THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND. WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 21, 1S12.
GILLS RELATE TO
GARNISHES SELF
-NEW MANAGER OF
EMPRESS THEATRE
TAXMI
TURN AT FISH BALL
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"Monkey Parties " He Says,
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Show intended Settlers What
Land Produces, Jhen TbeF
Will -Take -Interest
Hilles, Holds a "Suggestion"
Small Homes in Washington
Schepps Asks" Whitman for
BIue SiirBed QuTItTTurk
ish. Rug, Silk-Sox.
Oregon City Man Has Batch;
ver-Assessed; Million-"
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Working Hours in
of'State-
.., Members of-House.
aires Get Off
Modern Aristocracy."-
SHELDON TO QUARD
REPUBLICAN GASH
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Christian Schuftbel. candidate for the
legislature In Clackamas county, has
already gathered a mil bunch of bill
n proposes to put before the legisla
ture next January If he-is elected to
membership. Desirln ""'c'8.
suggestions that may iP them, he
has sent out drafts of the bills.
Two of these bills relate to water
lasted because of the PO'"tvelop-
- went at Oregon uiy -
CUckamas river. One of, these bills
would impose, upon all ter powers,
beginning in 1914, a uniform jearl li
cense of not loss than 60 cents nor more
than 2 for each theoretical horsepower
.Claim Exemption is provided for power
claimed by the United Stat., slat, or
any municipality, also in favor of small
users who clnim water for the genera
tion of 2b theoretical horsepower or
Amount Xs SmalL
"Trader the present law," says Mr.
Schuebel. "the Portland Railway. Light
"A Power company ft paying i cent li
cense per horsepower per annum for the
same privilege that it costs any other
company organized sirce May 22. 1909.
from 95 cents to $2 license per horse
power per annum."
Another biU requires the nssf-ssmcnt
of all waterpowers in the county where
located on the value per horsepower of
the water claimed, and says they shall
be listed separately from the land and
ipxovemcntSi
rpki. further remilres assessment
of each franchise and right of way of
a public service corporation by the
State board separately, and the listing
separately of all personal property and
all Improvements "On, in and under
land." A detailed report is provided for
on all waterpower claims, and experts
employed by the county assessor are
authorized to make computations and
verify the reports that are turned In.
Thiq bill also provides that no public
service corporation shall own a vested
right In Its franchise, hut is declared to
hold all Us franchise rifrhts as a trustee
for the people of Oregon and for the
.people of every county and municipality
'in which it operates.
vvvuau uu". buw
iiiRru&SlitfHiM.iLQh.r Villi fnr tVrn
abortion of school supervisors, TepW
lng the present law on that subject. An
effort to' knock out the supervisors at
the 1911 session was defeated after a
lively fight.
Another bill by the Oregon City man
provides a new system for permits for
burning slashings. It makes each road
supervisor ex-offlcio a fire warden with
in his district, with power to Ihsur and
revoke permits for burning slashings be
tween June 1 and October 1 of each
year, provided that no such permit may
be Issued for land where a dead tree or
snag over 20 feet high remains stand
ing1. Twenty-four hours' notice to ad
joining resident land owners is required
before a fire is started. It Is objected
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No Groceries
No Meat Market
No Pots and Pans
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H. W. Plerong.
H. W. Plerong has been installed as
manager of the Empress tlieatre. Mr.
Plerong succeeds Johnny (Frisco) Wil
Llanis. The new manager of the Empress has
been In the show business for more
than 15 years. He was born and raised
In Canton, Ohio, and his first execu
tive position in showdom was the man
agership of the old Euclid-Avenue Opera
House In Cleveland. Ohio. Ho traveled
with productions en tour for four years
and for seven summer seasons he was
the manager of Pain's Fireworks of
n-hih bo hnd rharee in that company's
early visit to Portland. Mr. Plerong
also served as business manager oi ine
Great Northern Theatre in Chicago and
presided over the destinies of the Met
ropolitan Opera House of St. Paul, Minn.
In recent years Mr. Piercing has been
allied with the Orpheum circuit. He
was the manager of the Orpheum road
show, and served later as the manager
of the St. Paul Orpheum, the Puluth
Orpheum and the Orpheum of Lincoln,
Neb. He comes to Portland from the
Lincoln Orephum.
Mr. Pierong's wife and child will Join
him in Portland within a fortnight.
that, the prenent law makes the permit
too difficult to obtain.
Jrfr. Schuebel also gives notice of his
i n t e fitt oTT Vf"vttkJJisJijiXJj' r stricter
regulation of working hourTtn3.
mills. He says he will have a bill for
a maximum of 60 hours per week in the
mills and factories of thf' state. A bill
providing .figl.t-hour shifts for the fac
tory workers at Oreson City caused one
of the bitterest flgliis- of the last ses
sion, and it was finally lost.
Boys Will He Hoys.
Long IJeaeh, Cnl , Aug. 21 Three
hoys are under surveillance by the po
lice because they staked cralm beneath
the life lines on a bathing beach. Their
delighted howls when their schemes
were fruitful led to their capture.
EDAYS
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Staple and Seasonable
s Marked at Phenomenal Reductions
For Immediate Sale
DAYS
No Candy Store
No Restaurant
No Tea Room
The best way to reach prospective
settlers and get them interested Is by
showing them products of the soil, says
C. 5. Arneyi western Immigration and
Industrial agent of the Northern Pa
cific, who was In Portland yesterday
on his wsy home to Spokane from a
trip into central Oregon.
"Let the" people s what you can
produco and "gfve them an apple or pear
or two to taste and you have them in
terested and they seek more Informa
tion," said Mr. Arney at the Portland
hotel yesteTi-Wy afternoon.
"Realising this, the Northern Pa
cific Is now keeping me busy getting
together a very comprehensive exhibit
of products of Oregon,- Washington and
Idaho that will be shown at the state
fair at Detroit, the Northwest Land
Products show at Minneapolis and then
to be taken to various cities in the mid
dle states on an exhibit train.
"I have already secured a great many
splendid specimens and we have a pro
fessor, M. J. Wessels, at work at Hpo
kaha putting up the exhlhits in fine
shape. The exhibit car will be Started
out January 1 and will be kept on the
move until July 1. At the fair and
land show the company will have prac
tically every member of its immigra
tion and industrial department on hand
to explain to the visitors conditions In
the Pacific northwest states.
"The crops In central Oregon and
throughout the entire Pacific northwest
are simply magnificent this year, and
the farmers are happy. It Is a pleasure
to travel through the country these
days. The demonstration farms In cen
tral Oregon were a revelation to u
and they will prove of Immense value
In encouraging development work.
"One thing that Impressed me was
that the most reasonable land values I
know of in the northwest were In the
central Oregon country, and especially
around Bend. And again, speaking of
conditions In general, the great prob
lem that confronts the commercial or
ganizations of the Pacific northwest
today Is an adjustment of land values
so that they will meet the hopes and
expectations of prospective settlers. On
the whole, land values In the Pacific
northwest are held too high and this is
Impeding the immigration movement
fhw-jwllraad pre doing all they can to
Interest a goo3"1'fffPwf"Mtijtt a,gJ
with success, although perhaps not as
great as they would like."
Mr. Arney is a former newspaper
man and was appointed to his present
position last March, when the office
was created. He plans to make a tour
of the Willamette valley" In a few
weeks and will ulso make an extended
trip through central Oregon to get
closer in touch with the field. He left
last night for Spokane.
Xbe.re- are more brands of cussed
ness than there are brands of religion.
ONLY THREE DAYS MORE
Unparalleled Bargains -Buy Now of the
Prices Will Never Be as Low Again
ONLY THREE DAYS MORE
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(fnlted Pre Lested Wire.)
Washington, "Aug. il. For the purpose
of seeking suggestions Charles D. Hilles,
Chairman of the Republican national
committee, held a conference with Re
publican members of the house yester
day. No progressives attended the
meeting- Congressman William U. Uc
Kinley, head of the Taft publicity bu
reau, denied that the purpose ot thi
meeting was to "smoke1 out" the pro
gresslves.
Hlllcs announced later that George
Sheldon of New York had been selected
as treasurer of the national Republican
committee.
Thirty-live Republican congressmen
saw Hilles. Only three members of
congress classed as progressives called
upon him. These were It. R. Rees of
Kansas and G. N. Hansen and I. W.
Wood of Iowa. Wood and Rees shook
hands with the national chairman and
then hurried away, but Ilaugen remained
and chatted briefly with Hilles.
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Hauling of material to the site of the
new home to be erected by H. L. pit
tock . on Inspiration Point. Kings
Heights, has been temporarily suspend
ed because of a controversy over the
use of a road running through the
grounds of Tully Villa, the home of Dr.
Andrew C. Smith, on Barnes Heights.
Dr. Smith has kept the road in repair
and In good condition for the use of his
automobiles, In the belief that It was a
private thoroughfare, or nn much so as
he wished to make it. With the start
ing of work- on the Pittock place, the
road was commissioned by the contract
ing company for haulage purposes.
The heavy auto trucks cut through
the road's surface and damaged it con
siderably, and Dr. Smith found further
cause for grievance because the traffic
was disturbing to the quiet of his
horns. The road winds through tlu
garden patch and the lawns of the
Smith home, nnd the trucks on their
Journey passed close to the front door
of the house.
.iiuim, io uioi-K un.s iraiuc, nao
a section of the road scraped out, mak
ing It Impassable to the trucks, and to
his own machines as well. Further to
tie up the thoroughfare a wire fepce
has been stretched across it at the en
trance to the .Smith grounds. !
Now Dr. Smith Is lending his efforts
toward the building of a new road,
which will pass to the west of his yard,
and continue on over the streetcar
tracks to the Pittock place.
Journal Want Ads bring results.
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Merchandise in Every
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(Helta! Psess LmA Wire.
'Washington, Aug. 21. Denunciation
of the system by which the poor of the
slums of Washington are made to bear
the heavy burden of taxation, while mil
lionaires escape, was made to the house
In a report returned by a special In
vestigating committee. The report as
serted that the over assessing of small
homes had discouraged laboring men
and resulted in paralysis to building
operations.
The report alleges that the homes of
August Helmont, Levi Z. Leiter, Wllltam
Boardman, Lars Anderson, John R. Mc
Lean and former United States Senator
William A. Clark, all millionaires, are
undervalued.
Referring to John R. McLean's coun
try home, the report s,ys that It is as
sessed at $3500 per acre, adding;
"The land could not be bought for
JJ5,000 per acre. Improvements are as
sessed at J25.0OO, whlctr-amotlnt would
not pay for the stone wall In front Of
the property!" '
LQGOfF H PUN
Y
A score of land cwners have been
seeking John B. Hlbbard and the Italian
consul since an article appeared In This
Journal last Sunday telling how Italians
had cleared and put Into a condition
of the highest cultivation a tract of 40
acres bought by Mr. Hlbbard, the ar
rangement being that for their work they
should gat two thirds of what j,he land
produced, Mr. Hlbbard one third.
"For years men who own logged
off lands or partially cleared tracts have
he-r seeking plans for utilizing It at
reasonable cost," said Mr Hlbbard.
"They say tills plan of dividing with
the workers and making a contract of
length sufficient to give the Italians a
chance to make- something is like dis
covering a treasure.
"Others say they don't believe It can
be done. 1 assure these that it is nil
true. If there Is anything in the plan
we ar using outjU'-MnTtttirTaTTn,v-t WTf,
in - wtr??rr7. i r .Alii.
of developing rich unused lands about
Portland, I am gUd of it. Thousands
of aens should be gotten Into use and
would be if at n reasonable cost."
Pioneer Bridge Torn Down.
(Speclnl to Tho Journal 1
Klgln. Or., Aug. 21. The old wooden
bridge which spans the Grand Ronde
river at lClg'.n on the Wallowa county
road nnd which l as stood since early
days. Is being torn down liy County
Road Supervisor Campbell and replaced
with a modern steel structure.
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(Tfnttea Prs Leased Wire.)
Terre Hauts. Ind., Augi IL Bitter de
nunciation of Mrs. Btuyvesant Fish's ball
at Newport Monday night, when live
butterflies and white doves were freed
in the reception hall, was voiced here
by Eugene V. Debs, the Socialist nomi
nee for president '
"Seeley dinners and monkey parties."
he said, "foreshadow lhe doom of mod
ern aristocracy. The latest exhibition
of morbid self conceit and heartless de
fiance of the social misery of the masses
has been given by MrsV Btuyvesant Fish.
The descriptions of this riotous affair
are well calcuated to impress upon the
minds of thoughtful people the fact that
there is something radically wrong with
a country In which such a dlspluy of
luxury can bs made within a stone's
mrow irom wnere Hundreds Of thou
sands ot men, women and little children
are struggling for a mere existence."
Both Claim Same Mt&i Trouble.
Balllmore, Aug. 21. Each claiming
George F. Shepherd of Cumberland, Md..
las husb'snd, Emma Stewart and Mary
comptn held a conference here today.
One of the women then started for Los
Angeles, where Shepherd Is now In cus
tody, to file bigamy charges agalnat
him.
Early Trial for Dean.
(t'nltert 1'reiin Leaned Wire.)
New Westminster, B. C, Aug. 21.
Charles Dean, accused of the robbery
of the Bank of Montreal here on Sep
tember 11 lat, when nearly $300,000,
the largest amount of loot ever secured
by bank robbers on the continent, was
arraigned before a magistrate yesterday
and remanded for trial on August 28.
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WE MAKE A SPECIALTY OF PIANO RENTING
Kohler Chase
375 WASHINGTON STREET
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No Soda Fountain
No Crockety
NoMen s Clothing
(Cnltad Press Leased Wrs. I , ,
New York, Aujr. H. Police Lieutenant'
Charles Becker, held in ... Tombs here
for the murder of Gambler Herman Ro
senthal, was denied permission of. Judgo
Mulquoen to inspect the notes of the
grand jury In indicting him. - Becker
was Indignant when informed that his
motion had bcenaenled. charging that
h Is-fcel-ng discriminated against.
Sam Schepps, who testified before the
grand jury, sent District Attorney Whit
man a requisition for a long list ..of
things he said he would need in prison.
The list Included a blue silk bed quilt,
house slippers, a Turkish rug, whlto
silk socks, newspapers, magazines and
writing material. After testifying
Schepps sent a long message to the
mayor of Hot Springs, Ark., thanking
him for the courtesies extended to him
while he was held there awaiting the ar
rival of representatives of Whitman's '
office.
- Jack- Sellg, whom Schepps says Is the
man who engaged the gangsters to kill
Rosenthal, was brought here from Proy- ,
ldonco today and taken before the grand
Jury. He testified that he was arrested,
on a trumped up charge several weeks
before the Rosenthal murder by Detec
tives White anil" Steinert, declaring that
White and Steinert slipped a revolver
In his pocket.
Two Given Hearing.
(Uotted Press Lonxd TVL-s.)
San Francisco, Aug. 21. Mrs. Cera M.
Perkins and Frederick Pattlsoa, under
Indictment by the grand Jury fer the
theft of a $4500 automobile belonging to
Nicholas J. McNamara. a retired San
Mateo banker, were given a preliminary
hearing In the superior court yesterday.
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Rent Your Piano
FROM A LARGE LINE
Standard Makes
"-Sefcfern. jtcurarfuaUawcd arnH
variety or quality when
renting a piano.
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No Groceries
No Bakery
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