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G. H.CtLLoi-jiJf I j w 1 1 i Ls'U:.;!ilihO ill) . it. ILiL i k'J. JO i UiSIUBE PARTY'S East Concedes Next President Should Be Democrat; Long - and Short Haul -Case Ar ' Cued in Washington. 1. N. Teal, counsel for the transportation-committee of the Portland cham ber of commerce, returned last night from Washington, where he presented arguments before the United States su preme cour$ on the "long and short hau!" cases. The commerce court some time aso reversed the rulings of the Interstate i commerce commission . In these cases and upheld the contention of Portland and other coast ports to the effect that (bey are entitled to the ben efits of the water competition offorded by their natural positions, and the mat ter was brought before the United States supreme court on appeal. ''The court gave three Judicial days to hearing; arguments," said Mr. Teal, "and from the deep interest taken by the members and especially bythe chief Justice and the tenor of the questions they propounded, while they furnish no guide to go by, it Is my opinion that the ruling of the commerce court Is go ing to stand, giving the coast ports the benefit of their natural advantages. The matter was taken under advisement," - SOUttosl Situation. '" Returning from Washington, Mr. Teal etopped off at many .of the larger cities, and questioned on, the political situation, Mr. Teal said: . -'- , : '.'The political situation is at a white V heat and apparently getlng hotter every : day. .Especially so the campaign for . the contest between President Taft and Colonel Roosevelt. Many straw, votes are taken -by leading newspapers, and in every Instance, whatever value may be placed thereon, Colonel Roosevelt is far in the lead except in me state or Wisconsin."' A very interesting i straw 1 vote was that taken by a syndicate of newspapers, the. voters giving expres sion to first and second choice. Among the . Republicans,.. Roosevelt was first ohoice, with Wilson second, and among the Democrats, Wilson was first- with .Roosevelt prominent as second. This Indicated to me that the party lines a"e not very strongly drawn. I am simply stating certain facts from 'Which every one can draw his' own conclusions. I am expressing no personal opinion, but state simply what appears as interest ing facts. As for the Democrats, it is the universal opinion that no one but a progressive can be elected. Th'a seems .certain. ' Wilson Bert Man. "I have no hesitancy in saying, that Woodrow Wilson should be the Demo cratic candidate, and I believe he will be. It is conceded In the east that un- - less the Democrat make fatal blun der, the next president will be a Dem ocrat v I don't believe a reactionary Decomrat can be elected, for from what .. one heart , the Pe'mbcrats will not sup. port a reactionary Democrat against a. progressive Republican. . -I r "If we are alive to the situation out here, we should urge Senator George B. Chamberlain Into the race for the vice presidency, He Would stand an excel lent opportunity for the honor. No other candidate has yet been brought Into the field, and as the presidential candidate will be from the east, It would only be fair to have a western ' man for vice president Woodrow "Wil son and George E. Chamberlain would be a . very strong; ticket" ; " Mr. Teal said be was pleased to learn that the west extension of the Umatilla irrigation project is to be carried out ; i. Project to Go Ahead. "This now seems to be a go, although the department having charge of Indian affairs had sent for the papers, as they got the notion, that somehow in some way the Indians might be concerned." said Mr. Teal. "As they cannot be af fected In any way it Is a fair assump tion that within a reasonable time this spool of red tape will be unwound and -the project will go ahead. It will be a great thing for Oregon, for it means more farms and real farmers. "I confess I was greatly surprised when I read the papers giving the ac count of the reception of the news here that no one seemed to remember that Senator Chamberlain had .been working " In season and out of season to get this project adopted. They seemed to for- get what Governor West did as well. I only refer to this as about the only satisfaction one can get In their posl- tlon is an occasional 'well done' along - with the "-continuous fault finding and kicking at what they don't do. Any how, it looks as though we had won out and everybody ought to be reason ably happy." , Panama Canal Tolls. In regard to Panama tolir Mr. Teal said: "This is almost as Uve;a subject as is before congress. While the house bill la said to fix all tolls, at 11.25 per net ton, it isn't la w yet On the con trary, I believe by persistent work do- . mestlc commerce will secure the recog nition to which It is entitled. We are making headway all the time. Senator Bristow's bill now providos for a toll of 25 cents on domestic tonnage - and a very powerful and influential mem' ber of congress, who is In favor of tolls, voluntarily suggested that he could be willing to se our raw products, like lumber, fruit, salmon, wool, etc, and like natural products from the Atlan tie side. Including ' steel products, canned goods and articles of common - consumption,- carried - free of toll. ; pro fessor , Johnson's report to my notion, - in some particulars, Is far from satis factory to those who. beilsve In the 'development of American colnmerca.. I had a two hours' talk with him abput It It Is, needless to say on many tilings we didn't agree. v In his report he, of course, does not assume to say wnat tne toils should be. but does say domestic shipping can stand the high ions wnue, loreign shipping from Eu rope to the far east will have to be , ciiargea low tolls to divert it from oth er routes, ;' : i i : '',, . American Bottoms. - ' , "The Post Of Washington, in review ing his report says: 'As he presents the case, the toll on American bottoms : should be, the highest of any, with a maximum oof $1.60 a ton, scaled down in . favor of foreign shipping to meet com' petition by the old routes to the Pacific via Tehuantepec, Suez, Cape Horn and Cape of Uood Hope. The preconceived ' idea has been that American ships should be exempt from canal charges.' : I am quite certain, however, the people of this country will never acquiesce In a policy that the canal was built to. collect tolls or to build up the trade of other natiQaa or that Jolls are to be made to protect - the rail rates. .. Professor Johnson also favors throwing the canal open to. all B&ips,' railroad owned or otherwise, and to put them alt under the Jurisdiction of the commission. I am strictly opposed To loth" Ideas.' "FlrsC! do" nSf believe , railroads should be allowed to own or operate competing steamer lines, and second, I do not believe water craft ,,lLo 5iULh ui CfiESE RECOVERED The integrity of Wong Chong. a Van couver farmer, who declared that he did not want 4is son to be a thief, resulted in the recovery yesterdatf afternoon by Detectives Day and Hyde of diamonds valued at .'(7000, belonging to Miss Pearl Linden, East Third street and Hol ladaf avenue, which were stolen last Wednesday afternoon by liyear-old Wong Chong Sing. The return of the diamonds war ef fected when promise was made to prom inent Chinese st the city that the boy would not be prosecuted for the theft, and when Immunity was promised, the diamonds were Immediately forthcom ing. . Wong Chong Sing has been befriended by Miss Linden and her mother. Dr. Emma Linden, now deceased, and has been a frequent visitor art the Linden home. Last Wednesday, the young Chi nese called at the home while Miss Lin den was 111 in her bed. The jewels were under the woman's pillow, and had been shown to the boy. Miss Linden fell asleep about 4 o'clock and when she awakened at o'clock the jewels were missing. The young Chinese boy was not suspected until Friday night when after careful search of the house had been made, it was shown that he must have been the one who took the jewels. Thursday night Detectives Day and Hyde were informed that a boy known as Wong was suspected. Later the father of Wong Chong Sine;, the farmer ait Vancouver, had seen his son bury something in the garden patch and he went at once to the spot -and dug up the bag containing the jewels. He asked the son where he obtained them and when the boy confessed, the father attmpted to have the boy return the valuables. This he refused to do, fearing punishment i - s The father, however, determined not to allow his son to profit by the theft and took he matter up with the same party to whom the detectives went for in formation. It was then that negotia tions that ended in the recovery of the jewels, were carried out Miss Linden refused to sign the- com plaint against the boy and agreed to pay the expenses attending the recovery of ner jewel. Yesterday afternoon Detec tives Day and Hyde went in an auto to the ranch owned by the father, and the Jewels were turned over to them. "Let er buck that Oregon First' ex cursion, and count myself, and wife in for the special train for San Francisco that leaves Portland the afternoon of March 12. Enclosed find check for $75 to pay for tickets and sundries,' wrote W. T. Wright of Union to the committee on arrangements,. In a letter received inis morning, . , . In' the same mail was the pledge of four representatives from Tillamook and ten from Klamath Falls, .i t: ;.'. This number; added to 25 new reser vations received by the committee from Portland folks, was- reperted to show the sustained interest in the "Oregon First" excursion and the likelihood that two special, trains would be required to carry the crowd that will aid in the se lection of the site for the Oregon build tag. The Oregon Panama-Pacific expo' sttion commission, fof which Julius L, Meier is chairman, has secured. the first choice of all Bites.'-.-.: 'A -.-':...'..-!' ' a. Committees on "personal calls" com menced work this morning. They will visit the business men who are In doubt about the terms of the excursion or who have been expected to attend and have not been heard from. J. Fred Larson, chairman of the committee on arrangements in the absence of George M. Hyland, spent the day checking over the reservations that have been made. and ascertaining Just how many have been definitely signed up .for the ex cursion.. T E ' " "" (TTnltcl Pfmi lmnA Win. i Seattle, Wash.. March 4. After speak ing to three great audiences here Sat urday and Sunday, William J. Bryan left last night for Spokane. At Dreamland rink before an audience of 6000. he made the biggest hit of his visit here by declaring, "The time has come when the people must know who own the newspapers,", , ,;." In speaking of himself. Bryan said "Ordinarily one burial Is enough for one man. - Why is it then, that I still live after three burials? It Is because I stand for the thingstheTeople be neve in. They don't live because of me, dui i live Dee ansa or tnem." should be put under the jurisdiction of the Interstate Commerce commission. Just how they would fix a rate W fit-alt vessels ana under all conditions and en force it Is a puzzle. If It Is desired to prevent competition it is Just the thing to do. "When it comes to a vote I will hfu ard the guess that mighty few repre sentatives or senators will vote to han dicap domestic commerce and favor the foreign commerce of other nations. am glad to say there are sig;is In a goon many airecuons mai .. wniia . we stilj -enjoy carrying the "white man's burden' and oefng the international al trolst it is still the part of wise statesmanship to. look after our own concerns, our own , commerce and our own people. At any rate, a good many of us are quite willing to put in some of our time working for our pwn coun try and we think the Panama oanal Is a good place to commence. It be longs to us, we paid for It and' we built It, and our own people should have every legitimate benefit of its use." . .', Relative to the rivers and harbors bill, Mr. Teal said: : "I tried to get a copy of the rivers and harbors bill before leaving but did not succeed. I am told the house bill will carry from $25,000,000 to 127,000, 000. It will certainly be increased In the senate and I believe when finally passed we will be reasonably well cared tor; Mr. Ransdell of the house committee, and soon to be senator from Louisiana, is doing all he can in Bafe' guarding our interests. e is certain ly a good friend of the northwest. If goes without eaying our own' delega tion is doing all it can." Heavy RainB in California, Los - Angeles, March 4. Brisk - rains throughout southern California through out the night turned into a downpour UaanjuecctfaHBpdaynda BRYAN SAYS HE STANDS -FORWHATMEN BELIEV ' ' :-"-r - . are unanimous In declaring s that the 1912 crops are sa.fe. The fair was gen eral throughouti soutWern California, More rain was predicted for today, ;lU.;;.V';,'Vv:.:X j .::5''4 ..' vw-tju i;g w o; II MM LAW Nottingham, in Statement Is sued. Today, Says Dema gogues by-Misrepresentation, Caused Change in Pian As forecasted by The Journal last Sat urday, the-RpubHcan state committee's special committee named to bring about a test of parts of the presidential pri mary law has decided to quit AfUr instructing the committee to bring the contest, the advice of prominent Re publicans was given heed and It was agreed that a fight In court would be inexpedient. , In a statement today Chairman C W. Nottingham of the Republican state LcOmmittee ' says the demagogues who misrepresented the effect of the pro posed test are to blame for abandon ment of effort In that direction. He says the committee was also misrepre sented In that it did not Intend to test the law . unless the Democratic state committee would Join. . In fact however, the Republican state committee Instructed its committee to proceed with the contest without refer ence to any contingency, v Nottingham's Statement. Later in the meeting C. E. Cochran of La Grande suggested that the Demo cratic committee be invited to Join, and said he would be opposed to taking ac tion unless the Democrats came under the' same .umbrella, While other mem bers of the committee thought it would be well to Invite the Democrats, the In structions to the special committee were not changed, and it was left with power to "go ahead, with or without the Demo crats. . - - - . Chairman Nottingham's statement Is as iouows: "To the Editor of The Journal In re gard to the state central committee's ac tion in testing the constitutionality of the presidential primary law, I wish to state that the committee never had any intention of trying to have the en tire law set aside; but only that part which disfranchises the voters: There are 10 delegates to be elected to- the na tlonal convention and .. each voter can vot for only one delegate as the law now stands. - There are five electors to be elected to the electoral college and we can only vote" for one. Every man who has an Interest in the outcome, we think, ought to vote for the whole num ber to be elected. Otherwise, we have no chance to express our choice, except as to one delegate or elector, Multno man county will elect five senators next fall, and it would be just as reasonable tosay that each voter could Only vote for one senator. If one man was verv popular, he might' receive all the votes cast except 20 and these 20 votes would elect the other, four. aenators.- Committee Sivided. '"We have been misrepresented as a committee by certain people assuming that we stood for Taft It is likely that the committee is divided, . All we can do is to stand for the choice of , the people as it will be expressed at the polls, and we were only insisting that the people should have an opportunity of expressing their choice fully instead of one filth or one tenth of their choice. Certain people have assumed that all the people who preferred Roosevelt were In favor or this part of the law which disfranchises the voters In part I have talked with many supporters of Roose velt and have fottnd only one who thinks this part of the law is as it should be. I have also talked with many Democrats and have not found a single one who thinks this part of the law right The demagogues are.in a terrible strait when they, have to resort to such misrepre sentation to accomplish their ends. "Some of the candidates for the na tional convention are declaring them selves for Roosevelt It would be Just as logical for a Statement No. 1 man to declare himself for some one man for the United States senate. What he should do to be consistent is to say he will support . the people's choice. An other point in which the committee has been misrepresented Is that we contem plated testing this part of the law our selves. " When the truth is that we de cided not to commence the suit unless the Democratic state central committee would join us. I went to see the chair man to see if they would do so and he said that he was personally opposed to this part of the law, but was satisfied that his committee would not act with us, ; In view of the demagogues we have to contend with and their persistent ittTh representation, we have concluded that we can stand It to be disfranchised in part if the rest can. . , 'U W. NOTTINGHAM. "Chairman Republican State Central Committee." EMMET'S IiP . BE HONORED TONIGHT One hundred and thirty-four years ago today Robert Emmet, Irish patrjot was born. In, , memory of the -event members of the local lodge of Ancient Order of Hibernians will give an enter tainment tonight at the Woodmen Of the World hail, 128. Eleventh street. The public will be made welcdme. John Fleming Shields will deliver the prin clpal address. Other local speakers and musicians will take part in the program. The committee having the affair In charge, is composed of D. W.' Lane, John Beckman and M. J. Murname. WILL DIRECT WORK OF r THE HUMANE SOCIETY Joseph E, Rudersdorf. humane onran IzatTbn expert, arrived in Portland this morning from Spokane and started at once upon his work for the Oregon Hu mane society, Mr. Rudersdorf has been engaged to systematize and better or ganize the state humane society, and It is hoped that sufficient Interest wilt be aroused In his efforts to keep him permanently engaged. Mr. Rudersdorf has been engaged in humane work . for 20 years, and was Instrumental in or ganizlng many of the horse Owners' as soclations in the northwest, Roosevelt "Friend of Cause." United Press Leaned W!r. " Oyster Bay, N.'.X.,' March 4.-Much In terest Is felt here today in the state ment made by Colonel Roosevelt of his reasons for -becoming a - candidate- for the Republican presidential' nomination. "I don't care about the nomination personally," Roosevelt said, ;"but I care cause. , , J ne principle oi government demanded by the whole people must be carried out and I. am going to do all I can to help." OUT FOR CONGRESS George B. Cellars, former memtjer of the city council, has made up his mind not to be a candidate for the Republi can nomination for congress. It Is to be a strenuous campaign," he said, "and to make the fight would Involve a considerable sacrifice of my personal Interests. For personal and business reasons I have finally decided not to be a candidate. -1 hope ' th situation will not be so complicated With candidates that Congressman! Laf- ferty will be renominated. I am chiefly nterested In securing a good man In his place.", . " Three candidates are announced thus far, Judge C. U. Gantenbein, Ralph C. Clyde and Laffertyr- Sheriff Robert L. Stevens is still oeing tamea sdou.i, ana has given no definite word. . This morn ing it is reported a new candidate is being . groomed and will be produced within a few days. --, .' .; - Before Judge Bean In federal court this morning, Aleck McArthur, accused of engaging in the white slave traffic, was given six months in the county Jail upon pleading guilty of tneorrense. McArthur was brought Derore tne court for arraignment last week. He asked then for a postponement .until the court could furnish him counsel. He said he was penniless. This morning he threw himself on the mercy of the court "! His Btory, as told by Assistant United States District Attorney Walter Evarts, was that he met ; the woman, Llllle Wright 1ti British Columbia, and it. was loye at first sight although the woman was maitled. She insisted on accom panying him. , , ; The two. went to Seattle and then to Tacoma.'"1rfcArthur could not secure work. The woman refused to accept his last 70 cents to spend in getting to friends. They started and tramped together the distance from Tacoma to Portland.-Then she had pneumonia. He secured but a little work, and presently as the story wasf told: "Llllle said she wouldn't Bee us go hungry and I didn't have the backbone and the nerve to stop her. She had never done anything like that before," McArthur admitted that he was but 23 years old, and the woman 19. In lm posing sentence Judge Bean said he would not require him to wear a reion s garb this time, and' recommended that when he gets out of Jail he seek 're spectable employment and associates, and thajt he try and make good. i. .fll 111 ASAUD A- & wu ..w..v.-i.i... Hoboken, N.-J.s-Maroh 4. The- eoro- ner's office today entered a searching Investigation Into the death of S-year- old Louise Oplceilo, daughter of a fish dealer, who died of alcoholism en route to tne nospitaj. Whose Flies A tunic SUSlfER PLEADS GUILTY GETS 6 MONTHS rtoUw"(Mtucii " t rx. fci''V-w''gtai!'A--i J'A i 9 t 1 dr fiwtsw..' i" v""-T;r.w.1ir,ffww.i)M.l,,,i.iil,MLU)iii j. . ji wwa. ''JflaiLaafe!" p 'ti fP' ' - Mjssr- . 1 . " v .' " I wiiM), i 1 t ',' '."'.'''.''''''''' ' Hi'' ' ' i Ladns'ra!mdr:Mnsi'"'T'''": ,J - . . 1 Q . M(D)W m Display:. fl;. mil I if claims imp James West Has Hard Fight for Life at Schooner Point, . Near Newport. . (Sprctil to "ft Journal. Ne,wport.Or.r"March 4. James West a rancher in the Salraon river district had a narrow escape from , drowning Sunday afternoon at Schooner Point four miles north of Newport West had been to Newport Saturday for initia tion into the Oddfellows and left for home about 10:30 Sunday, arriving at the Point Just at high tide. Trying to round it he was rolled off his horse and had hard struggle to gain safety. He was badly . bruised and cut by logs and rocks. The horse was found by Frank Fogarty, who headed a searching party from Agate beach. For two hours the search for West's body was kept up. West himself ap peared, hunting for his horse. West was - badly used up - and had lost his hat,, money and gun besides some pro visions tied to the saddle. At the same place Rev. F. O. Jones had a like experience several weeks ago. Mr. jonea was knocked from his horse and was only saved from drown ing by clinging tor two hours on the cliff. MARCH GRAND JURY IS EXCUSED FOR PRESENT - The - March grand Jury was aelncted this morning In the circuit court and excused until 'called by the district at torney, who announced there is no work at present for the Jury. The Jurors are: H. V. Baroford, 347 Washington street; E. Wallace, '60S Alder street; M. a Banfield, 693 Vista avenue; A. G. Lambert Gresham; Manuel Hallock, 69 East Seventy-second street, north; H. IL. Walker, 661 East Davl street and E. D. Hamilton, 680 Quimoy street , Of the 136 men drawn on the March Jury, 37 were excused from service Various excuses were given by the men, of which the common one wss the ne cessity of neglecting their regular busi ness if they were compelled to serve on the Jury. . E. ,D. Ulrick. an attorney, agreed to serve ' two weeks to get the experience of a Juror. P. J. Rath, a plasterer, was excused because he could make more money at his trade L. A. Lamere was excused for a similar rea son. - "- ; ' SINNDTT NOT LENDING V AID TO SENATOR BOURNE N.' J. Blnnott a candidate for the Re publican nomination for congress in the Second district telephoned from Pendle ton this- morning a denial of the report that he is interesting himself in the candidacy of Jonathan Bourne for United States senator. "I am making my own ' campaign," aid Mr. Sinnott "and am letting oth ers do the same. I anv taking no part In the senatorial fight." . ; n .nils ( ?k- - "Come, Spring! She comes, on waste and wood, ; On farm and field; but enter also here, Diffuse thyself at will thro' all my blood, , And, tho' thy violet sicken into sere, . N Lodge with me all the year! . Hail, ample presence of a Queen, Bountiful, beautiful, apparell'd gay, mantle, every shade of glancing back in fragrant breezes to display white as May!" to.$(S; Coaft89-'$lS to EEJM SELLSMG REACH mi TODAY (Boceial t Tb JonrnaLl Salem, Or., March 4. Six candidates filed for office today. C. P. Stayton of Portland. Republican, filed for rail road commissioner of the Second dis trict. . . Frank H. Reynolds . of Portland, Re publican, as delegate to the conven tion. : - jClarence M. Rynerson of Portland, Re publican, for delegate to the conven tion. . Gilbert W. Phelps of Pendleton, Re publican, for Judge of the circuit court of Morrow and Umatilla. J. E. Marks of -Canyon City, Repub lican, for district attorney of the Ninth district comprising Grant Harney and Malheur. Frank L. Toung of Paisley, Democrat for state senator for Crook, Klamath and Lake.' Advertising for a husband does not pay, declared Mrs. Charlotte A. Jowett who waa Mrs. . Northup, 137 Chapman street this morning. She gave it a good trial and advises against It W. T. Jowett who has known her for several years, became her husband this morn ing shortly after 9 o'clock. Judge Olson of the Justice court performed the cere mony, and the . couple will, make . their home In The Dalles, where Jowett is engaged in, the tinning business. - Mrs. Jowett decided early last fall that she wolud like to have a husband. An advertisement to this effect was in serted in the daily papers. In reply to this a roan giving the name of Charlie Golly asked her to marry him. The woman consented, and the wedding date was set two days later. Golly agreed to have his friend, whom he claimed was a Justice of the peace, perform the cere mony at the Chapman street home of the woman. The friend appeared and asked the woman If she wished to marry i Golly, to which she replied she did. This waa the ceremony offered by the alleged Justice of the peace. Exception' was taken to this form, and the result was that Mrs. Northup ordered both men out of the house. . . Several other applications were re ceived by the woman, but none of them sulfced her. Jowett learned of her desire to be married and made a trip from The Dalles a few days ago to get further information. The result was the mar riage, this mornlng. : " Taft Campaign in Chicago. - - (Special to The JoorntH ' . .Chicago, March 4. Heny L. Stimson, secretary of war, will be the principal speaker at a mass meeting at Orchestra hall tomorrow night, which 1b to mark the opening of the Chicago campaign for the renomlnatlon ot PrealdentTaft Four days later the campaign will be given a further Impetus by the visit of President Taft himself to speak at the annual meeting of the Illinois Swedish American Republican league. "" green, WIN mm MARRIED i? r ut u rfBb- l TTk V. li ilUihiiiiii iiuu Says Commercial Club Which Accuses Him Was Formed : Solely to Fight the County Court for Selfish Ends. (Slni Bnreaa of The Journal.) "". Salem, Or., March . In reply to charges made against him by the Klam ath Falls Commercial club,. County Judge W. S. Worden has sent a letter ... ."1 , , r .. . . tlon. "The Commercial club consists of about 30 members out of (000 popula tion and was organised purposely to fight the county- court and the pro posed location of the new courthouse site," says the Judge.' "To do this they are willing to give the county a bad reputation abroad as to finances, to ac cuse this body of maladministration and extravagance and to do anything which will assist them to gain their selfish ends." ..-.y : , Judge Worden says a year ago 1 he found he had inherited from a former -county court a poor farm entirely in adequate, located on a dry hillside, where sick and healthy were confined in a room together. "At our firstjnspectlon we found In this room, mingled with other inmates, one person dying with tuberculosis, the germs from spittle being rampant ev erywhere," he sas. . "This was Intol erable for a county with almost 316, 000.000 on its tax roll : Judge Worden says the land bought of his father. was worth $125 an acre. Ha says $561 was spent for improve ments on the old farm Instead of $2000, as charged. He denies that his father sold half of the old farm for $4000, and submits a reoort of the rrand iurv which Investigated and approved the sale of the old farm and the purchase of the new. He admits he and the commissioner? took a trip to Portland to attend the county Judges' and commissioners' con vention and charged the cost te th county. He admits the drug bills for the county poor of $1000 for last year, but says they now have their own sup ply at the new infirmary. He Justifies the sale of county war rants at a discount as an effort to keep the tax rate7 down because of the farmers In the reclamation district be low Klamath Falls, .who are paying $3.75 an acre each year for water. "We think we made a magnificent showing last year when we placed this county in debt about $120,000 durina that season for the cause of good roads," he Bay8,-...-L: . He sums up by saying the trouble Is over the location of the . new court house. He says he favors accepting the offer of the Klamath Development com pany to give five acres for a Bite at th east edge of town, wnlch the club al leges is outside -of the. county seat lim its. He says the club opposes It be cause its members have property adja cent to the present courthouse.