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TITE MOItXiyg OTtEGOXTAy, TUESDAY. OCTOBER IV 1911. I FEDERAL AGENTTO STUD! CITY F0005 WOMAN EXPERT STATISTICIAN WHO WILL PROBE HIGH COST OP LIVING IN PORTLAND FOR GOVERNMENT. V Cost of Living and Why Object of Visit of Young Vassar College Graduate. DEALERS DISLIKE PROBE ; Syswm of Ordll nrllevrd by Got. i eminent Jioparlmcnt to Have Bearing on Prkts Exclusive Neighborhoods Sllfhtrd. OREGONTAX NEWS BCREAL', Wash fnrton. Oct. 1. The cot of living In Fortland Is to be made the subject of Federal Investigation hy the Depart mfnt of Commerce and Labor. Miss Edith M. Miller, a younc Viiwt gradu ate who la attached to the department' force of expert statisticians, and clerk to the Lodge Concessional committee on Investigation of the high cost of llv Inar prevailing; throughout the I'nlted Ptatea, has Included Portland In the Itinerary of a tour of cost of living In vestigations which embraces every larxe city In the West. She will arrive In Portland In Octo ber, and will prosecute her work there with the same secrecy which has char acterised her problns; In all the terri tory sha has visited. The results of her tour will be published by the de partment In March, and this report, by Its presentation of carefully-feathered facts and figures, will authentically die clone cost of living conditions which will have an Important bearing; upon the prosperity and progress of cities In ever section of the West. Price Reparta ;(. Ml is Miller's work takes her amongst the tradespeople of the neighborhoods In which the middle classes reside, and her success depends largely upon her caution, her ability to exercise cajolery and flattery, and her skill at subter fuge. She finds tradespeople hostile to her efforts to Investigate their prices and business methods, and yet. so success ful has this college girl been as a Fed eral agent, that when she leaves Port land she undoubtedly will have per suaded a half dosen storekeepers to mall monthly reports of price quota tions to the department at Washing ton, so that a running report of cost of living conditions throughout the country may be maintained at the Capital. Miss Miller Is chiefly concerned with the cost of food stuffs and other par ticulars relative to family life. Wages and employment Investigations are car ried on by other agents of the depart ment who follow her Into the cities which she visits. When she arrives In Portland Miss Miller will first acquaint herself with the characteristics of the . different neighborhoods. She will Ignore those neighborhoods where families of liberal Incomes reside, setting aside for her Immediate field the districts which house residents of ordinary Incomes, such as clerks, the better class of fac tory and store employes, clerical work ers, machinists, carpenters and flat dwellers. Having "segregated these neighbor hoods for the first steps of her Inves tigations, Miss Miller will make a visit ing tour of the groceries, meat shops and dairy stores. She will watch her opportunity to slip Into these stores when they are unusually busy. While she Is waiting, apparently unconcerned, her quick bright eyes will make care ful note of every purchase made by the store's customers, keeping a men tal Impression of4 the trade as repre sented at a busy hour. Salea yatcaea Firtn. Eh will notice whether the people In that neighborhood are apt to be extravagant. If they affect the higher priced cuts of meat, or whether they demand more of the cheaper cuts: whether eggs and vegetables are freely purchased, or whether the purses of the customers seem too meager to af ford their tables anything more than necessary to mere subsistence. She will note. too. the credit systems whether customers are inclined to have their purchases charged, or whether the custom leans more toward cash salea. For the matter of carefulness In credits has an Important bearing upon the cost of living In different localities, accord ing to the Iepartment of Commerce and Labor. After many of the unobserved visits Miss Miller then makes the acquaint ance of the storekeepers, introducing herself and her work, but disarming hostility wherever she may with the college girl s tact and her wtnsome tiees. and with Just the proper amount of flattery. Fhe finds grocers and botchers decidedly averse to having their prices compared for a Federal re port. It Is not long before the Investigator has a mental picture of the entire neighborhood, and can almost see In her mind's eye the breakfast and sup per tables of the district, the monthly family squabbles over the grocery bill, and the little splurges that are made for the Sunday dinner. Meats and dairy products are listed also, and these lists are sent to the department with minute descriptions of the neighborhood In which they were compiled and the peculiarities of the trade. If the credit agencies are found to be especially successful in collect ing bad accounts, or If delinquents are not pressed very bard, reports of the tacts are made, because the department figures that where bills are not col lected monthly without trouble the cost of living Is abnormally high, because the tradesmen charge up their losses onto the cost of foods. In other cities Miss Miller has found rather remarkable conditions which Im ply that few housewives know-how to purchase with true economy all of which enters Into final consideration of the real or actual cost of living as it should be In each city, rather than as It Is. She has found, for Instance, that In the neighborhoods where her Investigations are prosecuted, the meat dealers sell their sirloin steaks and porterhouse from S to IS cents lower than In the exclusive neighborhoods. This Is because the dealers supplying the more economical trade find less market for their high priced cuts than for cheaper cuts. Miss Miller completed her investiga tions early this month in Los Angeles end went at once to Han Francisco, trhere she has almost concluded her work. From fan Francisco she goes to Seattle, and from Seattio will go to Portland. CLACKAMAS ROLL HEAVIER Acres of Tillable Land In County Arc T2 1 I . . OREGON C1TV. nr. ITU 1. iSpe f l-l, An. increased valuation of JiiO,- MISS EDITH 400 over 110 is shown by the assess ment roll of Countr Assessor Jack. The gross value of all property Is f21.30. 610. and In 110 It waa 121.080.400. The report shows that there are t7.zu. acres or tillable lana ana acres of non-tillable land in the county. The Board of Supervisors, consisting of the County Judge. County Clerk snd County Assessor, met today to consider complaints, but only a few were made. Following are the valuations oi ine Assessor: Acres of tillable land. T.U.40... S.7W.4T0 Acres of non-tlilabU land. 628.- 01.15 7.801.T80 Improvements en deeded er pat- enlad lands 1.714.0T8 Town and city lots and platted KlWt X.80S.MS Improvements on mm and city lots 1.084.030 Miles of rsllroad bed, "losslnf road." 1.60 4- Stationery enslnes and manulao- tunn machinery T!r2:i Merchandise snd stock In trade. . 474.8oO Farming Implements, wagons, car- naaes, etc Money, notes and accounts i.SX r hares at stock. MOO sS,7&0 Household furniture, watches. Jv5 n,7nd muii 'm rattle. 12.041 20i2 IwTiV!..1!!:::::-::: : Doss. 1M7 11.6W arose veins of all property. .... .21.830.000 mo .fr. .??.f?T. itl.oao.4oo Increase valuation for 1911 as- seasment " Railroads, rolling stock, telegraph and telephone lines are not Included In the above list. The assessment on this clasa of property for 1910. aa made by the State Tax Commissioners, was f2.US.el7. WEST ROILS STI PAROLE OP CATTLE THIEF BITTERLY CONDEMNED. IS Grant Countr Association Adopt Resolutions of Protest and Lowers Reward to $500. CANTON CITT. Or, Oct. 1. (Spe cial.) The Grant County Stockgrow ers' Association held Its annual meet ing at the Courthouse here last vreek. convening Thursday and "nlng its seaslon. Saturday. V" "nonfv the stockmen from all over 'the county were present. 100 being at the banquet served at the Elkhorn Hotel Thursday Atthe session of the stockgrowers the news of the parole of the notorious Charles Gentry waa learned and caused a storm of protest to arise among the members. Strong resolutions condemn ing the administration were adopted unanimously. . The reward of 11000 which has been offered for the arrest and convict on of a stock thief has been temporarily re duced to 1300. or until the next meeting of the association, which will be No vember 20. Unless the Governor changes Ms polL.y In this respect stockmen threaten to remove the reward en tirely. Following Is the resolution. Whereas, t harles I- Gentry, a convicted f.lon from this county, and tor h" r.on Tlctlon this association ottered and paid a lares reward, has. at the veiy ' Incept Ion of his term, been paroiea nA allowed to nis term. r . , . turn, and ha, returned to the scene of his former depredations In this county, and this leilencr practically licenses bin. "sum. and eontlnus his depredations, and "'" mlslns and rendering of ne affect our efforts " protect the stock lndu.tr, of this county from thlevlns: , Whereas, bald Charles I- Gentry la an old and well-known offender and his dep redations and acts hare been a menace to the stock Interests of this county for a number of years; and Whereas, it la one of the objects of this association to rid our county of Just such criminals; be it R.solved. That we. the Orant County gtocksrowers Association, stronsly condemn and hereby reslster our protest against this act of leniency: be It furthsr Resolved. That unless we can receive as snranre from Governor West that we will be upheld by him In our efforts to lid thla county of cattle thieves, and to stop stock depredations, we will he forced to withdraw our offer of reward for the arrest and con viction of such crtmlnala; be It further Kesolvrd. That a copy of this .resolution be forwarded to Governor West and pub lished In the papera of the county and be spread upon the minutes of the associa tion The following officers were elected for the ensning year: William Byram. Canyon City. president; Emmett Cochran. Monument, vice-president: J. E. Snow. Dayvtlle. secretary; William Hall. Prairie City, treasurer: Lawrence Sweek. of Hamilton, L. V. Stewart, of Dayvllle, R. Danby. of John Day. R. R. Mcllaley. of Prairie City, and George T. Meador. of Prairie Cltv. were elect ed as members of the advisory board. Train Service Causes Complaint. SALEM. Or, Oct. 1. (Special.) Al leging that trains on the Southern Pa cific brsncb at Witch Hasel will stop to let off docs and hunters, but will not stop to allow human belne-a to get aboard. K. A. Markley. of Reedvtlle. filed a complaint with the Railroad Commission today's 3v .-ii-". 'V . . i, 1 M. MILLER. BY SUFFRAGISTS Women Make Nominee for Governor of Massachusetts Hunt Cover. HIS MEETINGS BROKEN UP MIm Margaret Foley, Votes for Women" Leader, Trails Louis A. Frothinghain in Auto and Asks Confusing Questions. PITTSFIELD, Mass., Oct. 16. Ones upon a time In an unguarded moment, Lewis A. Frothingham. Republican candidate for Governor of Massa chusetts, Is reported to have unburd ened himself of sundry caustic thoughts anent woman suffrage. Nemesis for those almost forgotten words of Mr. Frothingham pursued him today In the form of four suffragists In a red touring car, who followed the candi date relentlessly threugh five towns in an effort to break up bis meetings. The suffragists were led by Miss Margaret L. Foley,' president of the Woman's Suffrage League of Massa chusetts. Miss Foley did a pretty good job of her efforts to disconcert Mr. FTOtblngham, and succeeded more than tolerably well In ber endeavor to break up his meetings. Likewise, she suc ceeded in drawing larger crowds than would otherwise have greeted the can didate. Miss Foley Satisfied. Mr. Frothingham was a mighty tired candidate when he finally called It oft for the day after Miss Foley and her companions had dogged him over a good part of the state. Miss Foley was pretty tired too, but there was a satis fied expression about the corners of her mouth when she. too, declared a truce for the night. The povel political battle began at Lenox this morning. Mr. Frothingham had just raised his hand for silence as he stood on the plazra of the Red Lion Inn, facing an Interested assemblage, when a big automobile ehot up In a cloud of dust, and halted behind the standing auditors. In the machine were four women, one of them Miss Foley. They also hap pened to be the only women in the as semblage, which caused Mr. Frothing ham Jokingly to say to Alfred Lang try. Secretary of State, who was sitting behind blm: Candidate Flees Titters. "Look at the party of women. This makes it rather interesting." "A party of tourists, 1 presume." said Mr. Langtry. A moment later the candidate began his speech. He declared he was a Progressive Republican and stood for everything the words Implied. "Humph." came from the auto. Mr. Frothingham looked severely at the auto. The women returned the look. The spectators began to titter. They gaxed at Miss Foley, clad in a blue dress and a large black hat trimmed with red. She seemed im patient to say something. When the nominee had finished Miss Foley sprang to the seat of her auto, raised a pennant bearing the words, "Votes for Women." and while she waved it shouted: "A word, Mr. Froth ingham. Tou say you are a Progressive Republican. You are not. You have been anything but one since 1905. How do you stand on the suffrage ques tion?" Mr. Frothingham blushed and said nothing. A moment later he made a dive for his kuto and commanded the chauffeur to speed for Pyrlngham. Miss Foley immediately flopped Into her seat and told the driver to chase the other car. He dW. Crowd Cheers Militant Leader. When the candidate reached the plat form In the main street of Pyrlngham. his pursuers were grinning at htm from their car. Nervously he hurried through his address, and when the suf frage leader got up to make her re marks, he sped to his machine and ehot away. Great Harrington wss the next stop, and there almost the same formula was repeated, except that Frothingham cut his speech about In half. Miss Foley stopped long enough to wave her flag before she shot after him down the' road to Egremont. The crowd cheered. By this time Mr. Frothingham had dropped all effort nt oratory. Juxt be fore he raced away, he shouted. "I am charged with being oprosed to suffrage CANDIDATE GfSED for women. Let me sajr Uiat tie CofvLnearby. farmers ra recent ylctlma. The best in the long run are Lion Special $4 "Get There" Shoes. No pinch ing in quality or toes. If comfort, style and dura bility count, it's an eco nomical purchase. Other Shoes for Men at $3.00 to $5.00. Also Shoes for Boys at $1.85 to $3.00. Our shoe man will be pleased to have you call and see him. CLOTHING CO. Cos Kuhn, Prop. 166-170 Third St ernor has no voice for or against in the matter of the adoption of an amend ment looking to the question." Then he darted for Plttsfleld. where a reception awaited him. The women reached there just as soon as he did. SOUTH BEND TICKETS FAIL "Progressives," Only, Offer Candi dates for Election. SOUTH BEND, Wash, Oct. IS. (Spe cial.) Notwithstanding all the talk of a local option issue, an opposition ticket and a Socialist ticket, it now transpires that the "Progressive" ticket will be the only one offered the voters of South Bend at the November primary election. The Progressive ticket will be as follows. For Mayor, John L. Myers and P. W. Rhodes; for Councllmen. K. G. Lawlcv, S. W. Sturde vant, G. O. Hicks. F. R. Nettleton. W. E. Loverlng. A. McGee; for Clerk, C. H. Mills, K. M. Leach; for Treasurer, G. J. Dever, W. E. Edwards; for Attor ney, John T. Walsh. It Is expected that the sharp contests which will be made over the offices of Mayor, Clerk and Treasurer, together with che novelty of female suffrage, will draw out a very full vote. BIRCH RUINED SIGHT, SAID Humphrey S. Smith Is Sued - Pupil for Damages. by VANCOUVER, Wash.. Oct. 16. (Spe cial.) For the loss of an eye. alleged to have been destroyed when his teacher. Humphrey 8. Smith, of Proebutel. chastised him with a birch switch, Walter Walsh Roche, then 11 years old. Is suing for damages In the Superior Court, before Judge Mc Master and, an attempt is being made to prove that the switch struck Walter's eye. The sight was destroyed. To prove that Smith struck Walter many times, nine school children, Elmer I). Tyler, Miss Schneider, Anna and Ida Trump. Ethel Beaver. Irene Tyler. Aranger Tyler, Edward Everett and Glen Hayden were called to the witness stand. Smith alleges that while he did strike Walter, he did not do so in a fit of passion, or maliciously. LYLE PROJECT UNIMPEDED Work on Klickitat Power Line Can Be Continued Again. LYLE. Wash, Oct. 16. (Special.) As a result of the ruling of Judge McKen ney, of the Superior Court, the North west Electric Company is given a right to condemn property for right-of-way purposes. Work will be resumed at once on the $1,000,000 water-power project on the Klickitat. The project has been delayed through objections by the Indians. The ruling of the court giving the company the right to resume operations means that Lyle will be supplied with electricity before long. FOUR STEAMERS ORDERED New Ships AV111 Bo Used In Pacific Atlantic Trade. SEATTLE. Oct. 1. In anticipation of the early opening of the Panama Ca nal, the American-Hawaiian Steamship Company today awarded the contract for construction of four 12.000-ton steamships to ply between Pacific and Atlantic ports and to cost $800,000 each. The ftteamships will be built at Spar rows Point, Md., and the first will be delivered In 12 months and others at short intervals thereafter. Scio Grange Will Continue. SCIO. Or., Oct 16. (Special.) The Scio Grange will continue Its organiza tion. At a meeting here Saturday the proposition of disbanding was con sidered, but this was decided against after Cyrus H. Walker, one of Linn County's pioneer grange workers, had spoke for a continuance of the or ganisation. Sclo Grange was formerly one of the largest In Oregon. Bishop of Richmond Dies. RICHMOND. Vs.. Oct. 16. Right Rev. Austlne N. Van De Vyver. for the last 22 years Bishop of the Roman Catholic diocese of Richmond, died bere esrly today from complications resulting from a severe cold. He was born In 1844 in Haesdonck. East Flanders, Belgium. Chicken Thieves Busy at Sheridan. SHERIDAN. Or, Oct. 16. (Special.) For the last two weeks there has been much chicken thieving here and poultry raisers think that the raids are carried on by an organized syndi cate. The operations of the maraud ers are not confined to the city, but LION HOP a. A ,-E'.w i fii rj that Lanrelhurst to the building 2 Portland Women Wed Chinese and Japanese. BOTH BRIDES AR. WIDOWS 3 Irs. Ruby M. Colnnian and 3frs. Edna Browning Now Known as Mesdames Lee and Oka For mer Has B-Year-Old Boy. VANCOUVER, Wash., Oct 1. (Spe cial.) Two mixed marriages occurred here today, making 12 white women who have been married to members of the Mongolian race during the past ten months. One was married to a China man, the other to a Japanese, and both were widows, one having a 6-yer-old son with her and being older than the Chinaman she married. The Chinaman himself was half white, his mother having been a white woman. He could not recall her maiden name. Willie Lee, 29 years old, married Mrs. Ruby M. Columan, said to be 31 years old, both of Portland. Mrs. Lee seemed to be the financial agent of her husband and carried the family purse in a large wallet The ceremony was performed by G. Lloyd Davis. The second mixed marriage occurred this afternoon, when Fred M. Oka, 26 years old, formerly of San Francisco, married Mrs. Edna Browning, a widow, with no children. She is the daughter of J P Voyles, of Atlanta. Ga. Oka, well" dressed In American clothes, said he keeps a rooming-house in Portland. When they entered the office of the Justice of the Peace they sat down side by side, and neither looked at the other for five minutes while the Justice was filling out papers. He studied the de sign of the linoleum, while she looked far away, out of the window. Mrs. Browning is a comely woman. 25 years old. with a clear complexion and light hair. She was well dressed. When the two stood up and clasped hands Oka was silent and .looked straight ahead Into vacancy. He did not answer the questions asked, while Mrs. Browning merely laughed her as sent When asked if she would object to having her picture taken, she replied spiritedly in a rich Southern accent In liquid voice: "Nothing doing. If you bring a pic ture machine around heah theh will be a fight I tell yuh. No pictures foh me." The ceremony over and the fee paid, the couple and their witnesses returned to Portland in the automobile in which they had come. Mrs. Oka was informed that she was the 12th white person to marry either Chinese or Japanese within the past year, to which she replied: "Well, that is not so bad as if it were 13. I would object to that." EX-CONVICT LEAVES NOTE Charles H. Remingrton IMsappears. Posse Searches. VANCOUVER, Wash.. Oct. IS.' (Spe cial.) Charles H. Remington, alias Charles H. Kelley. who asserted that he had served 20 years for killing a man, in Texas, and that he figured in a Jail-break In which 200 convicts at tempted to make an escape, his pal and himself being the only successful ones, left a note to the public at Brush Prairie, yesterday, snd has not been seen since. He said in the letter he would be in spirit land by the time It wag found. With, blm be took four. 41 W.r.m in j THE ADDITION MARRY MONGOLS LAURELHURST is now finished. The streets are all paved, the sewer and gas mains are all in and connected tip with, each lot. In fact Laurelhurst now has all the improvements that it is possible for any high-class residence property to have. It is now ready for you to build your home there and we will help you to finance the building cf it. You may own a beautiful home in Laurelhurst and pay for it as you would pay rent with only a small payment down. You may Belect are all in and connected up with each lot. In fact Laurelhurst , your own architect and contractor and build your house to suit your own requirements. There are a number of beautiful homes finished in Laurel hurst that you may select from. LATTRELHURST is now beyond the experimental stage. It is beyond the stage of promise, it is finished and with all this you can buy a lot in Laurelhurst much cheaper than you can in other locations where the street improvements are only promised and where b nil dine restrictions only cover a small area. Bear in mind is one mile long and three-fourths of beautiful homes. ' LOTS $850 AND UP. 10 per cent down and 2 per cent per month. You can reach Laurelhurst on three car lines. The Laurelhurst car, the Kontavilla car and the Rose City Park car.' MEAD & MURPHY, Phone Main 1S03, cartridges and a .38 caliber revolver. Sheriff Ira Cresap and 15 men scoured the woods all day today near the home of H. M. Poole, for whom Remington had been working, in vain. Ivafayette Slorgan Dies at Chohalis. CHEHALIS, WaBh., Oct 16. (Spe cial.) Lafayette Morgan, who died here yesterday, was for 22 years a resident of the Salmon Creek Valley, near Toledo. He settled In Lewis County In 1881 and has resided here ever since. He was 76 years old. Ho was a Mason and a veteran of the Civil War. Five children survive him. They are Mrs. Rena Waite, of Mabton; Mrs. Dora Mountele, of Littell: Mrs. w ' i . u' 'J people need more coal, clothes and doctors than the strong, robust and hearty. Scott's Emulsion saves coal bills, tailors bills and doctors bills. ah. omjoatarm 11-55 Watery Festers Dried in Scabs. Would Dig and Scratch Her Face. Used Cuticura Soap and Oint ment and Was Cured. "When my little girl was about eight months old, she waa taken with a very Irritating breaking out, which came on ner iace, liko. back. When she first came down with it, it came in little watery like festers under her eyes, and on her chin, then after a few days it would dry down in scaly, white scabs. In the daytime she was quite worrysome and would -dig and scratch her face nearly all the time. "I consulted our physician and found she was suffering from eczema, which he said name from her teeth- ing. 1 usea tne ouiotbii u and without any relief at all. Then I wrote for a book on Cut.cura, and pur chased some Cuticura Soap and Oint ment at the drugstore. I did las I found directions in the Cuticura Booklet, and when she was one year old she was entirely cured. Now she is three years ana four months, and she has never been troubled with eczema since she was cured by the Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment." (Signed) Mrs. Freeman Craver, 311 Lewis St., Syra cuse, N. T May 6, 1911. Cuticura Soap and Ointment are sold ' throughout the world, but to those who have tried the usual remedies and found them wanting, and who have lost faith in everything, a liberal sample of each, with 3"-p. book on the skin, will be sent post-free, on application to Potter Drug Chem. Corp.. Dept. 2A, Boston, Mass. . . a. UA rroVA m A ECZEMA CAE PR0I1 TEETHING 1 of a mile wide, all restricted .4 Sales Agents A ISIS Mintle Chllders, of Claquato; Mrs, Kditu Reynolds, of Mabton, and Mrs. Alice Grice, of Bellingrham, Wash. Street Improvement Delayed. PHILOMATH, Or.. Oct 16. (Special, y Further delay in the improvement oi College street has resulted from a technical misunderstanding by Council men In connection with the bidding on the proposed work. 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