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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, ' 1907. f STILL m SHERIFF No Changes to Be Made in Tax Collection Laws. DECIDED IN COMMITTEE Kerommrndatlon Made by Tax Com mission Is Turned Down in House Senate Discovers a Laughable Blunder. 3AL.EM, Or.. Feb. 21. (Special.) Sher iff? will continue to be tax collectors in Orenon, notwithstanding the recommen dation of the Tax Commission that the County Treasurers be made collectors, as wejl as custodian?, of the public revenue. The bill upon this subject was introduced, in the House as drafted by the commis sion, but was amended by the House com mittee on taxation by strlkinjt out the word '"Treasurer" and inserting "Sheriff." In this form the bill went to the Senate, and It was there discovered that other portions of the bill had not been amended to harmonize with the insertion of the. word Sheriff." and that consequently the bill would not only make "the Sheriff tax collector, but would also make him cus todian of the funds until distributed by him to the state, county, school districts or cities. Sheriff Stevens, of Multnomah County, endeavored to have the bill left so that t tie Sheriff would be made the custodian if the funds until distributed, but the Senate committee could not see it that way and has recommended the Insertion of other provisions requiring him to turn the tax collections over to the County Treasurer once a week, as he is required to do under the existing law. The House probably did not intend to make the Sheriff the custodian of the funds, though that was the effect of the amendment inserted In that body. The present law requires the Sheriff to col lect the taxes and turn the money over to the County Treasurer once a week. The bill drawn by the Tax Commission made it the duty of the Treasurer to collect the taxes, and of course the provisions for turning the money over 'were omitted. V'hen the House changed the word "Treasurer'" to "Sheriff" It did not Insert any requirement as to turning the money over, and had the bill passed In that form and hecome a law it would have left the Sheriff with power to hold the money as long as he wished and turn it over when he pot ready. This would have been "velvet" for the Sheriff, but the bill will not hecome a law in that form. The Tax Commission has aereed to the continuance of the present system of collection and distribution. The other assessment and taxation bills imsred by the House have been favorably reported in the Senate. EAV COUNTY BILLS DEAD Last One Is Slaughtered in Hood Iliver Scheme. SAI-EM. Or.. Feb. 21. (Special.) All hills for new counties are in the cemetery, the last one being killed today by the House, which took from the table the meamire of Representative Moore, of f'.akr. creating Hood River County, and indeiinlt.y postponJ it. This bill was in troduceo in the-House after a similar bill presented by Senator J. N. Smith', of Marion, for creation of tlie same county under" the name of Cascade, had been in definitely postponed in the Senate. The counties proposed were Lewis. Clark. Deschutes. Nesmith, Jefferson arid Cascade, or Hood River. Of these only one that passed either house was that for Nesmith. which went through the lower chamber Introduced by Pike of Sherman, but was killed In the Senate yesterday by indefinite postponement. Nesmith County was to consist of the northern part of Crook and the southern part of Wasco. Another county bill passed by the House and indefinitely postponed by the Senate was that of Representative Moore, of Raker, for annexation of a slice of the eastern part of Grant to Baker. PORTLAND MAX IS TREASURER Swedish-Iaithcran Synod Elects Offi cers at Spokane. SPOKANE Wash.. Feb. 21. (Special.) At today's session of the Columbia con ference of the Augustana Synod in the Swedish Lutheran Church the following delesates responded to the rollcall: C. J. Johnson, of Tacoma; M. Velander, ot Se attle; Andrian Nelson, of Moscow: Axel Olson, of Troy, and J. A. Sandgren, of lynville. Idaho, lay delegates: and the Revs. Gustavo B. Rydquist. of Astoria, Or.: C. A. Tolin. of Portland. Or.: G. A. Anderson, of La Conner; C. B. Frisk, of Tacoma: M. L. Larson, of Seattle: V. N. Thoren. of Everett. Wash.: N. J. W. Nel son, of Moscow, Idaho, and J. Jesperson, of this city. Several have been prevented from com ing on account of the washouts on the railroads. The president reports that there has been a great increase of mem bership during the past year. Two large edifices have been built one in Moscow. Idaho, and one in Portland. Or. Several smaller are under construction. At the election of officers Rev. X. J. W. Nelson, of Moscow, was elected president; Rev. C. B. Frisk, of Tacoma, vice-president: Rev. G. E. Rydquist, of Astoria, secretary, and Rev. C. J. Renhard. of Portland, treasurer. The following were elected dc-legates to the national conven tion of the Augustana Synod, which con venes next June In New Britain, Conn.: Revs. Nelson, Frisk, Rydquist and Jesper son. GOES 1000 3IILES AFTER AID Sen Captain Covers Distance on Foot and Finds Rich Gold Mine. SKATTLE. Wash., Feb. 21. (Spe cial.) I'nable to secure medicine nec essary for his sick son aboard his ves sel, the Quickstep: in Winter quarters on the Kuskokwin, Captain W. K. C.ciser left the boat on November. 16 last, and mushed it alone a distance of 700 miles to Nome. In efforts to se cure transportation from Eskimos and others, he traveled 300' miles on side paths, so that he actually covered 1000 miles, arriving at Nome December 7. Kn route to Nome he prospected brief ly in a field between Kuskokwin and the Yukon Rivers, which have been scarcely touched, and found a place where J8.R0 of free gold to the pan was panned out. FORTUNE FAVORS JANITRESS Seattle Woman Gets Word She Is to Receive $300,000.. SEATTLE. Feb. . Through a letter received yesterday by Postmaster Stew art. Mrs. Max Wimpf. of this city, has been Informed that she Is one of. the heirs to a fortune of fWO.000 left by a relative In Germany, to be divided among his heirs, one of whom was the late hus band of Mrs. Wlmpf. When Informed of her good fortune. Mrs. Wlmpf. who is employed as assistant janitress in the Grand Opera House here, stated that she would continue her present employment until she had received at least a part of the inheritance. She has been a resident of this city for about 18 years. Injured by Falling Bridge. FALLS CITY, Or, Feb. 21. Willis Frlnk Is thought to be fatally injured and Jonah Lowe, Samuel Lackey and Ira Mehrling are painfully bruised aa a re sult of the collapse Tuesday of a wagon bridge In the course of construction here. Mr. Frink was caught by two huge tim bers and pinned to the river bed until assistance came. One of his lungs is crushed and one rib broken. He has not regained consciousness since the acci dent. He is about 28 years old and married. Northern Koad Still Blocked. NORTH YAKIMA. Wash., Feb. 21. (Special.) North Yakima is still cut oft from the outside world, but it is reported by railway men that repairs to the road west of Ellensburg will be completed in time to let trains pass through to Se attle tonight. All eastbound mall was sent out of here this evening on a local train via Seattle and Portland. The road to the eastward is still closed as a result of the washout near Llnd. . Yakima to Build High School. NORTH YAKIMA. Wash., Feb. 21. (Special.) The Board of Education today accepted the combined plans of Archi tect Deveux, of this city, and Architect Heath, of Tacoma, for. the 'North Yakima High School. The estimated cost is tSo.OOO. Plans for two eight-room ward buildings were also accepted. Bids for contracts will be called for in a. short time. Cover Diamond 'With Canvas. ABERDEEN, Wash., Feb. 21. Manager Brown, of the Aberdeen Club, is to have a canvas prepared for use in protecting the diamond at the bail park. The can vas will be large enough to cover the diamond and will be elevated at night so that In the event of rain the diamond will be in shape for ball the following day. SUES DUNBAR FOR HiS FEES I. II. 31 M AH AN WANTS RETURN OF $100,000. Suit Filed In Circuit Court of .Marion County Against ex-Secretary of State. SALEM, Feb. 21. (Special.) Suit was filed in the Circuit Court here this afternoon against ex-Secretary of State F. I. Dunbar, alleging that dur ing tiie past eight years he has col lected fees to the amount of $100,0)0 to which he was not entitled, and an accounting is asked for the purpose of ascertaining the amount due the state. The complaint w-as filed by L. H. Mc Mahan, as attorney for J. K. Sears, a warehouseman at McCoy. Polk County. Sears brings this stilt as a taxpayer of the state. - The right of the Secretary of State to charge and collect fees In addition to his constitutional salary is a ques tion -which McMahan has agitated for a dozen years and more. He fought the fee system when George W. Mc Brlde was Secretary of State, and re newed the fight when the collections of fees reached their highest tide dur ing the -administration of Harrison R. Kincaid. This is the first time, how ever, that the question has been taken Into court, " About a year ago McMahan began a suit to require the superintendent of the penitentiary to account for certain funds alleged to have been misapplied but the Supreme' Court decided that a suit cannot be maintained by a tax payer to recover money after it has been paid. The complaint In the pres ent case is In much the same form as that in the penitentiary suit, but since It has been brought with the knowl edge of the decision in the former case. It Is apparent that McMahan thinks lie has found a way to get around the decision and secure a hear ing upon the question of the right of the Secretary to charge the fees that nave been collected in this state for 20 years and more. Section 1 of Article 13 of the con stitution of Oregon reads as follows: The Governor shall receive an annual sal ary ot lu00. The Secretary of State shall receive an annual salary of $1500. The Treas urer of Gtate. shall receive an annual salary of $SO0. The Judges of the Supreme Court shall each receive an annual salary or $2000. They shall receive no fees or perquisites whatever for the performance of any duties connected with their respective offices; and the compensation of officers. If not fixed by this constitution, shall be provided by law. Mr. McMahan asserts that it was never the intention to pay an officer a salary for being an officer and al lowing him fees for performing the duties of his office. SENATE VSES BIG STICK. Forces House to Pass Its Reappor tionment Bill. SALEM. Or.. Feb. 21. (Special.) A, neat trade was forced today by passage in the House of the Senate reapportionment bill and In the Senate shortly afterward by passage of an appropriation of $20,000 for new buildings at the State Fair grounds. Yesterday the Senate reapportionment bill was laid on the table in the House on motion of Rodgers of Marton. This stir red up memhers of the Senate, who want ed the bill passed, and they threatened the Marion Representatives and Senators to hold up the fair appropriation unless the reapportionment bill should be passed. This afternoon the pressure became so strong that Rodgers moved to take the Senate bill from the table and It was then passed. Opposition was thus removed from the fair appropriation when it came up in the Senate for passage. Vale Has Struck Oil. VALE. Or., Feb. 21. (Special.) There is oil excitement here. A considerable amount of capital has entered into the proposition and experts here are testing the prospect. The wells are in a dry gulch about 12 miles west of Vale. The expert states the prospects are fine and that the company will commence boring for oil at once. Stage Gives Way to Iron Horse. VALE. Or.. Feb. 21. (Special.) Vale has been made the terminus of the Burns stage line, and after this mall will be handled from this place to the interior. The railroad was given the mail contract by the Government to take effect Tues day and the stage from Ontario to Vale has been taken off the run. Dorrls In Command of -Melrose. ASTORIA. Or.. Feb. 21. (Special.) Captain Thomas P. Dorrls took com mand of the schooner Melrose here to day, succeeding Captain M. McCarron. who brought' the vessel from San Pedro. Captain McCarron will visit his family at Aberdeen before accepting a new command - - " - - SENATE KILLS TEST OATH IDAHO MORMONS WILL RETAIN RIGHT OF FRANCHISE. Clearwater County Bill Passes Hour by Safe Vote Governor Signs Other County Bills. BOISE, Idaho, Feb. 21. (Special.) The Senate today rejected the amend ments to the test oath bill. This was by a strict party vote, 14 to 6, one Re publican being absent. ' The action of the Senate was preceded by consider able debate in which the question was threshed over pretty much as it was in the House, the Democrats insisting that every disqualification mentioned In the constitution should be incorpo rated and the Republicans maintaining that patriarchal and celestial marriage could be omitted without violation of the constitution and should be omitted in fairness, as they referred to a be lief and not to a practice. The Senate indefinitely postponed the bill for changing the form of ballots so as to eliminate emblems. It passed the employers' liability measure, pre pared by the committee on immigration and labor of the two Houses. This measure applies to railroading and mining only, and recognizes contribu tory negligence on the part of an em ploye injured One of the great fights of the ses sion was settled in the House, so far as it could be settled in that body, by passage of the bill creating the County ot Clearwater out of the eastern por tion of Nei Perce. The combination between the insurgent Republicans and Democrats held together pretty wefl on the measure, two of the former and one of the latter breaking loose, while one Democrat for the bill was paired. Cassell of Idaho was the Democrat who went over against the bill. It is claimed that Surridge of Idaho would have voted against It if his vote could effect the result, and thus defeat the measure. But as the vote was 26 to 23, that change would not have af fected the result. It was expected to be 26 to 24, with out Surridge, but a pair had been ar ranged between Weaver and Staley, and thus took success out of reach of the opposition. The Governor today signed the bills creating Twin Falls and Bonners Counties. Idaho Doctors Want Bill Killed. . LEWISTON. Idaho, Feb. 21. (Special.) Lewiston physicians are working hard in conjunction with the State Medical Asso ciation to kill two bills in the Idaho Leg islature which provide that where the applicant fails to pass the state examina tions he may Invoke the aid of some med ical school and force the State Board of Examiners to give him a license to prac tice. It is contended that the passage of these two bills would have the effect of killing the present medical examination laws which regulate practice In Idaho. A request has been made of every physician in the city to use his personal efforts to secure a defeat of the measures: Kansas City Livestock Dealer. LOS ANGELES, Feb. 21. Robert Mc Laughlin, of Kansas City, one of the largest importers and dealers in live stock in the country, died today at The Palms, a suburb of Los Angeles, from a blood clot on the brain, caused by a fall from a streetcar at The Palms two weeks ago. McLaughlin came here sev eral weeks . ago and was to have been joined shortly by his family. Jail Delivery Narrowly Averted. MEDFORD. Or.. Feb. 21. (Special.) Four prisoners in the county jail at Jacksonville made an effort to escape last night by removing the brick about the jail door. When discovered by the jailer, the door fell in with a crash. The jail is perfectly secure, but the prisoners were allowed the run ot the corridor. . Dallas to Play Salem Tonight. SALEM, Or., Feb. 21. (Special.) Willamette v University basketball team will -play Dallas College on the POOR SHOW FOR THE DYSPEPTIC Poisoned Stomach, Clogged Brain, Wavering Ambition, Failure Un less He Seizes His Opportunity. 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This game Is the most important that has been played in the league this year, as it-will decide whether Dallas Is to carry oft the pennant or whether Dal las and Willamette must play off the tie on a neutral floor. The' Dallas team will bring over a large crowd and more Interest Is being taken in this game than in any that has been played in Salem this year. MAKE SUNDAY INTERESTING Rev. A. J. Montgomery Tells How to Keep Children Entertained. The Home Training Association, which held its monthly meeting yesterday after noon in the City Hall committee rooms, heard an address by Rev. A. J. Mont gomery on "The Children's Sunday." Mr. Montgomery took a liberal viewpoint in planning ways to make Sunday Interest ing to children and a day to be antici pated pleasantly Instead of dreaded. His salient idea was that above all the child should be taught that Sunday is a day of worship and should be taken to church or Sunday school regularly. But when the long Sunday afternoon comes, with no play nor school, and the mother Is often put to her wits' end to keep the little ones content, then, so he told his listeners, the father should bear quite as mucti of this burden as the mother, and both should plan to occupy the minds of the children. Literature was given first place, the older children to be pro vided with good books and interesting stories to be read' to younger ones. A sand table on which Biblical history could be worked out was given as one good suggestion for the amusement of youngsters. There will be a meeting of the execu tive board of the Home Training Associa tion next Wednesday morning in the City Hall, when plans for the year will be mapped. It Is hoped to have new ideas to follow, but nothing has been laid be fore the board so far. BULLET STOPS EXTORTION Wife or Michael McDonald Kills 3Ian Who Hounded Her. CHICAGO, Feb. 21. Webster H. Guer rin, alias Louis Fisher, proprietor of the Harrison Art Company .was today shot and killed in his office in the Omaha building at La Salle and Van Buren streets by Mrs. Flora McDonald, wife ot Michael C. McDonald, a millionaire who was for many years a political boss. The motive for the killing is not ex actly known. Mrs. McDonald became hysterical immediately after the shooting and was unable to make a statement. It is said, however, that for some time Guerrin had obtained money from her by the threat of making disclosures to her husband. Mrs. McDonald went to Guerrin's office shortly before noon. A quarrel ensued and then came the shooting. Mrs. Mc Donald was arrested, but refused to give her name. She later was identified at the Harrison-street police station by her uncle, B. M. Shaffer, an attorney. The woman's husband, who came im mediately to her call, declared extortion was the only . possible motive for the shooting. McDonald declared Guerrin had followed Mrs. McDonald to California sev eral years ago and had attempted to force her to give him money. . Mrs. McDonald has gone hopelessly in sane, according to physicians attending her. THE DAY'S DEATH RECORD Henri Molssane, Nobel Prl7,o Man. PARIS. Feb. 21. Professor Henri Mols sane, who recently received the Nobel prise for his experiments in the isolation of ftourine, his researches into Its nature and the application of the electric fur nace to the scientific uses, is dead. Professor Moissane, who died yesterday, following an operation for appendicitis, is the second Nobel prize man to die within a week, the other being Giossue Carduccl, who died at Bologna Febru ary 17. Stephen Clark, Pioneer Telegrapher. CHICAGO. Feb. 21. Stephen Clark died here yesterday, aged So years. He came to Chicago in 1851 and had charge of the first telegraph office, sending and receiv ing the first messages in and out of Chi cago. He was later & railroad contractor, and was active and successful in this business from the early '50s to 1SR9, when he started a wholesale tobacco house. Spring garments bought for our new store coming in daily. We've made room for the new Millinery Department. We must sell new, seasonable Suits, Waists, Petticoats, Jackets, Gowns and Millinery at Clearance Prices. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY EXTRA SPECIALS SUITS About 50 Suits bought to sell at new store for $25 and $30 room for them will go at COATS A lot of COATS, light colors, in all wool Coverts and Raincoats; regular $12.50 values; go at WAIST 60 Waists, just unpacked, in Lingerie, Silk and Net; values up to $15. Fri- day only. On display in our windows. . . PU I J Merchant Tailoring Temporary Location 132 FIFTH STREET r 1 A SPLENDID SHOWING OF HIGH-GRADE UPHOLSTERED FURNITURE Pieces that possess that distinctiveness and character of design and superior ity of construction, workmanship and finish as classes as furniture of the highest quality that fulfil the most exacting demands for comfort and at tractiveness. Our showing of such furniture at this time includes a selection of the bet productions of the foremost makers of high-grade upholstered furniture splendid examples of the cabinetmaker's and upholsterer's art pieces that embrace quality, style and comfort throughout. Massive and lighter designs in davenports, settees, divans, arm rockers and chairs, in the very best woods and their richest and most popular finishes pieces specially intended for the parlor, livin groom and library. I1 SHIPPERS APPEAL ID HILL LUMBERMEN WANT SHIPPING EMBARGO RAISED. Vnles.s Relief Is Granted by Rail roads, Mills Must ClOfie and Hun dreds of Men Quit Work. BBLL.INGHAM, Wash.. Feb. a. Believ ing that the car shortage situation can be remedied, relieving Bellingham mills of the necessity for shutting down and throwing hundreds of men out of work, prominent lumber manufacturers anil shippers tonight met and sent teleorrams of appeal to President Elliott of the Northern Pacific and President James J. Hill of the Great Northern, asking that the embargo on lumber shipments east be raised. No shipments have been mails for six weeks and the transportation situation Is becoming critical. The present embargo has been in force six weeks and practically amounts to a boycott on lumber and shingle business by rail. Mills are being forced daily to close and yard facilities of the bissest plants have reached their capacity. Twenty-five hundred cars, equal to 84 trains of lumber, are now piled up in Bellingham mill yards as a result of the embargo. With the present output of 50 cars each day the situation is growing critical. Al most every mill will be forced to close unless relief is jriven at once, throwing out of employment no less than 1500 men and reducing the daily payroll almost $4000. The action taken tonieht. It is believed. AT MANUFACTURERS' PRICES the no . . $12.75 $5.00 l:f - 1 prM( MILLINERY Selected personally by Mr. F. M. Hamburger for immediate wear at very reasonable prices J.M OMPLETEH0U5E-FURM5HER5C may have the effect of placing the situa tion squarely before the railway managers and by them reiieved. Numerous mill enterprises are hampered in their work on account of lack of cars. Rig Corn I'nlr in t'liicngo. CHICAGO. Feb. 21. The greatest corn exposition ever held jn America will be opened in ChicaKO next Autumn, under the auspices of the National Corn Kxpo sition Association, organized recently in this city. Plans for the exposition were formu lated last night at a dinner of the execu tive committee of fhe association. It was decided to expend SI 30.000 in carrying out the enterprise, which, it is estimated ; r31?Tsx 11 11 H ra jff c; : If MMSaa a mother should be a source of joy to all, but the suffering and danger incident to the ordeal makes its anticipation one of misery. Mother's Friend is the only remedy which relieves women of the great pain and danger of maternity ; this hour which is dreaded as woman's severest trial is not only made painless, but all the danger is avoided by its use. Those who use this remedy are no longer despondent or gloomy ; nervousness, nausea and other distressing conditions are overcome, the system is made ready for the coming event, and tha serious accidents -so common to the critical hour are obviated by the nse of Friend. "It is worth its weight says many who have used it. bottle at drug stores. Book containing valuable information of interest to all women, will be sent to anv address free upon BRADFiElD REGULATOR OO.m $1.50 Sateen Petticoats; Fridaj' and Saturday $2.00 Sateen Petticoats; Friday and Saturday 200 Skirts, in black, light and dark grays, also mixtures ; bought to sell for $7.50 and $10. Half extra sizes... A new assortment in Broadcloth and Covert Jackets, box and fitted ; pur chased to sell up to $17.50. Ffiday and Saturdav Bsl I I' vJ I 41 I )wn rcnias II III J will bring between lflo.000 and 200,000 vis itors to Chicago from all parts of the country. The show will last from October 5 to October 19. There will be a corn palace. corn fields, showing how the grain shoul'l be raised for the most profit; corn prod ucts, showing what farmers have done In the various states, and foods signaliz ing the utility of the grain. New Reeord With Eight-Pound Shot. Arp.nrnpn ta tt'oi. "i wv.- i claimed to be a new world's record for putting the eiant-pound shot was matte toniRlit by W. W. Cne. of the Boston Ath letic Association, hi.s distance heing 6:1 feet 1", Inches. Every mother feels great dread of the pain and dagger attendant upon the most critical period of her life. Becoming Mother's in gold," $1.00 per IS' application to s M Atlanta Ga. 1 I 1111 etticoats .70 Cts 98Cts $3.98 $8.98 131 Fifth Street Bet Alder and Wash.