THE SUNDAY OREGOyiAy. PORTLAND. SEPTEMBER 20. 1911.
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HILL MURDER CASE
GOES UP AGAIN
Clackamas County Grand Jury,
in Session October 1, May
Return True Bill.
ATTORNEY HEDGES ACTIVE
Damons Ax-Slaylng Mystery May Be
Near Solution If Sheriff Mass'
Mass of Information Meets
"With Probers' Approval.
SALEM, Or., Sept. 19. (Special.)
Positive announcement -was made here
today by a man in a position to know
that a special session of tfce Clackamas
County- grand Jury had been called lor
October 1 to investigate the slaying of
William Hill, his wife, Ruth Cowing
Hill, and her two children at Arden
wald Station two years ago. It was
aaid that Sheriff Mass and District At
torney Hedges had made progress in
obtaining evidence and that a true bill
was expected.
Governor West, who was In confer
ence with District Attorney Hedges
today regarding the calling of the spe
cial session of the grand Jury, was
non-committal when asked if the Hill
ease was to be probed. He said:
"Mr. Hedges wishes to take up some
matters that have been hanging fire
for some time, and will look into re
ports about the law having been vio
lated at a hotel in Milwaukle. There
are other things to be probed, and It
was considered best to have a special
session of the Jury to do the work."
The bodies of Hill, his wife and the
two children were found in the cabin
where they lived, their heads having
been crushed with an ax, which was
taken from the woodshed of a neigh
bor. After working on the case for sev
eral months, Sheriff Mass arrested Na
than B. Harvey, a well-to-do nursery
man of Milwaukle, charging him with
the crime. At the preliminary hear
ing Justice of the Peace Sainton dis
missed the complaint, declaring that
the evidence was not sufficient to hold
the man. The evidence later was pre
sented to the grand Jury, which, after
a session of more than a week, de
clined to indict the nurseryman.'
District Attorney Tongue frankly
admitted after the investigation that
the evidence was insufficient and was
severely censured by Sheriff Mass and
his friends for not ta1 ing what they
thought should have been a keener in
terest in the case. In -" r. Tongue's
campaign for re-election the principal
issue was iis course in the Hill case
and be roundly scored Sheriff Mass
and Detective Levlngs, of Portland,
who aided the Sheriff In the Investi
gation, for charges and insinuations
they had made against Lim. Mr. Tongue
was re-elected by a substantial ma
jority over Gilbert Hedses, the Demo
cratic nominee, who Is now the District
Attorney of the county, having been
appointed by Governor West when the
lav providing a District Attorney for
each county became operative.
There have been rumors ever since
Mr. Hedge's appointment that another
investigation would be made. '.
GREBES ABANDON BOYCOTT
Boatducks Return to Lakes as Law
Tarns to Their Side.
SILVER LAKE, Or., Sept. 19. (Spe
cial.) White - breasted grebe, better
known as boatducks, have abandoned
their boycott against North Lake
County and have returned to Silver
Lake in large colonies. Thousands of
these white-plumed diving birds have
made a colony near the Duncan ranch,
have built a fleet of wood boats and
batched their broods in the patch of
tules near the shore.
Before the plumage of the grebe be
came popular as a fashionable bit of
millinery the birds swarmed on lakes
and streams in Central Oregon. From
their plumage was made the most cost
ly aigrettes. They were slaughtered
and carted out of Lake, Klamath,
Harney and Malheur counties by the
wagonload. The law interfered when
extinction of the species threatened.
They are not regarded as a game bird
and it is criminal to shoot a boat
duck at any season. With this protec
tion, the grebe is again increasing
rapidly.
METHODISTS IN SESSION
Columbia Conference of Southern
. v Church On at Tangent.
ALBANY, Or., Sept. 19. (Special.)
The 49th session of the Columbia an
nual conference of the Methodist Epis
copal Church, South, convened yester
day at Tangent, with Bishop Mouzon,
of San Antonio, Texas, in charge.
Delegates answering roll call at the
morning sessions were: P. A. Moses,
Gorvallis; A. J. Starmer, Tangent; E. H,
Moore. Portland: C. L. McCausland,
Seattle; H. M. Tarn, Corvallis; F. M.
Canfleld. Shedd; R, H. Wightman,
Harrtsburg; S. R. Steele, Myrtle Creek;
H. M. Branbum, Medford; J. E. Wal
beck. Grants Pass; A. Thomas, Co
quille;.W. B. Smith, Bandon; William
Anderson. Myrtle Point; G. W. House
holder, Williams; I. N. Hughes, Junc
tion City; R. J. Fuller, Portland; C Y.
Jered, Seattle; and James M. Herron,
' Peoria.
The conference will end Sunday. S.
R. Steele was elected secretary.
BLIND BOY ENTERS OREGON
Thomas Cutswortb, of TUddle, to
Study Economics and Speaking.
tTNIVERSITY oFoREGON, Eugene
Sept. 19. (Special.) During registra
tion days students passing to and from
classes, paused to watch Mrs. Cuts
worth and her blind son, Thomas, of
Riddle, Or., measuring steps from hall
to hall to learn the ways from class to
class.
Mr. Cutsworth suffered his misfor
tune from an attack of typhoid fever
when nine years of age. He graduated
from high' school last June and his
work at the University will be con
fined to public speaking and eeonom-
FIRST FRUIT IS BEARING
Sheridan to Exhibit Results of Ex
perimental Planting.
SHERIDAN. Or., Sept. 19. (Special.)
The first exhibit proving the adaptl
bility and excellence of Sheridan lands
for fruit culture will be held in Sher
idan next Saturday. The exhibit will
be held In the recently completed packing-house
built by the Sheridan Fruit
Growers Association.
A number of prominent speakers
have promised to take part in the
day's programme., among whom art
Dr. James Withycombe, Republican
candidate for Governor; President
Strahorn, of the Portland, Eugene &
Eastern; J. M. Scott, general passenger
agent of the Southern Pacific, and H.
T. French, of the Oregon Agricultural
College.
Instead of giving prizes for box
fruits, the association will Introduce
a new feature by offering prizes for
plates of fruits. First, second and
third prizes will be given for the best
plates of apples, pears and dried
prunes; for the best collective exhibit
of vegetables and the best quart of
canned fruits of each variety.
The 'Women's Civic Improvement
Club will serve luncheon free to 'all,
and Sheridan Is making preparations
to entertain a large number of visitors.
In the seven districts which coro-
EAHLY RESIDENT OF POLIC
COUNTY DIES AT HOME
AT DALLAS
ill
Mrs. Kllxa Shalt.
DALLAS. Or., Sept. 19. (Spe
cial.) Mrs. Eliza Shultz, widow
of the late Ashbury Shultz, and
an early resident of Polk County,
died at the family home in Dal
las, .September 10. She was 85
years old. Death came after an
illness resulting Yrom a fall
early In July, when several bones
were broken.
Mrs. Shultz, whose maiden
name was Eliza Seders, was born
in the State of Ohio on. July 4,
1829. In 1861 she crossed the
plains to Oregon by wagon. She
lived .here continuously since
then, excepting one year spent
in Washington County. The sur
viving children are: Mrs. F. M.
Sebring, of Winchester, Or.; San
ford Shultz, of Cross Keys, Or.;
J. C Shultz, Mrs. Ollie McCarter
and Mrs. Eugene Hayter, . of
Dallas. Three children, Arestiila,
Aurilla and Georgiana preceded
their parents to the grave.
prise the fruit belt adjacent to Sheri
dan more than 4000 acres are planted
to fruit, apples, prunes, cherries and
pears being the principal fruits coming
into bearing at this time. Considerable
Lwalnut area also is Just coming into
bearing.
J. H. SIMPSON MOURNED
DECEASED WAS LEADING Cl'I'lZJSN
OF ALBANY.
Pioneer Suffered Shipwreck ou -Way
to Pacific Coast ta 1S6S Career
Marked for Activity. -
ALBANY. Or, Sept. 19. (Special.)
Prominent in the city's official,
religious and. fraternal life, John H.
Simpson, who died recently while on
an outing at Detroit, was one of Al
bany's leading men.
Mr. Simpson was a member of the
City Council of Albany, serving his
second term as Councilman from the
First Ward. He was an active mem
ber of the First Presbyterian Church,
being a member of the board, of trus
tees and having served as chairman of
the building committee when the new
stone edifice was built a year ago. He
was prominent in Masonio circles, be
ing a member of St. Johns Lodge, No.
17, A. F. and A. M. ; Bayley Chapter,
No. 8, Royal Arch Masons; Adoniram
Council, No. 9, Royal and Select Mas
ters; Temple Commandery, No. 3,
Knights Templar, and Barzallai Chap
ter, Order of the Eastern Star, all of
this city. He was an officer in soma
of those organizations.
Mr. Simpson was born In Philadel
phia, Pa., August 29 1855. When leas
than 10 years of age he came to Ore
gon with his parents, arriving here in
1865, after an arduous Journey via the
Isthmus of Panama, during which they
were shipwrecked and lived for several
days on a coral lBland in the Caribbean
Sea before being rescued.
' Mr. Simpson's parents located In Al
bany and here he resided until he
The Late J. H. Simpson, of Albam
grew to manhood. He was married
here and then moved to Corvallis,
where he resided continuously until
about ten years ago. He conducted a
hardware store in Corvallis for many
years and was prominent in both the
business and official life of that city,
serving In the City Council there and
holding other positions of trust and
honor.
Because of ill health he retired from
business about 10 years ago an
moved to Albany, where he had resided
continuously since. The Simpson home,
at the corner of Eighth and Washing
ton streets, in this city, is generally
regarded as Albany's most beautiful
residence.
Mr. Simpson is survived by his widow
and one child, Mrs. Merle Cathey, of
this city. He also leaves a sister, Mrs.
M- S. Woodcock, of Corvallis, wife of
the president of the First National
Bank of Corvallis.
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There's a certain psychological influence in the word
high that you cannot escape. Say it to yourself over
and over again. You feel your head rising and your
chest expanding.
It was the high thought of two splendid men that made
it possible to work with steadfast purpose in the face
of dark discouragement and almost insurmountable
difficulties to bring forth Westover Terraces.
Five years ago, they saw Goldsmith's Hill--a beautiful,
wild, rugged mountain, from which one gained an unex
celled view. The whole valley the city, the winding
rivers and beyond, the everlasting mountains rising in
hoary majesty! Then came the vision of a district of
ideal homes. They saw the big hill carved and shaped
and covered with beautiful homes each with its inspir
ing outlook.
America's best engineering skill was employed. For five
years, thousands of men have worked upon it. A million
and a half dollars have been expended and now West
over is complete and ready for homebuilding.
That it marks an era of development in the whole
Northwest is shown by the fact that the "Engineering
' Record" one of the leading engineering journals of
the world --has devoted four pages and its cover of the
September issue to a description of this giant undertaking.
Next Wednesday, September 23d, is "Westover Day"
one to be made memorable in Portland's history. Today
you should plan to see this great achievement Port
land will point to it with pride for generations to come.
It has been compared to the hills of Florence. J. C.Olm
stead, a landscape engineer of international fame, has
, said "Westover there's nothing like it anywhere."
To reach Westover by machine go up Lovejoy Street to Cornell Road.
Follow Cornell to - Westover. Good auto roads to upper terraces. By
street car take "W" car on Morrison marked "Westover." Transfer
at 25th and Pettygrove to Westover car. Go to the end of the line.
COTTON GROWERS AIDED
BIG COMPANIES BUT LARtiE LOTS
TO HELP BUSINESS IN SOUTH.
Producer Will Store aid Insure Par.
chases to Be Held Uatll Peace
Reopen. Buisra.
TOLEDO, O., Sept. 19. (Special.)
In an effort to further the National
campaign recently started to better
business conditions in the cotton belt
of the South, John N. Willys, presi
dent of the Willys Overland Company,
has purchased a bale of cotton for each
of the 400 Overland dealers in that sec
tion of the country. Mr. Willys also
has declared his intention of buying
an additional bale of cotton for each
Overland car purchased during the two
months ending November 17, and also
of trying to persuade all of the promi
nent concerns in the rice leaders of the
world association to form some sim
ilar plan.
Armour & Co. have purchased TOO
bales of cotton for their Southern
agents; the Pillsbury-Washburn Flour
Company and! many other concerns of
National prominence have bought a
bale for each of their Southern agen
cies. "The plan is to have every American
who can afford it purchase a bale of
cotton at 10 cents a pound," says Mr.
Willys in explanation of the idea. (t
amounts to $50 a bale, which gives the
growers a small profit. If these bala
were sold at the present market price
they would go for much less. The
South is simply making a straight
forward business proposition, in which
the business men of the entire country
are aaked to co-operate.
To. growers will store and Insure
the cotton. The cotton win be held
until the war is over and the European
market is brisk again."
MINISTERS CLOSE SESSION
Columbia River Presbytery Elects Ij.
B. Quick Moderator.
CENTRALIA. Wash.. Sept. 18 (Spe
cial.) A successful two days' session
of the Presbytery of the Columbia
River was closed at Alpha Wednesday.
Rev. Louis B. Quick, of Camas, was
elected moderator for the ensuing year
to succeed Rev. C. B. Latimer. The
members of the Presbytery were met
at Napavine and taken to Alpha by
auto, where they were entertained.
Among those who made addresses at
the session were Fred Davis, of Port
land, who is known for his work In the
logging camps of Oregon and South
west Washington; Rev. O. W. U. Smith,
of South Bend, and Rev. C B. Latimer.
DETECTIVES SEEK WOMAN
Mrs. McXnlty, of Medford, Charged
With Def ran ding Bank of $380.
MEDFORD, Or., Sept. 19. (Special.)
Pinkerton detectives are looking for
Mrs. Francis McNulty, of this city, for
whom a warrant has been Issued charg
ing her with defrauding the Jackson
County Bank ami Mrs. Sarah E. Collins,
a widow, of $380. Mrs. McNulty was
well known here and left a few days
ago for Boise, Idaho.
It is alleged that Mrs. McNulty, while
stopping. with Mrs. Collins, took from
a trunk a certificate of deposit of $38U
and cashed it.
The TTnlted Btata last year Imported
22293,5&3 sq.aare yards 9t fiber matttasa.
FAIRS BACK PEACE TALK
"PEACE AND PLESTY" MOVEMENT
IS AIMED AT WAR AND ARMY.
Programmes, Release of Peace Doves,
a ad Other Methods to Substitute
Ploughshares for Arms.
ST. PAUL, Minn.. 6ept. 19. (Spe
cial.) Telegrams from J. C. Simpson,
president of the American Association
of Fairs and Expositions, asking co
operation in a "Peace and Plenty"
movement to preserve peace in this
country and to promote' it abroad have
received enthusiastic responses from 38
fairs and expositions in this country
and two in Canada.
Many will have a fireworks display
similar to that at the Minnesota Fair,
which depicted the farmer as the Sol
dier of Peace and his implements as
Machine Guns of Prosperity, showed
flour barrels surmounted by sheaves
of wheat and the motto, "Flour Bar
rels Are Better Than Gun Barrels,"
which has been taken up in many
states.
The Governors of several states and
William Jennings Bryan, Secretary of
State, have commended the plan. The
attendance at the Minnesota State Fair
broke the record, 80,000 being present
when doves of peace were released by
Mrs. Julian Heath, president of the
National Housewives' League, Lincoln
Beachy and others, for motion pictures
to be displayed throughout the country.
The doves bore dollar bills to their
home in the Twin Cities and thus dem
onstrated that peace brings the money
to the housewife Instead of the war
rior. One dove was named Woodxow Wil
son, in honor of the President's service
in the cause of peace and will be for
warded to .the President after being
exhibited at future fairs. The Presi
dent's dove leaves St. Paul for Trenton,
N. J on the Pennsylvania limited and
will be received by a committee at
Trenton and exhibited at the Inter
state fair there.
STATE FAIRS TAX 0. A. C.
Demand for Officials at Exhibits Ex
ceeds Limited Snpply.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL-
Appetite- Follows
'iXood Digestion
nv-.ir' everyone Indulges their
appetite and digestive organs are
abused, resulting in a congestion
of poisonous waste that clogs the
bowels and causes much misery
and distress.
The most effective remedy to
correct this condition is the com
bination of simple laxattve herbs
with pepsin known as Dr. Cald
well's Syrup Pepsin. This la a
natural, pleasant-tasting remedy,
gentle yet positive in action, and
quickly relieves indigestion, con
stipation, sick headache, belching,
etc. Crus stores sell Dr. Cald
well's Syrup Pepsin at fifty cents
and one dollar a bottle, and In
thousands of homes it is the in
dispensable family remedy. For a
free trial bottle writs Dr. W. B.
Caldwell. 451 Washington St.,
Monticello, 111.
LLfE- Corvallis. Sept 19. (Special.)
- The extension division of the college
Is taxed to the utmost to provide
Judges, lecturers and demonstrators
for the many agricultural and school
fairs being held In all parts of the
state. This week almost 20 represen
tatives are officiating at 11 different
fairs. Next week 12 engagements are
scheduled.
The total for' September and October
Is over 30. The workers of the ex
tension division are not sufficient to
supply all demands, so all members of
the teaching force and Experiment Sta
tion staff that can be spared arc
pressed Into service.
$700 Valui
HE?
$337 P
And Maay Other Gramda at Eqoailly 1
Prices, the Beat ef til fTitrVrrtnr
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