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75 I riding- by in a police sleigh. He took the alcoholic passenger aboard and escorted him to the police station. Wall did not have much difficulty in sobering- up, and admitted in court yesterday he had been drunk. "A good sleigh ride nowadays is worth something," counselled Judge Rosaman, as he imposed a $5 fine. TnE 3IORXIXG OREGONIAX, TUESDAY, BECEMBER 10. 1910. HARNEY HHlGfl S J iff SCHEME PROGRESSES Land Owners to Petition Court Next Month. APPROVAL IS GENERAL If a fellow isn't handy with hi: fists and he is expecting trouble with a prizefighter, a trusty "gat"' will give him ample protection. Such was the theory of Frank Giebel, i arrested for carrying concealed weap ons. Through his attornev. Giebel told the court that a local prizefighter had been winning the affections of Mrs. Giebel, and had likewise threat- Uanley and Pacific Livestock. In terests Strongly Back Move to Bring in More Settlers. BURNS, Or.,, Dec. 15. (Special.) The Big District - irrigation scheme is progressing- satisiactorily. Unani mous approval of more than 70 bona fide land owners has been affixed to the petitions to be placed before the county court on January 7. This number of signatures shows that the project has the approval practically of every resident owning land with in the boundary lines. At a public meeting held at Lawen great enthusiasm prevailed, and ex pressed regret that they were not within the proposed boundary and Insisted that they should be included in .the project.- Great emphasis is laid by the persons promoting this scheme, and they are land "owners, that the district should include all the adjudicated lands for irrigation. Captain Duncan, in a very clear way, explained the procedure necessary. Directors to Be Klectcd. Upon favorable action of the court on the petition at the January terra the court will order an election after five weeks notice. Three directors are to be elected. "An excellent feature of this pro posed district," said Captain Duncan in discussing it, "is the fact that most of the petition signers agree there shall be a board of five com missioners from among the land owners, in addition to and working with the three directors. This board settles all questions of assessments against lands in the district, deter mine the price to be paid for any land for reservoir site or water right necessary to the project. "This board of commissioners will also pass upon all other necessary features of the project, such as the location of reservoir sites. canal locations and like matters. These findings will be submitted to the directors who shall adopt the recom mendations and make them legal." The three directors appointed will be representatives -of the Pacific Livestock company, who have ap proximately 29,654 acres, and William Hanley company, who have 7680 acres, within the irrigation boundary. The other directors will represent the other land owners. One of the first things to be done by such a board will be the prelimi nary preparations of organization. ' Ascertaining necessary data should not cost to exceed a small amount per acre and could be done without asking for a big bond issue. The em ployment of the necessary engineer ing force to prepare a map of the project and make an estimate of the cost of construction is the next step. These maps and estimates are sub mitted to the state engineer for his approval.. The land owners thus have a com plete check upon the affairs of the district for a safeguard. Bond Issue to Be Voted On. The board of directors and com. missioners will submit the plans and proposal for bond issue to members of the district after due published notice, again putting if up to the people for their approval or rejec tion. The directors are to be nominated by the land owners either by peti tion or at a mass meeting, which must be at least 15 days previous to the election. It is proposed in this instance to nominate the commis sioners at the same time. William Hanley, widely known throughout the Pacific northwest as one of the most successful men of eastern Oregon, and A. R. Olson, resident manager of the Pacific Live stock company, are preparing to sacrifice much in this great develop ment of irrigating Harney valley, and Burns is looking forward with great interest to the time when new people will settle in their midst, and the great empire will take a forward march. Captain Duncan, who served over seas, takes charge of legal matters. and he is assisted by Attorney J. V. McCullough of Ontario, who has had largo experience in irrigation matters. t irv w f t "V FORMER HEAD OF PHAR M""'" v J MACY SCHOOL, IS DEAD. t J A , -' s : i . : A f Clarence M. McKelllp. C"j I - ' I I Clarence M. McKelllps, who died Sunday morning at his home at 325 Multnomah street, was one of the most prominent pharmacists in the northwest. He was born 53 years ago at Connersville, Ind., and received his diploma in pharmacy from the Purdue university. Mr. Mc Kellips was well known throughout the state of Oregon, having gone to Corvallis in 1898 as head of the department of pharmacy in the Oregon Agri cultural college. In 1913 he 'moved to Portland and assumed the deanshlp of the North Pa cific college of pharmacy until the early spring of 1919, when he was forced to resign on ac count of 111 health. His widow survives. Funeral services will be held today at 1:30 from Holman's chapel and cremation will be at the Portland crematorium. Whisky and "Badness' - Bring Men Before Judge. Hide in Police Sleigh Costs Intox icated One S5 l.ahor a.one can never make ona great There must be industry to second skill. TOE BROWN was both industrious tj and skillful late Sunday night as his brawny fists battered away at the unprotected face of George Whalen And because he attended to hi3 busi ness at hand in a most workmanlike manner, he was richly rewarded when he appeared yesterday in police court. A copper had come upon the two belligerents a few minutes after the fistic encounter had drawn to a close. Whalen was plajnly suffering from the effects of too much north end moonshine, eo he was booked for drunkenness. Brown, the victor in the gory battle was charged with dis orderly conduct. "Is this the man who struck you?" ciuerled Judge Rossman as Whalen faced his adversary in court. The shaking Whalen peered out from beneath eyes which were swol len almost completely shut as a re sult of the fight. "I don't know, judge, whether I ever saw him before, because 1 can't see him now," replied Whalen. "He may be the man who struck me, but I couldn't say for sure. You'll have to wait until my eyes get so I can see again." Joe Brown then brought his skill Into play once more. "Why, I never saw this man be fore," he vouchsafed with an air of Injured innocence. And because the court was unable to pin the charge against Brown for certain he was forced, much against his judgment, - to let him go on the charge of fighting. Whalen, who willingly admitted he had most his bout with John Barleycorn, drew seven days in jail as his portion. All of which goes to prove the old adage that reward is bound to come to him who combines industry with skill. Even if a fellow gets but "half shot" during these cold days, the fact that he is given a free sleigh ride from the east side suburbs to the west side business district Is worth J5 dur ing these days of plentiful snow. Robert Wall, slightly under the in fluence of liquor, was floundering ahonf in- t he - snow on- -the east side wlxuu PaU'oliuan Klinieiisinith cauie ened to use his pugilistic science against the outraged husband. Having been forewarned, Giebel decided to be forearmed, so he bought a pistol to protect himself against the. expected assault. He was found with the gun in his possession, but in view of the reasons advanced by him he escaped with a $20 fine. Testimony showed that Mrs. Giebel had left the city, so trouble is not expected in the Giebel household. About a year ago Jim Mahoney. a police court habitue, was found stand ing against an ornamental light poet, sound asleep. At another time an alert "copper" found him sleeping on a front street awning. Early yester day he was found under the Influence of some alcoholic concoction, and a Burnside street snow bank had been selected for his weary and befuddled head. The court thought the cold spell would be entirely broken with in another week so Jim was put away for seven days. George Gage just came to the coast recently from Montana and he wanted all Portland to know that he was a typical western "bad man." In a pool hall at 725 Thurman street, he be came an offensive bully and had the pool room cowed completely. He then drew a knife and threatened to do a little cutting if anybody dares to cross his path. At about that stage the proprietor of the place quietly pulled out a gun and let the barrel point in the gen eral direction of the Montana bad man. Gage was Instantly subdued. He lost all desire to fight. Taking advantage of his control over the Montanan, the proprietor telephoned for the police. The net result was that Gage was fined J50 and given three days in jail for his wild west exhibition. f Chris Pouloff had visions of a pro tracted cold spell, so he fortified him self with five bottles of moonshine to allay all possible ills until the weath er should moderate. But after sip ping a part of one bottle he threw all caution to the winds and had col lected a nice "bun" by the time the police had been advised of his good fortune. He was fined 25 after pleading guilty to a prohibition vio lation. While the case was being heard, an attorney waiting for another case to be called, fingered one of the bot tles tenderly. The bottle slipped through his fingers and fell to the floor, breaking in a thousand pieces. The whisky trickled under the Judge's bench and caused an odor which caused many in the jobby to rush into the courtroom. A prisoner was sent from the jail to mop up the liquor, and after the job had been completed, he left the courtroom with the whis ky-soaked rag within dangerous proximity to his mouth. Washington at Sixth SOLVED! Why not an Overcoat for his Christmas Present? Exclusive Agents for "Sampeck" Clothes III I r "111 I I II IF Fd OVERCOAT HEADQUARTERS aiHiiHiuiiiiHiuiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiimiiiiuiiiiimiuw Get a POLITZ Overcoat and laugh at the weather "Cold wave is here" but with a Politz Overcoat you're forti fied against all kinds of wintry weathers. The Overcoats we show gloriously maintain our undisputed value leadership. They daily delight the hundreds who buy them and invariably evoke the comment, "How do you do it?' Mi A" tJ i ' ; : : s ,a . i"t' Vm,!v! A ' 7tsls - w' Wli0r& wi ll --m TP We Accept Liberty Bonds at Par Value For Young Men and Their Fathers, Too BANKS GAIN .517,889,419 TOTAL DEPOSITS FOR STATE NOW ARE $306,330,743. to the November, 1919, report. Three more depositories are listed than at the time of the previous call in September. Salem Passes Pendleton and As toria in Race for Second Place on Examiner's List. SALEM, Or., Dec. 15. (Special.) Deposits in the banks of Oregon on November 17, 1919, totalled $306,330.- 743.22, according to a report prepared by Will H. Bennett, state superin tendent of banks, today. These de posits show an increase of $17,889, 419.29 over September 12, 1919, and J79.949.039.78 over November 1, 1918. Deposits in Portland banks at the time of tlfe November call, as com pared with' the report issued by Mr. Bennett last September, show an In crease, of $4,890,626.33. Salem, with an increase of $1,168,755.31, has ad vanced to second place, passing Pen dleton and Astoria. Eugen, Baker and The Dalles retain their old po sitions with increases in deposits. Klamath Palls has advanced from tenth to eighth place, with an in crease of $862,759.86, passing Albany, and Medford. Oregon City remains in 11th place. Corvallis has moved from 14th to 12th place, with an in crease of $516,427.39. Heppner haa advanced from 24th to 21st position; Grants Pass from 25th to 23d and Ontario from 28th to 24th place. Dallas has been added to the list of banks having deposits of more than $1,000,000, while Vale and Enter prise appear again after falling be low that sum in September. Deposits of the 35 banks in Oregon having de posits of more than $1,000,000 each aggregate $265. 740.438. 85. according JAMES LICK BATHS CLOSED Famous San Francisco Landmark Built by Millionaire. SAN FRANCISCO. The James Lick baths, famous San Francisco land mark have closed forever. These baths, erected at a net cost of $101,000 in 1889, when the lodging houses and hotels of the city did not have adequate bathing facilities for their guests, gradually decreased in value until they were taken over to satisfy a $14,000 mortgage. The baths were built by James Lick, who brought $30,000 In Spanish doub loons to California in 1847 and made himself a millionaire by purchasing land in and about the settlement from which San Francisco grew. COLLEGE CUSSES CLOSE OREGON AGRICULTURAL WORK ENDS FOR HOLIDAYS. . Vienna Regulations Enforced. VIENNA. The authorities are be ginning to deal more severely with offenders against the lighting and food acts. For using an excess amount of electric current four prominent restaurants and one big hotel have been cut off from current altogether for a period of weeks. One big hotel has had Its restaurant and dining rooms closed for one month because it had on hand an excessive amount of food. A quartet of Sellwood fellows de elded they would have things their own way on a Sellwood streetcar Sunday night, and their actions be came so offensive that the car opera tors and passengers had them ' ar rested. In police court yesterday they were found guilty of disorderly conduct and paid fines of $25 each. They are Edward L. Adams, Fred McCollom, Bert McCollom and Louis Brown. Church Offering Thefts Numerous. HEREFORDSHIRE, Eng. So many cases of thefts from church offertory boxes have occurred here recently that the authorities have been ad vised to place the boxes beneath the floor with a connecting pipe to the coin slot. Departure of Students for Home Regulated Because of Restrict ed Train Service. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL LEGE, Corvallis, Dec 15. (Special.) College was officially adjourned until after the Christmas holidays at a meeting of the administrative coun cil tonight. Most of the women of the college had already been dis missed from further work this term on account of conditions In their res idences and the bursting of water pipes in the home economics building It had been expected that regular work for 'the men would be resumed this week, but this was found to be Impracticable early today. Many of the laboratories in the sci ence and agricultural buildings are out of commission because of the freezing weather during the two days when ruel shortage necessitated shut ting off the heat. Conditions in many of the men's residences have been bad owing to bursting of water pipes. Only 2a0 men will be able to leave the city tonigkt on account of the limited train service, but beginning tomorrow the railroads will nut on special equipment to handle the rush. The fruit of a Brazilian tree, which resembles grapes, grows directly from the bark. Ladies Read page 5. Adv. M. 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All the men and women of the college are required to complete their registration for the second term be fore January 5. Prices of Fur Pelts Drop. NOME, Alaska. Nome fur traders and trappers have received advices to the effect that a break in the price of furs, long expected, has come. Quotations already show a marked lowering tendency. Prices of red and white fox pelts are approximately 60 per cent of the prices of a few weeks ago. and lynx and marten have also dropped markedly In value. So far as can be learned here, prices for cross, silver and blue foxes have not been affected by the break, which is said to be due to strikes in England and the United States. Mexican Dog Smuggler Caught. JUAREZ, Mexico. Detected as he was swimming across the Rio Grande with four bottles of 'tequila, the powerful Mexican intoxicant, strapped to his body, a canine smuggler has been captured here. The dog evi dently was trained to carry liquor from Juarez to El Paso, since for two months he showed remarkable craft In dodging the custom house guards on both sides of the river. Final ly, however, the Mexican "flscales" caught him. U S. CRUISER AT TAHITI Warship Visits Island of Pacific on Way to Philippines. PAPEETE. Tahiti. On October 1 the United States cruiser "South Da kota." with Admiral Gleaves, com mander of the Asiatic station on board, called at Papeete, remaining until the morning of October 3. The warship came from N'ew York via the Panama canal, stopping en route at the Galapagos Islands and at Nukahava. in the Marquesas islands From here she went to Pago Pago, in Samoa, from which port she will con tinue to Manila. Old residents here said this was the first time In 15 years a United States man-of-war has called at the islands. - - - - FIFTH AND WASHINGTON 8TS. 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