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n PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 5, 1904.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
WL1REGI0
vik"'jM -c.it."
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IF1 TAR AND f EATHE
High' Priests of the ''An
ointed" Treated to a ,
Little Surprise. . .
CORVALUS DISGUSTED
Not Able to Longer Abide the Frenzied
"Goings ,0nM - of the Sect A"
' Posse Makes Very Short p
Work, of Them. ;'
-.- (Journal Special SerTkc.) -Corvallls,
Or.. Jan." 5. Great excite
ment prevails here over an affair that
happened last night between 8 and 10
o'clock and which became known - this
morning. F. E, Crefflold and E. Brooks.
leaders in . the recent "Holy Roller"
movement in Corvallls, have been for
some days living in the Beach house,
across the rtver east of the : ferry In
Linn county, While there has beea, but
little noise made by the ,"elect breth
. ren? " for several weeks, "' nevertheless
X help presence has been a source -of ag
gravation to local towBnpeople, and the
climax was reached last night, when
they grew bolder and began to sacrifice
. things to the Lord. It was then that
about 20 cltlsens crossed the river at
the hour stated above, and proceeded
to demand an entrance to the, "Holy
Roller' -strongholds The doors j were
barred and the windows hailed, but the
. posse forced the door open and went in.
"The "saints" were sitting about the
, room with their shoes off. " The spokes
man of the crowd ordered Creffleld and
Brooks to dress and accompany the vi
itors. This was done.
i ' Car Plows and Pea tat r Ply..',
;The procession ' moved to the outer
edge of town and near, the slaughter
" house a halt was called and the me
Creffleld and' Brooks were ordered to
disrobes, A neat but heavy coat .of tar
and .feathers .wr then applied by the,
indignant citizens, and ( tne Dretnren
were tpld to dress again,' After the
work was done, Cretneld and ' Brooks
were Started out of town, headed north,
' and told If they were ever seen in Cor
vallls or vicinity again they might ex
pect to be strung up to a telephone pole.
The posse then quietly dispersed. Later,
Frank Hurt, who has, with his wife,
been staying at the Beach house alsot
appeared at a local drug store and
bought a quantity of linseed oil, with
"Which to remove the tar from the per
sons of the high priests. Hurt then
came over to town . and secured a rig
from a local livery stable; and In this
conveyance Miss Maud Hurt and F. E.
Creffleld are. said to have proceeded to
Albany, where they. were to be married
upon their arrival. The first known of
the event of last night was at 10 o'clock
.this morning.
Ho Attempt At Secrecy.
No attempt was made by the posse to
preserve secrecy. They were not dis
guised, and went boldly on an errand
that is conceded by all to have been
not without good reason. Up to the
' present hour the whereabouts of Brooks
- remains a mystery. Information was
received at 2 o'clock by wire that Maud
Hurt and F. E. Creffleld are married, the
event occurring in Albany. Creffleld U
- reported to' be yet clinging to some of
his feathers. It la believed this after
noon that Brooks Is wandering in the
, woods.- During the "rolling" exercise
just before the tar ' and feather party
formed,' the cries of the self-styled an
ointed could be herd for blocks.
CHICAGO ENGINEERS v :
GROWING DESPERATE
-(Journal Special Service.)
Chicago, ''Jan. 5. Rendered desperate
by their ineffectual strike, the sky
scrapers' engineers today issued a call
on the engineers in many of the west
side factories for them to Join the
strike. They threaten to order a gen
eral strike if this is not sufficient. The
excuse for calling out factory engineers
is, they are employed by members of the
Employers', association, which Is aiding
the managers of down-town buildings
to secure non-union engineers to take
the places of strikers., ,
OHH PXBEMAH KILLED.
.; ',
(Journal Special Service.) '
Montreal, Canada, JAn. 6. The Mount
Royal club building burned this morning
With a loss of $100,000. One fireman
was killed by falling timbers and an
other, was injured..- .
GOVERNMENT BUYS
POOR QUALITY HAY
(Journal Special Service.)
San Francisco, Jan. B. California be.
gins the new year with a sale to the
government of the largest quantity of
hay ever sold on the Pacific coast in one
lot. : . .
Telegraph io advices received by' the
Manufacturers' and Producers' associa
tion and by the chamber of commerce
advise them that the contract, for sup
plying M00 ; tons of I wheat, oats and
mixed wheat and oat hay, amounting at
contract prices to $100,000, has been
awarded San Francisco 'merchants and
the entire lot consisting of 110,000 tales,
soes to the Philippines for army use.
To meet the re.ciulrrment of thfv gov
ernment for export shipment, thli hay
FOR PROTECTION OF.
BULL RUN WATER
(Washington Bureau ef The Journal.)
Washington, , D. C, Jan. 6. Senator
Mitchell today, introduced a bill for the
protection of Bull Bun forest reserve;
and the sources of water supply of the
city of Portland. The bill provides that
fl shall be unlawful for persons other
than forestry, state and federal offi
cials and employes of the city of Port
land to enter the reserve for the pur
pose of grazing stock or for other pur
poses, and provides for not less thau
1100 or more than 11,000 fine for viola
tion of the law. He .also introduced a
bill providing for building an insane
asylum in Alaska.
- . . .i , , ,m -'-V
JJIETEICH'S TSLLA.1i P03TP0HES.
.- (Journal Special Service.) , '
Omaha, Jan. 5. The hearing - in the
Dietrich case was postponed until Thurs
day, to allow the arrival of Attorney
E. Bushnell from Attorney-General
Knox's ' office at Washington. .
CASH OR SLAVE,
: THE TONGAS DEMAND
MOT BTXlf EES OWHEB EXPECTS TO
, GET BACK CHOW 8HEEK OB SI,
- - BOO GERL'S ALLEGED PATHEB
HEBE TJBOXHO A SETTLEXEHT
' SB. ALXEH TALKS. ' '
' Chow Sheem, r the Chinese slave girl,
still is-ln a Seattle Jail, while the
Tongs of Portland's Chinatown' are try
ing to settle her case among themselves
and quell - the outbreak that is threat
ened as the result of her clandestine
marriage to Lam Keong at the Chinese
Rescue home and her mysterious disap
pearance a few- hours- later.-- On the
charge .that he aided in the escape Of a
Chinese slave, a most serious offense In
the, -Chinese, code of ethics. Lam Keong
is held responsible to the girl's owner,
Moy Bun.. . Settlement Is in sight but
should lt-.fall. a. clash Is thev 1-evltable
result between the- Suey Sing Tong On
one hand., which demands that Moy Bun
be reimbursed, and the Bow On Tong
on the other, which will either meet the
demand or protect its member. -
Moy Sam Sing, who declares he Is the
father of Chow Bheem, arrived in Port
land yesterday and is the leading spirit
In a movement toward settlement He
declares positively that little' Chow
Sheem is his daughter, and that he will
prove it to the satisfaction of the courts,
According to her sworn testimony- be
fore Chinese Inspector - Barbour, prior
to her disappearance from the Rescue
home. Chow Sheem declared that Moy
Bun was not her father, but had smug
gled her into the country and sold her
to Moy Bun, his cousin. Both Moy Bam
and Moy Bun are prominent members
of the Suey Sing Tong. The" Tong,
it is said, -has called on Moy Sam to
explain how he happened to be in a' plot
to get possession of a slave belonging
to his own cousin to whom he had pre
viously sold her. ;
His Slav or His Money.
Moy Bun, who conducted the slave
house at 228 Pine street from which
Chow Sheem escaped, is now confident
that Chow Sheem or her money-value,
11,500, will be restored to him. - Should
the girl escape the clutches of the law,
which , he considers probable, . he de
clares, that Chinese ethics recognises his
claim' on the girl to be superior to that
of her husband. Lam Keong, in spite of
the latter's i Christian marriage. -Accordingly
he declares that the Tongs
will force the young .husband to pay
the full price of the slave he secretly
married or return his wife to the slave
house. He is Inclined to believe that
the latter will be the case, thinking
that her husband will be unable to raise
the requisite 11,600.'
Trouble Is momentarily expected be
tween the warring Tongs of Chinatown,
should the' agreement fail. Lam Qow)
the. Ban Francisco highbinder, who is
alleged to have arranged, the "escape of
his cousin's bride to the Rescue home,
was recently called before a mass meet
ing of the Tongs, and there required to
answer the charges of Moy Bun. He
is alleged to ' have openly, defied the
former master of Chow 8heem and to
have stated that should one of the Lam
family ever be proved to have been im
plicated in the plot to spirit away the
girl, that the Lam family, which prin
cipally compose the Bow On Tong,
would pay in gold the amount of the
damage to Moy Bun, her owner. ,
, Moy Bun's friends Angry.
The friends of Moy Bun are incensed
at the trickery and intrigue that has
come to light with the arrest of the
principals, . Discovering as they profess
to have done, that the marriage which
Keong had performed at the Chinese
must be especially compressed by 'the
contractors In bales of four and one
half ouhio feet to a bale or 82 cubic feet
to the ton. ' , ': ,
Formerly hay for the Philippines was
purchased in Oregon, because eastern of
ficers had faith only In the timothy
variety and It was largely through the
efforts of agents of the merchants here
that orders were changed. , Army of
ficers will not talk, but in one 'esse an
officer admitted that Oregon hay Is
equal to. any in the country. lie
thought. there must have been a good
deal of wlt-e-pulUiMt to have - orders
changed from Oregon to - California.
There Is it chance lo make a fight on the
next contract to be let
Rescue home, was a scheme to wrest the
slave from Moy Bun and place her in
a slave house in Seattle or San Fran
cisco after the excitement had blown
over, they are Incensed at all who aided
in the disappearance of the girl. They
smile at the idea that Lam Keong was
ever a merchant or that he ever in
tended to take his bride to China, ,. if
there was any possible chance to place
her in a slave house in this country.
;5 KKA',f?:'JJr Allen's Statement.
' Rev. Edward L. Allen, who accom
panied Keong tortheTfftceTOf"the county
clerk for the marriage license and swore
to his identity, was : unable to throw
much light on, the case yesterday. -
"I took the young man to the office,"
he said, "and assisted him . in getting
the license. 1 have known him for some
time,' but do -not remember' Just how
long. Jranewhinrbythe"namTinder
which he secured the license, Charley
L. Tee."
. Mr. Allen was unable, however, to
remember where he first met . the ' Chi
naman, and afterward said . he was not
sure that he ever -heard, th name
Charley L. Yee, but had hardsome one
call. the Chinaman Charley, He was of
the-, opinion that Mrs. W. 8. Holt, the
matron bt the Chinese r Rescue home.
could-throw considerable light on the
ease.- u- i c
. Mrs. Holt denies all Knowledge of the
case as far as Moy- Sam Sing la con
cerned. She says , she did not leave
the girl with, Moy Sam Sing and does not
understand how he secured possession
of her. v
FIRST LAW SUIT IN
CHICAGO FIRE
--' , (Journal Special Service.)
Chicago, Jan. 5. The. first , suits
against the city and the Iroquois the
atre management were filed , today by
Ivy Owens, whose mother and sister lost
their lives. - Ten thousand dollars is de
manded in each case. David Jones. su-J
perlntendent of the Fuller Construction
company," who, after the firs' was extln
gulshed, rwent to the roof of the the
atre and broke out all ventilators, ac
cording to charges made by the police,
surrendered to the authorities' this morn
ing and is being held pending formal
charges. The coroner announces every
thing ready, for the . Inquest Thursday
when 140 witnesses will appear. .
BELIE TE
EbTHOCXSBT.
v (Journal Special Service.)
Columbus, O., Jan. 6. The governor
today, on the ground that he believed
W. M. Hahn Innocent of charges made
against - him, revoked the - extradition
warrant on which Hahn was to have
been 'taken to New York to stand trial
on the charge of stealing $39,000 from
the Manhattan Insurance company, ot
which he was an pfflcer. . - --
,' SIX HTOTDBED OZBLS BESCT7ES.
:' (Journal Special Service.)
Philadelphia, ' Jan. 5. - Six hundred
girls were rescned toy? fire escapes from
Smith & Sons mills today, and at no
time they-showed -panic, ' The loss will
reach $25,000. - '
FELL 8IXTT,-FEET TO DEATH.
(Journal Special Service.)
Des. Moines, -la., Jan. S. While in
specting the. ruins of the state .capitol
this morning, Supervising Engineer C
L. Llndley fell 0 feet and was Instantly
killed. , i -
' MOBB OBEOOH CABBIEBS.
(WafbIneton Bureau of The Journal,),
v Washington,; D. C, Jan. 8.-Walter S
Seppy waa today appointed regular, and
Guy L, , Sleppy: substitute rural - mail
carrier at Sheridan. ' , , ' ' -
HEAD. USHER WHO
THE DOORS IS
..S ""'- ' .'' ' .'(Journal- Special Service.)- ;, '--' .
Chicago, Jan.. S.-Joeephlne Spencer, 17 years old, died last night of Injuries received at' the Iroquois
theatre fire,-thus making the number of victims 591. . Sh waa. removed to her home after the ftnv where she
died. ,The police" did, not know she waa in the list of in jured until, this morning! , : i ' . . r' .
George Dusenbery, the head usher of the theatre, charged with being responsible for locking the doors of
the children's gallery when, the fire started, waa arrested last night and confronts one of, the gravest accusa
tions of any person connected with the theatre. His action is said o have cost half of the lives lost.
If the coroner's Jury returns a verdict before the grand Jury adjourns, the evidence . will, be Immediately1
presented to the latter body, f The coroner today Issued a hundred hew summons for witnesses. v .
George Dusenbery was held late this afternoon to await the action of the grand Jury under $3,000 bonds,,
which were promptly given by the theatre owners. ' v ' , """V'.
AJAX HEATH DEFVJNQ THE LIGHTNINQ.
WAR m
mm
Belief Prevails That Japan
is Exercising a Strict
Censorship.
BERLIN IS REASSURED
China Will, In Event of War, Protect
" Her Own Interests Regardless
of Either Combatant-London -News
Con-Committal.
, (Journal Special SerTlcc.)
; San Francisco, Jan. 6. Few cable
grams with news concerning the situa
tion In the Orient have been received
here today. Cable, messages : 1 contain
only commercial '" advices, though re
peated inquiry has been made for war
news. This fact leads to the belief that
the Japanese have established a rigid
censorship. While last , night's news
associations' advices were more re-
Jsurlng, the tenor of the London dis
patches today is ' far from, promising
peace.'. - ' -
: Russian newspapers,, according to di
rect reports from St . Petersburg, con
tinue to publish .stories, of a crisis.
Japan la placing orders for immense
quantities of steam coal at Pittsburg.
An order for 80,000 tons was also placed
at i Cardiff. The American -order will
be . shipped as rapidly , as possible from
Pacific coast porta -. Agents for the
Japanese - government have been in
Pennsylvania for,, some weeks negotiate
tng for, coal supplies. : New York and
Washington reports very little reliable
news from the prospective scene of hos
tilities.' . ' !
'' cmxHA's rosmoav
i (Journal Special Service.)
Birmingham, Jan. 8. -The Post says
today that China has replied to Anglo
French Inquiries regarding her attitude
in the event of a Russian-Japanese war.
The-reply is not published, but on good
authority, the Post says, makes - clear
that China will protect-her Interests in
case they. are. endangered by either
party., . . . y . I
. XOBEAB VIEW OP -IT.
(Jonrnal Special -Serrloe.) '
' London, Jan. 8. The Korean charge
d'affaires here today stated that 'Japan's
proposals are much more favorable than
Russia's in regard to Korea. It is said
that ' Korea ' would never agree to Rus
tle's ' suggestion that a third - country
become a .neutral tone. It is believed
From the Detroit Journal.
there will be no war,' but In that event
Korea will remain neutral.
CABHTET SATS WAB.
..... (Journal Siieclal Serrlce.)
Washington, D. C, Jan. , 8. Nearly
the whole time of the cabinet meeting
today was devoted to the discussion of
the gravity of the Far Eastern situation.
The members of the cabinet generally
believe there will be war. ,
8XTTJATXOV BBJOHTESS.
-. I t. (Jonrnal Special t8ervlce.) i .-j
Berlin, Jan. 6. The foreign office to
day received advices from Tokto which
sre causing a most favorable view of
the far eastern situation. Officials now
believe peace -can be maintained. .- : -
TRYING TO PROVE A
DIABOLICAL CRIME
j : (Journal Special Serviet.V
Helena, ,Mont, Jan., 6. Some very
startling testimony was adduced at the
coroner's Inquest which Is inquiring Into
the death of 'the two miners killed in
the Michael Davltt mine at Butte, New
Year's night and which Amalgamated
officials charge was nothing less than
murder on the part of Heinse employes.
George Moulthrop, , foreman of the
Pennsylvania mine, produced a piece of
fuse three feet long which he found at
the scene of the explosion. ' It was cov
ered with white material and looks like
that used In the Helnze mine, and is
palpably i different from that used in
the Amalgamated properties. '
Thomas Knight foreman of the Heinse
mine, whose Voice the- - Amalgamated
miners thought they distinguished Just
before the explosion, was also a witness.
He swore that he heard the explosion,
snd that a man had been killed, but that
he did not go hear the scene until yes
terday. , There was a ripple of laughter
throughout the room, when Knight de
tailed with the Innocence of a child that
United States Marshal Lloyd had tried
unsuccessfully to run a "sandy" on him
in what he took to be an attempt to
approach the scene of the explosion from
the Heinse end of the workings.
WILL THRONG TO
HEAR GREAT PATTI
(Jonrnal Special Service.)
San Franclsoo. Jan. 5. Adelina Pattl
In her farewell tour will receive an ova
tion here. - Already .the advance sale of
seats for.tbe evenings of January t and
Hi have reached $18,000, and box office
officials report that before the day closes
there will be $20,000. - People have stood
Ins line since 4 o'clock thlsf morning to
get a ehanca to- buy seats. ,- -
GAMB&nra stopped xm eloib.
. (Journal Special Service.!
La Grande; Or.,- Jan. 6. The lively
little town of Elgin, 28 miles from hero,
will have to, do without gambling for a
time. . The early part of the week Frank
Graham, one of the cltlsens, told the
gamblers that they would have to close
their games In a few hours or he would
prosecute them. . Since then there has
been no open gambling. The mayor says
he 'wlU allqw-no more open gambling,
although the city has been receiving
a monthly revenue of $400 or $500 from
the games for several months past
. ST. .LOTJ1S CLOSES THEATBE8. '
. ' (Journal Special Service.) v
St. Louis. Mo., Jan. 6. All theatres
not conforming with the law are being
closed today by order of the police. -
BARRED
ARRESTED
HOPELESSLY
.. Ih .m-.,.!,...;! n.H.Jfc., "-mi... imi ' . ':. f '
ANOTHER UPRISING ,
AGAINST THE TURKS
, (Journal Special. Service.)
Berlin, Jan. 6. The National Zeitung
today says a rebellion against the Turk
has broken out, in the Yemen province
of Arabia. The 4,000 Turkish troops
sent to suppress it have disappeared. It
is rumored. ' that they have been de
stroyed. , It is also' stated that a rebel
lion pf Arabs In Turkish provinces along
Persian Gulf Is in progress. Rebels
attacked the town of Alrlch and killed
nine Turkish officers and 80 soldiers.
TBAOEBT XJT A PXBE.
(Journal Special Service.)
Lincoln, Neb., Jan. ' 8. The charred
body of night watchman' Crawford was
found in the fire of, the Cushman Motor
company this morning.; His head was
wounded and the police believe robber
attempted to loot the place and Craw
ford resisted and was struck. - In the
fight they kicked over the lantern, set"
ting fire to the factory
FAILED TO J
IN LORD'S PRAYER
8EHATB OPEB8 ABB DOES HOT
BEEB BEQUEST OP CHAPLA1H
T BESOLUTIOHS OH CHICAOO PXBE
PASS PAHAMA MATTEB TAKEH
VPTO BEQXTLATB THEATBES.
(Jonrnal Special Service.) - ,
Washington,- Jan.- 6. At L the conclu
sion of Rev. Hale's prayer at the open
ing of the senate at noon today, he re
quested the senators to Join htm in re
peating the Lord s. Prayer, but no voice
responded from the floor.
. A resolution . was, adopted directing
the commissioners of the district of
Columbia te inspect. all places of public
amusement in the city to avoid repeti
tion of the Chicago disaster.
Senator Morgan's resolution declaring
that a State of war exists at Panama
and Colombia and that the president ex
ceeded his powers in recognizing , the
revolutionary government was taken up
in the house today.; -''
; Resolutions were unanimously adopted
lh sympathy for relations and friends of
the victims of the, Chicago disaster.
PLATT PROMISES
NEW YORK SUPPORT
(Journal Special Service.) -Washington,
D. C, Jan. 5. Among
the president's callers today was Senator
Piatt of New York, who assured Mr.
Roosevelt of his . undivided Republican
support In 1904, and said not only would
the state send a Roosevelt delegation
to tho national convention, but It could
be depended upon to give a handsome
majority at election time.
CAHT PXHD THE OU1LTT BOT.
(Journal Special Service.)
Baker City, Or.. Jan. 6. City School
Principal Churchill has, after a strict
investigation., been unable to ascertain
who assaulted Nicholas Eichner, the
7-year-old boy who died last' Saturday
evening from the effects of a kick. The
boy's mother says that he returned home
after school Friday and complained of a
pain In his side , and said that a large
boy had kicked him, - and she believes
that he died from the effects of a brutal
assault ' .- ....-'..;--
BVBOLAB NEATLY TBAPPEO.
(Journal Special Service.)
La Grande, Or., Jan. 8. A burglar
who gave the name ot James Daley was
neatly captured by W. H. Bohnenkamp
In-the store of his captor last night
Bohnenkamp had dropped in at his hard
ware store and, seeing the burglar, drew
a revolver and told him to throw up his
hands. Daley complied. He was searched
by the marshal and three watches and
three, watch -cases were found In his
pocket ,He was examined this morning,
waived examination and was held to the
circuit court in $600 ball. i
STBAHOLEB GETS A HEW TBZAL.
(Journal Special Service.) :
' Hamilton, Jan. 6. The circuit court
today granted Strangler Knapp a new
trial on account of an error : in his
previous trial. Knapp is now under sen
tence of electrocution January 11.
BABOES CAVOHT ZH ICE.
(Journal Special Service.) ; '
Mount Vernon, Ind., Jan. 5. The tow
boat Gleaner, with 30 barges of coat,
was caught in the ice below here and
all are being destroyed. They belong
to Pittsburg capitalists. Probably there
will be a total loss of $130,000.
WILL FORCE RUSSIA
TO RESPECT: HEBREWS
(Journal Special Service.) .
Washington, Jan. 8. The., campaign
of the American Hebrew societies ,to
force this adminlHtratlon to take cog
nizance of the treatment by Russia of
American citlaens traveling in, Russia,
even when protected by American pass
ports, was Imitvhoil In the house today
by "t-jin-Kf mat ive llonrv N, Ghifiiti
of New Yirk. The resolution In t rn
ceiv, the supp"'! nf every Am,-rlran
Jew In tho l.'iutf.l Etat'-s j;l tho. cam
Tax Levy, for New Build
ings to Be'Left to
the People.
MAY REACH 6 1-2 MILLS
Board Agrees to Disagree on Question
of Whether to Ask ilZ5,000 ;
for The Pnrp'ose of Better
ments, or ,Lcs$ '
Their annual report was signed ye
terday by the school directors. . The re
port recommends a levy of 2 mills for
general expenses, but .states in its con
cluding paragraph that the members are
unable to agree on the amount to
recommend for new buildings, and so
leave that question open to be settled
by the people at the annual meeting,
January 14."; "-.'v''. 1; V'J
Chairman Wittenberg of the board ot
directors is strongly in favor of a levy
that will bring the total sum available
for-flew-bulldings-up to $128,000! This
would necessitate a levy of , 2 mill
for the specific purpose, and a total levy
for all school purposes for the year of
8 4 ml s.
Opinions of Members.
President Wittenberg says that the
time has come when the city, school ne
cessities must be provided - with new
buildings. He wants a levy of 3 3-4
mills for this purpose and; whether in
a minority report or not, : will . present
his views ' forcibly at the - taxpayers'
meeting. "I shall , tell the taxpayers
what I think about.lt." said he yester
day, "and then it is for them to-decide."
1 Director Blchard Williams is for the
necessary enlargement of school neces
sities, but Is inclined to be conservative.
He said yesterday: "I certainly am op
posed to building modern additions to
old schooihouses, as was done two years
ago at Sunnyslde at a cost of $20,000.
Now they wast an addition to Williams
avenue school. 1 t think an addition to
the Alblna Central would relieve the
Williams avenue; and it is not too far
away, either. They also want an eight
room . addition, to the Brooklyn school
and, as I stated at first, I am not in
favor of' such additions." '
Directress Mr.' L. M. Sitton said 'yes
terday that she would support all the
school improvements she thought neces
sary, but that in 'her opinion $126,000
for, new buildings is a little steep. "I
am willing, however,. to give and take.'.'
she said, "and am ready to make con
cessions any time to promote an agree
ment in the board on this Important mat
ter." 1
Director J. V. Beach said: "I am la
favor of a tax levy of 1 mills. That
would : bring the , total amount to be
raised by taxation up to about $98,000.
We have rented a good many rooms out
side the schools in the past. I am op
posed to renting so many; the number
should be reduced. . I am opposed to In
creasing the tax levy at this time when
all other taxes are increased. These are
my views on the situation, but it is for
the taxpayers to decide when they meet
on the 14th Inst" . '
Director R. K. Warren said: "At
sure for higher taxs elsewhre I think
we should be a little conservative, For
myself, I think 2 3-4 mills tax Is too
much. The levy that strikes me as
about right is 2 1-4 mills. It is pro
posed to build a four-room school build
ing on the 10 lots the board bought rot
long ago on East Twenty-eighth street,
between Couch and Davis streets. Ism
opposed to It. I think one or two of the
portable buildings would suffice for the
present, and the . North Central could
relieve the strain some. ; We must have
an addition to the Couch street school
on the west side or relieve the conges
tion there in some other way. The
heads of other county and municipal
departments usually ask for all they
want in the 'way of taxation and they
usually get tt They fix their own levies.
Yet the school board which is in closer
and direct touch : with the taxpayers
than any other city department has no
such power. At the last regular ses
sion of the legislature I had a bill In
troduced authorlzina- the- school bonnl
to fix its own levy, and it had the sup
port of all members of the board. But
something happened to that bill of the
same nature that happened to the and
gambling bill. It got mysteriously lost
In transit from one house to another
after it had passed one branch of the
legislature. I rather anticipate we will
have a warm time at 'the taxpayers'
meeting in the High school next Thurs
day week."
. The Beport.
, Following is the report:' .
To the tax-payers of school district
No. 1, Multnomah county, Oregon-
. (Continued on Page Seven.)
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