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COLUMBIA'S GOOD ROADS CAP.iPAiGM ON Taxpayers Gather at 3 Meet ings in Day Farmers Are Heard as Orators. SAM HILL SHOWS PICTURES lilirkltat "Movies" Revealing What Can Be Done for Community Applauded Stories Told Are Interesting. BY ADDISON BEXXETT. CLATSKAA1K, Or.. Jan. 27. (Staff Correspondence.) The grood roads cam paign in Columbia County is on In full wins-, the first guns belnj? fired today at niayger ana yuincy. At the former place the . meeting was addressed by frank Terrace and Henry Perry, of King County, Wash., and County Su pertenrient Collins, of Columbia Coun ty. At Quincy the speakers were Sam Mill. W. P. Perrijro, of King: County, Wash., and A. S. Benson, of Portland. The day had been stormy, snow and sieet railing most of the time, which, no doubt, kept many from attending the meetings. But, in Bplte of that, the attendance was fully up to expecta tions, many taxpayers being attentive auditors. After these meetings the . speakers and those accompanying them were brought here by private conveyance, there being no convenient train over .the railroad. This trip was made over .one of the Columbia County good roads, which might be better. But It will serve as a text for some of the speak ers the rest of the week. Clatskanle Theater Scene. At 2 o'clock this afternoon the Clats kanle meeting was called to order in the Peoples Theater, which Is a movie, the audience room of which was ad mirably adapted to the purpose. Presi dent Yount. of the Good lioads Asso ciation of the county, presided and the speakers -Were as follows: Mr. Perrl fro. Frank Terrace, of King County. Wash.. and Sam Hill. Mr. Yount In opening the meetings made a fine talk. The talk of Mr. Perrigo was one that certainly went to the root of the mat ter. Mr. Perrigo lays no claims to ora tory, being but a plain farmer, but he has a good command of language and in telling terms told of what good roads had done for him and his neigh bors. He was . listened to with the closest attention and it Is safe to say he nmde votes for the bonds. At the opening of the meeting there were quite a number of vacant seats In the hall, but by the time the third speaker, Mr. Terrace, was called prac tically every one of the 200 seats were occupied. Mr. Terrace, like. Mr. Perrigo, also is a farmer one who has lived on ;a tract of land a dozen miles or so above Seattle for more than 30 years, lie told a stoiy of bad roads and good roads that surely was a blow to all who are against the bond propsitlon. Details An Interesting. He gave in detail his experiences. For ten years after settling on his land his wife was unable to get away from their home. It. cost him nearly the value of his products to get them to market. Finally they got a sort . of a road over , which he could haul with a heavy team 2500 pounds of his products to market, working from before day light until after dark. Finally the good roads movement placed him on a splendid highway, and in half the time, with a light team, he could haul 5000 pounds at less than half the expense. He also told about the great saving on. the cream shipments of himself and neighbors. Indeed, his arguments were unanswerable. Mr. Terrace Is a most pleasing speaker, and he carried his audience with him at all times. Then came Mr. Hill and his "movies." which have been so often shown and so often written about that it seems unnecessary to say that of themselves they make a fine show. Mr. Hill de scribed each one of them as they ap peared upon the canvas and went Into the details of his road construction In Klickitat County. His remarks, as well as the pictures, brought out much applause. The evening meeting was held at the Fame place, with practically the same speakers and pictures. . . LABOR VOTE. ROAD JpilOBLEM Workers' Stand on Bonds May Sway Klection, Suys Mr. Bennett. BV ADDISON BENNETT.. '" RAINIER., Or.. Jan. 27. (Staff Cor respondence.) The principal topic of conversation here, as It was at St. Hel ens, is in relation to the bond election, which takes place a week from today. As has so often of late been published in The Oresonian, the voters of the county or Columbia will on that day say whether or no the county is to lesue bonds to the amount of $360, Coo for the purpose of building wagon roads throughout the county. These bonds are to mature in 6, 10, 15 and 20 years, and ttie interest is to be 5 per oeht. It will require a tax of $1.58 for every $1000 of the present assessed valuation of the property. In the county to pay the Interest and add enough to the sinking fund to take care of these bonds at the end of 20 years. Advocates of the bonds, and thev seem to be largely in the majority, ad vance arguments that apparently are unanswerable and seem - to have no trouble in overcoming any statements against the bond issue by property owners. But Columbia, has a large number of day laborers In the mills and logging camps, men who are quali fied to vote but who have no' Interest In the county save their dally wage. Just how these men. will vote Is the un known quantity hovering around the question. This little city of Rainier is as full of business as any town in Oregon. Of course, the citizens say Rainier is the metropolis of Columbia County, being the largest town between Portland and Astoria, and the most important point on the railroad leading from Portland down the Columbia to the sea. This is called the Astoria & Clatsop Beach line, being in reality a portion of the North Bank system. It gives Rainier a fine service four passenger trains a day in each direction. ' Rainier boasts of seven miles of waterfront, with the depth at the wharves and docks -from 35 to 75 feet. . I will not take a foot .from the seven miles, because I don't know. But I do know there are about Thrnn ril f .-1 yti 1 ' n ftf mill. .1... v. river here 18 mills In all! I tell you Rainier is some lumber town. The largest vessels that come in over tha par can find safe anchorage here, ana usually from one to a half dozen great lumber carriers are loading at the wh arves. " Rainier also has a large soap- factory. Iron works and machine shop, a large creamery doing a big business, good hotels, fine stores with heavy stocks. The Rainier State B; ok, all sorts " of stores, such as grocery, millinery, con- lectionery, drug and variety, and all seem to be doing well. Columbia Is one of the smaller coun ties of Oregon, having an area of but 662 square miles. In 1900 the county had a. population of 6237. In 1910 the number had increased io 10.580. an In crease of practical'y 70 per cent. But four counties in Oregon can boast of as nne an area of farm land aa Colum bia has adjacent to the Columbia River and in the smaller valleys. The great irouDie with the county is that there are hundreds of thousands of acres ot lands from which 'the timber has been cut. much of it cut many years ago, upon which there Is nothing but stumps and brush "logged-off" lands. In all the county there are no better lands than these stump and. brush-covered acres. The soil is simply equal to the best in the world. It will grow anything that can be produced in this latitude. For grain, grasses, clover, CIVI1, WAR TETER AX OF WIS CONSIST IXFAXTRY DIES, Thomas W. M. Mncaulny. Thomas W. M. Macaulay, a vet eran of the Civil War, died Sat urday at the home of his sister, Mrs. Mary Lewton, 108 East Six tieth street. He had lived in Portland four years. The body will be taken to Menominee, Wis., by his daughter. Miss Estelle Macaulay, for burial. Mr. Macaulay was 78 years old. During the Civil War he was First Lieutenant of Company Q, Sixteen th Wisconsin Infantry. His surviving children are Paul Macaulay, Elmwood, Wi3.; Robert H. Macaulay, Fort William, On tario; Mrs. Margaret Dunlap, Nampa, Idaho; Thomas R. Macau lay, Townsend, Mont., and Estelle Macaulay, Portland. Beside Mrs. Lewton, there are two surviving sisters Mrs. Harriet Bagby, Mo lalla. Or., and Mrs. Rubena Bundy, Menominee, Wis. corn or fruit It Is not equaled in the west. The climate is ideal for general farm ing and dairying. The pasture is green the year round. Right now, in mid Winter, the fields are as green and the grasses as succulent in Columbia Coun ty as they are in the Western states in the Ides of September. dotting back to these loe-z-Ad-nir lands: Why do not people buy them wuen ine very choicest can be had at very low prices and on almost any old terras, provided the purchaser will go on the land and use his best endeav ors to Improve it? Why, that brings us back to the roart questions The great trouble is the most of these lands are practically inac cessible for ... six months of the year. When people find out that the county is to enter upon an era of road-build ing, Thousands and thousands of acres of these lands will be purchased by settlers. This $360,000 bond Issue: The advo cates of the measure say, "We will eat our cake and have it left." Every dollar of it will be spent at home. Much of it will go into homes and livestock. And the taxes, $1.08 on each $1000 val uation! The ordinary one-horse farm er will be able to save more than that by hauling 20 bushels of wheat five miles. It is true every farmer will not at once be on one of these good roads. it is equally true that If the county spends $500,000 on new roads this year (the tax already levied is $171,000) it will be but a very few years until prac tically every farm In the county will be near a good road. , . There were meetings today for dis cussion of the bond question at Quincy and Mayger In the forenoon and at Clatskanle In the evening. These win be followed by others throughout the county each .day until Saturday. Tomorrow meetings will be held at Mist ana JKainter at 1 P. M., and at Rainier in the evening. ' EPIDEMICS' SHUT SCHOOLS Many Clackamas Buildings Fumi- gated Because of Scarlet Fever. - OREGON CITT, Or., Jan. 27. (Spe cial.) Many schools through the coun ty have closed down because of scarlet f ever . and measles epidemics that are raging in the various districts. Last ' Friday: the Milwaukie school closed down to fumigate because of some cases reported among the chil dren of the district. . It is probable the schools will open again within the next few days. ..- In .several of the districts, the epi demics have been so violent that 'the children have lost about one-half of their school year because of the neces sity for closing the- buildings. TWO. SHOT IN GUN DUEL (Continued From First Page.) the canyon as she stood on her back pOrch. She notified patrolmen in the (vicinity and they too heard the groans. uay Inspector Harry J. Strowbridge. of the United States Customs Service, living at 3- St. Helens Court, heard the shots and went to the edge of the can yon, where the men's tracks were left in the snow. He darted into the brush followed --by Patrolman Lauggeson, and after a course leading over fallen logs and soft, steep ground came upon Stros moaning and sobbing lying on his side half way up a steep bank. Strowbridge says he heard a man talking to him aa they approached. Second Man Not Found. Stros spoke only broken English and Detectives Craddock and Hammersley were unable to gain any information other than his name which he scribbled on paper when placed in an ambulance. Great difficulty was experienced in getting Stros to the ambulance at Canyon road. 1 Captain Jenkins and Captain Baty assigned, every available patrolman and detective to the search of the canyon. At an early hour this morninsr no trace of, the second man had been found. The ponce are working with a good de scrlption and are in possession of tht second man s hat. John A. Keating, in front of whose house the shooting of Healey took place, is vice-president of the Lumber- mens National Bank. It was this nouse that Healey believes the men were planning to rob.. . - ' - t GLATSOP ELECTION, LEGAL, AIDS ROADS Justice McNary, of Supreme Court, Welds Another Link in Oregon Chain. $400,000 BONDS ARE VOTED Feature of Opinion Is Declaration That Recognition of Permanent Registration Law Did Xot Vitiate Flection or Result. SALEM. Or., Jan. 27. (Special.) An important link in the good roads chain of Oregon was forged today when the Supreme Court, Justice McNary writ ing the opinion, held that the- election in Clatsop County, at which the people authorized, the Issuance of $400,000 bonds for the permanent improvement of three of its main highways, was legal. Another feature of the opinion was the declaration by the court that the recognition of the permanent registra tion law, under which many of the voters at the election had registered, by the election officers, which was later held to be unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, did not vitiate the election r the result. This is one of the chief arguments Telied upon bv the saloon adherents .in their efforts to have the recent verdicts in various cities and towns for no licenses over turned. Answering an allegation that the assessed valuation of the county was to oe taken from the Assessors' roll and that 2 per cent of the valuation, as shown by the roll, would bu a sum less than $400,000. Justice McNary said: ine assessed valuation of a countv is the valuation shown by the Assessor, plus the valuation of those public util ities ascertained bv the Tax Commis sion and when the Legislature used the expression, 'the assessed valuation of a county,' it meant the consummated acts of all the agencies employed In determining the amount and value of property available for taxation." While criticising the action of th County Clerk in closing the registra tion uooks io cays before the election. Justice McNary says no proof wan given that any qualified voter was de nied nis right of suffrage, while, it is admitted unregistered voters were privileged to exercise their preroga tive to vote upon the affidavit of six freeholders. Other opinions today wtm as fol lows: - Johnson A: DlPDOld vs. ..T.nnlnM.Mr.Ra. Logging Company, appellant, appealed from Columbia County, suit to recover damages for Injury to timber; affirmed. Frank Cawlfield. appellant, vs. D A. Smythe. appealed from Harney County, ao. tion of ejectment; reversed. u. W. Waterbury. aDDellant v ITnlt.fl Telephone Company, appealed from Marlon ouiiiy, suit on two promissory notes; re versed. C. R. Templeton vs. W. B. Cook et a!., ap pellants, appealed from Multnmnah r-.,. creditor's suit to reach property In the hands wi trui u partly; moailled. Charle Clough et at. vs. Hugh McOovern et al.. appellants, appealed from Multno mah County, suit to rescind a contract; af rirmed. Petitions for rehearing! were denied In the following- cases: Simpson vs. Curbin; Hunter vs. Clark & Henery; Johnson vs. Seaborgr Kdlefsen vs. Portland Railway, Light A Power Company; Cartwright vs. Moffett and West Oregon Lumber Company vs. Brady. TWO DISPUTANTS MAY LOSE Land Claimed by Warring Women May Belong to Another. ABERDEEN, Wash., Jan. 27. (Spe cial.) Title to the tlmhsi- iom rii.. PUtA ovpr whlnVi lar rv 4 V. . - wu &v HID C 1 i og tj L the 13 men charged by Marguerite M. "" iu naving enven ner.and her sons from their home and with having burned nr 1 1 i n t- f, i i . a . '.II . A Ltl the arrest of the two Ross boys on a unarge oi Attempt to murder Mrs. Van- derDOOl.. is now in rlinniila an4 44- - ' aitu . k AIlOkjT u inni iieuner urs. irtoas nor Mrs. Van- ueijjuui nave any title to the timber claim, which is said to h mnriii t Records show that the disputed Clark, a resident of California by Government snrln loo,, oi n v. 1 t soldiers. Clark is trying to have the uovernmeiit recognize his claim. About a- J-iayperr, an AOeraeen grocer, asked for the olaim aa n This was granted by the Government! j-typort servea nis time on the home stead, but was not allowed to secure full DOSRPRflinn until tha nl.ln. f ci.i. ' - - ...w I.. was fully settled. Local lawyers say iuu-1 11 iam aoes not secure the prop erty Layport's title will be good. In this case both Mrs. Ross and Mrs. Vanderpool will be ousted from tho ;iaim. INTERSTATE FAIR DATE SET Columbia River Association Decides to Hold Show September 7 to 12. VANrOTTVKTt 'Wah T n clal.) The first meeting of the Clarke County Fair Association since the name of the exhibit had been changed-to the Columbia River Interstate Fair Asso ciation, was held yesterday at which time it was announced that the fair this year would be held five days, from September 7 to 12 inclunlv The number -of stockholders was raised irom lz to is. Two or three di rpptora will flttenit t V. n t- n 1 -c-w ruary 12-13 of the North P tti Association at which time these dates prooaDiy will be ratified. The asso ciation also will make a bid for the ij.o meeting or tne .North Pacific As sociation. . PIPE LINE BODY. LIKELY Oregon City Committee Probably Will Urge Naming Commission. OREGON CITY. Or.. Jan. 27. (Sne ciaL) When the conference committee from the City Council and the Pure Mountain Water League makes Its re port next Friday it probably will rec ommend that the pipe line to the south fork of the Clackamas be constructed under the supervision of an independ ent commission. William Andresen, a Jeweler; W. A. Long, chairman of the committee on fire and water In the Council, and a third man not .yet selected, probably will be suggested as commissioners. The City Attorney. Chris Schuebel, and a secretary will be added to the office force or the commission. Thief Takes Clothes and Shoes. N. Macki. of 106 Mason street, re norted to the nnlinA lat nlrht t..4- . robber had taken a suit of clothes and a pair of shoes from the Macki horn in the absence of the family. 4Mor ID "CH rices Suits are Tremendously Reduced $20.00 $25.00 $30.00 "Chesterf ield" Overcoats Broadway Building After February 1, Fourth and Morrison Street POTTS NOT TO FIGHT Prisoner Willing to Return to Oregon for Murder Trial. FRIENDS' ADVICE SCORNED Californian Held for Murder ot Hia "Wife Spurns Plea of Brother to Resist . Extradition and Will Start North. LOS ANGELES. Jan. 27. fSrveelal 1 Charles E. Potts, collector and ex private detective, who was arrested yesterday charged with the murrtpr nt his wife in Canyon City, Or., will be taken back to that city Saturday to face trial on the murder charge. Despite the , entreaties 1 of Fred E. Potts, his brother, to fight extradition, the prisoner declared today that he would not fight extradition and that he would welcome the arrival of the Sheriff from Oregon. Potts was visited today by a score of friends. All llrerAri him n- fio-u riition until the authorities in Oregon force the issue. "I am Innocent of this charge and I want to return and fight it as soon as possible," said Potts. "Mrs. Potts and I always were on the best of terms mm is me won or spiteiul rela tives." Sheriff Welch, of OmTi rm,. .m arrive in Los Angeles Saturday and win leave immediately with Potts for Canyon City. . Potts. was arrested at Fresno several or We Mean to Be Known "by the Value This Coat $ 1 2.50 fTVt -rutL'-f -rati. x- - eD These last days in the Broadway building will see extraordi nary selling, in view of the sacrifice prices that I've made, in order to reduce stocks to the lowest level before I vacate. ihSTEMFIELB Suits at $13.50 Suits at $16.50 Suits at $19.50 $20 Overcoats, $13.50 $25 Overcoats, $15.50 $30 Overcoats, $18.75 R. E GRAY months ago for burning a barn, but tho case was dismissed. The police at tempted to arrest him again six months ago, but Potts left town and went to Oregon. In the City Jail today he told the officers that i.is wife was treated by Dr. Francis Tate, a Los Angeles phy sician, for fainting spells. When sh left here for Oregon, Potts says, hie wife carried with her a bottle of medi cine, which he understood to be strich nine and other mixtures, which the doctor gave her. SEASIDE MILL OPERATING First Load ot Timber Goes to JTata torlum to Cost $40,000. SEASIDE. Or., Jan. 27. (Special.) The first load of lumber from the re cently completed Prouty sawmill was hauled to the site of the $40,000 nata torium that is being erected on the ocean front opposite the Moore Hotel, and work was started on the excavat ing for the natatorium. The Prouty mill will saw for the local building trade and for a box factory that the com pany is erecting. As an Inducement to the mill company to locate here, the Seaside Light & . Power Company, of which A. Welch and his associates are owners, granted a free lease on tho site for 50 years. The natatorium that is being built by J. E. Oates is to be modern. The natatorium is to be ready for business by the opening of the Summer season. Aberdeen Drys Are Active. ABERDEEN, Wash., Jan. 27. (Spe cial.) Leaders of the Prohibition party here are urging voters to register In order that they may sign the petition asking for statewide prohibition when these are placed in circulation after February 15. A heavy registration of women voters Is indicated. Meetings are being held weekly by anti-saloon people and methods for carrying on the campaigns are being discussed. Asylum Inmate Is 111. SALEM. Or.. Jan. 27. (Special.) Dr. Wednesday argain Day Your Choice of Every Fall and Winter Coat -in the Store In Two Lots $g50 and $J2-j0 This includes coats that sold at $19.50, $25, $29.50 and $35. Remember This Sale is for Wednesday-Bargain Day Only. THE COAT &7SU1T SHOP i rA 388 and 390 East Morrison Street,. Bet. Grand and Union Avenues ays oi acr: efore I Vacate! ! $35.00 Suits at $40.00 Suits at $45.00 Suits at SPECIAL LOT $35, $40 and $45 Overcoats all go for final selling at . . $22.50 Tl. E. Lee Steiner. superintendent of the State Insane Asylum, said today that a man committed to the institution three days, ago from Multnomah Coonty was suffering from spinal meningitis. 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