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iVlIE MORNING OREGONIAX, THURSDAY. JANUARY 9, 1913. CHANCE SIGNS TO MANAGE YANKEES "Peerless Leader" Has 3-Year Contract Amounting to $120,000. WORK BEGINS FEBRUARY 11 Former Cnb Gets 525,000 Tearlj Salary and 5 Per Cent of Net Earnings of Xew York Ameri cans, or $15,000 Annually. CHICAGO, Jan. 8. The American League brought out its heaviest bat teries today and captured Frank Chance. The "peerless leader" was signed to manage the New York Club at a salary and interest which amounts to $120,000 for three years for which he signed the greatest amount ever paid a baseball player. Of this sum, $75,000 Is salary and the remainder the estimated value of 5 per cent of the net earnings of the club. Two days of negotiations between Chance and Frank Farrell, owner of the New Tork Club, were brought to a climax this afternoon when the princi pals quietly visited the office of Ban B. Johnson, president of the league. There they came to their agreement after less than an hour's conference and there the announcement that Chance had signed was made. Xew Manager Iu. "Gentlemen, let me introduce the new manager of the New York Ameri cans," said Mr. Farrell to the reporters as he and Manager Chance emerged from the conference. Both Farrell and Manager Chance kept secret the actual details of their conference. Chance candidly admitted that he had suffered a change of heart since he arrived in Chicago after his Journey from the Coast and said he had been offered terms which no one In his right mind could refuse. "I honestly did not expect to sign," he said tonight. "When I came yes terday I fully had made up my mind that my Interests lay in the West and that I could not aford to leave them, at least for a year. Mr. Farrell, how ever, made Inducements much better than 1 had dreamed or, and even ex cluding my love for the game as a factor, I could not decline them. Salary Biggest Ever Paid. "I am not at liberty to give out the terms but I can say I am to get the greatest sum anybody ever got for piloting a baseball club and I am going to come as near earning it as I can." The terms, learned from an authori tative source, though not announced of ficially. Include for Chance a contract to manage the club for three years at $25,000 a year and 5 per cent of the club's net earnings for the three Reasons. The latter, it Is believed, will amount to $15,000 annually, perhaps more. Chance will assume active manage ment of the team February 11, when he will reach New York to attend the American League meeting. He will ar range then the detais for the training trip. The New York club will have Its Spring workout in the Bermudas, where Farrell has engaged a cricket field for the diamond practice. Plans for Chance day in Chicago already are under way. The New York team will make its first visit to Com lskey Park In May and its new mana ger then will be honored here. Ameri can League leaders, Including Presi dent Johnson, C. A. Comiskey, of the Chicago club, and others openly re joiced at the acquisition of the "peer less leader." Farrell will leave for New York to morrow. Chance' expects to remain here until Saturday. JOXES SEES HARD TASK AHEAD Ex-White Sox Leader Thinks Chance May Disappoint Yank Fans. "Frank Chanee will be the highest priced man In baseball," predicted Fielder Jones yesterday in discussing the chances of his old Chicago rival In landing the berth with the New York Yankees. "He has the upper hand now and would be a fool to accept anything but a salary or percentage which would rank him at the top of the baseball ladder. "If Chance can boost the New York team sev( ral notches in the American League race, while the Chicago Cubs slump a couple of places, what a bump that will be for Murphy," continued the former leader of the world's cham pion Ciicago White Sox. , "If Chance can .make a winner, or a Rood first division team, out of the Yankees in three years he will be worth every cent Farrell will pay him," was the comment of Jones when he heaid of the salary provision an nounced in connection with the sign ing of Chance. "But the former Chicago manager will have a tough Job satisfying his admirers during the coming season. The American League has a strong lineup of clubs, and while I don't like to appear pessimistic, I can't see how Chance -can break into the first divi sion this season. It's hard to figure any team ahead of Boston for the pen nant, and then there are Washington and Philadelphia to be considered, with Cleveland and Detroit right up there." THETAS AXD GAMMAS BATTLE Vnlversity Girls, Including Fonr Teams, Seeking Cnp. UNIVERSITY OF ORKGON". Eugene, Jan. 8. (Special.) While the men at the I'niversity of Oregon are engaged in settling the championship in basket ball among the four classes and the various fraternities, the women are equally absorbed in their own con tests, which are played on the same plan as are the men's games. The inter-sorority league race for the cup offered by "BUI" Hayward has narrowed down to four teams, rep resenting the Kappa Alpha Theta and Oamma Delta Uamma sororities and the Beth Heah and Oregon clubs. Each of these teams has survived the elim ination series with only one defeat chalked up against It. The final schedule has not yet been arranged, but meanwhile the "co-etls" are prac ticing hard for the Impending fray. The inter-class championship has al ready been decided, the freshman girls having been declared winners. By a faculty regulation, the audiences at these grames have always been exclu sively feminine, but there Is a move ment on foot to udmlt mere man in the future. FITCHXER GIVEX TO COLTS Williams Now Has 14 Pitchers, Fonr ' of List Being Southpaws. The Portland Colt pitching staff was Increased to 14 men yesterday when Bert Fltchner, the youthful spithall pitcher of the Beavers, was turned over to Nick Williams. The former Western Tri-State slabster has been tendered a Northwestern League con tract. The members of the Colt twirling squad, including Southpaw Suter, who may refuse to play, are: Lett nanaers, Girot. Callahan. Steiger and Suter; rieht handers. Bloomfield. Eastley. Doty, Agnew, Mays, Bhyne, Wells CresDl. Coonev and Fltchner. Fitchner has "everything in the book" according to his admirers, including a generous 3hare of that unenviable quality styled "wildness. If he can conquer his propensity to walk the batsmen he Is expected to prove a winner next season. Williams hobnobbed with President McCredie over the contract table Tues day night and issued a number of the blanks. Earl Hausman, who played infield and caught for the Colts for a few weeks last season, will be re tained for next year. Esola, the "pewce" bf the club, will not be signed for 1913. INDIAN'S PREPARE FOR RACE Cbemawa Redskins Hope to Defeat Y. Mj. C. A. Runners This Year. CHEMAWA, Or, Jan. 8. (Special.) The Indian runners who participate in the tryouts for places on the relay team representing the Indian School here are intending to commence training in a short time. As soon as weather con ditions permit the Indians intend to run the course for practice with the hope of capturing the cup and medals. E. A. Smith, In charge of athletic affairs, will use his influence to have the race commence in Portland and fin ish at the Statehouse in Salem In or der that the students of the school may have an opportunity to see the finish of the race. The prospects for a good team have never been brighter. For the past two years the Indians have lost the race to the Y. M. C. A. and this year an effort is to be made to run them off their feet Among the new students are some who have considerable experience in cross-country runs and who in all prob ability will make the team this year. Klntus Jim, who finished his lap sev eral yards ahead of Barndollar, Is in school this year, and Demraert, a plucky little fellow who finished the race in Portland, came back this year. Othei runners who have returned are Talbot, Gengra and Dale. AGGIES HAVE SEVEX TOSSES Basketball Squad Cnt Down by In juries for Game With Militia. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, Corvallis, Jan. 8. (Special.) The Ore gon Aggie basketball squad will be seen In action again Friday night when Coach Stewart's goal tossers are scheduled for their second contest with the local militia team. With King and Walker out of the game there are but seven men left to show their paces in this week's prac tice game. Captain Burdick, Cooper and May of last year's team, will be seen at their respective positions of forwards and guard. Dewey, of foot ball fame, candidate for forward. Darl ing and Jernstedt. centers, and Jordan, subguard of last year's team, will also be on the floor. In playing-this year's 16 conference games Corvallis will make but three trips. The first jaunt will be to Mos cow and Pullman to meet Idaho on January 22 and 23, and then play Washington State College January 25 and 27. The other two trips will be to Seattle for games on February 14 and 15, and to Eugene on March 7 and 8. TRAIXIXG QUARTERS FALL Oregon "V" Freshmen Mast Repair Damage Done by Storm. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene, Jan. 8. (Special.) More labor for the freshmen at the University of Oregon has been caused by the collapse of the large structure on Kincald Athletic Field used for Winter training. The accident is the result of the wind storm last Sunday evening, and about 150 feet of roof and fence were blown down. The roof encloses the straight away track on which Trainer Hayward exercises his sprinters during rainy weather. This track was first built in the days of Kelly, Moores and Kuyken- dall, and has been used by all the Ore gon cinder path artists since that time. It is a great improvement on the gym nasium track, for by this means the athletes are given the benefit of a workout In the open air and on a dirt course. According to custom, the present freshmen class will be called upon to repair thedamages as soon as the weather permits. Amateur Athletics. TheVefferson High School basketball team played its third practice game of the season with the Vancouver Barracks five yesterday afternoon on tne high school floor, and humbled' the Army men SO to 7. Seely, R. Lister and Hen drfekson starred for the East Side school. The Jefferson boys lost their practice game with the fast Multnomah five, but defeated the St. Johns quintet. a e The Albina football eleven, which won the championship in the Arche-Wig- glns League, would like to meet the Columbia Park boys, winners of the 140-pound city championship by the de feat of the fast Brooklyn Athletic team last Saturday. The game can be ar ranged with Lin Powers, who has been appointed manager of the team recent ly. The Albina boys average 135 pounds. Lin Powers, the crack 125-pound boxer, who represented the Columbus Club in a number of boxing tourna ments, will no longer box for the East Side Club. Powers severed his connec tions with the Columbus Club recently and Is now a member of the Multnomah Athletic Club. Powers expects to rep resent the Multnomah Club in the future. The Lincoln High School soccer foot ball team met the Portland Academy team Tuesday afternoon and defeated It 5 to 1. Iceberg, for the' private school, played a great game, while Pa get, Roussellot, Goodwin and Celestine starred for the Lincoln boys. The Acad emy boys were outweighed. Joe Little has volunteered his serv ices as coach of soccer to Paul Adams, manager of the Washington High School soccer football team. Sldney Murphy received a badly sprained anke at practice Monday and may not be able to be in the lineup for the first game of the interscholastic soc cer football league with the Portland Academy boys on January 14. The Washington boys will play a practice game with the Jefferson team next Fri day afternoon on the Jefferson grounds. T. S. Andrews' Record Book Out. T. S. Andrews' annual sporting record book for 1913 Is now out. The book contains records of noted fighters, in addition to performances of trotting, pacing and running horses, baseball players, automobile racers, etc. A num ber of fine illustrations of boxers are included in the booklet. Motorboat Club to Meet. Trustees of the Portland Motorboat Club will hold a meeting at their club rooms tonight, to wind up last year's business. Next Monday evening the stockholders will meet for the elec tion of officers for the ensuing year. Don't be skeptical. Don't pronounce Judgment upon the big shoe sale until vou have investigated ror yourseir. Goodyear Shoe Co, 144-146 Fourth st. BENNY HENDERSON G 00 STA D G Manager McCredie Says For mer Outlaw Will Not Don Beaver Uniform Again. GARRETT IS REMINISCENT George Bush, Xew Pacific Coast Umpire, Brings Experience 'with Three leagues In Past Five Years as Recommendation. Benny Henderson, "outlawed" Port land pitcher, has had the baleful asterisk removed from opposite his name on National commission records for almoBt one year, although Manager McCredie, of Portland, has always con sideredi him as neligible to play else where than in the Pacific Coast League. McCredie was made aware of Hen derson's reinstatement yesterday by President Baum. of the Coast League, and will now be at liberty to trade him to some Eastern team. Hender son was suspended by Portland last Fall for failure to keep in condition, but McCredie has made no effort to barter him off because he believed that Ben's blacklist for Jumping Portland in 1907 was still effective. "What disposition do you expect to make of Ben?" Manager McCredie was askec'i last night. "If it is true that he is back in good standing I will raise Ben's suspension and endeavor to trade him to some Eastern club," replied Mac. "Is there any chance that he will be asked to report to the Beavers at Spring training time? Will you con sider a trade with any other Pacific Coast League club?" the questioner continued. "No. Henderson has worn his last Portland uniform," replied Walter. "He will not be asked to report with the Beavers nor will I trade him to any other Coast club. I have no deals on yet at all. but will place him with whatever club makes tne best oner. He may go to New Orleans, to Toledo, to Denver or to any one of a half dozen other clubs. Or. he may not play at all." Other former outlaw players who were reinstated last Spring were "Red" Kuhn. Portland backstop, who then reverted to the Chicago White Sox: Tub Hackett. Terry McKune, Tommy Sheehan and several others. Oscar Jones. ex-Seal pitcher, was restored to good standing at the recent Milwaukee meeting on request of Cal Ewing. Jones is now at Leemore, Cal., and wants his release from San Francisco. Ewing seems to be favorable and It Is possible that he will land with some Northwestern League club. "That's about all the Justice you can expect to get at Boise." So spake Jess uarrett, lormer fore land hurler, as he gazed at a news paper account of the Jailing or two Boise newspapermen by the Idaho Su preme Court. "I had a touch of Boise Justice last Fall." added Garrett, who makes his home In Portland and who. incident ally, desires to do a comeback stunt in 1913. "My experience is particular ly vivid. When I produced sworn affi davits from three players and two out siders than Umpire Golden had offered to let Boise beat my Pendleton team out of second place in the Western Tri State League, they arrested me, made me fork up $1500 in bail to keep out of prison, and then advised me to shut up and the case would be dropped. Of course I shut up. "Further. Golden was given a two days' vacation by President Sweet, of the league, who resides in eoise, so as to line things up with the authorities He umpired the last four or five games and we won one game in the series. I pitched the first game after he re assumed his umpiring Job and every thing I pitched went for balls. Oh! that was a fine mess oi justice. Garrett managed the Pendleton team but will not be there this season. Jack Barry and others who batted against him said Jess' arm was as good as it ever was and the Texan hopes to land with some class B club this year. If experience counts for much, George Bush, one of the new Pacific Coast umpires, should prove a capable official. Dick Egan, of the Cincinnati club, says Bush had trouble with some National league "raggers," but that in the past five years he has Juggled an indicator, in the Three-Eye League, Texas League. American Association and In the National in 1911 ana isiz. Egan is now in San Francisco and has extended an invitation to Pacific Coast leaguers to become members of the new Players' Protective Associa tion, of which he is one of the repre sentatives. Gus Fisher has signed his 1913 con tract. The backstop is wintering in Portland and called at baseball head quarters the dther day in time to affix his signature to the new batch Just made out by W. W. McCredie. SPOKANE SHOTS LOSE LEAD Manhattan Club, of Xew York, Is Only Revolver Team Winning All. SPRINGFIELD, Mass.. Jan. 8. Offi cial scores for the eighth, ninth and tenth matches and unofficial returns In the eleventh and twelfth rounds In the Indoor League series of the United States Revolver Association were an nounced tonight. The Manhattan Club, of New York, has a clear title to first place, 'having won all matches to date. The Spokane team Is tied unofficially at 1119 with Denver in the twelfth round. Lincoln Defeats Y. M. C. A. Five. The Lincoln High School basketball team defeated the Y. M. C. A. Brownies on thT Y. M. C. A. floor last night, SO to 1". After the first half of the play. BIRTHDAY eOJiGRATCLATlOJiB. Worth Mitten. Worthlneton U Mitten, a blercle rider who has made quite a name ttr himself in the six-day racing" game, was born In Davenport. Is.. January S, 18S4. Since 1904, In which year he be;an to pedal In the long- "merry-go-rounds." Mitten has tnw.n part In 2ti six-day events and 821 sprint races. In the Winter of 1911-12 he made a big- lilt In Aus- trails, riding In the six-day grinds with Iver Johnscn as team mate. In the recent six-day race In Boston he teamed with Jumbo Wells, and In the big race In Madison Square Gar den last month Mitten and John Bedell formed a team and finished In e-oord place. 'Mitten owns a farm In Iowa and passes bis time raking the hay when he is not on the racetrack. which proved the most interesting, each five had piled up nine scores. In the second half the High School boys were not compelled to exert .themselves to take the lead. The Jewish Boys Ath letic Club played the Willamette Bible Class five on the J. B. A. C.'s floor last night and won. 50 to 16. AXGELS SECCKE "RUBE" ELLIS Berry Buys Outfielder Outright From St. Louis Nationals. LOS ANGELES, Cal., Jan. 8. Spe cial.) George ("Rube") Ellis, of the St. Louis Nationals, was bought out right by Henry Berry, president of the Lob Angeles Club, Tuesday afternoon. Bills will play left field for Los Ange les during the 1913 season. This completes the Los Angeles out field for next year, says Berry. Ellis will hold down left field. Maggert will be in center and Moore will cover right field. Cy Seymour, big-leaguer, recently purchased by Berry, will not be with the Angels next year. Seymour did not want to play with Los Angeles and Berry will probably sell or trade him. Tale Hockey Team Wins Easily. NEW YORK, Jan. g. Yale defeated Columbia at ice hockey, 8 to 0. tonight in the first college game of the season here. Cox, Yale's center, caged the puck 'four times. The play was fast and free from roughness. WALTER SELLS INTEREST DEPOSED PRESIDENT OF OAKS GETS $4 SHARE FOR STOCK. Jakey Baumgarten Handles Deal for De Ver MacLaren, of Oakland. Walter-Predicts Big Deficit. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 8. (Special.) J. Cal Ewing and his friends have got rid of the disturbing element in the Oakland Baseball Association. This season there will be no hitch in the 'inside workings" of the club. E. N. Walter, deposed president and former tool for Ewing, has disposed of his stock. Jakey Baumgarten, a well-known character in local sporting circles, acted aB the go-between.- Just who the stock really was bought for is a problem, but Jakey purchased It for De Ver McLaren, of Oakland, a warm personal friend of Joe Kelly, Jack Cook, Cal Ewing and Frank W. Leavitt, so the stock has gone into the possession of the local baseball syndi cate. The deal, which has been hanging fire for some time, was completed this morning. Although Ewing has been saying right along that the stock Is worth $10. all that Walter received for his 1200 shares was $4 a share, or rather that is the sum paid for 'it, as Baum garten received 25 cents a share for selling it- So the stock netted Walter but $3.75. It had been expected that Wralter would retain his stock holdings and cause Ewing and his associates some trouble, but he confided to some of his intimate friends that he looked for such a big deficit during the next few years, due to the erection of the new baseball park, that he deemed it ad visable to unload now. Another reason given by Walter for getting out of the club is that he looks for the directors to vote the new offi cers such big salaries that all of the profits will be eaten up, thus freezing out the holders of small blocks of stock. HORR SUCCEEDS VIC ZEDXICK Graduate Manager Retires From Re-election Race at Washington. UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, Seattle, Jan. 8. (Special.) Upon the withdraway of Victor Zednick from the race for graduate manager, Ralph Horr entered the contest late this evening and was elected over the four other candidates on the first ballot- Horr .anaged football at the Uni versity of Illinois for two years an? cleared up a large debt and left the association over $3000 to the good. He graduated from the Washington Law School two years ago and was a can didate for graduate manager against Zednick last year. When Zednick withdrew from the race his friends per suaded Horr to run for the Job. He is a practicing lawyer in Seattle, .but has announced that he will give up his profession to manage the Washington Associated Students. He Is a member of Phi Delta Theta honorary law fraternity and of Delta Tau Delta. Zednick turned the office over to him tonight. The choosing of coaches for baseball, basketball and wrestling has hung fire depending on the election, and Horr has announced that these coaches will be hired at once. 12 TO CLIMB HOOD OX SKIS Portland Club Jaunt to Be Held January 18 to 23. The annual Jaunt of the Portland Ski Club will be held on January 18 23, 12 ski enthusiasts making the trip to Government Camp, at the foot of Mount Hood. The date of the trip was named at a meeting of the club at Multnomah Club last night. Ten members of the party of 12 will be E. J. Jeffery, Jr., G. R. Knight. O. K. Jeffery, P. H. West, J. F. Caha lin. Edgar Frank. T. Morris Dunne, Tom Monks, Sam Holbrook and E. D. Jorgensen. The party takes the train to Bull Run on January 18, staging from there to Rhododendron. Skis will be donned at that point and the remaining ten miles traversed on foot. E. Coalman, the Government guide, will take charge of the party at Government Camp. The original party which made the ski trip in 1906 was composed of Wil son Clark, J. F. Cahatin. George Lauders, J. M. Ambrose, H. H. Haskell, Bert Kerrigan and E. D. Jorgensen. Vancouver Signs College Boy SEATTLE, Wash. Jan. 8. (Spe cial.) Robin Welts, a member of the University of Washington baseball team for two years, has signed to piay with the Vancouver team in the North western League next season. Welts will not join the Beavers until the close . of college. In his sophomore year Welts made the team and led it in batting. Cue Experts Have Match. Henrv Solomon, champion three- cushion player of Oregon, will meet Walter jonnson, a former ijos An geles expert, in an exhibition three cushion billiard match at Haight's bil liard hall In Vancouver tonight. A purse has been put up by the pro prietor of the billiard hall, and the men have put up $50 as a side bet. , Answer to Query. F. A. C. Wlllamtna, Or. Jo Rivers was born on March 19, 1893. He start ed fighting In 1910. The -records do not show that Ketchel ever fought Herrera. Cottage Grove Team Defeated. COTTAGE GROVE. Or, Jan. 8. (Spe cial.) The fast Ashland basketball team defeated Cottage Grove in a hard fought game, the score being 41 to 21. The Oakland team plays here Saturday. GAMES BEGIN SOON Hill and Lincoln Meet in Open ing League Contest. FIVES ARE WORKING HARD Coach Fenstermacher Hap Good Squad of Basket Tossers at "Wash ington and Veteran Team Is Counted On to Be High. Portland's Interscholastic basketball season of 1913 will be born next Tues day afternoon, when the Lincoln High School five meets the Hill Military team on the former's gymnasium floor. The league will be composed of six teams. The following 1b the list of the schools that are entered In the league: Portland Academy, Hill Military Acad emy, Columbia University, Washing ton High School, Lincoln High School and the Jefferson High School. Last year the Washington High School won the interscholastic cham pionship, finishing the season with only one defeat, at the hands of the Univer sity of Oregon freshmen, whom they afterwards defeated. The success of the Washington High School team was due largely to Dr. Fenstermacher. who coached the boys last year. He has charge of the boys this year. Dr. Fenstermacher has had considerable experience in the basketball line, hav ing coached preparatory schools in New York and Pennsylvania a number of years ago. Old Stars in (lame. Foster, Knouff, Crebe, Martin and Jewel, who played on the champion ship team last year, are with the team this season. The regular five that is to represent the team has not been se lected by Dr. Fenstermacher, who will wait until his team plays Its first game January 22 w-ith the Portland Academy before making his choices. The Lincoln High School five should not be overlooked this season. Coach Borleske, who turned out the crack Lincoln football eleven, has charge of the basketball five and will have a fast team representing the school. Borleske has bad his men in a number of prac tice games, in which the team showed up well. If Jefferson High- School does not have as strong a team this year as last, when they finished the season with only two defeats charged against them, both of which they lost to the Wash ington High quintet, it will not be be cause Coach Drake did not put his men through enough drilling. The boys have been out for regular practice for the last few weeks and will have a strong team this season. Hendrlckson, Ean and Lister, some of last year's -talent, are on the team this year. - Holidays Hamper Practice. Holidays have greatly Interfered with hard practice at the Hill Military Academy, but Captain St. Martin has lately had his men iut and expects to have a strong five when his prote ges meet the Lincoln team in the open ing game. Coach Lee, of Portland Academy, which has a record of having the light est team In all athletic games, prom ises to have a strong quintet despite the fact that the boys are not up to the weight average of the other teams. Calllcrate, who Is handling the boys of the Columbia University, has not so large a squad as the other schools, but this will not keep him from having a strong team. The men who have shown up for practice number 12, furnishing material for a fast five. THREE HUNDRED EXPECTED TO ATTEND COXGRESS. Needs of Reclaimed Lands to Be Dis. cussed and Banquets Enjoyed by Visiting Ditchmen. Irrigation 13 the main topic of con versation in the lobbies of the Imperial Hotel today and has been so for the past two days, since the advance guard of the delegates to the Irrigation Con gress, which will hold its second an nual session in the Imperial, beginning this morning, began to arrive from all parts of the Northwest. There will be fully 300 delegates present, representing not only the ir rigation districts of Oregon, but of Washington, Idaho and other neighbor states as well. Eastern and Central Oregon are especially well represented. Among those arriving here yesterday for the congress were 13 delegates from Hermiston alone and other cities east of the Cascade Mountains appear to be sending equally strong delegations. Two banquets are scheduled for the session, one tonight and one Saturday night. The first banquet will be given at the Commercial Club under the auspices of the Association of Cement Manufacturers, for the purpose of illus trating the growing use of cement in irrigation work. President William Hanley, of Burns, will preside over the banquet Saturday night. Mr. Hanley arrived yesterday in Portland with a party of more than a score of Southern and Central Oregon irrigationists. The following reception committee has been appointed to care for 1hedel egates during the congress: George M. Cornwall, R. T. Cox, M. L. Kline. W. H. Morrow, O. E. Helntl, W. Mc Alvord, S. C. Pier, W. C. Wilkes, William McMurray, Emery Olmstead W. 1. Burrfil. William Whitfield, Wilfrid P. Jnnes, F. W. Farrinpton. F. C. Malpas, E.'W. Fames, Eil win Caswell, W. B. Warren, H. W. Mitchell, W. D. Skinner, R. B. Miller, Samuel Connell, C S. Fletcher, S. M. Mears, W. A. Hobo, John Annand. Marie Woodruff, Tom Richardson, J. E. 7avids-m, W. W. Cotton. F. C. Knapp. t s. Bradiey. F. H. McDermott. Edgar B. Piper. John M. Scott, E. C. Johnson. R. W. Sc'iiniMr, C. S. Jackson. J. P. Rasmussen. O. l. Plummer. F. H. Ransom, E. Cooking-ham. H. D. Kilham. The programme of the Second Oregon Ir rigation Concress follow?: ' Thursday, January 9. Morning 10 A. id., registration of dele gates; 11 A. M., meeting of committees, ex ecutive committee, legislative committee, programme committee. Afternoon 2 P. M.. address of welcome, E. B. Plpr, president Portland Commerclat Chrb; response to address of welcome, Will iam Hanley. Burns, president Oregon Irri gation Congress; "Government, State and County co-operation in the Development of Oregon's Water Resources," Hon. J. N. Teal, chairman Oregon Conservation Commission; general discussion, open to the congress. Evening All Oregon Good Roads dinner, given by Association of Western Portland Cement Manufacturers ; delegates to Irriga tion C ingress guests-' of honor. Friday. January 10. Morning General subject, "Irrigation En terprises Carried Out by Local Enterprise of Farmers and Others." Speakers, D. C Sanderson, Freewater, "Accomplished Facts of Irrigation": W. H. Hamaker, Bonanza; P. H. Dencer, Bend, will be present; Leon J. Chapman, Ontario; J. J. Donegan. Burns "Irrigation Projects In Harney County." Admen's Gridiron Heats. The gridiron will sizzle for the new ly elected officers of the Portland Ad Club and for many prominent business men of the city who will be guests at the annual banquet and installation ceremonies of the club at the Mult nomah Hotel, Saturday night. The Seattle Ad Club will send a delegation of more than SO men to attend and take part in the ceremonies, and spe cial songs and stunts will be added to the programme from this contingent. The Seattle party is making the trip to Portland by special train. Music for the evening will be furnished by the Ad Club chorus consisting of the following members: R. M. Emerson. H. G. Webb. N. A. Hoose, M. L. Bow man, W. R. Boone, Dom J. Zan, J. H. Kleiser, H. M. Idleman. R. L. Stewart, W. A. Montgomery. Miles Standlsh. William Young and C. F. Berg. The of ficers to be Installed are: President C. H. Moore, Vice-President C. F. Berg. Secretary-Treasurer W. D. Whttcomb, Directors A. C. Black, R. W. Raymond, R. G. Morrow. M. N. Dana, W. F. Lip man, G. L. Baker and A. O. Clark. STATE REQUIREMENT TOLD Multnomah County's Share of Ex pense Will Be $f 10,183.48. Multnomah County will be called upon to furnish 3410.18S.4S of the money required for state purposes. County Clerk Coffey was so informed in a noti fication received from Secretary of State Olcott yesterday morning. This is about 40 per cent of the entire amount In the same communication was con tained the information that this coun ty's apportionment of the assessed val uation made by the State Tax Board is 331,118.909, bringing the total county assesment to 3335,112,074. Figured on a basis of the assessment for the entire state, a tax of 1.2 mills would provide the money estimated to be necesary to run the state govern ment and institutions, but this does not take into account rebates, delinquen cies, etc In this county the rate for state pur poses probably will be at least two and probably four-tenths of a mill higher in order to allow for these items. If this results in there being money over it will automatically go into the gen eral fund. The receipt of this information from the State Tax Board leaves the way open for the County Court to make the levy for the year, the City of Portland, Port of Portland. School District No. 1 and all other tax-levying bodies hav ing reported previously the mlllage nec essary to raise the amounts they re quire. The County Commissioners are now busy figuring out the county general and county road levies and as soon as this Is done they will be in a position to decide definitely what the entire levy will be. F. D. HENNESSY IN TROUBLE Former Prosecutor's Pet Setter May Lead to Arrest. After four years of putting people in jail, Frank D. Hennessy, Deputy Dis trict Attorney until last Monday, now faces a dose of his own medicine. He Is viewing the catastrophe with small degree of equanimity. The worst part of It Is, Hennessy is likely to be arrested, no matter what course he takes. If he seizes one horn of the dilemma the poundmaster is sure to get him, and if he turn to the other the humane society is almost certain to go after him. Hennessy owns a big Llewellyn set ter, and asserts that he has duly paid the license tax and received the usual tag. However, when it comes to dis playing the badge, as required by ordi nance, the dog's master is "up against it." For the big dog has a big goitre, making the wearing of a collar Impos sible, and without a collar the tag seems impossible. The dog even has to sleep at night with his head on a stool specially provided for the purpose. To put a collar on htm would be such an act as inevitably would draw forth the wrath of Sergeant Crate and the Humane Society. Yesterday Poundmaster Welch "ar rested" the dog, and the former prose cutor had to pay $1 to get his pet out of the cage. At that time he was warned that the animal would be picked up as often as it was found without its tag. Hennessy was busy yesterday por ing over law books and consulting -legal luminaries. "I can't see any way out," he said, "unless I put the 'tag on the dog's tail, and that would look like the dickens." PERS0NALMENTI0N. James Kyle, Mayor of Stansfield, is at the Imperial. Judge W. H. Cannon, of Medford, is at the Imperial. Judge Thomas C. Burke, of Baker, is At the Portland. D. B. Hill, postmaster of Maryhill, is registered at the Oregon. J. W. Crockett, a merchant of Eu reka, is at the Cornelius. E. G. Nolf, a Pendleton stockman, is registered at the Perkins. H, E. Stewart a paper manufacturer of Everett, is at the Portland. Henry C. Relfel, a railroad man of Warrenton, is at the Cornelius. I Vernon A. Forbes, prosecuting attor ney of Crook County, is at the Seward. C. M. Celler, a merchant of White Salmon, is registered at the Multnomah. C. E. Lucian Agasslz, Consul for Sweden at Tacoma, is registered at the Portland. Ross W. Smith, manager of the Dol lar line at Seattle, is registered at the Imperial. John S. Baker and W. E. Hacker, Tacoma bankers, are registered at the Multnomah. Charles Sterling, a manufacturer of woolen goods at Brownsville, is at the Multnomah. Roy O. Yates, representative of the R. R. Thompson estate, is at the Multnomah. L. W. Hlmes. proprietor of the Ho tel Grand at Roseburg. is registered at the Oregon. George Manners, a stock and bond broker, of Chicago, is registered at the Portland. Rev. George F. Rosenmueller, rector of Grace Episcopal church of Astoria, is at the Seward. George W. Warren, a Warrenton stockman, is at the Portland, accom panied by Mrs. Warren. F. W. Graham, industrial agent of the Great Northern, is registered at the Bowers from Seattle. Professor James Dryden, of the State Agricultural College, at Corval lis, is registered at the Seward. John W. Wood. U. S. A., and John E. Townes, U. S. A both from Fort Stevens, are registered at the Port land. Municipal Judge Olof Anderson and Dr. W. C. Logan, of Astoria, were In the city last night to attend the Jack son banquet. John S. Laidlaw..who was up from Fort Stevens to attend the funeral of his brother, the late James Laidlaw, is at the Perkins. Albert A, Light, of Portland and The Dalles, leaves Friday night for San Diego, where he goes to engage in the confectionery business. Having received a surprise on Christ mas In the present of a "Dictionary of Thoughts," and a compliment to his pure use of ,ngusn irora three un known friends, Gavin E. Caukln wishes to express his gratitude to them through The Oregonlan. After an absence of a month, A. J. Coffman, former proprietor -of a candy factory and of numerous stores, has returned from California, intend ing to make a new start in life. His wife and baby departed with Mrs. A- Wells, his wife's mother, for the East during his absence. 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