THE 3IORNING OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1909.
PRESIDENT LUCAS
;, HE SAYS
AND
Does Not Know What Stand
ing Portland Has Regard
ing Northwest Team.
DARK
Winner of
Every
Glidden Tour
COVEY MOTOR CAR CO.
Seventh and Couch St.
PIERCE CADILLAC
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IS JUST BACK FROM EAST
FOR MEN AND BOYS
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Admits He Expected Offer for Port
land Territory Would Be Turned
Down Before It Was Made
at Memphis .Meeting.
William H. Lucas, president of the
Northwestern Baseball League, after
spending several weeks of his vacation
visiting friends and relatives in the Mid
dle West, returned to Portland Monday.
President Lucas left Portland one week
after the Northwestern League's season
ended.. After attending the annual meet
ing of the National Association of Pro
fessional Baseball Leagues, at Memphis,
Tenn., lie -went to see his old haunts in
Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota.
Speaking of the baseball situation Mr.
Lucas averred he was somewhat In the
dark as to the exact status of the mat
ter, for he had not been able to get
Into communication with either 1. EL
Dugdale or Congressman McCredie in
the past two weeks. At Spokane he
found0 Joe Cohn and Bob Brown equally
Ignorant of ofllcial Information.
Has Confidence rn. Dugdale.
"When assured that Dugdale had ex
pressed himself as confident that Port
land would be allowed permission to play
a Northwestern League team, Mr. Lucas
expressed confidence In the word of the
Seattle magnate. It Is possible he will
visit San Francisco soon to talk over the
situation with President Graham of the
Coasters and other magnates.
"I am as much at sea over the situa
tion as ony one," said Mr. Lucas, yes
terday, ''though I nave every reason to
believe that the assurances said to have
been given Mr. Dugdale are genuine. I
have been spending part of my vaoation
visiting relatives In the Bast, and during
that time I hardly heard a whisper of
matters pertaining to baseball. As to the
Norlhwestern League's waiving claim to
Portland, as far as the census is con
cerned, I do not see what that has to do
with the situation, for we could not, in
any circumstances, Include Portland In
our territory unless granted the privilege
by the Pacific Coast League, and anything
in the waiver line in this respect was
nbsolutely unnecessary.
Offer to Purchase Itef ued.
At Memphis, however, we did offer to
purchase the right to Portland territory,
hut as we expected, we were refused.
That matter, however, should not have
Incensed the California magnates to any
great extent, for It was merely an offer
and we did not ask the -National Asso
ciation to make any arbitrary ruling in
our favor, for such procedure would have
been fruitless.
"I hope soon to get Into eommunlca-
tion with the baseball magnates Interested
in the situation next season, and may
learn something from them. At least I
hope to be able to make a report that
Portland Is admitted Into the North
western circuit again. t
ni'Zl'KOS POSTS $100 FORFEIT
Greek Wrestler Anxious for Match
With Eddie O'Connell. "
Not having received any reply to his
challenge to "Strangler" Smith, who Is
matched to meet Kddie O'Connell In a
straight match next Monday night,
Peter Buzukos. who believes he has a
chance with either of these grapplers,
last night posted $100 with the sport
ing editor of The Oregonlan to bind a
match with Eddie O'Connell, if the lat
ter will weigh in at 140 pounds or less.
Buzukos is the Greek wrestler who
has appeared In Portland and vicinity
on a number of occasions, and who has
been camping on the trail of "Strangler"
Smith for some time. As Smith, for
Fome reason or other, has seen fit to
ignore the challenges of the Greek,
Buzukos now challenges O'Connell to a
return match for $100 a side, the match
to take place at any time or any place
O'Connell desires to name. Buzukos
believes O'Connell can beat Smith
easily, and does not hesitate to say so,
as was shown in a published letter from
him several days ago.
He asserts that Smith is afraid - to
meet him again, and in order to demon
strate that he can wrestle he 13 willing
to take on Eddie O'Connell-for the sum
named, lie is emphatic in his conten
tion that he is the equal if not the
master of both Smith and O'Connell.
and has posted his money to bind a
match with O'Connell. whom he looks
upon as the best man of the two.
FORBES WILL QVIT COACIIIXG
Oregon Hopes to Secure Howard
Jones, Head Coach at Yale.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. Eugene,
Or., Dec. 7. (Special.) Robert W. Forbes,
head coach at the University of Oregon
for the past two seasons, will not coach
the varsity football squad next year,
but the famous Yale system of playing
the game, which he has introduced here,
will not be dropped. In Forbes' place
It is hoped to secure Howard Jones,
present head coach at Yale, through
whose good coaching this season Yale's
victory over Harvard and winning of
the 1509 championship were made ppssl
ble. Forbes' departure, which- is at his own
request, is much regretted by the foot
ball men and students here, with whom
he was very popular. The former Yale
star and Ail-American end In 1907 was
handed a contract for next year and
asked to sign it, but Forbes declared
he is going to quit coaching for good
to enter business for himself, and re
turned the contract. He has accepted
an offer from the Portland Lumber
Company, of Portland, and will make
that city his home hereafter."
BASKETBALL TEAMS STRONG
Multnomah and Columbia to Open
Season Tomorrow Evening. "
The Multnomah Club basketball team
will begin the season by playing a game
tomorrow night with the Oolumbia Uni
versity team 'at the M. A. A. .C. gymna
sium. The winged "M" team is thought -to be
even stronger than it was last year. The
line-up. subject to change, follows:. Cen
ter, Morris; right forward. Fisher; left
guard. Young; left forward, Pearcy; right
guard. Allen.
Multnomah will meet -the strong Catho
lic Young Men's -Club team Tuesday after
noon. The Catholic team has the follow
ing fast men in its llne-un: Guards.
Mullen and Lollickj center. young; forj
wards. Iooney and J odd ; substitutes
Clancey and' Struck. Jack Olney Is the
coach. The team has recently been
fitted out with new uniforms.
Frank Lonergan, manager of the Mult
nomah, is arranging games with several
of the college teams. - including Idaho,
Whitman, Washington and Eugene.
ALL READY FOR SPOKANE
PORTU4ND BOXERS PREPARED
TQ LEAVE TOMORROW.
Interclub 7 Boxing and Wrestlln;
Bouts Prove Popular With Local
Boys Prepared Tor Fray.
Entries for the Spokane interclub
boxing and wrestling bouts by the
Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club,
which organization will send a team
of boxers and wrestlers ' to the
metropolis of Eastern Washington next
Friday night have been' announced.
Following the policy of sending the
practically new men to these prelim
inary meets Multnomah will delegate
the most promising of the youngsters
who have shown most skill in recent
weeks. '
Joe Tunney, a speedy youngster at
110 pounds, will go to Spokane as the
winged "M" representative at that
weight, while Young Buckman, a. prom
ising 125-pound boxer, will go to Spo
kane to defend the honors in that divi
sion. Olmar Dranga. Multnomah's
champion at that weight, is unable to
get away to make the Spokane trip.
and Buckman was selected in his stead.
Buckman is one of the newest pupils of
Dan Danziger. who has made remark
able progress with the Multnomah
boxers, and the instructor thinks the
lad will be able to uphold the honors
of the club. Danziger and Wrestling
Instructor O'Connell will accompany
the Multnomah entries to Spokane, all
of whom will leave here Thursday for
the Falls City. .
The grapplers who have been entered
at Spokane are E. E. Vinson, the deaf-
mute whirlwind, who goes on the mat
at 150 pounds, while the other grappler
wm be H. M. Mose, Multnomah's star
at 135 pounds.
EBBETTS AGAINST HEYDLEK
Brooklyn Man Says Re Will Vote for
Ward for President.
NEW YORK. Dec. 7. Charles H. Eb
betts, president of the Brooklyn National
League Baseball Club, declared today
that at the annual meeting of the Na
tional League, in this city on December
14, he would vote for John M. Ward ior
president, as against John A. Heydler,
the present Incumbent.
Ebbetts says Heydler's decision in dis
puted cases cost the Brooklyn club two
games last season. He asserted, how
ever, that he was willing to vote for
Heydler for secretary-treasurer for life.
Ebbetts also declared himself against
"syndicate baseball," and in favor of a
season of 168 games next year, beginning
April 14 and ending October 16.
ALLEN" PREPS SCHEDULE GAME
Catholic Voungr Men to Be Antag
onists Friday Evening.
The Allen Preparatory School basket
ball team will play Its first game of the
season next Friday evening against the
Catholic Young Men's Club team at the
Catholic Club gymnasium.
The Allen Prep, boys have been prac
ticing several weeks, and expect to have
a strong team. The team will line up
as follows: Center. Shaver or. Hair; for
wards, Compton, Hayes, Burghard (sub.);
guards, Gerhart, Cook. Ed Smyth (sub.).
Losing three games and winning two.
the Allen team tied for fourth place with
Hill Military Academy last season In the
interscholastlc basketball race.
CA3IP FAVORS CHANGING RULES
Eastern Football " Authority Gives
Opinion on Present Game.
NEW HAVEN, Conn., Dec. 7. That
there should be a revision of the football
rules with a view to minimising the
chances of serious accidents was declared
here today by Walter Camp, Yale's grad
uate coach.
"V don't know that I am sufficiently
prepared to say just what these changes
should be," said Mr. Camp. "but I am
collecting such facts as I can that would
lead to the knowledge of how to effect the
best results."
Chemawa Beats Woodburn.
CHEMAWA. Or., Dec 7. (Special.)
The Woodburn basketball team -was de
feated tonight by a score of 48 to 10. The
Indians played an excellent game with
good team work. Smoker, Clark and
Olsen starred for Chemawa. Twenty
minute halves were played. Officials,
Lavier and Teabo.
National Re-elects Dovey.
BOSTON. Dec 7. 'President Dovey was
today re-elected by the Boston National
League Club, and John P. Harris, of
Pittsburg, was chosen as a director.
President Dovey announced he favored
John A. Heydler for president of the Na
tional League.
Giants' Catcher Goes to Rochester.
NEW YORK, Dec 7. The New York
American Ijeague Club today sold Catcher
Walter Blair to the Rochester team of
the Eastern League. .
Detroit Gets Two Good Men.
DETROIT. Dec 7. Outfielder Mclrrtyre
and Catcher BeckendortC, today signed
with, the Detroit Club for anotber season.
Til if joilfil if
KERR WANTS RUGBY
Head of Oregon Agricultural
College Takes Stand.
MILDER GAME IS DESIRED
Unless Rules Are Changed to Avoid
Mass Plays and Lessen Danger of
Accident, Ho Would Abolish
the Present Style.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLKGE.
Oorvallls, Or., Deo. 7. (Special.) W. J.
Kerr, president ef the Oregon Agricult
ural College, is in favor of abolishing the
present collegiate game of football and
substituting the Rugby game if the com
mitter on rules fails to make a revision
which will eliminate mass plays and re
duce the chances for injury.
In an interview. President Kerr said:
'I am in favor of football, but I am of
the opinion that the rules should be rad
ically changed. I believe the strong stand
taken by the colleges and universities of
the country will result in a change of
rules at a meeting of the rules commit
tee in December. If this is not done, I
am in favor of abolishing the present
game and substituting the Rugby game."
Dr. Kerr said he favored college sports
of all kinds because they were great
factors In the important work of physi
cal education. In referring to football.
be declared it had the greatest influence
in popularizing athletic activity and
therefore was of particular value as a
college sport. ,
President Kerr is said to voice the
sentiment of a majority of the college
faculty in this matter. Indications are
that this oollege will Join the California
institutions in the adoption of the Rugby
game unless sweeping changes are made
in the American game. It is the opin
ion of Dr. Kerr and others who have
been studying athletic development in the
Northwest, that there would be little dif
ficulty in securing the adoption of the
Rugby game by the institutions of the
Pacific Coast.
YANKEE RAISED, BUT SINKS
Two Men Working in Cruiser's Hnll
Swim to ' Shore.
NEW BEDFORD, Mass., Dec f.'
Raised from 'her bed la the mud of Buz
zards Bay through 40 feet of water today.
tne united stales cruiser iankee re
mained on the surface for a few minutes.
then suddenly sanK again to the bottom.
Two men at work Inside the hull suc
ceeded in swimming to safety. .
The raising of the Tankee, which has
been in her present position for a year
and two days, was accomplished by the
Arbuckle Wrecking Company by means
or compressed air.. What caused the
cruiser to go down again so suddenly is
not yet known.
The Yankee went ashore on the Hen
and Chickens Reef about a year and a
half ago.
Pack of Coqullle Light.
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Nass, manager of .the Prosper Canning
Company, which operates a cannery on
tllA CnnuillA "R !vpr Vi a a bitIm I. ..a wi.
the season's pack- He reports a very
lack. mu. on. account of the svrer
rains and attending freshets and his
company put up only , 6000 cases, about
half the average pack. The Fishermen's
Co-operative Cannery, on the same river,
packed about 5500 cases.
BAKER COUNTY GROWING
Gross Valno of Property Given Out
as $10,003,500.
BAKER CITT. Or.. Dec. 7. (Special.)
As an index to the prosperity that this
county is enjoying. Assessor Fleetwood
has Just finished the assessment show
ing a remarkable increase in valuation.
The following summary ' reflects the
business of Baker County as told by the
Assessor' office:
Acres of tillable land including
improvements. f6.MT.96 $ 1, 978,300
Acres of non-tillable land, 4A4,-
712.69 1,428.175
Improvements on deeded or pat
ented lond 13,340
Town and city lots Including Im
provements 2,254,145
Improvements on town and city
, lots -. 3,175
Improvements on land not deeded
or patented flfl.Bn.l
Miles of railroad. 156.48 1,969.645
Miles of telegraph and telephone
lines, 473.25 90,850
Railroad rolllrtc stock. 2r.3T. ... 15S.553
Steamboats, engines, manufactur
ing; machinery 267,275
Merchandise and stock In trade.. 417,625
Farming implements, wagons and
carriages 89.020
Money . 35,735
otes and accounts 81 345
Khares of stock, 275t 217,170
Household furniture, ' watches.
Jewelry, etc 5 39.9S0
Horses and mules. 8756.......... 1 jms
Cattle. 28.700 55',505
Sheep and goats, 127.737 286,315
Swine, 3585 9 70
Swarms o bees, 1194 2 040
Dogs, 133-, las
Gross valno of
'l property. . . lO.O03.50O
WOMAN IS OCEAN SUICIDE
Oregon Resident Leaves Xoto Dis
posing of Property and Dies.
BANDON. Or.. Dec 7. Mrs. John
Bigne, a well-known resident of this
city, suddenly disappeared Saturday,
and the supposition is that she com
mitted suicide by jumping into the
Pacific Ocean, as her cape was found
on the south jetty of the Coqullle River
bar, also tracks were found along the
beach, believed to be those of the miss
ing woman.
Mrs.. Bigne left a note in her room at
the home of her niece. Mrs. Forshay,
where she was staying, bidding her
friends good-bye 'and telling them what
disposition to make of her property,
of which she had considerable.
25 Miller, Cunning-bam and O'Brien Carriages. ,
23 Coniiea, latest models. . ' .
-J Motel Busses, Wagonette, station Wagons, etc.
0 Set Double Carriage Harness.
MS Head of good, arentle, Blnsle nnd doable Drivlns Horses, suitable for ltverr m
til mil 7 nae. - -
Also aome fcood Farm HoriM,
One large Safe, two Automobiles,
60 Robes,
And all office fixtures.
v7ou,I "entin is particularly called to the fact that all articles described
Sale will take place at the stables of the. United Carriage Company 314
10 A." M 8treet' off Howr. near Fourth. .December 9, 1909, rain or shine, at
All stock on xhibltlon on and after Sunday, December 8. 1909
E. STEWART & CO, Auctioneers
z . SOT Valenefai Street, mt Fiu t tontb.
AAN rBAA'CISCO, CAIm
TAX JAY BE LOWER
Rough Estimate on Values
Permits Slight Reduction.
STATE BOARD WILL MEET
County Assessors Called to Capital to
Assist In Determining Valuations
in State Convention Will
Follow Business Session.
SALEM". Or.. Dec, 7. (Special.) Ore
gon's State Board of Equalization, con
sisting of Governor Benson. State Treas
urer Steel and J. G. Eaton and C. V.
Galloway. State Tax Commissioners, met
today and immediately adjourned until
tomorrow at 10 o'clock, when another
meeting will be held in the Senate cham
ber. '
The Assessors from the 34 counties of
the state have been summoned to appear
before the Board and give testimony as
to the- methods in vogue for determining
the valuation of property and other mat
ters of vital Importance to the state at
large. Following the . sessions of the
State Board there will be a conference or
convention of the Assessors, which Is ex
pected to bring more Interesting and im
portant points relating to property mat
ters. Total Values $690,000,000.
The Tax Commission has received sum
maries of the assessed valuation of prop
erty in all but Coos, Klamath. Linn and
Hood River -counties, and a conservative
estimate of the counties not heard from
gives the state a total assessed valuation
of $609,000,000. as against $598,133,963.70
last year. & gain of over $90,000,000.-
The total amount appropriated by the
Legislature at its recent session for the
biennial period of 1909-10 was $3,614,000.
Of this huge sum it will be necessary to
raise approximately $1,580,000 by the
1910 tax levy, the balance being taken
care of by unexpended balances of ap
propriations for previous years, esti
mated miscellaneous receipts for 1910 and
the $1,680,000 included, in the levy made
CREDITORS' SALE
The Entire Equipment of the UNITED
CARRIAGE CO.
' OF SAX FHAITCISCO,
Consisting of
We have received by express this week
a lot of NEW STYLES different in ;
FABRIC and PATTERNS from those sold
earlier in the season. If you want the
LATEST and BEST it will be to your
interest to come to this store
of GOOD VALUES, where MODEST
PRICES always prevail.
BOYS AND
No one has yet a large lead in the
contest for those FIVE AUTOMOBILES
which we are going to give away
It is worth while striving for It costs
you nothing save a little energy and
perseverance and you might own an
AUTO of your own with a capacity of
ten miles an hour if you will only try.
BEGIN TODAY.
LEADING
CLOTHIER
in February, 1!03, to apply on the 1909
10 biennial period.
Lower Tax Likely.
To raise $1,5R0.000 by taxation on an
assessed valuation of $090,000,000 will
mean a tax rate of about 21! mills. The
rate last vear was 2.13 on a valuation or
$598,133,963.70. The 1910 levy is of course
subject to change to the extent that the
State Board of Equalization may raise
or lower the valuation of property in the
various counties as fixed by the Asses-,
sors, but if the total valuation remains
without substantial change, -about a 2i
rate will be required to raise the Amount
necessary.
SETTLERS STILL COMING
Burns Land Office Does Increased
Business in November.
BURNS. Or., Dec 7. (Special.) The
reports of the United States Land Office
here for November disclose a large
amount of business for this Mme of
Exquisite in flavor.
Perfect and pure.
Don't ask merely
for cocoa ask for
GhirardellPs.
GIRLS
year and a. substantial increase of set
tlers. There were 67 homesteads entered,
embracing 9045 acres; 29 desert claims,
5644 acres; 16 state school scrip selec
tions. 1168 acres: 5 railroad scrip se
lections. 2163 acres; 7 timber and stone
entries. 760 acres; 6 public sales, 731
acres, a total of 19.511 acres. The col
lections were: Fees and commissions.
$1059.44; sales of public lands, $3697.60;
unearned fees, $669.11.
TRAINS TO MOVE TROOPS
Special Cars to Take Fourth CTalr y
to Fort TCudsell.
VANCOUVER, Wash.. Dec 7. (Spe
cial.) One special train has arrived in
Vancouver Barracks to carry 'the men of
the Fourth Field Artillery to Fort Rus
sell. Wyoming. Another train will ar
rive tonight or tomorrow. In both trains
will be 21 cars, drawn by two engines.
The trains will go in two sections. 34
hours, apart, and wijl be preceded by one
train carrying the animals. The first
train leaves December 9.'
Cocoas in tins
look pretty much
alike; but in the
cup, there is no
mistaking the su
periority of
Fictile
Cocoa
Fact
No. 8
The average yield of
a cocoa tree is about
one pound a year.
The cocoa pods grow
7 to 10 mches in
length and 3 to 4
inches in breadth,
and look much like
thick cucumbers,
only deeply furrowed
and contain 20 to 50
seeds (cocoa beans. )
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