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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Photo by Moore.
Second row: Locke, J. K.; Cocli-