Morning Oregonian., September 23, 1908, Page 6, Image 6

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STRIKE HOLDS UP
BUILDING
WORK
Grays Harbor Carpenters Re
fuse to Use Lumber Hauled
- by 'Johnson Company.
MILLMEN STANDING FIRM
Declare Action of Union Is Boycott.
Contractor Judson Says Principle
- of Unionism Is at Stake and
Fight W ill Be to Finish.
ABERDEEX. Wash.. Spt. 22. (Spe
cial.) Building work in the harbor la
generally mspended today and bids fair
to remain bo. as both the Carpenters'
1'nlon and the mUlowners have refused to
recede from the attitude already assumed
on the question of the use of lumber
hauled by the wagons and teams of the
Johnston Transfer Company. The carpen
ters refuse absolutely to use the lumber
h. miiimpn refuse to use other
means of transportation than those af
forded by the Johnston Company.
At a meeting of the Carpenters' Vnion
last night the whole problem was dis
cussed at length, finally deciding to
"stand pat" and continue to refuse to use
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Another meeting will be held tonight in
conjunction wltn tne iraurs
Linn rnuntv. OrPrron." and valued this
right at 125.000. The tax extended on this
assessment amounts to 22a. He also
assessed the Western Union Telegraph
Company. Postal Telegraph Company,
Pacific States Telephone and Telegraph
Company and Home Telephone Company
with franchises. . All of these corpor
ations paid their total taxes, including
that on the franchise, except the Wells
Furgo and Western Union.
The complaint of the Wells-Fargo Com
pany asserts that the company nas paio.
its taxes on personal property, assessed
t nra.06. and that is all of trie property
It owns In Unn County. It is asserted
that "plaintiff has no franchise for tne
transaction of business In IJnn County
and has never been accorded by the
County Court of IJnn County any rights
or privileges whatsoever, nor has it any
ri-rht in transact business in Unn County
by legislative grant or otherwise, except
as all persons are authorised to transact
lawful business In all parts of the states
and except as foreign corporations, com
plying with the act or 1S"3. are empowerea
to do business In the State of Oregon."
It is further asserted that when the
County Assessor levied an assessment on
this franchise he undertook to levy an
occupation tax and that the procedure
was unconstitutional.
CROWD AT YAMHILL FAIR
SIX THOUSAND PEOPLE ATTEVD
OPEXIXO EXERCISES.
Mill-Owners to Meet Today.
' A meeting of all the mUlowners of the
harbor has been called for tomorrow aft
ernoon at the Elks' Hall. It Is not ex
pected that this meeting will develop a
tendency on the part of the millowners
to budge an Inch from the position they
hare taken. In fact, t'ney say today that
they ars united In the matter and that
not one mill of the harbor will provide
lumber except when hauled by the John
ston Company. They lnsslt that they are
making no fight on unionism and that
they have no Intention of "breaking up
the union." but they declare that they
are warring against the boycott system.
A formal statement of their position will
probably be made after the meeting to
morrow afternoon.
On the other hand, the carpenters say
that they discern in this action of the
millowners an attempt to "disrupt the
onions."
Means Fight to Finish.
L. L. Judson, a prominent carpenter
and contractor, is outspoken on the
point. He says: "Johnston was declared
unfair bv the General Trades Council,
and the Carpenters' Union had nothing to
do but to follow orders and refuse lum
ber delivered by him.
"It is the opinion of the labor unions
that the millowners are using Johnston
as a club to disrupt the unions of Grays
Harbor, and that that Is the only rea
son they have taken up the light for
Johnston. If Johnston Is recognized as
fair. It means the beginning of the fail
of unions in Grays Harbor, and I am not
In favor of that. I believe in unions.
While I dislike to see building projects
stopped and men out of work. I claim
that the fight was precipitated by the
millowners without reason, and for the
purpose which I have stated. I believe
lumber will be brought Into Grays Har
bor and that the fight will be to a finish."
WILL LAY CORNERSTONE
Brownsville Oddfellows Planning
for Special Event Thursday.
BROWNSVILLE. Or., Sept. 12. (Spe
cial.) The cornerstone of the $10,000
Oddfellows' Temple, to be erected in
this city by Calapooia Lodge No. b3,
will be laid with ceremonies befitting
the occasion on Thursday evening.
Grand Master Hostettler, of La
Grande, will officiate, assisted by the
local officers of the lodge, and Past
Grand Master J. K. Weathergard, of
Albany, will deliver an address. The
ceremonies will be followed by a ban
quet. The new temple will be one of the
fine lodge buildings in the atate when
completed.
SEND EUGENE APPLES EAST
Lane County Association Preparing
to Build Vp Reputation.
EUGENE. Or.. Sept. 22. (Special.)
The Lane County Fruit and Vegetable
Growers' Association wilt ship from 20
to 30 carloads of apples to Eastern and
Southern Statt-s this Fall, with the pur
pose of establishing the reputation of
this section of the Willamette Valley
as an apple country. All apples that
are shipped will be of good quality and
well packed. Some fine apples are
grown about Eugene and the country
has suffered a good deal by the care
less prcha.rdiKt who did not care what
went out of the country. But this
year the association Is In control, and
nothing but the best apples will go to
make Lane County's reputation.
GATHERING COOS BAY DATA
Superintendent Ackerman and ti. R.
Alderman, Father of School
Fairs, Deliver Addresses.
M'MINNVILLE. Or- Sept. 22. (Spe
cial.) Today was the beginning of the
All-Yamhlll School Fair and Stock
Show, and marked the successful
launching of the four-day event. State
School Superintendent Ackerman was
the principal speaker, addressing his
remarks to the school officers, teach
ers and pupils, as well as to the pub
lic In general. L. R. Alderman, assist
ant professor of Education at the Uni
versity of Oregon, but formerly of this
place and the father of school fairs,
was the next speaker, and was followed
by exercises by the Dayton and North
Yamhill schools.
In the afternoon occurred the big
parade of Bchool children. After the
schools came the miscellaneous part of
the parade, not the least of which was
the grizzled and well-known veteran.
Ezra Meeker, driving his oxteam and
wagon with which he .lately made the
trip across the continent and back over
the emigrant trail of long ago. Mr.
Meeker will address the pioneers on
Thursday, and the school children on
Friday.
Congressman Hawley will be one of
the speakers tomorrow. The speaking
and literary programmes are held In
the big circus tent of E. J. Arnold,
kindly loaned for the purpose. Mr.
Arnold also furnishes the free outdoor
entertainment during the fair. This
consists of high-wire acts by Charles
De Nova twice each day and balloon
ascension and parachute jump each
forenoon.
It was estimated that the attendance
today was at least 6000.
WELCOME TO METHODISTS
Ilarrinian Agent lnvestlgutinK Pros
pective Railroad Business.
MARSH FIELD. Or.. Sept. 22. (Spe
cial.) Colonel W. H. Holablrd. of San
Francisco, is In Coos Bay as Mr. Har
riman's representative to report on
business conditions relative to the
building of the Coos Bny-Draln Rail
road. The committee recently appoint
ed to confer with Mr. Hiirrtman at
Roseburg. will assist Mr. Holablrd in
gathering necessary data as to the
freight baslness in prospect for the
new road. Mr. Holablrd is the guest
of General Manager C. J. Millis. of the
Southern Taclfic Railroad.
RESISTS FRANCHISE TAX
Wells-FarfEO Company Brings Suit
Against Linn County.
ALBANY. Or.. Sept 22. (Special.) The
Wells-Fargo Express Company today in
stituted suit In the State Circuit Court
here to enjoin IJnn County from collect
ing a tax levied upon its right or fran
chise to do business in this county. The
right of a. county to tax the franchise of
a company of this kind fc attacked in
the complaint and the decision in this
caw will be of wide-spread effect.
When, making the tax roll. County
Assessor D. B. McKnight assessed the
Wells-Fargo Company with "a certain
right or privilege lor doing business in
Salem Extends Cordial Greetings to
Members Oregon Conference.
SALEM, Or., Svpt. 22--(9peclal.) About
10U members of the Oregon conference of
the Methodist Episcopal Church reached
Salem today,- In readiness for the ses
sions of the conference which begins to
morrow morning. This evening a re
ception was held at the First Methodist
Episcopal Church, Rev. W. H. Selleck,
pastor of the church, presided and Intro
duced the speakers. On behalf of the
City of Salem. Mayor George F. Rodgers
delivered an address of welcome, assur
ing the visitors that Salem Is pleased to
greet and entertain them and extending
them the freedom of the city. In his
usual numerous vein, he related some
of his personal experiences at religious
gatherings and "Jollied" the preachers
until their faces lost all semblance of
serious mood.
President Homan, of Willamette Uni
versity, welcomed the visitors on behalf
of the local churches and the University.
and I. H. Van Winkle extended a welcome
on behalf of the laymen.
Rev. Clarence True Wilson, of Portland,
responded, expressing appreciation of the
hearty welcome. In the course or nis
remarks he took occasion to refer to the
progress of popular government In Ore
gon and expressed his .satisfaction with
the result of experiments In direct legis
lation. He mentioned particularly the
adoption of laws for the regulation of
liouor selling and for the election of
United States Senators by direct vote of
the people. He said that he long had
doubted the truth of the saying that the
voice of the people is the voice of God,
but since he had witnessed the operation
of the initiative and referendum he had
come to believe in It.
The conference will be organized by
Bishop Hughes at 10 A. M. tomorrow
and the work of the conference will be
taken up Immediately.
SEEK BASIS OF TAXATION
Washington State Board Wrestling
With Difficult Problem.
vOLYMPIA, Wash.. Sept. 2S. (Special.)
The State Board of Equalization was In
executive session nearly all today seeking
to determine some method of working out
a fair equalization of assessments be
tween the several counties. Members of
the board say It will probably be several
days before the result of their delibera
tions can be announced.
This morning Jacob Furth, representing
the Stone-Webster companies, presented
an amended report covering the gross
earnings of the Seattle Electric Company.
The amendment Is to cover an error made
where certain revenue was doubly credited
in rross earnings.
Representatives of King and Spokane
Counties and of the steam railroads are
In constant attendance at the meetings of
the board. It is announced by the rail
road representatives that they will make
no protest to paying taxes upon the full
valuation of their properties as found by
the State Railroad commission provided
all other property In the state Is fixed
by the State Board at Its true value, but
suits are threatened it the State Board
tries to tax railroads at the 60 per cent
ratio unless other property in all the
counties Is raised to 60 per cent.
Ellen Carey Buell, Pioneer.
SHERIDAN. Or.. Sept. 22. (Spe
cial.) Ellen Carey Buell. a pioneer of
1847, who died at her home near Sheri
dan, September 20, was married to
Cvrus Buell in 1859. who with four
children. Charles W, of Vancouver,
Wash., M. H.. of Falls City. Or., Frank
L-. of Tillamook. Or., and Mrs. A. J.
Cooper, of Sheridan, Or., survive her.
Potatoes, Ten Tons to Acre.
MONTESANO. Wash., Sept. 22. (Spe
cial.) Henry Hlldebrand, who has a
small field of potatoes near Montesano,
has begun digging, and from the first
acre dug he got ten tons of potatoes
He says that they are all of large size
and that if there had been rain at the
proper time the crop would have been
much larger.
SUES FAIR BOARD
McMahan Wants Money for
700 Passes Issued.
SAYS STATE LOST $2100
Has -Assurance-of District Attorney
That Case Will Be Vigorously
ProsecnteA Deliberate Violation-
of Law Is Charged.
SALEM. Or., Sept. 22. (Special.)
Suit will probably be commenced here
within a day or two for the purpose
of compelling the members of the
State Fair Board to pay to the state
the value of the passes they Issued to
various persons during the recent
State Fair. About 700 passes were is
sued and the total value Is estimated
at $2100. L. H. McMahan, who threat
ened suit to enjoin recognition of
passes, proposes to make the members
of the board account for the value of
the tickets they gave away. In speak
ing of the matter today, Mr. McMahan
said:
"I bad all the papers prepared for a
suit against the State Fair Board for
the purpose of enjoining the use of
passes but at the request of members
of the board I delayed suit until they
could get an opinion from Attorney
General Crawford. The Attorney-General
held that they had no right to
Issue passes. They were Informed by
a member of the board that no more
passes would be Issued and that those
already out would be cancelled. In
view of that assurance I did not file
the suit.
"But now I learn that all those 700
passes were recognized whenever they
were presented. The board delibratly -violated
the law after being expressly ad
vised by the Attorney-General what the
law mae, and In a, manner that not only
violates law, but common Justice. Those
700 passes were issued to the 'silk stock
ing brigade, who are amply able to pay
for admission to the fair. Passes did not
go to the poor widow with a family of
children, who could not a fiord to pay
the SO cents admission charge. The course
of the board shows it to be a lawless
body, and I propose to let the public
know what kind of officials the members
of the Fair Board are.
"Under the decisions of the Supreme
Court of this state an Individual cannot
bring a suit for conversion of public
funds or property without first securing
the authority of the District Attorney. I
have conferred with District Attorney
McNary and have been assured by him
that he will d oall that he can to right
the wrong that has been done. Mr. Mc
Nary feels that the matter Is Important,
for, as he expresses it, if officers of the
state will not obey the laws, there is no
use trying to make other people obey
them.
"The members of the State Fair Board
are officers of the state, sworn to obey
the law. They have no right to give
away tickets to the State Fair. A ticket
good for one admission Is equivalent to
50 cents, and when the State Fair Board
gave away passes it committed an act
Just as wrong as to reach into the cash
box and take out the moeny and band it
to a friend outside the gates for him to
use In paying his way In. That is the
sum and substance of the whole transac
tion in both law and morals. The fact
that the recipients of the gifts are peo
ple who can best afford to pay for their1
admission Is merely an aggravating cir
cumstance.
"I propose to see that this wronk shall
not occur again."
MANY REGISTER AT EUGENE
STUDENTS ENROLLED FIRST
DAY NUMBER 2 53.
Prospect Are That State University
Will Have 600 When
Work Begins.
EUGENE. Or., Sept 22. (Special.)
Two hundred and fifty-three students
registered today at the University ot
Oregon, between 9 and 4 o'clock. This
is about 40 more than the institution
has ever registered on Its opening day,
and the number indicates an enrollment
of probably 600 for the year. It Is
estimated that the freshman class will
number 250.
Of the students who registered to
day, almost all are now students, com
ing from High Schools throughout Ore
gon and from other states, ine growth
of the High schools oi Oregon is very
noticeable In the registration, a num
ber sending their first graduates to the
University of Oregon this year.
All the principal schools of Southern
and Eastern Oregon are well repre
sented. From Medford eight out of a
class of IS already have registered, and
from Baker City 14 out or is nave come
to the University.
All members of the faculty are here
excepting H. Douglas, the new libra
rian, who will be here next week. The
new members of the faculty are: Dr.
James Btarjett, of the department of
political sclenck, who comes iroja the
University of Arizona;. Professor F. L.
Parker, department of mining, from the
Colorado School of Mines; Professor
Ketchum, with the department of civil
engineering, from the University of
Illinois; James Currie, instructor in
chemistry, from the University of In
diana; Dr. Hugo Koehler, in German,
from the University of Lelpefc; Samuel
E. Eliot, instructor In psychology, from
Oxford University; L. R. Alderman, de
partment of education, a graduate of
the University of Oregon, and Mrs.
Ellen M. Pennell, assistant dean of
women, from the Monmouth Normal
School.
Wralks Off Ferry; Drowns.
INDEPENDENCE, Or., Sept- 22.
(Special.) Steve Cooper, a foreman in
the hop yards of J. E. Cooper, of this
city, was drowned late yesterday even
ing in the Willamette River as he was
returning to the hop yards. On leav
ing the ferryboat Cooper walked Into
the river, thinking the boat was landed.
The boat had drifted from the landing,
and he walked off into 12 feet of water.
The river has been dragged without
finding any trace of the body. Steve
Cooper was a middle-aged man who
had resided In and about independence i
for the last 15 years. He had been em-
ployed Dy J. rv Looper oir ana on aur-Ing-
that time in his hop yards.
Home Comfort Worth $11,048,647.
OLYMPIA, 'Wash., Sept. 12 (Spe-
September means a
return to the waistcoat
and here are the new
ones in novel cut and
original designs.
Even the conservative
man can let himself
loose in a fancy vest
without jarring the con
ventional ideas of dress.
Here are the new tans,
olives and mauves in
English serges and
French flannels, also the
dressy white and black
effects.
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CLOTHIERS
166-170 Third Street.
clal. ) Household furniture in the
homes of the state of Washington has
been valued by county equalization
boards at $11,948,547. a gain of 1,873,
630 over last year's figures. Sewing
machines' to the number of 73.448 are
valued at $744,558, in 1907 the state
counted 60,031, fixing the value at
$67,099.
Army Surgeon Delegates.
SALEM, Or., Sept. 22. (Special.)
Governor Chamberlain today named
the following persons, who are mem
bers of the medical department of the
Oregon National Guard, to represent
this state at the annual session of the
Association of Military Surgeons,
which will convene in Atlanta, Ga.,
October 13:
Colonel Charles T. Chamberlain. Port
land; Major J. D. Sternberg. Portland: Cap
tain F. C. Broslus. Hoou River: Captain
W. L. Cheshire. Eugene; Captain W. B.
Carll. Oreion City; Captain M. B. Mar
cellus. Portland; Lieutenant W. H. Byrd,
Salem; Lieutenant C. C. McCormlck. Port
land; Lieutenant R. E. L. Holt, Portland.
Laidlnw Visits in Coos Bay.
MARSHFIELD, Or., Sept. 22. (Spe
cial.) James Laldlaw, British Consul
at Portland, Is the guest of J. W. Ben
nett. Mr. Laldlaw came down with Che
view of appointing a consul for Coos
Bay.
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Ingersoll Eclipse; silver-plat-
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Our Great Trade-Building Sale is fast drawing to a close, it having only
seven days more to run. What -a success it has proven to he in every
way even greater than we dared anticipate. This sale more than ful
filled its purpose that of bringing additional new customers to the store.
They came, they looked and investigated and bought and profited by the
buying.. That those who bought were pleased and gratified by what they
found here is very evident from the fact that as the sale increased in age
the volume of business increased at even a greater ratio. The reason
for this is close at hand and very apparent. This reason is "splendid
values first, last and all the time. The assortment of styles and sizes
has remained unsurpassed throughout the sale, and will be kept so until
the very last day, by the addition of new lots that are coming in daily
from the factories. If you need a new suit now or a few months hence,
come here at once, because you can have the unrestricted choice of
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$18.50,$20.00,$22.50
$25.00, $27.50 and
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Venetian. We cannot too strongly commend the splendid workman
ship being hand-tailored throughout "by master craftsmen." No
where in this vicinity can you buy their equal under $30.00 if ready
made if made to your order you'd be obliged to pay $40.00 to $45.00
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