Morning Oregonian., January 07, 1908, Page 6, Image 6

THE MORNING OREGONIAN, TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1908.
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TORN ASUNDER
i BY FACTIONS
( Three Seattle Political Parties
j Enter Primaries Badly -Demoralized.
FIRST TEST PRIMARY LAW
Personal Bitterness Makes Race for
Nominations and Election a
Free-for-All Scramble, With
Results Very Vncertain.
' SEATTLE, Wash.. Jan. 6. (Special.)
There is every prospect that the first
attempt to follow the new direct primary
ct in Beattle will engender more fac-
tional bitterness than any other political
maneuver this city has known. There
local parties are going into a municipal
4 campaign with factional lines sharply
drawn in each and a growing feeling of
personal opposition that rarely crept
Into a convention here. There has been
almost as much bitterness shown up to
' the time of the last filing of declarations
of candidacy as there was. for instance.
' In the memorable Humes-Frink fight for
control of the Republican delegation to
1 the state convention in 1900 a factional
fight that split the Republican party
; and gave a Democratic Governor a ma
jority here.
With nine Republican aspirants for the
Mayoralty nomination, there Is chanca
for a serious split in the dominant party.
There are three Democratic and two City
' Party candidates for the Mayoralty, and
. wha Is true of the danger of factional
' trouble In the Republican party is em-
phaslzed in the two minority parties.
Mayor William Hickman Moore ex
pected an unopposed renomlnation by the
' City Party, a successor to the municipal
' ownership movement. Up to last week
he was the only man his followers dis
cussed for the Mayoralty and the plan
of the municipal ownership advocates was
to slate the entire ticket. Had such a
, programme carried, the municipal owner
' ship faction could have participated in
the primaries of other parties and could
have exerted a strong influence In choos
ing the opposition to the Moore ticket.
Dow Out for Revenge.
At the last moment Matthew Dow, de
feated for the municipal ownership noml
. nation two years ago, entered as a can
: dldate against Moore. Two years ago the
nominations were made In a mass con
vention. Dow had a strong labor follow
ing, while Democratic leaders wore man
ipulating the Moore Interests. On the
first count Dow had a bare majority, but
the count was rejected and another di
vision ordered. In the meantime six
men leaped from the galleries and voted
for Moore. He won out by the new
count.
Though Dow accepted a nomination for
Oouncllman-at-Large on the municipal
ownership ticket, he never forgave Moore
for beating him, and Dow went Into the
Mayoralty fight this Spring for revenge
snd in a belief that he is really strong
enough with the merged labor and mu
nicipal ownership vote to defeat Moore
in a direct primary contest.
Moore has said nothing, publicly, about
Dow's appearance, hut both the Moore
and Dow following have exchanged
compliments. The Moore crowd that dom
inates tha City Party organisation has
already accused Dow of being either a
tool or a traitor to the City Party or
ganization. His candidacy Is bitterly de
nounced by the regular organisation, but
It has found strength, particularly among
the union men who are In the movement.
Dow's friends are claiming now that if
they cannot do anything else, they will
be able to defeat Moore.
With the Democratic organization a
peculiar situation has . arisen. General
J. B. Metcalf's friends got out a petition
asking him to run for Mayor and a month
ago he filed his declaration of candidacy
as a Democrat. For more than three
weeks he posed as the only Democratic
choice, though there was talk of Induc
ing Alfred Battle to take the nomina
tion. Tn the Interim no effort had been made
to fill out a complete Democratic ticket
and party leaders conferred to find Coun
cilmanic candidates and procure running
mates for the head of the ticket. These
party leaders soon discovered Metcalf
had been claiming too much and had
been indiscreet In some of his claims of
support. The Democrats feared they
might be, carrying too much of a load
and they brought out Donald B. Olson,
real estate dealer, former Alaskan, ex
National Guardsman and a pretty well
known Scotchman, as a "regular'" candi
date. Democrats in Clash.
Then entered H. H. Kulles, cigar manu
facturer and a man possessed of consid
erable following among workingmen and
a persistent lodge man. Kulles was quot
ed some time ago as having declared he
would file as a Democratic candidate to
mix up the Democratic fight, and if pos
sible to turn a part of the Democratic
upport to Moore, his real favorite. Ku
lles was a last-minute applicant for the
Mayoralty.
The Democrats have had their first
clash. At an Eighth Ward meeting last
week a Metcalf following, strengthened
by the advent of 10 street laborers,
brought in by two Democratic contrac
tors, took possession and indorsed Met
calf for Mayor. Then an Olson organiza
tion threw out P. J. Donohue, acting as
shalrman, and seated J. W. Kirk as
chairman of the meeting. Olson was
promptly Indorsed and made a. speech.
Metcalf was only represented by the
street laborers, a group of active workers
and a letter telling why be could not be
present, but seeds of discord were sown
recklessly. Kulles han't had any meet
in ga as yet.
In so far as the Republican list Is con
cerned, politicians do not figure that
Lewis Levy, a pawnbroker; John B. Hum
phries, lawyer; P. P. Carroll, lawyer and
promoter: Oscar P. Oliver, real estate
man, and L H. Gray, steamship man,
will be serious contenders. William Pitt
i Trimble, millionaire property-owner and
ittorney, is a stranger to practical poli
tics and Is not regarded as a dangerous
. man. though he may be stronger than la
I xpected.
1 Charles H. Burnett was taken from the
Council as a candidate. He is supported
: by an organisation that controls consid'
arable voting power, but not enough to
!oroe a nomination. George Russell. City
Treasurer, threatened to be a candidate,
ut a group of prominent Republicans es
:i mated him to be too weak and finally
nduced John F. Miller. Deputy Prosecut
ng Attorney, to get into the Mayoralty
Ight. Miller is the man Senator S. H.
: Piles wanted to see nominated two years
i igo, but Miller would not run then. Ha
sas brought out this time by representa
tives of all factions as a logical compro
mise. Then Republican leaders tried to pull off
Burnett and induce Russell not to file his
declaration of candidacy. Burnett did
weaken considerably, but he would not
withdraw. Rusiwll refused absolutely to
keep out ef the tight and his friends de
clared be would not be permitted to with
draw. A part of the county organization
that was friendly to Russell tried to pre
vail upon him to withdraw, but he tiled
his candidacy.
The result of all the Republican ma
neuvering has been to make Miller a fa
orttein the running, but to stir up the
Russell following so that they are making
a desperate fight for control. There 'will
be nothing gentle in the Russell fight.
Just how-strong Burnett will fight is not
yet developed. Trimble is stirring up
trouble and John El Humphries is busy
distributing challenges for joint debate
and criticising the other men on the Re
publican list.
Nominally, Seattle is about 6001) Repub
lican. What the outcome would be if
factional fights were limited to the He-
publican Mayoralty candidates alone is
problematic. It would probably elect a
Democrat or a city party candidate the
latter more probable. With Just as stren
uous factional fights In the two minority
parties, bitter factional struggles in the
Republican ranks may not be so impor
tant, but party leaders are afraid of the
resul?.
With the annexation of three big dis
tricts last year, city authorities estimate
there are more than 35.O0O qualified voters
in Seattle. If this estimate is anything
like correct, the bitterness of the nomina
tion fights may bring out close to two
thirds of the vote.
AGITATE
TWO-CEXT FARES
Linn County Grange Council Meet!
Near Albany.
ALBANY, Or., Jan. 6. (Special.) The
DENVER WOMAN MARRIED TO INDIAN CHIEF AFTER
A ROMANTIC COURTSHIP OF YEARS
Mrs. Albino Chevarria.
Miss Cora Marie Arnold, of Denver,
who was married in New Mexico re
cently to Albino Chevarria, chief of a
tribe of Pueblo Indians, met her hus
band 11 years ago when he was in
camp with his tribesmen in Denver.
The bride's family until recently
Btrongly opposed the marriage, and her
stepfather, who' committed suicide two
years ago, disinherited her. owing to
her attachment tor the Indian chief.
first definite step In the movement re
cently inaugurated ' by Linn County
granges toward securing a 2-cent rate of
railroad passenger fare in Oregon by ini
tiative legislation was taken at a meeting
of the Linn County Council yesterday,
when the members of the State Railroad
Commission were invited to meet with
the Council in its next meeting and dis
cuss the proposed action. This meeting
will be held In Albany February 3.
At a meeting of the Council a - few
weeks ago a resolution was passed In
dorsing the inauguration of a movement
throughout the State for the passage of
a law by means of the Initiative to force
railroads to give a rate of 2 cents per
mile in this State and to run stub trains
whenever a regular train is one hour late
at the end of a division. The matter was
enthusiastically favored, but owing to the
fact that the Grange Is fathering so
many referendum matters in the forth
coming election. It was deemed advis
able to concentrate on them and not try
to take up this matter in time for the
June election. It is planned, however,
to discuss the matter with the Railroad
Commission and then begin the campaign
for it in plenty of time for the placing
of the bill on the ballot at the Presiden
tial election, in November. x
At the meeting yesterday, which was
held with the Western Star Grange, near
Tangent, letters were read from every
member of Oregon's Congressional dele
gation, favoring the establishment of a
parcels post and postal savings banks.
These letters were In response to reso
lutions favoring these matters which
were forwarded to the delegation after
the last monthly meeting.
The annual election of the Council was
held yesterday, resulting as follows:
President, D. H. Bodine; vice-president,
M. F. Wood; lecturer, Asa Lewelling;
chaplain, Cyrus H. Walkerr treasurer,
Eugene Palmer; secretary, Mae Palmer;
gatekeeper, F. D. Cornett; business
agent, H. C. Powell; press correspondent,
Cyrus H. Walker.
LICENSE "HOT-AIR" PEDDLERS
Mayor Wise Would Put Ban on the
Vendors of Cheap Mining Stock.
ASTORIA, Or., Jan.- . (Special.)
A special meeting of the City Council
was held at noon today, when Mayor
Wise submitted his annual message and
reappointed the standing committees
for this ye,ar. The Mayor, in his mes
sage, congratulated the Councilmen and
other officials on the steps taken dur
ing the past year to improve the moral
conditions by closing the dancehalls
and public gambling. He also called
attention to the fact that while the
rate of taxation in Astoria appears
high, on account of th,e obsolete meth
od of making low valuations, the rate
of taxation per capita here is lower
than in any other city in either Oregon
or Washington, with one exception. He
recommended the passage of ordinances
restricting the liquor traffic, imposing
a license of not less than $100 per day
on vendors of 'hot-air' mining stock.
He also recommended the repeal of the
ordinance granting a gas franchise and
the passage of 9- measure granting the
same company a franchise for a term of
years, but requiring it to provide a
good quality of gas at rates no higher
than are paid in other cities of similar
size, and requ4ring the company to pro
vide' gas for the City Hall and engine
houses tree of charge.
Death In Path of Avalanche.
ELBE, Wash.. Jan. 6. (Special.) A
land-silde swept down the mountain side
above the Ladd coal mine, on the Tacoma
Eastern at 5 o'clock this morning, de
molishing the 'mine bunk house and kill
ing J. Becker, a machinist. . The other
employes who were in the bunkhouse
miraculously escaped Injury.
The slide was caused by the heavy rains
ef the past few days.
TILLAMOOK IS
WITHOUT FLOUR
Short of Staple Goods Because
of Inadequate Shipping
Facilities.
FREIGHT HELD AT ASTORIA
Merchants Protest Loudly at Action
of Pacific Navigation Company.
Charges or. Favoritism Made.
Opposition Is Threatened.
TILLAMOOK. Or., Jan." 6. Special.)
Tillamook City and Bay City, which are
only between 40 and 50 miles directly
west of Portland, are suffering from a
freight "hold-up"' at Astoria. The O.
Chief Albino Chevarria.
R. & N. dock at that city has been
crowded with Tillamook freight, which
has been there for several months, ac
cumulating to such an extent that the
O. R. & N. Co. has notified the Port
land business houses that they will not
receive freight for Tillamook until the
congestion is over. Tillamook City and
Bay City have suffered a shortage of
staple articles since the Fall, being
without flour and other articles for over
a week. None of the business houses
here have feed today, and are running
short of other supplies, causing the
merchants a great deal of annoyance
and Inconvenience.
It seems that the congestion of freight
at Astoria for Tillamook commenced
last Fall, when the steamer Sue H.
Elmore was taken off the run and sent
south with Samuel, Elmore's cannery
supplies, and since then, owing to bad
weather, the freight has been accumu
lating week after week, causing a good
deal of Jealous feeling between the bus
iness men here, for whenever the steam
er does make a trip it brings freight
for a few merchants, leaving the freight
for other merchants at Astoria. As an
illustration of this, on a recent trip of
the Elmore, every merchant who deals
in flour expected the steamer to bring
in his consignment. -They were all out
of flour. One merchant was fortunate
in getting a carload, while the others
had none on the steamer. In that way
it is thought that the Pacific Naviga
tion Company is discriminating against
Bay City and certain merchants of this
city, on account of the threatened op
position. As the Pacific Navigation Company Is
not giving the satisfaction it should in
carrying the freight 'between Astoria
and Tillamook, there Is a demand for
a line of steamers between Portland
and Tillamook, especially as the busi
ness men here do a large amount of
business with Portland, and It Is on
the increase every year, for Tillamook
has been "held up" by the Astoria
transportation monopoly too long for
its own good.
DATE FOR MARTIN TRIAL
f ..
Salem Attorney Charged With Sub
ornation of Perjury.
SALEM. Or.. Jan. . (Special.) Judge
George H. Burnett convened the Circuit
Court here today and beard a number of
motions and demurrers. The most Im
portant case receiving attention was that
of the state against Carey F. Martin.
The case was set for trial next Wednes
day. Martin is a well-known lawyer and
Is charged with subornation of perjury
In inducing T. J. Luper to swear to false
statements In a suit for divorce whrch
Luper brought against his wife. Luper
was tried twice on the perjury charge,
the jury hanging the first time for the
reason, so it is said, that Martin had
not been Indicted also. The second trial
! resulted In conviction and Luper is in
prison. Martin is to be tried for suborn
ing the perjury of which Luper was con
victed. The case has attracted wide at
tention, as Martin has a wide acquaint
ance. He is a native of Lane County, Is
a graduate of the University of Oregon
and of Willamette Law School.
SOCIALISTS
ANNOY
MOORE
Make Demonstration In Seattle and
Nine Arrests Are Made.
SEATTLE. Wash.. Jan. 6.r (Special.)
The Socialists tonight again placed
Mayor W. H. Moore before the guns and
forced his Police Department to make
arrests for an act which has time and
again resulted in the dismissal of those
arrested when they were brought be
fore the Police Judge.
The (Socialists gave notification
through the press of the city that they
would hold a meeting on Pioneer Place
tonight, and a large crowd assembled.
There was a squad of policemen on
hand, and within a half-hour nine
speakers had been locked up In the
City Jail.
Many of the Socialists bad banners
asking pertinent questions. After the
nine arrests had been made the crowd,
numbering about 2000 persons, moved
up to University street, between Second
and Third avenues, where they were
permitted to speak. The latter place Is
as heavily traveled as Is the place from
which they were driven.
The Socialistic question is causing
Mayor Moore and his adherents sleep
less nights.
FALLS DOWN ON INITIATIVE
State Grange Too Busy to Secure Re
quired Signatures.
OREGON CITY, Or., Jan. 6. (Special.)
There Is a possibility that the initiative
measure proposed by the State Grange to
prevent the Legislature from repealing or
modifying any act or law enacted by the
people may not go before the voters at
the coming June election, because of fail
ure to obtain the necessary number of
signatures. The signers could be procured
without difficulty, were It not for the
fact that the State Grange has Its hands
more than full In fighting the suit of the
Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company
to nullify the act passed by the people at
the last general election; requiring tele
phone and telegraph companies to pay to
the state a percent of their gross receipts.
The State Grunge is also Intensely Inter
ested in the fight against the $100,000 ap
propriation for armories and the Freeman
compulsory pass law, which were passed
at the last Legislature, and which are
now under the ban of the referendum.
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MAN KILLED .AT CAPE HORN
Landslide Crushes Laborer Two
Other Workmen Injured.
VANCOUVER, Wash.,. Jan. 6. (Spe
cial.) F. W. Butler was killed and two
other laborers severely Injured by a land
slide on the North Bank road today, be
tween Washougal and Cape Horn. The
men were employed by Porter Bros. &
Welch, on a steam shovel. It Is believed
the recent heavy rains loosened the earth
and cau&ed the caveln. The Coroner will
hold an inquest tomorrow.
Poison in Canned Shrimp.
ALBANY, Or., Jan. . 6. (Special.)
Elmer Umenhofter, a young man resid
ing at Lebanon, was seriously poisoned
by eating canned shrimp Friday night.
He was in a serious condition all day
yesterday, but is now improving.
TRUSTS THE NEW SHERIFF
Elisorship of Abe Ruef to Be Re
moved by Judge Dunne.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. fi.Judge Dunne
announced today that he would issue an
order Wednesday terminating the elisor
ship In the case or Abe Ruef, who, pend
ing .the graft trials, has been kept in a
private prison.
"As soon as I learn that the new Sher
iff has''takcn his oath of office," Judge
Dunne said, "I shall write an order de
claring the duties of the elisor at an end,
and directing that Ruef be banded over
to the Sheriff to guard him in the proper
manner, and at the proper place. There
never would have been any 'elisor' ap
pointed if the Sheriff and the Coroner
had not been disqualified."
TWO MEN KILLED WOMAN
Police 'Have New Theory on Lamp
black Swamp Murder.
NEWARK, N. J., Jan. 6. Evidence un
earthed in the case of Helen Wrhltmore,
whose body was found In the Lampblack
Pond, near Harrison, N. JF leads the
police today to the belief that two men
were Involved In the murder of the
woman, and that one of them had a per
fect knowledge of the lontely neighbor
hood where the body was found.
Theodore Whltmore. husband of the
swamp victim, was under a severe ex
amination all day and, though frequently
giving way to crying spells, he stoutly
maintained that he knew nothing of his
wife's murder.
HEINZE ASKS FOR PARDON
Seeks Remission of Fine Imposed in
Butte Copper War.
HELENA, Mont., Jan. . F. A. Heinse
has appealed to President . Roosevelt for
the remission of the jao.000 fine imposed
upon him for contempt of court in violat
ing an Injunction restraining him from
extracting ore from a certain Butte mine.
When the case was before Judge Hunt,
of the Federal Court, recently, he de
cided that the President is the only one
able to grant pardon to the copper king.
Mr. Heinze's counsel today asked for a
stay of 60 days in which to. pay- the fine,
thus allowing time for the President to
consider the case.. "
NEW SCALE AND OPEN SHOP
Power Company Announces a New
Schedule of Wages Paid.
GOLD FIELD. Nev.. Jan. 6. The Ne
vada-California Power Company, which
furnishes light and power to all the
camps of Southern Nevada and supplies
three-fourths of the mines of the district
with operating power, today announced
a new scale of wages to go into effect
January 10, The new scale provides for
a maximum wage of JS per day, or 1 per
day less than the former scale. The
company also announces that it will con
duct Its plant upon the open-shop plan.
A- telegram was received from the War
Department this afternoon authorizing
the rent of the Merchants' Hotel, at Co
lumbia, a suburb of Goldfield. for Army
barracks.
Brldgeley for Senator.
FRANKFORT, Ky., Jan. 6. The Re
publicans of the House and Senate to
night held a joint caucus and named
William Bridgeley for United States
Senator.
A WORD ON
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HENTEY-FULTON EPISODE CEN
TER OF CONVERSATION.
Friends of Senator Declare Attack
Will Bring Him Enthusiastic Sup
port In Coming Campaign.
SALEM, Or., Jan. 1 6. (Special.) 'i he
Heney-Fulton episode has aroused Intense
interest In political circles and further
developments are anxiously awaited. Sen
ator Fulton's friends assert that Heney's
attack will bring the Senator enthusiastic
support in his campaign for re-election.
On the other hand, a close friend of
Heney's who is probably in a position to
know, says that Heney will stump the
state against Fulton and lay directly be
fore the people the specific charges he
has made heretofore by insinuation only.
Whether these charges will be any more
serious than the-Hall-Brownell letter dis
closes, is not stated, but the prediction Is
made that the campaign t ill be one of
the hottest the people of Oregon have
ever seen.
The flat denial and challenge by Fulton
on the one hand, and the reputation of
Heney for "making good" on the other
together with the prominence of both
men, have given the controversy an ex
citing Interest. The outcome is the chief
topic of discussion In political circles.
LABOR SESSION TO BE LIVELY
Important Matters Before State Fed
eration at Tacoma.
TACOMA, Wash., Jan. 6. (Special.)
Matters of the greatest importance to or
ganized labor will come before the State
Federation of Labor, which convenes In
Tacoma Wednesday. While general con
ditions throughout the country, especially
In the West, and the Colorado troubles
will occupy part of the time, the Impor
tant oenferences will be those in connec
tion with the condition of organized labor
in Washington. Before the convention
adjourns a test of strength will btf made
between the conservative and radical ele
ments in the state organizations. The
radical element will favor going after
the employers with a club, delivering an
ultimatum and insisting on a complete
compliance with the demands of the
unions. The conservative element be
lieves the employers of labor have some
rights and Insists on a square deal for
everybody.
Another matter that will cause warm
discussion Is the effort being made by
the Industrial Workers of the World to
get a foothold In the Northwest. It is
admitted that this is being done in Wash
ington. y
MARION'S FIRST CANDIDATE
Hal D. Patton Announces Desire to
Go to Hie Legislature.
SALEM. Or., Jan. . (Special.) Hal D.
Patton. of this city. Is the first man to
make official record of his candidacy for
the Legislature in Marlon County, and
probably he Is the first in the state. He
filed his petition as soon as the clerk's
office opened this morning. He signed
Statement No. 1. pledging himself to vote
for the people's choice for United States
Senator, regardless of his own preference.
He took for his motto, to be placed upon
the ballot after hia name: "The best pos
sible common school education for every
child." -
Patton is a merchant, president of the
Young Men's Republican Club and an
enthusiast in public school affairs. He
has made a hobby of donating flags to
country schools, holding flag-raising exer
cises and insisting that the flag must fly
over the building whenever, school is ' in
session.
DALLAS AFTER A CANNERY
Fruitmen Believe They Will Have
Market for Crop.
DALLAS, Or., Jan. 6. (Special.) A
committee appointed at the meeting of
the Horticultural Society Saturday
afternoon, for the purpose of securing
the co-operation of the fruitraisers of
this vicinity in the establishing of a
cannery In Dallas, began Its work this
morning. '
With the exception of the berry crop,
sufficient fruit is raised within a radius
of five miles around Dallas to easily
support a cannery, and it Is believed
that the establishment of that Indus
try in this city will result in the plant
ing of enough of the small fruits to
keep the cannery In operation during
the entire season each year.
A company will be formed and the
farmers, fruitgrowers and business men
will be solicited to take stock In it.
Heretofore the fruit crops of this Vicin
ity were shipped to the canneries in
Salem and Newberg.
CLASH WITH THE GOVERNOR
Steel and Benson Refuse to Support
Looney for Second Term.'
SALEM, Or., Jan. 6. (Special.) The
BANKS
Banks are not always the hard-hearted propositions that
some people would make you believe they are. Savings
banks, for example, are the repositories of enough ro
mance to make a corner in "human interest." Nearly .all
the money that trickles into these bulwarks of the peo
ple's savings has reached life in some picturesque .way,
for it represents some effort, denial, ambition or "touch."
Human activity never made a better effort for individual
independence than to start and maintain a savings ac
count. Experience has demonstrated that it means more
than the one who creates it ever dreamed of. It means
much to the one who is making little. If he be wise its
growth stimulates him, and as it grows his interest in two
ways deepens, as the principal increases.
Is there anything in this world quite so refreshingly
self -satisfying as conscious independence? What makes
it? A corpulent savings account. The savings bank is
the vehicle for keeping and saving the results of the mul
tiplication of your efforts, and the institution deserves
credit for fulfilling a sacred trust.
"THE GERMAN-AMERICAN" IS THE BANK FOR
. YOUR SAVINGS.
four-year term of N. H. Looney, as su
perintendent of the reform school. hav
lng expired January 1, Governor Chamber-J
lain proposed at a board meeting touay
that Looney be re-elected, but Secretary
of State Benson and State Treasurer Steel
asked that the matter be deferred. It Is
taken as conclusive Indication that Steel
and Benson intend to put some one else In
Looneys' place.
HEAVIER TAXES FOR SCHOOLS
Washington County Also Increases
Levy for Good Roads.
HILLSBORO, Or., Jan. . (Special.)
The County Court has. fixed the Washing
ton County tax levy for the 1907 tax roll,
collectable this Spring, at 9.3 mills, as
follows, as to the various funds: State
tax, 2.1 mills, $34,845; county general, 1.05
mills, $24,889; county road, 2.88 mills,
$47,787; school, general, 2.78 mills, $46,127;
library fund, .04 mills, $663. Total,
$154,311.
This levy' Is made on a valuation of
$16,592,774. The tax last year amounted
to $120,437.25. being less than the levy
of this year by $33,000. The increase this
season Is due to the levy for school and
road purposes.
Classes Resume at Engene.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene,
Or., Jan. 6. (Special.) Classes were re
sumed today after the two weeks' Christ
mas vacation. Nearly all students re
ported at classes promptly, for the facul
ty's recent ruling that students cutting
classes during the week before the weak
following a vacation would be dropped
temporarily from these classes and only
permitted to re-enter them upon presenta
tion of a written excuse from President
Campbell, had much to do with stimulat
ing a full attendance.
Senator Fulton Registers.
ASTORIA, Or., Jan. . (Special.)
The registration books at the County
Clerk's office were opened this morning
and the first person to register was
Senator C. W. Fulton, who signed the
books when he was here on Friday and
made the required affidavit over the
long-distance telephone from- Portland
this morning.. There were about 50
registrations today, nearly all of them
being Republicans.
Rubbing with liniments, blistering the affected parts, the application of
plasters, and other means of external treatment, are usually helpful in
relieving the pains and aches of Rheumatism, but such remedies do not
reach tbs CAUSE of the disease, and are therefore In no sense curative.
Rheumatism is due to an excess of uric acid in the blood, brought about by
indigestion, poor bowel action, weak kidneys, and a general sluggish condition
of the system. The circulation deposits this Irritating poison in the different
muscles, nerves, tissues and joints of the body, and soon the painful symptoms
of Rheumatism are produced. The pains at first may be wandering and slight;
but as the blood becomes more fully saturated with the uric acid poison, the
disease grows worse and after awhile gets to be chronic. The slight, wander
ing pains now become sharp and cutting at the least exposure to dampness
or night air, or any constitutional irregularity, the bones ache, the muscles
are not as free in action as before, and where the acid poison is allowed to
remain in the blood the joints often become so clogged with corrosive sub
stances that they are left permanently 6tiff and useless. Rheumatism can
never be rubbed away, nor can it be conquered and driven from the system
until the acid-laden blood has been cleansed
O E"?y Q rich,
. ., 4 soothes the irritated nerves, inflamed muscles
PURELYa VEGETABLE I and flesh, and the sufferer obtains relief that
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is permanent uecause tne real cause oi me
disease has been removed. Special book on Rheumatism and any medical
advice desired free. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GAJ
Willamette Iron and Steel Works
MANUFACTURING ENGINEERS
Some of our moulders have been in our employ for more than 25
years, and during that time have received over $28,000.00 in wages.
During the same period their UNION has paid them practically noth
ing, but has steadily demanded part of their earnings. Still UNION
orders with no work suit them better than our. orders with continued
employment. Therefore we are bad actors. Q. E. D.
$400
GRAND PACIFIC TOUR
To All the South Sea Islands
Tahiti, Raratonga, New Zealand, Tonga, Friendly Is., Samoa. Figi. Hawaii
February 2nd the favorite steamship Mariposa will sail from San Francisco
Xor Tahiti, with passengers for this comprehensive toiir. There will be two
weeks In Tahiti, and the U. S. S. Co.'s steamer leaving Tahiti February 28 will
stop at Raiatea, Raratongra, etc., on the way to Auckland, where steamer arrives
March 12. While awaiting FIJI steamer sailing April 1st-side trips may be made
from Auckland to the wonderful Hot Lakes. Wanganul River, Waltomo Caves,
etc The steamer for Fiji stops at several ports in Friendly Islands, Apia,
Samoa, affording sufficient time at each port to see these places so well de
scribed by Beatrice Grlmshaw in her accounts in the London Graphic. Arrive
Suva, Fiji, April 16 and leave April 21. Arrive Honolulu April 28, 15 days In
Hawaii. Arrive San Francisco May la. Passengers find their own way while
awaiting trans-shipment.
This is a grand opportunity to visit these famous Isles and the most propi
tious. The low rate of J400 first-class, speaks for Itself. The Outing Magazine
for January describes Tahiti portion of the trip. , -
Book early and secure the best berths.
OCEA.MC 8. S. CO., 873 MARKET ST, SAN FRANCISCO.
OPPOSES iPMEN'S II
HERMAN KLABKT POINTS OUT
OBJECTIONS.
Declares Scheme to Maintain Prices
Impractical Breweries Will
Stand by the Old Dealers.
PUTALLUP, Wash., Jan. 6. (Spe
cial.) At the meeting of hopgrowers
Saturday, Herman Klaber declared
that the proposal to form a union
which would sell direct to the brewers,
regulate the acreage and fix the mini
mum, price at 29 cents a pound, was
"insane and impracticable." The asso
ciation, he aagued, would be unable to
sell direct, because the breweries
would not throw overboard the dealers
with whom they have traded for years,
and who are In a position to extend
them credit. Mr. Klaber said that the
dealers often have to wait ten months
for their money from the breweries,
and said the association would be un
able to do this. The farmers thought
the association would be able to get
money from the banks as well as the
dealers, and some of them told Mr.
Klaber so.
"You cannot make this association
a success without the dealer-growers."
said Mr.. Klaber. "They produce . 30
per cent of the hops raised on thiu
Coast, and I have the proxies of many
of them to use as I desire in this state
or Oregon. From the way Mr. Durst
has been antagonizing me. I have pre
sumed that you do not want the deal
ers in this organization. We are not
opposed to one formed along certain
lines and will gladly assist you."
Portland Girl Wins Bachelor.
ABERDEEN, Wash., Jan. 6. (Special.)
Willis Hopkins, a wealthy bachelor
and pioneer resident and County Commis
sioner from this city, was married In
Portland today to Miss Mabel McKinley.
secretary of the Board of School Direct
ors. They will be away six weeks on a
southern and eastern trip.
CAM HOT BE
RUBBED AWAY
I and purified. No other medicine does this so
effectually as S. S. S. It dissolves and re
moves the impurities and sends a stream of
strong blood to the affected parts, which
$400