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THE8TTXDAY OREftOyiAy. PORTLAND. JUKE 23, 1912. BRYAH, EVEN ALONE TO FIGHT PARKER Nebraskan Will Not Depend on Leaders to Whom He Has Sent Protest. OUTCOME MAY BE CLOSE Martlne, of w Jersey, Says Chair manship Is Not Worth Quarrel ing About and Makes Plea for Harmony. BALTIMORE. June it. William J. Bryan will make the fight against the naming; of Alton B. Parker, of New York, aa temporary chairman of the Democratic Kational convenUon, re gardless of the attitude taken by the e candidates for Presidential nomi nation to whom Bryan aent a tele graphic note asking- them to Join with him in opposing- Parker. That statement waa emphatically Blade today by Dr. P. U Hall. National ommltteeman from Bryan's homo atate. Hall said the issue as to Judge Parker waa more clearly defined than ever, and that the fight had to come. The replies of the candidates so far made." said Dr. Hall, "clearly Indicate that they don't care to tr":e sides, but that will make no difference with Bryan. He will never let up In his fight, and it will be carried to the convention floor." Close Fight Expected. Dr. Hall aald the fight against Par ker on the convention floor might be very close. Those National committeemen who re aligned with Judge Parker ana lyzed the replies of the candidates to Mr. Bryan's note, and declared the Ne braska leader would find little com fort In them, and that he would be compelled to muke the fight with only those delegates who Joined with him. Fome of the leaders hoped that Bryan could be persuaded to withdraw from the fight and abide by the de rision of the committee In the Interest of party harmony. There were reports that there might be a bolt if Judge Parker was finally selected and a par ty of progressives formed, but none close to the Bryan leaders would con firm this, saying that It was Idle to talk of such moves, especially since the delegates and leaders had not threshed it out In convention. United States Senator Martlne, of New Jersey, was one of the early Wil son arrivals today. Martlne Wants Harmony. "The temporary chairmanship is not worth fighting over," declared Senator Martlne. "I am Bryan's friend and would prefer to see a man like Senator Kern temporary chairman; but that Is all secondary to getting a real progres sive candidate like Woodrow Wilson and a platform that Is more progres sive than our platforms of TS years ngo. We don't want a row at the. be ginning of this convention." Death has reduced by one the num ber of contests. There will be no con test In the Sixth Louisiana district. In the same manner in which the contest was created It has been solved. The vacancy In the delegation was caused by the tragic death In Washington of the late Representative Robert C. Wyk llffe, chosen to the Baltimore conven tion some time ago. A dispute arose as to which of the two alternates in the district was entitled to his seat here. Secretary Urey Woodson, of the National Democ ratio committee, has been Informed that one of the alter nates also baa died. Contests Are Filed. Up to date the National committee, which will sit Monday, haa received no tification of contests affeotina; the en tire delegations from the District of Columbia. Porto Rico, Vermont, the Philippines and Alaska. In addition, rival claims have been made to the seats of the delegates from Illinois at large, the first 10 districts of that state and also the Twentieth. Other contests Inaugurated are over three aeata from Rhode Island, one seat in the Seventh and one In the Ninth Pennsylvania dis tricts, and both seats In the Seventh and Sixteenth Texas districts. An appeal for a "winning candidate" is being made by the Bryan League of Iowa to every delegate through an ad dress distributed among the assembled politicians. In this appeal It Is ar gued that Democratic success depends upon winning at least 1,000,00.0 dissatis fied Republicans. "What faction of the Republican party can we best hope to win away 7" the Iowa Democrats ask. "Unquestion ably the radical progressives and fol lowers of La Follette. Name the Demo crat whom these men are now ready to vote for and you have found the. win ning candidate." BALDWIN IS FOR HARMONY Connectlcnt Governor Draws Moral Prom Chicago Situation. NEW HAVEN. Conn, June 2J. Gov ernor Baldwin today aent the following to Colonel Bryan In reply to Bryan's appeal that the Governor oppose Alton R Parker as temporary chairman of the Baltimore convention. "Replying to your telegram, for warded from Hartford, It does not seem to me that the course you suggest would promote harmony at Baltimore. "The Republican party has been visibly destroying Itself at Chicago. The storm center has been the action of its National committee in planning for the organization of lta convention." T. R. VICTORY PREDICTED Two Oregon Delegates Say Action ot Convention Will Arouse. The following voluntary message was received last night by The Orego nlan: "Chicago. June 2I.--Not the drunk enness of power, but the Insanity of senility led the discredited leaders to believe the people would again allow the bosses to override the people's will. They have sent the pitcher to the well now once too often. "With the states of Ohio. Oklahoma, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and others sitting In the convention and firmly, but sorrowfully voting blank, more than one-third of the total vote pro testing silently against the steamroller drift of the nomination means some thing. Quiet, but determined, the peo ple are aroused. "I believe that with Roosevelt as the Independent candidate, he wltl receive more votes than Taft and the Demo cratlc candidate combined. "HENRY WALDO COE. -CHARLES W. ACKERSON. "Delegates." SECRETARY OF NAVY, WHO IS ILL WITH TYPHOID FEVER AT HIS HOME IN MASSACHUSETTS. V - " - GEORGE VOX L. METER. MEYER HAS TYPHOID Secretary of Navy II! at Home in Massachusetts. OFFICIAL CIRCLES STIRRED Aliment That Started Supposedly With Stomach Trouble Blag nosed as Mild Form or Dreaded Disease. WASHINGTON. June 42. (Special.) Official and social circles were con siderably disturbed today by telegrams from Hamilton, Mass, announcing that t. Vpvpr SAcretarv of the Navy, was suffering from typhoid fever. Secretary Meyer naa moo .......I A .trm mnA ohnilt S. WPffc SKO Ws physician advised that he return to his Borne ror a rest, m -'" be was complaining of stomach trou ble, but there were no Indications of the presence of typhoid and his phy on frionriA hpri believed that a few days" rest at his country home would restore him to neaim. uay oe fore yesterday the physicians at Ham ilton, who had been summoned when his condition did not Improve, diag nosed his ailment as typhoid. Late dispatches tonight In response to inquiries from friends here say his condition Is not alarming, and mem bers of his family expect him to be out inside of a week or perhaps slightly longer, as tne attack is saia to m very mild. BOY SHOOTS PLAYMATE JIMMY HIGLEY KILLED ACCI DENTALLY WITH .22 RIFLE. Eddie Flnley, Aged 11, Pulls Trigger When Companion Is Inspecting Parent's Gun. Jlmmie Higley, 9 years old. whose parents live at 771 Macadam, street, was acldentally shot and killed by his playmate. Eddie Flnley, 11 years old, with a .12-callber rifle. The tragedy took place at 5 o'clock yesterday after noon. Eddie and Abble Carlton had gone out to shoot at targets about Z o'clock. Eddie bas an alrgun which he lent to the Carlton boy. He took his father's rifle out of the basement. They had previously gone down town to buy some shells. On their way home the two lads sat down on the sitewalk near the corner of Macadam and Grover streets. Jlmmie Higley was seated on bis play-wagon near by. Jlmmie salted to see the gun. In the Inspection that followed. Flnley pulled the trigger, not knowing that the gun was loaded, and the bullet struck Jlmmie In the forehead. He was carried to his parents' house by Mrs. p-ijii ii.i.imn "ffy"M""J"S 'TXT 1 II .III I. Jtaaamle Rlglr. Accidentally Killed While "Plmrtaa SaJctde." Ida Mader. but died almost immedl atelv. Fred Relnking. 71 Macadam street, waa driving home In his wagon, and turned the corner of Grover street lust night, "and the boys Jumped up, and then I heard young Flnley say: "Oh, my! Tve killed Jlmmie Higley. Jlmmie was sitting with his body facing north, but had his head turned sideways towards the boys. Flnley had the gun alongside him, in a slanting direction, and pulled the trigger." E. J. flnley, a contractor, xatner oi the boy, said last night that his son had strict injunctions not to play with the rifle. "He had a little gun of his own. a mere plaything." said Mr. Flnley, "bul 1 had alwaya told him not to touch cai rifle. It was kept upstairs, but In cleaning had been put in the basement. I My boy had gone down town ana se cured the shells, for I have never kept a single one In the house. Jlmmie was an only son. STATE CLIPPING COUPONS Washington Adds to Funds Sum of $1250 Daily. OLTMPIA. Wash.. June 22. (Spe cial.) The state treasury will receive 1117,807 In Interest as the proceeds of coupons dipped during July by State Treasurer Lewis from bonds held by him for the state. Of this amount. 155,992 la on interest on municipal bonds, while Interest on county and school district bonds amounts to ?61. 808. - For each of the 363 nays of the year $1250 is received In the state treasury from state permanent funds now Invested in bonds. This means a consequent reduction in taxes. State Treasurer Lewis now holds bonds in the sum of $10,000,000 belonging to the several state permanent funds. NEWBERG RIGHTS EXPIRE Yamhill Franchise Haa Run 20 Years Bridge to Be Considered. The franchise of the Yamhill Electric Company, of Newberg, expires jaonaay. t .a- rrntA 9( vM.m ,ro and nro- vldes that at the expiration of that period the city nas tne rigm to ouy the plant at a price tnai may oe agreed . i flA ft Haab not the fran chise is to be renewed for another period of 20 years. The francmse also gives the right to the company f sup nt iuiw. i. fnr Atantrtc cars. There has been an extension of the territory of the company and it is now lurnismnts light and power to several adlacent towns. The matter of a renewal is to be taken up by the City Council Mon day night. . The County Court is to meet with the court of Marlon County at Salem July 3 in relation to the proposed bridge across the Willamette at mwoerj, cost of which Is to be about $80,000, ... .k.mh h thA two counties, with Yamhill paying something more than half. A delegation rrom tne commercial r-inh nf N'ewberar will also be In attend ance at this meeting. Reindeer Owners in Alaska. Chicago Record-Herald. When a woman In an enlightened country makes her way to a front rank .k. vnrlH. the fact SOOn III lire becomes known and peoplo are eager to learn sometning oi iue tuuuiuu. that brought it about and of the char acter of the one who accomplished it. That a woman with a brown skin should also successfully compete with l ne mvu 1 - understood. Out of 260 Eskimos who own reindeer in " women. I - . - A new cnooi win " - - . ... j..-- soon, to be known as the acbool of house- FOREST SERVICE IS SETTLERS' MENAGE Timber Prices Held Higher Than Private Sales Made . in Same Vicinity. LUMBER COST STATIONARY Secretary's Report Shows That of 26,297 Homestead Applications ' in Forests 13,991 Have Hot Bocn Allowed. OREGONTAN NEWS BUREAU, Washington. Jane 22. (Special.) The frank admission Is made by the Secre tary of Agriculture. In a letter sent to Congress, that the Forest Service Is frequently selling timber from forest reserves at prices higher than the cur rent price for privately owned timber in the same locality. In the same com munication the . Secretary criticises homesteaders on lands within the boundaries of forest reserves for sell ing their, timber at bargain prices. This confession from the head or tne Department of Agriculture Justifies the -charge frequently made by Sena tor Borab of Idaho that the Forest Service, by holding up the price of Government timber, is as much a lum ber trust as Weyerhaeuser or other large owners, and. In fact, is playing into the hands of these big owners by keeping the Government price equal to or higher than the price these owners are demanding. Moreover, the statement of the Sec retary shows that the Forest Service has been steadily increasing its price for sturapage. In 1909 the average price charged by the Government was $1.98 per thousand feet; In 1910 It rose to $2.44 and in 1911 was $2.56, which Is a more rapid rise than prevails in most Western lumber districts. In spite of this advance in price, the quantity of timber sold is also in creasing. It was 286,666,000 feet in 1909, 574,555.000 feet in 1910 and 830, 804,000 In 1911. the amounts received for those years being respectively $508,903. $1,400,992 and $2,122,639. The report of Secretary Wilson to Congress is in part as follows: Appntlsal Is Necessary. "The prices charged for National forest timber are determined In ac cordance with the act of June 4. 1897. This law requires that timber be sold for not less than Its appraised value; in other words, what such timber is actually worth under current market conditions. Prices are, therefore, de termined by a careful calculation of the cost of logging and manufacture, and the average selling price of the manufactured product in the locality. The cost of logging and manufacture and a liberal operating profit, ranging from 10 to 80 per cent, are deducted from the average selling price of lum ber to arrive at a fair market valua tion of the standing timber. The rates so determined are seldom if ever lower and frequently are higher than the prevailing prices for private ly owned timber of the same quality and at the same distance from mar ket In nearly every locality where this is true, the prices of private stumpage have been largely fixed by custom and often are controlled by the lumber interests. In many of the National forest regions there are still 1 nantlHM MmhAF ATI UnDAN fected homesteads and timber and stone claims. As tnese claims are per fected the timber is usually offered' for sale and often is purchased at very low prices because of ttae ignorance of the claimant as to Its actual market value and his Inability to negotiate successfully with shrewd business n iph. omAnnt nf timber old under such conditions is enough in many lo calities to largely intiuence tne pre vailing stumpage prices. "In regions where private timber Is owned by lumbermen or others who appreciate its value. National forest prices compare closely wtlh those ob tained in private sales, ot stumpage of similar quality and accessibility. Pnrehaaea Are Small. "The stumpage prioes on National forests have not " restricted the pur chase ot such timber In small quan tities by local operators who supply settlers and industries in the region. During the last fiscal year 97 per cent of all sales made. 6471 separate trans actions, were for amounts of timber .TiAAr tsoa in value. During the fiscal year 1910 6194 such sales were made, and during the fiscal year lso, o sales of this sise. The steady increase in the number of these small pur chases indicates more general nse of National forest timber by local opera tors. "The price placed upon National forest timber have not raised the cost of lumber manufactured by local mills to the settlers whom such mills sup ply. Such appraisals always permit the operator a liberal profit, consider ing fully the necessarily expensive methods of manufacture In small mills. The stumpage price forms always not more than one-sixth and often not more than one-eighth of the price which the settler pays for the manu factured lumoer. The difference la made up by labor bills, cost of equip ment and maintenance, and the profit which the operator takes out of the business. The Forest Service has no control over the prices at which the manufactured lumber from small mills Is sold to settlers. 6uch prices are fixed by the mill men quite arbitrarily in localities away from the railroads, and by competition with outside lum ber in localities within reach of the railroads. "While the prices of National forest timber. therefore, are sometimes higher than prevailing prices in the locality, this is due to the adoption of market standards in accordance with the requirements of the law. Further more, it does not affect the prices paid for lumber by consumers." Homestead Applicants Refused. In the same report. Secretary Wil son furnishes information regarding homestead entries of agricultural lands In forest reserves under the act of June 11, 1906. From the passage of that act to date, there have been 26, 297 applications from intending home steaders for lands of this character, and of this number. 12,991 applications have been rejected, the Forest Service l..4nUw tha lanS ATmlled tOT Were not chiefly valuable for timber. The number of claims allowed was 10.695, and 2611 applications are still pending. During this period qt nearly six years, the Forest Service has established 6740 ranger- stations within reserves, and almost every one of those stations was planted down upon land that some hu. AlActed and aDPjIed for. Practically half, therefore, of thb lands which were sougni oy Home steaders, were denied the settlers, and were gobbled up by the Forest Ser vice for the use of rangers. On the showing by the Department Itself, the Forest Service stands con victed of the charges repeatedly made in the Senate this session by Senators Borah and Heyburn, of Idaho, and others who have found fault wi J the manner in which the Forest Service has been conducted. i Because frosts do .the most damage when tha air Is calm, a Paris scientist has ad vanced IW lawn v. . -T yards can be protected by electric fans to seep tne aHvatiiom maj Roots Barks Herbs That have great medicinal power, are raised to their highest efficiency, for furlfylnar and enriching the blood, aa hey are combined In Hood's Sarsa parllla. 40,866 testimonials received by actual count in two years. Be sure to take Hood's Sarsaparilla Get It today In usual liquid form or chocolated tablets called Saraataba. Ostrich Feathers Dyed, Curled and Repaired. WILLOWS DYED BLACK Guarantee our Black Dye. Portland Ostrich. Feather Dye Works. S01-51 Merchants Trast Bld Sixth ead Washtastom Sta. 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