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THE MORNING OREGONIAN. WEDNESDAY," HJSIEJIBEK 17, xvxs. 7 INSURANCE MAY GO Multnomah County Considers Canceling AH Policies. - TOO MANY ASK FOR SHAR E.pert Clemens, Who Adjusted Rate and Amounts, Asks to Cnderwrite Large Tart of $3430, to Be Paid Annually. Multnomah County may cancel all in surance policies and carry its own fire risks as is done by many large private corporations. Commissioner Holman, chairman of the County Board, stated yesterday that he Is considering? seriously sub' mlttlng such a proposition to the board. partly because he is inclined to believe It a good business proposition and partly because of the action of a score or more insurance agents who went before the County Commissioners yes terday demanding a share of the county business. "In several years the county, as nearly as I can ascertain, has had only one fire and that a comparatively small one on the ferry Mason about a year ago,"-said Commissioner Holman. Be fore deciding to have the county in surance policies experted by W. J, Clemens the board considered seriously the question of carrying no Insurance and I would not be surprised if this plan were adopted." The visit of the insurance men "to the Courthouse yesterday morning was occasioned by the fact that W. J. Clem ens, appointed to expert the policies covering county property wltn a view to getting uniformity, better rates and proper amounts, made a distribution of the business in which companies rep resented by himself would have re ceived $2294.60 out of a total of $3430.82 to be paid by the county In premiums. As a result cf the protests of other insurance men a committee consisting of Mr. Clemens, Henry Hewett and Herman von Borstel was appointed, one being selected by each member of the County Board yesterday to make a new distribution and report within the next 10 nays. "The profits out of $2300 in pre miums to be made by the companies Mr. Clemens represents would not be sufficient to compensate him for his work and that of his assistants for the county," said Mr. Holman. "Mr. Clem ens had arranged to increase the amount of insurance carried by the county from $149,000, roughly speak ing, to $248,000, at a cost of Mily $91.92 additional to the county each year in premiums. This required a lot of work and figuring and the employment of experts." PROSECUTION MONEY GONE Governor West Asks Meeting of Emergency Board, as Funds. SALEM. Or., Sept 16. (Special.) Governor West In a letter to Secre tary of State Olcott asked that a meeting of the emergency board be called to consider the advisability of granting the executive the rht to in cur exn.nes for making prosecutions throughout the state through special officers. The Governor calls attention to sec tlon 10 of article S of the constitution, which says: "The Governor shall tak care that the laws be faithfully ex ecuted." He says the $1000 approprlat ed at the last session of the Legislature has been exhausted. CHURCHILL STARTS TOUR Superintendent of Public Instruction Busy Till December. SALEM. Or., Sept. 16. (Special.) Superintendent of Public Instruction Churchill left today to attend a teach ers' Institute at Heppner. He will leave there September 19 and attend institutes as follows: Seotrmber 22. 23. 24. Crook County, Prlneville. September 29, 30, October 1, 2, 3. State Fair, fialem. October 6. 7. S, Grant County, John vay. October o, 7, a, uoinw 9r.MI-"VILLE MAX JOINS STATE ACRICI'LTIRAL COLLEGB FACULTY. 'w. 1 ..,. ., ; :-S: .;;.! I.yle V. Hendricks. OREGON' AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, Corvallis, Sept. 16. (Special.) Lyle V. Hendricks, of McMinnville, a former student of the Oregon Agricultural Col lege, and recently returned from Philadelphia, where he has taken advanced work in the Phil adelphia College of Pharmacy, will Join the Agricultural Col lege faculty as instructor in pharmacy. ' Mr. Hendricks completed his four-year course in pharmacy at the college in 1910, taking his B. S. degree. He followed this with graduate work at the Philadel phia College and earned the de gree of doctor of pharmacy In 1912. Waaco and Sherman, The Dalles. October . 10. Harney County, Burns. October 13, 14, 15, Lake County, Lakevlew. October 15, 16, 17, Klamath County, Klamath Falls. October 20, 21, 22. (joint) Jackson na Josephine, Grants rass. October 22, Js, 4. Douclas County. Roseburs. October 22, 23, 24, Umatilla County, Pendleton: Oc tober 27. 2S. 29. Lane County. Eugene. Oc tober 29, 80. 31. Marlon County, Salem. Oc tober 29, 20, 31, Polk County, Dallas. No vember 8. V S. (Joint) Gilliam and Wheeler, Condon. November 5, 0. 7, Hood River County, Hood River. November 10, 11, 12. Washington County, Hillsboro. November 12. 13, 14. Tillamook County, Tillamook. November 17, 18, 19. Clatsop County, Astoria. November 19. 20, 21, Columbia County, St. Helens. November 24, 25. 28. (Joint) Linn nd Benton. Albany. November 24. 23, 20, nlon. Baker and Wallowa Countlea Jointly lth the eastern division of the State Teachers Association, l.a Grande. I BONDS AT PRE IU Small Investors Bid Low and Get Few.City Securities. $259,388 IS AMOUNT SOLD Banks Heavy Buyers and Prices Run as High as 5 Per Cent Above Par at First Sale Under Pop ular Issue System. Premiums running all the way from 2.63 per cent to 6 per cent above par were received for ten-year 6 per cent municipal improvement bonds yester day at the first sale of the bonds under the popular issue plan devised by City Commissioner BigeloW. A total of t2S9.388.25 worth of Donas were soia to the highest bidders. Of the bidders si4la.ll investors got but a compara tlvely. small amount, the bulk being sold to banking institutions ana large bnnd buvers. Low bids on the part of smalt in veators was the cause of the bond going to companies. Forty-six bids for sniall amounts failed to secure any uart of the issue because the premium offered was much below the premium offered by bond buying institutions. Manv of the small bidders submitted tenders of 1 per cent above par, and one even went 5 per cent below par. The average successful bid in the sale carried a premium of 3 per cent above oar. The highest bid was suDmiitea Dy P. Henry Thias, who secured ten iui bonds at a premium of 6 per cent. The lowest successful bidder was me &e curity Savings & Trust Company, which secured $9988.25 of the bonds at z.bj per cent above par. The remainder of the issue sold as follows: Th nanlf of California. ore- mlum of 3 per cent lor a Edward Hoffman, premium ot A ur cent for 000.00 F. Henry Thlaa, premium of 6 par cent for 1,000.00 Security Savings ft Trust com- nan v nremium ox a.uo Tier cent for ... 8,983.25 T.nriH A THton. nremium. of 3.50 per cent for xo.uuu.uv W. carutnera, premium oi -oo ner rent for ' 10.000.00 W. F. White, premium of 8.1 per cent for 100,000.00 W. F. White, premium oi 2.78 per cent ior ....................... jw.vw.w C w Ti-nud. nremium of 2 ner cent for 600.00 O. E. Welters, premium of 8 per cent ior ow.w H. Graf, premium of 3 per cent for 1,500.00 Kettle Crogster, premium ot 3 per cent lor iuv.uu ugust Paulson, premium of 3 per cent for 500.00 Portland Trust Company, pre mium of 814 per cent for , -,- 500.00 Mary 1. Norton, premium of 3 cent tor ouo.w f259,88S.2S DAMAGE VERDICT UPHELD - , Supreme Court Affirms Case From Multnomah County. SALEM. Or., Sept. 16. (Special.) A verdict or $12,485 fof the plaintiff In the case of William Gynther against Brown & McCabe, appealed from-. Mult nomah County, was affirmed today by the Supreme Court, Justice McNary writing- the opinion. The plaintiff In May, 1911, was employed by defendants in storing1 lumber in the hold of the steamship Marechal de castris at Linn ton, when & heavy timber fell on him, Negligence on the part of fellow-work men was alleged. Other decisions by the Supreme Court are as follows: W. C. Thienea, appellant, a&ainst J. M. Francis and A- M. Brewer, appealed fron Lane County; motion ior dismissal ot ap oeal denied. A. C. Iewls, doing- business under the rirm name or tne wonarcn urocery com pany, appellant, against George C. Clark and J. E. Stauffer. appealed from Klamath County, affirmed. John B. Coffey, administrator of the es tate of Grant Scott, against Eliza J. Scott, appellant, appealed from Grant County; sutt dismissed. M. R. Doty against Klamath Lake Nav igation Company, appellant, appealed from Klamath county, anirmed. J. G. Sbebley. appellant, ana Inst A. H. Quatman and J. K. Kendrick, appealed xrom jacjsBon Louniy, aiiirmea. J. G. Shebley and others, appellants, agaiaet A. G. Rose and others, appealed irom jacKson touniy, moauiea. Pacific Bridge Company against Oregon Hasaam Paving- Company, appellant, ap pealed from Multnomah County, reversed. KAY RAIDS FOR WEST MITCHELL, AD 1X3&SILL VISITED BY GOVERNOR'S AGENT. Proprietors of Drugstore, Pool Hall, L,iverjr Barn and Other Places Brought Before Court. SALEM, Or.. Sept. 16. Speclal.) Following; raids.: on drugstores, pool halls, livery barns and other places In Mitchell . and Fossil, Tom Kay, Gov ernor West's special agent, returned to Salem Monday to make his report. The raids were the result of letters re ceived from residents of the towns by the Governor. Mr. Kay reported that in Mitchell he and his assistant, C. G, Glautz, arrested L. F. Christianson, owner of a drugstore, on a charge of dispensing; alcoholic beverages. The man pleaded guilty, Mr. Kay says, and was fined $200. Robert Johnson, proprietor of a barber shop, in which it is declared beer was dispensed and gambling; was allowed, was bound over to the grand Jury. W. C. Vaughan, ex-Recorder and ex-postmaster, was bound over to the grand Jury on a charge of giving liquor to minors. A complaint charg- ng T. Hensley, proprietor of a livery barn, with allowing boys to enter his stable to drink and gamble, was made, Complaint was made against Lamb's drugstore at Fossil, it being alleged that blackberry brandy was being dis pensed there. The proprietor denied the charge, and Mr. Kay brought a sample of the alleged brandy here to have It tested. Henry Reed pleaded guilty to allowing minors in his pool hall. Chester Gllliland was charged with selling cigarettes to minors. FRESHMAN CLASS RECORD State University Enrollment First Bay Totals 272. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene, Or., Sept. 16. (Special.) The first day's enrollment at the University of Oregon was 272, an increase of 10 per cent over the first day of last year. Probably two-thirds of those register ing are freshmen, which indicates a record-breaking entering class this year. The most encouraging part, accord ing to university authorities, is the fact that many of the new students are from the rural sections of the state, where union rural high schools have been established and are now minor out their first classes. GIVE us your idea on the kind of suit; you want this Fall we will show you the suit. We're prepared to give you the right service ; leave it to us and sve ,will take care of you. Hart Schaffner & Marx Suits are ready-made; they're ready for you. Don't get the mistaken idea that you can be fitted without special making; at least, satisfy yourself with a glance over our stock; try our service. Suits for You at $20 to $40 Extremely good values at $25.00. Sam'l Rosenblatt &Co. The Men's Shop for Quality and Service Northwest Corner Third and Morrison Copyright Htrt Schaffner & Mars WOMAN LOSES IN COURT CAUSE FOR ACTION" IS DENIED BY SUPREME TRIBUNAL. Mortgage Given to Cover Shortage of Husband Is Declared Legal and Proper. SALEM. Or., Sept. 16 (Special.) The Supreme Court today. Justice Eakin writing the opinion, affirmed the decision of the Marion County Court holding that Olive E. Hunt has no cause for action against her husband, Spencer S. Hunt, and F. 'W. Spencer, a hardware merchant of this city, on a mortgage issued by Hunt and signed by his wife for $1700, half of a sum which the husband is alleged to have embezzled from Spencer, Mrs. Hunt alleges that she signed the mortgage with the understanding that the money was to be used by her nusoana in a business venture, and sougnt to have it canceled. Hunt as an employe of Spencer from iNovemDer i, lsio, until November 14 1911, systematically embezzled from his employer, and was finally taken into custody by the Sheriff. He confessed his peculations and agreed with Spen cer to repay the money. He paid $1700 cash and gave the mortgage for the balance. Th. plaintiff alleged that the property mortgaged was the homestead of herself and husband, and that on January 15, 1912, her husband conveyed the property to her. The court says: ino proposition of reDayment came from Hunt, and Spencer had a rierht to accept it, if it was not offered or ac cepted under any agreement to dismiss the criminal charge. Nor was the plain tiff induced to sign the mortgage bv reason of threats or duress against her husband. In fact, she says she knew nothing of the charge against him. Therefore, the settlement with Hunt was legitimate and proper." Centralis Paving Begins. CENTRALIA. Wash.. Sept. 16. (Spe- cial.) Alfred & James have coi- menced the improvement of Maple street from Tower avenue to Gold street, this being the last paving to be started by the City Commission this year. Wood block will be used, and if it proves satisfactory there probably will be a new Industry launched In the city, as any of the local mills can man ufacture the blocks as a side Issue. A. L. McLeod Buys Orchard. HOOD RIVER, Or., Sept. 16. (Spe cial.) A. L. McLeod, of Portland, lias purchased from J. J. Forman his 40- acre apple ranch In the Summit dis trict. Mr. and Mrs. McLeod have been here spending the week looking over their new purchase, where they plan to make their home next Summer. Mr. and Mrs. Forman have returned to Cleveland, O. Centrulia Enrollment Grows. CENTRALIA. Wash., Sept. 16. (Spe cial.) According to figures announced by Superintendent Layhue, the enroll ment in the local schools on the open ing day of school showed an increase of 40 over last year in the high school and about 160 in the grade schools. THE I0LALLA COMMERCIAL CLUB j Requests the Pleasure of Entertaining: The Business Men of Portland AT MOLALLA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19; 13 ! At the Celebration of the jjj Completion of the Line of the J I .PortlaiicL Eugene & Easiere Railway "WILLAMETTE VALLEY LINE" . - The Tie That Binds lOO Square Miles of New and Undeveloped Territory to Portland W I SUNSET 1 lOCDENaSrlASTAI SPECIAL TRAIN FROM UNION DEPOT, 8:35 A.M. Returning, Arrives 6:00 P. M. Round-Trip Fare, $1.50 ROUTES SO UTHE F "THE EXPOSITION LINE 1915" KN AC!