THE SUNDAY OKEGONIAN, PORTLAND, 31 ARCH 22. 1908.
Members University of Oregon DebatingTeams
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Washington Commission Wiil
Soon Find Itself Facing
Serious Deficit.
RAILROADS HELP IT ALONG
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BOARD
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FUNDS
GMESTEEFIELD
CLOTHES :
Ait-used of Purposely Kxteuding
Valuation Hearing iu Order to
Fmbarrass Hoard Members
Pay Their Own Expenses.
01Y.MPIA. Wash., March 2J. (Spe
cial.) The Railroad Commission is fac
ing a serious shortage of funds, and
if It Is able to complete the work out
lined for this year it will be only by
a narrow margin. Attorneys for the
railroads have discovered the embar
rassment of the Commission and are
suspected of attempting" to proionff the
valuation hearings with their attend
ant expenses as long as possible to
further embarrass the Commission.
The Commissioners and three em
ployes are safe on the salary question
until the end of the fiscal year, because
they are provided for specifically in
the appropriations bill of the last Leg
islature, and the money set apart to
pay them cannot be expended for any
other purpose. But the contingent fund
of $42.00 now has a surplus of only
$5000 with 13 months to run before the
end of the fiscal period, or It months
before the regular session of the Legis
lature can provide an emergency appro
priation. Pay Own Traveling Expenses.
To conserve the contingent fund, the
Commissioners are now paying their
traveling expenses out of their own
. pockets and will look to the Legis
lature to reimburse them. Out of this
contingent fund, the Commission is
paying three employes a total of $400
per month in salaries, which alone is
enough to exhaust the balance in the
fund before April 1. 1909, the begin
ning of the new fiscal year.
Aside from these salaries there are
dozens of other items to be met each
month, such as witness fees, station
ery bills, printing, engineering sup
plies, emergency clerk hire. etc. In
February the warrants drawn against
the contingent fund exceeded slightly
$1000. At that rate the balance would be
exhausted in five months, leaving the
Commission a body of salaried men
with no money to carry on Investiga
tions or further hearings.
Kach of the three Commissioners
draws a salary of $4000 per year and
the three employes mentioned get
t '000 each. The three other regular
employes now paid out of the con
tingent fund are the bookkeeper at
$100 per month, stenographer at $125
and an expert on engineering and
construction at $175. It is believed
the work of the last will he com
pleted this month;
. Experts Come High.
The sum of $36,000 appropriated for the
salaries of the commissioners and three
specified employes is of course intact but
as stated above cannot be touched for
any other purpose. Of the $42,000 appro
priated for contingent expenses on Feb
ruary 1. $37,006 had been expended with
more than one year to run. A big Item
in this expenditure was the amount paid
to Expert Engineer Gillette brought here
from New York temporarily at an ex
pense to the state of $1000 per month, to
made estimates and testify as to the
value of railroad property. It is diffi
cult to segregate the cost to the state
of Mr. Gillette's work from other items,
but the known expenditures for the work
of him and his assistants totals $12,500.
1.. J I. Gray, the expert who is receiving
$175 per month, is the only one of Gil
lette's assistants still on the payroll, it
Is his work, which it is expected will be
completed this month.
Curtails Board's Work.
The Commission expects to make its
valuation findings and segregate the
value of the railroads for state purposes
from their value for interstate traffic
before May 1. This Is to follow the in
vestigation as to whether the rates in
existence give the railroads a fair return
upon the value of their property. To keep
the record perfect formal hearings must
be held and witnesses must be summoned
who will have to be paid.
To economise, the Commission will not
hold these hearings in Olympia. which
would entaib the additional expense of
bringing witnesses from all parts of the
slate. The Commission will hold the
hearings in different localities In Eastern
Washington, and at these hearings the
Commissioners will pay their own ex
penses. By the first of June the money
available in the contingent fund will be
so little that thereafter for the balance
of the year it is Ukely the work of the
Commission can only be perfunctory.
.MtROR 1VY COMES APRIL IS
Superintendent Ackerman Preparing
. Programmes for Schools.
SALDM. Or.. March 2t. (Special.) Arbor
Kay occurs in Oregon this year on April
1$ and It will probably be observed this
year more generally, than ever before, not
withstanding the pupils and teachers of
many schools have anticipated the occa
sion to a large extent by planting roses
In the Winter. Superintendent of Public
Instruction J. It. Ackerman has suitable
material for Arbor Iay exercises and
will send copies of the pamphlet out to the
various counties early next week. Public
Interest In civic improvement, and espe
cially the rose-planting campaign in Port
land, have aroused new Interest in Arbor
In order to encourage teachers and pu
pils in improving school grounds. Super
intendent Ackerman has arranged to se
cure photographs of some of the best
kept grounds in each county and to keep
these 4ietures on display in his office,
together with the names of the teachers
and the schools that have been instru
mental in promoting the cood work.
I.l.TS .1CTK-.MILL COXTKACTS
Hoard of Control Prepares for Xew
Factory at Penitentiary.
OLYMPIA. Wash.. March 21. (Special.)
The State Board of Control today
opened bids and awarded contract for
the construction of the new jute mill at
the State Penitentiary at Walla Walla.
The contract for furnishing structural
Mcel went to the Minneapolis Steel &
Machinery Company, whose bid was STtsaa.
The Gilbert Hunt Company, of Walla
Walla, was awarded the contract for sup
plying material for the cages and window
bars, the contract price being $4020. The
order for the machinery of the new mill
was placed 15 months ago with a tirm
In Scotland, and the Board exvect to
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NEGATIVE CLARENCE L. WHEALDOX, LEADER; THOMAS R. TOWNSEND, EARL KILPATRICK.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene,
Or., March 21. Oregon's two debating
teams are whipping arguments into
shape for the forensic contests Thurs
day night. March 26, with University of
Washington and . University of Idaho.
Both teams are determined to retain
the laurels won last year, when Ore
gon's debaters became champions of
eight states.
The two teams take the affirmative
and negative of the question, "Re
solved, That the present laws applying
to Chinese immigration should be ex
tended to apply in a like manner to
Japanese immigration."
The affirmative team meets th$ Uni
versity of Idaho trio in Eugene before
the following judges: Professor A. J.
Prideaux, of Willamette University;
President Crooks, of Albany College,
and G. W. Montague, of Portland.
The negative team goes to Seattle
on the ame night to debate the Unl- "
versity of Washington. The judges of
the Seattle debate are: Mayor Alexan
hear within a few weeks of its arrival
in New York.
The Board has received numerous letters
from the traffic men of Eastern railroads
having Western connections asking for
the contract to forward the machinery.
It Is very probable that bids will be
called for and a contract awarded for
hauling it westward.
WOFLD SHORTEN THE DEBATES
Pullman Professor Says Hour Suffi
cient to Tire Out Audience.
' WASHINGTON STATE COLLEGE.
Pullman. March 21. A radical change in
conducting intercollegiate debates is ad
vocated by Dr. Albert E. Egge, head of
he department of English. His objec
tions to the present method is that three
speakers on a side having 15 'minutes
each in which to speak, together with
the eight minutes given the leaders in
rebuttal, is too long to hold the atten
tion of an audience. In defending his
plan, he said:
"A public contest is in the nature of an
entertainment and should be of the high
est possible excellence. In a public de
bating contest there should be not more
than two speakers, one on each side. The
speaker on the affirmative might have
20 minutes for his argument, the speaker
on the negative 30 minutes for construct
ive argument and rebuttal, and the
speaker on the affirmative again ten min
utes for rebuttal. This arrangement
would make the debate last one hour,
which is long enough, an yet not too long,
and would prevent repetition.
GET DATA OX GRAIN RATES
State Commission to Hear Com
plaints at Ritzville May 11.
OLYMPIA. Wash.. March 21. (Special.)
May 11 has been set by the Railroad
Commission as the date at which the
hearing on the reasonableness of the
grain rates will be taken up at Ritzville.
This hearing will be made on what is
known as the Cunningham complaint
made from this town. The Commission
will have completed its findings on the
cost data by this time. The hearing at
Ritzville is one of a series to be made
by the Commission on complaints from
all parts of the state. Each complaint
will be given a hearing at the town or
place from which it originated. Most of
these are on station facilities.
The Commission will hear the com
plaints, but will make no findings as to
the reasonableness of the grain rates
until after the constitutionality of the i
commission laws have beefi passed upon
by the State Supreme Court.
NOVEL CONTEST IN NEWBERG
UepubHoaiis to Decide Which of Two
Men Shall Sock Office.
XEWBERC Or., March 21. (Special.)
In the Republican County convention in
Yamhill four years ago D. H. Turner de
feated J. L. Hoskins for Recorder, the
latter being a candidate for a third term,
and now Mr. Tnrner is out asking for
the nomination for a third term. As a
factor in the present Scontest New-berg
has two candidates for the nomination,
J. H. Rees and R. B. Ijninville and their
friends deeming it unwise for both of
them to continue in the race have in
duced them to enter a friendly contest
here at home and let the Republican
voters of Newberg decide which one of
them shall drop out.
Consequently a voting place will be
opened on Tuesday afternoon of next
week, with judges in charge, and Repub
licans residing inside the corporation will
be invited to participate.
Perfect fitting glasses 1 at Metzger'a.
BOND, LRADEIt; WALTER EATON,
der Bethune, of Vancouver. B. C, and
Judge Hadley, of the Washington su
preme bench. The third judge has not
ben decided upon.
The affirmative team comprises Jesse
H. Bond. '09, leader; Walter Eaton, 09
first colleague, and Wilson C. Nicholas!
10. second colleague.
Jesse H. Bond is registered from
Florence, Or. He is Oregon's repre
sentative in the interstate oratorical
contest, which takes place at Eugene
in June. He is an engineering student,
a junior and a member of the Laurean
Literary Society.
Walter Eaton is a Eugene boy. He
is carrying more hours than any other
etudent in college. Eaton also is an
engineering student. He is manager
of the Oregon Weekly, a junior, and
a member of the Laurean, Literary
Society.
Wilson C. Nicholas is enrolled from
Portland. His major is economics.
Nicholas is a sophomore and a member
of the Laurean Literary Society.
The negative team is composed of
Clarence L. Whealdon, '10. leader;
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"LEND A HAXD" ADVERTISES
FOR TWO APPRENTICES.
Editor of Penitentiary Publication
Finds, He Can't Do All His W ork
in 14 Hours a Day.
SALFiM.' Or.. March 2L (Special.) One
publication that is evidently not troubled
by the rules of typographical unions is
"Lend-a-Hand." the monthly paper pub
lished by tile prisoners at the Oregon i
Penitentiary. In its March issue the pa- 1
per advertises for two apprentices and
will probably have room for them.
Applicants must have at least three
years yet to serve In prison. No compen
sation is offered during any stage of the
apprenticeship and "no extra privileges
go with a position in the printing office."
That the apprentices will find conditions
considerably different from those which
exist in the ordinary printing office is
indicated by an explanatory note on the
editorial page in which it is said that
"not a line of this paper is prepared be
fore it is put into type. The editor works-
14 hours a day. seven days a week, and
has not much time to devote to writing.
When he is not working on the paper, he
is doing job work for the Institution."
The editor of the prison paper lias been
troubled lately because of a shortage in
the supply of type, but in the last issue
acknowlements are made for a oO-pound
font of body type purchased by Ben
Selling. The American Type Founders
Company, B. S. Pague, W. C. Bristol,
Bauer & Green, Cake & Cake. A. C.
Emmons. Harry Hogue. C. M. Idleman.
Kd Mendenhall. J. H. Middleton and
George W. Stapleton.
The March number is a 12-page paper,
about the dimensions of the Saturday
evening' Post, well printed on a goo.i
grade of paper and free from typographi
cal errors.
Gold Footballs for Players.
WASHINGTON STATE COLLEGE,
Pullman. March 21. ISpecial.) In appre
ciation of the splendid record made by
"77"
Seventy-seren
for Colds and
March winds are the most trying
to and dreaded by delicate people, and
even catch the strong and robust un
awares. Humphreys' "Seventy-seren" in
the pocket is a greater protection
against taking Cold than a heavy coat
or warm blanket, because a dose of
"Seventy-seven" keeps the blood in
circulation and prevcuts and breaks
up Colds and Grip. At Drugstores, 23c.
Humphreys' Homeo. MUicine Co., Cor.
William and John SireeU, New York!
MIL SON" C. NICHOLAS.
Thomas R. Townsend, '09, first col
league; Earl Kilpatrick 09, second col
league. Whealdon, who had the rare honor
of making the university debating
team of last year, while a freshman,
received his "early forensic training at
Pacific University. He is registered
from Shedds. Or., is a sophomore, a
member pf the Laurean Literary So
city and "the Delta ATpha Fraternity.
Whealdon was beaten by two points in
the recent tryout for Oregon's repre
sentative in the interstate oratorical
contest.
Thomas R. Townsend is enrolled
from Roseburg, Or. This is his second
year in debate, he having been a mem
ber of Oregon's negative team which
defeated" Id-aho last - year at Moscow.
'Townsend ie editor-in-chief of the Ore
gon Weekly, a junior, a member of
the Laurean Literary Society and a
member of the Delta Alpha Fraternity.
Earl Kilpatrick is from La Grande,
Or. This Is his first year in debate.
.Kilpatrick is a junior and a member of
the Philologian Literary Society.
the football team of the Washington State
College during the season of 1907. and es
pecially because of the victory over the
University of St. Louis in Spokane, last
Christmas, the business men of Pullman
clubbed together and raised a fund with
which to buy the members i of the team,
the coach and manager, gold footballs.
The engraving on the footballs will con
sist of the words. "W. S. C, 1907." and
the total score made during the season,
which was 2S2, as against 18 for the op
ponents. "
SEEK SLAYER OF WALXENDE
Sliver Lake Citizens Pledge Reward
of $350 for His Capture. ,
SILVER LAKE, Or., March 21.-(Spe-eial.)
Citizens of this community are
thoroughly aroused over the murder of
Julius Wallende, and at a recent mass
meeting unanimously adopted the follow
ing resoutions: "
Whereas, Julius Wallende was wilfully
and cruelly.jmurdered in cold blood on the
night of December 27, 1907, and after being
murdered was thrown Into Silver Creek,
and ills body not being recovered until
March 13. 1!R8: and
Whereas, The people of Silver Lake are
most desirous of seeing the law upheld
and the guilty parties punished for this
diabolical crime, t and have shown by
their acts that 'they mean what they
say by subscribing and paying in cash
the sum of J350, which is now deposited
in the safe of F. M. Chrisman of this
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place, for the arrest and conviction of the
murderer or murderers of Julius Wal
lende; and
Whereas. We, the people of Silver Lake,
in mass meeting1 assembled on this the
17th day of March, 1908, believe It is the
duty of our state, as well as our county,
to assist us in every honorable way to
ferret out aiid bring to justice the per
petrator or perpetrators of this crime ;
therefore be it
Resolved, That we request Hon. George
Chamberlain, Governor of the State of
Oregon, to assist us in our efforts to
bring to justice the person or persons who
committed this crime, by offering such re
ward as in his judgment he thinks proper
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and just for the arrest and conviction of
the murderer or murderers. .
Resolved, That it is the wish of this
meeting and the citizens of Silver Lake,
that our honorable county judge, B. Daly,
should assist us by offering a suitable re
ward in behalf of Lake County for the
arrest and convk:tion of the murderer or
murderers of Julius Wallende. and be
lieving this as we fully do. we demand
of him that he offer such sum as a re
ward, as in his judgment he deems best,
and the financial condition of the county
can afford.
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tions be sent to Hon. Georce Chamber
lain. Governor of Oregon, Hon. B. Daly.
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Dated March 17. 1908.
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