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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (April 13, 1910)
THE MORXIXG OEEGOXIAX, WEDNESDAY, APRII, 13, 1910. LEWISTON'S CHIEF OUSTED BY MAYOR Crisis in Idaho Town's Munici pal Row Brings About Real Clash. COUNCIL FAVORS POLICE Action of Executive Tweedy Results in Movement for Keeall and Busi ness Men Confer on Probable Successor to Mayoralty. LEW1STON, Idaho, April 12. fSpecial.) Lewlston's municipal row was precipi tated today by Mayor Benajmin K. Tweedy, when he adressed a communi cation to Chief of Police A. A. Masters, informing him of his suspension and at the same time announcing the appoint ment of Iavid Royalty, an ex-patrolman, es his successor. When seen this afternoon Mayor Tweedy declined to make, public his rea sons for suppendins Chief Masters, mere ly statin? that he was acting within his rights, vested in the office of Mayor by the city charter. A majority of the members of the Coun cil are favorable to Chief Masnors. and while the Mayor had asked for his resig nation a week ago, he declined to bring the matter to the attention of the Coun cil at a meeting held Monday evening. Under the provisions of the charter, the suspension of Chief Masters cannot be considered at a special or adjourned meeting of the Council without the con sent of the Mayor and all the members of the Council, and when aked today if he would consent to an early consideration of the matter, he suggested that he pre ferred the question to go over to the next regular meeting, which will be the first Monday In May. The action of the Mayor has precipi tated the movement for a recall which has been brewing for the past several weeks, and today prominent business men weroin conference as to the candi date to be selected to make the race against the incumbent. The real clash between the Mayor and Chief Masters Is that Masters, acting un der the direction of Police Commissioner Baker, suspended Patrolman Butler for iniscondui-t and insubordination. Butler, it appears, was a special favorite of the Mayor, and his removal' was bitterly re sented. The petitions asking for Tweedy's recall will be circulated as soon as an agreement is reached as to a can didate to make the race against him. It Ins expected this decision will be reached within the next two days. OVATION GIVEN STUDENTS McMinnville College's Victories Ap preciated by Townspeople. M'MIXNVILLJS, Or.. April 12. (Spe cial.) An ovation was friven this even ing at the First Baptist Church by the people of the city to the McMinnville College students on account of their victories In the Intercolleg-iate con tests. The winners this year were E. V. McKee, who won honors at the in tercollegiate oratorical contest at Sa lem, and C. H. Wooddy, who won out at the intercollegiate prohibition ora torical contest at Philomath. These champions delivered their winning ora tions before the audience this even ing. Music and addresses by promi nent citizens were other features of the gathering. McMinnville College has won first honors in four intercollegiate oratori cal contests, besides second place on several occasions. Winners of first place were in the order named, as fol lows: Charles V. Galloway, member of the tate Tax Commission, at Sa lem: W. 1-air Thompson, an attorney at Lakevlew. Or.; K. A. Smith, pastor of the Baptist Church at Arleta, Or.; and B. J McKee, at present a student In the college. Oratorical honors ti.,s year have been won by McMinnville College. These Include the intercol legiate debate partic ipated in by Mc Minnville, Albany and Newbent Colleges. WORKMEN QUIT, 15 JAILED Railroad Laborers at Xehalem Ac cused of Jumping Board Bills. SEASIDE. Or., April 12. ( Special.) Trouble between the contractors and laborers employed on" the Pacific Rail way & Navigation Company came to a climax yesterday when 15 laborers were arrested at Nehaleni on the charge of jumping their board bills. The men all helong to one party taken over the Xehalem trail by stage from Seaside. Owing to the stormy weather the contractors were forced to board the men several days before the work could be resumed. After working a few hours, in what they declared to be terrible conditions, the men dropped their tools and walked to Nehalem. where they were taken Into custody on information telephoned by the fore man of the construction gang. The mn declared In broken English that they had been cheated hy Portland employment agents. The men declare work is impossible at the camp under present conditions. TALLEST MAN DIES AT 37 l"rank Mudjtclt. of Clackamas Coun ty. Measured 6 Kcct 7 Inches. OREGON' CITY. Or., April 12. (Spe cial.) Frank Mudgett. the tallest man in the county, is dead at Highland, Clackamas County, aged 37 years. Mudgett measured six feet seven inches in height. He was born in Princeton, Minn., and had been a resident of Ore gon seven years, and is survived by a widow and three small children. His mother, two. brothers and " two sisters live in Minnesota and he leaves a Bister at Los Angeles. The body will ba sent to Minnesota , for burial Death was due to chronic pneumonia. Pioneer lies at Stayton. STAY TON. Or., April 12. (Special.) James NVillinm Taylor. 73 years old. Ore gon pioneer of 1S70 and California pioneer of 18-;, is dead here. He w:ls bom near Vpton. Ohio. March. 12. 1S37, and was married in California in 1S6S, coming to Marion County, Oregon two years later. He is survived 'by a widow and eleven of thiren children. Cattle Rustlers Found Guilty. BURNS. Or.. April 9. The April term of Circuit Court Is in session for Har ney County, with Judge Davis presid ing. There are several important crim inal cases up for trial, among the most important being that of J. P. Cochran and C C. Couch, up for stealing horses and cattle. They pleaded guilty. This may cause the breaking up of a gang of stock rustlers that has been operating near Wagontire Mountain, on the western border of their county, and has caused the stockmen of that local ity considerable trouble, Cochran and Couch, have been under indictment for some time, but succeeded in keeping away from the officers. ALBANY ALL READY Preparation Complete for Open River Convention. MURDER CHARGE BROUGHT Deatli of Swede Stabbed at The Dalles "Laid to Moran. THE DALLES. Or., April 12. (Special.) C. W. Larson, a Swede who was fatally knifed by a man named Moran in a saloon here Thursday night, died early this morning at the hospital. An ' inquest was held by the Wasco County Coroner and the jury's verdict was "the deceased came to his death as MAX AVMO CROSSEO PLAINS IX 1S50, DIES, AGED, S8. V - f Isaac Lelay, Pioneer of Washing ton County. Isaac Leisy, of Hillsboro, -who died Monday at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Montgomery, at Woodlawn, was one of the ear liest settlers of Washington County. He was 88 years of age and crossed the plains in the year 1850, coming to Oregon with a party of four with ox teams. Mr. Leisy worked on farms and in 1 854 toolt up a homestead at Uaisy Creek, near the site of the present town of Banks, later set tling on a , farm near Hillsboro, where he became one of the most respected residents of that sec tion. Living at Woodlawn a part of his time, he suffered a paralytic stroke several days ago to which he succumbed. Mr. Leisy is sur vived by his wife and eight children. v. .-iiit .rr VTiiff -wounds inflicted bv Moran." The charge against Moran has been chanped from assault wun a dangerous weapon to murder in the first degree. FARM SELLS FOR $100,000 William Hanley and Syndicate In vest Near Medford. MEDTORD, Or, April 12. (Special.) The Hanley ranch containing 4000 acres on Butte Creek, which is con sidered one of the best ranches in Southern Orearon, was sold to William Hanley. of Burns, who represents a syndicate, for $100,000. It is through this land that M. F. Hanley refused the right of way to the City of Medford for a pipeline carrying water from Fish Lake. The case is now before the Mupreme Court, and an early decision is expected. Articles of Incorporation. SALEM, Or., April 12. (Special.) Ar ticles of incorporation have been filed in the .office of the Secretary of State as follows: Aetna Brokers, principal office, Port land; capital stock, $15,000; incorpor ators, V. Lawrence, B. E. Haney and B. H. Fmnderburg. Heights Trust Company; principal of fice. Portland; capital stock, $50,000; in corporators, J. R. "Wetherbee, Dorr E. Keasey and S. C. Spencer. The Xehalem Company: principal of fice, Vosburg; capital stock, $3000; in corporators. Otis F. Akin, Mabel Akin and Frank A. Rowe. The Oregon Advertising Company; principal office, Portland; capital stock, $200,000; incorporators, J. Frank Por ter, Charles Stout and O. A. Johnson. Salem Bank & Trust Company; prin cipal office, Salem; capital stock, $50, 000; incorporators, W. G. East, J. I Ahlers and S. S. East. Scandinavian Hospital & Relief As sociation; principal Office. Portland; capital stock $25,000; incorporators. E. G. Jlellem. L. S. Berg, C. L. Meracle and Samuel' Olson. Engine Kills Coos Bay Man. TACOMA. Wash., April 12. (Special.) Richard McLay, of Coos Bay, Or., was struck by a Northern Pacific train while walking along the approach to the Black River Junction bridge this morning, receiving injuries from which he died this noon. At Auburn the en gineer did not see McLay on the track until it was too late to avoid strik ing him. McLay was a laborer and leaves a widow and four children at Coos Bay. Mill City Is Humming. STAYTOX. Or.. April 12. (Special.) The lumbering town of Mill City, twenty miles up 'the Santiam River above Stay ton, is a scene of great activity. Four teen new houses have gone up in the last month, new families are moving in, ad ditional improved machinery has been in stalled by the Curttss Lumber Company, and the daily capacity of the sawmill in creased to 20u,0o0 feet in one ten-hour shift. Owing to the scarcity of labor not much more than half the required force is operating the mill and camps sur rounding it. Plione Service Improved. MEDFORD, Or., April 12. (Special.) The Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company Is planning to spend $30,000 for extensions and improvements in Rogue Valley. In Jacksonville a night sen ice has recently been established. A Healthful Hint. A bottle of the Hood Brewing Com panv's famous Bock Beer to ward off that tired feeling. Phone H 159, B. 1S19. Ten town lots in Rozelle given away. Sea page 5. - - . BAND WILL -MEET TRAINS Prominent Clubs to Welcome and Entertain Delegates Addresses in Afternoon, Organization at, Xiglit Session. ALBANY. Or.. April 12. (Special.) Final preparations for receiving and en tertaining the delegates to the open river and freight rate convention of the Willamette Valley have been made at a joint meeting of the Albany Commercial Club and Albany Business Men's Asso ciation. Committees are busy today and everything will be In readiness for the big gathering when It is called to order Thursday afternoon. A reception committee will meet all trains and the visiting delegates will be conducted in automobiles from the Union station to the rooms of the Albany Com mercial Club or the Alco Club. This re ception committee will consist of Ii. E. Hamilton, chairman; Dr. Russell Wallace, P. A. Young. W. A. parrett, J. A. How ard. J. M Ralston, J. M. Hawkins W. G. Ballack. George Taylor, R. L. Tracy and H. N. Cockerline. Visitors will be entertained at the elubrooms or shown about the city in au tomobiles prior to the opening session Thursday afternoon. This session will be for discussion of transportation prob lems and will follow a prepared pro gramme. Delegates from all of the val ley commercial organizations will per fect the convention organization at the night session, elect officers and take any action they deem essential to securing better transportation facilities. Following the evening session the Al bany Commercial Club and Albany Busi ness Men's Association will serve a buffet lunch in the rooms of the Alco Club. A committee consisting of R. C. Churchill and F. H. Pfelffer has been named to have charge of this. J. N. Chambers, F. K. Churchill and P. A. Young were named as a Committee to secure suitable badges for the delegates and also to prepare banners to be stretched across First street and also Lyon street, the thoroughfares leading from the t-nion station to the business section of the city. The Elks' Band of Albany will meet incoming .trains bearing convention dele gates and to play on the streets preced ing the sessions. It is reported here that the Cottage Grove delegation will bring a banci and that other cities may do likewise. CRIPPLE'S SEARCH IS LONG 'or Two Years He Has Hunted in West to Kind Aged Parents. DAYTON, Wash., April 12. (Spe cial.) George M. Howe, aged 34, wlip was born In London, is here today on a strange mission. His story parallels Longfellow's Evangeline, in which a man searched through life for his youthful sweetheart. Howe is search ing for his aged parents, who moved from Kansas City to some town in the Northwest four years ago. For over two years. Howe has continued his search undaunted. Howe says he was an actor in a Lon don theater five years ago. While traveling a wreck occurred and his wife and child were killed. He re ceived numerous injuries. Including the loss of speech and hearing, an .ear and several ribs, rendering him a life crip ple. In a London hospital he recovered later and came to America to find that his parents had moved from their old home In Kansas City. He is doing odd jobs to earn his way. . YAMHILL TO HOLD EXHIBIT Fruit Sliow to Be Arranged Pros pects Good for Bumper Crops. M'MINNVILLE, Or.. April 12. (Spe cial.) The McMinnville Fruit Union held an interesting meeting at the Commercial Club yesterday. The pros pect for a fine fruit crop was the cause of many felicitous remarks, so much enthusiasm being evident that it was decided to hold an apple show this Fall of the star products In the val ley of the Yamhill. Mr. F. W. Wallace stated that he never saw better pros pects for a big aRple crop. All kinds of pears and cherries promise a big yield. The following committee was ap pointed to arrange for the apple fair, w-ith date to be set: D. C. Van Dorn, F. W. Wallace, L. D. Moulton. W. C. Hagerty and E. C. Apperson Lebanon " Methodists to Build Soon. LEBANON. Or.. April 12. Special.) The trustees, of the Methodist Church pf this city have voted to build a new church of cement blocks or concrete to cost about $10,000. The membership of the church has grown too large for the old edifice, erected more than 20 years ago. Vacolt to Vote on Bonds. VANCOUVER, Wash., April 12. (Special.) Yacolt, a town of 700. on a branch of the Northern Pacific, in it They Look Delicious" Said a lady on opening her first pkg. of crisp, golden-brown Post Toasties Then, after eating them with cream, she added, "they taste even better than they look, and " "The Memory Lingers" Postum Cereal Company, Ltd. Battle Creek, Mich. (MQNTCLAIR You will be a long time in finding an other investment as good as M0NTCLAIR; not only because we say so -but ask any man who knows -ask those who have a clear understanding of the possibilities of the Country Club district ask your friends who have visited other sec- ' tions of Portland find out how property-is valued and you will lose no time in investing in M0NTCLAIR. The Jacobs-Sline Company Largest Realty Operators on the Pacific Coast. 14S FIFTH STREET PHONES Main 6869; A 6267 IMQNTCLAIR) Clark County, is to vote on the ques tion of bonding the city for $15,000, with which to finance a municipal wa ter system. The election will be held Tuesday, April 20. At the last council meeting the proposal to buy Mr. And erson's power plant was not considered favorably. White Salmon Wins Shut-Out Game. WHITE SALMON, Or., April 12. (Spe cial.) The season of the Columbia Valley League, made up of Hood River, White Salmon, The Dalles and Goldendale, was opened today. White Salmon shutting out Goldendale 7 to o. Trooh, for the locals, A Cordial Invitation Is Extended to All the People to Attend the Third Annual pemian Spring O of Our Big East Side Store 99 GB Wednesday, April 13 Souvenirs for Everybody Music by Two Orchestras These Valuable Prizes Given Away No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. 1 Genuine Leather Rocker. 2 Quartered Oak Dresser. 3 Man's Suit of Clothes. 4 Lady's Tailored Suit. 5 Mahogany Writing Desk. 6 "Waxed Oak Rocker. 7-- Quartered Oak Rocker. 8 Weathered Oak. Rocker. 9 Weathered Oak Rocker. 11 Mahogany Finished Rocker. 12- Quartered Oak Stand. No. 13 Lady's Spring Hat. No. 14 Man's Hat. No. 15 $3 Framed Picture, No. 16 $3 Framed Picture. No. 17 $3 Framed Picture. No. 18 $3 Framed Picture. No. 19 $2 Framed Picture. No. 20 $2 Framed Picture. No. 21 $2 Framed Picture. No. 22 $2 .Framed Picture. No. 23 and 24 $1.5(3 Framed Pictures. Gevurtz Id ros, East Burnside and Union Avenue struck out 11 men and let the county seat team down with only one hit. He was well supported. Portland Woman Buys Hotel. CLIFFS. Wash.. April 12. (Special.) -.Max Rovny, former proprietor of the Columbia Hotel at Cliffs, has sold, his property to Mrs. Frances J. Van Zandt. of Portland. Mrs. Van Zandt has let a contract for the complete overhaul ing of the building. She has also pur chased the lot adjoining on the north and will make plans for an annex ot 30 rooms, to be built next Summer. Ten town lots in Rozelle given away See page 5. !La.y ttlhie IFoiuaimdiailtioini for sl FortTULimcB By hard labor and strict economy one may save a few hundred dollars in a lifetime ; but fortunes are the result of wise investment. Madras, the Gate to Central Oregon, is one of the best buys on the Pacific Coast today 1 This is not a paper town, or one of those "dollar - down.- dollar - a - month" propositions it's a real, solid, genuine opportunity to make money on a reasonably small expenditure. We do not ask you to take our word for it. We want you to go and see Madras itself, see the country, its resources everything then edde f it If oneself I . MADRAS has been a town for a number of years. The railways recognize it they are going there. As the Oregon Trunk and Deschutes railways emerge from the Deschutes Can yon there stands Madras, the first town both roads enter. It is bound to be a large and prosperous city. MADRAS is the only outlet for the products of 750,000 acres of land, with coal, oil, timber, fruit, wheat and vegetables, and will be the distributing point for the entire country. MADRAS will be a county seat soon. MADRAS will be the1 base of supplies and operations for both roads all Summer, and ideally located for the railroad division point. MADRAS has unsurpassed power sites along the Deschutes River. MADRAS is recognized by everyone who visits it as the logical sita for a city. ' MADRAS already has a flourmill, a sawmill tributary; it has a. bank, business houses, schools and churches. Thousands of peo ple are flocking thither. We are running weekly excursion trains there now, via Shaniko.. The opportunities for business investment are unequalled. There are openings for rooming and boarding houses, restaurants, livery stables, stores of all kinds. There is no business which may not he profitably opened in Madras, and we can locate you there. Purchase a lot in Madras and realize on a wise investment. You can make more money in Madras in, six months than you can anywhere else in six years. Men have already doubled their money in Madras town lots. You can do as well or better. Madras townsite is now on the market. Buy while you can. We refer you to the Bank or any business house in Madras. For further particulars, call or write. Eo TIhoipsira C Ground Floor Henry Bldg. Exclusive Selling Agents for Madras Townsite Corner Fourth and Oak We Are Also Selling Agents for Lytle and Riverside Additions in Bend, Or., Another Splendid Investment M