TUB MORNING OREGOXIAN. SATURDAY, 3IAY 13. 1911. 5 V ROSEBURG LANDS GRANGERS IN 1912 State Body Names Committee to Probe Educational Colleges. REFERENDUM MOVE TABLED j.esoiuuon upponnf Action on Various Stat Inotitntlons TIaltcd In Procedure TTTten Blocked la Slnglo Tax Fight. OREGOX AGrtTCTTLTCRAL COLLKGE. Corrallls. May 13. (Special.) Support -and administration of the Institutions ef higher education In the state was iven no little consideration bjr the tate Grants here today at Ita closin session, which waa adjourned late in the day to meet tn Roseburs; In 1311. Looklns; toward a thorough Inquiry Into the whole question of the man agement of the Oregon Agricultural College and the State University, a committee was named which will re port at the next annual meetlmr. The report of the committee on the agricultural collea-e which carried a recommendation for the continued sup port of this Institution of learning and -oommendlnir Its work, was adopted. 3uat previous to adjournment. Kc-fer-rndura Question Tabled. A bill providing that the sessions of the Legislature should be tn two parts, one and two weeks' duration for the Introduction of bills and then after a month a final session of 40 days for consideration and final action on bills, which was proposed for the support of the Grange, was tabled on the ground that the question was too Important to be acted upon without more time tor consideration. W. 8. IT Ken. who was present, ad Tlsed the postponement of action on this matter. The slncle tax also came tip for consideration, but despite the presence of ITHen and the active support of A. L Mason, of Hood River. It was sent to the table. It came up twice during the convention, but In each Instance was voted down. Land Transfer Favored. A resolution was passed In favor of petitioning the Federal Government to turn over the lands recently recovered from the Southern Paclflo Railway Company to the state for school pur poses. Two resolutions were Introduced hortly after the rollcall In the morn Inp. which proposed radical changes In the government of the State of Ore icon. One was Introduced by the Ben ton County delegation recommending; that the Grange go on record In favor of the abolition of the Legislature and the establishment of commission gov ernment for the state. Introducing this resolution the speaker said that It was Inspired by the revelation of legisla tive methods made during the debate yesterday by the Grange representa tives who had been In Salem in the In terest of the Grange last Winter. The second measure was Introduced by Assemblyman Hill and provided for the election of a Lieutenant-Governor. This was aimed principally at the pres ent condition, which has precipitated such strong fights in the organization of the Senate. Reciprocity Hill Approved. A telegram was sent by the Grange to the Oregon delegation at the Na tional Capital, urging the State Con gressmen to stand for equal protection for farm products with other manufac tured goods. There was also a reso lution Introduced favoring the recipro city bill now la the United States Sen ate. A resolution favoring the measure which would restrict the length of em ployment of men to mix d.iys in a week was Introduced and referred to the legislative committee. This was promptly followed by a resolution from the women restricting the time of wo men's work to the same period. The resolution provided that no women should be permitted to work after oclnck P. M. on Saturday or until 7 A. M. on the following Monday. The resolution threw the convention into a lively discussion which waa fin ally ended by passing the measure. State Forester illllot addressed the convention on the policy of a new de partment of forestry. He explained the law passed by the last Legislature and asked the co-oporaUon of the Grange In the enforcement of the law and the conservation of the forests of Oregon. DUN1WAY BACK AT SALEM Ma to Printer Returns From Call, fornix Improved In Health. SALEM. Or.. May li Speclal.-Appearing In excellent health. State J-rlnter Dunnlway has returned to Salem from California. During the afternoon he visited his office and held a short conference with Superintendent Plimp ton before herurnlng to his home. The question of what will be done relative to Secretary Olcott's attack on the State Printer's position in the State Capitol has not been discussed by the State Printer, but It is understood he will leave future action In this respect entirely up to Superintendent Plimpton. While the State Printer Intends to visit his office dally for some time, he will not pay active attention to the details and the office will remain in charge of Mr. riimpton. Mr. Dunlway has been in California since shortly after the election, leaving- for the South to benefit his health. OLD MARE PROUD OF COLT Family at 25 Is Mother of Her First Offspring. FOREST GROVE. Or, May li. (Spe cial.) At the age of !S a mare owned by p. r. Bump Is the mother of her first colt. She Is almost unduly proud of her offspring. The animal for years Las been a pet of Mr. Bump's family. BAKER FIRSTJJNDER LAW Four Hl;h School Graduates to Get Teachers' Certificate. BAKER. Or.. May 11 (Special.) According to a letter received by J. A. Churchill, superintendent of the Baker publle schools, from State School Su perintendent Alderman, the Baker Jsebool li calx fclti a.-2-.naI la i state, the course of study of which will permit local students to take advant age of the new school law which will be In effect May 20. The new law la that all students of high schools who cover a certain por tion of the Etate Normal School work during their high school course, with the required teaching experience will be granted one year teachers certifi cates. Under the course of study now offered by the Baker High School, four students have qualified for these cer tificates. Professor Churchill sent their credentials to the State Superin tendent, who replied that the certifi cates would be Issued If they had had tha required teaching; experience. This they have had In the public schools of the city and when Professor Churchill certified to that effect, announcement came from Professor Alderman, that their credentials would be Issued as soon a the law goes Into effect. By fitting students for teachers' cer tificates under this law. the Baker High School Is a year ahead of any other high school of the state, none ol wblch will be able to give the required course until next term. The students who have earned their J, ,.. .... I lLmj ..... . J t Elsie May Witters. Whose Parents la Nebraska Are Distracted Over 4 Her Disappearance. f certificates are Katherlne Smith. daughter of Circuit Judge Smith. Claudia Jacobs. Marian Saxton and Edna Crouter. GIRL STILL IS MISSING XEBRASKA L1Y NEVER DAVE REACHED CORVAIXIS. EIslo May Witters, 18, Who Left Grants Pass In December Can not Be Found. GRANTS PASS. Or, May IS. (Spe cial.) Elsie May Witters, daughter of George B. Witters of Glbbdn. Neb, whose strange disappearance from Grants Pass last December cannot be accounted for. was five feet and three Inches tall, and weighed 1(0 lbs. Her complexion Is dark. She has gray eyes and dark brown hair. Is well propor tioned and usually jolly In tempera ment. Her atce Is IS. The last her parents heard of their daughter waa on December C. when she Informed them that she wss going to Corvallls. and that she would leave Grants Pass, and would be accompanied by a man and his wife, whom she In tended to work for and that they lived about IS miles In the country. She did not expect to stay with the family more than six weeks, and then per haps return to Grants Pass and stop with friends In Frultdale where her parents once resided a few years ago. It seems the lather ana motner nave been Indirectly Informed by Grants rass parties that Klsle is in good com pany, but the address where she Is staying Is being withheld, or else the persons who know are simply trying to appease the bereaved father and mother, who reside at Gibbon. The girl's grandmother and an uncle reside near this city, but they are Ignorant of where she la The mother of the girl Is Inclined to think that she has been kidnapped or else murdered. HOLT TO BE PROSECUTED Much-Wan ted Forger to Bo Re turned to Olynipla. OLYMPIA. Wash, May It (Special.) Pa peri were Issued today by the Gov ernor's office for the return to Spokane of Frank Holt, alias Frank Howard, alias Adelbert Has k Inn, now under ar rest at Roseburg, Or, on a charge of having passed a bogus tl0 check on a bank at Cheney, wun. According to K. Clark. Deputy Sheriff of Spokane. who will go for the prisoner. Holt, Howard or Hasklns Is one of the clev erest forgers that ever operated In the West, for he has evaded arrest for years, although wanted In Eastern Washington. Idaho and Montana. The authorities of that section oi tne United States have searched far and near for him and circulars have been sent broadcast, and while every town of any slxe Is reported to have been a victim of his activities until he was captured in Oregon, he has escaped be ing landed In Jail. He was arrested on descriptions sent out by Spokane and. if he Is not convicted in fcpoaane. tne other states want him, bavin notified Spokane to that effect. VANCOUVER ASKS $250,000 Commercial Club Petitions Congress for Biff Federal Building. VANCOUVER. Wash.. May 12. (Spe- elal.) Congress will be asked for an pproprlation of IJaO.OUO to construct Federal building on the SIS. 600 site recently purchased by the Government at Thirteenth and Park streets. At a meeting of the Vancouver com mercial Club last night, a committee composed of W. W. McCrcdle, Frank E. Hodgkln and W. P. Connaway was ap pointed to draft a resolution asking for such an appropriation, and forward it to the Washington delegation In Wash ington. Do Ghosts Hint Swamp f K Never. It's foolish to fear a fancied evil, when there are real and deadly perils to guard against in swamps and marshes, bayous, and lowlands. These are the malaria germ that causo ague, chills and fever, weak ness, aches In the bones and muscles and may Induce deadly typhoid. But Electric Bitters destroys and casts out these vicious germs from the blood. "Three bottles drove all the malaria from my system." wrote Wro, Fretwell. of Lucama, N. C "and I've had fine bealLh ever since." Use this safe, aura rmdf natik Ha at ail flniggittiy MORE MILLIONS INVADE ALASKA Vast Corporation Formed to Oppose Guggenheims in Fight for Control. BIG SMELTERS DESIGNED Engineer of Sew Company Sent to Many Sections of Far North ern Possessions to Forti fy Position. SKATTT-ri Wash.. May li (Special.) With millions of dollars In ready money behlnu It. the United States Smelting. Refining Mining Company, one of the strongest mining corporations in the world and the most formidable oppo nent of the GugRenhelms for control of the copper-smelting Industry In the United States, has quietly Invaded the Alaska field, obtained options on a number of properties and Is laying Its plans to build big smelters on the Alaska roast and on the shores of Puget Sound. Seattle Offices Open. To facilitate their operations in the North and Northwest an office will be opened In the Lowman building tomor row, with Engineer A. C. Barken in charge. A big corps of mining engi neers has been working through Alaska for some time, under the supervision of A. P. Anderson, chief field engineer of the company, who directed the opera tions from Los Angeles. Mr. Anderson Is now in Seattle. "These people are not going ahead and laying their plans to operate Alaskan properties without some assurance from somebody in authority that they will have fuel with which to work," Is the way one prominent Alaskan sizes up the situation. Working FlcM to Be) I.arco. "We have planned to extend our oper ations to Alaska. throughout the Northwestern territory and eventually to the Orient If we can get the neces sary ore," said a representative of the big corporation. "Our reason for going to Alaska to operate is based on the fact that there are many big proper ties of various kinds there. We are in the smelting business, primarily, but In order to get business we buy and de velop properties. Alaska, in its infinite variety of ores, offers a splendid oppor tunity to prepare the necessary fluxing material at a low cost. The fuel prob lem will settle Itself In the course of time." The entry of the Pearson Company In Alaska was announced earlier In the week. The advent of these two com panies Is due to the belief that the ef forts of President Taft and Secretary Fisher to expedite opening; of the Alaska coal fields will be successful. The Interior Department's engineers, who are to survey the Bering River, Tanana. Matanuska and Cape Llsborne coal fields, will sail from Seattle on May 24. JURY ftLLEGESlURDER BODY FOOT) IX RIVER WITH BCLLET HOLE IX HEART. Norwegian Killed by Robbers and Thrown Into Waiter Is Opinion of Astoria Coroner. ASTORIA. Or, May 12. (Special.) That Ole Johnson, whose body was found in the river last Monday morn ing, was murdered is the opinion of the Coroner's Jury, wblch completed its Investigation of the case today. When the body was found the throat was cut almost from ear to ear and there was a gunshot wound In the left breast, the bullet having passed tnrougn tne neirt Testimony submitted at the Inquest showed that Johnson arrived here from Norway, April L, with a party of friends. Shortly arterwaras ne was taken 111 and went to the hospital. remaining there until April 19, and since that time be had been seen but once, so far as the Jury could learn. When he left Norway he baa 1400 in cash besldos bis ticket. He was known to have spent but little, but when the body was picked up there waa only $17 left and it waa hidden in the man's aock. Thla fact led the Jury to believe that Johnson was murdered for the purpose of robbery. MANY MARYS CONFUSING Xo Less Than Four of Same Name Are Listed as Heiresses. ALBANY, Or.. May 12. (Special.) That four brothers who have a sister named '"Mary" each married a wife named "Mary" is a peculiar situation shown In a petition to eell real property in the estate of David Fisher, deceased. Swissco rea " trroves vc Grows HaFr Btops Dandruff and Scalp Diseases, Ba v stores Gray or Faded Hair To, ' Its Worn ml Cnlnr Swlaaoo Will Do This For Yen. Bwlssco produces astounding results so quickly It has amased those who have used It. We will prove It to you If you will send 10a In silver or stamps to pay postage and we will send you a trial bottle and our wonderful testi monials. There Is no excuse for baldness. tVrlte ioaay to Swlssco Hair Remedy Co.. 3638 P. O. Square, Cincinnati. Ohio. Swissco ls-bn sale at all druggists and drug departments at SOc and JLflO a bottle. For sale and recommended in Port- land by JHE 0WIX:&U G GL 11 rma Mm i m km 1 1,1 a mm tfr jk 111111111111. 1 mi Lfciirr:it Died in the Probate Court of Linn Coun ty today by Amor A. Tusslng, a Browns ville lawyer. There were four people named "Mary Fisher" listed among the heirs to Whom a citation was Issued In the proceeding. The four brothers, all of whom mar ried girls named "Mary." are Levi W. Fisher, of Long Mott. Tex.; Andrew J. Fisher, of Clayton, Idaho; George W. Fisher, of Brownsville, Or., and D. B. Fisher, of Challis, Idaho. Their elster, formerly Mary Fisher, is now Mary Lu cas, of Brownsville, Or. Grants Pass Students to Graduate. GRANTS PASS, Or.. May 1J. (Spe cial.) The graduating exercises of the high school will be held on May 19. An elaborate programme Is being ar ranged to take place in the new hleh "Fifty years' reputation behind Duffy's Malt Whiskey Is Good The greatest indorsement that can be e njoyed by any product is that it has con tinued to bring health and happiness to millions of souls for more than fifty years, and has. enabled the old to enjoy their vigor and-activity up,ta.an.d pasttha century mark. Jjaya f,v aratlnnn hava aged Forget for a moment the price of the Reo Fore1 Door. Think of it as a. higher-priced car. Isn't it the kind of car you want? Don't you want a four-cylinder car of 50 miles an hour (with plenty of power for grades), a smooth-running engine, quiet, off like a thoroughbred as soon as you open the throttle, handsome, roomy, comfortable ? Then think of this car at the Reo price! 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