FLAT RATE OF 10
CENTS IS WANTED
Ways and Means Committee
Recommends Various
Levies for Budget..
WANTS 25 NEW POLICEMEN
Subtests Jtj or 1.2 Mills for This
Department and 2 1-4 for Ftre.
Passes Resolution Asking
for Sinking Fund. .
The way anil means committer of the
City Council held a short session Tuesday
night. It recommended a flat rate of ten
cents for water; cut down the number of
policemen recommended from 50 to 23
and fixed the levy for the department
at 1.1 mills; recommended a 2 1-4-mlll
levy for the Fire Pepartment. . mill for
the lighting, and li mills for street re
pairs. It also passed a resolution pro
viding for a sinking fund for the city.
There were present Rushlight, Kellaher.
Punning, Vaughn and Cottel. Auditor
Barbur and City Attorney Kavanaugh
were also present most of the session.
Proposed changes in water rules were
considered as recommended by -the Water
Board, which are practically the same
as those existing with the exception that
the Board recommended a meter rate of
7i cents a 100 cubic feet, with a gradu
ated discount according to amount of
water used. The committee decided to
report to the Council a flat rate of 10
cents, regardless of amount used. Another
disagreement with the Board was in
the matter of charge for water in places
where standplpes are installed for fire
protection, including automatic sprinklers.
The Board suggested a charge, but the
committee made the point that the city
pays some J"0.W) for water supply for
hydrants and that If private property
owners see fit to put in additional facili
ties, the city should not charge for this
aid rendered the Fire Department. After
this motion passed. Chairman Rushlight
decided that under the provisions of the
charter the Council had no authority
to lower rates made by the Water
Foard sn tt the action with reference
:i -.t:ilr' vas left up In the air.
. , r"er' i was made with the tax
',y. ilt! o-jf'i reveral items in the
bij.i were rnssed over to next Mon
dy. whea the committee Is to meet
again, and In the meantime heads of de
partments will be asked to appear and
explain their estimates, the requirements
asked for In these instances not being
clear to the committee.
The amount asked for by the Police De
partment is $2f.7.0, which included the
employment of 50 additional policemen.
The committee cut this down to 25 and
also failed to agree with. the Department
in continuing the salary of the female de
tective and assistant. With these items
eliminated, the total was reduced to
about 1253.000 and means an apportion
ment of 12 mills for the Department.
The lighting estimate as made by the
committee of the Council is S121.344. and
provides for It" additional ' lamps. There
are now 1700 lamps used In the city's
streets and in the public buildings. The
rate necessary to cover the amount asked
for is -10 mills.
For street repairs m mills will pro
duce J113.P00. which was adopted, being
$4.ln less than the amount asked for.
The Public Library committee asked for
$27.5" but the further consideration of
that Item as well as parks appropriation
was left over.
A suggestion that a sinking fund is to
be started met with the approval of the
committee. It being announced that bond
Issues aggregating about J2.S0O.00O were
outstanding and some provision must
soon be made to accumulate funds to re
tire these bonds as they become due.
The other bonds, bringing the bonded in
debtedness up to t5.0no,OnO, may be taken
care of In the future.
I
TO GULF COAST
HILL'S NEVV LIVE OPENS WAY
rOR NORTHWEST MILLS.
Two Small Gaps to Close Between
.Montana and Galveston AVI II .
Be Closed in Year.
HELENA. Mont.. Dec 23. The Inde
pendent says today:
A well-known lumberman stated yes
terday that he expected to ship lumber
to the Gulf over the Hill lines direct
and by a route which would be the
shortest possible between here and Gal
veston. He based his statement on a
promise from a high railroad official
that the Burlington would handle lum
ber from Montana, Washington and
Oregon on a direct line.
In order to do this two gaps must be
closed in Wyoming and Colorado, ap
proximately 165 miles. The first is be
tween Orln Junction and Gillette. Wyo..
and the other between Fort Collins and
Cheyenne. The purchase of the Colo
rado tc Southern gives the Burlington a
direct line from the Wyoming line to
the Gulf coast.
The lumberman, having In view the
purchase of a large tract of timber land,
sought an understanding in regard to
the rate. The official advised him to
purchase the tract and assured him that
within the year he would be able to
ship the lumber to Galveston over the
Burlington without change, at a figure
which would allow it to be transferred
to steamers and delivered In the Gulf
coast cities at a most reasonable figure.
WAS HE REALLY HELD UP ?
"JOHN DOE" REPORTS. DISAP
PEARANCE OP $5.50.
Cannot Tell Anything About Rob
bers and Police Quickly Drop
Train-Robber Theory
This la a story of two bold, villainous
looking hold-up men, a lonely, deserted
spot, a dark and stormy night, a gun,
tS.50 in loot, two "-fly bulls," and a victim,
nameless, but otherwise real, who for pur
poses of identification only will be known
as John. Doe or Exhibit "A." inasmuch
as he was ashamed to give his name.
This narrative Is set down complete in
all Its details save for one thing, the
finish. This part of the episode is known
only to Mrs. Doe. What she did to John
after his explanation of how and where
he really got rid of the three-fifty will
probably not appear In that part of the
Doe family history which is printed on
hand-made paper, bound in limp leather,
and set out on the parlor center table.
Really, to begin at the very beginning,
we might be constrained to visit one or
several of Portland's thirst emporiums.
The actual scene of the play lies in the
center of the thickly-populated district
bounding the Intersection of Market and
Eleventh streets.' The exact spot Is in
the shadow of a tree on the corner
nearest the tree. As the "harness bull"
walks, not a the crow flies, it la 22 blocks
from the rookery doin duty In this mu
nicipality as a Jail, corner of Second and
Oak streets. , ,
John Doe alias Ex.ilhlt "A, Is headed
south, although he lives north. When
he reached this corner something hap
pened, no one knows but John, and he
hasn't told. It Is believed, however, that
It was Juet at this point that he put his
right hand in his pocket and discovered
that the 13.50 he had promised to bring
home to Mrs. Doe, who wanted to go
Christmaa shopping today, was missing.
Anyhow, it was Just 6 o'clock when the
fog which was banked in about police
headquarters, opened its mouth and
epake. ,
I've been robbed. Do you hear?
robbed. Oh, please, send up the
police. Two men, one tali and the other
short, with a gun. And they stuck the
durned thing right in my face. At
Eleventh and Market streets. My name?
Certainly not. Stop asking damphool
questions and send the police. You can
find me in the drugstore. Thirteenth and
Montgomery streets. Yes, 1 11 wait till
they come." '
Detectives Craddock and Hyde found
John Doe at the appointed place. Note
books in hand they were ready to take
down copious notes of the crime. "Now
take your time," said Hyde, "and tell
us all about It, and tell us how tall they
were, how they were dressed, what they
said, what they did, which way they
went, and whether you think they held
up the O. R. & N. train the other night."
They talked with Mr. Doe for 30 minutes
and all they could get out of him was
that he lost 13.50. and to every other ques
tion he replied. "I don't know."
The "fly bulls" repaired to their office
and wrote out a report: "Hold-up. John
Doe. at Eleventh and Market streets, at
P. M.. by himself."
After the departure of the police from
the drugstore John got the druggist to
trust him for S cents worth of breath
pellets and was last seen wending his
way Into a bungalow in another section
of the cty.
MONEY IN OREGON BANKS
IXDTVIDrAIj DEPOSITS - TOTAL
$78,945,239.
Examiner Steel Make Report on
Condition of 132 State and 65 -National
Banks.
SALEM. Or.. Dec. 23. (Special.)
State Bank Examiner James A. Steel
has completed the following statement
showing the condition of 132 state and
private banks and 65 National banks In
the state of Oregon, at the close of busi
ness. November 27, 1908:
RESOURCES.
132
Btate banks.
$25.P3.4.V4
, MH.fidl.M
Items
Loans and discounts
Overdrafts
Securities, bonds, etc
Banking- house, furniture and fixtures...
Other real estate cwned
Due from .banks and bankers
Checks and other cash Items
Exchanges for clearlns-house
Cash on hand . -
fnited States bonds to secure circulation
United Htates bonds to securer-deposits..
Vnlted Sute bonds on hand
Premiums on United gtate bonds
Five per cent redemption fund
Kxpenses .
Othtr Items than above
Totals . .........
LIABILITIES.
Items
Capital stock
Surplus fund
Undivided profit
Dlvidfnds unpaid
Due to banks and bankers. ....
Inalvldual deposits
Deposits due State Treasurer ...
United States deposits .:
Deposits United States disbursing
Notes snd bills re-dlscounted ....
Bills payable
CD Issued for money borrowed..
National Bank notes outstanding
Reserved for taxes
Other liabilities
....$
officers. .
Totals
PACKERS TAKE REBATES?
Showers of Subpenas Causes Alarm
Among Meat Kings .
CHICAGO, Dec. i The issuance of
100 subpenaes, 25 of which were served
on employes In the traffic department
of Morris & Co.," summoning them be
fore the Federal grand Jury, started
the report today that the Inquisitorial
body would investigate charges of re
bating among the big packing firms
at the stock yards.
District Attorney Sims refused to ad
mit or deny any of the reports, but
M. T. Borders, attorney for Morris &
Co.. admitted that 25 of the writs had
been served on employes of the Arm.
A flying visit to Washington by Dis
trict Attorney Sims, who returned yes
terday, and who was In conference
there with F. B. Kellogg, the special
Government attorney, as well as the
Attorney-General, is supposed to have
been in connection with the move.
The subpenaes were issued from
Judge Landis' court late last Monday
afternoon, and nearly the entire force
in the United States Marshal's office
was detailed to serve them.
Half a dozen special agents of the
Government have arrived from Wash
ington and have held conferences with
Mr. elms.
C0UNTENANCEJ3ADLY PIED
Ruction in Composing-Room Lieads
to Double Arrest.
SAN JOSB. Cal. Dee. 23. Speclal.
C. M. Shortrldge. ex-State Senator, and
publisher of the Morning Times, was ar
rested todav on a complaint sworn to by
T. B. McDonald, a linotype machinist in
his composing-room, charging him with
assault and battery. Shortridge promptly
swore out a counter-warrant for the ar
rest of McDonald on a charge of mall
clous mischief in damaging one of the
linotype machines with a hammer to
the extent of J500.
The trouble occurred. McDonald says,
over back pay. Both disagree as to who
struck the first blow, but McDonald's
friends state that Shortrldge struck the
first blow and then used his cane with
good effeefr McDonald clearly had the
worst of the figftt.
BULLET FOR AERIAL WAR
German Inventor Patents Device to
Destroy Balloons.
BERLIN. Dec. 23. A Gottingen gun
smith named Schraeder has Invented
and patented an expanding bullet
adapted for the destruction of dirigible
balloons. The bullet can be fired from
the regular Infantry rifle.
TIIE MORNING OREGOXIAN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24. 1903.
ACTRESSES FLEE
FIRE TO BLIZZARD
Flames Drive Chorus , Girls
Into Snow Storm in
Gauzy Attire.
FAMOUS THEATER BURNS
Orchestra Plays Till Herald Square
, Audience Departs and Averts
Panic Terrific Jam on
the Streets.
NEJW YORK, Dec. 23. Fire broke out
In the Herald-Square Theater, at Thirty
fifth street and Broadway, last night, ten
minutes before the close of the per
formance of "The Three Twins," and
before it was brought under control had
done considerable damage to the build
ing, had driven the actors and chorus
Into the streets in their scant costumes
and had caused great commotion among
the crowds on Broadway.
There was no panic and no one was
injured, the audience remaining in Ig
norance of the Are until it had passed
Into the streets. The Are caught from
an electric sign on the front of the the
ater building and spread to the executive
offices, which aro on the second gallery
of the auditorium.
Gauzy Skirts in Snow Storm.
As the flames began to gain headway
the alarm spread among the actors and
chorus and many of the young women
left the building by the stage entrance
and went out in the storm without giv
ing thought to their scant and uncon
ventional attire. With the thermome
ter hovering around the 20s and a fierce
wind driving the falling snow into their
faces, the chorus girls beat a hasty re
treat for cover at the Marlborough Ho
tel; where they were made comfortable.
An alarm quickly brought the fire en
gines and water was turned on the
flames, but not until between J30.000 and
IW.OO0 damage had been done to the
front part of the theater building and
to the gallery of the auditorium.
A fire on Broadway is always a spec
tacular afTalr and, coming as it did to
night, when the theaters were pouring
their thousands into the streets lo min
gle with the belated Christmas shoppers,
it quickly caused a tremendous Jam in
the neighborhood of Herald Square. A
blinding snowstorm, which deranged all
streetcar traffic on Broadway, and the
65
Nat., banks.
$25.r.Ofl.OI4.2
342.6M.b4
4.419.n06.21
ts 6 S
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8.4.".4..M!9 .!
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mb.sso.oo
133.3H2.X2
1.12.372.00
4l).2.-i.VSS
29,030.00
Total.
51.4iri.259 .72
8S2.243.37
15.0XS,2.".3.38
2.32.227.4S
ftO3.0H1.74
16.831.032.13
440.640.37
R04.181-21
12.710.17 65
3.02.').flO0.0
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64ft.80.00
133.362.32
1B2.S72.O0
103.ft4O.SS
117.540.S8
10.rt.247.1T
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41O.471.0H
8.S.4X'.J.2T
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2-J7.1M.4T
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8S.510.M
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i5 153.302.760(85 1,106,894.974.10
132
6.1
Nat. banks
1 4. 566.0O0.0O
2.7.19.994.46
1.213.048 4.1
B.12!40 70
S4.27O.S90 SO
242.508.52
1,1 15.483.44
828.590.93
70' Olio! 00
120,000.00
2.90.480.00
24.300.00
69.724.46
State banks.
Total.
S 11.508,045.00
4.O.10.O62.51
2,540.122.42
042.04.1.00
1.2WMKM 0.1
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1.2M.0
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177.288.53
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414.54
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4in 797 0.1
1.1 15.483.44
828. 50 93
31.128.00
120.5.10.00
32. 782.40 ,
2.9SO.48O.00
28.254.58
259,615.61 :
31.12. 00
.19..1.10.00
272.782.40
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189.791.15
.A13.502.213.2.1 8,-3.392,760.85 $106.894,974.10
added inconvenience of a strike of the
cabdrivers all tended to create a rather
unusual state of confusion.
Coolness Prevents Panic.
Only the coolness of the -theater at
taches prevented a panic. When the
curtain was lowered upon the final en-
semble the orchestra continued to play
and Police Inspector McCloskey and
Deputy Police Commissioner Hanser.,
who were in the audience, hastened to
the exits and quietly reassured ' those
who had discovered the smoke in the
second gallery.
Sume time after the fire was practi
cally out the theater gallery fell and a
moment later 35 feet of the roof on the
Broadway end of the building came
down. The damage was confined chiefly
to the angle formed by Broadway and
Thirty-fifth street, in which were lo
cated the offices of the Shuberts. 19
Shubert and Lew Fields are the lessees
of the theater.
JILTED, HE DRINKS ACID
Charles Johnson Saved by Hasty Ac
tion of Girl's Father.
Because the girl to whom he was en
gaged threatened, after a quarrel, to run
off with another fellow, Charles John
son, 22 years old. in the presence of his
fiancee's parents attempted to swallow
carbolic acid, and is now in the City
Jail accused of disorderly conduct.
Johnson was visiting Mattle Howard in
her parents' apartments in the Hotel
Ohio, corner of Front and Madison
streets. late Tuesday night, The two quar
reled, and the girl went to another room
and called up a young man over the
telephone. Johnson overheard the con
versation, and pulling a bottle of car
bolic acid from his pocket attempted to
drink ' the contents. Mattie's father
knocked the bottle of acid from John
son's hands before he got more than
enough acid in ills mouth to severely
bum his tongue and throat. The police
were called, and Johnson was taken to
the station, where he declares now he Is
sorry he did it
Johnson lives at 90 East Fourty-slxth
street, and Is employed by M. J. Walsh,
an electrician, on Fifth street, near
Stark. The last man who attempted to
commit suicide, was given 20 days on
the rockpile at Kelly's Butte.
MAIL POUCH IS STOLEN
Contains Many Valuable Christmas
Packages Xegro Suspected.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Dec. 23. A mall
pouch containing 80 pounds of registered
Christmas packages consigned to Eastern
points, was stolen from the baggage room
of the Twenty-second street and Grand
avenue depot of the Belt Line Railroad
yesterday. Although the postoffiee au
thorities refuse to make any statement It
Is believed to have contained much val
uable merchandise. There was no money
in it.
The pouch was made up in the Kansas
City postoffiee too late to catch the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe train at the
Union Depot and it was therefore dis
patched to the Grand avenue station and
deposited in the baggage room. The
baggagemaster stepped into another room
to check a trunk. Upon his return the
pouch was missiiHg. A negro who was
loitering in the vicinity is thought to have
secured the pouch.
IMPROVEMENT LOOKED FOR
Belief Current in Washington That
Gomez Is Friendly.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 23. A common
Impression in Washington is that events
in Venezuela are tending toward a better
understanding between that country and
the United States. Whether this will be
reached with the reform government
headed by Vice-President' Gomez, in the
Cabinet of which the Castro element has
been eliminated, or with an entirely new
administration, it is impossible to say.
Vice-President Gomez' views that the
foreign policy of the Castro administra
tion regarding the United States and
Holland was ill-advised, form an Im
portant element in the situation.
It would take the battleship Maine a
week to reach Venezuela. It is still im
possible to obtain any official statement
as to her destination. Similar reticence
pertains to the movements of the gun
boat Dolphin and the cruiser Des Moines,
which have been In Haytian waters, but
which a dispatch from Port ail Prince
says are going to Curacao. With these
vessels at or near the Venezuelan coast,
the United States would be ready for
eventualities.
GUDGER CHIEF JUSTICE
President Appoints Xew Head of
Canal Zone Court.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 23. H. IT. Gud
ger. of North Carolina, will be appointed
by President Roosevelt to be Chief Jus
tice of the Supreme Court of the Panama
Canal Zone for a term of six years, to
succeed Dr. F. M. Duran, whose term ex
pires January 1. It is understood that
Secretary Wright has recommended to
the President this appointment. ,
Mr. Gudger is an Associate Justice of
the Canal Zone Supreme Court,
PRESIDENT OUT IN SNOW
Takes Two-Hour AY a lk in Raging
Storm.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23. In a heavy
snowstorm which began this forenoon
and continued steadily throughout the
day, covering the ground to a depth
of about four Inches,. President Roose
velt went for a long walk, accompa
nied by two secret service guards.
It was after . dark when - he returned
to the White House from his hard
tramp over the 1 snowy roads of the
suburbs.
Jury Finds Private Guilty.
SEATTLE. Dec. 23. "Guilty, without
capital punishment," was the verdict of
the Jury In the trial of Private James H".
Holt, in the United States District Court
for the murder of Bandman Henry E.
Johnson. May 8, at Fort Worden. The
penalty is fixed by law at Imprisonment
for life. Judge Hanford announced that
sentence would be pronounced in Holt's
case January 4. The Jury deliberated
nearly 24 hours before arriving at the
Verdict. ' . .
Pacific Fleet Ieaves Panama.
PANAMA, Dec. 23. The United States
Pacific cruiser fleet, with the exception
of the Colorado, sailed from here this
afternoon at 5 o'clock. President
Obaldia. the members of his Cabinet and
Herbert G. Squlers, the American Min
ister, witnessed the departure. More
than 8000 men were given shore leave,
but not a single serious offense baa been
committed.
SOUTH AT HEART IS REPUBLICAN
It Isn't Democratic Because of Cnanar
to Growing Conservatism.
New York American (Hearst).
The South of today is not at heart
or in Its conditions a Democratic South.
It Is Democratic In name only. It is
devoted to the name of Democracy and
to the spirit of Republicanism.
In point of fact the new South Is
more Republican than Democratic. It
is even more Republican than the Re
publican party of 'today. The Demo
cratic Congressmen from the South dif
fer only from the Republicans in that
they are more Republican than the Re
publicans are. They'are more conserv
ative, more reactionary, more disposed
to be In sympathy with the great finan
cial Interests than the Republican Con
gressmen. This statement will be protested, but
It is none the less true, the South is
distinctly the conservative section of
the country, and the Republican party
is the conservative party of the coun
try in the general acceptance of that
term. The South grows more rather
than less conservative, and therefore
the South will be more and more Re
publican rather than Democratic. The
real Democratic party is not and cannot
be a conservative party, but must al
ways be to some extent radical and at
all times progressive. The Republican
party fits the temper, the constitution
and the conditions of the ruling ele
ment of the Southern people.
The manufactures In the South have
outgrown agriculture, and this has
caused a mighty change in that people,
which makes it more and more neces
sary for an alignment with a party
which especially protects and favors the
manufacturer. The State of Georgia,
for instance, in one Democratic burst
threw off the railroad yoke and in an
almost Immediate reaction put It on
again.
The South Is ruled In Its politics by
the railroad interests and the corpora
tions, which is distinctly in line with
the Republican party. The South in
this period of its remarkable material
development, wishes favors from the
Government, of which it has heretofore
been too small a part, and It Is doubt
less true that most of its business men
believe that these Government favors
can best be secured through the pres
ent dominant party. In no section of
the country are the business sentiment
and the pursuit of the dollars more all
absorbing than in the South today.
So that for these reasons we unhesi
tatingly assert that the South is more
Republican than Democratic and by
reason of Its growing conservatism
more Republican than the progressive
element of the Republican party. The
Southern Democratic- members, of Con
gress are more ultra-conservative than
the Democratic Representatives of the
North, and even more so than the pro
greslve Republicans of either section.
Wherefore Mr. Tafc points a distinct
promise of success In his movement to
Republicanize a section which is al
ready naturally Republican. Let hlra
prevail, as his clear-cut speech Is cal
culated to do. In laying the foolish
ghost of negro denomination, and. with
the bridle of apprehension off, the
Democratic donkey of the South will
lope into the green pastures of Re
publicanism on which It has looked
longingly for year.
FREEDOM AS GIFT
Governor Hoch, of Kansas, Re
leases John Collins.
WAS CONVICTED OF JVIURDER
Prisoner Sent to Penitentiary In
1898 on Testimony of Negroes.
One of Whom Iater Con
fesses to Perjury.
TOPEKA, Kan., Dec. 23. Governor
Hoch ' late yesterday pardoned John
Collins, now serving a. life sentence in
the Kansas penitentiary for the murder
of his father, a well-to-do real estate
man of this city, -in May, 1838. Collins
will be freed Christmas day. The Gov
ernor believes Collins innocent.
The Collins case was one of the most
remarkable criminal cases In this part
of the ' West. Young Collins was a stu
dent at the Kansas University at the
time of his father's death. He was con
victed upon the testimony of three ne
groes, all of it being circumstantial in
character. At the trial the state set up
the plea that Collins was In love with
Miss Frances Babcock, a wealthy young
society woman of Lawrence, Kan... and
that Collins planned the killing of his
father so that he might gain insurance
which the senior Collins carried upon his
life.
One of the negroes, upon whose testi
mony Collina was convicted, has since
written a book asserting that the testi
mony of the three negroes at the trial
was part of a plan of young enemies of
young Collins to ruin him by fixing the
responsibility for his father's death upon
him. The- elder Collins was found dead
In bed one morning after a visit to his
sbn at Lawrence. ,
Mil FLIES TO RESCUE
OBJECTS TO GOVERNMENT ROB
BING POOR SQUIRRELS.
Idaho Senator Has Novel Grounds
for Iiatest Attack on
Forest Service.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Dec. 22. Senator Heyburn, of
Idaho,- Is going to renew his fight on the
Forest Service when the agricultural ap
propriation bill comes up In the Sen
ate after the holidays. The Senator
says that he has "got a good one" on the
Forest Service this time, and here it is:
During the past Summer a friend in
formed the Senator that the Forest Serv
ice was robbing the squirrels of Idaho.
He started out to investigate. Up in
the Shoshone reserve, near Wallace, the
Senator encountered a forest ranger
sacking nuts. He had half a dozen sacks
filled, and was stuffing another when
the Senator met him. He Inquired his
purpose and found that the nuts were to
be shipped East for planting in some of
the prairie states where it is desirous
of starting new pine forests.
"Are you gathering those nuts . by
hand?" asked the Senator.
-'Oh. no; , we let the squirrels do the
gathering and then we take the nuts out
of their nests.".
"Are you robbing the squirrels on your
own authority or are you directed to -do
so?" asked the Senator.
"I am doing this under orders from
Washington," was the reply.
And so it transpires that when oppor
tunity' "offers. Senator Heyburn proposes
to bring up this squirrel incident and de
nounce the Forest Service for what he
terms its Inhumanity. "Robbing the
squirrels is the smallest business the
Forest Service has yet engaged in," says
the Senator.
UNITED STATES MIXERAl, OUTPUT.
Last Year's) Surpass In Value Those of
1906 by 8.68 Per Cent.
'Compiled bv W. T. Thom, of the United
State Geological Survey, and taken from
a summary of our mineral production.) '
The value of the mineral products
of the United States in 1907 reached
the enormous total of 82,069,289,196,
surpassing the value of the same pro
ducts in 1906 by 8165,282.162, or 8.68
per cent, that of 1005 by 27.33 per cent,
and of 1904 by 68.81-per cent Both
metallic and nonmetallic products con
tributed to the gain.
Rank of the Mineral.
Two minerals coal and iron are
credited with- approximately 55 per
cent of the total for the country, and
three more copper, clay produces and
petroleum furnish about 22 per cent,
the five contributing about 77 per cent
of the whole. The minerals whose
"Selz" on the Sole Means Good Shoe
"When you see the name "Selz" on the sole of a shoe, you
needn't ask any more. questions about it; you can be satisfied that
it's all right.
That name on shoes means "good shoe," just as surely as
"sterling" on silver means good quality.
It means full value for your money, whatever you pay. Ask
for Selz Royal Blue $3.50, $4.00, $5.00.
COR. SEVENTH
output In 1907- was valued at more
than $5,000,000 are listed in the fol
lowing table:
Value of More Important Minerals Produced
in the United States in 1907.
Col R14. 788.808
Iron I'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'. 5:.ASS.OOO
Topper JIS-JSS'IhS
Clay product vJ'iio
Petroleum - l-S-ltX
Gold -- 9O.43S.fO0
Stone 1117.1 71.KiS.S05
Cement ."""J MIX
Sir g" Slot.
ffier 7.7" S7.2W.70O
line . .7. .7. ............ .7. . . ..... 28. 401.910
Sand and gravel, etc '3.242,002
Lime H6i'ii-a
Phosphate rock 'SZ--'?
Salt !-',
Mineral waters i'SA'XS
Zinc, white
Slate - f
Sulphur 6.142,ioO
Products whose output exceeded
$1,000,000 in value were gypsum, val
ued ac $4,942,264; aluminum, $4,926,
948; mineral paints, $2,979,158; asphalt,
$2,826,489; glass sand. $1,250,067; sand
lime brick. $1,225,769; and borax
(crude), $1,121,520.
The total value of the metallic pro
ducts in 1907 was $903,024,005: of the
nonmetallic products, $1,166,165,191:
$100,000, estimated as the value of
such mineral products as molybdenum,
nickel, titanium, not reported In de
tail, brings the total to the amount
stated.
Rank of the States.
' Pennsylvania, reporting mineral pro
ducts valued at $657,783,345, has no
close rival for first place among the
states, for Ohio, which Is second, re
ports products valued at $207,657,339,
while the mineral products of Illllnols,
the state ranking third, were valued
in 1907 at $145,768,464. Fourth on the
list Is West Virginia, with mineral
products, including coal, natural gas
and petroleum, valued at $92,487,960.
Colorado is fifth, with products valued
at $71,105,128, gold and coal furnishing
more than 60 per cent of the value.
Michigan is sixth, with products valued
at $70,073,920, more than 60 per cent
of the value being in copper. New
York, the seventh state, reports pro
ducts valued at $68,762,815, about 48
per cent of which Is for pig Iron. Mon
tana is eighth on the list, with pro
ducts valued at $60,663,511, about 74
per cent being copper. The .ninth Is
Arizona, with products valued at $56,
753,650, more than 90 per cent of which
is for copper. California, with a long
list of mineral products, among which
gold and petroleum were produced to
the greatest value. Is the tenth state,
the mineral ouput for the year being
valued at $56,679,436.
Missouri, with products valued at
$53,129,431, and Alabama, whose pro
ducts were valued at $52,136,749, more
than 90 per cent being for coal and
iron, hold respectively 11th and 12th
places. Products valued at more than
$30,000,000 were reported also from In
diana ($39,141,217). Utah ($38,099,756),
and New Jersey ($32,800,299). Be
tween $20,000,000 and $30,000,000 worth
of products were reported from Kansas
($28,577,044), Oklahoma ($26,908,968),
Tennessee ($26,525,004), Nevada ($22,
088.700), Idaho ($21,300,612), and Alaska
($20,200,552). States reporting between
$10 000,000 and $20,000,000 worth of
products are Texas ($19,806,458), Vir
ginia ($19,313,182), Maryland ($19,356.
250), Kentucky ($19,294,341). Iowa
($17,623,094), Wisconsin ($13,832,395),
Washington ($11,617,706), Louisiana
($10,876,719), and Wyoming ($10,671.
674). All other states and territories
reported mineral products valued at
less than $10,000,000
HAYES KNOWNJN TACOMA
Thought to Be Mixed Up In Murder
In Sound City.
TACOMA, Wash., Dec. 23. (Special.)
Jack Hayes, now held by the Sherin
at Portland for alleged complicity in the
hold-up of a train, is well known to the
Tacoma police department Captain of
Detectives Fitzgerald today sent Hayes'
photograph to the Portland authorities
for identification.
The police officers say Hayes tallies
in personal description with the man
seen hanging around a restaurant on
Pacific avenue before the murder of a
Japanese cook some weeks ago. The
Portland suspect has a mother residing
in Seattle.
Are You Going to
CALIFORNIA?
Write Chester "W. Kelley, 603
First avenue, Seattle, Wash.,
Representative
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