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lngtajn. T. C.; President E. A. Bryarl
PRESIDENT WILSON ADDRESSING THE CONGRESS
THOMAS A. EDISON AND SECRETARY DANIELS
or e Washington state college, e
Pul$van; President J. D. Farrell
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the SO.-W. R. & N. company, of Port
SELECT CANDIDATES
FOR YOU TO VOTE FOR
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kndl3 Governor Ernest Lister: Stat
j F.n$fheer J. H. Lewis of Oregon; Hon!
, lurin Marshall, minister of agrricull
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IN THE TIME OF WAR I
lunsjAiueria, uuiiaa; ur. etamuei orj
IN ACHIEVEMENTS
Special and First Regular
Sessions of 63rd Congress
Have Accom'plished Much.
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aiSlington, D. C, and cither men wel
irsid in both the theoretical and srac
tic4j sides of the irrigation queatio
are: in; the list of speakers for tha sac
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1 ondfannual Washington Irrigation in
Annies Still "March on Their .mi
be held In this city. Decern
and 18. .
and Bother Will Be Shoul
dered by Organization,
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AUCTION'S
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October
CHANCE FOR NOMINEES
TOMMY ATKINS' RATIONS
OF 18 MONTHS' DURATION
ortunities
Political Aspirants Seeding- 1630 More
Qrat Brltala Baqulred to Store Xaiy
Quantities of rood for Soldiers
la the Field.
National Leylalatlvs Chambers HtTt
Bean in Continuous Session Sine
April 7. 1913.
Votes Still Save Time to Qualify
Before This Staffed Club.
PROVES
lunges
SESSION
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Bl? Thing's Accomplished by
Congress in X,ong Seosion.
Tariff revision. '
Federal resfjrve act.
Trarle commission.
'layton Anti-Trust bill.
Ut-peal of free tolls.
Alaska railroad bill.
Smith-Lever agricultural ex
tension act.
Washington, D. C. Oct. 17. When
congress adjourna within a few days,
as Is expected, it will have completed
a session of more than 18 months, the
longest continuous sitting of the na
tlonal legislative body in the history
of the nation.
Tho sixty-third congress was con
venea in extraordinary session on
April 7, 1913, by the proclamation of
President Wilson. While the president
ostensibly called congress together to
revise ttie tariff, the special session
was actually made necessary by the
fact that two of the big supply bills,
one vital to the existence of the gov
ernment, had not been passed during
the short session of the previous COn
greJUi. Major Iitwi Enacted.
The, list of major laws enacted in
clude tariff revision, federal reserve
act, trade commission and supple
mental anti-trust laws, repeal of free
tolls in Panama canal, Alaska railroad
act.
The special session, which merged
Into the first regular session of the
Sixty-third congress on December 1,
.actually accomplished one major piece
of legislation, the passage of the tariff
act. There were a few other bills of
public importa-nce passed by both
branches of the national legislature,
including the two appropriation bills
that had been carried over from the
previous session and the bill to amend
the Rrdraan act. providing for a fed
eral board of mediation and concilia
tion. The later act was passed in
Jane. 113, to avoid a threatened strike
of trainmen on the eastern railroads.
History of legislation.
While the federal reserve act was
not passed at the special session, it
had been approved by the house and
hearings on it were being held by the
nenaie DanKing and currency commit
toe at Uie time the extra and regular
sessions merged in December, and it
was passed by the senate Just before
ue Christmas recess.
Preliminary work on the anti-trust
bills was undertaken in the house and
In the senate late in the fall of 1913,
annouga tne president had. not at that
time delivered his address to congress
outlining the scope of- such legislation,
and none of the administration bills
were Introduced until after the regular !
session commenced.
The anti-trust program, which
started out, according to President
Wilson's outline, with five separate
measures, finally ended in two, the
trade commission bills and the Clayton
bill, to supplement the existing laws
against retraint of trade.
Several Measures Dropped.
Both of these bills have been passed
and the Clayton bill, which is known
s the omnibus antj-trust bill, contains
the prohibition of interlocking direct
orates which, according to the original
program, was to have been a separate
measure.
Next to the federal reserve act and
the anti-trust laws the measure which
provoked the widest interest was the
resolution to repeal the free tolls pro
vision of the Panama canal act. That
vas passed after heated debates in
both the house and the senate in which
a number of prominent Democrats op
posed the wishes of the president.
Agricultural Act Passed.
The Smith-Lever agricultural exten
sion act. which grants federal aid to
state agricultural schools, was passed
during the regular session, after hav
ing failed to pass in the last session of
the sixty-second congress on account
of a filibuster conducted by Senator
j ape oi Vermont. the bill was passed
ty unanimous vote in both branches of
congress.
J he Mil authorizing the president
to build a railroad in Alaska and an-
propriattng $35,000,000 for the purpose
NEW TODAY
For Lease
November First
l our-story brick building known as
44 and 46 1l. 6th St., N., and now
occupied by the Russell & Gilbert
Candy Factory, containing about
20.000 square feet.
Prigmore & Younger
849 MORGAN BLDG.
Main 7525
Wanted $15,000
By a client with first class security;
must be confidential.
We are authorized to trade either
one or two lots near Altamead for
carpenter work. This proposition
must be taken up at once.
ACREAGE JTXAB BEATZBTOJ.
For , sale in large or small tracts;
will take carpenter work' as first
payment on small trace
Vi block on Kast Broadway; will
take carpenter work for first pay
ment, . balance on terms.
FOZTOV fe AKE8,
317 Beci bid,
n roadway and Oak streets.
Phone Mailt 5563.
A-l INCOME PROPERTY SACRIPICE
Income. $100 oer month. Price, $11,000.
HXIXAK fe FASKHTLZ,
303 Stock Kxchanga bldg.
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Photograph by Harris & Ewlng.
President Wilson reading one of his several messages to both houses
of congress. Vice President Marshall and Speaker Clark are
seen in the background.
Portrait of Columbus by Sebastiano
Metropolitan museum. New York.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC HAS
HAD A GOOD SEASON
THE REPORT SHOWS
Profits Were Large in Oregon
as in Entire Territory Cov
ered by Lines,
Salem, Or Oct. 17. That the
Southern Pacific operated at a hand
some profit in Oregon, as well as
over its entire system during the
year which closed June SO appears from
the annual report filed with the State
Railroad Commission today. The fol
lowing figures are included: Operat'-
ing revenues. J92.038, 088.43; operating
expenses, $54,991,140.17; net revenue
from rail operations, $37,046,948.26.
Net revenue from outside operations.
$886,998.75. Other income, $48,916,
940.88. Gross income. $81,210,270.56.
Deductions from gross income, lease
of road, interest, etc. $40,S45,348.11.
Disposition of net income, appropria
tions or income to sinking and other
reserve funds, $5000. Dividends, $16,
360,344.32. Income balance credit.
$23,999,578.13.
Operating revenues state of Ore
gon, $8,044,156.53. Operating expenses.
state of Oregon, $5,502,844.37. Ratio
of operating expenses to operating
revenues, entire line, 59.75 per cent;
state of Oregon, 68.41 per cent. Amount
paid in salaries and wages entire line
$4198,606.12. Number of passengers
carried, entire line, 36,645,269; state
of Oregon. 2,705,142. Tons of freight
caried, entire line, 20,338,210; state of
Oregon, 2,707,165. Locomotives owned
and in use, 1340; passenger cars. 17SB;
rreight cars, 31,816; company service
cars, 6111.
The Southern Pacific company owns
9.84 miles of main line, 20.08 miles of
branches and spurs. Operates 6461.7
miles under lease or contract. Total
miles operated, 6491.62. Road operat
ed in the state of Oregon, 790.88 miles.
Total par value of stock issued out
standing and not in the hands of
respondent, $272,672,405. Total par
value of funded debt outstanding, $203,-
226,336, on which Interest was paid
during the year amounting to $5,887,-
934.50. Net total investment in road
and equipment, $32,581,044.51, or $868,-
099.60 per mile of line. The cost per
mile of line Is based on the cost of
11.13 miles of railway from San
Bruno to San Francisco, CaL, amount
ing to $9,661,948.56.
was another achievement of this con
gress. Ban Francisco Is Helped.
After considerable controversy in
both the senate and the house, a bill
was passed authorizing the use of the
Hetch Hetchy basin in a government
reservation of the- same name to be
dammed and used as a reservoir to
supply water for the city of San Fran
cisco and other California towns. This
bill was indorsed by the National Con
servation association.
Another act of this congress which
is of considerable public importance is
the passage of the bill regulating the
transactions in cotton futures on the
various exchanges.
As the outgrowth of the Titanic dis
aster, which was investigated by com
mittees of congress, bills were intro
duced by Senator La Follette and Rep
resentative Alexander, providing for
increased safety and life saving appli
ances on vessels entering the ports of
the United States, and also for the im
provement of condition of seamen.
Marina Bills Are Pending.
The La Follette bill has passed the
senate, and itr the house the Alexander
bill was substituted for It and passed.
The two bills are widely divergent and
no effort has been made to reconcile
them. They have been pigeonholed In
the senate Judiciary committee.
The subject of immigration Is evi
dently not to be dealt with by this
congress. The Burnett bill, providing
for the literacy test, was passed by th
bouse and has been reported to the
senate, but, although It has been on
the calendar since last March, no ef
fort has been made to bring it up for
consideration.
In his annual message to congress
President Wilson coupled rural credits
with th federal reserve banking sys
tem, and declared that each was of
equal importance.
Plenty of Them.
Seattle Post-IntelUgencer.
"Can you apply a check to
wife's extravagance?"
your
"Can I? She Just keeps me and my
account busy supplying them." '
Del Piombo which 1b tn tho
HUMANE TREATMENT
OF PRISONERS OF WAR
DEMANDED BY RULES
Captured Men Must Be Given
Complete Religious Liberty
by Their Captors.
London. Oct. 18. Great interest at
taches to the lot of many thousands of
soldiers taken prisoners on all sides
of the great Kuropean war, and there
has been much speculation as to the
hardships these captives must undergo
before the end of the conflict. As a
matter of fact, however, the lot of
the war prisoner is not necessarily
wretched or of unmitigated hardship,
for the rules governing the treatment
of prisoners of war are clear and ex
plicit, as defined in international
agreements embodied In The Hague
conventions, the Geneva convention.
and the Declaration of London.
If these provisions are lived np to
the fate of the prisoners of war will
be far less disagreeable than is com
monly believed.
There have been many reports em
anating from each side of the present
war, in which first one party and then
the other has been charged with treat
ing the laws of civilized warfare as
merely paper promises to be disregard
ed in actual practice. There hav been,
however, no authentic reports of Ill
treatment of prisoners of war by any
of the armies engaged in the present
war. s
Nation Held Responsible.
The nation which captures its en
emy's soldiers and holds them as pris
oners is made entirely respons ble for
whatever happens to them, and shoul
ders a responsibility commensurate
with the number of prisoners it takes
The prisoners, on the other hand, are
by international law obliged to be as
frank with their captors es the captors
are with them. In return for humane
treatment a prisoner must, when ques
tioned by his captors, give his true
name and the rank he holds in the
army in which he served.
Contrary to general belief, ho is not
stripped of everything and thrown into
a dungeon to be starved on stalj bread
and water, but can lawfully be de
prlved of nothing except weapons.
horses and military papers. Further
more, the prisoner of war must have
complete religious liberty, in che ex
ercise of which he may pray as much
or as devoutly as fie wishes for the
victory of his country and his own
speedy deliverance from captivity.
The prisoner of war may be inter
ested in a town or a fort, or even in
a camp, according to the convenience
of his captors; but he may be con
fined only, according to the law, "as
an indispensable measure of safetv,"
and then only so long as the circum
stances make necessary. ,To be sure,
in this respect the commanding officer
of the victorious" forces has wide dis
cretion in interpreting just what meas
ures are indispensable. At other times.
when the prisoner is unconfined, he is
subject to all the rules and regulations
of the government and army capturing
him, and if he refuses, to .'obey these
rules and acts in an insubordinate
manner toward the commanding of
ficer over mm ne is liable to punish
ment and discipline, according to the
offense committed. , The degree of
such punishment is again left largely
to the discretion of the officer in ques
tion. Xdabl to Punishment.
If a prisoner attempts to escape and
is captured by his guards betore he
can do so, he is liable to severe punish
ment. On the other hand. If he eludes
his captors and rejoins his army and
if that army Is again unfortunate and
he is captured a second time, his prior
escape shall not be counted against
him and must go unpunished. He Is
thereafter treated once more merely
as an ordinary prisoner of war.
The government that holds a soldier
prisoner of war is chargeable with
his maintenance and must provide him
with food and clothing and shelter as
good as that provided for its own
troops. The officers of the captors
are required to keep records of all
prisoners under their charge, and if
relief societies wish to minister to
their needs or comfort the officers in
command must afford them every fa
cility to do so. If the prisoner's
friends or relatives send presents and
clothing, medicine or the like, to him
such goods must be admitted to them
free of any war duty, and the railroads
owned by the captor government are
Trustful voters may be saved all
the nerve rack and brain fair of i
studying political questions for them
selves by joining the Iroquois club.
Step up to the treasurer's desk and en
roll now, so that all your worry may
be over.
For the Iroquois executive commit- :
tee is going to select the candidates
you should vote for. What more could .
one fask, in these days of direct voting j
and the disruption of the old-fashioned, ;
reliable convention system? Now that I
there is no party boss to tell us how
to vote, the Iroquois committee will ,
tell us. i
An official statement of a meeting '
of the 'club" Friday night says that ,
K. A. Caples has resigned the pre:V- '
dency of the club because of his re- ;
moval to Aloha, in Washington coun- 1
ty. Aloha papers please copy. ,
The club was organized some time j
ago by Caples to assist the voters in I
their study of politics. Its announced j
program was to select a ticket, aftr j
exhaustive research into the merits of
the various candidates, and the entire
roster was pledged to vote the ticket"!
chosen by a majority o
if the members.
But at the Friday night meeting, at j
which the official announcement says
Between 4ao ana ooo people were
present," It was decided that "to save
the time required for a complete poll
of the 1630 members," the executive
committee of 10 persons should decide
what candidates the club should sup
port. The official announcement states
that its, ticket to be voted on at the
recall election October 27 will be an
nounced Tuesday, and on Friday the
"club's" choices for county and state
offices will be revealed to its mem
bers. Plenty of time yet to have your
thinking done for you. Candidates for
office who need 1630 more votes yet
have time to submit their qualifica
tions to the executive committee of
this stuffed club.
Witness Tells About
Military Executions
Englishman Relates Sow Two Men
Were Stood Ajrainst a Wall and Shot
Dead.
London. Oct. 17. An Englishman re
turning from France tells of seeing
two military executions there.
"I had just entered the village." he
said, "when I saw a party of soldiers
leading two prisoners away. A crowd
was following, and I joined in. Reach
ing the edge of the city, the two pris
oners were blindfolded and placed
against a wall. I realized that I was
witnessing a military execution.
"One of those men leaned against the
wall in a careless attitude, and seemed
to take no interest in the proceedings
Six soldiers fired upon him, and he
dropped dead. The other went the
same way. I learned later that they
had been captured trying to blow up a
bridge. One had been disguised as a
priest, and the other as a woman."
British Navy Men
Chafe at Inaction
HanfTing' Around, Continually en Alert,
With Nothing Happening', Xs Tire
someAwait "Chance to Bunrp "Em." !
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iX)QUUI), ,l. DtLllUIB Willi Lilts
British fleet are chafing at the bit.
judging by letters they are sending
home to their relatives. Following are.
three samples of the letters that are
being received every day from the sail
or lads:
"We are having a rather trying time
up here, closed up around our guns all
day long and on the alert for emer
gencies. Whether the Germans will
tackle us or not is a matter of Indiffer
ence to us, and I do not believe any of
the ships would be blown away under
the fire from German ships. I don't
believe they could hit us If we were all
clustered together, but, at the same
time, we are all of one wish, and that
is to have a bump at 'em. Let 'ent
come, is what we say."
Accused to Get
No Court Favor
Young- Man Win
Wot Get Irenlency
Tell Any False-
by Seeking to
hoods.
Chicago. Oct. 17. "Reckless fellows
who try to hide behind the statements
of young girls that they are of age
will get scant hearing in this court,
declared Municipal Judse Fry in the
court of domestic relations, when
three young men came up for trial on
charges brought by three girls, all
under 18 years of age.
Walter Knowles was sentenced to
nine months in the bridewell.
Raymond Henderson was given six
months.
Byron Denlck, a checker, was given
four months In the bridewell.
The young men took three girls,
aged 15, 16 and 17 years, to Hender
son's flat and lived there a week. The
girls admitted telling the men that
they were over 18 years of age.
obliged to carry such supplies tree of
charge.
War prisoners may be put to work
by the government that captures them,
and their duties should be assigned ac
cording to their aptitude, fitness and
rank. Frequently they are set to work
in the fields gathering in the harvest
neglected by Its own farmer soldiers,
or working in the mines. The tafks
may not be unduly severe, so as to
border cruelty, and they may have no
bearing whatever or the operations of
the war. The prisoners must be paid
for the work they do at a rate equal
to that being paid, to soldiers of the
national army.
Bits of gum camphor kept with sil
ver will prevent the latter becoming
dark.
Photograph Copyright 1914
rm - nma. A TtV1io at left nnrf Rporotni-v of Ka-irv nnnlnla mnnnHnir
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the gangplank of the Buperdreadnanght New York in the Brook
lyn navy yard, October 10, when the great Inventor inspected the
various mechanical and wireless equipments on the great bat
tleship, and also delved into the mysteries of one of Uncle Sam's
submarines. Mr. Edison astounded those present by announcing
that he is now working on a submarine that is to be equipped
with gills and with the power to absorb oxygen from the water
as do the ftsh of the sea. Th is feature will permit the sub
marine to stay beneath the surface indefinitely.
AMERICAN
J
MADRID FINDS FAULT
GROSS NEGLECT
Says American Business Men
Are Too Careless to Win
Trade of Spanish.
(United Presn Leased Wire.)
Madrid, Spain. Oct. 6. (By Mall to
New York.) If you want to hear
Mr. American Business
names von want tr. clt in (h. nffi .
of Robertson Honey, the American
consul here, and listen to him and
J. M. Gay, who's the vice consul, tell
what they know about Mr. A. li. Man's
efforts to do business with Spanish
firms.
Robertson Honey has been on the
job here since June. "Ever since this
war began," he said, "German busi
ness in Spain, which is the largest,
has been chopping off. Spanish firms
have been writing to me, asking m-a
to get American firms to supply them
with what they can't get from Ger
many." Mr. Honey can't be a drummer for
American firms. The best he can
do is to make a little report into the
"trade opportunity" corner of the
consular reports. American business
men see it there and send a letter,
written in English, which the Span
ish business map throws away. Or,
he doesn't even put enough postage
011 nis letter, being not even interested
e'uugu
in foreign business to know
how much it costs to send a letter
to Spain, and the Spanish business
man refuses the letter rather than
pay the difference.
It isn't because the Spanish busi
ness man cares for the few extra
centimes; it's because he doesn't want
to do business with a man who doesn't
know enough about the matter in
hand to be able to pick out the right
postage stamp.
There are about IS men In Madrid
who have built up fine businesses
Importing various articles from the
United Statss to Spain. There might
be many more if American merchants
would only uo foreign business the
way the foreigner wants it done, or
at least split the difference with him.
Here's an Instance of how Ameri
can, business men, unless they get
their wits about them, will try to
crowd out foreign trade In Spain
during the war:
A Spanish architect wanted Ameri
cans to bid on fittings for a great
public building. They did. They
wrote letters In English, that went
right into the waste basket, and sent
catalogues in the same language, that
went right into the furnace. And
a man from Germany got a $175,000
job. There's a man here now who
has a contract to supply part of the
clips for rifle bullets and part of the
cartridge shells used by the Spanish
government.
He wrote the American
I consul and asked him to let American
I firms know about his needs. The first
I letter this Spanish gentleman got
from a bis American business house
diun t have enough stamps on it, but
the Spaniard paid the mall man the
difference. He opened the letter and
found out it was written in English,
which he couldn't read; and into the
waste basket it went, and he turned
sore on all American business, mer
chants and manufacturers.
"What do they know about shipping
rates," he asked, "if they don't know
even about postal rates? And how
much do they care for my business
if they won't even go to the trouble
of writing to me in a language I can
understand 7"
Lecture at Orenco.
Orenco, Or., Oct. 17. Prot. C. F.
Hodge of the University of Oregon ex
tension work, lectured here Friday
evening to a large audience on "Birds
and Insects." The professor used lan
tern slides to give point to his re
marks and the lecture was much en-
Joyed. This is the first of a series
for the winter. The next one will be
given In a couple of weeks by one of
, the O. A. C. faculty.
Japan recently launched a battleship
with all of its - engines and guns In
CONSUL A
WTH
place. ,
by the International News Service,
TONS, PRI
SPECULATE ON Til
WHEN WAR WILL END
Englishman's Lot at Muen
ster Camp Rather Melan
choly One, It Is Said,
By Karl IL ron Wlegand.
Muenster, Germany, Oct- 5. (By
courier via Rotterdam to New York)
"i ru unun. nie war
will last?'
More than a score of Englishmen
literally picked up their ears to catch
the answer when the bare kn-ed
Highlander asked this question. Hound
about were thousands of French meu
in their dirty red trousers, stalwart
Belgians and a sprinkling of sad faced
Turcos and Zouaves from the deserts
and mountains of Algiers, ail prison
ers ef war.
How long will the war last?" was
repeated. It was the unexpressed
question mark on every one of the
thousands of faces.
Are you tired of It? was asked of
the Highlander.
'Hid rawther be playing golf at
home than be In this bloomln', blasted
place, he answered "Cawn't you
ask them to let us have a golf courco
out here. Y'know we cawn use these
bloornin' barracks for bunkers."
Hi," shouted another, "cawn't you 1
persuade them to give us a bawth tub.
Hi 'aven't 'ad a bloomln" bawth since
they brought us to this blarsted
place."
How long will the war last! No
one Is asking that question more often
than the prisoners of war. Thair lot
is rather a melancholy one. Aside
from "police work." that is, keeping
the camp and their barracKS clean.
there is little to do. The houri, the
days and the weeks drag. Cigarettes
and tobacco, the consolers when all
else fail, run low.
While substantial, the food Is elm-
pie, but there is none too much of it.
and the manner in which it is served
grates somewhat on the nervts of tne
squeamish, among the English prison
ers here. The Belgians and French
fraternize, but the Knglish with their
customary aloofness keep pretty much
to themselves.
They attribute the war to the Rus
sians, for whom they evince no great
love, and their immediate predicament
to the French, who ".failed to come tu
their support" in the fighting.
There are 25,000 prisoners in the big
camp here on the military maneuver
grounds. It Is said that in a few
days several thousand Russians, of
whom the Germans now have so many
that they don't know what to do with,
will be added to the Muenster camp.
Knowing the aversion of the aver
age Englishman to the less immacu
late Russian soldier, the Germans con
sider it a huge joke that they should
be put in the same camp to ' give the
allies a chance to get thoroughly ac
quainted with each .other."
The Muenster camp is surrounded
by a high plank and barbed wire
lence. About 2000 men of the "Iand-
strum, guard the prisoners. There
is a sentry every 50 yards apart. The
public is not allowed to tab to the
prisoners and can only pass the en
closure at a considerable distance.
The prisoners occupy the large bar
racks used by the German soldiers
during maneuvers. They sleep on tb
ground on beds of straw.
Disgusted Thief
Throws Shoes Away
Man Robbed Drummer of Samples,
Which Consisted oX Coverings for
X.eft 7oot Only.
Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 17. Two dozen
shoes for the left foot were found
strewn In an alley in the rear of 91
North Pryor street by police officers
Friday when they answered a burglary
call at the Hotel Marion.
The shoes were stolen from the
sample room of the hotel. They were
the property of a drummer who be
lieves the thief, finding the shoes
were for the left foot only, threw them
away la dlacuat.
SONERS
By Ilerbert Temple.
IiOndon, Oct. 17. The most serloas
problem with which a reneral In the
field can be faced is that of keeping
up the necessary food supply for the
troops tander his command. (
An army. Indeed, marches on Its
stomach. At a pinch It can make shift i
to do without tents or transport while '
as Is well known, successful opera
tions have at times been carried out in
a hostile area when not a single cart
ridge has been expended for weeks on
end. Yet. though bullets may be dis
pensed with, this Is certainly not the
case with regard to bread or Its equiv
alent. This, at any rate, has always
lit1.- n tYit mil ninn tt Vi cftaa f mllltftrv
, . " ' - " '
leaders Xanoleon for wrimnlt k.ln
ttt Jt a .apoieon ror ewampie. ing
reported on one occasion to have had a
soldier shot for throwing away a bag
of biscuits. In order to make room for -
some ammunition. '
Th cale on which th- omTn1r1it
arrangements for a protracted cam-
palgn are conducted Is an exceedingly
large one. A fact that contributes ma
terially to this is that not only have
rations and fodder to be Issued daily
to every man and horse on duty, but
also that a considerable reserve sup-i
piy nas io oe mainiainea ai me Dane or ;,
operations.
Example of Boer War.
in iiic iiirui r.oci "raj, i caiiiiic, ,
the amount of food thus stored was, as .
far as possible, that equaling a four
months' (nnsnmnilnn. Win it la re- !
membored that the number of . troops
-v " "
ai a lime aunng ine greater portion ot .
the war, it will readily be seen that
such a aupply necessarily represented a ;
very big stock indeed. i
To go Into actual figure. It may be
of Interest to learn that at the head of
the various items composing a four i
months supply for such a body Is 24.- ,
000,000 pounds of biscuit. This enor- !
mous total is close.lv aDDroached by the j
"hiiv hr n na for fvn nrmnA of
ry pound of
- i- u.et i
7k i VT
f the latter. ,
the former commodity there
inree quarters or a pouna or me laner. j
To render it more palatable than ltvog! Price 12.f.i to $S. Several No.
would be in itself, the commissariat
department is required to keep in store
1,600,000 pounds of compressed
bles and 800,000 pounds of salt. As
appropriate accompaniments to
mo
beef and biscuit, coffeo and tea to the i
Ttpnt rf GOO 000 nanniii mnA 400.000 '
pounds, respectively, are also Included ,
In the reserve supply. 1
r
In addition to such absolute necessi
ties as bisc
uit, beef, and vegetables, ;
tho four mon
)nths food supply for an
average army corps in the field in
cludes many items that may almost be
described as luxuries. For example,
that the British troops In South Africa
contained 2,900,000 tins of jam (each
holding one pound, and 720,00 tins of
condensed milk.
Jam, it is worth noting, was first In
troduced aa an article of diet for sol
diers in active service in the Egyptian
campaign of 1884. As It was found to
have excellent results, chiefly on ac
count of its anti-scorbutic properties,
and also to be extremely appreciated
by the men, it has remained a "field
ration" ever since. it Is generally
eaten with biscuit, as bread Is but rare
ly obtainable In the actual theatre of
war.
Drinkable Are Xeeoffnized.
Drinkables" occupy almost as larre
a place as do 'eatables In the reserve
food supply of an army eorpa when in
active service. After the SOO.000
pounds of coffee and 480,000 pounds of
tea, already referred to, the principal
totals maintained are 40,000 -fallons of
rum, 64,000 bottles of port and 24.90
bottles of whiskey. There was also a
very large quantity of lime Juice kept
in reserve for the benefit of the side
and wounded.
Among the -miscellaneous stare"
which the commander of an army
corps looks' to his commissariat de
partment to furnish when called upon,
are 160 tons of alum (for purifying
doubtful water), 40 tons of chloride of
lime. 12.000 pounds of carbolic acid
"',
powder, 20,000
ga ions oi
80,000 pounds
wbui oi ouiuica.
food supply -for the horses and mules ;
1 also on a generous scale, thousands;
of tons of hay. oats and bran being
always kept at the base' In readiness
for instant dispatch to the front.
Will Tsilk on Irrigation.
North Yakima, Wash, Oct. 11. Di
rector F. H. Newell of the United
AUCTIONS
ESTABLISHES 1892.
On Tuesday Next
We shall sell the Furniture, Rugs,
etc. from Irvington residence, also
another from the Goffe estate.
I il n i EiTI 1 M L' I . lino slPrca laiivr r u r-
niture. Lart'e Easy Rockers, Library
Tables. KOOKcases. v-eiiarene, a-uivia,
Tables Bookcases. Cellaretie, Mirrors, .
Large Rugs, liigelow Axminister Car-j
P-ts Center Tables, Lace Curtains. ;
Bookstand, Chase - Leather Couches ;
and Rockers. Pictures, Angora sum i
lings. Clocks. Hrass Beds, full and i j
Pictures. Angora Skin I
Mzes, iiest (spnnus ana mMire,
leather Pillows, Bedding, Mahogany
anrl Quartered Oak Dressers and Chif
foniers, Maple nesK, hoi;a jvi&nogany (
Dining Room Suite, viz: 14 ft. Table, j
Pet Chairs with leather seats. Side- i
board with 2 French Plate Mirrors. !
lolid Mahogany Center Table; aUo J
suite In Wax Oak. as follows: 4S !nch l
Top Pedestal Table, .et or Chairs ana
Buffet. Oak Side Table, Folding Bed,
Axminister Rugs, Gas Range, Steel
Range, Kitchen Cabinet, Utensils, etc.
Auctioneer's Note.
Intending purchasers should call to
morrow and inspect the above goods.
You will find them well worthy of
your attention.
AUCTION ON TUESDAY NEXT.AT
10 O CLOCK.
On Thursday Next
We shall
furnishings
sell a lot of household
from Mr. Sherman's prl-
vate home.
SALE ON THURSDAY NEXT
10 O'CLOCK.
AT
W. C BAJCXS W. B. BSIX,
Furniture Dealer and Auctioneers.
m-ih rmrm
IJT91 SECOND STREET
"rats week we are orrerlnj unusually
lowjric-es, even lower than usual, ami
oursSeputation for close prices Is no'J
ronislned to 1'ortland. Our leader ton
thi)weck will be beds. We are oveil
stOQHtd. and inut make room for ouii
' T... 1 I
sivwiug nwn. "uie ine lunuwinw
,,rtJB imposssible to duplicate in thl.4
ltl, Cr any other place. '
:Tj "
j VEHXS MASTDI BEOS I
"So inch continuous post, all new;
burfjished brass finish, on sale tUs
weil
an long as they last, for $5.4.4
Iron tn-d.s 75c to S3. 00 for thifti
naltT Wood springs 7fc UP. Iron anil
t ua i ui.i iiin, 9a iu fti, a ill urct u
of;hebe goods buy now, as no moru
can" fbe secured at these prices,
'l! GOOD SFECXAX.S
1 IBahncanv dr-KKini? tnlilo and rhalr
nevfi style dressers
In regular and
pnaj-ess styles, some new. some slight-!
lv asfd, in oak. mahogany, maple, etc.
I1TI ...! tl.i, T C.l - tit IT.
tetsHriHterft ! F.O tn H
C
if j D1KIWO BOOM SETS
tSOod line'of dining tables and chairs
" "u u . , "1
rhymer woods lit
00 to $12.50. Chairs
siir Jto 12 m h
OFFICE PUaHlTTOIl
ipod oak flat too desks, high Wal
dtafl. swivel stools, rues, typewrite
doe, office rhairs, oak center tables
L. . Smith visible typewriter, missioi
setSee, iron safe, combination book
a, iaree rockers, filmic cabinet, other!
accessories. STOlrEa
ill BTOviiS
?tie Increasing demand for stoves
Te increasing demand ror stovesi
muiies earlv buying an advantage. Ourf
nM ot haters in all sizes, standard!
rnjafes, every one guaranteed, will suirl
ma;jj
anJ cook stoves in Rood working or
leg $& to $7.60. Alo steel ranges it
combination gas will
Tgrta-ij;j),s'("pw
mjc auickiv
These are priced tw
STJBTJB.BAS BUYERS
y?c make a specialty of packing snd
. . J ... ... J 1 mwi.
"gT , y fr KV.I
pujf hases from out of. town point
wisnin
50 miles of Portland.
pro
poStlonal reduction on longer distances
Nofl
resident buyers ar urred to see
us.! Our out 01 town trade Is increas
ing rapidly.
f OTJB OTABAirTZB
"6e-guarantee all goods to be as rep-l
reserited or money back. He do what
wefcay we'll do. Give us a chance to
make good with you.
Bell Auction Co.
! 191 SECOJTD ST.
lictionSales
'Si
l! AT
Wpson'sAuctionfloiise
16&-68 First SL. Near Mor
ikson Regular Sales Days
Monday, Wednesday, Fri
ijrJay Each Day 10 A. M.
GENERAL ASSORTMENT Of GOOD
HQESEFl-RNISUINGS. INCIXTDTNOl
UIWNO ROOM SUITE. ROCKERS.
LIBRARY AND CENTKR TABLES,
COUCHES. BOOK CASES. IADUCB'
l DKSKS. WARDROBES. IRON BEDS.
!-PBt&NGS, MATTRKSSES. PILLOWS.
TOM FORTS. SPREADS,
hRRSHKRa
cJ,MOIK8. CARPETS. LA CIS CUR I
TASK'S. PR rTT.' RES, STEEL RANGES.
OAg RANOKH, COOKSTOVE and oth
er SJffecta.
Gods Sold at Private Sale
PL53SOS. ORfJANS. ORAPHOPHONE8
onl.iRECOi:DS. ALSO THE LARGEST
ANt? BEST ASORTMENT OP GOOD
ASJHnEW UP-TO-DATE FURNITURE
of H descriptions. ROOM-SIZE RIJOB,
goosS AXMINSTKR and BRUSSELS
CARPETS. STEEL and OAS RANGES.
Patten furnishing are cordially In
vite? to look through our stock. We)
GUARANTEE and DELIVER. --
Wilson's Bankrupt Stock
vtore, Corner Second anjd
(Main 2032.)
N TEE BAKOAXH STO&Z.
(iC3DH, SHOES. HARDWARE. ETC.
; ivOr.i 'i 1 1 vn qi.iivlt niava iuiT.mi
. i . rwj ICilCTLnU II l.' i x rT ITTVD
rRtlT SYSTEMS. KIREPROOH
. HA'"ES, Etc. . -,
S J. T; WILSON. Proprietor.
vr
uction
Monday, 2 p.m. .
FIRST STREET
' Yiru will find a vory nice assort- j
mer-t of Good Furniture Tor this sal :
anklf you do not attend It will -be
voiei loss, not ours, for we will -sell
alrrist everything necessary to fur
nlstf your home completely and some
of ; Jt Is High Class goods as well as
come Medium Furniture and If you
hhv ever attended one of our sale i
yottlwlll Know thai inert is no aanger
of; ;ettihe stuntr for we will refund
voi r monrv anv time you think you
! diajfiot get gooa vaiue ior t.
EJbrd Auction
i;l Regular Sales
Monday, Wednesday, Friday
Sate
i At 2 p. m. Each Day