VOL. VIII. NO. 115.
PORTLAND,. OREGON, THURSDAY EVENING. JULY 15,' 1909. TWENTY PAGES.
PRICE TWO CENTS. ' SM2I"!itfD SS3
CONTRACTOR WILL DIE OF WOUNDS MYSTERIOUSLY INFLICTED
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RAEF.BRACKETTSHOJDOWH AFTER
Midnight Shooting of Electrical Gon
tractor May End With His Death, and
Police Are Looking For Two Men
Who May Be Concerned in Murder.
Walls Walla, Wash., July 15 R
F. Bracket haa been a resident of
this city . about 15 years. For . 12
years he waa chief electrician of the
'Northwestern Gas & .Electric com
pany. He married Bertha Hill,
daughter of the former cashier of
the Baker-Boyer bank. The family
Is one of the best known In the val
ley. . .
ine repori oa, iuo Buuuvmg "
as a shock to this city and the
woman feature of the trouble Is
' given little credence. Brackett had
a faultless reputation. ' j
He severed his connection wit!
the Northwestern ' company here a
few. months ago and went' to Port
land. His wife and children live
here. His wife left for Portland
this morning.
Rae Fillmore Brackett, an elec
trical engineer, is gasping, out his
life at Good Samaritao hospital, his
abdomen fearfully tornv by a bullet
fired at close ra?nge. While detec
tlvea search the city for the two men
who, it Is believed will prove to be
murderers, Brackett, ki bla: infT
quent moments of consciousness,
refuses, steadfastly to. reveal their
Identity, or even to tell who Is the
woman, who', the police are assured,
caused' all the trouble. . -
The affair - occurred at ;12:M last
night on Tamhlll near Fourteenth
street. The exact' detail of the shoot-
. i i i mvatarv Yflt- thlS
ing are oruuuou ...---. -.. f
much Is positively known." . 1
In the thick darkness. caused by the
overhanging trees t Fourteenth and
Yamhill,- Brackett met a gooa iooiu
woman, dressed In black. R. E. Dent,
tableman at the O. . R. C Ilyeryvbarn
Juat across ths street heard Brackett
-SPiK. earnestly to the woman, and
h.rrf her renly: .
- o,'X just woat to' It.- Ton don's
aaad to talk to me that way, tot X wont,
aad that la all there la so iv
10:80 o'clock. Braca
ett was areseed then as when he later
appealed to tne v
a dark suit and derby hat. ,A :
"After the woman had refused to con
alder whatever -proposal the man had
made to her, they walked on up Four
teenth street and I dldnt Bee them
aln together." aald Dentthla morn
ing. But from thia point the story of
the strange midnight promenade is
taken up by Edward Ward, buaman for
the Hotel bregon. , .
TUO'I awry.
1 waa coming home a little after 11
Yamhill street sw ----up
agalnat the wall there and Brackett
waa standing in front Of .J1""
to ner very seriously, yet ao low that
I couldn't hear- what Jh was saying.
The woman as I saw her then seemed
to M not more- than five- feet tall, and
ahe was dreaaed In black. .
s "Of course. I didn't know at; the time
who either one of them waa, Tut the
way Brackett was talking- to her made
m remember him when I saw him a
little later lying on the pavement. ,1
am aura I could not beonietaken.'
Here the uncertainty begins - again.
No one ' was v found able- to aay what
became of the woman after the shoot
Ing began, whether aha left, hlra at
the approach of the two men and ran
away or stayed to. see the -murder done,
it nist nnitalhle to lav. .As to the
. shooting itelt-Wardaiils.Wlfa,hanyother woman
live at tne rear oi iia jgunmnui
street, give the beat account, -although
their story la verified In every detail
by 8. Trarowakle. a mall carrier, who
waa nuttinr hie horse away at a barn
on Fifteenth afreet near Yamhill when
the ahot was fired. 't
Heard Bracket Bpeak.
. "T Vrnil onl v been In bed little 'while
when Iiheard the shot." Ward relatefl.4
"I got our oi nea ana ran to tne win
dow. Juat across the street I" distinctly
mw the man lying on the ground and
two men attending over him. It was
efTtier Don't kill me' or Tou have killed
me' that I-heard him -say, as though
he waa Soared to , death. I got my
clothes on aa quickly as I could and
ran out to the street I saw then the
ELKS IN SPLENDID
. ARRAY PARADE IN i
; ; CITY
Los Angelee. Jnly lliWlth- the ex
ception or -the- brief meeting of the
members of the, grand lodga of Elks In
tne afternoon, outdoor, ...ceremonies
claimed the attention of the thousands
of visitors here today.-- .The program
for 'the day - comprised a morning pa
rade of the -visiting and local lodge of
Elks, visits to surrounding beaches-in
the afternoon and an evening parade oft -
Thi morning parade comprised 11 dl
vtslonB. ' Grand Esquire Raymond Ben
jamin acted aa grand marshal-and- his
chief of staff was , Brigadier-General
Robert. Wankowskt.-- At thehead of the
-column rode the-grand lodge of fleer a in
carriages, followed by 'the -drill , com
panies of the local lodges. .
, . Cincinnati lodre No. a and the Pao
famento lodge -formed the third division.
two men round the corner tip Fifteenth
street and Brlckett staggering down to
the atable, where he asked for help."
" 'You've got me now,' was what I
though I heard the man who waa shot
say, but I waa so excited I might be
mistakes," Mrs. Ward said. "I ran out
to the gate and It waa so dark I guess
I was pretty ' badly scared. But I
wasn't so frightened that I didn't See
those two men come back over the lawn
of the house across the street and stand.
In the Phadow of the big tree there,
while they watched Brackett One of
them was rather heavy and tall and the
other was not very tall or very heavy,
but they were both well dreaaed. Down
the street very soon, came the police
patrol and .the ambulance and I heard
one of them aay, "We'd .better get out
of this,' and they both ran. ; -
The mall carrier who waa putting his
horse away on Fifteenth street saya he
saw ths two men run paat him. His
description of them coincides with that
of the Wards. He says that he saw
them come back and climb up the bank
and creep In ths shade of the trees over
toward the place where a few moments
before the shot was heard.
" Tracks Followed.
Between Fourteenth and Fifteenth
streets on the south side of Yamhill are
two houses, one on the corner of Four-!
teenth street, the other in the middle of
the square, surrounded by a Jtwa sepa
rated from the street by a, wall about
four feet high. It was directly in front
of the second house that the shooting
occurred. 'Qolng over th ground thia
morning the tracks of the men aa they
entered the lot 'from the Fifteenth
street side and passed over the croquot
grounds, for which lot is used, were found.
More tnvstlfvta than ur ntbw nir-
cumstance connected here la the distinct
print of a .woman's ahoe, made In the
shrubbery Where the shade is deepest.
Other tracks are Indistinct save- thoso
made, by th men- as they dashed along
the wall and down the earth .embank-,
ment on the Fifteenth street side. Hera
there Is no evidence of caution, and the
marking are so plain that ltwould have
seemed an easy matter , to catch both
the would be murderers had they been
trailed at once with bloodhounds. r
' Bays He Was Held up.
Brackett . told Dent the stable man
that he . had- been held up. Then he
fainted. - Before the ambulance arrived
he recovered consciousness, but ' b
made no explanation to Sergeant Keller,
Captain Batyor Sheriff StevenSwflJLtha
frolics department, that would aid them
n catching ths two men. ' ..,
Brackett,: It was learned .this morning,
came to Portland from Walla Walla less
than a month ago, expecting to go Into
partnership with a nan by the name of
Meyers aa electrical contractors. H. )..
Brackett senior partner la the Crescent
Paper -company, living at 34S -North
Grand avenue. Is a brother. Ed fcpaul-
aing, in tne iransrer omce at Zb (second
atreet where Brackett & Meyers had
engaged office room. Is a particular
and correctness of life. -
"Brackett left his wife In Walla
walla when ne came to Portland about a
month ago, said JJr. J. C. Elder, ,260 H
Third street an uncle by marriage, thia
morning. "His relations with his wife
had always been harmonious and there
aire several children. She eipected soon
to Join him here. " His. wife Is the
daughter of the late John M. Hill of
Walla walla. ., BtilV I wouldn't be sur
prised if there waa a woman la the case,
no surety was out , too lata at night
. Braolcett'B Condition.
Before an operation was performed
on Brackett last night, at which time
it was found necessary to remove his
left kidney, he asked that his - wife.
wno whs wun ner people at 11 uiinton,
be notified of his Injury and asked to
come to him. She waa reached by long
distance leiepnone ana will arrive in
rortiana tui evening, r
Bracxett was round ' to have room
114 in the Qoodnough building. Here
only some pictures of his wife and baby
were found In addition to one of him
self., .There were no letters or notes
other woman. A. bottle of imf.
fume on his dresslnr . table, an nkh.
orate manicure set and other things In
dicate fastidious habits.
Detectives Snow and Dav who are
working on the case are confident that
a woman , waa the causa of ths shoot
ing last nta-ht They attribute the mo
tive to jealousy.. -"Wo have informs.
tlon-to show that Brackett boasted of
Demg out witn another map s girl, and
that he declared he would go aaaln,
although It made the fellow awful
mad," said Detective Day this morn
ing. The source . ot this information
the police would not give, saying that
It waa of a- confidential - nature. -They
hope, however, working on the clue, te
learn who Is the woman, aad ultimately
(Continued on Page Four.)
OF ANGELS
Ths Boston lodge marched 1n the fourth
division and Denver lodges. IT and 17,
inclusive. In ths fifth division.
The rear of ths fifth division was
brought up by- the San Diego lodge.
Oakland Elks comprised the sixth di
vision. Baker. City, : Or., and Freano
nuea out , tne seventn; santa Barbara
lodge" the eighth; Montana lodgea led
WIV u . . Mill. 1 1, 1UIIV W WVJ VJ IWigCI
from Red lands. Riverside, Pomonsx and
the ninth division, followed by lodges
Ban Hernaroino,
- Division 10 waa filled by marchers
of the Long, Beach lodge: division 11.
Santa Monica, and division 12, Arlsona
lodges. ; , . ' . .
Hands . of the various lodgea were
scattered through all- divisions. -- i
The parade started at 10 o'clock and
took two hours to pass ths reviewing
stand. -" ' - i
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JULY WHEAT'S
Goes to $1.29 Fatten Said
to Be Framing Up Coup
Flour Advances. .
tUnlted Press Uased Wire.)
Chicago, ulyl5. July wheat reached
a new record for the crop today, -when
it went to $1.2, but it declined again
suddenly this afternoon. It Is current
report that James A. Fatten : holds
4.000,000 bushels of July wheat and la
attempting .to repeat hla coup of a few
weeks ago. July wheat closed at
11.23 H; The reaction la attributed-partially
to reports of conditions of the
Russian cron. This report caused a
number of brokers to dump wheat sud
denly and smashed the price.- .
Minneapolis. July - IS. Flour Is
uotad from $6.45 to $6.60, S cents un
erthapriee -during Patten's May deal
f. o. b. here today. The advance in
Srloa la the result of the advance -In
lie wheat market.. -
WOMAN RUNS FOR ,i .
V BOAT; HEART FAILS
(United Press Letted Wlre.T
- Seattle. July 16. Mrs. Katherlne H.
May, 67 years of sige. Is dead ftom the
exertion of running to catch the steamer
Montlcello, which left. Tacorna for Seat
tle yesterday afternoon. She caught the
boat just as It was leaving the wharf
but. died before the steamer reached
Seattle. Her son . met . the boat, . but
found .her dead when tbe steamer
docked.' Mrs. May waa a very' large
woman and her heart - could not stand
the strain, of the extra exertion caused
by running to the boat . . 4
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SURRENDERS,
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" fCnlteo Press - Leased Wfre. ' ,
; Teheran, Jt'ersla, July : 1 5. Order:
ing the ? Cossacks to V cease tiring
about noon today,' Colonel Liakhoff,
commanded 6t, the forces which have
been defending the city, indicated
that he would surrender to the nationalists.-
This -means -the 'over
throw of 'Shkh Mohammed : AJi. "and
theestabllBhrAent:of a new. Persian
government under a constitution.
At daybreak, today the nationalist
GOVERN
WOU'S
Keal Murderer of Living
stone Remains at Large
While Accused Man Faces
Trial as Itesult of Plot,
Asserts Defense.
(By s Staff Correspondent.)
St. Helens, Or., July 15. If
George ,Murgatroyd hangs for the
murder of Robert Livingstone, whose
body wis found in Livingstone's Iso
lated cabin at Ooble on the morning
of December 11, 1908, with the
skull crushed, , a woman's plot will
have been successful and an inno
cent man will have "expiated an
other's crime. Tbis Is the conten
tion of the defense in a murder case
teeming with remarkable features
and Involving a combination, the
defense asserts, determined to rail
road Murgatroyd to the gallows
that tbe real murderer, a member of
the combination, may go free,
-! This afternoon Mrs. Fannie Richmond
V Junction City. Or., will testify that
Miirgatroyd, confessed, ijo.fcbat As
killed Livingstone. Mrs. Richmond was
recently granted a dlvorc at Eugene,
on the grounds that her husband ac
cused her of improper, relations with
other men. Mrs. Richmond, was. it is
said, on Intimate terma- with- Murga
troyd. This morning James Kelly testi
fied lhat Murgatroyd inaJow at a
Junction City hotel, said to a cook: "I
killed one man at Golile with an ax and
would just as soon chop another to
pieces." James Kelly ' Was last winter
convicted of robbing a house! at Ku
gene. An attempt by the defense to
show that he had spent nine years in
the Oklahoma state - prison waa ruled
out by Judge Campbell. -.
Will Defease Bare-not
Whether the defense will succeed in
baring the alleged plot agalnat Murga
troyd a plot Involving a band of yeggs
and undesirable cttlsens, according to
the defense, which tlrst planned and
executed the murder of Robert Living
stone In a futile attempt to obtain hi
hoard; then hatched the scheme that has
resulted In George Murgatroyd being
charged with the crime whether this
gruesome creation of a woman's brain
will be brought So light la a mooted
question. Should success crown the de
fense's efforts the state, it Is pointed
out, will be held up to public ridicule
as the dupe of this combination.
An inkling of what may develop
occurred yeaterday afternoon when Rov
Malone, star wltnesa for ' the state,
broke down under the relentless 'volley
of questions from Murgatroyd's at
torney, Abel, and contradicted hla first
story which Implicated Murgatroyd as
Livingstone's slayer countless " times
and theft, succumbing to his remorse
less Inquisitor's attack, almost con
fessed to the killing of Robert Living
stone. Malone was not put on the stand
by the state this morning, as waa an
ticipated yesterday.
Why Is not Malone arrested? How
much does Mrs. Katherlne Zlgler of
Goble, the woman whom Malone accused
in his signed statement or Tutting this
awful task before me," knowT - These
are questions that the defense is seeking,
answers to. -
Following is Malone's statement: .
Statement by Boy kXalone. '
"I arrived" at Goble about December 1,
1908, and oh arrivlnr there I lencoun-
tered Mrs.' Zlgler. If I had Only known
what kind of a woman, she was 1 would
of been glad to have kept on moving.
When I went there- I was as aood as
anybody oould be. Well, I era good yet.
our sue iriea ner nest to ieaa me astray.
I kept on the right path to keep out
of Jail, but I am landed there juat the
same, and .lt was only for the . dirty
work which Mrs. Zleler wanted me to
do. - , - '
"The first Bundav after T waa at Mrs.
Zlgler's. at the breakfast table she put
this awful task before me. end I
couldn't Imagine what In the world she,
meant To be very rrana with her,
which I thought the beat, and after
wards proved out the best way, I gave
her the answer; 'No.' whloh made her a
little hostile, but that air grew over in
a short time, and then she told me to
tell three men she had seen walking
, Continued on Page Four.K
rebels, who : Invested the) city two
days: agd and. have beea '"fighting
their way 'toward the shah's palace,
renewed their furious attack upon
the barricades held by the loyal Cos
sacks. The firing- continued for
several hours before Liakhoff or
dered his men to cease. . ; :
The ; commander of Ahe shah's
forces. It Is understood,: la now deal
ing with the leaders- of the rebels,
agreeing to surrender if his men are
AND
ENmiLLBE
Sharg
- Two official- wha are investigat
ing bureau . of. commerce and labor
clerks. '
Washington, D. C;, July 15. A sweep
ing Investigation" of the clerks In the
department of commerce and labor is
to bear results this week. . Secretary
Jfager- arrtl - hrs-a.bte-asststant,Tm sby
McHarg, have' been working quietly,
endeavoring to find out if the govern
ment Is -getting 'its full value out of
its - employes, and , the , results have
proven conclusively that, It Is not
Xust .Sot Droo Pen.
Under Secretary Naget's Instructions
Mr-
McHarg has investigated the case
of, each Individual clerk in the depart
ment and has renorted those whom he
classes as -"mechanical" clerks to his
superior. By the term "mechanical"
he means "the man -who drops his pen
in ' ths middle of a letter at quitting
time, who- takea no pains to Inform
himself as to the proper performance
of his duties, whose chief recommenda
tion la not what he Is dqing. but what
he has done In days gone by, or whose
nerves need
, alcohollo - stimulant , to
i for his dally task."
stimulate him
Mr. McHarg is .known in his depart
ment as a strict disciplinarian. 'A
hard worker, himself at all times, he
insists that his employes shall like
wise render's fair equivalent for the
money paid them.
Since Mr. McHarg has taken bold, of
the .department of commerce and labor
the output of work haa been Increased,
he says, fully SO per cent "Indeed. I
would swear It - haa been; increased
26 per cent" he exclaimed; 'and it is
simply the result of making the men
Just do then plain duty. No one is
asked or expected to work himself to
death or make a phenomenal record. It
is simply a cans of doing what he la
paid for; that Is all there Is to it
Xotainf Definite.
"No one- can sav at this time lust
who or what percentage of clerks In
the department of commerce and labor
Is fro go this month," said Secretary
N'acel this morning. - "I generally do
things 'first and talk of them after
ward.
I oroDOse that the employes of this
department shall -render a fair equiv
alent for the salaries paid them, and
those who do not must get out." con
tinued the secretary.- "It Is tiurelv a
question of putting the department on
a business basis. , I sm less disposed
to be exacting with a man who has
grown gray in the service after years
of faithful performance of duty than
with the young fellows who have come
lnto It- to be supported. - The fellows
who observe office hours because they
are compelled to, who drop their pens
at the nour for qutttln
nour ior quitting, n
no matter
what the condition or
their
work or
(Continued on Page Four.)
NEW
ESTABLISHED
guaranteed, protection and allowed to
join tho. forces of the new; govern
ment when . ft la established. ) t
St. Petersburg, July 15. The for
eign1 office today sent ordenr to the
Russian troops "stationed in Persia
to- arrange tor; the' safe removal of
the shah across the frontier. This
order. Is Inferred, to mean that the
shah is about to be forced to abdi
cate and floe : ' -
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THIRTEEN
' Sheertiess. Eneland. Tulv
wrecked arul sunk to the bottom of the English channel, caus
ing the loss "of 13 lives, and another was seriously damacred in
a collision today between three
The submarine C-ll, with
X of the channel. The C-17, with which the wrecked vessel is"
reported to have collided, is
serious damages attended to.
S An official statement given out by the atuhorities this after-X-noon
says Lieutenants Vrodie and Watkins and Staman Stripes
were rescued irom the L-Il when she sank and that 13 seamen"
were drowned.
It is believed the freight steamer Eddystone caused the dis
aster by crossing the line of the flotilla as the submarines were
aligning to enter the Thames. All other vessels in the flotilla
have been accounted for.
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Allen B. Bowen, accused ' of tha at.
tempted1 robbery of the grocery and
bakeshop of William Zlqck, 1287 Mil
waukee avenue, was sent back to ths
training ship Pensacola at San Fran
Cisco today: - He .deserted . from . the
ship about six weeks ago.
Bowen has been held in' the county
Jail for several days for-his attempted
robbery. - He- la the 1 7-year-old son ot
L.. W,- Bowen, of 1708 Pacific avenue,
Spokane, hla father being superintend
ent of the Spokane division of the
Great Northern. The family Is prom
inent in social circles In Spokane.
Efforts of his parents and his uncle.
F. J. Fellows, president of the Fellows
Grocery comoariv of Portland, to have
the boy sent back to hla home came to
naught because of the interference of
the government authorities.' Toung
Bowen will be compelled to serve out
his C-Dtlra term of-enlistment, nearly
lour years or wnien races mm. -
Bowen waa captured . in Ladd's farm
about an hour after the attempted hold
up, following a chase of a mile or. ao by
Zlnck. A. L. Billings, whom the boy
accused of having planned the holdup
and . who. ordered the storekeeper at the
point of a revolver to deliver his money,
escaped. . ...... : ... . ,.
Bowen conressea everytning . to xne
authorities on the night of his capture,
while being held in the city JalL Being
under age, he waa turned over to the
juvenile authorities, and has since been
detained in tne county jail.
Last spring Bowen enlisted as an
apprentice In the navy at Bremerton,
Wash., with the consent of his parents.
Transferred to the Pensacola at San
Francisco, he learned that, with several
hundred recruits, he waa to be detailed
to the Asiatic station. Disliking the
prospect, Bowen, Billings, wno is rrom
Ballard. Wash., and.' about -1 00 others,
deserted.
Tramptn about the coast for five
weeks. BUUnas and Bowen arrived In
Portland on the Southern Pacific late
Tuesday night - Hungry and without
money, they planned to commit the
crime. When, instead -of the storekeep
er calmly complying with demands to
hand over hi eaah, he showed flirht. the
boys ran. Bowen was run down.
snake: bridge
E Bill
(Washington Boreas of The Journal.)
Washington, July 15. The omnibus
bridge bill. Introduced in the house to
day, authorises the construction of a
bridge over the Snake river at the town
of Ontario, Or. Authority Is granted the
county commissioners of Malheur coun
ty, the chamber of "commerce of the
town of Ontario, Or., and the county
commissioners of Canyon county, Idaho.
ORCHARD TO
County Fruit Inspector; Fonts "Will Cut Down 250 Trees
Near Portsmouth Because of j Incurable - Disease
Serves Xotice That Law Will Be Enforced.
it
has condemned and will destroy at once
an eld mixed orchard of about S50 trees
near Portsmouth on the Lower Penin
sula. These trees are badly Infected
with San Jose scale, dead spot and ap-
Fle ranker and are so- badly diseased, in
he -opinion of -the Inspector that spray
ing will not save them.
- Inspector Fones Is 'determined to
set rid Of fruit tree nests In Multnnmnh
county 4f a liberal, wielding of the ax
will accomplish It He haa notified a
number of ownera of Infected trees that
tney must- eradicate the diseases in
their orchards either, h-r BDravina or
destroying the trees, and in event of
their fstlure to do either, he Intends to
follow the law to the letter and destroy
uued uywir,
LIVES LOST
15. One British subrtiarine was
vessels, according to wireless
13 men aboard, is a the bottom
hurrying to. Yarmouth to have
... :
;, Government j.-offlcialg have- run to
ground what, appeara to be one of the
most flagrant - case' of duplicity- aver
played by a woman upon her husband-,
and one that for cunning - and daring
Stands quite alone In' Its class.
-The', principal characters- in' thia
drama of life were lodged in the county
Jail last night and the authorities are
now busy gathering additional evidence
by which -It is believed the principal
win u, cunrwini wimoui,. muca aim
oulty., ' ' - '. , . - 1
French E. Dodge, a middle aged man
of the desperado type,, is the man in
the case, and Mrs. Orovil Connor, wlf
of a farmer and rural mail carrier of
Shedds Station, Or., la the woman. They
were brought . Into Jail late last . night.
from Gresham , after their arrest there
by Deputy Marshal WUUamjQrJlflth thou.
oia lunraraeoi ioutn; AnuT nicnors,
ppeclal agent engaged aa Francis J.
Honeys Doayguara aurmg tne la mi
fraud trials here some time ago,-and
Constable Henry Gullackson -of - the
Gresham district Griffith and Nichota
arrested Dodse and Constable Gullnck.
son, accompanied ty .Nlcnois, - arrested
the woman. " : - 1 , ' -.-
vivth y-vMur. niw isriiier - wiiv nan
been mulcted out of a turn running close
to 11000 and lost the affections of his
wife and two daughters,' according to the
statement made to the government offi
cials, it has been ascertained, is a highly
respected resident of his district and
has the sympathy of the entire neighbor
hood. He admits that but for their
friendly advice he would probablv still
be playing the short end of a game In
which he had been selected aa an easy
victim from, the start. ,
&and rraod Dodged- ;
The facts as laid before the ' authori
ties by Farmer Conner are that October.
1 4, last year, French E. Dodge came to
Connor's farm near Shedd's Station, ant
presented himself as a special agent of
the government .working en the Oregon
land frauds and that he was also In the,
government secret service. He. told Con
ner thst It had come- to ths -notice of
the frovernment that Mr. Conner had,
been located on a. homestead at Uklah,
in eastern Oregon, by a man named
Marsen, snd who was now under Indict
ment and under $2600 bonds, and that
Mrs, Conner had perjured herself by .
stating when she took up the homestead,
that she was a widow, and furthermore
had never lived on It. . 4
Dodge, said that hla' position In the
government service made It possible to
shield the woman and save her from
goln to McNeill's 1 aland providing
Connor would - pay him $800 cash te
put uo for bonds. He. said to further
arrange to have the government pro
vide her with transportation to Can- .
ada. where it would be Impossible . to
molest her in the future. ,
Pays. Hash Mossy, ,
To save the family, from disgrace,"
as he stated to Special Agent Nichols.
Connor mortgaged hla farm for I600
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the diseased trees. '
"I am willing to help the orchartll!
of 'Multnomah county ve their
diseased trees," said Mr. Jones, "ail
will go when called upon to any fast
of the county, examine the orchards an i
confer with the owners to h h--
meana to persus to get rid of the reur
"I also wleh to- anurK- that I w: 1
be glad to have owners of InfwtM tr---h
call at my office anil I will advi n i
them about the rnip-r irwinitr-t f
the d!eaes an wtil extend any s ;-!-ance
in my power
Inspector Fones hs had ! y'
experiem in fruit ciiltur In ti
ty and is entire It f.n!lur r
diseane that attack trs In I . ;
ot the state, " . ,
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