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THE MORNTXG OKEGOXIAX, TTJ ESD AT, JULY 14, 1908. YOUTH EULOGIZED B.1ITI Praises Powers of Intuition and Accomplishment of the Young. TRIUMPHS OVER BLUNDERS Seattle Pastor Leading Speaker at Gladstone Park Chautauqua. Fine Ball Game Draws Crowd of 1000. CH A UTA tQ U A GROUN PS . Gladstone Park, July 13. (Special.) "Fijmres do not lie, but liars figure." This was only one of the emphatic assertions made in the lecture of Dr. B. L. Whitman, of Seattle, on the Chautauqua platform this after noon. His subject w.s the "Message of Youth to the Present As" and he eulo gized youth, whoso vision, he said, was the vision of righteousness. "The judgment of youth is merciless," he said, "and nearly always true, anri his intuition is exceptionally strong. While the youth makes mistakes, after he gets through blundering', something is done. He Is optimistic, and overcomes obstacles, but he believes in himself.'. The doctor, who is pastor of one of Seattle's largest churches, the First Bap tist, declared against pessimism. He will lerture on '"Patriotism and the Republic" next Friday afternoon. The day was cool in Gladstone Park today end because of this the attendance was not equal to that of the warm days of last week. However, there were 2000 people on the grounds, and half of them fcaw the best played- game of baseball tiiat has been witnessed so far in the tournament. The Lebanon Cubs and the Spantons were the contesting teams, and never a run crossed the plate until the last half of the ninth inning, when Moore reached second, after the Spanton third tmsemen had thrown the ball high over first, and was brought in by a timely hit by Lee. Baseball Team Standings. The Gresham Giants and Oregon City Grays have played two, winning one game each, while the lebanon Cubs have played three and won two. Spanton has the same record, and Mount Tabor has lost both of the two games played. Ore gon City and Mount Tabor play tomor row. Miss Elanor Colony sang this afternoon and V. KJugerc Knox gave several of his choice dramatic recitations. The Round Table was under the direction of the Y C. T. U., and addresses were made on the liquor traffic by Mrs. M. L T. Hidden, Mrs. Ella J. Clinton, Mrs. Ida Barklay, Mrs. Adah Wallace Unruh and Miss Frances Gotshall. The affair was most creditable to the white ribbon ers, and Miss Leah Sehlosson, whose sweet voice is very captivating, rendered two numbers. Will Talk on Ownership. The lecture of Walter Thomas Mills, of Portland, on "Public Ownership of Mo nopolized L'tillties" was preceded by a vocal solo by Dr. R. A. Heritage, and a song by the Willamette Girls Quartet. Air. Mills is one of the foremost men of the country in psychological study, anrk is a deep thinker" and a forceful speaker. His -knowledge of political his tory is astounding and he compels atten tion from the start. "Health Problems Before the Ameri can People" were discussed at the morn ing forum by William G. Eliot, of Port land, who outlined the efforts now being made for the establishment ot a Na tional bureau of health to take up such great enterprises as the sanitation not only of towns, cities, districts, but even of entire states and great rivers, like the Ohio, on whose shores epidemics of typhoid fever are recurrent. He showed what had been done by National effort in stamping out yellow fever, smallpox, cholera, leprosy, and said that the held was still wide for lighting tuberculosis, typhoid, pneumonia and infantile dis eases. Praises Heroes of Science Dr. V. T. Williamson, a nerve spe cialist, talked on some of the heroes of science, who at the risk of their lives had investigated causes and remedies, and who have made the world a better place for human habitation. Woman's day comes tomorrow and the programme is full of interest to that nex. In the evening the first of two lec tures will be heard from Dr. Edwin "Cyclone" Sou titers, who is known as "The Florida Cracker." The programme follows: S to 11 Summer school. 11 "hauuiuiua Forum. Address. "Some Thlnjts 1 Found in Lor.vlon," by Professor Joppli Sella rer. of the I'niversity of Oregon A del re, "A Talk on l'hiks." by hi. T. Iische. superintendent of the City Parks of I'ortland. 1 2 Federation of Woman's Clubs picnic 1 : 1 . Concert, by Cuoniawa Indian School Band. Flower drill, by Mhnhron Flower Club. Music under the direction of Mrs. Warren K. Thomas, of Portland. Address, "prac tical Patriotism." by Miss Anna Lew is Clark chairman of civil service reform com mittee of the General Federation of Women's Clubs. :::to Chautauqua round tat lc. vnder Hie direction of the V. W. C. A. Subject, "The J'ortlaml Women's t'nions." presented by the leaders In the several organizations. 7:15 Concert, by Cheraawa Indian School Hand. 8 Solo by Miss Edna Frowning. Rcad Iiir. W. KuKene Knox. lecture, "if I Were the Ievil.' in the full costume of his Satanic Majesty, by Edwin "Cyclone" Suthers, that rewards tax jugrelinjj by decreasing a county's contribution to the State Treasury. But people of this district. o far removed from railroad connection that the great increase in property valua tion and wealth that has been expert enced. in Willamette Valley counties has not yet struck Lake County, feel that at the present time the state apportionment is even farther removed from equity than was the case under the old system. Ac cording to a just valuation, of Lake Coun I ty property, the people of this county are paying aimosi aoume ine amount, oi state 1 tflYpq fVlPV shnllld hif rS vinp fin4 arma county ' that has profited by the great progress and development in Oregon dur ing the past five years Is escaping just that much state taxes at the expense of Lake County. If the people who engi neered the recent tax code through the Legislature had readjusted the apportion ment according to the changed assessed valuations in the several counties during the years preceding the legislative ses sion, there could be no objection to a fixed apportionment. But when the old apportionment was continued far beyond its usefulness, or far beyond the time when it truly represented the propor tional wealth of the state as divided be tween the several counties, it became op pressive to those counties that are not so tavorahly situated as Multnomah, Ma rion, etc., for development. People of Lake County are perfectly wnung io nave the state taxes assessed to the several countfes according to a fixed apportionment, and have no objec tion io mat apportionment continuing over four years, or two sessions of the State Legislature, but they do object to naving the same apportionment continued from year to year, when the Drooertv valuations of Willamette Valley counties are increasing so rapidly because of the influx of people and capital, and valua tions in interior counties are advancing but little, if any, because this section is in the Harriman bottle. STBHM BENEFITS WHEAT HEAVY' RAINS BRING JOY TO IN LAND EMPIRE FARMERS. Crop Estimates in Eastern Washing' ton Increased 25 Per Cent by Showers in Palouse. SPOKANE, Wash., July 13. (Spe cial.) Rain in good quantities today has meant thousands of dollars to the farmers of the Inland Empire. The storm has been general and a general estimate of Kastern Washington places the crop average 25 per cert higher tonight than yesterday. In the Palouse country, where rain had been unknown for weeks, the fall began at 6 o'clock and has kept stead ily up since, with indications of lasting all night. In the Big Bend district, reports say that where large flelds of Spring grain were to be cut for hay, there-will now be a crop of from 50 to 55 per cent. Like reports come from Colville, Mey er's Falls and vicinity. At Washtucna today the first wagon load Of Wheat was rieltvorri an woo rproved number one. This is a surprise to tarmers. The grain is averaging 30 bushels to the acre, and in spots is running as high as 62 pounds. On the Central Washington branch of the Northern Pacific farmers report great benefits from heavy storms. Go on Special Car. A special car will carry memners and friends of the Mothers" and Teachers' Club of Milwaukie today to Gladstone. The club members will go in a body and al are expected to be at The waiting room this morning at 10:;:0 o'clock. The Minthorn Springs Flower Club, which has a part on the programme at Chautauqua will go with the panv. TAX ON OLD RATIO UNFAIR Lake County Complains -at Unjust Apportionment State Taxes. LAKE VIEW, Or.. July 13. (Special.) Other counties in Oregon beside Yamhill have been complaining of the unfairness of continuing for 11 years a fixed appor tionment of state taxes among the sev eral counties, when that apportionment was based upon an average assessed val uation In the several counties foT a pe riod of five years, and was originally in tended to continue but five years. The county authorities in Lake County sought legal advice on the matter some time since, but decided not to disturb the pres ent system at a time that would embar rass the state in collecting its finances, but to wait until the coming session of the Sta.te Legislature had an opportunity to readjust t he apportionment to corre spond with changed conditions. In complaining against the present ap portionment. Like County does not de air to hav a. return to the old system CHERRY POOL BREAKING UP Salem Growers Signing Contracts With Mutual Canning Company. SALEM, Or., July 13. (Special.) The pool of Salem cherry growers be gan breaking up today when B. I. Ferguson, the largest grower in the pool, signed the three-year contract with the Mutual Canning Company. The company's contract, over which there has been much local discussion, provides for a price of three cents this year ami a minimum price of three cents in subsequent years, the increase over that figure to be in proportion to the increase in the price of canned goods over tile list price, of canned goods this year. Either the Oregon Packing Company's list or the Cali fornia Fruit Canners' Association list may be taken as the basis for com putation, at the option of the grower. In conference with growers today. Manager G. W. Hoicomb argued that his company must be protected from the competition of packers who come into the field for only a short time ana offer prices higher than the mar ket warrants. Growers asserted that they are entitled to the benefit of com petition, to which Hoicomb replied that if he malntaina a cannery and handles the crop in plentiful yards when no one wants the fruit, he must have it in years of shortage when transient buyers wish to enter the field and try to out bid him. Hoicomb asserts that his plan of varying prices assures the growers of a fair, price for their fruit. Ferguson is the only member of the pool who has signed the contract. ELECTION COSTS $12,361 Fisures Only Cover Expenses of In itiative and Referendum Bills. fALEM. Or.. July 13. (Special. ) Flections under the initiative and ref erendum in Oregon last month cost $15,500 in addition to the regular elec tion expenses, not counting anything for additional time of election judges or the additional cost of enlarged bal lots. The amount named is the cost of printing and distributing pamphlets of information to voters. Of the total amount. $3157 was paid by friends or opponents of measures for the space their arguments occupied in the pamphlets. Chief Clerk S. A. Kozer. of the Sec retary of State's office, today completed the following statement of expenses of printing and binding the 125.000 pam phlet ropies of the measures referred to the people together with the argu ments thereon: J'a.P" S 3.S2H..10 Vrimme 3.042.74 Bindjnn i 4-j Envelopes 'ssil'oo Pos'.oce 3.7.-.0.H0 Clerk rilro 1.02:174 Kerist ration lists 1 lot "5 Cartage ' a'ij rota' .$10,519.13 v. rouit By payment for paper $ i ooo M By payment for printing 2.1.1(5.07 Total '. . 3.157.1T Balance !2. 361.116 RAILS LAID TO BEAVERTON Right-of-way Troubles Alone Pre vent Reaching Hillsboro August 1. HILLSFORO. Or.. July 13. (Special.) The Oregon Electric now has its trackjlaid from the junction of the Saiem line, at Garden Home clear through to Beaver ton, and the eight miles of grade to Hills born is nearly ready for the rails. In another 50 days the bridges will be com pleted, and the right-of-way trouble is all that has kept the company from reaching this city by August 1. POISON KILLS BABY Terrible Death of Child Drives . Seattle Mother Insane. Sea Rosenthal's window, shoe bargains. MATCHES CAUSE TRAGEDY Mrs. Charles E. Dole Haunted by De lusion That She Is Responsible for Fatal Mistake of Her " Little Daughter. SEATTLE, Wash., July 13 Special.) Olive Eugenia Dole, aged 17 months, is dead, and her mother, Mrs. Charles E. Dole, is insane from grief, the conse quence of the child eating the heads of a dox ot matches Thursday afternoon. The mother labors under the delusion that she is responsible for- the child's , V.-. , 1. II, ........ : V, . tn..i. ti.i vuiiuitigii is iiHpruvea toaay and it is possible that her mental de rangement will prove temporary. Thursday the baby was drinking some miiK wnen a dox oi matches was blown from a shelf by the wind. The little girl soaked the tips of the matches in the milk, then drank the poisoned cu and ate the softened tips of the matches. A physician was called and for a time the baby showed signs of improvement. The doctor labored with her all day Friday, but on Saturday she grew rapidly worse and another doctor was called in. Sat urday night she died. The child is the second to die from eating matches within the . past two months. On May 31. Velva Smith, aaed 3 years, died as a result of eating matches wnich she round on the floor NEED MORE PRISON ROOM Mead Suggests Amendment to Graves Law to Care for Criminal Insane. OLTMPIA. Wash., July 13. (Special.) That section of the Graves insane law of last session, which provides that the criminal insane be committed to the State Penitentiary, has not been satis factory for lack of suitable buildings, etc., and other objections have been raised. To suggest amendments to make the law entirely satisfactory Governor Mead today wrote the following, asking them to serve on a commission and to make recommendation to be embodied in a message to the next Legislature: Dr. E. E. Heg. Seattle, State Board of Health: senator will Graves, Spokane, author of the bill; Superintendent C. S. Reed. State Penitentiary; Superintendents John -M. Semple and A. P. Calhoun, of the State Hospitals for the Insane; Dr. S. B. L. Penrose. president Whitman College. Walla Walla; Rev. Andreas Bard. Walla waua; Richard T. Buchanan, Tacoma. ROADS ARE IN GOOD SHAPE Commissioner West Goes on Foot 50 Miles to Chltwood. ALBANY, Or., July 13. (Special.) State Railroad Commissioner Oswald West ar rived In Albany last night from a tramp ing tour of inspection over, the west end cf the Carvallls & Eastern Railroad. He left Corv-allls Friday night and examined the track from that city to Chitwood, a distance of about 50 miles. He boarded the Albany-bound excursion train at Chit wood last evening. After transacting business in Portland today and attend ing a hearing at Crabtree tomorrow West will return to Chitwood' and walk over the remainder of 'the line to Yaquina. Later he will traverse the east end of the Corvallis & Eastern from Albany to Detroit Mr. West stated he found the road in lueh metter condition than he expected. but did not desire to make a detailed statement at this time of the result of his investigations. WATTS SUES JERRY STONE Athena Schoolteacher Alleges Dam age to His Reputation. PENDLETON. Or.. July l f Special.) A damage suit for $4600 was filed today by Professor Homer I. Watts against ex State Representative Jerry Stone. Both are residents of Athena, and Watts, who is a graduate of the University of Ore gon as well as the Yale law school, was principal of the Athena school last year. Stone was a member of the board of di rectors. Watts has been admitted to the bar, but he chose to teach school, and recently was the Democratic candidate for County School Superintendent, though a regis tered Republican. He alleges in his com plaint that Stone has damaged his repu tation as a teacher and as a lawyer be sides causing him much irritation and an noyance. It is stated that because of this alleged libel Watts has been unable to secure employment as a teacher. FIFTY MEN FIGHTING FIRE Heavy Damage in Forest9 Xear Lake Whatcom. BELLINGHAM, July 13. Two million feet of cut logs owned by Nolte Bros., have been destroyed and 800 acres of timber land burned over in a forest fire which has been burning for three days, six miles northeast of this city, on the shores of Lake Whatcom. A change of wind last night sent the flames into standing timber and many square miles of timber land is threat ened. Fifty men have been fighting the flames since Saturday morning. Pipe lines and pumps have been re quisitioned to carry water from the lake to the scene of the fire. Spread ing of the fire had been prevented until the wind shifted this morning. Baboon Entertains Albanyites. ALBAXY. Or.. July 13. (Special.) A baboon playing about on the open square in front of the Courthouse was a unique scene viewed by many Albany people this morning. The baboon was a part of a dog show which appeared here dur ing the Fourth of July celebration and which has been lying over in this civ awaiting the opening of the Salem Cherry Fair.' Carlos, the trainer, took the big animal out this morning and he rolled barrels about and performed many tricks, demonstrating his pleasure for lib erty from his cage by considerable ac tivity. Honors Request for Prisoner. OLTMPIA. Wash., July 13. (Special.) Governor Mead has honored the requisi tion of the Governor of Illinois for Louis Rankenburg. wanted at Chicago for al leged theft of $1248 from the United States Brewing Company. He is held at Col-tax. Metzger & Co.. jewelers and opticians, 343 Washington st. Special sale tine shoes at Rosenthal's. BE OWN A ROSEBURG HOME-ORCHARD TRACT ON THE UMPQUA RIVER TEN ACRES OF THIS RICH RIVER BOTTOM LAND, IN THE CENTER OF OREGON'S FAMOUS FRUIT BELT WILL MAKE YOU INDEPENDENT FOR LIFE. i Our plan of development with small fruits and vegetables, while the fruit trees are reaching: a bearing 8ffe, means that your income begins at once an income next year equal to the cost of the tract, and only a very small invest ment necessary. . Delightful climate, richest soil, schools, churches, social life, and a good income, all combined. You can work eight months and then indulge your desire to travel, or rest, or spend the remainder of the year as you wish. . , No man controls your every hour, nor limits your income; and no financial panics can have any terrors for you when you are reaping the harvest of the soil. . The fruitgrower of Oregon is a man that is absolutely independent. He knows that a 10-acre orchard, when properly cared for, will bring him a certain income of $5000 a year. Do you want to get in this class? Our tracts are all cleared, ready to plant; no stumps to pull, no preliminary work, no irrigation necessary, and you- can make each tract pay for itself. We want you to meet the man who bought a half interest in a 20-acre orchard near our tracts last year for $2750 built a dryer costing $500 bought a team for $300 paid a Roseburg bank 8 per cent interest on the money to do it with, and within the year cancelled his debt at the bank of over $4000, and had a neat balance left this profit was one-half of the amount cleared on the tract. , THIS OPPORTUNITY IS YOURS COME IN AND LET US POINT THE WAY. OUR SPECIAL OFFER If you are not ready to- develop a tract at this time, we will do it for you. We will raise small fruits and vegetables between jthe trees, and pay you half the profits. At the end of three years' you will not only have paid for the tract and put money in the bank, but your tract will have a market value of $5000. Price 3 ISO Per Acre, on Easy Terms We will be pleased to show you the plat of the land and to furnish you full information of the soil, climate, etc., of this great Umpqua Valley land. , HARDING & BETTER THAN ANY INSURANCE ON EARTH. MARKETS ALL FRUITS TWO WEEKS EARLIER THAN ANY SECTION OF OREGON. GROW FRUIT- FOR THE P.ROFIT ANO THE PLEASURE OF IT. FRUIT LAND SPECIALISTS 204 ROTHCHILD BLDG. Fourth and Washington Streets PHONE 5465 MAKE ONE PAYMENT THE LAND WILL DO THE REST. TEN ACRES WILL TREAT YOU BETTER THAN ANY RIOOO.OO SALARY. LET US TELL YOU HOW. OFF YEARS ARE UNKNOWN IN THE UMPQ.UA VALLEY. BIDYS IN BUGGY OVERTAKEN Lads Who ktole. Outfit at Salem Ar rested at Hillsboro. HILLSBORO. Or., July 13. (Special.) Deputy Sheriff Downs this morning picked up two lads who yesterday morn ing: stole a mare and rubber-tire buggy from the stable of A. L. Brown, of Salem. The boys say they left Salem somewhere near daylight, and drove all day, stay ing over night at the home of Paul Beck, of near Dilley. Beck is a Special Deputy Sheriff, and suspicioned that something was wrong, owing to the extreme youth of the visitors. They agreed to stay at the Beck farm all day. but as soon as Beck left for the field they hitched up and started for Portland. Mrs. Beck telephoned the Sheriffs office, and the Deputy took them in Just as they were driving around the town, inquiring the way to Portland. The boys gave their names as Clifford Garr, aged 13, and Robert Hilliard, aged 10, and the elder says he was going to visit an aunt, Mrs. Ted Baldra, in Portland, while the younger says he was also to visit an aunt, Mrs. Jean Stevens, by name. Young Garr says he has no parents, but has been living with his grandfather, George de Bord, at Independence, and the Hil lard boy says his father is Edward Hil liard, an Independence blacksmith. The, lads say that they left Inde pendence Saturday morning, arriving in Salem Saturday night. When taken in they were driving along leisurely, and expected to make Portland by nightfall. They had both hay and grain in the rear of the buggy. Horse and vehicle, as well as harness, answer The Oregonian's descrip tion of this morning. Sheriff Hancock has received word that the Reform School officials think the eldest boy is' an escape from that place, and he will be held here until an officer arrives. Too Poor for High School. rimiKiB city, or., July 13. (special.) ' A i .. 1 . 1 . ; .. i. c .. . , oJcviai o.uiui meeting iicic Ddiui- day it was decided not to include the 11th and 12th grades in the public school course. The students had previously pe titioned the School Board for this propo sition, signed by 16 students who desired to receive their High School education at home, and offered to pay the extra ex penses involved, but failed in furnishing a guarantee to this effect. The taxpay ers denied the privilege, because the School District is involved with an in debtedness of over $4000. More Candidates File Petitions. OLTMPIA, Wash.. July 13. (Special.) Declarations of candidacy were filed today with the Secretary of State by William Goodyear (Democrat), Colfax, Congress man: Alonzo E. Rice, Centralis, Superior Judge Pacific, Lewis and Wahkiakum Counties: Francis W. Cushman, Tacoma, Congressman, second district. Of the nine declarations filed here by candidates for the State Senate, but five pledge to vote for high man for United States Senator. Money Order Sales Increase. HILLSBORO, Or., July 13. (Special.) Postmaster Cornelius states that for the year ending June 30 the local portofflce wrote 781 more money orders than for the preceding year. These orders repre sent over $5000, and at this ratio the out going orders would represent over $50,000, as against $40,000 for 1907. The increase in stamp sales was over 10 per cent. PRACTICE ECONOMY CONSIDER OUR POSITION AND ADVANTAGES. We buy in car -lots direct from Eastern factories; we handle onr entire business under one roof, enabling us to save many dollars on salaries as well as warehouse rent, and drayage charges. Judicious advertising and the big saving of rent on our store enable us to sell for cash at as low prices as any wholesale house in the city, to say nothing of underselling West Side dealers. HOHEipummEEMS Hon 0 DEATH R0LLJN NORTHWEST Mrs. John Ralston, Wife of Leading Albany Business Man. ALBANY, Or., July 13. (Special.) Mrs. John M. Ralston, wife of a leading Albany business man. died at her home in this city today after a long illness. She was a past matron of the local chapter of the Eastern Star, and prom inent in other organizations of local women. Mrs. Ralston was born at Oregon City,' March 8, 1856. and was married October 30, 1876. She resided with her husband at Lebanon until 1889, and has since lived In Albany. Mrs. Ralston leaves a husband and one son, Rolla Ralston. Heavy Patronage on Lewiston Train. LEWISTON, idaho, July 13. (Special.) The train service recently installed by the O. R. & N. Company on the new Lew-iston-Riparia line is proving very popular. The patronage from the first day has been good. Every section in the Port land sleeper was taken on the first run out of Lewiston and railroad men say the train is a paying proposition. With the establishment of service on the new line it is believed that a great deal of Sum mer tourist travel will be diverted to sea side resorts. Already a. great many Lewiston people are arranging to send their families to the seaside, who in for mer years have gone to the mountains to the east of Lewiston or to the lake re sorts in the vicinity of Spokane. Blodgett in Penitentiary. ' SALEM. Or.. July 13. (Special.) . George L. Blodgett, who murdered a woman in Portland, was brought to the penitentiary this morning to serve a llfo teem upon a plea of guilty. Blodgett was once a Deputy United States Marshal, but went into the saloon business. Ha deserted his wife and became Infatuated with another woman. He killed her through jealousy. Fix Tax on Internrban Koads. OLTMPIA. Wash., July 13. (Special ) The State Tax Commission will meet at Walla ,Wal!a Wednesday to take up the matter of assessments of intexurban elec tric roads. From there they will visit in turn Spokane, Tacoma, Seattle, Ever ett and Bellingham on similar work. Rosenthal's windows are money-savers. Metzger fits glasses for $1.00. Mark These Days x Sunday x Monday x Tuesday x Wednesday x Thursday x Friday x Saturday These are the days on which you should eat for breakf ast. No matter what you eat on other days, these are the "sunny days" the "red letter days" when you want to be at the top-notch of mental vigor and physical power. " FORCE " is made of the best white wheat, steam-cooked, rolled into thin flakes, combined with the purest barley-malt ' and baked. Always "crisp" it before serving it by pour ing into a pan and wanning it ra oven. Then serve in large dish with cream, ptHag the flakes in one side oi the dish and pouring the cream in the other side, dipping the flake at eaten. Your Grocer sells it. No other Flaked Food is "just as good. "