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THE MORNING OREGOXTAN. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1903. 12 ITER QUESTION TROUBLES EUGENE Citizens Seek to Enjoin Coun cil From Pumping Plant Expense. COUNCIL'S ACTION AROUSES tOille ratorlnt Municipal Owner hip. Already Reality, Matter of Procedure Starts Bitter Jls putes Among Taxpayers. ECGEXE. Or.. Dc. IS (SpeciaU-Fol-lpiT))r on the heels of the rebuke ad ministered to the Common Council Octo ber 1 by the. voters of Etiftene in de feating the proposed J."X.'X bond ismie with, which to finance; the vropoeed Filtchey Creek municipal gravity sys tem, comi'i an injunction filed today cahut that body by ,reprf aentative cit izen of Eugene, who seek to enjoin the Council from firoceedtng with the project to construct a power plant on the Mo Kcnrie River and to restrain the de fendants. Mavor J. D. Matlock and W. T. Campbell. R. M. Day. YV. I.. Cheshire and P. D. Newell, from "preterdfns to act as a Board of Water Commission ers for the City of Eugene." The injunction Is filed in the Circuit Court and the plaintiffs to the compiaint are S. Pmeed. F. M. Wilkin. Eli Bans". W. Kuvkendall. D. A. Paine, J. W. Shu mate. F. U Chambers. F. W. Osburn and T. G. Hendricks, capitalists and prominent business men of the city. This Is a culmination of expressions of dissatisfaction with the city administra tion over methods pursued on the water question. The city all along has been f.ir municipal ownership of the water svstem and recently took over the loca' plant under a rO.0W bond issue voted previous to proposals for the J5W" nitchcy Creek gravity acheme. which was voted down. Objection Is now rais-'d against secur ing a fISO.AOO power pumping system from the Cpper McKn!e without first de ciding whether the city should get Its water supply from deep wells or other sources. There Is also objection to pay ing Engineer Ke'.sey tXfl a month for his services. Recently the Mayor appointed a Water Fnard. with membership covering terms of one to five years. This was unsati. factorv and the citizens invoked a ref erendum holding up the appointments Lntll the city election in April, when It is proposed to 'adopt a new charter after the Des Moines pirn and establish a new order of things In municipal gov ernment. In the meantime many cill-x-rts want all further action concerning the rower plant and Water Board de ferred until that time. There Is strong talk of organising a Buslnesn Men s Iagn to take an active part In municipal affairs. SHOTGUN HALTS PRISONER Pepttty Walters. Has Kwitlng Chase Afler M. Cliarlerols. VANCOUVER. Wash.. Dec. 18. r Spe cial.) M. Charlevois. a rancher near Felida. charged with assaulting bla neighbor. Ed Mclnin. with a deadly weapon, was arrested this afternoon and brought to this city by Pcputy Sheriff Walters after an exciting chase. Tha deputy found Ms man close' to the road near Felida. Charlevois be ing on foot, whlhs Walters was driving. When Walters started to get out of the rig Charlevois started to run. As chance would have It. a man was passing, carrying a shotgun. Waltera ordered the man to give hira the shot gun and started in pursuit of Charle vois. whom he. overtook after a short ehass) through the brush. He secured his prisoner and brought him- to the fltv. where he was arraigned before Judge McCredie. Charlevois pleaded not guilty and was bound over to the Superior Court under $200 bonds, which were fur nished by Robert Taylor and Frank Thibodeau. MONTESANO PLANS PAVING Mayor-Elect Xlnemire Announces Progressive Policy. MONTESANO. Wash.. Dec. IS. (Spe cial. Mayor-elect George W. Ninemire, of Montesano. says: We shall pave Main street macadam or asphalt. We will have IS-foot side walks in the business portion of the thoroughfare, the. street being f"t wide. We also mean to Improve other streets and perhaps build a City Hall." In regard to the extension of the elec tric road from Abfrdeen he said: "Elec tric cars are. bound to be running be tween the to cKles In a short time. I would not b surprised to see them run ning between the Harbor and as far as Olyropla. at least, wiihin a year. Mon tesano. in my opinion, should provide Jlberdeon Business . men with rural homes."- MURDERER GETS NO MERCY Washington Supreme Court 'Refuses to Intercede n Technicality. OL.TMFIA. Wash.. Dec. 18-iSpecial.) The Rate Supreme Court today affirmed the conviction of Charles Fillpot. who was sentenced to he hanged for the mur dr of N. M. Cole, in Spokane County. March . 1!. In Its decision, the Supreme Court re affirms former holding that It will not a,ipro technical objections to criminal information. PRINEVILLE HAS 3 BELOW Crook County Experience Sotire Real Winter Weather. PRINEVU.I.K. Or.. Dec. IS. (Special.) Prineville this morning experienced Its first cold snap this" Winter when the mercury dropped this morning to three helow xero. The weather moderated dur !pr the. day. but there are prospects for still lower temperature tonight. COLD, TOO, AT HOOD RIVER In I'pper Valley Mercury Drop to Above Snow Covers Ground. HOOD RH'ER. Or.. Dec. IS. (Special.) - Hood River today experienced the cold est December day in two years, the thermometer registering 15 degrees above aero this morning. A temperature down to the freezing point haa been main tained during the day and indications are for a still further drop tonight. In the. upper valley a temperature of 8 above, zero was recorded this morning, and the. ground is covered with the first snow of the, season. THE DALLES SHIVERING, TOO Mercury Gets to 12 Above Wea ther Clondy and Threatens Snow. THE DAL.I-ES. Or., Dec. IS. (Special.) Winter descended upon this section last night, the mercury sinking to 12 degrees above xero. Today has been very cold, the maximum temperature, being -3 degrees. Tonight the sky Is cloudy, with a forecast of snew. Down to 2 6 at Albany. ALBANT, Or.. Dec. 18. Special.) Twenty-six degrees above zero was the mark recorded by the Government thermometer at Albany last night. This Is one degree warmer than the record of the night before, and is two degrees higher than the lowest mark recorded here thus far this" Winter. DAIRYMEN ELECT, HIM MEETIXG AT CHEHALIS REST YET, SAY DELEGATES. Various Phases of Dairy Farming Are Disciissrd in Addresses and Impromptu Debates. CHEHALIS. Wash.. Doc. Id. (Special.) Today closed the must successful con vention of the Washington State Dairy men's Association yet held. From point of attendance and interest aroused it 'was pronounced such by all who have been regularly present. At the morning session I. H. Nosovltcli read a paper on "The Production and Care of Milk for Condensing Purposes." W. J. Langdon. of Sumner, had a pa per on "The Pencil's I'se in Dairy Farm ing." H. F. Rau. of Taooma. interested all with a paper on "Poultry on the Dsilry Farm." The officers elected arc as follows: President. E. J. Ross, of Bothell; vice president. J. I Anderson. Stanwood; secretary and treasurer. Ira P. Whitney. Pullman: directors. T. M. Bennett of Monroe. H. O. Fishback of Adna. D. S. Troy of Chemacum. B. F. Reed of Ellens burg. Interesting discussions followed the re ports of the committees and the papei-s read. There was but one entry of dairy butter. that of F. H. Hanke. of Chc halis. which scored 94. Prizes were awarded as follows:' Barn plans. W. J. Lanpdon. of Sumner, first; Kable & Kable. Portland, second: An drew I Anderson. Stanwood. third. Professor S. B. Nelson, of the State College, had a paper at the afternoon session on dairy sanitation. State Dairy Commissioner Davles addressed the meeting on the work of his department and Professor W. H. Lawrence, of Pull man, on the work laid out for the ex periment station at Puyullup. There were Interesting Impromptu addresses, one by N. B. Coffman. of Chehalis. being especially well received. ARRESTED TWICE IN JAIL Italian Prisoner Is "Rooked" Three Times In Eight Hours. Charles Setviture. an Italian laborer, living at First and Jefferson streets, was the star prisoner at the City Jnll yesterday. He was the object of three different complaints, within eight hours, which establishes a new record for the City Jail for one transgressor In one day. Sctvitnre was arrested near his home for being drunk at about 2:"0 P. M. He was placed in the cell with another man charged with the same of fense. An altercation ensuing between these two resulted in an effort on St vlture's part to bile off ono of Ills cell mate's fingers. The men fought vi ciously until separated by the police. Setvlture was then placed In a cell by himself, and the charge against him changed. A few hours later G. Gal lucel. another Italian laborer living In the same neighborhood with Setvlture. appeared at the station, demairfling his arrest for attempting to kill hl.m He swore to a formal complaint, and a war rant was Issued for the already twice accused man. charging him with an assault with a dangerous weapon. He was then rearrested In the Jail and his name recorded on the .docket. GIVES HIS JAILERS SLIP Australian Prisoner Escapes Just Before His Ship Sails-. SAN FRANCISCO. Dee. 18. Eluding a special detective end a watchman. Hector Jewell, alias Harry Johnson, steward of the British steamer Lord S?fton. a fugi tive from Australian Justice, who had been refused a landing by the immigra tion officials a Tidkept In irons on the ship ever since her arrival from Aus tralia over a month ago. escaped an hour before h8 steamer sailed today and is still at liberty in this, city. Jewell is wanted In Australia in con nection with the disappearance of certain jewels which wera discovered In the coal blinkers of the Ird Sefton. Today, shortly before the Selton put to sea. Jewell was brought on deck by his guards. Suddenly slipping his hands out of the irons, ho dashed to the ship's side and leaped to the dock, making off with such speed that his Jailers soon lost all track of him. Appropriation for Vancouver. OREGONJAN NEWS BTTREAU. Wash ington. Dec. 18. Quartermaster General Aleshlre has submitted an estimate to the House military committee and recom mended the appropriation of $135,000 for the following buildings: Vancouver Bar racksFour double . officers' quarters, three Captains' quarters, six noncommis sioned staff officers" quarters, stable, gunshed. ' shop, two stable guard build lugs and bandstand. Also an appropria tion of I30.f for bachelor officers' quar ters at Fort Lawton. Packing Company to Build. CENTRA LL. Wash.. Dec. 18. (Spe cial.) J. F. Myham. representing the Carstens Packing Company, has recom mended that his company erect here a concrete building 60x100 feet and two stories high to displace the frame build ings now occupied. Marked (or Death. "Three, years ago I was marked for death. A grave-yard cough was tear ing mv lungs to pieces. Doctors failed to help me. and hope had fled, when mv husband got Dr. King's New Dis covery." says Mrs. A. C. Williams, of Bar. Kr. "The first dose helped me and Improvement kept on until I bad gained OS pounds in weignt and my health waa fully restored." This medi cine holds the world's healing: record for coughs and colds and lung ana throat diseases. It prevents pneu monia. 45r,ld under guarantee at sll drugstores. 6c and $1.00. Trial bottle free. Fitted suit casei. Harris Trunk Co. J. COLLEGE TO CLOSE? Pullman Will Shut Doors Un less It Gets Money. PRES. BRYAN THREATENS Proposes to Compel State Treasurer to Honor Regents' Orders for JFunds In Excess of Appropria tions Old PMpht Resumed. OLTMPIA, Wash.. Dec. 38. (Special.) Declaring that unless their plea Is granted the State College at Tullman will have to close down and dismiss its 12) pupils, attorneys for the regents to day presented to the Supreme Court a petition for mandates to compel the State Treasurer and State Auditor . to honor orders of the regents for money in excess of the amount appropriated by the last Legislature for the support of the college. The court took the decision under ad visement. This Is a new move in an old fight. President Bryan has ever con tended It is no business of the State Auditor. State .Treasurer or in fact of any state officer, other than the college regents, what the college docs with Its private Income, such as proceeds from sales of livestock from the college farm, and the like. Bryan has said these, receipts arc derived chiefly from the use of the Federal appropriations. ( iMSt session legislators who objected to Bryan's attitude were behind the passage of the law which requires "each state officer or other person who is au thorized by law to collect or receive moneys belonging to the state or to any department or institution thereof. to transmit to the Treasurer of the state each dav all moneys collected by him on the preceding day." Representative George Rold and other legislators stated openly this was aimed particularly at the college authorities. After the law went into effect both university and college authorities re fused to turn over collections. They had numerous conferences with the Attorney-General. State Treasurer Mills addressed a sharp letter to Governor Mead asking in effect how long the Gov ernor would' permit his appointive re gents to disobey the law. Finally the regents did make remittances. To Octo ber 1 this year the college turned over $7513.82 and the university $163.46. Recently the college regents wrote to the Treasurer and Auditor clemandin? that some of this money be paid by the state on account of debts of fhe college. The Treasurer and Auditor relied upon the constitutional provision that no money shall be paid out of the State Treasury except on appropriations, and refused to act. The petitions for writs of miyidate followed. RAILROAD BIDS HASTENED U. P. AXXIOCS TO BEGIX WORK AT CEXTRALLA. Contractors Expect to Complete Con struction, to Aberdeen Within Six Months. CENTRALJA. Wash.. Dec. IS. (Spe cial.) Union Pacific engineers in Cen tralla today say that the road Is In such haste to complete the Ccntralia-Aber-dcen branch that the contractors have been asked to submit their bids Decem ber ro instead of on the 24th. Only a few hours will be needed to consider and make the contracts. Resident engineers are stationed here and at Aberdeen. Ccntralia will be head quarters for this end of the construction work. Several hundred men are ex pected her within the next three weeks as the company expects to run trains over this branch within six months. The line leaves Centralia following along the Chehalis River, crossfng to the south side five miles from the city and con tinuing on that side till near Aberdeen. All right of way has been secured ex cept a small tract near Aberdeen. More cutting and filling will be required on this line than on any similar length of track in the West. Near Cosmopolis the road will run on piling for several miles. It will be SS miles long and if completed in the time specitied. will have broken all records, taking into' consideration the time of year, the conditions of surface, etc. Some of the largest railroad con tracting firms have their men on the ground and will have theTr bids ready to morrow. Records of real estate transfers show that main lino right of way is being rapidly obtained between Portland and Tacoma- A part of Ward's Addition to Centralia has just been purchased, title going to the Oregon & Washington Railway Com pany. MALHEUR PROJECT TALKED COTj. WOOD MARES ADDRESS BEFORE VALE CONGRESS. Delegation 300 Strong Arrives From Ontario and Idaho Cities. Burns People Active. VA L.E. Or.. Dec. IS. (Special.) The feature of the session today of the Ore-gonian-Idaho Development Congress was the second speech of Colonel Wood, rep resenting the French Company, which owns the land grant Involving 23,01)0 acres under the Malheur irrigation project, A special train brought between 200 and 390 delegates from Ontario and the Idaho cities Interested In the consumma tion of this project. Colonel Wood again escaied from any direct statement of the company's policy, but insisted that he is in favor of any sound system of development that may be presented. This was Malheur day at the Con gress, and great enthusiasm In behalf yf the Government irrigation scheme devel oped. In the evening 600 delegates from Ontario arrived to swell the chorus for this project. Among the delegates present are: Wal ter Lyon, Ooos Bay; T. H. Davidson, I'nkm; H. Denman. J. C. Turney, Burns; T. A. Rlnehart. Ia Grande; John Voyt, Eugene Loney, II. S. Bittes. Boise: H. E. FTeelove, Huntington; W. J. Seward, Payette: A. W. Trow, Nyssa: S. W. Mc Clure, Pendleton: O. W. Porter, Hunt ington: Walter Griffiths. Ontario; Sidney A. Lowell, Pendlevton: Sam Ballantyne, Boise; Sidney Mudgette, Portland. The Burns delegates have started a campaign for the next congress to meet At Studebaker's Carriage Robes Automobile Robes Steamer Robes Perhaps more of them to select from than .all other stores combined. For the boys and girls a Miniature Studebaker Wagon; just as good for eight dojlars as the big wagon is for a hun dred. They can't break it. Studebaker's 330 E. 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