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SALARY LIMITS TO BE FIXED FRIDAY Each Minor League to Act In dependently on Economy ( Programme for 1916. TIP O'NEILL NOT SEATED 7udgc McCredie One of Speakers at Convention Xothing Appears on I Surface of Reported Move j to Oust "President Baum. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 10. (Spe cial.) Aside .from the appointing: of eeverai committees and a general dis cussion of ways and means of cuttins tiown expenses, the National Associa tion of Minor Baseball Leagues didn't set iar today In its deliberations. Two sessions were held, one of some extent In the forenoon, and an abbreviated affair in the afternoon, with an ad journment until Friday morning-, when the details will be threshed out and Hume action taken. The chief Import was a free-for-all rjument on the problem of cuttins flown the expenses. It was the' con sensus of opinion that the various leagues can further reduce the player limit; cut out long- training trips and otherwise bring economy Into the af- lairs of the clubs. Because of the ira portance of tne subject .of salary re ductions, the various leagues held featherings under their different claa&i- lications and will be expected to report back Friday morning as to what ie- visjuns nave oeen reached. (oast League Host at Banquet. The minors were the guests of the Pacific Coast League tonight at a ban ctuet held in the Italian ronm r thA "rancis. Allen T. Baum, as president of the Coast League, acted as toastmaster me occasion and there were ad dresses from a large number of th visiting delegates. Tomorrow will be a rather off day, so far as the affairs of the association are concerned. At 10 o'clock tomorrow morning there will be the ride around the bay and in the afternoon a majority of the leaguers will spend on the ex position grounds. The National board of arbitration, however, will continue to grind away with, the disputes that ere up before that body for considera tion. The committee on credentials seated TV", A. Itourke, of Omaha, as the repre sentative of the Western League. This is the first time in 11 years, it was pointed out, that N. L. (Tip) O'Neill lias not filled that position. O'Neill was president of the league, fcut, it was stated at the convention, its members voted him out in September. Ci'NeHl. they said., insisted he had a contract by which he retained the presidency until .December 16. There was a vote of 5 to 3, it was explained, against acknowledging him as the league's representative. . Judsre McCredie stakes Addreaa. Charles ir. Kbpetts, of Brooklyn; Judge McCredie, of Portland, and Judge Shropshire, of Nashville, Tenn.. were enionir those who addressed the meet ing today and each, according to report, eave a good account of himself. According to Johnny Powers, he has iieard of no plan to work against Baum as president of the Coast League. This couldn't be done legally, it is said, eince the executive has a contract that runs for another year. There is a strong tip out, however, that those who are presumably unfriendly to Itaum may attempt to work against riim by voting a reduction in his sal ary and practically forcing him to quit his berth. Coast Itapcuc Meeting Delayed. Just when tile Coasters will begin their own deliberations is not alto gether certain. They were to have started work frlday, but will have to Rive, way to the minor association, which will hold over until that time Certainly the Westerners will be in s.Fion not later than Friday morning. I'owers, of Lo Angeles, wants to leave for home Saturday niuht, if it can be nrranged, while Murphy, of Salt Lake doesu t wish to be detained later than Sunday njjrht., Hai ry Wolvorlon announced today V.?f h,B .h1?d..ut loo8e 'rom Charlie t Hook tm' ) tamith. whom he has Kiven hi. release. The former Chicago Cub pitcher didn't live up to his East ern reputation when he was brought to the Coast. OAKS HUY 4 DOUBLK-A MEN Milwaukee Club Sells To Iniielil- crs, Out fielder and Pitcher. PAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 10. (Special ) tTnV - fa.!" ,!le basest baseball deal pullea olf since the minor league as sembled was completed by the Oakland club today when four men, who have been tor some years with the Mil . waukee American Association team were purchased, with the privilege of return if the players are pot satisfac tory. , Oakland has thus purchased on the recommendation of Manager Rowdy - Klliott. together with the guarantee of President T. M. . Chivjngton. of the American Association, the following men: Joseph Berg, infielder and short stop; Thomas Dougherty, pitcher; Jap J5nrbeau. third baseman, and Newton J Kamiall. outfielder. This year s records are not available, although, it is reported Randall hit the Pill over the .300 mark, with' Barbeau K"4-Miue iwa. at a ,:a clip. Berg, still another infielder. who may may bo expected to fill in at short field was. down to the .314 mark. From a standpoint of games won and lost. Dougherty made a rattling good showing, annexing 14 and losing but four. He Was rather low from a stand point of runs.charsred against him. tiOK-.jp of Hie Gridiron. The University of Waahlnst.m has ret reived an uffr to meet some Eastern eleven ms the main attraction al 'the rasadena iluae tournament on January 1, 11)10. Chariot races used f be the big thing on the pro gramme down there. " "ekei. of Oregon- Laythr, or the Oregon JEies. and Applcqulst. of Washington iatc ai'I'ear to be in a class among themselves miiung the Northwest conference tackles this ,B,,',,'ell wlgh. 111.-,. lavthe sotne-wh-r between S05 and am and Applequist fciunenls of the Biq Nine reeentli- voted en the mummer baseball rule and the ban V.rj?L,t"?"t""r approved Sum- nier ball ty a lole of ::;;1 to Wiscon sin was ..on tu t; Minnesota voted IS:;- to Slid Illinois buried the ancient ukase to ..1. r-.eorse Huff prohal.lv had a band in influencing the vote at Illinois A ,r.'.w?"r" "H" H bad a team of" In- llibles at Illinois that prohahlv could have netted the rKmars. one of ilium was Br,,on- later-a White Sox, and now third baseman on the Salt I.ake club Thle- "-Summer ba.et.jll" question Is no. tiody's rhild. u has puiiled the college au thorities -fan many years. Here in the Northwest the conference heads had it up h couple of years aso and decided to keep the present rule in force, although it is nut strictly enforced. Ttnt it t. nnBui.i. v. ?h "tS 7!iOU'i voto against it here just as t . J in me jaiaaie west. way. therefore, should it be retained when It la scii-rjuy conceded to be harmless? Walter Camp has a suggestion that ap pears the best in hand. Camp would per mit the athletes to play Summer ball for money after having bean in college tor two years. .- . The faculty members -were passing ' on the eligibility of Bob Sledd, a member of the college football team. "The1 youth before us has proved that he never played quoits, blind man's buff or run-sheep-run ; that he has read the peace propa ganda of W. T. Foster, of Beed, and that he wears a wrist watch." said Professor Thingamsbob. ' - Is he guilty .or not guilty of being a professional? Looks, all right to me." Just then Professor' Slcull broke Into the room, excitedly waving a test tube In his hand. "Guilty," he exclaimed, breathlessly. "I have just tested his blood and found a red corpuscle," Judge Mathewson, of New Haven, asked Manager Carrington, - of the Tale team, for Dasses for the boys- club to see the Tale Brown game; Carrington wrote out the fol lowing: -Pass the Judge and 6000 kids." This is the biggest pass since Oswald West took one at frank L. Perkins two years ago at Salem. The annual meeting of the Northwest college heads will take place on December 2 and 3. at which time it is expected the delegates will elect a successor to Victor Zedniek. Zedr.ick is not connected with any college now and the directors seem to want a college man. 40 TO CLIMB MOUNTAIN STAG HIKB FOR SUNDAY ATTRACTS lXT.OMAH CLl'B HEX. Party te Leave at 7:40 In Morning tn Special Car for. Hamilton, Wnh, Returning o'clock at Mght. Already more than 40 members of the Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club have signed for the staff hiking party to the top of Table Mountain next Sunday. John A. Lee. chairman of the hiking committee of the club, has made ar rangements for a special car to leave the North Bank depot at 7:41 o'clock &unlay morning, arriving at Hatml ton, Wash., about two hours later. The walk from Hamilton is about lour or five miles, and three hours has been allowed for the 3500-foot climb. The return will, bo started soon after iuncn ana tne party is slated to arrive in Portland about 6 o'clock that night. Before the train leaves Sunday morning Chairman Lee believes he will - have 100 members and their friends to enjoy the outing. Following are those who have signed to make the journey: E. C. Sammons. M. R. Klepper. John A. Lee, A. B. McAlpln. Elmer lhnherr, Rex B. Parelius, H. H. Metzger. H. W. True blood, George A. Anderson, Robert E Sheeny, C. B. Stephenson, J. Lee Thompson! W. s. Walter, J. H. Constanttne, Tom Smythe. s. A. Volkman, a. s. Humphrey, Charles H. Marias, A. H. Abel T. J. Dowd, r. H. w. -Nice, Bob Bervin. F. B. Dudley, W. A.. Kearns. John Trant. A. G. Tindolph, U. C. llcClallen. J. G. Arnold, Harold-Gill, Robert Warrick, William J. Towey, VE. R. Oppenhelmer, L. J, Barber, Todd Hazea and C. .O. Chatterton. - - AGGIE JUNIORS TAKE TITLE Sophomores Lose Final Football In terclass Game by 1 6-0 Score. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE Corvallis, Nov. 10. (Special.) the final game in the interclaas football cham pionship series at the Oregon Agricul tural College was played Monday be tween the juniors and sophomores, with the juniors taking the long end of the count by a 16-0 score. The winning team early demonstrated its strength, and at no time -were the sophomores within 30 yards of their opponents' goal line. "Blinky" Morgan, varsity shortstop, and "Bicky" -Williams, varsity pitcher, were the shining lights for the winning team, making long gains almost at will. Morgan went 40 yards for a touchdown in the last half and Williams, in addi tion to consistent line plunges, gained ground for his team on every exchange of punts. Captain DeLosh, Blxby and Miller played the beat football for the losers. Morgan. Williams and Dave Wilson, senior quarterback, all former Port land interacholastic stars, were tonight chosen as members of the all-star class team. RACES ARE RUN DESPITE MUD Slow Time Made on Sloppy Track at San Francisco Harness Meet. SAX FRANCISCO, Nov. 10 The track was so sloppy as the result of j uc j o uiai. me uiueiaia con sidered the advisability of calling off ,-..4 . . . i - T. luua-j p uttuicpi meet at tne runama Pacific Exposition. The first race was -11 1 I m it .ff o nnlu rtnn .. . . T T -En den, was willing to take a chance. The - ui m I"" iv waa reuecieo. in t ll Hm. THllA Km- . . . . - - -" .....w iii" ... v. l i v. u mil ucDrge N. Patterson won the Stanford stakes iiu jytirtuiui tne s;io trot, DOtll in straight heats. Results: Klrt race, Stanford 3takes. 3-year-old trotters, purse $ll!nu . George N Puttet-sun t Rutherford) ... . Ill Carl tDurfee) a rt Time. 2:S1, 3:31!4. 2:a'. R...-.,nH ruff "i1rt t.i, m.c. ImnA Mirthful (Murphy l. ... ,' Ill Seneca Boy (D.-anl '1 '1 2 j.-fi . 1'iiiaitc i vviirai.. 4 3 3 Columbia T. ( Oanlels) ...... 344 Wata.va'1 (Schwartal . . . . dr Time. 2:11. ,:a.", J'Sfl. Soldiers Vln Howling Match. VANCOUVER. Wash.. Nov. 10 (Spe cial.) The soldiers from Vancouver Barracks last night defeated the. Hrooker Implement bowling team in this city. The soldiers won two of three games and Martina, a soldier, made a high score of 208 and an aver- aue score of ITS. The soldiers, totals were: 75b, 76 and 768; grand total, 231.); Brooker's. 770, 710 and 711; grand total, 2191, All Army-Navy Game Tickets Sold. WEST POINT, N. Y., Nov, 10, Every ticket of the Army's allotment for the Arm V and NaVV football ernmo t n Vi a played in New York November 27. has ueen ctisiriuuiea. t rie tickets were all put in the mails tonight. No tickets are left, and it will be useless for late applicants to expect seats. Bits of Sport. D '-'FUNG- the last season 170 race meets were held in the metropolitan area of Melbourne. Australia, and - the prize money distributed amouuted to more than I .WIO.OOo. "We'll have to get glass cages, I guess," said Coach myppKe after one of his football squad bad received B broken finger in try ing to catch a ball. Two broken jaws were Meted among the Ather unheard-of injuries in the lllini vars'ty camp. The Tirooklyn Fed baseball field has been equipped with 22 powerful lights of. 120,000 randlepower each, and as a result the field will bo available for night football games and similar sports. Alma Richards, the Olympic champion high-jumper, is back at Cornell. Tu Anderson, Colgate has one of the clev erest jugglers in handling the ball ever seen or a gritHron. . The National intorscholastio ' swimming championships will be held at Princeton Vniversity February 12 pf next year. . Pollard, a negro half. Is one of the best playera on the Brown football team. November 2d is the date of the annual Western, copCeregoo cross-ceuntry run, which will be stated at the University of Wisconsin. TIIE 3IOHXIXG OREGOyiAX, TnURSDAY, NOVEMBER H, 1913. ABILITY IS TWOFOLD! O I II rm oaseuau stars on lour as Trapshooting Experts. QUARTET MAY VISIT HERE Mathewson, Bender, Davis and Cran- dall Gaining New Fame Fort- '. land Gun Club Asks That Schedule Include This City. Some of the most widely-known baseball players in the big leagues are on a trapshooting rampage throughout the United States. In this party, of which "Buck" Oalvin is the manager, hristy" Mathewson, Chief Bender, Harry Davis antt "Doc" Cran dall, all cf big league fa :ne, are break ing the bluerocks with uncanny regu larity. The tour started last Monday and will end November 27 at Boston. The quartet is scheduled to come as far west as Omaha, Neb., but H. R. Ever ding, president of the Portland Gun Club, is trying to have them switch their dates a little so as to reach the Pacific Coast. While on this Journey the baseball players are meeting allcomers at the various gun clubs in the towns they visit. "Buck" -Crandall, well-known among trapshooters of the country, completes the regulation squad at the traps. He is the leader as well as manager of the tour. The trip involved will include visits to several of the larger cities, where these National wielders of the horse hide and ash will try their luck at trimming picked squads of local clay bird smashers. On the list at present are Richmond, Baltimore, Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louis, Kansas City. Omaha, Des Moines, Min neapolis, Milwaukee, Chicago, Toledo, Detroit, Syracuse, New York, New Ha ven ''and several other prominent places are being taken under consideration. Following is the present schedule, which is subject to revision: November 11, Cincinnati, O.; Novem ber 13, Indianapolis Ind. ; November 14, St. Louis. Mo.: November 15, Kan sas City, Mo.; November IS, Omaha, Neb.; November 17, Des Moines, la.; November 18, Minneapolis. Minn.; No vember 19, Milwaukee, Wis.; Novem ber 20, Chicago, 111.; November 22. To ledo, O.; November 23. Detroit, Mich.; November 24, Syracuse, N. Y. ; Novem ber 25, New York: November 26. Hart ford, Conn., and November 27, Boston, Mass. FULXER TO FLAY FOR ACADE3IY Special Agreement Made AVhereby Star Will Oppose Lincoln Team. By a special agreement between James F. Ewing, principal of Portland Academy, and T. T. Davis, principal of the Lincoln High School, Lynn Ful ler, the sensational tackle of the Acad emy football team, will be permitted to play in the annual contest between the two institutions slated for Mult nomah Field tomorrow afternoon. In the first game of the 1915 sea son of the Portland Interscholastic League, Fuller was put out in company with George Killduff, of the Jefferson Higli School for undue roughness and later the directors of the circuit barred them from participating in the league for tho rest of tha year. Since then, however. Fuller has been turning out faithfully each night to furnish scrim mage for the first eleven and Coach "Spec" Hurlburt wants Fuller to receive his monogram. With Fuller in the lineup the pri vate school aggregation will be strengthened 50 per cent, and for this reason Coach Stanley Borleske, of the Railsplitters, had a secret workout on Multnomah Field yesterday afternoon. Both teams will go out for their final signal practices thia afternoon. No officials for the contest have been selected as yet. The contest to morrow will start promptly at 3:15 o'clock. HOCKEY MEN CALLED TO ICE Practice by Professionals to Begin Latter Purt of Next Week. Hockey practice for the Portland pro fessionals will be started the latter part of next week, according to Man ager Savage, of the Portland Ice Hip podrome. Manager Frank Patrick, of the Vancouver septet, has issued orders that his athletes be on hand by next Monday afternoon. The Eastern players who have been drafted or signed have been ordered to report at the various rinks of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association not later than Thanksgiving day. Pete Muldoon has lined up Frank Fovston. Cully Wilson, Harrv Holmes. Ed Car penter and Jack Walker for the Seat tle representatives. President Patrick. of the Pacific Coast division, grave out the statement while in Seattle that the raids on the National Hockey Associa tion would be continued until peace offers were made by the Easterners. TURKEY SHOOT IS SCHEDULED Invitations Sent to .Portland Folk to Enter Stevenson, Wash., Event. James K. Simpson, better known as "Our Jim" and president of the ttev-i enson. Wash., Gun Club, has sent invi-! tations to the members of the Portland, Gun Club to be present at the Thanks giving turkey shoot slated for Tues day, November- 23. Turkeys, geese and, chickens will be shot for by the vari-' ous contestants arid a handicapping system will be used. A week from next Sunday will be the -time for the Portland Gun Club's turkey shoot, according to Vice-President A. W. Strowgcr, who has things in charge. H. R. Everding, president of the local organization, will attend both the Portland Gun Club shoot and tho one at Stevenson, Wash. BOWLING CHAMPIONS TO VISIT Eastern Cracks to Meet Portland Experts In Exhibition Games. Jimmy Smith, of Brooklyn. N. Y., said to be the world's champion bowler, and Alex Dunbar, of New York, ex-champion, will be in Portland at the Oregon alleys next Sunday. The visitors will give two exhibitions, in the afternoon rolling against B. O. Case and J. W. Blaney in seven games. That night A. H. Kalk and J. Roberts will represent Portland against Dun bar and Smith in a seven-game con test. All four local rollers are among the top-notch' pin smashers of the NorthweBt, and good games can be ex-, pected. Both exhibitions .will be free, starting at 2:30 P. M. and at 9 P. M. EXTRA STANDS TO BE BUILT Bleachers to Be Provided for Two Rig Games at .Multnomah Field. Two weeks from today will -find the football teaiss representing the Multno mah Arrateur Athletic Club and the University of Oregon battling for hon ors in the annual Thanksgiving dpy attair on Multnomah Field. Dow V. Walker, superintendent of the Multno mah Amateur Athletic Club, yester day started a crew of men fixing- up tne ueia. Arrangements are beinar made to handle 10,000 persons at the Oregon Aggies-Syracuse University contest, and bleachers are to be built around the field. The Syracuse match is on the Wednesday following the club-university get-together, but Superintend ent Walker is to have the bleachers completed -in time for the Turkey-day game. . At present all eyes are being focused on the coming: embroglio for the state championship between the University of Oregon and the Oregon Agricultural College at Eugene a- week from next Saturday. Junction to Play Shedds Again. - JUNCTION CITY, Or., Nov. 10. (Spe cial.) The seventh game to be played by the high school will be played in Shedd Saturday with the Shedd High School team. The locals have won five out of six games this season and they defeated Shedd October 9 by a score of 12 to 0. BOXING PROBE COURTED FRED MERRILL SAYS ROSE CITY BOUTS ARB ALL LEGAL. Attention Called to Fact That Organi zation Is Incorporated and Operat- -inir Vnder City and State Law. That the grand Jury is wasting con siderable energy in conducting its In vestigation of the boxing situation In Portland, is the expressed opinion of Fred T.' Merrill, manager of the Rose City Athletic Club. Merrill said yesterday that Investi gation was welcomed by the East Side institution and that its books were and always had been open for investigation at any time the officials of the city, county or state saw fit to take such a step. "A careful investigation by District Attorney Evans and the grand jury will determine whether or not we are in the same position as every other athletic club in the Northwest," said Merrill yesterday. "We are an incorporated athletic club under the laws of the State of Oregon and are operating under the state laws and the city ordinance, as passed by the Mayor and City Commissioners, while unorganized clubs and individuals have been pulling off boxing matches for the past year or two without be ing investigated. New we take a tl00, 000 piece of property, spend several thousand dollars to equip a-6mplete athletic club, organized accordinar to law, take 100 or more young men and put tnem into a healthy condition, pull off a few first-class smokers and we are to be investigated. well, we are going to continue right along In a legitimate We organized the Rose City Athletic Club to stay and If .we are not accord ing to the law we will fix ourselves accordingly." John Bain wrote the District Attor ney a letter of comnlaint- h tho question was turned over to the grand jury, which is expected to report on whether or not the state law is being violated. There is a new Rivers in the boxing game. His first name is Ray and he is a Mexican. Also he was raised in Los Angeles, but is no relation to Joe. It is said of the new Rivera that tie not only fights with both hands, but ms imia. jtie is at present in the kaBt looking for trouble in the feather weight division. . Portlftnrt hnTlnv fn .. ....-I, . . - - . a "hi una sume interest in the fact that professional boxing Is to be given a trial at Cleve land. Harp. T. r 1. it , - - - j - aiajur-aieei or Cleveland, promised before his elec tion that he would appoint a commis sion and give the professional game a tuorougn trial. The new official is iiimsBu a lover of boxing. BERKELEHOflGH" QUITS SCHAEFFEB'S RESIGNATION IS SE QUEL TO CRITICISM. Football Mentor Civea Way to Some one Better Versed In American Game Offer Made to Doble. BERKELEY, CaL, Nov. 10. James D. Schaeffer, head football coach of the University of California, and the maq who trained thq varsity squad for the game in which they were defeated last Saturday, 72 to 0. by the University of Washington, tendered' his resignation tonight. It was accepted. Schaeffer's resignation followed a storm of press criticism in which the head coach, who had been teaching the KllEbv irame Kinn 1 Qnc ... i dertook to teach this sear's squad the uvie sttuie, was oiamed lor California's poor showing against Washington. Schaeffer had been head football and baseball coach for seven years. His resignation e i , v . -. . 1 I. 1 1. i.i . . , , " " iiui-h iiuia. in his letter of resignation he said: ine university of California has hnnnrnil m hv m.lru- . . ''"i"i mes iar seven years head coach for football and base ball. I am now under contract un. it, iay, nil, it always nas been my earnest .mijuiivnii . . . i . . - - . .v "-' .i t.v tiitj oest of my ability. It may be that now eise is oetter qualified to teach the revised American game. 1 want the executive committee to" be free to chnn.K u-Vi f f..,. - . v. . . i . . - - in c j wish to carry out thia work." His resignation .a ri.cuiivB immediately. It is reported that an offer has been made to Coach Gilmour Dobie, of tho University of Washington. EST ACA DA FACES HARD GAME Contest With Oregon City Saturday to Decide County Title. ESTACADA. Or., Nov. 10. (Special.) Football fans of Estacada and Ore gon City are eagerly awaiting the game next Saturday at Oregon City, when the championship of Clackamas County will be settled. Arrangements have been made for two or three special car loads of rooters to accompany the crack Estacada High School team. The Estacada team has made a fine showing this year, having lost only the first game, and that by one point. The team has scored 307 points in five games, with 32 points scored against them. .- Estacada pliyed Franklin' High School tho first game of the season, being defeated 14 to 13. and since have been undefeated, winning from Canby, 102 to 0; from James-John High School,' 14 to 12; from Milwaukie. 153 to 0, and from. Woodburn, 25 to 6. Tha Estacada team has been coached by Coach Irvine, of the high school faculty, assisted by Bob Morton. Jasper Signs With St. Louis Cards. ST. LOUIS, Mo.. Nov. 10. Hiram Jas per, of the Los Angeles club (Pacific Coast League), today signed a con tract to play with the St. Louis Na tionals, during the 116 season. A player and a cash consideration will be given the Los Angeles club for Jasper, a pitcher. kliK IK,.,. : iir 'i fc..s i war4 & fcM rfl r - - s '' a 1 If w The owner pr driver is so criminally negligent as to and rear Hwonivo aieuctru againsi sKiaaing. today Defora it is too late. SOLO FOR ALL TIRES BY DEALERS EVERYWHERE ' Weed Chain Tire Grip Company Tire Chains especiaUy cotutructed for AGGIES WORK HARD Corvallis Confident of Scoring Victory Over Oregon. OLD-TIME JINX FORGOTTEN Bezdek's 3Icn, However, Counted On to Give Real Battle Two Weeks' Sharp Training Being Glxen for Big Contest. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, Corvallis, Nov. 10. (Special.) With the Idaho game won. the Oregon Agri cultural College' has two weeks, un broken by a scheduled contest, in which to put on the finishing touches in preparation for the great annual battle with the University of Oregon at Eugene November 20. The past three weeks have been the most strenuous ever experienced by a gridiron machine in the history of foot, ball at. the Oregon Agricultural Col lege, and athletes and coaches welcome the opportunity to smooth down sev eral of the rough edges which have been evident in the Aggies' game with out the pressure of a big week-end contest, to interrupt the process. All attention is now focused, on the game at Eugene, and, due to the re cent overwhelming successes of the orange and black, hope is beating high, and the feeling of confidence is pretty generally shared by the general population of Corvallis, who seem to forget that the Aggies, recently the favorites when the whistle blows, in variably find the Oregon athletes un defeated when the final count is made. News that the men directed by Hugo Bezdek had run up 34 points in the last half of the game against the Uni versity of Southern California was re ceived here as an indication that Ore gon is still fit to contest for the cham pionship of Oregon, and some of the greatest football whioh the United States can produce is expected at Eu gene. " Although Stewart's men have passed through a hard three weeks they will find but little of the time intervening before the big game devoted to rest. Coach Pavey's freshman team is get ting in some real work, in preparation for the game at F.ugene against the university frosh next Saturday. They were defeated by the university year lings at Corvallis two weeks ago by a score of 10-0 and expect to taste de feat again. Albert Abraham Wins Suit. ROSEBURG, Or., Nov. 10. (Special.) Albert Abraham today was awarded a judgment in the Circuit Court in the sum of S2f0 against John Hunter, a lo cal capitalist. Mr. Abraham sued Mr. Hunter for $401. which he alleged was due for legal services rendered in ef fecting a financial settlement between C OOP oJOOg sees flahigom Kxcri wwn vowr J I AKCD mB wa n rn-r THAT ORDINARY TOBACCO AIKT - ' "uu, u )og OU4MT ' ' IT TOO- J A SK your dealer for W-B Gut -hn' Tobacco. It is the new; Real Tobacco Chew" cut long Shred or send 10c in stamps to us. WEYMAN-BRUTON COMPANY. 50 Union Sg,are, New York Cit, It Might Have Been Vou whirled with the skidding car into the disastrous crash You users of taxi-cabs, look before you ride when streets are wet and slippery. See that the tires are "chained to safety". Take no chances. Make sure that an four tires are equipped with ONLY Positive Safeguard All responsible taxi-cab owners The niotorist who drives with chainless and drivers protecttheir patrons tires on slippery pavements and roads lives with Weed Chains. Don't Jeopardizes is ovn life as tvell as the Ttxb VAmp IiFjm in Sk rat urhnea .il rr i a.i . Single and Dual SoHd Truck Tlrea-Motorcycl, Tiro the state ana Mr. Hunter, following the construction of the new armory by Mr. Hunter in this city. 0 EXPRESS EARNING $191,435 American Company Files Report for Year With Commission. SALEM, Or., Nov. 10. (Special.) Earnings of the American Express Company from state or intra-state business in Oregon totaled $191,485 for the year ended June 30, 1915, accord ing to the company's report filed today with the Oregon Public Service Com mission. The earnings from inter state business forwarded or received at Oregon offices during this period were $427,379. This sum represents the earnings accruing partly within Oregon and partly in other states. The net income of the company for the entire system during- the time em braced in the report was $971,173, while the gross inrome.was $1,160,003. Total operating revenues were $25,665,20.1, with operating expenses of $24,660,305, leaving the net revenue from operation as $1,004,896. The operating: income was $583,812. ROGUE WATER RIGHT WON Application for Irrigation and Light ing System Approved. SALEM, Or., Nov. 10. " (Special.) Application of Wesley B, Sherman, of tyrants rass, to appropriate 1000 sec ond feet of the water of the TJni-.i, River for the development of 2500 horsepower, was approved today by the state engineering department. The water will be diverted at Hell's Gate on the Rogue and used for irrigation and lighting purposes. The cost of the proposed construction will be $200,000, according to the papers on file. The application for rights torlav granted to Sherman have been In con troversy, as tne Rogue River Public Service Corporation and Claude E. gel. leek also made application for power development privileges. After a. field investigation the engineering depart ment issued the permit to Sherman, who had the prior application. , CANADA FEELS TRADE WAVE Depression Declared Natural and Recovery Compared to That Here. E. A, Waterman, managing director of Weiler Bros., Limited, general mer chandise dealers at Victoria, B. C, was in Portland yesterday on his way to Montreal, where he will attend a meet ing of the directors of his company, which operates stores in various paat of Canada and the British Isles. Waterman explains that business in Victoria is not suffering particularly on account of the war. Business there experienced a period of depression in common with the business in the United States, but now is recovering the same as it is on this aide of the border, he reported. Suit Over Bloiy Is Lost. M'MLNNVILLE. Or.. Nov, 10. (Spe clal. The Jury returned a verdict of 1 BE ATS ALL I MtNWOHT THB OLD KINO. ATT R FIND OUT ABOU-r vmi t 1 Utf R-BAI. TOBACCO CHaW 13 -s?tT lr-.-. 5i- f .r.-J'l Anti Skid Against Skiddin tires with Weed Chains. Do it Chains. 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