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UMATILLA IS IN UPHEAVAL
Prohibition Agent, Prosecutor,
Chief of Police and Former
State Officer Involved.
TIIE 3IORXIXG OREGOXIAN, SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 1922
BRIBERY AND LIQUOR
PIO RE CHARGED
PEXt)LETOX. Or., Jan. 20. (Spe
cial.) Charges of crookedness and
incompetence in office have been
lodged by the Pendleton Tribune
against the members of the Umatilla
county court and Pendleton police of
ficers, the paper declaring it has in
hand affidavits proving bribery and
illegal liquor transact'ons against
E. b B. Ridgway. until the first of
the year the special prohibition offi
cer, appointed by the governor and
paid by the county.
The upheaval started with the al
leged refusal of Zoeth Houser, sheriff,
vigorously to. enforce the prohibition
law when the county court would not
allow his expenses for this work.
A seat Hldgwoy Assailed.
The court then followed with th
designation of Prohibition Agent
Kidgway as special prohibition of
ficer, and when the question of his
reappointment came up In January
charges were made by the Tribune of
alleged crooked dealings with boot
leggers and moonshiners.
A grand jury investigation was held
and when the Becret Investigators re
ported a clean bill of health for Mr.
Kidgway the Tribune resumed its at
tack with more affidavits. Following
came a series of newspaper articles
assailing the integrity of the district
attorney and questioning the. grand
Jury report.
Next Monday a new grand Jury will
convene under the direction of A. J.
Llljequist, assistant attorney-general
of the state, for a sweeping investiga
tion of the charges preferred against
public officers by the Tribune. The
paper claims to have nearly doubled
its circulation since beginning the at
tacks. Sensational Charges Made.
Among the sensational charges
brought against the officers are the
following: K. F. B. Ridgway, prohibi
tion officer, promiscuous raiding of
homes with warrants sworn out by
himself; failure to make returns on
liquor destruction orders, bribery,
confiscation of liquor and use by him
self, and Improper conduct; R. I.
Keator, district attorney, malfeasance
in office, among which is failure to
prosecute a sensational case of libel
ous anonymous letter-writing and
failure to inform the sheriff of a sus
pected crooked deputy; W. R. Taylor,
chief of police, for illegal liquor deals;
Bob Sinclair, ex-state officer, illegal
booze deals.
It will Movement Reported,
Circuit Judge Phelps instructed
the new grand Jurors, drawn a few
days ago, to keep open minds until the
evidence was all presented before
them, and told them that they had
power to call any and all witnesses to
get at the entire truth.
An attempt to recall the district
attorney has been publicly talked of,
following the Tribune's demand. .that
' he resign from office.
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CALIFORNIA - OREGON COM
PANY TO FURNISH CURRENT.
Line to Be Constructed 113 Miles,
From Near Med ford to Cities
In Upper Willumette!
MEDFORD, Or., Jan. 20. (Special.)
The California-Oregon Power com
pany headquarters offices .here today
announced that the company had en
tered into an interconnection contract
to supply powex to the' Mountain
States Power company fq,r a period of
30 years, which power is to be used
throughout the Willamette. valley. In
order to supply this power, the California-Oregon
Power company, will
construct a 115-mile high-tension
transmission line of 110.0(K-volt con
struction which will extend from the
Prospect plant of the company, near
Hertford, tlirough the Rogue river and
Umpqua valleys Into the upper Wil
lamette valley, where it will connect
with the transmission system of the
. Mountain States Power company at
Eugene.
This project stands out as one of
the most important power develop
ments of recent times, as It will close
the last gap of the longest Intercon
nected power transmission system In
the world, extending from northern
Oregon to the Mexican border. Tha
construction of the power line will
begrin at once.
This interconnection to the north,
together with the connection wlih the
Pacific Uas & Electric company to the
south, makes the California Oregon
Power company one of the most im
portant links in the interconnection
of power lines which now reach al
most from Portland to San Diego and
will eventually- embrace the entire
Pacific coast. The California-Oregon
Power company's lines already ex
tend from Ulondale in Douglas county,
Oregon, 332 miles south to Kennet
la Shasta county, California. fc
MUCH BUILDING PROMISED
Coos Bay Activity Held Due to Cut
In 'out of Material.
XORTTl BEND, Or., Jan. 20. (Spe
cial.) .Much building is promised on
Coos bay during the present season,
accountable, contractors and builders
say, to the reduction in cost of ma
terial and a lessening of freight
rates.
Of the larger buildings to be start
ed as eariy as possiole, three are con
crete garages, one in tms city and
two in Marshfield. None will cost
less than $13,000. A copartnership is
looking for a tenant to occupy a one
story building 100x100. to be con
structed In the downtown district of
Marshfield, which would furnish a
.fine location for a department store.
Many residences will be built in
the two cities and the surrounding
suburb.
Hope for MiNsing Man Given Up.
YAKIMA. Wash.. Jan. 20 After
two days search, relatives and friends
of V. H. Oreaves. 50. who disappeared
from his home here Wednesday morn
ing. had abandoned hope he might
be alive. He has been 111 several days
and unable to sleep for four nights,
his wife said. It was believed he
wandered away under the Influence
of a sleep potion taken Tuesday night.
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