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THE OREGON ; SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTL ANDj SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH i 0. 1913. VOID IN PLACF OF NEWSBOYS TREATED WITH REAL SHOWER OF JUICY OREGON APPLES 5T mi 0 Portland's Los Sf f Public Properties for Ends for Record - Made - In T Portland's Republicans Offer All Commit Majority of People Wonde First Sale of Luscious Fruit; Object Lesson for .- House holder Is Given. ; tee Places-But Poindexter ; Why No President Turnec - 'Down Office Seekers Befon Which They Were Intended Who Is Offiicial Bull Mooser ! Said; to Be Completed. 'of Senate. 8 mm ends: r PROGRESSIVES IN CTOJEOT P III H IB! EECttRDS CAUSES Rmnirn pimnrpp x if i fi tvs n 1 1 i i i i mm 1 BUZESHii o I It j J. a JKlegler. " Portland' loss of the public proper . ties, for the purposes for which they were ' Intended, acordlng to the liberal plans of the early fathers up pears at this time to be" almost 'com plete.' They included a public leveo em. bracing the present land between It and the river, whit h might how according to the dock -commission' plana be used for a, great terminal system, land and water, arid embracing and connecting aif unit public and private, and providing , that, f r interchange of traffic, which, according to the present plans of the federal government- will be inao- a requisite condition to secure federal aid and appropriations. However, de spite multiplied precautions against it, we now have Private claimants in pos session of the Levee and claiming and passing by deed, in pretended fee sim ple, title to the rivet; down to the pier head line. Doubtless the "strong arm of the nation alone prevents usurpa tions of ownership of the harbor Itself, just aa the old O. S. & X. Co. .claimed exclusive right to the use of all the navigable waters of the Willamette and Columbia. aire Belated Publicity. To give a belated publicity to the legal .rights of the public therein (the jus . publicum which has tried the dexterity of the most expert legal jugglers) at this time, that the public may call a halt to the fatuous progress of these unappeasable Philistines, is the objoct of these letters. For some years past municipal and county officials have exercised a most ' active complaisance in permitting the claims of these people to the pier head . line to become a matter of public re cord. - -, -.- There is no better dead line at which a halt, may be culled to these insidious depredations . than the ordinary high . water line held by the courts to be the ' boundary between private and pubUu property and established as such by ' 1? A iipvavm In th mAamlAt Una All claims of private owners below thW are an evasion of the laws, such as efforts to encroach by changing the water line with till, and In .a harbor like Portland, where the public are Just beginning to be conscious of the val ues of these properties and the need of their Improvement... such laclt of public fairness and spirt should not be or a .moment' tolerated. 0eloags to The Public. The soil 'Of the banks now belongs to the -public, and are to be Improved hy public corporations with public funds. It would be the sheerest folly to permit the properties thus improved to pass into the hands of private claim ants by this sleek manipulation of the highway line, the legal boundary. Other - states liave forestalled such impolitic tactics by protecting the banks of harbor for public terminal improve-ment-, and their courts have supported them. What is the matter with Oregon that she must walk forever at the end of a chain tied to the axle of Special Privilege? Let the reader's attention dwell for s moment upon the sad story of the record of these public properties as I have found them. Many pages are missing, but they may be replaced from those that remain. .1 From the east side of Front street to the pierhead line, throughout the city, an average breadth of .about 400 feet represents roughly the public loss worth how many millions? Who can answer? It is not my intention to resur rect at this date, the old question of title to the levee, but to use the history of the levee as an object lesson to call a halt at the ordinary highwater line. Let the eye follow along down the river bank until we come to dockslte No-, one. Platted ia 1883. In 1883 this water front had been platted. There Is a irmp of record of the surve in the V. S. engineer's of fice, or should be. In J885, the city council ordered the city surveyor, D. W Tnt'lni. , tualr. ... .. . A ,1. )- i. a,wa, v mane n uiar ul iiilB iruu: age for city use. He did so from the II. S. engineer's map. This map showed the west line of Front, street At the Intersection of Seventeenth street, a etraight line. The eastern boundary was deflected by and coincident with the original high water line, and low vater line was only a few feet out. lloili were interrupted by one or two small rills, which emptied into the river at the place. This In corrobora tion fif the tpslimnnv rf th Urif7ulir,.-A- nian. Fisher, who lived in a boathouse anchored there and testified that the Mays tract was entirely covered liy water nearly all the time, and 15 feet deep In parts. Vet-what do the city records and the county assessors' records show? is this map'at present a part of the offi cial records? No. , ,What do the official renu ls show as the boundary line of ri'p.ii'lun own ers? The pier head line. On "what au thority? Ask the custodians. I have, n'ur heard one Kay. Presumably be cause some one else did. Who was the first transgressor? " Devoid of Original Bead. I know not. But the huin at title is as devoid of an original head as u broken tapeworm. The territory in which lies docksite JS'o. 1 was annexed to Portland in 1885 It Is a safe assumption from the map of 1883 quoted, that both the Mays tract and a part of Seventeenth street on that frontage was submerged land at that time, so being no upland, there was no riparian owner, and nothing to which a Wharf right under the law of 1862 for Incorporated towns could attach except the. public street on which the public has the same wharf rights as attach to private estates. Mr. Mays bought the land, if remembered aright, in lSQi.Jfrom Ouy a Willi. P. L. Willis and fooscher .platted apart of the Guild donation land ilaim in 1880. Willis paid (lulljl $;ooo for JO 16 acres. The Pacific Milling and Elevator company bought it about three years ag,o for. 1135,000, returning Mays a mortgage for tioe.ooo. it H Assessed for about $92,000. The dock commission offered to double that and pay it to the milling company, thus giv ing them a profit of about $50,000 for ihrce yearn' holding, notwithstanding weakness of absence of title. Any injustice, confiscation or recrim ination about that? I would liketa j.Hir a repiy iiom. Messrs. ruiton, Thompson, Day, Moser.'et SI., who "hoi. erwfe loudly of confiscation.- llx-Asscsftor Kfgler was a witness in the case, lie was entirely lost as to : e xtent of tiaets of real estate abut- V .4''.. ' i. ' " ..:':-. ri.:, . -, . Portland's first general appl- sale, the biggest in the history of the United States for the same space of time, ended last night with a record of be tween 20,000 and 25,000 boxes of ap ples sold, an average of about eight up- pies for each man, woman and child in i the city. tomxared with the famous apple sale ' at Chicago, last month, when 84,000 j boxes of apples were moved, and con- j slderfng the difference in population. - Portland families purchased nearly three times the quantity 'of fruit. Incidentally, thousands of, persons have learned the first lesson in lower living costs, which the home economics department of the Woman's club wished to impress, namely that buying in bulk' is a potent factor in lowering the gro cery bill. This was one of the reasons that actuated the clubwomen when they started agitation -for the sale, and Mrs. A. King Wilson, chairman of the com- a, King wnson, cnairnian or tne com-1 mittee, expressed herself ss delighted ! with the success that. has attended the initial step in their campaign of edu cation. Wewsboys Oat "Shower." The closing hours of the sale yes terday were marked by a scramble of newsboys for the luscious fruit at Hlxth and Washington streets. Scores of youngsters struggled to secure the fruit, which was tossed from an auto mobile by C. A. Malboeuf, Hy Eilers, Dorr E. Keasey, C. C. Chapman and C. H. Moore. Apples were served at the regu lar luncheons of, the Press and Commer cial clubs. Mueh credit for the success of the campaign Is given to C. A. Malboeuf. secretary of the Northwestern Fruit exchange, who was active in securing tne co-operation of grocerymen. and in arranging plans for the sale. Publicity Aids Sale. That publicity was a prima element in the sale la Indicated by the fact that the apple market was stagnated three weeka ago, when the Woman's club took the matter' up and began to agitate it publicly. STREETS WILL SHINE . IF SHE JS ELECTED (By the InterMtlona! News Sfrrles.) Oakland. Cal.. March 1 Oakland has come forward with a woman candidate for street commissioner. Mrs. France Hall, and her friends are rallying to her support in this novel race. Not only women, but men aa wel!. have flocked to the standard of the feminine aspirant for office. Mrs. Hall's platform Is a key to the arguments that will be used In her support, vi.: The men of this state some time since realized that womankind was en dowed with sufficient intelligence to vote properly and to hold public office and so by their votes bestowed the franchise upon us. Such being the case I think It the duty of every woman to serve the government in such capac ity a she feels best, fitted for." FRIGATE PORTSMOUTH GIFT TO CALIFORNIA (By tbe international Mews Sarrlce.) Washington, March 8. The navy de partment will proceed at once to put the old wooden sailing ship Portsmouth in commission to be sent to San Francisco as a gift to the state of California. The Portsmouth is now at the Norfolk navy yard. The vessel was built at Klttery. Maine, in 1843. and her first cruise was to the Pacific under com mand of Commander J. B. Montgomery, arriving at San Francisco July 6, 1846. On July 9 of that year she captured San Francisco from the Mexicans. She cruised in African watersi stopping the Blave trade, and was with Farragut when the Mississippi forts were passed and New Orleans taken during the Civil war. FIGHT ON RACE TRACK GAMBLING CONTINUES (By the International New 8erTlre.) New York, .March 8. The fight to prevent race track gambling was re newed today when Charles M. Wysong attorney for Justice of the Peace Peace I of ap-J of th.- Charles F. Gittens, of Hempstead filed an appeal with the court peals from the recent decision appellate division of the supreme court dismissing the case against Paul Shane, a bookmaker, who had been charged with violating the law by tak ing oral bets. The appeal is made to the higher court to which the case can be carried and the decision will be final. Upon the decision from the last ap peal will rest the opening of the trackj at Belmont Park, Sheepshead and Sar atoka during the coming summer. ting on t lie river, never questioned the ownership of tho property (to plefhead line, didn't consider It his business, but waa perfectly willing to collect taxes from anyone who would pay them, whether the property lay in the 'water or on the land. He, however, showed where Tiis sym pathies lay hy the remark that theihigti water lino wag out of the question! as a boundary line, as he had seen it away up on Sixth street. Such judicial definitions as ordinary hlgii water, vegetation line, or that of Judge Thayer, "high water line within the bed of the river," did not, evident ly, appeal to h's appreciation. Another slgrilf leant void in the pub lic records of the city is the map's 'of survey ordered in- 1857 or 1858, 'by the council, of the -townslte, for th purposes of entry in the l.'nited States land office. This was ordered recorded In -the "city surveyor's book of records." The map was made, the entry filed and, as stated, the patent Issued December 7. 1S60, antedating all others. It is in the records that the city bought up the donation land claims of Lownsdale et al. What was done with the municipal ownership and to whom . itg -title-descended is an interesting question that may yet be unearthed. ' - ' But the point I want to make how is that the custodions of the public recous are Intended and enaaired to I aaUguafd -tttoee-Mrtrrnnents pru Wtm,.hrK'removeI " t;T Fm ili.n.ti ,77 Ing public properties as well as thoe protecting private properties. The void In the place of these njaps and Instruments recording the public titles nd boundaries Is a void most eloquvnt or Official .-unfaithfulness. - - . U .it - --. ... . " . . , . - . r , Scene at Sixth and Washington Btreeta, where newsies were'ehqwered ' Apple Sale l)ay. . . HIES ELD IN ST. JOHNS Charles Bredeson Wins Choice for Mayor on Both Tickets. 6"t. Johns, March 8. With a baro 40 per cent of the registered voters at the polls, the primary election to day was one of the tamest ever held In this city. The only real fight of the election was for mayor. Charles Bredeson sprung a complete surprise by winning the nomination on both the Democratic and -Republican tickets. In each party he won by a substantial majority. Those who' were nominated are': Democrats Mayor, Charles Hiedeson; recorder, F. A. Hlce; treasurer, J. K, Tanch; attorney, Percy C. Stroud; coun-cllmen-at-large, 8. O. Wright, H. M. Waldref and J. W. Davis; councllmen, First ward, I. B. Martin and ( K. Gar lick; councilman, Second ward, Roy Wilcox and J. F. 'Glllmore. Repuubllcan ticket Mayor, Charles Bredeson; recorder, F. A. Rice; treas urer, J. E. Tanch; attorney, Percy C. Stroud; couneilmen-at-largo, J. W. Davis, S. O. Wright and Frank Hnrs man; councilman. First ward, I. R. Mar tin and J. N. Pnrkaplie; councilman, Second ward. P. Hill and Ray Wilcox. Mr. Bredeson states that he will be gin at once an active campaign for.th.? general election in April. He would make no statement other than to say that he would make a clean sweep of the engineering arM police departments, which "ne claims have neglected their work for the last month In elec tioneering for Mr. Muck. Mrs. F. W. Valentine received a few complimentary votes for major from her suffragette friends. ARMY AND NAVY WILL REMAIN NEAR MEXICO (Mr the Interrmllonal New Service.) Washington, March 8. Until there is a far better prospect of peace In Mex ico than exists at present, neither tho federal troops on the frontier nor th United States war vesselB now in Mex ican waters will bo withdrawn. Secre tary of War Garrison announced this afternoon that the troops will remain on the frontier for the present and Secretary of tho Navy 'Daniels assertel that the ships sent within striking dis tance of Mexico will . remain ' where they are. ASK.SCH001, BOARD TO NAME WOMAN AS THIRD ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT . , r if . ........ .. VV,V fWWJZr t -or. M v lr ) I,-" v r Candidates for position of third assistant to superintendent of schools, wftich position women's organizations have asked to be created. Left to right Mrs. A. N. B'elts and Miss Athta Dinilck. The women's organizations of Port land have asked the school board to create the office of third assistant 'su perintendent of school and to appoint a woman for the place. Two candidates have announced themselves. These are Miss Athia h. Dimick, principal of the Brooklyn school, and Mrs. A; N. Kelts, ,i. .... has been suggested. Miss Grace P. De- Graff, president of the Grade Teachers' association and teacher in Dadd schoot. but she said yesterday that she did not expect to (apply. for. the position and would' not care to accept it if offered Tin Says No One in Mexico City Believes. Killing of Deposed President Was Planned by Huerta. (Hy the International Newa SerTti.) New York, May 8. An entirely new version of the assassination of former President Madero of Mexico was told today by Frank 8. Dart, a photographer for a film company of this city who arrived in Mexico 12 hours after thg death of the former ruler. 'I do not believe and I do not think that Madero's most loyal supporters believe that General Huerta, 12 hours before the killing of Madero, - had it In his mind to do away with Madero," said Dart. "These are the facts that I was abl-3 to pick up in the terror ridden city Immediately upon my arrival. General Huerta had decided that it was for the b.st interests that Madero and Suarez should leave the country. . "A special train was made up to carry them and their families to Vert Cruz, where they were to be put aboar,! a steamship upon their promise never to return to Mexico. The entire party was aboard the train and were just about to leave when. General HuerU received word from' Vera Cruz that a. large number of Madero's friends were organizing there and that they had expressed their determination to in tercept the train bearing the president' t party and rescue their leader. "Therfipon General Hurta changed his plans immediately and ordered that Madero and Saurez be taken back to the penitentiary. It was while they were passing the wall, that they were shot down by a band of Huerta's men. This version of the killing of the form er heads of Mexico Is told on all sides of the city." ' ' . AVill Deliver Lecture. A lecture of unusual merit wilt be given at the North Portland branch li brary next Wednesday evening at 8 p. m. Dr. ('. D. Williamson will give his travel talk on "The Grand Canyon of Arizona and the Yosemlte Valley." The lecture will ' be illustrated with more than 200 views. without first knowing who. the superlhr tendentjs to be. Frank Rigler, now su perintendent of Portland schools, re cently tendered his resignation. Ills successor has not been elected. Teacher Kara 38 Tears. Miss Dimick has been a teacher in Portland 38 years. She was born In Ore ggn .and ,iias-a..wlla aruualntMBee with the older families of the"?lty and state. Mrs. Kelts is graduate of the Mich igan state normal school in the.' literary and Latin course. She Is also a gradu ate of Indiana State university, where she was given the A. B. degree in eco nomics and sociology. , , ; r ; . .. . if. m 1 St WD GIVES NEW VERSION OE MHO'S DEATH u ..:,:r--i : lit , ' r, -Vi'';-'-:-.::-.;K:.;- ''i' jj v - .-;' r.js-1. Ki.wwvi1 with apples by cithena; la honoy ot , .':';'v-V ;'; i'i A-.'-f i.V ' President and Family Attend Theatre National Anthem v0mitted. by Request. (Br tuu International Newt Serf lee. ) , Washington. D. C, March 8. The president and Mrs. Wilson made their first public appearance here, socially, tonight when they were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. William C. Wilson at a double box parly at the New National theatr. Owing to instructions sent to the theatre, the usual flag 'drapery of the president's box was taken down and for the first time in the memory of the Washington public, the band did not play the Star Spangled Banner on the entrance of the executive. The ad ditional guests were the Misses Wilson and a number of the Wilson relatives. Sightseeing trips to places of Interest in Washington have been taken every day by the Wilson girls. (Speelal to Tbe Journal V Oregon City. Or., March 8. Ray Coop er of Oregon City has been mysteriously missing since Kebruary 17. His father, E. H. Cooper, believes the young man has been murdered or possibly shang haied. Young Cooper is 26 years of age, and has been employed by the Pa cific Telephone & Telegraph Co. as line man. He kissed his wife good-bye on the morning of February 17, and presum ably went to his work. When he did not return in the evening his family became alarmed and Instituted a search for him, but without avail. He waa in charge of some work being done be tween Rainier and-Westport, and said he was going to Rainier in connection with this work; He was recognized by friends at the Rainier station about S. o'clock that night, and talked with a stranger, also another lineman. The stranger is now thought to have had something to do with the disappearance of Ray Cooper. Cooper had on, his usual working clothes, and j-was without funds, and his friends can assign no possible rea son why he would have voluntarily dis appeared. He Is known to have cashed a check in Rainier for IB, but this was not an unusual thing for him to do, as he frequently had to cash checks for incidental expenses while on Jobs of this character. The young man's fa ther has employed detectives and - is making every effort to locate his. son. The police generally have been notified to be on the lkout for him. LABOR ASKS LAWS FOR PROTECTION OF WHITES (Cnltfd Pre Usaed WtrO Vancouver, B. C, March t. Legisla tion similar to that passed In Saskatch- ewan and Manitoba to prohibit whitei girls from being employed by Chinamen and Other orientals, was asked for this morning by the delegates of the British Columbia Federation of Labor who ap peared before the labor commission. While it was admitted that the evil so far was not very widespread in British Columbia, the delegates urged that the Chinese of late had gained control of a large number -of restaurants and that before long white girls would be driven to accept places under oriental masters. NEW INDOOR POLE VAULT RECORD AT RICHMOND (By the IntmatlonI News SefTlce.) Richmond, Va., March S. The world's Indoor amateur pole vault record was broken herwfbday by Wideman, of Georgetown university, who cleared the bar at 12 feet. The record will not be allowed as the rules demand that three officials be present. Wideman was al lowed 11 feet, 8ft 'inches. ; 8029 Women Registered. More than half f the women regis tered for the approaching city elections up to last night were Republicans and more than a quarter were Democrats. The total registration of women was S029, .divided as" follows: Republicans, 2881-f Democrats, 1142; ; Progressives, 453; Prohibitionists, 209; Socialists, 109; Independent 135. Men registered at the present registration number 663 to date.. Eighteen . actual days of regis. tration have passed an the average for tttr0TnefrartefrTJ4aar"' j -There has been invented for boring holes in. brick, atone and cement a tool which reproduces the hammer and-drill effect . of hand toots elgh 1 1 timet for each revolution of a crank. . .' . YOUNG on CITY DISAPPEARS ' (United prau Leucd Wire.) Washington, March 8,-i-Plcklnf of the chairmanships . for thr It ,bg senate committees was undertaken by the Dem ocratic , "steering ' committee" late this afternoon, -Headed ,by Senator Kern: the majority leader, the committee met behind ' closed doors to ' make up Its tentative draft. The result Is not ex pected to be madepublio until the whole senate has been threshed over In Dem ocratic conferences next week. ' The majority caucus distributed mora patronage today. Joseph Wilson, Pres. Ident Wilson's brother, waa defeated for the 16000 plum of secretary to the senate, the job going to James M. Baker, a . South Carolinian, whose ' candidacy was Indorsed by Senator Tillman. He received 25 votes out of 47 on .the sec ond ballot.'.; , .'. . Y , . . Republican committee assignments, It waa learned tonight; wilt be made with due regard to all members listed as Republicans. This meant that every non-Democrat in the upper house, with the single exception of Senator Poin dexter, of Washington, who Is officially listed as a "progressive," will be of fered a committee position by the Re publican caucus. The Question as to Whether Senators Poindexter. . Brlstow, Clapp, Norrls, Sterling and others will form a sep arate organisation and demand official recognition hunr In the balance to night. The Republican olive branch In the-offering of the - Republican chair manships caused some radicals to pause in their preparations to keep up the fight that split the party. No final decision will be made until more is learned of the Republican plan. ROTARY CLUB WILL MEET NEXT WEDNESDAY President C. V. Cooper of the Rotarv club sent notices to all members yes terday that the Usual meeting on Tues day would be postponed until Wednes day, when the club members will Meet with the Ad club at luncheon In the Hotel Portland to hear Director William H. .Allen of the New York bureau of municipal research. Announcement was also made of the Jinks night planned by the club for April g at the People's theatre. A series of special moving ic tures are to be shown, Souvenirs will be - given and a ' price beauty contest held. Music will be furnished by an orchestra, quartet and several soloists. Each of the Rotarians Is to, pay a quar ter to attend. The proceeds are to be devoted to meeting the expenses and for further entertainment WHAT EACH DEFENDANT SHALL PAY IS QUESTION With the plaintiff, John F. Holm boe, anxiously waiting to find out from whence 18000 is to come, attorneys for W. H. Morgan and the Howard Auto mobile company yesterday began a bat tle before Circuit Judge McGinn to determine how much each party must pay. The two defendants agreed, to settle the case for the amount stated and offered to let a Jury decide as to what per cent each should pay. Mor gan is willing to pay half, but the com pany only wants to pay 12500, leaving Morgan 16600 . to pay. Morgan was learning to drive a machine whlclt was being demonstrated by an employe ot the company at the time Holmboe waa run down and injured. The case wilt begin again tomorrow morning. , Bunco Men Sentenced. Five "bunco" men, arrested March 2 by the police, were given 130 days and $60 fines each yesterday by Justice Bell. The men were well equipped to ply their trade and the fact that they left Brit ish Columbia on the same day, Seattle on the same day, arrived in Portland on the same day, and stayed at the same hotel, proved their undoing, as Deputy District Attorney Collier used that in his argument as the grounds for vag rancy prosecutions. The men were J. D. Raymond, Frank Caviness, George Lloyd, Ed McDonald and Ray Hooper. All have records Jp police circles. -Journal Want Ads bring results. An Open Letter to Mrs. A. King Wilson And the Portland Woman's Club D. C. -BURNS, Pres. D. C. Burns 208-210 Third Street COMMISSION MERCHANTS GROCERS Portland, Oregon, March 8, 1913. To Mrs. A. King Wilson and the Portland Woman's Club, City.. s Ladies: Allow us to take this method of thanking you for the great common good accomplished through your efforts in the promotion sale of apples." We are pleased to state that we disposed of a very great many , boxes of apples and, judging from the many good re- , ports we received from others, Apple Day in Portland was a very conspicuous success. We further state that we are always ready to cooperate with you whenever " you feel like making another effort along similar lines. . Thanking you again, we remain, , , ' Very respectfully ,d. c. By J. H, By Joliii Ternplo Graves. .i Washington, March 8,The- malcon tents who art seeking office under Wil son declare that in his own revolutlot ary act of turning over the offices to hi cabinet he has avoided the ; opportunity of. rewarding them and shifting the re ponsibility of turning them ddwn. . ; Half of the men who are sceklnsr som sort of recognition under the Wilson ad ministration are basing their hopes upo mo reai or imaginary record of persona service done to President Wilson pre tauina ins nomination ana durina th campaign. , .-, Jt is Safe tO S8V that onc.fcntf t nn the two-thirds of this ambitious arm are astonished, indignant and protesting against a etiange which ' oractlcall sweeps tne record of personal servlo and personal acquaintance out of con Bideration. It 'leaves, the hooeful as pi rant to pass his claims under the cold "' ot a new .caoinet official, whol perhaps, he does not know, instead oft ycriuinpu io pieaa nis merits, nif service, his character and his campaign! contribution before the president whom he had personally known or personally served. . - . But there la another side and it 1st uuiiiiug ics,tinan iriiuuui io say mat ine majority or me aisinterestea citi- sens with whom I have discussed this all absorbing question, believe that Mr Wilson has done a very wise and very proper thing which It Is astonishing n nthr Tiriftli1nt AVOt thntlrhf tn rln hp- fore. ' ,; INSURANCE COMPANY . ' WILL BE INVESTIGATED On request of State Insurance Com mlssioner Ferguson an Investigation of the National Livestock Insurance com pany will he made by District Attorney Evans to determine whether the com pany is violating state laws. The license of the company was taken away Janu ary X 1912, . Last December the company waa placed In the hands of J. A. Todd as receiver. Tne company had about 3300.000 in policies outstanding, and about 116,000 In unpaid policies. Since the license was revoked Commissioner, Ferguson stated that the company has been doing business regardless of the revocation. j OPENING Of the Season . Our Spying ' Tweeds and Worsteds now ready Greys, Bides, Blue Mixtures leading a spattering of New Browns and a liberal supply of "Black and Whites" in stripes, checks and ovrplaids. 2000 Styles in All $25-$30"$35 AND UPWARDS No trouble to show gobds . t. WILLIAM JERRCMS' 80N9, 108 Thlfd Street - -t J. H. McAFEE, Secy. & Treas, Company, Inc. Phones (Main 6X3 t A-H2U burns Company. McAfee, Secy, and Treas.