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14 THE STTNDAT OREGOXIAX. , PORTLAXD, OCTOBER 17, 19T5. BERLIN LIQUOR LAW DEALS SEVERE BLOW Sale of Ardent Spirits Re stricted to Greater De - gree Than Ever Before. DISTILLERS IN DESPAIR IFrorits of Restaurants Employing Women Aro Curtailed and ; Growing "Bottle Trade" Is Destroyed Altoffether. BERLIN". Sept. 23. (Correspondence of tho Associated Press.) The restric tions regarding the sale of distilled liquors In Greater Berlin, which were proposed in August by Police President von Jagow to the government authori ties, have gone Into effect. They are so drastic that landlords and distillers are in despair, and the general public feels that its indulgence In "schnaps" and similar drinks is to be largely cur tailed. The rules now laid down forbid the sale of distilled liquor except between 9 A. M. and 9 P. M., the sale In res taurants having women waitresses and barmaids, the sale In "automatic" res taurants find the sale to drunken per sons. The liquor may be sold only for cash, and must be drunk on the prem ises. New Rules Are Drastic. Casual examination of the new rules does not reveal how drastic they are. Jtelatively few persons, because of the late working and eating hours in Berlin, have either desire or opportunity to indulge in spirituous liquors until after the new closing hour. Secondly, scores of reputable res taurants and cafes now have female employes in place of the waiters who havo been drawn into the army, and, therefore, these cafes are barred from making their former profitable sales. Thirdly, the provision that the liquor must be drunk on the premises deals a blow to a bottle trade that heretofore has assumed considerable proportions, especially in the less pretentious cafes and saloons. Practically the only pro vision to which there is no objection is that governing sales to drunken per sons. Hopes of Dealers Vanish. President von Jagow's suggestion at to the restriction of distilled liquors in cluded the provision that none shoulc. be sold after 7 P. M., and that only liquor of a comparatively high grade and cost be dispensed. The distillers and liquor dealers breathed easier when they heard that the authorities did not favor anything so drastic, but all their hopes vanished when the authorities finally did make public their new regulations. It is as sorted on every side that many cafes that do not specialize in beer the so called "wine rooms" will now have to close at 9 instead of at 11 or 1 o'clock, and that many of them will have to go out of business. Orders Not L'nderatood. These cafe proprietors allege that they cannot understand the new order nor the reasons for it- For months now it has been forbidden to serve sol tllers or sailors with distilled liquors, and they say that, therefore, there is no military need for the rules. They main tain that there is a great sufficiency or liquor for army, medicinal and hos pital needs, now on hand, so that there is- no necessity for extra measures to conserve the supply in this drastic was". Also, they assert with the utmost posltlveness that Berlin suffers not at all , from any undue indulgence In liquor which would require correction through restriction of the supply. YOUNG DU PONT TO WED Mnrrlase to Take llace When Young Man Completes Kducatlon. WIMINOTON. Del.. Oct. 1 1. Gen eral T. Coleman du Pont, of Wilming ton, president of the Equitable Office liuildint? Corporation, New York, and ilrs. du Tont has announced the en gagement of their son. Francis Victor iu Pont, and Miss Katherine Clarke, of Northampton, Mass. Touns du Pont is now a student at Massachusetts Institute of Technol ogy, Boston, and will be graduated in two years. Ho and Miss Clarke met at the wedding here a couple of years go of the young man's sister to Paul K. Wilson, when Miss Clarke was a bridesmaid. Francis Victor du Pont, an enthusi astic yachtsman and automobi list, drove the hydroplane Tech, Jr., III. in recent races in Mahasset Bay, when the craft established a world's record of 51.54 mites an hour. The hydro plane is named after his alma mater, as Is also General du Pont's i,tcam yacht. The General attended the same institution and it is generally believed is the unknown mar. who some months ago made a donation of 2:0.000. TEACHERS ON TAX STRIKE Pajinnit of jLevy Is Kef used I'ntll Ballot Is Granted. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Oct. 12. Woman teachers in the schools of Indepen dence, Mo., have announced they would refuse to pay taxes until they obtain the rttfht to vote. The teachers said they had been notified they were as sessed $50 each and must pay taxes on that amount. Anpered at what she called taxation without representation. Miss Anna Bas kln, teacher in the Columbia School, together with several other teachers, took the warpath to let men know they could not dominate women in any such manner. "They don't let us vote we are not heads of households, and we don't pro pose to pay taxes," said Miss Baskin. "When they give us suffrage, then we v-ill be glad to bear our share of the expense of government." HORSE IS BEER DRINKER Stable-mate Breaks Loosr Because Toper Also Eats Onions. SIOUX CITY. Oct. 11. Paddy Fargo, an express horse, who drinks beer and eats onions, has been taken to San Francisco to participate In an express company parade In connection with the Panama-Pacific Kxposltlon. Faddy has drawn an express wagon In Stoux City for many years. Bar tenders' used to give hlrn beer and it was not long before Faddy refused to pull his wagon until lie had an "eye- opener. Taddy's folKlnc.o for onions la de clared to have lost him his atablemate, who pulled loose front bis tether one night and refused to re-enter th barn when Faddy was kept. SOME SCENES IN "OUR OWN LITTLE WAR" IN HAYTI M k H ft - ;! J s , - , B5JR.-V.- a- - f - miiwml If Iv , :4, r I t&Pt 1 v r;;'' ..KJ, v; , T?r&M$l: i i& vTfr ft TOP NEGROES KILLED 1ST BATTLE WITH AMERICAN MARINES. BELOW COLON EL L. T. 'WALLER, SIUN- INU PEACE COMPACT WITH REBELS. Haiti, the little negro republic in the West Indies imbued Itself with the spirit of the times and a -war on its own account. Rebels overturned the government and captured the capital city and riot and bloodshed reigned supreme until the United States interfered and ordered Admiral Caperton to restore order. Colonel L. T. Waller was in charge of the expedition of marines sent against the Haitian "Cacis" or brigands who opposed America's plan for restoring order in the turbulent negro republic. The United States forces made short work of the rebels and a peace compact was soon signed. MESSAGES, PURPORTED TO BE FROM DEAD, GIVE RESEARCHERS NEW THEORY Psychical Scientists See in 'World-Old Animism Religion Based on Word From Spirit World Several So-Called . Communications Describe Sensation of Death. BY GEORGE A. THATCHER. Member American Society for Psychical Research. IT is about 35 years since, a body .of scientific men began investigation of phenomena purporting to originate among the spirits of men and women who had passed the gates of death. and now there are several societies in the world that are well organized to pursue the quest. Tne American so ciety in its published proceedings and Journals has outlined comprehensively the scope of the investigation and has given reports of a great many interest ing cases of psychic phenomena, in cluding messages from the departed. These communications have been criticised pretty savagely because of their trivial nature. This is doubtless due to the Christian Eschatology which places the future life so far outside ot the ordinary possibilities of human na ture that no one can imagine human be ings taking any part in it. However, the scientific investigation has been made to determine the question of the sur vival of the human Intelligence after physical death, and for that purpose tho question of tne identity of discar nate intelligences is the only ques tion to be considered. Naturally the proof of identity depends upon the verification of trivial, commonplace incidents unknown to the psychic and investigators at the time of the com munication. SpirltaallntH Confuse Laymen. Then, too, the mass of alleged com-' munications which are accepted by credulous spiritualists as genuine have confused the whole problem for the layman, for psychic researchers aro not spiritualists in the ordinary sense. The psychic researcher knows that it is necessary to establish fir.t that there are discarnate intelligences who communicate to men and women and in the second place to prove to a reasonable certainty that these intel ligences can be identified as having lived in the flesh. Further, and this is most important, it is necessary that such proof should not be accepted on the authority of certain learned men nor because such investigators are recognized as being honest, for that lowers the question of proof to a mat ter of emotional likes and dislikes. Matters of proof of survival of death must be in the form of records which will convince any highly intelligent jury of the facts and so will stand on their own merits. That is the problem of psychic research and until it has been solved to the satisfaction of a respectable number of people any thing about the nature of the life af ter death is undesirable from the scientific standpoint as well as use less. Interest In Life After Death Keen. At the same time everyone who is at all interested wants to know some thing abcut the life that we' may ex pect after death if there is such a lite. The Americar Society. In Its last published volume of proceedings. ofTers some communications from dis carnate Intelligences on the nature of the hereafter, but with the distinct understanding that as these matters are impossible of verlficaion, there car. be po assertion made as to their truth. They aro simply Interesting and to those who are Inclined to be lieve In the proof of survival they of fer material for consideration, and because we are emotional creature they may give comfort to the survi vors of dearly loved relatives and friends who have departed from thl earthly scene, 1 won't, attempt te quote from the proceedings anything about .he character of the psychic but vt 111 merely give seme fragments of statements purporting to ceme from per nuns who Jiave lived on this earth and who now live In a spiritual world. There is no claim that the messages are exact or that they correctly rep resent the .spiritual life. The reason given for publishing them is their in terest 10 psychology and for future investigations of the subject. They are colored, of course, by the subconscious-faculties of the psychic and so far as proof goes may be entirely the product of the subjimnal. No final proof can be given either way. Question Eo you see the grosser physical body when you see the living, or is it something else that you see? Flesh and Spirit Seen. Answer Both; we see the flesh and the appearance, but we also see the spiritual the halo of light that ex presses the personality. Question What is the envelope that can be seen about the body? Answer The mist of light that sur rounds the personality, the ether of the innermost spirit. Question What Is the color of the envelope or envelopes? Answer According to the spiritual ity, impressiveness, the lighter rays denote the greater powers, the faint and dimmer rays the struggling soul. Question How does anger affect, the misty envelope about the body? Answer At times it contracts the envelope, the particles are concen trated and rush together, forming a hard, impenetrable' shell over the per son, the vision is shut off, the body is enveloped in a senseless shell. Question How does Joy affect the envelope? Answer The particles radiate, the illusion is one of motion, quickness. Question Does the use of intoxicat ing liquors affect the color of the en velope? Answer The human frame is be sotted and debauched, the spiritual ele ment dulled, the spiritual ' envelope therefore is dull and lifeless. Question What is the special pur pose of this envelope? . Answer The envelope is the per sonal atmosphere of the body and is the safeguard of the personal spirit uality. Sensitive (psychics) are aware of this atmosphere, but ordinarily its effects are attributed to dislike. The interior of the human heart Is hidden from all except the individual, but the inner soul ia revealed and laid bare in its condition of goodness or evil by the aura, that Is, if a man Is not known to man he cannot remain complacent In the idea that his con dition is . not known to us; the soul reveals itself. v A man dies, whence comes the light that awakens him, not from beyond. because he himself is the motive pow er that acts; he has within him light, his au pa on awakening assumes his earth form, he sees, he knows, he real izes the earth elips away. Light Capable of All t sr. "This light .not of material, la therefore capable, of any use! it pene trates, it vitalizes thought. It carries companionship, sympathy, help and comfort; It carries messages and It makes a comprehension between earth and heaven, between man and man, man and spirit, spirit and God." Another communicator was asked about the revival of the dead. Answer Yes, when the Just passed over comes we find they are either dazed or stunned for time being, and sometimes It happens that they seem to be In a deep aleep and almost be yond awaking: now, this state of leth argy is the result of earth environ ment and its effects en the individ ual! sometimes the earth has filled the man so that he seems almost be yond spiritual state, not that, bat be yond spiritual responsiveness, Question What does he mean by rescuing those that are asleep? Answer Those so overcome by earth and its pursuits for material things that the spiritual has been neglected and deliberately overlooked; these souls are dead almost to our sphere, and it requires the concentrated will power of multitudes to waken these that sleep. Another communication was heard. Question What are the first experi ences when one leaves the body In death? Sharp Chance Told Of. Answer When we pass over the line and are freed from the body we are instantly cognizant of a most dis tressful feeling of newness, a lack of environment. This feeling is a nat ural result of a change so totally un anticipated that you cannot picture it by any possible simile; the simple fact that the existence is without ma terial expression is wholly inexplic able. This feeling passes according to the personality, to the one who has exerted a spiritual life and influence, a new era has begun; to the lower In tellectual life the change is not aa pleasing, but it is still in the grasp and is comprehensible; but to the -base and low nature, where sin and de bauchery have been allowed to over come the spiritual, it is a deadly sleep, a lethargy that cannot be shaken off until the spiritual gains strength and we can overpower the sinful negative ness that is caused by the abuse of arth life. "The soul, when it has awakened to the fact that it is no longer material, but simply spiritual, is at first at loss what to do, the longing is as wth you on earth to be wtth our fellows and ItKSIDRNT OF OREGOV FOR 70 YEARS DIES AT IIADO. Richard Franklin Cox. t BANDON. Or., Oct. 16. (Spe- ? clal.) Richard Franklin Cox, who died here' September 30, was f a pioneer settler who lived more than 70 years In Folk and Curry counties. He was born In Mis souri December 18, 1841, and came West In 1848. In 1863 ho was married te Miss Iucy Llnch, They settled on the Sixes River, and aided in the de velopment of that then wild coun try. Of 11 children, nine are living in Coos and Curry counties, Mr, Cox was buried at Denmark, Rev, A, B, Keese, of the First Baptist Church of Bandea, ef f iciatinfr. I L i! i ff . It to make ourselves like our fellows, and even excel our fellows. "As we grow In grace here our work becomes of a higher nature, we are aid ing on earth, we try and assume the possession of human souls for their good, we reach out beyond the heaven ly sphere and try our powers to aid the lower planes. The impulses you call them, are of heavenly origin: take credit for them to yourselves, if you will, but the time will come when you shall see. If you have a good impulse thank heaven that you are given such and do not feel better than another be cause of it." William T. Stead communicated as follows: "Since my death I have found my friends on earth are calling my appear ance, my spirit, to their plane to es tablish my Identity with that of my hand on earth: it is a common thing to be expected to appear In every circle, every seance and every sitting where a medium holds forth. "Now say that I was drowned In mid-ocean, I was headless before the drowning and did not suffer from the death that those men died harder than I that the parting was anguish and sorrow; let this pass as a fact, you. however, had a glimpse of the light here from others. Queer Sensations Recounted. "Then I became aware of Julia with me, then I was surprised for my head was suddenly clear and she and my own greeted me with smiles and re joicing, my head became clear, I felt as though I was in my body and not for a few moments did 'I realize that I was without my earth form, yet 1 did not miss that in my friends, as they appeared as beings for mc. It is a queer sensation that of realizing the freedom from the material, like almost being naked in public yet not so, see ing you have no sense of shame. Now the return of memory has brought me to a realization of my work and Its pursuit in a grander sphere." Another communicator said: "When the hand of death called me I was thinking that the passage accross the barrier was a thing of great relief that it was less to be dreaded than the common occasions that are in every life so often a dentjst, a doctor and even the common aches and pains, for, though the end of earth may approach through pain, the relief Is so complete that the passing is forgotten and the relief Is appreciated. Death is not to be dreaded, it Is rather more the ltving In the material that should be of dread; and It is Indeed fortunate that you do not understand the case or you would like this side too well. Yes, we have our sufferings, but at least we can cure them, also what you have no cure for. your physical failings and must en dure from all the physical. But awake to the spiritual, the frame Is gone, the spirit at rest and the darkness gone. I shut my eyes and awake In light." Dread of Change Related. Still another said: "When the end came I was helpless, hopeless and dreading the change that I was to come to me. I had not lived as I had been expected to live, i nao not held the faith as my friends did. I was sort of an outcast, unbelieving, fatthless and hopeless: for I had seen so little that seemed true to me more than the human desire for approba tion and fear of discourtesy that I did not understand tho religious faith of my friends. I knew that they meant goodness, and had faith in their relig ion for the best, but they seemed to lack; so I had no- faith beyond the common Idea that it was for all to cherish all. "When I passed I found that T was not alone; my friends were still my friends and the barrier that had been between us was only one of dogma not in heart we were alike." Another case was -given as follows: "I was strong in my belief and 1 lost no chance to improve my church and its hold on humanity. I worked and suffered and studied to improve my people, prayed and suffered and wrought, but when my time was come I found that the little devil in the gut ter, who ha-d fought and pummelea for his bread and sought to help his own. was no worse than I. I had lived up to my consonance and he had fought for what he had understood, and we were alike, doing the best we could. "Was I surprised? Yes, no, I was stupefied, I was amazed." Still another related: "Passing over, the line of death is an acute and critical time to you; we who have passed do but wonder why we ever dreaded the passing so much when the after Is so much better than the earth life. But on earth there Is the dread, the bear of a nonexistence, a punishment, a lack of self -continuation, a fear of unknown evil and a doubt of self-virtue." One who believed in eternal pun ishment and dreaded death, but wak ened in peace relates: "I was not alone, about me were many, many people, all happy, but working; busy, but so quiet; not work ing, but a seeming of mind working, a seeming of thinking goodness and peace; then it seemed to me that their thoughts entered mine as though a new thought had come home and I saw they were lifting away my fears and I knew then what mercy was." Still another case is: Question How did you find out that you had died?" Answer- The consciousness that 1 was outside of my body and free to come or go as I pleased without any response on the part of the physical frame. I was feeling as I did before. I passed out, I felt in a body and could move my limbs exactly as though I possessed one, although I could see the unresponsive frame lying in death. " Various questions and answers are as follows: Question Are we merely veneered savages or really transformed in na ture? Answer The savage is the Intelli gent beast: you are a yet more intel ligent beast: we are more intelligent and we repudiate the bestial. Question Have we any grounds on which to base expectation of immor talitv or future life even, other than desire? Answer The Indestructibility- ot matter is of less importance than the indestructibility of spirit; desire is the token of spirit. Questions concerning occupation, flowers, houses, etc., are answered at length. The hereafter as described In these communications is like what the late Frederick Myers called It a ra tionalized dream." The things that are desired appear upon being wished for. They have the permanency of the ma terial so long as they are desired, whether they are houses or flowers. fruits or beautiful scenes. These for the partially earth-bound spirits, but In the higher realms the desire for the appearance of material things dls appear. Old Question Arlaes. Many of these discussions have great interest for the student of the human intelligence, though the things related cannot be verified In any fashion. Of course, the chief Interest In publishing these records lies in the fact that it is a deliberate facing of a world-old problem. These phenomena, whatever their explanation, are the basis of the first religions among sav age and barbarous peoples, and, as Tylor observes In his studies In primi tive culture, there is a remarkable continuity between animism and mod ern religion. The various phases of good and bad conduct originating In Intelligent or spiritual Impulses center around the survival ot the human in telligence after death. In both anim ism and modern religion, the question Is one ef facing ultimate realties, dis cerning the good and preparing for a long-distant future. If there is truth In the Idea ef growth or evolution the phenomena ef anim ism may have quite as much signifi cance in modern scientific religion as they had in the philosophy of our forebears. That is to say, they are probably genuine and have an import ant meaning which it will be the work of science te discover. WOODS AW IS COSTLY TO STATE INSURANCE FUND Portable Machine Found Most Prolific Source of Accidents and Commis sion Is Devising Means of Preventinff Constant Drain on Fund. Sal: Or Or ALEM. Or.. Oct. 2. (Special.) ne result of the operation of regon's workmen's compensation law has been to reveal the hazard to which workmen are exposed In occu pations which have heretofore attract ed little attention. While the news papers contained accounts of the se rious accidents, no data had been avail able as to the number and character of Injuries occurring In the various In dustries. When the head of the household en gaged the proprietor of a woodsaw to cut his Winter's supply of fuel, he had no way of knowing that this occupa tion was. in fact, more dangerous than probably any other in the state using power-driven machinery. The records of the State Industrial Accident Commission show that in pro portion to the number of men employed, the portable woodsaws cause more seri ous accidents than do sawmills, shingle mills, lath mills or any of the other woodworking operations. While no fa tal accidents have occurred, the lose of arms, feet and fingers has been the toll exacted for the cutting of fuel for Oregon's citizens. The first serious injury under the compensation act happened last Sum mer, to Stephen Marston, of Gresham. The young man was employed by his father and was throwing the belt off with a stick so as to stop the opera tion of the saw without shutting down the engine. The belt came off. flew outward, looped around Marston's arm and drew it Into the flywheel. The wheel tore his arm off above the elbow. Oiler Loses Arm. At Salem Charles Smith was injured while oiling a saw. He reached over the machine to set the oilcan down when his arm came in contact with thw saw. The power had been shut off, but the saw was still revolving with suf ficient speed so to injure his arm as to necessitate amputation above the elbow. Edward S. Taylor, of Tillamook, was acting as a helper on a woodsaw, and while placing wood in position, his foot slipped, causing his right hand to strike the saw. Thle resulted in the loss of his hand at the wrist. Another Portland accident was that occurring to Fred X. Quimby. He was trying to move the saw nearer the pile of wood when the wheel struck a stick of wood, throwing Quimby's hand against the saw. He received a severe cut. severing the tissues of the hand and cutting Into the bone. As a result, his hand was so badly disabled that the Commission awarded him compen sation for the loss of half of his hand. At Pendleton Sim F. McFall was turning a wet stick of wood on the saw table when his hand slipped off the wood, striking the saw. This acci dent resulted In the loss of his thumb, first, second and third fingers and se vere injury to the fourth finger. Although all the accidents cannot be recounted here, they varied in severity from those described to lacerations and other injuries, disabling workmen for short periods of time, but not result ing in permanent disability. Lea; Cost of Careleasneas. While various conferences had been held between the members of the State Industrial Accident Commission and Labor Commissioner Hoff for the pur pose of co-operating in accident pre vention work, a definite plan of pro cedure had not been determined with respect to woodsaws until a recent ac cident occurred In Portland to Elbert B. Skinner. Skinner, while employed by Elmer E. Smith as a helper, noticed that the saw dust and splinters had accumulated under the saw. He made an effort to remove the debris by kicking toward the saw. The resistance was less than expected and the kick too high. The teeth of the revolving eaw caught the trouser leg and drew the man's leg tip between the saw and wheel, severing It about six Inches below the knee. With the purpose of requiring owners of woodsaws to apply necessary safe guards, photographs were taken of the machine upon which bklnner had been injured. The owner of tho saw Indi cating his willingness to have hie ma chine properly saleguaraea. It was taken to a neighboring shop. After a hood had been placed over the saw, shields fixed on either side of the lower portion of the saw and a boxing or housing; fixed over the driving belt. photographs were .taken te show the be guarded. Safeguards Are Ievtaed. Letters were then sent by the Bureau of Labor to operators of woodsaws. In dicating that safeguards would be re quired and explaining in detail the manner In which they should be applied. In Portland, woodsaw owners can ob tain further information from the deputy labor commissioner at 250 1 Third street. While much of the hazard of the work cannot be eliminated. It Is believed the application of the safe guards required will at least greatly reduce the number of accidents. Of the workmen who were perman ently partially disabled as the result of woodsaw - accidents, one had four children under the agS of six years, a number were young unmarried men, and two were men well advanced in years, one being 64 and the other 65 years old. That the compensation paid to In jured workmen since the Oregon act has become effective has been appre ciated is shown by their letters to the commission. One workman. 65 years old, who had been permanently crip pled by a woodsaw, wroto to the com mission as follows: "The money you awarded me was a great blessing and help to me more than any money before in my life. If I had not got it. I do not know what I would have done. The state would have to care for me. I have lived In this city for 25 years, and this is the first time I ever got without work. I have tried to earn something by sell ing wood, and did earn 82.75. If I can get your help to live for a few months more. I will try and make it some way. At the present time I must have help or beg. I want to be able to work, but the doctor says I will never have the UBe of my hand. The law is a great blessing to the helpless." Crippled Men Ambitions. - One workman, after the loss of an arm. sought employment picking ber ries and in farm work, but he said that he was told there were too many men with two hands who were seeking work. Another one-armed man found employment in a cigar store and hoped later to start in the business. Still another obtained an artifical arm and again took up his former work in con nection with the operation of a wood saw. Workmen suffering permanent par tial disabilities are entitled to benefits under the compensation law of the state, according to a schedule contained in the act. In addition to having the surgeon's and hospital bills paid by the accident fund, the workman re ceives a monthly payment during tho period of total disability. This pay ment varies according to the wage of the injured man and his marital con dition. When able to take up some kind of work, he is entitled to an award of a monthly payment ot $25 for a period which varies from six months for the loss of a - little finger to 9 months for the loss of an arm at or above the elbow. Referring to the cost of woodsaw ac cidents during the past year, one of the members of the Accident Commis sion estimated that if one serious ac cident could be prevented it would save enough in compensation benefits to equip all the woodsaws in the state with proper safeguards. County Sues B. M. Lombard. Multnomah County has started suit In Circuit Court to recover 8440 from, B. M. Lombard, charging that he col lected this much In rent from O. D. Up ton, a tenant at the old county farm on Canyon road, between May 25, 1914. and May 25, 1915. Lombard once pur chased this property, but the county foreclosed because he failed to make payments. It Is alleged that the $440 he collected from Upton was really due the county. Polk Potato Crop Heavy. MONMOUTH. Or.. Oct 16. Special.) The potato crop In Polk County Is heavy thts year. Large quantities of Burbanks are on the farmers hands, while already several large shipments have been made from the river bot ton.s, where for the first time this crop was planted. New varieties, obtained from liastrrn Hcedhouses early last Spling, have been adopted. Eighty cents a hundred pounds has been the price if several sales. manner in which woodsaws should