TIIE 3IORNING OREGOXIAN. SATURDAY. yOVEMBER 23. 1912. 15
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SANITARY LAW FOR
LIVESTOCK
SOUGHT
Oregon Association Points Out
Urgent Need for Action .
to Check Disease.
COMMISSION IS ADVOCATED
At Dinner at Commercial CInb It Is
Resolved That Senate Bill Xo.
4S, Vetoed by Governor
West, Be Passed.
"With 14 counties represented, the
legislative committee of the Oregon
Pure Bred Livestock Association met
at dinner at the Commercial Club last
night and a resolution was adopted rec
ommending to the next legislature mm
Sennta hill No 43. known as the live
stock sanitary bill, which was passed
by the last legislature, but vetoed by
Governor West, be passed unaltered at
the coming session over the Governor's
veto. Speakers explained that Governor
West now has no objection o tne dim,
which they said he vetoed under mis
apprehension of Its true merit ' and
necessity.
The bill provides for the establish
ing of a state livestock sanitary com
mission, with a membership , of Ave, to
serve without salary, and under whose
direction the state veterinarian shall
work.
Hos; Cholera Prevails.
In the discussion of the bill the fact
was brought out that an epidemic of
hog cholera is rapidly spreading
throughout the Willamette "Valley, and
is obtaining a foothold elsewhere in the
- state, while nothing is being done, nor
does there seem to be any funds avail
able, to check the spread of the disease.
Th hoa- industry of Benton County has
been practically wiped ont, more than-1
600 head nave mea in Linn v-uumy,
and similar conditions prevail In other
counties.
Instead of quarantine and vaccina
tion, farmers whose swine are affected
are selling them off as fast as pos
sible, thus aiding the spread of the
epidemic.
As the bill. If passed, will not become
operative for at least five months, im
medlte action in the shape of an ap
peal to Governor West was decided up
on. It will be suggested that the Gov
ernor create a special fund, if possible,
for the purpose of making an effort to
check the disease at once.
Whether state aid Is forthcoming or
not, the Pure Bred Association, through
Its secretary, N. C. Maris, will at once
take up the matter with the boards of
County Commissioners of the various
counties. These bodies will be urged
to take steps, and if possible make ap
propriations to fight the disease, work
ing, it will be suggested, with -the
State Veterinarian and the State Board
of Health.
Premium Are "Wanted.
That glanders has also obtained a
foothold in Oregon was also brought
out. and the same recommendations
were made concerning that disease as
for hog cholera.
In conformity with the "Oregon first
idea was a resolution adopted asking
that the Legislature appropriate J50,
000 for special premiums to be paid to
Oregon exhibitors of livestock at the
World's Fair at San Francisco in 1915.
This money is not to be spent in build
ings or for transportation, but for no
other purpose than the payment of
premiums to Oregon exhibitors, the in
tent being to attract such a showing
from Oregon as will make this state
first in this regard at the great fair,
at which It is expected the greatest
livestock show the world has ever seen
will be held.
It was recommended that no state
fair be held in Oregon in 1915. nor in
any other Coast state, so that the
usual effort and appropriations be
expended in making the best possible
showing at San Francisco, and so that
there will be no diversion of Interest
Building; Fund Desired.
A resolution was adopted recom
mending that the Legislature be asked
to appropriate $10,000 for the purchase
of livestock and the erection of barns
at the State Agricultural College. It
was pointed out that the students are
handicapped at present by having no
opportunity to apply their academic
learning in a practical way.
"For genuine inspiration and enthu
siasm students must be brought in
close contact with good specimens of
the different breeds, and given an
opportunity to see improved methods
for economical production," said Dr.
James Withycombe, director of the
Kxperiment Station of the Agricultural
College. "
Other speakers were A. T. Buxton,
master of the Washington County
Grange; O. M. Hummer, chairman of
the legislative committee of the Pure
Bred Association; E. P. Weir, of New
port; F. E. Alley, of Roseburgr J. B.
Stump, of Monmouth, and C. L. Hawley,
president of the Pure Bred Association,
who presided.
The counties were represented as
follows: Columbus, Harry West. Scap
poose; Benton, Dr. James Withycombe,
Corvallis: Linn. E. Schoel. Albany; Lin
coln. E. P. Weir, Newport; Yamhill, F.
E. Lynn, Perry dale; Wallowa, J. M.
Frultts. Joseph; Washington, A. T.
Buxton, Forest Grove; Iouglas, F. E.
Allev. K. E. Smith, Roseburg; Gilliam,
N. M. McDaniels, Rock Creek; Hood
River. Leslie Butler, Hood River; Mal
heur. W. W. Caviness, Pale; Marion,
Frank Meredith, Salem; Multnomah, O.
M. Plummer.
The legislative committee of the
Pure Bred Association has a member
for each county in the state.
DOUGLAS CITIES ARE WET
County Court Overrules Exception
of District Attorney.
ROSEBURG. Or.. Nov. 22. (Special.)
Overruling the objections of District
Attorney George M. Brown, the County
Court in special session here today is
sued an order proclaiming Oakland,
Sutherlin and Glendale "wet" territory.
This order goes into effect immediately,
the local option law specifying no time
.for the commencement of the liquor
traffic, as it does for its suppression
in cases where units go dry.
In Issuing today's order, the County
Court did not attempt to pass on the
tegal questions advanced by the .Dis
trict Attorney, but simply held that a
majority of the voters in the towns in
volved voted "wet." The legal ques
tions will come up later before Judge
Hamilton in the Circuit Court.
ELOPEMENT ENDS IN JAIL
1 7-Year-OId Japanese Girl Vnable
to AVcd Taken Home to Father.
SEATTLE. Wash.. Nov. 22. (Spe
cial.) Miss Taka Muraoka. 17 years
old. schoolgirl and only daughter of
M Muraoka. a retired San Francisco
business man, has failed in her at
tempt at marrying Rigo Custodio, a
former employe of her father, with
whom she eloped from the southern
metropolis last Sunday morning. Cus
todio, a Porto Rican, four years the
senior of the Japanese girl, will be
taken to California on a charge of ab
duction. The couple arrived in Tacoma last
Tuesday, tried to secure a marriage li
cense and failed. They were arrested
on telegraphic complaint of the father,
backed by the chief of police of San
Francisco. Obtaining their release on
a writ of habeas corpus, the couple
came to Seattle and on Wednesday
they were refused a marriage license
by the King County Auditor.
The father of the girl and F. Tani
guchi, a Japanese friend, of San Fran
cisco, arrived here yesterday and found
the couple. -They were arrested and
taken to the city Jail. The girl will
accompany her father and his friend
back home, although she maintains
that she wants to marry the Porto
Rican.
Miss Muraoka Is defiant. "I shall
marry Rigo Custodio," she snapped at
her father. "He is my choice for a
husband. I will go with you. You
may lock me up. I cannot help that.
But I will escape. I will find Rigo
and marry him. Somewhere, somehow,
I will marry him."
FATE SMILES ON GIRL
THREE TIMES XEAR DEATH SHE
ESCAPES.
Miiss Eva Alldredge Has Third Ex
perience In Recent Collapse of
Marquam Building.
OREGON CITY, Or., Nov. 22. (Spe
cial.) Miss Eva Alldredge, daughter
of Frank Alldredge, of this city, who
was the only person in the part of
the Portland Marquam building that
collapsed at the time of the accident,
bears a charmed life, according to her
friends. She has been near death three
times in the past two years, and only
once suffered Injury. While she was
visiting her grandfather in this city
two years ago, a horse ran away with
her and, although she fell from the
saddle and was dragged more than a
block, her injuries were slight. When
the horse was stopped and she was
carried into the home of a neighbor
it was found that she had sustained
only a few bruises.
While visiting her mother, Mrs.
Abner Dillman, at Powell River, Brit
ish Columbia, last Summer, Miss All
dredge devoted much of her time to
fishing and canoeing on Powell Lake.
One day while alone on the lake she
was caught In a storm and her craft
was driven several miles in the direc
tion of an Indian reservation. It fin
ally caught in bushes and she was
forced to swim and wade to shore. A
squaw at the reservation acted as- her
guide to the home of her mother.
"I don't know whether I bear a
charmed life or not," said 'Miss All
dredge, who was visiting her father
today, "but I do know if I had remained
In the Marquam building much longer
I would have been killed."
Miss Alldredge, who is the night
telephone operator for the Equitable
Hospital Association, was answering a
call when she heard the first crash.
She looked out of a window at the
northeast corner of the building and
was almost blinded by what she
thought was smoke, but was In reality
dust.
"I called up the manager of the com
pany and a physician who had an' of
fice in the building." said Miss All
dredge. "I asked them what I had
better do. At this time I could feel
the floor giving way under me. They
advised that I get out as soon as pos
sible. There were several more tele
phone calls; however, and the floor
kept slipping. Finally I went Into my
sleeping-room and gathered up some
of my clothing and hurried from the
building. When I got downstairs! I saw
that the three floors under the one
where I was working had fallen and
the fourth floor was sagging. I
watched the building for a .time and
then went to the home of a friend.
After getting several hours' sleep 1
went back to the building, intending
to go to my room to get more of my
clothing. The police, however, refused
to let me enter, and while I was argu
ing with them the remainder of the
northeast section fell. I was lucky in
not being allowed to go to my room."
$15,000 DAMAGE SUIT LOST
Woman Who Walked Into Elevator
Shaft at Hotel Is Beaten.
OLYMPIA, Wash., Nov. 22. (Special.)
As a result of the decision of the
King County Superior Court being af
firmed, Mrs. Emma Wheeler, wife of
L. A. Wheeler, will recover no damages
from the Hotel Stevens Company, of
Seattle, for injuries she sustained when
she fell down an elevator shaft.
The evidence showed that Mrs.
Wheeler, while a guest at the hotel,
started to walk toward the elevator
shaft in broad daylight. According to
her testimony the door was open and
she walked Into it and fell, believing
she was stepping into the elevator.
The testimony of the elevator boy
was to the effect that if the door were
open it was not for more than an inch
or so, and that she must have used
her hands to open it.
Mrs Wheeler brought suit for Slo,-
000 damages, but a verdict waa re
turned against her in the lower court,
which is sustained by the Supreme
Court.
Latin Students Give Play.
HOOD RIVER, Or., Nov. 22. (Spe
cial.) While Latin is supposed to be
a dead language, the students of Miss
Flora Brunquist, of the Hood River
High School, have made it a living
tongue here during the past several
weeks. The Latin students have been
giving a series of plays, entitled "The
Latin School." One of them -represents
the teacher and the others the stu
dents, all dressed In the ancient cos
tumes of little Romans. While the
audiences did not understand the Latin
version of "Little Jack Horner Sat In
the Corner," the youthful players
reeled off their lines as though long
accustomed to the long unspoken
tongue.
Trainmen to Feast at Springfield.
SPRINGFIELD, Or., Nov. 22. (Spe
cial.) All the employes of the several
Southern Pacific trains that center
here will be given a dinner by the
Springfield Commercial Club Saturday
night. All the engineers and firemen,
conductors and brakemen of the trains
on the Oakridge, Wendling and Wood
burn branches, as well as those on the
Willamette Limited, which now runs
to this city from Portland, will be
feasted. The 'women of the auxiliary
will serve the dinner.
Game Law Violated Is Charge.
NEWPORT, Or, .".ov. 22. (Special.)
O. L. Holgate was arrested and tried
here last night in Justice Berry's court
for violation of the state game 4aws.
He had been hunting wild ducks dur
ing the month of February, 1912, with
out a license. He demanded and was
given a Jury trial, but was found
guilty and. fined $50 and costs. He took
an appeal to the Circuit Court. Game
Warden Gatens was the prosecuting
witness.
Hy Eilers Desires Erection of
Auditorium at Once.
EXPOSITION SITE FAVORED
Bnildlnpr for Utility Rather Than
Adornment Is Merchant's Idea
and Fund on Hand Deemed
Ample for Requirements.
"Portland cannot afford to shut her
eyes to the development that will take
place within the coming years, and the
need, which is already great and which
will become steadily greater, for the
city to have a suitable place for large
public gatherings," said Hy Eilers, of
Eilers Music Company, yesterday. "We
cannot afford to delay any longer than
is absolutely necessary In beginning
and carrying to completion the pro
posed municipal auditorium.
"Other cities of the Pacific ' Coast
have realized their needs along these
lines and are goj-ng ahead with the
erection of the necessary theaters and
great municipal halls. Portland must
do the same, for the demand is insistent
and Imperative and will become the
more so as time goes on.
"I do not approve, personally of hav
ing opened the contest for plans for
the auditorium to architects all over
tne United States. I believe that we
have architects In Portland that could
have done it quite as well. But since
we are wedded to an outside architect
in the matter, I do not think it wise
to go to work on the building until
we have had that arehitect on the
ground to look things over.
Exposition Site Favored.
"I am still In favor of the old exposi
tion ground for a site. It is in har
mony with the Greater Portland Plans,
and I believe that we should work as
closely to them as is practicable.
"It has been said that the exposi
tion site is" too expensive to be consid
ered. ' I do not favor voting a penny
more than the commission has already
on hand, nor do I believe that the peo
ple would pass such a measure were
it brought up at the next election. The
$600,000 should be ample. If the pur
chase of the exposition building site
seems likely to cut too deeply into that
fund, right there is the time that the
public-spirited citizens should become
active to create sentiment and help the
thing along until the site could be se
cured without reducing the fund too
low to leave enough for the auditorium
itself."
Mr. Eilers declared, however, that he
believes $600,000 Is more than enough
to build the auditorium, and that it is
enough to purchase the Bite as well.
Fabulous Sum Xot Xeeded.
"Many seem to make the mistake ot
thinking that the city wants to erect
a "monument" or a 'landmark,' when
all they really need is a practical and
serviceable auditorium. The Greek
Theater at Berkeley and the stadium
at Tacoma are both wonderful things
and both admirable examples of what
a public gathering place should be, but
they certainly lack the towering pro
portions of a monument. The taber
nacle at Salt Lake City, which is re
garded with wonder by people, all over
the world, is not an Imposing struc
ture, but It has the seating capacity
and the acoustic properties, and that
Is what counts.
"Moreover, if Brigham Youg TvadJ
been obliged to have $800,000 on nana,
or even $400,000 perhaps, before build
ing that wonderful auditorium, it
would never have been buITt.
"We have the money to build what
we need and I am in favor of going
ahead with it as rapidly as is consist
ently possible. We have a commission
of reliable men in charge of it and
I hava confidence in them. I hope to
see the site settled and actual work
begun on the auditorium in a com
paratively short time. And to bring
this about every citizen should be ready
to give all the assistance that lies rea
sonably within his power."
TIRE MEN PRAISE CITY
BUSINESS SAID TO BE GROWIXG
OX PACIFIC COAST.
J. Ml. Gilbert and J. D. Anderson, of
United States Tire Company, to
Widen Operations Here.
J. M. Gilbert, general manager of
the United States Tire Company, vis
ited Portland yesterday with J. D. An
derson, general sales manager, and
material Increase in the Portland force
of employes and in the magnitude of
the Portland establishment-will be the
probable result of his Investigations
and consultation with his local repre
sentatives. "The Pacific Coast is uniformly in a
flourishing condition," he said yester
day, "and this condition has reflected
it in the Western demands upon our
business, so that . the officials of the
company are becoming more and more
actively interested in the West."
Mr. Anderson has been a periodical
visitor to the Western branches in va
rious Pacific Coast cities for several.
years and his general manager accom
panied him upon this trip to get a
view at first hand of the country west
of the Rocky Mountains as it affects
the activities of his company.
"The cities of the great Western
slope, Portland particularly, I may say,
furnish a wonderful field for the man
ufacturer," said Mr. Gilbert. "The
growth of the automobile business is a
fair criterion of the growth of business
in all lines and it is the increasing
growth of our business in the North
west that assures us of the stability
and growing condition of Western
business in general.
"While business shows perhaps more
activity In the West at this time there
is little to complain about in conditions
in the East. Political changes have had
practically no effect on business and
there is not the least likelihood ot the
succession of the new Administration
having any material effect upon the at.
tltude of confidence of business men in
general.
"It is to make arrangements for tak
ing better care of our own growing
business out here that we are here in
the West. I am wonderfully pleased
with Portland and Its prospects for
continued and substantial growth. Both
myself and Mr: Anderson are very glad
to be able to see the city and study its
wonderful possibilities at close range.
"In our business everything points to
another season of tremendous growth
for the automobile business. I think
that, at a conservative estimate, prob
ably 750,000 pleasure cars will be in
use In this country next Summer. This
means that about 4,500,000 tires will be
required and our company expects to
manufacture about one-fourth of them."
Mr. Gilbert and Mr. Anderson were
Informally entertained at dinner with
local representatives xit the company
and at a theater party, after which
rosperity
Yours or the Other Fellow's?
THE dawn of a new prosper
ity rises today on America.
The election is over.
Bumper crops have come
from the fields. The farmers bins
are bulging. The railroads are
buying. The steel mills are run
ning full blast again. Many believe
the American people are beginning
the most prosperous era of their
history. v
On the crest of the "prosperity
wave will ride only those alert, far
sighted houses which project them
selves into the future and prepare
for it. Here is a big and interest
ing problem for them : how are all
these products, this grain, these
cottons, these textiles, this steel
and this machinery going to be
carried to the ultimate consumer ?
The railroads will take care of
their share as usual. But the
railroads do not carry the goods to
the ultimate consumer. For every
piece of goods that is hauled by
railroad loo miles, is hauled over
street or roads 5 miles by horse or
automobile. The extent of road
transportation is today way beyond
the belief of the average man.
Wheat, for instance, is hauled
to the railroad by horse or auto
mobile. The railroad hauls it to
the mill and then on to the city.
The horse or automobile hauls it
to the grocer and from him to the
ultimate consumer. Thus the story
goes. Are your horses able to take
care of the increased business
Have vou enough horses to take
care of the increased business? .
Don't buy more horses. Buy
motor trucks. They can work
twenty-four hours a day if neces
sary. They can haul three times
the load. They can cover a
greater- area of territory. They
reach out and get new business.
ALCO
Motor Truck
6 ton 5 ton 3 ton 2 ton
them a company with a capital
of $50,000,000, a company of 77
years' accumulative transporta
tion experience.
And bear this in mind: sixty
five per cent of all Alco owners are
rated by Bradstreet and Dun at
$1,000,000 or over. Big business
houses are shrewd buyers. They
seldom purchase mistakes. Nearly
every one of these big business
houses has bought more Alco trucks.
This is a good guide for the smaller
business house, for it can avoid the
danger of an unwise purchase if it,
too, selects the Alco. t
They never tire. They travel as fast
at the end of the day as at the be
ginning. They do not die suddenly.
They do not consume on Sunday. .
'
Motor trucks are increasing at
the rate of about 100 per cent per
year. They are being used now in
every line of business. Nearly
every house that has bought one
motor truck has bought more motor
trucks. Sixty-two per cent of the
Alco trucks we have builf were
purchased on reorders. That is the
evidence. The testimonyof nearly
a thousand Alco owners is against
the horse.
Within a year Alco trucks have'
risen from sixth to a command
ing position. They have behind
$
" We sell the Alco truck on a
Scientific basis. We are not so
much interested in the immediate
future as in the ultimate business.
Therefore, ayearago, we established
the Transportation Cost Bureau.
This Bureau will determine
for you just how much your horses
are actually costing you, will blue
print your horse delivery system,
reroute your hauls, "estimate if you
can employ motor trucks to advan
tage, determine how many you
need, the size, the type of body, .
and will show you what the auto-
mobile equipment will save oyer
the horse equivalent. The saving
runs from 15 to 40 per cent, de
pending on the type of business.
The service rendered by this Bureau
is without charge to you.
Appointments are made in order
of request. Our telephone number
is East 4S09.
ALCO MOTORS CO., 464 Hawthorne Ave., Cor. Eighth, Portland, Oregon
they left for a trip through California
before returning to the East
Ooal Miner Commits Suicide.
CENTRALIA, Wash., Nov. 22. (Spe
!i Hvrfv nf John Maki. a coal
miner, was found this morning lying
along the Northern Pacific right-of-
way a few miles norm 01 tenimu.,
n.t.'h ht thrnnt slashed from ear to
ear. Over J150 was found In the man's
pockets. The first news 01 tne suicme
was brought here by the conductor of
....inn freight train. The remains
are being held by Coroner Sticklin.
Montesano Debaters Victors.
MONTESANO, Wash., Nov. 22. (Spe
cial.) The Montesano High School de
bating team defeated the Chehalls
High School team here tonight, the de
cision of the Judges being unanimous.
The question, "resolved, that this state
should continue the policy of con
structing state roads and permanent
highways with Increasing appropria
tions therefor," was debated, Monte
sano having the affirmative. Marion
Calder and Bernard Bates represented
Montesano, and Sadie Michael and
Frank Michael represented Chehalis.
The Judges were: A. E. Graham, Aber
deen, and P. M. Troy and C. E. Beach,
of-Olympia.
Nonconformists Win Victory.
CAMBRIDGE, England, Nov. 22. A
step of immense Importance to noncon
formists was taken by the University
Senate ljere today, when it agreed, by
a vote of' 435 against 326, to rescind
the regulation debarring the confer
ment of the Degree of Doctor of Di
vinity on nonconformists.
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parent skill of a
good carver is due
to the good condition
of his carving- knive. Give
any man a knife sharp as a razor.
and then he will be able to carve a joint or a fowl.
Table Cutlery
is the'Tery finest that can be had, in quality of steel,
in temper, in thinness and taper of blade, in balance,
in toughness and durability." Once sharpened, Keen
Kutter Carvers stay sharp longer than any other kind.
The Keen Kutter guarantee relieves you of all risk.
We sell Keen Kutter Tools and Cutlery.
Oregon Hardware Co.
70-72 Third St., Cdr. Oak, Worester Bldg.
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