13 TIIE 3iOIiXIXG OREGOXIAX. SATURDAY. APRIL 2, 1910. PEOPLE MUST KID N OREGON CENSUS Supervisor Is Handicapped by Lack of Funds for Work in State. POSTERS SENT BROADCAST Second JMstrlrt- Enumerator IIae AVay Paved for llepllos in Instruc t!on Sent to JVi eln-Speak ins Pop u la t k: n in the City. With the arrivni of Um c-ptifus month, the offirp of Supervisor Seneca C. Bfac'n yesterday :i.s .Humeri a prrc-ater ac t i vf ! y than at any time si nee f i rst pre pa ta tinns were mri Supervisor ilcju-l! and l'!-; ;is;ii;tan!s. handicapped b v i pdd'. tKun a ni to pri at ions for cs jitTsrs, will he for f-,i to rely upon the ppopf of ti e &'f'.-fnd C'onjfreF.slonal fi i s trirt for i:i ;r h !-( in securing: a complete, count of the population and many of t ',: e i inl ;j. tries. "When t !:c plan of the prep on t cen sus v.-ns fir .si. aiinuiii'fd," .said Super visor Jioaeh. it eon; omplatod a division of the work through the special agent force. I was to lin vo .vote char. ire of tho enumeration of the population. Since that ti me the niv i?lon s of ajrri-c-j1t ura I y tat ist icf, mini nr statist ics, and ;i rninilu r of ofhr branches which j-houM have heeii in the exclusive care of experts, have been added to my duties. "Tin? en u me rat ion heprina on April X", and yei-icrday the department asked me to call on each enumerator per sonally and instruct him in his duties. It would require 12 days for me to go to Mau heur County and back. Those "Washington people have pot this state mixed up with a precinct in New Jer sey Job Given t'j for Keur Hunt. "Then on top of it all," paid the supervisor, lie tousled his gray hair "wirh one hand, waved a pair of glasses in the other, 'about 10 per cent of the c- nu m era tors secured places for 'have informed me that they cannot accept "because they have obtained permanent positions. Hut the limit was reached this morning wheif an enumerator in Malheur County sent back his commis sion because he wanted to go on a bear hunt." In the City of Portland there exists an opport u ni t y for business men and private citizens- to aid in the work of ohtair a just and fair count of the Krowiii and development of the city. The enumerators who will bein the work on April 1 r must complete It within the 35 following- day an lm - possibility unless the people realize thn t information requir d should be read y for the man with the hadre. Citizens of every nationality who do not readily speak Knjrl ish should be nd vised by their more fortunate coun trymen th;.t the nuestlons relate solely to ascertain! i: e: t h e n timber of people In the city and state, and that it can-, not be used far any other purpose. It it believed that many foreign-born citizens may evade the enumerators un less that idea is ma (If plain. IjtseU of I'muls ilampers. 1 The census bureau is without funds to lure more enumerators than have been Appointed, and it therefore becomes a matter of public duty and patriotism to see that the splendid prosperity and growth which the City of Portland has enjoyed durin tr the past 10 yehrs. and is now entertaining, shall be honestly placed on the rt cords .of the (iovenunent. It means somet lur.-? to Oregon. Kvery head of every family in the city will be asked to get out Whe faintly Bible ami ascertain the apes of all the chil dren, the date of his marriage, and then think i:p all the in format ion which may lu' reuuuvd to fully answer all the ques tions which are here wit h printed in The Orei; on i an for the second time. J it panese e nd Chinese merchants are depended upon by the Supervisor to ad vice th' "rr count ry men that the census en itinera tor is not looking for their nat uralinntton eei'Liiica tcs o is not an asent from the imm hrrat icn bureau, but a con Jidential ri proseiita tic of .the Govern ment who will It im self be placed in jail if he revca!s any cf the inform action se cured, l-'oreism Consuls are believed to be interest hit;' themselves anions the rep resentatives of their various countries. 1'usli (Tub Sclit'ine lMeasos. Tho s'di erne n-poRcd by Waiter 3 1. 3 -l vans, Assistant I u ited S lutes Attorney, n i id a lead .ii y mcmht r of the Kast Sido lush i.'lnl's, has nut with stror.sj ap proval. I' Is pin r : ned to cn II a meeting of the h'ast Sid- is and ree;tust each rrsi d"nt to have lite a nsu er; to all ques tions reaoy nen the inquisitor KV-is around. Yt'sterday Supervisor Peach sent out 3tundreds of posters printed in Chinese, !P inn ish, Herman. I ' al - an. ilussian, S wed 1;h and Kiiuhsh, "tally fxni.unir.ir the pur poses of the census enumeration. it is imped lint tuee will be posted in promi nent pi u'cs and attention called to them. It is ter.e to talk c usus all tae ;ime. lut Mu-t lie An-iverot!. The ones tiers are as fellows; l.iH' iti.in f - ,t, ;iviTi'.!. ye. nl, ic, Tieuse li. ai r tin o t s ;-i h ' ii'wiii', iv i ; ab-T of ilwfiMni;- ii.i.-i' ;i oi.ii'V o' . t :it -.im uutii be v e i t'.o i '. y : e: r of y : : tat am. Nrui.o et" e;i,-a -,"l S . ,u;ne of iilviee o:: AjvU : lyto. was ::i mis t'anoly. Kuia i ' ' !! - -iO1' ;i . leas' i of ih.s .t ismi to Hie tuv.Vl i; tlie t:eu:.. m.i; .i 1 ia. ; l. l.. ': '.'. eoler or rid1, ae nx 1 i.t bi: iy. wh.-tJo-- s.r.i:!-, laar- l e-d. wM'i.w1,! e : e ; ere -1. i: u:a ne r ( rs na:l'-;r Lt.er b- ew 1! N .1 1 1 t ! v Vif pt..,t. ef b-.lL, Tn.;eViV WiH, lu-th.T al!' irt f la:.v; ii:v ( eci.p-.i.i: -tiralav k:i!. fita. as si)1.;.:." i :i t n; t ui e lisl.uvnt bt w h -: h e f I ; : S r-'TSiin, t -i ' - y 1 .- person, of : up iK-rs-a. ' V Mil ;o the in ' a a : izil or alien. Kni:h-h. or, if not. ell. 1.111 .f v('!''i ibaui ey this pr . L.- :iiita. l-i.-'w. etc., Koa ilulry. I'liaiT'.ess or si.itt ihis i ors n v. erks. a.- eei- ten srere. f.iini. .-t.. whether ii a t :ailver. o!iiite n e.-oun t ; if a .u j wurltinj via own w o rlt on A " ilit Of WdTiv Kvtneata a- .as oar i.'u.. -ii;ha a hie to r.ad. whether cd-lit ,.. w rue, itlicn-i'-a eeiioei any lime i (u-aei n : ...f heai-' t wre-l or r;T.te.i. Nod fr o or i:or:;icra, firm cr Uouie, niiii1 ber i ; "a r:n .-li i. a a ;t. Whether a u,-vov.t of the Union or Con Joaerv Arm r Navy. W ! lo'r .iiin'1 (both evi'8). W he tin. v i "af n a a liumh. SETTLERS CAN FIND ROOM Advantages of Warm Springs Kescr vurion Arc Held X'v. I'F.ND, Or., April 1. (Special.) In connection with the reent trip made tbrouirn the csehutes Valley by emis saries ef the Creat Nortnerns pub- ielt y depn rt ment an,i t lie fac t t hat ii!ls are now bftin.i; introduced in Con ;ros3 to open to settlement tUo unap propriated lands In the Klamath and Warm Spfings Indian Reservations, a report that recently appeared in the Hend Bulletin lias attracted consider able local interest. This article deals with the great chance for homeseekers in the Warm Sprinp-s Reservation, dwelling- upon the probability- of its opening to settlement because of the great demand for land due to the rush of - settlers into the country along- with the railroads. Seven hundred and seventy Indians, says the report, now hold some 640,000 acres to the west of the Deschutes, midway between Bend and the Columbia- Of this amount 360,000 acres are in timber, with an average acreage stand of 10,000 feet. Of the 75,000 acres that are tillable, over 25,000 are subject to irrigation from the many small streams that flow eastward from the mountains to the Deschutas. Prob ably 300 acres from the available total are now wnder cultivation; 20,000 sheep are ranging where it is said 50,000 could graze; and 4000 cattle occupy ranges capable of supporting 15,000 head. Of the total acreage, 115,000 have been allotted, leaving 525,108 acres sub ject to cultivation, irrigation or dry farming methods. SWEENEY WILL BUILD LAST OBSTACLE TO HOTEL PHOJECT REMOVED. Buiidiiiir Projected to t Cost ' More Than $750,000 Oetails to Be Completed Vpon His Return. Confirmation of the report of nego tiations for the construction of a ho tel building on Upper Morrison street on what is known as the old Dekum homestead .was given yesterday by Charles Sweeny, owner of the property, who, with Mrs. Sweeny and a party of New York capitalists, is visiting Portland. Mr. Sweeny said yesterday that his plan for a hotel, representing an outlay of $750,000, was progressing and might be settled before the end of April. , "I am returning at once with Mrs. Sweeny to New York City," said Mr. Sweeny yesterday. "My youngest daughter is to be married there on April 12 ,and then after the young peo ple have started on their honeymoon trip T shall return to Portland. That will be about the latter part of April. Then, it is possible, the details of the lease will be arranged. "The plan started with the Idea of leasing this property to a syndicate.. Since then it has progressed well and although it cannot surely he said that the details will be completed, it is a fact that final settlement of the lease seems assured. Senator John Gearin has been handling the details for me here." The big hotel planned by Mr. Sweeny has for its location the block bounded by Yamhill, Morrison, Fourteenth and Thirteenth streets. Mr. Sweeny would have improved the property for hotel purposes several year3 ago had it not been for the proximity of the high school and the state law making it il legal to build a hotel within 400 feet of a school If liquor were sold In the hotel. Immediately upon the definite de cision that the high school was to be removed to a new location, negotia tions began for the improvement. H. C. Bowers, manager of the Portland Ho tel, was interested "because it Is for him that the hotel will be built. He enlisted the support of T. B. Wilcox and J. C. Ains worth, who agreed to take over the Sweeny lease. Mr. Sweeny is to build the hotel. The ground valuation of the half block fronting on Morrison street, the pro posed site of the hotel, is placed at approximately $250,000. It is planned that the hotel shall cost between $750, 000 and $1,000,000. Philip Gevurtz negotiated for the lease of the half block fronting on Yamhill street early in the year, and the papers were 'prepared and sent to Mr. Sweeny for signature. Mr. Sweeny said last night that this deal had fallen through. Mr. Gevurtz had planned building an apartment ho tel. MAINS ARE TO GO DOWN Water Board Receives Bids for Many Small Jobs. There will he great activity In the in stallation of water mains throughout the city, judging from the large number of resolutions of intention to lay pipes, adopted by the Water Board yesterday afternoon. A dozen bids for small jobs were opened, indicating the willingness of contractors to bid upon this kind of work sine the decision of the Supreme Court holding the assessment of abutting property to lie. valid.' Chief Khgineer Clarke submitted a largo number of resolutions carrying the Installation of water mains throughout the. city, which were adopted by the lioard, after careful scrutiny by Mayor Simon and Messrs. Ainsworth and Mac kay. They desired to make certain that there are no mains laid where the prop erty is unable to pay the assessment, in order to protect the city from loss. As to whether the bids for small .mains, submitted yesterday, were under the estimates of the engineer, the Board was unuble to determine, as the estimate were not at hand; but the bids were all mnll, running from a few hundred dol lars to $2XX on the various jobs to be done. They were referred to ' the en gineer for tabulation, and will be acted upon at the next meeting, to be held froon. Petitions are coming In from all over the city for mains, now that it is generally understood that the only way to get water is to pay for the installation of the pipes under the present law. As this has been held valid by the Supreme Court, it Is believed that there will be very little trouble In future over get ting reasonable bids and In collecting the assessments. Kcffolutions of intention to lav a sys tem of mains in Yukon and other streets, which have been slumbering In the City Auditor's office pending a decision of tho present law, were rejuvenated yes terday by the Board, at the request of the Lacld estate, which controls the prop erty. W. J3. Meacham notified the Board that he lias had great difficulty in securing a right of way for an eight-inch main from the Council Crest standplpe to Pul ton Park, and the Board finally referred this subject to the engineer, the superin tendent and Councilman Belding. in whose ward the problem lies. 9 Krgineer Clarke recommended that Ko!ert W. Hunt be employed to inspect the material to be used in the construc tion of the second jv.pel?e to Bull Run Tilver. his services for that work to agr prepare about $Tr000. Mayor Simon was unwilling to have this recommendation adopted, and it was taken under advise ment. Pid you ask for bids on this work? asked the Myor of Kngineer Clarke. "No, sir." was the reply, but several people wrote to me for the work." "Was this- bid the lowest?" asked the Mayor. "No, Fir; they ran from 4o cents a ton to cents." replied Mr. Clarke. "Well, let's take this under advise ment.' said the Mayor. "It is rather important, as the amount is large, and I want to know whether we should pay it.' PURCHASERS NOT ACTING .FOB HILL Colonel CVE. S. Wood, How ever, Confirms Report of Eastern Oregon Deal. $100,000 PAID ON OPTION Syndicate of Minnesota Capitalists Gains Hold on 70.OOO-Acre Tract Till May 1 Believed Hill 3Ioney Will Develop. Colonel C. E. S. Wood returned yes terday Irora Ontario. Or., and confirmed the report published by The- Oreonian Tuesday that tjie Willamette Valley & Cascade Mountain Wagon Road grant of 790,000 acres will probably be purchased by a syndicate of Minnesota capitalists. Colonel Wood said that J C. Wood. W. P. Davidson. A. C. Rob ertson and John E. Burchard have se cured an option on the property, for which they paid the sum of J100.000. The option will run until May 1. Colonel Wood Is positive in his state ment that the purchasers are not act ing for James J. Hill, of the Great Northern Railroad, and that the plan upon which they are working cannot contemplate the acquisition of the Boise & Western Railroad, of which C. E. S. Wood is president. Great Development Foreseen. With the passing of the famous grant into the hands of the Minnesota men, it is believed that a great era of devel opment is to open in Central and East ern Oregon and that the Hill millions are to come forward for the construc tion of the roads, which will give the great railroad builder an entrance into the territory heretofore exclusively controlled by the Harrlman lines. Mr. Wood said? "The facts as I know them are that I have represented the Willamette Val ley & Cascade .Mountain Wagon Road land grant for over 25 years, and I took charge of getting right of way for Mr. Hill through the Malheur Can yon only last Fall. John F. Stevens, Mr. Hill's representative in Oregon, was too busy elsewhere, and he felt, I presume, that the acquaintance which Mr. William Hanley, of Burns, Or., and I had with the people would give us some advantage over strangers. "It is publicly known that Mr; Han ley and t were anxious to break the monopolistic grip which the Harriman system h-id on Oregon, even if it had to be done by building railroads by the state and leasing them for operation a principle which I may say I still be lieve in and believe will be the ulti mate solution of the difficulties now existing between railroads and the pub lic. Those dif Cjculties have called into being Interstate Commerce Commis sions, Railroad Commissions, etc., etc. Hill's Connection Coincidence. "So far as I know, the gentlemen now going over the land grant never were associated before, but have been Independent land operators. The fact that they live in St. Paul and are friends of Mr. Hill's is a mere coinci dence. I tried at one time to get Mr. Hill to take over the land grant and he said he never iningled such specu lations with his railroad operations; that he would build the railroads and leave the land speculations to others. No sale has been ' made, but two of these gentlemen, Mr. Burchard and Mr. Davidson, are looking over the land grant and have taken an option on it for themselves and their associates un til May 1. for which option they have deposited $100,000. "I did say at Vale and Ontario, and am glad to repeat it to The. Oregonian, that the millions controlled by Mr. Hill are going to be back of the develop ment of Oregon and wherever traffic, present or prospective, could be shown, there we would, in my opinion, find Mr. Hill struggling for his share in a legitimate way. "He told me that he was going to send an advertising and educational exhibit car all over the United States, with special lecturers and literature, advertising Oregon exclusively, and asked the help of Mr. Hanley and my self in getting the statistics for the literature and forming a large collec tion of exhibits, so that the car exhibits when worn could be replaced with fresh ones. I am glad to distribute this information throughout Oregon, for "i think the various commercial bodies and representative men should Join with Mr. Hill in making this ad vertisement, of the state the very best possible. Boise & Western Hill Liue. "As president of the Boise & West ern, I am glad to state that It is a Hill line and that it has occupied the Malheur Canyon as the first section of its line because that is an important pass, but it is not meantto be an ob struction to any other line, because so far as I am concerned, and I am sure I voice Mr. Hill's sentiments, there is no necessity for these wasteful and foolish fights by which one road tries to keep another road out of the coun try. It cannot be done and it ought not to be done. The Boise & Western is in the Malheur Pass not as an obstruc tion to other lines, but willing and glad to co-operate with them to mutual ad vantage and arrange a plan of gen eral accommodation. "lit Burchard and Mr. Davidson, Mr. Robertson and Mr. Wood are land operators and have nothing whatever to do with the Boise & Western, nor any other railroad, so far as I know. The Boise & Western is not for sale to anybodv. Individual or corporation. It is a jei manent part of Mr. Hill s Ore gon plans." " BANKER MOORE ACQUITTED (Cntlnuefl From First Pag?.) termined upon by the jury, as was' after wards learned from the jurors, was a compromise, for the jury stood from the firsf 9 to 3 for acquittal. Once the 12 men had agreed to disagree. They in formed the court in the morning of their position and had been sent back to try and work it out. They had about deter mined again to send In a "disagreement" notice to the Judge when the compromise was effected by adding the rather un usual denunciation which concluded his "not clean bill of health.' Mr. Moore Is Deathly Pale. The Jury knocked at the door and filed into the courtroom at 4:33 o'clock. The Moore rirt". which had been waiting in apprehension nearby, was notitied and hurried into court. Mr. Moore was com posed but deathly pale. He and his at torneys seated themselves in the center of the room facing the judge, and waited. District Attorney Cameron was the only one present representing the proseculon. Deputy District Attorney Fitzgerald, whose vigorous prosecution had been one of the marked features of the case, didj not attend. Deputies Vreeland and Page came in during the proceedings and took seats in the rear of the room. The jurymen took their seat In tho box and waited' three minutes for Judge Bro naugh, who was engaged In another de partment temporarily. "Gentlemen, have you agreed upon a verdict T- asked the Judge, when he ar rived. "We have." replied Juror Pettis, the foreman, who rose from his seat and handed the Judge the written verdict. The Judge opened the document and read it over. A puzzled expression passed over his countenance and while the crowd of spectators waited breath lessly, the Judge pondered over the ver dict. Judge Greatly Perplexed. He finally called counsel for both sides to his desk and read the puzzling paper to them. When exception was taken by Mr. Cameron, he was at first inclined to send the jury back to make out a ver dict without comment in regular form, but after a slight argument between counsel in undertones, the Judge finally decided to accept the verdict as final and proper. It was handed to Clerk Bush. Pale but steady. Mr. Moore rose to his feet and listened tot the reading of the paper. Im mediately following this the Jury was formally dismissed and filed out to hurry home. The effect of the reading of the ver dict was electrifying upon Mr. Moore, who plainly showed that he had under gone a great strain during the two weeks he had been a daily attendant at the trial. His face tiroke out in radiant smiles, and accepting the hands of hla attorneys and friends, -he wrung them eagerly and gave every evidence of the great delight he felt at the outcome. Jury Congratulates Him: There apparently was considerable sympathy for him among the members of the jury, for as Mr. Moore passed out of the room Jurors Barrett, Yost. Melton and Jenning shook him cordially by the hand and wished him well. "Justice was done our client in his acquittal," said Mr. Fulton. "The Jury did the right thing." "I am disappointed with the result." said District Attorney Cameron. "The people of this state are too greatly in terested in the law which bears on this case, and I - firmly believe that on an other case we will secure a conviction. The verdict, acquits him in one breath and declares him guilty in another. It is the most unusual verdict that has ever been handed down in this state to my -he acquitted banker went out with his friends and declined to make any knowledge." comment upon the finding. Out in the hallway a little group of jurors ' and their friends had stopped for a moment to discuss the case. Over 20 Ballots Taken. "The Jury stood nine to three for ac quittal from the beginning," said Juror Melton. "We took from 20 to 25 bal lots.. We thought we were coming in with a disagreement until just a few minutes before we did come in, when we agreed to add the censure para graph to "the verdict If the three would come over to our side. i felt from the first that there was not a dishon est hair in Moore's head, and no one could make me believe that he was anything but the tool of others in the bank." "The case was decided upon the point of Moore's having knowledge that the bank was insolvent," said Juror Jen ning. "Many of the Jurors deemed the bank insolvent, but did not think Moore thought it was so. The ques tion of the draft being technically a deposit was not one of the points un der discussion, for the court, ruled on that and gave us the construction. It was all a matter of whether we thought. Jtoore did know the institu tion was insolvent. We condemned his actions in the bank, but we got the three who were holding out for con viction to .come over by doing th " Those Favoring Conviction Known. Although the jurors had agreed to keep the identity of those voting for conviction a secret, gossip soon gave excellent reason to believe that the three men who held out for the bank er's conviction were" Jurors Van Voor his, Rossiter and Glover. Jurors Bar rett and Melton, whose questions dur ing the trial had made them conspicu ous as believers in Moore's innocence, declared their attitude without reserve as soon as they left the Jury box. Among the other indictments against Mr. Moore on the same Issue as' the one of the trial Just 'finished are in cluded the cases of Marie Veal, Abe Henkle, Tom Paulus and Henry Bean, all of whom made deposits during the last day or days of the bank's exist ence. Marie Veal deposited over $100. She is a school teacher and lives on East Morrison street near Grand ave nue. Abe Henkle deposited $2000. He is a retired farmer and lives at the International Hotel, on North Sixth street. Tom Paulus is the proprietor of a Greek restaurant in the Grand Central Hotel buildng on North Third street. He deposited $180. Henry Bean was an old retired soldier and depos ited his pension. News of his death recently reached the office of the Dis-' trict Attorney. Prosecuting Officials Hopeful. Charging misappropriation of funds of the bank in the Board of Trade building deal, the Pacific & Eastern and other transactions, there are several indictments against Mr. Moore for em bezzlement. On these the prosecuting officials say they are certain to get convictions, in view of the admissions Mr. Moore has so far made, in case they fail completely in getting a "guilty" verdict on the charge of re ceiving deposits In an insolvent bank. The District Attorney, however, has expressed a desire to convict under this new statute to establish a precedent and set up a warning to reckless bankers. - No announcement as to the trials of W. Cooper Morris and the other of Mr. Moore's codefendants has yet been made, for it is understood from the present attitude of the prosecuting of ficials that Mr. Moore will be tried and retried until a conviction is reached before any of the other cases are called. Personnel of Jury. The jury which handed in the verdict yesterday was composed as follows: - E. L. Pettis, foreman, member of the firm of Pettis & Grossmayer, insur ance agents, lives at 739 Wasco street; N. A. Barrett, traveling salesman for the Mitchell, Lewis & Staver Company; F. Antich, proprietor of a grocery store at 411 GUsan street, lives at 252 Nine teenth street; Charles Jenning, one of the firm of Henry Jenning & Sons, fur niture dealers, at Second and Morrison streets, lives at 533 Wasco street; H. .D. Portwood, streetcar conductor, lives at 765 Savier street; E. L. Melton, works In a grocery store at Nineteenth and Washington streets, lives at 11 Eleventh street: B. L. Yost, superin tendent of the Burlington Lumber Company, lives at Lents: R. P Gough, vice-president of the Goodyear Shoe Company, lives at 660 EaBt Alder street; John Betz. foreman of the printing department of Bushong A Co., lives at- 28 East Sixteenth street; T. J. Glover, consulting engineer in the McKay building, lives at 424 Ainsworth avenue: A. E. Rossiter, foreman for W. H. MacMonles & Co., harness manu facturers, lives at 169 Hall street, and B. E. Van Voorhls, salesman for the Portland Flouring Mills. The See This Property Now--Prices Will Advance $200 to $300 Per Lot in the N. E. Section April 15 -Lots Now Selling $750 Up Any person who contemplates the purchase of a home-site in a highly improved and re stricted district can do no better than pur chase in Laurelhurst. "We ask no better privi lege than that of showing j-ou Laurelhurst after you have seen some of the other resi : dence additions, for it will impress itself upon you then more firmly than ever that Laurel hurst is the most highly improved and re stricted of any of them, and you will realize what we mean when we say V close in," for , Laurelhurst is from 5 to 10 minutes closer to the business and shopping district of Portland than other residence tracts now on sale, and it is on two carlines. Both the Montavilla and Rose City Park lines run to and through ' Laurelhurst. This property is not on the out skirts, but is close in. Portland is built up almost solid for three miles beyond Laurel hurst. Highly improved property in any other - city in the United States the size of Portland and which is as close in to the center of the city as Laurelhurst, is today selling for three - times what we are asking for Laurelhurst lots. . Just think of it here is a high-grade resi dence tract, one and one-half miles from the. center of the town, more highly restricted and - more highly improved than any other section of Portland, and yet we are selling lots as cheap and in some cases cheaper than is being asked for lots in these other sections wThich ' are much further out and not nearly so wrell improved. Do not temporize and wait until your opportunity is gone, but see Laurelhurst at once. Call at our office and we will be pleased to show you the property in our auto- . mobiles; or take Rose City Park or Monta villa cars. Deal with an' of our authorized brokers if you prefer. AUTHORIZED BROKERS! Charles K.. Hr Co. Wakefield, Fries A Co. George I). Schallc. , H. P. Palmer-Jones Co. Holmes &. Btfenefee. Mall A Von BorsteL Maekle A Ronntre. 11. tr. HryM Jfe Co. Krlck-Dodda Co. Rnff-Klelnsors;e Land Co. Dubois Jk Crockett Realty Cow Cbapln A Herlow. Haw Jt Rlns;ler. MB. COLEMAN RETURNS PORTLAND SlAN COMPLETES "TRIP AROLM) WORLD, British Rule Has Worked Wonders In India, Says Traveler Ameri can Goods Find Favor. Leavlns Vancouver. B. C, on the Canadian Pacific liner Empress of China October 6, John D. Coleman, a prominent Portlander, traveled around the world, and has Just returned home. Mr. Coleman returned by way of New York. During the trip he vlBited most of the places of Interest to tourists and returned well pleased with his trip and In excellent health. Japan was the first country visited by Mr. Coleman. China was next and then India. "T wna fmniVKMil with the tt-rent. work for the good of the people of I WON FIRST PRIZE MtXX i Highest Quality ' I OVER ALL OTHER. IU PM31 1 Baking Powder I BRANDS AT THE IqlfSQ I at a medium price. gg A Fair Price-25c lb. VfT Addition with Character SALEM GESrCT, .A. N. MOOHES, l-S BUSH-BKEYHAN BLOCK. EUGENE AGENCY, HAGLADRY & SHUMATE. ALBANY AGENCY, A. T. STARK. WALLA WALLA' AGENCY, DRUM HELLER ENXIS. l W. C. KOEH.NE. J 522 - India already done and still being- done by the British government," he said. "I believe if Great Britain should with draw from India, the people of that great province would not rule them selves. In my opinion the Mohamme dans would rule. "There has been much said about unrest in India.' I found it quite the contrary, excepting only in Bengal. There agitators have sprung up. These men, I learned, were, for the most part, educated in England and returning, took it on themselves to wrest the gov ernment from the English. Few peo ple realize what an Immense country it is with its 200,000.000 people. Dur ing the English regime the' entire country has been changed. Now the sweeping plagues, depopulating whole cities, are no more. What few plagues they do have are confined to the more remote places and are speedily checked. "One thing that impressed me par ticularly was the keen commercial competition between the various Euro pean countries and particularly be tween England and Germany. The Germans are In the lead, and this has accentuated bitterness between them. The Germans have accomplished this lead through cheaper materials. Every thing manufactured anywhere in the world has been imitated by the Ger mans. The articles are made cheaply 526 Corbett Buttcling Phones Main 1503, A 1515 and I doubt if their supremacy will continue for any great length of time. "Everywhere I found American-made goods, even not infrequently being re minded of a well-known city made fa mous by its beer. In London, Ameri can tobacco is far in the lead. I was told the business there yearly of the American Tobacco Company amounts to $2,000,000. "We were in Paris soon after the floods, but to all outward appearances there had been no flood. I was told the underground mechanism of that rreat city was damaged, however, con siderably. The Mardl Gras was being held while we were there, and I am compelled to say, despite the fame of the ancient festival, that our own Rose Festival is far in advance of it. The crowds, however, might have been jol lier and better natured." SEASIDE. Or.. April 1. (Special.) As a result of the efforts of the town of Sea side to do Its own building, more than $200 has been saved In the construction of a fire-proof vault and office for the Recorder and Police Judge. Councilman Gerrltlee said today that In addition to saving $200 his men had done more than $100 more work than the contractors fig ured on.