THE SPKDAY OKEGONIAN. POKTLAOT), SKKl'EMBEE 21, 1S02.
LABOR UNION SIDE OF CASE
PRESIDENT HARRY'S VERSION
DRYOOCK CONTROVERSY.
OP
He Arnm-cM Mclsaac, Accusing: Him
of Injuring Portland and Misstating-
Fncts About Shipbuilding.
The letter of C. H. Mclsaac. secretary
of the Manufacturers' Association, to the
Federated Trades Council, explaining the
reasons why the drydock Is not to be built
on the "Willamette River, which was pub
lished in The Oregonlan of September 19,
has called forth a vigorous reply from
G. T. Harry, president of the Oregon State
Federation of Labor. This takes the form
of a communication to The Oregonlan,
and Iz as follows:
Portland. Sept. 20. (To the Editor.)
That the letter from Mr. C. H. Mclsaac
uuroortine to express the sentiment of
the Manufacturers' Association may not
mislead those unacaualnted with the busi
ness conditions governing the shipbuilding
industry or our port, I asK tne indulgence
of space In your columns for this com
municntion. In the first place we want to protest
that Mr. Mclsaac does not express 'the
sentiment or belief of the members of that
association, and we object to any of our
business associations being placed In the
position of -decrying the advantages of
their own town for business enterprises.
The entire article is full of misstatements,
which could have been avoided had Mr.
Mclsaac Interviewed some one other than
the contractor and the chairman of the
Port of Portland Commission, both of
whom made the statements contained In
his letter to the committee from the Fed
erated Trades. "We are much pleased to
Zcrce from him the admission that there
are available sites on the Willamette
River where this work cbuld be done.
Now it the Port of Portland Commission
will publish to the world the same admis
sion, the harm done our port by their
former contention will be to some extent
lessened.
IIqtt Contract "Was Let.
One of the members of the commission
stated to this committee that he had
looked for and could not find a site in our
harbor. According to Mr. Mclsaac there
was an understanding between the suc
cessful bidder and the Commission before
the bids were opened, wherein they con
spired that, rather than have members
of labor unions, who help pay the taxes,
do this work and the business public, who
pay the balance of this tax, have the
benefit of its circulation, they would ap
prove any site selected by him as long
as it was not In Portland. "The contract
was made with these facts In view." No
other bidder was placed in possession of
these facts, except Mr. "Wakefield, else
there would have been a less price named
and the Cltv of Portland saved a further
sum of money. This contract was event
ually let to Mr. Wakefield in executive
session, after a whispered conversation
between Mr. Wakefield and the chairman
of the Commission. Why an executive
seslon? Because the real reasons would
not look well in print. See report of meet
ings in Oregonlan of July 26 and 27. ,
Rates of Wages in Labor.
Another reason given by Mr. Mclsaac
is the price of lumber "cheaper in Van
couver than. here." Now let us see If
the City Retail Lumber Company, or the
sawmill men's trust, has anything to do
with the shipbuilding industry In Port
land. Here are some figures: Eight
months ago the class of lumber used in
the construction of the drydock was 514
per thousand; the lowest price obtainable
today is $20 for the same lumber. Within
that time lumber prices have been ad
vanced four different times, the last ad
vance since the perfection of the City
Retail Lumber Company, amounting to
about 25 per cent less than three months
ago. Probably best to say nothing about
this, Mr. Mclsaac, because the lumber mill
men belong to the Manufacturers' Asso
ciation, and they might stop your salary
as secretary.
"There are no new boats of any conse
quence being built here now." This is
not true, and could have been known by
Mr. Mclsaac, had he gone for his Infor
mation where 1 obtained this to the con
tracting boatbuilders themselves, to the
boatyards. There is not an idle ship car
penter In Portland today. One shipyard
has under way a new vessel for the United
States Government, let In open compe
tition; another is building some new
scows, public work, let in the same man
ner, and still another has under construc
tion one of the finest and undoubtedly the
fastest passenger boats ever built In Port
land harbor.. This boat was designed In
Seattle, and the contract was let in open
competition, and the bids were made for
this work after the ship carpenters were
allowed the eight-hour day. When com
pleted she will not run on either the Wil
lamette or Columbia Rivers. This vessel
vlll cost, when completed, over $40,000.
And don't forget the shipyards are busjn
ana there are no idle snip carpenters in
Portland. This does not look as If the
labor unions had killed the shipbuilding in
dustry, and we don't propose that the sec
retary of the Manufacturers' Association
shall klll.lt, even though only In his Im
agination. No increase In Wages Made.
Here Is another misstatement. "Wages
today are from $3 50 to $4 for eight hours
and two years ago ship carpenters received
from $3 to $3 50 for 10 hours." Had ne
asked any employer of this class of me
chanics, ne would have been told that
wages today are $3 50 for eight hours,
and two years aco ship carpenters re
ceived $3 50 per day for nine hours. There
has been no change until this Summer,
when the dav's labor was reduced to eight
hours at the same rate of pay. All .the
building trades and some others work
eight hours, and were Mr. Mclsaac ever
to work, ha would, like us, think eight
hours enough for one day. All the other
statements by him are as far from the
facts as those mentioned above, which can
easily be proven by honest Inquiry from
those Interested In the welfare of the city.
We ire ready to and do believe that the
Manufacturers' Association is "trying to
build up the industrial growth of Port
land," but we fear a failure If too much
latitude is given its secretary in handling
its correspondence.
Speaking of the labor organizations, Mr.
Mclsaac says: "They are alive, progres
sive bodies." Regret that we can not re
turn the compliment. Also this: "I do not
mean to be understood as championing
the cause of labor and unionism not by
any means." There is no danger of your
being misunderstood; your job Is not In
jeopardy for that reason. You don't really
know very well what you are trying to
do, or what great harm you are doing the
Manufacturers' Association and the City
of Portland. You only know you are try
ing to pull Wakefield's and Banfleld's
chestnuts out of the fire. , Look out, or
you will get your fingers burned.
G. Y. HARRY,
President Oregon State Federation of
Labor.
says he needs a pilot in going about town.
In early days he did a good deal of
freighting from Yamhill to Portland, and
knew every business man In the place at
that time. He misses the large fir stumps
near which he often camped.
J. H. Hlland. traffic manager of the Chi
cago, Milwaukee & St. Paul; J. W. Bla
bon. third vice-president of the Great
Northern; J. C. Edon. Western traffic
manager of the same company, and W. H.
S. Wright, of St. Paul; George W. Porter
and George H. Partridge, of Minneapolis,
left last evening for their homes, after
spending yesterday in Portland. All
ere on a pleasure trip, but the railroad
officials combined a little business with
their pleasure.
DAMAGE TO MINES.
Fugitive Tells of Wild Flight From
Doomed Camps in Mountains.
Daniel O'Connell. who was blacksmith
at the Skamania mine of the Washougal
Copper Company prior to the fire, arrived
in Portland yesterday from Washougal.
He was ac th Skamania mine when the
forest fire reached that place, and so rapid
was the progre. s of the -fire that he and
others barely tescaped with their lives. He
says that neither the Skamania nor the
Last Chance mines was injured, but the
Improvements and machinery suffered
great damage. He thinks the loss to the
mining company's property will reach
$100,000. Millions of feet of timber were
burned, and this will be a loss unless it
is logged within three years."
Wind Fanned Flames.
Mr. O'Connell says that fires had been
burning In the hills around the mines for
a week prior to Tuesday, September 11,
but that on that day a strong wind sprang
up and started the fires burning fiercely.
At 4 o'clock in the morning Thursday the
heavens- were red with the reflection of
the fires, but soon the smoke became so
dense that no light of the fire could be
seen. At 7 o'clock O'Connell went down
In the shaft of the Skamania mine to do
some work, but had been there only a few
minutes when an alarm was given and he
was drawn up. The fire was then ap
proaching rapidly, and families were get
ting their clothing ready for a hasty de
parture, v
Lon Wright, the freighter at Bear Prai
rie, six miles away, had already been
telephoned for, and had replied that he
would start immediately with five wagons.
It soon became apparent that it would
not be safe for the people to wait for tne
wagons, so they abandoned their property,
placed the company's books In the tunnel
of the mine and started down to the Last
Chance mine, 14 miles away. Here they
were met by the teams and were taken to
Bear Prairie, where they were safe. The
fire was so close upon them that If they
had remained 15 minutes longer It would
have crossed the road ahead of them and
they would have perished. There were
about 45 people at the two mines, includ
ing 15 women and children.
Almost Cut Off by Fire.
John Stopplecamp, the blacksmith at
the Last Chance mine, remained behind
to secure some property an"d was cut off
by the fire. He saved his life only by
going into the tunnel and staying there 24
hours.
Mr. O'Connell says that the explosion
of the powder magazine at the Skamania
mine probably did more good than harm.
It blew the top. off the building which
covered the machinery, and thereby saved
the machinery from some injury by fire.
The magazine at the Last Chance mine
was hidden In the tunnel, and did not ex
plode. Can't Resume Work This Year.
Mr. O'Connell is of the opinion that the
machinery may be repaired, but the dam
age is so great that the cost of repairs
will be enormous. "
As the sawmill was burned and the road
covered with fallen trees, It is not prob
able that any repairs can be made so as
to-put the mine In working order before
the roads are softened by Fall rains. The
mill must first be replaced In order to saw
timbers to rebuild the mine buildings. He
does not expect to see mining operations
resumed until next Summer.
PERSONAL MENTION.
J. C. Haas, a mining man of Spokane,
Is at the Portland.
W. C. Rutter, of Seattle, a former State
Senator, Is at the Imperial.
Mr. and Mrs. William Laycock are in
. the city from Fort Stevens, and are at
the Imperial.
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Hall have returned
from a four months' visit among friends
and relatives In the East.
D. A. McAllster, a former member of
the Legislature, is In the city from La
Grande, and is a guest at the Perkins.
O. S. Wlckland, who is In charge of
the life-saving station at Fort Stevens,
is at the Imperial with his wife and
daughter.
Will B. Wheeler, who has been play
ing the part of T. Rush Thompson in "A
Thoroughbred Tramp," left last night for
Spokane to join Miss Esther Rujaero's
company, now playing "A Broken
Heart."
Mr. George T. Berry, a pioneer of 153,
long a resident of Wolla Walla, Wash.,
now of Boise, Idaho, arrived in the city
last Saturday. It has been seven years
since he was here. The changes in that
time surprise him greatly.
Dr. J. W. Thomas has resigned as house
physician at the Salem Hospital, and is
at the Perkins, having come to the city
on his way to( Philadelphia, where he
will take a post-graduate course In medi
cine. He has been succeeded at the Sa
lem Hospital by Dr. F. S. d'Ormond,
of Ashland.
Oliver H. Adams, a piorjeer of 1S32. came
to Portland from McMinnville a few days
ago for the first time In 15 years. He
RENTS AND PRICE OF COAL
Unpleasant Surprises for Returning
Vacationists at Boston.
S -
Boston Globe.
Summer residents at the beaches who
are beginning to return to their Winter
quarters In town are meeting an unpleas
ant surprise In facing higher rents than
they paid a year ago. This Is true alike
of those who rent flats and those who
merely hire suites or single rooms In
lodging-houses, and the excuse given by
the landlords and the lodging-house keep
ers' is exactly the same In every case
the high price, of coal.
An ordinary four-room flat which a year
Lago could be had ready heated for the
Winter at $30 a month now commands
$35, and in some cases even more. The
advance in prices of single rooms In lodging-houses
Is even greater, taken all
around. Cheap hall bedrooms that rented
a year ago for $2 50 and $3 a week are J
now $2 75 and $3 25 In most lodging-houses,
while rooms that lodging-house keepers
were glad to get $4 and $5 a week for a
year ago are now held at $5 and $6.
Living for those wage earners of limited
or moderate Income Is a much graver
problem than it was a year or even six
months ago. Everything that enters into
the scheme of personal comfort and living
has advanced, and as there has been no
general upward movement in the wage
scale, the problem of maintaining an ex
istence is a pretty serious one to a good
many people.
There are a great many people, like a
frivolous young woman who was talking
on the veranda of a beach hotel a few
days ago. who have looked upon the coal
problem and other features of life as be
ing a good deal of a Joke while the warm
weather was at its height Somebody
spoke of the Increased cost of coal and
living generally and this young woman
gayly said: "What do we care about the
price of coal? Our flat Is heated by
steam." The young woman. If she Is self
supporting, will find that living this Fall
and Winter is going to be no Joking mat
ter. If you have been living in a hotel
or boarding-house in the Winter, you are
faced by just as hard a proposition, for
in those places the proprietors have more
of an excuse for putting up the tariff than
the lodging-house folk. In fact, they
have a double-barreled excuse, for. In
addition to telling applicants for accom
modations about the Iniquitous coal trust,
which makes heating a house an expens
ive operation, they also have a hard-luck
story about the equally Iniquitous beer
trust, and they don't fall to ring In a
story about other provisions being higher
than they used to be.
Take it all around, between the rapac
ity of the beef and coal and the other
trusts, and the gouging proclivities of the
middlemen the landlords and the hotel
and restaurant keepers life is getting
more real and earifest and a living harder
to get than it has been before In a good
many years.
BLANKET AND UNDERWEAR
Sale at the Brownsville.
Just at the opening of the season, when
every one wants good wool blankets and
underwear, the Brownsville Woolen Mills
are selling off their entire surplus stock.
This means a great sale for Portland
people, as the blankets amount to nearly
2000 pairs, every color and every size be
ing in the lot.
Hotels, rooming-houses and private
families will" find this a fine chance to
lay In their supply for the Winter. Here
are a few of the sale prices:
Mottled, regular $4 50. now $3 25 pair;
silver gray, regular $6, now $3 85 pair;
brown or vicuna, regular $1 50, now $3 25
pair; scarlet oi red, regular $G50. now
$4 50 pair; white blankets, regular $8,
now $5 50. Brownsville' Woolen Mills
Store. Washington street, between First
and Second. -
Meier (8b Frank Company Meier Frank Company
Artistic Picture Framing to your order Largest line of Mouldings in town.
Sole Portland agents for the McCall Patterns and Publications.
Brass and Iron Beds Every style and size All prices (Third floor).
Custom Shade "Work a specialty Estimates cheerfully given on any work.
"Peninsular'.' Stoves and Ranges Models from $8.75 to $65 (Basement).
Sole Portland agents for Ostermoor Mattresses All sizes Low prices.
Mail Orders
Write for things A
part of this store ser
vice is the mail order
branch that invites you
to write for what you
want, or a post-card for
information, we fill
them with great care,
to .meet your wishes
If impossible we do the
next best thing send
an explanation. No
matter what you may
want or wish to know
about, try the mail and
let us serve you You will get some sortof an
answer the same day as we hear from you
The Fall and Winter catalogue now ready
The largest and most complete we have
ever published. Free to out-of-town friends.
MAIL,
ORDER?
"Willamette" Logic
Look back and think
how many popular priced
machines are being sold
today compared to a few
years ago. And why?
Because people have
ceased to buy a sewing
machine from the senti
ment of the thing and
want actual machine value
These self-styled high
priced machines are dying
a natural death When, we
.embarked on the sea of
machine selling we took a
different tack, we built as
good a machine as mech
anical sKiu couia con
struct from the finest
materials and sold it at a reasonable price. The dry
goods method seems to be more, to your liking, and the
"Willamette" promises to live to see more users than
any other machine in this vicinity. There are cheaper
machines, but none of the same high caliber gjo C A n
at this price p3.UU
The Carpet Store
We might write a chap
ter on these new carpets
The best collection we
have ever shown But it
wouldn't tell you what
the real seeing will The
offerings are so excep
tional, the line so com
plete that we would be
failing in our duty did we
not urge you to at least
examine them wiltons,
axminsters, velvets, tapes
tries. Every prominent
mill in the land is repre-
r-or-. rarl Ua.-a. ID T t
' awiitu licit JDIgClUW,
- Whitall, Smith. Lowell.
Hartford and on down the list Almost an entire floor
deyoted to carpet selling here The largest and best
carpet store in the Northwest A place where carpets
are rightly priced.
Hardwood Flooring
Sole Portland a-rents for the.
Interior Hardwood Co.'s par
quetry flooring The best made Estimates cheerfully
i- T't . i n
given on any won. v. j nira noorj.
fairs Are Now Ready
The new furs have come
forward since yesterday
Worked late into the night so
that they might be ready for
tomorrow's visitors Little
choked for space because they
have been coming by dozens
and hundreds More here al
ready than we had last year by
Thanksgiving time. A week
or two later when other things
have scampered off and the
furs get room to spread out,
you'll be able to see them bet
ter but then perhaps some of
the best things will be gone. A
complete fur store in every
particular from a scarf at $1.50
to thefinest Persian lamb coat
at $150.00 we haven't skipped a desirable piece and furs
promise to be even more popular this coming season than last
Winter. (Second floor.)
UNDERWEAR AT A SAVING
Temperature is suggestive of warm woolly underwear
If you would provide comfortable underclothes at a fourth
to a third less than at other places, take advantage of this un
derwear store There's everything in underwear for man,
woman and child.
test Hosiery Sale !
The Hosiery Store steps into prominence today The event is
signalized by a window display which gives you a glimpse of the
greatest hosiery values ever offered in this or any other city. Why
knowing ones prefer to come here for hosiery is an old story now
but repeating it always maj:es new friends. It's the story of how we
go. direct to the manufacturers of the old country, thereby securing
the choicest selection in addition to saving the middleman's profits
The manufacturer in Chemnitz, Germany, the center of the hosiery
industry of the world, gave us this opportunity of offering the ladies
of Portland and vicinity these wonderful values.
Great Lots
35c gair
Ladies' fancy lace hose, assorted patterns,
Hermsdorf dye, all sizes, great value.
Ladies' fancy embroidered hose, assorted
patterns and colors, silk embroidered,
Ladies' plain black extra heavy hose, double
sole, Hermsdorf dye.
PICK AT 35c PAIR
Ladies' plain black, two-thread hose, best
maco yarn, high-spliced heel, double sole-,
Hermsdorf dye.
Ladies' trunk top, extra long, Hermsdorf dye,
remarkable value,
PICK AT 35c PAIR
Ladies' plain black or black with white foot, fine quality cotton hose, Herms
dorf dye, ail sizes, 100 dozen at
c a
Millinery
The prism of fashion has
scattered rays of inspiration
into every nook and corner of
our millinery parlors Nobby
headgear for ladies, children
and infants Superb styles for
walking or dress wear Every
day new arrivals keep coming,
which fact keeps this millinery
store an unusually interesting
place these late September
days Before buying a new
hat, it's to your interest to look
here. (Second floor.)
Waistings
No former season has ever
produced such magnificent
styles in waisting materials
velvets, flannels and heavy cot
ton fabrics We have supplied
most liberally Hundreds of
the choicest patterns from the
best mills being confined ex
clusively to us, because we can
use more than all other local
stores combined Time for
buying is now while the assort
ment is at its best You'll find
qualities to suit every purse
No trouble to show them to you
Shoe Sale
The Shoe Store has too many fine
cloth top shoes, that's why this sale.
To make a long story short there's
exactly 473 pairs in patent kid, ca
det kid, vici kid, with stock or pat
ent tip Light or heavy soles and
every size and width An opportu
nity to buy a satisfactory dress shoe
for very little money.
$2.05 a Pair
BED Increasing business in bed department is accounted
for the way we sell beds The best at a reasonable
DEP'T profit Every style brass or enameled bed here
Springs, Mattresses, Pillows, etc.
Blankets
Continued activity in the tnird
floor Blanket store, selling the bpst
all-wool blankets nt a low price just
at the time when you want them.
72x50 gray blankets $4.27 pr
ail-wool white blankets $3.53 pr
Full size, li't gray blankets 85.10 pr
11- 4 all-wool whito blankets $4.95 pr
12- 4 all-wool white blankets $5.85. pr
Pendleton Indian Robes,
special for this sale $4.35
All grades of Comforters at the
very lowest prices. (3d floor.)
BOYS' CLOTHING
Some inviting values in Boys'
Clothing for the coming week
Quality hasn'tbeen sacrificed in or
der to quote low figures Witness :
Little Boys' Kilt Suits One and
two-piece styles Red and blue
combinations ages 2 TC f(
to5years $2 upto.. pU.UU
Boys' all-wool two-piece suits for
school wear Double seat and
knees Dark gray, brown and
green mixtures, 8 to flQ or
16 years ipO.OD
Special values in young men's suits
Best styles, $9 and $10 or
values p 00
Men's Clothing
During these days of rapid ad
vancement in the volume of busi
ness done we have steadily raised
our standard until now our stock
is made up chiefly of clothing of
the highest class, garments manu
factured to our order by the best
clothing makers in the country,
in many cases from our own de
signs and fabrics. It is true that
we have frequent special sales of
good and stylish clothing at under
value prices, for this is one of the
advantages our customers gain
by dealing with a house that can
buy whole stocks and turn them
quickly into cash No quantity
is too large for us if the style and
quality are all right, but the
strength of this growing branch
of the business lies in our ability to sell clothing that will
please the most particular man at prices full 25 per cent,
lower than he must pay at the exclusive clothiers.
Fall styles in suits and overcoats are ready Every new
fabric Every new cut and a perfect fit guaranteed Clothing
store second floor.
Stoves and Ranges
That chilly feeling reminds you that Winter blasts are
coming Don't attempt to keep warm by hugging the old
stove It costs more to heat your house or do your cooking
with a poor stove than will pay for a good one These Pen
insulars should interest you They give more heat, have
more cooking capacity than any other, and are very easily
regulated Models from $8.75 to $65.00 Come and look them
over.
COPYRIGHT 1102 BY
A. B. K1FWCHBAUM A CO.
Meier (Sb Frank Company-
Meier (Sb Frank Company
Meier Frank Company
Meier j Frank Company
REPEAL SCALP BOUNTY LAW
Either Do That or Put One on Rab
bit, Says Hon. A. It Lyle.
CROSS KEYS, Or Sept 18. (To the
Editor.) Senator Williamson, In an in
terview published September 5, states
that should the people demand the re
peal of the scalp bounty law he would
Introduce a .bill to that effect. Senator
"Williamson, no doubt, acted In good
faith In Introducing the scalp bounty
bill, and is honest In saying that the
people of Eastern Oregon asked that It
should Become a law, but he was mis-,,
taken. The people of Eastern Oregon,
outside of the woolgrowers, never made
a demand for that measure. It Is easily
explained how the Senator was led to
believe k was a popular measure. The
farmers in the grain section of Eastern
Oregon have no Grange or other organi
zation, neither have the cattle or horse
raisers an organization. The Woolgrow
ers, though, are well organized and had
been clamoring for some euch bill for
i
years. They, lh their conventions, made
their wants known. The merchants of
the towns and villages In the Interior
justly consider the sheepman as their best
customer. What the sheepman asked for
the merchant seconded. The country
newspaper's most valuable asset Is the
merchant's advertisement, and so It
voiced the wishes of the merchant and
woolgrower. And thus what was really
the demand of a small minority of the
people was made to appear as a popular
demand. A few voiced their fear of the
rabbit pest. What were only fears two
years ago have become dire realities,
now. Where there was one rabbit then
there. are 50 now. In the northern part
of Crook County, along the proposed ex
tension of the Columbia Southern Rail
road, the new settler has had his fields
swept bare by tHe rabbits. Not a garden
was raised except when Inclosed by ' a
rabbit-proof fence. If Senator William
son desires to 'know how his constituents
feel about the scalp bounty bill, let hlro
come out to his home county and con-1
versa with the new settler' who Is trying
to build up a" home and needs protection.
If man ever did. Instead, though, he
cxprcfscs his purpose of attending the
woolgrowers convention at Pendleton and
laying the matter before those wealthy
sheepmen and presumably abide by their
decision. The coyote is the rabbit's worst
enemy. The young to half-grown rabbit
is easily caught, and the coyote feasts
on them during the Spring and Summer
months. It Is well within bounds to say
that every coyote destroys a hundred
rabbits during the year.- Then of the 100,
000 coyotes that have lost their scalpw
during the last four years under the
bounty act, if only a small proportion
had lived and inhabited the rabbit-ln-fested
districts, a 1,000.000 or more rab
bits would have been exterminated. Some
one with a taste for figures computes
that one pair of rabbits, so prolific arc
they, would. If allowed to breed without
enemies for 28 years, so populate the State
of Oregon so that there would not be
room or vegetation for another living
animal.
Senator Williamson says he Is not ready
to encourage the multiplication of wolves
to advance civilization. If the state de
sires' to control the affairs of nature, all
we ask Is that she does not destroy the
equilibrium. If she puts a bounty on coy
o'tes, put a bounty on rabbits. We ap
peal tq the horny-handed farmer of the
Willamette Valley to come to the aid of
his brethren of the sage-brush plains.
Help us put a bounty on everything that
pesters us and while the state Is In the
paternal business, we will assist you in
getting a bounty on your squirrels that
eat up your grain, on the gophers that
destroy your garden, on the skunks that
rob your chicken-roost, on the birds that
Steal your eggs or eat your fruit, and the
good old state shall clear your field ot
noxious weeds that reduce your profits.
Portland pays one-third the taxes, but
she' won't kick. Don't she get all our
trade? A. R. LYLE.
Fall in Annapolis Examinations.
ANNAPOLIS. Md Sept. 20. Of the 117
candidates examined by the Civil Service
Commission for admission to the Naval
Academy, only 32 pissed mentally. Among
those who have successfully passed are:
V. II. Metcalf; of California; L. M. At
kins, of Montana: P. H. Field, of Colo
rado; C. S. Graves, of Washington.
Abducts Own Child, 'Then Kills It.
SPRINGFIELD. 111., Sept. 20. Harry
O. Williams, agent for a life Insurance
company, today abducted his 2-year-old
son from Its mother at Auburn, III., and
when pursued by officers, got out of his
buggy and placed the child in the road
and blew Its brains out, and tnen hl3
own.
For nine centuries the "Wake family, the old
est in Enziand. has had as Its head a Here
ward "Wake, In clear descent from father to
son. Every male child receives as one of his
names the famous cosnomen Hercward, the
family tracing Its ancestry straight back to
"Jlereward the "Wake." whom Charles Kings
ley named "the last of the Saxons." The head
of the family today Is Sir Hereward "Wake,
whoso eldest son won the D. S. O. on Lord
Roberts' staff, in South Africa.