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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 1! X v X v. fliU MllL IU iiiLH JUDGE SHEEP AT S1I0V SELECTED Noel Gibson, Millbrooke, N. Will Be One of Officials ;at Armory, Where Woolgrow crs Hold Convention. Secretary P. D. Mlnton announces that the selection of judges for the midwin ter sheep show to be held in conjunction with the national Woolgrowers' conven tion, at the Armory, January 4, S, I and 7, has about all been made. One of the Judges win be Noel Gib won of Mlllbrooke, N. Y., one of the - noted sheepmen of the United States end manager for. ', the . Altamont stock farm Shropshlrea, : the property of Q. Howard- Davis.;-.. .. ... It Is stated that Whenever a dispute arises among sheepmen as. to the mer its of a certain animal which cannot be settled, amicably or otherwise, Noel Gibson is called Into council, and his doclslon Is final and accepted by all parties. A breeder of years of experi ence, he knows the trials of the sheep men and exhibitors. . . "At first," states Secretary Minton,we had despaired of securing his services, but, knowing the high esteem In which he Is held by all exhibitors, both east and west, and the desire of the exhib itors to have him pass upon their flocks, we took up the matter with him by telegraph, and aftew considerable night letter service finally arranged to' have .him with us."; , , ,f s In addition to Mr. Gibson, the serr Ices of Frank Brown of Carlton, Or., whom nearly every breeder on the coast knows, and with whom every breeder throughout the middle west Is acquaint ed, and In whose favor they stand equal ly high, as does Noel Gibson, with his Wide acquaintance, has been secured. ji oaiem, ur., WHO Judged the entire circuit last year,? Is another one of the Judges whose serv ices have been secured. Mr. Brunlfs Intelligence and 1 Integrity are beyond question. , . , It has been the intention of the sheep snow management to secure as nearly as possible specialty Judges, and all of the Judgeship Is not yet completed. Ne gotiations are on for other Judges of na tional reputation. Secretary Mlnton says the show to date is In a most satisfactory condition. Some sheep are already here and have been comfortably quartered V.t the Port land union stockyards . In North Port land. The show management will get possession of the Armory : at midnight Monday and Immediately the pens will be erected. By Tuesday noon the show will be In condition to receive sheep. The secretary desires that as far as possible all sheep may be shipped so as to reach here on Tuesday, when ade quate arrangements will be made to take care of .them. It Is only a short dis tance from the unloading place to the Armory, and permission has been re ceived from ' the authorities to allow those who -so desire to drive from the cars to the Armory. CORONER'S JURY LETS PATROLMAN 60 FREE The coroner's Jury that held the In quest over the' body of the dead Aus trian who was killed In the stTeet fight Saturday ; night by Patrolman Carl D. Henson, exonerated the officer from any blame m connection with the shooting. The officers, who were Involved In the case were called before the Jury and all told the same Story about the affair. The dead man has not yet been Iden tified, nor has , his comparators - wbot escaped with the hand cuffs on his wrists yet been found. , It is stated that Peter Green, a cigar man, was struck ro the leg by one of the bullets fired daring the fight The wound was a very slight one. ' Asylum Contract Awarded. ,' (Salem torm of The Journal.) ' Balem, Or Dec. 17. Contracts for supplies for the state asylum were awarded yesterday to the following: Union . Meat company, Portland, beef contract at 9.19 per 100 pounds, and bacon at 20 cents a pound; Schwarts chlld ft Sulzberger, Portland, bam con tract at $16.65 per 100. pounds; George Fendrlch, mutton contract at 10 cents per pound; Portland Flouring Mills com pany, brans and shorts, the. former at 24.80 per ton, and the latter at (25.80. ; Other bids will be opened next week. " Chehalls Booster Seriously III.. (Special THvratcb to The Journal.) Chehalls, Wash., Dec 27- Secretary Metrel! of the Chehalls CItliens club was taken to the St Helens hospital Sunday night suffering from strangu lated hernia. An operation was per formed and today the patient is alive, with the chances for Ms recovery fair. Mr. , Merrell Is considerably past 60 years of age, bat is a man of great de termination and will put. up a strong fight for life. He has been in charge of the publicity work here ever slnoe th pilh RtartM In on thin Una nhoiit I two and a half years ago. t , GRAFID JUHY ON CHITWODO AFFAIR Chitwood's 1 Attorney Claims He Knows Three Men Who Fired Fatal Shots: . (Unites rnm leases Wtr4?v Hot Springs. Ark, Dec 87.- A special grand Jury to Investigate "the case of Oscar Chltwood,; who was taken from Jail here and shot by a mob, has been called by Circuit Judge Evans. Tb Jurya work will supplement the Inves tigation now being conducted by the cor oner, ; Judge Evans will instruct the Jury to make a searching inquiry, and to return indictments against every one involved In the affair. .. v Attorney John Graham, who repre sented Chltwood, is said to have discov ered evidence that three men In the mob of 20 that took Chltwood from Jail and murdered him, fired. the shots that killed his client This evidence baa been laid before the grand Jury. '-,f.,y---,. Chltwood was hild for the murder of Sheriff Boupt whom be Is said to have shot to death. ; Feeling against Chlt wood was high and he secured a change of venue and was about to be taken from the Jail and sent to another city for protection. ; The mob stormed' the Jail and kllWd him ln'a little enclosure between the Jail and the courthouse, where some months ago a prisoner was executed. The 20 men were masked. Chltwood! head was riddled with bullets.- v:y vv; ; :"f Governor Donaghey, according to re ports from Little Rock, is deeply stirred by the affair. He Is considering a rec ommendation to the legislature to pass a law empowering; the governor to re move sheriffs who fail' to protect pris oners from mobs. NO DELAY FOR VE5 WING OF COURTHOUS E Bids for the west wing of the . hew county courthouse will be let six months earlier than usual, In order. to give the contractors time to assemble their ma terial. The contracts for th.e .several lines of building will also Include severe penalty clauses, and the contractors will be "bound to complete their work on time. - . -. This was the decision this morning by County Commissioners Ughtner and Goddard. They are much annoyed at the delay on the east wing, and propose to guard against all such negligence on the west wing. County Judge Cleeton is equally disgusted with the way work bis progressed on the east wing, and a strict account of the penalties- is being kept on the several contracts, which the county court proposes to exact . i- 'The delay has been a great lncon venlence to the county and the public." said Judge 'Cleeton. v "Several of the contractors have been held back on ac count of those who have been slow. We shall guard against such conditions on the west wing. The way the matter Is dragging and has been dragging for six months .will surely be subject matter for a grand Jury to Investigate. .We have not even made a request for the contractors to guard against noise and annoyance, in efforts to allow them to hustle through, with the work." ? From the best Information the com missioners can get, the east wing will be completed in the latter part of June. Harrison Whitney, supervising architect, for the firm of Whidden & Lewis; who are architects for the new building, and who have charge of the erection of the new courthouse, stated Monday that he thought the east wing should be ready for occupancy . June . 16. - He said that since all the steel and stone are on the ground, work should progress more rap idly.: triJ's ,.t;- fj EARLY LOSES LEFT EAR r IN DEFENDING FATHER tu ; Because. John Kusme, a bartender, struck his aged father, C. W,' Rutherford attacked him in a saloon at .Thirteenth and Northrup streets last night and mixed In a lively fight in which he came out-the; victor, but' with his left ear nearly cut off and . his face badly bruised and cut : .-.-. -. ' V--? The bartender struck the young man on the side of the head with a large glass beer mug. It Was broken by the compact so hard was the blow, and the Jagged edge almost severed the ear. Ru therford was taken to St Vincent's hos pital where the . wounds .were dressed with considerable difficulty. A search Is being made for the assailant ' , BANDITS ROB SALOON; PROPRIETOR KILLED (Special DlKpnleh to Tbe Jonrnul) ' ; , Pipestone, Mont.; Dec. 27. Two masked men last night held up the Kelly saloon here and robbed several men at the bar and killed the Owner, James Kelly, when he - attempted to reach for his six shooter behind the bar. The bandits escaped, They se cured little booty. ' GEifflL STATE FO llttlS Report of Secretary of State ; Shows Good Sized Growth in State's Receipts. Salem, "or., Dec. 27 A large Increase Is shown In the general state fund ac cording to the report of the secretary of stateduring the past two years. The receipts for the last two years amount to $3,752,939.87, against $2,805,405.43 for the preceding biennial period. 5 ;h . r v Following Is an Itemized statement of receipts for ' the general fund, which does not include receipts for various funds in which the money collected Is absorbed In the fund for which they are collected; -Balance on hand B'ept SO. ' 1908 ...i.. 214,897.98 From taxes................. 2.643,176.95 From interest on deferred payment of taxes 590.64 Taxes on. Insurance - prera lums .................... 14.646.U Sale of surplus products of. state Institutions......... . 6,454.43 Fees of state engineer...... 12,817.43 Convict labor s 23,430.07 Care of local insane. 6.169.35 Fees of supreme court... t.'. 12.786.20 Violation of game laws. . . , , 456.37 Sundry fees of state depart f tnent 148,689.73 For keeping deposits of ex- , . .press and Insurance com-' panles . . ' 6,708.69 Corporation ' fees . and 11- ' ' censes 265,737.55 License on gross earnings.. 14,416,02 Interest on deposits of stats , funds 2043M4 Fees for- examination of ' batiks 8,750.00 Fees of board' of control.... ; . 4,835.98 Fees for maintenance : of i feeble minded , . ' . 1,509,73 Transfer from Inheritance tax fund x 113,257.31 Transfer from Insurance - fund 44.610.S4 Transfer from swamp land ' fund 7,190.86 From miscellaneous sources ; 3,581.46 ; ' Centralia Mill to Reeqme Work. Centralia, Wash., ' Deo. : 27. -Afte be ing . closed down for more than two months, the . Leo Polhetm lumber mill Will resume operations after the first of the year. The suspension of this payroll has been a serious loss to the trades men of the mill town, and has thrown a number of men out of. employment . Just before tho Christmas season. '.The an nouncement of the Teopenlng was " re ceived with great satisfaction USE ID II Kl : . gli!;i Tracks Being Laid at Rate of Two Miles Per Day . on ' Central Oregon Line. Tracklaylng on, the Oregon Trunk is progressing more rapidly than was ex pected, about two miles per day being the average maintained since work was commenced. ; The crews have reached the 67-mile post and will continue to push on as long as tho weather per mits It was hoped to get townvabout a mile and a half of track each work ing day so that even the roost sanguine expectations of the engineers In chari have been excelled. v , ' Very little interference has been caused by ,bad weather, little snow hav tng fallen and. -none having remained long on the ground. The weather, In fact, has been Just the kind wanted for rapid work, so the foremen, report for It has been cool enough to put the tracklayers In fine trim for work. -At the rate work is now progressing track will have been laid to, Crooked river bridge early In the spring." Electric cap service over the United Railways line Into North Plains Is to be Inaugurated about the middle of January, the construction department having instructions . to turn the line over "to the operating department Jan uary 10. It was Intended to run steam trains over- the new line as far as Glencoe to begin with, but the program was changed and the service will begin with electric cars. Until completion of tho Cornelius Pass tunnel, trains will be run ovef the Shoo-fly line around the heaviest , grade , of . the mountain that forms the divide between the Wil lamette arid Tualatin valleys. ion of the district compritl.:,? thrf states into three districts, eacli includ-i ins a state, will mnet at the sume church. The committee la composed of nine members and the representation is as follows: Washington Elders K. IX F:by of Sunnyslde, George Wise of North "Yakima, Amos Peters of Wenatchee. Idaho Elders J. II. GrayJ bill of Boise, O. Fahrney of Twin Falls' and T. J. Beckwith of I'ayette. Oregon! Elders Howard H. Keira pf Newberg, T. E. Decker of Ashland, and Georgei C. Carl of Portland. Kev. Mr. Carl id pastor of the First Church of the Brethren. . . ' Hood IUver Tates Game. ISrHl DilDKtcta to Th JournuLk . Hood River, Or., Dec. 27. The hard fought football game played here yes terday between the all-star team of the Wabash independents and Stevens': addij tion of Portland and the Hood River Athletic club resulted in a score of 22 to 0, in favor of Hood River. The pres-j ent athletic team has won every game1 played this season and they are anxious to meet the Piedmont team of Portland In their, last game of the year. MISSION BOARD OF THREE STATES MEETS 1 The mission board of the Church of the Brethren for the district comprising Oregon, Washington and Idaho, is meet ing today in tho First Church of the Brethren on Kiningsworth avenue, near Albina. The board la composed of five elders of tbe church, namely, E. B. Eby, Sunnyslde, Wash.; M. F. Wood, Centra lis, Wash.; T. E. Decker, Ashland, Or.J T.; J. Beckwith, Payette, Idaho; 23. L. Withers,, Weston, Or. The work of the board will be completed today. . Totnorrow a committee for the dlrla- B. B. 90BSS, TEE ARCTIC FHOTOCH SarBEA, Who will show his wonderful northoro; scenes and travels at ue lieing lorao M tllfrht .. ... J . Portland Is Indeed fortunate to se these pictures, as Mr. Dobbs goes fror hr tn Rut Francisco, showing In th largest theatre there to 8000 students a Rtnfnrd iiniversltv. on to Chicago am Washington, wnere ne win snow m uie president and the leading men In ih affairs of our government 1 ) , Next spring Mr. Dobbs will go north: again In a special boat to complete hid work in the Arctic Beats now, selling for tomorrow night ' f Tichcts for Washinston-Chicago High School Foot Pall Gamo to Do Held on December tho 3 1 st Aro Now on Sale at a Special Dooth on the First Floor 1 : N.,V i . X. . AH Credit " Purchases That! A Made Tomorrow and I the Rest of This Week Will Do - Charged to January Accounts; Payable on the First Day erf February 1 4 o n o a (inuaii All Clocks, Wacli3s, Riiigs,- 01 Jevelry anc3 Leafed Good Selling at a 14 Heducfiion acEOis oil 6! ISIS llE Big Savings on Snoivy New Goyyns Skirts, Combinations, Drawers and All Other Lingerie in Millinery ; ' Bdpction Thousands Beautiful New Trim med Hats, Pur Turbans, Pinnies, EtaAi FraiohFormerIga Quit Mamiiofe: Stocks BiirBEEilae Sale at Tfe- Great Savings on Tailored Suits, Coats,; Dresses, Waists, Skirts, Petticoats, House Dresses, Furs, Negligee arid Children's Dresses .ahdJCoatsrd3G.Heirel-T6inorroi7 Sn MetfsShirts.- Ti3isfcKlbs3, Gloves; Underwear, E-Ms X s. 150Q Dependable New Hugs in Beautiful Patternsand AllW anted f. - -r '-i - -""- - 1 -i- 1- -i n t-. I, . 1, 1 Sizes, at Full Third Reduction Thousands - of Yards New Era broideries and Lacos at lUCicu- lonsIy-Low-PrzcosIlemnnto-M