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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
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"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.