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The QUEGOTi CTATESMAN. Safcia. Oregoru Satnrtay Morning.' September 13, 1339 PAGE FOUR uNo Favor Sways Vs; No Fear Shall Awe" From First Statesman, March 28, 1851 THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. Ceables A. Sprague, Sheldon F. Sackctt, Publixktn Charles A. Spracue - -Sheldon F. Sackxtt - - Member of the Associated Press Th Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to the use for publica tion of ell news dispatch credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper. Pacific Coast Advertising Representatives: ' Arthur W. Rtypea, Inc., Portland. Security Bldg. Sab Francisco, Sharon Bldg.; Los Angeles, W. Pac Bids. ' Eastern Advertising Representatives: Ford-Parsons-8teeher,Inc., New York. 271 Madison Ave.; Chicago, 860 N. Michigan Ave. Entered at tk Potto ff ice at Salem, Oregon, as Second-Claii Matter. Published every morning except Monday. Businete office, tlS S. Commercial Street. - SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Mall Subscription Rates, in Advance. Within Oregon: Dally and Sunday. 1 Ma 50 eents; I Mo.. $1.25 C Mo. $2.23; 1 year S4.0. Else where 60 cents per Mo. or $5.00 for 1 year In advance. By City Carrier: SO cents a month: $5.6 a year in ad ranee. Per Copy S cents. On trains and News Stands cents. Without Cost to the Taxpayers JJLIUS L. Meier has outlined his position on the power cjuestion. He goes in for public ownership up to liiseye- hmwi Wo orlnnta nrwunffrnllv tVtP (minora constitutional w w ww ae swy vws vj Cm "O w - amendment which is to be voted on at the November elec tion. Here. are his words: "A solution of Oregon's itate and municipal power problem Is offered by the people's water and power district constitutional atnmi1 mnt Initiate tvr the Oreron state eran?e. and which will be voted on at the forthcoming general election. . "This constitutional amendment is an enabling act, which, auth orises the creation of utility districts for the development of power, and If approved by the electorate, as I am confident It will be. the measure will enable the state and the municipalities thereof to par ticipate and engage, either independently or cooperatively, it they so desire, with the federal government in the construction of water power, projects." Now we know what Meier is standing for, because we can turn to the text of the grange amendment and study its language. The outstanding thing about the grange .power bill is that it permits boards of five members in these utility dis tricts "Tn iasiiP. sell nnrl SBsnm, AYirlpnriKi nf tnrlphtMlnesa'' No vote of, the people of the district is required. No limitation on the amount of bonds to be issued is specified. AND THESE BONDS ARE NOT UTILITY CERTIF ICATES. They are or may i BONDS. In other words, the would be PLEDGED to secure payment of the bonds. How does that square with the provision without cost to the taxpayers" which Joseph recited .so glibly and Meier repeats? The hydrophobics declare that the profits of the investment would insure the payment of the bonds. Maybe they would, maybe they wouldn't. Certain it is that the is suance of such unlimited quantities of bonds would not be WITHOUT RISK TO THE TAXPAYERS which is of vital importance. There may be no immediate cost to the tax payers; but there may be eventual cost to the taxpayers. Is it not strange that the same pamphlet which con tains this now much touted power amendment contains a proposal for- the REPEAL of an amendment which was lauded to the skies a few years ago the state endorsement of irrigation, district bond interest? Do yoil remember that far back? Oh, political memor ies are short, so short. There was a great reclamation meet ing in Salem. The Portland Journal was whooping it up for state guarantee of bonds for developing irrigation districts. Irrigation was then the KEY to state development, just as Power is made to appear now. Tom Kay was the one who opposed the state going into the irrigation business; so the proposal to have the state guarantee the bonds failed. But a constitutional amendment was adopted by which the state certified the bonds and GUARANTEED THE INTEREST of the irrigation district bonds for five years. You know the rest of the story promotion by people with lands to sell and town low to sell and gineers hungry for jobs; by bond houses eager to sell bonds; by contractors greedy for work and long profits. The state has lost TWO MILLION DOLLARS and stands to lose TWO MILLION more. True we have some irrigation development, but that came at heavy cost to the poor settlers and land owners, most of whom went ' Vf 4V a som a noMnhlaf neal of this state miarantee contains the grange power bill giving boards of FIVE mem bers unlimited power of issuing bonds. And Julius L. feier, new pee-pul favors this amendment. In the - Y ear of Our Lord WILLIE Fiddelke ran a little drug store in Chicago. Thugs came in to hold him tip and rob him of his day's receipts. He lay face down on the floor while they ransacked his cash register and found $40. It was only $40 a poor pick-up for greedy they demanded more. . But $40 was all the druggist had. It had .been a poor day, he said, few had come in to trade. They could take the 540 but he had no more to Then one of the thugs shot the poor druggist as he lay prone upon the floor,' face down, helpless; shot him simply because he had only $40; killed him. That was Chicago; no, not just. Chicago: it was Amer ica. It waaj.930 A. D. (after Was it? No it was not. It instincts to Kill sway two-footed simians dressed like hu man beings. Say It With Flowers rflHE children of Marion county are going to miss Dr. Ed ward Lee Russell. For several years he has been the physician of the Marion county health unit assigned to care for child health. So Dr. Russell has come to know the children, and they have come to know him and to like him. It is a fine work Dr. Russell has done in the county. He has expert knowledge with the saving grace of common sense. Not only has Dr. Russell been popular with the child ren, but with the elders too. His friendly manner and frank ness, his generous impulses for public service have won friends for him everywhere. Dr. Russell goes to a wider field in Orange county, California; and he goes with the best wishes of his late associates, of the children and youth whom he has served, and of the people he has met in his stay here. Governor Korblad got a fine break on, toe banting season opening, .very wisely he refused to postpone the opening of the deer season, and got a big -hand from' the sportsmen. Then the rains cum and satisfied ths lumbermen and foresters. The- governor baa had seme bad boomerangs on some or his decisions. in this turbul ent rear, so we are glad there was no rare-back on this one. - When they have these gubernatorial foursomes In Portland the socialist candidate seems to get the 'Mr hand. He ought to: hi aame Is Strelff, whick sounds like "strife" and seems U mean .strafe - -: ,.. . , Even tf the two charged with fraud la the Astoria puis mUl promotion are sent,t Jail, that doesn't restore any eaah t the taoocent investors who lost some three hundred thousand dollars in the promotion. - . . . ....,-.. .-J001? ton. ni eoea be on, and that wUl take people's "'T4 fwUtiea, biulneem; overweight aad such, Night football vtu receive, a trial, rrntttt bsTar noohod hatseson urniaaa- . ette and OAC, at CorraUIs the night et the 21th; - - Edit or -Manager - Managing Editor be GENERAL OBLIGATION entire property of the district power rights to sell; by en broke. writ isVi viatit fMAr a Aa of irrigation district interest. recruit to the cause of the thieves. They wanted more, give. - the 'dominion? of Christ). was' the jungle, where animal HEALTH Today's Talk f : By R. 8. Copcland, IL P. It is Immensely Important that every baby should have a -good start la life. Tour baby's life and health will de pend largely on nutrition, not only after birth, but long before the child is born. The child' a e o nstitution will depend to a large extent upon what the mother eats before the child comes Into the world, as weU as the nourish ment given af terward. ' If. before her child's birth, the mother follows a diet of fresh, natural foods her child should be normal and healthy. But tf she leaves out of the diet the valu able mineral salts found in fresh vegetables and fruits, then the needs of her body and that of her child's will suffer. These foods with plenty of milk daily will eupply ths lime needed to preserve her own and to make her baby's teeth and bones. Freeh Fruits Daily She should eat plenty ef raw and stewed fresh fruits daily, as well as plenty of raw and cooked green vegetables. Whole wheat bread, if It agrees with her, should be substituted for white bread, and milk products for much meat. Such a diet is very essential for the welfare of the expected child. Although the teeth of an In fant are not visible at birth they are embed ed in the law. They be gin to form and harden five months before birth, although the first tooth does not develop until the child Is six or eight months old. Even the first permanent back teeth or molars begin .be fore birth. It Is therefore essential- that lime salts be supplied to the un born child through the mother's diet, and later through the moth er's milk in nursing. .It is easy to see how Important It is that great care should be given to the moth er's diet both before and after the child Is born. Snpply Vitamin O It has been established beyond a doubt that if every child could be fed on its own mother's milk for the first eight months, there would be a tremendous decrease in the death-rate of infants In their first year. There would be a great decrease in rickets and tuberculosis in children. It Is known that the child that has been fed on mother's milk has greater resistance to disease than one who has been bottle fed. Every mother who can should nurse her baby. Mother's milk Is more easily digested than cow's milk. Artificially-fed babies during the winter months at least, should have from one-half to one teaspoonful of cod liver oil three times a day In order to supply Vitamin D, that element that pre vents rickets. In summer, if the baby is exposed to sunlight for a time each day the cod liver oil may be discontinued. It Is also most important that the bottle-fed baby should hare from one to two tablespoonfuls of orange Juice or tomato Juice every day to supply Vitamin O, the scurvy-preventing vitamin. Lack of this vitamin Is a common source of diseases of the teeth and badly formed teeth. Answer to Health Queries Mrs. B, S. Q. What is best for failing hair? A. Brush the hair and use a good tonic. For further particu lars send self-addressed stamped envelope and repeat your ques tion. D. P. Q. Is vaseline harmful to the eyes or eyelashes? ,2 How much should a girl of IS. S ft. 0 Inches tall weight? A. No. Z-She should weigh about 115 pounds. O. B. W. Q. What should a woman, aged 29, S ft. 8 Inches tall weigh? tHWhat do you advise for al bumen in the urine T A. She should weigh about 127 pounds. 2 Consult your doctor for a special diet and treatment. Yesterdays ... Of Old Oregon Tows Talks from The State nam On Fathers Bead SepC IS, 1905 A force of men Is at work mak Ing Improvements in the car track extending along the north platform of the passenger depot here. Judge Galowav la back, on the bench following: vacation, and to start the fall grist ho granted a divorce. Sunt, Arnea Q'Keefa of the Samaritan hospital is spending tew oays newing sigata at tne i , ii Captain Fred BoUes, veteran steamship captain of the Port land-San Francisco ocean route, U in the city visiting Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Thielsea. Mrs. BoUes has been her for several weeks. X, T, and Z formed a partner ship. X contributed tMS. T I76S and Jt $171. On dissolving partners mb- tney aad but SUM What wis the' loss of each? Answer to Testerdava PmhlM t hours. Explanation Dfride the nrodnct at in ic a k r U-IS; dislde by to (number or sunuies ia hqur.jr- ;A Problem Fcr You Fcr Todays 1 A si The OTHER BULLET By Nancy Barr Mavity To his surprise, the arresting dark eyes beamed up at him with an unmistakable twinkle, and the door swung wide with an inviting- gesture. "Come In, dot I suppose you have something to sell, but I'd like to hear about It. I can buy things it's almost the only thing I can do. Some people turn sales-' men away from the door, but they don't know what it is " The thin musical voice that somehow reminded Peter of the tinkle of the doorbell, trailed into silence as she led the way into a lofty "front parlor" with wood work of white and gold. Peter's eyes swept the hall briefly in transit. There was the curving staircase where Lynn had stood in his bare feet, his hand on the balustrade. There were the portieres through which he had. looked. But the double doors be hind them, leading Into the li brary, were closed. Miss de la Montanya seated herself primly In a brocaded arm chair. She had lived with mur der and mystery and heartbreak. She had watched her cousin's mind take refuge from grief too heavy to be borne and flee for refuge to the spurious solace of spiritualism. She had lived alone with the shadows of death. But she had not succumbed. A sharp and alert Intelligence looked uncloud ed from her sunken eyes. Her wizened mouth held a bitter ac ceptance of life, no matter what Its terms. "I'm afraid I haven't anything to sell." Peter said with hie most disarming smile. "In fact, I'm being very intrusive. I really came Just to talk to yon." "Ton needn't apologize. To a' re very welcome. I don't know who you are, of course, but you have nice manners. I'm. old enough to pay you that compliment." As it 4he tide had swept In and rear ranged them, the pattern of the wrinkles on the old face shifted. There had been a time; halt a century ago, when Maria's smile had been called radiant. A dim reflection of that vanished radi ance tinged it now with a flick ering Ught, "You're the tint person In fire years who has rung that front door -bell, except agents. All the people we used to know are gone and I'm afraid the place Is con sidered queer. I suppose I'm thought to be queer myself, for that matter. Since since -what happened here and then with Jndith's Ideas, poor thing, people just naturally avoided the place." Peter saw the wrinkled eye lids squeeze tight, with the weak tears of the aged. But she blink ed them open again with valiant pride. "There's the back door, of course. That's the one- the ser vants- use. Judith always pre ferred to hare Chinese servants who came in by the day, so VrwA respected her wishes slnee she's gone. That's why I opened the front door myself. It's tt's little bit lonely here, and even if it's only a canvasser, rm glad to have .somebody to talk to now and again. Judith was feed to-i me. she gave me a home because I hadn't any money of my own. so I couldnt very .well do what she wouldn't like. "So that's how the chauffeur happened to be the only servant In the house!' The words burst from Peter's lips before he could stop them. v "Tee. Jerome always had hie own way, of course, and he want ed-Lynn to stay la the honse. Maria said simply. The others slept outside. But how rhk rambling-: eat You'll get tired- of me. .What was It you wanted to talk! aooutTT .The eager wistfuiness ia the tweet old voice smote Pe . tar's sympathy ; with Its uncon scious pathos. 8h was actually! airaid that eh could -not. keep. him that he would become Ur-4lyou thought I jeoald. tell you ed of her and go away. TRIFLE TOO PUBLIC But I'm truly interested!" Pe ter reassured her. "It's a little difficult to explain, but I came to talk to you about souls." Not spirits?" The thin shoul ders lifted In a shrug of disap pointment. Cousin Maria had evi dently had her till of spirits. "No, not spirits, but souls. Es pecially Jerome's soul, and may be David's. By the way, are you really waiting for David to come back?" "No he's dead. Jerome had word of his death several years before he himself was killed. But Judith got so she wouldn't be lieve it. She couldn't believe that she'd lost them both. She was wrapped up In Jerome while he was alive, and after his death her mind went back to David. Sometimes it was his spirit she was waiting for, and sometimes she Just forgot that he wasn't merely away. Her mind, you see, never recovered from the shock of Jerome's murder. It was al ways a bit clouded afterwards." "Ton still live here as if you were waiting for him. "What else could I do? It Is the only home I have, and the only money I have to live on. I've no place else to go." Maria stated the facts calmly, without a trace of self-pity. "But you could have broken the will easily. Mrs. de la Mon tanya was evidently of unsound mind when she made it. It would not have stood in any court. Then you'd have fallen heir to the whole property, clear, as next of kin, Peter suggested. "Judith was good to me. Of course I couldn't do that to her, after she was dead." The wrinkl ed old face no longer reminded Peter of wet Band. Its stern lines had the austerity of stone. There was utter finality in that "of course.' Peter leaned, forward. This strange old lady had all her wits about her and she had charact er. She held grimly to her out moded code. "He owed it to her to trust her and she was worth trusting. Moreover, despite her eager garrulity, Peter suspected that it would not be an easy mat ter to pull the wool over her exps. "I dont believe that the whole truth could htfve come out elev en years ago," he said earnestly. "For reasons of my own, I am deeply interested In finding- out everything I can about that trag edy, and -what led up to it. I'm asking for your confidence, and you haver-nw reason to give it to me. But I'd appreciate your help." "It's a long time since anyone thought my help worth asking you don't know what a skillful tempter you are!" Once again her smile was like the glow of a dying tire. "As tor my confidence I rive it those I think deserve It. I've lived a long time, and I've seen many faces, rm an old, eld woman, so you won't be em barrassed when I say that I like your face-." "I think you say beautiful things very beautifully," Peter answered gravely. But he was profoundly grateful that And rews was not there to hear this dear old eoquette say that the liked his face. It was something the Herald staff would not soon hare allowed him to lire down. "By the way, did you know that Lynn has been released from prison? he asked, uncomfort ably aware that his ears had red dened. "No I didn't know it, but rat glad. - "You weren't satisfied then? To though, there was something la Lynn's storyt? -No, I dent bellere in f hosts though Judith told me It was most impolite to call them ghosts. J I only meant that there is enough vrrew ia in wono. i woaiasrt wish any mor or It to anyone. aythlng mere about the murder, than was found out at the time, I'm afraid I can't help at all. It seemed very queer that Lynn should leave that money right in his trunk for the police to find, If he stole It. Bnt then, I never had the advantage of the police In associating with the criminal classes, so I suppose they knew their own business best." "Then you do believe they were wrong! Ton do think there was something more!" Peter flung himself forward with boy ish abandon and seised both the did lady's hands in his. "Of course I do." Peter became aware that Cousin Maria's most unusual utterances were prefix ed by the firmly casual phrase, "of course.' "But then, you must allow for prejudice." "What sort of prejudice?" "You began by asking about souls, and you were on the right track. I have nothing against Jerome. Nobody ever had. Yet I've never rid myself of the idea that Jerome's soul had more to do with his death than appear ed. But then, of course, I never liked his soul." (To be continued) The Safety Valve - - Letters from i Jltatesman Readers ! Editor Statesman: The school millage tax, I be lieve was passed In '29 and since then the assessed -valuation of property has Increased consider able and gives the bureaucrats more money to spend: the crea tion of this new bureau (secre tary to the higher board of edu cation) becomes necessary in or der to relieve the taxpayers of this surplus of money. You are to bo commended for calling the attention of the taxpayers to this needless bureau (in the making.) If there is any machine in the state of Oregon that functions with any greater degree of sue cess than the school machine in running up the taxes, we haven's heard of it. The way to make these babies look at their whole card to eut down the millage to about of the present mill age. Of 'course those $19,000 a year professors would have to take 25000 then aad that would be just too bad. Maybe some day we wlll-xet a legislature who really represent tne peopie ana xne taxpayers win get a chance to come up tor air. Respectfully, H. O. DAMON. Ill COPPED MIKE B LIMA, Peru, Sept. 12 (AP) The troubles this week la the Cerro Pasco Copper mining re gion -where employees have pro tested against the treatment giv en them by the American com pany which owns most of the mines, have caused the evacua tion of American families aad other foreigners to nearby towns. Peruvian troops still are on guard to prevent disorder. - employes of th Cerr Pasco Copper corporation toda sent a Uelecatfoa- to Lima bearina a protest signed by 400 persons. It win be deUTered 'to. the Junta end protests against the "abus iv attitude of W. O. Bassett. su perintendent of said company, who dismissed the rrgaulxers of a demonstration in favor of the aew-sovernment, iBES EVACUATE BITSfoi -By R. J. HENDRICKS Thomas Allen McBride: V The names of the members of the McBride family are written large across the pages of the his torical records of Oregon. Indeed, they so back In American history to mo, when the first of the an cestors came from the pona. or Ireland. James McBride, great grand father of Justice McBride, whose gentle spirit has Just been called on appeal to the eternal court of last resort beyond the skies, serv ed in the Revolutionary war. as a Ufeutenant in the Virginia reg ulars; his wife was an aunt of President Andrew Jackson, and their ion, grandfather of Justice Me Bride assisted Alexander .Hamilton in the organization of the Christian ("Campbellite") churTSh. Dr. James McBride, of the Oregon branch of the family, born in Tennessee, was brought up In Missouri, where he was a leader. He was a friend and coun selor of Dr. Linn, United States senator from Missouri the most powerful supporter in his time of the claims of the old Oregon country. Dr. McBride early took a profound interest in questions relating to the Oregon country, and he came in the Immigration of 1847, that doubled the popula tion of this embryo state; was third regular physician to arrive as a settler, and the first one in Yamhill county. S Bancroft says he was a friend ef temperance and education. He was elected superintendent of schools of the comomnwealth by the first territorial legislature. He was a supporter of General Joseph Lane, and headed the list of protestants against his remo val as first executive of the ter ritorythough he parted politi cal company with that hero of the Mexican war when the slave ry question was forced Into Ore gon affairs. In 1850, Dr. McBride represent ed Yamhill county in the council (upper house) of the territorial legislature. In 1852 he became a member of the first board of trus tees of the Oregon academy at Lafayette, along with Ahlo S. Watt, R. P. Boise. A. J. Hembree, Edward Geary. J. W. Nesmith, Matthew P. Deady, R. C. Kinney and Joel Palmer; all outstanding early Oregon pioneers. In Aug ust, 1857, In company with Geo. L. Woods, afterwards governor, Perry McCulloch, Henry Moore and others, he went on an expedi tion to open up the eastern Ore gon mining country, the party leaving from The Dalles and be ing headed off by hostile Snake Indian bands, and returned by the rote over the Cascades run ning by the Three Sisters, arriv ing In the Willamette valley in a famishing condition. Dr. Mc Bride had joined the gold rush to California In 48 returning In '49. He was In 183 appointed by President Lincfoln as U. S. com missioner to the Sandwich Is lands. His wife was a talented woman, and they raised a large family of children who became talented men and women. m John R. McBride, one of the sous, participated in the organiz ation of the republican party at the convention in Albany Febru ary 11, 1857 (the Free State Re publican party), which declared for the perpetuity of the Ameri can union; for resistance to the extension of slavery; for the pro hibition of polygamy; for Oregon statehood without slavery, a Pa cific railroad, etc. John R. Mc Bride was a member of the con stitutional convention, meeting in Salem August 17, 1857; and an influential and able speaker with a controlling voice throughout the historic sessions of that body that gave Oregon statehood and her fundamental laws that have stood the test of time. He was state senator from Yamhill county 4n 18(0. He was a member of the legislature that cut the Gordian knot and sent Col. J. W. Nesmith and Col. E. D. Baker to the Unit ed States senate from Oregon; thus ranging this state alongside of Abraham Lincoln in the pres ervation of the union. In 1IC2, John R. McBride was elected to congress, and In various ways served his country; was a char acter of national size. S . . George W. McBride, a younger member of the family, was secre tary dl state from Jan. 10, 1887, to Jan. 14, 18S5. He was United States senator from March 4. 18S6, till March 3. 101. He was a leader In other activities. So were (and are) other men and women of the McBride family, and their sons' and daugbteta, like Alfred Helm an, Kd C. GUt ner. Dr. W. B. Morse, and a long llist besides. Justice ThomVs A. McBride was th first child born into that re markable family la Oregon, on Nor. 15, 1817, on the Yamhill county farm; for the father was fanner, minister and citizen as well as physician. He rode as high as 100 miles in responding to sick calls of pioneer families, over roads that had been lndian and elk trails,-, and were no bet ter thaa they had been made by th moeceslaed tracks and the hoots of the generations that marked them. Young Tom. the future judge, attended school ard.read law at Vancouver, Wash.; later entered McMinnville (now Linfleld) col lege; taught school; was admitted to the bar In Salem, Oct, f , 1871. Practiced at Lafayette, St. Eel ens, Oregon City. He was elected to the Oregon legislature and served la the lower honse thrones . w th session of 117 e. Then, begin afar la 1878, practiced law for two years t Salt Lake City. He returned and practiced with B. L. Eaitham. then with AJ s. or. In lstl. Governor Moody ap pelated him prosecuting; attorney far the fifth distrteC In .hiri roRic a served for 10 years; w wee ' drenn min aad bald that alaca far 17 years. BREAKFAST In 110 J he came to the supreme court, and held a place on that tribunal as justice and chief Jus tice to the day of his death. He had four terms as chief Justice. W Justice McBride was an -able jurist He had capacity for hard find painstaking work, and he was possessed of a clear mina that enabled him to seek out the mala points of legal f technicali ties and give decisions that brush ed awar all the rubbish and stood out plainly on the printed page. They will abide throughout the ages as directing lights for students and wearers -of the er mine In all::.tae, courts of the land. And Justice McBride was above all a man of the people; compan ionable, possessed or ready wit and commanding facile speech, making him a valued member of any -company. He had the human touch, because he himself was human; as tar from the martinet as the distance between the poles. His office and his boon com panionship was open to all, and he thus made fast friends, who will dfiss him In the every day walks of life. He gathered years; was the dean of all Oregon law yers In length of service la places of preferment, but he kept the resiliency of youth in his con tacts and the activity of his won derful mind. He ranged the course of all literature, and car ried a great storehouse of know ledge that was ready at his call. The passing of Tom .McBride leaves a vacancy In Oregon that will not soon be fiUed by anoth er. There is not one, from the greatest to the least. In all this state who would not fain join with the writer in offering sym pathy to the members of his fam ily who will most deeply feel their loss. For he was ever a kfnd fa ther and a loving husband and brother. S The Salem Y free emolovment office is sending people to Tilla mook county to pick evergreen blackberries. This fruit will per sist along the coast country over there for a month yet. The ber ries come to the Salem canneries, mostly. LUMBER STOCKS if MIUS DECKING Inventories of lumber held by 297 mills reporting to the West Coast Lumbermen's association are constantly being lessened ac cording to reports received here yesterday by the Spaulding Log ging uo., one or the members. In the last 14 weeks mill Inventories m 115 plants have been cut nine per cent and In 350 mills 089. 000,000 feet of lumber has been taken out of production. For the last few weeks produc tion of lumber has not kept up to demand. In August 4.5 per cent less lumber being cut than was ordered. Decreased markets and lowered production have contributed to make the August period, 1930. one of the most sluggish In lum ber history. Mills ran only 40 per cent of capacity the reporting mills cutting fDnly 137,000.000 feet a month In contrast to 220, 000,000 feet month in August, X9 29. Despite these unfavorable re ports, the lumber Industry lead' ers believe the mills are getting into a more favorable situation. Decreased production and lessen ed inventories are making" possi ble a firm price basis and. mora mills are holding to at least a cost-of-production price. SEEK HENCE E The Klamath Falls chamber of commerce Thursday requested Rhea Luper, state engineer, to ar range a conference here for Sat urday or Monday, for the purpose of discussing the applications of the California-Oregon Power com pany for water power appropria tions on the Klamath river. - The telegram Indicated that a Urge number of Klamath county citizens would attend the confer ence. The Klamath Falls cham ber of comnrerce, la a previous telegram received here, went on record favorable to the proposed water power development. Luper Indicated that it would be useless to hold the conference at this time for the reason that he announced recently that he would" not grant any additional water power applications until af ter the regular legislative session in January. The Central Labor council of Klamath Falls has telegraphed Luper commending him tor re fusing to grant the permits pend ing the legislative session. Th labor council urged permission to send . representatives to Salem la case a hearing, ..on the applica tions Is held.' Luper said this wan agreeable to his -department. - KEIZIR, September 12. Mr. and Mrs. 8. J. Ostrandef, and son Leland, have moved lato Salem, 171S North CetUBe. They lived the past year in the Fred Kurtz residence on the river road. ' Mr. Kurt jj remodeling and en larging the house and expect, with his family t aaov into it soon, -. - . This will enable Mr.kurU to better carry en the work of his WnTKer 4 acres, .which is in aruaea.. ON Pi FIUN6S KEIZER HOME IS BiDElED jrT.