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. T7TE " MORXTNG OREOOSIAy. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY; 2C, 1915. ' ? , - - i . t - JOHN MINTO DIES ATAGEOF 92 YEARS PIONEER OF OREGON, WHO PASSED AW A Y AT SALEM YESTERDAY, AGED 92 YEARS , Life bf Noted Pioneer Linked With Development of Ore - gon Since Year 1844. MANY DESCENDANTS LEFT As Legislator, Introducer or Merino Sheep to State and Discoverer of Minto Pass Name Became ' Household Word. SALEM, Or.. Feb. 23. Jolm Minto. resident of Oregon since 1844. and member ot one of the early sessions of the State Legislature, died today fter an illness of one week. He was 92 years old. The passing of Mr. Minto removes one of the best-known of con temporary pioneers. lie was for many vcars an intimate friend of the late F. X. Matthieu. and was a witness of the remarkable development of the state from frontier conditions to its present state ot civilization. Having been a member of the lower house of the Legislature in 1862. 1868, 1S80 and 1890, Mr. Minto attended the subsequent sessions of that body as a spectator and during the early part op th recent session suffered a faint ing Knell on the floor of the lower house. For a time it was thought thHt ha was dying:, but he recovered fully and was an interetsed spectator several days during the latter part of the session. Mr. Minto was hale and hearty during his entire life until his fatal illness and was possessed of a remarkable fund of information regarding the history of the state. Death was due to senility. Funeral Set for Saturday. Vur.ml services will be held at Oddfellows' HaU at 2 P. M. Saturday, and interment will be in the -Oddfellows' Cemetery here. Mr. Minto was born in England in 1825. He was among the first to in troduce Merino sheep into this state and in 1873 he discovered the pass into VntRern Oregon which now bears his name. Eight children were born to Mr. ana Mrs. Minto as follows: John Wilson Minto, Mary E. Minto. Robert B. Minto, William Jasper Minto. Irwin Minto. Douglas C. Minto, Harry r. Minto and May Minto. May Minto died in infancy, and Irwin and Robert B.. died of typhoid, when 18 years of are. Mary E. was married to Robert C. Hallcy and they own part of Mr. Minto's dona tion claim four miles south of Salem. Harry Minto formerly was Sheriff of Marlon County, and is now mentioned for the superintendency of the State Penitentiary. Many Descendants Left. Besides his children Mr. Minto is survived by two Bisters, Mrs. Belle Wain, of West Union, la., who is visit ins In Salem, and Mrs. Anna Arnett, of Anthony. Kan., and eight grand children. John Douglas Minto. of Salem: Mrs. Laura Irwin. Mio. nith Southwick and Mrs. Ernestine Mc Nernoy. all of Portland; Mrs. Floy Beemlsh. of Washington: Frank Minto. of Dayton. Or.; Mrs. Beura Welther beer. of Southern Oregon, and Kugcne Jlalley. and seven great-grandchildren. Mr. Minto and Miss Martha Ann Mor rison, daughter of Captain R. W. and Nancy Morrison, prominent , pioneers, were married July 1, 1847. In 1815 Mr. Minto purchased the original Methodist mission claim, and later took .up a donation claim four miles south of Salem. "For one who educated himself Mr. Minto had extraordinary talent for writing and especially for newspaper work." said r. H. D'Arcy. a friend of the dead pioneer since 1S68. "He wrote principally on subjects relating to agri culture, for he was Intensely interested in the cultivation of the soil, but he also wrote well on other topics. Ho was a great admirer of the poems of Robert Burns and could recite many of them. AVhile-living on his farm near this city he was a regular contributor to the Willametto Farmer, published' in this city by Clark & Craig. Mr. Minto at one time was financially interested in the paper. When I was printer's devil on the Statesman Mr. Minto used to come to the office to see me." continued Judge D'Arcy, "and a warm friendship, which lasted until his death, was start ed. I remember when he was a mem ber of the Legislature, and he was con sidered odd of the ablest members of that body." Aliasing; Champoeg Meet Deplored. One of the regrets of Mr. Minto's life ia his failure to arrive in Oregon in time to participate in the Champoes convention of 1843. when by two votes the members decided that the Oregon country should be a part of tho United States and not of Canada. Mr. Minto. in telling of his arrival the following year, frequently declared it was unfor tunate that be had not come a year sooner. No man. according to his friends, among the pioneers had a . clearer conception of the duties of citi zenship or a more prophetic mind re garding the future of the Northwest. Many of the farming methods inaug urated by him have been of the great est benefit in the development of ag riculture in the state. He was fond of experimenting with various crops and the results of his efforts were the sub jects of many of his newspaper articles, friendship With K. . Matthieu Close. At the death of F. X. Matthieu, Mr. Minto became the oldest member of the F.Iks in the state. He was a member of Salem Lodge, No. 336, and was a fre quent caller at tho clubhouse. For al most 70 years he and Mr. Matthieu were close friends and while they were not of the same political faith they had the same ideas regarding the future of tho state. Mr. Minto originally was a Douglas Democrat,' but when the Civil War started he became a staunch sup porter of President Lincoln and the Union, and remained a Republican until his death. His friends say he was In tensely patriotic during the Civil War, and frequently spoke at meetings re lating to the support of the Union. Mr. Minto often told of the struggles of his early life at his boyhood home of Newcastle-on-the-Tyne, Northumber land. He worked as a lad there in the coal mines, and declared it was the most terrible experience of his entire life. Coming to this country with his father when still a boy his first work was In the coal mines of Pennsylvania, but he soon tired of the hard work of a miner and came West. He said that one of his earliest desires was to come to America, where he believed everyone would have an opportunity, and it was largely due to bis Importuning that his father decided to leave England. f - : . - -' x i : - , i ' ' :w -. 1 m 1 JOHN MIXTO. SMUGGLERSATWQRK Powerful Band Said to Guiding Orientals. Be ALL ROADS ARE WATCHED Soottegger Convicted at Pendleton. PENDLKTON. Or.. Feb. 25. (Special.) Si Tate yesterday was found guilty of selling liquor to Indians by a jury in the Circuit Court. James Jones is now being tried on a similar charge. These two are the last of the men recently ar rested as the result of a crusade con ducted by Federal and local officers. Both have already been found guilty In the city court and sentenced to pay minimum Xlacji p 450 eaciu Arrest of Two Reveals to OHicers Operations Systematically Done ot Organized Crew Price lor Aid Reported at $100. SUMAS. Wash.. Feb. 23. American immigration officers believe that a prominent and influential gang, of smugglers or ijnineae is uciiuii& the border between 'Vi ashington . and British Columbia. Members of the immigration department from Belling- ham. Everson. Blaine and uma3, msni and day are watching all the principal roads in the county leading into Bel lingham. - ' The arrest of Harry J. Dahl. a rail way conductor, as he was approaching Everson with four Chinamen in his au tomobile has created a sensation here, where Dahl resided until recently, and where he was prominent in social and fraternal circles. Dahl. with William A. McGee. driver of the automobile, who says he is from Seattle, and the tour Chinese are still held at the immigration detention sta tion. S. P. Jenkins, chief of the Amer ican department here, says that Dahl and McGee tell conflicting stories to the inspectors. A Chinese interpreter will be brought here to question the Orientals. The officers say that the price lor taking Chinese from Vancouver to Seat tle was to be 1400 each. Dahl and McGee were arraigned to day before a United States Commis sioner. They waived preliminary ex amination and were held under ?3000 bond each. They probably will betaken to Seattle tonight to .await action tiy the Federal grand Jury. SEATTLE. Wash., Feb. 25. William A. McGee, under arrest at Suroas on a charge of smuggling Chinese Into the United States, js a public chauffeur. His employer said that McGee left with his car Monday saying he was taking out a partv of tourists. He has not communicated with his employer since. Dahl is a resident of Tacoma. SUICIDE'S BODY ON 1Y S. E. CA'RXAHAJf IS 3VOTE SAYS HE WAS GOIS.G INSAXE. Portland Bookkeeper, Long Idle, Kills Sclt Just After Accepting; Posi tion nt Enterprise. ENTERPRISE, Or., Feb. 25. (Spe cial.) The body of Seldon E. Carnahan, who committed suicide yesterday, was taken to Portland today by Mrs. Carna han and her sister. Miss Joe Wunderli. Miss Wunderli and Mrs. Carnahan are daughters of Mrs. John Wunderli, of Portland. A brother of Mr. Carnahan came from Boise and met the party at La Grande. Mr. Carnahan came to Enterprise on Monday from Portland to take a posi tion ja.3 bookkeeper of the Enterprise Mercantile & Milling Company. G. W. Hyatt, president of company, met him in Portland last week during the state Merchants meeting and engaged him. the two -coming here together, ac companied by Mrs. Carnahan. His prospective duties had been explained to Mr. Carnahan and the" keys of his office had been turned over to him. Shortly before noon on Wednesday he called at two drugstores saying he had a sick dog he wanted to kill and inquiring about the use of poisons. He bought a small quantity of the most deadly poison ha could obtain, signing a fictitious nam pa tfee register Jtept under the law. He, went then to a lumber yard, where he was seen a few minutes later leaning against a post with his hat drawn down over his ees. ' Before anyone reached him he col lapsed and expired, A card was found in a pocket on which, in Mr. Carna han's handwriting, were the words: "Am a nervous wreck and going in sane, so have poisoned myself. Seldon E. Carnahan." In Portland. Mr. Carnahan had worked as a bookkeeper for the John Deere Plow . Company and the Inter national Harvester Company. He had been out of employment for six months. two years from March 6, 1915: Ernest L. Parker, of Cottonwood, for the term of three years from March 6, 1915 . l u r, IS FELT FOCR CAMPS AND TWO MILLS TO RESUME JVEAR ABERDEEN. Six Schooners Are Loading lor Foreign Ports March Expected to Bo Busiest Month. ABERDEEN, Wash.. Feb. 25. (Spe cial.) Lumber conditions on urajs Harbor will receive impetus on Monaay whenone lumber mill, a shingle mill and four logging camps will resume after a shutdown of four months. The losreing'camps to resume are one of the Saginaw Lumber Company; two of the Grays Harbor Logging Company and one ot the Western Logging Com pany. These will employ 240 men. The White Star Lumber Company, with a force of 100 men, and the Sagi naw shingle mill at Saginaw, wun .u men. will resume also on Monday. Other improvements in trade condi tions are shown by the reopening of the Donovan, mill last week with a crew of l-o men ana oi me oturtmri Brothers' camp this week witn a crew of 60 men. Six schooners are loaning lumoer here for foreign ports, while the Phil Ilpine will begin loading next week for Sidney. The Luzon, now due. has a charter to load for the same port. All eight windjammers are expected to clear during March, and thus will make that the busiest in foreign trade wnicn Grays Harbor has had in eight months. Five of the foreign cargoes will go to Australia and one each to Honolulu. Canada and Mexico. Sajs Husband Drove Her Out. BAKER, Or., Feb. 25. (Special.) Alleirine- that her husband. Raymond Brassficld, applied profanity to her, did not support her and finally drove her from their homo in Ktanneia, umatma County, Mrs. Eva Brassneld has, tiled suit for divorce in the Circuit Court, asking that her maiden name of Eva Bowman be restored, and that she be given judgment for the costs and dis bursements incident to the case. She iays they were married in Haines No vember 11, 1911. She Is now living wttn her father, Frank Bowman, and her husband is living in Slanflcld. New Cow Provided for Governor. OLYMPIA, Wash., Feb. 25. (Special.) There will be another Jersey to furnish milk for the executive mansion, as successor to the . unfortunate Brookuna. which after serving as official state cow for more than -a year swallowed a ten-penny nan a month ago and. died or traumatic peri carditis. The new cow will be given to Governor Lister by the Northwest Jersey Breeders' Association. This de cision was made at a meeting in Spo kane this week when report was heard that the Government might get a Hol stein to succeed the ill-fated Brookuna. Caplan Off to Face Dynamite Case. SEATTLE, Wash., . Feb. 25. David Caplan. accused of complicity in the blowing up of the Los Angeles Times building, was taken from Jail at Port Orchard at 2 o'clock today and con veyed in a private launch engaged by a detective agency to Tacoma, where he was placed on board the Shasta Limited train for California. He- is guarded by Deputy Prosecuting At torney Becker, of Los Angeles, and detectives. Idaho Sanilarinm Trustees Named. OROFINO, Idaho, Feb. 25 (Special.) Governor Alexander has made the following nominations of trustees for the sanitarium located nere and has submitted them to the Senate: Perry W. Mitchell. Nezperce, for the term at one year from March 6, 1915; George E, Erb, ot Lewiaton, Xor tho term of AVenatchce Fruit Board Meets. AVENATCHEE, Wash., Feb. 25 (Spe cial.) The governing board of the newly-organized Wenatchee-North Cen tral Washington Growers' League has selected C. T. Haskell as chairman, and C. E. Chase as secretary. The commit tee met yesterday and formulated plans for the control of the fruit industry of this entire district. Tunnel Cavc-ln Stops Train. BAKER. Or., Feb. 25. (Special.) The Northwestern Railroad, better known as the Snake River Road, again is tied up because of a cave-in of the tunnel beyond Copperfield. Trains be tween that point and Homestead have not run for several days, and will not be able to resume for several days while repairs are being madP. Here's one of the new Spring 1915 models made by Hart Schaffner & Marx. It's just the suit for you young fellows. A varsity model, not too freakish, comes in a beautiful run of pretty exclusive fab rics. New jacquard checks, tarlton stripes and checks, pin stripes and mixtures. Look at what were showing at $25 , We have them for more and less $18 to $35 Sam'l Rosenblatt & The Men's Shop for Quality and Service Northwest Corner Third and Morrison Multnomah Hats the talk of the town at $3.00 Mwmm nil Copyright UirtSchaiiocr A Mux SENATE DRY AGAIN Idaho Upper House Passes Act by 26-to-6 Vote. WETS ARE READY TO QUIT House Tasses Proposal to Snhmit Creation of Buhl County to Peo ple Limits on Property in New Counties Favored. BOISE, Idaho. Feb. 25. (Special.) Passage a second time of the state wide prohibition bill making Idaho dry January 1,' 1916. by a larger vote than the same measure passed the Senate two days ago, was the main event at today's session of the Legislature. Senator Rockwell, bf Blaine County, generally reputed wet. who paired Wednesday with Senator Bowman, of Adams County, a dry. switched over to the prohibition column today and with Mr. Bowman voted for the House act. No. 142. by Mr. Kiger and others, and the measure stampeded the Senate ly a vote of 26 to 6. and was sent to the Governor. It passed Wednesday by a vote or to 6 the bill today, but Mr. Frazier, of Koo tenai, who absented hlmsrlf Wednes day, was present, spoke against the bill and voted against It. The liquor interests are already preparing to got out of the retail and wholesale trade in this state, for they have taken the legislative act toiay as the end of tho liquor business in Idaho. Countv division was again the lct'ls lative football In both liousts. The House of Representative passed the Buhl County division enabling act sub mitting the proposal for division of Twin Falls County, and creating Buhl County, to a vole of the people. Ths Senate killed Senate bill No. 71 to al low counties seeking division to cre ate new counties without coming be fore the Legislature and recommended for passage a constitutional amendment providing new counties cannot bo cre ated unless they have a $5,000,000 as sessed valuation. Governor Alexander sniinunred that George F. Steele, of Coeur d'Alene. will tomorrow assume the duties of Insur ance Commissioner to succeed V.. F. Vanvalkenberg. who wished to be re lieved immediately. He also announced the appointment of Jay Rhodes, of Pollock. Idaho Coun ty, as reventh memler of the State Livestock and Sanitary Board. The first night session of the Legis lature was held by th Senate tonight. City to Knler Oil Trade. BAKER. Or.. Feb. 25. (Special.) This city has the oil fever and wants to go into the business. Promoter C. B. Blackmon wanted to leaso tho city dumping ground?, and said it was to be a part, of a big field where oil der ricks would bo as thick as submarines in the North Sea. The City Commis sioners became Interested and wanted to see the city In on a good thing, so offered to lease tho 40 acres for one t ! Dr. PAUL C YA I kJS Tt VKAIt k hiim:t 11)1111 l. l-Ultt't-A.Ml. u R T L A N D I Have Cut Prices I will save you iu cents on vsrv dollar on the bost untl work made by Human hands and without pain. lv offer la for you to bo to iv dental offieu nd get pru-ea. thsn com to nie and I will (.how "U hsrv In save dollar and 1 make a dollar on your denial work. My Price Will Surely Suit You My Work Will Surely I'lraw Yon eemo Into snonl i.ts.'tlen on ! t l.-nn rn'i "M ,i',ri""v I other K.uroMn ro.intrlr. wi- r.re'' dr. Ylnri lo 'Ty l"in uinunj' p- Mr. Proctor, wet, did not vote on eighth of the petroleum, maltha or g. well m, m- rUr.i. -ut , f T v A A I jfl, I i i-sV ALL IVIIIIK Ot A II AVI Kit. Paul C. Yates ! I M .1 111 ..N I 1ST Fifth sud MorrU". Oppnslt Mr. taken out. 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