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j THE OREGON SUNDAY ' JOURNAL PORTL ANfl, . SUNDAY MORNING. AUGUST 17, 1913. it Y ,0 DAIRYING AND RAISING OFtHOGS taking place OF SHEEP INDUSTRY New' Methods Introduced' in Wallowa Country by Expert, , Agriculturist. That another stronghold of the sheep is now awing way i o.ry..i ..u production of hogs Is declared in tne an. nual resort of Floyd W. Rader. expert agriculturist working in Wallowa eouiv- ty under, the direction of the Jepart- ment of ' agriculture and the Oregon- Washington Railroad & Navigation com- par.y. This report, which was made public last night' by the traffic depart men t or tne ranroaa company. n" that with only one year of work. Mr. KaderTas made great headway in se- curing diversified farming In one of the valleya. long the disputed realm of the neci iuau. - Some 250 farmers are now selling ' for "cream to the creameries, it 11 h. E. Reinhart. B. U Sears. John 'aald. They are milking over 1200 cowa, It -mm.- r m xinri n,..tv a wi. , and the agriculturist saysthat . this number, will be doubled within the next year. V oairymcn are Buying pure oreu -cattle, testing to eliminate unproflta- : ble-cows and keeping accurate records r of -what their herds are doing. The i valley is well watered and feed is abun- . . dant and silos will be built to secure an adequate supply of winter feed Xoff Industry Growing, The : valley is now sending several thousand head of hogs to market an- nually. Mr. Rader. has aided the swine growers in selection of stock, advised Bloxham. Gertrude Phillip. J. H. Han as to the tare of young animals, their I sen, Carolyn Allen, H. M. Lacy, Fred housing and arrangeing for correct methods of feeding and fattening. Among important things done has been ina aetermtmng or Hie rood value of skimmed milk in conjunction with grain and the conducting of tests to find the value of . different foods as pork pro . Uucing rations. weiiowa valley was once, a large; sheep grating section. Beginning this fall feeding methods win ts changed, waste eliminated and records kept. These records are to be .....,.uh ,n, usriuuuurisi, wno win iiiua oe aoie to give valuable data to all Interested. Records of feeding beef steers are being kept. A great deal of Interest In tha poul- try industry as a side line to other larming. operations has been aroused. Seed Tests la Schools. Mr, Rader ha' Impressed land own- era with the Importance of selecting nunuern grown varieties or seed as be- ing particularly adapted to the condi- iions. n win introduce seed testing in in rurai scnoois mis ran and during could make the changes after the board the coming spring and have all grain, of equaliiation had completed Ita ses rssv legume n vegetable seeds from sion. This, it Is considered. Would place .,, i"-iUri nuinor piant- 1 Airrr;.K.. :. ... . 4 .i i-li...:; r" u" ' 5 "" imnam I Or soma time, DUt was not tried ta in. .t i the uplands until last season. Kale and marrow cabbara wm nran. i tlcally untried until this snrlnr Th growing of these Is advocated to fur - S nish succulent food for dairy cattle hogs and chickens, for late fall and s y winter feedinr. 1 Corn growing has been urged and 50 s men are giving it a trial. lAst year two farmers reported yields :V of SO bushels ef field Delia to h o-. , One man bag 'seeded 60 acres to peas m au irmigr wqeai ai tne same time. I' ... rnea la4t ""on for the 5 i,m ve return of 31 bush- i seea, ana one-naif ton of straw jr VKI .sen, 8 SMssa Are Offered. 'While it Is claimed Trult cannot be J grown suoessfully. thfre are family or- p , w:uus proaucmg nign grade fruits and I the planting of such an orchard and j- berry fields on every farm is urged in the report. Mr- Radar is also telling how t con- 3 serve soil moisture, the method of hand- j- ling first-year sods and advising as to , m icviutiun ana orainage r uwi lonni ne ornn ini i 5. .livestock Judging m each of the four 5 SSu25y h eh choo'. nd had a total of r ZL. " "cno' ooys under instruction inis worB attracted in mnrh tl.i,ii.n I i!mt. Ahe couny court offers for the first time cash prises for students wln- n , m vtmwa iu a siuaent livestock Judg. mg contest to be held at the county fair r Lct?brr- A Bl,ver ,ov,n cup ' io " "e-r1 5.0r tne team v members j, "iu ui( me nign school whose S' !"m ,he e,t "cor l th con- . h. wvot. awu iir. Z The work of this agriculturist of the Kovernment and the O.-W. R. & N. has 5 been a stimulus to adding a regu ar 3 course in agriculture In the high 3 5!C. 0?'-. ThB iliKh uhtf0 Enterpflse 4 completed arrangementa for a t c?ur? fall under a regularly em f ployed instructor. Other SchooU aT, - sxpected to- Jolnln the work. I BEATIE AND BLAIR I RECALLED BY BIG I CLACKAMAS VOTE . " (Continued From Pago One.) & P"Pr. who has supported the recall vg- orously and who was Indicted recently t because of utterances concerning the county court, waa carri.rt hrn.,-C .L! streets. on the shoulders of friends to- day 1'h precinct vote st 11 nvi. v the following results. Bustle. And rs n. Bl'r. Bmith. Col ton '. 6 37 6 37 48 J5 82 38 SJ 4 137 131 70 61 ' 100 35 85 158 H 78 74 61 63 26 108 7 42 36 3d 25 118 78 33 125 Hj 61 66 107 52 2X 27 70 20 88 133 T 145 37 70 45 54 55 83 34 32 17 110 44 12? .33 63 33 87 14 I 35 130 2 25 17 61 ,31 '71 ia n Or. Cy.. Ward it! Marquam . as Or. Oy Ward 3 S5 Molalla .132 Oak Grovn ... kq 46 65 24 137 72 103 88 16 ' 72 60 108 4 2 37 123 20 2 124 62 66 32 21 133 14 68 55 100 31 lift 122 100 8 133 31 , 6 33 78 Abernathy 85 Or. Cy.. No. 2.. 164 Sr-5;'y. No. 1.. 84 W. Oregon City 65 Maple Lane ..21 ' Willamette ... 69 Hunnyelde 35 Harding ...... 2) Bondy 145 Oswego gi Hearthetone ..122 Milk Creek ... 45 Genera 05 Wllhoit 34 Tualatin 6 Jny ;., 87 Kstacada ' 68 Damascus .... 38 Kagie Creek . . 43 Weedy.,,., , 48 Harlow 3S Highland ..... n Weaver Creek . 44 rew Kra ...... 29 Hull Itun ..... 16 Macksburr ... 24. Pleasant 11111 . 25 'enema It ...., i)fi Kimlim .'.,,, 68 Clackamas . . i II w 1 II" 1 ors' Sale Latest and vfry. finest flayer Pianos sacrificed. See announcement big Indiana factory fails. Fourth page, section one, in j tiruo ;; , , . I mm MEDICOS PASS EXAMINATI Sixty-five New Doctors Now Eligible to Take Out State Licenses. . Sixty-five of 87 physicians who took the state examinations held July 1, t, 8, passed and are now eligible to taks out Oregon licences, according to a re- P made by the state board of naedi- med!cine. and 14 as osteopaths. The next examinations will begin the first Tuesday In January. At this time those desiring to qualify as anes- thetista as provided by law must pre- sent proper credentials to the medical board. I Th muin? th miiri mina- - ton wert: rrB. ward Fisher. T. T. Manisr, L. L. Chandler, T W. Watts, j,. M Bouvy W. J. Marshall. Charles R r,.p. rri a w.ih u.itr w Lott. U C. Melvln, T. H. Cof fen. Rufus htfagoon Jr.. U D. Gass, U W. Brooke; I M. Truehoart. Gearse K. Henton Dick tr n v'.vimurS Mitrtim. iCenu- rOSco" Cahill. W. H. Hickman. w Macpherson. E. V. Sheaf e, Claude E. Morrison. Georce Klnar. Charles D. Houser, L. M. Spalding, J. Hayaishi. I. E. Barrett," 1 von B. Bellinger, Katherine D. Mahoney, E. II. Strelt. W. B. Neal W. H. Williamson. J. O. ritt. M. U Barnhart, E. A. Noyes, V. R. Abraham C. H. Smith, M. J. M. Porter. P. U New myer. R. E. Schmidt, Cecil E. Brous, E. J. Crowthers, C. W. Bobbins and W. H. Norton. Those passing the osteopathic exam- Inatlon are: Drs. Clarence Day, Harry Wilson, Charles H. Pontlng, David J. Fasching, A. O. Waller, Charles A. Sears, W. W. Illsley, Eva S. Walker and Elisabeth E. Smith SHERIFF EMPOWERED TO MAKE CHANGES IN TAX ASSESSMENTS (Continued From Paza One.) i cnanges wnen sucn win result in -es- tablishlng the assessment as it should be legally and validly. The clause which authorises this power Is. In the opinion of the attorney general, the provision In th0 law passed by the last legisla- ture to the effect that the tax collector may make changes which will make the assessment "conform to the facts In whatever may be necessary to make I m assessment regular ana valid. Under this opinion the tax collector would have this power at any time, ami the sheriff or tax collector in prac- "cy the position of the board. nd would give him similar power, wtnmt m.. I "n ol Attorney General Crawford bases his P'nlon in this particular on" the con struct ions placed on similar provisions !ln regard to increasing assessments Mr. Crawford states that such a change can- nt b made without due notice to the person whose assessment is to be raised. The opinion holds that the use of affidavits as a means of bringing Irreg ular or illegal assessments to the at tention of the sheriff Is permissible, even though the statute authorising this means of presenting the facts has been repealed. The means of bringing such complaints to the attention of the tax collector is regarded by the attor- Vey general as immaterial under the amended statute. He says that the af fidavit can be considered good evidence under the statute under discussion. The last provision of the opinion deals with the question of cancellations of as sessments of property exempt from tax ation. When it is discovered that mien property was assessed through mistake, according to the opinion, the sheriff has the power to cancel the assessment and note the correction on the tax roll. "The effect of this opinion is revolu tionary," declared Assessor Reed. "It goes further than I had expected. Whether it would be upheld by the courts Is a question which I would gladly see determined." District Attorney Evans also said that he would be glad If a court deci sion could be had. He said that he would not venture an opinion as to tii soundness of Attorney-Genrai Craw ford's views until he had had oppor tunity to study the opinion and look uj authorities on the question. The opinion Is as follows: Opinion Is Submitted. "Salem, Or., Aug. 14. Henry B. Reed, Assessor of Multnomah county: "You have submitted for my opinion various questions based upon the in terpretation of Section 3678, Lord's Ore son Laws. The same was umokled tn 1S13, by chapter 184, QeneralLaws, page 333, which reads as follows: Whenever the tax collector .dlscov ers that any property has been assessed more than once for the Barm: year, he Khan collect only the balance due there on, and shall make return to the county court or tne balance as double assess ment, and shall be properly credited therefor; and whenever at any stage of the collection of taxes, the officer hav ing charge of the rolls shall discover errors or omissions of any kind therein he may properly correct the same to conform to the facts In whatever man ner may be necestiary to make such assessment, tax or other proceeding re ulcr and valid, such correcting to be made in rc-ii Inh. or otherwise dlstln gulshed, and to be signed with tho, ini tials of the officer making the same and the date of such correction, I will attempt to answer your Ques tions in tne order in which they ap pear. '. First What kind of corrections mnv the 'tax collector make in tha rolls under Section 3678 in order that the same shall conform to the facts? The corrections authorised by this section are those which are caused by error or mistake In the completion of tax rolls, and any officer while tha same are In his charge -Is empowered to make the corrections necessary that same may be regular and may conform to the facts. Authorisation is Broad. "The clause that the officer' may cor rect the assessment roll to 'conform to the facts In whatever manner may be necessary to make the assessment reg ular and valid' is a very broad authori sation as to corrections. Similar pro visions hava beeir-const rued "torautljor lze the correction of tax rolls in any manner, as to the extent of Increasing or reducing the assessment, changing the description, or nam of persons as sessed, or In fact any act which may be necessary to regularly establish the exact facts of the assessment. Of course, when it comes to Increasing the assessment, this cannot be done without notice first being given to the person wiiose assessment Is to be increased,; "Second May 'the tax collector, . in correcting the rolls, unde the provis ions of section 3678, accept and act af firmatively upon the taxpnyera affl davit ; formerly i authorised by section PAWNBROKERS JOINED S E CONGRESS FOR MM Washington Loan Agent Tes tifies to So-Called McDer- mo Fund. 1 (Br the !ntfrntlool N'ews Srlc. Washington. D, C, Aug. 16. Pawn brokers bad their innings before a con gressional committee for the first time in history, when the house lobby Inves tigators set out-to substantiate the evi dence of former Chief Pag 3 McMlchuei against Representative James T. Mc- Dcrmott, of Chicago. McMlchael had testified earlier in tn day that McDermott had told him (Mc- Michael) that he had received 7&pij from local pawnbrokers for defeating a loan shark bill. The first Dftwnbrokcr called. Abra ham Riirnntein. testified that he had contributed I70 to a fund to beat the loan shark bill. He said that his un-i derstandlng was that he was contribut ing 2 per cent of the fund, and on that basis it would have, amounted to $3500. He said he thought the money was to hire lawyers to appear before the housi District of Columbia committee, ana also before President Taft to make oral arguments and present briefs. The records show there waa no oral argument before the committee. Burnstein said that about two year. ago he and two other pawnbrokers ha ! visited McUermott'a office. He was hasy on this subject, forgetting whetli- er thty had seen McDermott, what wa; said, and even the object of the visit McDermott sat at a table near tne committee, and looked very much wor- rled as the various witnesses testified. He glanced only occasionally, however, at Burnstein and ISmanual Stelncr, the! second pawnbroker caned. - Burnstein said ha had cashed chocks for McDermott, but for no other mem ber of congress. He could Jiot explain why he cashed McDermott s cl.ecK, and even forgot when he first met the rep resentative, believing that it was when he came into the pawnshop to get a check cashed. "Wasn't it unusual for you to cah a check for a man you did not knowT' he was asked. Any member of congress can come into my shop and get a check cashed any time," replied the pawnbroker. smiting. Burnstein admitted that he gave the I nioney for the fund to George D. Horn- ing, another pawnbroker, without ar. v questions as to haw it was to be spent. Horning was one of the men he namad I as having accompanied him to McDer-' mott's office. How did you know that 13600 was enough to beat the bill?" he was asked, on, we were not opposing the bill. he replied. "We simply wanted con. gress to know our grievances. I am pretty sure that it would take JtO.OJO or 150,000 really to defeat legislation." This brought a laugh from the com mittee. Stelner testified that he never contrl. buted to the fund, though urued to do so. He said he had agreed to do so, but had gone out of business.' 3141, as same appeared .In Bellinger & Cotton's code 7 'Section 3111, B. & C. code was re pealed in 1907, and no other provision made for the tax collector to act upon affidavit from the taxpayer, stating that the assessment Is for some reason illegal and irregular. However!" this section 3678, as amended by chapter 184, general laws of U13, authorizes the tax collector to make the necessary changes whenever he discovers any Ir regularities In tne assessment. How this irregularity Is brought to his at tention Is immaterial and If a taxpayer, desires to present It to him by means of an affidavit, formerly authorised by Bectlon 8141, B. & C. code, this would be evidence which the sheriff could con sider In ascertaining wiiether there Is In fact any Irregularity. rower Bests in Collector. "Third After the roll has passed out of the assessor's hands and has been finally delivered to the tax collector, what sort of errors may he authorize the tax collector to correct? May he authorise the correction of error of judgment as to valuation made at the time the assessment was taken? "The authorities hold generally that after the roll has passed out of the as sessor's hands and been delivered to the tax collector, the assessor no longer has any control thereover, and Is not empowered to direct any corrections to be made; consequently, he cannot-authorize nor command the correction of an error of Judgment as tdVvuluution. Under Section 3878, Lord's Oregon Laws, as amended by Chapter 184, General Laws of 1913. the tax collector himself could, upon discovering any irregular ity, correct the same. "Fourth Where property exempt from taxation,1 such as church property, has been assessed by mistake, and the mistake Is not discovered until the tax roll has passed into the possession of the tax collector, may corrections be made and the taxes canceled? May Correct Srrors. "The tax collector nfay, under the powers given him by the section- under consideration, noto such correction and correct the roll so as to make same regular and valid. As Indicating tho huldlngs of the authorities, I would cite tne ronowing: "Before-completion and delivery of tne assessment Hats or rolls, the as sessors have the authority to correct mistakes in them, except that they can not increase the assessment of a lax payer or the valuation of his property withouf giving him notice and n op portunity to be heard." 3T Cyc. 1018. . "The assessing officers may recon sWer and revise their opinions as to values, deductions and any other mat ters involved in the .assessment until the official entry of their determlna tlons. on the other hand, aft er the assessment' has been completaj and the roll deposited with the officer or board authorized to receive it, the assessors can make no material alter ations or corrections, unless power to do so is expressly conferred by statute " 27 A. A E-, 97. "After the completion and return of an assessment roll, the assessor lias no further control over it. and has no au thority to alter or amend it, except as concerns the correction of mere infor malltlcs.j)i .clerical -errors,"- -87 Cve "A. M. CRAWFORD, Attorney-general." PRINEVILLE WILL SEND BIG CROWD TO KLAMATH tUpeclnl to The Journal ! ; PrlnerHl. -Or., Aug. H.--Arrang-ment has been made for a large dele gation from this city to attend the an nual convention Of the Central Oregon development league at Klamath FallH, August 19. The delegation . will leave hors by auto Sunday. i. , IN FUND TO INFLUENC HEAD OF REMEDIAL LOAN ASSOCIATION James Hamblen. James Hamblen, 473 East Forty-sixth street north, who has' been selected as manager of the Portland Remedial Loan association, has been a resident of Port. land for six years. His friends say he Is particularly well qualified for this new position because of lgng experience in the chattel loan business. I Mr. Hamblen is a native of Illinois, is 40 years old, and Is married. He has j been employed as appraiser of diamonds I and chattels with .large companies in I eastern cities, and is recommended as a man of good business judgment and courtesy. KINDLY RAINFALL IN MIDDLE WEST ENDS FIERCE HEAT (Continue a From Page One.) hail and lightning. The temperature dropped from 100 to 68. Around Concordia, Kan., one-fourth if an lnsh or ram fell, the first In 70 day's. Three-quarters of an 4nch of rain fell here, the thermometer dropping 10 de- grees. Up in Northern Missouri, where t.io drought has been very extended, an inch of rain fell, but it came too late to help the corn crop much. Other points reporting rains wer Omaha, .01 of an incii; St. Louis, show. era; St. Joseph, .24 of an Inch; Spring- field, .06; Memphis, l Inch; Topeka. .03 Leavenworth. .03; Atchison. .01; Morrti I vine, mo., .vj, nu,tciunson, .au; welling- ton, 1 inch. For the past week ministers generally j over Missouri and Kansas have been holding meetings praying for rain. Gov ernor Hodges of Kansas was preparing to Issue a proclamation calling on all the people of tho state to set apart an hour to pray for rain, as ho was receiv ing hundreds or requests dally that he take such action. Tomorrow thanksgiv ing services will be held in scores of churches. Some high temperatures were re ported today. In spite of the rains and clouds, 98 was the high point here, while Concordia suffered tvlth the mer cury at 104. Omaha reported 100, Wich ita 96, Oklahoma .City 98 and 3 Louis 9$. At Leavenworth 14 in the shad was registered while on the prison baseball field, where the game of tha prison base ball league are played; -the mercury ran up to 180. Today's game was called off. Practically all outside work at the prison has been stopped for several days. The fire question has been, a serious prblem In many towns on account of ; the 1:1" - If Ml lack of water Fires starting a t j u b fc " .LP-5t5 ? f . " ' bythan a week. He had been slated for the sev the uso of dynamite. Drops Twenty Degrees, in Chicago. Chicago. Aug. 16. Chicago's famous lake-, breeze gave the laugh to the weather man tonight After Professor Cox, government forecaster, had pre dicted one of the hottest days of the year, the wind suddenly shifted, came whooping In over tlie lake, and sent the mercury tumbling from 93 until It reached 73 at 9 p. m. and the tem perature was still dropping. The highest figure of the day was reached at 11 a. m., and before noon three deaths and 3S prostrations had been reported to the police. Then came a freakish demonstration. While the loop district still swel tered, heavy rain fell on the south side and stiff breezes fanned the north side. Later In the afternoon the business section experienced the same relief. Cool weather Is promised for tomorrow. Prayers for Rain Are Wetted. Snringfield. Mo.. Aug. 16. While scores of people were on their way to I St. Pauls Methodist church this af ternoon In answer to a call for public prayers for rain to relieve, the drought in this section, a black cloud which had been hovering threateningly in the northeast all forenoon, suddenly spread over Springfield and for half an hour a veritable deluge poured down upon the city. Tho stneets were soon con verted Into small rivers. Many of the worshippers presented a rather sad i spectacle as they arrived at the church with their umbrellas up to protect them from tha rain they had ventured forth . to pray for. i The present dry weather is the most severe in the history of this section 1 of the country, the deficiency in rainfall exceeding that in the great drought year of 1901. j STOCKSLAGER'S WIFE . IS KILLED BYB SUITOR. TWIN FALLS FARMER (Continued From Page One.) i former chief justice of Idaho supreme court and Democratic nominee for gov ernor in 1806. ' . . Stockslagcr won over the young farm er and their wedding took place one year after the granting of tho divorce. If the first marriage was stormy, the second was a tornado. Dr. Htuckslager was said to have- been - jealous - of the woman of his choice and quarrels grew frequent. Last May while they were living at Albion, Mrs. Stockslager left her husband, going to her mother's ranch near the town of Eden. Dr. Stock. slager in. the meantime moved to Port land to engage In practice, Nichols sympathised with his former sweetheart and renewed his attentions to her, urg ing her to procure a divorce. 8he stead. Uy refused and it is supposed that the1 shooting-was the result of her final' dismlssakof her old time suitor. There Were r.o eye witnesses to the Murder. I The bodies were found by a young boy.l who notified the neighbors, 1 STRAHORN IS LOUD IN PRAISE OF VALLEY AT J Asks Portlanders ' to Take a Look Each Year at Mar- vels to the South, (ftiwcltt to T Joomsl.t Eugene, Or., Aug. 16. At tha banquet given here this evening at the Osborn hotel by the Commercial club In honor of President Robert E. Strahorn of the Portland, Eugene & Eastern and his party tf Portland newspaper-men, who are touring the valley aa his guests, Mr, Strahorn announced that on September 3 steam Bervice will be inaugurated be tween Eugene and Corvallfs. Early In the spring the entire line from Eugene to Portland will have electric service. November 1 it is expected to have elec tric trains In operation between Port land and McMlnnville. The gap between McMlnnvllle and Corvallis Is ready so far as the track Is concerned but er vice cannot be inaugurated until spring owing to lack of equipment. President Strahorn said: "The strength of ' a country lies In the diversity of its products and Its Industries. One crop district's history shows loss of population whereas where development of resources Is diversified, the population increases, prospers and progresses. Divrsity of products and in dustries manes Detier people, Dettei home life and bettr surroundings." Hi Bald he ' hoped the people of Portland could tear themselves away for a few days each year and sea the valley, and that it would not be long oerore everyone would be a confirmed booster, as he had found the newspaper men of the party had become on their two' days' Journey, and yet they had so far seen less than half of the valley mat at its widest spreads over a dls tance of' from 75 to 100 miles. Free! dent L. L. Goodrich of the Commercial club was the toastmaster and M. Moses- sohn, assistant secretary of the Portlnad Chamber of Commerce Bulletin, spoke for the newspaper men. Jie pointed out mat the valley s greatest need Is peo Pie to develop the bountiful latent re sources. H. B. Miller, a resident of Eugene, Sheridan and Portland, spoke of the splendid success of the Eugene cpopera tlve cannery and others like it that have been established elsewhere In the valley to take care of the crops of or chards and gardens, and urged that this Industry be developed to the extent that Oregon canned goods will become fam ous over tne entire world Frank Lincoln off the Eugene Register spoke of a successful Danish colrn7 mat had recently been established at Junction City with marvelous rriult.i through the employment of scientific methods of Intensive farming and care ful business management, lter in the evening the visitors were entertained at the Commercial club, where other mom- bers of the party were called on for brief remark This afternoon the party visited Mon roe, going over the new line from Cor vallis and on to Kugene. Stops were made at Alvsrdale to Inspect the orch ards In that district and go over the logging branch Into the timber on a grade as heavy as 8 per cent. This was President Strahorn's first trip over that branch. Tomorrow the party will visit Albany, Salem. Silverton, Wllhoit Springs. Mo lalla and Canby and return to Portland In the evening. Consulting Engineer John I). Isaacs of the Southern Paclflo from New York ar rived here this evening en route to Port land on his tour of annual inspection of the Southern Pacific system. He con ferred here with President Strahorn; Knisprl Now Gunrd at Rockplle. Unknown to many, Julius Knispel, RftMnllaf anA fr.rmt. ana nKnv nrn r.f nas feeen homn down a position as position of superintendent, but on ac count of opposition aroused he did not get It. Instead he was given the place of W. M. Brown as guard. Knispel was formerly a Chinatown guide, and lp known to the police. Mayor Albee- has stated that his only reason for giving a Job to Knispel. was that he thought, he was deserving and en titled to consideration. mm EUGENE Fall and Winter Garments are striking examples of advanced ideas in men's outer apparel We "Th , Steinbach Store" . , USE OF OREGON S IE IN Plenty of Eine Rock in State . for Such .Purposes' in ' Assertion, . , "Business men and county govern mtnts throughout tha state should use Oregon stone in the construction of meir buildings instead of importing the material from other states. The rock, plenty of It, Just as good as any to be round in tne country, is available In mi, state." Such was the statement last nla-ht of N: LawjrlebairmanjpOhe Oregon! oureau or mines and geology, commis sion. This commission was provided for ty an act passed by the last legisla ture. Mr. Lawrio returned ' yesterday from a week's Investigation trip through southern Oregon,. where he met with the mining committees of the commercial Clubs ofvvarious cities visited. me residents and business-men of Ashland, according to Mr. Lawrle, ar evidencing , much clIc pride and are uuig- a large amount or granite from the quarry near, the town. At Roseburg u is proposed to use Imported terra cotta n the construction of an armory building. Mr. Lawrle declares that there is a large amount of sandstone within It miles which-needs only 10 be dug out and removed. , After noting the amount of stone ac cessible In the southern part of the state Mr. Lawrle is convinced that only Oregon stone should be used In the construction of the new postof flee to no located at seventh and Gllsan streets, Thera ia now a campaign under way . to have the government use only rock rrom this state in the bulldlns. , At Albany, Eugene and Salem a sys tematic plan for a drainage system to insure-saitaraeiory roads and highways throughout the Willamette vallev waa discussed by the mining committees from the commercial clubs and Mr, Lwrie. Among the towns vUited bv Mr. Law rle on his trip were Ashland. . Grants Pass, Medford, Albany. Eugene. Salem and others. Extended trips were also made into the country adjoining these towns. COMMISSION FIRM IS TO MOVE FROM WEST TO THE EASSIDE Continued From Page- 6ne. S foot basement In which will h in. cated a cold storage plant especially adapted to the produce business Among the special features of th building Is the arrangement for display. Ing goods. The front wall of the low er story will be set back eight feet from the wall Of the upper story, giv Ing display space ' for the full Alder street frontage. rhe ground floor will have a network of narrow tracks to be used for trans porting freight from cars to anv nr hf the building. Av? In the negotiation of the lease, tha Pearson-Page company was represented by Everett & Sinionds. Architects lumn sonacht & Bon have been com mtssloned to get up tho plans of the building and superintend its construc tion. Work on the building will becln at once, and It will be ready for occu pancy by January 1. The site of the proposed new build. tng Is peculiarly adapted to a nroduce warehouse, for the reason that it has frontage on lines of both the lam railway systems entering Portland the Hill linn having a track on East Second street and the Harrlman system on East First. It is known that negotiations are in progress which will in all probability result In the early removal of three other of tho largest Front street produce houses to tha Immediate vicinity of the Pearson-Page location on East Alder. The free switching facilities afforded the cast side warehouse district by hot h the Hill and HaTriman lines, together with the fact of cheaper rent and more room will. It Is believed, cause a een- rol exodus of produce raerchauta from the west side to the warehouse district on the other side of the river. A motor driven reciprocating saw has been naiented by a California Inventor for slicing meats evenly. BUILDINGS URGED SATISFYING as to fabrics, tailoring, fit but above all in style not . freakish, but expressive, to a marked de gree of that individuality so noted in the production of Kuppenheimer clothes. - Your desire for the best, yet consid ering economy, can most easily b6 grati" . 'Vied, in a Suit or Overcoat at twerity- &y five dollars; r . otnej;s at ffj ftjjjf'J Winding up the oummef season means Ifiu'J. many splendid suits suitable for early v f all wear, including penheimers to $30, Give Green Trading Stamps Morrison at Fourth POWER SITE ON SANDY IS OFFERED TO . CITY FREE OF CHARGE Plan for Street Lighting Sug- . gested by C. P. Church' Commissioner Has' Doubts A power site on Sandy River said to : m be capable of developing 5000 to 10,000 r horsepower-has been offered to the city freo cost by Charles P. Church. Com- mlssloner Will Hjjgajyjntcrtaipg upping j. doubts as to the real value of the offer. In his letter Mr.' Church calls at tention to the fact that between theT city's two Mount Tabor reservoirs Is a fall of 181 feet with a flow of 67,000, 000 gallons dally, capable of developing 1800 horsepower without Interfering with the water supply. As 2000 horse- power Is required nightly far the are lights,. Mr. Church declares that with a little additional eurrent the city can do Its own street lighting.- - - , The Sandy River power site Offered to tho city Is about 40 miles from Port- , land- It includes the Zlg Zag affluent, Its. low, water flow exceeds . 100 cubito" feet per second with afall1n excess of 1000 feet, according to Mr. Church. ' Tie SS14 arc lights now under con tract with the Portland Railway, tight & Power company, , he says, consume 61,000 horsepower each In 10 hours, or total of 2000 horsepower. ton which the city annually pays about $185,000, Bays City Can Gain. Mr. Church says that the firm which ; installed the municipal light plant st xacoma win do the same work on the Sandy site at H0 per horsepower, or- 120,000 lor 5000 horsepower. Forty miles ot poles, wire transmission and so forth will cost not over S2000 a mile. The firm that installed the Taooma plant, It Is said, will Install a plant at the reservoirs foe 130 per horsepower. or SS5 per horsepower If In two Integers or plants. That the city can thus nearly pro Ide current for lighting of streets at night for the cost of. the yearly rental now paid the power company, and at : the same time sell power for daytime se is asserted for Mr. Church, who In vites full Investigation of his proposi tion, also of the Tacoma situation. It is Important, he says, that Portland have cheap power In order to attract Industries here. Commissioner In Sonbt, Will H. Daly, commissioner of Dublia tllltie.i, is now making an Investiga tion of the feasibility of the project as set forth by Mr. Church. Ha made trip to Salem last week to go over he record of the -filing of the claim on he !5lg Zag river, as offered by Mr. Church. . "Mr. Churolt has stated," said Com- mlssloner Daly yetiterday. "that there is a now or 67,000,000 gallons of water dally between the two Mt; Tabor reser volrw, when, as a matter of fact, that Is the total dally flow of the entire supply coming through the two pipes from the Bull Run reserve. "If u power, plant was installed at the reservoirs utilizing the amount of wat.r available.' 1 am sure that no more than 200 or 300 UOfscpower could be ucciuinu, i no liiHimiauon or sucn a plant would cut down the present water supply throughout the city, particularly In the elevated districts. Water., to these districts is supplied at present through a gravity system. If the water was used for power none would be available for usage to consumers." Commissioner Daly is ntill uncertain as to whether Mr. Church has a clear title to tho property which he offers to the city for a power site. A fur ther Investigation of all the points set fdrth jn Mr. Church's lefcer is now being made by Mr. Daly, ATTACK ON BATTLR0CK STAGED AT PORT 0RF0RD Bandon, Or., Aug. 16. Port Orford's annual agata carnival closed tonight The feature of this year's event was the opening of the Agate Palace, In which will be- kept a collection of sea Ufa specimens and a large assortment of agates gathered on the beach at Port Orford. A sham reproduction of the fight between the early settlers and the Indians on Battle Rock was staged today. . .... , fifteen w forty. Nup- P 1 i V C at. . $1 TT.OO