THE MORXIXG OREGONIAX, FRIDAY, SEPTE3IBER A, 1909.
MEAD
OPPOSED
IS
BY LIQUOR FORCES
Saloon Interests Drawn Into
. Gubernatorial Fight in
Washington.
SEEK TO PUNISH GOVERNOR
All Candidates Air Pledged to Ijocal
Option, bnt Executive and His
Friends Are Blamed for
Raising Issue.
OL.TMPIA. W.h.. Sept. X (Special.)
The liquor Interests in th! state have
teen drained into the Gubernatorial race
notwithstanding that earlier In the cam
fMlfri an Inclination was shown on their
part to devote their energies to the
lection of members of the Legislature
who would rot be, lnimicwl to the sa:oons.
Th situation in one ward in Olympla is
fair indication of what is talcing place
throughout the state. In the Second
"Ward, where the saloons have heretofore
controlled the greater vote, the registra
tion for the primary election exceeds by
60 per cent the highest vote ever cast in
the ward in a general election.
This registration has b-en brought out
to a great extent by the pushing into
prominence of the local option issue,
rtqnor Interests Support McBrlde.
The saloons of Washington will un
doubtedly go down the line against Mead
and for McBrld for Governor, not
withstanding that one Is pledjfed as
strongly as the other to urge the passage
of a local option bill In accordance with
the dictates of the Republican platform
and to sign such a bill if it passes the
legislature.
This indorsement of McBride. it Is
claimed by him. has come unsolicited and
there Is good ground for believing that
the effort cf the saloon forces is not so
much to get a Governor In the chair who
will be friendly to them as it Is to de
feat Mead and his friends for raising
the Issue a .
Whether Governor Mead has gained b
embracing the local option issue so affec
tionately is a matter of conjecture.
On this question Thurston County fur
nishes an Illustration: Enrller in the
campaign an organixatlon. known as the
-No-LJcense League." secured more than
400 signatures of voters in this county.
Later the officers suggested that the
members work in the primaries but that
they refrain from voting, and that they
gather in mass convention on the day of
the primaries and name a ticket. Now
that the local option issue has become
prominent there Is ground for believing
that most of the leaguers will participate
in the primaries.
Anti-Saloon League Backs Mead.
Mea has also gained the support of
the Anti-Saloon League, but the Antl
Ealoon League does not embrace or con
trol the great bulk of the voters of this
state who would vote to eliminate the
saloons. It Is conceded by many that
a majority of the people want a local
option law but that there l good
percentage of such people who will not
sacrifice their personal preference for
Governor t the dictation of the radicals.
While Mead has gained the radical local
option vote he apparently has not secured
all the conservative element and he has
lost the whole of the saloon vote.
Whether or not this will give a balance
In his favor in the final count is proble
matical. As between the saloon Interests and the
radical local optlonists the issue is clear
cut. McBrlde will get the former and
Mead the latter. But both. It is now ap
parent, will get a share of the element
that possesses a conservative view on
the issue.
CosgroTMen Displeased.
The action of the Anti-Saloon League
!n Indorsing Governor Mead for first
choice and Cosgrove for second choice
has not pleased the Cosgrove men. Cos
grove has been a local option advocate
much longer than has Mead and his
friends felt that they were entitled to
the undivided support of the anti-saloon
forces. Cosgrove has now reached the
point where he is considered a first choice
possibility.
Some of the candidates for Governor
feel that the Anti-Saloon League P'ed
a sharp political trick on them. The
league waited until the closing days of
the campaign, which gave it a better
chance to Judge of the probable result,
and then asked all candidates to commit
themselves to the league s Ideas as to
what the local option law should con
tain All the leading candidates com
mitted themselves, at least to the exient
of pledging their signatures to a local
option bill In conformity with the league s
Ideas and the organisation aparently then
picked out Mead as the probable winner
and Cosgrove as the next best.
Regarded as Dangerous.
The only recent change in the situation
has been the statement from the Mead
camp that Cosgrove is the Governors
most formidable opponent. The same dec
laration comes from McBrlde s supporters
that Cosgrove is the former Governor's
most dangerous competitor.
Politicians whose JudKment Is not
clouded by strong personal interest in the
result predict that no candidate for Gov
ernor will get the required 40 per cent
ot tne first-choice vote.
And when It comes to figuring on the
aweond-cholce vote, all guessers. as here
tofore, are at . , . ,
Cosgrove Is relying on second-choice
votes from both Mead and MoBride men
to carry hlra through in the event he Is
disappointed In getting 40 per cent of
the first-choice votes.
Mead Is counting on a big second
choice vote from Cosgrove.
A a second-choice possibility Atkinson
Is also lu the race. Atkinson is in good
favor !n all three camps ur.d besides
claims a hcavv labor vote and the sup
port of the State Grange. The saloon
'nterests are reported as Intf-nding to
throw him their second-choice votes nd
the Anti-Saloon League announces that
his stand on local option Is satisfactory.
CLASSY HORSES ON SHOW
Annual Exhibition of Seattle Asso
ciation Opens With Many Entries.
SEATTLE. Wash.. Sept. "3. The third
annual exhibition of the Seattle Horse
filiow Association began today and will
continue until Saturday. The show this
year is the biggest ever held on the Pa
cific Coast, and there are nearly 300
horses entered.
Main Interest centers around the 2S
pure-bred horses entered by Harry W.
Treat, president of the Horse Show Asso
ciation, which he purchased from W. K.
Vanderbllt for aa Immense sum of money.
Heading his classy string Is Lord Kose
rjry. whose record is well known to all
horsefanclers by his winning the grand
championship for the best big harness
horse at the New York horse shows for
several years !n succession. His team
mate. Thunderbolt, Is a horse ot high
class, and Treat is expecting to win many
blue ribbons with his entries. But Treat
will not have a walkaway In any of the
events, despite the fact that his horses
made enviable records in the Eastern
exhibitions. His horses will have to
compete against such classy animals as
Citizen and Civilian, entered by Mrs.
Lewis, of Portland; Black Chief and Hin
doo Prince, entered by T. B. Wiled, of
Port'and: Colonial Bell and Allen Bell,
entered by Andrew Laidlaw, of Spokane.
All these horses have class and have
won blue ribbons at horse shows held In
Seattle, Vancouver, B. C. and Portland.
Colonial Bell and Allen Bell were pur
chased by Laidlaw from John Considine.
In the show last year this pair captured
the blue ribbon In nearly every event
In which they were entered.
Strongest competition to be offered by
the visiting exhibitors will be In the
brougham and victoria classes, in which
Portland and Spokane horses will appear.
MINJNG OPERATIONS BRISK
Syndicate Reported to Have Tak;n
Option on Granite Creek Claims.
SUMPTER. Or., Sept. S. Mining opera
tions for the past week in the Sumpter
district have taken on considerable ac
tivity. From the Granite section comes
news of several important deals and in
creased work in several properties. Miller
A Phelps have given an option on their
Granite Creek claims, among which ere
the Sheridan group, to r.n Eastern syndi
cate. This option. It is said, involves
about fcO.OOO.
The St. Anthony Is working steadily and
extracting a good quality of ore. Many
improvements are under way. among
which is the building of an aerial tram
way from mine to the mill.
The Buffalo-Monitor is a!o prosecuting
mining operations with vigor. Shipping
ore is being produced steadily and con
centrates are yielding rich returns.
.Nothing new is reported from the Monu
mental with the exception that a small
force la employed keeping the property in
shape for more extensive work in the
near future.
The Red Boy has made no new report
since the rich strike made there last week.
The winxe is still in the high-grade rock
encountered at that time.
The North Pole mine has practically
shut down, having decided to await future
action on the part of the owners as to
the nature of work to be prosecuted.
Only a small force Is now employed at
this great Cracker Creek property. The
mill has also about completed Its run on
the remaining ore at the time work was
suspended at the mine.
DEATH ROLL IN NORTHWEST
'William Beagle, Native Son and Pi
oneer of Pendleton.
HILLSBORO. Or.. Sept. 3-(6peclal.)
William BeaKle. aged 60 years, and a
native of Washington County. Oregon,
died laat week at Yellow Jacket, Idaho,
where he was engaged In mining. Beagle
was born near Centerville, six miles from
this city, on his father's donation land
claim. Mr. Beagle was married to Maria
Mauzey, daughter of an early West Union
pioneer. He is survived by his widow who
resides at The Hyland. Morrison street,
Portland, and the following children:
Mrs. Grace Russell, Spokane, Wash.;
Faye Lewis, Seattle, Wash., and George
Raymond and William Beagle.' Portland.
Mr. Beagle was one of Pendleton's
pioneers, and resided there until some
time in the 90's. He was a prominent
Mason. He leaves the following brothers
and sisters: Mrs. Cynthia Turner, Pen
dleton, and Mns. Milton Hembree. Mc
Mlnnville, sisters, and three brothers,
Benjamin, Bud and Frank.
Chauncey Goodnoe, Pioneer.
CLIFF. Wash.. Sept. 3. (Special.)
Chauncey Goodnoe, a well-to-do fanner
and etockraiser. died at his home, six
miles east of Cliffs, yesterday after a
long Illness. He was one of the pioneers
of Klickitat County, Wash., having come
here in 1S63.
Mr. Goodnoe was born in Broome
County. N. Y., December 30. 1S41. and In
185 settled upon the lands where he has
resided during the past 43 years. In, 1SS1
he was married In this county to Miss
Margaret Mills, who still survives him.
Two daughters were born, both of whom
are now married.
Med ford Postal Receipts Grow.
MEDFORD, Or., Sept. 3. That business
conditions are good In Rogue River Valley
and that Medford Is having a steady and
rapid growth is proven by the receipts of
the Medford postofflce. Tho stamp sales
for August amounted to 1526.75. Add the
money-order business and box rents, and
It brings the total receipts for the month
to above 11200. It Is probable that few
towns In Oregon can show as great an In-
..... I urnnn. fn. thfl nflt five
years as Medford. For the fiscal year
enuing juno .wj. i.
were but iS3.49. while for. the fiscal year
ll T Vk lOAC (ha MMiInt wprp
$13,019.90, showing a gain of t7S65.59. mak
ing the per cent oi gain lon.o. aujum i
i j. ,ii .HAn.w I., no t a 1 C . woll nl
usually a uun uvim -
other business, owing to many people
Deing; away mr ineir ciuhhiiti wuus.
the receipts of the past month amounted
to J101 more than for the same month last
year.
liinn County Prepares for Fair.
ALBANY. Or.. Sept. 3. (Special.)
November 4. 5 and 6 have been set as
the dates for Linn County's second an
nual apple fair, to be held in this city.
An effort will be made to have the
Southern Pacific Company dedicate its
n.v riAnnt h on the second
day of the fair. The committees ap-
. . . i j . ... i r i...i
pointed Dy tne unn uumy nui i-ui-tural
Society and Albany Commercial
Club to manage the fair, have organ
ized the Joint committee by electing
County Fruit Inspector E. C Roberts
as chairman and Owen Beam aa secre
tary.
Woman Attacked in Hotel.
SPOKANE, Wash., Sept. 3 A murder
ous attack was made at 1 o'clock this
morning on Mrs. W. L. Vlneon, of Baker
City, In her room in the Hotel Spokane
by an unknown man, who entered by way
ni the fire escape. The flash of an elec
tric lantern aroused her and she screamed.
The man threw the lantern, struck her
over the left eye. rendering her uncon
scious, then escaped the way he came,
leaving the lantern behind. Her screams
awoke others, who revived her. Her Bmall
child, who slept with her. opened the
door. The woman la dangerously ill.
Hoqulam Will Limit Saloons. ,
HOQUIAM, Wash., Sept, 3. The City
Council will shortly take up the mat
ter of restricting saloons in this city,
in line with similar ordinances
throuithout the state. This plan will
no; be opposed by the saloonmen. as
far as they have been seen, as they
sav it will have the effect of elevating
the business and of keeping irrespon
sible men out of It. The proposed ordi
nance for this city will probably limit
the number of saloons to one for every
1000 population.
- Fruitgrowers Reorganize.
GRANTS PASS. Or.. Sept. S. (Spe
cial. The fruitgrowers of Josephine
County have decided to reorganize un
der the name of the Rogue River Fruit
growers' Exchange. At a meeting
held Tuesday the members adopted a
constitution and by-laws. When the
new organization is perfected it wtill
have a capita stock of $5000, to be
issued in shares of $10 each.
HE IS COMPLETED
First Train on Electric Railway
Enters Hillsboro.
WELCOMED BY CITIZENS
Townsmen Entertain Members of
Construction Gang Regular
Schedule Will Be Inaugu
rated in Two Weeks.
HILLSBORO, Or., Sept. 3. (Special.) A
petition, numerously signed, is being cir
culated In this county, asking Governor
Chamberlain to pardon Bert Oakman.
serving a life sentence for killing Frank
Bennett, on the evening of August 27. 1904.
Oakman and Bennett were keeping
company with sisters, and the former be
came angry at Bennett, wfio had warned
one of the sisters, that Oakman was a
married man. The two men decided to
settle their difference and during a fight
Oakman stabbed Bennett, who died in
a few minutes. At the trial, against the
advice of his counsel, it is said. Oakman
withdrew his defense and pleaded guilty
to murder in the second degree. Judge
McBrlde gave him a life sentence.
The main argument for Oakman's re
lease is that when Bennett's body was
searched his knife was found opened in
his pocket.
A strange feature of the affair is that
Oakman's wife had been divorced from
him, back In Illinois, several months be
fore' the trouble arose and neither Ben
nett nor Oakman knew of the court pro
ceeding. The connection was made at 6:30
this evening on a wager of $50, and
at :40, amid the ringing of bells,
sounding of whistles and the explod
ing of torpedoes every rail's length,
the construction engine and train
steamed into the heart of Hillsboro,
carrying hundreds of people.
Fully 1500 people witnessed the ad
vent of the first train on Hllleboro's
first electric railway.
Townsmen raised a purse And fur
nished refreshments for the construc
tion gang of 100.
SKIN GRAFTED ON BURNS
SALESMAN' INJURED IX EXPLO
SION HAS OPERATION.
Twelve Pieces of Skin Transferred
From Various Parts of Body
to Lower Limbs.
WALLA WALLA. Wash., Sept. .
(Special.) After more than a year of
Intense suffering, B. S. Powell, a trav
eling salesman, who was severely
burned on his lower limbs by the ex
plosion of a large lamp used for a
footwarmer, while crossing the moun
tains of Malheur County, Oregon, in a
stajre. successfully underwent skin
grafting operation in the Walla Walla
Hospital here today.'
In all 12 pieces were taken from var
ious parts of the man's body and placed
on the injured portions of his limbs.
Tho operation was performed by Dr.
J. F. Cropp.
Several physicians -who have been
In attendance on the case, conferred
and agreed a skin-grafting operation
was the thing that could save the pa
tient's life. .Powell Is resting easier
and Is " promised a complete recovery
soon.
BURKHART ALBANY MAN
Airship Inventor Interested H From
Boyhood in Flying-Machines.
ALBANY. Or.. Sept. S. (Special.)
John C. Burkhart. the Portland boy who
was . reported In a special to The Ore
gnnlan this morning as having construct
ed an airship at Cornell University, is a
native of Albany and a son of the late
Calvin- Burkhart. for many years a local
business man. He spent his younger
years In this city, and it Is no surprise
to his Albany friends that he has de
signed an airship, for he built many me
chanical contrivances when but a boy and
displayed great ability along those lines.
He Is a nephew of C. G. Burkhart, a
real estate man here and ex-Mayor of
Albany.
Young Burkhart Is well known In this
city, having attended Portland Academy
prior to entering the engineers' depart
ment of Cornell University, which course
fontlv romnleted. He has alwava
been deeply Interested In mechanics, par
ticularly In the development of the flying
macnine. no is zt years oi age ana a
nenhew of Mrs. W. L. Brewster and Mrs.
James Falling, of this city.
Trunks, suit cases and bags at a sac
rifice. Bankrupt stock of the P. C. Trunk
& Bag Co., Is now on sale at Harris
Trunk Co., 132 6th.
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SURPRISES ARE PROMISED
Sons of Desert Will Introduce Xovel
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Will Attend Ceremonial.
EUGENE, Or., Sept. 3. (Special.) The
busiest men in Lane County today are
the 60 Nobles who are making prepara
tions for the meeting of Shriners to be
held in Eugene Saturday, September 5.
Four hundred Nobles are expected and
the people of Eugene will give a royal
welcome to the sons of the desert.
an...jqif the mtyanta will hn decorated
and Illuminated as never before and a
number of features, which are Deing
carefully guarded from the public, will
A intmHiiH In thji riAnnrations and
parade. The trains from the South will
arrive at 11:46 and the special irom me
Vnrth at 1 1 -fUi H tlirAV mOmlnff. The
Eugene Nobles will receive the illustrious
potentate, his ofTlcers and visiting nobles.
The Nobles, headed by the Eugene Regi
ment band, and the Oriental band, and in
charge of the Arab Patrol, will at once
proceed to the Armory building, where
they will be officially dismissed to meet
again at 2 o'clock for the business ses-
sion. The business session and the cere
monies will be held in the Armory build
ing. At 4 o'clock will be the great event of
the day the parade. No one knows Just
what is coming. It is known, however,
that at least one camel from the desert
Is carefully stabled here for the occasion.
At 7:30 the Nobles will gather at the
big tent for the great ceremonies, about
500 strong. At the close a banquet will
be held In the skating rink.
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