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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAy. PORTLAND. J ANU ART -3, 1915. E JETFEESOITS NEW COUNTY JUDGE, FORMERLY HEAD OF The Store of 100 Per Cent Service CF.00K COUNTY SCHWLS. r SPEAKERS CHOSEN Washington Growers, Ship pers and Millers to Consider Varied Problems. - rv GRAIN GONV Nil J . o'- 1 f CANAL'S EFFECT IS TOPIC 6Ule Officials, Leading Kducators and Farmer Among Those 'Who 1 Will Give Addresses on Mat ters Affecting Iuduslrjr. Tn-i i uiv Wnh . Jnn. 2. (Special.) i Th nroinmnic of the ninth annual j onventiun of the Washington Grain ' Ghl.xnAm nA Mill frV ASSO- viuxcib. " - t elation, which id to be held at Pullman t January 5. and T Includes a discus- Hon of tho probable effect of the Pana I ma Canal on the price of wheat, by J. IT. Bibb, of Tacoma: a talk on grain, J standardization, by K. D. Jarboe, state train inspector, of Tacoma; a report Jon the smut Investigation of the I Washington Experiment Station by f IHrector Ira D. Cardiff; a discussion of the "Extent and permanence of the In fluence Upon the Grain Market of the i European War." by R. T. Lord, of Xtpokan: a talk on the "Influence of High Grain Prices," by A. I Rogers. of Watervllle. and an address by C. fc. Arney. industrial agent of the Northern tParinc Railway Company. t M A. McCall. head of the Washing J ton State College department of dry land farming and demonstration, will JtiisciMS "Diversified Farming in the I'ry Belt." "Hus Raising In the Dry I Belt" will be discussed by Roy G. I Adams, agricultural agent of Adams County. "The I'se of the Silo in the I pry Belt" will be discussed by A. M. Richardson, agricultural agent of t Iouglas County. S C. E. Moody, of Lind. and Ernest i of Mold nractical farmers, will 2 tHI of "Tillage Methods in the Dry I Belt." "Forage Crops and Livestock J production" will be Iiscussed by Pro- lessors ' , I Jllslop. of the local agricultural faculty. Hvron Hunter, vice director of the state bureau of farm development, will dis fuss "Factors That Affect Profits in Farming" and J. D. Carson, local dalry l man. will take up the question of dairying in me . . 1 ' R. C McCroskey. of Garlleld, wheat J farmer, win icaa an miicu,., th farmpn oresent. G. A. Olson, chemist of the Washington Ex periment station, win -atration of an explosion of wheat smut, such as last Summer and Fall caused the loss of 300 threshing machine out fits in Eastern Washington. Milling ,1 ..ill nl.n h jlisCUSSed 1)V M T. jiruuicm ' - ' . S?..n. r.Af9t1it Of the a prison. r,. - ---- - ctate experiment station, win iecu . ..., mtuii of this work In Washington, a C. Thorn, soil and till- -xnert of the station, will give the results of recent experiments in $ tillage and cropping In the dry belt, f L C. Crow, president of the State t - i-niAn will ic,Rd a discussion .n the "Benefits' of Co-operation Among I x armers. . . , nwava nf thA Rtate hav I granted a fare of one and one-third 1 tares for the occasion, on tne ceniucaie 2 plan. iLlnBILITmfOFFEBEO i t unnK rHASGES FOR BANCROFT li BO.DI.G ACT SUGGESTED. Alake Asaeaat Improvement Aaaess- sarat Peraoaal Debt of Owmee of j l.aaa Is Propoaltloa. ' PALLAS. Or., Jan. 2. (Special.) . I A I'itw Attnrnev La r -j ne t' i v . j . I Jtorhe. of Portland, to change the Ban- croft bonding act. win give no i -1 number of recommendations from varl I ous city officials over the state. Wai ' ter L. Toose, Jr., local attorney, and i:itv Attorney for Falis City, and Ed. V. Load, tnty Attorney for Dallas, intend to propose to the Legislature several changes, too. One of the most important would tnake the amount of the improvement araeumrnt a personal liability of the owner of the land, and a liability that tould be enforced against him Just as any other personal financial obligation. This would give the application to pay the assessment In installments under y;tnMbondtng act the tone of a promis J sory note. The city would have the right to proceed against the owner, against the land, or against both. An other change would render all unpaid installments immediately due for col lection upon the default in the payment of any Installment of principal anci Interest. The proposal to permit taking advan- tage of the bonding a'"t when the as sessment amounts to 910 or more. In- "'stead of as the law now stands. ." undoubtedly will be opposed by the ' cities outside of Portland and a lew of the other larger towns of the state, unless the provision is made In the law muklnr the assessment a personal lia bility of the owner upon his taking ad vantage of the act. STRIKER'S WIFE ARRESTED J-'ore man r CVntralla Mill Gets .. Thrvutenlng Letter From I. V. W. ' CKXTKALIA. Wash.. Jan. I. (Spe cial. ) John Wofford. one of the strlk . era at the Eastern Mill, is facing a charge of resisting an officer, and V Bertha Wofford. his wife, for creating ' ' a disturbance. . The couple were ar- rested on the strikers' picket line '"Thursday night, but the trouble started '" the night before, when the woman is said to have Insulted William Bullock. ' a foreman at the mill, and then slapped Chief of .Police Schleidors face and dared him to arrest her. Thursday night the woman made an . attack on Patrolman DeLoaohe. The patrolman arretted her. but was in turn ' attacked by the busband. ' William Bullock, the foreman, is in - receipt of a letter threatening him with bodily harm unless he leaves the employ of the mill company. The let ter is signed T. W. W." Snow Covers Klickitat Farms. GOLPENDALE. Wash, Jan. . (Spe- .. cial Snow that the farmers of the -Klickitat Valley have been awaiting , anxiously for the protection of the . Winter wheat came as a New Tear . offering. The effect of the dry freeze . In December on the wheat crop is a . matter of speculation, as some of the eldest wheat growers in the valley ay that they have never seen similar . -w rather conditions existing before. snowfall in the valley is about four incl.es and from S to 19 Inches of snow jell la tbe Slmco Mountains. t : 1 1 4"K ' WILLIAM'BOEGLI mivrn Or Jn. 1. fSDecial.) v r. rv, ui, ' of the new County. of Jefferson, from which Jefferson was iormea, tor iiino; . o ---- the Orphan's Home, his parents having died when he was a boy. He is one of the best known and among the most highly resp. ected cltl sens. He has a family consisting of a wife, a son, Willis, aged 1-, and a daughter. Gladys, aged 10. Mr. Boegll Is the owner of the Cove Orchard ranch, located on the Crooked River. . , Mr Boegll was at one time School Superintendent of Crook Coun ty and was a bookkeeper for a year in the First National Bank of Prinevllle. He is an elder in the Christian Church here. He is also a member of the Masonic and Oddfellew Lodges and Artisan Lodge. NSURANGE RATES IRK COOS BAY COUNTRY . MAY MAKE MOVE AGAINST UNDERWRITERS. Plan to Remove Authority Likely to Invade Next Seaslon of Leglala- Flues Canute Few Fires. MARSHFIELD. Or., Jan. 2. (Special.) On Coos Bay there is a disposition to seek some relief from what it is felt are excessive insurance rates. Al though no definite move has been made, it Is believed that some attempt will Invade the coming session of the Legis lature to take the entire authority for saying what rates shall apply through out the state from the hands of the underwriters, who now dictate safe guards as well. For five years Coos Bay has had a plumbing, electric ard building inspec tor In that time there has not been one fire from defective flues. The electrical wiring has been improved and hundreds of places have changed wir ing to meet the demands of the under writers. The city is as well protected in her fire department as any in Ore gon. The water system has a" pressure sufficient for all purposes. In addi tion to this, more than 50 per cent of the business houses He abutting the bay. The fire department has a new triple combination fire truck and hose wit, ftiAmiml aoDliance. cap able of throwing three streams of water at high pressure. With all the care exercised by the city administration, the reduction In in surance rates has been less than 2 per cent and the situation has reached a wham tha insured are ready to demand an equitable rating. In Marsnneia mere is iuuiuc rled to the amount of J1.1 20.000 and the rates are above 7 per cent in some in stances where building's are within a. stone's throw of the engine-house and within 200 feet of the bay. The residence districts have been supplied with between SO and 35 new . i within thA vir. Tha under writers have been on the ground . re cently and until there is a report from their visit legislative action will be held up. C0LLEGE1B PREFERRED DEAN CALVIN REJECTS FEDERAL OFFER TO RtS.MAIN AT O, A. C. Head of Department of Home Econom ies Feels Tfcat Her Largest Duties Are Wltfc Work Already Begun. . nim-t tio it r-nr.l.lrr.E lorvauiB, nit. v ' Henrietta W. Calvin, has Just declined an appointment as ipecuun economics in the Federal department of education, chiefly because she has been i .- v.. MiiFBir,mAiit bv the fgivcm . Oregon Agricultural College authori ties in building up tne umi i.b home economics deparjment on the Pa- , - nthnnrh tha aalarv in ducements were attractive. Dean Calvin has finally decided to remain wim n. i n,ii tliA Ait.nsivl lireKun ihsuiuwwh - work that she has planned and put under way IS rarneu nearly to completion. "I also leei. saia uetn . i ka M,nm for declining matin's fjiMi" . - - - . the offer, "that I could hardly give up mv worK ncre jui nv " " ii., in. nthArA. Since the vuriwiK " J . position here was accepted new rela tions with corresponding obligations have been formed. For one thing the home economics demonstration work to be conducted in the Oregon building at the Panama-Pacific Exposition has been planned and partly put under way and there is an obligation on my part to see that it is carried through suc cessfully. We have also undertaken to hold here at tne coueS , 1. n ImnArlflnt home rarmers . maker's conference, and I am sincerely desirous of carrying on the work until its. place is. aennneiy iri u.,...., tablished." THE DALLES PROSPERING Old Year Escorted Ont Wlui Xo In- dlcation or "Hard Times." .,-. niii FS nr. Jan. 2. (Special.) There was no indication as 1914 pant ed IO last dying orwui. Palles was visited by "hard times' dur ing the year. In fact every indication was to the contrary, uuo ui m . . w , th. Urn number of ?"L" which were issued. DUUUIUK K- The permits totaled more than a Quar ter of a million, wonimucu during 11S i indicated in the known projected building operations for 1915. New buildings which will be erected early in the year win cost, mo mu ;5i.000. , , , . . The 1S1 building- permits included 7 " - si' t 5 V AND HIS FAMILY. William Boegll. County Judge , . , rt.,,,r nas Deen a resiucui i tho new high school. Oddfellows' home, completion of the $150,000 Wasco County Courthouse, two business garages, sev eral store' buildings and many resi dences. MILL WILL RUN FULL TIME Varloos Industries Continue Opera tions About Morton. MORTON. Wash., Jan. 2. (Special.) Prospects of better business in and about Morton in the immediate future are fairly bright. The Lake Creek Shingle Company will resume opera tions with a full crew on full time next Monday. F. G. Francis say the company has a number of excellent orders. Mel Welnhart, who has been cutting ties for the Milwaukee most of the Winter, will begin loading them within a few days. He has 40,000 pieces ready for shipment, the loading of which Willi give employment to from 15 to 20 men for six weeks or more. The Kosmos Mill Company has start ed operations near Nesika. The Mor ton Mill & Supply Company has just completed an order for three carloads and will continue to operate. The road camp of. the National Park Highway will move to within three miles of Morton about February 1 and will give employment to a large force of men. CLARKST0N MAN SOUGHT Charges Against Prominent Realty Dealer Filed at Colfax. LEWISTON', Idaho, Jan. 2. (Special.) The whereabouts of W. G. .Mohundro, one of the most prominent real estate men of Lewlston and Clarkston, could not be ascertained by officers of the City of Clarkston, where Mr. Mohundro resideB. Mohundro Is sought to answer to a charge filed at Colfax, -Wash., as a re sult of developments at Rlparia, Wash., last Tuesday night, when Miss Jean Slgman, a 15-year-old Clarkston girl, left the Lewiston-Portland train and spent the night in a Rlparia hotel. Mohundro returned to Lewlston Wednesday night but alighted from the train before It arrived at the station. He visited his home in Clarkston and later returned to Lewlston. but since that time he could not be located. LANE LOSES CIRCUIT JUDGE L. T. Harris Leaves Today to Assume Duties as Justice-Elect. EUGENE. Or.. Jan. 2. (Special.) Judge L. T. Harris, Justice-elect to the e.mroino Court lenpd his last entry in the Lane County Circuit Court Journal and tomorrow leaves r..ugene xor on lem after ten years of service. During t V. ... n voora ha hn handled thousands of cases and had few reversals. He was once appointed and twice eiecieu unanimously, n!.. Tn.a xrtll h. anrnmoanled tO Salem by G. E. Skipworth. a Eugene attorney, wno win taae mo om m office as Circuit Judge of Lane County , t ii h CA Harris. He will call the bar docket the following day. TWO COUPLES CELEBRATE Mount Hood Dwellers Observe 25th Wedding Anniversary. ROWE, Mount Hood. Or, Jan. 2. (Special.) A happy gathering of rela tives and friends assembled at La Casa Monte Friday evening, near this place, to celebrate the 25th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Fa bian and Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Kern, of the Arrah Wanna Hotel. Mr. and Mrs. Fabian were married In the First English Evangelical church of Portland by Rev. S. I Fisher, and they have lived in the Hood River dis trict for many years. Mr. and Mrs. Kern were married in Portland, also. Mr. Kern is a son of the late Captain J. W. Kern. Toledo Has Diphtheria Cases. CEXTRALIA. Wash., Jan. 2. (Spe cial.) Toledo has had several cases of diphtheria reported, but the health au thorities of the town are making every precaution against a spread of the dis ease." Three of the cases are at Edi sonia, across the river from Toledo. The households where the disease is have been quarantined. The schools have been thoroughly fumigated and will respen Monday as scheduled. Wind Wrecks Sew Building. LA GRANDE. Or, Jan. 2. (Special.) Sixty feet of the fire wall on the new Elks' clubhouse was blown aownunurs day night by a high wind that'swept the valley from midnight until daylight. The damage will not delay the work on the building except the terra cotta work, which will require two months to replace, as the blocks must be made to order in Portland , matt : . Tomorrow It Begins Our Great January Clearance Of Men's and Young Men's Suits, Overcoats and Balmacaan Coats Here, Men, is the one most important event of the New Year. A sweeping clearance of all Men's and Boys' Apparel at reductions of 20 per, cent up to 50 per cent and more. Now is your chance to choose from great stocks of the famous Kuppenheimer and Cambridge Clothes at these remarkable reductions. All styles, all models, all fabrics (including blues and blacks) and all sizes. Come tomorrow sure. $30.00 .Men's Suits, Overcoats t00 (( and iBahnacaans at ........... . V- $25.00 Men's Suits, Overcoats 1 R 00 and Balmacaans at. Txo,vu ' $20.00 Men's Suits, Overcoats Ol Art and Balmacaans at tpifr.UU $15 00 Men's Suits,! Overcoats and Balmacaans at. . . . .11.00 Tuxedo and Full Dress Suits, Overcoats and Raincoats at reduc tions of 20 and more. Boys' Suits at $3.95 Boys' $6 up to $15 Double Breasted Suits with full peg Knickers, sizes 8 to fi0 QC 17 years, choice. . . . Women's Coats at $9.85 Women's and Misses' $20, $25 and $30 Man-tai- dQ OC lored Coats, now. . . P0J Successor to Steinbach & Co. NORMAL MAY BE CLOSED IDAHO BOARD WOULD SHUT DOWN SCHOOL, SAYS MEMBER. Chancing- of Academy to Polytechnic and Substituting Per Capita for Mill Tax Also to Be Recommended. HOT LAKE, Or.. Jan. 2. (Special.) Abolition of tho Albion. Idaho. State Normal School, and the changing of the Academy of Idaho, at Pocatello. to a polytechnic and normal school, are to be recommended to the Governor of Idaho by the Idaho State Board of Education, according to Hermann Ros si, of Wallace, Idaho, a member. Mr. Rossi stopped here yesterday en route to Boise, Idaho, where the board rrll) meet with Governor Alexander. The board has charge of the Univer sity of Idaho, at Moscow; the Lewlston State Normal School, the Academy of Idaho, at Pocatello: the Albion State Normal School; the School for the Deaf and Blind, at Gooding, and the Indus trial Training School, at St. Anthony. Mr. Rossi said that several recommen dations to be made to the new Gover nor and Legislature have been f ormu- Inaddition to the recommendations relating to the Albion Normal School and the Academy of Idaho other rad ical changes are to be urged, said Mr. Rossi. Among the proposals, a said, will be one to establish a county unit in place of a district unit. Abolishing the present mill tax and substituting for it a per capita tax also is to be recommended, Mr. Rossi A plan to make the standards of high schools in- the state equal to those of junior colleges is to be proposed, he said. The recommendation Is to call for state aid being given to the high schools attaining certain standards. CHELAN ROAD SESSION SET County Highway Association to Meet at Cashmere, January 5. WENATCHEE, Wash., Jan. 2. (Spe cial.) The annual meeting of the Che lan County Good Roads Association will , h.it T,nnirr & at Cashmere. Re ports ars expected from every local district, uincers aaao wi uo wb-wu. Questions relating to the Cascade scenio highway, the dragging of roads throughout the Summer and the grav eling of certain roads will bo dis cussed. Vice-President Bohlke, of the asso ciation, is making the preliminary ar rangements for the meeting. DIVORCES MORE IN 1914 Seattle Has 325 Fewer Marriages Than Dnrlng 1913. SEATTLE. Wash, Jan. 2. Divorces Increased in number, while marriages Men's $5 Shoes at $3.85 Men's $5 and $9 Ralston Shoes in tan, black and patent leath ers, now reduced to Men's $2 Shirts at $1.05 Men's $2 Mushroom Pleated Shirts, striped and djl AC figured patterns, at V GXJS KTJHN Pres. decreased in Seattle during 1914 as compared with tne previous year. There were 191 more divorce suits filed in 1914 than in 1913, and 325 few er marriage licenses issued. The de crease in marriages is unparalleled in the history of King County for the past ten years. The figures are: Number of marriage licenses issued in' 1913, 4266; in 1914, 3944. Seventy one licenses were not used. Number of divorce suits filed In 1913, 1390; in 1914, 1581. "Such records are a shame and dis grace to the state," said Superior Judge A. W. Frater today. "Other states have amended their divorce laws when it became widely known that such laws were lenient, just as Washington should do." TO BE LEWIS COCSTT PLANS WORK ON PACIFIC HIGHWAY. Portion Between ChehalU and Centralla to Bo Completed Next Summer Other Improvements Also Outlined. CHEHALIS, Wash.. Jan. 2. (Special.) The Lewis County Commissioners have decided to pave the unfinished Bortlon of the Pacific Highway between Chehalis and Centralia next Summer. The distance is a trifle more than a mile. The road, which will be con structed on the present high grade, will be widened and the paved por tion will be about 18 feet wide and of concrete. The estimated cost Is 1B, 500. Bids for this work will be opened February H. This connection will provide almost a continuous stretch of paved road bs tween and through Chehalis and Cen tralia and to points beyond each city, extending fully ten miles or more. The roadwork between Chehalis and Csn tralia will be paid for out of the road and bridge fund and part of the dis trict fund of each district may be used. One mile of road also is to be built next Summer across the Cowlitz prairie toward Chehalis. making a two-and-one-half mile stretch leading north ward from Toledo on the Pacific High way toward this city, and one mile and 600 feet will be added to the 16-foot paved concrete roadway southeast of .L.1..11. Thi. mnplr will ha nnid for L.UCU0119. " - - w out of the permanent highway fund and will aggregate In the Klaber road district, 12 miles ...v.wf Af fhAhnlin another mile of concrete roadway eight feet wide is to be added to tne mile oum lasi The Agate district, which includes the north fork of the Newaukum, may v. ..; i j i 'mii. nf tha same kind of road under a district bonding plan. Old Patent Recorded. CENTRALIA. Wash., Jan. 2. (Spe cial.) Judge Rice, of Lewis County, has just filed a patent to 320 acres is sued in 1S82. The document was found in the Vancouver land office. It la signed by President Arthur and by his Secretary, William Clarke. Morriscn At Fourth TOMATO BLIGHT TRACED BULLETIN ON DISEASE ISSUED BY WASHINGTON STATION. High Temperature and Dry Winds Found to Enconraare Fungus, but Remedy Is Not Known. PULLMAN, Wash., Dec. 21. (Spe cial.) A bulletin Issued by the Wash ington Experiment Station and written by Dr. H. B. Humphrey, late plant path ologist of the station, deals with the subject of "Yellow Tomato Blight" which disease has ravaged tomato gar dens in Oregon, Idaho and Washington for years. The bulletin announces the discovery of the disease-producing organism. This organism, a fungi ope rating upon the roots of the tomato, was Isolated, and. by introducing it into prepared cultures, was made to Infect formerly uninfected tomatoes. In the course of the study, several peculiarities of the organism were noted and plans developed to check Us ravages. The conditions most favoring its development were a soil tempera ture of 80 or 90 degrees, corresponding temperature of the atmosphere, hot, drying winds touching the plants in general, any influence tending to weak, en or emaciate the plant, or to check Its growth in the Spring. A cool, shady location seemed to di minish the blight Similarly, good re sults were obtained by discarding the practice of transplanting, in lieu there of, putting the plants directly Into the ground where they were to grow dur ing the season. No satisfactory method of soil treat ment or crop rotation has been devised to ward off the blight CHURCH CL0SES 58TH YEAR Monmouth Christian Congregation Celebrates in Xew EdiriCe. MONMOUTH, Or., Jan. 2. (Special.) With an "every-member party" on New Year's night, ushering In the year 1915, the fifty-eighth year in the history of the Christian Church of this city came to a close. Eight pioneers and their families, coming from the re gions about Monmouth, 111., settled here in 185 and established the church. CuredHisRUPTURE T ratnri1 vhll ltftln S trunk everal years aco. Doctors said my only hope or cur was an openuon. a t uhc did ma no food. Finally I cot hold or .vu. . v a , A.itflrlv anif enmnlotAly cured me. Years hava passed and tha rup- ture baa naver return oa. Biiaouan doing hard work as a carpenter. Ttaare was no operation, no lost time, no trouble. I have nothlnr to sell. But will aira iuii inrormaiion aoom ouw J "' , complete euro without operation. If you write to me, cua3", ' . , S92-A Marcellua arenua, Manaaquam, N. i. Better cut out tnia notice uu uw . any others who are ruptured you may save a me. or n i icm, ,iuh ' " " ' - - and tha worry and dancer 01 aa operation. V I" ;' COPYRIGHT 1014 IHI MOUSK Or KUPPINNKIMHI COPYRIOMT lt THS HOUil OF KUPPINHIIMia 1" I ::, L ;i v .'"v. V S V if1'! 71 111 Jit Original price tickets on each garment prove these reductions genuine and extraordinary. r,.i ha nArln.I the books Show that 1163 persons havs been members of the congregation. The past year has seen the dedica tion of a now $1000 church building, an Increased membership and a do clared renovation In the spirit of or gatilr.atlon ani munimemont. 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