jnYlF LOSER HI
Portland General Electric
Company for Defendant. . V
COURT HOLDS STATUTE
OF LIMITATIONS BINPINd
.. . This Ban State From Greater Part
of Money Claimed at , Percentage
iir of IncomaJPronilLodca. st-Oregoa
City.
la ' the . legal, battle : waged between
.aUte ol Oregon wl ho 'Peri
r oantnl El bo trio oomtwDT. the "ret en
- counter waa won by yie company.' The
talc la aula for 10 par. cant ft . .tha
net earnings of the' locka at Oregon
. City, now owned by tha company, from
- ! t -laOI. claiming "this money la
due aa account of a contract made' with
tha eempaay that built tba lock et tha
ttma whan tha state appropriated .
aoa ta aid la thia work. Frederick V.
- Holmaa, attorney for tha company, filed
Jnwnr ta a part of tha complaint.
' kriogtag that owing to lhastatuU of
limitations no moneys could ba sued for
-r that war alleged o haira been collected
before lilt, presiding Judge Arthur U
Eraser thia morning sustained tha e-
murre. ' - -
i. emlDf tha demurrer attorneys for
tha atata contended that tha atatuta of
limitations did not run sgainsi uia com
monwealth, that tha tlytn of the sub
aldy to tha company cava tha atata an
Interest In tha water Improvement, that
thia latareat la tha lock could also ba
claimed in that ttier - were built -on a
portion af tha state's property and that
tha company waa actios- as as asi w
the- atata. . .
, Judge rraaer, held that ttnder a law
passed In lie tha atatata of limita
tions eould not rua against tha SUU
hereafur nor U yeajre prior to the
passing of that bllL-'-Thls - decision
wipe out a large portion of tha demand
Dade by tha atata.
Tha action waa be run eeverei weeks
ago by Attorney-General A. M. Crawford
and District-Attorney John Manning.
Tha locka at Oregon City were, built by
tha Willamette rails Canal ak Locka
company, whoaa Interests have since
bean absorbed by tha Portland General
Blaetrie company. The former company
asked aid from tha atata Thia was at
last granted, upon tha condition that tha
atata waa to receive; is per cent or am
set eernlnge of tba oompany. Ootober
11. 1(7, tha legislature passed a bill
granting 0O,0OS ta aid tha proposed
Improvement It U alleged that, tha
oompany baa failed to make any pay
tnenta. ' " . -
la tha abaenea af the attorney-general,
Attorney Holmaa asked that tha state ba
allowed II daya In which to move fur
ther In tha case. Thia waa allowed.
ElITGaS , TELL TKE13 SIDE
OF TCE STORY ...
Man ' Charjed With Attempted
Extortion From Meier A Frank
Company Taxe the Ctand.
'A. H. Kara and Dr. Paul X A. gemler
, thia morning ooeuplad tha witness stand
In their own defenae In Judge Oeorge'a
departmanTrcrma Bliuult wnrfc They
are charged with aa attempt to extort
money and property from the Meier
Frank oompany. They asserted their
Innocence. Semler waa on tha stand
nearly all morning, the major part of
Kern's testimony baring been beard yea-
- terday afternoon. ; Both tell about the
name etory. -
It la alleged- that they threatened to
ublleha damaging artlole la ' the
Deutsche Zeltung, a weekly paper, but
agreed to- keep tha- story out -at the
' paper If the firm would give that 60
for advertising. Bamler aald ' that - at
tha time a man repreaentlng tha paper
had been aent to Meier to get tha-com
pany aide of a emallpox atory. . Meier
is eaid to have made -aa appointment
; with Bemler and Kern by telephone, met
them and offered them a large adver-
. tiaemaat if tha article wee not printed.
The witness aald that tha article read
. to Melar wee the artlole that waa after
aad published Thia Meier denies.
. Tha trial adjourned at noon, but win
. be resumed Monday morning. , Judge
Thornae O'Day and John Dltchborn are
attorneya for the defendanta. while Dep
. ' tituy IMstrtct Attorney Oua X Moeer and
C. U- 8. Wood are the state' a attorneys.
BRISTOL STILL WAITS :
; . RECEIPT OF CHARGES
United etataa District Attorney Brla
,,' tot la atlll waiting to, receive .1 from
- - Waahlngtonr copies Of the charges filed
' against him with the aenate Judiciary
r ' ' committee. . No official informs tloa has
yet been received by him aa to the na-
V .tore of tha charges.
, The Oregenlaa, with that" Intimate
knowledge of the facta ao atudloualy
'f'. withheld from Mr. Bristol, which baa
' been apparent from the beginning, pub
;, Hahed thia morning Washington die.
. ' i patch aaylng that he would receive oop
Viae of the papers today. Mr. Bristol's
ij attention waa caned to tha dlapatoh,
. and be waa aakad whether he bad re-
. oetved the promised copy of bla alleged
letter to the Cooa Bay iAnd. eV Inveet-
l eewipaay. .
'No, Mr," waa the reply. ;
Tuvryvmeam copiea of the
' cbargaar'
. , "No, air." i
"WUI yoa make any atatefnent con
cerning tha maturr?, . .
To, air," aald the district attorney.
LOf.'G WORTH BETTER r
BUT REMAINS IN BED
Washington, Feb. lO.Congressman
Nicholas Longworth has no fever tbla
' morning, but remains in bed. Physi
cians say there Is no -probability ai
. -ipreeewt that-Me-lllneee wlll-caase a
postponement of the wadding. ', '
Work aa
'" j ' rgeal DtaMtrh e The JearasLI
. Poreet Orove, Or Fab, 1. The Fot-
cat Orove . Transportation company be
. (an work thia morning. ' A surveyor is
anklpg estimates of tha grades necea
ary and surveying tha tour of tha
line on Fifth street. Tine were laid and
naora were hauled. A email craw la at
work, "but more an will be employed
aa the materials arrive, Tha rails have
fcoen purchased and arc expected ta a
faw.aayja,
AT CJSBQT LIETG
How Wolf Slayer Jchn Abemethy
.liaxiifmfAlDSom
JheJillltUiflUafia
. ' f Jotn-aal Iseritl terries.! - '
tawtnn, Okie., Feb. 10. Jobs Aber
nethy.y tha -newly appointed United
elates marshal to Oklahoma, has ;
taraed rrem Washington and related bla
adventures at the national capital. Af'
ter t el line how ha wandered around tba
wblta House inquiries' for tha president.
Abemethy aald:
. "I waa finally-directed -Into, a ro
where, at a round table, were seated
a number of fine looking man. looking
aroung and seeing only one empty chair,
that at ttte heed vt tha Uble, I squatted.
I no aooner did aa than I noticed the
man' looking at each other and smiling
and I woke up to tha Idea that in aoma
manner & .had. put my foot In It. Hut
1 thought I'd brave It out so J laid my
old whlta-fcat -oa the-fleof -bee Ida m
and waited for aomebody. to touoh off
tha ' magastna.
"I heard a door open behind me, than
aoma one came in ana two powerrui
hand alapped ma on tha ehoulder, and
looking tip X aaw President Rooaevett
-atandliut over ma. He arrabbed my hand,
shook It ilka a brother, -j. nan ; pa
lauahed and aald!
f 'Tou're setting - up In the . wono.
John, occupying the prealdent'S chair
ex a eabinat meeting.'". : :.'
DiTC:N0VELS-BLAMEOzzt:
FDR THEATRICAL HOLDUP
' ' (Beerta! TtlaaaMi te Tie hand -
Caldwell. Ida,. Feb. 19 One of the
boldest holdups that baa occurred la the
southern part or Idaho for . yeara waa
Krpet rated Thursday near ' Caldwell,
aho, when Marcus Rentier was stopped
In the road by a highwayman, ordered
te get down from hla freight wagon,
leave hla slant-horse team atandlng,
while he waa ordered br 'the holdup to
take off bla clothing, which be did. He
waa- than ordered to stria the pocseie
and put their contents In a beep and
move on, whloh he -also did srlth the
pttrsuaston of the ,44-oallbre pistol look
ing is bla direction, naesea np oy a mere
youth with trembling fingers. After
taking what money Rentier had, amount
ing to l.7. the highwayman mounted
hie horse, which was la watting, and
proceeded In the direction ef Bolee.
Rentier, half naked and half froaen,
hurried ta Caldwell and gave the. alarm.
A poase waa qutokly organised and the
holdup traced te Boise, where be waa
captured.. Hie aame was Earl Eby, and
ha was a High echoot cadet who had
been reading "DlamondAeld Dlors"
Uterature and went wrong.- He la now
la tha Canvoa county Jail waiting a
hearing, lila parents are well-to-do peo
ple and feel the disgrace keenly. .
FORMER WEALTHY FARMER :
ENDS LIFE WITH BULLET
' " (Spectel PfceatA te Tee Jeereal.) - ' m '
Walla Walla. Wash.. Feb. 10 U M.
Parker, formerly a well-to-do farmer of
WaiUburg, shot and killed himself on
the western line of the military reserve
some time yesterday forenoon, Parker
eat down In a fence -earner, with his
back up against a post, and putting a st
eal I ore revolver to his . head, aent
huITat into hla brain. Death waa prob
able Instantaneous aa Parker was altttng
In a natural attitude when a eoldler
riding by discovered hla lifeless body,
Parker at one time waa quite weaiiuy.
owning consldcrabJal-Xarin . land near- tmst Juni to spend the summer and-wln-Wii!i"i,r,"'
ta,fmaor n?Twt.U0lJ? te?iTte h ofDr and Mra Nlchola.
L"! wUi ti-r " era. bopI that her beaUb bight be
Ha arrived la Walla Walla aorae time
ago to work on a betiding bare and It
la aiinnoasd he became despondent He
leaves a eon residing In Walla Walla.
Tha body vaill probably be shipped to
Waitabun
rg f"" ntermen
BABBIT HUNTERS KILL
HUNDREDS Up BUNIsltd
Mpeelal Dtapetefe te Toe jreeraaLt ' :
- Arlington. Or.. Feb. 10. There'wan Bo
rabbit "drive' on Blalock Island yester
day, but Instead aa old-fashioned rabbit
"bunt," IB wnicn guns were, uaa uwuwa
ef elube aad about 1400 peate ware
slaughtered. The aunt commanoea ei
T:I0 e. m." Mr. Blalock organised three
eomnanlea af runners from ' the beat
shots in the northwest. Pendleton, The
Dalles, Walla walla and Arlington, aeon
company having M members.
The Dailea ana renaiexon were cap
tained by Jud Flshsrt lieutenants. J.
Ferguson and F. Hummlston. Arlington,
cantata, J. I Blalock: lleutenanta, J. B.
Burdette and O- Parraan. waua wail a.
eaptaUariJ.. . Pedtgoi . lleutenanta, B.
Lucher and K. C. Yamelli Abcat Itl
vers la attendance. - Blalock' waa dla-
sppotnted.by the partlea from Everett,
Seattle ana otner oouna ciuea. , ; .
MINISTERS AGREE TO ,
- ' CRITICISE-EACH OTHER
' 1 'rSBerial'ptenetFb' te The Sonrnel.)
f.. Caldwell, Ida.. Feb. 10. One of the
moot unique ministerial aaeociauons
ever organised in the- VnMed-Btater waa
one organised at Caldwell, Idaho, thia
week. The ministers of five evangelical
denominations came together and formed
the organisation and invite ail tne min
lnetare kv the .oounty. to become mem
bers. Its object le to tske up the study
and teachings cf the various denemlnav
tlona, - Papers will be read each meet
ing eettlng forth vital doctrines ol the
different .denominations,, which are .to
be analysed by the assembly, no one
will ba out ef erae except aay minister
who gets ruffled at the criticisms, and
all agree to accept any light' on any
subject tMt Is. brought out la tha meet
ings. . , , w it,- i , .-..
t . ( ; ire ' ::... 't
CLARK-TAKES SCRIBES-
OF MONTANA VISITING
' goeelal Dteesteh e The JoenalJ '
BaHe, Meat..- Feb. 10.- Members of
the MonUna Btate Press association
1 will leave this sfternoca ca the Oregon
Short Line bound Wr Wl Angeles,
where they go ever the San Pedro road
aa guests of Senator W. A. Clark. The
newspaper -men- have-two Pulrmanare
est aside for their uss by Senator dark.
The editors -will be taken. In charge by
different commercial snd press clube
of the cities vialted and entertained.
Bffflntflr r'Th-"1 a --.
paper men a -number of aide, trips to
points of latereat. r ,.'. ? ' ,
. Pais Oiwaaaa Closed To as arrow, i
- The Lewis aad Clark fair grounds
will be eloeed to the public tomorrow.
Th grounds were open last Sunday aad
hundreds of people vialted the de solute
place . where the exposition ; waa held
last summer. 1 In view of the fact that
guards had to be kept on the grounds
to prevent fires and accidents it waa
decided to close the grounda. Persons
who visit ths place persist In smoking,
which Is considered a menace to the
flimsf etrweturee that gUU remain, -. .
l 85,000,(Jtj DEOIC1
7 QLfiimiu
UTee7KeecWeiF!e?schnf rrrrtxrr-mrrd--f '
Flrtt Step In Tremendout 8chem for Az'-..i?.z Land
'.f About Willamette Hetghta.
i:
Preliminary negotiations In a deal aald
to Involve In tha netghborbpod of li.000.-
000 wsre begun" whan Lafe Pence,
through .iha,Pprtland.Truet company,
acquired the Flelacnner,- Hlraoh. Gold
smith and 'two Mayer tracts of land
which were a portion ct the Ieais and
Clark fair grounds.
rVnoe refuses to 'afvulgeihe identity
ef .those In whoaa Interest ha acquired
tha property. ' However, It le aald tnat
he Is backed by one of the big railroad
Interests whose object . Is ta secure im
mense terminal grounds la Portland, '
-Tea-J-ielecbnerr Hlrsch and the - two
Maver tracts that have already been ac
quired by Mr, Pence are platted la city
lots snd are scattered over a large por
tion of the exposition greunda. The ag
gregate sum paid fob tba tracts la said
to bare been if 0,000 '., ' 1
The Goldsmith tract was purchased in
acreage and Is said to have been ac
CAVE-i:i ELOCKS RESCUE OF
ehto:.:ed ITERS '
Treacherous Ground Jn , Tuol
umne Mint Clvee Way as Res;
:'; -v ' cuers Near , M en. ' v
YJoemel Speelal acrvtes.) ,
tockton. Cel.. Feb. llOnoa more
treacherous ground In tba App mine In
Tuolumne county has caved In, postpon
ing Indefinitely the reeowe af Tom Sab
lloh.and M. Vukotich. who have been
entombed la A drift on tba 100 foot level
of the mine since last Monday evening.
Tha alrptpe by which the rescuers
ware able to cornmnnleate with tha im
prisoned men yesterday waa o rushed by
a landslide thia af tarn eon. ,
i -At I o'clock thia morning tha rescue
party was so near tba entombed men
that they could hear . their shovels
scraping eevlhey dug desperately . to
effect thsir escape. .The rescusrs are
digging a amall tunnel ta reach tba im
prisoned men, '
The entombed men are now abut off
from any. means of procuring, food.
With tba exoeptloa of a little aoup and
coffee, cent through the alrplpe yester
day afternoon, they have been without
food U bowse-7 '
It la feared they may etarve before
they can be reached. They mar suffo-.
cats, -mi t bough it is oeiievoa ueir enam
bar holds enough air te keep them alive
for daya yet. The rescue crew them
selves may ba crushed to death at any;
moment by a eave-ln,
DR. NICHOLS' MOTHER
40IES JOFPNEUMONIA
Mra. floaaa Mewry Banks died at 0
c'olock last evening at the home of her
daughter. Mrs. Dr. Clarence i Nicnoie,
414 Market street. . Death raeultea from
pneumonia after aa Illness of 10 daya
Mra Banka came from Allegheny, Pa.,
Imnroved bv the mild Oregon climate.
Her sister, Mra. William J. thaw, ar
rived yesterday only a few hours before
the end.. .
Funeral aervloea were held thia after
tiaea at tha residence-and the, body
wit be taken east tomorrow by Mra,
Shaw, for Interment at the eld .borne
In Pennsylvania. Mrs. Banka was 01
years of age. .--.- t ,''.;-j
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TWFNTY INHIREO IN
TEXAS TRAIN WRECK
' Oeeraal sceetsl Serftae.)
El Paao, Tex., Feb. 10. The Texas
Paclfio eeetbound passenger train was
wrecked thle morning this side of
Odessa. Three cars ware plied la the
ditch aal 10 persons Injured, . as vera!
rataiiy,
Pboitofraph of' tha Palntinf "Madonna and Child," how la tha municipal
palace at tolocold, Italy. lit la dowaly riajdad, u it ia aalJ J. P.Mor.
I V can has offered $50,000 for it, and the XtaiUna sxt mlni.'nl of the theft
' ef the Aaeoli cope. - ;:f. '; ,:M-': ':; s'-v' . ' '
'f
quired in "conslderaUoa of the sum of
200,oo, making a total of approximate
ly 1390.000 for the land that baa al
ready been practically aequlrsd by the
interests behind t-ence. ; : ' - "'.'
. The Interests wbloh are acquiring the
property are aald to be negotiating for
between TOO - and 100 acres ef lend Jo
the Immediate ylcinty. It will embrace
a large portion of the 400 acres occupied
by the Lewie and Clark fair, .v ,
'.Three years age the ground occupied
by the fair waa offered for eale at
1160,000. Today it la aald to be held at
1800.000.T. , - : r.,..a ,.. -w---
Tboee whe are Interested la the deal
are relucunt about giving out the 'de
tails o( ue arrair and eftorta are beihg
made ta eonceal the Identify of the par
ties whoere intsresut loathe aoqulsl
Uon of the property, f
Tbe-alue-the tract wbea - KTa
filled and Improvements made la esti
mated at 11,000,000. . - '
cos i:e is
shielc:::3 L:.mcox
Says Critics Choutd . See What
'V r Action Is Taken Before :
; l,- ".. , They' Carp. ;C 'V-- -f
According to District Attorney Man
sing, tha rumpus arising ever the alle
gation that be was endeavoring to uae
hla official authority to protect W. N.
Matlock, aoeuaed of ahootlng at Clayton
Gardner at Third and Pine atresia, 4s a
tempest in a teapot , v I '.
- The report is said to have arisen
from the utterance of a representative
of the district attorney, -who expressed
tha belief that a conviction could not
be obtained aad that tha o barge would
probably have to be dismissed. .. When
Mr. Fitsgerald heard tla In tba police
court thia morning be heatedly cried:
"Matlock walked - back -and forth in
front of a lodging-house aad frightened
tha proprietress, . Mra. Iievina. When
Gardner made htm leave be secured e
revolver and returning tried - to UH
blm, ahootlng twloa at htm. Gardner
saved his life only by grappling with
Matlock and thrusting tha revolver to
one aide, Hla hands were badly cut and
bruised in the etruggle before bis as
sailant waa overpowered and disarmed.
He ehsll be punished ir we nave to
proeeoute blm under a city ordinance." ...
Mr. Manning aald no representative af
bla office had tha right to assert that a
man would probably be freed. - Said -Mr.
Manning:. ."Matlock's trial baa been net
for Monday. Critics of my office aheuld
see what action la takes before tbey be
gin to carp." v- . .. . ' " 1 ,-T"
PAT-CROWE IDENTIFIED-
A&P0NY PURCHASER
(Jearael teeelal Berries. ,
Omaha, Neb Feb. 10. Daniel Burrls
today la court identified Pa Crowe as
a -nw nava -before tli4 kidnaDinx ef
die cudahy. -t '
- The pony waa tha oae ridden by the
man who telephoned the day after the
kidnaping ta Cudahy to "look in the
yard for a letter." This Is the first
positive Identification, the. prisoner hav
ing changed greatly la five yeara, , . ,
": YeTSe Barlet U
' The body of Mra. Helena Olson, whs
died at Port Blakeley, Washington, Feb
ruary 7, "will reach tha city at T o'clock
tomorrow . morning and will be interred
In Rlvervlew cemetery. Mra, Olson waa
tha widow of Haaa Olson, who died at
Port Blakeley January IT. He waa the
father of Fred Olson of Portland.
- V Pettclaaaa staater Seelgas. '
Patrolman W, M. Hunter has sent hie
reslsaatlo to ' Chief ef Polios Qrtte-
macher, from Lewlston, Idaho. He baa
secured aa appointment aa forest rang"
ar. Hunter left here on a vacation a
month ago.- . ' . .''
l,:...tliOJ, .liUU.it
?e Frazer Allows Him ta Ca
';t corns Party to the Suit to
!4,--V- iV;oust Bruin. ''"'..
TWO DECISIONS GIVEN
IN ABRAM3 LAND CACS
Two . Default' Judgements Are Set
Tldelrriha
' 'Clients ;Who. Suffered . Throash
. Trifllnff MlaUkea. , V ,: r-;:
" v' V'-''; ' mm .-.''""I. '
- i'-'A- - n--'
Patrolman O. F. Isakson scored a poirft
this morning In his4egal contest sgalnst
Chief of ' Detectives Patrick Bruin.
Isakson Is relator la the case of tbe
atete against Bruin. In the complaint
filed It le set up that Isaksoa la a cltlses
of Portland, a Urpayer and a "member
of the police force, and a motion had
been Sled asking that the above mem.
turned 'portion of the complaint be
etrlcken out Presiding Judge Arthur
U. x Frsser this morning overruled - tbe
motion, stating that he thought the re
lator had a right to ehow that he waa
an Interested psrty to ths suit, i i '
Judge Fraaeraald that the courts
would not allow a mere stranger te
coma In and act aa relator la a suit of
like nature, and the Jurist held that It
was tha general rule that a relator waa
properly made a party to the prosecu
tion. . The suit baa been brought to
oust Bruin from the position of captain
ef police, alleging- that bla appointment
to that office had been illegally made,
Beelsloae ta Asrame tlaee '
Judge Fraser made two decisions thia
morning In ,- the - lawsuits .that have
arisen out of a gift made severs! yeara
ago to tha Paolf lc university by D. K.
Abrams. On Auguat-1, 100t. Abrams
agreed to . give the university tlCOOO.
snd In lieu of cash gave, in trust, land
near the Portlnad flouring mllle aald to
be worth 140.000. Thia property la held
In trust by the Title Guarantee a Truet
company. George W. Stapleton, recently
appointed Abrams' guardian, ' baa
brought eult to. recover the property,
alleging tha undue Influence waa used
ia order ta Induoe Abraros to make the
gift . Thia auit wea filed against ths
officers of the university snd the trust
company. The company at once began
a eult in the circuit court asking to be
relieved from acting as trustee for, tile
property la dispute. -
A demurrer te the first nsmsd com
plaint was filed In which It waa eet
forth that Stapleton ehould be com
pelled to bring autt la, tha , - nam of
Abrams Instead of his own name, as,
guardian. This demurrer' waa sus
tained. A demurrer to the complaint 1n
tha second ' suit waa ' filed, but Judge
Frsser held that a trustee may bcI-
lowed to resign, when there has been, a
change In-the property. In whloh ex
pensive litigation had arisen after the
trust bad been taken up out unknown to
tha trustee at the time the-truet waa
assumed, put hs said that the trustee
could not resign unto a new' one bad
been appointed, xiZ-r-i
' "eaTeiea- SetT Aside. ..
A motion to set aside a default Judg
ment entered last Maroh by the Victor
Lnd oompany against Fred Mewhouae
waa allowed today by Judge ' Fraser,
who aald that be did aet like to see a
man lose nearly I00 wortb ofjrortylayenlngeesslpnjatJl bloUiWildiya
Kd-TInrough a mieunderstahdlng
ef attor
nera Kewhouae lived in Baser county
at tha time the suit waa brought. Hs
sngaged A Mr. Rand, a Baker City at
toraey, to defend him. ; Band wrote to
Judge Lionel It. Webster of thle city to
file an anawer la the case. Judge Web
ster turned the matter over te H. H,
RlddelL - Through a general mlaunder
etanding over the time allowed for the
flllne of aa aaawer a aerauit was taaen.
Newhouse'e property-area worth 1100,
and eold at a sheriff's sale for 17.10.
Another "mistake all around" default
Judgment ' waa set aside by Judge
vvaaer this moralng In the caaa of B.
H. Bowman against O. P. Holmaa. The
default waa secured September 0, 101,
It having been secured through the fail
ure Of the person whoaa duty It was te
file an answer to the complaint to pay
tee elerk'e fee when the document waa
sent la for filing. - ;
GIARXE 03CHARD1STS FEAR
Old Residents Say Present Fair
V Weather Has ; Nsver Been -
V . . Eaualed.'.
" ; tSpedal Wenateh te Tbe Jwrsel.)
Vsncouver, Wssh.V Feb. 10. Accord
ing to old time residents of this city
and county.. !M - delightful. weathsr.jf
tbe 'past eight daya haa established a
record. Never before haa there beea
so long a atretch of mild weather dur
ing thia seaeon of tha year. One pereoa
who baa resided a few miles from Van
couver for more than to years ssld:
- "I can not remember of such delight
ful weather during January or February
as we have beea having for tha paat
Week. There have been long dry spells,
but Jhere haa also been a bitter eaat
wind followed by anow." .y , ,
'Among the orohardlsts of the county
there le much concern over the safety of
early fruit A nether week or ten daya
-of such weather would start tha buda In
many of the orchards. As there le al
most certain , to be considerable cold
weather with a possibility of a freesa,
the starting -ef- buda would undoubtedly
reeult at leaat In a partial blight of the
early fruit - Prune growers throughout
the oounty are aoxioualy awaiting the
prune outlook for the coming season, as
they are ia hopes that with an excellent
crop they can get back aome of the
money lost during ths psst three sea
sons, , whew -tha yield - waa - practically
nothing. -t u.i . t :
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From the Philadelphia Telegraph.
' Here la a grim atory, ahowlng - the
guile of a "heathen "Chinee." One. day
Dennis Spencer, a prominent criminal
attorney of Napa, received a call from
a Chinese, who, .without elrcamlocution,
at once put this question: "Splose, Mr.
Spencer, one Chinaman kill 'not ber Chi
naman with hatohet how much you
chlarga make him Clear T" "Oh," aald
tha lawyer carelessly, "I'd take the case
for i0." In about a weak the China
man returned and laid the eurn of IOt
on Mr. Bpenoera desk. ' "What's this
fort" asked tha lawyer. Tou say you
take caae for 1500," , explained the
erloataU-A light buret upon Mr. Spen
cer. ' Horrified, . 'he , exclaimed. - "Tou
mean to tall me . thai, since I saw yoa
last one of your countrymen has been
killed r "Certainly,"; calmly answered
tfca Chifitneo, X kiil bin last nifbt,"
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Mlae Rose La Farge, baDe of the
. Blackfoot tribe ; and lait year
graduata of Carlisle, whose flanca
- k - Charles- DilUon, th Cheyenne
C football ' guard.r v-. '.-v. ;
SILVERTOli PSEPMS F03
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Farmers' and Shippers Congress
; and Qood Roads Advocates : .
to Gather for Session. vt
rSBeetat Dim tea te Tae' raal.)
SUverton, Or, Feb. 10, People In thia
Vicinity are making preparations for a
big time In the city next Wednesday
and Thursday., tbe dates for the Farm
ers' snd Shippers' congress and Good
Roads convention, to be bold in tha new
opera-house under. the aospioes of the
Willamette Valley Development league.
D. V. Vaughn of the local board of
trade. Colonel E. Holer, president of tha
Willamette galley Development league,
and County Judge Scott held a confer
ence at Salem recently and forma
lated tha program, which la conceded to
be the beet that haa aver been arranged
for any Ilka occasion. - The Wedaeeday
banquet in the opera bouse banquet
hall. The pro ocedmgg will be completed
Thursday moralng at 11:00 o'clock.-
- Kail roads wtu make a ' reduction la
rates of transportation and a large
crowd of people Is expected.. The SU
verton band and orchestra haa beea en
gaged for the occaelon-and local talent
will furnish a fine musical program.
Following is the general programs ' 7 ,
Wedneaday, February 14 Opening ad
dress. Colonel SL Hofsr of Salem. - ' ,
Response on behalf of tbe city ef
Sllverton, Attorney F. S. Senn. . f -.
"Development of Ortgon," Governor
George X. Chamberlain. . ' '
-.Addrese on XJood BoadaTDounty
Judge John H. ' Scott " -
"A Rallroad"a Interest In Oood
Roads," Paul Shoup of Portland.
"Value . of Cannerlea to the Fruit
Growers." J M, Gilbert of Salem.
Evening session JIuslo by the or
chestra, ,1'- . , , -. 1 ' . v.
Address by Mayor U J. Adame of Sll
verton. ., ,1 .'..-''.
Address by George Cuelter, president
of the local botrlsfjiwa
, Bona7 lv CEe male auar
Address by P. U Brown, president Of
the Interurban Telephone oompany. ...
, Song by mixed quartet . v
.' Bpeecbea by other speakers. .' , . ' v , '
' Banquet to the gueeta. f "
- Thursday, February Is "Clvlo Im
provement and Who Gets, the Bargains?"
Mayor ' Charles ' Ore as In. of McMlnn
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."Development ' of , Dairying,', Oaorgo
yt. Weeks, Salem. -, .
"The State Press and . Development,"
President J. C. Slayter, Dallas. State
Frees association.
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nm rH1 rasPST w I a MtrtI fasilsbswi. . t I
Tile "Drainage."' XX' Btols. Salem.
"Engineering Problem In County Road
Building." H,. B, Thielaon of Salem,
secretary of tbe Stats Good Roads as
sociation. , . . ...t,-,
TRIAL OF : SI"0H ; cnooxs
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AT VAKCOllVER
Second Day's Taking- of Tsstl
. , mony Begins In' Superior:, t
X v Court of Clarke. - v
, Bpeelal Olaeateh ts Tae yeerseL) '
Vanoouver, Wash, Fsb. 10. Ths trial
of Simon Brooks,- charged with the mur
der of Aflolph Miller at Rldgefleld, No
vember 10, 100a, -was begun yesterday
In tha superior court. The morning waa
spent In drswlng a. Jury, but ths list of
eiigioie jurymen reu snort, o nvy wevv
forced to draw a special list of 11 men.
The flrat witness on ths stand waa C.
Ia Tedder of Rldgefleld, who arrested
Brooks shortly after the murder. The
next witness ' waa ' Mr.. Jerkv Who had
witnessed the murder. - Clark teetlfled
that after eating lunch about 11:10 p.
sn. hs etarted to 'work,' when be waa
overtakea by Brooka, who walked a
abort way with blm. Aa tha .twa men
passed the cabin ef Miller be came out
and aald:-
. "Hallo, Clark." and walked down the
road with Ahem. Aa Clark waa leaving
them. Brooke, who had evidently been
drinklng.-pulled outa.flaak of whlakey
and after taking aV drink passed the
flask around.
- Hera the testimony ended for J.ha day.
The main plea of the defense seems ta
be Insanity. ' . I
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ReeortJt Cox Ordlnanes or '
No Cox OrdJnancw.
PLENTY CF LAW3 f
H ; ON OTATUTE DOOK3
Intentlqn Iojo Jnf orcaXula IojW
ding Bale of Drinks to Drankarda
Xratpeetor Telia of Vlerf to Bad
r Polios inspector Bruin has , recom- .
mended to Chief Orltsmacher that war ,
be declared on certain classes of dives. .
Hs asaerte that while ths city council - "
may fall' to pass tha box ; ordinance .
which stood ths test Of ths supreme
court, there ere slreedy Isws enough on ,
the statute books which have not been
enforced to pat establishments of tha h
worst class out of exletenee. ' ' , '
- . particular attention le to be paid tha
resort conducted by Hill Brown at -
Fourth and Couch streets, - where tha
robbers who held up the-Centennial hotels
and killed 1 Thomas -Flemmlnge made
their masks and divided their pluadec
Many erlmee have beea reported from-;
this place, which la now under investl-, ,
gallon by the council aad Is deemed by .
the police the worat resort In tha north
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It le alas7 tba intention te enforce the
lam which prohibits ths Sals of liquor .' .
ta drunken persona. . Thia ordinance has
never been enforced, and complaint la -dally
made to the police by men who
claim to have been robbed In plaoee
where they were add poUonous decoo- .
tlons untu tha brain and bodi; were be-.
numbed.- '' - -
"I have the eioner to' report. reada ,
Inspector Bruin's recommends tlani "that
I have found aeveral aaloona. an. tha -
ground floor of rooming houses wta "
stairways leading from the body of the
saloon, on tha mala, floor, ta the apart-
ments above. Thia la a violation at law ,
should be etopped. - t . , .v
"It is new becoming the custom of
minora to go to euch- rooming bouses
snd get drinks: In this way the polio ;
are baffled. I recommend that all at
trances from aaloona to rooming houses
be permanently dosed and that entrance
to the latter be only from tha public :
street X think a saloon with an en- .
trance to euch a place la nothing but a .
licensed - disorderly houss Iteelf and .
should not ba allowed. J Moreover, I d - r
uot ace why proprietors aad employee
of euch places cannot ba arrested oa ;
statutory grounds and convicted aa eas- .
Uy as any other claaa of offenders.
They live together, In ev,ery aenee of
the word.-and J-eaidte on 4netanoa--nowj
Captain Slover.and I TeeenUy vie
Ited the saloon at the northwest corner
of Fifth and Stark etreete. We fouad ;..
the atairway leading from tha saloon to
the second floor., and on going up te .
investigate were met by a woman. -
"The proprietor rushed -after ue and .
Informed us that ha waa not responsible
for snythlpg that took place upatalra. .
We found empty beer glasses, which r
bore 'the appearance af having been
used that night There are many other
places of tbe aame kind, and all are . ,
aAAgeroua places." :,,...(. .... ,y','
WANTS EACHPASTOrUTOiU
3 LOOK AFTER OWN WARD
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, A eonfereaoe of the'lesdsrs of the'' -municipal
reform movement will be held -.
aooa and the fight will be renewed all
along tha Una, It has been euggeated
by Rev. J. W, " Brougher that each
preacher should look sf tsr his own
ward and Aha councilman repreaentlhg .
that ward. Thle wlU divide the work.
make It aaslsr tor ths preachers to get ,
eocursts information concerning each
representative In the council and also
give them a better understanding of the ...
moral condition of tha part of tha city -la
wbleh their churches are located.
. Dr. Brougher says that tha preachers -are
in the fight to stay until something '
has been aooompllahed. They propoee -to
cooperate with an the reform forcee
In the. city and whenever , neoesssiy
preach against existing evils from; the :
pulpit -' '-- " '..,.
Sunday "night 'Rev." Paul Radar and
Dr. -Brougher both will apeak at the
White Temple.- Mr, Rader's subject will
be, who is HespoTnm5ier-"Arier a brief
pretnde on "Whet Does 8hepherde Ordl- .
nance meant" Dr. Brougher will preach . ;
oa the subject. 'Van Too Keep a So
cretr V:- -V
ACE WELCH THINKS HE V,
:HAS BEEN MISJUDGED
Aettntf vwaotrn Aea Welch asserts
that Mra. Alice Vallely baa dona him aa
Injustice by sssertlng thst hs did not
shsw proper attention to duty In. In-.-
th. i-M v.w her or 1 107 at
Johnson's oystsr nouse, ;vn nevenm, pea
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Aider airee.
"Detective Bartman ' and I worked v
jointly an the oaae." aald Welch. "We . .
surted our InveetlgaUoa together.' I
west to Third aad Salmon streets to try '
to locate Johnson's brother but failed. '
I reached a conclusion ss to who had
taken the money early- la the game.
Hartatan expreaeed 'the aame opinion,
aa X, X interviewed every pereoa who "
wea 1a tha oyster house , at the time
aad reported verbally te the chief. - ...
"We were working on two eases, and
while Hartatan was following thia one 1
I began investigating ths other. Mrs, -Vallely
waa much excited and thought v
sll ws bsd to do was to go to Johnson
and get ber money back. X did nothing t
but my duty and have nothing to aoa-
ARC LIGHT IN FRONT : ;
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The dark shadowa aurroundlng the 4
Rlcbarda eetabMshmt wUl- soon - be -dispelled,
and tbe patrons will no long
or be-guided to the entrance by a spe- ,
elal light malntalaad by the reaort. Tee--terday
afternoon the city exeoaUve
hoard ordered a Urge arc Ught Installed
at Park and Alder atmtdirscUy4nr-
front of the place. .
Tbla ts ha keeping with tbe plan of
Vtayor Lane, ecUlned by him since the
elty council refused to revoke the liq
uor 11 cease for the place. . The eoltoe
will also keep a vigilant eya- an- the es
tablishment the aame aa they would an
any disorderly bouse, and Acting Detec
tive Kay baa been assigned to make In
vest! gallons from time, ta time.
- The mayor has not 1 appointed v tha
eomaalttae authorised by the elty coun
cil to continue the investigation, and
hs may refuse to do 00. '
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