THE MORNING OREGOXIAX, SATURDAY, JANT7AKT 2, 1909.
LADIES' AND MISSES' COATS
MAN TAILORED
HALF PRICE
LADIES' AND MISSES' $15 COATS Now. . .$7.50
LADIES' AND MISSES' $20 COATS Now. .$10.00
LADIES' SWEATERS
LADIES' $8.50 SWEATERS $5.65
LADIES' $6.00 SWEATERS $3.95
LADIES' $5.00 SWEATERS ... ?3-35
LADIES' $3.50 SWEATERS ?3-45
BOYS' WOOL SWEATERS
BOYS' $1.50 SWEATERS Now 89
BOYS' $1.00 SWEATERS Now 59
LADIES' DENT'S GLOVES $1-15
ROCKS AHEAD FOR
lE'S
Filling of Offices by Personal
Friends Has Resulted
Disastrously.
MEAD LEARNED BETTER
IViund It XwesMiry to Select Men
Especially Adapted to Work la
the Several Icpurtments Mc-
Brltlc'8 Friends Turned.
BT J H. BROWN.
OLTMPIA. Wash.. Jan. 1. (SpcciaL)
Assuming that Govrrnor-clcct Cojf
grove whs correctly quoted in published
statements that he purposed filling all
state positions at his command with
personal friends, the next LegislMure
will have to decide whether it. will
approve this policy or whether 'It will
indorse the recommendations to be
marie by Governor Mead that the state
institutions be placed under civil serv
ice. Admittedly civil service in practical
operation has to a large extent resulted
chiefly in retaining incompetents in
office, but it may be Guvernor Mead
may evolve a plan wlilc'j would elimi
nate that bad feature and retain all
the good features of t.he plan.
There is no question that those per
sons in charge of the wards of the
state, the Insane, the deaf, the blind,
the feeble-minded and the old soldiers,
and for that mattr also the incorrigi
ble! and the criminals, should be se
lected, not from political pull, but for
special ability and training in the lines
of the work. Their tenure should not
be Insecure, subject to political changes
and an additional provision should be
made for promotions through merit.
State. Salaries Not Large.
To begin with, the hundreds of state
positions In the different institutions'
are none of them sinecures. There is
a, popular delusion that state positions
carry extravagant salaries and require
little work. The facts are that aside
from a limited fpw higher offices In
each Institution, the average salary
jiaid by the state to institution em
ployes is less than ISO a month, an J
few. If any, of the positions would be
acceptable to any but those who have
special Inclination for that class of
T-ork.
As a matter of fact, probably 50 per
cent of the employes of the state in
stitutions today are strictly speaking
not residents of Washington. They
came to this state seeking employment
and have had experience in other state
Institutions, or hospitals. Anybody of
any ability who has lived In Washing
ton, for more than a year has learned
that he can get lots better pay for his
work outside of the state's employ.
Should Cosgrove try to put his
friends into state institutions, he will
make a great mistake. In the first
place. If the appointees are selected
from political pull rather than fitness,
the result will be disastrous to the un
fortunate victims. the wards of the
state.
Political Favor Disastrous.
Experience has also shown that such
a policy Is disastrous to the political
fortune of the executive. licBride
tried It and Instead of building up a
political machine that would help him.
It Is a known fact that a large number
of the employes contributed to a purse
COSE 01
PLAN
to be used in the campaign of the. Dem
ocratic candidate for Governor.
Mead tried It when he was new in offlca
and paid some political debts and In the
last campaign aside from a few of the
higher officers the employes, none of
them, made special efforts on Mead's be
half and many of them worked for the
success of rival candidates.
Mead learned very quickly politics
would not do In state institutions,
and It is a rather. peculiar fact
that two of the men who had served
under Governor McBride, who were dis
charged by Mead early In his term, wero
later brought back by the present exec
utive and given better positions than they
formerly occupied. These were S. C.
Woodruff, whom Mead discharged as
steward of the FVrt Steilacoom asylum
and later brourfit back to make him su
perlntendent of the State Institution for
Feeble Minded at Medical Lake, and C. C.
Asplnwall. omrmer bookkeeper of the
Board of Co.ttrol. who after a brie, ab
sence returfied to become secretary to
that board.
Fitness Tiest Requisite for Office.
These, men returned to the state em
ploy because they were sought for their
peculiar fitness for the positions. State
ments to the contrary notwithstanding
Govc.Tinr Mead has honestly endeavored
to make fitness and ability rather than
political prestige the determining fac
tor in his selection for the state Insti
tutions. This is evidenced In p.any ways.
For Instance, just today it was learned
that Thomas P. Clarke. Superintendent of
the State School for Deaf and Blind at
Vancouver. Is a Democrat. The question
of his politics has never been considered.
When his appointment was made the
Board of Control went Into Oregon, where
he was making a reputation In that lino
of work, and induced him to accept the
place because he was considered the
best man available for the work.
Some time ago when F. S. Thompson
was appointed superintendent of the State
Training School at Chehalis. the Governor
announced the appointment at his office. I
at once asked concerning Thompson. Ms
politics and qualifications. The Govern
or and members of the Board of Control
were able to furnish me with complete
information as to Mr. Thompson's abil
ity and record as an educator and his in
dorsements for the position, but knew
nothing as to his politics and I had to
telephone to Mr. Thompson for that in
formation at Chehalis.
Kducatlon. training and fitness are the
requisites for appointments today In In
stitutions. Politics plays a minor part,
and it certainly would be well for
the state If these conditions could be
continued, but they cannot be continued
unless some form of civil service is adopt
ed, and at the same time there Is that
old. old dancer that unless the rules nre
carefully drawn, incompetent persons may
got through the examination and land in
berths from which it will be almost Im
possible to dislodge them, and the other
fault of civil service, that it to a large
extent we;tkens the power and effective
ness of the administrative department. In
its management of the institutions.
JAP SLAYS COUNTRYMAN
Fatal Kncounter on Board Iyo Mara
on Seattle Waterfront.
SEATTLE. Jan. 1. (Special.) Toio
rohi Aoki. a Japanese fireman on the
steamer Iyo Maru, of the Nippon Tusen
Kalsha line, was stabbed to death by
Sinsaku Ito, an oiler in the forecastle
of the steamship at the Great Northern
docks. Smith's Cove, this afternoon.
In the fight which resulted in the
murder Ito was struck several times
in the face and is cut above the right
eye. Ito, the man who stabbed Aoki,
Is held a prisoner at the City Jail.
He was taken there today by Patrol
men M. R. Hubbard and Frank Keefe,
who had been sent out to the steamer
immediately upon the receipt of the
news of the cutting affray at police
headquarters.
Ito admits that he stabbed Aoki. but
declares he did so only in self-defense,
and used Aoki's knife to do the work.
Aoki droped to the deck and died with
in a few seconds. Those who witnessed
the fatal fight rushed out to the fore
castle, and the news of the knifing
affray soon spread.. The dock officers
were notified and through them the
police.
MEN'S SUITS AND RAINCOATS
Divided into Three Lots.
ALL REDUCED
LOT ONE MEN'S SUITS AND RAINCOATS 61C
$20 and $25 regular Now. ?
LOT TWO MEN'S SUITS AND RAINCOATS O f
$30 and $35 regular Now .PV
LOT THREE MEN'S SUITS AND RAIN- $Qf
COATS $40 to $50 regular Now ... .... ?JKJ
MEN'S FANCY VESTS
HALF PRICE .
MEN'S $15 VESTS Now .$7.50
MEN'S $10 VESTS Now. : $5.00
MEN'S $7.50 VESTS Now. $3.75
MEN'S $5.00 VESTS Now ., . . . .$2.50
MEN'S $3.00 VESTS Now .$1-50
MEN'S $8.00 OPERA HATS Now $4.00
MEN'S $10.00 SILK HATS Now. . ....... . . . ..... ....... . ,$5.00
No Exaggerations
IS SCATTERED
Police Foil Attempt to Storm
Seattle Jail.
RIOTOUS NEW YEAR'S MORN
Kevelers Resent Arrest or Peaco Dis
turber and Surge About Jail
Door, Demanding Re
lease of Prisoner.
SEAT-TLB, Wash.. Jan. l.-(SpeciaL)
Following the arrest of Thomas Patter
son, on Washington street, at 2:30 o'clock
this morning, a mob of more than a thou
sand men and boys stormed' the City
Jail, calling for the release of the pris
oner. It was only by using every reserve
officer at headquarters, Including the
force of clerks and detectives on duty,
that Captain D. F. Willard. the officer In
charge, cleared the steps of the police
station and scattered the rioters from in
front of the City Jail. It was with or
ders to disperse the mob without force if
possible, but to use every necessary force
if required. that the policemen, led by
Captain Willard, charged the crowd that
was at the time surging up the steps at
police headquarters.
. The members of the mob fell before the
show of force and a few blows from
fists and the use of a little sole leather
judiciously administered served to dis
perse all but a few of the rioters. The
others were given a litle shaking up by
the reserve patrolmen and then sent on
their way with the others of the crowd.
Merrymakers Abuse Leniency.
The police in charge of the business
section of the city New Year's eve and
this morning were acting under Instruc
tions to make as few arrests as possible.
They did not have orders to tolerate any
fights or genuine disturbances, but leni
ency was to be used by them wljprever
It could -be.
On Washington street, the haunts of
the working class, the orders to show
leniency were taken advantage of.
There were many fights and cases of
disorderly conduct there that ordina
rily, tho officers say, would have re
suited in arrests. Policemen separated
fighters, sent disorderly drunkards on
their way. but In every instance where
police found it necessary to interfere
there were cries of 'Mob the coppers!"
"Kill the police!" and utterances of that
sort.
Beer Bottle Hurled at Officer.
Sergeant William Kent, with Patrol
men Gay and Foleick, found it neces-
ary to arrest Thomas Peterson, a la
borer, as one of the men who had been
making the utterances against the of
ficers and making remarks that tended
to incite a riot. Sergeant Kent had
Peterson under arrest and was start
ing to walk with him to police head
quarters when someone In the crowd
that gathered following Petersons ar
rest threw a beer bottle, which struck
Ivent on the shoulder. Other missiles
were thrown, but they did not strike
their targets.
The patrolmen who had been with
the sergeant made an effort to ascer
tain who had thrown the bottle which
struck the officer, but were unable to
do so. Failing; they tried to disperse
the crowd that filled Washington street
from sidewalk to sidewalk. The crowd
following behind Sergeant Kent and his
prisoner as he led him to the City Jail
hurled abuse at the officer who had
charge of the prisoner and the police J
in general. The officer was not at
tacked again, but the crowd surged
about the steps of police headquarters.
making remarks that they would get
IB
Permitted in Any of
SELLING
ttiAl. ma-n nut nf Inll And that theV f
would break into the police station.
REVENUE ON INHERITANCE
State of Washington Secured $5 3,
v 000 on Annual Income.
OLTMPIA, Wash., Jan. L (Special.)
The inheritance tax law results in pro
ducing an annual income of $55,000, ac
cording to the biennial report of the
State Tax Commission now being pre
pared.
This report shows that during the first
four years the law was in operation
ending June 13, 1905, the total receipts
from this tax was but 153,175.36. Later
tills collection of the tax was placed with
the Tax Commission and in the two
years ending June 30, 1908. the Commis
sion collected and turned into the Trea
sury J111.022.S1.
The Commission says that 22T4 cases for
the collection of the tax are still pend
ing in the courts.
The report also refers to the fact that
foreign countries have protested to the
National Secretary of State that a law
passed by the last Legislature violates
treaty agreements In that It levies a
heavier tax on property passing to non
resident foreign heirs than is levied where
the heirs reside in the United States.
As a whole the Commission, declares the
inheritance tax law is a model one and
the enly amendment suggested Is one
requiring copies of inventories of all
estates to be sent to the Commission.
In its report the Commission will rec
ommend a new law which will cut off the
right of Inheritance of collateral heirs
beyond the third degree of relationship.
EUGENE MAN DROPS DEAD
Peter Xye Espires In Store as Re
sult of Heart Trouble.
EUGENE, Or., JaJi. 1. (SpeciaC)
Peter Nye, a well-known resident of
East Eugene, died suddenly of heart
trouble in the Eugene Commission Com
pany's store in Falrmount this morn
ing. Mr. Nye had been making some pur
chases at the store and was sitting on a
stool, when suddenly he fell to the floor
on his face, dying almdst Instantly.
Peter Nye was born in Ohio in 1844.
He was married In 1868, and came to
Eugene in 1879. He owned and oper
ated the Nye stone quarries in East
Eugene, which have supplied most of
the stone for local building purposes
for several years. Besides his widow,
Mr. Nye leaves three children, Ed. Nye,
MrsNettle Hunter and Mrs. Hammie
Grace.
EUGENE INVITES GROCERS
University City AVants State Conven
tion In 1910.
EUG"ENE Or.. Jan. W(Special.) At
a Joint meeting of the Eugene Commer
cial Club and the Merchants' Protective
Association held here this afternoon it
was unanimously decided to invite the
members of the Oregon Merchants &
Grocers' Association to hold their annual
convention In this city In 1P10. A com
mittee consisting of W. A. Bell. W. M.
Green and George T. Hall. Jr., was
elected to present the Invitation to the
association at Its meeting In Portland
next week.
EUGENE HOLDS OPEN HOUSE
Newcomers Entertained by Women
of Commercial Club.
EUGENE. Or.. Jan. 1. (Special.) The
parlors of the Eugene Commercial Club
were thronged from 3 to 6 this afternoon
with hundreds of newcomers to Eugene,
who responded to the Invitation of the
club and the Ladles' Auxiliary.
Refreshments were served and the
meeting was so successful that it will
probably be made an annual event.
My Advertisements
LEADING
CLOTHIER
EW COUNTY ASKED
Cottage Grove Active for Di
vision of Lane.
WANTS HOME GOVERNMENT
Puts Forth Argument That Growth
and Commercial Importance of
Eustern Lane Entitles Sec
tion to Recognition.
COTTAGE' GROVE, Or., Jan. l.-(Spe-cial.)
A mass meeting was held in the
rooms of the Commercial Club last night
for the purpose of considering the ques
tion of the creation of a new county.
The meeting was called by invitation and
several, hundred people were present.
There was not a dissenting expression as
to the proposed undertaking. The ques
tion as to metes and bounds and other
details fair to the Counties of Lane and
Douglas consumed several hours' dis
cussion. The lines so far have not been
definitely fixed.
It Is the intention of the committee to
meet the business men of Eugene and
Douglas County, and if possible, to ar
rive at a satisfactory understanding. The
people In this locality are not antag
onistic to Eugene, the present county-seat,
nor to the neighbors In Douglas County
on the south side. Cottage Grove is forg
ing ahead at a rapid pace as a commercial
center, her population is rapidly Increas
ing, and It Is argued here that It is not
unfair or unreasonable to ask either Lane
or Douglas Counties to give up a strip of
these two counties, which are very large,
and also rapidly Increasing in wealth and
population.
A committee has been appointed to out
line definite plans as to lines, the name
and other details, which will be worked
out next Tuesday night.
NEW COCNTY IS OPPOSED
Douglas Will Refuse to Give Up
Portion to Cottage Grove Scheme.
ROSEBURG. Or.. Jan. 1. (Special.)
The agitation for county division of the
southern half of Lane county and the
northern part of Douglas, the two parts
to be formed into a new county under
the name of "Bohemia." finds little, if
any, encouragement in this county.
The movement was presumably hatched
in Cottage Grove, which city, in the event
of the movement being successful, as
pires to be the county seat of the pro
posed county.
The division by the line proposed would
take from Douglas county over seven
million dollars' worth of taxable property,
and what Is more Interesting to the poli
ticians, would probably make Douglas a
Democratic county, as the precincts that
would be lost by such a division are
strongly Republican, and at the best tho
county Is only about 850 Republican, as
evidenced by the last National election.
Tho Representatives to the Legislature
from this county are unanimously opposed
to any division of the county, and are
confident that It will be impossible to
pass any such measure through the Leg
islature. ,
M'DONALD BOOSTS PATTON
Multnomah Legislator Praises Har
mony Work of Marion Alan.
SALEM. Or.. Jan. 1. (Special.) At a
meeting of the Young Men's Republican
Club this evening. Representative C. J.
McDonald, of Multnomah County, was
present In company with Representative
H. D. Patton, of Marion County, and In
an address to the club Mr. McDonald
BOYS' and CHILDREN'S SUITS
ALL REDUCED
BOYS' $15.00 SUITS Now ...... .$9.85
BOYS' $12.50 SUITS Now. $7.95
BOYS' $10.00 SUITS Now , .:.$6.35
BOYS' $ 7.50 SUITS Now .......$4.95
BOYS' $ 5.00 SUITS Now .$3.35
BOYS' AND CHILDREN'S
OVERCOATS
Same Reductions as Above.
BOYS' PLAIN KNEE PAN1 S
$1.50 KNEE PANTS Now r. . . . . . . . .75
$1.00 KNEE PANTS Now 50
$ .50 KNEE PANTS Now... .25
credited Patton with having brought
harmony into the Multnomah delegation,
which he said has always been divided in
the past. This Is taken as indicating
that McDonald is a supporter of Patton
for the Speakership, or at least that he
is working with the Statement No. 1
forces, though he has been counted as a
caucus man.
The club decided to give a banquet on
Lincoln's birthday, February 12. The fol
lowing officers were elected: President,
Carl E. Abrams; vice-president, L. W.
Acheson; secretary, J. G. Heltzel; treas
urer, S. Z. Culver.
HUGHES IS INAUGURATED
New York's Chief Executive Takes
Oath of Office Again.
ALBANY, N. Y., Jan. 1. Governor
Hughes was today inaugurated by tho
Executive Committee of New York.
Among those on the platform were the
Rev. David C. and Mrs. Hughes.
The inauguration ceremony was pre
ceded by a military parade which was re
viewed by Governor Hughes.
In the course of his address, Governor
Hughes said:
"Government is merely an organ of
the community to secure a basis of peace
and order essential to Individual liberty
and opportunity, and also to maintain
the collective rights which cannot oth
erwise be safeguarded. Our dependence
for progress is not chiefly upon Govern
mental' agencies, but upon the virtues
of sobriety, industry, thrift and moder
ation, upon the realization of our mu
tual dependence ' and upon the gradual
supplanting of motives of mere self-interest
between those Inspired by the ap
peals of brotherhood."
ROSEBURG'S TAXES .LOOM
Loss of Saloon Revenue Slakes 10
Mill Levy Necessary.
ROSEBURG, Or., Jan. 1. ( Special.)
Roseburg will pay the heaviest tax in
Its history for 1909. This will be from
30 to 35 mills, probably 32. Tho City
Council and school district have al
nKsnsserl a 10-mill tax each, and
this, added to the county and State tax,
whM will ha approximately 10 mills, !
will bring the total up to 30 mills. Be
sides this, there is the road tax to ba
added. ....
The absence of the saloons, which have
heretofore contributed several thousand
dollars to the city, Is one of the reasons
for the heavy city tax.
BOOSTERS PLAN MEETING
Roseburg to Have Honsewarming
for New Commercial Club Home.
ROSEBURG, Or.. Jan. 1. (Special.)
Ruseburg's Commercial Club will hold
one of the bigsest booster meetings m
the history of the organization on Janu
ary 12. It being the occasion of the op-n-
FOOD FOR A YEAR
Meats . . . 300 lbs. Butter . . . 100 lbs.
Milk .... 240 qts. Eggs 27 doz.
Vegetables.. 500 lbs.
This represents a fair ration for
a man for one year.
But some people eat and eat and
yet grow thinner. This means a
defective digestion and unsuitable
food. A bottle of
Scott's Emulsion
equals in nourishing properties
ten pounds of meat. Your
physician can tell you how it
does it.
At.r. DHUGOISTS
Send this ad., four cents for postage, men
tioning this paper, and we will send you
a" Complete Handy Atlas of the World.'
SCOTT & BOWNE, 409 Pearl Street, New York
ing up of their club's new quarters. The
club has secured the entire upper floor
of a new brick recently constructed and
has furnished it in a lavish manner.. In
vitations have been sent to every com
mercial organization in the State to send
representatives to the housewarming.
A Horrible Hold-I'p.
"About ten years ago my brother was
'held up' in his work, health and hap
piness by what was believed to be hope
less Consumption." writes W. R. Lips
comb, of Washington. N. C. "He took
nil kinds of remedies and treatment
from several doctors, but found no help
till ho used Dr. King's New Discovery
and was wholly cured by six bottles.
He is a well man today." It's quick to
relievo and the surest cure for weak or
sore lungs. Hemorrhages. Coughs and
Colds. Bronchitis. La Grippe, Asthma
and all Bronchial affections. 00c and
51.00. Trial bottle free. Guaranteed by
all druggists.
Buffalo, N. Y. Justice Marcus vacated
the temporary Injunction ttuit restrained
the Independent Order of Foresters from
enforcing its new schedule of increased
nssrsm',nt rates.
An Inhalation for
Whooping-Cough, Croup,
Coughs, Colds, Catarrh,
Bronchitis, Diphtheria.
Cresolena Is a Boon to Asthmatics.
i . n . ; .. - tn hra the In &
UOes ifc nob seem raoro out.-.i. --
remedy tor diseases of the Dreaming ora. uu
to tats the remedy into the stomach?
Oesolcne cures because the air, rendered
strongly antiseptic, la carried over the diseased
surface with every breath, giving- prolonged and
constant treatment. It U invaluable to mothers
with small children.
For Irritated throat
there Is nollmiK better
than Cresolene Antiseptic
Throat Tablets.
Bend 60 Ir. postage
for sanijtle bottle.
ALL DRUGGISTS.
Bend postal for do
scriptire Booklet.
Vapo-Crrsolene Oo
lsO Pulton Street.
New York.
HEALTH FOR YOUR KIDNEYS. .
Is guaranteed vou by Lane's Kidney and
liachache Medicine. You can't be healthy
unless your kldney.i nre and very fre
quently you need not bo sick If you would
keep your kidneys well. If yeu would as
sist them in the proper performance of their
work at those times when they become
tired or clogged with imiurl:lea. Lane's
Kidney and Bachache Medicine rests the
kidneys, tones them u and assists them to
do their work. You neea a bottle If you
have any of the following symptoms: Dull
pains In the calves of the Icr, loss of appe
tite, swelling In the lower limb... dizziness,
blurred eyesipht or sallow eon-plexlon. Don't
delay. lie well. Lane's Kidney and Ttack
acho medicine is safe and sure. Absolutely
pure and suaranteed under tho pure food
and diups law. Made by t:has. K. Lane &
Co.. Chemists. St. i.culs. Mo.
Sold In portlnnd by the I.aue-Davls Drue;
Co. at their 4 stores Third and Yamhill. 34i
Washington St.. "4th and Thurman and at
K. :18th and K. Gllsan.
New Year's track's open. The race is
to be run aad you will run as your
health gives brain and physical force.
Bad bowels, liver and stomach kill more
GOOD EFFORT than any other trouble.
CASCARETS will keep you healthy
THEN vou can produce results. Take
CASCARETS keep tuned up your
liver working and then you can go it
for all you're worth. gga
CASCARETS ioc box week's treat
ment. All druggists. Biggest seller
is the world. Million boxes a month.
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