THE ' OREGON DAILY JOURNALS PORTLAND, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 2, 1009:
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- Criticism by A.-Y.-P. Presi
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aeni jieigm oi nueiicacj,
jlc Says Never Promised
to Bo Present on Swedish
Day Chilberg's Boast.
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(Bolted Prase Leaaed Wire.)
Seattls. Wash., Aug. ; 2.-r-The
' r? failure of Cbrernor John A. John
son of Minnesota to arm In Seat
tle In time to' deliver ; an address
- f;,en Bwedleh day at the exposition.
'whlch,. according to President J. E.
Chllberg of the fair, he, had prom
ised to dd, has caused a controversy
i '.-to arise between the governor and
? the exposition management and
much feeling has been aroused. Got-
ernor Johnson arrived last night. In
'?an interview yesterday President
JvVchilberg severely criticised Gov
ernor Johnson for not aendlng some
word of his intention to atop at Spo-
kane and consequently his inability
to "be present at the celebration of
his countrymen ai the fair.
"Had the time ever come when Gov
,rrnor Johnson would have been a can
- didate for president of the United
States he could have had every vote In!
tthe throne of Swedish citisens gathered
f -.-.to celebrate their native day by merely
;.- rending- a telegram recretUng nls Ina
bility t be present," said President
,Chilbrg. "but today I doubt If he eould
et a one."
f! When shown ''Piresident'-'' Childbeds
s 'statement Governor Johnson today said:
'. "r haw nvar broken mv word to aay-
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- i one. I have not broken my word here.
s;. make no apology and have nothing to
""ne'ver promised to be at the exposi
tion on Saturday. I did promise to be in
-fieattle on Minnesota day and I am here
n now and will be on the grounds on
' . .'Tuesday, which la the day set aside for
.ir. Minnesota, .,:.... .
" "I dont care to enter into any con-
'troversy about this matter and I certaln
' ly have no desire to put any local man
3 3 er men In a bad light with people here,
. hut von can sav that to roe these publla
'i criticisms seem unbecoming and the
height of Indelicacy, In view of the part
the state of Minnesota and her people
have taken In the Alaska-Yukon-Paclf i3
J exposition and Us sueeesa.
fi OUE-DAY BRIDE
SEEKS DIVORCE
Woman "Who Became Salem
Man's Wife Alleges In
human Treatment
(By Journal taiaatd Balsa Wire.
' Salem," Or., Aug. J. Mrs. Emma C.
Uartln. who was married to 8. 8. Mar-
jj tin In this city last Thursday and who
It fled In the middle of the night of the
first day ahe was married to the home
it of her daughter, has filed suit Cor dl
voree, alleging cruel and ; Inhuman
?! treatment. Personal Indignities are de
;1 scribed la more or less detail la the
papers. '
t; S. 8. Martin, the defendant, has been
married three times and la I years
M old. The bride is fit years eld. Martin
- was divorced from his last wife about
six months ago, and was married, last
Thursday, as soon aa the law
ouid anow after securing the divorce.
kjtlrs. Martin asks for JlOOO alimony
nd 1250 during the pendency of the
proceedings, Desiaes isu to maintain
the , expense of the present suit. - She
j taouw upon her at his death. Martin
J; Is possessed of considerable farming
j land In Marlon county. .
9 BURNS HANDS Oil
A Fl
Mrs. Shintaffer of La Cen
ter, Wash., Is Very
" . Much Surprised.
(United Pros Lraied Wire.)
' Vancouver, .Wash, Aug. J. Hearing
the thud of a failing body, Mrs. Olaf
Shintaffer, near La Center, rushed out
of the house . and near the well she
found a rock. Attempting to pick it
up, she burned her hands. It was a
RESH rJETEOR
it its center was of iron. It was oxidized
;; . on the outer rim. .
HUGHES AND JOHNSON
MEET AT. SEATTLE
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j (United Pru teuMd Wlre.t
ll Seattle. Aug. 2. Two sightseers at
jl the ' Alaska-Yukon-Paclfio exposition,
.1 Charles - K. Hughes, governor of New
:t York, and John A. Johnson, governor of
;J Minnesota, met by chance in front of
the Alaska building at the head of the
-j court of honor this morning, and per-
. haps many passersby stopped and stood
I watching the two men, who might have
been, or may yet be, candidates for
; president of the United States, as thev
: 3 shook bands and congratulated eanli
oiner on their good fortune in enjoying
holiday -at the - exposition. Hughes
13 and Johnson, who were acknowledged to
be close to Taft and iBryan in proml
il nence in the Republican and Democratic
' t parties, shook hands, exchanged a few
casual words -and parted to meet later
is at luncheon la the New York state
1!!lMing, with Governor Glasscock of
M'fH il-rini and Hay of Washington,
jj ri-nar WilMx of New York and other
j. prominent men. " .
It - . m " . i, . j v
"I Gold Hill ' Jfewa has been asked 'to
tak p the queatlon of rrohlbitlng
fowls from ranntng at large. No, thank
you, we have had enough Just at pres
f nt. We haven't recovered yet from
tli strenuoua efforts to shut up the
' , rows, and will be compelled td recu
' trte before we make another crunade,
V-Mfe there are a number of likely
l.if Wing friers muffing about the. back
Uor if our bachelor premises.
FOROREGOH," I
Secretary of Interior Says
He Will Give a Much In
terest to This State as
Any Portland .Must
Help.. ,
"I shall give Oregon as much Inter
est as I, do ' JVaehlngton and j can. as
sure yoa of my faith in the reclamation
enterprise In this Btkte,'": said Richard
A. Baillnger. secretary of the Interior,
addressing the business men of Fori
land this afternoon. .. . , .
In the remarks that the secretary
made emphatic advice to the business
interests ox . 1'oruana to Keen rauroaa
construction and private reclamation
enterprise abreast of the government'
work was conveyed. . t
"Tne reciamauon service is doing
more for the west than any other
agency,", be said. "The government- is
iiioneer In reclamation, and it has been
argely instrumental In interesting pri
vate capital in irrigation projects. Cap
ital was but little Interested when the
government . took up this kind of work.
Now it Is Dossible to secure financial
backing for almost any sort of legiti
mate enterprise,
-4y tour or Oregon and eastern Idaho
urprised me as "I saw how auicklv
the desert, arid lands, given water pro
duced great crops. .
"But we faoe the oroblems at snnnr.
ing suitable markets for the products
of these new lands and in making cer
tain of railroad egress and transporta
tion of freight -The people of Portland
will da well to see that the . auestlona
of market and transportation keep pace
with what the government is doing.
Portland is practically a seaboard mar
ket Its people should look into the
arid land areas and help dispose of their
crops by furnishing a market o which
there shall be easy transportation. Rail
roads and develonment should and da
come together to make the greatest pos
sible area the most produative. I am
assured that proper development of the
Interior of Oregon will produce incal
culable wealth for the people of this
state. Therefore Portland should help
in every branch 'of tbls .enterprise. The
retuns will be sure. -y
"I urn not a believer in the govern
ment doing what private enterprise can
do. There are, of course, some projects
which involve the spending of larger
sums than private enterprise are equal
to, there are others where the influence
and power Of the federal government
is necessary to make successful' these
become the proper province of the gov
ernment's aetlvity.. ....
"As to the other branches of responsi
bility devolving upon the department of
the interior, our mineral lands, produc
nig coal .and precious ores, and our for
ests the policy of the department will
be the policy of the government to con
serve our resources. We want develop
ment and the most utility to the great
est number of people. We are opposed
to monopolization but In favor of utili
sation without waste, . And always, we
must remember that In serving the peo
ple of the west we must remember the
service due to the people of the east,
making their -common development a
common good fortune to the nation."
Secretary Baillnger refused to dis
cuss his alleged differences with Chief
Forepter Pinchot.
"His. department is clear outside of
mine," he declared Warmly. ' "What-has
been said about our differences is trln-
cipally newspaper talkv I have nothing
more o ea,y. -
Mr. Baillnger will remain In Portland
until Tuesday evening i or longer, de
pendant upon the length of time re
quired to listen to the reports of the
supervising engineers from the various
districts. He will then return to Seat
tle. , '
He was Introduced to the business
men today by Dr. J. R. Wetherbee.
ALABAMA FIRST
House Unanimously Rati
fies Amendment to
- U. S. Constitution.
fHnlt-iI Pma Win l
Montgomery. Ala.. Auar. Th hmiu
ot representatives toaay unanimously
ratified the proposed income tax amend
ment to the federal constitution. The
senate wiiKvote on tne question or rati
f icatlon Wednesday.
PACIFIC ITINERARY
FOR FIRST SQUADRON
rnalted Pnaa Imm) Win 1
Washington, Aug. 2. The itinerary
Of the first squadron of the Pacific fleet
for a cruise In Asiatic waters was an
nounced today by the navy department
aa follows; The squadron, including the
iriinrooc, unmurnii, naaryiana, ttoutn
Dakota, Washington, West Virginia,
Colorado and Pennsylvania, will leave
San .Francisco September 6 -for Hono
lulu, arriving September 11. - Leaves
Honolulu October for Nafres Harbor,
arriving October It. Leaves Nalres Har
bor October 24, arriving at Manila No
vember 1. The squadron will leave Ma
nila December 1 and - the vessels, in
pairs, will visit Hongkong, Woosung.
Kobe and Yokohama.
The war vessels will assemble near
Yokohama January 19, return to Hono
lulu eoruary l ana to nan Francisco
February IS. -...-j . , .
MONTH'S TE3IEERATURE
BELOW THE AVERAGE
The mean temperature for the past
month has not been up to the average
and only once since the weather bureau
was established in 1871 has the mean
temperature been lower. That was in
1901, when" it was S3 degrees, while fcr
this year the mean temperature was- (4
degrees. The highest point reached by
pthe thermometer was 88 degress, on the
21st, and the lowest was 47 decrees, on
the 13th. . - . - .
The total precipitation for last month
was l it Inches and the greatest fall in
11 Irnnn... i aa .v.. C.W
ZZt. .c ll. " ra
6th, this being the greatest precipitation I
for this month since records were first
lakes at this station. The total rainfall
from September 1. 1908, to date is 16.08
inches. The deficiency from September
1 to date as compared with average of
corresponding period is 8.10 inches..
Portland on Encyclopedia. '
An article, descriptive of Portland's
resources, beauty and wealth, is being
prepared by the Portland chamber jf
commerce la response to a request from
the London Times. The sama article
will appear in the forthermlng article
of the Encyclopedia Brlttanica. .
AI IIICOllE TAX
AZAOEROfJOT
LIRE'S EfiO
President" Josselyn An
" nounces Extension of
MJoad to New Power Plant
at Early Date May In
vade Central Oregon .
And now there la another " Richmond
in the Oreson railroad field. ' It Is none
other than the Portland Railway. Light
at i-ower company. The Portland com
pany announced today that an extension
of Its line from its power plant at Casa
dero on the Clackamas river two and
one half miles on to the site of its pro
posed new plant had already been sur
veyed and estimates for the cost made,
and.: that as soon as the estimates are
eccepted work of construction will be
started.' -..fci-
B. a. Josselyn, president of the com
pany,- admitted this much when ques
tioned if the survey had not been made
and: that a nralimlnarv mirvav had nnt
been made for the extension of the line
on into central uregon.
'Is It not true that your company
contemplates pushing a line farther on
Into central Oregon .for the purpose. of
opening up mis territory ana participat
inr In tne immense nrofits that are
bound to eome to all railroads getting
in on uie ground iioorr was asaea.
. Thing Are TTnoertaln.
WelL you know, the -railroad 'sltua.
tion in tne nortnwest is so uncertain at
this time, that you really cannot tell
wnat will naoDen next." said Mr. Jan.
selvn. smilina- cordlallv.
"Granting Ihls, is it not true that
your tompany is planning to compete
with Hill and Harriman in central Ore
gon r was insistea.
"Far be it from us to com net with
anybody," answered Mr. Josselyn good
naturedly. ' .
"Then it is true." rejoined the Ques
tioner." taking another tack, "that your
company will, build Into central Ore
gonf ' '. t ' i -
"I didn't say so." Mr. Josselyn was
still smiling. Mr. Josselyn has a most
pleasant and cbntagious smile.
"And you nave not . said that your
company was not going to do so."
"Well, you know, there are timet
when, so they -say, silence" is golden.
xou must not ten everything you know
at any one time, for if you do you will
have no secrets. And it is always best
to have a little secret now and -then."
And Mr. Josselyn still smiled, t
Completed by Winter's End.
The extension of the line on to the
site of the new power plant 'will be
completed before the end of winter. The
construction department is only waiting
for the estimates to be accepted. This
wilt proDaoiy oe aone Deiore tne ena oi
the week.
Mr. Josselvn did sav. freelv. that
plans had already been accepted for in
creasing the capacity - of , its., present
power plant a third. This will be done
by the immediate construction of a
fourth unit at a cost of $100,000.' The
present capacity Is 16,000 horsepower.
- -."This will make It safe for us for
this fail and winter, and enable -as to
guarantee plenty of ; power and no de
lay," -said Mr. Josselyn.
EIIDS HIS LIFE
John Stewart, Woodsawyer,
Drinks Carbolic Acid Af
ter Quarrel With Wife.
John Stewart, .a woodsawyer, des
pondent because of two weeks' estrange
ment from his second wife, committed
suicide at 2 p. m. today by drinking car
bolic acid. He had been living in a
shack at the rear of the Portland' Stove
Works, Hood and Chester streets. He
leaves two grown sons by a former
wire: also two cntidren. e and 7 years
old, by the present wife, who since her
separation rrom ner nusbana has been
doing the work of a janitress at the
corner of Front and Jefferson streets.
Stewart had been employed by the
soutn fortland clapboard company.
Y. W. C. A. COOK HAS
BOOZE ABOUT HIM
Seattle, Aug. 2. Harry Furst, cook
at tne xoung women s unristian Asso
ciation building on the exposition
grounds, was' released from the guard
house -this morning after having spent
the night in the lockup on a charge of
drunkenness.- ,
, Furst waa arrested last evening as be
was aoout to enter tne rair grounds
and from his person three bottles were
taken, which the hilarious chef con-
tenaea contained "only -cooking booae.
When this news reached the Y. W. -C.
A. building today there was consterna
tion, as it is far from the custom of
the institution to "ve : liquors served
even in the food. - The ladles In charge
of the building expressed their appre
ciation of the action of the police In
arresting the cook before be had an op
portunity surreptitiously to administer
the stimulant to patrons of the place
by means of the food served. -
IS "HAM STITCHING"
FACTORY: WORK?
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Chicago, Aug. 2. Whether women em
ployed in "packing town" aa ham cover
stitchers may properly be classified as
factory hands, has been put up to State
Factory Inspector Davles for decision.
The question arose following a com
plaint received by . the Chicago Federa
tion of Labor that 200 young women em
ployed in the "ham stitching" depart
ment of Armour Co.'s plant have' been
compelled to work 11 hours a dsy.
Under the law no woman or girl em-
floyed i a factory may work longer
ban 10. hours each day. It la con
tended by the packers that in the
stitching room there Is no machinery,
and therefore the denartment rinnni
properly be classified as a factory..
. Park Employes Discharged,'
Seven temporary employes of the citv
park department were discharged Sat-
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inj tne usual wmte sup or-paper an
nounolng that their services were n
net
longer reouired. The matter of tha
discharge will no doubt be taken be
fore the park board and probably be-
rore tne civu service commission, as
some of those dlnchaTged are known to
be much put out at the turn of axSira
. Business Men Coming;
, Traveling via the Chicago A North
western and the Union Pacific, a party
of eastern business men will arrive in
Portland Saturday, . August 7. visiting
on the way Yellowstone National park,
aad .going from here to the A.-Y.-P.
eipositlon. u - . : ...
WRECK'S COST SCHOOL FID
PLACED AT E11GS
$250,000 HEAVY
Investigation Commences
Into Couer d'Alene-Spo
kane Interurban Collision
Conductor Disappears
Death Roll Grows, '
(BiMctal Dlanatch to The Journal.
Spokane. Wash. Aug. - 2. Followlns
the investigation by General Manager
uraves or tne opoKane iniana sys
tem which controls the -Coder d'Alene &
BDOKane interurban line, upon which oc
curred the wreck; Saturday afternoon
that cost It lives to date, the report is
current Jlhat Conductor Cook has disap
peared. Cook was on the - extra that
crashed into - the regular . near Couer
OAiene. ' ..." .--.
D. E. Campbell, the motorman on the
extra, la still alive, but very weak. He
cannot account for the collision ex
cept that he understood orders were to
meet the regular five miles farther on.
The mystery ef the wreck is why he
could not ston when James De Laney,
motorman on the regular, had his train
almost at a standstill and Jumped in
time to save bis life when the trains
erasnea.
Cos, Quarter of igOllon.
General Manager GraVea, who Is also
part owner of the road, says the com
pany will settle all claims out of court.
It is believed the wreck will cost the
company at least a quartes of a million
dollars. The coroner is investigating
today at Coeur d'Alene. - .. .
Miss Frances Golden, a nurse,' and
sister to Dallle Golden, the boy who
was killed in the wreck Saturday, died
f her injuries in the hospital at Coeur
'Alene this morning. Both lived at 111
Third street, Spokane. The young wom
an was the favorite child of a family
of 14. Two more Injured In the Coeur
d'Alene hospital are reported to be dy
ing. The dead at noon today are: '
.Miss Frances Golden, Spdkene.
Oryllle Puterbaugh, ElkSart. Ind. I.
W. J. Houre, Scotia, Wash.,
- William Wonsetter, Harrington, Wash,
A. P. Whitley, Memphis, Tenn. -
William Ward, Wenatchec, Wasb,vr
" John Vemle, 8pringfield, Mo. W
Dallle Golden, Spokane, Wash.
W. A. Dahlqulst, Estherville, Iowa.
J. C. Ooxv Medical Lake, Wash.
A. B. McDonald. Drummond, Mont
Mra A. - M. McDonald. - Drummond.
Mont . .
, Fred McGarry, Spokane. .
110 REASON FOR
SO r.lUCn HASTE
District Attorney's ; Office
Says Caustic Things' Anent
A the Collins Case.
"W to not see why there should be
such a great big rush In this. Collins
ease. ," We don't care how soon a lunacy
commission . sits In her case and we
don't xate how long It is. She will have
to stand trial for murdering Dr. Collin
and we are only waiting until her mini
clears a little before the preliminary
near in g is neia. 1 .
Assistant district Attorney Fltxaer
aid made this statement today when
asked regarding the charges of Mrs.
Collins friends that the district attor
ney, in conjunction with Judge Webster
or the county court, is resorting te dlla
lory tactics ana trying to put oil as
long as possible the hearing ot Mra
couins case oerore a lunacy commie
slon. .'
P. L. Willis seems to think that by
pushing these lunacy proceedings he'
can push us into something, and that if
ne succeeds in naving Air a. uoinns ad
judged insane It will be at bar -to-crlra-
lnai proceedings, continuea Assistant
i'itsgerald.
"Well, it won't. We are not going
to be pushed into anything. We are not
concerned, officially, over Mrs. Collins
condition at this time. We believe that
at the time she killed her husband she
was sane. II she was sane then, why
she ought to be banged. We do not
see why there should be all this rush
aoout a lunacy commission.
"Another thing, we do not have to
have a preliminary hearing if Mrs. Col-
iinr rrienas ao not want one, we can
have her indicted for murder in the
first degree by the grand Jury, which
convenes in September. If Mrs. Collins'
friends do not wish to pay her expenses
at Mountain View sanitarium until her
case is finally disposed of, they can
let her go to Jail. She will be taken
care of there.
Ms. Collins' friends are much " In
censed at what they term the dilatory
tactics- or district Attorney Cameron
and Judge Webster, p. u. Willis, at
torne who secured Mrs. Collins - re
moval from Jail to Mountain View san
itarium by guaranteeing the expense of
keeping ner in tne latter place, which
will amount to 880 or 140 a day, la
one of Mrs. Collins' most staunch
friends. - .. -
It was be who filed the complaint
in the county, court Tuesday of last
week charging Mrs. Collins with being
insane.-"- . .
lie said today: "Lunacy cases are
supposed to receive immediate atten
tion. I cannot understand why either
Judge Webster or District Attorney
uameron snouia wisn to aeiay matters,
but : the facts in the ' case are that I
have been unable to get either to act.
f no District - attorney said - he
would see Judge Webster, and Jufra
wiwiw ma ne wuuia see tne district
attorney, and there it is. Bo far as I
can see, the ends of Justice can neither
oe aeieatea or aeiayea DV a lunacv
nnnaiiHiun nunr in airs, Collins
case, or by committing her to an asy
lum. ' . ;
ine jau is not ntiea nn tn mt
ior insane patients. it would t
crime to keep an insane person in
Jan. ineir Place is In in nvinm
where they can be under tha va rwi
cara oi pnysicians ana nurses who un
derstand their case. I think common
decency demands that Mrs. Collins
case db oisposea or at once..' Should
she become sane there Is nothing n
her In criminal court."-
vicTeui uiamvi attorney trying
ZEPPELIN SETS
SAIL FOR COLOGNE
' (rotted rreae Leased Wirt. I
rrankfort. Germany, Aug. 2V-Count
Zeppelin ascended in his airship, Zeppe
lin II, at 10 o'clock this morning and
started for Cologne, 100 miles down the
Rhine. The gigantic dirigible balloon
will be stationed at Cologne In the fu
ture, as part of the army defense. '
Reports received here this evening
aay that unfavorable weather and high
winds have retarded the flight of the
Zeppelin II. . At 3 o'clock this afternoon
the balloon waa reoorted or Rni,..i,
on the Rhine. '
State Treasurer Steel's Ret
port Reveals Splendid
Progress Made by Educa
tional Institutions of Ore
gon;
(By Jonraal Leased galea) Wlre.l
Balem. Or.. Aug.. 2. With the earn
ings of the common school fund great
er than ever before in the history of
the state and.,., the sohooi -population
likewise greater' than ever, tne annual
apportionment or scnooi moneys maae
by State Treasurer Steel today is a
notable one. The total amobnt appor
tioned was $208,800.65, which is about
150.000 greater than ' any ' previous ap
portionment. J V ' -' .
The total .ntimber ''ot I children of
school age In ihe state aa found1n
tne annual reports or tne superintend
ent .of publio instruction is 186,649.
All those . are included between the
ages of 4 and 20 years. -The appor
tionment among 'the counties of the
each follows: - -
School
' Amount
Apport'n'd.
I 9,566.85
6,429.75
. 17,068.85
7,686.85
1 ' 6.679.60
10.039.96
1 3.983.06
1.174.75
-.10,602.45
. ' 2,014.66
3,413.25
1,890.70
3,616.76
11.784.50
,6,638.80
8.881.80
3.001.25
13,117.05
2,810.15
12.898.20
County Pop.
tiaxer 6.171
Benton 2. 925
Clackamas 9,221
Clatsop
4.101
2,016 '
5,427
2.163
635 '
S.677
1,089 :
1.845
1.022
1,965
6.370
8,048
1.828
1.085
Columbia ...
Coos .........
Crook .......
Curry
Douglas .....
Gilliam
Grant ,
Harney
..........
Hood Rver
Jackson ... .
Josephine
Klamath
Lrfike ...
Lane ...
Lincoln
...... .....
9,793
1.619
6.973
2.208
11.268
1.586
28,468
4.127 .
1.066
1.687
6,239
6.274
2.633 "
2.634
6.822
875
6.032.
Linn " ,,,....
Malheur .....
Marion
Morrow ......
4,084.80
20.828.60
' 2,897.90
71,165.80
7.634.95
' 1,972.10
3.120.95
' 11.642.15
9,756.90
4,871.05
6.687.90
12,620.79
1.618.75
11,169.20
Multnomah ..
Polk, .... ....
Sherman
Tillamook ...
Umatilla
Union . . . . .
Wallowa .....
Wasco ..... ,
Washington ,
wheeler .....
Yamhill
Total
....166,649 $308,200.65
Following statements show the eon
ditios of the Irreducible school fund
of July l :
Common school fund first '
. mortgage loans, t ner
mi
14.429,868.74
School district bonds, 6 per
win
159.725.00
Certificates of sale of
state lands, t.t j and 8
per cent ................ 682.811.61
Cash in banks, 5 per cent. , 269,05.95
Cash ........ 86.157.60
Total ..15,171,643.90
AgrlonKural College Fund.
First mortgage loans, 6 per
cent .......J 19106108
Certificates of sale Of state
ianas, , t, ana s ner .
cent 68.00
vn 1,984.01
Total
t
196,689.04
Vnlversitr Tunds.
First mortgage loans, 6
per cent f
Certificates of sale of state
lands, 6. 7 and S per
cent ........
Cash
95,St.61
,80.oo i
4.166.T1
Total f 104.205 16
(Signed) GEORGE A. STEEL,
State treasurer.
SPECIAL STATUTE
filAY BE VOID
Attorneys in Bedford Con
demnation Proceedings At
tack Judicial Authority.
(Special Dtaparcs to Tha Jonrsal.)
ius. . r or two nours
this morning Atttopneys in the case of
the city of Medford vs. M. F. Hanley
for a right of way across the Hanley
premises for a city pipe line argued
the constitutionality of th. titnt
der Which Governor Benson ordered
Judge John-S. Coke of Marshfield to
proceed to tbls district and convene a
special term of court for bearing the
case. Court took the matter under ad
visement until 3 o'clock. A. B. Reames,
attorney for Hanley, stated be had no
authority to appear for Hanley and
raised the Question of tha constitution
ality of the proceedings. City Attorney
P, J. Neff for Medford. replied In full.
- PERSONALS
H. M. Belcher, ex-nrcaldant rtt th.
Winifred (Canada) chamber of com
merce, will reach Portland Saturday
morning, August 7, on his way to attend
the seventh annual session of nhamhra
of commerce of the empire, held, this
ymr in Byaney, m.-sj. w. Me Will be en
tertained while here by tha Portland
Commercial club.
A special train carrvln th imviran
Association of ' Engineers will - reach
Portland on October 6, and the party
will be entertained hv tha rnm
club. - , i . . s
R. V. Holder, venaral ' bmhi
Chicago A Northwestern, returned yes
terday from a business trip to Southern
Oregon. ' . ,
H- M. Adams, general freight and na.
seuger agont-of the North Bank, re
turned yesterday from t mnf,r.nn rtt
the freight representatives of transpor
tation lines. "I came back hnfnra that
meeting waa completed." Mr.. Adams
said this morning. "While I was there
the session was confined to a o-nAraI
discussion of the freight situation, but
we reached no decision which can be
made public. While I was in San Fran
cisco the death of J. W, Spencer, su-
rierintendent of Inspection for t ran soon -Inental
lines died. For many years,
thiA freight man of brilliant ability,
stood between the railroads and tha
shippers. He was always fair, always
able, and it will be moat difficult to
find a man who can taka hla nlu." r
Spacer's funeral occurred Saturday In
San Francisco, , . .
Three carloads of soldiers were trana.
f erred over the North Bank from the
nost at Vancouver to Fart Wri.hi. nook
Spokane, this morning.
A new. burglar alarm, the 'invention"
of a Dresden engineer, consists of a
curtain containing numerpus wires. Any
movement or it Dreaas a circuit and
rings a bell or switches on lights.
VALLEY PLANS
TO EHTERTA1H
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Special Train Will Bear Big
Crowd of Farming Men
- - v on Trip. -
After the meeting of the nation's agri
cultural presidents and director of ex
periment stations in Portland from Au
gust IT to 20. a special train will carry
the party over -much of the atateg ia
order that the agricultural specialists
may . be given .opportunity to see for
themselves the resources of tb state.
The special train will be paid for by
ths Portland Commercial club. ; First,
it will go. down through the "Willamette
valev. stopping at the hoo fields of Polk
county and the English walnut orchards
near independence.. At Corvallis the
wnnia nartv or Khu wm h. antm.tafn.(i
over night by, the bnsiness men of that
Manager Tom Richardson of the 'Port
land Commercial club, returned yeater-
aav irom a triD aown tna vaiiev ar.
ranging ths details. , - '
"l never saw the prospect look better
in my lire." he declared this morning.
I too. in believing that the meetina- will
oe tne most important oz the kind ever
held in tne west... I received enthus
iastic promises of cooperation, from all
along the line."- . . v,
Speakers and subleeta for the twenty-
third, annual convention of the Ameri
can association of Farmers' Institute
1 . i . ! m t m , . . .
wunei,Auui u aou it, afa-aa. (oi
lows: . ' 'j. ... - i-
"The Conservation of Our Natural
Resources.v AMrector . G. Carpenter,
jfort jouina, i-oio.
; "The Development of Agricultural Ed
ucation in the Secondary Schools." Dr.
A. C. Frue. director, office of experi
ment station. . ,
"The Better Preparation of Men for
uouege ana station work," .Dean J u.
Bailey, Cornell University, .
Annual address by president of asso
ciation, Director N. A. Soovllle, Lexing
ton. Kr. ' -
President's address, J. Lewis Ella-
worth, sesretary state board of Agricul
ture, Boston, Mass-' ' . v
Other addresses will be mad by the
rotiowmg weu Known men: u. a. Put
nam. Toronto. Ontario, chairman: J. T.
Tinsley, agricultural college. New Mex
ico; j. tx. jonneii, o un water. tJKia
homa; E. R. Lloyd, agricultural college,
Mississippi, chairman; T. A. Hoverstad,
Fargo, North Dakota;' B. Walker Mc
Keen. Fryeburg, Maine; K. L. Butter
field. Amherst, Mass., chairman: George
McKerrow, Madison, Wis.; G. C. Creel
man, Guelph, Ontario, Canada ; J.
uracKen, ttegina, Canada, chairman;
Alva.Agee, state cbllege, Pennsylvania;
L. R, Taft, East Lansing, .Mich.; Val
Keyser, Lincoln, Neb., chairman: A. E.
Chamberlain, Brookings, South Dakota;
F. H. Rankin, TJrbana, W.J Dr. A.
Backus, Ayimer, Ontario, chairman;
Mra F. L. Stevens, -. Raleigh, North
Carolina; Miss Martha Van Rensselaer,
Cornell university, Ithica, Now York.
DR. WHEELER HAS
HIS HAMMER OUT
'' aajBsaassBisssasBSBaBSSSBssBea
Says Predecessor Was Inef
ficient in Handling Scar
let Fever Cases.
The city health board appointed by
Mayor Simon met for the first time
under the new administration in a reau
lar monthly session.- The members
present besides toe mayor were Drs. A
W. Smith, R. J. Chipman and G. a
Story. Dr. C. H. Wheeler, city health
officer, and Dr. Ferdinand Daramasch,
aepuiy, were aiso in atienuance.
After the transaction of regular rou
tine business several matters of !m
1 portanee came before the board, among
which was tha question of selecting a
site for tha new citv nest housa which
is to be Duut as soon as possiDia. , Dr.
Wheeler was told to continue his search
for a suitable location and to notify the
board whenever ne had decided upon
one.
Dr. A. W. Smith called the attention
of the mayor and board to the poor
system of garbage collection In vogue In
Portland. . He said that a poor man is
entitled to have garbage removed from
the premises of his home as much as
his richer neighbor who can afford to
nay for the removal. Aside from this.
he sa.14, th oity has tha publio- health
to guard ana some Kind oz a system
should be evolved by which every bit
of refuse can be collected. Mayor
Simon said he thought something should
be done and asked Dr. Smith to act with
a special committee which be will ap
point later to formulate a plan for
garbage collection.
Tile laiglert Flee,
Dr. Fred J. Zelgler's application to be
oontinued in office as city physician was
unanimously placed on file. Dr. Wheeler
stated that Dr. Zelgler was perfectly!
satisfactory to him. . 1
Dr. H. G. Parker, who resigned his
ositlon as deputy health officer July
1 and then took a two weeks' vaca
tion, applied for his salary. Dr. Wheel
er old not include the item of salary for
Dr. Parker on the monthly pay rolL'
giving as his reason to the board that
he had found It necessary to appoint a
successor to Dr. Parker while he waa
absent from the city, and that be had
service as soon as his successor waa
I Worn ln.; Mayor Simon, however,
tnougni iir. farmer enuuea o me vaca
tion with pay, and he ordered the clerk
to draw a warrant on the emergency
fund for the amount due, . . .-... -
. Wheeler Blames PoM. ,- . ,."v
In bis . first monthly report. Citv
Health Officer Wheeler took occasion
to criticise- tha quarantine methods of
his predecessor. Dr. Esther C PohL He
blamed these for the prevalence of scar
let fever In Portland, char&nterlxlna-
a 4fi.ffltt.nt " '
T don't want to say much about it,"
said Dr. Wheeler, after the board had
adjourned, "but the truth is that the
officials of the health office under the
former administration allowed oases of
scarlet fever to be released too soon.
"I have become cognisant of instances
in which the patient was allowed to
break .quarantine three weeks after the
disease waa first noted. This is not
right. No scarlet fever case should be
permitted to go at large before six
weeks have elapsed. That Is the iron
clad rule in Chicago. . .- . ,
"One of the instances I mention was
that of a young girl who was commit
ted to St Vincent s hospital for scarlet
fever May S. 8he was discharged -May
tn, and is now reponea oy tne Health
authorities or Seattle to be suffering
from the disease."
In bis report the health officer says
In rufAnnMi tn milk InMnectlfm? j ?
xaixa on Mua. -
?The dairy and milk Inspector-has
heretofore directed bia efforts to tha
various dairies, and practically nothing
has been done with "reference to milk
Inspection that is, testing milk. 1 am
evolving a system by which we can
trace the milk from the producer to
the consumer and with very little trou
ble ascertain the source of impure, adul
terated or "doctored milk,'
"It is my opinion,? -says the health
officer, "that much bad meat and fruits
are still sold in this city. The inspector
has been quite busy the past few days
looking up complaints of that char
acter. ,: " -- ..
"The transmlssable diseases reported
during the month are as follows:
Diphtheria, eight; measles, 68; chick
enpox. nine; whooping cough, four; ty
phoid fever, 10; scarlet fever, 17, deaths
one; smallpox, seven; pulmonary- tuber
culosis tj, deaths 10. . , , . -
BACK WATER
Syndicate Will Fence Off
Lowlands of Columbia
" Edge and Beclaim targe
;: Acreage of Wonderfully
Bich Farming Tracts; .
The building 'of SO miles of dyking
enoloslng the Columbia river . bottoms .
from the Swift plant east to Troutdale,
thereby 'transforming this wonderfully ,
rich area into a miniature .Holland, is
a late development project, ' plans for
which have Just been consummated by
a group Of Portland, eastern Oregon and
Idaho capitalists. .This . land is 'tha
richest soil to be found anywhere to
the northwest, ; being ths silt deposits
of the" Columbia river for centuries.
That the plan is entirely practicable,
and the work can be done at low cost,
is the expert opinion of two competent
engineers who have gone over the en
tire . district Included In the reclama
tion project and .who report that the'
dyking will not cost above 000 a
mile. .
Definite Information ' cannot be
learned at this time, as to the iden
tity of the men' behind the improve
ment project, but it is positively known
that they have retained the services of
one of the best engineers on the Pa-,
cifle eoast to superintend tha work.
It is also, known that they have pur-
thased - several hundred ' acres In the
.i.Uivi iv rvumijiiBfi ang luai wtoj v
have entered into contracts with a num- t
ber of land owners in the district to I
have their, holdings reclaimed,
' So far aa developed the flans of the .
promoters of the enterprise contemplate
building a Z4 foot embankment, 81 feet
broad at the base and 10 feet at the top,
extending along the - Columbia river
from the Swift plant east to Troutdale,
thence west along 'the north side ef
Columbia slough to a point opposite the
Swift plant and then north to tha Co
lumbia river, enclosing a triangle con
taining about 30,009 acres of the most .
fertile land to be found anywhere.
Of course this dvka could not be ex
pected to prevent a certain amount of
seepage,, say the engineers who ex-,
amined and recommended the enter
prise. While the seepage water wouM
In all probability be taken -care of by
evaporation,' if necessary 10 or li Inch
centrirogat pumps couia oe installed.
The expense of operating these pumps
would be nominal, as their use would
only be required during three or four,
weeks at the highest stage of the river. ;
It ia believed that the entire Colum
bia river bottom lands from the Swift
plant to Troutdale can be reclaimed by
dyking at an expense of not more than
66 to 18 an acre and still leave a hand
some margin of profit for the syndicate
financing the enterprise, - -
.. I ii 1 1 i urn a, , ,.. .
TRIAL RECORDS
Seeking to Prove Thaw Suf
" fered From Delusions
Eegarding Whiter ;
(Uaitad Frew Leased Win.
White Plains, Aug. J. District , At
torney Jerome, . in the inquest into the
mental state of Harry Thaw, contin
ued today to read records of the Thaw
trials relating to Thaw's alleged ore-
disposition to mental disorders.
Jerome read the names of a number
ef witnesses who said Thaw was ir
rational, and also the names of a num
ber of persons who said he appeared
irrational- - when he was arraigned be.
fore the coroner.
Then the district attorney launched
into the reading of the report of the
lunacy commission that found Thaw in
sane. . He read the comments of the
Thaw alienists on Harry's belief , re
garding Stanford White's alleged mis
treatment of girls. Jerome Is seeking
to prove that Thaw suffered from de
lusions regaining wnite.
Ashland Tldina-a: Scarnelv a, An
passes but one or more automobile tour-.
ing parties pass tnrougn nere, either
north or south, sweeping- the , coast
states, circling the continent or on
shorter tours. "A car coming" through
via the southern route from New Hamp
shire passed north one -day this week.
But an automobile outfit Dasslna north
Tuesday -carried - what Is - believed to
be the first "trailer" through here.
A two wheeled fart was coupled on be
hind the auto In whicrr camp equipage
was hauled. -
is a proof that no
- mattcr.whatprice
you pay, you get .
; more for vour
money in aa.
United Store.
than you can get
anywhere else.
Ask for the . . '
RIGORO
(Saratoga. Size)
'at, 4 'for '25c
UNITED
'CIGAR-
STORES
JEROME READS
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