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
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(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. "''
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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
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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.
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PROPOSED CUT lil
FORESTFIRE FUND
MEETS OBJECTION
$1,000,000 May'. Be Taken
Away, $800,000 of Which
Applies V to Fire Fighting
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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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