TnE SUNDAY OREGON. AN", FOKTLAND, ' DECEMBER 4, 1910.
DIX WILL THWART
REPORT OF STATE
FAIR SWIMMERS TO DIP IN DECEMBER SURF
Memben of Multnomah ClnTi Annex to Participate in Aquatic Sport at Gearhart Park December 10 Twenty-five Women to Compete.
TAMMANY'S-
E
Governor-elect Would Make
Election Law Uniform
Throughout State.
$699,958.76 Paid Over to
Treasurer Figures Ready
" for Legislature.
HE OPPOSES ANY TINKERING,
FEW SWAMP ACRES SOLD
UflSH
o
MAD
hancr In I -aw Irired by Tain-
oianjr oc Faxoced Would Vet
Jlare Track and f-rxice Com-
ml "Inn Iawa Stand.
IT t.LT'TD r. LOXmKOAIC.
Nrw TRK. Pec. I iJpectall
!Vhen Overnor-elect I'l waa In th
eltr the other dar. an Important con-
ferenee waa held which tn m way
dt't no! bfom Known to the ni-
rrer men. In fact the details bar
J it reme to IIkM throuah the "leakt-
ress" of a member of the LeeTlalature
who la slated for the rhalrmanahlp ot
on of the Important committees In the
Ammblr.
Mr. Dlx has declared publicly that
ho has no Intention of mlln In the I
work of the lawmaking branch of the I
rata x?ernnient. but the fact remains
that he has taken a very active part In
mapping out the lesrlslatlve programme
for next Winter.
Mr. If Insists that e knows little
or nothing about conditions In the city.
hut he Is well Informed about condi
tions up state. And one of hie Insis
tent demand Is that the election laws
be revised.
Ili Would lianic Klcctenn Law.
The present statute Is admittedly In
favor of ItenuMlcanj supremacy. Mr.
1'lx believes that the Irene has come
when the leronrle moat arranae
tMnca so that ther will net a shade
the best of trr
New Tork fltr. normallv. Is heavily
Iemocratlc. Tiie rural districts are
normally heavily Republican. So up
to the present time It haa been easv to
vote In the country dlstrlcta and hard
tn rast a ballot In the city.
Residents of cities, cities large and
smalL muni appear each year and reg
ister personally If they desire to vote.
To prevent repeating, thev must also
lan Ihelr namea to the books. There
Is no way to aet on the election rolls
except to follow this course.
In t'ie country there Is no registra
tion In person whatsoever. The 1
officials make up a list from their own
personal knowledge, and thia la sup
oed to be open for puhlh Inspection
a certain time tgefore election, so that
errors or omissions mav be rorreciea.
The reason siren for this Is that It Is
a harriat Ip to ask the poor farmer to
lose a day's work simply to register.
when everybody knows everybody else.
H it It cannot he denied that this sys
tem opens a door to fraud that could
nt prevail In the cttv districts.
Mr. Pit. In the coarse of his con-
Terences tn this city. Irapreased upon
the leaders the necessity of a uniform
prlmarv law to rover the entire state.
He sail that there a as no reason why
t ie farmera In St. l-awrence County
should be treated with any more con
sideration than are the laborers of Mul
berry Rend, and bta hearera all agreed
with him.
No (ernrral llrvlolon Fropoard.
The future Governor. however.
frowned upon suggestions made by
Tammany leaders that the prrarnt law
he greatly revised. Tammany doca rot
like the statute as It at present exists.
In fact. It la a matter of common report
that It haa driven away about vj
fradulent votea that were annually cast
fir the Wigwam ticket.
The present law seems to me to he a
good one. Mr. IMx la reported to hi
eal.l. "and I do not believe that It needs
amendment, except to make Its appltca.
tton universal. We cannot do anything
that will lead the public to believe that
any of the safeguards are being with
drawn from the ballot. Personally. I
am In favor of a fair ballot. Also from
the standpoint of expediency. I. wonld
imply hurt us In the long run. for the
toters are getting more Independent all
!he time, and no party can thrive on
.-rookedness.
Another weapon fashioned hy the Re
publicans, which now seems destined to
fir bark and hurt tie-n. Is the State
Superintendent of Election. This offi
cial la supposed to guard against the
casting of fraudulent ballots In the
ireater flty and Westchester County.
I p to date, however, he hss merely
looked after the voting la the heavily
Tammany districts on the lower Kast
Side. The .Superintendent and hla of
fice staff hae been as much a part ot
the Republican county machinery as la
me t ounty o-nrrlttee.
Tammany's lrlre Opposed.
The Tammany men have keen anx
ious to obtain control of this bureau.
not so much on acconnt or the patron
age as because of the moral help It
would be at U polls. But Mr. Plx haa
other Ideas.
Its figures that there la more cor
ruption upstate thsn there Is aovwhere
else, and purposes to have the elections
In that section more csrefully ecru tin -
lied. In consequence, the powers of the
state Superintendent will he enlarged
e- that he can go anywhere he s
fit. This will enable the naming of state
watchers In the strong rural counties.
which are strongly Republican.
Outside of the patronage and the con
tracts. Tammany haa been Interested
particularly In three pieces of legisla
tion, ami soon after election the braves
were boasting that they would carry
the measurca. These three are:
A repeal of the laws forbidding rare
track gambling, which have practically
iloaed all the tracks of the state.
A law lestsUtlng out of office the
preeent Pu'dii? Hervlce Oommlsaloo and
r-pctng the cttv board with men
named be Mayor Gaynur.
A more liberal excise law. one that
would remove state supervision and give
the cities ami counties all the revenue.
Although the new legislature will not
meet until the rtmt Wednesday In Jan
uary, all three of these measuree have
a-ready been thrown Into the discard.
The new (iovernor. although he has not
talked for publication on the subject.
frankJy told the conferees that under so
ctr-mmstances would he stand for them,
snd that. If necessary, he eoueT return
mem with his veto.
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"The race track lesue has been set
tled by the people of the state.- he
said 'It may be a popular measure la
the dry. but In the country there hi a
s'rong moral Influence against the con
ditions that formerly prevailed."
Mr. Cay nor sounded the knell of the
rubllc Service Commission reorganlai
ton py earing trial be did not m-ant to
hare the appointment of the board, and
would deeply resent being put Into
position where he would be called upon !
" name m memnera. lie points oot
thst one cf the principal duties, of that
poov is to recommend new subwsv lines
te the Board cf Estimate, of which the
Sy ?c Joe Jh
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k( y Mk, Yv A I .v:, A- it
the case of a tidal wave. The expects- I . j ; A i "A J ! '" ' ' "' ''' ' : " 1? I
tlon Is also that gains can be made up- f 'S . "Vk. V V I s ' " ' ' ' I
state, but the field Is not as broad as tt i .' . ; , ! . ' 1
Is In the city. i V v I - 'V' ' ,. '-'Jl
Mr. rlx has' Introduced a novelty, so k 'WW -vyf '" ' J V j
far as the oonduct of a Oo-emor-elect 5 ' - .5 .1 1 ""T r i i
is concerned. He will go to Albany e' J i' V ' 1
I early in iTrfrawr, ana epciiu vile lime II." . I fsc X t "1 I lie "' 'ill I
ther. until hla Inane-oration on Jsnmirv I I I " ? l k 1 Mi V: X I I
1. studying the needs of his new duties. 1 - - x . s , V . W ' . : v 1
Heretofore the new tovernors have . ; y "V'A ft Ijj . - v - " '
carefully kept away from the capital v . 4.. -,V I : - . '," "
until the time cam for them to tep y .- .A IN ' '"Is." ' r I
The new executive believe that he i - - H ! :""i4
has a lot to learn, and he la anxious to v V JT I"1' '5 I
get right to work. Ilia friends sav that sL V' ' V Ucvc; pO f f LI f
he will not be dominated by Murphy. T, X t jMVvW I " 1 - - 1
and mean to he the beat possible kind -" S ! i. A ,M Vj " k'. j
(.a in In Conitrcss. oi an inaepenoem governor , v s, , Va?sVd ' RV, I . '
I Tirnman m sa e-aa rtnt talk Ino- nnanlv I I I r I' " ' v ' ' 1IU a. All' 1 A it ' T ; I I
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i uiii. rAj.rrw inrmwivn na inuruu.niy iif i llV' , ?f 71 1 tv X; if : ---- ill 1
HoeJr'jn-."months ltwlll be V , I i '59 I 1 1' I
rrtrrsbure;, V., Has 9500,000 Mr l '; Vff5 . V"'
PETERSBURG. Vs Dec J.f(even f. f " :, - V""- - &i
business houses In the heart of the bus!- P a " 'Jr ' "'i J
new section of Px-tersburt; were destroyed 11' V'Pskds, ' J 'KTotQoC fV5- rWT2
by fire esrly today at a loss of approxl- lua-"ei .a, ,
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surance. I
I Applications
Amount to
demnlty
for Farm Land'
$2,582,048.07 In-
School Property
Rained in Price.
vxiivfi:its ii i this t.Roi r arki at thk mi' wi.xa t.Htt fe:
o-m:ili- kim how xhs. frak k.ihiikrli, vb iiklia n tu-
:H. X. Wtl.TKR HO I. MAX. LOUKK ROW A XT HI K 1'AVII.L,
SW IHVIIMJ l PHI t TOK OK THK XII I.TXOM II AXtATKI H ATHLKTIC
I'M K, wwe. FKI1K K. V. ATK1J MK. M. IIOPS(l AU MISS
t.LAUII HOWARD. ,
Mayor Is a member. That, he Is con
vinced, would give the Mayor too much
powrr. Mr. Ltx has also gone on record
as stating that be bellevea that the
present act Is a good on and should not
be wiped off the statute books.
The opstnte lawmakers declare thst
the excise law must not be Interfered
with. One reason is that It gives the
state a large amount of revenue at the
expense of the prosperous city of New
York, for one-third of the, excise fees
In each locality go to the state govern
ment, snd It Is not In human nature
to give up something for nothing. Con-
senuentlv the rural Iemocrats are
much opposed to excise law "refonsj
as were the Jlepubllcans whom they
succeed. '
iH-niorrats Will
The Democrats will have the power
to redlstrlct the state for Congressional
districts and they exect to gain per
manently at least six seat In addition
tn holding the additional ones, due to
Increase of population. Vnder the Re
publican gerrvmandee, there were eight
districts below The Bronx which were
normally Republican. Tammany experts
are figuring on a system now which they
believe will give one sure G. O. P. dis
trict In Rroklyn. and one doubtful one
on Manhattan. The others, they say.
will all he safely Democratic, except In
O complete all arrangements for
the most novel - swimming event
ever given In the Northwest Arthur
Cavill, ewlramlnjT Instructor of the Mult
nomah Amateur Athletic Club, will leave
this morning for Gearhart Park to pre
pare the natatcrlum at that place,
where women of the club who will com
pete In the state championship swims
next Sunday.
At least 25 members of the Women's
Annex of the Multnomah Club will com
pete. They vrill be accompanied by a
large delegation of friends and members
of the club.
The women had originally intended to
compete in the Christmas swim in the
Willamette River, but Frank B. Wat
kins, chairman of the swimming com
mittee, and Instructor Cavill thought of
the more novel plan of having the wom
en take a dip in the surf at this season
of the year Instead. At tile same time
they will enter the swimming races In
the natatorium at Gearhart Park.
Women of the Multnomah Club en
tered Into the spirit of the affair read
ily and there were soon 25 entries listed.
Most of them decline to allow their
names to be mentioned as some are in
doubt as to their ability to get away
for the two-days' excursion planned.
The management of the hotel at Gear
hart has arranged for an entertainment
and dance to be held there in honor of
the fair swimmers December 10. Sun
day morning and afternoon, December
11, the swimming races will be held.
Sunday morning there will be an ex
hibition of surf riding by two Hawaiian
women in their native costume. This
event will comprise all the Hawaiian
aquatic feats to be seen on the beaches
at Waiklkl in Honolulu. The Multno
mah Club women will also indulge in
surf bathing, and footraces on the beach,
while Arthur Cavill, the swimming in
structor of the club, will give demonstra
tions of Ufesavlng In the breakers
well as in the big tank.
In the afternoon the clubwomen will
compete for the Oregon championships
for which event the Oliver King Jeffery
cup will be offered as the first prize,
This event will be over the 100-yard
course, while there will also be a 50
yard swimming match for medals do
nated by the Multnomah Club.
in addition to the speed swimming
contests there will be fancy swimming
and diving contests, and all-around
swimming competitions, for each of
which suitable prizes will be offered.
The Amateur Athletic Union will recog
nice all records made.
Among the women members of the
Multnomah Club who are to take part
in the swim are Mrs. Frank B. Watkins,
Mrs. Walter Holman, Mrs. P. Kadderly,
Mrs. Delia Wagner, Mrs. M. Hopson,
Miss Grace O'Neill, Miss Nona Lawler,
Miss Frances Jeffery and Mrs. Gladys
Howard. All are expert swimmers.
TEN PENDEE SISTERS HOLD REUNION AND SIT FOR PHOTOGRAPH.
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VANCOtTVER. Th.. IVc. 3. (Sicl-tl ) -The ten Pender sisters recently held a. reunion and had their picture taken. In the picture they are shown ranging from the youngest,
on th rla-ht. to the Idem, on the left. All are married except one Mies Alice Pender -and live In the North west, eeveral being residents of Portland.
The nama of the sister i from ri-rht to Ieft are Mrs. Joseph Burke, of The Dalles. Or.; Miss Alice Pender, of Portland; Mrs. James Gray, of Portland; Mrs. William Tenney, of
Vancourer; Mr. Henry Hostettler. of Portland; Mrs. Harry Auldrldge, of Vancouver; Mrs. William Vaughan, of Troutdale, Or.; Mrs. Elmer Burns, of Portland, and Mrs. FrankMarble,
of IS Ira on Creek. Wash.
In addition to the ten sisters, there are four brothers, making 14 In the family. The brothers are Jesse. Albert John and Arthur. Two other children died in infancy.
They are the children of Mr. and Mrs. Kdward Pender. Mr. Pender died here three years ago. but his widow survive him, and is only 65 years old. Both Mr. and Mrs. Pender
.were born In Canada and came to this county In 17S, and most of their children were born here. They were of English and Irish parentage. All of the 14 children are in good health
and are good lotting and talented.
SALEM, Or., Dec. 3. (Special.) The
biennial report of the State Land Board
was Issued by Clerk Brown Thursday
a-s the report Is in readiness for the
next Legislative assembly. In the re
port of the Clerk himself It is shown
that a total of $699,958.73 has been
received and paid over to the Stu .
Treasurer. i " lll,P
Interest bearing funds in the depart
ment are segregated as follows: School
fund principal due on certificate of
sale. $679,0S9.26; college fund principal
due on certificates of sale. S3.07S.95:
university fund principal due on cer
tificatee of sale. $2,720; swamp land
fund, due on certificates of sale, $4904
or a total of $689,762.21. The amount
due on Interest account from the above
funds for excess received on farm
lands Is shown to be $7559. .
Money from lands sold is segregated
In the Clerk's report as follows: School
lands, $74,772.63; Agricultural College
lands, $.120.19; swamp lands, $480; tide
lands. $354.77, or a. total of $75,927.59.
The total applications for farm loans
Is shown to have been $2,532,048.07.
The loans rejected amounted to $96,
520. Loans approved amounted to $2,
435,528.07. The school district bonds
purchased amounted to $95,980.
The report of the' board itself in
cludes a copy of the agreement en
tered into with B. F. Hampton and
also carries with it the following In
formation for the benefit of the Legis
lature: ForecIofed Fttrm None.
Tha report seu forth the amount of
moneys received and receipted for, as well
cs the funds to which they are credited,
the amount of Interest -bearing funds in thia
department, number of acres of land sold,
total number of conveyances. as&regate
amount of loans approved and rejected.
Fchooi district . bonds purchased by the
Board, az.rre.ra.te value of morLfrajres dis
charged and assigned, number of acres of
land embraced In certificates of sale can
celled, total amount of moneys repaid on
school, and idemnity school lands, and a list
of warrants drawn by order of the Board.
At this date there are no foreclosed farms
i hand. At the date of the last report
there was on hand one lot In Oregon Oity
which cost the state $250 principal, and a
total including interest to date of foreclosure
and other costs of JZ.&b. in is lot nas
since been sold for $220.
The sale of lands during the period cov
ered by this report has amounted to 76,
927.59 acres, classified as follows:
Acres.
School lands including farms T4,77Ii.t
Agricultural College lands 820.19
Tide lands 854.77
Swamp lands 8-. 480.iH
Tne amount roceiveo as principal on
sales and on tracts heretofor sold under cer
tificates of sale aggregates J605.4S7.75.
Br reference to the report of tne btate
Treasurer it will be seen that on October 1,
luuS, the outstanding loans from the Com
mon school fund amounted to S 4. 206,71 3.42.
Loam from the common school fund nave
been completed amounting to $2,853,690. The
loans from this fund paid during tne period
covered by this report amounted to $1,482.
258.47. The outstanding loans from this
fund at this date amount to J5.0T8.144.95,
so that the net increase amounts to $871.-
4.(1.53. I no amount oi cms iuna now in ino
hands of the State Treasurer is S52.02B.is.
The report of the State Treasurer shows
that on October l. iws. tne outstanoi:
ifism fmm th A aTrirultii raJ Colletce fun
Drincinal amounted to S130.162. 54. sin
this fund amounting to S31.WO.oo. 1
loans from this fund paid during the peri
rovprwi hv this report amount to Setw.ao...
The outstanding loans from this fund at this
date amount to $ltfl,939.fi7 so that the net
Increase amounts to 11,787.03. The amount
of this fund now In the hands of the State
Treasurer is $3,745.47.
The report of the State Treasurer shows
that on October 1, 1108, the outstanding
loans from the University fund principal
.amounted to $98,875.06 since which time
loans have been completed from this fund
amounting to $41,975. The loans from thi-
fund paid during the period covered by this
report amount to $40,124.96. The outstand
ing loans from this fund at.thls date amount
to $100,725.10. so that the net increase
amonunts to $1,850.04. The amount of this
fund now in the hands of the State Treas
urer is $190.26.
The present condition of the principal of
the above mentioned funds is as follows:
Common School Fund.
First mortgage loans ;;'I5'3l4-?',
School-district bonds 229,2-.0j
Certificates of sale of land
Cash J-.U.O.J4
Total $6,033,454.35
Agricultural College Fund.
First mortgage loans S jais.wi.?
Certificates of sale of land.
Cash
S.07S.9r
3,745.41
Total $ 108,783.08
University Fund.
$ 100.725.10
2,720.0(1
. ... 1&U.26
First Mortgage loans
Certificates of sale of land
Cash
Total .$ 103,65.8
Indemnity Land Higher. ''
October 12. 1909. the Board advanced the
price of indemnity school land from $8.75
to $10 per acre, on February 4. 1910, to 13
per acre, and on April l-i, iwm, to io per
acre. This is a net price to tne purcnasar.
all charges, such as filing, publication feets,
etc.. being paid by the state and charged
to the school fund principal account.
Clear lists.
Since the last report, clear lists Kos, 9.
10, 11 and 12, Burns series. No. 15 and 16
La Grande series. Nos. 23. 24. 25 and 23
Roseburg series. Nos. 2 and 8 Portland ser
ies. No. 21 Lake view series and No. 20 The
Dalles series, have been received. These
lists aggregate 4tt.92ti.01 acres, and certifi
cates of saie or deeds have been issued on
11 outstanding applications covering lanas
included In these lists.
Indemnity Iatuids Assigned.
nemhpr 2. 1900. the following rule gov
erning the assignment of idemnity selections'
was adopted:
In cases where parties noming receipts
for first payments on idemnity selections,
which selections have not as yet been clear
lated to the state, desire to dispose oi tne
me the clerk was instructed upon tne
surrender of such receipt duly assigned, to
accept from tne assignee- a rormai applica
tion and when the land is patented to the
state, certificate should issue to the as-
ignee. It being understood that the limit
of 320 acres of Indemnity land to each
applicant shall apply in such case, the
same as the original applications.
School Land Raised.
L'nder authority granted by section 18 o
the act of 1907, the Board has advanced
he nrica of all state lands with the ex
ception of swamp to not less than $7.50 per
re, swamp land to not less man per
acre.
Boxer Arraigned for Manslaughter.
HOTJLTON, Me.. Dec. 3. Jack Leon,
of Chicago, charged with manslaughter-
following the death of Billy Dunlng at
Presque Isle, 24 hours after he had been
nocked out by Leon in a boxing match
on Thanksgiving eve was formally ar
raigned In the Municipal uourt today.
He waived a hearing and was bound
over to the April term of the Supreme
Court In $2000