TTTT7! irnnxTVt? nREfiOXIAX. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1909. BE Mix Is Only Contestant for Bennett Cup Who Has Not Landed. LAST HEARD OF IN BOHEMIA All Who .Started From Zurich In In ternational Race Have Come to Karth In Bohemia, Hun gary or Sileoia. ZURICH. Switzerland, Oct. 6. Mix. the American, Is the only contestant for the Gordon Bennett long-dis tance balloon cup who has not yet re ported, and stands a good chance of belnir the winner, unless disaster has befallen him. All the others have landed. Geerts, the Belgian, was the last to report, having landed today near Huebner Wasser, Bohemia, Meckel, of Germany, made a successful descent Monday afternoon In Trenosin. Hun gary. Le Blanc landed at Zarzrtva, Hungary, yesterday afternoon. Beau clalre, one of the Swiss contestants, landed this afternoon at Possnitz, Silesia. Messner, one of the Swiss pilots. Ian. led this afternoon at Kreuz barg. Silesia. Mix was last heard from yesterday In Bohemia, where he dropped a dls patch, saying that he was traveling to the northward. He Is eitner sun sail ing In that direction or has descended at some Inaccessible place in the moun tains. OXLT ONE BAIXOOJf LAXDS Racers,for Lahm Cup Sail On, Ex cept Tnlversity City. ST. IOUIS. Oct. 5. Absence of re ports tonight as to the whereabouTs or the balloons which started In ' the race of 78,000 cubic-footers here yesterday tends to belief that all. with the ex ception of the Cnlversity City, are still In the air. The University City. Jonn Berry, pilot, landed 12 miles south of Chlllicothe. Mo., late this afternoon. Reports received during the day stated that the St. Ixmls No- 3. C. S. L. von Puhl, pilot, was over Glasgow. Mo., 145 miles northwest of St. Louis and the Cleveland, J. H. Wade, Jr.. pilot, over Union, Mo., 60 miles southwest of St. Louis. The two 40,000-foot balloons landed this morning, the Missouri. Harlow B. Spen cer, pilot, landed at Hibemla, 100 miles west of St. Louis and the Peoria, eleven miles northeast of Cairo, 111., this morn ing. GOOD ROADS QUESTION Correspondent Thinks It Should Be Placed on National Basis. WOODSTOCK. Or.. Oct. 8. To the Editor) Allow me to give the present road taxpayers and their county authori ties some further Information about the present annual cost of the public road system. The time has surely come for the vast cost thereof to be viewed from a National standpoint. For comparison, I give the cost of the road system In England and Wales, with the cost of the same in the United States, as both are financed and managed under the same local taxation and local manage ment system. The only difference be tween the two countries consists In labor and materials being cheaper in England and Wales than In the United States. In order to prove the vastness of this road burden, which Is mainly borne by the agricultural community of both coun tries. I give the following statistics In re gard to the mileage and cost of the Eng lish roads and of the American roads. I have taken the former from the official report of the First International Road Congress held In Paris in October. 19116. page 66. The latter I take from the last report of the U. S. Secretary of Agricul ture, page 142. As to England and Wales. Reek Jef freys. Secretary of Roads and Improve ment Association and Secretary of the Motor Union of Great Britain and Ire land, furnishes these statistics: Total mileage. 149.738; cost in 1906-, 7.476.00O; cost per mile. $450. Main roads on which - there is most traffic: Total mileage, 17.496:- cost in 1905-6. S11.306.24A; cost per mile. S646. These form 11.7 per cent of the gross mileage and 16.75 per cent of the gross cost per year. As to the United States, the Secretary of Agriculture in his report for 1908 fur nishes these estimates: Total mileage. 2,151.430; cost In 1908, S1.3KS. 239.000; cost per mile. S640. In 1904 the gross mileage was 2,151.000 and the average cost per mile was only S.. This shows an Increase in cost in 19"8 of 3404 per mile, amounting In gross Increase to Jl.298.239.Ort). That is. over 17 times the cost in 14. This shows the mighty Increase of the road burden In the past four years. Mr. Wilson gives the makeup of this expenditure as fol lows: C"rt ' Total Mlleaie. Per Mile. Cent. Earth roaill. .1.875.000 t .- J917.ROO.noO Marndam rds. 4;l.4. 4..K IOS.535.000 ;ravel roads.. 12t.4a 1.500 186.702.000 Surface of pe- ' cial materia. 8.513 1.000 8.512,000 AMERICAN MAY BALLOON WNNEH G'd totals ..2.1M.43U J1.37S.239.000 The above annual expenditure on roads In the United States is not all that the rural road taxpayers mainly contribute, or have as yet contributed, to this na tional service under the present local tax ation system of road finance and manage ment. The Secretary of Agriculture on page 143 of his report estimates that the right of way donated to the entire road system, averages In width 40 feet. This width Rives an area of 4.S5 acres per mile of road. This area multiplied by the entire mileage represents a total of 10.434,435 acres or 163.03$ square miles, do nated by the agricultural community mainly, to the national service. Mr. Wil son estimates the average acreage valu ation of this land grant at J343.00O.O00. This Is 2.77 per acre. Adding the value of 1 the right of way to the cost of all the roads In 1908 makes the total estimated cost of the road system In 19U8 SI. 720. 239.- . 000. Yet the Secretary of Agriculture states that only 7.14 per cent of the gross road mileage forms so-called Improved roads. This rapidly increasing annual cost Is due to the more rapid growth of the popu lation in the Western and Pacific Coast States and to the Increased development of the natural resources of the field, for est and mine, through the extension and expansion of the railroad, system of com munication. This annual cost Includes a constantly growing construction of new roads In the Pacific Northwest. The reclamation of the arid and semi arid lands through Irrigation also creates a growing demand for constructon of new roads. This surely should form a portion of the work of the Reclamation Service. It Is so in India. The Secretary of Agriculture states that at least 2SO.000.000 tons of food and raw products from the rural districts are hauled over, the roads to the railroads. This forms only a portion of the total tonnage of products hauled over the roads. The Postal Department of the Government uses annually' one-fourth of the 2,151.430 miles of public road, that Is. about 500,000 miles. This use Increases with thegrowth of the rural population In the Western and Pacific Coast States. The agricultural community In the West is too prodigal In its donation of width of right of way for the public road serv ice. Sixty feet Is double the amount re quired through rural districts. It Is more than double the average width of roads in England. Sixty feet gives an area of 7.27 acres per mile of road; .30 feet require only 3.64 acres. In a few years, there will probably be i Fl'.XKRAL OF EAST SIDE WOMAN HELD FROM THIRD BAP TIST CHIRCH. . -jet f ' 1 1 i 1 The I.ale Mrs. Lois Bell Tattle. Mrs. Lois Belle Tuttle, a well known resident of the East Side, died at her home, 853 Mississippi avenue, last Friday, after an ill ness of several months. Mrs. Tut tle was born at La Porte, Ind., November 29. 1853. She was mar ried to W. C. Tuttle at Olympia, Wash.. In, 1890. and shortly after came to Portland, where she had lived ever since, excepting for a short time in Alaska. Mr. Tuttle died a year and a half ago. She is survived by a sister, Mrs. Shuman, living in New York, and a daughter, Ruth. She was a de voted member of the Third Bap tist Church of this city. Her passing is mourned by a host of friends. The funeral services were held Sunday at 2 P. M. from the Third Baptist Church. Van couver and Knott streets. Rev. R. Schedler officiated. Interment was made in Rose City Cemetery. 100,000 miles of road on the Pacific Coast. This mileage with a width of 60 feet will absorb 727.000 acres or 1138 square miles. The food lands will soon be too valuable to be wasted In this way. The foregoing statistics ought to create serious thoughts about the nationalization of the cost of construction of the public roads in the minds of the tax-payers and county authorities. R. M. BR BRETON, C Wright Fined for Carrying Gun. A. G. Wright, the tourist from Massa chusetts, who was arrested during the Taft parade last Saturday morning in front of the Postoffice building, having a camera and acting in a suspicious manner, and afterward discovered to be carrying a revolver, was fined S25 In Municipal Court yesterday morning by Judge Bennett and his gun declared confiscated. The revolver Is of 38 caliber, with a six-Inch barrel and made of blued steel. Wright paid his fine and was discharged from Jail. PROMINENT IN AFFAIES OF -t. ' -t ' (,! b J j - : " ' V V-., A .V Y ' -r ".vi- . : v.v .-so- 4 1x y NEW YORK, Oct. 5. (Special.) Madam Ann Odella Diss Debarr, who came Into public notice recently in New York through her as sociation with the new theosophtcal society, has been deprived of her chief assistant through the arrest of David Mackay, who is now held at Ellis IslnnS for deportation. Mackay is the young man who has been associated with Madam Diss Debarr for several years. In the Mahatma Society he Is known as "David, the Prophet," and as the spiritual son of Madam Diss Debarr. He was convicted at Windsor, Canada, of handling illegal literature, and served four months In Jail. Recently Madam Diss Debarr has been appearing In vaudeville in New York. She wis said to be under the eye of the police. She first, gained publicity through the charge brought In tl.e courts that she had used undue Influenco by so-called spiritual manifestations over Luther R, Marsh, who gave her a large part of his fortune. LUST PUBLIC FLIGHT Wright Brothers Will Now Build Airships. REFUSE TO BE SHOWMEN Wilbur Goes to Teach Army Officers to Fly Has Many Orders,, but Is Still Perfecting Aero plane and Motor. NEW YORK. Oct. 6. Unless some change of heart shall alter a decision announced today by Wilbur Wright the spectacular flight made here yesterday by the Dayton aviator is the last which he or his brother, Orville, will make In public. "Hereafter,", said Mr. Wright, "we shall devote all our efforts to the com mercial exploitation of our machines, and fly only as a matter of experiment to test the value of whatever changes we decide to make In their construction." Mr. Wright added that neither he nor his brother wished to be looked upon as show men and that all offers to fly for exhibition purposes would be rejectedi Milestone In Airship History. "The flight of yesterday," said he, "was more than an exhibition. It was more like the taking up of a challenge or the making of a record to stand as a mile stone In the history of aerial navigation. I would have done better than I did had not the blowing of a cylinder of my machine prevented me from making a second flight, but all things considered. I am satisfied with my performance of the morning." Wllhur Wrieht left for Washington tonight to continue the instruction of Army officers in aeroplaning. He ex pects to pass two or three weeKs in teaching Lieutenants Lahm and Fowl er and other officers. After that he will go to Dayton, Ohio, and arrange for the manufacture of his aeroplanes on an extensive scale. Many Orders, but Not Perfect. "We have received many orders," he says, "but have fixed no time for de livery as yet. We are making a serious study of the aeroplane. Every time we go into the air we make a study of some part of the mechanism, or some peculiar weather condition, with a view to Improving our macnine. vs could not do that as hired attractions. "I regard this New York flight of yesterday as a difficult proposition. My brother and myself regard our ex periments as being in the same class with Fulton's experiments. We are working with an art that Is still in its infancy. So I wanted to take part In this celebration and thus pay my re spects to the man who had the nerve to build the first steamboat. "The accident yesttrday afternoon taught me a lesson that until motors are perfected we shall have no perfect aeroplanes. The science of flying now depends upon the motor. My aeroplane seems all right, but my motors are not. I hope the' day will come when we shall have a perfect motor." INCOME TAX IS FOUGHT Wells-Fargo Express Company Re fuses to Make Payments. SALEM. Or., Oct. 6. (Special.) Ar guments were heard before Judge Bur nett in Circuit Court this afternoon in the case of the .State vs. the Wells Fargo Express Company. The express company is resisting the payments of the income tax, and the defendant's demurrer, argiftd today, will be taken under advisement by the court. THE0S0PHICAL SOCIETY. 5 i 1 V S T i imii i." ii i lf"V ' .m.-....iiiiiiiwm.- f 1 Wi-ifmm P- -llll ' I LLEGAL FENCER FINED JOHX GILCHRIST MUST PAY $400 FOR VIOLATION'. Three Other Indictments Against Pacific Livestock Company Dismissed. Pleadlns guilty to one of four Indict ments accusing him of fencing Govern ment land illegally, John Gilchrist, man ager of the Pacific Livestock Company, was fined J400 yesterday by Judga Wol verton, who. In imposing sentence, de clared his intention to aid Uncle Sam In his endeavor to force owners of big ranches to release territory Illegally in closed. Tiie three other cases of alleged illegal fencing against Gilchrist were disv missed. - Gilchrist, as manager of the Pacific Livestock Company, was accused in four Indictments of illegally fencing as many pieces of land situated at White Horse, Coyote Meadow,- Alvord and at Mann Lake. Lake County. The defendant in pleading guilty to one Indictment re quested leniency, declaring his company had - simply been slow in meeting the great change In Emrveillance over Gov ernment land made by the Interior De partment. He insisted that the fence in Coyote Meadow had been erected by his predecessors and had been overlooked when the order abolishing inclosures of public domain was issued. In this case, he said, the special examiner informed him if the fence were removed and ex planation made to the department no In dictment would follow. Gilchrist com plied, iic asserted, and was indicted any how. At White Horee. stated Gilchrist, the land fenced was school land leased tor the last 20 years by his company, in the Alvord Lake and Mann Lake caws, assarted the defendant, the pacific Live stock Company is benefited by rimrock barriers which In reality do not segre gate the public domain. Judge Wolverton expressed the Dener that the charge against Gilchrist did not warrant either the maximum or mini mum fine and decided on a medium pen alty. $400. in addition to the cost of pre paring the four criminal charges against him. $100 GIFT SCENTED AS BRIBE Celestial Leaves Coin AVlth Chinese Inspector Arrest Follows. Accused o? an attempt to bribe a Fed eral offirtal. Huie Sam. a Chinese', was haled before Commissioner Marsh yes terday. The Celestial was ordered held under $1000 bail., which he furnished promptly. Hearing of the case before Commissioner Marsch will take place this afternoon. Chinese Inspector Sawyer is the com plainant In the case. He asserts that Huie Sam visited him in his office last Monday afternoon and without any ex planation placed five $20 gold "pieces on his desk. Sawyer at the time was in vestigating whether Huie Shong. an al leged cousin of Huie Sam, was rightfully In this country. Huie Sam had said pre viously that Huie Shong was his cousin, had worked for him and was entitled to re-enter the United States. Seattle au thorities sought more proof, and Inspec tor Sawyer's probe was followed by Huie Sam's visit to the official with $100. The Chinese in proffering the coin In ferred that It was a gift. Inspector Saw yer filed a complaint immediately and Huie Sam upon returning to his store on Sixth street, between Pine and Oak streets, waa met by Deputy Marshal Becker, who placed the Oriental under arrest. HUSBAND'S LIFE WORTH $7500 Sirs. H. C. Colby Sues Southern Pa cific for Fatal Accident. Mrs. Helen C. Colby, of Medford, values her husband's life at $7500 with in terest at 7 per cent from last May, and has filed suit in the United States Cir cuit Court against the Southern Pacific to be awarded that sum for the acci dental killing of Lorenzo N. Colby, near Medford May 31, 1909. It is alleged in the widow's complaint that her husband, in crossing the rail road tracks In a buggy about two miles from Medford, was -struck by the loco motive, which was proceeding at a dan gerous rate of speed. His death, the same day. resulted. Didn't Mention Christian Scientists. PORTLAND, Or., Oct. 6. To the Edi tor.) In. this morning's Oregonian, giving a condensed, very, fair and cor- A THE THE THE AND '';x i rect report of an address I delivered be fore the Portland Union Ministerial As sociation, there Is a single sentence that is entirely Incorrect, where It says that I stated: "It does, not make any dif ference what church a -man belongs to if he is not a Christian Scientist." I never mentioned Chrletian Scientists in my entire address; said - absolutely nothing about them. Quite a lot was said bv pastors about Christian Scientists at this meeting, but ,it was entirely by clergymen of the city, and the Young Mens Christian Association never has and never does take any stand in the contention between various denomina tions, whether they are evangelical or not. That we leave to be worked out by the churches themselves. H. W. STONE. E E RAILOAD COMMISSION GOES TO SEATTLE. 4)ecision In Points in Dispute Aim Not Expected to Be Given Out Before, Next Spring. SPOKANE, Oct. 5. The attorneys Ii tho Snnlianp rate case concluded thel: arguments today before the Interstate Commerce Commission and tne com mission adjourned to meet in Seattle Thursday, where they will take up the application of Coast shippers for lowei distributive rates Into interior 'terri-tnr- nnri lifiiH a hearinfiT on the Ques tion' of whether the Commission has authority to regulate rates on me ran At the conclusion of the hearing the Prtmm4,Uinn Yl IT (1 1 1 Tl i' f l that the 1 1 0 T " neys in the Spokane case will be given until Novemoer x to sudiiui wmi.cn briefs of their arguments, and those desiring to reply to any of the briefs submitted will be given until Decem ber 1 to do so. After these briefs have been filed the Commission will take un the final consideration 01 me caoc, i.a ! a decision will probably not be arrived at until some time next spring. . Three new questions raised by Spo kane's supplemental petition are now to be determined by the Commission. They are: Shall the Commission accept the rates proposed by the Northern rail roads as a compliance with the Com mission's - former order, and permit them to go into effect as a compli ance with that order and as meeting the situation as presented anew in this hearing? Shall the Commission require the railroads to make, in addition to the rates proposed by them from Chicago, throuch rates to Spokane from points -east of Chicago? Shall the reduced rates to uk mauo bv the railroads or to be Ordered by the Commission from Chicago, Missis sippi River, Missouri River and other Eastern -points to Spokane be made to apply also .to other points in the Spo kane distributing territory, and, if so, to what points? SHOWERS STILL TO FALL ltains Moving Eastward, and East of Mountains Will Be Soaked. The intermittent showers of the past 24 hours will continue throughout today and well into the night, according to the prognostications of the weather man. The rains which fell in this district yes terday were general in compass, reaching as far south as Roseberg and beyond the international boundary in Washington on the north. The heaviest fall, was along the Wash ington coast, where the precipitation reg istered from .30 to .33 of an inch. In the Sound country the rainfall amounted to nearly a quarter of an inch. The pre cipitation was generally light throughout the Willamette Valley and at some pointj was Insufficient to lay the dust. East of the Cascades no rain of consequence has fallen as yet, but the general condi tions are threatening. It is anticipated that the Spokane. Walla Walla and Palouse countries will be visited by show ers today, as will the Umatilla country In Oregon. Will Return Bank to Owners. OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.. Oct. 6. Upon the acceptance of securities offered the State Banking Board today by W. L. Norton and some associates', It was sad tonight on authority that the Columbia Bank & Trust Company's bank will be turned back into the hands of its owners, probably tomorrow. PAGE 1 etao IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT SMARTLY DRESSED MEN WILL WEAR THIS SEASON ASK BEN SELLING- Good Clothes Story QUICKLY TOLD BEST FABRICS THE BEST DESIGNS BEST TAILORING THE BEST TRIMMINGS BEST LIGHTED STORE IN PORTLAND MODEST PRICES MEN'S SUITS AND jLING UTAH HAS EARTHQUAKE THREE SHOCKS THROUGH THAT STATE AND IDAHO. Tremor Extends Into Idaho and Is Felt In All Directions From Salt Lake. SALT LAKE. Oct. 5. Three sharp and distinct earth shocks were felt here to night. The first occurred at 7:42 o'clock ana the last at 7:47. All three were felt at points in Idaho. Official announcement of the earth quake was received tonight from the Government observatory here. The exact time of the disturbance is given as 7:40 P. M. 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