nra yrrniXTsn- okegoxiax, tyedxfjsdat. xovember ie, PORTLAND. ORCO!. Iittrt at Frl!nil. Oracoa. poatotnce aa cond-i lass Valtrr. ubacripuoa Kale Invariably In Atac BT MAIL). trr. Sonifey tne:a44. one year. .... L? lally. Sunday Included, x month..... Ii:t. Stnder lnclu.!.i. thra rnon'r,-.- li Dally. Fur.daf ln--lt-!d. on mnia. .. Daily, wlthr.ut Sunt!, en rr , Dally, without FunJtr, e'x molM 1 i Dal. lrhout Sunday, three mmthe... ' r'Uy. without S-indy. on montn. .. W-Lly. on y-ar i ,a SactiaT. or. yar ? .J euaday ana kly. on year. BT CARRltKJ. Darty. Fnnfley lnrlnJ1. one yar...... Dally. Bund' lnrlj,l.i. one month. How I Krralt Serd Pn.tMflc "1 " rtr. tiprfii ordr or paraonal rn"f" your local sank, titampa. coin or r at the nd'ra rlk. !1 r'"" ad4rae In fnll. Ijr-Iurtlnr county ana etai . rUt Ram H to 14 r' "n,:..T to 1( paa. 1 c.nta; 19 to pao. 1 to n ou paa. 4 canta Foralatt poatesa Kaatrr-a Riialnraa Off)-r Vrr ""V II a .sw Tor, pmmwlca bulldln. cm- FORTLAVD. nTPSFmAT, NOV. 1". 1010. Bn.TH riiR tttk r m "hv r That old-time friend and amiable critic of The Orrgor.lan, the rortland Labor Press, appears to find satisfac tion )n the declaration that anion tho rnent Initiative measures submitted to the electorate- this paper affirmed ix measures, f-f which five were de feated." Tho (tatrmrnt is not cor rect, hut let It go at that. It doesn't matter. It appears however, that the voters at large for the most part lit erally followed the dtlly advice of The Oregonian to vote "no" on all of the measures about which they were In doubt. It happened that several bills which seemed to this paper to be meritorious went down before the ex pressed purpose of the public to dis approve of such proas abuse of the Initiative through which the voters were obliged to pass on a multitude it measures, most of which should never have been presented for their consideration and action. Amid the constant fire of exagger ted criticism and extravagant abuse directed toward The Oregonian. It has observed no one who has been bold enough to affirm that the purposes cf the- Initiative were properly sub erved by making- It the vehicle through which a great mass of mis cellaneous and local legislation was to be enacted or rejected. Everyone) knows, and agTecs, for example, that It was an lm position to require the entire state to pass on seven county measure, and everyone knows and a trees likewise) that It was a mistake to press the woman's suffrage ques tion for the third or fourth time in six years. , The public knows that the counsel of The Orefonlan was sound, for the result are an ample demonstration that It was faithfully. Intelligently and discriminating-!? followed. Twenty four or twenty-five of the fhlrly-two measure are rejected. Among- them are female suffrage, prohibition, pro portional representation, board of people's Inspectors, three radical tax measures, state ownership of rail roads, seven new county Mils, two annexation bills and several others, all of which The Oregonian opposed. It Is not too much to say that In this list are acts which. If passed and en forced, would have made revolution ary changes In our entire form of government. The Oregonian was the only avenue during- the late election In the State of Oregon through which the public obtained full, accurate and complete Information about ail these measures. No other paper anywhere undertook It: and none conld. The Oregonian felt that in this matter It had a heavy responsibility and dis charged It. as It believes, fairly, firmly and Judiciously. It la proper to in quire what might have happened If It had Ignored the many Issues raised by these multiplied proposals? It Is proper to ask also what Influence frave impetus and direction to the widespread demand that the various propagandists of these minatory pro posals be deservedly rebuked by a firm and decisive "no." or chorus of "noes"? We leave our captious Jour nalistic censors to answer. The recent experience of Oregon in being- confronted with the onerous task of deciding so many things at one time opens again the entire sub ject of the Initiative. We think It will be agreed on all sides that the Initia tive. If it is to be maintained as a vehicle or instrument for expression of the popular will as to desired laws, must be protected from foolish Inva sion or reckless subversion of its un limited opportunities. We have no Idea that the people of Oregon will be willing to surrender or abandon the Initiative, and we do not offer the proposal that they shall. But out of this business we think will come, or ought to come, a determination that a, specific measure may not succes :eively at four elections be submit ted for decision by the electorate, and that local legislation, such as the cre ation of new counties, or the Rogue River fish bill, ought to be' left to the territory concerned. There are other limitations which The Oregonian thinks may be Justly placed on the initiative without dis turbing Its proper function of being sv Legislature through which the poo ple may be able to place on the stat ute books constitutional amendments or laws which the Legislature may have failed or have refused to enact. " It would indeed seem that proper oc casion for appeal to the people at large might be considered to be defeat or neglect of any desired legislation by the representatives of the people at Pal"' Some day. doubtless, the Initiative will be nsed. as tt ought to be. solely as an appellate legislative court. The Oregonian thinks that there will now be but very little disagreement wrth Its view that it ought not generally to be employed otherwise. gOXLP SCBStDT AG .UN. Some Of the measures possessing real merit which are to come before the Pacific Coast Congress which meets In Eaa Francisco this week have grot Into very bad company. If they are permitted to remain there, they may suffer the fate of "Old Dog Tray." From the number of ship sub sidy advocates) who are on the pro gramme, there are appearances that measures of real worth, like the Panama-Pacific Exposition and a Pa cific battleship fleet, are being used as rollers on which to slide the ne farious ship subsidy bill Into the lime light again. The venerable W. W. Bates. Lewis Nixon and W. E. Humph ries. In view of the manner In which they have ridden the shlp vbaldy bobby, can hardly be expect ed to overlook such an opportunity for bringing It Into prominence. The Pacific Coast population, al most to a man. Is In favor of the Panama-Pacific Exposition. It Is equally well united regarding the ne cessity for a fleet of battleships In Pacific waters. On the ancient and dishonorable ship subsidy, however, they not only display lack of unity, but the majority of the people are opposed to the scheme. The great army of producers who supply cargo for the world's tonnage have no com plaint because foreigners carry their freight at too low a rate. They are fully aware of the fact that there would Je no reduction In the freight rates if a subsidy were paid, and that tho subsidy would all Tall into the hands of the wealthy shipowners and builders. Because the Taclfk: Coast, like the remainder of the United States, will not fall in line for a ship subsidy plan does not. however, indi cate In the slightest degree that we are not in favor of an American mer chant marine. If we were permitted to secure ships by the same common-sense methods followed In every other coun try that has made a success on the high sens, it would be but a short time until our flag would float over a great fleet. To keep this fleet in repair, and Incidentally build new ships, would necessitate the creation of new shipyards and the enlargement of old ones. A merchant marine, that cannot keep afloat unless it is supporied by the artificial subsidy system can never be a credit to any country. ji t A Rort.n-Horsr" affair. After all Is said and done, and all explanations that can bo offered are made, the fact remains that the "rough-house" raised at Corvallla at the close of the football game be tween the teams of the University of Oregon and the Oregon Agricultural College was a disgrace to the partici pants, except as they acted upon the defensive. The rough-and-tumble fight of a district school on the frontier, led by bullies, is a gentleman's game by comparison with this fight. It should settle for some years, at least until tho personnel of the two state schools change, the question of intercollegi ate sport! between the University and the College. Not until students can be game losers and magnanimous win ners lnxa contest upon an athletic field, are they fit to enter such contests. What has become of the time-honored maxim that the glorious game of football teaches self-restraint and manliness? MOXKY LArNWUES. The rrcgTeas of the world does not depend hulf so much upon the dis covery of new forces as upon putting old ones to new uses. Aviation -does nothing more startling than this. It merely applies the energy of the at mosphere to a novel device after the same has been used for thousands of yeers to turn windmills and drive ships. A form of latent energy which has heretofore been sadly neglected and which promises marvels when It is completely utilized Is woman's passion for cleanliness. This terrific force sometimes takes destructive forms. We read now and then In New Eng land stories how it makes a house uninhabitable and drlrves some for lorn husband to the woodshed for shelter. Like fire and flood, woman's holy rage to make things clean Is a good servant but a bad master. An excellent example of Its benefi cent working comes from New Tork. perhaps the ono place In the country where cleanliness of many varieties is most needed and least to be found. The good dame whose glory we cele brate was nauseated over the accu mulated filth on a silver certificate she got hold of. Whether a fifty or a hundred history sayeth not. Let us hope it was a thousand, instead of Idly railing at the dirty habits of com merce, our heroine haled her washtub out of the cellar and gave the money a thorough scrubbing. It came off the clothesline so bright and clean that the local bankers took It for a counterfeit. like the lumberjack who thought he had leprosy after his first annual bath. We hope this woman's good exam ple will be followed wtdely. Why should we not have laundries for dirty money as well as for dirty shirts? The only difficulty we foresee Is that they would be more expensive. Some of the dirt which attaches to money Is hard to wash out. Even the most powerful chemicals seem to have little effect on It. FORTTANTVS FTSAX1AI. STRENGTH. Portland's National banks. In a re port to tho Controller of Currency, show an Increase In deposits of more than 13,700.000, as compared with the same date last year. As the five Na tional banks In this city now hold more than $35, 000, 000 in deposits, and the other banking- Institutions In this city hold about 125.000,000 of depositors' funds, there Is undoubted ly at this time more money in the hands of the Portland financial insti tutions than ever before In the his tory of the city. An increase of more than $10,000 a day In National bank deposits for an entire year certainly reflects a highly prosperous condi tion In the community. The National banks which make such a fine show ing regarding deposits also reflect the financial conservatlveness which has made Portland famous, by showing a heavy gain In cash on hand. While there has been some Increase In loans anl discounts, the-surplus re serve of the five National banks Is still In excess of 40 per cent, althocgh tho legal requirements are but 25 per cent. The showing is one that can hardly fall to attract attention to the city. It should not escape attention, how ever, that an abundance of bank de posits does not always mean the max imum of prosperity. Money is useful only when It Is working. If a bank can keep It moving in legitimate chan nel it i of great benefit alike to the bank, the depositor and to the com munity. If. on the other hand, it re main' inactive and Is earning nothing for the owners, and Is not assisting in any of our Industries. Its value as a factor in prosperity Is minimized. The nimble sixpence always has had eco nomic advantages over the slow shil ling. A thousand dollars Invested In a legitimate enterprise which I pro ducing or earning something is vastly more beneficial to the community than twice that amount in the bank. Confidence Is generally worth as much to a community as cash, for without the one the other will not be generally available. It U unfortunate. but true, that every" community has a number of chronic "knockers" who can see nothing In the future that will warrant the Investment of any money. When the political atmos phere Is clear and the great staples which Oregon produces In practically unlimited quantities are selling at high prices, the murmur of the "knockers" is drowned In the roar of Industry, but In occasional calms the voice of the "knocker" penetrates far ther and not Infrequently frightens capital, large and small, into hiding. Now that election Is over, railroad building progressing on a greater scale than ever before In the history of the state, and good crops and high prices are the rule instead of the ex ception, there is no reason for any chcklng of the unparalleled prosperity that has placed Portland in the lead of all American cities for solid and permanent growth In 1910. Tins 11UCE OF IiO;.. Sawlogs, like practically every other commodity that Is bought and sold, have a value that is affected by both quality and supply and de mand. For that reason It Is not sur prising to learn that tWo sawlogs re ported as selling for JT.50 per thou sand were $7.50 logs and not tho No. 1 logs which still command 310 to J12 per thousand. With the supply of timber diminishing as rapidly as it is on the Pacific Coast, which is prac tltally the last stand of the logger and lumberman, the closing down of a few sawmills will hardly cause a slump of 32.50 per thousand feet, as was reported from Astoria a few days ago. With the exception of burned over land, on which the damaged tim ber becomes worthless unless removed within a reasonable time, there Is not much danger "of an over-supply of logs being placed in the water. Stumpage values have reached a point where the amount of money In volved U sufficiently large to prevent owners cutting timber until they have reasonable assurance- that there will be a market for the logs at satisfac tory prices. Water shipments of lum ber from the Columbia River this year will break all records. While the unsatisfactory freight rates have had some effect on the rail trade. It Is a certainty that tho total output for the year will be the largest on record. In such circumstances there has been but slight accumulations of the raw material, and as yet there are no signs of first-class logs being placed on the bargain counter. The days of haphazard logging and lumbering are about over In the Pa cific Northwest, and it Is highly Im probable that we will ever again see the time when It will be necessary for loggers to make a 25 per cent reduc tion In prices In order to move their stocks. PRKSmENT JU.IOTT OS APPLES. President Howard Elliott's speech at the opening of the National Apple Show In Spokane touched upon a number of points which are impor tant not only to orchardlsts, but also to everybody who is concerned In the welfare of this section of country. There is very little doubt that the fruit Industry Is destined In the long run to become the most potent factor in the prosperity of Oregon and Washington. Mines are exhausted in the course of time. Timber Is sub ject to destructive fires and the for ests can only be made permanently productive by a difficult and expen sive system of protection. Like all other civilized communities, Oregon must depend upon agriculture for. the basis of Its ultimate prosperity. Agriculture with us is still primi tive and experimental. Our farmers have not yet determined what are the most profitable crops to raise or de cided upon the best methods of cul tivation. Still to this broad statement there are some exceptions. Experi ment has proved that the soli and cli mate of Oregon and Washington are singularly adapted to many varieties of fruit and above all to the apple. Intelligence has been applied to the problems of culture and marketing so effectively that most of the diffi culties have been overcome. Horti culture has become an exact science with us. We are able to produce fruit of unrivaled quality and supply it to the consumer at prices which leave the orchardlst a handsome profit. Occasionally the Investment of a small sum in fruitgrowing has brought fabulous returns. Almost in variably the business Insures a com petence to any man who will pursue it intelligently and perseveringly. Naturally a business which prom ises such attractive rewards to indus try and capital has developed rapidly. New tracts of apple land in Eastern Oregon and Washington are con stantly coming Into market. In the Rogue River section great plantings have already been made, and within the next few years we shall see still greater ones in that most favored region. Throughout the Willamette Valley farms are being divided Into manageable tracts and sold for apple orchards. A large proportion of our Immigrants from the East come with the purpose to engage in the fascinat ing occupation of growing apples. Orchards have multiplied so rapidly In Oregon and Washington during the last few years that misgivings have arisen in some minds. Fear is ex pressed that "the apple business is being overdone. The markets of the world will be glutted and prices will fall to a ruinous figure." Mr. Elliott advances some facts which tend to allay this apprehension. He reminds us that the apple crop of the United States In 1S95 was 60,453, 000 barrels. . In 190K, only thirteen years later, it had fallen to 22.735.000 barrels. The decline was much more than 50 per cent of the entire crop for 1895. The tree plantings on the Coast look extensive to observers in the immediate neighborhood, but compared with the consuming capac ity of the country they are Insignifi cant thus far. They will not begin, when they are all in bearing, to re store the apple crop to the figures of 1895. To be sure, orchards have been planted elsewhere. Colorado, Missouri and many other favored areas are growing apples more Intel ligently than In years, but the de mand far outruns the supply, and it would continue to do so if every acre of fruit land on the Coast were pro ducing to Its full capacity. The pop ulation of the United States Is In creasing faster than we can plant apple trees. Every advance In pros perity and Intelligence, no matter where, means a larger consumption of fruit. There are many reasons for believ ing that the apple will become a sta ple article of food in well-to-do fam ilies before long. Nothing need be said about Its agreeable taste. That speaks for itself. But President Elliott states some Interesting facta about its food value. .Many people regard fruit merely as a luxury or an "appetizer." They would never dream of making it the basis of a meal. It appears, however, that the apple contains a fair proportion of muscle - forming elements, while It supplies more energy than many more expensive and less palatable sub stances. Ten cents worth of apples, according to figures quoted by Mr. Elliott, will supply more than three times as much available energy to the body as 10 cents worth of porterhouse steak. The fact that fruits are com pletely digested, so that nothing Is wasted lr. the body, gives them a de cide', economical advantage over many other kinds of food. It Is evi dent, therefore, that the demand for fruit Is likely to exceed tho supply for many years to come. We may continue to plant orchards "wherever they will thrive without any fear that the world will refuse to buy the ap ples they bear. For a final comfort. If it be a comfort, we may remember that less than half the trees planted ever reach bearing age. Two inches of rainfall in Umatilla County has mellowed the soil so that there Is still an opportunity for much Fall seeding in addition to that which was taken care of before the rain fell. Good rains at seeding time in the Fall go far towards carrying wheat through a dry Spring. Thus far the prospects for the 1911 crop in the Pa cific Northwest are fully up to the av erage. Enormous development In the lumber business has resulted in crowd ing wheat into second place as a wealth producer In the state, but as wheat distributes Its millions over a territory that Is not much affected by the lumber Industry, it maintains cit ies and towns in a region that other wise would be very slow in develop ing. It will be many years before the premier cereal will cease to be one of the controlling factors In Oregon's wealth. ' Last Summer, when the Eastern crop-killers and market manipulators were booming the Chicago corn mar ket, the December option was forced up to 70 cents per bushel. Yesterday It sold below 46 cents per bushel. As tho crop of the country this year is in excess of 3,000,000,000 bushels, this decline In price would apparently in dicate a loss of about $720,000,000. This system of establishing a gain or a loss, however, Is not always relia ble, for It must be remembered that the 70-cent price was based on a crop much smaller than the 3.000.000,000 bushels that now seems certain. Even at the average price for the past five years. It seems hardly possible that present prices can be maintained, especially if decline In provisions con tinues. An important feature of the Wrln ter lecture course provided by the T. M. C A. Is that upon health topics. These are to be presented by special ists in each of the several lines cov ered. The first is to be given on tuberculosis, Friday of this week, by Dr. E. A. Pierce. Experience has demonstrated that the traditional ounce of prevention In dealing with tuberculosis Is worth much more than the pound of cure. The same Is true, in a lesser degree only, in the case of typhoid, pneumonia and other more or less serious diseases. The young man equipped with health Is well equipped for the battle of life. For him all things are possible. Hence instruction in ways that insure health is Invaluable. Plans have been filed in New Tork City for. a forty-six-story building which will measure 6H5 feet in height from the street level to the cupola arid will cost $7,000,000. Following so quickly the announcement of the forty-two-story building for which a permit was taken out at Seattle, it would appear that Gotham was de termined not to be distanced in the race for high buildings not even by Seattle. As the Seattle forty-two-story edifice will not be built above the sixth or seventh story at this time, it is not Improbable that the Puget Sound metropolis will "save its face" by Immediately inducing some one to take out a permit for a forty-eight-story building 700 feet high. Following Leo Tolstoi upon what Is no doubt his final Journey Into self imposed exile, one Is at a loss whether to pity or to censure him. Stubborn to a degree that makes it impossible for his family to protect him. even from the hardships of a Winter Jour ney he -still holds to his determination to push on, as soon as his fever abates, to the Caucasus, where he hopes to be lost In the Tolstoi Col ony that he founded on the shores of the Black Sea. In the nature of things he cannot long survive, and since his work Is done and he has lost all capacity for enjoying life even In Its most meager sense, the end of hU life would logically seem to be due. President Feeney, of the American Federation of Catholic Societies, is surprised and saddened to see that "the fight for morality" seems no nearer ended today than It was 100 years ago. Very likely It never will end. "Ne'er think the victory won, nor lay thine armor down," says the old hymn. "The work of faith will not be done till thou hast gained thy crown." . Fight on. Brother Feeney. "The devil trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon his knees." Probably much good Is to be expect ed from the congress at Pan Fran cisco to promote the Amerlan mer chant marine. It needs promoting If ever anything did. Perhaps the medicine it really needs Is the repeal of our foolish navigation laws and some stones pulled off the top of the tariff wall. Speeches will help some what, but these remedies would resur rect the swooning patient. Money Is not everything, after all, as poor old Jones Flourney would doubtless tell us If he could come back from the other world. Rich but for saken by everybody, he died the other day, nobody knows how. In his solitary cabin In the Douglas County woods. Friends count for something; so do books and happy diversions. What does it profit a man to die rich and lose his soul? Home rule, though enacted Into Oregon laws November 8, Is" not new. It has been In force ever since Eve bossed Adam In their home across the pond 6000 years ago. HELTEY TRIAL ON TODAY Oregon City Man Charged With Shooting and Killing G. W. Smith. OREGON CITT, Or, Nov. 15. (Spe cial.) The trial of Curtis Helvey, charged with shooting and killing George W. Smith, will commence to morrow before Judge Campbell In the Circuit Court. Attorney George C. Brownell will conduct the defense, while the state will be represented by Deputy District Attorney Llvy Stlpp. Considerable interest Is being taken in the case by residents of Carus and vicinity, and t?ne trial will be largely attended. The shooting. It is said, was the out come of an old grudge between the two men, who were both 26 years of age. In the Fall of 1S09, they quar reled at a dance, and shortly before the shooting, while Helvey was acting as floor manager at anottaer dance, he says that Smith, who was the larger of the two. sent him word that he would "beat him to death." As Helvey had a number of friends present, no trouble occurred that nlgtat. On the night of June 30, the shooting occurred near the farms of the parents of the principals at Carus. There were no witnesses to the affair, so many points remain a matter of mys tery. Helvey Insists that Smith way laid him with a club, and in order to save himself, he shot three times at his assailant, one bullet taking effect In Smith's heart and killing him. Hel vey then telephoned to Sheriff Beatie In this city and surrendered 'Himself. Self-defense will be the grounds on which Mr. Brownell will conduct the defense. For the - state. Deputy Dis trict Attorney Stlpp has been actively working on the chso, and he promises to introduce considerable new evidence to help the prosecution. OREGON TO GIVE THANKS Governor Benson Issues Proclama tion to People of State. SALEM. Or.. Nov. 15. Governor F. W. Benson th-'s morning Issued the annual Thanksgiving proclamation In the follow ing words: Thanksgiving Proclamation: "In accordance with the time-honored custom of setting apart one day in the year In remembrance of blesslnes vouch safed to us by Almighty God, and In con formity with the proclamation of William Howard Taft, President of the United States. I, F. W. Benson, Governor of the State of Oregon, by authority in me vested, do ' hereby designate Thursday, November 24. as Thanksgiving day, and I earnestly recommend that upon that day the people of this state desist from their usual vocations and repair to their re spective places of worship, there to give grateful thanks to Almighty God for his goodness and loving kindness to us and to all mankind. "I further recommend, as a fitting observance of the day, that out of our abundance we rtemember the poor and destitute amongst us, and that by deeds of mercy and charity we make It an occasion of comfort and happiness to others. Let us also devote the day to the enjoyment of hospitality and the strengthening of family ties; to in spiring sentiments of loyalty to our country and respect Jor its laws and institutions. "In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the grreat seal of the state to be hereunto affixed. Done at the Capitol. Palem. Oregon, this 15th day of November. In the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and ten." UNIVERSITY FILES REPORT Heavy Expenditures Are) Made for Buildings and Equipment. SALEM. Or., Nov. 15. (Special.) Ac cording to a report of the Board of Regents of the University of Oregon, filed with the executive offices, this school expended $33,SS9 for various tracts of land: $6733.56 for the new En gineering Hall; $27,389.91 for the new men's gymnasium- and $5176.72 for equipment for same; $4758.38 for the women's gymnasium; $184,073.82 for payroll; $350,364.25 for disbursements of the regular university, and $45,627.90 is shown as maintenance on hand Sep tember 30, 1910. During 1909 and 1910 there were 28 counties In Oregon represented by stu dents and 21 states other than Oregon. Ther'e are 492 courses, including 305 in the College of Literature, Science and Arts; 73 In the engineering department; 24 In the summer school; 12 In the College of Law; 51 in the School of Medicine; nine in the department of music and 18 In the correspondence school. ELECTION EXPENSES FILED Carl Kelty, Campaign Manager for Lafferty, Spent $475. SALEM. Or., Nov. 16. (Special.) For the defeat? o assembly candidates . . i ...mAtln. nf th. Tre.Klrintla.l UUU LI O ,11 u nil...".. v- ... preference bill. United States Senator Jonathan Bourne, jr., expeuueu anA nn mnrA n.eordlne to a statement filed with the office of Secretary of State today, tie meniionea 'euucm ly that the money was expended for .Kab nurnnnpil Carl S. Kelty, campaign manager for A. W. Lafferty, Kepreseni&uve in congress-elect from the Second District, filed a statement today showing that he expended $475 for campaign ex penses. A. E. Eaton, Prohibition can didate for Governor, spent $150; M. Fltzmaurlce. chairman of the Republi can Central Committee for Gilliam County, $70; G. W. Myers, candidate for Representative from Polk County, $19.95; O. P. Hoff, successful candidate for Commissioner of Labor Statistics, $219.50, and S. P. Pierce, candidate for Representative from the Sixth District, $22.75. BEND ELECTRIC LIGHTED Water Drives New Power Plant in Eastern Oregon Town. BEND, Or., Nov. 15. Bend now en Joys electric lights. During the past week the power plant at this place was finished and the electricity turned on for the first time. A large power dam has been built in the Deschutes River and the electrical machinery is driven by water power. A number of busi ness houses and residences have been wired and are now lighted by elec tricity. The city has ordered 10 arc lights to be Installed on the streets in the busi ness section. Provision for lighting the residence districts will be made In the near future. The Bend Water, Light & Power Company has expended over $40,000 in building the dam and the power plant. This is the first plunt to develop elec tricity by waterpower on the Deschutes River. The present water wheel devel ops 264 horsepower, and is only one of several units that can be devel oped from the dam. Two Want to Be Postmaster. OREGON CITT, Or, Nov. 15. (Special.) Promise of a lively race for postmaster of Oregon City Is assured by the an nouncement that Captain M. D. Phillips seeks the position, as does Thomas P. Randall, the present postmaster, whose term expires March 11. Both men are well and favorably known in uregon t-lty, and their petitions are being freely signed by business and professional 'man. OFFICIAL COUNT IS MADE County Canvassing Board Announces Election Totals. The official count of the vote cast In Multnomah County at the general elec tion, November 8, for state officers has been completed. The count of1 the vote for a part of the district officers has also been compieteo. During the work of checking up an error was detected In the vote of one precinct, the day and nights boards having placed figures In such a manner that the wrong fig ure was read -by the clerk in computing the totals. This has been corrected. The official returns give Lafferty, the Republican candidate for Represen tative In Congress, a plurality in this county of 4647 over Manning," the Dem ocratic candidate." West's lead over Bowerraan in the race for Governor, was 1298 in Multnomah County. Mc Brlde. for Supreme Justice, received 9841 more votes than Slater, and Bean secured 8415 more votes than Slater. McGinn, candidate for Circuit Judge, Department No. 3. received 4255 more votes than Circuit Judge Cleland. the present Incumbent. The official returns are as follows: Representative In Congress. Crawford. Wlllam A 2.912 Lafferty. A. W 1S.2S2 Manning, John 10.715 Pratt, Georg B 2.162 Lafferty'a lead 4.547 Governor. Bowerman. Jay ...................... .13,4! Eaton. A. K 1,4-50 Hlcbarda. W. S 1.8S5 West. Oswald 14.7H6 Weara lead 1,298 Secretary of State. Benson. F. TV .' 18.983 Davis, X. A 2.162 McDonald. Allen ..................... 8.421 Oliver. Turner S.34 4 Benson's lead 12,639 State Treasurer. Butler, Leslie 4.0S7 Kay. Thomas B S1.227 Otten, Charles H 4.838 Kay's lead . 1633 Joatice of Supreme Court, four-Tear Term. Bean. Henry J 17,417 BrlKht. C. J 3.290 -Mcilrlde. Thomas A 18.813 Mvers, J. D 3.353 Kyau. R. R 3.027 fclalor, Woodson T ,.... 9,002 McBride's lead over Slater S.841 Bean's lead over Slater 8,415 Justice of Supreme Court, Six-Tear Term. Burnett. George U 17,205 Jones, T. J , 3,559 Kin?, Will R 13.U&9 Moore, Frank A 16.896 Kamp, B. F 3.116 Burnett's lead over King; 4,106 Moore's lead over King. ........... . 3,797 Attorn ey-5neraL Brlx, C C 5.142 Crawford. A. M 23.374 Crawford's lead 18.232 Superintendent of Public Instruction. Alderman, L, R. ...17.020 Hinsdale. Geo. A. 8.H42 Horner, J. B 5.3.'2 Steel, Robert R. 3.411 Alderman's lead 11.363 State Printer. Brlander, Gen. , , 8.W56 Dunlway, Willie S. 19.457 Godfrey. J am a B. 7,118 Dunlway's lead 12,339 ComiulsHloner of Labor Statistics and In spector of Factories and Workshop. Curry. S. L. 4.208 Hoff. O. P 18,435 Houston. D. L. 7,177 Hoffa lead 11.238 Commissioner of the Ballroad Commission of Oregon, McLaln, Hug-a , 9.2S0 Miller. Frank J 18.952 Miller's lead 9.672 State Engineer. Koob, John .. ............. Lewis. John H ... B.340 .. .23,081 Lewis' lead 17.741 Division Superintendent of Water Division o. 1. Chlnnock. James T. 24,159 Judge of Circuit Court, Fourth Judicial District, Department 'o. 1. Multnomah County.. Kavanaugh. John P. 24,693 Judge of Circuit Court, Fourth Judicial Dis trict. Itepartment No. S, Multnomah County. rleland. John B 12.S06 McGinn, Henry E. 10.761 McGinn's lead 4.25.1 Judee of Circuit Court, Fourth Judicial Dis trict, Department 'o. 5, Multnomah County. Ditchburn, John 8 S4 Gatens, William X. 19.8H9 Gatens lead 11.245 Senator, Fourteenth Senatorial District, Clackamas, Columbia and Multnomah Co unties. Baldwin. LeGrande M S,7?.9 Malarkey, Dan J 2X277 Malarkey's lead 16.533 Representative, Seventeenth Representative District. Clackamas and Multnomah Coun ties. Cbatten. W. H 24.1S3 STATE NOW BLOCKS DEFENSE Testimony In Richardson Murder Trial May Begin Today. Slow progress Is being made in the selection of the jury which is to try Aurelius M. Richardson for murder in the first degree, because he shot and killed Jesse C. Hale, Mrs. Richardson's paramour. Deputy District Attorney Page is making every effort to exclude from the Jury every citizen who believes In the "unwritten law." The question as to whether a Juror would acquit Richardson "merely be cause Hale was intimate with Mrs. Rich ardson, and continued his illicit relations even after repeated warnings from Rich ardson." is asked every juror. Insanity Is Richardson's nominal defense, yet from the questions asked by John F. Logan, attorney for the defense, it Is evident that the unwritten law will play a prominent part In the trial. There Is a possibility of completing the Jury this morning. Both the state and defense are now exercising their peremp tory challenges. Richardson appeared to be more com posed yesterday than on the first day of tiie trial. The courtroom was well filled with an audience composed entirely of men, but there were not as many present as during the trials of Jesse P. Webb and Mrs. Carrie Kersh. When Judge Gatens adjourned court last night the Jury was still Incomplete. WOMAN SUES FOR $10,125 Litigant Blames Railway Jlotorman for Her Injuries. Beatrice Anderson brought suit for $10125 damages yesterday, alleging that a motorman for the Portland Railway, Light & Power Company started an Irvington car while she was alighting at Third and Yamhill streets. She wants SG5 for damaged clothing. $50 for loi-s of wagf-s and $100 for a doctor's bill. The accident happened September 27 after she had boarded the car at East Fifteenth and Thompson streets to come . - el,, cava ihfl atennprl nn fn thA to luwu. r ' front platform and told the motorman to Signal to an a car iu stop lur ner until she could transfer. When the Irv lngton car started, she says, she was thrown, sustaining Injuries to the legs, hips and back. Justice McBrlde Now 63. SALEM. Or.. Nov. 15. (Special.) Associate Justice T. A. McBrlde celebrat ed his sixty-third birthday today. T ORCHAJUJISTS AD THE RAILROAD Close Relation Between Apple Growers and Transportation System. From address of Howard Elliott, presi dent of the Northern Pacific Railroad, at the National Apple Show at Spokane. This National Apple Show means much in Increasing the use of the apple all over the world, not as a luxury, but as an important element of dally food. As all of you know, the production of apples in the United States has fallen from 60. 453.000 barrels In 1S95, to 22.735,000 barrels in U09. although the population of the country has increased during that period from 70,000.000 to 90.000.000, and this great decrease In the production of a valuable food comes at a time when our growing population needs all forms of food in constantly increasing Quantity. The Industry of raising apples will act as a check. In part, to the drift to the cities, and Is furnishing and will furnish a healthful and profitable occupation for a great many people who apply Intelli gence and hard work to the business, a a The food value of the apple Is not un derstood well enough, and this should be made plain by the grower and those Interested in helping him to obtain the widest possible market. An examination of the cookery books and the periodi cals devoted to food, shows that there are many ways In which fruit and fruit products can be cooked and served. At the apple show of the Berkeley County Horticultural Society, held at Martins burg, W. Va., November 4 and 5. 1909, detailed recipes were furnished showing 101 ways for using their apples. One most desirable exhibit of the National Apple Show Is the department of do mestic economy, where apples are served in various forms. Apples, when dried, and therefore more concentrated than when fresh, compare favorably with bread, dried beans and similar foods in the total amount of food material present, and the apple, either fresh or dried, or preserved, is a source of energy rather than of tissue forming material. On account of the great decrease in the total amount of apples produced in the United States, the fruit is becoming something of a luxury and is used rather for Its pleasant flavor than for its food value. Very careful experiments have been made and show that 10 cents' worth of fresh apples, used as food, furnishes 1467 units (calories) of energy to the body: 10 cents' worth of porterhouse steak furnishes 444 units (calories) of energy; 10 cents' worth of dried beans furnishes 892 units (calo ries), so that. In general, it may be said that the apple furnishes a wholesome, palatable and very attractive addition to the food supply of the family; and the increasing production of the apple should help to offset the growing price of meat and other forma of food. a a a The National Apple Show, by bringing together the best minds in the business. Is a potent force in helping to place apple growing on a sound, scientific and commercial basis. The studv, attention and care given to the production of fruit, by the grower, must, as that production increases, be supplemented by efforts for publicity as to the use of the apple, combined efforts for seeking wider and wider markets, and additions to the facilities for storage and transportation of the fruit It is not an idle statement to say that in a few years there will be 100,000 car loads of apples marketed In Washington. Oregon. Idaho and Montana alone, and there is a growing production of apples in the states in the Mississippi Valley and east thereof. All cf the increased production of apples cannot be placed within the 60 days of harvesting at the point of ultimate destination, and it would be an economic mistake to try to do so. Therefore. It will ?e neecssary. for the apple grower to do what the wheat grower has done, namely: pro vide means for holding part of his crop near the primary market. Now. the best apples command a higher price in many ot the great cities of the country than do oranges, but to have the maximum use of the apple as food, commanding a reasonable price, means must be provided to prevent glutting ol the market at consuming points in the few Autumn months. No doubt there will have to be a combination of storage plans. Just as there is about grain. To day, the producer of grain has more or less storage on his own farm, some at the nearby railroad station in a ware house or elevator, and some at the large elevators and warehouses at great ter minal points. In the same way. as apple production increases, the grower must have some means of caring for his crop at his home orchard, some co-operative storage at the nearby station, and larger Plants at various points throughout the United States. a a The greater portion of the apples pro duced in the West must find a market east of the Missouri River and extend . .. ih Atiuntin seaboard. lng an mo " rl y . - , and even across the Atlantic some of this product has maae in - vast country of ours, we are so accus tomed to great distances that we take them ior gra.iii.eu v uuuui. i aider their significance: It means some thing and costs something, however, to ransport a box of apples from Wes em points to New Tork. nearly 30o0 miles For this transportation, and because of the perishable character of the product first-class fast service Is necessary. The railway receives 4S cents per box. or about half a cent per apple. When the Sower hears that his apples are being retailed at 10 cents each In Ch cago or New York, he should keep In mind how much the railroad received as its share, and look elsewhere for the difference. If he still thinks the transportation ex pense too high, he might do ' "S, lng on what it costs to wagon hai his annles from his orchard to the railway station- he will find, if the distance is five miles and the roads are ol : the , aver ee character that prevails in the Irrl gafed districts of the West, that It cos w him i about 10 cents per box. and he will Soubttess turn his attention to some thing entirely in his own power to im nrovi and that is the wagon roads, for V? raWnv1er-UrntiireUDwaTonehrau1 0verTor -ads6 than in the 3000-mlle rail haul. , . a Business men and the farmers must ortd to their own facilities, adopt Im proved methods for handling freight so that every car is loaded and unloaded nrompUy and so that the greatest use can be "made of each car and each track. Business men and farmers should post Themselves about this great Question and call a halt in the continuous stream of hoBtile and repressive legislation, and should serve notice on the investing pub lic all over the world that money put to American railways Is abso 1. ately safe, both as to principal and fair re turn on the fair value of the property. You apple growers are fair men and vou use uraiiia, i j developing your business , ! -or your Interest, and ior uw """-", . children who roust have an increasing amount of safe and adequate transpor tation, use some of those brains, indus try and energy In helping to form . temperate ana sei.aiu.o """"r about the railway business of the United itates so that Justice will be done by those you select for the Legislature and for the numerous commissions, and to whom you give over the enormous power of control over the transportation system of the country, but with no responsibility as to financial results. -What We Are Coming To. Waterbury Republican. In a few years, perhaps, history will repeat when people adopt the reprehen sive custom of mortgaging their auto mobiles to buy aeroplanes. Life In Massachusetts. Springfield Republican. Life Is Just one damn no, cam paign after another. In Massachusetts.