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TITTS MORNING OREGONTAN. SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 2J. 1913. EFFICIENCY COOE IS CAUSE OF TROUBLE Scores bf Employes May Have to Take Examinations to Hold Present Posts. VICTIMS ARE UP IN ARMS Commissioner Baker, Reporting on Js.vf.tcm, Declares It -Proved 'Un equal to Requirements and Abolif-liment Is Probable. Plscovory that dozens and probably Tiundreds of the enu.'loyes in the city eervice, many of whom have been In their positions tor years, have to take examinations to hold their present places because of the so-called effici ency system, is the latest bugaboo to stir City Hall workers to the point of p-n defiance. The eervice is in such a turmoil that little is being done out side of discussing and investigating the situation. The efficiency code, as brought here fry the New York Bureau of Municipal l;esearch and adopted by the Council, provides a standardization and classi fication of all employes. The standard ization was worked out by the New York bureau. As a part of the com mission charter adopted in 1913 by the voters provision is- made that no pro motions shall be made without ex amination. When the New York bu reau classed all the employes many were advanced in rank and title above the rank they had held for years. Under the old system they were Riven salary increases on the basis of ability as determined by the City Council with out change of rank. Arbitrary Advance Barred. The New York bureau and the Civil Pervice Board and Council arbitrarily advanced these employes in rank. Now somebody has discovered that advances must be made only upon examination. The Civil Service Board has opened up the hornets' nest by calling a. promo tion examination for Junior account ants and announcing- that it will insist upon examination for all employes who were advanced under the reclassifica tion two years ago. The gum and substance of the situ ation is that employes who have served for five, 10 and 15 years and won sal ary increases under the old system without having been given promotions in title because no title changes were necessary for salary Increases, now must take examinations to hold their positions or be shoved back to the sal ary they received when they first entered the service. System Is Condemned. This is one of many bungles that have sprung up in connection with the operation of the so-called efficiency system. Kfforts have been made here tofore to abolish the system, but a majority of the Commissioners have lield to it although admitting that it lias defects. It Is thought the present mixup may have weight enough to have the system ousted. An ordinance is before the Council row providing for abolition of part of the system. It is likely-that Commis sioner Baker will make a move to in clude the whole system in the discard. He sent a report to the Council yester day in which he condemns the system as a failure. In his report, which was prepared after extensive investigation, he say 3: The ff flcionoy" system was Introduced tn the United States Army, it took six months to Hbollali it; experience showing that it was not practical. After being- discarded by the United States Army its use tn munici pal management has been attempted, as in J'ortland, with no results except u lare eniount of clerical work in keeping records. he accuracy or value of which is very Questionable. lOxpense Declared Disadvantage. Regardless of how many merits may he riven to any employe by the head of a. de partment, it does not react to the benefit of tho employe, as salaries are not in creased or cannot be increased as a reward irsvwm uuiainea. 1 ne cltv cannot crease salaries promiscuously, as the finances will not warrant it. un tee other hand, the necessity of keep ing up an expensive system to register de merits for simple offenses, such as being tardy to work and other minor offenses jioes not justify maintaining the svstem. The liead of each rlpimrimpiit ahm,i whether each and every employe is siving lull and efficient service to the city, and In case an employe is guilty of several of- :ntri, ne Biiuuiti aiso te aware of this fact, punishing or discharging' such employe nc roiding to the seriousness of the case with- ui mo necessity or a lot of paper worK ... ...iiuu mm ins records every day of the venr. Is It not true that various city employes have been discharged on the grounds of in efficiency who have demanded an Investi gation, and when their efficiency records vrnre Introduced their report showed th.t they had always been efficient according to tile r ' i rt Which wan aiirnBH k.. . i. . . . , - c - -. j ,110 wiiue Jiead of department who caused the dis charge on account pf inefficiency T feome efficiency records show demerits re quested and given at the time employes were discharged, the demerits to cover serv ices performed two to three months prior .w W...I. I. .lie. H nttl gUOO. 1H Is regulated In this manner? system that Officers in all parts of the city were notified. "Garrett?" queried C A. Berttroan. Deputy Sheriff. "Why, Garrett got away from Tom Word twice before just the same way. and we got him each time." So Mr. Beckman and Deputy Sheriff Day commandeered the Sheriff's new automobile. "Ho always goes out Linnton road. I'll bet he did it this time," said Beck man. At Burlington Station they found him sitting by the side of the road munch ing some crackers and cheese. He DR. E. A. NOYES GOES EAST n Alter Course at School, Work With I Army Corps Will Be Taken Vp. Dr. Ldward A. Noyes, graduate of the t-'niversity of Oregon Medical CoIleg6 and associated with the Countv Hos pital for some time, left last night for wasmngion. u. c. where he will take lip work in, the Army Medical School. Only recently he successfully passed an examination at Vancouver Barracks ana received an appointment a. first lieutenant of the Medical Reserve Corps vi me Army. Alter taking an eight iiiuntns course at the Government school he will take up active work with xne regular Army Medical Corps. ur. isoyes, who is a son of E. A. Joyes, Sr.. has passed nearly his entire life in Portland, and is well known r.ere. lie is a graduate of the Couch School and of the Lincoln High School. .... ....... . T , POSTAL 5l'I'ERITESDE)IT t uica .irvr." i.e?1'1 . t ivkss. j i t - V I A S ft- v -K i. -., . r--i Zollie A. t,rlgb. t Zollie A. Leigh, for 25 years an J Zollie A. L,rlg&. Zollie A. Leigh, for 25 years an employe of the Portland Potof fice, where he had risen from clerk to superintendent of city delivery, died at his home. 655 West Lombard street, yesterday morning. He had been ill for many months. Mr. Leigh was 45 years old. When the office of superin tendent of city delivery was abolished by order of the Post office Department last March, Mr. Leigh was made superintend ent of Postal Station G. at 282 Oak Btreet. Because of his fail ing health he had been on leave of absence for a year. He leaves a widow and his mother, Mrs. Fannie Leigh, of 655 Thurman street. His brother, Itoy S. Leigh. Is in the railway mail service. Funeral services will be held Monday at Finley's chapel, Fifth and Montgomery streets. Mr. Leigh was a member of the Ma sonic order, and Masonic serv ices probably will be held at the grave. smiled when he saw the officers, and gladly rode back to Portland. Now he is in solitary confinement. LINCOLN TO PLAY TODAY CAMK WITH ASTORIA WILfj OPEN l.XTERSCHOLASTIC SEASOX. RACER LOSES FOOT Fall of Miss Rejected at Co lumbus Disastrous. EACH EVENT HAS THRILL i- Katus, l-'avorite, Wins 2:0 0 l'acc After John 1. Takes First Heat. Myrthful and St. FVIsco lut on Six-Heat Battle. COLUMBUS, O., Sept. 24. To each of the three class races carded for the fifth day of the Columbus grand circuit racing, there was. something out of the ordinary. The programme itself was not completed, Myrthful and St. Frisco making it long with a six-heat trotting battle. Tomorrow the 2:18 pace will be finished and there will be consola tion races for 2:11 pacers and 2:15 trot ters. Hastus, favorite, won the 2:06 pace after the first heat had gone to John D. St. Frisco was the first choice for the 2:09 trot; Vaster, making his second start of the week, won the first heat and then the race became a duel be tween Myrthful and St. Frisco. The Murphy mare made a costly break in the third heat and was out-trotted in the next one. She had the most en durance, winning tho fifth without trouble and virtually settling the race by going the first half of the sixth mile in 1:03. Her Jogging finish prevented both St. Frisco and "Vaster from being shut out Virginia Brooks was the original fa vorite in the 2:18 pace, tho first heat of which went to Budd Elliott in slow time. During this heat Miss Rejected fell and Driver Yates was thrown to the track. He was stunned by the fall and slightly injured. All horses were placed. In the next two heats. Thistle Patch and Red Mike took turns in win ning. Late tonight it developed that Driver Yates' right foot had been so badly crushed as a result of hi. fall that am putation was necessary. Physicians be lieve he may be internally injured. 2:0a pane," threo In five. $12nn -Rastus. br. g., by Liberty Boy (Mcn:nald 2 1 1 1 John D.. b. h.. by Gamrose (Os- born-Rhoades 12 2 4 Bingen Pointer. K h. (Snow) 3 :i 3 2 Our colonel. Frank Patch, The Assessor and rten 1canda also started. Time, li-UJ 2:tK",i, 2:Or,'t. 2:0H. 2:0: trot, three in five, $1200 Myrthful. b. m.. bv The Htar of Patchen (Murphy)... S 1 4 2 1 1 St. Frisco, b. s., by San 1 Francisco (Geers) 3 4 112 5 Vaster, g. g by Vasteen (Rags-la lei 1 5 5 4 4 3 Laramie Iad. Harry J. R. and Hazel I.ainc aiso siarteu. j 1 me, z:u&4, lOu1. 2:07 u. three in five, purse 1200 1 S Coach Ilorlcske Eipect Hard Fight Between Trams That Average 155 Pounds to the Man. The official opening of the 1915 foot ball season in Portland will be made this afternoon on Multnomah Field when the Lincoln High School eleven battles the moleskin artists from the Astoria High. Both squads will aver age around 155 pounds to the man ac cording to word given out by the coaches. C- The Portland boys have been training less than two weeks and while the game today may not be of the finished order it will be enough to furnish thrills to the fans who are in attend ance. Coach Stanley Borleske expects a hard match from the Astoria aggre gation and he is going to do all in his power to start the season off with a victory. Only six of last season's letter men are in the lineup announced by Coach Borleske. The backfield will average about 145 pounds to the man. A new style of passing will be shown in the Portland Interscholastic League this year by the Lincoln High. Coach Bor leske is going to give it a good work out this afternoon. No distinction is made between the backfield men as to quarterback, halves and fullback. They stand according to the signals called for the next play. Tom Richardson will play in the ca pacity as quarterback, calling signals. H. Clerin, Haymaker, ana Kickety Morrison will be the first relief men for the line positions today, while Wylde. Cornwall. Wax and Nelson, In the order named, will be called on should the first string fail to make the necessary yardage. The Astoria contingent will arrive in Portland this morning and will go out and look at Multnomah Field. The game will start promptly at 2:30 o clock with William Schmitt referee. Plowden Stott umpire and Wallace DeWitt head lines man. Following are the lines for to day s game: Position. Astoria. 2:07 2 :.s pa cc, (unfinished Thistle patch, blk. h., by Joe Patchen (Snow) 4 Red Mike, ch. e., by Ananias (Mc Allister) g Budd Elliott, br. g., by Prodigal (Oeers) 1 Sprinir Maid. Virclnla Rrnoks. rioldie f. Prince .lolla. Miss Rejectod and Hedsre wood Patcl.en also started. Time, OOli. I'ilKiJ, 2:04. '1 To beat 2:::0. trottinsr Belle StronE. g. m., by strong Boy (Valentine), won. Time 2:1.-, 14. To beat 2:20'i. trotting The Vladlmar. b. s., by Peter the Great (HobsonJ, won. X line, - : I ? 74. . To heat ":10?i. trottlnir Clonathan. b. c. by Shadeiand Mobel (Kind), won. Time. 12 14. Lincoln. Diiskell Busch Kurtz Captain Groce . . C, .G. Anderson, Tucker L. G. R. Merilla, Os Manula I.. T. K Stins L.. E. R. ..Trotter. Johnson, Hussone. R. G. L.Backlund. O. Manula R. T. L. Lee R. E. L. Dyer. Ross o Peterson. Burns K. R. Holt Ful'.back J. Anderson p. Holt R. H. L. Planting Tunnons-e L. II. R Klley, Pentllla Davidson Boehmer Paget Richardson . . - Trusty Third Time Escapes; Caught at Old Refuge. George tiarrett'a Habit of Fleeing to I.innton Konrt Leads Sheriff to Spot Where Noon-Day Meal la Spread. HABIT is strong with George Gar ett, heretofore a "trusty" in the County Jail. His habit of striking out !for the Linnton road every time he frets out of Jail led to his third re arrest yesterday in very short order. Garrett is "doing" 300 days for steal ing chickens. He was sentenced by Municipal Judge Stevenson March H. For some time he has been a trusty, doing odd Jobs about the corridors. At 7 o'clock yesterday morning Jailer George Yatens was at breakfast. Gar rett seized the opportunity to pick the lock on the elevator door, get into the car and descend to the ground floor. He had prepared himself by packing a lev.- belongings in a handbag. The escape was discovered by Jailer Tatens a few minutes later, and Chief Jailer George Hurlburt was notified. ACADEMY DEFEATS HOOD JIIVBU Game Interesting and Home Team AVell Supported, Score 1 to 0. HOOD RIVER. Or.. Sept. 24. (Spe cial.) In the first game of the year's schedule for the local school the Hood River High School football team was defeated this afternoon by the Port land Academy team. 7 to 0. A number of sensational plays by members of both teams made the game an interesting one to watch. Spirit among the local high school students has never been more keen, and a p rade through the city this afternoon called out many business men to sup port the home team's rooting section, Leader Brothers to Make Team. SEATTLE. Wash., Sept. 24. Candi dates for the University of V ashing ton football team are undergoing strenuous practice, being divided' into three teams. Of the 49 candidates 16 are residents of Seattle and six hail from points outside the state. Cen tralia has four candidates. North Yak ima four, Spokane three. The Leader brothers, of Portland, and Ernest Mur phy, of Wallace, Idaho,' are the only outsiders likely to be on the team. Twenty-four towns are represented on the squad. WOMAX DKIVES RACES Mrs. I H. Herman Third in First Heat at Xorth Yakima. NORTH YAKIMA, Wash., Sept. 24. (Special.) Mrs. F. H. Herman. of Everett, who insisted on driving her entry iitreda D. m the 2:20 pace to day in the- belief she could get more speed out of the mare than could a strange driver, lost the race, being distanced in th-e second heat, after landing third in the first. It was a real horse race, however, as will be seen from the record. Following are the results of today's races: !:20 trot, nurse S600 threa hpntji i'ru heat a race Flora Dora Z b. m. (P. J. McCor- Cormlck) 1 1 1 Halll-i B.. b. m. (Mrs. L. M. Wattes) 2 2 2 Eloise Dell. br. m. (C. F. Sllva). 4 3a The Krlsco. ch. g. (John Lance).... 3 4 4 Time i:ll". l:l.i. 2:20 Dace, uurse S600 three heata heat a race Potr&ero Boy. b. g. (C. K. Silva. 1 Mack Fitzsimmons. s. g. (B. F. Jag- ser) ; Elfreda D.. b. m. (Mrs. F. H. Her man ) 3 dis Bill Smith, br. m. (H. G. Fox)... dla Time 2:06li. 2:1114. Special race. 2:09 trotters and 2:20 oacera. pursa $300 Kid Cupid, 8. g. (L. B. Daniels) 111 William G.. s. g. (W. G. Duncan).... 2 2 1 Xurlsto, br. h. (Alex. Brown) 3 3 3 Veia Hal. br. m. (A. B. Kinney)... 4 4 4 Tlm 2:14U. 2:1414. 2:12. Klks derby, five furlongs, purse $100 Waterloo, b. m. (R. Case). Mn: Susan F.. ch. m. (P. Paudejrer). second; Johnstown, br. s. (H. McKwen), third. Time, 1:02H. every 2 1 1 2 AGGIES TO PLAY TODAY TENTATIVE TEAM ANNOUNCED TO MEET ALUMNI. HOW TO READ A BANK REPORT (No. 7 of a Series.) p-I-t irm 1 IT 4(T " Statement of Condition of Two Kinds of Liabilities LUMBERMENS NATIONAL BANK of Portland ' "Deposits," as noted in the previous adver- At Close of Business September 2, 1913. , tisement, indicate to what extent a bank is , , . assets. x li j. -j. j -4. U. S. Bonds to Secure Circulation $ 2o0,000.00 accountable to its depositors. - v s Bonds to Secure u. s. Deposits 75,000.00 Premium on U. S. Bonds 20,875.00 Next comes the liability to stockholders Stock in Federal Reserve Bank , 36,000.00 obtained by adding the three capital items, Heal Estate 2,826.33 Tfltvital ' "SurnluV' and "Undivided Furniture and Fixtures 52,600.00 capital, surplus ana unaiviaea Industrial Bonds 53,445.19 Profits." Time Loans and Discounts 3,203,296.11 Call Loans and Commercial Paper $ 775,723.30 Now note the proportion this liability bears Municipal Bonds 1,143,478.98 to the total deposits, for the more the stock- ive Per Cent Fund J!!2Sq2 , n-n . , , Cash on Hand and in Banks 1,627,347.96 3,559,0o0.24 holders have at stake, relatively, the stronger Total , ; .$7 253 092 87 is the position held by the depositors since lBLITIES. depositors' rights have precedence. Capital , $1,000,000.00 Surplus , 200,000.00 In other words, safety or solidity is not Undivided Profits 45,031.01 solely a matter of size but depends more on dmS? SSl! the ratio which the claims of depositors bear Deposits , 5,757,4376 to the claims of stockholders. Total $7,253,092.87 lumbermens Mationai. Bank FIFTH AND STARK fern ISP REALTY VALUES TOPIC ASSESSOR PLEADS FOR FILING OK ACTUAL SALE I'RICES. 'Bill Gleason Back In Portland. Bill Gleason, well known ball catcher, is back in Portland for the Winter after a reason in the Three-I Ieag-ue. Gleason finished with Moline. Ned Pettigrew is in the same circuit. Cole and Abraham Show Vp Fairly AVel! During Kicking Practice New Men to Have Chance. OREGON AGRICULTURAL. COLLEGE. Corvallis, Sept. 24. (Special.) All roads in Corvallis will lead to the ath letic field tomorrow where at 2 o'clock students and fans will see the varsity line up against the Alumni in the first game listed on the most strenuous schedule which a Northwest team has ever faced. Although the team has had three weeks of practice little stiff scrinv mage has been done and the game will afford the first opportunity to obtain an authentic line on the strength of the aggregation. For two hours today the men were put through fast signal practice in terspersed with instructions from Dr. Stewart on the fine points of the game. Some attention has been devoted to kicking. Cole successfully negotiated some place kicks and Abraham drop kicked a few over the bar from fairly difficult angles. Although eleventh-hour changes may alter the final lineup, the machine from present indications will consist of Moist and Dutton, ends; Anderson and Laythe, tackles: Cole and Brooke, guards; Bissett, center; Billie and Hoer line. fullbacks and Hayes and Abraham, halfbacks. Ed Alworth, Locey and Newman will be on the sidelines to fill at halfback. The complete roster from which the Alumni will select their team contains the following names: Chripman. Even don, Dewey, Rhlnehart, Keck, Reynolds, the Sitton brothers. Pendegrast. Cady, Hauser. Ilawley, Mcl'adden and Mc Kenzic. " 20,000 See Japanese Boys Lose. TOKIO, Sept. 24. Twenty thousand Japanese baseball enthusiasts sa'w-the University of Chicago team win the first game of its eeries with Waseda University here this afternoon by a score of 5 to 3. Portland Board Defers Action on Mo tion to Support Proposal of County Official. .That real estate should be bought and sold at its productive value in nor mal times was the declaration of Henry E. Reed. County Assessor, in an address before the Portland Realty Board yesterday in the fifth floor dining-room of tho Commercial Club building. His subject was "How the Real Estate Men and Assessor Can Work Together." Mr. Reed said that a great propor tion of all real estate transfers carried nominal considerations that were most always deceiving, and he pleaded for tho support of the realty men In en couraging the confession of the actual sale prices at the time deeds are re corded. He alio reported that the war stamp tax did not stop the practice of cover ing up the actual consideration, and pointed out that many padded their building permit estimates in order to givo their prospective structures an enhanced value. Following Mr. Reed's address Henry W. Fries moved that the board go on record as favoring the practice of fil ing the actual considerations in land transactions. His motion met with apparent favor, but full discussion and settlement was deferred until next Fri day night, when the board members will hold a general jollification and business meeting in place of the week ly luncheon. Frank L. McGulre presided at yes terday s luncheon. curing patents and the articles patented rollow: Residents of Portland Harry L. Boardman. casing-spear; George O. Jodenhoff and A. J. Kronert, take-up mechanism for wheels; John II. Brara kamp, roundabout (two patents); Llew ellyn H. Caxter, clothing-sprinkler; Carl K. Hetzinger, gravity carrier: Leonard A. Lamar, Nellie Jones and VV. M. Howard, lifesavlng apparatus: Owen Singer, pump; Joseph Sparks, edger set works; Seizl Tadkuma, horse shoe: Mary A. Taylor, furnace; Mary A. Taylor, promoting combustion: Eu gene . 'Ward, searchlight for firearms (two patents). Gold Hill George L. McClellan. hose coupling. Junction City James B. Bramford, automobile wheel attachment. Medford Arthur A. Mocher, pipe machine. v Paris William M. Summers, animal stall. Tillamook Virgil P. Magarrell, piston-ring. La Grande James T. Langley and Edwin Thomas, gauge cock. BEESWAX CAUSES ARREST Detectives Say Youth Admits Sys tematic Stealing. Charsd with the systematic theft of beeswax from the Portland Seed Com pany, totaling 214 pounds, John Cliris tensen. aged 22. was arrested yester day by Detectives Hellyer and Tacka- berry. The officers assert that tney secured a confession from the young man after vociferous denials of guilt failed to win his release. The beeswax, which is retailed at 35 cents a pound, was sold for 20 cents and 25 cents a pound to the H. F. Nor ton hide and wool house, .on Front street, according to the police. An expressman Is supposed to have aided Christensen to get away with the large quantities of wax taken. The man arrested wfll face a charge of larceny. HATCHERY SITES VIEWED Fish AVarden and Commissioners Visit Southern Oregon. I. N. Fleischner, F. M. Warren, mem bers of the State Fish and Game Com mission; R. E. Clanton, superintendent of state hatcheries; H. L. Kelly, master fish warden, and Carl D. Shoemaker, state game warden, yesterday morn ing returned from Southern Oregon. While in that part of the state the officials visited sites available for con struction of hatcheries on the Rogue River. The sportsmen of Medford, Grants Pass and other Southern Oregon towns, are clamoring for the construc tion of a hatchery so that the nearby streams may be easily stocked. LOCAL INVENTORS BUSY Oregon Ilesidents Get 17. Patents During August. Seventeen patents were granted to Oregon residents by the United States during the month of August, according to data given out yesterday by the Northwest Patent Bureau. Those se- WORKING BOYS HAVE HOWE Quarters Provided In V. SI. C. A. With Use of Kquijimcnt. A. J. Bale, chairman of the commit tee of management, and J. C. Meehan, boys' secretary, yesterday announced that the new Y. M. C. A. home for working boys will open in the associa tiom building October 1. Several boy already have applied for quarters in the association home. For three years the association hs maintained the home at 390 Salmon street. This year, however, the lads will be in the Y. M. C. A. building and work on the remodeling of the third floor for their quarters has begun. Co operation with pastors and Sunday school superintendents in placing homeless boys is planned. The new home will be connected with all of the features of the physical depart-ment- ministrator of the millionaire's estate Word was received todny that Judge Armstrong, of Ogdcn. Utah. before Whom the case was tried, has author ized Thomas W. Sloan, guardian of young Geiid'es, to accept tho amount in settlement. The suit was brouKht by the boy's mother who asserted that the boy was the result of a plural mar riage of David Eccles. She -won the suit and recently $160. 000 was demanded in settlement, but this was cut $10,000 yesterday. MAN . IS KILLED BY FALL First Fatality Occurs in Connection With Bend Mill Construction. BEND. Or.. Sept. 21. (Special.) The first serious accident in connection with the mill construction now going on here occurred late yesterday afternoon, when W. J. McClendon fell from a scaffold at the Shevlin-Ilixon plnnt. sustaining injuries from which ho died this morning. The scaffold was about H fect from th ground. A portion of the Injured man's skull was removed at the hos pital last night. McClendon came to Bend from Portland. He had no rela tives here. ACCIDENT LAID TO CYCLIST Kmiiloycrs of llcoently Arraigned Truck Driver Defend Dim. Though Victor Foster, driver of the sightseeing bus that ended a wild ride down Park avenuo hill by breaking throiiRh a. fence cn to the estate of T. B. Wilcox at Park and King streets Thin-sdny afternoon, had appeared the same day in Municipal Court on a. charge of reckless driving, the Tyrrell Trips people, his employers, said yes terday that He was one of their most careful drivers. The accident for which he was in court was the fault of a motorcycle driver, who wi-s on the wrong Fide of the street, and not of Foster, said his employers. Tho accident Thursday was due to a slippery hill on which the tires of the cir would lint hold. rh? machine was not one of the regu- Inr Tyrrell 1 rips cars. FAIR EXHIBIJMS ARRANGED Carload of Miscellaneous Articles Sent to Salem 1-Vom Corvallis. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL LEGE, Corvallis, Sept. 24. (Special.) A complete carload of exhibits left here tonight for display at the State Fair in Salem next week. The exhibits were arranged by the departments of agron omy, dairy and poultry husbandry, plant pathology, horticulture and home economics. Chief among the displays will be the model kitchen arranged by the department of home economics to con trast the differences in distance trav eled in a well-arranged kitchen in comparison with one less carefully planned. Crop diseases in different stages of development, by-products ma chinery, Oregon-grown corn, egg-candling outfits and explanatory charts are features of the exhibit. ATTORNEY JS ARRESTED Impersonation of Officer to Confis cate Cafe Provisions Charged. Charging that L. T. Louis, a Portland attorney, impersonated a constable and confiscated provisions from the Splen did Cafe. 291 First street. James Mores, manager of the restaurant, caused the arrest of the lawyer yesterday. Mores admitted that he had been in financial difficulties but had made ar rangements with Louis, attorney for the parties to whom Mores owes money, to pay his debts by installment. ECCLES BOY GETS $150,000 Ctah Court Instructs Guardian to Accept Share of Estate.' BAKER. Or., Sept. 24. (Special.) Final settlement of the suit brought by Albert Geddes against the David Eccles $7,000,000 estate, has been made, the boy receiving $150.000 from tne ad- To the Business Man Have you a Pacific Telephone in your office or place of business? If not, you should have one. It permits communication with practically every other business house in Portland. It saves time and energy not to be estimated in dollars and cents. It permits the transaction of business with almost equal facility as a personal call. It works more, and at a less cost per day, than any other possible assistant. The Pacific Telephone is dependable, easy to handle, rapid in forming connection, and is always on duty. It is necessary to you and your business. 43,792 Pacific Telephones are employed as chief assistants in practically all the places of busi ness and the majority of homes in Portland. THE PACIFIC TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH COMPANY Broadway 4920 Sales Dept., Oak and Park Sts. ti 1 Catarrh a Blood Disease &. S. S. Drives It From Your System Because Catarrh affects the nose and throat, causing sores in the nos trils, stoppage of air-passages and gathering in the throat. It has been common practice to treat Catarrh by lotions, washes and sprays applied to these parts. This mode of treatment is entirely wrong. It cannot give per manent relief, and It is liable to Irri tate and aggravate the trouble. Ca tarrh cannot be trifled with. If al lowed to run on It will disease the bronchial tubes, settle on the lungs, the stomach indeed It is a very seri ous disease. Don't treat it locally. The fact that it causes headaches is proof that it is caused by Impure and diseased blood. The one treatment that has proved effective in the treat- ment of Catarrh is S. S. S. It Is the greatest blood purifier and blood tonic known. It relieves the cause of Ca tarrh by the process of renourishing' the blood, renewing its strength and vigor, giving new life ta the red blood corpuscles, and stimulating the flow so that It has the vitality to throw off the poison and germs from the sys tem. It is literally a, blood bath. Tou quickly feel results. Headaches dis appear, the gathering in the throat stops, the nostrils heal before you hardly realize it you are well. S. S. S. is a natural blood tonic and has proven effective in the treatment of all blood affections. Eczema. tetters. rash. Scrofula. Get S. S. S. at your drug gist's. If you need special advice write the S. S. S. Co., Atlnnta. Or. TRAIN TIME CHANGES Sunday, Sept. 28 "The North Bank Road" To SP0KAN and EAST No. 4, THE NORTH BANK LIMITED, will leave at 7:10 instead of 7:25 P. JVL, as at present FIFTEEN MINUTES EARLIER. Train arrives Spokane 6:50 A. M. Connects at Fallbridge for Central Ore gon points. (Sleeping car for Bend is carried on No. 8, leaving 6 P. M.) No. 3. THE INLAND EMPIRE EXPRESS, will leave Spokane 9:10 P. M. and arrive Portland at 8 A. M., ten minutes earlier than at present. ' TRAIN 6, CASCADE MOUNTAIN LOCAL, will leave at 7:40 A. M., ten minutes earlier than at present. Arrive Lyle 10:55 A. M., and Goldendale branch train No. 56 will leave Lyle at 11 A. M.; arrive at G-oldendale at 1:45 P. M.; leave Goldendale at 2:15 P. M. and arrive at Lyle at 4:40 P. M. TIME OF TRAIN 5, COLUMBIA RIVER LOCAL, will be changed two to five minutes between Camas and Vancouver, and will arrive at Vancouver at 8:50 A. M., Portland 9:25 A. M., same as at present. New schedules and other information may be obtained of agents. NORTH Ticket Office, 5th and Stark Sts. BANK L Station, 10th and Hoyt Sts.