THE . MORXIXG . OREGOXIAX. WEDNESDAY, ATTGT7ST 31, 1910. 8 imtmt POBTXAXD. OBXGO. ntra Portland, Oragoa. PostoSlca aa lleui-CUM Matter. - MxrlfUM Kate Imrtafcly Advnnen. BT VAIL). tml. f-jtieay IncitxJad. om yaar. X-ai:y. ajn-lsr Includ-d. alx monthly. . . ; -? Iaiiy. ejnr Included, thra tnnrrtne.. Tml:r. Snndar Included, oh tnonla.--- -V? li:r. without Sunday, om ya'-. S"ii Il.y. without Sunday, month .... Tai.y. without Sunday, thraa month-.. - j? yally. without Sunday. montn.... -j" Wkly. ana ar i So Kuidir. ene yaar f " Cuadsjr ul waakly. Tr (By Carr.r). rmJy. HntT tnrloM. mi yaar.. I'j:t. Sunday, tocladad. month too .It Rw to Reanlt 6 PnatofXlea wonT erdsr. axprasa ordr or prnl '"T..; or lotal bank, Utempa. coin '""1 rt at tha Sander's r.sic Glra FnstofTf-a addraas In roil. Including county and atata. Fasts Kataw 10 to 14 psea. 1 rant : 1 to 3s piaaa. a raata: IS to 40 ta. 40 to pacaa, 4 aanta, foraisa voatas coabl rat. iMtffl RalMI Offlrw Tha 8. C. with Sp-clal Ainry X Tors, rooma 4 M Tnhon bui;dm. Chicago, room Sl 611 Trlbuna building-. PORTIASD. WEDJfESDAT. At O. SI. 1010. COXSEBVATIOX TTsTANST. Colonel Roosevelt greatly misjudges he temper of 'Western citizens In ht Vpeeche s on conservation. For a man who professes to be In sympathy with Western efforts of upbuilding, the T'olonel has startlod residents of this Trt of the Nation by allying himself with the moat radical Plnchot-Gar-Tield doctrine. Ho does this obviously In response to the general Eastern demand for "nationalization" of West ern resources. This doctrine Is the controlling; one In the United StAtes, Just at present. Western States are too weak In political strength to re- cist it successfully. But It oug-ht to reveal iL-elf to the astute mind of Colonel Roosevelt that Western people oppose Plnchofs non resident control of their resources. Governors of seven Western states recently met In Salt Lake city to pro test. They agreed among themselves to send delegates to the National Con servation Congress In St. Paul, who should voice the Western opposition to extreme conservation. Colonel Roosevelt makes the sur prising assertions the Western States re unfit to control their water pow r: that In their governments "spe cial Interests' and private greed are entrenched: that Western resources should be exploited so as to pay trib ute to the general Government at expense, of course, of the people using them locally; that coal mines should be leased and "should pay back a part cf the profit to the people, obviously meaning that ultimate consumers 'of the West should pay tolls In the Na tional capital for enjoyment of re sources (unlike the people of the older states, who are free of this tax): that conservation "does not mean non-use nor non-development." In spite of actual experience In the West and In Alaska to the contrary: that lumber men and tlmbermen are praiseworthy friends of Piurhot conservation, al though It has ben pointed out again nd again that these owners of land swid timber are benefited immensely by high values of their holdings, con sequent upon the Government's vast withdrawals of land and timber that would compete with theirs: that In dividual endeavor In F.antern States has created abuse which would be re peated In the West, despite the fact that each of the older states has waxed great and strong, and despite the cer tainty that the evils of the system In the new states would be largely pre vented through the lessons of the tMder ones. . r'lne-spun theory will not nrgue "Western people out of their experience with extreme conservation. Is the Government to go Into the coal min ing and the railroad business? That is where Plnchot conservation leads. Owners of capital will not "lease" coal lands to vindicate a theory nor build long railroads to coal fields. That is why Alaska lit stagnant and the City of Seattle Is so hotly Indignant. U Is fe to predict that Government mined coal will cost the people more than monopoly product: that Is uni versal experience In other Government projects. The National Government lays hold of ater-poer streams, al though the laws ordain that such waters shall be owned and controlled by the people within the states. The Colonel asserts the states can not be trusted to manage the re sources upon which their people, must dapend for life and comfort. But It Is notorious that Congress la a worse hotbed of "special interest" than the Legislatures of the states. All the evils of -the public domain, against which Roosevelt lifts his voice, axe due to stupidity or negligence of Con press. i New states desire the opportunities for growth that each of the older slates has enjoyed. They know how to apply the lessons that older ones have learned. They are already ap plying them. Water power In Oregon is so "conserved" by state laws on account of the Plnchot craze that there are no new water projects. But this will rectify itself. The states are in right agenclea of conservation. Tny are' competent and they know bent the conditions and the needs of their people. MOTTLE rROBLCH TS rCONOMT. Every householder knows the waste fhat follows the purchase of supplies or family consumption In small quan tities. The chief purchasing agent of very corporation Is well aware of the ume fact. Householders do not al ways act upon this knowledge but go u year after year making small pur chases sugar by the dollar's worth, ham bv the slice, bacon by the pound, flour by the sack. etc.. thus adding a rhlrd to the cost of their family living expenses. Private corporations make no such 'mistake: they buy In large Suantltles and save the expense of requent handling, of many weighings and wrappings and deliveries. But when It comes to a public corporation Uke the state the wastage and leakage goes on through avenue made by self seeking buyers and sellers and the helpless taxpayers pay the bills. Acting Governor Bowerman calls at tamlnn to this fact and supplements thereto figures which make Interesting reading to voters and especially to tax payers at this Juncture. Starting with the plain unassailable statement that for economy's sake staple supplies for ttie several state Institutions should be bought together aa for single fjrm or corporation, he shows that failure or neglect to do this costs the taxpayers many thousands of dollars annually In excess of what such pur chases would cost If made on a busi er basis. L e.. all together. ttn'der the system that prevails each fasti tudtm purchases Its mrn supplies at whatever price Is Quoted to its pur chasing agent by the seller. Under this system, ' for example, the state Insane asylum, the heaviest buyer, has paid 17.87 per hundred for meat dur ing the past . six months,, while the blind school paid 112 .per .hundred pounds for the same period.. This. Is but one of many samples of the waste In this system of purchasing supplies. The waste. according to the estimates given aggregates not less than $50,000 a year. There is absolutely no reason why this should not be corrected. It Is an economic problem to which the voters of the state may well address themselves with a view to Its solution on a plain, simple business basis. HOW CAS THEY BE PLEASED? There is a Democratic paper in Southern Oregon which has under taken a campaign against Representa tive Hawley on the. ground mainly that he has been a supporter of Speaker Cannon and that he now de serts him. .To most persons the basis of such criticisms Is nothing short of Idiotic and It Is difficult to believe that they are seriously made. Yet so it would seem If the following from Hawleys most ardent assailant Is not to be Interpreted as a clumsy attempt at a Joke: If speaker rannon waa worthy of support Sarin in tswnt session of Consr. h all th more oeTvln of It now. If Csn nonlam waa riant then. It is right now. Who. worthy of the nam of man. dert a champion nor t!r? What kind of a n!d!r la It that follnwa hi captain Into battle, ahoutlns hla pralae. to cowardly w ttrt whn th battle rasoa tlerceat? Mr. Hawley opponent are obvi ously In pitiful need of something to say. Would It please them, and would they agree to support him. If he should announce his purpose to sup port Cannon for Speaker? A KXM.UtKABLE PACHYDERM. From more or less reliable private advices further Information has been gleaned about the Dayton pig which was seen In an apple tree shaking down the fruit the other day. It seems that this extraordinary member of the family of pachyderms performs its scansorial feats with the help of Its tail which Is long and curly. It wraps Its tail round the trunk of the apple tree and pulls Itself up, say six inches. Then 'it seizes hold with Its teeth and thus maintains lis perilous position until another hold can be gained by the tail. Thus It proceeds J upward until the lower limbs have been gained when, of course, there is no further serious difficulty In tho way of reaching the topmost boughs. where It Is accustomed to perch while It devours the Juicy apples. The fact that this pig Is sorrel may In part ac count for its unusual acumen, though all pirs are Intelligent. Not only is the swine the most observant and re flective animal upon the farm, but it Is also the moat Ingenious. It can contrive and execute plans which far surpass the ability of the overpraised dog. wl.lle It never makes a simpleton of Itself by rushing around and mak Ing a senseless disturbance. The pig Is particularly lovable for Its quiet during the night. In those stilly hours when the dog devotes him self to yelping at the top of his capac ity the sage swine Ilea softly wrapped In slumber, dreaming of next day's swill. As a philosopher the pig must be classed with the disciples of Epi curus, so much lauded by Anatole France and other advanced moderns. He obe to the letter Horace's fa mous Injunction. "Carpe Dient." which Emerson so beautifully paraphrased in one of bis poems. The same motto has been adopted by the business world under the guise of "Do It now," which may be observed by the student In the most sumptuous offices of the city. Naturally the pig would trans late Horace's phrase by "Eat It now." but it comes to the same thing In the end, since doing leads cither to eat ing or nothing at all. Nothing can exceed the repose of the pig. His aplomb and poise are a shining example to our nervous so ciety women whose muscles are ever on the Jump. Were Solomon to de liver a message, to the modern hu man being It would run something in this style.- "Go to the pig. thou nerv ous wreck, consider his ways and be calm." JAPASEKE OYr KOR THE SOUTH POi.K. On August 1 the Japanese expedl-. tion for the South Pole, under the command of Lieutenant Bhlraso. sailed from Tokio Bay. In the slender num bers of the adventurers, the modesty of their preparations, the size of their little schooner and the limited cost in money for their entire outfit, rather strong contrast is found with the expeditions of Peary, and -Scott, and Shackleton. The ship Is a schooner of 100 tons: a naval officer. Captain Nomura, Is to navigate her: the per sonnel consists of ten men. mostly scientists, and a crew .of. fifteen sailors. They take' ten Siberian ponies, found so useful' by Lieutenant Shack leton. A ToklO paper announces that they expect to reach Australia on Septem ber 30; and to arrive at their landing on MacMurdo Bay, on the western coast of Ross Sea, on October 13. Lieutenant Shlrase has arranged to start with four men and five horses on his dash for the South Pole on November 20. The rest of the party re to follow him and establish depots for use on his return Journey. The leader has set January 23. 1911. for arrival at the Pole. February 1, to begin hla return, and he says he ex pects to reach Toklo by July, 1911. The audacity of the dates set. and the seeming certainty of return from the desperate Journey In such short order, rather take away the breath of the readers of Journals of older ex peditions, and especially of the thrill ing narrative of Shackleton. along the same route, apparently, which Shlrase Intends to follow. 'But his sublime confidence appears In his parting article In a Toklo magsztne. He gives three reasons for his high hopes: First That Japan 1s much nearer to the South Pole than European or North American nations: Second That estern explorers have complicated needs and. luxurious modes of living, but the Japanese, be ing accustomed to simple life, can ar rive at comparatively small cost, and Last but not least The Japanese possess greater rortituae man tne Westerners, and can endure the se verities of polsr climate "without re lying on complicated mechanical de vices which prove Ineffective. In many instances." So the challenge Is Issued. In this field It seems to be well proven that It Is on the human qualities of the bold and trained explorer far more than on the cost of the equip ment, and on the care and forethought with which means have been adapted to ends that success has rested. Shackleton and his party were delayed by the hardship of the mountain j climb which was added to the horrors of the Antarctic climate, and were forced to return, short of the Pole, or die. Peary was specially fsvored by weather that permitted him to pass limits of former attempts, urged with no less courage. Both had past ex periences of the regions through which they had to force their way. The Japanese explorer will take his own and his comrades lives in his nana we all know, and succeed or die. Ac cording to the story, enthusiastic shouts of thousands of his country men followed him as he sailed away, Fortune is a fickle mistress, and be stows unlooked-for gifts. It is possi ble that the little schooner may in July. 1911. drop anchor once again in her home port. SEIXAN'Q SHORT. The gamblers who sold cotton "short" several months ago have been taught another severe lesson, having been obliged to settle their short sales at the highest figure that cotton has reached since the Civil War. These short-sellers are entitled to scanty sympathy, for they sold short for the purpose of depressing the market to a point not warranted by the available supplies. This little coup will have but slight effect on legitimate trade In cotton, as the excessive price ar fects only the sales made for August delivery, and for cotton to be deliv ered tomorrow, the price Is about cents per pound less than the figure at which the gamblers will be obliged to settle. This "corner" In cotton like many of its predecessors discloses the ex treme difficulty in securing legislation that will shut out the gamblers and still leave it possible for legitimate dealers and manufacturers to contract for future delivery and acceptance Every legitimate exchange in tho coun. trv has endeavored to prevent this gambling with its attendant corners but thus far no plan has been devised that would eliminate the evil without seriously interfering with the legiti mate trade. THE PKTDOCK IAXiS. When the Portland drydock be gan operations a few. years ago It was kept fairly busy with vessels which had formerly docked at San Fran cisco and Puget Sound for repairs. This buslnees never returned hand some dividends, but It wa more than sufficient to prevent loss of $32,000 per year, which it Is now said must be chnrged up against the drydock. With an enormous Increase in the number of vessels entering the river, It Is difficult to understand why the Port of Portland dock- Is doing less business than It was handling soon after Its construction. Perhaps some thing Is wrong with the management of the dock. It was never Intended for a money-making Institution. It was built to protect the shipping in terests of the port. If the rates are so high that the shipping is driven to other ports, a reduction sufficient to attract vessels should he made. Half a loaf Is better than no bread and perhaps this J32. 000 deficit could be reduced If rates were Cut to a point where other ports could not underbid. But. eliminating from the question the profit or loss of the dock.' the fact remains that t should not be permit ted to pess out of the control of the Port of Portland. That organization lias spent nearly 32,000.000 In Improv ing the river. This money was ex pended to Improve the facilities and attract shipping to tne port, sso Di rect returns have been received on the investment, but the indirect re turns have been overwhelmingly great and eminently satisfactory. The dry dock was built tor the same reason that the deeper channels, were built, simply to attract shipping. The bene fits resulting from Its construction, and the benefits which are to follow. am enuallv as satisfactory as those which have followed the investment in deeper channels. Compared with what the Port of Portland is spending in other directions, the cost of the drydock Is not excessive, and as yet there has been no great demand from the taxpayers that a change be made in the policy regarding it. If the dock were leased to a pri vate concern. It would of course be optional with the persons leasing, whether they operated the dock or permitted It to. remain Idle. If the latter course were decided on, any control over rates wheih might be retained by the Port of Portland would be negligible. Nearly all of that $32,000 which is counted as loss on the drydock is for fixed charges and depreciation. Perhaps a 60 per cent cut which would attract suffi cient shipping to keep the dock busy the year round might Improve the showing. Even should It fall to do so. It is inadvisable that there should be any change in the policy of control of the dock: ' WTTKKE THT5 RESPOXSlBrlJTr RESTS. Senator Carter, of Montana, declines to accept the responsibility for the forest fire! which according" to Mr. Plnchot were due to the" opposition of Senators Carter, Heyburn and Mondell to appropriations for forest protection. Senator Carter declares that 90 per cent of the $20,000,000 appropriated for forest protection since 1896 -has been absorbed In the exploitation of Mr. Plnchot and his campaign for the Presidency. The Montana Senator ex plains In the following language why much of this forest-fire damage waa caused : t'nder th Plnchot policy th aetuera vert mthll driven from their homes In th foreat reglona: th mining prospector -wr proaeuted and persecuted..' until exploration tor hidden -mine became burdeneom. Tn ttler. prospectors and miner eon rtltated a aplendld tire flfthtind fore within th forta. Their expulsion Involved start line acta of Injustice and tyranny and their absence from the -forest In th day of need left th" unsuardad -timber an easy prev to the flames. Thl Is the Western view of the sit uation, because the w est. here on the ground, can view matters '."with an Impartiality and . acumen that-Is Im possible In the East where the settlers have long ago subjugated the forests and thus made fires almost an Im possibility. The Xew York Times, which has been very fair In Its pre sentation of the Plnchot forest-pres ervation policy, in commenting on the destruction of timber by the Western forest fires mentions with pride that "The states of Massachusetts and New Tork have taken the lead In establish ing effective measures to protect the forests from fire." It would be no nearer to' accuracy or fairness to compare me ioresi protection policy of New Tork and Massachusetts with that ' of Oregon and Washington or a number of other Western states, than it would be to compare the merits of Alaska and Florida as orange-growing districts. New Englanders and New Yorkers transformed the forests Into farms and homes. The combined forest area of New York and Massachusetts Is much smaller than the total acre age locked up in any one of half a dozen forest reserves in the West. The settlers and home-builders in the East were encouraged to enter the timber and build homes, and there was thus provided an army of fire fighters who' were always on the Job. The Plnchot policy has driven intend ing settlers away, and it would cost unnumbered millions to replace them with salaried rangers of the Pinchot school. ixFAjrrriJC parAi.tsis. It Is ho wonder that parents of young children should take alarm when they hear of this most danger ous and - distressing malady drawing near their little ones. There are sev eral suggestions to be made. The first Is that the cases so far reported to the State Board of Health number in all only thirty-two, and of these hut six have proved fatal. It Is In effect a rare disease. While little seems to be known of Its cause. It Is reasonably sure that it Is of bacterial origin. Much study Is in progress, and, as in the case of other diseases of like na ture, it is to be expected that a serum, either prophylactic or curative, will be discovered. An idea has taken hold that infan tile paralysis is either fatal or sure to leave deformity behind It. Neither suggestion Is true. The doctors tell us that only 20 per cent are fatal cases, and half at least of the re mainder recover- without deformity. A consolation is that in these last dis tressing cases the deformity may be so slight as to be hardly noticed, and that the reasonable means of cure, by massage, -electricity and exercise, may be followed with the result of steady if slow improvement for many years. That, at any rate, was the dic tum of the most celebrated London physician some years ago, "Never leave off treatment; keep at it all the time." Having restored peace in Corea by much the same methods as were em ployed when the lamb and the Hon lay down together with nothlhg to in terfere but possible indigestion on the part of the Hon, Japan is now casting about for another meal. Manchuria, or some other slice of North China, will probably be the next morsel to tempt the Nippon appetite for terri tory. According to Victoria advices. China Is already paving the way. vice roy Hsu. of Manchuria, has ordered the Japanese to leave several towns not ODen to foreigners, and as the or der affects 800 Japanese, some or whom have been there for many years, much resentment is felt. When there Is a big prize at stake, only a small excuse is needed by the Japanese to stir up trouble and give them an opportunity to annex something. The Russian-Japanese war, so far aa bene fiting Japan iwas concerned, was something like one of those surgical operations which are successful but are followed by the death of the pa tient. It left a little vitality In the Japanese carcass, but It will take many meals of the sire of Corea to make up for the territory which es caped the Nippon grasp when peace was declared between Russia and Japan. A Curry County miner has un earthed a quartz vein which runs $2000 per ton in gold and appears to be quite extensive. Mining has been carried on in Curry County for many years, and some very go)d prospects have been developed. The scene of operations Is, however, a little too close to civilization to attract atten tion.- The discovery of a vein of $2000 ore In the wilds of Alaska would be the signal for a stampede of thou sands of miners from all parts of the world. Under the skillful care of the transportation companies, the story would grow and expand with every mile it traveled towards the haunts of men. It Curry County desires to get on even terms with the Idltarod or some of the 6imllar Alaskan bub bles, it will be necessary to dig up a million dollars' worth of ore ana soend It In exploitation. This might attract a crowd, as curry county is somewhat difficult to reach. Tho snirnlns Tnrilan lands on the Klamath reservation will be sold un- ler permission of the Government by the Indians themselves under such safeguards as will insure them from being defrauded or Imposed Upon by xnnsfipnrelexM srjeculators. Whatever the precaution taken, however, the money for these noioings win not re main lnni with the Indians. They are children In finance, for the most part lacking In acquisitiveness and with a taste for the gaudy in attire that makes It Impossible for them to re sist the blandishment of the trader. kdd to this the appetite ror 'flwntr".anil -the case setting forth the probability that the money for these lands will do the Indians Uttle permanent good Is complete. The squawman, tne speculator wiu mo trader are those who prollt in the end from the allotment and sale of Indian lands. it th risk of belnsr taken to task by the publicity man of the faith, it may be said tne caurornian, wno gave his horse Christian Science treatment srulltv of cruelty. The mind is or little avail In a case of colic. Burglars haven't much common sense. They continue to nurgie tne. homes of Portland preachers late in August. If. they are looking for money, they Ought to work In June, when bridegrooms feel generous. Dr. Lyman Abbott must be a good mi n to work for. How many editors you suppose would give a rub-edl- do tor four weeks vacation arter tne reg- ular season closed? Real estate values In Chlcagd In creased $50,000,000 during the year. Any enterprising Assessor can make a whole community richer. There !s hope that We may hav few warm days next month to com pensate for the coolest August on rec ord. It is a distinct concession for the Kaiser to admit that God cares also for the plain people. Dr. Crip pen Is said to be In a state of nervous collapse. The hangman will make it physical. General Coxey cannot keep off the grass. He has again Deen arrested ror trespass. Insurgencitla has broken out In Kansas once more. Today the straw hat sees Its finish. TWO DIVORCES ARE WANTED Husband Got First, Now Wife Asks Another. Although Minnie iM. York is suing R. P. York in the local Circuit Court for a divorce, he alleges he has already se cured a divorce from her In the Clatsop County Circuit Court, Judge Eakin grant ing the decree. York gives as a cause for his divorce that his wife did not properly conduct henself toward Louis Zyderdine of Nehalem. He alleges she told him she was going to BellvUle, Ontario, Canada, to visit relatives, and that in stead she went to Goldendale, Wash., to live with Zyderdine. It was on June 1, 1S0S, alleges York, that his wife deserted him. He saye he reached a property agreement with her by which they agreed she should have $1000 from the sale of Nehalem property and the furniture. York wants the pres ent divorce suit quashed. Elizabeth Schliger secured a divorce yesterday afternoon from John Schliger, a blacksmith. He was drunk on an aver age of three times a week, she said. She married him at Chehalls. Wash., In June, ISO!. His stepmother, Mrs. liliza Schinne man, declared he drank from the time he was 16 years old. Judge Cleland heard the Case yesterday, although It was regularly set for next Friday. The reason for advancing the hearing was that Mrs. Schliger desires to leave for the hopflelds. II t.- I ..-.-lr T,n with M A. rt. J i. jaijn. ...... Mczyk, her husband, has beett conduct ing a tailor shop, at 135 ttusseu streeu secured from Presiding Judge Cleland . . n i,n1n, mtrrnlnlnr her husband from molesting her. Bhe re cently brought a divorce suit against him. day sentence at the Llnnton quarry. In her affidavit, Mrs. Mezyk alleged she heard ner nusoana nau inreaieneu, mnw V. i . . 1 ... n (n Ir 111 hfT- P t. (1 HO uegau bci " " " . . ... u.u their three children as soon as he is released. She is afraid he will carry his threat Into effect, or that he will sell her 6tock of cloth and other tailor's goods. Judge CleJand's order restrains him from selling It. In her complaint, Mrs. JaezyK anegea her husband' attempted her life with an aA a Mvrllvol- n TlH that he tlUS thrown knives at her. He must appear August 2b ana snuw etiusv wn not pay her $200 attorney s lees ana iw a month lew the support of her and the children. CONVICT FACES OLD CHARGE Sellwood Robber Now to Be Tried for Grcsham Bank Affair. Frank Wayne, recently released from McNeill's Island after having served 3 years for robbing the Sellwood Postof- i , 1 AntnW 91 nn a rhnrrA lft W LI1CU V.-HJL.'-, w. - n of assisting to roh the Bank of Gresham. This date was fixed by Presiding Circuit Judge Cleland yesterday morning. The two robberies took place in Janu ary. 1907. as did also the murder or sui cide of Dr. Philip E. Johnson, whose body was found maimed and bleeding below the Ford street bridge on Portland Heights. Wayne, Frank Kelly and Charles Anderson were arrested Soon afterward, Kelly pleading guilty to the Gresham bank robbery, and Wayne to the Sellwood postoffice robbery. Wayne took the witness stand In Anderson's be half, but Anderson was convicted and sentenced to McNeill's Island, where he contracted tuberculosis and was trans ferred to Atlanta, Ga. Wayne's sentence. Imposed on five counts by Federal Judge Wolverton. was for a total of nine years. After he had served three years. Attor ney R. L. Blewett of Seattle, who is now associated with John F. Logan as Wayne's attorney, sued out a writ of habeas corpus before the United States District Court for Western Washington, the writ being affirmed in the United States Circuit Court of Appeals of San Francisco. The ground for the writ was that Wayne served all five sentences Jointly. Upon his release. Wayne was rear rested, and brought back to Portland hy one of Sheriff Stevens' deputies, to ans wer to the charge of robbing the Gresham bank. He denies that he is guilty of this offense. It Is Intimated that the real purpose of the officers in rearresting Wayne was to secure his confession to the murder of Johnson, a confession, it Is reported, having been made by Ander son, now at Atlanta. Wayne denies any knowledge of who killed Dr. Johnson. $500 IS PAID FOU GREAT TOE Street Railway Confesses Judgment in Suit. Brought by Boy. The Portland Railway Light Power Company will pay Joseph Padden, a boy whose great toe was cut off in a street car accident March 34, $500. The company, through its attorney, confessed Judgment f in the Circuit Court yesterday. The lad was riding on southbound car No. 197. on Union avenue. The car was nwrrrnwrieri. and while it was between Freemont and Ivy streets the controller box exploded with a great flash. The boy, who was clinging to tne ironi. aicp, crowded off by the passengers, who were thrown into a panic His foot went under the wheels. Burton; Estate Is Closed. The estate of L. H. Burton has been closed by 'order of County Judge Cleeton. The fmal report of the administrator, O. L. Price, shows $15,491.78 on hand to be distributed among the three heirs. They are Georgians. M. Plttock. Carrie T. Gal lien and Maria L. Van Houten. sisters of . , Tl. will i-aoefve thA LiJM UCUWH1. ' ' ' ' "... . property, share and share alike. The at torney Will receive iuu anu uiu BLdm $5.98 as an Inheritance tax. Court Xotea. Wtn.rrt Case iled suit in the Circuit Court yesterday against the Mountain Timber Company demanding $87,600 upon a promissory note alleged to have been given January 20. payable March 1. It was to bear no Interest. The attorneys, Drowley and Levens. demand $ia as fees. f-mintv JTudse Cleeton signed an1 order yesterday admitting to probate the will of Alf Countryman, upon the petition of Fred Countryman. The estate Is. worth $21,000. Beside the widow. Lola L. Coun tryman, there are three aaugniers. one nn and a granddaughter to share In the bequests. Mr. Countryman died July 15. ORCHARDS ARE FLOURISHING Almonds and Apricots In Goodnoe Hills Attract Attention. ttt.ot r TJtTaal. An AO A A. Oiiiirn. -' .---... ue. - berg Of Vancouver, district fruit Inspec tor for the counties of Klickitat. Skam ania and Clark, while here Saturday de clared tBflt ne was agreeaoiy aurpnecu at the condition of orchards in the White Salmon valley and throughout the coun- In the Goodnoe Hills country, along the Columbia River in this county, Mr. Quarnberg says that the almond and apricot Industry Is attracting attention. early two ranaauB w -were planted there this Spring. . , . . uA) ttiwaa t annlPM will be haT- vested In western Klickitat county this side of the HJicKitat river ior tun j ISM. Baker In Charge Athena Schools. ATHENA Or.. Aug. SO. (Special.) Professor C. C. Baker, formerly of Gresham. Or., who Is to take charge of the schools or tnis ciiy n uiichuuiii ent, arrrlved here late Saturday even ing with nis wue ana cnuurcii. EQUIPMENT SLOW IN COMING Milwaukee Road Does Not Get All Steel Cars Ordered. According to reports received by the Portland office, the passenger equipment of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway for its transcontinental service is slow in delivery and the standard through service is not likely to be In augurated until late In 1910. The order for equipment Included more than 2S0 all-steel coaches, sleepers and baggage cars, and only eight have so far been delivered. The sleeping cars, it is said, will be the first ever built of steel, and it was necessary for the makers to Install special machinery and dies for the work of manufacturing them. Machine Shop Car Is Novelty. ' X traveling machine shop car Is a nov elty on the North Coast Railway, which Is now constructing portions of what is projected as a line across Washington east and west, through the Cascade mountains near Cowlits pass, and thehce south to Portland and north to Seattle. The machine shop Is in a converted box car and its equipment Includes an en gine lathe, shaper, bolt cutter, pipe threading machine, vertical drill and an emery wheel. A gasoline engine not only propels the car Itself but furnishes the motive power for the machines. It will be used along the line until perma nent shops are located and erected. John Springer to IjVed. The marriage of John I. Springer, traveling freight and passenger agent or tne ureal former, u -' Courtois, of Brooks, Or Is announced today. Mr. Springer has been with the Great Northern five years and during the latter part of that time has made his headquarters in Portland. Miss Courtois is a ward of Rev. Father Dayton, of Brooks. The wedding will take place in the Catholic Cathedral c h -Mr anrl Mr. Rnrinsrer. thereafter. in i nwtuh rnltimbla to spend a few days at Agassis, a resort in tne Canadian nocmn. PRISON ADDITION IS LARGE New Auditorium at Penitentiary to Be Complete January 1. SALEM, Or., Aug. 80. (Special.) Work on the new auditorium and chap i -.i-ii.i . wA atata Penitentiary i CI KUU1UUU I " . " " fcj . - progressing rapidly and Superintendent C. W. James sam too)" inm pected It would be completed and ready for use herore tne iirsi w m . The addition is to tne soutn wins ...hi i h.iAl, K9v1AA While its nri Vf 111 V " ' ...... -- .. - " clpal use Just at present will be for chapel services ana enierwiiiinoiuo, . .. i i .. nnT,Gi.iirtaii for n. lararer our pose, to advance the welfare of the prisoners. Tentative plans are being laid to es lakll.h a u-hnnl 111 this addition. il which practical elementary branches will pe taugnt tne prisoners, esiieuouj the younger men. many times B xt-Hn rannnl read fl II write and in some cases cannot even sigh their own name or spell It. It has 1U11& UCTl tUO li I . .3 . I - " eral philanthropic societies to see such a v,r,vA hrmifrht to n. successful Culmi nation, and Superintendent James states he desires to see it cameo out as soon as possible. While present plans - , v. anhnni n, Vi onlv the ele mentary branches, it is the wish of many of those who fought ror tnis ap .M..t!.n r Mlarvi It NCiina ft tltlli rmAtt . on H H.v.Inn nn Institution in connection with the penitentiary which will add to me rerorm oi ine lwhuui by furnishing him wltn enngntenea t i . . . 1 ...JUn.!.,.. ill fa. flf value to the prisoners. It is stated, AS a Dlace tor some little recreation, jne convicts find their mainstay in life, be BtAaa th. lfmlto1 niitfinrrr Rnnrtfl offered in the entertainment feature and the present chapel is rather small to anow such entertainments to be conveniently put on for the benent or tne prisoners Tl't.t, tlin naw aiiriltOPinm fltrthArhfa. ntn; .olAn. moir Ha ri.vlnnoH urn! lo cal talent productions from the city will be given more ample room when thev are produced for the benefit of the convicts. FAIR AT DALLES ON BOOM Fruit Display Is Main Feature With Varied Programme to Amuse. THB DALLES. Or.. Aug. HO. The committee appointed by the Business Men's Association to take charge of raising funds and arranging the pro gramme for the annual district fair to he held here October 4 to 8, Inclusive, has secured $4500 to be expended for amusements, whirh, together with the state appropriation of $1600 for agri cultural and stock exhibit premiums, is expected to prove attractive to the citizens of the counties included in the district. An excellent programme of trotting and running races, balloon flights, band concerts and street and theatrical at tractions, bucking oonteats, lassoing wild steers and horses, relay races of from one to five miles, team pulling contests, Indian races, parades and war dances, end athletic field meets between the different schools of the counties has been arranged for. The fruit exhibit will, however, be the main feature of the fair, because the crop of fruit in this section of the state has been so abundant this year that the selection Will be the finest fruit ever placed on exhibition here during a district fair. Court to Mold Dance Receipts. ASTORIA. Or, Aug. . Special.) The temporary Injunction that was is sued Saturday afternoon in the case of the Astotia Motorboat Club, comprising the regatta committee, vs. Karl Knob lock et al.. a suit arising from the rental of the Flavel Hall for dances dur ing the regatta, was argued before Judge Eakln in the Circuit Court today. The court made an order directing that the plaintiff have charge of the hall during th regatta, but that the receipts be turned Over to the Clerk of the Court and their ownership will be determined later. 3 tan Fined for Canning Clams. NEWPORT, Of., August 30. (Special.) J. P. Buster, a farmer living at the head of Alsea Valley, has been fined $50 for canning rasor clams, taken from the beach near Yachats. and shipping them out of the county. Deputy Game Warden James Gatens says that this is the first case of this kind in the history of Lin coln County. Mr. Gatens had an exciting time making a trip through the south part of the county owing to forest fires. Cathlamet Regattas Called Off. CATHLAMKT, Wash., Ang. SO.- ing to dissensions among the promoters and managers of the Cathlamet Regatta the affair has been called Oft for this year. Arrangements were well tinder way and the printed Matter all out When this decision was reached, which will be a source of disappointment to many. Eastern Star Secretary Injured. TACOMA, Aug. 30. In an automobile accident near Dierlnger. 15 miles from Tacoraa, last night, Mrs, Libble Demorest. grand secretary of the Order of the Eastern Star for Washington, wee badly bruised and her husband, D. I. Demorest, sutalned A fractured rtb. Both were re moved to local hospital. LIFE'S SUNNY SIDE Majot-General Frederick D. Grant, the eldest son of President and General U. S. Grant, was not long ago a guest at . a ainner given by certain college and school teachers. The chairman rose to Introduce him. He had hunted up an old story about the Grant family, and was much pleased with himself that he' had something so interesting to say. "When Fred Grant was a boy at West Point," he began, "his father, the fa mous General, wrote to the command ant inquiring how the son was pro gressing. " 'You need not worry,' the command ant wrote back. 'Tour son is getting better marks in everything than ever you had in anything.' " The gentleman was not quite so self Batisfied when General Grant rose to respond. "That is a perfectly true story." he said, smilingly. "I remember the inci dent perfectly, but there is a mistake of one generation. I, and not my fa mous father, am the General who wrote to the commandant, and my son Is the one whose father had such poor marks. But never mind, Mr. Chairman; it's all in the family." Christian Herald. The authorship of "Little Breeches." written by the late Secretary of State John Hay, was frequently attributed to the late Bret Harte. A young woman once said to him: "I am highly pleased to meet you, Mr. j Harts. I have read all your poems, but ' I have enjoyed 'Little. Breeches' the most." "Pardon me, madam," replied Harte, j "but you have put the 'Little Breeches' . on the wrong man." Philadelphia. Times. In a little triangular space in Con necticut avenue in Washington there is a handsome statue of the poet Longfel low. A young society girl of the city was -riding past it in an automobile with a friend soon after it had been unveiled. "Why, what statue is that?", she asked. "Longfellow's," replied the o'.der woman. "Oh, I don't see what they wanted to put a statue of him there for," objected the girl. "All he ever did was to marry Roosevelt's daughter." Popular Maga zine. A teacher in a Philadelphia public school tells how an aspiring young Ital-. ian citixen was beginning to show the effects of an American environment. Tony had been away from school about a week, and when he showed tip one morning, the teacner asked him where he had been. "I ran away," said Tony. "Ran away? What did you do that for?" asked the teacher. ' "My father was going to lick me, so ! I thought I'd run away," was the reply. , The teacher, by further questioning, , brought' Out the fact that Tony for ; some trifling dereliction had been threatened with, a beating and had stayed away from home the best part , of a week. "But your father has the right to , Whip you," said the teacher. "Yes, he may." added Tony, "hut I. was born In this country, and t don't want no foreigner to lick me.""-Fhila-delphia Record. Home for Shop Girls. Detroit News. As a part of the campaign to save the bad boys and girls of Detroit in which the churches and philanthropic agencies of all kinds are to combine during the coming year, a plan Is on foot to build here a great phllanthfopio home for shop girls, many of whom, it is claimed, are being driven to the streets because of low pay and long hours of labor. The home, if it materializes, will hot be a charity institution but. in reality. . i .i.i. t,.Af 4&-hAra thev will a WOIKIU8 g"io ' ' " ' . - be able to receive all the comforts of life at a cost eommensurate Wltn tneir, salaries. It will be modeled after the one now In Boston which has proved the salvation of many girls. The Bos ton building has 600 rooms and accom modates 1000 girls. The success of the movement Is shown In the fact thst another building is now in course Of erection. Watermelon Leaf In Art. Letter In Kansas City Star. Although not informed in either the school of design or of color, I hav paid some attention to both as suggested . . - A . . T t..,A nAVAl GAAri thA SAtef. oy waiuic. x jiA..c " ' - " melon leaf in either design of color. To my mind there is noimns mui beautiful than the design and color lAof -Tli a ittinnfi1 fthftne of th leaf makes a flat design almost Impos sible. But the edges are most beau tifully turned and gored, ana tne wnoie is most artistic and would make a beautiful decoration. The c61or is a green all its own, more ueiicaie vimu mat ui mo j'ca, ... would make the most charming gown. I have often wondered whether 6f not this leaf has been so used, and ir not, why not? Stopping a Cough.- Philadelphia- Bulletin. A. clergyman was smoking A cigar under an oak. "My congregation cougnea mis morn- Inn-" he said. "I could hardly make myself heard. It was most annoying. "Well." said a physician, "th next time they oough, tell them to press the nn tri.t haneath the nose. Press ing the nerves In that quarter will stop the most obstinate cough, and. by the same token, it will stop A sneeze, too. Ill ten you now to bluw me Hic coughs. Y6u press hard on the cneeK. right In front of the ear. Those nerves there control the hiccoughs as money j. nAiHtn. You need only press the nerves will do the rest. Children' Euphonious Karnes. Boston Herald, c-1. a n in a aincrnlarlv .noetlcal aa so it is not strange to find that people who live there have poetic names. Mr. Hnlda Green, of that place, has eight children, all coys, jaon . . . i. ..... o-tvn nitme to bar-. monize with the name of tha next x'ounger' child, t ne miaou nanm i . v. a v,m'. .nil fn tha-aunft svl- 1UU1 Ji- wja ' . - i , - v 1 1 . .v.a MMrila amft of the 1ID1S, will.. n. " - - other four have a somewhat similar Characteristic enaing. in namco i the children are: Benjamin ueiDert, Walter Herbert, Harrison Wilbert, El mer Albert, Artnur unesiei, Lester. Franklin Sylvester and Forrest Manchester. Liacaase of Balaam's Benst. Llppincott's. nuriner a recent examination in th theology of the Old Testament the fol lowing question was asked a young clergyman: "What language aio Ba lsam's ass speaKT" Alter as moment, of thought, a smile flashed across his face, and he wrote his answer. I looked at th paper. He had written: "Assyrian. Certain Reward for Young Men. Denver Republican. The demand for young men In other iwa Ufa. mav be flnmewhftt hftsv. but there Is no question about the re wards that await the youth who can catch a baseball with reasonable accu racy and bat over .300. Sodden Discovery. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Eighty of the Nebraska newspapers . have united In A scheme to Advertise the fact that the state has other re sources than Colonel Bryan.