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TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTIiAXD, JAKTTATIY 11, 1914. 17 FIRE-SWEPT TOWN RECOVERS 111 YEAR Sheridan, Or., Built Anew While Embers Still Smoldered De scribed by Bennett. RICH DISTRICT SURROUNDS Community Which Took Its Xame From General Phil Sheridan Goes Ahead, and Has Facilities and Resources of First Order. BT ADDISON BENNETT. SHERIDAN. Jan. 10. (Special Corre spondence.) On the 18th of last July the little city of Sheridan met with a disaster that might well stagger the citizens of any community to recover from. On the day mentioned the prin cipal portion of the business section of the city went up in flames. The fire started a little before 6 in the evening, and before 8 o'clock of the same even ing most of the business structures and many of the dwellings were in ashes. But for the prompt response of the fire departments of Carlton, McMinnville and Willamina the entire city would probably have been wiped out. As it was. the loss was about $300, 000, which is a terrible loss for a city of perhaps 1200 people, being equal to a loss of over $200,000,000 for a city tne size of Portland. The insurance was very light, about one-third the loss, the companies paying $92,000. This was paid promptly, all of it in less than 30 days from the loss. Town Rlnesi From Ashes. The embers were still glowing, the smoke still rising, the ashes still hot when some of the more Intrepid were clearing away the debris and starting the erection of temporary quarters. No body hesitated, nobody delayed and today the burned-over section is prac tically covered with fine brick build ings, though some of them are as yet not quite ready for occupancy. Take as an example the case of O. D. Hamstreet. the editor and propri etor of the Sheridan Sun, the only newspaper of the town then as now. Air. Hamstreet lost his dwelling and contents as well as his printing office and all of the equipment, lie removed much from each building, only to have the removed articles burned In the street. His safe was melted down and every paper in it destroyed. By rare good luck he saved his subscription list and some of his account books. He had only $1300 insurance. Before tne ashes were cold he had another plant on the ground and never missed an issue of his paper. Sheridan is on tne Yamhill River; also an important station on the South ern Pacific Railway. It is 67 miles from Portland, and can be reached by four trains each day from the metrop olis. It is one of the largest shipping points along the Southern Pacific lines in this part of the state. And what counts for more Is that'one of the prin cipal products sent out is cream and another hogs, while It is one of 'the principal shipping points in the state for hops, prunes and mohair. As to the other fruits, apples, peaches, pears and berries, I am not going to go into that branch in this article. I expect to come back at some more propitious time and Interview H. B. Miller and other noted orchardists in the vicinity and tell what they are doing and from what I have learned since coming here they are all doing as well as any fruit growers in the Northwest. Prosperous Farmers Near By. Sheridan is situated in the extreme southern portion of Yamhill County, almost on the line between Yamhill and Polk, and her tributary country, at least so the people here claim, em braces the best portions of both coun ties. Perhaps the residents of other parts of those counties will claim the same merit. However, It Is true that some of the most prosperous agricul turists in Oregon are plying their voca tion not so very many miles from here. The Yamhill people cla.m that their county is thee banner county in Oregon for the agriculturist and horticulturist the Sheridan people agree to that, but think their town has the best sur rounding country. As a matter of fact, there la glory enough for all the towns, for it Is not very far from the truth to say that In all that goes to make up a prosperous community good soil, good climate, good schools, good transporta tion facilities and good markets there Is no place In the United States that has any advantage over this sec tion of Oregon. Sheridan is in every way a progress ive place. There are about two miles of well-paved streets, about three miles ' or 4)18 best-cement- curbinar and side walks, and as soon as Spring opens there is to be laid many more blocks of paving. I asked one of the citizens about the water supply. He very promptly answered, "We have the best water and one of the best water sys tems of any city In America." I think he said in the world. I also think he said "the best" In place of "one of the nest, as I put it. It seems to bo fact that they have as good a supply and as well handled as any city needs, and surely the water looks and tastes fully equal to our own Bull Run ar tide. It is Piped In by gravity flow for a distance of nine miles. The sun- ply Is ample and enough can be had to rurmsn a city of several thousand peo pie at a small additional expense. The system belongs to the town and is on a good financial basis, paying Interest and sinking fund charges, as well as providing a revenue tor extensions. Town Well Lighted. The town is well lighted at very rea sonable rates by a private corporation that makes the "Juice" by steam power in the town. The same company like wise lights two other adjacent towns. Before Phil Sheridan gained notorl ety In the Civil War as a great com mander, before he took that famous ride "from Winchester down." which Buchanan Read Immortalized in verse, ne was located at tne Grand Rondo I dlan Agency, the headquarters of which were about 18 miles west of here, on the Yamhill River hence the name given to this little city. There are two banks in the plac too First National and the Sheridan state. These banks are now both housed in beautiful new buildings. The former has capital, surplus and undi vided profits of $37,700. with denosits of $229,000. This is generally spoken of as "the Scroggins bank," a notable ligure in this part of the country, S. 1 Scroggins. being its president and prin cipal owner ana Airs, scroggins the rasnier. By the way. Mr. Scroggins lost five buildings by the fire, and has rebuilt on each of the old sites. Fur thermore, he had not a cent of Insur ance and nas none on the new build ings. He is his own insurer. The Sheridan State Bank has canltat surplus and undivided profits of $26,523 and deposits of $93,500. G. W. Epley is president, G. W. Upshur cashier. (Both of these bank statements were taken from the published report of their Oc tober statements.) . The Hotel New Sheridan (and I hope the types will not put the new before NEW .K t Ve . j ....... 8;J1no.cm1th rF.SAftTMrvT ctv-TkV the hotel) has just moved into its new and spacious edifice. It Is sure a fine builalng, and for certain gives good accommodations. Fred C. Hyde Is the proprietor and Lynn Roark the chief clerk. It is surelv a good place to stop, and the proprietor has the happy faculty of making his guests glad when they arrive and sorry when they leave. Sheridan Really "Dry." Did anybody ask if Sheridan is dry? Foolish question. Sheridan has been dry so long, and so awful, dog-goncd dry that the oldest inhabitant has for gotten what booze tastes or smells like. 'Why, it is dryer than Copper field was after Hobbs, Lawson, West & Co. shipped the liquids and fixtures from Copperfleld. And Sheridan seems to thrive wonderfully. Sheridan, how ever, has five churches, and it is said the congregations thereof take the palm for church attendance. There are the Methodist Episcopal, Christian. Congregational, German Lutheran and Roman Catholic. The Sheridan people think they have one of the finest school buildings and one of the best-conducted schools in the state. The building surely is a splendid -structure. It has a command ing location on high ground back of the town and is a landmark for many miles around. Eleven teachers are em ployed and the full high school course taught, as well as such side lines as domestic economy. The homeseeker can find splendid openings around Sheridan. The lands are not high, when everything is con sidered some farms can be had at very low prices. Anyhow, the home seeker should look the Sheridan coun try over befcre maicing a permanent stand. 2 CHILDREN WALK FAR NO HELP NEEDED ON TRIP FROM SEH.U.EM TO SEASIDE. Sons of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Bates Think Hike With Parents, Necessarr Be cause of Slides, Is Fun. Two little grandchildren of Johan I. Poulsen, S and .1 years old respectively, walked from Nehalem to Seaside last Tuesday and Wednesday with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Bates. They made every Inch of the way without as sistance, and ended the trip fresher than the men and women who made up the party. They ar the youngest, as far as is known, ever to have made this trip, necessitated by the landslides on the railroads. Piloted by C. L. Lindsay, of 309 Rail way Exchange building, who has been over the trail several times, the party consisting of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Bates, the two children and Mrs. Gottlieb, 55 years old, the housekeeper for ' the Bates family, set out In a storm Tues day morning. The party camped 1 1 - the night at the foot of Neahkahnie Moun tain and resumed the trip the next day under more favorable conditions. Two pack horses had been taken along, but they were discarded on . recount of fallen trees. From the mountain to Arch Cape was made in six hours, the average time for an ordinary man being about four hours. On the trip they were overtaken by U. G. Berry, contractor for the Jetty work, and by District- Attorney Gersonl, of Tillamook, both of the men remarking on the sturdiness of the lit tle boys, who trudged along, refusing all offers of assistance and thinking the whole trip a great piece of fun. Taking the train, the party arrived in Portland Thursday. Mr. . Lindsay, who said the trail was in good condi tion under the circumstances, said that the women of the party did well, but the children's ability exceeded anything he ever saw. Another Kectlon Necessary. GRANTS PASS. Or., Jan. 10. (Spe cial.) Before Grants Pass can realize upon its bond Issue of $200,000, hereto fore voted upon by the people, it will be necessary to hold another election, according to a telegram received here from Keeler Bros., bond buyers, of Denver. The telegram states that at torneys that have examined the city's procedure in making the issue are not approved. Another amendment will have to be made to the charter, and it is Intimated in the criticisms offered that following the amendment it would be best to make. a test case. Keeler Bros, will send a representative here to set. forth a procedure that will be passed upon by the bond buyers' at torneys. Tou have a right to think a lot of things you have no right to say. 1 ' 'l-r'T BUILDINGS IN SHEEIDAN, THE -"w w,-. i fe x s, i j ;,. POLITICAL EVIL IS HOW TARGET OF BILL Measure of Which Florence E. Olson Is Author Calls for Primary Election. 100 NAMES ARE REQUIRED Document, Which Has Origin in Milwaukie, Carries Implied In dorsement of Some Identified With Referendum Movement. Another bill aimed at eliminating political evils, attributed to the paid circulator of initiative petitions, has been prepared." Its author is Florence B. Olson, at whose home in Milwaukie the original Initiative and referendum amendment to the Oregon constitution is reputed to have been drawn up. The Din, mereiore, is represented as having the implied indorsement of some who have been identified with the Initiative and referendum movement. w cu in mm laieaL i measure differs materially from those proposed either In the bill drawn up by Jonathan Bourne, Jr., or by Pomona Grange, of Eugene. In brief, the Olson measure provides a primary election for initiative measures. Need for paid circulators is eliminated by requiring that individual certificates from 100 legal voters of Oregon shall accompany the proposed law when It Is filed with the Secretary of State. No, more than 100 names are required. First Vote Is Next Election. Measures so submitted are first to be voted on at the next general pri mary electiou; those Indorsed by 8 per cent of the voters are to be submitted for approval or rejection at the- next general election. Accompanying this measure Is a bill to amend the constitution of the state so as to make the legal initiative pri mary and the 190 certificate plan part of the initiative procedure. The bill prepared by Jonathan Bourne, Jr., ex-United States Senator, prohibits paid circulators of petitions, requiring that all petition circulating be voluntary, but does not offer a remedy. The measure proposed by rotnona Grange is even more drastic Paid circulators are eliminated. It Is rurther required that 60 per cent of the counties In the state must be rep resented in the signatures on the peti tions. Planned Measure Printed. The Olson proposed constitutional amendment and Initiative primary law louow in run: A BIT-L To amend section 1 of Arrlnl TV f ti constitution 01 me etate or Oregon. Be It enacted by the people of tha State of Oregon: Section 1 of article IV of tha -ontititinn of the State of Oregon shall be and hereby is amenaea to reaa as Tollowi: une legislative authority of tha unt. shall be vested in a legislative assembly, but too people reserve to tnemselves power to propose laws and amendments to the consti tution and to enact or reject the same at the polls Independent of the Legislative Assem- Diy, ana tne people also reserve to tham selves the power, at their own option, to ap, pnjvo or reject at toe polls any act Or acts of the - Legislative Assembly. The first power reserved by the people Is the Initiative and a petition or petitions ot legal voters aggregating not less than ion may be filed with the Secretary of State for the placing upon the ballot at any primary election held for the nomination of candi dates or Initiating or laws or measures, and no more than 100 petitioners shall ba re quired for the Initiating such laws or meas ures. Every such petition filed with the Sacra tary of State shall contain the full text ot the measure or law so proposed and It shall not be required that at the primaries more than 8 per cent of the legal voters need to indorse any law or measure to re quire tnat sucn law. or measure be submit' ted to the people at the next general elec tion for thlr adoption or rejection. Tha second power ... here follows the remainder, Deicg the same as the pros ent law. Amendment Made Known. A BILL For an act to amend section 8471 of Lord's Oregon laws: Be it enacted by the people of the State of Oregon: Section JU That section 3471 of Lord's PHOENIX TOWN OF UPPER YAMHILL. t 1 if a"-"" Ah It SCROGGINS BLOCK 2, SHERIDAN 4, ANOTHER SECTION OF SCROGGINS BUILDING 5, HAAS BUILDING. Oregon laws hall be and hereby Is amended to read as follows: Section 3471. (A) Initiative petitions may be filed with ieea than 10O legal voters. B The form of application shall be sub stantially as follows- INITIATIVE NOMINATING PETITION. To the Honorable Sec retary of State for the State of Oregon: 1. the undersiRned leeal voter of the State of Oregon, respectfully demand that the fol lowing proposed law (or amendment to tne constitution) shall be submitted to the legal voters ot Oregon for their Indorsement at the primary nominating: election to be held on the day of A. D. 1 riere is Inserted the text of the act.) Name Residence Postof flee ..... If city, street and number) Subscribed and sworn to before me this . . . . day of A. D Notary Public in and for Oregon. C) An initiative petition to be accom panied by 100 such Individual certificates may be hied with tha Secretary of State not later than 40 days previous to a general pri mary election. On the tiling of any such petition, the person or persons filing such petition shall deposit the sum of 925 with the Secretary of State, and said sum shall be forfeited to the state If the measure be defeated at the general election, but if such measure be adopted, said deposit shall be re turned to the person or persons filing said petition. Thirty Days' Time Given. (D) Not later than 80 days before the next primary election the Secretary of State shall deliver to the State Printer a ballot title of not more than 100 words for each initiative petition, the tramlng of such titles to be proceeded with In the manner pre scribed In section 8473 and such titles shall be numbered and arranged in the consecu tive order in which they are filed with him, and they shall ba separately Indexed. It shall be the duty of the State Printer to print and bind said titles and Index In the back of the pamphlet provided for in sec tion 8489, and also to print and bind addi tional copies separately to the number re quested by the Secretary of State. The Sec retary of State shall send to all Independent voters and to all registered voters of par ties not participating in the primaries copies of the separately bound ballot titles. (B) Not mora tban 30 days and not less than 28 days before the next primary elec tion the Secretary of State shall arrange in the manner prescribed In this act ballot titles of all proposed acts to go upon the initiative ballot and shall transmit this in formation to the County Clerk of each county In the state, proceedings to be simi lar to that prescribed In section 3347. (F) The County Clerk of each county shall have printed initiative ballots, proceed ing according to the method prescribed m section 8348. and in addition thereto the Initiative title is to be followed by these words "Do you vote for the submission of this measure? Tes X." . (G) The initiative ballots shall be submit ted to all registered voters as prescribed by existing statutes for the nominating ballots for candidates and they shall be handled and counted and the return made In the manner prescribed in section 3479 and sec tion 8419. Eight Per Cent of Voters Keeded. (H) Any proposed law indorsed at a Dri- mary by 8 per cent of the voters shall be submittted by the Secretary of State to the voters of the state for their approval or re jection at tha next general election and In manner prescribed by existing statutes. I) If at any time the direct primary for candidates be abolished, snob abolition of the direct primaries for candidates shall not alter the procedure for Introducing initiative measures thereunder, but came shall apply insofar as it is necessary for its use to the indorsement -of initiative petitions, unless such changes make speclfio provision for the introducing and submitting or initiative measures. (J) Any person convicted of violating anv i part ot this act or of having printed la tha - V t - trf j r ' 1rr" rr r-t- i ft Kfwir "1. r3i STATE BANK 3, SHERIDAN HOTEL. pamphlet prescribed in section 8478 willfully false and untrue statements concerning any measure therein printed mau De deemed Rulltv of corrunt practice. (K) All laws in conflict herewith are here by abrogated and repealed Insofar as they confiict herewith. - COUNTY HAS $533,870 TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR SEMI-ANNUAL PERIOD ARE f 2,1 19,333. General Fond Gets Largest Share, With School Next Of 8222,302 In Road Fund. 9 110,353 Remains. Money received and expended by Multnomah County Is accounted for In 19 separate funds,, according to the semi-annual report of County Auditor Martin, which was completed yester day and will be submited to the Coun ty Commissioner" this week. The re port shows that between July 1 and December 31, 1913, the total receipts for the county were $2,119,333.09, of which $923,677.67 went Into the general fund. The next largest amount was $301,607.02, which was credited to the stat school fund. The road fund was credited with $222,302.42, of which $111,943.86 was disbursed. ' Total disbursements for the six months, according, to the report, are $1,679,463.87, leaving a balance or $539,879.22. Of this amount $369,519.40 Is in the general fund. $110,353.56 In the road fund and $31,3S0.27 in the state school fund. The recapitulation of the report fol lows: Cash balance, July 1. 1313. County general fund....$ 605.065.66 County road fund 190,943.78 I'ort of Portland fund City of Portland fund State school fund 177.754.90 School dlBtrict funds . 5.614.97 Public library building.. 147.061.14 County fair fund 10,173.46 Trust fund 2.S64.17 Library maintenance...- 1,170.41 Kcgislry Indemnity fund. 647.48 Judgment fund 51.85 Fish and game fund.... 27.SO Suspense fund , ........... City of Gresham fund... 297.03 City of St. Johns fund.. City of Falrvlew fund... lOft.lfl Town of Troutdale fund. 8J.08 Town of Linnton fund... 4tL12 Totals Judge McGinn Prepares to Return. Circuit Judge McGinn has written to Bailiff Noonan from Los Angeles, where he is passing the holidays with his mother, saying that he and Mrs. McGinn will leave Los Angeles Jan uary 17, and that he will open his court January 20. Clerk Ryan has re ceived a note requesting that he pre pare the trial calendar and have every thing ready for work when court opens. "I am feeling fine." writes the Judge, "and will be ready for eight hours of hard work when I get back and could stand little more if necessary: WAR IS OPENED OH MADHOUSE 'CLUBS' Sheriff Promises Campaign and Warns Patrons of Social Standing. WORD SAYS HE HAS RIGHT Proprietor of One Pluce Declare He Will Make AlTidavit No Jadso Is Member of llis Club, or Was, Asserted. Sheriff Word has declared war on the roadhouses, whether they style themselves "bowling clubs," "athletic cinha" nr "chicken dinner houses, ac cording to an announcement which he made yesterday, and he promises that the campaign will be vigorously prose cuted until such places are eitner closed up or conducted according to his idea of the law. Trie Sheriff specified the places on the Linnton road, formerly known as ih Hut and the Cliff House, but now known as the Linnton Bowling Club and the Linnton . Athletic Club, as among the places that would receive hia must nainstakinsr attention. Knlitudn reiirned last nlgnt at tne Linnton Bowling Club, the Cliff Inn and Claremont Country Club when Sheriff Word and a force ot deputies visited each place. At each resort only tha nroorletors were in sight. II I . 1 ! n.n. DfflM fiVlAV1ff 1 1 1 IIIO J J 1 C- L , , Word, last night, "a man named Swag gert has been running these places a long time in a disgraceful way. As soon as I was elected I stopped meir oneratlons. The place known as "The Hut' was then changed into what was called a "chicken dinner house.' i round that it was not being run properly, and I stopped it." Sheriff Blocks Move. The next move to give the places a lease on life, according to the Sheriff, was to have the territory in which they are located voted into the limits of the cltv of Linnton. although "The Hut" is two and a half miles rrom j,innxon ttnu The Cliff House" a mile and a half. "The idea was to get licenses from tha Citv of Linnton." said the tonerur, 'but I saw the Mayor and oiocnea. tnat. So they went to the Secretary of State and nersuaded him to give mem 11 censes as the Linnton Bowling Club and the Linnton Athletic Club, neither of which clubs exists except in name. Tha names are simply a blind behind which to sell liquor and carry on the Rflmo nld madhouse stunts. About six months ago I raided these two nlaces and arrested about 40 peo pie. I think' I showed the court that the neorila I arrested were not mem bers of the alleged clubs, but Judge Morrow told me that while my purpose was commendable I had no rignt to break into the places, no matter what crime was being committed there, be cause that would be injuring private nrnnertv without due process of law, ."Onlv yesterday Judge Morrow said that I had just as much right to lock upMeler & Frank's store as l nave to lock un the Linnton Athletic uiud, "I said, "Your honor, you cannot make such a comparison. These road houses have nut more boys and girls on the down grade than all the other evil influences combined.' Sheriff Says Be Has Right. Sheriff Word contends that the law elves him the right to break into place in which he has good reason to believe the law is being violated. Judge Frazer, now dead, upheld him on this Dolnt in 1904. be said. "Two women that we got at the Cliff House or Linnton Athletic Club the other nidht were from the Levens Hotel," he said, "and every notoriou hotel and lodging-house in the city 1 represented -in their alleged member shin." Multnomah County's chief executive declares that from now on business men or others who value their social standing will patronize the road-houses at peril or arrest. William Swaggert who conducts the Linnton Bowling Club, said last night that the Sherif f s published statemen that he had said that two judges be longed to his club and that therefore he was Bate from prosecution is un true. "I did not say so, and I will make an affidavit that no JudRe nor any oiricia of Multnomah County is a memrjer or my club." Swaggert said. Earlier in the evening deputies raided Erickson's cafe and two other Burnside saloons, where a total of 35 men were arrested on a charge of gam bling. HUGH WALLACE'S MAN WINS John M. Boyle Named United States Marshal Western Washington. SEATTLE. Wash.. Jan. 10. (Special.) The resignation of Joseph R. H. Jacoby as United States Marshal for the western district of Washington, handed in some time ago at the re quest of Attorney-General McReynolds, was accepted today to take effect im--mediately. John M. Boyle, a Tacoma attorney who was Hugh Wallace's can didate for District Attorney when Clay Allen was appointed, was named this afternoon by Judge Neterer. Mr. Boyle will be the third of Hugh Wallace's candidates to land in Federal berths in this state. The other two are Athan Allen, superintendent of the Mount Rainier National Park, and Reg ister Dalley, of the land office at Olympia. , The appointment of Boyle is tempor ary, but it is said to have been desig nated by Attorney-General McReynolds Total - Disburse- Cash balance. Receipts. credits. ments. Dec. 31, 1913. $228,011.81 023.677.67 $564,138.27 S35H.31il.40 25.352 64 222,802.42 111,48.86 110,353.56 S2.8B0.53 82.800.53 . 82.078.4:! 812.11 217,42L3 217,421. 8 212.300.47 5.000.92 123.852.12 801.B07.02 270,220.75. 31.3S0.27 196,032.23 201,707.20 196,725.33 4.981.87 28,373.63 175.436.83 161,037.19 14,309.64 10,173.46 ' 7.586.73 2.5S0.73 885.85 - 8.250.02 " 3.250.02 21.031.68 25.202.09 20.837.55 4.364.54 309.95 U57.43 957. ' 51.85 51.85 125.00 152.50 323.00 27.50 100.00 100.00 100.00 133.35 433.00 . 432.98 .02 8,460.24 3.4U0.24 1. 598.62 1.861.62 84.43 193.59 . 189.86 3.T3 70.54 102.62 102.62 167.11 213.23 47.84 165.39 .$1,288,468.53 $880,866.56 $2,119,333.09 $1,679,453.87 $539,879.22 and it is assumed that the appointment of Boyle will be sent to the Senate up on the return of President Wilson. SCHOOL PLAY IS PRAISED Graduating: Class of Washington High Shines on "Boards." The graduating class of the Wash ington Hlgli School presented "Hicks at College" last night in the school auditorium. Lloyd Teggart, as Hiram Hicks, established his reputation as a character actor. 'William Edris, as Tom Horton. was one of the big hits of the performance. Annabel Wagstaff, as June Grant, and Adellna Howard, as Polly Porter, were well received. The stage settings were elaborate and well arranged. Particularly inter esting and full of breezy college at mosphere was the scene which showed the students' headquarters in a dormi tory. George Blower did the coaching. The spirit of co-operation and good fellowrtiip made the class work In har mony for the success of the play. The entire oast, each part deserving of praise. Included: , liiram Hicks. Lloyd Taggart; Tom Horton. William Edris; Fritz Jordan. Charles Dundore; Adam Biddicut. Charles Laughton; Dean Smiley. For rest Walton: Percy Robbins," Ray Sraythe: Bastian Briggs. William Stu art: Josh Anderson, Gordon Clarke; Peter, Bean Hunter: Walker, H. Driver: June Grant. Annabel Wsgstaff: Pollv Porter, Adellna Howard: Claire Jones. Margaret Stauffer; Susie Spriggins. Cornelia Hess: Baby Armstrong, Har riet O'Gildle; Kluff Finley. Hazel John son: Flora Delamarter, Goldie Krut- singer; Mrs. Cobb. Neva Burns: I.i:v. Helen Galbraith. AUTO DEALERS ARE STUNG Police Look for Strsnser Who Passed Under Two. Names. Victimizing a number of automobile firms of Portland, a man representing himself to be J. P. Lantre and in an other instance N. P. Glazier is sought oy tne ponce at the instance of the manager of the Studebaker Automobile Company, Eighteenth and Alder st-eets. Lange told the Studebaker offlnlalu that he was registered at the Imperial Hotel and was in the market for a tour ing car. After using a machine and demonstrating chauffeur on pleasure outings Lange is said to have presented a signed order for the car. The same ruse was worked In the cases of "purchases" made at the Pope and Cadillac agencies, where similar signed orders were tendered in security for the cars of his selection. On Inves tigation it was found that no such name was on the register. Inquiry at the Portland Hotel revealed that a man answering Lange's description had "beat" his hotel bill, registering tinder tne name of N. P. Glazier, of New York. ROBBERS RANSACK HOME Anstin Residence, on East 2 8th, En tered and Jewels Taken. Burglars entered the home of JTarrv H. Austin. 696 East Twentv-alhth street. North, last nisrht between 10 o'clock and midnight, while the family was vistllng In the neighborhood and took jewelry valued at about $150. I he house was ransacked throughout and the complete loot was not ascer tained at an early hour this morninir. Among the Jewelry taken were a dia mond ring valued at more than $100, a goia ring and a Jade ring valued at about $50. Mr. Austin, who Is a member of Tha Oregonian typographical staff, was at work at tne time of the robbery. The police are working on the case. PAID CIRCULATION COUNTS Basis on Wliicli Publishers May Re port Is Determined. WASHINGTON". Jan. 10. The manner in which publishers are to determine the daily circulation of newspapers in order to make reports as directed by the publicity law, enacted by Congress In 1912, has been set forth in an opin ion by Attorney-General McReynolds to Postmaster-General Burleson. The reports, according to the Attorney-General, must cover the whole bona fide paid circulation, whether sold over tha counter, distributed througii the news agencies or disposed of in any other way. Copies actually paid for by news agents, representing th number distributed, less the number returned as unsold, are to be counted. Monarchists Fie Prison. LISBON, Portugal. Jan. 10. Eight prominent Portuguese Monarchists es caped last night from the ancient fortress prison of Coimbrea, where they were incarcerated on a charge of con spiracy. The prisoners found an old underground passage in the fortress, and through it reached the courtyard, where three soldiers were on guard. They beat the soldiers with stones and then scaled the walls and escaped into the country. The fugitives include Colonel Montez, Captains Matta and Veigo Perreira. Dr. Cordeino Ramos and a Catholic priest named VI era. Boys Held for Burglary. Frank Held, 20 years old, and his 18-year-old brother Ralph, were arrested last night at Sixty-fhird street, near Seventieth avenue, and charged with burglary. The house entered was at 6309 Sixtieth avenue. The boys are charged with stealing a zither, two books and an umbrella. Ralph wen sent to the detention home to await triaL Dead Man W. H. Gordon, Is Belief. The body of a man bearing cards tending to show that he la W. H. Gor don, of Denver, Colo., was found Friday afternoon at Dawson point, near Bridal Veil, Or. Roy Brim and Clyde Lair, two young men of Bridal Veil, made the discovery while hunting. The body was brouKht to Dunning & Mclntee'a morgue, Portland. The man is thought to have been dead nearly a week. Girl Guilty of Manslaughter. CONCORD, Kan.. Jan. 10. Bessl Moore, who shot and killed her sweet heart, Joseph Kelly. October 16 last, was found guilty of manslaughter in the third degree here tonight. Miss Moore, who is 19 years old, alleged that Kelly wronged har. E TEA INTO GRAY HAIR Darkens Beautifully and Restores Its Thickness and Lustre at Once. Common garden sage" brewed into a heavy tea, with sulphur and alcohol added, will turn gray, streaked and faded hair beautifully dark and luxuri ant; remove every bit of dandruff, stop scalp Itching and falling hair. Mixing the Sage Tea and Sulphur recipe at home, though, is troublesome An easier way is to get the ready-to-use tonic, costing about 50 cents a larg bottle, at drug stores, known a--i "Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Hair Rem edy," thus avoiding a lot of muss. While wispy, gray, faded hair is not sinful, we all desire to retain our youthful appearance and attractiveness. By darkening your hair with Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur no one can tell, be cause it does it so naturally, so evenly. Tou Just dampen a sponge or soft brush with it and draw this through your hair, taking one small strand at a time; by morning all gray hairs have disap peared. After another application or two your hair becomes beautifully dark, glossy, soft and luxuriant and you ap pear y?ars youcser. Adv, COMB SAG