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8 THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, JANUARY 19, 190S. HEADS LETTERS TO AND FROM HALL Heney Offers Correspondence of Ex-District Attorney in Evidence. . TELL OF ILLEGAL FENCING Show That Settlers Kepealedly Ap prised Official of Facts and De manded Relief Hall's -Promises Apparently Unfulfilled. More than BO letters, most of which were either written by Hall or ad dressed to him by eettlers, have been Introduced at the Hall-Mays con spiracy trial by Prosecutor Htney be fore Judj?e Hunt in the Kederal Court These letters, so far as they have been introduced by the Government, show that K. A. Putnam and other settlers residing: in the vicinity of Fossil re peatedly apprised Hall, from March, 1900, until May. 1904, of the unlawful feninff and urged him to give them re lief. The correspondence also shows that while Hall apparently made 'effort to have at least two Special Agents from the Interior Department visit the Butte country and Investigate the complaint of the settlers, one of them, K. D. Stratford, never visited the premise while the other, C. E. Loom is, iliu not make any Investigation until two years after the first com plaints had been made of the fences. It is contended by the Government that Hall, being a party to the alleged conspiracy, was not only dilatory in scouring Special Agents to make an investigation, but refused to prosecute the offenders and purposely delayed causing the removal 01 the fences. Thu fnllnwinir 1a nvnnnqla n f tin letters that were written by Hall, in eluding a few by his former deputand codefendant, Edwin Mays, in answer to the complaints of settlers or to Special Agents Loomis and Stratford. The defense avers that the letters evi dence Hall's endeavor to have the fence abuse corrected. In answer to the first letter from E. A. Putnam, of Fossil, March 30. 1900, who reported the fencing of the public land near Fossil by the Butte Creek Land, Lumber & Livestock Company, Hall, oo April 3, 1900, wrote as follows: Putnam's First Letter. Tour favor ot March 30th Just at liand and contents noted. Permit me to say that be fore I can commence an action for tha pur pose of having the fences removed from Government land the law reaulree that some person familiar with the facts furnish me an affidavit describing th lands enclosed by metes and bound?, or by legal subdivisions, or by any. other description by which the land can be Identified, and further that the person or corporation making or controlling the fence have no color of title to said land, made or acquired In gcod faith, or aft asserted right thereto of any claim made in good faith with a view to entry thereon at the proper land office, under the general laws of the Vntted States at the time such enclosure was made. A too give me as near as possible the line ot fence, for example: Say beginning either at a stream, bluff, or other natural boundary, or near certain' nectlon comers, running thence easterly through section 9 and JO, to a point rear the southwest corner of section 11. thence northeasterly through section 11. etc., thus following the line of. fence around to the place of beginning. If you will furnish me this affidavit I will compel the parties to take down their fences, wherever they enclose. Government land. Throe days later the following reply was sent to James G. King, also of Fos sil, who had written a letter, March 24, to Hall similar to that of Putnam's: , Tour favor of the 2d Inst, just at hand, and ronten-.a noted, Yaur tuggeMions about mark ing upon the plats the line of fence, is a . very good one, and if you will do this, and .then forward the plats to the land office of your district and ask the RegLrtrar of the land of lice to mark all the lands belonging to the Government within said enclosure with the letter "G," and forward same to me, I can thn prepare the affidavit from that and end it to you to be signed, or you can send me the plats and I can forward them to the land otflco If you would prefer. Hall Asks for Names. Keplylng to a letter dated April 25 t "J t J t t . Reading from left to right . hiri -its? 'v-Mfr vct - -1 - Hv3-1- '$r-.-- !v-v vwrA W, Wh !&-h-s''rvTl'': dmmS i f wCr , , t--t - :j . i-. ,?;-VV ' - - , ' , . . " T - - ' -flfful mr-i r-Tv't-i -ir HirTfTrWi ill Ml III " ntliilii IHIIII 1 1 Till - - fr ii ' - r-i-K-. r -mj-.ir. ,m nr-rnj mn' t " ui- ijtm ran. C. K. : Lombard. A.; Fries.-H.W.; Stevens. B. F. ; Preston. D. H.: Harmon. H. C; Wright, John L.: Pollman, William. Third row: lUpntgomery. J. H.; Mahon. Ira J.; McClelland, Joseph; Hurlburt, C. F.; Saylor. E. F.; Pomeroy. Wv A.: Green. Alex.; Mcs tick. John B.; Prahl. 1". W. Fourth row: Holbrook, Jr., Philo; Barker, S." B.: Elrod, J. O.; Masters, W. Y.-; Heatb, H. L.; Hatfield, J. W.; Everding, H. R. ; ManchestefTF. E. ; Evans, Clyde. B. S. Josselyn. president; George B. Cellars, secretary; W. C. Bristol, orator. t900. from Putnam saying the requested affidavits had not been received. Hail wrote on April 27 as follows: Replying to your favor of 'April 25, in re lation to the affidavits- which I wu to pro cure -and forward to you for signature liv the land fencing: case, permit me to say that I have the same only partially prepared, . for the reason that I have had a grand Jury and have been ex pressed with work that I could not reach It. It will be necessary for me to have the full name of this company or corporation that bas this land inclosed, as the Initials only were sent to me, which Is not sufficient. Please oblige me by sending the full name, and alto if you know whether or not ihey are incorporated In this state, and where their principal place of business or office Is maintained, and oblige. 9 On April 30. 1900, Putnam sent a let ter to Hall giving him the full name of the Beaver Creek Land, Lumber & Livestock Company, and on May 5 In another letter referred Hall to the County Clerk of Gilliam County for further information about the corpor ation. A further letter from Putnam, on May 10, told of alleged fraudulent homestead entries, and in acknowledg ing receipt of this letter Hall wrote, on May 22, as follows! Your letter of the'10th int. giving me in formation of fraud In the Land Department, is just at hand and contents noted. I have referred your letter to C. B." Loomis, Special Agent General Land Office, at Orea-on City, Or., with directions that he investigate the same and report the facts to me. Any in formatio ' that you may have further upon the subject please address to him and give- him all the information with your knowledge when he visits Fossil. Then followed letters between Hall and Loomis and between Loomis and Putnam recording the fact that Hall had referred to Loomis the complaint of Putnam as to illegal homestead en tries. On June 4. 1900, Putnam in an other letter to Hall reported that the Butte Creek Company had completed building the fence on its own land which, Putnam alleged, had been ac quired fraudulently. Refers to Land Frauds. Putnam' followed this letter up with another on January 3, 1901, in which he said he had heard nothing in reganJ to the fence and inquired: "If we can not do anything with fence case, what steps shall we take to put a stop to the land frauds?" Three days later, January 6, 1901, Hall replied to Putnam as follows: Your letter of the . 3d instant came duly to hand, and I note that you say therein that these "parties ' have their .fence upon lands, or soon will have, which they own or con trol; this doe not excuse him If the result is the inclosing of Government lands, as he cannot lawfully inclose Government lands, even though the fence is upon his own ground. In regard to the fraudulent entries, I would suggest that snd the names of the parties, and a description of their entries, tf you can. to C. E. Loomis, Special Agent, G. L, O., at Oregon City. Edwin Mays, deputy under Hall, on January 8, 1901, wrote Putnam as fol lows in answer to a letter Putnam hnd addressed to Mays, similar to the one he had sent Hall: Your letter of January 8, in regard to pas ture supposed to contain Government land, is just at nand. The matter will receive our early and careful attention ; we hope to be able to sualghen the matter out in the right way, and satisfactory to all concerned. March 4, 1901, Putnam" wrote Mays enclosing a letter to be forwarded by Mays to Loomis. In his letter to Mays, Putnam wrote: When do you think anything can be done to the fence case? We would like to know, for if the fence Is not nioved soon some of the people will have to move their stock or dispose of them, as most of the water is now under fence. One week later, March 11, Mays wrote Putnam the following reply: Wrgte Loomis Strong Letter. Your letter of March- A, enclosing one to Mr. Loomis, came duly to hand and contenta noted. I wish to inform you that I have written Mr. Loomis a strong .letter urging him to take action on this matter at once, also enclosing your letter to him. I think the result will be that he will take action In the matter at least not later than the settling of Spring, and we can expect some good results in the near future. In this connection I wish to inform you that of . course you understand . that Mr. Loomis has quite a large section of country to cover and that things of equal importance have to be taken up in the order in which they are presented to him. At the same time I realize how much this means to you people , In that section of the country. Kindly keep us informed of any new developments in this case, for I assure you that I am deelrous of doing everything possible in assisting this matter to a final determination. Between March 11 and June 14, 1901, a number of letters were exchanged be tween Putnam and Stratford, wno had been assigned as special agent Jto inves tigate tue complaint, and who made fre quent appointments to visit Fossil, none of which he ever kept. On May 26 Put nam wrote to Hall and said he was ex pecting Stratford daily. Putnam re quested a. all to forward the mana show ing the alleged illegal enclosure that he Putnam, had sent to Hall, to the Land Office at .ie Dalles, in order that they might be revised and brought up to date. CLASS THAT HAS JUST COMPLETED THIRTY-SECOND DEGREE SCOTTISH RITE MASONRY, First row: Morrison. W.: Billingsley. J. D.: Tucker. Robert: Souders. W. showing the homestead entries that had been made after the original map had been drawn. "If necessary, I will pay for having'the maps renewed," wrote Putnam. Putnam Loses Patience. Putnam waited patiently until Septem ber, hoping that Stratford might yet show up. and on the 22d of that month wrote Hall as follows: As I have not heard from Mr. Stratford since I saw you (last July) I thought it best to wr:te you and try and have the case rushed along as the weather will soon get bad again and then we will have to wait mother year. When I saw Stratford he had more than he could attend to and was soon to go East with his family but would be here in September, but up to, date I have not heard from him. If there is any other agent that could be got right away it might be best to send him before the bad weather sets In as It will be no small job to investi gate all that should be investigated here. The (land sharks) claim to have seen one of the agents and he positively agreed not to come. I think they had reference to Loomis of Oregon City. One of my neighbors told me this. The way they happened to tell it was that they were trying to get one John Maxwell to join fences wih them and inclose some Govern ment lands. They told him to get a certain, woman there was in town to take a place for him so as to have his fence all on his own land. He J. M. 'said he was afraid of the law and that was how they come to tell him they had fixed the agent of the G. L. O. Now. then, if they are buying off agentB, why not give them a chance to buy i by the wholesale for something should be 1 done and that done at once. Tet us get to work, at least let us try and do something. Referred to Department. Four days later Hall forwarded the fol lowing reply tq Putnam: Replying to your favor of the 22d instant In regard to the unlawful fencing of Gov ernment land in your neighborhood, permit me to aay that haying turned this matter over tovthe Interior Department, I will be obliged to wait until they report on it. I would sug gest, however, that you address a letter to B. D. Stratford, Roseburg, Or., calling his attention to . the fact that he has the mat ter under consideration, and urge him to take immediate action. Brings In Hermann. Putnam kept up his record as a per sistent correspondent by sending the fol lowing detailed letter to Hall under date of February 19, 1902; As we have never" heard from any spe cial agent since I saw you I will write you again and see if we cannot scare one up. From what I hear the big company (Butte Creek Company) are up in arms and have appealed to Hermann and are using their Influence to keep agents away from this neck of the woods. We to stand off theii poHtfoal and money Influence send a "petition to Hermann requesting him to forward it to you. Have-you received It yet? There were over 50 signatures to it and all but six were residents of the Fossil nrecinct? There U not on man out of 20 In this county, except those who are connected with the land frauds, but what are in favor, of having the laws enforced. We have written many letters to Mr. Hermann and expect to keep up the fight until Gabriel blows his born or win. It has only been eight short years since we commenced on this case and we are not j.olng to get dis couraged In so short a ncriod of time as that. One Prank Knox is now pj-eparing to fence up a large pasture of Government lands, e now has 800 acres under fence (so I am to Id J and has filed a number of homesteads for the purpose of fencing more. He will Join fences with the Butte Creek Land, Livestock & Timber Co. This practi cally closes up all the range in this vicinity, and the small rancher will have to move or dispose ot his stock. I believe if you would have the law published in regard to fenc ing up. public lands and notices posted warn ing people: that they would be prosecuted if they violate such laws that it would be of benefit to the country at larsre. I was advised to petition to Congress to have the matter Investigated but it looks like we have Jaws enough If they were en forced. But if there is any weak aotnt in the laws, either the fence law or the home stead law. now would be a srood time to have It amended just before an election, as our Representatives would work for dear life. Hall Expresses Surprise. 1 To this letter. Hall, on February 26, 1902, made tho- following reply: Your letter of the 19th is Just at hahd and contents noted. I was surprised to learn that no special axrent had been out in your district to report upon the illegal fencing cases. I have again written to Mr. Stratford asking him to go out there at once and make an Investigation. I will tell him to reoort to you. and you cau give him all necessary information. If you think best send me down the names of persons or companies who have Govern ment land under fence, and I will write each of them a good shar letter, quoting the- la-v to them, which, perhaps, may have the desired effect. I am sorry that this matter has been delayed so long, but I cannot very well help it, as I have used every endeavor to get the inspector out upon the ground, so that I will have some thing to work on. On the same date that Hall wrote to Putnam, February 26, he wrote to Strat ford and requested him to go to Fossil and make an investigation of the unlaw ful fences, referring Stratford to Putnam for further information. To this Strat ford replied March 4. saying that while the Fossil country was not In his ter ritory, he would make the investigation anyway, "as soon as the weather set tled' On April 15, Putnam wrote to Hall again, enclosing a li-st of all persons who had land unlawfully fenced. Included in the letter was the following comment: Some time ago I bought 160 acres of land and In connection with It tere Is between 40 and 60 acres of Government land under fence, so you see we are all Into it a llttl-. but what the people object to is fencing by the township. Fenced Entire Township. In this letter Putnam wrote that the Butte Creek Company had almost a town ship of Government land under fence, "We cannot get an agent to investigate a single case," wrote Putnam. "It looks like our Government is getting pretty rotten." . , June 20, 1903, Putnam wrote a letter to Hall in which he stated that the Butte Creek Company immediately on acquir ing fraudulent homesteads mortgaged them to the state and claimed that they were in the hands of innocent parties, concluding wfcth the suggestion: "So you ( can see that if anything is to be done with these homestead cases it should be done before proof is made." Hall, on June 23, answered the fore going letter as follows: , Permit me to acknowledge receipt of your favor of the 20tb intant In regard to the un lawful fencing at Government land in your neighborhood. air. Loomis. Special Agent of of the G. I O.. has not yet reported to me , the result of his investigation there, but pre sume he will In due time. As eoon as he does I will be In a position to act In the matter. Further letters relate to correspondence between Loomis and Putnam and telUof the visit of Loomis to. Fossil in June, when he left affidavits for the signature of Putnam and his neighbors attacking the final proofs on a number of home steads which were alleged to have been acquired fraudulently. After reaching Condon, following 'his visit at Fossil, Loomis wrote a letter to Putnam dated July 12, 1902, in which he said: Loomis on. Defensive. There were several persons at Fossil who found fault with my having gone to your place and permitted you to go with me to the claims, but I always give all eldes a fair bearing nnd the decision does .not rest with me. Please let me know whether you send affidavits or not so that I may know when to act. September IS, 1902, Putnam wrote Hall as follows, C. E. Loomis having been instructed In the meantime to make the investigation instead of Stratford: If the B. C. L L. & L, S. Co. fence cases should be tried I should think It would be necessary to have men to prove who- built the fence and the cabins that are on those romesteads. and I should think thai the men that were working for the company at that time would be the proper onem. I could send you a list of the witnesses and what each one would be apt to swear to if so desired. Since Mr. Loomis was here, one of the claimants has moved onto his place and ! evidently going to try to hold the land, but the other parties have not showed up yet. I will write to Mr. Loomis In regard to the matter (in a few days), as he would likely understand it better than you. To this letter Hall on September 19 wrote as follows to Putnam: Replying to your, favor of the 16th Instant in regard to the unlawful fencing of Gov ernment land in your vicinity, permit me to say that I have not as yet received any report from the special agent, who examined the case, and therefore could not tell you whether I want the witnesses mentioned by you or not. But I have written him for his report and as soon as I receive It wijl be In a. position to advise you. On the same dale, September 19, 1902, Hall wrote Loomis saying that he had received a letter from Putnam who had written that Loomis had been on the ground and investigated the al leged unlawful fencing. "If such is the case," requested Hall, "will you please make a report upon the facs ascertained by you." Another Loomis Letter. On September 20, Loomis wrote Put nam from Oregon City saying that he had consulted with Hall regarding the enclosure and that he and Hall had agreed, "that the matter was not irt shape to be sure of a case." In this letter Loomis said it would be neces sary for htm again to visit the. scene of the alleged unlawful fencing "be fore moving in the matter." On September 23, Putnam wrote to Loomis saying that since Loomis had visited Fossil the Butte Creek Com pany "did try to prevent certain par ties from riding In the enclosures and It can be proved by two if not three different parties." In answer to a letter from Portland to Secretary Hitchcock of the Interior Department, Hitchcock on December 19 wrote to Special Agent A. R. Greene and instructed him "to make an inves tigation of the matters covered by Afr. Putnam's statements and report to the Department thereon as early as your other assignments will permit." This was the correspondence Heney sought to Introduce Friday afternoon but Judge Hunt refused to admit it. Having disposed of his property in Wheeler County and removed to Doug-, las County, Putnam on November 8, 1902, wrote to Kali volunteering any information in regard to the case against the Butte Creek Company that would be of assistance to the prosecu tion. Replying to this letter two days later, November 10, Hall wrote to Putnam that he had been informed the defendant company did not Intend to stand a suit. Matters ran on without removal of the fences. The Government's evldenie has been Introduced up to the end of 1903. Meanwhile Loomis and Stratford had been dismissed and now stand indicted. . L.: Bristol. W. O.: Josselvn. B. S.: Cellars. George B.: Hudson. H. T.: Callan. CROSS HOT SANDS Half-Hundred Novices Initiat ed Into Mystic Shrine. HISTORY OF FAMOUS ORDER Dates Back to Crusades, and' First . Temple In United States Was ' Instituted at Rochester, X. 1., In the Early '70s. Al Kader Temple. Nobles of the Mys tic Shrine. conducted 54 candidates across the hot and burning sands of the desert last night and when their Jour ney was over, they had been initiated into the order and were received as brother nobles by the members of Al Kader Temple. The Initiation was held In the new Masonic Hall, West Park and Yamhill streets. Known only to the" nobles, the cere monies celebrated last night were beautiful and elaborate. The pilgrims were accompanied on their Journey' across the desert by nobles who had gone that way before and who guided them to an occasional oasis where they might rest secure from the blister ing heat. . There was the usual large attendance of nobles at the semi-annual Initia tions at the ceremonies last night. Upon the completion of the mystic rites, a banquet was spread for the nobles and the novices. There were many guests of Al Kader Temple last night from many parts of the state and other parts of the Pacific North west. They were welcomed by the Portland nobles and took part In the rites administered to the large class of candidates. Those who were initia ted Into the order last night were: Charles J. Jackson, Ypusta D. Hensil, James L. Page, Francis E. Dunn, Thomas C. Hanford, Jacob T. Rovick, Alexander V. Green, WHHs B. Moore, William Deans, J. P. Yates. James O. Elrod, Charles K. Cochran, W. M. Poll mar., L. Barnum, Robert Tucker, Jeff D. Billingsley, Ira J. Mahon, Louis Kroehnke. William Garbach, George B. Cellars. H. C. Hammon. Colbert H. Gannon, Frederick W. Prahl, W. C. Bristol, Benjamin F. Stevens, Ernest F. Saylor, Henry Everding, John W. Hat field, William Y. Masters, Henry W. Fries, William H. Powell, Phllo Hol brook, Jr., John H. Montgomery, George H. Bircher. Edward A. Beals, Herbert L. Heath, James K. Looke, Elmer Sny der, Ralph B. Stanfleld, Allen Thomp son, Otis McCarty, Henry Berther, Al bert H. Lee, George A. Clough, Amos E. voorhies, Ernest E. Porter, Simon B. Barker, Dale H. Preston, Arthur C. Callahan, C. F. Hurlburt, William C. Washburne, William A. Pomeroy, Wal ter H. Young, G. W. Ibbotson, F. W. Graves. The Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of tbe Mystic Shrine had Its start in the United States in the early 70's. The first temple, or lodge, was Instituted at Rochester, N. Y.,. but later No. 1 was transferred to the City of New York under the name of Mecca Temple. W. J. Florence, the famous comedian who died years ago, whjle traveling in the countries bordering the Mediter ranean, met some brethren of the Ma sonic order In Alexandria, Egypt. These members of the highest degrees in tlr; order discovered that Florence also had taken these degrees, and they thereupon elected him into the order of the Mystic Shrine, a temple of which was flourishing at the time in that place. Mr. Florence, before leaving Egypt obtained the right to institute an Imperial lodge In this ' country, which was given power to charter temples under its Jurisdiction. In published accounts of the Mystic Shrine it is set forth that it dates back to the days when Mohammedlsm was overthrown in the religious wars of the Crusades, and has membership .in a.l countries of the world today. It Is fur ther set forth that the order may be taken only by members of the Masonic order who have attained the highest rank In that organization, but apart from that prerequisite, it has no con nection with the Masonic "work." In other words, conferring of the order of the Shrine is no part of Masonry, "though many members of our order seem to-be unable to disassociate the taking of the order of the Shrine from a degree In Masonry," says an author ity. , NOW SERVING SIXTH TERM i M. Mosessohn Elected. Assistant Sec retary of Chamber of Commerce. - M. Mosessohn, who was recently unanimously re-elected by the trustees of the Portland Chamber of Commerce as assistant secretary of that body for the sixth consecutive term, is one of the prominent young men of the city and has a wide circle of friends among the leading business men. Mr. Mosessohn is a graduate of the Portland High School, also of the law department of the University of Oregon. SIVENER IN THE TOILS Brotlier-in-Law of Murdered Police man Accused of Swindling. Joseph Sivener, brother-in-law of Mel ville Q. Bradley, the slayer of Policeman Gittlngs, was arrested last night at 11 o'clock and taken to the police .station on a charge of drunkenness. Sivener had given ome other nam-a to the policeman who had arrested him. but on his arrival at the station hl9 true identity was dis covered by Detectives Hellyer and Ma loney. who happened to be present when Sivener was brought In. The police had been looking for Sivener for the past few days, but could not find him at his home or other places he fre quents. He is charged with passing. sev eral forged check? on saloonkeepers on the East Side. Some of these checks' were for small amounts, but two of them were for considerable sum., one being for $80 and the other for $35. The additional charge of obtaining money under false pretenses was filed against him. Sivener in an indirect way was the cause of the killing of Policeman Glttings. It was he who went after Bradley in company with Gittlngs and who struck Bradley and started the fight which re sulted In the policeman's death. H. M. Winter Seriously 111. Howard M. Winter, who Is well known socially among the younger set In the city, ip dangerously ill at the 'Good Sa maritan Hospital, where it is said his condition is most critical. Mr. Winter, who is a cousin ot William Winter, of New York City, dean of the American dramatic writers, was taken lit more than a week ago at the Hotel Norton. He was attended by his physician there for a few day?, but, "his condition becoming serious, his. removal to the hospital was advised. Mr. Winter's illness is said to be typhoid feve?. . - Observe Xee's Birth. At an entertainment given by the Society of tbe Daughters of the Con federacy, in Women of Woodcraft Hall last night, in commemoration -of the birth of General Robert E. Lee, Mrs. Sylvia W. McGulre gave a number of clever impersonations of negro types before the war, together with recita tions in negro dialect. Mrs. George H. S to vail, president of the society, read a paper on "The Life of General Lee." A large crowd was in attendance. Tomorrow (Monday), positively will be the last day for discount on East Side gas bills. Portland Gas Company. OREGON CONSISTORY A. C: Snyder. E. A.: Cannon. C. H. ' L-i I J Mosessolin. ftDMEM LEftVE FOR SSUTH DEfEG-vr-iox from nokthwest OFF FOU OAKLAM). Speeches and Collation at Local Hotel Before Starling on Their Trip. ' In honor of, the departing delegates to the annual convention, to be held at Oak land, Cai., tomorrow, the Portland Ad men's Club gave an informal entertain ment and luncheon at the Hotel Lenox last night. Those present Included deleprates from Washington and Idaho, as well as from Portland and Oregon, all of whom left on the 11:30 o'clock train last night for Cali fornia. The social part of the programme was held in mo parlors of the hotel, which we're tastefully decorated for the occasion, and consisted principally of short talks for the good of the order by the various members and delegates. Sev eral members of the Admen's Club are als-o associated with the Orouon Prs.s As sociation, and their remarks . naturally dealt with both associations, which are affiliated to a degree in the same line of work. The meeting was called to order by President George Kstes. of the Portland Admen's Club, who welcomed the visitor with a few remarks, and then called on the individual members. C. J. Owen, formerly of Portland, and later of Norfolk, Va., and who is on his way to San Francisco, gave an interesting short talk on the newspaper and adver tising conditions as they exist in the South today. During the course of his re marks, Mr. Owen intimated that thera were numerous openings for bright, up-to-date advertising men In that sec tion of the country, which,- after lying dormant for years, is gradually becoming wide awake to the benefits of advertis ing. Editor Beard, of the Vancouver (Wash.) Columbian, gave an interesting talk on the benefits of advertising from the view point of the country editor. He ex plained, however, that he did not refer to his present enterprise under that classi fication, for he announced his positive. conviction that Vancouver would soon no larger than Portland, "at least It would if bis paper and the Vancouver Inde pendent could exert the required In fluence." After the social session, the guests ad journed to luncheon in the Hotel Lenox grill, after which the delegates departed for the train. Those who left last night are: W. J. Hofmann. advertising manager The Oregonlan; Fred Johnston, advertis ing manager. Telegram; Walter M. Daly, treasurer Security Abstract & Trust Company: Claude Hicks, of Hlcks-Chat-ten; D. J. Moore, manager Hotel Moore, Seaside: A. L. Long, John Hartog, man ager Eugene Commercial Club; Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Whyte, of Astoria: Mr. and Mrs. B. I. Dasent, of Portland: C. J. Owen and son, Portland; R. C. Robra bacher, Lewlston; R. S. Bigelow, and wife. Spokane; T. M. R. Keane. Spokane: C. W. Black, Portland; O. W. Oleson, Portland. In addition there were a dozen or more who were not advertising men. Gambling Game Raided. Matt Gorde, proprietor of the Man hattan Saloon at First and Morrison streets, was arrested at 11:30 o'clock last night by Detective Sergeant Baty and charged with conducting a gambling game. Six men, William RIckman, W. Calhoun, Guy Crogan. John Jackson. William Tracy and Edward Deitz were found engaged in- a game of poker. The place was raided by uie detective,, who had to force his way into the room where the . game was in progress. The players as well as "the proprietor were taken to the police station, where they were charged with, visjting a gambling house. . . . Burglars Get Xo Booty. One of the most daring attempts at burglary that has occurred In this city has been reported to the police from the residence of Richard Wilson. 67 North Seventeenth street, who is a member of the executive board. The affair happened on Friday night while the family were at dinner. The whole household were assembled in the dining room' and the tipper portions of the house deserted. The burglar supposedly obtained entrance to the house by means of a pass key, and. while the family were at dinner, went quietly up stairs and began ran sacking the upper rooms. He took fright and left without plunder. Lutheran Church Election. The members of the Powell Valley Lutheran Church at their annual meet ing recently elected the following of ficers for the year: Secretary; A. W. Anderson: trustee, P. A. Johnson; dea con, S. M. Steffenson; Sunday school superintendent, P. A. Steffenson and C. A. Lindgren. NO. 1. Photo by Moore. Second row: Locke, J. K.; Cocli-