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.