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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (June 10, 1908)
10 PORTLAND J CROWDS SEE DRILL Public School. Field Day Great Success. NEARLY 5000 IN PAGEANT rtobert Krohn and Teachers Are Praised for Picturesque Exhibi tion by Children on Mult nomah Club Field. According to programme the first an nual field day of the Portland public schools was celebrated yesterday after hoon at Multnomah Field. The mam moth new grandstand, which seats several thousands, was filled and the crowd of spectators overflowed onto the sidelines until the spectacle presented was one of a seething mass of humanity. The view of the grandstand from the main entrances was a brilliant sight, the thousands of lingerie dresses and parasols of the women, which the warm' weather had brought out, making an unusually striking sight. The drill of the 4600 children proceeded without a hitch and followed very closely the rehearsal of Monday afternoon. The exercises began at 3:M o'clock, the chil dren marching onto the field to the in spiring strains of De Caprios band. Director Krohn kept in close touch with his little performers and gave the com mands which they executed through a megaphone. The children were divided into 23 regi ments of 200 children in each. There were 12tK children in the Indian club drill, louo in the wand and 2400 in .the calisthenics. Each regiment was in charge of a principal. So carefully were all the children trained that no matter what form the drill took they seemed equally at home. Each regiment vied with the other to outdo and all the children were spurred to do their level best. It would be im possible to single out any one particular Bchool or regiment as excelling, the uni form excellence of the work obliterating . all divisional lines. One thing was demonstrated! beyond all question, the untiring patience and in telligent effort of the teachers who made the great drill possible. They have done themselves proud and reflected great credit on themselves and the puolic school system. Under the general direc tion of Robert Krohn. they have wrought wonders, without additional compensa tion or Inducements. That the affair will become an annual event is pretty well settled by yesterday's success. The names of the, teachers to whom chief credit is due for that success follow: Misses Lucas, Rueter. Kienow, Witney', Hackwell. Harkins. Bittner. Dowling! Rogers, Neicken. Xclson, Baum. Fording,' Harris, Rogers, Strahan, Crawford, Hiili Bennett, Eastman, W'ey, Onkes, Higgins! Martin, Wright.- Luders, ' Johnson! Champer. Barbaro, Stuart, Spinney! Allen, Geisler, Brodle, Mercer, Brown! Sturchler, Rathburn, Fawcett, Richards! Darling. Wilson. Ingalls, Corey. Donohoo! Washburn, McMorrow, Monroe, Shaver, Anderson, tammers, Kawcett,' Chance,' Myers, Hamilton. Barette, Mikle, Butler, Gray, Ohio. Allen, Porter. Ttdcome. Wil liams, Brown, Cahalin, Miller, Mason, Jeffers, Crane, Whitfield, Park, Davis, I ft:- " S5rttS? 'tt v- , - r""- 1 V. A , ' 5 T , tt-f' j1 j I V" --a f1 .fo.-- y vv. 7 H-t SCHOOL CHILDREN IN THE PORTRAIT IX THE CORSER IS Lamberson. Catching, Segal, Oates. Foote, Merrill; Bach. Ingalls, Frazicr, Vail, Krcslow and BilllnRs. CHECK WASTE OF WATER Department Will Hereafter Keep Close Watch of Consumers. At its meeting yesterday afternoon, the City Water Board ordered Super intendent Dodge to. make careful in vestigation into all cases where the In spectors of the department believe there is a great waste of water, both in private houses and public business establishments, and to cause the arrest of all persons who are found to be vio lating the provisions of the ordinance in this respect. Meters will be put in where there is suspicion of waste, and arrests will follow where Justified. At this season of the year there is a great demand for water from all sec tions of the city, and the waste la made serious because of the comparatively large number of persons who either use more than they are legally entitled to or who are careless in using it. The ordinance provides a fine of $50 for wastingwater. Some districts are left without a sufficient supply because in another section there is much waste. The department's meter crew will now be put to work, especially to watch for cases of waste of the water supply. The report of Superintendent Dodge showed that the cost of maintaining the staff of meter men during May was $1200, and the niembors of the Board decided that, in all probability, this will have to be cut down in future. Some of the members of the crew are likely to lose their positions, and there Is talk that Foreman Bailey, the ex pert,, will be released. He is the highest-salaried member, as he now receives $150 a month. He is regarded as a very valuable man, however, and may be retained. VOTE IS NOW COMPLETE University Appropriation Carried by Majority of 3516. Complete official returns from all counties in the state give the University of Oregon appropriation bill a majority of 3516 votes. The bill carried in Wheeler County by a majority of 101. but was defeated by 54 votes in Harney. The total affairmative vote was 44.180 and the total negative 40,664. T,he largest majorities for the bill were secured in the counties of Multnomah, Lane, Jack son, Clatsop, Baker. Umatilla, Coos, Wasco, Sherman and Klamath, while Marion, Linn, Washlngon, Yamhill, Clackamas and Polk returned big major ities against the measure. . LONG SILK GLOVES. Long SilkGloves. double tipped and in all colors, best $2 grade, $1.38 a pair; two-clasp silk gloves, 47c a pair; long Lisle Gloves, black, white and colors, 63c a pair. Supply your Summer needs now at wholesale prices. McAllen & McDonnell, Third and Morrison streets. "THE ALOMIN0" . Is the most wonderful cigar for a nickel that has ever been produced. Our patrons wonder how we do it. Lec us convince you. You will be the gainer. Sig. Slchel & Co. The Star Brewery's famous Hop Gold beer is unexcelled in all respects and is highly recommended for Its strength and health-giving qualities.' Orders for bot tled beer receive prompt attention. Phone East 46. Home phone B 1146. THIS 3IOK.MAG OKEGOMAX, WEDNESDAY, THAT Olf ROBERT KROHX, PHYSICAL OLD LAND SUIT UP State Endeavoring to Recover 5228.11 Acres. TRACT IN LAKE COUNTY Warner Valley Stock Company De fendant in Proceedings Growing Out of Case That Was Begun 2 0 Years Ago. Arguments in the case of the state against the Warner Valley Stock Com pany fo recover for the state 5228.11 acres of land in Lake County, was heard yes terday by Judge H. L. Benson, of the First Judicial District. This land is In Lake County. By agreement between the attorneys on both sides, the -case was heard in Judge Webster's courtroom yesterday afternoon. The original suit was brought against the stock company 0 years ago, and in volved 80.000 acres of swamp land deed ed over by the state and acquired by the. stock company. A number of settlers took up the land after the stock company had supposedly secured it. and the ac tion brought by the Attorney-General was to make! void the stock company's claim in favor of the settlers. Judge Benson decided that the only suit which could be fought out was one involving 5228.11 acres in Lake Coutny, the one tried yesterday. It was his de cision that the others were barred by the statute of limitations. This was up held by the Supreme Court. The original deed to the land in ques tion described the lscundary line as run ning from a stone bridge in Grant Coun ty, to a certain foothill, thence to a clump of willows, to another foothill, and to the place of beginning. Atttorney General Crawford argued yesterday that this description is so indefinite as to be Invalid. He contended that the land could not be sold until it was surveyed, the survey sent to Washington, D. C and the patent issued. He as serted further that the law of 1870 was repealed in 1878. the latter act requiring that not more than 320 acres of land be sold to any one person, firm or corpora tion. As W. A. Owens, who first filed on the land, did not pay any cash for some time, it is contended that the deed is invalid, and that filing a subsequent application could not put life in the old one. Another ground for argument was that the land never was swamp land; that It is necessary to irrigate it in order to raise hay. The only irrigating ditch, said Mr. Crawford, is a two-furrow ditch run ning from Deep Creek a short distance, and back into Deep Creek. He said that the swamps around Lake Warner had never been reclaimed. On this ground he said the proofs of the stock company are fraudulent. Counsel for the company said that there is practically no water in Warner Valley, which is 60 miles long, except Twenty-Mile Creek and Deep Creek. He said Twenty-Mile Creek furnishes but lit tle water because the headwaters are tapped and taken across into Surprise Valley. "Deep Creek." continued the lawyer, "drains 30 miles square. Formerly there was a tule swamp in this region, but the THEIR ANNUAL DRILL AT MULTNOMAH FIELD DIRECTOR Of THE PORTLAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS, WHOSE DIRBCTIOJf MADE land has been reclaimed. A ditch five feet w;ide was dug from Deep Creek to Pelican Lake, diverting the water and draining the marsh. That ditch has now washed out until it is two rods wide. At this season of the year and until two days before the mowers begin to cut the grass, the water is turned onto this land and is "kept at a depth of two feet. This is necessary to secure a crop. If the water were not turned in, the territory would soon be covered with sagebrush. "Title to this swamp land actually passed to the state In 1860. After the act of 1870 the State Land Board had the power to sell it. That act does not re quire that the application be filed after the survey is made. If Owens did not pay the cash for the land at first it was because the Government officials refused the coin. When the money was finally accepted the contract was binding." Counsel then said the Attorney-General has not been diligent in detecting fraud against the Government regarding the unlawful acquiring of the public lands, and stated that while he (Mr. Crawford) contended in a previous suit, which Is now pending before the Supreme Court, that this particular land belongs to the settlers, he now holds that it belongs to the Government. Judge Benson took the case, under advisement. OWNERS OF BUILDING SUED Mrs. Ainscoe Wants Damages for Fall Through Roof. Because the rafters of a wooden build ing at Delay and Russell streets gave way while Mrs. Lottie. B. AInscoe was upon the roof, hanging out the family washing, she has brought suit against B. W. Powell, N. W. Powell, Mrs. H. N. Webber and G. Kirkpatrlck. to recover $15,343.08 damages. The complaint was filed in the Circuit Court yesterday. Mrs. Ainscoe's leg was broken in two places, and her foot hung by the flesh and mus cles, as a result of the fall, which oc curred August 30, 1907. She asserts that three operations were necessary, that she was rendered a permanent cripple, and was obliged to pay a hospital bill of $193.08. A three-story brick building at Delay and Russell streets, together with three wooden buildings, are owned by the Pow ells. They rent the second and third stories of the brick to Mrs. Webber and Kirkpatrlck. They In turn rent to the roomers, these two floors being conduct ed as a lodging-house. The ground floor is occupied by stores. From a hallway on the second floor, which runs the length of the building. Is a walk, leading onto the roof of one of the frame struc tures. Upon this roof numerous clothes lines are stretched, and Mrs. AInscoe as serts that it has been the custom of all he roomers to hang out their clothes, rugs and carpets on these lines. This was done, it Is asserted, with the full knowledge of the owners of the building. Mrs. Ainscoe also says that notwith standing her accident the lodgers still use this old roof for a back yard. BOYS FACE SERIOUS CHARGE Accused of Breaking Block Signals on O, W. P. Rome Sarchet and Oliver Cummings, 15 and 16 years old, respectively, will be obliged to appear before Judge Gantenbeln, of the Juvenile Court, Friday. They are charged by the O. W. P. officials with breaking the sig nal lights of the Mount Scotf block system, so that a collision was nar rowly averted. The boys are said to have thrown rocks at the lights. They live at Myrtle Park. Previous to the installation of the block system the conductors on the O. W. P. lines had been obliged to tele phone to a dispatcher at Intervals along the lines. This system has now JUNE 10, 1908. been abolished. Deputy Sheriff W. P. Lillis, employed by the Portland Rail way, Light & Power Company, was put to work on the case when trouble with the system was first reported. It was said that the boys at Grays crossing changed the lights with a long pole when a car had-passed, mak ing the light show white instead of red, thus conveying the wrong signal to the motormen. The outbound car being given the signal of a clear .track when a car Is approaching from the opposite direction, the danger of a col lision is imminent. An attempt was also recently made, at Myrtle Park, to wreck a car by placing a tie on the track. GEORGE TURNER ASKS DIVORCE Charges That Wire Eloped With Theatrical Man. A suit for divorce, filed in the Circuit Court yesterday by George Turner, charges Belle Turner with frequenting saloons and with clandestinely eloping to Seatttle with a theatrical man. She only remained in the - Sound City a week, however. He says that she drank beer with the bartendttr in a saloon at Fourth and Taylor streets last February. Tur ner says his wife went out with other men many times without his knowledge. But he is sure she went intuia Morrison street saloon May 23 with a man un known to him. The couple was mar ried in Chicago in 1903, but Turner is not sure about the month or day, for his wife tore up the marriage certificate. Barbara Paukner charges John Pauk ner with accusing her of infidelity. She has filed a divorce complaint in the Cir cuit Court. She says he once purchased cartridges and made an effort to obtain a gun which she had hidden, threaten ing to kill her. She had him -arrested last month and put in tne County Jail, as he was In the habit of coming mome in a drunken condition. He is a car penter and own prot erty in Peninsular Addition, of which the wife asks one third. She also asks $30 a month ali mony and $76 attorneys' fees, besides the custody of one of their four children, who Is under age. The complaint makes Elsa Anna Schnabel a party to the suit, as she Is acting as Paukner's trustee. The Paukners were married in Austria ' In 1882. , FINDS OLD LAND PATENT Original Papers of Caruthers' Dona tion Claim Discovered. While going over the personal effects of the late C. S. Silver, J. X. Blair, of 308 Abington street, this city, yesterday discovered the original patent to the claim of Flnlce Caruthers to the donation grant embracing 300 acres of land be tween Lincoln and Wood streets, back from the river to the West line of Seventh street. The patent bears the date of October 9, 1861, and is signed by Abraham Lincoln and W. O. Stoddard, at that time Secretty of the Interior. One of the old seals of the land office is attached in the left-hand corner of the parchment which has passed through nearly half a century without becoming in the least mutilated. Mr. Blair, the finder of the patent, is administrator of the Silver estate, and it was while engaged in destroying the now useless papers of the deceased that he came across the patent to the Caruthers" claim. The parchment came into the hands of Silver during his life time through his connection with the Caruthers' estate as administrator. ' Thr are upward of 70 upecles of edible MEwecd growing- on th coasts of Ha'wail, and a.bout 40 of these ar la common uss by th natives. THE DRILL A ROTABLE SUCCESS. RIGHTS OF THE GITY Water Board Struggles With Bull Run, Flume. EMPLOYS SPECIAL COUNSEL Ordinance Granting Privileges to Mount Hood Railway & Power Co. Referred to City Attorney and R. D. Montague. An ordinance granting the Mount Hood Railway & Power Company the right to construct a flume, canal and railway lines across certain property owned and controlled by the city, came up for consideration at a meeting of the Water Board yesterday afternoon, and was referred to City Attorney Kavanaugh and Special Counsel R. p. Montague for reports. This is proba bly the most important matter that has been up for action in Portland for a long time, as it Involves rights in Bull Run River, the source of the municipal water supply. The measure, as drafted by the corporation officials and amend ed by Mr. Kavanaugh. is unsatisfactory to the Mayor and members of the Wa ter Board, as it is said by them to pre clude the use of water below the in take for power purposes, should the city desire at any time to establish a power plant Maintains City Is Protected. Robert T. Linney. assistant general manager of the corporation, was pres ent, and spoke on behalf of the- com pany. He declared that the proposed ordinance was drawn with the distinct understanding and purpose of serving the best interests of the city. Not one drop of water that may be required for municipal or other purposes, below the intake, he said, would ever be lised or attempted to be used by his com pany. All he desires, and all his asso ciates wish, according to his statement. Is the water not used by the city now or In the future. The city, both as represented by the Water Board and tiie'Council, demands every right and title now claimed by the corporation in Bull Run River be fore passing the ordinance. The mat ter is now under consideration by the Council- committee on judiciary and by the members of the Water Board. The latter will now await a report from City Attorney Kavanaugh and Mr. Montague, their private counsel, be fore taking further action. Many Want Water. The Water Board also wrestled with the numerous applications for exten sions of water mains' and for increased supply of water from different sections of the city. Just now. with Summer heat at hand, the problem becomes more serious than ever, and the mem bers of theoard have hard work to do anything like Justice to the residents of the rapidly growing suburbs and certain districts near the down-town portion. Only those in the greatest need are being considered, as the fund Is so small that it is impossible to ac commodate all who wish water. The members of the Board discussed the question as to whether the work men in the department, especially those engaged In the placing of the mains, are giving the city good service for the wages paid. It was found that the men are not doing their best, and the superintendent was Instructed to no tify the crews that their services were not altogether satisfactory to the Mayor and the members of the Board. The city pays the highest of wages for common laborers $2.50 for an eight hour day. Dr. M. H. White, owner of a small water system In Center addition, ap peared before the Board and sought Information as to whetlTer the mem bers had decided to purchase his out fit. He was told that his plant is un satisfactory, much of the pipe being Inferior, according to the engineer's report- He was very angry, and char acterized the engineer's report' as "absurd." N. H. PYRON SENTENCED Must Serve Three Years for Passing Counterfeit Coin. Noris H. Pyron, alias "Steve Ramsey," was arrested in April on a charge of passing spurious coin. The complaint was sworn to by Chris Meyer, who was one of Pyron's victims. The arrested man was brought before A. M. Cannon, Clerk of the Federal Court, sitting aa Commissioner, and was held for trial, his bond being fixed at $3500. The prisoner was unable to furnish the bond and ha was. held in Jail. Yesterday Pyron appeared before Judge Wolverton and entered a plea of guilty to the fourth count in the Indictment, that of passing a spurious $1 coin. Evi dence having been submitted to the court proving the prisoner to he a dangerous character, the Judge sentenced him to serve three years In the prison at Mc Neill's Island. Rockwood to Celebrate the Fourth. GRESIIAM, Or., June 9. (Special) A celebration of the Fourth of July will be held at Rockwood, nine miles east of Portland, on the Base Lino road. The people are prepar ing to have a celebration that will eclipse anything ever given before in Eastern Multnomah. A splendid grove has been secured, where the usual prep arations are being made to accommo date large crowds. Music, speakers and other attractions are being secured. Tho day will close with a grand ball at night in the new Grange Hall. Bwel tan shoes ar "Rospnthnl''. 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