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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 7, 1311. REED INSTITUTE DESIRES TO HAVE F0MT1 Trustees Find Experts Advise . Against Opening Before Fail of 1912; Plan Is to Build for Century, The trustees of the Keed Institute have had under careful consideration for several months the Important question of the date of opening the . College of . Liberal" Arts and Sciences, which they purpose to establish with the lncone from the funds of the Reed bequest. Although they have felt a keen desire to welcome the first students as soon as possible they have realized that what can be accomplished toward the founda tion of such a college In a given time Is a matter on which the Judgment of experts should be secured. -- It has been evident since the charac ter of the Institution was decided upon that the very first brick laid on the1 campus must have Its proper place In the contemplated development of the grounds and buildings for more than a century and that any beginnings should -be condemned which, for the sake of a Bmall temnorarv o-nln xn..rlf 1..1 tha greater interests of generations to come. In short everybody agrees that the ma terial beginnings of Reed College must be worthy of the leading Institution of higher education In a much larger city in the Portland of the year 2000, as well as In the Portland of today. No other beginning could receive the commenda tion ef the business' men of the city, of -prospective benefactors of Reed college, or of the world of higher education. In the past, as President Prltchett ob serves, no university seems sufficiently to have discounted the future in respect to its material development.. Kight Use Temporary Quarters. Accordingly, the Idea of rushinir th eonstructjou on the campus of a build ing that i might serve temporarily has been rejected from the beginning. The question that has been given painstak ing consideration Is whether the college might wisely open for instruction in temporary quarters outside the campus In the fall of 1911. In answering this question the trustees have sought to profit by the most valuable experience tire country affords. "The building of a college or unlver slty from the very foundations, with even 11,000,000 for endowment, Is an undertaking so rare in the history of the world that there are few men who know what it Involves, and what one can reasonably expect to do wisely within a given number of years. Many men know what they would like to have done, but few have had the experience which' enables them to speak as author ities. . , Tk mam ... if a . - utcji wjiu umn mamora univer sity and Chicago university and the new Washington university In St Louis and the men who are now engaged in laying the foundations of the Riw institute in Houston, Texas, have all had such ex perience. They have met situations In the past parallel to the one that now confronts the trustees of Reed institute These men. together with the heads of the general education board and of the Carnegie foundation, have generally giv en much time and thought to the inter ests of .the new Portland college. In dependently, they have considered the date of opening, and they are unanimous In the Judgment that It would be unwUe to begin instruction lh Reed college be- lo uie ran of 1912. Seasons Given fox Delay. President David Starr Jordan of Stan di Jjnlversity, Bpeaking from a wealth of experience, urged the postponement of the opening on the ground that the character of an Institution Is almost In delibly stamped by the first teachers and the first students, and that the president should take more than one year Jn considering so vital a matter. . President Harry Pratt Judson of the University of Chicago, said that two yeara and thr months siinu k.i. ...... - " ..." . . i. . v n ' 1 1 the election of President Harper and the opening of the institution at flrtt only; a college end that even then, they were not ready for students, yet President Harper was pcrnaps the greatest university organizer that the country has producX Chancellor Houston of Washingfon university and Dr. Robert Brookings, president of the board of trustees, hav ing had recent experience that renders their advice especially valuable, agree on 1912 as the earliest possible date of a creditable beginning for college work in Portland. President Lovett and the trustees of the Rice institute have already inker STATEMENT OF BOARD OF STATE TAX COMMISSIONERS (Spedul Dispatch to The Journsl.) Saltm, Or., Jan. 9. Showing the amount and value of taxable property In each county of the state of Oregon with the ner cent of equalised value to ioia.1 end per cent of the state taxes to be raid by the several counties the rouowing table has been prepared by the state board of tax commissioners: it- a g KOC S a c c o County. 63 3-0 M Z v a. c c c o Raker Kenton Clarkamas . . Clatsop Columbia ... Coos Crook Curry ; Douglas .... Gilliam Grant ...... Harnpy . . . , . Ho.d River , Jackson ..... Josephine , . . Klamath..:, bake .. .... Dane ....... Lincoln LJnn .. .., . Malheur .... Marion . ...... Morrow t 19.897.345.001$ 6,029 214, 982 ,617 ,S28 8,960,514.00 21. 00,400. 1)0 8.fi5(M96.00 13,366,455.00 15.461,795.00! 9.1 '.19,008.00 3,95,203.00 25,810.740.00 6,27.415.00 6.51. 1,952. 00 6,992.605.1)01 8,961,200.00: 30,216, 649.001 7,825360.00 12,210.459.00 8.065.27'Ml 81,745,540. 00; 8,406,221.00 25,035.730.00 rl83MS0.00 84,(160,490.00 9,662.84 5.00 877,029.995.00 13,046,180.00 6,932. ooo.no 13.920.27R.nn 3,153, k71. 2,054, 248, 16, 4, 5.837. 3,805, 76, 3, 2.089. 4,033, 1.170, 226, 18. 3.245. 607, 3.2S0, 1,082. 4,112, 3,203, 24,795, 1.466. 821 790 040 956, SIX. 306 210 773 189 315 ,326 219 132 929 ,868 762 088 267 699, Multnomah . Polk .......f Sherman .... 664 ,716 ,146 363 772. ,894 2,214 82, 12,886 3,556 Tillamook ".. . Umatilla ... $4,674,590.00 13,709,146.00 10,469,415.00 Union ...... Wallowa , .. Wsaoo ....., Washington . 1.398 125 ,S0a,330f4(f4';74'eV 18,148,060.00 8.576.008.00 16,564,424.93 1,641 3 1,095 016 263 477, Wuerler ,,,, Yamhill .... Totals' ...l$T47,it.0.74l$S7,263,3O4.0oH844,8g7,708?74l$g44,gg7,708.74ll.0n0OO0 more than two years in preparation for the opening of the school in. Hous ton, ; " Tear If Bnt As' a Say Secretary Wallace Buttrick of the general education board, who is admin istering a fund of nearly I50,000.0'JQ in the interests of higher education, mad wo visits to Oregon for the Rpicial purpose of studying the educational in' tercsts of Oregon in general and 'the Interests of 'Reed college in partkulu He pointed out that the expenditure of sufficient money to secure aecommoda tlons for doing a superior grade of work Tor a single year would be unwarrant ed; and he emphasized the fact that a year. In the life of an Institution, Is but as a single day. , , - President Henry, S. prltchett and Sec retary John Bowman, of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, urged the postponement of the opening of Reed college, on the ground that justice to preparatory schools and prospective, students de mand more than one year's notice of therthndards set and the requirements for admission to the college. In theltt judgment, such an institution as would at once be heartily accepted by the Car negie Foundation, could be opened in Portland according to present plans, In the fall of 1912, but not earlier. And It will be remembered that the presi dent and trustees of the Reed Institute have already definitely pledged them selves to establish a college of such high standing that it will be found from the outset, on rigid examination, more than to meet the standards of excellence of those national boards. Portland now has the unique opportunity of building a college which, within its chosen field, will be second to none In the United States. The trustees believe that the people of Portland should and will be Satisfied with nothing less than the at tainment of this high ideal. Many other men have concurred in this Judgment, including President Low-' ell 'of Harvard, President Brlggs of Radcllffe, fresldent Wooley of ML fHolyoke, and David Sneddon, formerly of Stanford university, and now com missioner of education of Massachu setts. Advice f Secondary Teachers. Especially Influential with the trus tees has been the advice of many heads of public and private secondary schools in Portland and in other cities of the northwest. They declare that It will be fairer to the schools and to the students who may desire to enter Reed college if they are given at least one and one- half year's notice of the date of open ing and of the ' requirements for ad mission, and If they are allowed to take preliminary examinations one year be fore the date set for (ha admission of the first class. i If Reed college were to be merely) an attempted rcprodtfcjtloii of one of the older colleges of the east, the .necessity for delay would not be so imperative. If the'subjects of instruction were to deal mainly with past ages, without vital connection with the present life of the city of "Portland and of the north west the selection of a faculty nd other preliminary problems would be relatively simple. But Reed college, as forthcoming bulletins will explain, Is to take advantage of Its splendid freedom from harassing traditions.' It Is to de velop along Individual lines. " It Is to Herve the community more effectively than could any merely transplanted In stitution. What this involves in the way of original, constructive work will be explafhed from time-to time as pres ent plans mature. Might Enter as Sophomores. If this announcement of the date of opening comes as a disappointment to Rome students, who had hoped to enter Reed college next fall, arrangements may be made whereby such candidates can meet the entrance requirements the coming spring or fall and then spend me rouowing year of study under the approval of the president of Reed col lege. They could then enter the col lege on Its own campus, as sophomores, In the fall of 1912, on presentation of evidence of the satisfactory completion of the year's work. Detailed announce ments concerning this plan will be made later. These plans for the opening of the college do not Involve any delay In the development of grounds and buildings. On the contrary, the present plans give the president and trustees sufficient lime J9. deaJL later on with, ltie problems Of internal administration and thus en able, them to devote immediate attention to material construction. Plans are now maturing as rapidly as 1b consistent with the magnitude and importunco of the undertaking. NATIONAL BANKS NOT HURT BY THE CARNEGIE Washington, Jan. 7. Except for a slight flurry the close of the Cnrnoglo Trust company did not effect the tia llonal banks, according to Deputy Comptroller of the Currency Kane. "Being a state institution, most of the company's business was probably done with state banks," said Kni. "One or two national banks, perhaps, were affected. The losses, however, should be slight. Certain misgivings on the part of New York depositors are to be expected, hut those whose funds are In tho national banks ought to feel secure." Hit o rt to M c an Si:"0 a t. 4) O 2 CJ3 O n aw 2030.s25.oo cr 2, ? " O S 2 !, M. VI .3 "J Ja 00 a c o o w o D a m ii as: "7026346 .013227 .033836 .024173 .017225 .022692 .012062 .003933 .035828 .010404 .008363 .008619 .011010 .034207 .012430 .015099 .008169 .040803 .007822 .033888 .010789 .046760 .011500 .356122 .019298 .009099 .016069 .046232 .024106 .012112 ""0761 US ,024699 .004769 .028261 00 00 on t 26.91 7,659.00 9,631,496.00 24.284.017.0fl 9,522.324.00 11.175.42-4.00 28,587,376.00 .00 .1)0 20,423,452.00 15,421,276.00 14,553,222.00 19.171.870.00 00 15,710,585.00 9,215,048.00 3,99O,15i).00 31.648.558.00 10.432,720.00 6,690,12.00 , 996, 378. 00 - 11,040,389.00' 84.299,964.00 9,46.186.00 12.436,678.00 .uo 10,191,023.00 3,322,550.00 on 00 30,270,692.00 8,790,697.00 7.065.396.00 00 00 00 7,282.233.00 .00 9,302,618.00 28.901.108.00 00 .00 .00 .00 10,501,937.00 12.757,202.00 8,083,411.81 6,893,134.81 84,473,995.00 6. 608. 082.00 00 S7,9'l,49.00! 8,964.079.00 28,316,492.00 9,916.968.00 189,072.757.00 00 00 28,631,331.00 9,115,664.00 00 .00 39,507.190.00 9.715.891.00 00 00 12,766.444.00 301.825.640.0 OJ-00 883.190.00 .00 .00 16.304.732.00 8,146, 146. Q0 7.S87.606. 00, 00 00 n.uoa, 64i,oo 18.576,482.00 89,060,866.00 20.866.603. 00 47.461,362.00 00 00 17, 21)5,039.001 11,855.640.0W 10,238.109.00! 8.80:1Tir.fl(. 17,690,076.00 3,679,268.00 13,659,801.93 20,867,892.00 4.021,182.00 19.6S2.659.9J SCHOOL SYSTEM REVISION WJLL BE TONIGHT'S TOPIC Committee "of Citizens, Provide for Auditing School Board's. Books, and More : Competition in Contracts. The board of education and a special committee of citUiens will meet to- nlght at the Commercial club to con-igary and .Algot Jolmson, the boys al slder revision of the school laws and ; leged to have killed Policeman Harry a reorganization of the school board. Thi oppolntraent of a committee on - vision was announced this afternooni by -f.bn H. Haak, chalrtnan of the Civic .mmoit. n -tm n a fim iu v Rir.hiird W Mnrt..... Prxf.nr Vna. tcr of the Reed -Institute, and H G. Piatt. LT E. Latourette. deputy city attorney, and John H. Haak will -repre- sent the Civic council. The duty before this committee, in i line with- recommendations recently: made at a meeting of taxpayers, is to prrvlde for expert auditing of . the, school board's books, competition In ct- ting plans and contracts for buildings, election of school board members op a bus-Is of more general representation for the people of Portland, and the chang ing of the lines of school district No. 1 to coincide with the boundaries of the city of Portland. Mr. Haak also announced the ap pointment of a committee to investi gate reasons why school buildings In Portland cost more than anywhere else. On this committee are named J. N. Teal, County Assessor Slgler, and Bert C. Jones, who Is chief deputy in the county auditor's office. A committoe to question the legality of the so-culled taxpayers' meeting held on the night . Of December 28 at Lin coln high school was appointed as fol-t lows: E. L. Mills, George T. Atchley and Frank Motter. Mr. Haak's author ity for the appolntmont was contained in resolutions adopted by the taxpayers' meeting of protest held In the Commer cial club, on the night of December 30. E I HAVE J2 FEED Coffee and Doughnuts, It Is Feared, Would Not En thuse Orators. Coffee and doughnuts as "a bill 'of fare for a Jackson day banquet of Democrats was repudiated at a meeting of the.i Jackson club last night in the Medical ; bulldlnir. The 12 rain heri'tnfnrA il.vl,lnH i on by the management for next Mon day night's feed of the faithful was a subject of animated debate. II. D. Wagnon spoke for coffee and doughnuts. He said a $2 rate was un- j reasonable for Democrats and would keep men t of the rank and file away.. He said It was undemocratic to charge $2 In celebrating the "birthday of An-j drew Jackson." II. E. McKay denied that the man-1 agers of the banquet were playing Into Hie hands of tho plutocrats and remln l-dWegnon- thnt the banquet wilt -cele brate the anniversary of the battle of j lew Orleans, not the birthday of lis hero. Oglosby Young declared it would be lmi.osslble for orators to enthuse on roffee en doughnuts and J. W. Mc Ginn did net believe that, an affair such as Wagnon favored cou'd be classed as a banquet. The $2 rate will stand. A resolution presented by Wagnon declaring the club In fnvor of absolute free trade was inndp a special order for debate at the next meeting, January 20. George R. Smith and I?. J. Plielan were appointed a committee tri investi gate the tangle over the garbage cre matory. Frank P. Berry and Oglesby Young were named on another special committee to report on the question of the validity of penalty clauses of all city contracts. It Is claimed by some, tnat tne penalties on such contracts are, not legally enforceable. E LIMB OF TREE FALLS Vancouver, Wash., Jan. 7. Ti. Tt Jack son, an employe of Wilson Brothers at Slfton, was , instantly killed yester day afternoon while at work In the woods about half a mile from Rlfton. He was walking under a lodged tree when an overhanging limb broke and fell, striking him squarely on tho top of the head. The body was brought to Knapp's chapel In Vancouver where It will be I T ,held awaiting funeral arrangements. 1 SI. , . ! Vancouver, Wasn., Jan. 7. St. James college basketball team defeated Behnke-Walker Business college at the Armory in Vancouver last night by a score of 34 to 27 in one of the fastest, games played in the city this season. The 8t James team had tho best of lt: throughout the entire game, though at 4 times, were closely followed for honors by the Portland players. The first-half closed with a score of 16 to 7 In favor of St. James. The Portland players rushed In the last half and at one time were but one score be hind the Vancouver team. Vancouver played the game at the wlndup and In the last five minutes made tour bas kets. The lineup was as follows. St. James college C. Richards, cen ter; Anderson and Taylor, forwards: I i)Jiaiujp,-a.iittivuau,.4furaM,.. Be)inke-W,alk.er Oeson," center; Steen eon and Good, forwards; Pickens and Thompson, guards. The stars of the game were Bishop and Taylor for Vancouver, and Thomp-t son and eson for' Portland. ' DEMOCRATS DECfD KILLED WHEN AMES DEFEATS BEHNKE-WALKER TEAM WIG BAD HI GIVETHEMSELVES UP TO OFFICERS Muzzary and Johnson of Du luth Captured Without a Struggle, in Lumber Camp; Johnson Regrets and Weeps U'aited t'ress Leawd wire.1 raiuth, Minn.; Jan. 7. William Mua- ,i., ua McKay here, were captured by a posse : , , , v ! "1 a i""1"" E l"e n0"" 01 here, today. 1 he lads, from , whom a , peraiB rCBiince was expecieu, sur- i rendered without a struggle, when they l0 themselves surrounded. , J""" : w f ,1 X 'v ' ha wafl only 16. mhe ""''-" "V V ,B" tearfully protested that ha had -not fired -.1 single shot of the fusillade that killed Chesrcore. Between sobs he saI4 he was heartily sorry he had ever be come a bandit. s - Another Pastor Alleges Rev. Mr. Westenberg Told Fibs About Stock He Sold. U'ult1 rreai Tte1 Wtre.l Oakland,. Cal., Jan. 7. Charges misrepresentation against Rev. Mr. C. of A. Westenberg, former pastor of the Sagta j in a suit filed by Rev. Mr. E. A. Glrvin, pastor of the Church of the Nazarene in Berkeley. Rev. Mr. Westenberg, who since resigning his pastorate at Santa Barbara has been a Bible class teacher In the College Avenue Methodist church of Berkeley, misstated facts by many thousand dollars when he sold to Mr. Glrvin "$28,000 worth" of gold dredging stock, according to Mr. Glrvln's com plaint. Mr. Glrvin asks the return of an orange grove In San Bernardino county and 20 shares of Temescal Water com pany stock, which, he says, he gave for the dredger stock. Mr. Glrvin said Mr. Westenberg told him tho dredger company operated on five miles of gold bearing sand In the PASTOR SUED FOR MISREPRESENTING upper Sacramento river, from 'which on, POnds weight in one week. Not one occasion they took $11,000 worth of through worry over where the new post gold in 18 months - j office is going to be or yet over what Investigation after the trade had been ! ne'" do for room the old one, has made, Mr. Glrvin 'said, showed that the I thls th'n? been accomplished. Every most gold ever taken out by the dredger In a sinele dav arrfbiinterf to l"Kn MURDER: SUICIDE ! George Meyers, Miner, q: , Phoenix, Arizona, Ends All His Troubles. (Dnltert PreM LmS(.(1 wire.) Thoenlx, Aria., Jan. 7. In a fit of jealousy, caused. It la said, by atten tions paid his wife by another m.m, Goorpo Meyers, a minpr, t'v'ay shot his wife fatally, and, after holding .ffly.rs nt bay for half an hour, placed the muz zle of hia revolver to ha mouth and blew out his brains dvlnt: lnstantlv. Mrs. Meyers died at the hospital two , hours later. ! The murder and suicide wor com mitted In the presence of the two vn'n'l children of the couple, four and sevei years of ugc. MeyerH, It Is said, had frequently threatened his wife. BUILDING INSPECTOR RELATES STATISTICS OF 1910'S EXPANSION In his annual report for 1910, City Building Inspector H. E. Plummer calls attention to the wonderful building growth of 4 Portland in the following terms: 4 "The percentage of Increase in 4 tho number of permits issued during 1910 over 1905 Is 38, while , the Increase in valuation la 55. 4 j No city In the country with a population of less than 300,000 1 can equal Portland's record. Portland ranks fifth among the cities of tho United States for the building operations of 1910, while in 1909 the rank was twelfth. "The number of permits issued 4 during 1910 was ffB23, and. the valuation reached the large sum 4 of $20,886,203. The increase In 4 ' tho number of permits or 1909 4 Is 1784, and the Increases val- 4 uatlon Is 37,104,822. 41 The transformation that has 4! taken place within the fire limits 4 I is 1 tnmrkable, and Uie one and 4 1 two story dilapidated frame 4 buildings to a great extent have 4 given way to fireproof skyscrap- 4 ers. "There Is also great activity in 4 the construction of apartment 4 J nouses, and although" five years 4 ago there were practically none 4 in the city, during 1910 there 4 were 119 constructed, 'at a- cost 4 .Of 331,326,800." Vacation Suit Argued. Vancouver, Wash.. Jan. 7, The ens f-th-;Ky-f - VatNWMt ver- vs. MtcHaet Damphoffer was argued in tne superior court yesterday and was resumed this morning. Suit was hrought by the city to vacate certain lands at Fourteenth and Reserve streets to be used for street purposes.- "' IEAL0U H AND GAYNOR AS GUPID TO PORTLAND MN Strenuous Mayor of New York Seeks Wife for Lonesome - One. According to New York dispatches wedding bells will soon be intoning the wedding marchfor H. Hlgley, of Port landi who sometime ago appointed Mayor Gaynor, of New York city, to act as his Cupid According to telegrams. Mayor Gaynor, to whom Hlgley wrote in search, of a mate, has been deluged with letters, telegrams, photographs and personal cards, while. It is further stat ed, one beautiful spinster has announced that she will wed the Portland man or die. "Maiden ladles are scarce in Oregon." was the way Hlgley put it to a letter he wrote some time ago to the mayor. "I wish you would see if you can't get me a wife." Mayor Gets Busy. Mayor. Gaynor called' together his personal staff and ' said he had been commissioned to procure a wife for a man away out in Oregon. Then, it got into the newspapers, and many maids, old and young, of all colors, sixes and shapes began to figuratively pop up over all New Tork. . Such at least, was the news - that . the mayor's mail gave him. One of the many letters received was in French. When translated that if the tnayor didn't get Hlgley for the writer and get him quick there would.be a pretty mad woman in New York. One and all the correspondents Drofessed themselves fair of feature and figure and of sweet disposition. "Wouldn't it Te Just too grand to go away out west," wrote one correspon dent, ecstatically. "Now, there are only two things about which I want you to tell me the truth before we get mar ried: Have you a moustache Or are your legs bowed? I'll like you anyway, but I Just want to know." To each of the letter-writers Secretary Adamson has sent JUigley's address. Now is come the vital question. "Will Mayor Gaynor make good as a Cupid?" Gymnasium Work Gives Chas. B. Merrick New Modern. Form. " J Postmaster Merrick has lost el art) t I IIM,rnlnS ror an hour Portland's post master can be seen in a private srvm nasium punenmg tne bag, throwing the maaicine Dau, shadow boxing and run ning, ties been so successful with it that he wants to let President Taft in on ine secret. Mr. Merrick has tried other cures and failed. He doesn't think much of th ! president's golf panacea. Roosevelt's' , tennis he considers a joke. Going with i out meais nearly ruined his stomach I but hasn t lessened his .girth. In des juration he signed up tire first dr the year with a well known, former boxer I and athlete to give him a course of Training that would make the famous llttlo session Ellhu Root had with Pr. . fessor Muldoon insignificant in compart" I bim. r.acn oay ne emerges from the Kxniiasium weaK, nappy and tlinner. And as ho shakes hands and reaches for a post-Christmas cigar he Is apt to murmur dreamily, "Eight pounds, eight "13" PLAY TAG WITH LOS ANGELES JUDGES (United rr.n r.caMt 7 ire.) - Los Angeles, Jan. 7. Thirteen Judges vi mo superior court are to sit In 13 Jifferent courts lr this city on Friday, January 13, and one of the Judges has 13 cases on Ms calendar, Judge Wills, who him fh m . has announced his Intention Vo go into court next naay with a black cat and with his fingers crosses. Meantime he is trying to borrow a case or two from the calendars of his colleagues Just to break the fatal number. If there are not all kinds of reversals of decisions, squabbles of attorneys over .SarVWinSi it an came about because the 12 superior Judges of this county found themselves swamped with work and called upon. Judge Fort of Hanford to help them out. CHINESE DISMISSED ON GAMBLING CHARGE Detective Martini, disguised as a ne gro, and Detective Shaffer, looking nat ural, arrested a bunch of Chinamen at 107 V, North Fourth street for gambling, on the night of January 3, but1 did not muke a very good case, for- Judge Taz well dismissed the Chinese when they appeared in police court today. See Jim was the mar. accused of conducting the game. BOY AVIATOR MAKES .-, REMAKABLE FLIGHT (United PreH Leased Wire,) Cnarleston, 8. C, Jan. 7. Jimmy Ward, an 18-year-old aviator In a Cur tlss 24-horsepower biplane today mada a daring flight across the river and harbor and out over the ocean, breaking tho world's altitude record for a lowr powered machine. ' He won 35000 by circling over two of the strongest for tifications on the coast He reached a height of 6300 feet. S0DAVILLE P0ST0FF16E AND STORE IS ROBBED -Lebanon, Or., Jan, ,7.-Robbers en-J tered the store of Selfert and Knann at 8oaTHe--iast ntghfuna-ftlew open "the sate in tne postornoe with dynamite, securing considerable money. Both the postofflce and the firm estimated the loss at about $300, Nothing but money Is missing. There are no dues to the perpetrators of the crime. , t: POSTMASTER I HSFS WEIGHT QUICKLY NER CLUE F.TAKES OFFICE 10PEFUL Id WHF1FJ! CASE Orvilie Cavenas Frequently in i Fargo Saloon Prior to Hum boldt Robbery; Whealen-an Alleged 'Snitch." , - Officers working on the Alaska gold robbery case have found a new elui that not only makes further ; proof in the case of James Whealen, it is said, but that promises to lead to a (speedy discovery of the remainder of the gold believed to be hidden not far Invn Portland. A second arrest in the case may come today or tonight, the Inspectors still holding back in an effort to locate the bullion missing. Meanwhile the offi cers are trying to unearth the alleged connection of Whealen wltpi Orvlllo Ca venas and his associates. - It has been fcund that prior to the Humboldt rob bery Cavenas was frequently In the Ffir go saloon' and was on close terms with Whealen. Whealen himself r has lived in Alaska and met some of those sup posed to be connected with the case there. , Whtalen's relations with the Port land police department have ben such av to form something of an embarrass ment to officers at work on this case, it is said. He was known as a "snitch" for some of the local detectives. His sa loon has. been the bang-out for gamblers and their kind and frequently he earned favor with men from headquarters by "tipping off to local police men want ed in other cities for various crimes. A notable instance of this la said , to havu been 'he arrest of four Seattle ttrset car robbers May II of last year. These men were wanted in Seattle and came here, making- their headquarters at Whealen's saloon?" It is ald he told two detectives of the fortlaad force who they were and made It possible for the police here to secure them and turn them over to Seattle officer DOGS INTEREST VISITORS AT BIG SHOW AT ARMORY An exhibition of sheep doga at work proved a' very Interesting feature at tlie Midwinter Sheep Show In the Ar mory last night This feature will be repeated this evening. The attendance last, night was the heaviest since the opening of the show. This evening's at tendance Is expected to break all rec ord V The Oregon Angora Goat assoolation elected r officers last night and closed Its annual convention. The delegates are now devoting their time to seeing the goat show in connection with the sheep "ihow at the Armory. E. A. Rhlten, .of Salem, was elected president; C. C. Naylor, of Forest Grove, vice president; A. L. MacDonald, Port land, secretary treasurer; O. W. Mc- Bee, of Dallas; C."1P. Gwlnn, of Oak land, and W. E. Harknesa, of Orl Fino, directors. Premiums Awarded. C. B. Gwinn of Oakland, captured the premium for the best individual Angora goat exhibited by an amateur. Ttlddell & Son of Monmouth took the cup for the best 'breeder's flock of four registered Angora kids, and won the prise for the best registered doe kids. Guthrie Bros., of Dallas took second prise In that class and Mrs. W, J. Far ley of Dallas was given third. C. B. Gwinn scored highest in the eompetltion for - the best fleeee carried or clipped from an Angora goat, his score being 96 out of a possible 100; Guthrie Bros, scored 95 and Mrs. Far ley 93. Riddell & Sons took the cup for the best fleece of long mohair, measuring not less than 18 inches. Guthrie Bros, won the premium of fered by Riddell & Son for the best doe kid from stock bought from them. . Riddell & Sons won the prize for the bast pair of Angora goats, bred and owned by exhibitor, and Mrs. W. J. Farley won the prize for the best pair of Angora goats exhibited by an ama teur. Staples, the Portland Jeweler, who also operates two big farms in the Wil lamette valley, exhibited Shropshire sheep in the sheepshow and won a prize on each of three of the animals exhibit ed against imported ' stock from England' and against exhibitors from the Atlantic states and the middle west Mortimer Whitehead, known through out the aountry as a fluent speaker for the national Grange, is being entertained today by Evening Star Grange, South Mount Tabor. ..The grange met at 10 o'clock for an all day session, dinner served at the hall being a feature. Lec turer Whitehead is touring the coast states for the purpose of arousing inter est among farmers in the grange work. While the membership in Washington and Oregon is strong, only a small per centage of farmers belongs to the so ciety. It is hoped to extend the educa tional features to the remote rural dis tricts within the year. For the eighth time in succession J. J. Johnson was installed as master of Evening Star Grange thl afternoon. In his reporfT the work done last year Mr. Johnson dwelt at length upon the educational campaign on taxation, on food roads, on improved schools and on roposed, legislation. In dealing with the Internal work of the grange the master urged that agitators be not ad mitted 'do membership to cause trouble and put the grange In disfavor with level beaded people. He showed that Evening Star grange had paid more than 1600 indebtedness on the hall and had prospered in every jway. . E Monle"arrb,'JanyT.AccellInirn nart to the RcDublioan oartv. Prinn Albert today proclaimed a constitution al form of government for the 'prin cipality of Monaco. Although nominally an Italian principality, Monaco, la vir tually controlled by France. 1 GRANGE LECTURER ML TABOR'S GUEST AGO NOW UNDER REPUBLICAN REGI 'I '1- ''.." -.'7. :. . .'-. '' r .. 't'V'-'!', ' , . peary mm POLE DISCOVERY TOGOHGRESSMEN Called, by Committee That He May Assist in Reaching De cision as to Public Recogni tion; Observations on Spot. Washington, Jan.. 7. Commander 1 Robert E. Peary told the story of the discovery of the North Pole to the house; committee on naval affairs to day. Fingering big greasy memorandum books, looking inquisitively at bits of crumpled paper bearing scrawled fig ures and dates, the congressmen list ened to the tale of the dash to the big nail. - ; All .the documents uhnn hiih th National Geographic societv hasnri ?e- clsojn that he had reached the pole, were suDmiiiea xor tne inspection of thet men who are striving to determine whether Peary is entitled to congressional recog nition. - . Peary told the committee that four men, five sledges and 40 dogs made the final dash; They went 25 miles the first day, 20 the second. 26 on-the third and the fouf th, and 30 on the fifth." I reached- the pole on April 6 and re mained 80 hours," he said. "I started back April 7 at 4 In the afternoon. On two successive days, returning, we cov ered the mileage cf two trips In one day. A strong northerly wind was at our backs." He told the committee that the entries in his Journal were made In the lcloos at the end of the day's march. The temperature, he said, was never above sero. The entries were all penciled. Congressman Butler asked whether It would have been absolutely necessary for Peary to be at the pole In order to prepare these observations. . - ''That is a Question that has been much dlsoussed," said the comtflandef. I believe it is a fact that observations have never yet been made that stood the test unless they were made on the spotW where they were purported to hare been made." Peary will appear before th commit tee again Tuesday. "Could you have made the calcula tions without being at the Pole?' Con gressman Butler persisted. "Is there any way to defect it If they were not made there?' "Some experts say there can be fakes," Peary replied. "Is that a possible thing to dor Con gressman Roberts asked. "Well, I suppose so." Peary admitted, if a man is an expert." "Did you make your entries dally?" askeS Dawson of Iowa. "No," said Peary. "I did not make them every day." "Beyond your word, which T. as a member of this committee, accept ab solutely, and the observations you have offered, have you nothing further?" asked Butler, "That is all," said Peary, v The committee was deeply Interested in the diary kept by the explorer be tween April 1 and 6 at the Pole. The diary related that Peary dramV,a toast to "Mrs. Peary and the kids" in thy "last glass of Benedictine left" STATE TAX PURPOSES (.Special DUpntrh to Th Jmi-niil. Salem, Or., Jan. 7. The following table shows: (1) Amount of revenue for state purposes to be raised by taxation and apportioned to each county to be collected and paid into the state treas ury; (2) Tax for support and mainten ance of normal school at. Monmouth. Or.; Total tax levied for all purposes. County. 3 35,164.77 18.265.80 46,709.55 33.058.15 23,901.95 31,303.93 16,674.26 5.476.30 49.698.it7, 14,481.60 11,628.87 11,931.19 15,325.15 47,613.73 17,182.93 20,908.69 11,352. S4 66,677.99 10,932.51 46,943.15 14.981.48 64,774.03 16,056.59 493.486.98 26,667.91 12,626.06 22.282.50 64,395.81 33,277.68 16.847.47 22,803.99 84,096.21 6,676.48 32,111.09 naKer . . Benton . Clkms. . Clatsop Col. . . . Coos . . . i.;rook . . Curry . . Douglas Gilliam Grant . Harney Ud. Rv. Jackson Jsphn. . Klmth. Lake . . Lane . . Lncln. . Linn , . . Mlhr. .. Marlon Morrow Mult .. Polk ... Shrmn. Tilmk. . Umtlla. Union .. Wllwa. Wasco . Wash. . Whir. .. Vmhll. . 34.128.06 17.K80.B.1 45.740.13 32,677.55 23,aSB. 10 30,675. Bl 16. 305. 6i 5.816.70 48,43:1.02 14,064.34 11,305.27 I. 1,661.34 14.883.54 46,241.73 16,803.13 20,411.13 II, 029.60 66,158.33 10,573.95 45.810.49 14.b84.80 63.211.12 1,036.71 ' 8R6.27 96IU6 380.90 616.S5 628:42 3BH.H0 159.60 1,265. 95 417.32 223.60 279.85 441.61 1,372.00 R79.8! . 497.46 323.34 1,519.68 358.66 1,182.66 396.68 1,562.91 15,646.93 610.66 481,412.95 12,073.03 26,087.43 12.300.21 680.51 825.84 660.10 1,898.45 690.60 474.22 447.7 707.60 143.17 666.40 21.722.40 62.497.36 32,686.98 16.373.25 21,856.23 33,888.61 6,433.31 31,444.69 Total 1, 351, 8u.34 33,795.60 1,835,615.84 KELLY WOULD NOT t-nnrmir 1.110 liiirr "t runuivc mo wire One step in the wrong direction on the part of Mrs. Grace W. Kelly spoiled the domestio happiness of their home, and the husband has never forgiven her.1 This misstep was the cause of a divorce aot'ion filed today in the circuit court by the husband, Thomas E. Kelly. The waywardness of the young wife is said by the husband to be her friend ship for Don Holbert of Portland, Maine. It was In that city on the night of July 10, 1909, that Kelly came home unex pectedly, and found Holbert in the home wlttr. Mrs; Kelly. A quarrel followed, and the husband Jeft the home, never to return. Soon after this episode, Kelly came to Portland,' Or., where he is now living. In hlsJ complaint, Kelly states that he has never forgiven his wife for her indiscretion and will never be able to do so. He asks for the custody of the minor child. His wife is in Port land, Maine. They were married in 1907. . ' - Transportable airship sheds, 830 feet long and 80 feet high, built on steel tubing frames thet can be set up in less than 24 hours, have been designed for the German army. ' - A Mah's fireal e.t CrUix WHAT IS mEARSAlJBEJM! ..... . riLKXUTX . . East Side Ibptist Church Corner East Twentieth and Ankeny, -- SUNDAY. 7t30 P. M. ffP,n Morning theme, 11 o'clock, r "WSQM SHAilX BKABBY?" . TO RAISE REVENUE FOR