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(SON QTY ENTEKPKIS TO InUrprU I l ely Cl" County NlMMf ll print l of of thi lowlne, County. Th Wataly CnUrprla I 4 worth h( prlco. Compare 4 II with oihara and thn eua (crib. FIFTIETH VIAH.-N. 14. OKKUON CITY, OlMXJON, KIM I JAY, .Willi, 7, 1'JIC, III,, V." " "'V ESTABLISHED 1M ore FRITZ MSBI n IS l FREE 11000 CASH Oil L MAID COMI AFTER WEEKS OF CAREFUL WORK iV SHERIFF AND DISTRICT ATTORNEY. 37 QUARTS Of BUI AND MUCH WINE AND WHISKEY IS EVIDENCE Proprietor Of MlluM Ror I Caught Pouring Liquor on Floor of Formor Bar Room V it of Official Surprlt Tho MiMi'l Hill. Ihn Milwauklo re mri. ai.iln waa raided VVedneaday nlktil ami Frit lUnwtf a placed un hr arreat on a ihurco nf vlolailM Oregon' new pnihlWHon !. Hhrrlff Wllw.ti, aided y I h-t'il FroM. Miry. I p WILL MEET APRIL 17 OF II ON LIST 24 ARC FARMERS AND ONLY TWO MERCHANT -MOWILL, RETIREO. Illnn. li.ml. Mullen. M. II. Ilughna. and llfiirr Ainrln and Imptity iMatrli t At tnrney lliirkn, raided thn hotel anl rapton-d 37 quart a of Iwr, five quart of whiskey, a q.n.rt of brandy and llv 1'iuiia of lnn which am now being hull aa evidence. Ilovaen U free uu dcr looo rPh hall Thn raid rain aa rompletn eur prlan to tho proprietor of the MlUau kin rvaort. Drputlea were stationed at rath door i; tho hotel, and HIirrllT WIImih. ttuty Froal and Itcputy 1)1 trU t Attorney liurkn walked up toth door. Mattar Takan Coolly. "I have innh warrant lor you," alii tho ihrrlff. luiyarn took the matter coolly and Invlt.-d hi ofrirlal to to l)i rutiajh hla placn. "Ml iak you right down in Ihn atiM-k room." ho Invited, hut Im Invitation ai not accepted, la Ilia meantime tho deputli a liud taken their atntlona at tho vaiiou door of tho place, while 8hnrl(T Wllaon and Mar ahal Riley began o examine tho bar. Whlln tholr bark wa turned. Ik- ann walked toward tho front end of tho eotnhllahment bark of thn bar and .waa In thn .art of iKiurlng a quart lMyio of whlakey on thn rarpet when fuiihi'a a(pied out from hrhlnd a "door and grubbed Itoyaen. Hoyacti at drat drilled that It waa whUkry, but when ihn bottle waa taken from lilin auld that If It waa whlakey It Monitrd In aoinelxMly elan. Boyaan't Story Fall Don. In ii'itrrhliiK tho buat'inriil In a cor ner near Ihn ktlrlirn a box waa found beneulh an old carpet which rontulnml aoino HO bolllen of beer. Iloyai'il re inoiiitlriileil wllh thn officers, atiitlm; tlutt "Toil have no rlht In tuKe that. It heloiiK to din riMk In there." Ilurke unil hriint went Immediately In the kitchen nnd the cook denied nil ) ownernhlp A Jtiat of wliliikny waa found In llio bread box nnd Kcwritl boll lea wept found on Ice. Thn reaort waa teurehed from cel'nr to tho roof. Kvery room waa vlxltcd by thn offlclnlH. Thn nlnhtly crowd hml beKiin to ih aeuible when Hlierlfl Wilmin und hla iin- alNtunta reached tho hotel. Several worn dani'liiR und othera wero dlnltiK In tho lnre rootnB on tho flmt Hoor. Official! Well Informed. Thn raid come nfler hovcii or olnlit woekn of careful InvcatlKuHon on thn imrt of DlHlrlrt Attorney (lllliert I.. HodKnii und Sheriff WIIhoii. At no tlmo Hlncn tho prohibition law wont Into effect Imvo Iheae offlrlula been out of touch with nffnlri ot the Mil wan kl reaort. Tho dlalrlct ntlorney nnd the alierlff poKtponod tho rnld from tlmo to tlmo becnimo lloyaen, beromiiiK Hinlilen'y panic Htrlcken, would tlKhten up on tho anlo of lbiuor. A certain story In a rortland paper, a myHterloiiB moot Inn; of tho Mllwuukln council ana Sat urday, tho rnld of tho Krlnr.i' club by federnl offlcera and the aenrch of Sheriff Wllnon throURh Mllwuuklo for H iiiIhhIiik man nil nerved to put Hoy Hen on IiIh (iianl, und forced tho dis trict, attorney nnd the alierlff to poHt ponn their raid, Only One Night' 8upply. Tho offlclnlH nro Inclined to bollovo that tho Hiiply of llnuor found In'tho hotel wan only ono nlKht's dimply nnd that lloyaon would brlmr nioro liquor each aftnrnoon from aonio Inrpc supply hidden probably In rortland. They also have Information (hat tho way to Hooure these lliptod refresh ment h at tho hotel wax, not to auk for whiskey, but to ahk for "tho best in tho house, Tho district attorney nnd tho shertCf nro In chrno touch with tho way thn holol linn hern (onductetl. Ihn aprlnc Jury Hat waa drn Mm day and will report for duty Ihn third Monday of thl month. Then a grand jury will Im drawn and aleady grind of jury iaae will brain. The Hat of 31 iiaiuea Itirludea 24 farmera, two im-r ihanta a foundr)iiian, a miller, a car penirr and an undertaker. 1 V. II. Ilowrll, of Ibla city, la lUtcd aa rn tlrd I hn complete Hat follow: J. M. Ilnllowrll. of Mllwaukln. It. K. furmer; (Jriitae J. Hall, of Weal I. lnn, farmer; K. J. Maple, of Mulllio. miller; Tom I'. Itandall, of Orrxon City, undertaker; r H. Ilubhlna. of On aon City, It V. I. I. farmer: John A. Illdlniia, of Mnniuain, farmer; W. II. (raale, o.' Mllwaukln farmer; (ieore II. Drown, of New Ka. furmer; Nliou Mlalr of llubbaid. farmer; H M. Itam bv, of Molalla. farmer; ('. W. Hwallow. of Oregon City. It. V. It. 3, farmnr; I'blllP T. Oalfleld. of Mllwaukln. It. K 1 1. I. farmer; l. II Ko, of Oawngo. foundryman; P. T ltui,K. of Kla cada. farmer; John VIn of Clarka maa. farmer; He(h Yoiiiik of llorlnit. It. r. U. J. farmer. K. I'. Nclaon. of (iladatone, rannler; John J. Ilatluii. of lregon City It. K. I). !. farmer; V. II. Howell, of Ureiton, retired; I'aul It MeinlK. f Sandy, men haul: II. J. Tardier, of Claikamna. It. V. I. I. fanner: V. A. Curtier. of Mlla"'ile. It. K. I). 2. farmer; Solon Kliuer. of Hubbard. II. V. I. !, farmer; W. II. Hair, of Canby. inert hant; E. It. Iaf. of Hull Hun. farmer; C. K. Ilattln. of Mllwaukln. IL P, I). 2, fariner; A. Q. I'helpa, Canby, farmer; A. 1. Todd, ol Sherwood. II. F, I). 2. farmnr; A. W. Albright, of Marqiintn. farmer; Ortley IMIinpton. or Mllwaukln K. P. I). 2, fanner, and Chrlnllun Muralt, of Ore gon City. It. P. D. I. farmnr. UCANS. SPLIT IN FACTIONS, LOSE OIMOCRATI WIN ELICTION IN CHICAGO COUNCIL ALMOST CAPTURID. AliMidl WILolIN """Vw rimioLU CIIICA'JO, April 4Hrmixra.a K-orrd li'aWly In today' aldermanlr rlw lloria In Dm 3$ warda of Ihn i lly. A year ag'i tho Democrat carried on' nnn warda and William II. Thoinpaon, It.pulilli an. waa elected mayor by 117,477 majority Today thn Ijemorrata rarrlrd 21 ward, thn HiM lullat I and Itepublb 14114 bill I J There am IS holdover aldnrnien and. wllh thn IIiiimiu rnvlaed to date, the Democrat ramn within four warda of w mailing control of the city council from their rival. Of thn Republlrana elected only threo three bora tho Thomson label. Tho other helongi-d to tho antl- Thoiiipaoii fucllon In tho city hall. POLICY PUNNED COLONCL DECLARED HIS OPPO SITION TO -PUSVFOOTINO-OP EVERY VARIETY. HAHC CHI HOUSE INVENTED BY E PREPAP1DKESS IS OM ISSUE O.N WHICH HIS STJLSD IS FIRH E pratldant' Followtrt Plan Cam paign to Oat Him Momlnatid at Chicago Convention Own InUreiU Not FlraL SIX HENS AND ROOSTER SHUT SHUT DOOR AT NIGHT AND OPEN IT IN MORNING. EQUIP BOYS FOR LIFE, E OREGON CITY ATTORNEYS 8PEAK AT MEETING IN CLARKES GRANGE HALL. (!. J. Morrlii, watchman at thn Intako of thn South Fork pipeline, doe not lay awake at midnight and wonder If he baa locked hla alt hena and one rooetnr In tho chicken bouan. HI aluniber I dlaturbnd by no inch thought, and all for tho very good rea on that when the chicken ahut thn door lo their hounn at nlpti! and opea It every morning without aid from their owner. It may bo well to atate hum that Morrla la nrt an animal trainer. On thn other band he la an Inventor anl hla devlco I a aimple a It U effic- tlT. A U Kun4 rock ta attached to thn chicken houae door by mean of a pully and knepa It o(ien during the day. At night thn seven chirken hop up on their roost, which Is connected with the door by another pulley, and their weight, together with tho weight of tho roost, I enough to ahut the door. When they leave the root In tho morning, the rock opens tho do.ir again. One report hus It that Morrla now 1 working on a p'un where the chick ena ran feed thenisolveg and their eggs will be irrvod to his every morn ing, cooked, at his bedside. An attractive program with tho ad vantage of an Ideal evening drew n high-record crowd lo the Clurkca (iraugn hull Sunday evening. Tho oc casion wus tho re gular Sunday evun lug community meeting. Thesu meet ings, originated by Hev. V. II. Wolt- laufer have liecomo Immensity Kpu- ( lar. They began a few months ago with u first altendanco of a duten or so, and have grown rapidly to tho top murk of attendance of around 300 persons nt tho hint meetings. Music for tho evening was furnlshd by Johnson brothers' orchestra if Cunby. The moro they pluyed this louder tho audience uppluuded und It wus u Sunday evening union church service. Following Mr. Weitluufor'a opening rotmiilH. J. Dean Hutler, an Oregon City lawyer, related his Interesting ex perience In tho, riilllpplnes. O. V. Kusthnin, ulso an Oregon City lawyer, was applauded as tho draw ing curd of tho occasion. His subject us "Young Americans." "My thought" he said, "Is of preservation und not of tho destruction of twentieth century civilization and ot nn Army, hut nn army In pantaloons; of American boy hood trained nnd equipped, not for tlw struggle of dentil, but tnsteud for tho battlo of life, a.nl trulnod In mind nnd spirit und equipped with tho wcapoii3 of righteousness and high purpose." WIMCOHBE WANTS HONOR GOVERNOR AIMS TO CUT COST OF GUARDING GANGS OF PRISONERS. OYBTKIt HAY. V V. April 6 Colonel Theodore KooMelt out In the open, candidate fur tho !cpub. can nomination for prrident of tli t'nltrd State. Tho flght which has been made by the follower lo have lilin named when the convention meeti In Chicago, June 7, will b carried on with doubled vigor from thl time, shown of all quibble and prti-nw. The colonel' position, aurLmrd In a few words, la this: He I In a recep tive mood, -ready to head the fight agulnat Wllaonlim and for adequate prepamdnea and Amrrlcanlam, If the country want him to. nd that desire la reflected In the action of thn Repub lican convention. The colonel made known hi atti tude today In conversation with a vlaltor from a nearby Kate who baa been nominated for oongre and ex pect to go to the Republican national convention aa a delegate. He told thl candidate, among other thing, not to expect him to "pussy foot" on alngto laaue be hnd ralaed If he were nomi nated. He waa not for war, he aatd In facL be abhored war but felt that preparodnea waa the only guarantee of peace. When the colonel made hla declara tion there were Bve jien prvaeut In the trophy-room at Sagamore Hill who heard the conversation, which was, In fact, a declaration of the platform on which he stood and bl message to the delegate, who are to aelwt tbefi leader In the campaign. The colonel, with hi characteristic vehemence, had been talking of Mex ico and other International problems when the visitor interrupted: "You know, colonel." he said, "I may make up my mind tliut we will have lo nominate you." i,iKe a flash the colonel turned to hi visitor. "Well now, let me give you a ploce of advice," he said. "If vou have any doubt on the subject do not nominuto. Get It perfectly clear in your head that If you nominate me. It must not be be cause you think it In my Interest, but because you think It is In your Inter est, the Interest of the Republican party and to the interest of the Vnited States, too." DELLINGHAM, WAiH., OFFICIALS VISIT PLANT PUT IN OPERA TION THURSDAY. Tho county Judge, roinmlttloners and roadmaater of lirlllriKhain. Waah . wrro In Oregon City Tb'ir.lr and with Judrn Andrraon and loadtiiaa-er Itooi inspected a new ro k matter recently Installed in tb i Booth IM road near Oregon City. Tho Wanlilnglon offlrlaU were greatly pb-aaed .-Ith th-t tna him, and an ord-r for duptlrt rrnhir will proUbly be placed by them. i. l l-atture, of Cortland, accompanied the party. Tho rrualier, which ha rapacl'y of 14U cuhlr yard of crushed rock a da), waa put In operation for the brat tlmo Thursday. The county ha com- pleled the porchaat of two criiaher. STORY III EVERY DETAIL is RAINS AND LEGAL TANGLE HOLD BACK SPEEDY CONSTRUC TION, SAYS PROMOTER. IN TAXES IN 2 BAYS; PENALTIES IN FORCE TAXPAYERS IN USUAL LAST MIN UTE RUSH SEND IN OVER 3000 LETTERS. Sheriff W. J. Wilson and hi right hand man. George Harrington, tax col lector, have so much money It will lake them a week or two to count It Clackamas county taxpayer Tues day and Wednesday Indulged In their usual last minute rush to avoid the I per cent monthly penalty charged on unpaid first half taxe after April 6 and In those two day turned Into tbo the tr-aury of Clackamaa county $250,000, according to the estimate of Tax Collector Harrington. Beside the hundred of taxpayer who came to the courthouse In per son to settle their account with the county, over 3000 piece of mall, each containing checks, drafts or postal money orders, were received, during the two day. It will be a week or two before Collector Harrington and his assistant can cctch up with the null. Some of the county's heaviest tax payer were heard, from Tuesday and Wednesday. The Portland Railway Mght & Power company paid $70. 9fCS2. This company contributes more tax money to the county than any other corporation, and this sum Is only the first half of the year' taxes. . Other large taxpayers who sent In money during the few davs before the penalty began are: the eyemauser interests, iB7;6, on--half payment; Willamette Vnlley Southern. $2202.52, one-half payment: bouthern Pacific, J15.313.S9. one-half payment: Crown Willamette mills, $12,147, one-half payment. HJIITLA.M). Ore.. April 5.-ln h by tni h the rails of the Portland Ore gon City railway are creeping toward Port and. They have now punx-d lly bee avenue, and are therefore already ell within Ihn city limit, but the nrw linn projected by Stephen A. Car ver U being operated only from Mll waukln aoutbward. Klahermrn In targe numbers, said Mr. Carver today, are ualng the line to get out to tho Clackamas river, where the trout are hungry and numerous. The Dahers transfer to the new line at Mllwaukln. Just when the line will bo In opera tion all the way from Port'and will depend a good deal. Mr. Carver said, on bow ipeedily the Southern Pacific engineering department approve the plan for manganese croialng that will bave to be Inatalled, and how aoon the Spokane, Portland k Ceattle rail- J road and the Oregon-Washington Rail road A Navigation companies allow the use of their trackage under tbe common-user clause of their city franchise. All theie thing take time. Mr. Carver said, and so much red tape has to be unwound and so many O. K.' bave to be obtained that the whole proccas U slow. Indeed. Had weather, Mr. Carver said, ha set the work far behind. The snow and sleet of January and February and tbe drenching rains of March all conspired against the P. ft O. C. Mr. Carver said the railroad are really not trying to prevent hi line from entering Portland, as some bad In ferred from hla recent letter to Com missioner Daly asking for an extension of the life of hit franchise, but they aro moving rather slowly in granting the comnion-uaor privileges. 1 be new line expect to make phys ical connection with the P. R. L. ft P. at Hawthorne avenue, with tbe O-W. R. .V. at East Third, with the S. P. ft S. at union avenue, and with the Southern Pacific at Prooklyn for freight Interchange. After the legal entanglements are unsnarled, Mr. Carver said the actual construction would go forward rapid ly, as he says he has ample capital to put the line through. ATTACK IN PORTLAND PAPER IS SHOWN TO CONTAIN 8IV ERAL FALSEHOODS. FRITZ BOYSEN WAS IH PORMD WHO! PORTLAND DEPUTIES CAIlfD . Officora In Multnomah County Shr Iff Office Dany Furnlcnlng In formation PrinUd In Ttlt gram and Attributed to Thorn. Tho meeting closed with n hnlf hour of music nnd humlxhukiiiK. SALEM. Ore., April i. With ex penses for convict labor and guard hire mounting at un alarming rale, Governor Wlthycomiio today advised tho other members of the state board of control of his Intention to try to (IovIho sonio system whereby the con victs doing slato work might be placed on their honor, thus eliminating the nigu coai ot guard litre. The execu tlvo will pluco the matter before this parole bonrd at Its next meeting. Tho present system of employing guards every time a gang of prison ers is sont out on some work ia prov ing far too oxpeiiblvc, nil members cf tho board agree Tho honor system ostuhllrihcd by Governor West jvus abolished when the new administra tion took charge. Tho mutter was brought before tho board todny when It was shown that $1100 had been raid out of the llux fund lust month for convict Inhor and guard hire. Tho lattor item of ex pense amounted to $700. OF H. Thiesscn, of Concord, was elected president or the Columbia Jersey Cat tle club, which was organized In tho office of the Rural Spirit in Portland Saturday morning. Churles Cleveland Jr., was elected iiecretnry. Clncknnins, Multnomah, Columbia and Clatsop counties are represented In the new organization. Tho purpose of the club is to aid breeding of Jer sey cuttle In the four counties. Other meetings will be held In the near fu ture to which other dulrymen will Ik invited. Those present at the meet ing Saturday morning were William Ludd, 11. C. Altnian, Charles Cleve land Jr., J. W. Samuels and H. Thies scn. Mr. Tbio.-fscn is one ot the most prominent dairymen in Clackamas county Is u leading figure in the Clack amas County Cow Testing association. L LEAD OF 3 TO 1 REGISTRATION SHOWS DEMO CRATS ARE FAR BEHIND VOTERS ARE STILL SLOW. CIVIC CLUB ELECTS; CLEAN-UP DAY DISCUSSED AND RESIDENTS ARE ASKED TO IMPROVE YARDS. H. II. JOHNSON FILES FOR SECOND TERM There will be no sclf-pennod words of praise on the ballot after the name of II. H. Johnson, Republican, who Saturday filed hla declaration aa a candidate for county surveyor with County Clerk Harrington. He ha no motto. Mr. Johnson has served one term aa surveyor and I seeking reelection. Baker BoRton capitalists lease and will operate Virtue mine. SUIT IS FILED TO GET BACK LUMBER II. C. MvlngHton nnd A. M. Living ston iiiou a suit in tno circuit court Tuesday against U A. Hull and I,. C. Hubhurd to gnln possession of 15,000 foot of lumber, which tho plaintiffs claim la being unlawfully hold by tho defendants. The value of tho lumber U placed at $150, and the plaintiffs usk for $50 damages. Mary Selver Leeston-Smlth filed a suit ngalnBt W. D. Sleep to collect $19 alleged to have beou loaned to the defendant from time to time and to colloct on three notes, totaling $80, which were signed in Oakland and Roseburg, Ore.. July 10, l&H. MARRIAGE LICENSE ISSUED Rachel Phillips and Oscar Singer. Seventh and Monroe street, secured a marriage licence here Saturday. From totals of registration compiled Monday It Is evident that Republicans outnumber Democrat in Clackamas county 3 to 1. Republicans In the coun ty number 5106. while the Democrats registered to date are only 17S0. Other parties are represented In the registration figures as follows: Pro grebsives. 40; Independent, 121; So cialists, 1S9; Prohibitionists. 162, and those who refused to state their party, IS. Votsre are registering at Comity Clerk Harrington's office at the rate of about 50 a day, which is tinusuul'v slow for this time of year. The total number of voters In Clackamas coun ty Is estimated at 14,000, which indi cated that the last minute rush of voters will surpass any of 'ecent years. MISS ROSE UPTECROVE IS NOMINATED OREGON CITY'S CANDIDATE FOR QUEEN OF THE PORTLAND ROSE FESTIVAL more appropriate nf lllfl Pnrtlnn.l I What would be thnn Queen Rose Rose FcHtival? If the commltteo of the Live Wires have their way it will be Queen Rose, for on Wednesday night they nomi nated Miss Rose Uptegrove as the candidate to represent Oregon City und Clackamas county In the Rose Festival queen contest. Mis Uptegrove Is a charming young woman, 19 years of age. tho daughter of Mr. and Mra. D. W. Upte grove. Her father Is engaged In the contracting and building business, and she came to this county with her par ents from Oklahoma four years ago. The selection of the committee was a complete surprise to Miss I'pte-grove. "I hardly know what to say." de clared MIm Uptegrove. Wednesday night, "for I .'lad no idea that this honor would be conferred upon me. 1 had noticed that a queen contest hud stnrted, but I had not paid any particu lar attention to It. Now that the com mittee has seen fit to select me, I shall make the very best run that 1 possible can. "I am greatly pleased." she said, "and appreciate the importance of the candidacy and realize that if success, fill, can secure, not bo much for my self, honor and distinction for Oregon City and all of Clackamas county as their representative in the festival." H. Iidghton Ke'ly. former state fish warden,- was appointed manager of the campaign by the committee. The contest for the selection of a queen ia open to the entire -statn, and not solely to Portland, aa heretofore In addition to the selection of queen, 12 maids will be chosen, six from Port land and six from the state outside of the metropolis. Votes will be sold at the rate of 10 votes for one cent, and other devices for securing votes will be announced from time to time The Hose Festival association wi!l furnish the gowns for the successful contestants, and they will be allowed to keep them after the contest closes. Floats in which the queen and. her maids will ride will be built by the festival association, tne general plan being the same, changes being made so that on each float will have some designation to represent the particu lar locality from which the winner conies. The contest closes on May 19 and Miss Uptegrove Is the sixth candidate to enter the field. ' Tuesday night at the annual election of the Mount Plesant Civic Improve ment club, J. M. Warnock was named president, Mrs. E. T. McLain, vice president. Mrs. A. C. Warner, secre tary, and Lyman Warnock, treasurer. At the business meeting the various reports were read and approved. A steady increase in the affulrs of the club was noted, both socially and finan cially. A clean-up day was suggested, although the date was not named. Residents are asked to improve their own premises and burn refuse and teams will bo provided for garbage In alleys and road ways. Rehearsals are .now under way for a play entitled "The Kentucky Bello" to be given in three weeks for the benefit of the sidewalk fund, which is still insufficient, The lumber Is now on the grounds and building will soon commerce. The annual banquet will na given in June. The club Is also making plana for the Improvement of the school park- lug and grounds. LINN E. JONES WILL TALK AT CLARKES Linn E. Jones, ex-mayor of Oregon City, will speak Sunday night at the Clarkea Grange hall on "Hygenic Laws and Their Relation to Manhood and Womanhood." The meeting is the sev enth of the series which are being held in the grange hall and are prov ing popular. Oregon City men are ap pearing weekly In the meetings. VETERAN, LEAVES FOR EAST The following beading or tlw aen aatlonal brand, and tne following ques tion appear over an article publUhwl In tho Evening Telegram of Portland on March 17. 1911: "Doe Sheriff Wink at Law Breaking Who Tlrped Off Pursuit to Women Wanted and to Friar" Clubr " 8herlft Wllooo, of Clackamaa county. In league, with tbe proprietor of thn Belle hotel and the Friar ' ciub. notoriou over-the-linn resorts to which Portland people, go in quest of wild time?" Thl U an uncalled for Insinuation. If not a direct attack upon me aa liter Iff of Clackamaa county. Tbe article further state "Thl question i aaked about the courthouse (Multnomah county, a no uch que, lion are aaked In Ciackama county) today aa a result of the peculiar ac tion of Wllaon and hi deputy. Rile, when Probation Officer Dukes accom panied by Deputy Bherlff Phillip and Deputy District Attorney Roblaon, went Into Ciackama county yester day afternoon In search of Mra. M. II. Townsend and her daughter, Marie." Now let us sea what these auspicious action. The truth la there are no suspicious action at all. Let u re view my action and see If there la anything in them that ta in the least suspicious. Portfandera Stop at Mllwauki. On the day of the supposed raid of the Belle hotel at Milwaukle by these Portland officer, this party of officers came to Milwaukle from Portland In an automobile, driven by a man by the name of Winters. I am told by Phiifp Strleb, president of the First State bank of Milwaukle, that this machine stopped In front of his bank with the Portland officers in it for at least 20 minutes. The officers were in and about the machine and around town all thia time, unices of course they went back to Portland for recruits. Thcv also drove around town in the auto. not being able to find a Justice of tho peace, to endorse the warrant which they held for the arrest ot these wom en, and which was issued by a Port land court, (Justice Kelso being oi.t of town) these men came on to Ore gon City. They found me in the sheriff's of fice and told me that they could oat find Justice of the Peace Sievers (Jus tice for the Oregon City district', I then told them that I would find him ' for them and get their warrant en dorsed. I Immediately accompanied them to the office of Mr. Sievers (anl he told me at that time that he had been In his office all the time). The warrant was then endorsed. I then asked these men if there was any need of me accompanying them, and I was told by Doputy District Attorney Robl son that there was no need aa Deputy Phillips of Multnomah county could do all that was required. The officers then left for Milwaukle and I returned to' my office (to the tax collecting de partment), but before going to my of fice told the Portland officers if they wanted any one to help them to get. my deputy, Mr. Riley, in Milwaukie. Taxi Driver Sole Informant .' The article further states "Dukes says he had absolutely reliable infor mation that this missing women, be lieved to havo been snirited our nf the county so they would not have to appear as witnesses In the vice case, were registered at the Belle hotel, "'be women could not be found yesterday." L. J. Hylton, who fought for tho south in the Civil war, left Sunday for the east, and will visit his daughters. Mrs. Annie Earls, at Albany, Ore., and Mrs. Nora Strong, at Eugene, en route. He will go to Missouri to see brother that he has not met since 1856 and will visit his old home In Fiord county, Va. He Is 80 years of age and lives In the Twilight district, near Oregon City. I do not know what Information Mr. Jlukes may have had hut 1 do know that some of the party told my deputv, Mr. Riley, in Milwaukle that the only Information that they had camp from a tnxlcab driver who had informed them that he had taken these women out to Milwaukle about a week pre vious. I further know that they ulso told my deputy at said time that thy thought it wus a false stoer. 1 do not know what the Telegram thinks about it but I would not think this very re liable Information. The article further goes on to .itate. "Is it another casa of a tip-off? Was the question asked today. Sheriff Wilson was told by the officers that they were looking for Mrs. Townsend and her 16-year-old daughter." True the officers told me whut they were after, that they were looking for Mrs. Townsend and her 16-year-old daughter, but there is nothing In my actions, or what I said or did in any way that would indicate a tip-off to anybody. In the first place I nni not '. In the habit of tipping off peoplo that are wanted by the authorities and fur ther there Isn't a living soul that can place his finger upon anything that wo ild Indicate that I had tipped these people off, that would in the least Juisti (Contloued on Page 4).