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6 THE SI7XOAV... OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND. JUXE .21, 1908. SUIT WILL TEST OREGON TAX LI Yamhill County Contends Pres ent System Is In equitable. . CASE WILL BE ftUSHED Attorney-General Hopes to Secure Supreme Court Decision Before Jxt Session of Legislature. New Mctliod Works Well. SAT-EM. Or., June 20. (Special.) Attorney-General Crawford today received a copy of the papers in the suit recently brought in amhiH County to enjoin tne County Treasurer from paying to the State Treasurer the amount of slate taxes due according to tne apportionment made In January of this year. Mr. Crawford will asK that the case ba set for hearing within a week. If possible, and will try to have the case rushed tnrough the courts so that the law of the case, and, therefore, the legal status of all state taxes, may. bJ known at an early date. Under existing laws, state taxes are apportioned among the counties upon a fixed ratio determined in 1101, at which time the ratio was determined by strik ing an average of the assessments for the preceding five years. This system is to remain in force until li)12, unless de clared unconstitutional by the courts. The contention of Yamhill County Is that the system is inequitable, because the burden of taxes from year to year does not vary with the assessed valua tion. -The law was enacted In order to put a stop to the practice of making low assessments for tne purpose of evading a portion of the tax burden. Since the law was enacted, most of the counties have increased their assessments many fold. Yamhill's portion of the state tax is M5.000, but in proportion to assessed valuation the amount due would be only W.OuO. If Yamhill should 'win its suit, those counties which have increased their as , sessments would be compelled to pay a much larger sum than is required by the apportionment in January. If the case now pending can be disposed of before the next Legislature meets, the law, if defective, can be remedied at that time. There has always been doubt as to the constitutionality of the law, but It has worked out in practice much more satis factorily than any law previously on the statute books. ' NEEDS MORE SCHOOLROOM Burns District Will Vote on Bond Issue of $32,000. -BURNS. Or., Jnne 20. (Special.) At the annual meeting of the voters of Bums school district, Mrs. Mary E. Fo ley was elected director for three years and Walter IS. Huston waa re-elected clerk. The most important matter before the meeting was the question of building a new schoolhouse. The present building Is a two-story frame with five rooms, and the demands of the district call for bet-r ter accommodations, as there is an in crease of 52 pupils shown by the census over a year ago. A motion was unani mously adopted instructing the directors to call a special election within 30 days to vote upon the issuance of J32.000 bonds to build a new M-noolhouse of brick or stone and to refund an outstanding bond ed debt of $6500. The motion was made by the heaviest individual taxpayer of the district. Mayor Ben Brown. PASS LANDSJ-OR PATENTS Deschutes Farmers Comply With Ir rigation Laws. LAIDLAW. Or., June 20. (Special.) State Engineer John H. Lewis has Just been in this part of the state on an In spection tour of the various irrigation projects, visiting the Deschutes Irrigation and Reclamation project, the D. L & p. and the C. S. I. segregations. Mr. Lewis will certify the lands of the Deschutes Irrigation and Reclamation Company for patent, this company having fully complied with the law and the re quirements of the State Land Board. The company is composed of farmers, who took up the land as Carey act homesteads and the segregation embraces some 1200 acres of the nuest land in the Deschutes Valley, and their ditches and water sup ply ia second to none. DRY ORDER IN CLACKAMAS Saloons In 16 Trcc-Incls Must Close as Result of Prohibition. OREGON CITT, Or., June 20. -(Special.) There will be no malt, spirituous and vinous liquors sold in the precincts of Beaver Crsek, Bull Run, Boring, Canby Canemah. Damascus, Eagle Creek, Es tacada. Highland. Molalla, Marquam', Ma , pie Lane, Milk Creek. Oregon City No. 3, Springwater and Viola, after 12 o'clock on July 1. The. County Court has just made an order proclaiming the enforce ment of the vote taken at the late June election. In which 16 of the 33 precincts of Clackamas County went into the dry column. Six salmons in Boring and Es tacada will be tTmpelled to close their doors July 1. M'MILLIN WINS HIS SUIT Judge 1 Ian ford Decides Control of J .Roche Harbor Company. SEATTLE, June 20. Federal Judge C. H. Hanford today filed a memorandum deci sion dismissing the suit brought by Ernest V. Cowell, of San Francisco galnst John S. McMillln and the Ta coma and Roche Harbor Lime Company, to compel McMlllin to make restitution of moneys and stock alleged to have been fraudulently absorbed by him. Control of the Roche Harbor Company, valued at more than iSOO.OOO. was at stake in the fly lit, and McMlllin wins a clear-cut victory. LAIDLAW WILL CELEBRATE Picnic Dinner on Island of Des chutes Address by B. i Nichols. LAIDLAW. Or., June 20. (Special.) Picket Island Grange, of Laldlaw, has planned for a rousliwr Fourth of July celebration and Grange picnic here this year. Action to that effect waa taken at the last meeting of the Grange and com mittees were appointed to look after the details of the celebration. The finances have been pledged and invitations have been extended to the neighboring Granges to join in this celebration and make It one of the biggest things of the year, as It will be the only celebration held in this section of the county. The grounds selected are the beautiful Inlands of the Deschutes . River, and no prettier location could be found in the county. There will be the usual races, ball game, tennis, trap shoot, etc. One of the features will be a mammoth trout fry, and champion teams of fishermen have been selected to catch and prepare the fish for the multitudes expected to be in attendance. Fish, tea and coffee will be furnished free, and the people are expected to bring baskets. There will be a literary" programme and music. The address of the day will be rendered by Hon. B. F. Nichols, of Iaidlaw, one of the pioneers of 1844. Mr. Nichols Is now 84 years old, but hale and hearty and with a mind as vigorous as in his younger days. He was a mem ber of the Oregon Legislature when Crook County was formed. He was also a member of the session which first elected John H. Mitchell to the United , States Senate, holding out to the last against lis election. Mr. isicnois nas been preparing and has almost r?ady for the press a book on his reminiscences of his trip across the plains, a Winter YOUTHFUL LACK rtSJT GARFIELD. Wasn.. J Alice E. Gwinn, Edward mmi: ALICE .GWInY oSbStoWW.1 U l- . . I J "grammar school.' They have had several debates this season and have won out in every instance The last and final de bate for the school year was, "Resolved. .That foreign immigration is a detriment to the United States. Miss Claire John son waa in the first two debates and afterward dropped out and her place was filled by Miss Alice E. Gwiun. with Walt Whitman, his early experi ences in Oregon, including something of the Vigilantes," and also some Oregon political history not heretofore made public FACULTY IS INCREASED M'MIXXVILLE COLLEGE TRUS TEES TAKE ACTION. , Contract Let for New Music Hall and Preparations Begun for Erec . tlon of Science Hall. M'MrN'NVILLH. OK, June 30.-(Spe-clal.) The Board of Trustees of Mc Minnville College in annual session con ferred the several degrees upon the re cent graduates. They- also authorised the letting of a contract for the erection ot x new music hall and took favorable act. on looking to the building of a new slcence hall before the end of the pres ent Summer. A new steam heating plant will also be put in by their authority, of such capacity as will heat the present building as well as those that are to be added. The oollege faculty has been strength ened and enlarged for the coming year. In the college department Professor Isa bel Grover was transferred from the chair of Latin and history to that of his tory. To the chair of Latin was elected Professor George W. Payne, A. M., of West Lafayette, O.' Professor Nelson E. Thomas, A. B., of Hlllsboro, O.. was elected to the chair of Greek and Ger man. Miss Merle Wooddy, of Portland, was elected assistant instructor in he preparatory department for part-time service. Miss Wooddy comes to Mc Minnville with the expectation of com pleting the classical course. The conservatory was reorganized In view of the erection of the new music hall, which will afford ample accommo dations. Mrs. C. C. Potter was made dean of the conservatory and head of the voice department. Miss Wllma Wag goner, of Hillsboro, was elected head of the piano department. Miss F. Jane Lawrence, of Pocatello, Idaho, was elect ed a full-time teacher in the conserva tory. Mrs. Dorothy Dielschnelder will continue to teach violin in the new music hall. Howard H.- Hanscom will also have. a large room there for his art de partment. To the princlpalshlp of the commer cial department was elected Rev. Curtis P. Coe, recently from Wood Island, Alaska. Miss May Pope will continue as teacher of stenography and typewriting. Thcs3i together with the former mem bers of the faculty that have been re tained,' will direct the' several depart ments during the coming year. LINCOLN TEACHERS MEET Institute at Toledo Largely Attend ed Address by L. R. Alderman. TOLEDO, Or., June 20. (Special.) The most successful county teachers' institute ever held in Lincoln County closed last night with a lecture to parents delivered by L. R. Alderman, city superintendent of the Eugene schools. The- lecture was enjoyed by a large audience. Teachers from every section of the county attended the in stitute, and a great interest was mani fested. County Superintendent George Bethers was assisted by State Super intendent Ackerman, Professor Alder man, of Eugene, -and Charles H. Jones, of the Teachers' Monthly of Salem. Dalrymple Decision Goes Over. THE DALLES, Or., June 20. (Special.) ,-Alexander Dalrymple, held for the kill ing of Lee Putnam in this city, June 12, had his hearing today before Justice Douthlt. Owing to the unavoidable ab sence of the defendant's attorney, decis ion was deferred until Monday next. CARD OF THANKS. We wteh to express our sincere thanks to our many friends, and espe cially Rev. Henry Marcotte. Dr. Calvin White. Dr. K. C. Pierce, of the Open Air San.torlum. and Holman Undertak ing Company, for their kindness to our dear daughter and sister through her long illness, and their sympathy for us at her death. MRS. GRATSOV AND DAUGHTERS. Hie an shoes at Rosenthal s, USESD.R.&N.TRACK Hill Line Routing Trains East From Pendleton. BRIDGES- OUT IN MONTANA Loss From Recent Floods Estimated to Be Fully Million Dollars Mag nitude of Damage to Rail road Only Xow Apparent. PENDLETON. Or., June 20. .(Special.) Regular Northern Pacific passenger train service has been Inaugurated through this city over the lines of the DEBATERS OF GARFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOL HM' v ik, fj-.fei:- ALICE JE. GWINN CAER1E (JOHNSON, GARrxELC-scZASH: SABOT), HASH, TKAIiS OLD AD A MEMBER OF THE une 20. (Special.) Probably the youngest debaters in Eastern Washington are Earl McCroskcy. Avoriii anrf Claire Johnson each 11 years old and members of the sixth grade of the Garfield O. R. & N. and will b continued for at least two weeks. There will be one through passenger train each way daily. This state of affairs is brought about because nearly 20 steel bridges have been washed out along the line of the North ern Pacific In Montana, and it will re quire that length of time to resume through service over that line. It was announced here today by a Northern Pacific official that the magnitude of the washouts in Montana is only now be coming known, and that the loss to that road will be fully 1,000,000. The Northern Pacific trains will carry only their own passengers, and will be in charge of O. R- & N. freight crews while on the lines of that company. THOSE LISTED TO SPEAK Eugene Commercial Culb Pvipares Programme for Portland Day. FJUGENE, Or.. June 20. (Special.) The Eugene Commercial Club has ar- ranged the programme of speakers for the dinner to be given the Portland business men at the Commercial Club rooms June 24. The speakers are: C. S. Williams, president Eugene Commer cial Club; Tom Richardson, manager Portland Commercial Club; L. L. Whit son, Eugene; J. C. Ainsworth, United States National Bank, of Portland; P. L. Campbell, president University of Oregon; F. E. Beach, Portland; E. O. Potter, Eugene; Rev. Luther R. Dyott, Portland; H. WV Thompson, Eugene; W. D. Wheelwright, Portland; S. H. Friendly, Eugene; A. D. Charlton, as. sistant general passenger agent, North ern Pacific. The programmes, printed by the Southern Pacific, contain the complete Itinerary of the day, and on the back of the programme are the words: WE i O' V a. debt of gratitude for your vote on the -U. of O. appropriation. Every honest man pays his debts. Let us pay ours. TROUBLE IN A HATPIN lt..l 1., 1 ir.-.,-' c: Vict lllcahlAC Trt- ' lice Alarm System. SEATTLE, Wash., June 20. (Spe cial.) An ordinary hatpin, used by a pair of swallows as the foundation stone, so to speak, for their nest, built between two wires, put the entire po lice alarm system of the suburb of Bal lard out of business today. The police alarm wires from Ballard to headquar ters at the Cl,ty Hall were tested, box by box, until the trouble was located. It was discovered that difficulty lay between the box at Fremont and the one next south. The electricians could find nothing more serious than a swal low's nest, a few blocks from the Fre mont box. Climbing a pole next to the nest, he found several young birds, and when he began feeling around the nest the parents attacked him. Investigation showed that the nest, which stretched from one wire to an other, a distance of about eight inches, was built on a hatpin, which touched both wires, ' and short-clruulted the whole system. Vancouver Barracks Notes. ' "VANCOUVER BARRACKS. Wash.. June 20. fSpecial.) Major Rudolph G. Ebert, Medical Corps. Is announced as Chief Surgeon of the Department of the Columbia. Leave of absence for two months has been granted Second Lieutenant Freder ick F. Black, Tenth Infantry. Leave of absence for two months has been granted Captain Charles H. Hilton, Coast Artil lery Corps. Second Lieutenant George W. Ewell. Battalion Quartermaster and Commissary Third Infantry, has been relieved from duty at target range at American Lake. Wash., and will rejoin his proper sta tion. Fort Lawton, Wash. Second Lieutenant Richard Park, Corps of Engineers, will proceed from Morrison to Portland, for consultation with Major William G. Haan, Coast Artillery Corps, and First Lieutenant Charles R. Pettis, Corps of Engineers, in connection with land defense survey at mouth of the Co lumbia River. S?cond Lieutenant Richard Park. Corps of Engineers, and detachment of Com pany B, First Battalion of Engineers, In the field in Artillery District of the Co lumbia, will, as soon as they finish the work now in hand, carry out the instruc tions of the Chief Engineer Officer of the Department in connection with nil making In that section. Second Lieutenant Lewis H. TVatklns Corps of Engineers, and detachment of Company B. First Battalion of Engineers, in the field In Artillery District of Puget Sound, will carry out instructions from the Chief Engineer Officer of the Depart ment In connection with map making in that section. Second Lieutenant Richard T. Coiner, Corps of Engineers, in command of de tachment of 34 enlisted men of Company B, First Battalion of Engineers, will pro ceed from Vancouver Barracks to Mof lips, 'Wash., for work In connection with military map making of the Department. FRAUD IN COAL LAND DEAL Judge McRrlde Ses Aside Deeds of Xehalem Coal Company. ASTORIA. Or.. June 20. (Special.) At this morning's session of the Cir cuit Court. Judge McBride rendered a decision in favor of the plaintiffs in the case of Charles Robltch vs. The Ne halem Coal Company and Frederick Robltch and Elizabeth Robltch. The two cases were Identical and were brought to recover a total of 4S0 acres of land located in the lower Nehalem TiDWARD SIXTH GHADE. River district, which the complaint as serted the plaintiffs had deeded to the defendant company for $4500 of the company's capital stock at the par value of tt per share. The complaint alleged that the land was sold upon the representation by officers of the company that the entire S150.000 of the company's capital stock had been sold at Its face value and the company had sufficient money to proceed wich the development of its coal lands, whereas $75,000 of the stock had been given as a bonus in the purchase of certain tracts of land. Several other accusa tions of fraud were also alleged. The court. In rendering his decision this morning, held that the.--deeds to the plaintiff's property had been secured through misrepresentation, and made an order directing that the deeds be set aside and the property reconveyed to its original owners. PRAISES OREGON'S SYSTEM CALIFORNIA EDUCATOR LIKES OUR SCHOOL LAWS. Method or Selecting Books for Dis trict Libraries Highly Commend ed by Charles S. Greene. SALEM, Or., June 19 (Special.) That Oregon has the best system of school laws in the United States has been fre quently asserted by educational workers of National reputation. Ever since the adoption of the Daly text book law, in 1SU9. which put the selection of text books upon a business basis, there has been constant improvement with the purpose of securing the highest efficiency In the public schools. Adoption of the uniform course of study for common schools and high schools which har monized the whole educational system from the kindergarten to the senior year of the University, was one of the steps in the improvement of the school laws of the state, and this. In particular, has been widely commended. California is one of the states that has recently acknowledged some of the su perior features of our school system, and efforts are being made there to have some of the Oregon methods adopted. At the recent meeting of the California Library Association attention was called to the school library law of Oregon and in a discussion of the "Relation Between Schools and Libraries" Charles S. Greene, of Oakland, said in part: Oregon has moved far ahead of Cali fornia in this matter. There the prhool dis trict libraries are chosen from a list issued by the Oregon Library Commission, which not only makes up a carefully graded and annotated selection of the highest merit, but negotiates with the publishers a special price at which books ar delivered to Ore gon schools. Wild Animals I Have Known" Is priced at $1.25. whereas one California district, to my personal knowl edge, paid $2.23 tor the same book. Other speakers at the meeting em phasized the same point and showed that Oregon not only buys its library books cheaper than does California, but gets a much better class of books for the rea son that the purchases are limited to a prescribed list. In C&lifornta, so the speakers said, the library fund is abused by those school boards which buy worth less books in order to help some poor cripple, bereaved women or needy girls who take the agency for some Eastern publishing house and solicit subscriptions for a "richly ornamented book about nothing." Abuses of this sort, as well as the purchase of books worse than use less. Is made impossible in Oregon by the provisions of the library law. Oregon's traveling library system also came In for a share of the commendation and it waa asserted that California ex pects soon to have in operation a travel ing library plan. Accused of Horse-Stealing.. MILTOST, Or., June 20. (Special.) On information from Athena, a man named Clark is being held here on the charge that he was attempting to steal a team and buggy which he hired this morning from Harry McBride, of Athena. Clark attempted to dispose of the team to C. J. McKenzle, of the Milton stables, but before succeeding In selling tho outfit he was placed under arrest and is being- held until the Athena officers arrive. JUST RECEIVED. A large assortment of ladies' waists In striped silk, pongee and nets at lt Palais Royal, 375 Washington St. COLLEGE OUTLOOK BRIGHT PACIFIC UNIVERSITY FACES ERA OF PROSPERITY. Endowment Fund Now $250,000, All Debts Paid, and Carnegie Promises $20,000 Library. PACIFIC UNIVERSITY. Forest Grove. Or., June 19. (Special.) Pacific Univer sity closes Its year's work with very en couraging results and has an optimistic outlook for the new year. Within the past year a new $57,000 women's dormi tory has been erected. The endowment has been increased $20,000 and a fifnd of $2UO0 has been started for the erection of a new gymnasium. The institution is out of debt and now has an endowment of $250.ono. In students there has been an Increase of 20 per cent over last year. A new chair in Biblical literature has been added. The student body activities along various lines have bsen on the whole successful. In football the P. U. boys carried oft" half the victories. In debating the P. U. men secured four votes out of six judges. The track season c!os?rl with no defeats recorded asainst tlie team. AthU-tics have paid ali ex penses, and a neat balance is left, this being the first year for over a period of six years that t'i5 season closed with a surplus In the treasury. The students have most ably met every obligation. Mr. Hahn, an efficient coach, has been se cured for the new year. The standard In scholarship has been raised; heretofore the course of study re quired 16 credits a year in the Academy; now 19 credits ana required. This places the institution upon the same basis with the largest Eastern colleges. A degree of A. B. from Pacific University readily admit-j graduates to post graduate work in the large colleges of the country. An drew Carnegia has pledged $20.0u0 toward a new library building if the school will raise $30,000. Some of this fund has al ready been raised. The 15.000 volumes In the library have taxed the capacity of Marsh Hall. SHOWERS BENEFIT WHEAT AVasco Farmers Rejoice Over Bright OutlooU for Wheat Crop. THE DALLES. Or.. June 20. (Special.) A refreshing rain has fallen through out Wasco County today, gladdening the hearts of grain groweres and dealers who were beginning to be concerned be cause of the critical condition of the crops. The Winter grain has headed out and it was feared that, should the dry spell continue much longer, grain would shrivel. This opportune shower, with the cool winds of the past few days, makes the outlook for a large yield of plump grain most promising. Buys Lakevlew Examiner. LAXEVIEW, Or.. June 20. (Special.) The Lake County Examiner has been purchased by Fred J. Bowman, a news paper man of Minneapolis. Mr. Bow man is a man of wide experience In the newspaper line. The Examiner Is the oldest newspaper in this section of Oregon, having been established In 1880. C. O. Metzker, who has conducted the Examiner for over four years, will take & trip into California. He expects to return to Lakeview in a year and enter the real estate business. Killed Under His Auto. FULLERTON, Cal., June 20. While go ing at a terrific rate on a trial trip in an automobile, F. O. MInter, aged 33, was instantly killed yesterday two miles north ot town by the overturning of his ma chine. It Is believed Minter fainted from heart failure, as he was subject to attacks. Minter was a native of In- The "Bride's Piano" May Yet Be Termed The Sweet Girl Graduate's Piano For several years the glorious dickering Quarter Grand has been known as the Bride's Piano. Scores of these each year are selected at Eilers by fond parents or thoughtful bridegrooms for the new home. This year it seems to be quite the thing to present a Baby Grand Piano to the Sweet Girl Graduate. Among the several instruments selected last week were two magnifi cent Chickering Quarter Grands, upon which suitably engraved silver tablets were placed by our manufacturing department, to commemorate the termination of "school days" of two of Portland's popular belles. The Chickering is the oldest-established firm of American piano-makers commencing 1823 and the Chickering is sold Only by Eilers Piano House. Prices range from $550 to $loo0, at The House of Highest Qual ity, 353 Washington street, corner of Park. (71 IT flh That Are Built For You Chesterfield Clothes arc built for you. We mean for the man who wears and wants finer clothes than ordinary clothing stores sell, the man who usually patronizes the highest-priced custom tailors. You will find among our main- models a garment that is built for you, whether 3-ou are built regular or tall and slim, or short and stout. Having a dozen or more distinct models enables us to fit any man, and save him the many nui sances of the made-to-measure shop. CHESTERFIELD CLOTHES READY FOR SERVICE 269-271 MORRISON ST. dlanapolis, but came from Syracuse, n. y. Promises to Aid Hawaii. HONOLULU, June 20. Secretary of the Interior James R. Garfield sailed last night on a visit to the crater of Kilauea and a tour of the islands of Hawaii and Maul. He will return next Thursday nr. to and take passage on the steamer St. Louis for a visit- to the Island of Kauaii. In a speech at the Commercial Club to day Mr. Garfield said: "Tour questions of met, labor and land shall have my consideration. Tour labor conditions are not satisfactory." Metzger sells watches for less.