THE MORXIXG ORKGOJSIAN, MONDAY, JUNE SO, 1913.
EARLY CURRENCY
REFORM UNLIKELY
TWO PENNSYLVANIA MEMORIALS ON FAMOUS BATTLEFIELD AND MILITARY OFFICER IN 1
DEEP CULTIVATION
ADVISED BY BUREAU
. CHARGE OF PREPARATIONS FOR CELEBRATION.
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Congress Even Less Inclined,
Since Reading Bill, to Has
ten Consideration.
LONGER SESSION DREADED
Belief Expressed That if Measure
Were Considered Jiow No Vaca
tion Would Be Had Before
New Session Begins.
OREGON! AN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, June 29. Publication of the
provisions of the Democratio currency
bill has not had the effect of strength
ening sentiment in Congress in favor
of the passage of such a measure at
the present session, but rather has only
increased the desire for delay. In or
der that those who must shoulder the
responsibility for currency reform may
better inform themselves before going
on record.
The currency bill is compiex and as
long as it is Intricate. The subject
generally is one with which most leg
islators are not personally familiar,
and one which they must study before
they will be competent to pass Judg
ment. House leaders are frank enough to
say that it will take six weeks or two
months to put a currency bill through
the lower branch of Congress, basing
their forecast on general lack of infor
mation and the necessity for long de
bate. If it takes two months to get
the "bill through the House, it is a Bafe
prediction that the Senate could not
pass the bill Inside of three months,
and. moreover, the Senate could not get
around to the bill until the tariff is
disposed of.
Heavy Strain Entailed.
As it will be the last of August be
fore the tariff bill becomes a law, the
passage of a currency bill this session
would mean that Congress would be
compelled to remain in Washington
throughout the Summer and Fall, and
would not be able to adjourn prior to
the time of the convening of the reg
ular long session on December 1.. The
next regular session is destined to run
at least until July 1, 1914, and a pro
longation of the present session until
December would mean that Congress
would be in practical continuous ses
sion from December 1, 1912, to the
middle or end of July, 1914. That would
be the longest session of Congress ever
known. Senators and members would
get no rest whatever; they would have
no opportunity to get home to see their
"folks" and the strain would be a
heavy one, physically and politlcafly.
It is a greater sacrifice than Sena
tors and Representatives care to make,
especially when they well remember
that half a dozen deaths in Congress
in the past few years were due di
rectly to the overburden placed on or
assumed by conscientious 'legislators.
Senator Dolliver, the brilliant Iowan,
was one victim of too much Congres
sional work.
Senate "Will Oppose Haate.
What probably will be done will be
to permit the House to talk currency
reform while the Senate is wrestling
with the tariff, for in this way both
houses will be kept busy, and the work
of one will in no way interfere with
the work of the other; but while the
Senate is talking tariff, its members
will not have time to study currency
legislation and even If the House
should pass a currency bill this ses
sion, the Senate would not be prepared.
The Senate will resist any effort to
compel it to legislate with reference
to the currency until a majority of its
members feel they are ready to vote
and there is not the slightest indica
tion at this time that a majority of the
Senate is disposed to pass a currency
bill before the next regular session.
CHARITIES WILL CONFER
National Organization to Take Cp
Various Social Problems.
SEATTLE, Wash., June 29. All ar
rangements have been completed for
the meeting of the National Confer
ence of Charities and Corrections,
which will convene here Saturday for
an eight-day session. Aside from ad
dresses on social problems -by speak
ers of National prominence, interest In
the conference centers around the com
mittee reports, especially those which
will deal with Immigration. Leaders
of the conference assert that with the
opening of the Panama Canal the Pa
cific Coast will have to deal with this
problem and Governors West, of Ore
gon, and Lister, of Washington, and
Premier McBride, of British Columbia,
are expected to attend and take part
in the discussion.
Preliminary to the charities and cor
rections conference the National Chil
dren's Home Society will hold a three
day session, beginning Thursday.
LAUNCH GOES TO RESCUE
Refugees on Mexican Coast to Be
Brought North.
SAN DIEGO, Cal., June 29. Colonel
C. K. Eider's crack oceangoing launch
Paxinosa will sail "from here Tuesday
for Ksperanza, 40 miles south of Guay
mas, Mexico, where 200 women and
children are awaiting transportation
from the revolution-swept district. The
Paxinosa will carry refugees from Es
peranza to the mouth of the Colorado
River, there they will take automo
biles for Yuma. Captain J. N. Ross
will be in command.
The Paxinosa is one of the most fa
mous ocean-going launches on the
Coast and had frequently been char
tered by the united states Government,
Centralia Gets Militia.
CENTRALIA, Wash., June 29. (Spe
clal.) According to a letter received
by Centralia's July Fourth celebration
committee today from Adjutant-General
Llewellyn, company M. Second
. Regiment. National Guard of Wash
ington, will be allowed to remain in
Centralia for the celebration. Instead
of leaving Centralia on the night o
July 3 and parading in Tacoma on the
Kourth, the company will leave here
on the morning of July 5, proceeding
to American Lake.
Dairy Cows Purchased.
GRANTS PASS. Or, June 29. (Spe
lal. ) The third shipment of dairy
sows for the vicinity of Grants Pass
l.his season arrived yesterday. The
Ihlpment arrived from Woodland, Cal.,
nd was composed of 16 grade Holsteln
heifers and cows and one fine-blooded
Molstein bull. T,he cattle were pur
chased by two enterprising dairy
ranchers of this vicinity.'
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VETERANS TROOP IfJ
Gettysburg Thronged With
Soldiers in Blue and Gray.
5000 TENTS ARE PITCHED
Thousands of Sightseers Arriving.
News That President "Wilson Is
to Speak Causes Stir When
It Becomes Known.
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charge of Pickett started on the third
day of the fight. They cover the
"peach orchard" and the "wheat field'"
where thousands of men died and part
of the ground over which Pickett
charged, but they do not reach to the
Bloody Angle or to the base of Ceme
tery Ridge, from whose heights Meade's
artillery poured out Its rain- of grape
and cannister that cut to pieces the
legions of Pickett.
The formal exercises will be reld in
a big tent near Emmitsburg road, but
they will last only two hours each day
and the rest of the time the veterans
will spend aa they please.
Thousands of sightseers are quar
tered in the village. Thousands more
made the trip in every conceivable style
of conveyance.
Every room available was taken days
ago and veterans without credentials.
and the civilian who had not enough
foresight to make arrangements are
sleeping tonight in any bed that they
could find in the hustle of the day.
Wilson's Coming' Causes Stir.
The news that President Wilson "Is
coming to make a speech July 4, caused
a stir today.
Colonel J. M. Schormaker, chairman
of the Gettysburg Commission tele
graphed today to the President, in
forming him that the commission would
like him to get to Gettysburg at 11
o'clock July 4. The President will Btay
here about two hours.
The first serious accident of the cele
bration came today when two trolley
cars met in head-on collision near the
Devils Den, one of the historic spots.
Six passengers were slightly injured
but none seriously. John Collins of
420 Standish street, Elmira, N. T., a
member of Edgar Fitch Post, G. A. R.
of that city, was knocked , down by a
buggy. Surgeons said his Injuries were
serious. There were many heat pros
trations during the day. but most of
the sufferers survived.
Augustus D. Brown of Livermore,
Falls. Maine, was the first veteran to
die on the field. He was taken sud
denly 111 late today and died just as
army surgeon reached his side. The
heat probably caused his reath. Mr.
Brown belonged to Camp Kimball, G.
A. R., of Livermore Falls. His relatives
were notified- tonight and the body will
be shipped north.
Eugene Girl Appointed.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene,
Or., June 29. (Special.) Miss Frieda
Goldsmith, who was selected yesterday
by the regents of the University of
Oregon as an instructor in physical
training for women, is a Eugene girl,
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Gold
smith. Miss Goldsmith graduated from
the University of Oregon last year, ma
joring in the department of physical
training, and she took special training
last year at Wellesley. She will reach
home the latter part of the week from
the East.
Washington State Post Abolished.
OLYMPIA. Wash., June 29. (Spe.
cial.) The state board of control has
consolidated the offices of superintend
ent and physician and surgeon at the
State Soldiers' Homo at Ortlng, and has
appointed Dr. J. D. MacLean, of Spo
kane, to the position to succeed G. W.
Tibbetts, superintendent. The change
is made on the ground of economy. As
sistant Attorney-General Lyle having
ruled that if the offices were consoli
dated, the one official, would be entitled
to only the salary of superintendent.
AVoodcraft Delegates Named.
CENTRALIA, Wash., June 29. (Spe
cial.) At the district convention of
the 20th District, Women of Woodcraft,
which closed in Centralia yesterday,
Mrs. Dora E. Baker, of Centralia; Mrs.
Stella Robbins, of Elma. and Mrs. Nina
Brown, of Olympia, were elected dele
gates to the meeting of the grand
lodge In Portland August 8. Hoqulam
was chosen as the meeting place in
1917.
JClamath Timber Slay Be Sold.
KLAMATH FALLS, Or., June 29.
(Special.) The sale of another large
timber tract within the Klamath In
dian reservation is proposed by C. E.
Dunston, chief forester of the Indian
Service, who is heren connection with
the matter. These sales are made from
timber belonging to the Indians as a
community and not individual allot
ments. South African railways are experimenting
with mechanical stokers for use on locomotives.
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and E. P. Murdock Falls.
FARMAN BIPLANE WRECKED
Victim, lrmerly Chicago Physician,
Suffers Fracture of Leg and Col-lar-Bone,
Wrenched Back and
May Bo Hurt Internally.
SPOKANE, Wash., June 29. (Spe
cial.) Flying SO feet in "the air in a
Spokane-made Farman biplane. Edgar
P. Murdock, 27 years a Chicago doctor,
who forsook the practice of medicine
to conquer the airv as an aviator 18
months tgo, -turned the new machine
at a sharp angle, the planes were
caught by deceitful gusts of wind and
the aviator and machine alighted In a
pile of rocks east of Helena street and
Sprague avenue, beyond the city limits,
at 6:30 P. M.
The machine is a wreck and Mur
dock lies in the Sacred, Heart Hospital
with a fractured left leg, broken right
collarbone, wrenched back, abrasions
of the face" 6nd body and internal injuries.-
He retained consciousness dur
ing the accident, and tonight talked
NORTH DAKOTA MAX CHOSEN
AS HEAD OF LEBANON
SCHOOLS THIS YEAR.
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F. Thordarson, of Mayville,
N. D.. has been selected as sup
perlntendent of the Lebanon .'
schools for the ensuing year.
Professor Thordarson was
graduated from the University of
North Dakota, and the State Nor
mal School1- "of North Dakota and
has h e l i - several positions
throughout, that state, where he
is widely' known, as an educator.
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freely of his perilous drop, although
he was unable to raise his head or
arms oj- move his body. When the
police patrol wagon arrived at the
scene the aviator was lying in the
rocKs surrounded by a crowd of sev
eral hundred . people who had been
watching him make the trial flight with
the machine that was to be taken to
Orovllle, Wash, for the Fourth of July
celebration.
"The planes skidded in a sudden crust
of wind and tipped the machine un
when I was about 50 feet from the
Held," said the aviator. "I was unable
to make a landing because of the frol
icking gusts, and the rocky field made
it Impossible to land without accident.
The machine careened and then fell
backward after turning upside down.
This is my first accident, although I
have made many flights in the West
and Middle West."
SLEIGH-RIDING STILL GOOD
Visitors to Cloud Gap May Have
Xovel Summer Experience.
HOOD RIVER, Or.. June -29. (Spe
cial.) With the snowbanks still 10 feet
deep in the"" road for three miles below
the noted hostelry, patrons of Cloud
Cap Inn may enjoy the novel experi
ence this year of making the last lap
of the Journey in sleighs, which will be
provided until the belated Summer
weather melts the snow.
The Inn will be opened next Wednes
day to accommodate persons who may
arrive to celebrate the glorious Fourth
on the North side of Mount Hood. The
cooks and house servants left here to
day, bound to Cloud Cap. which will
be operated this year under the suner-
vlslon of Dorsey B. Smith, secretary of
me uregon Travel Bureau.
As on former years patrons will be
met by automobiles at thin city and at
t-ariiaaie. the terminus of the Mount
Hood Railroad Company's line, extend,
lng through the valley. Osmun Royal.
of Portland, will operate an automobile
stage rrom.- this -city.
SON OF RANCHER DROWNED
.iix-iucui rropaoiy i;ae to xounj
JIan Having Epileptic Fit.
ASHLAND. Or., June 29. Sneclai.
Harry 'Rocho. son of J. F. Rocho, of
tnis city, was round drowned in
small pond about a mile and a half
rrom town Saturday evening. No
one witnessed the tragedy, which was
evidently the result of an accident, as
the young man was subject to fits of
epilepsy.
The family owns a ranch outside the
city limits, and the son had gone there
to attend to the chores. He left for
the ranch about 2 P. M. and his body
was recovered at 7:30. Young Rocho
was 34 years of age.
Injured Ofricer Recovers.
VANCOUVER BARRACKS. Wash
June 29. (Special.) Lieutenant Gustav
J- Gonser, manager and captain of the
Army baseball team, who was struck
on top. or the head yesterday wltb t
bat and knocked out, was sot much im
proved today that he was able to leave'
the post hospital, where he had been
taken.
Billy Boss and Romeo Hagan to Box.
CENTRALIA, Wash.. June 29.
(Special.) Billy Hoa, of Centralia,
and Romeo Hagen, of Seattle, have
signed up to box 10 rounds before the
Chehalis Business Men's Athletic Club
cn the night of July .2. The two men
recently fought 10 rounds ia Centralia
to a draw- ,
Government Report Says Ef
ficient Plowing Repays
'farmers' Efforts.
MEDF0RD AREA DESCRIBED
Climate and Much of Soil Adapted
to Fruits, but Truck Crops Can
Be Grown at Profit and
Arc Much Xeglected.
WASHINGTOX, June 29. The De
partment of Agriculture has Just is
sued the report on the soil survey of
the Medford area, Oregon, made by the
bureau of soils. The climate is de
scribed as moderate. The Summer
days are warm but seldom hot and the
Summer nights are always comfort
able. The Winter temperatures are
not severe.
'That a thorough preparation of the
soil is a necessary factor in the pro
duction of any crop seems generally
to be too well known to call for com
ment," says the report, "but the fact
remains that a large proportion of the
farmers in this section entirely over
look this phase of the question. It
has been demonstrated repeatedly that
continued shallow and inefficient plow
ing and cultivation invariably result In
decreased yields, and that within cer
tain limits deeper" plowing and
thorough cultivation will result In at
least maintaining the average yield, if
not actually increasing it.
Grain Eihiuiti Soil.
"The continuous croppinjr of the soil
to grain returns practically nothing to
tne soil and results in the gradual ex
haustion of the organic matter origi
nally present. Except in the Im
mediate creek-bottom soils the quantity
of organic matter in the soil is low
and the' decline in crop yields has been
fairly rapid. This may be remedied
eitherby growing a green crop to be
plowed under in the -Spring or by
establishing a crop rotation with grain
every third or rourth year."
Fair crops of corn may be produced
in the area, according to the report
The crop Is largely grown between the
trees in young orchards- Alfalfa rank
next to wheat In acreage. Only a small
proportion of the alfalfa grown in the
valley Is irrigated, the fields lying In
the creek bottoms, where water Is
available from adjacent streams. Oq
these soils the yield of alfalfa will run
from two to five tons to the acre. On
the soils of the valley plains similar
yields may be expected.
The report says that the opportuni
ties to produce truck crops and vege
tables profitably have been much
neglected the larger part of these prod
ucts being shipped into the vallev
There is absolutely no reason why
the products imported should not be
grown within the valley, says the re
port. Strawberries do well on the
heavier granitic soils near Ashland
and on the soils of the floor of the
valley, except the adobes, and on the
lignter members of the soils of the
agate series.
Climate Favors Kniit.
The report deals extensively with
the fruit industry of the area and says.
in part: "The general climatic condi
tions of the area are Indisputably
favorable to the growing of fruit anil
failure of fruit adapted to a moderate
ly temperate climate must be laid to
other causes. Some danger of injury
from frosts, where not protected by
artificial means, however, does exist.'
The report describes some of the 42
different types of soil found in the area
and discusses their adaptability to
various crops. Fruits are jrrown on
the Siskiyou coarse sandy loam, where
the topography Is not too rugged; on
the Tolo loam under similar conditions,
and on the Sites sandy loam when suf
ficient depth exists. The Olympic Clay
Is best adapted to pears. The well-
drained Clawson loam is fair truck and
pear soil and gives good results with
alfalfa and grasses. Pears do well on
the Meyer clay adobe south of Medford.
The Medford fine sandy loam. Medford
gravelly clay loam and Medford clay
adobe are under cultivation to apples,
pears and alfalfa and the Bellavista
fine sandy loam is entirely occupied by
apple and pear orchards.
FIELD MEET AIMED
SOLDIKllS EXPECT PORTLAND
VISITORS JULY 4.
Event to. Be Biggest of Kind Ever
Held at Vancouver Parade
to Precede Contests.
VANCOUVER BARRACKS, Wash..
June 29. (Special.) The need of a
bridge across the Columbia River, be
tween Portland and Vancouver, It is
declared, will be demonstrated again
on July 4, when thousands of visitors
from Portland are expected to come
here to witness the greatest military
athletic field meet ever held in the post.
Colonel George S. Young, who enter
tained the Portland Commercial Club at
.the garrison yesterday, at its first an
nual picnic, has joined forces with the
Vancouver Commercial Club and has
given orders for the field meet, to be
held on the post athletic field beginning
at 2 o'clock.
In the morning there will be a big
parade in Vancouver. The soldiers will
take part, the officers will be mounted
an-d Colonel Young will be gran-rl
marshal of the day, riding a splendid
black charger.
The events in the afternoon will in
clude a 10U-yarl dash, a mile relay
race, on team from each company
taking part; a tug-of-war by battalions,
infantry and engineers, eight-men
teams and captains; obstacle and equip
ment races, shelter tent pitching, all
organizations taking part; musical drill,
by the infantryj the building and de
struction of a bridge, by the engineers:
running high jump, running broad
jump and? 220-yard dash.
The fo";wing officials have been de
tailed: " ul&rshal and starter. Lieu
tenant Rutherfurd S. Hartz: referee.
Captain Ralph H. Van IDeman; judges.
Captain Lucius C. Bennett, Lieutenant
O. P. Robinson, Captain Herbert C.
Gibner. Lieutenant John - C. Fairfax,
Lieutenant Frank J. Riley, Lieutenant
Gustav J. Gonser and Lieutenant Wil
liam H. Gill; clerk of the course. Lieu
tenant Frank V. Schneider; time
keepers. Lieutenant H. Ij. Stewart.
Lieutenant Lester M. Wheeler and
Lieutenant Robert T. Snow; announcer.
Lieutenant H. L. Taylor.
Clothiers Beat Sun Dials.
FAIRVIEW. Or., June 29. (Special.)
In a ragged game on the part of the
home team, the Sun Dials were de
feated by the Bradford Clothiers, 8 to
1. Batteries Townsend and Heitman;
Bradford, Moorland and Bleeg. Um
pires Heslln and Sevier-
if Tickets July 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, JV
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II FESTO fg;
W k Ar 3 DAY TRAINS
W Y0U Observation Car. Coaches.
LOW
FARES
EAST
Northern
The Scenic Highway
TICKETS i 2S5 Morrison Street.
REDS TO REJECT OFFER
COWIITZ IXDLVXS SCORV QCIX
IAULT IAJTDS.
Strained Relations Between Tribes
Reason Given Counter Proposal
Is for Cash Payments.
CHEHALIS. Wash., June 29. (Spe
cial.) The committee of Cowlits In
dians met in Chehalis today to confer
on the settlement of their claims with
the Federal Government. Bat Klona,
of Randle. who was recently chosen
chief of the tribe to succeed the late
Atwin Stockum; Frank Ayahl. of Wa
pato; Jim Sutanach, of Nesika; Pete
Kalama. of Roy; J. B. Plamondon, of
Castle Rock, and J. B. Sareault, of
Cowlitz, were present. It has been de
cided by the tribe to reject the offer
of ' land allotments in the Quinlault
country. -
One of the members of the commit
tee, in discussing the subject today,
said there are various reasons why his
people do not care to accept this pro
posal. Primarily, there Is an old-time
hostility between the Cowlitz Indians
and the Quiniaults, and it is feared that
closer association of these people would
tend to revive this feeling. He says
that in the early days members of the
Cowlitz tribe, who had been captured,
were enslaved by the Quiniaults, and
that nothing ever transpired after
wards to soften the ill-feeling.
The Cowlitz Indians were more of a
plains tribe than their Grays Harbor
neighbors, who are woodsmen and river
Indians.
The committee has a counter pro
posal. It is In effect that $5000 be
given each Cowlitz adult and $2500 to
each minor. Moneys due to Irrespon
sibles is to be paid out to them over a
period of 10 years. The interest on the
money Is to be 4 per cent, and to be
available to the owners as It accrues.
The funds for the minors is to be paid
when they become of age, but their
parents or guardians are to expend the
money, under the Government's regula
tion, for education and care of the
children.
Logging? Road to Burn Oil.
EUGENE. Or., June 29. (Special.)
Oil-burning locomotives will be used
exclusively on the logging lines of the
Booth-Kelly Lumber Company, beyond
Wendiing, when operations are resumed
after the Fourth of July layoff. A
tank to store 40.000 gallons of oil is
Santa. Fe
ki,xciir
on sale daily commencing
May 28. Good for return
until October 31, 1913. "
When you go Santa Fe through
California, you avoid the
excessive heat and have
stopover privilege for visit
to Grand Canyon, also you
may visit San Francisco and
Los Angeles.
Let me arrange details of your
trip, and send you our picture folders.
'H. E. Vernon, Gen. Agt., Santa Fe Ry.
260 Alder St., Portland.
Phone MAIN 1274.
The Bank of Persona! Service
The services our patrons require of us vary widely;
in the service they receive we strive
to have them all alike.
erchants National Bank
Under Government Supervision
Founded 1886 Washington and Fou th Sts.
Diner.
1 NIGHT TRAIN
Standard and Tourist Sleeping
Cars and Coaches
7 Days in the Week
All Electric Lighted.
Pacific Railway
Thronth the .Us L,nd . Fort.
A. D. CHARLTO.X. A. G. F. A- Portland,
being erected at Wendling and the en
gines will be changed over from the
old-style wood burners. The liability
of the woodburner, even when protect
ed with screens, to set fires during the
dry season Is the reason for the
change in fuel. The logging camps
closed today, and the mills at Coburg
and at AVendling will close Tuesday for
a week's vacation. Four hundred and
fifty men are included in the vacation
order.
WOODCRAFT WOMEN ELECT
Central District Lodge Names Van
couver "Woman as Uuard.
CENTRALIA. Wash.. June 29. (Spe
cial.) District No. 20. Women of Wood
craft, closed one of the most success
ful meetings in the history of the dis
trict In Centralia Saturday. All of the
sessions were well attended, an ex
cellent programme having been ar
ranged and carried out.
At the meeting yesterday the follow
ing district officers were elected for
the four- years: Mrs. Beryl G. Rossiter,
of Vancouver, guard: Mrs. Coleman, of
Winlock, adviser; Mrs. Holmes, of Puy
allup. magician: Mrs. Knox, of Sum
ner, banker: Mrs. Minnie Teeter, of
Centralia. captain; Mrs. Howe, of Ab
erdeen, inner sentinel; Mrs. Van jo
Marr, outer sentinel, and Mesdames
Stacy, Neyer and McNeil, managers.
The delegates left for their homes to
night. Insurance Writers Warned.
OLYMPIA. Wash., June 29. (Spe
clal.) If anybody Is to bring suit over
a recent ruling of Insurance Commis
sioner Flshback In which he hel-d that
if insurance agents were going to turn
over certain business to other com
panies than that which they repre
sented they must take out brokers'
licenses instea-d of mere agents"
licenses, such agents must bring the
suit. "I am going to bring no test
suit," says Commissioner Fishback,
"but I am going to cancel the licenses
of agents who refuse to accept my
ruling." The rule Is upheld by At
torney - General Tanner. Agents"
licenses cost $2 and brokers' $100.
21,000 Motor Licenses Issued.
OLYMPIA. Wash.. June 29. (Spe
cial.) There are more than 20,000
motor vehicles In the State of Wash
ington, according to figures in the
office of the Secretary of State. L"p
wards of 21,000 have been issued, but
it is thought there are a few Inopera
tive numbers in the state. C. A. Foster,
deputy in the office, issued 1900 licenses
in one lay this wfek.
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