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13 TITO MOTtXTXG OREGOXIAX, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 913. "ANY OLD LAND" IS ; ORDER GIVEN AGENT Government Produces Many i Letters Showing Dealings of li, Conway and Richet. INDORSEMENT IS ASSERTED Declaration That Deeds to Veason Property Were in Hands of Imm- bermen's National Bank De clared False by Official. "Tour proposition appeals to mo as about the only way a poor man can ret si home." This sentence, occurring in one -of the X00 letters read by District Attor ney Reamea to the Jury in United States District Court yesterday In the cane against J. T. Conway and Frank Itlchet, charged with fraudulent use of the mails. Is typical of the expression of the land-hungrer which Is a dominant note In. nearly all replies to Conway and ilichet in reply to their advertise . xnents offering- fruit land In Oregon. As tho letters were read, together Jwlth carbon copy replies thereto, both the letters and the replies were identi fied by Miss Ella O'Gara, at one time stonographer for the Oregon Inland Development Company, and by Mrs. Fannie Dean, who succeeded her in that position. It was brought out that the company had secured from' the O.-W. R. & N. Company a list, of 2200 names of people living In all parts of the West who had made inquiries about lands in Oregon nt the Chicago Land Show in 1910, and that the literature of the company had been mailed to these people. RallTvny Indorsement Asserted. "We have the co-operation of Wil liam McMurray, of the O.-W. R. & N.," Bald Conway in a letter written in Feb ruary, 1911, to I. J. Fansler, agent for the Oregon Short Line at Dayton, Idaho. "He has furnished ' us with the. names of - 2200 .persons after investi gating our proposition." In a friendly letter written to J. R. Speck, of Los Angeles, when the com pany was Informing other correspond ents that it had sold tn the neighbor hood of 1000 contracts. Conway said that they had sold about 4 50 contracts. "You understand," he added, "that we are not peddling this information around." At this time, tho prosecution asserts, the company was urging haste on the part of possible buyers, as - they were "working around the 1000 mark," which was urged by Conway In another let ter as "a nice argument to put up to prospective buyers." The Government charges that at the outset the company began selling with contract No. 601, to deceive purchas ers. New Land Sought. The operations of the company were based originally on the Veason lands, comprising. 35,000 acres in Oregon, but after contracts to. the amount of $56,025 had been sold on them, the company took steps to secure 'other land for ex ploitation. Lands In Union, Baker and Wallowa counties were secured under contract through C. R. Ilibbard. A letter written to Hlbbard asked: "Could you pick up a piece of 640 or 820 acres of any old land? We do not care where it is located, but it must be In Oregon." According to District Attorney Reams, the company advertised that deeds to the Veason lands were held In escrow In the Lumbermen's National Bank of Portland. "The Veason deeds were never at any time subject to our order," declared Graham Dukehart, assistant cashier of the bank, who was a witness yesterday. "We positively refused to handle them, as the matter was not one for a Na tional bank, but for a trust company to handle." Forest rangers who inspected lands advertised by the company told of find ing that some of the sections took In mountain peaks, high, dry plateaus, and other Inaccessible and worthless territory. STOLEN GOODS FOR SALE Unclaimed Article at Police Station . to Bo Auctioned Today. Bultcases, blankets, jewelry and trinkets of almost every description which have collected at the police sta tion during the last ten years, are to be sold at publlo auction this after noon at 2 o'clock at the station. Fifth and Everett streets. The sale will be the final cleanup of junk and traps be lore the police move to the new build. lng at Second and Oak streets. In the stuff to be sold are hundreds o? lost articles, goods recovered from criminals and never claimed and things left at the station years ago for safe keeping. The city expects to realize enough from the sale almost to pay the cost of moving from the old home to the new. quoted 25 cents a pound. Chinese pheas ants are being imported direct from China in cold storage and still command $1.50 each. From the continued wet weather, the supply of poultry Is expected to fall off in consequence of the heavy roads. The best creamery butter Is now 90 cents a roll and fresh ranch eggs from 65 to 60 cents a dozen. ' In the meat market steak retails from 20 to 30 cents a pound; boiling meat from 12 to 15 cents, and mutton roasts from 15 to 20 cents a pound. Smoked ham shanks are 12 cents and smoked ham 20 cents a pound. Hares, from Eastern Oregon, can be had at 25 cents each. The supply of fruits about this sea son of the year gets gradually down to "staples." Lemons are 35 to 50 cents. a dozen; sweet navel oranges can be had at 35 cents, but oranges average gen erally from 40 to 75 cents a dozen. Florida grape fruit, 10 to 25 cents each; bananas, 20 to 25 cents a dozen; pine apples, 15 to 20 cents each; persim mons, 40 cents a dozen; casabas, 4 cents a pound; ground cherries, 20 cents a pound (getting scarce). Eastern cran berries, 15 cents a pound: ripe Cali fornia olives from 25 to 35 cents a pint; Imported Spanish queen olives, 30 cents a pint. The most of the fresh grapes on display appear to be of the Corni clion variety and are offered from 10 cents a pound to two pounds for a quarter. Apples. In boxes and in bulk, continue to glorify the stores The various choice varieties sell from $2.50 to $3.50 a box and by the dozen from 25 to 50 cents. Good pears retail about the same as apples. Among vegetables, potatoes are quot ed at $1.25 per 100-pound sack; sweet potatoes 3 cents a pound; green peas, 25 cents, and tomatoes, 10 to 15 cents a pound; good cauliflower, 10 to 15 cents each; celery, 5 cents a bunch; green peppers (getting scarce) and egg plant are each 15 cents a pound. Oregon grown mushrooms, 30 cents a pound. A wholesome supply of curly green kale refreshes the eye at almost every vegetable stand and helps to set off the color of carrots and turnips and all the other old-time reliables, which are looking their. best. The various delicatessen tames well repay a careful survey. New Oregon sage comb honey. In neat little frames, at 20 cents each; peanut butter, In bulk, 25 cents a pound; imported Italian mushrooms at $1.75, and Roman cheese, 60 cents a pound, side by side with genuine Swiss goats' milk cheese at 40 cents a pound, and much else all healthful and Inviting. BRIDGE FEAST ARRANGED VANCOUVER AXD PORTLAND WILL UXITE IJT CELEBRATION. Clarke County Persons Easerly Look Forward, to Beginning of Work on Interstate Span. VANCOUVER, Wash., Nov. 28. (Spe cial.) Kenry Crass, president of the Vancouver Commercial Club, has been chosen toastmaster of the big Pacific Highway bridge banquet to be given in the Eagle Hall December 4. There probably will be 250 persons present, 25 or 60 of whom are expected from Portland, to assist in celebrating the passing of the $5041.000 bond Issue in Clarke County and also the $1,250,000 Issue of Multnomah County. The committee, A. J. Dorland, J. J. Padden and M. S. Cohen, has planned a fine programme, ' Including a number of musical selections. It is possible that the money for the Clarke County Issue of bonds will come from the state school fund, as there is more than $1,000,000 in that fund and it I3 legal to buy county bonds with It Vancouver Is looking forward with great eagerness to the day when work will begin on the interstate bridge and bubiness prospects in Vancouver and Clarke County were never brighter than at the present time. That the banquet will be largely at tended is already assured by the Im mense advance sale of tickets. SCHOOL FUMIGATION UP Clackamas County Superintendent to Order Work Once a Month. OREGON CITY, Or., Nov. 28. (Spe cial.) J. E. Calavan, County Superin tendent, will issue Instructions within the next few days to all of the boards of directors of the country school dis tricts to see that their buildings are properly fumigated once a month. Dr. J. A. Van Brakle, County Health Officer, believes that he can cut down scarlet fever and other epidemics that have had their run through the coun try districts of the county if the schools use the proper precautions. He thinks that a monthly fumigation in all of the districts will decrease the cases 50 per cent. He has submitted the matter to the County Superintend ent. The decision to co-operate with the health officer In the matter was made this afternoon. Good Things in Portland Markets WHATEVER talk there may be of hard, times, the grocery and pro vision stores all gave thanks for first-rate business the past week. With out exception, each one reported "first class Thanksgiving trade." Owing to very stormy weather on the Oregon and Washington coasts, fish of all kinds is liable to impending ecarcity. Chinook salmon is now 20 cents a pound; the silverside and steel head varieties are two pounds for 25 cents; rock cod, 15 cents a pound; hali but, 12 cents; fresh herring, from Puget Sound, and flounders are each 10 cents a pound. The first Columbia River smelt of the season is on the market this week at $1 a pound; Cali fornia shad is 20 cents a pound and very Bcarce; black and'tomcod are each two pounds for a quarter; crabs, 15 and 20 cents, and lobster, 35 cents each; shrimps, 20 cents a pound; salmon cheeks, 25 cents a dozen; Eastern oysters, 45 cents a pint. Two holiday treats came from the Atlantic Coast. One Is scallops, a shellfish, which cost . (unshelled) 7a cents a pint, and "tongues in sounds," at 25 cents a pound. The last-named, derived from . cod nsn, is said to De a dainty portion of the neck, but If any Eastern house keeper or epicure has another or more correct name for it their statement will receive best attention and be esteemed a favor. Smoked halibut and black cod are each 25 cents and salmon 20 cents a pound; kippered herrings, six for a quarter, or 5 cents each. Though the sale of turkeys was very heavy there are still good birds being brought In, the best grade retailing at 80 cents a pound; hens are mostly 25 cents and Spring chickens 25 to 30 cents a pound; fat geese and ducks are each INCORPORATION IS TALKED Citizens of Banks Dlscnss Charter Following Advent of Mill. BANKS, Or.. Nov. 28. (Special.) Since the assured advent of the big sawmill here the townspeople are talking Ireely of giving an additional Impetus to the movement to in corporate banks. The mill project un doubtedly will attract hundreds of new residents. Independent of the 100 to 200 employes which the North Pacific Fir & Lumber Company will employ. Property owners agree that there are four great needs good streets and sidewalks, water and light power, police protection and hotel and restau. rant service. The Postofflce Is on the verge of reaching the presidential class. There is a constant demand for an. increase in the number of the rural routes. OFFICIAL BALLOT FOR PRECINCT NO. CITY OF PORTLAND, OREGON, AT THE SPECIAL CITY ELECTION TO BE HELD DECEMBER, 9, 1913 Mark Cross (X) Between the Number and Answer Voted For. CHARTER AMENDMENT SUBMITTED TO THE VOTERS BY THE COUNCIL. i An act to amend the City Charter of Portland by adding thereto two sections defining the word Improvement, providing for the Issuance of bonds and payment aa the work progresses of a portion of the cost of Improvements, authorizing the assessment of the cost of any Improvement upon property specially benefited thereby, permitting property owners to bond and pay in twenty' semi annual installments any assessment amounting to five dollars or over, providing for interest, for penalty on delinquent assessments, and repealing Charter Section 425. TOO YES. 101 NO. Shall the Charter be mo amended! CHARTER AMENDMENT SUBMITTED TO THE VOTERS BY THE COUNCIL. An Actto amend Section 128 of the City Charter of Portland so as to except the City Engineer and the Superintendent of Parks from the provisions requiring all municipal officers to be reg istered voters of the City. 102 YES. 103 NO- Snail Section 128 of the Charter he so amended! CHARTER AMENDMENT SUBMITTED TO THE VOTERS BY THE COUNCIL. An Act to amend the Charter of the City of Portland so as to provide that officers appointed by the Council, Instead of all appointed officers, shall serve during the pleasure of the Council, and to provide further that the City Engineer and Superintendent of Parks shall be exempt from the provision which requires that such officers shall, at the time of their appointment, be citizens of the United States, residents and qualified voters of the City of Portland. 104 YES. 105 Shall the Charter he mo amended! CHARTER AMENDMENT SUBMITTED TO THE VOTERS BY THE COUNCIL. ' An Act to amend Section 3 of the City Charter so as to provide that the City of Portland shall be Invested within its limits with authority to perform all public and private services, and with all governmental powers subject to the limitations prescribed by the Constitution and criminal laws of the State, and to acquire, by purchase or otherwise, property without its limits. 10a YES. 107 NO. Shall Section 3 aa amended, of the 1903 Charter of the City of Portland, be amended f CHARTER AMENDMENT SUBMITTED TO THE VOTERS BY THE COUNCIL. An Act to amend Section 317 of the City Charter so as to provide that civil service employes who have been removed because the office or employment has been abolished or the number of employes reduced shall have preference for reappointment according to their efficiency, instead of in the. order of their discharge, as at present provided. ' ios YES. 109 NO. Shall Section 317 of the Charter of the City of Portland be amended f CHARTER AMENDMENT SUBMITTED TO THE VOTERS BY THE COUNCIL. An Act to amend the City Charter of Portland by adding thereto two sections providing for a Municipal Court, defining the Jurisdiction and powers thereof, and providing for appeals therefrom in certain cases and a writ of review In other cases. 110 YES. Shall the Charter be mo amended? Ill, NO. CHARTER AMENDMENT SUBMITTED TO THE VOTERS BY THE COUNCIL. An Act to amend that portion of the Charter of Portland which requires at least one week to elapse between the introduction and final passage of any ordinance, and that no ordinance shall be amended within one week of Its final passage except In case of emergency ordinances, so as to pro vide that six days instead of one week shall elapse between the introduction and final passage of any ordinance, and that no ordinance shall be amended within six days of Its final passage, except an emergency ordinance. 112 YES. 113 NO. Shall the Charter be amended In the above respect T CHARTER AMENDMENT SUBMITTED TO THE VOTERS BY THE COUNCIL. An Act to amend that portion of the City Charter of Portland which authorizes the Council to Issue and sell public utility certificates for the construction or acquisition of any public utility to be operated by the City so as to authorize such certificates to be issued and sold also for the recon struction, addition, enlargement or extension of any such utility, or any portion thereof, including such property as may be convenient or essential therefor; provided that property without the City shall be acquired only for a municipal' purpose. 114 Shall the Charter be ao amended T 115 AO. CHARTER AMENDMENT SUBMITTED TO THE VOTERS BY THE COUNCIL. An Act to amend Section 306 of the City Charter of Portland so as to exclude the Superintendent of Parks and the Secretary of each Commissioner from the civil service provisions of tho Charter. 118 YES. Shall Section 300 of the Charter of tho City of Portland he amended? CHARTER AMENDMENT SUBMITTED TO THE VOTERS BY THE COUNCIL. An Act to amend the City Charter of Portland so as to provide that the Council, in tho transac tion of legislative business shall act only by ordinance, and on all other matters the Council may act by ordinance, resolution or motion. Instead of requiring that the Council, In the transaction of legislative and Judicial business shall act only by ordinance. 118 119 NO. Shall the Charter be ao amended T CHARTER AMENDMENT SUBMITTED TO THE VOTERS BY THE COUNCIL. An Act to amend the Charter of the City of Portland by adding thereto a section givlngr the Council authority, to reject any and all bids for bonds or publlo utility certificates, and to place not more than one-half of such bonds or certificates with the Treasurer for sale in such quantity as purchasers may desire at a price not less than the price theretofore fixed by the Council. YES. 121 NO. Shall the Charter of the City of Portland be bo amended? CHARTER AMENDMENT SUBMITTED TO THE VOTERS BY THE COUNCIL. An Act to amend the Charter of the City of Portland by adding thereto a new section providing for the issuance and sale of bonds not exceeding fifty thousand dollars to provide a fund for the construction, equipment and maintenance of a Municipal Paving and Street Improvement Repair Plant. 122 YES. 123 NO. Shall the Charter of the City of Portland he ao amended? CHARTER AMENDMENT SUBMITTED TO THE VOTERS BY THE COUNCIL. An Act to amend the Charter of the City of Portland by adding thereto a new section providing for the issuance and sale of bonds not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars to provide a fund for the establishment and maintenance of a public market or markets in the City of Portland. 124 YES. 125 NO. Shall the Charter of the City of Portland be so amended? CHARTER AMENDMENT SUBMITTED TO THE VOTERS BY THE COUNCIL. An Act to amend the Charter by adding thereto a new section authorizing the Issuance and sale of bonds in an amount not exceeding two hundred thousand dollars to provide a fund for the im provement of existing parks and playgrounds and for the improvement of existing boulevards and parkways, and reserving to the Council the right to assess property specially benefited by the Im provement of property for park purposes. 126 YES. 127 NO. Shall the Charter of the City of Portland be ao amended? CHARTER AMENDMENT SUBMITTED TO THE VOTERS BY THE COUNCIL. An Act amending an Act adopted June 2, 1913, which amended Section 176 of the Charter of the City of Portland, by amending subdivision nine thereof fixing the amount to be withheld from the salary of members for the Firemen's Relief and Pension Fund, and by adding a new subdivision authorizing the granting of a pension to W. H. Whltcomb and C. D. Shane, firemen disabled in the service before said act was adopted, but are barred from receiving pensions because said act recog nizes only disabilities subsequent to its adoption. YES. Shall said Act be mo amended f 12 NO. CRIPPLES ARE VICTIMS EMPLOYMENT SWINDLER HIRED TWO AS GOVERNOR'S AGENTS. Curry School Work Planned. GOLD BEACH. Or.k Nov. 28. (Spe cial.) The board of directors of Union High School District No. 1, of Curry County, met In Gold Beach this week and made a levy of seven-tenths of a mill to carry on high school work next year. Professor Kent, who was em ployed In Curry County's first high school, is making a success and work ing up much interest In high school work. He. Is having the large acre lot surrounding the new school building cleared, preparatory for practical ag riculture lessons for next Spring. Mr. Kent Is from Denver University, Den ver, Colo., and is one of the new live wires helping develop and build up Curry County. About 15 pupils are enrolled in the high school, the dis trict including seven school districts on both sides of Rogue River extend ing up to Agness, 32 miles up the river. Newsboy, Confined In Wheel Chair, Tells of Glvlns Raymond $3.75 on Prom ise of Job aa Pnrlfler.' Two cripples, one confined to a wheel chair, were enlisted In the army of Governor West's special agents by W'heaton Raymond, the confessed em ployment swindler, according to fur ther .complaint made yesterday against Raymond. Raymond pleaded guilty in Municipal Court and was sentenced to a year in the County Jail. Raymond, it Is alleged, posed as one of Governor West's "purifiers." To aid in the Governor's "purification" schemes he hired a number of other special agent3 and borrowed money from them on the strength of their employment. S. D. Manz, a newsboy whose legs are severed at the knees and who spends his working hours In a wheel chair, was relieved of $3.75, after Ray mond had hired him to watch certain hotels and other points in Portland. The newsboy was not able to appear against Raymond, but positively tdentl fied him. Sam Kinsman, 55 years old. who suf fered a fracture of the hip and walks with the. aid of a cane, was approached by a man whom he Identifies as Ray mond. The plausible stranger said that he was the "boss" of the special agents of Governor West and wished lo hire half a dozen or so other spe cial agents. He declared that he needed about ?9 transportation to take them to Salem for tho Governor s inspection. and this Kinsman says, he gave him. Kinsman went to the Oregon Electric Land Ivost Tax Suit Started. CHEHALIS. Wash., Nov. 28. (Spe cial.) Henry B. Fay, a young farmer living near Adna, has brought suit against Lewis County. Some years ago Mr. Fay filed on a homestead, the Gov ernment contesting his filing with the result that patent was denied. Mr. Fay, in order to protect his entry, paid taxes for the years 1909 to 1912, inclusive amounting to $222.03 and is now out both the land and money, and asks that the county reimburse him for the zaxes unjustly accepted. . depot to meet the find him there. 'boss, but did not BEND'S SEWER IS FINISHED City Accomplishes Task, Costing $77,000, in Record Time. BEND, Or., Nov. 28. (Special.) Bend's sanitary sewer system, built at a cost of about $77,000, is completed. In a few days the City Council is ex pected to examine the system and ac cept it from the engineer, after which the town will be officially as well as actually equipped with a sewage plant capable of caring for its needs until such time as a population of 25,000 is reached. A unique feature of the Job Is that the city Itself has conducted the work. In January of this year the original contractors, to whom the work has been let on a low bid, threw up the sponge and were forced to abandon the task. Then the City Council took hold and completed the Job, with R. E. Koo'n as engineer in charge. The cost of this initial unit was partly met by a $60, 000 bond Issue, the balance being raised by assessment against directly bene fited property. Tl, work was com menced February 2'i, 1912. The Coun cil sewer committee, In direct charge. Includes Mayor Putnam and Council men H. E. Allen and H. A. Miller. for their country and their state, School Supervisor Vedder is in favor of cut ting down the appropriations that are made out of the county and state funds for their support. He believes that the districts should take more steps to emphasize the ne cessity for a proper amount of patriot ism in every pupil at the schools. Un less they do that, he thinks the County Superintendent should take measures to bring them into line In the matter. 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