TIIE MORNING OREGONIAN. TIIURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1910. 14 COUNCIL MOVES FOR PUBLIC DOCK Inquiry Into Title to Jefferson Street Property Is Ordered. RAILROAD CLAIMS -GROUND Aim I to Srrure Joint Ve by Rail road and Public Kenton Son Ultra Pacific Own Dock Mibject to Public Ve. Contrurtlin of a public dock on the property owned by the city, which la rw being uaed by the Southern Pa cific Company for Its Jefferson street depot. U contemplated In a resolution PAsard by the Council at Ha session yesterday afternoon. It authorises the Otr Attorney to Investigate and re port on the lee;al status of the prop- .rir . fmr as the c tr la concerned. tk. r.niiitinn was rresentei by Mr. Tnn. It resires the muvh dlsusse-l question of the rla-ht of the ranmaa company to use tUe property. Kor many Tears the ral'.road company haj claimed exclusive rlKht to the prop erty, which was originally known a "the public levee." and which, was dedicated to public use in me eri hr Sleohen Coffin. After Mr. Iwrlin had presented the resolution to the Council yesterday, he explained that the purpose of It waa not to deprive the southern t-aciu Company of the use of the depot It had at that place, but to provide a TMiMi.- dork there that could pe use-i Jointly by the city and the railroad company. How Railroad Got Property. When Mr. Coffin dedicated the lev-? to the public for transportation pur poses, he provided that It must be used for no other purpose. In case It should be assigned to private use, the property should be returned to the donor's heirs. In ISii the State Lerlslature granted the Portland & Willamette Valle7 Hallway Company perpetual use of th. around covered In Mr. cornn a aeaica lion. Thla aroused much opposition on tha part of the public, and the rljrhr of the Legislature to present the com paay with perpetual use of the dock waa seriously questioned. A legal con test followed, and the Supreme Court t li-t decided that the railroad com pany had a lee-al rial on the property for transportation purposes. Since that tlma several attempts .ave been made on the part of the city to gain control of the property, but to no purpose. More recently It has been suggested that, aa tha Legis lature gave the railroad company the right to use the land, the same au thority, or tha city under the amend ment to the conatltutloa which In creases the law-making rights of th city, could repeal that r!e;ht- At present the Southern Pacific Com panv. whlc-h took over the Portland Willamette Valley Railway Com pany's holdings. Is making use. of the ground. Kenton Defends Road's Title. W. P. Fenton. who has served aa attorney for the Southern Pacific Company for many years, and who la familiar with the grant to the rail road company, said yesterday that he waa confident the city could acquire no ria-ht to tha property, except aa It woutd be compelled to acquire anr other kind of property, by condemna tion proceedings. "Many people are la error." said Mr. Fenton. "regarding the city's right to the property Mr. Coffin never gav the property to the city, but merel dedicated it to public use for doc : purposes. The railroad company haa paid for Its title to tha land, and has paid for street Improvements In con nection with It. aa well aa paying taxes on the property. "As long as tha Southern Pacific Company continues to use the ground for the same purposes as In the past, its rights cannot be questioned. It was the Intention of Mr. Coffir'a grant that the ships of any nation might come there and dock, and this right they still have. But the city cannot have any right to use It as a munici pal dock." Move to Regulate Power Rates. Contained In the resolution prepared ty Mr. Uevlln and passed by the Coun cil, la a provision that the City At torney must also Investigate and re port to th Council as to whether the Portland Hallway. Light tb Power Com pany la "complying with all of the terms and conditions of tta franchise Insofar as It Is furnishing electric power for lighting In the city, and what authority the Council haa to reg ulate tha same In the Interest of the public." Mr. Devlin refused to explain In what regard tha company may be fall ing to fulfil the conditions of Ita fran chise, when interviewed after he had filed the resolution, and he made no explanation In tiiat regard to the Council. The resolution waa passed without a negative vote. MIDDLEMAN IS OUSTED Touctiet Valley Crop Pnt In Cold Storage at Chicago. DATTON. Wash- Oct. It (Special.) r'ew marketing methods are being tpur aued by apple growers of the Toucbet Valley thla Fall. Instead of selling to agents for Eastern buyers who annually visit thla section at picking time. ori-hardUia are sending their fruit to Chicago, wuero it Is being placed In cold storage. Later local growers will srle-t an agent from among their num ber to go to Chicago and negotiate per sonally with commission men for the sale of the Touchet Valley crop. All offers have been refused, tha growers standing together as ona man. Picking and packing are terminating In the small orchards. R- H Peabody. It 8. Ryarson and Geoixe Pulllam fln-t-hed this week and J. T. Tacgard will finish next week. It Is now assured tliat the apple crop of the valley will reach UCfrJ boxes. LEASE RECORDS PROPOSED jur Association Will Present Meas ure to Nett Legislature. -1 1 I .. . V. lMaea on real estate for any period longer than one year ought to be recorded, the Multnomah County Bar .Association Tuesday night referred the Is to see that such a bin la presented to the next Legislature. Attorney Julius Stlverstone presented the matter to the association last night. President Schna bel appointed blm to draft the bill and turn it over to the legislative committee. The association also favors a board of examiners, to lift from the Supreme Court the burden of examining appli cants for admission to the bar of the state. Complaint waa made by E- Hardy of the deficiency of the Multnomah Law Library In statutes and codes of the va rious states snd ln.the House and Senate Journitia of Oregon. A committee to eee that the lame of all states to date are kept by the library was appointed, con rtstir.g of A. K. Clark. C. J. SchnabeU flrcult Judge Morrow, Waldemar Scton and Dan J. Malarkey. The following new members were ad mitted to the association: William C Benbow. Wayne E. Richardson. Oak No- ri.KRK OT Ml'LTNOMAH CAMP. w. o. w- una iji ro- ho.n a. cm i v. J V -' f. . - A S I -if-. ' J : J. M. Weedwerth. M. Woodworth. clerk of Mult j. nomah Camp. No. 77, Woodmen of the World. Is dead in rontons. CaL A telegraphic tnesaags from tha phy sician In charge of the hospital at I'omona eras received by Mrs. Wood worth saying that her husband was sertoualy 111 and asking that sbs stsrt fir that place without delay. Mrs. Woodworth took the first train south, snd shortly afterwards another mes sage was received announcing that Cl-ra Woodworth bad died. Soma members of Multnomah Camp may start to meet the body, which will be brought to Portland for burial. News of the death of Mr. Wood worth was received with great re gret by his many friends. About two weeks ago be left for Searchlight. Nev, to settle the estate ef an uncls who had been killed In a longing camp. It seems be concluded the business and started ea his return trip, going Eouth te see a sister In Southern California. At Pomona be was attacked with his old silment sad went to the hospital at that place. Mr. Woodworth bad been clerk of Multnomah Camp, one of the largest la the state, for 15 ysars. lie was held la very high regard throughout the Oregon jurisdiction of the Wood man of the World, and bad many friends outside the order. Before be coming clerk of Multnomah Camp be waa In the furniture business In East Portland. Mr. Woodworth was 52. years of age and la survived by his widow. No arrangements for the funeral have been made. .1 Ian. John R. Hughes, K. P. Blovarp, II. 1L Schwarts. Frank T. Collier, ltarry L. liafferty. Kloyd llilyeu. George H. Miller, Daniel K. Powers and A. O Thompson. CITY POTS BAN ON IDLE RAYMOND, WASH., WOULD GET RID OP .OMAD LABORERS. Plan Against Shlftlcea Men Already Dear Fruit In Thriving Dlstrlct. ITonieseekers Wanted. Tramp lumberjacks are not wanted at Ra mor.d, Wirt. For the list four or nve years the town has been inhabited by an element of alilftless laborers, whose work is de clared to be somewhat Inferior and who are considered an undoalrable element In the community when compared with the steady working-man with a family. So the powers that control the lumber ing and Industrial enterprises of tha bustling, little city, have banded to gether In the determination to exclude this class of lanr and to encourage men with families and settled habits. A. C. Little, of Raymond, chairman of the executive committee of the South western Washington Development Asso ciation waa In Portland yesterday and re ported that thla plan la bearing fruit. dghty families have been brought to Raymond since last May a the result of it. Laboring men with no interests at Raymond and nothing to anchor them there, their only purpose being to make aa much money as they can and eT.d or take It elsewhere, do not make the b-at cltiscn he believes, while laborers who will make bomea are the most de sirable residents and Mr. Little believes they should be encouraged. He baa taken up the subject witn uie local vom- merelal Club, particularly Interesting tha Industrial bureau. Mr. Little Is buey arranging the pro gramme for the next quarterly meeting of the Southwestern Washington De velopment Association. which will be held at Vancouver early next February. It Is his plan to have not only the beads of the jobbing firms serving the South west Washington territory represented at the convention but the traveling men as weiu Tha value of these conventions to cities holding them Is beginning to be realised. Mr. Little mys he knows or three men of Raymond who Invested in fruit lands In Klickitat County aa the direct result of the recent convention held at Goldendale. WIRE CHARS MAN'S SKULL Lumber Mill Employe) Probably Fa tally Burned by Electricity. ASTORIA. Or.. Oct. 85. (Special.) When painting In the Hammond Lum ber Company's mill last night. E. L.1 ab oard, an employe, struck his heaJ agalnat a live electric wire and waa so badly burned that mere is mue nope of hia recovery. Tha contact waa so severe that tna skull waa burned through, the bona where the wire struck being complete ly charred. Hubbard Is 2S years old and his parents are said to live In Ne balein. Mary Harris Armor. Armory Satur- sigaU IPaia aaveruscueat.j. , CHINA MOVING FAST Commercial Men See Ameri ca's Hand in Progress. AUTO MANIA TAKES HOLD O. M. Clark, Representative of Port land Commercial Club on Trip Through Orient, Writes o' Rapid Strides of Empire. Along with her advancement Irr Indus trial and commercial lines, China has developed the auto speed mania, accord ing to advices from O. M. Clark, repre sentative of the Portland Chamber of Commerce with commissioners of the Pacific Coast commercial bodies on their trade extension tour through the great Eastern empire. Just received here. In writing of the tour of the Ameri can visitors through the streets of Shanghal In automobiles driven by Chinese chauffeurs, Mr. Clark says: "How It waa that the native death list did not fill the papers next morning as a result of our run through the crowd Is hard to understand. Nothing hap pened, although by all the laws the streets should have been strewn with the victims of our progress. Our drivers were shouting warnings at the tops of their voices, accompanied by violent lionklngs: carriage drivers shouted In their turn at the ricksha men; these gavo their quick, grunting alarm to burdened coolies and by some miracu lous Intervention of Providence, perhaps, everybody got out of the way. by &n Inch or two at least, and we went on." America Plays leading Role. . P1..V that mnnv of the Chinese Industries are operated by . 1 . t. American managers ana mm uiuuu American genius Is spent in the con struction of several of the plants. The Foo Fong Flour Mills, which the party visited, turns Chinese wheat Into flour under the supervision of American millers. Here we were given a reception," he writes, "and a ringing speech of wel come by an English speaking Chinese, which would have done credit to many members of the commission. "We next visited the Y. M. C. A. building, largely built with American donations. As we entered the building v. .. nlnA ri Ktur Snaneled Ban- 1 uu V J - ' ner Speeches were made In English by Chinese orneers orine rssociu.i.iii. He also states that the Nicolas Tau Engine Works, where rolling stock arid locomotives for both the electric and steam rallwaya were In the course of manufacture, were "eye openers" to the advancement the Chinese are making in tha manufacture of machinery. Modern 3Iachlncry in Use. "Nearby was the Tung Chang oil and cotton mill. he continues, all the machinery of which was made at the Tsu plant. Later, at the water works, where the muddy Whsngpoo River is filtered through sand and made a bev erage for the people of the native city of Shanghai, we saw a modern engine and pump built by the same concern. "An Interesting feature of Tsu's busi ness Is that do foreign aid was given In financing a plant that has grown In soven years to large Importance here. The machine Industry Is in Its Infancy here and these works are the first ones, entirely Chinese, that can at all com pare with foreign concerns." He also describes the plant of tha Klangnan Dock V Engineering Com pany, which Is under the direction of the Government. A number of small cruisers and other vessels have been built there. The special yacht, Lieng slng. devoted to the use of Prince Tsal Tsun. who is now in foreign countries studying naval conditions, was built at that place. . t Tha reception by the Mayor of Shang hai to the American party was a bril liant affair with an elaboration of dec orations, menu, service, illumination and entertainment. Silk banners were dis played in the same way that bunting is used In America. Mr. Clark says. Sedan Chair Still Used. The trip to Hangchow was made In nOUSeOOaiB. proycuw . . - , Transportation over the muddy roads in the vicinity or nangenow u - . K.i.a r.-.at crowds areeted or injn vi..-. the commissioners everywhere. They visited the buUdlng that Is to house the Provincial Assembly, a new feature of government in China. The Government paper mill and the Imperial woolen mill also were Included among the points of Interest Inspected. The former plant employs 1000 men. Members of the Chinese Bankers' Guild wera the hosts at a reception, follow ing which the plant of tha Sin Wan Pao. a Chinese newspaper, was visited. A visit was paid to the temple erected In honor of the late LI Hung Chang. Chinese society was seen at Its best at a grand theater party. The entire audience was there by invitation, men occupying one side and women the other, the Americans having seats in the gallery. At the time the report was written the party was preparing for the trip to Nanking to see the first National expo sltlon and to dine with the Viceroy, the COFFEE WAS IT. . People Slowly Learn the Facia. "All my life I have been such a slave to coffee that the very aroma of it was enough to set my nerves quivering. I . - j n in-in0- m hAalth but I Kepi grauuau . Z , used to say "nonsense, it don't hurt me. "Slowly I was forced to admit the truth, and the final result was that my whole nervous force was shattered. "My heart became weak and uncer tain In lta action and that frightened me. Finally my physician told me. about a year ago, that I must stop drinking coffee or I could never ex pect to be well again. "I waa In despair, for the very thought of the medicines I had tried so many times nauseated me. I thought of Postum but could hardly bring my self to give up the coffee. "Finally I concluded that I owed It to myself to give Postum a trial. So I got a package and carefully followed the directions, and what a delicious, nourishing, rich drink it was! Do you know I found It very easy to shift from coffee to Postum and not mind the change at all? "Almost Immediately after I made the change 1 found myself better, and as the days wrnt by I kept on Improving. My nerves grew sound and teady, I slept well and felt strong and well balanced all the time. "Now I am completely cured, with the old nervousness and sickness all gone. ' In every way I am well once more." It pays to give tip the drink that acts on some like a poison, for health Is the greatest fortune one can have. Read the little book. "The Road to Wellvllle." in pkgs. "There's a Reason." Rvrr read the above letter? A aew a appears frons time to time. They are geaulac, tract aad fall ef ha man latexcat. X The Important 'Problem confronting anyone In need of a laxa tive Is not a question of a single action- only, but of permanently bene ficial elects, trUc'ii will follow proper efforts to live in a healthful way, with the assistance of Syrup of Tigs and Elixir of Senna, whenever It Is re quired, as It cleanses the system gently yet promptly, without Irritation and will therefore always have the preference of all who wish the best of family laxatives. The combination ' has the approval of physicians because It Is known to be truly beneficial, and because It has given satisfaction to tie millions of well-informed families who'haro used it for many years past. To get Its beneficial effects, always buy the genuine manufactured by the Califorrfi rv- r""- Cr. o-'r. first party of foreign visitors to be so honored. DITCpBURN FOR JUDGE Mr. Snow Discusses Several Crim inal Indictments. PORTLAND, Oct. 26. (To the Edi tor.) John Dltchburn once more, if you will permit me, and then I am through. Every candidate for public office must expect that his fitness for public position be known, and that, other things being equal, he shall possess something more than mere "regularity of nomination" to recommend him; par ticularly should this be so when this candidate seeks election to Judicial of fice, for we can hardly expect to make trnnA aniiorsi out of doctor! or lawyers or good judges out of sailors. Dltchburn, therefore, has Invited an inspection aim publication of his record and fitness for Judge. John, the sailor boy, came to Ore gon years ago as a sailor before the mast; this Was to his credit, of course. but It can hardly be saia 10 navo quali fied him for the bench. Whether he has since become qualified, either from long experience or extended practice, can be readily determined by a few simple questions to any one of tha judges before whom he may have ap peared, or any lawyer who knowg him. 1 am obliged to confess, however, that he has had some experience at the bar which should qualify him to a degree In the administration of the criminal law, for an examination of the court records of Multnomah County show that in 1894, Dltchburn was indicted for forgery (No. 9190) in connection with the signing of the names of cer tain sureties to bonds which had been filed in court. The indictment was set aside on demurrer for some tech nical defect and the case was not re submitted. He was again indicted (No. 9027) on the charge of knowingly re ceiving and concealing stolen property, knowing it to be stolen (a species of larceny under the law); he was tried on this indictment and convicted, but for some error in the course of the trial a new trial was ordered. He was thereafter tried twice, with the reBult of a hung Jury, whereupon the indict ment was dismissed, but for what cause the record does not show a dog fight as the boys would sayprobably an example of what Mr. Harvey Scott once aptly described to me as "proportional Good-Taste Pumpkin Pies - 1 ui uuiiuntuu ORDER EARLY-YOUR GROCER-PARTIAL LIST BELOW Alder 8t. Stors. 80 E. Alder fit. Itmadwar Grocery. 410 Broadway. Rulllvant'a Grocery, 4 (it Jefferson St. Mohnsen Bros.. 405 Jefferson Kt. Burns. O. J.. Co., 37S 11th St. Bellamy. Ben A., 401 Hawthorne Ave. Brown, Cha. E.. 81 Grand Ave. Broadway Grocery. 410 Broadway. Canon. J. C. 103 Grand Ave. Churchill Grocery. 2".4 Larrnbes. Inmor Grocery. 6th and Salmon pte. Denny SuKarman. 204 Morris. Frakea Grocery. 175 N. 21st St. Frltxlaff Grocery. 409 Williams Ave. Cartels Bros.. 23d and Savier Sta. Ounther Hickt-y. 2M and Marshall. Oram. A. P.. 11th and Montgomery Sts. Godfrey fc Palmer Bros.. 254 Russell St. Herrlck. J.. 065 Jefferson St. Hartman. F. I... 27 Union fat. Hochstedier, Geo. W.. 400 B. Burnslde Hocicenyos. Geo.. 140 Russell St. Iowa Grocery. 3!2 6th St. Johnson Bros.. 281 Benton St. Jensen. M.. 555 Morrison Pt. Johnson Bros.. I33-S35 Lnlon Ave, N. . Kellaher. D. Co.. 1H5 Grand Ave. Klrkshevsky. S., 415 5th St. GOOD-TASTE PIES Served by nearly fifty hotels, restaurants, cafeterias, dairy lunches and boarding houses. Ask for them. Made in 17 VEGETARIAN 64-66 East Seventh, WE consider the "Lndwig" Agen cy one of the most valuable on our list. According to the Sherman, Clay & Co. s t a n d a rd of measure ment, there can be but one reason for this, be cause "The LTJDWIG is one of the BEST pianos made." We recommend an in troduction. PRICED AT $365, $375, $380 $400, u? to $450 $30BrassBed$17.85 Cash or Credit. Terms to Suit. mm 1 '""m ffiT',"""'"ity'"" II- 1 Two-inch posts, heavy filler rods, capped with husks ; satin or polished finish ; very strongly made in all respects, and much better than the usual run of beds at the same price. $6.50 Leather Diner at Only Cash or Credit. Terms to Suit. A handsome qu a r t e r sawed dining chair, highly polished; has leather seat, French legs, and s t r o ng box construc tion. justice." in discussing the graft pros ecutions in San Francisco. . . K Our ideals, of course, cannot always be obtained and probably a fair average only can be expected, even as to ie and if we must take bitter with the sweet, let us turn Judge Gaens down at the polls and elect Dltohburn to the Judicial Hall of Fame, along with our Uptons and our Kelleys, the W aldos and the Thayers, or better still, in ac cordance with a time-honored custom, let us hang Dltchburn's picture be tween that of Judge Williams and Judge Deady, but we must subscribe underneath: "Temporarily disbarred and indicted, hut still in the lrism MEZ PERCES COMPETENT Balllnger Finds 411 of Tribe Can Manage Own Affairs. LAPWAI. Idaho. Oct. 26. (Special.) -Superintendent Theodore Sharp, of the Nex Perce Indian Agency, has re ceived notice of approval of the clas sification of the Nez Perce Indians as submitted last Summer to the Indian Bureau at Washington. An experiment was made by the authorities in designating a committee of nine Indians to list members of the Ifanachaa. Joa, P.15 E. Stark. Mann. J. C. 401 Bassalo St. Mt. Fuji Grocery. 271 Russell St. Metropolitan Market. 630 Williams. " Leaf Store, 442-444 E. Burnslde . .- Jefferson, cor. I-arrabee and r.ollatiay. 11 ..ionic Temple Grocery, 880 Yamhill Mill Street Grocery. 854 7th St. The Newcastle, 402H 3d St. New Tork Grocery. 420 Morrison St. Norton A Haynes. 833-335 Union Ave. Feebler Grocery Co.. 245 Holladay Ave. The Palm. 577 WashinKton. Park Grocery. 420 Morrison, Purity Grocery Co., "72 3d St. Ryan, J.. 55 N. lUth St. Run. Ira. 884 Morrison St. Rambo Grocery. 634 Commercial. ' Steel Bridge Grocery. 222 Crosby St. Stors Grocery. 460 Williams Ave. Walker Grocery. .105 Washington St. Wascher Bros.. 549 Broadway. Wolach, J.; 470 Weldler. Yenney. Mrs.. 201 Failing. . Yett Broa, 404 E. Morrison St different kinds . FOOD C0.,Inc, North Both Phones to 11 si; If teite 3 i"---l' e TrndMit "Jill' 1 -l . im ' m in f Shennan jpayas Co. Sixth, and Morrison, Opposite P. 0. $3.QO Emerich Down Pillows at, Each - - - Pure and odorless, with extra heavy boue tick; blue with white stripe ; extra quality. $120ak Ladies' Mlf&' Desk at WjH Cash or Credit ' Terms to Suit I A very substantial, well-designed desk for the living-room or cham ber, made of selected quartered oak, with a deep golden finish; width 28 inches; conveniently arranged interior, leaf supported by two heavy brackets. Exceptional value. tribe and divide them Into classes com prising: No. 1, those competent to re ceive all rentals due them; No. 2. those whose rentals should be deposited in bank for their benefit and withdrawn only for necessities; No. 3, those who are non-competents and minors In addition to the foregoing, a list was made of -all Indians qualified to lease their allotments without super vision and to collect their own rentals. As approved by the Secretary of the Interior, 411 Nez Perces are now given this privilege. It is stipulated, how ever, that the leases must be made on forms to be furnished from Washing ton and that the superintendent in charge of the reservation must certify that the leases are drawn according to law. Victim of Gas Explosion Dead. CHEHALI3, Wash.. Oct. 26. (Spe cial;) Luther I.lndsey. the second vlc- The FALL in the windows of the leading retailers in this city THIS WEEK reveals the best product of the leading makers of fine shirts. You will be unable to find again this season 8U ment of patterns, colorings, and fabrics as you can RICH 1 INU W during CLUETT SHIRT WEEK. Eray duett Shirt bears a CLUETT label Improve Your K C Baking Powder will do itl Get tw Tt fhr vour favorite cake. If j ' -o?c retter. If jj. daintier, more delicate in flavor, we return your agrees K C has Pure, Wholesome, Economical. 95 I tim of last evening's gas explosion ac cident at Napavlne. died here during the night at the St. Helena Hospital. The Chehalis undertaking establislT men today contains the bodies of three men who met violent death In this community yesterday, the others being Bert Mace, who was in the same acci dent as Llndsey, and Louis Plttman, a road contractor who was killed at Mayfiold. A Reliable Medicine, Not a Narcotic Foley's Honey and Tar is the greatest medicine for coughs, colds and all af fections of the throat, chest and lungs. It Is a safe and sure family medicine that contains no opiates and no harm ful drugs. It lias never received ona line of unfavorable comment or con demnation and has an immense and ever-increasing sale. Buy only the genuine Foley's Honey and Tar In the vellow package. Remember the name, Foley's Honey and Tar, and accept no SUDSTItUlP- auiyi cp SHOWING of SHIRTS Gcarantcxxl txmfev all Rare Food Lows) Bakingf more evenly, hisrher, money. ivjj no equal. ASClilG POWDER Jaqne Mfg. Co,