The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, August 12, 1906, SECTION TWO, Image 20

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Newspaper Page TextTH3 ORZCOn SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUN-DAY MCr.ITKIO. AUCU2T 13, IZZl. SEmmmMm and IN' CAMP, ' ALL PREPARED FOR FIELD MANEUVERS FROM OTHER CITIES C3 1 - SPECTACULAR Oregon and Washington Troops i j Arrive to Talcs ' Part .In campment ; Montana ;' Idaho Companies . Also '' Scene. -'. v'.; En- and oh - : . Dhmt e'rfca Jeamall . . Camp Tacoma, Wah, Aug. 11. Be- . . . . . m Hki ...ill. 4 anil IU1UM1K MVUU..,, WW - - militia In camp liar will artlcipets i . wiuin mrA anantaoular Held mttllU , vara, to, xeroiava wm "w ,vww Into M ahort a tlma aa possible ao to take fuU advantage of tha brtaf tlma la which tha auta troops are, In tha ' Held. .- Today there arrived here the Third A ' ' a- . ttTaaliliiaAti IV a aim. panlea, -ens hospital oorpa, two bat-.-. tallona of tha Montana gusrd. troop B . of Timihl mi 'utnuiir slanal corps of Washington guard. Twalva eom- paales from Idaho ere expected tonight. '. .v--.- soke- rot smr ey. . , - Thar will ba no Idling during ths . nomine- week. It will ba no vacation or . ba drill and hlka praetloelly every day. After tha mUltla Is .gone tho regulars will continue to gst nold Instruction, particularly In - night maneuvers, on I . aama of -which tha troops may bo aol ant from oamp for two or throo days Aoooraing w ins oruers wauva inm camp haadquartars for tho tssrclses of tha week, Tuaadajr and Wednesday wUl ba devoted to brigade manouvors and In struction. However, on Thursday and Friday win occur tha spectacular ovont of tho week. Tha ontlro dlvlalon of troops will ba divided Into tha Bluo and tho Brown armies, tho organisations of , wntca aro yet ,to pa seiueo. . una ib ninfAait tn .b a-uardlne- Taooma and tho enemy Is planning an offense movement with Olympla as a baa a. On .Thursday tho troops will march to places yot to bo announeod and blvouao until Friday morning, whsn tho troops re supposed to ohm Into eon tact. it . will bo an oxtonalTO exercise and tho eommendera soloetod to lead tho re- - epeetlve armlaa aro rooognised aa among tha asoat ahla man In tho oemo. ' Asosaus eg Hilar. It Is understood that maneuvers else- M WIM 1lM MM UUIlflalflTAllW boon killed WW prohibit tho use of am munition -as much as possible ' Tho ab sence ox firing win ru u am ikiik inn . file of on of their delights, but there - will ba soma opportunity to , use tho guns. . With tha exception of tho Third In fantry, all tho regulars waro la camp Thursday. . That day saw nearly 1,60 . officers and men arrive. Tho organisa tions coming In Included tho Bovon teonth and Eighteenth mountain batter , too from Vanoonror barracks; a battalion of tho Fourteenth infantry, Lieutenant- i -. .i... .,....,i. Wagon la Quart ermaatera Department, Hauling Wood for the Campe. New Books And Their Publishers k f 1 f UJO XJLWBREAXERS" - By I Robert Grant. The book " -i JLl takes its title from the first t of seven of Judge Grant's Tina, and character) e tic, short stories. There Is a peculiarity about everything Judge Grant writes, which Is, that It is either Intensely liked or" severely dis liked: there aro no qualified opinions. wo nnd this same trang respecting too works of Charles - Dickens, - but from wholly different reasons. There aro people who only enjoy the bright and happy things In life, and these ore tho people who refuse to admire Dickons, uii, ui .mamia vi auuioivav Mia .u. . Sympathetic can find no more entor ' tainina- fiction, ftnt -Tnrir Orant doaa . n nfln. him-m4 . tk. 4 nV. n nnr. the hlch or lowly, but writes . of all classes and conditions, though seldom reaching into the slums, except when . jie goea) aown to . loucn ma motive ox some society worker; but h(a popularity rests wholly with tha toes ho Is tread- uif vm. is mJ re vur own, n la very ' unpopular, but It they aro those of our ' neighbor, we can at once appreciate his keea-slghtod measurement of human nature; and he Is always doing one or ,. tno other, end doing it with suoh ciear- wav of aaoaDo. . ' When one begins to road The Law breakers ena had bettor draw In one's toes for if they are not In danger from the first they are pretty surs to get It before -A. Surrender," which Is tho last story Of the book. , . -The Lawbreakers' . oaa be yery nloely Illustrated by a quotation the author, uses: ,. "dplrlta are not finely touched V But to fine Issues." I And It sou out la bold oontrsst this hade of finances la lawbreaklng and the ahlf ting view when personally ap piled.. The story also ralaes a aloe point In what really constitutes true love- and presents -the question whether love should cover a multitude of sine. If one were disposed one could find several other points la the story to cogitate wpon. ... "Agalnet Hie Judgment" the second Story, while shocking and unhappy, analysers tho motives which . often prompt heroism, and raises a doubt as to what trus courage la, -Bt, George and the Dragon" Is aa effective Utile tasson for the average newspaper reporter end , hss , a dis tinctly humorous side. - H There Is. perhaps, finer thoaght In "A gurroadaC than ta any of the others as It puts the achievements of a human eal sgslawt tha physios' eamforU ef a OFFICE STAFF . f- i .1.11 .. , .. i m w . . i ii ii n i a, v rs . tv ... .... .v- : t "' fat fa fjd' , iv r jr-y Voi l - . :... r: -y : .t lii-r' j;- ' v . !. . . . f , , " Reading from left to right, froni tow Captain John J. Bradley, aaaiaunt chief quartermaster t CspUtia Meri wether L. Walker, chief engineer officers Lieutenant Arthur M. Ferguson, Fourteenth Infantry, Msistant . to chief quartermaster. Back row -John Walsh, plumber, John A. Wella, clerk) J. T. Beach, clerk George" lfurrty, clerk; Stanley Leyhsxt, etenofrapherj W. G, KInile, 'storekeeper. -v Colonel Jsmos ' A. -Irons, commanding: a sauadroa of tha Baoond earalry, in cluding troops A. B. O and D; tha Twen tieth inrantry and tho Beoona oattaiioa of the Seventh Infantry. . .. . , ' Ken ARtve em nsaepsi. ; The ' Third Infantry arrlrod on the transport Buford at Taooma last Mon day. Friday - morning, . artar spending the Interim in Tacoma, tho soldiers wer ordered to Fort Lawton to equip them selves for tho field.. Their orders re quire them to bo la oamp on August Is. This organisation will occupy tho site to bo Ocoupled by tho Sooond Washing ton muitta. whion win prooaoiy do out joi camp by we asto maicatoa. Tho last battalion of the rourtoenth had a dusty hike from Vancouver, but Colonel Irons reports that the men stood it well. . Bore feat was the most com mon ailment, there being some com- - ,.. - ,.....,.. t.r,,. v.. woman and children aad weighs them one against the, other. The obligation to the world, or 'to his family; how he eould be the moot effective human be ing were -the questions the hero had to decide, and the working out was ex actly Judge Grant's way of tailing his great human stories. He never sends his heroes into hysterics of morality and makes them do tho noble thing, and gives his stoiiss the conventional moral; he simply brings to bear upon them tho everyday forces of life, and his Characters aot like logical, rational humaa beings. - Aad this is the reason some people detest, so heartily, what be has written, for It Is just tho way they have acted under similar elrcumstanoes, and it looks bad la sold print. The book la handsomely . bound. Charlss Scribners Sons. Prtoe 11.60. The Vine of Blbmah" By Andrew Maephall. ' : "O Tine - of Blbmah: thy planta aro gone over the sea,' Th story. Judging from the title, must be oonsldered a novel, and although tho author dlsolalms tho Inference that It Is a history, It Is withal a serious and instructive Illustration or political con ditions In - England, aad of the sarly settlement of New England. It opens with the period when Charles II had snded his long fight and returned to England with all the glory and grandeur of a king. England greeted him with enthusiasm and , honors Just aa Uttlo merited as was jthelr former hate. ' Tho reigning passion among the king's party was to avsnge the- death of his father. and the Puritans wars the first to- feel their hate and persecution. -.: Captain Lexter, tno hero of the story, and a Puritan soldier, - asked- why they laid bands oa the sovereign, said: , "We laid hands upon the king, not upon the sov ereign. - All sovsrslgnty Ilea - In the heart of tho Individual equally whether he wear an ermine robe or a leathern doublet Every man is hli owa prjeat and his bishop la Christ Every gather ing of men who are resolute that right shall prevail is a church." , And such were tho principles of these persecuted Puritans. .. . r- Captain Dexter' was arreeted by royal command, but was rescued by a mer chant whose life fie' had once saved from murderous highwaymen, and whom bs remembered as having been accom panied by a sweet child whoss face haunted him aa a vision whsn he came to their asslstancs. Later the merchant confessed to tho captain that tho girl was not his daugh ter, but that hs bad taken her from a Spanish eonvent after her father had been, for political purposes, oonslgnod to the galleys; though this latter fact was not a part of the merchant's confi dence to the captain at that time, and Its discovery Is one of the Interesting aad drametlo lnoldanta of the book. Both tho merchant And his son were passionately IB loverwlth Beatrix, -who had a the epealag of the story grown OF CHIEF .QUARTERMASTER, plaint retarding the new ' regulation shoe, which the men claim la toe heavy for long marches. The mountain batter les.t which followed closely the Four teenth from Vancouver, ended the hike In good shape. . The Twentieth Infantry oomea from Monterey, California, They marched from their post to Oakland, where they entrained. They were - delayed two das by a cava-In at a tunnel at Red ding. The Second cavalry comae from Fort Assinnibolns, Montana) They marched across a dusty plain, 144 miles,' to Helena, where they boarded a special train. The Seventh infantry haila from three posts la Moatana. This organiza tion marched more thaa any other In fantry la oamp, their hikes being from II to It miles. The medical department, - whose scouts Investigated the sanitary oondl tlons, water supply and other condi tions surrounding tho. cam pa between Vancouver and American lake, will put Into of foot aa experiment This oonslsta of the formation of sanitary squads, or soouts. Those details wUl scout the oountry tributary to Canlp Taooma for the purpose of finding possible sources of water contamination or disease breed ing spots. The abiding ' place of the mosquito will be one of the points of stack. for the army surgeons recognise the activity of 'the peat In spreading epidemic. The army soouts will be taken from the rank and file with ex perienced men In charge. Instruction will be given dally, and as the details will be changed fom day tor day. muoh information relative to the earo of the body, aanltatlon and other matters of a like nature will be learned by the men. la this manner it Is hoped to prevent much disease. Heretofore the experi ment has been triad with success, but It has not boon regarded as a regular duty. Field Hospital. The field hospital Is located elose to Murray and Just a short dlstanoe from the camp of the Third Oregon. , Like tho other militia regiments, the - Ore- gonlans will be Instructed la sanitation Just as If they were regulars. The field to young womanhood. The merchant further confesses to Captain Dexter that he baa an uncontrollable desire and In -tentlon to kill his supposed daughter ana aaxa tns captain to save him from It Tho captain meets Beatrix and "vent, vldl. vlcl." they love each other and upon witnessing a love scene, la a fit of Jealousy the merchant sets the house on fire, and kills a servant girl Instead of Beatrix, who flees, supposing her over ro nave perished 'in ths flames, while the captain followed the funeral cortege of the supposed Beatrix to the (rave, and than crosses ths seas to Nsw England. Here Dr. Maephall takaa up ths conditions In this part of ths nsw woria, which were thoee of an In fant nation struggling la tho throes of nirtn ana almost expiring from religious fanaticism. Internal - and external dis sensions, the pitiless devastation of tha Indians and merciless taxation of Eng land. Of ail these, per naps the moat distressing was ths Jealousies and bick erings of the different colonies. Ths autnor Illustrates this in a oonvaraatinn between Captain Dexter and Governor Northoott soon after the former's arri val. : "Partners In danger should partake Jointly. Fellow exiles should contrive together. Would it not be possible to unite in one agreement r' asked Cap- Says Governor Northoott: "I fear not Ths men-of Plymouth are naught but mongrel Dutoh. The men of Boston are merely a trading church. Providence Is a neet of ths cockatrice and New Haven Is a dead ssa of heresy.", ; In describing these conditions the au thor shows the same easy mastery of the subject he displayed In his "Essays In Puritanism," while In no way has ths fins literary atyle been sacrificed la hie work of fiction. ' In hie new home Captain Dexter learns that Beatrix Is alive, and In tho hope of finding consolation and shelter, she had Joined a party of Quakers and had coma to America, which gives to the story. a new sest and - countless ad ventures and interests. All the horrors Incident to a new country, which Is bssst with ssvages with ths attsndsnt dlseass, aufferlng and distress, as well as ths brave and noble qualities and' ths great' human passions, are present in . the work, making as It developes a fascinat ing and Instructive story, which tskss strong hold of ths lovsr of good fiction, but will no less appeal to ths reader of the classics and higher literature. Ths book has several good illustra tions. Ths Macmlllaa Co. Price 11.10. The "Count et Harvard" By Rupert Sargent Holland. It. would be rather difficult to understand why a book like this Is written, what Its purpose and what Its aim. As Its title would explain It Is a college, or rather supposed to-be a Harvard tale, but it la so far afield from the popular conception of that great goat of learning It would be dif ficult to eenvlnoe any one (hat U oame MURRAY STATION. hospital baa 101 bed a,. but only three pa tients are therein confined at present One ie a typhoid suspect but the doc tors have not definitely diagnosed the case as suoh. . The patient la convales cing and tha physicians state that the camp's health Is excellent The water supply Is ample, satisfactory and pure. The only possible danger Is la the men's swallowing watsr from American lake, while bathing, and there Is no danger there unless the lake le contaminated. This Is not known yet but one .of the duties of the sanitary soouts will be to learn If It la. -- , Regimental and battalion Infirmaries will be maintained In both camps aad la each emergency and temporary oasss will bs treated. All serious cases and those where the Illness Is likely to be of some duration will be removed to the field hospital. For this purpose aa am bulance company of eight vehicles will i s .7- Fourteenth Infantry, Prom Vancouy er ; ; After "Hiking" 140 Maes anywhere near picturing tho life of thV students, and would bo a sad common tary on ths student body of the country If It typified even a email proportion of them. The count la but one of a group of Harvard studsnts who are distin guished for nothing except their utter unllkeness to what wo delight to ploture as ths young manhood of our collages. Mr. Holland haa presented this group or seniors as blase men of the world, wno have grown weary of the. health ful treasures of life, and In but a half. hearted way partlopate la Its vices. The nook is not even redeemed by an In teresting plot and Is mainly ths tame adventures of ths count and his friends who make their wants and wishes known end thslr escapades through flabby conversation which Is without point or humor. Collage life has become eo large' gart of our American life that few grow weary reading the many bright humorous and wholasome tales about ths youth of our land, and wo even for give an escapade that Is not sntlrslv godly If It hss In It ths slsments of abundant youth and a promise of man hood: but tbe young men Mr. Holland has mads us acquainted with have noth ing to oommend tbom, and If Harvard bad oven so small a group as those who mads np tbe count's friends. It would bs a reproach to tba Institution and maks Ita degrees worthlsss. We bellevs ths author Is capable of better work and wo feel surs It will corns In tlma Ths redeeming feature of tho book Is Its handsome binding and Jaunty cover design. L. C. Page A. Co., J. K. Gill, Portland. Price 11.60., - "Progress la the Household" By Lucy M.' Salmon, . Miss Salmon's name Is familiar to ovsry woman's club In the country, for she Is one of the best known writers and speakers bn all, mat ters connected with domestic service and la professor of history at - Vassar college. The present volums Is written In a popular vein and Its chapters havs appearsd In loading . magaslnes, where they have attracted - wide - attention. Miss Salmon begins with a full -. ac count of the recent progress In ths study of domsstle science and follows this with a keen and 'illuminating chap ter oa education la the household. She also has much that Is worth whlls to ssy on ths relation of tho college wom an to domestic service. The chanter on Balry Gamp and Dora Copperfleld tells Its own story r whlls that on the last of ths three Irs (Dress, Disease and Do mestics), on putting yourself in an other's place and on the woman's ex change, are likely. to provoke argument among woman's organisation. It . Is sa illuminating discussion of live ques tions by a woman and for woman, Houghton, Mifflin Co, are Miss Sal mon's publlshsrs. "Childhood and Growth" By Profes sor Lafayette B. Mendel. Thle book treats la familiar language some of the Drill and Hiks It Program Laid . Out Sham Battla r Between Blues and Browns ' to Take Place for Capture of , Tacoma -Ue of Firearms Restricted. be maintained for transporting the' sick and Injured.. i . - . Third Oregon's Site. The site occupied by the Thlrd' Oregon la ideal, it la a level spot closs to Mur ray creek and but a short dlstancs.from the railroad station... -Clumps of trees dot' tno ait and the Third Is more for tunate thaa the Washington troops,' who are camped at No. 1. a mile and a half from the nearest railroad crossing and rour miles from Murrsv. - During the week the paymaster has been busy among ths regulars and the boys have had frequent furloughs which they spent In Tacoma, where they dis tributed their money .freely. Despite this fast there haa been praotlcally no disorder or ssrlous infractions of ths regulationa. , Oregon Troope Arrive. - At dusk the last train earrying the National Guard of, - Oregon .arrived at camp. The first came in st .4 p. ra ths second train at Ml o'clock and tho third about o'clock.'" Upon detraining tho troops marohed to their camp site. about a mile from tho station. Ths work of pitching . tsnts and . making camp began at once and although the boys did remarkably well for guards men It was some time aftar dark before the hast company waa under shelter. Ths ' Orsgonlans had a dusty and somewhat tiresome ride from Port land, as It waa oppressively hot How ever, tha Journey was without Inoident or mishap and ths boys aro In tho best of spirits. They are entering Into the week's -campaign anxious to " learn all they can of military mattera and the program announcsd ' will give them ample opportunity to absorb valuable information. ', ' - Busy Mtchihg Vents, ' As soon es the first - arrivals . had pitched their teats th work of arrang m other mod dstaiis was rusnsa wun die pa ton. This Included the digging of sinks. Colonel Oantenbeln'e stair, par ticularly Adjutant Johnstone, was fully occupied - until a late hour, but whoa tape' waa soundsd the Third - and the. First battalion ware well quartered. - Sunday will be day of rest, but Monday the field exerolsea begin In earnest Camped adjoining the Oregon Infantry Is the Montana inrantry, which arrived during tho afternoon. The second Washington also came in. aa did the Washington signal corps, and troop B of Tacoma. The latter marched the Intervening II miles. With the arrival of the Idaho guard!- men tomorrow the camp quota will be complete. - ' 'X. ? '-' . r-. i ..: Barracks, Pitching Their Tents From Their- Poet. - , . present problems - of growth la child hood as vlswed from ths -physiological standpoint This field Is praotlcall un touched, the more popular dlsoussions being concerned chiefly with the de velopment of the mind and aouL Ths growing appreciation of, the proper care of tha body, eepoolally as regards the quality and necessary amount of food, calls for an Interpretation of tha lateat discoveries la this field aa applied to In fanta and growing children. . -This paper was prepared by a competent authority to be road before a club of mothers. It contains In compact form this informa tion and, In addition, many practical hints oa dress, heat cold and deport ment In their physiological affect The book haa a preface by Horace Fletcher, and his enthusiastic - Indorsement Is proof of Its worth and of Its pleas in a cause of which hs haa been long a champion. Frederick A, Stokss com pany. .- . . , - t ' A nsw book of Interest to all studsnts of art and to all lovers of paintings Is "The Scottish School of Painting," by William D. Mackay. This Is ths latin volums in the Library of Art la which 10 volumes have already appeared in cluding books on Constable, Plsansllo, Giotto, Durer. Titian and French Paint ing In the XVII Century. The now book while taking up Scottish art from the beginning is devotsd lsrgely to the work of the more modern period and particu larly to that of the earlier part of the Itth century, . There are 41 full-page Illustrations, excellently reproduced and ths book Is well printed and of a con venient slse. j-j- r--, .. : ..''-. v Harlow N. HIglnbotham,- wall known aa a partner for many years of the late Marshall Field, In retiring from the mercantile world, Is Imparting to the younger generations some principles of oonimercisl success la a book to bs sn titlsd, "The . Making of a Merchant" Several chapters will bs devoted to Credit on which Mr. HIglnbotham Is an authority. It will be publtshsd Septem ber II by Forbes A Company, Chicago. Doukleday. Pago oV Company announce for publication , in September a new novel by Mary Dillon entitled The Leader." Mrs. Dillon Isavas the field of historical romance for the more vivid and Intensely interesting drama of po litical Ufa of our own times. The sub title of ths hook Is Ths Political Idol," and ths hero la a man of freat personal magnetism, and singular .tenacity of purpose, who, though leading the for lorn hopes of his party la the face of overwhelming odds, meets political de feat but wine a bride. One of tho most dramatic chapters of the book dsals with ths last national Demoo ratio convention at St Louis. . . . , To ths many Intsrsstlna recollections of ths rebellion hss bsen added "Letters From a Surgeon of the Civil War," writ -h m ?...t ; 1 -q ten fey John O. Perry, who served with Municipalities Tell of Tfieir Ex ; periences . In - Times of V " Water Famine. SOME CONDEMN METERS, OTHERS PRAISE 'THEM Pendleton Furnishes Important Date .; andv Information, as Do New York, Chicago, ..Cleveland and Other "Citlee iii Different Parts of Country Experiences of other cities with water meters ars ' now being obtained by a number of cltlsens, who declare that the biggest Question before the city of Port land thle year is the installation of water meters or a continuation of the present flat-rate system. ... Ths fact .that millions of gallons ge to wasts every day here Is held up as ths greatest objsction against . the con struction of a second pipeline f rom 'Bull Bun. . , Mesne of abolishing this tre mendous waste are now being discussed by the members of the water board and by taxpayers generally. " - Careloes consumers, defective plumbing, violation of rules, all help- toarsrd run nlng up ths hugs total of watsr wssted every day. ' Portland uses more water per capita than almost any othsr city In the country.' and the constant growth Of ths elty Is being nervously watched by those who stop to think that close to' t. 000, 000 must be expended before the smount of wstsr brought to the elty -from. Bull. Run can be materially tncrsssed. ... . . mesulte ta CleWaouL The New York Cltiiens anion hss been procuring data from thsir cities. It has dlscovsrod that Cleveland, which has -extended meter service to privets residences, finds that 00 per cent of tbe 40,000 residences so equipped report that their water bills are less under the meter system than they were before. the Cleveland pries being I 1-le psr 1.000 gallons. The chief sources of wastage reported by the New York com mission aro: "Leaking plumbing fix tures, the overflowing of tanks not pro vided with ball cocks, defective plumb ing design, and, . possibly, abandoned service pipes. " At the last meeting of the American water service commission Mr. William R, Hill, former chief engineer of the Now York aqueduct commission, stated: "In 41 cities having less than ie par cnt of thslr service metered the aggre gate of the entire consumption averaged III gallons per eaplta per day. In 10 citlea having from 10 to 10 per cent of the service metered It averaged in gal lons. In II eltlea having from 10 to 10 per cent of the asrvloe metered it averaged 00 gallons. In nine cities hav ing 10 to 71 per cent metered It avert aged TJ gallons and In II cities hsvlng from 71 to 100 nor cent of the service metered It averaged but II gallons." What Chiea OfrtoUla Bay. Chicago water, officials havs stated that In their opinion It la necessary to place motors on but 40 per cent of the service pipes. Tbs fsct that a meter Is liabls to be put on his pipe at any time naturally makes every consumer more careful in his use of water, and he "looks aftsr ths plumbing with a keener eye, fearing the visit of an In spector at any moment decree ted when more thaa 40 per cent of the pipes are metered, tho Chicago men declare that the results oo not Justify the sddltlonal expense.' In Toronto. Caned. 1 ths number oi persons, ss woU as the number of rooms in a dwelling, taken into consideration In fixing tbe watsr rate. In London, Canada, tha - rata for a house of three rooms Is IS per annum: 71 cents Is added for each additional room, HW for closst, 14 tor bath and 14 for garden-hose, all subject to a 'discount of 10 per cent. In London the water la .brought from springs and ths pressure In the mains Is maintained by mechsntcat means. To ronto's supply comes from Lake Ontario. FIRE DESTROYING CASCADE FOEfEST RESERVE 0SMSjsBMSsxosxeMsrssaxeM ' Conflagration Brtaka Out Which Threatens Vast Quantities . ' ; of Timber. 1 ' ' 'Speeial Dtspatea t Tss learsst.t Albany. Ors Aug. 11. -Fire broke Out i the Cascade forest reserve between Berry and Detroit spreading rapidly In the finest timber in the caaoads moun tains, threatening Immense damage. 1 - The firs Is on the Marlon county aids of the north fork of the Santlam. It is worse thsn the lsst ons. - t A- force of men under the forestry offlolals are on the scene fighting the flames. -. Owing to- the extreme hot Bummer and wind la the Santlam can yen the underbrush Is dry and as a re sult ths firs Is spreading with frightful rapidity. If It crosses ths liver to the Linn county side the damage will be enormous. ', j , ; PENDLETON STUDENTS ; V: TO HAVE LABORATORY ?AaT.eilfaM.e rm , in if .Uasasltaa geiiuisjtviii we m nu iivi eTnj,i,wr studsnts of ths Pendleton High school will hsvs the bensflt of well-equipped chemical and biographical laboratories, msklng their scientific work more thor ough. They will be provided with all oonvonlenoee for the work. - ELECTRICAL WORKERS' UNION RECOGNIZED Spokane. Wash., Aug. 11. A closed shop and a straight raise of 10 cent a day for all inside electrloer workers are the famous Twentieth Massachusetts volunteers, Thsss have lain untouched during the Intervening years, but have now Veen edited by Martha Derby Perry, author of "Ood'e Light ee It Cents to Me," and have Just been published with appropriate lllustrstlons by Little, Brown Ik Co. . TMssnchanted" is to be the title of Pierre Lett's book, which the Mecmlllaa company is to publish In the autumn. The novel deals with harsm llfs in Con stantinople, and will appear etraultan sou sly in France, Oreat Zrtteln and the United States. .- ' The Intake plpss are situated several miles out in the lake and ths wstsr Is forced into a reservoir near the city. - The Green Lake Improvement dub has petitioned tha Seattle council for meters on all the servtoe pipes of tho city. Seattle- baa been troubled With a wa'ter ' famine thla year. In its communication ts the , council the Improvement club says: v. .' "In support of our views we can point to a number of oltiea that have had a shortags of water slmllsr to ours, that after the installation of watsr msters had plenty of water for a number of ' years with tho same supply. ' Ws -believe that a system of charges eaa be made that will make tho water no more ex pensive by the meter eystsm than by the -present system. :".':' "We - further protest to' you against 1 granting any - person or ' organisations ths use of free water. - We believe It Is wrong in principle. We. believe that' If any persons or organisations are entitled to water free, ths same- charges should bo made to euch persons or organisations and paid for out of ihs general fund. "Under the present system tho water that la given free is paid for by those who pay for the use of water, or. in other words, by ths small householder, -while the man in New York who owna property for speculation and who re ceives the benefit of the . improvement ths resident puts upon his property goes frss. . "It Is not Just and we earnestly pro-. test against It.'? r . , . Praotlcally the Only city In Orsgon which hss tried the meter eystsm Is Pendleton. Following is dispatch t The Journal which tolls the result of the experiment there: ;v ;-; Wane Pssalosun aiaa Says. Pendleton. Or.. Aug. 11. J. B. Brown, who has been water commissioner for -Pendleton .for some years, states that the water meters wore Installed at a minimum rate of 1 per month to the consumsrs, It cents for tho first 10,000 gallons, 10 esnts for the next 10.000 and IT cents psr thoussnd from that up. ' 'There are loo motors In uss In Pen dleton, and thla re to of i sntltlss each subscriber to 4.000 gallons psr -month. This amount Is not overdrawn, and Is . generally sufficient unless more la used for Irrigating purposes, Ths efty psssed sa ordinance i five rears ago whsn Dr. F. W. Vincent was . mayor, compelling tha city to put In meters.' and the elty bought the meters, -selling thsm to the eonsumore at cost They havs proved a great benefit to the city, and If It wore not for tho msters the city would be without watsr. The receipts amount to 11.100 per month In the winter months and about 12,000 In ths summer, or 110,000 per year. -' Sow ft Waa Bone. Dr. Vincent who waa mayor when tho meters were Installed In Pendleton, says: , "No water works oan afford ton run without meters. . Mstere out down the eost of watsr to consumsrs ons third. and at the same tlma decrease the con sumption of water Irv like proportion. Now any proportion which saves at both ends, aa it ware, certainly la worthy of careful eonelderatlon. ..When we took hold of the Pendleton Water worka we found that they were going bshlnd at ths rate of. about 14,000 a year. Now they are paying aomothlng like 11.000 a year prof it - . ...- - - "However, we do not give the metere all the credit .. We enlarged tko mains, thus decreaalng the friction, and also Increased tha pumping capacity. nut wa aid nnd that the metere did thle much: . First put a stop to all leaks, aa the consumer had to foot the bills. Sooond. rates wsre equalised,:-The poor man saved money and the rich man had Jo pay a iltUe more, "Third. Irrigation eould be done at any time, dey or night hence better. pressure wss on tno malna at all hours, thus obviating ths necessity for any large malna to keep up the nressure when half the city la irrigating at tha earns hours mornings and evenings, aa la done oa flat rates. ' "Fourth, meters maks neonle honest with themselves snd with ths olty. "Fifth, thsy out down tho consump tion of watsr at Isast ons third, stop all waste in ooia weather and from a thou sand othsr sources. Thus thsy out down the expensss of operating, especially : whoa steam pumps are used, while at -the sepia time they do not decrease the Income." , . . . the concessions msde to the union by the employers, who today signed the scale presented by the union. Every electrical contractor in the City signed the seals, to be effective Sep tember 1. The signing of ths seals by the eleetrlcsl contractors Is considered a great victory for the union. Tha only corporation In the elty refusing to rec ognise the union Is the Wsshlngton Watsr Power company. MRS. MUMMEY DIES AT ; HER HOME IN EUGENE ' ' (Special Dispatch M The fennel.) ' " Eugene, Or., Aug. 11. Mrs. Gertrude Mummer, wifs of E. R, Mummey, chair man of the -Lane county ceatral com mittee? died at her home In thle city laet night at tha age of II yeara. She waa . born In Montgomery ' county, Kanaaa, and moved to Oregon with her parents when I years old. :- i - Besides hsr husband she le survived by a daughter, three weeks old, and two boys, 4 and I years old respectively. She leaves other numeroue relatives. The funeral wee held thle Afternoon under the auspices of " ths Rathbons Sisters, she being 4 member of -the order. - . COMMENCE PICKING". . E0LA HOPS THIS MONTH (Special Dlepeteh te Tbe Joaraal.) v Salem, Or., Aug. 11. Harvesting the early hop crop will begin Auguet II In the yards In the vicinity of Eola. Ar rangements havs been made to have the pickers ready at that tlma. Fuggle hops look good and a fslr yield Is expected, snd will probably command a fair price, -as brewere -uss thsm advantageously with old hops. Othsr yards will also pick about the eame time. ' , Club Officers. ' . " (Saeclel Dtosatefe to The Jearsel.) Castle Rock, Or. Aug, H. The , Berean club,, a Bible study end eocial organisation of ths Christian church at thle place, recently elected the fol lowing officers i Mlsg Helen Reynolds, . president: Miss Pearl Reynolds, vice- president i Newton McCoy, seorstsry, and Miss issboue Reynolds, - treasurer. - in rsadlston, ' (Sperlst Dleastch ts The Jearsel.) Pendleton, Aug. It Frank Hottman, who e to be executed at Liberty, Mis souri, September i I. wss In Pendleton during the hsrvsst In 104 and later wsnt to Walla Walla, whsre he waa raptured. -Hottman and-. Mrs. Meyers kIMsd tha husband of Mrs. Mrers In Kanaaa Clt In 1M and Hottman wag captured la the ran ei woe.