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POKTLA.VD, WEDNESDAY. SEPT. M, 1S08.
POUT A L BA VINOS BANKS.
The savings bank section of the
American Bankers' Association, which
Is in session at Denver, has adopted
a set of resolutions strongly opposed
both to the guaranty of deposits and
to postal savings banks. The com
mittee on postal savings banks has
also reported adversely. It thus ap
pears that the proposed changes in
our banking system And little favor
among the bankers. The committee
on postal savings banks makes a
number of statements In Its report
which can only excite astonishment
in the mind of a person who Is con
versant with the facts of the situa
tion. It says, for example, that "the
savings systems of the majority of
the states are adequate." This state
ment is made in the face of the fact
that probably more than half the en
tire mass of currency of the country
Is in hoarding today for lack of sav
ings banks which the people will
trust. It Ignores the equally notorious
fact that a great many persons are
eager to buy postal money orders at
a cost almost prohibitive, rather than
deposit their money in banks, and
the still more impressive circumstance
that throughout the greater part of
the country savings banks are so few
and far between that they are out of
reach of the population.
The committee goes on to say that
"the present facilities are superior to
any the Government could establish,
as shown by experience." By what
experience? The only experience we
have ever had in the United States of
Government savings banks is the use
by the public of the money order
system for that purpose. That sys
tem with all Its Inconvenience and ex
pense the public seems to prefer. In
panicky times at least, to the private
savings banks. As to the experience
of other nations, it is all In favor of
tRe postal system. The civilized world
has found without a single exception
that within their proper sphere pos
tal banks are Incomparably prefer
able to a private system. The postal
savings banks of foreign countries are
more popular than almost any other
Institution of government. The peo
ple have absolute confidence in them.
Foreigners residing in the United
States do not hesitate to pay the cost
of transporting their savings to Italy,
France or Germany In order that they
may be deposited In the government's
care. The bankers' committee tries
to nullify the force of this fact by
saying that we ought to educate for
eigners In American methods "rather
than accommodate our methods to his
Inexperience."
This remark sounds very pretty
and patriotic, but the truth of the
matter Is that the foreigner is not a
man of "inexperiencee" by any means.
As a rule he has had long experience
of postal savings banks and he likes
them so well that lie cannot be edu
cated to give them up. In many
cases If he could be so educated it
would be the worse for him. There
Is nothing for foreigners to learn from
any department of American banking.
Mr. Carnegie may have put the fact
a little extravagantly when he said
that our banking system was the
worst in the world, but certainly
neither France, Germany, England,
Canada, nor any other nation on the
map has any reason to envy our
methods. It is true enough, as the
committee says, that the annual loss
to depositors is small In the aggre
gate, but It is not small to the indi
vidual and the Individual losses It is
which create distrust of the banks
among people of slender means. When
the committee goes on to assert that
the proposed Government rate of two
per cent would deprive depositors of
some 50.000.000 interest annually it
falls Into absurdity. The money
which would go Into the Government
banks is now either hoarded or sent
abroad. If it Is hoarded it does not
draw any Interest at all. so that the
proposed two per cent would be clear
gain to the depositor; while It is cer
tainly desirable that the earnings of
worklngmen should be kept here In
stead of being sent to Italy or Austria.
The committee draws on its Imagi
nation when It Implies that the de
posits In postal banks would not be
used to buy mortgages, municipal
bonds and the like. That is precisely
what they would be used for. Mr,
Meyer's plan Is to deposit the postal
savings in ordinary commercial banks
which would invest them precisely as
they do their other funds. A still
better way. If the public would toler
ate It. might be for the Government
to establish a central bank such aa
other countries have found so useful
and Invest the deposits directly
through local branches. Upon the
whole the objections of the bankers'
committee to the postal savings sys
tern are remarkable chiefly for their
weakness. They show little attention
to facts and less to reason. Postal
banks are preferable to the much
discussed method of guaranteeing de
posits, for several reasons. They do
not tax the prudent for the sake of
the reckless; they excite no conflict
between state and National authority;
and the machinery for conducting
them is already at hand and in good
working order. Best of all. It is clear
that the publlo would trust them im
plicitly, and that they would attract
hundreds of millions of hoarded
money from its lurking places, some
thing that private banks can never
do. Moreover, postal banks are in ai
rect line with the modern tendency
to make governments useful to the
people who support them, and not
mere instruments for waste and dis
play. If the bankers would take the
trouble to examine Mr. Meyer's plan
candidly In the light of tne tacts tney
wnnM find much to benefit them in
It and nothing whatever to fear.
MR. ROCKEFELLER'S GOOD EXAMPLE.
A Seattle news Item savs that the
employes of a hotel in that city were
very much surprised and disappointed
because William Rockefeller was so
economical with his tlDS that the ag
gregate of his disbursements on tip
account was but 12.25, no Individual
flunkey or servant receiving more
than 25 cents. It was, of course, su
perfluous for the news item to an
nounce that "no service was too good
for the richest man who has visited
Seattle In the past fourteen years."
Thle la the moat nernlctous feature
of the miserable un-American system
of tipping. Mr. Rockefeller, of course.
was shown more attention ana given
hotter aervlce than some unknown
guest whose outward appearance
might not indicate great weann. Ana
yet there were undoubtedly plenty of
other truest at the Seattle hotel. Just
as there are in every other hotel in
th land, who were entitled to exactly
the same service as was given the oil
magnate.
"Tin nine ia an evil that came to
this country with the spineless flunk
ies who learned to grovel at the feet
of their .foreign masters and receive
remuneration in the same spirit that a
hnnoTv doe receives a bone. Why
should the Seattle flunkies be Surprised
and disappointed because 25 cents was
the limit of the Rockefeller tip? What
legitimate reason existed had there
neen n rt tin at all? Was the hotel
proprietor surprised because Mr.
Rockefeller did not insist on paying
him more than his service was worth
nr because the guest did not insist on
paying him for something that was
not ordered or not wanted? Mr.
Rockefeller is entitled to much credit
for his failure to make a vulgar dis
play of his wealth by tossing it into
the cups of the hand-organ monkeys
who have no sense or feeling of in
rienonripncA to nrevent them from ac
cepting payment for services for
which their employers, and not tne
hotel guests, are in duty bound to pay
them.
f.nv imnmntlrahlA olana have beon
suggested for abatement of the tip
ping evil, but it would seem tnat tne
Rockefeller nlan offers some hope for
success. If the very rich men would
take the Initiative in refusing to De
hied hv the servile tip-hunters, it
would not be long before the custom
would become so generally distasteful
that it would cease.
COUNTRY HIGH SCHOOLS.
Mr. L. R. Alderman's remarks upon
Tnnnirv Hiarh School Organization"
are of great interest in these days
when so. much is said ana aone to
imnrnve the conditions of rural life.
The article may be found In the bul
letin of the Oregon State University
for September. Mr. Alderman, who
I.. - memhei- nf the llfllVersltV filCUltV.
notices the regrettable fact that boys
and girls who wish Tor a nign scnooi
education must go to the city to ob
tain It. Of course this helps along
that drain of the best of the rural
population cityward, which Mr.
Roosevelt and other thoughtful publi
cists never cease to deplore. Not only
do the boys and girls themselves leave
the farm for the pavement, but too
often the whole family goes along.
There is a marked tendency on tho
part of those who wish to make things
better in this country to turn their
efforts toward rural conditions. Mr.
Roosevelt's commission to investigate
farm life is but one among many
similar symptoms. The-speech which
Florence Kelly made at the last con
ference of charities in New Tork was
in the same category. Miss Kelly de
clared that organized charity was a
failure, at least from the standpoint
of Improved conditions. She said that
the country had been neglected for
the city hitherto, and that If perma
nent good was to be accomplished
charity workers must turn to the
awma ,nH revolutionize social condi
tions there. It is encouraging to read
that the conference agreed witn ner.
Mr. Alderman's purpose is to explain
the "Lane County plan" for establish
ing rural high schools. It consists
simply of an agreement by the county
to pay tuition for all outside high
school pupils who attend in any dis
trict where branches above the eighth
grade are taught. He believes that
this method will work in practice
better than the plan for union schools.
The objection that pupils who at
tend high school in the country must
often go a long way Mr. Alderman
meets by showing how cheaply they
can be transported In wagons, as is
now actually done n the neighbor
hood of Kewberg.
SENSIBLE EEADCEAR FOR WOMEN.
Hoods, it Is said, are likely to take
the place of hats in woman's headgear
In London this Winter. The announce
ment recalls the time forty years or
more ago wherein hoods of bright
worsteds were almost universally
worn by women In the Winter season
In Oregon, as well as in other sec
tions of the country. Neatly knitted
or woven, with lacy capes and veils
of soft wool the latter thrown back
as a drape when not needed as a pro
tection from the storm; a pretty roll
around the face surmounted In the
middle by rosettes of roses with
worsted petals, and tied under the
chin with bright Batin ribbons, formed
head coverings that lent a charm to
even a plain face and enhanced the
beauty of the pretty one.
Hoods were worn by women, old
and young, and by little girls and
babies as well. They enjoyed more
than one season of popularity and
were succeeded by gingham and
white aunbonnets when the warm
days came in the Spring. Fashion's
next decree for women's gear was a
long knitted woollen scarf, which was
dignified by the name of "Nubia,"
worn over the head, crossed under
the chin and tied In a loose knot at
the back. The shaker bonnet an
ugly thing of woven straw or splints
shaped like a billet of wood and
trimmed In gingham of a solid color,
succeeded the pretty, coquettish sun
bonnet. The art of millinery was In
those days confined chiefly to bleach
ing, pressing and "doing over" Leg
horn bonnets for Sunday wear and
adorning them with "artificial
flowers." Hats were worn only by
men and boys. Birds were allowed
to wear their wn plumage un
plundered and unalaughtered and as
they flitted through the air or built
neat under tha eaves were admired
as birds, not sought as contributors
to the beauty, the cost and the reck
less cruelty of fashion In women's
hats. -
. These were days the simplicity of
which Is recalled by the announce
ment that hoods are to be worn by
London women this Winter. Hoods!
Think of the comfort that Is Implied
In the prospect of something for wo
men to wear on the head that pro
tects the ears and neck from the
moist winds of Winter; that does not
have to be anchored to the hair, dis
torted over a "rat" for purposes of
anchorage, with from three to half a
dozen spikes and that can be pro
cured at a price that Is not a menace
of bankruptcy in business or of the
foreclosure of the mortgage on the
home! Hoods! What an array of
bright eyes and rosy cheeks is mar
shaled out of the shadows of the long
ago by this word. And what a com
parison is suggested between the mod
est, simple, sensible head covering for
women that it designated, and the
yard-wide "Merry Widow" hat, brist
ling with pins like a fort with heavy
guns; the bold "Gainsborough," with
Its peck of nodding plumes, or the
"steeplechase" piled high with flowers
of all hue, and bows of ribbon of
fantastic twist! It Is too much to
suppose that the hoods . will crowd
these latter day creatures of the
milliner's art so-called off the
stage, but the suggestion that one of
these old time head coverings may be
seen occasionally, with a pretty face
and bright eyes peeping out of it IS
at least pleasing to contemplate.
A PITFALL OF DEMOCRACY.
Since enactment of the "recall," no
man of Independence and character
should wish or be willing to hold of
fice In Oregon. If he acts upon an
independent and conscientious Judg
ment, neglectful of passionate and
partisan roar about him refusing
to fall in with the clamors of the
day he may expect "recall." If the
desire Is servility In office, and elim
ination of Independent, and often of
Intelligent, Judgment, this Is the way
to get it. . Observe that only a little
while ago our states that had yielded
to the sliver craze would have re
called every man who opposed free
coinage of silver; as Burke's constltu-,
ents at Bristol would have recalled
him for his refusal to vote for the
measures of the ministry for further
oppression of America.
Who will be willing to hold office,
knowing that his clamorous constitu
ents, in so many cases absolutely
wrong, will subject him to recall?
Only the servile office-seeker and
time-server, who, like the man that
applied for the position of master of
the school, was ready to teach that
the world was round or flat, as the
directors might require.
Time was when Abraham Lincoln
would unquestionably have been "re
called," if the vote of the whole peo
ple of the country, North and South,
could have been taken; for the whole
South was against him, and the mil
lions of Northern Democrats. The
notion that a majority is always right,
and should be permitted always to
work its will, is one of the greatest
errors and pitfalls of democracy.
That notion is the root of "the re
call." PORTLAND'S INDUSTRIAL- EXPANSION.
Not all of the prosperity and In
dustrial activity in evidence In the
Pacific Northwest is confined to the
agricultural districts, where wheat,
fruit, livestock and dairy products are
selling at high prices. There are a
few lines of industry In this city In
which the volume of business Is not
quite up to the phenomenal record
of a year ago, but In many others new
records are being made with such
substantial gains over any previous
year that the extent of the business
is little less than marvelous. The
shipping business for September far
exceeds that of any other correspond
ing month in the history of the port.
There were in Portland harbor yester
day, loading or discharging, or under
charter to load, more than .thirty
ocean-going vessels, and the grain
shipments alone for the month (flour
Included) were already in excess of
2,000,000 bushels.
These vessels were carrying Oregon
and Washington products to all of the
principal Importing countries of the
earth, and the work of loading and
discharging them supplies employment
to an army of men. The disburse
ments of these ships are not only
very large for the one item of labor,
but there are also heavy expenditures
for provisions, gear and in making re
pairs. The increasing tonnage that is
being attracted to this port by re
moval of a portion of the pilotage
handicap and the deepening of the
channel to the sea la extending the
limits of Portland's business district
more than any other. factor in the
general trade situation. "- Of the
thirty-five ocean-going' vessels, en
gaged and disengaged. In Portland
harbor yesterday, seven were at docks
or In the stream below Swan Island.
Commerce has followed the ship
ping to the lower harbor, for on both
sides of the river, at Linnton and at
St. John, there has recently come Into
existence a number of manufacturing
enterprises which contribute material
ly to Portland's dinner-pail brigade.
Machine shops and boatbuilding
plants have sprung up around the
drydock and scattered along both
sides of the river, and from the steel
bridge almost down to the Willamette
Slough are numerous small manu
facturing plants. The sawmill indus
try in this city, while not enjoying the
same degree of prosperity that was
so ' prevalent a year ago, is still ex
panding, and the demands of the mills
are so great that some of them find
It convenient to keep reserve supplies
of logs in the Columbia River near
the mouth of the Willamette.
With Portland pushing her shipping
and manufacturing industries farther
down the river and the big packing
plant on the peninsula forming a
base for operations which are sure
eventually to build up the Interven
ing territory between the plant and
Portland proper. It Is almost a cer
tainty that the entire peninsula will
some day be as populous as the new
Industrial district that Is now steadily
moving down the river. Meanwhile
the residence portion of the city is
growing apace with the manufactur
ing and shipping industries.
It is growing In all directions, es
pecially to the east and the south,
where more millions will be spent In
dwelling-houses In 1908 than" in any
previous year in the history of Port
land. The uncertainties of the com
ing election may temporarily bold up
some big railroad projects, but the
impetus Portland is receiving from
her shipping and from new manufac
turing enterprises and from the de
velopment of the Immense territory
tributary will enable us to stand the
shock of a political catastrophe much
better than any other city In the country.
Reports from urban and suburban
districts throughout , the state show
that the public schools are crowded,
and that a large addition to teachers'
force has been generally required.
Though there was unwonted activity
in schoolhouse building, not only In
the city but In many of the rural
districts, the seating capacity of
schoolrooms is everywhere taxed to
the limit of comfort and convenience,
and In many cases beyond. As an
index of an access of population of
the homebuildlng order these facts
are gratifying. An increase In popu
lation that bears its share of the
taxes by which our public schools are
supported represents prosperity of the
type that endures. Of unmarried
men, .drifting hither and thither, or
waiting on street corners for "luck"
to come In the shape of "a Job" Port
land, like every other city in the land,
has too many. But of homebullders
men with families and with a defin
ite purpose and pursuit in life, there
can never be too many. For this
reason a community congratulates It
self upon the Increased attendance
upon Its schools. It Is a sign of sub
stantial growth that needs no further
Interpretation.
The specter of famine is ever pres
ent in ' the British possessions in In
dia, and, even while money is being
poured out like water in the spectac
ular exhibitions which take place
when royalty visits that land of mis
ery, people are dying for want of food.
It is unpleasant, of course, to read of
such distress, but India is far away
from the tight little Isle, and distance
dulls the effect of the spectacle. This
year, however. Great Britain is facing
a famine crisis at home, for through
out the United Kingdom there are
more unemployed than ever before
since accurate records of the Indus
trial situation have been kept. In
Glasgow, Liverpool, Birmingham and
Manchester, more than 65,000 are re
ported on the unemployed list, while
London, whose list of poverty-stricken
is always large, has more than 100,000
who may be asking alms before the
coming Winter is over.
The steamer Humboldt, hard
aground In Active Pass with four feet
of her bow missing and in imminent
danger of slipping off into deep water,
is the latest marine disaster to the
Alaskan fleet. The experience of the
underwriters of vessels trading in the
Far North has been so expensive this
season that it would not be at all sur
prising if the insurance rates on sal
mon ships and all other Alaskan craft
were marked up before another year.
In the old days before the foreign un
derwriters were disposed to play fair
with Portland, these disasters would
have been charged up against the Co
lumbia River, but, fortunately for
Portland, the unjust system no longer
prevails, and disasters in Portland
marine territory are fewer in number
and smaller in- loss than in any other
part of the Pacific Coast.
Of course the unfortunate Mary
Magdalenes who are ordered to move
on will do so. They will reform im
mediately in accordance with the
Mayor's orders. For more than 1900
years they have been in evidence In
the social life of the world, and all ef
forts to eliminate them have come to
naught. They were here when Jesus
came on earth, and they will be here
when Gabriel blows his horn. Their
position in the city will, of course, be
changed by the attempt to drive them
out, and Instead of being restricted to
certain districts they will scatter and
Invade respectable lodging-houses;
but there will be no change in their
morals so long as there is a demand
for the wares which they have for
sale. .
The question or annexation to the
city was voted down by A majority
of the residents of the Mount Scott
district ,last June. The advocates of
annexation, however, believe that the
dust of a dry Summer has choked
the opponents of the measure into a
sense of what it really means to take
on city airs without city accommo
dations, and that, if given a chance
at the November election, those 'who
have suffered from a shortage of
water for several months will vote
eagerly for a measure that carries
with It the right to tap the Bull Run
pipe line.
"As society grows older and demo
cratic ideas evolve Into aristocracy,"
says the Oregon Commissioner of La
bor, "the social' gap between the mis
tress and the maid will widen." But
the idea of democracy, the great lev
eler, "evolving' Into aristocracy"
Oh, shade of Jefferson! Isn't there
some mistake?
The Gideons, an association of
Christian traveling men, have started
a movement the object of which is
to place a Bible In every room In
every hotel throughout the country.
What means, if any, will be taken to
Induce the unregenerate to read the
Bibles thus provided have not been
disclosed.
It seems to be agreed by every
Democratic authority that President
Roosevelt should never have "butted
In" on this campaign, which was go
ing on previously In very ladylike
fashion. '
A man can stay at home on Sun
day and be agreeable to his family,
or take its members for a car ride,
or spade his garden, without violat
ing any law.
There's the Mayor; he appears to be
able to survive the vicissitudes and
storms of his own administration, al
right, alright. -
Next the Sunday law on the whiz
zing autos; that's another way of
saving souls on the first day of the
week.
Governor Haskell Is another fruit
of the direct primary. Did a "boss
ridden convention" ever do worse?
It Is always hard to misrepresent
Roosevelt, for a fact.
LIFE IN THE OREGON COrNTRY !
Mr. Agger Fed the Jaggera.
White Salmon Enterprise.
Mr. Aggers brought a Jug of fine
cider to his office the first of the week.
and we are now enjoying life. We wish
to thank Mr. Aggers, for It Is par ex
cellent. Pleasures of Auto Riding.
Athena Press.
Mr. and Mrs. Moorehead of Pendle
ton were marooned all of Wednesday
night in an auto, when the supply of
gasolene gave out. The couple were on
their way from La Grande, and when
four miles from Pendleton, like grand
father's clock, the machine stopped
short.
Going to Visit Homer Davenport.
Silvertonlan Appeal.
Hon. T. W. Davenport departed Tues
day for the East, where he expects to
remain some time with his son. Homer.
The latter will meet him in Chicago
and accompany the old gentleman to
his home at Morris Plains, N. J. Mr.
Davenport will be absent for some time
if the climatic conditions are agreeable
to his health.
Handicapped.
La- Grande Observer.
Our boosters who met the morning
train to Interview the homeseekers who
are now coming in by the trainlo-xd to
this coast, felt they were a little handi
capped owing to their inability to take
a few of the most prominent-looking
ones out and give them a highball, be
cause of the local option law. They
made good, however, and handed them
all a snowball.'
Even the Starr Are Going Dry.
Prineville Review.
The stage company operating be
tween Paisley, Silver Lake and Summer
Lake, all dry precincts, has decided to
refuse to carry liquors over Its line.
Somebody one of these days will make
a test case of It, and put that stage
company out of business. A stage
company is a common carrier and can
not refuse to carry express matter of
any nature. Nor does the local option
law prohibit shipment. The charges,
however, must be prepaid In wet terri
tory. Crawfishing.
Hillsboro Argus.
A number of our citizens went craw
fishing Sunday, with, varying luck.
Anent the subject. It- is stated the
Tualatin River furnishes fully one-half
of all the crawfish consumed in the
Portland market, and that the Tualatin
product Is the finest known in the
Northwest- These fresh water crabs
bring 18 cents per dozen in the Port
land market, and used to sell for 35
cents a dozen a few years ago. Regu
lar fishermen use a seine, and frequent
ly get 60 or 75 dozen a day.
Bovine. Nostalgia.
Estacada Progress.
It will be remembered that about ten
months ago, a cow belonging to -Mr.
John Page disappeared, leaving no
trace whatever as to what had become
of her. Word was received here last
week that a cow answering her des
cription was over at Gladstone, whe.e
John used to live. William Porter went
over the other day and drove the cow
home for Mr. Page, as it proved to be
the one that strayed away.
Dan Caldwell's Fight With a. Bear.
Corr. Prineville Journal.
The other night, hearing my sheep
stampede, I dressed and went to get
them, taking my six-shooter, the only
gun in camp. I found the sheep up the
river at the edge of the timber and had
to cross a space of down timber. As I
stepped over the last log a black bear
rose up in front of me, I could not run,
as the logs were too deep, and the bear
couldn't run, as the sheep were too
thick.
So on came the bear. It knocked my
gun out of my hand before I could
shoot. I dropped to my knees, and
having a small dirk knife in my belt
got it out. As I arose I stuck it into
him Just above the heart. He grabbed
me with both paws, and I drove the
knife into him again. The second time
I got him. He let loose of me and
dropped down, and I sidetracked.
BEND GIRL KILLS A REAL BEAR
Miss Grace Vandevert Bagged a Large
Brown One Last Saturday.
Bend Bulletin.
The successful killing of a large
hrnwn hear hv Miss Grace Vandevert
last Saturday has been the subject of
much conversation during the past
week.
Last Saturday, Miss Grace and her
father. W. P. Vandevert. started out
from the home ranch at Lava In quest
of bruin. properly equipped with
horses, dogs and rifles. About two
miles from the ranch the hounds picked
up the fresh tracks of a bear, and the
chase was on. it was a snort ana sp-m
ted one. and after a run of about
mile the dogs treed bruin. Miss Grace
had followed the dogs closely through
the thick of the chase, and beat her
father to the tree In which the bear
had taken refuge. A well-aimed shot
from her rifle brought the big brown
animal down and the sport was ended.
To a friend who rode up to the rancn
lust thev were br.nging In the game,
Miss Grace said that she was not at all
excited Oh. no. not a little bit. The
only thing that bothered her was that
her fingers did not seem to worn rigni.
and for a moment or two sne naa irou
Mb In finding the trigger.
Miss Vandervert is a student in
Bend's high school.
Calls for Enforcement.
LA GRANDE, Or.. Sept. 28. (To the
Editor.) In The Oregonlan editorials of
last Saturday, entitled "Misguided Zeal,"
and "It Would Be a Mistake." an effort
u made to discourage the efforts ot tne
Mayor and District Attorney in strictly
enforcing the laws. These men were
elected under the strict enforcement
pledge, and they should carry out the
programme to the letter.
The action and reaction of the forces of
society bring about the proper adjustment
of human affairs. The "wide open" pol
icy is the opposite of the "strict enforce
ment" idea. "Wide open" had its innings
and ran things to the limit. Now the
"lid" and "strict enforcement" being in
the saddle, should not temporize nor
compromise until the extreme remedies
have been exhausted, and every law on
the books strictly enforced. Every Inno
cent amusement or harmless and useful
business or occupation that come under
the ban of "blue laws" should be attacked
by the officers of the law until a revolt is
produced that will tend to a readjustment.
Then regulations will be made and laws
enacted or repealed so they will conform
to the spirit of the times in wntcn we live.
J. B. STODDARD.
Humbug of Platforms.
ittTaah flaw attd
The Oregonian hits the nail on the head
when It says that a "platform put forth
... - Mntnntfnn nf a nolttlral rm rt V ma V
amount to little; put forth by a candi
date on nis own account it ia uuuuufi.
-i jt.. AAAa (t nnhAilr nan the lefljit
.1 (I , . - . ' i
attention to It- It Is simply the procla
mation of an offlceseeker. who represents
nobody but himself. Party representa
tion and party responsibility are cut out
completely by this system."
Eight-Year-Old Anto Expert.
Baltimore News.
John Nicholas Brown, aged 8 years,
of Rhode Island, who will inherit about
tlO.000,000, Is becoming an expert in
managing an automobile around New
port; R, I.
MARTIN'S COTJXSEL APPOINTED
Alleged Murderer of Wolff In Court.
Other Cases Disposed Of.
Although Edward ' Hugh Martin's
trial for the alleged murder of Nathan
Wolff, at a First-street pawnshop, Is
to begin a week from today. It was
only yesterday that he secured counsel.
Martin was before Presiding Judge
Gantenbein in the Circuit Court at 3
o'clock yesterday afternoon, and when
asked if ho wished the state to em
ploy counsel to defend him, he replied
with some difficulty that he did. Judge
Gantenbein then appointed John A.
Jeffrey and Seneca Fouts.
At the time of Martin's arrest. City
. ..nv.Av L-B,rQ ru?ich annpsrrd for him.
but he did not intend, he says, to take
the case to trial, Martin naa tipmi
that his father would come forward
wt.t. a,,fri.tnt funds to meet the ex
penses of the trial, but as this has
not been done, it Became imperative
that counsel be employed. Except that
v,A jiuniavu aome nervousness. Martin
does not appear much the worse for his
long stay in tne uouniy nan.
Charles Healy pleaded guilty in the
Circuit Court yesterday to uttering a
forged check for $10 on an East Side
bank, and was sentenced by Presiding
Judge Ganteinbein to serve two years
in the Penitentiary. Attorney Humph
reys, his counsel, made an earnest plea
that leniency De extenaea tu mo
as he had been a young man of good
U..1.44-., anA ia nlW hllT If) VPRTS Old.
When District Attorney Cameron had
confirmed counsels statements, twtj
court decided to place Healy on parole
, r-Ktf ppnhfltinn Officer Tuescher.
of the Juvenile Court. The worthless
check was passed upon Monroe jsoucii,
an employe of "Billy" Smith.
Otton Harold was sentenced to serve
three years in the Penitentiary for
shooting E. J. uraun in a saioon
last August.
Peter Kallor, charged with burglary,
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aeciinea to pieaa, mn coun eiucmu a
plea of not guilty; Eugene Bachelor,
nYia rrA with rnntrlhllMllff tfl delin
quency of a minor, case set for trial
November 10; Tom scnoca, aenn-
quency, plea, not guilty, case set ior
. I I T . i e TkJT E Pnnl.v H
linquency, plea, not guilty, case set
for uecemDer , uno ranoerg, uo
llnquency, case set for October 5.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY IS SUED
Charged With Conspiring to Injure
Women's Property.
That District Attorney Cameron,
with his deputy. J. J. Fitzgerald, and
four others, conspired to injure her
property. Is the allegation of Mrs.
Blanch McN. Moore, in a suit for $2500
damages which has been filed in the
Circuit Court. The four additional de
fendants are: J. L. Fowler. T. S. Mc
Daniel, Hiram H. Cole and George
Peterson.
Mrs. Moore says that she owns an
orchard not far from Lents, adjoining
property belonging to the four men.
An alley leads along one side of the
orchard, and Is used by them in going
to and from their places. Mrs. Moore
asserts that the fence had been in
place for more than 14 years. She
says the defendants broke It down one
night, and when It was replaced, re
peated the destruction In order to
widen the alley. She says her land was
plowed and harrowed, and that wagon
traffic was turned upon it. Mrs. Moore
charges that all this was done with
the "advice, encouragement and assur
ance" of Cameron and Fitzgerald, that
the four would not be liable for prose
cution, and the threat to arrest her
tenant If he again but up the fence.
Lorn Woon Hearing Continued.
Whether or not Lem Woon, recently
convicted in the Circuit Court of mur
dering Lee Dai Hoy, will secure a new
trial still remains undecided, as Judge
Bronaugh did not hear the attorneys'
arguments yesterday afternoon as ex
pected. At the request of counsel for
the convicted Chinese, the hearing of
arguments was postponed until to
morrow afternoon at 1:30.
Court BusinesB Is Heavy.
While four Judges In the Circuit
Court are wrestling with the cases al
ready on hand, suits are accumulating
faster than they can be tried. No
case for trial before the court without
a jury can now be set before January,
while jury cases cannot be set earlier
than December.
Estate to Sell Realty.
Mrs. Dora E. Frazer, widow of the
late JucVge Arthur L. Frazer, was author
ized by Judge Webster yesterday to sell
$3500 worth of the real estate, located In
Eugene. The proceeds of its sale will be
used in the payment of claims against
the estate.
Refining Company Sues.
The Atlantic Refining Company, an
Ohio firm, has filed suit In the Circuit
Court against Alex Stackland and J. H.
McLaughlin to recover $355 and interest
from July, 1904, for goods delivered but
alleged to be unpaid for.
CONDON IS STRONG FOR TAFT
Republican Clubs Organized in East
ern Oregon Counties.
CONDON, Or., Sept. 29. (Special.) W.
S. Hughes was in town this week and
organized a Taft Club here with 250 mem
bers. He also organized clubs In May
ville. Lone Rock, Arlington and Fossil.
All the Republicans In Gilliam County are
united for an enthusiastic campaign in
favor of Mr. Taft. It is expected several
prominent speakers will stump the three
counties Gilliam, Wheeler and Sherman
in the Interests of the Republican can
didate. The stockmen of Eastern Oregon have
not forgotten the panic of 1893, when wool
sold for 314 cents a pound.
LOWER TAXES FOR MILTON
City Enjoys Good Revenue From
Municipal Light Plant.
MILTON, Or., Sept. 29. (Special.) The
City Council has made a tax levy of S
mills for general expenses for the cur
rent year. This is a reduction of 2 mills
from last year, and only half of the levy
two years ago.
The reduction hae been brought about
largely through the increased income the
city enjoys from the municipal light and
water plants.
Milton has received no revenue from
the sale of liquor for 20 years. The as
sessment roll shows an assessed valua
tion of $630,000 as against $462,000 for 1907.
TILLAMOOK CLOSES SUNDAY
Stores Shnt Up Because Show Com
pany Is Declined Privileges.
TILLAMOOK, Or., Sept. 29. (Spe
cial.) Because there was objection to
a traveling show company giving a
Sunday exhibition, District Attorney
Cooper ordered the Sheriff to close
clgaratands and other stores Sunday
afternoon. Business men complied with
the request, and there was nothing for
the show people to do but pack their
tents and decamp.
LOBBY FOR SCNDAY CLOSING
Methodists Also Want More Strin
gent Liquor Laws.
Oregon Methodists will demand more
stringent laws regarding saloons and
Sunday closing, and to that end a
committee was named at the annual
conference. Just closed at Salem, con
sisting of Rev. W. B. Hollingshead.
superintendent of Portland District:
Rev. B. F. Rowland, superintendent of
Salem District; Rev. Clarence True
Wilson, pastor of Centenary Church,
Portland; Rev. W. H. Selleck, pastor
of the First Church at Salem, and Rev.
A. V. Lacey. of Lebanon. It will be
the duty of this committee to repre
sent the Oregon conference through
out the coming session of the state
Legislature, and to endeavor to secure
the passage of such laws as may be
deemed wise.
Following a report by the commit
tee on temperance, read by Dr. T. B.
Ford, pastor of Sunnyside Church. Rev.
Mr. Lacey introduced a set of resolu
tions on the conference floor, calling
for several stringent amendments to
the liquor laws of the state, among '
the principal features b.ing that all
saloons shall have but one entrance,
and no furnishings, such as they now
have. The sort of law desired by him
was very similar to the ordinance re
cently before the City Council in
Portland, which was defeated by a
decisive vote. Rev. Mr. Lacey also
wanted the saloons Closed at 10 P. M.,
and would have the Judges in all cases
where guilt would be established for
the second time In the case of any sa
loonkeeper, forfeit the saloon license
as a portion of the penalty. He also
wanted a more severe penalty for vio
lation of the Sunday law.
This resolution was not adopted, as
the Oregon conference refused to
recognize the saloon at all, it being
the belief in Methodism that the sa- ,
loon must be exterminated, and that
it will not do to "regulate" or to "tol
erate" it. Some of the members de
bated the question, saying that to ask
for laws to regulate the saloon, would
put the conference in a bad light.
After considerable debate, the reso
lutions were referred to the legisla
tive committee, with instructions to
consider them and to ask the Legisla
ture to pass whatever laws are deemed
wise, but to make eVery effort to get
recognition for the conference at
Salem in January.
"Uncle Joe" Cannon, regarded by the
methodists as a strong obstruction to
any kind of temperance legislation in
the National House, got a rap in the
report of the temperance committee,
which heartily Indorsed the action of
the general conference at Baltimore In
recommending that all Christians re
fuse to vote for any such man for
Speaker of the House or to support
any one who would vote for him.
The conference adopted the report
on temperance, although It contained
some strong recommendations, such as
indorsing the Anti-Saloon League and
all other organizations which are
working for temperance reform, as
well as the Oregon Searchlight, re
form paper published at Salem.
Dr. D. L. Rader. editor of the Pacific
Christian Advocate, was present to
represent the paper at the conference,
and announced that it Is the Intention
of the Book Concern to Increase the
size of the publication from 24 to 33
pages January 1. 1909, If the circula
tion reaches 10,000 copies a week by
that time.
The Epworth League, the young
people's organization of the denomina
tion, was given much attention by
this conference, which indorsed a pe
tition sent In by the Portland District
for a conference board of the league.
This action means that the four dis
tricts In the Oregon conference will be
more closely united In league work
in the future. The board consists of
the district superintendents, the dis
trict league presidents and one layman
from each district.
DENY CAUSE OF '. COMPLAINT
Railroads Say They Did Not Discrim
inate Against Baldwin Co.
That they have not been guilty of ratei
discrimination is the assertion of the!
O. R. & N. and the Columbia Southern;
Railway Company In their answers to'
the suit of the Baldwin Sheep & Landi
Company, recently brought In the State'
Circuit Court. They say that the- Bald
win Company was charged the regular
rate, and has no cause for complaint.
In June, 1905, the Baldwin Company
had a large number of sheep which It
wished to transport from Shanlko, Or.,
to Rawlins, Wyo. The shipment con
sisted of 33 36-foot cars, and 3 34-foot
cars, the charges for transportation be
ing $4967.73. In addition there were
stockyard charges and an item for
sanding the cars, which brought the
total to $5021.73.
The rate between points on the Co
lumbia Southern road and the Missouri
River, as established by the Interstale
Commerce Commission, is $181.50 a car
load, effective May 25, 1905, according
to the railroad's statements. The Co
lumbia Southern gives its rate between!
Shanlko and Biggs at that time' as'
$21.47 for 34-foot cars, and $23.04 for
36-foot cars. From Biggs to Rawlins
the joint rate of the O. R. & N. Com
pany, the Union Pacific, and Columbia
Southern was $116 a car. The Columbia
Southern road asserts that Its agent
at Shanlko first quoted J. G. Edwards,
president of the Baldwin Company, a
rate to Biggs of $11.60 a car, afterward
discovering his mistake, and informing
Mr. Edwards, before the sheep were
shipped, of the correct rate. The rail
roads contend that they could have
charged more by using the through tar
iff rate, but did not.
CITY'S DEMURRER OVERRULED
Mill Company Wins First Round ia
Fight Against Fill.
The suit of the Inman-Poulsen Lum
ber Company against the city and the
Pacific Bridge Company asking that
the court lseue an order restraining the
city from filling East Sixth street
where it adjoins the mill property, will
go to trial in the Circuit Court on its
merits. Judge Gantenbein having over
ruled a demurrer to the complaint. The
mill company contends that It has had
possession of the street for 39 years,
that It has never been dedicated, that
the ordinance ordering the improve
ment Is unreasonable because the Im
provement Is unnecessary, and that the
city never posted notices of the Im
provement In the manner provided by
the city ordinance.
It is asserted that all traffic which
might cross on the filled streets after It
is put in shape can be better accomo
dated on other streets. If the fill is
made it will cost $37,100. and will take
87.750 yards of earth. George S. Shep
herd appears as -counsel for the lumber
company.
Falls to Secure Title.
The suit of Anna J. Allshouse and oth
ers against Thomas Grant to quiet title
to one and one-fifth acres of land In
Multnomah County, was dismissed by
Judge Cleland In the Circuit Court yes
terday morning, and Judgment allowed
for the defendant. Mrs. Allshouse al
leged that she had been in possession of
the land for 25 years, and that Gran
moved his fence so as to include a part
of her property. Because the witness did
not state definitely who was In possession
of that portion of the land which has
been fenced, on March 14, when the suit
was filed, the motion to dismiss was upheld.