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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, JUNE 7, 1908.
LANE-TELLS STORY
FALLEN'S DEATH
Bartender Chief Witness for
Prosecution in Trial of
Dan Dtfherty.
HAD REFUSED TO "TREAT'
Allen Kescnicd Being Called "Cheap
Guy" and Turned to Strike Do-
liert.v, Wlio Drew Ciuu
and Opened Fire.
HEPPNER. Or., June 6. (Special.)
The drawing of the jury that is to try
Dsn P. Dohr.rty for the munler ot Oscar
Allen, in the second decree, was com
pleted last evening, and this morning at
o'clock the counsel for the defense and
the prosecution stated the case to the
Jury. The prosecution made the charge
that the murder was committed In tho
second decree, while the defense put up
a plea of self-defense.
The tirst witness called by the prose
cution was Professor D. V. S. Reiri,
who identified plats he had made of the
building in which the trouble occurred.
The second witness was Coroner Yea
ger. who. before Attorney Fee got through
with him. hardly knew whether- he had
been to the inquest or not.
Story of Eye-Witness.
Howard l.ane, the bartender, who was
on duty at the time of tho shooting, was
the third witness for the state, anu It Is
upon his testimony that the state expects
to substantiate its claims. After several
questions by District Attorney Phelps,
the question was put by the prosecutor
to Mr. Lane: "I wish you would tell the
Jury where Osear Allen was, and what
ie was doing just prior to the shooting."
"lie was out in front of the bar with
several others," responded Lane. "Do
herty was talking to Padberg rfnd sev
eral more of us. Padberg brought Allen
out from the back room where he had
been lying on the billiard table. Dan
(Doherty) bought a drink and then asked
Alien to buy a drink, which he did.
Then Allen bought a flask and asked for
a bundle which he had lying on the safe,
and which I gave to him.
"Then Doherty asked Allen to buy
another drink. Allen saying that he had
bought "one already. Doherty Insisted
and told Allen that the dirt under his
finger nails was better than a "whole
tribe like you.' Allen tried to strike
Doherty. Doherty said he was not afraid
of Allen, though he (Allen) was bigger.
I told Allen to cut it out, that I didn't
want any trouble in the house.
Wlien Hie Shooting Began.
"Allen turned away, Doherty asked him
to buy another drink and called Alien a
cheap guy. Allen turned to strike Do
herty. I rushed from hehind the bar.
Doherty drew a gun and began shooting,
which blinded me. Doherty ran from
the house. I told Padberg to catch him
and bring him back."
Witness also testified that he thought
Allen caught Doherty by the neck and
that he shot from the hip.
This afternoon counsel for the defense
succeeded in tangling the witness up
some over his testimony given before
the Coroner's inquest and the testimony
given on the direct examination this
forenoon. However, the witness stuck
Close to the thread of evidence ri-m
it in -without much hesitancy. The main
thing the witness differed on in the tes
timany given today and previous was
whether Allen struck Doherty as testi
fied to at the Coroner's inquest, or struck
over his head, as testified to in direct
examination.
l.ane was on the stand all day and
was still there when the Judge took a
recess until Monday morning at 9 o'clock.
ROSEBURG UD ON TIGHT
Council Will Enforce State Sunday
Law to Letter.
ROSEBURG, Or., June 6. (Special.) If
Roseburg does not soon become a model
city, in point of morals, it will not be
the fault of the City Council, when last
night decided to put the Sunday lid on
everything in the city. Stores of all
kinds, even confectionery and cigar
stores, will be closed. Closed boxes will
be removed even from restaurants. The
one house of ill fame in the city has
been ordered to close at once. Following
the recent election, in which Douglas
County went ory, conies this action of
the Counciimen, who announce their in
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VANCOUVER, W ash., June 5. (Special.) Officers of the Washington State Grange, as shown above (reading from left to right) are: Peter
Oriel, gatekeeper; E. L. Marble, assistant steward; C. W. Frase, lecturer; J. C. Frier; C. F., Cline; T. O. Wing; F. W.' Lewis, secretary; L. Extine,
steward; C B. Kegley, master; S. N. Secrist, overseer; H. M. Black; Mrs. Ada Lewis, Ceies; Miss Nellie Swall, Flora; Mrs. Linda Bryant, Pomona;
Miss Annie Leonard, lady assistant steward: Mrs. C. Cline.
tention to help the rood work along and
make Roseburg a moral town: hence
their action in ordering the City Marshal
to enforce the state Sunday-cloBing law,
commonly known as the "blue law."
The marshal today ordered all places
to remain closed tomorrow. It is a well
known fact that a large majority of the
Counciimen are antl-prohlbitionists and
some of those who were instrumental in
making Douglas County go "dry" at the
recent election are unkind ' enough to
suggest that the Counciimen were in
fluenced more by a desire to "get even"
than by any moral wave.
In connection with the closing of
saloons on July 1, Roseburg also faces
another problem, that of meeting the
electric light bills at the end of each
month. Saloon license money Is provided
by charter for this purpose and with the
closing of the soloons, the city has no
revenue with which to meet this bill.
COOS BAY PLANS FOR FAIR
Liberal Purses Offered for Racing
Events at Marshfield.
MARSHFIELD. Or., June 6. (Spe
cial.) Extensive arrangements are
being made by the local board of direc
tors for the Second Southern Oregon
District Fair, to be held in Marshfleld,
August 26 to 29, inclusive. It is in
tended to make this the largest fair
that Coos Bay has ever known.
Purses aggregating $3,600 will be
offered for the winners of the races.
There will be' four events each day,
two running and two harness races.
There are now 15 local horses being
worked out on the track, and it is
expected that there will be about 75
horses here. There are entries from
Douglas, Lane and Curry Counties and
racers from California are expected
here on the way to the state fair.
Live slock and produce exhibits of
all kinds will be shown, and for this
purpose new buildings are being put
up. A large pavilion will be erected,
in which to show the farm products
and additional live stock stalls and
pens will be constructed.
For the agricultural exhibits, in ad
dition , to the race purses, $2000 In
prizes will be offered. The local asso
ciation is making extensive improve
ments at the old fair grounds. The
grandstand will be rebuilt and en
larged, so that It will accommodate
2000 persons, all of the buildings are
being repaired, and the track is being
put in first class condition. About
$2000 is to be spent in making the
improvements. This money was raised
by donations from the business men.
There is also a guarantee fund of
$1600 to which local men have sub
scribed, agreeing to make up any defi
cit in the event of bad weather or
any other unexpected cause. j
The' local organization having In
charge the preliminary arrangements
is composed of the following: Presi
dent, F. P. Norton, of Marshfield; vice
president, L. J. Simpson, of North
Bend; secretary, Walter Lyon, of
Marshfield: treasurer, J. H. Flanagan.
.of Marshfield: directors. Attorney Sher
wood, of Coquille; William Pike, o
Myrtle Point; Steven Gallier, of Ban
don, and R. D. Hume, of Curry County.
MARKET DAY A SUCCESS
Oration of Brownell and .Wedding
Are Features at Oregon City.
OREGON CITY, Or., June 6. (Spe
cial.) Oregon City's first market and
booster day was a huge success, and
several thousand people from all parts
of Clackamas County were in town to
day to accept the hospitality of the
local business men. The affair was
started with a parade, and this was
followed by open-air exercises at the
east end of the suspension bridge.
George C. Brown,elI delivered an ora
tion that was spontaneous and timely,
and the crowning feature of the day
was a public wedding. Miss Zella Ha
zel and A. A. Armstrong were married
by County Judge Dlmick, amid the
cheers of the crowd, and Captain James
P. Shaw, the chief Booster, kissed the
bride. The couple was presented with
scores of usefut gifts by the business
men, and have a good start' toward
housekeeping.
There were races, sports and free au
tomobile ridee this afternoon, and a
dance in the Armory tonight. Attract
ive bargains were displayed by the
merchants, and a record-breaking bus
iness was done. The farmers disposed
of a vast quantity ot produce, and were
well satisfied with their entertainment.
Tacoma Shipping News.
TACOMA, Wash., June 6. The steam
er. City of Puebla spent the day here
discharging freight from California and
loading grain. The steamer Portland
discharged '.'00 tons of copper ore. The
work of installing a wireless system on
the United States cable steamer Burn
side was completed today.
During the week 150.267 bushels of
wheat were cleared for the United King
dom and 2083 bushels of barley for Brit
ish Columbia. There were also shipped
22.400 barrels of flour to England and
630 barrels cleared for British Columbia.
OFFICERS WASHINGTON STATE GRANGE IN SESSION AT VANCOUVER.
TO GIVE PUBLICITY
Washington Must Advertise
Proposed Amendments.
PLUM FOR COUNTRY PRESS
One Paper in Each County Shall
Publish Matter In Full Two Pub
lic Questions Come Before
Voters in November.
OLTMFIA, Wash., June 6. (Special.)
The two constitutional amendments to
be submitted to the voters in the No
vembor election will provide a nice little
advertising plum for each of 37 country
newspapers' in the state. Constitutional
amendments must be published in full in
one newspaper of general circulation in
every county in the state. To advertise
the two amendments to be submitted this
year will cost the State of Washington
nearly $3500.
The copy for the amendments has
been prepared by the Secretary of State,
and as each advertisement must run 13
weeks, the copy will be forwarded within
a short time to 37 newspapers yet to be
selected. At the price to be allowed by
the state, the advertisement will bring
in to each newspaper the sum of $94, or
$47 for each amendment.
Logging Companies Ask Favor.
For the information of the voters.
Secretary of State Nichols has adopt
ed the new plan of Incorporating
In the advertisement, in addition to the
proposed amended section of the constitu
tion, the original section or sections
which the amendment will replace if it
carries.
One of the amendments to be voted on
was defeated two years ago. It gives to
logging companies powers of eminent do
main, or in other words, enables the tim
ber owners or the manufacturers of tim
ber products to acquire rights-of-way
across other property by condemnation
proceedings for the purpose of getting
their products to market.
The amendment to be voted on this
year is almost identical with the one
defeated last year. The older one added
slightly to the existing provisions of the
constitution permitting the taking of
private property by condemnation for
drains, flumes and ditches for agricul
tural, domestic and sanitary purposes.
The amendment to be voted on this year
does not enlarge this provision.
New Method of Taxation.
The other amendment to be submitted
this year gives constitutional sanction to
the assessment of one class of property
differently from other classes. If carried
it ivil! permit the Legislature to enact
laws exempting or placing a very small
tax on money in banks and segregating
state from local taxation.
The adoption of the amendment will
undoubtedly be considered by the Legis
lature as an approval of a change in the
present system of combining local and
state taxation. The plan proposed is to
assess all railroad property and the prop
erty of public service corporations in gen
eral, only for state taxes. Under such
plan the corporations would pay all the
state taxes and other property would be
assessed only for local taxes. ,
MEET NEXT AT ELLENSBURG
Washington State Grangers Select
Convention City for 1909.
VANCOUVER, Wash., June 6. The
annual seseion of the State Grange,
Patrons of Husbandry, closed its ses
sions last evening after deciding to
meet next year at EUensburg.
Upon a favorable report from the
committee on agriculture, a resolu
tion was adopted asking that the next
session of the Legislature pass an act
providing for the payment by the state
for all dairy cows and horses killed
by order of the State Veterinarian be
cause of alleged infectious diseases.
Another resolution adopted demanded
that the several candidates for office In
the state make pledges as to their in
tended policy on public questions, and
that these pledges be posted in public
so that voters may read and under
stand the positions taken.
Several minor amendments to the ex
isting primary law were suggested and
steps taken to urge upon the coming
session of the Legislature their adop
tion. Another resolution demands that the
state furnish free text-books for the
public schools, instead of the present
regulation, which provides for the list
ing of these books at the cost of publi
cation. Only three offiocrs were elected at
DON'T TELL US THAT YOU SAW SUITS MADE
OUT OF THE SAME CLOTH AS
READY-MADE
MERCHANT TAILORINGS
It's just as fair to say that you saw
some flower pots made out of the
same kind of clay as an art bust.
It's the individuality of the hand
ling. It's the exquisite tailoring
the wonderful cut of these gar
ments the tremendous amount of
hand work put into them that gets
the wear out of them and keeps
the shape in them. They're gen
tlemen's clothes not freaks or
fads. They're one step beyond
merchant tailoring not as good,
hut better. They are clothes for
the gentleman who is looking for
something better.
CHESTERFIELD SUITS
Prices Range From
$22.50 to $50.00
269-271 Morrison Street.
this session. They are: Ceres, Mrs.
Ada Lewis; Pomona, Mrs. Linda Bry
ant; lady assistant steward. Miss Anna
Leonard.
The other officers, who hold over,
are: Master, C. B. Kegley, Pullman;
overseer, S. N. Secrlst, Vancouver; lec
turer. C. W. Frase, Alpha; steward, L.
Kxtine, Ethel; assistant steward, D. L.
Marble, Washougal; chaplain, Miss
Bessie Cline, Lynden; treasurer, F. H.
Anderson, Goldendale; secretary, Fred
W. Lewis, Tumwater; gatekeeper, Peter
Griel, Alpha.
GIVE NEW PHONE SERVICE
Home Company Secures Footing in
McMinnvilie.
MMINNVILLE, Or., June 6. (Spe
cial.) The McMinnvilie Local Long-
Distance Telephone Company, capital
stock $20,000, which was subscribed
by local people and the De Varney-.
Waggoner Company, of Portland, was
organized here last evening. It is the
intention to construct a long-distance
line from Portland to McMinnvilie. An
entirely new central energy telephone
system will be Installed here, the new
organization having taken over all
stock of the Mutual Company belong
ing to city subscribers. Long-distance
connection will be made with the Home
Company In the City of Portland.
Farmers' and all rural lines now con
nected with the old Mutual will be given
all rights, and privileges as now, be
sides enjoying greater switchboard ac
commodations. It is the purpose of
GRAY
the new organization, if possible, to
extend to rural subscribers the bene
fit of new lines and fewer phones oo
the line. The company will give long
distance connection with the Mutual
phones at Newberg, Dayton, Lafayette
and all points along the line. Work
on the new system is to begin Im
mediately. Construction will be under
the supervision of, and material fur
nished, by De Varney-Waggoner Com
pany, representatives of the Home
Telephone Company and Telephone En
gineers & Supply House, of Portland.
The company Is . contemplating the
erection of Its own office building In
this city.
0. R. & N. FAVORS FARMERS
Grants Grain Warehouse Sites
Eastern Washington.
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WALLA WALLA, June 6. (Special.) In
compliance with requests of the Farmers'
Co-operative and Educational Association,
R. B. Miller, general traffic manager of
the O. R. & N. Company, this afternoon
notified the association that warehouse
Bites had been granted by his company
at State Line, Hadley and Ennis stations,
and that a site would be granted at
Valley Grove in case the company's civil
engineer could locate a site where a ware
house could be erected at a nominal cost.
The action of the railroad company in
granting the sites comes as a victory for
the farmers of Walla Walla County, who
have been waging a bitter fight against
large warehouse corporations. It is said
the Northern Pacific Company has taken
steps opposite to the aotlon of the O. R.
& N. Company, and has refused to grant
warehouse sites on its lines.
Send Her Body to Nebraska Home.
OREGON CITT, Or., June 6. (Special.)
The remains of the late - Mrs. Mary
Gieseker, who died at the home of her
husband's sister, Mrs. A. O. Miller, near
Brown's schoolhouse, last Thursday, were
shipped today to Neligh. Neb., for inter-
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