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THE SUNDAY OKEGONIiX, PORTLAND, XOVE3IBER 13, 1914. WIFE SHOOTS MATE AUD DEFIES ARREST TWO SCENES AT OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLLEGE HORTICULTURAL FAIR. The Ideal Gift for the Traveler At a Big Saving! Genuine Walrus Bags, 3-piece style, leather f( lined. Regular $6.50, $7 and $7.50 now eTpD.UU Woman Armed in Home Near Mill City Threatens to Kill Rather Than Submit. $10.25 Cowhide Bags, hand sewed, English Frame . .... . . ... . . . HUSBAND LIKELY- TO DIE 8 v: IT ml V 1 ' - . - ; If - i V-i V 9 1 If" . " 1 iLx ' ' ' 7 v"1' I fe-" J"-'-.?f Ely - -rrl.JSl $8.00 Sirs. Frank Gier Holds Posse at Bay With 2 2-CaIiber Rifle, Boarder Mentioned In Divorce Case With Her Fight Over Hay. ALBANY. Or.. Nov. 14. (Special.) TVith her husband. Frank Grier, lying near death from a wound she inflicted, Mrs. Vada Grier remains in her house at Potter Station, one mile west of Mill City, uncaptured and threatening to' shoot anyone who tries to arrest her. With her is George D. Solomon, who has been boarding at the Grier house. Mrs. Grier has permitted men with whom she is acquainted to approach the house unarmed to talk with her. but has refused to yield to their efforts to get her to submit to arrest. She has not barricaded the house, but stands with a gun in the open doorway at times and threatens to shoot anyone who tries to place her under arrest. A posse under Constable Elstun has the place surrounded to prevent her escape. Sheriff Bodine will go to Mill City early tomorrow morning to take charge of the case. Woman Shoots Husband. The shooting, in which Mrs. Griar dangerously wounded her husband, took place about 10:30 o'clock this morn ing, near the barn, at the place where the Griers resided until they separated last Summer. Accompanied by S. G. Wilson Grier had gone to the barn to take hay which he says belongs to him. While the two men were loading the hay Mrs. Grier approached from the house with a .22 calibre rifle in her hands. She told Grier she would shoot unless he went away and left the hay alone, but Grier continued working. She then fired from a distance of 50 or 60 feet. The bullet struck Grier in the abdomen, penetrating his stomach and liver. Threatened with a similar fate Wilson fled. Grier was taken to a nearby house and medical aid was summoned". Physicians say his condition is serious and that the wound may prove fatal. Separation Follows Quarrel. Grier and his wife are about 28 years of aere. They have no children. They were married in Salem in the Fall of 1912 and have resided almost all of their married life in the vicinity of the scene of the shooting. Grier worked as a logger and laborer in Potter's sawmill and the couple lived in the small settle ment about the mill. They are said to have quarreled a good deal and sep arated last Summer. Mrs. Grier filed a complaint for dl vorce in the Circuit Court here October 6. charging her husband with cruel and Inhuman treatment. She also alleged that, although Grier made good wages he failed to provide a proper home for her, compelling her to live In a tent and other makeshift residences much of the time. She averred also that he failed to provide sufficient food and clothing for her and charged him with striking her, calling her vile names n ti .1 liiioAn.lmr vlnlantlv aRCTT AVftr trivial causes. Jealousy Is Blamed. Grier filed an answer and cross-complaint denying his wife's allegations and alleging that he had always al lowed his wife to take the money he earned and spend it as she desired. He alleged that his wife Is insanely Jeal ous and frequently threatened to kill him. Grier alleged in his answer that his wife lived with George D. Solomon. Mrs. Grlers maiden name was Vada Clarke. She was reared near Gates, where her father, William Clarke, re sides. Before his marriage Grier re sided near Stayton. ARMY POST CHANGES DUE Captain Bug-bee Ordered to Empire, Panama, for Station. VANCOUVER BARRACKS. Wash., Nov. 14. (Special.) Colonel Rudolph G. Ebert, hi charge of the Medical Corps of the Western Department, now .with headquarters at San Francisco, ar rived in Vancouver last night for a week's visit with his mother, Mrs. A. Ebert, now 86 years old. Captain and Mrs. Fred W. Bugbee have left for Empire, Panama, where the Captain will be stationed. They oWiU visit a few days in Kansas City, Wo., before going down to New Orleans en route to their new station. During the absence of Colonel George S. Young, on leave of absence for two . months in New York and other East' ern cities, with a privilege of an ex tension of two months, Lieutenant- Colonel David J. Baker is in command of the post, and the Twenty-first In- Ian try. EPIDEMIC SEEMS AT END Willamette Reports No New Cases of Diphtheria to Health Office. OREGON CITY, Or., Nov. 14. (Spe- No new cases have been reported to County Health Officer Van Brakle at Willamette in the last four days, which leads him to believe that the epidemic of diphtheria is checked. School, closed since November 2, will be opened the latter part of the week if conditions continue to improve. Eight families are now under quaran tine and 12 persons are ill with diph theria or scarlet fever. Prompt action on' the part of Dr. Van Brakle, with local doctors and the' State Board of Health, prevented spread of the epi demic. ' Lewis Merchants to Affiliate. CENTRALIA, Wash.. Nov. 14. (Spe cial.) The Lewis County Retail Mer chants' Association is the name of new organization in Centralia that will "be affiliated with the state and na tional organizations. The organiza tion was effected under the supervision of State Secretary Symons. The charter) members include 15 local firms, but tha organization will be extended to in clude firms in Chehalis. Tenino, Roch- AKtar and other nearbv small towns. The following officers have been elect ed: George E. Berlin, president; Wil liam Oliver, vice-president; Maude . Hoss, secretary, and Walter Copping. treasurer. Embargo on Cattle Defended. OLYMPIA. Wash., Nov. 14. (Special.) Replying to protests from stockmen that the order issued by the State Da partment of Agriculture against im portation of livestock into the state f Washington during the present foot and mouth disease epidemic would damage the industry. Dr. H. T. Graves, agricultural commissioner, says that it is "better to be safe than sorry. ill . lt. aiS TOP ROAD IN OPERATION Dream of Idaho Rancher, Ridi- diculed, Is Reality. 25 MILES IS COMPLETED Local Business Men Are Aiding En terprise Which Will Enable Dis trict, Hitherto Cut Off, to En joy Water Transportation. LEWISTON, Idaho, Nov. 14. (Spe cial.) Zephantah A. Johnson, a farmer from Ness Perce Prairte, has done the Impossible. At least ne has built the railroad which all bankers and rail road men said Vfef could not build in these days oSstlmid money. The first trainload of wheat came into Lwiston this week over the new line. It was not a long train, to be sure, but it was all that could be hauled with one en gine until the road is ballasted, and the farmers who had grain in the new warehouse in Tammany and were of fered more than $1 a bushel for their wheat didn't propose to wait for ballast and Mr. Johnson didn't Intend they should have to wait. This railroad has another name, but Z. A. Johnson, President Nci Perce A Idaho Railroad Company. Its official name is given as The Nez Perce & Idaho Railroad Company, and this name is soon to be changed to th Lewiston, Nez Perce & Eastern Rail road Company, but the "Johnson"' road it has been and will be for many year to come. Road In "Johnson". Line. It was conceived by Johnson, was financed by him, was built by him and is owned by him and. although he i now taking into partnership with .ilm Lewiston business men, tne farmers o Waha and Nez Perce prairies and the merchants of Nez Perce, Vollmer and llo, with whose aid he will extend th line, it will continue to go by hJ name. Eleven miles is all there is to the every one calls it the Johnson road, and if ever a road represented th doesred persistence of one man if is this line. In Boise, somewhere under ' ' ' - K ' j $ ' 'i ( . j --'"j I Vnr - r --- - gcva6.:a the dome of the beautiful new Capitol, NUT EXHIBIT. BELOW FLORAL EXHIBIT. piece of the road Just completed, but with the 14 miles of line heretofore constructed is a small part of what will be an important system in the commercial welfare of Central Idaho and is the first railroad to be built as a feeder for the Columbia-Snake open river to the sea steamer lines. The de sire of farmers and business men of Idaho inter'or points to get in touch with this waterway has had a great deal to do with the construction of this road. With an independent rail road connecting with steamer lines which the Interstate Commerce Com mission will not permit the railroad companies -to control, the farmers and merchants believe they win nave tne same commercial advantages which Lewiston jobbers and manufacturers expect to enjoy when the Celilo Canal is completed. Line Snake Feeder. Farmers of Nez Perce Prairie who are far from the Snaae River will be able to ship their grain by way of the Johnson line, the open river, the Pa cific Ocean, Panama Canal and the At lantic to Liverpool without any aid from any of the big railway corpora tions. Merchants of Lewiston, Vollmer, Ilo and Nez Perce will be able to land their goods from Atlantic seaboard factories in their own towns without hipping over the lines of any of the great railway systems. Mr. Johnson first built 14 miles of road from Nez Perce to Vollmer to give the former town railroad connections with the Northern Pacific. Now he has started another line from Lewiston to the southeast to connect with the 14 miles heretofore built, and he has gone 11 miles and put that much into opera tion. His next step will be to continue this second branch next year to Waha, a distance of 25 miles out of, Lewiston. After this is finished he believes he ill be able to bond the 25 miles of road -out of Lewiston and the 14 miles of line between Nez Perce and Voll mer for enough to connect the two branches, which will give 76 miles of road through a section of Idaho which needs transportation. SCHOOLS MADE POPULAR POLK COTJKTV INNOVATIONS CAUSE INCREASED ATTENDANCE. While Some of Rural Schools Rave Not Opened, Knrollroent for County Has Reacted 2238. - AIRLIE. Or., Nov. 14 (Special.) Innovations. Introduced to, the schools of Polk County during trie term last year, have attracted a large number of students In the country districts to attend school this year, as shown in a report Issued by County Superin tendent Seymour for the first month. While not all the rural schools, have commenced operations, the enrollment for the county has reached 2338. The rural schools have continued all the systems which were in vogue last term and preparations have been made for new ones. The home credit sys tem, the study of dairying and the system of competitive spelling, are among the plans in operation. The flrst report of the term shows a material gain over that for the same period last year. Pupils were regu lar in attendance as shown by the per centage of 97.2. Only 67 cases of tardiness were reported and 1925 pupils were neithe" absent nor late. The report shows: Total number of pupils on register during month, 2238; whole number of times late. 67; number of pupils neither absent nor late, 1925; average number of pupils belonging. 2053; average daily attendance, 1996; number of visits by parents, 60; number of visits by members of School Boards 37. Track Relaying Near Klma Rushed. CENTRALIA, Wash.. Nov. 14. (Spe clal.) Two extra gangs of men are re laying steel on the Northern Pacific between Klma . and Montesano. The present steel Is 66 pounds In weight. but is being replaced with 85-pound rails. See Section 8, Page 7. FARMERS' WEEK SET Date at Oregon Agricultura College February 1 to 6. WIDER SCOPE IS PLANNED Congresses and Conventions Being Arranged and Interests Working for Social, Industrial ajid Economic Progress to Meet. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL LEGE, Corvallls, Nov. 14. (Special.) The extension division of the Oregon Agricultural College has announced change in the date of the annual Farm era' Week and an accompanying en largement of the scope of the work which will be undertaken. The date. originally announced as from Novem ber 30 to December 6, has been changed to February 1 to 6. inclusive, and ac cording to the plans of those in charge the sessions should be unusual in their nature and should attract a large num ber of people from all parts of the state to the campus. Professor Hetzel, director of the ex tension division, said relative to Farm era' Week: "During this period, th first week of February, the Oregon Agricultural College will be the mecca of all persons interested In the devel opment of the home, the farm, and the school, and all of those larger com munlty interests that are affected by the work of these three fundamental institutions. "The period selected for the Farmers' Week and Home Makers Conference will be extended in its scope and pur pose. . It will be a week of congresses. conventions and conferences a tlm when the various organizations and in divlduals of the state may meet for th No Sale I AM NOT GOING TO ATTEMPT TO TO LURE CUSTOMERS WITH If I marked my goods high in the first place I would be in a position to CUT THE PRICE in the middle of the season. INSTEAD I mark them away low in the first place and CUT OUT THE "SALE" BUNKUM The Men's Suits. Raincoats and Overcoats I SELL. AT $14.75 and $1875 ARE THE BEST VALUES IN THE CITY The Elevator Does It. JIMMY DUNN, The Clothier 315-16-17 Oregonian Building ELEVATOR TO 3d FLOOR, Indestructo Suit Cases at Guaranteed for 5 Years Exclusive Agents Indestructo Trunks $10 Fiber Bound discussion of live issues and determin ation of plans for the accomplishment f certain definite results, it win rep resent an attempt on the part of the college to bring about cr-operation be tween the various agencies that are working for the development of Ore gon industrially, socially and econom ically, so that each may have a Clearer nderstandlng of the work or the otners order that there may be less waste effort and more effective work." While many interests will be repre sented in the larious conferences to be held, the general prevailing theme will be that of marketing and organization. This subject will be especially empha- lzed in the work of the various organ isations. Regular college work will be dis missed during Farmers' Week, In order that the faculty of the college may be at liberty to assist in the exercises, and in order that students may take ad vantage of the opportunity to get in touch with some of the big problems of the state. Mornings will be devoted to lectures and demonstrations. In the afternoons there will be meetings of the various organizations, and confer ences for promulgation of plans for co operation. The evenings will be de voted to general lectures and entertain ments. SANDY CLUBWOMEN MEET Town to Have New Postof f lee and Council Levies Tax. SANDY, Or Nov. 14. (Special.) Tne Women's Club's regular meeting here Thursday at the home of Mrs. R.' E. Esson, was well attended. Mrs. J. Gray, Mrs. Edward Bruns and Mrs. S. C. Smith were elected members. The next meeting will be at the home of Mrs. E. Eddy. Thursday, November 19. The Oddfellows of Sandy will hold an open meeting the night 01 novemoer 21. Grand Secretary E. E. Sharon and Grand Warden Henry Westbrook. of Portland, will speak. The City Council has levied a 6-mlll tax for general purposes. C. D. PurceU, new postmaster, win Install the postofflco in tha Shelley building next week. The committee. on the Bluff road im provement between Sandy and Cottrell calling in all subscriptions toward the expenses of the improvement. ROAD WORK IS ORDERED Two Miles of Gap Between Toledo and Chehalis to Be Paved. CHEHALIS, Wish.. Nov. 14 (Spe cial.) The Lewis County Commission ers have adopted resolutions for the building of two miles more of 16-foot concrete roadway on the route of the Pacific Highway. Toledo is 22 miles from Chehalis and with the hard surface pavement that already has been built there will be a gap left after next year's work lias been completed, of about IS miles to connect The work Just authorised leads into rich farming country and It is estimated that it will cost a little over $30,000. Kelso's Oldest Citizen Dies at 100 KELSO, Wash.. Nov. 14. (Special.) Felix Compo. the oldest cltiien of Cow litz County, passed away Sunday morn lnsr at the age of 99 years months and 16 days. Mr. Compo was a native of Montreal. He moved to Kelso from Saginaw. Mich., about six years ago. Up to a short time ago he was in good health and able to be about. Here! Trunks on Sale Tomorrow at $7.50 EUGENE DEPOSITS GROW BANK DEPOSITS SHOW S200.000 IN CREASE OVER LAST YEAR. Assessed Vanlatlon of 9250,000, Includ ing Other Lane Towns, Defies "Depression" Bugaboo, EUGENE. Or..Nov. 14. (Special.) With Eugene bank deposits a fifth of a million dollars greater than a year ago, and with its assessed valua tion, including that of other county towns, a quarter of a million dollars larger, the much talked of "depression' bugaboo appears to have overlooked Eugene. In addition, another quarter of a million dollars is now being ex pended on buildings under construc tion. These include a $110,000 high school, o7,000 armory building and 3100,000 University building. When reports were called for last week by the Federal and state Bank Commissioners, Eugene's four banks showed nearly three millions in total deposits and nearly four millions in resources. A year ago, the total re sources were (3,634.062.62, and the total deposits were S2.792.596. This is in spite of the fact that the lumber industry. Lane County a great est wealth producer, is at low ebb. Banners attribute the apparent pros perity to- the agricultural stability and the fact that the farmers are selling all they have raised at fair prices. The bank reserves in Eugene are large. For the four banks, the respec tive percentages are 35 per cent, 29 per cent, 24 per cent and 19 per cent. The legal reserve is but 15 per cent, showing two of the banks holding twice the legal reserve. When this is re duced to 12 per cent by the operation of the Federal bank law, $60,000 will be released for circulation in Eugene. The following represents the com bined strength of the four Eugene banking Institutions: RKSOURCES. Loins and discounts S2,301,SflX.eo Bonds and securities 114,100.22 United States circulation bonds. 12S.000.00 Furniture and fixtures 13H. 050.00 Federal reserve stock 4.103. oo Real estate 2.347.70 Cash 24,826.23 Total 3',06,0S3.33 LIABILITIES. Capital stock S i30.00n.oo Surplus 381.S72.0S 125.000.00 Circulation ...... Deposits ....... j 2.950.111.27 Total S3.806.US3.35 xne assessed valuation of the Lane County towns, completed last week. but exclusive of corporation property, shows an increase of S2V8.075 over 1913. The towns and their valuations are: 1013. 1914. 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