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Tillamook Bay is the Duck Hunter's Paradise
Your Cottage at BAYOCEAN will do double duty
r-As your Summer' Home at the Beach
As your Hunting Quarters in the Winter
Duck Grounds are but ThreeMiles from BAYOCEAN
The woods, the rivers and the shore-lands about
Tillamook Bay constitute one of the few virgin
fields for the sportsman left on the American conti
nent Lack of transportation that alone is the
reason.
Two railroads are now building to Tillamook Bay.
XextVyear it will be open to the world. BAY
OCEAN will be open BAYOCEAN,. the first : real
beach resort the' Northwest has seen.
Have 37ou fully realized that times and conditions
in the Northwest are changing rapidly that the
opening of BAYOCEAN means the dawn of a new
epoch in resorts and recreation for this section of
the country f
Potter-Chapin Realty Company
514 CoiMt Building, Portland, Or.
416 R. A. Long Bldg.,
' Kansas City, Mo.
210 State Savings Bank Bldg.,
Butte, Mont.
901 Monadnock Bldg.
San Francisco, Cal.
421 Columbia Bldg.,
Spokane, Wash.
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LAND DEAL PROBED
Federal Jury Looks Into Title
Bank Enterprise.
OFFICERS ARE CALLED ON
Oregon Land & Water Company Is
Suspected of Scheme to Acquire
15,000 Acres From Gov
ernment Vnlawfully.
Judging from the witnesses called
yesterday, the alleged unlawful acquisi
tion of several thousand acres of Gov
ernment land by the Oregon Land &
Water Company is the first matter to
be officially investigated by the Fed
eral grand jury whirh was convened
yesterday forenoon by United States
Attorney McCourt. During the after
noon several of the officers of the com
pany were examined by the jury of
;S men. of which William W. Peaslee.
a printer of this city, is foreman. The
evidence on which he- inquiry against
this company and its management Is
based waa collected by Special Agent
Jones, who Is attached to the Interior
Department.
The Oregon Land Water Company
was a subsidiary corporation of the
defunct Title Guarantee Trust Com
pany and is said unlawfully to have
conspired to acquire about 15.000 acres
of Government land In the vicinity of
Irrigon. Umatilla County. The or
ganisers of the company were J. Thor
burn Koss. F. B. Holbrook. J. W. Cook
and C. C. Hutchinson (now deceased).
John E. Altchtson and Clyde B. Altchi
son were secretary and assistant secre
tary respectively of the company.
It Is understood that the original
plan of the company was to 3ecure
about 15.000 acres of public land. The
corporation already owned a similar
tract, but wanted the additional acre
age, which as embraced in every
alternate section, so that the company
might have an uninterrupted strip.
The acquisition of this land was con
sidered essential by the company better
to work out its scheme for engaging
In the fruit-growing business on an
elaborate scale.
It Is alleged that the company In
duced several Individuals to file on
the land with the assurance that their
expenses would be paid and that event
ually the company would take the land
off their hands for a reasonable con
sideration which would repay them for
their trouble. The scheme had not
developed far before Francis J. Heney
came to this state and began a whole
sale Investigation of land-frauds. As
a result this Portland company did not
further prosecute its efforts to get the
land. Just how much land the com
pany actually acquired in this way is
not known, but It is understood that
the pending investigation Involves
about 5000 acres. It is also said that
the corporation spent about $30,000 In
the scheme.
The grand Jury was drawn in open
court yesterday forenoon in the pres
ence of United States Judge Wolverton.
The 23 men organized immediately by
electing William W. Peaslee, of this
city, foreman and at 2 o'clock yester
day afternoon began their work. In
presenting evidence before the jury
United States Attorney McCourt is be
ing assisted by his two deputies. Walter
H. Evans and J. R. Wyatt. Io addition
to Foreman Peaslee the members of the
Jury are:
C. T. Bogard, capitalist. Woodburn;
W". H. Boring, farmer. Boring: A. W.
Cook, farmer. Clackamas R. F. X). Xo. 1;
James Dickey, farmer, Molalla: D. B.
Farley, farmer, Monroe: Eli Fellows,
farmer, Oregon City R. F. D. Xo. 4:
E. y. Geer. farmer, London. Lane
County: Arthur H. George, carpenter,
St. Helens; B. W. Harris, farmer, Wells,
Benton County: E. Houck, merchant.
Astoria: John' P. Larsen. farmer. Junc
tion City: Hugh JlcCormick. farmer.
Seaside; Victor Nicholson, farmer, Al
bert. Clatsop County; A. Newell, farmer,
Clackamas, R. F. D. No. 1: E. L. Olson,
farmer. Deer Island: Robert E. Phillips,
manufacturer, Portland; C. Potter,
farmer. Waterville. Lane County; D. C.
Powell, farmer, Portland: S. M. Klce,
farmer. Rainier; James Rivers, farmer.
Eagle Creek; Jurison Weed, farmer,
Veronia. Columbia County; W. A. To
cum, farmer, Ballstnn, Yamhill County.
Of the 23 members of the jury 18
are farmers residing in the counties of
Western Oregon.
ON SALE TODAY. '
Rain capes, $7.50. Women's sample
suits. $19.75. Silk petticoats. $4.9S.
Umbrellas, 97 cents. Extra special val
ues In men; and women's underwear.
McAUen & McDonnell, Third and Morrison.
VOIR LAST DAY.
This Is the last day you need to be
without the remedy that will cure your
rheumatism. Bark Tonic drives all impur
ities out of the system, and cures rheu
matism tn four to ten days. 75c a bottle,
at the J. A. Clemenson Drue; Co., cor.
Front and Morrison sts.
For trunks go to the Harris Trunk Co,
CITY WILL HAVE BUYER
ONE MAJT WILIi MAKE ALL
NECESSARY PURCHASES. "
Mayor and S. C. Pier Working Out
Plan to Create Position to
Relieve Departments.
Mayor Simon has recommended the cre
ation of the position of purchasing agent,
and S. C. Pier, chairman of the Executive
Board committee on current expenses, is
Investigating the subject, with a view to
making a report in the immediate future.
The idea is popular in official circles, as
it is declared that such an agent could
save the city thousands of dollars every
year. There is at present no systematic
means of buying the immense amount of
supplies required in the conduct of the
city. . .
"I have recommended the creation of
such a position for the reason that the
city urgently demands some system for
purchasing its supplies." said Mayor Si
mon. "At present, each department pur
chases its supplies without any regard
to the action of other departments, and
there is not the proper business method
to it. I have not thought of the details
as yet. as I designated Mr. Pier to In
vestigate and make a report, but I would
be favorable to paying a good salary and
getting a first-class man for the place.
There- Is no doubt that such a man
could save many times the amount of
his salary every year."
'I have been away so much of late
that I am unable at this time to make
any report." said Mr. Pier, "but I am
working on the matter, and will .have
something to recommend soon. I have no
doubt that a purchasing agent is badly
needed, and that' the city can save a
large amount of money every year by
such action."
The city purchases annually large
amounts of supplies for all of Its de
partments, and each department com
mittee on the Executive Board looks aft
er this work. The fire committee re
ceives bids for the supplies for that de
partment, and the street-cleaning com
mittee attends to the buying of supplies
for the street-cleaning department. The
other committees do likewise for the
other departments. It is the purpose of
Mayor Simon and those interested In the
creation of the position of purchasing
agent to turn over to him all of this
business and let him make purchases in
large lots, and have general supervision
and care of this work. The City Council
has the power to create the position, and
undoubtedly will be asked to do so
soon.
Was Father of 18 Children.
WHITE SALMON, Wash.. Nov. 4.
(Special.) Wilson N. Ward died Octo
ber 31 at the home of his daughter, Mrs.
O. P. Sampson, a mile north of White
Salmon, aged 82 years and 19 days. Mr.
Ward was bom near Zaneaville, Ohio,
and served three years in the Civil War.
He was twice married, the first time to
Miss Catherine R. Gander, in 1849, and
In 1878 to Miss Mary Snider. He was the
father of 18 Children. 14 of whom sur
vive him.
RIGHT TO VOTE URGED
It Is Not Merely a FunctiQii of Gen
der, Writer Insists.
PORTLAND. Nov. 4. (To the Editor.)
As I have learned by long experience that
It is Impossible for a vote-less class of tax
payers to rach a President of the United
States with a letter asking; for votes, be
cause of the cordon of guards which sur
round him. with his private secretary at
their head, I respectfully request The.Ore
gonian to permit an official representative
&t said vote-less and taxpaying; class to ask
His Excellency. William H. Tart, in reply to
his speech to vote-less women, as already
given In The Oregonlan, how long he thinks
he would have had to wait for the Presi
dency if his election had depended upon se
curing the unanimous vote of the electorate?
Tha sort of babble, as used so often and
so volubly, as an excuse for denying vQjtes
to the women who have snse enough to
want them, deceives nobody, least of all
the home-making, taxpaying women of Ore
gon who are seeking the ballot, who have
often gone on record as such seekers through
a majority vote of their representatives in
"assemblies," which, by the way. The Ore
gonian tells us. is the only safe method of
testing, "the w ill of the people," of which
women are half.
I also ask for space to commend the
logic of x-Governor Geer, In his able reply
to the flippant letter of a woman lawyer,
who fears, like the average "ami" of both
sexes, that every wife and moth-er in Oregon
will, when enfranchised, desert her home,
get a divorce, or become a lawyer and per
petually hold office.
Having been a "shut-in" for over a fort
night, on account of a nearly fatal accident
rom which I am now recovering, I have
been amusing myself through many hours of
enforoed sickness by reading up the activi
ties and progress of the suffragists and suf
fragettes of the worla. as well as the silly
excuses of men in official positions (and
their women apologists), who imprison
women in Great Britlan for wanting to vote,
and ply them with unctuous nattery for the
same reason in the United States, while
denying them justice. But it encourages
my prophetic soul to receive the many let
ters and contributions of cash I get. for a
"final dash to the pole no pun intended
from scoree of men whose reverence for the
Declaration of Independence and Constitu
tion of the United States has raised them
above the idea that th-e use of the ballot is
a function of gender.
Such men, and their numbers are daily
Increasing, note with pride that Oregon, by
adopting our pending taxpaying women's
suffrage amendment, can not only place our
state in the foreground of a new departure
in government, but can open the way for a
safe and conservative step toward full and
final recognition of the Inalienable rights of
all the people. Let Oregon lead. Then the
states will follow.
ABIGAIL SCOTT DUXIWAT,
President O. S. E. S. A.
As many as 126.000 .ooxei of Tasmanlan
apples have arrived In a year In England in
perfect condition.
EARLY PIONEER CALLED
DR.
J. P. POWELL PASSES
AWAY AT GRESHAM.
Was Third to Settle in That District
in Early Days Practiced Medi
cine for Many Years.
GRESHAM, Or., Nov. 4. (Special. )
Dr. J. P. Powell, who died here on Sat
urday last, was one of the earliest pion
eers of Multnomah County. He was born
in North Carolina In 1822 and crossed
the plains in 1852, arriving here late that
Fall. In 1853, he took up the donation
land claim, a part of which is now Inside
the city limits of Gresham. and on
which he lived to the day of his. death.
He died peacefully sitting in his arm
chair in the same house he built in those
pioneer days over 50 years ago.
Doctor Powell was a practicing physi
cian for many years, and was also wide
ly known as being one of the first school
teachers of Eastern Multnomah. Before
taking up his claim here he helped to
organize School District No. 3, on the
Columbia Slough, and was the first
teacher in the old log schoolhouse that
has since been replaced by a more pre
tentious structure.
When he came to this locality in the
Fall of 1853, Dr. Powell found two other
noted pioneers there a year ahead of
him. James and Jackson Powell, although
of the same name, were not related to
him in any way. had settled there the
year before and from them the name of
Powell Valley was given to the beautiful
dale in' which their claims were- held.
With their assistance and that of
Stephen Roberts, another resident of
those days, he organized School District
No. 4, now the center of education in
this section and the seat of the Gresham
High School.
. Doctor Powell was married in 1S47 to
Miss Adeline Duval, who still survives
at the age of 82. Of the ten children
born to them, there are five living. Mrs.
Sarah Wlshard and Mrs. Jennie Sails,
of Portland: Mrs. Mary McCormick, of
Salem; Doctor J. N. Powell, of San
Francisco, and Mrs. Minnie Clanahan, of
Gresham.
The .earlier settlers who remain will
remember his. usefulness, in hla devotion
to his chosen profession how for many
years he was the only resident physi
cian In all the region east of Portland
and how, after traveling through the
blackness of night, stumbling over logs
and stumps, he would arrive at the log
cabin in the wilderness, bringing the
first ray of hope to the afflicted. For a
long time he was Coroner of Multnomah
County and from time to time had re
ceived many favora from an appreciative
public.
The British and Foreign Bible Society laat
year distrlMltM H .914.711 Bibles.
C b c o a
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No. 29
The roasting of cocoa beam
is done in large revolv
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every portion of the con
tents is equally heated.
The roasting, which is done
at a temperature of 260 to
280 degrees Fahrenheit,
brings out the flavor and
aroma of the cocoa bean.
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It takes but a teaspoonful t i"
to the cup when the
cocoa's pure.
COCOA
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it is perfectly pure
and goes farthest.
Dontask merely for cocoa
ask for GhirardellPs.
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