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AID FOR NORTHWEST Appropriations Recommended for Rivers and Harbor?. COMPLETE COLUMBIA BAR JETTY Wants Money for Calilo Canal, Upper Columbia and Snake Rivera and Gray Harbor. Washington, Nov. 14. In his annual report made public today, General Mac- Kenzlc, chief of army engineers, recom mends Uiat congress, at ltd coming sea aion, appropriate tho $1,700,000 which was authorized laet session to complcto tho jetty at the mouth of the Columbia river. When this appropriation was authorized It was be I loved that the amount would completo tho ptoject, but owing to tho Increased price of lumber and material ami the damage caused by winter storms it is now be lieved that a supplementary estimate covering tho Increase In coat will have to bo submitted. General MacKenxIe also belcolvca that $80,000 or (90,000 should be ox. ponded putting new boilers in tho dredgo Chinook, which is now unsea worthy. It this done, the dredge can be put back to work on the bar, and It Is his belief that it could greatly aid the courentrated tidal current in broad ening and deepening the channel now In process of formation. Tho last river and harbor bill autho rized the appropriation of 1500,000 for the Cell'o canal, in addition to $100, 000 then made arailabte. U Is recom mended that (his amount be appropri ated at the coming session so that work can bo continued without delay. That will leave nearly $3,000,000 yet to be appropriated. Geneial MacKenlio recommends that congress provide for the construction of a revetment opposite Albany and for the extension of the existing revetment at Independence In tho Wllliarnctte river, so as to maintain the existing alignment of the river bank and chan nels. No new appropriation is recom mended. The improvement of the Upper Columbia and Snake rivers is proceeding and tho work will be Unfill ed by the time the Celilo canal Is com C'eted. Further improvements of Coos ay depend upon the report of the spe cial sixny engineer board appointed to deteru lae the advisability of deepening the channel across the bar. If this board reports favorably it will submit the project and estimates which will for the basis of legislation in the next river and harbor bill. Tillamook bay and other harbors along the Oregon coast aro not to be further improved until the completion of the dredge, for which $100,000 was appropriated at the last section. General MacKenzle also recommends an appropriation oi $40,000 to complete the dredging of the Puyallup waterwry, Tacoma harbor. No appropriation la asked fnr the canal connecting Lake Washington with Puett sound, near Seattle, this work-having Uen under taken by private enterprise. Four hun dred thousand dollars authorized last eesslon Is asked to completo the 0,000 foot jetty at the entrance to Grays har bor. The report states that the dredge be ing built for coast harbors will operate along the Washington as well as the Oregon ccast, and In numerous tributa ries of i'uget sonnd. General MacKenzIo's report deals also with the question of tho Improve ments of rivers and liarbort. It sub mits estimates aggregating more than $27,000,000 for the fiscal j ear 1000, which will be Included by Secritury 'J alt in his report to congress. At the last session of congress a rlrcr and harbor appropriation bill was passed carrying a largo amount of mon oy and authorizing tho War department to enter into contracts fcr various pro jects. Because of tho Improbability of any legislation of that character during the coming session, except to make ap propriations for csrrylng on work al ready authorized ami contracted for, Geneial MacKenzle does not submit any estimates for new projects. Powder to Control Utes Omnha.Nov.14 Forty tins of powd. cr and shells pusrd through Omaha jcslenlay over tho Missouri Pacific and tho Northwestern on tho way to Otttys bur, 8. D., thorconoof tho Ulo In dian trouble. Ths shipment was from Fort Leavenworth and Included several Gatllng guns. Colonol West, Second cavalry, from Tori Ds Moines, wires tho army ofllcere horn from Thunder creek, H. D., that ell three squadrons of tho regiment an now there. Ho sug gests a new route, involving lees haul ing for supplies. Pay Most of Claims. Vancouver, II. O , Nov. 14. Mac Konxlo King, Federal commlisloner, recommends the payment of $10,000 out of the $13,000 of consequential damages claimed by Japanese merchsnta as a rsssli of the reesat riots, MEANS OANKINQ REFORM. Appointment or Hepburn Commission Sots Precedent for Statas. New Yoik, Nov. 16. in New York financial circles tho view was freely ex pressed today that tho action of Gover nor Hughes) In appointing n commis sion to recommend changes In tho New York banking Inns may result In n slmltat movement extending to othei sections of tho country niul In the en actment of legislation which will place stato hanks on a bnsls and under suxr vision inoio closely akin to that of the national batiks. A. P.. Hepburn, presl- dent of tho Chaso National bank, nml ex-controller of tho currency, who, It Is generally conceded, will bo chairman ol the llitghee) commission, is a strong advocate of tho national tanking sys tem. It is believed that Mr. Hepburn will personally recommend to his asso ciates that the stato law should be mado to conform as nearly as possible to the Federal statutes. Tho toport of the commission Is looked forward to by bankers general ly as likely to express at onco the high est and most conservative opinion as to reforms in the way of stato llnancla! legislation. Many bankers are Inclined to believe that tho report of tho com mission mado to Mr. Hughes may form the framework of legislation In many other states. Tho recommendations of the commission aro therefore looked upon as being national as well as local In character. Mr. Hepburn said today that tho commission will get to work Inside of one week. Trust companies, it Is un derstood, will come In for a largo share of consideration, and It Is believed that the suggestion will be mado that the laws governing them should conform to those relating to tho tegular bunks. NATIONAL AID TO MINING. Mining Congress Wants Mineral Land Monopoly Stopped. Joplln, Mo., Nov. 51. Tho Aracrl ran Mining congress, In session here. yesterday unanimously adopted a reso lution favoring national legislation gov crnlng mining lands ami a retoultlon Indorsing the National Association or Mining Schools and urging that the co operation of tho national admlnlttra tion bo secured. Tho resolution relating to mineral land especially urges the enactment of laws for the protection of the rights of tho people against the speculative ac quirement of large areas of the nation al domain. Tho committee on corporation laws mado a report advocating efforts on tho part of those engaged in tho mining industry to secure the passage of laws providing gttater protection for mining Investors. Dr. V. O. Andersen, president of the Colorado school of mines, mado an ad dress en the theme "What tho Profes sor May Kesjonably Expect From the Mining School Graduate." Dr. Lewis Young, director of the Missouri school of mines, at Holla, spoke on "Second ary Teclinlcal JvUucutlon Applied to Mining," and II. II. Stock, editor or Mines and Minerals, spoke on tho value of corrt-spondccco instruction to tho mining man. The Columbus, O., delegation ap pears the most aggressive In the Hold for the honor of entertaining tho next congress. LEGISLATURE WILL CONVENE. Special Sesston to Exfand Time for Paying Taxes. Sacramento, Cal., Nov. 16. Governor Gillette decided last night to call an extraordinary session of tho state legl lature, to convene next Tuesday, ISo veinbtr 10, to meet exigencies ol the present financial atiingcmy. It will ho stated In the call that tho principal measure to bo considered is one extend Ing the time of the payment of taxes in order to prevent the withdrawal of money from circulation. Another measure to be considered Is one permit ting the courts to continue during "se- clal holidays." The call will also provide for tho ap proval of amendments to the San Fran cl-co charter nnd for Impeachment pro ceeding against Andrew M. Wilson, state railroad commissioner, who has confessed that, whlluu membor of tho bourl of supervisors of Han Franclico, ho accepted bribes. Admit They Shot Walker. Dorango, Colo., Nov. 15. William Mason and Joseph Vunderweido, who havo confessed to tho shooting and kill ing of Joseph A. Walker, tho secret sit viceoperativunttho Hosperus coal initio ten days ago, while ho uni securing evidence regarding coal land frauds, wero released from tho county jail hero to lay, having furnished satisfactory bonds in tho sum of $20,000 each. Vunderweido fired tho fatal shots which killed Wulkor to savo Mason's lifo, ho declares. Tho government ofllclals de ny tho shots were fired for this purpose. New Orleans Mint on Cvartlmo. New 6rleann, Nov. 15. Tho mint hero has received an older directing overtime in order to coin monthly $200,000 of subsidiary coin in addition to tho regular coiuago of $600,000 per month. OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST ELLI3 APPEALS FOR SETTLERS Ask Secretary of Interior to Permit Land Proofs Without Payment. Pendleton As an emergency request on behalf of several hundred etitrymeu In Km tern Oregon, who have advertis ed to prove up on their claim, whoso lima has expired and who must now present proof and mnko payment at tho land ollico In this district within tho next few weeks, Congressman W. it. Kills has sent a message to James It. Garfield, secretary of the Interior, ask ing him tu penult tho advertised proofs to be mado without payment and to al low 00 days for tho making of iny rucnts. Owing to thep resent financial condi tions and the continued holidays, It will be Impossible for many of the en trymon to make their payments at this time, and It li feared that an endless amount ol litigation, red tat, loss of timo and In many Instances loss of land rights, will result It tho government In siats on payments at once. K&NO IRRIGATION DANAL. Work ProgrettlnR Rsptaly In City Limits of Klamath Falls. Klamath Falls Work on tho Keno canal la now well within tho city limits and tho hillside whvro the government force it at work presents tho appearance of a very animated anthill. A large force with shovels and with tenuis la at work and good progress Is being made. It is oxpevted th,t a great part nf tho' heavier work will be completed before winter sets In. The Keno canal is on tho west sldo of tho river and will reach a part of tho farming lands not touched by tho main irrigation canal now In operation. Linn Apples to Cuba, Albiny A box of the best apples exhibited at tho recent Linn county apple- fair has left this city for Cubs, where it will bo enjoyed by the nlllcers of the Eleventh United States Infantry. It was rent by County Commissioner T. J. Duller to his son, Clifton M. Hotter, who is a second lieutenant in ths Elev enth Infantry, now serving In Cuba. Lloutenant Ilutler was appointed to the United SUets military academy nt West Point from this city and graduated in the class of 1003. D'ftRlnK Potatoes at Weston. Weston Potato digging Is In actlvs progrrss in tho mountain district tribu tary to Wesicn. The acreage Is larger than that of any previous year and the yield Is good, averaging about 100 sacks to tho acre, which is considered excep tionally good for onlrrlgotcd ground. I). F. liarklow and Henry Hansen, tie largest growers on tho mountain, will have-aboul 8,000 sacks from 80 acres. Moot of tho ciops will be held for next spring's market. Albany Gets Nsw Industry. Albany Albany Is to have a furni ture factory and tho descrtod buildings of the old organ and carrlago factory la the southeastern psrt ol the city are to I utilized fnr that Industry. Tho Al bany Furniture Manufacturing company is being formed by John Mcnell, of Al bany, who owns the factory buildings; J, M. Gllkinson, who rrcently camo to Oregon, and II. P. Hanson, n furniture manufacturer of Tacoma. Third Largest Orchard, llrownsvllle Hmwnsvllle is to havo the largest orrhard, wilh two excep tions, in tho stato, A company has se cured an option of .300 acres) southwest of town. Work will soon begin on 200 acres, and the remaining hundred will le ret nut mlrr. There la already one orchard of 100 acres near town. I lie cannery hero is causing a great revival of tho fruit industry in this section. .Aid for Entrymen, Pendleton In nnswor to his npprnl to the secretary of tho interior on lx. half nf tho Oregon land entrymen, Con gressman Ellis has received n im-nsage from Secretary Gttrflold. raying that Oregon laud olllcos had been Instrmted to reccivo and suspend proofs in rnirs whoro applicants cannot wlthdtnw their funds from banks to inaku pay invrbj. Chemistry Instructor Arrives. University of Oregon, Kujene Dr. F. L. Shlnn has taken up 1ns work In the department of chemistry. Dr. Shinn takes tho ilaco of Mr. Huddle, who left tha university to become gas Inspector for Wisconsin. Piofessor Shlnn comes hsxo from the University of Wisconsin, vhnt ho has been teach. Ing physical clafitiy for tho past four years, Enforce l4Hour 8ystem. Pnlem Tho Oregon Rail re ad com mission has forwarded to District At torney Itcamos, of Jackson county, n statement of the evidence collected hy Commissioner Wen concerning viola tions of tho 14-hour law governing rail way employes, Tho commission asks Mr. Roninos to proiocnte tho Southern PaolQc (or th isolations complained of. DAY FOR lHANKSOVINO. Governor Chamberlsln Asks Deliver ance from tho "Knockers" Salem In his nnnunl Thanksgiving ptoclnmallon Governor Chamberlain made, a wry pointed though Indirect reference tu the financial trouble. Tim proclamation Is h follows; "Tho president has set np-irt Thurs day, tho 28th day of NovrmU'r, A. 1). 1007, ns n day of thanksgiving and prayer. Therefore I, Georgo K. Uhniu. bcrlalit, as go vol nor ol tho slate of Ore gon, dn proclaim said dny n holiday in this stale. "U't It be pioperly olwervcd. Thank God for the muni old blessings we en joy and pray him that mi may hnu more coulldenco In our noighttors, so that the good things wo havo may con tlnuo tonhlilo with us. "In testimony whereof I have here unto sub'crlhcd my name and cnuicd tho great seal of the stato of Oregon to lie alllxed nt the cnpltol In tho city of Salem, this I Ith day of Nuv mbci, A. I). 1U07. (Signed) GEO. E. CHAMllEltl.AIN, F. W. llciuou, Govtrnor. Secretary of Stato. 8uipend limber Proofs SO Days, La Grande Tho register and receiver of tho local Innd olllre havo iccolvrd Instructions) from tho general land ollico at Washington to suspend proots for 30 days In all cases wherein they aio satis fied that tho apullcunts ran not with draw their money from the tanks to niako tho requited payments. This or der will not only be of great benellt to tho applicants for public lauds whose money Is tied up in the banks, hut on account of tho recent great rush lo pur chase timber lands will be a great relief tu the banks. Comptatloa; Seat Harvest. La Grande Superintendent rkbbe lov, of tho Amalgamated Sugar com pany, reports that tho ltt harvest Is now about one-half completed. With reasonable conditions there will In- no Irouhlo In llnishlng the work In Grand Hondo valley. Indications seem to conllrm earlier estimates as to the nut put this year, which Is placed at 20, 000 tons. Winter Suppllss for Lake. Klamath Falls Lake county people oto now laying In theit winter supplies arid every day teams come Into Kla math Falls or go out heavily loaded. Much of the Hour Is hauled from the Merrill mill. Next year It Is expected that Lakovltw will hnvo Its own Hour mill. Lumbar Company Shuts Down. Pendleton Tho Grand Hondo I.tirn bnr company, at Perry, has shut down its plant for several weeks. One rea son assigned is tho high railroad rates, which have caused mojiy coast mills lo close. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Club, 80c; blurstem, 89c; valley, 80o; red, Hte. Oats No. 1 whllo, $20. M); gray, $29.50. Parley Feed, $28 60 per ton; brow Ing, $30; rolled $30(.j3l. Corn Whnlo, $32; cracked, $33. Hay Valley timothy, No. 1, $17 18 per ton; Eastern Oregon timothy, $23; elover, $16; curat, $16; grain hay, $16(9)0; alfalfa, $11. Hotter Fancy oro.mury, 27)4032 Wc per pound. Veal 76 to 125 pounds, 7H0Ho; 126 to 160 pounds, 7c; 160 to 200 pounds, 000 Hio. Pork lilock, 76 In 160 pounds, 70 7)o; packers, 0)l7e. Poultry -A verago ol 1 hens, 10o per pound; rnliol chickens, 010o; spring chickens, 10c; old rooslsrs, Ho; diessed chickens, 12013c; turkeys, live, 1.7c; greso, live, 10c; ducks, ,'l(i-Ji3'go; pigeons, $101 60; rqusbs, $203. Eggi Fresh rincli, candled, 360 37 Ho per drzen. Fruits Applts, 76c$2 per Iwx; peaches, $1 er crate; pears, $131 25 jer lioxj grapes, 71c$l.76 er crate: quinces, 6(c0$l per box; craiibirrivs, $0.60010 prr barrel. Vegetable- -Turnips, $1.26 per sack; carrots, $1.25 per wick: heels, $1,26 per sack; cabbage, lQlcpir pound; cauliflower, t-ts0OOc psr dozen; releiy, 60c(jt$l per dozen; corn, 8flc0$l por sack; cucumbers, $1 per sack; onions, 16020c per dozen; parsley, 20c per dozen; peppers, B017o per onnd pumpkins, 101&C jr. pound; tadlth es, 20o prr dozen; sninsch, So per (tound; squash, 101o psr poucd; toraatoVs, 26(3600 per box. Onions $1.7602 psr sack. Potatoes 76c per hnndred, delivered Portland; sweet potatoes, 2fo per pound. Hops 1007, 70o per round; olds, 4c per pound. Wool Esstern Orrgtn, average best, 1C3z2 per ponnd, avoiding to shrink- ago; valloy, 20322c, recording to fluo- nsxtt; tuohalr, choice, 20$30o per penal, ANOTHER SANK CLOShH. Lono; Continued Rnn at Portland Ex hausts Cash, Poitland, Nov. lit. After meeting tho heaviest run nn Oregon bank ever saw, thu Momhnnta1 National siisvciid ixl yeatonlay morning. During thu two weeks ended yesterday tint paying tel ler had silled $1,1)00,1100 throuuh tho wlcketi Into the hitmls of timorous pro pie. This huge sum wns In haid iitsh. The hunk Is solvent, says President J. Frank Watson, nnd will ieoHn within 00 dnvs. Claud Hatch, of Ha lent, nation. I 'muk examiner for this dlstiltt, will tako charge ol the Institu tion this morning and make a careful In vest I. ii Hon of tho bank's condition. Ho has been directed to dn so hy tho controller of tho currency, lie will make his report to the controller. If, as Is confident y expected, this rriHirl discloses n solvent bank, the controller will allow such time as seems nivessary. (or tho collection of outstanding ac counts and tho doots will U opened again fur iuslnoa. No recelvrr, n all piotmhlllty, will boapp dnted for tho closed Istiik. The condition of the bank Is nut such, np nareutly, that It cannot go on with Its business. Only when n tank Is Insol vent Is a nvelver necessary, and In tho caso of a national Imiik. a receiver Is a; pointed hy the controller of the currency. Malicious rumors, spread by enemies of tho bank, are believed by President alson to lo responsible for lis sua (tension. These were circulated In var. Ions ways. Anonymous letters to prom, luriit tiusliiess men about the city, mysterious telephone calls, all advising the withdrawal of derails from Ihn MenlianU National, and stiret rriwrts hrlpvl to Instill the fear of Iom In the luluds of the public. Tim irsiilt was that anxious doposltura imurcd Into Hie bank. MAKE HARRIMAN TALK. Interstate Commerce Commission Wants to Know Things. New York, Nov. 13. Arguments will It. heard today on Ihn petition of tho Interstate Commeice commlsa oi fnr an older requiting Edward II. liar rlmaii to answer certain qurationa ro pour dd by thu commission In Its In vcslhation of the Union Paelflo tallrosd and I's allied lines tho early part of this year. It Is declared In tho Federal brief thataiinder rettlnn 12 ( the Interstate Ccmmniru act, tho commission has au thority to Inquire Into the management nf tho business oi all common carriers doing an interstate business, and under section 21 It Is required, on or l-efoie December 1 of enrh year, to make and transmit to congress Its rc)rt, the re port to contain such Information and data collected by the commits on as may becontldrred of value in the de termination of questions oonnccted with rrgnlatfon of commerce, tovetlur with such recommendations as to national legislation itdatlng thereto as tho com mission may deem necessary. PREVENT FRAUD IN MINING, MlmYs; Congress Will Draft Dill for That Purpose, Joplln, Mo., Nov. 13. -Three hun dred delegates from 30 states weis pres ent hsre today at the first business ses sion of Ihn American Mining roritfio'S, which bgsn its annual convention yra terday, Many hlghautlinrltleaou mat ters pertalulng to mining and metal lurgy were on tho proxrntn for addresses on varlona kindred subjects, A committee of 11 vo was appointed to draft a measure thai will prevent min ing ens Ineern from siding in the pvipo tration of mining framls, A resolution asking the Federal gov eminent to Issue rcpanito fn'ents In land suitable fnr both mining and agri cultural purposes, and classifying mine ral land as "mineral land" only, was submitted. In su Interview President Itlcharils slated that President Konsevult told him hn would roTuntncnd to congress tho establishment nf a bureau of min ing similar o tho Agricultural depart ment. Tho nuxt session of Ihn mining rnn (i res will le held In tho East, probably at Columbus, Ohio. Want Southern Man. Niishvllle, Tmin., Nov. 13. A stdo convention nf Dcmorm'N today sturto-lu oiovomsnt for Ihn iiomlnntinna of n Southern man as i. I)omv ratio randldnln fnr tho presidency In 1007. Eaeli delu gatu was Instructed to work In the In. forest nf rending n delegntlnu from Ten nessee to the national convention that will vote first, lust nnd nil Ihn time for a Southern man. An mhlrrsi to the Dsmoorati of tho nation was hsurd. The address authorized hy tho conven tion drolares that tho Demcatntlo parly was born in thu South, Agslnst Hsrvsitsr Trust. Jeffrrron Olty, Mo., Nov, 13. The attorney general has luaugnratnl quo warranto proceedlnis, In tho Huprsino court, for tho ouster of tho Inlernntlon al Hsrvsster romtny of Amorlea for alleged violation of the snil-trstt law oi uissonrl. The company U a till, vaoks sorssratloo. REVISE THE TARIFF Next Conyrcss May Appoint Coin inlssluii (or Work, DEVER1DGE TO OFFER THE HILL Roosevslt Advocated Much a Plan In Hpeocti Made Five Years As,o and htill Favurs It. Washington, Nov. HI. One of t In most piomlslng signs Is that the m-.t congress will seriously lake up tho mutter of lutlfl revision. Although It is an utter Impossibility to state at tlm pnaent moment what action will b taken hy congress, dominated, as It is, hy men of high tariff Mlef, It would swiii that tho apixilntineiit of a com iiils-lmi would ikmiIIiii the feelings of the levl-lmilsts In Massachusetts, Wlr cousin and othei slates ami would keep th In Unit with the rest ol the party fur the earnest supixirt of Ihu neat pres idential tlrkst. Woid has tome lo the capital that It la the Intention of Senator Heverhlge, of Indiana, to Introduce a bill br tlm appointment of a commission whixo duly It shall ho to study the ohrdule with rate ami bo prrrcd to advise congiifs on the matter of revision. Many Republicans of tlin saner thought never hate li-cil able to under stand why the tariff should In mielv a jsilllleal Issue. Thr men are not "stand imlters," nor am they Irro tind ers. They Mievo that, If dltl(a could be laid aside, the tariff might t ad justed so that the vast majority ol Americans, consumer and iiisnufae tiirers, might 1 benefitted and that III the revision thero would Ihi found the germ of M)llt!cal N-acv. f here Is a susiiichui In Washington Dial President itiosevelt may recom mend tho Npx)lulmeiit of a tailfl rom mlision In his next message. It goes nlso without saying that Mr. Hrvrrldgn must have consilltc! Mr. Itixrell about the measure which It la helltivrd to l the senator's Intention to Intro dine. Aa a matter of fart, the presi dent stands committed to such acorn. mission, Probably the matter haa Ih-cii forgotten by the public, but In a s e.eh ilellveied In Indiana September , 1002, Mr. Iloo-evell advuMtl the. forming of sueh aroiiimlsslou. MORE JAPANESE COME IN. Great Increase In lmm's;rallon Durlrs; Past Month, Washington, Nov. 10. While linnil grHtluu to America from all etwnlriM showed during (Mnlvr a conslderuble Increase, lielng 20 per cent greater than In OctoUr, ItMiA, and 12 per rent greater than October, 1000, the Inrnat In Immigration fruin Jmn was giciitrr than baa leen shown In any nun month In (lis history ulthnlmmlgtathlnn serr ten. The restrictive. leglllsthHiM oieratliig niralust the Jasinesn ami Co- renns nave Ixt'ii In loicc nlint serin inontlis, Uit nolwltatandlng this the liiitnlg'atloii of Japantsc ronsUntly has Imrt-sswl during that period, riienmiinl returns show Hint during (Xlnber, Kmll, before tho rwlrl-'le regulations were thought of. the iimiii- her of Jaiiese who nrrlvel In this country win OH I. During OoloU'r l tlsls year Ihn iiiiihUt, not loiintl g scores who were smiigghil nuioss tlm I niiiidliii and Moloaii Isiidrrs, was I, OKI, nil hii'rcnie of nUxit 260 vsr rent. While the luennse In Jasiuisii lin mlgmllnii U not .irlb ulsrly Mlrrml)t In tho minds of olllihls of tho govern ment, Ikmuiik) the pcruentsge nf Juii ( Immigrants i not large, It lias been sulllclent to ciente comment. No state ment concerning thu inntlrr, honcver, can lu oblnliied from any rrsonslhla oIIIiIjI of tho detriment of coiniuenu nnd IiiIkit. ihouisnds Idlo In Csnsda, Vuncouvir, II. C, Nov. HI Van. comer Is being Hooded with all kinds ol luhoicis nml no work Is available. A I! ill for inoiu men wnuundu several months ngo. hut nlun thrv wcro wnut od they Miru not lo bo had. Novt, when winter Is vetting In nnd work I holug shut down In (he Intor.liimli. and coppir ramps, hundrrdH of men nro iimiIIiiIiIu. Two llioisaml men nto hllo In lHmiulnry illtrluts, Tho iniiynr of Vuncouvor has closed tho labor biirenu, so iiuiny wero llio uppllcatlons uiudo r. I til no placoj to supply. Oonsenls to Obey Law. Oulhrlo, Oklu , Nov. 10. Tho Hlc Ishind will no-ept lho2-witrwllro.nl faro prevision of the Oklahoma consti tution, which goes .to effect Novem ber 1(1. This siutMiiunt was mmlo frankly nnd without hesitation hy II. I'. Winchcll, proslilcnt of Iho Hcok lullltl.l ...1. f .. ...ill. I.aiiuiu njiivin, m COI1I0I6I1C0 Wl" Quthrlf) city oUlosis today.