Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 21, 1910)
THE 3I0RXIXO OREGONHLY WEDNESDAY, SEPTE3IBER 2i, 1910. 6 IWESTKBOWSBEST. I SAYS BMilNGEH JEast Does Not Yet Understand t Land Problems and Must ;: Be Educated. I fjDAHO TO GET ITS SHARE t t JXVorle Entitled to Count on Com- I fiction of Project Already Be- Can Reclamation Serrlce 1 Deferring of . Praise. BOIFE. Idaho. Sept. n. Spe-lal jFotlowtng hl examination or th Boise- Payette Irrigation project, and a rous Jln reception tendered to him by the people of this city. Secretary Fatllna-er in an Interview declared that the West .understood, the policy- of his depart- 'ment. for which he had no apoloiy to .make. The work he wn striving- o no. ald to tha Secretary, was closer to and 'meant mora to the West than to the tFast. ' "We in considering matters that af fect lha arrowth and development of rtha entire Western country" said he. -"Important questions involve legisla tion as well aa administration. At no .'lime in the history of this country hi such proaresa been made as under the administration or President latu i Work Most Be Completed. 4 "No state haa done more than Idaho In Carey art development and In Irri gation projects. What we want now ,l the completion of what has been un dertaken, i ou are entitled to it ana n ls the duty of the Government to pusn It to completion. The Government must jaIo consider the projects In all of the 'other Western states. I understand the ; board of army engineers appointed to 'pass .upon the feasibility of these pro- , tecta haa been here. Their report will 'be hastened as rapidly as that board ican perform Its function. I know that 'Idaho will receive the full measure of 'the funds set aside for completion of 'Irrigation projects. ' "I want to emphasize the fact that ,'no man In Congress Is entitled to mnri! 'rredlt for the passage of tire KO.OOO, 010 bond bill than Senator Borah. Field Force Commended. "Resrardlna" the reclamation service. I wish to say that there Is no more faithful or earnest band of men In the public service thnn the field force. Certainly a areat work Is brlns; compllehed alone; the reclamation llnj. "Before our Kastern brothers ran un derstand us. we of the West will have to do a lot of educatlne. I am not INatlonaltst. I do not believe In Xatloi- Itllim. so-called, nor am I a state a rtichts man. I believe in each separate .department of government. . or rather :?ach entity, exercising- the duties with in Its own province, and I believe that "neither should be beyond the rieht llm .Its of control. The Federal Govern ment, says the I'nlted States Supreme "Court has no rtejht to Interfere with the state's rla;ht of fisheries. Govern ment control, ends with navigation. I fthlnk that ItVs well to consider that J the same rutins; applies to water power irnaation ana otner uses. "In the development of the public do , main. I believe there. is enough to kee- (the men of the present generation, and Jot many (Fenerations to come, busy all jf the time. The"tuhllc domain ought fto be distributed to the a-reateft num ber of people for development of our resources. The Government domain has .never been regarded aa a direct Nation- fat asset, except in the early days of ,tne Kepuonc. when it was treated as subject for revenue to pay the public iOeois. it Is not jlaht that the resources should be taken away from the newer states and divided among the older without a dissenting; vote, in which outside companies and people were called upon to apply for telephone franchises, members of the Pendleton City Council are to have an opportunity to grant or turn down an application for a franchise from an Indepndent company. The question will come up at the meting of the Council ednes- day evening;. The service given by the Pacific com pany in this city tn the past has been far from satisfactory to users of tele phones. The last strw came a few months no, when th rates for the party line service wers) Increased. When citizens appealed to the Council for relief a committee was appointed to Investigate. The committee report ed that the company was not Justified In Increasing the rates and that the service was poor, and recommended that applications for franchises be In vited, and a resolution to that e fleet waa passed. In response to that Invitation O. Morsraan. representing; the Kellogg Switchboard Supply Company, of Chi cago, and a system of Independent tele phone companies, which already has systems In Spokane. La Grande and Boise, with others projected at Baker City and Walla Walla, has told the Council that. If given a franchise, he will Install a modern plant, costing f 1 10.000. and wfil guarantee a three minute aervlce. Four members of the Council have virtually assured him that they will vote for the franchise, while the other three are opposed. The Mayor Is non committal thus far. The people gen erally seem to be In favor of granting the franchise. TWO OATHS DIFFER CONVINCING PROOF Court Accepts Woman's Op posing Statements. SUIT FOR INSURANCE WON SUITOR BECOMES THIEF SILK PRESS STOLEN TO HELP BRING ABOUT MEETING. Leon Warner Continues to Force l'n- wcleome Attentions on Woman Who Wedded Another. SEATTLE. Wash.. Sept. (Spe rial.) Still fighting acalnst the fates hlch took Evelyn Bailey from him and made her Mrs. E. E. Ballou. I -eon Warner, falling- to compel the young wo man to desert her husband of the past 18 months. Is chanted with having re sorted to theft to bring a meeting be tween himself and the woman who Jilted him. It is chanted that he stole Mrs. Ballou's best black silk dress from her home and then served notice on her that she could hnve It only by appearing In person at his anartments. A warrant charging Warner with burglary has been Issued by the Prosecuting Attorney's of fice. According to the statement made to Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Finch by the wronged husband. Warner, whose suit was rejected by the wife, has fol lowed Mrs. Ballou with dogged persist ency ever since her marriage. On the streets Warner has accosted her and even laid his hands on her. begging her to leave her husband and Join him. Ballou says that his house. 3U Fre mont avenue, was entered by a thief yes terday and that his wife's best black silk dress was stolen. The thief had torn down a vine covering a window In forcing his entrance to the Ballou home, loiter In the afternoon. Mrs. Elizabeth Bailey, mother of Mrs: Ballou. met Warner on the street and Warner said that he had stolen the dress and that her daughter could have It only by ap pearing In person to claim It. Accompanied by City Detective Ralph Jones. Mrs. Bailey went to Warner's apartments snd found the dress. $25 PAID FOR KISSES WOMAN VXABLE TO STOP EM BRACES OF MAN. Landlady of Ko.soburg Hotel Has Ad- ntlrer Arrested and He Says He MuM Have Been Drunk. States. t o f, IT Water- Owned hy States. In view of the fact that the states n and control the water necessary for development. It would seem that the 'most feasible and practical method for uorivpmrni OI waier power ;would be to transfer these sites to the nates upon ezpress condition that thev Jdlspose of them for development under auch provisions as will secure maximum 'development and utilization and at t.ie same time a-ive ' to the public full protection from extortion or Injurious r "In this connection I may say that rtne contention that the Interior Ie- tparimeni may unaer existing laws ex- vact a charge from the public for the ,use of these waterpower sites Is utter ly without foundation. The act of 1901. ,-tne only law providing for the acqui sition or rights for development of .electrical power on the public domain, dn no way authorizes or permits the 'collection of any rental or charges. i-tate resources are here and should be used to the benefit of the state and not me corporation Or the Interests." BULLET CUTS POWER WIRE ROSEBURG. Or.. Sept. 20. (Special.) Alleging that she was klesed and bugged against her wishes. Mrs. E. M. Kills, landlady of the Cintial Hotel, ap peared In the local Justice Court this morning and caused a warrant of arrest to be issued for Joe Donnell, on a charge of assault and battery. According to the story told by Mrs. Ellis. Donnell accosted her In the parlor of the hotel last evening and without uttering a word of warning, placed his arms about her neck and sprinkled kiss after kiss upon her brow. She said ahe resented Donnell's attentions hut was. un able to make her escape until help was summoned and he was carted off to the City Jail. When arraigned in the Justice Court this afternoon. Donnell admitted that he kissed Mrs. Kills, but for what reason he did not know. "I must have been Intoxicated." he de clared, "for 1 am not a man who would Intrude upon the property of others." Justice Long, before whom Donnell was arraigned, explained that kissing wives other than his own was a dangerous practice, and accordingly fined the pris oner $-5. . Both Mrs. Ellis and Donhcll are well known In Roseburg. where they have re sided for some time. pllrrd Man, Shooting at Hawk, Sev jcrs, Pendleton's Lljrht Connections. PENDLETOJ, Or.. Sept- 20. (Spe cial.) A hawk, a gun and a man were (responsible for depriving Pendleton of 'light and power for half a day. It has been discovered that the high pow er wire which was severed near the Judge ee ranch on Wild Horse Creek as rui in iwo oy a outlet from a rifle In fhe hands of a hired man who was shooting at a hawk on the aide "bt II. . Industries depending upon electricity lor their power were closed down for a full half day. until the severed wire was repaired. GATE MONEY STOLEN? PROMOTERS OF AVTO HACKS ACCVSKB OF LARCENY. Dtstric-t Attorney Bases Charge Against Brown and Floyd on Ryan's Fake Running Race. HAWLEY BETTERS SERVICE Through representative's Efforts More Mail Clerks Are Allowed. SALEM, Or, Kept. JO. (Special.) Representative Willis C. Hawley has Just received word from Washington mat nis ertort to secure addltonal as sltance for railway postal clerks be tween Portland and Eugene, on the Southern Pacific, has been rewarded, and an additional clerk has been or .dered to reduce the average hours of duty on trains II and IS. Woman Swears Husband It Dead and Stops Payment of .Lodge. Does, Then Gets Divorce on Grounds of Desertion. OLTMPIA. Wash. Sept. 20. (Spe clal.) under the circumstances It waa perfectly proper for the dlstrsoted wife to swear her husband waa alive In on case, and that he was dead in another, both In the same court. Is the final do termination of the Washington Supreme Court today In the suit of Tena Butle against the Supreme Court Independen order or t oresters. August Schneider disappeared from his horns at Spokane. July 7. 188. lit had said he contemplated visiting mines In which he waa Interested. No trace has ever since bean had of him, though search haa been made by the lodge and friends all over the world A herd worker, sober, saving and with no family troubles, his disappearance aroused much interest. The wife spent all the money she had In the search, then tried, to mortgage the home. As community property this was impossible without the signature of the husband. Finally ahe waa per suaded by her attorney and brought auit for divorce, alleging desertion, secured a default decree and title to the prop erty. Later, when no trace could be found, she brought this suit to collect the in surance from Foresters. The order made the defense that she stopped pay ment of his lodge dues prior to swear ing to the divorce decree, that the di vorce decree was baaed on the theory he was alive and that she was estopped from assorting he waa dead In another suit. Twice the case came to the Supreme Court and went back to Spokane for trial. The woman married again and In her new name finally won a verdict from a Spokane Jury that Schneider lost his life soon after he left home, prob ably tn the mountains near the mines and that at the time he was examining mines and not mining, mining being a prohibited occupation under the policy. In the last appeal some reference was made to the discovery of a pair of wo man s red slippers under Schneider's bed, which did not belong to Mrs Schneider, who was out of the city when he disappeared, but the Supreme Court thought any presumption they might raise should not offset the de cision of the Jury. O'NEIL ORDERED RELEASED Wife at Montesano Refuses to Ac- , . ... cuse Him of Felony. MOXTESANO, Wash.. Sept. 20. (Spe cial.) Sheriff Edward Payette, today telegraphed Medford authorities to re lease Harry- O'Nell.- alias' Charles Dally; alias Frank Do well, who has been held for two weeks by Oregon authorities on a charge of grand larceny, the com plaint being made by his wife. Mrs. o ren says she married O'Nell ast December In Wisconsin, and he In duced her to sell her property, which brought 12300. They came West and she was taken 111 at Spokane. O'Nell 'in duced his wife to place the money In the bank and indorse her drafts over to him. He then deposited them In his name, later deserting her and taking the money. He was traced to Saora mento. thence to this city, where he was to meet his wife, but he left be fore she arrived. Mrs. O'Nell refused to sign tha nec- esary sffidavits for requisition papers that her husband might be brought bark to be prosecuted for committing a h-i.mij uuu not ror me purpose of col lecting a debt, and the authority. dropped the case and telegraphed to re lease xj eii. LANE FAIR OPENS TODAY Prospects of Successful Exposition Good, Despite Rain. EUGENE. Or.. Sept. 10. (SDecial.l Though rain has fallen for two days, in dications are that the Lane County Fair, which opens Wednesday, will be the best yet held In this county. Yesterday the heads of the different departments were busy preparing the pavllllon' for the exhibitors, and, although they did not expect much In the way of entries until today, they were busy re ceiving them from early morning until they closed In the evening. A large string of horses is In the stable and on the track and the livestock ex hibit is already much better than last year. Friday the merchants will close their stores in the afternoon In order that everyone may attend the fair. PHONE FRANCHISE ASKED Independent Company Would Install Service at Pendleton. PEyPLETOX. -Or. Sept. 30. (Spe ctaiArter passing a resolution. SALEM. Or.. Sept. In. (Special.) In formation was filed In Justice Court this afternoon against W. M. Brown and Fred Floyd charging them with larceny of I'.'iO from F. W. Durbln. Dr. C. H. Rob--- ertson. E. T. Barnes. A. N. Bush, Dr. T. C. Smith. Jr. and sundry others. Brown and Floyd were promoters of the auto races here Monday, alleged to be under the auspices of the Intermoun taln Racing Association, and It is stated that they left with the major portion of the gate -receipts of races which were alleged to be "faked" by nearly all of the 2000 people in attendance. The action taken Is based on the Ryan case, which created a stir here several years ago. when Ryan promoted a fake running race and started away with the proceeds. The courts held at that time that there might be a lawful taking of money, hut if the original design was felonious, that In itself made the taking unlawful and constituted larceny, and on these grounds District Attorney Mc Nary bases his present action. Marshfleld Postmaster Applles.o OREGONIAN NEWS Bl"REAlT. Wash ington. Sept. 10. The postmaster at Marshfleld today applied to.haveb.Is of fice made a postal savings bank.' WOMAN SAVES MAN'S LIFE He Falls, Trying to Board Train, but Is Dragged From Under. SALEM. Or.. Sept. 20. (Special.) By presence of mind yesterday afternoon Mrs. L. S. Rowland. 1391 Waller street, saved a man's life, near her home. A one-armed stranger got off a passing train and wandered about in the neigh borhood of her home. She warned him against trying to ride trains, and In the meantime telephoned the police. As she was doing this, the man attempted to climb aboard a passing freight but was struck on the head and fell a few Inches from the car wheels. She ran out of the house and pulled the man away. Mrs. Rowland then bathed the man's head and discovered he was not badl.v hurt, as In a few minutes he walked away. He appears to have been demented. OF THE VIRTUE OF Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound What is the use of procrastinating in the face of such evidence as the following letters represent? If you are a sick woman or know one who is, what sensible reason have you for not giving Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound a trial ? For 30 years we have been publishing such testimonial letters as these thousands of them they are genuine and honest, too, every one of them. &!- I I 11111. 1HIW 7, Mrs. S. J. Barber says : I'lthlnkLydiaE. 1 Pinkham's Vege- icaDie compound J is the best medi- Icine in tha world for women and I feel it my duty to let others know the trood it has done for me. Three years aco I had a tnmor which the doctor I said would hare to be remored by an operation or I could not lire more than a year, or two, at most. I wrote Mrs. Pink ham, at Lynn, Mass., for advice, and took 14 bottles of Lydia E. Pink barn's Vegetable CompoundTand to day the tumor is gone and I am a perfectly well woman. I hope my testimonial will be of benefit to oth ers." Mrs. S. J. Baebbb, Scott, U. Y. Sirs. EL F. Hayes says : "I was nnder the Idoctor's treat- 1 ment for a fibroid tumor. I suffered with pain, sore ness, bloating, and could not walk or stand on my feet any length of time. I wrote to Mrs. Pinkham for ad vice, followed her directions and took Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. To-day I am a well woman, the tumor was expelled and my whole system strengthened. I adVise all women who are afflicted with tumors or female troubles to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound." Mrs. E. F. Hates, 1800 Washington St., Boston, Mass. 1 - 1: r r A. J? 1 I SA&V If am Mrs. George May says : "No one knows I what I have suf fered from fe male troubles, neuralgia pains. ana Dackache. My doctor said ne coma not give me anythine to ijcureit. Through tne acmce or a nend I began tfrt nan T.rrlia P- Jpinkham'e Vege table Compound, and the pain soon disappeared. I continued its use and am now in perfect health. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound has been a God-send to me as I believe I should have been in my grave if it had not been for Mrs. Pinkham's advice and Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound." Mrs. Geobgb Mat, 86 4th Ave., Paterson, N.J. Mrs. IV. K. Iloush says t l"I have been completely cured of a severe fe male trouble by Lydia E. Pink- I ham's Vegetable Compound, and I want . to recom mend it to all suf fering women." Mrs. W. K. IHoush, 1 East. 1 view Ave., Cin cinnati, Ohio. MS. 7TA .' Because your case is a difficult one, doctors having done you no good, do not continue to suffer with out giving Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg etable Compound a trial. It surely has cured many cases of female ills. Euch as inflammation, nice ration, dis placements, fibroid tumors, irregu larities, periodic pains, backache.etc. For 30 years Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has been the standard remedy for female ills. No sick woman does justice to herself who will not try this famous medicine. Made exclusively from roots and herbs, and has thousands of cures to its credit. I Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick women Lr-O to write her for advice. She has guided thonsands to health free of charge. Address Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass Seattle's business men mis sthose two doys there will be a conflict of dates. No communication from them has been re ceived here. FIRES DESTROYED $633,150 Damage Done In Crater Lake Forest Summarized by Supervisor. MEDFORD, Or.. Sept. 20.-(Speclal.) Timber -alued at 1633.150 was destroyed by fire during tha lest month, according to tha figures contained In the report of M. L. Erickson, supervisor of the Crater National forest, to the Forestry Bureau t ashinjrton. Two hundred and thirteen million eight undred and twenty thousand feet of tim ber was ruined, of which 138.300.000 feet was within the National forest. Mr. Erickson figures that $303,850 worth of reproductive timber was destroyed and hat tbe total loss to both young and old Imber within the National forest amount ed to 1451,701. The forest fires, which number 41. burned over 110,115 acres. Of this area, 83.716 acres was Inside the Na tional forest and 2S.400 acres was private ly owned. All but a few of the 41 forest fires started between August 30 and Sep tember 10. Twenty of the fires burned over 1000 acres. The largest area cov ered by one fire was 30,000 -acres. This One was around the base of Mount Mc laughlin. Eighty per cent of the region burned by this fire, however, was an old burn which oontalned no marketable tim. ber. Only 10 per cent was valuable first- I class forest, the other 10 per cent being second-rate timber . The most destructive Are was the one on the South Fork of the Rogue River, east of Prospect, which covered 14,000 axres. BEAR TRAPPED IN ORCHARD Huge Beast's Yells Silenced by Bul let From Llllej's Rifle. " FOREST GROVE. Or., Sept. Ml (Spe cial.) Prowling- about In the prune or- -Cross English Gloves, the Pair $1.5Q Open a. Regular Monthly Account Here Every School Girl and Boy Should Own "BBBaaaasBaaaaaaaaaaaaaSBatJSBaaBaBaa A Fountain Pen We sell all the best makes of Fountain Pens and give you a TEN DAYS' FREE TRIAL Our Schoolday Pen, a reg ular $1.50 value, now on sale at this low price 97c Your. Fountain Pen Filled Free "Loof a" Sponges IMPORTED BY US Direct From Japan Before preparation for commerce the Loofa resem bles a large gourd or giant cucumber. When dead ripe it falls from the tree to the ground, where the meat in. time falls off, leaving the fibrous sponge. like framework, which is gathered up by the natives, the seeds shaken out and the sponges packed in large bales of 2000 or 3000 sponges each. These sponges are ideal for the bath and no one should be without one. See the display in our windows. Price IQc and 15c Sole Agents Orange Blossom Candy. chard of William Busse, a rancher of the Glenwood section, northwest of this city, a huge black bear was caught In tran Saturday evening ana so louaiy did he yell that he had to bs shot by Joe Lilly. Tha bear weighed more than ztsu pounds. The hair was jet black and the hide will be transformed into a rug. This is the first report of a bear killed this season. Oddfellows': Order Growing Fast. ATLANTA. Ga., Sept. 30. The prediction that by 1913 the Independent Order of FRANK S. FIELDS AS A "BUSINESS" MAN SEATTLE MAY MISS HOSTS Walla Walla Commercial Club Also Is Going Visiting. WALLA WALLA, Wash.. Sept. 30. (Special.) That Seattle will visit Walla Walla when Walla Walla Is not at home Is the fear of the officers of the Commer cial Club, who ere uncertain as to the date of ths visit of the Queen City Jun keters. It has been announced that the Seattle. Ites will leave their home Monday on a trip through the state. This would bring them here about Thursday, the day set for the visit of the Walla Walla Com cerelal Club to the Touchet Valley fair at -Dayton. - Walla Walla also Inteids visiting Pendleton Saturday, so unless In hbt quest for votes to secure his re-election to the office of County Clerk. Frank S. Fields, pres ent incumbent, and pensioner of the county's bounty, has Issued a card carrying a comparative statement, under the head In sr. "Business vs. Poli tics." In which he seeks to show that he personally. Instead of the law. Is responsible for an alleged saving in the cost of conducting tha office, as com pared with other administrations. In the first place, his office now Is a consolida tion, made In 1901, of three different departments, which, of course, did away with all overhead charges, salaries and cost of separate maintenance. Fields, however, had nothing whatever to do with that, as the law making the change from the old system was passed at the time he took office, and Iihs been In effect during the entire time he has filled the position of Clerk. He has had absolutely nothing to do with any saving of expertse effected bv the operation of that law. His statement that he has, even in the most remote way, is an absolute Book No. Cert. No. Sec. Savings & Trust Co 25152 Hibernia 28fi5 La ild & Tllton 2150 Ladd & Tllton 124673 Ladd & Tllton .124673 Ladd & Tllton 124674 .Ladd & Tllton 124675 Ladd & Tllton 124676 Portland Trust Company. ......... 626 Portland Trust Company 5267 Portland Trut Company... 5271 Portland Trust Company 6983 Portland Trust Company 6168 falsehood. At converting public funds to his own use. how ever, he has done much; he has been very active and exceedingly effective. In a report which Is now on file in his office, made to the County Court by Mr. Ferguson, an ex pert accountant, who was employed by the court to examine the affaire of Fields' office, the statement Is made that in the very face of the law which pre scribes that the County Clerk shall have a salary- of 13000 a year and no other fees or other emoluments. Fields has received Interest amounting to thousands of dollars from different banks in the city, on funds held by him as Clerk, which he has refused to ac count for snd turn over to the County Treasurer. Unearned fees and funds itvhls hands on account of lltleation. etc.. has on an average amounted to over $S0. 000, on which he receives and pockets 4 per cent Interest. Here is where at least a part of It was at that time. Nota the amount: Rate. Interest. 4 per cent $ 198.33 4 per cent 198.83 4 per cent 116.50 4 per cent , 68.23 4 per cent 68.23 4 per cent 68.23 4 per cent 68.23 4 per cent 68.23 4 per cent 72.06 4 per cent 72.06 4 per cent 108.09 4 per cent 310.84 4 per cent 522. 78 . Date. Mav 4, 1908..,.. May 4. 1908 May 4. 1908 June 2,3. 1908... June 23. 1908... June 23, 1908... liino 9.t. 1908 June 23, 1908 2.000 Sept. 23. 1905 500 Sept. 23. 1905 500 Sept. 23. 1905 750 June 25, 1906 .... 2.992.14 Sept. 19, 1906 5,000 Amount. . . 5.000 , . 6.000 ,. 2.937.24 ,'. 2,000 . . 2.000 2.000 2.000 Ladd & Tllton Interest due June 1, 1907 Ijidd Ac Tllton interest due July 1, 1907 Hibernia. July l Total . . .132,679.38 16.89 51.55 eresi aue juiy i, ivvi 1907 116.65 This interest, according to the requirements of law, belongs to the county, but Fields "cribs" it for his own use. He also holds $1874.77 belonging to legatees, heirs of estates and insane persona, deposited in trust, while the law plainly provides that all such funds shall be deposited with the County Treasurer. He thus puts himself above the law. Out of $18,243.00 collected by him from hunters for licenses, he withholds from the State Treasurer . $2806.80. which Is deposited to his personal credit In the defunct Title Guarantee & Trust Company bank. The expert finds that after crediting dlvl- dends paid to the receiver of that concern. $2571.85 , is still standing to Fields' personal credit Instead of . the credit of the county. This money has clearly been converted to his own use, but for some mys terious reason he has never been Indicted for the embezxlement of public funds. He has also converted td his own use $626.00 re ceived by him as fees for Issuing and certifying naturalization papers. Ha baa turned over no fees to the County Treas urer on account of filing declaration of intention papers since September 26. 1906, although 1937 of such papers have been filed at $1.00 each. One-half of that fund has been paid to the Bureau of Immi gration, and the other $968.50 has gone Into Fields' pocket. All the work done In connection with filing these papers In his office has been performed hv deputies who have been paid by tha county, yet Fields tAke and keeps the money. Having been caught with the goods on him. Fields attempts an explanation in justification of his crooked course by saying the Immigration law of the National Government provides that the "County Clerk" shall retain one-half of the fees for the services required In carrying out the law. True. But the law of Oregon, under which Fields is ope rating, and under which he was elected to office and under which he is paid his salary, provides that the "County Clerk" shall turn over all fees and other emoluments attaching to his office, for the ' Total amount of accrued interest $2125.23 benefit of the county. The Federal laws do not say that "Frank Fields" shall retain one-half of the fees provided, but says the "County Clerk" shall receive them; the Oregon law does not say "Frank Fields" ejtall receive a salary of $3000 a year, .and turn ovef all fees and emoluments, but says the "Countv Clerk" shall be so paid and shall eo com ply wtfh its mandates. Fields dignified himself by construing the law as applying to him, personally, when, in fact, his small personality was never taken into consideration when the law wa framed and passed. It was enacted for the government of "County Clerks," and not for the Frank Fields. Another thing. When was Fields designated as the proper official to construe the laws? By what right does he say he Interprets the law as "permit ting" him to withhold one-half of the fees provided for the County Clerk? Time and again nave the courts decided that the Clerk's duties were minis terial onlv. He arrogates to himself the right to exercise judicial functions and say for himself that the law means directly the opposite of what its printed letter states, and then says no suit has ever been brought against him to show that he is wrong. Away with such doctrine. Elect some man who will comply wtlh the spirit and letter of the Business with a big "B," Isn't it? He wants you to help keep him In office so he can continue his "Business" methods in plain defiance of law. He can't live without office. He won't work, so depends on being made a life pensioner on the county, In the hope that his peculiar Ideas of "Busi ness" will, as In the past, fatten his bank account at the expense of the taxpayers. His only opponent for election to the office Is John B. Coffey. In his declaration to the public, Coffey says. If elected, he will turn over to the county all such fees and emoluments, as the law requires, and accept nothing but the $3000 a year legally provided. Vote Coffey No. 94 in. Vote Fields out. (Paid advertisement). Oddfellows will number 3,000,000 mem bers, if it continues its present rate of increase, was made today by J. B. Good win, grand secretary of the sovereign grand lodge at the opening of the an nual convention. The 100th anniversary of the order fallsi In 1919. F ;'mLSu f -.,1 saV1 (rf - 'it psrw..,rn-; mm :-Ti A Vest Pocket Edition 3 for 5c Cobs' ever increas- i frig popularity hin- i ges on one thing , it's the best tobacco value obtainable in , the United States. Look for the green , package. That's I your protection i and ours. I. LEWJS & CO. ftUaafactarvra Newark, N. J. KhrmflQ A Co., Portland For the looks and the goods try the new 8 cigar wonder, JOHS KL&KJX. HOTEL STEWART SAN FRANCISCO Geary Street, above Union Square Just opposite Hotel St. Francis European Plan $1.50 a day up American Plan $3.00 a day up New steel and brick structure. Furnished at cost of $200,000. Every comfort and con venience. On carlines transferring all over city. Omnibus meets trains and steamers. -Send for Booklet with map of San Francisco