THE 3IORXIXG OREGOXIAX, SATURDAY, APRIIi 16, 1910. SCENE IN CENSUS HEADQUARTERS OF THE SEC OND DISTRICT AND SNAPSHOT OF AN ENUMERA- ' TOR AT WORK. HABIT IS VEXATIOUS I s ! t r . Donatio' aaaaaaa : ' .fst i Office - First Day Sees Its Troubles, but Supervisor Calls It Good Start. School Plans Put Awry by Teachers Who Resign on Short Notice. BAST IB aSMOTV "J A." r CENSUS MAY MEAN MID TERM WEDDING NEW CONGRESSMAN i aviWeTOM 13 V 25,400 NAMES EXPECTED Counting Average of COO to Each Enumerator, Portland's R esults Make Fair Average Showing. . Citizen Asked to Aid. With the opening of the taking of the 13th census of the United States In Portland, the State of Oregon and the United States, and while the result In the Seoond Congressional District Is only important as Its results are bene ficial to the entire state, it Is probaMa that It will mean another Congressman tor Oregon, One hundred and fourteen well dressed and affable young men and 13 women began the tour of the city yes terday soon after breakfast, prepared to propound any sort of a Question. Troubles Come Not Singly. As the day progressed from all over the olty oa me requests for aid in prop erly adjusting answers to inquiries. Some of the telephone messages were of complaint that the enumerators had exceeded all bounds in asking particu lars as to ages, antecedents and occu pation, and at noon Seneca Beach was holding both hands clasped around his brow as a result of attempting to pla cate all objections. Soon after 8 o'clock last night the results of the first day's canvass be came known. Enumerators crowded into the little room where Supervisor Beach and his two assistants have been quartered for the past few months, all wanting to know If their particular system of finding the people in each district met with approval.- It was necessary to again hold a school for Instruction and to correct many of the notions which the men had acquired. But the general result was approved by Mr. Beach. I had to fire a man the first thing yesterday morning." said Supervisor Beach, "and to employ a couple of linguists to assist the enumerators who are assigned to the downtown districts, but on the whole It was a good day." ' Senator Beaoh was as dumb as a man who never had a tongue when it came to answering questions as to the number of persons who , had been counted on the first day. There was to way to get at it. On A basis of 200 o each enumerator there should have beet a total of 25,000 turned in last Hlghe Censns to Cost $14,0-00,000. It is estimated that it will cost the TJnited States Government $14,000,000 to make the present count of the peo ple andi investigate the industries which have expanded during the past ten years. It will be expended in- the employment of 66,000 enumerators to run around- from home to home and esk pertinent questions, and of the 330 upervlsors who have direction of their work. In a little red brick building close to Pennsylvania avenue, Washington, D. C, 4000 clerks are housed by the cen sus bureau. In front of each one is ft little table upon which rests a num ber of rows of needles, When an enumeration slip is received from Ore gon it will be passed to a clerk, who will punch a hole in a card for every fact recorded. That card will be tossed along from table to table until the rows of pegs fit the holes. In that way the population of the country is tabulated from the informa tion gathered by the men who .are re quired to dodge the watch dogs on the front porches while edging toward the doorbells. One enumerator in Baker County started his count yesterday by a jaunt of several miles on horseback. He started with the dawn of day for the upper end of his district, 90 miles dis tant, and he hopes to reach home again In 30 days, the lin.it allowed for the completion of his work in precincts outside of the cities. Portlanders were generally respond ing with cheerfulness yesterday and Supervisor Beach expressed his 'appre ciation of the fact. Residents of the city appeared to be generally inclined " to aid by every means in their power an honest" count. Apprehension that the enumerators were disguised agents of the Immigra tiore ' Bureau had apparently disap peared in the Chinese quarter last . night, and those agents who had worked1 among them found that their ' badges opened every door. f SEATTLE IS COUNTING NOSES Enumeration Started Before the Of ficial Canvas "Began. Jaime s J. Flynn," a prominent Portland real estate man, tells a story of how Se attle is taking care of its census, and has begun counting . noses even before the start of the official count. Last week Mr. Flynn visited the city on the Sound, and it is of an occurrence on Friday as ho was leaving which he tells. "I was in the depot, just ready to come to Portland," said Mr. Flynn. "A man stepped up to me, displayed a pad and pencil, and asked me whether I lived in. Seattle and what was my name and address. I told him .'No, I am from a better city than Seattle, I'm from Portland. He said I was doubtless right. Then I began talking to him, and ha told me Seattle business men had organised to take the name of every Seattle person who was going away, and kept men at the depot for every train just for that phrpose. I asked him what he thought the ' Seattle census would v show, and he said about 280.000. He said they weren't intending to in leg any of them up there, either." x Police Escort Enumerators. VANCOUVER. Wash., April 15. (Spe cial.) The census enumerators for this county began their work today. About half of them in the city are women. In the business districts, where there are many saloons, the women were escorted by police, officers' who called the bar tenders and proprietors to the street, and there plied them with questions'. When Guy Kplley. who has charge of this district for the census bureau, was asked to appoint a man for the districts in which the saloons are, he satd the appointments could not be changed. A Healthful Hint. A bottle of the Hood -Brewing Com pany's famous Bock Beer to ward off that tired feeling. Phone El 139, B 1319. I 111 L : ill l ' ifi $' if til- :- It i , - ' i Ii TIBER SUITS -HEAH Government Seeks to Regain . , Title to 8320 Acres. NEW. ISSUE IS ADVANCED To remove jiktn eruptlonti. apply a little Fantieeptio JJotioa and they, will quickly I District Attorney McCourt Seeks to Establish Right to Sue for Value of XianL, Ignoring Statute of Limitations. Witnesses from Linn and adjoining oountles of the Oregon timber belt yes terday thronged the corridors of the up per floors of the Portland Postofflce building, where sessions of the United States Court are held, and where next week the Government will endeavor to recover title to' 8320 acres of tho most valuable timber lands in the state. C. A. Smith, a Minnesota lumberman, is the principal defendant, but with him are associated Frederick A. Krlbs and 36 others. Setting dp the elnlm that the lands were acquired through conspiracy, the Government alleges that the plot cun ningly contemplated that Steven A. D. Puter and Frederick A. Kribs should manipulate operations up to the time when certificates of entry were obtain able from the Land Office. At that mo ment the Government asserts, C. A. Smith and John A. Willd stepped in as "innocent purchasers" of the properties. The Government will charge Smith and Willd with full knowledge of the means by which the land was acquired. New Point liaised. Nels O. Werner and the First Trust & Savings Bank of Illinois appear in the case as defendants under similar condi tions. The cases will be heard by United States -iudge Bean and It is probable that two weeks will be consumed in taking the testimony and making the argu ments. District Attorney McCourt on Monday will present his motion to amend the complaints. This, if allowed, will open the way to an investigation of the manner of acquisition of every acre of timber land in Oregon. The motion will ask on behalf of the Government the right to sue for the re covery of the value of any tract which the United States can prove to have pro cured through fraudulent means, and the patents for which may not be questioned because of the fraud not having been-dis-covered within the period of the statute of limitations, six years. The individuals responsible for the frauds cannot be prosecuted after three years following the act. The question which Judge Bean will be called upon to decide is new and involves elimination of the protection heretofore given by the statute of limitations. Men will not be punishable through criminal prosecution, nor will the title to land be affected, but if the person who acquired the property originally is solvent the contention is advanced that they can le gally be made to pay what the land was actually worth when patent was issued. Conspiracy Is Charged. v The complaints charge that in Beb ruary, 1900, S. A. D. Puter C. A. Smith, Nels O. Werner, John A. Willd, Robert F. Greacon, Herbert p. Rogers and F. A. Krib3 entered into a conspiracy to secure large quantities of timber lands in Linn County through unlawful means. Kribs and Puter are charged with hav ing arranged to pay all the expenses of making each entry and furnishing the proofs upon which patents were issued. It is charged that they allowed the per son who performed the work $100 for his time and trouble, taking in their own names at the time of entry a note for $600, due three months afterward, in each case. It is alleged that Kribs and Puter were acting for Smith and Willd, and that every entryman had agreed to exe cute a warranty deed to Smith oriWilld as soon as title was secured. ' Among the witnesses for the Govern ment are said to be several defendants charged in the various indictments, who have been induced to free their con sciences of the weight of guilty partici pation. Among others the following named defendants are named in the com plaints: Eva C. "Warner, John C. Green. Thomas Wilson, Charles Barr, Charles Burley, Neal D. Dozter,' Henry Salt marsh. Harry C. Barr, Edward Flnley, John J. Jaggy, J. S. Phillips. Zebulin Smith, Douglas Adkinson, . Sadie E. Pu ter, Elvira S. Jacobs, Isaac R. Borum, Benjamin F. Kirk, George C Thompson. Peter Buffington, John Harrison, Jennie Moulton, Jacob M. Stillwell, Henry Blakely, Elam Miller, Frank W. Bur ford, James B. Cooley, l,uella Beeman and Hugh Blakely. Charge Creditors With Fraud. Glass Brothers & Co., Portsmouth grocers, brought suit In the Circuit Court yesterday against Frank and Re becca Barney and Joe B. Barney, charg ing them with having conspired to de fraud the grocery company of 1225.70 by juggling the title to property. The Xsrocery tism secured judgment or this ,'imiLllill ,1 II IW. IJ , IIWWMMpwMaWMBPMWMMPIWII) I I II AlimU rife. sc.;-. - , k 4- ' - I 1" I msrJ ' r I ' ' - . ' ' 1 BOARD SEES NO REMEDY amount against Frank and Rebecca Barney in the Justice Court. But after the suit was filed the defendants are alleged to have deeded lots 5 and 6, block 24, Portsmouth, to Joe Barney, a nephew. The consideration is repre sented to have been $1500, but Glass Bros, allege the deed was without consideration. WORK ON NEW FARM BEGUN Deed to Old Poortarm WilJ Be Made In Few Says. County Commissioner Barnes says that the deed to the old County Poor-farm will be made over by the County Court within 30 days and the inmates of the farm will be moved this Fall to Multnomah Farm. 14 miles east of . the city. He also said a force of men is already at work on the new farm, and that a cottage and barn will be erected at once, and 20 acres of potatoes planted this year. The payment of $30,000 which is to be made on the old farm within a few days will be used toward the erection of build ings on the new property. A switch con necting with the Troutdale electric line is to be laid, and a station established at the farm. Spring water upon an ele vation will permit the installation of fire fighting apparatus and an irrigating system. There were 47S persons killed arrl 1404 Injured on Canadian railways In 11H1. Street Hallway to Instruct Children7 How to Avoid Accidents. Vacuum Cleaners Ordered and TTse Enforced. "How to keep single, though a pretty young ' woman school teacher?'" is a question to which the members of the Board of Education seek an answer. Cupid -shows his utmost contempt for all manner of customs and usage in school work by his continual taking away of misses engaged. supposedly, to teach classes until the end of a term. Mlsa Mabel Sherman, teacher of the second grade m the Irvlngton school, is the latest victim of Cupid. The Board of Education yesterday received her resignation, to take effect at the end of this month. School is not to close until June. The resignation was ac cepted, but not before some remarks were made by " the directors and City Super intendent Rigler In a happy vein, how ever. Prosperity Is to Blame. "This resignation means another mar riage," volunteered Superintendent Rig ler, to the directors, after reading the notice. ' "Isn't It too bad that they quit right in ' the middle of the term? exclaimed Mrs. I W. Sltton. who was presiding. "It Is too bad," replied Mr. Rigler. they ought really to remain until the end of the term. But I suppose these mar riages , are doe, largely, to our general prosperity." "I dislike to see them resigning this way," said Director Campbell. "Oh, I think we would better let them resign," said Director Beach. "Certainly, that Is all we can do," said Mrs. Sltton. "The resignation is ac cepted." The Portland Railway, Light & Power Company asked permission to send out through the schools three representa tives to instruct the children how to avoid streetcar accidents. The request was granted. Fall Term to Open Sept. 12. 'At the suggestion of Superintendent Rigler, he Board fixed Monday, Septem ber 12, as the date upon which the Fall term of school will open this year. The annual examination of teachers will be held the last Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of August. The Board will hold its annual election of teachers some time in May. Bids for the addition to the Brooklyn school were opened. The lowest was by J. M. Merchant, at $10,760. The plumb ing will go to Ready BroB., at $5414. Vacuum cleaners were ordered placed in every school building, and It is the in tention of the directors to compel bet ter work by the school Janitors. Janitors must operate these cleaners, it Is said, or give way to some one who wllL There has been a good deal of complaint on this score. Miss Weust, head of the art work In the schools, received leave of absence to attend the art institute of the public schools in Minneapolis, May 4-27. SLEEPING CARS To T acorn a and Seattle. The sleeping car service between Port land and Tacoma and Seattle is one of the specialties of the Oregon and Wash ington Railroad. The "Owl" train leaves Portland at 11:45 P. M. and reaches Ta coma 5:30 and Seattle 7:15 the next morn ing. Sleeping cars ready for passengers any time after 8:30 P. M. Fully nine out of every ten cases of rheumatism is simply rheumatism of the muscles due to cold or damp, or chronlo rheumatism, neither of which require any Internal treatment. All that is needed to afford relief is the free application of Chamberlain's Lini ment. Give It a trial. You are certain to be pleased with the quick relief which It affords. Sold by all dealers. Edgeworth is made by Larus & Bro. Co. and they know how. If Tomorrow is Pleasant Come out to Irvingfton. Take a Woodlawn, Al berta, or any other car running out Union avenue. Take the car at Fifth and Washington. Side out as far as Knott street. Time the run; you will find that it takes about twelve minutes. Cars run every five minutes all day long-. Get off at Knott and walk one block east. "Sou will find yourself on the most desirable section of Irvlngton. The highest elevated. The best im proved. Near the Irvington school. Beautiful residences. Everything necessary to make up an Ideal home section. Walk over as far as Fourteenth street. Study the lay of the land. Figure out just which section of Irvington is going to be the most valuable when the Fifteenth-street extension of the Irving ton car line is finished. The Supreme Court has recently ratified the fran chise and work is under way now. Cars will be running this Summer. Values will double. The time' to buy is NOW. The prices on all unsold lots in the section blocked off in the map of Irvington at the top of this announcement will be raised $200 each on May 1. Our Mr. Mumford is In charge of the Irvington office. He will tell you which lots are for sale. The prices and terms are as follows: Present Mayl Prices Prices Corners, 100x100 -. . . $3000 $3400 Inside lots, 50x100 . . 1250 1450 10 Per Cent Down and 2 Per Cent Per Month. 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