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13 THE MOKXIXG OEEGOXIAX, HTESDAT, JTTNT3 7, 19IB. G. B. MERRICK FDR NEW POSTMASTER Register of Land Office Is Rec ommended for Position by Senator Bourne. NEWS COMES AS SURPRISE Federal Official Says He Was Un aware His Name Would Be Sug gested Similar Move Made i When Given Present Position. V Charles B. Merrick. Register of the united States Land Office, was yester day recommended to the President by Benator Jonathan Bourne for the posi tion of postmaster of Portland, to fill the wwiancy caused by the death of John C. Youdit. News of this action came as a surprise to Mr. Merrick, who, although one of Mr. Bourne's close per sonal friends, says he expected nothing of the kind, as he had but recently been appointed on Mr. Bourne's recom mendation to his present position. "I can hardly believe it," said Mr. avierrick last night. "It Is only six months since I was appointed as Reg ister in the Land Office and I have never heard a word spoken of being appointed as postmaster, and had not given the matter a thought. I never silked for the position, . but certainly eel highly complimented by the honor of being nominated for such an Im portant position. I will accept It if ap pointed. Honors Given Where Not Sought. "In the same way I had never thought f being appointed to my present posi tion in the Land Office until some one came up to my office and began look ing Into my record. I am told that Mr. Bourne acted In the same 'way In nomi nating Mr. Young for the position, and that the first time Mr. Young thought of the position at aJl was when he received notice that his name had been sent in. Sir. Bourne once said to me 'It Is a pleas ure to appoint men who are not asking for the office,' and he may have fol lowed this same idea in recommending tny name for the position." Mr. Merrick came to Portland five years ago from Michigan. He is 37 years old and is a graduate of the Detroit Col lege of Law and a member of the Su preme Court bar in both Oregon and Washington. - He is a veteran of the Spanish-American "War, having left law school to enlist. He served In Cuba with the Thiry-third Regiment of Michigan Volunteers, and was also at one time a reporter on the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Active in Public Enterprises. Since coming to Portland, Mr. Merrick has been prominently associated with public enterprises. He is at present the secretary of the City Beautiful Com mittee, editor of the Grocers' Magazine, secretary of the Retail Merchants' Asso ciation, which he organized four years ago. and was for four years secretary of the Retail Grocers" Association. Mr. Merrick, according to his own Statement, has never taken an active part in politics, although until last June he was a member of the Multnomah County Republican committee, when he resigned on accoun tof having moved his resi dence into a new district. He assisted Mr. Bourne materially in his election to the office of United States Senator, mak ing a strong fight for the Statement No. 1 under which Senator Bourne secured his eledtlon. He, however, is inclined to be little the assistance which he rendered Senator Bourne at that time. The position of postmaster of Portland pays a salary of J6000 a year. This salary is based upon the receipts of the post office, and as this item is continually on the Increase In Portland, the position which Mr. Merrick bids fair to hold should pay a figure considerably higher than this before the expiration of many years. CARSON CASE IS CLOSED 3EKMAXX REITERATES THAT HOGAX GETS PITCHER. ees No Necessity for Coast Having Rule Which Is in Conflict With Those of National Commission. SAN FRANCISCO. June 6. (Special.) The Carson incident was finally closed this evening by a long telegram from August Herrmann, chairman of the National Baseball Commission, to President Graham, of the Pacific Coast League, in which he states thta he can s-e no necessity for the conflicting resolution of the Coast Leaguo and re iteraeto his former statement tint Car Ban Is eligible to play with Vjrno-i. As the National Commission is the court of final appeal in such matters, President rGaham this evening- wired Hogan that Carson belongs to him and may be used tomorrow if he so desires. In his telegram Herrmann states that Portland, according to. the evidence submitted to him, had Its opportunity to claim Carson back, but did not take advantage of it. The National chair man also points out thta clubs drfting plyers much be protected, as well as those organizations from which players are drafted. The text of the telegram follows: 'In my judgment there was no neces sity for adoption of the Pacific Coast league resolution to which you call at tention. Clubs from which players are drafted are fully protected by the com mission rules. Rule 42 provides that a drafted player cannot be sent to a club, a member of the same classification from whom the player was secured, without giving the club from which he was drafted an opportunity to again secure the player at the draft price. "Portland, from the evidence submit ted, had this opportunity, but did not take advantage of it. The sale by Chi cago to Vernon is therefore letral and the player is eligible. Clubs drafting players must be protected, as well as those from which the player Is secured. The Chicago club has a right to repur chase this player from Vernon at the draft price on August 30. This could not be done If your rule was in opera tion and the player was turned over to Portland. Will submit telegraphic cor respondence to my colleagues. "AtTGCST HERRMANN, "Chairman of National Commission." Odor of Pigs Offends. VANCOUVER. Wash.. June 6 (Spe cial.) Half a ton of pigs of the. Cheshire breed were received today by the North ern Express Company from Cleveland. O. They were consigned to Thomas Ander son, who lives near Vancouver. The odor from the - young porkers was of such strength and volume that the express agent would not permit the crate to be taken Into the office, but It was left on the street, where all passing were offended. SILETZ BILL IS PASSED HAWLEY'S MEASURE ADOPTED BY THE HOUSE. Will Next Go to Senate, Where It WiU Take Place of Similar Measure by Chamberlain.' OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, June 6. Representative Haw ley this afternoon called up and passed through the House his bill directing the patenting of a considerable number of homestead entries on the Siletz Res ervation. Because of the canvass which Haw ley had made among members of the House no opposition was raised to the bill today, though it was severely crit icised at the time It was reported. The bill now goes to the Senate, where it will replace a similar bill by Senator Chamberlain. As passed by the House, Hawley's bill provides: "That all pending homestead entries heretofore made within the former Siletz Indian Reservation, upon which proofs were made prior to De cember 31, shall be passed to patent in all cases where it shall appear to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the In terior that the entry was made for the exclusive use and benefit of the entry man, and that the entryman built a house on the land entered and other wise improved the same and actually entered into occupation thereof, and cultivated a portion of said land for the period required by law, and that no part of the land entered has been sold or conveyed or contracted to be sold or conveyed by the entryman, and where no contest or other adverse pro ceeding was commenced against the entryman, and notice thereof served upon the entryman, prior to the date of submission of the proof thereon, or within two years thereafter, provided, that nothing herein contained shall pre vent or forestall any adverse proceed ings against any entry upon any charge of fraud, and provided further, that any entryman who may make ap plication for patent under the pro visions of this act shall as an additional condition precedent to the issuance of such patent, be required to pay to the United States $2.60 per acre for land so applied for." SEATTLE FOLK FIND NO CAR Party of 60 0 Arrive at Depot and Walk to Tip-Town Hotels. Over 600 Seattle visitors to the Ross Festival were in anything but a happy state of mind soon after their arrival here yesterday, owing to the inadequate street car service at the trains. At 5 P. M. yesterday, a Northern Pacific train ar rived one hour late, with that number of passengers. When they came out from the depot, they found no cars to carry them to the city. For 15 minutes a large number of the party waited for the cars to put In an appearance, but in that period the entire quota of cars to carry the 600 people was one "J" car and one "W" car. The great majority of the guests of the city were forced to walk up Sixth street to the hotels and many were the expres sions of disgust at the poor service ren dered at such an important time by the Portland Railway, Light & Power -Company. Tins beautiful bungalow is given away by the owners of Council Crest property, not -only to advertise the district, but to encourage the budding- of modern, up-to-date homes in this suburb, " ' '. ., , , Visitors to the City - Before they return to their homes should not fail to see , "In all the world no view like this." YOUR INVESTMENT will certainly double within. 2 years. Compare prices and conditions with other additions and youll be convinced. Present Pncgs $3SO.OO to $1000.00 TENDER CENT DISCOUNT. UNTIL OPENING DAY Get in on the Ground Floor To reach Council Crest's "Sou: frn Slope" you traverse Portland's high-class, exclusive residence district "Portland Heights" whrr- v-Mues have soared ONE THOUSAND PER CENT within a few years. His tory will repeat itself on ihe "Southern Slope." ' Remember, Automobiles XfHS BRIDGE CASE CLEAR Court Cuts Away Mass of Sur rounding Technicalities. DUNIWAY'S MOTION DENIED Judge Burnett Decides No Judgment on Pleadings Necessary Only Two Contentions Left for Case to Be Tried on Monday. . "The Broadway bridge ordinance could have been so drawn as to fix the weight of the two beams of -the bridge, the live load, the dead load, and many other things." said Circuit Judge Burnett yesterday morning, in clear ing away the rubbish of legal techni calities of the bridge case. Ralph R. Dunlway. attorney for Frank Kiernan, the nominal plaintiff in the case, has but two contentions upon which to stand at the trial of the case on its merits, for the court yesterday cut away all else. One of these Is that Frank Kiernan is a citizen and tax payer of Multnomah County, which is denied by the City Attorney, and the other as to whether or not the resolu tion of the City Council authorizing the issuance of the Broadway bridge bonds was ever filed with . the City Auditor. Presiding Judge Morrow set the case for trial next Monday, instead of Tues day, the date previously fixed, and will assign it to Judge Burnett. As the latter's commission from Chief Justice Moore expires June 11, how ever, it will be necessary for him to secure an extension of time if he is to sit. It .was a motion by Dunlway for judgment on the pleadings which Judge Burnett decided yesterday, denying it. He said the ballot title was fairly de scriptive, that the measure itself was sufficiently definite for all practical purposes, and that the tranposltlon of the numbers upon the ballot was mere ly a political question, which the vote of the people settled. The judge said It was with difficulty that he unrav eled Duniway's amended complaint, separating the recitals from the con clusions of law. The trial of the case Monday will settle the matter, unless Dunlway sees fit to take It to the Supreme Court. BROADWAY BRIDGE DISCUSSED Committee From North East Side Wants Immediate Action. Unstinted praise for Circuit Judge Bur nett because of his action of the morning in deciding favorably and In no uncer tain terms for the city relative to the Broadway bridge project was given last night by the members of .the committee of the North East Side Improvement As sociation, when they met In the office of M. G. Munly. in the Wells-Fargo build ing. Another session will be held there tonight to give other clubs an oppor tunity to be heard on the subject. Five of the seven members of the North East Side Improvement Associa tion's committee were present. They went over the maps covering the ground desired for vacation by the. O. R. & N. Company by the city in con nection with the bridge project, and "IT noil Ofest' the j Bungalow Goes to Someone IT MAY BE YOU! in atti r dance at all hours. Permit us to show you this splendid property. Si Qaunitoini Co til 3, D. L. Povey, the chairman, announced that, in his judgment, the railroad and city are but about $50,000 apart on the proposition. John T. Whalley agreed with this and moved that it ' be the sense of the committee that the general plan be accepted, in order that the Broadway bridge might proceed with out further delay. It was seconded, but was never put by Mr. Munly, who had been asked to act as chairman. Councilman Menefee was present, evi dently desiring definite action, and when Chairman Munly explained that he thought it best to delay the action until "certain East Side men" could be heard, Mr. Menefee inquired who they were. It . soon developed that among them is Dan Kellaher, and Mr. Menefee declared it to be his belief that Mr. Kellaher "and his crowd" do not favor the Broadway bridge at all; that they are its enemies. Mr. Povey recalled in this connection that when Kellaher was a member of the Council and the first appropriation of $1000 to start the project was up for action, the sup porters of the bridge failed to get Kellaher to vote for it. "As far as I am concerned,' said Mr. Menefee. "I do not care what Mr. Kella her or his crowd think about this sub ject. They absolutely oppose any street vacations now; they want to grant fran chises, and It indicates to my mind that they do not want this bridge at all and are taking this means of defeating It- We are almost together with the O. R. & N. and terminal companies on this proposi tion and we can get the bridge, if we act promptly. It is my candid Judgment that we ought to tolerate no further de lay for the sake of giving any such a man an opportunity to come in and talk. We ought to follow up Judge Burnett's decision by authorizing the acceptance of the O. R. & N. proposition and build the bridge. It seems to me." Chairman Munly said lie did not agree with the idea of rushing through a reso lution favoring the acceptance of the plan, but would prefer to see the others who are interested have an opportunity to be heard. He did not put the question Upon the motion of Mr. Whalley. The latter declared the meetting to be a farce and the committee, he said, should be dis charged from further work. It was finally decided that any who wish to be heard on the subject before definite action is taken shall have the opportunity tonight, when a second meet ing will be held in Mr. Munly-s office. DR. REDDY SHEDS NO LIGHT Attorney Demands to Know Why He Sought Profit in Road Deal. "How was it that you were selling your own private stock of the Pacific & Eastern Railroad Company for from JS1, 000 to $33,000 for your own benefit, at the same time representing to the court that you. as receiver for the road, could se cure but 77 cents on the dollar for its first mortgage bonds, and asking the court to authorize you to accept It?" This was the question propounded by Attorney A. EL Clark to Dr. J. F. Reddy yesterday afternoon, in the $82,500 suit of Thomas G. Devlin against Reddy. S. W. Stryker and the officials of the Oregon Trust & Savings Bank. H. W. Moore, W. Cooper Morris. H. A. Moore, E. E. Lytle and Leo Freide. Reddy was at one time receiver of the Medford & Crater Lake Railroad. He is accused of having conspired with the bank officials to secure the road for their, own private benefit with the aid of the bank. Attorney Clark's question remained without a satisfactory answer. Reddy told of his relations with Morris, saying he had known him for 15" years, that he had been interested with him in the Arlington & Condon road and the Republic & Grand Forks road in Wash ington. Alex Sweek. called to the stand yes terday morning, said he held $166,600 worth of Pacific & Eastern stock at one time, this being a third of it, but that he could not remember from whom he received it or to whom it was asaifraed by him. He declared he paid nothing MAY BE YOU!' mm FOR A HOMESITE It has no equal for scenic beauty, invigorating atmosphere and hygienic situation. O Great Five-Day Sample Sale About a carload of samples show pieces from Eastern furniture exposition together with a large number of our floor samples, are offered at prices that will make buying an undiluted pleasure for economically inclined people. 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