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Convicted ; Murderer- From
5 PrIsW Cell Supports Pres-
. j acK jjoniion ana ui. juuuk
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Slayer of Alice ; Minthorn
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i Big'GamS for Fortyf Years
f and, Novelist's Yarns rAf e
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: President Roosevelt Is not without one
supporter in Me 'controversy . with Jack
London.-end other "nature" v writers.
George L." Blodgett,- the convicted mur
derer of Alice Mlhthornst the Van No
hotel on March 21. ,190,whO 1 held In
the county jail pending the decision of
an . appeal to the supreme court, has
written i tho '.following defense of the
president's , stand -regarding London's
stories: ' - ' "
; "Being somewhat of a 'wolf hunter,
bear trapper, horse wrangler., pathfinder,
a pioneer of the sixties and a big game
hunter. I have had as good .opportunity
to study the habits of wild snlmais of
this country as any man In the north
west, end I have, this, mucb to say?
that President Rosevelt fa right in his
criticism of Rev. W. J. -Long's and
jack London's animal stories.- And l
think they are aofne of "niwMiost damn
able stories ihave sver' read. They al
most make the old hunter's blood ran
eold. who has tasted . ihe fruits of na
ture and . has . gone through the hard
ships a hunter's and trapper s"llfe..,
ryy -iltsaura 'a Disgrace.
' "I haye had, good opportura.ty. flor
ins my confinement here In the Mult
nomah county Jail to read a good many
of these stories In ho Jast year,- and
1 think It is a dlsgftfCB to the country
that such literature should be thrown on
the publhr-for'tho ooosr generation- to
read. Being a hunter of large game,
such ' - .buffalo, caribou. moose,, elk,
deer. bear wolf and cougar end having
trapped Ml klndeOf wild animals hrcwr&
Montana. Idaho. British Columbia and
Alaska. I have; killed all kinds, of game
and have wn all kinds of game killed
WtVSlrSr travels though hill.,
coulees, mountains, swamps timber and
brush,; I never saw one animal killed lb y
helng kitten between the front legs, snd
I think 1 'Is almost Impossible for any
MlmaT.ti bekllledlnhat way The
wolf always bites the back of the necK
until It has Us prey at Its royrcy.-j Mid
then he tackles the throat until the ani
mal Is dead. The wolf begins to devour
the hind ouarters. I have, seen hun
dreds of calves, colts and
fleer killed by wolves from Great Fans,
Montana, to Pierce Rtyer British Co
lumbia, one of the best wolf countries
l- iuL Tha aatern sloo of
the- Rockv mountaln. )n th. rlr day.
4 was an Ideal spot for the wolf, with its
cuts. banks, couiees. nig" "CiC.
canyons, brush-llned 'vstreams, high
grass, lakes and swasia ":V
rv tv ; sears . WOl aW.V'i. V a '
Ko I will tell you my experience
with the bean of whlch we have sev
eral kinds. Ths sTTlMlJjear Is sup
posed to be the worst of all, but I have
ZlzJi ..n nn. vet that would not run
i . hiiiV-(f he had a show. Bald
y faced bear ls.not seen by many hunters,
as ho generally Is found In the highest
mountains. The cinnamon, black - and
thrown bear are very often kill eA by
hunters. The nair-oreea near u..
worst of all. They are about the color
Unions in Frisco Told to Get
Needed Men or. Open Sh6p
Will Be Established;
.- .. ' , (Jooraal, Special . Ssrrtos.) V r ,.;
Ban Francisco, June. 13. Local capi
ta and Interests connected .with1 the
building Industry ! have' been unlonixed
to most the abnormal conditions. Im
posed by unTon labor.. Tho movement
'began about the time of the action Of
the BuilderSVexchang In appointing a
.committee to work at the stable rate
of vig&t and unchanged Tprlces - or
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"BUILDERS DEHAND
MORE WORKMEN
I - hlltig material for one year s time.
Li?targe-estates and other property
t -k.uo hn lnvlnsr riana at nu-
merous -meetings to continue building
; construction on-the Open shop basis lri
- case tne.uniona "i"
the necessary amount of labor. -Owft-
era representing $8,000,000 of immediate
construction work, and including some
of the cltles'i largest . capitalists, t have
agrefd -t"hut down work on .large
buUdlngs on aocount of the scarcity of
workiHeir" needed to rebuild - the ctty,
and the fact that the unions will not
permit an Increase of the body of labor
ers by allowing nonunion men to work
without Intimidation and violence.
One of the leaders In the movement
declares that there are but 5.000 avail-
x able workfirs and:;, that reconstruction
demands 90,000. ' " " ' . "
- Local building interests have brouglrt
about the -organisation of - a syndicate
of outside capitalists, who will advance
110,000.000 within the next month, to be
" used In construction on the open shop
bAnothe1r 'coTiflilnatlon lit the building
line Is composed of contractors and
larse construction companies and ma
" terlal men ; who favor the operr shop
plan and agree to build or furnish ma
teria!! on that principle only., :, ...;
INDORSES ROOSEVELT,
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GEORGE L. BLODQKTT.
General -Dundpnal4; Forced
1 Out of Ariny for Exposing: J
t, 5 sh Conditions. ;:r
: .; (JoarMt Bpeetal arrlce.V ' r
4 London. June! The.; Dally Mall
says: "News of the retirement ot Lieu
tenant' General. Earl Pundonald has
caused ' no little sensation In army, cir
cles. He Is a distinguished soldier' who
commanded tha Canadian -rallitla from
ISO t9 l04.i Ills mounted force was
the f lrstio enter Ladysmlth in the. Boer
war. -' JT..- .', .
A Mall representative assea mm ins
reason for his sudden retirement He
answered that he. had- tiot ' retired ' vol
untarily from the armV, In which hs had
served since ia iboy of .17, not because
of age. nor because the promotion board
did not think. him worthy of promotion,
as he was promoted last year, but be
cause he was practically "turned out of
the Canadian 'militia, for calling atten
tion," as he said, "to political corruption
In thn annolntmnt of officers; ; This
corruption Is bound to destroy the, efj-
clency xi soiqiers, -. ne qectafen. ,,j f ;
Ari ROOT HOLD ??
iSECBET CONFERENCE
Washington." June H.Ambagsador
Aokl 'and Secretary Root ; had -a half
hous conference, this afternoon about
the 'Paoiflc ooast . trouble." Neither
would make a statement. ; -,v ', . )
FRISCO IRONWORKERS B
: RETURN TO FOUNDRIES
(Joareal Special Serrlce.)
-San - Prancisco, - June 13. The Iron
workers' strike was settled, this morn
ing and the men will go to work Mon
day. Seven thousand men were affected
by the strike. ' - . J .....
METCALF PARTY, IS
ON: P0T0HAC RIVER
' (Joarnal Special Serrkw.) ' ' .
Washington. June 13. The Metcalf
party Is steaming up tne reioroao oa
ths Dolphin, passing Indlanhead, Mary
land, at 8 o'clock this morning.
v Close of School at. Barlow. - -
w ISpwial Dtopatch- te The JoaratLl
Barlow, Or. June 13. A successful
eight months' term of school has been
closed here with a plcnlo given by the
teachers to the pupils and townspeople.
Miss Pearl Applegate of Balem was pri
mary teacher and Miss Gustena Randall
Oregon City was pnnciinu,
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Nine More Dealers Plead Guilty Today and Are Given
f. Small Fines Others Expected to Beg Mercy of the
Court and Tell
' That Trank F. Freeman, attorney and
assistant; secretary ; of. , the Northwest
Furniture- exchange, and other leading
lights In the Tumi tur trust,, will throw
themselves upon the mercy of the court
and plead guilty 1 to having- operated a
combination among tha dealers for j the
purpose- of' restraining- trade and -restricting
sales is the belief of those who
have been watching the trend of affairs
In the trust Investigation the past few
days This was inferred from the fact
that many of the leading members of
th2 Northwest Furniture exchange fcajj
Pleaded guilty and TjAyJ lUly
asalnst Ihelr former confederates.
Wlth the overwhelming amount of
evidence that theW men could furnish
in behalf of the government, It ls: be.
lleved'that Assistant United SUtes At
torney James Cole ; wuld . hav little
difflcultv In convicting the Indicted
dealers. IB addition to the .testimony
that would be furnished by those! who
have already been fined. Mr. 'Cole has
a mass of documenUry evidence against
Freeman and the rest that would weigh
heavUy against the defendants If ey
carried their cases into court ,
Win. Kort Waad OnUty. ' "
One more member of the exchange
pleaded, guilty this ,n&. "d;!
fined th customary J6r- Slight other
dealers, three of whom were second
hand dealers, also pleaded guilty -and
were fined. All except the second-hand
men were fined It 5. the three small
ones each paying 10 Into tJncU Sam's
coffers., gfern Bn , L; Ch'enoweth
of Yoncklla were the only ones to enter
an appearance for July 10. : v
. The following were fined . $35 this
morning: Abbott A Church, Art Furni
ture Manufacturing company,; H. Gor
don, all or Portland; W.W. - Holllngs
worth, Newberg; K. F. Wlakiw, Md
Xordi Jba .Wefss, Garvala,...
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Trembling From Head, to
Tells of His Fear
desire to Tell His
Miller Employed by Murderer
v ally, Not by Federation.
(Bv'Hugh O'Neill, Special Commfssfo'ner
"Oregon Journal and, Denver Post)
.-Boise, Idaho, June '13. That critical
hour long looked for! in this Haywood
trial, has been reached '.when "Jack"
Slmpkjns, the "missing link" In the de
fense's chain Is brought to the front pf
the stage. This morning Lawyer Rich
ardson broke Into with ak-ush ths part
nership that existed ;betVen 1 OrcHard
and Slmpklns for the last three: months
orf0.,'-FcT.fw minutes, with a tor
rent of Questlona the attorney .sought to
take the pblegmatlo Orchard '" hl
feet and commit hlmsetf, but It was a
hopeless undertaking. Orchard, simply
became more dogged. 1 . . ,
Orchard and Slmpklns left Wallace,
Idaho, together. .The state fy 'they
went . to Caldwell to ; accomplish the
death of Steunenberg. The defense says,
so far as Orchard , Is . concerned, yes:
but Slmpklns, no e a organiser , of
the Western, Federation went on his
usual trtp of Inspection to the mining
camps of Idaho. And Slmpklns-did go
to Sliver. City In' November. But Or
chard would not have it sd. - He Inter
rupted Richardson to tell that 8lmpklns
made the trip to Silver City to establish
an alibi in preparanon for the. contem
Rlatejl. murder. , , j i .. A y -t 3
, to-. OaldwaU JPotrsthet. , ,
'Ths 'records produced tn court show
it,.i . rmhiH ' unit SlmDkins. - using
aJlasejL. were together ..In Caldwell be
fore the SteunenDerg muroer ana .
ha tamUftsA to their nresr
encs som' days before' the murder
rront "ths prosectmon's side it is very
clear. Tet should "Jack" Slmpklns slep
Into the court room .one. morning and
take the witness stand the clouds would
clear and ' a smashing blow could -be
Struck ths state In. a vital part - Slmp
klns could clarify the situation for Hay
wood. He could tell a logical story. It
would appear - reasonable to that hard
headed Jury that is watching every mo
ment the demeanor of the chief witness
for the state. ,
With an adroitness not noticeable In
His orevlous work. Richardson has been
clearing the' way-for Just such a cli
max to tnis case.; ne nas qunsnonea
Orchard seemingly with something of
this kind In view and he cross-examined
the state's witnesses that preceded Or
chard to show that Slmpklns paraded
Caldwell and made no attempt to hide.
t ' Blapklng Oonld Xzplaia.
k Slmpklns could explain his presence
at Caldwell en route to the far-off
mining camps of Idaho; he could tell
of Orchard's bitterness toward Steunen
berg because of the Hercules mine loss
and of his fear of something happen
ing and his hurried departure from
Caldwell, and his realisation of his
fears within a few days when he, Slmp
klns, was miles from, the , saene of the
'tragedy. The defense has pot given up
hope that Slmpklns will-Immolate him
self for. love of his former master in
the federation and suffer himself to be
arrested. ' Slmpklns ts now in ths -wild
St. Joe territory In the northern part
of Idaho. - 1
Whatever may have been the object ' f
(Continue 1 on .Page Two.)
All They . Know.
Those flned 310 were: ' John F.; Fads,
Medford; Frank Kerslake, Dallas; J. A.
Kerns, Portland. , f ,
- H. Gordon, who was fined $26 stated
that he had been In business in Eugene,
where , he - Joined- the trust OHe said
that he has been .out of business since
last October' and - now reside In Port
land. Gordon explained to the court
that he Joined the combination, but
paid his dues only once, and had never
taken part in the meetings.
Torosd Into th,Trast.'' :; ,; '.'
Others told how they "had been forced
into the. trust in order to buy goods,
but' had entered into competition with
other dealers In their cities. All stories
appeared to be the same .to -Mr. Cole
and Judge Wolverton, who classed them
either in .the 310 or I2S classes. J These
fines are only 'nominal, and are simply
made for a matter of record. .
Others members of the trust will ap
pear tomorrow ' to . enter pleas and. set
down their names for appearance. Mr.
Cole Has . been receiving long-distance
telephone calls dally since the - indict
ment was returned, from dealers, an
nouncing that , they, are ready to come
in and plead guilty, ..but asking for a
little time to larrang .for-the handling
of their, business while In- Portland.. ;
.' ' ; Deserted by His CUentfc,',V w-f
.' Freeman and many others have entered
an appearance, for July 10,- whetf they
will have an opportunity to plead or
mov demurrer to the . Indictment.
From the manner In which tha dealers
have been deserting Freeman In the past
few days by entering pleas of guilty it
has been inferred that most of the deal
ers will pleads guilty before --July 10.
leaving Freeman and a few others alone
to fight tha case. iJ
Mr. Freeman could not be found today
to get an expression front him in regard
to his future course, and so far as he
is concerned his case stands as it did
yesterday when ha entered' aa appear
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Above Is Mrs." Elizabeth Fairfax Ayerg, wlfe of the "'war chief of the
..Twelfth," whose picture la'ia' the center. Below Is Miss Ayers. .
ARMY SCANDAL :
AT WEST POINT
Colonel's Wife: Barred From
Fortress and She.Mis "
Damages.
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; (Journal Special Berries.)
:" (Sceclal Dispatch to Tbe .Journal.)
New Jork, June . l$.Declarlng that
she had been basely slandered by Col
onel H. L,? Scotti supetlntendehf. Lieu
tenant Colonel Robert L. Howse, com
mandant Cf cadets," Lieutenant; Colonel
S.; C. Mills, Inspector-general,, and .Cap
tain L, W.. Oliver. .Assistant Inspector Of
tactics, all of West Point military acad
emy, Mrs. Elisabeth Fairfax Ayres, wife
of : Lieutenant f Coloael Ayres U of '1 the
United States army, has prepared suits
against tha' officers named for the sum
of 1100,000, t Mrs, Ayres suits are based
upon the order of the officers that She
be barred from the academy grounds at
West Point and letters attacking her
which have , been written to the. presi-
?Behind the trouble which led up) to
tha damage suits, friends allege, j are
Jealousy of Colonel Ayres' military po
sition and ths social successes of his
wife and daughter. Miss Emily Ayres.
The order barring Mrs. Ayres from
the' academy grounds was made while
Colonel Ayres was- In the Philippines.
Udoh his return he was very Indignant
over the affair and is twcklng up every
ection his wife Is taking against the
authorities of the school. , ; , .
In the charges against Mrs. Ayres,
given as excuse for excluding her from
West Point, the officers declare that she
attacked Captain Oliver and slandered
the officials of the-Unlted States from
ths president down, . ?y ' y
Ostensibly the base Of the trouble was
ths "overcoat incident"; on Easter Sun
day.' 8ome of the cadets loaned shiver
ing girls their overcoats on that day,
when It turned unexpectedly cold, end
the ; commandant; ordered ' that , the
shelter be taken away from the visitors
and the cadets punished. - One of , tho
maidens refused to giva up-the coat she
was wearing, and s It was alleged, tha
this girl was Miss Emily Fairfax. , -The
attack of Mrs. Ayres on Captain Oliver
is tUlegedV 19 Mvt ccuxred shortly
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After, Fifteen Yeartf Express
Messenger ' Finds", Train ;'
,Kobber:in Texas.
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Galveston,' Tex., JunsS.-r-A' promi
nent and respected citlMQ of Houston
was confronted yesterday, by!-John' T,
Dickey;' Who" positively;, identified the
merchant as one of two train robbers
who held up a train and robbed the ax
press company of about $25,000 18 years
ago.- :f ii.t ' '-y. yy'y'yyy''('yy
- Dickey was ! the . Welhj-Fargo express
messenger on the Houston & Texas Cen
tral line,, and the- holdup took" place on
the nlghj) of September" 84,-,889i;l0 pilles
south of Forth Worth. ' Two robbers
did the work, and for half an hourthe
express messenger was . face . to face
with the man who robbed the express
car while his companion covered the en
gineer and fireman And-messenger with
"The'Wbber,,whomptW-ihacohtnts
of the safe, lost "his mask-while ran
sacking packages and guyed and. Joked
with messenger and . trainmen. Dickey
made a study of the man's features and
voice, and declares that-he could recog
nise either. ; He has not been, in south
ern Texas for IB years, and., upon enter
ing the store, he was astonished to be
greeted by the train robber. '. , s
i- Tbe storekeeper hsS offered to restore
the amount stolon from . ths express
company with Interest,; if .the case be
dropped. '' .
DOGS KILD BAND OF -MLVRRISBURG
SHEEP
, ' (Joans) SptcUl Service.) ry i
' Harrlsburg, June 18. Sheep killing
dogs nearly annihilated a band of - over
80 ttead belonging to Mahlon Hawk, who
had them pastured about two rallea north
of town Monday. He purchased them
Saturday last and had hopes of making
something on his purchase, but the dogs
killed and wounded nearly all, and but
about six are, expected to llYe..
RECOGNIZES THIEF
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ToungTTbiriari 'Organizes a
- Posse and Chases Bare- :.;
ffodt';Eobber.r'.:;
Los Angeles, June 13. Strange and
exciting-experiences have filled four
days and nights for Erie Laundman, who
robbed the store of Gabrle Houser a
Acton, and a pretty girl. Miss Maude
Jtaburn, has finally brought about his
incarceration in tha county Jail. Soon
alter - the burglary- was committea tn
alarm .spread and - a posse of moun
taineers went on the trail of tha thief,
who was barefoot. For 17 miles hs was
chased and captured at Lancaster. The
stolen goods were recovered and Laund
man locked In the little Jail.
. Night ., before last Laundman ' tipped
the. ramshackle building over and es
caped. He made his way back to Acton
and Miss Raburn saw him. , She organ
lzed a posse and went after him, hor
Mif in&iiinv tha hunt In the hills hs
was surrounded and taken at tha- mus
cles of shotguns, and .trussed up wm
ropes. .' .i- -
Laundman broke down, confessed and
- Miir-feat: -were bleeding. Every
body became sorry for him. His cap
tors chipped in and paid for ail be nai
stolen. . Mlsa- Raburn -gave him socks
and sandwiches, -He would have been
released,- but the country constable came
along and brought him here. .
POLICE WILL HOLD DOMJ LID
Majr Lane, Will Assist District Attorney Manning and
. Sheriff -Stevens ;in Making Portland Dry Day
. , , Next Sunday. . ; .
i. John Manning's lid'wiU be;,tlght fitted
to the city: at midnight, Saturday hext
and- from, the stroke of 1 the' sheriff
of Multnomah countjsjand the, chief of
police of Portland will sit side by side
with the district attorney on tie cov
ering. ' ' ' "- :'' f '
: Today., notice was 4 served on . every
person or firm , in Portland engaged In
selling liquor, '.whether saloon or, hotel
or bother place, r that, from and after
Saturday night at midnight the sUte
law1 would be enforced by the "district
attorney. "Today alsa lilstrtct Attorney
Manning sent a letter to, Mayor Ijne
asking the assistance and. cooperation
of the' PorUand police In seeing to it
that the law Is obeyed. ? y j
Mayor Lane announces It is his in
tention to assist Mr. Manning in every
wav possible and will at once Issue ln
rt"c?lons to tho chief of police to di
"eit his officers to arrest aaT-pwrgoa
found violating . the law as outlined in
theatate statutes between the hours of
midnight i on Saturday and midnight
8"dyiaf af to AU Protests. .,
V In spite of the continued protests
filed 'with the office of the district at
torner by "tose atWed by the Sunday
closing idlct Mr, Maturing -stands by
his guns and contends that It is hlj in
tentfon to follow out the law to the let
ter Yesterday and today again bevies
of men sought out the district attorney,
and besought him to make some sort of
a half-lid compromise by which the
saloons, hotels and restaurants would
be allowed to remain open at least part
of the day. No satisfaction was given,
however, andtha sam answer was re-
U"Publlo sentiinent''has demanded and
now demands that the law be enforced."
said Mr: Manning, "And I Intend to see
to It that It Is enforced." -,
m. eonference with Mayor Lane
it was decided-by. the-two oUiclaU that
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District Attorney Manning
'; Notifies. ' Manager Fuller
of ! the Portland Eailway,
Light and; Power Com
s pany to Comply "With law)
Failure on Part of Company
to: Comply With Bequest
After 30 Days Means Pros
' ecution and Fines 1 Bang
ing From.$50 to $100.
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" Fenders must be affixed to all street
cars operated ' in the city: of Portland
within 80 days according to the, dictum
of . District Attorney John Manning or
ths .Portland Railway, Light, Power
company will be subject to the strict
ensycement of the sUte law. ' After 80'
days . from today .every- car operated
without a fender fully meeting the spe
cifications of the law wUl be Uken by
the district attorney- as a distinct snd
separate offense, subject lor tn xirst
violation to a fin of 150 snd for every
subsequent of fens . to a fine of 8100.
. m Zs lata Dowb.
In a letter written by the district at
torney this morning and forwarded to
V, 1. . Fuller. , general manager of the
railway company, the law la laid down
and notice Is served that from and after
80 days from today the law must b
compiled with. In the letter the district
attorney statss that he does not wish
to asx anytning unrc&eonaoia ana iur
that reasen -will allow 30 days to affix,
the fenders, but he makes It plain that
th preaent. equipment. Is entirely use
less and that he .intends to enforce tne
The letter written by Mr. Manning fol-
"Portland, Or June lS.i 1907.F. ... L
Fuller, Esq., general manager Portland
Railway company, city. Dear air: I de
sire to call your attention to an act of tho
legislature, approved February 17, 1803,
relative to tha equipment of street cars
with fenders. This act Is to be found
in Session laws of 1803, page 94, and is
in words as follows:; k , l
Cars Most Save Onarda.
"Secton I. Every street ear run, op
erated, Or used on any street car line in
the state of Oregon, other than wpera ted
by horses, shall be provided with good
and substantial ' aprons, . fenders, or
guards which shall be constructed so
as to be firmly studied to the front
end of each car and extend out in front
of the front platform, or front end of
such car. not less than two feet, and so
arranged that the forward end of said
apron, fender, - or guard, shall not bo
more thsn three Inches above the rails,
and such apron, fender, or guard, shall
be built, or constructed so. that tha
mctorman, or other person In charge of
such car can drop the front end of such
apron, fender, or guard, onto the track
so as to prevent any person from being
thrown down ond run over by, or caught ,
beneath or under such csr: Provided,
that whenever. In the Judgment of th
mayor, and the members xf tb common
eouncil of any city or town incorporated
under the laws of this state. It shall
be deemed for the best Interests of tha
residents and Inhabitants of any such
city or town, to substitute In lieu of.
the apron, fender, or guanj hereinafter
provided for. another approved design
of apron, fender, or guard, said mayor
.(Continued on Paga Two.)
the city, and county government would
cooperate In the enforcement of the law
within the corporate boundaries of Port
land, It was determined, according to
this plan, that the, district (attorney
ehould write a letter to the mayor form
ally . requesting '.; his assistance In . se
curing the cooperation of the pollca.de
pertinent. , - ". y- "
. Sheriff : W1U iratoh OntsU City. -
'Outside of the. city th police offi
cers, under the command of Sheriff
Stevens, will be expected to enforce
the, law within -the other portions of
Mr Manning's Jurisdiction. Between
the efforts of th police in Portland and
the sheriff's office outside of the limits
of the city it la expected that liquid re
freshments will be exceedingly hard to
get after midnight on Saturday next.
Saloon men seem to have lost all de
sire to fight the enforcement of the
law by any organised effort, and while
It Is expected that there will be several
arrests for violation of th statute, the
man guilty of the law's infraction will
be-acting on their own volition and not
by direction.
. sid Xs to Stay On. .
- The question la being asked whether
or not the saloons will be kept closed
during the pendency of any test cne
that might, be commenced, and while
Mr. Manning will not make any sfwc' ii
statement regarding this phase of the
question, it 'is now believed that. on"
the lid Is on. it will stay on for kfcpn,
unless the courts decide othrwlw.
Liquor dealers seem to be brom!tif
fearful of local option should t)iy com
bat .-the enforcement ot the statu l
The conservative ones are now rn-,l r
the argument that it Is bettor to r; - i
open alx tiny and cloned fn thn t i
forced to plo seven. Tliey t- ,f :
if they flpht tv" "'it ,aw 1 n"
the techliioHlhy ' in the r:.-.ri-r
seems to vxetnt t t! v-i fr.m '
the stale law, tut y-.: '.
state Li w lit- t i 1
local Ct '.. a U L1 ' ' .
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