mE JiORJfnm oKEntrviAX. raJxesuAf, SEPTE3IBEH 27. 1911. COURT RESCINDS taxed la proportion to Ita value, to be ascertained aa provided by law. Controller Botr.well Is advtaed that bla department Is not authorised to make any expenditure of public fundi In checking up any single tax petition. WASHIN6T0H TAX LEVY CUT FOR YEAR For Wednesday and Thursday RAIL AGREEMENT even Real B r 4? a? Oregon Electric Not Forced to Build Station on Private Land, Is Ruling. MEYERS' DECISION UPHELD Tor Killing- of Salrm Officer Man Mirrt Serve Indefinite Se-ntrnre. Dlaoalwal of Petition In Orrron Bank Cut la Approved. , 8AXX1I. Or, Sept. Jt (Special.) PeclArlnr that a provision In a right ef-way deed providing- that a railroad company shall maintain a atatlon or depot oa U land of a landowner la return for a rtghfof war granted erosa hla land ta Told. because con trary to pobllo policy, tha Buprm Hurt. In aa opinion written by J op tica Bean today, reversed tha iuds; tn.nt of tha circuit court of thla county In tha oh of Frank Ford against tha uron t-lectnc Railroad Co. In 104, when tha Oregon Electrio Railroad waa building from Portland to tha city. Tllmon Ford, then tha owner of a certain tract of land sit uated near Chemawa. entered Into contract with tha company to conrey to It a light of way across his land oa condition, among other things, that It would maintain a station upon It and stop Its trains' to take on and put off passengers. aapreeaa C'aart Adverse. Tllmon Ford died aereral years ago and tha land went to Frank Ford, his brother, who notified the company that he d. sired the contract fulfilled. Tha company declined and In a suit Instl tuted In the circuit court here Ford won. but the Supreme Court reverses that Judgment on tha ground that such a clausa la a right-of-way con tract la against publla policy. After pointing out that Ford desires to bars a station oa his land, aa ha Intends to subdivide It Into nve-arre tracts and sell It. tha court lays down tha rule that "a railroad corporatloa Is a quasi public agent and that It la Its duty. Independent of any agree ment to aecura advantage to It. to establish Its stations at points most convenient for tha public Interests. Aa sgreement. therefore, by tha corpora tion to establish Its depots and sta tions at particular potnta la Illegal. M Tha court further says that tha sub ject la ona which cornea within tha Jurisdiction of tha railroad commission and that whea tha public Interests de mand It that It has power to direct the company to maintain a station on tha land. May era Caaa ATI rased. In another eplnloa wrlttea by Judgs Bean tha Supreme Court austalna tha decision of tha circuit court of thla county la tha caaa of tha state against Oeorge Meyers, convicted of man slaughter for tha murder of Night I'atrolmaa Echhart In thla city two years ago. aad Meyers must serve aa Indeterminate aeatenca of from ona to IS years In tha state penitentiary. Meyere la a brother of Henry and Milton Meyers, tha owners of tha Meyere atore la thla city, and ahot and killed Eckhart Just aa ha waa unlock ing the door to take him Into tha JalL Krkhart had arrested him oa the com plaint of Arthur Meyers, a brother, who roomed with George. Tha broth era had quarreled. Meyers was tried for murder la the first degree, convicted of murder la tha second degree, but tha Supreme Court reversed tha Judgment. At tha second trial ha was convicted of man slaughter, and that verdict Is bow up held. Meyera alnca tha second trial has been out on bonds. Tha grounds upon which hla attor neys sought a reversal waa tha Intro duction In evidence of the testltraony of Arthur Meyers, who failed to re spond to a aummons and testify la persoa la the second trial. They con tended that la Introducing these notes the defendant had been dented the constitutional right of being confront ed with the wltnesa appearing against Mm and cross-examine him. The Su preme Court, however, held that he had been confronted with tha witness once and allowed to cross-examine him. and that therefore hla rights had not been violated. rrtllloa la Defective. The Supreme Court upheld Judge Gantenbein la hla having dismissed the petition of George D. YVIscbusea. which asked he be permitted to Intervene In a suit between Louis J. Wilde and the Oregon Trust A Savings bank and to have hla claims agalnat tha bank paid in full. Wlschusen had on depoelt la tha bank when It failed U:tf . Together with other creditors he entered Into aa agreement with the German-American Bank, of which Wilde waa president, to accept certain bonds of tha Home Telephone Company of Puget Sound, of T aroma, and the Independent Telephone Company, of Oman a. -Neb., for a certain per cent of his claim, the balance to be paid ta cash. Afterwards he served Notice on tha receiver that he rescinded the contract because of fraud, and filed a petition In the Circuit Court aettlng forth his ST. JOHNS BONDS BID ON Ohio Bank Offer $3 i Premium on Improvement Issue. ST. JOHNS. Or, Sept. 2. (Special.) At a meeting of the City Council to night. Mayor Couch announced that bids bad been received for the bond Issue of IO.sOO to pay for Improve ments already completed. The best bid was that of tha Security Savings sfc Trust Company, of Toledo. Ohio, which offered a premium of 12(1.(0. which waa much higher than of the other bids. Mayor Couch said that the improvement work In St. Johns for the present year now amounts to I2o0.000. equal to the cost of all previous Improvements In the history of the town. Several property owners on Fessen- Military Assessment Is Raised ( And School Demand Is Re duced by Board. - VETERA X a OF FR.lCO-PRr-l WAH BKAK COM. KADIS TO O KA V E. i V- v- " ROAD IMPROVEMENT HALTS Confusion on Final Xlght of Jdrgla Iatlve Session at Olrmpla Leads Death of Remedial Highway Law. to iT city, bu Church, services. Tae Lata Jallaa E. Frvtag. OREGON CITT. Or, Sept II. (Special.) Funeral services over the body of Julius E. FTetag were held Saturday afternoon. Kev. E. 8. Bollinger, formerly pastor of the Congregational Church In thla city, but now of the Highland T Portland, conducting tha I rvlcee. August Schnorr, veter- 4 an of the Franco-Prussian war, spoke impressively of his com- rade'a death. Mr. Ftetag having f been a commlsary commissioner , during the war of 1870 and 1S71 . at Wurtemberg. At tha Mountain t View Cemetery the ceremony waa j conducted by the veterans. Tha f pallbearers were all veterana of J tha Franco - Prussian War and were T. Slebel. captain of the war veterans; Auaust Van Olhoff. L Lehberg. Frank Ellnger. of Port land: F. Busch. R. Keller, of Ore gon City. den street made the assertion that Charles Andrews, city engineer, had overcharged them on the assessment for the Improvement of that thorough fare. Councilman Perrtne thereupon emanded that tha engineer's work ba uvestlgated by an expert. Mr. An- raws aUso asked that tha work be In vestigated, but the motion to do ao waa defeated. OLTXrPIA. Wash, Sept. I. (Spe cial.) The Stata Board of Equaliza tion haa announced that tha tax levy for 111. for stata purposes, will ba i.JO mills. The tax Is divided aa follows: General fund, 3.10 mills; state school, 1 mills: military, .20 mills; highway, 1 mill. This Is a cut of .13 mill, com pared with 1510. Thla year the school tax waa cut .11 mill and tha military levy raised .05 mill. In 1911 the total amount to be raised by taxation Is IS.062.1S7. which Is 3141. 000 more than was raised In 1910, tha rate being lower, but the total assessed value this year Is I95S.125.934. as against J90S.2I7.944 a year ago. Taagle Onlays Roads. Under a ruling made by the Attorney-General, who held that the law Is mandatory, the Board of Equalization levied a tax of 1 mill for state high way purposes, although the last Legis lature neglected to provide for the spending of this money, owing to the mix-up over state roads which resulted In the killing, oa tha final night of tha session, of all road programmes. The lawmakers did provide that tha levy for state aid. or permanent high ways, should "not exceed one-half mill." so the board made no levy for that fund. Five counties had their pleas heard for a higher percentage ratio. They ware aa folows: Chehalla from 20.17 to 20.17 per cent: Grant from 20.34 to 2S.lt per cent; Kitsap from 30.09 to 35. 80 per cent; Okanogan from 25.35 to 33.35 per cent, and Skagit from 35.23 to 30.10 par cent. This means that they win pay less tsxes to the state In 1911 than in 1910: the higher the percentage of the assessed ratio to the actual value the smaller In proportion are tha taxes. Railroad Levy Raised. Ona of the features of the 1911 fig ures la that the railroad and other publlo service corporation property was Increased practically 30 per cent over last year, while the general prop erty went up less than 5 per cent, which means that of tbe Increase the railroads will pay about S( to the fl advance paid on general property. The actual value of all property exclusive of steam and eleotrlo railroads and telegraph lines for 1911 Is 12,007.277, 740 and this was equalised by the State Board at 5802,014.133. making the ratio for tha state 39.985 per cent. In 1910 the ratio was 39.26 per cent, due, how- tne iifypThe shrewd and thrifty women of this city will realize the importance of this AJ announcement if thev will come In and investigate these SDlendid offerings ......jpgln BSSSSSSgf-B"eTsTsTsTsTsTBTSsTSX Tailored Suits at Only $16.50 II Black Broadcloth Coats $19.50 w i vy) i A M t it? If you have experienced difficulty in find ing an inexpensive Suit that you would care to have, you will look no farther when you see these. They're made in the best styles of the season in pretty mixtures and serges. No better suits elsewhere at ( n $22.50. Special.... $1 U.DU WE FIT THE S TOUTS Women's and Misses' Strictly Man-Tailored Coats of extra fine broadcloth, full lengths, semi or tight-fitted backs, richly lined with fine satin, beautifully made. A Coat well worth $27.50. "Wednesday and q r A Thurs, special only $ 1 7DU JTO CHARGES FOR ALTERATIONS Serge Dresses $12.50 Two charming models of fine all- wool serge, made with the new high waist, empire effects, braid trimmed and lace turnover col lar and cuffs. Sizes for the misses as well; a regular $19 CH $18.50 Dress. Spl . V 1 H VISIT MIIXIXERY SECTION $2.00 Waists $1.35 $7.95 Skirts $5.75 New Fall Tailored Waists, made of pure linen and linon. About six charming styles to choose from plain, pleat ed or embroidered in pretty designs. Usually 1 OC sold at $2. Special H 1 - OO Many Petticoats of messa-' line are offered you at this price, but nothing to com pare with these. They come in every shade. You can't ateatthem.......$2.95 Here's a splendid Skirt bar gain; all new, made in all wool serges with panel front and back; navy, black or brown, large and small sizes, j Unusual value jjg JQ $5 Petticoats$2.95 $4 Sweaters $2.95 1. V What is more useful than a Sweater? Can you afford to be without one when you can buy one, as we offer, finely knitted in CO QC all shades at piW 4., SCALERS ELECT A. PATCTI0 HEADS STAXD ATtDIZETtS OF CROPS. Committee to 3feet Tuesday to Fix Grade of 1911-12 Tield, Wbcb Are Followed World Over. Co, A. Patullo. of Balfour. Outhrle & waa elected chairman of tha b.fo'ra tha ratios wara determined. I Portland Chambar of Commerce araln WHEELER MEN ORGANIZE 49 From Commercial Club to Boost Tualatin Taller1. SHERWOOD. Or, Sept. SC. (Spa tial.) Claude Meeks. 21 years old, waa drowned In tha Willamette River near Buttevllls Sunday. With friends ha had been to a danca at Buttevllle. and. re turn Ins:, had to cross tha river in a row boat. When about half way across caaa aad asklns; that he ba pal J in ful Meeks suggested that they take a WHEELER, Or, Sept. . (Special) Forty-two cttisena of Wheeler, a thriving and sljhtly suburb In Wash ington County. 14 miles from Portland on tha West Slda Una of tha Southern Paclflo la tha Tualatin Valley, or ganised a Commercial Club Monday evening selecting It- A. Caplea as presi dent and J. B. Buck as secretary. The organisation waa effected to pre vent possible Imposition upon new settlers by overcharges, falsa promises or unfulfilled pledges by real estate promoters and to that end has listed tha small tracts and home sites now on tha market. A committee wll. show these properties to visitors who can then deal directly with the owners, no commission or other charges being made. Tha club Intends to co-operate with other organisations in Inducing tha up building of tha stata. Recently Wheeler and vicinity was Incorporated Into a separate school district and a bond Issue of fsOOO was voted for tha construction of a modem four-room schoolhouse. In tha meantime a tem porary building haa been fitted foe school purposes and two teachers have been Installed. while this year thla was done after ward. Tha equalized value of the steam railroads has been placed at $13f.45S. 414: tha electrio lines at 19.67S.082 and telegraph companies at 1380,106, which, with the I802.S14.1II on the gen eral property, makes up the grand total of I95S.1J6.8J4. representing the assessed vslua of property of all kinds In Washington. GIRL HABMEO IS CHABGE AT. F. MIXARD, 55 TEARS OLD, IXDICTED BT GRAND JURY. SWIMMER L0SES LIFE Claude) Meeka Is Drowned Sunday In Willamette RlTer. from the funds of the bank. The pe tltloa waa dismissed by Judge Ganten beln. and the Supreme Court sustains him on the ground that tha petition waa defective, complete records of the case were not brought before It, and also on the ground that Wlschusen stood by for three rears without ob jecting to the liquidation of the bank's estate. CHECK GIVEN SINGLE TAX Mate Constitution Forbid Adoption In Seattle. SEATTLE. Wash.. Sept. J. The single tax on land values cannot be adopted by the City of Seattle because tha atata constitution forbids such leclslatlon. according to an opinion rendered tday by Corporation Coun sel Scott Calhoun. Seattle single tax ers. headed by Councilman Oliver T Erirkson. are circulating a petition under the Initiative and referendum law. designed to submit the single tsx to voters at the Marcb ejection. The petitioners rropose to exempt all per sonal property and improvements upon real property In Seattle- from city taxea City Controller BothweU asked the corporation counsel what action he should take upon the petition when It Is submitted to him. Mr. Calhoun, in his reply, points out that the state constitution provtdee that all property in the stata not ex empt under the laws of the United States or the state consltution shall ba swim. One of his friends agreed and they both dived in. and after a short awim returned to tha boat. They tried it again, but thla time M-f eke did not come back. . Hla body was recovered later In tha day and taken to Sherwood. Terminal Road Surveyors Rash. MARSH FIELD. Or, Sept. St. (Spe cial.) The surveying crew for the Terminal railway la pushing the engi neering work for the new road. The crew under Engineer Sanberg started some distance above the Smith mill and is rapidly working toward this city. The Terminal railroad waa organized by local lumbermen and bankere and proposes to build an electric Una on some of the streets and a steam rail road down the waterfront of Marsh field and North Bend. It Is likely that actual construction work will be gin early In the Spring. According to the franchise granted the Company by the City Council of this city the com pany must expend at least 110.000 on the work before nine months haa ex pired and the road must be completed In IS months. ' Possession of Unclean Plot urea In cluded In Finding Against Portland Tlmberman. William F. MInard, . a tlmberman about 65 years old. with offices In the Worcester building, waa tbe subject of two indictments returned yesterday morning by the grand Jury. One charge that he contributed to the delinquency of a minor, a Woodlawn girl. 13 years of age. while In the other be ta ao cused of having In his possession and exhibiting obscene pictures. He se cured bis release on furnishing $3000 bail. Valaskl Bain waa indicted on a charge of attacking Mike Miller with a hatchet on September 15. True bills were returned against Charles F. Smith and Joe Fra iters, accused of the theft of a quantity of watches and Jew elry from toe store of J. H. Melsner on August 4. They were held for Municipal Court. Several of those under Indictment were arraigned before Judge Qatens yesterday afternoon and given time to plead. Among them were Tony Ar naud, charged with keeping a disor derly house; Q. p. Lent, burning brush out of season contrary to state stat utes: Valaskl Bain, assault on Mike Miller; May Jones, charged with steal ing diamonds, the property of J. Kut ner; L. E. Merchant, charged with sell ing cattle under quarantine for disease; H. J. Stewart, accused of the theft of several dozen pocket knives, and Thomas Lumsden. accused of passing a worthless check. Merchant, a farmer, was indicted by the August grand jury. May Mueller, who was involved in the theft of the Kutner diamonds, by state ments of May Jones, entered a plea of not guilty. Jim Gernabus and Yass Ooladua pleaded guilty to aasaultlng R, C. Nalson. a policeman, and were fined 150 each. standard committee yesterday, and a meeting of th,e committee will be held next Tuesday afternoon to set stan dards on the grain crop for 1911-12. Although Wsshlngton has a state committee for fixing grain standards, that body is regarded, by foreign grain dealers aa political and Its standards have been repeatedly rejected In favor of the standards established by the Portland committee. At present the majority of the wheat, barley and oata shinned from Oregon. Washington and Idaho is bought under the Portland Chamber of Commerce inspection and bears Its certificates of grading. The committee grades samples of the Northwest grain crop every year. These are put up in four-pound pack ages and shipped to Eastern and for eign grain markets. They are num bered according to the different gradee, and the buyers order by number. The grain standard committee haa six In spectors In tho field four in thla city and two In Buget Sound cities. The secretary of the Chamber of Commerce declares that with all the shipments that went out from the Northwest last year not one complaint against the In spection of their representatives was received from the buyers. Members of the grain standard com mittee are D. A. Patullo, of Balfour, Guthrie & Co.; A. Berg; C. E. Currey, of the Northwest Warehouse Company; K, Kennedy, of the Pacific Coast Ele vator Company, and Thomas Kerr, of Kerr, Gifford & Co. City Employment Office May Move. The quarters of the Municipal Free FREE EXCURSION TO BEND, OR. Employment Bureau will soon be changed from Madison street, between Third and Fourth, and an additional clerk may be employed. An ordinance authorizing Mayor Rnshllgbt to lease quarters at 215 Second street will be Introduced In the Council today. Coun cilman Clyde has filed an ordlnanoe providing for another olerk. Dandruff Goes Falling Hair Ceases, Scalp Itch Vanishes, New Hair Grow Profusely and Becomes Fascinating. Don't say "I've read all that before" Just go to Woodard-Clarke & Co. rlarht away, lay down 60 cents, say: "I fliiBr Come ro with ut fr of eott 8 J. J. HtU drive the "Golden Spike" which com pWes the Hill mnd iburimaa rail wars to BEND. Cloiiej-iii residence and business lots 00x140 t 2tK. Terms 10 per month. rif. " l mfO-Jt 7 law " a ww vt..w, - . mi .irv. atriuia iv suuutia. want a bottle of that PARISIAN SAGE Call in and make your preparations for " . V ..-.im. ... , . ' this trip on the first train Into Central Ore- that so many sensible, people are us- . t ,.onrterflll country that Is so Penny Fraud Prove CoMly. VANCOUVER. Wash, Sept. !. Spe claL) For passing a penny of ancient coinage for a 110 gold piece to G. R. Shields, of the Brunswick rooming- ' northwest of bouse, George Thteasen. formerly a sa loonkeeper of this city, was today com pelled to pay $4 TO In costs, reimburse Shields and pass SO days In jail, or leave the city at once. Bowlby Funeral Conducted. FOREST GROVE. Or.. Sept. I. Special. ) The funeral services of Hugh Bowlby. a native of Oregon, who waa accidentally killed by a train In Streeter. I1U a week ago, were con ducted In this city Sunday under tha auspices of the Masonic Lodge. Mr. Bowlby waa 31 years old. and at the time of bis death was in the employ of a gas company in Streeter. He a, one time attended Tualatin Academy, at this place, and later studied dentistry. He waa unmarried. His father. Judice J. Q. A. Bowlby. of Astoria, and sis- ter, Violet, accompanied the body here. I ti.tr. d. r. Thomas, of the First Con gregational Church, conducted the services and burial took place at the Buxton Cemetery, a mile and a half this city. lng." Then take It home and use as directed and then If you are not sat isfied that It Is Just as advertised take back the empty bottle and Woodard-Clarke & Co. will refund your money. "Prettv risky offer you'll say; no at all, Woodard-Clarke & Co. know Just ' what PARISIAN SAGE will do and they have the promise of the American makers, the Gtroux Mfg. Co., of Buffalo, N. T that they will back them up in their strong guarantee. Pretty fair and square offer Isn't It? and only 50 centa for a large bottle at Woodard-Clarke & Co. and druggists America over. Mrs. J. G. Franklin. Fulton, Mo., writes: "PARISIAN SAGE eradicates dandruff, cleans the scalp, and makes the hair fluffy and beautiful; also Is a good hair grower. I shall continue to use It as long as It gives such perfect satisfaction." It i rich in nature resources. Free maps and photographs of BEND and Central Oregon. THE XEWXON-KOIXER CO., LNG. 801-31(2 Hnrhanan Bids.. 28614 Wash. St. The Wretchedness of Constipation " Csa mnckly be overcome by CARTER'S LITTLE LIYER FILLS. As a nonconductor of heat, soot Is oos of the most cffecclre materials known. Edlsfsea dellrers fuel ties. C tlQK jf"1 Purely vegetable JT ' " act surely sod - . . f PlrvrFD'a gmllyootbo JUAkILKJ Ever. Cure J it?TTLe BOioassefa. . f HVER Heed- j-i'C H Pjll' Dim. at e?"a" ss! . saas. and ladigesnasv S TW da tbeir duty. sal POL SavJI Dose. Satall Pries. , : Keep the Pot Boiling Fancy Lump Coal $6.25 Ton Delivered at your address in Port land, within the one-mile eircle, at this price or within the two-mile cir cle at $6.75 per ton, for ADVER TISING PURPOSES ONLY. If yon wish to take advantage of this offer, yon will have to act at once as we will sell only TVO TONS TO EACH CUSTOMER. This means our best grade lump conl, nothing more and nothing less. We do not make any money on this coal at this price, and are simply doing this to advertise the DIAMOND CREST COAL.' "WE WANT 450 CUSTOMERS IN THIS CITY. We know that when you have once used this coal, yon will continue to do so. Do not be disappointed if you do not get some of this coal, for the first come will be first served. We will not reserve any of this coal for anvone, excepting such orders as are accompanied by the cash or check. We are placing 900 tons only on the' market at this price. Diamond Crest Coal Company S25 Railway Exchange Building. 1 Phone Marshal 2574. Portland, Or. Have Your Friends Come West in SAFETY AND COMFORT VIA THE MI WAUKEE THE O.M.Y ROAD OPERATING ALL STEEL TRAINS BETWEEJT CHIUGO AND THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. LOW COLONIST FARES OX SALE DAILT, SEPTEMBER IB TO OCTOBER 15. From a few of the more Important Eastern points the following- fares apply: From Et Paul, Minneapolis, Omaha, Sioux Cnty. .825.00 From Chlcag-o .833.00 I From St. Louis. .832.00 From Cleveland. 839.75 I From Pittsburg-.. ........ .842. OO From Buffalo H-12.50 From Philadelphia. 849.75 From New Tork.... $50.00 I From Boston..... 850.15 Two Solid Through Trains Daily Completely electrio lighted, with New, Comfortable, Tourist Cars In which the berths are longer, higher and wider than In similar cars on other roads. 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