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in THE MORNING OREGQNIAN WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1903. WHOSE MONEY iSiT? Joseph M. Nickum Says His Mother Gave It to Him. CONTEST FOR $7000 IK COURT Sranddaugbtcr of Snannah Mcltura Secure Her Uncle' Removal aa Administrator Had Rejected Poor Settlement. Joseph II. Nickum was removed as ad ministrator of the estate of his mother, Susannah Nickum, deceased, by County Judge Webster yesterday, not because of any dereliction of duty In connection with tho conduct of his trust, but because he claims to be the owner of $7000, for a share of which Ida May Feller, a grand child of Susannah Nickum, is making a contest. The Supreme Court has held that where an administrator has any interest in prop erty he cannot act concerning it. Ma May .Feller is a daughter of John w. Nickum, deceased, who was a brother o. Joseph M. Nickum. and her mother, who is also dead, was Sarah Nickum. .Susannah Nickum died on August 2S. 3302. at which time John TV. Nickum had already passed away and soon after his mother's demise Joseph M. Nickum pe titioned for letters of administration of the estate, stating that he was the only heir. The inventory which was filed states that the property consists of a note for S1000 signed by Theodore Liebe and worth not to exceed $25, and land In "Washington appraised at $1500. A short time afterwards H. H. Northup. representing Mrs. Feller, then known as Ida May Nickum, appeared in the case and made a fight in behalf of her rights as the grandchild of Susannah Nickum. Mrs. Feller was then and is yet a minor, although married, and Judge Northup was appointed her legal guardian. At that time, believing the estate to be small and with some bills to pay. Judge North up agreed to accept $150 In settlement of Mrs. Feller's share. It has since developed that Susannah Nickum a few months before death sold certain real estate for $9000 and deposited $7000 of the money In one bank and $500 in another. Counsel for Mrs. Feller. Alex ander Bernstein, on this fact coming to light, reopened the case to ascertain what became of this money, and asked for the removal of Joseph M. Nickum as admin istrator. At the hearing yesterday, in testifying, Joseph M. Nickum did not account for $1500 of the money, but said he thought his brother, John "W. Nickum, who was then still alive, might have received It He stated that a few bills were paid and $7000 was deposited in a bank in the name of Susannah Nickum. ' Further testifying, Mr. Nickum said his brother died on April 3, 1902. The same 'month his mother asked him how much was left of the $7000 placed In the bank. He answered that it was all left, and she then told him she always Intended that he should get his share; that he would take care of her anyhow, and assigned the certificate of deposit to him. Mrs. Nickum, he said, was over 0 years old at that time, and she died in August fol lowing. Immediately after the death of Susan nah Nickum. when Joseph M. Nickum was appointed administrator of the estate and alleged that he was the sole heir. Ida May Feller was not recognized by him as his brother's lawful child, on the ground v. - i 11 , 1 A TaIi TIT she was divorced from another man. The records show that the divorce was grant ed in 1681, and that she married John TV. Nickum in 1885. In the court yesterday it was acknowledged that Mrs. Feller Is a legal heir, and all claims of Illegiti macy were abandoned. This question having been disposed of, the matter of the removal of the admin istrator and the settlement of $150 made with H. H- Northup as guardian of Mrs. Feller were taken up. Judge Northup testified that Ida May Nickum, or Feller, came to his office and told him of the death of her grandmother, and that Joseph 31. Nickum, her uncle. represented himself as the sole heir. Judge Northup stated that he filed a petition In her behalf In the County Court de claring the relationship. He examined the Inventory of the property of the estate made by J. M. Nickum, and thought it was true. He had known Mr. Nickum a great many years and had con fidence In him. The valuation placed on the property was $1525. "It was claimed by Judge Tanner, rep resenting Mr. Nickum," continued the witness, "that the young woman was not a legal heir. The matter was disputed be tween us, and he neither convinced me, nor I him. Finally It was suggested, I think by me, that It would be best to compromise. I discovered that the ad ministrator had filed claims amounting to 2054 for moneys advanced by him to Mrs. Susannah Nickum during her life time, and there was the bill ffor funeral expenses and 6ome other bills." Judge Northup stated that he , stipu lated with Judge Tanner to accept $150 In settlement of the claim of Ida May Nickum, and signed the stipulation. Sha was In Spokane at the time and he no tified her. but she never signed the deed or agreed to the settlement Judge North up said he had no knowledge at that time that J. M. Nickum had received $7000 from the sale of property. On cross examination. Judge Tanner, acting for the administrator, asked: "If it turns out that his mother actual ly gave him the $7000, would you still consider $150 a good settlement? "If It turns out that there was only $1500 in the estate, it was a good set tlement, but if it turns out there was 5S500 in the estate It was a poor settle ment" answered Judge Northup. The question of whether Susannah Nickum gave her son the $7000 will be taken up by the new administrator, who has not yet been appointed by Judge "Web ster. Joseph M. Nickum Is a well-known bus iness man of Portland. COUNTY MUST DEFEND SUIT. Jndge Cleland Decides Rosa Rohse' Complaint JInst Be Amended. "In the suit of Rosa Rohse against the Board of County Commissioners to enjoin the widening of the White House road in front of her property. Judge Cleland yes terday decided that Multnomah County is a necessary party defendant to the suit, and the complaint filed by Mrs. Rohse will have to be amended to that effect Concerning the point that the notice calling attention to the proposed change In the width of the road was not legal because It was not returnable on the first day of the term of the County Court Judge Cleland held that the notice was sufficient. It was Issued on July 20 and the hearing was on August 21 following. which period extended over the SO days required by statute. In regard to the contention of the at torneys for Mrs. Rohse that the road is within the city limits, and subject to Im provement as a street and consequently the County Court has no authoritiy over it, Judge Cleland said that the fact that a highway Is within In the city limits does not necessarily make It a city street The city must have accepted it as such. The city charter on this subject provides: "All county roads lying within the lira its of the City of Portland, which may not have been laid out or accepted as streets by the authority of said city, shall remain and be county roads until they shall bt laid out end accepted by the city, etc" Mrs. Rohse complains that the -widening of the "White House road will take a strip of ground from her IS feet In width for which she will receive no compensation, and she also objects to the county author ities causing her fences and buildings to be moved back. One. of the defenses In terposed when the case was argued re cently on demurrer was that Mrs. Rohse has allowed the time to elapse In which to demand damages, and, therefore, can not now ask anything to be paid to her lor injury to her property If any results from the widening of the road. Judge Cleland did not pass upon that question. Under the decision rendered yesterday the complaint of Mrs. Rohse will have to be amended to conform to the views of the court and the case will subsequently he tried out on Us merits ana a final de cision be reached. CALL BRIDGE AN OBSTRUCTION. Defendants in Almond Branch. Salt Arpnc for NoasHlt. A motion for a nonsuit was argued be fore Judge Sears yesterday in the action of Multnomah County against the "Willam ette & Columbia River Towing Company. Pacific Export Lumber Company, Pilot "William Mitchell et aL, by Ralph Dun lwny. counsel for tho plaintiff, and C. E. S. Wood, William M. Cake and J. Couch Flanders for the defense. Judge Sears will decide the motion this morning. This Is the suit for damages caused by the steamship Almond Branch and steamer Vulcan In a collision with the Morrison street bridge in February, 1901. In support of the motion for a nonsuit, the attorneys for the defendants argued that part of the evidence submitted shows that it is unsafe and dangerous for large vessels to pass through the Morrison street bridge draw, even In still water; that the bridge as it is constructed is an obstruction to navigation; that no liabil ity upon the part of the defendants was established, and that the liability, if any, was on the part of the steamship Almond Branch and Its master. Captain Ander son, who had control of the' tug Vulcan, with tho pilots. Other portions of the testimony were gone over by counsel to show that a case had not been made out against the defendants. Mr. Dunlway made an effective argument from a con trary standpoint IXDIAN OX TRIAL FOR MURDER. Frnnlc "WInnlshet Is Accutied of IC11L. injc Another. The time of the Federal grand Jury was consumed in the investigation of the case against Frank WInnlshet, the Indian ac cused of murder. WInnlshet is accused of having slain an Indian by the name of Pelatt, on the Warm Springs reserva tion some time since. Several red men from the reservation were before the Jury and testified as to what they knew about the crime. Their testimony was secured through means of an Interpreter. The Indian witnesses, while waiting to be called, sat and stood about the hall, watching with the keenest Interest every thing that went on. One portly buck amused himself by sitting In a comer and examining an old rubber overshoe that he had picked up somewhere." The details of the crime were thorough ly explained to the Jury, but there wero no new developments. No reports have been made by the grand Jury as yet It Is expected that the investigation of the land frauds will commence today. DESERTERS SENT TO JAIL. Two Sailor Arrested and Taken Be fore United State Commissioner. Two sailors who had grown tired of life on the rolling wave and sought to escape the duties of a seaman by deserting, were arrested yesterday and taken before the United States Commissioner to answer for their sins of commission. The luck less deserters were Hugh McDonald, of the English ship Dunslaw, and Marcel Auguste Montere, of the French vessel Berengere. The deserters were remanded to Jail by the Commissioner to await action by the English and French Consuls. Jnry List Drawn. Tho following named persons were drawn for the Jury list by Judge Cleland and County Clerk Fields to serve as jurors in the State Circuit Court for the Novem ber term: F. V. Andrews, real estate. W. B. Ayer, president Eastern Lumber Com pany. f C. Barrell, plumber. Sam L. Beaxy, confectionery. P. T. Blake, grocer. , Paul Bliss, farmer. S. H. Cooper, grocer. Thomas Cooper, farmer. H. P. Chrlstensen, painting, etc C..R. Davis, fuel. N." Doremus, farmer. Frank Dresser, grocer. George Fleckensteln. fanner. William Fraser, livery. 'William Gadsby furniture. Graham Glass, Jr., llthograpner. J. W. Goss, manager Acme Mills. M. C Hall, superintendent Northern Pacific Express Company. James Hunter, farmer. William Hyde, &nltor. Mount Tabor. Robert D. Inman, mlllman. Carl Jensen, farmer. J. A. Johansen, painter. John Keating, contractor. J. H. Klstler. painter". John Klosterman, capitalist. C. E. Ladd, banker. H. B. Lltt, merchant. R. Lutke, merchant. James Lyons, livery. A. B. Maegley, broker. P. S. Maleom. Insurance. Thomas Mann, builder. W. W. McBrlde, wood, etc B. F. McCauIeyu hotel. H. B. McClung, laundry. W. H. McFarland, grocer. Hugh McGulre, president Pacific Company. S. M. Mears. Portland Cordage Company. A L. Mills, banker. . H. Morehouse, decorator. . B. Keustadter, merchant.' E. H. NIcoll, bookkeeper. H. E. Noble, Insurance. L. S. Kormacdln, grocer. Thomas Owen, carpenter. M. W. Parellus, manufacturer. Thomas Richardson, carpenter. Lewis Russell, real estate. William C Seachrest. agent New Tork Cen tral Railway Company. S. Sllverfleld, furrier. T. S. Townsend, creamery. J. L. Vestal, druggist. E. W. Walker, carpenter. M. Winch, agent. Against cx-Clerlc Holmes' "Widow. Judge Cleland denied a motion to strike out parts of the complaint In the suit of Multnomah County against Anna Holmes, executrix of the will of the late County Clerk Hanley H. Holmes, and his bonds, men to recover shortages In accounts. The points sought to be struck out were allegations specifying that certain fees, etc, were misappropriated and unac counted for. The motion was probably only a time-saver, because the court in disallowing it remarked that, the allega tions objected to were very material, so that the county might make out a case. Article of Incorporation. Incorporation articles of the Stark. Davis Company were filed In the County Clerk's office yesterday by T. M. Stark, A. J. Davis and G. W. Stapleton; capital stock $2500. The objects announced are to buy and sell at wholesale and retail plumbing supplies, tinware, metals, etc Charged "With Stealing: Ring:. District Attorney John Manning yester day filed an Information In the State Cir cuit Court again Thomas Wood charging him with stealing a ring valued at $100 from H. Y. Zui. If you decide to take Hood's Sarsaparllla do not De induced to ouv anv other. Hood's cures. 1 y. , . - We'd take to tho timber once more. " t '. - i GREAT LIEU LAND RING (Continued from First Pagc his Hps. Government officials presume that Hyde has made peace with Schneid er. But there are reports abroad, that Schneider will act as the Government's witness, and that Uncle Sam will not seek to punish him. 1 And where is Schneider? Down m Ari zona somewhere, seeking health, so the report runs. According to one rumor he is in the real estate business at Tucson, and according to another he Is in tho livery business somewhere else. Be that as It may, he Is a much changed man since eight or nine years ago, when he was buying school land certificates In Oregon, paying $5 and $10 for each half section and receiving $50 therefor from Hyde & Co. All over the Coast Schneider ranged In those good old days. Those transactions were legitimate enough in a court of law, though of course they can hardly be defended in a severe court of ethics. When a man applies for 320 acres of school land, in order that he may sell out to a syndicate for $5, he Is perhaps within the law even if public sentiment clamors otherwise. But Schneider, by his own admissions went still further. Not content with pay ing applicants for the use of their names, he turned out fictitious names, and when his, think factory could not keep up with orders, he used names of actual indi viduals but altered them Just enough to avoid trouble. These "dummies," as they are called, were affixed to the applications and to the affidavits and attested by no taries public, who certified that the ap plicants had duly appeared and been sworn, and so on and so forth. Yet even such conduct as this probably could not be prosecuted by the Federal Government inasmuch as the offenses came under state jurisdiction, uncie Sam can, however, get after members of the ring for bribery of his own officers and for conspiracy. And will he? That's what he's been trying to do for many months. But he'll have to hustle. The offenders can take refuge behind the statute of limitations for defense against sins more than three years old. And now Schneider Is a valetudinarian. He Is attended by his faithful spouse, a. thrifty helpmeet by the way. This lady used to be Invaluable for her aptitude at Inventing names and signatures and at affixing the same to the proper documents. She got up early and sat up late with her unflagging pen. Yearswore on and tho couple increased in worldly treasures; more years, and still their riches grew. Thousands upon thousands of acres of school land were thus acquired by Hyde & Co. How did Hyde & Co. get their money out? What became of the lands? Where did they go? Into forest reserves. The lands wero bought for that purpose. The reserves were created for that purpose. The con splrators knew where they wanted re serves. They knew In advance whether the President was going to proclaim a reserve. Reserves in Oregon and California were proposed at their instigation, laid off ac cording to their desires, amended to their convenience and created to their satis faction. Then they trooped into the local land offices with their "dummies" and their hirelings. They took what lands they wanted and persons outside the ring came "too late." So close was the ring that It became practically Impossible for an 'outsider to gee state lann or any value, nor could he get worthless land unless It was to be outside of a reserve Arid land, alkali land, rocky land, tower ing crags, high cliffs, mountain tops, be came "base" and Uncle Sam exchanged It for the most fertile and the best tlm bered areas In the realm. So much for the lieu land law, written largely, it Is said, by Hyde himself, and enacted in 1S37. If there are slick gentle men on earth, they are no slicker than Messrs. Hyde and Benson. This is how the system worked with state schoo lands as revealed by Schnei der in his confessions: Hyde & Co. at first paid applicants through Schneider, and perhaps two or three sub-agents, for the use or their names. The signatures in this case were genuine. But another method remained, more convenient and more economical. It was forgery. By that method fictitious names were signed on applications. Notaries public. In the service of the ring, certified that the persons whose names appeared on the applications had appeared before them. Thus titles were secured in the state land offices, the land became "base" and scrip in lieu thereof was placed on the market All the papers were signed at one time In order to avoid future discrepancies in the signatures. But the growth of the business required speedier methods and more scrip. The In vention of names was too slow. Tho firm advertised for clerks and stenogra phers. The signatures In the responses wero used, slightly altered. Still, more improvement was needed. So, according to the story of Schneider, Hyde & Co. undertook to have more reserves created. They encouraged the public to demand more reserves, for the protection of forests and the water supply. In the setting apart of the proposed reserves In Oregon they were moving spirits. The Rogue River reserve and several reserves In Northern California were largely of their making. Schneider told that Hyde & Co. "fixed" Government officers In the field; that they subsidized a clerk In the General Land Office who "leaked tips" through cipher telegrams; that reserve boundaries were so established that every possible acre of unlocated school land would bo included; that when "advance knowledge" was obtained, Hyde & Co. secured as much land as they could within those limits by means of "dummies" and by private pur chase; that state land officers "stood In," and that maps of proposed reserves were actually changed by Government field offi cers In the Interest of Hyde & Co. Surveyors of the General Land Office in the several states gave out "advance In formation" to State Land Boards about field notes of deputy surveyors. By that means, Interested persons were en abled to secure "base" In advance of the general public Lists of the desirable lands were In the hands of tho ring be fore the general public knew about re serve boundaries. "Dummy" entries were filed ahead of bona fide applications. When persons outside the ring filed applications for land they were told that the office was very busy that day; that the land had perhaps been filed on al ready but that the Information would be forthcoming in a day or two; meanwhile his application would be given Its regular order. However, the ring was notified In time and saved the land by a "dummy" or some other means. And when the bona fide applicant returned he was Informed "too late." These operations have been carried on throughout the West. But prosecution of many of the offenders Is outlawed by tho statute of limitations. Officers of the General Land Office and of State Land Offices aire Involved and may be drawn Into the vortex. Substantial Lopginjj Road. RAINIER, Or., Oct 20. (Special.) The Benson Logging Company Is pushing Its road ahead at a very lively rate. It Is laying about one mile of steel per day and In a few days will have the first six miles of road completed and in oper ation. The company has just put Into commission Engine No. 1. a 76-ton log ger. At present It Is used to move the construction train. A steam shovel is being used to good advantage in getting out the gravel for ballast The road Is standard guage. built on a line grade, with heavy Iron and ties same as used on the Northern Pacific and other trunk lines. The road strikes timber four miles out from the roll-way and extends two miles Into the heavy timber on tho head of Clatskanle. HIS SURVEY COMPLETED Mr. "Whistler Will Recommend Irri gation Plane. John F. Whistler, of the Geological Sur vey, who has charge of the Government Irrigation projects for the State of Oregon, was in the city yesterday -gathering data to bo used by him In making his recom mendations. Mr. Whistler has just com pleted a tour of the arid regions and is about ready to make his report to F. H. Newell, chief hydrographer of the Govern ment, who has charge of the entire arid lands Irrigation project. However, what Mr. Whistler has learned with relation to where It Is practicable to establish Irri gation reservoirs and ditches, and what recommendations he will make, are sealed secrets for the present. This information will hot be made public until It has been "placed before the chief of the department and Is acted upon. Mr. Whistler started out from Pendle ton, his headquarters, and traveled by stage through the eastern ancl southern portions of the state. He has spent sev eral weeks going over every part of the district that might be benefited by Irri gation and has taken copious data rela tive to the country. Special attention has been paid to the watersheds and other sources of water supply In order to de termine just what amount of water can be relied upon In the various districts, he has had water gauges established along the rivers and streams In all districts where Irrigation posslbllltes seem to He. Men have been secured to watch and keep records of the water readings that a defi nite estimate may be made of the supply. The topography of the country has been carefully studied that suitable locations for reservoirs and ditches may be selected for recommendation. This data has been secured,, and, while ho Is not at liberty to say so or give any Intimation of It it Is understood that Mr. Whistler has already decided upon what recommendations shall be made or at least, some of them. He spent some time yesterday with Dls trlct Weather Forecaster Beals, securing Information In relation to the average rainfall In various portions of the state for several years past, also the river read lngs so far as they have been secured by the Weather Bureau. This data will be used to determine what amount of water from rains can be counted upon and what volume of water the rivers may be ex pected to furnish at the various times of tho year. As the general Information gathered by the Weather Bureau is of the utmost value to Mr. Whistler and vice versa, the representatives of the two departments win worK -togetner ror a time anu com pare notes at frequent Intervals. Mr. Whistler returned to Pendleton last night and will go to Washington In a short time. DIPLOMAT CONFIRMS IT. Belgium Minister Talk of Far-East Proposition Made America. NEW YORK. Oct. 20. Baron Mon- cheurs, Belgian MInlstpr to the United States, arrived today on the steamer Kronland from Antwerp. He was shown the City of Brussels dispatch, stating that Belgium was willing to give Im portant commercial privileges to America In trade with China, Japan and Corea, provided the United States would give Belgium her protection out there. Ho said: "I believe that statement Is true, though I am not prepared to give de tails." French Parliament Reassembles. PARIS. Oct. 20. Both branches of Parliament reassembled today. The ab sence of Important issues minimized the Interest in the event, but the galleries were filled with. people desirous of wit nessing the opening scenes. Boy Cnred of Croup in Fifteen Minute. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy cured our little four-year-old boy of croup In fifteen minutes. My wife and I have used this remedy In our family for the past five years, having tried many other kinds pre vious to that time, and can say that we consider it far superior to any other. We are never without It In our home. Frank Hellycr, Ipava, 111. For sale by all drug-cists. REAL ESTATE ADVANCES PRICES HAVE ALMOST RETURNED TO FOR3IER LEVEL? Valuations Are Not Inflated, and Few Purchases Are Made on a Spec ulative Basis. I A good many people who only a few months asm pxneeted to be forced Into selling their Teal estate in order to pay j mortgages upon It are beginning to feel rich again. Within 18 months prices on realty holdings have almost returned to former levels. This new condition of af fairs Is looked upon by real estate brokers as a secure condition. Ten years ago everybody was speculating: now nobody Is. Property only changes hands as It is needed by the buyer, who generally Im proves. Formerly this was not so. The result was an unhealthy. Inflated valua tion, which the first tightness In the money market knocked flat Ten years of growth are bringing property to an actual value about equal to the fictitious price asked In boom times. People are beginning to look upon real estate again as a valuable possession Instead of a drug on the market. This change In attitude of mind In" Itself helps the price to rise. Shprt-slghted landowners have been wait ing a long time to get out of their lod what they paid for It. They can do so now, but as soon as they find they can. Up go their prices. Market values are the result of psychological conditions. One large holder of real estate In the heart of the city said yesterday: "The human family reminds me sorae times of nothing so much as a bandFbf sheep running after one another, over the hills. Just let them think that one place Is more desirable than another, and they will pay any price for It But I don't care; I have made money on it" What he said Is true of speculative prices, but when a man Is figuring out where he can get the most rent or where he can combine moderate price and con venience In a home site he uses judg ment. That Is what is being done now. "and property valuesare receiving a sub stantial Increase In consequence. A real estate man who was looking up a corner, 100x100, In the district running south from Washington street. In the neighborhood of Twenty-third street, got $5250 as the lowest price and $10,000 as the highest. Prices averaged about $500. The most desirable Inside lots were held at from $2500 to $3000, and less desirable ones at $1500 to $2000. This condition 13 perfectly steady; when a lot Is sold it Is generally built upon right away. The prices paid represent the real value. A comparison of prices of property In one locality at different times, when taken In connection with the census re port, brings out some Interesting points. When the property mentioned In the fore going was put upon the market, 20 years ago, Portland had barely one-fifth of Its present population. A choice quarter block In King's Second Addition, which has now almost entirely changed hands, was at that time sold for $900. Ten years later, when Portland was half Its present size, the owner refused $5000 for It. No time since then has he been able to get any where near that amount until very re cently. That piece of property, however, Is not on the market, but a vacant quar ter within a block of It Is offered for sale at $10,000 today. If the owner of the lat ter piece were to come down a couple of thousand dollars In his price, he would be making Interest and taxes on the money Invested ten or eleven years ago. When he gets the price he asks It can truthfully he said that prices for choice residence property In that portion of the city are higher than they havo ever been before. That Is not to say that such a price has never been asked for the property, but that an effective demand for It at that price has. never existed. In the meantime Portland has doubled Its population, and the district referred to Is about built up. Nobody Is speculating today with property in that quarter, and nobody expects any thing but a gradual Increase In price due to an Increase In population. If prices do Increase regardless of population at a rato proportionate to the Increase In tho last IS months, three or four years will be sufficient to double prices on certain pieces, but this real estate men do not expect, saying that a good deal of this Increase In price was due to reaction, and that under ordinary conditions, with a steady market, sales made during the last 18 months would have been spread over the post five years. Consequently they do not expect such an Increase, but con sider present prices as only a little below what they would have been if they had never been tampered with by speculators, and If there had never been any tightness In the money market. "But," said a real estate man, who had just been expounding such a belief, "you can't tell what Is going to happen. I would not be surprised to see renl estate go up to almost, any price, and apparently on a good foundation. And It will be on a good foundation If It Is bought for the same reasons It Is now being purchased. Property with Improvements Is not sub ject to violent speculation." Two AIc for Divorce. OREGON CITY, Or., Oct 20. (Special.) Suit for divorce was Instituted In the Clackamas County Circuit Court today by Eva Garrlck, married to Webster F. Gar rick In Portland In November, 1S90, on the ground of desertion. She desires the cus tody of two minor children. Charles K. Dye asks for a divorce from Gertrude Dye, whom he married at Yuma, Ariz., In May, 1902. He- alleges deser tion within a year of marriage. SPOILED CHILDREN Usually 3Iake SicUly Men " and Women. The "spoiled" child usually makes a weak, sickly man or woman because such a youngster has Its own way about diet and eats and drinks things that are un fitted for any stomach and sickness re sults. 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