. TITK MOTTXTXO OREGOXIAX. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 21. 1911.
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"GOVERNOR'S TRIP
15 SUCCESS"-WEST
Over 100,000 People Visit Ex
hibition Car to Learn of
Northwest Country.
EASTERN COIN INTERESTED
financial Center Beyond Ussls
alppt Hare Great Confidence In.
Future Prosperity of Paclflo
SIojxs Declares Executive.
G 4T VT rtr- TM So fRnMl.l.l R.-
turning: to the capital after a month'a
absence in tna East aa a guest on tne
medlately rushed to the convict road
camp south of the city, remaining-' at
in tapuot oiuy a niuraeni 10 giw m
greeting to Ms office force.
rcrtary Olcott. who has been serv
ing In the capacity of Retina- Governor
during- the absence of Governor West,
surrendered the dutlea of that office to-
CtH v.
"The trio of the Governors i a
success a great success a greater
success than I ever contemplated It
would be. and I believe even greater
than contemplated by those who con
reived the Idea and carried It out."
commented Mr. West.
Trls la Xevelty.
The novelty aeemed to make a big
impr'ssion on the people of the East
and there were thousand to greet u
at every atop. Over 100.000 people
visited the exhibition car and hundreds
of thousands were turned away. There
should have been eight or ten of the
exhibit ears.
'In addition, mllllona of people were
reached through the press, as the news
papera fairly "ate It up I don't know
of aDvthln? that has ever been done
that has brought the East and the
West close together. In addition
to the trip being a itood thine for the
Western states, it was a good thins;
for the Governors. We had an op
portunity to meet the Governors of the
West. East and South, dlecusa matters
with them and visit their institutions.
-Eastern capital. I found, is much In
terested In the West and haa arrest
ronfldence In the futore prosperity of
this section. In the East It is appre
ciated that the Panama Canal will be
an ever Important factor In the future
development of the West, especially
.f the states alonst the Pacific Coast,
and I pointed out to them what an Im
petus It wonld mean to the Coast
state as well aa to the advantage for
the East In bringing: the sections to
gether. Ktrrrasra -Talk Shea."
"Our lumber products, aa an exam
ple, can be aet down at their very
doors, where now we are largely shut
out of Eastern marketa because of ex
cessive freight ratee. Throughout
the trip the Governora all ,"ike1
hop- and very little politics. They
were up morning, noon and night,
boosting their own statea and not
knocking other Weatern states.
-From the result of the conference
which waa held between Secretary
Fisher Senators Chamberlain. Bourne,
representative Uafferty. J. N. Teal and
myself, I am confident from what oc
curred at that time that the west ex
tension of the Umatilla project will be
completed. I am certain that It will
be undertaken and finished.
-We also discussed the feasibility or
annotating a atate and Federal agent
?o cear up the swamp land altu.tion
In Oregon, but that plan Is not defi
nitely concluded.
-I placed before the Chief Forester
at Waahlngton the plan of exchanging
various Isolated tracts of achool land
for a central forest reserve In Oregon
and he waa pleased with the
we differed as to the method of bring
ing this about.
-He believed the exchange should be
made on a baala of valuation, that Is.
exchange tracta on the tnnI ,of
their respective values, while I ra
vored the plan of exchanging acre for
"-i" believe, however, we will reach
an amicable adjustment of thla p'an.
with a eatlsfactory result to the state.
Nowhere that we visited but unbounded
enthusiasm waa apparent, aa well aa a
keen Intereat In the West and a desire
to learn more of thla section of the
I nlted Statea. I want to repeat that
the trip was a success far beyond what
we ever believed It could be."
FATHER SAYS SON INSANE
Portland Youth Who Pleads Guilty
to Passing Bad Bills Irresponsible.
SiEVTTT-E. Dec. SO. When Walter
K. Layman, of Portland. Or- alleged by
secret service) officers to be the head
. - t men who have passed
many obsolete bank notes In Seattle
and Taroma. was n-is ... j
e.ral Court last Monday, he pleaded
culltv. Another member of the gang
who "had pleaded guilty was today sen
tenced to live years In prison, and then
layman's father. Frank Urmu. of
Portland, arose and begged the court
not to pass sentence! on his son. but
to cause an examination to be made
t-oncemlng his sanity.
The Miner declared that Walter's
bead bad been split open when he was
boy and that his mind bad been
affected. A physician appointed by the
I'lstrlct Attorney to examine young
. r.rtA todav that the
father's statement was correct, the
soars and deformities irora me "
accident being evident. The District
Attorney will report to the court. The
method of Layman's gang was to past
two old bank bills together, with silk
threads bet ween.
NORTHERN PACIFIC VICTOR
Woman Injured at Cbehalls Loses
$1000 Personal Injury Case.
CHEHALIS. Wash- Pec. 10. (Pre
date A Jury In the Lewis County Su
perior Court returned a verdict for the
Northern Faotrte railroad In the. case of
Mrs. L. R- Clark, who sued for 11000
damages for personal Injuries received
by falling on a partially repaired depot
platform at Cheftall some monihs ago.
Judgments already rendered In va
rloua other ranee aggregate many
thousand of dollars.
BOY, THREE. KILLS SISTER
Child Picks t"p Ilevolver and Dis
charges It at Infant.
E1XENSBFRO. Wash, IVc !0
Sueclai WiUe Mrs. JTred Barn hart
was conversing; with a neighbor over
the telephone at an early hour this"
morning she heard a revolver shot In
her bedroom and turned to see her
son. Fred, -aged S, holding a amoking
pistol In hla hand and his 6-months-old
sister. Louise, lying dead with a gap
ing hole in her forehead.
Mr. Barnhart ia a passenger engin
eer on the Northern Pacific road and
while he was out on the road Mrs.
Barnhart made It a practice to keep a
loaded 33-ealtber revolver In the house
for protection.
While the mother waa at the tele
phone ber son toddled across the bed
room, opened a bureau drawer, took
the revolver and pointed It at his baby
sister. The weapon was discharged,
the bullet striking the Infant In the
forehead and passing completely
through the skull, tearing a large bole
in the back of the head.
Barnhart is out on the road. The
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ASHLAND. Or.. Pec 20. Spo
rlal.) Mrs. Mary E. McCall en
Joys the distinction of having
been the first grand worthy
matron of the grand chapter of
Oregon. Order of the Eastern
Star. Alpha Chapter No. 1. of
that ladles' auxiliary or Masonry, a
was Instituted In Ashland In
1SS0. by officials from the Juris-
diction of California. Later a f
grand chapter for Oregon was
organized at a meeting held at
Hoseburg and Mrs. McCall was T
elected grand matron. She is I
one of the widely-known pioneer 1
women of Southern Oregon, i
while her husband, the late f
General John SL McCalL for
many years was prominent in
the business and political af
fairs of Southern Oregon. Mrs.
McCall came to Oregon In 1854.
She graduated in 1806 from the
Cmpqua Academy and taught
the first public school opened in
Ashland.
mother Is prostrated and ber condition
Is serious.
WOMAN SUES REM
KLAMATH 3IATHOX CALLED
1IORSETH1EF SEEKS COURT.
Mrs. Nellie Marc ho After Driving
Three Men From Place With Gun
Files Plaint Alleging Libel.
KLAMATH FALLS. Or, Dec 3)0.
(Special.) Mra. Nellie Mareho, wife of
William Marcho, a Poe Valley rancher,
has tiled a suit for libel against Cal B.
Clendennlng, complaining that he called
ber a horsethlef and ascribed other
criminal acta to her July 11. She
declarea that Clendennlng. with two
men named Job and Silas, went to the
Marcho property In search of a missing
horse and that Mra. Marcho assured
them the steed waa not on ber prem
iers, but that they said they would
starch the place anyway.
Mrs. Marcho then obtained a rifle,
and thus armed warned the trio not to
intrude.
"Now your place Is on the other side
of the fence." she Is reported to have
said. "If you come across that fence
the Coroner will have business right
away."
The men thus warned stayed on. the
other side of the fence.'
Clendennlng later had Mr. and Mrs.
Marcho arrested. Mra. Marcho was dis
charged by Justice of the Peace oraves
and Marcho was held for grand Jury
action. The grand Jury exonerated him.
Pianos Rented $3 Slonthly.
Kohler Chase. S7S Washington st.
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Dr. Gay Moaat.
OREGON CITT. Dec 10. (Spe
cial.) Dr. Guy Mount Is coming
bsck to Oregon after four years
In the East and will locate In
Oregon City mlth his brother.
Ir. Hugh S. Mount. The two
physicians are sons of the lata
H D. Mount, of Sllverton. who
had four sons that went Into
surgery for their profession. Dr.
Mount was graduated from the
University of Oregon In ISO, and
went to New York, where he waa
graduated from Columbia College
of rhvslcians and Surgeons of
New York. He later took a
course In the New York Medical
Hospital. He Is a member of the
Beta Theta PI fraternity. One
of his brothers Is Judre Wsllaee
Mount, of the -Supreme Qourt of
the State of Washington.
U'REN IS ANSWERED
Grant B. Dimick Takes Issue
With Single Tax Advocate.
POWER SITES DISCUSSED
Oregon City Slayor Quotes From
Booklet to Prove That Taxation
Plan 1 One to Lift Burden
From Capitalistic Interests.
OREGON CITY, Or, Dec. 20-(Spe-citl
) Grant B. Dlmlck. Mayor-elect
and four years Judge of Clackamas
County, this afternoon gave out the
following interview hi "ply to the
statements of W. S. IT Ben made to a
recent Issue of The Oregonian. Mr
Dimick is well posted on local tax con
dition and goes to the root of the
whole matter In his research:
.rnTent presented by the ""wTn"
th.l'-acre tract was Improved It was sa
iesVd" to morV than th. remaining 42S
ITrtl After I que-tlnned th. veracity of
Th. .t.trment. Mr. irRen came to his res
cue nd"a"d that the 12-e tract was
Clackamas County, as reported In
Th. Oregonl"rbut located entirely In sn
.ih.r usu I hae tailed to see any cor
S S. or Mr. Ston. to h. locauon
of the land, and I presume Mr. 8ton. was
content for Mr. U'Ren to figure out a pUMl"
bl. excu.. for the erronu. statement.
Mr U'Ben says he believes that I often
think I hear thlnss that I do not hear and
in ofher word., he politely Infer, rne hat
I do not speak the truth upon the question
if taxation, .nd In repeating statements
mad. "y .ingl.-t.a -a, but I am
perfectly willing to grant Mr t "
cens. to call m. a liar every day .la th.
week If that action upon his part com
forts him in the least.
Water Power Partly Artificial.
I also notice In Mr. U'Ben's Interview h.
has at last discovered water Pr' ln
Clark.maa County valued at man ' than
u fnMI ooo but b. falls to show how n.
SmTS ih. physical valua.los , of that
water power and how he would reach th.
sam. under hi. slngl.-tax sy.tem. I
first place, th. power at the Willamette
Falls Is partially natural and partially artlf -Ml.
Alt that part which u. art 'fie
an Improvement placed there by the own
er, of th. water power and Is exempt from
taxation under the slnjle-tax theory now
advocated by Mr. U'Ren. Th. water POw
on the Clackamas River w. all admit ar.
valoable. made ao oy rapr......-. IZZ
consist of .rtlflcl.l d.ms P'ac'd In the
- rA 1 1 Mil fmnrov.
stream by u . . . . --- -ments
ar. exempt from taxation, than the
dams would D. ex.mpi
There 1. no power on th. Clackamas Riv
er which alon. would be of any material
value, but It requires power-houses ana
machinery, which are now assessed: It re
quires poles sud electrlo power lines con
veying th. .lectrlelty to tb. cities; and It
require, franchisee, pole, .nd wires, .no
other app.ratu. In th. cltl- In order to
t any direct revenue from the P"
Fuilf. rnder th. pre-nt law of taxation
th. riparian right, along th. .tream affect
ed by the dam. and all Improvements placed
In th. .tream. th. pole, and wi. leading
to th. city. th. franchises th. city .nd
oth.r property. Is assessed, end the Incom.
from th. investment U asseSMd by the
Fderal Government und.r the corporation
Income tax law.
tTRew's Duty dear.
If those properties which I have no
merated are not propsxly assesnd, then it
Is Mr. C'Ren'. duty as a eltls.n to appear
before th. County Board of Equalisatlonor
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effort, to hav. them properly assMsed. but
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l nave never n-M wi -
Um. In that direction.
Under th. present law. a part of whlcb
waa adopted by the Legislature tn 1BOT.
all property In each county .hall be a
unil at Its true cash value, and the tra.
cash value .hall b. taken to mean what
the property would sell for in th. open mar-
et in in. unuuwr - , .
In tato consideration the nearness to mark.t
and otaer aavania.. v .
Under tn. Misting
developed water powers belong to the st.te,
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mm. han A n.nn fin.
endev.ionwl power rlbt, on the Clack am ma
Rlv.r. One of them U owned by H.
Cross, Immediately abov. the railroad brtdg.
ufflclent capital to build ft 6m acroM th
iraam, nia prp-" w. am.....-
pole, wirea nd olty franchlae ao that ha
trould alectrio power, but not bavin
tho addition, hla deTeloped water power
would bo of Uttla ralue.
C'Rn'i FmoiptUet Quoted.
wherein h atates that ha ballevea that I
oiten tnma um. a . .
hear, i wun 10 cu nn t..wM
thlna: that thera can b no miaundaratand-
. - a T .9-. lhe ntmnhlat
1 1 u . j rlv,nlnnatl In 1U11. entitled
'Slnrlo Tax Conffrence," held In New York
City. November 19 and 20. 110. under tna
auaplcea ot tna -joaepn :. -uuw v.-...-..
ion " I have) read the pamphlet carefully
and I notice that the whole purpoae of th
atncle-tax doctrine therein expreaaed roea
to th exemption of taxea upon th mer
chants and manufacturerea, and aava noth
inr about th hom-owrer and farmer, and
it go without argument that If you exempt
on claaa of taxpayer in a community, th
remalnlnr claaa la compelled to pay th
amount exempted from the other.
I doalr to call your attention to the flret
paragraph on page 5 of aald pamphlet:
"In addition to th foregoing-, th Com
ml" ton haa aent out a quantity of auch lit
erature aa la obtainable, and plana are now
under way for th preparation of a "Mer
chant and Manufacturer Booklet."" th
object of which la to show that land value
taxation mean a aavlnc of dollara an ac
tus D roil l Ok uunai. '" -
manufacturer. Th booklet will lve actual
xamples taken from eeverai state In wnlch
land value and Improvement value ar
separately aaeeaaed. and will ahow con
Iraata between the effect of th -nral
property tax and th land value tax on mer
cantile and man uf act urine; bualneaa."
I alao call your attention to th first
parajrrapn on pace 27 of said pamphlet, aa
follows:
Ordered that th 'Merchants and Manu-
racturarar tiooaiBi om pnnicu in tv'ii--henalve
form and sent to all th merchant
. K T'nlf arl Htal
ana Hlinmn : x- v a.. v. -
1 acairv io n au; ' .m b - -rates
ar devotlnf their eneriries toward
i a- -.J ..eiirssHisssa 1 9 It la nnt
rna mrrcuams a.u inui- - - -
frtr th purpoae of exempting- their mer
chandise and manufarturlna plant ao that
th burden of taxation will fall upon th
noroa-owner ana i l"",lu'
empt the companies and Individuals who can
better afford to pay their Juat proportion
m ea.. ..nsniM rlf th MtM.lm AH A COUntT
aTovernment T
Aa a matter of fact, tb fund known as
th Fela Fund" la supported by lara-
merchant and manufacturers, and they are
tn one wno ar j am m
for th purpoae of exempting building; rail
roads, merchant and manufacturing Institu
tions from taxation, and thereby throw th
burden from themselves on th owner of
real property.
A far aa th home-owner and farmer In
Oregon la concerned, the Tel Fund." aup
ported by Eastern rollllonalr merchants and
manufacturer. Is th moat vicious fund that
waa ever collected, for rotating- on th peo
ple of a commonwealth a system of tax
ation whereby railway companies, merran
tll house and other buildings, manufactur
ing plants, machinery, goorts and merchan
du ar to be exempt from taxation and
tb amount of their exemption cast upon
the owner of real property.
I not ice aieo on page SI of aatd pam
phlet Mr. VRn received out of that mil
lionaire manufacturers fund, known m th
Tela Fund." the magnificent sum of $16,
7T5. In addition thereto h 1 now re
rotvlng out of that fund a salary equal to
that paid to the average Circuit Judge tn
tha Utet of Oregon. There 1 a good rea
son why be files off the handle every time
a rltlsen attenpts to argue against that
system of taxation advocated by the hire
lings of th -Fel Fund" in their endeavor
to exempt th raJIroada. bullHing-ownera,
merchant and manufacturer from paying
their Just proportion of taxation
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FIRST, SECOND AND YAMHILL STREETS
NOW MAKES YOUR SELECTION OF CHRIST
MAS PRESENTS EASY
WITH THE STARTLING ANNOUNCEMENT OF
MscMiiit 'of M
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OFF THE REGULAR MARKED PRICES ON ALL
Morris Chairs, Writing Desks,
Music Cabinets, Turkish Leather Rockers
and Parlor Sets
TODAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
Morris Chairs
The famous "Royal"
chairs "Push - Button
kind." With velour, imi
tation leather and genu
ine leather cushions, at
$15 to $65
Every
Writing Desks
In Oak, Mahogany, Rose
wood and Circassian
Walnut, 100 samples on
the floor to choose from.
$9 to $60
Music Cabinets
In Oak, Mahoganized
Birch and genuine Ma
hogany. Largest assort
ment in Portland.
$8 to $30
Turkish Rockers
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Upholstered in best black
and Spanish leathers and
imitation leathers. In 18
patterns.
$18 to $75
One a Sensible, Practical Christmas Gift
Every .Article Plainly Marked-Look at the Price, Then Pay
One-Quarter Less-Cash or Credit
STORE OPEN TILL 9 O'CLOCK EVERY EVENING THIS WEEK
"THE COMPLETE HOUSE AND HOME FURNISHERS"
FIRST, SECOND AND YAMHILL STREETS
SEASIDE NAMES TICKET
CANDIDATES FOR CITT OFFICES
NOMINATED AT MEETING.
Alex Gilbert Choice for Mayor, tut
Effort Is Made to Hare W. F.
Fnllam Ron Independent.
SEASIDE. Or, Dec. 20. (Special.)
X largely attended mass meeting was
held at the City Hall last night for
the purpose of nominating candidates
for Mayor. Councllmen. Recorder and
Police Judge and City Treasurer for
the coining election, -srhlch Is to be
held January .
T J Hayoox and Thomas McKay
were chosen chairman and secretary
respectively of the meeting, tv hen the
chairman announced that he was ready
to receive nominations for Mayor
everybody In the hall became suddenly
oulet. until Captain George It Smith
proposed Alex Gilbert. This was met
by a hearty applause by almost every
body. It la expected that Mr. Gilbert
will receive a very large vote at the
coming election, as he Is the largest
property-holder in the city and has aU
waye worked hard for the interesta-of
the community.
Some of the residents of the city who
are not in favor of electing Mr. G -,
bert for Mayor have urged W. J.Tul
lam. a retired ahoe merchant of Port
land, who haa built a couple of fine
residences here, to run Independent.
Mr. Fullam saya that he will dp all in
his power to upbuild the city if he is
elThe"1'folIowing were nominated for
Councllmen: First Ward. A. S Foster:
Second Ward. M. M. Wheatley and
Patrlrk Lawler: Third Ward. J. E.
Brallller. W. B. Dresser and Louis Hen
rich: Fourth Ward. W. E. Lewis. John
L. Berry was nominated for Recorder,
end Police Judge F. 8. Godfrey, who
has been acting as City Treasurer
since the suicide of E. N. Hennlnger.
who used the city's funds for other
purposes, was nominated for the eame
position. Four for Councilmen-at-large
were nominated. G. M. Grimes, F. Hen
shaw, E. N. Hurd and Z. Brey. ,
CHRISTMASTREE FRUIT.
The fruit that hangs glittering and
delicious on the terman Christmas
tree is a host of enticing, sparkling
little cakes. Good to look at and good
to eat, wholesome, delicate, sweet and
delightful, they please the children
more than anything else can do. We
have them, fresh and beautiful. Get
them at any branch of the Royal
Bakery & Confectionery. Get them, and
make the Christmas tree more loveljr
than ever. .
BUY APLAYER.
1275 Player Piano, used but guaran
teed. Free music library. Kohler &
Chase. 375 Washington street.
Napavine Improverrient Seen.
CHEHALIS, Wash.. Dec. 20. (Spe
cial). As a result of activity by the
Citizens' Club of N'apavlne, that town
$49ociiar.rr.
price on .a dainty
B.br Orsnd Pl.no.
Th. regular vala. 1.
750. Von can par
a. Ilttl. as S10 a.
Orst pa.rn.nt,
take S year, to
pay the bal
ance. W. are
.xcln.lv.
null tor
Wbr. stack.
Fischer and
Vo s . Pl.nos.
Also Pianola
Pianos. 3 J 5
Waahlastoa.
$490
and r Jin i i
KOlTLm CHASE.
Opea day and ntahu
has recently been cleaned up. Exten
sive sidewalk building haa also been
done.
Man, Arrested, Will Sne Pe Ell.
CHEHALIS, Wasn., Dec. 20. (Spe
cial.) James Clevlnger, who was ar
rested at Pe Ell yesterday for stealing
a goose in a poolroom, was landed in
jail here tonight. He says he will sue
the town of Pe Ell for big damages on
account of the unsanitary condition of
their city Jail.
CHRISTMAS WINE
AND LIQUORS
Treat your friends to the BEST there is.
We can supply you with the very best
LIQUORS
in the market. Rye, Scotch, and Irish "Whiskeys ; Fine
Brandy; Gin; Rum, and all the choicest "Wines Sherry
Claret, Sauterne, Champagne, etc.
Delivered to all parts of the city, free of charge, in our
Auto Delivery, which carries no signs insuring no pub
licity on delivery. -Express prepaid on out-of-town orders
of $4.00 or over.
NATIONAL WINE CO.
5th and Stark, Portland, Or Phones, Main 6499, A 4499
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