THE MORNING OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 1908.
STATE LOSES IN
TITLE BANK CASE
Judge Cleland Sustains De
murrers to Three of Four
Indictments.
FLAWS ARE HELD FATAL
District Attorney's Hopes ArcXow
Centered on Fourth Information
on Which the Court Has
.Not Vet Ruled.
Thrre of the Indictments ajrainst the of
ficials of the defunct Titlo Guarantee &
Trust Company are worthless. Jud?e
Cleland decided yesterday In the Circuit
Court that the demurrers interposed by
the attorneys for the defendants should
he' sustained. It is now up to District
Attorney Manning to draw new Indict
ments against the alleged bank-wreckers,
or to proceed under some other course of
action against J. Thorhurn Ross, T. T.
J-tutkhm t. John E. Aitchison and George
H. Hill.
There is a possibility that Judges Gan
tenbein. O'Day and Bronauph. who heard
the argument on the questions raised by
the demurrer to the fourth indictment,
will decide that it. too. is well taken. In
this case Mr. Manning: will be where he
was last November when he tiled the tn-
clii-tments. except that he will have the
assistance of Judge Cleland's ruling in
framing Indictments free from the errors
held fatal. Should the fourth demurrer
also be sustained, however, another in
dictment against the officials, for receiv
ing money from depositors while the bank
was Insolvent, cannot he brought. The
demurrer to the fourth indictment al
leges that the law under which the charge
is brought was not in effect at the time
the Title Bank failed.
Manning Not Present.
District Attorney Manning was in Salem
yesterday and could not be present when
Judge Cleland rendored his decision. Dep
uty District Attorney Ilaney was pres
ent, and when the court had concluded
asked that an order be Issued by the
court, again submitting the cases to the
District Attorney. The order was issued.
Wallace McCamant. Ross attorney, and
Harrison Allen, attorney for other de
fendants, were present.
Tup demurrers to information Nos.
SSO, 681 and 68:1. ruled on yesterday,
all are on the ground that section 1807
of the Oregon Code does not refer to
private Individuals, but drily to persons
in, pubJic ofrlce; that the Informations
charge more than one crime; that the
crimes are not alleged to have been
committed in Multnomah County; that
they are not alleged to have been com
mitted within three years prior to the
tiling of the informations; that the ln
formationr do not explicitly state the
crimes, and that the alleged facts do
no constitute crimes.
Judge Cleland said that on the alle
gation that section 1S'7 of the Code
only applies to defaulting state oftl
cials. the demurrers would not be sus
tained. This law, he stated, covers
just such cases as that of the Title
Hank officials, who were In charge of
money belonging to the state.
Bast of the Charges.
Information No. 680 alleges that
$;iL'7.352.10 belonging to the state was
converted by the bank-wreckers to
their own use; information No. 681 al
lege that the officials willfully, un
lawfully and feloniously loaned $10,500
of the state moneys to M. B. Rankin,
while No. 682 alleges that Ross and his
colleagues refused to pay State -Treasurer
Steel I2SS.426.87 upon his demand,
although they had It on hand..
Judge Cleland said information No. 680
docs not charge two crimes, contrary to
the law, but the other two informations,
he said, charge only one crime.
He substantiated the demurrers to all
the Informations on the other four
grounds. The Informations say the Title
Guarantee & Trust Company was In ex
istence last November, and that "there
tofore" the officials committed the crimes
charged. The court said that "there
tofore" refers to some time In the past not
explicitly named, and that the time and
place where the acts were committed can
not be determined.
Judge Cleland also passed upon the mo
tion of Burkhart and Aitchison, by which
they endeavored to have the informations
against them dismtascd on the ground
that their cases were not brought before
(lie Circuit Court in the December term
of Court, the next term after they were
first indicted. Judge Cleland ruled that
the purpose of the law requiring prose
cution at the first term of court following
indictment was to give alleged criminals
a speedy trial. He said that it was a
.matter of common knowledge that there
was no December .term of court.
As the cases were taken up at the first
term of court held after the men were
indicted. Judge Cleland said he could not
grant the motion to uuash.
SEVFN " BFFOUK THE C'OVHT
Judpe Cleland Hears the Picas of
Minor Offender.
Seve n persons were brought before
Judge Cleland In the Circuit Court yes
terday afternoon for arraignment.
"Chick" Houghton, charged with larceny,
was among the number. His case was
sot for trial May 4. he having previously
entered a plea of not guilty. James Sul
livan, alleged to have been Houghton's
accomplice in stealing two bolts of cloth
from William Vclten. at 4trn, Washing
ion street, pleaded not guilty and he will
bet tried May 5.
R. W. Gollett and Charles Kynd plead
ed not guilty. They will be tried to
gether on May K. They are accused of
passing a worthless check on 1 Hel
ming, at Troutdale, on January 2.
John McNuttson, who recently picked
a lock in the County Jail and was cap
tured by County Clerk Fields while es
caping over the back fence, pleaded not
guilty. He is alleged to have burglarized
a building at 2SS Purnside street on Feb
ruary 21. H,e will be tried May T.
H. Caler was arraigned on a charge of
obtaining the signature of a corporation
by false pretenses. He Is said lo have
represented to Philip Neu. of the Port
land Marble Works, that three contracts
representing JT6rt were valid, when in re
ality they were not. Caler did not enter
his plea, being allowed time to do so by
the court.
Alphonse Gunter was before the court
on a charge of stealing $7$ in money and
jewelry' from Alfred Tripp. The crime
mas committed at 23 Burnside street,
on February 10.
HE PORT OF JIVEMLE COURT
sixty e Considered by Tribunal
During February.
Judge Gantenbefn. of the Juvenile
Court, issued the following report on the
work of that tribunal during February.
While the work is constantly increasing.
It is the court's policy to give but little
publicity to the individual cases, and to
report at the beginning of each month
the work done during the preceding
month. The number and character of
cases last month follows:
Number of children brought into court
by citation. boy. 37; ulrls, 1ft; total. 5fi.
Pru?h' into court for second and third of
fense, boys 4. IVItnquemp. boys, 35: ft1rl. :
total. 44. Dependents, boy. 6; girls. 10;
total. 16.
Az of children Ten years and under,
13; H tn 13 years Inclusive. 12; 14 years, i'2;
17 years, 1; ltt years, 7; 17 years," 5; total.
60.
Character of delinquency Assault and
battery. 1 : larceny. 15; immorality. 4; as
sociating with immoral persons. ; malicious
mischief, ; incorrigible, H; running away.
2; other causes, 6: total. 44.
t"aues of dependency Desertion of
parents. 2; poverty, 5; other causes. 0;
total. 16.
Disposition of cases Continued. 4; dis
missed fr want of jurisdiction. !i; dtem!sd
on hearing without other action than warn
ing. I fl; placed on probation. 17; committed,
to Boys and -Girls Aid Sociefy temporarily,
fi; committed to House of the Good Shep
herd, 4; committed to Detention Home. 7:
awarded to mother. 2; awarded to private
individuals. 2r totat O".
Cais investigated, not brought into court,
ft; letters of a-arning pent. 31 : cass of
contributing to the delinquency of minors, i.
Surma o Will probated.
The will of James Surman was admit
ted to probate in the County Court yes
terday and letters issued to George H.
Hill and Miss'Mary Linda Surman. The
will names Miss Surman. a sister of the
deceased, and Hiil as executors of the
estate. The estate is valued at $125,000.
The. real estate Is said to rent for about
76 a year. The will is dated Septem
ber 3, 1194. It provides that all the prop
erty shall go to Mips Surman. Two
Walter H. Evodh, Appointed
Deputy Inited States District
Attorney.
other sisters of the deceased . live in
England. These are Kmma Cozzifachi, of
Liscard. Liverpool: and Agnes Jane Rim
mer, of Holly Mount, New Brighton, Liv
erpool. Paquet Held Not Liable.
The motion for - a nor suit, made by
the attorneys for Joseph Paquet, was
sustained by Judge Gantenbein In tne
Circuit Court yesterday. Paquet was
named as one of the defendants in the
suit of Barbara Greene to. recover $5000
damages for the accidental death of
Harry A. Greene a year . ago. James
B. Tillotson and the Pacific Bridge Com
pany are also defendants in the suit, but
in their cases there was no ground for
non suit. Paquet urgtd that as he re
let his contract, the subcontractor was
responsible for removing the planking
from the Bast Stark-street trestle, where
Greene fell through and was drowned.
Leaves Estate to Sons.
The will of Louise P. Vial was filed
with the County Court yesterday for pro
bate. The property is said to be worth
$24,415. Only $100 of this is given to Leon
L. Vial, one of the sons, while Arthur J.
Vial and Paul J. Vial, the other two
sons, are to receive equal portions of the
balance, and are also appointed by the
will joint executors, to serve without
bonds. The will was made June 28. 1905.
Judge Webster admitted It to probate,
and appointed as appraisers Ben C. Dey,
D. S. Stearns and Charles H.,KorreII.
Is Acquitted of Theft.
J. F. Dalton was acquitted yesterday
on a charge of stealing a gold ring
worth $8 and a topaz ring worth $50
from Elsie Shcphard. A Jury in Judge
Bronaugh's department of the Circuit
Court heard the evidence, and brought
in the verdict in the afternoon.. The
crime was alleged to have been com
mitted at 309 Jefferson street on No
vember 21.
Values Leg at $20,000.
Emmet t Lingle has filed a suit with the
Circuit Court to recover $20,000 damages
from the Clark & Wilson Lumber Com
pany for the loss of his right leg. He
says he was working at the company's
Linn ton mill, when a log fell on ' the
limb, wiih the result that two amputa
tions were necessary, the last one taking
the leg off above the knee. He alleges
the machinery was carclcasly handled.
Cited to Show Cause.
' G. W. Prosper, administrator of the
estate of John Bowles, must appear in
the County Court at 9 A. M., March, It,
to show cause why Blla Ball should not
be paid $705 for work, labor and services
performed for Bowles during his lifetime.
In her petition, filed with the County
Court, she says Bowles refused pay
ment. Teamster Asks Damages.
Peter Sonsun is suing the . Portland
Railway Company in the Circuit Court
to recover $15,117. He alleges that on
January 24. last year, while he was driv
ing along Sixth street with a truck, he
was run Into by a Glisan-street car,
thrown from his agon and permanently
injured. -
Starr Estate Appraised.
The estate of Kvorett G. Starr has been
appraised at $TkJ.750.4O. James P. Cook,
F. C. Barnes and Hugh C. Gearin. the
appraisers, tiled their report with the
County Court yesterday. Judge Webster
has allowed the widow $100 a month from
the estate. ;
Make Solid Earth Fills.
Considerable work is being done on
the lines of the, Portland Railway,
Light & Power Company in filling
bridges." The company has just re
placed a bridge on the Milwaukie road,
across Milwaukie Slough, near the
Southern Pacific crossing of the Sell
wood streetcar line, with an earth fill
35 feet wide. Another fill has been
made on the Oregon City line near Ore
gon City, where a bridge has been re
placed with a pipe culvert and a solid
earth embankment. Workmen are now
engaged In putting in a steel girder ap
proach at the north end of the Clacka
mas River bridge on the Oregon City
division, that will replace a trestle approach.
BRISTOL APPOINTS
TWO ASSISTANTS
Then Requests Federal Court
To Call Grand Jury to
Sit This Month.
NAMES ORDERED DRAWN
Jurors Will- Investigate Charges
Against Seventeen Prisoners Now
Awaiting Hearing Indicted
Will Be Tried at Once.
United States Attorney Bristol ap
peared in the United States Court yes
terday announcing the appointment of
Robert Tucker and Walter H. Evans
as assistants, and asked Judge Wolver
ton for a grand Jury. The venire of
60 men from which this inquisitorial
body will be selected will be drawn in
open court at 10 o'clock this morning.
The talesmen will be required to re
port in court at 2 o'clock Monday,
March 16. when a grand jury of 23
members will be chosen.
Mr. Tucker, who will be first assist
ant to District Attorney Bristol, is res
ident counsel for the Automatic Tele
phone Company, and for five years was
Assistant United States Attorney under
John J. Sullivan, f,or the Northern
District of Ohio. It was only on the
urgent request of Mr. Bristol that Mr.
Tucker accepted the position, the ap
pointing official feeling that the ap
pointee, by reason of his former ex
perience and familiarity with Federal
Court practice, would prove a valuable
assistant In disposing of the large
amount of business that has accumu
lated. Mr. Evans, who will be second as
sistant to Mr. Bristol, is a well-known
young lawyer of thi-s city, and for
the last two years has been secretary
of the law department of the Univer
sity of Oregon. Neither is Mr. Evans
a novice in the Government service.
While connected with the War Depart
ment, he served for nearly five years
in Porto Rico during the administra
tion of, Governor William H. Hunt, now
United States Judge for the District of
Montana.
Tucker an Ohio Man.
Mr. Tucker came to Portland- about
two and a half years ago from Toledo,
O., to take charge of the Automatic
Telephone Company's law business in
this city. He graduated in the class
of 1S91 from Buchtel College at Akron,
O., and two years kter was a member
of the graduating class from the Cin
cinnati Law School, of Cincinnati, O.
He practiced law for a number of years
In Toledo. O., where he received the
appointment of Assistant United States
Attorney, serving In that capacity
nearly six years.
The selection of Mr. Bristol for sec
ond assistant, Mr. Evans, ..is a native
of the State of Indiana, aged 38 years.
Mr. Evans was graduated from the
Valparaiso University, Valparaiso. Ind.,
in the class of 1896. when he took up
the study of law, finishing the junior
course In the Northern Indiana Law
School the following year. In that
year he accepted a clerkship in the
Indiana State Senate during the session
of 1897, when Vice-President Fair
banks was first elected to the United
States Senate. Mr. Evans Is also in
timately acquainted with -Harry S. New,
Chairman of the Republican National
Committee, who was a member of the
same Indiana Senate that elected Fair
banks Senator.
Following the 1897 session of the In
diana Legislature, Mr. Evans went to
Chicago, where he accepted a (Clerkship
In a law office. Later he re
sumed his profession of teaching, ac
cepting a position in a normal school
at Chattanooga, Tenn., In order to en
able him to complete his law studies.
In the following year, 1898, he entered
the War Department, and was sent to
Porto Rico, where he was stationed
r 7
, FAMOUS EVAXGKLIST WILL
A ft ft 1 v it. iv pnnTi.An
TODAY.
Rrr. Bad Rohlnnon
Rev. Bud Robinson, the fa
mous evangelist and author,
will be in Portland toda-, and
speak at .the Church of the
Nazarene, 428 Burnside street,
this afternoon at 2:50. and also
in the evening at 7:30 o'clock.
He will not be able to give any
more time in Portland, but will
leave Thursday for Los Angeles,
Cal., to meet an engagement. He
has just arrived from Chicago
and Seattle. Rev. Mr. Robinson
is x-onsidered one of the fore
most evangelists in this coun
try. As a platform speaker, hex
ranks with the ablest. He is a
most successful revivalist.
for four and a half years, during the
administration of that possession by
Judge Hunt as Secretary and Governor.
Quits Government Work.
Leaving the island, he came to Port
land and took up the study of law
again, graduating from the University
of Oregon law school in 1905. The fol
lowing1 year he resigned from the Gov
ernment service and located in Port
land, where he began the practice of
his profession. In the same year he
was elected secretary of the legal de
I I f
1 I - f t
1 1" - ft '
partment of the University of Oregon,
a position he still holds. In politics,
Mr. Evans has always been a Republi
can. Mr. Bristol and his assistants yes
terday took possession of the United
States Attorney's office in the Federal
building, where they will be stationed
for the transaction of all business for
the' Government coming--be-fore that
department. The furniture in the dif
ferent offices has been re-arranged to
meet the convenience of the new ten
ants, with a view to facilitating the
transaction of the work. Misses
Vivian and Amy Flexner, respectively
clerk and stenographer to Mr. Bristol, j
yesterday withdrew from the District-;
Attornej-'s office, having during the
day forwarded their resignations to
United States Attorney-Genera! Bona
parte. They will leave soon for their
home in Davenport, Iowa.
Plans of Mr. Bristol.
When court convenes this morning, a
list of 60 names will be drawn from
which the grand jury will be selected.
The Federal statute requires a grand
jury of not less than 16 nor more than
23 members, and it has been the prac
tice of the District Attorney here to
call for a jury of the maximum num
ber. The plans decided on by. Mr.
Bristol will enable him to begin the
Investigation of pending criminal cases
not later than Tuesday, .March 16, so
that the trials can begin not more than
a week later.
While Mr. Bristol, in keeping with
his "invariable rule" Is not advertis
ing his plans or what he expects to
do, it is presumed he will establish a
record for disposing of all accumulated
Robert Tucker, Appointed Dep
uty Lnlted States Olatrlvt
Attorney.
business and then be in a position to
take up and consider all other business
with dispatch and to the satisfaction
of litigants before the Federal Court.
The first business to be cared for is
disposition of the cases of the 17 men
who are being held in jail on criminal
charges preferred by officers of the.
Government. Several of these men
have been in jail for many months,
and through their attorneys, have been
demanding trials. Their requests will
be granted, and trials will be arranged
as soon as the grand jury returns for
mal indictments. The 17 men under
arrest - and the charges under which
they are being held are:
L-i&t of the Prisoners.
H. H. Higley, charged with using the
mails for illegal purposes.
Fred Kuhn and John Anderson,
charged with counterfeiting.
George Wilson, Fred Johnson, John
Simpson and Frank McPhersbn,
changed with robbing a sub-station of
the Portland Postoffice.
G. D. Salnave and C. G. Hornsberger,
charged with violation of the postal
laws.
Merle West, Dell Hayward and Earle
Hanks, charged with robbing the Hills
dale Postoffice.
R. H. Wells. J. N. Saylor, Frank
Cavlness and M. J. Dorsey. charged
with using the mails for fraudulent
purposes.
John S. Carroll, alias "Sailor Jack,"
charged wffch stealing a United States
mail pouch. Carroll is out on bonds,
pending a hearing before United States
Commissioner Sladen.
Forbids Removal of Records.
Judge Wolverton in the Federal Court
yesterday made an order forbidding the
removal of the books of he Hawkeye
Investment Company beyond the juris
diction of the United States Court for
the District of Oregon. Suit has been
brought in the courts of British Colum
bia agairist the company, which Is a
debtor of the Title Guarantee & Trust
Company. Under the order permission is
granted W. D". Scott, secretary of the
company, to take copies of the important
papers, but he is held responsible for the
safekeeping of the books and the original
documents of the investment company.
Mrs.. Steel to Pay Debt.
On the application of United States
Attorney Bristol, Judge Wolverton yes
terday directed the transfer of the de
posit of $7018, held by Mrs. Ena P. Steel
in . the Title Guarantee & Trust Com
pany's bank when it failed, and its appli
cation on the indebtedness of about $13,
000 owing the bank by the Home & Se
curity Investment Company, of which
Mrs. Steel is one of the principal owners.
Mrs. Steel is the wife of State Treasurer
Steel, and has agreed to complete the
payment of her company's indebtedness
to the wrecked bank.
REFUSES TO PAY TAXES
O. R. & X. Company Contends That
Assessor Exceeded Powers.
The O. R. & X. Co. lias refused to pay
?204.94S of its taxes for this year. The
money, notes and accounts of the rail
road company were assessed by Assessor
Sigler this year at J16.180.O0O. The com
pany has come forward with a tax pay
ment of $34,808.28, this being the amount
due on the rest of its assessable prop
erty, but it refusse to pay taxes on the
money, notes and accounts, holding the
position taken before the County Board
of Equalization last Fall.
The total tax of the railroad company
is $229,756. if the ruling of the Equaliza
tion Board Is sustained by the courts.
The case has not yet been taken into
court, but it will be necessary to take it
there, should the railway company con
tinue to refuse payment.
Before the deputies of the Sheriffs
office accepted the part payment of the
railroad's taxes they obtained an opinion
from District Attorney Manning as to
the legality of accepting only a part
payment. The District Attorney an
swered that it would be . perfectly legal
to accept the payment as made, as the
various properties of the company are
assessed separately. The receipt should
show, however, he said, that only part of
the taxes have been paid.
Kverv ice-m Known to the 1jidxy has
been found in e United States.
I
LENT BEGINS TODAY!
Ash Wednesday Commence
ment of Period of Fasting.
CLOSES EASTER SUNDAY
All Roman Catholic and Episcopal
Churches Will Hold Special Serv
ices During Forty Days
of Self - Denial.
Today is Ash Wednesday. It marks
the beginning of Lent, which terminates
on Easter Sunday. In the Catholic and
Episcopal churches the AO days interven
ing between these dates is a period of
prayer and fasting and is universally
observed. In the Catholic churches to
day there will be masses at 6:30 o'clock,
8 o'clock and 9 o'clock, with the blessing
and presentation of the ashes. On Wed
nesday nights during Lnt there will be
a sermon on instruction and benediction;
on Friday nights the Way of the Cross
and benediction. The regulations cover
ing the observance of Lent by members
of the Catholic churches, were given out
last week by Archbishop Christie, of this
archdiocese, and Bishop C. J. O'Reilly, of
the Baker City diocese.
Services in Trinity Episcopal Church to
day will be held at 10 o'clock this morn
ing and 8 o'clock tonight. There will be
a prayer service every day at 5 o'clock
P. M. There will be a communion service
every Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock.
Litany every Friday morning at 10
o'clock. There will be a union service of
all the Episcopal churches every Wednes
day night during Lent. The service next
Wednesday night. March 11, will be held
in Trinity Church. -
Services at St. Stephen's Pro-Cat hedral
today will be at 7:30 o'clock, 10 o'clock
and 4 o'clock. There will be services
every day, excepting Sunday, at 4 o'clock.
Tuesdays and Fridays there will be
service at 7:30 A. M. On Sunday nights
during Lent Bishop Scadding will preach
in St. Stephen's on "The Six Great Re
ligions." On. next Sunday night, March
8. the subject will be "3hintaism." The
other religions to be treated of in the
course will be given In the following
orders March 15, "Brahminlsm": March
22, "Buddhism"; March 29. Moham
medanism"; April 5. "Judaism"; April 12,
"Christianity."
At St. Matthew's Episcopal Church,
First and Carruthers streets, the Holy
Communion service will be held today at
10:30 o'clock. On Fridays during Lent the
penitential office will be given at 4:30
o'clock. The services on Sundays will
bs at 11 o'clock A. M. and 7:30 o'clock
P. M.
Following are the Lenten regulations
for Catholics, issued by Archbishop
Christie and Bishop O'Reilly, of Baker
City:
I-ent begins Marcb 4. All the faithful not
legitimately dispensed ' are obliged In con
science to observe the laws of the church
concerning the Lenten fae.
3. The use of flesh meats is allowed at every
meal on Sundays, as well as the principal
meal on Mondays. Tuesday), Thursdays and
Saturdays, Saturdays of the ember days and
holy week excepted.
2. The use of fiah, milk, butter and egs is
permitted on all days of Lent at the evening
collation and the principal meal on those
days on which the use of flesh meats la for
bidden. 8. In the morning a small piece of bread
ij allowed with a cup of coffee, tea, choco
late or some similar drink.
4. When the principal meat cannot be taken
before noon, the order may be inverted and
the collation taken In the morning and the
dinner in the evening. .
5. Lard or grease may ba used in preparing
the lawful victuals.
6. Those of the faith who are exempt from
the obligation of fasting can. on the days
when the use of flesh meats la permitted to
all of the faithful, be allowed to use It sev
eral times a day. as on the Sundays of Lent,
when the obligation is not binding;. The use
of both flesh meat and flsh together at the
same meal is strictly forbidden during the
whol of Lent.
7. By virtue of the indutt granted for 10
yrars by the holy see to the bishops of the
United States, workingmen and their families
are allowed the use of flsh meat on all the
fast and abstinence days throughout the year,
with the exception of all Fridays. Ash
Wednesday, the Wednesdays and Saturday of
holy week and the vigil of Christmas. Those
who avail theme Ives of this dispensation are
not allowed to eat flsh and. meat at the same
meal and they are exhorted- to perform some
other acts of mortification and penance, in
accord with the spirit of the holy season of
Lent. A moat useful and commendable cus
tom la that of abstaining during Lent from
stimulants, in honor of the sacred thirst of
our Dlvtr.e Lord.
The following persons are exempt., from
fasting: AH those who have not attained
their 21 st year or who have passed their 6th
year: those whose' weak health or condition
otherwise may demand the full amount of
nourishment, and all those whose occupations
are of a laborious and exhausting nature.
Those who are excused from fasting, on
account of age or hard labor, may use flesh
meat more than once on the days on which
it is allowed.
It is eminently in accordance with the
wpirit of the church that all those who use
the dispensations from the fast and abstinence
should supply, in part, the spirit of penance,
by prayers and aimsdeeds; by avoiding all
public shows, parties and amusements and
by abstaining from all intoxicating beverages.
The time for making the Eastern comrnu
n ton extend s from the fl rst Sunday In Len t
to Trinity Sunday, inclusive. All the faith
ful are hereby warned that all those who
neglect to make the Eastern communion vio
late a law of the church which binds under
pain of mortal ain. The transgressor of the
law are, moreover, subject to excommunica
tion, and, should they die. to prtvmtio of
Christian burial.
Parents have to answer to God for their
children. I-et them, therefore, remember
that they are obliged" In conscience to see
that their children and others undeV their
charge receive Easter communion.
The reverend rectors are requested to have
special Lenten devotions on Wednesdays and
Fridays. The exercises shall consist of the
beads, instruction and benedict kin ' on
Wednesdays and the way of the cross and
benediction on Fridays.
During the month of March, the authorized
prayer to St. Joseph will be recited after the
usual prayers for the' mass.
We also request the reverend clergy to
read to the people, in the vemacula. the
gospel for each day during Lent, aoi-. that
this be dona at the -holy mass every morning.
A. CHRISTIE,
Archbishop of Oregon City.
C. J. O'REILLY,
Bishop of Baker City.
SELL STOCK TO FARMERS
Incorporators of County Fair Send
Agents Into Field.
J. J. Johnson, H. E. Davis and E. U
Thorpe, Incorporators of the Multno
mah County and Grana-e District Fair,
have issued a prospectus and this week
began placing- the stock among; the
farmers of Multnomah and Northern
Clackamas Counties. This prospectus
contain a full statement f the pur
poses ot the fair organization and its
objects. It is set forth thst the capi
tal stock is 129.000, in shares of IS
each. No person or persons or corpor
ation can own mors than CO shares of
We Carry
the
Largest
Variety of
Suit
Cases and
Bags
in the City
They Are
All
New and
Up to Date
SPECIAL BARGAINS THIS
42-in. $24.00
44-in. $26.00
THE PORTLAND TRUNK MFG. CO.
Makers ot High Quality Baggage ''Send for Catalogue
3 Stores 54 3d, cor. Pine; 107 flth st., near Stark; Morrison t.. near 1st.
DO YOUR
WITH THE
ELECTRIC MOTOR
You can sew all day with
out fatigue if you let an
Electric Motor run your
Sewing Machine. The
motor is small, neat, clean,
gives no trouble, is per
fectly safe andean be eas
ily attached to any make of family sewing machine
The Cost for current will not e&ceed one
half cent an hour.
Sewing Machine Motors and Electric Heating and
Cooking Devices on Sa'e at the Company's Sup
ply Department, Nos. 147 and 149 Seventh Street
PORTLAND RAILWAY,
LIGHT AND POWER CO.
this stock, so th'at no person or cliquy
will be able to secure control.
The objects of the company are to
hold, from time to time, a fair for the
exhibition of livestock, natural prod
ucts and manufactures in Multnomah
CountJ'. It is the purpose . of the incor
porators, as far as possible, to place
the stock with the responsible farmers
of Multnomah and Clackamas Counties.
J. J. Johnson, who was president of
the association which conducted the
fair at Gresham last year, said yester
day he considered' It almost certain
that the farmers will support the
movement. This, he eays, he judges
from expressions of approval that have
come to him from all parts of the coun
ty. The fair held at Gresham last
Fall has a balance, of over- $700 on hand
with which to push the organization
and establishment of the new company.
So far a location for fair grounds has
not been selected, but they will be on
an electric railway and central.
Chit-Chat of Sporting
World
BT W-IL.I G. MAC RAPT.
WU MlTtRAY, swimming instructor
of the Multnomah Club, has a
splendid lot of young athletes in training
for the cinder path and cross-country
running. Out of the young men in train
ing h hopes to develope a number of
sensational performers.'
Hans Wagner. Pittsburg's great short
stop and leading batsman of the Na
tionals, is worrying the Pirate fans to
death. He 'still says he won t play this
season and that instead of scooping up
shlntoasters he is going to raise chickens.
Now that Abe Attell walked tlTroustt
young k.ciiy like a farmer going through
a barn with & lantern, San Francisco
fight-fans are sighing for a return match
with Owen Moran. Let's have it.
Hetty Green says she does not know
what a diamond looks like. We always
had a sneaking notion that Hetty wasn't
a good sport.
Charley Irwin, one of the most popular
ball players on the Coast, -will manage
the Denver team. Irwin wilt carry with
him the good wishes of every fan in Port
land. Here's hoping you make more than
good. Cbaxley.
Tommy Burns demands that Jack John
son post $2000 for his fight. Burns also
wants Jim Jeffries to be the referee and
the fight to take place in a 16-foot ring.
He evidently wants the big smoke close
In when the firing begins.
Owen Moran has decided that his vaca
At Our Store
at
107 Sixth St.
We Carry
a Large
Variety of
Small Leather
Articles
Such as
Ladies' Purses,
Hand Bags,
Rolls and
Collar Boxes
at
Reasonable
Prices
WEEK IN SKIRT TRUNKS.
46-in. $28.00
48-in. $30.00
SEWING
tion is over and has mailt' a mutch to
fight Grocer Hayes. The mill will Oe a.
six-round affair and will be pulled 0.
March 18 in Philadelphia.
The rhief agricultural rogion of Peru' con
fists ot a series of fertile parallel valleys
running the entire extension of the coast
over i:Mt miles back t the t-hatii of the.
Andes, the distance varying from 25 to 7-5
mile
Recital Friday Evening
SOLOISTS:
Miss Beulah Cad well, contralto.
Mr. S. J. Story, violinist.
Kilprs Piano House hihiouiu-ps the
fifteenth of this sea-snu's recitals, to
take place in its Recital Hall, corner
of Park and Washington streets., at
8:30 Friday evening, March Cth.
A fine programme of vocal and'in
strnmental mitsic has been prepared.
The piano numbers and accompani
ments will be played with the new
Themodist Pianola.
All are cordially invited, and ad
mission is entirely complimentary, but
to prevent overcrowding, reserved
seat tickets will be given to all those
who call at the store for them before
closing time Friday night.
t
i
fees
KIDNEY - CURE TEA
W. J. VAJC DAMME.
185 Morrison etreet. near bridge, next t
Pap'B Coffee House.
NEW TESTIMONIAL:
To Whom It May Concern:
After Bufferina; for the past 25 yeara with
kidney trouble, and spending; more than
$KKH on doctors and medicine, I got no
better These different doctors that hftv
been treating me have called my disease
Rheumatism. Chronic Appendicitis, Fibrous
Tumors and Heart Trouble. I called on
Van Damme and obtained from htm a bot
tle of his "Kidney Cure Tea" about six
weeks Aro. and have since used four other
bottles, maklnr five In all. and today I
consider myself a new peron. For any
further testimonials call at my bom and
I will gladly furnish them.
MRS. E I FTTZOERAI-D.
f83 Sandy Road.
Portland. Oregon. February 20. tftO.
Put m tn 60c and $1.10 bottUa.
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