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VOL. VII. NO. 240.
PORTLAND, OREGON WEDNESDAY. EVENING, DECEMBER 9, 1908. EIGHTEEN PAGES.
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TO HELP FULTON
REVENUE
JAY RUN
Leaves Federal Position in Time to Al
low Senator From Oregon to Appoint
His Successor Friends Urge Him to
Seek Municipal Honors
David M. Dunne, for ten years or
.more collector of Internal revenue In
the Portland custom house, Is about to,
resign. He Is also going to run for
mayor of Portland at the elections of
next April and June, This Is the story
that Is being whispered around In po
litical circle, and some of those who
are on the Inside say that they have the
Information "from reliable sources."
The resignation of Mr. Dunne la said
to be scheduled for some time prior to
the city convention, or at least the
close of the coming sesstmi of the leg-
The contemplated resignation of
Mr. Dunne, the .appointment yester
day of John C. Young for postmaster to
succeed John Mlnto and the other tllffer
' ent federal ofiess which are about to
call for new men by reason of the lapse
of the commissions of the present in
cumbents, raises an Interesting question
of federal patronage and the probable
action ofthe Oregon delegation.
In the rumored resignation of Mr.
Dunne It lsbelieved that the hand of
Senator Fulton can be seen. Mr. Dunne
Ih a Fulton man, and he wants to 'be,
and his friends want him to be, mayor
of Portland, lie would have to get out of
the office to run, and he believes that
he cam win the nomination, from - the
Republican party !n Portland.
Move Is Sot rulton.
Senator Fulton, however. Is to retire
from the senate with the end of the
present- session. In order -that Fulton
may have an opportunity to put one or
hU friends In the position, it will be
necessary for the place to be vacant be
fore the senator- leaves congress. That
will have to be at this present session.
Therefore Mr. Dunne la M quit quickly.
There are several other federal plums
hanging in the tree, however, which are
practically ripe for the picking. Oeneral
O. O. Summers, for appraiser of merchan
dise, holds office a term which has no
definite duration.. He has held the posi
tion for the past 10 years or more, with
the exception of the time he was absent
In the Philippines with the Second Ore
gon Infantry.
P. S. Malcolm, collector of customs,
was appointed in the early part of 1906
and still has two years of a four year
HEW WANTS
CUM OUSTED
In Petition He Declares C. M.
Rynerson Is Also Not Rec
ognized as H Taxpayer.
MSSSSSSWM
Charles K. Henry presented a petition
t the mayor and- council this morning,
asking them to remove C M. Rynerson
and Dr. C. H. Chapman from, the char
tar commission, whose members, ha says,
are required by law to be taxpayers
of ths elty.
Ths petition declares Mr. Rjrnerson's
nam Is not on .the tax rolls of the
city and county, and.
"It has been found arter carerul in
vestigation that Dr. Chapman pays just
86 cents In taxes."
Henry declares that the unit of taxa
tion is $1. and that therefore Dr. Chap
. man is not strictly to be Included In
the list of those who pay taxes.
"I respectfully request your honorable
body," the petition further runs, "to
appoint such practicable and honest
business men of the city as John F.
O'Shea, W. P. Olds, John Klernan, Kd
ward Ehrman, Philip Buehner and Mr.
"Wolfe of Llpman. Wolfe & Co., In lieu
of noncitlxens, nontaxpayers, nonresi
dents, dreamer, doctrinaires or Social
ists." The communication was referred to
ths Judiciary committee,
BiJiiir
DROPS COLIC
Twenty Injured in Wreck of
Tenement People He
fused to Contribute.
(Called les 'Leased Wirt.) . .
New York. Dec sWTwenty. persons
were. Injured when a;, bmb, wrecked a
five-story tenement on East Sixty-third
street, occupied by Italians, early today.
The bomb was dropped by a Black
Hand ag ent from the roof of an adjoin
ing building.
The sisters in the Holy Rosary con
vent, across the street, were terrified
by the explosion and fled Injo. the
street In great excitement.
Eighteen families live in tha tene
ment. Five of" the victims we're taken
to Bellevue hospital in a critical condi
tion . .
The police say they have positive ev
idence that the outrage Was committed
by the Black Hand because the Italian
tenants refused to contribute money
when assessed, - 4. ' i :. w.. . .
COLLECTOR
term to serve. He, however, does not
come In for consideration In any con
templated changes. .
C. J. Reed, United States marshal,
however. Is about at the end of his of
ficial career unless conditions shoul.l
change. Reed was appointed through
the intercession or Francis J. Heney
early in 1906, after Henev had secured
the discharge of Jack Matthews from
that position as being unfriendly to the
land iraua prosecution.
Bead Hot la Favor.
Keea nug oeen looked upon as a
Heney man. therefore, and has not been
In favor with Senator Fulton or hi
friends. He has been held In office by
President Roosevelt, though against
tne wisnes or senator ! ulton.
Reed's term of office will expire
early in 1909. According to the pro
visions of the law he must either be
reappointed or a successor chosen at
once, or the office of marshal becomes
vacant, in case or any delay or con
test over the appointment of a mar
shal the office would become vacant.
since Reed could not continue . to
serve until some definite conclusion
had -been reached, as in the case of
Postmaster Mlnto.
The official lives of A. 8. Dresser and
George W. Bylee, register and receiver
or tne local tana onice. are drawing to
a close Their terms will expire early
in the spring, and It will be necessary
either to appoint new men or reappoint
mem. mere are otner ina office posi
tions in ine aim.
The term of office of Ed Hosttler.
postmaster at The Dalles, wtir expire
on Monday next. In addition, there
are several other important Dostofflces
soon to become vacant In different parts
ui wie state.
Means ifuch Wrangling.
AH of these changes will mean the
distribution of a large amount of fed
eral patronage in the near future. It
will doubtless mean continued friction
and wrangling between Senator Fulton
and Senator Bourne, as neither of them
seem to be able to unite in the recom
mendation of any man for any place.
It will also be the cause of much sus-
fense to many men of official ambition
n the state of Oregon.
JUDGE PULLS NOSE
OF FELLOW JUDGE
(United Preaa Leased Wlre.t -Kansas
City, Mo., Dec. 9. The three
Judges of the Jackson county court are
occupying their bench in peace today
following a sensational squabble yes
terday when Judge Moss pulled the nose
of Judge Dodd. When court convened
an argument arose over a legal point
and Judge Dodd Intimated that Judge
Moss was a candidate for membership
In Roosevelt's Ananias club. Judge
Moss resented this, and grasping his
associate by the . neck he gently but
firmly announced his Intention of giv
ing him a "sound thumping." Wiser
counsel prevailed and the Irate Jurist
satisfied himself by tweaking the pro
boscis of the honorable Dodd.
PIAfJK
Portland Man Makes Statement Acknowledging He
Wronged Newton Blacker Wfho Fatally Shot Him
Last Night Woman in Case Denies Guilt.
(United Preaa Leaaed Wire.)
Bakersfleld. Cal., J)ec. 9. Hovering
between life and death todav. Adrian
Von Plank, an actor from Poriland. Or.,
made an antemortem statement ad
mitting improper relations with ths wtfe
of Newton Blacker, a teamster, who shot
him last night.
Blacker broke into a room In the
Grand hotel here and found his wife
with the actor. Blacker says he en
gaged In a hand to hand encounter with
Von Plank before he shot him but the
actor and Mrs. Blacker declare that the
teamster fired without gluing his enemy
a chance to defend himself.
Mra Blacker, who Is at the home tf
friends here, steadfastly denies that her
conduct with Von Plank was improper
and today reiterated, her declaration
I LABEL THE OREGON GOODS I
"The development of our home industries is an important under- X
X taking that should be given a great deal of publicity," said O. G. Keil,
secretary and-manager ofthe Standard Broom factory of Monta- X
J villa. "The people in general must be brought to realize that thitf
movement is as much for their benefit as for the manufacturer, J
J "In pur line we have boththe eastern manufacturer and peniten-
tiary made goods to compete against. It i& the latter which gives us X
the most to, think about, for their cost of production is much smaller
T than ours: - .
"However, if all the manufacturer would trade mark and iabel
X their goods plamly with a 'rrad in Oregemf label, both these com-: X
; petitors would be largely eliminated, for no one on this coast should X
J want either penitentiary of eastern manufactured stuff. ""
T . "This tampa'Kn of The Journal is an important step in the right"
X, direction and should be given loyal, support. by.. .the.-.whole com- - T
X ; mtmity.'' j ;: . . ";': ' . X
LET RflONEY BE
SPENT OH
WATERS
Rivers and Harbors Men
Practically Before Con
ffress With Clear Program
and Demand Bond Issue
for Improvement.
(Special Dispatch to "tb Journal. I
Washington, pec. 9. With upward
of 2000 delegates In attendance, com
lng from nearly every state and terri
torv of the Union, the fifth annual con-
ventlo of the National Rivers and
Harbors congress was opened at the
New Willard- hotel here today. The
chief purpose of the gathering is to
urge the government to make provis
ion annually fdr river and harbor work
and carry It forward on a systematic
scale, instead of leaving the river and
naroor out as a porn Darrer measure
with which to dump a few millions
into congressional districts where it
will do the most good on the eve of
an election. , . a
President Joseph E. Ransdell of Loul
slana called the gathering to order
The invocation was offered y Cardinal
lilbnons. .. t
Ransdall. In his address, said:
"Despite the fact that we were ad
vocating the rivers and .harbors bill at
the last session and there was not
dissenting voice In either house, con
gress adjourned without passing it
We have assurances of better treat
ment at the present session. Now is
the time for decisive action."
Ransdell declared that the organiza
tion would ask ror the creation or
statutory commission of nln" "members
including competent engineers, to study
the waterways of America and Europe
and suggest a comprehensive .plan of
Improvement to congress. He also
wanted a law to prevent unfair - dls
crimination against water carriers by
tne railroads.
Toplos and Chief Speakers.
The business sessions of the conven
tion -will continue three days, and pa
pers ana addresses will oe presented
covering practically every phase of the
subject by men familiar with tne prob
lem "of inland waterways. An elabor
ate program of entertainment has been
arranged for the visitors.
The congress will discuss waterway
projects and 'harbor improvements in
all parts of the country. Particular
attention will be given, however, to the
plans for deepening and improving the
Ohio and Mississippi rivers for com
mercial navigation. Another leading
subject of discussion will be the de
velopment of the proposed inside pas-
rub-b Rhine- the Atlantic coast, so that
warships, scattered at different Atlantic
stations, could run under shelter to ren
dezvous.
Foremost among the scheduled speak
ers at the congress are Andrew Carne
gie. Ambassador Bryce of Great Bri
tain, who will present a review of the
waterwavs and canals of the United
Kingdom and their relation to trade and
commerce; Ambassador Nabuco of Bra-
11. Major J. A. Ockerson of the Mis
sissippi river commission; Governor W.
F. Frear. National Civic Federation;
Governor N. B. Broward of Florida, who
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that her husband's suspicions against
her were unfounded. She said that she
met Von Plank three days ago and
that his conduct toward her was always
proper. (
Blacker is heartbroken. Immediately
after shooting Von Plank he surrendered
himself to tne sheriff and was placed
in jail. He declared today that he did
not care whether he lived or died. The
Blackers have been married for 17 years
and have apparently been happy. They
have two sons. Haven aged 14, and
Carroll aged 7.
Adrian Von Plank Is the son of M.
Von Plank of 14H4 Eleventh street,
this city. The young man la 24 years
of age. His mother left for Bakers
field last night.
Oil
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Here Is a picture taken for The
Journal of. the Panama liner Finance
that was in a collision with the
freighter Georglc off Sandy Hook a
short while ago. The Finance was
hard and fast Aground after the col
lision. EXTEflSIOfl VETO
IS
Council .Unexpectedly Stands
by Major as to Fourth
Street Ordinance.
Perhaps the discordant clang of the
bell on a Southern Pacific locomotive
which roared past the city hall Just as
the roll call on Mayor Dane's" veto of
the Fourth street time extension ordi
nance was being made had a psycho
logical effect on the counctlmen, for
the mayors action was upheld by a
vote of 13 to 1, Driscoll being the onlv
member to hold out for the railroad
company.
The sudden change in sentiment on
the part of the lawmakers was a com
plete surprise, as It was generally be
lieved that the veto, if sustained at
all, would have but a bare third of the
council necessary to prevent the ordi
nance becoming a law.
Nothing now stands in the wav of
City Attorney Kavanaugh in his fight
through the courts to oust the railroad
steam trains from Kour.th street. The
city's legal adviser declared at a meet
ing of a special committee that he
could wn the case against the Harri
man lines if his hands were left un
tied. He will now have an opportunity
to show that his statement was - well
founded.
The railroad company Is still oper
ating on Fourth street, having been se
cured from molestation by the citv
through an injunction granted by the
federal court. . This injunction forbids
the city to Interfere with the operation
of steam locomotives on Fourth street
by the company until a suit instituted
by the city -In the municipal court
against the railroad is decided.
ASK TOO MUCH FOR
SUB-TREASURY SITES
.Washington. Pec. ' 9. It is announced
at the treasury department that in view
of the fact that none of the bidders -who
offered sites for the " suo-treasury in
San Francisco have sewn fit to make a
reduction of their 'figures the final
choice of the location for the building
will i be. Dostponed until . -Director of
Mint Leach and Assistant Secretaries
Win thro p and Coolidge can hold a con
ference. These official i will meet in a
few ; days. .'" r -. s . 4 ... .
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DETECTIVES KJ
BANK CASE
Theory Is That Part of
Stolen Gold Is Cached and
Robbers Have Separated
May Have Taken South
bound Train.
Multnomah county Is at a halt In the
search for the men who stole 114,743
from the East Side bank. The Pinker
ton detective agency has taken up the
trial, where the sheriff and his deputies
left off, and the bankers' association
will follow certain clues that are ex
pected to cause the arrest of the crim
inals within 48 hours.
No Information Is aiven out at the
offices of any of, the private detective
agencies, but It is known mat a wen
defined theory concerning the robbers
has been eveJved, ana mat trte tnteves
are being followed along this line of
reasoning.
In the first place It Is not believed
that the robbers carried awav more than
a fractional part of the loqt. The sup
position is that me gom, ana pari or tne
silver, was tturiea, ana nn eriori is Be
ing made to locate the cache. The re
port that $3200 in silver was stoletais
declared to be erroneous; only about
$300 in silver was scraped into the rob
bers' sacks. . The criminals are believed
to be "yeggs," or tramp crooks, and
not men who haye made a study of safe
blowing or bank swindling. Many of
the yegg class of criminals have been
working on this coast In Jos .Angeles,
San Francisco. Spokane, Seattle, and to
a certain extent In Portland. The hard
times in the east have driven those
thugs to the coast, and their operations,
as newspaper advices will attest, have
been wide in coast cities and towns.
The belief Is that only three men com
mitted the robbery. The "five in crime"
theorv while not entirely Improbable Is
not at all a likely one. Yeggs do not
like to take too many persons in with
them on a'blg frame up" and as one
of the three men who entered the bank
was stationed near the bank door it
was evident that he was the only look
out and that the plan for a "quick get
away" was accepted by the trio rather
(Continued on Page Seven.)
ONE DEATH FROM PTOHES
LVallejo Waiter First Victim of Putrid Meat Served in
Lunch at Prometheus Launching Hundreds
Are III Waiter Denounced the Fare.
fITBltfd Press leased Wire.
San Francisco. Dec. 9. James C.
Reynolds, a waiter who served those
who partook of the luncheon furnished
the guests of Vallejo at the launching
of the collier Prometheus last Satur
day, died early today at his home in
this city from ptomaine poisoning.
Fourteen other members of the Pa
cific Coast Walters' association who
were engaged to serve the guests are
reported to be sick and some of them
are in a serious condition.
The waiters were supplied with sand
wiches after the guests had eaten. They
say they told the caterer thut his meat
was rotten and that tha food served
was unfit to eat. The caterer is al
leged to have replied that the food
was good enough for "50 cents a head."
The waiters declare that the usual
price for similar spreads Is $1 a cover.
L. Dannenbaum of Vallejo, was' chair
man of the banquet . commission and
the contracting caterer was Leon Cohn
of San Francisco.
The Mst of those who have been re
ported as suffering from ptomaine
VOICE OF THE PRESS .
WE PEOPLE MUST RULE
From Birmingham (Ala.) Age-Herald.
The approaching election of a senator in Oregon will be watched
T with interest. Senator Fulton is to be bounced, and he is going
about denouncing tile unconstitutionality of the Oregon method. In
substance the Oregon method is the Alabama method carried to ulti-
mate results. IThe party choices are submitted to the people on
election day, and they decide the matter. The electors of Oregon
J have named Governor Chamberlain as their choice for senator, just
as the Democratic electors of Alabama had named John H. Bank
J .,kead and Joseph F. Johnston as their senatorial choices. The latter
J were afterward chosen by the legislature and were chily seated, and
so should Governor Chamberlain be.
T When the bosses and special interests selected senators no one,
X objected to thent after the legislature had acted, and yet the legisla-
ture had no more freedom of choice than it has today after a primary
f has spoken. What was good in the days of bosses should be "good
in the days of primaries. '
' The orimarv has come to stay, and so has the election o United
a States' senators by direct popular vote. It is spreading over the ' $
country year; by year, and in the course of time it will be accepted
I in th,e effete east despite its bosses and special interests.. , " .
X . " Oregon "cannot afford to iihdo its advanced and progressive pri-"' X
ma,ry jwork. The men who were .elected as Statement No. 1 me .
J .cannot afford to bec&me marked men, and they, will certainly pre- i
sent the country with a fine example of popular rule wHen they as
-Republicans" seat 1ri the. United States senate a Democrat.- This will
X be democracy in the broadest and best sense of the word:-
BEAN TO BE"
IN SENATORIAL
Lane County Legislator Who Aspires to
Speakership, Says He Considers Ques
tion Settled By Voters in Chamber
Iain's Favor Will Not Aid Fulton
L. E. Bean, representative-elect
from Lane county and candidate for
speaker of the lower house, believes
that the people of Oregon settled
the question of the United States
senator8hip last June when by their
ballots they selected Governor
George E. Chamberlain as their
choice for that position.
Therefore he believes that the re-
8nnnnthlltt v for the election or defeat
of Chamberlain Is upon the shoulders of
tne men wno signea me statement eo.
1 pledge, and he says that should he be
elected speaker of the house he will not
allow his office or its powers, either
directly or Indirectly, to be used In the
furtherance ef the Interests of any can
didate for the United States, or for the
furtherance of the plans of any men. or
set of men. who mav be working for
the defeat of Governor Chamberlain.
Mri Bean says that should oe oe
elected "he will not recognize the exis
tence of faction, out will ne me speaKer
of the whole house. Hot bound by
pledges of any sort or kind, and fair
and impartial to all.
The speakership candidate was a vis
itor In Portland today, having come to
Portland yesterday afternoon for a con
ference with some members of the Mult
nomah delegation. Incidentally, it may
be remarked, that there is very strong
probability of Mr. Beans Having me
support of 10 Statement No. 1 members
of the house delegation In his battle for
election. He will leave for Kugene this
evening.
I Discusses His Ambition.
This morning at "the Imperial, Mr.
Bean dlscussea his candidacy. He is
averse to getting into the newspapers
and would make no definite statement
regarding the support he has, other than
to say he feels confident and well
pleased with the outlook. He was asked
regarding his attitude on the sena
torial question and in the course of
his remarks said:
"In esse of my election to the speak
ership I will not lend my position to
further the interests of any candidate
poisoning after partaking of this lunch
eon rest-mbles a copy of the California
"Blue Book." In the list, which Is
headed bv Governor- Glllctt and Mrs.
Gillett, who are both ill at Redding,
there are the names of many of the
distinguished citizens 'of the state, in
cluding doctors, lawyers, ministers.
Judges and public officials. In the ma
jority of cases the wives and other
members of their families are victims
of the poisonous foods.
Chemists have reported that the meat
used In the sandwiches wad decayed.
The people of Vallejo are planning an
indignation meeting as soon as 1000 or
more of the town's Inhabitants have re
covered from the effects of the dlbles.
Dr. J. H. Hogan, a member of tho
state board of health, declares that he
will ask Dr. Regenshurger, president of
the board, to take up a rigid Investiga
tion, and prosecutions may follow under
the pure food law.
Caterer Cohen still maintains that
the meat In the sandwiches was whole
Kome but he refuses to tell where he
purchased It.
NEUTRAL
T
or of any faction In regard to tlia
Lnlted States senatorshlp, or anything
else that savors of factionalism. It la
true that I am an unpledged member of
tne legislature, but by reason Of that
fact it does not follow thai I . am an
anti-statement candidate for speaker. -"As
a matter of fact I am not and
never have been an anti-statement can
didate in snv sense nt tha wnrrf Mv
pandidacy has been. Is now and always ;
win ne aosoiuteiy independent as to
statement or anti-statement. In other
words I am a Republican candidate and
If elected speaker will be speaker for
the whole house without regard to any
faction." '
"I believe that the legislature should
be organized and conducted throughout
the entire session In the interests i.f
the whole people of the state of Oregon.-'
Stand on Benatorship. J
"You ask me how I stand on till 1
l nlted States senatorshlp," continued
Mr. Bean In answer to a question ,put
to him. ."I consider that the United :
States senatorshlp has been fully elim
inated from consideration and should
not enter in any way Into the organiza
tion of the house. I consider that that
matter was Settled by the people at
the June election."
"You say that you are absolutely in
dependent. Does that statement carry
with It the question of the election of
a United States senator?" Mr. Bean
was asked, and ha answered:
It certainly does. Personally, X
would prefer to see a good Republican
sent to the United States senate. A
I said before, I consider that question
settled at the June election, and in the
event that I should be chosen speaker
I would In no way use or allow to be
used, in any way, the speakership or the
powers vested in the speaker, to fur
ther the interest of any man for United
States senator, or to further the com
bination of any set of men for ths
purpose of defeating. Mr. Chamberlain.
If the Statement No. 1 members vol
untarily wish to disregard their pledges.
In so doing the whole responsibility
must rest upon them. I will in -no way
aid or sanction the breach of any pledge,
either directly of indirectly." ,, . -v
Wfil Oat iraltnoinaa Tots.
Although Mr. Bean would not discuss
his candidacy in detail, holding that he
did not wish to become engaged in anj '
newspaper warfare it is safe to say
Sat ke wli' tne recipient of" the
10 vSles of the 10 Statement No. 1
members of the Multnomah delegation.
Yesterday afternoon . and last . evening
the Lane county man .held a long con- '
ference with the members of the house :
from this county, and as a result of
tne meeting it is believed that an un
demanding was reached, to all prac
tical purposes, by which Mr. Bean was
to secure the united support of ths
Statement No. 1 members of the delegation.-
' ,
While Mr. Bean would not talk of ths -result
of the meeting further than to
say that he hoped for the support nt
the delegation, he did have a few words
for one phase of the question. - '
"I want it understood." he said, "that
I am not making any promises to any
one, either Statement ' No. I or anti
Statement No. I. I would rather go
down to defeat than to secure my office
by tying myself up by a multitude, of
promises and pledges of appointments
and other things. I havs said from
the- time I entered the race that I
would be fair and just to n. but T
have told no man that . I would favor
htm with appointment or favor of anv
kind, and I do not Intend to do so, not
even if it costs 'me; the election, for I
do not want to be speaker that bad. :
No man or set of men own me, no one
has any strings on me, and I intend to
remain In that condition."
Vow Has S3 rollowsra,
Mr. Bean, according to friends, now
has 23 votes certain. Four others are
practically certain to" come to him and
after that he has a chance to get ths 1
other four necessary votes to insure his
election out of a list of some, IS or IS :
members who are friendly tor him. Mt
is believed by his friends and support-
ers that he. therefore, now has the best
of the battlerfffnd is leading McArthur.
his opponent Instead of being led.
Up to a few days ago it was thought
that the fight 'would b between llo- ,
Arthur and J. U. Campbell of Clacks- '
mas county, but the developments of
the past week have put Bean id tHe
lead. t
It has also been practlcallv deter- ;
mined by Bean and -his friends that ths
fight for the nomination will be taken.
Into a caucus of the Republican mem
bers of the house. It will take Si mem
bers of the house to form, this -caucus.
The are 52 ; Republican representatives. ,
According to tne present plan all it .will
require Is 27 votes to nominate in the
caucus. Bean's friends hold that It is '
a practical certainty that, their can
didate can muster mora than this num
ber of votes. ' i ! , .,
LJIID. RECEIVER
SECURED LOAH
StcM Ptapttra t tfbs J-ni
Raker- Citr. Or- Iec. . -inveatlra.
tlon- of . Baker county record ho
that A.-A. Konerts receiver at the I..
Grande land oWlce, whose book art
now-feeing heeke4 -by a special gov
ernment agent for an alleif.rt .nhnri a ,
recently mortgaged rt-al estate ,k
he owns In Baker county.
n October 21 thre Is record e,f a
mortgage given hv him to ,M', f u ,
Welter on land In e-ltfin l!i 4 i
Mock I. In ! tier's '!.iiti,,i i,,
Baser -City. The amount of tn - ,, i .
gage is $1500. '
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