6 the Monxiyg oregoxian, Friday, ' October so, i9i4. STEELMEM'SWORDS USED AGAINST THEM Federal Attorney Contends Practice of Fraud and De ceit Is Proved. ARGUMENT IS CONCLUDED Court May Xot Reach Decision Be fore Next Summer and Ensuing Appeal Is likely to Con same Year ox More. PHILADELPHIA. Oct. 29 Argument In the Federal suit to dissolve the United States Steel Corporation on the ground that Its organization and oper ation constitutes a violation of the Sher man anti-trust law was concluded to day and the court took the bis case under advisement Just three years and . three days after the original petition of the Government was filed against the concern and its subsidiaries. So vast are the ramifications of the case and so enormous the record that a decision is not looked for by lawyers until next Spring or early Summer. Then, it is predicted. one- side or the other will carry the suit to the Su preme Court of the United States, where another year or more may slip by before a final decree is reached. Jacob M. Dickinson. ex-Secretary of "War, In charge of the Government side, took up all day In concluding ar gument in support of the charges that the billion dollar corporation was formed with monopolistic intent and that it actually exercised the power of a monopoly. Panic Condition Reviewed. Once again the much-discussed ac quisition of the Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Company by the Steel Corpor ation came up for review. Mr. Dickin son said that when President Roosevelt declined to interfere with the transac tion he was dealing with a panic in New York and that the Department of Justice, in attacking the transaction, was dealing with an unlawful acquisi tion of property. The whole thins. Mr. Dickinson said, resolved itself down to the question: "Can a man stop a panic in New York if he has to violate the anti-trust law to do it?" - Mr. Dickinson referred to a state ment by counsel for the defense that if the court dissolved the Steel cor poration the industry would return to the ferocity or competition' mat oo tained before 1904. Mr. Dickinson said this declaration was proof in itself that competition was no longer free, unre strained- and independent. Rail Prices Maintained. Counsel spent much time in support ing the Government contention that the uniform basic price of steel rails for years conclusively showed that the Corporation was the one great factor in maintaining prices. Mr. Dickinson said the Corporation s percentage of busi ness in 1901, when the Corporation was organized, was 51.6 and in 1912 it was 61.79. The Steel Corporation contends its business in 1901 was 50.1 and has since been reduced to 40.9 per cent. Counsel said the defense asserted that when the Corporation was formed there was no thought of monopoliza tion or suppression of competition. This argument, he said, had been used in the Standard Oil and In the tobacco cases and will be used until the end of time by corporations that are brought to justice for wrongful acts. Steel Men Accused of Deceit. In concluding Mr. Dickinson dis cussed, the question of intent to monop olize, and to give color to this allega tion of the Government he took up the alleged actions of certain steel men in past years as related by counsel for the defense. "I am not going to say anything about the honor of the Steel Corpor ation men." he said, "and I have not impeached their honor, but I am going to read to you what counsel for the defense has said about them." Mr. Dickinson then read from the ar gument of the opposing side, in which was described how men, who after ward became interested in the Steel Corporation, took money from manu facturers back in the '90s to refrain from producing a certain article which they had no intention to make. This, Mr. Dickinson said, showed that they engaged in deceit and false represen tation to obtain a sum of money. Hmry Dinner Figure Quoted. Mr. Dickinson then quoted further from the defense's argument a speech which .counsel for the Corporation said had been delivered by one of the most active figures in the Gary dinners dur ing the panic of 19Q7. One paragraph of the speech said: "Now, what I ask of 'you is that we attempt to avoid the fraud, the lying, the deceit and the resulting cut-throat practices of the panics of the past by being honest with each other by tell ing the truth to each other." Mr. Dickinson asked the court to de cide for itself whether this had been honorable dealing. When Mr. Dickin son concluded the four judges took the case under advisement. clal.) Frank A. Hoffman, a pioneer of 1852. died at New Era Wednesday afternoon, aged 90 years. He was born in Germany, came to New Era in 1864 and had lived there continuously until the time of his death. He leaves three sons and three daughters, John. Jo seph and Fred Hoffman. Mrs. Eugene Steringer, of Portland; Mrs. Charles Baechler, of Santa Barbara, CaL, and Miss Gertrude Hoffman, of New Era. The body was brought to Oregon City. Arrangements for the funeral as yet have not been completed. w POEMS HELP WAR CAUSE Two Thousand Aid Recruiting for Forces at German Front. LONDON. Oct. 24. In the English newspapers alone there have been pub lished, since the beginning of the war. no fewer than 2000 poems, bearing in various ways upon the great fight with Germany. The large majority of them are of customary martial kind, breathing the brave "spirit-of the men whose mission it is to wield the sword rather than the pen. Many have been composed with the object of stimulating recruiting: many more are of the sentimental and domestic sort, written in consolatory strain. Some sing in mournful tones of the roll of honor; some are cheerily comic on the subject of German cul ture; some are in the nature of hymns; some are of the landscape kind, recall ing the pretty land of Belgium in times of peace; some are dedicated to the memory of great deeds performed Ions ago by certain English and Scots and Irish regiments now in the fighting line; and some are the result of think ing back upon sacred treasures of the church which have been shelled into nothingness by the German guns. "Fall In!" by Harold Begbie, leads all the war poems. Possibly nothing more soundly and solidly helpful to the cause of enlistment has ever been written in rhyme than the third verse of this Poem: ' How will you fare, sonny, how will you fare. In the far-off Wlnternlght, When you sit by the flra In an old man's chair. And your neighbors talk of the flht? Will you slink away, as it were from a blow, Your old head shamed and bent? Or say, "I was not with the first to go. dixl x went, tnanK God, I went:' " CAMPAIGN ORATOR IS KEPT ON WING Ail Aspirants for Office and Party Spellbinders Make Final Appeal for Votes. PORTLAND' IS FOCAL POINT WOMEN PROTEST SHOWS Vancouver Club Decries Wild AYest Performance as Child's Evil. VANCOUVER, Wash., Oct. 29. (Spe cial.) That Wild West shows have a bad effect upon children and are in jurious to them was asserted at a meet ing of the Vancouver Woman's Club, held today. Instances showing the dif ferent character of the play of chil dren were cited. Mrs. George B. Simpson read a paper on games and children's playgrounds and parks, and showed that the same games now played by children, some In a modified form, were played by chil dren centuries ago. The more original and Imaginative the game the more the children delight In playing it, DEBATE TOPIC IS CHOSEN Government Ownership of Railroads to Be Topic of Five Colleges. " UNIVERSITY OP OREGON. Oct 29. (Special.) "Government Ownership of Railroads" has been selected as the subject of debate for the triangular contest between the Universities of Oregon. Washington and Stanford. The debate will be held early in the Spring. The same subject will be used in the contest between the University of .Montana and Oregon Agricultural Col lege. The first tryout for the team has been set for November 20. There are about 20 candidates. Frank A. Hoffman Dies at Xcw Era. OREGON CITY. Or, Oct, 39. (Spe- 15,000 MILE VOYAGE OVER Captain and Crew of American Bark Hear of War on Arrival. PHILADELPHIA. Pa Nov. 20. One hundred and thirty-one days out from Hilo, Hawaiian Islands, the four-masted American' bark John Ena arrived here recently, completing a voyage of more thna 15,000 miles. During all of tnis time captain Y. Olsen. master of the vessel, said that he sighted only two vessels, until he reached Winter quarter Lightship Wednesday. It was here that he was Informed of the Euro pean war by Captain F. De.Otte, of the revenue cutter Onondaga. Captain Olsen seemed to think that It was as well that he did not hear of the war, as his crew was composed of 34 men, of -13 different nationalities. Among the crew were Norwegians, Ger mans. Russians, Japanese, Danes, Eng lishmen, Americans, Irishmen, Span iards, Hawalians, Filipinos. Porto Ricans and Africans. Loaded with sugar, this vessel sailed from Hilo, Hawaiian Islands, May 31. It was when he was four days from the Horn that he sighted the first ship. Twenty-three days were consumed from the Equator until the vessel reached the Wlnterquarter Lightship. Here the captain of the revenue cutter came aboard and told them of the war and gave the captain a bundle of newspa pers. The other vessel sighted by the Ena was off the Gulf of Mexico. TRADE POLITENESS URGED "Yankees" Told to Temper Aggres siveness In Latin-America. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Oct. 29.- Yankee agressiveness will have to be tempered with the more polite easy going customs of the Latin-American before the United States can hope to step in and fill the commercial breack left by the cessation of European Im ports there by reason of the war, ac cording to William S. Wies, a New York banker, who addressed the con vention of , the American Hardware Manufacturers' Association here to night. "Belief that the American business men may enter South America and take without effort rich spoils," he said, "is entirely erroneous. Published articles to that effect are not only misleading, but detrimental to the sue. cessfut development of trade in that trade." PAPER CRITICISES SHIPPING Argentine Press Says Timidity Hits American Trade Hard. . ' BUENOS AIRES, Oct. 9. The news paper La Prensa severely criticises "the lack of American ships for commerce with South America, Argentina, La Prensa says, is looking chiefly to the United States for a market for raw ma terial for manufacture. Argentina has needed American banks for 25 years. American capitalists. It says, are timid and inexperienced in the foreign trade struggle. European financiers. It asserts, see opportunities which Americans do not see in the South American situation, Americans started badly in South America by fostering the distrust and. hostility of trade and capital through speculations giving rise to diplomatic claims and by obtaining the support of the United States to collect unjust debts. WAR ON CIGARETTE OPENS Hood Kiver Warns Dealers Not to Sell to Minors. HOOD RIVER. Or., Oct. 29. (Spe cial.) With the City Marshal and County Attorney present, the members of the Porent-Teacher Association held a meeting last night to inaugurate a campaign against the cigarette habit, which is declared to prevail to an alarming degree among the students of the local high school. It is alleged that local tobacconists are making sales of cigarettes or "the makings'" to minors. In violation of the laws of state and city. . Tobacco dealers have been warned that prompt arrest win ioiiow sales to minors. DUCKP0ND JWADE IN BATH Xew York Hotel Manager Finds Pa trons Start Aquarium. NEW YORK, October 22. When Miss Jennie Libby and her sister, of Ma sardis. Me. arrived at the Hotel. Laurel ton with several bags and a large box they demanded a room with a large bathroom and a proportionately large tuo, and insisted upon seeing the quar ters before registering. The manager of the hotel later found half a daxen live ducks swimming about in the tub. Kidneys weak? Pain in the back? Try Bu-kola Tablets. 25c the box. at all drug stores. Adv. On Street Corners, in Halls, Thea ters and School Buildings, Vu Cry of Various Alignments to Be Given Clarion Call. This is the season of the campaign orator, and but three more nights re main for him to hold forth. Every man who is aspiring to office at ine lortneoming election and many who look forward to future election will be on the hustings these next few nights. Every shade of political complexion is in evidence at the public meetings and around campaign headquarters. Every party in the field has laid plans for a. whirlwind finish for what has been one of the most strenuous and most bitterly contested campaigns In the history of the state. Portland, as the most populous district in the state, naturally is the scene of the final wind-up. Thus far the Republicans have beeft xne most active. They propose to con tinue their activity with srreater visror and more force until late next Monday night One of their principal meetings will De at tne corner of Sixth and Alder streets tonight. A batterv of ca.mnn.ifim spellbinders will hold forth. Included in the party will be Charles H. Dodd, W. H. H. Dufur, Judge Dayton, Rufus Holman. Frank T. Collier, Judge George auu oLners. Another Republican rally will be held tonight in the Scenic Theater. East Seventy-ninth and Stark struta. r:. N. McArthur, Republican nominee for Representative in Congress, will be one oi tne principal speakers. In addition to the speaking pro gramme the usual run of motion pic tures will be shown. Admission will be free. Other meetings will be held in vari ous outlying . districts. Automobiles win take the speakers from the head quarters at the Imperial Hotel t 1 o'clock tonight. The committee still is in need of additional automobiles and is looking for some loyal Republican macnine owners to oner them for cam paisrn use. The Democrats likewise have a num ber of meetings scheduled for tonight, the principal ones being at the Rose -iiy x-arK ana Bnaver schools. E. W. Haines, of Forest Grove, ex chairman of the Republican State Com mittee and ex-president .of the State Senate, who has been in Portland for tne last few days, brousrht ennon rac ing reports of conditions in the state to Republican headquarters. He re cently made a trip through the Wil lamette Valley, where he met thou sands of voters. "I don't think the Democratic party will poll much more than its regis tered strength," he said yesterday. "Of course, we will find that the usual number of Democrats have registered as Republicans and that they will vote their own party ticket this year, but this will be largely offset by the large number of Democrat's who will vote for tne Republican candidates. "I really have been surprised at the great number of Democrats who have told me that they expect to vote for Withycombe and Booth. I look for the Republicans to carry every county In Western Oregon. I tell you, people are dissatisfied with business and industrial conditions under the Democratic regime. Busi ness men are discouraged and labor ing men are disgusted. They lay the blame right where it belongs at the doors of the Democratic Congress. -iney Know, too. that the only chance to get back to normal times is to vote for the Republican candidates." Yesterday was the first dav set aside by a committee of 100 Republican business, professional and workingmen to work for the success of the. Repub lican ticket. Reports received at Re publican state and county headquarters last night 'indicated that the move ment has borne good fruit. The work will continue all day today. tne Idea is to have every Rennblican WhO is lntPTAStAd in tha . I ticket and the prosperity of the coun try to lay aside his routine duties for the day and to solicit all his friends to vote lor the whole Republican ticket. Mrs. Laura. B. Bartlett, chairman of the women's advisory committee of the Republican state committee, has issued the following appeal to the women voters of, the state: "I want to appeal to the women of Oregon who have adopted the Repub lican platform as their political prefer ence, to stand lirm by the party, the reinstating of which means protection to our homes and loved ones. History has proven to us that - a Democratic control -of state'and Government serves to us in unmeasurable quantities hard times, empty dinner pails and dead silence of the wheels of prosperity. Sisters, women voters, we, upon whom the hard times fall the heaviest, have we not had enough of this? If so. then let us, as loyal women to our homes and for our country's best interest. stand nrm Dy tne grand old party and on November 3 cast our ballot, for a straight Republican ticket. Before leaving you I feel it my duty to warn you one and all to beware of the non partlsan'bee sent out from the minority party hive, for it is a poisonous viper. Shun it, for its mission is of evil intent to the Republican party." Republican 1 women of Forest Grove- have organized a new branch of the State Women's Republican Club. The following named officers have been elected: President, Mrs. C C. Russell; first vice-president. Mrs. C. O. Roe; sec ond vice-president. Mrs. Todd: secre tary, Mrs. Minnie Mltz; treasurer, Mrs. A. n. Caplea. The organization was perfected under direction of Mrs. Alice L. Redmond, of Hlllsboro, president of the recently-or ganized Washington County branch of the state club. According to resorts recelyed here yesterday by'Mrs. Laura B. Bartlett, state president, the new branches will continue their activities permanently. Republican voters of Union precinct. Marion County, have organized a club under the leadership of A. H. Belknao. Organized efforts are being made to in duce voters to "vote er straight." An other meeting will be held tomorrow night. A big supply of sample ballots has been received at the headquarters of the Republican women's advisory com mittee in room 407 at S60V4 Morrison street. Women voters are expected to. caii ana receive advice. . Governor West spoke last night at tne East Side Library, where be con tinued his efforts on behalf of the Democratic candidates. He spoke yes terday afternoon at Troutdale. Ha will speak in Portland today. Several Republican meetings have been planned for Polk County in the next few days. The - work was really started last night at Dallas when Gus C. Moser, or ganizer of the Harmony Club, and Thomas B. Kay, State Treasurer, ad dressed a large crowd. A. M. Crawford, Attorney-General of the state, and a candidate- at the May primaries for the Republican Guberna torial nomination, will speak at Fall City tonight. W. A. Carter, who also was a candi date for the Governorship nomination, will speak at Monmouth Saturday aft ernoon, and Saturday night Gus Moser will continue the work by an address at Independence. Thomas M. Hulrburt. Republican nominee for Sheriff, is meeting contin ued success in his campaign. Mr. Hurl burt has been conducting a quiet can vass of the entire county and has met thousands of voters personally. Scores of Democrats have volunteered to sup port him, and it is probable, also, that he will receive nearly the full regis tered strength of the Republican party. Jjt must be understood, the Repub lican county committee points out. that Thomas M. Hurlburt is not the same Hurlburt who is a candidate for the Legislature and who has been repudi ated by the Republican organization. A Hanley meeting will be held at Library Hall, In the Central Library building, this afternoon. A programme of unusual excellence is promised. Mrs. Florence Foster Hammoad and Mrs. B. G. Skulason will sing, and Miss Anna Shannon Monroe, Mrs. Ella Von Hagal, William Millar and Lionel R. Webster will discuss the Issues of the campaign. Mr. Hanley may address the meeting. A Democratic rally is scheduled for tonight in the Rose City Park school house. Dr. C. J. Smith. Lester W Humphreys, Senator Chamberlain's cam paign manager, and others will speakf Dr. Smith also will speak tonight in the Shaver School, and A. F. Flegel and others will be heard. L. R. Webster and"william Millar, of Burns, were the principal speakers at a women's Hanley meeting Thursday afternoon at the Central Library. Mr. Millar reviewed Mr. Hanley's life from his early youth. Judge Webster dwelt strongly on Mr. Hanley's fitness for the office of United States Senator, as evi denced by his public accomplishments as a private citizen for the development of Oregon. - "I am voting for Mr. Hanley." he said, "not because 1 . have anything against his two opponents, but because I believe he is the biggest man in the state for the Job. He is best fitted by nature and experience to represent Ore gon's Interests and bring about the de velopment and prosperity of Oregon." There was a large audiience of inter ested women. Other speakers were Mrs. Ella S. Von Hagal, Mrs. William Millar ana jviiss Helen C. Wilson. CHICAGO PACKERS BUSY Canneries Working Night and Day to Supply Meat to Soldiers. CHICAGO, Oct. 20. For the first time in 16 years meat packers at Chi cago stockyards are working day and nignt in tne canned meat and hide de partments, to fill large orders received as a result of the European war. In the canning departments alone 8000 extra men have been put to work with in a week, to operate the plants at their tuiiest capacity. The visible domestic supply of can ning beef was depleted several weeks ago and the packers began sending to loreign neias lor catue suitable for this purpose. As a result, Canada. Mexico and Southern States which never before shipped live stock to this market have been sending their cattle here and receiving a good price. The packers announce that their en tire stock of hides on hand has been contracted for and that orders have been received which will exhaust the normal supply for November and De cember. Until recently, the normal trade In hides in Chicago has averaged from 4u.uuu to Yo.uou a week. Last week 150,000 hides were sold on the local market. GERMANS INSURE BRITISH Vessels Carry Cargoes to England Guaranteed by Teutons. LONDON, Oct. 22. British sroods In British ships are still arriving In this country insured by German Insurance companies. A merchant who has Just received a consignment so insured points out that it is a notable fact that the German companies do not mind undertaking tne nsK, although, on the other hand. It might be difficult in the event of loss to obtain payment from them. German insurance of British inter- eets, even at the present time, appar ently arises from the fact that a Dutch insurer, for Instance, in the country of shipment has arrangements with Ger man offices by which they participate in all his risks. The foreign shipper employs the Dutch insurer and he brings in his -German connections. But there is no doubt that the Ger man element will be eliminated, for English banks are refusing to pay out In respect of shipping documents un less the policy of Insurance Included in the documents Is a British policy. BOY RIDES TRAINS 3 DAYS Missing Xew York Lad Found Asleep on Brooklyn Elevated Car. NEW YORK. Oct. 23. Ten-year-old Joseph Young, of 29 West 135th street, Manhattan, who disappeared from his home recently and for whom a general alarm was sent out by the police, was found asleep three days later on a Brooklyn elevated train crossing the wiiiramsDurg Dridge. - The attention of Henrv Ellis, a n. clal deputy sheriff of the Brooklyn xiapia -LransiE, was called to the lad by a conductor, who said the boy had been riding for hours to ' and fro on the train. When the boy was taken from the train at the Marcy-avenue station and conveyed to the Clymer-street po lice station he refused to tell who he was, but the police quickly recognized him. He safd he had passed his time since leaving home riding on elevated and subway trains. He was turned over to the Children s Society and his par ents were notified. PHILADELPHIA GAINS BIG Assessed Valuation of Property Shows 62,03c!,e25 Increase. PHILADELPHIA. Oct. 20. An in crease in the assessed valuation of Philadelphia property of (fi2.022.62S over the figures last year is shown in the report of the Board of Revision of Texas submitted to City Councils re cently by City Controller Walton. The total estimate of' all taxable property in the city limits for next year is 11.660.206,400, divided as fol lows: Real estate, city rate, $1,661. 141,282; suburban rate, 174.632,788: farm rate, 820,782,330, , and personal property, horses and cattle. 81,700,000. In addition to this the board esti mates the value of the personal prop erty taxable under the act of June 17, 1913, as 8670,000,000. Controller Wal- If n fi l! n 8 M H E3 m Overcoats at $50 and $60 made by Hart Schaffner & Marx YOU may think, if you've been used to paying $15 to $20 for an overcoat, that $50 or $60 is an absurd price to consider; but it isn't if you can afford it. . The finest imported fabrics are used in such garments; the soft, fleecy lambs wool vicunas; the luxurious French lontagnacs; the wonderful German and Belgian chinchillas ; the master-weaves of England, Scotland, Ireland. Such an overcoat will be a treasure and a delight to any man who buys it. Be sure of our label; a small thing to look for, a big thing to find. f pa 1 H I Hart Schaffner & Marx I Good Clothes Makers laiMMnimmniinnnminniimm hi Eg 63 U i fr li H fi li rorannfl Sam'l Rosenblatt & Co. Exclusive Agents for Hart, Schaffner & Marx Clothes. ton declares that the Increased valua tion will mean an increased borrowing; power of about three and a half mil lion dollars. He had not figured out the borrowing capacity increase from the personal property tax. SLANDER SUIT DROPPED Divorce Story Mixed With Sermon by Billy Sunday. NEW YORK," Oct. 20. An order of discontinuance has been filed in the Supreme Court in the slander suit which Charles H. Bell, of Wilkes Barre. filed against "Billy" Sunday. Bell, who divorced his wife, regarded as somewhat personal certain remarks attributed to Mr. Sunday at a meeting in Wllkes-Barre, at which it was al leged "the evangelist scored certain so ciety people and referred to some one as "a fool whose brains are on the END INDIGESTION OR STOMACH PAIN IN FIVE MINUTES 'Pape's Diapepsin" Makes Sick, Sour, Gassy Stomachs Feel Fine. Time it! In five minutes all stomach distress will go. No indigestion, heart burn, sourness or belching of gas. acid, or eructations of undigested food, no disziness. bloating, foul breath or head ache. 1 Pape's Diapepsin is noted for its speed in regulating upset stomachs. It Is the surest, quickest and most cer tain indigestion remedy' in the whole world, and, besides, it is harmless. Millions of men and women now eat their favorite foods without fear they know Pape's Diapepsin will save them from any stomach misery. Please, for your sake, get a large fifty-cent case of Pape's Diapepsin from any drug store and put your stomach right. Don't keep on being miserable life is too short you are not here long, so make your stay agreeable. Eat what you like and di gest it; enjoy it, without dread of re bellion in the stomach. - Pape's Diapepsin belongs in your home, anyway. Should one of the fam ily eat something which don't agree with them, or in case of an attack of Indigestion, dyspepsia, gastritis or stomach derangement at daytime or daring the night, it is handy to give the quickest, surest relief known. Adr. . melt." Investigation revealed that a day mixed with a report of the Bell newspaper got the address of Mr. Sun- divorce proceedings. Y( idle ourrroperty r --t-i ; T ' if -ii ir i i swi nj .J t r: Southern Oregon State Normal School Ashland DO YOU KNOW THAT Oregon is the only state in the Union that ever reduced the number of its normal schools? ' Only five states in the Union have a smaller equipment for normals than Oregon would were all thr.e of its schools running? Oregon's schools must find over 1000 new teachers each year? Eighty per cent of the applicants for teachers' certificates in Oregon last year had received no training above the eighth grade? The Southern Oregon State Normal was successfully conducted for 14 years until rhe Legislature deadlocked over the regular appropria tion? It has a plant ready to open up tomorrow, sufficient to meet all re v quirements for several years? Kot one of Southern- Oregon's counties has an educational institution to s which the state contributes a dollar of support? To the average taxpayer of the state this school will mean less than two cents per year? To the man with property assessed at 14000 it means the price of one cigar a year? This school is to train the trainers of yoar children? For the sake of our enlldrea, vote tor the Sonthm Orcsos State Nor mal School, General Eleetloa November 3, 1914. 312 X YES (Paid Adv. by Committee of the People of Southern Oregon J. H- Booth, Roseburg; E. E. Blanchard, Grants Pass; W. H. Meredith, Wedderburn; C. C. Beekman, Jacksonville; E. V. Carter, Ashland: Wm. S. Warden, Klamath Falls: S. P. Moss. Lakeview; J. P. Wells, Pres. Oregon State Teachers' Association. Western Division; Secretary, ,BenJ. C. Sheldon. Medford.)