Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, December 13, 1913, Image 7

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Newspaper Page TextTTTR urCVRXTXO OREGOXTA?!". SATURDAY, DECEMBER' 13, 1913. AID FOR PACIFIC i HIGHWAY ASKED it ia said, has made It possible to in clude in the circuit such towns as can raise a guarantee of from $1500 to $3000. Caldwell has succeeded In this effort, and the list of attractions will include the Spirella band. Dr. Green. D wight Hlllis. Chapin. Kramer- and other entertainers. I Willamette Valley Towns Want State to Help Improve Main Thoroughfare. MANY TOWNS LINE UP Association Embracing MulLDomaUi, Marlon and Clackamas Oountl es Is Formed at Oregon City to Secure United Action. OREGON C1TT. Or, Dec 12. (Special-) Committees from every town be tween Portland and Salem will work: strenuously for state aid for the Im provement of the Pacific Highway through Multnomah. Clackamas and Marion counties, according' to the pro gramme outlined here today at a well attended and enthusiastic meeting of representatives from Portland. Oswefro, Oregon City. Canby, Gladstone, Mll waukie. Wuodburn, Salem and other valley towns. The movement was started by the permanent organization of the Pacific Highway Association of Multnomah. Clackamas and Marlon counties, of which T. W. Sullivan, chairman of the promotion department of the Oregon City Commercial Club, was elected president. lie was given authority to appoint his own secretary and the as sociation will be made up of delegates from the various commercial bodies In the districts traversed by the highway and others Interested in the movement. Frank B. Riley, vice-president of the Pacific Highway Association for Ore gon; Ia. M. Leppcr. president of the Consolidated K.ast Side Clubs, of Port land; B. T. MrBain, president of the Oregon City Commercial Club: P. U. Newell, of Jennings Lodge; T. W. Sul livan, of Oreson City; J. J. Gibney. of Voodburn; W. L Bair. of Canby; A. King Wilson, of Oswego; Thomas F. Ryan, of Salem; County Judge Ander son and Judge Dlmick. of Oregon City, were amon? the speakers. All made stirring talks favoring the construc tion of permanent hard-surfaced hish wajs along scientific lines. Definite Route Desired. Judge Ryan urged the adoption of a definite route, in order to present the matter feasibly to the State Highway Commission. -The money of the state will be called for from a thousand places." he said, "and the commission now has ap plications In from no less than seven counties for state aid. Between Port land and Salem the most direct route should be agreed upon." Judge Ryan, w ho was formerly Coun ty Judge of Clackamas, said that coun. ty had for years led In the millage of road tax and he compared the 8-mlll general road levy of Clackamas to the levy of 1.8 mills of Multnomah and 4 mills of Marion. "AU-the-year-around highways are what is In the future." said Frank Ii. Riley. "Macadam in the age of the au tomobile and the horse Is too great a burden for the taxpayers to bear. Jndxe Ulmlrk Willi lallr. Judge Dimlck was strong for unity of -action. "You never can have good roads built under the present system In, Clackamas County." he said, "This county can be bonded for $600,000 for the construction of 100 miles of hard surfaced roads and if you will take SIOO.OO per year from your present wasteful expenditure of about $225,000 a year you will provide for the interest, the maintenance and the absorption of the principal In 13 years and In the meantime you will have had the use of your 100 miles of first-class roads and will still havehad $125,000 a year for repair work and maintenance of laterals." I. M. Lepper declared that the good roads movement In Oregon had not had a fair start. He referred to the road campaigns In Indiana and Ohio and said the Increased farm land values and the ease In which the markets were reached justified any expenditure. The meeting will probably result in general progress along the line of per. manent highway construction in this section. Judge Anderson. of the Clackamas County Court, is in sympa thy with the movement looking toward better and permanent roads. Mr. Sulli van, who has assumed the chairmanship of the Joint committee, is an ideal man for the position. He Is an Indefatiga ble and thorough worker In anything he undertakes. LISTER IS NOT CANDIDATE Washington Governor Says He Is Not Considering Senate. TACOMA. "Wash.. Dec 12( Special.) That he positively will not be a candi date for the Senate was announced here today by Governor Lister. "I have two more years to serve as Governor, and until that time Is tip I cannot consider running for any other public office." said the Governor. "The race for the United States Sen atorship promises to be most exciting. I see the Progressives have started their campaign already. It Is a little early to make any predictions as to the probable Democratic candidate. There are several Democrats that are desirous of getting the nomination, but so far Mayor Cotterlll. of Seattle, is the only one who has made formal an nouncement of his candidacy." TRAIN RUNS WITHOUT CREW Hundred Passengers in Cnsnided Cars as Trainmen Lunch. TACOMA. Dec 12. While the en tire erew of an early morning train f the Great Northern, southbound, were in the lunchroom at the Centralla station today, the train, with six coaches and 100 passengers, moved off. A mile and a half out of the station. Express Messenger Atherton. noticing the train was still going at slow speed, and suspecting a holdup, crawled over the tender with his revolver In hand. He was astounded to find the cab empty, and. taking the lever, ran the train to Chehalis. a distance ol four miles, where It waited for the crew. They declared they were the victims of a prank. CHAUTAUQUA IS ASSURED Cam pa Ik ii for Guarantee Is Success ful at Coldwcll, Idaho. CALDWKLL. Idaho. Dec 12. (Spe cial.) The feature of the week's devel opment here Is the successful conclu sion of u campaign Inaugurated some 10 days ago to get together the neces sary guarantee to insure the holding of n Chautauqua here In July. On account of the high cost It has heretofore been beyond the reach of the city. A nw co-operative Chauta,ug.uo plan. ROADS SOON TO BE BUILT Work on Several Cults Near Colfax Tnder Consideration. COLFAX. Wash., Dec 12. (Special.) H. J. Doolittle. engineer In charge of the state road from Colfax to Spo kane, is busy with bis assistants com pleting estimates on the 11 miles of road from Spokane to Spangle. This ia one of the strips of roads that will soon be ready for bids for construction work. The next strip of road la south of Spangle. 13 miles in length' to the Whit man County line. From Thornton to Colfax, IS miles, the survey was com pleted several days a'go. and estimates for this road will follow the other con tracts. One hundred and nineteen thousand dollars was appropriated by the Legis- COTTAGK GROVE ll AVS BEL ATll KS RF.POKT HIS !)-AriliAKAMl- T T I,.-:-. -J-'- Beraard L. Ijiraen. The young wife and the parents of Bernard K Larson, of Cottage Grove, have asked for aid In locating him. Larson left his home last March for Kugenc He never was heard from there, nor have his people since re ceived the slightest clew to his whereabouts, although diligent search has been made. He left, beMde the relatives mentioned, a little child. He was five feet, seven Inches tall, weighs about 150 pounds, had hazel eyes and was round-shouldered. His peo ple think it most likely ho would resort to logging camps If anywhere. lature for the road from Spokane to Spangle. It is expected two separate contracts will be let for this work. CAVE-IN KILLS MINER Soft Ground Kebults In Death to H. O. Proso at Haines. HAINES. Or. Dec. 12. (Special.) A sudlcn cave-In of rocks and earth In a slope at tho Highland mine brought Instant death to A. O. Prose, a miner, at 11 o'clock this morning. Mr. Prose and a companion, Joshua Boyd, were timbering what seemed to them to be safe earth. The ground was com paratively soft. Boyd heard a cry from his companion ami whirling, saw Prose being swept from a ledge on which he was standing by a rush of rocks and earth from the foot wall. He at once sounded an alarm and other miners rushed to the scene and extricated the body, but found that death had .been virtually instantaneous. MAYOR CAUSES ARREST Baker Saloonman Charged With Sell ing Liquor to Minor. - BAKER, Or. Dec 12. (Special.) Mayor Palmer today swore to a war rant and caused the arrest of a saloon man. C. C. Cox, on a charge of selling liquor to a minor, a charge which had been pressed against Cox before the grand Jury and on which that body had returned no indictment. Cox is alleged to have sold liquor to Hatton Howe, a 17-year-old boy. The Mayor began investigations of the charges on his own part after the grand Jury adjourned, accumulated his witnesses and today brought the first action against a liquor man in Baker 'which has been brought in months. TILLAMOOK TAX SET Budget Adopted Provides for ,$359,397.1 2 for Year.' TOTAL LEVY IS 24 MILLS Expense of County Are to Bo 1 Mllla Lower Tlian Last Year, but State Charges Are Increased $52,886. TILLAMOOK. Or, Dec. 12. (Spec la UJ The County Court, after wrestling with the budget for rest year, camo to a final decision today. 'J he first budget prepared amounted to $46-1.-227.7$. but In the revised budget this was cut to $359. 397.12. This Is a re duction of $109.830.t from tho first budget, as well as a reduction of about $13,000 below that agreed upon at the taxpayers' meeting, when the timber men started a fight against an in crease in tho county taxes. This reduc tion means a saving of about $79, S98 to the timber owners and a sav ing of $29,952.86 to other taxpayers. The county taxes, as a result of this reduction, will bo 214 mills lower, not counting the state tax. The cut In the budget was In striking out Items for additions to the Courthouse, the purchase of a poor farm and a bridge across the Nehalcm r.lver. Theie items created caused some opposition. The new budget provide for $14S. 016.36 to be expended on roads, bridges, etc., and $39,073.44 for outstanding road warrants. County Judge Homer Mason, In com menting on the budget, said: "The County Court in making the levy fully considered and recognlied the urgent need of altering and en larging the Courthouse and the mat ter of purchasing a poor farm. The County Court abandoned bofh of these projects and also the building of the bridge across the Nehalem Klver be cause of the general sentiment ex pressed by the people against higher taxes and principally taking Into con sideration tho fact that the state tax to be paid by the county is $52,886 mora than the last levy. "The total tax levy will be 24 mills, one mill higher than this year." Following are the Items of the bud get: Payment of iitato tax $ 71.117.00 Road purposes 1U.MS.3 Retiring county road warrants... 29.073.44 County machinery S.lOQ.oO Road Supervisors' salaries t.000 06 Culverts 6.W0.00 KrKl'tratlon ,nd election l.OOO 00 Sheriffs office .695 HO Clerk's ofice - 4.00.00 Treasurer's office S.MO.Oti lavmr1! nfflra 3.130.00 Surveyor's office and enlneerlnc fc.ono.oo Courthouse, etc 1.80O.00 Circuit Court 5.S00.O0 County Court a.teo.oo Justice's Court 0.00 Coroner's' Urm 300.S0 School Superintendent 1.400.00 Health office 15 00 Widow's nenslons l,:0O.0O Car of county poor 1. 600.00 Jail snd board ... 250.00 nrldxns - t, noo.00 county Veterinarian ........... 00.00 Scalp bounty t.O0.O0 Healer of Welchts and Measures.. soo.OO Kxoertlnc county books tZi.OO citintr schools, library and Insti tute 4S.4sO.00 County fair and exhibits to Stata frnir 2.000.00 Official county printing Roo.no Advertising resources of county.. I.ooo.og Kxpert advisory work 2.O00.00 ttlrin outstanding aeneral county warrants 11.043.S2 Total $S77.I:.i: 914,000 Voted to Mrs. Galllard. WASHINGTON". Dee. 12. In recogni tion of the distinguished services of the late Lieutenant-Colonel David Ualllard. V. S. A, as a member of the Isthmian Canal commission, the House passed today a bill to appropriate for Mrs. Galllard $14,000. the equivalent of a year's salary of a commissioner. Rep resentative Adams, of Georgia, chair man of the interstate commerce com mittee, presented the bill and it was passed immediately. 4 2! S Cars or Freight Shipped,. VTALLOWA. Or.. Dec 12. (Special.) During the period from February 1 to November 15, 1913. 42( carloads of freight, consisting of farm products and lumber, have been shipped from Wallowa. The list follows: Lumber, 256: sheep, 84: cattle. 24; hogs. 21: wheat. 19; oats. 11; hay, 10; wool. 2; horses, 2; barley. 1. POISON TESTIMONY GIVEN John Kerwln Says He Heard Will iam Tracy Tell of "Dope." EOISK. Idaho. Dec. 12. (Special.) That William Tracy, held by the police as a suspect and believed by them to have killed Fred Wallace and Thomas Brown by poisoned whisky, did put a drug in the bottle, which be later asked a bartender to fill with whisky, was the testimony given to the Coroner's Jury today. Owing to the fact that the state chemist will be unable to com plete his analysis of the stomach and liver taken from Brown's body untU January 1. the jury took an adjourn-" ment to that date. John Kerwln. a resident of South Boise, declared he was In the Louvre saloon Monday night when Tracy entered with two companions; tbat he saw Tracy give the bartender an empty quart whisky bottle and heard him ask the bartender to fill it. warning him not to let anyone drink from the bot tle because It contained "dope." ' Wallowa Considers Paving. WALLOWA. Or, Dec. 12. (Special.) The City Council is now considering the proposition of paving somo of the streets. Two kinds of paving, the bitulithlc and Aiacadcm. have been dis cussed. The macadam seems to be fa vored on account of the larse supply oC shalo rack to be had near the city. Oregon Coys at Colfax. COLFAX. Wash.. Dec. 12.--(Special.) Frank Reno. 13. and Harry Walker. IS years old. are being held by Sheriff Cole and homes are being sought for the boys, who have been tramping. They said they came from Eugene. Or. A message to Eugene failed to locate their parents. Kail road Shopmen Laid Off. TACOMA. Wash., Dec 12. (Special.) About 350 workmen were laid off at Tacoma today. The superintendent said there was no work for them. He said ho expected they would be re employed after the first of the year. One thousand one hundred men usually sro employed at the shops. Take home a box of Thomsen's choc olate. Your dealer seUa Utera. 'Adv. 1000 RABBITS ARE KILLED About 5000 nannies Kscape by Faul ty Organization and Bad Fences. PENDLETON. Or.. Dec 12. (Spe cial.) Over 1000 Jack rabbits were slaughtered this morning in the first of a series of contemplated . drives which was pulled off at liolman. About 400 men and boys took part and it Is estimated that over G000 rabbits es caped owing to faulty organisation and the Inadequacy of the wing fences that had been run out temporarily. The drive was participated largely In by Pendleton people who went out in automobiles. No firearms of any kind were permitted. Idaho Y. 31. C. A. Delegate Xamed. MOSCOW. Ida"ho, Deo. 12. (Special.) Kollo Crater, of Twlr Falls, a mem ber of the sophomore clas at the uni versity, has beer, chosen to represent the varsity T. M. C. A. as a delegate to th T. M C. A. convention, which is to be held tho last of this month at Kansas City. Mo. Crater Is Interested in athletics, and has taken an active part during tho past two years in de bate work. Gold Beach Plant to Start. GOLD DEACH. Or, Dec. 12 (Spe cial.) Williamson & Allen, of Cald well, Idaho, are repairing their black sand plant at this place, and soon will renew operations. They have a large amount of machinery at Itandon ready for shipment here, and the Randolph will bring It down next trip. The re cent heavy storm washed the beaches down so that much sand Is In con venient shape to be worked. Sister Iary Electa Dies. - PENDLETON. Or.. Dec 12. (Special.) Sister Mary Electa, otherwise Miss Mary Cavanaugh. dieo at noon Thurs day at St. Anthony's Hospital, after a lingering illness. Sister Mary was 45 years old, and came here from Phila delphia five years ago. The funeral will be held here Saturday. Genesee ITalts Bice Shaking. GENESEE. Idaho. Dec 12. (Special.) The City Council at their regular meeting this week decided to stop the dice shaking in Genese In public places. Yesterday A. J. Fits, the City Marshal, visited the various places and Instructed them to do away with this Kama entirely. 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A preliminary programme tor the three days' session or the Idano biaie Ta.tAa' as.nnlntlnn has been Der- perfected and the attention of the of ficers or the organisation is now unun turned In the direction of an extensive publicity campaign In an effort to at tract every teacher in the state to Boise on December 29, 30 and 31. Trofessor Soulen, president of the association, has announced that a number of sweeping changes In the school system of the stata will be considered. There will be In attendance at the Poise meeting many of the best known educators in the West and addresses will be made by Dr. William T. Foster, President of Reed College, Portland; J. H. Francis, superintendent of the Los Angeles public schools; Dr. Ed ward O. Slsson, State Commissioner of Education; Miss Grace M. Shepherd, State Superintendent of Public Instruc tion, and many others of prominence. Tha presence of Superintendent Francis and Doctors Slsson and Foster will in itself, thinks Professor Soulen, be the greatest drawing-card which the association has to offer the teachers of the state. Dr. Foster has already made the acquaintance of Idaho teachers. He was in Moscow at the teachers' insti tute in October. Dr. Sisson has been on programmes of several teachers' In stitutes in Idaho. Mr. Francis Is known all over the West, by reputation at least, as one of the leaders in the movement for the reorganization of the present school systems. Wallowa to Gt "Gym." WALLOWA. Or.. Dec. II. (Special.) A gymnasium is to be built by the manual training class of the hich school Be certain that you send her the best. You know she knows what is best. Candies of Certainty Maillard, Park & Tilford, Pi'n Whistle, Allegretti and Mulane's The Best America Af lords 92 Third St. . and Sixth at Wash. Main 603 Main 7241 A 4278 PARCEL-POST ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED. within the next few months. The struc ture will be about 40 reet by 80 feet, equipped with gymnasium apparatus and a stage for entertainments. Th-? cost is estimated at $500. exclusive of labor. Holiday Excursion Fares For Christmas and New Year's NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY To Any Point on Any Line in Washington, Idaho, Oregon ; And to Vancouver, B. C. ' - Tickets on Sale December 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 . ' Return Limit January 5, 1914 ' i TICKETS Information 255 Morrison Street Phones: Main 244, A 1244 TRAINS Best of servica to Northern Pa cific points, with connections for points on other lines. A. D. Charlton, A. G. P. A., Portland, Oregon Ask About WINTER EXCURSIONS TO FLORIDA t