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g . telHj MORNING OREGONIAX. WEDNESDAY. 3IAY 14, 1913- . .. . " i ' ' ...nmmiMnmttmmmm PAY DUE ONLY OH ACTUAL ACREAGE The la entertains evecy ' member 3 Supreme Court Ruling Favors Purchaser of Farm Land in Lane County. of the family and all your m - IM....-IS. .-IS. HI .1 1 I .Ul l .... ,. M.l.l .1 L l.u,.,-.. W .W-l-r. M, -Ml ... .t ,n II,,,.,. I Uf j-jl ..;.. .Uly. . l.Uf... IS; . -JramM Vicbro friends besides STUART CASE IS AFFIRMED Judgment for $5218 Against ml wsity Shingle and Lumber Com pany Vpheld--CommiseUm for Unsold Land Awarded. SALEM. Or, May IS- (Special.) The Supreme Court today. In an opin ion br Judge Bean, decided that a per son buying real estate had to pay lor only the actual property transferred, ithnnvh It was believed at the time of the transfer there was a larger acreage. The decision was In the suit of A. IL Htnson ana J. .Mcoier, appel lants, vs. J. E. AlcCrea. respondent, and Involved farm land In Lane County. The defendants executed to McCrea, on August 4. 190. a contract for an option on the farm which was In sec tions 4 and 6. township 1 south, range 3 east. JleCrea paid them 200 to bind "the contract and September 3. 1909, made a further payment of $1500, the option being extended 60 days. Both thought the tract contained 400 acrea The United States made a survey In July. 1900. but the plaintiff and de fendants did not know of it. It was approved January 23. 1910, and then It was announced that the tract bought by McCrea, because of the fractional township being much smaller than was thought, only contained 176.61 acres. McCrea refused to pay for more than that amount and the Su preme Court holds that even If no fraud were Intended, he cannot be compelled to pay for land that does not exist. In a decision by Judge Eakln. Judg ment for ts:i8. for plaintiff by Judge McGinn, in suit of J. C. Stuart against the University Shingle Lumber Com pany, was affirmed. The suit related to a contract for 61.179 ties out on Lewis River. Clark County, Wash. It was contended that the company ac. .cepted and paid for only 17,472 ties and the remainder were disposed of at a loss. A Judgment of the Circuit Court awarding the plaintiff S per cent com mission for selling a farm was af firmed by the Supreme Court today. Judge Moore writing the opinion. In the case of S. B. Stewart against George TTIIL The plaintiff averred that he entered Into a contract with the defendant to sell 275 acres In Ma rion County for t)00 an acre and that A. M. Abbott agreed to buy the prop erty. Will and Abbott drew up a con tract for the transfer, but a disagree ment across as to the payments and finally the sale was declared off. Stew art sued for 5 per oent of $27,600, and the court holds that the contract be tween Will and Abbott entitles him to his commission. GRANTS PASS IS HOST Oregon Medical Mien on Programme) of Technical Papers. GRANTS PASS. Or, May IS. Spe cial.) The annual session of the Southern Oregon Medical Association opened here today. Professional men were welcomed to the city by R. E. Kroch. president of the Commercial Club, who turned over the keys of the city in a speech of welcome. The programme as carried out con sisted today of technical lectures, fol lowed by general discussions. Lectur ers aad their subjects were: 'Analges ics In the First Stage of Labor," R. W. Stearns, of Medford; "Certain Local ized Forms of Chronic Pericolitis." Noble Wylie Jones, of Portland; "Some Changes of Technique In Mus cle Operations," M. C Flndly; "Surgi cal Relief of Intestinal Stasis," Dr. A. E. Rockey. of Portland; "Present Status of Inhalation Anesthesia," F. t. Strieker; "X-Ray and Bone Sur gery and Location of Foreign Bodies. E. B. Plckell. Medford: "X-Ray Diag nosis or the (J as La intestinal Tract. Charles E. Sears, of Portland; "Diag nosis of Vlscerlal Lesions by Ex clusion." G. O. JarvU and A. W. Bos tough, of Ashland. " At the conclusion of the afternoon ; session, automobiles were provided for . the visitors, who were taken over the valley to view the bloom of fruit trees ' and the beauty of the surrounding ' country. A big banquet wlU conclude ; the evening's entertainment. Dr. Cal ' vln 8. White, of Portland, will de liver a lecture on "A New View of , Rural Life" at the Commercial Club ' rooms tonight. SUICIDE ATTEMPT FOILED Vancouver Woman Throw Herself In Front of Moving Train. ' THB DALLES. Or' May 11. CSpa- claL) Throwing herself In front of a - moving train In the local O.-W. R. A N. Company yards today, Mrs. E. H. ' Patton. of Vancouver, Wash., attempt . rd to end her life, but quick action on the part of Car Repairer Myers, who was -working near at hand, saved her from being crushed to death. The woman alleged mat after her marriage to Patton, In Portland, her husband's sister. Mrs. J. C. Wilson, . showed her a photograph of Patton with another woman and a number of children, which Mrs. Wilson said were the legal wife and. children of Patton. Mrs. Patton was In a delicate condition and did not know what to do. Sheriff Chrisman learned that ths woman was married to Patton. but ths ; remainder of her story is doubted. She was Violet Ely tor before she married ' Patton. ; MRS. 0SG00DMAY NOT DIE Surgeon Hopeful of Saving lAto of i Woman Shot by Husband. SEATTLE, WasK. May 13. Surgeons believe that Mrs. Lucy Osgood, who was shot twice last night at her home in this city by her divorced husband, - Herbert C Ingalls, before he shot and . killed her husband. H. L. Osgood and " himself, has a chance of recovery. One ' bullet fired by Ingalls entered the up per part of Mrs. Osgood's right breast ' and coursed downward. It probably lodged at the backbone. Physicians hope the lung was not penetrated. ! Another bullet was deflected by corset steel. Both the Osgood and In galls families are prominent in Clatsop '. County, Oregon, having homesteaded In ; pioneer days land now vaiuaoie. Joroph HInehman. r-achelor, M. of Uer- . cnantTUl. .. j., imifnus nil urai iiiawaa. He has adopted ana reared at orpaaaa. Itl q With a Victrola in your home the world's great est artists will provide an evening's entertainment for yourself and friends when ever you wish and as often as you wish. Q You cin yourself and other way. q Why deprive yourself entertainment wmcii mc ..vituuia auuiuo fir v;cu niir'ViVtnr Dpnartment and select the style you like best. If you wish you can enjoy for it. Steinway and Other Pianos LEWIS SPAN READY Woodland Prepares to Enter tain 5000 at Barbecue. STATESMEN' ARE TO SPEAK General Invitation Extended to All Interested in Good Hoads Ten Passenger Trains Dally Are Run Each T. claL) The citizens of Woodland and the farmers of the west end of Clara County are diligent and enthnslastlo In making preparations to entertain from SO0Q to 6000 people on May 17. when the racino niguwaj- oiaio u. across twls Klver will be dedicated and opened to the public ' . .mi i. n fun., Ka-ovi neen lur iwu ujo clearlnK away the brush to produce a natural stadium or puoiiojgrum . ... itw1 at the bridare where the pub lic speaking will be held. The scenery ful. It la 60 feet above the surface of the Levis RlTer. and anoros a tiw for miles up and down the Columbia, m w. .,ti. flats sur- inu . - rounding Woodland ana oi ina mm rldg. In Oregon tnai culminate. u n i -, k,.v Af PArttand. Many men of state-wide reputation have slgnmeo ineir inwnuuu -present and to speak at the afternoon ....I.. nthKTlnn anon subjects suitable to the oocasion. Among these are the Governors and ex-Governors of Oregon and Washington, members of the last two iegisiavur.. wuw v"- bills appropriating for the bridge, r.nniMiniuipi at Clark and wfn V mA fa do With building of the bridge, county and state engineers who were consulted with regard to the structure. Ths llttls town oi nowi BDUl' Us t .11 nit 1 nn everr- where who are Interested In good roads and In good -Drroges 10 nw bratlon. it maaes an . j . . v. pv..n Af th. oholcest fat ..i. it. nuturas can produce. It Is served by ten passenger trains a day. eacti way, running iw" n . i i Tk. l,ii t T-a In haTM for Portland at :0 P. M. lust after the .nniiif entertainment. in sirci pageant and parade will start at 11 w -tha ftridtfe at 12 noon. The hot roast beef sandwiches will be served from 1 tr. an. o aio iu afternoon. A German army barbecue . ... Ium nffa.rAd to nunerlntend the roasting or me Ben tiw Coffee Expert Blethen will supervise the coffee pots. Ladles of the Granges . . i i i. rAwlllt flountlei will ll serve the coffee In 1000 tin cups. Arthur Cavlll, ot tne uuiiooowi aiuui Athletic Club of Portland, will conduot a series of diving and swimming feats. RALSTON TRIAL IS OPENED Special Agent Promises Sensation in Opium Cose. SEATTLE. Wash, May IS. Evidence tending to show that Nell MacArthur, the missing customs Inspector, was on Intimate terms with Charlie Louie and John Ralston was Introduced today when the trial of Louie and Ralston on MM.. 111. a...... .M,P..i.llH,l,HJ,l.ii ,'P!l'!SSinH'!l!!,!ll'J;!'!''''1"1'"''1"1!:"' iaijii'iw'"i''"''i''i''i"'i'-i'i select your talent from among the fore- i.no nrrnnrfp vnur own ororamme to suit have an entertainment that is impossible m any I f we will arrange terms to suit your tne lnsurumciii wuuc yayi.x& Morrison at . aVah. r, .miiD-0-Hntf ' on! ii m was begun In the United States District Special Agent A. B. Hamer tesiinea Tki.i. , rA Ttnlstnn were ar rested In Portland, Or, with a' trunk In their possession containing )i worth of opium, a slip containing Mao trtntiT'i hum address lnSeattle was found In Louie's valise. Hamer further testified tna on pni i th. o-.ii.rv nf a. mllllnerv shop on Union street, Seattle, behind which Is the house in which Ralston lived prior to his arrest, wnue ne was there, Hamer said Louie and his at torney, George F. Vanderveer, entered the shop and In presence of a young woman, whom Ralston had befriended and Mrs. Marion Bargman. who accom panied Ralston on his trip to Portland. Louie admitted that he had taken Ave i.. r nninm from Ralston's house and had shipped it to Portland. Customs Inspector Koy Jj. mscno. wuu t, a -D.i.tMM fmm RAJLttlM to Port- tuuuwm i . - - land, testified that the "O. K." mark on the opium trunk had been made by In spector MacArthur. MacArtbur's name was mentioned several times during the nreliminarles to the trial. In his open- T . . - & n . . TlletH A f . ing sraiement waoiowni. w. torney Sullivan asserted that the Gov .mimiiit would show that Louie had made the statement that he had a customs inspector niea." mr. diui then urged Attorney Vanderveer to j - nx a iiir ynt Vanderveer protested that b did not know th Znl&BingT lUBpeClUr If WHPicaiwwa- WIRELESS TOBE PROBED STRIKERS SAY JJSASVXO 6TSTEM IS TARGET. Charges Are Monopoly Created' in Violation of Sherman Anti Trust Law. nriTTI.P1 Wash May 18. Accopd- tf h wireless telecraDhers strike leaders the United States Department of Justica Is Investigating cnarges mat fh. M.rronl Company has Been evao- Ing the United States shipping laws .nt th. Sherman antitrust law. The .K.rr.. include the following: "That thA wireless company througn its system of leasing wireless opera tors to snip owners naa wen " monopoly of labor over which neither .V.I..I.IT MinMrni nor the United i puift'iu. - States Government has the slightest control; tnat tne leasing system i. direct violation oi ine oneruum . , . V lnyll.ni-lmlnnt. n t i Tl IT Of 11 censes has resulted in the employment of mere ooys as ojriun. The strikers say that the emergency it.... lunftn to tnAxnerienced men is good for one trip only and that they are not being reneweo. uepuiy lector of Customs Chesnut. who Is v. with thA AHmlntstration Of the radio act, said today that he would recommend fines ror ail vessels wnicn put to sea without properly qualified .... a. t f an.rfnl mreancY exists, . he said, temporary permitsd would not be Issued in a general man ner. . Cemetery Company Incorporated. ASTORIA. Or, May IS. (SpeolaL) Articles of Incorporation oi Evergreen Cemetery Company, - at Seaside, were filed in the County Clerks office to flay. The incorporations are Fred H. Uoore, Rex A. Price and C" M. God frey and the capital stock is 82000, divided into 200 shares of 810 each. rntton seed enuhinx establishments In the United states now number 845, and oruabed ot the lls crop, prior t January A. AH AO, A. I W, ' a I I . . A- . AaAM t.mJt 1 ata, and family of Sixth IS L Work of Convicts on Columbia Auto Road Nears nd. WEST MAKES INSPECTION Hood RlTer County Commissioners Believe Agreement With Rail road Company Due In Jfear Future Extension Urged. : HOOD RIVER. Or.. May 13. (Spe cial.) The fund of 810.000 donated for ths Columbia River automobile road bv a. Benson, the Portland lumberman who passed the Winter in Southern California, has been depleted, accord ing to County judge eorge n, However, the work, done by state con- v. aVi.1i. tA.sk Mav 23. riuu, nnu weta.. . 1912. is almost completed. Governor . . - TIT i t V. . West went trom eaiem w r. j iu, nearest station on the line of the O.-W. t a. vr rn.T..onv Rn n d a v. t o insoect the work and to confer with Adam This is a head in popularity this Spring alpine crown with flattish brim and bow behind. For colors everything to match your suit. Derbies are still indispen sable for certain times and occasions here in tans as well as blacks. Also all va rieties of soft and shaggy hats. Caps top. And the straws are peeping out. Buff um& Pendleton 311 Morrison, Opp. Postolice AD FUND And every home can have a Victrola $15 to $200. See and hear the different styles at any Victor dealer's. Victor Talking Machine Company Camden, N. J J wrwii'ii"WiiH!it;i!;i'wifi!iii'i!!iiiiii' ,i!Uidliiiiu;iwniniuiiitiaw.ifiui the world of convenience so Shogren, who Is in charge of the crew of convicts. Up to the present time no agreement has ever been reached between the county officials and the railroad com pany. However, because of the con tract that was signed last week be tween the railway authorities and the Multnomah County officials, the local commissioners think that they will soon come to an agreement with the railroad company. Local citizens are urging that the Columbia River road be made to ex tend east from this city up the Colum bia gorge to Mosler and thence on to The Dalles. At the present time a road crosses the range of hills separating the Mosler district front Hood River. The grades on this stretch are difficult. County Roadmaster Marshall recent lv Inspected the route up the side of the gorge, which .he believes is feas ible, but he declares the time for build ing it has not arrived. BANKER PLEADS GUILTY P. W. Parker Admits Receiving De posits When Bank Insolvent. ASTORIA, Or., May 13. (Special.) The case against P. W. Parker, owner of the defunct Bank or SkamoKawa, was called for trial before Judge K Wright in tho Superior Court at Cath- lamet today. Parker was indicted on a charge of having accepted deposits at the bank when he knew the Institution was in solvent. Today ho withdrew his for' mer plea of not guilty. The time for European Resorts HOTEL viETROPOLI LONDON. . .mi 1 1 1 mm I IIVIIV U r J 1 Victor-Victrola X Mahogany or oak 3VUh Victor record albums, $85 Without albums, $75 liiiiBlnttlMsfrirHflf kMliiisiiiiltliiiiiissllsriMa Opposite Post Office jiSikiiuiWite his sentence was not set. Afterward . i .i.i a Tk fiti-nnir f anhlpr of the Dank. Jointly Indicted with Parker, was taken up. Medford to Entertain Oddfellows. MKDFORD. Or Mav 18. (Special.) The people of Medford are preparing to entertain over 1000 guests when the A child can perfect tomato bisque. There's nothing difficult about it with Campbell's Tomato Soup at hand; nothing uncertain. Just heat the contents of the can, first adding a small pinch of baking soda. Heat separately an equal quan tity of milk. And when ready to serve, mix the milk and soup together, bring them to boiling-point and serve. , Don't: let them boil. You can add a little cream to the milk if you want a very rich bisque. The whole process takes less than three minutes. 21 kinds 10c a can Look for the red-and-white label m. i m jims ism ssm.i-ii in ia, lajiiw... "ivSgf -iis Tiiiiiiiiir "' r ii'1' ' r i-Si i .in. fririKfiiMifcriiiSi f'Siri'inTr '' "-'-inrrVi'iiiiii EUROPEAN RESORTS AND HOTELS GERMANY HEALTH, PUEASURK. The Most Fashionable Resort In Germany. Easy access trom everywhere; Ho( Mineral Springs (139 degrees F.) HirhLr Efficient tor GO ITT. RHEUMATISM, PARALYSIS and KESP1KATOKY, DIGESTIVE and NKBVOL8 DISORDERS. New, Large RADIUM EMANATOBIUM - KAISER FKIEDKICH BAD Neir Municipal Bath House and Inhalatorlum. Masnlflcent Kurhana, Rots' Opera. Races, Golf. Tennis. 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