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TIIE MORMXG OREGOXIAN. SATURDAY, DECE3IBER 21. 1913. OREGON CITY LOCKS FREE, WEST'S PUN Governor Objects to Traction Company's $9000 Income by Tolls. IMMEDIATE ACTION IS CRY If Purchase Deal Is Sot Carried to " Completion at Once State's Ex ecutive Will Call on legis lature to Act. SALEM. Or.. Dec. 20. (Special.) AdTlces received by Governor VVest from Major Mclndoe. of the I. ni ted States Army engineers at P'tan that the settlement of the Purchase of the Willamette River lock, at Oregon City is hanging nre because o failure to reach a conclusion as to the title, brought forth a declaration from the Governor that he will recommend to the Legislature a new plan to ecure free locks unless the deal Is completed by the opening of the legislative ses- ''iTn Governor's plan Is to recommend to the Legislature that the entire deal for the purchase of the locks from the ..!.. i.iiht a- Power Com- oriiAiiu iuiiii -" cany be declared off in event of failure to bring sdoui pruui The state has appropriated so far ) 200.0UO or the jaOO.OOO required as the state's share of the purchase and this $200,000 has been placed In the hands of the Government. The other 100. 000 Is due to be appropriated the coming-session. Rmnmendatlona to Be Made. The Governor will recommend that the $200,000 be returned to tne um final action is not hastened. It has been shown that the Portland Railway. Light Power Company has realised approximately 19000 a year in tolls from the locks. ... Taking $150,000 of the $200,000 ap propriated and turning It Into the school fund, where it would realise per cent Interest, would supply the $3000 a year necessary to pay all of the tolls, says the Governor. In conse quence the Government would need to make no expenditure for the locks, the state would save $150,000 of the pur chase price outright and the cost of operation and maintenance of the locks would be thrown onto the Portland Railway, Light Power Company. "This plan will give the- state free locks at Oregon City without -the ne cessity of a heavy expenditure either by the Government or the state." says the executive. "The principal of $150. 000 lrf the state school fund will remain Intact and through the system of per cent loans the cost of tonnage through the lock8 will be realised and we have no bother and be at no expense main taining and operating the locks." The letter from Major Mclndoe to the Governor setting out the present situation as to the purchose -of the locks follows: Mcladoe Letter Oat. "Replying to your letter of Decem ber li, 1J12. 1 beg to state that the ab stract of title to the canal and locks property intended to be conveyed to the L'nlted States was transmitted to the United States Attorney for exam ination as to the validity and suffi ciency of title on May 27, 1912. On Oc tober 21. 1012. the United States Attor ney's office completed this examina tion and forwarded the papers, with a list of objections and defects, to Messrs. Griffith A Leiter. attorneys for the Portland Railway, Light & Power Company. "Early In November Mr. Leiter had a conference with the Assistant United States Attorney, with a view to deter mining what objections on the title could be waived and what objections must be met and he (Mr. Leiter) hoped .at that time shortly to be in position to resubmit this title for final opinion. Since that date this office has been unable to get any information as to when the attorneys will complete the examination and clearing of the title. "Under the revised statutes of the United States It is forbidden to expend any funds on the property until the title has been approved by the Attorney-General. ' The operation of the canal and locks by the Government therefore must await the approval of the title papers by the Attorney-General. I have tendered the services of this office to the United States Attor ney, but he advises that he knows of nothing which the office can do to ex pedite the transfer of the property to the Government until the title papers are resubmitted for final opinion by the attorneys of the Portland Railway, Light & Power Company." dltlonal pardon, sent to the penitentiary from Multnomah County, has again been accorded conditional pardon priv ileges and is now probably either in California or on his way to that state. About a year ago practically the same time that "Chick" Houghton, notorious Portland criminal, received a parole, Gibson was granted a conditional par don. He went to Portland. Some time later Gibson was arrested at an East Portland home which he had rented. In the court an arry of chicken heads gave evidence of his offense against the conditions of his pardon and the laws of the state. It developed that he had been "lifting" chickens from the roost of a neighbor. A search resulted in "Chick" Houghton being found in the loft of the house. Gibson was returned to thep rlson but Houghton was given a stay of grace and was later returned from California, where he had eloped In violation of his parole. Gibson, it Is understood. Is to go to California and for evermore desist from being an Incumbrance on Oregon au thorities. He was recently taken to Portland from the Oregon prison by ex-Superintendent Curtis. SALARY PLAN OUTLINED GOVERNOR WEST CLASSIFIES OREGON COCSTIES. Multnomah Officials Only Would Draw "First-Class" Pay, If Pro posed Plan Becomes Law. SALEM, Or., Dec. 20. (Special.) Governor West has completed a tabu lation showing the outline of his pro posed uniform salary plan for county officials. This tabulation shows the percentages of area, population and as sessed valuation for each county in re lation to the entire state and also shows the averages for the three In relation to the entire state and what class each respective county will come under. Multnomah County will be in the first class and stand alone In that class. All counties showing from 4 to 6 per cent will be in the second class; coun ties from S to 4 per cent in the third class; counties from 2 to 3 per cent in the fourth class, and counties under 2 per cent in the fifth class. The tabulation as completed by the Governor, showing the location of each county as to class, follows COUNTY. Baker ... Benton .'. Clackamas Clatsop . . Columbia Coos Crook ... Curry .... Douglas . Gilliam .. Grant .... Harney . . Hood River Jackson Josephine Klamalh . Lake .... Lane .... Lincoln . . Linn .... Malheur -Marlon Morrow . . Multnom'h Polk pherman . Tillamook Umatilla Union ... Wallowa . waaco . . . WaahlnKt'n Wheeler . Yamhill . S n s n 1, 8. 1, 5. 1, 4. 10, .2.1 1.' 8, 4, 1, 2. 10, 1. 2, 1T4 71 3 Rl',1 713 ,941 615 ,:i 7m ,4M 5H 90 74!) 59 431) (.'. 439 3.-IO 270 14y 4 733 8SO 1.172 3.2491 2.31 3.073 2.4901 1.7901 752j 2.r20l 1.323' 3.447 2.359 l.lioll 2.241 1.2H3 39.'. 3.5781 l.O0 S32 6.48 1.156 1.247 1.549 MA 4.0691 "i9 3.3331 l.l3 4.6581 1.11" 35.699 ss. 2.6S7 1.191 3.S28 1.4 1.271 69! 5.9: 83' 3,3; 1.279 6,913 64S 33.632 li929' 2,002 945 1.607 4. 503 1 2.3361 1.193 1.730 2.4S7 40' 2.2971 93: 8.019, 2.4061 1.243 2.4281 3,199 3H 2.718 ' 5 n 1 m n a ' - 2.793 4 1.208 5 1 3.2M) 3 1.871 5 1.322 5 2.2S4 4 3,702 8 781 5 3.S41 S 939 S 2.145 4 3,980 8 971 5 3.39U 3 1.473 5 3.026 8 3.261 3 4,507 2 895 6 3.047 3 4.246 2 I 3.947 3 1.803 5 23,272 I 1,555 S 818 S 1.237 5 8.590 8 2.874 li 1.S36 S 2.218 4 2.097 4 873 5 1.923 4 lOO.OOO Totals !100.000itl00.000100.000: CHILDREN ARE HELPED FTNTDS FROM SALE OF COOK BOOK WILL AID. E. H. MARTIN MAY GO FREE Parole for Wolfs Slayer Is Likely to Be Recommended. SALEM. Or.. Dec. 20. (Special.) Edward H. Martin, serving in the State Penitentiary for slaying Nathan Wolf, a jeweler of Portland, has recently been placing his attributes as a civil en gineer to practical use In assisting in a survey of the Penitentiary grounds. Colonel Lawson, the new superin tendent of the prison, is a civil en gineer and a survey of the grounds was undertaken under his direction. Each day Martin has been "used as the as sistant of Colonel Lawson and on the outside the two have been, taking meas urements. It is whispered that Martin will be strongly considered as eligible to parole at a meeting next month. Several months ago the question of a parole for him came up, but it developed that occasionally he displayed signs' of be ing under the influence of drugs and prison authorities had suspicions that he was securing morphine or cocaine from the outside. His application for parole was indefinitely postponed. BILL PROVIDES FOR. LOAN Thirty' Millions for Reclamation Pro vided by Borah. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. Dec 20. Senator Borah, of Ida ho, today introduced a bill authorizing n additional loan of $30,000,000 to the reclamation fund on terms similar to those under which a $20,000,000 loan was made two years ago, except that thla $30,000,000 may be applied either to extensions of existing projects or to entirely new projects. Senator Borah will urge favorable action on his bill when Congress re assembles. PARDON-BREAKER PAROLED W. C. Gibson, Who Violated Condi tional Freedom Once, Released. SALEM. Or.. Dec720. (Special.) W. C. Gibson, one-time violator of a con- Council of Jewish Women Working for Benefit of Neighborhood House Tonngsters. - v.i.hknrhmvi HnuaA will receive the benefits derived from the sale of . nnmnllMl rnnk book. Which has been published by the Council of Jewish Women, me ooos. win uc uu sale at Sherman & Clay's on Monday. a... h.v. wnrVnd dillsrently to make their book perfect in every detail. At the NelgnDornooa Mouse, vn mt ond and Woods streets, children are being taught sewing, cooking and man ual training In all its branches. The boys have a wen equippea wrpem shop and printing room and the girls h. tnmMtlc science department have the use of gas stoves and tiny pans and dishes, ail Clean ana in ur oluba for sewinr. read ing and gymnasium work are organized and are as well attended as are the en tertainments and stereopticon lectures. In a large and well-stock library are A t. fmmH volumes in Entrllsh and viii,h hMi all the best maga zines. The gymnasium is excenenwj appointed and the study rooms are an . n tr itnnBrimtnL Here nearly every night, .under the direction of Miss Carrie Meyers, are to be touno. a half hundred foreigners, mostly Rus sians, men. women and children, side by sile, -learning to speak and write the English language. In the playroom la a piano and usu ally some young member of the coun cil is to be found playing for the tots who gather for an afternoon's frolic When some popular air Is struck it is most- amusing to see a wee mite of three or four years start to dance a "rag." Teddy bears, dolls and other toys are much In evidence andno poor hard-working mother In the neighbor hood has to worry about her children when they are in the hospitable shel ter of the house. In the manual training hall a stage Is erected and the boys are now paint ing scenery to be used at the big show that will be the Important event of New Year's eve. These and many other activities going on at the Neighbor hood House all require a large amount of funds and It Is to augment their working capital that the Council of Jewish Women decided to sell to the public the choicest recipes,, which are to be found in their unique cook book. BUILDING IS BLOWN DOWN Raymond Lodge Loses Home to Have Been Occupied January 1. RAYMOND, Wash., Dec. 20. (Spe cial.) With a crash that could be heard for blocks above the roar of the gale that was blowing, the partially com pleted two-story frame building of the Woodmen of the World was blown from Its foundation and completely demol ished. The building, -which was 30 by 100 feet, located next to the Eagles' hall, on Sixth street, had Just been turned over to the lathers and plasterers to finish the interior. The building was to have been occupied about January 1. While the wind blew unusually hard last night. It is thought that the building must have been weakened in some other way. No definite plans for Its rebuilding have been made yet. but it is safe to say that it will be replaced immediately. i ARREST OF 2 HANGS Ofj JURY'S VERDICT Charge of Murder May Be Placed in South Slough Joyner Case. SEVERAL DAYS' PROBE SEEN Marshfleld and Coos Officials Mys tified by Disappearance Problem. Question of $800 Reward Also Awaits Action Puzzle Real. MARSHFIELD. Or., Dec. 20. (Spe cial.) Whether or not two prominent South Slough men will be arrested on the charge of murder and a. reward of $600 be given to the Foster - boy, who found a dead body In Coos Bay, de- Cured of a Deep Seated Cold by Chamberlains Cough Remedy- MEDFOHD MISS ONE OF ORE GON'S YOUNGEST RED CROSS SEAL SELLERS. Rown Gale. MEDFORD, Or.. Dec. 21. (Spe cial.) Rowen Gale Is the young est and one of the best Red Cross seal sellers in Oregon. The little miss is only 6 years old and witn a sprig of holly in her bonnet, a Red Cross emblem on her arm, she attracts attention in crowded stores and streets. Her winning smile and her plea to "please buy some seals to help the poor sick people," causes hurried shoppers and busy men to stop and Invest in Red Cross seals. Mrs. G. L. Cook. ..v - t j .(.amKerlflln'fl CoUgh Remedy the best medicine of the kind . j r I fnr tVl firSt i ever uaeu. wau . - -time during the Winter of 1909 and 10 and the promptness with which it cured me or a aeeji bwu ---- ,, convinced me of its genuineness. writes Mrs. u. a . ,N. Y. This remedy Is for sale by.drug glsts everywhere at 25 and 50 cents per bottle. ' pends on the Coroner's jury deciding that the body now being held at tne morgue Is that of William Joyner, who disappeared last August and who was supposed to be murdered. The Prosecuting Attorney- and Coro ner are still holding the body of a man the identity of which they are trying to establish. The case is the most mystifying that has ever been handled by the officers in this locality. Some of the witnesses think that the body Is that of Captain , Johnson, of the schooner osprey, wnicn was wrecked on the Coos Bay Jetty Novem ber 1, while many others testify that they think It is the body of William Joyner, who Is thought to have been murdered after Jacob Evan was killed In his home on South Slough. Evidence regarding what few marks are left on the body are of the most directly contradictory nature. Edna Hlnch, a woman who lived with Joy ner for many months, gives evidence which leads to the belief that the body Is that of the murdered man, while some of her testimony Is directly op posite. - The state so far has failed to have the clothing found on the body Identified by Mrs. Johnson, the widow of the lost captain of the Osprey, who lives in Curry County. ' A score of witnesses from South Slough, where Joyner resided, and in cluding one or two of these who are suspected of his murder have been sub pened. The Investigation probably will continue for several days. FRUIT MARKET ASSURED SPOKANE MEJf PROPOSE BIG CENTRAL AGENCY. Aim Is to Store .Product, Maintain Prices and . Save . Growers From "Irumping" Crop on Marts. SPOKANE, Wash., Dec 20. (Spe clal.) The organization of a large cen tral marketing and rrult storage asso ciation with headquarters In Spokane was assured today, when Orris Dorraan, vice-president of the Fidelity National Bank, announced a working committee of nine to take up the matter of ln- corDoratlon. The Spokane men propose to form an immense storage organization and te finauce a chain of warehouses to take care of the fruit crop of the Spokane country co-operating with the growers who assembled In Spokane in corner ence on December 16, thus bringing about a practical solution for handling and financing the apple crop. The members of the organizing com mittee are W. H. Cowles, Arthur D. Jones. R. Insinger, D. K. McDonald, J. C. Barline. N. L. Clark, E. F. Cartier Van Dlssel. F. M. March and Mr. Dor man, who is chairman. The committee will meet some time during the week between Christmas and New Year's to work out details for the suggested non- profit-making association, which will be the greatest organization or tne itina ever formed In the Spokane country. "We plan an association for market ing the apple crop more effective than any the district has ever naa Deiore, stated Mr. Dorman. "Every community thus recognized will have a representative in tne cen tral organization which will fix the policy of the association. Undoubtedly it will be formed along the lines of a non-profit-sharing association similar to the large selling co-operative plan started by the -conference organizers at their meeting in Spokane recently. "The Question of storage is being considered by the leading fruitgrowers of the country. I think Spokane should provide adequate storage for a large per cent of our crops, so -that fruit may be held here until orders for plac ing it have been received. "Apple sailing can be distributed over a greater number of months each year and there Is no reason why apples cannot be supplied nearly every month through proper storage facilities, and I to- H t . - I can be held over and not dumped on the market all at once. HOG TRAIN TOUR OVER DIVERSIFIED FARMING AP PEARS MORE IN FAVOR. Addison Bennett Tells of Trip With Railway Demonstration Farm, Which Pleases Conductor. BY ADDISON BENNETT. vnuTH YAKIMA. Wash.. Dec 20. i This was the day of the final stand of the O -W. R. & N. bog and dairy special and it has been an eventful one in every respect. The at tendance has Deen iase. uui . ...... plises Farmer Smith and his asso ciates most is the promise of many of the auditors to follow the advice given them. - . m .v.. Professor Byron uunter. " " United States Agricultural Department, remarked after the final meeting that he had attempted to talk dairying and general farming here on several pre ..i ... -. 1 1. i mt th Audiences keDt calling for statistics and directions on fruitralslng. ow, ne remarura, umuj of these same men are branching out into dairying and diversified farming. Another pleasing feature Is the num ber of converts to the corn-growing theory. -in some oi tne uiuus . i . . 4n q t-h an nine snAnt. me bluics .. . ' mens of corn as can be grown an- wiieic, i j " " XtttllJIld. -- yield being well up to 100 bushels an acre. During the meeting Here mere na i u..i.ta.i riAmnnH fnr knnvl uemi a 11 iiiDioi.i,, . edge on how and where to get seed corn, f armer smitn s iace is iunj in smiles. He considers me live uj . t . mna oncpcsf nl of anv like excursion he ever conducted or accom- ' i i Minnr nr innKR wno ill . i ,1 ,hA wtnr,a nt tViA 13 towns visited, made Dy jonn ocott nuns, gives the numDer at ouuu. The train has been dismantled, the li t ,lr aunt tn Ita vftrlniu fiunrtars. the members of the party have depart- eu iui "'' - - - o j.i... DnAfifll nf 1Q12 In a thlncr of the past, but .its peregrinations are some thing to be renemoereo witti pleasure and satisfaction. Double "Gold Bond" Stamps Until Noon Special 20c Lunch Third Floor--1 1 to 2 $3.00 Nemo mil,. 4j&hMm Infants' Wear, Shawls, 3d Floor A Condensed : Bulletin o Today's Great Xma s bales $21.75 Fur Sets Today, Only $15.00 $30.00 Fur Sets Today, Only $21.85 $2:50 Dress and Street Gloves $1.85 $7.50 Silk Waists Today, Only $3.98 Men's $2.00 Gloves on Sale at $1.50 Men's House Coats Today at xk Off Boys' $1.50 Sweaters Offered at 98c Men's 75c Silk Sox for Today at 49c Men's 50c Silk Neckties at Only 29c $1.00 Stick Pins on Sale Today 50c $10.00 Dolls Your Choice for $4.98 EX-PUBLISHER IS GUILTY J. JT. Hoffman Pays $30 Fine for Corrupt Practices Act Violation. inti dnnRn fir. Dec. 20. YSnecial.). J. N. Hoffman, ex-publisher of the Forest Grove Press, today- pleaded guilty to a violation of the corrupt practices act during me recent eiec ir7i oni was fined 150 by Judge Camp bell. Hoffman paid his fine. Hoffman printed some unsigned cir culars and also published a copy of the same in the press. Me states mat ne $5.00 Electric Trains Special at $3.98 Radiopticons Special Today at $5.98 $1.00 Box of Handkerchiefs for 89c $5.00 Jewelry Special at Only $2.79 $5.00 Leather Handbags Only $2.47 i . 50c Framed Pictures Special at 10c did it unwittingly. He aver;nweJp' that had it occurred to him that- a sig nature was necessary he would have signed the article. HARVESTER AGENTS MANY Secretary Testifies More Than 66, 000 Employed in Work. . CHICAGO. Dec. 20. The last of the scheduled hearings In the Govern- ment's suit to dissolve the Interna tional Harvester Company as a combi nation tn restraint of trade was held here today. At Its ' conclusion the Government attorneys went Into conference to check up the results of the hearings In various cities and to decide on their further action. It is possible an addi tional hearing may be- held soon In New York. Hearings on behalf of the International Harvester Company may be demanded by Harvester attorneys, it is said. E. M. Wood, secretary of the Inter- natlonal Harvester Company of Amer ica, the selling branch of the main company, testified that the Harvester Company had 30,408 agents selling on commission and 36,494 agents on direct sales. The Modern Campaigner. Cleveland Plaln-liealer. "Ma," screamed the oldest girl, "here comes the candidate!" 'Mercy! Lock the gate, let out the dog, tell the man your pa don't smolce, and make him show a heulth permit If he offers to kiss the baby' 1 READING LAMPS At Almost Half Price A LARGE VARIETY OF PORTABLES Cunningly designed, artistic in execution and color. They make beautiful and practical Christinas, gifts ?1 if, 1 ; SPECIAL SALE OF ANDIRONS J. C. English Co. OPEN EVENINGS 128 PARK STREET NEAR WASHINGTON