Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (March 9, 1917)
9 ..THE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 1917. JITHEURS PREPARE BALLOT MEASURE Absolute and Unrestricted Use of AH Streets Provided For . in Initiative Petition. PICKETING RIGHT INCLUDED Provision Made That No Franchise or Protective Bond Shall Be Re quired, but Wording Exempts Car Company From Benefit. Absolute, unrestricted use of streets, roads, highways and. bridges in Port land by all citizens except those con structing tracks, wires, buildings or other obstructions in the streets is to be sought by the Jitney Drivers' Union at the city election June 4. An initiative measure to turn, the Jitneys loose without restrictions has been prepared and submitted to City Attorney LaEoche by A. A. Thielke, president of the Jitney union, for ap proval as to form. The Jitneys propose to get the measure on the ballot by initiative petition. The petitions and the measure, have been printed and circulation -will start soon. Free Rein Demanded. The measure would turn the Jitneys loose to go and come as they please, the only restrictions being- against un necessarily obstructing' traffic and that they pay a sufficient amount of license to meet the actual coat of "necessary control." The measure as prepared spe cifically provides that no franchise shall be required and that the city shall not require a bond for the protection of the public in case of accident. The measure concludes with a pro vision to the effect that the limitation regarding license fees shall not apply to any use of the streets for which a franchise is required. This would ex cept the Jitneys from license, but would still leave in effect the $100 a year li cense on the ears of the Portland Rail way, Light & Power Company operat ing over the Hawthorne avenue bridge. The measure, it is said, also involves a number of propositions such as the riprht of Jitneys to stand unrestricted along the streets, the question of li cense fees for peddlers and the ques tion ol picketing on streets. Petition Is Prepared. Following is the measure the Jitneys have had printed for the voters to adopt: Bo It enacted by the people of the City of Portland, and the City of Portland does or dain as follows: Section 1. That chapter 1 of the charter of the City of Portland be and the same la hereby amended by adding thereto a sec tion to be known as section 8a. as follows: Section 8a, The citizens of the city shall at all times have and enjoy the right to the free use and occupation of the streets, roads, highways, bridges and public thor ouKhfarea of th city for pleasure and profit, but traffic thereon shall not be un necessarily obstructed by any person by any such use, and no citizen shall be required to have or secure any franchise, or grlve any bond or undertaking, as a pre requisite to the use of any such streetsv roads, high ways, bridges or public thoroughfares, un less such citizens shall desire to erect or maintain buildings, railway tracks, wires or other obstructions or erection, over, un der. In or upon said streets, roads, high ways, bridges or publlo thoroughfares. Any license fees that may be Imposed on any citizens for any such use of the streets, roads, highways, bridges and public thor oughfares shall not be materially greater than may be required to pay the actual cost of necessary regulation and control thereof; provided, that this limitation of license fees shall not be construed to apply to any use for which a franchise may be required. NEW WIFE IS AGCOSER BRIDE OF STAXFIELD MAX RE SENTS BEIXO AO. 2. Jay Wood, Arrested on Blgam; Charge, Declares Occupant of Home Is 2Vot Ills Wife. When Jay Wood, proprietor of a restaurant in Stanfield, Or., advertised for a housekeeper and decided to marry the woman who answered the adver tisement, he laid the foundation for trouble for himself, and as a result he was arrested last night on a charge of bigamy. . Mr. Wood, aged 38, wanted a' house keeper, but when Miss Matilda Kienas answered and was willing to work for him. Wood declared, she stated that he could not afford to pay her any wages and would marry her instead. .Miss Kienas agreed and the two were 1 M,Ycfl- They then went to Stanfield to their home. In telling the story to TJeputy Dis trict Attorney Delch, the 'bride" de clared that when she arrived In her 'husband-s" home town she was shunned by the women of the place and upon investigation discovered that Wood had been living there with an other woman who had been known as his wife. . The Stanfield woman, therefore, resented the appearance of Matilda, and the latter had her bride groom arrested. Wood told the Deputy District Attorney that the other woman had never been his wife. MINISTER LOSES CAR SUIT Kev. E. Ii. Benedict Must Pay $100 for Collision With Jitney. VANCOUVER, Wash., March 8. (Spe cial.) The Judtrment entered in .Timtlos W. S. T. Derr's court several months ago against Rev. E. L. Benedict, pastor of the First Methodist Church of this city. In favor of Frank Kerslake, a Portland Jitney driver, whose auto was smashed in a collision with Mr. Ben edict's machine at Fifteenth street and Broadway in Portland July 4. 1916, was today affirmed on appeal by Mr. Benedict to the Superior Court. The case was retried before Visiting judge w. A. Reynolds, of Chehalis. Mr. Kerslake alleged that Mr. Ben edict was exceeding the speed limit and that he failed to observe traffic regulations as .to right of way. He asked $99.50 in his original suit, but this was reduced to $60.60 in the Judg ment. With the costs which have been piling up the minister will now have to pay more than $100. MARSHF1ELD BANK BOUGHT Charles Hall and .Associates Get Flanagan & Bennett Interests. MARSHFIELD. Or March 8. (Spe cial.) Announcement was made by Charles Hall of the purchase by him self and associates of the Flanagan & Bennett Bank, of this city, and the changing of its name to the Bank of Southwestern Oregon. The institution was started in 1889 by Patrick Flana gan and J. W. Bennett, and was the first bank in the county. ' The stockholders of the new com pany will choose directors and officers will be elected March 10. The organ izers are Charles Hall, J. E. Montgom ery and John D. Goss. All the stock holders, with one exception, are Coos County men. The Flanagan & Bennett Bank retains a small share of the stock. The management will be en tirely changed, although, Ralph Will lams, who has been cashier of the bank since it was opened, will be retained In the same position. Those selling were James H. Flana gan and Tom T. Bennett. The sale does not affect the Flanagan & Bennett Bank at Myrtle Point, a branch of the Marshfleld business. It is believed Charles Hall will be the president of the new bank. ELEVATORS ARE FAVORED IXLJlJTD empire: bluestem grow ers TUILI TO BULK HAJVUL1XG. Little of Hard Milling Varieties of - WSieat Is Exported Portland's Necessity Is Shown. One of the important features of the bulk grain handling movement in the Inland Empire is the rapidity with which elevators are being constructed in the bluestem sections. It is not possible to grow a hard milling wheat successfully and econom ically In all the grain sections of the Northwest. The preponderance of wheat Is of the softer variety, and is grown chiefly for export purposes. Most of the bluestem and other hard wheats are sold to the Northwest mill ers. As a general rule, very little of the hard milling varieties is exported. With the growers of bluestem put ting up elevators. It Is regarded as a pretty strong argument that the day of the sack system of handling grain is rapidly eTisappearing. It Indicates that in the near future virtually all of the grain produced in the Northwest will be handled in bulk. This is one of many reasons as to the necessity of Portland preparing to meet this new condition by providing proper elevator and terminal facilities, declare members of the Commission of Public Docks. Seattle already has an elevator with a capacity of 600,000 bushels, and an annex will be built immediately to take .care of 600,000 bushels more. By the time the next crop is harvested the Seattle public elevator system will be capable of handling 1,000,000 bushels at one time. B. F. Stone, manager of the Port of Astoria Commission, announced at the opening of the grain elevator at Pen dleton last Saturday that bids would be opened soon for the construction of storage bins of 500,000 bushels capa city, and efforts would be made to get a big proportion of the grain export trade this year. Machinery for oper ating the storage bins already has been installed. BIG TIMBER DEAL MADE 32,000 ACRES IS DOUGLAS A7TD LAKE WORTH S2.S00.O0O. Acme Mill and Property Along Sluslaw Are Involved In Transaction " r Siu slaw Timber Company. EUGENE. Or., March 8. (Special.) A deed to 32,000 acres of timber lands in the western parts of Lane and Doug las counties, worth $2,600,000, pur chased by the Sluslaw Timber Company in the foreclosure suit brought by the Michigan Trust Company against the Wendling-Johnscn Timber Company, was filed for record in Lane County this morning. The deed is signed by John A. Keat ing, of Portland, special master in chancery, and conveys not only the tim ber lands, but the lawmill property at Acme, on the Lower Sluslaw River, and all the rights of way for logging operations acquired by the Wendling Johnson Company. These lands were purchased from a large number of separate owners by the Wendllng-Johnson Company early in 1911, and July 1 of that year a mort gage was given the Michigan Trust Company, and bonds of the Wendlir? Johnson Company were Issued in the sum of $1,300,000. Interest was de faulted January 1, 1915, and in Febru ary of that year the trust company brought suit to foreclose its mortgage. The decree was Issued in August, 1915, and in September the lands were sold to Melvin M. Hawley, who subse quently assigned his certificates to the Sluslaw Timber Company and the deed issues to the company. The mill at Acme has a dally capacity of 75.000 feet. The timber involved in the transfer lies along the Siuslaw River. BABE'S OPERATION RARE CHILD 21 HOURS OLD UNDERGOES MAJOR SURGICAL TREATMENT. Physician Carries Little One In His Arms From Toledo, Wash. In ""fant Probably Will Live. A major operation was performed on a baby 21 hours old yesterday morning at Portland Sanitarium, and while it is exceedingly rare in annals of sur gery and necessitated the building of artificial auxiliaries to vital organs, it is believed the baby will live. The child was born at Toledo, Wash., at 5 o'clock Wednesday afternoon and a few hours afterwards Dr. Carl Getz laff, who was at the accouchement, started to Portland with the child, car rying it all the way in his arms. Be fore the baby was 21 hours old it was on the operating table at the Portland Sanitarium on Mount Tabor and some vital internal organs were being rein forced so that it could live. The operation is scientifically known as '"exstrophy of thev bladder." - and only one out of every 160.000 babies, according to medical and surgical rec ords, require the operation. Besides re quiring that the bladder be reversed, artificial tissues were built to enable certain natural organs to perform functions of other organs which were deficient. Dr. W. B. Holden, surgeon at the ! Portland Sanitarium, said last night tne naoy proDaDly would live. Dr. Getzlaff carried the baby back to its mother last night. The situation which confronted Dr. Getzlaff Wednesday when he examined the child on Us arrival was not unlike that which confronted Dr. Harry J. Halselden, of Chicago, last year. In each case the doctor was forced to de cide whether the operation which would save the life of the baby should be performed or whether It were better to allow natural results, which in both cases probably meant death to ensue. Dr. Getzlaff chose to operate at the behest of the parents. Head The Oregonlan classified ads. POSTMASTER'S JOB APPEALS TO MANY Announcement of Competitive Test Brings Out Unexpect ed Array of Talent. MR. MYERS NOT WORRIED Possibilities of Some of Those In Public Eye Canvassed, Includ ing Harry Lane, of Filibuster- ing Fame, and E. Versteeg. If Postmaster-General Burleson car ries out his announced plan, for putting all first-class postmasters and aspir ants for their positions through a competitive examination when they come up for appointment, count on a flock of applicants for the Portland Job. It Is surprising how many of the boys have suddenly developed the idea they would) like to take a chance at an ex amination, "Just for luck," if for no other reason. Even Colonel Bush, the well-known citizen and taxpayer of Bull Run, re marked in confidence yesterday to a friend that he would be among those present when the examining board con venes. "Of course," explained Colonel Bush, "If they want us to run 100 yards in 10 seconds as part of the examination, somebody may beat me out. But I con do it in 15." C P. Houston would be perfectly agreeable, if gossip la reliable. C. P. has long wanted o be postmatser, and Btill wants to be. While he might fall in the sprinting test, if licking stamps is made ar part of the examination he stands a good chance to- run up some points. Mr. Watson' Feeling Mixed. George H. Watson, who has been, lug ging around a petition several feet long with signatures Indorsing him for postmaster, is understood to view the situation with mixed feelings. Much depends on . what is included in the examination. Being in the restaurant business, Mr. Watson could pass an ex cellent examination in menu designing, but the postal laws and regulations might stump him. Emerinus versteeg, popular retired brick merchant and boss Democrat, might be Induced to drop his ambition for United States Senatorship and turn to postmastering if weight and busi ness experience enter into the tests. Emerlnus is a real heavyweight. He is also a successful business man. If filibustering were to count for any thing in the examination. Senator Harry Lane could re-electrify his state by scoring so high the Job w.ould auto matically become his. bo far he has de clined to resign as United States Sena tor, despite the emphatically expressed wishes of his constituents. But if the Senator could be assured of a $6000 postmastership under civil service and life tenure, his attitude might be far different. Test la Matter of Speculation. However, nobody kndws what the ex aminations would Include. One guess seems about as good as another, for no Information other than that contained In the dispatches yesterday has been received here. Undoubtedly experience and proved executive ability would count material ly in the scoring, perhaps as much as &0 per cent. Personality might also be taken into consideration. Of course. this might be hard on Sen-tor Lane, but then . Postmaster Frank S. Myers says that so far as he is concerned, ha doesn't care what the examinations are, or how hard they are made. "I am ready for anything they want to examine me in," said Mr. Myers. "My office has had a high ranking in ef ficiency from the Postofflce Department since shortly after I became post master, and that will certainly count for something." Incumbents Have Advantage. Unless he has no executive ability or his record has not been efficient, a post master already in office, if the com petitive examination plan is carried out. w.ould unquestionably have an advan tage over other aspirants. However, there is some doubt whether the Portland Postofflce is included among those covered by the competi tive examination announcement of the Postmaster-General. The dispatches say 'all first class postofflces," which would include Port land. At the same time Mr. Burleson is understood to contemplate excluding the main postofflce in 'each county from the examination plan. The Postofflce Department for some time has had under consideration a scheme to designate one main postofflce n each county, to which all other offices In that county would report. The pur pose of this plan is to centralize local authority and eliminate some of .the plentiful red tape which now requires postmasters of every dinky office to report direct to Washington. Bun of Patriot Heard. These reports not' only burden the mail, but make necessary much clerical help that could be done away with if the small postofflces reported directly to one large central office in their ter ritory which was in close touch with thenu Postmaster Myers discussed the plan with officials of the department while in Washington recently. Official details of the examination plan and the scheme for a central post offlce In each county are expected to reach here shortly. In the meantime there is a great buzzing amongst the patriots who would like to take the examination if one is held. In the dispatches from Washington April 1 is mentioned in connection with the date of the examinations. There may or may not be significance in the fact that April 1 is a day commonly celebrated by practical Jokers. CLATSOP FAVORS BONDS Branch One of Highway Association Organized at Astoria. ASTORIA. Or., March 8. (Special.) Astoria and Clatsop County, in the campaign in support of the road bond issue, have organized branch No. 1 of the Oregon Highway Association. The organization was completed today. The slogan is "Lift Oregon out of the mud," and everybody is eligible to member ship. The officers of the local branch are F. C. Harley, chairman; W. E. Schimpff, Charles High," W. L. Hurlburt and F. E. ' Crowk, vice-chairman; Thomas LIpps, secretary. The executive board consists of the officers and Hiram B. Lelnenweber and W. T. Tallant. PUPILS HELP BELGIANS Irvington School Contributes $68.05 to Fund. Portland school children are falling in line behind the committee working for the relief of Belgian children. Various schools of the city are report ing with handsome contributions, and the campaign among the pupils is yet young. Much assistance is expected to be realized from this source. The Irvington School, by Elmer Brown, principal, reported a donation to this fund of 168.05 yesterday. This Is regardd as reflecting a splendid ef fort on the part of the children and their teachers and parents. Many places in rural Oregon were heard from yesterday by the commit tee with substantial additions to the fund. Country, places are taking up subscriptions for the cause, and are forwarding contributions to the com mittee's headquarters here. Funds were received yesterday by the committee as follows: Charles if. Dunham ................ . .1 2 BO E. Roy. St&yton 25.00 John Green, Elgin 6.00 Citizens of Dundee I.... 41.00 South Deer Creek Granite, Roseburs.. .7.83 Rowene Way, Oregon City... '2.60 Herbert Way. Oregon City 2.B0 A friend. Newberg- 6 00 Eva H. Hull. Kewberjr. ... 2 00 AtMandcr Hull, Newberg- 6.00 Fred E. Fleet. Klamath Falls 1.00 Sydney Evans. Klamath Falls 1.00 Mary A. McGulnness 2 60 Bethel African Methodist Church 2.75 C. E. Hoyt 6.00 Mrs. Lehr 2.76 M. L. A 1.00 J. Dunhoim 100 Piedmont Presbyterian Church 23.00 Mrs. J. c. Anderson 2.00 Irvington School, by Elmer Brown. principal 88.05 BILL ENROLLS CIVILIANS FRENCH CONSIDER EITESSIO.f OF MOBILIZATION. Opportunity for Volunteer Service to Be Offered First, Followed by V Compulsion If Disregarded. rr,TI3Ma-rc 'The government's E?fJ ? 1 'or mobilizing- the civil popu rui ntK0dd in tho Senate Feb T""7 bjr EUnne Clementel. Min ister of Commerce and Agriculture, has been amended in committee of the Sen ate by the Inclusion of some sugges tions from a bill by Senator Henry Berenger The bill now is ready to be considered by Parliament. The principal features of the bill are. first, voluntary enrollment for citizens of both sexes, of allied and neutral nations as well as of France, between the ages of 17 and 60 years; second, that invitations to enlist shall be sent to persons who do not come forward voluntarily, and, third, that those who have not- responded either voluntarily or to invitation shall be enrolled by the government and assigned to work for which they are capable. The salient feature of the bill pro posed the giving to the government the right to mobilize all able-bodied males between the ages of 16 and 60 not now serving in the army, who might be assigned to such work for the national defense as their fitness and domicile made most advantageous. Farmers or other persons in occupa tions directly concerned with the national defense would not be mobi lised and publlo officials and govern ment employes whose services are in dispensable would be left in their present posts. RURAL CREDITS DELAYED METHOD OF PAYMENT CAUSES HITCH IN PROCEEDINGS. Professor Hector Macpherson Sugrsreats That 36 Annual Installments Should Be Equal. SALEM. Or., March 8. (Special.) Further delay in getting the rural credits money available for use by the farmers of the state has been caused by Professor Hector Macpherson, of the Oregon Agricultural College, who put up a question to the State Land Board as to the manner of making payment or interest and principal on loans. Professor Macpherson telephoned to State Treasurer Kay that the plan of the State Land Board to have loans repaid on a basis of a fractional pay ment on the principal each year plus the Interest accruing was not the proper method. His idea was that the payment each year should be an equal fractional part of the entire amount but should in itself include principal and interest. As an example, if the loan were to run for 36 years, the bor rower would pay l-36th each year of the entire sum to be paid, but that l-36th would comprehend both- the in terest, and principal. Under the plan which the board had adopted the- bor rower would pay l-36th of the princi pal each year but in addition would pay the Interest which had accrued. TREATY FIGHT DELAYED ANOTHER LONG DEBATE IN SENATE IS IN PROSPECT. Republicans Prevent Consideration of Proposed .Payment of $15,000, 000 to Colombia. WASHINGTON, March 8. Another long fight over the treaty with Co lombia under which the United States would pay that republic $15,000,000 for the separation of Panama, waa indi cated tonight in the Senate's first exec utive session when Chairman Stone, of the foreign relations committee, called the treaty up for consideration.. Several Republican Senators object ed to Immediate consideration because of the absence from the chamber of leading opponents of the pact and after a short discussion it was sent back to the committee "to get a fresh" start." Senator Penrose announced that in his opinion debate on the treaty would last at least three weeks. Sending the treaty .back to commit tee will give an opportunity for con firmation of nominations which failed at the last session. FRATS TRADE HOUSES Each Serves Dinner to Another to Help Extend Friendships. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. Eugene. March 8. (Special.) To promote democracy and broaden friendship, the fraternities started tonight on a seven weeks' exchange dinner schedule. Each fraternity tonight exchanged half of its members with that of another fra ternity. The groups exchanged houses and dinners were served them in the new environment. Thursday night has been designated as exchange dinner night for each week. The schedule is arranged by Fred Kiddle, of La Grande. v as chair man of the inter-fraternity council committee. The exchange dinner plan does away" with the annual inter fraternity "mix." - Mrs. Ruth Hebe Gets Her Child. OREGON CITY, Or., Mrach 8 (Spe cial.) After reopening the divorce case of Henry Llebe against Ruth Liebe, Circuit Judge Campbell today gave the custody of Florence Liebe, a minor child, to Mrs. Llebe and ordered Liebe to pay $10 a month toward the sup port of the child. IOOOI VICTOR The Wiley B. Allen Co.'s "Superior Victrola Service 'I Enables our customers to reap -the utmost enjoy ment from their purchases and has made our stores the most popular "Victor Shops" in the West. The enjoyment you ob tain from , a Victrola de pends so largely upon the character of record service that we give expert attention to that department. - Again and again we have been able to furnish the latest monthly Victor records several days before any other dealers in Portland were able to supply them. It may be said with absolute truth that there is prac tically no time at which some record or records popular demand are obtainable in Portland ONLY The other Victrola dealers in Portland, who, because of a smaller patron age, depend solely upon the local distributor for their supply of Victrolas and records, have one time after another been compelled to wait several days for delayed freight shipments, but the magnitude of The Wiley B. Allen Co.'s business enables us to receive by express from numerous Eastern jobbing distributors the very latest records at all times. We list below a few late records which are in great demand just now. Come in and hear them. "Smile, Smile. Smile,' (Her Soldier Boy), Hamilton and Chorus !--. "Home Again" (Her Soldier Boy), Alice Green and Chorus 18222 75c "Teasing the Cat' One-Step, Van Eps Trio 1 "On the Dixie Highway," One-Step, Van Eps Trio, J 18226 7oc "So Long, Letty," Medley Fox Trot, Victor Military Band. - "Pass Around the Apples," Medley, One Step, Victor Military Band. f 3o612 1.2a "Poor Butterfly," Medley Fox Trot, Victor Military Band ,.tn. , "Katinka," Medley Fox Trot, Victor Military Band J 3jj63 51.2a "Such a Li'l Fellow," Alma Gluck , . 64625 $1.00 Our various Eastern connections make it possible for us to supply our customers with the popular "hits" while they are NEW and most desirable, and any other selections listed in the Victor record catalogue whenever they are wanted. This is just part of The Wiley F. Allen Co.'s "Superior Victrola Service," which enables our customers to receive the utmost enjoy ment from their investment. Let us serve you. "Superior Victrola Service" has given us a special supply of the Victor Tungstone Styl us Needles. Pkgs. of four 10c TYLER SUIT SETTLED $200,000 Alienation Action to Be Dropped Today. DIVORCE TO BE UNOPPOSED Property .Agreement Is Made Out of Court Wife Blames Mother-in-Law for Troubles' Since Money Was Inherited. Dismissal of the 1200.000 alienation suit of Mrs. Vina I Tyler against her mother-in-law. Mrs. Parmella L. Tyler, is heralded in a divorce action begun in the Circuit Court yesterday against William M. Tyler. A property settle ment has been made outside of court, and J. R. Greenfield, attorney for Mrs. Vina Tyler, says he will file a motion to dismiss the alienation suit today. Details of the property arrangement, which Induced the dropping of the $200,000 heart-repair action and the bringing of a divorce suit which prob ably will go uncontested in view of the two unsuccessful efforts of the husband to secure a divorce during the past year, have not been made public. . The divorce -Is asked by Mrs. Tyler on the grounds of desertion In Lyndon, Kan., January 15, 1915. The Tylers came to Portland in July, 1915; but Mr. Tyler and his mother went to the home of Mr. Tiber's uncle, George T. Fanning. 381 Crampton street, leaving Mrs. Vina Tyler to seek lodgings at a rooming house. Ehe has been paid $50 a month by her husband. Mother-ln-Lavr Accused. . Mrs. Parmella Tyler, who was ac cused by her daughter-in-law of seek ing to break the marriage ties of her son. William, Is a widow, 84 years old. and one of the heirs to the estate of the late A. M. Barber, a Chicago mil lionaire, who was president of the Barber Match Company prior to his death in 191S. Her share of the prop erty was estimated at $250,000. In her alienation suit Mrs. Vina Tyler asserted that her mother-in-law was primarily responsible for the desertion of Mr. Tyler, and planned to shut the daughter-in-law from any share in the Inherited wealth. The Tylers were married In Chicago in 1891. All went happily until the "determined Interference" of Mrs. Par mella Tyler, who sought. It was alleged, to poison the mind of her son against his wife and to induce him to abandon her by coaxing, promises of money and threats of disinheritance. He is an only son. f Trouble Cornea With Money. Most of the opposition of Mrs. Parmella Tyler came after the inher itance of her fortune in 1913, it was maintained. For three years past, Mrs. Vina Tyler declared, her mother-in-law refused to recognize her. treated her' with silent contempt, sneers and snubs, and has considered her a social, intellectual and moral inferior. Such treatment, said the plaintiff DEALERS EVERYWHERE- "Superior Victrola Service" ' MORRISON STREET AT BROADWAY Other Stores San Francisco, Oakland, Sacramento, San Jose, Los Angeles, San Diego and Other Coast Cities. when she was asking for $200,000 dam ages $100,000 for actual and $100,000 for punitive damages has ruined her health, broken her spirit and destroyed her ambitions in life. The wife said she was treated aa maid servant in the home of her mother-in-law in Lyndon, Kan., while her husband was furnished money with which to travel about and learn to forget her. WOMAN PIONEER, 91, DEAD Mrs. Alvina Brlstow Resident of Lane County Since 184S. EUGENE. Or., March 8. (Special.) Mrs. Alvina Brlstow, aged 91 years. Lane County's oldest continuous resident, died at her home at fleasant Hill last night. She had made her home for al most 70 years on the donation claim taken up in 1848. With her husband, A. K. Brlstow, to whom she was mar ried January, 1843, in Illinois, she built one of the first homes in the wilds of Oregon. The funeral will be held to morrow. Mrs. Brlstow was a charter member of the first church organized in Lane County. She had madea practice of reading her Bible through each year. She is survived by one sister, Mrs. Malvina Willis, of Portland, and five OH, I CAN SEE A LOT BETTER NOW ! Of course you can! When old-fashioned lamps come out of the house and Edison Mazda Lamps take their place you can see the difference at once. Your vision's clearer. Close work less tiring and a great source of eyestrain is gone, for the first requirement of good lighting is enough light, and EDISON MAZDAS give three times the light without rising any more current, 10 to 40-watt 27 50-watt 28 60-watt :..30 75-watt nitrogen 6o Buy five at a time in handy blue-yellow carton. Let us advise about sizes and help you to get the most light for your money. ?S5 Ft TO5?v JtT ELECTRIC CO SIXTH AT P1XK -but fj k'M Ml Victrola XI 1100 m at our store. ia shown here children, J. H. Brlstow, Mrs. L. J. Cor nelius. Mrs. I. G. Roblnett, W. L. Brls tow and Mrs. Lilah B. Todd, all of whom reside In Lane County. BONE DRY IS EFFECTIVE Only One Arrest for Drunkenness Made at Klamath In February. KLAMATH FALLS. Or.. March 8 . (Special.) Statistics compiled by Mayor C. B. Crisler, of this city, for Mayor F. C. Harley, of Astoria. Or., on the wet and dry situation in Klam ath Falls show an astounding differ ence in the number of arrests in tha city during the "wet," the "semi-dry" and the "bone-dry" periods. In 1915. before any prohibition law was enacted, there were 345 arrests for drunkenness. In the 13 months during which the prohibition law was in effect, from January 1, 1916. to February 1. 1917, there were but 126 arrests for the same cause. In January, 1917, there were 26 arrests on ttie charge, whila In February, 1917, there was but one. The figures were compiled by Mayor Crisler for Mayor Harley at the latter's request, since Astoria is somewhat sim ilarly located to Klamath Falls, as Astoria is the steamer port from Cal ifornia and Klamath Falls is the rail road port from Dorris, Cal. Read The Oresronlnn classified ads. W E DELIVER lit M))