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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 10, IfX It StLouisFair Grand Prize AWARDED TO Walter Baker & Co.'s Chocolate 5Cocoa The Hlfhost LOOK TO R inn mtmu 43 HIGHEST AWARDS IN EUROPE and AMERICA A new Ulu.tr.te4 rclM book ant frM Walter Baker&Colti KfUuktdiTta DOKCHXSTH, MASS. JEHUS OF SWEDEN UNDER CONTROL Automatic Device in Carriages Protects Passengers from Rapacity of the Driver. POLICEMEN WALK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET In Six Months' Trip Captain An derson's Only Inconvenience Was Met in America. Capt. John Anderson, In charge of the Volunteers of America, In thla city for the past alx yeara. has returned from a lz months' trip to Sweden, where ha aucceeded In piscina on the market an automatic sluice-gate that was Invented and patented by August Preecott of Salem. "The most striking difference between the governments of cities In the old country and In America la In the po lice service," he said. "In Quttenburg and Stockholm, where I spent most of ray time, police , officers march two sbreast while patrolling the city. They always msrch In the middle of the street, where they can be easily found. "They check horses that are being driven too fast, and bicycle-rldera who are exceeding the speed limit. A strange thing is that there has not been a rob bery or holdup in either of the cities for months. Crimes of that sort are rare. "All city prisoners of malefactora, who must work for the .city, are employed in building huge atone walls or buttresses along the river banks They are paid a small sum enough to keep them, out not enough to make the work desirable "The hack system la so arranged- by the government that overcharges are Im possible. There la an automatic device on every carriage that registers the amount that Is to be noli and the dis tance that haa been traveled. The driver does not collect fares and haa nothing to do with the money. In that way car riages are In feneral use and are very cheat) 'lie one and only really disagreeable feature of the trip occurred on my re turn, when we were landed at Kill Island. It la a pity that the public does not know how that place Is conducted. There Is the one un-Arcerlcan Institution In this country. The unjust clssa dis tinctions that are made by Inspectors Is not known to the people, and would not be tolerated If It were only half appre ciated. They have a prison, and I have earn respectable, refined women seized rudely and thrown into it simply because the Inspectors had the power to ao so. ST. LOUIS EMPTIES ITSELF ON PORTLAND Samuel Barnes of Barnes A Warden, electrical engineers and contractors. St. I.ouis has arrived In Portland to repre sent his concern In bidding for the con struction of the Oregon building. He states that 43 people arrived from St. Louis on the same train and ha knows of 225 concessionaries now on the way. Ninety-nine per cent of them lost money, declares Mr. Barnes, and they are coming to Portland to try to get It back. Mr. Barnes gives a vivid description of the closing night of the big show. Crowds of student and hoodlums marched through the grounda destroy ing property. They secured lariats and hauled down the statuary. Venuses snd Juplters were dragged ruthlessly from their pedestals ami reduced to atoms. In the Horltcultural building the rowdies amused 'themselves throwing fruit at each ether. Hundreds of large glass wndow were smashed. The condition became so serious that all the guards and 260 marines were called out to quell the disturbance, and then were compelled to close up the buildings before the laat hour arrived. MANY APPLICANTS FOR COUNTY AID Cold Weather Has Driven Num ber of Unfortunates to the Poor Farm. COUNTY HOSPITAL HAS NO ACCOMMODATIONS Sad Cases Brought to the Atten tion of the Relief Board Without Help. TO THE PLUMBING TRADE The DIAMOND BRICK. COM PANY announces that It Is pre pared to furnish the trade with vitrified salt - glased sewor pipe, and would be pleased to quote prices DIAMOND BRICK CO. Offlc l l aVaasell St., Portland. Or. Yard root Ankeoy Street. Applications for assistance from the county and admittance to the poor farm have Increased tt per cent during the past Ave months. There Is no room at the county hos pital and there la no other place to send the people. Dudley Evans of the county relief board says the situation Is becom ing critical. At present there are only twq vacant beda In the county hoapltal and no prospects of there being any more for months. "Strange as It may seem,'' said Mr. Evans, "a great many of these cases come from the' slum district, men who heretofore nave slept at nights by the big stoves In the saloona, -but alnce the 1 o'clock closing law went Into effect they have no place to shelter them selves and are forced to apply to the county. We oan't take care of them. They are old men who cannot work. The county physician la attending a man who contracted pneumonia from sleep ing on the streets. It will cost the county twice as much to care for him during tils sickness as It would have cost to have given him lodging during the entire winter while he waa In good health. "Then, too, the outalde counties are shipping all their pairpers into Port land. Nearly every train bringa us a consignment What can we do with these people? While they are here they muat be taken care of and if we at tempt to force the people who aent them to take them back there Is so much red tape that the patient is gen erally dead before we can get the ma chinery in motion." One case of thla kind is that of Ed Pearson, sent to Portland from Pendle ton. He has consumption and applied to Mr. Evans, saying that If aent to Ta coma he could find frlenda there. Mr. Evans provided for his living day by day with charity institutions, but dur ing the latter part of laat week Mr Evana was 111, and Pearson slept out doors by camp fires and In box cars. He will be sent to Tacoma as soon as the county- court authorizes me pur chase of a ticket. W. H. Berry, the barber, who has been a ward of the county at different Intervals since July It, la 84 years old and could earn a living If the state barber commission had not refused to Issue him a license on account of his age. He can't loin the barbera' union and is forced to return to the county for assistance. He Is a good workman and came here from Astoria. He has a sis ter, Mrs. Mary Allen, living at Temple Place,. Tremont street. Boston, Mass. The county cannot compel the state bar ber commission to issue the certificate, so. must take care of the old man. Another aad case Is that of Mary Reese, 16 years of age. who haa hip trou ble. Her fsther and mother separated: the former Is worthless and the latter has married again. The step-father re fused to support her and her mother took her to the county. The girl needa care and the law wtll not compel the step-father to support her, although It would compel the mother or father to do so If they had any means. STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY'S MEETING Judge Boise of 'Salem Will Talk on the Bench and Bar of Old Times. Preparations for the annual meeting of the Oregon Hlatorlcal society, which will be held December 17, are well un der way. Of the 400 members It la ex pected that nearly all will be present. The matter of a permanent home for the society will receive consideration. The present officers sre Judge C. B. Bellinger, president; W. D. Fenton. vice- president: Prof. F. Q. Young of Eugene. secretary: Charles K. I.add. treasurer and George H. Hlmes, aaalstant secre tary and curator. The terms of H. w Scott and Mrs. Harriet K. M. -Arthur, directors, will expire. The remaining lz directors sre K. E. Young. W. D. Fenton. James R. Robertson. Joseph Wilson, C. B. Bellinger and Mrs. Maria L. Myflck. Many of the old lawyers will hear Judge R. P. Boise of Salem deliver an address on "The Bench and Bar of Ore gon From the Earliest Times to the Present." Judge Boise, who has been Intimately connected with the growth of Oregon as a state builder alnce 1860. was born In Blandford. Maaa., In 1819. was graduated from Williams college in 1841. admitted to the Massachusetts bsr In 1848, and came to Portland two years later. EDITORIAL COMMENT ON THE SCIO COUNTRY "drain looks fine, grass the best in the world, stock of the blue-ribbon kind, trade reasonably good, and everything moving along in a prosperous way," this is the message brought to Port land this morning from Linn county by T. L. Dugger. editor of the Bclo News. Mr. Dugger says that the grain acreage about Sclo la the largest In the history of that pert of the county, aad If the present condition of the wheat speaks for anything, the crop will be a rc-ord breaker. He saw a bunch of cattle brought down from the moun tains where It had been for several months in a condition fit for the market without another day'a feeding. Sclo la In the center of a well-known poultry region, and last season 10 tons of chickens, turkeys and ducks were shipped from -that point; the bulk of the poultry was aent to Portland, but Seattle and Tacoma merchants bought up several thousand pounds of thla meat. "People are moving Into our part of the county from the east In a manner most pleasing to Sclo merchants," said Mr. Dugger. Hut this Is no more thsn what should be expected, as It la a rich land and a healthy one. It ia one of the best points for flax raising to be found on the Pacific coast." "Don't scold me," pleaded Kettle, "it's cook's fault. She used stale water Instead oi fllllnd me with fresh, when she built the fire. She should know that water which has been boiled two or three times will spoil even you, my hiath tirade Mr. Golden Gate." Nothl.e foe. with GOLDEN OATS COFFEE bat saltafaetlaa. N prtsee a u.age me sail. I sad a lb. areasa.tlght Has. Never sold ia bask. J. A. Folger Co. ataabltattedl half a Cwcttakrw 9an rranoltoo ARBITRATION OF LABOR DISPUTES P. H. Scullin Wants Passage of Bill by the Legislature Fa voring This. STANDS FOR OPEN SHOP AND OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL Resonably Fair Conditions, Set tlement of Controversies and Industrial Peace Desired. Ernestine I don't see why your chaperon should have been offended be cause Jack played the piano. It was certainly better than love-making Moyrtllla Tee, hut he Inalated upon playing "Always In the Way." P. H. Scullin, who is In Portland to urge the passage of a bill by the Oregon legislature to provide a state board of arbitration and conciliation, says that since he visited this city a. year ago much progress has been made, and the outlook for state arbitration of dlsputea between capital and labor la dally grow ing brighter. "When employers of labor secure abso lute control they become arrogant and unjust." saya Mr. Scullin, "and when labor unions get on top they are Just as bad." Mr. Scullin Is a member of the car centers' union, and baa letters of In dorsement, of recent date, under the seal of his local union In Ban Fran claco. and alao from the national organ isation of the Carpenters and Jotnera of America, but he takes the novel and In teresting position of a union man cham pioning the "open shop." "I stand for the principal of an 'open shop' and free opportunity for all," ha saya. "I do not believe in permitting the employer to grind down the working man. Unions are necessary, tr laoor ia to have any of Its rights respected. But I do not believe In unions that try to boycott and run men out of business be cause they will not submit to dictation from the union bossea. What we want la rea.onably fair conditions, arbitration and Industrial peace." The atate arbitration bill whloh la advocated by Mr. Scullin for Oregon pro vides, among other things, as follows : The board shall have power to sub poena as witnesses any operative in the department of buslneas. or other persons shown by affidavit, on belief or other wise, to have knowledge of the matters in controversy or dispute, and any who keep the records of wagea earned in such departments, and examine them under oath." Subpoenas may be signed and oaths administered by any member of the board. Mr. Scullin states that his pres ence In Portland at this time has no con nection with the movement that has been Inaugurated by the Portland Federation of Labor to Interest manufacturera and associations of employers in an arbitra tion agreement. Keep Your Feet Dry. Dry-Sole Is a liquid chemical prepara tion used as a dressing for the soles of shoes, rendering the leather water-proof and adding greatly to Ita life. It la easily applied and dries quickly. It has been thoroughly tested and possesses genuine merit. Is guaranteed to do all that la claimed for It. It re tails for 11 cents per bottle. Dry-Sole wilt be found on sale at de partment stores, shoe dealers, druggists and general merchants. If you cannot obtain It from your dealer, write me di rect enclosing the price 25 cents per bottle. Ralston Cox, manufacturer's agent for northwest, (23 Chamber of Commerce. Phone Hood J70. Here Is an lt.m for the well-to-do and charitable of rich Union county to read. Some weeks ago Mrs. John Krow of La Grande waa burned to death, leav ing eight small children, and now their father, a poor man. ! seriously 111. A COMPANION A delightful little traveling compan ion. Indispensable to many who travel, are the "Little Comfortera" Dr. Miles' Anti-Pain Pills. By their soothing in fluence upon the nerves of the brain and stomriah, they prevent dlxxiness. sick stomach and headache car alckness. Dr. Miles' Anti-Pair. Pills cure all kind, of pain quick and sure, are perfectly harmleaa, and do not affect you In any way, except to soothe the nerves and cure palrr. For real comfort never enter upon a Journey without first securing, a package of these "Little Comforters." I am pleased to recommend Dr. Miles' Anti-Tain Pills. They not only cured a chronic headache, but since, If my head ahowa a disposition to acho. one Tablet stops It. I give hundreds of them to sufferers on trains, and derive much satisfaction from the relief they afford." M. 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