THE MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY. AUGUST 4, 1910.
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WHAT THE CONTEST REALLY MXAXS.
The Issue of the forthcoming Re
publican primary campaign is not to
be the "assembly." It is going to be
Bourne and Bournelsm. The domi
nance of Bourne over the affairs of
the party is to be accepted, or it Is
to be rejected by the Republican
voters. This noisy and insincere
howl about the assembly is manufac
tured to disguise the designs of
Bourne and his faithful political pro
curers to capture the party organiza
tion and perpetuate the Bourne ma
chine. Watch the progress of events
throughout the state. Tou will see
Bourne getting behind the candidates
who are opposed to assembly. You
will see his employed agents busy
everywhere. Tou will see signs of his
money pouring into many channels.
Tou will see backroom assemblies
meeting to put up slates acceptable to
Bourne. Tou will read In friendly
newspapers the inspired claptrap and
parrot-like rigmarole about State
ment No. 1. Tou will see a lot of
skyhootlng around In the interest of
Bourne's Senatorial candidacy by per
sona who ought to be in better busi
ness. If you watch understanding!)-,
you will see a lot of things you didn't
expect to see. perhaps.
If the assembly tickets shall be
beaten, it means Bourne. If they
shall be successful, it means the end
of Bourne.
POLITICAL TRCCB IX GREAT BRIT ATX.
When all the great parties in Ihe
British Parliament and Nation were
so deep in serious quarrel that revo--lution
at a not distant day was throw
ing its black shadow across their
battlefield, suddenly a bush was heard
which ail combatants obeyed. Eight
champions were chosen and in secret
sessions discussed concession, compro
mise, settlement. The Nation con
tentedly waited. But no authentic
word of their proceedings has been
heard.
The main issues are very simple.
- The Conservative. Unionist and Pro
tectionist, or tariff, party has in the
- House of Lords a nearly ten to one
majority over their opponents. Lib
erals. Irish Nationalists and repre
sentatives of labor have in the House
of Commons, while united in both
action and vote, a majority of over a
hundred in a house of about 670
members. So measures brought Into
the House of Commons by a Liberal
government, and there passed by a
large majority, have been thrown out
repeatedly in the House of Lords by
an overwhelming vote there, chiefly
composed of peers who come In a
phalanx to kill Liberal measures
when summoned by the Conservative
whip.
Worse yet. By the British Consti
tution money bills are the exclusive
domain of the Commons. Not until
the Lords were roused by the Lloyd
George budget of 1909 have they ven
tured to Join Issue with the Commons
on that field. But the House of
Lords is the special representative of
the haves." The budget of 1809 in
1 vaded the owners of huge estates by
t calling for official surveys and valua-
tlon of all such property. 'It Imposed
graduated taxation thereon. It
. claimed for the Nation a large share
1 of the "unearned Increment" of land
! by force of growth of population and
riches. It added to and graduated
' the death duties, or taxes, when es
1 tates and other properties descended
tto new inheritors. At once a shout
(of horror went through the land, and
; "haves" cried for. aye demanded that
'their champions, the Lords, lay all
'scruples aside and throw out the
budget bill, and as a consequence
compel the resignation of Asqutth.
Lloyd George and their fellows. The
whole crowd of Lords responded, sjid
fell on their opponents by an unprece
dented majority.. Hence these tears.
The battle was Joined on -a field
here the Nation was certain to stand
behind the Liberal party. In spite of
. every effort to cloud and befog the
- voters the Liberal majority the three
'parties. Liberals. La bo rites and Irish
Nationalists, standing so far together
was returned. At the very climax
of the fight the King died. A hush
fell on the whole Nation and an in
formal truce was entered on
Many times In the history of the
, Nation the reserve force of loyalty
to the Throne has come Into play,
from the glorious days of the Spanish
, Armada on through the centuries.
Instinctively parties and people for
bore from Involving the new King in
the strife at any rate until time had
been given him to adjust himself to
. bis new responsibilities. It is an open
secret that the strong Influence which
' ha Induced the present determined
; effort for adjustment came from
King George.
The latest, indeed the only promis-
' ing suggestion for relief of the ten
siorr follows the analogy of procedure
In this country.
By the Conservative organ, the
Times newspaper, it is proposed that
when Lords and Commons fail to
agree a Joint committee of the two
houses shall take-Jurisdiction and set
tle the question In dispute. This Joint
committee may consist of 100 mem-
bers. half from the Lords, half from
. the Commons. But tne nrty rrom
the Lords are to be equally divided.
Conservatives and Liberals. The fifty
; from the Commons to be selected
' from all parties in proportion to their
numbers In the House.
Meanwhile the 1909 budget has
been resubmitted and passed by both
, houses without change. The budget
of lilt follows the same lines. It
haa passed Its earlier stages in the
Commons and ia to be held over.
after the House adjourns this month.
until It resumes sittings in isovemoer.
For by that time the secret com
mittee of eight on settlement is to
have finished its work and submit
ted the results. After weeks of hope,
fear, depression, and rising confidence
t aama in h tha a-eneral im Dress ion
that the controversy will reach settle
ment on some such basis aa suggesiea
by the Times. If so the new King
will have done much to confirm the
reliance of bis people In his wisdom
and strength of purpose.
it jtnim fnr Ireland. In more or
less extended form, is expected to be
the reward of the Irish .Nationalists
In the House of Commons for stand
ing by the Liberal party In this great
fight-.--- -
The long delay haa strengthened
the hold of Lloyd George on the con
fM.nM if tha - Hoiim of Commons
and the Nation. The Conservatives
foreboded ruin as sure to lonow cioso
nn the heela of the budget of 1909.
Contrariwise, a deficit of $80,000,000
has been obliterated, new demands
for defense and social reform have
hn mat. and nearlv S50.000.000 has
been devoted to the reduction of the
National debt. The Nation prospers.
trade develops, unemployment is re
whila noarlv tl. 000. 000. 000
represents the estimated annual In
come of the British Nation for 1910.
IX KANSAS.
Kansas is the hotbed of insurgency,
for it is the home of radicalism. It
has In its history taken up with
every extreme Ism from free soil to
free silver, from flat money to bank
guaranty, from prohibition to insur
gency. It had a vital and living issue
In its historic opposition to slavery;
It has been as often wrong as right
ainco those memorable days. It has
always sought to point the way. Too
often it has been the wrong way. i nai s
what's the matter with Kansas.
Otherwise It is all right.
The insurgents have carried the
state in the Republican, primaries.
Only two "regular" Congressmen out
of six have survived. But it was to
be expected. Tet Kansas has dis
tinctly not improved the character
and ability of its Congressional dele
gation by the defeat of Scott, chair
man of the committee on agriculture,
and one of the cleanest-cut and most
capable men In Congress. How long
will It take his unknown successor to
reach Scott's influential position?
The "insurgents" gained Kansas in
the war over "Cannonism." Tet Can
nonlsm Is a thing of the past, and
would have been without Kansas.
RA LUNGER'S HARD FORTTXE.
President Taft expresses his will
ingness to stand by Secretary Ballin
ger to the end. But undoubtedly he
was1 cognizant of Senator Crane's er
rand to Minneapolis, where It was
suggested to the Secretary that he
would relieve an ' embarrassed politi
cal situation by resigning. The posi
tion of the President, then, is that he
will stay with Balllnger If Balllnger
desires, but he and his personal and
political advisers plainly hope that
Balllnger will himself cut the Gordlan
knot by retiring.
It is all very awkward for the Pres
ident, disconcerting to the Republican
party and humiliating to Secretary
Balllnger. who deserves public confi
dence and continued administrative
support. There is no intimation from
the President or from any one imme
diately about him that Balllnger is
not blameless In all the many mat
tmr rhnra-ed ud aeainst him by un
scrupulous muckrakers and disap
pointed office-seekers. ror is mere
any opinion that he has not all the
nualltlaa nt a hlerhlv efficient and
successful cabinet officer. He must
be sacrificed to the exigencies or poli
tics and be thrown to the hungry
wolves that have been pursuing him
for many months. There must be
scapegoat, and Just now his name un
fortunately is Balllnger.
We suppose that Mr. Balllnger will
resign. He can hardly hold on In
view of his virtual abandonment by
the President. The Oregonian will
frankly say that It is sorry. It had
hoped that the insane and unjustifi
able clamor against Balllnger would
die down, and he might be left free
to bring to the affairs of the Interior
Department the matured Judgment
and sane and practical policies of a
high-minded man of affairs who be
longs to the West, and who knows
and understands Its real needs. But
the public domain apparently belongs
to the faddists, cranks, dreamers and
Idealists, who think it expedient to
slander and ruin the living workers
of the present day in order to "con
serve" something for remote and un-appreciatU-e
generations yet to come.
We are In a bad way.
MORE "ODOROC9" COMPARISONS.
It- Is with sincere regret that The
Oregonian notes in the news dis
patches under a Seattle date line that
The Puget Sound Navigation Com
pany's 900-ton steel steamship Chip
pewa, bound to Seattle from Everett
without passengers, crashed Into the
100-ton wooden passenger steamer
Albion, bound from Seattle for Port
Angeles, off West Point light, a few
miles north of Seattle "at midnight
last night, and Almost sliced the
wooden boat in two." The great re
gret of The Oregonian over this piece
of news lies In its exposure of the
Seattle claims that Puget Sound ever
can amount to much as a navigable
body of water. We find In the Seat
tle Times a list of 1 marine acci
dents on the Columbia and Willamette
Rivers.
Treating these disasters from an
expert standpoint, the Times most
graciously concedes that the loss of
the Nahcotta's propeller, the blowing
out of the Spencer's steam pipe and
the disabling of the Bateman's ma
chinery might properly be "rejected
aa having no relation to the depth of
water In the Willamette and Colum
bia Rivers." Continuing the Times
asserts that "with these eliminated,
it is clear to the discerning eye that
all the others were due In whole or in
part to the narrow and shallow chan
nel leading from Portland to the sea."
This final, conclusive and emphatic
verdict against the channel from Port
land to the sea is followed by a dis
sertation on the folly of attempting to
handle marine business at a port
where accidents happen. Just why
the Times failed to charge the loss of
the Nahcotta's propeller, the break
ing of the Spencer's steam pipe and
the disabling of the Bateman's ma
chinery against the river channel Is
not easy to understand. However,
with grateful thoughts for this gener
osity for a fallen foe. we add up the
cost of the other eleven accidents and
find that the sum total Is less than
that which will result from the Chlp-pewa-Alblon
disaster on Puget Sound.
From this It must be "clear to the dis
cerning eye" (of the Times) that Se
attle is about eleven times as dan
gerous and unsatisfactory a seaport
as Portia nt. '
TO THE SCRAP HEAP.
The rapidity with which costly na
val craft become outdated by develop
ment In architecture, worn out by
idly lying In the water in home or
foreign ports, or aimlessly gliding
about upon the high seas on errands
of peace constitutes one of the most
formidable Items of expense in main
taining a navy. Late reports consign
the protected cruisers Brooklyn, Min
neapolis and Columbia but now as
A- --m laim.it nt A. COSt Of
$8,500.000 to the scrap heap. The
Brooklyn was Admiral Schley's flag
ship in the battle of Santiago de Cuba
and there is a possibility that she may
be overhauled and modernized. The
expense of this proceeding will so
nearly approach the cost of a new
cruiser built on modern lines that
the wisdom of rebuilding her is
doubted.
These cruisers were leaders in their
class less than ten years ago. During
this period naval construction has un
dergone many radical changes. The
Dreadnought has done for battleship
construction in a few years what the
original Monitor did for. naval archi
tecture during the years Immediately
succeeding the Civil War. So radical
was the change that a number of
wooden ships then under construction
at the Brooklyn Navy-Tard rotted
on the ways and were broken up and
given to the scrap heap before the
building of the new navy began. Now
comes the report that ships of the
new navy, considered only a little
while ago as formidable, are going
the way of the old wooden hulks of
the Bristow era, the death knell of
which was sounded by the guns of
the Monitor off Fortress Monroe
March 9, 1862.
It is thus in naval construction, aa
in every other potent force "the old
order changeth, giving place unto the
new."
HELPING THE RICH.
The Standard Oil Company, one of
the richest corporations, has been
given a contract for carrying 5000
tons of coal from Norfolk. Vs., to
Mare Is'and. Cak The coal will be
carried in the American ship Acme
and the rate is 16 per ton, or $30,000
for the voyage. At the same time
that Mr. Rockefeller's oil company re
ceived this contract for carrying coal
at $6 per ton, foreign shipowners
were offering to carry It in fast tramp
steamers at $4.14 per ton. As Mr.
Rockefeller did not have a very large
supply of tonnage, contracts were ac
tually let to two foreign vessels to
carry 11,000 tons to the Pacific Coast
at $4.14 per ton. Lest the reader get
the impression that this bonus of
practically $10,000 was given Mr.
Rockefeller by a private corporation,
we may explain that this peculiar
transaction was the work of the Gov
ernment. There used to be a song, "Uncle
Sam Is Rich Enocgh to Give Us All a
Farm." There are not very many
farms left, but the prodigality of Un
cle Sam is still much In evidence. Of
course Mr. Rockefeller did not actually
need that extra $10,000 which is to
be paid him as a bonus for transport
ing a cargo of coal In an American
ship, but It Is a sacrifice offering laid
at the feet of our wonderful protec
tive system. Whenever this Govern
ment finally wakes up to the fact that
cheap freights are best obtained with
cheap ships, there will not only be
plenty of ships flying the American
flag, but It will also be unnecessary
to subsidise them to the extent of
$10,000 per voyage, as is being done
with John D. Rockeefller's ship
Acme.
Foreign ships annually carry more
than 100.000,000 tons of American ex
ports and Imports. It Is apparent
from this coal contract Just Issued
that about $2 per ton advance over
the rates of foreign ships Is not re
garded as excessive. On this basis it
would cost us about $200,000,000
more per annum for ocean freights
than we are now paying. This is ship
subsidy in practice, not theory.
THE GOVERNORS CONFERENCE.
Governor Hay, of Washington, has
Issued a call for a conference of West
ern Governors to formulate plans for
Joint action before the National Con
servation Congress, to be held in St.
Paul In September. The Pinchotian
movement that has caused this pro
posed organization for defense, in the
language of Governor Hay, has the
appearance of "a deliberate attempt to
rob the Western States of the control
of their natural resources and have
them administered from Washington
City by bureau officials for the benefit
nominally of the country at large. In
stead of that of the states wherein
these resources are located." No fair
minded Individual who has taken the
trouble to give this Important matter
study can fall to agree with Governor
Hay in his statement that we who
are on the ground are at least as com
petent, if not more so, to handle our
own resources and say how they shall
be developed as even the head of a
bureau located $000 miles distant
from us, and we believe these re
sources should be administered by and
for the states wherein they are lo
cated." The proposed conference of the
Governors of the states most affected
by the blight of Plnchotlsm is of the
utmost importance, for the reason
that unless some concerted action is
taken to thwart the plans of the East
ern faddists and the great landowners
who are standing behind them, we
shall find the Conservation Congress
"packed" against the Western men.
The diligent campaign of misrepre
sentation which has been conducted
by the Pinchots. Garfields and their
army of satellites and muckrakers In
the East has led many people to be
lieve that there is an economic ad
nxiin in hottlinar ud the water Dow
ers and coal, timber and agricultural
lands of the West.
These people have appropriated all
of- the Government land and water
powers In the East without the West
sharing in any manner In the bene
fits accruing. It Is now proposed to
take away from the Western people
lands which are needed for settlers
and homebuilders, and lock them up
for the alleged benefit of future gen
erations. The East never displayed
any high regard for future genera
tions when it was developing the
country by the simple and natural
process of clearing the land and cul
tivating It and making use of the
water powers. Then why should the
West be denied the same privilege?
It is, of course, to the advantage of
the Eastern coal barons that the coal
resources of Alaska should remain un
developed while the Government
spends millions in buying coal on the
Atlantic seaboard and shipping It to
the Pacific Coast. The owners of the
big land grants are also favorable to
the Pinchot policy of conservation, for
it deprives the intending settler of a
cheap home on Government land and
forces him to purchase from the large,
holders at a high figure.
These are some of Ihe reasons why
the West opposes the Pinchot policy,
and why, if there is to be a fair dis
cussion at the National Conservation
Congress, the Western States should
be properly represented. Neither
Washington, Oregon nor any of the
Western States moat vitally interested
can expect a proper presentation of
their side by delegates selected by the
friends of the Pinchot bureaucracy.
Unless the West is guaranteed fair
treatment at the September meeting.
It would be better that it remain un
represented at the meeting. There is
every reason for believing that a con
ference on the lines such as is suggest
ed In Governor Hay's call would show
the West standing unanimously
against the Eastern conservation
propaganda and prepared to resist the
aggression of the East in a field which
Is exclusively Western.
John F. Stevens, an engineer and
Industrial captain standing high in
the ranks of men who have done "big
things," and with a reputation which
reaches beyond the confines of the Na
tion hna been annotated executive head
of the Hill interests in North Pacific
territory. Mr. Stevens succeeds George
B. French as president of the North
Ranlt rnad and its affiliated lines, and
brings to his new position an experi
ence that means much ror uregon.
The .North Bank road, with the As
tnrtsL Xr Colnmhla. River, the Oregon
Trunk, the Tillamook line, the Oregon
Electric, all of which will be unaer
the supervision of Mr. Stevens, is des
tined to play as important a part in
the transportation development of the
Pacific Northwest as the New Tork,
New Haven & Hartford holds In the
New England territory, which it grid
Irons. The experience and reputaiton
of Mr. Stevens are an effective guar
antee that the North Bank and other
Hill lines, which will develop traffic
where none now exists, will be han
dled, on a broad, generous policy,
meaning much not only to the own
ers of the road, but to its patrons.
Portland, Oregon and the entire North
west are distinct gainers by the com
ing of John F. Stevens to this country.
New railroad maps will be needed by
the time he completes the work he
now has under way.
The $10,000 purse which is offered
by the management of the Portland
Fair and Livestock Association is the
largest that has ever been hung up in
the West for a harness event. This
purse Is the same size as that which is
offered for the famous Transylvania,
Charter Oak and M. & M. races on
the grand circuit. These big events
draw attendance from all parts of the
United States. As there are already
twenty-eight entries for the big Port
land race, it will undoubtedly be the
equal In number of entries and Interest
shown of any of the grand circuit af
fairs, where such big purses are put
up. The coming fair promises to be
the best ever held here. The only dis
advantage that has not yet been reme
died is the inadequate streetcar serv
ice, which has done much to make
financial failures ou of former fairs
held on the Country Club grounds.
Unless the streetcar company double
tracks the line to the grounds or
builds an extension from Montavilla,
the attendance will not be what the
show is entitled to expect.
While the "no-seat-no-fare" princi
ple works well in some European cit
ies, It doesn't fit the American street
car system, for this reason: The tired
man or woman wants to take the first
car that gets to the crossing. What's
the use of getting more tired, wait
ing for the next car? Besides, they
don't want to arrive late at the store,
shop or office, or to keep the dinner
waiting.
It is up to the Board of Health to
find out whether ice cream cones sold
in Portland are poisoned with dye
stuff. If -they are, the cones should
be condemned. Parents are entitled
to know whether these popular con
fections are pure or impure; they
can't learn for themselves.
Statement No. 1 candidates for the
Legislature have all the same virtu
ous ideas about the people whom they
would serve at Salem that we hear oc
casionally from Senator Bourne. Evi
dently that great man has not dis
tributed his literature In vain.
Iowa, where all the trouble is now
on between Cummins and the "regu
lars," is the state where the eggs come
from. Good thing they're gone from
Iowa. That was a throwing conven
tion. The Iowa corn crop had reached a
critical stage, and rain Tuesday night
saved it. Since the Salem rainmaker
migrated to Oregon, Iowa has to de
pend on Providence, which Is reliable.
The bridge draws remained closed
for brief stated periods yesterday; and
Portland's commerce survived the
blow. Are those thirty-two protest
ants going to pull off their boats?
The stampede to the gold fields of
Malheur County is a welcome change
from the oil excitement. In the days
of old. the Malheur region produced
lots of gold.
Bleeding Kansas feels better today.
It has lnsurged, and the ensanguined
field is strewn with victims. But there
is to be an election in November.
Wouldn't it. be funny to see the
"no-seat-no-fare" theory at work cir
cus days, baseball games and Rose
Festival week?
Valley prunes should bring a good
price, for buyers report a short crop.
Tet a good offer should not be re
jected. '
How much easier it would have
been now if Taft hadn't indorsed the
new tariff In his Winona speech.
Senator Cummins refused to men
tion Taft. But others did. Is Iowa
given over to peanut politics?
The master of the Shaver may not
be wiser, but he knows more about a
closed draw.
Major Mclndoe did not retreat. He
sidestepped the Immediate trouble.
GOOD WELL WATER IS FOUND
Flow- Is Encountered 452 Feet
Down at Madras.
At a depth of 42S feet abundant water
has been found at Madras by a private
well-digging concern, according to G. A.
Kyle, chief engineer of the Oregon Trunk
Railway. Mr. Kyle returned yesterday
from a brief Inspection trip over the line,
and came back more deeply impressed
than ever with the possibilities of the
country and the Oregon Trunk line.
Work is being centered, at present, on
the ferry slips at Celilo, UnUl the ferry
is in operation, no nuoiui; ...... .
at track-laying, and Mr. Kyle said he
was anxious to lay steei as mi
rails can be moved Into position. He
phophesied completion of the ferry and
its full operation by September 1.
Two hundred thousand ties are piled
up on the sidings at Celilo and about
four miles or secona grain
latter is for the construction of tempor
ary track. As soon as the ferry is
ready, steel will be rushed down the
North Bank line to the proposed Junc-
rr 1, anil f " U H 1 fl
tlon witn uie urcguu A1
bridge, and then ferried across.
Thirty-eight hundred men are now em
ployed on the work, and both Porter
Bros, and the Henry crews are making
. . ,1 xA-,An wlin have the con-
iasi wiiii
tract as far as Madras, have completed
about 60 miles 01 grading, nu
r. .. .v.. .i . triftv-nnn miles
are to be covered before Madras Is
reached. . ..
Henry has Just started his 41H-mile
- xjj ,,, .t that excellent
contract w xcuu, . -
progress has been made. Mr. Kyle said
better time naa oeen u'UD
Altogether," he said, "I am thorough
ly satisfied with the progress made.
i- nmannrt we shall 'com
plete the work even earlier than we ex
pected.
HILL ROAD NOT RETRENCHING
Great Northern Anxious to Exploit
West, Says Immigration Agent.
"The Great Northern is one of the
transcontinental roads that has not
adopted a retrenchment policy during
the quiet months in exploiting the re
sources of the Pacific Northwest, said
E C Leevey. general Immigration
agent of the Great Northern, with head
quarters.in St. Paul, who was in the
city for a few hours yesterday.
"We are in position to realize the
vast opportunities to be found on
every side, and know that there ar
thousands of people living in the East
ern states who will gladly talie ad
vantage of them when brought out to
this country. We are, therefore, spend
ing a large amount of money for the
purpose of advertising the states of
Oregon and Washington to the best
possible advantage, 'and we have rea
son to believe that the immigration
movement within the coming year will
be the greatest we have yet enjoyed.
While in the city yesterday Mr.
Leevey conferred with F. W. Graham,
industrial agent of the Great Northern
road, in regard to the work of collect
ing specimens for the Oregon exhibi
tion car which will be taken through
the Central States this Fall for adver
tising purposes. Mr. Leevey said that
he was pleased with the progress that
was being made and that he believed
that the Oregon car would be one of
the best ever sent out of the Pacific
Coast country.
"We have secured already many fine
specimens of grains and grasseB," con
tinued Mr. Leevey, "and, of course, the
display of the big Oregon red apple
will be one of the attractive features
of our 'car. The farmers and fruit
growers throughout the state are tak
ing much interest in the matter and
are responding to our requests in
sending in specimens, much to our sat
isfaction. "It will be our purpose to get the
car started on its mission during the
latter part of September so that we
can exhibit It at many of the county
fairs. Later we will take the car to
Chicago and other points where some
of the large land shows will be held.
During the Winter we expect , to reach
as far east as New England with the
territory before Spring, and to have
carried on a campaign of education in
the East that will produce far-reaching
results. When the colonists' rates
become effective next year, you may
look for the largest movement West of
homeseekers within the country's his
tory." SHANNON'S TITLES NUMEROUS
Assistant to President Stevens Is
Kept Busy Signing His Name.
E. P. -Shannon, assistant to President
Stevens, probably has more titles to his
name than any other young railroad man
in Portland. In Oregon Trunk offices it
I is current gossip that Shannon is being
bowed down Dy tne weigni 01 nis uues,
and that his fingers are being cramped by
over-much signing of his name.
Among his titles are the following: As
sistant to the President of the Oregon
Trunk Railway, private secretary to
President Stevens, trustee of the Oregon
Trunk Railway, director of the Oregon
Electric Railway, director of the United
Railways Company, director of the Ruth
Trust Company, director of the Oregon
Trunk Railway, director of the Pacific &
Eastern.
Mr. Shannon has been with Mr. Stevens
for some years and has, indeed, become
his right-hand man.
FRENCH NEARIXG PORTLAND
President of North Bank Road Ex
pected Here Friday.
George B. French, president of the Spo
kane, Portland & Seattle Railway, who
has been superseded by the appointment
of John F. Stevens president of the Ore
gon Trunk Railway, is expected in Port
land by Frlday-
Just what we expected," was the
chorus of comment In railroad row yes
terday regarding Mr. Stevens' appoint
ment. A special meeting of the Board of Di
rectors of the North Bank is expected to
be called in the next few days to confirm
Mr. Stevens' appointment, which was
made by James J. Hill. .
Western Pacific Makes Fast Time.
August 2S is named as the date the
Western Pacific will be opened. Large
numbers of passenger cars are now en
route westward. Recently the Western
Pacific took Its first long fruit train
from Sacramento to Salt Lake, beating
all . previous records for the distance.
Denver was reached nine hours ahead of
"sked." It is understood that Harry
Adams, freight traffic manager of the
road, who recently resigned as general
freltrht and passenger agent of the North
' Bank, la much elated at the showing. .
James T. Hood, Veteran, Dies.
THE DALLES, Or., Aug. 1. (Special.)
The death of James T. Hood, for 25
years a resident of this city, occurred
at his home Sunday. He was born in
Indiana In 1845. and at the age of 16,
when the Civil War broke out, enlisted
as a private in Company I, Forty-third
Indiana Volunteers, receiving an
honorable discharge at Indianapolis,
June 14, 1865. 'During his war service
he was taken prisoner at Tyler, Tex.,
and was in prison for 10 months, never
recovering from its effects. He had
been nearly blind for the past 30 years
and an Invalid for 18. The local G. A.
R. took charge of the funeral services
held Monday, and burial was in the
G. A- R. cemetery.. .
NOTE IS STILL UNSETTLED
Asa Thomson Denies He Has Se
questered His Property.
Asa Thompson, ex-receiver of the
La Grande Land Office, against whom
Walter Niedner, receiver of the Farm
ers lc Traders National Bank, of La
Grande, which failed, obtained judg
ment for $9621.86 on a note given the
bank when J. W. Scrlber was at Its
head, has no property subject to exe
cution to satisfy the Judgment, accord
ing to his testimony before Judgre
Wolverton, of the Federal Court, yester
day. Thompson was cited to appear
and disclose his property holdings. If
he had any, and show cause why the
judgment should not be paid.
The Thompson note is said to have
been the starting point of Scrlber in
his defalcations. Thompson was In a
real estate deal and borrowed money
from the bank. Fearing an investiga
tion of his office Thompson persuaded
Guy McCullock, assistant cashier of the
bank, to surrender the note In Scri
ber's absence. When Scriber returned
and demanded the note Thompson re
fused to return It. The bank was then
about to undergo an examination by
National Bank Examiners and Scriber
forged the name of Thompson to a
duplicate note to make accounts ap
pear square. It is said that Scriber
found by this act how easily fergerles
could be accomplished and subsequent
ly forged other notes until the bank
failed.
Receiver Niedner brought suit against
Thompson for possession of the note
and its payment, and obtained judg
ment for $9821.86, which included ac
crued interest. Thompson refused to
pay on the ground that he had no
property. Affidavits were then fur
nished the court, to the effect that
Thompson had property subject to exe
cution. These affirmations Thompson
denied yesterday. He said he had no
property subject to execution. Allen
Thompson, his brother, Mr. Stanfleld,
his brother-in-law, and W. J. Furnish,
with whom Thompson had business
dealings, testified as to various trans
actions tending to show that Thomp
son has no property subject to execu
tion, but not so stating.
The hearing was continued until Sep
tember 5 to allow the receiver to pro
duce evidence that Thompson is se
questering his property or has prop
erty subject to execution.
RULING DEPENDS ON COMMA
Contest Over Will Rests on Decision
as to Punctuation.
Whether or nota comma should have
be.n Inserted in the will of Frank J.
Dolezal is the question upon which
hangs the right of Frances wasser
man. his siBter. to the personal prop
erty of his estate, valued at about $3400.
The will left the property to a son,
Edward B. Dolezal, providing that if
he should die before reaching the age
of 21 the real estate was to go to
Frances Wasserman, a sister.
Whether or not she was also to re
ceive the personal property Is a ques
tion which hangs on this phrase
"In that event" (that of the son dying
before reaching 21 years of age) "I
give, devise and bequeath all my real
property estate, wherever situated to
my sister.
Ii is the contention of the attorneys
for Mrs. Wasserman that a comma or
the conjunction "and" should have been
inserted between the words "property
and "estate," but that it was inadvert
ently left out. The son died at Phoe
nex, Ariz., when but 19 years old. In
their answer the heirs say they are not
certain the Frances Wasserman, who
now claims a right to the real estate.
Is the sister of the deceased, and they
therefore deny that she is.
DEPUTY MARSHALS NAMED
L. G. Carpenter and N. S. Hamlin
New Men; Two Reappointed.
United States Marshal Colwell yester
day announced the appointments of
W. S. MacSwain, Leonard Becker, L. G.
Carpenter and N. S. Hamlin, as deputy
marshals. MacSwain and ecKer are re-
appointees, while Carpenter and Hamlin
succeed W. B. Griffith and C. R. Nichol
son, who have been connected with the
Marshal's office several years.
Camonter has been a detective in the
Portland police department for several
years and is well known, .riamlin is an
exDress messenger employed by the
Wells-Fargo Express Company, has
lived in Portland about 20 years, and
is also well known. The new deputies
will take office at once.
Woman Wants Alimony.
Ellen Hughes, answering the divorce
complaint of Walter Hugnes, says she
Is without funds to defend herself
against her husband's charges, and
that she wishes the court to order her
husband to pay her $100 attorney's
fees. $25 suit money, and I20O0 perma
nent alimony. She says his property is
worth $4000. She married him In
March, 1885.
Louis E. Gibson brought a divorce
suit in the Circuit Court yesterday
against Elenora M. Gibson, charging
her with having nagged, scolded and
abused him. She even threatened to
kill him, he declares. They were mar
ried at Birmingham; Ala, January 31,
1907.
Brothers Sue Own Kin.
Alleging that James Colfer, their
brother, and administrator ol tne estate
of Alice Costello, is conniving with one
Mrs. Lacy to make away with the es
tate, John Colfer and Michael Colfer
filed suit in the Circuit uourt yester
day asking that he be removed. The
estate, they say, is worth $2200, con
sisting of Portland real estate, and
Mrs. Lacy makes a claim of $1800, say
ing she earned this amount by caring
for the deceased during her last Ill
ness. The brothers demand that the
administrator render an accounting of
the property now in his hands. Michael
Colfer Is from Hudson, Colo., and John
Colfer from Acheson, Kan.
Doctor Sues for Fees.
Dr. J. D. Fenton brought suit late
yesterday afternoon against F. W. and
Bertha Carey to recover $372 alleged to
be owing In fees. Dr. Fenton says he
treated Bertha Carey between June 11,
1903, and August 1. this year, and that
the fees have so far not been paid.
The complaint was filed in the Circuit
Court.
Boat Makes Quick Trip.
' NEWPORT. Or., Aug. S. (Special.)
The Wllhelmlna (Captain Tyler) made
a record-breaking round trip from
Portland, having left Newport and gone
to Portland, where she took on over
100 tons of mixed freight, and re
turned again in 72 hours. If the pres
ent rush of business continues, the new
boat talked of by Captain Tyler will
have to be put on the run to relieve
the Wllhelmlna
Falling Timber Kills Laborer.
SHANIKO, Or., Aug. 3. (Special.) Ellis
Atwood, a laborer employed by the Pa
cific Coast Construction Company, was
killed by a falling timber at 6 o'clock
Monday evening. He was working with
a track gang near a tunnel when the ac
cident occurred. Death resulted within
five minutes. The body was taken to
Grass Valley for burial.
LIFE'S SUNNY SIDE
A well-to-do housekeeper In need of
the services of a olumber telephoned to
a nearby establishment for a competent
man. Answering the door bell she found
a typical Irishman.
'Good mornin , ma am, said he.
'Good morning. Are you the plumber?"
"Ol am."
Now," she said. "I want you to be
very careful in your work, as the floors
are all highly polished."
'Sure now, he answered, with a
deprecatory smile, "don't worry about
me, ma am. I won t sup. 1 ve got nans
in me shoes." National Monthly.
m a a
A vounar mother just returned from
India had engaged a new nurse for her
baby. The nurse came to her and saia.
"I don't know what's the matter,
madam, but the little one cries and
cries. I can do nothing to quiet it."
The mother thought a moment, men.
brightening up, she said:
"I remember now. Baby's last nurse
was a black one. You will find the
stove polish on the third shelf of tne
kitchen closet." Tit-Bits.
a
The srirl was a dainty thins: in pink.
evidently a stranger in Boston: the fel
low had Harvard written all over mm.
They were standing In the delivery room
of the public library, and he was ex
plaining to her the decorations by Ed
win Abbey, which Illustrate the legend
of the Holy Grail. As he talked he
glanced occasionally at his fair listener
and seemed pleased to find her appar
ently lost in rapture. Finally, when his
stock -of knowledge was exhausted, he
exclaimed:
"Why, I never before knew that you
were so Interested in art."
For a moment longer she continued to
gaze at the painting, then with a
tremulous little sigh she turned to him
with:
"I have been wondering how many
pieces it would make if cut up into one
of those picture puzzles." Harper s
Magazine.
a a a
m,.- 11111. VitHnn flVPmlA bOV WIS
piously Inclined theoretically at least.
. . - i i mb-lno
One day, wnen ne nau ut '"""'
soap bubbles with the aid of a cake of
sufficiently advertised soap, he wiped
his hands and approached his mother.
"Tell me. muvver," he said in his lisp
ing way, "thumfing about heaven. I
love thotorieth about that plathe."
"Well, son, did you take the soap
out of the water and put It back where
it belongs?"
"Yeth, muvver, I put the thoap away.
"All right, son. Well, heaven Is a
beautiful place where there can be no
unhappiness of any kind. They have
beautiful streets of gold, and beautiful
gardens and flowers and trees and
birds. And they have only good people
there. There can nobody enter heaven
that ever told a lie."
"Jutht wait a minute, muvver, dear.
I gueth I'd better go and thee about
that thoap." Baltimore Sun.
a a a
Richard, aged five, was being inter
viewed in regard to his school work.
"And where do you go to Sunday
school?" was next asked.
"To the Episcopal," he replied.
"What have you learned there?' n
"Honor thy father and thy mother,
he said. "And. do you know, I went
down to the Methodist Church the other
day and they were teaching the same
thing there!" Llpplncotfs.
FEAR OF CORPORATE INFMJENCB
Why Clackamas Wants County Divi
. slon to Be Voted On.
MILWAUKIE, Or., Aug. 2. (Tothe
Editor.) Quoting from the ar.Vcl
"People Rule and New Counties
printed in The Oregonian. there is much
humor in "every one of the county
measures should be voted down, and
the troubles of the county-makers
taken to the Legislature, where they
beLetSus suppose that the proposed
Multnomah-Clackamas County bound
ary change should be presented tothe
Leglslature for consideration. hat
pressure and inducements might not
the Portland Railway Light & Power
Company hold out to the members not
to go Into the merits of the meas
ure? It would use every means to
defeat the proposition just as It has
made use of every trick, of the law
to evade and nullify the orders of the
Railroad Commission and the decisions
of the courts, and stop discriminating
against us. The opposition of the
street railway company towards the
measure is a matter of common talk,
and it may be powerful enough to beat
the change. However, should we be
so fortunate as to become annexed to
Multnomah County in November our
fight for lower fares and just treat
ment will soon be won. So kindly
don't put any obstacles In our way.
HERMAN LOEDING,
Secretary Citizens Committee..
The .objection of The Oregonian to
the county-division and . county-annexation
schemes is not based on their
lack of merit, but on the method by
which it is proposed they shall be
adopted. It is impossible for the voters
of the state at large to determine
those local questions; it is an imposi
tion on them to be required to act.
There could be no objection, prob
ably, to a plan by which the voters
of the territory affected by a county
division scheme should vote upon and
decide It. Such a vote -would be taken
understanding. At present, however,
there Is no intelligent way to get at
this county-division business except
through the Legislature. It belongs
there and ought to be decided there.
Legalities. -
Life.
A legislator is the only man who can
tell whether or not a law ought to be
passed.
An executive is the only man who
'can tell whether or not it ought to be
enforced.
A Judge is the only man who can tell
whether or not It has been violated.
A lawyer is the only man who can
tell how it may be violated with im
punity. A layman is one who cannot possibly
know anything about a law without
seeing a lawyer.
A criminal is one who would rather
take chances than see a lawyer.
Boycott That Wont Hurt.
St. Paul Pioneer Press.
A Nicaragua paper suggests that all
Latin - American countries should quit
trading with the United States. As we
buy about twice as much from them as
we sell them it is easy to see who would
suffer by the proposed trade boycott.
Jumt Like the Old Farmhouse.
St. Paul Pioneer Press.
Senator Aldrich is to erect a $300,000
house, three stories high and 300 feet
long, and "it will be of the old-fashioned
country-home type." Doesn't that
make you think of the simple life and
the good old days back on the farm?
Cheaper Than Dreadnoughts.
Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph.
A power which, like Nicaragua, can
buy a converted yacht and call it a
navy must at least be credited wtih a
vivid Imagination.
Democratic Jealousy.
New York Press.
What specially Irritates the Demo
crats about the Oyster Bay conference:
is that they haven't a Roosevelt, too.