated upon it,. whether by accident or
malice, or both. It has been sus
tained, however, to the limit of the
law by the other banks of the Clear-ing-House
Association, and would have
been sustained filrther had the law al
lowed. What, then, was the matter?
The depositors went wild and rushed
for their money. There was a fever
ish condition of the public mind, that
discharged itself in this particular di
rection, unacr tne ieaa ana spur or
rumor of rumor which In all times
has been among the great forces In
human affairs.
Here is a bank that had deposits a
little exceeding five millions of dollars.
Within six weeks It has liquidated its
deposits to the extent of $2,300,000,
and within two weeks to the extent of
$1. 500, 000. It still owes about $3,000.
000, which its assets, as The Orego
fiian believes, will amply cover. It Is
the Intention of the managers of the
bank to gather in its assets and re
open it.
Noting the steady and persistent run
on this bank, observers hayj feared It
would be forced to close; for there Is
no possibility, in such conditions as
have prevailed during the last three
weeks, of making the necessary turns
and adjustments in time. But the un
reasoning fear that made this bank its
victim has now mostly spen- itself.
The bottom now has been sounded,
and we shall build up again. There
would have been no trouble but for
the speculative undertakings, outside
all the principles of banking, which
brought two establishments to disas
ter, and created an alarm which pre
cipitated itself chiefly upon this one,
that at last has been force' to sus
pend. But from the showing made
is clear that the suspension is only
temporary. The run upon this bank
never would or could have been so se
were but for two reasons: First, mali
cious and persistent rumors; second,
the disastrous experience the people
of Portland have had with other
banks, which, unlike this one, were
plungers and promoters.
With the fear or frenzy that pro
duces a run on a .normally sound bank
it is useless to attempt counsel or rea
son. The fear or frenzy, after it has
gone a certain length, will exhaust itself.-
But the financial stress in Port
land is now virtually over. We have
arrived at bedrock, after a series of
thumps from nrojt unexpected causes.
But from thisday there will be steady
upbuilding, and we may look to com
plete restoration of confidence within
a short time. The assets of the"Mer
chants National Bank will completely
cover its liabilities; while the guar
antee by Mr. Ladd will go far to dis
charge tho obligations of the Title
Guarantee & Trust Company, and
probably will completely discharge
them. And the Oregon Trust Com
pany has resources which there Is
promise of bringing into shape for re
lief of its creditors. Meanwhile the
country le full of all sorts of resources,
with abundance of merchantable com
modities. The worst now is known,
and' business soon! will be normal
again.
WHAT THE RAILROADS WANT.
Mr. Bryan said one true thing at
least in his Milwaukee speech to the
Jefferson Club on Monday night. His
remark that the railroads desire Na
tional incorporation in orde.' to escape
state regulation is indisputable. Nor
can it be denied that they have no
very keen relish for more Federal con
trol. What they want is by hook or
crook to escape from control of any
sort. The taste of power has been
sweet to the transportation magnates
for these many years, and it comes
hard to them to forego the luxury.
Still National incorporation does not
necessarily mean escape from control.
The National Government Is really no
farther from the people than the gov
ernments of the states. In many re
spects it is nearer to the masses and
more responsive to a genuine popular
demand. Thus we had a rate law
from Congress before there were any
effective ones in the states. The Na
tional pure food law also set the ex
ample to the states for similar legis
lation It is an egregious blunder to suppose
that the Federal Government is re
mote from the people and irrespon
sive to popular demands. Upon the
whole It yields to the wishes of the
electorate more readily than do the
State Legislatures; and If there is a
genuine demand throughout the coun
try for regulation: of the railroads,
such regulation can be obtained more
readily under National incorporation
than it can now. There would also
be the enoTmous additional advantage
that regulation would be uniform and
the destructive conflict between state
and Federal rules would cease.
As a matter of fact, there is no pos
sibility of drawjng a clean line of de
marcation between interstate and In
trastate railroads. They merge Into
one onother in practice precisely as
they do in ownership, and it is idle
to expect that state laws can be en
acted for the regulation of commerce
which will not infringe upon the
National power, or National laws
which will not infringe upon state
rights. Here as elsewhere our dual
system of government so beautiful in
theory tends to break down in prac
tice. Where the system proves un
workable why not frankly abandon it
and adopt those governmental meth
ods which the welfare of the Nation
requires? Are we doomed to live for
ever in a ceaseless conflict of jurisdic
tion between some half hundred imag
inary petty sovereignties and the one
real sovereignty which is capable of
managing the affairs of the Nation?
CAUGHT NAPPING.
In the course of his long and dys
peptic career Thomas Carlyle had
some very bitter things to say about
"government by palaver," as he sneer
ingly called the representative system.
Some of his strictures were Justified
and some were not; but the latest
news from Washington carries an im
plicit satire worse than anything ever
uttered by the great Scotch pessimist.
It seems that Just this moment,
when the country has need of the rip
est wisdom in the conduct of its finan
cial legislation, Congress is completely
helpless. Legislation can only be car
ried on through the regular commit
tees on banking and finance, and it
turns out that thes- committees are
worse than none. Somj of the mem
bers are known to be corrupt; some
are decrepit with age and some don't
know much about finance or anything
else.
Mr. Cannon, as Speaker of the
House, has used, the committee on
finance and banking as a sort of asy
lum for incapables. When an honora
ble member showed himself to belong
to what edu :atlonists call the "belat
ed" class he was quietly disposed of
by immuring him among his fellows
on that committee which regulates our
currency system. If such a policy has
always prevailed "In Congress, it is no
wonder that we have financial troubles.
The perennial nature of those troubles
leads one to surmise that Mr. Cannon,
in thus disposing of Congressional
nonentities, has only followed a tlme,
worn precedent.
But is It not pleasing to think that
just now, when we need some sound
financial legislation in the worst way,
we cannot have it because those finan
cial committeemen who are not fools
are either senile or corrupt? Proba
bly Mr. Cannon, apart from his desire
to follow precedent In tltus making up
his committee on finance and banking,
supposed that the course of events
would "stand pat" as long as he might
find it convenient. The course of
events, however, has an unlucky trick
of not standing pat. It'moves despite
the wishes of Speakers and Presiden
tial candidates, and it often moves in
a way to blight their fondest expecta
tions. Owing to this perversity of
events, the Speaker now finds himself
confronted with serious financial prob
lems and nobody available to 'solve
them except a committee composed of
Congressional know-nothings.
. GERMAN RECIPROCITY.
The reciprocity agreement between
Germany and the United States may
prove to ' be the opening wedge that
will lead to the splitting asunder of
the entire tariff structure. This agree
ment was practically forced on the
United States after years of wrangling
attended by Increasing bitterness in
the commercial circles affected. The
United States, relying on that ancient
but bogus belief that we could get
along In business independent of all
the rest of the world, held out s,o long
that in certain lines, especially the
meat trade, our exports to Germany
have been seriously affected. But as
soon as the preferential tariff went
Into effect, last Summer, the French
began to display a "hankering" for
trade concessions similar to those
which we had granted the Germans.
This might have been expected, for
there are a great many similar com
modities handled by both German and
French exporters, and to make fish of
one and fowl of the other Is not a sys
tem designed to Increase amicable re
lations between this country and the
one which is being discriminated
against.
The "Ancient Association of Stand
patters," sometimes known as the
American Protective League, has made
such, a violent uproar over the prefer
ential agreement that there Is a possi
bility of an attempt to repudiate- the
agreement as soon as Congress meets.
As the matter has attracted so much
attention, the Department of Com
merce and Labor has issued a bulletin
giving some very interesting statistics.
The agreement went Into effect July 1,
and the figures for the three months
following that date for the past hve
years are as follows:
Three Months. Imports. Kxports.
1B3 S.-i0,8!)6.7S9 $.13.016.r.O
1-10 32,322.827 35.174.125
litt5 34,207,8117 4.508.21l
11III0 ; 3.S.27S.453 40.O2S.33U
1U07 43,S44,4U5 50,307,004
-There is nothing very appalling in
these figures, even- from a protection
standpoint, for, compared with the
same period in the last year under the
old system, we seem to have made
nearly as good a gain in exports as
the Germans made in imports. The
difference is nearly all explainable in
the single item of cotton, there being
a decrease of nearly 30,000,000 pounds
in the three months of 1907 as com
pared with the same date last year.
In cotton fabrics and laces we bought
less from Germany this year than last.
There was a slight increase in the
value of the wines imported, and silk
arid paper manufactures were figured
heavier this year than last. In toys
we apparently imported $600,000
worth more this year than last, and
there was an Increase of $800,000 in
the value of wool dress goods as com
pared with the corresponding three
months last year.
The showing on the whole, however,
is not distressing to the consumer, who
must foot the bills. The protected
trusts may object to this slight in
crease in imports over exports, but the
consumer who profited by them will
not complain. Consequently, as this
is a country where the "greatest good
for the greatest number" is supposed
to be the correct precept, and the con
sumers outnumber the, trusts, the Ger
man tariff agreement will probably
stand, and we may be obliged to add
France to the preferred list.
ANOTHER SUBSIDY FARCE.
There appear to be limitations to the
height to which the star of empire
can rise, even" In Japan. Soon after
the little brown men of Nippon
bluffed Russia" Into believing that she
was defeated they entered on a career
of commercial expansion which in
volved the sea as well as the land.
With all the abandon of a drunken
sailor spending his "advance," they
bought steamships not singly and in
pairs, but in fleets. In their excessive
haste to become In the fullest sense,
without delay, a world- power, they
ransacked the seaports of the world
and at enormously high prices ' pur
chased an immense amount of tonnage
that other seagoing nations were ready
to discard in favor of newer and 'more
economical carriers. The government
fostered the plan' with a large subsidy,
and for the past two, or three years
there has been a great fleet of Japan
ese tonnage roaming the seas in search
of business.
The rise of the Japanese merchant
marine was referred to in glowing
terms by every subsidy grafter in the
United States, and so much, noise was
made over it that some misguided
people were Inclined to believe that
the flag of Nippon was destined to re
place all others on the ocean high
ways of the world. The Seattle Post
Intelligencer," San Francisco Call and
other able exponents of the theory
that artificial methods alone can pro
duce a merchant marine made fre
quent mention of the Japanese subsi
dized fleet in comparing it with that
of the United States, always to our dis
advantage. Now .comes Consul-General
Miller with a report to the State
Department in which he shows that
something besides a subsidy is neces
sary to make a success of the ship
ping business. He Incloses a clipping
from the Japan Chronicle which reads
as follows:
The workings of even the more prominent
steamship companies, such as the Osaka
Shoren Kaisha, Nippon Yusen Kaisha and
Toyo Klsen Kaisha are found to be very
unsatisfactory. It is known that the work
ings of . the Osaka Shoren Kaisha for the
last two periods and the Nippon Tusen
Kaisha and the Toyo Klshen Kaisha for the
last business period have resulted In some
loss and it is feared that the result may be
the same for the present period. Unlike busi
ness on land, the shipping business has to
meet with peculiar and keener competition
and so it is less lucrative than business on
land. Lately the companies have been
placed In a very trying position through the
Btrong competition resulting from the gen
eral increase, in bottoms without a corre
sponding increase in freight and passengers.
In the experience of this heavily
subsidized fleet of Japan are fully il
lustrated the shortcomings of the sub-r
sidy system. The Pacific was the prin
cipal field for operation for this fleet,
and it was here that it met the compe
tition of which the Japan paper com
plains. This competition did not come
from any subsidized fleet, but from
steamers flying the British and Ger
man flags and operating without a
penny of subsidy. The Japanese have
much to learn about the shipping
business, almost as ..tuch as some of
our own people who pretend to believe
that a subsidy alone is needed to ena
ble us to meet the competitors who
have no subsidies.
But a steamship will burn just a.3
much coal under the Japanese flag as
under any other banner, and, while a
Japanese crew may work for smaller
wages than are paid other seamen and
engineers, they have yet to demon
strate that they are anywhere near the
equals of the men in charge of the
vessels with which they compete. The
Japanese are correct In assuming that
the shipping business "is unlike busi
ness on land." After they learn more
about it they will doubtless abandon
the subsidy feature and operate on a
business basis, or else retire and leave
It to others.
f
Anthracite coal was first burned In
a grate by Judge Jesse Fell in the old
Fell tavern in Wilkesbarre, Pa., on
February 11, 1808. Up to that time
this coal, generally called "stone coal,"
owing to its hardness, had no commer
cial value. Today the- world might
move, but its great Industrial enter
prises would stop, without anthracite.
In view of this fact, the centennial of
the use of anthracite will be celebrated
in the great coal city of Pennsylvania
on the date above named, at which
time the achievements in the commer
cial and industrial world made possi
ble by the favor of King Coal will be
duly chronicled. The event will be an
Interesting- one, unless its celebration
becomes too heavy with the facts and
figures that bear upon it.
General MacKenzie, Chief of Army
Engineers, in his annual report recom
mends the appropriation at the coming
session of Congress of ' the $1,700,000
authorized for completion of the Co
lumbia River jetty. He also recom
mends that the sum of $70,000 or $80,
000 be expended for new boilers for
the dredge Chinook. In a degree the
latter appropriation is fully as impor-
tant as that for completion of the
jetty, for during the brief period in
which ihe Chinook worked on the bar
much was accomplished in opening up
a deeper channel. The Jetty, when
completed in accordance with present
plans, will undoubtedly give the port
an adequate depth of water for pres
ent needs, but there, will always be
some shifting of sands and the 'dredge
will be of Invaluable assistance in stir
ring up the river bottom so that the
strong current caused by the Jetty can
sweep it away and keep the channel in
good condition at all seasons of the
year.
The remarkable prosperity of this
country and the underlying strength of
our business situation have caused the
present stringency to be somewhat
mystifying to foreigners. At the same
time they seem to have a pretty good
idea of the general situation, and do
not regard it as more than temporary.
The Liverpool Corn Trade News, -in
discussing the present situation as
compared with that of 1893, says that
"there seems to be not the slightest
reason to apprehend any long continu
ance of the present disorganization,
for the American commercial world at
its heart's core must be perfectly
sound, whereas on the former occasion
Its 'sickness- was a serious and pro
longed one." So far as the local situ
ation is concerned, the Corn Trade
News brings exceedingly comforting
news in the prediction that there wili
be no further decline in wheat prices,
which the News recalls dropped to 64
cents per bushel in Chicago in 1892.
I -
Armed Japanese poachers are raid
ing .the Copper Island seal preserve
and have secured several thousand
skin3; An official protest has -been
made to the Japanese government by
Russia, but In view of the "honorable"
manner in which the Japanese regard
such matters, it is hardly probable
that anything further will be heard of
the protest. The Japanese are not
bound by any of the restrictions which
the Paris tribunal placed on American,
Russian and British sealers, and from
fheir conduct during the past two sea
sons they, seem determined to abide
by Kipling's famous statement that
"never a law of God nor man got
north of fifty-three."
In 1893 the Commercial National
bank and the Ainsworth National
Bank were forced to close their doors.
But after a while they both resumed.
The Commercial National, after a
while, passed into the hands of the
Wells-Fargo Company, and finally to
the United States National Bank; into
which, after a further time, the Ains
worth National Bank, which had re
opened -within a short time after the
crisis of 1893, was merged.. A
heavy -run was made on the Mer
chants National in 1893, but It came
through, and afterwards built up rap
idly. It is interesting to recall these
facts now.
The American Federation of Labor
is in session at Jamestown', and Presi
dent Gompers yesterday made a
speech in which he told of the unions'
patriotism. In the circumstances it is
hardly probable that he again referred
to ex-Mayor Schmitz, of San Fran
cisco, in the flattering language he
used a few years ago when he termed
the man who is now in stripes as "the
greatest American citizen since Abra
ham Lincoln."
The gloomy prediction' made last
month thatthe price of beer. was to be
advanced all over the United States,
due to the increased cost of produc
tion, including the pending demand
for higher wages by employes in brew
eries, has not been fulfilled. The rea
son is simple. Laborers are not at
presejit making demands for Increase
in pay, being satisfied if they can hold
their Jobs at prevailing rates.
It is a fact to be noted and remem
bered that the banks of the Clearing
House Association of Portland stood
by the Merchants National to the
limit of the law, and would have seen
it through but for legal restrictions.
The notion- that has been entertained,
therefore, that there is no loyalty on
the part of the banks to each other
had no foundation whatever.
A Pocatello dispatch announces the
sale of a 1200-acre farm by the Mor
mons to a Gentile for $96,000. The
Item says that the transaction is re
garded as evidence of the intention of
the Mormons to retire from that part
of Idaho. This does not necessarily
follow. It might be evidence that the
Mormons are sharp traders in real es
tate. The Mexican authorities will execute
three Americans who have been found
guilty of murdering some inoffensive
men on whom they had first placed
large life Insurance policies. The
men are to be shot, and, so long as
the punishment only mildly fits the
crime,-there will be no protest from
Uncle Sam.
It was a gallant fight that was jmt
up by the Merchants National. No
better, ever. But no bank could stand
hammering like that. Satisfied with
having closed It, frenzied eagerness
will now quit; the Merchants will re
cover and the other banks of the city
will find little more molestation.
Will the question "What shall we do
with our ex-Presidents?" be put as to
Mr. Roosevelt? Possibly; but you
may lay your wager on one fact no
body will propose to Oslerize him.
Agreement between the little repub
lics of Salvador, Honduras and Nica
ragua to maintain peace indicates that
the several presidents have been read
ingwith profit the 133d psalm.
If he really didn't need a little gen
tle exercise, we couldn't forgive so big
a man as Cleveland for going after
such small' game. as rabbits.
Commencing tomorrow, let's change
the topic and talk about' Willamette
Valley apples and our delightful In
dian Summer.
After an exclusive three weeks' diet
of peanuts, a Nebraska man died.
Even vegetarianism can be carried a
step too far.
None of the faro banks, are asking
for receivers, notwithstanding their
principal function is to receive the
rhonej. ,
Tammany won't be represented at
the Bryan dinner. There's where the
refreshment committee saves a dollar.
! SCHOONER IS NEARLY SEIZED
Cruiser Buffalo Makes Close Exam
ination Before Release.
VICTORIA, B. C, Nov. 12. The seal
ing schooner Dora Siewerd had a nar
row escape from seizure in Bering Sea
by the cruiser Buffalo, which this sea
son was added to the revenue cutters in
the patrol fleet, according to the cap
tain of the Dora Siewerd, Just returned.
His vessel was boarded by a Lieuten
ant and men from the Buffalo, and he
vaa taken on board the warship with
his papers, while the skins were ex
amined for gunshot w"ounds. Three
trips were made to the Buffalo, and the
warship's commander finally released
the schooner, saying he- would give
them the benefit of the- doubt which
existed whether they were Inside the
60-mile limit.
Deputy Sheriff Mortally Wounded.
WALLA WALLA, Nov. 12. (Special.)
Deputy Sheriff Allan Byrnes, of Walltila,
was brought here today with a bullet
wound in his head, received from the ac
cidental discharge of his revolver. Lit
tle hope Is entertained for hU recovery.
The Injured man Is one of the most pop
ular and successful officers In Walla
Walla County. He has a wife and three
children. For several years he has been
the Bole representative of the law at
Wallula, ami through his stern and un
relenting methods in handling the hobos
that make that point a stopping place
he is known and feared by all classes of
criminals.
Wllkeson Mines Closed.
TACOMA, v.ash., Nov. 12. (Special.)
No overtures have been made so far by
either side in the coal mine strike at
Wilkeson, where 400 'men refused to work
yesterday. Word was received from Car
bonado that the men. there are satisfied
and no trouble Is expected. Henry Hew
itt, Jr., president of the coal company,
said today that a laborer contractor want
ed to furnish men with families from
mines in Iowa, Illinois and Indiana, but
the proposal was rejected. "We will
make no attempt to open the mines for
30 days, and I think the sensible ones will
return to work by that time."
Suspend Timber Proofs 8 0 Days.
LA GRANDE, Or., Nov. 12. (Special.)
The register and receiver of the local
United States Land Office today received
Instructions from the General Land Of
fice at Washington to suspend proofs for
SO days in all cases wherein they are sat
isfied that the applicants cannot with
draw their money from the banks to
make the required payments. This or
der will not only be of great benefit to
the applicants for public lands whose
money is tied up In the banks, but on
account of the recent great rush to pur
chase timber lands will be a great relief
to the banks.
Fighting Saloons In Oregon. City.
OREGON CITY, Or., Nov. 12. (Spe
cial). Dr. Irwin S. Chapman opened
the fight for the enactment of the pro
posed excise ordinance last night in
the First Baptist Church. Dr. Chap
man did not discuss the moral phase
of the saloon, but insisted that the
saloon hurts business, and gave a num
ber of illustrations In support of his
claim. The second meeting of the ad
herents of the exclBe Jaw will be held
next Monday night, and' Dr. J. Whlt
comb Brougher will deliver an address.
Resents Parental Authority.
OREGON CITY, Or.. Nov. J2. (Spe
cial). Joseph Haas was arrested last
night upon complaint of his daughter
Katherine, aged 18 years, who charges
her father with threatening to kill her
With a shotgun. Haas was released
pending an examination. He states
that his daughter has been going out
late at nights with young men, and he
wanted to stop the practice. Last
night he found her with a man in the
City Park. 1
Violating State" Labor Law.
OLYMPIA, Wash., Nov. 12. (Special.)
The County Commissioners of Snohomish
County are employing men on road work
at 25 cents an hour and permitting them
to labor 10 or more hours a day, and in
an opinion to the Prosecuting Attorney
of that county Attorney-General Atkin
son advised that thts is a direct viola
tion of the state eight-hour law and that
in his opinion the Commissioners have
made themselves liable to criminal prose
cution. PalcJuse Saloonmen Fined.
COLFAX, Wash., Nov. 12. (Special.)
Seven Palouse City saloonkeepers pleaded
guilty in the Superior Court today be
fore Judge Chadwick on the charge of
violating the Sunday-closing law. Judge
Chadwick imposed a fine of $30 each and
two of the seven paid an extra $30 for a
second violation in August. The seven
were taken before Justice Doolittle's
court and bound over to the Superior
Court under $250 bonds.
. Three Killed, by Dynamite.
SPOKANE, Wash., Nov. 12. (Special.)
A special from Fernle says: ,
As a result of the explosion of a missed
shot of dynamite at the Pacific Coal &
Coke Company works at Hosmer, eight
miles from here, yesterday at 5:30 three
men are dead and two are injured. The
dead are E. Montalbetti. George Ornslshk,
and J. Matwlck. Fred 911mm and George
Frissico were injured.
Republicans Nominate.
CATHLAMET, Wash., Nov. 12. (Spe
cial.) At a Republican mass meeting;
held In the Courthouse last night, the
following town ticket was nominated,1
to be voted for at the election to be
held December 3: For Mayor, Henry E.
Armstrong; Treasurer, Charles H. War
ren; Councilmen; D. C. Butler, George
F. Hanigan." Fred Peacock, David West
and C. O. Morrill.
S"tate Accepts Paper Money.
OLYMPIA, Wash., Nov. 12. (Special.)
On large amounts of remittances from
county and city treasurers, State Treasurer
Mills has arranged to accept deposit slips
of state depository banks as payment.
The State Land Office today decided to
accept certified checks on Portland, Six
kane, Seattle and Tacoma banks. Cash
is demanded in all other instances.
Prisoner Carried to Court.
HOQUIAM, Wash., Nov. 12. (Special.)
Steve Parrlsh, who was arrested for
'threatening to kill the officers who tried
to arrest him yesterday, was this after
noon put under $1000 bonds to keep the
peace. Parrish refused to leave his cell
to go to the, trial and the officers had to
carry him through the streets. He. Is de
mented. Injured Man Dies.
EUGENE. Or.. Nov. 12. (Special.)
Charles King, who was thrown from a
log chute yesterday afternoon at Fisher
Brothers' mill at Marcola, died at the
Eugene Hospital this' afternoon. King
had both shoulder blades, both collar
bones, and the large bone of his right
arm broken and was hurt internally.
President Opens Exposition.
PARIS', Nov. 12. The tenth automo
bile exposition, at the Grand Palace,
was Inaugurated today by President
Fallleres.
PAVING STREETS WITH BRICK
Work at Chehalis Well Under Way
in Business Portion of City.
CHEHALIS, Wash., Nov. 12. (Special.)
P. B. McHugh, the Tacoma contractor
who Is building the brick pavement on
Market street, finished the laying of the
concrete (or the pavement today. Brick
laying is now well under way, and it Is
expected that by the end of this month
the paving will be nearly completed.
Cement curbs have been built and con
siderable cement sidewalk Is under con
struction. The brick paving in the
business center of the city represents an
investment of almost $46,000, for which
the ' abutting property will be assessed.
The paved street portion is 68 feet wide
with 16-foot sidewalks. The . work be
gins at the Northern Pacific Depot and
ends at the intersection with Park street,
near the St. Helens Hotel.
ENFORCE
14-HOUR SYSTEM
Railroad Commission Instructs
Reames to Prosecute Railroad. .
SALEM, Or.. Nov. 12.- (Special.)'
The Oregon Railroad Commission today
forwarded to District Attorney Reames
of Jackson County a statement of the
evidence collected by Commissioner
West concerning violations of the 14
hour law governlrur railway employes.
The Commission asks Mr. Reames to
prosecute the Southern Pacific tor the
violations complained of.
LIES ALL NIGHT BY ROAD
Thrown From Wagon and Leg Is
Broken Found In Morning.
EUGENE. Or.. Nov. 12. (Special.) AI
Montgomery, a well-known resident of
tho McKenzie Valley, while on his way
home from Eugene last night, was
thrown from his wagon and his leg was
broken. Unable to attract the attention
of any one,- he lay out all night, under
going great suffering from his injury and
exposure. He was in a serious condition
when found this morning and brought
to the Eugene hospital.
Common Law Wife Has Rights.
HELENA, Mont, Nov. 12. (Special.)
Mrs. Emma L. Carpenter and children
have been awarded $10,000 damages
against the Great Northern Railroad
Company, in their suit at Kallspell, for
the death of Frank Carpenter, husband
and father, who was killed on the rail
road. The company did not deny re
sponsibility for the death of Carpenter,
but contended that the wife had no
right to sue because she and Carpenter
were never formally married. The court
found that Carpenter and his wife hud
agreed to a common-law marriage, and
that they had two children, and held
that a sufficient marriage.
Accused Horsethlef Brought Back.
PENDLETON, Or., Nov. 12. (Spe
cial.) Ralph McBain, a young man of
this county, who jumped his bail sev
eral months ago while awaiting trial
on the charge of horse stealing, was
brought back to Pendleton this even
ing by Sheriff Taylor, who had located
his man In Grand Forks, B. C. The
arrest was made by the City Marshal
of that place on information furnished
by Mr. Taylor.
Court Releases Jeffery. '
OREGON CITY." Or., Nov. 12. (Spe
cial.) Andy Jeffery was this after
noon released from custody after a
hearing upon a charge of attempting
to murder Tony Geninl. The court
held that there was no evidence to
show that the threat was direct, but it
was conditional. Jeffery has been ac
cused of being intimate with the wife
of Geninl.
Big Profit In Onions.
NORTH YAKIMA, Nov. 12. (Special.)
H. C. Haney, of the Selah Valley, to
day displayed a check for $!)85, which he
received for a portion of his onion crop
from two and a half acres of land. The
remainder of the crop amounts to about
two tons and brings the value of the
crop up to $1040. Mr. Haney made an
affidavit of the above facts.
Cowlitz Keeps Lid Down.
KALAMwV, Wash.. Nov. 12. (Special.)
V. D. Crosby, of Castle Rock, was
fined $50 in the Superior Cour yester
day for selling liquor on Sunday. The
lid has been on In Cowlitz County since
last July, and Prosecuting Attorney
Hubbell says he will prosecute every
case that comes to his knowledge, where
he has evidence to convict.
O. R. & Sf.'S HIGH FREIGHT BILLS.
Bridal Veil Merchant Predicts Coming
Increase la Radical Vote.
. BRIDAL VEIL, Or., Nov. 11. (To the
Editor.) I have read with Interest the
editorial in this morning's Oregonlan nn
"Oregon a Good Producer." This edi
torial should be brought to the attention
of all business men and voters in the
state.
Not content with making excessive rates
whereby they can pile up this Immense
surplus, the O. R. & N. Railway is now
making us "pay up " in another man
ner. Heretofore, when we have had five
or six consignments coming to us in one
day, all billed on the same way-bill,
loaded In the same car they have been
treated as though Shipped by one ship
per, and the different items charged at
their actual weight. Now, the consign
ments are all treated Individually, and
we have to pay the minimum at least, on
each of the five or six shipments. So
that now. If we have one box shipped
to us that weighs say, 50 pounds, we have
to pay the minimum rate, 25 cents, where
as we used to get this box through some
times for S cents.
When one considers the large number
of shipments that are made, een for one
day, one can readily see that there is
going to be another big increase in the
earnings of the road referred to. There
Is another thing of ' importance in this
connection It shows that the railroad
"has it in" for the shippers and the peo
ple of this state, and is going to re
taliate upon us for any legislation that
is brought to bear upon It. We should
not forget this point on no account
should we forget It.
Some day our turn will come. Then
we shall be glad to remember these
things. Meanwhile, the railroads should
not be surprised if they find a large crop
of Socialists at the next election,
W. E. LINNETT,
Of Aldrich & Linnett.
TILLMAN PICKS THE TICKETS
Says Cannon and Bryan Will Not Be
the Presidential Nominees.
DANVILLE, 111., Nov. 12. In an in
terview today Senator Ben Tillman, of
South Carolina, declared that President
Roseveit will not accept a third term
and that Speaker Cannon will be the
Republican nominee.
"Bryan," Mr. Tillman said, "will be
the Democratic nominee, without a
doubt. He is the greatest living Demo
crat, and the proper man to intrust
with the affairs of our Government."
r The Senator declared that the pres
ent financial situation need not worry
tho people. "This country," he said,
"has reached a point in its prosperity
where financial flurries in the money
centers do not affect It."
SILHOUETTES
A Frenchman has Invented an auto
mobile that runs equally well on
. land or in the water. '-Now if. some
one will devise one that can fly, motor
ing will be a cinch. ,
The man who claims never to have
made a fool of himself in his 'life must
have known very few women.
None is so blind as he who can see but
doesn't look.
When in doubt, take the money.
.
A .Kansas City woman recently beat her
husband In a theater. The best way to
beat a husband Is in a jawing match.
Frank Watklns, of this town, enjoys a
reputation as a dog fancier of note and
is frequently called upon to pass his
kennel-wise Judgment. Recently a neigh
bor became the proud father of triplets,
three fine babies, though not of equal
size. He invited his friend Watkins in
to see the youngsters. That gentleman,
after looking at them for a minute,
turned to his neighbor and said: "If I
were you I'd save the biggest one."
The evil-doer is always ready to be
lieve, evil of others.
When one loses his illusions it is time
to die.
....
A man should always take a witness
along when he calls upon a prude.
If the legal holidays continue our Dis
trict Judges are likely to be arrested for
vagrancy.
The man who beats the ponies doesn't
necessarily carry a whip.
Many a one who might have been great
Is lost in the quicksands of vanity.
In the hearts of the middle-aged and
the old there is a death-chamber and
therein lies youth.
If Cleopatra had been -freckled and
snub-nosed the history of the world might
have been quite different.
The sinner would be a saint if he knew,
how to have any fun the other way.
'
I think It's about time for 'some pun
ster to suggest that when an actorcomes
out Wpst and makes, a failure he Is a
Westfailure ham.
The Right Reverend V. T. Rowe, bishop
of Alaska, is an untiring traveller, and
takes many hard trips over the trails
where his duties lead him. JImmIe
Alexander tells the following story on
him: On one of his trips he met some
prospectors coining out from the direc
tion in which he was going. He asked
them how the trail was ahead, and one
of them answered: - "Rough as hell. How
is it behind you?" To which the good
bishop replied: "It's Just the same."
The women who are worrying about
their Winter reading need not fuss. Tho
Thaw trial will soon ho resumed.
It's a good thing the theaters all have
asbestos curtains. Mrs. Patrick Camp
bell is preparing to make another tour.
The barber shops have lost half their at
traction since they stopped keeping the
Police Qazette on file.
A country editor In North Dakota in
quoting an extract from a Sioux Falls
paper which chronicles the fact that a
certain fastidious bride In . that city
kneads bread with her gloves on adds:
"The editor of the Bugle' needs bread
with his coat on, he needs it with his
shirt on, -he needs It with his pants on,
and if some of the delinquent subscribers
don't pay up soon he'll need it without a
d thing on, and North Dakota is no
Garden of Eden in the Winter time we'll
have you know."
My idea of total depravity la to mani
fest an interest in lodge Installations.
e
The South seems to be becoming tem
perate in all respects except in Its at
titude toward the colored brother.
The peach crop seems to be a failure in
Portland this year.
Not every woman who paints Is an
artist.
It's no use to get peevish. Remember
there Is always the poorhouse.
A dead husband with an Insurance pol
icy is moro to be chosen than a live one
out of a Job.
Most men with borrowing friends are
wearing rubbers now for fear they will
make a noise like a dollar. .
An Autumn Song.
When evening shrouds the hills
And mists hang low
And high the birds of passage fly
To seek the Spring;
When through the woods.
Dying, the season shudders, as in woe.
To join the cohorts of tho long dead
years;
When frondent trees wear motley for a
pall
And leaves, though gaily tinted, slowly
fall
Regretfully, like radiant tears;
When winds are ohill and fields are sere
Sing low a requiem for the passing year.
ARTHUR A. GREENE.
Likes Oreitonlan's Finance Editorial.
PORTLAND, Nov. 12. (To the Editor.)
I want to express my thanks for Tho
Oregonian's very able editorial this morn
ing on the subject of "Just the Plain
Way." The Oregonian's head is level,
while Shaw's is not, and never was. It
is a pity that his views on finance were
ever given prominence by his appoint
ment as Secretary of the Treasury. And
Fulton, too, is on ".the wrong track
wants "elastic" currency, secured by all
sorts of bonds and other securities. Great
for those who would handle the "elas
ticity," but death to those whose reason
able calculations would be upset thereby.
E. F. RILEY.
A Quentloa for J. Thorburn Rosa.
PORTLAND, Nov. 12. (To the Editor.)
Now that W. M. Ladd has come forth
and offered some assistance to the Title
Guarantee & Trust Company, what is
the matter with J. Thorburn Ross and
his associates deeding their personal prop
erty to the defunct bank to help meet
its obligations? Mr. Ross' $50,000 King's
Heights residence, which was built out
of the profits of tha banking business,
should be included. JOHN DOE.
Humane Society Convention.
BOSTON, November J2- The Slat con
vention of the American Humane So
ciety was begun in the First Baptist
Church here today and will continue to
morrow and Thursday