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THE SUXDA OREGONIAX, PORTLAND, 0CT015EK 15, 1023 THREE LOSE LUES WHEN DREDGE SINKS HUNDREDS OF ARMENIAN ORPHANS RESCUED FROM ADVANCE OF TURKS AND SMYRNA FIRE ISILO NECESSARY . . .. . ,4 Another Injured as Result of i River Collision. - Levies in Excess of Limita tion Questioned. PORTLAND IS STRUCK MUCH DEPENDS ON WORD v U' ' Freighter Santa Clara . Sends Craft to Bottom or Klver; 39 Men jn Crew of Dredge. Exact Meaning of "Any" in lim itation Yet to Be Itecided, Says Henry E. Reed. ft.. c ' - 4 " f 8 m THKEE LIVES LOST AND CHANNEL DREDGE IS TOTAL WRECK AS RESULT OF BEING SUNK IN LOWER HARBOR BY INTERCOASTAL FREIGHTER SANTA CLARA. -"V ' 1 , yy-v , ;T" g y , - W? - r . ft- - .... . . ' I f ' - - - ' ' Three men were drowned en4i other'was injured aboard the pipe line dredge Portland, sunk at 12:35 o'clock yesterday morning when struck by the intercoastal freighter anta Clara. The accident occurred at a bend in the east channel at the lower end of Swan island, a exhort distance below the Portland Flour ing Mills company's plant. Of 39 In the crew four, were known . to have been ashore at the time. The dead are: Ben iWeling, fuel passer, 68 years of age Thomas Campbell, fireman, 48 years of age. Benjamin Ct. Johnson, carpenter, ; 69 years of age Injuries In the way of contusions -on the left elbow and nip were re ceived by Frank O Connor, who was taken to St. Vincent's hospital and la expected to leave there tomorrow Freighter Headed for Sea. The Mg freighter was headed for ilea, having left terminal No. 1 about midnight on iher way to Grays Har toor, after having discharged a few hundred tons of New York cargo here. She was upstream from the dredge when passed by the river steamer Beaver, arriving from the lower river, and reports were that Captain S. 6. Dalby, pilot aboard the Santa Clara, was unable to awing the Santa Clara to avoid the dredge after having given the Beaver freeway. When it became apparent the ship would strike a donkeyscow, at the end of the dredge pipeline. Captain Dalby ordered an anchor let go and the engine reversed, sounding the whistle danger eignal. The alarm was credited with having roused some of the men ton the dredge, the day shift being asleep on- the port side, and perhaps averted more deaths. The ship was said to have carried the donkeyscow and pipeline, with Its floating pontoons and other gear, against the stern of the dredge on the port side, the hull being cut. So great was the pres sure from the big vessel that the dredge was turned completely around, her bow virtually heading upstream at the time she careened and settled on her beam ends. She .sank in two minutes. Campbell Thought Caught. Andrew Smith, a fireman, whose berth was above that occupied by Campbell, said when he was aroused by the danger signal and commotion he had time to notice that Campbell was out of. his berth, so it was assumed he Was caught in the wreckage. Smith jumped into the water and swam to a fuel barge, which had been cut loose from the dredge and tn which many of the men had man aged to climb. Others had gone over the side and were swimming to it. O'Connor was hauled aboard the fuel barge. He was at work at the -stem of the dredge and oh going overboard was entangled in wreckage which was said to ac count for the bruises. The Santa Clara stood by but it Is Alleged slow response was made to calls ofthe men on the barge to De taken off, delay following in -ettlnff lifeboats Into the water. It was asserted that had the steamer Beaver stood by when the danger signals were given much assistance couhi have been rendered. Portland Is Total Loss. The Portland is & total loss, ac cording to James1 H. Polhemus, manager of the Port of Portland, who went to the scene before day light anl made a close inspection of the position of the digger. As a result of the accident llbed pro ceedings were instituted against the Banta Clara in the sum of tlOO.COO and a deputy United States marshal etarted for Astoria to intercept the ehip and serve th papers, but hortly after he got under way in a. powerful automobile word was re ceived that the vessel had passed out of the Columbia river at 1:30 o'clock in the afternoon. The opinion was expressed yester day that all of the crew aboard had warning of the approaching crash and that those who lost their lives were drowned, not caught in the sunken dredge. A diver was at work yesterday afternoon and his operations may be continued today. The Portland lies In 33 feet of water. Wellng Has No Relatives Here. Ben Weling, who had been em ployed by the port for about ten years, had gone off shift at mid night, while Thomas Campbell, who had been in the service two months, and Benjamin G. Johnson, who was aid to have been with the port or ganization more than .15 years. Were of the day shift and had been asleep. Mr. Weling's record shows he had no relatives In this city, the nearest of kin being cousins residing in North Xakota,and Minnesota. Mr. Camp bell left a wife and 15-year-old son, residing at 10301 Fifty-fifth avenue Southeast. Mr. Johnson had no rela tives so far as the office record! Indicate. The dredge had completed a cut 1WM feet long on the west side of the channel Friday and was turned round to extend the cut at the lower end, so is declared not to have been In the main channel down which the Santa Clara was headed before passing the Beaver. Mr. Pol hemus says Captain Dalby told him the Santa Clara "took a sheer" after the Beaver passed and he exercised, all possible precautions in lettfng go an anchor, putting the engine full astern and sounding the danger signal. Captain James Blake, master of the Portland; J. J. Layton, chief en gineer; M. J. Malone, machinist, and one of the levermen were at home at the time. O. JU Boater, leverman on duty, made every effort to lift one of the "spuds," huge timbers that hold the digger in position when at work, also to lift the ladder, so some of the force of the Impending crash might be lessened and the dredge allowed to awing with the ship, but the impact allowed him little time. He managed to lift only the ladder, or cutting edge, a short distance from the river bed. Wireless Message Sent. Captain Stephenson, master of the Santa Clara, 'sent a wireless mes sage at 1:07 o'clock, setting forth that- the Portland had been sunk and asking for aid to take the crew off. The message was picked tip by an operator at Eureka, Cal., also by a private station at Van-' couver. Wash. The. operator of tha t I. . - - r " 'iS"r ',' t, I v" 11111 1 ' 111 1 ' ,: m 1 -" 1II"JII,IIIJ- -' " I 7 7T : f latter telephoned the towboat Port land, lying at the Hoyt street moor ings of the Port of Portland, but the message was misunderstood. Later John P. Doyle, In charge of the office, managed to trace the Vancouver message and .obtained the correct Information. The steamer Portland was sent to the scene ami the survivors, some half clothel and chilled, were brought to the city. When stores were opened yes terday they were rigged in sufficient clothing. During the day the crew was paid off. It is the second time the Portland has been sent to the bottom through collision, the first instance being November 6, 1907, when working at Postoffice bar, inside the mouth of the Willamette river, when the river steamer Bailey Gatzert struck her during a heavy fog. No lives were lost. There was no fog at the time of yesterday mornings accident, though it set in soon after. The Santa Clara encountered fog on her way to Victoria and was delayed. otherwise she would have made an earlier departure for Grays Har bor. The vessel belongs to W. R.. Grace & Co., and is sailing In the newly established intercoastal serv es of the Pacific- Mail line. It is the intention of the Port of Port land to proceed with the libel action in the Washington district, and an understanding was reached yester day through Norton. Lilly & Co., agents for the fleet, that a bond be posted for her release. Ship Left at Astoria. Captain Dalby left the ahip at Astoria and on his report being filed with Inspectors Edwards and Wynn of the United States Steamvessel Inspection service, an Investigation will be conducted. Captain Dalby NOVICE WINS PEACE! PRIZE IN ORATORICAL CONTEST. Clarence W. Hlekok. OREGON AGRICULTURAL, COL LEGE, Corvailis, Oct. 12. (Special.)-; A $50 prise to the winner of the national peace oratorical con test was awarded this vear to Clarence W. Hickok of McMinn ville, a student at the Oregon Agricultural college, who never had spoken before an audience in his life until three months, pre ceding -the preparation of the oration. The result was brought about by native ability and the solid foundation for public speaking laid in the courses at the Oregon Agricultural college under the su pervision of C. B. Mitchell, pro fessor of publio speaking. NNf . i -III .had been with the Shaver Trans portation company for years until he entered the Columbia River Pilots' association a few months ago. Officials of the Port of Portland have, concerned themselves with caring for the crew and the matter of raising -the dredge will be con sidered this week. She was the first dredge built for the port, having been finished in 1S98, and has a wooden hull, whereas the others are of steel. She was of -the 20-inch type while the. Willamette, Tualatin and Columbia are 30-inch machines. Relatives of men on the other dredges were much concerned yes terday as to the probability of them having been shifted to the Portland recently, so many anxious inquiries reached the office. , - UPHOLSTERERS YET OUT Contest With Employers Becomes Test of Endurance. Though rumors of peace In the existing strike of upholsterers were current a week ago, nothing that would end the walkout of 25 em ployes of local furniture and mat tress factories ha happened as yet. Th strike, called about six weeks ago, has resolvea into a test of endurance. Soon after January 1 local uphol stery manufacturers slashed prices and also wages. A war bonus of tl a day was cut from t-he men's pay, bringing upholsterers' wages down to $7 a day. Nothing resulted a.t the time, but about September 1 25 men armiated witn the local union walked out of the United Mattress company, the King-Fisher company ana wuanty bedding company. Tigard Fair Opens Saturday. All la in readiness for the best fair everheld at Tigard, next Satur day, according to E. T. Trofitter, general manager of the Washing ton county fair association, and the coming show, it is promised, will eclipse all previous efforts. Live stock, poultry, fine yields of all the crops for which Washington county is well known, with manufactured farm products and work of the boys and girls' division, for which spe cial money prizes have been set aside, all will be displayed In most tempting fashion, said Mr. Trofitter, and a visit to the fair will be well worth while both from an Inform ing as well as entertaining stand point. . Liquor Swindle Is Revealed. Thirsty attendants at gasoline filling stations have contributed In the last two weeks to the support of an Italian who has made the rounds of the twoscore or more sta tions in the city with the informa tion that a email sum, $1.50, perhaps t'i, was all he needed to complete the purchase of a case of excellent Scotch, whisky. And, moreover, he promised to anyone so kind as to supply the small eum one good quart of the excellent whisky, to be deliv ered at a future date. Weary of waiting for the future date, six or seven of his dupes have reported the case to the police. Poultry Men in Session. WINLOCK, Wash, Oct. 14. (Spe cial.) The- meeting of the members of the Washington Co-operative Egg and Poultry Association held this week at Winlock was the largest gathering of its kind ever held here. D. S. lIcDole, assistant secra- S5P Uppcr - .General view of sunken dredge Portland, illustrating; angle at which she settled in 35 feet of . water. Lower Close u p of after house, showing- searchers. Insert Drawing; of channel with cross marking position of wreck. tary and office manager of Seattle, Frank Swayne'of Central! and Carl Laakso of Winlock were the prin cipal speakers. The new member ship contract was fully discussed. Members are to vote on a proposed increase in the capital stock' from J20,000 to $500,000. Pineapple Company Expands. HONOLULU, T. H., Oct. 12. (Spe cial.) Getting ready for future growth, the Hawaiian Pineapple company has made it possible to be able to increase its stock to $25,000,- 000, and added three new directors. James D. Dole, president . of the Hawaiian Pineapple company, an nounces that the proposed stock dividend of 55 per cent, based on the old capitalization of J2.600.000 would not be authorized until after the first of the year. PUSH -AND Pnt FOR PORT LAND, CANDIDATE'S SLOGAN. Charles S. Backer. Charles S. Hacker, who has been a resident and business man ct Portland for the last 32 years, has announced that his slogan In his campaign for city commissioner will be "Push and Pull for Port land," Mr. Hacker is senior partner in the Palace Market. He is married has one child and resides at 435 Bast Oak street. He is a member of Camp No. 77, "Woodmen of the World. His platform is "Honesty from start to finish. "- r I 1 X 8S , , ' 1 I - ' 1 Permanent, fixed levies, author ized by the voters, beyond the 6 per cent tax limitation, such as the millage taxes for the state univer sity, agricultural collegre and nor mal school, the levies for market roads, elementary schools and the like, as well as the S-mill tax in the city of Portland, must be passed on by the state supreme court to determine their validity, according to Henry E. Reei, ex-county as sessor. Mr. Reed, who has made a care ful study of the constitutional pro vision limiting' tax levies, is in clined to disagree with the views taken by members of the tax super vision and conservation commission that unless the special levies are voted for a specific term of years they are not valid. "The validity of permanent fixed levies that are placed outside, the limitation is an unadjudicated ques tlon, and sooner or later will find its way Into the supreme court for a ruling," Mr. Reed said. "When the issue la made up the decision of the court will be on the meaning1 of one little word of three letters the word 'any' as it occurs before the word Year in the opening sen tence of the constitutional limita tion, which reads as follows: " 'Unless specifically authorized by a majority of the legal voters voting upon the question, neither the state or any county, municipal ity, district or body to which the power to levy a tax shall have been delegated shall in any year so exer cise that power.' " Mr. Reed points out that In grammatical construction the word "any" unless followed by the word "one" is taken in the plural sense. He points to court decisions in which "any" is ciTnstrued to mean 'all" and other decisions where it is construed toT mean "every." 'As used in the tax limitation amendment adopted in 1916, the words 'any year' would appear to support the construction of 'all years or 'each one of all years,'" Mr. Reed continued. "If this is correct and the point can be de termined only by a aupreme court decision then the permanent mill- age taxes for the university, agri cultural college and normal schools. as well as other similar state levied, are valid. - J "So also is the -permanent 3-mill 1 FOURTH-GRADE PUPIL, AGED 6, ASPIRES TO BE PRESIDENT Mother Says Progress Due Largely to Obedience Youngster's Intelligence Declared by Educator to Be; Unusual. DURWOOD LEE ALKIRE. who will be years old on Satur day and is a pupil In the fourth grade at Arleta school, would seem to have a fair start toward his life's goal of president of the United States. Durwood Is the son of Mrs. Pearle Alkire and bad never at tended any school until this fall, when he qualified in examination and was allowed to enter the fourth grade. His first report card showed practically every grade "E." Durwood's education began In the mornings when his mother curled his long blonde hair. When she found that he grasped readily all she offered, she gradually offered more. At the age of 2 he knew his letters and at 3 he was reading In his primer. Before he was 4 years v,a iild irive the capitals of 11 the states and of foreign countries and could epell them. And at 4)4 years he had mastered his multipli cation tables. "I have never pushed mr child or given him more than he is capable k.niinr" declared Mrs. Alkire, who said she is sensitive on this point. "People have accused me of 4t, liilrl an inlustlce." she said. "At the beginning of his in struction I couia see as ne pro gressed whether I was advancing him too fast and If he did not grasp it immediately, I knew the time was not right to give him more." n.i.a A.fittv tn ittjii-n what be learns is the only unusual quality Mrs. AlKire ciauiia lur inno "He is perfectly normal In every thing. He has never been nick a SCHOOLS URGED TO TEACH STUDENTS HOW TO LIVE Complete Existence, How to Think, Work, Save, and Be Happy in v Social Environment, Declared Necessary to Student. VIEWS of a present-day edu cator on the subject of educa- tion' are summed up In a paper called "What Knowledge Is Most Worth?" by Constantine M. Panun- xlo, head of the department of so cial science of Willamette univer sity. Professor Panunzio usea tne substance of tne paper as an aa- dress which he delivered before the laymen's association meeting of the Oregon conference of the Methodist church, recently held in Salem. Ex cerpts from the paper follow: "As the schools of the state or Oregon once more throw open their doors to thousands of pupils, once again comes to mind the question Herbert Spencer asked nearly three- quarters of a century ago: What knowledge is most worth? Should the school aim to Impart general and indefinite information or should it strive to furnish the student with Information of a definite and prac tical character with a direct bearing upon life? Spencer believed in the latter. He severely criticised the educational system of his day. Bow to Live Topic "If this be true then education. Instead of Imparting Indefinite and aimless knowledge, should rather teach youth to consider: How to care for the body, how to treat the mind, how to manage one's affairs. how to bring up a family-ow to behave as a citisen. how to utilize all the resources of happiness which nature supplies, how to uee the faculties to the greatest advantage j levy for general fund purposes voted by the people of Portland and re-enacted in 1920. " But Mr. Reed admits that the tax commission has the upper hand and hence the city must have the 3-mill tix ratified again by the- voters at the November election. A decision by the supreme court, Mr. Reed points out, would put to an end the expensive elections that would be necessary In case the question is not finally adjudicated. 4 CHILDREN INHERITED Tacoma ex-Mayor to Rear Par- entless Youngsters. TACOMA. Wash., Oct 14. (Spe cial.) W. W. Seymour, ex-mayor of Tacoma, went east on business a childless man, but he will return with four youngsters, the oldest 10 years of age, all of whom hs will rear. The children, a boy and three girls, are the grandchildren of Mr. Seymour's brother, Julius Seymour, wealthy New York broker, who re cently died. Both parents are dead, leaving the Tacoma man the nearest l'ving rela tive able to bring up the children properly. The ex-mayor has already had a taste of the task ahead of him and he is now looking for gov ernment pamphlets and books on how to bring up children. He will return with his family to Tacoma toon. Accessory Thievery Is Profession. Theft of auto accessories is de veloping into a profession. Even the law itself is not exempt from the depredations of the gentry that work at night with files ana clip pers. Circuit Judge Kvans reported to the police yesterday the loss of tires from his car Friday night when the machin. was parked at Ankeny and Park streets, and Tuesday night when it was in front of 635 East Twenty-first street North. "On Wednesday night I was out of town, so can report no progress for that night," reads the communication from the mouthpiece or tne law to the men who enforce it. day and has a wonderful disposi tion." The lesson of obedience, which Mrs. Alkire taught her little son while he was still a baby, she de clares is the most important of all. "I believe obedience is responsible in a Kreat degree for his progress, aho said. "Although his vocabulary is large and includes many words of ten letters and more, tnere is one little word of four letters that he knows nothing of," she said. "That word Is 'hate.' I have tried to teach him to seek good in everyone, al ways looking for the best in his playmates." Maternal love, Mrs. Alkire be lieves, often finds wrong channels for its expression. "A motner nat urally wants to fondle her child when it cries," she said. "I always cuddled Durwood when he was not crying, so he soon learned nothing was to be gained by 111 temper. He has never lacked for love, but I have tried to give a right expression of that love. The little boy of does not im press one as a precocious child. He is merely a well-trained boy, quite evenly developed. His manners have not been nesrlected. His r' are never pronounced and he speak with a babyish accent. He is always sure of his information and upon hearing a misstatement he quietly mivs "Pa'rion me: I fink you aw mis taken." When asked what he will be when he is grown, he replied "Pwesident." "Durwood Is certainly the most remarkable child I have ever seen. said T. E. Speirs, principal of Arleta school. "He is evenly developed and has the reasoning power of a child of 10. He reads with the under standing of an eighth grader." of one's self and others. In short. how to live completely. "Accepting this- view education. then, is not a means or an end In Itself: it is not a sort of "mental gymnastics'; It Is not an adornment, or a means of 'getting a Job.' True education is the impart'ng of that type of knowledge which will en able men t live a more complete and efficient life economically, so cially, politically, morally and re ligiously. "In recent decades considerable advance has toeen made along this line. Where onoe educational insti tutions gave themselves primarily to theoretical abstractions and to subjective calculations, now they concentrate more upon the concrete and objective aspects of life. Abstract Is Important. This does not mean that education Is neglecting, or that it should neg lect, theories and abstract thinking, or the study and proper valuation of -the past. But the objective of education is more and more to serve the practical aspects of life, the vital, throbbing interests of human ity of today, and to pave the way for the future. I "While progress has been made along these lines, to some of us who have spent years as students and teachers under the eaves of in- j stitutions of learning, it appears as if we have yet far to go. Take for Instance the field of aelf-preserva-tion. We have yet to begin to teach the care of the human body "The misery caused br tha neglect Ja'v I 'T . '' . f V . Above Orphans ti raae from Kaayraa la C onnlln"ple aboard 4arr I.itrhf Irld. Below Mian ftaraa ( nrac, and Amfrlras arpaaa reacara from .Hnijrna. When the great fire swept Kmyrna, following the cvtur of that rliy by the Turks, 400 Armenian orphan boys were reiuicrd horm-i by burning of their Institution, conducted by the N-ar heiuf. Tdo ! were rescued by H. C. Jaqu.th, managing dlreclnr of tli War Kt lull"', and his assistants, and taken to Constantinople on board the Am-rUn destroyer Litchfield. The two pictures shown above r. taan by Near East Relief officials while the orphans were aboard the rttUuyr. of the 'body Is appalling. Poverty, inefficiency, dependence and many other social ills are. In no small measure, but the results of Ignor ance of the care of the fcody. We teach physiology, biology, natural history, hygiene and eugenics, and yet, it' ' pitiful to see college stu dents, yea and even college grad uates, living lives wholly unhy gienic. A film of stupidity and sleepiness in their eyes betrays the fact that they have not yet learned how to use and care for the body. "And the time Is not far distant when'we shall fall Into line with the demands of up-to-date athletic coaches, and reshape the entire ath let'c system of our schools and col leges. What Is now the athletic de partment should be transformed Into a physical training department, the aim of which should be not merely to prepare a score or more of men for an equal number ' of contests each year, but what la vastly more important, to train the whole stu dent body In the art of wholesome living. The fittest of the whole number msywell meet In contest with the fittest from other Institu tions, but to raiss the standard of fitness for the entire number la of far greater worth. ' larllnatloas to B Learaea. "A functioning system of educa tion will also lead youths to dis cover for themselves their own ca pacities and natural inclinations; and what ts more, it should -each the art of toll. Only when one's capacities are fully developed by toil will he best be able to live i decent, honorable and Independent life. Dr. Frank Crane puts It bluntly when he says that the first duty of education is to teach the young how to earn money. At first this may sound a bit too extreme, hut It Is fundamentally correct. Another def inite lesson which education has too long neglected to teach is that ol thrift. -"With regard to the training of the mind I have only this to say: Teach the young to think. Par too much of our education Is based on memory. Memory ts necessary. Great indeed is memory. But mem ory Is ofttimes a traitor. Do you remember the confusion of the Ital ian guide In 'Innocents Abroad." who had to begin his story over and over again when the run of his memory was Interrupted? Pupils need not to memorise less, but to think' more. Van Dyke fs Qnate. "Henry Van Dyke places this as the first guide-post to success: 'T think without eonfuslon clearly. How few college graduates even master this lesson! It may not be their fault: nerhaps it Is not; hut somehow they do not learn It. Ex cellent they are at cramming, but when they come to thinking they are not there. He leads a youth to the fountain of truth who teaches him to think. Beneath churches and schools, governments and Industrial Institutions, and behina every wor thy enterprise lies thought; the power to think. And he who res;iy thinks will sooner or later receive hla reward. 'Though he build h'.s hotise in the woods the world will make a beaten path to his floor, How ahali wa teach our toys and girls to live a happy and uoeful nilv life? Plrst. by teacning ina fundamental laws of eugenics, the laws of being well born. The youth ful mind should be Impressed with the fact that there Is no more sa cred, no more satisfying, no more daring duty in ail the universe than that of bringing a well-horn child Into the world. On the other hand, there Is no greater crime, nor one productive of greater misery than to bring a weak, feeble and Ineffi cient child Into the world a curse to himself, a burden to his parents and to society. aortal Training Needed. There la still another consider ation, the one of perhaps paramount Importance. We may teach our stu dents how to care for the body, how best to earn a livelihood, how to save, bow. to think, now to create ti . .'V, . . t - . r aralaa el rw lork, arar rrllrr better children, but un'e we have ta'ight them the art of living In a l-tl environment wa have railed. The i-rltlclnm la of, en and Jually mArifl that education aepatatea ntrn from society. Hut man cannot llv atone. Mura la a world of k-ive and take: a world where service la Inn keystone upon which ter"-nda the whole structure of go"d cininhip. In service renters tha safely of society. In aervlce Is to be found the solution of the Ills of our In dustrial society. "This la the kind of knowUdss moat worth while that whit teaches the young hw to live a f" I and complete lite. IndlvMuslly and socially; knowledge which Will serve the practical needs of men. It may be an Ideal too hish for the preaant stale of our educational In stitutions, but one whvn we should continuously aim to reat h " Valuable Copper-Platinum Ledges Secured. Smelling Ore Locates Near Head waters Risen Hlvrr la lorry (17. THE Coos Copper compsnr. with mot of its stockholders In Marshfleld, hss received Hi pstrnt for tha Copper King and Eureka lodes, situated In the Granite moun tain district In Curry county, at the Marshfleld News. The history of lh mine estends back for several yeara, l.uo the war period, when a mining man under took to operate It snd sp' i t several thoueand dollars, and then failed. Denis contracted by him w rra ('a. 4 off, and the com! any now is In 'od condition. The mine and ledges Iiave been located In a territory which h a wide varlet of minerals, running from copper to platinum. Including some co!ait. The Coos Copper com pany holdings Include property something over T00 feet on thn ledges. Aanaya on ore taken from the mine show In some Instances as high as SO per cent coppar. Thar have aaeaya of I Una a ton In plati num. There alao are silver and gold. The company's property was lo cated some years sko by K. W Bryan, well known as a proepector of expert know-ledge. This mine In la the center of tne small eireams which compose tha headwaters of thn Kixea river, and the tracings of platinum run from that vicinity ! the ocean, along the river. American Veteran ! Hero by Accident. Battle Over Retem II Knew lis Had H oaken l-.nemy All Alone. NEW ORUF.ANH. La. Oct. 14 Getting along happily la the Bpanlnh foreign legion In Morocco was a matter of getting ued to Bpanlnh cooking, according to Z. It. K ! of New Orleans, a veteran of the A. E. T.. who enllsied la iho Bpanlsh army here a year ago and saw fighting on the Moroccan front. Kaejrnd. who recently returned, was awarded a pnlh irllliary eroea for bravery. He described tha Incident for which It was awarded aa "an accident." "At Tetuan." hs said, "our regi ment chsrsed up a ioi.g Mil to tha position of the Moore at the top I was running low and snootirg and was Just about to the tr.p when lha Moors broke from cover and I u that I wan ail alone. "'Did you see that crasy Ameri can?" an officer yelled to another, and he ruehed up to rra. fatted ma on the back and a!d, 'tjootl boj : wait right her:' Pretty aoon a gen eral came along anrl pmnro th a cross on me. llone,?, t r.tdn t know I was alone out thr In fror.l ualU after inn ball.e was ait evtr." : J