THE OREGON DAILY;- JOURNAL. PORTLAND, TUESDAY EVENING,, JANUARY 21. 1908.
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Ifcuit Lcttis arid Edgar . Hafer Purchase Line, Once
fV Known as Medford and Crater Lake for
, 4 $150,000 Cash.
SOLD TIMS FAIL
1 K,,iiiK:rrrrhT
r c i:iiw
Mother Steals Littler Girl Realising tht u owion n to hav
.Woman,
, -rt n,1!An rauroaa in pwpw or vregon niu
AWay rOin, uUaraian build them without waiting for Harri-
Latter Warned by Fatner JFSXXZSS
iiPoHe Unable to Locate pu pacific & ait.ra r.ii.
and Dr. Striker. The road -was aold
for 1160.000 eaah.
But 11 inllea of the road, from Md-
ford to Eagle Point, are completed, but
the new ownera will immediately tut
construction orewa to work extending
the-line, 20 mile through the , sugar
pine belt of southern Oregon to-Butte
Fall.
The road which changed hand tooay
it wa origi-
t,- rJir have been asked to inver
caa of alleged kidnaping that
occurred at noon yesterday a the houae
... - m . r..wn 17 East Forty-
or ,. o. - named. ao- " hd varied career. It wa orlgl-
i ninth street. At th hour nm,. nally projected by Medford capitalists,
1 cording to th report maua w -- tnre year ago, u
- . -.i ... th. neiarnDors. jura, i iora ee raier uni
i Georg Barber appeared at tn urown motciraJ Talled to r(t, mney for
1 reldenc and took away her child, a J" I the purchase of equipment. Then the
ti. rir three years of age. I pacific A Eastern comoanr waa or-
i - - - - . - . i.a,-aat an waa i . . - i. .
Barber and nm wu uaw --- i ganisea, equipment nurcnasea ana prep
ated for more than a year, the retnr ftr,tion made to run th line through
h.vi-a- custody of th two eh Idren. a , , , , , ,
. T . i 'IRS 1 .....
r tm, nf vear ana n -i-nw ... . :-
rtW hii been keeping the boy ni
.!.. The llttl gin waa
shun na mi oern in --. - --
j lling her with , -on veryuna.y.
...i v, . i m.i tiu not seen tnei
v. 1 1 umi n tap an snown w
police na maae no
Tenterday Mr. .Barber, aocompanled
by another woman whone name noi
know appeared at th B.X!
Juat at lh noon hour. fTh llttl girl
M."v" "07n:u;t,a'iiah T Brown, th. died suddenly ye.terday morning a a
agd motner OI ine bwiiw " i ram. ui near. taiiure. service win
' lira. Barber'a demand for the. chua b l.,4 t rinley., cnapei at 10 o'clock
w"irte5 bv" Krn;rtoV- Tbur.day morning.. Interment wlU be
... ' - " ' . .liiJ .. U I A.L KlVarviaaa !. aft r AT V ,
mlt anyone to taa xn. ,".-' . 5 " OoWinV whn w. 'h-tt-, .-. ..
Aiiei uoodwin. cam to Portland
l.i: -7,rkfr. Brown ieveral tlmea, about three year ago with th Be
to- Butt . rail. ' Th fallur of ' th
Ortaon Savlnca banlr ' wrecked thl
cham and force today chm.
That the road when completed will b
a profltabl inveatment It new owner
feel confident It will tap timber b4t
B AAA AAA A fill f.M Y Wllir II
nonaldered the tlnest sugar pin on the
Pacinn coast, run through 16 rail of
rich fruit land In the Kogu river val
ley, alv rll transportation . to the
s.r.a nt T4nita ITnlla R iila Creek and
Rogue River, and will be the natural
route to Crater lake. '
The new owner of th railroad are
htahly auccesful young Oregon bual
nii men. Mr. Lewla. besides hi Port
land interests, has on of th largest
fruit farms tn southern Oregon. His
family has been prominently identified
with the history of Portland, and his
brother, I Allen Lewis, im president of
the Allen A Lewle company. Mr, Hafer
la manager of the Iowa Box A Lumber
company at Mdford, in which 'enter
prise hi father, a banker and lumber
man of Des Moines, Iowa, is also In
terested. : . . .' . i-
. Th newly created railroad magnate
nave not decided whether tney wui
change tn nam or tn line.
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BE HELD TOLIORROI'
Arrangements hav been completed
for th funeral of S. A. Goodwin, who
M.rhaVthen took forcible poeeesslon of . Ooodm:n. who w
i irJoing - s.iVd to A'te, Ooodwln
It TiV'aUc T claimed Tat h continued Greet company of player, of which
- t" belabor th Udy aftr th. lit- h waa . m.mbr & was i a wu.lclan
ia a-iri had open turneo orer m i im iia
' companion" of Mr... BaW b- &i!2i"eUJL-
i ' SStSST ?0 th. polic. Greet compan?.
'. but all efforta to locate Mra. Barber or
th. child hav ao far been futll.
BITTER FIGHT
AT BAY CiTY
I?uef and Langdon Lining
Up ' Forces for the Great
? Lefral Battle Next Week.
i ! V (Dnlted Press Leased Wire.)
! San Francisco. Jan. . Preparations
' for on of th bitterest tight sine th
opening of th graft proaeciitlon ar be
) ing mad toflsy in both th offices of
f District Attorney Lang-don and Abra
' bam Ruef. ' In th offic of th Utter
' every effort 1 being made to whip the
I defense into shape ao as to be able to
) meet the onslaughts of th prosecution
i next keek, when th trial will undoubt-
fuefrsonnlly took charge of his
5 affairs eariy tnis mornmi uu,
by a large corps of clerks, spent th
entire day in making rrangmenU for
hi. . riafensa. Ruef refused to- stat
whom fa had engaged to defend him.
ibut announced hat when hi case shall
.come to trial one of the ableet attorney
in th stat will represent him In de-
(,'eineregard to what his defense will b.
he kept an absolute silence. However,
it Is rumored that during the coming
i trial Ruef will make public th result
f the many conferences held between
'himself and th. district attorney's of:
'lice.
Ever since Kuef pleaded guilty to th.
. extortion charge h ha maintained a
discreet silence, but from one close to
the ex-boss It .was learned today that
in the coming trial he will throw dis
cretion to the winds and chanc. all
Upon the verdict of the Jury. - M
District Attorney Langdon refused
this morning to discuss any pbas. of
the coming trial When asked if i the
rrosecution expected to bring Ruef to
rial upon all the trolley indictments
against him h replied that at present
he would have nothing to say upon th.
matter. Upon what particular Jndict
, ment h. Intends to place Ruef upon
J trial he declared that it would bo im
possible to state at this time.
KLAMATH CAPITAL
GOLVa AFTEE OIL
(Sprclil Wpt to The foursat)
Klamath Kails, Or, Jan. It Article
of incorporation of the Klamath Oil
company have been filed. The in
corporators are H. 8. films, Thomas
- Hampton, Charles Harton, K. H- Hall,
Pierce Evans and R. S. Kilsare, all of
this county, mostly oi sonansa: j. w,
as. a vocalist - and
was ' for a time
orchestra of the Ben
It Will ha ramamhjiraH
that the company presented th. old
"morality" plays of th. middle ages.
Goodwin aevftrxi hia tmnuKtiim itv
th eompany her. and went to Wood
stock, where h. started a chicken ranch.
H failed in this line of endeavor, prln-
,p":,1..btcfu" hl" "r,T training had
not fitted him for th work. Hi family
wa of om prominence In England,
tola brother-in-law being mayor of the
city of BrUtol. Hi mother 1 still
U'Tin at th. family hom In Bristol.
Goodwin had a considerable circle of
acquaintance among muslo-lovlnr peo
ple In this city and waa for a time a
member of the choir of St James Evan-
.f cnurcn. aaso conducted a
small class in singing. At th time of
?iVith..h w" emP'oyl a a checker
i viumuia uvea iNO. 1.
TWELVE-ACRE TRACT'
IN SELLW00D SOLD
A 11-acre tract at Midway, near SeU
wood, baa been purchased by Frank A.
Sweeney from Moor. Brothers at th.
rat. of $1,000 an acre. Th. property was
purchased for subdivision, the sale hav
ing been negotiated by the Moor. A
arose juana company.
The same aaencv has anld tnr w tt
Ross and W. . Roberta to Chrl Tapfer
:J7, wu ittuwauai fieignts ror
Th residence of Chris Tacfar at cti
Union avenue has been nurchnnorl hv an
out-of-town Investor; consideration
Th. Dammeler Investment company
tooa out a permit toaay ior tne erec
tion of a three-story brick building,
covering a half block on Fourth street,
between Everett and Flandera, to cost
1100,000. This structure la to be the
beginning of the new north end Chinese
quarters. .. .
REDUCE VEHICLE
TAX AND END FIGHT
BIG DEAL Oil FOR
TIE HUE DITCH
(Special DUpitch to Tbs tains!.)
Echo, Or., Jan. !L On of th. big
best irrigated land deals ever known
In eastern Oregon Is about to be con
summated." Chlcaao capitalists repre
sented by Cleaver Bros., formerly of
Pendleton, but now or cnicago, are ne
gotiating ' for th 'Hlnkl Ditch eom
pany' holdings near here. Th. prop
erty consists of about SO mile of ditch
and lateral, and will Irrigate over 20.
000 acres. Tb. price will b. above $76.
000, and the land under th. ditch will
be used to found a colony of Chicago
people this season.
The ditch is taken out of the Umatilla
river near Echo and extends for 1$
miles to th. lower Butter creek country
and taps th. richest section of Umatilla
county. All th. land under th. ditch
can be mad. to grow from three to five
crop, of alfalfa or can be used as fruit
ana garden traots, and when once Irri
gated is worth from $100 to $300 pet
acre.
Th. ditch can be extended Indefinite
ly, aa there la much vacant land In that
section. .
WILL HEAR MOTIONS
TO QUASH INDICTMENT
K'liRI IQ PUilDCF
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" ; IU Will IllVlkV
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Heney Says Prosecution Has
Not Stopped. Land 4 Graft
ing Men in Land Offices
Three Places, One tne Post-
offlce,', Entered and the
Fourth Attempted.
, , "The Blood Is Tte
i
Sc!oi.c4 has never com beyond tha
above iimpl statement of scripture. But
IX hag illuminated that statement and
given It a meaning ever broadening with
tha Increasing breadth of knowledgoJ
When the blood Is "bad " or Impure It
U " not alone th body which tufferM
through dltease. Th brain la also
clouded, Hfca mind and indgement Lx.
47 an evil deed or Jmpun
be THrectlr tnced tn thr
tapOyiqro' the Dlftod FouUmpur h'
' . (Spedal Dispatch' to Tbe'7orstl.)
rendlaton, Or.4 ' Jan. t Last night
wa on of wholesale burglaries In Pen
irri- t ' vnnf . : - i aieton. - i n posioiric. waa .nierea
WnO l aSS On J lling'S ana I through one of th back doors with a
pass key and ft la believed a sum or
money was tnaen rromiine sare, wnicn
was cracked by borlna- a hole. Th com
bination we broken off. "-It ha been
eated again and at this time cannot b
opened., Offlcor are Investigating and
will open It thl afternoon to ascertain
wnax i missing.
Proofs Kesponsible..
Vhat iflo these prosecutions amount
Heney Endeavors. to Estab'- .1.r.!i.!!nrU;.,'lK,''rr"!rt?.
Hsli tne Jfact - 'Mat jiau "" n"""y' in mni.
b.uiiubi. uiiuuina. uiu u 11 sarii rtr mna am.
and Mays . Had ; Guilty other cuUneoug affections, u ectemaj
Knowledge of Fraud Prac SSSSZuS ,oue
licpft Against Governmentl ' i 'mi
ft. .1- II, 1
AU tug tug vvKiviuiiiiu awenings, ei:.
largad glands, open eating nlcert, or ol
ore, tha "Golden Medical Discovery h
Barf armed th most marvelous cures. T
Charles A. Watson, tinder Indictment cases of old sores, or open eating ulcer
at
vi v tuwn yivnvuuvu. suu... k'nj .nwm ihM Mil .v.. I " -- " I w vim wtv,v au mwi
to insofar as stopping the land stealing f,L JLl!ll z!Z?S lYf-tYS with Hall and Msys, but not now on I it to well to annlT to tha nnen sorea D:
Is concerned? Ar ' thy not 'stealing lend provision, caah andtoola to th. trial,' took the stand for the government j puree's. All-Hallng SaJya, which pa
government land all over th land dls- value of $.0 were stolen. . K .v- t2lU coming In the land fencing easel nderful htallng potency whe
Th"rn?on muato .torV ' ' ' 2!av-wa 'a V StEEL . L' Mad M ta appllcatl.n to the sore. IneorJ
t The pono neve no ciu. out d.ii.vo A 'n ' .C t .. n t Junction with tha use of "Oolden Medic
thcr la an organised band. , ; , . - a claim for the Butte Creek Land. Lum- k,. . MnnA aw-.,B- Mna.
si--aa.iiisl i iMiisi.isasiiisawBaMswasasj I JV litaatAAV MAMnaNV : Wlai faafl I sa-w --"a j ar-ww . sayMS wmv
HOIIHOIICHIEF
trlcts of the country today 7 Ar. thesd
prosecutions stopping the practice? No,
tell you th. only way to stop land
stealing if to go after the men at the
top. th. registers and receivers of the
land offices who pass on th filings and
final proofs and who are supposed - to
know absolutely that the law 1 being
observed Ynd' obeyed before accepting
filing or final proofs. That la th.
way to stop land frauds and th. only
way. If I were district attorney her.
in Oregon, or any other of th. land
districts, I would stop It.
"I would. tell the registers and re
ceivers that unless they mad. sure that
vestlcat. every claim filed or proved
tin anil tentiln n,ft.ii.nt. tint lh. a i . 1 I ' .
men, but the registers and the receivers
and hold them criminally liable for al
lowing th. violation of th. law. That
la the way to put an end to land steal
ing." .This is the way Francis J. Heney
discusses th. land fraud situation when
he grows earnest Over the grafting thai
xv cviminuaiiT roinr on wnerever iuv
i X . T . . .
em men i jana is Deing taken up.
Will Soon Possess a
" Benzine' Cart.
har At Livestock homnany. . His t.Stl- "
.. - I tnMnnal trastmant , If tWina Hn.ch
mony was admitted over tn. strenuous I . ' '7.
obiectlon trr H. S. Wilson, and Judg. I nappen to nav. tne -A-ueaur
Webster, counsel for Mays and Hall, f Balve" In itoclt. you can easily procore
K-S0"1.', SiVXr. :nS by inclosing flfty-fonr cents in posted
not therefore be called by the govern- l'sUmp to Dr. E. V. Pierce. 60S Main Sti
mnt. ... . Buffalo. N. Y.. and It will coma to too t
IV-; vr..i tZiZS return bost. Most dratrriiU keen It i
volant wiiutj.Pi 1 - -
tinii vnluntarilv and that neither thai wall aa tha Onldsn Madleal Dlaoovarv
common nor ins iniui w vbuu """I ; sa , , A . aa sa " sal
from th stand. Juag uum n.ia win y tt
Mr. Heney. I Toa can't afford to accept any edlclrj
Watson a testimony, waa ..aimuar w unknown eomooHtUm, as a anbstltn
for "Golden Medical DlsooTery, which
a medlelna or uroww coiooarno
that nf manv nf tha other witnesses. He
said he had lived la Fossil la ll. had
takan m a claim at th SUSSestlon Of
."S.!4 .b!5 fi"liT!?.M.0'oai karlng a eompleta list of tngradlenhj
mad final proof. H testified that Hen. plain English on lit bottle-wrapper, til
dricks and zachajy naa pusaea out xnmi same being atteeUd as correct ander oat
clalm.h waa to file on and that h had rw " ,. t.ii...
never been on th claim otner tnan to I --
aad Invlgorato atomaoh, lirar aad bow
If th city council approve th reo
ommendatlon of th ways and mean pass across It on his way to town.
A fraudulent claim la falsa on th mmmitiM. a aratur tower and life net rlnrr fteatraee aTaspeadea.
fac of it, continued Mr. Heney. "Any- I (A , K. nrr,y,.. ... I waKatar tried to draw from
on who read th questions and an-1 1,: ' . . " " , the wltneaa the admission that he had
KX ',B.a "J11 V?n "" bona fir. department, to b. used In case of iS.n prom'sed 1 mmun ItyVr his testi-
.wa viuni iiuin i tin ir.uuuinni linn , i a p.. r n i n m p.nnmTn.nniiinn r. rii. a . w.. .ir.,u niA.. n. vin . nmn
. - I .m,a. a, ..w . www...... -.- pyi.iri v Dill, n BliUH VCUI WX. . .....m
i v. . , . y. r i . ' '-"" after a. long fight mad. by cmer camp-1 any sucn promise maa. o hub.
th. hands of land offlc. receivers and " . . ' . . however that th. sentence hanging
reaistera. and throuah tha h.ndi nf be 1 for the apparatus, which is consld-1 ,;w';e "' Ll ,,.-nir
TInit.il tit.... u.ni,. ,. ...r.J I . ... . . .. .1.. i Yer '"t l""u
w..ui..i.ii. ,1 I ereu essenyat in u hum aa B I ed during nls gooa oenavior, ac-ui uiua
r;..," .."""Cr" ..C,Y' f.1 PortUnd. to his underunamg.
If th attorney-general would issue
ructions to th district at tome vs
mat unless tner forced rea-isters. ra- .u" ....if. tha rnnramtnt
ceiver. a&d commissioner, to enforce i 'L"C'L"" '".1. VvT- h I that h. k'.v.r mad. sbt prom- DmbMI r,-,Vll . TTv,l
tn law n would orosecut th district VA" .T""'; ,rT..hn.-! i.V. f Tmmunitv or leniency to th. wit- a xcjsiucuv wuuuucu vx
mlntsIIV llsl. 1 W " a" tVlUiv va. aJ v. v vvm. s a-a j- ! I
"Sit UtC-attom.v-aan , tb..r,ou. paVVm 'Xni fqr th. that h. hai told th. witnf .. 1 ibat th
instruction, to th." dlVtict Mtornv. ..l3.A J.0' KSS'Vrr'JTlmm
LOYAL TEACHERS
KEEPSCHOOLOPE
ttom.ys and hold them crlmlnallv Ha.
ble he could soon put a stop to land
tal, another at -Fourteenth and Mont-
n.aa
' "JM. Bw..? W .? Z?mr "ItSetT and the h.rd in Irvina- Watson wag followed ; on th stand
proViSed the sen.torsdld 'notri Kon. A total aum of $464.27 was a by J.mh iPtaoo.? wno J r J
nan on ino aistrici attorneys or the existence of a fence around the gov
yersity of Oregon Makes
.Report to Eegents.
Members of the license committee of
the city council held a meeting yester
day afternoon and decided to recommend
that th. vehicle tax be reduced to $5 a
year instead of 120, as It Is at present
This Is expected to end the fight that
has been waged by the Draymen's sa
soclatlon for a reduction in the vehicle
tax and it is believed that efforts will
be made to have the city attorney's of
flea dron tha investlsratlon of the as
eoclatlon - for alleged violations of tb
Belling anti-trust law.
The slicing of the fee means a loss
of sbout $23,000 a year to the city, nd
s saving of the same amount to the
owners or venicie usea ror nire.
HAPPY HOME FOR
THREE WEEKS ONLY
. (3, : E, hlett believes In a honeymoon
and then quits, judging irom tne divorce
complaint of Mrs. Sad la G. Hiett, filed
In th. i circuit court touay. ane says
thev were married In August. 1906. and
that her husband provided a home for
her. for tnree weens oniy. Alter tnat
Holmes, brother of the general manager ( she was compelled to seek a sheltering
of the Baker iron works of . Los -An
geles: E. E. Weaver, manager . or mo
Armour packing plant at Portland-. The
atock subscribers include J. Frank Ad
ams. W. C. Dalton. Judge I F. .-W.il-lits.
John Stilts, Lewis ;.aerter. ' and
other prominent Klamath, county citl-
11. B. Sims Is an -oil expert, and Is
eaUsfled that the southern part of the
county is rich in oil. - The Incorporators
are very sanguine. " '
Machinery has been ordered and work
wiU commence immediately on s its r?
rival. - .- .
TBE HMEIY USE
OF THE BITTERS
win sav yon mncb snfferiag and prob
ably a long sick spelL Thrfor keep a
bottle bandy and take a few doses, at ih
urn symptom or any owmavui au(
auaay or Bowel dlsortter. .
Hostetter's
m
1 ii'ti:7v:i
r
ij treoim
fPl re's
during its Myars
experience has es
tablished such a
record of ' cures
that tt Is now the
recognised leader
Stomacn
remedlea. - It al-
cure , ,
8ZCZ KXAXI ACXa
f J POOB APPXTZTB,
j SSAatTBTJaUT.
i HTDIOEgTIO-r.
1 cosTzrrsxss, '
' CETLiS, COtDg,
rorrncALzzziX.B.
guarante k ter of Mr and Mrs. W, Davenport
bsolutely pur" J this city. ' w ,
mnf with her mother. Mrs. Emma Car.
risruea. with whom she is ' now living.
She also accuses Hlett of picking quar
rels. .witnner ana being generally dis
agreeable "around the house. She wants
to resume her maiden name, Sadla Q.
Carrlguee. ,
FOUR BOYS HAD
TABASCO TONGUES
-Constable Wagne arrested four boys
this morning Charged with using profane-language..
Their homes are in
Llnntoq and St. Johns. A more serious
charge will' also probably be brought
atrainar fhm aa anon as ir ran nn nra-
j pared. There ar. three more yet to
De taaen oy ine oiiicers. ino more
serious charge is "that of demolishing
buildings .In the Oregon Railway &
Navigation company's yards at Llnn-
Medicine Men Incorporate.
(Sncelal Diana tcB to-Tb Joan.il.)
Union, Or., Jan. 21. The Whirlwind
Remedy company has been organised In
i nion witn a capiiafTJ-oca oi iv,vuu.
K. A. Puraair is nresldent: E. 8. He-
Comas, secretary and the Union Na
tional bank treasurer. The headquar
ters will be at union. The name
Whirlwind is taken from a famous Uma
tills scout on the' reservation near
Pendleton. . "" - jJ
Fedora Clrde'a Officer.
flfoeelal Diana tpk to Tba .nsrtjil.)
Weston, Or., Jan. 21-Fedora Circle,
No. lit. Women of Woodcraftr has in
stalled the following officers .for the
half-year termt Callle Blmpson, a. N.;
Etta Carmichael P.- O. N.; George Car
mlchael, clerk; Jennie Turner, advisor;
LAiia Clark, banker; iteoecca culiey, at
tendant: D.'C Kirk and Eva Lieuallen,
managers;-Jamea Lieuallen. outer sen
tinel; Cora Kirk, captain of the guard.
Presiding Judge Cleland In th. circuit
court tomorrow morning will pasa on
th. motiona mad. in th. names of J.
Thorburn Ross and T. T. Burkhart to
set aside the informations against the
accused officials of the Title Guarantee
ft Trust company. If these motions
should be sustained the result would be
a serious blow lo District Attorney
Manning's campairn. Thev are bssed
on the ground that the questioning of
persons concerning the affairs of the
bank during the legal holidays waa Im
proper, and th. further claim that the
namea or ail persons examined should
have been indorsed at the bottom of
toe lniormationa.
Judge Cleland will a lan m tha
following matters tomorrow:
J. T. Simonson against J. C. Davis and
others, motion to strike out Darts of tha
complaint.
Quarts Gold Mining company against
C. A. Patterson and others, motion for
new iriai.
Fred Benfleld aaainst Alhlon mnsa
motion to dismiss appeal. -
a. wuiey against Mary E. Gilbert
and others, demurrer.
South Harbor Development company
against E. D. Whitney and others, de
murrer to third amended complaint
Emma L. De Vere against Ella Le
high, motion to set aside satisfaction.
Emma L. De Vere against Ella C. De
Vere. motion to quash summons.
Northwestern Door company against
James W. Beaky, motion to set aside
order.
Hattie Dornslfe aralnat I. O. Ral
ston, motion to complaint
Marguerite Moore against Lon Moore,
motion for suit money.
Multnomah Lumber & Box comnanv
against Western Basket 4 Barrel, com
pany, motion to settle bill of exceptions.
El rath & Sona aaalnst L. O. Hwat-
land and others, demurrer and motion
to complaint.
PENDLETON SELLS
: : CITY BOND ISSUE
i ,
(Special Dispatch to Tba Journal.)
Pendleton, Or., Jan. 21. Through an
agreement reached this morning be
tween tn. council nnance commltttee
and William A. Scott, representative of
E. H. Rollins & Son, tha entire $135,
000 of the city bond Issue was disposed
of and as a result it is now assured that
a city hall will be erected, the levee
will be' strengthened and the sewer sys
tem will be extended to the west end.
Under the terras of the contract the
bonds will be purchased at par by Rol
lins A Son. to bear & par cent interest
and run 20 or 20 years at the option
of the city. The first payment of $50,
000 will be made March. 1 by the com
pany and thereafter it will pay $26,000
monthly.
WALLOWA DEBATERS
DEFEAT PENDLETON
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
Enterprise, Or., Jan. 21. The debat
between the Pendleton and Wallowa
county High schools, held here, resulted
In favor of Wallowa county. The ques
tion was srovernmsnt ownershio and op
eration or tne rauroaas or tne united
States. Fred Holmes, Eula Forsyth,
and Amy OJ instead of Wallowa county
had the affirmative. Orvllle Reeves,
Harold Warner and Arthur Means were
the Pendleton debaters, j
The judges were Judge Crawford. J.
W. Knowles and H. R. Hanna. all of' La
Grande. Tne decision was two to 1
In favor or the affirmative.
The winning club will now be r
quired to debate with the debating club
at Tne Danes. There was a very large
attendance at the debate. , .
FATHER ACCUSES v
SON OF THEFT
(Special Dlapstcb . to The Journal.)
Pendleton. Or.. Jan. 21. Charred b
his father with the theft of $, Henry
Courier,- with two boy companions, was
lodged in the city , jail today. It is
charged that the boy removed, the
money from between tne spring and
mattress of a bed in the house and di
vided it among tbe boys. The case Is
before the circuit judge.
Two ChAmpIon Babies.
' (8Deeial Dinaatch to Th Journal.)
Rosebursr. Dr.. Jan. 21. Rosebursr
Doasts i oi two cnampion oaoies, one
weighing IS pounds, tb son ef Mr. and
Mrs. C W. Wood, formerly of Drain.
and the other. 1JH pounds, the daugh-
01
president did not back up the attorney- 0w .... . . I .mm.ni land, inclosed bv th conpira-
treneral. I utner appruunauuna worn ivr an am- i f.i. M.I
" The war to ton criminal n,..ti... -1 mal-house and greenhouse in City park tors out orougnt ouv no new i
1v .hnam ,- 111 .n.K.a n
-i.. j.j ii- ii -'.: r:r' I tn unit SIKOnn S son fnr tha nn ra anil uaa aiau taagu m. "- - l J --."-..
miiwiiucu mi-, nnur, IB nui 10 nnnign I -- - -, t, - . n 7ii.li.rv. I - i. .v. i -m r.
tha little follows and let tha hii- nn. I rir department rener runa, ana M-.-u. " - . '"-"7 oi -o uuiyotiv o wixn
go, but hunt down the men who InsDlr Ior th purchase of 600 fire hydrants. PUa vaa wrars. Eugene baa been th factor wbich
the crime, or who hv th.fr vm.mnn. I After cutting down th general fund -r.atardav afternoon Mrs. I!mmtU.....kt v.. .v. .
prevent or stop It and then hold them I t0 otit $76,003, CouncUman Vaughn wilke. Clyd Brown, John H. Morgan " " .... 1
frlnlv acnnuntahi. to. ih... ...i mad a motion to aDoroDrlate 180.000 1 Vj r..vfi. w.miitnn all took th od of much stress due to the lack
That would ahut the abuses off at the ,or new crematory lo be erected on tand and told their atorles of having funds for carrying on the work. aceoJ
neaa ana leave tne little men no op- I lno preseai lucauun. rvnuo hub is run-i filed on Claims at ine sugg ca-iuu u- i mi iu mo repon oi ui preaiaeni. r.
portunity tor violation or the law. I siaerea as a joae. mere is a cnance m Zachary and Henancas,
POLICE ARREST HBI
the council may adopt tbe recommenda
tion.
Amonr th. larger aonronrlations rec-
llmi i.j w. w-- . i UIUUI.UU.U vj hi. wvyiiin.i i.cn ...in iiiv. ir-
WITHOUT WARRANT ln WM on of tne lnrlng depart--iw-vy
vj j. if 3.jLixtiXii.i A I ii Ann kMiih ii.i..ii.i tn.
810: street-cleanlnar denartment I1R0-
H. H. Stark, a driver for Wells, rara-n 000. auditor's office $30,000. cltv hall
t Co.. who lives at 458 East Thirteenth !?i?0LaKi,ft,-.?ent ,1'000'
.v i . , . street repair fund $99,000.
street north, has a grievance against The committee uiso recommended that
the police department because he was the following lncreare In monthly sal-
arrested last evening and held for an
hour at the police station without any
charge being made against him. The
arrest was made shortly after 7 o'clock
as he was atandlng at the corner of
Th)rd and Morrison streets, waiting for
an irvington car to take bim to his
home. He takes the same car at the
same corner at the same time each
evening.
Stark says be had been at th corner
but a few minutes when a stranger ap
proached and halted within a few feet
of blm. At the same time a policeman
in cltlsen'a dress cam up and placed
both the stranger and Stark under ar
rest. Both men were taken to th po
lice station. Stark was kept a prisoner
in the office for an hour and was then
allowed to go, no charge being made
against him. Stark does not know th
nam of the officer making th arrest
or the disposition made of the other
man.
Business Change at Roseburg.
(Special Dlapstcb to The Journal.)
Roseburg, Or.. Jan. 21. Rosensteln,
Greenbaura & Co. of Salem have pur
chased the large department store of
the Fisher & Bellows company of'thls
city, and will continue the business here.
The retiring manager, W. H. Fisher, has
been In the dry goods business her a
number of years, but his health ' has
been such as to compel him to retire.
The new firm will continue a sale that
was In progress and may restock and
remain permanently.
aries be allowed: Alex Donaldson, su
perintendent of tbe street-cleaning de-
fiarimeni. irom 1J- to lu; u. P. M1I
er, assistant to City Treasurer Werleln.
from $160 to $176; Frank Jenkins, day
foreman of the street-cleaning depart-
men i. irom nu to iizo; tnree dog.
vaiwiioxo -rum ids iq
CITY WILL GO AHEAD
WITH STREET WORK
Because of the numerous comclaints
received by property owners who failed
to remonstrate against proposed street
Improvements before the time limit ex-
f lred. City Auditor Barbur has decided
hat each nrooertv owner will ha
a copy of tbe . city paper announcing
tbe city's declaration of Intention to
make the Improvement This plan is
expected to give each property owner
ample opportunity to learn of the Im
provement and to lessen the chance of
excuse alter tne wort nas been started.
Pendleton Business Change.
(Special Dispatch to Tbs Journal.)
Pendleton, Or., , Jan. 21. The Potlatch
Lumber company, 'with headquarters in
Idaho, one of the largest lumber con
cerns In the Inland Empire, which has
maintained a branch yard here for the
past year has withdrawn, having sold
varas ana b.ock or lumoer to tne uma
tllia Liumoer company in tnis city.
All of the Campbell, presented to the board of
inri.i ware nractlcallv tbe aame In genta at th. meeting held this morn.
n far aa aaneral fact, were concerned, in th. private offlc. of Hon. CI Don
about tha only dllierenc Doing in ui i apeaaing or in apirtt nown or t
of filing. I members of th faculty, Prldj
Th. .iinaaua testified that they bad Campbell says that tha lovsltv all bti
been working either tor the company, shown under the hard conditions it
for Zachary or in rossn, ana mai -njr iuam vj mu lata, oi iuini is aeservs
had been asked to take up claim gen- of the highest praise. Although set
erally by Zachary. In return tor tnese i ing witnout salary ror th month
.i.in!. Ih. vara to receive sums of I October. November and December si
money ranging from $200 to $400 each, in some Inatances being sorely hani
They had proved up on tne claims De- cappea oy laac or additional equipmef
fore H. H. Hendricks and had received every one has worked enthuslssticsf
their money from mm. ior ine weiiara oi me university, t,
Mr. Heney In putting all tbe mass of portunltles have not been lacking
...i.-... Kofnr. fha mrv relating to the 1 accept attractive offers elsewhere, ii
direct conspiracy Detween nencricaa, i. uaa uen irom cnoice ana not rri
Stelwer and Zachary contend that he I necessity that they hav remained w
COUNT SZECHENYI ; CAUGHT UNAWARES.
lNTaaffy?BAB'att''l
"A
iilillil
.1 i -- '..".'
Acton Found OnUty. '
(Special Dlapstcb . to Tbe Joarnal.) '
t .-w t.-. -. 4. . iiri in.
IWOQUUlf, - tfO.ll. - - .1 .111. KIIU
Macfc, the aaudevllle-iaetor charged
with robbing a Glendale miner named
Harrah recently, were today ;"; found
gtilltv bv a. Jury In the circuit court
Tbey wiU be aentenceuomorrow, ; ;
, A Count Laalo.: Szechenyl.-
Gladys Vanderbllt'a count -waa In a
rag yesterday because newspaper pho
tographers tried -to take 'his -picture.
Gladys says the count objects to pic
tures and so' does -she: ivfarw York dis
patches have it that Edmund Riallv, a
photographer, caused . the- arrest of
Count Saechenyl, who Is to marry Miss
Venderbilt,fer attacking-- him - with --n
Can. " Reilly tried to get a snapshot of
Gladys, end hs everybody knows. Gladys
dislikes vulgar notoriety.
Tb alleged assault occurred on Jan-
t , - . i , , '
(Copyright by George O. Bain.) -
uary 12, when the count, who is real
quick tempered, swat the- photographer
over the head. , Rlly. not being able to
part his name in the middle and make
out he waa a Frenchman, awatted back.
The count 'then' retreated, but Rielly
wanted revenge. Hat got a warrant for
tbe count's arrest. - v '
The count appeared today in answer
to -the- charge and the case will ba dis
missed. . ' . ..
Incidentally the above la a picture of
th count and his brother. Gladys, it is
regrettable was not present -
Is connecting Hall and Mays directly
with the conspiracy by the aame evi
dence. He argues that the iniormeuon
given Hall and' Mays of the existence
of a combination, having as Us object
tbe fencing of government lands, and
the failure of th defendants to take
action against the violators of the law
upon this evidence, made them parties
to the crime and punishable under the
The further information given by
Putnam and the other ranchers who
were .being forced out of business
through the absorption of the public
nnn. tn the effect that Stelwer. Hen
dricks and Zachary were securing men
to file on land for their benefit was
tbe university.
The decrease of the resources, Prd
aeni vampoeu snows to be due to
invoking of the referendum on
amendment increasing the appropd
viun irura aai.ouu 10 i.a.uuu per yfl
ima uiciuaing new Duuaings and eqiil
ment Tins left the only funds avi
aoie ior me past year, tne nxed
propriation by the tate. interest
the university fund, and the Villi
runa, and incidental fee paid by
stuaents. xne statement for the yl
1.08 showed a general malntenanc fi
or over I75,2a7, a aum exceedlna wl
was available for the year 106 by ml
man ib,uuu.
uwing to this lack of funds it
in Itself sufficient to hav started pros- I been necessary to cut down expen
ecutlon, Mr. Heney contends, and th
failure of Hall and Mays so to do
made them guilty of connivance at the
conspiracy and amenable to the law.
Therefore, Mr. Heney contends that he
will not have to wait until the last
stages of the trial before connecting
the defendants directly with the charge,
made against them in the indictment
but that be has already established that
connection.
The defense, however, claims that
Hall and Mays , were investigating the
offenses reported to them and were
preparing to begin action, and were
therefore not assisting or allowing the
conspiracy in any way.
MORROW S SHERIFF
FOR PROHIBITION
His Campaign on This Issue
Points to Court Busi
ness of Saloon Origin.
(Special Dispatch to Tbt Journal.)
Heppner, Or., Jan. 21.-Sheriff E. M.
Shutt of Morrow county, one of the
most active sheriffs in eastern Oregon,
has come out openly for county pro
hibition in this county and is now mak
ing en active -campaign with that end
in view. -The recent killing of young
Davis by Dan Doherty in a Lexington
saloon has made much prohibition sen
timent In the county and District At
torney a.' W. Phelps Of the UmatlHa
Morrow county district declares that
Morrow will go dry at the June elec
tion on account, or so mueh criminal
court business originating in the saloons.
PRESENT FACTS
ON COLUMBIA RIVER
O. W. Taylor. : T. R. Townsend and
Richard Chilcott were appointed by the
executive committee of tbe board of
trade yesterday to wait on the conrres-
slonal committee on rivers and harbors
and make representations In behalf of
tne Columbia river, coos bay ana other
Oregon ports. . The rivers and harbors
commission is exoected in Portland on
or about January 30. s i
It waa also decided to take over the
publication of the Board of Trade Jour
nal. The journal has been under the
management of Milton E. Worrell. It
will be made more particularly a board
of trade organ. A committee Was also
appointed on new quarters. It is likely
a ground floor space will be rented in
the new .Commercial club building. : 1
ALASKA POSTMASTERS ,
NAMES ARE PROPOSED
nil' . '?;-;' M-;"
-(Wtn!nrwSn Brta of Tha Journal.) -??
vriBiiingiuji, lj. iia-, a-. - iiq iw
idehtha nominated XI. S. Whtttier for
postmaster at Skagway.- and"-Henry W.
Miller for postmaster at Valdea, Alaska. .
and expenditures for equipment and
accept me services or tne raculty wl
ui pay. xresiaeni jampoen says:
Is greatly to be honed that tha anr
priatlon of $125,000 will be appro
Dy xne voiera or tne state in June.
is me minimum amount on which
universuy can d aaeouateiv mil
tained and suitable provision be ml
ror urgently needed buildings and eqij
It is interesting to note In this
nectlon the cost per student to the stj
at the University of Oregon as ci
pared witn tne cost aa six other rej
sentatlve western colleges. A table '
submitted showing the relative cost
the state, providing that the new apt
priatlon be made, and Oregon sa
next to the lowest in administrative
Dens.
At th University of Washington el
eiuaent costs tne state flftl, at the 1
versity of Idaho, 179; California, ft
Montana, anu so on down tb
of western colleges. In Oregon
the new appropriation the cost to
state is but $183 per student, show
tne caution ana economy oi adminis
tion.
The graduating classes numbered!
in tne college or literature, science
the arts, seven in the colleee - of
gineering, 20 in the school of medid
40 in tne scnooi or law, a total of
The total registration at present'
lesrlate and graduate, is 899. The
rollment represents 24 counties of (I
gon and 16 different states and ford
countries.
The irain in the enrollment has if
larger during tha present year tiid
any previous year, aue to tne ja
numoer or nign schools in tne i
now sending out graduating da
President Camtibell says that the
should be still more raDid in the
ture, owing to many new high sclil
Deing established each year. The
versity will probably have to pro
for between BOO and firtn students in
next year. The buildings - are aire
over full, and additional -room
enulnment Will ha urerentlv needed.
The principal needs of flie univetj
ana tne recommendations maae oy j.
irtent rimnhcu are tha election or
eral heaila nf dnnartments. notabl
tne aepariments oi .geoiogy, you
science. Bhilosonhy ana sooiogy,
election of additional instructors.
securing of additional land, as the if
ent limits of the campus are too I
row. new recitation rooms and labf
tones, a woman m normnory, aiuu
provision for th library ana aaaiti
equipment - -- .
The total amount needed at once
land, buildings, library, departmcj
ground and furnishings ne estlmat
pe not less .nan idd,uw.
Those Dresent at the meeting
morninar were President P. L. Comb
iron. R. 8. Bonn. Hon. fi. H. Fried
Hon. ' F. V. Holman. Hon. a A. a
and JyC Alnsworth. , , ,s. 's .
AMERICAN FLEET IS
READY FOR J0URN
(Colled Press Leased Wire.)
Rio do Janeiro, .Jan. tl Rear
miral ' Evans today wrote to Ameri
Ambassador Dudley that all the ahljf
tne xieet are in excellent snap, and
the souadron is ready to : resume
journey. He asked the ambassadiv
tnanx jrresident Penna xor the klnu
that wb shown by blm in entertal
the officers and Jackles of the Ait
can iieet, , N .- - -