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KH1FET0 BE USED. SAYS HOTTIF Even Then Legislature Can't vGet Within $4,000,000, ' Declares Senator. WHERE SAVING IS PLANNED I Eastern Oregon N'ot to Get Branch Inane Asylum, and Estimates In Nearly All Cases Will Be Cut Down, "Never in my experience as a member of the Oregon Legislature have heavier demands been presented for appropria tions," said Senator Nottingham, chair man of the Senate committee on ways and means, yesterday, in discussing the probable appropriations by the IS 9 ses sion. "I expect that the aggregate of the sums provided at this session will i-ach J4.0O),0Crt in spite of the determina tion of the members of the Joint com mittee to keep all appropriations down to a minimum and meet actual necessary requirements. It will be kept under the 4.0-M) me.rk if It possible. "We are forced to practice the most rigid economy in considering these de mands, otherwise the appropriations this year would constitute a total that would stagger the taxpayers. It is up to us to cut and slash to the limit of positive necessity the amount of e-ery appropria tion that is asked or recommend that the Mate go into bankruptcy." Declines to Give Details. Just where the pruning knife will he applied most effectively. Senator Notting ham refused to say although he intlma tfd that there would be something doing during this, the concluding week, of thw s-sion. The programme of heading off the wholesale invasion of the public treasury will not be enacted entirely in the meetings of the ways and means committee. Several bills, carrying large appropria tions, have been carrttd through the House by a combination of Interests there that banded themselves together for that purpose. Among them were the three normal school bids for each; scaip bounty. $40,000: Crater Lake road. JM0.no. These measures went through the House over the vigorous protests of the minority, which, in some cases, raised the question of their constitutionality and at the same time charged the combination with reck less extravagance. There Is a strong probability that these measures will not have as smooth sailing In the Senate where evidences of a combination In their support have not developed. Prospects are slim that the bill, pre sented by the Baker ana Umatilla CTunty delegations and carrying an appropria tion of jO,0 for a branch insane asylum In Eastern Oregon, will ever get out of the ways and means committee with a favorable recommendation and, even if It did. Its chances In the two houses at this session are not considered good. On the theory that only actually necessary appropriations will be recommended, this measure probably will not be reached at this session. Insane Are Provided For. Completion of the home for the feeble minded has provided accommodations-for about 150 of the Inmates of the Insane asylum and the congestion at the main building will be further relieved during the next two years by the addition to that Institution of the building and property now occupied by the State Deaf Mute School. An appropriation of J73.nO for a new home for the Deaf and Dumb, rec ommended by the ways and means com mittee, already has passed the House and gone to the Senate where it will pass. This arrangement. It Is contended by those who would check the inroad on the taxpayers' money, will provide adequate ly for the care of the state's unfortunate Insane for another two years. In this way the demand for a branch asylum In the eastern part of the state will be met until 1911 when the Legislature may make provision for it If the need exists at tiiat time. Senator Nottingham has a plan by which the work of the ways and means committee at succeeding sessions will not only be expedited but the members of that committee will be enabled more Intelligently to provide for the needs of the various state Institutions, boards and commissions. He has introduced in the S"nate a resolution providing for the ap pointment by the President of that body of three holdover Senators who are to appoint three Representatives-elect. Im mediately following the general election In November, 1910. This committee of six members Is to meet at Salem at least ten days before the Legislature convenes In January. 1!11, and make a thorough Investigation of all of the state Institu tions and their' needs for the ensuing two years. Believes Plan Is Practical. "I believe this plan Is an especially practical one and I hope It. will meet with the approval of the Legislature now In session." said Senator Nottingham. "As it is, under the present system the members of the ways and means com mittee, which is charged with the respon sibility of expending several millions of the taxpayers' money. In the short time they are in session do not have the time personally to Investigate and determine the real needs of the different Institutions supported by the state. "The consequence is that the committee Is obliged blindly to act on the recom mendations of the official heads of these Institutions as submitted in the estimate of probable expenditures for the ensuing biennial term. This is highly unsatis factory and where so much responsibility Is Imposed on the committee its members should have an opportunity to Inform themselves better of what should be done. "It Is the uniform practice of the heads of the various Institutions to pad their estimates which are never restricted to the actual amounts necessary to their proper administration. They apparently proceed on the theory of demanding liberal amounts and then be satisfied with what they can get. "For Instance, the superintendent of one of these Institutions this year in cluded In his estimate the cost of an automobile. It Is needless to say that this item was eliminated from that budget by the committee without unnecessary discussion. All Anxious for More. "Every Institution, state and charitable. Including the different boards and com missions, this year have come before the ways and. means committee with the uni form cry for more." I favor providing abundantly for the actual needs of these Institutions but there must be a limit to what the state can do and the com mittee Is resolved at this session to de termine that limit and not so beyond it, otherwise the appropriations for this ses sion easily would pass Jo.OV.OOO. "We are bothered exceedingly this year by owners of land surrounding Salem who would unload on the state more real state at fancy figures, the average land- RECORD OF OREGON LEGISLATURE BILLS PAS SKI) BOTH HOISKS AND FILED IN OFFICE OF SECRE TARY OF STATE. S. B. 4. Bailey Trial by Jury after default in damafre suits. S. K. 9. Scholfleld Dyking districts may levy tax for repairs. S. Ft." 10. Srholileld Justice and Constable at Seaside on flat salary. S. B. 11, Hedges In criminal cases Judgment to be lien from date. S. B. 12, Hedfres For renewal of judgments every. 10 years. S. B. 13, Nottingham For registration of voters temporarily out of S. B. 15, Beach Bank deposits not paid to the State Treasurer. S. B. 16. Keliaher Hotels and lodsrlner-houses to have fire escapes. S. B. 18, Keliaher Hotels and lodging-houses to have nine-fool sheets. S. B. 23. Hart For two additional Supreme Judges (emergency clause). S. B. 31. Oliver salary or itecoraer oi uiuuu S. B. 32, Hart Additional salary for Judge of Eighth district (over veto). S. B. 52, Hart School Boards may refund district Indebtedness. S B "2, Abraham For distribution of Sessions' Laws and Journals. S B 79 Washington delegation Salary of Recorder In Washington County J-i. ti. . limics. r or punisiinicin H. B. 25. Bean Authority of real H. B. 6. Dimlcit For punishment n n- 1 1 ..-.. !.. A nnl H B. 27, Miller Manner of transferring actions. H B. 2.i. Bean For incorporaton of ports. H. B. 42. Jones (Polk) Salary of School Superintendent In Polk Coun ty (over Governor's veto). H. B. 49. McCue Salary of School Superintendent of Clatsop County H. .B.(69?rMahoney Salary of School Superintendent in Morrow County (over veto). . H. B. 60. Couch For ferry over Willamette at St. John. H. B. 69. Yamhill delesatlon Salary of School Superintendent In Tarn hill County (over Governor s veto). H B 76. Mnneev Drainage districts to have power of eminent domain. H B. 87. McKinney Dying declaration admissible in civil cases. H. B. 94. Brooke Fixing terms of court in Ninth' District. H B 10 Reynolds Revising rates of inheritance tax. if. B. Ill, Jackson Salary of School Superintendent in Sherman Coun ty (over Governor's veto). H. B 114 McCue Distribution an 9 payment of legacies. H. B. 119. Lelnenweber Assessor of Clatsop County to employ depu ties (over veto). H B 137 Couch Exemption of earnings of Judgment debtors. H.' B." 158. Jaeger For additional Judge 1n Multnomah County (emergency II. B. 190, committee on assessment and taxation State tax levy (emer gency clause). , r. anit If.. I".,. Ifqnnar rtt tlllfln? deOOSitiOnS. t II. r. .uniiin . r --- r- H B. 234. Bedillion For restoration of corporations in default, p! 23K. Brattain Salary of Assessor of Lake County. B. 253. Jones of Clackamas Amending dental law. B. 254, Jones of Clackamas Amending dental law. BILLS PASSED BOTH HOUSES AXD IS HANDS OF GOVERNOR. B. 7. Oliver Appeal from Justice Court within 30 days. b! 3S. Kay Sheriffs to receive actual expenses and not mileage in transportation of convicts. B 70 Abraham Prescribing when depositions may be taken. b! 74,'- Chase Appropriating $20,000 for hatcheries south of Columbia. B 85 Parrish $r,000 appropriation for experiment station at Burns. B. 91,' Keliaher Costs allowed when real property has been attached. b! 94! Barrett Protecting crabs in Lincoln County. . B. 107 Coffey Seats to be provided for motormen. B 115 Hart Raising salary of Deputy Clerk of Supreme Court. B. 116. Hart Copies of Supreme Court decisions to be filed in office of Clerk of Court. . . B. 120, Marion delegation Salary of School Superintendent of Mar. on B.isl'lellaher Persons under 18 not to be employed as elevator tenders. ' B. 24, I'urdln Salary of County Judge of Jackson County. B. l"l0. Bedillion For Deputy Assessors in Coos County. B. 223 Hughes Secretary of State to have custody of Capitol grounds. s. H. H. lord asking $300 an acre for agricultural land of a fair quality. The superintend ent of one of the state institutions urged the committee to make provision for the purchase of several acres adjoining that already owned by the state and culti vated. Investigating the situation the committees ascertained that the land souglit to be purchased already was rented by the state at $3 an aero an nually. The owner asked $309 for the land, representing an Interest cpst to the state of $1S an acre annually. Wc instructed this official to continue renting the land and save to the stato the difference of J15 an acre. "Reports of the committees, appointed from the Legislature, which visited the different institutions and submitted rec ommendations to the ways and means committee, were not reliably satisfactory. Without an exception, these committees recommended that the present appropria tions be continued or Increased. These reports were based on a perfunctory in vestigation of these institutions, such as could he gathered by devoting only a part of a day to each. Naturally, these investigations were not as thorough as thty should have been and yet the In formation supplied therefrom is the only knowledge the members of the committee have on which to determine what should be appropriated for their support." E inn COXDfCTOR CAPTURES BOXCAR THIRVES IX ACT. Sees Robbers, Seizes Them, Searches, Finds Plunder, Ixck9 Them Up and Iands Them In Jail. PENDLETON, Or., Feb. 14. (Special.) Three alleged boxcar robbers are now lodged in the County Jail as the result of a bit of detective work on the part of Conductor Hyatt.. He not only turned police officer for- the time being, but converted his caboose into a traveling calaboose. After discovering that a car had been broken Into while the train was at Gib bon station, at the foot of the Blue Mountains, and seeing two men re-enter the car. he compelled them to come out and submit to a searching. As articles taken from the car were found on them, he put them in the lockers of his ca boose, though these compartments were scarcely large enough for them to stand In. and brought them Into Pendelton, where they were turned over to a Deputy Sheriff. The three men gave the names of Fred Smith, diaries Martin and Albert Craw ford. The first two are said to have broken open the car door and boarded the train at La' Grande, while, the third was picked tip at Gibbon. All have been bound over to the grand Jury under $250 bonds each. MALHEUR PROJECT DESIRED Settler9 Sign Petitions for Govern ment to Reclaim Land. ONTARIO. Or., Feb. 14. (Special.) Owners of land aggregating more than lOo.ono acres, all of which comes under the proposed Malheur Irrigation project, have signed petitions to the United States Re clamation Department asking that the project be budlt. The department several weeks ago signified its willingness to re claim this land if a sufficient number of landowners showed a desire for the work and entered Into an ngreement with the department to repay the enpt of the work within ten years, as prescribed by the reclamation act. Ontario subscribed J10X to meet the preliminary expenses of pub licity and of the organization of a water users' association. Most landholders have already signed the petitions, and the ex pectation is that every individual under the project will have signed within a short time. .Civic CIu? for Aberdeen. ABERDEEN, Wash., Feb. 14. (Special.) A large and esthusiastlc meeting of business men was held in the Council Chamber this afternoon and the Aber deen Civic Betterment Association organized. drawn upon for seven years to be foot bed of highway ronoery. At? tit A Q ITPnt m 1 15 f V) f ii nifeimaj estate agent must be In writing. LEWIS 5 WILIi DEPOSIT STATE MONEY WHERE HE DEEMS BEST. Refuses to Recognize Alleged Agree ment With Banks That Bought A.-Y.-P. Fair Bonds. OLTMPIA, Wash., Feb. 14. (Special.) "I shall not place and leave state de posits in banks that bought A.-Y.TP. Ex position warrants," said State Treasurer Lewis. "No promises made by the Ex position board that the banks who bought warrants should have special favors as state depositaries will be carried out by me. I am Treasurer of the State of Washington and shall place the deposits In the depositary banks as chosen by the State Board of Finance and shall determine myself the amounts to go to each bank. If the Exposition board members wanted to handle the state deposits they should have declared their candidacy and run for Treasurer. So long as I am Treasurer there will be no farming out of state deposits to carry out such promises." Montlis ago, when the Exposition man agement was having difficulty In secur ing funds, some of the "banks carrying state deposits were lndtfeed to buy Ex position warrants, and it is understood these banks were assured state funds equal to the amount of the warrants purchased would be left on deposit In the banks. Recently some of these banks have been complaining this al leged agreement was not being carried out by the new Treasurer. Inquiry at the office of the State Treasurer brought out the statement above. COLD ERADICATES MANGE Hard Winter Kills 400 Cayuses on ' Umatilla Reservation. PENDLETON, Or., Feb. 9. (Special.) According to the report of Dr. H. E. Pinkcrton, of the Federal Bureau of Animal Industry, mange, the scourge of horsemen, was almost eradicated from the reservation by the snow storm of last month. Between 310 and 400 Indian ponies died as a result of the storm and prac tically all of the diseased animals were among this number. As the mangy Indian eayuses have been a source of much trouble and annoyance to the ranchers on and adjoining the reservation, for many years, the an nouncement of Dr. Plnkerton will bring Joy to the hearts 'of many, notwithstand ing the fact taht the grief of the Indians over the loss of so many of their animals will not be assuaged for some time. COOS V(ANTS NEW " JUDGE Committee AVI II Petition Legislature for Appointee. MARSH FIELD, Or., Peb. 14. (Special.) A. S. Hammond, of Coqullle, and C. A. Sehlbrede and B. L. C. Farrin. of ' Marsh field, have been appointed a committee to ask the Legislature for the appoint ment of a third Judge in their Circuit Court district. Two Judges' are now in the district Judge Hamilton, of Rose burg, and Judge Harris, of Eijgene. They have six counties, to look after and much delay Is occasioned at times in getting cases heard. The matter was first taken up by tlio Coos County Bar Association. A new Judge who wMl devote his entire time to Coos and Curry counties will be aked. Gas Well Draws Crowds. ONTARIO. Or., Feb. 14. (Special.) On tario's burning gas well has drawn many visitors. For two nights a stream of gas was allowed to burn near the derrick of1 the well drilled by the Ontario Oo-opera-tlve Coal & Oil Company, the flame leap ing high above the 84-foot rig, Rnd visi ble for many miles. This flow has been so strong that the drill works with diffi culty against it. but Is being kept stead ily at work, and the shaft has now sunk to a depth of more than 2200 feet. The well has been drilling since early In October. iniPORTANT WORK YET TO BE Legislature Must Hustle in Or der to Get Bills Disposed Of in Time. FORTY TRIVIAL LAWS MADE Fifteen Other Measures In Hands of Governor for Action, While Nu merous Others Have Passed One Branch Only. STATE CAPITOL. Salem. Feb. 14. (Special.) With five days of the 40 days' legislative session remaining, the Oregon Legislature has completed the most labor ious part of Its work but still has the greater part of its record-making work to do. In the 35 days that have passed the Legislature has put 40 new laws upon the statute books, nearly all of them of comparatively little importance to the state at large. Besides these 40 measures, 15 others have passed both houses and are In the hands of the Governor for his action. In addition to these. S7 Senate bills have passed the upper house and are awaiting the action of the lower house, and S6 House bills have passed the House and are awaiting the action of the Senate. According to the rules, bills cannot be sent from one house to the other during the last five days of the session, without the suspension of the rules in the house receiving them, and if final adjournment should be had Friday and this rule bo observed, no bills could be sent from one house to the other tomorrow. It is quite certain, however, that this rule will either be suspended or next Saturday will be fixed as the time for adjournment so that bills can be transmitted all day tomorrow. Important Bills Yet to Come. While the most important bills and the greater number are yet to be acted upon, it does- not follow that the greater part of the work remains to be crowded into five days. Committees have Investigated the biUs. prepared the amendments, heard arguments for and against and have made their reports. Of all the subjects yet to be disposed of, the normal school problem will likely take up the most time, for there Is wide difference of opinion. The general ap propriation bills, though large and long, will probably not take much time in con sideration. The usual practice Is to go Into committee of the whole, run over the Items, cut down or raise, and pass the bills. As the total now reaches ap proximately $3,750,000 It is certain that there will be an effort at vigorous prun ing. Water Question Settled. The important question of a water law Is practically settled. The House passed the Conservation Commission bill and the Senate has passed a similar bill but containing amendments which make the bill satisfactory to nearly all those interested. It Is therefore certain that the House will pass 'the Senate irriga tion bill without delay. The Johnson road bill, . providing for co-operation of state, county and local property-owners in the permanent im provement of highways, was expected to arouse much discussion, but it passed the Senate without any debate. It is likely to take up considerablettme In the House, for the members of that branch are not so familiar with Its terms. The question of passing a bill calling a constitutional convention is up to the Senate. The House has already passed Buchanan's bill for a convention and the Stenate Judiciary committee has in its possession that bill as well as Senator Miller's bill for a similar purpose. The Judiciary committee will report the House bill favorably and discussion among mem bers of the Senate Indicates that the bill recommended will pass. It has been re ported that the Governor would veto such a measure but an Inspection of the con stitution shows that this is one measure which the Governor has no power to veto. Other Important Bills. Among the. important House bills yet to be acted upon by the Senate are Bean's bill for the creation of an Insurance de partment, Bean's bill for a State Tax Commission, the Crater Lake road bill, the Eastern Oregon coyote, bounty bill, the Bean bill for management of the stato printing office, the Hawley bill requiring six months' school in each dis trict, and several appropriation bills. The House has before it a number of Important Senate bills, among them the new game code, which may easily arouse endless discussion. The Oregon-Washington fishery bill will undoubtedly go through without material opposition and little delay. Other Senate bills of wide Interest are the Cole bill to abolish secret societies In public schools, the Owens Adalr bill, the bill prohibiting sale of cigarettes to minors, two fish hatchery bills. Cole's bill making a medical cer tificate a pre-requislte to issuance of a marriage license, Bingham's Master Fire Warden bill, and Senator C. J. Smith's bill providing the manner in which new counties may be formed without special action by the Legislature. Presumably each house of the Legisla ture will spend all day Monday finishing up the passage of its own bills, and send ing them over to the other branch, and then the remainder of the week will be spent upon bills already passed by ono house. For all practical purposes, final adjournment will probably be had Fri day night, though, as two years ago, there will probably be a session Satur day morning to complete formal signing of bills and performing any other work left over. SEASIDE BILL IN' HOUSE Passage Might Bring Annexation of West Seaside to Seaside. STATH CAPITOL. Salem, Feb. 14. (Special.) Residents of Seaside and West Seaside are probably especially interested in McCue's House bill 334. providing the manner in which a city may enlarge its boundaries. , The bill provides for an election in which all the legal voters of the. terri tory affectedi may vote. At present West SasMo is an incorporated town In which all the property owners may vote, even though residents only during the Summer. The charter was framed in that manner so that the owners of Summer homes could manage the city affairs to suit themselves. But these Summer residents would not be permitted to vote in an election under the McCue bill, authoriz ing a city to enlarge Its boundaries. All legal voters of the territory to be added to a city are permitted to vote afcd It requires a majority of the voters In such territory to authorize the an nexation of the territory, but only those holding their legal residence in the ter ritory affected - would come within the class permitted to vote. It la believed DDI htf cnmA who have read the bill that un der its provisions- Seaside could absorb West Seaside. THE KILLING OF DEER Proposed lata Now Before House Is Criticised. ' DAMASCUS. Or., Feb. 13. (To the Edi tor.) In last Thursday's Oresonian Is printed the came code as agreed on by the Joint committee on game, in which Is not allowed the killing of all kind of deer "ex cept" buck deer over 1 year old. Now. In the olden times, when shotguns and muzzle-loading rifles were the weapons of warfare, then this proposed law might have been reasonable, but now the common distance one gets to seo a deer 1b from 200 to 400 yards and many times a much greater distance. A majority of times the . . . . 1 v. 1 ...,a lu Imnnedhln til deer l runmng. xi utcj . -1 determine the age and gender of a deer running tnrougn me nrunn. i -will work something like this: The hunter (an honest man, not a law-breaker or crim inal) nces a deer at bOO yards, running as It looks to him. like a bu.-k over two years old. for a yearling Is su-h until he is two years old. The hunter tires his gun at this fleer. It falls, and when he goes to get It. He finds a yearling, or maybe a doc. He has broken the law. and If a game warden is watching, he Is arrested and fined. It no warden Is there, the hunter must leave the "mistaken" deer on the ground .where the animal was-killed or hide the body. Does such a law tend to make law-abiding citi zens or does It Influence honest people to disregard even good laws? It would seem we had enough people who disregard all law. instead of making a law that would cause people with honorable In tent to become law-breakers. The law In regard to Chinese pheasants Is much the same. If game need protection, close, the season for the necessary time, but don t pass a law that will be a burden on hones' citizens and not a protection to the rame as primarily Intended. It is evident that the parties framing this proposed law, as well as the Joint com mittee on game, have not considered these points A law should bo for the protection of honorable people, and not to tempt thera to commit crime; or extend a license so that they may legally hunt for a certain species of game and under that law Innocently lay themselves liable to fine and Imprisonment. This seems to be the outcome of this pro posed law-, if passed and enforced. J. C. ELLIOTT. GLENDALE MARKS EPOCH f Commercial Club Organized to jjoost 'Resources of Town. GLKNDALE, Or., Feb. 14. 'Special. 1 The citizens of Glendale held an enthus iastic meeting Wednesday night, when a new Commercial Club was organized. The following officers were elected: Presi dent. A. J. Colvin: vice-president, O. P. Lane; secretary, Karl A. Miller; treas urer. Dr. F. K. Casey: trustees, R. A. Jones. O. C. Sether, Ben Wise, Dr. H. It. Kauffman and B. J. Simpson. The organization marks an epoch in the growth of Glendale. Innumerable resources, hitherto little heard of. will now be brought before the general pub lic. Glendale hae fallen Into line with the many other towns of Souhern Ore gon, and with progressive, wide-awake business men at the helm, Is bound to come to the front. The marketing of over 8,000,000.000 feet of timber is ex pected to Increase the population of Glendale to more than 3000 maple with in the .next few years. Mild Winters, cool Summers and no east wind makes this town an Ideal place to live. GOOD COAL VEIN IS STRUCK Accidental Find Near Vale Being Developed Successfully. ONTARIO, Or.. Feb. 14. (Special.) What is believed to be a large vein of ex cellent coal has been located in Dry Gulch. 21 miles northwest of Vale. In itial steps toward opening this vein were taken by a party of prospectors last week. A shaft ten feet dedb was sunk and the presence of, coal proved beyond a doubt. The slie of" the ledge, which can at this time be only estimated. Is thought to be large. This coal find was made accidentally by Pat O'Rourke. A number of Vale and On tario business men immediately formed a company to investigate and develop the find. The coal procured so far is of ex cellent quality, resembling Rock Springs coal. It burns well, throwing off much heat, and becoming almost entirely con sumed, so that It leaves only a fine white ash. W. W. Caclness, of Vale, has been elected superintendent of the mine, and he has this week put a number of men at work taking the coal out. Americanism for Rose Carnival. PORTLAND. Feb. 13. (To the Editor.) Reading In The Oregonian that the foreign Consuls at this port have been asked to use their influence with the different na tionalities they represent In order to make the Rose Carnival a greater success, I think that the undertaking should be National, that Is American. Not International. It Is Just a local American undertaking-, and not an International exposition, where foreign representation is proper and welcome. I am an American of foreien birth, and have nothing against foreigners of any kind, especially not the white race, but I know that the best of adopted Americans favor taking part as Americans. If the different societies of Germans. Scandinavians, English, etc.. have to discuss the matter, there will be some wrangling, opposition of some kind, and often It Is the most unlit who force themselves to the front as leaders, for political, commercial or other reasons. This causes much Ul-feellng and should be avoid ed Therefore, make the Rose Carnival an American undertaking, where all Americans, native and foreign-born, take part as Amer icans. This is Important, and a departure from It will cause ill-feeling which will hurt the Carnival. And will It not be possible to keep the hoodlum element, of both sexes, under con trol during the Festival? Last time, those people made-night and day hideous by tnelr noise, horn-blowing, screaming, etc, to the discomfort of decent citizens. Let this be suppressed during the coming Carnival A. L. MILLER. His Father's Advice. Chicago News. The farmer's son, having read a few books, resolved to sidetrack a life of toll end seek his fortune In the city. "Well, good-bye, dad," he said. "I'm going in search of the golden fleece." "All right, son," 'rejoined the old granger, "but beware of the golden brick." . Excuse for Man-Teacher. Exchange, The only excuse for a man school teacher Is that he whips harder than a woman. ' k? -it - j F , i - 1 f i v ' HARDSHIPS GREAT 11 ARCTIC ITERS Captain Mogg, of Schooner Olga, Writes of Danger 'and Privation. WINTER AT POINT BARROW Leaves Boat Fast In Ice and Walks Over Floes to Quarters Re markable Trip of Explorer Seeking Unknown Wealth. PORT TOWNS"END. Wash.. Feb. 14. (Special.) Private advices received here today give news from the Arctic Ocean that Captain William Mogg and his crew of four men, in the whaling schojn.;r Olga, long thought to have been lost in a gale at sea 15 months ago, are alive and spending the Actic Winter at Point Barrow. The news comes in a letter from Captain Mogg, written November 1 1908, and dispatched by Eskimo mes senger to Teller City, 800 miles over an almost Impassable trail, thence by dog team mail routes through Nome and St. Michael to Valdez and by steamer to Puget Sound. The Mogg expedition left this port in June, 1007. Equipped as a whaling ven ture In waters of the Arctic almost un known and equally unexplored, it had the backing of the Geographlcr.l Soclet of London, and planned to visit the Banks-land district, a region that has not been visited by white peop'.e since the time of Captain McClure, In l?.i2. The actual destination of the expedition was Point Cape Prince Albert, nearly 2000 miles northeast from Point Barrow. Severe storms. Impassable Ice f elds and a teries of misfortunes constitute a dole ful story of hardship; and nons of the primary objects of the voyage were ac complished. After unsuccessfully com bating the ice on the Banksland shore during the brief Summer season of 1007. the schooner was fast in the icebergs 3S0 miles from Point Barrow, a refuse sought for the present Winter and tc ovlfit for renewed attempts at progress ncrthward next Summer. Tale of Great Hardships. Writing perfunctorily of hardships so severe, that hope of survival can scarce be believed. Captain Mogg tells of fight ing ice floes for months, the loss of two parties of natives that had been engaged to aid the expedition, who fell through an ice fissure and were drowned, the de struction of a large portion of the sup ply of food stores and an enforced Idle ness for seven months on Prince Will iam's Land. No white people had been seen since the early days of September, when Cap tain Cottle, of the steamer Belvedere, snoke the Olea. and a transfer of scores occurred. The Interchange of greetings was the last to be offered the Mogg party for more than a year. To secure of seven guides Captain Mogg was forced to trade a lifeboat and other valuable gear badly needed to tempt the natives from their homes. He also had to permit the families of the natives to accomapny the expedition. A few days before Christmas the first mate of the Olga, accompanied by three native hunters, left the vessel for a hunting and exploring trip. A few days after the party's return the Olga was visited by scouts from a big vil lage located nearly 100 miles away. Cap-v! tain Mogg gave the strangers a wel come and, after a few days' visit, they left, to return with several hundred of their people. A camp by the natives was established, and many long days and nights were passed in attempting to exchange information, with the attend ing difficulties' of Inability to understand a single word either said. The natives were of a type rarely met with In the North. Sturdy and healthful, they mani fested many signs of a growth and train ing instilled into their ancestors by ex plorers of the Arctic. Religious observ ance was common and cleanliness was a pronounced feature. Of the several hundred who came to the Olga Captain Mogg found but two who had before seen white people. Supplies From Wrecks. Prior to going into Winter station the Olga visited the scene of the wrecked schooner Penelope, which was lost sev eral months before by Captain Hoffman. The schooner later went to the wreck of the steamer Alexander, a disaster participated in by Captain Parry, a noted explorer. Both of the vessels were found damaged beyond repair, but a considerable quantity of needed sup plies and fixtures were obtained.. In a career of 25 years' whaling and sailing' the 'Arctic, Captain Mogg writes that he has never seen such quantities of Ice. Every mile of progress was at tended by danger , of being crushed be tween gigantic bergs or massive Ice fields. The season commenced July 20. September 7. off Flaxman Island, nearly 400 miles from Point Barrow, the vessel became hopelessly wedged In the Ice. The crew walked to Point Barrow, the trip being attended by grave dangers' of falling into Assures, and reached there October 17. 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