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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 13, 1912)
8 THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN. PORTLAND, OCTOBER 13, 1912. PARTY LINES SNAP i !! County Division Fight Is All Absorbing Topic in Gem State This Year. ',t BITTER CONTESTS WAGED II- t Political Confusion Resulting From Intense Community Issue Likely r ,1 to Elect Democrats In Places Where Republicans Rule. BOISE. Idaho. Oct. 12. (Special.) If Ihe hopes of county dlvisionists In Idaho are realized this state- will be sub-di- Ivided into many smaller units than It -:is now composed of. Democrats will -Select Legislative tickets where Repub ' licans should and rice versa, measures of Importance during the next session of the Legislature will be jeopardized and there will be the bitterest county division controversy staged In the his tory of the state. In addition, other counties are face to face with the re- . moval of county seats, party lines in these counties have been eliminated. and a most unusual condition exists. Judge Charles F. McCarthy, of the Third Judicial District for Ada County, has just rendered a decision that adds interest to the county split situation having ruled that in Boise County, one ' : of the largest in area and smallest In il population in the western part of the state, residents may have a choice of I- - casting their votes for either Montour or waverly, as the permanent seats of fc government for that county. Both '- towns wanted the exclusive right to ;j - the government seat. - Monteur, a new town on the Idaho Northern railroad, if first made application. Its opponents objeeted and petitioned to permit the electors to vote on the town of Waverly. j. Judge McCarthy held that both petl ' ' tions were legal and the electors could ,.' t the general election take their choice. : Idaho City, once one of the greatest gold camps In the West, now but a small mining town, is the present coun - ty seat of Boise County, and apparently has been lost in the race. !' -L . Three Factions In Lincoln. . The most bitter county division fight has been waged in Lincoln County. There three factions are busily at work jtrto split the county into three parts, one Ip to retain the present county seat at l Shoshone, the second to name Gooding 'H; as a county Seat and the third to so des. 'r ignate the town of Jerome. In that i- county at the recent primary election, over 00 Republicans voted the Demo cratic ticket- to elect the candidates K'-who stood for county division. Party - Issues were relegated Into oblivion and '-the issues became division and antl-di-V.vvlsion. Irrespective of whether the Democratic or the Republican Legisla tive tickets are elected, both are - pledged to county division and will en-.:- deavor to divide Lincoln County. Cassia County, of whloh Albion is ': now the county seat, is threatened with j a removal county seat fight, for petl j tions were circulated to remove it from .: AiDion to Hurley, ana tney were grant ' t, ed by the courts. Albion Is making a i C hard fight to hold the seat of go'vern- - ment. Burley. a progressive little city In that county, is just as determined to be designated as the county seat. Fremont Triplets Expected. During the last regular session of the Legislature Fremont County asked to be segregated Into triplets for the cre ation of three new counties out of the . one, but the Legislature could not see ' it that way and the big county is still , Fremont. But there is a division move - ment on again there, and the Fremont triplets are expected to ask to be bap tised by the next session of the Legis lature. The previous session did di vide Bingham County, creating Bonne ville with Idaho Falls as the county seat. It also divided Washington County to create Adams, but showed particular parental interest to North Idaho, divid ing Nes Perce County Into three parts, leaving old Nez Perce In one and Clear water and Lewis as the two new ones. The, north will probably not ask for a division at the next session. Ada County, of which Boise is the seat of government, is to be made the .'center of attack on division for the south end of the county wants a segre gation from the north end, which Is ..principally Boise and will carry a dl " vision fight to the Legislature. Me--rfdian is slated as the seat of the new " county. The segregation is asked for to permit the. south section to make its improvements in easier stages and not at as rapid a rate as Boise wishes. Power County, twice defeated, will also demand recognition. and another carload waa distributed last week. Everybody helps in the work Ranchers have left thei rwork to haul cans of fish ten miles back to the head waters, and two wagons made the trip to Lost Lake. The State Game and Fish Commission has appropriated $500 to place a fish ladder at the Devil's Punch Bowl, and the work will be done this Fall. At the last council meeting a peti tion was presented asking that the mouth of Hood River be thrown back into the old channel, from which it waa diverted several years ago to aid In lumbering operations. The matter was referred to a committee with power to act, and they have announced that at least $200 will be appropriated for the work. The Game and Fish Commission has also appropriated $50 to aid in this direction. As the river now runs it empties up stream, the waters flow ing across a mud flat. In order to discharge. By diverting to the old channel. the river will be ALBANY GIRL IS TWICE CHOSEN TO EDIT HIGH SCHOOL PAPER. I ; - . : ' v. . ,: :: i-i BOURNE'S PLEA HIT Stephen A. Lowell Says Sen . ators Excuses Flimsy. LEGISLATURE'S CLUB SEEN If Independent Wins at Polls After Disregarding Primary, May Not Lawmakers Pursue Same . Course? Asks ex-Candidate. Miss Madeline Bawling. ALBANY, Or.. Oct 12. (Spe cial.) In two successive years a young woman has been accorded the unusual honor of being chosen editor of the Albany High School Whirlwind, a monthly publication i Issued by the students. In the i election of student body officers last week Miss Madeline Raw lings was chosen editor of the paper during the present school year, succeeding Miss Ruth Thompson, who- served as editor last year, and who was graduated in the class of 1912. Miss Rawlings is a member of the senior class of the. High - School, and Is. a prominent and popular student. In her sopho- ' more year she was editor for her class on the Whirlwind staff, and last year she served successfully - as subscription manager. She Is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Rawlings, of this city. brought much nearer to town, ana It is hoped is the. beginning of improve ments that will make a boat landing a few hundred feet from town, whereas now the haul to the wharf is over half a mile. . - In its present condition, no fish Aver enter Hood River from the Columbia, but the change will correct present conditions. The State Commission is taking an interest In the work, and ex presses the hope that Hood River in couple of years will be among the ban ner streams for sportsmen in the state. WEST WOULD CUT COST CHAXGE TO BE URGED IX TRANS PORTATION? op coxncrs. Governor Will Ask Next Legislature to Adopt System Used for Insane. THREE BATTERIES RETURN 3000 Practice Rounds Are Fired on Warm Springs Reservation. GRESHAM. Or, Oct. 13. (Special.) Three batteries of the Second United States Artillery passed through 'here yesterday on their way -to Vanoouver from the Warm Springs Reservation, where they had been engaged in tar get practice for two months. They fired 2000 rounds, at a cost of $7 for each shot. No attempt was "made to break records, efficiency in drill and marksmanship being aimed at. The troops left camp Tuesday morn ins: and made a record march of 31 miles yesterday. The company num bers 400 men, and as many mules and horses. While passing a dangerous spot yes terday a mule fell over a cliff, with a gun cradle weighing 400 pounds on its back and was killed. SINGLE TAX IS OPPOSED Straw Vote Shows 348 Against and 89 in Favor. GRESHAM, Or., Oct. 12. (Special.) A straw ballot was taken on President, equal suffrage. Cascade County meas ure and single tax at the fairgrounds. The official count resulted as follows: For President Wilson, 234; Roose velt. 12S; Taft, 103; Debs, 32; Chafin, 21. Equal suffrage For, 845; against, 118. Cascade County For. J44; against, 120. .Single tax For, 89; against, S4S. HOOD RIVER GETS FISH Progress Is Xoted in Making Stream Prolific for Sportsmen. HOOD RIVER, Or, Oct. 12. (Spe cial.) A great deal of activity in stocking the streams of Hood River Valley with game fish has been noted this Summer, and further work Is to be done. So far about 250,000 trout have been planted In the various Bireams, SALEM. Or, Oct. 11. (Special.) The system of transportation of convicts from places of conviction to the state penitentiary will be materially changed at what promises to be a great saving, according to plans which Governor West is making for a recommendation, to be Incorporated in his message to the next Legislature, and founded on the results which have been secured In the change made in transportation of patients to the stats Insane asylum. Under the old law patients were transported to the asylum under the care of a Sheriff or his deputy. Now an attendant Is sent from the asylum to bring in the patient. Under the old law covering trans portation for asylum patients to that institution from the place of commit ment, the records show that for the 28 months between January, 1903 and October, 1904, the average cost for transportation of the insane under the old law was $64.61 per patient. Under the new law the average cost Is shown to be $36.17, or almost half the cost that was charged under the old law. With the transportation of several hundred patients annually this mounts into a handsome saving. During 1911 it cost the state a total of $10,844 to transport patients from the place of conviction to the prison. Of this amount $8673 was for expenses incidental to transportation of pa tients and officers. The per diem of Sheriffs and guards amounted to ap proximately $2200. On the ratio of the saving on transportation of insane, a saving of practically 50 per cent or about $5000 annually would be made in transporting prisoners. POTATOES AREF00T LONG Record Spuds for Size and Number Found at Hood River. HOOD RIVER, Or, Oct - (Spe cial.) The record for potato produc tion in Hood River Valley is Just re ported by J. R. Steele. Last May he planted an acre that had been in alfalfa for 10 years to Early Rose and Garfield varieties. They were Irrigated twice. Last week he started to dig them -and found that the hills had run ' together so that each row was one continuous line of solid spuds. Many of -the plants had enough on them to nil a five-gallon oil can. Most of the spuds are a foot long and some weigh four pounds each. The acre yielded 700 sacks or 1400 bushels. Mr. Steele also raised a cab bage this Summer weighing 28 pounds. , PENDLETON, Or Oct 1J. (Special.) "I suppose that the people of Ore gon should not be surprised at any political tumbling In which Jonathan Bourne may engage, but it is surpris ing that the man can secure any fol lowing In the light of his uniform repudiation of every tenet of fair play in party usage, and the utter selfish ness which characterizes his acts," de clared Stephen A. Lowell in discussing the re-entrance : into the Senatorial race against the wish of the people as expressed at the primaries. "I have read his pronunclamento. In which he excuses his present un justifiable entrance upon the Sena torial arena by an appeal to a petition of some sort asking him to become a candidate. Assuredly he must regard the voters of Oregon as either fools or infants, if he thinks that they are not familiar with petitions, and the ease by which organized effort can se cure signatures thereto for anybody or anything. That might work as a pok er bluff, but it is too ancient for ef fective use in politics. The chances are that half the men who signed the paper would just- as readily have signed a -petition to hang Jonathan as to send him back to the Senate. They wanted to be rid of importunate cir culators as quickly as possible, and af fixed their signatures for that pur pose. Bourne Called "Adventurer." That is a flimsy excuse indeed for deliberate violation of the spirit of the direct primary law by a man whom self laudation has led many to regard as the Incarnation of the law Itself. ThoBe of us, however, who made the real fight for that law have never had much faith In the slnoerity of Bourne s espousal of the cause, and his present attitude demonstrates that such lack of faith has been well grounded. If he can make it a vehicle for his own advancement or glorification he will observe It otherwise it is not appllc able to him. The truth is Jonathan is a political adventurer by temperament and habit At the April primaries he was a Re publican candidate, together with Sell ing, Morton and Lowell. When defeat ed he telegraphed Mr. Selling congrat ulatlona and pledged his support Later he desired the Roosevelt Progressive nomination, and losing there, he pre sents himself as a voluntary candidate Under the childish guise of response to a petition. By all the rules of the code of political honor he should sup port Selling. The American people be lieve in fair play, and I apprehend that the electors of Oregon will show Mr. Bourne In November that tbey are Americans. No Evidence of Corruption. "He presents another excuse which will not bear analysis, when he charges Mr. Selling with violation of the cor rupt practices act. If on that Score Selling is culpable. Bourne is equally so. The limitation of expenditure un der that act seems to.be 15 per cent Of the first year's salary, which in the case of a candidate for a Federal Sen- atorshlp would be $1175, the Senatorial annual salary being $7600, Mr. Morton and I kept within that limit Both Bourne and Selling exceeded it, be cause they permitted their friends to expend money in their interest I have not the data at band, but if my recol lection serves me right, the affidavits filed In the office of the Secretary of State show expenditures in furtherance of the Bourne candidacy approaching $4000. and if we could get at the Gov ernment assistance which he received In the printing and free circulation of the franked literature witn wnicn ne flooded the stats, I am Inclined to the belief that the Bourne expenditures would thus exceed those of Selling, Morton and Lowell Combined. There is no evidence, however, that either of these gentlemen used money corruptly. The fact Is that the corrupt practices act is so loosely drawn that is, open to numerous constructions and is a rich man's law. It clearly permits the organisation of committees and the contribution of funds by friends of candidates. In my judgment the aw needs amendment but now Bourne is the last man who should -criticize Selling. There is an old adage regard ing the pot and kettle Which he might properly recall. Selling; Worthy of Support. T am supporting Mr. Selling because believe that he was fairly nominated, and because, in my judgment he will make an able and efficient Senator. He ought not to suffer because the corrupt practices act, said to be the compila tion of Mr. ITRen, Bourne's sponsor, is so loosely drawn as to be unintelligible upon the question of expenditures. Every Republican who believes in the direct primary principle and who stands for a. square deal, ought to vote for Selling as the regular party nominee. He will make a better Senator than Bourne has made, or ever can make. His sympathies are with the common people, while those of Bourne, If we are to judge by his Aldrlch tariff affilia tions, and if we are to believe tne re cent published statement of Theodore Roosevelt, are with the Standard Oil crowd. I wonder if It has occurred to Mr. Bourne that if he is not bound by the direct primary law. then neither will the Legislature be bound thereby. He elected to submit his claims under- it in April. Now he repudiates it because his ambition requires repudiation. Should he by any chance triumph at the polls, the Legislature in January may justly invoke the precedent whlct e has established and repudiate mm. He that soweth the wind shall reap the whirlwind." Library Directors Reappointed. ' ALBANY, Or, Oct 12. (Special.) Mayor Gilbert has reappointed F. P. Nutting, Mrs. J. K. Weatherford and Mrs. S. E. Young as members of the board of directors of Albany's public library for a term of three years. The other members of the board are H. H. Hewitt F. J. Miller. Miss Lucy Gard. Mrs. H. F. Merrill, A. C. Schmttt and Dr. M. H. Ellis. Mr. Hewitt is presi dent of the board and F. P. Nutting secretary. Eilers Music House Announce Their Grand Annual Exhibition and Sale of the World's Finest Player Pianos The greatest display ever brought together under one roof. The triumphant Auto piano; the very latest product of the great Kimball factory, the Acmelodic; the justly . popular Bungalow; the Eilers de Luxe', and a score of other equally meritorious highest grade makes and the very latest and finest of all The Chickering Flexotone and Artigraphic Nearly two whole floors devoted to this exhibition. Ul 1 1 -jt t I nl'lfcaiffiSiM L An Exhibition of Utmost Interest to Every Music Lover Tomorrow morning we com mence our grand annual exhibition . and sale of high est grade Player Pianos a show ing of all that is latest and best. This annual event has been planned for many months with most particular care. We now state, without fear of contradiction, that never heretofore anywhere not even in New York has such a comprehensive exhibition been brought together under one roof as will be seen at Eilers Music House tomorrow. Every improvement of value, every new design, in an almost endless variety, plain or ornate, mis-, sion, Colonial, Empire renaissance, art nouveau and all the other schools encased in Cuban and other fancy mahoganies, plain and quarter-sawed oak, Cir cassian and burled English walnut, and the numer ous other fancy woods, employed in highest grade piano building;- bright finishes or French, or satin finishes and also finished to order. To give even a faint idea of the beauty, the im mensity, the diversity of this truly gigantic display is impossible in this space. Let us cordially ask you to see it.. Player pianos each playable by three methods namely, by hand, by foot power and by electric device will be shown. The lat est achievement in the- Welte Mignon is also on display. An immense shipment, compris ing several carloads of the latest examples from the triumphant Autopiano factories, will be on display. The truly superb and most ef ficient Acmelodic Player Pianos, the product of the House of Kim ball, are included. would not be obtained for less than $1250, $1325, etc. Nowhere are the advantages secured by the Eilers ' money-saving methods more apparent than in these, the very costliest of all the fine in struments made in America. This exhibition would not be complete without its quota of the now so popular Bungalow player pianos, and nearly a score of other choicest makes, many of which will be on exhibition for the first time. As to prices suffice to say "I - Lr 1 -a s-rsJ S: jl 'I n U th In addition, we exhibit at last the long-promised Chickering Flexotone player piano de luxe, the newest and by. all odds the finest of highest grade player pianos that ever will be produced, the product of the time-honored and illustrious House of Chicker ing. The Chickering Flexotone play er piano de luxe, and the new Chickering Artigraphic player piano (operated by means of an electric device and faithfully re producing the playing of the world's greatest pianists), mark a new standard in the player piano world. We show the most superb plain mahogany models for $955, fancier designs $985, etc. In many other places under the old manner of selling, such values that all are marked upon the reg ularly established Eilers quick-sale-iittle-profit basis. Nowhere can be found the variety and scope of selection, the littleness of prices and the easy terms of payment that Eilers Music House offers. From the cunning little baby Boudoir Player Pianos at $378 and $435, up to the most costly $1000 and $1150 styles, which latter are furnished by this institution for only $778 and $895, every taste and every de mand can be met completely. Free recitals and demonstrations daily. Mornings, 10 to 12:30; every afternoon from 2 :30 to 5. A cordial invitation is extend" ed to all music-lovers to attend this, - our greatest exhibition achievement. NEW PARTY IS LAX Bull Moose Registration Less Than 2 Per Cent. Is REPUBLICANS HAVE 49.6 Total to Date Is 139,000 and Demo crats Claim L-ess Than One-Qnar-ter; Socialists and ,Drys"Havo More Than Roosevelt. MEDFORD GIRLS MISSING Despite Cvery Effort No Clew Fonnd to Disappearance. MEDFORD, Or.."oot. 1. (Special.) Miss Ethel Haselrlsg- and Miss Jose phine Shelton, two pretty and popular Medford fir is, have disappeared and every effort of their parents, aided by the police, have failed to establish their whereabouts. Considerable mystery sur rounds their disappearance, neither the families of the girls nor the authorities being Inclined to give out any Information. All that Is known Is that the two girls left Medford together Thursday and left word with a friend they were going to spend the Winter in Califor nia. As far as known neither of them was supplied with funds and no reason for their sudden disappearance has been offered. Who's at the Louvre? Why, didn't you know Rlgo, the Gipsy violinist, who has played before royalty. Is here from Paris f Hear him tonight. SALEM. Or Oct. 11. (Special.) Figures obtainable at the office of the Secretary of State show that the Roose velt Progressive party registration throughout the state Is a little less than 1 per cent of the registration sinoe the primaries. Basing the percentage on the regis tration of average counties, Benton, Clackamas, Douglas, Josephine, Lake, Lane, Marion, Umatilla and Wasco, se leoted from the various sections of the state and exclusive of Multnomah County, where the percentage is virtu ally the same. It is shown that the Re publican party has about 48.4 per cent of the registration since the prima ries. The Democratic party registration Is a little over 21 per cent of the regis tration 'since the primaries, while the Prohibition and Socialist parties have about 3 and 8 per cent, respectively. To be exact, the Roosevelt Progres sive party has 1.9 per oent of the regis tration, the Prohibition party 1 and the Socialist party 8 per cent. Socialists Lead Ball Bloase. This gives the Socialist party a regis tration of four 'times as much as the Roosevelt Progressive party, the Demo crats ten times as much, and the Re publicans 35 times as much. These figures represent the registration after the primaries, as the Roosevelt Pro gressives and others had no particular reason to register prior to the prima ries, the Democrats and Republicans being the only ones allowed to cast their vote at the primaries. Up to this time the registration Is about 139,000, the increase since the primaries being about 7000. The per centage of Republican registration has dropped off since the primaries, while the Democrats nave aavancea a snade. The whole registration prior to the primaries was 181,880. The RepublU Cans had a total registration of 98,070, or 70 per cent of the total, while the Democrats had a total of 28,417, or 22 per cent of the total registration. Democratic Interest Grows. The heavy Republican registration was due largely, It is estimated, to the Intense interest which was shown in making Republican nominations, par ticularly that for the United States Senate, which brought out a heavy registration, while there was an apathy among the Democrats owing to lack of Interest in the question of nominations. This interest is increased for the Democrats because of the Presidential election and the ratio of the Republl cans drops off. It Is stated, because of the heavy registration during the primaries. The Roosevelt Progressive registra tion is by far the weakest of any since the primaries, even dropping below that of Independent and miscellaneous candidates. SULPHURRO BATHS BEST TREATMENT FOR RHEUMATISfkl Turkish Bath Proprietor Tells What Sulphurro Did for One Sufferer. "The Sulphurro bath is the finest treatment in the world for rheuma tism," said L. Amos, proprietor of the Northern Turkish Baths, Seattle. 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