OREGONIAN, PORTLAND." MARCH 7, 1915.
AUSKA
RAILROAD
WORKIS HELD BACK
Appropriation Not Sufficient
to Acquire Property and
Accomplish Much Else.
LANE'S ADVICE IGNORED
rft.r, Had Warned Administra
tion $5,000,000 Would Be Need
ea Farming Regions Consid
ered Ahead of Markets.
OP.EGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ln?ton, Feb. 27.-That a part Ot the
S2.00.000 appropriated by Congress in
,ne sundry civil bill lor the beginning
of construction on the Government
railroad in Alaska will be devoted to
purchase of on. or more of the ex st
ing railroads now operating in Alaska
i, commonly conceded. That the re
mainder of that rum will be applied
to any actual construction work dur
,nK the coming season is nllke,y-
It also is yet to be determined what
road, if any. will be bought but the
probabilities are that the Alaska North
ern, from Seward, will be flrst taken
the purchase of the Copper River
road being deferred until later, be
ause It I. the Guggenheim road, and
the Administration is shying at spend
ing a large amount of money in acquir
ing a property of that corporation. In
face of the fact that the Guggenhe.nx
or Copper River road, is operating at
a heavy loss.
Outright Purrkase Impossible.
The amount which Congress has ap
propriated Is not sufficient to P.cha"
outfight either of the railroads in
Alaska. The most that can be done i la
,o maie substantial payment, of per
haps! 1.000.000. on whichever road Is
"elected, and pay the remainder of the
e' Tmated cost out of sub nuent ap
propriations, perhaps during a course
"'when the President first took P the
question of determining the route lor
?he Government trunk line railroad In
Maska. his disposition was to buy the
Copper River & Northwestern road
from the Guggenheim and from J- '
Morgan & Co. No sooner was that plan
noisea around than the cry went UP
that the Administration rP8fdt.t0
take off the hands of those Interests a
ailroad which is costing them an an
nual loss of from J70.000 to M.000.
Secretary Lane was In favor of buying
that road, notwithstanding the popu-
ir sentiment against It: but he also
favored the simultaneous purchas ot
,ue Alaska Northern, for it is his Idea
that If the Government is going into
the railroad business in A ask a it
should own all tho main railroads In
toe territory.
Secretary pt Out of Way.
Incidentally. Secretary Lane was in
f.vor of an appropriation at this time
of7i.000.UOO rathe? than ,2.000.000. The
President, being unwilling to accept
Secretary Lane's view he having heard
much of the outcry against the pur
chase of the Guggenheim road shipped
the Secretary of the Interior to the
California exposition and the lesser ap
propriation went inrougu. .........
Had Congress authorized a Ja.000.000
appropriation, and had the President
been, willing to act on the advice ot
Secretary Lane, the first payment
,ould have been made at this time on
both roads and there would have been
left over a substantial amount to ap
ply to actual construction work. The
appropriation having been held down,
there probably will bo no construction
of consequence during the coming Sum
mer and what remains after making
the first payment for the Alaska North
ern will be expended mainly in further
surveys.
Farmer Ahead of Market.
The Administration seems disposed,
at this time, to develop first the agri
cultural regions of Alaska, without
taking Into account the fact that agri
cultural development, preredlng set
tlement of the territory, will leave the
farmers without adequate markets for
their crops, for it Is agreed that the
farm products of Alaska, in the main,
must bo marketed In Alaska. They
cannot compete with the farm prod
ucts of the states in the cities of the
United States.
Those who have urged on the Aa
ministration the purchase of the Cop
per River Railroad have contended that
with a railroad mining centers will
develop. Those centers will produce
traffic for the railroad far in excess ot
what the asrrlcultural valleys will pro
duce, and will produce it more quickly.
Then, as tho mining centers are estab
lished, the local market for farm prod
ucts will be developed, and then will
be time to open up a railroad into the
great Susitna Valley, which is des
tined, in time, to bo the agricultural
resion of Alaska.
Meantime, while mineral develop
ment is taking place, following the
construction of the railroad, supplies
can be shipped to the interior at rea
sonable cost, until agricultural develop
ment in the territory further reduces
the cost of food products.
STUDENTS SPELL BETTER
II of K Hood River Schools Score
More Than 95 In Contests.
HOOI RIVER. Or.. March 6. (Spe
cial.) The spelling of students of Hood
River County schools has Improved
rapidly In the past few months, ac
cording to County Superintendent
Thompson, who has been holding
monthly contests in the different dis
tricts. In the February contests. 11 out of
17 schools in the county made an aver
age grade of more than 95 per cent.
The Parkdale School. In the Upper Val
ley, led with a grade of 99.56. Barrett
was a close second, with an average of
S 6.
LA GRANDE J0GET CHURCH
Methodist South Sessions Are "ow
Beln Held at La Grande.
t r.n ivnp Or March 6. (SDe-
ial.) To build a 810,000 church at
Walla Walla and a rural church in
Baker County at once was the decision
reached by the district of the Metho
dist Church South, comprising parts of
Idaho. Kastern Oregon and Kastern
Wnxhingtou.
The annual district convention is
being held here today. President Nagel,
..f Columbia College, at Milton, will de
liver tho conference sermon tomorrow.
7 SPELLING BEES HELD
Every School In Clackamas County
to Participate In Matches.
OKtGOX CITT. Or,. March S. (Spe-
eial.) The first seven spelling bees In
a schedule that includes every school
in the county were held this week, the
last ones yesterday afternoon at New
Colton School and at Molalla.
In the southern and western parts oi
the county, where five of the seven
bees were held, only one boy was a
winner, but in the eastern section in
the district under Supervisor Mccor
mack. the boys more than -broke even.
At a bee Wednesday in the Upper Lo
gan School. Gilbert Meyer, of iola.
and Malcom Riebhoff. of Lower Logan,
were the winners in the lower grades,
and Alma Ross, of Lower Logan;
Bertha Merer, of Viola, and Lois Hamp
ton, of Upper Logan, were victors in
the upper grades. Upper Logan. er
Logan. Red land. North Logan andVIoia
schools took part. .
Paul Robinson, of Cedardale. and
i UESCKXDAXT OF CAPTAIS
MILES STAMMSII U1KS. J
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Alfred Wesley Standish.
BROWNSVILLE. Or.. March 6.
(Special.) Alfred Wesley Stan
dlsh. Civil War veteran and a
direct descendant of Captain
Miles Standish, died here sudden
ly February 20, from intestinal
paralysis. The funeral took place
February 22. Interment was in
the cemetery here.
Mr. Standish was born in Bea
ver County. Pennsylvania, Octo
ber 13. 1848, and came to Oregon
in 1878. locating at Brownsville,
where he resided until his death.
Two sons and a daughter by a
first marriage, .a widow, five
stepchildren, two brothers and a
sister survive. Tho sons and
daughter are Charles W. Standish.
of Brownsville; Thomas L. Stan
dish. of Los Angeles, and Mrs.
H I. Trapp, of Kstacada. The
brothers are G. V. Standish, of
Salem, and N. B. Standish, of Eu
gene, and the sister. Mrs. O. P.
Harvey, of Grants Pass.
Julius Henhart. of North Colton, won
in the lower grades or the bee yester
day at New Colton School, and Anna
Wilkund. of Colton. and Neva Clark,
of Bee Hill, in the upper classes.
SCHOOL RALLY LAUDED
L' DIVERSITY EXTEIO. WORKER
PUTS YAMHILL FIRST.
AH Folk la District Willingly Give
Day to Dlscuislon of Affairs,
SnJ'e Investigator.
i-vtverstty OF OREGON. Eugene,
March 6. (Special.) That Yamhill
County leads the state in the develop
ment of the scnool rally idea is the
sentiment expressed by Earl Kilpatrick
of the extension force oi tne uimer-
i . . . . v. r, anmnanipd Su
perintendent Duncan to the rallies at
Bellevue, Masonvllle ana nappy vancy
last week. Sir. Kilpatrick was so con
vinced of the importance of the work'
which Mr. Duncan ana nis super
vtio. Trf vn Smith, are doing that he
o an invitation to visit Yamhill
County again next week and partici
pate in lour more rumen.
'M...i ...iiintlcq in Oreeon have edu
cational rallies." suid the extension
worker, "but Mr. Duncan proven mm
selt a constructive thinker along edu-
, iinn. ..-i u cftnppivpd the
I HllULI.l I HHW " ...... "
idea of sweeping through the county
and reaching every uisinci m mo
course of little more than a month. In
three days we reached 14 districts. The
week before Mr. Duncan and his assist
ants had audiences totaling more than
1000 people.
"There is no foolishness at these ral-
i; ttma 1a U'lictpd The TlPOTll P Of
a whole countryside come together to
discuss seriously their educational
needs. Standard scnoois are Decerning
quite common in Yamhill County. The
parent-teacher societies in Yamhill
County, with their strong central or
ganizations, are different from any
similar societies in any other county
in the state."
THEFT STARTS ROMANCE
POLICEMAN FALLS IS LOVE WITH
GIRL WHO LOSES PURSE.
Criminal Is Caught, Loot Recovered
and Today Sergeaat Smart, of
Seattle, Will Take Bride.
REATTI.R. Wash.. March 6. (Spe
cial.) Eleven months ago a thief
snatched a purse from Miss celesta
Barton, private) secretary to Alexander
Pantages, the theatrical magnate,
while she was walking along Second
avenue. Her screams attracted Police
Sergeant Fred Smart, who soon naa
the offender in custody. .Aliss Barton's
purse was recovered and -the criminal
was sent to the penitentiary, all of
which are minor details.
It was the beginning of a romance, a
chapter in which will be the weeding
tomorrow evening of Sergeant Smart
and Miss Barton at the home of How
ard Milne, 508 Denny Way. Kev. Will
iam L. Fisher, pastor of the First
Christian Church, will officiate.
The sergeant is well known among
old-time Alaskans. He is a prominent
Elk and carries the distinguished sou
briquet of "the handsomest cop in the
Northwest." He is 2 years old. Miss
Barton is 24 years old. She is the
daughter of Harry K. Barton, of 3707
West Fern street.
Sergeant Smart came to Seattle when
a boy, during the "gold rush" of 1897,
and was one of the first to go to the
North.
Tomorrow night before the marriage
ceremony he will take ttie examination
for captaincy.
Bargeman Drowns In Astoria.
ASTORIA, Or., March 6. (Special.)
Filliam F. Feller, an employe on one
of the Columbia Contract Company's
rock barges, fell overboard from the
barge near the delivery dock at Fort
Canby about 1:30 this afternoon and
was drowned. The body has not been
recovered. He was about 45 years of
age and leaves a widow.
NNOCENT HURT IN
RAILROAD CRUSADE
Punitive Policy Is Declared
Mistake by Receiver, Who
Urges Frankness.
DEMANDS ADD TO , COSTS
Frisco Earnings Estimated at 1.7
Per Cent on Valuation of $50,000
a Mne Missouri Pacific Is
"Trying to Keep Alive."
. . . , v. c Tame W. Lusk,
one of the receivers of the St Louis ; &
Sah Francisco Railroad, testmeu
day in the Interstate Commerce Com
missions hearing of the fsei
41 Western railroads for increasea
. . that one reason
ircignt rsiea.
why railroads were not earning suff.
ciently was tnai riv -- ---mtssions
had reduced their rates "as
punishment."
"The railroad of the United States
are under the weather.." said Mr. LusK.
"It is a fact you can't get away from.
You may attribute it to the European
n,;on wr to oolitics or
war, liic " ' - - . . ,
what you will, the fact remains they
are under the weatner.
Innocent One Suffer.
roads have been
looted and the State Commissions have
.j i . oo mmlshmenL But Who
reuutru i l J f ,
does this hurt? You never hear of any
looters being hurt, you never see any
looters going to Jail. The innocent
ones are hurt, the employes are laid
off and tne stocKnoiueo -
dividends. Government control of rail
roads has come to stay and the only
way they can prosper, or even live, is
for the railroad officials and Govern-
. frunklV with OnO
menL OlliViaia fcv "
another. You should not attempt to
strangle the roaas.
..,. i . tr that thA continued
talk by railroad officials about depres
sion in business has tended to depreci
ate railroad credit rather than lack of
revenue?" asked Luther Walker, repre
senting the meat packers, who are op
posing the proposed rates.
Plea Made for Kalr veai.
"That is not true," replied Mr. Lusk.
L -1 : i .Kut thn i-nilroads nave
.vi y ueiKi w . 1 .
not painted the situation bad enough.
They have been airaia io uuu l"r"
Th v havp not been candid
enough. That's why I say, let s get to
gether ana give me ruuo . -
Mr. Lusk saia nis own
faulted on J143.700.000 worth of bonds,
but had met obligations on $92,500 000
worth of bonds. On February 1 last,
. . .k ,a,.i nauh. on hand was
no taiu, .vv -'-
J27 000. The earnings of the road
amounted to one and seven-tenths per
cent on a valuation of 150,000 a mile of
the 5000 miles, he said, and with that
income it was not possiDie tor me rimu
- .t., .nnii improvements as seemed
necessary for the public welfare. .
KarnluK l'ower Decreasing.
xr- iT.,nEr otntlRtician for the
railroads, submitted tables purporting
to show that wnne muic i.
. in.. inin the roads in the last
sieauuj ...... . ,
,CV(.n years, their earning power at the
present treigni rat.es -7.
creasing. On a 7 per cent basis, said
the witness, the roads were earning
only $2, 761,000,000, leaving an mvcoi.
.,,., or 12 317.000.000 upon which there
was no income whatever.
Two sets of tables were introauccu,
one showing the income and outgo of
the roads for the seven years prior to
1908. and the others showing the in
come and outgo for the latter seven
years. The comparison, the witness said,
showed the position o the roads to be
less favorable now -than they formerly
W Lack of profits has prevented the
! XEW STYLE SKIRT MARKS
I ArPKARA.-VCK I PORTLAND.
4 S3
Pantalette Gown.
The pantalette dress has made
its official bow before Portland
women. It is the quaintest,
sauciest creation Imaginable. All
the material which should have,
in the name of modesty, been
devoted to neck and sleeves has
been put in the pantalettes which
peek out from beneath the skirt
alluringly draped up on each side.
The skirt is full. It is made of
apricot colored pussy willow taf
feta and the pantalettes are of
chiffon of the same color with,
gold cord and gold lace -about
the ankles.
While the dress is not an exact
duplicate of the ones worn by
our great-grandmothers, it is a
fascinating thing, and no doubt
women will welcome the elimina
tion of the petticoat which this
gown necessitates.
The dress is being shown in
one of the Portland shops and
It is receiving an unusual amount
of attention.
r r Ml
: ) : . iA s
..-I -Ooxlfi,. T;ilrnd svstem from
making adequate Improvement in many
parts of Its 7200 miles of lines, Benja
min F. Busn, presiaeni 01 iue r",
tilled. '
Better Service Increasea Costs.
Mr. Bush asserted that, while his road
was spending more than evef before in
maintenance, the demands of the ship
pers for better service and the regula
tions of state and the Federal commis
sions made the expense so great as to
be out of proportion to the income.
Asked by W. M. Barrow, representing
shippers in Louisiana, whether the Mis
souri Pacific was keeping up a high
state of efficiency, Mr. Bush replied:
"No. Our efforts at present are to try
to keep alive."
In some parts of the South and South
west, the witnesB said, the roadbed was
such that new ballast had to be ap-
i
ALBASY COMMERCIAL CLTJB
ELECTS PRESIDENT.
Dr. J. H. Robnett.
ALBANY, Or., March 6. (Spe
cial.) Dr. 3. H. Robnett, who
was chosen president of the Al
bany Commercial Club In the an
nual election Monday night, is
one of the organization's most
enthusiastic members. For the
past year ho has been vice-president
of the club and served the
year preceding on the board of
directors. He has rendered most
effective service in committee
-work.
Dr. Robnett is a native or Linn
County, having been born near
Halsey. ' He was educated at
Willamette University, where ho
attended both the college of lib
eral arts and then the medical
school, graduating from the lat
ter institution in 1900.
piled at regular Intervals regardless of
the amount of traflic-
Clifford Thorne, representing all the
shippers, asked Mr. Bush if the Missouri
Pacific had made any bad investments.
The witness replied that prior to his
connection with the road the Missouri
Pacific had invested 13, 000,000 in the
WabaBh railroad and he considered that
a bad investment. He said the Missouri
Pacific had invested 116,000,000 in the
Denver & Rio Grande.
Bad Investment Admitted.
Mr. Bush said the Missouri Pacific
had $37,000,000 in investments on which
it received no income. He denied that
if the road were relieved of these in
vestments it would be prosperous with
out freight rate increases.
'Haven't advances already allowed by
the Interstate Commerce Commission
been sufficient to offset reductions or
dered by the state commission?" Mr.
Bush was asked. .
"Certainly not; such advances as we
have obtained have not been sufficient
to offset anything."
If the present proposed interstate in
creases of $10,000,000 annually were
granted to all of the 41 Western roads,
his road, he said, would benefit only to
the extent of $450,000 a year, wnicn
would scarcely enable the road to meet
tho situation.
WATER PROJECT IS FEAT
DEVELOPMENT OF SOUTH FORK OF
CLACKAMAS INTAKE DIFFICULT.
Transportation of Elghteen-Inch ripe
Up River Canyon Where No Trail
Exists Ia Among Problems.
nonnnv f'TTV Or.. March 6. (Spe
cial.) Some, may believe that the-south
fork project is nothing more than ais-
,iith !r, miles over a route care
fully surveyed, laying a pipe and filling
in the ditch. Such Is not tne case.
vaii that dam building, tun
neling, drainage and even road building
enter into the project, yet these are
nrnhiom: that confront Engineer
Rands and Contractor Moffatt at the
outset of their wort
Th. trannnnrtntlon of the big Steel
in inrhps in diameter, up the
canyon of the Clackamas River five
miles from the end or a wagon roaa or
railroad track and then several thou
sand feet up the canyon of the south
fork of the ClacKamas in a country
that does not even boast of a trail is
one of the big problems of the work.
., . . u . Ua i- In fir a man the
on tne wesi i 1 "
Portland Railway. Light & Power Com
pany now owns . pi . w...t..-.-
trail, but Engineer Rands says this
trail does not solve the transportation
problem, and that it will be cheaper
auicker to build a new road up the
south bank.
In the estimates .uuu " '""
for building this road. It may be neces
sary to swing cables across the river
order to transport the
heavy pipe up the canyon.
The dam mat win uivcn mo
of the east branch of the south fork of
the Clackamas into the settling box
probably wiil r.oi be constructed until
. -. . . U An ,h.0 Will be nO
next ouiiimci, .,.. .. i.
danger of a sudden rise from heavy
rains. Tunneling at
along the route down the canyon will
be necessary. Much of the trench work
will be through rock.
Lewis Tax Compromsie Refused.
CENTRALIA. wasn.. . v-k-
cial ) The Lewis County Commission-
ers have, rejec - -
fered bv tne u.-v. xv.
agalnst-the county, .v-r 1.1 taxes The
tax invoivea in mc
with interest at w ' " 7
Halleck. tax agent of the railroad, of-
m". . ' 7 tho Interest was
reduced to 6P peV cent." but the Com-
missioners reiuseu.
ty Commissioners neiu u.ii .
mpetlnrr with the road supervisors of
meeting wim .. districts
the county.
were represented.
Polk Farmer Killed by Falling Tree.
AIRLIE. Or., March 6. (Special.)
When J- A. Barker, of Highland who
went into the hills to chop wood, d d
not return at his accustomed time in
the evening his family became "neasy
and started a search. No trace of him
was found. His body was found next
morning crushed under a tree. Mr.
Barker was a prominent Polk County
farmer.
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LISTER 111 CONTEST
Washington Supreme Tribunal
Decides Emergency Clause
Has Limitations.
MAJORITY IS WEAKENING
Governor Expected to Veto Bill Re
stricting Operation of Initiative
and Referendum and Crucial
Test Likely to Follow Act.
OLYMPJA. Wash., March 6. (Spe
cial. Decision of the Washington Su
preme' Court that the Legislature
lacked authority to attach an emer
gency clause to a bill to forestall a
possible referendum, unless the meas
ure were in fact "necessary for the im
mediate preservation of tne public
peace health or safety, support of the
state 'government or its existing insti
tutions," came at the psychological mo
ment today to give Governor Li.ster a
decided advantage in his contest with
the organization in both houses of the
Legislature.
The crucial test of whether the Leg
islature, which has been winner in
most encounters to date, or tlie Gov
ernor will be victorious at the end of
the session Is expected to develop early
next week. Democrats in both houses
contend Governor Lister will veto the
House bill which restricts the operation
of the initiative and referendum, bar
ring the circulation of petitions and
requiring all to be signed at registra
tion offices. Although this measure
Passed both houses with two-thirds
vote there we're no votes to spare in
the Senate and in the House the mar
gin was comparatively small.
Labor Legislation Tangled.
Whether the Governor's Hrstaid bill
will be adopted in place of the Kleeb
bill drafted by employers and already
adopted by the Senate, is another ques
tion Talk around the Capitol today
was' that If the present Legislature, as
the result of the tangle on this meas
ure failed to pass any first aid legis
lation the Governor would join with
organized labor, independent employ
ers and physicians to initiate next year
a measure that would be satisfactory
to these Interests.
In both houses there were evidences
today, both before and after the ren
dering of the Supreme Court decision
sustaining the Governors contention,
that the machines which have ruled th
Legislature for 55 days were weaken
ing decidedly.
In tho House this morning a splrltea
contest was evoked by the attempt of
Murphine. Progressive, to obtain con
sideration of his so-called white slave
bill, a replica of the Mann act, which
has been lying peacefully in the public
morals committee since the beginning
of the session. Murphine today de
manded that the bill be taken from th
committee.
Vote Is Significant.
Representative Sims, Republican load
er, took tho floor in opposition, making
a statement construed as official pro
nouncement of sentence of death on thf
liquor bills which also are in the pub
lie morals committee, when he declared
the rules commute would not place 01
the calendar any measure not alread;
reported out by the committee to whicl
they were originally referred.
Notwithstanding Sims' statement, a
majority of the members present voted
with Murphine on rollcall to take his
bill from committee, 4S ayes and 44
noes being recorded, a vote insufficient
to place Murphine s bill on the calendar,
but indicating that the House organiza
tion had lost Its control, since passage
of the general appropriation bill and
road budget, over a considerable group
of Republicans of independent leanings
who were found today voting with the
Democratic-Progressive minority.
The political excitement of the Sen
ate session came just bore dinner re
cess tonight. The Senate had passed
during the afternoon, despite the stren
uous objections of Senator Campbell,
official representative of organized
labor, a bill repealing, the eight-hour
ti:- .. 1 . Lur Inanfar MS road work
DUUUC wui ro act., . --
is concerned. A similar bill already
ha3 been passed by the House.
Lnhor Measure Killed.
Following this, there was taken up
. .k..ii'u rt mensnre a. bill
senator tuiip.,
establishing a state system of free em
ployment bureaus, to remeuy mc
... - n.i.at. omnlnvmpnt aeen-
UlllUll MlD
cies were legislated out of existence by
initiative last ovemurr. '
lor sprang a new parliamentary wrin
kle on the Senate by raising the ques
. ,j .t wMfh Is non-
tlOll Or cwnoiuciftiiu". .. --- -
debatable under the Senate rules, and
on this the Senate organization voted
viva voce to decline to ronsmu
bell's measure.
Campbell, red with anger, sprang to
his feet after the vote had been taken
v, - c.tiati mniorltv Of
Dlaving a "dirty, contemptible trick.
"Keep cool, eenaiui-, . - -
tenant-Governor Hart, who was presid-
lnKeep cool hell." Campbell retorted
Campbell, a member of organized
- . . . 1.' i . ), i 1 H ppnrfl-
labor, ana owiaiyi a... . ; - -
senting the railroad labor organiza
tions, both elected as rrogrraw.", -nounced
their return to the Republican
. i nf tho session.
party at me uus'""" . . i.t.
and have been voting consistently with
the majority on an except mui -tions.
Members at Outs With Majority.
Passage of amendments to the full-
.... Kin th elETht-hour law and the
killing of Campbell's labor bureau
measure today lias put uum
decidedly at outs with the majority.
The House today passed the drug
less healers" bill, previously passed by
the Senate, and a considerable list of
comparatively unimportant House bills.
Governor Lister announced today two
public hearings Monday on bills pre
sented to him for approval. The first
measure is the "jitney bus' bill, re
quiring a J2500 surety bond from own
ers of all livery motor vehicles. The
second measure is the port district bill,
prdviding the addition of four officials
as ex-officio members of the Seattl
Port Commission, to curb the power 01
the thre,e elective members.
WANT CAPABLE MAN.
Permanent business. One who can
show record of success. Excellent op
portunity of bettering condition. State
age salary expected, present position
and full references first letter. AL
650, Oregonian. Adv.
Club Gets 100 Members in Hour.
CENTRALIA, Wash., March 6. (Spe
cial ) The one-hour campaign waged
by ' the Centralia Commercial Club
Thursdav afternco resulted in the
adding of nearly 100 new members to
the club rolls. A meeting of the club
was held Thursday night at which the
workers made their report and plans
were made for a get-together banquet
to be held In the clubrooms the night
of March 11. Preparations will be made
for feeding 200. All the supplies for
the banquet will be donated by local
business men,
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LEGISLATURE IS STAYED
WASHINGTON SITBKMU OlItT
KILLS KMEItGESCY CLAlsK.
Bill Reorganising State Land Board,
Passed Over Veto, Deolurrd Not
to Be Operative for 00 Days.
OLY.VIFIA, Wash., March 6. The
State Supreme Court declared invalid
the emergency clause of House bill 54, re-onranizin!,-
the State Land Hoard, so as
to deprive the Governor of representa
tion thereon. The bill was passed
over the Governor's veto. The officials
legislated out of office made a test
case which was taken to the Supreme
Court. , ,
By a five-to-four decision the court
holds that the emergency clause at
tached to the bill, which changes the
personnel of the State Land Board, lb
in violation of the constitutional pro
vision. Therefore a writ issues to re
train the Secretary of State and State
Treasurer from taking their places on
the Land Board at this time, the deel-
" Theayac!: will take effect 90 days
after the Legislature has adjourned. '
The decision was written by Judge
Chad wick, and was signed by Judaea
Klli Parker, Main and llolconib. I he
minority opinion, dissenting from the
majority, was written by Judge Mount.
Li- ,.,.. ,!,. fncts as to whether an
lie " . . . -
emergency clause was necessary wiie
passed upon by the Legislature, a co
ordinate branch of the state govern
ment, and that the courts liavo no
right to interfere. In addition, ho says
that the majority opinion will only
lead to confusion, and no one wiil
know whether an act is necessary or
not, as all emergency clauses win
have to be passed upon by the courts.
The dissenting opinion is signed by
Chief Justice Morris and Judge Crow.
Judge Fullerton also dissents.
Man Kound Guilty of Killing Wife.
GRANGEVILLE, Idaho. March .
Frank Hye. who shot and kiUed his
wife and Hugh Kennedy in Mrs. II e
room on the night of October 4. 1914.
was found guilty of murder In the sec
ond degree by a jury here today. He
was tried on the charge of murdering;
his wife. Sentence was deferred.
W. Peering Leaves $15,000,000.
CHICAGO, March 6. The lata Will
iam Deering, harvester manufacturer,
eft an estate of $15,206,873. alter pay
ment by his executors of all debts and
expenses, according to a final account
made in the Probate Court here to
day. Dandruffy Heads
Become Hairless
If you want plenty of thick, beauti
ful, glossy, silky hair, do by all means
get rid of dandruff, for it will starve
your hair and ruin it if you don't.
It doesn't do much good to try to
brush or wash it' out. The only sure
way to get rid of dandruff is to dis
solve it. then you destroy it entirely.
To do this, get about four ounces of
ordinary liquid arvon; apply it at night
when retiring; use enough to moisten
the scalp and rub it in gently with the
finger tips.
By morning most, if not all, of your
dandruff will be gone, and three or
four more applications will completely
dissolve and entirely destroy every sin
gle sign and trace of it.
You will find. too. that all itching
and digging of the scalp will stop, and
your hair will look and feel a hundred
times better. You can get liquid arvon
at any drugstore. It is inexpensive and
four ounces is all you will need, no
matter how much dandruff you have.
This simple remedy never fails. Adv.
TRUSSES
should be fitted by an expert who un
derstands the Technique. Anyone van
sell a truss but It takes an expert to
fit one.
Laue-Oavls Drug Co.. at 3d and
Yamhill streeta are truss experts.
for Neglecting
Your Teeth?
I have placed high-class
Painless Dentistry with
in the reach of one and
all. Dentistry is a ne
cessity and must be
treated as such, and
anyone charging exor
bitant prices for neces
sities are liable to severe
punishment in some
countries.
Dentists come and jro, but
the old reliable ELECTRO
PAINLESS is always with
you. Don't forget that.
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GREAT BROADWAY
HI! AT PEOPLES
THEATER TODAY
the Peoples Theater will
have today one of the great
est of Broadway hits: "A
Gentleman of Leisure," fea
turing Wallace Eddinger. 1 L
is Eddinger's first appear
ance in photo-play, 'and in
common with all other great
stars, he makes his lirst
appearance on the .Para
mount programme.
Kddingrr Is a child actnr who ms.le
good in "after life."
A grest many people yet remember
him as Cedrlc In "l.lltlo Lord Fsuntlr.
roy." He Is one of the InoHt noted of
Broadwsy comedians. Ho combine an
expert knowledge of how to bn liiuuli
able with a character and prrmiallty
Inseparable from refinement, uud he hn
the fine art of doing unexpected llnnits
down to a srience.
Itecenlly he made n Iremend'.un hit
In the stellar r"le of the great Broad
way success, "Officer ''." He at
tained ennui sin-cess In "The Only Son.''
Som if tho more Important HronrtwM.v
productions with which he !ms been
associated are "Soldiers of Fortune."
"The Other tilrl." "Cmight In (lie Iisln. '
"ClassmHtes" and "The Third IVurce "
"A Gentleman of Leisure" tells the
convulsively funny story of a rl'-h youir:
society man who. In n unguarded mo
ment, makes a wsger that he 'n com
mit a burglary and esi-apo detection
It can readily be Imagined thiit this
proves the basis of a most extraordi
nary farce.
"Hulo G." the greatest railway plv
the world has ever known, will be th.
feature at tho Peoples TheHter next
Thursday. "Kule " Is the rule sgalnst
the use of intoxicants on every rail
road in the country. A head-on colli
sion Is one of tho features.
TO THE
Take a Tablespoonful of Salts If
Back Hurts or Bladder
Botliers.
We are a Nation of meat eaten nd
our blood is lilled with uric add, mys
a well-known authority, who warns u
to be constantly on guard againM
kidney trouble.
The kidneys do their utmost to free
the blood of this Irritating acid, but
become weak from the overwork: they
get sluggish; the ellminatlve tlsnues
clog and thus the waste is retainca
in the blood to poison thj entii
system.
When your kidneys acho and feel
like lumps of lead, and you hav
stinging pains In the back or lh urine
Is cloudy, full of sediment, or tne
bladder is irritable, obliging you to
seek relief during the night: when you
have severe headaches, nervous and
dizzy spells, sleeplessness, ucid stomach
or rheumatism in bad weather, gel
from your pharmacist about four
ounces of Jad Salts; tako a table
spoonful In a glass of witter befor
breakfast each morning and In a few
days your kidneys will act One. This
famous salts ia made from tho acid of
grapes and lemon juice, combined with
lithia, and bus been used for genera
tions to flush and tiniulute clogged
kidneys, to neutralise tho acids In
urine so It is no lnngtv a souica of
irritntion. tnu ending urinary and
bladder disorders.
Jad Jjalts Is Inexpensive nnd cannot
injure.; makes a delightful efferves
cent lithla-v ater drink, and nobody
can mako a mistake by tnklinr a llttU
occasionally to keep th kidneys clean
and active. Adv.
MEAT
URIOUS
KIDNEYS