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PORTLAND
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CROWDS SEE DRILL
Public School. Field Day Great
Success.
NEARLY 5000 IN PAGEANT
rtobert Krohn and Teachers Are
Praised for Picturesque Exhibi
tion by Children on Mult
nomah Club Field.
According to programme the first an
nual field day of the Portland public
schools was celebrated yesterday after
hoon at Multnomah Field. The mam
moth new grandstand, which seats
several thousands, was filled and the
crowd of spectators overflowed onto the
sidelines until the spectacle presented
was one of a seething mass of humanity.
The view of the grandstand from the
main entrances was a brilliant sight, the
thousands of lingerie dresses and parasols
of the women, which the warm' weather
had brought out, making an unusually
striking sight.
The drill of the 4600 children proceeded
without a hitch and followed very closely
the rehearsal of Monday afternoon. The
exercises began at 3:M o'clock, the chil
dren marching onto the field to the in
spiring strains of De Caprios band.
Director Krohn kept in close touch with
his little performers and gave the com
mands which they executed through a
megaphone.
The children were divided into 23 regi
ments of 200 children in each. There
were 12tK children in the Indian club
drill, louo in the wand and 2400 in .the
calisthenics. Each regiment was in
charge of a principal.
So carefully were all the children
trained that no matter what form the
drill took they seemed equally at home.
Each regiment vied with the other to
outdo and all the children were spurred
to do their level best. It would be im
possible to single out any one particular
Bchool or regiment as excelling, the uni
form excellence of the work obliterating
. all divisional lines.
One thing was demonstrated! beyond all
question, the untiring patience and in
telligent effort of the teachers who made
the great drill possible. They have done
themselves proud and reflected great
credit on themselves and the puolic
school system. Under the general direc
tion of Robert Krohn. they have wrought
wonders, without additional compensa
tion or Inducements. That the affair will
become an annual event is pretty well
settled by yesterday's success. The
names of the, teachers to whom chief
credit is due for that success follow:
Misses Lucas, Rueter. Kienow, Witney',
Hackwell. Harkins. Bittner. Dowling!
Rogers, Neicken. Xclson, Baum. Fording,'
Harris, Rogers, Strahan, Crawford, Hiili
Bennett, Eastman, W'ey, Onkes, Higgins!
Martin, Wright.- Luders, ' Johnson!
Champer. Barbaro, Stuart, Spinney!
Allen, Geisler, Brodle, Mercer, Brown!
Sturchler, Rathburn, Fawcett, Richards!
Darling. Wilson. Ingalls, Corey. Donohoo!
Washburn, McMorrow, Monroe, Shaver,
Anderson, tammers, Kawcett,' Chance,'
Myers, Hamilton. Barette, Mikle, Butler,
Gray, Ohio. Allen, Porter. Ttdcome. Wil
liams, Brown, Cahalin, Miller, Mason,
Jeffers, Crane, Whitfield, Park, Davis,
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SCHOOL CHILDREN IN
THE PORTRAIT IX THE CORSER IS
Lamberson. Catching, Segal, Oates.
Foote, Merrill; Bach. Ingalls, Frazicr,
Vail, Krcslow and BilllnRs.
CHECK WASTE OF WATER
Department Will Hereafter Keep
Close Watch of Consumers.
At its meeting yesterday afternoon,
the City Water Board ordered Super
intendent Dodge to. make careful in
vestigation into all cases where the In
spectors of the department believe
there is a great waste of water, both
in private houses and public business
establishments, and to cause the arrest
of all persons who are found to be vio
lating the provisions of the ordinance
in this respect. Meters will be put in
where there is suspicion of waste, and
arrests will follow where Justified.
At this season of the year there is
a great demand for water from all sec
tions of the city, and the waste la made
serious because of the comparatively
large number of persons who either
use more than they are legally entitled
to or who are careless in using it. The
ordinance provides a fine of $50 for
wastingwater. Some districts are left
without a sufficient supply because in
another section there is much waste.
The department's meter crew will
now be put to work, especially to watch
for cases of waste of the water supply.
The report of Superintendent Dodge
showed that the cost of maintaining
the staff of meter men during May
was $1200, and the niembors of the
Board decided that, in all probability,
this will have to be cut down in future.
Some of the members of the crew are
likely to lose their positions, and there
Is talk that Foreman Bailey, the ex
pert,, will be released. He is the highest-salaried
member, as he now receives
$150 a month. He is regarded as a
very valuable man, however, and may
be retained.
VOTE IS NOW COMPLETE
University Appropriation Carried by
Majority of 3516.
Complete official returns from all
counties in the state give the University
of Oregon appropriation bill a majority
of 3516 votes. The bill carried in Wheeler
County by a majority of 101. but was
defeated by 54 votes in Harney.
The total affairmative vote was 44.180
and the total negative 40,664. T,he largest
majorities for the bill were secured in
the counties of Multnomah, Lane, Jack
son, Clatsop, Baker. Umatilla, Coos,
Wasco, Sherman and Klamath, while
Marion, Linn, Washlngon, Yamhill,
Clackamas and Polk returned big major
ities against the measure.
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all colors, best $2 grade, $1.38 a pair;
two-clasp silk gloves, 47c a pair; long
Lisle Gloves, black, white and colors,
63c a pair. Supply your Summer needs
now at wholesale prices. McAllen &
McDonnell, Third and Morrison streets.
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THIS 3IOK.MAG OKEGOMAX, WEDNESDAY,
THAT Olf ROBERT KROHX, PHYSICAL
OLD LAND SUIT UP
State Endeavoring to Recover
5228.11 Acres.
TRACT IN LAKE COUNTY
Warner Valley Stock Company De
fendant in Proceedings Growing
Out of Case That Was
Begun 2 0 Years Ago.
Arguments in the case of the state
against the Warner Valley Stock Com
pany fo recover for the state 5228.11 acres
of land in Lake County, was heard yes
terday by Judge H. L. Benson, of the
First Judicial District. This land is In
Lake County. By agreement between the
attorneys on both sides, the -case was
heard in Judge Webster's courtroom
yesterday afternoon.
The original suit was brought against
the stock company 0 years ago, and in
volved 80.000 acres of swamp land deed
ed over by the state and acquired by the.
stock company. A number of settlers
took up the land after the stock company
had supposedly secured it. and the ac
tion brought by the Attorney-General
was to make! void the stock company's
claim in favor of the settlers.
Judge Benson decided that the only
suit which could be fought out was one
involving 5228.11 acres in Lake Coutny,
the one tried yesterday. It was his de
cision that the others were barred by
the statute of limitations. This was up
held by the Supreme Court.
The original deed to the land in ques
tion described the lscundary line as run
ning from a stone bridge in Grant Coun
ty, to a certain foothill, thence to a
clump of willows, to another foothill, and
to the place of beginning. Atttorney
General Crawford argued yesterday that
this description is so indefinite as to be
Invalid. He contended that the land could
not be sold until it was surveyed,
the survey sent to Washington, D.
C and the patent issued. He as
serted further that the law of 1870 was
repealed in 1878. the latter act requiring
that not more than 320 acres of land be
sold to any one person, firm or corpora
tion. As W. A. Owens, who first filed
on the land, did not pay any cash for
some time, it is contended that the deed
is invalid, and that filing a subsequent
application could not put life in the old
one.
Another ground for argument was that
the land never was swamp land; that It
is necessary to irrigate it in order to raise
hay. The only irrigating ditch, said Mr.
Crawford, is a two-furrow ditch run
ning from Deep Creek a short distance,
and back into Deep Creek. He said
that the swamps around Lake Warner
had never been reclaimed. On this
ground he said the proofs of the stock
company are fraudulent.
Counsel for the company said that
there is practically no water in Warner
Valley, which is 60 miles long, except
Twenty-Mile Creek and Deep Creek. He
said Twenty-Mile Creek furnishes but lit
tle water because the headwaters are
tapped and taken across into Surprise
Valley.
"Deep Creek." continued the lawyer,
"drains 30 miles square. Formerly there
was a tule swamp in this region, but the
THEIR ANNUAL DRILL AT MULTNOMAH FIELD
DIRECTOR Of THE PORTLAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS, WHOSE DIRBCTIOJf MADE
land has been reclaimed. A ditch five
feet w;ide was dug from Deep Creek to
Pelican Lake, diverting the water and
draining the marsh. That ditch has now
washed out until it is two rods wide.
At this season of the year and until two
days before the mowers begin to cut the
grass, the water is turned onto this land
and is "kept at a depth of two feet. This
is necessary to secure a crop. If the
water were not turned in, the territory
would soon be covered with sagebrush.
"Title to this swamp land actually
passed to the state In 1860. After the act
of 1870 the State Land Board had the
power to sell it. That act does not re
quire that the application be filed after
the survey is made. If Owens did not
pay the cash for the land at first it was
because the Government officials refused
the coin. When the money was finally
accepted the contract was binding."
Counsel then said the Attorney-General
has not been diligent in detecting fraud
against the Government regarding the
unlawful acquiring of the public lands,
and stated that while he (Mr. Crawford)
contended in a previous suit, which Is
now pending before the Supreme Court,
that this particular land belongs to the
settlers, he now holds that it belongs to
the Government. Judge Benson took the
case, under advisement.
OWNERS OF BUILDING SUED
Mrs. Ainscoe Wants Damages for
Fall Through Roof.
Because the rafters of a wooden build
ing at Delay and Russell streets gave
way while Mrs. Lottie. B. AInscoe was
upon the roof, hanging out the family
washing, she has brought suit against
B. W. Powell, N. W. Powell, Mrs. H. N.
Webber and G. Kirkpatrlck. to recover
$15,343.08 damages. The complaint was
filed in the Circuit Court yesterday. Mrs.
Ainscoe's leg was broken in two places,
and her foot hung by the flesh and mus
cles, as a result of the fall, which oc
curred August 30, 1907. She asserts that
three operations were necessary, that she
was rendered a permanent cripple, and
was obliged to pay a hospital bill of
$193.08.
A three-story brick building at Delay
and Russell streets, together with three
wooden buildings, are owned by the Pow
ells. They rent the second and third
stories of the brick to Mrs. Webber and
Kirkpatrlck. They In turn rent to the
roomers, these two floors being conduct
ed as a lodging-house. The ground floor
is occupied by stores. From a hallway
on the second floor, which runs the
length of the building. Is a walk, leading
onto the roof of one of the frame struc
tures. Upon this roof numerous clothes
lines are stretched, and Mrs. AInscoe as
serts that it has been the custom of all
he roomers to hang out their clothes,
rugs and carpets on these lines. This
was done, it Is asserted, with the full
knowledge of the owners of the building.
Mrs. Ainscoe also says that notwith
standing her accident the lodgers still
use this old roof for a back yard.
BOYS FACE SERIOUS CHARGE
Accused of Breaking Block Signals
on O, W. P.
Rome Sarchet and Oliver Cummings,
15 and 16 years old, respectively, will
be obliged to appear before Judge
Gantenbeln, of the Juvenile Court,
Friday. They are charged by the O.
W. P. officials with breaking the sig
nal lights of the Mount Scotf block
system, so that a collision was nar
rowly averted. The boys are said to
have thrown rocks at the lights. They
live at Myrtle Park.
Previous to the installation of the
block system the conductors on the O.
W. P. lines had been obliged to tele
phone to a dispatcher at Intervals
along the lines. This system has now
JUNE 10, 1908.
been abolished. Deputy Sheriff W. P.
Lillis, employed by the Portland Rail
way, Light & Power Company, was
put to work on the case when trouble
with the system was first reported.
It was said that the boys at Grays
crossing changed the lights with a
long pole when a car had-passed, mak
ing the light show white instead of
red, thus conveying the wrong signal
to the motormen. The outbound car
being given the signal of a clear .track
when a car Is approaching from the
opposite direction, the danger of a col
lision is imminent. An attempt was
also recently made, at Myrtle Park, to
wreck a car by placing a tie on the
track.
GEORGE TURNER ASKS DIVORCE
Charges That Wire Eloped With
Theatrical Man.
A suit for divorce, filed in the Circuit
Court yesterday by George Turner,
charges Belle Turner with frequenting
saloons and with clandestinely eloping to
Seatttle with a theatrical man. She only
remained in the - Sound City a week,
however. He says that she drank beer
with the bartendttr in a saloon at Fourth
and Taylor streets last February. Tur
ner says his wife went out with other
men many times without his knowledge.
But he is sure she went intuia Morrison
street saloon May 23 with a man un
known to him. The couple was mar
ried in Chicago in 1903, but Turner is
not sure about the month or day, for
his wife tore up the marriage certificate.
Barbara Paukner charges John Pauk
ner with accusing her of infidelity. She
has filed a divorce complaint in the Cir
cuit Court. She says he once purchased
cartridges and made an effort to obtain
a gun which she had hidden, threaten
ing to kill her. She had him -arrested
last month and put in tne County Jail,
as he was In the habit of coming mome
in a drunken condition. He is a car
penter and own prot erty in Peninsular
Addition, of which the wife asks one
third. She also asks $30 a month ali
mony and $76 attorneys' fees, besides the
custody of one of their four children, who
Is under age. The complaint makes Elsa
Anna Schnabel a party to the suit, as
she Is acting as Paukner's trustee. The
Paukners were married in Austria ' In
1882. ,
FINDS OLD LAND PATENT
Original Papers of Caruthers' Dona
tion Claim Discovered.
While going over the personal effects
of the late C. S. Silver, J. X. Blair, of
308 Abington street, this city, yesterday
discovered the original patent to the
claim of Flnlce Caruthers to the donation
grant embracing 300 acres of land be
tween Lincoln and Wood streets, back
from the river to the West line of
Seventh street. The patent bears the
date of October 9, 1861, and is signed by
Abraham Lincoln and W. O. Stoddard,
at that time Secretty of the Interior.
One of the old seals of the land office
is attached in the left-hand corner of
the parchment which has passed through
nearly half a century without becoming
in the least mutilated.
Mr. Blair, the finder of the patent, is
administrator of the Silver estate, and
it was while engaged in destroying the
now useless papers of the deceased that
he came across the patent to the
Caruthers" claim. The parchment came
into the hands of Silver during his life
time through his connection with the
Caruthers' estate as administrator. '
Thr are upward of 70 upecles of edible
MEwecd growing- on th coasts of Ha'wail,
and a.bout 40 of these ar la common uss
by th natives.
THE DRILL A ROTABLE SUCCESS.
RIGHTS OF THE GITY
Water Board Struggles With
Bull Run, Flume.
EMPLOYS SPECIAL COUNSEL
Ordinance Granting Privileges to
Mount Hood Railway & Power
Co. Referred to City Attorney
and R. D. Montague.
An ordinance granting the Mount
Hood Railway & Power Company the
right to construct a flume, canal and
railway lines across certain property
owned and controlled by the city, came
up for consideration at a meeting of
the Water Board yesterday afternoon,
and was referred to City Attorney
Kavanaugh and Special Counsel R. p.
Montague for reports. This is proba
bly the most important matter that has
been up for action in Portland for a
long time, as it Involves rights in Bull
Run River, the source of the municipal
water supply. The measure, as drafted
by the corporation officials and amend
ed by Mr. Kavanaugh. is unsatisfactory
to the Mayor and members of the Wa
ter Board, as it is said by them to pre
clude the use of water below the in
take for power purposes, should the
city desire at any time to establish a
power plant
Maintains City Is Protected.
Robert T. Linney. assistant general
manager of the corporation, was pres
ent, and spoke on behalf of the- com
pany. He declared that the proposed
ordinance was drawn with the distinct
understanding and purpose of serving
the best interests of the city. Not one
drop of water that may be required
for municipal or other purposes, below
the intake, he said, would ever be lised
or attempted to be used by his com
pany. All he desires, and all his asso
ciates wish, according to his statement.
Is the water not used by the city now
or In the future.
The city, both as represented by the
Water Board and tiie'Council, demands
every right and title now claimed by
the corporation in Bull Run River be
fore passing the ordinance. The mat
ter is now under consideration by the
Council- committee on judiciary and by
the members of the Water Board. The
latter will now await a report from
City Attorney Kavanaugh and Mr.
Montague, their private counsel, be
fore taking further action.
Many Want Water.
The Water Board also wrestled with
the numerous applications for exten
sions of water mains' and for increased
supply of water from different sections
of the city. Just now. with Summer
heat at hand, the problem becomes
more serious than ever, and the mem
bers of theoard have hard work to do
anything like Justice to the residents
of the rapidly growing suburbs and
certain districts near the down-town
portion. Only those in the greatest
need are being considered, as the fund
Is so small that it is impossible to ac
commodate all who wish water.
The members of the Board discussed
the question as to whether the work
men in the department, especially those
engaged In the placing of the mains,
are giving the city good service for the
wages paid. It was found that the
men are not doing their best, and the
superintendent was Instructed to no
tify the crews that their services were
not altogether satisfactory to the
Mayor and the members of the Board.
The city pays the highest of wages for
common laborers $2.50 for an eight
hour day.
Dr. M. H. White, owner of a small
water system In Center addition, ap
peared before the Board and sought
Information as to whetlTer the mem
bers had decided to purchase his out
fit. He was told that his plant is un
satisfactory, much of the pipe being
Inferior, according to the engineer's
report- He was very angry, and char
acterized the engineer's report' as "absurd."
N. H. PYRON SENTENCED
Must Serve Three Years for Passing
Counterfeit Coin.
Noris H. Pyron, alias "Steve Ramsey,"
was arrested in April on a charge of
passing spurious coin. The complaint
was sworn to by Chris Meyer, who was
one of Pyron's victims. The arrested
man was brought before A. M. Cannon,
Clerk of the Federal Court, sitting aa
Commissioner, and was held for trial, his
bond being fixed at $3500. The prisoner
was unable to furnish the bond and ha
was. held in Jail.
Yesterday Pyron appeared before Judge
Wolverton and entered a plea of guilty
to the fourth count in the Indictment,
that of passing a spurious $1 coin. Evi
dence having been submitted to the court
proving the prisoner to he a dangerous
character, the Judge sentenced him to
serve three years In the prison at Mc
Neill's Island.
Rockwood to Celebrate the Fourth.
GRESIIAM, Or., June 9. (Special) A
celebration of the Fourth of July
will be held at Rockwood, nine
miles east of Portland, on the Base
Lino road. The people are prepar
ing to have a celebration that will
eclipse anything ever given before
in Eastern Multnomah. A splendid grove
has been secured, where the usual prep
arations are being made to accommo
date large crowds. Music, speakers and
other attractions are being secured. Tho
day will close with a grand ball at
night in the new Grange Hall.
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