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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 8, 1905)
u 14L THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, OCTOBER 8, 1905. WILL "ATTEMPT TO HOUNANCE ftugust Erickson to Make Test Case on the Night Clos . ing Law. MAY OPEN EVERY SALOON iAgcd "Witness Defies Subpcna. Judpc Scores Boy's Employers "Who Iicrt Him in Jail Without Ball. WLL TEST CUOS1SG ORDINANCE. August Erickson, the largest retail liquor dealer in Portland, Is tinder ar rest charged with permitting his saloon to be open between 1 and 5 A. M. prohibited hours for the sale or sift of drinks. To Municipal Judge Cameron yesterday moraine, Aler Sweek, coun sel for Erickson, said he would call for a Jury trlul, and lt In believed by the police and generally understood about the city, that a struggle is to be made to break the ordinance compelling natoons to close between 1 and 5 A. M. Erlckson's buslneM Is so large that he desires to run all nlrht, but, al-" though he is willing to pay additional license for the privilege, the city of ficials have refused this. Meyer asserts her husband -was' first ehtangied in the rope and. placed so that the horse "would kick him to death. It Is believed that August Erickson, Portland's largest retail liquor merchant, is going to make a strenuous effort to break the city " ordinance which compels saloons to be closed between 1 and 5 A. M. He is under arrest, charged with viola tion of this law. Yesterday morning, when his case was called before Municipal Judge Cameron, Alex Sweek. counsel for the defendant, snld a Jury trial would be requested. From this and other facts the police and many others believe that the accused, backed, perhaps, by strong In fluences, purposes contesting the law, with a view to knocking it out, so that all night business may be operated. Erickson and some other saloonkeepers of the city have frequently attempted to procure legislation from the City Council that would permit them to operate their establishment all night, but each effort has failed. The arguments of- the liquor dealers have been that their business has grown to such an extent that they could profit by remaining open at .all hours, and that they were perfectly willing to pay the municipality whatever was right lor the privilege. Erickson operates seven bars in his sa loon, 'which extends from Second to Third street, on Burnslde. He also runs a res taurant in connection with the establish ment. One of his dhlef attractions Is an orchestra composed of women. The police sought to divest the place of this music recently, but Erickson called for a Jury trial iand beat the ordinance. He has ) Kept tne women. The- police say, and it is generally be lieved, that Erickson purposes making, a hard r fight to beat the ordinance which specifies that saloons' -must be closed at 1 A. M and remain closed until 6 A. M. He has rgpeatedly bfien arrested, convicted and fined for violation of this law, and Js now held under bail of $100. The case Is to be, tried some day this week, the exact date not being seL This lo looked upon by the polke as In niostr important" . matter that . has . come into the Municipal Court for a long time. If the. ordinance 1; beaten every saloon-In the city Is . privileged to keep open all night. Attorney Sw'cek declined to make .any statement "as,.-to his Intentions regarding the case. Deputy City Attorney Fitz. gerald Is on a vacation, and the case. will not he heard until his return. He- Is ex pected back Tuesday morning. "What in blank have .you got me here for?" was the startling question put to Judge Cameron yesterday morning by P. B. Hayes, an aged man, who was 'sub penaed as a -witness in the case of the city against Mabel Box. Hayes was served, but informed the po liceman that he would not obey the sum mons, and kept his word. A bench war rant was issued Thursday, and yesterday morning the offender was brought In on a charge of contempt of court. "Don't use such language . as that in tills court, or I'll keep you here," replied Judge Cameron. "Why were you not here in answer to that subpena? , I under stand you have said there is no law that can bring you into this court. Did you say that?" "I was sick," said Hayes, calming him self. "I was unable to come; I'm still sick." "Be" here Monday morning, and we'll see what there Is about this matter," said Judge Cameron. "I'll come If I'm able." replied Hayes. "Come or send a physician's certifi cate, if you're sick," said Judge Cameron, "or I'll send a warrant after you." Hayes walked from the room muttering to himself. It is -said the reason he wished to avoid coming into court Is be cause of his family. The case In -which he is wanted as a witness is a scandal of the underworld. Henry Schaffer and J. H. Palmer, car penters, Imbibed freely of Albina booze; nails to the value of 50 cents disappeared from a house they were building at Rus sell and Goldsmith streets, and Schaffer was suspected by Palmer. His arrest fol lowed, he was Jailed, bailed out and so bered. Then Palmer got sorry, and the matter was patched up, and In court yes terday the case was dismissed upon mo tion of Deputy District Attorney Adams. Lee John was fined 510 because he operated a lottery In Chinatown and -was caught at it by Policeman Craddock. H. Wade, a small boy, who dumped a load of garbage In a. vacant lot by order of the manager" of the Wilklns 'Express Company, was arrested -and thrown in Jail because he did not have sufficient money to ball himself out. His employers refused to come to his assistance. When the lad was brought before Judge Cameron yesterday morning, the court, after learning the facts, said It was a shame that the employers of the boy had neglected him and left him in jail a day and a night. Ho was released on his own recognizance, and the case Is receiving further investigation at trie hands of Dep uty District Attorney Adams. Other ar rests are to be made. J. F. Brown, arrested for giving stereop tlcon exhibitions without a license, was compelled to lake out the license. BURNS MAKES ADMISSIONS Surrenders to Boyle Portland Mine Stock He Denied Having:. COUNCIL BLUFFS, -la., Oct. 7. An un expected development has occurred In the famous Portland mining suit for the re covery of Jl.000,000. now pending on a mo tion for a new trial, through the surren der of a certificate for 2000 shares of stock and payment of $3300 dividends and in terest by James P. Burns, defendant, to James Doyle, plaintiff. It is claimed Burns has been holding this stock back for ten years, voting It as his own in meetings of the company and drawing dividends upon it. Doyle alleges that Burns has 238,000 shares belonging to the former, while Burns has heretofore denied that he had any of Doyle's stock in his possession. The verdict was in Burns' favor at the trial of the case last April. Doyle secured Information regarding the certificate for 2000 shares from J. JL BIs choff, former bookkeeper of the Portland Mining Company and private secretary to Burns. BIschoff testified for Burns in tho different trials of the case, but has now made a.scnsat!onal affidavit charging that not only Burns but his attorneys knew about this stock. WILL REFUSE TO TESTIFY Paper Trust Officers to Appeal iFrora a Court's Order., , . '. ST. PAUL, Oct 7. Judge Vandeven'ter, In the United States Circuit Court, late this afternoon decided that an appeal would not lie against his decision handed down last Tuesday, citing members of the General Paper Company to answer ques tions, and to produce the books called (or by the Government in Its suit for injunc tion against the so-called paper trust. The next step In the proceedings will be for the witnesses named to appear be fore Examiner Robert S. Taylor next Thursday. It was Intimated by their at torneys today that these witnesses will refuse to obey the order directing them to testify. They will be then punished for contempt, probably by the Imposition of a nominal fine. From this order of the court an appeal will then be taken to the Suprcrne Court, where the question of their testimony will finally be adjudicated: COURT HELD ON TRAIN Xegro Charged With Assault Con victed in Baggage-Car. PADUCAH. Ky., Oct ".On board the same train on which he was returning to the scene of his alleged crime, James Fowlkes, colored, charged with assault on a white woman at Clinton, Hickman County, was tried, convicted and sen tenced to seven years In the Penitentiary'. Court was held In the baggage-car on an Illinois Central train because the authori ties were afraid Fowlkes would be lynched if he was allowed to be taken off at Clinton. Ingenious Method "of Murder. BEEVHJLE, Tex., Oct 7. (Special.) A man named Gabelleman -was Jail ed here today on a charge of murder, the complainant being; Mrs. Meyer, of Industry, widow of the alleged victim. Gabelleman states that Meyer .was at tending to a horse, -when he became en tancled in a rope and was killed. Mrs. DAILY CiTY STATISTICS Marriage Licenses. EARNEST-DEABLOW Charles H. Earn est. 31, 127 H Sixth street; Ellrabeth C Deablow. 24. DAUBY-HAINES Alva A. Darby, 2, 574 Delay street; Maud H. Haines. 24. BURN6-PANGBORN William K. Burns, 00. Lowe. Idaho: Jennie Pangborn. 00. KLEIN-COMBS Clarence L. Klem, 31. 634 Columbia street; Jessie B. Combs, 22. BEAP.Y-HAM1L.TON Columbus Beary, 30, Harney County; Mary TV". Hamilton, 48. WATTS-GAIN ES Homer T. Watts. 20, 442 Jefferson street; Jennie J. Gaines, 19. OLIVER-BAYER Fred Oliver, 32, Qulncy. Wash.; Mrs. Mary Barer. 31. DIMICK-CORTEAt'X Walter Dlmlok. 24, Lents; Vellna Corteaux, 17. TiOSE-BODLEY Clinton V. Rose, 52, Ta coma; Julia Bodley. 38. . BEVENS-HIBEL James E. Sevens, 22, St. Johns; DolUe HIseL 20. Births. JOHNSON At 402H Clpy street. Septem ber 30. to the wife of Alexander Johnson, a daughter. DENOYER At 60 East Third street North, September 23, to the wife of George H. De ri oyer, a daughter: Deaths. ANDERSON At Home for Aged, October S. Mrs. Jessie Anderson, a native of Scot land, aged 82 years. . ' MOL.VNDER At Good Samaritan Hospital. October 7, Mrs. Ada Molander, a native of Wisconsin, aged 23 years, JO months and 14 days. Remains taken to la Center. Wash., for Interment. CROYyTHER At Good Samaritan Hospi tal. October 3, Mrs. Alice Crowther. a native of Utah, aged 20 years and 11 months. Building Termite A. H. SHIPMAN Dwelling. Mildred street in Arleta Park Addition, 1 000. JLENDON P.ENNE Repair of dwelling, 200 Yamhill street. $30. ' I. S. COOPER Dwelling. Ohio street, be tween Bancroft and Seymour, $700. W, E. FIELD Dwelling, Mallory avenue, between Maegley and Alberta jstreets. SO0. PAUL VAN FRID AG H Repair of dwell ing. Burnslde street between Thirteenth and Fourtcsnth, 51000. Real Estate Transfers. TV. Breyroan et al. to I. Pearson, lot 2, block 9. Sunnyslde S2S u. Mayer ana nusttana to J. u . Walsh, lot 7. block 204. Couch Add 3,450 Portland Lone Fir Cemetery Co. to Mm. L Muhn. N. lot 22. block 85. Cem etery ...... ........ 28 3. F. Maybach et al. to J. C. Natter sted, 1-ts 5, 8, 7, block 3, Northern Hill 2,000 G. E. Linn and wife to N. Kerns, lots 12. 13, 14, 15. block 4. Orchard Homes .... 1.200 N. Kerns to E. Linn, Mist 1,200 E. Nash to C. G. Paine, lots 23. 24, block -H." PorUmouth Villa Ex..... 3.400 C L, Smith et al. to Security Savings & Trust Co.. lots t 4. block SO, Couch Add t 11.000 H. Stein to Wakefield. Frlea Co.. lot 7. block 230. Couch Add 1 T. Duffy tal. to M. E. Marshall, lot 1. block 10, Caruthers Add 1.650 W. M. Ladd and wife to J. Hlrcch. part block 7, Johnson's Add....... ....... 22,000 Columbia Valley Trust Co. va. J. A. McClure. lota 28. 30. Tlffta subdivis ion block 4, Smlthsons Land Co. Add.. 2,000 M. B. Harrison et al. to H. T. Scott, undivided V, lots 1. 2. block 205, city 1 C Howe to J. B. Howe, parcel land be ginning 738.5 feet N. of SE. corner Howe's Add '. 1 R. A. Taylor and wife to I. Talpallnen. lot S3, block 3. city -. ICS G. W. Brown to I. Tarpallnen, lot 3. block 2. city 100 C G. Stanton et at to E..A. Slover. W. lots 7, 8, block 108, Stephens' Add . 50 R. C Price to T. O. Sand. E. 18 2-3 feet lot 5. block 19. Albina 2,500 D. L. Keyt and wife to Mrs. O. Morris. lot C 8, block 14. -XteLaebrhutt & Oatman'a Little Horn mi No. 3........ 1 Oak Park Land Co. to C. Sely. parcel land . beginning at "E. comer lot 4 block 5. Oak Park Add'td EL Johns.. 1 U Plckard to A. L. Stone, lots 7. f, , 10. Falrvlew ' jjq W. J. Hawklna -and wife to L. I.. . Hawkins, block 3, Kingston: also lot 45. block 20. Lincoln Park Annex.... 1 Point View Land Co. to H. Ettlnger, lots S3. 34, 35. block 2. Point View.... ;5Q H. Ettlnger and wire to the Title Guar antee & Trust Co- lots 33, 34. 35, 36, block 2. Point View 1 G. TV. McCoy to O. Tuerch. E. H lot 4, Mistletoe Add .... tW D. J. Malarkey and wife to K. A. Daly, lota 5. 8. block 71, Couch Add.. 7.IO0 C. M. Tout to S. D. Chltleden. parcel land beginning 25 feet E. of SW. cor. lot 10. block 21. King's Second Add.. 3.500 J. E. Scott et at to Victor Land Co.; lot 2. block 12. subdlvitloa P. J. Mar tin Tract ...... .................... 1 A. McCalman to G. A. Feel, blocks 90. 87, Palatine Hill No. 3 T30 ROUND TRIPJ-0 ASTORIA Swift excursion steaaer Telegraph da forts freaa Alder-street f ock dally (ex cept Friday),- A. ItL, returning fres Asteria 3 P. 1L. arrive P ertla.ua 8:33 P. M. EuBd&ys froa Fortl&sd t JL M xriTlar FertlaJHl 9T.iL ALL PROTESTS FILED Eight Hundred and Fifty Object to New Assessment. MOSTLY ON PERSONAL LEVY Assessor Slglcr "Will Now In-cestlgate All the Properties "Whose Own ers Say He Has Over stated Their Value. ' Protest against the new tax aasese ment are now all on file with the County Board of Equalisation, for the hour of re ceiving them ended at 4 P. 1L yeaterday. after somo 50 had been offered. The re monstrances form & high stack and. the taxpayers from whom they came made life a burden for County Clerk Fields and Assessor Slgler, the two men who, with County Judge "Webeter, constitute the Board. Judge "Webster did not attend the sessions of the Board last week, owing to private business in Eastern Oregon, but will return at the end of the present week, in time to take up the complaints after they have been Investigated by the assessor and his deputies. Mr. Slgler is. neither surprised nor dis mayed by the number o'f protests that have been made against the new system of cash valuations. Most of the big men cantllo firms in the city have remon strated, -saying that their stocks of mer chandise and cash are much less than arsesjwd by Mr. Slgler; In fact. If their complaints should hold, the aggregate of the assessments so protested would amount to about one-half of the total amount at which they are now assessed. AVIII Investigate Protests. Before the Board starts. In to equalize the roll, the Assesror juill "get busy" on the protests to determine their veracity. He and his deputies will visit the realties and the business-houses whose owners aver they are excess! vly assessed. Mr. SIgler's valuations In the assessment roll were based on as complete Information as he could secure, and he believes that in the main they were fair and equitable. Merchants who have objected to their personal assessments will be required to produce their books and invoices In evi dence of their contention. The equaliza tion, of course, will cause a shrinkage from the $147,000,000 total now la the roll how much will depend on the policy of the two members of the Board who are associated with Assessor Slgler. but It seems quite likely that they will sustain him. The biggest protests bave come from mercantile houses and owners of lands and Improvements In residence dls. trlcts. especially in North Portland. East Portland and South Portland and farm acreage have sent In relatively few com. plaints. Several protests have come from owners of valuable realties and buildings In the busy part of the city, but they are not nearly so far below the Assessor's figures as those against personal assess ments. Among the most Important pro tests against assessments on realty and buildings are: Rufus Mallory. south side of Stark street between Third and Fourth: J. ,1 Hartman, Chamber of Com merce building; Pennoyer heirs, block be tween Morrison and Alder, West Park and Tenth: H. H. Xorthup. Hobart-Cur-tls building; American Can Company, river frontage In North Portland; Meier & Frank, building; Henry "Wemme, south east corner Seventh and Ooak. Mr. Slgler said last night that he did not believe the shrinkage- In the roll, at the hands of the Board of Equalization, would reduce the total assessment below $15.000.000. The total Is now more than H".000.0. The equalization of realty values, he believed, could be accomplished without much difficulty and he foresaw that most of the troubles of the board would come in adjusting the personal as sessment. In every case where lower val uation was demanded on the personal roll ' by merchants, they would have to dem onstrate with books and Invoices. Mr. Slgler said that whenever errors were shown In the rolls they would be prompt- J ly corrected. Among the protests received yesterday were tho following: 'Protests on Personalty. Valuation Assessment, asked. Adamant Co t .000 $ 2.00) Mover Clothing Co 3,000 41,000 Hudson Arms Co 15.500 10.000 Portland Trust Co 1S0.073 324,000 Acme Mills Co 39 O0 18.000 Tull & Glbbs 226.000 101.310 M. Seller & Co 163.0M S5,9t2 "Wadhams & Co 2G0.O0O S0.4S7 American Can Co 82.700 S3S50 Imperial Hotel Co 18.000 7.000 Armour &."Co 46.100 13,400 Krausse Bros 47,500 35,200 TVadriams & Kerr Bros..-. 125.000 66.042 N. P. Terminal Co.. mach. fO.000 42,000 Flelschner, Mayer & Co.. 530,000 Nicolnl Bros 40.000 24,000 F. S. Harmon & Co 140,000 31,000 Marshall-Wells Hardware Co 500.000 Roberts Bros. 110.000 S5.000 H. Llebes & Co 30.000 19.000 J. G. Mack Sz Co 45,000 25,000 Allen & GUbert-Ramaker Co. 40.000 30.000 N. W. Electric Eng. Co.. 35.000 25.000 Portland Mfg. Co 17,500 11.000 B. Trenkman & Co., money and accounts... 2,500 None J. D. Meyer 12.2S0 F. C Haecker. furniture 200 50 Sanborn. Vail & Co 35.000 20.000 John Wo & Co 1,200 600 A. B. Mooley. blacksmith shop 630 200 G. I. Gheen, fixtures 1,50) 300 Powers Mfg. Co 47.500 39.350 G. Heltkemper C6 32.000 20.200 Sig. SIchel & Co 18.000 10.000 Paul Strain, money and accounts 2.500 500 Southern Pacific .., 344,460 152.SJO Rlehet Company 16.000 12.G50 John Clark Saddlery Co. 49,000 39.100 Johnson Xoieber Co Portland Seed Co 60,000 41,000 Pacific States Telephone. CE6.905 Portland Gaslight Co., C F. Adams franchise 50,00) None Portland Consolidated Railway Co.. franchise. 600.000 None Doernbecher Mfg. Co.... S5,od0 36,000 Healty Protests. -1.850 1.150 3.600 3.&00 23,750 511.0) 198.260 J. D. Meyer. 20 acres $ Thos. W, Jenkins, house between 7th and Sth.... Mary Jenkins, s. w. cor. 6th and Holladay .- Same, n. w. cor. 14 th and Larrabeo Fred T. Merrill, 12th and - Stark Oregon & California, real ty and Improvements... O. R. tc N.. realty and Improvements 3, Gertrudo E. Ruseel. s. w. cor. Alder and West Park, four lots...i.t..,. Security. Savings Trust, n. w. cor. Front and' Washington Same, n. w. cor. Front and Clay X. A. J. Mackenzie, n. w. cor. 29th and Hoyt. Meier & Frank Co., build ing and Improvements. Henry Wemme H. H. Northup. Hobart Curtls Rachel Cdrnelltte: "Estate, a. e. cor. 1st aad Mad ison G. H. Carlson. MJnus Ad dition, St. Johns J. C Luckcl M. A. Poppleton F. O. Downing and E. R. Gregory. L4nnton lots. Jay Smith, n. w. cor. 4th and Pine - Henry Wemme. s. e. cor. I 1,503 00 2,500 2.900 S.500 240.643 1,025,709 81.850 C0.4O0 27.500 36.703 112.G0Q 121,825 30.000 '20.0, 23,000 SO.000 $7,536 87,000 70.000 27.200 20.00 19,455 11,423 4U45 25J00 525 325 135.0 1W.0W NOW COMES THE QUELLE SHOW THE FINEST AEEAY OP THESE TRULY WONDERFUL INSTRU MENTS PRESENTED THIS WEEK. The Host Elaborate of $1500 Styles as Well as Instruments at $1000, $850, $600, $400 and down to $150, Are Included. Impromptu Recitals Daily. There Is, after all. no music comparable to that of tho modem orchestra. The Orchestrelle embodies In one Instru ment, playable and controllable by one person, all the beauty and wonderful va riety of tone found heretofore only in tho complete orchestra. The repertoire of the Orchestrelle Is practically a catalogue of the orchestral music of the "world, and all this music may be played by the owner of an Orches trelle. even though he be entirely lacking In musical education or knowledge. The music rolls for the Orchestrelle are marked similar to those for tho Pianola so that the proper interpretation may be Imparted to a composition. Interesting de scriptions of theso orchestral numbers are published and supplied to Orchestrelle owners. During this exposition Orchcstrelles will be shown from the simplest forms, cost ing $150. through a vast array of choice Instruments In oak. mahogany and fancy walnut casings, at 5300. 00. J&0, ?750. ?S50, 11200. $1500 and up to $3500. A FEW SPECIALS. We offer tomorrow a very fine mahog any Aeolian, the regular $450 style, with $20 worth of music, for $275. This Is a dis continued style., but strictly new, war ranted, and very flpe. We have also a -very elegant special style Aeolian In oak case, the $450 style, for $30), accompanied also by $20 worth ot Aeolian grand music. A very fine $600 style Colonial Aeolian, splendid combinations, special price to morrow with $30 worth of Aeolian grand rolls. $3$S. Another very similar style, $365. beauti ful light mahogany case. The above two Instruments are exact duplicates of the Instruments sold to His Holiness Pope Leo XIII. also to the late Queen Victoria, to Jean De Reszke. and to many other notables. A large number of very nice little Aeo lian Orchcstrelles. the new Princess style. In mahogany case regula? retail price $150. now $135 $10 down and $5 a month (accompanied by $15 worth of Aeolian grand music rolls). Miss Helen Gould re cently purchased orte of these Instruments at Aeolian Hall. New York, and they are used extensively throughout the lana. Just the thing for . small apartments, where beautiful quality of tone Is desired rather than great volume and variety. Probably the biggest value In an Or chestrelle is the beautiful oak-cased sam- le instrument displayed in the west wln ow. -an instrument that should be sold for $550. and will go to the first Orches trelle buyer who sees It. at a discount so lnnre thnt n-f daro Tint niihllh It In nrlnt Orchcstrelles are sola throughout tho ' land under contract to maintain regularly , established factory prices and It Is only i on the rarest occasions that such oppor- tunnies as me aoove are presented In this collection will be found tomorrow the beautiful style "O." the $9 Instru ment: also the new style "V,' price $1500. and the "W." nrlec $lft. One of the famous style "F" solo Or chestrellcs came In Friday, but was Im mediately sold to a prominent home in Idaho. A duplicate of this fine solo In- i strument Is expected within the next few j days, price $3500, and at that time, every ' single catalogue and several special styles I of Orchcstrelles will be displayed at the ! -cuers salesrooms. NOTABLE PATRONS HERE. Among owners of fine "and costly Or cheatreues we take pleasure In-enumerating the following prominent residents of this city and state, viz.: C. A, Allsky, J. M. Arthur. P. Buehner, Mrs. L. M. Fos ter. Wm. M. Ladd. Chas. E. Ladd. J. Weju ley Ladd. W. P. Olds. Portland Hotel. Ta coma Hotel. Green River Hot Springs Ho tel, Hot Lake Sanitarium, George J. Tur rell. Seattle. ' Impromptu Orchestrelle and Pianola re citals will be given dally during the week, commencing Tuesday (Monday being Mu sic day at the Fair, when Ellers Piano House talent will endeavor to do Its share In making this affair a success). mm COOKING CAPACITY Is the final test of a good stove. How will it cook and how much will it cook? Every inch of space on a JEWEL stove is a serviceable inch. No waste of soace. no wast nf rtpat. The oven bakes as well on top as on the bottom, as well at the end as. in the front Turn a damper and the heat is concentrated where the greatest heat is wanted; turn another and every section of the top plate can be pressed into serv ice. A JEWEL possesses greater heating capacity than any other "stove made, because every part is made on scientific principles and best of all, the heat is saved to cook with not diffused into kitchen. Come and have a range talk with us. JEWEL STOVES AND RANGES Save FuelSave Money Save Time DO j JEWEL GAS RANGES When we talk "Jewel Gas Range" to yon we talk economy. Jewel Gas Ranges save just one-third in fuel. Why7 Because the patent STAR BURNER mixes air with the gas the air making one-third of the fuel. Gas costs money air is cheap. A one-third saving in your gas hill will pay for the range in a year. And think of the time you save the only kindling you need is a match and you don't have to wait for the fire to burn. It's always ready. NO ASHES NO DUST ' Nil NO DIRT First and Taylor Sts. First and Taylor . Sts. Si 73,0:0 30.000 24.000 16.000 S7.150 60.00 3,310 3,009 SS.Z75 62.023 4,0CO 400.OM ' 4,250 . 2,100 11.000 4,000 130.0CO . 7th and Oak TVm. MacMaster. a. e. cor. 6th and Oak. building. American Can Co C Hansen. 37 acres John Clark, realty J. L. Hartman. Chamber ot commerce building.. Mrs. W. Meyer, s. w. cor. 1st and Davis, improve ments P. Iowengart, s. w. cor. Kearney and 13th, Im provements Mary A. Pennoyer. n. w. cor. W. Park and Mor rison, four lots 30 and $40 a lot. to 110 and J15.. BIG VALUATIONS ATTACKED Southern Pacific and O. II. & S. Protest Assessments. Protesting against Assessor SIgler's val uations, the Southern Pacific and the O. R. & 2C. have lodged with the County Board of Equalization complaints which. If satisfied according to the wishes of the railroads. In one case would cut the Assessor's valuation In half and In an other would reduce It two-thirds. The O. It. & N. owns realties and Im provements thereon In Multnomah Coun ty which are assessed at $3,133,250, and which the company petitions to have re duced to 51,036.700. Thes properties are in various parts of the county. The Ore gon & California Railroad, that is, the Southern Pacific, owns properties ot the same kind assessed at 5511,050. which the Board of Equalization Is requested to lower to $240,645. In addition to these complaints, the Southern Pacific asks a big reduction In the assessment on,, its tracks and rolling stock and machinery- That railroad owns 19 miles of railroad In Multnomah Coun ty, which Is assessed at $11,343 a mile, and which the company wishes assessed at but $3500 a mile. The foregoing protests as filed with the Assessor insist that "the said assess ments for the said properties are each and all of them exorbitant, excessive and out of proportion with the assessments of other properties In said curity." and ask for the following reductions: .Southern Pacific Corn pa bj. , Assess- Requested Main Line ment. Valuation. 5.10 miles railroad $ Srt.700 $ 29.050 5.10 miles rolling stock.. 15,300 5.100 Yamhill Division 5.93 mues railroad 50.300 32.815 5.03 miles rolling stock. . 17,700 5.030 West Side Division 8.03 miles railroad PO.30O 44.1C5 S.03 miles rotllng stock. . 24.00O S.030 Machinery and supplies.. 30.000 14.000 Furniture - 2.000 1.000 Public levy 27.000 13,500 Total $344.4SO 4152.300 RAMSEY STILL FIGHTING Asks Court to Name Inspectors for AVabash Election. TOLEDO, O., Oct. 7. The Gould-Ramsey contest tor control of the Wabash at Its annual meeting of the stockholders here next Tuesday broke out today In an appli cation made to the Common Pleas Court by Joseph Ramsey for the appointment of Inspectors at next week's meeting. The Ohio law provides for Inspectors, that the interests of the stockholders of cor porations may be guarded. In his application, Mr. Ramsey says the inspectors who served at last. year's meet ing and who were to serve next Tuesday are not qualified either by education or experience to serve as inspectors and pass upon the eligibility of directors. These men arc Fred Reynolds, nephew of Colo nel Reynolds, director of the Wabash: A. W. Colton. of the Wabash steamship line, and C W. Newton, local agent. In his application, Mr. Ramsey charges that certain stockholders intend to vote fraudulent. Illegal and defective proxies, and asks that new and disinterested in spectors be named. Mr. Ramsey also makes affidavit that he Is atlll president of the road and repre sents ten per cent of the stockholders. The court will appoint the Inspectors If Mr. Ramsey can prove that he represents ten per cent of the stockholders, and he has until Monday to furnish such proof. Banker Held as Embezzler. ALAMOSA. Colo., Oct. 7. TW. Schlffen. who was arrested several days ago In connection with the closing of the- Bank of Alamosa here, was today given his preliminary hearing on. .the charge of cm ibezzlement from the San- L,uls Valley Building & Loan Association. Ho was bound over to the December term, of the district court, the bonds being placed at $100,000. ''!iSBSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSWSMBSn --. - ss'.-5 t''B DR. WING LEE THE GREAT CHINESE DOCTOR 'L'OCATID IN PORTLAND SINCE 1880 He is called great because he cares alt diseases without resorting to tns kaife. Call and nave a free examla&tiOB. He will tell you the exact nature ot your trouble. He treats jntceesstaHy every form of femalo complaint, all private and blood diseases, 'caacer, paralysis, tumors, rheumatism and all disorders of the stomach, liver. and kidneys. He has had great success la curing- coasUHiptJon when the victim la not too much run down by the dis- easeasd. will -stop hemorrhages la an incredibly short time. He brews his o wa; medicines rom Chinese roots., herbs, buds; barks and vegetable teas. I1 of wWck are entirely aarasles. aad whose medicinal properties are ua a known to -American doctors. He Hserf In his practice over 500 different Oritfcl.z&ne4ifc Huadreds of twtiaaonlals fro grateful patients. DR. WING LEE 11 NORTH FOURTH STREET PORTLAND, O REG OX THE DOCTORS WHO CURE We want every man who is suffering from any special disease or condition to come and have a social chat with us and we will explain to you a system of treatment which Dr. W. Norton Davis" has developed after over 20 years' experience in the special diseases of men. 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