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OUKOON CITV, OUKOON, Fill DAY, NOVKMIIEH 27, 1911.
KSTABLISHID 1M
OK
BENEFITS Or
DITCH
' ARE SEEfi
PANAMA WORKER OfCLARI
THAT COAST STATIS WILL
Dl MTTIRID
IHPQR1HHCE OF CUOL ESTABUSHED
j,mt Will Wat Plonter en "tha Zona
and Saw 10 MIU Strip tvolv
from Jungle lo Place
Of Htalth
Thai lha renama ratial will moan
much for Ilia development of the I 'a
rifle coast stales, la the opinion of
Jam Will, eteani shovel operator on
ttin ranai on from I909 up lo last
moiilh arid licensed dredge engineer.
Mr. Will la away from "Ilia tone" on
leave of alis-ni. U left lila work
October II ami on lha Oar following
aalU'il for New York CHy. From New
York he alerted writ and hla doatlna
lion waa Oregon. I. Ik" many
other men from the canal, Mr. Will la
planning quirt home, proliahly on
a farm and he Intimated Krlilny ' ulnlit
that t'larkamaa rounljr "liMikad food
to tiltn." He will leave Oregon t il jr
the latter irt ot Ihla month (or New
York and aall for the renal early Id
December. On hla way to tha Allan
lie eeaboard, Mr. Will will spend eev
rral daya In Chicago and Washington.
Oregon "furthereat Wttt."
Oregon City and Portland are the
"furthrrril wesl" poinia In hla travela.
"I have hern aa far out writ aa Ohio
before," he aald, "I like Ihla country
hut of rotiriM the kind of people one
tureta li really more than the climate
Thoae who I have met cut here are
friendly and every here there la a
ei'lrtt of hooallng and roor ration."
Mr. Will bellevra that the ranal will
draw thousands of homeaeeklnK fain
Hire to the roast alalea and at tha
name time hrlim the great market! of
Kurope In rloerr loui-h' with Oregon,
Washington and California. The Im
portance of the ranal In tha world'a
commerce la already eslanlisliM, ne
bellevra.
"Illg trnmp aleamrra, passenger
boata and even whalrra are passing
through the ranal. Thousands of dol
lar are aaved the ownera of even a
email ship which takra advantage of
the 'bin ditch.' " he aald. "Juat before
I left the tone, a alldo blocked part
of the ranal and during the five daya
all traffic waa blocked, a doien ahlpa
were forced to wait at eitner enq un
III we had dug channel. -
U at 1 14 at a naflhatrf
0 I y Wl IUe earverv erv wi
"A malorlty of th ahlpa going
throuah the canal are tramp steamers,
many loaded with augar. bound for
Atlantic! porta. fSlnco traffic lias heen
catitlillahed, three whnlora, after
apendlng I heir aeaaon on the Pacific
ocean off th roaat of South A merle
went through the canal on their way
to their homo porta.
Mr, Will hna a number of Interest.
Ing plclurea w hich he la alwaya w illing
to ahow. Scenes of alldca In the deep
er cuts, which he hna, are unusual for
their clearness and give a good Idea
of the difficulties which canal engl
neera must meet. In speaking of re
cent alldea, Mr. Will Mid
"The earth at Panama la different
from thla pnrt of the world. It la
pornue and thoae big alldea come In
the dry aeaaon aa woll aa the wet.
They tip over our steam shovels and
there waa on case where part of a
train waa wrecked before tha engl
neer could pull all of hla cara out of
thr way. There was one of the big
slldea a few days before I left and
there waa another only a few days
ago."
Was Pioneer on Zone.
When Mr. Will arrived on the canal
cone, the United States had only be
gun lo clean mo ten-mile strip 01
rover and disease. "We slept In a
tent and got along with only the bear
necessities. Now the government has
built big concrete block buildings for
tho men and every procnutlon In taken
for their health."
That many of the cnnul workers will
settle In- the coast stntea Is the opin
ion of Mr. Will. He declares that the
men are seeking a quiet home and a
small farm approaches their desires.
Several of the former government em
ployes are now In Portland and othor
northwest cities and tunny of them are
hunting for a homo. Others are yet
working on government projects in
other parts of the United States. Mr.
Will, when the work of the steam-
Bhovol was dune, secured a llconse as
a dredge engineer and when ho re
turns to the "big ditch" he will be en
gaged on one of the big dredges.
Whllo hero, the visitor from the
cnnul a. nit a lurge part of his time
with 'lAttse llazzul.
445 OUNCES OF COLD
IS TAKEN RON HI
The first gold from the Oxl Mono
laiu mine sluts Hie new mill waa coin
puled, iki en brought to Oregon
City by John Kalrrlouxh, preaiduiil of
ina company. The metal, which la In
the form of a small brick, weighs 414
ounces ana is temporally Held by I,
A. Nobrl.
The first shipment la only a bart of
in output of ihla year. All active
nliiliig work bsa bmn stopped for the
wlnier but It will probably be renewed
at an early spring month. Several
small changes are planned la the mill
In order to lucres lis capacity and It
will be necessary to haul certain new
piece of machinery to the plant while
work will begin aa early la the new
year as possible.
flCHT INDICTMENT
21 DIRECTORS OF NEW HAVEN
WILL PACE CHARGES UNDER
SHERMAN LAW
HEAVY TRAFFIC POTS
The road to Milwnukto by way of
WlllHhiirg and Ardimwald, used since
tho Mllwauklo road was cIohoiI, has
boon mndn almost Impassable by the
heavy traffic It carries from Clncka-
inns county.
Mllwnuklo rond between Portland
and Mllwauklo hns been closed for
several montn.8 while it Is holng re
built and a hnrd-Rurface laid. While
tho heavy work hns been completed,
thore Is considerable more to do be
fore it can be thrown open to the nub
ile As an alternative the traveling
piioiic from Mliwaukle and Clackamas
county may have to use the road by
way of Johnson Creek and Woodstock
on East Fifty-second street to get In
to I'ortlnnd If the WlIlBburg-Arden
wald rond Is closed before the Mliwau
kle road Is reopened to the public.
The contractor la pushing the work on
the Mliwaukle road, but it progresses
lowly owing to the character of the
Improvement.
NEW YOltK. Nov. 21. From au
Ihorllatlve sou re a it a learned that
the tweoly-ona directors and former dl
reclora f the New Haven who were
indicted November 2 under the Hher-
man law, will fight the government
proceedings to the bitter end. The
content, promlsra to be the greatest
egal battle In history, for every lech-
IcalUjcJa likely to be employed and
vejv queeUon aa lo procedure Inter
pol 11.
The Indicted directors, who have all
nicred pleas of not guilty, have until
Monday lo demur to the Indictments
It will Imi an Interesting session on
Monday, for It la assumed that the di
rectors will all be represented by
counsel, and II la probable that they
win ask to have the Indictments
quashed.
The li. dl- ted mrn, who face the dob-
Utility of a year's term In prison, aa
rii aa flnea of $5,000 each are:
William Rockefeller, brother of
John l end one of the chief figures
lu Ihe Standard Oil company.
Theodore N. Vail, head of the Hell
telephone.
George F. Haker, chairman of the
Unit National bank of New York.
I Lewie Cass U-dyard, one ot the
most distinguished American lawyers.
Charlea M. Pratt, philanthropist and
Standard Oil director.
Hotiarl W. TafL New Enaland cor
poraiion man.
Francla Maxwell, Connecticut busl
ness man.
William Skinner, New England man
ufartnrer.
John U Hlllard, Connecticut finan
cler.
Thomaa neWItt Cuyler, wealth Phil
adelphia railroad man.
Charlea F. lirooker, Connecticut In
dustlral promoter.
Henry K. Mcllarg, banker and rail
road director.
Edward D. nubbins, former general
counsel of the New Haven.
Oeorgo MacCulioi'h Miller, lawyer
and philanthropist.
What. In brief, la charged In the In
dlciment Is that the accused million
aires broke the Sherman anti-trust law
by using the credit ot the New Haven
road to buy the capital stock or con
trol of other New England carriers, or
to lease them, or to compel rivals to
enter Into combinations; and that
they stifled competition by various
means Including harassing litigation
against other corporations. One charge
Is that they exerclsod secret control
of the Joy line and the united States
Transportation Co.
A good deal of bitterness Is man!
fested among the Indicted directors to
ward their former associate, Mellon
An attorney who Is actively Interested
snld today: "One peculiarity is that
Mr. Mellon, the man primarily respon
sible for whatever has been done In
acquiring properties by the New
Haven, has been given Immunity
whllo men who were directors for
few months only were embraced In
the prosecution" According to this
lawyer, although the monopoly con
splracy was formed 25 years ago, the
theory of the Indictment Is that every
person who bocanie a director from
1890 to 1913, for however short a time,
became a participant in the original
offnnse.
No date has been set for the trial,
which will probably be postponed for
a considerable time, ror the Intricacy
of thb case requires a long period of
preparation.
HEW BATTLE LINE
FORMED III EAST
THIRD STRONG ARMY OP CIR
MANS IS MARCHING TO
WARD POLAND
STRIKCTH UNKNOWN TO RUSSIANS
Pttroarad Dtclsrts Succsss Nar Cra
caw Continues Austrlane Ad
mit Their fore! Mtet
With Rsverats
CONSUL WEDS 80CIETY GIRL
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Nov. 21. A
pretty romance culminated here to
day, when Theodore Jasckol, United
States consul at Stavangor, Norway,
took as his bride Miss Violet Rldgway,
one of the most prominent society
girls of this city. With only a month's
leave of absence allowed him, the
young consul, who lately entered tho
diplomatic service, crossed the seas to
claim his bride, and immediately arter
the wedding today the young couple
began their Journey to the coast of
Norway. , ,
Miss Rldgway has been a conspicu
ous figure in the social life of this city
and a greet favorite. She has been lu
Paris visiting Countess de Fermon
and only recently returned to prepare
for the wedding. Mr. Jaseckel Is a
Now Yorker, and completed his studies
at Williams college ontf Columbls Law
school.
I-ONDON. Nov. J 4. A third battle
front aouib of the river Warthe, In
Itusslan Poland, la bring developed by
the German forces, following their re
cent reverses In tha vicinity of Ixdi,
which have been confirmed by depend
able news, according to a late dispatch
from Prlrograd.
An official report Issued at Petro-
grad tonight aaya thr have been con
tinued Itusslan succenses on the Cra
cow front, where no November 22 the
Hiisslana look 6000 prisoners.
lb Germane are reported advanc-
ng along Ihla new line from Valtoun,
and Ihe Petrograd report admits that
the strength of the column Is unknown
here, aa the Teutons are being con
tinually shifted along the German
frontier behind these forces.
1 1st ilea on tho fronts north of the
Vistula and between the Vistula and
Wartiie are progressing violently.
In tho earlier dispatches no men
tion regarding the reported surround-
ng of the Ualaclan stronghold of Cra
cow waa credited to the general war
eadquarters In Petrograd. The last
official announcement anld the litis
lans were within 20 miles of that
dir.
Ilerlin dispatches give the official
erman reiiort regarding the cam-
signs against the Russians, hwlch
say that no decision baa resulted In
the battles In Poland. It la asserted
that the Teuton offensive east of Cra
cow Is progressing and that the Ger
mans are holding their own against the
usslan Invasion ot East Prussia, hut
that Russian reinforcements have de
layed a decision south of Warsaw.
General Llebert Is declared to be la
Merlin and General Tannewitt at the
head of hla command. An official re
port from Petrograd recently aald
Ihese officers were prisoners of the
Russlana.
A dispatch from Berlin admits that
the Austriana have abandoned some
ot the Carpathian paaaea to superior
forces ot Itusslana.
Tho report says a sortie from
Prremyal resulted In the Russians be
ing driven out of range of the city.
CERTIFICATE FROM
LAND SHOW HELD 4
BY JUDGE ANDERSON
A certificate showing that
Clackamas county won tha blub- 4
e est award In the Manufacturers' 4
4 and land Products shuw, which 4
recently closed In Portland,
- adorna the wall nur the desk of
County Judge Anderson. Jieslile
It la tha clock won by lha county
eihlbll at the elate fair held at
rlaiein.
Clsckamaa county bas been un- 4
4 usually successful ihla year. The 4
- county fair In Replember at Can- 4
by contained lh beat collection
of eihlblls which has been die- 4
4 played since the first display, ac- 4
4 cording lo the officials of lha fair 4
association. The pick of the 4
4 county products at lha Canny fair 4
was prepared and sent to Halom 4
4 where Clackamas carried off 4
4 highest prizes In the Wlllamotle 4
valley division. At Portland
Clackamaa waa again aucoeasful 4
4 and a first prize Is displayed to 4
4 ahow the merit a of the county s 4
products. O. K. Freytag had 4
4 charge of the eihlblls at Salem 4
4 and at Portland. 4
4 4
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COURTCOf IETES ffDBML 11 GETS
1915 ESTIMATES
GENERAL INCREASE IN MOST DE
PARTMENTS OVER 1914
IS NOTED
KELSO MERCHANT
TOILS BURGLARS
CHARLES JARL TAKES GUN FROM
INTRUDERS AND SCARES
THEM AWAY
ONE THOUGHT TO BE NEAR DEATH
"Dutch" 8trof Seized as Burglar When
He Seeks Aid In Wounded Con
ditionMass Hunts for
Othra
GIRL'S SLAYER,TAKEN,
FRED TRALNSON SAYS HE
"GLAD" HE SHOT MISS
EMMA ULRICH
KELSO, Wash.. Nov. 19. "Yes, I
killed Emma Ulrlch and I'm not sorry
that I did. If I couldn't have her I
fixed It so no one else could have her,'
said Fred Traunson, shortly after he
was caught a mile and a halt from
here today by Sheriff Close, of Cow
lltt county, and his deputy. Edward
Hull.
Weak nearly to the point of exhaus
tion from lnck of food for the past
two days, and suffering rom exposure,
day and night, Traunson made no re
sistance to the officers who trailed
him from Kalama on the county road
toward this city, after receiving notice
by telephone from a farmor who had
recognised Traunson from the photo
graph which appeared In Portland papers.
Sheriff Close's Informant refused to
give his name, as he declared that he
xantod no publicity In the cose. He
assured Mr. Close, however, that he
was certain of his man and his ap
pearance tallied perfectly with the description.
The sheriff and his deputy procured
a vehicle and pursued Traunson, who,
when overtaken by the officials, con
fessed. The fugitive carried a 32-
caliber revolver In his hip pocket.
The prisoner talks little, has a dis
tant stare In his eye, apparently has
little or no idea of the meaning of the
crime he committed, and to the offi
cials thore seems to be no doubt that
he Is deranged mentally.
Traunson hnd no money, but carried
In his pocket the picture of Miss Ul
rlch, clipped from a newspaper of
Tuesday, which he frequently looks at
ud fondles.
AIR OF IS. ML
DEDICATE CALIFORNIA BUILDING
SAN FRANCISCO. Calif.. Nov. 21.
The dedication of the California build
ing at the exposition, which event took
place today, wos featured by the pres
ence ot the most beautiful women of
California. It was a big day for the
fair sex. for the queens of the various
carnivals of the state were brought to
gether for the occasion. City and state
officials took part In the ceremonies
of dedication.
The reward of $1000 which was of
fered by Thomas F. Cowing for the ap
prehension of the murderer ot his
daughter, Mrs. Ruth Cowing Hill, her
husband and two children at Arden
wald on the night of June 9, 1911, has
been withdrawn.
Mr. Cowing gives for his reason the
passage of the amendment abolishing
capital punishment. He declares that
with the end of the death penalty,
there Is no punishment which Is
strong enough for the man who killed
the Hill family. Mr. Cowing formerly
lived In Oregon City.
In Sweden, public employment bur
eaus are operated by the government.
Awakened about S o'clock Monday
morning by a burglar demanding his
money, Charlea Jarl, a merchant at
Kelso, grabbed the Intruder's revolver
and shot five times, two of the bullets
striking the robber.
Late Monday "Dutch' Strof stag
gered up to the residence of an elder
ly woman at 4863 Sixty-third street
Portland and asked for help. Strof
waa bleeding from severe gunshot
wounds In the left breast and in the
left thigh. Strof now Is Under guard
at St. Vincent's homtai. -
Jarl aleepa in the rear of hla store.
Shortly after 3 o clock he waa awak
ened to gaze into the flare of a pocket
flashlight
"Hands up," demanded the man be
hind the light.
"Har, bar," replied Jarl, thinking a
member of the general store council
was playing a joke on him.
"Where do you keep your money!
We mean business," demanded the rob
ber. Jarl gazed around with blinking
eyes and, perceiving a second burglar
working on his safe with a drill, he
put up his hands.
Hut as Jarl reached up be wrenched
the revolver from the cracksman's
hand and commenced shooting. The
burglar at the safe didn't wait to see
what happened. He bolted out the
front door.
The other robber, however, Jerked
out another revolver, but the weapon
wouldn't work, and in the meantime
Jarl was shooting like a trained sol
dler. Relieving it to be the wisest
course, the burglar followed his part
ner out the front door.
Jarl got up and turned on the lights.
At 3:30 o'clock Monday morning he re
ported the burglarly to Sheriff Mass
in the county seat and early that morn
ing the official with Deputy Miles set
out tor the scene of the crime. A
search of the place brought out many
facts. In their hurried flight, the
would-be robbers left behind them
nltro-glycerlne, soap, two sticks of
giant powder, a blanket, and a brace
and bit.
Only three bullet holes could be
found. Jarl had fired five times. That
left two bullets yet to be located, and
the fact that Strof had been shot
twice and tailed to explain how his in
jury was sustained led the police to
believe Strof Is the robber. The oth
er man has not been apprehended. The
robbers stole a horse and buggy be
longing to O. H. JonBrud, a dairyman
at Kelso, and with this vehicle made
their escape to Portland.
As soon as Sheriff Mass learned mat
Strof would not talk, he began a
search of the other men thought to
be involved in the case. He believes
that he knowB the identity of two
others who were in the burglary.
Multnomah county officials co-operat
ed with Sheriff Mass on the case.
JI5,O00 ALLOWED FOR NEW JAIL
County Will Raise 9,000 for General
Purposes, Excluding Road Tax
Dtctmbtr 19 Oat for
Taxpayers' Mtsting
Tha county court after two daya of
steady application, completed tha bud
get for 1915 Thuraday and aet Decern
bor IS as the date for the taxpayers'
meeting when objections to the esti
mate can be made.
The budget follows In a general way
the eatlmates made for 1914. There
Is a general Increase In the 1915 bud
get over the one for thia year which
extends through all dcpirtmente of the
county's business. The ezpenditures
of the last year were carefully checked
over and each of the officials at the
court bouse made a detailed estimate
of the expendlturea Ic hla department
for the coming rear.
Included In the budget Is 115,000 for
the estimated coat of a new Jail. All
recent grand Juries have advised
either the construction of a new Jail
or a complete repair of the present
one. but previously the county bas
been unable to take the step because
of lack of available funds. Several
prisoners have escaped from the pres
ent cells and they are regarded aa un
healthy and unsanitary.
Including the cost of the new Jail,
but not allowing for the road, school.
or state taxes, the county will raise for
the general running evpenscs a total
of $112,947 against $87,080 for this
year. The budget estimates the state
tax for 1915 at $125,000 which Is con
siderably under the $155,661.70 which
was raised this year. The estimated
school tax la $15,200 which is also un
der this year's tax of $94,617.90.
The receipts of the county from oth
er sources outside ot taxea Is placed
at $15,400 by the budget. Of this sum
$7000 comes from both the clerk's
and the recorder's office, $650 from I
the sheriff and $750 from the flues In
the circuit court.
The budget makes no allowance for
the road fund and does not estimate
the levy for 1915. County Judge An
derson Is ot the opinion that if there
Is any reduction In the county tax It
must be In the road levy and thla mat
ter will come before the taxpayers'
meeting next month.
COUNTERFEIT COINS
Elxhlen counterfeit $5 gold pieces,
found on the Houthern Pacific right-of-way
by school children October 22,
were turned over to William Glovr,
of tha L'nlted States secret eervlo
bureau Saturday morning by Chief of
Police Shaw.
The colna are of lead, about the
same weight of tha regular gold pieces
and bear tha goddnesa bead on aide
and Ihe shield on the other. The word
five" la distinguishable with date and
worda "I'nited States of America."
The gold leaf or paint covering was
well worn off on most of the pieces.
It waa thought when the coins were
found that they were thrown away by
tramps rounded up lb day preceding.
ESTIMATES POINT
TO LOWER LEVIES
OREGON CITY PROPERTY OWNER
WILL FACE RATE OF
ABOUT $4.7 MILLS
DISTRICT SCHOOL CUT IS CfflllKT
HOP G1WERS IL
UNITE IN 3 BODIES
OREGON, WASHINGTON AND CAL
IFORNIA WILL EACH HAVE
PROTECTIVE COMPANY
HLE EXPENSE LISTS
REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN FUND
TOTALS 1458.50 DEMO
CRATS SPEND $125.05
The largest amount spent in Clack
amas county for campaign purposes
was by the Republican central com
mittee, according to the statements
which have been filed with County
Clerk Mulvey. The total campaign
fund of the Republicans was $468.60
but 20 per cent of this amount was
refunded to the candidates who con
tributed.
The Democrats came second with
an expense account of $125.05. Wil
liam Wilson, the successful aspirant
for Bheriff has the lar'gest individual
evpense list which totals $71.60. The
bulk of the expenses of the Republican
candidates was their assessment to
the county campaign fund.
The accounts which have been filed
under the corrupt practices act follow:
W. L. Mulvey for the Republican cen
tral committee, $468.50; D. E. Frost,
$2.74; Democratic central committee,
$125.05; J. J. Cooke, $46.10; Emma
Rayner, nothing, John Sievers, noth
ing; Adam Knight, $26.50; Henry
Koehler, $45; H. S. Clyde, $14.75; M.
E. Dunn, $60.38; Iva M. Harrington,
$65.12; William Wilson, $71.50; E. P.
Dedman, $48.09; J. O. Staats. $35,55;
W. E: Hempstead, $18.68; H. S. An
derson, $58.04; H. H. Johnson, noth
ing; J. V. Smith, $3; and W. C. Green,
$58.30.
SALEM, Ore, Nov. 20. For the
protection of growers, to put an end
to the contracting of the product as at
present and to Induce the brewers to
buy American-grown bopa Instead of
European bops, representatives of as
sociations of California, Oregon and
Washington, at a meeting here today,
decided upon Ihe organization at once
of three corporations, one for each
state.
The meeting Is considered the most
important ever held by the bopgrow
era of the United States, and action
was not taken until after consideration
for several daya of various plans. For
the present, at least, the suggestions
to organize a Pacific Hopgrowers' as
sociation, with affiliated associations
In Oregon. California and W ashington
has been abandoned.
Articles of Incorporation for the
three corporations will provide that
they are to continue In existence at
least three years. The capital stock
of each will be fixed by a board of di
rector and probably will be $500,000
for the California association and
$300,000 each for the Oregon
Washington associations.
Under the agreement reached
minimum price to be offered
grower will be fixed each year by the
board ot directors ot the state corpora
tion. It probably win not be less than
H cents for choice hops, 10 oenta for
primes, 9 cents for mediums and 8
cents for commons.
The corporation will sell the bops. If
possible, for a price higher than that
received by the grower, and the grow
er will receive the benefit ot the ad
vance over what be previously re
ceived, less a commission to the cor
poration of half a cent a pound to de
fray the expenses ot the business
management. It Is believed that
through this arrangement demoraliza
tion of prices such as have occurred In
the past can be avoided and that there
will be less opportunity for specula
tion. It is not the intention of the as
sociations to antagonize . reputable
dealers, but it will aid them In every
way possible to maintain prices.
The delegates deny any intention of
the associations to fix arbitrary prices,
which will be governed by supply and
demand as in the past, they declare.
They hope, however, to Increase the
demand by inducing the brewers of
this county to favor American-grown
hops.
and
the
the
E. NOW
BEFORE HIGH COURT
ATTEMPT OF W. E. PURDY TO
GAIN POSSESSION OF PROP
ERTY IS COSTLY
NEW WAR CHIEF
CHICAGO OPERA OPENS
CHICAGO, Nov. 23. The Chicago
Grand Opera company opened tonight
for ten weeks of opera, this being Its
fifth consecutive season. Cleofonte
Campanlni is the director-general. Ger
man opera will have a larger place in
the repertoire. Madame Edythe Walk
er, an American, is with the company,
and Mine Schumann-Heinck will sing
the roles which made her famous.
?-jSSJS A
HAWLEY MILL IS NOT ?
AFFECTED BY THE WAR
OR "HARD TIMES" S
S Despite the financial depress S
J sion and the fact that other pa- 4
per mills here are running on re
duced schedules, the Hawley Pulp $
S & Paper company is operating all S
machines on full time. Each ma- i
$ chine has a full complement ot t
men and the some time is main- $
tained now as when there was a
stronger demand for paper. Other O
3 mills here, as the result of a nar- i
e rowed market, are now operating $
$ on short time. 4
WASHINGTON. D. C, Nov. 21.
The promotion of Brigadier General
Hugh Ls Scott to the office of chief of
staff of the United States army brings
to the front again the famous cavalry
man whose dealings with the Indians
as Uncle Sam's representative did
much to end the uprisings and to
create the uplift movement among, Qne get be,n km t0 the other ftp
SALEM, Ore., Nov. 20, (Special)
The famous Winters case, the fight of
W. E. Purdy, late non-partisan candi
date for Governor, for possession of a
brick block In Portland, Is before the
Supreme court. It has been before
the high court once before, on appeal
from decision of Judge McGinn.
The case attracted much interest or
iginally because of the strange fact
that H. D. Winters left property, in
good times easily worth $100,000, to a
man not related to him. They were
partners and closely connected In busi
ness for fifteen years. After Winters
death Purdy produced a deed to the
property which, had been buried at
request of decedent who died Inte
state. In the first suit no heirs
showed up. But when Purdy's title
was contested, seven sets of heirs, no
County Tax Will be OrsaUr But State
Less Citlf and School Dis
tricts File Notices of
Sptclal Lsvlsa
the red men. General Scott assumed
his new office this week, on the retire
ment of General Wotherspoon under
the age provisions of army Not the
least of General's Scott's accomplish
ments is bis knowledge ot Indian sign
languages. He was governor of Sulu
Archipelago and abolished slavery and
the slave trade thore. General Scott
Is a Kentucklan by birth, and will re
tire in September, 1917.
HYDROPHOBIA IS REPORTED
SALEM, Ore., Nov. 21. Dr. Calvin
S, White, secreary of the state board
of health, who was in this city today,
said that there are cases of hydro
phobia in Umatilla, Clackamas and
Jackson counties. He said further
that a case of hydrophobia bad de
veloped near Hubbard Monday, the pa
tient being a child of M. Wyckoff. The
dog he said, was owned by Thurston
Yeargin.
Dr. White announced that a vigor
ous campaign would be the only
means to stamp out the disease.
peared. There were sixty in all and
on their behalf twenty-nine lawyers
were employed. The court called a
jury and allowed each set of heirs
three challenges and the state had
three challenges. Purdy had three
challenges and there was a long strug
gle getting a jury. Purdy tri'-l his
own case, and it took three reens.
Court reporting cost $20 a day, and
the cost run up into the thousands.
Among the witnesses were old white
haired women from the far east, and
fees and mileage bills were enormous.
Candidate Purdy argued his own case
for two hours. Ralph Citron and John
P. Logan appeared as special counsel
for Governor West. A petition signed
by 1700 citizens was presented to the
governor asking him to inquire into
the charge that Purdy had forged the
deed. There will probably be bills
for the legislature to pay for counsel
employed to escheat the case. One
strange feature in the trial, was ad
mitting as evidence the former opln
Ion of the supreme court In the Win
ters' case, written by Justice Mc-
Brlde.
A lower tax rate for both city and
county taipayera Is the cheerful proav
pect which la brought out by official
budgets and unofficial eatlmates thla
year.
The plea for economy, which was so
prominent In the last state campaign,
has apparently baa Its effect and
general reduction in state and school
lax Is the result.
Krom as reliable eatlmates as ran
be prepared at the present time, the
levy In Oregon City will be close to
24.7 milts which I a reduction of 3.4
mills under last year's mark of SI S.
The principal reductions are made tn
state and the Oregon City school dis
trict levies.
The general county levy will be
mllla If the budget which was pre
pared last week by the county court
Is approved at the taxparera' meeting.
Tbia la an Increase of 1.3 mills over
last year's levy and includes an ap
propriation ot $15,000 for a new coun
ty jail.
Stats Tax Is Cut
The county road levy will be left
largely with the taxpayers at the an
nual meeting. Judge Anderson baa
said several times that if there Is to
be any decrease In the total county
tax, the road levy must be cut. Last
year the rate was 8 mills and In the
budget for 1915 the court proposes that
It remain the same. In the tax esti
mates which have been prepared no
allowance waa made for outstanding
road warrants. A levy of 1.4 mills
was made In last year's budget for
these warrants.
The county court estimated that the
state tax would be cut from 5.1 mills to
1 mills, a reduction of 1 mill. Coun
ty school tax will be 3J mills, accord
ing to the budget, which shows a slight
increase.
The total state and county tax levy
for the taxes to be collected next year
will be about 19 mills or approximate
ly 1 mill less than the year preceding.
To determine the total tax in any dis
trict of the county, add the local
school, road or city tax levy to 19
to obtain the rate In mills.
Local School Levy Lower.
Oregon City will face a 10-mlU city
tax, the highest rate allowed under the
charter. The local school board has
been able to draft a budget In which
the city's school can be operated at
the same Btandard but with a tax levy
.6 mills lower. For the local prop
erty owner this Is the largest reduction.
OutRlde nf Oregon CUv Diiwrn Iiab
the highest city tax rate in the county
and West Linn the lowest The town
across the river will pay on a 2-mill
rate and Oswego 10 mills. Mliwaukle
has adopted an 8-mlll levy and both
Sandy and Willamette 5 mills.
Several school districts will not re
quire special taxes, but the number
will not exceed a dozen. Others will
have a special tax of .5-mIlI. Hill
crest has the highest special tax rate,
15 nilllg, wblch will be used to pay off
the debt on a new school building.
Districts File Notices or Levies.
School clerks must file notices of
special levies with the county superin
tendent, the assessor and the county
clerk before the first of December.
The following have been filed
Evergreen, 2 mills; Wilson ville, 2
mills; Greenwood, 10 mills; Currins
ville, 1 mill; One-Hundred-and-Twen-ty-Two,
6 mills; Molalla, 4 mills; Vi
ola, 2 mills; Parkplace. 9 mills; Wil
lamette, 5.6 mills; Stone, 6 mills;
Douglas, 2 mills; Lcaland, 3 mills;
Hatton, 4 mills; Ardenwald, 6 mills;
Beaver Creek. .5 mill; New Colton, 5
mills Canby, 8 mills; Sunnyslde, 2
mlllB; Jones' Mill. 3 mills; Upper
Highland, 3 mills; Tracy, 2.5 mills;
Oak Lawn, 2 mills; Brown, 4 mills;
Porter, 5 mills; North Logan. 2 mills;
Advance, 3 mills; Alberta, 1 mill;
Marquam, 3 mills; Barlow, 1 mill; San
dy Union high school (high school dis
trict No. 2), 2 mills; Corral, 2 mills;
Needy, 1 mill; Parrot Mountain, 2
mills; Hood View, 1 mill; Dover, 4
mills; Nienty-One, 1.5 mills; Dodge,
5 mills; Bear Creek, 3 mills; Kelso,
mill; Aurora, 2 mills; Canemau, 2
mills; Redland, 3 mills; Barton, 3
mills; Htllcrest, 15 mills; Clarke, 2 .
mills; Russleville, 3.5 mills; North
Butteville, 2 mills; Beaver Lake, 2
mills; Jennings Lodge, 2 mills; Clair
monl, 3 mills; Cherry ville, 10 mills;
Carus, 1 mill; Liberal, 3 mills; East
Clackamas, 2 mills, and Boring, 2
mills.
W. S. U'REN FAILS TO
SALEM, Ore.. Nov. 19. The author
of Oregon's corrupt practices act, W.
S. U'Ren, recently a candidate for gov-
ernor, nas louna Himself unable to
comply with one of its most important
provisions.
In a letter to Secretary of State 01
cott, U'Ren writes that he haB mis
placed a memorandum book contain
ing his statements of expenses during
his campaign. The law provides that
all receipts must accompany state
ments ot expenditures sent to tne sec
retary of state.
"I have no means of replacing the
Information that was In the account
book," writes Mr. U'Ren, who estimat
ed his total expenditures at $540.04.
Mr. Olcott replied that tt would be
necessary for Mr. U'Ren to supply the
receipts, either In original or duplicates.