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TITE MORNING OREGOXIAN, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1908 RECOMMEHDSTAX FOR COURTHOUSE Grand Jury Also Asks County to Purchase Wiberg Butte for Prisoners. MAKES ITS FINAL REPORT Irs. C. If. and.C. II. T. At wood Are Indicted for Performing Oper- ation That Caused Death of .Malm la Roberts. The November Grand Jury for Mult nomah County returned Its final re port to Judge C V. Oantenbein, in the Circuit Court at 4:15 P. M. yesterday, after having- been convened since No rembor 2, actually in session ten days. With the report, the talesmen returned four true bills, and not a true bill In one case, that of A. K- Winders, who was lodged In the County Jail on sus picion of heinp (ruilty of arson. The Grand Jury satisfied itself that there Is not sufficient evidence to prove that Winders started the fir which destroyed the Star Bakery, at Arleta, about a week ago. The property was Insured with the Queen City Insurance Corn pa n y. After receiving- the report and the Indictments, Judge Gantenbeln dis charged the Jurymen. The report Is more concise than any other that has yet been returned by the grand Juries since they began their sesions. after the Summer vacation. It recommends that the county purchase Wiberg Butte for the purpose of vorking county prisoners, and that a 3-tnill tax levy be made for the construction of a liew courthouse. The report, in full, fol lows; Text of Jury's Report. November IS. 190S To the Honorable JuderA ;antenbeln: We. the jrrand Jury of the t'ounty of Multnomah, State of Oregon. br to report that on November S we visited the County Jail, which we found in (rood order, but too crowded. At Kelly Rut us we found fiO prisoners and room for ten more. The food and kitchen were clan. We recommend tTiat the county purchase a part of Wtbnr Butte to work prisoner, for the purpose of 'cruahlna; rock for roads In the northern part of the county. We alxo recommend a merit ayatem for the prisoners, believing that more will be accomplished. We recommend a S-mfll tax levy for the purpose of a new t'ounty ourthouae. as the present offWs and jail are too crowded. 11. J. BLAESING, Foreman. As Chief of Police Grltzmacher, Cap tain Bailey and Thomas G. Green were calld as witnessr before the Grand Jury yesterday. It was thought an in vestigation affecting the police depart ment was being made, and would form a part of the final report, but no men tion of It is made. Charges Against Drs. At wood. Prs. C. IT. and C. H. T. Atwood were indicted yesterday on a charge of performing- acts which grossly disturbed the public peace and health, openly out raited public decency, and were In jurious to public morals. The physi cians are charged specifically with hav ing' performed a criminal operation on Muhala Roberts on September 4, 1908. It Is aim alleged that between January 1 and November they conducted the 'hospital' on thj 3fount Scott carllne "for unlawful purposes. The witnesses examined by (he Grand Jury were: Clara Robson. Irene Htnton. George Kitsmlller. John Roberts, Joseph D. Stcmler, Mahal a Roberts and S. T. Mc Cann. Jos ph St. Clair Is charged with the asault and robbery of Axel Hemming" -son on November 14. K- J. Mertcn is accused of having: entered a dwelling through a window with intent to commit burglary. J. II. Brelter and B. F. Wade were called by the Grand Jury an witnesses. The talesmen were: H. J. Blaesing, C. F. Clark. H. F. Clark. A. A. Ga briel, Gilbert Goodhue. O. W. Hosford, and W. A. Gordon. FRAXCKS KELLT SECURES DEED Wins Friendly Suit for Lot From GimmIc Estate. The friendly suit of Frances Kelly against .Mrs. Bilith F. Goode. widow of H. W. Goode. was decided in favor of the plaintiff by Judge Bronaugh, in the Cir cuit Court yesterday afternoon. Besides Mrs. tloode. the defendants were Helen Goode and Henry F. Goode. children of the deceased. S. G. Reed, administrator of the Goode estate, and Dan J. Ma larkey. It was alleged by the plaintiff that on !arch T. 1V7. she purchased from George W. Watt lot 1 to 5. block 9. Excelsior. Multnomah County, borrowing the pur chase, price. $?., from Mr. Goode. The cash Is said to have been advanced by Mr. Malorkey. while the deed went to Mr. Goode to secure the payment of the money. The- latter died without convey In the property. In October, 1907, Mr. Malarkey was paid In full, but could give no deed. He admitted in court the asser tions of the plaintiff, as did Mr. Reed. Mrs. Goode denied knowledge of the transaction, and asked that the plaintiff lie required to make strict proof of her contention. TLEAPS GlILTV OF POLYGAMY Ward Robertson "Wilt Receive His Sentence This Afternoon. Ward Robertson pleaded guilty before Judge Gantenbeln yesterday afternoon to .a polvgamy charge. and will be sen tenced at i V. M. today. It is discre tionary with the court to fine him from J.WD to JlDOtf. to sentence him to serve from six months to one year In the County Jail, or from one year to four years in the State Penitentiary. Robertson, who Is 55 years old. was otherwise known as John Robbins. He told the Court yesterday, through his attorney, that his affinity. Julia Gund lach. was as much to blame as him self. It was while on a visit to the beach, he said, that he met the woman, who persisted In her attentions until she had obtained all the ready cash In Robertson's pssess!on and had induced him to marry her. The wedding took place In Vancouver. Wash. The man left his wife last February, and was mai-Tied In October. When no more money was available, says Robe-tson. the second wife instituted criminal pro ceedings against him. Xote of Circuit Court. The suit of Broughton A Wiggins Com pany against J. J. Brugger to recover l.".i'.05 damages for non-delivery of 1100 e1ar poles was submitted to Judge Hronatigh In the Circuit Court yester day. Hnijtwr denied that he broke faith with the company, but alleged, on the contrary, that it owes him about $77. Judge Cleland took under advisement In the Circuit Court yesterday the suit of O Neil & Co. against Sengstaka & Lyman, to recover H6 for filling prop erty on Kast Madison street belonging to the defendant firm. As a defense It was alleged that only 1000 yards of earth should have been hauled on the land, while a larger amount was supplied. Printing Company Brings Suit. The firm of H. C. Brown Co. has brought suit In the Circuit Court against the John P. Sharkey Company to re cover S906.04, alleged to be owing for JO.ono copies of- a booklet of 32 PaKe: which the corporation ordered but refused to accept. The price was $1071. it is as serted, and the company has paid a de posit of 1164.96. Lewis M. Head is said to have assigned the claim to the plaintiff company for collection. The 8harkey office, on Sixth street, was attached by Sheriff Stevens, and a notice of garnishment served on the Merchants National Bank, but the attachment was released when the corporation gave a JlflOO bond to secure the Sheriff against dam ages. - Continuance In Property Suit. A continuance was granted - in the Circuit Court yesterday in the suit of Moy Bow Wing against Mrs. Carrie Howe and James Gladstone Howe. Mrs Howe's physician informed Judge Gan tenbeln that she is not in condition to attend court. The case waa set for trial December 2. Property to the value of $20,000 is said to be involved in the suit. BENEFIT TOMORROW NIGHT Kntertalnment at Ileiiig Theater for St. Agnes Baby Home. It has been a long time since the local public has been so interested in a benefit as in that billed for the Helllg Theater tomorrow night for the .J " . I I Mn. May Dearhorm Schwab, Lyric Soprano, Who Will Kin at Beaeflt for St. Agnes' Baby Home Friday Night. benefit of St. Agnes Baby Home. The entertainment is In charge of the Lackme Quartet and Is to be given under the auspices of the Ladies' Aid Society of the Cathedral. The popular Lackme Quartet consists of Mrs. May Iearborn Schwab. Mrs. Ethel Lytle Boothe, Mrs. W. A. T. Bushong and Miss Petronella G. Connelly. In the absence of Mrs. Warren E. Thomas, who la traveling in the East, Mrs. Arvllla McGuire Stolte will act as ac companist. in addition to the well-known artists named, a number of local musicians, in cluding Stuart McGuire. the popular baritone; Miss Delia Bradley, reader, and Miss Cornelia Barker, violinist, will participate. The benefit for the Baby Horn Is one of the most deserving In th history of the city and Is deserving of the most generous support. COUNCIL TO AID FESTIVAL Will Join in Effort to Secure Lib erty Bell. Official cognizance of the movement to secure the Liberty Bell for the Portland Rose Festival will be taken up by the City Council at the deferred meeting today. The letters directed to the Mayor, members of the Execu tive Board and Councllmen have elicit ed replies from many of them, and without exception they were favorable to making a strenuous effort to bring the historic relic here. Suggestions embodied In several of the answers from the members of the Council were that the municipal gov ernment petition the Common and Select Council of Philadelphia to authorize by special act the trip of the bell to the Coast. Inasmuch as both Portland and Seattle are interested in having It exhibited at the two big celebra tions next Summer the Festival here and the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Expo sition. The solicitors of the East Side Bsi ness Men's Club added several hundred dollars to their festival fund in yes terday's canvass and they feel hopeful of .raising several times the amount contributed last year, when $700 was the total pledged. With the Peninsula Rose Association brought into line as a result of Tues day night's mass meeting, the general rose-planting scheme which this dis trict has been carrying out will be pushed forward systematically during the next few weeks, and the Individual Improvement clubs, nine in number, which are affiliated in this movement, will begin a financial campaign through the Peninsula inside of a few days. CONLEY IS STILL MISSING Wealthy Eloper Thought to Be on Ranch Xear Cove. A. B. Conley. the La Grande banker and wheat king who engaged in an In terrupted elopement with a 16-year-old waitress. Gertrude Williams, several days ago. is still missing. The police be lieve that, on leaving the train at Wood burn last week, after the girl had been taken from his charge, the old man took a morning train for Portland, hid until Sunday night, and then went to Union County, proceeding thence to a ranch near Cove, Or. Members of the O. R. & N. passenger crew leaving Portland Sunday night report having seen an aged man of Conley's description on the train. The girl is still being held In custody. She will be called as a witness against the 74-year-old eloper In the event of his arrest. Inasmuch as he is married and has a family of grown children, the charge preferred against him as an out come of the episode is in the nature of a felony, punishable by from one to 30 years in the state prison. An effort is to be made to learn definitely whether Conley is at his ranch near Cove. Raise $1160 for Hospital. PENDLETON. Or.. Nov. IK (Special.) As a result of Tag Day d the Catho lic Fair, conducted last week, the sum of $1250 was netted for St. Anthony's Hos pital. The proceeds will pay off the small Indebtedness and leave a balance of a few hundred dollars on hand. COMPLAINTS OF TAXPAYERS HEARD County Board of Equalization Passes on Large Num ber of Protests. WORK NEARLY COMPLETED Some Assessments Reduced, Others Raised During Busy Day's Ses sion Light on Money, Notes and Accounts of O. R. & X. Assessor Sigler, County Clerk Fields and County Judge Webster, compris ing the County Board of Equalization, met again yesterday and nearly com pleted their work for the year. A large number of protests were passed upon during the day, the most of them be ing denied. In these cases the assess ments will remain as first made. In a few Instances the assessments of persons who protested were increased, after their statement of the facts had been considered by the Board. A decision as to the- value to place on the money, notes and accounts of the O. R. & N. Company has not yet been reached, but it Is expected that the figure will be placed at about $2, 000.000. The original assessment was $14,400,000. The Board has carefully considered the testimony and depo sitions of company officials. Including that of William Mahl. who gives the value of the company's money, notes and accounts, on March 1, 1908, as $4, 726.637.2s. Outstanding debts offset $2,450,327.58 of this, leaving a balance of $2,276,309.70. The $4,726,637.28 Is made up as follows: Cash, $660,009.56; due from agents and conductors, $186, 945.12; due from solvent companies and Individuals, $1,965,534.51; United States Government, $99,679.16; material, fuel and supplies. $1,814,468.93. Of the $186. 945.12 due from agents and conductors, $65,000 was held on March 1 by the O. R. & N. Company as the agent for other companies. The figure for ma terial, fuel and supplies will also be considerably reduced, as this item does not belong entirely to Multnomah County. The debts outstanding March 1 were made up of the following items: Tariff balances, $307,577.23: coupons, divi dends and called bonds, $11,340.15; ac crued Interest on bonds, $220,220.01; due to companies and Individuals, $563, 823.86; vouchers and payrolls, $1,347, 866.33. Assessment of Astoria Road. The petition of the Astoria & Co lumbia River Railroad Company that Its assessment be apportioned between Multnomah, Clatsop and Columbia counties was allowed. The company showed that the cost of its rolling stock was $252,952, but that many years' wear had reduced the value to $151,772. Multnomah County will receive a tax on 17.122 of the $151,772, or $21,148. The Board declined to cancel the as sessment on the franchises of the West ern Union Telegraph Company. The company urged that under an act of Congress all roads are post roads, and that a franchise to operate over them is exempt from taxation. The company will also be obliged to pay a tax on the assessment of its property as first made. It asked that this be reduced from $28,395 to $26,998. The Improvements on the two and seven-tenths acres belonging to W. F. Burrell have decreased In value with great rapidity. In 190" they were as sessed at $30,000. The figure was placed at $26,000 this year, but Burrell protested that they are worth but $16, 000. The board reduced the assessment to $18,000. Burrell's real estate was assessed at $19,000. He asked a reduc tion of $12,000. The assessment now stands at $18,000 for the land. It is located In section 1, township 1 south of range 1 east of Willamette Meridian. Although the Hawthorne estate asked that a blanket reduction of 10 per cent on the 1907 assessment of 123 lots be made, the board declined to change the first figures. The property of the estate was assessed at $546,500 this year, and at $463,4o0 in 1907. The estate asked that the figure be placed at $417,105. The only reduction al lowed was in the assessment of blocks "A" and "B." Hawthorne Park. Block "A" was assessed at $85,000. This was reduced to $50,000. Block "B" was valued at $75,000. The figure was re duced to $65,000. Ask9 Reduction, Is Raised. The assessment on the money, notes and accounts of the Ames Mercantile Company was raised yesterday from $500 to $2000. C. G. Sandstone objected to a $75) assessment on property located about a mile from the Oregon Electric line, south of Portland. He admitted, how ever, that lie had a $1000 mortgage on it, so his assessment was raised to $So0. The A. H. Averlll Machinery Com pany asked for a reduction of the $36, 000 assessment on Its money, notes and accounts to $3000. It was asserted that 36 per cent of the notes are secured by mortgages on Washington property, while nearly all of the balance Is se cured by mortgages on property out side Multnomah County. The reduc tion was denied. Glass & Prudhomme Company will be obliged to pay taxes on $10,000 worth pf merchandise. $7500 worth of ma chinery and $8000 worth of money, notes and accounts. The firm asked that the assessment be reduced as fol lows: Mechandlse, $5000; money, notes and accounts, $6000. ' The Syracuse Chilled Plow Company asked a reduction on a $30,000 mer chandise assessment to $4000, but this was denied. A reduction was also denied to' the Buffalo Pitta Company. This firm's merchandise was assessed at $30,000, and Its money, notes and accounts at $40,000. It asked that the merchandise figure be placed at $21,286 and that the accounts be reduced to $61. The Oregon & Washington Lumber Company will be obliged to pay taxes on Its full assessment. This was as foHowa: Improvements, $SS00; merchandise. $15. 000: machinery. $17,600; money, notes and accounts, $12,500. The figure at which the company desired the property assessed was: Improvements, $4950; merchandise, $10,000: machinery, $15,750; money, notes and accounts. $10,000. The board also refused to alter the as sessment of the property belonging to the Acme Mills Company, which stands as follows: Merchandise, $16,000; machinery. $3000; money, notes and accounts, $15,000; wagons. $HO0, and horses, $400.. The com pany asked to have $5000 subtracted from the merchandise assessment, and $6000 from the value placed on its money, notes and accounts. The Title Insurance Investment Com pany contended that block 330, Portland, at Taylor and Chapman streets. Is worth only $1500. The board thought differently. Take Plenty of Time in Buying JEWELRY Buying jewelry is positive ly different from almost every other thing that you buy for personal use. Jewelry is purchased on a basis of permanency that gives one a feeling of respon sibility that does not enter into the ordinary transactions of one's daily routine. When you have finally de cided upon some article of jewelry, you, have given, thought to the one particular f e a t u r e the permanency of it. Jewels are not bought to day to be discarded in a short time for something different, as in wearing apparel, for in stance. Hence we advocate plenty of time to be taken in the se lection of the finer articles of jewelry, such as are sought for gifts at Christmas. Bight now you have a bet ter opportunity to deliberate in the selection of gift jew elry than you will later on. The crowds that gather with the approach of Christmas do not permit of as much time to be given to the making of se lections, and the displays are never as good as now. You select any article you wish NOW, and we lay it . aside for you; later on you simply have to call and your choice, which doubtless would have been taken by some one else long ago, awaits you. I request that you COME. EARLY for the selection of Christmas jewelry, purely for our mutual interests, that you may be the better served, and we will have a better oppor tunity of showing you what will please you. ARONSONT deweler and vSilveramitrT Washington, vftreet' and declined to reduce the Value first placed upon it. Vainly Asks Reduction. The Parlin & Orendorff Company con tended that all its accounts are carried In Illinois. But the board did not see fit to reduce an assessment of $40,000 on the corporation's money, notes and accounts. The merchandise assessment of $60,000. which the corporation sought to reduce to $10,000, will also stand as first made. The Advance Thresher Company will be obliged to pay taxes on $70,000 worth of property, although it sought to have this figure reduced to $14,000. It alleged that It had no money, notes and accounts on March 1, and that its merchandise, as sessed at $30,000. was worth but $14,000. The Gaar Scott Company must pay a tax on $15,000 worth of merchandise, and $10,000 worth of money, notes and ac counts. It sought to reduce the figure to $7000. The Pacific Railways Advertising Com pany sought to have a merchandise as sesment of $20,000 canceled, but in vain. The assessment of property belonging to local plumbing houses was changed yesterday. The Gauld Company will pay taxes on $60,000 worth of merchandise, and $60,000 worth of money, notes and ac counts; the Crane Company on $75,000 worth of merchandise and $100,000 worth of money, notes and accounts, and M. I. Kline on $50,000 worth of merchandise. The latter firm was first assessed $67,000. A reduction was denied to Sealy. Mason & Company. The assesment, as ltetands. Is: Merchandise. $12,000; money, notes and accounts, $9000; wagons, $500; horseB, $600. The merchandise of thS Oliver Chilled Plow Works Is worth but $20,000, Instead of $.10.0no, the figure at first placed upon it. This was the decision of the Board yesterday. The assessment of $25,000 on its money, notes and accounts will stand. The money assessment of the State Se curity Companv was reduced yesterday from $3000 to $1500, the company having atiked that the figure be placed at $2S0. The Loan Company asked a reduction of a $2000 assessment to $350. but this was denied. - Big Reduction Granted. Charles H. Dodd was granted a reduc tion on his merchandise assessment from $50,000 to $10,000, and on his money, notes and accounts from $30,000 to SS00. Fur niture Is assessed at $300. He asked that the merchandise figure be placed at $4218. He said he had no money, notes or ac counts. No reduction was granted to the Poison Implement Company. It is assessed as follows: Merchandise, $48,000; money, notes and accounts. $30,000: one horse, $100. Swift & Co. asked to have the assess ment on the money, notes and accounts reduced from $9000 to $6000. It was in creased to $12,000. The merchandise as-sessment-was reduced from $5000 to $3300. The Sherwin-Williams Company asked that the assessment of $5000 on its money, notes and accounts be canceled. The Board declined to do this, but upon the ehowing made reduced the merchandise assessment from $10,000 to $5000. A reduction In the $19,000 assessment of the furniture belonging to the Hotel Lenox was granted. It is now assessed at $9750. while the money is valued at $250 instead of $1000. the first assessment. COMPLAINANT IS ARRESTED Max Koppen Also Lands Friends in Jail by Protest. Max Koppen's craving for revenge not only served to get him into trouble yes terday, but landed two of his friends, R. C. Tife and Jack. Boys, in the City Jail as well. To begin with, Koppen had an argument with the keeper of a shooting -gallery. Koppen said some uncomplimentary things about the gallery keeper, who re sponded by striking Koppen over the head with a small gallery rifle. At this Koppen swore he'd have revenge, and set out to have the gallery keeper ar rested. Patrolman Alurry was the first officer encountered. Koppen related his griev ance and ordered the officer to arrest the gallery man at once. The trouble was TME SMTUSDMT EVENING POST t An 'illustrated Weekly Magaxine FotfpgSj A? D? x78 Benj. Franklin 5cts.THE.COPY 11 ' - ,"" THANKSGIVING NUMBER The pie this week is large and juicy. A mince pie composed of various succulent ingredients: meaty, spicy and full of flavor Here are some of the things that went into its making: LitflS CorKy By Edward Hungerford A short story about a busy man who tried to select a wife as he would an automobile. American Humor By Brander Matthews A pie in itself. Full of the best anecdotes and bon mots of these and older days. The Marauder By ceor8e panuiio A story that makes you want to oil your gun, mend your rod, pack your kit and get out on the trail again, with a good horse under you. The Buying End By James S. Collins For retail merchants. It points out the differ ence between success and failure, and shows how to achieve the one and avoid the other. Romance at Random By H. B. Harriott Watson Narrating the evening adventures of a young English nobleman, slightly bored and in search of a new sensation which he gets. Memories of Authors By William Winter An intimate personal reminiscence of a life-long friendship with Bayard Taylor. The Complete MucKraRer By Samuel G. Blythe In which it is shown the ambitious young Muckraker how easy it is to hand Wall Street and Society what's coming to them. The Honorable Madge By Dorothea DeaKin Being the-love story of the girl in the Young Sage coat, the Forced Rhubarb dress and the Merry Widow hat. Not to mention a few snobs and a couple of incorrigibles. Rich Women's Investments By Isaac F. Harcosson An article of unusual interest to women, telling how money is invested wisely by Mrs. Russell Sage, Mrs. Anna Weightman Walker Penfield, Mrs. Hetty Green, Miss Helen Gould, Mrs. Potter Palmer, Mrs. Herman Oelrichs, Mrs. Mary'Thaw, Mrs. Collis P. Huntington and others. The Confessions of a Chauffeur Not intended for chauffeurs, nor for people who don't own one. But it's a liberal education for the owner of a motor car who wonders where the money goes to. ThanRsgiving Number 91-50 the year by mail 56 PAGES 5c the copy of all newsdealers Our Boys are Everywhere ' THE CURTIS PUBLISHING COMPANY, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Delivered to Any Address on Request to JAMES C HAVELY, JR. 715 EAST ELEVENTH STREET Koppen made his order too imperative and the officer took exceptions, which ended In Murry arresting the man with the grievance. But Koppen's friends, Tife and Boys, objecting to what they termed excessive display of authority, said they'd not see Koppen taken in. at least not without a fight. The situation was becoming un comfortable for the policeman when a couple of his fellow beat-walkers hap pened along and rallied to the rescue. Charges of interfering with an officer were tiled against them in court. Deputy District Attorney Hennessy said the charge waa too serious, in consideration of the circumstances surrounding the trouble. He modified the charge to disorderly con duct and the trio were fined $i0 apiece. WM. f. LADD WALTER MACKAY II. II. HOGE DIRECTORS s C. J. SMITH S. B. MNTHICl'M T. B. WILCOX RICHARD WILSOIT R. L,. MTORM1CK EDW. COOK11VGHAM S. P. LOCKV OOD HOME OFKICK LUMBER EXCHANGE PORTLAND, OREGON