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TIIE MOKXTNG OREGOXIAy. FRIDAY. yOYEMBEB 10. 1911. 1 W SaaMaaaa1 A TAX COLLECTORS ARE PUT TO ROOT j VAJTCOTJVXE MISS SITS AS JUDGE Ef JUSTICE COURT CASE I IiaSlKSgiVM! iicoe Sample Suits, Sample Coats, Sample Dresses, Sample Gowns, Sample Waists, Attempted Enforcement of Obnoxious Law Stirs Ire of Idaho Citizens. Sample Skirts, Sample retticoats, oampie raincoats COME TO THE STORE THAT DRESSES YOU AT HALF OTHERS' PRICES treat , , i -4 A COIN GATHERERS CHASED rropwtt" TunJiilale tr PhpriK Ix.- Popularity ! IX'nc'itJ Colonel Gel ThrasliPd tT ITasty Little Widow. vnvnff. nho. N". Ppe-tal. Wh,n th Iat leelelatur of Idaho "the EM'lve K:eventh" passed lw fmpnwerlnc the various Board of County CommlMlonert to Iy P" tax on eery rron male end female In th. state. nmptln none. 1" mem ber dM not foresee that th meaur wouM trouM th lr of the whol rnpul.o. of Latah County, and caus tn first poll-tax collector to r.stan Father than far th wrath of the pro p's, and a second collector to quit aftr letra- soundly thrashed by n ln rl arant .Mni'ow cltlien. There are no ai- ! in'i f.T the vacant J.h. Th.. lnw srerns to have rauert H the members rf the Isaiah deleuatlnn r.arrlnir. r Senator Inr. the mil lionaire mine owner. While admlttln thst he voted for the measure. Day d-:are that he wa unacquainted with lt provisions, and Joins with tha people in d-nounclr. It. Roe4 fee r re.se. The purpose of the measure aeema to have been to creat. a prod roads fund, and under lt provision the Hard of County 'ommlal.iner wer Invested with power to levy at their discretion a po'.l tai on eac-h person not to ei rwl l. Unlike moil poll tax law. It ma.lr no exemption, but Included woni.n ae well as men for Idaho has woman suffrsae wl.lows and old ol rlirrs the taire. th halt, th blind and the Insune. All that was necessary to t.e tax-d was for the person to be at least 21 ears of aire. Forrarelra; the InlfRnstlon It would arouse, the Commissioner for adjoin ing rountl'i declined to Invoke th lnw. The Hoard of this county, how ever, eager to s.cur a road fund, paid no heed to public sentiment, and mad an order levying a poll tax of tl on every .erson. and Instructed th road supervisor to collect It. Th people held a masa meet Ins; In th Courthous and appealed to th Board to revoke Ita order, but It declined, and then trouble cam. raswlarlty Seeker Qnlta. The measure provided that In town and cltlea the Hoard should appoint a collector. Intending to becom a can didate for charier at th next a-eneral e. ret. on. and eaicer to et acquainted alth the people, Hert Martin. City Councilman, applied for nd secured the position. 'torn th outstart ha met a TOlum of protests and abuse, but for awhile he continued his labors undaunted. Ilalllna: Senator Pay on day In th street, he asked him for his poll tax. and th Senator not only declined to par. but denounced th law In pictur esque lanruac. After meeting" similar receptions from lsadlna; business men. he took an Inventory of his earning- he e as to ret a commission of 1 rents a head and his stock of un popularity, and concluding that h was pursuing path which would lead to political oblivion Instead of th Mieriff's office, he reslRned. Searching- for anther oollector. th Hoard found a candid.it In Colonel R. II. Barton. es-poetmaater of th city, also ex-Chief of Pollc. who haa a war record behind him. and It started him out on th work. Esrv!n him from a distance, clerk wouid hurry to draw thalr salaries when he would arrive to collect th tax; they would lauh In his face, from me business men h met abua and Jeers. Aa a forlorn hop h turned to th residence section. Th befln tilr.ar of th end of his career as col lector csme when h scaiant to nforc a collection of th tax from a widow, hh demurred, and h threatened to confiscate a band of chlckena In th yard. 1'tcVlns up a rolling- pin. th sturdy widow chased th Colonel out cf th house and off th premises. The end came when h tried to col lect from J. II. Kales, a butcher. Kates Is a litll man and a Socialist, and h not only questioned th Colonel's au thority, but clinched hla argument llh Ms fists. Th Colonel was eound ly whipped. In revenae h had Estes arrested on aa assault and battery charce V hen th butcher was fined spectators In t.1 courtroom passed tha hat and took up a collection sufficient to pay the fine. This wee enouah for the Colonel. Ha reslaned. and that la why th Com missioners of I Jits h County ar looking; for another poll-tax collector, with no Immediate prospects of success. COLVIG TAKES OVER WORK Mrdfnnl Attorney Qnlta Law to Con duct Publicity Campaign. MEPFORP. Or Not. . (Special.) At Ita annual meeting Monday slant th le.!ford Commercial Club adopted an entirely new system of manage rs ru. William M. Colvlc. who re tired after three year as president. era made president and manager at a aalary of IJS a month and th n- tire management of th organtaauoa w 111 be In his hsnds. Heretofore Mr. Colvig ha served as preaident without pay. and th active nianagement haa Deen in xne nanoa ok a aalaried secretary. Cnder th nw arrsna'rr.ent ITrsldcrt Colvig will only havs a stenographer to look af ter the routine work of th office and will devote his entire tiro to public ity work, retir.na from th practic of law affr J years as an attorney. Oeorge Iiks. former secretary, re tires to take th scretrvshtp of th newly formed Southern Railway Com pany, now applying for a franchla for an electric line la Medford and through th valley from Ashland to Kogen. I a pert Botanist at CorvaJlla. ORFiinN A'l;I'.TLTl-RALro!.LEilE. Corva.'.'.s. "r Nov. . (Special.) Pr. W. A. Murrl'.l. assistant director of th jew York botanical gardens. Is visiting th Oregon Agricultural Colieg In search of material for "Th North American Flora.- a work on systematic botany which alms to describe all spe cie of plants In North America. Four teen of th II volumes have already apper,i- Pr. Murrlll Is devoting his time to the collection and classifica tion of mushrooms, and allied fungL Plaver pianos rented. Ill per month; free music rolls. Kohler at Chase, lit Washington alrset. n s,; W. lis: MIM MILDRED HETITHOHJIB. mm is justice - ii'ij i it su.ma Trlae Miss Miiureu nenuiuuic mcoj Case in Vancouver. DISTURBER IS REBUKED Washington Maid Sit on 4a.tlce' Bench by Request of Lawyer in , Collectloa Ce Decision. Cnder Advisement. TitimrrER. Wssb. Not. . Spe cial.) Th first woman In th Stat of Washington and possibly In tn i a clflo Northwest to lt on th bench a a regularly qualined Judge la Miss Mil dred Henthorne. who tried th case of C C. Fleet against J. Ktgge, nearly 100 being Involved In th action. Mis Henthorn took th caa under ad visement. o for thr day sh will hav th right to th tltl of -Judg-Henthorn. , . Vancouvar int1y alo furnlshd th first woman to alt as a Juror In a flrst-degre murder caa. Miss Henthorn was for four year .t.noniDher for James P. Stapleton. x-CJunty Attorney, and In that ca pacity attended court a great oeai. Be coming familiar with th lawa and statute of th stat and th many difficult legal terms. This morning when O. Lloyd Pavla. Justice of th Peace, of Vancouver, could not b In his offlc to try th cas. th attorney for th plaintiff. Roy C. Hunt, also City Attorney, and Bert Yates, for th de fens, agreed to try It before Miss Hen thorn. It waa stipulated that sh should ba th sol Judge of what should be Introduced as evidence and that both sides would abld by ber de cision. Weseaa Coaaeata tm Art. With this understanding they called on Mia Henthorn. told her what they had decided to do and aaked her to ac cept th offlc of Justlc of tha J?ca All of the witnesses hsd been sum moned, ill was told, and to delay the trial would cause much expense- After carefully weighing th matter Miss Henthorne accepted and Immediately took the Justice s bench and called th case. Judg Henthorn gav th wit nesses th oath and listened to th chnrge. C. C. Fleet alleged that a bill of l0 for professional services from Dr. W. E. Caas and a bill of K2.80 for gro ceries, furnished by Thoroughman & fcon. had been given to him for collec tion from J. Klggs. and that they wer past due. Aftsr soma contention Mlsa Hen thorne admitted these bills In evidence. As th attorney for the plaintiff. Rlggs, began hla aritument before th court. Mr. Rlggs Jumped to her feet snd be gan to dispute what he waa saying. Miss Henthorne, as soon as sh could make herself heard, gently but firmly commanded Mrs. Hlgga to be quiet, un der penalty of contempt of court. 8b quickly acquiesced. Caa l'ader Advtaeaaeat. Aftar all th witnesses had been sworn, their testimony taken and argu ments by attorneys for both aldea com pacted. Miss Henthorne. assuming a Judicial pose, said: "Th court will take this matter under advisement for three days, when a decision wlU b ren dered. " After court adjourned Miss Han thorns confessed that sh had been a bit flustered at one time, though no on in the courtroom even remotely suspected It. "I was so scared when I admonished tha witness that I was surprised sh obeyed me." sh said. "1 didn't think I was doing anything out of th ordinary, though, aa I hav been In court so much that I am accustomed to It." PAY FOR SQUAW DEMANDED Indians Ask Ten Horses of Widower for Wife's Deatii. KLAMATH FALL3, Or, Not. . (Special.) Whll Big Archje, Piut Indian, waa acquitted recently at Lake view on the charge of murdering his squaw, a Pitt River Indian, the wom an's trlba is not satisfied with th outcome of th cas and demands a private settlement from the brave. Th tribesmen think a suitable amount should b paid for th loss of th woman. 1 J. A. Morris. o( Adel. says th Pitt Rivers hav demanded that Archie or hts friends pay at horses, but Archie cannot raise the desired number of steeds. 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