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TIIE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 1910. 13 RUNAWAY HEIR IN FIGHT FOR. GASH LINE TO ROLL ORDERED BUILT Perry Wood Kerr, Lost Three Years, May Get Estate Left by Wojnan. Shaw-Batcher .Company Gets Contract on Bid of $1,259,782. lawn. now studying musio In Berlin. Germany. A letter was received at the Commercial Club yesterday from Miss Kurth. asking that more literature be sent to the Berlin Chamber of Commerce and Trade, descriptive of this section of the United States. "Everybody appears to be much inter ested In Oregon,", wrote 'Miss Kurth. The only .good apples we get here are from Southern Franc and Oregon, but of course the Oregon apples are the beet. As I ' speak and read both English and German. I read your literature for them." Miss Kurth also called attention to the Berlin Exposition to be held next year. She urges that Oregon ma In tarn ' an ex hibit of resources and products there. WOMEN ACCUSERS OF MEN Grave Charges Brought Against Two Youths Each 22. Earl ;Iloope'r. 22 years .old.' and' Bert Boyer. of the same age, are In the City Jail, charged with living off the earn ings of fallen women, and Kate James, until one week ago an employe at one of Portland's sanitariums, i and Hazel Jackson, are also being held as wit nesses. " . ' The women made damaging admis sions against the two men. The Jack son woman said that she had given Hooper $2 a day for the past year. The other said that she had been an inno cent woman until one week ago, when she met Boyer, who forced her into her RUN " ....-n,.- , ..... .-f.,HU.r, ., ,r, r,r-,'r--.vr,.-,'.W-- '-. . "'"l. ,w ju . . .m jiw, w.LW,a.L.i ,' ; , , i: J;'I:'J;'!-T'1 ; ! ONLY 4- DAYS MORE ftf . . ' r 1 V Lv; , '-J :'i :'-,'-) L .... 3 l r.j r-: ; i. ; u - ; P t:'y. 4 M li t? n GUARDIAN LENDS FORTUNE LARGER TUBE TO BE GIVEN Interesting Case .Arises In Portland Court, as Result of Discovery Youth Had Joined Navy. Adopted ' When, but Lad. Following the accidental finding: of a runaway heir, a Portland lad, suit has been instituted In the local court for the recovery of a small forjine left by an Albany. Or.', woman, who adopted the runaway, now In Uncle Sam's Navy, when lie was a lad. The plaintiff In the case Is Perry i'Wood Kerr, who has been missing- for .'three years. Yesterday his attorney, John .'F. Logan, asked County Judge Cleeton to require the boy's guradlan to produce for Kerr $818.76. willed to the 'latter by the late Mrs. Don B. Davis, formerly the wife of an Albany physi cian, -who was his foster-mother. Mrs. L C. Parish, the boy's guardian, has explained to the court that the money was loaned to her brother, Ed ward Helm.' who gave nothing in return but his unsecured note. It has been left to Judge 'Cleeton to determine -whether legal steps shall be taken at once toward the collection, of the note. Serious Charges Placed. ' In court yesterday Mrs. Parish, was charged with having mistreated the Kerr boy and forcing him to run away tTrom home. He also declared that she acted In defiance of the orders of Judge Webster, which were to the effect that tehe should produce the money. Whether the money can be collect ed for the boy Is a serious problem, for Mrs.- Parish's bondsmen have proved, to fee of no financial responsibility, one of them, Patterson, having recently been sentenced to prison for a Federal crime. According to the records of the case, and further details given to the court yesterday, the Kerr boy had proved a disappointment to his adopted parents, end when Mrs. Davis died she provided that a life Insurance policy of $1004 should be left him in case he behaved himself properly. In case he mis behaved, the money was to go to two of Mrs. Davis' relatives, with the ex ception of $1. which should go to Kerr. In the will It was suggested that Mrs. Parish be made the boy's guar dian, but the latter had much trouble with her charge later.. Former Charge Fails to Hold. In support of his charge that the boy had been mistreated by his guar dian. Attorney Logan explained that upon one occasion she had him arrested for taking some milk, but could not support her charge of wrongdoing In court.. Mrs.- Davis died In the Spring of i 1905.- , She . was living in Portland at .' the time of her death, and thus the af-" , fair was brought into the court of this county, although she r had previously been living In Albany, which is the home. of .Mrs. Parish. - Young Kerr seems to have left Port land with no idea of ever returning to claim the money left him. for he never let any one know where he was go- lng nor where he might be found, until recently a letter was received by one of his former friends in this city, in which it was stated that the boy had Joined the Navy and was at the naval training station at Goat Island, In the Bay of San Francisco. FACTIOX FIGHT WITHDRAWN Promised Serious Legal War Over Mill Holdings Dies. What promised to be a serious legal war between factions of the stockholders Bf the Multnomah Mill & Construction Company has been killed in its infancy, and the suit filed by one faction to pre vent the other, consisting of the members of the family of Frank Swoboda. presi dent of the company, from retaining con trol of the firm, was withdrawn yester day. k The suit was brought against Frank Swoboda. his son, Arthur Swoboda, and the former's wife, Mrs. Frank Swoboda, by Ira Moore, Arthur Moore, Ralph Moore, Elmer Eatinger and F. O. Wes son. It was explained to the court that to avoid litigation, the Swoboda family had 'bought out the stock owned by the plaintiffs. The Swoboda family, who formerly con trolled the majority of the stock of the concern, were accused In the complaint of holding an Illegal directors "meeting, at tended only by .themselves, when they voted to increase their capital stock by selling to Arthur Swoboda 15 shares of 1 unissued stock. EAST SIDE BACKS MOVE Plan on for Midnight Mail Collec tion at Points. The Sunnyside Push Club lias started a movement to secure the collection of East Side mall in the evening by auto mobile 1 f T-.i .l I 1 , ,L. ... ...... ' - v . ,0 lautiDlieu Llie mall along Union avenue, Williams ave nue, Broadway street. Grand, Holladay, Hawthorne, Belmont street, and wherever there is a paved street will be collected as late as 12 o'clock at night, and people having letters to get off on the train may put them In boxes on the paved streets at a late hour and be assured that they will be collected before 12 o'clock at night and go out on the train the next day. Dr. J. A. Pettit spoke of the Importance of getting this late and speedy collection the push clubs to join in a request that the service be inaugurated. Each club will be asked to urge the Oregon delega tion to assist in the matter. The club Indorsed the movement to reg ulate the opening and closing of the bridge draws, by keeping them -closed during the rush hours of the morning and evening. Councilman Kubli's vote against the vaeatrdh 6f Adams street at the last meeting of the Council was indorsed. Sec retary Walker was instructed to send a strong request to City Engineer Morris 'to have East Thirty-fourth street extended to the Sunnyside Park from East Stark street- As Argument In Favor of Steel Riveted Pipe, President Shaw ( Says He Will Add Inch . to Di ameter, Increasing Capacity. After discussing: briefly tha respec tive merits of steel-riveted and lock. MISS KURTH GOOD BOOSTER Portland Girl Says Germany Is ...Anxious to Know of Oregon. ' Portland and Oregon have a live boos ter in Miss Elenore Kurth. daughter of H. Kurth, of 120 Emerson street, Wood- TEMPOEAE.Y OREGON-WASHINGTON BOUNDARY LINE BE TWEEN BAKERS BAY AND SAND ISLAND. r1 " J f I V . i -r- r ARBITRARY T.T"R DETERMINED AT f" O K V. RR( E BETWEEN FTSH COMMISSIONER RISEI.AM1, OF WASHINGTON, A.VD MASTER KISH WARDEN M'ALLISTER, OP OREGON. The accompanying illustration shows the arbitrary Oregon-Washington boundary line In the Columbia River between Baker's Bay and Sand Island, which has been determined at a conference between Fish Commissioner Riseland. of Washington, and Master Fish Warden Mc Allister, of this state, and the county officials of Pacific County, Wash ington, and Clatsop County, Oregon. The heavy dotted line shows the dividing line as it is contended by the Oregon authorities. The parallel lines, following an irregular course, mark the arbitrary boundary line as it was fixed at the con ference.. The object in establishing a definite dividing line at this point temporarily, was for the purpose of facilitating the. assessment of prop erty as between the two states as well as the collection of fishing licenses in the disputed section of the Columbia River. Final deter mination of the boundary line at this point In the river will be one of the subjects to be' considered by the commissions from the two states which, it is proposed, to have authorized by Coagress. At a conference in this city Wednesday between the officials of the two states it was. decided to request Congress for authority to appoint a commis sion from each state that the boundary question might be finally set tled. The findings of the commissions, under the terms of this ar rangement, are to be ratified by the Legislatures of the two states be fore becoming effective. present' life. . She recently came to Portland from Salem, Or., where her parents live. . The Jackson woman and Hooper came to Portland from Seattle and both live In San Francisco. Captain of Detectives Moore had re ceived reports of numerous petty room thefts which he traced partially to Hooper and Boyer. He assigned De tectives Carpenter and Price to the case. The two detectives found the men and the women in a rooming-house at Second and Yamhill streets, and, acting under instructions of CaRtaln Moore always to take lrfto custody women who are found in the company of suspected thieves, they arrested all four. In the detective office the women made admissions which, caused charges to be brought against "the men. They were arraigned before judge Bennett In the Municipal Court In the afternoon and were held for a hearing under cash bail of 1000 each, in default of which they were locked up. The women were also held as witnesses under cash bail of $750 each. Y. M. C. A.T0FII1D HOME "Will Take Boys From Evil Environ ment, Not as Charity. Authority was given the boys' depart ment of the Young Men's Christian Asso ciation by the board of governors yes terday to establish a home for boy.s. This is a project that has been under con sideration for. the past six months and will probably be carried out during the next few weeks. ' It Is proposed to, rent a house large enough to accommodate from 25 to 30 boys who will live there in the care of some man -and wife yet to be selected. While the movement Is backed up by sev eral local business men, it is not a char ity, for the boys will be required to pay the actual expenses of maintaining the home, these expenses to be kept as low as possible. The purpose of the movement Is to give a home to boys who are alone in the city and who have been living under undesirable conditions. Many cases have come to the attention of the Y. M. C. A. of boys who are living in an Immoral en vironment, for the reason that they can not afford to rent rooms in respectable quarters. Six boys have already been selected to occupy the home. Until it is opened these boys, and perhaps others, will be accommodated In the large dormitory in the Y. M. C. A. building, in which there are 15 beds. This dormitory will be turned over to the boys entirely for the present. The Y. M. C. A. governors also voted to purchase a five-passenger automobile, which will be used in road work by the automobile class In the- educational department. TODAY WILL BE SUNNY, TOO Fair Weather Promised for North-west Spring Suits in. Evidence. Continued fair weather' with northerly winds is the forecast for today's weather. The barometer remains high over the Northwest and low over California.. Tern, peratures have risen over the entire sec tion and conditions are favorable for con tinued faith weather, except near Cape Flattery, where showers will prevail. Portland people turned out by the thou sands yesterday to welcome the first real Spring day. A few Spring suits and new headgear were in evidence on the down town streets. The rainfall has changed from an excess to a deficiency of 0.03 of an- inch. .The maximum, temperature yesterday was 66 degrees. bar pipe, the Water Board, at a spe cial meeting yesterday afternoon, awarded to the Shaw-Batcher Pipe Company, of Sacramento, the contract for constructing the second Bull Run pipeline to Bull Run River for 11,259. 782. A much better contract waa secured, however, than that of the original bid of the successful company, for Presi dent Shaw, in order to get the work, offered to make the proposed pipe one Inch larger in diameter to carry as much water per day as a pipe of the same size constructed of lock-bar. This he agreed to do without additional cost to the city, and Mayor Simon, T. B. Wilcox, J. C. Alnsworth and W. B. Mackay took up his suggestion. Having secured the contract for the work," the Shaw-Batcher Company will at once make preparations to fabricate the steel In Portland, or close to Port land, according to the promise made to .the Board last Tuesday afternoon. The Job Is one of the largest ever un dertaken in Portland, and It is esti mated that the labor alone will aggre gate 9160.000. Resistance Is Questioned. When the Water Board met yester day afternoon a question arose as to the relative merits of steel-riveted and lock-bar pipe as to carrying capacity. It was charged by some that the riv eted pipe would have a resistance, of 10 per cent of he carrying capacity because of its large seams, while the lock-bar .would have practically no re sistance. President Shaw, of the Shaw-Batcher Company, was asked by Mayor Simon to make a statement concerning this point. Mr. Shaw called upon his engi neer, Edward a Coob, who is consid ered an expert. "I am strictly from Missouri," said Mr. Cobb. "They've got to show me where the Steel-riveted pipe has a re sistance of 10 per cent; it probably has 2 or 3 per cent not .more than that. I have recommende'd to Mr. Shaw, however, that the company make the steel-rtveted pipe one Inch larger in diameter than that upon which we bid, which will increase the carrying capacity as to resistance fully 5 per cent, and will carry actually more wa ter than the' engineer designed the pipeline, to carry, or about 5,000,000 gallons per 24 hours additional to that which would be carried through the pipe as figured originally." Beuhner Talks for Lock Bar. Philip Beuhner, who formed a Port land company to handle the con tract, spoke briefly in favor of the lock-bar pipe, upon which he -bid. This would have cost $60,000 more, and after the extra one inch was 'added to the steel-riveted pipe, would carry no more water, if as much, he said. "I do not care for the contract, par ticularly;" said Mr. Beuhner, "but as a citizen I would like to see Portland get the best. I feel that lock-bar pipe has much superiority over the steel-riveted, and for that reason alone would like to see the Board select lock bar pipe. I will leave my bid as It stands, if the Board desires to reject bids and readvertlse." In view of. the fact that the Shaw Batcher Company offered to put in the one inch additional without extra cost to the city. Commissioner Wilcox moved that the contract be awarded to it. Commissioner Mackay seconded the" motion, which was unanimously carried. The new pipeline Is designed to carry 45,000,000 gallons of water every 24 hours. It will be 24 miles long and the most of it will be 53 inches in diameter; the. rest 49 Inches, under the terms of the new contract. The Shaw-Batcher Company, which secured the work. Is one of the-largest and best known firms -In the busi ness. Its headquarters is at San Fran- The Addition with Character UP MARCH c M 1 1 H lit For the past few weeks we have ben telling the public that we would advance. Laurelhurst prices on this date. Hundreds have profited by our no tice and have purchased before the raise. TVe have and will continue to sell Laurelhurst lots at our original prices up to March loth. After that date, however, prices will be advanced. Here is your opportunity. Laurelhurst is the best buy in residence property in Portland today. Lots . in this tract are selling cheaper than lots in other ad ditions not nearly so well improved and much fur ther out from town. Understand, this is not cam paign talk it is a fact, and we simply ask you to see Laurelhurst and you will see why. Look over some other tracts and get their prices, then com pare them with Laurelhurst. Compare improve ments, distance from town, car service, etc., and you will see the justice of our claims. There are many residence additions in the citj' that have only part improvements, and they specialize on the few to hide the lack of others. Laurelhurst is the one addition that has every improvement possible. It is the most highly improved residence district of Portland. It has improvements that can be seen in no other section of Portland. It is from five to ten minutes closer than other addi tions now on the market, and on two car lines. Both the Montavilla and Rose City Park lines run to and through the property. Don't wait, but see Laurelhurst at once, for if you decide to buy, and do so before March 15, it means a saving to you of from $200 to $300. N li --.1 "1 r S It FT JUL ti-.,r - - ' l.'l.MPU I ;i. IV .JJ. JJJ lit r.ffafcj. The Lot in Laurelhurst That Will Cost $1000 Now Will Cost $ 1 200 to $ 1 400 After March 1 S AUTHORIZED BROKERS Charln K. Henry Co. WakeHeld, Fries A Qo. tiny. I). Schalk. H. P. Palmer-Jones Co. Holmes & Menefee. . Mall & Von Horstel. Mackie A Kountree. R. F. Bryan & Co. F"rick-rodd Co. ItufT-KleinHorHre Iajid Co. Dnhnln 4 Crockett Realty Co. CKapin & llerlow. Hu & Kinder. Eugene, Or., Agents Mmrladry A Shumate Salem, Or;, Agent A. Sf. MOORES , 1 and 2 Biuh-Breyman Block Walla Walla, Wash., Agt. F. H. GORDEN With Walla Walla Land Co. nelhvinrl Cry 522-526 Corbett Building Phones Main 1503, A 1515 ' . ' 'I' : "t" ' ?X '"' h -- fljipiy.iiy in Cisco, and it has a large plant at Sac ramento. It -will now make Portland a base of action for the Northwest, and will- fabricate all of the rivted steel pipe here or near Portland. HEALTH BOARD IS ACTIVE Fear of Smallpox Spreading Causes Needed Precaution. Fear that the smallpox contagion may spread over the state was expressed at the State Board of Health offices in the Dekum building. On Monday night two cases were discovered at the Union Depot but the patients were quarantined im mediately and taken to the city pest house. Dr. Calvin S. 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