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Foreign postage double rates. K astern Business O IT Ire The S. C. Beck wlth Special Agency New Tork. rooms 48 nO Tribune building. Chicago, rooms 510-512 Tribune building. PORTLAND. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 1909. IT POINTS THE WAY. The Oregonian thinks It certain that no other man whom the Republicans could have nominated -would have re-t-olved as many votes for the office of Mayor aa Mr. Simon. Knowledge of Ihis experience in municipal affairs partly counteracted the effects of Re publican feuds, which would have been tfelt to an equal extent against any other candidate. There are still un satisfied ambitions among aspiring pol iticians, and a good many persons, moreover, who haven't yet done with he thought and purpose of "getting ?ven" with former opponents in their party. It Is undoubted, more over, that Simon received a consider able Democratic vote, which hardly rwould have been cast for any other Republican candidate; yet Munly re ceived most of the active Democratic vote. The chief inspiration of the candidacy of Albee was a desire to justify the action of a class of Repub licans who made use of "Statement One" last year as a factional weapon find means of alliance for their own ipurposes with the Democratic party, and a further desire on their part to strengthen thetr position for future contests. But they have probably alienated their Democratic allies of last year, who felt that at this time they had a right to the support of those whom last year they elected on "Statement One." It will not be easy for these people to get together again, and 'Statement One" Republicans will toe scarce In future Legislatures. The campaign horror manufactured et the thought that election of Simon would be a "menace" to the city, and would "let loose a flood of evils upon It," will disappear with last nlghfs stage thunder, which, indeed, it much resembled. It will be Simon's natural desire to render the city the very best service he can. Moreover, he Is a practical man and a quiet one, not an oddity, nor a play-actor. The business of the city Is a very practical business and it needs practical treatment, which the Idiosyncrasies of the present Mayor iiave often denied it. It would have been useless to try to tret together the votes that were cast for Munly and Albee, by concentration on one of them; for the purposes of the two groups were wholly at var iance. It could not suit the supporters of Munly to pull this Republican fac tion's chestnuts out of the fire again. They did it last year, for Chamberlain was the reward; but to give them the turkey now would have been extremely absurd. On the other hand, the Albee Nottingham Republican group "won't play the game," except for their own advantage. What they want is control of the Republican party, or para mountcy In it: and to secure this is the use they have for the Democratic party. They wouldn't have voted for Munly at all, for that would have been at variance with their main objects; and supporters of Munly couldn't have been induced to vote for Albee. The results of this election In Port land will tend to simplify political conditions in Oregon. Most likely it will cause the adoption by Republicans of the state of a method or "sugges tion" by "assembly" for nomination of candidates, not for supersedure of the primary law, but for guidance of action under it. The method will not supersede, nor even interfere with nominations by petition. If considerable numbers shall still desire to pursue that course, nor will it cut out Inde pendent candidates. It simply will provide a way whereby there can b conference and counsel, for presenta tion of candidates. The countv com mittees can send the delegates. 'This Is the method suggested by Governor Hughes, of New York. It was not adopted in that state, because the state now has a primary law for election of delegates to conventions, and neither political party wished to change this method. But in Oregon the situation Is wholly different; and on the volun tary system the method will apply well here. Its tendency will be to reduce the multitude of candidates, to enforce better selection, to put a check on self nomination of candidates, and to ob tain through suggestion or recom mendation candidates more likely to command the confidence and votes of their respective parties. The method pursued hitherto under our primary brings out many candidates for each important position, or induces men to nominate themselves; then some one of them gets a few more votes than any one of his many competitors, yet has received only a small Traction of his own party vote in the primary, and is not deemed entitled to the party vote In the election. It is a most unrepre sentative method except as it repre sents faction, nominates weak men and stands for party disintegration' statement One," which is no part of the primary law. but a superfluity that has no authority, can be dropped out entirely, and by Republicans generally doubtless will be. Representatives of the jobbing in terests of the entire Pacific Coast are at Washington today endeavoring to secure a modification of the recent or der in the Spokane rate case. The matter is one of the most important ever brought before the Commission. Unless that body la -willing t return to its original position, where due recog nition was made of water competition the Jobbing trade of the entire region west of the Rocky Mountains, that of . Spokane included, will be turned over jto the mall-order houses and jobbers , of the Middle West. It is a matter ( In which Spokane should be standing firm with Portland and Puget Sound Instead f aulklns fcjr herself ami la menting the stroke of the boomerang which was thrown by her own hand. Atlantic Coast Jobbers should also rally to the assistance of the far west ern dealers, for the discriminatory or der of the Interstate Commerce Com mission will, if enforced, deprive them of a large trade which they now enjoy with this Coast. A STORY LIKE MANY MORE. . A story is told. In the World's Work, by Mr. Frank Bailey, vice president of the Title Guarantee and Trust Company of New Tork, which will bear reproduction in outline. It shows the dangers a man may encoun ter who takes risks in Investment, against which ail persons ought to be on their guard. Mr. Bailey's article bears the title, "How a Homemaker Became an Anarchist." Barach Sholnky, the homemaker, was a toiling Bast Side Jew, who, after many years of struggle and de privations, had saved up a hoard of $1600. He was anxious to buy a home of hiB own, "where there were light and air and cleanliness," and after some negotiation secured a two-family house at Brownsville, Brooklyn, valued at $6000. This place was subject to a first mortgage of $3500 at 5 per cent, due September 1, 1907. Sholnky paid $1000 down and gave the builder a second mortgage of $1500, payable in Install ments of $50 every four months,-with interest. He rented the upper floor to a friend at $22 a month, and with a nest-egg of $500 began his new life with high hopes and confidence an optimist and a good citizen to the core. "He is now a violent anarchist, without work or the desire to work; his family Is dispersed and poverty and misery are the fruits of twenty-five years of honest struggle." How did this anarchy develop? We are told that two weeks after he moved Into his house he was surprised with a notice for $75 in taxes for the entire year of 1904. The charter of Greater New York holds the buyer responsible for taxes when the title passes before the first Monday in October. Sholnky's title dated September 30. The year following he was astonished to find a charge against him for street pav ing of which he had known nothing amounting to $262.30, with interest from April 1, 1905. The story tells that he weathered these difficulties, but only by extreme effort. When'the panic began in September, 1907, Sholnky, together with others in the same row, received demands for the immediate payment of the first mortgage. The five owners had hoped, of course, for extensions. In their plight they sought the Title Guarantee and Trust Company for a loan, and it was there that Mr. Bailey met them. The real estate appraisers of the com pany reported that the property had deteriorated and recommended loans of $3250 on each of the five houses. To change the mortgage would have cost an extra $70. This th0r able to meet and. as Mr. Bailey learned ouusequentiy, iney all lost their homes "through Inability to reduce their mortgages or to borrow elsewhere the $3500 necessary to replace the called mortgages." This beggared Sholnky and turned him ,Into an active an archist. Now, was anybody at all to blame for this except Sholnky himself and those in the same nllc-hf n-itv, They had exercised too little care about me-status or the property they had bought and the claims and charges against it. They owed too , much money on it. These man - . . - avs, Ull- ferent from thousands more that trans pire wnenever a money shortage oc curs or hard times set in. And what good does it do a man in such a sit uation to turn enemy to human so ciety and become an anarchist? FORTY-SEVEN YEARS. The forty-seventh annual com mencement of Pacific University will occur from the 9th to the 16th of the current month. Inclusive. Forty seven years! A lifetime in the history of the individual, but, as the life of a university is reckoned, a brief day in the catalogue of time. The vicissi tudes of life have come in full meas ure to Pacific University during these years. Death has thinned, now and again, the ranks of its earnest work ers, and, obeying the law of change, others have drifted away from it. Stu dents have come and students have gone out into the world of effort or behind the veil that tality from immortality. Yet the purl iuse mm inspired its beginnings has remained steadfast. Tabitha Brown, mother of Pacific University; Sydney H. MarsH, its first president: Horace T.xm Dj Anderson and Thomas Condon, mem bers irom time to time of its facultv have passed on. "Sacred to memory" are they, and tle spirit that inspired their effort still survives. The incense of forgotten Summers floats up and out over all these years lending a subtle f successive Junes, while through the iaces Drignt with youth eager with anticipation and glorified by purpose and endeavor, shine and shine. The programme fnr v.i- - ' wi ij-sev- enth commencement is full, closely fol- " "au6emem tnose of for mer years, and a cordial invitation is extended by the faculty to the alumni and former students to come back to the old university town and share its pleasures and hospitalities upon this occasion. AT THE ROSE SHOW. The heart of Portin Lewis and Clark Fair Grounds yester day in the roses exhlhirori spontaneous, universal, affectionate of fering once more confirmed Portland's title to the name City of Roses. It so far suroassed th crhihu. - ".ia u! i .i. l year and the year before that comparisons " "ul i question. Apart from the many blooms enteral - i tumpe- tltion, there were tens of thousands of "le-' nowers contributed to make the spacious building a very wilder ment of beautv. Thv r-m w-. every section of the city and from every suburb, an outburst of civic pride without a parallel in our his tory. For nearly all of th mous and not nn nt tim -"uiu ue classed as ordinary. In a less favored iWta,u nine out or ten roses in the reneral disDlav vnnM h0v . - -lOTrj uccu prize winners. They demonstrated to the .uumiuue ol visitors what the people of Portland have every day are doing in the cultivation wie wueen or tne noral kingdom. It is a matter for common felicita tion that Ideal climatic conditions anj f the Rose Show Were svnchrnnnno Since the last Sunday in May the weatner has been comfortably warm with just enough clouds to protect opening blooms from direct rays of the sun. No other result In the circum stances was possible. We have the soil, the climate, the plants and the cultivator's skill, but Portland cannot always in advance fix an exact date upon which roses shall reach perfect bloom. This year the coincidence was happy. A word of criticism: In that great mass of roses, there were too few ex hibits. The number of roses shown in neighborhood or suburban groups, banked up high, that merited distinct recognition In separate jars was almost countless. Those of our citizens who have taken to rose culture in recent years seem to betray a timidity w;hlch their splendid roses do not warrant. At the next rose show let there be shown five or ten times as many indi vidual roses, even at the expense of the tout ensemble'. Most heartily is the Rose Society to be commended for the very striking disposition of the wealth of bloom con tributed from Portland's gardens. It is not easy to conceive a more beautiful arrangement or one more-effective In form and color. JUNE CROP REPORT. Another of the justly celebrated, but not always reliable crop reports, is sued by the Department of Agriculture, appeared yesterday. With harvesting already in progress in the Southwest, It is possible for the country store keepers and postmasters, on whom Secretary Wilson relies for his infor mation, to become a little more accu rate in their reports.' For that reason, the Winter- portion of yesterday's re port will be accepted more seriously than would have been the case a month ago. The best posted men in the wheat trade in the United States agree with Mr. Patten that Secretary Wilson's March report was a colossal joke, with the farmers and Wall-street "shorts" as the victims. In many re spects the monthly reports that have appeared since are hardly entitled to serious consideration when taken inde pendent of their predecessors of a year ago. When regarded, however, from a comparative standpoint with the re ports of a year ago, there is some value and interest attached to these reports For example, we find in the report made yesterday that the condition of Spring wheat June 1 was 95.2 per cent with an acreage of 18,391,000, com pared with a condition of 95 per cent on June 1, 1908. On its June per centage and acreage figures a year ago the Government indicated a Spring wheat yield of 300,000,000 bushels and secured an actual harvest not exceed ing 225,000,000 bushels, and by some competent authorities placel as low as 200,000,000 bushels. Deterioration in the Winter wheat crop is shown by the report, which has dropped from S3 per cent in May to 80.7 per cent, compared with 86 per cent in June, 1908. As the Government never commits itself to quantitative estimates so early in the season, there is always some difference in the results secured by various stat isticians who reduce the acreage and condition percentages to possible yield in bushels. These estimates on the Winter wheat crop vary from 325,000,000 to 365 000 -000 bushels, the latter being the maxi mum figure that seems possible under the most liberal interpretation of the Government figures. By placing full est confidence in the reliability of the Government condition and percentage figures, it would thus be possible to fig ure out a maximum Spring and Winter crop of 685,000,000 bushels and a minimum of 525,000,000 bushels, fatriking an average between the high and low estimates, and assuming fa vorable conditions until Spring wheat harvest is ended, we might reasonably expect a crop of approximately 600 -000,000 bushels, compared with 665' 000,000 bushels last year, 634.000,000 bushels in 1907, 735.000,000 in 1906 and a, ten-year average of 641,000.000 bushels. These are the Government's final out-turn figures for the years men tioned. Last year the figures were much too high, the amount credited to Oregon, Washington and Idaho being fully 15,000,000 bushels in excess of the actual yield in the three states. Viewed in almost any light, the situa tion presents but small comfort for the consumers, who must pay for this world-wide shortage. THE JUNE RISE. The June rise, somewhat belated, but promising to reach only moderate proportions, is with us again. Clear as a mountain spring and placid as a mill pond, the Willamette is steadily back ing out over its banks and crowding its waters into the cellars and base ments along the waterfront. It is com lng so gradually, and with nothing which at all resembles a "flood" in the generally accepted sense of the word that it is almost welcomed for the beauty of the picture it makes as it widens and hides from view the un sightly flats and rliimr,incr j , . e)-6iuuiiua mat are occasionally found along the banks. iuiigmiiow proDably knew nothing of the June rise in the Columbia when he was following the long, sad search of Evangeline for Gabriel, the son of Basil the blacksmith, but he made a remarkably true picture of the source and course of the annual flood when he wrote of that Land where the mountains Lift through perpetual snows their lotty and luminous summits. Down from their Jagged, deep ravines, where the trorfi-n HVcm a a Opens a passage, 'rude to the wheels of the emicranis wagons, Westward the Oregon flows, and the Walle way and Owyhee. It is out of the "Wflliomov rtn " LiiC Owyhee, the Snake, the Clearwater and scores 01 otner streams that the melt ing snow is rolling down to the mighty "Oregon" which Rvpfinc n-n . 1 ! v.. iuc t;a at a greatly accelerated pace which is Still tOO SlOW tO Drevent cnmo a along Its banks. There are so many uoHuitions governing the June rise of the Columbia that ncnirata -,n.i - tcuiVLJUIUj as to the height of the flood or the date ul ' cumax are Hard to furnish. This great river is now carrying seaward the meltinsr snow frnm ..... 1 v. dred thousand square miles of terri tory, reaching as far east as the Rocky Mountains and the Ritter- t nto 1 far north into British Columbia. The Immensity of the main artery of this great drainage system can be un derstood when it is steamboats are in operation the year round nearly a thousand miles inland from the point where it pours its flood into the ocean. There is one feature of the June rise, however, which from this time forward will have increasing Influence on the stage of water. The scores and even hundreds of irriga tion projects that are now coming into use in the aggregate divert and absorb immense quantities of water which in former years swept uselessly on to the sea. The great storage reservoirs which the Government as well as pri vate capitalists are building will also take up a steadily increasing amount of this surplus water thai now rolls to waste and in some districts spreads havoc in its wake. Perhaps we should njoy this June rise, for we may not have another very soon. THE UGHT VOTE. What does the light vote in Port land mean? Does it mean that one half the voters of Portland care noth ing about its afrairs? That they did not want(Simon for Mayor? Or that they did not want either Albee or Munly? Or that they were merely in different as to the course of events and were satisfied with any outcome? It seems to The Oregonian that the stay-at-home voters manifested by their action in this very definite man ner their dissatisfaction with the so called "new Oregon idea" in popular government and their disgust with its leaders and sponsors. It can mean nothing else. There is never the slightest trouble about stirring up the public and getting the voters to the polls if there is anything they are really interested in. It was every where taken for granted that Simon would be elected. It was everywhere accepted as the general will that he should be elected. There was no com mon or general wish that he should be beaten, and he was not beaten. The Oregonlan fully believes that if there had been a full vote, there would have been no change in relative results. What, then, does the election mean, with its light vote? Does it mean that the people will no longer respond to the call of their self-appointed and self-anointed leaders to come to the polls and perpetuate the "new idea" in our affairs and themselves in office? Or are they tired of the "new idea"? Simon has more votes than all other candidates for Mayor. The Oregonian had scarcely expected this, yet it pre dicted for a certainty that Simon would receive more votes than Munly and Albee combined. But it proves that he has a clear majority over all. The vote for Simon is 8966. For ail others, 8792. Simon's majority over all, 174. About 51 per cent of the registered vote was polled. A full vote would have increased Simon's lead greatly. The Solicitor-General of the United States has submitted to the President an opinion as to what the term "whisky" means in law. He holds to the opinion that no amount of ingredi ents which can be added "can make whisky out of what otherwise is not whisky." The opinion is perhaps of less interest in Portland than it would have been had the famous Gothenburg amendment carried. Portland has barred from streetcars the stench of tobacco smoke. The Chicago Municipal Court has declared that a theater may shut out garlic breath. Another triumph for decency would be banishment from public places of the sour breath, of Saturday night, before saloons close. "Mr. Simon was elected," we ar told by the friends of Mr. Munly, "though the majority of the people did not want him." That is the reason no doubt they stayed at home on elec tion day. Or was it because they thought that staying at home was the best way to elect Munly? One float was conspicuously missing from the electric parade last night. It should have borne a statuesque sem blance of Mr. Josselyn rampant with one hand held up triumphantly bearing Mr. Kellaher's scalp, and one foot on the neck of that eminent statesman prostrate. ' That there may be no mistake about it, it should be said that the over whelming defeat of the excise and Gothenburg ordinances does not indi cate a desire on the part of the peo ple to turn control of the saloons over to the saloons. The milking machine Is said to be supplanting the milkmaid. Rather It is supplanting the dirty-fingered hired man. The milkmaid disappeared long ago. Now for an automatic machine to whitewash the barn and cart off the manure. Railroad connection between the coast counties of Oregon and the rest of the world has been so long talked about that the statement that it is in sight sounds like a quotation from ancient history. Simon could have been beaten, they say, If "there had been harmony and concert of action, and the voters had turned out." Certainly. All that Munly and Albee lacked was votes it T m McC r to .Senator B e: "One of the great weaknesses of the direct primary, is that it enables men of small caliber to get on the ticket where they are easily defeated." If Seattle has any uneasiness about Portland's attitude toward the A-Y-P Exposition, it may be dismissed as quite unfounded. Portland will be there, all right. Mr. Munly is satisfied, Mr. Albee is satisfied, and Mr. Simon is satisfied So they say. That makes it unani mous, for everybody else is satisfied. We have not yet heard Brother Brougher's explanation of the catas trophe. Is the brother still dumb as well as blind. It's Brother Wagnon's turn now to get -up a new charter. The public is fairly yearning to vote on a Wagnon charter. Outdoor Sleeping. Sacramento Bee. Sleeping out of doors in Summer is a custom fast growing In favor in this country. It is especially well suited to California, where absence of rain and the relative dryness of the air make tents superfluous. No amount of ventila tion can make the air of a sleeping chamber as pure as that of the open, with nothing to obstruct the escape of impurities exhaled with the wk t- when a complete calm seems to prevail " ")s a movement of the at mosphere, so that an entire change of Buuuuiiuing air occurs every second. Doctors in California now generally rec ommend sleeping in the open air. and many patients experience much benefit from it. AX OLD.FASHIOXEO GARDEN, Grow Vegetables at Rear End of a 50 Foot I-otj Lessen. Expense of Living. PORTLAND, June 8. To the Editor.) The causes which have made and are making- the present high cost of living were clearly set forth in The Oregonian' s recent editorial in the statement that as long as people flock to the cities, taking up pursuits foreign to agriculture, just so long and in direct proportion will the prices of all food products continue to advance. It seems to the writer, however, that there is a partial remedy for this one which seems to embrace much of real good. There are in this city, as in nearly all cit3es in this country today, hundreds, yes, thousands of homes where the care of the house yard is centered upon a well-shorn lawn, flower beds, roses and ornamental shrubs, usually in charge of a gardener who Is hired by the day or month to attend to the necessary work. The cut grass is carted away, fertilizer is purchased from time fo time to renew the exhausted soil, while the owner at the close of each season balances his ex pense account with the consciousness that he is keeping up a yard that com pares well with his neighbors, and en deavors to satisfy himself with the es thetic returns as an offset to other more practical considerations. Without belittling all that is good in flowers and the pleasure which they give, the writer suggests that on nearly every 60-foot lot there is room for a vegetable garden, and this without invading the front yard. Ofttimes the use of a nearby vacant lot, grown up with weeds or unkempt, uncut grass .can be had for the asking. Boundary lines can be set out with cur rant, raspberry and blackberry bushes, the care of which is but nominal and the returns certain. But little skill Is re quired to place or care for a half dozen vegetables, beginning with lettuce, rad ishes, peas, beans. Summer squash and cucumbers. Of these two latter, three hills will furnish enough for a family of six people. Of the others, succession crops can be grown all through the sea son and a total space 20 by 50 feet will supply a family of six with delicious vegetables at a season when they are most needed, most grateful and most dif ficult to purchase, fresh and tender. The health of the family, dismissing any thought of economy, pleads for the homely kitchen garden. Every man or boy is the better for a little garden work through the Summer months. As an avocation, it is delight ful in this section. The care of a garden, by growing boys, stimulates a love of home, arouses a healthy instinct and makes for good habits, more so by far than the appearance of any conventional lawn, which difrers but slightly from scores of others on the same street. The lad who abominates the monotonous treadmill task of pushing a lawn mower, has his interest constantly stimulated in a growing garden. With passing generations, boys have not changed in their instincts. They are naturally as good today as they ever were, but the cheap diversions of present day city life lure them more, strongly from the home, probably than ever be fore. It is an old-fashioned remedy and, like most such. Its chief merit is its sim plicity and real efficacy. Our climate is ideal. We have practically none of the garden pests of Eastern states. Our season- is long, and health for the gar dener and rich returns for his labor are guaranteed. The writer knows of a man whose two growing boys, not much given to books, not inclined to evil, but none the less without immediate purpose, gave him concern. He finally secured the use of a nearby lot, had it plowed, and worked with them through the first Summer, at odd moments. The garden was a success each season and the boys took a new outlook on life. Their later and success ful career in higher walks was no doubt largely influenced by their garden experi ence. These are not the views of a theorist. For the past 15 years the writer has gained health, pleasure and prdflt from his garden, a few stands of bees and Just a small number of amiable, stay-at-home Plymouth Rock hens all this inside the city and withal enjoys amicable rela tions with his neighbors. WILLIAM F. WOODWARD. DOJfT PROTECT PREDATORY BIRDS False Sentiment Should Not Include Destructive Hinged Creatures. HOLLY, Or., June 7. (To the Editor.) In your issue of June 3 is an article on the destruction of birds, by Leone Cass Baer, with which I am heartily In accord. It is a shame that the women of our fair land are aiding and abetting the destruc tion of our useful birds or in fact any harmless birds, but either I or the writer is mistaken in regard to the subject of the sketch, the blue heron. I have al ways regarded the heron as destructive to the young fish as the slate-colored backed fish duck. There is only one place that I ever saw him useful, and that was in the Sacramento Valley, where they are seen during Winter standing in the fields watching gopher holes, and when the gopher showed his head they always get him. The heron Is protected there by the ranchers for that purpose, but he hunts gophers only when the waters are high and muddy in the streams of the Sacramento Valley and fishing is not as good as gopher hunting. I cannot remember ever shooting one, but I have seen them wading and catch ing young fish all over this great country of ours, from New York to this Coast, and even here in the Calapooia Valley they are often seen on the riffles fish ing for trout. It is my impression that we can get along without several kinds of -birds that frequent Oregon. Among them are the buzzard, crow, raven. Jay, fish duck and blue heron. The buzzard can and does carry germs of disease (from carcases left in the fields) many miles, and drop them in pastures where cattle are grazing, and the disease breaks out, and no one can account for it any other way. A case of that kind occurred in my Tieighborhood a year or so ago. and the veterinarian said that it could not have got there any other way. The crow is too well known to "draw his frailties from their dread abode." The raven is a scavenger, egg and chicken stealer; and the jay lives on anything he can steal birds' eggs, young birds, and in the Fall the cornfields are full of them, and nothing but death will keep them away; they are the same as the crow, or even more persistent. The fish duck lives exclusively on young fish, and as far as I know the blue heron does the same. Our last Legislature put a license on fish ermen, men that catch fish for sport or food, but the fish's natural enemies, like the birds mentioned and 'the mink and otter, are let go to catch as many as iney please. Sentiment is all right, when it is in the right direction. I am very sentimental in regard to our song birds the insect-eaters, like the sparrows, robins and Jun coes. They eat with my hens in my dooryard the year around. I fed a large band of juncoes all Winter. When the snow was on the ground, I also Win tered about two dozen quail. They were around my cow barn for nearly two months, and sometimes inside. One went through a window and took the glass with it. I am a firm friend to all useful birds, but the predatory animals and de structive birds I believe in exterminating if possible. What a blessing to the small bird it would be if the pugnacious Eng lish sparrow was entirely destroyed. Yours for the protection of the useful birds and the destruction of those that are not, J. R. SPRINGER. Find Suspects at Inquest. ST. LOUIS. June 8. Five arrests were made among the spectators at today's inquest over Fred Mohrle, who was killed by Thomas Kane in the criminal courts building yesterday. CHEHALIS IS TO SPEND MOXEY New Sewer, More Sidewalks and City Hall to Be Built. CHEHALIS. Wash.. June 8. (Special.) At the meeting of the Chehalls Council last night a resolution was passed pro viding for a new sewer and drainage dis trict, whereby the entire southern and eastern part of the city will be drained. The estimated expense Is approximately $56,000, and it is intended to assess this cost to about 2000 lots located within the territory -embraced in the improvement. The Council let contracts for new side walks to be built to take care of the city delivery, which will begin June 15. The total cost of the walks to be built will amount to about tll.OOO. The bonds voted at the city election a week ago, $15,000, with which to build a City Hall, were declared carried. Bids were ordered called for these, and they will be sold in about two weeks and work on the structure hurried as rapidly as possible. FIGHT OX' COURTHOUSE IS DUE Hoqulam and Aberdeen to Take Matter to Courts. HOQUIAM, Wash.. June 8. (Special.) The recent creation of another Su perior Court district in Chehalis County has already given rise to considerable contention between the sister cities of Hoqulam and Aberdeen. It has become known that certain Aberdeen politi cians are attempting to locate the new Courthouse in that city, while Ho quiamites are as Arm in the demand that it be located midway between the two cities. The matter will, in all probability, be threshed out in the courts before an adjustment of differ ences is had. BIDS FOR SGHOOIj ARE OPEXED Chehalis' New Structure to Cost Close to $35,000. CHEHALIS, Wash., June 8. (Special.) The Chehalis School Board last night re ceived five bids for the erection of the new high school building. This will cost, complete, close to $35,000, with an added $5000 for equipping it- The successful bidder on the erection of the building was the firm of Erickson & Co., of Tacoma, at $2S.1S1. The nearest comrjetitor was the Denhof Construction Company of cnehalis. which bid 29.515. W. G. McPher- son Company of Portland, got the heat ing contract for $4750. The plumbing went to Carl L- Peterson Company of Hoqulam, for $2135, and the electric wiring to King & Ralston of Chehalis for $485. SPECIAIi ELECTION ORDERED Vacancies in Washington House Must Be Filled. OLYMPIA, Wash., June 8. (Special.) Telegrams were sent out from the Gov ernor's office here today to the auditors of Douglas and Grant counties announc ing a special election there June 19 to fill vacancies in the House of Repre sentatives. Calls had been prepared for Whitman and Whatcom counties because Representatives Reeve and Young have moved to Seattle to engage in business. Both these men, however, still claim resi dence in the counties from which they were elected, so no vacancies exist and no election will be held there. FIVE DESTROYERS ORDERED All Vessels to Be Built on Atlantic Seaboard. WASHINGTON, June 8. The following companies were today awarded contracts to build one torpedo boat destroyer each: Bath Iron Works, $669,500; New York Shipbuilding Company. 64S,O0O; William Cramp & Sons, $637,000; Newport News Shipbuilding Company, $620,000. The Fore Kiver Shipbuilding Company also will be awarded a contract for one at $644,000. O. A. C. to Give "Mikado." OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, Corvallis. Or., June 8. (Special.) A new feature will be added to the programme for commencement this year by the presentation of Gilbert & Sullivan's comic opera, "The Mikado." The play will be given on the evening of June 14. by the O. A. C. School of Music, from which the cast and the choruses have been drawn. The music will be furnished by the col lege orchestra. The play will be beautifully staged, with Imported Japanese costumes, fur nished by F. L. Miller, of this city. Every effort is being made to make this pro duction the most elaborate musical event ever presented in the city. Following is the cast: Nanki-Poo. Jack Porter; Yum Yum, Miss Cleo Johnson; Katisha. Miss Lulu Spangler; Peep-Bo, Miss Esther Johnson; Pitti Sing, Miss Ruth Smith; Ko Ko. William Y. Farnsworth; Poo Bah, Ray Palmer Tracy; Pish Tush, Collie Cathey; Mikado, N. R. Moore. Professor W. . F. Gaskins Is director, and W. R. Boone stage manager. Northwest People In East. NEW YORK, June 8. The following Northwest visitors are registered at the leading hotels today: From Portland E. L. and J. M. Gra ham. M. Bibson. at the Continental Miss D. Newhall. R. Newhall. at the Manhattan; O. Rittenberg. at the Her mitage. From Spokane W. G. Winans, at the Wellington; W. Durkin, at the Prince George. From Seattle W. H. and G. C. Gor ham, at the Imperial; R. Williams, at the York. Fire Wardens Appointed. OLYMPIA, Wash., June 8. (Special.) Deputy state fire wardens have been ap pointed to begin work at once patrolling timber areas and supervising all burn ings of slashings. Those appointed in clude the following for the counties named: Chehalis, S. D. Wissinger, of Montesano; Clark, D. F. Deid, Vancou ver; Cowlitz, S. A. Settle, Kelso; Lewis, Tom Crocker, Wlnlock; Pacific, W. ll Bunker, Lebanon; Skamania, William Goepel, Stevenson: Wahkiakum, E. S. Ackerman, Cathlamet. Raft Goes Out to Sea. TILLAMOOK, Or.. June 8. (Special.) A raft of piling, belonging to the Chapin Potter Realty Company, went to sea early this morning, after dragging the anchors in the bay. There were 720 lineal feet of piling in the raft, valued at $600 and it remained intact after it crossed the bar. G. A. Jones endeavored to hold the raft with anchors and the gasoline launch Bayocean, but the current was so strong he was unable to do so. Launch Short of Fuel. ASTORIA, Or.. June 8. (Special.) The pleasure launch Anvil, en route from San Francisco for Seattle, put in here early this morning in distress, being short of fuel. After taking on a supply of oil. the launch crossed out this evening for Seattle. Ecuador Suffers From Plague. GUAYAQUIL. Ecuador. June 8. In May, according to official reports, there were 57 cases of bubonic plague here with 27 deaths. Forty-two cases of yellow fever were reported in the same period, of which 18 resulted fatally. FARMERS ARE THREATENED Pullman Residents Receive Lotters Demanding Money. COLFAX. Vf ash., June 8. Three prom inent farmers of Pullman, Wash., have received threatening letters, dated May 22, and threatening "the burning of their property if they did not place money under a bridge near their home. The letters read as follows: '"Joe Cooper. Pullman. Wash. Put $500 under Busby bridge by June 1 or be burned out. (Signed) "ORCHARD H." J. J. Staley, Pullman. Wash. Put $1000 under Busby bridge by June 10 or be burned out. Put it in wooden box. (Signed) ORCHARD H." "C. E. Jennings. Pullman, Wash. Put $500 under Busby bridge by June 15. or your barn wil be burned. Remember. (Signed) "ORCHARD H." The farmers have had no trouble and are at a loss to know what to do. They have given Sheriff Carter the let ters and special efforts are being made to find the extorters. The letters are thought to have been written by a left-handed person. IS NOW OVERHAULING WESTON Walsh Gains 600 Miles and Still Pursues Him. DENVER, June 8. Battling against rain storms and muddy roads. Sergeant John Walsh, the 57-year-old pedestrian, who proposes to overtake Edward Pay son Weston In his walk to the Coast, ar rived In Denver last night. Walsh left Boston April 8, and already he has gained 600 miles on his H-year-old rival. Walsh asserts he will overtake Weston before the latter leaves Salt Lake City. Walsh left Denver at 10 A. M. for Cheyenne, following the route taken by Weston. AVeston Is 280 Miles Ahead. RAWLINS, Wyo.. June 8. Edward Pay son Weston, the pedestrian, left Raw lins for the West at 5 o'clock this morn ing. He is exactly 2f miles ahead of Ser geant Walsh, who left Denver this morn ing. FARMERS TO STORE OWN GRAIN Will Erect Own Co-operative Ware houses in Umatilla County. PENDLETON, Or., June 8. (Special.) Believing they have not always been given a square deal by the grain ware house companies operating in this county, a group of farmers this afternoon formed a corporation 'and will erect and operate a string of four warehouses. These will be located at Helix, Vansycle, Stanton and Ring, all stations on the branch line of the Northern Pacific. The corporation was formed with a capital stock of $20,000. The warehouses will be co-operative, all the incorporators being members of the Helix branch of the Farmers' Educational & Co-operative Union, of America. According to present plans, the warehouses will be erected in time to handle the present season's grain crop. If these prove successful, other co operative warehouses will be erected in the county. WILIi SEND MILITIA HOME Sherlfr Needs No Hplp at McCIoud. Italians Are Leaving. M'CLOUD. Cal., June 8. Sheriff Howard notified Adjutant - General Lauck today that he would not need the militiamen after Wednesday, and the soldiers will return to their homes leaving on a special train at 6 o'clock in the morning. Many of the striking Italians have al ready gone to other camps in search of work, and others are preparing for early departure. The American em ployes have returned to work at the box factory and logging camp. DEPUTIES FIGHT STRIKERS Exchange Over 100 Shots at AVest Virginia Mines During Day. CHARLESTON, W. Va., June 8. After exchanging more than 100 shots with striking foreigners at the Boomer mines today, a posse of deputy sheriffs suc ceeded in arresting 15 leaders of yester day's riot. Following the arrests nearly 400 strikers procured arms and took refuge in the hills. During the afternoon many shots were exchanged, but no one was. injured. At darkness the firing stopped. GIFT TO MISS BOARDMAN Taft Presents AA'atch on Behalf of Philippine Party. WASHINGTON, June 8 The famous "Taft Philippine party" showed its ap preciation of Miss Mabel Boardman by presenting her tonight with a diamond studded watch and chain. President Taft made the presentation. He spoke of the kindly feeling which every member of the party had toward Miss Boardman. be cause of what she had done to make the trip pleasant for everyone. ARCHBOLD'S LIBERAL GIFT Pays Off Mortgage on Day's Uni versity at Syracuse. SYRACUSE, N. Y., June 8.-At the meeting of the board of trustees of Syra cuse University today Chancellor James R. Day announced that John D. Arch bold had given $300,000 to cancel the mort gage on the property and that during the year he had given an additional $75,000. Elliott Bay Shipping. SEATTLE, June 8. Arrived Steamer A. G. Lindsay from Seward and ports; steamer Jefferson from Skagway. Sailed Steamer Northwestern for Port Graham and ports, with 475 passengers and a full cargo; Japanese steamer Akl Maru for the Orient, with light cargo and small passenger list; steamer Queen for San Francisco, with 125 passengers; steamer City of Seattle for Skagway and ports, with 140 passengers and full cargo; steamer Falcon for Nome; steamer Mex ican for Tacoma; steamer Buckman is ex pected in during the night from San Francisco. Let Us Have Peace. PORTLAND, June &. (To the Editors Referring to Mr. Swigerfs letter in The Oregonian of June 6, regarding the fric tion at Seattle, it seems to me, now that the city election is happily over, and the Rose Festival in full swing, that the Governor ought to take a hand at Seattle and. appoint a committee to in vestigate and report, with a view to obtaining harmony before anything worse occurs, and have peace at any price for the benefit of all concerned. J. K. JONES. Raymond Man AVins. SHOSHONE, Idaho.' June 8. First choice in the land drawing for 50,000 acres in the Dietrich tract today went to N. H. Slater, of Raymond, Wash., and the sec ond to Nellie E. Quinn, of Seattle. More than 500 persons were present at the drawing, registrations for which num bered 2341.