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Tin DAILY JOURNAL, rOITTLAND, THURSDAY JU RESULTS IN HEAVY LOSSTO BUSIHESS Strikers Picket Barns Belong ing to Draymen; Employers Are Not Permitted to Rent Teams No Interference. The Drayman's association voted to day to stand out against the demand of striking teamdrlvers for an Increase of 25 cents a day. in' the, wage schedule. Employers admit, 'however, that the situation" is : really serious. A Incoming , freight ;ls piling: tiff atthe freight, de pots, fireat losses In perishable fruits ' are reported. - . ' :v ,'.-? ') All barns belonging to members of the Draymen' association were picketed to i day by strikers. NO driver, union or " nonunion, was allowed to work. Head quarters, Bt-JOSHTtrat Street assumed. ; the appearance of an army post, with ' reports earning In from all parts of the j' city " every hour, and rigid discipline enforced. - ' . : .. ' . .v i ' Employers are making an effort to rent out their teams provided drivers are famished by the renter. This Is opposed by the team drivers' union. An : nouncemcn't was made that teams roust ' not be worked or evasions of any kind ' employed inasmuch, as such actions would be construed as efforts to defeat the purpose of the strike. Employers thereupon called upon Chief Cox to have emergency police protection ready upon call provided a decision , was reached to continue work. Business Tied ITp. , if. J. Driscoll of Driscoll Sc. Collier, said today; '"We must admit that this ; strike has practically tied up tho trans fer business.. None of the. larger com panies are able to obtain men to drive their own teams. I have been driving : a team myself today The business men are feeling the weight of this strike and will, I thjnk, protest against Its con- .llnuatice.'JL:i ! An effort of the Green Transfer com pany to continue working, paying the union schedule,, met with failure. It ; was made a question of whether the ' company should remain affiliate with the association, and the decision was to stand by the employers. - -j "A number of the transfer companies . wish to arbitrate this matter. Many of us are In favor of paying tho $3 a day demanded by the union men. But the majority of the employers voted to re- ruse the demand and stand out against the unions and we are with them," said the manager of the Green Transfetf corn 's pany. "Few labor troubles could, how ever, be cause of mors general trouble." r :;,.-. Ask lot Union Jtm,-,,..'. That the strike1 Is doing injury to i business Interests was the representa tion of business men who called upon ' the strikers today, asking that : men A night be allowed to work at union - wsgr for them alone. This request wss ' refused, the stand of the union being that all work must cease until a set llement of , the strike is reached. - The strikers declare themselves financially able to endure a strike of Indefinite " duration. . ' As yet the commercial bodies have ; taken no part In the difficulty. R C Giltner, secretary . of the chamber of commerce, gave it as hls.-opinion that the commercial bodies would attempt to arbitrate the differences between em-1 ployers end union men, if they took any .. part at all. ; , An Instance of the rigid discipline ' maintained among strikers was shown in the notice placarded on the meeting hall today, demanding that the strike Issues not be discussed on street cor - - ners or in saloons. Captains of the strike were appointed yesterday by the leaders. Rogers and Burke. Each was assigned a definite number of men to . prevent . business being carried on, to maintain discipline and oppose Infrac tions of union rules. . . ' . After good lecture, in which his ac tions were called lndicreet, Judge Ben p dismissed the charge against J. D. Dtbaek, optician at173 Fourth street, this morning In the .municipal court Duback was accused by two 16-year-old girls of kissing them, in his dark room, and of disorderly conduct. The girls testified they went to his , place one day while away from their work and had their eyes fitted with , glasses. One of the girls mads two later visits, at which times Duback took her . Into the dark room. ,1 DubAck declared his relations with the girls were proper, and denied kissing -them. He explained the disorderly fea ture by saying it was the eustom of all opticians in examining eyes to sit close .to .the patient,-- ! Judge Bennett held that while there was an Indication that Duback had been - disorderly, -and tad conducted himself . improperly, the proof was not suf f icent to find him guilty. . He further said the man was Indiscreet beyond a question. and- this should be a good lesson for One of the girls raid she went to i Duback to have her eyes treated be- cause her mother got her glasses of htm. The mothers of the two girls signed the complaints against him. ( DISTRICT ATTORNEY LEAVES FOR EAST United States rlst.rirt Attnm McCourt will leave Portland tonight for a month's trln throueh th nt tt will visit Washington, D. C, where he wm consult with the attorney general and returning will stay long enough In . Minneapolis to take aririltlnnnl tatimn. in the cases against C, A. Smith. Minne- , sota iumDer man, ana others, who are charged with illegally obtaining govern mpnt land. Ha will return tn TvrH.r,i , In July to argue the casesx against Smith. Walt Evans, assistant United . States district attorney,. will have charge or the ornce aunng Mr. Mc Court's absence. :. i KENTUCKY HORSE WINS CORONATION AT EPSOM ftiii Prs ti4 Wire.) ' 1 Vrfom Downs. June s Z. U Winan's Sir Martin won the Coronation cup, over the' Derby course today. Bachelor's 'Dmi Mr wns sfiond and lip'ivlprs third. -Sir Msrlt is a Kt-ntuoky bred horse. The (ni.-.'utn cuy eel the winner fiOVQ, COURT LECTURE FOR 1NDSICREET OPTICIAN TO UI1GE PURCHASE OF CBEST ACREAGE Committee Representing Ail In , terests Will Ask Board to Establish Park. . A committee of 50 business mn from 'every Part of Portland will appear be fore, the park board tomorrow to urge the Immediate purchase of a park site at least seven acres In area on Council Crest. . They v believe that this amount can he acquired at a price low enough to permit of payment , by Joint publio subscription and city appropriation. . An enthusiastic meeting of the men who : advocate making Coun&il Cresf, publio property was held last night at the Portland Heights club,; Care Was taken; in appointing committeemen for tomorrow's - service to see that all. the Interests of the -city were represented. The conimlttee,' therefore, Includes pro fessional " and, "business men, ministers and worklngiman. In addition; repre sentatives of st ''Ida business organi sations were made : members, of the committee. .,"'.- "... ; leaders of the fight for the purchase of. Council .Crest expressed hope today that .their crusade will be successful. The' Indorsement of the movement giv en by the "membersspf the park board through ; The Journal yesterday con tributed much to their encouragement. A number , of ' business men .expressed willingness to subscribe considerable amounts in helping to pay for ths Crest when details of Its purchase have been arranged. ' - Man Who Opposed Statement No.1 Men WouldJSucceed Marshal C. J. Reed. Elmer B. Colwell, formerly a staunch supporter of Statement No. 1 and the theory of the direct election of United States senators, but who later backslid and was defeated for election to the legislature because of his flopping, and who since that time has been one of the tried and true cogS In the "as sembly" machine confidently expects to be appointed United States marshal to succeed Charles J. Reed. , y This Is to be so because President Taft long ago gave his promise to Dr. Henry Waldo Coo' and ex-United States Senator Fulton that in the -event of his election to the presidency he would give Colwell the place. J During the legislative campaign of 1908 Colwell becamea Candidate - for the' house of representatives and was picked out by the Max Cohen Union Republican club as the protege of that organization. He at that time flopped and opposed the direct election of United States senator. The votes he received were not so numerous as they might nave been ana ne attended the legislature as a private citizen, and a lobbyist only. - ' "'''.. ; Then came the election of George H. Chamberlain to the United States sen ate and Colwell was loud in his denun ciation of the men who had signed Statement No. 1. H was shoulder to shoulder with Ormsby McHarg, G. Clyde Fulton, Ralph E. Williams and the rest in. attempting to persuade Statement No. I members of the legislature to abandon their pledges made to the peo ple and refuse to vote for Chamberlain. During the presidential campaign Col well had worked with Fulton and was one of the leaders in the state conr ventlon which slapped Senator Bourne by refusing him a. place as delegate to the National convention at Chicago. Be cause of these different recommenda tions Dr. Cos and Senator Fulton vent td the front for Colwell and received the promise that he should be given Reed's place as marshal Therefore, If Presi dent Taft stays by his promise, Colwell is slated for the Job over thereeom mendatlon of J. Frank Sinnott, which has been made by Senator Bourne. SEVEN GRADUATE FROM TRAINING SCHOOL Commencement : exercises were held last evening by the graduating class of St Vincent s Training school in St. Vincent's hall, at which seven students received diplomas. - The diplomas were presented by Most Rev. A. A. Christie. Mayor Simon presented . the medals. After the presentation ceremonies, a most interesting address was deliv ered by Archbishop Christie. Dr. A. C Smith also spoke entertainingly to the graduates. Music by an orchestra and a vocal solo by Miss Irene Flynn were other numbers on the program. The graduates who received diplomas last evening are: Lilian Mary Louise Brown. Portland; Mona Elisabeth King, Oregon City u Helen Louise Ferrer.New York City, Laura Catherine Macdonald, Portland; Mary Frances Fox, Douglas, Alaska; Irma Eva Bearce, Marysvllle, Waah. ; Pauline Carolyn Locher, Burns. AMBITIOUS YOUTH, BUND, WORKING TO WIN SCHOLARSHIP ll "ll.! . 4 Rendered blind at the age of 10 by the explosion1 of a toy 4 cannon, Phi! e; Read, aged 20, has come to Poruand to do what he can to win a scholarship by e which he can secure a college ed- 4 ucatlon. : His home was in a small town in Washington, where 4 he lost his sight The charge of 4 powder was too much for the strength 01 the cannon, and when the 10 year old touched It off the explosion put mm tn darkness for life. .-. e With more courage than most 4 of his class,' however, he haH e e planned a career, and Is in Port- ; e land canvassing for magazines, . 4 and hopes by the process to win a college scholarship. He has al- ready secured 75 subscriptions, : but has 300 more to get before" the scholarship will b won. His 4 e home while In Portland Is, atthe e i Y. M. C. A., and for the present . b Ja-caavassiog on-the. east side of the river. - 4 (In If hll CoateA mlth lumlrinn. mln hae been tried with some success by tniausiasu at eight WILL PRESIDENT APPOINT MILL? HAS SEEN MUCH SERVICE . H, M, Adams, who has been ap pointed general freight agent of tho Oregon Electric, railroad and the United Railways, In addition to his duties as general freight and passenger agent of the Spokane, Portland & Seattle rail road, and who thereby Is - placed in charge of all the traffic departments of the operating Hill roads In Oregon, with . the exception of . the Pacific A Eastern, has been engaged in railroad work for many years. , , . Mrv. Adams was appointed g eneral freight and passenger agent Df . the S. P. ft S. and -the A. &' C December 1, 1907, after having been assistant traffic manager from June, 1905, for the Great Northern, with headquarters at Seattle. From May. 1902. to June, 1905, he was assistant general freight agent of the O. R. St N.. with headquarters at Port land, and for four, years prior to that Fred A. Krebs.Made Defendant iri Action Wherein $15,000 Is Sought by Sales Agent. Suit for tlS. 000 commission alleged to be due from Fred A. Krlbs on the sale of tlmberland in Douglas county has been begun in' the circuit court by N. i V. Sorenson as assignee of George So- renson, the lattef having carried on the negotiations. '"'' It is alleged - that " George Sorenson was employed by Kribr i 1908 to find a tmrchaser for 780 acres in Douglas county for $187,000. In October of that year, It : la stated, Sorenson brought forward 3. O. Storey, who was ready to nurehase at the price named. Before the preliminaries' were completed, it is alleged, in June. ior, ivriDs repuaiiu the egreement,--but continued the nego tiations on a new oasis. , At that time, the complaint alleges, vriha o rrMi to mt Sorenson 5 ner cent commission if he succeeded in selling all but 40 acres of the tract for; $300, nnn Rnrennon did comDlete the sale at this figure, it is asserted, Storey mak ing the purchase for the Btorey,Bracner Lumber company, or wnicn ne is prin rirmi Ktnpkhoider. A large sum has been paid toward' the purchase, It is stated, but Sorenson nas oeen unaoie to collect, the, commissi on. , . PROSPECTS ARE GOOD IN MORMON BASIN (Bpcelil Dlipatch to The JonrnaL) , Baker iCty, Or., June 2. New develop ments in the Mormon Basin district are now of dally , occurrence. . Tommy Gof- man, Ifhp has grubstaked many people. Is mining on his own account He and Porter Colt, owner of the Colt placers, have recently opened up a rich. quarts ledge that adjoins and is, a continua tion of the Humboldt vein on the west end. The ground has been placer mined years ago with remarkably rich results, but the accumulating debris has since covered - it -up with noverburdea of several feet E. H. Head Is stilt working his quarts claim west of the Humboldt and pans out between $20 and $100 per day. He delights to show visitors his safe de positories, which consist of several old oyster cans, and as a mark pf special favor he will sen a. nugget or two at the rate of $20 an ounce. The Rainbow mine is operating m run blast and 19 stamps are dropping In the mill. The production is between 700 and $800 per day in free gold; and the ore that is being milled comes strictly from development; work. Including the Rainbow and Humboldt mines and va rlous prospects, , there are . about 100 miners employed and ? working in the camps. Not counting any new blood, there should-be at least aoo men wont ing in the district within six months. GAMBLING ORDINANCE ; . UPHELD BY COURT , Ah Fat and 10 other Chinese who Were arrested and fined $20 each as the re sult of a raid on a gambling house at 83 Second street in October, 1908, lost their petition for a writ of review in the circuit jiourt this morning. By this decision Judge Burnett upheld the city ordinance against gambling, which was called in question by Jay H. Upton and H. H. ' Riddell, the attorneys for the ftrmemr It was claimed by the attorneys for the. Chinese that the city ordinance un der Which the orientals were prosecuted was Illegal. - There was no dlHpute .as to the facts, ho evidence being taken In the case. Jurlge Burnett ruled that the cltr ordinance is good " BRINGS SUIT FOR BIG COMMISSION ''r, time he was general agent for the O. R. & N. company, with headquarters at Spokane. Prior to that time he was traveling" freight agent and chief clerk in the- general freight, office of the O. R. & N. in -Portland. Mr. Adams is one of the most popular traffic men on the Pacific coast and the announcement of his appointment yes terday was pleasing news to his wide circle of friends and business acquaint ances. The appointment was made by John F. Stevens, who has charge of all the HH1 properties in Oregon..' Mr. Adams has appointed A. L.Ruff assistant general freight and passenger agent -of the Oregon Electric and the United Railways, with - offices in the Corbett building, whore the Oregon Electrio offices are now '. located. W. C. Wilkes has been appointed assist ant general freight and passenger agent of the 8. P. A 6. and the A. A C. Newspapers and Others Would Further Causa of Aviation Many Will Compete. . rtTnlUd Press teaied WireTt New York, June 2. Aviation - nrizes totalling $110,000 are offered; to avia tors seeking to establish new long dis tance records. It is expected that the win oe greauy increaaea. " Anion? the crises offnrwt r tin nnn for a flight from Kansas. City to Den ver, offered by the Denver Post; $5000 for a flight from Indianapolis to Chi- CaSO. Offered bv an Tnrilanannlla manu facturing company; $20,000 for a, flight irom waaningion to wew xorit, orrered by the Washington Chamber of Com merce ana tne Aero Club or America. Among the , aviators who Intend to compete for the prizes are Curtiss. Mars. Harmon. Hamilton-ami Wlllarl r a believed that Louis Paulhan, the French- marv may compete in the machine with which he won the London-to-Mancester flight prize.. , . r '. s . The Wrights today said the terms of the New York-St Louis flight should allow week for the Journey. FORCE FIELDS III Leaders Would Have John B. Coffey Go After Field's' . Job. ' Determined to beat Frank S.' Fields for reelecfion to the county clerkship because, of his refusal" to come into the fold, the leaders . of 'The Assembly" have been working with John B. Coffey ror some time to shunt him out of his campaign for the secretary of state's efiloe 'and put him against Mr. Fields. The 'leaders; have assured Mr. Coffey that he can have the nomination for county clerk if he will get In the race under the asem!y banner against Mr. Fields. y :.;..v-.,- , . Mr. Coffey while willing to get under the banner says that he is still a candi date for secretary of state, . The county-clerks' office seems to be worrying the engineers of the assembly machine more than a little. Long ago overtures were made to F, 8. Fields to get him to come into the tent it being the desire -of the leaders t give the nomination to the strongest man ob tainable In order to bolster up the whole ticket. ' Fields turned i the proposition down and has announced that when he starts his campaign he will go to the people directly for his nomination. Because .of this -attitude the leaders want revenge. .They believe that they might get it with Coffey as a candidate against Fields. Coffey however does hot see it that way. He. Is going to take chances on the secretary of state's job although the cards seem to be stacked against him and it apparently is 4 case of take what is handed out or get nothing. -Warm -nt - Wal Ifrwar (Soeclal rHsDitct) to The Journal. Wallowa, Or., June 2. The highest temperature of the year was reached Tuesday when the thermometer regis tered 92 degrees, nas thought to be the Hottest May day- experienced $110,000 OFFERED FOR AIR FLIGHTS ASSEMBLY here in a number of years, - ; M. IIOEII III DIES AT PUDEilA Ve!l Known Authority on Art Had Been III for About, a Year. 1 Mrs. Hugh Hume, one of Portland's best beloved society women, died in Pasadena, Cal., this morning, after an illness of less than a year's duration. Mrs. Hume left Portland last winter in the hope that , the southern climate would aid her to regain her health. Her many friend here will hear of he death with the keenest regret Mrs. Hume came to Portland six years ago with -her husband, Hugh Hume, edi tor of the Spectator apd formerly editor of the San Francisco Post, and later Sunday editor of The Journal. v Her parents were Mrt and Mrs. Wil liam C. Brush. Her father came - to Oregon 20 years ago, and was one of the first settlers in Alblna. Her brother, George- De' Forrest Brush, Is a painter of world wide fame. lie is at present in Europe. - , v .. : Mrs. Hums was of a highly artistio nature herself, and was ..considered the first authority -on' art In the circle In which, she-moved, - She .was largely in strumental in founding the Arts and Crafts, club, and most of the beautiful displays of craftsmanship brought here from othertcltlcs were selected by Mrs. Hume. . . , ' Her husband and brother are the only Immediate relatives that survive. It is not known at present whether the re mains will be brought to Portland for burial ct interred-in California, III LOWER COURT Presiding Judge Upholds Valid ' Ity of License Feb Imposed' ; on Peddlers. - Uniformity of tax provisions of the state constitution do not apply to mu nicipal regulations of the city of Port land. This was the opinion . an ou heed by Presiding Judge Morrow in the cir cuit court this morning ; in a decision upholding the validity of the city law imposing a $600 license fee for hawkers within a restricted dlstrlot In the busi ness section of the city. c , v The effect of the decision Is that the city need pay no heed to equality of tax ation and license when the object of a measure is regulative, and not for reve nue purposes. Judge Morrow said it was clear to him the - purpose of the hawkers' -ordinance Is not to raise reve nue, but to regulate and restrict or possibly to establish a prohibitive rate. Such a purpose he held to be within the power of the city, under its charter. The restraining order heretofore is sued enjoining the collection of the li cense was ordered dismissed, and a de murrer -to the complaint In the case of Moses Krawes against the city sus tained. B. C. Spencer, attorney for the hawkers, gave notice of appeal to- the supreme court The next struggle will come over the question of collecting this tax while the case is on appeal. City Attorney Kavanaugh asked Spencer if he expected to keep the city from collecting , the license while the case Is on appeal, and Spencer replied that he did. Kavanaugh said he would protest against it as he believed the purpose of the appeal la to hold urhe operation of the ordinance as long as possible. Judge Morrow cut short fur ther discussion, ' saying- that question will be decided when it Is reached, but for the present the injunction is dis solved. BANG! BOOM! SHIPS - T0 ENGAGE IN BATTLE J. Cunllffe from New York. Pains pyrptechnical expert with a large force of men, is now at the Oaks, construct ing the floats ana snips mat win rep resent the great battle of the Monitor and Merrlmae to be given at the Oaks Monday, Wednesday and Friday during the Rose Festival. -h, The fight will take place directly 1n front of tho new boulevard, the most advantageous place from which to view this grand spectacle. Every detail 'of the . historical battle will be followed out to the letter. ' The water and Jsky will be a blase of light, quickly fol lowed by the thunderous crash of shot and shell. The ships will rock in a seething mass of flame and at the last a fearful explosion on board the Merrliriac will blow the entire top of the deck to pieces. . According to Mr. cunllffe, the dis play will rival any of the displays seen at Manhattan Beach or any other big Eastern resort . In fact, nothing In the west has- eyer been seen to equal it PLUCKY WOMAN BINDS HER BROKEN LEG The Dalles, Or., June 3. Mrs. . Ed ward Holcomb, who sustained a' broken leg by being thrown from a buggy last Sunday, displayed wonderful grit She was driving with her - cousin, William Long and both -were thrown from the buggy. Long lost Consciousness and Mrs. Holcomb thought him dead. Mr&i Holcomb dragged herself to where she could get some sticks with which to splint - her broken leg. Tearing her petticoat into strips she made a tem porary splint for the leg. She then returned to Mr. Long, who had regained consciousness. Some parties from The Dalles' chanced by where the injured people were, and brought them to. The Dalles. During the trip to town and while her broken limb was being dressed' at the hospital, Mrs. Holcomb would take neither . stimulants ; nor anaesthetics. . ..i .,:,'::.. ;,:'J:-. FINED FOR BAD ' TALK TO WOMAN . v . - u iiil.' . j 'i i ir i w 'For making insulting remarks about a Woman who has been preaching at Third and Alder streets, William M. Montague was fined $2 this morning in the-imwleipat Oeera--M lekwison was also arrested, and wilt be. given a nearinu r iiuuj, ; Patrolman J. P. Murphy heard Mon tague talking to the woman last even Ing in terms not considered good, and niared- him-junser arrest 'Mickelson in. terfereaj and' was -arrested. ffiKil'S "iiESr PASS IN REVIEW Men Who Guard City Make an Excellent Showing at In spection at Armory. Fatrolmao R, Hi. StahkjsV Patrolman Croxford. Portland police passed in review this morning before .Mayor Simon and the police commission at their annual in- soectton. -The affair was held at the Armory, and fully 800 people had gath ered to witness the' affair. , Captain John Moore, head of the detective de partment and drlllmaster,, has - been drilling the men for two months and had them lrt fine shape for the event. The uniforms, guns, clubs and geneia.1 appearance were the marks upon which the men were given points. After the inspection was over Mayor Simon made a short talk to the patrol men in which he referred to them as being "the best drilled In the country.-" He further complimented Captain Moore upon his handling of the drill work, and Chief Cox for; the conduct of the men in the department. Chief Cox responded in a few well chosen remarks. 4 The men were formed into live com- Danias of 40 men each. Captain Moore had charge of the battalion. Captains Baileyj Slover and Baty and patrolmen had charge of the other two companies. After the inspection, the battalion. headed by the police band, left the Ar mory and made a short march through the himlness' district. ' n .' ... Medals of honor have been awarded to Patrolmen Croxford and Stahl for brav ery in the discharge of their duty. Both men shot and killed two holdup men last winter. - -. v.--- S. A, Harms was put in charge of the police station while the Inspection was MEETING "WILL DISCUSS CARE OF OLD MEN The Portland branch of the United States Civil Service Retirement assocla tlon will hold a - meeting this evening In the assembly hall room of the Port land Commercial club to discuss . the subject of superannuation In the govern ment service. v. .- - . District Forecaster E. A. Beals of the weather bureau is president of the local branch. About 100 members' have al ready been enrolled, although organi zation has barely been effected, v Judge Robert 8. Bean of the United States district court and 'Harvey Beck- with, president of the Commercial club, will address the meeting this evening. Nearly adozen bills touching upon the subject of providing for old age of men In the government service binder civil service rules are now before congress, but the federal employes who' are get ting together to give the matter deeper study than heretofore, are working with a view of presenting a bill that will prove satisfactory la. every respect CAPITAL STOCK OF U, R. INCREASED Tntfp'"rrplfTiii"sinPtr(f I ( " 1 Trenton, N. J.. June 2. The VpTted Railways Investment company, eon- trolling the United Railways in San Francisco and Pittsburg, filed a cerilft cate with the secretary of stato today increasing its- capital stock from $60J mAfMM"AM& I ji ' 'j! '" ; " -'l- j v ) ;?S m-.rf , - i. f t -fc n ii ma. r :U 4 f 1 000,000 to $56,000,01)0. LEiII BUT W OF ROAD BUiLDIHG Government .Says Oregon Has, All Kinds of Material to Put in Better . Highways Lack of Knowledge Costly, Oregon nerds to lesrn how to build roads. After touring the'state In hd vocaoy at better built highways. Pro fessor Maurice O. .Eldrldgxi, governntent good roails expert, has reached the con- elusion that in point of available - road building material the Oregon owtortu. nlty for good roads building is the best in the United States. . ' But knOWlprilTA ! rtr.fl.lonf amnniv supervisors," said Professor Eldreflgc, -while In the Oregon Good Roads asso cta.tion office .this morning.' 'A road' built wrong is worte than if left alone. Willful ignorance rsults In mudholes. The condition is that people do not de--mand expert 'supervisors. The fact Is that, the supervisors are not skillfuh The effect is in poor roads that mini, mize development , ci a, uiiuii hub iy. n in niinwava M . . 1. i . .. . . A , , Is as valuable for development as a rail road. Railroad, building Is heralded In flaming headlines," and properly, but I have figures to show that permanent road building ig fully as important to the community, to the state, as tho rail road. Mile Costs $500Or- "Say a mile, of macadam rdad costs $6000. In enhanced wonertv values, ln - facilitated. transportation,' In develop ment or new ground, that mile of road Is worth $15,000 a mile to the community in which it is built In addition to the first cost which is regarded, as perma nent investment A mile of road costing &ouo, lruuiit. wrong, is a loss of $6000. In Washington county last year, for In stance, $100,000 was spent in road build ing. There Is not today a mile of good macadam road In the county.. Thar super visors simply did not know how to do the work.When ..aske4Jo attend the good roads meeting where the most ef-"" fectlve systems over, employed wore ex. plained by pictures and arguments, two" Washington county ; supervisors said they were too busy to come. Yet, if tney had come the .experience would have been worth six months' work to them, and would have given the county good roads, where now its people look upon $100,000 practical! y.ws ted. - VlVSll HOB ;UC. IJOl JUrtU building material In the-country. This Is the volcanic and basaltic rock. New York, great road building state, has the palisades of the Hudson to draw upon. But the" palisades ' of the Hudson are trifles compared with the palisades Of the - Columbia,.,,; r::;i -yj . i.'',..: j,s;-ii Oregon Has MateriaiiU'A.-;.. "Oregon probably has 8,000,000 times as much road building material as New York, and of a quality unobtainable by otljers. I approve the plan to em ploy convict lanor m road bunding, - A rock crushing plant could be" maintained in every county, by the state and coun ty convicts who now are an expense and ho profit to the people, r - : , 'l approve the plan-' to' adopt a consti tutional amendment permitting counties to Issue, if they choose, road building bonds. Almost all progressive states have this plan.' Judge Webster's plan in this regard Is neither visionary or un tried. V.V. . V; .. - "If the people of Oregon do not' build good roads right, while railroad enter prise and development Is active, then millions of dollars will be lost to the commonwealth. Upon a macadam road 60 bushels of wheat can be hauled where 10 wera hauled on the. dirt. road. The' cost Of transportation la. reduced proportionately.. ( "Between Jefferson Center and Dand Hdge, In Tennessee, there is a distance of 10 miles. The old dirt road had a 10 per cent grade and was full of mud holes. It was labor to haul 10 bushels of wheat In a load over it The road was changed and made of macadam; , kXL Improvement ' Made. -wcUU- "Fifty ' bushels . of wheat ' are how hauled in a load; the time for a trip reduced from a day to. two thirds of a day, the tonnage transportation cost reduced from 60 cents to 15 cents, and the , figures; based , on a. value of $3 a day'for.the ..team"..,: . -:: .'.i "This condition will hold good in Ore gon .as. in other places.. The campaign for good roads in this state Is to bear fruit; It is the only systematic good roads campaign ever undertaken In any state." . The interest awakened Jn the people is real, enthusiastic and perma nent. 'Our meetings are proving splen- : did successes. Judge Webster's plan for' county bonding and onvlct labor will be, as they should, adopted by the, voters. I look for great things in Ore gon. You have the material .and labor lyljtyvldle. . . You need the skill and the knowledge, and the government Is pre pared to go to any expense to 'furnish this." ... i- .f i ... .. ..... -,- . ) . Judge Webster and , Professor Eld red ge will, speak in Salem this after noon and at' Albany at night and day meetings tomorrow. The . Corvallis meeting wilt be held June 4; Eugene, June 6; Roseburg, June 7: Grants Pass, June-8; Jacksonville, June 10; Ashland, UUIJO IV, J1B cainiJHlgd Will ilirpcu In Medford June II. . ,' t . , ILLUSTRATED WEEKLY A. :, TELLS OF ROSE SHOW Town and Country, a. popular" Illus trated weekly publication, Issued In New York, London and Paris, this week con-v tains several photographs touching von Portland's Rose Festival. The pictures were furnished by the Portland Com mercial club. One ' picture shows a school children's Rose Festival parade and drill, another gives a picture of a number of members of the') Portland Hunt club in a cross country ride, while two other pictures show Miss Sally Leadbetter and Miss Lillian O'Brien on their favorite' mounts, "Oregon Boy" and "Flashlight" - Dalles Folk Banquet 'Special Dispute!! to Ths Journal.! . The' Dalles, Or., June . 2.-Tonlght some 250 Dallesltes will partake of a strawberry and cherry Junch at.HoteP Dalle, .under the auspices of the Busi ness Men's association. It Is the pur pose of the association to give similar lunches during the summer days and dedicate each day to some of the most popular fruits. - r Former CJovernor Mickey Dead. "flTfifffwr-i,esatfeiise(r"rWwe. 1 ' Omaha, Neb., ujne 2. John Hopwood Mfckey, governor of Nebraska from 1003 to 1906, died at his home today at Os- ceola, fieb. Death was caused by hard ening of the arteries. He had been un- ronsclou since last ' Sunday. The neral will probably I be held Sui Sunday.