THE OREGON DAILY ' JOURNAL, .- PORTLAND,. .TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 22. 1910.
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H PLAIN AVENUE
0 BE MUCH IMPROVED
. Till Vancouver' office of Tha JeurnVl
la -located at room I, Commercial Bank
building. Fifth and Main streets,, phone
Main (00, whefe subscriptions, com
plaints, advertisements And news will
he reclved and promptly, .attended . to.
C 11. Davis, agent v v- ,-;
(Sueclal plpatfb to Tho Joaraal.)
. Vancouver, Wash., Feb. 22. A peti
tion to Improve Fourth Plein avenue by
grading and sidewalks and signed by
about, 28 property owners, was present
ed to the city council last night. Conn
rilmsn Rausch stated that he had taken
tha matter up with tha county commlii
stoners and waa practically assured by
them that tha county Would--pay Its'
hsre of the expense. It was also sug
gested that Main street be likewise Im
proved. - ' '
The Independent Light A Power com
pany offered to Install gas street lights
at $3.60 per month provided a contract
to run five years would be- given. Tho
matter was referred to. the. light com
mittee.
A petition to create a salary of $20 a
month for the chlof of the Vancouver
fire department was voted down.-
The Cascades Contract company asked
by written request for a permit to sub
let their contract for putting In sewers.
M. R. Sparks was named as the pro
posed sub-contractor.. After noma dis
cussion a permit wad granted to finish
such psrt of the contract as had already
been started.
; FK' Shroader i-made application for
license to pert a beer garden on West
Klghth street ' It was' disapproved of
by the council and the application re
jected. :
I The committee appointed to look up
a suitable place to dump city garbage
made Jt report,, stating that no place
could be foundl The only possible place
would he east-Tjf - ther-garrismr. Mayrrr
Kiggins suggested that the -city build
an Incinerator and bum the garbage.
To this Councilman Stoner asked what
would be done with tbe tin cans? "Buy
goats and let them eat them." replied
the mayor.
The city attorney was authorised to
prepare resolutions of intentloa for the
Improvement of East Tenth street from
the east aide of Main street to the gar
rison.
i Plans' and specifications ; for hard
(surfacing West Klghth street were re
ceived and approved. ,
,An ordinance providing, for widening
.and straightening Twenty-sixth street
.Its entire length was read for the first,
second and third times and on motion
approved. '"'-.'
Onl motion It was ordered that the
thre are lights east of tha garrison be
removed and nine tungstens be installed
as an exDeriment.
An ordinance tollcense and regulate
bTTIardand "poolrooms vwas read for
0
DISMISSES
GAMBLING CHARG
ES
Municipal water :
v ' ' system planned
the first and second times. Theoriginal
ordinance asked for a license fee of 15
for the first table and $2 for each ad
ditional table per month. The age limit
was placed at 21 years and 11 o'clock
designated as the closing hour. This
was amended by a flat fee of $10 per
month, and age limit reduced to 10
years. . The ordinance will probably be
further amended before Its final pas
sage. ... ... -v'. ;
. (Special Plipatch to Tbe Journal.)
Vancouver, Wash., Feb. , 22-The rll
alleged gambling eases set for trial at
t o'clock yesterday afternoon came to
an abrupt and after the.eicamlnatlon' of
a few 'witnesses. Judge' Blgham de
cided that tho evidence produced by the
City was not sufficient to constitute
case and a dismissal was made In each
instance. The- arrests were mad
Saturday night between 11 and 12
o'clock at three poolrooms In tha city.
The testimony of Chief Secrlst was
to the effect that the games Interrupted
hy the raiders were of moce extraordt
nary Interest and the deep meditation on
the part of the players bore the ear
marks of real poker. His testimony
also brought out that the poolrooms
were, sometimes open till 4 o clock la
the morning. He said games for pas
time ware not usually protracted to
that ..hour. , '
' The testimony of the defendants was
to the effect thftt the games In progress
at the time of arrest wero for pastime,
tnougn checks "good at the cigar stand"
were Issued.
Hotel Arrivals.
: tSfectal Dtroateb tn-Tbs JfioroT.VT
Vancouver, Wash., Feb. 22. The fol.
towing are registered at the Columbia
hotel; M. Griffin, San Francisco; N.
James, Deadwood, 8. D.; P, E. Bnrry,
Cliffs; Mrs. .H. P. Fowley, . Tacoma;
Miss Fowley, Tacoma; J. H. McCarthy,
Portland; J. B. Erlckson, Washougal;
W. J. Morris, Kalama; C. Foster,
Cliffs; Will Foster, Cliffs; E. H.
Btubbs, Cliffs; W. B. "Simmons, Chi
cago; Thomas Blake, San Jose. Cel.;
P. i W. Jones, Tacoma; G. A., Wiley,
Portland; F. S. Wlney, Portland.' ,
(RDedil munateb to The Journal. I
Vancouver, Wash.,' Feb, 22. -It Is evl
dent that . majority of the city coun
ell favors a municipal water plant and
some action 'ang that line, can be ex-
pectea at any time. ;. 1 nis was maae
manifest at the meeting last , night
when Councilman ' Stoner -made his re
port v- regarding' charges preferred
against, the members of the Vancouver
-.fire,,, -department', for - neglecting' their
duties during, the fire at . the J J
Wlntler'aHd Frank Lacks ff buildings.
His report exonerated the fire company
of all blame and taxed It to the water
company. The report stated that the
present water supply was entirely' ln
adeauat to cope -with fires, and only
for the help of women, who carried
water, the home of Senator Rands
would have been destroyed Inst week,
The report advocated, a municipal water
system, and Dr. stoner was compn
mented by different members of the
council. .
A special meeting will be held next
Monday night to consider a municipal
plant, and Mayor Kiggins, who has
Just returned from a trip to Washing
ton, O. C, will lay a foundation of
facts for consideration. He Investi
gated the question while In the east,
and Is now, If such could be. a firmer
believer than ever that Vancouver can
and will own her own water system.
The plans and specifications of the
Main Street sewer will also be taken
up next Monday night.
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HILL UUU0I IUU ilnnnn
; n on a nil a v D d in p t: J bUU,J
unurtuimi uiuuul
Citizens of Peninsula Will Con-;
centrate Efforts to Get Fa
vorable Action by War De
partmentPlans Exhibited.
The Broadway , bridge ' meeting
Wednesday afternoon promises to ro-
solve ltseijf into a species of hallelujah
session. Alblna and Peninsula booster
are determined to win the bridge for
Portland and proposo flaunting banners
and badges for the meeting.
Tho meeting will be open to all cltl
sens, it will be held In the office of
United States engineers, third floor of
he Customs building Park and Davis
streets, at 2 o'clock. All wno have argu
ments for or against the bridge will
be. allowed hearing. Major Mclndoe of
the engineers has announced that the
session will be determinative. The evi
dence given at that time will consti
tute a great part of the matter he
will forward to the war department at
Washington and will bave no small In-
uence upon his own-recommendations.
Plans for the bridge are on exhibition
n the office of Major Mclndoe. As
outlined and approved by Engineer
naipn MoajesKi ana submitted to the
MAJORITY FOR
CHARTER AMENDMEN
Knepp Brothers, trnOsrtaxera,
iOS West Eighth street. Ptsne !
office county coroner. '
The Xomawood Hotel.
For quiet, clean raoma, SO cents and
ap, $1.j0 week and up. Bath. Fourth
street, near Washington, four blocks
from ferry.
Washington Honored,
(Special Dlipatcb to The Journal.)
Vancouver, Wash., Feb. 22. Wash
ington's birthday is being appropriately
observed In Vancouver today. The gen
eral delivery window at the postofflce
was open- one hour, from 9:80 to 10:30,
and the-clty carriers made but one de
livery this morning. The money order
and registry windows were closed all
day. The rural carriers made no deliv
ery. The banks were closed all day, and
the stores are closed this afternoon.
I - Educated Horse at Hagtr.
' ' Vancouver. Wash., Feb. 22. What is
without, question thef. greatest novelty
picture ever, exhibited before a Van
couver audience la ' being shown at
Home Messenger Co., day and night
service. Phone Main 1.
New Enterprise for Vancouver.
(Spadal Ulapnteh to The Joornal.t
Vancouver, Wash., Feb. 22. Messrs.
Goodnoe and Taylpr, who wlh to estab
lish an enterprise in Vancoucor, will be
"- '"'""-A?" present at the meeting of the Commer-
ryeiung. j r. m. ;'" "Z " cll club tomorrow night. The men are
Picture entitled. "An Equine Hero,- the weU ,uppe(j w)tn caltali and flnwh
VT. Za .a are interested in the payroll of Van
I ' "' U Ti-' I ??uY'r re requested to be present
u"'...,:", 'Vrrj.T' The plant is sup
v.rfcw "rniT i -k'- en! p?"et0 co-v" "out five acres and em
gagement 'at- Hager's theatre last
ploy from 200 to 800 men.
August, where It delighted hundreds of
patrons by Its almost human Intelli
gence. - Immediately after the Van
couver engagement Dr. Ellis, the owner
of the beautiful little mare left for New j
York City to fill engagements at some j
of Gotham's foremost vaudeville houses
nd while performing there Its extra
ordinary feats attracted the attention :
of Thomas A. Edison, who prevailed
upon Mr, Ellis to have Don Fulano posej
for a moving picture. To those who
witnessed the' performance of Don
'Fulano at Hager's theatre last August!
this picture will no doubt prove of spe
cial interest In addition to this excep
tionally Interesting film, that Incident
ally required special efforts to secure j
for the patrons of'thls plaee of piuse
ment, there are a number of other!
equally sensational as well as amusing i
reels on the program, also new lllus-
Meet ma at Dorland's.
Salvation Army.
(Special I)1ntrh to The Journal.)
Vancouver, Waah., Feb. 22. There
will be a children' service at the Salva
tion Army hall tonight at 7 o'clock, and
two children will be given away. AH
parents and children are Invited to at
tend. Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock there
will be a redhot salvation meeting. The
Portland officers will be present, and
there will be plenty of music. At this
service four new Salvation Army sol
diers will be sworn In under the flags.
The public is cordially Invited to both
these meetings.
Electric Cleaning and Dye works, 205
West Fourth street, opposite postofflce.
Phone Main 140.' .-
Xews In Brief.
1 8pedil Dlnatch to Tb Jew-oaM
Vancouver, Wash.,, Feb. 22. Harry
Fletcher of Portland Is In Vancouver ou
business.
Miss Redmond Is a guest of her
brother, John Redmond, of this city.
Roy Holbrook of Portland was a Van
couver visitor yesterday.
James Waggoner Is visiting at HIUs-
horo. Or., this week.
Miss Margaret Connerton has gone to
Seattle to make her home.
Tom Doherty of this city has accept
ed a good position at Lewlston, Idaho.
Charles A. Klrcn, J
Funeral director. Ranck building, Ninth
and Washington sts. Residence 80S East
Eighth st. Government embalm er. .
nited States engineer by Mayor Simon
it la shown that the west side annroach
is to oe on Seventh street turning on
Kearney street, while the east side ap
proacn is to be an Broadway. Th
nriuge will span the river at a grada
or l.ib per cent, allowing a 21S0 foot
clear opening in the center for a draw
urt. Peninsula residents believe tha
It will increase tha value of their oron
erty to tnv extent of millions of dollars,
impetus will be given to plans for th
construction of many Peninsula fac
torles which are now only projected
With the legality of the $2,000,000
bond Issue, recently authorised by the
city, approved by the state court, those
interested In the bridge, believe success
In securing the, approval of the war
department is certain.
Present appearances indicate an at
tendance of several hundred, probably
more than can be entertained In the
offices of the United States engineers
Seanregaxa X.oans Mossy
on anything of valua 703 Main
street.
Dr. 8edgwlck'a new office, Sedgwick
building. , , T
MHH1D
REED WIN FIGHT
OVER- ACCOUNTS
(From Yesterday's Last Edition.)
S. Q. Reed, former executor of the
trated songs by the Misses Holland and Henry W. Goode estate, and Edward
Payette and a highly instructive set of I Quackenbush, executor of the Charjes E.
views on astronomy that gives the audi- I Calef estate, both of whom have been
;nce a fair Idea as to prospective re-1 under fire in the county court because
Kulta of Halley'a, comet. Same pro-
ram tonight, with an entire change to
morrow evening.
Good Pictures at Palace.
' (Special DIntoh to Tha JonrniLl
i Vancouver,' Wash., Feb, -22. The new
bill at the Palace last night was an ex
ceptionally good one and It will be. well
worth your time to drop In there. to
night and see them. One of the funni
est pictures was "Seaside Adventures
at Home," and can only be explained by
seeing It "He Adored an Ad" was also
good, ana depicts a young man In a
railway station, looking at ads In
magazine. He falls In love with a face
In an advertisement, misseshls train
and begins a search for the girl. "The
Bareback Rider's Rejected Suitor" was
a drama suited to scenes from real life.
"The Prince of Patriotism," "Cupid D.
D. 8., An Aerial Acrobat" and the
sung ti xou were jwine xinisn
program and are all good.
the
, New Brick Building,
Of objections ta their - final aocounts,
won substantial though not complete
victories . this morning when County
Judge Webster rendered his decision
upon the objections.
In the Goode estate the claim of Reed
for fees an executor were cut ; from
$1250 to $1000.' the claim of Frederick
V. Holman as attorney for the execu
tor was cut from $3500 to $3000, an
$300 was charged against h admlnts
trator for rent of the Wells-Fargo
bunding,
Another Decision Cowing.
Concerning attorney fees made nec
essary by the attack on the final ac
count by' Mrs, Edith F. Goode, th
widow, th court did not pass, but will
announce oonclusions on Wednesday.
Dan J. Malarkey was specially em
ployed to defend the Interests of Reed
In this proceeding.
, In all other respects the objections
maae y Mrs. uaoae, through her at
torney, Thomas G. Greene, were dis
allowed. She charged Reed with neg.
llgence in looking after the interests
of the estate in many details. Some
time ago he retired as executor upon
la now
FALLS CITY FIRE
E
: . (Special Diapatcb to Tbe Journal.)
; Vancouver, Wash., Feb. 22. The
building mover - started yesterday - tel her request -and ; Mrs. Goode
remove the old house at the corner' off acting as administratrix.,,
Seventh and Washington for the erect-1 In the Calef estate, wherein numer
ing of a two story brick building, 60 byjous objections were made by Mrs. Al
100 feet. The building will be owned mira Calef Pitblado Wood to the con-
by Phillips & Cook, and will be leased
to Frank Wilcox for a. garage and ma
-ohlne shop.: The building is to be com
pleted and ready for occupancy by April
1 : The nouse wnicn occupied this cor
ner will be moved to Fourteenth street
Taaconrer Undertaking Co,
W. H. Hamilton & Son, funeral di
rectors. Tenth and Columbia streets,
Phona Si.
; Put in Your Order
For a winter's supply of tha famous
RocItSpringsCoal
RECTOR & DALY
EXCX.TJSTTB AOEVTS.
4-rOOT B&AB WOOD BY OAS OX
.-.i-v-'-WAOM LOAD. '
Cast rirth Street, Vajutonver,
'.. Phonea 417 vyTttf . . .
duct of Edward Quackenbush as execu
tor. Judge-Webster held' .that many of
the transactions questioned, including-
the tee. note and seyeraLjand trans
actions, were not properly the subject
or inquiry in settling the final account
In all pf these questions, generally re
ferred to as trust matters, Quacken
bush Is held to be accountable only
as trustee and not as executor.
$1000 Claim Denied.
The court disallowed a claim of $1000
for - attorney fees in behalf of QuacK-
enbush, who claimed this sum because
of the inquiry and trouble-made, neces
sary by bringing him lute court at
the time of the final account.
"The executor' was largely resoonsl-
ble for the expense of this Investiga
tion," said the court. "His accounts
were in such bad shape that it was
difficult to tell the state of the ac
counts. The objectors made it neces
sary to investigate these matters and
atralghten them out."
Quackenbush's final account showed
a Malance- of $476 In cash, but in a
supplementary account he admitted lia
bility for several other transactions
which were ordered charged un to him.
amounting to several hundred dollars.
The claim of his attorney for filing
(Special Dlipatcb to Tbe Journal.)
8alem. Or,. Feb. 21. Fire which broke
out in the department store of Waltel?
U , Tooze at Falls City about 12:30
o'clock this morning destroved the three
story store building causing a loss of
from. $60,000 to $70,000. Because of tho
lack of water system or poor fire
fighting .facilities, the town was only
saved by the merest chance. The loss
to the store Is covered by from $36,000
to Jiu.uuu insurance.
The Tavern hotel, located Opposit
Tooze s store, .- was charred to a -crisp
ana its windows were broken by th
heat.. The loss will be several hun
d-ed dollars' to; the hotel building. The
utmost efforts of the fire fighters were
required to save the hotel from catching
rire. The hotej was the nearest struc
ture to the burning department. Store,
Tooxe's store was one of the largest
general merchandise stores In the Wll
lamettc valley. If was three stories
high, and with the basement and double
floors represented abput 23,f)00 square
teet of floor space. The fire Is the
bfggst In the history, of Polk county.
Tne origm or the fire is unknown. At
12:15 passers-by noticed nothing, but at
12:30 the store was ablaze, from base
ment to toof. Mr. Tooze made two un
successful efforts to reach the Vault but
failed. He said this morning that he
beiieveo the vault is , intaot and that
many valuable papers contained therein
win be uninjured.
Otherwise absolutely nothing in the
store wae saved from the flames.
PUT COICILMEN
ON RECORD ON
BRIDGE FRANCOIS
E
East Side Business Men's Club
Puts Question' of Fair Ex
change Between City and
Railroad Up to Council.
RECALL ELECTION
HELD AT ASHLAND
(Special Dispatch to Tbe .Tournitk
Ashland, Or., Feb. 21. The election
for the recall of Mayor R. N. Snell ts
being held today. The grounds upon
which the recall law was invoked
against Snell pressaged defeat, for the
petitioners from the first, and when
41 of the petitioners signed a second
petition asking that their names be
withdrawn from the recall petition be
cause their names had been secured by
misrepresentation, the last hope of the
recallers fled.
Indications are that the vote will fall
under 700, and that Snell will be sus
tained by a vote of two to orfe. The
people of Ashland are unalterably com
mitted to needed public improvements.
and Snell stands for progress.
the final account was out from $350 to
$150. AH other objections to the ac
count were overruled.
After finishing discharging; her carao
t Oak street dock, the steam schooner
Saginaw, Captain Walvlg, which arrived
p from San Francisco yesterdav morn-
Ing, will go to Willapa for a cargo
or lumber. On her way. ud the river
he. discharged 12,000 kegs of powder
(From Yesterday's Last Edition.)
Members of the East Side Business
Men's cjub are today working on the
vacation of the east side streets asked
by the O., R. & N. Co. and are asking
each of the councilmen of the city these
two questions:
"First Will you vote against the
ordinance vacating parts of Oregon and
Adams sreets and recommend as a sub
stitute therefor a franchise for the
erection of concrete piers at safd points
for the support of the east approach to
tne proposed new railroad bridge in ex
change for a similar franchise from
said petitioners granting facilities for
tue west approach to the new Broadway
bs-idge; In the meantime issuing a per
mit for tha erection - of aald piers until
such time as the franchise can be
legally granted? .
'Second If the ordinance vncatlna
the above streets ts presented with an
emergency clause will you vote against
us passageT
It is the object of the club to keep
as many streets open as possible and
iney reel that by granting the O. R. &
N. Co. a franchise allowlnar them ' to
build concrete piers for the support of
the approach of the new steel bridge
they will keep the two streets, Adams
and Oregon, open and still enable the
railroad people to go ahead with their
plans.
The question of an equal trade be
tween the city and the railroad in the,
matter of approaches to' the two bridges,
the Broadway and the steel. Is at pres-
ent attracting much attention , on the.
east side. Member of the East Side'
business Men's club are . especially anx-j
ions to see ine uroadway bridge hur
ried to completion In s. inexpensive a
innnner ti possioiB: They -maintain
nidi n iu nmy lair xor me railroad
company to donate to the flty a site
for the new bridare r(er"n'h tha ..t
side in return for asking the donation of
a pier rest for their ,,'stee bridge
The matter of an emergency clause,
which would cut off all possibility of
Invoking the referendum on the. fran
chise, has aroused the east Bide people
considerably. They are not satisfied
with the franchise by any means and
fear that the counclt may attempt to
put such a clause In the franchise. They
are asking;, each councilman to answer
yes to the first question and "no" to
the second. ,
:
(gpeclat PliMtta to Ttit Innnul.l
Oregon City, Feb. 22. Oregon City
took a long stride In the direction of
progress yesterday, when the election to
decide whether the city charter should
be amended resulted In the adoption of
the amendments, by a vote of 230 to
13. Tha results In the different wards
follow: First ward, for ' amendment
112, against (18; Second ward, for -83,
against, IS; Third, ward, for, 3, against
As a result of the adoption the city
win ne enabled to provide for the con
demnation of property 1 for the public
use, the construction of sewers by the
sewer district plan, the Improving of
streets and the assessment of abutting
property for that purpose, and the pay
ing of damages out of the permanent
street improvement fund.
The main feature Is , the changes Jn
the charter regarding street Improve
ment. Under the present system, one
third or the cost of every street Imnrove
ment, be It difficult or not. is cald out
or the permanent street Improvement
fund, and this, according to those fa
voring the proposed, changes, limits the
rund to such an extent that practically
little street improvement can be made
during the year. With the change, made
in the charter, the permanent fund will
onjy be used to. pay the excess of the
cost against the improvement that Is
greater than should be assessed n trains t
any certain piece of property. Another
feature Is that should tho amendment
carry, no property can he "assessed for
more than one half of us value, the ex
cess cost coming out of the permanent
fund. .
During the past, owiitf to the fact
that all of the property .owners were
assessed one third of the total assess
ment on the street Improvement, the
city paying tho remaining third out of
the permanent street Improvement
rund, not more than one street could be
improved' a year, as at the end of that
time the Improvement fund, would be
well nigh exhausted, while, as is often
the case with the streets on the hill, the
property owner would be heavily as
sessed, orten ror nearly as much as his
property was worth. With the adoption
of the new amendments, more street
improvements- wlil be made, and the
property owners who cannot be assessed
for more than one half the value of
tuelr property, can pay their assessment
In 10 yearly payments under the Ban
croft act.
Nearly all of the residents of this city
feel gratified at the result of the elec
tion, as they say It means new life
for Oregon City.
The Oregon CHy Commercial club.
the Hill Improvement club, the Oregon
City Street Improvement club, Moun-
, The Oregon City office of The
Journal is situated In the basement
of the Andresen building. Take steps
leading down on Seventh and Main
streets. Phones pacific Main 8101
Home, 11-28,--' Subscription, new
Items and advertisements promptly
attended to. .Especial attention given
to want ads. Lloyd IUcheSt Agent
' ; ' Junior Class Organ lies. ,
- (SmcUI Mfoatcb t Tbe Journal.)
Oregon . City, Feb. 23, Organization
of the Junior class of the Oregon City
high school was effected yesterday, and
the class officers for this year were
elected. ' Bothwell Avlson was chosen
president, Margaret McCullah, Vice
president. Hasel Tooae was elected sec
retary, Thornton .Howard, treasurer and
Arthur Mattley, sargcant at arms.
committee consisting of Misses Evelyn
Harding, May Smith and Harold Smith
were appointed to submit class colors
for adoption.
The date of the annual class party
was set for . Saturday, March 6, and It
will be httld In the Woodman of the
World hall. There are 14 young ladles
and nine young gentlemen In the class
and each one has the privilege of invit
ing one guest to the party.
Arrangements have been commenced
and no ' effort 'will be spared to make
this party the best of tha class parties
for this year. Committees were ap
pointed as follows,' decoration, ente.rt
talnment and refreshment - . - ,
Personal Mention.
(Special Dispatch to Tbe Journal. I '
Oregon City, Feb. 2.- E. H. Dlmlek
of Hubbard spent yesterday In this city
visiting" his '"brother,' County Judge Grant
Dlmick. . ; ;
Mrs. Charles Albright, formerly of
this city, but now residing In Hood
RWr,' returned home today after a visit
with Oregon City friends. Mrs. Albright
has much improved in health since leav
ing here.
J. II. Hltchlngs, a prominent Portland
attorney, made a business trip to this
city Monday afternoon.
William JWorrls of McMlnnville re
turned home "yesterday after spending
Sunday with Isaac Farr and family.
Stonewall Jackson, a well known Can
by horse man, and his son, Champ Clark
were Oregon City- visitors yesterday.
Miss Rains Surprised. '
(Special Tliatcb Ui Th Journal.
Oregon City, Feb. 22. A surprise
party was given Miss Marjorle Rains st
her home in Bolt, the occasion being hef
birthday. The evening was spent In
games and music and dainty refresh
ments were served.Those present were,
Misses liosa Bona. Zelda McDonald,
Zera McDonald, Anna- McDonald, Lilly
l,lndquist, Mildred Draper, Anna Mc-
Lrfirty, Eva Rains, Mary McLarty, Isa
McLarty, Martha McLarty, Masters,
Eddie Wright. Emil Llnth," Harley
RUBBISH AND TRASH
MUST BE REMOVED
tfiwyr-lal Dlnrktrb to Tne Jouraai.1
Oregon City, Feb. 22. Some time ago
County Health. Officer tr..;Norrls In-'
formed the chief of police', to have .the ,
rubbish and dirt removed . from Rail
road avenue- from Eighth, street' south .
to Third', as the street was in a very
unsanitary condition. Nil action has
been taken. 'i.r- ' "' - :' v " ,
- Section II - of ordinance"- 202,- readsi
"It sliall be . unlawful forrany'person
to place on any sidewalk. ; crosswalk, .
street or alley any article, " or - thing
whatever, except as provided. In saotlons :
five,, unless permitted to do-so by the
cl$y council; provided, that-wood for
fuel may ba' allowed to be plied and
remain In the street in such manner as .
to cause the least obstruction; to public
travel, wt to exceed twenty-four' hours
for each cord or load thereof, and not to
exceed eight days in the aggregate, the
debris from, '.the same to be removed '
from the street' or alley by, the owner
of said Immediately after Its removal."
' Kvangelist Draws Crowd. ,,;
' Spcl! Ulipitch'to The Journal.) -' '
Oregon City. Feb. K2-Last night t
tha First Baptist church. Professor B.
P. Stout, drew another monster; audi
ence. The house was packed and chairs
were brought-in to seat the people, - A
most profound impression , was made by
the evangelist Jn the presentation-of the
gospel In song. . Pastor- Hayworth de
livered a' striking address on secret sins.
Tonight Professor. Stout will sing "The
Singer," a deacrlptlve song of the death
of P; P, Bllsa, who was- kllledT In . the
rallroad-,acctdetit Astubula, : '- Ohio.
Bliss was pna of U great singers of
his day ranking "with Jra J. Sankeyc Another-
great- ftong -tothe1-snng'-tonighr ls
entitled "The Thirteen Inch ,Oun"; this
being the heaviest piece of gospel ar
tillery the evangelist has in au his' col
lection of 2000 songs. Professor Stout
wants every man and woman in Oregon
City to hear this song. The evangelist
will also relate the Incident of tha con
version of Ike Miller and will sing ''Save
the Boy."
Pastor Hayworth will deliver an ad-
ress tonight, entitled "A Microbe in the
Heart or Sin Revealed."
talntVif-w Improvement rlub and other I Wright, Dale Draper, Frank Doty, Jen
locar booster associations aH -favored
the ameiMments and passed resolutions
to that effect. All of the clubs held
public mee.tlp.gs before the election, to
which the voters of the city were in-
ited, and the changes to the charter
were discussed by members of the city
council, and others Interested In the
movement. As a result of this nub-
licity the taxpayers were given a clearer
understanding of the nature of the
amendments.
II-
Marriage Licenses.
(Special Dlnpntrb to Tbe Journal.)
Oregon City, Feb. 22. Marriage
censes were issued yesterday by the
county clerk to Bert L. Sanders ahd
Grace M. Miller and A. A. Kalssen and
Edith Cullaine. The last mentioned cou
ple were married the same afternoon In
the courthouse by County Judge Diralek.
Both 8f the contracting parties reside
in Oswego, where they are well known.
nle Mclrty Clarence Doty, James Mc
Larty, Oeorge Doty, Richard Enelder,
Matthiew McLarty.
Security Takes New Members.
(Special Dinpatcb to Tbe Journal.
Oregon City, Feb. 22. At the meeting
of Willamette council. Knights and La
dies of Security, last night at W. O. W.
halU 13 new members were Initiated in
to the mysteries of- the'.order. The ap
plications of two new candidates were
received. , -
Following the ritunllstie work of the
order,- sandwiches, and "Beggar's. Best
coffee w;as served, and the remainder of
the evening was spent In dancing. ,
Willamette News Items. ,
(Special Dtupatcb to Tb Journal.)'
Willamette, Feb. 22. Those who went
to the Initiation of Webfoot camp at
Portland Friday night were E. Mass. Q.
Snldow, H. E. Werner, George Minty,
P. Barnes. Oscar Barnes, John Ream,
W. A. Ross, F. Oliver, C. W. Crltlser,
Q. G. Graves and M. Manning
H E Warner bought a new span Of
colts of T J. Gary.
Mrs. R. A. Junkers moved In the
Elllngson place.- -
Mrs W, Forward bought a nice
Edison phonograph recently.
Miss Marie Margraf fell from a horso
and broke her elbow."
v Mrs. -Dombach, of Oregori City was
visiting Mrs. Bryner and Mrs. AVerncr
last Friday.
i New Arrival at Maslin's.
(Special niapatrb to Tu Journal.) "
Oregon City, Feb. 22. Born, to Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Maslin, of 110 Tenth
street, yesterday afternoon, a nine
pound boy.
Cold Wave at Oregon City.
Oregon City, Feb. 22, A slightly cold
wave struck Oregon City Inst night, anj
as a result, the thermometer registers
34 degrees above, this morning. The ef
fect of the cold wave was felt about 1 0
o'clock last night, when belated pedes
trians noticed the change In temperature
enough to comment on it, and to button
up their coats and. turn up the collars,
A dry snow, began falling early t'liW
morning, and at 10 o'clock about art Inch
had fallen. This snow Is being blown
into drifts by. a lighf wind.
... Entertainment Postponed,
Oregon City. Feb. 22. Owing to the
Inclement weather, the four act drama.
"The Heart of a Hero," which was to
have been produced tonight at Mount
Pleasant, has been postponed until the
weather clears up.
SNOW AT CaiLO
STOPS CONCRETE
WORK ON CANAL
Only Week's Work Left on the
Smith & Jones Contract-
Excavation to Finish About
April.
HOOD RIVER BOY
GOES TO WEST POINT
(Special Dispatch to Th Journal )
Hood River, Or., Feb. 21. Harold
Dabney. a Hood River high school stu
dent, has successfully passed all ex
aminations to admit him'to the West
rotnl Military academy and he will
leave today to take up his work. Mr.
Dabney. will enter the service of the
regular array wnen nis course has been
completed. He was one of the star
athletes of the Hood River High School i
Atnieuc ciud. His fellow students ten
dered him a farwell banauet lat
night.
At the Electric Hotel. ;
(Special Dlapiteb' to The Jonraal.)
Oregon City, Feb. 22-. The following
were on register at the Electric hotel
esteraay: a. nan, h. J. JoseDh. I,. H
Kin-hen, R. W. I.uke. South Fork. Pal
C. Kleurn. T. F. Parslow, Portland: J
Boylln, F. W. McLeran, E. Dodge,
Oale. Mollala.
at Martin's bluff.
Corvallis Masons hsve bought a site
i
land will build a temple.
- , ( ,;r . r., . , . . ..
From Testerday's Last. Edition.)
Snow has again stopped the concrete
work 'on the, Dalles-Cell lo canal project,
according to Assistant Engineer J. S.
Polhemus, who -.returned from a trip to
Celllo Saturday night. He says that the
snow Is about a -foot deep.
The contract of Smith & Jones, which
is ...concrete ' wprkand was practically
compieteo, lias peen held up, and until
the snow is off the ground ngnln it is
hard to tell .when, it will be finished,
although there Is only, about 200 yards
more of concrete, to. go In. and would
only require about a.' week's more work.
While the snow ," Interfered with th
screening ft ffavelMor the concrete It
did :not. materially affect the steam
shovel work being done by the firm of
Caughren, .Winters, Smith & Cot,
who are' 'now in the midst of
their excavation, - which, it is ex
pected, will be finished about the
first; of April or before the spring fresh
et. They will be readjr to -commence
their concrete work as soon as that Is
over, and it is thought that that work
will proceed . rapidly, as they are now
getting a fine plant ready to begin the
work as soon as possible.
"This hasjje6n a bad winter for the
work, said Mr. Polhemus this mornlngi
"not so cold, but long, continued and
with cold and snow enough to interfere
greatly with the concrete work on the
canal.
, xne jjaues ana uenio nave a very
active ppearancp with the canal work,
and all of the railroad work that Is go
ing on around the two places. The O
R. A N. company has'a large number of
camps around there, as has also the
Oregon Trunk railway, and there is a
great deal of work going on."
during the seven months ending Jan
uary 1 were 37,325,636 bushels and was
valued at $38,454,021. The total ship
ments for January from all sections
were 1,411,781. valued at $1,490,863
The total flour shipments were 6,
334,633 barrels, valued at $33,273,019, of
which Portland sent out 174,393 with a
value of $765,570. ; The wheat ship
ments from the principal ports are as
follows:
For seven months ending January,
1910: New York. 9,067.363 bushels, val
ue SSlB.m; Portland, 4.S67.196 bush
els, value $4.J2S,179; Philadelphia 3.
69f.512 bushels, value $3,987,302; Du
luth,' 8,610,992 bushels, valua $3,613,r
393; Chicago, 8.257,1 61 bushels, value
$3,592,258; Puet sound, 3,119,404 bush
els, value $2,963,878. Total for .all
places 37,325,635 bushels, value $38,-
454,021. .
Shipments for January, 1910: New
York, 488,224 bushels, value $514,167;
Portland, 349,016 bushels, value $363,
566: Philadelphia, 318,927 bushels, value
$342,328: Pugot aound, 163,080 bushels,
value $150,649. Total from all places
1.411,781 bushels, value $1,490,863.
DESTITUTE UN
FACES EVICTION
Deserted Mother With Five Lit
tle Children Served With
Notice to Vacate. t
UNDUE INFLUENCE
IN CHARGE MADE
PORTLAND SHIPS MUCH WHEAT
Breadstuff s Heport Gives Her Second
Place In Wheat Shipments.
Wheat shipments for the seven
months ending January 1910, according
to- the monthly breadstuffs report, give
Portland second place with 4 867,196
bushels, valued at $4,728,179, while for
the month of. January, she also stands
second In wheat shipments with 849,
016 bushels, valued at $363,566. The
total wheat shipments for the country
- (From Testerday's Last Edition.)
Charges that Mrs.N Mary Bever and
Jier. husbandj W. Bever, Influenced
her father on his, death bed to make
a will in her" favor, when he was to
tally: unable to transact business and,
as they believe,' hot able to recognize
members of the family, two of the
sons and a grandson of W, T. Linn
have joined in a petition asking the
will b set aswe. -
Charles A, Utin of Portland and
George B. Linn of Stevenson, Wash..
are the contesting sons, the grandson
being Bernard Li. Lirtn of Kelso.JWash.
Each of them was given $5 by the
will, all .the other property being de
vised to the daughter, Mrs. Bever.
- .The -sons say,: thlr father , was in
, the Good1 Samaritan hospital for 10
days prior to .- hlri death on November
28. , For three monthsho. had been In
capable of- transacting business, they
assert, and a rew days before his death,
Charles A. Linn' Bays his father was
unable to recognize him and suffered
under mental delusions. The will was
signed two days, before Linn died in a
hand that is uncertain and almost illeg
ible. Linn was 74 years of age. Mrs.
Bever, when she. applied for appoint
ment as executrix, estimated .the value
of the property at $3000, The brothers
say the value of the estate is unknown
to them. '" - v ;" ' :
M. G. McCorkle'is also mentioned as
assisting the,' Bevers-, th Influencing
Lltin to -sign a will disinheriting his
sons and gnandson. County Judge Web
ster has Issued a citation to Mrs. Be
ver requiring her to appear on March
IT to show cause why she should not
be removed "as executrix and the will
e.t aside. - .-
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(From Testerday's Last Edition.)
Mrs. Peter Claus, 881 Mallory avenue,
and five children, of which the eldest
Is 8 years, has been deserted by her
husband, and is in a destitute condition.
One of the children is ill in bed, and the
mother has been served with notice to
move by Thursday. She says she does
net know where to go. "
J. H. McCormicK, owner of the house,
instituted action In the justice court to
secure possession. Deputy Constable
French served notice on the mother and
children this 'morning;' . The husband
deserted them three weeks ,ag,o, and the
wife has been trying to keep the wolf
from the door.
When' the child became 111 last week.
the mother was forced to give up her
work. There Is no money ' coining In,
and she has no relatives to help her.
The husband cannot, be. found.
CLAY CLEMENT, ACTOR,
- DEAD AT KANSAS CITY
1
- (United Press teaied Wfre.V
Kansas Qty, Feu. 21. Clay Clement.
the actor, died at the University libs
pltal here today. The hospttrfl physi
cians said his demise was the result of
uraemlc poisoning. Clement appeared in
Kansas City last week. He finished his
engagement Saturday night; Being in
poor health, he decided to remain horn
on Tuesday to rest.,. Last night he wm
seized . with convulsions. - He waa hur
ried to the University hospital, whVo
the convulsions became more severe. He
died within 20 minutes after he had ar
rived at the hospital.. ,
HAWLEY IN FIGHToiT
LAFEAN APPLE BILL
(Washington Borenu of The journal.)
Washington, Feb. 21 ReDresenta-
ve Hawley warns applegrowers that
the house agriculture committee will
have a hearing March 9, otKtha Lafean
apple-package bill. He believes the bill
can be defeated In committee, but- rec
ognises' the need of active wort- ij
hopes representatives Of Oregon grow
ers will be' here at the hearing in
March, , . . ' : .
Journal want ads brlrtg results.
A cooking stove for ,- camnera nr
dweller, ftr:-gmall anartmentu n
I pact that it can be taken apart and
carried in the pocket has been Invented
by a Pennsylvanian.