Morning Oregonian., July 15, 1908, Page 10, Image 10

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THE MORNING OREGON'IAN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 1908.
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Your
An Orchard tract within your reach.
It will give you the means to gratify your wishes and those
of your family whether it be to travel or what not.
A little investment, on easy terms, made now in this won
derfully rich Umpqua Valley means independence for you
for life.
Any man who will devote his energy to the cultivation of
fruit' in this valley simply cannot get away from an income of
$500 per acre each year.
Land of equal value in the sections of the state which
have been more widely advertised would cost you double the
price we are asking for this.
An Orchard tract means more than life insurance-it
means that ten acres will bring you a certain income of $5000
a year and you will have the benefit of it NOW and during
the years to come.
If you have any desire to own an Orchard tract in South
ern Oregon's greatest fruit belt, that will put an end to the
long hours of office work, the limits of a'salary, the trying de
tails of professional or business life, then talk with us today
about the Roseburg Home-Orchard Tracts.
A party of Portland people will leave here Saturday night to visit the tract.
We can make room for you in our automobile that meets all trains at Roseburg
Opportunity
Situated on the beautiful Umpqua River, just north of the
city of Roseburg, every acre ready to plant to trees or small
fruit, an alluvial soil of great depth--a true sedimentary de
posit and adapted to the growing of apples, pears, peaches,
walnuts, cherries, almonds, small fruits and vegetables of
every kind. The climate in this valley is ideal, mild Winters,
Summer days that are never too warm for comfort, schools,
churches and all that goes to make life enjoyable.
OUR QUICK RETURN PLAN
If you are not prepared to develop your tract at this time we will do
this for you; we will raise strawberries, raspberries, loganberries, currants,
watermelons, cantaloupes, potatoes, asparagus, onions, etc., between the
fruit trees and at the end ot the season we will pay you one half the net
profits therefrom. This means that you will secure from the land in two
seasons enough to cover the cost of the tract and the setting of it to orchard.
Come in today and let us give you the details of this plan-it is a winner
and we will guarantee that you will get the same results that you would if
you personally developed your tract, other than the giving to us our. share
of the profits in return for our labor and money invested.
Price $150 per acre, on easy terms.
Gall at our office and inspect the maps and picture of the
tract and secure our booklet on the subject.
HARDI
NG & ENGEN, Portland, Oregon
204 Rothchild Building, Fourth and Washington Streets. Phone Main 5465
Branch Office:
Roseburg, Ore.
BURKE BOUND OVER
Timber Locator Must Face
Grand Jury.
CHARGE OF FRAUD IS FILED
Marquam building was dismissed by
Judge VVolverton in the United States
Court yesterday following the failure
of the plaintiff to appear in court.
Since the application was filed, Mr.
Marquam has been litigated out of
court and it was needless for him fur
ther to prosecute his application for
access to the records of the suspended
bank, which has succeeded to the own
ership of the property before it be
came insolvent last Summer.
JANITORS AT FAULT
O. M. Stafford Is Also Accused of
Misrepresenting to Entrymen
Land for Which Location
Fee Was Charged.
After a hearing. United States Commis
sioner Cannon yesterday held J. C. Burke
to the Federal grand Jury on a charge of
assisting to procure Arthur E. DcLanay
to make a fraudulent affidavit In con
nection with his application for filing on
a tlmberland tract in Clackamas County.
Burke was held under $2000 bonds to ap
pear before the frrand Jury. In default of
bail he was committed to Jail last night.
O. M. Stafford, charged with a similar
offense, will be slven a preliminary ex
amination before United States Commis
sioner G. H. Marsh today.
The preliminary examination of Burke
was conducted by Deputy United States
Attorney Evans, the defendant betnsr rep
resented by John C. Shlllock. After
several witnesses had been e.-aimlned for
the rropecutlon, the defense waived the
introduction of any testimony and Com
missioner Cannon bound Burke over to
the grand Jury.
The complaining witness against Burke
wag Edward DeLanay, father of Arthur
E. DeLanay, who, last April, contracted
with Burka for a consideration of $500 to
locate him on a quarter-section ot timber
land In Clackamas County. The testimony
submitted at the examination was to the
effect that Burke accompanied young
DeLanay Into Clackamas County and
showed him a quarter-section of choice
timber land. He afterwards accompanied
the prospective entryman to the Oregon
City Land Office and caused him to file
on another quarter sectton about li miles
distant, the land being worthless and non
timbered. In order to complete the filing
it was necessary for DeLanay to make an
affidavit reciting the fact that he had
personally visited the land and inspected
it and that it was more valuable for
timber than for agricultural purposes. It
was for assisting DeLanay to make this
affidavit that he was arrested.
The Government was supplied with
abundant proof to show that Burke ac
companied DeLanay to one tract and
located him on another, thereby supply
ing the grounds for a charge of perjury.
Burke, however, contends that he acted
in good faith in his relations with De
Lanay and that If any mistake has re
sulted in the location of the timber land,
it was due to the Government because of
alleged changes in the markings of the
different quarter sections.
Assistant District Attorney Evans be
lieves The Government has a good case
against both Burke and Stafford who
have been engaged in the timber land
locating business in this state for sev
eral years. During that time they are
alleged to have located various entrymen
improperly after having exacted a loca
tion fee from each tanging from $200 to
o00.
JOSEPH A. HUGHES DEAD
Former Coroner of Multnomah
County Passes Away.
Joseph A. Hughes, a former Coroner
of Multnomah County, passed away at his
apartments, 450 Yamhill street, yesterday
morning, as a result of a chronic attack
Marquam Application Dismissed.
Ths application of P. A. Marquam
to examine the books and accounts of
the Title Guarantee & Trust Company
and to make the receiver of the de
funct Institution a party defendant to
I tils suit to recover possession of the
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of nephritis. Mr. Hughes had - been a
sufferer for about a year, but for the
past few weeks his condition was such
as to give his family hopes of ultimate
recovery. His death, therefore, came as
a surprise as well as a shock.
Mr. Hughes was born in Dublin. Ireland,
51 years ago and came to America when
a mere boy, settling with his parents in
Philadelphia. He came to Portland 30
years ago and became a letter-carrier.
Later he entered the undertaking busi
ness and filled the office of County Cor
oner one term. Mr. Hughes was a mem
ber of the Knights of Columbus and a
charter member of the Portland Lodge of
Elks. Funeral arrangements are being
made by the Holman Undertaking Com
pany, but the time of the funeral will
not be set until word is received from his
children, who reside at Anaconda.
EXCURSION TO SALEM
To Attend the Cherry Fair.
There will be an excursion to Salem on
Saturday next, July 18, by the Southern
Pacific, to accommodate Portlandltes who
wish to attend the cherry fair in that
city. Bound trip tickets $2.80, with the
privilege of returning Saturday, Sunday
or Monday. Train leaves Union Depot
8:15 A. M. ; arrives Salem 11:03. A fine
entertainment has been arranged by the
citizens of Salem and visitors may be as
sured of a delightful time.
Blamed for Bad Conditions in
.Schools.
POOR PAY CAUSES NEGLECT
The Star Brewery's famous Hop Gold
beer is unexcelled in all respects and is
highly recommended for its strength and
health-giving qualities. Orders for bot
tled beer receive prompt attention. Phone
East 46. Home phone B 1116.
City Officials, ' Including Directors,
Admit Truth of Charge That Sani
tation Is Far From What
It Should Be.
Declarations made by the Oregon
State Congress of Mothers, in a report
submitted to the Board of Education
Monday, that shocking conditions
abound in many of the public school
buildings as to sanitary features, lack
of attention to cleanliness in the toilets
and a general laxity of hygienic
measures are admitted to be true by
city officials, and in part, by the di
rectors themselves. The blame for
much ot the filthlness is laid at the
door of the Janitors, who are required
by the rules to care for such matters.
Poor pay, resulting in lack of atten
tion to these duties, is assigned as
one of the causes for the situation.
Others Made Same Report.
That the conditions set forth in the
report of the mochers' congress are
true, there seems no doubt, and it is
also true that the conditions have been
previously reported to the Board of
Education. City Health Officer Pohl
and Plumbing Inspector .Hey, in
written reports, on file In the office of
the school clerk, have repeatedly
called official atcentlon to the unsani
tary conditions abounding in many of
the school buildings. Dr. Pohl and
Mr. Hey have recommended to the
Board of Education the installation of
modern plumbing systems In all of the
school buildings, and Dr. Pohl even
more strongly advised the Board
against continuation of the present
decidedly unsanitary system employed
as to drinking. It is the most danger
ous practice known, says Dr. Pohl,
for children to drink from common
cups, as it tends to spread infection.
This is a matter, however, not re
ported upon by the mothers' congress.
The members of the Board of Educa
tion were disinclined yesterday to
make statements for publication on
the allegations contained in the re
port of the mothers' congress, but it
was admitted by members that at
least some of the declarations made
are well founded. That a searching
investigation will be made, is said to
be certain, and It would not be sur
prising if several janitors should be
discharged.
Janitors Hard to Secure.'
It is said to be difficult to secure
good janitors for the small school
buildings, as the rate ot pay is so
small that none save old or crippled
men will take the places. It is very
difficult to enforce discipline and to
compel them to obey the rules as to
flushing the toilets and looking after
the various features of sanitation in
the buildings.
Mrs. Elmer B. Colwell, 'president of
the Oregon State Congress of Mothers,
who read the report to the Board of
Education, declares that the conditions
set forth therein are not only true,
but that, in some Instances, worse than
stated. It is believed that a commit
tee from the crongres will be present
at the next meeting of the school di
rectors to note the action that may
be taken on the report
In its report, the mothers' congress
is not so severe as Mayor Lane, who
declares that the public school build
ings of , Portland are fire-traps, disease-infected
and should be burned
down and more substantial buildings
erected in their stead.
TO ELECT OFFICERS TODAY
Negro Masons Hold Series of Meet
ings In City.
At the meeting today of the Grand
Lodge of Negro Masons of Washing
ton and Oregon, officers will be elect
ed for the ensuing year. John C
Logan, of Portland, who has held the
NATIVE OREGON WOMAN DIES
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The Late Mrs. E. K. Wickersham,.
Whole Death Occurred at O.ka
roosa, Iowa.
Mrs. Margaret Wlckersham, wife
of E. E. Wickersham, of Scap
poose, Or., died at Oskaloosa,
Iowa, July 2, and was burled at
Rlverview Cemetery, Portland.
July 7. Mrs. Wickersham was
born in Columbia County, Ore
gon, of pioneer parents, who
crossed the plans with oxteams
in 1847. She was a tireless work
. er in many charitable causes.
office of grand master for the past
five years, will not be a candidate.
Grand Orator Emmett Holmes, of Spo
kane, and Deputy Grand Master Ed
ward Hawkins, of Seattle, are talked
of for the office.
The convention of the Grand Lodge,
which opened Monday under the
auspices of Enterprise Lodge, No. 1, of
Portland, has been attended by colored
Masons from all parts of the Pacific
Northwest. Preceding the opening ses
sion, a reception was tendered the
visiting delegates in Bethel African
Methodist Church, on North Tenth
street. The address of welcome was
delivered by Rev. W. J. Tolllver and
was responded to by C. S. Parker, of
Spokane, grand secretary of the
lodge. An address on behalf of Enter
prise lodge was delivered by G. N.
White. W. J. Payne acted as chair
man. Tonight at Forresters' Hall an en
tertainment will be given under the
auspices of Mount Hood Chapter, No.
60, Order of the Eastern Star. This
afternoon the visiting delegates will
be the guests of the local lodges on a
trolley ride.
ATHLETE IN PRISON
Former Member Multnomah
Club Arrested.
SUPPOSED TO BE INSANE
Fred Hamilton's Room Found to
Contain Many Articles Stolen
From Different
Victims.
Fred Hamilton, arrested at 2:30 o'clock
yesterday morning after having robbed
three jewelry stores, is an athlete of con
siderable note, having played on the old
Portland University eleven and later with
the Multnomah team. Hamilton, who was
known as "Cinch," was also two terms
Assessor of Skamania County, Washing
ton, and is well known throughout the
Pacific Northwest.
Hamilton was arrested by Patrolman
Anderson after the officer had shot him
in the foot. He broke into three different
stores by similar methods, breaking out
the glass in the windows with a brick.
The three concerns were all robbed with
in half an hour, and the victims were the
Oregon Jewelry Company, 114 Third street;
Aronson Bros., 294 Washington street, and
G. Heitkeimer Company, 286 Morrison
street. When arrested Hamilton had in
his pockets 42 gold band rings and other
articles of jewelry. He later led his
captor to a bootblacking stall where his
suitcase, containing his clothes and about
$1000 worth of jewelry, was found. The
total amount of the thefts. Is estimated
at $1300.
It is said that Insanity brought on by
worry over domestic difficulties is partly
responsible for Hamilton's acts. That he
has not been acting rationally of late is
asserted by his friends. While some of
these lay his insanltyto domestic troubles
others declare that an injury to his head,
received during a football game several
years ago, is responsible for his condi
tion. ' He was a student at the old Port
land University, now the Columbia, and
won considerable distinction as an end
and as a quarter-back on the football
eleven. N 1
He attended Columbia in 1895, and be
tween 1S96 and 1901 made quite a reputa
tion as a football player while a mem
ber of the old Portland Athletic Club. It
was in 189S that he began playing with
the Portland Athletic Association eleven.
He remained with this club until 1S98
when he went over to the Multnomah
team. He played with the Multnomah
eleven until 1901. While a member of
the Multnomah Club he also showed up
as an excellent sprinter and ran the 100
yard dash for the association.
His actions have been regarded as queer
for the last four or five years and his
friends now recall various incidents which
they declare tend to show that he was
mentally unbalanced. Hamilton, to his
lawyer, John Stevenson, declares that he
was aided by an accomplice named Harry
Smith.
Following is the list of articles of the
Jewelry now at police headquarters which
Hamilton is charged with stealing.
Twenty-five gold crosses, one silver purse,
18 gold bracelets, 12 diamond, rings. 12
amethyst rings 12 sapphire rings, 12
turquoise rings. 13 sardonyx riaga, 12 opal
rings, one ruby ring, one Oregon gold
nugget rinc one cut glass pitcher, one
cut glass water bottle and 42 plain gold
band rings.
NEW FIREJJMITS URGED
Fast Side District May Be Included
In Restricted Section.
Building Inspector Dobson and V. C.
Dunning, of the East Side Business Men's
Club, yesterday afternoon made an in
vestigation of conditions in East Portland
with a view to having the fire limits
extended. Together they went over the
territory and decided to recommend the
adoption of new fire limits, or rather the
enlargement of the present limits.
Beginning 100 feet west of East Water
street, the new line follows East Clay to
East Sixth street, then north on East
Sixth to East Couch, on East Couch to
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ygimsi r,Jy
Fred Hamilton, Former Football
Star, Arrested for Jewelry Robberies.
100 feet west of East Water and then
south to place of beginning.
Mr. Dobson was in favor of extending
the limits to East Seventh or East
Eighth street, but it was decided not to
recommend the limits be extended fur
ther east than East Sixth for the present.
The present line Is 90 feet east of Grand
avenue, which allows the erection of a
wooden structure on the east hal? of the
blocks. The new lines will have the In
dorsement of the East Side Business
Men's Club and Councilman Kellaher will
support that recommendation of the
Building Inspector in the City Council.
Whether there will be much opposition
to the new fire limits proposed remains
to be seen.
BANFF H0XSPRINGS.
The Canadian Pacific will sell you a
ticket tq Banff Hot Springs and return
for $35. Situated in the very heart of
the Rocky Mountains, it is an Ideal spot
for a Summer's outing. Excellent hotel
accommodation. Unparalleled scenic at
tractions. Apply at -local office, 142
Third street, for full particulars.
Salem Cherry Fair Xight Trains to
Portland via Oregon Electric Ky,
The widely-advertised Cherry Fair
takes place at Salem on Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday of this week, and the
Oregon Electric Railway has arranged
for a special night train to leave Salem
at 10:30 P. M. on each of these days,
running through to Portland and stop
ping at all between-stations. Reduced
rate tickets will be good on these
trains.
GROCERS' GALA DAY
Stores Will Close for Picnic at
Bonneville.
ABOUT 1500 WILL ATTEND
Five Cases of Kerosene Are Poured
on Xearby Pools to Protect Visi
tors Against Mosquito Pest.
Athletic Contests Planned.
Portland grocers will get away this
morning for Bonneville where the an
nual picnic will be held. Two trains
will leave the Union Depot at 8:50.
o'clock and the Indications are they ,
will be crowded with local purveyors
of food stuffs. Rather than miss the '
picnic, local grocers have resolved to
shut up their stores and such estab-
lishments will be closed to the public .
all day today. Parsons Orchestra will
accompany the grocers and will dls- '
pense music throughout the day for
dancing.
Not only grocers will attend the ses
sion at Bonneville today, but their
friends will be on hand to partake in
the festivities. Prizes have been of
fered to the grocer selling the largest
lumber of tickets and competition be
tween local grocers has been keen.
There are many kinds of prizes of
fered for today's sports and games and
lively contests are promised.
Lest the plague of mosquitoes this
season should Interfere with the picnic,
five cases of kerosene were shipped to
Bonneville yesterday and will be
spread on nearby pools so that the
'bothersome insects will be killed. In
addition to that, many prominent
grocers are taking along bottles and
kegs of mosquito lotion, for internal
application, that is warranted to make
the user forget the stings of the tiny
pests.
Baseball is to be a feature of to
day's picnic. Grocers will play the
salesmen from the wholesale houses
and a warm contest is expected to re
sult. There will also be a tug of war
between grocers' wives, and all kinds
of games and races will give those
athletically Inclined an oportunity to
show their skill. Prizes that are worth
striving for are offered in all the
events.
About 1500 grocers and their friends
are expected to participate in today's
picnic at Bonneville. Everyone is
going expecting a good time and for
the time being the worries of business
will be completely left behind. The
grocers and thelp friends are so en
thusiastic about the outing that they
are prepared to defy the weather and
make the occasion a gala one, no mat-'
ter if it rains pitchforks.
The verse that was used by The
Oregonian in a story about the
grocers' picnic in last Sunday's paper
has attracted some attention. It was
written by T. P. Armltstead, vice-president
of the Hazelwood Creamery Com
pany, and will be used in the official
programme printed for the picnic
today.
Wheat Goes 40 Bushels to Acre.
COLFAX. Wash.. July 14. (Special.)
The harvest of Fall wheat began Mon
day in many parts of Whitman County.
H. p. Hale, near Colfax. Is binding his
crop of 40-fold wheat and estimates that
it will make 40 bushels to the acre. In
the vicinity of Colfax the 40-fold wheat
is immense.