8 PORTLAM), OREGOX. - , o-lr,5r.? " Portland. Or.ioo, PotofOca as Bcond-clau Matter. Subscription Rte. Invariably In Adrauce. ,, (By Mall.) S' fundy Included, on. year. ..... .$8.00 n ' unJ' Included, .lx month.. ..:. 4.25 Si unday Included, three month... 2.25 fill i' Klndy Included, one month 75 nf J' ? 5ou? ndy. alx month. 8.25 EViZ' .thou5 gunday. three month.... 1.75 w.iui wl,ho" Sunday, one month..... 80 veeKly. on. year i ka Sunday, on. year..:.": " " j-. 2 50 Sunday and weekly, one year 8.60 (Br Carrier.) Caiiv fyna,ny Included, one year 00 Dally, bunday Included, one month": .75 order .S,.Reml!i Sen(1 PoutofBce money your lnJJP v" rder personal check oa Zrt a ih b"nJk- S"""P. coin or currency In ,u3fndr,,'J,l!,k- OWe Po.tofflc. ad u ,n Including county and state . Katea 10 to U page.. I cent- IS 2oub?e "ratS!" Fo"f Poatag. Hh"L"',,.Bus,n'l' Of Ore The 8 C Beck- rOBTLAXP. SATCRDAY, APR II. 24. . 1909. OREGON'S SMALL COLLEGES .Th.t peraon8 who have charge of the dta .trlbutlon of Mr. Rockefeller's edu! ca lona! fund have decided that the collies in the Willamette Valley would, not be proper recipients of his bounty. The reason assigned for ex! toge til rthewH3 that are to c,os together. When one remembers that there are eight denominational col- ihn' iC ted.,Wlth,n an area not m" 'haa" 150 mlIe 'on? and containing hardly more than 100.000 population LT flVl denled that some or ,h '5ht be dlPensed with and ed- t0 ae,clde which shall perish and hich survive. Or. to take a less rad ical view of the subject, which shall be merged with their neighbors? The m J .rP,y f the fr,enl8 and facul th.i S,1 stru11"S schools will be that they all ought to be encouraged to continue their work. Some benevolent Person should be persuaded to bestow to lirt Its debt and place It bevond Tn",' f,?v l,he fUtUFe- But no such per son Is likely to appear. Every man en gaged in the business of endowing col leges and there are several suchf who has Investigated the needs of the de nominational schools In Oregon has decided that it would be unw"se to pend money upon them. Forest Grove, to be sure, has re ceived a gift or two from Eastern sources but even with that aid the necessities of the school are still press in thou5h he 'uture is promising enough. As for the others, they are so poorly supplied with means that it requires some charity to believe that they can provide youth with an educa tion suitable for the times. Always in want, falling deeper and deeper into the quagmire of debt, competing with each other and with the state institu tions for a yearly supply of new stu dents which Could ho i " '"1" J Bcrvea Dy two good colleges, what is to become of these foundations? Why not merge them mto a single strong university? The separate endowments are very small, but united, they would amount to a respectable sum. enough certainly to attract gifts from the East. En dowments, like other possessions, fol low the scriptural rule. "To him that hath shall be given." A large endow ment tends to become larger by nat ural increase, while sensible people can rarely be induced to bestow bequests where they will be of little use. If the Institutions at Salem. McMinnville. Newberg and the others were com bined at some point, no matter where the trustees of the Rockefeller fund would not hesitate to aid the new and promising foundation. It would have every prospect of healthy growth both in means and students, and could accomplish many times as much good as the separate schools will ever effect while they feebly compete and spend their energies in driving the wolf from the door. The objection that the colleges are founded to propagate different creeds is unworthy of the name "Christian," which they all assume. The differ ences In their creeds never were of any consequence and the progress of mod ern ideas has rendered them still more negligible. What essential distinction is there between the religious belief of the faculty at McMinnville and the one at Salem? Is the gulf between them wide and deep enough to warrant paralysis of educational effort for all time? Have they not enough in com mon to make it possible for them to occupy the same classrooms and in struct the same students? Why not fix their gaze upon the points of argu ment and forget their differences, if they have any differences? Some of these colleges are proud to assert that they have risen above mere denomina tional ideas and become non-sectarian If this is the case with them, what sound reason Is there why they should persist in ruinous competition when union would benefit them so enor mously? If they are united In faith why not unite in works and thus con struct an efficient Instrumentality for good? The denominational character Is Injurious to a college in many ways Not to speak of Its influence in narrow ing instruction, it has become a severe hindrance to the betterment of college finances. Sectarian professors, cannot share In the benefits of the Carnegie pension fund, the Rockefeller bene factions are withheld from them also at least In Oregon, while It is a matter of common knowledge that private Individuals are loath to leave bequests to colleges which are strictly bound to a creed. The best proof which our struggling colleges could furnish of a resolution to escape, once for all, from denomina tional impediments would be to feder ate their resources. Oregon might thus be provided with a strong uni versity, independent of the Legislature and, therefore, free from politics, which would occupy a field left vacant by the state schools and of great Im portance. It is not well that the edu cation of the young should be confined entirely to the state. Other points of view are essential to the best results The religious idea In education is a sound one and should be worked out under broad and happy conditions. Of course, the religious Idea is not the same as the denominational and con ditions, for it never can become broad and happy while It is imprisoned in poverty and fettered by debt. Our denominational educators owe it to the cause they represent to overcome their divisions and unite their resources In a single, powerful school. When they do that, "Christian" education in Ore yon will become something more sub stantial than a' mere name and stu dents will not be compelled to attend state schools for a modern education. THEIR REAL OBJECT. If a group of five persons or ten per sons has the right to name or suggest a candidate for public office, why should the same right be denied a group of 500 persons? Yet that is precisely what the politicians who are howling against the late Republican assembly are doing. They uphold the action of little companies of men in meeting secretly by themselves and fixing up a slate, but they repudiate the action of an open assembly of Re publicans, freely, fairly and impartially named, met to express their prefer ence for candidates or their wish that the Republican primary select some one at their suggestion. The candidate for Mayor recently selected by the Republican assembly was Joseph Simon. He was not in any real sense nominated, nor was it pretended that he was. He was merely recommended, with others. That is all the Republican assembly could do. That Is all It tried to do. The decision as to Mr. Simon, and other candidates suggested by this as sembly, must remain with the pri mary. If Mr. Simon's nomination 13 not acceptable to the Republicans of Portland, the primary will reject him. It has the freest, fullest and fairest opportunity. so to do on May 8. The action of the primary Is not, and can not be, in any sense Impaired or re stricted by the assembly. How could it be? Then what reasonable objec tion can be offered to the methods pursued by the assembly? There may be objection to the candidates. If there is, all Republicans who want other candidates may say so and will say so on May 8. The truth is that all objection to the Republican assembly, or any political assembly, is a denial of the right of any political party to organize. It is an assertion that the primary is and must be a free-for-all scramble for of fice by self-nominated candidates and by no others. Tet the primary law professes to have for Its first purpose the maintenance of political parties. The so-called "friends of the primary" have no such purpose. Their scheme is the destruction of political parties or of the Republican party. ONLY SPEED MANIACS UNDER BAN. Ex-Governor Geer has roused one automobilist. Dr. G. K. Watts, to rush Into print , in defense of the reckless driver. What the ardent advocate has to say in his astonishingly, weak brief is published today in another column. His attitude on the subject under dis cussion 13 more curious than his tacit plea of guilty to every charge that Mr. Geer presented in the scathing indict ment. No one demands that motor cars be put under the ban. Not pro hibition, but strict regulation, is the public cry. The speed maniac must go. Dr. Watts sings loud praises to him self because he turned his machine quickly and missed maiming or kill ing a man who had stepped off a streetcar which had stopped a short distance ahead of the auto. It was his plain duty when he saw the car stop in his path to slow down. Doesn't he know why the car stopped ? Mustn't he reasonably expect that a passenger will i alight and step into the street? Neglect to consider the necessity for such precaution constitutes the bulk of reckless motoring. Reduce speed to four or five miles an hour on busy streets and you eliminate 99 per cent of the chances for committing homi cide or murderous assault. Will the course of empire be changed if you reach your destination sixteen or sev enteen seconds later? There cannot be divergent opinions on the matter of the pedestrian's right at crosswalks. It is equal to the ve hicle's. The walker and the driver each must exercise reasonable caution, but clearly the larger duty in this re gard rests on the common sense and the conscience of the man in the mo tor, because he moves so much faster He is never in danger from the man on foot; the pedestrian is always in dan ger from him. His machine is deadly. Motor cars are here to stay. No one opposes them. With longer experience in their manufacture, more stability less liability to get out of order and much lower cost of production, their number will increase very fast. Within a few years there will probably be three on the streets of Portland where now there Is one. Consequent natural danger will increase proportionately. The Oregonian appeals to every owner not to put his car into the hands of an ardent, hot-headed boy; it begs men who drive cars to be careful at crossings, in turning corners and when approaching streetcars that have stopped. If persuasion will not suf fice for reform, then other means. Portland will hobble the speed maniac. MANCHESTER TO MONTREAL. Early in May a new steamship line organized at Manchester, England, will begin a regular weekly service to Montreal, Canada. The Canadian port has developed its maritime commerce so rapidly that last year It shipped more wheat to Europe than was sent from all American ports on the Atlan tic. The inauguration of this new serv ice is particularly interesting, for the reason that both of the termini of the new line are inland seaports. Mon treal is situated nearly 250 miles from the ocean, and yet great ocean freight ers drawing more than twenty-five feet of water have no difficulty in making their way to the wharves of the city and back to the open sea with full car goes. Manchester is in a class by Itself as one of the world's greatest seaports that has been actually manufactured to order. To enable deep-water shipping to reach its docks, Manchester spent more than J80.000.000 in building a canal which converted the inland city Into an ocean seaport; and so remarkable has been the increase in the business of the city, since the canal was built, that the citizens all consider the mil lion and more per mile which the canal cost as money well expended. On the other end of the new steamship line conditions are in degree similar, for. when the Canadians began the work of improving the St. Lawrence River so that large ocean carriers could reach Montreal, vessels of twenty feet and even less draft were unable to get up and down without much delay and danger of grounding. The work which the Canadian gov ernment has performed in opening up a deep-water channel from the sea to Montreal, and the work of the Man chester people, Is not dissimilar from that which has for several years' been carried on by the Port of Portland in deepening the river between this city TITE BlQKJUJfO OKEGOmy, SATTJTTPAY, and the sea. Every foot that the chan- f nel from Portland to the sea has been deepened has chea.rend th rno getting the products of a vast empire 1 to tne world's markets by way of the ocean routes. The results achieved have been satisfactory, and will be even more so in the future. The only unsatisfactory feature of the work is that it is manifestly unfair that the City of Portland, alone and single handed, should be obliged to per form this public work from which the entire Pacific Northwest profits. Neither Manchester nor Montreal is obliged to bear all of the burdens of water improvements, in the profits of which the entire country tributary has shared. The Canadian government has contributed handsomely to the Montreal improvements and the British government has done the same for the Manchester waterway. Eventually the magnificent Columbia, which the en terprise of Portland has changed from a scant eighteen feet depth to more than twenty-five feet at rjead low water, will be appreciated by the peo ple of the Inland Empire, and they will join with Portland In still fur ther Improving the channel. Ships here, as at Montreal, Philadelphia, New Orleans and other of the world's great ports, will go as far inland as they can find water sufficient to keep their keels off the ground. To this world-old rule of maritime commerce was due the selection of Portland as the seaport for the Columbia basin, and the prestige of location, aided by the work of our people, will retain this prestige for all time. 6CKIVKLY AND THE PRIMARIES. The Indictment of J. H. Schively for embezzlement adds nothing to the public assurance that he has managed his office unworthily. As Insurance Commissioner he acted partly for his own Interest, . partly for the advan tage of a number of unreliable com panies. If he ever did anything to benefit the people who paid his salary, it has not been discovered. The vot ers of the State of Washington knew these facts as well a year ago as they do now. There could hardly have been a man in the state who did not know that Schively was an unsuitable person to act as Insurance Commis sioner. Everybody had been informed of his irregularities. Everybody had been told of his lax character. With this knowledge before them, how did the voters treat Mr. Schively at the primaries? Surely if he was nomi nated It was by the skin of his teeth. The intelligent citizens of Washington would not cast their ballots for a man whom they all knew to be a rascal would they? Facts are harsh things. They play hob with some of our preconceived opinions now and then, but after all they must be faced. The staring, mis erable fact about Mr. Schively is that he received 15,000 more votes at the primaries than any other candidate for Insurance Commissioner. Does this prove that the people of Wash ington do not want an honest man in that office? If it does not prove that, what does it prove? Mr. Schively's vote in the primaries came pretty near being the largest cast for any candidate before the people. Bell, for Attorney-General, received only 2000 more than this acknowledged grafter. Hay, for Lieutenant-Governor, re ceived 3000 less. Such facts as these do not tend to upbuild one's faith in the direct pri maries. If they simply increase the prestige of grafters and make it easier for such fellows to slip into office, it will not te long before they are aban doned. If the people wish to retain the right to nominate candidates, they must prove that they can make a bet ter use of it than they did in the case of Schively. If the Vote for him was an accident, it was too ominous to bear repetition. SENTIMENT AND ECONOMICS. The overwhelming extent to which sentimental hysteria has figured in the wheat market for the past week is not dissimilar from that which is notice able in a run on a perfectly solvent bank. For more than two months the entire wheat trade of the world has had a fairly accurate line on the size of the crops In Argentina and Aus tralia, the two big exporting countries from which the bulk of the European Bupplles Is secured In the Spring. The Argentine crop was known to be small, and the high prices were draw ing it out quite rapidly. Last week, either through a delay in loading ves sels already chartered and known the world over to have been chartered, or for some other reason, the weekly shipments declined to small figures compared with the corresponding week last year. Then staid old London and Liver pool, forgetting that the actual size of the Argentine crop, already accurately estimated, could not be changed either by large or small shipments, marked prices up about 5 cents per bushel on account of "decreased shipments from the Argentine." The market steadied at the top for a brief period and then started down in sympathy with liqui dation in this country. This move ment was accelerated ny the receipt In Europe Thursday of news that the Argentine shipments would show a large increase. The Europeans,, having advanced prices when Argentine shipments were small, quickly marked them down when the shipments became larger. This was consistent, perhaps, but It was purely a sentimental and not an economic situation that caused the change, for the available supply in Ar gentina had not been increased or de creased, nor will it be changed until a new crop comes on next ' December. Meanwhile the Russian ports which had been icebound were opened, and a rush of wheat which could not reach the market earlier began coming out. The existence of these stocks in the icebound ports was well known to the trade, and they had actually been fig ured on as absolutely necessary to fill in after the United States and Canada ceased shipping heavily. For all that, the European markets in the lead, and the American markets following, accepted this news of in creased Russian shipments with all of the surprise that might have been no ticeable if an airship load of No. 2 red winter had Just got in from the planet Mars. The wave of hysteria showed signs of passing yesterday, and Liverpool acknowledged Chicago's de cline of 4 cents on Thursday with a drop of less than 1 cent per bushel. The Chicago markets were steady, with cash wheat selling at J 1.40 per bushel. "In arriving at the rates fixed we were guided largely by distance, and we established a materially higher rate from Chicago than from St. Paul." writes Interstate Commerce Commissioner Prouty in explaining his reason for releasing the Harriman lines from the Commission's order in the Spokane rate case. This enables the Harriman lines to meet the Hill rates at Spokane, if they so desire, and It also makes it more profitable for them to give Walla Walla, Colfax and other intervening points a. lower rate than will be given Spokane. Helena and Missoula, on the other side of Spokane, by this ruling must also have lower rates than Spokane. This will enable the outside cities east and west of Spokane to get better rates than Spokane can get, and incidentally do a Jobbing trade right up to the city limits of Spokane. Of course this was what Spokane desired when she started the fight that has cost her a protected jobbing zone and has given smaller cities on both sides of her lower rates than Spokane is legally entitled to. Governor Hay and the State Board of Control, over in Wht n ft An a m In viting trouble over their grain bags. accoraing to an Olympia dispatch, which says thev will sell a nnn nnn bags, delivered in any pan of the state, at o cents eacn. This is nearly a cent under the best rate that can be quoted by the importers of Calcutta bags, and, as present crop prospects indicate a demand for approximately 10,000,000 grain bags in Washington it aoama quite clear that about two-thirds of the wasmngton farmers will be obliged to pay more for their bags than those who are fortunate enough to secure 8-cent bags from the state. Grain bags at present prices are a consider able charge against the price of a bushel of wheat, especially if the mar ket should be low next year, and it would help matters considerably if the duty should be removed from the bags which are Imported. Citizens of every section of the coun try are public economists upon the question of e. reduction of Government expenditures. But when it comes to denying the appropriations asked for the Improvement of their local rivers and harbors, new postofnee buildings, custom-houses and other pet items that eat into the revenues from every community, they are not willing to abate one jot or tittle of their demands. It is the old story with purblind selfishness in the title role, the adjustment of the magnifying glass to personal desires and the ap plication of the inverted field glass to the wider view. Simply stated, it Is human nature In its most familiar phase. The Interior Department has ap proved the maps and surveys cover ing the first forty miles of the Harri man railroad up the Deschutes can yon. This is encouraging for a starter, and all Oregon will hope that there will be no delay in passing on the merits of the remaining ninety miles of the proposed route. As the Des chutes would be of very little value either to- the railroad or to Central Oregon until it reached the upper end of the canyon, the railroads will quite naturally object to proceeding with construction work until they have some assurance that the line can be built the entire length of the canyon. The Coroner's Jury at Eugene failed to fix responsibility for the death of the 16-year-old boy who was poisoned by drinking wood alcohol, thinking it whisky. In this connection it is proper to remark that too many men are being fined for drunkenness in Eu gene, which is in . a "dry" county. Somebody Is remiss In official duty and Is not helping tlje cause of moderation by winking at violation of law or in ability to see It. The University City is too good a place in which to live and has too good a reputation to toler ate these things much longer. Just to dispel any hazy Ideas as to what the Gothenberg system is, it may be defined as a scheme by which all the saloons of a city are to unite un der the ownership, of a high-minded and virtuous concern like the Ameri can Distilleries Company, championed and represented by that eminent foe of the Demon Rum, Mr. E. S. J. Mc Allister. With certain unnamed part ners. The Lewis County committee on ex hibits at the A-T-P Fair has, through its secretary, Dan W. Bush, of Che halis, issued a folder that will attract the attention of visitors and colonists seeking a location. Lewis County is one of the great fertile spots of Wash ington, and the Idea of this booklet is to lead people to It. Dustln Farnum Is playing the gen tleman's part. He is another polite witness who never, no, never, saw Mrs. Gould drunk. By careful management the attorneys of the lady ought to be able to summon numerous other wit nesses who have not, in all their lives, seen Mrs. Gould drunk, or sober. Now they are going to hang a China man for killing another Chinaman. The world moves. Formerly we occa ionally hanged a Chinaman for killing a white man. Some day there may be a white man hanged for killing a Chinaman. Principal Curtis, of the Sunnyside school, thinks a little thing like sixty cases- of scarlet fever among the Sun nyside children is no occasion for alarm. That ought to make at least sixty Sunnyside families feel better. Those worthy persons who are go ing to see that we have a vote on the question of making the state dry in 1910 will, of course, keep a wary eye out to prevent their petitions from be ing reinsteined. The Seattle bankers have set aside $5000 a. day for the entertainment of delegates to the Tri-State Bankers convention." There will be 500 dele gates or less. Figure the rest out for yourself. Now is the time when the City Health officials should turn the Willamette-water germs out to graze and get a firm hold on the scarlet fever epidemic, which may or may not be light. The decision of the Young Turks to let the Sultan-hold his Job for awhile longer will cause a vast sigh of. relief to go up. Just think of a homeless Sultan with a harem on his hands! Now if that Sunnyside scarlet fever epidemic had 'broken out on the West Side just after the Bull Run water was turned oft ! APRIL, 24, 1900. REVISED SERVICE ANNOUNCED Temporary Changes on North Bank Road Next Month. Officials of the North Bank Railroad yesterday announced a temporary revised service over the Hill line up the Columbia River which will pre-all beginning May 3 until May 23. It includes a 12 hour and 40 minute service between Portland and fwaBemVSr US DeW pasPkan6 line. There will be two trains a day each way as at present, and the only change In the time of arriving and departing at Port- ?t Wl11 be that the day train from Spokane will reach Portland at 9 P M instead of 5:25 P. M., so as to allow the train to run through from Spokane. The Inland Empire Express will leave rUid Rt 9:15 A- M" and reach Spokane at 10 P. M. Its equipment will consist or first and second-class coaches, smoker dining-car and parlor observation car Train No. 1. the westbound daylight train! will leave Spokane at 8:20 A. M. and ar rive in Portland at 9 P. M. The equip ment of this train will be the same as that of the Inland Empire. Train No. 4 eastbound night train, will leave Portland at 5:40 P. M. and will arrive at Spokane at 6:30 A. M. Train No. 3, westbound will leave Spokane at 6:30 P. M. and will arrive in Portland at 7:30 A. M. The equip ment on No. 3 and No. 4 will consist of first-class coaches, one standard and one tourist sleeper, one compartment observa tion car and a diner. POLAND STICKS TO HIS JOB Receiver of Prairie City Rank Re fuses Any Compromise. BAKER CITY, Or.. April 23. (Special.) Receiver J. R. Poland, while passing through Baker City tonight on his way" to Prairie City, said that the contest be tween himself as receiver of .the Stockmen & Traders Bank at Prairie City and the state banking department would be fought to the end. Determined to hold the position given him by the Multnomah County Court. Mr. Poland did not hesitate to state that so far as he and a number of the creditors were interested there would be no com promise and if the State TtnnV -n.miD sioner secured possession of the failed bank's business It would be through a legal fight which might be taken to the Supreme Court. He said there are wealthy creditors of the institution who hold themselves in readiness to guarantee all depositors from loss, provided the business can be wound up hurriedly. SEVEN DENTISTS PUT IN JAIL Seattle ToothpuIIers Accused of Vio lating State Law. SEATTLE, Wash.. April 22. Special.) For violating the state law requiring licensed practitioners. Informations for ten dentists doing business In Seattle were sworn out today and seven were arrested in their places of business and lodged in Jail pending bail. Bail has not yet been arranged. Following are the names of those who were arrested: H. J. Brown, A. C. Littoy. H. A. Wise, E. G. Thompson, A. C. Froom, E. C. Phelps, A. R. Long. E. J. Brown is one of the most promi nent dentists in the city and is a leader of a faction of the Socialist party op posed to Herman C. Titus. He gained considerable notoriety here last Winter by defying the police and was lodged in Jail for street speaking. The arrests to day caused a Bensation. PARK BOARD PUT ON GRILL Tacoma Grand Jury Probing Ex travagance Charges. TACOMA. Wash.. April 23. (Special.) The probing into public affairs by the grand Jury called at the instance of Coun cilman Jamieson to investigate the alleged graft charges against the city adminis tration, is taking a peculiar turn and the Metropolitan Park Board ls now under tha microscope. Just what the results will be is a matter for conjecture but so thoroughly are the affairs of the City Park- Board being investigated that it is persistently rumored indictments of a sensational nature may follow. The grand Jury has visited all of Tacoma'B parks and each member has displayed an astonishing curiosity lrr the whys and wherefores of many pieces of faulty work for which extravagant prices were paid. ALBANY IX AUTO RACE PATH Promoters of Cross-Continent Run Arrange Route In Oregon. ALBANY. Or., April 23. (Special.) The route of the big Guggenheim auto mobile race from New York to Seattle may cross the Cascade Mountains by the Willamette Valley & Cascade Mountain wagon road. Local automobile men have received word from the promoters of the race that the routes across the moun tains in Washington are not satisfactory and that the road from Prlneville to Al bany Is being considered. An effort will be made by local people to have the route mapped out this way the racers to turn northward at this city on the final course of the race. WORK FOR NESMITH COUNTY Solicitors Place Initiative Petitions in Circulation. COTTAGE GROVE. Or., April 23 (Sne clal.) People of Southern Lane and Northern Bouglas counties are again ask ing for the creation of "Nesmith County " this time by the initiative. Men have been sent out to get names in various sections of the state, and when the requi site number have been secured, the peti .Wl"ne subm'ed to the Secretary of State. The question will then be voted on at the general election next year. Thn solicitors are meeting with splendid uc- iEOXARD WILL GET REWARL. hree Hundred Dollars Due Him to Capture of Train Robbers. r-' Apr" 23 (Special.) Sheriff Stevens, of Multnomah CountV r"t ,C,Iy !?day Wltn eomo "ivlcfs for the Penintentiary and while here took occasion to look up the law relating to the payment of the reward of 300 due Deputy Sheriff Archie Leonard from the state for the capture of the chief of the Troutdale & N. train robbers. While the code provides for the payment of this reward there is considerable red tape in volved in Its collection. SALEM PUTS OX CITY AI RS Streetcars Will Hereafter Run Until Midnight at Capital. TfEM C,-' April 23.-(Special.)The Portland Railway. Light & Power Com pany has promulgated a new set of rules to go into effect Monday. April 26. which will do away with all smoking on street cars in Salem and with patrons riding on front or rear platforms. A large number of new men have been added and here after cars will be operated In nine-hour shifts Instead of 12. Hereafter cars on all lines will be run until midnight, in stead of 10:45 o'clock. CLUB STANDS BY RUSHLIGHT i Brooklyn Republican Body Promotes Candidacy for Mayor. At a special meeting of the Brooklyn Republican Club Thursday night. In the hall on Powell and Milwaukie streets, the campaign of A. G. Rushlight for the nomination of Mayor was launched by his frienda. A. L. Keenan presided and A. L. Barbur was the secretary. Rev. Father Gregory started the speech-making by a plea for Mr. Ruehlight and reviewing his work in the Council, ending by declirinj; that Mr. Ruehlisht would be the right man for Mayor of Portland. Remarks were made by L. S. Di;ia, Waldemar Seton. A. L. Keenan and several other.. Chairman Keenan asked all who favored the nomination of Mr. Ruaiiliht for Mav or and would work to .hat jnd to stand, when the entire audience arosj. At this showing. Mr. Rushlight ex pressed his gratitude and 3aid nv hoped his friends in the Seventh Ward would stand by him in the con:o. for he real ized that not being an exp?rienced poli tician he had a hard flcht on his hands. Mr. Rushlight said that he r.ood for the primary law and an economical adminis tration of the affairs of the city, and re ferred to his attitude on the various sub jects that had come in the City Council since he had been a membsr. J. J. Jennings, candidate for Councll-man-at-large. addressed the meeting briefly, principally in behalf of Mr. Rush light. At the end of the talks Mr. Rush light's candidacy for Mayor and Mr. Jen nings' candidacy for Councllman-at-laree were indorsed. It was decided that those present should act as a committee of the whole in pushing Mr. Rushlight's candidacy. NORMAL BOARD TO MEET Operation or Schools for Next Year to Be Decided On. SALEM, Or., April 23. (Special.) Sec retary C. L. Starr, of the State Board of Normal School Regents, today sent no tices to all the members of the bfiard that a meeting of the board will be held at the Capitol at 10 A. M. on May 8. "for the purpose of considering the policy of the board relative to the operation of the Normal Schools for the school year of 1909-10, and for the consideration of such other business as may come before the meeting." One or two of the college presidents and some of the students are anxious to have the schools continue next year under the direction of the Board of Regents, who would, of course, act in a purely advisory capacity and without compensation, with all the expenses oc maintaining the schools borne by private contribution. The executive commiteee did not care to take the responsibility of making any such arrangement, and so the Governor has decided to call a meeting of the full board to consider the request of the edu cators and the students. The presidents of the three Normals have been advised of the meeting of the board and requested to be present if they have any suggestions to make regarding keeping their schools open next year. WIND CHANGES, TOWN IS SAVED Fire Threatens for a Time to AVlpe Out Village of Summervllle. LA GRANDE, Or.. April 23. (Special.) A lull in a strong wind blowing over Sum mervllle, 15 miles from here, saved that town from destruction late last evening. When the flames were spreading and the citizens were appealing for help from La Urnnde the wind went down and the bucket brigades were able to successfully cope with the conflagration. At 10 to night the flames had abated. Three automobile loads of chemical ex tinguishers were sent out from La Grande. The Are originated in the Chatln meat market and quickly spread to the Chatln residence. From there it went to the Galllspy store building, unoccupied, and later to two Donaldson buildings. These five were destroyed completely. The Choate and Rlnehart merchandise stores were saved by the efforts of farmers and Summerville residents, who had rushed to the scene. Losses are estimated at $5000. FATHER ORDERS SON'S ARREST Accuses Own Child of Being Too Lazy to Provide for Self. TACOMA. Wash., April 23. (Special.) Charging that his son is lazy and refuses either to work or pay board, Reuben H a a.n emP'ye of the Northern Pa cific Railroad Company, today caused a warrant to be issued for the arrest of his son Oscar, aged 27 years, on a charge of trespassing on the premises of the family home. ( When the elder Shade appeared before refused either to support himself or help support the family, and that in the face of his orders to leave home and never tn 'VP1'"', the yunr man returned and continued to eat from the family arder Mrs Shade favors the sonnd is anxious that he shall remain at home She became very Indignant on learning of her husband's action. OLD ROGUE INDIAN DIES Martha, Weil-Known Aborigine Near Oregon City, Passes Away. OREGON CITY. Or., April 23 r5 clal.)-Martha. a wrtl-kSown Tndfan ?hmS?,Wa.." b.Ur'ed here thlB afternoon She died at midnight Wednesday in the Indian settlement south of town She m,thi ,T'?.?f JSeph AJrews com! monly called "Soosap," and was nJI, nvmreS bCen b nnja-cky- sonvtlle. Or. Martha was a memhei- r.t the Rogue River tribe. She f married to Andrews about 35 years ago Five years ago she was made totally blind by an attack of Bob Gardner, a generate character, who was sentenced to In the penitentiary and Is now In fhe state Insane asylum. Forest Grove Farmer Dies. FOREST GROVE, Or.. ADril 23 r5 .t't1 Buh' aged P50UyearT iTi for many years a fruitgrower on David's on th PMed ""nly at his new home! on the Henry Schmale dairy ranch yes- ninay7nlnfr-,,H6 leaves widow and nine children. Only three days ago he moved on this dairy ranch for which he Mr Bu8h died f heart rllrhf v,h,le .hls canary, his wife end came m T 8 before the Chehalls Streams Stocked. S.fHT13' Waeh- APrtl 23. (Special.) -Within the past week about 50,000 trout have been planted in the splendid fish ing streams near this city. Senator Fish-.-received a consignment of 20.000 which were placed In Mill Creek. Rep resentative Leonard received 20.000 which were placed in the South Fork of the Newaukum. Another consignment of 10 -000 were also placed in the North Fork of the Newaukum. City to Bridge the Willapa. RAYMOND. Wash., April 23(Special.) Preliminary steps were taken at the City Oouncil meeting last night for the Issuance of city bonds to cover in part the cost of construction of two brid-es across, the Willapa and South Willapa ,VrS ft thIs Place. The estimated cost or the two structures is about $30,000 each. AS AN AUTOMOBILIST SEES IT. Let the' Public Look Out, for That la Its Buliru. PORTLAND. April 22.(To the Editor ) In your issue of April 21 appears an arth-le by T. T. Geer, about automobiles which I consider very unfair and 1 m surprised that some one more interested and m, .re competent than I does not answer it and "It" .ther articIs oth editori-U and otherwise that have appeared tat, v drivert aUtoraobl- ani.omooilL owi058 firSt rlacc- the writing the .r" ar,rry deedly unfamiliar Rlth the handling of automobiles- so tliJ'r opinion is not worth much. And in everv f,OUr Wory ou find the old fogies blocking, to the best of the ir ability, every advancement. The saw mills kill too many men; go back to the BaW-K T"e ra-oads kill too many men; go back to the ox team. The electric cars kill too many men; go back to "the horse cars. The linotype machines put too many men out of employment- go back to the typesetters. The automobile business is one of the largest industries of our country but the fogy farmer wants to put them all out of business and go back to the horse so that he can raise hay for them v,Tht.awtomobile ls the eafoRt vehicle on the highways according to statistics, so why should it be called "Juggernaut" and death dealing" machine wnen there are more people injured every year hy horso vehicles and streetcars in proportion to tne number In use. Why not rule them thetreets too and let the pedestrains na-ve the whole street, sidewalk and all mey might at least make the streetcar company . put in singlo tracks on busy 7 'l'"'18- Why is It necessary for Burnside bridge cars to loop down Wash Srl?n Street where three other lines run making cars about SO feet apart on the Duslest and narrowest street in town' In regard to th ri.rht nr .. ' j . trians have the right of way on the side walk and there should be an ordinance compelling them to look both wars t,e'- re SteppinK ofr the curb.' ai.d should they cross the street in tl, mlddle of the block, or any other place except at crossings, they should do at their own risk. Why should automohn,. drivers do all the "looking out" and the pedestrians walk along asleep with an air of "run into me if you dare?" Th sooner the people wake up to the fact that Portland is no longer a little countrv town where they can go down the streeia star gazing or asleep, but s a city, and a busy city at that, with mighty busy streets, and that not only automobile drivers but horse men. streetcar men pe destrains. and everybody else traveling on our narrow busy streets has got to be on the alert, the sooner accidents will diminish. If pedestrians and everybody else kept as sharp a look out as automobile drivers, there would be very few accidents he cause most of the accidents or narrow escapes are due to pedestrians stepping ofr the curb in front of automobiles with out looking where they are going, or step ping from behind another vehicle or streetcar without looking. If the truth w-ere known everybody who gets hit l.y an automobile knows, down In his own mind that he was going along thinking about something and not paying attention to where he was going, and if he had paid attention he could have avoided the. accident. Of course, he ls mad and won t admit that. Then lots of those so-call- ,1 "narrow escapes" are not narrow escapes at all although the pedestrians and lv standers may think they are; the auto mobile driver knows the control he has over his machine and stops probably four or five feet away which is Junt as sate as if he had stopped half a block away. The prediction that automobiles will he ruled off the streets in the business dis trict rather surprises me coming from a man of Mr. Oeer's supposed or claimed in telligence. It would be just as reason able to rule him on a farm and keep him there all his life, more so because lie is attempting to block progress. A man's rights are his own whether he ls afoot, in a buggy or an automobile. No more reason why an auoUst should leave his vehicle In the suburbs than anyone ctee driving a different and much less sale vehicle, for any horse vehicle, even if it is only driven in a walk, is more danger ous than an automobile if properly handled, for you never know when a horse will take fright and do damase. An automobile at 15 or 20 miles an hour is safer than a horse going in a jog he cause It can be stopped quicker if nects sary. I will admit that there are times when the autolsts are in the wrong but many more times when pedestrians are in the wrong, so do nt drive us mi off the streets because one or two fools get into our ranks. Pedestrians have been known to go Insane but that ls not a reasonable excuse for sending all pe destrians to the insane asylum. What we want most is a fair law, made, by people who are familiar with the sub ject, in place of a lot of one-sided, unfair laws. One place the automobile gets th worst of it ls In the writeups they get in some of the papers. A stree tcar or horso accident, if mentioned at all In the news papers, is given an inch or so at the, bottom of the column, whilo an automo bile accllent is put in big head-lines at the top of the column, anl probably clear across the front page. Take for instance, the accident to the Vice-President's wife, "Mrs. Sherman in Danger." In the morn ing paper of April 21. A runaway horve endangers her life while she Is in an automobile. Had she been in a buggy and struck by an automobile and endangered to the same extent, it probably would have been in big head-lines clear across the front page instead of an inch and a half at the bottom of the, column. A short time ago on Williams avenue I passed a streetcar Just as It stopped to let off passengers. I passed on the left according to law. A man Jumped off tlm front platform and ran around in front of the car to cross before it started and ran right in front of me. I avoided him only with an effort and chance of wreck ing my machine. Had I been as careless as he was we would have collided. I was clearly in the right; yet what thanks did I get? He swore at me and abused me. Now I am almost sorry I did not let him run into me. If I had known how dirty he would be about it I don't think I would have taken the chance of wrecking my car to avoid him; he was not deserv ing of It. About a year ago I attempted to pas a man In a buggy on the road. He would not give me any of the road but when I got down on the side and was just i?i the act of passing him. he turned ri-ht down in front of me. Now I could havs hit him equar and probably injured mm and his horse very badly and with very little risk to myself, but I turned so short that I tipped my machine over and wa injured and crippled for life in an effort to avoid hurting him. What thanks did I get for it? A damage suit. W hat should I do next time under such cir cumstances? I would avoid accident if possible. If not. I would come through it looking out for number one. The people know Juries, and the peo ple who have no machines are prejudiced against them. They employ blackmailing attorneys, perjure themselves and ol.I out for big damages, knowing they have all the best of it on account of thts. predjudices. Let Mr. Geer. and a few ol the other howlers, drive a car for a while and learn what control you have oi it and have It handed to them by every body else on the highways, law-makers, juries, etc.. like the rest of us get it, and they will howl a different tune alto gether. There are two sides to this ques tion and all we ask is to be treated fairly. dr. g. E. WATTS. Cottage Grove Given Day at Fair. COTTAGE GROVE, Or.. April ii (fe cial.) The Woman's Club met last night to set a Cottage Grove day at the A-Y-F Exposition at Seattle. The day was set for Thursday, July 29, when a large dele gation from here will be present.