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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, . PORTLAND, DECEMBER 19, 1909.
HIGHER COURT FOR
REDS IS PROPOSED
McCourt Will Have Nothing
More to Do With Indian
Witnesses.
THEY REFUSE TO CONVICT
Recommendations Will Be Prepared
for Oregon Congressional Delega
tion In Effort to Establish
New Judicial Scheme.
After repeated failure to secure convio
tions of Indiana or whites where reliance
U had solely on the testimony of Indian
' witnesses, the officers of the Federal Court
axe considering specific recommendations
f which will be presented to the Oregon
(members in Congress, which. If adopted,
will rearrange the entire system of ad
'xnlnlfrt erring Justice among the Indian
'tribes.
The plan will incorporate a number of
unique features, chief of which will be
'the organization of an Indian court, to
be presided over by an Indian judge, who
shall be able to understand the witnesses
who usually deliver their testimony
through an interpreter,
t'lt has been ypars since any Indian
as been convicted of a crime upon the
testimony of members of his or her
i-tribe. said District Attorney John Mc-
Court yesterday.
Indian Witnesses Failures.
'White men and Indians have been
convicted in cases where white men were
witnesses In the cases. An Indian usually
has no regard for his oath, where the life
or liberty of one of his red brothers is
concerned. After a crime has been com
mitted thfiy will appear before the Indian
asrnt or the United States Commissioner
and are free with their evidence against
,th person who has been accused. The
nicnt and the Commissioner invariably
believe that they have a strong case and
urge this office to prosecute. The wit
nesses usually come before the grand
jury with the evidence, but if the Indian
la bound over for trial, Tndian witnesses
run be relied upon to change over to the
defense when the case comes up.
"This office hereafter will not prosecute
rnses asainst Indians unless there are
white witnesses for the Government."
Kvans Proposes Indian Court.
Ioputy restrict Attorney Kvans was
yesterday preparing recommendations to
the Attorney-General, which will be pre
sented for consideration of the Senators
and Uopresentatives from this state. The
1 miiuns now have a police system, of
llcored by members of the tribes, as well
as a police court for the hearing of minor
t harK s. It is said to have proven ef-ffM-tual
and it is urped that the system
can be enlarged to cover jurisdiction of
all crimes committed on the tndian reser
vh tlons.
The whole situation arises as the after
math of tin trial of Frank Johnson, the
1 iimtilla pjillant, who recently eloped
with folia Allen, the wife of a cousin of
Johnson, and the action of old Te-Te-Mi-ot,
mother of the gay I-olharto of the
reservation, who, after having her son
arrested, refused to testify against him.
Te-To-Mi-Ot objected to the plan of ac
QUiring a daughter-in-law, as well as the
popularity of the young: squaw, who is
Vnnwn as the belle of the Umatillas. Te-Te-Mi-tM
went to Pendleton and induced
Commissioner Haley to issue a warrant
for the arrest of her son. charging him
with stealing the horses and buggy
which were used by the red lovers in
escaping from the reservation.
At the trial of Johnson the old mother
exonerated him and said that the horses
had been given to tho priosner. Celia
Allen, and her husband. Bronson, were
also witnesses for the defendant.
MR. HENRY'S OPPOSITION
WHV UK IS AGAINST THE
imOAmVAY BRIDGE.
( (iiuplain.s or Ridicule and Sujs He
Mas Kalst'ly Accused by
Judge Munly.
PORTLAND, Doc. 18. (To the Kditor.)
In The Oresonian today there is a
published report of the so-called mass
meeting held in Albina in which the
' statement made in a subhead is that
. ".Munly Flays Henry." There are some
people so intensely selfish that they can
not accord to another an honest and dis
interested motive.
I have insisted that it was best for the
City of Portland not to encroach and
lessen our harbor facilities by building
any more bridges north of the Steel
bridge. I am a heavy taxpayer in the
City of Portland, and have full charge
of millions of dollars of property for
friends and clients, and believe that I
have a right to give full expression to
my views as to what may be for the
best for the City of Portland, to the up
building of which I believe a fair regard
for modesty will permit me to say thep
I have accomplished something to that
nd.
I regret that The Oregonian has seen
fit to take the method of holding up
honest menwho are really trying for
; what they really think is for the best
Interests of the city, by public ridicule,
and cartooning end erroneous reports.
, It is due to thle lampooning that bon
' est-thtnking business men decline, to
' hold positions, as they and their wives
and friends do not like public ridicule
when they are doing the beet that they
can, with a due regard for their oaths.
The gentlemen comprising the Port of
Portland Commission are honest, re
spected citizens who are acting for the
best interests of the state for the con
, trol of the Willamette River. They are
. men of good business judgment, and
they shoiki not be subjected to coarse
ridicule and uncalled-for cartooning when
they are honestly trying to arrive at
tlii best solution for the good of the
whole city.
As to '"Judge Munly's Playing Henry,"
I am not thin-skinned ; I have been be
fore t lte public a good deal, but It is
not fair and right for Judge Munly and
friends to go to my business associates
and supposed clients and demand of
them that they have me desist from op
posing their. Broadway bridge scheme.
I am reliably informed that Judge Munly
. In his so-called mass meeting in flaying
me last night stated that 1 had taken
the beneut of the "bankruptcy act to
avoid payment of honest debts." . .
I baVe lived here steadily in this com
. munity for the past 20 years, and with
many other men have undergone the
. trials and hardships here. I had been
advised during that panic to take ad
vantage of the bankruptcy act, but 1
Jave paid my debts, and have paid debts
for others that I went security for, and
did not take the bankruptcy act. The
records are open to the inspection of
Judge Munly or any one else. i
Judge Munly. in making tltts unwar
ranted statement against my character,
would be made, by many men, to repair
at the end of a damage suit, but this
is not a time for crimination or recrimi
nation. "We want to build a city here;
we ought to plan it right, and when a
man Vi doing the beat he can. asking for
a fair hearing, a reasonable fair and '!
honest audience ought to be given with
out unjust and wilful misrepresentation.
CHARLES K. HEXRY.
The Oregonian thinks it has treated
Mr. Henry with due consideration in the I
Broadway bridge discussion. He is cer- .
tainly alone in his discovery that he has
been held up to public ridicule or has
been cartooned, or has been made the j
victim of erroneous reports. What er
roneous .reports? Is it possible that Mr.
Henr- refers to his own erroneous state
ment that Bridge Engineer Modjeskl had
said that a tunnel or tube under the
river might be built for $1, 260,000. when
in fact, the unanimous testimony 'of all
except Mr. Henry is that bis lowest esti
mate was $2,800,000 for a streetcar tube
or tunnel? Or to that other erroneous
statement made by Mr. Henry that
President Josselyn. of the Portland Rail
way, Light & Power Company, had said
that the railway company would not use
the Broadway bridge if built a state
ment explicitly repudiated by Mr. Josse
lyn? Mr. Henry is an adept at getting things
wrong. He has not heretofore been held
up to any kind of ridicule. The Ore
gonian's newspaper account of the "flay
ing" of Mr. Henry by Judge Munly was
exceedingly mild. Mr. Henry himself
brings out In his letter much more serious
statements by' Judge Munly than were
reported. His purpose is no doubt to
refute them, but why not have let them
alone, since they were nowhere pub
lished? Mr. Henry is practically alone, in his
opposition to the Broadway bridge, or
at least he is supported by a very small
number of persons. If Mr. Henry feels
keenly his position and complains of lack
of public appreciation or support, how
can he hold others than himself respon
sible? He ought to accept -a necessary
situation with better grace.
Of course, Mr. Henry, the same as the
rest of us, wishes a city built here, and
wishes to assist it. But, unless we great
ly mistake, he stands in opposition to
the large majority of our people in his
antagonism to the Broadway bridge.
BROKEN BACK NOT FATAL
RAKE OPERATION" PERFORMED
OX JAPANESE IjABORER.
Five Pieces of Vertebrae Removed to
Relieve Paralysis of Lower
Limbs.
His back literally broken when a loaded
handcar passed over his body, Y. Twa
tani, a Japanese laborer, may yet live as
the result of one of the rarest operations
in modern surgery performed yesterday
morning at the Good Samaritan Hospital
by Ir. A. E. Rockey and Ir. Buck. Be
fore the operation the whole of the Jap's
body, from the hips down, was completely
paralyzed.
Five portions of. the vertebrae were re
moved at the base and by this means the.
pressure on the spinal cord was removed,
insuring: that Hi case of recovery there
will be no paralysis. While the result of
the operation will not be definitely known
until Tuesday, the physicians are hopeful
that Twatanl will make a complete re
covery. Twatanl is a laborer about 25 years old,
working for the North Bank road, under
contract to the Oriental Trading Com
pany. Friday afternoon he was approach
ing Vancouver with the rest of his gang
on a handcar. Twatanl was among those
working the lever. When the brakes
failed, the car on a steep grade ran away.
Twatanl endeavored Jo grab the lever,
caught it, and was promptly hurled to
the track ahead of the car. He fell across
one of the rails and both wheels passed
over his back in the lumbar region.
Paralysis of the lower limbs at once
set In. The car was hurried on to Van
couver, where Twatani was - put on a
North Bank train for Portland and sent
to the hospital.
Surgical examination disclosed a frac
ture of the vertebrae in the lumbar re
gion and a dislocation of the spine, which,
by pressing on the spinal cord, produced
paralysis. It la believed in a few hours
this would have been permanent.
There are but a few cases on record
where tnis operation has resulted suc
cessfully. Late last night Twatani had
recovered from the anaesthetic. He was
free from pain and it is generally believed
a complete recovery will result, since the
spinal cord is uninjured.
HOSPITALS ARE CROWDED
lre'eleiit Set at N'auglil by Demands
on Room In Holidays.
Signs of the approaching season are
being manifested at both the Good Sa
maritan and St. Vincent hospitals. Ex
cept in emergencies, operations are be
coming fewer for all who can invaria
bly postpone surgical attention until
after Christmas.
Only three operations were sched
uled at both hospitals yesterday. With
a few exceptions, the typhoid patients
have gone home. Both institutions con
tinue full, contrary to all precedent,
nevertheless.
At no one time, it Is said, have there
been so many surgical cases the result
of bob-sledding, automobile collisions
and railroad and streetcar accidents,
and whereas it is usual for hospitals
to be nearly vacated at the joyful sea
son, this year it appears as if there
would not be a bed to spare. Last night
every bed and cot In both Institutions
was occupied.
Both are perplexed regarding the
aftermath of Christmas, for the follow
ing week usually sees an avalanche of
surgical cases.
ATTORNEY CONNER HURT
O. K. & Atforncy Dislocates Ankle
as He Alights From Train.
Henry F. Conner, 'attorney for the O.
It. & N.. is a patient at the Good Samari
tan Hospital, suffering from a dislocated
ankle, the result of a fall at the Union
repot on alighting from a train two days
ego. His injuries are not serious.
Mr. Conner recently returned from Cali
fornia, where he spent several months at
Paso Robles for his health, after leaving
St. Vincent's" Hospital.
Club Meeting Postponed.
The music section of the woman's
Club will not meet until Tuesday, Jan
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PRUNING TIPS GIVEN
Professor Cole Talks to Port
land Apple-Growers.
SPARE FRUIT BUDS ADVICE
Proper Training of Young Trees
Means Healthier Orchards and
Less Work After Bearing Be
gins Pruning Great Aici.
Professor Charles A. Cole, dean of tho
horticultural department ;of the Oregon
Agricultural College, last night lectured,
to the Portland Apple Growers' Associa
tion in the Y. M. C. A. auditorium, and
was greeted with an audience which com
pletely filled the room. Professor Cole
began with the statement that a success
ful orchardist must have some knowl
edge of the anatomy of a tree.
"It is necessary that the grower should
know something of the methods which
the tree adopts In reaching height and
diameter, as well as in producing fruit,"
said the ' speaker. ,
"There are two buds. One produces
wood and the othr produces fruit. On
an apple tree tho fruit buds appear on
all limbs over an inch in diaameter. but
always at the end of a fruit spur, which
appear after th, tree is 2 years old. The
spurs are small and very crooked, and
many pruners take them off under the
belief that their existence spoils the
looks of the tree.
"Pear trees have all the characteristics
of the apple tree and the fruit spurs set
in a similar manner. To Interfere with
these spurs is suicidal. The buds are to
be found on the fruit spurs, bat may be
recognized by being round and soft.
"The wood buds are small and fiat
with sharp points and are placed by na
ture along the bark of the trees.
Pruning Adds Life to Tree.
"Pruning Is the most essential thing
In the life and usefulness of the fruit
tree. Do away with the axe in your
tool kit and provide a pruning knife, a
pair of 10-inch shears, a pair of three
foot pruning shears, a pair, of 10-foot
pruning shears, a saw and a bucket of
paint and a brush. Any kind of paint
will do, so long aa It la t mixture of
whit3 lead. Even the skins which line
old paint barrels and kegs can be util
ized.
"Pruning la done to keep the tree alive,
in shape and within reach, as the ex
pense of handling a fruit crop Is in the
use of step ladders to reach It. The best
pruners do the work both in the' Summer
and the Winter seasons. Summer prun
ing produces fruit and Winter pruning
brinss wood. Summer pruning' should
commence as soon after July 10 as pos
sible, while the terminal buds are alive
and the sap Is running. The plan should
be to cut back the twigs and branches
which are making too strong a growth.
That me.kes fruit spur. ...
"Never make a heavy pruning, in the
tops of the trees, becausa the result is
sure to be found in a heavy growth of
water sprouts. If a heavy cut-is -made
in the tops there must be a corresponding
root pruning, which is impracticable. As
a tree grows it puts out a root system to
correspond with its top, and if the latter
is cut back the sap which is taken up
by the roots must be utilized somewhere,
and it causes a growth which Is undesir
able. "In Winter, prune any time 'after tlie
leaves are oft the trees, but the best time
Is' about February 1, because thereafter
only a short period will elapse before tho
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sap starts and the wounds begin to heal,
and the tree puts on its wood growth. In
Winter cut out the cross-growing
branches, the water sprouts, broken
limbs, and head back the upright grow
ing limbs so as to keep the tree flat.
"In nutting off a branch use a saw.
Make the first cut about four inches from
the body of the tree, and on the under
side of the limb. Next made a cut on the
top of the limb and one inch nearer the
tree. The limb will fall and not split the
bark. Then cut off the stub- of the limb
as close to the tree as the saw will work,
and at once paint the wound. Where
the stubs are left they gather bacteria.
become diseased and rot out, seriously"'
damaging the tree. If it shall not be ulti
mately ruined. -
"Tree surgery is a branch of successful
pruning which can hardly be covered In
a short lecture, but the paint is the first
aid to the Injured. As the wounds heal,
they must be watched and If for any rea
son the flow of sap is shut off, the -grower
must use his prunting knife to open 'a
seam around the place through which the
fluid may find a way to do its work. If
the grower prunes his frees conscien
tiously during the first years he will have
little trouble with his orchard.
"Orchards, young or old, must be cul
tivated. Plowr disk and roll so that a
mulch may be created under which the
moisture will be held. In the Willamette
Valley there is no necessity ever to Irri
gate an orchard if that method Is fol
lowed. The land must have nitrogen and
potash. A cover crop of vetch and rye,
plowed under, will supply the nitrogen,
ajid a few rows of California turnips,
turned under for decay, will replenish the
potash."
At the conclusion of the address. Pro
fessor Cole was bombarded with ques
tions, which he answered fully. Interest
in the subject matter of the lectures be
ing given every Saturday . night Is in
creasing rapidly, as is demonstrated by
the attendance.
. Home and School Draw Closer.
KUGENEJ, -Or.'. Dec. 18. (Special.)
The Patron-Teacher Association, a new
educational institution, has for Its object,
the promotion of a better understanding;
between home and school. The organi
zation was completed last night by the
election of Dr. H. D. Sheldon, presi
dent, and Mrs. C. W. Southworth. sec-
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SEATTLE GETS ANOTHER
FINE LARGE PIPE ORGAN
First Methodist Episcopal Church AwarHs Eilers Piano
House Contract for Costly Instrument.
The contract for what will be one of
the Largest Pipe Organs on the Coast
was awarded to Eilers Piano House by
the First Methodist Episcopal Church
of Seattle several days ago.
The organ will cost $15,000 and will
contain forty-seven stops with an echo
organ placed in the dome of the church
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The main organ-is to be operated by
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HAS IMMENSE PIPES. :
This - organ 'will consist of Great,.
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The largest pipe in the organ is 32 feet
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The Diapason and Reeds will be put
on heavy pressure wind, and the rest
of the .organ will be placed' n three
and one-halff-inch pressure. All valves
are operated by two pressure's' of air.,
one greater than the other On this
principle, so long as . there is air, t;here
Is action. The . console .of .the, organ,
will be extended and reversed so that
the choir will be between '."theorganist
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for the organist to direct the cnoir.
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cial.) The Clark County Medical Associa
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