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F0RTY-8IXTH VIAR-No. 43.
OUEQON CITY, OltEOON, Fid DAY, OCTOHER 25, 1912.
ESTABLISHED TM
OR
DIMICK
XPOSES
E
SINGLE TAX PLAN ERRORS
wtaxraii iSiNfiiFrawniiin'cflliy division
i wait vs.. Mill iivhh VlllVIbb 1 1 II I 1 1 VVbl
ARE GRAVE! INJURE FARMER
oneaoN city mayor provesto
RESIDENTS OF NEEDY ITS IM
PRACTICABILITY
CHAIRMAN OF LEGISLATURE COM
MITTEE POINTS OUT WHAT
THEY MEAN
THEORY NEVER PUT INTO PRACTICE' COUNTY ASSESSOR GIVES FICURES
PLAN IS TO ELIMINATE A88ES3
MENT OP ALL WATER POWER
IMPROVEMENTS
Speaker Toll of U'Htn Having Ad
mlttsd Going "Craiy Over Hanry
George Theory and Starting
Gnat Agitation
U'Ron Book, Sent Broadcast, Omlta
at Leat $3,300,000 Asseeaed
Proparty Many Other
Mlstaket
II. II, liiinl.k iiil'li eased h Ijirm-1 ty fllArt. V. ;AI,I,ImVAV, Chnlniinii
n-wd ut Needy riultiiiluy night n
simile tin. which hu opposed. Judiie
I mult k spoke In it " follow ;
'Him Icnul voters of Oii-Hou Hill l'
lulled upon lu llm Novi-inlcr elm tlon
10 ull Upl'll Ii ' uli'l lilitneil USi'dMe
CAUOWAY EXPOSES U'REN SCHEME
Portland Railway, Light ft Power
Company Would Have to Pay on
ly on Power It le e and Sella
To Othere
(liy (.HAS. V. (iAM.OWAY, Chair
iiiiiii LcglHliitlv.i 'lux CiiiuiiilUeo.')
KAI.KM, dr., Oct. 22. Asm-ssmeiit
Legislative Committee,
KAI.KM. Oct. 21. (Special I What '
has Ih'i a widely advertised l.y pro water l.-r in Ore
mote. ,.f ugl uix pm.Kan.l.tll.lllrilU(ri y llrllll. ,.. (()W
"lour trlviul errors" In (he com. months uml have been responsible
im-iil laws UK ii, ii Niiipitiii. w piinuivo present roll mui single tnx'ior mini r erroneous auitciiiciit maiiu
leiolutl- iiUk iii.I l-i -vul Nil-ill roi f ( Li. kiiliiit, county, reon-M-nt ! '" "" ,"ort to. noiiiute tlio IliK-n-nt
i.i. riiluciit. ...... i ..i ..,..,,... "f N'e graduated lnc,lo tax sum nil
No Mliitw III thv union ha -wrj . .'
ulopleii or vv. n HKmI (In- rUnglo Tax, "'elit made I'X J
hi it in simply mi experiment bused P.". Jack, assessor of CliK'kiiiiuia vomi
upon h theory whli Ii Inia been taken over hi signature. These error
Iron, tin. nul of ll-i.rjf Ui-oifce. ,. ,B b.i .-N.m.-nt of vnr l(M),(i..o
W.i mil It nnh h hod under tlu nil!
Latum -I iud woikci In llm i-nu.., " hiuiiiiuo . nip aim i a per , (.,. jU ,,U; t)V ,.rpri Ii.IIirik
tlmi Vui.couvt-r, II. (,'.. Iiait llm Single j Company, mIiIiIi should lie i-iillix-ly ' lo i-M-mpl water kiit from tnxa
l n S)Nl.-in aiid tli pion-rliy ut t hut ' rx.-niiit uiul-T llm nIiikIu tax1 anil n :"'. '' i"iil rvfuii-il hy plum llu
cininiinliy ninl-r that h b i m U l..-Hl(l. ,,,,,, ,,!, nKur,:, tlfi.i''""' '!"" 'rf. 1 '""V"' ' "'""i
HAS FEW FRIENDS
W. W. Meyer, a'K'lullat caii(IJilat
for county cominlMiiloiicr, who lian ru
lurried from a trip tliruuKh I hi) tjuat.
c-rii part of tliB county In Uib later,
cat of lila culdiilucy, al. Hat-irJay
tlmi lie found little ac-i.uuiiint for
county (HvIhIou.
"I did not meet a man at Hnntly,"
aid .Mr. Meyer, "who favored the
proixmltlnii to divide tile county. At
a ineelliiK we liad there at leant fifty
votcra were pri-Hcnt and all were
lu-aiiiht formliiR a new county. It war
the Kiune at KukIh Crerk. 1 uui firmly
coiivlm i d If aentlment, throtiKuout
the atate la the aume a it in la Clack-
aimia county tlio plan will he over.
wheliiiliii;ly dcfcatctl.
ANTI-DIVISION
i LEAGUE FORMED
RESIDENTS OF BORING COUNTRY
ARE OPPOSED TO PLAN OP
SECESSION
J. W. ROOTS IS ELECTED PRESIDENT
SANDY RESIDENTS
E
SCOR
SECESSION
mem, whldi In to ko licrore the l-'O
pie at the i-tH-rn i-lei'tlon NovYliihei
o. .
Mri-i t iill'-Kalliitu, maile t" further
tin- Inti-rcMln of the ulnrli- tax pioino
tcia, that the law a of IliU Niale have
LIVE WIRES TO
Vigoroua Campaign Will Be Conduct
ed Against Measure Designed
to Divide the Coun
ty '
(Kroui the Morning Enterprise)
GRANGE AND COMMERCIAL CLUB
ADOPT RESOLUTIONS AGAINST
PLAN
VOIERS Of THE STATE WILL DECIDE
Proposed Division Called 8cheme of
Politician and Office Seeker
And Against Tax
payer
( Kroin the MornlnK Enterprise)
GIRL ENDS LIFE
AFTER AUTO RIDE
FIFTEEN-YEA OLD VALERIA
PROFFITT FALLS DEAD INTO
MOTHER'S ARMS
TWO YOUNG MEN HELD BY SHERIFF
John Flnucane and Harry Tlm
mon With Mis Proffitt and
Clara Johnson on all
Night Trip
DISCUSS
BILLS
The cuthurttieii lute lawt nlIit an-
finiitii 61 Hint Ikuv iui.m m I . I H
Formal organization of the Cluck ,..,.,.., I "
lama, county Anti Dlvlalon Uutat - ..., ,u.t. - plam the .ulildo or Valeria rroflltt.
UaN affected at Korlng Tuesduy after ma c"uMy anJ form taacade ounty , fifteen year of awe, who, after a Joy
noun, and J. J. Hoot, of H -ring, was j out of the eastern part of Clackama , ride in Portland, died In her mother'
unanimously elected president. Tne,wiih Eiitarada at the county aeat Is arms ear'y Friday mornlnK John
following vice presidents were cftus to he ,u,mUed . tne ,,.., eIector. ..,, onrf '. ...
MEASURES TO BE VOTED UPON
WILL BE DISSECTED BY OR 1
GANIZATOIN
nnili-rful. hut when w Mil lor ro-1 ,,. , ., . . ...,,. ," talc caiiitol, Halcin.
pu s of ll,.. ' law under which ' ( As an inslanc- the fe,,rt of the
uui oiiver, H. t ., la ruuiluiitiiK the ' lUnud of Stiito lax I'oiiiuilHHl-'ti.-ra
HIiikIv Tax, wa flint thut only litilhl
Iiihs mil rxeuipl Iiin taxation uml
urn- or two smull yciplloiia anil
we fnrlh r lliul that every vouilloii
nml In lu. t every perami tollow tiiK a
vim iiiIoii, mich as a hunker, hroker.
ni.-r'hnnt. me. ImiiU- unit In fact all "f
the prill fusion are heavily taxej un
tier a llccnsn syateiu nml nil personal
ppipirly with the exception of
lioiiHi-liold eff.H-la are heavily taxed,
and nlo a heavy liiciunu tax Is levied
upon every person who receives an
liicouie worth inetilloiiliiK.
I have lu-fi-re inn the tax law of
Vancouver. It. ('. and hi pursulim the
(oliitiins of the pamphlet 1 llnd the
most exiictliiK assessment luld on all
f -rins of pi-rsonal property aud In
comes, thut I Ix-Ueve was ever enact
ed by any l-Kllatlv body. I also
have iM-fore me a letter written by
mo of Mr. Fels' paid workers wherein
he lUtea that It I true that Blnxle
lux la nut fully lu operation In Van-eouvi-r,
It. ('.. at the present time,
but when I'arllHiueiit meet tills
omiliiK winter "lie tax after another
will he repealed so that (lie full
weight of taxation will full on the
teal property, and after that time the
ex in-line of Kovernment will be col
lected from a land value tax.
I win somewhat surprised when I
rend the lett-r after henrlim so much
ab'-ut Vuncouver HIiikIo Tax which
without any other Informal Inn 1 be
lieved to be true.
From whnt I have mild you can
see very plainly the policy of Henry
lieori!" creeplim out of every tax law
aupp"rted by the Fela Fund Cumin'
alon. and the himla of their claim and
the foundation of their principles are
found on pane M of Henry (leorite'a i the alm-.ln tax roll.
lull ilui-le laxers would consider
such omissions i f siiuill Importance, I
III a letter addressed to (irant II.1
Iilmli k of Clin kainnH county, Assets
or .luck had the following to say rel
ative to Hi- so errors:
fur 1UU' on pa mi 13 shows that the
li.ilro electric plants of the I'lrrllancl
llalluny l.lulit at I'ower Company at
On-i;oii City, Caxader-' uml Wlverton
were iiinile sillij.ct (o n heavy ussens
nieiita. l tin hydro electric plant at
"The four ennrn in the single tax'('rei;on City alone I asuenst-d at 1,
roil as tneiitioneii ny .Mr. I, Hen as
lcliiK "f small iiniorlaiice are as fol.
lows:
First In tint a-seKsiiienl of the
Willamette I'ulp fc Taper Comimiiy
th- re appear nn error In the asseaaed
iiii.noii. ui tin tne buildings, mu
chliu-ry and eiiulpment ure ussessed
at Ifiiiu.iiou, lea vIiik 1 1 .L'oo.unu placed
iikiilnst the wnter power resources
controlled by the company ut thut
point. This Is but a fraction of the
valuation of II IS, n;u.o. and in the I Kr,l"d otal of the assessment against
tux this company should Imvo paid I , ,l,e -ter power r.-suurcea of the
uti error ot i&itl.32. (I'aKu 155, Hliittle (om,""iy- 11 rwnreaeuta ly an aa
l ax Hull )
Ki-c-nd In the asaessuient of the
(raw n Columbia I'ulp ft 1'aper
Company there appears an error In
the as chsih! vnluatlon of jnO OOO, and
aesHinent of the excess power which
the (otn puny sells to "(her companies.
The Hoard or Suite Tax Commlssl-n
era. In making It -nssessineuta ' of
lower com pan lee and their water
en; K. K llnins, sanity; A. I), tiur
nett, Eairlo Creek; J. E. Slefcr, Uam
asiu: I.ouIh Funk, Vioia; A. C.
Itiomas. l'ull Hun; J. H. Revenue,
Kc!s; I). M. Marithall. Estucada;
Thomas Mc Cabe, Cherry vlllo, and J.
; u. KeHiiaier, uovcr.
I These gentlemen, al! of them ros
i.i a ..n.rkA !....,....' I!t':it of the eastern e Hon of Clack
W. C. T. 0. MEMBERS COMING TO CITY i hi h 18 in ih
proposed Caacade county, will con
duct a vigorous cunipalitn up to the
day of election, November 5, in oppo
jsltlon to the Bcheme of many of the
I people of Estacada t" divine Clacka
j mas county and form a new county,
I with Eatarada a the county seat,
j FundB are pouring In to defray the
' expense of a liberal cnrnpaiKn of ed
Clackama Southern Railway
Begin Laying Rails at Once
Opposition to Road Is
Deplored
of the state this fall.
Grange and the Sandy Commercial
Club have adopted a resolution con
demning such division.
The Sandy twenty-two year of ae, and Clara
jonnson, nitecn year.-, of ae, the
other members of the automobile
party, are being held pending an x-
. ainlnation. The men are accused o
The following la the text of. the res. ; contributing to the deliuqiiincy of a
olutlon: i minor. An autopsy showed that the
; rirl who ended her lite by drinking
I carbolic acid had not been uttacked.
fore the people proposed by Initiative and the only motive advanced for her
petition, to be ubmlttfil to the legal!-"1 tnat n8 feared her parents
spent the
uuition and the league expect to
- - . .
in the tax this company should hare 1 1".""' ,rB"u" " ,,e assessed
paid Is an error of 9(C'.f,0. (l'age 104. u'H'n ,he "I'Hallzntlon of
Sltiule Tax Holt.)
Third In giving the amount of tax
es of the First National Hank of Ore
mm City, which that bank paid, an
error of inc ;t wa made. (I'uge 110,
Single Tax It 'll.)
Fourth In giving; the amount of
taxea paid by the Hunk of Oregon
City, an error wua made of $717.70.
(I'lige !IH, itlngle Tax Itoll )
The nhove are very important mis
takes and It appears no effort tins
been made to correct them, lu addl.
Hon to the aliove there are many oth
er mistake too numerous to mention.
The assessment valuation of over $3.
oon.noo which appear on the regular
tav roll of Clackamas county for 1910,
the earning of such companies.
The assessment of $1,2011,000 rep
resent nn assnsiiient only on what
the Cortland Hallway, Eight & Power
Company hu earned from selling
power to other corporations. Assess
ment, is made separately upon the
valuation of power which It converts
to Its own use for It Jtreet car line
It lighting systems and other pow
er and electrical use.
Phuld the graduated single tax
amendment become effective, the
Portland Railway, Eight ft Power
Company should entirely escape an
assessed valuation upon Ita buildings,
machinery and eiiulpment. All lm
provementa of this character whould
remain untaxed. This would throw
covering numerous coronitlons, wa an additional burden upon the land
also omitted and doe not appear In
hook entitled "The Ijind Question
wherein Mr. (ienrgo Inform hi rend
er of the rightful way of inking the
private ownership In land nnd making
land common property, nml he used
tlm following language: "The wny to
mnka land common property Is simply
to take bind, for the j-ommon benefit.
And to do this the easy way I to
iiIioIIkU one tux after another until
tho wh-de weight of taxation fall up
on the value of hind. ' When that
point Is reached the battle I won.
The hare la caught, killed and skin
ned ami to cook him will be a very
easy matter. The real fight will
come nn the proposition to consoli
date exiting taxation upon Innd
values. When that la once won the
rent holders will not merely have
been diilslvely defeated, but they
will have been routed, nnd the nature
i ml values will he so generally
understood, that to raise taxation so
as to take the whole rent for com
mon purposes will be a mere mutter
of course."
It la a very easy matter for any
one who claims to possess an ordi
nary degree of Intelligence to under
stand tho policy of the rich merchnntt
nnd manufacturer In their attempt to
escape taxation under the Single Tax
methods wherein they state In their
own literature that the Single Tax
will mean "A saving of dollars, an
actual profit in dollars to tho mer
chant and manufacturer."
That expression which I have Just
used I taken from the phamplet Is
sued by the Fels Fund Commission
which I have on the tublo before me
this evening, subject to your personal
Inspiitli"!.
Did you ever stop and ai- y-'ursolf
the question, why mllllomtirn mer
chants nnd manufacture.' living In
Phllnd'lphhi nnd Chicago and many
other large mercantile eenters of the
United Htiite are contributing so lib
erally to the Fels Fund in order thntj
the people of the Btnto of Oregon
might be benefitted from the untried
system ot taxation enunciated uy
Mr. Fel and hla other co-workersT
As a matter of fact tho Henry
(ienrce System was never Intended as
a system of tnxntlcn, but only a fheory
advanced by him to condemn for pull
lie life the rental values of real
property and thereby mnke nil real
estnte common property.
Mr. Fel la a millionaire who made
his money In the manufacture and
sale of son p. nnd hla domicile Is In
tho city of Phlladelpha, Helng very
wenlthy he probably haa a great deal
of time to read, and among the liter
ature he hn read wa "The Land
Question" written by Henry Ceorge
and H occurred to him that he would
like to see the Henry Oeorge theory
(Continued on pace 4)
Yours very truly,
J. E. JACK.
Assessor of Clackamas counyt
SHIELDS AND U'REN
DEBATE SATURDAY
Charles II. Shields, secretary of
the Oregon Equal Taxation League,
and W. H. F'Ren. representing the
Joseph Fels' orgnnlxatlon, will debate
single tax In this city Saturday night.
Announcement probably will be made
today where the debate will be held.
Owing to the large crowd which Is
expected to attend It 1 probable
that the debute will he at the Shlveley
Opera House. The series of debute
between these two men will etnrt
this) evening In Portland. Tbey will
debate In Hood River Friday night,
In Salem next Monday night and In
Portland next Tuesday night.
owner; and the excess burden of tax
atliin. which Is now carried by the
Portland Railway, Eight ft Power
Company, and similar corporations
would pns upon the shoulders of the
farmer.
COUNTY
bXHIBI
TO HAVE
T IN EAST
FREYTAG WILL HAVE CHARGE OF
OREGON DEPARTMENT AT
MINNEAPOLIS 8HOW
E
DIM Mil ATIMCT ATTEATION
P. Carter to Manage County' Ex
hibition at Portland Land Show
Which will Start November
Eighteenth
At the weekly luucheoo
Live Wires Tuesday the Main Trunk
wa authorized to arrange for a dis
ussion of the bills to be voted upon
at the coining election at the next
meeting to be held at 6:30 o'clock
next Tueaay evening. Helng an even
lug session there will be plenty of
time for a full exploitation of the
measures. The Main Trunk will aa
sign certain bills to the members who
ure supposed to be familiar with them
and they will be expected to give an
opinion as to the advisability of their
pussugo. f ' "
Colonel C. II. Dye announced that
about 150 of the delegates to the
Women' Christian Temperance L'n
ion Convention being held in Portland
would visit this city the ISUer part
of the week. They will come here on
a special truln. A special committee,
composed of F. J. Tooxe, Dr. Clyde
Mount and Livy SMpp, was named to
meet the visitors and show them
about the city. It was decided to ap
preprint $10 to assist In paying fr
the specwl car.
William Hammond, chairman of the
committee appointed to learn the
authorship of literature favorable to
county divisien. which has been di
iriuoieu larougnout tne couiuv, re
of the I fu"y 'nfonrl every voter in the state
as to me irue import oi me uui uiai
will go on the November ballot under
the numbers 318 yes. and 319 n-.
Aside from the sentiment In favor
of the- measure at Estacada, where
the plan was hatched, there is very
little support for the bill In other sec
tlon of the proposed new county.
This Is shown by the original petition
on file in the office of the secretary of
State, which bears only 92 name of
registered voter of Clackamas coun
ty who are not residents of Estacada
precinct Four precincts of Boring
eight of Harton, two ot Garfield, seven
of Springwater and few other scatter
ing names from George and Oswego,
the latter precinct not being embrac
ed In the territory which It la propos
ed to cut off. There are no signers
from Eegle Creek, Sandy, Dover and
many other sections of eastern Clack
a mas.
The people of Sanday held a big
mas meeting Monday night and rais
ed $109 at the meeting to fight coun
ty division. There were about. 70
people present from . Sandy, Kelso,
Cottrell, null Hun. Firwood and Cher
ryvllle and A. U Deaton was chair
man of the meeting and E. F. Bruns
wa secretary. The following resotu
tlon wa adopted by unanimous vote:
"We, The citizen of Sandy, living
within the proposed)' boundaries of
the new coTSnty of Cascade, in assent
bly this 21st day of October, 1912, do
hereby unanimously oppose the crea
w eVJ ,i,7 , ,T; 7 kT'k r tlon of th new connty of Cascade and
"m. ""J,"" ..?T2'"!e h.ad,b!fn! earnestly appeal to the voters of the
uuuf.ci mj iuiu in. i n in to t , iuo
authors. He said the literature had
been distributed from a wagon, which
had been sent out to various parts of
the county. Not having signatures
the literature is said to be a violation
ut the corrupt practices act. The
committee was authorised to make
further Investigation. J. E. Hedges,
chairman of a committee to oppose
county division, reported that favor
able progress had been made.
The committee on Clackamas Smith
ern Hallway reported that rails would
be laid at once. Rail have been pro
vlded for six mile of the route. The
opposition of certain Interests was
deplored.
'OREGON BEST SAYS
M'BAIN AFTER TRIP
state of Oregon to assist us in vot
Ing against the proposed new county
of Cascade."
SENATOR HEYBURN
OVERWORK VICTIM
elector.-, of the state of Oregon, for
their approval or rejection, at the
regular general; election, for a law
to ( reaw the county of Cascade out
of the eastern portion of the county
of Clackamas;
Wherefore, We, the undersigned
members of Sandy. Grange No. 392,
and of the Sandy Commercia Club, In i
joint session assembled.
Resolved, That we are opposed to
the proposed division believing It
to be an unwise and Impracticable
movement at this time;
We do further represent that the
proposed division will cause unnec
essary expense to the taxpayers of
the proposed new county;
We do further represent that near,
ry all the territory that Is affected by
this change Is tributary to the pres
ent county seat at Oregon City, some
of it being distant not more than sv.
en miles.
We do, therefore, most urgently ap
peal to you. Patrons of Husbandry,
to the members of the Commercial
would s old ber for having
night away from home.
Mrs. rroflltt is prostrated, and it
is fear..d the thock may result ser
iously. Coroner Wilson will hold aa
inquest ut 10 o'clock this morning,
Frank Proflitt, father of the dead girl;
Insisting that a thorough Investiga
tion be made.
Shortly before eight o'clock Friday
morning the Proflitt girl ran Into her
home and seizing her mother about
the neck, exclaimed:
"Mother, I am going to die: Good
bye.".
The girl became unconscious at
once, an died before medical aid
could be summoned. It was found
that the had purchased the carbolic
acid from the general merchandise
store of Everhart ft Hall on Molalla
and Hood avenues a few minute be
fore sue reached borne. She Informed
Mrs. Hall that her lister had cut her
finger and said she wanted the acid
to apply to the wound. The half-emptied
vial of poison was found by the
desd girl's father In the yard near the
house.
The Johnsoo girl was taken Into
custody soon after the death of her
friend .and informed sheriff Mass of
the automobile trip and the occu
pants of the car. Flnucane, who Is
emnlnvnH hv a BtpoAl enntrActnr was
Clubs and to all the voters of Oregon found at work on the street hy the
to vote this measure down as we do sheriff and taken to his office. Tlm-
not believe that any but the selfish mon " l0"nd at his home In Glad-
desire of would-be politicians and
stone. The stories of the girl and
the mpn a ra vimuillv I ha umA Thev
office teekers would be promoted by gaid they left here , a car at 8
the establishment of the proposed o'clock Thursday evening for Port
county, and that the large majority I land. The car wa obtained from
of the worthy citizens, residents and !' Elllo"' ara!e' Peter Marrs, who
nas neen employ eu at tne garage lor
home owners would be much better
several months, was the driver. They
satisfied to be allowed to remain aa iaid the machine broke down at
1 V. w - - . . U . ,1 1 . . 1 I-' .. - .. . . 1 A. V. ....... n Dnrf
they are and not be compelled to take
upon themselves the added burden of
taxation required to establish a new
county and more offices.
COUNTY DIVISION. IS
IDAHO STATESMAN, AFTER LONG
ILLNESS, DIES IN WASH.
INGTON
(MON SERIOUS FOR MONTHS
Senator Collapsed When Opposing
Penrose Resolution Physicians
Said He could Not Re.
Warner Grange No. 117 will devote
It regular meeting next Saturday at
New Era to considering amendment
that are to be voted upon at the com
Ing election.
Grant II. Plmlck, who I a promt
nent granger, w ill address the grange
er and others upon single tux and
woman's -suffrnge. Warner grange Is
one of the oldest and struRest
granges lu the state nnd no doubt
the meeting will be well attended. M.
J. Eazelle, of Oregon City, is Master,
W. A. Hodds of Twilight is Overseer,
David McArthur of New Ern, secre
tary and Mr. Jos. Hoffman of New
Announcement was mndo) at the
meeting of the Publicity Committee
of the Commercial Club Wednesday
evening that O. E. Freytag, secretary
of the committee, would be sent to
Minneapolis, Minn., to be In charge of
the Oregon exhibit at the land show
to be held there, beginning November
11. The show will continue two weeks
It was at the suggestion of members
of the Portlund Commercial Club that
Mr Freytag was chosen. The Clack
amas county exhibit at the state fair
which won second prize and lost first
prize ny only three points was ar
ranged under the supervision of Mr.
Freytag. The Oregon exhibit at the
Minneapolis show, while on a some
what smaller scale than the state fair
will be lepresentatlve of the product
iveness of the entire state. It. T. Mc
l'n In, president of the Commercial
Club, announced Wednesday evening
U, T. McllHln. president of the
Commercial Club .returned Tuesday
from a trip of eight weeks duration
in the east. Mr. Mcliuln was accom
pan led by V. A. Olmsted and John
lwthwaite. "We Inspected all the
paper mills in the east," said Mr.
Mcltatn, "and we learned on thing
that the west knows how to milks
paper just a little bit better than the
east We also learned that no state
in the east is superior to Oregon, but
on the contrary Oregon Is superior to
any one of them."
Pnston. New York. Cblcauo. Wash
Ington. Cincinnati I'nitadelphla and 1 lonK 1Un,8- beSan ln AuK"8.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 17. Senator
Heyburn. ot Jdaho, died at his apart,
ment in this city at 7:50 o'clock to.
night. Disease of the heart, compli.
cateu with Kidney trouble, is the
cause assigned by the attending pby.
ticlans.
While his death came as a surprise
to the public, as his trus condition
has been concealed throughout his
'Everybody in our section of the
county is opposed to county division,"
said Adolpn Aschoff, whose wife Is
postmistress at Marmot, who was ln
the city Monday. I do not know of a
single voter who favors the plan ad.
vocated by several residents of Esta
cada. There might be some reason for
our section of the innty becoming part
of Multnomah county, but there 1
absolutely none for the formation of
a sew county. If the voters tn all
parts of the ftate are of the opinion
of those In and near Marmot, the
proposed division will be defeated
almost unanimously."
Mr. Aschoff. formerly wa auperin
tendent o fforest reserves and Is on
of the most prominent citizens of the
eastern section of the county.
HutTalo were some of the cities visit
ed by the party.
1,317 GAIN HADE
Era la the Lecturer and will have that Mr. Freytag would be un
charge of the literary program and
discussions. All persons are Invited
to attend.
DIMICK TO ARGUE
HARDIN CASE AT 8ALEM
lied with literature and that the ex
hlblt at the land show would adver
tise the atate as It had never been ad
vertised before. He coulldently be
lleves that it will be the means of
causing many easterners to locate In
the state, and particularly. In Clack-
Grant B. Dlmlck. attorney for Wll'"1"" coun,T
Ham Hardin, sentenced to serve twen I The entire state will be represent
ty years In the penitentiary on a I'd at the land show to be held In
charge of Improper conduct with his Portland November IS. K. P. Carter,
step daughter will g to Salem today
to argue nn appeal from the decision
"f the Circuit Court Judge Dlmlck
expects to obtain a new trial.
of (Hailstone, will be In charge of the
Clackamas county exhibit, which will
be as good aa that sent from this
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There .are 1,317 more registered
voters in Clackamns county thia year
than two years ago, according to the
flgurea of County Clerk Mulvey, which
were tabulated Wednesday. The reg
istration aa compared with two years
sgo follows:
1310 Total. 5.8t9; Republicans. 4.
2l; Democrats. 1I.S1; Prohibition,
97: Sociullst, 159; Independent 127;
non committal. 70.
1912 Total 7,1;; Republican
4.S72; Democrats. 1.576; prohibition
106: Socialist 284; Independent 2t;
non committal. 71.
hie family and physician have been
aware for some time that he could
probably nor survive. Overwork Is
given as the cause of hi Illness.
For more than a year Senator Hey.
burn bas been ln poor hoalth and In
that time has suffered several phys.
leal collapse. .The last occurred Au.
gust 24, when he was opposing the
Penrose.Anhbold investigation reso
lution. Since that date Senntor Hey.
burn has never been well, though hia
condition has varied from te to
time.
DEMOCRATS HOLD RALLY
AT BEAVER CREEK
The Democratic candidates for coun
ty o'ices addressed a fair sized crowd
at Beaver Creek Monday evening.
Those who spoke were Gilbert L.
Hedges, nominee for district attor.
ney: J. E. Jack, nominee for ssseasor;
E. T. Mass, nominee for sheriff; M. E.
Gartner, nominee for recorder and
The Republican candidates for
county offices addressed aTarge crowd
at Logan Friday evening. Among
those who spoke were E. C. Hacket,
nominee for sheriff; F'. M. Gill, nom
inee for representative ln the legls.
luture; J. F. Nelson, nominee for as
sessor; E. J. Dedman, nominee for
recorder and Chris Schuebel, nominee
for representative In the legislature.
The speakers were given close atten.
tlon. and representative citizens after
the meeting declared that the ticket
would be given a safe majority ln
that district
Error on Bal'ot
SALEM. Or.. Oct 23. Through an
error made ln the certification of the ! was Informed that her
official ballot to the County Clerks,
transposition occurs) in the print
ing of the ballot title to the majority
Gray's Crossing on the way to Port
land, and after temporary repairs
were made the car was taken to a
garage in Portland. None of them
could tell the location of the garage.
They said It took several hours to
make the repairs, which accounted
for their not returning home earlier.
All deny that anythisg happened on
the trip which would cause Miss Prof
litt to commit suicide. The party
drove through Main street, Ore.
gon City about I o'clock Friday morn
ing and had something to eat in a res
taurant Witnesses say as the car
went through Main Btreet one of the
girls was sitting In a man's lap. The
prisoners admitted that they had a
small bottle of port wine, but declar
ed that this was ail they bad had to
drink on the trip. None of them
thowed effect of having been drink'
ing.
Deputy District Attorney Stlppand
Sheriff Mass. after making an inves
tigation, decided that It would be best
to hold the girl and the two men un
til after the Inquest and the comple
tion of the post mortem examination
The girl was placed ln the custody of
Jail Matron Parker. Flnucane was
taken home to change his clothing,
and Timmons were locked up. Flnu
cane was later placed In jail.
Dr. Guy Mount, who Js conducting
the autopsy said late Friday .night:
"So for I have found nothing to in
dicate that. Miss Proflitt was attack
ed. She had been a patient of mine,
but I did not think she was seriously
Hi. It might have been thut she
brooded over her illness until she de
cided to end her life."
"I am still at a loss to find a motive
for the suicide," laid Sheriff Mass.
"The other members of the party fay
Miss Proffitt wasi In good spirits
when she left them, and that nothing
happened on the trip that mP'ht have
caused her to end her life. Tne moth
er said this was the flm time her
daughter had stayed away from home
at night, and it Is possible the girl
feared to face her parents."
Deputy District Attorney Stipp. af
ter hearing the report of Dr. Mount
said the only theory he could advance
for the girl's act wa that she feared
facing her parents after having been
out all night
Miss Johnson Is an orphan, and bas
been employed at the home of Peter
Hnsi,, Fourteenth and Center Btreet'.
She was detained in the sheriff's of
fice most of the day, but It wa not
until late In the afternoon that she
friend had
committed suicide The girl collap
sed snd was In an almosa hysterical
condition when taken by Deputy Sher
P 8. Noyr, nominee for represents of 'h ta,e constitution, rather than
tire in the legislature. ' rtlcl IV-
rule bill This error makes the title Miles to the borne of the Jail ma
read as an amendment to article VI ; tron- She begged plteou'ly to be al
lowed to go to the Haas home, but
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