II THE UOKXIXG OREGOXIA! rKIPAT, AXJGrsT 4, 19ii. THREEFIND WATER STATUS IS DARK Mayor Discovers Pipe Will Delay Relief and Company. May Be Penalized. DANGEROUS CUTOFF SEEN rU Boll Ran Main I Likely Nocfto Be Laid Before September IS or Too Late to Increase Supply This Season Meter Needed. ' Discovery by Frank W. Winn of a alve whereby any person with a us- Ire to do so could cut off th city1 water supply nearly a mil this aide of the headworks. leaving th city with out adequate supply, waa one feature rf the trip of Mayor Rushlight. Engi neer Clarke, of the Water board, and Commissioner Winn to the Bull Run Ierve yesterday. That the .contractors on the second rondult. now nearlng completion, ehould be compelled to put In a dou ble meter system for measuring the ater this side of the hradworka. in stead of having but one meter and yiarrowtng the pipe down mora than Ci per cent thereby. Is another feature. That the big conduit, which Is cost ing the people of Portland tl.l&s.oos. Is not going to be done In time to do any good this season. Is still another phase of the water situation that was laacie plain by the visit of the officials. Condole of Small Service. Even If the conduit were finished Im rnediately. owing to the non-completion tof the reservoirs at Mount Tabor, It would be of small service. Is another Cart, according- to Commissioner Winn. hlle Mayor Rushlight, after In rpectlng the new pipeline and the re verve at the Intake, did not care to die russ the situation at great length, h tlld say that he "will be surprised If th conduit Is finished and water running: through It by September 16. too late l be of much service In relieving the gr-.prtage now or recently existing. i The Mayor also remarked as he wa leturr.lng from the reserve that he be Sieved the contractors should have had snore men working on the line severs rnenths ago. but that at present he g-nuld not see where any more could be psej to good advantage. lie did Dot rare to discuss the penalty end of the k-ntracts, but it Is believed that hie -leas on this point are reflected to a parse extent br the statement of Cora rnlssloner Winn, who la the new mem ber of the Board, appointed by the -Maror to nil a vacancy. , "I believe that, when a man enter Bnto a contract, he should live up to It." avaid Mr. Winn. "I would show no tnercy to either Robert Wakefield (l o.. contractors for the Mount Tabor reservoirs, or to the Kohaw-Batcher i'ompany. contractors for the new con klult. I believe that. If there are any unforeseen things, contractors should jruard against them and that tbey can rot expect the Board to overlook their cellnquencles. A contract Is a con tract, and both parties te It should Ulde by Us terms. Another Meter Wanted. Fpeaklnr of his observations, Minn said: Mr. "I shall recommend to the Board that the contractors be obliged to Install an ether meter this side of ths head work. where now but one Is In position, While the contractors maintain that, in (running the pipe down more than to per vent to measure the water does not Irrpede the flow, no living man can con vince me that this Is a fact, and I (hall surge that another meter be put In. giv ing no room for doubt that (he flow Is kerfectly complete. This meter connection, cutting down, s It does, the else of the pipe mora toAji one-half, was one of the features to which attention was called by a committee of Peninsula cltlsens. who made an Investigation recently to find why the pipeline Is not completed. -I was surprised." aald Mr. Winn, "to learn that there la a means, about one alf mile this side of the head works. whereby any one who so desires may rot oft the city's water supply In the rid conduit. In company with In spec (or Maupln, I saw a gauge which con iro'.s the supply. This I consider i dangerous thing, and shall recommend that It be taken out and that the only rut-off be at the head works, right by Lie Intake. Bummed up. the water situation in "ortland Is that, with the present weather prevailing, there will be a good rupply. but. if warmer weather returns, trie trouble will be renewed. There will ) no relief from conditions from the completion of the new pipeline this Hammer, for two reason. The conduit Vt'.l not be done for more than a month Had the Mount Tabor reservoirs will not te In fit condition to furnish a supply ka account of their condition. It being kiecessary to remove the tar and Other Fubetances from the big baslas. Outlook Not Glowing. Neither Chief Engineer Clark nor Bu rerlntetulent Dotlge last night had knowledge of the valve or cut-off men tioned by Commissioner Winn. Beth oe ilarej that they felt certain that no auih thing exists, but that they would Investigate at once to ascertain what there Is about It. There must be soma mistake." aald air. Clarke. "I have no knowledge of och a cut-off. I cannot Imagine what It was that Mr. Winn saw but will ln kestigte tomorrow." f That conditions will be but little be-t-r than at present, even with the new ) ipeline and reservoirs In operation next rammer, unless the Water Board In- ta'.is a system of distribution mains -from the various elevations), waa the (Le.-lartlon of Mayor Rushlight on his return from the reserve, tie has In st rur ted that plans be drafted for sub ri un to the board at an early data. hat action may be taken without any -unnecessary delay. He says that, no matter how mix h water there Is In the reservoirs, certain districts will be as short as they are now unless tbla new distributing system as put In. ripe Laid in Ilork. Leaving the City Hall at lo o'clock. Mayor Kushllght. Commissioner Winn. ji!neer Clarke. J. R. Bowles, of th ortnwat Hrldse Works, who Is man aging the construction of the pipeline, arnd representatives of the press mad the trip to the head works In automo biles a part of th way. by teams an other stretch, and on foot Into the re serve by 1 o'clock. There Is about one-half ml! of U-lnch rip to b laid at points near th Intake, ima section U through S Irneal feet of rock- Much difficulty waa experienced In certain places by the nature of the r.aterlal to be removed. Rocks could rnt t blasted because of th close prox imity of the old conduit, for fear of In juring It- Therefore, much of thl work .as to be .(Ion bv hand. There Is a total of It jntlee 10 of &lnch and 1 cf , MAYOR EUSHLIOHT, WATER COMMISSIONER WINN AND CHIEF ENGINEER CLAEKE INSPECT BULL BUN CONDUIT NO. 2. TROM MOUNT TABOR TO HEAD WORKS. fi,.1;V vt: - v -P-:, -:i. 4 v rx Tt y vTsv?-V v y -rs-rjy- r;--J . t i -( !' . a . M S-lnch pip In th new line. It Is of lock-bar manufacture. It Involved many Intricate pieces of engineering In In stallation. One of the greatest difficul ties was hauling in of the huge sections,' as th roads war bad during th rainy seasons. It being Impossible to work for months. Work was resumed June IS anfl s been carried on steadily sine. STREET WORK IS RAPPED Citizen Say Improvement on East Sixth Is Undesirable. George Prosser. of US East Sixth street, has filed with City Auditor Bar- bur complaint against the manner In which th Inman-Poulsen Company has filled and surfaced East Sixth street. lie says: "I wish to call your attention to the matter of bad faith on the part of the Inman-Poulsen Company in connection with th improvement of East Sixth street. Their man Friday (Shepherd) went before the Council and promised that If the Council would rescind the extensive Improvement ordered by them and allow the company to Oil up the slough on Sixth with sawdust rilling. which he assured th Council was lust aa good as gravel nil. tney wouia cover the same with gravel and put in sidewalks so that the people could have the use of It right away, or if not al lowed to do so. they would fight th matter all th way through th courts. -Mr. Wills, their champion, assured us that It should be done right away. but Instead of doing th same they have fenced up tbe street, to stop it being used, and the gravel that should go on th All is being used In other places." HASSAM COMPANY SUES ravins; Contractor Charged With Violating; Agreement. Charging the Consolidated Contract Company wltb unlawfully using a patented article la laying Ilaasam pavement on Commercial street and asking that the company be permanent ly enjoined from laying more of this pavement, the Haasam Paving Com pany and tbe Oregon Hassam Paving Company have brought suit In the Fed eral Court. It I alleged in tbe com plaint that Hassam pavement Is the Invention of Walter K. Hassam. that he discovered It In 10S, and patented It he next year. Th Oregon Hasssm Paving Company, It Is alleged. Is the license of th Ilaasam Paving Com pany. It Is charged that the Consoli dated Contract Company took the con tract with the elty May 17. last, to pave Commercial street from Skldmore to KUUngsworth avenue, for t:(.10.49. Tbe objection of the Hassam Com pany Is said to be that the defendant not complying wttn tne M aaaam Company's conditional consent to allow any other company to bid on Hassam. "CAR STAWPPED YE KNOW" English Real Eatate Man Pay Fine After Court Arrunent. Because his hired automobile broke down on the LJnnton Road, leaving him with two women guests In front of a "biawstad pub. D. O. Herts, a young real estate agent of British extraction. refused to pay th bill, withstood theln I, . - :&t; - .ri vv.-. - V.-r.;cA I It - r-., -V''- -v 1 II "-t;;,"1 -v:-"'.., -"I I ... .h-.-v : ., - ,-L;' t-. i- - 3! I .. w,V- s., v, TV v- , I VIlsssssMess''''' . - t " f f . Wa , ; sv-o ? I sjA sr-; t . rr- . --i-v-- ' - --; ' " ' . , v '- ''. " ,' : - ' I '.-,,. . ..' . '," , '. ' ' :' ; :-'r-V---- Z-ji- --.: -' l- if V.A- ti . " " ... -VC 1 ' ' MO. I LEFT TO RHiHT CHIEF KfilEER CLARKE, MAYOR Rt SII l.K.IIT AD K. W. li'. MKMHK H OF TIIK WATER. HOAHIt, AT I- TAKIV -NO. s. KHOWI.0 IMFFI CI'LT M ATt'RK OF LAVING HUGE FIPK P:TIO.t THROKIK FOHCI T. BOI I.DEII A.H HI I. US. .MO. it. VIEW OF ROAD WHEKcJ COSD I IT Ml ST UK LAID I BED OF SOLID HOCK. assault of Otto Ruedy. proprltor of th machine, and appeared In Justice Court yesterday to prosecute his assailant. Herts telephoned to Ruedy for a car and Invited three friends to take a spin with him. From the first he was not pleased with th equlppage sent him, but when the car stopped dead In front of a roadhouse and the chauffeur In vited Herts to get out and push, his blood boiled. The first heave did some thing to the axle and the wheel dropped off. When the marooned travellers finally landed at home In another car. Herts refused th bill, and asserted that Ruedy came next day to his office the Henry bunding ana sougnt to viV T,9 v.-n-'; -take It out of his hide." The fight was an abortive affair In which the worst damage was to Herts' hat-brim. Justice Bell imposed a fine of 15. Work on Suite Rood Being Hurried. CHEHALIS. Wash.. Aug. 3. (Spe cial.) State Highway Commissioner Roberts was In Chehalls yesterday to confer with the County Commissioners regarding the completion of the work on state road No. 6, across Klickitat prairie. William Young and Harvey Landes are busily engaged on the Job and It Is hoped to have the road fin ished before the Fall rains begin. CHARTER DRAFTING BOARD UNDER WAY .East Side Commission Com mittee of 15 Is Tempor- arily Organized. CLARK NAMED CHAIRMAN Reoommendaeions for Permanent Officers and Charter Outline) to Be Submitted by Appointed Body Xext Monday. With tho election of A. E. Clark as chairman and City Auditor Barbur as secretary, th committee of 15, appointed h thi TCaat Aide nuslnesa Men's Club to draft a commission charter for this City, Clicciea IWUIAnvi; viwiMaiui. a meeting at th City Hall laat night. Th commltte will b organised per manently at a special meeting next Mon day night, when a committee, to be named by Chairman Clark today, will report recommendations aa to permanent o Ulcers. Eleven of th 16 members of th com mittee attended laat nights meeting, which was called to order by L. M. Lepper, a member of the committee rep resenting the East Bid organisation which selected the membership of tho commission committee. Confidence I Expressed. "The East Side Business Men's Club Is pleaaed with the selection of the com mittee that has been made as well as Its personnel." said Mr. Lepper. "We be lieve that we will feel proud of the work this committee will do, believing that the commission charter you will frame will be one that will commend lt- aelf to the people of Portland. On motion of R. W. Montague th aDDOlntment by the chairman was au thorised of another committee of three to prepare and submit at the meeting of the committee Monday night a gen eral outline of a plan of commission charter. Dr. C. H. Chapman Insisted that the tentative draft should be that of a genuine commission government charter, ana was succeaaiui in uiuwuu instructing the committee to that effect. The members of the committee will be announced today by Chairman Clark. Jtule Is Explained. In reply to a question by City Auditor Barbur as to what a commission lorra of srovernment was. Dr. Chapman re plied that It was a government In which the executive and legislative branches of a municipality were merged and ad ministered by a commission of five or seven members; the wards In tne city were abolished, political parties ellm- Inated so far as city affairs were con- cerned. and responsminty piacea wnero i 0f the school system In tills state, ac it belonged. I cording to Milton A. Miller, of Lebanon Members of the committee attending ths Initial meeting last night were: R. W. Montague. A. E. Clark. Dr. Harry Lane, Alfred D. Cridge, Dr. c. ti. cnap- man. City Auditor Barbur, w. u. car- nenter. D. V. Hart, William C. Ben- bow. Thomas M. Hurlburt and George Black. Non-attending memDers or tn committee were: Circuit Judge Mc- Glnn, F. C. Barnes, n. . .f arsons ana by levying a special tax or nor to ex Tsaae Swett. The committee decided to I Ceed one-half of one mill which Is col- meet resrularly every Thursday night In the Mayor's committee-room in tne City Hall. WILDE PREDICTS I SURPRISE ArraleTtment or Aliegea xmoezxier to Be Heard Boon. Ailln from consulting with a number f his friends. Louis J. Wilde passed yesterday quieny ai ms rouU ... Bowers Hotel. Within th next few flays. Mr. Wilde will engage a Portland counsel who. with Attorney Sumner, of Los Angeles, will conauci nis oe- fense In the trial for alleged emDesxie- tnent of 890.000 of the funds of th de- funct Oregon Trust & Savings Bank. When Mr. Wild nas engagea ms legal counsel, he will then determine the course to be pursued In his trial. r -.in not ha until he selects his law-- yers, that Mr. Wilde will be arraigned and enter his piea to in inaicimeuu i oumi uj wiu -This may take place tomorrow, but in I that the fund Is raised from direet tax- 11 probability the arraignment win I h iieferrwt until th first of the week. Mr. Wild declined lo De mierviewea yesterday, but renewed his declare fton that at "the proper time," presum ably the time of his trial, ne would make a statement, including disclos ures, that will be deciaeaiy sensational. BLACK FLAG IS HOISTED Captain Kldd'a Crew Prepared for Raid on Bonneville. Cantaln Kldd's pirate crew, which will capture the big excursion party of the Portland Press Club on the Steamer Monarch next sunaay, neia a dress rehearsal yesterday afternoon, I when Captain Kldd. known In private life as David Morrison, put nis Dana through their paces. Assisted by John H. Btevenson, r ran McGettlgan. E. A. Beals and others. Kldd wilt Dull off some unique stunts I during the excursion to Bonnevuie. ine boat will leave the root or wasning ton street at 8 A. M. This will be an occasion, when the newspaper men will take their wives and sweethearts along and the ticket which are on sale are available to all. In addition to the pirates' doings I there will be music by band and I dancing, the latter at Bonneville, where I a stop of two hours and a hair will be I made. All sorts of soft drinks and re freshments will be taken along. Port- and will be reached on the return trip before sundown. PERS0NAL MENTION. A. C. Woodcock, a lawyer of Eugene, Is at the Imperial. H. E Edwards, of Coos Bay. Is regis tered at the Perkins. Robert. E. Twohy. a contractor of Epokane, Is at the Bowers. E. H. Corbett, of this city, has taken partments at th Bowers. Raymond Price, of CaldwelL Idaho. regisierea at me sr. yesieruay. Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Whitman, of Spo- I kane, wash., are at tne Portland. A. A. Jayne, an attorney at Hood River, was at the Seward yesterday. A- W. Cook and family, of Pittsburg. Pa., are registered at the Portland. Robert McCord. a merchant of Gold- ndale, was at the Cornelius yesterday. Georte Lindstrom, a merchant of Astoria, w&s at the Oregon yesterday. L IL Robinson, a building contractor I of Joseph, was at the Imperial yester- J H v. I Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Neft, of Eugene, were registered yesterday at the Seward. J. S. Hanson and family, of .Marsh field, were registered at the Perkins yesterday. Dr. W. S. Kennedy and family, of The Danes, -were registered at the Oregon yesterday. . O. C. Fulton and John H. Smith, lawyers of Astoria, are registered at the Imperial. J. 8. Delllnger, publisher of ' the Astorlan. is registered at ths Imperial from Astoria. 8. Bertelson. member of a prominent firm of contractors of Tacoma. Is at the Imperial. J. F. Batchelder, a real estate dealer of Hood River, registered at the Ore gon yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Camplan, of Ooldendale, Wash, were at the Ore gon yesterday. Mr. 'and Mrs. F. A. Sanborn, of Astoria, were registered at the Port I land yesterday. O. B. NIssen, of the Osburn woiei, was registered at the Cornelius yes terday from Eugene. Mr. and Mrs. John II. Lewis, pioneer resident of Marlon County, are regis tered at the Perkins from Salem. S. P. Bartlett, of the Johnson Lumber Company, was registered at the Im perlal yesterday from Coqullle. Henry Newman, a theatrical manager at Astoria, accompanied Dy mrs. new man. Is registered at the Seward. J. F. Kelly, of the Booth-Kelly Lum- gfste redaT?he Imperii. accompaniea ty Mrs. William Oerig. vice-president of the Pacific St Eastern Railway, was regis tered at the Bowers yesterday from Medford. . L. P. Reynolds, chief clerk at the Portland, returned yesterday from a two weeks' vacation passed at San Francisco and Los Angeles. Mr. and Mrs. H. R. McClellan and Mrs. M. E. McClellan, of Clinton, la., xr v c Leonard and Miss Leonard, of fVClalre. Wis., form a party of tourists registered at the Bowers. Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Powell, of 94 East Fifty-third street, city, and Austin Mo Dee, of 658 Durham avenue, left yes terday for Denver as a delegate to the annreme convention or me aoaero Brotherhood of America, which, con venes In that city August 8. rHICAOO. Aug. S. (Special.) Port land D&ODle registered today at Chi' j..... hotel, are At the Stratford. Mr, end Mrs. John I. Bortle. At the Grand Pacific, H. A. Duncan. At tne Lasane, James Strain, SENATOR PRAISES LI I COTTNTY HIGH SCHOOL- FCXD IS BIG AID TO OREGOX. Stilton A. Miller, of Lebanon, De clares 3ew Law Allowing; Tui tion Is Effective. In Its ODeratlon. the law enacted at the last aeaslon of the State Legislature I and orovldinsr for a county high school I run(j )s accomplishing good Tesults and i. dolna- much to advance the efficiency I etata Senator from Linn County. sen- I tor Miller was a member-of the Sen- 1 ate committee on education and during i the session took a particular interest I jn all bills relating to education, I The county high school fund bill pro I vldes that the people of any county i mav vote on the question or estaDiisn ig A high school fund which Is raised I ected against all taxable property. when such a fund Is raised, it is piacea I under the control of the county high school board wnicn consists ui me K q Pnnntv Court, the count y Lr th county "Everv blah school In anv county I that maintains a scnool up to tne scan- i aara prescrmea oy tne oiaie ui I Uoation Is entitled to receive from this fund tuition for all pupils attend I hAAl " aoM Senator Miller. I .......j.,, Tha Hi.hTmamMt of the I ,..h h'.i . i. no a basis of 140 a. pupn f0r tjje first 20 pupils; 3U a pupu for the next 2o and 112.50 a pupil for th8 remainder. i "There are now seven counties In the state using this plan. They are i Benton, Linn, Lane, Lincoln, polk, I Union and Yamhill. I commend this J iaw most highly to the people of all the counties or tne state, it is one oi I the best laws ever enacted in tne state I for school purposes, because it brings the school to the children. It ap- I proaches more nearly to equality than auon oi an t""' . ,7 . '"6" O-MUV " ' for it reaches the people. . "For example, we have in the Le banon high school 100 boys and girls. Under the law this school Is entitled to and draws tuition from the county high school fund to the amount of $2150. To send 10 boys and girls away rrom home to school to pay board and tui tion will oost an equal amount, but my point Is there will be 90 per cent who have not gone to the high school at all. Therefore, It behooves us to support this law which brings the school to the people. The high schools are iorming rapiu- Iv and I rejoice over that fact. There are more high schools established in Linn County under this new law than there were in the entire state In 1900. We have 800 boys and -girls In the high schools of Linn County, the great majority of them living in their own homes. Eighty per cent of the eighth grade graduates are retained in the BCnOOlS. .LiaSC scnool year liicio wrric over 8000 boys and girls In the high schools of Oregon. "Every community in Oregon can have the kind of school it desires. The buildings can be and should be in spected and repaired from time to time. keeDlng them painted and renovated so that good sanitary conditions may pri- vail. The grounds should be kept clean and free from rubbish and trash of any kind that has the effect of producing disagreeable impressions. William ill. . unanaier, oi wasning- ton, D. C, a man of National reputa tion as an educator, said when In Ore gon a fe(v years ago, I have read the school laws of every state In the Union and Oregon laws rank among the best. The school laws are very democratic. Politics are unknown and the Intelli gence of the people is of a high order.' Oregon s publio school system ranks among the foremost In this country. Its efficiency will be promoted through the general use of the provision of the law providing for a county high school fund for tne support or county nigh schools and the better education of our young people." is.nium imCTTe m n Bill F IVI U I Ills UrOtIO ULU flULL Fee for Habeas Corpus Application 'Returned by Judge, In returning to W. M. Davis 111 which he had paid as a filing fee for an appllcalon for a writ of habeas corpus on behalf ot-P. Christopherson, striking Mount Hood lineman, Judge AMUSEMENTS. SBAT8 -NOW SET.IXSG. BEIXIG THKATEK. 7 NIGHT8 BEGINNING SUNDAY POPULAR PRICE SUMMER ENGAGEMENT ' Harry L. Cort Presents Max Figman In the Comedy Succesa "THE MAX OX THE BOX" Even In fa Lower floor 75c, 50c; balcony. 60e, 25c; grallery, .15c Bargain Wednesday matinee Lower floor and balcony, 25c; gal lery, 15c. Saturday matinee Lower floor, 60c 25c; entire balcony, 25c; grallery, 15c m MAXX , A 100 V UAXix&E. EYEBY DAT 15-25-51 irsJ v NIGHTS THEATER 15-25-50-75 WEEK JTXY 31. Nana, "Corralled." Jack Connolly & Margaret Webb, Moray Cash, Delro, Gordon i Marx, Albertua .First and Jessie Miller. Matinee Every Day. na. Kenned Vaudeville. WEEK JTXY SI 'On a Side Street." Mak arenko Duo, Watson and Dwyer, "The Graphophone Girl," Koblnaon and LaFaTOX, The Berrens, Grandascope. Prices: Matinees, 16oj Evenings, 18o 3BC SJANTA apaaqnallad VandavBla. WEEK JULY 31. The Bhootlng Star. Ital ian Trio. "Christmas at Hunrlna'." Morris Golden. Bavo, Paatagescope, Orchestra. Popular prices. Ms-tlnee dally 2:80. T:8 . KATZENJAMMER KRUISE Given br Portland Press Club TO BONJTEVILXJB SUNDAY, AUGUST S. 191L On Steamer Monarch, Leaving Foot of Washington Street at 8 A. M. Return at Sundown. Everybody Invited! Bring Your Ladles! Captain Kldd and His Pirate Band Will Be There. Tickets sl.OO. OAKS PARK Most Famous Amusement Park In America. Metropolitan Opera Quartet Is Creating a Furore. WATCH PHILIP PELZ. QAR8 PARK BAND. Bathe In the Natatorlum. Watch the Wonderful Ostriches. Bring your friends to visit us. Amusement for old and young. Admission, 10c: children. Be; under 6, free. Pupils of public schools under 12 free on Saturday afternoons. Bring- them alL Five-cent Car Fare All Over the City. i Take Express Trains First and Alder. Fast Launches. Morrison Bridge BASEBALL RECREATION PARK, Cor. Vaughn and Twenty-fourth St a. VICTORIA, B. C. vs. PORTLAND August 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. Game Begin Weekdays at SiOO P. M. Sundays 2iSO P. 31. - LADIES DAY FRIDAY BoyB Under 12 Free to Bleachers Wednesday. McGinn yesterday set at naught a rule promulgated by Judges Cleland, Frazer, Sears and George of the Mult nomah Circuit Court several years ago. Judee McGinn declared that a per son who Is actually In Jail should not be-reaulred to nay for his liberty and quoted from the Oregon constitution. Justice shall be aaministerea witaoui purchase." The rule nas neen to cnarge ior lao filing of a habeas corpus application the same as for complaints of other nature. Judsre McGinn held that It is discretionary with the Court whether the filing fee should be refunded. Perkins Succeeds McCormicle. TACOMA. Ausr. 3. At a meeting of the executive committee of the Repub lican State Central Committee, held In the offices of Colonel B. W. Coiner to day. S. A. Perkins, of Tacoma. pub lisher . of two Tacoma papers,, wan elected Republican National com mitteeman from Washington, succeed ing R. L. McCormlck, deceased. DAILY METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. onpTT.AVn Aur. t. Maximum tempera ture. 71 degrees; minimum. B degrees. River . .r s A. M.. 8 feet: change in last 24 hours, fall of .1 foot. Total rainfall (5 P. M. to 5 P. Al. . none; lottti rmiu '"- . tember 1, 1910. J5.79 inches: normal -rain fall, 44.52 inches; aenciency, s.i incnea. Total sunshine, 7 hours; possible sunshine. 14 hours 42 minutes. Barometer (reduced to sea level) at s f. . luCD- WEATHER CONDITIONS. a t t-nnald arable Intensity has de veloped over the valley of the Bed River of .v.. .-rth. and light to moderately heavy rains have fallen In Manitoba and the Da kota and southeastward to the Middle South Atlantic Coasts: tne rainiau was nea.vy in the western portions of Pennsylvania and v vi.ir Thunder storms were reported from Denver. St. Louis, Pittsburg and Buf faioT The pressure Is still above normal east of the Appalachian Mountains, and re mains relatively high along the North Pa cific Coast. The weather Is cooler In In nrwon. Eastern Washington, North ern California. Western North Dakota, Mis souri, North Carolina ana in tne uajte re gion, and It is warmer In the Puget 8ound country, the northern Rocky Mountain and northern Plains states, the lower Missouri Valley and Alabama. In nearly all sec tions of the country the weather Is cooler than usual for this season or tne year. rnnHiitAm urn favorable for fair weather Vrldav throughout this district, and It will be warmer In Eastern Washington. . , FORECASTS. Portland and vicinity Fair. Northwest erly winds. - Oregon Fair. Northwesterly winds. Washington Fair, warmer east portion. Northwesterly winds. Idaho Fair. TWirorrtTKj F. rTt ATCK. Observer. AUCTION SALES TODAY. AT Wilson's auction house, at 10 A. M. Furniture. 171-8-6 Second street. BORN. WILKINS To Mr. aad Mrs. A. R. Wilklns. - 700 Williams ave., a son. Both mother and son are doing well. MEETING NOTICES. WEBFOOT CAMP NO. 65. W. O. W. All "members re luested to attend the meeting this (Fridayr evening In our Temple. 129 11th st. There will be special features. A watermelon feast will be held aftei the regular session. Visiting neighbors wel come F. H. DAMMASCH, C. C A L. BARBUR. Clerk. fRITSAniC COMMAXDEHT 'dj, U. D. A stated conclave will ne neia in mair asylum. Washington Masonic Hall, this evening at 7:30. All slf knights courteously Invited. CHARLES HUSSET. Recorder. PORTLAND LODGE. NO. 55. X. P. AND A. M. Stated communl- atlon tni (Friday even inn. 7-30 D'clock. Work in M. M. degree. Visitors Invited- By order w. VI. V - flnlllTan Ponaiiil 7m v