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Boston, S . m..43 Port'usHl, 5 a. in.
Kew York, . .4tiSealwa
Charleiton " ;.70Bcn ,
4 ;
Raia tonight
Saturday;
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Chicago. 7 a. ni. .43 Koseburj
Kan. City " . .40ooiane
St. Paul " . .30 Kr&l:ell
Portland humidity. 6 . m. . . . . .
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nds.
VOL. XII.
NO. 23.
PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY EVENING!' APRIL 4, 1913-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES.
PRICE TWO CENTS. UmPcll
If
I1ESK
FATALLY IH R10T
AT AUBURN MILLS
" - s. '-rLsjaaaaesssssssssssss
Police Try to Disperse Pick
. eters at Rope Cos Plant,
. Using Clubs and Revolvers
With; Deadly Results.
W0MAM0NG" THOSE-
..WHaCANAIORECQVERl
Further Trouble Feared in New
. York State Town as Re
suit of Strike,
V (Halted Preas Leased Wire.)
' Auburn, N. T., April 4.S1X twine mill
. strikers, two of them women, were shot
and seriously wonded today in a battle
at the plant ot the Columbia Rope com
pany. One woman and a men probably
will die. , ; '
. Pedro Josca and an unidentified wonv
an were shot through the body. Iouta
Mctnisolc and Adam J. Zonky were shot
In the legs and two others , sustained
minor wounds. '
i The clash was precipitated when the
police ordered pickets who had gath
- ered at the plant disperse.. The police
' used their clubs and then revolvers when
the " strikers showed fighjt. . Further
trouble Is feared. ' ; - ' .
: .I..W W. Riot at Orovllle.
'" CColtea Press Leasee Wire.)
Oroville, CaL. April 4. Disturbances
'similar to the clashes between the po
lice and the I W. W. In Ban Diego fea
tured the arrest -here of SO Industrialists
who had taken possession of a Western
, Pacific freight train.
At the Jail the men created such a
'disturbance that they had to be threat
: ened with eitreme measures. They later
were released and chased out of town
by the authorities.
, -
E
'.'fighting for Existence Over
Poverty''; Better to Die in
BattMtiarr Starve'...
. IVnHtA Pmm IH Wit 1
Cettlnje, April 4. Open defiance of
curt demands by European powers that
he stop the Montenegrin bombardment
of Scutari is seen here today In a stir
ring statement attributed to King Nicn.
olas of Montenegro. '
"Scutari Is my future capital,? he is
quoted as saying. "I not only Intend to
take Scutari, but I Intend to keep It
"We are fighting for existence against
dire poverty. Our national life is at
stake. . Tou cannot grow grain on rocks
Montenegro has tried it long enough
to know. It is better to die fighting
than go on living as we are now."
Power Discuss Ittterfewncc.
(tJtttted-Prea bnti-XgSt4
London. April 4. Conversations
ot
the representatives of European powers
regarding the attacks of Montenegrin
and Servian troops on Scutari, were re
sumed here today. The Balkan soldiers
have ignored drders fromthe powers to
allow residents of Scutari to leave the
huHite-ed city and the aavisaouity or re
sorting to drastic meana to enforce the
demand was discussed at today's meet
ing of the ambassadors. ,
- Telearams received here today from
Constantinople say the Bulgarian troops
are withdrawing irom ine xcnaiaija
lino It Is not. known whether they
contemplate" Joining the Montenegrins
and Servians before Scutari, or plan to
end -the war by accepting the peace
terms proposed by we powers.
Bar Russia Backs Nicholas.
rondon. April. 4.-:ChaTges by Aus
trian editors tnat Kuseia- is ueumu
Montenegro's defiance- of the power Is
made in the Austrian capital today, aer
cordlng'to dispatches received here this
thourh Russia agreed to
- - nnited olan for. . the .. coercion Ofl
fnntneitro. the Vienta editors allege
that the czar Is secretly aiding King
-Nicholas.; ;, ' '-r."-,..- v.:-;,
v.. GREAT STEEPLECHASE
. iCnltpd Pra tad Wlr. .
T.iverDOol. England. April 4. Covert-
Voat owned by Sir Charles (3. Assheton
smith, won tbe Grand National Steeple.
chase on the Alntree race track near
, here today. T. Drake's Irish Mall was
'pecOnd'and baTsey was third.- Twenty
two horses started, but Hlghbridge, ,tbe
American entry, owned by J. R. Fell,
and 18 other racers, fell,. The distance
was four and a nair mues. -
T,
if
V . Vunltadi T reit.?aifS"tP fr'.ti .
Hong Kong, April 4. Killing two and
wounding four of the Chinese passen
gers, and tying up the European offl
Mrs,' 80 pirates held lip the British
river ' steamer Tetort nenr here totlay.
They caniid off everything of value.
KING Nl
CHQUS DEFIES
ROPF
VILL FIGHT TO
RETAIN SCUTARI AS HIS
COVERT
CO
N
CHINESE PIRATES
BRITISH
RIVER
BAnLESHIP. OREGON
IS NOT TO GO FROM
D
Navy Department Will Modify
Its Status and Leave, It in
Pacific Reserve Fleet,
(Special to The JoornaL)
Salem. Or., April 4. The report that
the battleship Oregon' was going- to be
dismantled -Is. erroneous,; according to a
letter received today by Governor West
from Josephua Daniels of the navy de-
TMlment The letter says:
'1 have received, your' letter of
March 17, transmitting a petition signed
by the pupils of the Roosevelt school,
Medford, Oregon, urging that the United
States ship Oregon be saved from the
Juntf vessel and-that the vessel be sta
tioned at Portland.
In reply. I , beg to say that there is
no intention on the part of the depart
ment to withdraw the Oregon from the
Pacific reserve fleet at the navy yard,
Puget Sound. It is true that the status
of this vessel will be aomewhat modified
in the near future,, as shortage of per'
sonnel renders it advisable to ellminato
the feature heretofore, obtaining,, .which
l.nnln.J . 1. . J 1 . . " ill..
parednesa of 'the veesel for any duty.
Slmllar'action will be taken In the case
of contemporary battleships In the At
lantic reserve fleet.' ' 7
"This does not contemplate the dis-
mantleing of the Oregon in any sense
of the .word, and for the present the
vessel will remain in the reserve fleet
and be eared for by sufficient personnel
to pi event undue deterioration."
DEATH SAVES LOVELL
SERVING
F
Former Oregon National Guard
Head Expires in Prison
Ward, at Seattle, - :
. (Special to Tb Journal.)
Seattle. Wash:. April 4. Samuel L.
Loveli, former head of the National
Guard vof Oregon, graduate' of west
Polntf oiaie n T th- Civil -war andHn
the subsequent onf nets with the In
dians, died yesterday afternoon nt 4:30
O'clock ln! the .prieoners, ward of . the
Klitg County hospital, at the age of 0
years. A son and two' daughters are
residents of Portland and the body will
Be Aent there .for burial. . .-.
Lioveii was nnder sentence of three
to ten years for grand larceny and
wan. belne held -br to awnlf tint nut.
come of his appeal to the ' supreme
court. The veteran was convicted : of
Obtaining $2600 in an oil deal and not
accounting for' it. His defense was
that the money was his legitimate earn
lngs in handling the stock affairs of
several oil .companies along the coast
that they were trying to get together.
Lovell retired from the Oregon Na
tional Guard under a cloud, having
been accused of - dissipating the state
military funds. After that he devoted
himself largely to promoting oil en
terprises.. - ' -
It has been nearlv i!0 veara nlnce
General Lovell was connected with the
Oregon National Guard. In 1893 and
1S94 he was clonal-of -the-oldSecond
regiment, composed of Willamette val
ley companies. , He lived In Salem. At
that time regimental .funds were turned
over- 10 ine , regimemai "eommanaer.
There was an alleged shortage .In Col
onel Lovell's accounts,' but It was set
tled i afterward to the satisfaction of
the state. s
. : . i. ;
ARE ONLY OBSTACLES
(United Pren Leased Wire.)
Washington, April 4. Final efforts
wre made here today to complete the
tariff bill so it will be acceptable to
President Wilsdnaq well as both houses
of congress. ,'
Chairman Oscar X'nderwood of the
ways and . means committee conferred
with President Wilson and then the
Democratic leaders In the ' sonata, ex
amined the bill, as drafted by Under
wood and his assistants.. Free wool and
free sugar are. tha only obstacles to a
harmony program, and President Wilson
Is certain to have a final say regarding
these.' . - . . .
(United JfrMii Leaaed Wlre.i 1 ;
Washington, April 4. To ask avpat
don for herbrother, Julian Hawthorn,
son of J,he famous author, who la now
In tho' f ederal prison at Atlanta, Oa..
aftcp being convicted of using the malls
todefraud, Slstea Rosalie, a Catholic
nun, visited President Wilson today.
The president asked Attorney General
McReynoIds to Investigate the case.
Hawthorne ,was eliglbla for, a pardon
Marcn z. - . .
Sister Rosalie "first presented herself
to Joseph Tumulty, tbepresident's see.
retary, who introduced lier to Wilson.' .
;' Los Angeles Raising Money.
'" ' (United frrtu Leased Wire.) '
Jhjs Angeies, Aprn with the Lost
P 0
YARDS
FROM
LONG
1M
RAD
FREE WOO
AND SUGAR
NUN, SISTER OF WRITER,
ASKS FOR HIS. PARDON
Afigeter-tellef -fimtfoT Hie OtrttrnttirtfrlaryrAtbeTtarprrt 4-.tnrrrnsed-
Indiana flood sufferers already past the
10,000 mark, a doien benefit perform
ances, rrom tneavncai to noxing, are
planned for the next two days. It Is
expected mat ine rund here will be
more than 175,000. ; ;
EXPERT BLAMES
PIOUBE
FOR FLOOD LOSSES
President National Drainage
Congress Says Overturning
. of "Swamps, Marshes, 'For
ests Has Taken Reservoirs
REFORESTATION, WIDER .
FLOODWAYS ARE NEEDED
Edmund Perkins Says Gov
ernment Must Do Pre
ventative Work.
CnlM Preia JLeas Wire. I .
Chicago, April 4. Plans to prerent
repetitions of devastating floods' In the
country were outlined by Edmund Per
kins, president of the National Drainage
congress, In an address before a meet
Ing'of the American Reclamation Feder
ation here -this afternoon. Perkins de
clared: .
"Flood losses are preventable. The
protection of people and property Is an
engineering problem pure and simple.
The American people have tried to
Ignore the. natural law that a certain
volume, of water requires a certain
floodwayiWlth a certain fall. They have
roceeded blindly, upon the ... supposition
tnat mey could turn swamps, marshes
and forests into towns, roads and farms
without disposing xt the water which
formerly used , these places as reser
voirs.
"In , the solution of the problem we
will , need' artificial reservoirs, refor
estation, stronger levees, deeper' chan
nels and wider flood ways. The gov
ernment must do the work."
Raining fl-gnin in Ohio.
(United Prwa Leased Wire.)
Dayton, O., April 4. The washing out
or railroad tracks in last night a. heavy
rain near Zanesville 'today caused Gov
ernor Cox and other members of ths
Ohio reltaf commission to abandon their
proposed trip to that -city. Piqua was
visited iastean.
It rainedtin Dayton this afternoon
and certain . of the city's districts are
Inundated in a few Inches ot water. No
danger, however, is threatened.
Ten Feet Deep at Iitgleslde.
" (United Pwa Leaanl Wire.i
, Evansvllle. Ind, April 4. The levee
at Inftlesitfe, west of here, collapsed to
day, flooding more than: 200 houses. No
fatalities were . reported. 'The ; north
section' of the town is under 10 feet of
water, all business being conducted in
boats.' . ' w
lleserrblr Is Threatened.
(Ciiltrd Pren Inwd Wlr.
St. Marys, Ohio, April 4. High winds
today are threatening the .east bank of
the Grand reservoir.. Hundreds of men
are strengthening its banks with, a com
pany! of mllltla patrolling the vicinity.
WEST HICKMAN LEVEE
F
River Still Rising at Cairo but
Levee Hplds and City Is
: Believed to Be Safe,
. West Hickman lvee Breaks.
(Cnltfd Prp&a taed Wire.)
Memphis, Tenn., April 4 More than
BOO homes were demolished at West
Hickman at noon today, when the leveO
there collapsed. No fatalities have been
reported. .
Governor "Brewer, of Mississippi to
day rushed 200 convicts on a special
train from the Mississippi state farm
to Millers Bend, above Greenville, Miss.,
where a crevasse is threatened.
Cairo Believed to Be Safe. .
. - " (United Press Leaded Wire.) :
Cairo, 111., April 4. With the levees
here holding and the crest of the flood
about reached, it was believed today
that"1- Cairo would be saved from 1e
nt ruction, It was predicted that a 65
foot stage, 12 Inches above the former
record, would bo reached before night.
Tho rise of the river here is expected
to continue until Sunday.
A river- steamer today rescued SO
refugees -from: O'Brien's Landing. -
Rain last night added to the suffer
ing of refugees at Gregory Heights.
Reports received here say that Shaw,
heetown is almost out of provisions.
,' The i river at 10 . o'clock had reached
a stage pf 54.7 feet and was still ris
ing. Hundreds of 'men are working on
the levees and it is now believed they
will hew.., '.-vv. (r'.
More than 2000 men are strengthen
ing the levees at' Hickman, Ky.f where
the situation is reported critical.- --
Cairo'last rilght sen two companies
oY militia and 50,000 sacks of rations,
blankets and tents to Mound City, III.
A steamer left Ixiulnvllle, ,Ky., -last
night, with supplies for the 'refugees
along the Ohio river. - i
ES
L
fi'niti Pn. li wirfc
by th carelesa dropping of a' lighted
BREAKS
HOMES
DEMOLISHED BY
LOUD
QGn
CA
11000 HOTE
FIR
vlgarette in' a livery stable totlay de
stroyed one of the leading hotels and
several business houses at London, 20
nilh's east of here. , The loss is approxi
mately $60,000. -
"t ; ".'.:';:
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IM t j 1 :
THE
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- .Rmkiesly fed in . 'J , 1
useo-njPRYoptH - M c5&5 - -
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NCOLN high student
Patrolman W. P. Courtney, Father of Cecil Courtney, 17-Year-Old
Lad, Who Died of Injuries, Clears Wil
liam Page, Driver, of All Blame."
fAfl OAiirtnAV 17.voar.nM ftnn nt
Patrojman W. P. Courtfiey and a student
at the Lincoln high school, was struck
by a motor car this morning shortly
after U o'clock at First and Main
streets. He died two hours later at the
Good Samaritan hospital. William
Page, employed by the Kelly Springfield
Tire company at S2S Pine street, was
driving the auto.
The boy was alighting from a Fulton
streetcar, leaving the car on the wrong
side by opening the door without the
knowledge of the conductor. Appar
ently seeing the auto, he attempted to
make a Jump, but the machine was" fob
close,, striking nlm in the side. He was
pitched forward, directly parallel with
the streetcar, in such a manner as to
allow the front wheels -of the auto to
pass on either side of his body, v
When picked up, the injured student
was conscious, but complained of his
back. An ambulance was called to "con
vey him to the hospital. Before reach
ing there, however, he was unconscious.
Internal injuries and a bl!y crushed
chest were the causes of death. , . .
Two .other high school students, were
(Unitad Press Lasted Wire.)
Lunevllle, France, April 4. Viewed by
an enormous crowd, the German air
cruiser Zeppelin IV was inflated and at
9 o'clock this afternoon and started for
Germany. The bj dirigible landed here
when Its-propeller snapped. . , .,
Paris April 4. General Hlrschauer.'
president of the government ' depart
ment of military aeronautics, went to
Lunevllle today and questioned the
German officers whose landing there
with ' a dlrglble convulted that town
yesterday. After belr interrogation
the Germans were Ri i urefttly freed, but
though -treated most courteously, jthey
are still under surveillance and cannot
depart until the Incident Is officially
closedt- T4t-u- ;-:;.-iiW.
DEBATE CHAMPIONSHIP
y ' .;. (Special to The "Journal.) .
University 'of Oregon,. Eugene, , Or.,
April 4.A case of mumps may cost
Oregon the debating- championship of
six states. Word from Howard Zim
merman states that his colleague, David
PlcketW Is slvk with thenumps at Salt
yjtkt'. iliwtw4w..af.a)hedyld, W
debate the , University of Utah tonight.
The University of Utah Is victor in
debate over Idaho 'and Colorado; 'Ore
gon h victor on the Pacific coast. The
debate hus been postponed until tomor
row' night on account oi Pickett..
GERMAN AIR CRUISER -SAIIfROM
FRANCE
MUMPS MAY COST M
IRONY OF FATE
CRUSHED BY
A TO
on the car. Intending to, leave it the
same way, but the accident prevented.
It has been the, custom of several stu
dents at Lincoln high school coming
down on the Fulton car, to leave the
car on the wrong side, as it is handy
for them. "
Page, it Is nald, was going about 10
miles an hour. Immediately after the
accident he hunted up-the.boy'a father,
who was on duty down town, and took
him to the hospital. Then he reported
at the police station. Th-4hjured boufs
father sent a message to th ntntifin
later that he held no blame against the
driver, wnereuponTafee was allowed to
return to work.
C. F. Walters. 1584 Virginia avenue,
a member of the April - grand Jury,
was on the streetcar. His story la sim
ilar .to that of paae.. B. H. Piatt, 1624
Macadam street, andV. Lucky, 1421 Vir
ginia avenue, also were on the car
Their' accounts are the . same. as given
by Page. The grand jury probably will
investigate ,the case, but since evidence
appears to relieve the auto driver, no
criminal action Is anticipated against
him. -
JONES HATES TO RIDE
IN
, (Salem Rnreau of Th Journal )
Salem, Or., April 4. When V. Vincent
Jones of , Portland buya a first class
ticket over the North Bank i between
Portland and Astoria he
privilege of riding in any 'car. except
Pullmans, his fancy may select. On-
two recent occasions, when he was go-
spri mstance on -the road,
he declares, in a letter to the railroad
commission, the members of the train
crew insisted on , his riding In a for-
w!V? J1, logrH others
with whom he did not care (b associ
ate while in a rear ."pet" car there
were plenty of empty seats, one of
which he desired to. occupy. He al
leged that this "pet" car was reserved
for fnwMighrffae-wngers to Astoria.
The railroad nnnufisslon, advised him
that a first claws ticket pnttUn htm
trf ride." In any first class "ear, except
j-unmansv-. j ne commission also ad
vised the railroad officials of the com-,
plaint and advised them of its' ruling.
STOTESBURY TAKES '
J. P. MORGAN'S PLACE
. (United Prem Leaned Wire t -.New
York. April E. T. Stotesbury,
head of -.the Urexel-Morgan banking
banking house In Philadelphia, is namei
to succeed the late .J. P. Morgan, accorel-1
ing to a report current bere today.
- It la said that StotcBbury will gradu-I
ally assume the dictatorship" all ,thrt '
iQterpsts -, 'relinquished by 1 -Morgau'l
through liis death.. : . . ' , -
THE SMOKING
SB OF
IS
E
Health and Police Committee
of City Takes Action; Fare
Measure Revived,
The health and police committee of
the city council this morning unani
mously recommended that the proposi
tion of the acquisition, of Ross Island
again be placed on the ballot. The com
mittee directed the city attorney to
draft', an ordinance to this end: Ths
proposal -la to -submit the -measure at
the June election. .
At the request of Councilman Clyde
tM committee revived hia reduced
streetcar fare ordinance, and ordered it
again sent to the city attorney for legal
opinion. The measure, which provides
for the issuance and sale of eight car
tickets for a quarter, to be good during
morning and evening rush hours, was
twice thrown on the scrap heap by tho
council. Clyde now believes that he can
(Continued on Page Seven.)
s,15
PUR1
S
ISLAND
NDORSED
FO LA
ON BALLOT
Realty Holdings of Late Jacob , Kamm, Valued at $1 ,066,-
900 by Appraisers, but Estimated at $1,648,600 by ,
.' Experts, Furnish Good Example.- 2'
- It Is nor often that the full amount
of the inheritance tax na provided by
law- is collected . from estates of the
dead in Oregon.
Thi t under the Oregon la wvis es
sentially a tax on he estates of the
wealthv1 In 'no case does it exceed 6
per cent .of the Value of the estate, and
when the estate is left to relatives in
direct line of ascent or .descent "it
it amounts only to 1 per cent.
, Tet, reasonable as it.is, it is well
known among Portland lawyers that It
is evaded as much as possible In Ahe
settlement 'of estates. ' One method of
swrnina th.--tax mUcU.ia.: vogue -iron-
fsists of under-valuing the estate its
appraisement, as 11 is. on me apyraiawi
valuation that the inheritance tax is
levied.- . f- "'r -v ' '
Appraisers, who are appointed by the
county eoilrt, appear, to lose sight of the
fact, that they represent the state and
owe it quite aa much duty as the es
tate they are -appraising. Th!r point
of - view Is apparently that they arei
privately employed , as representatives
merely of the estate, and that the Inter
ests of the state In having a fair ap
praisal made ara pi cun,iai-ra
by them in short, that they are acting
entirely In a private capacity Instead of
a semi-public one. . ,
j journal Presents Tacts.
'it la the DUTDOSe Of The Journal, so
sent the facta In the settlement of emu
0( the principal estates, with the end In
view- of obtaining for the public the
tux, ot share of tha -estate, to which it
H entiih-d. ' '
. . Cunsldei abl vjestiti 1.... l-f-r.t v..:. I
Efl GLOW UP
HI. STAlii 10
AVEHGE ; LEADEIV
Efiglish Suffragettes ' Wre,ck
London & Northwestern
Train With Bomb in Third
Class Carriage; None Hurt.
CLOCKWORK MACHINE AT
. 0XTED WRECKS STATION
Militant Placards Posted and
Girls With Dynamite in
Suitcases Arrested.
(United Trefs Leased Wire.) '
Stockport, England, April 4.Suf f ra-
getto, threats of Imperiling human life
In, retaliation for the three year sentence
Imposed yesterday on Mrs. Emmeline .
Pankhurst' were; msde good today, ac
cording to allegations of railroad of fl- -ctals,
when explosives partially wrecked -a
London & North westertfTailway train
near here.. The, carriages were almost
empty at the time, and the passengers
escaped injury.
. Seventeen- cars were attached to the
train, tile 'bomb exploding In the third
class carriage.- Examination showed
the car had been saturated with-rosin
and fragments of a torn powder canister
also 'were- feund... .. ,.,;.,. t . .
Th police are working tm the theory
thatp militant suffragettes are respon
sible for the outrage, ., , (
. Station Is Dynamited, i
' (United Press T.Md Wire.
' London. April 4. rUsing a clock eon-
trivance similar to that manipulated by
Ortle E. McManlgal," the American dyna
miter, militant suffragettes today dyna
mited the railroad station at Ox ted. in
Surrey. The clock, set for S o'clock
(Continued on Page Sixteen.)
IT BETVEEN DOCK
AND PORT BOARDS IS
APPEALED; TO WEST
' . sa"w"s 'f -..f
Public" "Title -"to" "Submerged
Lands Being Jeopardized by
Filling'r'ls Complaint, T '
' Governor (West and the attorney gen
eral were asked by the dock commission, '
In a resolution yesterday, to take steps -which
will - result in preserving publio
title to submerged lands.
The resolution RartlcuiaWy refers to
a fill being made by the Port of Port
land commission in front of the Eastern
& Western Lumber Co.'s plant '
Another resolution by the dock com-
mission valla upon th port commission
not to continue making the fill until
the opinions of the governor and attor
ney general are received. ,
The situation la, caused by an appar
ent conflict of Jurisdiction between the
Port of . Portland commission and the
public docks commission. , , . - .
The dock commission Iras an ordl-nance-
Tequ I rl ng that-owners- -e-f-ttpla nd
property before whose "holdings fills
are being made gratuitously, shall sign
a waiver of title in favor of the state.
Thjere is a section of port commission
law which apparently divests the state
of title to tide or submerged land when
filled for the benefit of the upland
owner to the harbor-line, because tho
fllliid ground becomes; in effect, part '
(Continued cn Page Seven)
as to whether the appraisal of the s
tate of the late Jacob Kamm, who died
some months ago. Is .not.'oDen to crit-
pclsm. ' Mr. ; Kamm left much valuahl..
real estate. - In their repprt,J tlie
county court, the appraisers put a valu
ation of $1,066,900 on that part of the
real property situated in Portland.
In .cslmstrtig the value of real estate
It is w .1 rettlized'' that opinions can
honestly differ greatly. HowevM-, the
discrepancy between .JJije .vjjluat'oit put
on this property by the1- offi't-Taf ap
praisers, and the estimated valuations,
based on tho market value of the various-
p reels, j made by two competent
'authorities' oh real estate values ' In
Portland, is quite marked. Their valua
tions total $1,648,600. which Is $5Sl,Ti0
In excess of the figures of the officiul
appraisers, or considerably inure than
one-third. - . . .
Aa a specif!.; instance of apparent! v
too conservative valuation, the ap
praisal OMots 1 and 2, bkok JSJ.- Tor!,
land, at the southwest corner of Muru. t
and Second streets Just aero!, from the
market .block, : la interesting.
'- ..-Ona Case Cited.
Kot long before h dld. ' Mr, v,r
himself put a pr(ce of $d0,0'i cm i
property , when h- w asked l y (
dor B. Wilcox, 'representing n
torlum eomniljo'tun, !, t ,. w
It to tho city f,r. At ti..- t-.-
rnnwhlwtvt'likc.ii' !(
taken to secure the Hii l - .
to the iimi ln't. hjo. K i, i
for ti.-' i Uihtot : i
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