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' THE MORNIXO ORKr.flTA. TIIIil?sniV apptt o inn : Sv JURIST TESTIFIES III ESCHEAT CASE Judge McBride Says He De creed Pretended Deed in Winters Case a Forgery. PURDY CLAIM IS HEARD Instrument Held to Be Void by Su preme Court Is Basis of Defend ant's Plea for Estate Property. Many Claimants Watch Suit. Judge Thomas McBride, Chief Jus tice of the Oregon Supreme Court, who several years ago wrote an opinion holding the pretended, deed by which Will B. Purdy claims title to property left by Henry D. Winters a forgery, was the first witness called by Purdy yesterday in the escheat case in progress in Circuit Judge Morrow's court. Purdy forced himself into the case as a defendant to try again to se cure the property. The Chief Justice was on the wit ness stand but a few minutes. Purdy . had htm identify the instrument which was construed by the Supreme Court and held to be a forgery. This is the only evidence by which Purdy now hopes to secure the property. Attorney Logan, for the state, start ed to cross-examine Judge McBride re garding the decision in the former case, which the witness admitted he wrote, but Judge Morrow sustained Purdy's objections. Mr. Logan then announced that he would call Judge McBride as his witness. Attorney Motion Overruled. After Purdy had concluded his open ing statement to the jury, in which he , admitted that he expects to stand in the present case on the pretended deed held to be a forgery, or to have been secured by trickery. Attorney Logan, supported by Attorneys Evans and Citron, for the state, and Attorney AVebster, for the claimants, moved that Judge Morrow Instruct the jury to find for the state as against the defendant. Purdy, on the ground that the status of the pretended deed had already been adjudicated. Judge Morrow held that the former adjudication was privy between Purdy and Agnes Butts, administratrix of the Winters estate, ftir which reason the state and the claimants could not plead res adjudicata. He allowed the mo tion as far as it affects the adminis tratrix, but overruled it as it might affect the State of Oregon' and the claimants of the estate. Iurdy Call Three Wllirwea. The state rested its case after hear Ing preliminary evidence by Mrs. Ag nes uutts ilecKnart, the administratrix. Attorney B. Lee Paget, Dr. K. M. Batch- elor, W. P. Mall and W. K. Critchlow. The only witnesses called by Purdy were Judge McBride. John Van Zante and Mrs. Purdy. When Judge Mor row adjourned court Purdy was read- in? from a deposition made by J. W Weigle, on the witnesses to the instru ment by which Purdy claims the prop erty. While the evidence being taken now is all affecting the Purdy claim, all of the attorneys representing the many groups of claimants are taking part in the proceedings. Each group of claim ants must not only establish its own claims, but negative the claims of the otner groups. Proceedings yesterday were inter rupted frequently by sharp tilts be tween the lawyers. heur, Owyhee and Harney irrigation projects will be prepared this season from the co-operative fund according to a statement given yesterday by State Engineer Lewis. This information will pupusned for the benefit. of these communities. With complete and reli able information it may be possible to interest capital in the construction of these projects. This will bring railroad and other development. valuable topographic maps and other information relative to these projects has for years been withheld by the United States Reclamation Service. Af ter considerable negotiation bv the State Engineer, the Reclamation Com mission has authorized the free use of this information in connection with the preparation of new plans and esti mates. Topographic maps, records of diamond drill explorations and such in formation as is of permanent value will be listed for sale at a price to be fixed by the local co-operating officers. The original cost was $124,000 and a tentative offer at 131.000 tias been made. The price as fixed will have to be paid eventually by those con structing the project. in the Deschutes Valley diamond drill explorations will be made at the Crane Prairie dam site, also on Crooked River k FARM EXPERT IN DOUBT Commissioners Await Action -by Granges Before Making Grant. An appropriation of S900 for the em rloyment of a county agriculturist was held up by the County Commissioners yesterday pending a report from all of the granges of the county. Professor Prench. of the Oregon Agricultural Col lege, B. L. Thorp and O. M. Flummer appeared before the board and urged toe appropriation, but the Commis sioners have received recommendation from only one of the county granges and thought best to defer action. It will take approximately $1800 to continue the work until January 1. Half of this would have to be borne y the county and half bv the state. Professor French, who is in charge of similar worn throughout the state, said tnat results obtained in other counties had been so satisfactory, that ail he -asked of the Multnomah Com missioners was to appropriate suffi cient money to give the service a fair trial. WATER MUST BE PAID FOR Ordinance Compelling Contractors to Pay in Advance Approved. Recommendation of Commissioner XMeck that an ordinance proposed by Commissioner Daly to require con tractors to pay in advance for water used in building cement sidewalks and curbing be rejected failed to meet with the approval of the Commission of public works as a whole yesterday. Mr. Daly declared many contractors use water without pajing for it and much expanse is entailed in checking up on worK oi mis Kino, i-iis plan Is to re quire the contractor to pay In advance at the time a permit is taken out. Commissioner Dieck announced that re expects to establish a water col lection feature ill his department and for that reason he opposed the ordi nance. The other Commissioners sided with Commissioner Daly. BOND ISSUE IS DELAYED Jieivriort May Have to Hold Two Elections to Take Action. . MiWPORT, Or.. April S. (Special.) Newport's proposed issue of $20,000 city bonds to pay outstanding warrants is held up indef fnitely. according to an opinion rendered by Grant B. Dimick an attorney of Oregon City, to Mayor .Kelly. Mayor Kelly asked Mr. Dimick if one election would be sufficient for voting on the bond issue and changing the ciiy cnarter to make the bond issue legal. Mr. Dimick read the charter and gave his opinion that two- elections would be necessary. INFORMATION TO BE GIVEN State Engineer to Prepare Estimates on Irrigation Projects. SALEM". Or., April 8. (Special.) Plans and estimates of cost for the construction of the John Day, Mai- yOUJfG WOMAN PLAYS LEAD ( l-l riliM AX OLOBE. .. .. .n. Mill;:lS: 11 ; Willi mm W:-m:f mm- Minn Ttnoml Chlldera. Miss Naomi Childors is fast becoming the leading woman of the Vitagraph Company. She has been playing small parts for some time, but recently her tal ents for the silent drama " have forced the producers to recognize her great ability, and she is now one of the most popular screen actors. With her power for emo tional portrayal, she combines grace, stature and beauty so that her personality is particularly pleasing. She has been seen here this week in the "Crucible of Fate," and is laying the lead in "The Price of Vanity," now on at the Globe. niiiupcv pace urn i i yUlilULI UttUL MILL GO TO GRAND JURY Dismissed Teacher and Eight of Her Champions Held on Charge of Inciting Riot. TILTS ENLIVEN HEARINGS and Ochoco Creek. Preliminary surveys win aiso oe maae in the vicinity of Fort Rock with a view to providing a water supply for lands in this riin- trlct. Considerable water from Klamath River can be turned over the divide for use on the high desert of Central Ore gon. BOOTH GREETED IN POLK Dominant Kepublican Candidate for Senatorsliip Meels Many. DALLAS, Or.. April 8. (Special.) Robert A. Booth, candidate for the Re publican nomination for United States Senator, arrived in Dallas Tuesday and spent most of the forenoon in greeting old acquaintances and forming new ones. He has many very warm sup porters in the city and county. Active and consistent work is being done to build up a great support for his elec tion, if nominated. Mr. Booth also visited Falls Olv. Monmouth and Independence on hi3 trip Into Polk County. He expressed himself as being well pleased with the work being done here, and with th.: welcome he received this morning. Deemed by the Republicans of the county, as well as by many leading citizens of other political faiths, to be tne "man or the hour," it is fcjt here that he will sweep Tolk County bv a handsome majority in both primaries and general election. Owing to his desire to cover most of the state prior to the primaries, Mr. Booth was unable to spend as much time here as he desired. He made no public speeches, but met several hun dred voters, during the day. It is sig nificant tnat among nis many acquaint ances there is no one who is not ac tively engaged In his support. F. C. KNAPP WILL SPEAK Progressive Business Men to Hear Tjuniber Address. One of the most Interesting meetings of the Progressive Business Men's Club is scheduled at 12:15 o'clock today, when two men prominent in the com mercial life of the Northwest will de liver addresses. F. C. Knapp, manager of the Peninsula Lumber Company and ex-president of the Portland Chamber of Commerce, will discuss the lumber industry in its relations to the pros perity of the Pacific Coast. J. G. Mar tin, manager of the consolidate bodies of the Tacoma Commercial Club and Tacoma Chamber of Commerce, will tell what that organization and simi lar bodies in the Northwest are doing for commercial and. industrial devel opment. President Kanzler has issued a spe cial invitation to representatives of the lumber interests to attend the meeting. The meeting will be held at the Hotel Multnomah. Prosecntor Metiger Freely Criticised by Attorney Strclff, of Portland, Who, Vpoa Hetort, Asks ' That Fine Be Imposed. QUIXCT. Or.. April 8. (Special.) Mrs. Flora I. Foreman, former teacher in the Quincy schools, from which she was ousted, for teaching Socialism, and eight of her champions Mrs. Frank Dixon, wife of a former member of the School Board; R. A. Linnich, God frey Llnnich, his son, W. Emil Lofgren, Louis Mattson, Joe Heath. Charles Overlie and Matt Putio were bound over to the grand Jury here today by Judge Barnes ' after a preliminary hearing on the charge of inciting a riot In connection with storming the schoolhouse here on March 30 last. Mrs. Foreman was the only witness called by the defense, while the state. represented by Deputy Prosecuting At torney Metzger, called John Jolma, J. H. Larson, J. E. Lumijarvi and Mrs. Birst Clarke, the latter being Mrs. oFreman's successor as teacher here. All the defendants were held on the present bail, 1000 each, after a hear ing lasting fully three hours and a half, during which there were many interesting tilts between Mr. Metzger and Attorney itreliff. of Portland, who represented the defendants. The grand jury will meet May 12 at St. Helms, at which time the Quincy case will be taken up. At one' time 'during the hearing after Mr. Streiff had read a section of the Oregon Code and when the Prosecuting Attorney had been told he knew little about his office and its conduct, Mr. Metzger answered back In kind, Streiff retorted and Mr. Metzger ap pealed to the bench to fine the counsel for the defense for alleged contempt of court, but his plea was not granted: DAHO MOOSE ENTHUSE MED1LL N,'CORMICK SAYS TICKETS EVEUTWHERB ARB PLANNED. Chlcagoen Scores Democrats at Boise and Predicts Division In Party, Mexican Intervention Hinted. BOISE. Idaho, April 8. (Special.) Media McCormick, of Chicag. vlce,J chairman of the National committee of the Progressive party, served notice here tonight, in an address before a mass meeting, held under the auspices of the Progressive party central com mittee of this district, in evshrdluetao mitte of this State, that the "Bull Moose" party will put up candidates in every Congressional district, in every State in the Union, and for every of fice for which partisan candidates are nominated. That policy, he declared, has been decided upon by the party leaders and has the indorsement of the "Bull Moose" party organizations in the var ious States. State Chairman Gipson declared that if Northern Idaho shows the Bull Moose strength that the South does, a Pro gressive candidate for Governor will be elected. Mr. McCormick was heartily received and his address frequently interrupted by applause. He scored the Democratic party for its attitude on the trust and tariff questions and predicted a divi sion in that party. Procrastination, he said, points to intervention by the United States in the Mexican revolution. Win. OUR 'jrHGLSDv son Washington Corner First Street STOCK AT HALF PRICE See Our Windows Before Buying Elsewhere 181 II Princess Dressers Half Price Beautiful Birdseye Maple and Circassian Walnut, with 18x36 French bevel plate mirror; regular price ft -I f ff 932; half prico $ I O.UU Chiffoniers Half Price Birdseye Maple and Circassian Walnut and Quarter-sawed Oak Chiffoniers at half price; lare Chiffonier with four lanre drawers and two small top drawers; -worth tf I P- tf $30.00; half price 3l0UU $25.00 Buffets for S12.50 This Buffet is solid oak, has a large linen drawer, two small drawers lined .for silverware, two cabinets and French plate beveled mirror, regular selling price f?2o; tf "1 "" T f half price 31.0U Brass Beds Half Price $80.00 Square-Tube Brass Bed, now... $60.00 Square-Tube Brass Bed, now.. $4,".00 Rouud-Tube Brass Bed, now... $48.00 Round-Tube Brass Bed, now... $."3.00 Four-Postcr Brass Bed, now... $39.00 Four-Postcr Brass Bed, now.. ...S-IO.OO ...S30.00 ...S22.50 ...S24.00 ...S2G.50 ... $10.75 Iron Beds Reduced $20.00 Square-Tube V. M. Brass J3ed for 510 OO $8.00 Round-Tube Iron Bed for S4.00 $12.00 Round-Tube Iron Bed for Sg!oO $8.00. Iron Bed with Brass Trimmings . S4.00 $4.00 Iron Bed for S3.00 $3.50 Iron Bed for 1.95 We Give Credit to All Rockers at Half Price Large Sleepy Hollow Roekers, genuine leather and quai tor sawed oak or mahogany frames: regular $3(j ti n r "V Rocker for 3lo.U0 $13.00 Mahogany Finish Rocker for S?J.00 $12.00 Mahogany Finish Rocker for i?i!oO $15.00 Mahogany Finish Rocker for S7I50 Library Tables Half Price $25.00 Fumed Oak Library Table for SI 3() $20.00 Waxed Oak Library Table for SIOOO $18.00 Waxed Oak Library Table for ' ' $11.50 Waxed Oak Library Table tor !!!!sH!75 $0.00 Waxed Oak Library Table for $3 QO Parlor Suits at Half Price 5-Pieee Mahogany Finished and chase leather ? O O H scats and backs; regular $45.00, for piOv $45.00 3-Pieto Suit, mahogany fiuish, brown (f O O f Spa. iish chase leather; regular $4-5. now ih, tJtJ $25.00 Mahogany Finish Suit in brown Span- "l S f L-h chase leather, for JL J Extension Tables Reduced $35.00 Solid Oak, 48-itn-h top, pedestal bae, for half price $25.00 for $18.00 for $15.00 for ' $17.50 S12.50 sn.oo $7.50 Extra ! Extra ! Extra ! Bargains in our Exchange Department: 1 Direct Action Cias Range, slightly used, worth $25, $12,oO A Dangler Gas Stove, slightly used", was $18, now Sf!oO $15 Chief Uas Range, slightly used S750 1 $12.50 Royal Range for... !.!.gI25 V - : l II III not by breathing foul air. but by eat inir food which they Bather from the ground on which tubercular cuttle or hOs have been kept. GIVE US ROADS, THEY CRY Clarke Connty Citizens Band Togeth er to Demand Arteries. lilDGEKIKLD, Wash, April 8. (Spe cial.) A large delegation of "good roads" enthusiasts of Ridgefield. Pio neer and the surrounding country, in cluding business men. merchants and farmers, will meet with the County Commissioners tomorrow afternoon in the interest of roads for those com munities. They will also ask that money raised by taxation for the improvement of roads in the respective school districts be spent in the school districts in which the money is raised. School dis trict No. 50. in which Hidgefield is lo cated, is the richest in Clarke County, outside of Vancouver. Its total valua tion, including Ridgefield. is $475,860. The amount to be raised for" general, road, school and bridge funds is $25, 356.74. The mileage of roads in the district is about 15. Good 1'riday Services Planned. Good Friday services will be held to morrow at Saint Mark's Kpiscopal Church, Twenty-first and Marshall streets, at A. M., 12 3 P. M. and S P. M.. POULTRY IS TUBERCULAR Idaho Fanciers Alarmed at Spread of Disease and Seek Cause. MOSCOW, Idaho. April 8. (Special.) One of the greatest dangers confront ing the poltrymen of the state is the malady or tuberculosis, according to Professor Pren Moore, of the depart ment of poultry at the University of Idaho. Tuberculosis, says Professor Moore, Is rapidly gaining a foothold in many flocks and is destroying more fowls than any other disease. Many appeals from raisers have led Mr. Moore to investigate the disease. One woman reported the loss of 80 birds. After an examination Professor Moore has found that in scarcely any cases have the lungs of the fowls been affected, but the disease has been con fined almost entirely to the intestines. This, he says, is -an indication that the birds have contracted the disease. GIRLS! THICKEN AND BEAUTIFY YOUR HAIR Bring Back Its Gloss, Luster, unarm and Get Kid of ' Dandruff. To be possessed of a head of heavv, beautiful hair: soft, lustrous, fluffy, wavy and free from dandruff is merely a matter of using a little Danderine. it is easy and inexpensive to have nice, soft hair and lots of it. Just get a 25-cent bottle of Knowlton's Dan derine now all drugstores recommend i apply a little as directed and within 10 minutes there will be an appearance of abundance; . freshness, fluffiness and an incomparable gloss and lustre, and try as- you will vou cannot find a trace of dandruff or fall ing hair; but your real surprise will be after about two weeks' use, when you will see new hair fine and'downv at first yes but really new hair sprouting out all over your scalp Danderine is. we believe, the only sure hair grower: destroyer of dandruff and cure for itchy scalp and it never lans to Etop falling hair at once. If you want to prove how pretty and soft your hair really is. moisten a cloth with a little Danderine and care fully draw it through your hair taking one small strand at a time. Your nair will oe soit. glossy and beautiful in Just a few moments a deltghtfu surprise awaits everyone who tries this. Adv. . INDUSTRIAL CLUB FORMED Columbia County Schools Offeree! Trip for Fair Exhibits. ST. HELENS, Or April S. (Special.) D. P. Harrington, field worker of in dustrial fairs under the state depart ment of education, is in Columbia County this week organizing boys' and girls Industrial clubs. Three clubs were formed by him yesterday. Mr. Harrington is arousing an inter est in the schoolboys and girls to make exhibits for the county fair. He has arranged with State Superintendent Churchill to offer a trip in the State Fair to tho winners of the following ten club projects: Corn-growing. potato-growing, girls canning and pre serving, girls' cooking and baking. hoyw' and girls' ponltry-rwlslng. girls sewing, boys' pig-feeding contest, boys and glrlu' gardening contest. dairy herd record-keeping and manual arts. JURY DESTROYS EVIDENCE 1 11 Passin-r on Damage jinlt 'Signa tures Are Used for Balloting. Signatures of the plaintiff in the case of Sarah Hefter against tho Portland Railway. Light & Power Company, sub mitted to the Jury as exhibits in the case, were not returned to Judge Clee ton's court yesterday with a i'i'i ver dict for tho plaintiff and onjn vestiga tion Clerk tioldsteln found" that the paper on which the signatures had heen made had been used by the Jury in balloting on their verdict. Suit was brought by Miss Uefler for IIO.-IOO damages for injuries to her hand end arm which she said she sus tained when she was thrown from a seat in a car last August. Her signa tures, made during the trial, were of fererl to help the Jurr In determining the extent of the Injuries to her hand and wrist. COMERCIAL CLUB INVITED Toledo Organization Asked to Attend Newport Sleeting. NEWPORT, Or, April 8. Special.) The Commercial Club passed a resolu tion Inviting the Toledo Commercial Club to visit the local club at the next regular meeting in two weeks. Special entertainment will be provided. The club voted to send a memorial to Oregon's Representatives in Con gress asking them to assist in passing the bill to combine the Revenue Cut ler and Ltfesavlng Services Into a coast guard, thus providing a retire ment fund for disabled liresavers or men who have, had 30 years or more continuous service. North Bank Case Turned Over. OLYM HI A, Wash.. April 8. fSpe cin 1. The Interstate Commerce Com mission has referred to the Public Service Commission of Washington the request of the Spokan,-. Portland Seattle Railroad for exemption from tlie provisions of the Panama 'Canal r.ct prohibiting railroad ownership of competing ste-imship lines. The Spo kane. Portland & Seattle desires to continue t'.ie operation of its boats be tween Portland and The Dalles. The Interstate Cnnfmerce Commission mi:. gests that the Public Service Com mission may wish to Intervene in th case. Kinergenc.v Ordinance Aids" Widow. An emergency ordinance for JS was passed by the City Council yesterday to make up for tlie theft last Decem ber of a warrant made out in favor of Mrs. Kluabeth Wilbur for election services. The warrant was claimed soon titer the election by some uni dentified person and Mrs. Wilburs' name forged. Inasmuch as Mrs. Wilbur is a widow an.l was said to need th money the Coiim ll-pass-d the ordinance wiTh nn emertrency clause attached which m:'V It cnVotive at ri-". 1 ui 1 m t . Out doors and In Give the House a New Spring Dress of Paint and Varnish. Here Is a Helpful List of Varnisli Specials at the BIG PAINT STORE and Thirty-Two Others Fridav and Saturdnv. Bring in the Measurements of the Surface to Be Painted or Varnished OUR DISTEICT DEALERS Any of the following Will Suppy You: ITV niSTUItT iloneyinan Hardware Co. Olds. Woriman King. Meier & Frank Co. I.ipman. Wolfe & Co. Huntley Bros. Co., Fourth and Wash ington. A. B. Burger. 42 Third Street. T. J. Nealond. 335 N. 16th Street AI.RIXA DISTHKT Krickson Hardware Co., 544 Williams Ave. l.ETS DISTRICT W. 11. I.vett, Lents, Or. J. A. Steffe, ,rays Crossing. It. A. Leisy, 61 4t Poster Road. WOODSTOCK DISTRICT Woodstock Pharmacy, Woodstock. Mughey Bros., Kast 4 1st and Holgate. PIKDMOT DISTRICT Wareham Hardware Co., 1144 Union Ave. X. Castleman Pharmacy. 113 Killings worth. I'KM'SII,A DISTRICT tilenwood Mercantile Co., 290 Lombard. Peninsula Mercantile Co., 1747 Penin sula Ave. MOTVll.I.A DISTRICT Albert Ehlers. 7 Kast 0th SL, North. SKI.UVOOD DISTRICT Welch Orocerv Co., 140 F.ast ISth. h O. I'rfer. 639 Mtlwaukle. AI.BKRTl DISTRICT Labbe & Son, 731 Alberta Street. Sl'WYSIDH DISTRICT Belmont l'"urniture Co., 35th and Bel mont. KST SIDR DISTRICT Kelly Thorsen & Co.. 6! Union Ave Strowbridgo Hardware & Paint Co.. 106 5rand Avenue. J. A. Hendricks Hardware Co., E. !8th and Glisan. WILLAMETTE STATION C. Anderson. I 2SS Greely Ave. SI Bi ll R AN DISTRICT Tnompson & Webb, Oak Grove. Kelly Paint A Hardware Co.. Mtlwaukle Huntley Bros. Co.. Oregon City. . A. Mather, Clackamas, Or. C.WBV DISTRICT Carlton & Rosenkrans. VANCOUVER DISTRICT Acme Paint & Wall Paper Co. 3 I' ' f FieSier9 Tffipr I-- The Big Paint Store .7?MSfe vai.'i'.ii".'.ivwi"""rrJ:'..., 7.n-'"vitFH vs.. ;!.. " ., - THE SPECIALS KCUSE AND PORCH paint:. HK.cri., Tin: ; A LI. on - i v 1 m -t'cr!-14f;i -A 1 1 Ji 1 1 ,1 in I fP Sl-67 rr..s 35c r Regular price ? . J ."1 gallon. In 42 shades, a gallon iv-s one coat to 0U square feet. FLOOR PAINT sf. CIAL. TIIH UlAHT... P.egular prl.-e r.Oc quart. Dries hard over nijiht. A quart will give two coats to the average m Hi-rt; runR are iiso FLOOR VARNISH M t'lAL, THK QUART. Regular price sr,c quart. Beaver rtrand. Pries hard over night. We know of none better. SHINGLE AND ROOF STAIN alV'oN!;. T.'V1? creosote !-taln. Selsl regularly for 11.10 gal. A Eallon gives one coat to 2uu sq. fu In ten colors. 55c 65c semi ccis oe Front and "Morrison cx.jttvi: j. 111...,... - .iU.'W 1