THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER y 17.- 1907. PI BISHOPS TO HOLD NEXT CONFERENCE IN TOPEKA DISTANCE 18 HMD T feZ I! MM Railroads Will Tick Tip Smallest Technicality to Avoid Pa.vinir Assessment Telephone Company to Slide Out If IVwsihle. "Tomorrow afternoon, beginning at 2 . o'clock, the county board of equallza tlon will five a hearl-ig to complaint Of th railroad companies regarding their assessment. The time vn fixed at a meeting yesterday, when the Ore gon and Columbia Insurance companies presented reasons for asking reduction In the assessment of their capital stock. The beat legal talent and tax expert of the railroad will bo present tomor row to unite In aanau.. upon Assessor Flgler valuation of their property. While asking reduction of many mll iinna In the railroad assessment, the reoresentatlve of the rail llnea have1 Committee Recommends $48,125 Appropriated to Carry on Work Amonff Colored Churches Funds Gener ally Increased 10 Per Cent Over Last Year's. When the reneral committee of the Methodist convened for the afternoon session yeaterday It was found that but three subcommittee were ready to re port. Of these one announced that Topeka, Kanana, had been selected an the next meeting place. The committee on appropriation for the colored work recommended that 148.- 4 26 bo Appropriated this year for work imnnK the negroes This recommenda tion was accepted, the only change In the apportionments made bv the sub committee being that the amount given the west Texas conference was In creased, and the amount given northern Louisiana was decreased to make up the deficiency thus caused. The apDor- tlonmenls of tlila fund a finally agreed upon are: Atlanta. $1 100 $70 lesa than last rear; California, $400; central Alabama, $2,000. centrnl Missouri. $2,160; Colo rado, $960; Delaware, $2,000. $15 less than last year; east Tennessee, $2,300. $200 more than last year; Florida, $1,200; Lexington. $2,446; Lincoln, $3,610; practically every Methodist Episcopal church In Portland and many of those In the neighboring town. The assign ment or a follow: Albany If. t Jennings. Astoria Uenjamln F. Haywood. Corvallla No assignment. Kugene H. O. Jackson. Forest drove George Elliott Hlllsboro 8. Earl Taylor. Orcsham T. C. Illff. Kelso No aaslgnmont. La Grande Bishop VV. F. McDowell. McMlnnvllle W. fe. Matthews. New berg Levi Gilbert. Kalnler No assignment. Hllverton D. 1). Martin. Portland Centenary. East Tine and Ninth streets Hlshon Karl Cranston: In the evening Dr. George Klllott of Chicago will lecture on "America for Christ " Contral, corner Russell snd Kerby treets C. M. Boswell Chinese mission. 247V& Stark street ward Piatt, evening. Clinton Kelly Memorial. East Thirty ninth and Powell streets Amos John son. Epworth, Oregon building. fair Long Distance Phone From Portland to New York Im practicable, ays Inventor of Switchboard The Line Would Cost $3,000,000. It will probably be a good many years before such a thing as 'talking from Portland to New York by telephone Is made possible. This Is because of the fact that In putting a wire In commls- lon for this purpose across the conti nent would require 870 pounds of copper to the mile, and would cost something like $1,000,000. The dividend on the In vestment would not pay. Consequently only some unheard of Invention will bring about (hi accomplishment. Oma ha to Boston. 1.600 miles, is now in limit of long distance telephoning Thla Is the opinion of Thomas B. Doo little of the American Telephone & Tele- i I. I, j ' r ' v taw Uvtt i f , r, t z- - ' " I. . rr . j j v -tf rio. 7j vAr f&z- ' ,-rrs ... m w a w - v - 4 iiiiiiSiiiwn' iiHiii,m i When we tAlk to you on newspaper space we try to talk interestingly enough to induce you to come to our store. We speak'of the high standard of our stock, of the variety offered, and we tell you of our prices,, which are brought as low as may be for goods of quality. Then, when you come, to see us, it remains for us to prove all we have said and promised. If we fail, the penalty is loss of your patronage. ' Our list of customers steadily increases. Be cause our newspaper announcements are backed by the deeds of our store. BENJAMIN sA Suits . . . $20 to $40 Overcoats $20 to $50 Raincoats $20 to $35 Some ot tbe Members of tbe General Committee of Home Missions and Church Extension of the Methodist Episcopal Church. also made It recognise the plain equalization and will, make plain that legality of they do not the board of a fight on technicalities In the courts. Ask Heary Baductloa. The greatest reduction asked la by the Oregon Railroad ft Navigation com ran v. which not only demand a reduc tion from $40,000 to $20,006 per mile on its mileage, but claims that the figures on It bills, notes and account are about $16,000,000 too high. One of the chief point of attack will be the contention that the computation of valuation from tne net earnings oi tne roaua . is un lust and illegal. Along with the railroad companies will be heard the complaint of the Pa- cine states Teieonone & Telegraph com pany, which I resisting the assessment ot. it irancnise. Yesterday the equalizer listened to . complaints from the representative of . the orrgon and Columbia insurance companies, each of which Is assessed In . full on It capital stock of $100,000. It . la claimed that, a portion of this stock . J non-assessable, being owned by per sons outside the state, and that on the remainder the companies derive only a small Income. -Besides the Insurance companies several minor complaints of ; Individual assessments were heard. Plan to Portlfy Act. Besides hearing the railroad tomor row, .the equalizers will finish up the odd and ends of other HBsessments that - have been objected to. Thla will put , them. In position to take action on Tues i day.' If the holidays are continued to 1 thai time, as that will be the last day of the 30 days In which the law say - that the work of the board shall be com ; pleted. , The holidays have raised doubt as to whether action could be taken while . they are In force, but there seems to be even a much doubt concerning the lec-alitv of action taken after the 30 day in which the law saya the work hall be performed. Bo to make its ac tion sure and give no loophole for doubt, the board probably will take a double shot, and act twice on the assessment, the first time on Tuesday and again after the holiday come to an en a. STREETCAR HITS DELIVERY WAGOX An "S" car struck a wagon, belbng i. Jngr to the Knight Packing company, at Ttorth Sixteenth and York streets yes terday afternoon. Hans Larsen was driving, and aside from being badlv shaken tip was not severely injured. The) wagon was smashed, but the horses escaped injury. inline hock, j,uuu; Louisiana, j,iuu y:VQ lea than last year; Mlsslsdlppl, $2,300. $25 less than last year: Mobile, $1,406; North Carolina, $2,400; Puget sound, Zso; savannah, $1,400; liouin Carolina, $2,000; southern California, $1,110; southern Florida, $515; Tennes see, $2,300, $7$ less than last year; Texas, $3,600, $300 less than hut year; upper Mississippi, $2,440; Washington. V. C, $2,000, $76 less than last year; west Texas. $3,650, $350 less than last year. " Appropriations Increased. Every bishop present showed a moat remarkable knowledge of the entire country, and Of each conference district. It was a testimonial to the organization of tbe Methodist church, and the exten sive knowledge of the whole affairs of the church gained bv the Methodist sys tem of transferring bishoD and Das- tors. Tbe committee on relations with the Woman's Home Missionary society re ported that it advised that a committee be appointed by the general committee to meet a like committee from the Woman's Home Missionary society and secure friendly relations with the other society. The principal object is to avoid unnecessary mutual appropriations. The same committee also advlsea closer re lations with the National City Evan' gelical union in the interests of har mony and cooperation in the mission work. The committee on appropriations ad' vised that it was making all approprla tlons on the basis of an increase of 10 per cent over last year. The matter of administering the funds for giving aid to needy pastors' Which has caused a good deal of talk during the present convention, came in for a few more raps yesterday afternoon. The bishops de clared somewhat vehemently that there were a good many ministers getting money who shouldn't, and hinted that some of them were living off the mis sionary society and doing no work. It was decided to Insist on having all ap peals for aid written out and sent to the conference board. The session adjourned at 4 o'clock, to meet again tomorrow morning. Last night many of the vlsltora at tended a reception given at the Metho dist Episcopal Japanese mission at Fif teenth and Gllsan streets. grounds Bishop J. Taylor Robert Fill All Pulpit. Today the visiting Methodist bishops and ministers will fill the pulpits of MUNICIPAL TICKET AT PENDLETON SCHOOL TEACHERS ' AIM Have Things to Learn. "For many years I have used cofTeo . and refused to be convinced of its bad effect upon the human system," writes a veteran school teacher. "Ten year ago 1 was obliged to give tip my much-loved work in the public school after years of continuous labor J had developed a well-denned case of chronic coffee poisoning. ,"Th troubles were constipation, flut tering of the heart, a thumping in the .top of my head and various parts of my - body, twitching; of my limbs, shaking of my head and, at times after exer ' tion, a general "gone" feeling with a . toper' desire for very strong coffee. I was nervou wreck for vears. - , "A short time ago mends came to visit us and they brought a packag of ' ostum wnn tnem ana urged me to try , It.' I was prejudiced because some year's . ago I bad drunk a cup of weak, taste . less stuff called Post urn, which I did not Ilk at all "Thla time, however, my friend made , the Postum. according to directions on the package, and it won me. Suddenly I found myself imrjrovinar In a most de cided fashion. . Th odor of boiling coffee no longer lempi me. i am so great jy benefited by J'ostum that if I continue to improve nm i am now, i u uegin to minx I nave munts tria f ountain or-Perpetual Youthi Thla- la no ! fancy . letter, but stubborn fact which I am' jrlad to make known." Name glvn by Postum Co., - Battle freek. Mlt li. Read th hnok. "Th Vina to WeUvillo." In Dkaa. "There's n Ren. (Special Dispatch to The Jonroil.) Pendleton, Or, Nov. 16. The follow ing municipal ticket has been named for the coming election to be held Monday, December 2: Mayor, "E. J. Murphy; councilmen. First ward, A. L. Knight, C. W. Brownfleld; Second ward, T. G. Montgomery. F. W. Vincent; Third ward. Clarence Penland, V. Stroble; Fourth ward, C P. Strain, A. J. Gibson; treasurer, Harry C. Thompson, T. J. Tweedy; water commissioners, Will moore, j. i. urown, T. C. Taylor. James a. Foe, present mayor, refused to enter his name. Today was the ihsi uay ror ruing petitions. FIRST DEGREE CHARGE AGAINST BRIDGHAM W. Hamilton. W. W. an Orsdel First church, Third and streetsBishop , t. A. Goodsell, Forbe. First Methodist Episcopal South William Downey. German First church. Fifteenth and Hoyt street A. J. Nast. Bishop D. H. Moore. Portland German Second church. East Stanton and Rodnev avenue J. H. Aa- ling. Grace, corner Taylor and Twelfth streets Bishop H. W. Warren. A. G. Kynett Out of Town Asslfameat. Japanese mission. Fifteenth and Flanders streets H. J. Coker. Laurelwood. Clark and B. Walnut streets H. B. Johnson. Lents Ward Piatt, Robert Jonea. Mount Tabor, corner Church and East Stark streets Bishop H. 8 Del lm ever. E. M. Jones. Montavllla, Hlbbard street Blshoo J. M. Walden, J. H. Coleman. N. Danish First church C. S. Han sen. Patton, Carpenter and Michigan ave nue 8. W. Gehrett. Sellwood, corner Fifteenth and Ta coma avenue Bishop D. H. Moore. St. Johns, corner Heyea and West Levitt streets J. F. Crouch, Bishop J. F. Berry. Sunnyslde. East Thirty-fifth and Yamhill streets Bishop J. F. Berry, I. L. Thomas. Swedish First churen, Borthwlck and Beech streets W. H. Shaffer. Trinity, corner East Tenth and Grant streets J. C. Nicholson, M. W. Clair. University Park, corner Fiske and Dawson streets H. J. Coker. Woodlawn F. D. Bovard. Woodstock J. R. Wright. Salem E. P. Stevens. Sheridan J. W. Isham. The Dalles J. H. Fltxwater. Woodburn J. W. Sayers. Vancouver. Washington Bishop L. B. Wilson, J. C. Blckerton. The afternoon mass meetings at t o'clock will be at: Centenary Robert Forbes, W. W. Van Orsdell, S. McConnell and J. E. James. Taylor Street church Bishop Moore, presiding; C. M. Boswell and J. G. Wilson. 311 Morrison Street Opposite Postoffice 6 graph company, who built the first switchboard, the Inventor of hard drawn copper, and who has been spending the week In Portland inspecting, the .local exchange of the Pacific States. Mr. Doolittle hails from Boston. He is known as the dean of the telephone fraternity, and is one of the best known telephone men in the country. In trav eling about the United States for the Aiell people, Mr. Doollttle'a purpose Is to Improve the national system of long distance telephone llnea. X.lmpl Device Overlooksd. The first patent record of a practical telephone switchboard la entered In the name of Mr. Doolittle. then of Bridge port, Connecticut. This was In 1878. As time passed and practice suggested. many modification of the switchboard were made, but the fundamental princi ples or directing tne attention or oper ators to a given point by a plain signal was covered, among other of his patents elng an ingenious device of a magnetlo all which rolled in and out or view of ie operator. now absurd u is tnat I aid not at once Jump at the conclusion of the elec tric lamp as it is applied today." he said yesterday at the Hotel Portland in peaking of hi invention. "However. all successful development Is by the evolution of a correct principle, not by any one mind, but by many." The greatest achievement of Mr. Doo- litt.e however, was the discovery of a process for hardening copper, giving it a tensile strength, adequate to maintain ing Its own weight between the long spans of stretches of poles. nie available metal for local changes, when the telephone was in its Infancy, and for the longer distances between cities, was iron and steel which was affected by the elements, and the acids of chimney smoke and would grad ually attenuate in .size until it would break of Its own weight. The average life of iron wire In cities did not exceed four years. Iron nd steel served the purpose for a time but the higher develnnment nf the business and the demand for long distance communication necessitated a metal immune from these Influences. Million Kile of Wire. Copper was the metal which ai meet all conditions, nrovlderl It mniii k. drawn to a degree of hardnena nnd th. was the problem that Mr. Doolittle suc cessfully solved. It 1 not o much an invention a the ingenious application of well known principle which he ap plied to the etudy, It being generally understood that the process of drawing wire harden the surface. The state ment that Mr. Doolittle has kept pace with the needs of his work is Justified in the fact that today there are 1,461,173 miles of copper wire used in the great national Interstate ' long distance toll lines. In recognition of his Important appli cation by which tho hard drawn copper wlr "became of MS ih telephone, trolley line and other" device, the Franklin in stitute of Philadelphia voted Mr. Doo- nitia me isawnra Lrfmgstreth medal in 188. A the Franklin Institute is one of the highest In standard in the coun try but few medals come from It. ' In the sWltcbbosrd achievement, Mr. Doolittle accomplished scarcely a less Important adjunct to the telephone busi ness of the world. Inasmuch ss it would be Impossible, to conduct the mighty systems of the country today without the marvelous switchboard, the largest oi wnicn nuw carry as nign as 10,000 line each. INK JMD OUTIOOK "I see they are going to making paper out of peat," said the dull guy. Pete whor Interrogated the smart ruy. A certain brand of floor I being boycotted by the Portland women It come In paper sack and rob them of tea towela. The bachelor never know what misses the married man does. he "Hand up," said the robber. "I'm a Portland policeman off duty," pleaded the victim. "You mean you simply haven't your uniform on," ejaculated the highway man, and he was soon on hi way, free and happy. Tha law had been upheld. Metzger saves you money on watches. Lafe Pence has a horse named Keno. Keno, by-the-way, I an old-timer and year ago was the best-known combina tion horse In Portland. Keno I now out in the pasture on a pension. But to the last he was game. Some time ago Mr. Pence had a party of friends out driving on Mount Scott. Suddenly they came to a turn in the road and old Meunt Hood loomed up In tha distance. It was too much for Keno. He was stunned, frightened and tried to run away. It took four men to hold him. "Scaring at a mountain 60 miles away. Any horse that would do that Isn't worth drinking," Mr. Pence said. So the pension pasture for Keno. The man stood sad and gloomy. on Morrison "Things ain't street solnir right," he explained to a friend. Then Where you going?" down-hearted his car. cams along. asked the friend of the cue. "To Sunnyslde." he replied. "Where V ws 'asked again. To Sunny ." Then ho smiled. He had been cured of the blues. Many a crook straight-Jacket. has been put in a President Gompers of the American Federation of Labor, In a speech at Norfolk the other day said the James town exposition was the only fair ever built entirely by organized labor. But he didn't say a word about the loss of 3,000.000 to the exposition. ; t MONDAY SPECIAL (Special Dlipatch to TT Journal.) Chehalis, Wash., Nov. 1$. F. Bridgham of Napavine. who killed that place on October 7 O. his is ne ai mat n u.m.gKu wun rirst degree murder In an i?,5,mat,on flled todav direct in the . i ... u "y u- K- Harmon, ecutlng attorney. pros- BETTER CONDITIONS AT AUMSVILLE (Special' Dispatch to The Joqroal.) Aumavllle, Or., Nov. 16. The Miller Lumber company, which was compelled to close down last week on account of the financial conditions, will . resume operations at once resume wh.eh V;'? ,.Pe'r., compan; Fur Felt Cowboy Hat Best Quality of Fur Felt Just Arrived In Four Colors Navy, Brown, Natural and Leather Colors They come a little late Your gain Special Price Monday $ J Qg Great special on all Furs Far Turbans and Hats WONDER. MILLINERY CO. Morrison and First Streets t 4 Largest Millinery House in the West ny. I ex-1 n msssmm mmm&mm. pmi mi I You'll Want New Clothes Before Thanksgiving Better get them at WELCH And get them now SUITS At $15.00 to $15.00 OVERCOATS At $10 to $40 " ' NOT RIGHT WELCH MAKES IT RIGHT WASfmroN Near Fourth St. the outlook much better. report I "mwww4wOwwi