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THE MOK.MXG OKEUOSIAS, SATUEDAT, SEPTEMBER 28 1912. 12 Major Mclndoe to Meet With Business Interests at Al bany, October 3. ENGINEERS WILL ATTEND t Locks and Dam Scheme Would Di vide Co6t Equally Between State and War Department Advan tages o- Deep Coarse Seen. Evincing the deepest interest in the proposed establishment and mainte nance of a six-foot channel from Port land to Eugene by means of locks and dams above Oregon City. Major Mc lndoe, Corps of Engineers. U. S. A., who ; recently issued a letter to commercial Interests of the Willamette Valley, asking that expressions be forwarded to bis office bearing on the matter, has consented to appear at Albany, October 3, when there will be assembled dele gates from Willamette Valley cities to . discuss ways and means of bettering navigation conditions. Some of the Albany taxpayers have expressed themselves as favoring the improvement of the present channel to a depth of three feet so that it would not be necessary to construct . locks and dams. Steamboat men are holding to the view that a six-foot road should be built and that with slack water for the entire distance, as against a strong current that must be contended with most of the year under present conditions, time will be saved In traveling, while larger vessels can ascend the- stream instead of only . those built on special lines. Engineers Make Examination. E. B. Thomsen, assistant engineer in Major Mclndoe's office, and Captain A. B. Graham, of the Oregon City Trans portation Company, will journey to Eu gene so as to cover the stretch of . river between there and Corvallis, which Is not navigable at certain periods, and they will complete their examination in time to attend the Al bany gathering. Major Mclndoe forwarded an exten sive report some time ago on improv ing the Willamette by dredging, it be ing estimated that with JoO.000 or $60,000 annually, instead of $20,000 as now appropriated, permanent benefits could be provided. The .chief of en gineers. General Bixby. passed favor ably on the report, but Congress did not act, evidently having knowledge that the Oregon delegation was work ing on the six-foot channel plan. ' The adoption of the lock and dam scheme will . necessitate the State of Oregon joining with the War Depart ment in the expense, dollar for dol- ' lar. To meet that It is proposed that the Willamette Valley, between points that will be benefited by the river work, be organized into a port dis trict, such as the Port of Portland, foe, taxation purposes Advantages Pointed Out. The cost to individual property own ers would be decidedly small. It is said, while a reduction In freight rates to all river points, as well as to such rail points that could be reached by transshipping from steamers, would more than make up for the cost. Today wood is being hauled from mills on the Columbia River to Port land to be sold as fuel. On the Upper Willamette thousands of cords of fir remain to be cut, but owing to the limited transportation for such freight. shallow water that prohibits barges being employed satisfactorily and the lockage toll, none moves from that di rection, though available much closer to the city than the Columbia River plants. Farmers along the Willamette are shut off from sending crops to market during the low water season south of the Yamhill River, because of low water, which would not be the case with thev river Improved as proposed. DAMARA SOLD AT ADVANCE New- Yorker Buys Steamer Tbat Grows Steadily in Value. Values placed on steam tonnage suit able for freight Is indicated through the sale of the American steamer Da mara, formerly under the British flag, and wrecked two years ago at San Francisco, to E. J. Luckenbach, of New York, for $441,000. When she was wrecked the vessel was sold to Cap tain Matson for $25,000. and In turn she was transferred to the Union Iron Works. Swayne & H'oyt purchased the vessel from the iron plant a few months after and they assigned their Interest to Eschen & Minor for $204,000. It required a special act of Congress to bring the Damara under the Ameri can flag, and that is given as the prin cipal reason why Bhe gained In value after being repaired. When bought by Eschen & Minor, she was under charter to W. R. Grace A Co. at 3s d. and is yet held under that agreement, though since the charter was executed rates have climbed until they are from 7s 6d to 9 shillings. Another sale reported from the south is that of the schooner O. M. Kellogg, which Atkins & Kroll have purchased from the Charles Nelson Company. Atkins & Kroll also took over the barkentlne Irmgard and the windjammers will be operated between ,San Francisco and Tahiti. ' BRIDGE WORKER IS DROWSED Richard Williams Falls From Top of Broadway Crossing. Richard Williams, a steelworker, fell over 80 feet from the top of the west span of the Broadway bridge about S:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon and was drowned. He had been employed by the Pennsylvania Steel Company three months. His home was at Min neapolis. Mtnn and bis residence here was at the Clarno Hotel. The deceased was single and 29 years of age. Patrolman Grisim, acting head of the Harbor Patrol service during the vaca tion of Captain Speier, was en route down the river In the patrol launch 10 minutes after the accident, and on learning the details Immediately re turned to the Stark-street station for Grappler Brady, and in 15 minutes was again on the scene. Meanwhile fellow workers had recovered the body with Improvised grappling gear. Dr. Wor--rester, surgeon for the contractors, ex amined it with the hope of resuscita tion, but he was pronounced dead. The body was turned over to Coroner Nor den after being conveyed to the Stark street station. 'ARTEMIS CARRIES BIG CARGO Portland Yet Retains Credit for Floating Record Load. Port Townsend authorities regard the "Cargo of the Norwegian steamer Ar temis, which sailed from the northern harbor Thursday, after bavin coaled following her dispatch from Portland, as one of the'largest ever loaded on the Coast, likewise among the biggest sent to Australia. The vessel had a total of 4,595,000 feet, of which 2,500,000 feet was loaded at Eureka. Cal. Last March the steamer carried lumber from Puget Sound to Melbourne, and had aboard 4.518,000 feet In June, 1910. the British steamer Knight of the Garter cleared from Portland with 4.920.000 feet, aestine for Tsingtau. and October 14, 1910. sb got away tor Shanghai with 6,000,000 feet, ss, .while the load of the Artemis Is large, Portland continues in first place as having sent away the world' record export lumber cargo. Two more tramps are headed this way for lumber the British steamer Ikalis. which is under charter to J. J. Moore & Co. to load for Sydney, and i now at San Francisco, and the British steamer M. S. Dollar, engaged to load for the Orient, is also within the Go! den Gate. Another to follow will be the British steamer Robert Dollar, and she is to be' dispatched for ports across the Pacific. Marine Notes. Captain T. J. Macgenn, of the steamer Breakwater, which sailed yes terday for Marshfield, has been chosen one of seven delegates who will leave for Washington December 1 in an er fort to induce Congress to appropriate fTEAALEB INTELLIGJLNC. Due tm Arrlra. Same. From nt Roc Clt?.....an Pedro. .. In port Anvil Bandon Sept. 28 B:nknur....Cooi Bar.... Sept. 29 Roanoke ban Diego... Sept. 29 Beaver. ....... 6an Pedro. ...Sept- V Alliance Eureka. ......Oct. 1 ue H. Elmore. Tillamook. . Oct. 2 Nebraska!!.. . .. Sallna Crus.. ucl -t Bear. ......... San Pedro Oct. 4 Lyra Eallna Cms. . Oct. 6 Geo. W. Elder.. San Diego. ..Oct. 7 Isthmian. .....Cailna Crus..ocL 13 Kevadaa ........ Eallna Cms. ..Oct. 26 le Depart. Kama. For Ttata. Harvard 8. F. to U j. Sept.- 23 Anvil Bandon Sept. 2D Rose. City. .....San Pedro., btiit. Camino ...San Francisco Sept. 30 li. V. If. to i a.. Sept. 30 Breakwater.... Coos Bar.... Oct. 2 Koanoko. ......San Diego. ...Oct. 2 - Alliance Eureka Oct. 3 Beaver San Pedro. .. Oct. X Sue H. Elmore Tillamook . Oct. 4 Nebraakan. . .. .Sallna Crus . cu s Bear Ean Pedro... Oct. 8 Geo. W. Elder. San Diego. .. Oct. 9 Lyra t-'ailna Cms. . Oct. 10 Isthmian Sallna Crcx.. . Oct. lu Nevadan .Sa'ina Cruz. . Oct SO funds so the Coos Bay jetty can be ex tended 1000 feet. Others of the party will be L. J. Simpson, Mayor of North Bend; Arno Merino, J. W. Bennett, w. a. Chandler, Hugh McLean and Dr. Everett Mingus. Orders have been given for the Port- of -Portland towboat Ocklahama to leave down early this morning with tne uerman Dam tfa Hackreld. wheat laden for the United Kingdom. Two men for the crew were sent here from Seattle. Lumber laden for the south, the schooners Prosper and Melrose will be ready to leave Prescott today for sea. ids ior tne construction of two 24 inch suction dredges, to be used by the Government in improving the chan nel to the sea to 30 feet, will be ODened Monday at the office of Major Mc lndoe, Corps of Engineers, U. S. A. Arriving from San Francisco last night, the Norwegian steamer Thor will be given cargo as rapidly as pos sible and probably worked overtime so that she can get away bv Monday night, bhe is expected to load approx imately 75.000 barrels of flour and clear for Hongkong. Captain O. M. Kellogg, head of the Kellogg Transportation Company, left yesterday for the Cowlitz River in con nection with plans announced yester day ior tne construction of a new steamer. Arrangements will be made with mills there to handle shingles and other material that goes East. Be sides, he will inspect work being done by the Government dredge Cowlitz, so an idea can be formed of the time when steamers can be run to Castle Rock and Toledo. Passenger rates -from Puget Sound points to San Francisco have been cut from $14 to $12 on steamers of the McCormlck fleet In competition with tne regular lines, wnicn maintain a first-class rate of $15. Movements of Vessels. PORTLAND. Sept. 27. Arrived Steamer Argyll from San Francisco: steamer New- burg, from San Diego; Norwegian steamer Inor, trom ban Francisco; steamer J. A. Chanslor, from Monterey. Sailed Steamer Carlos, for San Francisco; steamer Willam ette, for San Francisco; steamer Breakwa ter, for Coos Bay: steamer Sue H. Elmore. for Tillamook. Astoria. Sept. 27 Left up at 12:30 A. M. Steamer Argyll. Arrived at 8 and left up at v A. M steamer Newburg, from San Diego. Sailed at 8:45 A M. Steamer F. H. Leggett. for Aberdeen. Arrived down at midnight and sailed at noon British steamer Harley, for St. Vincent or Las Pal mas for orders. Arrived at 2 and left up t 4:30 P. M. Norwegian steamer Tnor. from San Francisco. Sailed at 0 P. M. Steamer Breakwater, for Coos Bay. San Francisco. SeDt. 27. Sailed at mld- Ight Steamers Ooaster and Klamath, for Portland. Sailed at rl A. M. Steamer Ro anoke; at noon Steamer Beaver for Port land. Arrived Steamer CoL E. L. Drake, with Barge No. 91 in tow. from Portland. Sailed at 3 P. M. Steamer Temple E. Dorr, from Portland, for San Pedro. Sailed last ight Steamer Olson & Mahony. for Port land. Eureka. Sept. 27. Arrived at I A. M. Steamer Alliance, from Portland. Astoria. Sept. 26. Arrived at 9 and left up at 10:3O P. M. Steamer J. A. Chanslor. from Monterey. Sailed at 8:30 P. M. Steamer Lyra, for Sallna Cms via San Francisco. Arrived at 11 P. M. Steamer Argyll, from Port San Luis. Port Ludlow. Sept. Li. Arrived steamer Falrhaven. from Portland. San Francisco. Sent. 27. Arrived Steam ers Seminole, from MoJI; Temple E. Dorr, from Astoria; Homer, from Prlbiloff Islands; Pern, from Ancon; City of Pueblo, from lctorla: col. E. L. Drake, barge 91. from Astoria. Sailed Steamers Tenyo Maru. for Hongkong; Roanoke. Beaver, for Portland: vea. lor urays Harbor; riaray. ior coos Bay. Seattle, sent. ?T. Arrived steamer Uma tilla, from San Francisco; Maverick, from San Francisco; schooner Casco, from Victoria- Sailed Steamers BucKman, Gover nor, for San Francisco; Arizona, for Taco ma; Eureka, for San Francisco. Newcastle, Sept. 27. Arrived previously Anerly. from Seattle. Auckland. Sept. 27. Arrived previously- Makura, from Vancouver. Santos, sept. lib. sailed -Magician - trom Liverpool, for Tacoma. Columbia River Bar Report. ASTORIA. Sept. 27. Condition at the mouth of the river at 5 P. M., smooth; wind south 6 miles; weather, cloudy. ' Tides at Astoria Saturday. High. Low. 45 A. M 8.0 feetl7:46 A. M 1.7 feet 44 P. M S.7 feet 3:13 P. M....0.3 foot AOMAN KILLED, MEN HURT Marshfield Scene of Fatality and Serious Injuries to Two. MARSHFIELD, Or, Sept. 27. Late yesterday afternoon while Mrs. Wil liam Buck, an old resident of Marsh field, was walking on the track of the A. Smith iumber & Manufacturing Company's logging road she was struck by one of the trucks ot a train and er skull fractured. mere Is little hope for her recovery. She is now at the Mercy hospital at North Bend. John Rhinelander. employed Ty the Smith-Powers Logging Company, was struck by a log yesterday and In stantly killed. Rhinelander leaves a family in Pennsylvania. John West, an employe or tne u. A. Smith Lumber & Manufacturing Com pany, while at work in the mill yester day, slipped and struck one of the saws. which cut his loot oij just aoove tne ankle. SI IE BRINGS MESSAGE OF CHEER Politics Have Wo Effect on Business, Declares Vaude .ville Magnate.' NEW EMPRESS IS PRIDE Palatial Structure Sow Building on Seventh to Be Opened Positively January J World 'Distinc tion Is Claimed. "From a business standpoint, the in- proaching Presidential election is hav ing absolutely, no effect on general conditions. usually In a Presidential year business conditions are unsettled and there is more or less apprehension among the people as to the outcome of the election and the resultant effect on business. But this is not true this year. Having harvested the largest crops of cereals and fruit In the his tory of the United States, the people are too prosperous and contented to be alarmed . for the result of the No vember election. There exists a uni versal feeling of confidence that is sustained by the knowledge that the prosperity of the country cannot be affected, no matter who is elected Pres ident." -i This was the optimistic message brought to Portland yesterday by John W. Considine, president' and general manager of the Sullivan & Considine Circuit, who arrived on the Shasta i.im lted from Sacramento. Mr. Considine in the last year has made several trips across the United States and visited an aor-tinna including the South. He Is known as a keen observer of business r-nnditlons and his estimate of tnose conditions Is based entirely on his ob servatlons. Crops Never Better. "Crops of all kinds throughout the ountrv never were better," continued Mr. Considine. "The country is teem intr with the largest crops in its ms tory; 'yields of grain that fairly bulge the walls of granary and warehouse. Here on the Pacific Coast the -lumber industry is thriving. Tire lumber mills are all running and the market is good. With the early -completion oi the Panama Canal and tne enlarged market that will accrue to the Pacific Coast, the prosperous conditions ai ready here will take on larger pro nnrtliTi.' Sullivan & Considine are building four magnificent playhouses, located at Portland, Vancouver, B. C; Chicago and Sacramento. Mr. Considine an nounced last night that all of these theaters would be completed January 1 The 'delay in tneir consiruuuuu . i - 1 . U 4n1ii,a r f fhfl .1--i a nr.rminrea ior m mo iohi" contractors to deliver the steel as sup i,il in the contracts. These agree ments provided that an steei ior mi Huiiriinsra should be delivered June 1. last, but the final delivery of this ma. torial was not made umu tea ago. New Empmis to Open January 1 "We positively will open the new Empress in Portland - January i, promised the theatrical magnate, "and In order to do so we will be required to prosecute the construction with day and night crews. When completed our palatial Portland playhouse will represent an Investment, Including the site, of 1750,009. unis is me nu6' expenditure, by 300,000. that has been maria In nnv other city in the world for a noDUlar priced theater. That is enm.tKtn7 frtr Portland tO bORSt Of. Mr. Considine wnen in new xuu nttv vlsltRd his business associate, Timothy D. Sullivan, familiarly Known everywhere as "Big nm, - anu repm i that he is rapidly recovering from his illness. The condition of Mr. Sullivan, explained Mr. Considine, was not as serious as reported and he will soon be able to leave the sicKroom. Mr. Considine will be 60 years oio tomorrow and la hastening to his home In Seattle in order to pass tne anni versary with hla family. FAST ATLANTIC TRIP MADE Shippers Fall to Support Steamers That Give Good Service. Some idea of what Portland is losing In the wav of service by water-to the Atlantic -side Is offered In reports of the arrival of cargo at New York on the steamer Texan In 23 days after leaving San Francisco. The goods were started on the steamer iMeDrasaan, which sailed from Portland August 21, reached San Francisco, loaded and was dlsoatched September 1. As the company has accepted the new steamer Minnesotan she will relieve the Texan on the Atlantic side and tne lat ter will be sent to this Coast via the Straits of Magellan, but from tho dis appointing attempts to keep big car rier running here It Is doubtful if Portlanders will see any of the modern vossrIs that will be turned out In ad- nnro of the canals opening, un tne other hand, while Puget Sound has en- joyed a good service with large ves. sels that district win ue s'".'"' benefit of the tonnage withdrawn from here, and they will be operated from the north via Honolua. to Sallna Cruz. . GIRL WILL JlUX WIRELESS Miss Coombs, 19 Years Old, Sails as Operator on Roanoke. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Sept. - 27. Mis Edith Coombs. IS years Old, a San Francisco girl went out today on the Coaster Roanoke in charge oi tne wireless aDDaratus. Under the Gov ernment regulations. Miss Coombs is an offlcer of the ship and is oniy ac countable to the captain. Her uniform was a tailored skirt, a cap and coat with gold braid, and her salary J40 a month with meals and quarters. Shipowners of the Pacific coast were ntified todav by R. T. Cadmus. United States Wireless Inspector, that the new Federal wireless law would be strictly enforced on and after October 1. The law nrovides that every vessel carrying 50 or more persons. Including the crew and going to sea for more than 200 miles, must also, carry two wireiess operators. - Cadmus was also Instructed to notify amateur operators that they would be given until December 13 to shorten the wave length of their apparatus, so that it shall not interfere with Government business; that they must take out a Government license and that they can not operate at all within 15 nautical miles of -a naval or military station If their transformers have an input of more than one kilowatt nor within five nautical miles except in sending signals of distress. ST. KILD.VS CREWPAID OFF s Discharged Men Taxed Cost of Ship ping Their Successors. ' Sailors and firemen who arrived on the British steamer St. Kilda, and who, following the airing of differ ences against the master, insisted on being paid off here when the ship was badly listed and leaks were found, nave little to crow over, now that they nav gained their liberty,, the disgruntled ones having been paid off yesterday, In the first, place they were taxed for the shipping fee of S10 for their sue cessors, making $190 that was held out of their wages. Besides, each paid tn United States $4 as head tax. The hotelkeeper who boarded them for a week, during which time they did not eat aboard the St. Kilda. i paid J5 apiece. An attorney who Yep resented them In the libel filed in the Federal court is said to have received a fee (ff about $200. In summing up the amount retained by the men indl vldually, a donkeyman is credited with $350, one of the firemen $150, a cook 40. eight firemen between $35 and 340 and a mess boy Jlo, with sailors be tween 325 and $30.- The men were paid off by noon yesterday at tho office of James Laidlaw, British Consul, and In the afternoon the St. ' Kilda was shifted to the stream from the Eastern & Western Mill dock and the work of assembling a new deck and fireroom crew begun. While some men were available, it Is not believed the ship will get away until late today, because sailors and firemen are not plentiful. T7MOV IS CIRCLED ON WAGER Passenger on Carlos Hopes to Win $2000 In February. On the last leg of a Journey cover ing every state In the Union and the principal cities In each, Robert Walsh was a passenger on the steamer Car los, sailing yesterday for San Fran cisco, and he hopes to return to Mis souri Valley, Iowa, before February and .meanwhile visit California, Ne vada. New Mexico. Texas and Nebraska. If he is not arrested and arrives on time he will win $2000. Walsh is the owner of a fine ranch In Harrison County, Iowa, and a year ago in February wagered with a friend that he could complete the Journey. The money was deposited in a bank and the agreement provides that ne was to leave home with 25 cents and make his way working, not being al lowed to solicit assistance. It was provided that if he was arrested, re gardless of the cause, he lost the bet. Twice each week he must write a letter to the bank officials. Though he went on the Carlos as a steerage passenger, he has managed to earn a neat sum and is protecting it against a rainy day should the rest of his Journey not be smooth. VOTERS XEARLY ROBBED RIGHT TO GIVE OPLXIOX. OF Chooses Councilman's Little Child ' Official Document for Toy and Filing Is Delayed. WJfely solicitation and the indis criminate childish selection or play things conspired to rob the voters of Portland of an opportunity to ballot upon a legal charter amendment call ing for a public utilities commission. However, the conspiracy was discov ered ere the day of grace had passed, and Councilman Daly, the labor leader, and the supporters of the commission scheme may rest in peace. The trouble arose over the filing of the wrong charter amendment papers by Councilman Daly. The proper ar ticles; drafted by City Attorney Grant, had been abstracted by Daly s wire, whose custom it is to rid "hubby's" pockets of cumbersome papers. The proper papers found their way Into the playhouse of the 3-year-old Daly daughter, while the defective papers, drafted by Attorney-W. C. Benbow, found their way to the Auditors or- fice. Mr. Daly finally located the missing draft yesterday and filed It with Aud itor Barbur in time for tne publication necessary 20 days before the November election. The papers as rued emDoay the 3 per cent tax- on the gross re ceipts of all public service corpora tions. - "I am mighty glad that this thing has been fixed up all right," said Councilman Daly with a sigh of relief vesterdav morning. "I think the City Commission much superior to that of the state in that It will have less work to do. can center its activity in Port land, and will be composed of men bet ter acquainted with local conditions. Mr. Dalv exiects to take up his water rate plan for the 25-cent taxation of vacant lots at the Tuesday meeting oi the Water Board. If the Board refuses to clfange the rate system, he plans to placer it .befoi-e the voters as soon as possible. The Councilman Is not enthusiastic regarding the Wood charter, whose backers are making an effort to have it brought before the' voters at the spe cial November election. If we try to have two charters be fore the people at the same time we shall see the defeat of both and the oommission form of government, which we are working so hard for, will be delayed longer," is the way Mr. Daly sizes up the charter situation. The only chance for the Wood "short" charter to be placed on the ballot on November 2, according to legal opin ions, is for the Council to order It up for special election. This action must be taken at the special meeting called for next Tuesday In order that 30 days may elapse between the calling of the election and the balloting. KLAMATH NOW THRESHING Best Crop of Wheat- Reported So Far Is 42-1-2 Bushels to Acre. KLAMATH FALLS, Or., Sept. 27. (Special.) The threshing season in this county, delayed by tne neavy rains, has begun in earnest The best crop of wheat reported so far was 42 bushels per acre on 'seven acres. dry land, on the Allison ranco, six miles from this place. The stock coming Into town for ship ment Is In fine condition and the stock men say that the range has been the best for feed that nas oeen xnowu mi years. Where tne range nan ucu fenced and not overstocked, the bunch grass is coming bacK, ana it is nopea that this famous forage plant again will be of great value on the dry hills. That susrar beets will yield phe nomenally here is shown by the ex hibit of a beet weigning 41 which came from the iarm 01 1. a. n-iffHi Mr. Griffith also shows a mangel wurzel weighing 1 pounds. MESSENGER BOY IS SHOT Apparently Without Cause, Mian Fires on Automobile Party. GRANTS PASS. Or, Sept. 27. (Spe- iaL) Don Belding. messenger Doy employed by the Postal Telegrapn, was shot in tne tnign last nigui unknown person while riding in an auto with six other companions on, a ountry road just soutn ot town. The shooting Is a mystery, as no oc casion was given for any one to fire at the boys. ' A description of tne man nas oeeu given to officers. 1 FARMERS ARE RICH Washingtonians Will Receive Millions Over Last Year. SEASON IS UNPARALLELED Conservative Estimates Based on Thresher Returns Indicate That Total Value of Products Will Exceed $100,000,000. SPOKANE, Sept- 27. Farmers of Washington will receive $25,000,000 more for their crops 'this year than they did in 1011, according to statistics compiled here. The crop season Just closed has been unparalleled In the history of the stata Conservative estimates, based on thresher and shipping returns, indicate that the total value of farm products will exceed $100,000,000. The Washington wheat crop this year approximates 66.000,000 bushels as against 38,000,000 in 1911. Wheat, corn, oats,' hay and potatoes raised in the Btate this year brought returns of $74,000,000, as against $63,000,000 last year. Apple production Increased 375 per cent over 1911, the value 01 tne crop that will be shipped being .conser vatively placed at $15,000,000. Other fruits returned growers more than $10,000,000. ' REPUBLICANS GET GASH BEXTOX COUNTY CONTRIBUTES $102 TO STATE CAMPAIGN. :!:i:i:iiiS ICMIUHU 1U1IKAJ) I1WIC1 Noted for the Excellence if$ Cuisine. European plat) IS IN 11$ Chairman of Committee Writes That Taft Will Carry That District by "Good Round Majority." Edward J. Baldwin, secretary of the Republican state central committee, yesterday received a draft for $102 in closed in a letter from George W. Den- man, chairman of the Benton County Republican committee. In which he gives assurance that President Taft will carry that county in November by a satisfactory majority. "Mr. Den man also informed the state committee that the Benton County organization had sufficient funds in addition to Its contribution to the state campaign to take care of the expenses Incident to fts local campaign. "This is the first popular subscrip tion fund to be raised by any county In Oregon." said Secretary Baldwin. "The ReDUblicans of this state have reason to be. proud of tne enterprise and loyalty of Benton County." Mr. Denmans letter was as follows. Thft lnflnn1 draft for 1102 is for the use of your committee In behalf of the EepuS- M.ttnn.l -amnatf. In OrftKOIl. ThiS money comes from our" county fund, raised' by volunteer subscriptions irom xiciiuuu- cans and from Democrats who are support ing thn nresent Administration. Our fund thus provided will be sufficient to care, tor all local campaign expenses anu to assist In the state campaign. . A few Republicans. In uenton county wm vntfl fnr Wilson, but the number will be more than offset by the Democrats who will vo fnr TAft. The Roosevelt uarty move ment has fallen to pieces. The inability of the- new party to gain recruits from the Democratic ranks has, disgusted the Repub lican admirers of the ex-President who were disposed to support him in the present cam paign They refuse to continue with a po litical organization that operates only as a Democratic appendage. Taft will carry Henton By a goou, rouuu majority. EMPLOYES TO OWN STOCK At Dinner With Member of Big Shoe Firm Plan Is Unfolded. With the idea of strengthening the friendly relations that have existed between managers and employes and of discussing subjects of mutual inter est. Orrin H. Fithian, of the Fithian- Bartter Shoe Company, gave a dinner last night at the Portland Hotel to the traveling salesmen of the company. Before the close ofa delightful even ing Mr. Fithian unfolded to the com pany the Idea of the managers, namely, to have every -memoer or tne company. every worker and employe of any sort holder in the stock and thereby 'to became If possible more Interested In the welfare .of the business. After telling those present how sorry S. B. Barker, of the firm, was for his inability to be present. Mr. ltnian outlined his scheme of co-operation with the employes. 'We intend to Issue to you a block of stock, which you will not have to pay for out of your pockets directly, but out of the dividends that we make through you," ne said. -i want every body in the house to have a share in the business and I want the dividends to pay for it," Much of Mr. FTthian's speech was de voted to offering suggestions to his men, while he advised them all that to secure the confidence of the house with which they did business was of the first consideration.! E. Rutherford, credit manager of the house, followed with some well-thought-out and well-delivered opin ions on the credit side of the business. Talks were given by various sales ALBINA MAY GET A BANK Alaskans Offer to Put TJp$30,00fJif Residents Will Find $(20,000. With the object of locating a bank in Alblna to fulfill what the residents declare to be a long-felt want, Eugene Palmer, chairman of the North Albina Improvement Association, has succeed ed in interesting a former Alaskan banker, Eugene Hale, and his brother in the prospect, Mr. Hale and his brother are willing to put up $30,000 provided the residents in the locality will pro vide a further $20,000, making a total capital of $50,000. "We are badly in need of banking faciltles here and have been for some time. If this does not come through we shall go on trying until we get them In this neighbor hood," said Mr. Palmer. West Stayton CInb Elects. WEST STATTON". Or- Sept 27. (Spe cial.) At an enthusiastic Commercial Club meeting the following were lected officers for the year: jonn a. Hartog. president; S. D. Turner, vice nresldent. and I. R. Hammer, secretary. Tho club discussed the plan to secure a cannery by getting the farmers to sign for a certain numDer oi acres to be set out to such crops as the can nery may prescribe. Before the even ing meeting, the women of West Stay ton held a meeting and inaugurated a Ladles' Auxiliary of the Commercial Club, with the aim, as described in their resolutions, of encouraging busi ness, strengthening faith, improving morally, uplifting socially and in gen- HOTEL CORNELIUS House of Welcome Portland, Or. Our 14-pasaenger electric 1us meets all train. A high-class, modern hotel in the heart of the theater and shopping district. One block from any carlin tl oer air and no. European plan. tiu'l'su. (.uSAKUtj CO Picvrtetwes ) W. Blala, Pre. Ftelaler Jones, Vtcr-Pr. P?!;S9 rri' f ' JL Cvm. M New Perkins Hotel In the Heart of the City NOTE OUR RATES: With Private Bath ... $1.50 Up With Detached Bath $1.00 Up ' 1. d. S WETLAND, MGR. (Permanent Rates on Application) THE MULTNOMAH Absolutely Fireproof . PORTLAND'S GRANDEST HOTEL 100 rooms.... J 1.00 per day 100 rooms .$1.50 per day 200 rooms (with bath) .$2.00 per day 100 rooms (with bath) . .$2.50 per day Add 11.00 per day to above prices when two occupy one room. VERY ATTRACTIVE PRICES FOR PERMANENT GUESTS H. C. BOWERS, Manager. J. M. BROWNELL, Asst. Manager. "HOTEL OREGON, Portland, Or., Wright-Dickinaon Hotel Co Props. HOTEL SEATTLE, Seattle, Wash. Wright-Dickinson Hotel Co., Props. Both hotels v centrally located,' modern in every respect, and conducted on tha European plan. eral bettering: the community. At the mens meeting the following were elected as new members of the Com mercial club: H. S. McGowan, A. Briess, R. W. Klrkpatrlck. J. W. Nip ple, J. E. Cryderman, B. V. Pompella, E. C. Papadiyoanls, J. Costakls, S. T. Foster, E. Offlcer, D. B. Conness, D. S. Turner and D. M. Mclnnls, all new comers. ' Prunes Bring 7 Cents. VANCOUVER, Wash., Sept 27. (Spe cial.) Prunes are bringing 7 cents a pound this year to the growers who are so fortunate as to have any for sale. The total amount of money to be derived this year from prunes in this county will not be more than $200,000. The normal return is about $800,000. DAILY METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. PORTLAND, Sept. 27. Maximum tem perature, 70 degrees; minimum, 52 degrees. iUver reading, S A. M.. '4 feet: change In last 24 hours, none. Total ralnfell (5 P. M. to 5 P. M.), none: total since September 1, 1912. 1.01 Inches; normal, 1.57 Inches; de ficiency, .M inch. Total sunshine, 2 hours, 41 minutes; possible, 11 hours, 54 minutes. Barometer (reduced to sea level) at 5 P. M.. 28.87 Inches. WEATHER CONDITIONS. A moderate deDression overlies the Pacific Southwest, the Southern Rocky Mountain and Basin States, Western Oregon and western Washington. High pressure obtains in other sections of the country, there being two apparent centers, one over Saskatchewan and the other over South Dakota, Minne sota and the lake region. Light showers have fallen within the last 12 hours in Southern Alberta, South Dakota, Nebraska. Iowa, the District or c-oiumoia ana near T.fl.ke Huron.. Rain was falllns at 5 P. M. at Med ford. Or. The weather Is cooler in southwestern uregon. interior nonnera Cal ifornia, Interior Canada, Central Montana,. Western South Dakota, Nebraska, along the gulf coast and in the Middle Atlantic States. It Is correspondingly warmer in Northwest ern Washington. Utah, the Mississippi Val ley and Maine. 'iemperatures re stui oe low the seasonal average In central por tions of the United States. Thn rnndttlons are favorable for showers and cooler weather Saturday in Western Oregon and Western Washington and for generally fair weather east of the Cascade Mountain Generally light shifting winds will obtain. ' Portland and vicinity Probably showers and cooler: shifting winds, mostly easterly. Oregon ana wasnington uenerany xair east, showers and cooler In west portion; shifting winds mostly easterly. -. Idaho Generally fair. THE WEATHER. STATIONS Wind Stats ot We&Uis? i f YOU FEEL GREAT Gently Cleanse Your Liver and Sluggish Bowels Wniie You Sleep. Sick headache, biliousness, . dizziness. coated tonjrue, foul taste and foul breath always trace them to torpid liver, delayed fermenting food in the bowels or sour, gassy stomach. Poisonous matter closrged in the in testines, instead of being cast -out of the system Is re-absorbed . into the blood. When this poison reachea the delicate brain tisane it causes conges tion and that dull, throbbing, sickening headache. Baits, Cathartic pills, oil and purga tive waters force a passageway for a day or two yes but they don't take the poisons ont and have no effect upon the liver or stomach. Cascareta immediately cleanse and regulate the stomach, remove the aour, undigested and fermenting food and foul gases, take the excess bile from the liver and carry out of the system all the constipated waste matter and poisons in the bowels. A Cascaret tonight will surely straighten you out by morning. They work while you sleep a 10-cent box from your druggist means your head clear, stomach sweet and your liver and bowels clean and regular for months. Baker . .- Boise ........... Boston Calgary Chicago ......... Colfax Denver Des Moines Duluth Eureka Galveston Helena Jacksonville ..... Kansas City ..... Klamath Falls . . . Los Angeles ..... Marshfield Medford Montreal S'ew . Orleans New' York North Head Pendleton ....... Pocatello Portland Roseburg . . Sacramento St. Louis St. Paul T. .. Salt Lake San Francisco . . Spokane Tacoma Tatoosh Island .. 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AC 270. 851. 359. 362. 379, .S81, 382, 884. 887. 389, 390. 393, 402. 413. AD 309, 885, 884, 889. 395. 397. AE 888. 385, 892. 894. 395. 402, 404, 408, AT i481i447!0'844l.3'842. 252. 373 874 382. 893, 899. 404. 406, 411. 413. 414. 415, 416, 603. AO 895. 889. 390. 402. 407. AH 397, 403, 405. 409. 420. 422, 464. AJ 8B9. 893. 409. 411. 603. 854. AK 800. 384, 885. 386. 390. 397. 402, 403. AL377?S85,1886! 397. 409. 426, 461, 483. 473. 476. 477, 478. 479. 482. 483. 495. 497 800. AM 812. 337, 369, 376. 877, 894. 899, 404. AN 876. 877. 378. 895. 896. 307. 400 409. AO 854. 879. 381. 383. 38V 30. 391, 406, AP307. 845. 358. 357. 8TO. 372. 383. 885, AB389, 390, 301. 390, 399. 401, 403, 409. ASSSS. 394. 395, 397, 402. 406. 407. 412. 413 AT 375. 377. 383. 391. 397, 409. 412. 413, 597. 509, 512. 522. 52. . M . If the above answers are not rafled Tor within six days, the samo will be destroys.