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About Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 20, 1912)
- v ... . . J, . ., a v -v id I www n mm l'. I 111 n ( f la r l v ,. -i " Wnf i-iiHiftri ij 1 -w mm t r , r .... 1 ' ' BAIEM. OBEflOS, TUESDAY,-FEBRUARY S, Mil- ' ' . ... ,. -). .Mini i si m t W S OUT iiuy JJ 1 1 8 BIG TRACT 0F LD ETfifUl PAR0KJA :5ELAf308 M 01 ALSEA DAYS IS THEIRS EfJTOO ARSil LAflOS TOO Value 'off the Tide Lands is Placed at Over a Million, and Own ership Puts road in Position to Control All Shipping Land Was Given Away by the Legislature in 1874, Prac tically Without a Cent's Worth of ConsiderationThe Su- j preme Court Reverses Lower . Court May Be Law, But ; Little Justice. ' . ; . ; ; I, an opinion reversing Judge truett, former circuit Judge .of this ,jtf, but now a member of the su at court, the supreme . court to U upheld a grant made by the leg yurt In 1874 to the Corvallls & ittrn Railroad company, giving a the title to the tldo lands In "Miilna, and Alaoa bays, and also jrjh lands in Denton, but what Is .ni s Lincoln county. ' . : The value of the tide lands for har- ' purposes is placed at a cool nill- ; u and the decision will give the (spiny control of the harbors of sii bay, and in this way, it will be !!f to control tho shipping rates by ' ii!tr is well as land. i lie legislature of 1909 repealed the original grant, on the ground that the conditions had not been complied with and also that the state could not deed away Its Varbors to any company, but held them In trust for commercial and harbor purposes for the people. Grant was made on con dition that the company should build a railroad from.yaqulna to Corvallis within six year's, and it was main tained this condition was not com plied with. . - After the legislature repealed the laws making the grant, the state land board sought to sell a couple of acres for harbor purposes and the railroad company brought present suit to test the validity of the grant with the result that it was upheld. . ' . 1 . ' May Dismiss Charges. . - ;.; San ' Francisco, Feb. J. Wholesale dismissal of all the so-called San Francisco graft Indictment on Judge Frank P. Dunne's calendar nu. . j. ,. ivnun a t the result of a motion juade to- day by Assistant District Attor-' ney MoNutt. The' prosecutor declared that his action was un- premeditated and made simply because the physchologlcal mo- ment for such dmu, w ttu tT- T sented when Judge Dunne tech- t uitany oeniea a motion to dls- miss Indiclments hanging over Abe Ruef on the reserve calen- dar. ' , . . ' 1 v.- ; " FIRE IS THE AIR The matter of buying an automo- ,j (Ire engine for the Salem fire de ! inment has been entangled and com iitated until it 1b doubtful if any , &j will be accomplished. The com 1 'iiw that went to Seattle and other j 1(1 ee equipments came back 1 ad endorsed the proposition of Mr. ! 'm, the Portland agent of the La , ftuce Fire Engine company. That a u automobile chemical. There are 1 lair different makes of engines, and j company that has sold an auto J mt to Eiieone not only offers an ! immobile with a chemical, but a !' wagon and a fire engine to pump ud throw a stream of water. In the ; l the chemical does not put out the fire, they hitch on the hose, and have a powerful stream playing on the fire, with hose enough on the au tomobile to handle' any ordinary fire. This latter machine will be stopped en route to Eugene and tested at Salem, for everyone to see the workings. The mayor Is very strongly of the opinion that the committe acted has tily In not more seriously considering the offers of the competing compan ies. He says there are some four com panles making these fire fighting ma chines, and all should have had a chance to bring their machines here and test them, and then make the best bargain for the city that can be made. He thinks, at a low estimate, there Is about $2000 profit in one of these au-to-englnes, costing from $6000 to $7000, and there should be no great I haste to get rid of such a large sum of money, simply because It was put In the budget. There are not enough, .paved streets so that any large part of the city could get the benefit of it for 'several years to come, and there ! should be enough deliberation, in his 'opinion, to get something that will do the city for the next ten years. ELECTRIC ; WILL HAVE JEW REPOT TIVO-STOHY BKICK TO BE ERECT. ED ON CORNER OF STATE AND HIGH, IN WHICH THE NEW PAS- I SENBEK DEPOT WILL HE LO- I FATED. The Oregon Electric has made ar rangements for a new depot. The papers are all ready for signature by which Mrs. Fannie E. Hubbard is to erect a two-story brick building on her lots at the corner of State and High streets. The building will- cover 82x157 feet, and of this the Oregon Electric takes a lease for ten years on a space 30x140 feet. Work on the building is to be commenced by March 15, and will be ready for occupancy within 90 days from that date. i The Colonel Quiescent ' ' ' f - New York,. Feb. 20. Although he arrived at his office In the Outlook early tday, Colonel Roosevelt received, but few vis- ltors, devoting post of the morning, to readfi g the final draft of his speech to be dellv- ered ' at Columbus,' Ohio, tomor- row .before the St -it Constltu- tional convention, j . " John Temple Graves, editorial writer for , the Ne York Amer- lean, and Colonoi William R. Nolson, editor of ( the Kansas City Star, were aiiong the vlsl- tors today to the dent's office. . Tho1 lltlem situation. r,.; t former presl- ;r calls, they said, had no beariig on the po- ! OsfliJOIlL Woman Burned to Death. DNITED FRKSS IJtAJICD Winn. Los Angeles, Cal., Feb. 20. Mrs. R. Locke, aged 50, employed at the Plsgah house, was burned to death early today In her room. Her cloth ing Is believed to have caught fire from a gas heater. She lived alone. o The only hazzard the Portland loan sharks run is of being sent to the pen, mobbed or killed, and If reports are not grossly exaggerated one of these things Is likely to happen to some of them. U. S. Department of Agriculture. WEATHER BUREAU. , I WILLIS L MOORE, Chief, , 30,5 i demand Vicinity: Oc I ' , jL,S f Tut?doy, cwional rain tonight L ' "P 2L )s nd Wednesday. Zl7 tM - I ' i EXPLANATORY NOTES. Ob,.,i ' , ,. i.h.r. (.nniinnnui IIbm) D throueh point iu.i , , ," Pn ,l 8 m- nicrlrtltn time. Air nrcMure rMncea mm - " , , , freejln. W. nd IW. ft u. 'I"""""- lotliorm (dolled llno pau UirougU p..lnti of equal lnPrture, dr.wn onif lot wo. i .. O Wtly cloudy; Q clm.d,; 0 r.l; now: rot-orl mlln. A"'fl'wlt71'"'TlW",Wm VM 12 hour.; uipiuitao of .Olh.ch or mors for Pt M tour.; third. n.xlmUm wind v.locHr. 1'orocKHt Till 5 . in. WfdiieHdii). ,0;R""; Mr tonight, except occasion rain northwestern portion. "T lTZT ;. Won. Warmer east portion Wednesday. East to southeast wind, becoming high along the coast. Shippers' Forecast. . . Pant a MftRree: outheast to Boise, 20 degrees; south to 8lskiou, il aegreeB. 'm tonight, about 40 degrees. . n Blver Forecast ' . j river at Poland will remain nearly stationary Wednesday d Z, Attempt to Free From Prison Folke E. Brandt. Former Valet to Millionaire Schiff, Stirs Gotham Society. "A WOMAN IN THE CASE" .. ! I Brandt Wug Itailroudcd to Prison I n der a Thirty-Year Sentence ou the Charge of Rurglurliilng the Mil lionaire's House, and Bus Already Served Five Years It In Alleged Be Wus Sent l'p to (Save a Woman. fUMITID rUMS IJjABID WIM.) - New York, Feb. 20. Charging that the efforts to free from prison Folke E. Brandt, former valet to Millionaire Mortimer Schiff is a conspiracy, a wicked tale designed to reflect on the honpr of a virtuous wife and mother, Delancey Nicoll, attorney for Schiff, declared in open court today that he would prove his 'assertions to the world, arid would drag Into the light a certain newspaper publisher, who had UBed Brandt to strike at the mil lionaire. At the hearing before Unitod States Special Commissioner Hand, who was appointed by Governor Dlx to Investi gate the Schlff-Brandt case, Nicoll said: "We demand the broadest Inquiry. We want every detail of the shameful story made part of the record to be submitted to the governor. I will drnrf it all Into the light ,and show that Brandt said ho was in the house on an Invitation from Mrs. Schiff. I will show how the story was conceived and also those who aided him In pub lishing It. Schiff Intends that the en tire Btory be made public, so Unit, the responsibility may be shown." Myrabeau Towne, who is represent ing Brandt, resented Nicoll 's state ments, declaring that, rather than that the woman should be Involved, Brandt was willing to spend the remainder of his term in prison. Detective Joseph Wooldrldge, who arrested Brandt, testified regarding i ho niiornd manufactured record, on the strength of which Judge Roasnls ky sentenced Itdant to 30 years' Im prisonment. o The Horse Editor's Opinion. According to an advertisement of the Statesman in that paper this morn ing, any Sulem home In which olher papers than the Statesman goes is not of the "beter class of homes." They belong in a class unable to buy auto mobiles, or, presumably, any other luxuries. The horse editor of The Journal Is, unfortunately, one of the undesirable class, as he does not take the Statesman, though he con fesses to reading It with much pleas ure, and, perhaps, some profit Still he is of the opinion the Statesman's classification of Salem people by Its subscription list is somewhat arbi trary. He feels that one can be a gontleman or lady, live decently and honestly, be a good citizen and pay his or her debts without being a subscrib er for the Statesman. Of course, this is only an opinion from one of the class for whose trade advertisements are wasted, but the opinion is fixed. 'V ; Abraham Still Lost , ;: . Cal., Feb. SO. Al- . Oakland, though dispatches were received last night to the effect that "Dr. Milton Abraham" alias "Sir" Harry Westwoort Cooper, who married Anna, Mllbrath here and buncoed the girl's mother, had been located la Chicago, Cap- tain of Inspectors Peterson said today that he had no definite In- formation on the matter beyond the fact that ho bad been In- formed that the man was there, and had wired ordering hla ar- rest. ,The elusive "Dr. Abra- ham,", has not yet been taken by the police of the windy city. .' . . THE CITY'S WATER MUST BE THE REST COMMITTEE OUTLINES ITS PLANS FOB SECURING A SUPPLY OF PUKE WATER FIRST NECES SARY TO OWN THE PRESENT PLANT. "We want pure water and plenty of It. and I trust that no one will throw an obstacle In the way of this committee In ita work to obtain It," said Counollmnn Rlgdon last evening In -reporting upon the work being done by the special committee ap pointed to open negotiations with the Salem Water company to purchase Its plant ' Mr. Rlgdon stated that the com mittee had secured tho services of R. H. Thompson, of Seattle, an engi neer of national reputation to In spect and appraise tho plant, and that he would be on the ground In a few days. Answering those who op posed the purchase on the ground that It would Increase the taxes, he said that none of them would have to pay additional taxes to secure tho plant. Bonds would be Issued, he said, and the people were now pay ing the expenses to run It, Interest on the Investment and a profit, and If the company eould do that, It stood to reason that It would be a remunerative concern when run by the city, and that It would pay for Itself. He also made It plain thnt In his opinion that but two ways wore open to the solution of the problem: buy the plant or Institute condemnation proceedings to appropriate It. To In stall an additional plant would not be feasible, he asserted, as to sell the bonds to advantage, the city must have control of the water sold. He mot with the objections with relation to the expenses to be paid Thompson, with the statement that the t'stlmatoH of bat engineers would be of value only in the event condemnation proceedings were be gun, and that then additional engi neering estimate would be needed. The expense, he stated, would be only about half of that paid for en gineers In the past. o DR. .MORSE DISCUSSES BKALTII AM) SANITATION Dr. W. B. Morse gave a very Inter esting talk last night before the Salem Six O'clock club on the subject of "Raiillatlou and Health Conditions In Salem." There was a large attend ance, and an interesting discussion followed Dr. Morse's review of the situation. He discussed the water supply- and showed that from the for mation of the ground on which Salem Is built, that wells are and always will be a dangerous source of supply. It being an old wash and a sewer for the whole country above It. He also discussed the milk supply, and point ed out the necessity of getting rid of garbage at one. He made many good suggestions, which It will be well for the city, as such, and Its citizens In. dlvidually, to heed. THE -GODIJTY 1100 STAi TAK LEVIES 1012 US Marion County Lower Than Any of the Adjoining Counties-- I Budget Made Up by the County Court and Every Dollar ; Accounted for There Will Not Be a Dollar of Surplus ' and if All Improvements Called for Are Made There Will Be ' a Deficit at the End of the Year. .". " ' r We have a billion dollar congress, lected this year are as follows: 1 " and we have nearly a million dollar Speclul school district ...,$1.61,467.11 county tax levy, and the people are Special road districts .... 56,375.08 beginning to realize that the develop- City levies 133,482.88 ment of the state and county has pro-' County levy ; 231,885.00 ceeded at a rapid rate along certulu State and normal schools ,. 118,049.1 1 lines. The county court of Marlon State tax 142,000.00 county hag been able to make - the County road three mills... 91,843.00 lowest levy of any of the surrounding I counties, and from the following table Total $938,332.19 the people can see the exact Items j Tne tax levy tm. colmty purpoeo, ,8 composing the biggest tax levy ever '5.53 mU,g wnlch amount8i by tne vM.. made In this county. The members of Rations as given lu the tax roll to Hit. legislature are not to blame for It '$234,885. After deducting 6 per cent all, because a great many new grafts for rebateBi double BMe8menta alld are slipped over their heads and voted othor errors of the rolls, gives $220 for without their knowing It. 792. Add to this tho fee. nf th. ,n. Following is a statoment of the taxes levied for this year: Taxes for 1912. The total taxes levied and to be col- ty clerk for 1912, $7687.25, recorder's fees 7809.41, and the county survey or's fees $438, gives $236,726.66. This fund will be disbursed as follows: County Budget for 1918. County Judge and commissioners' salaries $ 2,200.00 ' Circuit cour expenses 10,000.00 Justice court .. . .-,v,,,vr. , ' "4,700.00 ; County surveyor .; 1,800.00 Sheriff and deputies '.,...' '6,000.00 ', Clerk and deputies , ' 4,950.00 Recorder and deputies '. ..; '.TT"Z,800.OO ' Treasurer ,. 1,200.00 Coroner ;. 400.00 School superintendent's salary and office expenses 2,840.00 School supervisors .. , , ,, 2,400.00 School directors' meeting . . , .. ,. 300.00 County school board expenses ...... ; , ,. ,. ; 50.00 Assessor and deputies .' 4,560.00 Assessment and collection of taxes ; 950.00 Rebate of tax 956.00 Current expense acount 7,000.00 Court house exponse . 4,000.00 Jail expense 1,800.00 Truant officer , , , 160.00 Poor account 12,000.00 Insane expense 400.00 Ferries 1,800.00 County's Fixed Charges, Mil, Indigent soldier expense .... .......$ 846.00 Election expense 11,000 00 Wild animal sculp bounty expense , 125. 0i) State fair expense 600.00 Fruit Inspector expense 1,250.00 Health officer 600 00 County physician , 6(10.00 Road clerk ..' 450.0i Juvenile court expense 300 00 Road supervisors ,' 10,000.00 Advertising Feeble minded home expense . . Publishing delinquent tax list Tuberculosis Institute expense Electric light expense Teachers' Institute expense Forest fire expense .......... Insurance 600.00 700.00 675.00 150.00 400.00 400.00 250.00 300.00 Total $101,656.00 New Expenditures Called for 118. Now poor farm and buildings ,, ,.$ 30,000.00 To complete the Stay ton bridge , , 1S.000.00 One bridge on the Ablqua 2,000.00 Fill for the approach on the Jefferson bridge 800.00 Green's bridge 18,500.00 Newberg bridge .. - 42,750.00 Money borrowed In lflll 20,000.00 Grand total $233,706.00 Total receipts $236,726.6(1 Total disbursements , ; 233,706.00 Balance !....$ 3,020.66 This last Item Is all there Is left for keeping up county bridges. The above figures show that the only money disbursed by the county court Is the $236,726.66, of which $101,656 Is fixed charges, created by law. The rest of the county levy Is for new work demanded by the people. The Cutinly Levies. Marlon county 14.70 Polk county 15.75 Clackamas county 15.87 W Yamhill county 18.50 Marlon and Yamhill both levy three mills for county road purines. Handling Roan Fntds. The three mills road tax of $91,842 will be distributed to the road dis tricts, each district receiving the amount of Its road tax. That practice was established by the present county court In 1809, and has been continued each year. The court ha decided to move tho poor farm to the new site' at Cne meketa. The Stayton bridge will have to be rebuilt, and several other large brldgos, Including the one with Yam hill county at Newberg. The above figures will show that there will not be a dollar of surplus, with the most economical hamllln. and there will probably be a deficit, IT all Improvement! culled for are undertaken. ployed a part of the time doing road work, and could be paid with tax funded. Your drugrit hat Pini, or will grt It fr y. If not, tend to Tlx Pine Co, Ft, Wayne, lad. 1 Directors. 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