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THE MORNING OREGONIAN. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1906. STATE CANNOT SUE Warner Valley Settlers Must Fight Their Own Battle. SUPREME COURT DECIDES .Vasses on One Point In Celebrated ' C'use Involving Valuable Swamp Lands Killings Made on Five Other Appeals. SALEM. Or.. July 3L (Special.) The Warner Valley settlers were defeated in the Supreme Court today in the uit irought in their behalf by Attorney-Gen- 1 Crawford In the name of the State .Oregon. The opinion of the court was "fitten by Justice Hailey. But one point 'cided in the case that the State of ton has no Interest in the controversy an therefore cannot maintain the suit. This decision does not necessarily termi nate the effort of the Bottlers to hold their lands from the Warner Valley Stock Company, but if further litigation Is had it must be in the name of the settlers themselves, and not in the name of the etate. The Warner Valley Stock Company cluln-.ed title to this land under deeds from the state issued in pursuance of the swamp land law. The settlers claimed as donees of the Government under the homestead, timber culture and pre-emption laws. Numerous questions were pre sented in the argument of the case, but the court does not pa&s upon them for the reason that the point above-mentioned is decisive of the case. The court says that if the land was not swamp, as the state alleges, then the state could have no claim to it and could not be the beneficiary of a decision in its favor. Having no interest in the issue, it cannot maintain the suit. The decision affirms a decree entered by Judsro Benson sustaining a demurrer to the complaint and dismissing the suit. Other dec'sions handed down today were as follows: Sheak vs. Grandy. J. K. Sheak. respondent, vs. Ben W. Grandy. appellant, and E. J. AVilbur, M. S. Block, defendants, from Union Coun ty, Robert Eakin, Judge; affirmed; opin ion by Chief Justice Bean. it id held in this case that a part pay ment by one of several Joint debtors or his administrator or trustee will keep the debt alive as to the other Joint debt ors. The court cites as authority the cases of Partlow vs. Singer, 2 Ore.. 207, and Sutherlln vs. Roberts, 4 Ore.. 378, and says that the rule announced in these rases "has been acquiesced in by the legislature and the people, and if a c hange should ever be made, It lies with he legislature, and not with the courts. The courts cannot always be Inquiring into the original Justice or wisdom of rules long established and accepted." Shaw vs. Hemphill, William Shaw, appellant, vs. Giles Hemphill et al., respondents, from Union County, Robert Eakin. Judge, reversed; opinion by Justice Moore. In this case an action was brought in a Justice's court and Judgment given for plaintiff, and defendant appealed to the Circuit Court. After the transcript had been filed plaintiff moved to dismiss the appeal, supporting his motion by an un contradicted affidavit that the name of the. Justice as signed on the transcript was not written by him or by any -person authorized to sign bis name. Held, that the Circuit Court erred in denying the motion to dismiss. Oliver vs. Synhorst. Anna Oliver, appellant, vs. Fred Syn horst, Street Superintendent of the City of La Grande, respondent, from Union County, Robert Kakln. Judge; reversed; opinion by Chief Justice Bean. Held, that where a street had been laid out on a plat of an addition to a city, but had never been thrown open to the public, but had been Improved and used by the original owner and his assigns, the city is estopped from proceeding to open the street 29 years later. Kane vs. Xilttlefield. Bridget Kane, respondent, vs. David I.lttletteld and Fred Cole, appellants, from Baker County, Samuel White, Judge; modified; opinion by Justice Moore. Haun vs. Martin. James F. Haun, appellant, vs. Edward J. Martin, respondent, from Wallowa County, Robert Eakin, Judge, affirmed; opinion by Chief Justice Bean. BANNER DAY FOR FISHERMEN i-alnion Catch on Columbia Breaks Record for Season. ASTORIA, Or.. July 31. (Special.) This was the banner day of the pres ent fishing season and the deilveries at the canneries and cold storage plants (were larger than 'on any previous day since the season opened. A good por tion of the catch was made by gillnet jters and a number of them secured about a ton each. Seiners also did well, !tiOme of them getting' as high as eight and ten tons. The fish average rather :Kmall but are of excellent quality with, very few "tules' among them. The prices established on Saturday evening by the canners of 6 cents per pound for small fish and 7 cents for those weighing 28 pounds or over still continue, although some of the cold storage people are reported to be pay ing an intermediate price of 6 cents for fish weighing 25 to 28 pounds. A salmon weighing 28 pounds and marked by the removal of the adipose tin and the anterior half of the dorsal lin was cauht yesterday and delivered to the Sanborn-Cutting Company's riant. The fish is marked the same as were those turned out by the Govern ment from the Clackamas River hatch ery in 1304. EDITORS ENTER INTO COMBINE Whitman County Newspapers Will Demand Pay Prpm Candidates. SPOKANE, Wash., July 31. (Special.) It has remained for the editors of Whitman County to solve the problem that confronts editors in every politi cal campaign to determine Just how much they deserve for supporting the "straight" party ticket and to actually collect it. Heretofore every paper In Whitman County, except one, has sup ported the Republican ticket without deviation. This year but one editor will support the straight ticket. The remain der have formed a trust in which every member pledges himself to determine individually which candidate will be Indorsed in his editorials for the re spective offices. Each candidate Is thus required to pay for all the advertising he gets and the agreement contemplates that the regular advertising rates shall be de manded for all campaign literature. Idaho Wheat Is Scorched. LEWTSTON. Idaho. July 81. (Spe cial.) E. W. Ewes, of the Vollmer Clearwater Grain Company, of this city. states that the wheat crop or the Nes Perces and Camas Prairie countries has been damaged 25 per cent by the hot weather of the past month. Fall grain will be close to an average crop, but Spring-sown wheat was hard hit by the heat. Wheat, he thinks, will go 20 bushels to the acre, barley 40 bushels, oats 40 and flax 10. The oats crop is short this year. Big Wheat Sales Made. PENDLETON, Or.. July 31. (Special.) Today several large deals in wheat were made, aggregating 30.000 bushels. The largest lot, consisting of 17,000 bushels, went to the Pacific Coast Elevator Com pany, at 58 cents flat, which is the pre vailing price this year. Wheat has been somewhat damaged by hot winds so the yield per acre has been brought down a trifle, although wheat that ripened tests on an average 61 pounds per bushel, mak ing it No. 1. Complains Against Stepmother. OREGON CITY, Or.. July 31. (Special.) Mary Resch. aged 13 years, of Wllson- vuie, was touiiy bcii. v j " ...... Girls' Aid Society where she will be de tained, pending the Investigation of charges of mistreatment that have been, preferred against the girl's parents by neighbors. Resch conducts the Boone ferry and has been married three-times. It la alleged the stepmother has grossly mistreated the glrL Incorporating the Molalla Road. OREGON CITY, Or., July 3L (Special.) Articles of Incorporation are being pre pared in this city for the incorporation of a company for the purpose of building tn electrlo railway system between this city and the fertile Molalla country. The names of the incorporators have not been made public, but it Is learned that the CAREER OF JOINT REPRESENTATIVE TWENTY-FIRST DISTRICT PRINEVILIE. July 31. (Special.) -e-.. .'..(-:- v- Dr. Horace F. Belknap. scheme has the 'substantial backing of local and Portland capitalists who are eager to finance the project. Old Idaho Town Is Burned. LEWISTON, Idaho, July 31. (Spe cial.) Fire, which originated from the explosion of an oil stove, destroyed the business portion of the town of Spald ing at an early hour this morning; loss $9000. Spalding, known on the rail road maps as North Lapwai, was stab llshed as a missionary post In 1836. Mayor Schmltz Fills Vacancies. SAN FRANCISCO, July SI. Mayor Schmitz today appointed G. H. Umbsen, a prominent real estate mant and Harry T. Cresswell, formerly city and county at torney. Police Commissioners to fill the vacancies caused by the death of General Warfleld and the resignation of Herbert U Law. HEAT KILLS PROSPECTORS MANY DIE FN THE DESERTS OF CALIFORNIA. Temperatures of 135 at Ballaratand 160 Near Redlands Recorded. Eight Fatal Cases. LOS ANGELES, Cal., July 31. Accord ing to reports which have reached this city, terrible heat Is prevailing in the Inyo County gold fields and adjacent deserts, and prospectors are dying dally from the Effects, w. H. Adams, a mining engineer, who left Los Angeles July 6, for the Fanamint Range, and who has just returned to the city, states that eight prospectors were brought In dead from the heat while he was in the region. Dur ing his stay at Panamint, six bodies were brought there, all victims of sunstroke. The heat, he says, is terrible and un abated day or night. At Ballarat, he re lates, the thermometer registered 135 at noon and at midnight following had dropped to but 116 degrees, which was the average for three days. In the desert sec tion, lying south of Redlands, he says the mercury went up to 160 and could record no higher. Trans-Atlantic a Welcher. SAN FRANCISCO, July 31. The Trans Atlantic Fire Insurance Company, of Hamburg, Germany,' has refused to pay San Francisco Insurance claims approxi mating $4,000,000. The following state ment was given out late last night by the local officials of the company: "The Trans-Atlantlo Fire Insurance Company denies liability upon the ground that the losses arose from an overwhelm ing catastrophe, due to a visitation of providence, for Indemnity against the consequences of which the policy never was Intended provide and does not provide. Moreover, the attitude of the reinsuring companies at home compels the Trans-Atlantic to assume this posi tion. 'Denied Change of Venue. LOS ANGELES, Cal., July 31. Ernest G. Stackpole, charged with the murder -of Joel Scheck, roust stand trial in this county. He was today denied a change of venue in the Superior Court. More than BOO affidavits were submitted by the Dis trict Attorney affirming the belief that Stackpole could secure a fair trial here. Mrs Scheck, accused of being an acces sory to the murder of her husband is still in the county jail. Astoria Police Court Fines. ASTORIA, Or., July 81. (Special.) The amount collected by the police de partment from fines and forfeitures during the month of July was $1690, be ing the largest sum every collected from the same source during any single month in the history of the city. The same department also collected $1724.50 for sundry licenses during the month. WANTS EARLY FRUIT Hood River Will Send Fall Ap ples to, England. FIRST CASE ON RECORD Market Heretofore Has Been Sup plied From the Eastern States. v Eight Carloads to Be Rushed Acros9 the Atlantic. HOOD RIVER, Or.. July 21. (Spe cial.) Negotiations were closed today between a large Eastern commission firm ana the Hood River Apple-Growers' Union for a large shipment of ear ly Fall apples, which will be sent to England. This shipment will consist of eight carloads of apples, and marks a new era In the history of apple ship ments from the Far West, as hereto fore the market for early apples has been supplied from the Eastern States. The fruit will be shipped some time between the last of August and Sep tember 10, and will be rushed through. When asked for Information SrT this new feature of the apple business Dr. Horace P. Belknap, with Dr. George H. Merryman elected Joint Representatives from the Twenty first Representative District, com prising Crook, Grant, Klamath and Lake Counties, is a native son, born n Monroe, Benton County, and reached the half-century post this year. Representative Belknap received his education at Willamette Univer sity, Ann Arbor and Bellevue Med ical College. New York, becoming a full-fledged doctor of medicine In 1686. Shortly afterward he located In Prineville. where he has since resided, contented and prosperous in the practice of medicine. In politics Dr. Belknap has taken some Interest, having been during the past 15 years County School Su perintendent, County Treasurer and Mayor of Prineville. For several years past be has eschewed active politics, devoting his entire atten tion to his increasing medical prac tice and mining. He is studious and quiet in his habits, a deep thinker, of few words, and a man who makes friends wherever he goes. Manager Shepard, of the Fruit-Growers' Union, said: "These apples will consist of the va rieties known as Wealthles, Kings and Gravenstelns, and are early Fall ap ples, which have heretofore been con sidered too perishable to be sent abroad. We have been Induced to try this experiment of shipping early-apples to England by Eastern apple dealers, who are familiar with the Hood River product and its excellent keeping qualities, and who think the shipment can be accomplished success fully. Inferior to Oregon Product. "The demand for early apples abroad has In former years been supplied from the orchards of New York, New Eng land and Eastern Canada. The fruit from those sections has not the keep ing qualities of the Hood River article and is far Inferior in every way to the fancy Western apples. Shipments of early Eastern apples to England and other points across the Atlantic have not been altogether successful during the past few years, as as there Is an excellent market for them there, apple dealers have been looking elsewhere to supply the'demand. "This shipment will, of course, be somewhat in the nature o an experi ment, but we think by exercising extra care and picking the apples slightly earlier than usual, they will arrive In first-class condition. "If we can market these early ap ples on the Continent successfully we will at once create a demand for them that we now have for our Newtowns, Spitzenbergs and other high-grade but later apples. Gravenstelns, Kings and Wealthies do not. of course, bring the price that the later and longer-keeping varieties do, and heretofore they have been sold mostly to the local trade. We have, however, secured a very good price for this shipment, with an agree ment that we shall receive all profits above a certain amount of commission. Experiment Means Much. "Our efforts to market our New towns in Europe in the face of the competition from the Hudson River Valley having been successful, we now hope to meet with the same success In this new venture. If we do, we will have placed the apple business in Hood River Valley on a more profitable basis than it even now is. and will have created a market for Hood River fruit that will be practically, unfailing." Other apple men say that the early Fall apples from here are even earlier than those from the Far Eascern States, and can be marketed In advance of. them and command better prices. They say also that in view of the iact that reports from the various other apple-growing sections of the United States are to the effect that there will be a large apple crop this year, the de mand for Western apples -so early In the season proves their superiority. UNION IiABEJj IS ABANDONED Backbone of Shingle Weavers' Strike Broken at 'Tacoma. TACOMA. Wash. July 31. (Special.) It was 4 o'clock this morning before dele gates of the International Shingle Weav ers' Union adjourned their conference, which began Monday evening. The ses sion was not only long, but decidedly live ly at times, two factions being repre sented among the 40 or 45 delegates pres out. One faction demanded to be allowed to return to work. The other faction, led by officers of the International, demanded a continuance of the 'trlke. It was agreed to abandon the demand for a union label on all shingles. On the closed shop proposition, one faction de manded that local unions be authorized to settle for themselves, whether or not they would demand a closed shop, the officers' faction demanding that the closed shop be obligatory. Of about 40 mills in the state, 10 per cent have signed an agreement to put the union label on all shingles and for the closed shop. The mills which have signed this agreement will be asked between now and August 7 to sign an agreement to employ only union men. If the com mittees succeed in getting enough mills In line for a closed shop the strike will i A LETTER TO OUR READERS 53 Cottage St., Melrose, Mass. 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San Francisco Rapidly Recuperating While State at Large Was Never More Prosperous. SAN FRANCISCO. July 31. In Its monthly bulletin of progress. Issued today, the California Promotion Committee says: "Wonderful activity has been shown in all lines in San Francisco during the month of .July, and reconstruction work has been pushed with vigor. There was a loss of 335.000 of the city's population dur ing the first month after the fire, but it is estimated that more than 200,000 have re turned, while 60,000 are waiting In nearby cities for accommodations In order that they may return. The present population Is estimated at 365.000. "The transcontinental railroads report east-bound travel as normal, while the west-bound travel Is far above the normal. The number of people receiving relief In the city has been reduced from 222.000 during the first week to less than 17,000. Hotel accommodations are now satisfac tory and are rapidly being placed In con dition , to cwrl for -ail- .who may come. There is a. great demand for ordinary la borers, and for workmen in all depart ments of the building trades. "In the state, conditions indicate one of the most prosperous years in the history of California. Crops are exceptionally good, especially grain. Labor is In de mand at good wages for harvesting the crops of grain and fruit. Reports from the mining districts indicate a greater output of mineral wealth than for several years past." PROBING ELECTION FRAUDS District Attorney Sits as Grand Jury at The Dalles. ( HOOD RIVER, Or., July 31. (Spe cial.) For two days District Attorney Frank Menefee, of Wasco County, has been taking testimony at The Dalles as to the election frauds which are said to have been perpetrated at Hood River last June. The charges of fraud were brought by the opponents of local option, which was successful here this year, and which was vigorously fought by the Prohibition element. The charges are to the effect that many votes that were sworn in on the repre sentations of freeholders were illegally cast, as the freeholders were unac quainted with the voters. In all, 18 subpenas were served, and 14 witnesses went to The Dalies to testify In the case. Among those sub penaed were some of the most promi nent residents of Hood River, includ ing R. E. Callison, P. F. Fouts, C. F. Gilbert, S. F. Fouts, L. E. Morse, James Stranahan, J. B. Hunt, Seaman Cox, A. I. Mason, C. H. Prout. A. J. Derby, T. E. Cole, R. W. Cameron and J. W. Rigby. District Attorney Menefee visited Hood River some time ago and Investi gated the charges, and is said to have secured enough Information to warrant him In making a thorough investiga tion. At present, he la sitting In the capacity of a grand Jury, and is taking evidence. The examination of wit nesses will last several days, and until it is conqluded it will not be known whether sufficient evidence has been secured to grant Indictments. The opinion seems to prevail that so much time has elapsed between now and the time when th,e frauds are said to have been committed that It will be Impossible to substantiate the charges. KRUTTSCHNITT COMING WEST Harriman'a Head Man on His Way to Puget Sound. TACOMA, Wash., July 31. (Special.) Julius Kruttschnitt, director tf mainte nance and operation for the Union Pacific, and the official of the highest authority in the Harrlman system next to Mr. Har rlman himself, will 'visit Tacoma this week, probably Friday. He should reach Portland today or tomorrow. He wilt spend a day or so there, and will then come on to the Sound. Mr. Kruttschnitt's visit is to inspect work already done here and in Seattle, and to learn for himself the exact status of the fight with Hi"- J. D. Farrell Is authority for the state ment that a new route lnt Tacoma has not been definitely determined: It may be during Mr. Kruttschnitt's visit. 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