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"8" THE OREGON SUNDAY , JOURNAL, PORTLAND, , SUNDAY MORNING, SKPTKMBEK 7, . ivia. . ' FUFDV (MP CTATF I mfmn HAS 2 OF AMERICA'S CRACK SHOTS I ARC LIGHTING SYSTEM ll TURN VEREIN DEDICATES NEW HOMETODAy I WASI" L.H4IJ.. UIIIL.il Uimu " w V - I ' " r ,7-(- I,',, .: '," ...v. ..,'. , t - ;. f NATION IS BESTED fr- . . MAY BE INSTALLED IN. W . v BY1EG0N RIFLEMEN ; y 0f LAURELHURST DISTRICT " Two of Little Squad Secure Places on International Pal- ma Trophy Team1 of Eight. Oregon has been put on the map in an entirely new .way. Her teem at the national rifle com- petition, held at Camp Ferry, O., last month, effectually demonstrated Her su periority among the states In rifle shoot- log. I'nknown. unheralded, not even seri ously considered, tho team representing the state of Oregon finished third out of ft field of teams participating. Included in this number were teams frutn 40 other states, und the teams from the four branches of the. regular service, the Infantry, the cavalry, the liavy and the marine corps. Against this stiff competition Oregon finished in third place, and had the satisfaction of downing every other state and the United States infantry. Not onlv is this a remarkable record ' for Oregon, but It is the first time a . western team ever finished In the money, that Is anions the first six. The Oregon men were topped by the United ' States cavalry and the navy, which are professional shooting organizations, where the men have the time to devote to practice. Ead tittle Practice. The Oregon team went east after just one week of practice on the Clackamas rlRle range, while ths infantry team which it bested was in constant practice for the -competition from May 1 last. , Another thing which It is pointed out i makes Oregon's record remarkable is the limited field from which the state was able to draw men. The present enlist ment number of the Oregon National Guard is 1435; the United States cavalry which won has more than 5000 members. Tho national guards of great states like New York or Pennsylvania are 10 times larger than Oregon's. Yet, In the face of these disadvan tages, the state made a record and has gained a reputation which Is the envy and admiration of every other state in the .union, and which is a source of cha- grin to tho regulars. Oregon's team was composed of 12 shooting members, three alternates, a team coach, a team captain and a team spotter. Brigadier-General W. E. Finzer, head of the Oregon National Guard, headed the list as captain. Captain J. C. Johnson was ifcoach, and Major W. W. Wilson, spotter. The shooting team consisted of Second lieutenant O. A. Stevens, Portland: Sergeants J. H. Wol .. ford, Roseburg, S. W. Pearson, Rose burg; O. P. Romaine, Portland; H. B. and H. I, Conner, Cottage Grove: B. W. Tay lor,' Roseburg; C. H. White and I. K. Bpooner, Portland; F. M. Mapes, Salem;' Butte Mooney, Cottage Grove, . and H. V. Pearson, Roaeburg. With as many as 800 men in some of the matches, Oregon never had less than seven In for the money, that is, shoot ing high enough to get a money prize. The team took over 11000 in cash prizes and about 35 medals, a record which no other team approached. . Wolford Was Star, ' tBergeant J. H. Wolford, Roseburg, was the star of the state's delegation. He shot in ' every individual , match, of whlchjfthere were, 18, and Wok money from all but two His shooting was so good that he won a place on the Palma trophy; team, which IS' the highest hon or a rifleman can obtain in this coun try. And he was considered one of the two strongest men on the team - chosen. Unfortunately however, he watt unable to stay for this event. One of his teammates, Sergeant 8. W. Pearson, also made the palma team and will take part in the event. The Palma is the long range team championship of the world and is Inter national in scope. It is the world's classic rtfle competition and for two out of tho -eight shots on that team to go to Oregon, Is regarded strong evi dence of the. calibre of team sent from this state to Camp Perry. The Palma match will be shot tomorrow, s H. W. Fearnon also won the Catrow match, with a score of 103 out of a possible lu5 'The others In the delegation finished well for the-money in other great shoot ing events, such as the president's, the Leech cup and the Evans skirmish Oregon Ken Break Record A world's record was broken in the team match when Wolford and H. P. Pearson, firing as a pair, made 24 con secutive bullseyes at 100 yards, and in spite of a high wind. Wolford went east an absolutely un known man, but by his superb shoot ing is now recognized as one of tlis best rifle Hhots In the country. He wa tlie surprise of the competition. When he was making his Zt straight, and in fact during the whole match, he would sight through a little, bat- tered, cheap, tin telescope, then take! aim and plug a bullseye. All his com-j petitors had more expensive, and In I some cases, very expensive glusses. It ' was taen some waR remarked, "Gad, what would In. do if he had a good : glass." In the Winibleton mutch Wolford took fceventh place out of u field of entries. Ue also took sixth In il'e gov ernor's mutch out of a field of 483 experts'. The team was accompanied east by Lieutenant F. ('. Kndicott, f. S. A., In fantry inspector and Instructor of' th.n Oregon National Guard. Endicott Praises Work. Speaking of the fine work of th team. Lieutenant Kndicott said yester day on iiln return from the rang,, a: Camp Perry: "Oregon w on - ..mujQ'.;,(, ( the all-around fine work of the whole 'team. Every man shot ons)Rtcntly m:d kept up the average. Thcie was fin0 spirit; all were for Oregon with no petty Jealousies. The team placed h0 well because It was not dependent on one or two stars, but becaiic all shot well" pregon's supremacy over the 40 other states entered Ik earned i : d de served. The team won on ltn merit's and Oregon attained its position ov fcteady plugging year after year. Th guard has been working under General 1'lnaer since 1903 and has attained its present proficiency through his pers't. ieiit efforts. The Clackamas range is tho finest In the northwest, and al though thf national guard appropriation last year was 70,000, n Is ot money wanted when sue h a splendid si owing as this ran ho made." The final plating for prizes wJb ns , follows: I'avnlry, first; navy, second; Oregon, third; marines, fourth; lowul fifth, and New York, wlxth. ; Higa Painter Inju.l. ' IV Rlton, a sign palnter.1 fell from a warfold at luast FJm and Morrison streets yesterday afternoon, sustaining ncrloim Injuriis, lie was taken to tho t-t, Vincent hospital by the Amhulunco trvk- compwnv Jt is thought his '.'null wss frscturfil. The man fell about 80 feet, ' jJ : - Ir ' 4 Commissioner Daly Perfecting - - J? ry " fS- ts'" to. Relieve Serious 'Sit- , "''"a s X 1J'wJfV V A 'V'i '"ll ' The...,iurelhurst district will te In ' HsfsKfiBl'lSS " PfaJt. ' "FffeJIlil :y?&J . I f , Sj darkIle8, temporarily, at least, for Will BLIJ EffiLfJr ' V 81J-JxJdLqM ' ,1 1. i 4 J, Jfl I H. Daly, commissioner of public utili- HI . I if' ift V "' ' ' H' ' 'll fT" IK" VV( It"' Jng the streets.-If a system is installed, - HL Wv"' A ' rfaSrt-Br-lE . CU'V. S-C 1 II V however, it will probably be of the arc 1 Hl3 tfSP ' ' " iryTlS kTl J jtl t&M TiSiS lamp variety, as Mr. Daly says that Is HlTfi j f "ll"!'' t" T ..JllV T ll .V fc'l, Elf T IT" ' ' I i " 1 the only feasible way to handle the sit- EojfdlJU jJW UfxJ jUlJfuUE ' lill . 4 li nation. The district was lighted by ; .HK.TlgrHg HV Klsa, ,m nrn, 1U : mi iMMmir-aiiiniiiirnrr Js X jt s I Mmtni and the Laurelhurst real I V -XSt&J- e8ten0Thr?raCt was first opened s 7 j ' r T --.TY Sergeant J. H. Wolford. 1 T Says Work "Proves That Re sults Can ,Be Attained , Honestly and Quickly, (Special to The Jtttvaal.) Bend, Or., Sept. 6. Expressing sur- prise at the wonderful progress be ing made on the Tumalo, Governor West this afternoon concluded an In spection of the Tumalo Irrigation proj ect at Laldlaw, with an address to a meeting of settlers and others at Lald law. "I want to show," he eald, "not only that the work can be carried on by the state honestly, but that it can be done In an expeditious manner. I am more than pleased in finding what I do. The work is high class, and there Is much more of it done than I had ex pected I want to see you people prosperous) and contented, and there fore, I want to see this undertaking a success. But I also want to see it a success, because it will mean that the legislature will give us help to complete projects on the other sld of the river." The governor referred to other Carey act Irrigation- projects of central Oregon. The governor arrived Croxn Portland this morning and was taken with his secretary, Mies' Fern Hobbs, over the project by Engineer Laurgaard. Near ly the entire day was spent In in specting construction work on the seven-mile feed canal. The governor visited the four construction camps in operation and took dinner at one of them. Ho had been out in the woods where the men are scooping out a big ditch to convey the waters of Tumalo creek to the immense reservoir, and when the men gathered at the camp at the noon hour he told them they were doing good work the kind of work that would make the states' first ir rigation undertaking a success. EXPRESS COMPANIES UNABLE TO COMPLY it will be physically Impossible for the express companies to comply with the new schedule of rates formulated by the Interstate commerce commission to become effective October 15, according to a letter received by State Railroad Commissioner Altchlson from Superin tendent I. Waring, of Seattle, of the Great Northern Kxpress company. Mr. Waring said that 17 carloads of paper would be required for schedules of the new rates for all companies and that the schedules could not be com pleted on time. The state commission started an in vestigation of lutia-state charges prior to the Interstate commerce commission's Investigation and the former was con tinued pending the national body's ile lislon. Mr. Waring said that the at titude of the company regarding tho question of local rates would be sub mitted in a report to the state commis sion when the company had decided what It desired to do. AGENT BLAMED FOR RAILROAD ACCIDENT Blame for an accident which "nearly happened'' on Labor day when a train of five carloads of hoppickers and the "limited" nearly met headon near Gar den Home on the Oregon Electric was placed on the agent of the company at Multnomah station by the state railroad commission Friday afternoon. The man admitted that In a lapse of memory he had failed to notify the limited to await the coming of the hop pickers special. The Investigation was held to determine whether the duties of operator and agent both performed by the same man conflicted. As agent the man Is supposed to read the meters of the substation at Mult nomah at Intervals. It was found the fault lay In the memory of the man and not In the conflict of duties. HUSBAND EXONERATED BY A CORONER'S JURY , August Snyder, proprietor of a cafe teria on Morrison street, near Tenth street, was exonerated yesterday after noon by the coroner's inquest in con nection with the death of his wife Wednesday morning In their apart ments. Kvidence presented at the ln-nm-st showed she had purchased and taken a large amount of chloroform, which caused her death. Snyder and IiIh wlffl had quarreled the previous night over the purchase of a can of lard for the cafeteria. During the quarrel, the woman scratched his face conNlderable. Snyder was held In Jail until the inquest, when he was set free. .- Pleads (Juilly to " Theft. "A pica of guilty to the theft of $166 Worth of tinfoil from the American Chicle company was made yesterday by Joseph Rloch before Circuit Judge Cloe ton. (Sentence will not be passed until September 11, na Bloch Is to be used as a witness by the state against Joseph Adler, a second hand man, who is alleged to have purchased the tin foil from nioch. Bioch was employed by the company. Journal Want Ads bring results. GOVERNOR mm PROJECT SJ-'M.' Sergeant S. W. Pearson. EOGRAPHICAL EXPERTS ARE HUMAN Enjoyed Keenly Their Visit to Crater Lake and Prom ise to Return, (Special to The JoornaL) ( Med ford, Or., Sept 6. The Interna tional Phytogeographlcal society, com posed of 20 of the world's greatest bot anical authorities, left Medford today after spending four days here, during which they visited Crater Lake and the orchard section. Kach one of them had an arm load of Medford lit erature when he left, for in spite of the disagreeable weather encountered at the lake, the botanists say that the trip was the greatest experience of their life. Many have promised to return, and severa expect to bring their botany classes of the ' various universities they represent, in order to make a deeper study of the flora. The scientists did not seem to" mind the disagreeable weather. While the American members of the party were huddled In their tents to avoid the ter rific wind, the foreigners were scal ing the cliffs like mountain goats and calling out in delight whenever a rare specimen was found. They found many flowers that are very rare in this sec tion, and they believe some are en tirely new specimens. At the dinner given In their honor at the University club they showed themselves to be the best of fellows and not bookish or solemn In any way. Governor West Lauded for Re prieving Morgan, Under Death Sentence. Resolutions commending Governor West for exercising' executive clemency in reprieving Robert Morgan, sentenced to hang last Friday, were unanimously adopted by "The Anti-Capital Punish ment Crusaders" at a meeting held subsequent to the Governor's action. Following a commendation of Colonel Lawson, superintendent of the peniten tiary, for refusing in advance, to hang Morgan, the resolution says: "We are further unanimously Re solved in most profound commendation of Governor West in the exercise of executive clemency in the reprieve of said Robert Morgan, from his appalling death sentence, materially minimizing thereby the sorrow and horror of both the youth and his Innocent family's blasted social and family ties, adding thereto the world's stinted measure of Joy and gladness by this exalted act of mercy of Oswald West, the parole governor of the state of Oregon." boy bicyclists plan a trip to Spokane To Spokane by bicycle will be the ob ject, of a trip of a number of local messenger boys who leave Portland this morning. The party will go by boat to The Dal leu, and thence by bicycle to Wasco, Arlington, Umatilla, Wallula, Kahlotus, Washtucna and Sprague, to Spokane. Tho boys expect to arrive at their destination by the isUi, although by the route taken it will be a Journey of 427 miles. Those In the party are Walter Had fleld, Jimmy Heslen, Charlie Nerton and Lester Englar. The boys are employed on the night force of the Advance-Hasty Messenger company. RUNAWAY SENTENCED TO REFORM SCHOOL (Special tn The Journal.) Albany, Or., Sept. 6. Charged with larceny as the result of running away with two. horses, a buggy, and a sad dle, Melvln Peebler, age 16, who in company with Stella Morgan, age IB, was arrested at Sweet Home Thurs day morning while en route across the mountains, was committed to the re form school here this afternoon fol lowing a hearing before Judge Bruce McKnight. There was no charge against the girl. RECEPTION GUEST AT LAIDLAW JS STRICKEN (Rpcl to The .Tournal.V ' -Bend, Or., Sept. 6. During a recep tion given Governor West's private sec retary, Miss Fern Hobbs, at Laldlaw, last night, Mrs. John Bell was stricken with paralysis and her condition la serious. Her entire left side is para lyzed. ' , PHYTOG THANKED FOR SAVING MAN FROM ALLOWS $375 New Pianos $235 610 cash, 36 monthly. Graves 'Music' Co., removal sale. 111 Fourth street. Adv.) The. ...lurelhurst district will be In darkness temporarily, at least, for Will H. Daly, commissioner of public utili ties, has jvot perfected jl plan for. light ing the streets. If a system Is installed, however, It will probably be of the arc lamp variety, as Mr. Daly says that Is the only feasible way to handle the sit uation. The district was lighted by ornamental gas lamps, but service was discontinued August 31, the date of the expiration of the contract between tho gas company and the Laurelhurst real estate company. When the tract was first openea some years ago the real estate com pany contracted with tne gas com pany for a series of ornamental gas limni. Representatives of the gas company state the service supplied was at a loss, the charges being below the regular rates for such lights. This was done, they say, as they hoped to Use the system as an advertising medium. Upon the expiration of the contract August 81 the gas company refused to lonsrer sunrily gas at the old rates.and as the new rates were -unsatisfactory to the Laurelhurst people ,the lights were turned out The matter was taken up by a committee of residents with the city cmmlssloners and referred to rnmmtasinnnr Dalv. He is not In favor of taking over the gas lamp system so will probably have aro tamps iaae its place, "If the city takes over the gas lamps," said Commissioner Daly last night, 'It will have to take over every other ornamental light in the city. These are paid for by business men and owners of buildings in front or which the lamps are placed. Such a scheme is Impracticable. "The only satisfactory way, as I see It, la. to have the entire system re placed with arc lights such as are in use in other resident districts. Thesa are the only kind of lights on the streets the city Is paying for. Arc lights may not be satisfactory to all the residents of the district but the plan is the meat feasible." PLAN SCHOOL FOB POLICEMEN Six Months' Coarse May Be Adopted by City Fathers. Six months' training in the "coppers' training school" will be necessary for all of those who aspire to become mem bers of Portland's police department. Plans for the establishing of the school are now being worked out by the ex perts preparing the city administrative code and It will be known as the Police Recruit School. In this school he will be taught all of the first requirements of a police man, then he will be shown how to watch out for insanitary conditions, will be taught some of the duties of plumbing- inspectors and many other things. Lectures before classes in the school are to be given by the chief and the captains of the department, the health officer, city attorney and other officials. CITY MAY COLLECT GARBAGE Commissioner Daly Is Working On Details of Proposed Scheme. A municipal garbage collection, sys tem which the residents will be com pelled to use but for which no charge will be made, is the latest plan of Will li. Daly, commissioner of public utili ties. He had planned to sell bonds to defray the cost of a municipal system and a charge was to be made for all using It, but this, will probably be dis carded as he believes it Impracticable. A. IB ED yw 11 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. iiawatfiili Jf ' ' ' ' ' hron Bedl Special rods. Your choice of white enamel or .Vernis Martin finish. Weight of bed 135 pounds Regularly $12. This week only . . . ". New building of Portland Social Turn Verein. The' slheins of little children will be one of the beautiful features this after noon f4-jthe ceremony of laying the cor ner stone for the new home of the Port land Social Turn Verein at Thirteenth and Main streets. K. AUsky. oldest member of the order, will place the stone after a parade of the German societies of the city reaches the site from marching from the pres ent building; at Fourth and Yamhill streets. The parade will start at 3 o'clock. The cost of establishing and main taining the proposed system can be defrayed at a general expense, the money to come from the tax levy. Al though Mr. Daly says the taxes of the big property owner may be higher the system would be much more satisfac tory. It is in use In many other cities. MUST GET THEIR LICENSES Dance Hall Proprietors Are Notified "by City Inspector. All proprietors of dance halls are be ing notified by Dance Hall Inspector Flack that they must secure licenses before September 15 if they expect to hold dances during the season. The li cense system Is in accordance with the dance hall ordinance passed several weeks ago which prohibits rag danc ing and all moonlight "dreams." By the terms of the ordinance "strangle holds.'' "wiggles," "dips" and all other "clutches" are barred. Warning has alreaay been Issued by Inspector Flack, who has found 60 halls where dances are given. Several of these are. in fashionable club houses, but these too are affected by the new ordinance. . R1VKR' BOULEVARD IS PLANNED Commissioners Brewster,, and Dleck Workington Details. City Commissioners Brewster and Dfeck and Superintendent of Iarks Mische are working out a plan for the establishment of a boulevard system along the river front from Lower Al blna to Willamette boulevard. This is to take the place of the present river road. It is planned to have the system In grides, one to be used for heavy traffic, another for automobiles and the other for streetcars. Plans are now being drawn b; in U city engi neer's office. WILL GIVE ACOUSTICS TEST Temporary Public Gipsy Smith Au ditorium to Be Tried Out. As there has been some question as to the accoustic properties in thV'tem porary public (Gipsy Smith) auditorium arrangements for the holding of band SIP .Hewy J.enhing: & Soeis V Second and Morrison , i a 1 ' i i V N, X s. .'A banquet tonight will close the day's ceremonies: - George V. Klugr, president of the Turn Verein, will be toastmaster, and speeches will be made by John Rels acher, president of the German Aid so ciety; Judge Gatens, Dr. V, H. Dam masch, F. Nlklas, . Am Matthleseh and Edffar Winters. The Turn Verein was organized In 1858 and the present building was erect ed in 1871. The new building will cost $50,000. It will be (2x160 in ground dimensions, with, a gymnasium 60x80. . concerts and other musicals there dur ing the winter ' are to be delayed until a test la made, William U Brewst?, commissioner of publlo affairs. Is now making plans to have a band give a concert in the building to ascertain Just what the accoustic qualities are. This concert probably will be given withtn Id days. The question of acoustics arose Fri day afternoon when a committee rep resenting the public and the musical organizations met with Commissioner Brewster in the city hall. Definite plans for winter Indoor concerts In the audltorlurrk were to have been made, but as objection was raised on the ground that the acoustics were poor, it was decided to give the build ing a test. Another meeting of tho committee will be held soon after the test. FREEWATER WATER IS EVENLY DISTRIBUTED Freewater, Or., Sept. 6. jJTed. O. Harder, head of the Irrigation investi gation for tho federal agricultural de partment visited this secctlon Thurs day and accompanied by Water Master L. A. Reineman was taken for a drive through the Irrigated district below freewater. Mr. Harder gave it as 4fn opinion that the Weir system of distri bution in use here is well adapted for this section. The water question has never been as satisfactory as It is at the present. Water Master Reineman says that not for years has the rlvfer been so low and the dry spell so long, but owing to the equitable division of the water by the Installation of tha head gates, there are practically no complaints and very little water Is wasted. i Police to Swap Reliefs. October 1 is the date sot for the first "swapping" of reliefs in the police de partment. Chief of Police Clark is now working out a plan to change members of the second night relief to the day and first night and vice versa. This is a change that has long been contem plated and one for which the men of the second night relief have long been clamoring. EC I A IL For Conservative. Buy ers Who Discriminate This Bad, No. 738, head 60 inches in height, with 42-inch footboard, constructed of 2-inch rnntiniimi"! ciff1 turn 'with cirn .U.!nrlv won vie . t; MUST. LEAVE HOIS Wife of Senator Borah Who Is " Visiting Sister Here Talks of Life in Capital; By V. W. Mrs. Borah, the charming and ficcom plished wife of Idaho's brilliant senator William TS. Borah, slipped quietly Into Portland last week for a visit with her sister, Mrs. Lueddemanh, of Irvlngtort. While here, Mrs. Borah has been obliged to refuse many Invitations, as she felt the need of a few days of rest before returning to 'Vv'asthngton, Unlike other women, the Washington woman has to.seek her rest and relaxar tioh away from home, for those who have ever lived at the capital know that there Is very little time there for such things," said Mrs. Borah yesterday, in discussing her short stay In Portland. ' "JEven If one does not 'go in for soci ety,' so to speak, there are a great many things which, according to custom and precedent, musjt he dime, and so there la little time for anything else. I have no children, tny husband is my only charge, yet I am always ready for a trip west, because of the opportunity it gives me to rest and to visit my people; then, too, I love the west, and, although I have spent a good many years in Washing ton, my father having been in the United utates senate when I was a young girl, I am always glad to get out to this beautiful country. rolitios Interest icrs. Borah. "Of course, you are Interested In poll tics and In suffrage 7" I said. "Yes, very much. I keep as closely In touch as possible with tha nollttcRl activities of the country, and I am, of course, interested In suffrage, but I would rather not discuss that. It Is a topic I always keep away from In an , Interview." "Does the simplicity and demqeracy which we heard so much of at the be ginning of the administration hold la the entertainments of the official cir cles T "Yes. the entertaining is on a much lees elaborate scale than In previous administrations. The entertaining in the cabinet circle la much more simple. The members of the cabinet are not, generally speaking, wealthy, as were many members of the cabinet preceding it. This may account for the less elab .brate entertaining. Then, too, t think the Wilsons' Influence has had a great deal to do In tempering the entertain ing. Wilson Qlrta Are Popular. "They do not seek to make the White House the social center which it has been hitherto. The entertaining at the Whito House Is none the leas delightful, however. The eldest fcliss Wilson keeps rather to herself, hat she two younger girls are very popular, and they are charming girls." "Did Secretary Bryan's famous grape Juice dinner raise the price of that beverage in Washington?" "No. I hardly think there has been any great Increase in either the cost or the consumption of that drink," laughed Mrs. Borah. . "Do the Washington w6men go. In for the new and extreme styles silt skirts and X-ray costumes?" "Well, Washington is a very cosmo politan city, of course, and one sees dally on the boulevards and at many social gatherings, not only gowns in all degrees of fashion, as well as costumes of many nationalities. The capital is a very transient city. People are con stantly coming and going, and of course these visitors Include people of all types. These wear every imaginable kind of clothes some that seem almost beyond the ken of human imagination. Tie women of the official circles, I do not think, go in for extremes. They are, generally speaking, well groomed and tastefully dressed on all occasions." This Week ONLY I f a G Vjr WHEN REST IS NEEDED $150 iiiiii' t (v V