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TffE 0KEG05IAT, SATXUDATj S EPTE3FBEH 23. lOli. ROSS' LAND DEAL IS PLAINT John W. Cook Says Convicted Banker Misrepresented Price of Desert Tract TRIAL BEFORE WOLVERTON 40 -Cent Acre Sold for 91 and $1009 Xot Put rj by Financier as Agreed, Says PUlnUXf. Priority Claim Bought. Thai J. Thorburn Rn former presi dent of the d.fonct Title Oatrmut A Trust Company. Induced John W. Cook, of Cook Taylor, to " with him In t! porch of II. "JO acre of d rt land In Morrow and Umatilla coun tlea and misrepresented th prlc at which It was bouaht. I th allocation cf Mr. Cook, whtrn waa trlod b.for Federal Juris Wolverton yesterdsr In chambers. Th grand Jury waa using h.s courtroom, heoct the rlitng In r lare of trlaL Rosa la under sentenr to th Peni tentiary for misappropriation of atata funda and ha appralnl hl cas to tha L'nttrd States Supreme Court. Tne suit la that In whlrn H. F. How ard. Jr. receiver of the Title Guaran tee A Trust Company, and the back are ulna; the Ore-on I .and ac Water Com pany. t!i Ilailey Ditch Company, the Columbia Land A Irrigation Company, the Blna-ham Land Water Company, the Columbia Desert Land Irrigation Company, th O. R. A N. Company. I. II. Blna-ham, F. H. Holbrook. J. T. Hoee, A. a. Llnrtiley and John W. Cook. Mr. Cook la one of the tntrrrenore. In hie petition, filed yesterday, he ask that be be allowed priority of claim to the land Involved to the amount of S?00. which he eaya he In vested. Interest at IS per cent, attor ney' fee, and cost a of th suit. Fraaa I Allege. He aaya Ross represented to him that the land was purchased at fl an acre, and that he and Koaa were to share this eum equally, each putting la 1700 to be paid to C. B. Wade, and assuming equally deferred paymenta, which were to be made to th Northern Paclflo Railway Company. He alleges that In fact Ron purchased the land for cents an acre, and put no money Into th transaction himself. He says further that ha did not know until lesa than a year ago that fraud had been practiced upon him. F. B. Holbrook. Mr. Cook, and Re ceiver Howard war th witnesses heard by Judge Wolverton. Mr. Holbrook am Id he thought It waa Ross Intention to have Cook foot the bill In auch a manner that they would get the land for practically nothing. He aid alao that he and L H. Itlngham paid nothtnar for their Interest In tha stock of the Ulngham Land at Water Company. Thla corporation waa ab sorbed br the Oreron I-an1 A Water Company. Mr. Holbrook said he held OB share of stock In the Columbia Land A Irrigation Company, for which he paid nothing. Rose held 20 shares. Cook 17. and John E- Altchl'on. A. A. Llndsley and Holbrook three. The legal department of the Title Guarantee A Trust Company managed the three cor poration; he said. Detatla of Deal Told. It waa my Judgment. he continued. that the purchase by the company I waa Interested In ahould be of that land below th Hallry dltoh. It would In terest me most. Of conrse. I had no meana of watering my land, and I could not see how we couM enter a proposal to buy that other land when we had no meana of watering It. but Mr. Rosa finally solved that by saying. 'I will sell thla land to Mr. Cook for a certain aum of money. "That Is th land embraced In North rn pacific contract No. T and certain crip pieces. It waa to be sold to Mr. Cook, or rather they would form thla Columbia Land A Irrigation Company. which wonld hold them, and the dif ference between the amount of money Cook weuld pay and the amount of money owed ade and th Northern Pacific would be th part Rosa and I wooM tare to pay for our half Inter est In It. That Is the way It waa rep resented to me. That Is the way th deal waa made, tr I remember. e trite; others hare allowed to atrophy throuso disuse. Thsr Is eoljr one Pre.ldent of th. United States: there are IOOuO.OoO people enticed In arrtcnltural pursuits. The number of j.rofssIor.al men n.eded Is until compared with the number of farmers. The ratio of em; h.,U on tbeee several lines of work should bear some relation to the num bers needed In the different vocations. The school should sirs more attention to the successful farmer as an !oL The Asri cu.toral Co.ivs Is doles' effective work In tfite line: but directly It touches only a fraction of one per cent of the people In Ita ar:cultura courses. Substantially our whole educational svstem turns tbe atten tion of the touh people away from rural pursuit The oontests of tbe test book both pictures and reajlng matter, the courses outlined, the temperaments ana tsetee of the teachers, both country and city, the instruction given tne ordinary oun trr school wltb Its isolated setting and meager equipment all point the way to tbe city. a r'or several years Orecn has had a short eoure In sericulture In her public schools. It bee doubtleee done good; but It hss had to compete on unfair terms with the strong tendency to professional lire. ? ne ttrc eulturel enure hu anneared In the Curri culum In eompany with professional, cultural and aesthetic studies; and wltn tne edu cators substantially all aliened with the pro fessional tendeocy it has been abashed la ABERDEEN'S ARMS WIDE OPEN TODAY PORTI.A VD RESIDE"!, AO Ql AINTED fS KRATERXAL. ORttA.IZATIO.49 DIES. it i - , . t ' p -1 Jeha n. Grlebel. Tha death of John H. Grlebel In tbla city, September 1, marks the passing of a 3-year real dent of Portland, and a mgn of wide acquaintance In fraternal circles. Mr. Orlebel was S years of age. a catlv of Oldenburg. Holaleln Province, Germany, and emigrated to this country In 1876. coming almost direct to Portland. He worked at hla trad of a cooper and soon established his own business. After SO year of hard work h won a compe tence and retltred. He was a member of th Ger man Aid Society, Woodmen of the World. Sons of Hermann. Vereln Elntracht, Order of Red men and of the Grand Past Sa chems. He leaves a widow and three children. His daughter. Miss Emma M. Grlebel. Is a teacher In Lincoln High School. The funeral waa held Friday aft ernoon and was attended by a large concourse of friends. The burial took place at Klvervlew Cemetery. 10 TEACHERS APPOINTED School Board Announces Xew Detail. One Instructor Transferred. The Board of Education yesterday announced the appointment of ten teachers and the transfer of one. Julss Alice Johnston Is appointed to the Arleta school. Mlas Emily Mc Elroy Is temporarily appointed to the Clinton Kelly school: Miss Pearl Wil liamson Is transferred from the Llewel lyn school to the Clinton Kelly; Miss Bessie Teed Is temporarily appointed to th Llewellyn achool; Miss Msry C Clark Is appointed to the Glenco school; Miss ritella Marshall la ap pointed to the Hawthorne school; Mrs. Jeannette Studer la temporarily ap pointed to the Hawthorne school; Miss Eva Wilbur Is sppointed to ths Haw thorn school: Miss Eade la appointed te th Highland school: Mis Olga All man Is temporarily appointed to th Montavtila school, and Mlaa Bertha Teusrher Is temporarily appointed to the Ock'.ey Oreen school. The requests of principals of the High School for clerical assistants were approved by the direclora SCHOOLS ATTRACT TO CITY All IdraJ Sec Before Children Lead Away jVYom Karra. HOOD f.IVER, Or . P-pt. 21 To th Eli tor. Tit column, 0ntnc of th D)w la a rcnt imoi of Th org onion con tain an out'ln f pita to fc rctlfw-M by Th Ne-'toa. AooTun of Immifrt tlon o:f!-,.: In th "llark to Ih Kirm" Uio 'mnt. v: ltm con tains t h foUoatrc. Th loptl.n rf a hort c-ur.v la cf.cultur in h pjMlc .-hool will b itattexl." It -"rr to th writrr that lmm.srito of rici ar to icolMt In w r.at .my propoM t tuk o. tn public Th p-oU school art largatr rrnttM for th baernui Inn am from th country to th axy. lor m ctnt -j rr th tluctionI iala hT Ind-ar-M ) ounf pop. to st city I If. Sjocful buna men, Frt flr.iBfi'rt. prx.mnt la nv r, laJ:cc ttlMmta. fo:. art lata, mualrian la a. ort ail c&arrtr b llvaa btcmn promla ud Dro.Ti!niic In tha city hava ba p.acvd htor tha pa?.: a prrocr IdaaJ with only a mark roiof(io maauon of tha far-mar. Ita Uf v( Waahintoo ha ba arrasaaarva; ant vtth It ;thar ampraaaly or lmp.ia4.T--th taacnlnf that to arr tor thar la a potantial pridnt. Tft laaaoa fear ba-a-a traanaadoaar arroctlra. TH cotja t ry )ouU'.i an a-ma apu 101 for urr' fa tfc city ht lad it ws. ana tha crrat maaa oX anfutad acd thiaalaa tiar fol loail. A A tha Idea: ara rood; bat thy nd rompilmrtiint and rad.,aatla. Soma llaij fcava ba-aa aa;shaalaad uaiil taay har ba- th praaaac of paaudo-auparlor and all bat r-aotbarwd in It Influenca, Th aohool rardon baa ban inaplratlonal : but whll th Htabl?a may bav grown much, tha ls of th garden baa grown Itttla. iloat vig orous ba ar not aatlsfid aarh with a flat of ground four f"l wl-Ja and six feat ng. 1c lnilrpaa tham as trivial. Their lJ-i.i and l-Jeaia ar laricar, Th achool ardn should crow into th achool farm Th Oraniia.tton of ImmigratJon Officials ralxht wa.i urga th adoption of mora than a ah ort uu r in aricultura. Thar la no autr;cicnt reason why mont of th boys and soma of the girls should not pnd half of the school day s all sultabl weather 00 school farm. U H. GIBSON POLES MAR FINE STREET Lombard Street Spoiled by Electric and Plwn Companies. PORTUND, Or.. Pant. 1!. T tha Edi tor.) X daair to call attention to th frightful misuse of public strt by oar telephone and light com pan lea. Tak Lorn bard street at University parV. It U tha principal a treat of that suburb, nd was vidently Intended, to b an xampl of what a splendid street should t like. It Is 6 feat wide and about tbrea miles lone. Th property -owner s hare gon to great ex- pen aa to have bard surface pa r amen t laid. and ought to b entitled to a decant look ing etrrt. But th street looks Ilka a for est of traea denude of llmba. I counted ten uns:irbt!y poUs in front of on block, la a space of four block I counted nolee. nearly a doxen to th block. -Standing next 10 tne property no on th insio or th walk. 1 cou.d not the street car three blocks away, because of the poles. Sum boi surtd tl at a local bill board house nail their signboard to the poles and thus compile tha stookade. Tna whole thing a It stand constltuta a crfm agalnet civic pride. Who has super vision over the matters? is thr no may to prevent these oompanle from concentrat ing their poi upoo one strt and U:at the pricctpal treet of the community ? One thing more. Who is responslbl for th .nc In front of Columbia 1 ark f Years ago such a fane might have been raspect abl around a manure r!! a bam yard, but va th old-tlm Oregon farmer would nrer hare thoght of auch a fno around a park. If the Park Com m last on is short of money, take tha ranee away, and . th ark open to the street. In supervision of the sui all thine w ar woafully lacking aaa th beaaty of Portland suffer. U. CITY HALL NEEDS ROOM City Auditor AV1I1 Ask Council to Asthorlie rtlmai, City Auditor Barbur win ask the ways and means committee of th City Council In th near future to authorize th employment of some on to figure an estimate of coat on on or two stories on the City liall wing, on th Fourth-street aide of Uiat building. It Is necessary to have addltonal room. as the hall Is over-crowded now and Mr. Rarbur says soon ho must have a vault-room, where city documents can be soreate,l. Indexed and plaoed where they will be safe at all times. By adding one or two stories to the o vln:i of th City Hall, consider able additional room can be bad. and' It Is believed that this can ba dona at a coat not to exceed $30,000. Inasmuch aa all available space la now occupied and more applications for room have been received. Mr. Barbur baa taken steps to see whether the Council will authorize) nevw additions to the hall wlrncs. Among others who wish office room are the Municipal Docks Commis sion and the Free tlraployment Bureau conducted by th city. fnlon to TcacTa Apple-Packing. rXDERWOOD. Wash-. Sept. It. ( Spe. rial.) The Apple Grower!' Union of th White Salmon Valley will conduct an ap ple-packing school at the Underwood warehouse SJI next we it- Hue a a schol Is conducted by th Union at Husum. six mile up th valley. In struction Is given to all who wish to attend. Apples, paper and boxes, as well as the services of an expert n charge are furnished by the Union. The school Is Isrgely attended, as In dications point to an enormous yield next year. Expert packers make from f to It a day. Excursions From Northwest ern Points to Pour Into City for Bridge Fete ALL RAILROADS TAKE PART Portland to Send 150 to Help Graja Harbor Make Merry Orer Xew frpai 60 und Also to Take . Part Programme Big. With three railroads making special rates from Northwestern polnta, and running special trains. Indications are for a big celebration at Aberdeen to day. In commemoration of the opening of the bridge across Chehalls River, admitting the O.-W. R. A N. and the Chicago, Milwaukee A St. Paul Rail road a Into drays Harbor. All day yesterday committees from the Commercial Club, the Rotary Club and tha Ad Club were busy enrolling the names of business mon who wished to go to Aberdeen, and they report that when the train pulls out of the depot nearly 160 excursionists will be on board. So. ad Ale to Take Part. Th Chicago. Milwaukee A St. Paul Is conducting a special train from Seattle and the Northern Faclflo Is running one from Tacoma, Besides these spe cial trains, all these roada are making special rate of one and one-third fare from all Northwestern points on their lines. The regular O.-W. R. a N. train, connecting for Aberdeen, will leave Union Depot at 8:30 o clock and Northern Paclflo trains will depart at 7:10 and 10:S0 o'clock. The Milwaukee road does not conduct a train-from this city. Hssy Ran Official Jala. O.-W. R. A X. officials who will at tend th celebration are Mr. Miller, William McMurray, general passenger agent; F. W. Robinson, general freight agent; A. A. Morse, special represent ative; Guy L. Anderson, secretary to Mr. Miller: C. H. Dexter, general agent; all of Portland. W. V. Skinner, district freight and passenger agent for th Seattle district, who has charge of th Aberdeen territory, and Ross Nsgel. traveling freight and passenger agent, also of beanie, are others of the O.-W. R. A N. official who will be at the celebration. Official from tha Chicago, Mil waukee A Puget Sound road, who will attend, ar W. P. Warner, district freight and passenger agent, of this city, and the following who have tholr offices In Seattle: R, M. Calkin, trat flo manager; F. D. Borroughs, general freight agent; J. R- Beltsch, assistant general freight agent; George W. Hlb bard. general pasaenger agent; J. F. BahL advertising agent: H. J. Manny, commercial agent for Tacoma; R. F. Weeks, contracting freight agent; A. P. Chapman. Jr., passenger agent; R. M. Boyd, general agent; James Hughes, superintendent of dining cars. Wise To Dedicate Spaa. Th following Northern Paclflo of ficials are to attend: A. D. Charlton, assistant general agent, of thla city; H. C Nutt, fourth vice-president of the Northern Pacific. Tacoma; Henry Blakely, general Western freight agent; J,. B. Richards, Western general super intendent; W. C Albee, superintendent Taooma division; Webb F. Bator, travel ing passenger agent. Ths dedication of the bridge will be observed by tha breaking of a bottle of champagne by the descendant of th first whit child born In Chehalls County. A parade In th morning and a banquet In the evening are features of the) day's programme. Th banquet Is scheduled to be a magnificent af fair. Montesano business men will go to Alberdeen In 25 automobiles, and there will be delegations In automobiles from. Centralis, Chehalls, Elms, snd other places. ' Hoqulam will be represented br It auto loads of Its prominent bus iness men. It Is the plan of tha Aber deen people to make tha parade a big feature. WATER RIGHTSHELD SAFE Dr. O. II. Raffety Has Title to Ball Ran by Actual Purchase. That tha city is protected amply In its rights to the water of Bull Run from Its head to Its mouth was de clared yesterday by Dr. C. H. Raffety, who was long connected with the wa ter plant and took great Interest In Ita development "I have no fears about the water supply on Bull Run." said Dr. Raffety, "and I believe with the City Attorney that the rights are safe. When the Portland Water Committee essayed to pipe Bull Run water to Portland It had to obtain the rights of A. Cun ningham, a railroad man, who had filed on all the water of Bull Run and had obtained the same title that a man obtained to a piece of land, and my recollection Is that the Portland Water Committee purchased Cunning ham's rights for 120,000. Cunningham even contemplated constructing water works and piping Bull Run water for Portland's consumption and spent some money there. "But the point Is that the purchase of the water rights on Bull Run from Cunningham was negotiated by such man as the late William S. Ladii. Henry W. Corbett, Frank Dekum. Cyrua A. Dolph, men who knew what they were doing. I don't think that these men made any mistake, and when they paid Cunningham for his water rights they got them. They got the same rights to the water of Bull Run then, accord ing to the laws at that time, that a man gets to a lot. and I don't think that any subsequent filings of the Mount Hood Railroad & Power Com pany or the Development El ec trio Company, or anyone else, can ever In validate or Impair those rights. "Of course, there are always men who will seek to make money out of th cities In some way, by attacking Its water rights. The subsequent fil ing on Bull Run water by the city In my judgment were not necessary, hear ing acquired Cunningham's rights by purchase and deeds, but Attorney Mo Nary thought they might avoid litigation- The records of the purchase ot the water rights from Cunningham are on file In the office of the Water Board, and I believe that they will demonstrate to any oourt that the city purchased the water rights and owna them In fee simple. 1 "Twenty miles above the headworka la Bull Run Lake, which has 47,000,000, 000 gallons In reserve which the city can tap. Residents of Portland have little Idea of the value of this reser voir. It Is walled In by rocks orl all sides and without vegetation to con taminate it. Millions have been ex pended by Eastern cities to develop such a reservoir as has been pro vided for Portland. - This vast reservoir can be tapped at any time by a tun nel and a supply for several millions of people may be obtained." Iff 11 ! 1; I 4 J ' 'J 1 m 1 31rl-" Storm Cape, with t o r m hoodn B1.45 and $2.25 Boys' Combina tion Raincoats and Overcoats at $4.75 Store Open Until 10:30 Tonight Today's Specials .Ramcttats Axn at 1 vte: athe it poubi-tb - ek v u m coats fou So'ag AT A SAVING OF 30 TO 40 PER CENT Ladles' and Misses' 3 u p e r b A 1 1 W e a t h er, D u b 1 e 8 r T I o Coats, sizes 12 to 48. That Ntfty Tan Rubber Slip-On. for Men and Women, at $5.50 M n'q and Boys Superb D o a ble 8 e r I o a Coats, alaaa S3 to 48. Sixes 8 to 46 S50 Lad tea' 8 u pe rb All-Weather Dou ble - Service Coata and English Sllp Ons, specially priced at $10.00 800 Superb Ladles' and Men's English O a b e r dines and Sllp-Ons, specially priced at 815 and $12.50 The Boas of Coats, showing Men'a Combination Raincoats and Overcoats special ly prloed af $10.00 307 WASHINGTON ST, Between 5th and 6th k'I For the man who likes black or graft we are show ing AU-Waath-er. Double Service Coata specially prloed a t S30. SIS and $12.50 CONSPIRACY CASES UP GItAKD JtKT PKOBES JTJDGI1 HAXFORD EFFIGY DEAL. Charge of Attempting to Obstruct Justice Placed Against Nine Mem, Including ex-Mayor Fawcett. TACOMA, Sept. M. Th Federal grand Jury today summoned dozens of witnesses to testify In the cases against nln men charged with conspiracy to obstruct Justice. The first witness, P. A. Klmple, a court stenographer,, was Introduced to the grand Jury and read a part of his stenographlo report of the sensational mass meeting In Seattle, where speeches wer made. It Is alleged, denouncing the granting of Injunctions by Judge Hanford to the Seattle. Ronton & Southern Interurban Company. Klmple was recalled after the noon recess. Included among the nine men Is ex Mayor A. W. Fawcett, of Tacoma, who waa Invited to attend the meeting and who made an address before the 6000 persons there. The others are Leroy Sanders and R. C. Canfield, employes of a Seattle newspaper; O. T. ETickson, a Councilman; Will Atkinson, attorney; T. R. Horner, attorney; Hugo Kelley; Paul K. Mohr, labor loader, and J. H. Perry, attorney. The two newspaper men are charged with having aided the con spiracy by Inducing the hanging of an effigy of Judge. Hanford outside the hall where the mass- meeting waa being held. It Is learned today that a Burns de tecttve procured a list of the grand Jurors a few days ago and is working In the interests of th men hound over to the grand Jury. The presentation of these alleged conspiracy cases will occupy several days. District Attorney E. E. Todd came to Tacoma today for the first time since the grand Jury has been in ses glon and will present evidence. He la assisted by Assistant District Attorney Hutson. Albany to Be Portland's Host, ' - ALB ANT, Or- Sept 23. (Special)-'.' At a meeting of Albany business mem held In the rooms of the Albany Com-, merclal Club last night Initial prep-, aratlons were made -for entertaining th excursion - of Portland business men, which will stop In Albany next Tuesday evening. A oommttte was named to make arrangements for an Informal reception. Cultivated Soil California produced an average crop of prunes In 1901 to 1910 of 120.000,000 pounds a great source of wealth to the state. California exported by sea from San Francisco In ' 1910 more' than fl. 000. 000 worth of prunes. . When California "began to raise prunes tbe soil was raw and uncultivated. The skin was tough. There was not enough oC meat In them and they were of little commercial value. To make a market for anythlnj ' to eat It must appeal to the palate. It must be nutritive and of value to the human system. Cultivating the soil, recultlvating and cultivating It again year after year has developed the prune orchard until today no finer prunes are raised than those In California. The soil of Bldwell Orchards has been cultivated. It has been recultlvated and the rawness has been cultivated out of It. The soil today Is a soft loam. Inviting the planting of the seed containing Ita own fertilizing qualities Impregnated with productiveness of the highest degree. Underlying this rich fertile soil Is an inexhaustible supply of water, which affords the moisture and does away with the necessity for irrigation. While overhead the sun pour Its energizing rays more days in the year and upon more consecutive days than you have ever seen in any other state In the Union. Bldwell Orchards have the soli, the water, the climate, th cultivation to produce enormous crop of wealth-producing fruits, "vegetables, grains. And there is the transportation at hand ,; ' two railroads. Trains every fwo hours. Bldwell Orchards adjoins the prosperous city of Chlcc IS, 000 people only 90 miles from Sacramento and 186 miles from San Francisco, the consuming and exporting market for every product of this rich soil. These advantages are attractive to you and then there r-. Is another one, namely, the seven years In which to pay, with only 10 per cent of your purchase price put down. In the past ten years - the population of Butte County, In which Bldwell Orchards and Chioo are located. Increased 69 per cent. In the next seven years th population will doubtless Increase at least another E9 per cent, and more than likely twice that much. because the Panama-Pactflo Exposition in Ban Francisco --. will attract thousands and thousands of families) to California, who "will . want to buy land, and your investment at Bldwell Orchards cannot help but enhance In value, j while at the same time It Is producing profitable crops that in themselves ought more than pay for ' the land. Ten per cent down and seven years to pay. Those are the terms and ther are liberal, and are offered to homeseekers for the purpose of brtnring to this community the famlllea that will build It up. Homeseekers come to see Bldwell Orchards. Tou must see this property. Tou must not compare It In your mind with any cheap property. . Cheap property Is dear at any price. Tour labor should not be expended upon sterile soil. Come to see Bldwell Orchards, but If you cannot come i Immediately, write to Annie E. K. Bldwell Orchards, Ino. - Clarence Reed. Chlco, CaL A. E. Montgomery, Union , Savings Bank bldg, Oakland, Cal. V K S ? tSL tV' j fft--r". . - A Trade Building Sale Today we give all our customers the opportunity of coming into either of our two stores and pick out any Suit in the entire stock, paying only .. . . .. . 81S.OO There "are hundreds to choose from, wortK $25 n'd $30. Brownsville Woolen Mills Store Third and Morrison. Two Stores. Third and Stark. as i i as - I Look at this new "patent"! IfsaCros sett -which, means it is correct in style, per fect in fit Same with No. 127, only it's gun metal. Here's a strong:, reliable shoe for wear anywhere, , A 1 13J anytime, aim its k Crossett for comfort ! w IS $4. to $6. everywhere WW: MOSES LIFE'S WALK TRADE MARK Lewis A. Crossett, Inc., Maker North Abington. Mass. PA CSiiJ- Pi