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PORTLAND, SATURDAY, MAT 9, 1808.
SOCIETY AS A MAKER OF VALUES.
The social value of many other
things far exceeds the social value
of land. That is, more value, for ex
ample, is given by social forces to the
clothes man wears than to the land he
lives on. But one's clothes go un
taxed. The artistic pair of shoes that the
elegantly dressed woman wears, and
the stunning widow hat, have no value
beyond that given them by fashion,
which is simply a product of society.
But they cost great money; nor can
they be made and sold for less.
Ko of all our furniture and all our
equipage. The greater part of their
value is social product. The value of
any artistic thing which man produces
is just as much determined "by society
as the land values of our farmers; for
the skill and knowledge of all crafts
manship is an elaborated social prod
uct taught by society. And the same
society protects the man while he
works, assists him by an elaborate or
ganization of markets to get materials,
tools and a work-place, and then pro
vides a market in the form of persons
who, to meet the demands which so
cial conditions require, take the goods
and pay for them. The system creates
the factories and the machinery; the
whole thing is a social product. But
all this is to be exempt from taxation
by our theorists, and the whole bur
den is to be thrown on land alone;
whose values, however, in fact, have
beven created in less degree by social
forces than these other values which
are to be free from all taxation.
In Oregon once there were no pri
vate landowners. Pioneers are yet liv
ing who found the land possessed in
common, so far as.it was possessed at
all by the native races. These races
had made no progress, in thousands of
years. Private ownership and private
use of land was the first necessary step
to civilization. No results could have
been reached . without it. Nor is it
conceivable that any civilization could
be maintained without it.
Some part of the value of land
everywhere is a social product. So
ftiso Is some part of the value of cattle
and on the whole a larger part. So
likewise of our steamboats on the riv
ers, and of our railroads. Their value,
far more than that of land, is a social
product. For land, without these
various adjuncts, had some value. Our
pioneers were able to get their liveli
hood out of it. But why should land
bear all the burdens, allowing values
created wholly by the progress of soci
ety and ministering far more to lux
ury than land can to its owners in gen
eral, be exempt? It is tdo foolish for
debate. Society cannot be broken up
into its units. It is a whole. If it is
a maker of land values, so it is a
maker of all other values, in a civilized
state.
If you eliminate the values created
by society, the residual property will
be extremely small. Value is given to
land by clearing, breaking up, drain
Ing, prolonged culture, making roads,
etc; constituting nearly all Its value
In the country districts; and In the
city, costly buildings, water supply,
street paving, piping for all purposes,
payment of taxes for municipal needs
v of every description, pouring money
into harbor improvements and country
highways for convenience and accom
modation of the whole country, as well
as of the city, all these things and
many more have created the values.
Legitimately earned money put in
year by year has done it. The spirit
of legitimate enterprise is it entitled
to no remuneration? If we have seen
land values increase In Portland, so
have we seen them Increase in all the
farm and timber districts of Oregon.
But the truth is that he who . at-
tempts to separate what he calls social
value from natural value, for the pur
pose of taxing the former and exempt
ing the latter, nurses a merely chimer
ical enterprise. Value is value; and
the constitution and laws of Oregon
provide that all property values shall
be taxed at their actual worth. Can
there be any better rule than the rule
of equality and fairness?
IT SHOULD PLEASE, IN OREGON.
Among the special reports from
Washington telegraphed to The Orego
nlan yesterday was this statement, to
wit:
Friend of tho President, "however, who
usually know his .views, declare he is un
alterably opposed to the nomination of
Governor Hughes on the ticket with Mr.
Taft. These friend probably reflect the
President's opinions when they say Mr.
Hughes would be all right as Vice-President,
but If any accident were to occur and
he wero to become President, It would be
another case of Andrew Johnson." Tha Re
publican party would be wrecked by having
as Its official head a man who does not
believe in the party system nor know nor
caro how to maintain the organization. If
this Is Mr. Roosevelt's opinion, as It doubt
less Is, despite what he says about his In
tention to keep hands off the Vice-PresI-dency.
It may be regarded as quite probable
some other man than Mr. Hughes will be
put on the ticket with Mr. Taft.
It is known that President Roosevelt
is not favorable to Governor Hughes
for the Presidency; but the sufficient
reason is that he is an earnest sup
porter of Secretary Taft; and when
Mr.- Roosevelt enters upon any course
of action he does not suffer -himself
to be checked by doubts, hesitations or
divided counsels.
That Mr. Hughes Is not a good ma
chine politician is certainly true. The
"managers" can't "depend" on him.
Probably he Is less strenuous for party,
as party, than Mr. Taft. Yet he has
acted consistently with the Republican
party at all times. As a public official,
however, he is not reckoned a good
party-builder.
He should, nevertheless. Be very
popular in Oregon if the above esti
mate of him is the true one; for Re
Dublicans of Oregon appear to desire.
above all things,- to have for the "offi
cial head" of their party a man who
does not believe in the party system,
nor know nor care how to maintain
the organization."
Perhaps this is one reason the one
great 'reason why opposition appears
to instruction of the Oregon delegates
for Taft. Opposition to all organiza
ton and to all party authority is the
logic of the Republican situation in
Oregon. Any Republican organization
is "a machine," and "the knife" Is the
remedy, as government, in Russia and
Turkey, is despotism, tempered by as
sassination. 8 TILL TN THE LEAD.
Building permits for the first week
in May are running well ahead of
those for the corresponding dates last
year. There is less business in large
office structures than there was a year
ago, but . the. demand for dwelling
houses holds up remarkably well. That
Portland is In much better condition
than her rivals, north or south, is quite
clearly shown in the building statistics
for the month of April. Los Angeles
reported 639 permits of a total valua
tion of $664,950. Seattle had a slight
lead over the southern city, with per
mits valued at $705,875, while Port
land was at the head of the list with
676 permits valued at $977,760. Per
haps the most, interesting feature of
these statistics is the increased valua
tion- of the Portland buildings over
those of the other two cities.
The average cost of the 1123 build
ings for which permits were issued in
Seattle in April was but $628. In Los
Angeles the average was $1233, while
at Portland, with no large office build
ing included, the average was $1700.
The scarcity of permits for large office
structures is, of course, in part due to
the general business depression that Is
in evidence everywhere, but is more
largely due to the fact that there was
an extraordinary amount of work on
the larger class of buildings late last
year, and with completion of these
buildings a vigorous demand for office
and store rooms will be partially satis
fied. Last year the value of the per
mits for business structures, hotels
and lodging-houses was far out of pro
portion to that for dwellings.
This year to date there has been a
tendency to equalize matters by build
ing more dwellings and going slower
on the other class of buildings. But
the work on hand in the architects' of-,
fices Includes a considerable number
of business structures, which will ma
terially aid in bringing the figures well
up toward ' those of last year. Very
few dwellings are being constructed
for renting purposes, and when people
are constantly building for their own
use, as the Portlanders have been do
ing for the past two years, and there
are still no vacant houses of conse
quence, it is an easily understood fact
that we are receiving constant and
heavy additions to our population.
EXPENSIVE DISCRIMINATION.
The latest excuse put forward by
the United States Quartermaster's De
partment as a reason for not sending
transports to this city is that there is
insufficient water for the transports.
This reason was probably suggested by
the contention made by the Navy De
partment, which, by a line of reason
ing all its own, decided that a battle
ship drawing twenty-four feet required
more water than a tramp steamer
drawing twenty-six feet. Through re
fusal of the Government to send the
transport Crook to this city for a
"knockdown" steamboat built at a
Portland yard, it becomes necessary to
ship the freight by rail to Seattle,
where the Crook Is to proceed from
San Francisco. The injustice of the
allegation that there is insufficient
water in the Columbia River for the
Crook, or for any other vessel In the
transport service, is shown by the fact
that in 1907 there were loaded at
Portland eighty-one steamships of
greater size than the Crook. Many of
them were from forty to fifty feet
longer, and had fully two feet greater
draft than the Crook, while the parry
ing capacity of some of them was 2000
tons greater than that of the Crook.
The injustice and discrimination of
the Quartermaster's Department are a
far more serious matter than the slight
put upon Portland by the Navy De
partment. .The parlor navigators who
are averse to permitting a local pilot
to take a twenty-four-foot battleship
over a bar which shows a channel
depth of thirty-five feet at mean high
water almost invariably lack the skill
and experience of the men in charge
of the transports. The transport men
are recruited from the ranks of navi
gators of the class that brings the big
tramp steamers to Portland, and
would, if permitted, have no more
hesitancy about bringing the trans-
sports to Portland than they would
have regarding any other port to
which they might be ordered.
Where Portland is damaged by this
discrimination is in her inability to
supply goods in competition with the
ports favored by the Quartermaster's
Department. The steamboat which
the Government has ordered shipped
to Seattle by rail for trans-shipment
on the Crook was constructed at Port
land at a lower cost than It could be
secured elsewhere, but In future bids
which may be submitted it will be
necessary for the bidder to make al
lowance for the extra cost of rail ship
ment, and this additional cost may be
sufficient to turn -the business away
from the port. In which case both
Portland and the Government will be
loser. For all commodities required
In the Philippines, Portland is easily
the cheapest and best market on the
Pacific Coast. There are tributary to
this city more hay, oats and other for
age than are easily available for any
other port on the Pacific Coast, and.
were it not for the studied discrimina
tion of the Quartermaster's Depart
ment, practically all of the business
would be handled from here.
Another feature of the service that
has been costly to the Government
and unfair to Portland Is the landing
of .Vancouver Barracks troops at Sa
Francisco and their dispatch for the
Philippines from that port. This, of
course, makes business for San Fran
cisco, cut it costs the Government
many thousands more than it would
to handle the business direct through
Portland.
TEMPLE BETH ISRAEL,
All things are relative. An Interval
of time is long or short, not in Itself,
but in the mind of the observer. The
period of fifty years during which
Temple Beth Israel has existed and
wrought its beneficent work in Port
land constitutes a large section of our
local history, but in the long story of
the Jewish race it Is but a moment.
"When the congregation of the Temple
Beth Israel was founded, half a cen
tury ago, Portland was little more
than a country village and Oregon -a
state whose population had scarcely
begun to develop Its resources. When
this powerful Jewish congregation
shall celebrate Us thousandth anni
versary, what will be the population
of Portland? What place will Oregon
hold in the galaxy of states?
A thousand years is a long way to
look ahead, but not very long either,
compared with the past of the Jews.'
A people which has come down the
ages as far as they have, and through
such vicissitudes of fortune, may well
hope to nourish as long as there are
human beings on the face of the earth.
The oldest among the religions of civ
ilized men, the worship of Jehovah
may well hope to survive all others,
unless Indeed long before the sound
ing of the final trumpet our. present
creeds and sects shall have been
merged in some greater faith broad
enough to Include every truth.
Tha hundreds of centuries during
which the Jews have preserved theii
religion, their laws and their peculiar
customs essentially unaltered seem to
prophesy that they will always dwell
apart from other races. Perhaps they
will never mingle with alien blood
and lose themselves as the Celtic and
the South European elements in our
nationality are doing. But perhaps.
on the other hand, the Jews may some
time resign their exclusiveness and
with It their separate racial life. With
the passing of the conditions which
have emphasized their separateness
and often compelled it they may
gradually mingle with other strains
and disappear as a distinct people. For
the Jews themselves this would proba
bly be a desirable consummation. For
the rest of the world it might be a
serious loss. The Jews stand for a
distinct ideal, and Ideals are not so
plentiful tnat we can afford to lose
one of the best of them.
FACTS VERSUS FICTION.
"When the German tariff agreement
went Into effect, July 1, 1907, Ameri
can labor was fully employed, Ameri
can markets were crowding American
mills, imports and exports were large
and Increasing, transportation facilities
were inadequate for the demands of
business, and additional facilities for
increasing business were projected
everywhere." In such glowing lan
guage the American Economist (Hu
morist) recalls, last year's conditions,
and then, with a "look-upon-this-plc-ture-and-then-on-this,"
proceeds:
-Four months later capita! was In hiding,
banks had . suspended, fear had taken pos
session of the American people, and the
United State was In the throes of a great
panic Four months later still two-thirds
of the American factories and mines were
either Idle or on short tlma; 200,000 idle
workers had returned to Europe; 800,000
empty freightcars were standing Idle upon
completed American railroads, and projected
facilities for Increasing business were aban
doned. The German tariff agreement had re
vised tha American tariff downward, by
making the undervaluation of German pro
ducts convenient.
The Economist has a well-earned
and well-deserved reputation of being
the official organ of the trusts, and Its
croakings may accordingly be regard
ed as "official" from the trust stand
point. Unfortunately for the veracity
of the Economist, there is another "of
ficial" publication issued from the
Government printing office at Wash
ington. It appears monthly, and the
information it contains is supplied and
compiled by the Bureau of Statistics of
the Department of Commerce and La
bor. Advance sheets of the May issue,
received yesterday, show that for the
nine months ending March. 31, 1908,
the value of the exports from this
country to Germany was $232,093,812,
compared' with $207,236,822 for the
same period in the preceding season,
when, according to the "Humorist,"
"exports and Imports were increasing,'
etc.
' Meanwhile Germany, under the ini
quitous tariff agreement, which be
came effective July 1, 1907, exported
to the United States, In the nine
months ending March 81, 1908, goods
to the amount of $113,086,976, com
pared with $122,749,751 for the cor
responding period in the season of
1906-07. In other words, this awful
German tariff agreement has enabled
us to export $25,000,000 worth more
goods to Germany than we exported in
the same period before the agreement
became effective, and we spent nearly
$10,000,000 less for German goods
than during the same period in the
season preceding enactment of the
agreement.
This 'big Increase in exports Included
increases in agricultural Implements,
clocks, watches, automobiles, cotton
cloths and wearing apparel, scientific
instruments, builders' hardware, saws,
tools, sewing machines, boots and
shoes, and a large number of other
manufactured articles. Facts are said
to be stubborn things, and. the Ameri
can Humorist would display a higher
regard for the intelligence of its read
ers if it would make use of a few in
lieu of such wild statements as it is
putting forth in an effort to bolster up
the tottering cause of "standpatlsm."
Six thousand woodworkers In the
Clyde shipyards were locked out last
week, and there is a movement under
way to extend the lockout throughout
all departments of shipbuilding in the
United Kingdom. Unless there is a
change in the situation, more .than
250,000 men will be affected. The
lockout was the result of a strike
against reduction of wages, and reduc
tion of wages was caused by the low
freights and poor market for shipping
property throughout the world. With
tramp steamers obliged to steam from
3000 to 10,000 miles in baUast, and
with sailers laid up in idleness in every
big port on earth, it requires a re
markable combination of low wages
and low prices to keep the foreign
shipyards working. The trouble is
simply the natural working out of the
old law of supply and demand, and
with the laborer, as with the ship
builder, It Is a case of small remunera
tion or the alternative of no remunera
tion.
Perhaps, after all, the brickbats
which the Vancouver (B. C.) hood
lums threw at the Hindus were not
thrown in vain, and a reward may be
due the men who made the rumpus.
The outrage disclosed the fact that the
laws of British Columbia were inade
quate to . protect the Hindus. Now
comes Canadian Deputy Minister of
Labor Mackenzie King with a report
from England which provides a way
for excluding the objectionable Brit
ish citizens. Mr. King has discovered
that under the "India act" no native
of India can leave under contract to
labor in any foreign country which Is
not on a list of countries that have
made laws such as the Indian govern
ment considers are adequate for the
protection of the Hindus. Now if some
one will only scratch the name of the
United States from the list affected by
the India law, we shall be saved much
trouble and the Hindus some humilia
tion and possibly something worse.
The Argentine shipments this week.
for the first time since the season
opened, fell below 2,000,000 bushels,
and Australlaj-slpments were also
light. Partly through this influence
and partly an account of'unt'avorable
crop reports at home, the Chicago
market shot up with a rush yester
day. Whatever portion of the 3-cent
advance in the market could be traced
to the small Argentine- shipments
might well be credited to sentiment,
for there is hardly any man in touch
with the, wheat market who could not
predict almost to a certainty that a
heavy falling off in Argentine ship
ments was overdue. The crop of the
southern land has been fairly accu
rately estimated by a number of lead
ing authorities, and the most liberal
estimates did not allow for the contin
ued shipping of such enormous
amounts as have been pouring 'out of
Buenos Ayres, Rosarlo and other Ar-
gentlne ports since early in January.
The big diamond in the spotless
shirt front of Bunko Bill, the twenti
eth-century successor of Robin Hood
and other hold-up artists of the long-
departed past. Is his chief asset. It
sheds rays of prosperity which dazzle
the eyes of the Reubens with whom he
would do business, and, in probably
ninety-nine cases out of one hundred.
it utterly fails to represent the actual
financial condition of the owner. But
the diamond in commerce performs
an entirely different function, and as
a commercial barometer it is invalua
ble, for when times are hard there is
no demand for the sparklers, but when
they improve -the demand at once
picks up. For this reason it Is pleas
ing to note that the Imports of the
precious stones at New York in April
were valued at $493,052, compared
with $389,514 In March and $200,443
in February.
Every friend of the University of
Oregon will rejoice in the statement
that the City Council of Eugene has
signed a contract for the construction
of a gravity system that will supply
the city with pure water. The source
of the supply has not yet been settled
upon, but preliminary surveys looking
to this end will begin next Monday.
The statement is accompanied by the
assurance that a first-class water sys
tem will be secured through the enter
prise thus undertaken. This means
that neither citizens of Eugene nor
students of the university will here
after be compelled to drink boiled
water as a safeguard against typhoid
fever.
The greater part of the electors who
are to pass on the initiative or refer
endum measures now submitted to
them for their decision will vote with
out any real knowledge of the various
propositions. Few will even read
them, but will vote at hazard. Without
serious thought of consequences. Such
a mass of stuff fatigues the attention
of the electors. Much of it Is incom
prehensible, even to its authors, who
are taking the opportunity to exploit
fads and follies which never could get
through any legislative body where
there was chance to examine and ex
pose them.
Unquestionably the Democratic con
vention of Oregon will Instruct for
Bryan.. Democrats of the state want
no bargain or dicker for their votes
in the Denver convention. Likewise
Republicans of Oregon are for Taft,
and they would do well to instruct for
him.'if they would not have their votes
thrown as white' chips into some gam
bling pool at Chicago.
Brother Paget didn't like it because
a whisky house was distributing its ad
vertisements among the preachers and
laymen at the Baltimore conference.
Tet it looks to us as if the good
brother had saved that ad from' being
an arid failure.
Whatever happens, Mr. John Cal
houn Young will have on hand a lot
of valuable experiences from which to
hand out a lot of choice I-told-you-so
observations a little later.
Of course Mayor Lane won't apolo
gize for his mistaken remarks about
City Attorney Kavanaugh. It's a little
late In this administration to set that
sort of precedent.
Captain Hobson still appears to be
doing most of the country's worrying
over the imminence of war with
Japan.
CRUISIXG TILLAMOOK TIMBER
Sixty Men and 12 Teams Start on
Work of Estimating.
FOREST GROVE, May 8. (Special.)
Sixty expert timber cruisers, with
12 teams, left here yesterday morning
for Tillamook County to cruise tho
timber lands of that county that the
Assessor may be able to reach a more
equitable assessment of the timbered
districts. At a recent meeting of the
Tillamook Board of County Commis
sioners, the contract for performing
this work was awarded to Charles J.
Clement, of Portland. His bid was the
lowest and was seven cents per acre,
while the next lowest bid was ten cents
and on the entire job the Clement bid
was more than $13,000 less than the
next lowest bidder. '
The contract calls for' a cruise, esti
mates and reports on all the lands in
the county. The report is to be in
spected by examiners appointed by the
County Court and if the estimates of
the latter agrees with chat of the
cruisers, within 10 per cent, the re
port of the cruisers shall be deemed
to be correct. With the conclusion of
this cruise the County Court expects
to have an elephant off Its hands and
to bring satisfaction to all timber own
ers in the county.
DEAD OF THE NORTHWEST
Thomas S. Lebow, Lane County
Pioneer.
COTTAGE GROVE, Or., May 8. (Spe
cial.) Thomas . S. Lebow, one -of Lane
County's old and highly-respected pion
eers, died In this city Wednesday at the
home of his daughter, Mrs. James Por
ter, at the advanced age of 81 years. Mr.
Lebow crossed the plains from Missouri
to California in 1S49. In 1S62 he came to
Oregon and located the Lebow donation
land claim, on Mosby Creek, where he
had since resided. In 18S6 he married
Miss Hanna Shields, whom he survived
a little over a year. He leaves two sons
and two daughters, James and Marion
Lebow, and Mrs. James Porter and Mrs.
Dan - Brumbaugh, all of this vicinity.
Mrs. James H. Story.
MONTESANO, Wash.. May 8. (Spe
clal.) Mrs. James H. Story, of the Up
per Satsop, died yesterday morning, of
typhoid pneumonia. Mrs. Story, who
was May P. Stocking, was born at Grat
ton, Mich., and spent her. early life
there, afterwards removing to South
Dakota. There she was married to Mr.
Story. They came to Chehalls County
some ten years ago. Mrs. Story leaves
a husband and seven children.
FEED PRICES GO SKYWARD
Shortage in Mlllstuffs and Hay on
Sound.
TACOMA, Wash., May 8. (Special.)
strong demand and high prices are the
features in the hay and grain market.
Lately there have come to the local
dealers Inquiries from the Eaet for
large lots of oats. One concern had a
letter inquiring as to prices on a lot of
200 tons of oats. Tacoma dealers are
receiving heavy calls from San Fran
cisco for mill feed and for grain and
hay, but the mills of Puget .Sound are
not producing heavily of bran and
shorts for the reason they are not
grinding flour for export at the present
time, but are running light, and eome
of the mills are closing down for the
annual repairs.
This combination of a short supply
with the heavy California demand
makes prices firm at high figures, bran
being quoted at $25.60 and shorts $27.50
in carload lots of 12 tons or more.
HARMOXY EXISTS IX MARIOX
No Disposition on Part of Candidates
to Knife Each Other.
SALEM, Or., May 8. (Special.) That
there will be no knifing of the Repub
lican legislative ticket in this county was
plainly indicated by the spirit of hor
mony and good feeling which pervaded
the meeting of county candidates tonight.
All candidates for, county offices met
and made general plans for the cam
paign. Of the five legislative candidates three
are Statement No. 1 men and two were
signers of a Republican voters' choice
pledge. While the primary campaign
was a vigorous, one, no bitterness or ill
feeling wa engendered. All the legisla
tive candidates are personal friends. The
Democrats, however, have two candi
dates for the Legislature In the field and
expect to have three more, all signers of
Statement No. 1.
GIVES CLEAR, FORCEFUL TALK
Cake Speaks at Riddle and Canyon-
ville to Many People.
RIDDLE, Or., May 8. (Special.)
Judge Q. W. Riddle, son of the first
settler of this valley, introduced H. M.
Cake tonight.' Judge Riddle expressed
pleasure In Mr. Cake's visit, but de
clared it useless. "Mr. Cake will get the
unanimous Republican vote of this sec
tion, even If he hadn't visited us," he
said. The hall where speaking was held
was filled, people from miles around at
tending. Mr. Cake made a clear, forcible
address, refraining from personalities.
The audience, however, laughed when
told of the claims of Democratic candi
dates. He" arrived here this afternoon
and drove to Canyonville, where he spoke
at 4 o'clock. A large audience greeted
him there.
GETS LETTER FOR HIS YELLIXG
Arthur Van Dusen, Varsity Yell-
Master, Decorated by Council.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene,
Or., May 8. (Special.) At a meeting of
the Athletic Council Arthur Van Duson,
10. varsity yell leader for 1907-08. was
today awarded the official athletic "0"
for his efficient services while acting in
his capacity during the late football
season. Van Dusen Is one of the most
popular men-In college and in addition
to being yell leader, has been the princi
pal stunster on the varsity glee club for
the past two years. He Is a member of
the Sigma Nu fraternity.
Salem Gets a Cleaning.
SALEM, Or.. May 8. (Special.) This
was "cleanup" day in Salem and from
reports that have been turned in by
teamsters it is evident that the occasion
was a great success. All over town peo
ple cleaned up their premises and set
the refjse out on the street in boxes or
barrels and volunteer teamsters came
and hauled the receptacles away. . The
public schools were dismissed at noon
and the children joined in the work. The
day was set apart by Mayor Rodgers
as a "cleanup" day.
Aphis Injures Peach Crop.
PENDLETON, Or.. May 8. (Special.)
According to John S. Vinton, of Free
water, half the peach crop in the north
ern part of the county has been de
stroyed by aphis. Heretofore the aphis
has been content with attacking the
leaves of tha trees. This year, the
blossom was attacked and the fruit
destroyed. While the loss will be
heavy, it will be partially compensated
for by the finer quality of the fruit, x
BOURNE FORCES WILL FIGHT
Clackamas Republican Convention
Promises to Be Stormy.
OREGON CITY, Or., May 8. (Spe
cial.) Promptly at 1 o'clock tomorrow
Judge Livy Stipp, chairman of the Re
publican county central committee, will
call to order the first Republican county
convention- that Clackamas County has
had in four years. The only purpose
of this convention is to choose 11 dele
gates to attend the state convention at
Portland, but it Is in the air that the
Bourne and ani-Bourne delegates to the
county convention will mix it up in a
sharp contest for personnel of the dele
gation. Christian Schuebel, who is Senator
Bourne's chief lieutenant in Clackamas
County, will endeavor to secure the elec
tion of 11 men who will favor the se
lection of an uninstructed delegation to
the Chicago convention, but the anti
Bourne people are believed to be in the
majority and it is considered improbable
that the Clackamas County delegation
will be for the Junior Senator, though
some of his friends may be sent to Port
land. State Committeeman C. G. Hunt
ley has an ambition to be one of the
eight delegates to represent Oregon at
Chicago, and no matter what the makeup
of the county delegation Mr. Huntley
will, no doubt, receive their support.
SECURES JOSEPIIIXE HOLDINGS
C. F. Swigert Invests in Rogue River
Valley Properties.
GRANTS PASS, Or., May 8. (Spe
cial.) Charles F. Swigert, president 6f
the Chamber of Commerce of Port
land, has just closed a deal in which
he takes over numerous properties in
this county, consisting of the Sllsby
sawmill and several tracts of timber.
For the Sllsby holdings he paid $43,
000. His trip also included the buying
of the Andrew box factory, at Glen
dale. He also made pointed inquiries
about the route for an electric road from
Grants Pass to Ashland and as Mr.
Swigert is . already closely identified
with the electric lines In the Willamette
Valley, his touching upon this subject
had a decided impression on the busi
ness interests here. He said that steam
power would be preferable to electric
on a road to Crescent City, owing to
the freight revenue from hauling heavy
logs and timber, copper matte and
other minerals, which would require
heavy power.
ACCUSES BIG LUMBERMEX
Eugene Romano Says C C. Bolconi
Misappropriated $2550.
SEATTLE, May 8. On a complaint filed
by Romano, proprietor of the American
Automobile Machine Works, Prosecuting
Attorney Kenneth Mackintosh, this morn
ing Issued a warrant for the arrest of C.
C. Bolcom. a prominent Seattle man, now
living in San Francisco. The charge is
obtaining money under false pretenses
and the amount Involved is $2550.
C. C. Bolcom is a brother of W. M.
Bolcom, head of the Bolcom Mills, inc.,
of Ballard. Harry Bolcom Is another
brother. All three of the Bolcom brothers
are well known In lumber manufacturing
circles.
Tho direct charge against C. C. Bolcom,
is that he purchased two lots with money
furnished by Romano, the complainant,
and then deeded the property to his
fcrother, William M. Bolcom, one of the
best-known lumbermen of the Pacific
Northwest.
ACCUSES HIS HALF BROTHER
Tramp Says Mace Smith Killed
Bra tertian Price. " " '
SPOKANE, May 8. A special to the
Chronicle from Pasco, Wash., says:
"Berto Watson, one of the tramps
held on suspicion of killing Brakeman
Sam Price by throwing him from a
moving train, has confessed that hie
balf-brother. Mace Smith, pushed Price
off the car.
"Smith Is in custody but denies the
charge. His home is at Lind, Wash."
ELECTRIC LINE A CERTAINTY
Dr. H. W. Ooe Make9 the Announce
ment at Pendleton.
PENDLETON, Or., May 8. (Special.)
Doctor H. W. Coe, of Portland, an
nounced today that the proposed elec
tric road from this city down through
the Irrigated section of the county to
the Columbia River Is a certainty. Ho
says his engineer will be here in a day
or two to begin the work of surveying
the right-of-way.
Dispose of Liquor Cases.
OREGON CITY, Or.. May 8. (Special.)
The cases against James Jesse and H.
K. Tackleson, charged with selling liquor
to minors, will probably be disposed of
tomorrow or Monday, as Judge McBride
will adjourn Court here, so as to be at
St. Helens Tuesday morning. The two
men were embroiled in the arrests that
were made at Canby following the tragic
death of young Charles Kinzel last FalL
Jesse was convicted and given a jail sen
tence and fine, but execution of the sen
tence has been hanging fire, pending a
motion for a new trial. In the Tackleson
case the jury disagreed. The people of
Canby have united in a petition to have
Jesse paroled, as he has a family.
Lease Sandstone Deposits.
COTTAGE 'GROVE, Or., May 8. (Spe
cial.) R. G. and W. T. Bodley, of Port
land, have leased 300 acres at Comstock,
Douglas County, 12 miles south of this
city, from J. A. Griggs, for $18.00e, for
a term of 20 years. The property has
been used as a farm and stock ranch,
but has large deposits of sandstone, and
there are traces of coal. It is announced
that the first development work will be
in getting out the sandstone.
Hadley to Leave Supreme Court.
BELLING HAM. Wash., May 8. Chief
Justice Hiram E. Hadley announced to
personal and political friends here last
night that he would not seek re-election
to the Supreme Bench th4s Autumn.
Judge Hadley was appointed to the Su
preme Bench in 1891, and has held the
office continuously since. He will re
sume practice here on the expiration of
his term.
Arguments for Lower Fare.
SALEM, Or., May 8. (Special.) The
arguments in the case of the Portland
Railway, Light & Power Company
against the Oregon Railroad Commis
sion, involving the question of a 5-cent
reduction In fares on the Milwaukle
line; were begun before Judge Galloway
today and will be concluded tomorrow.
Test Tax Board's Order.
TACOMA, May 8. Tacoma Clearing
House Association and the Chamber of
Commerce have employed attorneys to
test the order of the State Board of Tax
Commissioners instructing Assessors to
assess moneys, credits and mortgages.
Suit will begin at once.
Another Body From Kelton.
NEWPORT. Or., May 8. Another body
from the lost crew of the steamer Kelton
came ashore 20 miles north of here yester
day afternoon. It has not yet been identified.
POTPOURRI
BY NAJfCY LEE.
When a woman won't, she won't; but
when she can't, she cries.
A real baseball enthusiast ' would
rather -hear the stentorian command,
"Play ball!" than the final, "Well .done,
thou good and faithful servant."
A cad is a parody on a man.
Since the new rule of boarding cars
on the left side of the street has been
inaugurated by the Portland Street
Railway Company, 'tis well to bear ir.
mind that if on the left you're right,
if on the right you're left.
Same Old Girl.
Anna's gone to Italy,
Helie's gone there too.
Now if they should stay there,
What would the papers do?
In Rome as the Romans do.
When old Jay's money is sunk.
Why, Helie could grind the organ -And
Anna could still be the monk.
.
Thoee who walk in the narrow way
are never crowded.
-
It was at a political meeting and
rival candidates for Sheriff were billed
for speeches. The first, toward the
conclusion of his remarks, said with
pumped-up sentiment. "A lasting im
pression was made on my mind when
I left home at an early age. My dear
old mother, throwing her arms around
my neck and bidding me an affection
ate adieu, said, My eon, always be
truthful and honest.' "
His opponent, an Irishman, then
arose and finished his stirring speech,
thus: "Sure, I, too, lift home at an
early age, and whin me mlther bid me
an affictlonate good-bye, she didn't
say, 'Me eon, always be honest and
truthful.' Begory, she'didn't have to."
The Better Part.
To rest without a tremor
In the breast i
Of discontent or weariness;
To rest
Without a faint reminder
Of the strife.
The fret, the sharp regret .
Of common life;
To rest In blest communion ,
On the heart
Of one whom serving Is
The better part
This Is to love.
To love without a question
Or a thought;
To gather all the blessings
Love has brought.
With thankful heart; to guard
The happiness,
More than our own, of one
We long to bless;
To follow In the footsteps
Love has made,
Of none suspicious, of none afraid
This Is to rest.
Unmusical.
Irate father Anna, for heaven's
sake! that's the worst music I ever
heard. Give us a rest!
Anna Can't do It, pa; there ain't
one In the music .
.
' "To the pure all things are pure"
until they read the Food Commission
reports.
The guests at the party had become
bored, when a foggy-brained English
man arose, declaring that he would
give a prize to the person making the
ugliest face. Immediately the faces
of young and old became ludicrously
contorted. Glancing about the room
the Englishman presented the trophy
to the tall, angular woman; where
upon she returned it, naively declaring,
"Why, I wasn't playing,"
.
A story Is now current to the effect
that Moses Ikeneteln had occasion to
consult a physician. Going Into the
reception-room, he found it filled with
patients. After a long wait, he in
quired of the man seated next what
the doctor's charges were, and was
told twenty dollars for the first con
sultation and five dollars for each sue.
ceeding visit. At this moment, the
doctor entered and Mr. Ikenntein, rush
ing ahead of all other patients, said
effusively, extending his hand, "Veil,
doctor, here I am again."
LEAVES $10,000 TO CHARITY.
V. H. Caldwell, Linn Pioneer, Pro
vides for Orphans In Will.
ALBANY, Or., May 8. (Special.) Ter.
thousand dollars is given to charity by
the will of V. H. Caldwell, a well-known
Linn County pioneer who died recently
at his home near Albany. The will was
filed for probate here this afternoon and
George W. Caldwell, a Portland attorney,
and William Caldwell, of Albany, are
named as executors. The two executors
are made trustees of the fund for charity
and authorized to expend it as they see
fit, the only provision being that they
ahall devote it to the use of orphans if
possible. The estate is valued at about
$70,000. There are 14- children, but the
bulk of the estate is left to Mary S.
Kantz, Ceorge W. Caldwell, Andrew J.
Caldwell, Nellie A. Hughes, William Cald
well, Martha M. Marsh and Sarah F.
Caldwell. None of the other' children re
ceive more than $500 each, and a report
is current that the will is to be contested.
Want Xo Single Tax.
FOREST GROVE, Or., May 8. iSpe
cial.) The establishment of a single tax
system in Oregon is unalterably opposed
by the members of the Washington
County Pomona Grange, which, at a re
cent meeting, passed resolutions con
demning the measure. The text of the
resolution follows:
Whereas, There is a measure to be voted
upon at the coming election In June, looku-.g
to the establishment of the single tax sys
tem by exempting a large -amount of prop
erty from taxation, will Inevitably increase
the burden upon farm property,
Therefore, Be It resolved by Washington
County Pomona Grange, representing a
large number of property owners and tax
payers of Washington County, that we are
unalterably opposed to any proposition look
ing to the exemption of any form of prop
erty from the payment of Its just, reason-,
able share of taxation.
Will Sue Columbia's Owners.
ABERDEEN, Wash., May 8. (Spe
cial.) Emilio Sllvo, an Italian, has made
application to the Superior Court to be
appointed administrator of his wife's
estate. Silvo lost his wife and children
In the steamer Columbia disaster and
has brought a damage suit in a Cali
fornia court. He Is a resident of Aber
deen. The application Is a necessary part
of the proceedings.