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20 THE 31QRXIXG ORECOXIAy. TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1911). LABOR ASKS RAILWAY ; EARNINGS BE SHARED Appeal Made to Public That Plan Be Considered. GENERAL BENEFIT PLEDGED Sfere Jn reai-e in Wacs Occlared .' ot to Be Solution of Problem "Which Nation Is Faring. ff'nn tinned Frm Virst v t ment and common sense of public sentiment, of all the public which earns a wage or a stipend. We recognize that the only way in which ve can exist under the present sys tem is to demand further increases in wages. But we agree with Repre sentative Blanton that this affords but temporary relief. It does not offer a remedy. ''Labor's bill, on the other hand. pro Tides a remedy, and we ask merely that its terms be scrutinized. Our full argument in support of these terms will be presented on Wednesday before the house committee on interstate com rtierce. In thin statement ve are Bounding the note of .our basic prin ciple. Organization Held Krady. "That this role originates with labor In merely because labor happens to have firm organizations through which it may become articulate. It is not to benefit labor as labor alone; it is to benefit the consuming public, of which labor at present ih the audible part. In labor's bill providing that the public take over the railroads and establish a tripartate control netween the public, the railroad operating management and the employes, the labor organiza tions of America have established this new policy which envisages their con dition not only as producers, but also as consumers. , "It marks the step by which organized labor passes from demands for wage increases tj demands that the system of profits in industry be over hauled. Hiterto. during successive wage negotiations and arbitration awards, we have called for proviscional settlements only of questions arising out of differences as to wages, hours .-and conditions of labor. I'rlneiple Held Isnorrd. ' "That principle of 'genuine co-operation and partnership, original com in un ity of interest and part icipat ion in control, of which President Wilson has spoken to congress, has been ig nored both by labor and by the private owners of the railroads. "What wage increases have been re reived durinc: the past few years have resulted only in immediately being fol lowed by more than proportionate in creases in the cost of living. Kach rise in wages has turned out to mean only temporary re I ief for the affected workers. When the increases have gone around the circle, labor as pro new wages through the additional cost it pays as consumer. Moreover, through compounded profits taken on these wage increases, each cycle becomes an upward spiral of costs which the con suming public vainly reaches to con trol. "As the major part of the consuming public, labor is entitled to renresenta--tion on the directorate of puolic rail roads. As producer of capital it is., en titled to representation on the director ate of the railroads. Capital Retirement Aked. "To capital, which is the fruit of yes terday's labor, we now propose to dis charge every just obligation. We de mand that the owners of capital, who represent only financial interests, as distinguished from operating brains and energy, be retired f rom manage ment, receiving government bonds with a fixed interest return for every honest tiollar that they have invested inthe railroad industry. "We ask that the railroads of the Vnited States be vested in the public; that those actually engaged in conduct ing that industry, not from Wall street, but from the railroad ofllces and yards and out on the railroad lines, shall take charge of this service for the public. "These represent all the brains, skill snrt energy that is in the business. They are entitled to that measure of control which is equal to their ability and their responsibility for operating the transportation properties. Then, and then only, will the service be pri marily for the public, not primarily for profits to speculators and inflatory of capital. ; 1r.hol In Outlined. "''As a means for accomplishing thif end, we ask that a lease be granted to a corporation created not for profit, but for public s rv ice. We ask that this corporation be controlled in its management by an equal representa tion of the three fundamental interests ujion which industry is based. The public, operating managers and waee earners will then guarantee b'oth the integrity of the investment required for the conduct of the industry and that return which indirces it. by in vesting, to enter the public service. "The public as consumers and the operating managers and wage earners s producers having joined in that guarantee wil then share equally all earnings in excess of the amounts re quired to meet the guarantee. i'This is provided by granting fco the wage earners and management one-half of the pavings which they, through their perfected organizations, can make, and by securing to the public the other half to be enjoyed by the consumers, cither by increased service or by reduc ing the cost of the service which the machinery then in existence can ren der. Benefit Declared Automatic. - "Thus the cost of transportation is automatically reduced exactly in pro portion as benefits accrue to the pro ducers under this system cannot be reflected in increased costs. It must be balanced by decreased costs. -"The railroads are the key industry cf the nation. They affect at once the price of every necessity. As increased transportation costs are reflected in the increased price of all commodities, so a reduction in those costs must be re flected by reduced prices. "We say this because of labor's inter est a- consumer, as part of an overbur dened public. This fundamental state ment of principle we respectfully sub mit to the American people.' At the Theaters. Panta cos. T") ANTAGKS has an excellent bill this ST week, nicely balanced as to variety of entertainment and thoroughlv en tertaining. Naturally interest centers in the local appearance of Joan Hard castle's company of dancers in a bril liant trrpsichorvan novelty called "Pance Ideas." There are five assist ants to Miss Hardcastle. all of them oung Portland irls, with talented toes. All of the dance creations were originated by Miss Hardcastte. and her scenery, which is extremly Bakst-like in effect, follows out her own ideas. Ho too does the costuming of the danc : crs. aiiss naracastie s artistry is re- miniscent at times of St. JeniB in its perfection of technique and the splen oma ireeaom rrom restraint sne mani fests. She is lissome, amazingly graceful and vitally magnetic in h-er two solo dances. One of these is a spirited episode in which as golden clad "Su nrise' she comes into a lovely dance-picture portrayed by Nancy R-eed. Sheila Valera and Peggy Demore. The other solo Miss Hardcastle gives is as the "Soul of Creative Jazz" in a Javanese number in which she Inter prets so cleverly that even th-e unini tiated can get it the developement of artistic dance into modern jazz. In this idea she is beautifully aid-ed by the exquisite dancing of Sheila Valera. She interprets faithfully the "spirit of jazz." with an indescribable allure of saucy alertness and eagerness of re sponse to the call of the music. Miss Valera is youth and dance incarnate and she dances like Maude Adams plays Peter Pan. as if she lived and loved every mood of the music. Her jazz spe cialty is an eccentric, pert and viva cious thing, the last cry in modern stepping. Another of her sjcialties I which won for her wirfW sweeping ap plause is "Vanity Fair' in which she appears in a brief bathing suit as a saucy venturesome sprite dancing in and out of the imaginary waves of an imaginary ocean. It is a delightful conceit and beautifully interpreted. Vivien ne Bauf f a diminutive Frances White type of dancer offers a charm ing specialty in toe dancing called "Miss 1&J0." Her artistry is d-ecided-ly pronounced, and she is animated and colorful. Nancy Reed and Peggy De mare are clever. pretty dance-mad maids who contribute to the animation in he Hardcastle idea. Mrs. George Primrose, a gracious in teresting matron, handsomely gowned, is the pivot around which a sextette of ebon faced minstrels revolve happily, singing and stepping, shaking the bones and tamborine. It's a capital act. Mrs. Primrose is the widow of the famous late minstrel George Prim rose. Revue de Luxe is a whirl of gay song and dance and tuneful music, featuring two clever eccentric dancers the Moran sisters, a pretty maid Kdythe Adamy. who plays the violin, nicely, Pes: McJntosh in a cute child imper sonation. Sue Vollmar in a smart dance. and Harry Sigman in a brilliant piano- logue. The act is artistically put on. A comedy riot, regular show stoppers. and recalled a dozen times by a de- Jighted audience. are Roy and Dresdner, full of pep, originality in song and steps and entertainers rie luxe. Marie Booth is a petite banioist and the op-ening act is a joyful array of acrobatic and bicycle maneuvers by J. C. Booth and Happy Leander. DELUGE QUENCHES FiRES AUGUST KMX RECOItlJS FOR 7 YKARS GO IX 4 8 HOURS. 30,000--re Eorest Blaze Is Ex tinguished and Peril Much Less ened by Big Downpour. SPOKANE Wash Ann- A All .:., fall records for thp pntim mntvi r August during the last seven years were broken during the last 48 hours, according to an announcement by the luuai .eamer oureau. fcince Sunday morning the fall has amounted to .97 inch, it was stated. forest Fires in the Pend d'Orielle, Kanikfiu. Coeur ri'AIene anH t T rc frx, ests in Northfrn IHnhn u.-a npq ... ti.. extinguished by a rain which fell last nignt ana toaay, according to reports received here. The rain war heaviest- in tha nn-ii. and lighter in the smith cTosni t r.t. n downpour in the Marble creek country. aujoiiung me si. joe torest, which was described as a cloudburst. Included in ine orencned area was the big Pack river fire, which has been burning for weeks, practically without control, over 30.000 acres. Kcvpral ntttoi Kin also have been quenched. No rain had fallen in the Selwav, Clearwater and Xez Perce forests in tne southern end of the Idaho pan handle, and flre there u-ero H a V l as dangerous. More men were being sent 10 ngnt tnem. RAIX SAVES SOUTH ERX CROPS Grande Ronde AVheat Gels Relief From Long. Excessive Heat. LA GRAXnE Or Ann. i' unuSi After 75 days of drought Union POltntv is Tin lnnffr ci, ff a; n. i. of moisture. Fires in tinder-like for ests are quencnea. all because of soak ing showers last night and again this evening. Particularlv hlesseH a rc itian La (irande, who have been curtailed in irrigating water for wptks due to the paucity of water in mountain streams. A sham drnn in rem- t ii -a n aLLUIIipil- uied the storm, relieving a long exces sive neat spell. The greatest boon. howvr t- spring wheat growers, who in some sections of the P.rnnri Tfnrf- were greatly concerned at the prospects of a wheat failure. The winter wheat yieia. tnreslters find, is up to normal. JAPANESE J3UY ORCHARD Inroads of Orientals in Hood River Region Alarm Whites. HOOD RIVFR Or- Ann- a - , .-.ups. lope cial.) John Fisher has sold his 20 acre orchard place on Dee Flat to a partnership of Portland and Hood River Japanese. The orientals hae been mak ing ijvnvj iiurt-nases oi strawberry land in the district the past few months having recently bought the place of Tony Flint. More than 12 families now reside in the district, owning an aggre gate of more than 200 acres. White owners of Dee Flat orchards express alarm at the inroads of Jap anese. RAILWAYS J0 BE BUILT Milwaukee Reported About to Re sume Construction in Olympics. HOQUIAM. Wash.. Aug. 4. Reports were circulated here today that the Chicago. Milwaukee & St. Paul rail way intends to resume construction soon upon the Olympic peninsula rail ways upon which work was halted by the signing of the armistice. The greater part of the right-of-way has been obtained. It was said, and deeds are on record. Work will be started in both the Port Angeles and Grays Har bor divisions it is said. DRUG SMUGGLERS JAILED Chinese Caught Operating Along Washington-Canadian Border. SEATTLE. Wash.. Aug. 4. Federal officers yesterday seized drugs valued at approximately J6000 and arrested three Chinese at Blaine. Wash. The Chinese were endeavoring to smuggle drugs across the Canadian line at Blaine, the reports from the north said. Read The Ore soman classified ads. CATTLE WEAK AND LOWED HOGS ARE STEADY AT ' I,AST WEEK'S CLOSING PRICES. Sheep Market In Better Shape and Lambs Higher Large Receipts Over Sunday. There was a liberal run of S3 carloads at the stockyard yesterday and an active mar ket. Hogs held steady with tops brinEinic last week's quotation of The sheep market was also steady, with lambs doing bettor than of late, eastern Oregon lambs selling at l.-lXfu lL".5u and valley stock at $IJ. Cattle were the weak feature, wrth prices off 25i75 cents. Receipts were 2242 cattle, 239 calves, 12117 hogs and 2606 sheep. The day's sales were as follows: Wt. Price. I Wt. Price. 2S steers .. 1 100 (11.711 I 43 lambs . . 7012 00 2 steers ..1115 ll.Sti. 21 lambs.. 95 12.00 30 sleers ..1025 1 I. -Jo 40 lambs.. BS 8 50 2. steers . . 1IIK0 1 1 .25 10 lambs . . BS 12 00 12 steers ..1105 1 o. 75 lort lam bs . . 72 12. OO i steers . . 12H3 10.05 154 la m bs . . 72 12.25 -R steers .. '.is4 10. 50; 4 ewes .. 115 7.00 2 steers ..1024 10 23' 27 wethers. 110 8.25 12steers .. !)50 10.25; llyearlgs. 1 8 50 12 steers ..1020 lo.oil: 30 hogs 224 22 25 211 steers ..1007 10.00 10 hogs 265 20.75 2. steors . . tn;4 lO-OOj 22 hogs 1!IR 22 25 ..4 sleers ..10:t0 10 (! 36 hogs ... 25 20.50 13 steers. .. (103 !! ((! 0O hogs 215 22.50 5 steers . .125 50 4 hogs 405 20 50 l.i steers ..1120 1)50 10 hogs ... 236 22 0O 21 steers .. 01H !l.0o 50 hogs ... 100 22 25 6 steers .. S25 9.110 3 hogs ... 15S 22 00 13 steers .. 012 K.0OI 14 hogs 214 20.50 13 steers . . 8K5 K.5o! fl hogs 240 22 5(1 0 steers .. 718 8.0oi 35 hogs ... 175 22.25 4 steers . . 955 8 Koi 21 hogs 1110 22.25 17 steers .. 756 7.75i 52 hogs ... 185 22.25 Scows ...1146 !) 0o 20 hogs ... 237 22.00 jOcow s 1052 8.5 2 steers . . 910 8 00 3 con s 1123 8 25, 97 steers . . 9O0 8.00 20 cows 065 8.25; 1 steer 510 7.O0 1 cows ...1180 S.OO! 21 steers . . 9S5 50 9 rows ... S50 8. On 51 cows 1020 8.75 24 cows ...1113 8. (lot Scows... 100 7.00 27 cows 922 7. SOI 1 cow 900 R.0O 20 cows ... 925 7.75 23 cows ... 1202 7.73 22 cows ... 922 7.751 1 cow K20 4 OO 10 cows ...10O1 7.75! 1 cow ... 7O0 6 00 5 I cows 1010 7.75 Scows 91 7.50 4 cows ... 005 7.5o 1 bull ...15.10 6.50 3 cows ...1075 7.251 2 mixed. .1260 6.00 IS cows ... 954 7. flo: K calves.. 492 1 1 O0 19cows ...1003 7.00 37 calves . . 3118 15 00 23 rows 1024 7.00! 1 calf 310 1 1.O0 11 cows ... 636 6 75: 22 calves . . .356 12.50 5 cows ...1004 B.50i lcalf ... 150 13.00 1 rows 850 k.iiiii lcalf 195 15 00 2 cows ... 745 5.50' hogs 221 22 011 4 cows 9S2 5 25 1 hog 410 20.OO 12 cows ... 779 5.00I 3 hogs ... 440 20.25 3 cows . . . 920 3 On) 1 hog . 2H0 2' 5 7 mixed ..10114 7.SOI 7 hogs 2SO 22 25 mixed.. 960 7.2.V 1 hog 390 20.25 13 mixed.. 8S.1 7.00! 2 hogs ... 190 22.00 2 bulls ...1530 6 5111 34 hogs 193 22 25 1 bull S20 7.501 3 hogs 241 22 25 1 bull ....1400 7.55i 1 hog 19(1 22 25 46-calves.. 329 11. 50' 5 hogs ... 210 22 25 10 calves.. 223 12. Sol 8 hogs ... I60 22 00 8 calves.. 244 1 3 50 130 la nibs . . 75 1150 3cKlVfs.. 153 IS. on! 1 ewe ... 110 7 50 4 calves.. 156 15O0 4 ewes .. 112 50 3 calves.. 155 15. (10; 1 wether.. ISO 7 OO . lambs .. 5S 9 .OO 22 wethers. 121 8.50 4. lembs .. 63 Sr.ll! lyearl'g.. 120 8.00 Prices at the yards were as follows: Good to choice steers $10.00 1 1.50 Medium to choice steers 8.002 11.50 Kair to good steers 7.73 8.73 Common to fair steers 7.00411 7.50 Good to choice cows. heKers.... 7.50' 9.00 Medium to good cows, heifers.. 6 50 cb 9 "5 Canncrs 3.00a 4.00 Bulls 5 (III ' 7.50 -aves 9.(1(1 w 15 (10 Stockers and feeders 7.00(010.00 Kair to medium cows, heifers 4.504$ 4J50 Hogs Prime mixed (.... 22.23 fr22.50 Medium mixed 2? 00 cr 'T 75 Hough heavies 19!75(n 20.50 P'K 18.75(j 10.75 Piheep Prime lanib 1 2. 00 (!r 1 2 50 Kair to medium lambs O.oolo.uo Yearlings 0(l(l',i- 8.50 J ethers i ll(l -, 7.50 f'we 6.O0 if 7.50 Chicago. Livestock Market. CHICAHO. Aug. 4. Hogs Receipts 20.000. mostly 25c to 40c lower. Heavy weight, $21 (ii 22.75: medium weight, - X21 fu 22.85 : light weight, 2Ko 22.80; light light. J21 . 1 5 'a 21 .85 ; heavy packing sows, smooth, K20.25'W21 pavklnk sows, rough, $lUfc20; pigs, IIS. 75 29.25. Cattle Receipts 11.000. firm. Beef steers, medium and heavy weight choice and prime, 10. 750 18.50; medium and good, X12.25(J 16.75; common, 10't 12.25: light weight, good and choice. S13.75i 17.50; common and medium. 9.50-g 13.75; butcher cattle, heif ers, tin 14.50: cows. J6.75 '( 13. 15 ; canners and cutters, X5.75 i 6.75 ; veal calves, light and handy weight, $106 17; feeder steers, 8-i 13.50; Blocker sleers, (7&. 11; western range steers, 9(Q 16; cows and heifers, (7.25(5 12.75. Sheep Receipts 17.000. unsettled. Lambs, 84 pounds down. 13.25(ij 16.75; culls and common, $81.12.75; yearling wethers, (lO'd 12.50; ewes, medium god and choice, J7&5; culls and common, S2.75i6 50. Omaha Livestock Market. OMAHA. Aug. 4. tu. S. Bureau of Mar kets.) Hogs Receipts 42110. 25i40c lower Top. (22.25; bulk. (20.75 . ft 21 .25 ; heavy weight. 21((i 21.25: medimu weight, (21.50(ui 22.25; light weight. (21.25i22; heavy pack ing sows, smooth. (20.60 'fi 20.90 : packing sows, rough. (20.25&2060; pigs. ( 18 jl, 20.5O. Cattle Receipts ll.OOO. killing prices strong. Stockers and feeders. 15(25c high er. Beef steers, medium and heavy weight choice and prime. (10. 50 i 17.50: medium and good. $13. 50y 15.75; common. ( 1 1 .75 i 1 3.75 ; light weight good and choice. (14. 50Gi 10.75; common and medium, (ll-ii 14.75; butcher cattle, heifers. (81 13.25: cows, (7ft 12.75; canners and cutters. (5.2317; veal "calves, light and handy weight, (12il3.5o; feeder steers, (9.75& 13. 50; Blocker steers, (7.30; L2.no. " Sheep Receipts 38,000, generally 25c lower. Lambs, 84 pounds down. (13.75u 13.50: culls and common, (9$12; yearling wethers. J9. 75 Fr 1 1.75 : ewes, medium and choice, (5.758.25; culls and common. (2.73 r6.75. Seattle Livestock Market. SEATTLE. Aug. 4. Hogs Receipts 427; market strong. Prime, (23.50z 23.75: med ium. (2M 00 2 !.5n: rough heavies, (21.0OJ 21.75: pigs. (21 .00 j 22.75. Cattle Receipts, 477; market steady. Best steers, ( 1 n. 50 fn 11. 25 : medium to choice. (9.00 j9.5o; common to good. (6.00j 8.00; best cows and heifers. (7.507 9.50: common to good. (5 001 7.50; bulls, (0.00j 7.50; calves (7.25 6 12.50. CEREAL MARKETS SLUMP CORX DROPS 2 5 CENTS IX LESS THAX AVEEK. Holders Make Strenuous Efforts to Unload Quick, Owing to Agita tion Against High Prices. CHTCAGO. Aug. 4. Values reeled -wildly downward today in the prain and provision market. Holders of all the commodities on the list engaged in a strenuous effort to unload quirk and thus escape being1 eaufijit in the whirl of the movement against high c ost of necessities. Corn closed f lurrled-4 c to 7c net lower, with September S1.714r l.?!" and December SI .48 fir 1 .4S- . Oatw lost to 3 cents ard provisions $1.10 to $ .25. HeavieHt breaks fhown at the end of the day in the corn market were for December delivery, whi h at the last minute was still falling rapidly, after having dropped, about US cent a a bushel Hi nee lews than a week ago. Inasmuch as the December delivery is the principal future trading equivalent of the lttlfl corn crop, the shrinkage in values which has taken place during the last week might be figured at considerably more than half a billion dollars. Actual cash prices for corn available for Immediate delivery, however, have not been cut more than 10 to 15 cents a bushel in the last week. In oats as well as in corn virtually the sole factor was the bearish influence of agitation over the high cost of living. Talks of large export sales of oats could not b confi rmed. Provisions were for the same reason as grain without any adequate support. Leading futures ranged as follows: COliN. Open High. Low. fringe. Sept Sl" $l.K2 J1.77 1.71 Dec l.il 1.54 1.4S'i 1.4SU OATS. Sept TO .7-l ."fti .TOT, Dec .T-'i'r .7 .73 MESS PORK. Sept 4fl 00 41. 1 4S.0O 4fi.00 I-A KD, sept 3l.s5 s.r.o :;i.o "l.oo Oct r. 2 . :;-" 3 1 . oo 3 1 . oo S PARK TUBS. Sept 2fi.7.- .!n 2r 97 26 03 fash pnevs were is follows: Corn Xo. 2 mixed, l.Sii !.'.'; No. 2 yellow, $1 !5. Oats No. 2 white, tl & ISc; No. S white. Rve .No. 2. $1.5.; 1.54, Par!v l.:;0-& 1.42. Tunoihy $?.v lI.Gk Clover Nomfna I. i-rd ::o.rto. R i bs 25.S0 " 26. 50. Grain at San Franritro. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 4. Flour 8 -8s, $ 12.5U. Grain Wheat. $2 20; oats, red feed. 2 M & 3.05; coi n, California vellow, $3.75 3.95; barley feed. 3.17322, Hay Wheat or wheat an1 oats. $1S17 tame oats. $1517; barley. $1215; alfalfa, $14trl8; barley straw, S0JrS0c. Obituary. B ROWXSVILLE, Or., As. 4. (Spe cial.) Funeral services were held here at the Methodist church yester day for J. F. McKinney who died Fri day at the home of his son, George McKinney. The funeral service was conducted by Rev. R. S. Bishop and in terment took place at the Masonic cemetery. Mr. McKinney was 87 years of aiare. He was an early pioneer in the Willamette valley and a pioneer builder and home-maker in Brownsville. CEXTRAUA. Wash.. Aug. 4. (Spe cial.) Mrs. Ellen S. Sumption. 74 years old.died yesterday afternoon at her home in Tenino, where she had re sided for the past 30 years. The fu neral will be held from the Methodist Episcopal church in Tenino tomorrow afternoon. Mrs. Sumption is survived by four children Mrs. Xellie Robin son, Boston Harbor, Wash.; Mrs. Kittie Swain, Finehurst, Wash.; Joseph E. Sumption. Anacortes, and George Sump tion, Tenino. THE DALLE?, Or., Aug. 4. (Spe cial.) After suffering from an attack of lockjaw, L. R. Baker, manager of the Citizens' Commercial company of Grass Valley, died Saturday morning. Mr. Baker a few days ago ran o splinter into his hand. Infection set in and rapidly spread. Mr. Baker was well known in this section of the state. JEWELERS POST PICKETS EMPLOYERS HELP OCT OXE OF NUMBER ATTACKED BY l.MOX. All Stores Xow Guarded by "Unfair" Banners but Some Are Placed " There by Owners. Substantiation of the announcement early last week by Portland retail jew elers that they would stand together in refusing the "closed shop" demands of the jewelers' union, now on a strike, was given yesterday when the retail jewelers placed their own pickets in front of their establishments to offset the union picketing which has been in progress at Aronson's etore for the past several days. In stationing pickets with placards reading "This store i unfair to organ ized labor," the retail jewelers say they are assisting the Aronson store, which the picketing activities of the strikers has' thus far been eolely confined. Per sons who mighty refuse to patronize Aronson's because of the picketing now find the same condition to exist at all the retail jewelry stores. The retailers said yesterday they might keep their own pickets at work until the strike is broken, as they are determined not to grant the "closed shop" concession of the striking employes. The jewelers' union demands a min imum wage scale of tS6 a week, an eight-hour day and the right, it is eaid, to handle the employment of jewelry workers and watchmakers by the em ployers. The retailers assert they are nov paying more than the scale and are giving an eight-hour day. They will refuse, however, to accede to the losed shop" demand, and they will also insist on the right to do their own employing, irrespective of the wishes of the union. The proprietors also object to the provision which would permit Walking delegates of the union to enter their establishment at any time to con fer with employes. SOIL SURVEY TO BE AIDED Reclamation Service Asks for $2000 for Walla Walla District. WALLA WALLA. Wash.. Aug. 4. The reclamation service will aid in the investigation of the soil which it is pro posed to irrigate under the tive-mile dam project. A. P. Davis, director of the reclamation service, has recom mended to the secretary of the interior that JL'OOO be set aside for this purpose on condition that the state of Wash ington set aside an equal amount for a thorough soil survey of the Lower Snake river lands. If this question is favorably resolved the investigation of the foundation can be considered later, Mr. Davis wrote to the commercial club in a letter received yesterday. WAREHOUSE TO BE RUSHED British Importers Will Have Storage Plant Near Hood River. HTJOD RIVER, Or., Aug:. 4. (Special.) Leasing- from J. F. Thompson track age quarters along- the Mount Hood Railroad company's line, Dan Wuille & Co., British importers, whose north western headquarters are here with A. E. Woolpert as manager, will rush to completion a receiving warehouse and storage plant at Parkdale in the upper valley. The new structure will be built of hollow tile. Mr. Woolpert says that his concern is expecting a heavy tonnage in the upper valley this fall. YAMHILL SAVIWGS GROW $655,288 Increase Over Tear Ago Is Indicated by Report. McMIXNVILLE, Or., Aug. 4. (Spe cial.) Reports of the banking institu tions of Yamhill county, made at the last call of the controller of currency. shows total deposits of $4,243,565.85, an Increase of I665.2S8.68 over those of one year ago. McMinnville' banks have deposits of $1,304,847.23; Newberg, I&98.9S6.16 ; Sher idan. $398,171.55; Yamhill, J301.312.68; Payton, 1 43.61 5.23 ; .Amity, $117,566.03; Carlton. J156.0S4.25; Willamina. $112, 075.12: Lafavclte. $j'2?4 60. PROMPT RELIEF for the acid-distressed stomach try two or three after meals, dissolved on the tongue keep your stomach sweet try Ki-moids the new aid to digestion. 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Stocks broke with a crash today under an avalanche of liquidation and short-selling which embraced an enormous variety of issues and aggregated almost 2,000,000 shares. The break, which ranged from five to almost 20 points in the recent market leaders, was precipitated pri marily by the railway shopmen's strike and the attitude of the railway brother hoods, including the recommendation of the unions that the railroads be taken over by the government. Spread of the movement against high living costs also gave impetus to the devcline, which was the most severe of any session since the beginning of the bull movement some six months ago. The decline started among rails, but almost immediately extended to every orancn oi tne active list, including shares recently much in speculative favor. Among the more severe price impair ments were the investment rails, steels, motors, oils, equipments, shippings and utilities. WOMAN UNDER CAR DROWNS Auto Overturns In Small Stream. Driver Seriously Hurt. EVERETT, .Wash.. Aug. 4. Mary Thornton, aged 20. of liberty Park, a suburb of Seattle, was pinned down by a capsized automobile in a small stream near Index last evening and drowned. Al Rogers, owner and driver of the car, also of Seattle, was also injured. The automobile, in which they and another couple were driving, went off -BUYERS' GUIDE AND REFERENCE DIRECTORY 0F- Wholesalers BOOKS AM) HOLIDAY .( fS THE J. K. CO. Third and Alder St. Main 8500. A 606S CHAIRS. REFD ANI RATTAN IIKNITIKK. HETWOOD BROS. & WAKEFIELD CO. 148-154 North Tenth 8t. Opposite Nortk Bank Depot. Broadway 3061. A 558. CIGARS. PIPES AND TOBACCO. COAST CIGAR CU 123 First Ft. Main 730. M. A. OUNST & CO. 84 North Fifth St. Broadway 28O0. OKPKNDABLE COFFKE, TEAS AND SPICKS. DWIGHT EDWARD? CO. 3- North Front St. Broadway 1341. DRtCS. CLARKE. WOODWARD DRUG CO. Aider at Wcat Park St. Marshall 4700. CLASS. MIRRORS. SASH AND DOORS. CENTRAL DOoK & 1,1' M BE It CO. Thirteenth and Glisan Sis. 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