TIIE ST7NDAY OKECiOMAX, TOKTLAND, APRIL 7, 101! OLD ACT III WAY OF PORT'S CL Governor Declares Law Gives Tidelands to Abutting Property Owners. CONFERENCE TO BE HELD VM Hold Out Little Hope to fnlt d Improvement Association. Which Would GlTe Shore of Willamette to City. SALEM. Or.. April . Special.) Through a discovery made by Govern or Vnl In an ancient copr of the ses sion laws of Oregon. It appears on tne face of the question that the move on the rrt of the United Improvement AiorUlln of Portland to mend the Port of Portland act so as to take "wv from the shutting property-owners the ripht to tidelands of the Willamette, in the Portland port, would he " an. Ineffective, even If the amendment s.iu!d be secured. Resolution have been adopted by that association, and .copies of them have been ent to tJovernor Wnt Attorney-General Crawford. Clerk Brown, f the tate Land Board: Mayor Rush HsM of Portland, and S. M. Mears. president of the Port of Portland Com mission, along with a letter asking that Governor W est name a date for a con ference on the question of amendment of the law. Governor West says he will call the conference for some day next w eek. Reaolatlowa Are Adopted. The resolutions state that the rights of the city of Portland to the use of the shores of the harbor are Jeopardised by the policy of the Port of Portland In inviting riparian owners to bulkhead the waterfront on the harbor line and tne offer of the port to fill back of such bulkhead. This practically. It Is asserted. Is a contention that the abutting property owners along the harbor line should not have a right to the tidelands. In the act of 187. which has Just been unearthed bv Oovernor West, pro vision Is made that title to all of the tidelands and overflowed lands on the Willamette. Coqullle. t'oos and Impqua .River are "hereby granted and con firmed to the owners of the adjacent lands, or when any such tide or over flowed lands have been sold, then in that case to the purchaser or purchas ers cf such tide or overflowed lands from such owner of such adjacent lands, or some previous owner thereof as the case may be." Way Crsat Barred. While the Governor la not prepared to say finally what effect this may l ave on the contentions set forth in the resolutions of the United Improvement Association, under the recent opinion of Justice Burnett in the Corvailis Kastern tidelands cases, the Legislature cannot make such a grant as this and In future years turn around and repeal such a grant. According; to that opinion, even though this act of 187 was repealed by an act of 1878. it is contended that the repealing art could not take away from the abutting owners the title in the tide and overflowed lands and that act may have the effect of preventing any effort to make an effective amend ment to the Port of Portland act which will again try to take away from abut ting property-owners the grant incor porated in the act of the Legislature of 1S7. I Grove High School Saturday. April 10. This meeting is one of the series to be I held during the year under the direc tion of the County School bupertntena ent. assisted by local school officers. It Is expected that all school teachers from Cottage Grove and vicinity will be present. There will be addresses by County Superintendent Baughman. Su perintendent Kllpatrlck. of Spring field; Superintendent Wakefield, of Creawell: Principal Hug. of Eugene: Superintendent Inlow. of Cottage Orove: County Supervisors J. D. Baugh man and R. C Andrews; Oliver Veatch, oldest member of the County Educa tional Board, and others. STRESS ENDS IN BRITAIN Resumption of Coal Miners to Be Universal This Week. LOXDOX. April 6. The decision of the miners federation this afternoon to order the men to resume work has brought Intense relief to the whole country. The termination of the coal strike virtually amounts to raising a ruinous siege of the nation's Industries which has Inflicted financial loss far larger than would hare been caused by war of similar duration against a great power. In Scotland the miners will return PROMOTER DIVORCES WIFE Larry Sullivan, of Goldfleld Notor iety. Says Spouse Is In Portland. LOS ANGELES. April . (Special.) I-arry Sullivan, promoter of the Gans Nelson fight, banker and miner, pros pector and picturesque figure In various lines, appeared In a new role before Julge Mutton today. He was seeking a divorce, and the court granted tha decree after having heard his story. His wife deserted him In Portland January 1. 1911. and he believes she is still there. In the Nevada gold boom days Sulli van was one of the big men of Gold field. He established the L. M. Sulli van Trust Company and had a finan cial linger In many of the large deala when the country was getting on tha map. Recently, when the Inside his tory of Goldfleld was wrlteq by George Graham Bice. Sullivan received much notoriety. AMBITION SPOILS PLANS Hoy Sparks' New Dane Attacks PrUe Winner and Both Are Out. NEWPORT. Or.. April . (Special.) Boy Sparks, the Newport Great Lana fancier, winner of first prises In that class at tha last two doe; shows In Port land, has had a severe lesson in letting mell enough alone. .Mr. Sparks had won all the first class prizes with his female dog. Molly bawn. in llu and 1911 and thought he would go after the male prizes for arrest Panes. Therefore he imported Tarlc. the flr.st bred puppy in the United States, and has been geetlng him In shape for the annual show. Tarlc grew rapidly and resented the manner In which Molly Bawn ruled Mm. Just befo-e the show opened he attacked her. They fought for a long time, and when dissevered both were so badly Injured and mutilated that neither was able to go on the bench. S. the honors of 1S11 have gone else . where, much to the disappointment of Newport people. INDIAN BILL IS FRAMED Appropriation for Oregon Totals 18-1,000. OREFONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash- lngton. April - The Indian appropria tion bill, aa sheped by the House of Representatives today, carries an ap propriation of 1184.000 for Indians In Oregon. Of this amount $l7.no Is appor tioned to Representative Hawley's dis trict and $7000 to Representative Laf ferty's district. Lane Teachers Will Meet. COTTAGE GROVE. Or April . 'Special. A Lane County Teachers Institute will be ncld In tne Cottage POWERS' JOB SAFE' School Board Cannot Dis charge Him Without Cause. CRAWFORD GIVES OPINION State Attorney-General Tells Salem Director Contract Made by Pre vious Body Holds Good. Within Reason. SALEM. Or.. April 6. i Special.) An other turn to the High School contro versy came today, when Attorney General Crawford. In an opinion fur nished for School Director Lafky. held that the School Board cannot abrogate VICTIMS Or LOCOMOTIVE EXPLOSION NEAR ROSEBURG, WHO WERE KILLED. 1" : WJ - Plirmai i Bert AaVrtoa, Takea Ilia Twe Little Ulna. to the collieries on Monday, but as that day la a holiday in England and Wales, tha strikers there will not return until Tuesday. In many mines three or four days more will elapse before repairs can be completed. By the end of the wek. however, probably every colliery will be In full swing. PSYCHOLOGY OF FLYING The Kind of Temperament That Makes Aviation Possible. "Fatalism of the Flyers" in the Cen tury.. Hoxsey was a fatalist, one of the many whose strange temperament has helped to make aviation possible. "If It's after me, it'll get me," he used to ssy. This symbolic "it" Is recognised and feared by all. They feel there's a thing lurking In the clouds a death-dealing thing that patiently awaits their day. To this uncanny feeling, this grewsome premonition, their fatalism la tracea ble. There Is something beautiful and terrible in the conception that even the most unimaginative aviator holds of the thing that waits for him up In tha skv. Often with supreme fatalism he talks Indifferently on the subject, hud dled In a tent or on the lea side of a hangar when the wind Is booming and the canvas flapping heavily at its straining ropes. "it'll get ua yet," he says when the wind whistles its loudest; "It'll get us aa it did Johnstone. Hoxsey, Molsant, Rolls, L Blon all of them." That's his way of referring to the thing luck, chance, fate, death. But we whom the air has not transformed Into fatalists can subject the matter to cold analysis. We can separate the elements of this wierd compound that has made these men more Indifferent to life than were ever the swarthy soldiers of Mohammed. We can see. Instead of the vague shape that somewhere be hind the clouds Is taking those who once yield to ita damp, mysty terror, the many causes of accidents in tha air. For clarity, let us place these causes in groupings: First, there Is the strange psychology of flying. Accidents to themselves do not maka aviators eareful; rather, they have an opposite effect. "Lightning does not twice strike In the same place In the same way." they reason, "and If It's going to strike us in another place, it will, that's all." Also, accidents tfl other aviators have no effect on them. Remember Hoxsey at Denver and Lo Angeles. "It was his turn" Is the attitude. Last week of our RemovafSale". Pianos 1100 less; open every evening. Soule Bros.. 117 Eleventh st. MR mm Wat i vAV- 3v;j;,--vo''K mi It r . - -i ij '''' B' H Bill m salt 111 I k vt L'lr -'-L ' ' I LM.ro. Acreage Tract down at asily pay for it out of your present earnings or income Perhaps yon've thought that you couldn't afford to own it; that in order to become an owner of sufficient land and of the fertility essential to the success of a farm and orchard home, that you would be required to obligate yourself by having to pay for it on heavy installments. But we've solved the problem "for you solved it ideally about as liberally as you could wish, not alone in low priees, but also by giving you the benefit of an easy first-payment and easy monthly in stallments. And in presenting to you our proposition of a tract of, say, ten acres of land down at COLUMBIA ACRES, we are offering you something with a certainty not possibility, for, with its natural re sources and advantages fine soil, good roads, ideal location, good water, accessibility, low rates and splendid transport ation facilities by rail and river, it will, in a few years, pay for itself more than once in production and increase of value. Possession in preference to position is what every energetic man seeks. Possession of a tract of ten acres, yes, and even less, down at COLUMBIA ACRES, properly and intelligently developed, will respond to your efforts in producing the one everlasting necessity for the average family food. It means a home and independence. It has an assured return. There's evidence of it everywhere this success and contentment with the small farm home. You, loo. can enjoy the same by making the "right move." Our proposition "points the way." You owe it to yourself and those who are dependent on you to make the move that will establish something sub stantial for your and their future. Come in and get acquainted with us let ns tell you more about COLUMBIA ACRES and how easy it is for you to own a tract. Here are just three examples of what ten-acre tracts are selling for, and the installments. Terms of $40 Down and $10 Monthly on $400 Tracts of 10 Acres. Terms of $50 Down and $12 Monthly on $500 Tracts of 10 Acres. Terms of $60 Down and $15 Monthly on $600 Tracts of 10 Acres. Six Per Cent. Interest on Balance. t Cut This Out, Sign and Kail to Us Today For your convenience our of fice is open during evenings on Mondays and Thursdays F. B. H0LBP.C0K CO., PORTLAND, OR. I'loase send tract map, prices, and literature pertaining to Columbia Acres. Name Address 1 F. B. HOLBROOK CO. 214 LUMBER EXCHANGE BLDG. SECOND AND STARK STREETS Main 5396 Phones A 7507 suaglaeer M. . tiartlett. a contract with a teacher unless It is shown that fraud exists, or there In cause for discharging the teacher, or that a former Board had blven a con tract for an unreasonable length of time. A former Board entered Into a con tract for three years with Superintend ent Powers and the contract for the city superintendent still has one year to run. There are only two members of the Board that executed the contract still on the Board and lafky wished to know If an old Board could hind a fu ture Board with a contract of this kind. While the communication to the At-torney-Oeneral did not specify Super intendent Powers, he practically Is tha only one having such a contract with the Board. This would be taken as an intimation that there is a desire on the part of the Directors to dismiss him. Under the opinion of the Attorney General, this cannot be done for a year, however unless some definite cause for dismissal is shown. VOTERS FAVOR PORT PLAN Proposed Project Carries by Big Ma jority at Vancouver. VANCOUVER. Wash., April . (Spe cial.) At the special election held to day, the Port of Vancouver was es tablished by an overwhelming majority, few voting against It. However, the vote was light. The three Commissioners elected were George W. Lampka. George Mc Coy and William DuBols, there being no other candidates. The district established, which in cludes Vancouver, contains about $21. 000.000 worth of property and Is lo cated on tha Columbia River. It will be the object of the Port of Vancouver to establish a deep-water channel to the mouth of the Willamette River and levy a small tax to create a fund to work in conjunction with the Govern ment In dredging a sandbar out of the river. . i SCHOOL AT BINOEN CLAIMS BEST AVERAGE ATTENDANCE IN MARCH OF ANY SCHOOL IN STATE. ..A-:-- A - ' in nnn .si p UUU III r-- " r-.,n' . -y" .'-.v-5----4S - -",v nix.fc. rlBliC SIHOUI, BlILDI.Nti. BINGEV Wash.. April . (Special.) The Bingen public school lays claim to being the banner school for average attendance In the State of Washington for t"he month of March and also for tha past seven consecutive months. Out of a total scholarship of 4$. the percentage cf attendance last month was 9.83. For the seven months that school has been in session the primary room has a record of I79 days present. sT days absent aad attendance of 97.40. Tha other room bad S4i days present, H days absent and attendance of 98.11. Total for both rooms, 8017 days present. &H days absent and attend ance of 98. 2S. When It Is taken Into consideration that soma of tha pupils are very small and that there wa three feet of snow on the ground for almost 30 days, this showing Is remarkable. 47 IN COUNCIL RACE Boise, Idaho, Citizens Anxious to Hold Office. 11 SEEK MAYOR'S CHAIR Thirty-Six Ak to Be Elected Com missioner and Each Announces Platform Commission Form of Government Is Popular. BOISE, Idaho. April. 6. That the commission form of government is pop. ular In Boise, since the election dis carding the special charter this city had operated under for over 20 years and accepting In its place the Black law. Is evident from the.firt that with the closing of the period for the nom ination of candidates for Mayor and Commissioners, no less than 11 peti tions have been filed for Mayor, placing as many candidates In the field for that office, while C6 candidates are anxious to be selected as cornniislon ers, a grand totul of 47 candidates for office appearing In the field. The list of candidates include many men of prominence, both Republicans and Democrats. For Mayor there have been the following nominations: Ar thur l. Hodftes. .Moses ..lcxanilnr, I. D. Williams. William .'. Annett. James S. Boirart. A. V. Montandon, Johr ita der. Claude L. Cole. Paris Martin, M. 8. Parker and Jay Czizek. Mr. Hoilires is. secretary of- the Idaho State Fair Association. Mr. Alexander la a prom inent merchant of this city and three years ago was the Ijemocratlc nomi nee for Governor of the state. M. S. Parker Is at president a deputy state pure food Inspector and while City Health Officer of Boise made a record in his office. The other candidates are well-known business men. Thlrty-alx Seek Council Jobs. The list of candidates for Commis sioner includes . C. Fenton. former Postmaster of- Koise: John A. Davie. B. L. Kerr. C. B. Pendleton. Robert Aik man, E. H. McAuley, Edward Smith, Thomas Flnnegan, B. E. Thomas, George L. West. I. A. Jarvis, B. Q. Fet tinglll. J. M. Taylor. A. V. Klchelber eer. Clarence Van Detisen. Charit R. Klngsley, Thomas I. Woodcock. II. V. ! Reel, Frank C. Woodford, kdwln Iler rlngton, D. H. Eastman. Oeorjre Tay hotine. U W. Grubb. .F. O. Nelson. R. II. Williams, 1C W. Alams. W. R. R?eves, W. C. Tatro. E. D. Nichols. Sherman C. I King. E. G. Elliott. J. II. HorfTRarten. I Kuel Rounds nrd Henrv r. DoolttUe. Candidates must, under the Black law. file an acceptance of the nomina tion, which is made possible through the fillnir of 25 individual certificates sworn to before a notary public nam In? the srtme party for an office. In the event an acceptance is not filed the nominee's came sroes by default and is not placed upon the primary ballot. All acceptances must be filed with the Clerk by next Monday. Election In Form of Primary The election, which is in the form of a primary unless candidates receive enough votes, will be held May J. In case thra Is bJt one person to be elected ti an office, as Mayor, thy can didate recsiving a majority cf the votes for all candidates is declared elected, in case there are two or more persons to be elected to an office, as Commis sioner, then those Individual candi dates, if any, equal in number to the number to be elected, who receive the number of votes greater than one-half the number of ballots cast at the elec tion shall be declared elected, pro vided, however, that no person shall be elected to any office at the primary election unless the number of votes re ceived by him shall be greater than one-half the number of ballots caEt at such election, for such office. Several of the candidates nominated will prob ably withdraw by falling to file an ac ceptance. Many issues have been made ?-y as many candidates and without exception all have announced the platforms upon which they propose to go before the electors. The principal Issues revolve around economy in the municipal gov ernment and the indorsement of a pro gramme favorlns public Improvements and the creation of paving districts. Suburban Tovrna Merge. Since the commission form of gov ernment has been adopted In Boiso by popular vote of tho people, eifcht out side suburban additions to the city have held special elections voting to come into the city and-are now a part of Boi.e. These additions added over 91, 000.000 to the assessed valuation of Boise, as well as 5000 inhabitants. The knowledge that improvements could be secured by coming into Boise under tho commission form of governme-t in fluences the residents in these additions to so vote. They will be given side walks and seweraare this year. South Boise, with 1000 Inhabitants, will vote to come into the city immediately after the commissioners are elected. D. D. Williams, one of the candidates for Mavor. was a member of the Board of Public Works under the last admin istration, and several years ago was Mayor of Baker. Or. He is considered one of the strongest aspirants for the ofTlce. Dry Goods Company Incorporates. ASTORIA. Or.. April 6. (Special.) Articles of incorporation of the Astoria Dry Goods Company were filed in tho County Clerk's office today. The in corporators are L. O. Bell and J. V. Tvnl. Charles Anet and Albert Dunbar, and the capital stock, Is 125.000, divided into 230 shares of 1100 each; This is the company that has purchased the Albert Dunbar & Co. 6tock of dry goods and Is preparing to reopen that store tinder the management of Mr. Dunbar. F FRY RELEASED IX TJPPER RIVER REMAIN IN' HARBOR. State Warden Catches Specimens in Brackish Waters Believed Fish Will Seek Ocean This Summer. ASTORIA. Or.. April 6. (Special.) This afternoon State Fish Warden Clanton and Deputy Gor made a trip about the lower harbor and seined on the Vandusen sands, in Youngs Bay, opposite Flavel and Fort Stevens, on Desdemona Sands and near Alderbrook, in search of the young salmon fry that were released from the Bonneville hatchery last August and September. They were successful in finding some of the fish at each of the prtces named, and among them were several which had been marked by cutting a V shape from the gill. All the. fish taken were released, with the exception of about a dozen that are to be kept for scientific purposes. These young salmon are 14 months old and they ranged in length from five to eight inches. All were in prime condition, being fat and healthy. As they were released from the hatchery about seven months ago, the result of the test shows that the fry. instead of remaining In the waters of the upper rivers for any length of time, soon make their way to tho brackish water close to the ocean. It is not believed, however, that they will go to sea at once. Experiments conducted by the Fisheries Department in Norway have shown that the fry re. main In the bays which are affected by the tides and where the water is thus brackish, for fully six months, and sometimes even for a longer period. It is thus supposed that these fish will go to sea some time durlns; the Summer. Later in the season the Fish eries authorities will probably make another test with a seine along these sands In order to ascertain if the fry are still in the harbor or have departed for the feeding grounds outside. TRIBUTE PAID TEACHER Pupils Present Instructor With Large Portrait. VANCOUVER, Wash., April 6. (Spe cial.) In token of their love and esteem for their teacher and principal, the pupils of the Columbian School clubbed together and had a large por trait of Miss Florence Snodgrass made, and at a surprise party, given yester day afternoon in one of the school rooms, the presentation was made. Pro fessor P. Hough, first principal of the school more than 20 years ago. making a speech. He praised highly the work of Miss Snodgrass. and laid particular stress on her kindness and devotion to her parents, sisters and brothers. Miss Snodgrass has taught in the building nearly 18 years, of which time nearly 1 years was in the primary room. Yesterday was her birthday, and so touched was sh by the unx pected act of kindness and good will. that she jouki not restrain tears. Reasons Why You Should Bank With Us We pay 4 per cent interest, compounded semi-annually on savings. " We allow interest from the first of any month on all money deposited by the 5th. We are open Saturday evenings from 6 to 8 o'clock. We extend courteous treatment to all depositors, whether their account is large ox small. An account may be opened with one dollar. We would appreciate yours. Merchants Savings & Trust Company Sixth, and Washington Streets . 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