THE . MORXIXG . OREGOXIAX. WEDNESDAY, ATTGT7ST 31, 1910.
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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.
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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
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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-
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.