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THE aiORNTN-Q OREGOyiAX. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31. 1914. ROSES DONATED BY WOMEN TO BOOTH Grants Pass Neighbors Cheer Candidate as He Speaks for Greater Oregon. GOVERNOR IS DENOUNCED Enemies Defied and Plea Made for Development of State Failure or Democrats Cited In War Tax Levied by Congress. GRANTS PASS, Or., Oct. 30. (Spe cial.) Fifteen hundred persons gath ered at Railroad Park to greet their former townsman, R. A. Booth, today. At the close of the address Mr. Booth's former neighbors and friends wished hi rn success and pledged their support. As he stepped to the ground the wo men of the audience presented Mr. Booth with an armful of beautiful roses. Applause Is Frequent. He was introduced by Republican County Chairman Wurtsbaugh. His speech brought out frequent bursts of applause. Once there were prolonged cheers. He opened his speech with brief allusion to his early days In ('.rants Pass. Then he talked on local Issues and the proposed harbor for the Hogue River Valley and showed his deep interest in this project. He branched Into the problem of the pro gressive development of the state. As he pleaded for a greater development of his state he captivated bis audience en masse and was applauded heartily. He paid his respects to his traducers. He said Governor West had planned to bring him to dishonor and that three times the proposal was made to him that there would be no Indictment if he would but furnish some evidence against Blnger Hermann, John H. Mit chell and Charles Fulton. Mr. Booth told them three times that he had no evidence and the indictment followed, he said. He had asked for Immediate trial and 17 times went to the court and requested a speedy trial, but the case Was delayed. Later It was submitted without any evidence being intro duced. The same fellows were after him now, maliciously and dishonestly pursuing him, he said. War Tux Is Discussed. The people who heard him this after noon showed they still believe In Mr. Booth's integrity. The speaker devoted some time to National issues, making plain to the people that he was for them In everything that tends for the betterment of the state. Being asked to explain why & war tax was levied in times of peace, he showed to his audience that the same conditions existed now that prevailed in the Cleveland Administration, when bonds were issued to defray Govern ment expenses. The tariff has been cut down and that revenue could not other wise be obtained, he pointed out. The speaker explained thoroughly that the voters, are to elect the repre sentative of the people of Oregon to present their case in the Senate of the United States and that they must se lect the representative who best can serve Oregon's interests and get for the state the things necessary for Its progress and development. TENINO MAY LOSE HIGHWAY Centralia Antolsts, for Alleged TTn 4ue Arrests, to Ask Change. CENTRALIA, Wash., Oct. 30. Numer ous autoists have been arrested in Tenino recently for speeding. The town limit is 12 miles an hour and since arrests have been made when the limit was exceeded only by one or two miles an hour, the Centralia Auto mobile Club last night passed a reso lution relative to changing the course of the Pacific Highway between Olym pia and Centralia to eliminate Tenino. An extract follows: "This association, by a unanimous vote at Its meeting held in the Com mercial Club rooms Thursday, October 29, goes on record that they will make an earnest endeavor at the next ses sion of the State Legislature to get the course of the Pacific Highway changed so as to extend through Little Rock and over the so-called middle road on Grand Mound Prairie, thereby elimin ating the City of Tenino and the seem ingly unwarranted arrests by the po lice authorities of that city." USE OF CONVICTS FAILURE Federal Official Says Road Building System Gives Trouble. OLTMPIA, Wash, Oct. 30. (Special.) A majority of the states using convict road labor are having trouble with the system, Engineer H. S. Fairbank, of the office of public roads. United States Department of Agriculture, said here, after an Investigation of the Btate honor camps near Stevenson and the rock quarry at Mesklll. Mr. Fairbank, accompanied by Dr. W. F. Draper, have been sent on a Nation wide tour to investigate state use of convicts and thus far have seen the workings of the systems In New York New Jersey. Michigan, Colorado, Utah. Wyoming. California and Oregon. Mr. Fairbank is of the opinion that many of the difficulties may be elim inated as the result of experience, but he said he believes that wholesale use of convict labor would be unsuccessful. FOUNDRIES ARE LISTED Labor Commissioner Says There Are 140 in State, Worth $3,347,650. SALEM. Or.. Oct. SO. (Special.) Labor Commissioner Hoft, who Is ob taining facts and figures for his bi ennial report, announced today that there were 140 foundries and machine and repair shops in the state June 30 last, their total value being J3.347.650. One uses water poirer. 10 gasoline, 17 steam and 112 electric power. The number of skilled workmen employed Is 2217 and unskilled workmen 1672, with an average maximum wage of 4.25 a day and average minimum wage of a day. Mr. Hon said that the Portland Rail way, Light & Power Company oper ated 27 plants for the year ended June SO last. The value of the plants is placed at S10.17S.441. RANCHER'S DEATH MYSTERY James Whited, of Baker, Reported as Murdered and Dropping Dead. BAKER. Or., Oct. 30 (Special.) James Whited, Baker County rancher. who today was reported murdered at Muskogee. October 22, was one of the wealthiest stockmen of the Upper Burnt River section. He crossed the plains In 1869. with his brothers, Thomas and George. After passing a year as a teamster, he took up a home stead at Unity, which he enlarged to a stock ranch. He sold his ranch two months ago and left for Fayetteville, Ark., to visit friends. He is survived by two sons, Grover and George Whited. Thomas Whited, his brother, has a letter from James Whited, dated Oc tober 22, written from Westville. Okla., and saying that he would leave that day for Vlnita, Okla., and stop at Muskogee. The report of his death, due to foul play, mystifies his relatives here, as yesterday a letter was received from an undertaker at Muskogee saying that Mr. Whited had dropped dead there and asking what disposition to make of the body. Mr. Whited is believed to have had with him about S250 In cash and trav eler's checks. PIONEERS PRAISE BOOTH LANE SETTLERS GREET CANDIDATE WITH ENTHUSIASM. I. N. Edwards Lands Republican As Man and Friend and Urges Him to Voters of County. PLEASANT HILL. Or., Oct. 30. (Spe cial.) Here In the pioneer setlement of Lane County. Robert A. Booth, son of Pioneer parents, today was praised as a man, and commended as an exponent of me principles of protection to Amer ican workingmen and American inter ests. Mrs. W. L. Brlstow, daughter of the Pioneer preacher Rev. Mr. Handsaker. presided at the meeting, which was ad dressed by W. J. Adams, of Eugene, and . i. x-awaras. or Junction City. Stu dents of Union High School No. 1 at tended in a body, and there was a good ly number of farmers resent Addressing the students Mr. Edwards said: "Young people, you will soon have to take up the responsibilities of eoverning tnis country; don t get ex cited and flock to the Democratic party. That party does not stand for the prin ciples that make for prosperity. "In my life I have made many friends, and I have learned when I find a yel low streak in a man to drop him awful ly quick, but I have never found oc casion to drop Robert A. Booth." Mr. Adams In his address compared the population and size of Oregon and of some of the EuroDean conntri showing the undeveloped condition of uregon resources. "It is absolutely im possible." he said, "for a country that Is rich in natural resources to be pros perous unless the workingmen are pro tected. We thought we had settled the tariff question in 1896, but a new gen eration has grown up and we are experi menting again. We have the resources, given by a liberal Almighty, but they will do no one any good unless they are used, and they cannot be uaod nnlm the American workingmen are protected irom me competition of cheap foreign labor." FRUIT CROP VALUABLE PLEA IS MADE FOR WASHINGTON APPLE INDUSTRY. State-Wide Movement and Appropria tion by Lesislatnre Advocated to Protect and Conserve Orchards. SEATTLE. Wash.. Oct. an fSn.. clal.) Washington's commercial mniA output for 115 will approximate 20,- uuu. cars, or about 12,000,000 boxes worth under ordinary conditions In PCPHO f 114 rtftl 1 1 I it T . , ... -i , ' " v. ui.rsim in (.ne orcha-rtds of Washington there is ap. With a big state-wide movement and with state aid in the sha DA nf a. liberal appropriation by the Legislature, in uciiot i. . xtyan, cnairman ot the "Apple Week" commission, which handled the "Annln hv" oh "in.u week" celebration in Seattle, one of the state's most valuable resources can be protected against existing financial conditions and its annual products hereafter conserved in such a manner as to bring to the people of the state incalculable results. "If there is one thing to be earned by the pople of the whole state from the "Apple week" celebration, it is that the applegrowers of the state have a resource, a natural resource, which. If properly handled and conserved, will not. only hold Its own. but will 'bring to the people of this state in money and Investments from the East a very large sum annually," said Mr. Ryan today. "It Is my deliberate judgment, as well as that of other men who have knowledge of actual conditions, that the time is here for the state itself to assist in solving this most Important and most momentous problem." PANAMA PACT IS OPPOSED Fight Against Canal Zone Boundary Agreement Alarms Officials.- PANAMA, Oct. 30. Officials of the Panama Canal zone are much concerned over opposition, which has developed recently, to the ratification by the. Pan ama Assembly of the new canal zone boundary convention, which was signed by representatives of the United States and Panama on September 2. Residents of Las Sabanas, which It is proposed to cede to Panama in ex change for Colon Harbor, declare that the placing of Las Sabanas under the jurisdiction of Panama probably would result in hardship, owing to increased taxation. The attitude of the people of this district also is due, it Is said, to the expectation that the United States would pay large sums under the depopulation plan. They would not get this money in event of the ratifi cation of the treaty. The opposition is being fostered also by Colon merchants, it is said, on the patriotic ground thot Panama would lose her remaining national port. A GREAT BOOK EVERY WOMAN SHOULD HAVE If you will pay the mailing charges. Doctor Pierce will send you his cloth bound book of over 1000 pages newly revised with color plates and illustra tions. Everyone should read and have It In case of accident or sickness in the borne. Treats of so many subjects In such an interesting manner that knowledge of the human body is quickly and easily attained by all who read the book. Send 20 cents In stamps for mailing charges to Dr. Pierce, Invalids' Hotel Buffalo. N. Y., and enclose this notice.' Adv. WANTED CHAIRS TO RECANE. School for the Adult Blind. 11th and Davis. For particulars call J. F. Meyers, Phone Main 543. S1I0TT AT BAKER WINS ALL HEARERS Straightforward Appeal Made to Voters to Give No Heed to Political Calumnies. SPEAKER'S INFLUENCE FELT Contrast Made Between "Gag Kule" Meeting of Senator Chamberlain and Invitation of Itopuhll can to Ask Questions., BAKER, Or, Oct. 30. (Special.) N. J. Slnnott, Republican candidate for re-election to the House of Repre sentatives from the Second District of Oregon, opened his campaign In his home state at a mass meeting at the Courthouse here tonight. Representative Sinnott warmly In dorsed R. A. Booth as the head of the Republican ticket, who he character ized as the type of solid business man of progressive ideals which is being recognized the country over as nec essary to bring harmony back to the Republican party and as the type of man who can stand squarely on his record of past achievement. He be littled the attacks which have been made on Mr. Booth and called his hearers' attention to the fact that Mr. Booth has at all times held a reputa tion as a clean, straightforward busi ness man, and especially remarked that Mr. Booth had never been assailed until the present campaign. He made some pointed remarks about campaign abuse and asked his hearers to look at Mr. Booth's real record In Oregon instead of a so-called record as painted Dy political enemies solely for cam paign purposes. Chamberlain Meeting: Contrasted. Tonight's meeting, the second big mass meeting in Baker in a few weeks, was strikingly contrasted with a previ ous meeting, at which Senator Cham berlain was the speaker, by the ab sence of "gag rule," which was so ap parent at the former meeting. In stead of dodging questions, Mr. Sin nott invited them. He made especial reference to the fight for the farmers of Oregon to get through Congress a clause In the tariff bill which would permit free entry of grain sacks into America, that the farmers of the Pacific Northwest might Denent. tie pointed out that this Democratic Congress refused to do. wniie on tne other hand it gave free cotton sacks to the cotton growers at the request of the Democratic Sena tors from the South. Mr. Slnnott warned his auditors not to be eluded with an Idea that a Democratic Administration had caused the big crops all over the country, and he declared that the Nation would, with normal crops, have been plunged Into serious difficulties, even before the outbreak of the European war. Audience Won Over. The speaker won his audience, which at first had some members in it who were inclined to interrupt with ques tions which appeared Impertinent. His ready answers, however, silenced them and by the end of the session the ques tions had by no means abated, but they had changed in tone and were serious questions from partisans and those ot opposite political belief alike. The hall was filled almost to ca pacity, with a fair sprinkling of Demo crats in the audience. Those who went to hear Mr. Sinnott campaigning In his own behalf were disappointed, as he confined himself almost entirely to the qualifications of other Republicans on the Btate ticket and to a clear-cut ex position of the record and alms of the Republican party. The meeting was held early so that Mr. Sinnott might catch a west-bound train to continue his campaign. SCHOOL HAS PLAYSHED Clackamas District Prepares for Fnn in Spite of Rain. OREGON CITY. Or.. Oct. 30. Spe cial.) The outcome of a friendly rivalry among the country schools to outdo each other In playground im provements has resulted in the com pletion by district No. 51. in the Hol- comb country, o the first playshed ever built for a Clackamas County Bcnoox. The structure was finished this week and is a large open-air building 30 by 40 feet, with wide overhanging eaves and three-foot sides. The im mense practical value of such a build ing on rainy days hardly can be esti mated. The Carus district was a close second. Many of the schools now have the playground athletic apparatus, the Teasel Creek School possessing an ex ceptionally complete collection. 51111 Xear Centralia Opens Soon. CENTRALIA. Wash.. Oct. 30. ( Spe- Choose Youar 'Westover maBBvamaBBBBsn Lot Sunday! Get a plat of the property from our offices today, if you haven't one already. Come up with your wife to Westover Terraces Sunday and make a selection you will never again have the chance to choose any view lot on Westover for $3000. The End of This Sensational Westover Sale Is in Sight! A halt is bound to be called before many more days at the rate Westover lots have been selling this week. There is a limit to the number of lots which will be sold at $3000. And when that limit is reached the necessity which forced this sale will be wiped out! There will be no salesmen on the property Sunday, but Mr. E. A. Clark may be found at the office on Westover Road from 2 to 5 o'clock to give out maps and other informa tion. AH the lots are plainly marked with white stakes so that they may be easily located F.N.Clark & Co. Selling Agents Second Floor Title & Trust Building 89 Fourth Street A 7617 To reach Westover hy ma chine, go up Lovejoy street to Cornell road, then follow Cor nell to Westover. Good auto read to top of the terraces. By street car, take " W" car on Morrison street marked Westover; transfer at 25 ch and Pettygrove. Co to end of the line through Westover. cial.) After an extended shutdown, the shingle mill of the Eastern Railway & Lumber Company resumed operations yesterday. The company's camps will open Monday, while the sawmill, one of the largest in Southwest Washing ton, will resume operations shortly af ter the first of the month. Prosser. Hears Temperance Cantata. PROSSER, Wash., Oct. 30. (Special.) The temperance cantata given by 50 boys and girls a few weeks ago was repeated tonight at the High School auditorium, by request. It was pre ceded by a street parade. The Pennsylvania Railroad now nava ten sions to 412:i employe. illllllllilllllllllllinillllllllllllll!llillllllllIllillllllllillllilllllHlllllllllllHllf Nearing the Close You Know We Are Having a BLOCKADE SALE You know, too, that our Fall and Winter Stocks of Benjamin Clothes are on sale at lower prices than usual. Take advantage of the quality for the price before this sale ends, which may be any day. $20 Benjamin Suits t -m mm now for. . JJJ UU $25 Benjamin Suits (I O Of now for. . . . J)a& A $30 Benjamin Suits r f now for. pZb.uU $35 Benjamin Suits rj r f now for 32i7, t $20, $25, $30 and $35 Benjamin Raincoats and Overcoats show same reductions. Buff urn & Pendleton Morrison Street Opposite Postoffice :iiiniiliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii;ini!iiii;,!iii!ii)iiii!iiiiiii;iiiiiiiiiiiiiii:iiiii!iii:iiiii!i Tit ?EL? EERFRSH; Products Food PioduetsCo. i V W ft -&X :f 1 1-- 5 fcV' 4 '"xl i,L!iv -a ' fc .i- it-. v 1.' -5. - -!S5S ' -S - . x . EVXEFRESH PRODUCTS CREATE UNUSUAL INTEREST. The trick of how to carry 10 plates of soup in one's coat pocket is being effectively taught at the Manufac turers and Land Products Show by the Food Products Company with Its exhibit of foods procured under the Ever fresh process. Also how to keep "roasin- ears" from green corn time in 1914 until the resurrection morn and have them still fresh: and how to lug the main ingredients of a raspberry pie or a dish of rhubarb sauce home In your Docket with out messing things up. These little stunts are being carried on by an Oregon company that has been In existence only two years, but which has already extended Its field throughout the United States and is reaching out for more territory. The exhibit at the Armory is the first exhibit the Food Products Company has ever put out In a Land Show The Everfresh process was Invented by T. E. Koehler. of Mount AngeL and the principal feature of it Is that It enables them to remove the moisture frrom fruit or vegetable and leave in It every other essential element. When wasPevaporatedUt water U "'"P' soaks up moisture again and Is once more as fresh as the day before It That's how it Is possible for one to carry 10 plates of soup around in his pocket. The soup mixture that the Everfresh booth displays is one of especial Interest to the crowds. The Ingredients of first-class vegetable soup are In the packets and lack nothing but to be put In water and heated and then you have your soup. Another very Interesting and unusual product is their table syrup made from apples. The factories of the Everfresh people are at Sutherlin and HHIsboro. Or. The exhibit at the Land Products Show is under the supervision of C C Michener. president, and F. J. Norton, manufacturing auperintendent. of the Food Products Company; K