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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.
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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
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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.
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