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V 10 TAX DODGING IS THEME OF PRESS Legislation Smothered to Aid Sharpers, Declare Editors in Convention. PORTLAND MAN ATTACKED HI. llofrjr, of Salem, Arraigns C. S. Jarkon, Aecukinx Illin of llav Inc Influenced Chamberlain to Vrlo Tax Assrssmrnt Bill. for the part which hs la allrged to av taken In Indurins; Qoprse Oambrrlatn. then Governor, to Tto an aimanwDt roll and delinquent tax l!t publication bill adopted by both houses at Salem durlna; the 103 ses sion. C- S. Jackson, proprietor of- a Portland newspaper, was sharply at tacked at the annual convention yes tnrday of the Oregon IT!" Associa tion In the convention hallVf the Com mercial Club. The fact that Mr. Jack-ion had en tertained the members of the associa tion at lunclieon did not detract from the Tehemencr of .the arraignment, which was voiced princtrally by K. Hofer. publisher of the Salem Journal. What were termed tne tax title and Insurance trusts came In for a share of the attack. Also B. I. dicier. As sessor of Multnomah County. The edi tors, believe the so-called trusts hare been attire In flxhtlna legislation to prorlde for the publication of assess ment rolls, delinquent tax lists and Insurance statements. Slgtor'a System Prawa fire. Mr. Slcler drew the fire of the news paper men because he la 'alleged to hare spent a couple of weeks at Sa lem In ISO work Ins; against the adop tion of the publication bill and be cause of bis system of assessing, which, the newspaper men say. takea little notice of money, notes and ac count and which, consequently, has had the effect of concentrating the outlde rapftal of the state In I'ortland. The Insurance companlea were rep resented as blood-sucklns; corporations fearful of exposing to the public gaze statements showing their enormous profits. "In 10 we had a bill passed pro viding for the publication In brief form of the tax rolls and the delin quent tax lists." said Mr. Hofer. "C. B. Jackson used his political Influence .with UoT-irnor Chamberlain to kill this measure, which would have Riven taxpayers an opportunity to como re assessments and uncover the tax oodx ers. - The publishers would hare benefited of course, but the benefit to Vie pub lic would hare been Immeasurably arrester. It Is now such an easy mat ter for expert sharps to pick up de linquent property that they will flxht the publication of delinquent tax lists. These sharpers stand In with the coun ty officials and bid the property In for banks, obtaining a commission as their remuneration. This Is what I call the tax-title trust." Jackson Stands In, Saj Hofer. Mr. liofer accused Mr. Jackson of "standing In" with the Insurance com--panles In their alleged efforts to es cape publicity. The state law now provides that financial statements of the Insurance companies be printed In four newspapers of the state. The Ea lem publisher said: . "JackDon takea the contract for the publication of these statements at wholesale rates. He publishes them In his paper and then selects obscure country papers as the other three. A prohibition paper of very small circu lation, comparatively speaking-, was selected In Salem. I didn't net a bit of the Insurance statement business. The object of this law was to rive the public an opportunity of keeping; track of the finances of the Insurance com panies." Asesnicnt Publicity, Is Tlieme. C. P. Halcht. of the Blue Mountain Essie. Canyon City, spoke at some length on the value of publishing- the tax rolls and delinquent Hats. He declared that In many Instances money, notes and accounts are not assessed aa hlxb as they should be. Taking up the same line. K. II. Flags;, proprietor of the St. Helens Mist, said that B. D. Slicler. Assessor of Multnomah .County, assesses money, notes and ac counts so low that moneyed men outside Portland place their property of this character In the hands of Portland sxvnts. thus depriving their own districts of the taxes and other benefits to be gained by keeping their property at home. K. H. Kin Kg. of the St. Helens Mist: -William 8-hewman. of the Oregon Ot Courler: C. H. Fisher, of the Btigene Ouard. ami Georg Putnam, of the Med ford Mall-Tribune, were appointed a leg islative committee. With them In the preparation of the drafts of desired measures will act Clyde Altchtson. who was unanimously elected an honorary member of the association. The com mittee waa Instructed to work for tne passage of the following measures: Measure Approved by Press. A law providing for the publication. In one of more newspapers of the county or In pamphlet form for general circula tion, at the discretion of the County Court, of the assessment rolls previous In equalization. A measure providing for the publica tion In one or more newspapers of de linquent tax lsts. A law compelling Insurance companies to publish their financial statements In one or more papers of each county In which such companies do business. measure providing for the payment rf a lump sum to earh paper of the state for the distribution to Its sub scribers of a supplement containing the session laws after each session of 'the legislature. . This subject was brought up by William R. Broaer. of the I'aclrtc Outlook. Grants Pass. George Putnam introduced a resolution Instructing the secretary to wire Senators Hnurne and Chamberlain requesting that they support the Nelson-Tou Veils bill which has passed the lower house and Is now up for consideration In the Senate. This bill prohibits the Government print ing business cards on stamped envelopes. Cornwall Is Fleeted President. Resolutions were passed urging the or ganisation of county press associations. Officers were elected as follows: George M. Cornwall.-publisher The Tlmherman. president: C. H. Fisher, of the Fugene Guard, vice-president: L Wlmberly. Rose burg Review, treasurer: William Sohew man. Oregon City Courier, secretary: E. R. Al'lrti-b. Pendleton Fast Oregonlan. corresponding secretary: H. J. Kaiser. Ashland Record. trustee to succeed George Small, of the Baker Ctly Demo crat. New Marshals Named. CHEHAUS, Wash- Jan. . (Special.) The new Chehalls City Council has. taken hold of the local city government. Mayor Gingrich has named George Hemdon City Marshal and John W. Parr as night man, to succeed S. F. Townerjnd and Ed Usher, resigned. The new Council Is composed of W. C. Green. Charles K. Corwin. Charles Dleckman. J. B. Sullivan. Robert Fechtner. H. A. Calllson and John West. Extensive public .improvements In the ay of eewer Improvements, more paving and other progressive work that will make Chehalia a bigger and better town are already before the Council for de position. RING Ulfa IS IN' JAIL Jack Nelson, nles Accused by Girl, De Gun Play. Accused by Maurene Bwope. an ex chorua girl with the Armstrong Musi cal Comedy Company, Jack Nelson, her . . i . . l. rMw fall to manager, is neiu i mo viu - w answer charges of assault with a dead-X ly weapon and of larceny, preferred by the glrL Miss Swope. who said that she Is at present employed at the Lyric The ater, appealed to Follce Sergeant Klenlen shortly after midnight yes terday saylnar that. Nelson had held her I'SIVERMTT OF ORECOX TKACHK.R TO BECIX- A SEHIRS OF IECTIHE AT V. M. C. A. Dr. Jaasea H. Gilbert. Ir. James 1L Gilbert, of the Department of Economies at the University of Oregon, will be gin series of It lectures at the Portland Toung Men's Christian .Association to night, at S o'clock. The ad dress will be delivered In the lecture room on the third floor aa the audltorlura will be used by the orchardlsta who will hear an address by II. C. At well. Both meetings will be open to the public. Dr. Gilbert's addresses will deal with euch toplca as the tariff, currency refosm. railway regulation, etc The speaker Is a graduate of the University of Oregon, and. In 107. received the degree of Ph. D. at Colum bia University. New York. His subject tonight will be "The Immigration problem.' up at the point of a gun. In her quar ters at HOH Fifth street.' and taken from her a diamond ring, which he had given her previously, as a Christ mas present. Sergeant Klenlen located Nelson, and placed him under arrest .on a charge of vagrancy. He was booked under the name of J. B. Wilson, lie has been manager of a small musical comedy company, playing repertoire in-various Cosst cities. The Swope girl met him a year ago. bne saia ne was recently arrested in Seattle for an assault upon her. and that she secured his liberty after a reconciliation. Several weeks ago. she says, be seised her roughly as she. was about to leave the theater 'In a taxlcab. Lawrence Keating, one of the proprie tors of the theater, is cited as a wit ness to this occurrence. He and other attaches of the theater, have been subpenaed. Nelson admitted taking the ring; from the glrL but denied that he dis played a weapon, or at any time abused her. . . . BIG STOREHOUSE PLANNED Hood IUver Plant to Have Capacity for ZOO. 000 Boxes. Kncouraged by having had the most prosperous year since . King Apple made Oregon famous, the growers of the Hood River district have definitely decided to construct a modern chem ical cold atorage warehouse with a rapacity of 200.000 ' boxes, according to information received yesterday by F. W. Robinson, general freight agent of the O.-W. R. N. Company. The fruitgrowers of Hood River are well organized and know how to mar ket their products as well ss they know how to raise them." said Mr. Robinson. "With the lsrge warehouse they propose to build, they will be In better position than ever to handle the apple crop to the best possible advan tage. "Conditions affecting the apple market are encouraging and the Grow er's Union has about closed out the largest crop In the history of the val ley. There are 35,000 boxes yet on hand, but as prices .are better now than they were a month ago, the last of the crop will no doubt be disposed of soon. "Since shipments were started lsst Fsll the growers of Hood River hare shlrped apples to 14 different states snd to 0 of the largest cities In the United States, besides to the foreign market. More than 60 per cent of the returns of the crop has been received." WORLD TO SEE OREGON Kallroad Will Take Many Exhibits to Omaha. "The Northern Pacific has arranged to make an extensive exhibit ofprod- Kucts of the Pacific Northwest states at the -Western Land exhibition which will be held at Omaha on January IS to 18." said A. D. Charlton, assistant general passenger agent of the com pany, yesterday.. "Our display, will consist of grains; grasses, processed fruits, minerals snd other products." he continued, "end we will have an array of pictures of Northwest scenes. "Oregon will be well represented. We will hsve literature describing the state's Important Industries." The Northern Pacific, the Great Northern and the Burlington will oc cupy one end of the Omaha auditorium. The Itch can be cured with Plummer's Itch Ointment. Third and Madison sts. in i f 4 i nl ii ji 1 THE MORNING GOUT MEN MEET Northwest Association Holds First Convention. OREGON MEN SPEAKERS Every Phase of Angora Industry Is THscuscd by Experts Conclud ing Session Will Be Held To day Committee Appointed. All topics relating to the Angora goat Industry were treated yesterday at the first annual convention of the Northwest Angora Goat Association, held at the Im perial Hotel. A second and concluding session will be held this forenoon st which the principal speakers will be H. M. Williamson, pioneer In the Angora goat IndUHtry In the Northwest; U. 8. Grant, of Dallas, Or.; John W. Fulton, of Helena. Mont., and J. La Shelle, of Salem, Or. J. R. Springer, of Holley. Or., talked on "A Practical Farmer's- Experience With the Angora." John W. Fulton, secretary of the Ameri can Angora Goat Association, talked on the technicalities of the Industry; "8ome Facts Concerning the Angora Goat In dustry" was the subject of an address by Thomao Brunk, of Salem. Or., In which be described the best ways to rear the animals successfully. Byron Hunter, of the Department of Agriculture. Washington D. C told the goat men now logged-off lands might be utilized for goat pasture. D. O. Lively, of the Pnlon Stockyards Company, told "Why Stock Raising Should Be Profitable. Particularly the Angora." A. B. Rlntoul. of the Multnomah Mohair Mills, Portland, described the various methods of manufacturing mohair. Alva L McDonald, of Portland, secretsry of the Northwest Angora Goat Association, outlined the benefits which accrue from membership In the association. Frank Meredith, secretary of the State Fair Association, urged the Angora men to exhibit more, urging the value of ex hibits from an advertising standpoint. State Sheep Inspector Lytle. of Pendle ton, spoke of the means of guarding against dlsesse. Professor McDonsId, of Washington State College. Pullman, discussed the goat's ability to procure food under sdverse circumstances. The committee on resolutions; consist ing of John W. Fulton, of Helena, Mont.: W. D. Cllne, of Dallas. Or., snd James Riddel!, of Monmouth, Or., will report this mort.lng. E. A. Rhoten. of Salem. Or.; Mrs. W. J. Farley, of alias. Or., and Alva L. Mc Donald, secretary of the association, were appointed a committee on publicity. CRITICS ARE PREMATURE VERDICT OX GARBAGE TESTS IS CNJCST, IS ASSERTED. Constructor of Crematory Says Pres ent Excess In Cost of Operation to Be Expected. Reports made by H. K. Napier, superin tendent of the new garbage crematory, showing that during the first eight days of the tests the plant lias been operated at a cost much, In excess of the require ments of the contract, are not considered Important by Dr. C. H. Wheeler, Health Officer, who said last night that the re ports at present were unjust to the con tractors. Inasmuch as there are six months of tests to come, and the first work - Is necessarily more cumbersome than when the plant Is working under normal conditions. Mr. Napier's tests tend to show that the cost of burning the garbage has been on an average of $1.26 a ton, while the plant should consume garbage, accord ing to contract, for an average cost of 65 cents a ton. When asked to give a state ment regarding the tests. Mr. Napier said last night that as an employe of the city he felt that he was not properly a person to make a statement. Fred P. Smith, who has had charge of the construction of the plant, made the following statement about the tests last night: "The city Incinerator Is to be operated under our direction for six months, dur ing which time certain tests are to be made. In starting the plant no atten tion whatever has been paid to certain stipulated tests, for the reason thst the city has not yet been sble to enforce Its own orders regarding the material to be furnished by the scavengers for the city. . "The superintendent of the crematory Issued orders to the various scavengers about the time our plant was started, which greatly changed the character of the materials collected by them. This has rrsulted In great confusion, which la slowly being overcome, the City Health Officer having Issued orders today ex cluding several classes of material the superintendent had ordered in the gar bage. The Public Works Engineering Company is not worrying over the abil ity of the plant to meet every Item of Its guarantee." Mr. Smith explained further that the kind of garbage that has been excluded from the plant by orders of the Health Officer consisted largely of large tin cans and ashes In large quantities, which, ac cording to the city ordinances, are pro hibited from going Into the fires of the plant. "To publish the tests for the first eight days Is hardly fair to the contractors." said Dr. Wheeler last night. "Naturally the plant Is new, the men are unfamiliar with its operation and the expense la greater now than It ought to be after tie plant has been used a while. The contractsrs are entitled to a fair test for six months, snd not until they have been given that can the efficiency of the plant be properly determined." DEMOCRATS ROW OVER $2 Heated Discussion Had Over Price to Be Paid at Banquet. On the ground that B Is an un democratic price, to charge for a plate at a banquet table, H. D. Wagnon precipitated a warm discussion when the question of the price per seat to be chsrged et the banquet of Demo crats, to be held In the Portland Com mercial Club rooms Monday night to celebrate the anniversary of the battle of New Orleans, came up at a meeting of the Jackson Club last night. Oglesby Young championed the high price, end he and Mr. Wagnon "mixed it" verbally. Wagnon told Young that he had never been In favor of 2 ban quets when running for office. Young replied that his Ideas were the same all the time, reminding Mr. Wagnon that he had refused to become a single taxer to obtain Mr. Wagnon's support OKEGONIAX. SATURDAY, when he was running for Rallway.Com mlssioner. Frank T. Berry had a resolution passed demanding that the city appoint a gas and electric meter Inspector. Mr. Berry declared that the people are "be ing robbed right and left" through the meter system, and also said that the quality of the gas supplied Is poor. The resolution included a demand that there be 600 units to each cubic foot of gas. George L Smith and F. J. Phelan were appointed a committee to ascertain 'f the City of Portland obtained value received In return for the money ex pended on the new crematory. EXPERT IS BAILEY'S AIDE E. T Judd Is Xcw Chlcr Deputy to '. State Commissioner. E. T. Judd, of Salem, a former mem ber of the Oregon Legislature, and considered an expert on dairy matters, has been appointed chief Deputy Dairy and Food Commissioner under J. W. Bailey. He succeeds Paul V. Maris, who re signed recently because he could not agree with Mr. Bailey's methods of ad ministering the affairs of . his depart ment. - - ; Mr. Judd has had several years ex- K. T. Jodd, of Salem, Appointed Chief State D"alry . and Food Deputy. Derlence as a practical dairyman. He was for a long time a member of the Institute staff under Dr. James Withy- combe, of the Oregon Agricultural col lege. He was for a time employed by the British Columbia provincial govern ment as a lecturer on dairy topics. Mr. Judd first started the agitation for the "1100 cow,"' meaning a cow whleh will nroduce butter fat of that value In a season. While a member of the lower house at Salem he was on the Food and Dairy Products com mittee. i , . , i LEGISLATION FIGHT DUE Seventh Day Adventlsts Send I.ob- . v bylst to Leglsluture. Rev.-W. F. Martin, who has been pas tor of the First Seventh- Day Adventlst Church of Portland and is religious lib erty secretary for the Western Oregon Conference, will leave for Salem at once, where he wUl remain during the sess'on of the Legislature. In the capacity or religious liberty secretary. Mr. Martin will oppose any Kundav restriction laws that may be proposed at the coming session. He has corresponaea wun munj ui " members of the Legislature, he said, and has found they are against any drastic Sunday laws, although some In clined to favor a Sunday law with an exemption clause In It. but Mr. Mar tin declared emphatically that the Sev enth Day Adventists are opposed to and will fight any Sunday legislation and especially are opposed to a law with an exemption clause In It. "An exemption." said Mr. Martin, is an admission that the law is wrong. I have never attended a tneater, out after a man has wonted all week If he wants to go to a theater he ought to be permitted to do so, the same as If he were to. go Into a, park or take a trip on Sunday." ' Portland Man Installs Officers. ALBANY, Or., Jan. 6. (Special.) In a public ceremony in their splendid new quarters in Albany's new armory. Camp Phillips. No.- 4, Spanish-American War Veterans. Installed new offl- A FEW DOSES END MOST AND REGULATE THE Your Kidneys Will Surely .Act Fine After Taking Pape's Diuretic for Just a Few. Days. If your kidneys are disordered or you suffer with backache or bladder misery a few doses of Pape's Diuretic now will effect a cure. Put an end to kidney trouble while It Is only trouble before It develops Into Dropsy. Diabetes. Gravel or Bright's disease. , The moment you suspect any kid ney, bladder or urinary disorder, or feel a dull, constant Backache, or the urine I. thick, cloudy, offensive or full of sediment. 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