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THE 3IORNIXG OREGOXIAX. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 12. 1922 .1 CIOITES BEGiH" ! ACTIVE CIPli Five Washington Repre sentatives on Tours. OPPOSITION NOT STRONG Republican Incumbents Start Efforts in General Interest of Party. PUGET SOUND BUREAU, Seattle. TV'ash., Oct. 11. Washington's five representatives in the lower house of congress, all republicans and all candidates for re-election, have be gun active campaigns which will be carried through more for the good of the cause and in the general in terest of their party than because of any particular resistance In. their several districts. In none of the districts- ie the opposition regarded as At all formidable. Only three of the representatives fire working on a definite schedule of speaking engagements. Repre sentative John F. Miller, whose dis trict, the first, is compactly em braced within. Kitsap county and the limits of the City of Seattle, needs no itinerary. He will be heard at numerous meetings arranged for county candidates. Representative John "W. Summers, will keep moving about his district, the fourth, but without fixed engagements. Johnson Campaign Opened. Representative ALbert Johnson opened his second district campaign at Aberdeen on Monday, and from there went to Vancouver.- He is to speak in Chehalis on Friday, October 13; at Mossy Rock, October 14; Puyallup, October 16; Olympla, Oc tober 17; Shelton, October 18; Ta- coma and Puyallup, October 19; Ho quiam, October 2-0. October 26 to 21 inclusive he will be In Pierce county. Lin H. Hadley, representative from the second district, 1 scheduled by counties, to speak under th&ausplces of the various county committees. He started in San Juan county Oc tober 10; Jefferson, October 12; Clal lam, October 13 and 14; King, Oc tober 16 to 19, inclusive; Snohomish, October 23, 24 and 25; Island, Octo ber 26 and 27; Skagit, October 30, 31. and November 1; Whatcom, No vember 2 to 6 inclusive. Mr. Webster Starts Drive. Representative J. Stanley Webster will get Into nearly all the larger cities of his district, the fifth., dur ing the present month. His itinerary ia Bridgeport, October 12; .Brewster, October 13; Twisp, October 14; Kkanogan, October 16; Tonasket, October 17: Chelan. October 19; We- natchee, October 20 ; Leavenworth and Cashmere, October 21; Wilbur October 23; Odessa, October 24; Dav enport, October 25; Chdwelah, Oc tnhftr 27: Colville. October 28: North- port, October 30; lone, October 31; Newport. November -1. Ralph H. Cameron, United States senator from Arizona, will be the first of the national speakers to be heard in this state. Senator Cameron will floeak in Yakima, October 19; Beliingham, October 20; Mount Ver non and other' Skagit county cities, October 21; Hoquiam and Aberdeen, October 23. POINDEXTER IS INDORSED Labor Officials Indorse Record of Washington Senator. PUGET SOUND BUREAU, Seattle, Wash., Oct. 11. W. L. McMenimen. labor member of the railroad board, and J. G. Luhrsen, president of the American Train Dispatchers' asso ciation, strongly indorse the course and candidacy of Senator Poindex ter in telegrams just received by Charles Hebberd, republican state chairman. "The people of Washington should return Senator Poindexter to the senate, telegrapnea Mr. juunrsen. "His re-election is a service the state can render the nation in these days of reconstruction." Both Mr. Luhrsen and Mr. McMen imen are familiar with the course of railroad legislation before congress and the attitude of public officials toward labor. They .say they base their indorsement not only upon what the records show, but also upon the assistance given them by Sen ator Poindexter outside ,the senate chamber. McMenimen, in his tele pram, mentions his opportunities for 'observing closely Senator Poindex ter. He says: "While acting as deputy president of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen at Washington, looking after legislation affecting that or ganization, I had occasion very often to confer with Senator Poin dexter arid always found him hon est, square and sincere; always try ing to do what in. his opinion , he thought to be right and just." President Luhrsen of the train dispatchers says in his telegram: "In Senator Poindexter the state of Washington has an able and forward-looking senator, whom I have observed in action at home and at the national capital. By reason of long service and ability he occupies powerful positions in the United States senate, particu larly on the naval and interstat-2 commerce commission committees. I have found him a sincere student of the vast ramifications of the ele ments that must be carefully con sidered in the intelligent framing of laws governing our railroads. "I recognize the impossibility of pleasing alt groups and conflicting interests involved in our complex life, but on the principle of 'the greatest good to the greatest num ber the people of Washington should return Senator Poindexter to trie senate, and thus not lose the great value of his experience in shaping national legislation. His re-election is a service that the 'state can render the nation in these days of reconstruction." the delivery month, in the firat case, or purchasing a future, in the second. He does not keep tabula tion showing the extenrof his daily interest in the market, he added, de pending on his brokers for that. George E. Macy and W. Benkert, the latter head of the export divi sion of the Armour Grain company, were both questioned about a state ment attributed to Mr. Benkert, that "the Armour Grain company con trols the corn market of North America." Mr. Benkert denied having made such a statement. Speculation Held. Essential. Mr. Macy said the anti-corner rule adopted by the Chicago board of trade last January, providing for a committee to fix a fair price and a proper penalty when contracts can not be fulfilled, had made corners impossible, but that because of the belief long held that it was not com mercially ethical to default, traders had not taken advantage of this protection. "I wouldn't hesitate to let a trade lay if I was short and some was long and I couldn't buy that wheat back at a reasonable price," Marcy declared. "You've got to have speculators to balance the market," he said in an swer to another question. "If you kill that you've hurt the farmer most of all." "The grain speculators, however, have lost so much in the last two or three years carrying grain as it went down that they have gone into the stock market." Arthur Cutten, whose name fig ured in gossip about the "May squeeze" last spring, has been sub poenaed to appear Friday The com mission expects to complete the hearing, which is being held in re sponse to a senate resolution, by Friday night. QUEER LIFE IS LED BY FLYING ROLLERS SectvFinds Profitable Home on Michigan Island. "KING" HANDLES MONEY Followers Trust Their Leader, Receive Xo Wages and Iilving Costs Them Xothlng. WOMEN BUSY IN POLITICS REPUBLICAN FORMED IN CT.UBS BEING WASHINGTON. Mr. Dcvoe, Yice-Cbairman of State Committee, Conducts Iiively Campaign for Party. SEATTLE, Wash., Oct. 11. (Spe cial.) Women, working through their own political clubs, will play an Important part in this year's republican campaign. Before the end of the present week Mrs. Emma Smith Devee of Tacoma, vice-chairman of the re publican state committee, will have organized republican clubs among the women of 15 counties. The num ber my be even larger for Mrs. De voe saye that everywhere she has found the women prepared for or ganization and anxious to get Into active political work. Mrs. Devoe now is in southwest ern Washington. She was in Ray mond last night and today is in Kelso. She goes from Cowlitz coun ty to "Vancouver, then to Steven son and Goldendale. Her itinerary for the coming week is uncertain, but before the end of the campaign the women voters throughout the state will be organized and active. It will be up to the women them selves to make their organizations permanent, but they will have Mrs. Devoe'a active assistance in any ef fort they make for the party. County presidents reported by Mrs. Devoe up to date have been elected as follows: Pierce, Mrs. Arthur R. Warren, Ta coma; Kittitas, Mrs. James McDowell, Eilensburg-; Yakima, Mrs. J. L. Hushes, Yakima; Benton, Mrs. O. K. Williamson, Prosser; Franklin, Miss Martha Ledge wood, Pasco; Walla Walla, Mrs. Alblna Baumeister, Walla Walla: Mrs. H. W. Push, Colfax; Spokane, Mrs. J. A. Note ware, Spokane; King, Mrs. J. M. Thatch er, Seattle; Grays Harbor, Mrs. Henry McCleary; Lewis, Mrs. C. H. Sears, Cen tra 11a. ARMOUR REFUSES LIGHT (Cnnilnu From Fir Pag. but watch the market, is that it?' an examiner asked . "I wouldn't say that," the witness replied. "Well, how do you determine what to do?" "Judging by general conditions, just as you would in buying or selling land or anything else." Mr. Murdock brought out that Mr. Armour gives little personal atten tion to his market operations, leav ing the details mainly in the hands of Mr. Marcy or other associates or subordinates. Deliveries Xot Made. "Do you consider your transac tions stabilize the market?" he was asked. "No, sir, I don't." He had never actually received any grain when he was "long" or delivered any when he was "short.' tie said, always selling out before PRIMARY QUERY ASKED Candidate for Governor of Idaho Questioned as to Stand. BOISE. Ida., Oct. 11. (Special.) C. C. Moore, republican candidate for governor, was asked today by J. H. Richards, prominent repub lican and lawyer of Boise, to make clear to the people of this state his attitude on the direct primary. In an open letter Mr. Richards says: I trust you to answer the fol lowing question in such manner as to you may deem best: 'If elected governor of Idaho at the coming election and a repub lican majority of the next legisla ture of this state enacts a rea sonably good primary law, would you approve it or veto it?" Glee Club to Take Tours. PACIFIC ITXIVERSITY, Forest Grove, Or., Oct. 11. (Special.) The men's glee club held their first re hearsal last night and elected new members to fill the vacancies left through graduation. Professor C. W. Lawrence, director of the con servatory of music, will direct the club. The club will make two con cert tours this winter. The mem bers ar,e: First tenors, Bert Sparks, Forest Grove; Watt Long, Rainier; Veel Stanley, Tillamook; Leslie Emmerson, Forest Grove; second tenors, John Garrigus, Banks; Ell" Stebbins. Camas. Wash.; Leonard Alley, Portland; McCoy, Forest Grove; baritones, Cleo Howell, Ore gon City ; John Conroy, Knappa; Hal verson, Forest Grove; Frost, Forest Grove; bassos, Fred Dysel, Hills boro; Dean Sellers, Banks; Thorson Bennett, Milton. Postal Receipts Increase, ABERDEEN. Wash., Oct. 11. (Special.) Postal receipts in Aber deen for the quarter ended Septem ber 30 how an increase of 25 per cent over the same period last year. Receipts for the 1922 quarter were $15,408.72, while those for the same ouarter iast year were $12,206.45. Treasury s a v i ng s certificates amounting to $27,183 were sold dur ing tiie 1922 quarter by the local department. Read The Oresronian classified ads ST. JAMES, Mich., Oct. 11. On High island, near here, lives what is probably the most unique colony in the world. The "Flying Rollers.55 a religious sect, whose leader is "King" Benjamin Purnell. After years of alleged persecution from sheriffs and prosecuting attorneys they shook the state of Michigan and established themselves in the middle of Lake Michigan. Benton Harbor was the colony's last stopping place. Too many wives for the men of the ect proved their undoing. "King Ben jamin" saw the possibilities in the Immense tracts of lumber on High Island and moved the colony there. "King Benjamin" is probably very wealthy, but his cohorts know nothing of this, and while they make the money for him they are content to trust their leader and never ask what becomes of it. Wages. Are Unknown. On High island wages are un known and there is not a single recognized means of trade. The men are mostly of the quiet, phlegmatic type, heavily bearded and scantily clad; content to do what daily work they desire and ask no questions. They seldom speak to one another during the day. The women almost never are seen. They are said to be of a spiritless type. One writer who visited the island characterized them as almost "cattle." The principal business of the sect Is lumber. They are exceedingly good judges of timber, it is said. More than 300,000 feet of the choic est lumber is carried down the lake yearly in the sect's boats. It is sold and the money turned over to "King Benjamin, who, it is said, never ac counts to the tribe for it. In addi tion, theie are almost countless boatloads of poles, stakes and cheap timber shipped out yearly. Huge Sawmill Operated. ' On the island is a hugo sawmill where lumber is made ready for market. It is mannea by about 30 men, bearded and all more than 50 years of age. These men never talk during their work and everything goes on smoothly and syste matically. There is no "boss." The men have no hours. When they want to rest they quit work and go directly to the community house. Another group comes down at once to take the place of those who have left the mill. No questions are asked and each seems to have an exact idea of when he is supposed to. work. The same rule applies to j the men who cut the timber. j Uvinsr Costa Nothing. In the community mess hall. sleeping quarters and community store every one gets his goods for nothing. The community is housed in cottages. The yare vegetarians. A 100-acre farm supplies all their needs and allows a surplus to ship to city markets. Another rapidly growing Indus try on the island is the preparation of paper pulp ana chemical wood products. All work is done on the same basis as the mill work. Every section of the island is spotlessly clean, although the resi dents are scantily dressed. A suit of overalls seems to suffice for the men. The Flying Rollers have llced on the island for eight years. They are said to be the gentliest persons alive. In fact, it is said they keep one man constantly busy chasing squirrels away from their crops, as these little animals have become so numerous that if let alone they would destroy all the gardens. The Flying Rollers will not kill them and they will not even eat and kill the fish which abound near the island. ASTORIA POLITICS QUIET Contests for Offices Practically Confined to City Ticket. ASTORIA, Or., Oct. 11. (Special.) Aside from the contests for the city offices of mayor and commis sioners, in which there promises to be a spirited battle, there will be practically no scramble for local offices at the coming general elec tion, nearly all the candidates, jex cepting thase of constable for Astoria having no opposition. C. W. Hawley is unappdsed for representative in congress from this district, as are J- A. Eakin for cir cuit judge, Mrs. W. S. Kinney for state senator, O. I. Petersen fbr county commissioner and R. W. Skallerud, W. A. Tyler and G. Clif ford Barlow for port commissioners. E. N. Hurd and James W. Mott are the only candidates for representa tives to the legislature, whose names will appear on the ballot, but it is said the Ku Klux Klan has indorsed A. A. .Person in opposi tion to James W. Mott and is ad vocating that his name be written on the ballot. inialt a. h Glloibes You mm t s Urn.; - f; ? ;ee toese new yereoais Smart style, handsome fabric and Society Brand tailoring. You must see them; the makers have never produced anything finer. We are proud of them, of course; that's because they'll give 6o much winter comfort and satisfaction to the well-dressed man. Many of them come in Matterhorn Diagonals, new fabrics for Society Brand. Pronounced diagonal weave, the richer shades with warmly-colored rug backs and contrasting backs. Society Brand Clothes range in price from $40 to $65 Unusual Values at $50 THE STORE FOR . MEN FT? The Quajl-,tv SYORH mrrm of Portland f THIRD FLOOR 1 r.i ft i, vim M(n m tu . .tu m ' today for an additional supply of trout which will be planted in other nearby streams in western Ltewis county. The trout fry in question came originally from the eyeing station at Packwood lake, then were hatched at the Chambers creek hatchery near Tacoma. Rainbow Trout Are Planted. CHEHALIS. Wash., Oct. 11. Special.) County - Game Warden Beusch yesterday, planted 15.000 rainbow trout fry in Coal creek. Just east- of Chehalis; also 15,000 in IMllenbaugh creek, southeast of the city. He returned to Tacoma 90 psr cent of dl diseases can ba rased directly to consfipslisn! Bishop to Honor Veteran Priest. HOOD RIVER, OT.. Oct. 11. (Spe- pial.) FUgrht Rev. Joseph McGrath. bishop of the Baker aiocese or tne church, and 20 priests of various northwestern cities, will be here to morrow to attend the celebration of the 50th anniversary of investment in the robes of the Franciscan order of . Rev. Father Maximilian Klein, now pastor of the Catholic church at Burns. The celebration will be held at St. Mary's church, where Father Maximilian was pastor for many years. BUTTE, Mont. Morrison cavern, 45 miles southeast of here and said to have been discovered in 1905 by George Morrison, has been placed under th supervision of the super intendent of national parks and re named the Lewis and Clark cave in i An 3, yon ean permanently rid your self of this dangerous condition, by the daily use of a delicious, appeti ine cereeJ-Kellogg's BRAN, cooked and krombled 1 Don 't let constipation "get away" with yon or any of your family! Don't neglect such danger signals as bad breath, coated tongue, brain fag, feverish headaches, bad taste! No matter how slight the eymptoms, TIGHT CONSTIPATION I It is deadly, one it gets its grip on your system! Physicians indorse Kellogg 's Bran, cooked and krombled, for constipation because it is nature's food and he cause it relieves constipation per manently. The only caution, is to eat Bran regularly and then the eeverest ease can be combated successfully I Eat at least two.tablespoonfuls daily; in chronic cases, eat Bran with each meal! Remits will astonish you! Bran eanses no irritation or discomfort. It sweeps and cleans and purines, leay ing the eliminative tract in healthy, active condition that throws off the poisons and keeps you free from dangerous toxic conditions t You should know that Bran not only permanently relieves constipa tion, but is one of the most wonderful of foods. It is rich in all elements upon which, the body thrives mineral salts, proteins, fats, carbo-hydrates. Bran does wonderful work for chil dren, making them strong and robust ! Eat Kellogg 's Bran as a cereal or sprinkled over your favorite cereal its nut-like flavor is delicious. Or, use it in countless palate-appealing ways 'for baking and cooking. Buy Kellogg ' Bran, cooked and krombled, irom all grocers. LAST 2 DAYS The best picture yet made by this charming star. BUSTER KEATON in "The Paleface" all laugh. BOBBY BUMP, the cartoon kid, in something "different" , Knowles' Picture Players TOD A Y honor of the famous explorers. The cavern has a collection of stalaci tites and stalagmites which is said to have few rivels In the country. After the proper lighting has been installed the large underground natural museum will he opened to the public. The mouth of the passage way to the cave Is at th! summit of a limestone cliff 1200 feet above the Jefferson river. The main room of the cave Is larne enough to permit holding large meerfnff there. COMING SATURDAY THEODORE ROBERTS IN "THE OLD HOMESTEAD" THIS fi felV WEEK H Jj Vi ONLY 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 m (? ? 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