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THE MORXING OREGOXIAX, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY, 8, 1908.
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QUIT LAND OFFICE
Gives Notice of Resignation to
Take Effect on March 4.
ONE YEAR ENOUGH FOR HIM
Accepted Reluctantly and Anxious
to Return to Seattle President
Said He Was Worth Four
Times His Salary.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7. Richard A.
Ballinger, Commissioner of the General
Iani Office, has tendered his resignation
of that of litre to President Roosevelt and
tt has been accepted, to take effect March
4. Fred Dennet, Assistant Commissioner,
has been appointed Commissioner.
On March 4 Mr. Ballinger will have
completed practically a year of service
He was appointed at the request of Sec
retary Garfield, of the Interior Depart
ment. The Secretary and Mr. Ballinger
were classmates at college and when Mr.
tlarfipld was named as Secretary of the
Interior he expressed a desire that Mr.
Ballinger should be named as Commis
sioner of the General Land Office.
When the position was tendered him.
Mr. Ballinger declined It on account of
his business interests in Seattle, which
he did not see his way clear at that time
to relinquish. Mr. Garfield urged him to
accept the position and ho finally con
sented. It was of Mr. Ballinger that the Prest
rtnt said he had got a $20,000 man fof a
$.VW) salary. Mr. Ballinger in his year of
service- has reorganized the Land Office
from top to bottom and has placed it on
an efficient working basis.
INSPECT PORTLAND OFFICE
HIGH OFFICIALS OF AVELLS
FA1XGO COMPANY IN CITY.
Coast Manager Chrtetcson and Di
vision Superintendent Shelby
Find Much to Praise Here.
1 began work for AVelln-Kargo Ex
press Company In 1S73. in Portland, and
for three years was route agent, then for
2 years local agent, during ten of which
1 bore the title of assistant superintend
ent." sail Btigene Shelby yesterday. Mr.
Shelby is in Portland with A. Christeson.
general manager of the Pacific, depart
ment of the express company whose ter
ritory extends from Mexico to British
Columbia, west of the Rocky Moun
tains, and who has his headquarters In
San Francisco. Mr. Christeson is on a
tour of inspection of the Northern divis
ion of his department, which includes
Portland. This Is his first visit to this
rity since the ' completion of the new
YeUs-Karo building. Mr. Shelby is one
of four superintendents of divisions in
the department, a position he has held
since June. with headquarters in
San Francisco. He inspects the office
here quarterly. His division consists of
Northern California. Nevada. part of
t'tah. Oregon, Washington and British
Columbia. In referring to the office in
Portland, he s:ld that he had visited all
the large cities of the country and found
no express offfre anywhere superior to
this. ' Mr. Shelby recalled that when he
started with the company here the force
consisted of the agent, one clerk, a
driver, a letter boy and three train mes
sengers, whereas there Is now employed
an office and depot force of 97. besides
4S messengers and drivers. There are
4." horses and ?A wagons in use. In ad
dition to the force employed In the ex
press offires, lfi men are employed in the
building in different ca pari ties, their
wages amount. ng to $30CO a year.
"It was fortunate for Portland, con
tinued Mr. Fhelhy, "that the president
of the company. Colonel Dudley Evans,
lintl once been the agent here and had
this as Ills station at the time the North
ern Pacific and O. R. & N. were being:
built, being superintendent of the West
ern division with headquarters in Port
land. He was. in consequence, well
posted on the present and prospective
needs of tills city, and it was doubtless
through his influence that the Wells
Fa rgo skyscraper was erected."
With reference to the holiday business
nnd what effect the recent money strin
gency had on the business of the com
pany, Mr. Shelby said:
. "The business of during the holi
days was slightly in excess of that of the
preceding year, indicating that the people
are In a prosperous condition. Yoney or
dor business fell a little short in the
month of November, doubtless caused
by the restrictions in cash payments by
the banks: but we kept right-on in pay
ments of coin on our money orders, ac
tion we were enabled to take on account
of accepting only coin for transmission.
We accepted clearing-house " certificates
and checks Gf reputable firms In payment
of express charges, and while we were
subjected to some adverse criticism -for
demanding coin for money orders and tel
egraphic transfers, inasmuch as we paid
out coin on the same class of business,
the banks soon discovered that we wer
justified In taking that course in fact,
we did much to keep coin in circulation.
"Mr. Christeson agrees with me In
saying that the outlook is good, and that
there has been a gradual increase ever J
month of business for the last four ot
five years with the growth of the coun
try. As the Wells-Fargo is the only ex
press company reaching from ocean to
ocean, it is in a position to feci the busi
ness pulse of the country perhaps nior
accurately than any institution in exist
ence.' The two officials will remain in Port
land several davs.
SHIP'S CARPENTER DROWNS
Port Patrick Kcporls Thrilling; Kn
counter With Heavy Seas.
VICTORIA. B. C Jan. T. (Special.)
Imnlsb Carpenter Ipson of the British
rhip Port Patrick was drowned in a
tierce storm encountered off the Oregon
roast Saturday, ami Seaman Boyle was
washed through a porthole to almost
certain death and then landed back
on the vessel apiin by r return wave.
Mrs. Salnty. the wife of Captain
Salntjr. whs forced to remain three
days in water-soaked clothing: before
the ship in a disabled condition waa
picked up by the tug Sea Lion yester
day and towed into port.
For days the cabins were awash by
waves and no lire could.be mode. Mrs.
Falnty la in a serlousi condition due
to exposure and was taken aboard the
tug.
Port Patrick was towed Into Esqui
mau today with the heavy steel boom
and starboard guy broken, bobstay and
rudder damaged, cargo shifted and ves
sel taking water. The ship left the
Columbia last Friday and experienced
terrific storms.
YEAR'S BUSINESS WAS GOOD
Lumber Agency Directors Hold. Vn
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CENTRALS A, Wash.: Jan. 7. (Special.)
5-The annual directors' meeting of the
Lumber Manufacturers Agency was held
today In their room adjoining the Cen
tralia offices. ISach mill composing the
institution was represented, and after
careful and thorough investigation of last
year's business the directors expressed
themselves as entirely satisfied and well
pleased with the manner in which affairs
were conducted during the year ending.
It was conclusively shown that during
the time prior to the present depression,
the agency had secured the most desir
able of business, and that since 'that time
its mills had faired probably better than
any In Southwestern Washington. Bach
of the mills, by its representative, signed
up the contract for the coming year, and
the Lumber Manufacturers Agency en
tered upon its fifth year under the most
favorable conditions.
The following officers were elected:
President. C. A. Doty, of the Doty Lum
ber & Shingle Company, Doty, Wash.;
vice-president. T. F. Palms, of the Wal
worth & Neville Manufacturing Company,
Walville. Wash.: secretary, W. R. Dilley,
of the Stillwater Lumber Company,
Little Falls. Wash.: treasurer, C. S.
Gilchrist, of the Salzer Valley Lumber
Company, Centralla, Wash. George E.
Birge. who has been manager of the
agency since its inauguration, was re
elected to that position.
SCHUEBEL IN HIS PLACE
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considerations of any kind by which the
appointment was influenced, and in as
suming the office I will be in a position
strictly to enforce the laws and fearlessly
to represent the Government and Its in
terests. "I did not become an active candidate
for the appointment until after I had
been assured positively that Mr. Bristol
was to be retired. Senator Bourne did
not recommend me for the place in fulfill
ment of any ante-election promise. The
truth is that Senator Bourne never made
me any promise of any kind, and my trip
to Washington last June was made only
after numerous of my friends had urged
me to become a candidate for the office.
When I was in Washington at that time
I learned that Mr. Bristol was to be re
tained as United States Attorney until
the- close of the present session of Con
gress, the purpose being to enable him
to dispose of the pending . land-fraud
trials.
"Returning home. I paid no further at
tention to the matter until recently, when
Mr. Bristol's nomination was recalled
from the Senate. 1 then received a tele
gram from Senator Bourne and went to
Washington and announced that I would
be a candidate for the place. While in
l. A. Ballinger, of Seattle, who 'has
reifcnci us Commissioner of tbe
General Land Office.
Washington I did not meet United States
Attorney-General Bonaparte, and I have
never seen .wir. Henry. I did call on the'
President.
"My political record has been attacked
and I am charged with' having been either
a Populist or a Socialist until recently.
In National politics I have always voted
the Republican .ticket. I have always
been a nxm believer in direct legislation,
and several years ago I associated for a
time with the Populists, believing that it
would only, be through the advocacy of
such a reform by a third party that the
result would be accomplished. But I
have never affiliated with the Social
ists." I'nited States Attorney Bristol, who
will be replaced, by Schuebel when the
new appointee qualities for the office,
declined yesterday to make any statement
for publication.
Mr. Schuebel is 41 years old. He
was born at Ashland, Schuylkill Coun
ty. Pa., in 1866. When 12 years of age
he came to Oregon, and for nine years
lived with his parents on a. farm nine
miles east of Oregon City. In 1887 he
went to the State of Washington,
where for 24. years- he was employed
in the logging camps in the Grays Har
bor district. Returning to Oregon City
in 1890, he accepted a position as mill
wright at the woolen mills In that city,
where he was employed- for 3 years.
re then worked in the Willamette Pulp
& Paper Company's mills and while
he was thus employed he began the
study of law, taking a course of in
struction from a correspondence school.
After pursuing these etudies for two
years, he was elected Justice of tkp
Peace in Oregon City In 1896, being re
elected the following year. During his
incumbency of this minor office, he al
tended the law school In Portland
every night until ho was admitted to
the bar in 1897. In 1304 he was ap
pointed deputy under Harrison Allen,
then District Attorney, who speaks in
the highest terms of Mr. Schuebel. Mr.
Schuebel held this position for three
years. In 1902 he was elected secre
tary of the Clackamas County Republi
can Central Committee, and after holding
the office for two years, was elected
chairman of the committee, in which
capacity he served for the same length
ot time. f
Mr. Schuebel was chairman of the
Clackamas County Republican organ
isation in 1906, and it was largely the
result fOf his energetic work that
Clackamas County rolled up a good
vote for Senator Bourne, both in the
primary and the general election. At
the June election. 1906, Clackamas
County gave Bourne a majority of 224
over his opponent. J. M. Gearin, ex
United States Senator.
Mr. Schuebel's family consists of a
wife and four daughters, the latter
ranging from 4 to 15 years of age.
SENATOR HLTOX NOTIFIED
Will Determine Later Whether to
Fight Schuebel's Notification.
Senator Fulton yesterday declined to
say whether ,he will fight confirmation of
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Our Sales Far Exceed Those of Any
Other Brewery in the World
WHEN old Mother Earth grows better malting barley than
northern soil produces
WHEN the fertile valleys and verdant mountain slopes of
Old Bohemia grow better hops
WHEN nature produces better and purer waters
WHEN brew-science has been developed to a higher art
THEN, and not till then, will it be possible to produce a
better beer than
THE KING OF ALL BOTTLED BEERS
ANHEUSER-BUSCH, ST. LOUIS. U. S.
Schuebel in the Senate. To a telegraphic
question from The Oregonian, . he wired
back from Umatilla, on his route to
Washington: "Shall determine later what
course to pursue."
This probably means that he will confer
with Representatives Elkins and Hawley,
in the National capital, who have united
with his in recommending George G.
Bingham, of Salem, for the office of Dis
trict Attorney.
This is the first open conflict between
Fulton and Bourne. Though it has been
obvious that the two Senators repre-'
sented opposite poles on the circum
ference of Republican politics In Ore
gon, they have preserved serenity of
countenance in gazing at each other and
have avoided making flings. But Bourne's
triumph with the President is a challenge
to Fulton, and many of the latter's
friends believe that he will be Impelled
to fight Schuebel's confirmation, in order
to maintain his reputation for Influence
in that body.
If Fulton were not supported by Ellis
and Hawley, his position would not be
So strong. But backed up by them Rep
resentatives elected by the people since
the attacks were made on Fulton the
senior Senator would seem to be in good
shape for a fight with Bourne, shbuld he
decide to make It.
As Fulton is a member of the Judiciary
committee, that will pass on Schuebel's
nomination, he would appear to be better
placed in the Senate than Bourne for a
contest over Scheubel. The President
seems not to have investigated Bingham's
fitness for the appointment, but tO have
yielded to Bourne's insistence. This
made a big surprise, not only for the pub
lic, but also for Senator Fulton. Ellis.
Hawley and Fulton expected the nomina
tion of Bristol's successor to be deferred
until the President should receive reports
on Bingham. With that understanding.
Fulton and Ellis came to Oregon. It de
velops that Bourne grew very busy. In
their absence and obtained the selection
of his choice.
BRISTOL'S ASSISTANT ALSO OUT
James Cole Tenders Resignation, to
Take Erfect at Once.
James Cole, who has served as As
sistant United States Attorney during
the incumbency of United States At
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torney Bristol, yesterday tendered his
resignation, to. take effect immediately.
Mr. Cole tiled his resignation with Mr. '
Bristol during he forenoon and before
the appointment of Mr. Schuebel as Mr.
Bristol's successor had been announced
from Washington. Mr.- Cole' will leave
the United States Attorney's office to
day and return to the- practice of his
profession, as one of the firm of Cole
& Cole, In the Macleay building.
Few assistant prosecutors in the em
ploy of the Government have rendered
more faithful and efficient service than
did Mr. Cole during the two years he
was associated with the United States
Attorney's office. Unassisted, Mr. Cole
last Summer successfuly broke up the
Northwest furniture trust, which oper
ated ;n the states of Oregon. Washing
ton and California,, and imposed fines
aggregating about $6000 on the several
defendants. It was also due to the
efforts of Mr. Cole that Wayne and
AnUrson. ringleaders of the Sellwood1
Postoffice gang, were convicted and
sentenced to the - McNeil's Island
Penitentiary. Another creditable prose
cution conducted by Mr. Cole was the
conviction of the Coon counterfeiting
gang.
These were only a few of the more
Important cases the retiring assistant
prosecutor conducted, in addition to
much of the eq-vlty litigation before
the court to which the Government
was a party.
SCHUEBEL HAS A BUSY DAY
Friends Flood His Office to Offer
Congratulations.
' OREGON CITY. Or.. Jan. 7. (Special.)
Christian Schuebel was a busy man
this afternoon and shook the hands of
scores of people who climbed the stairs
of his office to offer their congratulations
on his appointment to the office of
United States District Attorney. Mr.
Schuebel was modest, but was elated
'over his victory in. the face of the oppo
sition of Oregon's senior Senator and
both Congressmen.
The rmouncement was received with
very little surprise here, as for several
days past the belief has been general that
the influence of Senator Bourne with
President Roosevelt would be sufficient
to land the plum for his Clackamas
Six Thousand Men
are employed by tbe
Anheuser-Busch Brewery
(THE HOME OF BUDWEISCR) '
Wholesome beer is their regular every-day drink, and nowhere in
the .world can be found finer specimens of healthy manhood.
They love their homes, they
temperate, patriotic and true.
750.000
roll of America's breweries (and their
allied industries) receiving good living
wages ; and directly dependent upon
their pay envelopes are not less than
4,000,000 women and children.
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County lieutenant, notwithstanding the
fact that Fulton, Ellis and Hawley united
upon George C. Bingham, of Salem.
Chit-Chat of the Sporting
World.
. BY WILL, G. MAC RAE,
A COLORADO town has a . woman
sporting editor who writes, all sports
but prizefighting. Until the dame covers
a real prizefight she is still outside of the
Otto Floto class. -
A scientist says that the natural heat
of a man's blood is 93.4 degrees. We
have met a- few men in our time that
would give a man with a temperature
of 109 a congestive chill.
"Fair Play," play fair, sign lyour"name
to your next communication and Chit
chat will tell you what you want to
know. Only cowards and old women In
trousers are afraid to sign their names.
If you are ashamed of yours, change it.
It has cost James B. Haggin $3060 to
nominate 306 colts fqr the 1910 futurity.
Some of the colts. will be trained on Hag
gin's Rancho del . Paso farm In Califor
nia. ?
"What shall we do with the boys?"
asks a fussy exchange. Make prize
fighters or jockeys out of them. If they
are not fitted for this occupation, put
skirts on them and put them to work
at a ribbon counter. The answer is easy.
There is a sporting writer on the Seat
tle Times who is a candidate, for Presi
dent "Roosevelt's Annanlas class. Hughes
Bays that the Pacific Coast League owns
the Portland franchise. Gee. but the truth
will look strange to him when he meets
it again! .
Here's a tip for some of the single
young women who play golf at the
Wavef4y links. A Massachusetts woman
threw a golf ball at a man. and hit him
in the eye. whereupon the man proposed.
Great is this .eap year. v
Th averse weight of the British salmon
is izht oounds.
are good, honest citizens,
such men we on the rav-
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YUCATAN HAS BIG SCANDAL
ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF MONEY
MISSING FROMBANkJ
In All $740,000 Said to Be Gone
and 12 Prominent Citizens Have
Been Placed Under Arrest.
CITY OF MEXICO, Jan. ".-Seven hun
dred and .forty thousand dollars is miss
ing from the Bank of Yucatan, according
to reports received here today from
Merida. Following the disappearance of
this enormous amount, Fernando U4
Roderlguez, sub-director. and Mate
Ponce, ex-cashier, of the bank, with ten
other persons, have been arrested.
All of the money missing is said to have
been new bank notes and was taken from
a strong safe to which there were two
keys.
Later reports from Merida state that
Lawyer Ponce and Eduardo Ponce, son-in-law
and son respectively of the
cashier, have also been placed under ar
rest. In all 12 prominent persons con
nected with the bank have been placed
under arrest, all of whom are among the
best-known and most prominent people
ot Merida.
Tax Levy in Yamhill County.
M'MINNVILLE. Or.. Jan. ".(Special.)
The County Court today, made the tax
levy for the current year as follows:
State. 3.95 mills: county school. 8.5 mills;
library'.. .05 mill: general fund, 3.6 mills;
road fund, J mills; total, 14.10 mills. The
greatest individual item is the state tax.
the amount this county will be required
to raise for that purpose being $44,965 on
a valuation of more than $11,000,000.
Oleson Gets Snelling's Job.
. CATHLAMET. Wash.. Jan. 7. (Spe
cial.) The Board of County Commis
sioners at today's session revoked the ap
pointment of Eugene S- Snelllng as
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County Attorney and nppointed Frank;
Oleson in his stead. Snelllng was ap
pointed by the board last April to fill the
unexpired term of C. H. Fuqua, resigned.
Tries to Call Back Miners' Bill.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7. Carter of Mon
tana offered a resolution in- the Senate
today calling upon the House of'Repre
sentatives to return to tne Senate the bill
passed before the holidays suspending
"during 1907 the law requiring not less
than $K."0 worth of labor specially per
formed on mining claims in Colorado,
California. Oregon, South Dakota and.
Idaho. The resolution was objected to
by Teller and went over. Carter's action,
it is understood, is based on the idea that
tile law will be retroactive.
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