THE SUNDAY OliEGOXIAX, PORTLAND, FEBRUARY 16, 19Q3.
Whitewater division of the Big Four !
RUIN SPREAD BY
WATERY PLAGUE
PA! SOLDIERS MORE
Railroad, near Harrison, slid into ithe
flooded Whitewater River early today,
tying up traffic on that division. The
Whitewater River is higher than last
year. The lower part of Harrison is
under water, and a score of families
have been compelled to move from
flooded homes. The river was at a
standstill Saturday, but additional rains
were reported from Whitewater head
waters. Big Four officials stated that the
washout would not affect traffic on the
main line to Chicago and Indianapolis.
The Cincinnati, Lawrenceburg &
Aurora traction line was badly crip
pled by washouts, and none of the cars
ran on schedule today.
MUCH OF " BUFFALO FLOODED
EXT
ECIA
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House Committee Completes
Army Estimates.
SMALL LOTS OF
Great Flood Swamps Pittsburg
and All Surrounding
Towns.
$12.50 and $15.00
EXTRA FOR RE-ENLISTMENT
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THOUSANDS ARE MADE IDLE
Rivers' Force Close of Steel Mills
and Other Factories Boats Are
Means of Traffic Whole
Ohio Valley Is Flooded.
PITTSBURG, Feb. 15. Spreading ruin
and disaster in its path, the annual flood
of the rivers and small streams of Jhis
section holds Pittsburg in its grasp to
night. At iO o'clock the water had reached
a stage ot 28 feet and was rising a half-
foot an hour. The weather bureau pre- ,
dieted 30 feet by tomorrow morning, and
possibly a foot higher when the crest of
tiie flood arrives late Sunday afternoon.
At tlie headwaters the rivers continue to
rise and scores ot cities and towna In
Western Pennsylvania, Eastern Ohio and
West Virginia are partially Inundated.
In the Pittsburg district alone the dam
age, it Is expected, will amount to several
Million dollars. The record flood of last
year, when the water reached a stage of
36V4 feet, caused damage estimated at
JIO.000,000, but sufficient warning was given
til year to save much property.
Makes 20, OO Men Idle.
A conservative estimate places the num
ber of men thrown out of work by the
flood here at 20,000. This great increase
to the army of unemployed is expected to
result In much suffering. For weeks
charitable organizations have been solicit
ing funds for the unemployed, and today
additional appeals were made for contri
butions to assist the flood victims.
- A great number of families have been
compelled to move their household goods
to upper stories. They go to and fro in
skiffs. On the north side of Pittsburg to
night the policemen are patrolling their
beats in skiffs.
Thousands of families have been com
pelled to move to the second floor of their
homes: trolley lines In some-eections are
out of commission: several railroad lines
have been abandoned In part; cellars ar.e
been abandoned in part; cellars are
tilled with water; pavements in the
lower portion of the city have col
lapsed; several towboats and barges
have sunk; telegraph communications
Interrupted: hundreds of men thrown
out of employment in the mines and
manufacturing plants along the river
banks .at Sprlngdale, near here; two
valuable Government dams in danger
of demolition from heavy ice gorges.
As the water rises the serious propor
tions of the flood 'increase and it is ex
pected that a majority of the steel and
iron mills will be forced to suspend
operations.
The men have only recently resumed
work after weeks of Idleness and a great
hardship to many families will result.
High Water in Ohio.
At points below Pittsburg the flood is
gradually getting worse and a stage of
from 40 to 43 feet of water is predicted
for Steubernrille, Ohio, by tomorrow night.
The damage to river craft and property
located near the rivers is already heavy.
Large ice gorges in the Allegheny and
Toughiogheny rivers above this city are
momentarily expected to break, wrecking
and demolishing craft in Its path. Some
alarm is also felt for a number of bridges.
Several railroads and streetcar lines
have been forced to abandon service in
this city on account of the water covering
their tracks. All the small streams in
towns surrounding Pittsburg are beyond
their banks and the water la rapidly
rising.
The tow-boat Robert Taylor, which
was wrecked last night at Coraropolls
Is entirely submerged today, and will
be a total loss.
Flood stages are reported from all
points above here. At Franklin, Pa.,
the water is several feet above the
danger mark this morning and rising.
A similar situation prevails at Johns
town, Freeport, Warren, Greensboro
and other places.
The Allegheny River is filled with
floating ice, and a large gorge several
miles long is slowly approaching the
city from Parker, Pa., on the Allegheny
River, and another from west New
ton, on the Toughiogheny River.
landslides on Railroads.
Several heavy landslides happened along
the Pittsburg. Virginia & Charleston Rail
road from the rain, delaying trains and
making the run dangerous. The Balti
more & Ohio tracks, freight-houses and
stations have been abandoned.
At McKeesport the water is rising
gradually and It will be necessary to close
the steel and Iron mills of that district.
Thousands of workmen will be affected
and great hardship will be experienced,
as the men just recently returned to work
after weeks of idleness.
Many coal mines along the river banks
srn flooded and thousands of coal miners
compelled to abandon their work.
In Allegheny a squad of patrolmen are
guarding the Inundated districts. Many
plants are partially submerged and nun
dreds of men are out of work.
At Beaver, Pa., the Ohio River has
risen 11 feet in ten hours and Indications
point to a flood stage of dangerous pro
portions.
STREAMS RISING IN KENTUCKY
Lumber Concerns Along Rivers
Fear Great Damage.
LEXINGTON. Ky., Feb. 15. Streams
throughout Eastern Kentucky are rising
rapidly as a result of the four days' rain
and great damage is feared by lumber
concerns along the Kentucky, the Red,
Cumberland, Licking and Big Sandy
rivers. Rivermen have extra forces of
men at work, strengthening log booms to
hold the thousands ot logs which will
sweep down upon them. This rush has
already begun.
Several towns in the lowlands along the
Licking River are reported as in danger
of the water. Most of the fencing In the
lowlands has already been carried away.
Traffic on railroads and lnterurban lines
running out of this city is delayed bo
cause of high water.
WASHOUT OX BIG FOUR ROAD
Water Submerging Many Towns
Along Ohio River.
CINCINNATI. Feb. 15. Flood condi
tions are reported at various points on
the Ohio and Its tributaries, and .the
danger line will probably be passed
hero within a few days. Damage has
been reported at Springfield. Layton,
Hamilton and other points.
Over half a mile of track on the
People Travel on Boats and Rafts.
Blasting Ice Gorges.
BUFFALO, N. T., Feb. 15. A heavy
rainfall aud melting snow under a high
temperature today sent Buffalo and
Scajaquada Creeks out of their banks,
and late today low-lying streets in South
Buffalo were under from 2 to 5 feet of
water. The flood xivered an area of
about two square miles. Boats and im
provised rafts were used as a means of
communication between houses in the
flooded district and higher ground.
Many points In Western New York and
Northern Pennsylvania reported high
water. At Cuba, N. T., a large sec
tion of the town is under water. Large
quantities of dynamite are used to blast
out ice.
While watching the flood at Bradford,
Pa., R. R. Caldwell, 71 years old, was
struck by a train and killed.
WATER BLOCKS THE RAILROADS
Worst Flood In 2'0 . Years Coal
Mines Inundated.
EV.ANSVILLE. Ind. Feb. 15. The
Ohio stivers continue too rise here rap
idly, a-nd the biggest Good in years is
now looked for. The worst washouts
In 20 years were reported along the
Evansville & Indianapolis Railway and
no strains have been rim on that road
today bevtween Oakland City and Wash
ington, Ikid.
The switches of the coal mines at
Littleo and Messy have been washed
away and several coal mines along the
road are reported filled with water. The
losses will be heavy.
The White and Patoka Rivers are rls
ng rapidly and flooding the lowlands
for many mllivs. The Wabash River is
also out of its: banks. Snow is falling
tonight.
WHEELING DRIVEX TO HILLS
Thousand Families Flee and Relief
Committee Gives Food.
WHEELING, W. Va, Feb. 15. One
thousand families have, been compelled
to flee from their- homes to higher
ground owing to thte flood. The relief
committee decided to oa-der tonight im
mense quantities ocf "bacon, rice and
other foodstuffs, which will be put up
in small packages and distributed to
morrow to the suffering poor.
In the wholesale : district and in a
portion of the retail district hundreds
of merchants are tonight moving out.
of the path of the rising waters.
Mohawk River? Rising.
UTICA, N. Y., Feb. If.. A thaw that
has continued since Wednesday, fol
lowed bv a warm rairt last night, has
melted much of the great bodV of snow
covering' Central and Northern - New
York, discharging quantities of water
Into the valleys. The, Mohawk River
and tributary streams are rising and it
is feared that unless the flood ' Is
checked by colder weath'er very soon
there will be. a repetition of the dam
age caused many times heretofore.
The business section of Ilion Is under
water, which in some places Is three
feet deep.
Danger Line at Chattanooga.
CHATTANOOGA. Tenn., Feb. 16.
After almost continuous heavy rains
since last Sunday the weather has
grown very cold here and since last
night strong winds, snow and sleet
have prevailed. The river here, it is
predicted, will be near the danger Una
by tomorrow.
False Alarm of Broken Dam.
DAYTON, O., Feb. 15. Alarmihr re
ports were received today from the
flooded district and rumors were pre
valent that the Lewiston reservoir had
broken through its walls, but investi
gation proves that the reservoir is still
safe.
Receding at Reading.
READING, Pa., Feb. 15. The flood in
the Schuylkill River reached its height
tonight, when it was nine feet above low
water mark. The ice broke up without
causing any damage and passed down
the river at this point, after which the
waters began to recede.
Hundred Houses Flooded.
SPRINGFIELD, O.. 'Feb 16. Buck
Creek is higher than since JS9S and
fully 108 houses in this city are
flooded. BoaU) are kept busy all night
carrying people out of their sub
merged homes.
Out of Banks in Mississippi.
HATTIESBURG, Miss.. Feb. 15. Leaf
River is over its banks at this city.
Residents in the lowlands are makinir
preparations to move. The railroad
and telegraph wires are down in every
direction.
Susquehanna Also Rising.
PORT DEPOSIT, Md., Feb. 15. The
Susquehanna River is rising and there
are fears of an Ice gorge here. A
heavy rainfall was reported from
points along the river today.
DRAWS GUN IN CONVENTION
Lieutenant-Governor of Oklahoma
Causes Pandemonium.
GUTHRIE. Okla., Feb. 15. A special to
the State Capitol from El Reno states
that in the Canadian County convention
George Bellamy, Lieutenant-Governor of
the state, had) an altercation with State
Senator Wm. Johnson, wherein Mr. Bel
lamy secured a six-shooter and caused a
general pandemonium. Two conventions
were organized and the majority conven
Hon direw up a stinging resolution de
nouncing Mr. Bellamy as a state officer,
but on Mr. Johnson's personal plea it was
withdrawn.
Attell and Kelly Matched.
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 15. Abe At
tell and Eddie Kelly were matched
tonight to fight 20 rounds February 28
for the featherweight championship.
They will weigh .in at 122 pounds at 8
P. M.
Hearings on La Follette Bill.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15. The Senate
committee on education and labor de
cided today to give public hearings Fri
day and Saturday next on the La
Follette employers' liability bill.
Scale Ranges From $15 for Privates
to $75 for Electricians Extra
Pay for Marksmen and
Skilled Gunners.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15. The House
committee on military affairs today
agreed to the report on th Army ap
propriation bill, having completed its
amendment Increasing the pay of en
listed men of the various grades of
service. The bill as it will be reported
to the House will carry 85. 254,066,
which is 9. 413,081 less than the. esti
mates submitted. The amendment in
creasing the pay of enlisted men is in
tended to place the Army service on a
footing comparable to the Navy service.
The scale agreed upon Is as follows:
Sergeants and Skilled Men.
Master electricians, master signal
electricians, $75; engineers, 65; regi
mental sergeants-major, regimental
ouartermaster-sergeants, regimental
commissary sergeants, sergeants-major,
senior grade, coast artillery, battalion
serceants-maior of engineers, post
quartermaster-sergeants, post commis
sary sergeants, post ordnance ser
geants, battalion quartermaster-ser
geants of engineers, sergeants, nrst
class. siRnal corps, and first sergeants.
sergeants, first-class, hospital corps.
electrician sergeants, nrst-ciass, io,
battalion sergeants-major of Infantry
and field artillery, squadron sergeants
major, sergeants-major, junior grade.
coast artillery, battalion quartermaster-
sergeants, second-class; sergeants or.
engineers, ordnance and signal corps.
quartermaster-sergeants of engineers
and color, sergeants, $36; sergeants and
quartermaster-sergeants, cavalry, artil
lery and infantry, sergeants oi me Hos
pital corps, firemen and cooks, $30.
Corporals and Privates.
Mesa sersreants. $6 a month in ad
dition to their pay: corporals of en
gineers, ordnance, signal corps and hos
pital corps, chief mechanics and
mechanics, coast artillery, .i; cor
porals of cavalry, artillery and in
fantry, mechanics of new artillery,
blacksmiths and farriers, saddlers,
wagoners "and artificers, $24; privates,
first-class, of engineers, ordnance,
signal corps and hospital corps. $18;
privates, hospital corps, $16; trump
eters, musicians of infantry, artillery
and engineers, $15; privates of cavalry.
artillery, infantry, signal corps and
privates, second-class, engineers and
ordnance, $13.
An honorably discharged soldier wno
has served the period of his enlistment
will be entitled to continuous service
pay if he re-enlists within three
months, on the following, scale:
Re-enlistment and Marksmen.
Three dollars monthly during the-
second and third enlistments each for
privates, cavalry, artillery. Infantry,
signal corps, and $1 monthly during
each subsequent enlistment up to and
Including the seventh, after which
there will be no further increases.
Soldiers aualifylns as marKsmen will
receive additional pay of $2 per month;
as sharpshooters, $3 per month; as ex
pert riflemen, $5 per month; as second
class gunners, $3 per month: as first
class gunners, $3 per month; as gun-
pointers, gun-commanders, observers,
second-class, chief planters ana cniei
loaders, $7 per month; as plotters, ob
servers of the first-class and casemate
electricians, $9.
No change is made in rates of in
crease for foreign service.
Enlisted Men tn Bands.
The pay of enlisted men in military
bands, exclusive of the band of the
United States Military Academy, Is fixed
as follows:
Chief musicians, $75; principal
musicians and chief trumpeters. $40;
sergeants and drum majors. $36; cor
porals, $30; privates, $24, witft continu
ous service pay.
It Is provided that Army bands or
members thereof shall not receive re
muneration for furnishing music out
side the limits of military posts when
the furnishing of such music places
them in competition with local civilian
musicians.
UNDOING STILLINGS' WORK
Roosevelt Reduces Price of Printing
in Government Office. ,
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15. President
Roosevelt today approved an order reduc
ing the price of composition to be charged
by the Government Printing Office from
$1.20 to 80 cents an hour for hand com
position, and from $1.80 an hour to 80
cents per 1000 ems for machine compost
tion. The order was recommended by
William S. Rosslter, who is conducting an
investigation of the printing office as the
President's personal representative.
In support of the recommendation Mr.
Rosslter indulges in some criticism of the
new cost accounting system in operation
in the printing office. The system, he
says, is made almost absurd by the fact
that the estimate clerks make their esti
mates by fixed units as to the cost of
work, while the bill clerk renders his
bills for work on the basis of its actual
cost, based on the system of reports.
The prices which were refluced today
were raised in November last from prae-
tically the same figure which hu been
restored.
RESTORE MOTTO ON" COINS
James Assured Committee Will Re
port Bill Favorably.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15. Repre
sentatlve James, of Kentucky, appeared
before the House committee on coin
age, weights and" measures today to
make an argument m support of his
bill to restore to the United States
tro Id coins the words Tn God we trust.
On leaving the committee room, Mr.
James said he had been assured that
his bill would be reported favorably
next week.'
BIDS FOR DIRIGIBLE BALLOON
Ten Men Offer to Build Big Gasbag
for Army.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 15. Another ef
fort was made today at the Signal Of
fice to obtain satisfactory bids for the
construction of a dirigible balloon.
When proposals were opened In General
Allen's office, a month ago, ix bids
were received, but because of the In
completeness of the specifications ac
companying them, all were rejected.
The specifications cover the construc
tion of a dirigible balloon to carry
combined weight of 350 pounds and at
February is uncertain;
better be certain to have a
reliable raincoat.
"One can't make a silk
purse out of a sow's ear,"
nor a reliable raincoat out of
cheap cloth.
The genuine all-wool
Cravenette Coat is here
314.85 worth $20.00.
CLOTH Hi GCO
CwsKuhnProp'
10H-188 THIRD STREET.
least 10Q pounds of ballast It is to be
designed to have a speed of 20 miles an
hour in Btlll air. The trial flight will
be held at Fort Meyer, Va.
Ten bide in all were received. The
bidders Included some of the well
known manufacturers, and in addition
one from Paris, France, from Louis
Lupetts, who offered to construct a bal
loon in 90 days tor $20,000. A bid of
$6750 came from Thomas S. Baldwin, of
New York City. G. F. Myer, of Ham
mondsport, N. T., submitted the lowst
bid, $6000, the balloon to be delivered
in 100 days.
RAISE THE ILL-FATED MAINE
Steps Taken In House Looking To
ward This End.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 With a view
to the raising of the Ill-fated battle
ship Maine and the "proper burial of
Its dead, now lying with the hulk ot
that vessel In the harbor of Havana,
Cuba," Representative Sulzer of New
York today Introduced a resolution
calling upon the Secretary of the Navy
for papers and correspondence bearing
on the International status of the ques
tion, and the rights of the Government
of the United States in the matter.
New Flour for Islands.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15. The Com
missary-General of the Army has de
cided to purchase for shipment to the
Philippines, Kansas wheat which shows
the best results in mixture with the
California flour. This means that no
more contracts will be awarded for
Australian flour, which has hitherto
been shipped to the islands. The
Kansas-California blend has been found
an equal of the Australian product, and
It Is the policy of the Government to
buy 'Its military . supplies' of domestic
sources whenever possible.
Plans for Army Supply Depot.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15. Plans and
specifications have been compiled in
the Quartermaster-General's office for
the extensive work which is contem
plated at Fort Mason, Cal., where there
will be established a general military
supply depot. Congress has authorized
an expenditure of $l,o00,000 tor the
construction of buildings and pier at
that place. It will be the most impor
tant shipping point and troops-transfer
station iu the country.
TURN TABLESQi. GRAFTERS
DEMOCRATS INDORSE XHDJTXE,
WHO CONVICTED THEM.
Attempt to Secure Censure of Ap
pellate Court's Critics Proves a
Boomerang to the Authors.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Feb. 15.
(Special.) The San Francisco Demo
cratic Club has pledged itself un
qualifiedly on record In favor of the
continuance of the graft prosecution
at its meeting tonight, by unanimous
ly pledging its support to Judge Frank
H. Dunne for re-election to the Su
perior bench and at the same time de
nouncing the action of certain attor
neys in protesting against the criti
cism which has been directed at the
District Court of Appeals.
The indorsement of Judge Dunne
came in a Democratic manner. Cerr
tain attorneys in the club friendly to
the indicted magnates endeavored to
place the club on record as opposed
to the violent criticism of the Appel
late Court which upset Judge Dunne's
rulings in the Schmitz case.
Not only did the club reject the
resolutions framed in the Interests of
the indicted millionaires, but turned
around and passed a set of resolutions
praising Judge Dunne for his stand
in the Schmitz casef and indorsed him
for re-election this Fall. The resolu
tions are extremely laudatory.
This is the first political action of
any kind bearing on the graft prose
cution since the Appellate Court's de
cision) GRAFT CASES ARE POSTPONED
Prosecution Asks More Time in Case
" of Supervisors.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 15 The ar
raignment of M. W. Coffey and Andrew
M. Wilson, formerly supervisors under
the regime of Eugene Schmitz, was con
tinued this morning in Judge Dunne's
department of the Superior Court. The
continuance was asked for by the District
-Attorney. The two men who are charged
with receiving a trolley bribe were pres
ent with their attorneys.
The trial of Eugene Schmitz on the re
maining French restaurant extortion
cases was set for this morning before Su
perior Judge Dunne. Schmitz was pres
ent with his attorney, but owing to the
calling of several witnesses in the action
to set aside the indictments against J.
Dalzell Brown, of "the defunct California
Safe Deposit & Trust Company, the date
of trial was fixed for February 29.
George F. Duffey. former supervisor
and afterwards president of the Board of
Public Works, charged with bribery, ap
peared before Superior Judge Lawlor this
morning to plead. At the request of his
attorney and with the consent of the Dis
trict Attorney, the time for pleading was
continued one week.
See Keats' Auto ad, section 4, page 7."
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COUNTY OFFICERS "MEDDLING" .
IN AFFAIRS OF THE CITY
Vigorous Expression From an Oregon Sheriff on Civic Unrighteousness and
Necessity for Reform.
E. M. SHUTT.
THE editorial columns of The Ore
gonian are so completely and ably
voicing the sentiments of the moral
people of Oregon on the question of law
and order that little remains to be said.
However, there Is one very important
Issue along that line upon which the
writer has noticed scarcely any com
ment in the public press. We refer to
the question of "whether .or not county
officers have a right to meddle in mat
ters pertaining to city affairs." It is a
matter that is being discussed . and agi
tated in the small towns and cities
throughout the State of Oregon.
This question has become so aeute in
Southern Oregon that Mayor Reddy, of
Medford, has filed with the Secretary of
State an initiative petition for a constitu
tional amendment, giving to incorporated
towns exclusive authority to license,
regulate or suppress saloons, poolrooms,
theater, racetracks and similar places
thereby abrogating the present local op- .
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HUH law. XI115 IJUCSLlUii (11 VI 1 .i,u.-at, w
voted upon at the state election next
June, and the friends of good govern
ment must turn out and promptly defeat
this proposed amendment. Attempts to
enact such legislation were promptly
crushed at the 1905 session of the Oregon
Legislature. '
Mayor Reddy says: "We don't like to
have county officers meddle in matters
that relate to city affairs." Now, we
all know that the best interests of the
town and country are so Identical and
closely related to each other that no dis
pute should arise over matters of local
government. The trouble Is that we have
not yet eliminated from official circles all
the Mayor Reddy in Oregon, and the
few remaining ones must be weeded out
as quickly as possible. '
Tou may rest assured that the city or
town that has respect and reverence for
law and that stands for civic righteous
ness and public decency, has no desire to
secede from nor to nullify the state crimi
nal laws. The town that is governed by
men who stand for law and order, who
have regard for their oaths of office, and
who have a sense of their moral duty to
society, has no fear of a "meddling" Sher
iff, but is glad and willing to work In
conjunction with him for the betterment
of social, moral and financial conditions.
The municipality that doesn't want to
be "meddled"' with by the state criminal
laws Is usually governed by men who
stand for a wide-open, Cripple Creek, rip
roaring town, where gambling and thiev
ery thrive and where everybody, includ
ing father, works on Sunday. The
Mayor and Councllmen and Marshal and
Recorder of such cities are nearly al
ways to be found spending their leisure
moments In the saloons, at the gambling
tables or some similar place of amuse
ment. They are usually men who regard
home as simply a quick-lunch counter
and a place to sleep. Home, in its high
est and noblest and grandest sense the
very foundation of the government itself
Is an unknown Institution to them.
The wife of such a man stays at home
year In and year out, slaving along with
the children and house drudgery, never
knowing what it Is to enjoy the sweet
companionship and tender, protecting
love of a husband and father. Wife and
children see him only at meal times, for
after business hours and all day Sundays
he sits at the card tables In the saioons
or at the Pastime or at the club. He is
blind -to his duty to his family and to
the moral, welfare of his city. He has
degenerated into simply a money-making
machine, and will sacrifice everything,
even the honor and future welfare of his
boys and girls, for the almighty collar.
His sons have to look to the school
teacher at school and the Town Marshal
on the streets for their moral and intel
lectual training, not daring to follow the
precept and example of their- father. He
is a moral coward and as an official he
is owned body and soul by the law
breaking element. He will tolerate any
civic condition so long as it contributes
to his financial welfare. Of course he
doesn't want any Snerlff to "meddle"
with his policies.
In most of the towns of Oregon the
saloon element is strong enough to elect
a '"favorable" Mayor and Cn.y Council,
by importing a bunch of floating tin
horns if necessary. The City Council
collects the license money from the
saloons, 'gambling dens and houses of
prostitution, and of course expends the
money in the city. When these incuba
tors of crime hatch and bring forth their
finished products in the shape of mur
der trials and kindred cases, it is then
only that suoh cities do not object to the
Sheriff and the District Attorney and the
THE MORRISON
WINDOW
Cor. Third and Morrison Streets
farmers and the stockmen butting in and
"meddling" with city anairs, for tnere
are perhaps thousands of dollars of Cir
cuit Court bills to toe paid. Ninety-five
per cent of all crimes are Incubated if not
perpetrated in the saloons of the cities
and towns.
Mayor Reddy, has the country tax-payer
no interest In the way his home town
is run? Has he nothing to say when his
boys and girls come to town to attend
school and fall prey to the vicious town
environments? Has the farmer nothing
to say when his harvest hands come to
town Sundays, get drunk and don't re
turn for several days, while his crops
and hard work are Sacrificed for want of
help?
In such cases as these a law-enforcing
sheriff or district attorney proves a God
send to the farmer and stockman and the j
law-abiding element of towns and cities, I
after the easy-going city authorities re- I
fuse to do their plain duty. These county
officers represent a higher power, and are
usually under no obligations to the vic
ious element for their election. They can
toring order and decency out of this
chaotic state and be upheld In it by the
people of the county. There are, of
course, some sheriffs and district attor
neys in Oregon Who have no desire to
"meddle" In city affairs, or in anything
else that might lose them a few votes.
Such officers belong to the gang above
described, and their chief pursuit is
playing politics and smiling upon and
winking at anything and everything, even
the devil himself, if he could in some
manner help keep them in office.
Look at Baker City for Instance. The
writer attended the funeral of his noble
friend, the murdered ex-Sheriff Harvey
K. Brown, and it has always been our
opinion, from all the findings of the de
tectives, that this splendid specimen of
Oregon manhood was murdered by the
tinhorn gamblers and horse thieve of
Baker City, to prevent his being elected
sheriff and putting the lid on the town
again next Spring. We don't believe the
Miner's Union had anything to do with
this dirty piece of work. The District
Attorney, Sheriff, Mayor, City Council
and Police Officials in that city are not
doing their duty in maintaining an atmos
phere in" which gamblers and law-breakers
generally congregate and prosper. If
they refuse to stop gambling and Sun
day opening of saloons they should be
fired out by the voters next June, and
successors elected who have a clearer con
ception of their oaths of office.
It is really refreshing to see a mayor
or any other public official rise above his
surroundings and take a firm, manly
stand for law and order. It Is astonish
ing how quickly he can change the moral
complexion of the city without in the
least damaging its financial Interests, for
after all there Is a latent majority In
every community that stands ready and
willing to come to .the support of a pub
lic official who has the moral stamina
and courage to take a stand for the right.
Such men as Mayor Reddy and the
Others we have described belonging to a
past age, and have no place in official
life In this great, growing, regenerated
West. Eliminate the moss back official
and professional politician and install pa
triotic men who hold sacred their oaths
of office.
What we need in Congress, in the Oov
ernor's office, in all state, county and
municipal official circles are men who
are not afraid to do their plain duty,
whatever this calls for, even though an
apparent majority are against them 6n
the start. Great and small reforms
spring from heroic and persistent minori
ties. Lincoln, Roosevelt and Folk furn
ish good examples for emulation.
HEPPNJiR, OR.
FRESCOS 0R FURNACES
Proposition to Place Steam Heat in
an Italian Cathedral.
The guests In a hotel paTlor not long
ago were enforced and amused listeners
to the experiences abroad of a newly rich
matron in sumptious attire who had not
yet learned to moderate her voice.
"Give me America every time!" she
proclaimed. "No more sunny Italy for
me. When you're outdoors you toast one
side of the street and freeze tother, and
when you ain't, it's worse. Houses like
cellars, and galleries like tombs, and big.
dead-cold churches that ain't fit for any
thing but cold storage. '
"Mame got me to go to a cathedral In
Florence once, a day It was snapping out
side. Well, I stayed Ave minutes, with
my furs piled up to my ears; and then
I just grabbed Mame, and wa came out
and went home.
" "Mame,' says L 'you come with me,
and don't sulk. That cathedral may bo
grand, all right, but we am t arctic dls-
discoverers, and we won't go back into
any such polar cavern of a place till it's
warmed up decently for Human beings.
There'd ought to be a good, powerful
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steam-heating -plant put In there qulck.l
before any more fool travelers like us,!
that have left their happy homes In a
country where folks know Winter's Wln-j
ter, for this land of art and sunshine, can
be killed off in their innocence by double'
pneumonia.
" 'But I'll tell you what I'll do,' I told.'
her. 'I'll write your pa and get him to'
donate the heating apparatus, and send a
man over to hustle It right In. My, won't!
that make our Italian friends alt up and1
take notice!' ,
"Well, If you'll believe it. Mama was
doubtful and everybody else laughed. .
They explained it wouldn't do, because
there'd be disfiguring pipes, and the heati
would crack the frescos, and a lot more;
nonsensical little things like that. The'
upshot was, they'd been uncomfortable so'
long they wanted to stay so.
"You can't throw a gift In people's
teeth if they don't want it, naturally; but
no more Italy for me. Frescoes are well
enough, but furnaces are better. Give,
me steam heat and progress and good old
Uncle Samuel! Maine don't like me to
say so, but she's just putting on airs."
HOLD-UP IN THE SUBURBS
Proprietor oi Lakeview Hotel on
Llnnton Road Foils Robbers.
Shortly before midnight an effort was
made to hold up the Lake View hotel and
saloon, which is just outside the city lim
its on the Linnton road. Fred Llpzinger,
the proprietor, was alone in the place
at the time, and hearing a whistle, went
to the door, believing that it was some
one with a team who desired to have re
freshments brought outside. He was met
at the threshold, however, by a masked
man, who, with revolver In hand, com
manded him to throw up his hands. Llp
zinger Instead quickly jumped back into
the hotel slamming and bolting the door
after him. He then secured his revolver
and went outside to seek the robber, but
could find no trace of him. The police
and the Sheriff were tooth notified.
Another holdup occurred between 10 and
11 o'clock at Riverdale. G. H. Durham
was surrounded by three young men,
two of whom thrust revolvers In his face,
while the third went through his pockets.
The man who searched him wore a hand
kerchief over his face to conceal his
features and the other two retired sev
eral feet away so that they could not ba
plainly seen. The thieves got only a
trifling sum.
San Francisco Shipping.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 15. The Alaska
Pacific Company's steamer Buekman.
Captain EJ. B. Wood, left for Seattle and
Tacoma with 80 passengers and 1600 tons
of freight. Included In the Buckman's
cargo were 500 tons of cement and a ep-!
cial shipment of 60 tons of machinery for'
the Kodiack Gold Mining Company.
The William Baylies is being fitted oit
In preparation for another voyage in tho1
Arctic and Behrlng Sea.
Late Shipping JTews.
AUCKLAND Arrived Forerlc. Seattle
and San Francisco, for Sydney. N. R TV. 1
Hongkong Arrived previously Nippon
Maru, San Francisco, via Honolulu. Toko'
hams. e'-c.
Coronal Arrived Horm. Portland. Or.,!
for ITnited Kingdom or Continent.
STOPPED SHORT
Taking- Tonics, and Built op on
Right Food.
The mistake Is frequently made of.
trying to build up a worn-out nervous
system on so-called tonics drugs.
New material from which to rebuild
wasted nerve cells, is what should ba
supplied, and this can be obtained only
from proper food.
"Two years ago I found myself on
the verge of a complete nervous col
lapse, due to overwork and study, and
to illness In the family," writes a Wis.
young mother.
"My friends became alarmed be
cause I grew pale and thin and could
not sleep nights. I took various tonl s
prescribed by physicians. hut tnetr
effects wore off shortly after I stopped
taking them. My food did not seem to
nourish me and I gained no flesh nor
blood.
"Reading of Grape-Nuts, T de
termined to stop the tonics and see
what a change of diet would do. I
ate Grape-Nuts four times a day, with
cream and drank milk also, went to
bed early after eating a dish of Grape
Nuts before retiring.
"In about two weeks I was sleeping
soundly. In a short time gained 20 lbs.
In weight and felt like a different
woman. My little daughter whom I
was obliged to keep out of school lat
Spring on account of chronic catarrh,
has changed from a thin, pale, nervous
child to a rosy, healthy girl and has
gone back to school this Fall.
"Grape-Nuts and fresh air were the
only agents used to accomplish the
happy results." "There's a reason."
Name given by Potitum Co., Battle:
Creek. Mich. Read "The Road to Well
vi.le," in pkgs.
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