THE 3IORXIXG OREGOXIAX, SATURDAY, APRIIi 16, 1910.
SCENE IN CENSUS HEADQUARTERS OF THE SEC OND DISTRICT AND SNAPSHOT OF AN ENUMERA-
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
Improvements Bonded.
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