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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. -PORTLAND,' SUNDAY "MORNING, NOVEMBER 8,j 1&08.
GIVES PAUSE TO L
ESTATE
SAWYER MAKES ANSWER
TO ONE OF HIS CRITICS
lawyer Tells How Power' of Kemoiistraiice Against
; Street Improvements Works to Detriment of the
'l city Council Also Coming in for Criticism.
LARGEST DEAL MADE IN
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Bulk-of Sales for the Last Six Days Have Been in Eesi
N dence Property Acreage on the Lower Pen
insula Will Be Put on the Market.
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' Harold II. Sawyer, a local attorney
who recently delivered an address be
fore the realty board on the subject of
' ar fluiafl nftvmAnt takes executions
to the complaint of a property holder.
"Bubllahed In a moraine; paper, to the
J effect that It Is Impossible to keep
paved streets clean on account of the
mud brought and deposited oni the, pave
ments by passing- vehicles. Mr. Sawyer
answers the complaint as folfows:
"It is natural and entirely In accord-
' tnce with my expectation that the prop
erty owners should object to the abro
gation of their rights to remonstrate
ajralnst a proposed improvement. In-
aarauch as the gentleman has given no
reasons, in support of his contention,
that the remonstrance should be retained
In the new charter, it hardly seems nec
essary for me to reply to his statement
that the property, owners should have
this right. He has taken no exception
to the soundness of. my legal conclu
sions and has not even adduced any
jiractlcal reasons justifying the reten
tion of the remonstrance.
j ''Viewing the matter from the legal
standpoint, the remonstrance gives to
, the property owners, rights far In ex
cess of those guaranteed to them by the
cnnntltntion or this state or of the Uni
ted States. Hence, there can be no pos-.-
alble legal objection to the abrogation
of the remonstrance. Of course, I ani
t)lng remonstrance in the technical
ense; I do not mean merely the right
to- object, .but rather the right given by
the present charter, which, when exer
cised, blocks the proposed improvement
for a period of six months, unless 60
fter cent of the signers of the remon
strance subsequently petition for the
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;. "Therefore, the only reasons which
, ean bo urged in support of the remon-
f trance, must be practical rather than
egaj in character.- -
i "There are a (treat many property
fewners in Portland, as in all other new
and undeveloped cities who are content
to It by and do nothing towards improving-
their proporty, because they re-
aitxe that the mere growtn or tne city,
unaided by any effort on their part,
will ultimately and , automatically ln
: crease the value of their holdings. This
may be shrewd business judgment, but
It is not good citizensnip.
"It may be urged that the remon
strance Is a salutary check upon the
hasty or corrupt action of the council,
and this is, to aome extent, true. But
Much action can be checked without the
al of remonstrance, by recourse to the
courts. If It can be shown that the
council have acted from base or un
- worthy motives, or iave abused their
discretion, -Of course, the-j"emonstanee
im In th. nnturA of nummary nrnrefif.
whereas recourse to the courts Involves
delay and expense. But even so, -it
seems wiser to me. at least, to remove
this arbitrary check upon the action of
the council, than to retain a provision
in the charter which permits selfish
and . short-sighted property owners to
retard the development and Improve
ment of the city.
,. "This city needs hard surface pave
ments more than many other cities, for
the ' reason that it has so much rain.
Streets that are not paved 'are much
muddler than those that are paved. Be
cause we have muddy streets, we insist
that ue streetcar companies shall
abandon making stops on the "near sldo"
because this system forces us to wade
through mud to reach the cars. Yet
practically all railroad men agree that
the near-side" system tends to reduce
and eliminate the danger of accident.
Retard City' Development.
'"The truth of the matter is that
Portland Is not a well paved city, and
In my judgment never will be as loiig
as the property owners have the right
to remonstrate against Improvement.
."Another reason why I advocate the
abolition of the remonstance Is that
such action would lead to the repeal of
the rule which requires all Improve
ments to be inaugurated by petition.
If the property owners wish to reduce
the cost of their hard surface pave
ments, tney snouid taKe step to elim
inate petitions as a means of starting
improvements. As I have pointed out
n other places, the petitions are a
source of groat evil ana much expense,
11 of which expense is charged to the
property owners either directly or indl-
rctly. Yet the council will not repeal
the rule In regard to petitions, unless
the remonstrance In abolished. The two
evils are closely related and are. in my
judgment, largely responsible for the
lack of street improvements in this city.
? "With regard to the danger that the
property owners run of seeing expensive
pavements taken up and others substi
tuted In their place, I have only this
to say: that the courts would restrain
sny mrcH proceedings on the part of the
Ouncil. It Is true that the council has
a broad discretion in the matter, but
palpable abuses of its discretion can
easily be checked, and that too without
the aid of a remonstrance. The decision
of the council, that a pavement Just
laid and paid for is worn out, does not
establish the uselessness of the pave
ment; tne broad discretion of the coun
cil does not cnab'e them to establish, as
a fact, that which is obviously untrue.
-,'The gentleman s complaint against
the practice of tearing up newly loitl
acard surface pavments, for the purpose
of installing aa nnrl sewer mains,
water pipes, etc., is well taken The
council, however, hag the power to rem
edy this abiie Si-rtion 383, of the city
charter. Is to the effect that the coun
cil shall have the power and authority
in providing for any street Improvement
requiring a concrete foundation also to
provide for placing in the street where
said Improvement is to be made, all
necessary service pipes for water, gas,
heat, power, sewerage or any other pur
pose and all conduits for electric wires
or other purposes that are or may there
after be necessary. This power la ample
and sufficient for the purpose, and If
It were exercised, the evil of which the
gentleman complains would not exist.
"The chief difficulty In the situation
Is not the charter, but the council. The
council has charter Dower to Inaugurate
street improvements and to determine
all the preliminary questions of fact In
Its dlsoretion. But at every turn the
council refuses to exercise its dlsore
tion, and puts the matter up to the
property holders. The only charter
check upon the discretion of the council
la the remonstance, but this unfortu
nately la a check not only upon abuses
of discretion, but also upon discretion
wisely and Justly exercised.
The , abuses of discretion can be
checked by the courts, but the exercise
Of a sound discretion should never be
checked; the courts would not have the
right to interfere and the property own
ers should not be given the power to
do so. Even the limited discretion al
lowed Uie council the refuse to exer
cise ana have placed the matter entire
ly In the hands of the property owners.
"To the lack of adequate charter pow
er and to the limitations upon that
Fower. imposed by the council itself,
attribute the deplorable lack of street
improvement in tills city."
TO BUILD IN SUBURBS
FOR AN INVESTMENT
The uncertainty of the election didn't
.worry nme Investors to- any- extent.
Clarke & Cook report the sale of 17
lots In Rossmere to the Beacon Invest
ment company, Inc., for $10,100. The
buyers intend to build for an Invest
ment. Lots 1, 2, 8, S, 10 and 11, block
36, Hossmere were also sold for $4, MO
to D. W. Dlneen, of Gloverdale. Cal.
Mti Wneen Is a timber dealer who In
tends to 'make his home here.
Both these sales were made prior to
the election. Many smaller sales arc
also reported by Clarke & Cook, who
are Very optimistic about realty the
coming winter and spring.
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NEW BLOCKS FOR
STREET PAVIHB
German Turns Out Froduct
That Gives Great Satisfaction.
RAILROAD FILES REPORT
(Salem B'ireu of Ttif Journal.)
Salem, Or., Nov. 7. The first annual
report to be received from any railroad
doing business In the state of Oregon
was received yesterday by the railroad
commission from the Balem, Falls City
& -Western Railway company. The di
rectors are Cfmrles K. Bpauldlng of
Salem ; II. L. Plttock and Louis Uer
llnger Sr. of Portland. Others owning
controlling interests are F. W. Lead bet
ter, George Gerlinger and Louis Qer
llnger Jr. During the year the total
freight revenue was 165,006.89; passen
ger revenue. $8,998.20; transportation
revenue. Including the two Items men
tioned as well as others not mentioned,
$77,123,70; operating revenue, $79,256.59.
Following- are the expenditures: Main
tenance and equipment. $11,236.74;
transportation expense, $23,505.22; oper
ating expenses, $63,211.76 or 79.0,8 per
cent of the total operating revenue for
the year beginning November 1, 1907,
and ending October SI, 1908; taxes. $1,-353.26.
Germany, the land of scientific re
search, lias come to the front with a
liew kind of paving material that is
said to be far more durable than any
thing of the kind now in use In the
civilized world. In the October issue
of the Daily Consular and Trade Re
ports, thirnew material Is spoken of as
follows:-
"Consul II. W. Harris, in reporting
from Nuremberg that a German firm
at Wurzburg has recently placed on
the market ;i patented artificial stone,
called Vulkanol, for paving purposes,
for which much is claimed, thus de
scribes it:
"The stone Is composed of crushed
basalt or other similar rocks collected
iii part as refuse from quurrles-' ,and
mixed with a small percentage of ce
ment. The mixture, Is subjected to
heavy hydraulic pressure and formed
into blocks of convenient size for pav
ing. These blocks are then subjected
to a process of burning under high
temperature In specially prepared fur
naces, which process continues for about
12 days. The blocks are then per
mitted . to cool as slowly as-possible.
This process of manufacture, resemb
ling somewhat remotely nature's pro
cess In the formation of volcanic rocks,
furnishes the name Vulkanol.
Tong-h and Durable.
"The blocks are of a brown chocolate
color, and show on a broken edge a
similar color intermixed with white
grains and small fragments of feldspar,
The blocks are tough In structure and,
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Residence Under Construction in Larrington.
Dus doubtless to the election, and to
some extent the advent of 'real winter
weather, the week ending yesterday was
the dullest la the local realty market
for months past The whole volume of
real estate transfers did not go above
$360,000, and nearly half of that sum,
to be exact, $125,000, represented the
consideration In the purchase by Charles
K. Henry of the quarter block on the
southwest corner of Fourth and Oak
streets, on which Mr. Henry has already
begun the erection of a modern six-story
office building. The sale was made
several weeks ago, and Is therefore not
&roperly Included in the volume of
ist week's business.
An Important sale, which, however,
was closed last week, and which Is re
garded as of vast Interest to the Port
land district, was that of 215 seres of
Columbia river front, situated just be
low the north approach to the Hill
road In Vancouver, Wash. This property-was
purchased by E. M. Rowley
of Vancouver, who has heretofore acted
as the land purchasing agent of the
North Bank road, and was sold by W.
H. Moore of the Moore Investment
company for $107,500. Tha property
belonged to the Columbia Investment
company, a subsidiary concern of .the
Moore Interests. It has over a mile -of
river frontage, and Is considered the
most valuable piece of acreage west of
and adjacent to the city of Vancouver,
that had not already passed into the
hands of either the Harrlman or Hill
roads.
BUr Returns on Investment.
Less than 12 months ago it was pur
chased by the Moores for $26,000, or
at the rate of a little more than $100 an
acre, and by the recent sale was dis
posed of for exactly $600 an acre. This
sale Is but snother of the numerous
transfers of acreage which shows the
enormous Increase in land values
brought about by the advent of the
North Bank road In the Portland dis
trict. No announcement has been made
of what use Is to be made of this con
siderable tract of Vancouver river front
age. It Is not available Just now, and
probably will not be for several years
tor subdivision purposes, and for that
reason it is believed that It will even
tually become the site of the repair and
construction shtips of the Hill roads
centering In Portland.
' The Tiandsome residence property
owned by William Gadshy on Twenty
fifth street between Overton and North
rup streets has been sold to A. A. Kyer
for $14,000, The site Is a fractional
part of two lots, and Is Improved with
a new dwelling of modern design.
Bernhard Brandenberg has sold to
E. E. Merges five acre lots In Spring
Valley addition for $12,500. The prop
erty is known as lota 8, 9, 10, 14 and 15,
and are about 200 by 400 feet each.
Property Well Improved.
Dan "Malarkey has purchased from
Agnes Schneider lot 1 and the east 26
feet of lot 2, in block 28, Alblna, for
$7,600. The property Is located at the
southeast corner of Williams avenue
and Stanton street, and Is well im
proved. T ft. ttl-nwninn Ymm mnIA i 1 Am IT
McCorrnlck four lots, comprising half
a block fronting on the south side or
East Salmon street between East Twenty-seventh
and East Twenty-eighth
streets; $6,600 was paid for the prop
erty. L. O, Ralston has just closed a deal
with E. E. Espey for 6 lots in Nash's
addition, consideration $5,600.
H. C. Wilson has purchased from G.
W. Peterson seven lots In SpringdaU
addition, consideration $6,000.
W. D. Coombs has sold to Charles B.
Kler lot 14, block 63, Alblna, located
on Alblna avenue between Russell and
Pass street for $4,000.
C. 8. Slemaan has purchased from T.
J. Armstrong lot 16 in Haxelwood, con
sideration $3,000.
Mrs. Margaret Allehoff has pur
chased from Albert Fehrenbach an un
improved resident plot on the northeast
corner of Myrtle and Chapman streets
for $3,860!"
W. M. Killlngsworth ' and associates
have sold to a. A. Taylor a quarter
block on Hendricks street between Emerson-
street and Killlngsworth avenue.
Walnut Park, for $3,500.
Seed Over Zand Claim.
Henrietta Falling and others have
deeded to Henry C. Cabel the land claim
of James and Amanda W. Charlton.
Arthur E. Deloney has purchased
from 8. 8. Chambers an unimproved
lot In Walnut Park, which is described
as lot 10, in block 14, for $1,290.
Rufus Mallorv has conveyed to the
East Side Construction - company lots
19 and 20. Sewell's addition, considera
tion $1,000.
Louis Goldsmith has sold to Christina
Berker lots 3 and 4 in block 18. Gold
smith's addltlrrri for $7,600. The prop
erty Is located In. the high-priced dls
streets.
trict at Overton and Twenty-eighth
Edwin Tyler has purchased from John
Hampton lot 7, In block 1, Alblna," for
$3,000. A small cottage occupies the
property., .
J. Daly has sold to a local Inves
tor one and one half lots, part of the
Barker estate, at the head of Lovejoy
street, for a consideration In the. neigh
borhood of $9,000. It Is announced that
the purchaser will improve the prop
erty in the earlv spring by the erection
of a handsome home.
Additions on Peninsula.
Owners of acreage on the lower pen
insula are preparing to put on the mar
ket several new additions. These addi
tions for the most part adjoin plats
now on sale, and which have very large
ly been sold out.
The only unpratte7Tacreage between
Portland and St. Johns, or rather along
the St. Johns carllne, was recently pur
chased by M. L. Holbrook and will ba
subdivided and put on the market be
fore the end of the year. Mr. Hol
brook has marketed more additions on
the peninsula than any other dealer In
property In that part of the city and
has uniformly sold them out at excel
lent prices.
It is claimed, withstand all the ordin
ary tests as to crushing, frost, dis
integration, and so rortn. mat mo-
do not become smooth or slippery by
use, and are as durable as natural
granite. For much-traveled streets.
where heavily loaded wagons are In use,
a 6-lnch concrete foundation Is recom
mended by the manufacturers, while for
lighter traffic a foundation of ma
cadam is regarded ample. On a con
crete foundation stones six centimeters
g
(2.36 inches) in thickness are said to
be ordinarily sufficient. On a macadam
foundation stones of eight centimeters
(3.15 inches) in thickness are prefer
able. "The manufacturers claim that by
reason of Its hardness and close-fitting
joints pavements of this material are
comparatively free from dust; that filth
can not penetrate to the ground below;
that the pavement can he readily cleaned
with a hose, ahl on sanitary grounds Is
unsurpassed by any other form of pave
ment. The claim Is also made that the
pavement can be readily fitted to street
car tracks. Is well adapted for automo
bile roadways, and Is comparatively
noiseless. Thinner tiles of the material
are made for sidewalk purpose, the sur
face of those being grooved where re
quired on grades or for other reason.
"The pavement has been tried wltrl:
satisfactory results, as It is claimed,
on short stretches of street or on drive
ways, courtyards eta., in Wurxburg,
Munich. Bremen, Cologne,-Bamberg, ami
elsewhere.
"The cost of street paving with thli
material is said to be less in this part
of Germany than where granite blocks
or asphalt are used, and slightly more
than the first cost when asphalt is
used. It Is claimed, however, that as
phalt paving Is more expensive than
Vulkanol by reason of fewer repairs
required on the latter."
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Stray Topics From
; Old New York
, New Tork. Nov 2 Scarcely a week
passes that some one, endowed with
Wore than the ordinary share of im
aginative powr does not venture to
inform the world what President Roose
velt will do when he has complete his
term as wielder of the "Big Stick.''
There may be a few things he has not
bn accused of as contemplating, but
t was merely an oversight that they
were not mentioned with the rest. Ac
cording to one story the president In
tended to retire from public life after
leaving the White House and to live the
simple and strenuous iiTe or a rarmer.
pawaitlng. like a second Cinclnnatus, the
time when lie would he called away
from bis plow by the will of the peo
ple to serve another-term as president.
Among ths professions si-Iected for him
ly imaginative writers were those of a
professor, a lawyer, an explorer, a
hunter of big game, a lecturer, a man
ufacturer, a mlneowner. a balloonist and
a professional , trustbdster. According
to the latest yarn, based upon "excellent
nulhorlty," President- Roosevelt has slit-tidy
signed a contract with a certain
i wtmahing concern to become associate
Ultor'of their magailie It Is stated
a ths- same authority! that the presi
dent, while in Afr!ca,will not devote
l imself altogether to the shooting of
i gm, but that h will penetrate Into
ti.e i'Jcnitss of the Congo 'country, to
investigate the conditions existing there
In behalf of the magazine with which
he 1h to be associated. There is no
doubt that Mr. Roosevelt would make
just as able and competent a magazine
writer as he made a president, and, if
the story is actually based upon truth,
the periodical literature of tne United
StateB Is to be congratulated on the ac
quisition. Judging from the anaemic
and hysterical character of the Ameri
can magazines of the present day. a
little Infusion of fresh and healthy
Mood would be highly acceptable. But,
after all. why don't thev give the poor
man a" rest. He surely has deserved it.
The Elkins Ahruzzl comedy has reached
its climax and the psychological moment
for the denouement has arrived. After
the latest announcement that Miss El
kins Is to be elevated to roval rank, he-
fore she is married to the duke, and the
king nnd the queen of Italy, are. at
last, ready to receive, her with open
arms and that the duke Is mmlng to
the I'nltf'd States to claim his bride,
has brought things to the point where
one of two things is bound to hanr-en-
J the report has t'. he confirmed or nailed
uown as a lie. i nis uncertainty Is get
ting on the nerves of New York society
and should not be tolerated much longer.
If these foreign correspondents of yel
low hue continue to send such yarns,
half the society ulrls on this side of the
Atlantic are liable to come down with
nervous prostration.
A great deal of fuss has been made
over the alleged fact that the wife of a
former I'nlted States senator from one
of the western states Is growing rich
by means of a number of valuable In
ventions which did not originate In her
own' mind, but. were communicated to
her by revelation or Inspiration. Tlfere
Is nothing particularly rernarkabln In
that. There are oulte a number' of
men in this city wo have grown rich
by Inventions which never originated In
their own. brains. . They also received
their ideas by way of revelation, but
In thetr case the revelations were not
of the transcendental kind. It was not a
case of heavenly Inspiration, but of
plain stealing. The ideas were "re
vealed" to them by altogether too trust
ing and unsophisticated inventors, who
had tried to interest them In their In
ventions with a view of obtaining their
financial aid In bringing out the Inven
tion. Some of the wealthiest men In
this part of the world owe their wealth
to just such "revelations."
Fame, as well as notoriety, carries its
own reward and its own punlshment.-
Fame Is sweet, but even the most fa
mous men will admit, without being
submitted to the "third degree," that
the sweetness of fame has often a bit
ter and disagreeable by-taste. Oscar
Hammersteln Is one of those men- He
has become famous every one knows
how and only his natural acumen has
enabled him so far to escape the penalty
for being so prominent in the eyes of
the world. Had he not been so famous,-
the Philadelphia property owner,
who recently filed a suit against him
for damages, because the horses of the
contractor who Is building the new thea
tre for Mr. Hammersteln, bad nibbled
off the unprotected bark of a couple of
shade trees In front-of the complain
ant's property, the man night have sued
the contractor but he .would never have
dreamt of making- Mr. Hammersteln the
defendant' It Is not quite clear what
Mr. Hammersteln has to do with the
nibbling propensities of the horses
hauling 'material for ' a - contractor In
Philadelphia, and by what logical pro
cess of reasoning the complainant ex
pects to hold Mr.. Hammersteln respon
sible for the : alleged damage - to the!
shade, trees. ; But, ths, suit has, beenl
filed and Mr. Hammersteln duly served
with papers In the case.
Some old fashioned, and fossilized
writers of the present day. who had
the misfortune of being born two or
three hundred years too late, have late
ly deplored the decadence of the spirit
of chivalry which characterized the
golden era of romanticism In Europe
ana round its nnai expression in tne
fallantry of the south before the war.
hese gentlemen with antidiluvlan Ideas
may be right as to the fact, but thetr
prejudiced eye seems to be unable to
recognize the reason. If they would
only read the daily papers Instead of
their musty romances of oast centuries.
they would know how dangerous chival
ry may be In this prosaic age. Only a
few days ago a certain wealthy busi
ness man in this city allowed himself
to succumb to the temptation of rush
ing to the aid of beauty In distress, and
It post htm several hundred dollars and
a heap of mortification. On the street
near his residence hat met a woman cry
ing -as If her heart would break. Gal
lantly that modern knight-errant ap
proached the maiden In such evident dis
tress and placed himself at her service.
She accepted promptly, leaned against
his shoulder and while her tears were
rolling down over his coat sleeve, she
skillfully and deftly extracted a good
slsed roll of bills from the knight's In
side coat pocket. 1-f such things hap-
fien. Is it to be wondered that chivalry
s on trie wane?
- The .festive and lnsuppressible press
agents are a jolly lot and when they
come together as they did the other
tiisht at a banauet which they tendered
to the ex-members of their guild who are
now winning laurels In -Mths fields,
more particularly in ths field of dra
matic literature, - high jinks are bound
to be the order' of ths day. It was an
Interesting event that banquet and the
hosts as well as their guests were so
delighted that It was decided to have
such "blow-outs" once a week after
this. There Is only one point that re
mains to be settled before the plan can
be carried out with success: an under
standing must be reached that no one
present shall talk "shop" during the
banquets snd shall keep perfectly mum
about them afterwards. Owing to the
fiecullar propensity of the press agents,
t would otherwise be impossible to ob
tain a truthful account of the feasts.
RELIEF PROMISED VALE
Railroad Commission Takes Action
, on Coal Famine.
(Salem Bureau of The Journal.)
Salem, Or., Nor. 7. Steps have been
taken by the railroad commission to re
lieve the reported fuel famine at Vale.
Citizens of that city, according to re
ports received,, are reduced to burning
sagebrush. Through the efforts of Com
missioner Alteheson the Oregon Short
Line has promised to divert a carload
of coal to Vale as soon as possible. The
railroad officials say the, famine is due
to the dealers,, and lack Af foresight In
ths business men. at Vale.
MARSHFTELD IMPROVEMENTS
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Cooi Bay - City Is Doing Extensive
Paving Work.
(Special Dispatch to- The Joornal.)
f .U?M-.M S k. TP It 1 T3 4 , M MMH.-
pany, who has been laying asphalt pave
ment and concrete sidewalks at Marsh
field, has about completed the work for
this year. Ths Asphalt plant will be
left in Marsh field as, the company has
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contracts for laying more pavements
next spring, and will make bids for
contracts yet to be let. About ten
klAnlf. a Ia. I , . .
n ui uBLiimiL Havemeni nave Deen
laid In the city. The Improvement Is
one of the most Important public works
t h ttv has Aver tinilA.talfAn C-. .
fn the residence districts have also been
improve!.. oeverai miles or board
streets have been constructed; the side
of a large hill on the waterfront has
mm uown 10 man a street, and
roadways are being extended back from
the city Into districts which a year
ago were dense woods but which have
recently been built up. In the spring
a $50,000 sewer system Is to be con
structed In south Marshfleld and many
other Important public Improvements
are contemplated.
PRELIMINARY HEARING HELD
Walter Johnson Is Round Over
Without Rail.
(Special Dlpfrh to1 JoursM.) .
Hlllsboro, Or.. Nov. 7. The prellml
neary hearing of "Walter Johnson,
charged with the murder of Elmer Per
due, near uienwoon, last June, was held,
before county Judge Qoodln yesterday,
and resulted In the defendant being
held without ball- to await ths action
of ths grand Jury.
Packing Company Incorporates.
(Bpedal DIrjiatcb to The Journal.)
Eugene. Or., Nov. 7. The Hurd Coop
erative packing company filed articles
of Incorporation with ths county clerk
today. The capital stock Is $26,000 and
the nrlncloal nlacs of business Is
Florence, at the -mouth, of ths Slualaw
fiver in Lane county, Ths incorpor
ators ire, n.-m, ieeiy, u. en. jiemp, v.
W. Hurd, J. C. Beck and Phil Nlcolle.
The company has been organised ti
build a salmon cannery at Florence to
take the place of Hurd's cannery which
was burned at Acme last summer. As
the name of the company Implies it Is
n cooperative concern. The fishermen
on the river will nil take stock and the
profits of the plant will be distributed
to them pro rata.
DATEOF TRIAL OF
KUEF'S MAN 3IUKPHY
(Cnlted rtmt lmtri Wire.)
San Francisco, Nov. 7. Attorney
Frank J. Murphy, formerly of counsel
tor Abraham Rtief, will go to trial on
November 17 on a charge of attempting
to bribe John Martin Kelly, a prospect
ive Riief luror. ril.tr w itinmw Wil
liam H. Tangd.on has announced that the
continuance was given to enable him to
personally prosertrte the cases against
-'in nmi rncr i lauotanes, cnargea
Oakland with dynamiting the home of
Pw. -( nu)rcrviivur dames j. ursiri1c1-
.""'"ntj . n. iewDurgn, who
similarly charged, will go to trial after
L c'" ll,nt Murphy is finished;,
"""fiy arm jvewnurgn pieaoea nm
fullty to the charge yesterday afternoon
Blake, a -contractor, has- confessed to
v.7,, lining 117 oriw rveny, impiicai
Murphy and Newburgh. In his confession.
Tomorrow sndTuesday positively last
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IXm't forget to read lisa Tins. .
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