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PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING. AUGUST 21, 1910.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
VOL. XXIX. XO. 31
PORTLAND DRAWS
BIG CONVENTION
U'REN BILLS PLAN
WALLACE.1DAH0,
IS IN GRIP OF
PACER BITES OFF
HANDOFHISGROOM
ROOSEVELT KEEPS
MADRIZ ABANDONS
SHADOW OF POWER
RED TAPE DELAYS
XICARAGCAX HITLER NAMES
BROTHER OF ESTRADA.
ESPERANTO CONGRESS TO MEET
HERE IN JULY, 1911.
FAMOrS HORSE TIDAL WAVE
nCIOCSLY ATTACKS MAX.
70 Pages
TROOPS
AID
TREASURY
ii
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FOREST FIRES
Phone Wires Go Gown
as Flames Encroach
on Station.
aVDMEN AND CHILDREN SAVED
Mayor Imprisons Able-Bodied
' Men Who Refuse to Respond
to Call for Aid.
'BAROMETER INDICATES WIND
iFire Engines Powerless to
Check Incipient Blaze.
MURRAY IN DANGER, TOO
Jinr Fires Break Out Along Kdge of
Lake Coeor d'Alene Showrrs
of .hea and Burned Timber
fall All Pay.
SPOKAXE. W.h.. Aug. to. (Spe
lfUI.) Tha Iowa of Wallace, Idaho, the
j center of the rour d'Alenes. a place of
1 110 population,- Is In lha (rip of the
-forest firea that have been racing In
the vicinity for days. It la believed
here now that the town rannot be
f saved.
The last message from the stricken
;"ity rim, br te'ephone by way of
I Missoula. -The telephone operator at
j Wallace, working direct with MIs
, aoula. said that aa he talked the flamea
' were within IS feet of him. The MIs
, aoula operator heard the voices of girls
In the Wallace offlte crying.
Wire Goea Down.
Suddenly the service was Interrupted,
: and all was stllL
No direct news has alnce been re
reived from the city Itself. One of the
j County Coram Isaloners. living In an
. ether town, haa appealed to Spokane
I for aid.
The flamea were communicated to the
,towa from the south end. They hare
been raging for daya In the nelghbor
I hood. Aa late aa 7 o'clock tonight
word came that the town would be
; saved. The fire department had been
t ordered Into the streets, ready to re
' apoad on the Instant to any alarm from
an Incipient conflagration In any part
.of the town. The Mayor at thla stage
(Ordered all able-bodied men to work
at the flrt fighting. Those who re
Jused were promptly clapped Into the
City Jail, which at that time waa
deemed comparatively safe.
Women and Children I lee.
Then the dangec grew more threat
ening, and the railroad company waa
Called upon for tralna to take the
Women and children to places of safety.
Recording to the latest accuunta re
ceived the tralna .were ready to stsrt,
but It was not atated there tltey would
go. All the telephone and telegraph
wires are down and no communication
a possible. It Is believed here that the
vromen and children have escaped.
At a critical stage of the fire the
rarometer began falling and the
Weather Bureau for a time held out
hope that there would be a rain the
nly contingency that could save the
llty. Then there came a great wind,
tad It Is believed that the rain will
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.w fa aa r.tT PaMke.
Ia Sudden Attack, Big Stallion
. Crunches Bones of Wrist and
Trie '. to Paw Him.
ALBANY. Or, Aug. 20. (Special.)
Jack Fisher, a groom at the 8. 8. Bailer
track and training stables at this city,
suffered serious Injury Just before
noon today, when he was sttacked by
Tidal Wave, a famoua pacer, well
known all over the Northweat." He
will loae hla right hand, but la ex
pected to recover unless blood poison
ing develops. -
The horse hsd been driven to Its
stable after a work-out on Uie track
and as Marvin Chi I da, the driver, start
ed to roll the cart away. Flaher reached
for Tidal Wave's bit. The big stallion
auddenly attacked him and caught
Fisher's right wrist In his mouth.
crushing both bones, leaving the hand
hanging only by a email atrip of flesh.
Ftsher freed Ms arm and atarted to
run. but he fell. The horse followed
op the attack by trying to paw him.
WIUi difficulty Chi Ids and the other
grooms drove him away from the pros
trate man.
The big artery in Flsher'a right arm
was severed, but the flow of blood
waa checked by a band around hla arm
until physicians were secured from Al
bany. The Injured man waa brought
to St. Mary'a Hospital here thla after
noon. Fisher Is about years old.
Tidal Wave ia the beat horse In the
string owned by 8. 8. Bailey, who main
tains a training atable here. He has
appeared on tracks all over the Pacific
Coaat for many years end has won
many honors, his record beln 2:0..
He hss been ugly after hla work-outs
for some time and recently attacked
Chllds. his driver, but the latter es
caped aerloua injury.
"INCENDIARY" IS 2 RATS
M) fiery of Turned-On Gas in Res
taurant Is Solved. - -An
apparently Inrendjary bent on
burning the Imperial Kantong res
taurant at 4.".; Washington street by
turning on the gss In the kitchen
where an arc light Is left burning, was
found Fridsy. night to be a pair of big
rats.
Wedneaday the night service was
abolished and the dining-room and
kitchen waa deserted after o'clock.
About 1 o'clock Thursday morning D.
Byrne, who sleeps In a creamery
store adjoining, was awakened by the
smell of gss. He found a cock of the
gaa range in the restaurant turned on
and the kitchen was filled with gss.
Thursdsy night the same condition was
discovered and It waa believed an In
cendiary waa at work, although the
back door waa barred and the front
doors locked.
Yesterday the Ore Insurance com
pany cancelled the reataurant's policy.
UM night James M. Kan. one of the
proprietors, placed the matter In the
hands of J. J .Fltsslmmona. When Flts-
slmmons entered the kitchen at 12:20
this morning two big rats that had
done the mlachief were found in the
traps he hsd set on the range.
NCUBAT0RJWIN IS DEAD
Girl. Fails to Survive, bnt Boy Con
tinues to Thrive-.
After thriving for 11 daya In an in
ubalor. where ahe lay side by side with
her twin brother, the little daughter of
Mrs. II. R. Shoemaker. 14s East Sixty
eighth street, gave up her tenuoua hold
upon rxlatrnre yesterday morning. The
twlna were born August 9 and welghel
three pounds each at blrtb. They were
at once consigned to the incubator and
for a time did well. The boy coatlnuea
to thrive and It Is believed that he wll!
gain atrength. The nrwa has not been
communicated to the mother.
FANATIC'S FAST IS FATAL
California Seel Leader Dies of Star
vation; tilrl Stricken.
!X3 A NOBLES. Cal.. Aug. 2X John
Irving O'Neill, leader of the members of
the queer little sect who for msny weeks
have been etarving themselves In obe
dience to a religious mania, and who
were dtacovered in a lonely cottage by
the authorities yesterday on the verge
of starvation, died today. O'Neill was
too weak to take nourishment and passed
away with a happy smile on his Hps.
Alice Prlffon. the le-year-old girl who has
been starving herself, has but little
chance to recover. It is said.
HARRY MURPHY
Sse4klaa for Je.
PEOPLE GUESSING
Colonel Thought to En
joy Uncertainty.
WEEK'S POLITICS PERPLEXING
Contradictions Follow Rumors
in Quick Succession.
PERSONAL EQUATION LOST
Ex-PresidenC Regarded as "Pro
gresslve," but Administration Is
Not Prepared to Abandon AttV
lude of Heceptlveness.
BT SUMNER.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 20. (Special.)
We have come to the end of another
week of Intenaely intereatlng National
politics. We are led, aa was the case
at the cloae of the preceding seven
days, to look to "next week", for still
more Important developments. If the
whole plot up to this stage could be
dramatised, it might well be named "A
School for Political Scandal." Here Is
what has happened In thla week:
Taft and Roosevelt have broken. Taft
and I loose ve It have not broken as yet,
and maybe they won't.
Speaker Cannon haa refused to be
eliminated by anybody but himself, and
he haa been making pretty progress to
ward elimination without arduoua out
side help.
Ilnllinger News 'Contradictory.
As to Bellinger:
If there ever was a mess that In
volved more contradictions it has es
caped the memory of the oldest observ
ers at the capital. Aa a concrete ex
ample of this fsct. -let me quote brief
"news" extracts from 'the New York
papers of thla forenoon. There aeems
to be more or less collaboration In In
tellectual effort among the chroniclers
of events at both Beverly and Oyster
Bay and In New Tork City, but It pre
sents some weakc-sses. Thus, the
Sun t local story relative to Roosevelt
and Taft and the New York state con
vention says:
"Notwithstanding the Colonel's atti
tude In public. It is known that 'if he
finds that he must attend the conven
tion to satisfy his friends here and In
Nassau County, he wilt be there. But
he does not want to go because he doea
not care to buck the Administration yet
and his appearance in Saratoga would
mean that very thing."
Cholt-e Left to Header.
The Times' story says:
"Whether or not the preaent atralned
relations between the President and
Colonel Roosevelt are patched up be
fore convention time. Colonel Roose
velt, It wss learned yesterday, may not
go to the convention on the ground
that hla presence there might lead to
the belief that he la willing to Indorse
the Tsft Administration."
He who runs may read and take his
choice.
It is evident at this distance that only
one man knows exactly what stand Colo
nel Roosevelt Is going to take to calm
or Influence the ructlona of preeient alle
gation and exploits: on. and that man Is
Colonel Roosevelt himself. Those who
were In close tou.h with hsppenings
when Roosevelt wao in the White House
know that w ith his known penchant for
getting more or less fun out of any situa
tion In which he is Involved he la enjoying
Immensely the present anxiety on differ
ent sides a to what he will do. Those
who underatand him best know that, aside
from the "fun" there la In it. be regards
It ss a good thing to keep folk guessing
sometimes.
Personal Equation Forgotten.
It waa a natural conclusion following
the throw-down of Roosevelt by the New
Tork machine a few daya ago, and the
statement that was Issued by the ex-
President that the foremost cttlsen was
going to espouse the "progressive" cause.
And there Is none who disputes that
Roosevelt Is a "progressive." He surely
would not under sny circumstances
tConcludfd on Ps ae 3.
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know tt 6 anVTHING
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.t Kitted for Home Rale Yet.
Jose Estrada Denounces Insurgent
Chief fs Criminal Rebel
Army Is Near Capital.
. NEW ORLEANS. Ijt.. Aug. !0. (Spe
cial.) Nicaragua is practically In the
hands of the Insurgents. Dr. Jose D.
Madrlz today quit the Presidency and
named Jose Dolores Estrada, a full
brother of General J. J. Estrada, the
revolutionary leader, aa hla auccessor.
The family of Madrlz is fleeing to
Corinto. Granada has been captured
and looted by the Insurgents,, who are
moving on Managua, capital of the re
public General Luis Mena leads an
army of insurgents that appears to be
bent on the extermination of Madrlz'
followers.
General Estrada Is willing to accept
his brother as Provisional President
until an election can be called. How
ever, his two military advisers Gen
eral Luis Mena and eGneral Emlllano
Chamaorro object to Jose Dolores
Estrada assuming the reins of the gov
ernment. Ten months ago. when General Es
trada made his first move toward an
insurrection, his two brothers. Aurello
and Jose Dolores, sent him amessage
branding him as a criminal and de
claring that Necaragua as one man con
demned his scheme to oust Zelaya from
office. That Is why General Mena and
Chamorro now are opposing Jose Es
trada. For thla reason Madrlz chose
the borther of General Estrada, believ
ing that his successor will turn against
his own brother.
Advices received here by private
cable tonight say Americans in the in
terior of Nicaragua are preparing to
get the coast. Insurgents are sacking
every point within reach.
Representatives in New Orleans of
the Madrlz government admit that Mad
rlz haa abdicated, but Insist that he has
named a successor favorable tohim. On
the other hand Estrad adherents de
clare that the new president will lean
towards his brother and that the af
faire of Nicaragua are now In the un
disputed control of the original insur
gent faction as organized by General
Estrada.
BOOK DUNGEON IS LATEST
Oxford's New Device Is Subterranean
Cavern of Three; Floors.
LONDON, Aug. 20. (Special.) That
home of books and antiquarian treasures,
the British Museum, is spparently de
clining in interest as a studious resort.
The dally average of students in the
reading room in 1909 was 713 ss against
751 ' in 1908. Frequently during the Sum
mer months Americans delve among the
old books In the famous library for de
tails of English ancestry, or particulars
about the old-world place from which
their own city took Its nsme.
According to English copyright law
publishers are bound to donate one copy
of every new book to the library of the
British Museum, the - Cambridge Uni
versity Library, the Library of Trinity
College, Dublin; the Advocates Library.
Edinburgh, and the Bodleian LJbrary at
Oxford. New books appear in such be
wildering numbers that the question of
storsge is an ever-present problem with
the librarians concerned.
The limit has b;en reached at the
Bodleian, and practical measures have
to be taken to cope with the never-ceasing
flow of literary products. For their
accommodation a subterranean cavern
is being prepared at Oxford, extensive
enough. It Is hoped, to keep pace with
the production of books for the next
hundred years. There sre to be three
floors, and on each floor tlie bookcases
will be plsced quite close together, the
cases to run on rails, so that the volumes
may be readily accessible. This great
dungeon for books will cost $200,000.
NEIGHBOR'S HEAD BUMPED
Irishmen Gently Reprove I'npopnlar
Man in County Cork.
LONDON. Aug. 2a The peculiar man
ner in which a couple of Irishmen, living
In County Cork, reproved a neighbor who
was unpopular in the village, was de
scribed st the petty sessldns at Purrua.
County Cork. It was told that a man
named Tobln, and another who has tied
to America, seised the unpopular neigh
bor, took him to a convenient precipice.
and hung him over it head downwards.
They, secured him by the heels end let
him hang for half an hour. Then they
dropped him nine feet- until his head
bumped the ground, and pulled him up
araln.
It was said that the victim was terribly
frightened by his experience. Tobln was
sent to jail for a month. In default of
paying a fine. 1
OF AFFAIBS BY DRAWING
"Hf DEAR OlFrTv
THE TRICK 'STO s.
kTA ETjTMS OOORE?,
I WITH fit. THEN I tw4
look how he a.
TRE.TIN&
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Frssi "Isaastaarr Cvrtlo.,
Fire Fighters Needed
at Crater Lake.
STATE GUARD MAY BE CALLED
Volunteer Army Will Be Asked
for by Local Foresters
FIRE -WALL 25 MILES WIDE
Flames Are Devouring Millions of
Acres of Timber in Cascade
Mountains of Southern Oregon.
Cabins of Settlers Licked Vp.
Red tape of the War Department is
delaying movement of troops to assist in
fighting forest fires while flames are
devouring millions of feet of timber in
the Crater Lake Reserve.
Promise as given Friday night . by
General M. P. Maus, commanding the de
partment of the Columbia, that 259
soldiers would leave the maneuver camps
at American Lake Saturday morning for
Medford, but yesterday the general in
formed George H. Cecil, associate for
ester, with headquarters In Portland, that
the soldiers could not start for Medford,
pending the adjustment of some unex
plained difficulty at Washington.
- Delay Is Not Explained.
Associate Forester Cecil was unable to
get an explanation from General Maus as
to the exact nature of the difficulty
that has arisen, but Mr. Cecil believes
It has to do with a War Department ap
propriation for transportation of the
troops. A press dispatch from Washing
ton says the War Department has prom
ised to order troops to assist the Forest
Department in coping with the forest
fires whenever the. soldiers are available.
Flve.-companles of' regulars left Ameri
can Lake yesterday to fight forest fires in
Montana, so General Maus informed Mr.
Ocll. The forest official asked the gen
eral to send the 50 troops ordered to
Wallowa to Medford, but the Army officer
said his order could not be changed with
out authority of the War Department
even If the whole City of Portland were
aflame.
Fire Wall 25 Miles Wide.
While the troops are marking time at
American Lake and expending energy
and ammunition In mimic warfare, a solid
wall of fire. 25 miles from point to point.
Is sweeping northward through the Crater
National Forest, leaving a trail of devas
tation In Its wake. The number of men
who can be hired at Roseburg, Medford
and Ashland is inflnitessimal compared
with the needs of the situation.
Last night - Associate Forester Cecil
telegraphed tha Chief Forester at Wash
ington suggesting that the state militia of
Oregon be ordered to the front upon an
understanding that the Government will
pay salaries and expenses of the troops.
The outcome of the recommendation will
depend upon the conference between the
Secretary of War and Forester Graves.
Volunteers May Be Called.
Should all other means fall. Associate
Forester Cecil will today endeavor to
employ an army of 250 men In Portland,
and will hurry them forward by a spe
cial train. Concessions as to rates
were yesterday asked of the Southern
Pacific Company, but In the absence of
the general passenger and ticket agent
no promises were given. J. P. O'Brien,
general manager, promised to aid In ar-
ranging for the train.
It la believed at Forest Service head
quarters In Portland that the fires re
ported at Butte Falls, along Big Butte
Creek and fiear Buck Lake In the Cra
ter Lake Forest, have formed a Junc
tion, but no estimate as to the amount
of timber it has destroyed Is obtain
able. The fire line s running along
the Cascade Mountain range at terrific
speed, making a clean sweep of the
country. Some notion of the rapidity
with which the fire Is traveling may
be gained from the - reports that
mounted men were compelled to urge
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SEVEN PICTURES ON CURRENT EVENTS
DEAR SIR'. -
HEXRINCXOU ARE A CANDIDATE,
I WOULD LIKSTO AKtOU THE,
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DO YOU COhSlDER OENE Debs K
UREATCB STATESMAN tHAfl &EO.
VIASHIft&TON?
vxtiAT IM YOUR OPINION li THE
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BO You RELIEVE THAT R0CS6VEU
CALLED ON THE POPE AFTER AuJ
THROW OH A SECRET DOOR'?
IF ELECTED ,VILL VOV SUPPLY
THE" WRITE WITH A POLITICAL.
JOB BRlNdlNCv A LARGE, LUSH
SALARY BUt NOT MAKTnS
MUCH PEHAND OH HIS TIME?
HOPlNcVVO! ARE SOUN
ON THESE MOMENTOUS
ISSUED. I FteMMN
YOURS TRULY,
Tke latest Is, Heckle loir Candidate.'
Men and Women of All North Amer
ica Who I' Be New Language Will
Gather to Number or 800.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington. Aug. 20. The Esperanto Asso
ciation of North America, which closed
its session In Washington today, will
hold Its next annual congress In Port
land, July, 1911.
This decision was reached tonight,
due largely to the efforts of J. C.
Cooper, of McMinnvllle. who waa com
missioned by the Governor of Oregon
to represent the state at the recent ses
sion. An Invitation to the congress
was extended on behalf of the Portland
Commercial Club, which has volun
teered to make all arrangements.
It Is expected that about 800 dele
gates will attend next year. John Bar
rett is the newly elected president. The
definite date of assembly will be de
termined later by the council of the
congress, of which W. L. Crlssey, of the'
Commercial Club, is a member.
Mr. Cooper, before leaving Washing
ton, will deliver an illustrated lecture
before officials of the Department of
Agriculture on the development of the
English walnut industry In Oregon. He
Is anxious to secure the co-operation of
the department. Later he will repeat
tne lecture In New Tork and vari
ous .Western cities on his way to the
Coast.
Local Esperanttsts are elated over
the success of their delegates in secur
ing the 1911 convention for Portland.
They are alreadr talking of. plans to
entertain their visitors when they come
here next year.
Among those who are making a seri
ous study of the new universal lan
guage are many of the most distin
guished men and women in the world.
Many of these will attend the meeting.
Mr. Crlssey and Mr. Cooper are ex
pected to arrive home during the lat
ter part of the week, when they will
report to the local society and when
the preparations for next year's con
vention wll be outlined.
PUT BAN0N BIG . HATS
Enterprising Milliner Plays Trick
on Competitor.
COPENHAGEN. Aug. 16. (Special.)
No self-respecting belle of Aarhuus
would wear a" big hat locally today.
Yet aOTeek or so ago they competed
for cartwheel straws at a local millin
ers. This-is how the trend of fashion'
was diverted. :
The best store in the place failed to
Import the biggest hats the Paris
milliners decreed to.be the thing. Down
the street a rival store did and took
away scores of valuable customers.
So the deserted Dane gave a friend
$80 to go to the flourishing store and
buy hats enough for all the women in
the market place who sell shellfish and
vegetables day by day. The ruse succeeded.-
Within .an hour big hats
flourished in the market place and
ever - since local society women -have
been competing with each other to find
the smallest hats in their former favor
ite store. There Is no chance for enor
mous headgear in Aarhuus this Sum
mer.
INSECT COLLECTOR BUSY
American Expert Presents Czar With
Diplodocus for Carnegie.
STOCKHOLM. Aug. 20. (Special.)
Dr. W. J. Holland, director of the Car
negie Institute in Pittsburg, who has
been visiting Russia and Scandinavia,
has gathered much Information here
for use in his lecture on Insects to be
given to the Entomological Congress
in Brussels.
"Accompanied by the Swec'sli profes
sors, Wlren, Hartmann and jostedt. he
has spent much time st Upsala Unlv -sity.
where the famous Linnaeus col
lection of butterflies has been kept for
the last 1-40 years. Professor Hartmann
has himself been connected with the
Carnegie Institute.
POLICE CHIEF ARRESTED
Long Island Official Charged With
Malfeasance in Office.
' NARRAGANSETT PIER, LI I., Aug.
20. Chief of Police James B. Caswell
wss arrested today on a warrant charg
ing malfeasance in office as a result
of the raid on the Narragansett Club
a week ago Sunday morning, at which
Chief Caswell is alleged to have tried
to protect the gamblers.-
William E. Arnold, vice-president of
the club, also was arrested for the sec
ond time on the charge of maintaining
a gambling nuisance. . :
Shscklsg Accident la California.
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Many Added Burdens
Are Imposed.
TAXPAYERS SUFFER HEAVILY
Bills for Next . Year Are In-
creased $262,000.
APPEAL . MADE TO CLASS!
Argument Neglects to Tell of In
creased Cost of Campaigning Ira- .
posed by Creating Oppo- f
nents In Own Party. : !
In three of the four initiative mess-,
ures presented by U'Ren's People's ,
Power League, and which will be acted
upon by the vsters In the November
election,, appropriations are carried?
which, in the event of the adoption of
the measures, would impose' upon the
taxpayers of the state added burdens,
of approximately, $262,000 In the next,
two years.
- In the proportional legislative scheme,
the salary of Legislators is increased'
from $120 paid every two years to an
annual salary of $350, while two pre-"
siding officers are added at annualj
salary of $500 each. I
The biennial salary cost to the state'
for members of the Legislative Assem-t
bly as now constituted Is about $10,800.'
The ITRen scheme increases this cost
to $65,000 biennially. - J
' Gazette to Cost $1 a Voter. J
. In another bill the offices of threw
People's Inspectors of Government are,"
created and provision Is made for ther
publication of an Oregon Official Ga-J
zette, ' the yearly cost for , which, In- ,
eluding the salarlea and expenses -of .
the Inspectors, may be $1 for each regJ
Istered voter in Oregon. For the 190
election there were registered in Ore-1
gon 122,095 voters, and the bill there-
fore authorizes the expenditure of at
least $122,096 yearly. .In view of Ore-
gon's growth in population the regis-!
tratlon this year may run to 150,000,
but the bill provides for the publication
in the proposed Official Gazette of what
Is now the campaign book and other,
documents sent free to the voters, so
the Increase In' cost of state publica
tions wauld not beL equivalent to the
total . registration. It is estimated,
however, that this Increase would not
be less than $100,000 annually or $200,
000 for each biennial period.
Then there is another bill which au
thorizes the state to pay the traveling
and living expenses of delegates to
National party conventions, limiting
the expenditure of each delegate to
$200. This measure, if adopted, would
cost the taxpayers in 1912, It is esti
mated, about $8000. '
:. Radical Change Proposed.
The fourth measure, whioh is a pro
posed constitutional amendment, pro
vides for radical changes In the state
judicial department and in -court pro
cedure, particularly affecting appeals
and Jury trials of civil suits. The pro
posed amendment does not involve di
rectly the expenditure of public money,
but removes the constitutional require
ment that there shall be Circuit Courts,
County Courts, Sheriffs. County Clerks
and District Attorneys, letting these
offices and departments . stand as at
present until some other . provision Is
made by law. - -
It Is Impracticable to give even' a
resume of all four of the U'Reg meas
ures in one newspaper article. Ths
four, with the arguments , f or and
against that have been filed in the of
fice of the Secretary of State, if printed
in full In the Oregonlan, would require
more than one and one-half newspapes
pages of solid type. The proposed con
stitutional amendement providing for
legislation without representation in
many districts, and known as the pro
portional plan of choosing legislators,
alone is longer than one-third of the
present state constitution. What the
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