THE OREGON: DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 6, 1912. 10 I if OL' TALES ABE ID BY HOLDERS OF ORCHARD BONDS Laborers Were Given a Mere Pittance and Bonds for the . Remainder; i Hopes Were . Raised High by Promises. (Rneelal to The Journal.) Seattle. Wash.. Fob. .- If mattera can be arranged in time the question of trie bankruptcy of the Columbia Hirer Or ' r hard company will he heard before Ref erea In Bankruptcy John P. Hoyt later this afternoon. The Insolvency of the company was admitted by R. H. MacWhorter. sec.re , tary and treasurer, when a petition In ' bankruptcy was filed In the United , States district court yesterday. '. ,- Thls action has greatly complicated matters according to Receiver Wilson, ' who this morning held a conference be- hind closed doors with MacWhorter and ? a number of credltora. , Wilson said no action had been taken, the session he , ing devoted to discussion of the com pany's affairs in general. The creditors are rushing to get In their claims. Noth ing more has been heard of BeLarm. The petition In bankruptcy was filed yesterday by the Standard Oil company; A. C Gunn and . Scott . I. Wallace on claims of I1S1.4T, $(40.66 and $1260, re- spectively. Numerous clients are still ; flocking to the receiver with tales of sacrificing their homes and life long "' savings to buy land certificates and ptork tn the gigantic "wild cat" propo sition.' According to Information unearthed by Harry R. Wilson, receiver for the ' Columbia Klver Orchard company- and . allied organisations, which became de- f unct last week, many of the certifi cate and bond holders are men , who were employed on the company s prop ! crty in eastern Washington. The ex. i rcrience of ft H. Howell, an elderly man residing at Kent, la typical of ; many others.. . Old Man Hard Kit by toes. "I am an old man and this blow has Jilt me hard," he told Receiver Wilson, -1 worked for the DeLarm company on ; the property near Wahluke and It was i no easy employment We did not re ; reive our wages In full but they paid fits Just about sufficient money for our 1 immediate need and the balance was f paid in bonds. We were enthusiastic over the project and for myself I be ' lieved they were a splendid Investment, r specially as they, were to bear Inter ' est at 7 per cent . Now I am afraid ' they are worUi next to nothing and here 1 am left with nothing to show for many inonuis or nara taoor. ' Penniless Tlotlm Seeks Work. t. Among other, former employes of the peLarm-Blehl companies now In Seattle fare Alex Myers and J. O. Brown. 'The f latter was the automobile 'driver operat flng the machine from the railroad sta 'tlou to the land which was being 1m- i proved. ' Brown told Receiver Wilson t lie received very little money, the bal i ance of his wages being in bonds. He I was constantly kept encouraged as to i the, value of the certificates by the pro imoters, who seemed full of enthusiasm, i Brown Is about the city practically pen- : nilesa, seeking any kind of work to. get , sufficient to feed and lodge himself. I Myers Is an engineer, who was employed (for a number of months. His ex per 1- enca is practically the same as that of Brown, although he Is not in destitute f circumstances. However, he has a large 'bundle of bonds, on which he would be I pleased to realise. I t Trades 93000 U iKrts for Bonds. ' Emory L. McCoy,- a resident of Seat itle, was arecent victim of the promo ters of the companies. McCoy was led J to believe that the bonds were an excel lent investment. - He owned a half dosen. lots in various parts of Seattle, and being unable to sell them during 5 tne present period of real estate depres sion, he was easily Induced to trade i them for bonds. McCoy valued hla prop erty, according, to the story , told Re tcelver Wilson, at about 13000, and the I certificates hs now holds In place of the deeds to his property are not likely ito prove of any value. MoCoy is dls , heartened over his misfortune, as he is va hard working man, and the money he i invested in local property represented . the savings of several years. It is only three or. four months since he deeded Ills property away. L. D. Byers, a resident of the Uni versity district, is another holder of . ' Columbia River bonds. He has been to . Receiver Wilson and, like other cred- itors, is afraid he will never be able to realise on the certificates. '- ; :. BeLarm May la Canada, ' It Is evident that DeLarm has made ! what is known In criminal parlance as a "clean, getaway." While he was re v ported at Scenic Hot Springs Saturday, J he has not returned to Seattle and no one appears to know his present where abouts. There is a lurking suspicion I that he has crossed the Canadian bor i der In preference to returning for the purpose of facing the music Receiver : Wilson holds out no hope to the bond holders, many of whom . have called on ' him to tell their stories of woe. How ' ever, he has not had time to listen to these stories of misplaced confidence. 'He has advised all creditors to hold their bonds In the hope that something , may yet be realised out of the wreck. 1 One man came from Everett today and told Wilson that DeLarm had an un savory record in that city. According to this story, several years ago DeLarm . 'promoted a manufacturing concern at Everett and when he left there were many people who found that their money had been unwisely Invested. Xaneaers' Titles Clouded. F. A. Audley, a local reel estate deal er, who was recently in the vicinity : of Wahluke, states that he understands . the irrigation project is almost ready to be placed in service, it is stated . that the promoters invested consider able money In the pumping machinery ; .; and in digging irrigation ditches. The - story is current that the pumping plant Is mortgaged, but should this obliga tion be met it is probable that the scheme might be worked out. Several local real estate men familiar with the - general plan state that it can be made to pay, providing H is properly man aged. -'According to .others,, some of the heaviest loners sre ranchers who deeded half their respective properties to the Irrigation company In considera tion of getting water. - These deeds have passed through several hands and It will be passing strange If the original owners again secure title-to what they have deeded away. Bealty Men Dupe and Are Duped. Rumors current In real estate cir rus are that several well-to-do realty dealers and firms have been left high . and dry. holding .. thousands in bonds In the defunct companies. ? However, some of these firms have disposed ef a portion' of these holdings and in re turn they have title to stood property in Krattl. Several reputable attorneys and realty companies have been mnre ir less Intimately associated with the HANS STRUVE ESTATE "IS WORTH $115,000 Hang Struve. Vmatllla county far mer, wbo died recently at San Diego, Cal. (Special to The Jonrnal.) Pendleton, Or., Feb. 6. Hans Struve, the pioneer farmer of this county who died in San Diego, Cel., recently and whose bod was brought here for burial, was the first of the German set tlers who came to this country In th early days, took up homesteads and by their thrift accumulated fortunes. His will places the valuation of his real property at $115,000. He was born in Lutjenwested, . Holsteln, Germany, in 1841, and came to America In his thirty- second year. For five years he lived In California and then in 1878 came to this county, where he took up land north of this city, thus founding the German set tlemcnt which has become an important factor In the life of this community. He leaves besides a widow; seven children, five sons and two daughters. T (United Prera leiwd VTIrt.t Des Moines, . Feb. 4 General James B. Weaver, soldier, orator and states man, who at One time carried six states as the presidential nominee of the Pop ulist party, died here this afternoon at the home 'of his daughter, Mrs. II. C. Evans. General Weaver ; served during the Civil war as colonel of an Iowa regl ment, 'later being promoted to the rank of general. After the war he was sent to congress by the Republicans of the Sixth Iowa district. His political views altered soon afterward, and, he b oca mi a leader ' in the Populist movement General Weaver was 79 years old. WILL FILE ACTIONS - IN FEDERAL COURT ' Complaints' are- being prepared today by tho Pacific States Telephone tt Tel egraph company, Western Union com pany and Postal Telegraph company against the county in regard to the de linquent franchise taxes. The actions will be filed in the federal court with in a few days, wherein the county will be restrained temporarily 'from collect ing the taxes. ' With the filing of . the suits, the le gal phases of the question will be de termined. Sheriff Stevens Is going un der . the direction of Attorney L. R. Webster, who : was appointed by . the county court to represent the county. Attorney Webster notified the three companies that the sheriff would be In structed to levy on property to satisfy tne delinquency. To avoid tying up the company's business the temporary re straining orders will be secured. DeLarm-Blehl schemes but., ihev all deny knowledge of anything crooked in these transactions. Woman Scorns Advices Invests. O. E. Sauter, a local attorney, former superior judge, states that one of his clients asked him about the responsi bility of the Irrigation companies. He ays he had no opportunity to make a searching investigation, but advised against purchasing these bonds, on the general ground that it was poor busi ness to dispose of equities in real estate for 7 per cent bonds. Hl business judg ment told hi nr that bonds of this class, if of any -value, should readily sell for cash. Notwithstanding this opinion, one of Judge Sauter's clients Invested, and now this woman is left practically pen niless, holding $1700 worth of certifi cates probably not worth, the paper on which they are printed. When the company's safe was opened it contained nothing but a worthless old abstract so that Receiver Wilson has thus . far been unable to unearth any thing of real value. The books, ac counts, contracts- and all documents pertinent to the affair have disap peared with DeLarm. - KENNEWICK PICTURES, 60 MILES AWAY, USED BY ORCHARD SCHEMERS ("Special to Toe Journal.) Kennewlck, WBBh.,mFeb. The re cent failure and expose of methods of the Columbia River. Orchards company or Washington-Oregon Irrigation A Fruit company, has occasioned so much criticism here that It is probable an ef fort will be made through the local commercial club to secure statutory pro tection for, Innocent purchasers and le gitimate Irrigation enterprises against wildcat development schemes. - ' It is the belief of local attorneys and prominent irrigation jmen that, if it does not already possess the power, the state public ;, utilities commission should be empowered to investigate the assets and plans of all firms that aspire to become public service corporations, before such firms are -permitted to do. business In the. state. . ' Although one of the original promot ers lived In Kcnnewlck, and the sup posed holdings of ' the company were widely advertised as located on the Co lumbia river, near Kennowick, little, or nothing was known here concerning the company's operations until within the last few days. ? The lands . which the company was to have irrigated are near Wahluke, 0 miles up the. Columbia river from- here; and no attempt was ever made by the company to sell bonds or lands tn this city.' Free use. however, of scenes' of Kennewick farms and or chards and the canals of the Northern Paclflo- Irrigation company, was made by the defunct company in the publica tion of attractive and miiiina- de scriptive literalur ; GENERAL WEAVER DEAD WA NOTED POPLIS FIFTEEN SENATORS TO BE SHE WD IN T Not More Than Five of Mem bers Whose Terms Will Ex pire Will Be Candidates, It Is Thought. , Fifteen state senators, half the mem bership of the upper branch of the state legislature, are to be chosen at the elec tion next November. It now appears that not more than five Of the members whose terms expire . will be candidates at the primaries, and probably not that many, leaving places for at least 10 new men, should all of those who want to return realise their desires. The five credited with a desire t return are Albert Abraham of Douglas, who Is an active candidate; Dr. W. D. Wood of Washington, who declares he has not made up his mind; Turner Oli ver of the Union-Wallowa district, who is understood to be a candidate; Dan Kellaher of Multnomah, who has prac tically decided to run, and C. W. Not tingham of Multnomah, whose candi dacy Is a matter of considerable doubt Should N, J. Slnhott of the Wasco Hood River district not try for a seat In congress he- probably will want to return to the state senate, but his friends believe he Is almost certain to seek the honor of representing the new eastern Oregon district at Washington. Thirteen Are KepubUcana. Thirteen out of the It members whose terms expire are Republicans. Tho two Democrats are Turner Oliver of Union- Wallowa, and II. D. Norton of Josephine. Ten of the . retiring members were elected on ' Statement No. 1 platforms, and five did not subscribe to the state ment W. C, Chase of Coquille, representing Coos and Curry counties, probably will not be a candidate again. He is one of the five not elected on Statement No. 1. No candidates In that district aro yet announced. In the Douglass district Albert Abra ham. Statement No. 1. will be opposed for the Republican nomination by J, X Buchanan and George Neuner, both rep resentatives at the last session, and both of whom, Jt Is understood, will sub scribe to Statement No. 1. F. B. Waite is a candidate for the Democratic nom ination. H. D. Norton, Independent Democrat will retire in the district comprising Josephine county.. Dr. J. C. Smith, a Republican representative at "the two last sessions. Is . expected to ask the voters for promotion to the senate, lively Contest Expected. A lively contest Is likely to be fought in the counties of Washington, Tilla mook, Lincoln and Yamhill, in the dis trict now -represented by W. N. Barrett Senator Barrett will retire and th list of aspirants Includes W. H. Hollls, rep resentative from Washington at tht last session; Roy Graves, representa tive from Yamhill, and A. G. Beals, representative from Tillamook. This is a shoestring" district ana the smaller counties are likely to demand that their big brother, ' Washington county, stand aside this year in favor of one of the smaller counties. Barrett lives In Washington and the other counties claim the honor should pass to one of the others this time. Washington county has a senator of Its own to . elect, as well as participa ting in the choice of a joint , senator. Dr. W. D. Wood, who holds the seat, Is likely to be a candidate for another term.' He was elected four yeara ago without taking Statement No. 1, but nas let it De Known mat ne win sign It this year If he Is a candidate.- An other man talked of In this district is E. W. Haines of Forest Grove. He was once president of the state" senate. Bowermans' Old District If N. J. Slnnott runs for congress, the ! Wasco-Hood River district may witness an Interesting struggle. S. J. Cooper Is being mentioned by his friends, and another possible candidate is A. I. Ma son of Hood River, an apple grower and granger. - - j Jay Bowerman's old district compris ing Gilliam, Sherman and Wheeler coun ties, is yet devoid of avowed candidates. Among those being mentioned are Rep resentative W. J. Mariner of Blalock and Walter Wade of Gilliam. Turner Oliver, the Democratic senator from Union and Wallowa, is to seek another term, and It is not unlikely that his Republican opponent will be Rep resentative W. J. Church of Union coun ty. Church is the mayor of La Grand Charles W. Parrtsh. because of . his advancing years, will not be a candi date in the district composed of Grant, Harney, and Malheur counties. I. 8. Geer, a representative at the 1901 ses sion, and Judge William Miller, both of Harney county, are being mentioned for the place. Another man talked about Is W. H. Brooks of Malheur, representa tive at the last session, but it Is be lieved Brooke will become -a candidate for district attorney In the Ninth dis trict. , For the joint senatorshlp of Crook, Klamath and Lake counties, W. Lair Thompson, of Lakevlew has announced his candidacy. Stands on "Ho. 1." Leader of the old guard in the lower house at the session of 111. he has laken Statement No. 1 this year. If elected he will succeed to the seat oc cupied by Dr. G. H. Merryjjian. who Is not a candidate. - Friends of Senator Bourne are aid , to- be loth to let Thompson get away with it without opposition, but so far no one has been selected to run against him. In Multnomah county the terms oi five senators expire, and of these Dan Kellaher Is the only one an avowed can didate. It is possible C. W. Nottingham will run, while Ben Selling, H. R. A! be and Dr. James K. Lovke are out of It, Former Representative R. 8. Farrell has announced . he will seek a seat In the senate, and James D. Abbott, a rep resentative tor two terms, is likely to ask the voters for a promotion to ie upper house. . Others mentioned for sen ate vacancies are Representative J. M. Ambrose, Councilman John H. Burgard, Roger B. Slnnott and Gus C. Moser. rifteea Holdovers. Of the IS holdover senators, eight are pledged to Statement No. ,1 and seven were elected as assembly nominees In the Bowerman' campaign., The. State ment No. 1. men are Dan J. Malarkey of MiMtnomah-Clackamaa-Columbta, George W. . Joseph of Multnomah, Walter A. Dlmtck of Clackamas,: Hal D. Patton of Marion, Milton - A. Miller of ? Linn, H. von der Hellen of Jackson, C. A. Barrett of. Umatilla-Union-Morrow,, and Claude C. McCulloch of Baker, v . ri,- The assembly holdovers are John A. Carson of Marlon, Louis 5. Bean of Linn-Lane, W., W. Calkins qf Lane, C. L. Hawloy of Benton-Polk, J. L Honklns of Yamhill. C, F. Lester Of Clatsop and J. N. Burgess of Uniatllla.'T " ' . ' ; Journal Want Ads bring results. . NOVEMBER NEX ITUIIP DCATO MAM A'Ufl : I 1 I ah ST H m 1 i I'-l. '..,', , a u ... , I .1 r 1 -1 f HAD GIVEN HIIVI MEAL (Rt : "' ' l i ' I f (United Pre Id Wire.) . ', ""fBesttle. Feb. F V. Boyle was as- r suited ana seaien oy a man to wnoni ' . ' . . :., he had Just given B0 cents to satisfy ; nls hunger early this morning. " Th . . thug escaped and the, "good, samarltan" 'J , ;. ;r " -a'-; t ' " Vi'; i-""" was taken to a hospital. , .'. , - i. "'' Aavage Starts on oWrld Tour, - s t "" -. : - (Special to; T1 JoDn. t ,..,..''- :;:,? 'i---: ... f San 'Francisco, Feb.- Henry W. ' , , ' Savage, the theatrical manager, accom- f ' " i i panied by his general Stage director, T. I ' I v f t ' ' Daniel Frawley, sailed on the stesmshlp i -' H. f 1 Cleveland today on a -six months' :tour " : -v i V , i of the world. .'',, ) j , . , . i , 1 f ? t 5 j " ,l,;1i..i.ilf..Jl.:.". rTTl 'A I u' 4 f ' i ' A . l-i'-' t ifj : ' - J f " " , th - h: Vf! -silt 11 yZ n i ? - pr 1 fry- r r r"VIlrV ' , 'Hi i "ii...v; II '11 If t-- 4 W-' iv . II II t v sill IFM l w ii , , . ---wt:tf 5Ve Af i,i;J I k " 'Tttyi'il v., t .trvSii if,. -vlll ri22& t f rii " swsm f , v - . II BgaaaaaBaaii?V egtaBaaaaggWasBBSSBnaaw . 1 1 1 1 , i l'mmiaf.mi J The upper photograph shows J. J. - (on the left )v -and A. M. Glovannlttl, his assistant (on the right), leaving, the-headquarters of the strikingr textile workers, at Lawrence, Mass.' Below is a "street scene, showing a detachment of the Fifth regiment of Massachusetts patrolling the streets of the city, which has been put under martial law.' The smaller picture shows Miss Elizabeth Ourley Flynn, one of the leaders In the textile work ers' strike, -who is cautioning the strikers to eachew violence in having their demands met with, by their employers. v','.,T ' ' . . W. H. WEHRUNG SALARY IS ' (Special to The Jnnrnal.) Salem, Or., Feb. 8. The supreme court today affirmed' the decision of the lower court of Multnomah county In the, cae of W. H.J Wehrung. appellant, vs. the Portland Country Club oV Livestock' as sociation for $3000 alleged to be due him for services. Moore Realty company et al. appel lants, ys. Olive Wlberg. Carr, respond ent, case appealed ' from Multnomah county, C. J. Bakln, justice. - L. O. Hillyard and F. D. Roforth. ap pellants, vs.-J. A. Hewitt, Marlon coun ty, Justice McBride. Sit Tou- Gun et al,-appellants, vs. o. A. Hurd, Clatsop county, Chief . Justice Meyer,', appellant, vs. Llvcsley and Roberts, Marlon county, . -Justice McBride.- - X- -""- ' ... - Moulton, appellant, vs. St. Johns Lum ber company respondents, Multnomah county, Justice Moore. . .- The case of Friendly, appellant, vs. Ruf f respondent, arising from Multnomah-county, was reversed." . Petitions for rehearing were denied In the" following cases: American- 'Secur! tlet company, vs.- Cole: Donnelly - vs. Chuns; Hanley vs. Combs; Mart vs. Pra ter; : Johnson - vs. White; McNef f vs. Southern i Pacific comDany; . Mlcelll . vs. Andrews;- Moss vs. Cyrus. ;.'. .'. S. P. PAYS POSTMASTER $3500 FOR STAMPS One hundred and fifty- thousand two- cent 'Stamps. 20,000 one . cent stamps and 8000 10, cent stamps were sold by the postofflce to the Southern Pacific today. If was the largest .order- of stamps' ever sold by the Portland post office,: If1 is ' business that the postof flce a short time ago did not have, and that was secured through a little news statement .in 'The Journal ' that the Southern ' Pacific company was 1 buying its stamps In 8 an Francisco. . . - - W. Merriman, local freight agent of the Southern Pacific, made today's pur chase and-paid 3C0O for the stamps in greenbacks and gold to Stamp 'Agent finrtfrpv. . Douhtlnir whether ;th .nt f had so large a supply on hand Mr. Mer- riman first asked if the order could be filled.1 , lie was . surprised ' when Post master Merrick . told - hint that the amount i would scarcely be missed from the more than $500,000 stock of stamps and postal cards -: In '- the . postofflce vaults.. ; .'.-,-. ' M0R0 FARMERS PLAN HOME PRODUCTS DINNER " 1'--1'.'- tSpeclal to The Journal.) 1' -.'.:'( Moro, Or., Feb, 8. A home product banquet, given ' by the farmers of the Moro district, will he given at the Ru dolf opera house Friday evening,. Feb ruary .... Covers will be laid for J50. The dinner Is In return for the banquet given Iocember 29 by the buslnesirmcn of, the town, The committee In charge of the home- products dinner- conxtnts of 1 S. Peets. A. M. Wright, Martin Hansen and F. R.' iiaxulu' , . DECISION AFFIRMED SCENES AND ACTORS IN TEXTILE STRIKE -AT LAWRENCE Etter, of New York, general organizer MULKEY WOULD INSIST UPON COMMON USER Portland, in the opinion, of Chairman Frederick Mulkey of the public dock commission, should be - slow to grant th Harriman lines an exclusive franchise for an electric line on Fourth street while the' same' sbrt of franchise on East Third street has permitted the Harrlman Interests. to ''bottle up" the east side and deny access to 'the water front. - - ..- - ; " . . . The latter phase of the situation par ticularly "disturbs the chairman .of the dock K commission. He said yesterday that If the Harrlman lines were permit ted to continue holding their , east side franchises Without - a "common user clause, there would be small' likelihood of a. public, dock, if built on the east side, proving of material benefit to: the east -side-people.! "' - - "It will, of course, be stated," saM Mr. Mulkey, "that the ast side fran chlae Is held by the O.-W. R. & N. com pany,' while the Fourth street franchise Is sought by the Southern Pacific com pany. We all know, however; that the difference. In ownership Is ' only, a dif ference in name. , . , "I believe that Portland should be slow . to gran,t concessions to . railroad Interests that are apparently unwilling to show -similar courtesies to the city; particularly ' In the -present instance, where so much Is involved that might be embarrassing to our plan of harbor development.' v - , " " , . CAR CLEANER DIES FROM HIS INJURIES Christ Secure, the car cleaner who was' mysteriously attacked last Thurs day night or Friday morning, died last night, at the Good Samaritan hospital, after being.. unconscious for : four days with a fractured skull. Mike Lewis and George : VajlJ, , the two men whd : wero held . Saturday as 'witnesses, will now be charged with murder. , v , ' The coroner's inquest . will , be held next Thursday. The two 'men refuse to talk. .- ... . ' J. ' '..- Both Lewis and Vajll are said to havo had it In their minds to make trouble for Secure, who appeared to be a special favorite of his employers on account of his diligence, while both of. them were in" bud standing; '?:;',:-' i..;i:.hi;..,'o - Secura is aatd to have .caused .both' Lewis and Vajll to reclean a car that they had already worked -in on Thurs day, night, and as they -returned to do the work, both were In verylbad humor. .'" The story told by Lewis that the man was attacked .outside' the car and that he accused Vajll of the attack and was afterwards revived enough by Lewis to allow blm, to return to work. Is said to be false,.'- .- ';.";:''''''""'.-'''' -ii'--V;. i',r;;-iy Deputy platrlct Attorned ' Henncssy, who' yesterday held Lewis and Vajll un der $1000 ball for assault with Intent to commit murder, this morning asked that the men be held without ball on a mur der charge, , i- 6 Kelso, Wash., Pcpot . Turned , Over, '" fSiwelal to Tba Journal. ? .- .y i , Kelso. Wash., Feb.. g.-'i'h new pas senger depot at Kelsoi was 'turned over to j - the ' operating department' of the Northern Paclflo yesterday. The-new ststlon is the-finest on the const line between Portland and..Tacoma. of the Textile Workers' Union VETERAN COURT BAILIFF J. L STUART IS DEAD James L. Stuart,' bailiff ' of the circuit court during, the terms of -Judge Frazer and Judge Bronaugh, .died . of . old i age at 7:30 o'clock this morning. Mr. Stu art was born in Locksville, Tcnn., March 8, 1827, and was 85 years bid. For a number of years 'past he has made his home with his daughter, Mrs. Holllster. D. McGuIre, 4 7 East Pine street. ". - . Mr. Stuar.t resided in Arkansas as a young man and came to Oregon, S3 years ago. For a number of years he raised cattle in eastern Oregon ' in the Prlneville region. Portland was his home during the past 25 years and he was very- well known in the city. While In Arkansas In 1860 lie was married and his wife, Mrs. Mary Stuart, died six years ago. " .-,..,,-,' A son, Silvey Stuart 'of Coburg; a daughter, Mra.H. D. McGUire of Port land;, a stepson.. A. R. Norwood of Har risburg; lx grandchildren : and two great grandchildren survive.! A sister, Mrs. ,0. W, Thomas, 88 years Old, la also Jiving In Lexington, Texas, -j- The funeral will be Weld Thtirsday afternoon at 1:30 " o'clock - from Cun ning's 'undertaking ; parlors ender the auspices of the Masons of ' which . he wa a member. Interment wilt be In Ione Fir cemetery. : , " ;:v V . . Sawmill at CoquiHe Reopened, (Spedal to The Journal.)! CoruIlle, Or., Feb. 6. The sawmill of the Coquille ' Lumber company, at fils place resumed operations after 'being closed 'down .about 10 days." during which time the company Installed an automatic gang trimmer. - How many tones and been dissatisfied ? Next time call .for W. HI McBrayer's VCedar Brook"-8 years old bottled in bond it Satisfies when others fail. PSl-,1. iMflll) PROPOSED CUT lil FORESTFIRE FUND MEETS OBJECTION $1,000,000 May'. Be Taken Away, $800,000 of Which Applies V to Fire Fighting -:; mm a' t t .-'.1 ,'-"J:. fr:,'-( runa; rincnui vsams.; . The proposal-to cut down the appro priation .for sthe protection of the na tional forests meets , with strenuous objection among the titlsens of Port-, land who realise What' forests mean. According to a telegram from ex-Chief Forester Olfford Plnchot to Mayor Rushlight yesterday, the proposed cut will amount to more than 11.000,000. Of this amount approximately $800,-' 009 la to be cut from the reserve fund tor. fire fighting. ' Should the next year be as free from fires as the 'past sum mer, this would not be such a serious affair, but should it be as disastrous as 1919. those who watch forest affairs' closely declare that lack of ready money the regular : appropriation , $160,000 is available yearly for ordinary fire fight ing. In 1910. when- the forst fires In years occurred, it was necessary for President Taft to act before money, could be secured to work; with. "s, . , last Tear's Expenditures. -The appropriation for building tip and maintaining, the service last year amounted to $600,000, of which Oregon and Washington received $110,000. This money was spent in hiring men to build trails and erect telephone system which, are proving of ' Inestimable value in. making- fire fighting possible. Much of the money spent was paid to - settlers near-the forests where work was -being done. - .? '--' According to the program now the total appropriation this - year for this purpose will amount to but $275,000, and the share of Oregon and Washington will amount to about $60,000. . In addi tion to the $110,000 spent for new work considerable was accomplished ' along the same line by-the forest rangers, who were not paid any extra for it V- "I. am not familiar with the amount asked for this purpose," aald T. B. Wil cox In discussing; It, "and I do not know the amount needed, but if $1000,000 la necessary to afford adequate protection we should by all. means have It.- Our congressional delegation should be Im pressed with the necessity of getting appropriations large enough t secure adequate proteetion and patrol of our forests." Ban Selling's "View. "Of course the appropriation should not be cut out," aald Ben Selling. .-.."Our forests - are too valuable an asset to take any chances with, and 1 believe that the appropriation should be' In creased rather than decreased." '.V "I am heartily in favor of a plan to stop congress from cutting into, the forest, bill," said Game Warden Wil liam Flnley, "for the destruction of .our forests also destroys game and birds In large numbers and takes away their refuges. . We are working In coopera tion with the forest service." "The deforestation of our mountains affects even our fisheries," said State Fish Warden R. E. Clanton. "and I think every protection should be af forded this resource. Every fire In the watersheds of the state tends to allow the snow In the section where it occurs to melt earlier. In the year, and .when the salmon and other fish travel up the on emu a iu apaiwn utey una many or them dry or too shallow and dirty to follow." Sanger rotated Oat. J. N. Teal points out the danger of re ducing the government appropriation for forest fire protection and says every pressure should be brought to bear upon the committee and congress not to re duce the efficient forest fire fighting services that have been organised. "A million dollars means a very large cut in the appropriation," said Mr. Teal, "and It Is an amount' that the service or the people in the forest districts can not afford to lose. To take from the service this amount means practically the effect if a city should, abolish Its fire department. Tt means more than a weakening of the protection of the government's own forests, for there la no fire wall be tween such and privately owned for ests. Private owners, in Oregon as well as in other states, are spending large sums annually to protect their forests, but such protection will, 1 might say. be wasted if tbe government "la not going. to continue efficient protection of Its forests. Fires in the timber are as natural as, fires,jn cities, , and if the government allows them to spread, then private owners adjoining euch' forests will, be practically helpless. ,;V.f; Money ..May, Be 'Wasted. ' "So, too, the state maintains a for ester and deputies who In cooperation with the timber owners, maintain a -very efficient fire fightlnar ornnlsatlnn and this money will be In a large meas ure wasiea unless tne rederal govenv ment ids by the protection of its for ests. ' i'-.f--' . V-V- .-:- "I think Mr. Pinchot's stand is very timely and no time should be lost in Im pressing upon ;. th representatives In congress from all parts of the country the danger of reducing the fire fighting ! efficiency of the ; forest service. The national forests must be protected or else the efforts of states and Individ uals will be tremendously diminished." ..,. ;. '. ..... .. 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