THE MORNING OREGONIAN. FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 1907.
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IS OPEN SECRET
Officials at Baker City Place
No Restraint on Games
of Chance.
NONE WHO WOULD SAY NAY
Boys Even Permitted to Try Their
Luck City Reaps Harvest in
Rwpnnit 'fi Fear of Moral
Wave Engulfing Town.
BAKER CITT, Or.. Aug. 8. (Special.)
There Is little or no uneasiness on the
part of the local gambling fraternity that
the reform wave which caused the gentle
men of the" green to leave Milwaukie and
Astoria will reach this city and put the
gambling dens out of commission. When
District Attorney Leroy Lomax was asked
concerning his attitude in regard to
gambling, he replied that so far as his
personal knowledge was concerned there
was no gambling being carried on In
Baker City. He does not frequent the
saloons and sees nothing of the games
that are being run day and night, in
open violation of the law. He said that
no complaint had ever been made, and
until he has proof that the law is being
violated he will take no steps toward
closing the town.
Gambling here Is wide open. No restric
tions are placed upon those who shall
participate in the games, even minors
being allowed to frequent the lower
resorts and to try their luck at the
tables. v
Conncil Favors Open Town.
A secret session of the City Council
was called a year or two ago for the
purpose of closing up the gambling-houses
in this city, but those in favor of this
action were in the minority and nothing
ever came of the meeting. The majority
of the City Fathers at the present tlmeM
are in favor of an open town ana win
take no steps to banish the gamblers.
When Harvey K. Brown was Sheriff of
Baker County he was very strict In en
forcing the gambling laws and the Sun
day closing laws and the gamblers had
a hard time in running their games. But
when Ed Rand took the office, In July.
1906, he refused to Interfere, saying that
the gambling houses came untder the
control of the city and it was the place
of the city officials to close them up If
they so desired. The gentlemen of the
green Immediately began to flourish and
the town Is now running wide open,
without any effort being made to con
ceal the fact.
The principal gambling resorts are the
Log Cabin, Mike Hoft, proprietor; the
Club. Snide, Gertridge & Co., proprietors;
the Mint, J. W. Buckley, proprietor; the
car, xiuHi oc t nttia, prupt ibiui o, mo iuio
Hour, Baldwin, proprietor, and several
other smaller places that run little games
on the side.
Fat Income for City.
The city officials are loath to give up
the revenue which can be derived from
this source, a fine of J100 per month being
assessed against each place that con
ducts gambling games. Each house la
fined without reference to the number of
games carried on, and an additional fine
is imposed for nickel-ln-the-slot machines
and other contrivances.
A case came up in the last term of the
District Court in which both plaintiff and
defendant admitted they had been gam
bling and In which District Attorney Lo
max appeared for the plaintiff, but
brought no action against either party
for gambling. He will not bring action
against the gamblers until some substan
tial private citizen files information and
will back the attorney in prosecution of
the case.
CLUBHOUSE WILL NOT REOPEN
Public Opinion Will Be Respected
by Milwaukie Managers.
OREGON CITT, Or.. Aug. 8. (Spe
cial.) It Is very doubtful if the Mil
waukie Country Club will be reopened,
pending a decision of the courts as to
the supremacy of the acts of the mu
nicipality over the state law relative
to gambling and poolselling, and it
has not been definitely determined
whether the owners of the club will
make the legal fight along the line
proposed by the opinion of State Sena
tor J. E. Hedges, who says that the
club cannot be closed. Although Mr.
Hedges' opinion is in the hands of the
club promoters, they are taking a
tittle time to consider the different
phases of the matter, and may an
nounce their decision tomorrow.
The reopening of the club, in the
event of the fight being made, would
depend partially upon a question of
policy, as there is no disposition on
the part of the owners of the club to
invite the antagonism of the public, as
they have enough of that sort of thing
without seeking it. It Is reasonably
certain that the r-sopening of the club
will not be tolerated by District At
torney Gilbert L. Hedges and Sheriff
R. B. Beatle, as the former has an
nounced publicly that the resort will
remain closed. Any attempt at opera
tion would no doubt result in the im-
nieuiaie arrest oi me gamoiers. .
Senator Hedges' contention that the
general law of the state is Inferior in
this case to the actions of the munici
pality of Milwaukie is not concurred
in by the legal fraternity of this city,
and a well-known lawyer today called
attention to the constitutional amend
ment giving cities and towns exclu
sive power to enact and amend their
own charters, that was proposed by
initiative petition and adopted at last
June's election. This amendment to
flection 2 of article XI of the Consti
tution went before the people of Ore
gon and was adopted by a vote of
52.667 to 19.942, a majority of 32,625.
The amendment clearly provides that
' "the legal voters of every .city and
town are hereby granted power to
enact and amend their municipal char
ter, subject to the Constitution and
criminal laws of the State of Oregon."
Particular stress Is laid on municipal
acts being subject to the criminal laws
of the state.
There seems to be a general unwilling
ness among the local attorneys to be
quoted, though everyone of them declared
his belief in the supremacy of the state
law. One attorney, who was in the State
Senate several years ago, stated that the
same Identical question had been brought
to his notice in committee, when the
granting of a charter to a town was un
der consideration. An effort was made
at that time to have embraced in the city
charter a clause exactly like, that in the
Milwaukie charter, and the members of
the committee, every one of whom were
lawyers, decided that each action would
be a direct violation of the spirit and the
letter of the Constitution.
Rev. J. R. Landsborough. pastor of the
First Presbyterian Church, who Is a
member of the Oregon City Ministerial
Association, and who has taken a lead
ing part in the agitation and campaign
that resulted in the suppression of the
Milwaukie Club, said tonight that he does
not believe the ordinance of the city of
Milwaukie will hold- water.
"It appears . to me," said Mr. Lands
borough, "that the question is covered in
the Supreme Court decision relative to
the liquor question, and it is a generally
accepted proposition that the state haw
must take precedence over the acts of a
municipality."
Rev. John M. Linden, pastor of the
First Baptist Church, came to Oregon
City from Chicago only a few months
ago.
"In my Judgment It is simply a ques
tion whether the law of the state Is to
be overrun by a little bit of a one-horse
shack."
District Attorney Hedges, whose action
in closing the Milwaukie Country Club
has been the' cause of his brother's dif
ferent construction of the law, has noth
ing to say, but he is looking up author
ities on the case, so as to be prepared
to make a fight for the support of the
state law If the occasion arises.
TIMBER WILL SOON BE GONE
Estimated That 30 Years Will See
Last Stick Cut In Chehalis County.
HOQUIAM, Wash., Aug. 8. (Special.)
With the rapidity that the timber of
Chehalis County is being logged it is
estimated that, at the present rate, 30
years will be the limit of the forests.
Fifteen thousand acres of timber was
logged last year, or, strictly speaking,
a township of timber. Considering the
fact that Chehalis County is comprised
of but 43 townships and that many of
these contain little timber or have al
ready been logged, the beginning of
the end can be seen.
There are sections of timber In this
county which 23 years ago were the
finest in the state, which now contain
millions of feet of dead timber
rlpned and already passing into decay.
In other places can be seen the work
of the fire fiend. Over 2.000,000,000 feet
of timber was killed by the terrible
forest fire which swept the county five
years ago. Near Lake Quiniault can
be seen three to four sections of tim
ber which,, it Is said, were destroyed
by some one who set it afire to watch
the moss burn. .
ANNIE Mm GOES HOME
CONNECTED WITH BEST FAMI
LIES IN THE COUNTRY.
Insplrer of Popular Song Was Flor
ence Story, but Goes Wrong
Through Love for Drink.
SEATTLE, Wash.. Aug. 8. (Special.)
Florence Asslnia Story, known for ten
years to the Seattle police as Annie Roo
ney, an actress who cannot leave liquor
alone, is to be sent to wealthy and aris
tocratic relatives in Essex, Mass., to fin
ish her days In Comparative comfort and
seclusion. As Annie Rooney, the origi
nal of a topical song of .that name, she
came to Seattle Just before the Klondike
rush, and for years she has spent most
of her time in Jail sobering up, strenu
ously fighting to keep her downfall from
Eastern relatives and friends.
The story of Annie Rooney's life, as
the police gather it, shows she is a
grandniece of Joseph Story, Justice of
the United States Supreme Court be
tween 1811 and lS'.S. William Wetmore
Story, famous sculptor, was a cousin.
So was Rufus Choate, successor to Dan
iel Webster In the United States Senate,
and James H. Choate, ex-Ambassador to
England and-member of the peace con
ference at The Hague. Henry F. Burn
ham, Senator from New Hampshire, is
said to be another cousin. '"Annie Roo
ney's" father was a shipbuilder and
member of the Massachusetts Legisla
ture. An uncle now owns the shipbuild
ing plant. '
The police have known Annie Rooney's
history for years, and that is the reason
she has always been treated kindly by
the officers. Today, when arrangements
were completed for sending her East,
Annie Rooney declared laconically that
her downfall had been due entirely "to
a love for theatrical life and booze."
SAYS WASCO RATE IS UNJUST
Sherman County Farmer - Flies
Charges With State Commission.
SALEM, Or., Aug. 8. Formal com
plaint was filed with the Railroad
Commission this morning by William
H. Biggs, of Wasco, Sherman County,
charging that the freight rates on all
products, and particularly wheat, be
tween Wasco, Klondike, Summit, Moro,
Grass Valley and other points on the
Blggs-Shanlko" branch of the O. R. &
N. and Portland are unreasonably in
excess of the rates charged upon the
ame commodities, particularly from
Rufus, Grants or Biggs, on the main
line.
Mr. Biggs' principal complaint is that,
while the rate on carload shipments of
wheat from Shaniko, the Southern
terminus of the branch, is but 2 cents per
ton per mile to Portland, the farmers of
th vicinity of Wasco, only four miles
off the main line from Biggs, are. re
quired to pay at the rate of 2.37 cents per
ton mile or $2.80 per ton to Portland, or
an increase of 15 cents per ton or more
than 36 per cent Increase over the $2.05
per ton rate in effect from Rufus, the
first station from Biggs on the main line.
This complaint will probably-come on for
hearing at the same time as the com
plaint of the Portland Chamber of 'Com
merce against the rates, differentials, "etc.,
of the O. R. & N.
ASSESSOR AFTER COAL MINES
King County Official Would Collect
Heavier Taxes on Properties.
SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 8. (Special.)
Coal lands In this state will be in
creased In appraisement for- purposes
of taxation In proportion to the in
crease made In fuel prices during the
pasc few years. The movement start
ing in Kittitas County,- where the
Northern Pacific's mines are located,
was taken up . here today when J. .
Frost, member' of the State Tax' Com
mission, who declared that the ap
praisement made on coal lands was not
equal to the profits on the coal mined.
County Assessor T. A. Parish an
nounced that expert appraisers . are
working on the King County mines
and will report a revised assessment
within a few days. The Increase In
King County collieries will hit the Pa
cific Coast Company hardest, for the
Pacific Coast Company owns practi
cally all the producing mines of this
county. The county arid state boards
of equalisation will attempt to get a
correct estimate of the amount of coal
In the mines and assess the properties
on the basis of their production. This
will mean that ail coal properties will
be raised several times their former
valuations. ,
TALK BETTER FRUIT
Applegrowers Hold Profitable
Session at Med ford.
HOW TO FIGHT THE PESTS
Experience of- Experts Awakens
Deep Interest Prominent Fruit
Men of State Address .Meetings.
Inspectors' Work Approved.
MEDFORD, Or., Aug. 8. (Special.)
Midst bunting, banners and holiday dress,
Medford greeted the visiting horticul
turists today as they assembled for the
semi-annual meeting. Twenty-five or
more prominent men from the various
fruit districts Joined with the local grow
ers in discussing the horticultural prob
lems now before local orchardists. Among
the visitors are H. M. Williamson, sec
retary of the Board of Horticulture; Pro
fessors Lake and Cordley, of the Agri
cultural College; E. C. Armstrong, E. C.
Roberts, Charles Meserve, inspectors; A.
H. Carson, Horticultural Commissioner;
Asa Holliday, nurseryman; W. E. Will
iamson, Rural Northwest; E. H. Shepard,
Better Fruit, and A. J. Dunlap, a promi
nent fruit-grower of Illinois.
The first session of the meeting opened
with a large attendance and much en
thusiasm. C. H. Lewis, as vice-president
for Southern Oregon, presided, and
Secretary Lake was on duty to keep the
records and stir up the discussion.
Professor Cordley's talk on the en
larged uses for the lime sulphur spray
was of Intense interest and awakened a
lively discussion, which resulted in open
ing an entirely new field of application
for this old-time spray, and its use as
a Sumrfier spray for fungi.
The most valuable paper presented be
fore the society In many years and one
that elicited much favorable -comment
and earnest discussion was one on the
codlln moth, by G. W. Taylor: Mr. Tay
lor presented an exhaustive study upon
the life and habits of this pest. The work
has been carried on in the orchard of C.
H. Lewis and marks the beginning of a
valuable and high-class work In the in
terests of Rogue River horticulture.
In discussing the work of orchard in
spection and horticultural development,
Mr. Williamson, of the Board of Horti
culture, paid a glowing tribute to the
services of the Willamette Valley In
spectors, citing the work of Messrs. Arm
strong and Roberts as typical of the most
efficient services that have been rendered
the Valley counties in their efforts tO
make "Western Oregon a factor in the
state that must soon become known as
the greatest apple state In the Union.
Speaking of the Importance of organized
effort, Mr. Williamson declared that hor
ticultural meetings and exhibits are the
most important factors In the work of
building up a better horticulture. He
commended highly the service of the
state society and urged Rogue River to
attend the state meetings, to take part
in the exhibits and to help on the up
ward movement for better fruit. .
E. H. Shepard spoke enthusiastically,
as all Hood River orchardists do, of the
great opportunity for a better horticul
ture, a better citizenship, a greater state.
He pleaded for a closer relation between
the three great fruit valleys. Hood, Wil
lamette and Rogue.
The whole meeting is one of optimism.
Rogue River farmers are jubilant over
the excellent apple crop prospects and
the visitors from the 'North are display
ing wholesouled good fellowsh'.p. Taken
altogether, this promises to ts on of
the best meetings of its kind held In this
section of the state.
GOWDY WORK.S IN ASTORIA
Arrested on Obtaining "Wrlte-Ups"
for Labor Press,,
ASTORIA, Or., Aug. 8. (Special.) H. A.
Gowdy, who claims to be a representa
tive of the Labor Press, of Portland, was
arrested by Chief of Police Gammell as
he was about to leave on this evening's
train for Portland, and is now held in
the City Jail awaiting an investigation
on a charge of obtaining money under
false pretenses.
Gowdy came here a few days ago and
has been soliciting "write-ups" from the
business men for the annual labor re
view to be printed on Labor day by the
Labor Press. He carried credentials writ
ten on a Portland Federated Trades Coun
cil letterhead and signed by P. McDonald
and J. E. Taylor. Gowdy charged $5 per
hundred for the papers containing the
"write-ups" and collected the money in
advance whenever possible. When a
business man declined to subscribe he
threatened to place him on the unfair
list. At least that is the statement of
business men whom Gowdy approached.
In that way he collected various sums
from individuals ranging from $5 to $50
In one Instance, amounting In all to $220.
This afternoon one man who had paid
Gowdy $3 became suspicious and wired
to the Portland Labor Press concerning
"the matter. Receiving a reply stating
that Gowdy had no authority to solicit
in Astoria, he informed the police. Gowdy
declined to make a statement to the po
lice, further than to say a mistake had
been made and that he has credentials
showing his authority to represent the
Labor Press.
COUNTY WILL AID IN SEARCH
Yakima Expending. Money in Effort
' to Find H. E. Nicolai.
' VORTH YAKIMA. Wash.. Aue. ft
(Special.) Following the hearing given
today by the County Commissioners to a
deputation of leading residents of Sun-,
nyside, the board decided to vote $1000
to be expended in further efforts to locate-H.
E. Nlcolal, president of the Law
and Order League of Sunnyslde, and who
disappeared from the town June 29. The
situation in Sunnyslde Is serious, and It
is feared' that officers will have to be
stationed there to see that no outrages
follow, the fanatical hatred felt by the
Nicolai faction toward the more liberal
section of the community. The Nicolai
adherents either are or pretend to be
convinced that the missing man has
been either murdered or abducted, while
the liberals assert that there is ample
evidence to prove that the man has left
of his own accord and gone to Alaska.
Assessment Rolls Show Increase.
" MONTESANO. Wash., Aug. 8. (Spe
cial.V County Assessor Carter has fin
ished the tax rolls of Chehalis County
for 1907. which show an increase in per
sonal property valuation of $778,299. To
the rolls have been added 6239 'acres of
land, which will make the total increase
in valuation over $1,000,000.
NiiMiiniiiiis!!
WANT SLICE OF THE PROFITS
Warehousemen Raise Rates Because
Increase in Cost of Operation.
TACOMA. Wash., Aug. 8.--(Speelal.)
L. G. Pattullo. department manager of
Balfour, Guthrie & Co., today stated that
the Eastern Washington warehouses are
justified in advancing their charges from
60 cents to 75 cents a ton, owing to the
increased cost of operation. "The farm
ers are crazy to make a fuss about this
Increase in charges," stated Mr. Pattullo.
"The warehouse man Is entitled to a
profit as well as the grower. If wheat
was down to 40 and SO cents a bushel, the
grower would have some ground on
which to kick. But wheat Is not."
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MAKE THE RECORD?
T)RESENT indications point to the fact that the sales
-L of the August number of Sunset Magazine will
surpass those of any other magazine for any one
month in the history of Portland.
THE reasons for this are plainly apparent. To be a
remarkable seller a magazine must have fascinating
stories. Check for August Sunset. It contains a prize
story, "The Garden of Content," and "In a Crevasse"---a
story that is being widely discussed in Portland on
account of its problematical ending. It is a good, up-to-date
love story. To sell, a magazine must have
splendid illustrations. Check for August Sunset, which
contains 16 full-page illustrations in two colors. These
beautiful illustrations form a combination that has
never before appeared in any magazine at one time.
They represent the choicest work of four famous
photographers of the Pacific Northwest. To sell,
a magazine must have articles of more than ordinary
interest. Check for August Sunset. It contains five
articles that will appeal to everybody. "A Goal for
Young Men" is au article that every young man in the
country should read. It is a present day study of Port
land. Send this number to friends in the East to show
them the remarkable progress that Portland is making.
The articles on "The Pacific Northwest," "Feathered
Foragers," "Millions in Trees," "The Passion Play at
Santa Clara," and "Oregon's Diversified Farming"
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and beautifully illustrated.
AHIS number is "snappy"
and wide-awake. It is full
of interest. It is a good number
to keep for reference. It is a
number to while away Summer
hours. It is a number to send
East. If you are ever interested
in magazine literature, you'll be
interested in this August Sunset.
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BILL" MINER AT LARGE
NOTORIOUS TRAIN ROBBER
DIGS OUT OF PRISOX.
Was Serving Lire Sentence In British
Columbia Penitentiary Es
capes Into Woods.
NEW WESTMINSTER, B. C, Aug. 8.
(Special.) "Bill" Miner, noted train
robber and C5 years of age, has again
secured his liberty. Miner, with three
men, McCloskey, Clark and Woods, all
light-sentence menv. successfully made
tfcelr escape from the.Brltieh Columbia
Penitentiary yards here this afternoon.
Miner was sentenced for life a year
ago for robbing the Canadian Pacifio
Railway train near 'Kamloops. He
took hls sentence quietly and ap
peared to be resigned to spending the
remainder of his days behind the bars.
He was so quiet and contented that
vigilance was relaxed on him as time
wore on. But the faring was still In
him, and this afternoon he, with his
three associates, dug a hole under the
fence in -the brickyard of the peni
tentiary, - where they were working,
and successfully got away without any
alarm being given until an hour after
the escape, and then the alarm came
from the outside, where some children
saw the men running to the woods.
It is believed the men had assist
ance from the outside, as some suspi
cion has been attached to visitors In
the neigtioornood or jate. uetecuves i
are confident that Miner will not be
taken alive.
TAKE ADVANTAGE OP IiAX LAW
Home Company's Lines Ony One to
Be Placed Underground.
OREGON CITY. Or., Aug. 8. (Special.)
In the passage of an ordinance providing
that on Main street wires for the trans
mission of electric light and power and
telephone and telegraph wires must be
placed under ground, the City Council
has left a loop hole through which
nearly all of the companies operating
here will escape. The Home Telephone
Company was the first, to. comply with
the ordinance, but It la possible that no
other concern will go to the expense of
Installing conduits for an underground
system. The ordinance permits the
stringing of overhead wires on streets
running into Main from east and west
and also on streets running parallel to
Main street and it Is expected that both
the Portland general Electric Company
and the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph
Company will take advantage of this
provision of the ordinance.
Killed While Hunting Deer.
COQUIL.LE. Or.. Aug. 8. Frank Bar
rows, of Bardon, was accldently killed
while hunting in the mountains of Curry
County on Saturday last. He and a com
panion were packing a deer to camp. Bar
rows had the two guns, and in climbing
over a log, slipped, and one of the guns
was discharged, the bullet entering his
body and causing death in a few mo
ments. Barrows was an old settler, aged
about 45 years and well liked.
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