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.
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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.
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sufficient land and of the fertility essential to the success of a farm and orchard home, that you would
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stallments. And in presenting to you our proposition of a tract of, say, ten acres of land down at COLUMBIA
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once in production and increase of value.
Possession in preference to position is what every energetic man seeks. Possession of a tract of
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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.
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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 $21.
000.000 worth of property and Is lo
cated on tha Columbia River. It will
be the object of the Port of Vancouver
to establish a deep-water channel to
the mouth of the Willamette River and
levy a small tax to create a fund to
work in conjunction with the Govern
ment In dredging a sandbar out of the
river. .
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SCHOOL AT BINOEN CLAIMS BEST AVERAGE ATTENDANCE
IN MARCH OF ANY SCHOOL IN STATE.
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BINGEV Wash.. April . (Special.) The Bingen public school lays
claim to being the banner school for average attendance In the State
of Washington for t"he month of March and also for tha past seven
consecutive months. Out of a total scholarship of 4$. 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.
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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.
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