TIIE 3IORXING OREGOMAX. TUESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1020
CALIFORNIA VOTE '
TODAY IMPORTANT
Republicans to Nominate
Phelan's Opponent.
INCUMBENT NOW STRONG
Competent Observers in Southern
State Xot as Sure of Victory
as .Leaders in Aew York.
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good deal of a hazard to political
prophets and to party managers as
well.
However, even those observers who
believe that the republican party
managers are not justified in their
confidence about taking Senator Phe
lan's. seat away from him, would hes
itate to go so far as to predict that
California will go for Cox as against
Harding. On this last point, the
truth is that both nominations were
a disappointment. The California
public takes little Interest in either
nominee. By reason of this apathy,
the popular vote in the primaries to
morrow will probably be small.
the race which ends tomorrow. They
are A. J. Wallace of Los Angeles;
Samuel Shortridge of San Francisco,
and William Kent, also of San Fran
cisco. Among these three contestants, the
elements of the state are divided and
crisscrossed in such and intricate way
that it is not easy to make the situa
tion clear to folks outside the state.
One division is simple: Wallace comes
from the southern part of the state
and the other two come from the
north.
In California sectional sentiment
counts more than in any other state.
The south is determined, as a matter
of precedent and right, to have one
of the two senators; and as the con
tinuing member, Hiram ' Johnson
comes from San Francisco, the south
in this present contest is pretty solid
ly for Wallace.
Lou Angclea Man 'Withdrawn.
There was a second man In the
race from Los Angeles, but he was
persuaded to withdraw in order that
Wallace might have all the southern
strength.
Wallace will also have most of the
extreme "dry" vote, although a few
of the prominent prohibitionists of
the state are working for Kent. (The
"wet" strength will go generally to
Shortridge.) . Wallace has been a
long-time prohibitionist and all his
life-time has been identified with
what California speaks of as "The
church element" which element is
here as everywhere pronouncedly
"dry."
Wallace also, at the start of his
campaign had a monopoly of the
more ardent position in favor of the
league of nations. He was for it
strongly. During recent months,
however, he seems to have whittled
down his position in something like
the same proportion that the official
republican position in the nation was
whittled down by Harding in his noti
fication speech a degree of recanta
tion on Wallace's part which provides
the occasion for most of the humor in
the present California campaign.
I. ensue lur Not Well Defined.
This league of nations issue, how
ever, is not sufficiently defined among
the various candidates to make the
primary the sort of demonstration
from which anything very accurate
can be deduced as to just how Cali
fornia now feels on this subject.
The candidate who is most avow
edly anti-league of nations Is Samuel
Shortridge of San Franciscd. Short
ridge is an old-line republican, but
during the last year he embraced the
position taken by Senator Johnson of
extreme opposition to the league. He
campaigned for Senator Johnson in
the presidential primaries and was a
conspicuous illustration of that ex
traordinary rearrangement of fellow
ships which occurred in California
politics when Johnson and the old
guard got together this year.
Many of Johnson's followers are
working in behalf of this old-line re
publican, although Johnson personally
seems to continue in the position of
"sitting on the front porch and look
ing down at the bay," a quaint phrase
Invented by Johnson, which has come
to have a definite meaning and is
current in discussions of all sorts of
aspects of politics throughout the
country. .
Kent In Third Candidate.
The third candidate is William
Kent.
Kent is as well known in Washing
ton as in San Francisco, and for that
reason everybody in Washington
rather hopes that Kent will win.
Washington without Kent would be
a duller place to live in. Kent in
the senate would give that body some
of the flavor and pungency it used
to get from John Sharp Williams,
and years ago from Vest of Arkansas,
or that congress used to get from
Thomas D. Reed.
Unhappily, probably, the very qual
ities which endear Kent to Washing
ton will be a handicap t ohim In his
present contest.
Kent Is a brilliant maverick. In
one of his terms in the lower house
he was officially described as a re
publican; in another term he was the
only man in the house who wafi offi
cially designated as an "independent."
Wilson Stand Also Taken.
.Further than this, Kent, a few
years ago. consorted a good deal with
that class of republicans who were
then known as "insurgents," and also
was known to have a good deal of
sympathy with the progressive party.
Finally one of the things that now
count against him in the role of can
didate for a republican nomination
for the senate Is the fact that in
various utterances and acts-on iso
lated occasions he has stood up for
President Wilson.
Of course. If truly understood, what
this means Is not that Kent has
changed, but that events have done a
lot of changing in the last half dozen
years or so. Kent is still where he
always has been, an impulsive man
of independent mind and boldly im
petuous temperament. It's the world
that has been gyrating around, not
Kent. But, of course, the world Isn't
going to see it that way.
Kent Regarded as Kccntrle.
Just because the eccentricities of
events have operated to place a new
and different party label on Kent
every two years, the world concludes
that it Is Kent, and not the world.
tnat is eccentric.
It is this reputation that 13 Kent's
greatest handicap in his present ef
fort. This is no year for nonconfor
mists, and Kent Is the stuff of which
nonconformists are made. This Is a
year for old slow-and-sure. That de
scription, in the present California
campaign, is best fitted by Shortridge,
who is described as a "reliable old-
line republican.
No matter who gets this republican
nomination, nearly every competent
observer believes he will have a hard
time beating Fhelan in November.
Fhelan is very popular, and Califor
nla has come to be an extremely
volatile state.
Small Vote Is Kiprolrd.
A state which In 1916 could on one
and the same day give a majority of
suu.uuu to a republican for the senate
and a majority of 4000 to a democrat
LEAGUE AID NOT WANTED
Two Idaho Democrats Spurn Sup-
port of Xon-Partisans.
BOISE, Idaho, Aug. 30. (Special.)
W. P. Whitaker, democratic candidate
for representative in congress, and
Ross W. Bates, nominee on the demo
cratic ticket for attorney-general,
who were also nominated by petition
procedure for the same offices by the
non-partisan league, have withdrawn
as league candidates. Their resigna
tions from the ticket were received by
Robert O. Jones, -secretary of state,
today.
There were about 3000 names at
tached to the petitions nominating the
league candidates and the withdraw
als are the first to be made.
At the time Whitaker was nomi
nated by the league at its Nampa con
vention he issued a statement declar
ing the action was taken without his
knowledge and that be was a demo
crat and proposed to remain one.
Bates is a former resident of Boise,
now located at Pocatello, where he is
practicing law. He served overseas
with the aviation department.
PARTNERS ARE AT OUTS
H. E. Crane Sues for Dissolution
and Appointment of Receiver.
KLAMATH FALLS. Or., Aug. 30
(Special.) H. E. Crane has sued Louis
N. Rahn and Edith Rahn for dissolu
tion of partnership, and appointment
of a receiver for the Crane Lumber
company.
Under the partnership agreement
Crane built a mill to saw lumber on
the Rahn ranch. Dispute arose after
the mill was in operation, plaintiff
alleges, and defendants threatened
arrest of plaintiff and the loggers
in his employ. Opposition hampered
development and debts accumulated.
August 15 the mill burned. The- in
surance company because of actions
and conduct of defendants, plaintiff
says, cancelled the insurance.
As salvage from the fire, there re
main 300,000 feet of sawed lumber
and 250,000 feet ot logs. The lumber
has been sold, but defendants locked
the lumber yard and plaintiff could
not deliver. .
TEACHER SHORTAGE, PAST
Xotiee in Oregonian of "Wasco
County's Xeeds All Sufficient.
THE DALLES, Or.. Aug. 30. (Spe.
cial.) "School applications' from
teachers for Wasco county are now
more than sufficient and coming in
every day." said A. E. Gronenwald,
county superintendant of schools.
Ten days ago The Oregonian pub
lished an article telling of the short
age of teachers in Wasco county and
the office of the superintendant has
been flooded ever since, according to
Mr. Gronenwald.
"All of the schools now have teach
ers," said Gronenwald, "and some of
them have two that had none before
the article appeared."
NEW INDUSTRY PROMISING
Morrow County Has Deposit of
Valuable Road Material.
HEPPNER, Or., Aug. 30. Morrow
county has developed a new industry
which may prove of considerable im
portance in road building at Morgan,
about 30 miles southwest of Heppner,
near the Oregon-Washington highway.
A deposit of white alkali earth is
being mined and shipped in carload
ots to a big -construction company
operating In western Oregon for use
in road paving.
The material is mixed with cement
in proper proportions and applied as
a top dressing on hard-surface work
and it is said that when properly
set It becomes as hard as marble
and entirely impervious to moisture.
for president obviously constitutes
RYE BRINGS $58 A TON
2 0 Bushels of Wheat Is Yield in
Prosser, Wash., District.
PROSSER, Wash., Aig. 30. (Spe
cial.) Rye is selling as high as $58 a
ton in this locality, and according to
buyers this year's crop is of excellent
grain,
The wheat crop in the Horse Heaven
and Rattlesnake districts which are
both tributary to Prosser, Is yield
ing better returns' than was at first
expected. In some localities the yield
is more than 20 bushels per acre, al
though a fair average would be
around 12 bushels. The grain is of
good quality, but owing to the pres
ent price, $2.20 a bushel, many farm
ers are holding out for higher prices.
KLAMATH READY FOR FAIR
Premium Lists Complete; Grounds
Purchase to Be Voted On.
KLAMATH FALLS, Or., Aug. 30.
(Special.) Premium lists for the Kla
math county fair, to be held Septem
ber 24 and Jo, are completed.
The boys' and girls club department
wiH be one of the strong features.
The fair will be held at the
county farm. Petitions are ready for
circulation to place on the November
ballot a proposal to levy a. special tax
of one mill on each dollar of asses
sed valuation to provide permanent
grounds and buildings for countty
fair purposes.
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TRADITION THROWN TO THE WINDS!
Regardless of continued high manufacturing costs, we inaugurate, beginning on Tues
day, a five days' sale of
Every Suit and Overcoat in
tore at
ISC
Select your new Fall or Winter Suit or Overcoat and 25 of the marked price will be
deducted from your sales slip.
$50 Garments $37.50
$65 Garments $48.75
$75 Garments $56.25
$100 Garments $75
Positively no clothing charged during this sale. This is a strictly cash sale, and held in
order to immediately reduce our clothing stock, which is $20,000 in excess of normal.
Sale opens Tuesday, August 31st, and ends on Saturday, September 4th.
FIVE DAYS ONLY
A most unusual opportunity to purchase the finest tailored clothing in America.
WINTHROP HAMMOND CO,
CORRECT APPAREL FOR MEN.
127 SIXTH STREET
' Between Washington and Alder Streets
Established 1884 Successors to Buffum & Pendleton
MINT HARVEST IS NEAR
Klamath County's First Crop to
Yield 6 0 Pounds Oil to Acre.
KLAMATH FALLS, Or., Aug. 30.
(Special.) Harvest of the first pep
permint crop grown in the county will
start within "a few days. A still is be
ing erected on the 40-acre mint
tract, planted this year by J. W. Sie
mens, U. V. Mattern and James Wat
kins, Jr., on Upper Klamath lake.
The crop looks well and the owners
estimate it will produce a minimum
of- 60 pounds of oil an acre. Prepar
ation of a 500 acre tract on the Cal
edonia marsh, for planting next year,
has started.
t Surety Shop Incorporates.
SALEM. Or., Aug. 30. (Special.)
The Surety Shop, with headquarters in
Portland, has been incorporated by C.
W. Hunter. Edward J. Brazell and
George F. Brlce. The capital stock
Is $10,000. The Pacific Western Lum
ber company of Portland has been In
corporated by K. J. Phillips, W. W.
Dean and Fred W. Knapp. The capital
stock is J1U.0U0.
Read The Oregonian classified aja.
STATE FILES FOR
ACTIOX BELIEVED FIRST IX-
STA.CE OX RECORD.
Reclamation Board Notifies Fed
eral Commission of Course to
. Protect Right to Site.
OLYMPIA, Wash.. Aug. 30. (Spe
cial.) Action of the state reclama
tion board in notifying the federal
power commission of its purpose to
take steps to protect its priority
rights to a power site a Five-Mile
rapids on the Snake river is believed
by members of the board to be the
first instance on record of a state
filing on a power site.
A telegram sent today by the board
calls attention to the fact that the
state has expended more than $10,000
n Investigating the site, which it de
clares will be most serviceable if de
veloped in irrigating 60.000 acres of
land in Franklin and 40,000 acres in
Walla Walla county. The message
also states that the United States rec
lamation service and the state are
now making investigations of the
water requirements for these lands.
after which it is expected an irriga
tion district will be formed to under
take development.
Application to the board for1 the
sale of $40,000 worth ot bonds of the
Burbank irrigation district was made
by a delegation from the district, and
the board authorized the appointment
of R. K. Tiffany of Spokane as en
gineer to make an Investigation of.the
project. The Burbank delegation ap
peared before the board, accompa
nied by Representative W. H. Kirk
man of Walla Walla county and Rep
resentative Cyrus Happy Jr. of Spokane.
MITCHELL PLANS BIG TIME
"Fan 'Em AH" Will Be Held Sep
tember 0, 10 and 11.
FOSSIL, Or., Aug. 30. (Special.)
Wheeler county residents are look
ing forward to two events tjie com
ing month.
The "Fan-'Em-AH" at Mitchell, to
be held September 9, .10 and ,11, will
be the event of the year to people
in that part of the county. Prizes
are offered for the bucking horse
contest, steer bulldogging, bareback
riding, wild steer riding and many
other contests.
The seventh annual exhibition of
the Wheeler County Fair association
will be held at Fossil, September 23
and 24.
Crops and gardens have been un
usually good this year. Cash prem
iums will be given in all departments.
NEGRO SUSPECT IN COURT
Alleged Assailant of White Woman
Pleads Not Guilty.
THE DALLES. Or., Aug. 30. (Spe
cial.) Tom Clifton, negro, charged
with an attempted assault on Winnie
Miksch, 19, In the Glen-wood hotel
Friday night, was arraigned this
morning before J. W. Allen, justice of
the peace. Clifton entered a plea of
not guilty, and his hearing was set for
10 A. M. Tuesday.
Sheriff Christman brought Clifton
back from Hood River Saturday,
where officers arrested him on infor
mation from The Dalles. Nearly 200
men were at the station when the
train arrived, but the crowd was quiet
and there was no demonstration.
plentiful and wages good, but most
crews are waiting until sufficient
cars arrive to ship the lumber.
Pastor Rejects Seattle Call.
MEDFORD. Or., Aug. 30. (Special.)
Hew r. K. Millard, pastor of the lo
cal Christian church, who received" a
long-distance telephbne message Fri
day night from the president of the
Eugene Bible college offering him a
call to the Christian church at Seat
tle, Wash., which position would con
nect him with the Bible school in the
University of Washington in Seattle.
has decided to reject the offer, despite
its increased salary, and retain hia
pastorate in Medford.
Don't depend upon other drivers to
prevent accidents they may be just
as reckless as you are and just as ig
norant of the traffic rules.
Relish!
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IKE the relish of work well done of
play well performed of friendship
well gained of hospitality well dispensed
is the infinite relish of
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ripened as of old.
Virginia-Dare is the finest among all pure food
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' Sold Everywhere.
Delightful plain, or mixed as you would a cock
tail, highball, punch, cobbler or rickey.
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the problem of social entertainment
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Only Amtricttu Prducm Grnuini Beveragt Win
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Car Shortage Hampers Mills.
WILLAMINA, Or.. Aug. 30. (Spe
cial.) The car shortage is hampering
the mills In this section. Men are
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Discount
on-
Portraits
of Children Only
During September
by the
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tubto
328 Pittock Block
Bdwy. 4544
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Regular,' During
Per September,
Dozen. I'er Dozen.
$ 20.00 less 25 net $15.00
$ 25.00 less 25 ret $18-75
$ 36.00 less 25 net $27.00
$ 45.00 less 25 net.. . .$33.75
$ 65.00 less 25 net $48.75
$ 80.00 less 25 net. . . .$60.00
$100.00 less 25 net $75.00
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September 25th
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- with the batter. You just add water from the nearest spring and
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hungriest campf ul of campers.
We mix sweet, powdered milk and corn sugar right in with the choice buck
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