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J - i ..- .. . , .-- - - - , - ' I : I . 1 - " frorr PORTLAND. OREOOX. Entered at Portland. Orlon. PoitoStc aa Eaoond'Clasa Matter. Subacrintloa Rate Isnriablr In Advance. (Br Mail.) rmlly. Fanday Included, ona year $8.00 Iaily. Sunday lnrtull. six mor.ths. . . . 2aily. Sunday Included, thm momha. Dally. Sunday Included, ona mnth. . . . 2ally. wllnout Sunday, one year - 4 25 2 -JS .75 6 1 raily. without Sunday, si mootna 8 :s rai!y. without Sunday, thrca months.... l-'J , JJally. without Sunday, ona monin Weekly, one year .. I ?J ' Funday. ona year... Sunday and weekly, one Tear. SaO (By Carrier.) Tm1lT. Sunday Inrluded. ona yaar. . 00 Xafry. Sunday included, ona month. . . -73 How to Romlt Seed postofrtce money ardr. eiprti order or peraonal check on your local bank. Stamp, coin or curranry are at the sender risk. Give po-tofflc Ad dress In full. Including county and atato. Poataca Ha ten 10 to 14 pacaa. 1 rent; 10 to 29 pares. 2 cents: 3o to paaea. s cents an to 61 pacea. a centa. Foreign poataca do-jbla ratea Kaatera Bostne-M Office The 8. C. Beck wit h Special Atrnrr New York, rooma 4 IV Tribune bulMlnc. Chlcaso. rooma filO-511 Tribune bulldlnc. '. PORTLAVD. T1H ICS DA V, SEPT. 13. 190. TIFT OX THE CORPORATION' TAX. The opinion of The Oregonian coin j dries with the opinion of those who I believe that a tax on incomes is more fair and Just, and will yield better re ' turns to the Government, than the tax I on corporations. President Taft, In an I extended" speech, take the opposite 1 view. He Insists that "a corporation I tax Is, In effect, an Income tax," and j treat "the most objectionable feature J of direct Income tax Is the premium on. perjury which it offers to those willing to conceal their Incomes." But It Is not easy to see why the Incomes of corporations, especially of "close" corporation! and very many are of that kind are not as easily concealed or falsified as those of individual per sons. We had the Income tax for many years, during and after the Civil War. There were some prosecu tions for perjury under It, but not many; and the tax was highly produc- j tlve. It is a fair tax. because it will . bear on all alike. ( But the corporation tax, wanting !. this equality, is not fair. It is not equal. It taxes a corporation on its profits, but does not tax the individual or the partnership doing- the same j or perhaps a more profitable busl l nes. The argument that the corporation lives forever and makes money for its stockowners with out effort on their part, while in dividual or partnership business can flourish only through the personal ef forts of those who own and conduct It, is fallacious, or contains much fal lacy: for the business In either case. If large, must be conducted mostly by managers rm ployed for the purpose. ! Moreover, business conducted under corporate forms requires as close at ; tention as personal or partnership ; business, and is no more assured of permanency "or immortality. Again, if the corporations are to be taxed, they should be taxed by the Mates, not by the General Government. They are creatures of the state; they ! owe their existence to the state law; ; they are instruments or agencies pro- '. trided by the states through which their citizens may do business. Some times the states use corporation forms for their own purposes- having part nership in or virtual control of them. Looking tt the subject from these points -t view, it cannot appear that the General Government has any just right to tax these organizations created by the states. Its business. In all affairs. Is with the individual. s Jt seems even questionable whether the right to reg ulate commerce between the states carries the right to tax corporations that may engage in such commerce. But Its right to compel the Individual to pay tax ts unquestionable as its - right to make him render jury service or military duty.. And a tax on personal Incomes Is the fairest way. A tax on corporations does not bring contributions from one half the number of persons that an income tax would. It Is a partial and inequitable tax: never can be anything else. It is a sure prediction that it will not stand permanently, but will be superseded by an income tax, which will at once be more "Just and fair, will trench upon 'no prerogative of the states, and will be more productive of revenue. As to the constitutionality of an In come tax, it is hardly a moot-question longer. In his speech of acceptance, Mr. Taft said that if more revenue were necessary than customs and ex cises provided, "an income tax can and should be devised which will conform to the Constitution." The changes on the Supreme Bench, since the decision against the tax was rendered by a ma jority of only one vote the vote a member who first affirmed and then reversed his opinion leave scarcely a doufct what the decision would be now. RAILROAD PEACE AT PITTSBCRG. That wonderfully potent economlo . force known as the "Harrlman in fluence," in American railroading, promises to live on, perhaps, for many years after the hand of the master who created it has passed from earth. . Evidence of the ascendency of this influence in the Gould system is re flected In the New York report 'that .the Wabash Railway Company is at last to enter Pittsburg or, to be more accurate, is to enter Pittsburg with facilities In keeping with its require ments. The tremendous cost at which the Gould interests forced their road Into Pittsburg by means of the Wabash-Pittsburg Terminal Company, Is a familiar story in American railroad annals. It is equally well known that thn victory was almost barren, for the reason that the roads already In pos session of that rich traffic center and strategic point had previously se cured practically all .of the trackage space within the limits that possessed economic advantages for the new- comer. The money pent by the Gould In terests In gaining a 'foothold at Pitts burg and In financing the Western Maryland, over which they were to push on past Pittsburg to the Atlantic Coast, had depleted their resources to such an extent that when the panic of 1907 swept over the country, the Western Maryland, the Wabash-Pittsburg Terminal and the Wheeling & Lake Erie, all of vital necessity to the Gould plans for Pittsburg, were forced Into the hands of receivers. Even the Missouri Pacific, the pet of the Gould system, was not in the best of finan cial health, and as many of the con servative Gould stockholders had some misgivings about the wisdom of stir ring up a fight in the Far West by the building of the Western Pacific, Mr. Harriman was called In for consul tation regarding the eastern connec- tloru. The call was undoubtedly wel .' corned by Mr. Harriman for, quite naturally, any assistance he might render in rehabilitating me unuia unco in ii. -c-AEt would tend to assist him in forestalling the coming competition of the Western Pacific. Almost simultaneously with Mr. Gould's announcement, that he was pleased to have Mr. Harrlman inter ested in the Gould properties, there was a cessation of the fierce hostili ties that, up to that time, had marked the progress of the Western Pacific from Ogden to the Pacific" Coast. Ac cording to the. New York dispatch, announcing the final entrance Into Pittsburg by the Wa"bash,. control of the road will soon be lodged jointly with the Lackawanna, Lake Shore, Erie and Rock Island. In all these roads except the Rock Island, the Har rlman Influence Is' a dominant factor and even between the. Rock Island and the Harriman lines, very amlcablre latitms exist. Kor this reason it would seem that the Gould Interests have secured their coveted Pittsburg terminal and outlet to the Atlantic at the cost of the inde pendence of the Western Pacific. If this be true, the State of California will again be at the mercy of one rail road system, for the Harrlman system, at the present time, is In almost abso lute control of the transportation facil ity in and out of the state. Time alone can tell whether or not the Goulds have made a good trade by exchanging their nrosnective Drestige In the Far West for peace at Pittsburg. " "prmxo conscience'' u tub wkst. The New York Evening Mail, in an article unfriendly to Secretary Ballin nr man- "Mr. Ralllnger comes from a part of the country where the pub lic conscience is not keen about con serving the Nation's property and re sources." Was the public conscience ont-thino- different 'in the Eastern States, till the Nation's property and resources had all been exnaustea : But nannia of thA West have kept their hands off. to a far greater extent than those of the East ever dia tin mere was nothing more for the East to lay hands on. Rut hasn't the Government been giving away Its property all over the country during an indefinite period? ah Tunniu amnMnr this oroDertv have been taking it; and oftentimes not closely complying with the law. Even when the lands were not given out right, the petty sum of $1.25 an acre, tnr nrhich thn lands of nearly the whole Mississippi Valley were sold, was no price at all. In the uregon tjoun try. for years and years, outright gift of 640 acres was made to man and wife, fa get settlers lnto he country; and later, grants of enormous areas for railroads and all kinds of so-called. but useless, wagon roads. rpk..a erranta nf rflrtAn.t kinds cov ered many water powers that now have oecome valuaDie, ana otner isnus bearing timber and minerals; and be cause Mr. Ballinger knows they can't be taken away from their owners, he is taunted with having come from "a nn- e onimtrv wh.:rn thA nubliC conscience Is not keen about conserv ing the Nation's property ana re sources." ' A DCBIOl'S INVESTMENT. The Oregonian has been asked for Its opinion upon certain circulars which lawyers of more or less repute are scattering abroad. These alluring documents invite people to pay a law yer's feo of $75 in the hope of secur ing title to a quarter section of land in the litigated grant of the Southern Pacific Railroad. Of course what the investor buys, who accepts the propo sition, fs a lawsuit. He may win or he may not. In the meantime the lawyer has the $75 and is perfectly secure from loss, whatever betides. But. what is more to the point, no seeker of a tract can have a shadow of claim unless hf is an "actual settler hlch means that he must dwell on the land, improve It, grub its stumps and brush, till the soil, and raise thereon crops, chickens, livestock and a family. It will be- neco-ssary for every claimant to be an actual settler. and If he uses the land in the way Just mentioned there can be no .dispute of his settlement thereon. After that, the) way will be open for his lawsuit It is absurd for persons In other states, allured by circulars, to hope to estab lish any claim, and absurd for per sons here In Oregon to do so. unless they are willing to try actual settle ment. There are few or no such set tlers. Men and women will not stake the effort and the privation that set tlement makes necessary on an In secure title.. Nor would any reputable newsnaoer advise them to do so. Some men enjoy the excitement of a scheme like this. Prudent people are apt to shun such investments. Law suits are like the day of judgment No man knoweth when they will be over or how they will come out. The Gov3rnment's lawsuit to take the land away from the railroad will probably drag along through a serpentine course from court to court half a lifetime. In the end the Government may win its cause and the Investor get title to his land, but meanwhile the snows of age will have whitened his raven locks and the lawyer who took his money will have died in the odor of sanctity. If any. one has $75 to give away, why not oend it to the heathen? THE MURDEROUS JOY RIDER. The joy rides which are taken In the small hours of the night with stolen automobiles do not seem to be. named as descriptively as they might. Judg ing from what happened to Mr. Ladd's chauffeur and his party early Sunday morning, "death rides" would be a far more accurate name for these riotous escapades. Thievery, debauchery and drunken recklessness seem to mingle in about equal measure tp make up what joy there is experienced as the riders speed over the roads In their murderous career. Of course, as long as these people are permitted to keep possession of the highways by night, a sober wayfarer who ventures out on foot or in a vehicle takes his life 'in his hand and the odds are in favor of his losing it. If the safety of the joy riders them selves were the only thing at- stake, one might cheerfully say, "On with the dance; let Joy be unconflned." The work of natural selection is, upon the whole, beneficent, And when such char acters are willing to help eliminate themselves, its salutary course Is much facilitated. But, unhappily, they en danger other people 'as much or more than themselves. The joy rider, like other fools, seems to be a favorite of fortunes He will kill ten decent iti xens without even cracking his- own skull, more's the pity. The woman who met her death on Sunday morning through the automobile driver's drunken recklessness -could he spared perhaps without much sense of loss by the community; but she was certainly a vastly more valuable asset than the MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, pair of scamps who killed her. For tune plays strange tricks on occasions of this kind. It is safe to say that without the roadhouses and their attractions there would be very little Joy riding at half- bast two 1n the morning. It is these disreputable resorts which furnish a goal for the trip and provide the drinks which make the return doubly dangerous. 'One hears of few acci dents, or none, on the way to the roadhouse. It Is upon the return that they happen. Frenzied with liquor as they speed back to the city, if the revelers have to pass an' obstacle or make a difficult turn they are almost sure to get into trouble. If they meet a sober citizen they kill him. Rerorm of the intolerable "practice of joy rid ing must probably begin' with the roadhouses. Why can they not be closed by law after a reasonable time of night? - - - But there are other things to-be done. For example, owners of auto mobiles can puy some little attention to the .character of the young men whom they employ as chauffeurs. It ought-to be possible to find suitable mechanics who will not steal. If it is not. then It might be well for wealthy owners of automobiles ' to support a course for chauffeurs at some school and see that no thieves were admitted to it. Again, there ought to be some responsible person on guard all night at every garage, and he should permit no machine to go out without a written-order- from the owner, except at the habitual hours. There seems to be a good deal of misplaced confidence in their chauffeurs on the part of people who own automobiles. If the road houses could be decently regulated and some such precautions as thfjse specified could be observed, very likely the evils of Joy riding would speedily abate. It would help a great deal also if every chauffeur guilty of causing an accident were severely and swiftly punished. ' '. A MINIMUM RATE FOR METERS. The clamor for more water meters Is easy to understand. The consumer gets water cheaper in that way. In stances are known wnere it cost oniy 40 cents or less a month, which Is not enough to meet the expense of the service. But Individuals cannot be ex pected to care whether the water de partment is solvent or not, so long as their own bills are low. The Water Board, however, ought to view the subject more broadly. Through its in capacity, or rather that of Its prede cessor', meters were installed without first counting the cost and fixing an adequate charge for the service. The Board has educated the public to ex pect to btain water for less than It Is worth, and "confusion is the natural consequencej It costs $11 to Install a meter. A consumer who pays only 4 0 cents a month would not liquidate this bill in much less than three -years. In the meantime the city gets nothing for the water he uses and T.he meter is wear ing out. This is not sensible. There should be a flat rate of 75 cents or a dollar a month for. all meters, no mat ter how little water is consumed. This would keep the department solvent and would do wrong to nobody. The privilege of having water on tap is worth something. The meter rate ought to be in creased. This would make meter users bear their Just share of the expense for" water. ' The first consideration is to make the department self-supporting. Any rate which. fails to accom plish that object is too'low and should be raised. The Oregonian reiterates its belief that there is no economy in meas uring out ' water to small house holders through expensive meters. Only those householders who use large quantities of water" in large houses or in gardens should be put on meters and they should all pay a min imum flat rate as gas and electricity consumers do. It ought not to be a difficult matter to1 adjust on an equita-. ble basis for all persons concerned, a simple business like that of self-flowing water. A flat rate for small householders, of 75 cents or $1 a month and a higher meter rate, to gether with a -similar flat rate ' for larger consumers, ought to equalize water charges. OCR LOCAt, FAIRS. The Clackamas County Fair Asso ciation is on its mettle. It purposes to hold a fair at Canby in a few days. that will proclaim to all the world the resources, industries and products of the county's wide area. Speed con tests, with some of the . best racing blood of' the state on the track, are among the side attractions promised, and the two most prosperous Granges of the county New Era and Mllwau- kle are going to compete for the premium offered by that organization. The display of farm produce win De Immense and the services of a profes sional decorator have been secure to deck the exhibit buildings Jn holiday attire. The State Fair has done its best and passed on, the Clackamas County Fair is close at hand. Later, Multnomah County will have some thing worth while to show at Gresham. In. the meantime, the' Livestock Show at Portland has a story to tell, illus trated by the- finest stock on earth, and later the Horse Show will be on, with its elegantly gowned women and well-groomed horses. After all, those of us who did not get to go to th Seattle Fair need not feel that bur ODDortunitles have been greatly re stricted. We are certainly in a "fair" way to be recompensed for all that we have misse'd-'-and right at home, too. , HIDSON AND VERRAZANO. In these days of heated controversy between explorers. It is more or less interesting to remember that even Henry Hudson's halo Is not irre movably affixed to his head. It is all very well to celebrate his discovery of the Hudson River, but it is discreet to bear in mind at the same time that Verrazano may have entered it eighty- five years earlier. "-' The vague and piratical Florentine made" his voyage in 1524, under a commission from Francis I, of France! He certainly reached the coast of North Carolina and thence expatiated northward. How far he went and what he saw one cannot say precisely, for Verrazano was a famous liar, as well as a pirate, and can be be lieved only when somebody else con firms his story.- That he wandered into New York Harbor is admitted pretty . generally. Whether he went- farther and sailed into the -Hudson River is a subject for dispute. Since he was near the Hudson, and was of an inquiring-'mind. It seems reason-1 able to suppose that he entered its mouth. If he did. his case presents another Instance of . the. injustice of fame. , in. v errazano s day mere was no ac curate knowledge of the geography of the Western Hemisphere next to no knowledge at all. 'Balboa, 'crossing the Isthmus of Darien, had seen the Pacific Ocean and Cortez had entered Mexico. Verrazano claimed also that he had landed at some point on the coast, from whence he journeyed west ward to a great sea; and the "Sea of Verrazanq" has a marked place In many specimens of old cartography. It was believed by many that Verraza no's sea was the same which Balboa had seen. ' Others regarded his st6ry as a myth. But later It came to be the opinion that Verrazano had crossed the Maryland-Virginia Peninsula, "and seeing the Chesapeake Bay, believed it the Western Ocean. This may do as a hint to those who discuss "The East" and "The West," in a sectional spirit, at this day. ..' "Really, the American papers ter rify me. I am afraid to pick one up. It is dreadrul." said Mawne Elliott on arriving at New York from London, where s"he-was a special favorite of King Edward. Those best acquainted with the career of Maxlne Elliott can appreciate the shrinking shyness of the lady. And yet when . the representa tive of one of these American papers a few years ago informed the charm - ing Maxine that her only brother had committed suicide by shooting himself at the close of a drunken debauch, Maxine never changed color and denied that she had a brother. She likewise disclaimed any relationship to the hon est old sea-captain, her father, whose loyalty to Maxine never wavered through all the years in which Maxine was "eyoluting" from a barefoot maiden of a Maine fishing hamlet to a King's favorite. The occasional side lights which thevterrible American pa pers have thrown "n Maxine's career may have caused her "dread," but they do not seem to bother actresses of the Maude Adams or Ethel Barrymore type. , . - ' - The sinful Mr. Patten, or some of his associates in Chicago, have ad vanced the price of September wheat nearly 10 cents per bushel in the past ten days, on account of the scarcity of cash wheat in the Chicago markets. As yet there has been no reflection of the Chicago strength in .the European market, and we may accordingly ex pect to hear a general murmur against the action of Mr. Patten, and attendant praise for that great and good friend of the farmers. Secretary Wilson, who discovers wheat in large quantities where no wheat exists. Wheat prices may work higher as the season ad vances and the damage reports from the Argentine may become more seri ous, but neither Patten nor any of his associates can corner it, or more than temporarily affect prices. World-wide conditions make and maintain wheat prices, and will continue to do so as long as wheat is grown in world-wide areas of country. In the absence of any other official count, figures for public school regis tration last week furnish proof of Portland's steady growth. ' The at tendance in the extreme eastern sec tion of the city shows also how trolley lines contrlfcute to the development of suburbs. At Lents' School the num ber was 494; at Arleta, 617. But a few years ago that section was served by a "dummy" locomdtive and car over a road which the residents had built and were operating. They gave the "two streaks of rust and right of way" to the Oregon Water, Power & Railway Company. The line was elec trified. Then thousands built homes on either side. Already the popula tion is so large that a double track is needed to take care of the traffic. Walt Whitman, little understood, less appreciated as an author during his life, has' come into prominence in the reading world in - a recent bioerraDhv written by George Rice Carpenter as" a contribution to the Men of Letters Series. The "good, gray poet," who was untidy in person and of almost vaerant habits, would find himself in unwonted company in a series which includes Shakespeare, Browning ,and Sir Thomas Browne. Onlnlons stiH differ about Whitman's writings. Their involved thought and coarseness of expression aiid sugges tion are wearisome to the student and repellent to the moralist. Tennyson, unnn recplvlnar "Leaves of Grass," however, wrote the author in terms of praise. Some improvement fs reported In the attendance at the livestock show in this city, and every visitor who has seen the remarkable . exhibition ex presses unqualified approval of the merits of the big show. "The massing of such an immense exhibit of high- grade livestock in one field is a great advertisement for Portland and for the State of .Oregon, and for this reason alone should receive the most liberal patronage of the people. Aside from the livestock feature of the Big show. the" racing contests are the best -that have ever, been presented In the North west and are alone worth more than the price of admission to the entire exhibition. If it isn't the tariff, it is something else to cinch the ultimate consumer. t va swc nf thA corrlwood trust, it is merely question of how much Portland people will stand tor. jy giving up meat and fruit, they can nrobablv manage to pay $7 a cord until the price Is raised to $8. Bays Dr. Cook: "The final verdict of competent judges 'must be the last ord." Merely-because tney must make room for other matter, the newsnaners of the world would like an approximate date of the verdict. Baker" City oday surrenders Itself to Portland Shriners. . This is well. Visits by fraternal orders help a state to get together on material as well as social lines. 4 " Mr. Peary has decided to, say noth ing. If he had adopted this plan earlier in the game, the Cook -welcome might have been a shade less enthusi astic. ' ' Chief Forester Pinchot refuses to discuss Taft's vindication of Secretary Ballinger, wherein he shows better taste thafi ex-Governor Pardee. Maxine Elliott says King Edward is charming, No -doubt he thinks the same of her, but he doesn't talk for publication. r Boosting the price of cordwood Is hastening the time when Portland will use oil as fuel. They haven't yet dramatized the North Pole discovery. Well,' the sea son Is young. SEPTEMBER 1909. FIRST COl'XTV St. Helens Kxpects Throng at Exhibit t fo Open Xext Friday. ST. HELENS. Or.', Sept. 23. (Special.) Columbia County's first ainual fair, to be held under the auspices of the County Grange, will begin at St. Helens Friday, September 24. and will continue for two days. A large attendance is expected:. as general interest Is being manifested In .all parts of the county. Kree camping grounds '"will be provided and the railroad, company has given a one and onerthird rate from Portland and all narts of the county, with a minimum of $1. Liberal premiums are offered for displays of fruits and vegetables and there will also be a good display of well bred stock. - Columbia County took third prize at the State Fair and a considerable por tion of the exhibit made at Salem will be. on disDlav at the aeounty fair. Many' free features aro promised and it is, believed the fair will attract the largest gathering of people ever known In the history of the county. The fair will be held on tlie St. Helens townsite, con venient to, both rjver and rail. COOS . HAS AXOTHEIl LIXE Electric Railway Company Incorpo- , rates for $1,500,000. MARSHF1ELD, Or.. Sept. 22. (Special.) The Coos Bay Electric Railway Com pany has just been irtcorporated, with a capital stock of $1,500,000. The Incor porators are James H. Flanagan, W. S. pv,.nita. tr . C McPfillnm. .Those connected 'with the movement say, their plans are not sufficiently developed t make any statement of the purpose of .the eomnanv. Mr. Flanagan is a local banker and Mr. Chandler is a San Fran- .. ; l - . , .I ..tAndirATv In Cnos RflV ciai.au lULmraitu -.-j- - -j ... 1 He was formerly receiver for the railway .. . . , j 1 u c-..,.. in tnis county purcnaseu uj mo oui..- ern facinc. - , O. J. Johnson, promoter of the Eugene Ti. i;a ia ,a.-w!th f. R. Kidder. of Minneapolis, in the interests of -that road, and it is tnougnt ny some mai u new corporation has something to do with the Eugene line. Seymour H. Bell, of Portland, who formerly sought a .. , franhiflA In thlfl CitV. IS sai"d to be renewing his efforts In that direction. WORK OX BRANCH TO BEGIN Lebanon-Crabtree Road Ready for - Builders, Says Agent. ALBANY, Or.. Sept. 22. (Special.) J, B. Eddy, right of way agent or me RAi'itharn "Pacific fitnted todftV that WOrk will begin - on the Lebanon-Crabtreo branch next week. He was in Albany today en route to Portland trora ieoanon where he has completed securing rights ne Yi-o ir tnr- thla hranph. It will be eight miles long and connect the north and south ends of the wooODurn-tspringnoiu line, not now operated because of the wrecked bridge across the South Santi a,v Ktween rvnhtrea and Tallman. Work will begin, at Lebanon next week on the -big bridge across the Santlam nv,(. Via 9n fAAt Innk- with 2000 feet oT trestle on the city end of V.A HT-WtoA ftTlfl win cost aDout I1UU.UUW. it Is. reported here tonight that the con- rn, tip rne new roaa. hhb ucen let to Twohy Bros, and that they will have a crew at Crabtree witnin a wee, VETERANS MEET AT EUGENE Lane County Reunion Called Six teen States Represented. EUGENE, Or.,'" Sept. 22, (Special.) The Lane-County Veterans' Association held their tirst day's-meeting of the annual reunion here tonight Half a hundred old soldiers registered today and it is believed the number will be considerably augmented tomorrow. A social was held at the "W. O. W. Hall tonight and to morrow Will be the principal day of the reunion. The states represented in the registra tion today Included Iowa, Ohio, Kansas, Michigan, Illinois, Missouri, New York, Mnnoanta - Tennessee. Wisconsin. Penn sylvania, Connecticut, Indiana, Vermont, Colorado and Oregon. . v s OLD WILLAMETTE MOST ACTIVE Many Students Register Eaton Hall . Is Occupied. SALEM. Or., Sept. 22. (Special.) This Is a busy day at Willamette Ufliverslty. Students are registering and getting lined up for the" new school year, equipment Is being moved from the old College of Liberal Arts to the magnificent new Eaton Hall, and everything about the historic old Institution indicates the open ing day of another school year. The- new building will prove- a benefit to the dniversiy, which Has -been praying for Just such a structure for many years. The old main building will still be -used, but the president's office - and other de partments will be moved into Eaton Hall. ONLY 18 OPPOSE WATER BONDS Cottage Grove Seeks Polls to Find Opinion of Residents. COTTAGE GROVE. Or.. Sept. 22. (Special.) A municipal election was held i n Bumra thA vnipa cf the mu nicipality authorizing the City Council to amend yie. charter ana increase tne bonded Indebtedness to $150,000 in com Mnn KAnt in financA the nronosed trrav- ity water system to be piped from Lang Creek, a distance oi aoout taxmiies. Only 18 votes were cast against the amendment. ', - - : T PARALYSIS TAKES HOPGROWER J. F. Isham, Willamette Valley Pio neer, Dies Near Lincoln. oiiirvr Or- Rent 22. fSrjecfal.vij. F. Isham, a pioneer of this section of the Willamette Valley, died of paralysis last nlc-ht at his home near Lincoln, north of Salem Tshnm was a well-known hopgrower and farmer In his locality. He leaves a widow and several children. Alleged Gun-Wielder Held. MARSHFlEI.D.'Or.. Sept. .(Spe cial.) R. Davidson, of Bandon, has been bound over to await the action of the grand Jury.' He Is alleged to have pointed a gun at Jacob Walfer, of Ban don. - ' WHITMAN PIONEER IS DEAD Daniel L. Bailor, 60, Passes Away at Garfie.'u. . GARFIELD, Wash.. Sept! 22. (Spe cial.) Daniel L. Bailor, a pioneer of Whitman County, died at the home of Mrs. W. Morrison, yesterday. The body was laid to rest in the Garfield tCemetery today, funeral services - being conducted from the Methodist Church by , the Rev. H. C. Kohr. " Mr. Bailor was born in Crawford Coun ty, Ind., 69 years ago and when but a small boy, moved to Missouri with his parents. . When a young man' he moved to Nebraska, where he farmed until 1881. 23.. He then -came to Washington via San Francisco and settled In Whitman Coun ty, taking up land five miles west of Garfield. He was successful In his farm ing operations and made money. He Is survived by two sisters, one liv ing at Elberton and Mrs. Susan Houchln, of Garfield. FAIR- IS NE.R HITCHCOCK- TU AHK1K lUUAl AHMU.U i-un iw .in.i-c Postmaster-General to Address Ore gon Postmasters This Morning. Frank H. Hitchcock, Postmaster-General, will arrive this morning from Seat tle, address the Presidential Postmasters' Association at the Commercial Club dur ing the forenoon and leave over the North Bank this afternoon for Butte, Mont., on his return trip toWashington. Mr. Hitch cock will be accompanied by four men prominent in the postal, service on the Pacific Coast. They are: ' Arthur G. Fish, postmaster at San Francisco; L. E. Brunton, postmaster at Walla Walla, Wash.; George F. Russell, postmaster at Seattle, and H. B. Hall, assistant super intendent salary and allowance division. Mr. HItchock will be met at the depot by a Committee representing the Oregon Postmasters' Association, consisting of J. L. Page, of Eugene; 'Squire Fairar. of Salem: B. W. Johnson. of Corvallis; Jahn C. Young, of Portland, and F. E. Whitney, assistant superintendent of the railway mail servioe. The Postmaster General will be entertained informally at breakfast by the postmasters, and at 10 o'clock this morning will deliver an ad drees before the postmasters' convention in the as-?embly hall at the Commercial Club. There also will be addresses by other members of Mr. Hitchcock's party. AC noon Mr. Hitchcock will be the guest at a luncheon at the Commercial Club. The coming to Portland of Mr. Hitch cock has aroused much interest among the postmasters throughout the state. As a result It Is expected that there will be In attendance' at today'6 session of the convention a large delegation of these of ficials, representing all four classes of postoffices, from all sections of the state. MOSCOW BUILDINGS NOW SURE Contractors ' to Erect Federal Struc ture and University Wing. MOSCOW. Idaho, Sept. 22. (Special.) Postmaster J. R. Collins has been re quested by the "Interstate Construction Company, of Saginaw, Mich., to hold all its mall at his office and to inform the custodian of the Federal building site that the company would have a repre sentative on the ground this week to look after the beginning of construction work on the Federal building and the north wing of the University of Idaho. This company has the contract for the construction of both buildings. The Federal building bid was raised several thousand dollars- before the necessary papers were all signed. The Treasury Department, through the supervising architect, notified the custodian of the grounds here that the raise had been allowed. This building is to be com pleted by January 1, 1911. The north wing of the university contract was let for $85,000. and is to be completed by August 1, 1910. Infor mation has been given out that n or der has been placed for all the steel required in both buildings and that two crews are to rush work on both build ings at the same time. RUBBER STAMPS ARE FORGED Swindler XTsed Name of Roy V. Somerville, Vancouver Resident. VANCOUVER. B. C, .Sept. 22. (Spe cial.) A system of wholesale forgeries has just been discovered, with Vancouver as Its center, and spreading as far East as Chicago and Battle Creek, Mich. The discovery came In the protest of checks given by the alleged forger, who sgned himself as Roy W. Somerville, by three local banks, a wholesale house and the Canadian Pacific Hallway. The forger represented ' himself as the purchasing agent of large houses and used forged rubber stamps of various big Canadian banks, which passed easily un til the presentation recently of two in this city which were unlike the banks' real stamps. The amount of forgeries probably will run Into the thousands. A real Roy Somerville lives here and Is the agent for Kelly, Douglas & Co. SCHOOL BONDS SOLD TWICE First Lewlston Buyers Back. Down, Chicago Firm Steps In. t piFTornv THaha Sent 22. fSnedal The second sale of the $65,001) bond issue of the Lewiston Independent school dis trict has been awarded to a Chicago firm at a premium of $900, the first purchasers declining to take tne issue aner uumu- a KIA nT-mrlHlnc fnr a 11000. nremilim The first sale was negotiated In July and since that time the purchasers have been Jockeying witn tne ooara ui iu cation to retire from their contract with out forfeiting the certified check depoa I. a hA lmo. tViA niHa were BUhmltted i l i r i x w i.. , . . . - - - - - -- - -T-u t? -,i txt V-li i t-n t i nn baa awarded .the contract for the erection or one $30,000 grade building ana nas received bids lor tne erection oi m khihu aimi. a-ho .mrlr nf the contractor hai been held up pending the arrival of the funds, but assurances have been given by the new purchasers that the money will be available within a few weeks, and, plans for beginning construction work are now being made. R. D. HOLMAN PASSES AWAY Okltiine Resident of Salem Succumbs . to Paralysis. , SALEM, Or., Sept. 22. R. D. Holman. for 30 years a well-known resident of Salem, died this' evening at his hpme on Front street. Three years ago he suffered a stroke of, paralysis, last April another stroke came and a few days ago a third stroke. Since Fri day he was unconscious. . at- unimati wns horn at Exeter. On tario January 14, 1844, and came to the United States In 18bo. He leaves a widow and five children, ir nr Sllverton: Richard W.. of Portland; Lizzie V. Herren, Woodburn; Bertha M. Hurst, St. Louis, Mo., and John W., of Salom. The funeral will be held Friday morning. FISH CAUGHT WITH SHOVEL Three-Foot Silver Salmon Traveled 35 Miles In Irrigation Ditch. VORTH YAGIMA. Wash., Sept. 22. (Special). Catching a three-foot silver salmon with a shovel In an Irrigation ditch was the unique experience of Aaron Jacques, a ditch-walker on the Selah Canal today. Jacques was at tracted to the .place by a great splash ing in the canal. Upon investigation he discovered that it was ' a. salmon. which he threw out on the bank with his shovel. - The fish was a fine sliver salmon three feet in length. It had traveled over 35 miles through the ditch from the river to the point where It was caught. NORTH YAKIMA TO GREET TAFT Washington to Welcome President There Instead of on State Line. xt.dt.ij v A L-! I 4 Wash.. Sent. 2?. ,V'l. 1 11 . ... .. , i President Taft will be officially - wel- comea ny tne outio u. ..aouiusiuii . North Yakima instead of at the state line. This is according to the Presi dent's wish, notice of which was received ... - . -1 , . h,- T. r Afoiaa Inrlaw ThA HI a "J - ..r" -v.. . legislative committee appointed at the (ast session oi me ut-iaiHiuie iur iiius purpose will meet the President here. - The committee Is composed of Sena tors Ruth, Rosenhaupt and Piper and Speaker Meigs and Representatives David. Hubbell and Fanchar. President Taft will be here September 29. Wives Get Judgments for Cash, , "While Divorce Suits Pcnd. J Prospective grass widows had a merry time before Presiding Circuit Judge Bronaugh yesterday morning, and the mere men whom they once called hus bands must bear the consequences. Judge Bronaugh ordered four unlucky husbands 7" to pay their wives' alimony , and suit money. L. B. Merton. a traveling salesman, must pay Josephine Merton $50 a month while his divorce suit is pending, and $150 suit money. Charges and counter charges of a most sensational character are made by Merton and his wife in -the legal papers on file at the Courthouse. Julia Grunnesdahl. employed as a sen-ant in theMerton household at 418 Vancouver avenue, between May, 1906. and Decern ber, 1908. with the exception of nine months when she says she was sick, al leges in an affidavit that Mrs. Merton was often intoxicated. Miss Grunnesdahl says that in Merton's absence. W. B. Ray called on Mrs.' Merton. and on other occasions was in "her company. Merton alleges IJiat it was necessary for him to place his wife In a private sanatorium on account of her drinking proclivities. Mrs. Merton says her husband also had to go to private sanatoriuuis on account of his drinking, and that he had an affin ity, Lucille Ayors. Judge Bronaugh directed John B. Groat to pay Mamie A. Groat $100 suit money and $40 a month alimony. He was allowed 30 days in which to make the first payment. Christina M. Marts-' chinsky secured an order by which , George Martschinsky must pay her $25 j a month alimony, and $75 suit money. ILj Emil Kruger must pay Bertha B. Krugeri $100 a month alimony and $25 sule-' money. They have three children. MRS. FREDERICKSEN DEFENDED More Affidavits Filed in Court In Mendcuhall Divorce Suit. Affidavits making more charges in the divorce suit of Ed. C. Mcndenhall against Eliza Matilda Mendenhall. were filed lr the Circuit Court yesterday. Pearl Je.m- ison, who says she has been living with her husband at 215 McMltlien street. 1 where Mrs. Maud Fredericksen, ne Cobb, lives, avers that while Fred) Frederlcksen Is fault-finding and quarrel-j some, his wife is of a patient disposl-. tlon. "She is a well-behaved little wo man," says Mrs. Jemison, "and I am, sorry that those who do not know of her married life with Mr. Frederlcksen should try to besmirch her. for she has certainly done right and been very .for giving, and has suffered greatly." Mrs, Frederlcksen Is the woman whom Mrs. Mendenhall charges with winning the affections of Mr. Mendenhall. Mrs. Jemison says that Frederlcksen frequently had "mad spells." when b would throw himself at full length on the floor or bed. and on one occasion tor up his hat. She says Frederslcksen acted like a crazy man. and refused Mts. Fredericksen permission to visit-ber par ents. She accuses him of asking her to perjure herself in testifying at bis divorce trial, in which Judge Gmitenhein last Friday refused him a divorce. Mrs. Jemison says Mrs. Frederlcksen's brother has acted as a protector for his sister, and she Is sure no man other than this brother or Mr. Fredericksen has visited Mrs. Frederlcksen at her home. T. T. Struble characterizes Mrs. Mn denhall's charges as to her husband s mismanagement of the Noah Lambert es tate, as false. Mendenhall himself says that he ob jects to cramping himself for means in order to furnish his wife with money for a "junketing and fishing expedition such, as her attorney took to San Francisco. ' He intimates that about half the allega tions made In affidavits filed for her are manufactured by "one skilled in the preparation of such material." He savs that in, June, last, his wife hired a law yer who expected to receive a large shar of the $30,000 alimony which Mrs. Men denhall hoped to' secure from her hus band. MendenhaH says "reputable peo ple have advised him to be on his guard, and he is heeding their advice. He de nies that be has an affinity other than Mrs. Mendenhall. - Mendenhall says his wlf's motive for making charges against him is to securo his property, although he says she hn $27,600 worth of her own. He says hi has no money to give away . to Fred Frederlcksen or Joe Long, and he wistiea to give notice that he has done nothing criminal. Manual Hallack has secured from Cir cuit Judge Bronaugh an' Injunction re straining Cora D. Hallnck from " their 13-months-old child. Leona. Ha lack asserts that since the divorce complaint against his wife was filed his elder ch Id 2 years old. has died because of Its mother's neglect. He says he now has the baby In a nurse's care. SAYS CONCERN IS INSOLVENT Creditors Bring Suit Against the - Portland Construction Company. Shlpman. Denny. Rhame & Co. k o-h mit in the Circuit Court yes terday, asking that the Portland Con struction Company be declared Insolv ent The plaintiff Is making an effort through the court proceeding to obtain $8000. alleged to be owing by the Port -, .. -...tinn 1-nmnanv for building; 200 miles of electric railroad In Cen tral Oregon: The contract for this work, according to the Shlpman com pany, was signed August 14. but noth ing has been paid. Besides the construction company, j, . , i -,. i T TCeenev. Mark . X. O0vm". . ........ - . Gill, H. J- Martin, O. B Hathaway, A . E. Hurlbiu-t. .1- H. t-arpenter l., Oregon Gold Prospecting & Promoting . , nompfl as defendants. Jt is alleged that some of these have not fully paid for tneir sunn. "":'" land Construction Company, and that some of them are insolvent. The plain tiff asks the court to assess against ... - i.k.,u.r. who -have not mad payment for their stock the amounts due the creditors of the corporation, and that it determine which stockhold- rs are solvent ann wnivn Suit Over Millinery oGods. t Artificial flow- ers form the basis of a $45 damage t which is being tried before Circuit Judge Cleland. B. Shapiro Is the 1 m., -I 7a trucha a. local plalntlix aim milliner, the defendant. The case waa tried before a jury n ...... t- ..naadlarpH a new trial. dlsagreemrni - -- - The plumes and feathers were shipped from New York to Portland, but Mrs. Zeitfuchs refused to accept them, say ing iney wtiu uui o ...... Suit Over Leae or Theater. Sol E. Levi brought suit in the Cir-r'rt,.- vatankv asrainst G. A. Ha- ger over the rental of a theater build . 7ftc-7 Waahlncton street. Van- couver. Wash. Levi alleges that Hager leased the building to mm tor tnren years, with the privilege of leasing It for two years more If he wished. Tha lease, says Levi, was signed teeprember LI, but Hager now refuses to give him jo'ssession. He demands $5500 dam lges. " Land Valued at H.O0O.000. Hnnta On ner. Cincinnati Enquirer. There is a 34-foot strip of land val ued at $4,000,000 on Michigan avenuo, Chicago, to which no one has been able to prove ownership, and the city and Park -Board has finally decided tn sow it to grass seed and call It "quits." 4