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8 THE SUNDAY OREGOMAN, PORTLAND, NOVEMBER 4, 1906. UNINDIU HATCHERIES 1 Columbia Spring Fish Near Extinction and Fry Out put Declines. BIG PACK NOW IN AUGUST Once Was I" April, May and June. Fears Are Raised That Late Over-Fishing Cuts Off Needed Seed Fish. Despite hatchery, output of million of Chinook salmon fry in waters of the Co lombia River In the last decade, the sup ply of adult fish does not Increase, and there are even signs that It Is diminish ing. This Is unquestionably the fact as' to the April, May and June salmon, which made the reputation of the Columbia Ktver pack In. years past, and which has fallen off alarmingly In the last decade, duo to overfishing. The July supply has been maintained, and the August supply has been Increased by hatcheries, or, as some perxona aver, by the growing tardiness of the salmon In entering the river from the sea. But It Is evident that this Increase Is due, In large part at least, If not wholly, to artificial propagation. Such propagation in former years has been aided greatly by the closed August season, or, as some authorities assert, has been made wholly possible by the stoppage of fishing after August 1, then after August 10, then after August 15, and ' now . finally after Au gust 25. But the open season has been extended so far that It Is feared the supply of Au gust seed fish for hatcheries Is Jeopar dized. It Is asserted on good authority that half the pack in the last few sea sons has been made out of August fish, which are Inferior to Spring salmon, and the greater part of the rest out of July fish, and that the April, May and June fish, which used to be the mainstay of the industry, are threatened with extinc tion, unless laws shall be enacted to es tablish a closed season in those months. Open Seuson Recently Lengthened. In the last legislatures of Oregon and Washington, the early closed season, in stead of being lengthened, as competent authorities Insist It should have been, was shortened 14 days, so that it now lasta between March 15 and April 15. At the same time, the August closed season was shortened also, so as to begin August 25. instead of August 15, against the pro test that the extension would diminish the supply of August salmon for the hatch eries at Chinook, Kalama. Wind River and Big and Little White Salmon, which have been propagating that season fish and to which the salvation of the indus try appears due. These hatcheries have done poorly since that time. The alarming deereaso of April, May and June salmon, the steadiness of July salmon and the increase of August sal- mon are showing in the following table, from the report of Master Fish Warden Van Dusen, of Oregon, for 1903, page 49 (Chinook salmon only): April. May June. July. Aug. Pet. Pet. Pet. Pet. Pvt. taken, taken, taken, taken, taken. ISW.... 12.50 21.81 23.60 42.09 .. .. 1S!1 3.21 2IJ.6I) 28.30 39.W) 2.29 191.... 8.73 19.09 23.74 42.17 6.27 1VJ 6.04 20.tl 2ti.33. 38.06 8.96 1901.... 4.43 . 6.57 ' 9.59 50.47 2S.94 Hatcheries Are Disappointing. t No such figures are available for the last five years but there is little doubt if there were such, the diminution of Spring fish would be more marked. Hatcheries have been established to pro pagate the Spring salmon chiefly at Ontario, on the Wallowa and on the Mac kenzie, but they have not reached ex pectations, for causes not definitely known, though it Is asserted that the chief cause Is overfishing,! which shuts off the supply of hatchery fish. The fishery interests, however, are so eager for all the fish they can get that they fight all attempts to shorten the open season. In the last Oregon and "Washington Legislatures they had the open seasons prolonged, 14 days in March and ten days in August, refusing to heed the warning that they were endangering the industry and adhering to the position taken by Fish Warden Van Dusen In 1904, that no closed season Is necessary. It has been expected that the large hatchery work of the last ten years would enlarge the industry to big propor tions. But such has not been done. The pack falls to grow and there haa been an alarming falling oft in seed fish at the hatcheries in the last three seasons. Each Gear Blames Others. The causes are nuich in dispute, and according to each class of fishing gear. glllnets, seines, traps and wheels the others are to blame, because they catch too many fish. It seems to be a situa tion where other interests in the two states rtmat step In. if the salmon in dustry is to be saved from decline. Thus far the fishing gears have acted together to the extent of lengthening the open sea son and then have run each other a race for the most fish. The following table shows, for the last 20 years, the annual fry output of Colum bia River hatcheries and the yearly pack. It will be noted that the total pack has not increased. The record pack is that of 1885659,999 cases, including; Chlnooks. bluebacks and sllversides. That of this year Is short of 400,000, of Chi nook only. In 1904, the closed season was not enforced at all and the ouput of the hatcheries dropped from 62,000.000 fry, of the year before, to 16.600,000. In 1905 and 1906 fishing was continued until August 15 and the fry output showed little re covery. The years 1901-2-3 were big ones for the hatcheries; then the fishing stopped August 16 ten days sooner than now. Chinook salmon output of hatcheries and packing plants on the Columbia River and its tributaries in the last 20 years has been as follows, according to records of United States Fish Commissioner, Ore- gon Fish Warden and Washington Fish Commissioner: Fry Pack i ear. Liberated, in cases 1SH 470,000 18f7 1.500.000 380,000 1k8 4,500.000 3;2,0O 19 4.766,000 328.000 JS90 .4,900.000 353,000 1891 1.330.000 390,000 1S92 4,100,000 345.000 193 277.000 esio.ooo W4 23.OO0 375.000 195 7.S87.0OO 468.000 1896 14.3O0.0OO 346,000 ... .29,910,000 432.000 18PS 19.700.000 320,000 1899 23.500.000 305.000 1900 25,7XO0O 330.0U0 1901 42.476.000 290,000 1902 55.500.000 360.000 1903 62,000,000 410.000 1904 16.60O.000 395.000 1905 S3.00O.OO0 4O6.O0O 1906 3d.OOO,000 390,000 Estimated. During years 18S6 to 1890, Inclusive, open season to August 1; 1891 to 1900, open sea son to August 10; 1901 to 1904, open season to August 15; 1905 and 1906, open season to August 25. In the pack totals are included the equivalent of cold storage pack in cases. Dased on 62 pounds or iresn niuiun i the case of 4S one-pound cans. xi win De 1 1 lui l me i" : has been gradually extended into August. It may be said with close approximation . , . . ,ha nanlr to me irutn iqhi du per w- i .. ,1 m i n0iiot Anh mnst of io nun inauc iiuui aue.u.3. ....... which are evidently the product of hatch eries, l ne April, may ana Jul, cc. ....... V, f.,III nff In RlinnlV tO ft II alarming extent and are now but a small percentage of the total, whereas in is they constituted 57.91 per cent of the pack, in 1890 58.11 per cent and in 1901 20.59 per cent, since wnicn ume mere m nu, available, but if there were, it would un doubtedly show heavy diminution. The nnnn eoaonn ho, hOOTl Tim! ()T1 2"Pd intO August so far that there is serious ques tion whether It is not eiuuuigei nig ni .1. Dnln.nn Ktfattnttcft RhnV that the July pack has been about main- ... I J .1 . V. .. . ,Ha Anrll MnV Anil .TllTlft milieu nun iimv . . . " i' - j pack has fallen off and the August pack nas increased in aooui. equm muu. - .arl,, .Kmlniltlnn la TfTierfl 1 1 V Liluae 111 me caiij 1 1 . 1 1 1 ........ . ... n ascribed to overfishing and Inadequate repiemsning Dy naicufenea. STATE'S OR TREASURER'S . (Cntinued from First Page.) Bion of the court, and when the decision went against him he turned over his $60,000 Oshkosh home to pay as far as he could the Judgment of J122.000 against him. Senator Sawyer paid the balance. it is understood. Harshaw was left prac tically penniless. The decision of the Circuit Court was appealed to the Supreme Bench, and there again the money was awarded back to the state. After two years a Republican administration came into power again, and eventually the pleas of the defend ants that they were following a recog nised and generally understood system in thus retaining the funds had their effect, and the next Republican Legislature re leased the Judgments, to a total of over $200,009, which the ex-Treasurer had not up to that time been able to pay. There were more legal points in the Kuehn and Baetz cases than in that of the McFetrldge and Guenther suits, so the two former were settled by the Legis lature, rather than take the chance of defeat with a suit of doubtful legality. No Statute of Limitations. The decision of the Supreme Court was rendered with commentaries by several of the members of the court, though the decision itself was rendered by Chief Justice Lyon. The decision was rendered Jan. 10. 1S93. and in substance aeciarea that the fact that the money deposited in banks was state money was sufficient to make the Treasurer liable to the state for tne interest on such deposits. The- transference of the Interest to the Trease urer's personal purse was a wrongful conversion, a tort, the Treasurer being merely the bailee of the state's funds. The profits accruing from state funds were, the court declared, expressly the state's gain, unless the law should pre scribe otherwise. According to the de cision thus rendered, the fact that many years had passed did not immunize the offense, the money being due the state with interest from the date of such wrongful conversion. 1 Following the discovery of these cases' of pocketing of profits, the legislature passed a law providing that the state funds be in the care of a commission, which should decide what banks were to be made state depositaries, and laws were passed preventing partiality being shown to any bank in the assignment of such deposits. Some banks, of course. under the new system, hold larger de posits than others, two banks in Madison and Milwaukee being used for the dally transactions of the Treasury Department. Since this law was passed, the State Treasury has not been the center of the' graft of the state, and the Treasurer has become what he was Intended to be, the executive who deals with state funds,' and not the trustee who decides upon in vestments and the like. 1 NEW INTEREST LAW TO BE UP Oregon Legislature This Winter Will Consider Deposit Matter. Oregon has had eight Treasurers, since the state government was instituted in 1859, all of whom have made fortunes by absorbing interest accretions of state funds. If tho Wisconsin Ase should be followed here, the state would be barred from recovering the interest for more than six years back, by the statute of limitations. This statute was amended by the Legislature in 1903 so as to re move in future the limitation from the state, and from counties and other public corporations. The Legislature next Winter probably will be asked to pass a bill to provide for lending state funds to banks which will pay to the state Interest on dally bal ances. This will divert from the' pock ets of the Treasurer money which right fully belongs to the public. The demand for this change will have more force than at any previous session, because the next Treasurer is to be paid a flat salary of $4500 a year, whereas hlh predecessors have been receiving as lawful compensa tion only $800 a year. For this reason, the interest heretofore has been accorded to State Treasurers by common consent as part of the compensation of the office. It has been the custom in the past for State Treasurers to deposit the state funds In banks, and for the banks to pay the State Treasurers for the use of the money. Though the lending of state funds is a crime and the statute so de claring it has been upheld by the Su preme Court, it is evident that the fram ers of the constitution contemplated that the Treasurer should make a profit from the funds. His salary of $800 a year was a sum for which no competent man would serve if he received no more. Since the constitution was adopted, the compensa tion of the Treasurer has been increased by the allowance of various fees and per quisites, until there is no longer any ex cuse for his taking interest on public funds. Indeed, the last Legislature passed a flat-salary law which provides compensation adequate to the service rendered, and this act will take effect at the beginning of the next administration. Other states that have provided for the deposit of funds in banks that will pay interest thereon are New York, Massa chusetts, Wisconsin, Iowa. Nebraska, New Jersey, Missouri, North Dakota and, Idaho. In some of these states the duty of selecting depository banks is left to a board, and in others the State Treasurer determines in which banks the money shall be placed. In all the states careful provision is made as to security, so that the state shall be in no danger of loss. The rate of interest is invariably low, be ing from 2 to 3 per cent, but it is clear profit, for the money would lie in the banks If such a law were -not in force. Body of Salem Boy Found. CLOVER D ALB, Or., Nov. S. The body of Glen Cooper, a Salem boy, who was drowned while fishing at Estella Falls, on October 14, was found Thursday morning by relatives. The body appeared floating In a whirlpool Just below the falls, where it had been held by the un der current of the fast-flowing stream for nearly three weeks. The roads will not permit taking the body to Salem for bur ial, as it is In a state, of decomposition; so it was buried at Dolph, about six miles above the falls. REPUBLICANS WILL WIN NWA raw Three Congressmen and Four Justices of Supreme Court ; Are to Be Elected. MAJORITIES WILL BE LESS Though There Is No Chance of the Republicans Losing Control of the Legislature, Some Demo crats Will Get In. SEATLE, Nov. 3. (Special.) The elec tion of Congressman W. L. Jones, W. E. Humphrey and F. W. Cushman, together with Supreme Court Justices Wallace Mount, of Spokane, and R. O. Dunbar, of Olympla, for six years, and H. T. Crow, of Spokane, and M. A. Root, of Seattle, for two years, will be accomplished Tuesday. The Republican ticket W in no serious dan ger, though the majorities of two years ago will be materially reduced President Roosevelt's popularity and the absence of any Democratic fight for Parker gave the Republican Presidential ticket a majority of 72,832 in 1904.. and the Congressional ma jority ran 57,327, with 61,139 margin for the Judicial ticket. , These figures, in an off-year, would nat urally be reduced and Republican politi cians have never figured the lead of 1904 was a dependable Republican majority. In addition there has been waged a labor union fight against Congressman . Jones that incidentally affects the vote of the two other Congressmen. Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, precipitat ed the fight against Jones, declaring he had opposed the legislation labor demand ed. Sifted down, these charges amounted to a claim that Jones bad refused to ex tend the eight-hour law to the Panama canal one and had refused to aid Gom pero anti-injunction bill. The anti-injunction bill he supported was that favored by President RooseveltJn all his speeches. Congressman Jones Tra? explained the em ployment of .American labor in the canal zone is impracticable and that the Jama icans and Chinese that must be taken tnere will have to be worked more than eight hours to accomplish anything on the American Investment for wages. Gompers' Attack Not Serious. The campaign showing does not indicate Gompers was very serious in his attack's on Jones. He refuses to come to this State to aid the fight and he has turned down urgent Democratic appeals for money to carry on the contest. The Democrats were led to believe that Gom pers would gLve them financial aid and instruct Washington labor unions to make the fight against the Republican Con gressmen. With the plan in view of real izing on the Federation fight, William Blackman, of Seattle, ex-labor com missioner; Dr. P. S. Byrne, ex-Mayor of Spokane and one-time a union carpenter and Dudley Eshelman, of Tacoma were nominated by the Democrats for Congress. The first appeal for aid from Gompers was turned down and efforts made since to secure national help have not amount ed to anything. As a result the Demo cratic fight has stood on its own merit. and the contest had not attracted much attention. Particularly In Seattle and to a. lesser degree in others of the larger towns a semblance of a fight has been made by labor organizations, but this has been directed toward carrying local tick ets, where recognition has been given the unions. Fight Made on Judges. Several weeks ago a bitter fight started against Justices H. D, Crow and Milo A Root, who had signed a minority opinion in a personal damage suit and who was unsatisfactory to the union leaders. This fight does not materialize now that the campaign has drawn to a close. It will probably affect the vote of the two candl dates, but will not cut in seriously enough to endanger their election. The labor leaders started out last Sum mer to effect a hard and fast alliance with the Granges of the State and to take a prominent part in the handling of State politics. It was argued that the farmer and laborer vote had a natural af filiation, and it has been claimed such an alliance could be perfected. . Politicians have not taken seriously this plan, though there have been a few Isolated instances where granges have promised support to a labor programme. Outside of Seattle, where an organized fight has been made by labor representa tives, the union men have not taken an aggressive part in the direction of the state or local campaigns. A dozen labor candidates have been nominated in King County and their own committee has handled their campaign. But the move ment, planned as a state crusade, has cauen nat. Influence of Anti-Saloon League. The campaign has been a quiet affair. with more personal appeals on the part of candidates than usual. In this cam paign the Anti-Saloon League has ap peared to advantage In Its quiet effort to Influence the election of members of the Legislature. That organization has been at work for months, and has- claimed to have exerted a strorur influence, particu larly in the country - districts. In the larger communities where a cosmopolitan vote has to be met scarcely anything has been said of local option, but the temperance workers nave worked openly in residence and farming districts. Though there is no danger that the Re publicans will lose control of either branch of the Legislature, there is a pos sibiilty that a number of curious political reversals may occur this Fall. Because of two deaths and two resigna tions among hold-over Se.natBrs, there will be 25 Senators elected this year. S. S Russell, of Pomeroy, representing Gar field, Columbia and Asotin, and C. L. Stewart, ot Puyallup, elected from the Twenty-fifth District in Pierce County, died since the last Legislative session. Walker Henry, of Spokane, has been ap pointed to a land office position, and Walter Christian, of Tacoma, is now As slstant United States Attorney. They re- signed. Charles T. Hutson, of Connell representing Franklin. Adams and a part of Walla Walla, is also in the United States Attorney's office, but he will sit in the next Senate. Holdover Senators Are Republicans The changes made leave the hold-over Senators standing solidly Republican, There were only four Democrats in the last session, all of whom retire. Two of These Huber Rasher and Will Graves were elected from Spokane; a third was William Hickman Moore, now Mayor of Seattle, and the fourth, John Earles, Bellingham lumberman, who haa since re moved from the state. To retain control of the Senate the Re publicans must elect seven members. That is certain; in fact, there is a fight ing chance that the Democratic member ship in the upper House may not be in creased. However, with 11 hard Senato rial fights on tb.e Democrats have an op portunity to elect more than four Sena- tors. ' In King County there are four bitter i State Senator. "Two of these are close. F. . A. McDonald. In the Thirty-second District, and George R. Compton, in the Thirty-fifth District, have a better chance of beating E. M. . Williams and W. G. Potts, respectively, than any other Dem ocrats on the King County ticket have of election. Williams is connected with the unpopular Barber Asphalt Paving Company, is a strong ."organization" or machine man, and not the kind that local option fighters indorse. McDonald. Is the strongest candidate on the Demo cratic ticket, and he is running in an es sentially home district. Potts is weak ened by the fact that he was an Ankeny supporter in 1903, during the Preston fight, and has no cohesive organization to make his fight. Compton, running against him, is a labor union nominee, and the district has a larger labor vote than any other in the- state. Compton is declared to be a Socialist, and his nomination was accomplished only by reason of the fact that the Democratic county convention forced Bo Sweeney off the ticket. Swee ney, since nominated for Justice of the Supreme- Court, is one of the best known Democrats in the state, and resentment runs strong in the district against his treatment. " Lively Contest in King. There are hard fights on against Joseph Lyons, Ralph D. Nichols and George U. Piper in this county, but the appearances Indicate all three will win. Piper, for in stance, has the best organization ever perfected in his district. Senator Piles yesterday made a personal appeal for Lyons' election, ami Nichols' opponent, W. T. Campbell, is not a strong man. William Bishop s independent can didacy in the Twenty-fourth District, including Clallam,. San Juan and Jef ferson, endangers the election of John L. Blair, the regular Republican nom inee, and might make possible the election of Dr. N. K. Mead, of Port An geles, the Democratic candidate. Sen ator Piles, Congressman Humphrey and Congressman Jones have all stumped the district for Blair, and re ports indicate he will be elected. In any event, Bishop is not likely of suc cess. The strong personal following of John Cloak, Socialist candidate for State Senator from Bellingham, en dangers the election of Robert L. Kline. The Whatcom County Legisla tive fight has been further complicated by the fact that the party all but split over the effort to get J. J. Noethe, can didate for Representative, off the tick et. This was finally accomplished after a great deal of bitterness, and J. W. Romaine substituted. County Seat Fht In Chehalis. The county seat fight - in Chehalis County complicates the situation there, but Alex Poison, Republican, should be elected. He was nominated from the west end, interested (n county seat re moval, and there are votes to spare in the territorial fight that has devel oped. W. H. Paulhamus' fight against E. R. Rogers in Pierce County will prob ably result in Paulhamus' election. He is a Republican, and Rogers is the Democratic son of the late Governor. The anti-Paulhamus fight is an out growth of years of factional differences in the district. It was stirred up anew by J. C. Taylor, of Orting, who is rath er prominent in the state, but whose personal political following is not large. Paulhamus' popularity with the farmers and fruitraisers of the dis trict will be sufficient to overcome his losses. John W. Kleeb s fight in the Pacific Wahkiakum county district is not re garded as dangerous. Henry M. Mc- Gowan, his Democratic opponent, is canneryman, and the district is heavily interested in fisheries. Kleeb Is a lum berman. Add to this the fact that the bitterness over John Welch's defeat for renomination has not altogether disappeared, and the situation is clear. The district is overwhelmingly Re publican, and it would require a curi ous reversal of sentiment to elect Mc- Gowan. Presby Not Much Hurt. In so far as reports from Klickitat and Skamania are concerned, it does not appear , that the backfire started against W. B. Presby has helped Brooks much. Both men are well known in Klickitat, where both have frequently campaigned, and both have aided in bringing the railroad to Gol dendale and inspired the determinatiqn to extend the road to Bickleton Pral rie, which, after all, is the principal thing In which the county is inter ested. On the other hand, there is no Democratic Legislative ticket in Ska mania County, and this will help Presby remarkably. The Socialists are very strong In Skamania, but the evi dence of Democratic . weakness will discourage members of that party from very active campaigning. . There are two serious Senatorial fights in Spokane that between "Tom" Maloney and W. D. Scott, and Will G. Graves and Ed Sander. Two years ago the Scott district elected Walker Henry, Republican. In 1902 Will Graves was elected as a Demo crat from the district in which he is now campaigning. East Side Repub llcans claim both Scott and Sander, Re publicans, will be elected, but the fight will be close. Both Maloney and Graves have made a systematic can vass of their district. The outcrop ping of factional politics and a refusal of local option advocates to support Peter McGregor is the only complica tion the -Whitman County nominee on the Republican ticket has in his fight. McGregor Is exceedlhgly popular at home, and all reports indicate his elec tion. More Democrats In the House. Those are the serious Senatorial fights. The number of dangerous fights in the lower house is no larger, but they are harder to forecast. The last Legislature only had four Democrats in the House, but it appears almost certain more than that number will be elected this year. Jefferson County, which has been Republican since 1896, is liablefto elect David S. Troy, Demo crat, to the House, and may send a second Democrat. There is a possi bility that Henry Beck, Republican, will be beaten by L. 8. Klrkpatriek in the Forty-sixth District, King County. There is no more - than a fighting chance that the labor unions may elect one or two of their Democratic nom inees from King. A bitter fight Is being made against George McCoy in Lewis County. Mc Coy wants to be a candidate for Speak er if he pulls through, but the Demo crats have concentrated all their strength against him. In Skagt the Democrats have only one candidate for Representative, -and two of the three Republican nominees are weak. They may pull through the Democratic nominee, for that kind of a fight has won in the past. i The county seat fight in Benton County endangers the election of H. A. Hover, Republican. Judge G. W. Ham ilton, his opponent, is strong person ally, and the east end of the county is bitter over Kennewlck's domination of the Republican convention. Ferry County is usually Democratic, and for that reason politicians anticipate A. A. Anderson's election over W. A. Halte man, the Republican candidate. 'Gene Gould, the regular Republican nominee, has a poor chance of election In San Juan County, but his only op ponent is William Sbultz, another Re publican, who is making- an independ ent fight. Seattle Man for Revenue Cutter. WASHINGTON, Nov. 8. Among the ap plicants for cadetship In the revenue cut ter service who have passed the required examination, and will soon receive their appointments Is William P. Wishaar, of Seattle. CLOSE VERY QUIET All California Party Managers Claim Victory. REPUBLICANS CONFIDENT Thirty-Four Counties Claimed for Gillett and Twenty-three Are - Conceded to . Bell by Chairman Stone. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 3. The polit ical campaign is closing quietly, and pub lic interest, as compared with that ex hibited in former years, appears some what diminished, particularly in this city. where the registration is considerably reduced. Chairman George Stone, of the Republican State Central Committee, this afternoon issued the following statement: We expect J. N. Gillett, candidate for Governor, to carry the state by a plural ity of 29.620 over Bell. It is estimated that Gillett will' carry 34 counties, that Bell will carry 23, and that one is doubtful. We will certainly elect eight Republican pongressmen, and conservative estimates received indicate that 105 out ot 120 of the Legislature will be Republican." On. behalf of the Democratic State Cen tral Committee, Secretary Thomas J. Walsh today made the following state ment: v- 'A canvass of the state indicates the election of Theodore A. Bell, the Demo cratic candidate, by a majority of 8S50. It is estimated that Bell wil carry 41 counties, with a total vote In his favor of 25.700. We concede Gillett 17 counties. with a total vote of 16,850. "We expect to elect five Bemocratic Congressmen. In two districts we con cede the election of Republicans, and one we regard as doubtful. We believe that Bell's majority will increase the Demo cratic representation in the Legislature." At the Independence League headquar ters Secretary George J. Cleary . issued the following: "Our reports indicate that William H. Langdon, candidate for Governor, will have a majority of 8000 over Gillett and 11.000 over Bell. We expect to elect the three League Congressional candidates and all of the Legislative candidates, numbering 14." - ,The State Legislature does not select a United States Senator at the coming ses sion. LIGHT VOTE IN MONTANA. Battle Is for Control of Legislature to Elect a United States Senator. HELENA, Mont., Nov. 3. The campaign in Montana this year has been waged on Congressman and control of the Legisla ture, which will elect a Senator to suc ceed W. A. Clark. The Republicans have waged their campaign on National Issues and the Democrats have put state issues to the front. The Republican candidates for the Fed eral Senate, Congressman Dixon and ex Senator Lee Mantle, have taken an active part In the campaign, as have the Demo cratic candidates Governor Toole, H. L. Frank and W. G. Conrad. Senator Clark has announced that he will not be a can didate. The Republicans claim the Legislature by a safe working majority on Joint bal lot, while the Democrats claim 67 and give the Republicans 43. T. J. Walsh, the Democratic candidate for Congress, Is also the nominee of the Labor party, and Chairman Browne, of the Democratic State Central Committee, claims his election by 3500. The Repub licans claim the election of Pray by 1500. There is also a Socialist and Populist ticket In the field. The strength of the Socialists is problematical, while the Populists are not expected to cast to ex ceed 500 votes. The total vote will fall much below that of 1904. ' Fight on Two Yakima Offices. NORTH YAKIMA, Wash.. Nov. 3. (Special.) The campaign in Yakima was closed here this evening by Congressman Jones, who spoke at a big Republican rally in the Yakima Theater. The house was crowded with Yakima friends of the Congressman. The campaign in Yakima has been a quiet one, the main fight being made on Prosecuting Attorney and Sher iff. The Democrats feel that they are certain of electing the prosecuting Attorney and think they have a fighting chance for the Sheriff. Ira M. Krutz is the candidate of the Republican and Henry H. Wanda the condidate of the Democratic party. The rest of the Republican ticket will be elected without, a doubt. Congressman Jones will carry Yakima by a large major ity. Kodgers Nominated for Mayor. SALEM. Or.. Nov. 3. ( Special.) In the city primaries today George F. Rodgers defeated W. C. Hubbard for Republican nomination for Mayor by a vote of 507 to 331. D. W. Gibson won the nomination for Chief of Police, leading J. J. Long cor and John Knight by about 100 votes. There will be no Democratic ticket and there Is no evidence of a citizen's move ment. Rodgers is a member-elect of the next Legislature. SOCIALISTS OUT OX BAIL. Orators Were Arrested for Obstruct ing the Streets of Seattle. SEATTLE, Wash.. Nov. 8. Bight of the Socialist speakers who were arrested in different parts of the city recently while addressing public street meetings were given a hearing In Police Court today and the cases continued until Monday. The 15 Socialist orators arrested Friday night for obstructing the streets while address ing open-air meetings were ordered re leased on bonds of $100 each for appear ance in court November 14. Five of the defendants are candidates for county and state offices and their counsel allege a conspiracy to injure the Socialists in the coming election. Among the defendants in the flrst batch of cases called was Henry Austin Adams, a novelist and lecturer known profession ally as Vincent Harper. Adams was rep resented by counsel. He is in Seattle pending the disposition of a divorce suit which he instituted against his first wife in the courts of King County. Mrs. Adams,' the flrst; resides in New York City and Mrs. Adams, the second, resides at Victoria. Adams alleges he married the second Mrs. Adams " under the belief that the first Mrs. Adams had herself secured a divorce from him. CHOKE IN CASCADE TUNNEL Three Section Men - Perish Before They Can Be Rescued. EVERETT, Wash., Nov. 8. Three sec tion men were overcome by smoke and gases in the Cascade Tunnel on the Great Northern yesterday afternoon and perished before they could be rescued. The men were: Maurice Delaney, John Baker and John Bridcott. They were members of a gang working In the tun nel looking after the track. A train MONEY IN is the only friend that never fails in times of Sickness Loss of Employment or Other Trouble YOU CAN DEPEND UPON IT because it is always at your command. We lend you a beautiful Leather Covered POCKET SAVINGS BANK. that will make you save Call, write or telephone and we will deliver you one MERCHANTS INVESTMENT & TRUST CO., 247 WASHINOTON STREET" CAPITAL, J. FRANK WATSON. Pres. W. H. FEAR, Secretary went through, filling the tunnel with smoke and gases. The gang made a dash for the outside, and all except these three succeeded in reaching fresh air. Great difficulty has been experienced in keeping the , tunnel clear of smoke. Great Northern officials have made a rule that an Interval of at least half an hour must elapse between the passage of trains through the tunnel. CREAV STRICKEN WITH SCURVY Steward of Ship Leland Bros. Dies From Disease. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 3. The British ship Leland Brothers, which sailed from Antwerp, April 3. arrived here today with ix of her crew suffering from scurvy. On October 8 the ship's steward. H. Tratt man, died, the Leyland Brothers expe rienced very stormy weather. On October 20 she spoke the schooner Mingoa and re ceived some fresh provisions, which check ed the scurvy among the crew. Goes Into Ditch With Engine. SNOHOMISH. Waah.. Nov. 3. J. Hauss man, an employe of Pendleton's logging camp, was instantly killed yesterday by a logging engine at the camp, a few miles above Monroe. The engine got away from the control of the engineer and all of the people jumped with the exception of Haussman, who refused, and his skull was fractured when the engine was ditched. Money for Canal Extension. NORTH YAKIMA. Wash..- Nov. 3. Word was received here today by Agent Lynch, of the Yakima Indian reservation, that the department had set aside $15,000 to be expended in the extension of the HOSPITAL CASES Th following recoveries In cases of Brlgnt's DUeane and Diabetes are of special Interest because the patients recovered after leading hospitals had failed. The genuine ness of the cases is thus assured. Mrs. C. C. Matthewson. No. H02 Powell street. San Francisco: Diabetes. Was In the Woman's Hospital on Sacramento street. Thev told her that there was 11 per cent of sugar and that she was Incurable. She then had an examination made at the Lane Hospital. Same diagnosis. Went home and took Fulton's Compound and recovered. Mr. William White. Deputy City Asses sor of San Francisco. Brlghfs Disease. Was In St. Luke's Hospital six weeks. Grew worse, went home. Then tried the Waldeck. after three weeks went home sure that nothing could be done. Heard of Mrs. Mat thewson's recovery and took Fulton's Com pound and recovered. Mrs. R. Lester Bell, of Auburn, X. Y.. was In the Albany Hospital so low with Brlirht'a Disease that It was expected she would die during the nlnht. She was so swollen with the dropsy that a touch would cause her to scream. Case looked so hopeless her husband was permitted to get and give her Fulton's Renal Compound. Complete re covery. Has since passed for life insurance. Druggist M. L. Walley, of Auburn, thoug'nt it so wonderful he had affidavits made of all. the parties. 'A. G. Porter, of West Haven. Conn. Brlght's Disease. Was in New Haven Gen eral Hospital nearly blind. They told him h would never be any better. He gave up and went home to die. Heard about Ful ton's Compound; sent for It. got well and Is now back to his railroad work. W. A. Whitney, of Cheyenne. Superinten dent of the 1'nion Pacific Railroad Com pany, was In St. John's Hospital In Chey enne. Brlght's Disease. Albumen so heavy tuhe solidified, dropsy, casts, etc.. etc. Case looked hopeless. On the advlre of physician resigned and went to Honolulu to prolong life as long as possible. In Honolulu heard of Deputy IT. 8. Marshal Winters' recovery from Brlght's Disease under Fulton's Renal Compound, took it and recovered. Charles A. Newton, yardmaster. Southern Pacific Railroad Company. Sacramento. The physicians at the Southern Pacific Hospital diagnosed the case as Diabetes. Continuing to get worse, lie took Fulton's Compound and recovered. Two years later Newton's son developed B.-ight's Disease. When the fam ily doctor said he could not live he was put on Fulton's Compound. The boy Is now st school, complete recovery. John Oyselaar. merchant of Eureka, Cal.. was In the Lane Hospital, San Francisco. Close question as to whether It was Brlght's Dliease or Cirrhosis of the Liver. After con sultation they treated him for the latter. After three months and eight tappings, the case looked hopeless and the family took him home and put him on Fulton's Com pound. Recovery complete. T. J. Mulloy. of No. 231B Bryant street. Ban Francisco, was In the U. P. Marine Hos pital wtTH- Brlght's Disease. Got so low his sister was advised the end was near and to take him home. She did so and put him on Fulton's Confound. Recovered. W. B. Hutchinson, mate of one of the Island steamers was In the Honolulu Hos pital slowly dying with Brlght's Disease. President Otis, of the Honolulu Drug Com pany, got Fulton's Compound into the case. Complete recovery fc If anyone having knowledge of a case of Bright' Disease or. Diabetes will send us the name and address we will see that they are sent full details of this important dis covery. We sent for the treatment and "nave It in stock. WOODAKD, CLARKE CO., PORTLAND. Pennyroyal pills THE DIAMOND BRAND. Lftdleal ask your l hl-cnes-cer'S j and told tnetalli with Blue Ribbon. 1 Riv of vour Drtunnst l CHI-CnES-TFH'A E'6LIBHt the DIAMOND BRAND PILLS, tot & vein' recorded as Beet, Safest. Alvay Reliable. Sold bv Druroist everywhere. uruffgut I or c boxes, sealed y rakBtker. ind ask for THE BANK fHsMiffl 6lpfr $150,000.00 R. L. DURHAM, Vice -Pre S. C CATCHING, Ant. Secretary new reservation canal. Work will be commenced at once under the direction of Engineer Redman. This sum will sup ply an additional 10,000 acres on the res ervation, making a total of 65.000 when the canal is finished. The Sign of Poor Work By A. Frank Taylor ALL, suits, whether Custom Tailored or Ready-to-Wear, when new look alike to most men. For a new suit, unless It is a very Punk Piece of work, usually flta pretty good at first. Because then the Fabric Is Stiff and whether or not the suit is properly made the Fabric will hold for a time the Shape given it by Old Dr. Gopse the Hot Flat Iron. . Consequently- a man may often Shake Haurls with himself when he first tries on his suit after it is finished or he has purchased it. And three or fix weeks later will Kick himself for having paid his Good Money for the shapeless anil lll-fltting" Suit Burlesque he finds he Owns. Now an Ill-fitting and shapeless suit of clothes is a result of Improper Cutting and Poor Workmanship. An Expert Tailor can tell at a glance when a Suit is properly or improperly made. And we believe you should know how he does it so that You can tell a suit for yourfielf before and not after it is Purchased. Now no matter If the suit be made by the Most Celebrated Custom Tailor in the World or the most Exclusive Ready-To-Wear clothes maker If you see that wrinkle below the col lar to which old Dr. Goose is pointing In the illustration it's a Poor Suit. For that Wrinkle is the Sure Sign of Poor Work. The suit upon which that sisrn appears while V may look fine at the try-on will Io.se its shape and fit a week or a month later The Collar will Gap at the back o the neck the left Lapel will Bulge the Shoulders will lfwe their Shape and Sag the Sleeves will begin to twist and cer tain Breaks and Wrinkles will appear be tween the Neck and Shoulder and over the Breast. All other defects In a Coat may,, be "adjusted" Temporarily by Remaking or '."doped" for a time by Old Ir. Goose the Hot Flat Iron. But that Wrinkle or Fullness below the Collar where you won't notice it If you don't look for It must remain. For that's Old Dr. Goose's unwilling Sign of Poor Work in a suit somewhere or somehow. Look for that Wrinkle in the back ot Mens' Coats on the Street. Tou'll see It In 99 out of every 100. If you don't see that Wrinkle In a suit you can be sure of one of two things. Either the Wearer has drAfn the one suit in a hundred that has by a Freak of Fortune been made right in spite of Im proper Cutting or Poor W'orkmanshlr Or the suit has been made by Kuh. Nathan & Fischer makers of 'Sincerity Clothes." Who really know just how a Suit should be Cut and who can Afford to pay the Price of careful plow expert Needle Workmanship to needle, mould Shape and Fit permanently into a suit. And not simply "dope" it into a Tem porary Form by Old Dr. Goose the Hot Flat Iron and have It Fade away Into Shapelessness the first real hot or rainy day that comes along. The next time you Purchase a suit look for the sign of Poor Work. Have a friend hold the coat hy the shoulders so part of the back Is Horizon tal and flat and press your finger along the center back seam toward the Collar. If there's a Fullness and you see that Wrinkle the suit is badly made don't buy It. Instead look for the Clothe that bear the label below just inside the Collar then your Suit will be sure to fit you and be Stylish and it will retain Its style and fit until you're ready for the next One. SINCERITY CLOTHES made and guaranteed by ' Kuh. Nathan & Fischer Co. CHICAGO A 4