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THE 5 OREGON - SUNDAY 'JOURNAL. PORTLAND' SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER" Sr 1915. : "
'CORN EXHIBITS TO
PORTLAND tVILL BE
SCHOOL GIRLS DOING WORK FOR CHARITY
BE ONE FEATURE OF
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FOR
UDGES
AND
GOMNBSSDHERS
Annual Session of Oregon
Association to Close With
' Banquet on Friday Night,
PROGRAM IS PREPARED
Acting Prldmt Xolmaa Will Briar
XTp Qnartloa of JtaTistnff tb
ZHiUnf Xoad Laws.
Portland will b the Mecca for county
Judgeg and commissioners next Wed
nesday, when the annual session of
the Oregon usaoclatlon of the two
branches of county government opens
The sessions will close formally Fri
day night' with a' banquet and vaude
ville entertainment under the auspices
of the" Portland Chamber of Commerce
but on Saturday the members and their
families who remain over will attend
In a body the Pacific International
Livestock exposition. a
Rufus C. Holman, acting president of
the association, will bring before the
meetings the Question of revision of
existing road laws, and suggest that a
committee be appointed to redraft the
present road laws, that the needed
changes may be presented to the next
legislature in concrete form
The program for the convention fol
lows:
Wednesday
10 a. m. Registration and reception
of delegates and distribution of badges.
11 a, m. tleetion of officers
11:30 a. m. Report of treasurer, by
Honorable W. H. Mat torn.
11:43 a. m. Report of secretary, by
Honorable 1'hllo Hulbroot
2 p. m. Address of welcome, by
Honorable James Withycombe, gover
nor of Oregon.
2:15 p. m. Response, by Honorable
I. 8. Gunning. Waaco county.
2:30 p. m. "The County Budget and
Annual Tax levy, ' by Henry K. Reed,
assessor of Multnomah county. The
discussion of this subject will be par
ticipated in and led by the following
membt-rs: Honorable J. T. Beckwith,
Jefferson county; Honorable w. H. Ma-
lone. Benton county: Honorable C. G.
Gillette, Josephine county; Honorable
J. V. McKnight. Linn county; Honor
able Ed Hawkee, Hood River county
Honorable B. F. Nichols. Douglas
county; Honorable A. FT Harvey, Co
lumbia county; Honorable J. J. Holt.
Sherman county; Honorable J. B. M eft-
sick. Baker county; Honorable W. H.
Makme, Benton county; Honorable LX
V. McKnight, Linn county; Honorable
B. . Nichols, Uouglas county; Honor'
able W. P. Newby. Wallowa county
Honorable Fred li. Sitton, Yamhill
county: Honorable T. B. Wakefield,
LaKe county.
3:00 p. m. "The Work of the State
Highway Advisory Board, by Honor
able Leslie Butler, Hood River. Ore
gon. The discussion of this subject
will fe participated in and led by the
xoiiowing members:
Honorable R. K Butler. Wasco coun
ty; Honorable C. W. Beckett, Marion
county; Honorable T. S. Cornelius,
Clatsop county; Honorable John Ft ye,
Clatsop county; Honorable A. M. Hare
Tillamook county; Honorable D. B
Reasoner, Washington county; Honor
able F. L. TouVelie. Jackson county
Honorable JudscJn Weed. Columbia
county.
3:30 p. m. "The Financing of Coun
ty Road Work." by Honorable J. H.
Albert tot Marion county. -The discus
sion off this subject will be participated
In and led by the following members:
Honorable W. S. Allen, " Yamhill
county: Honorable George S. Currin.
Morrow county. Honorable Mike Dukek,
Wheeler county; Honorable Ernest
Johnson, Wallowa county:. Honorable
J. M. King, Jefferson county; Honor-
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Samples Produced Under the
Auspices, of 0-W. R. & N.
. to Be Put in Failing Bldg.
iWILL BE OPEN TO PUBLIC
Members of the Albiaa Homestead Junior Parent-Teacher assoclati on. Left to right Gertrude Wels
ensee, .president; Loretta Shanahan, vice president; Genera F ranee, treasurer; Marie Parson,
secretary.
The girls of the eighth and ninth
grades of the Alblna Homestead school
are the first to organize a Junior Par
ent association. They have been or
ganized but two months, but they al
ready have to their credit many food
deeds that will fit them for more ef
ficent membership n the senior organ
ization in the years to come. They
have collected and mended considerable
clothing- for the poor and today they
are beginning work on a quilt which
will later be raffled off, the proceeds
to go toward f urth'erir&the work of
the association. The club has 11 mem
bers, although it expects to have more,
as U hopes to Interest all of the upper
grade girls in the Alblna Homestead
district. Meetings are held every two
weeks at the homes of the
Corn to Be Bhown Ktre Za Same Which
Just Been oa Exhibition
fet Walla Walla.
for a njew
Overcoat!
Honorable R. W. Marsters. Douglas
county; Honorable W. H. Mattoon,
Clackamas county; Honorable Joftn W.
Maldment, Gilliam county; HonoraDie
R. M. Robinson, Josephine county.
Honorable H. A. Waterman, Umatilla
county.
4:30 p. m. 'The Office or fuouc
Roads and Rural Engineering Its
Availability to Local Road Officials,
by Honorable B. J. Finch. United
States senior highway engineer. The
discussion of this subject will be parti
cipated In and led by the following
members:
Honorable J. - T. Blanchard. croon
county; Honorable J. O. Hannum, Hood
River county; Honorable F. C. Clausen,
Wasco county; Honorable Elmer LhjU.
IA.ke count v Honorable W. H- G-OUlet.
Marlon county; Honorable E. J. Lind.
Josephine county: Honorable Mahlon
H. Harlow. Lane county; rlc-noraDie .
T. Wakefield, Lincoln county.
Thursday,
10:00 a. m. Location and Drainage
of County Roads." by Honorable Her
bert audi), consulting engineer, jiuh
nomah county. The discussion of this
subject will be participated in and led
by the following members:
Honorable Charles B. Bllyeu, Wal
lowa county; Honorable Adam Knight,
Clackamas county; Honorable C. A.
Hanley. Washington county; Honorable
F. H. Madden Jackson county; Honor
able Jo!m Hagelsteln, Klamath county;
Honorable Frank L. Owens. Tillamook
county; Honorable K. F. Johnson. Clat
sop county: Honotable ti. Springer,
Crook county.
11:00 a. m. "Road Construction (By
Force Account or by Contract Sys
tem)," "bv Honorable J. B. Yeon. road
master of Multnomah county. The JLs
cusaion of this subject will be partici
pated in and led by the following mem
bers; Honorable Harry Bown. Lane county;
Honorable George R. MacKlmens, Til
lamook county: Honorable A. L. Clark,
("oliimhfca countv: Honorable E. E.
Stanton. Hood River county; Honorable
J. D. Irvine, Linn county: Honorable
J. B. Teal, Polk county: Honorable W.
a Jollv. Benton county;- Honorable
W. J. Welch, Baker county; Honorable
r. a. Wells Polk county.
2:0.) p. m. Surfacing of County
Roads." bv Honorable H. B. Chapman
superintendent road maintenance, Mult
nomah county. The discussion of this
subject will be participated In and led
by the following members:
Honorable H. S. Anderson, Clacka
mas county; Honorable M. D. Kelley
Malheur county: Honorable T. J. But
ler, Linn county; Honorable itoaeii
Matteson, Washington county; Hon
orable J. B. Dodaon, Yamhill county;
Honorable G. W. Parman, Gilliam coun
ty; Honorable George M. Hanley, Lane
county; Honorable Joseph Putnam,
Grant county.
3:00 p. m. "The Juvenile Court," by
Hon. T. J. Cleeton. county Judge. Mult-
able W. C. Leever. Jackson county; I r.omah county. The discussion of this
subject will be participated In and led
by the following members: Hon. W.
M. Buahey. Marlon county; Hon. Hen
ry L. Keyes, Wheeler county- Hon. C.
H. Marsh. Umatilla county; Hon. J. F.
Phr, Union county.
3:45 p. m. "The Discussion of Su
pervisor and Roadmaster Systems In
Directing County Road Work." by Hon.
James Watson, Coos county. The dis
cussion of this BUbject will be partici
pated In and led bv the following mem
bers: Hon. Thomas Bain. Harney
county: Hon. C. A. Galloway, Union
county; Hon. O. V. Hart. Lincoln coun
ty; Hon. George Hagney. Grant county;
Hon. George .W. McKnight. Malheur
county; Hon. K. D. McKee. Sherman
county; Hon James P. Rltter, Baker
county; Hon. W. A Wood. Curry coun
ty; Hon. M. E. Weatherrord. tiiniara
county.
4:15 p. m. "The Function and WorK
of Our Association," by Hon. C. C.
Patterson. The discussion of this sub-
Jetc will be participated in and led by
the following members: Hon. William
Poegli, Jefferson county; Hon. Delmer
Colegrove, Curry county; Hon. W. T.
Percent. Coos county; Hon. Roscoe
Gard. Jefferson county: Hon. S. Green.
Grant county: Hon. Marion Hanks,
Klamath county; Hon. H. C. Herron,
Benton county; Hon. H. C. Levens,
Harney county; Hon. W. J. Townsley.
Union county: Hon. R. E. Wright,
Wheeler county.
4:45 p. m. "Preparation of Proper
Resolutions.'' by Hon. E. H. Smith, of
Lake county. The. discussion of this
subject will be participated in and led
by the followinr members: Hon. Fred
Krusow, Sherman county; Hon. George
J. Armstrong. Coos county: Hon. F.
H.' McCormack. Klamath county; Hon.
H. J. Overturf. Crook county; Hon. E.
L. Padberg. Morrow county; Hon. E.
H. Plnkston. lkuglas county; Hon. E.
L. Robblns, Harney county.
Friday.
9:00 a. m. Leave the courthouse In
automobiles and inspect demonstration
roads and pavements of the following
types: Earth, gravel, macadam, hard
surface: 1. bltulithic on crushed rock
base; 2. bltulithic on concrete base;
3, concrete. Pierce company speclfica
tions. Wayne company specifications;
4, wood block on concrete base; S, vit
rified brick on concrete base.
1:00 p. m. Luncheon at Chanticleer
on Columbia river highway.
2:30 p. m. Inspection of Columbia
river highway.
6:30 p. m. Banquet and vaudeville
entertainment under the auspices of
the Portland Chamber of Commerce.
Saturday.
1:30 p. m. The members of th u-
sociatlon and their families will attend
the faciric international Livestock ex
position in a body.
Rumored Bulgars
Ready to Arbitrate
Former Austrian Ambassador ot Xn
m don Goes to Sofia as Kesnlt of X
port That Allies Making- Overtures.
Athens. Dec. 4. (I. N. S.) Count
Mensdorff, former Austrian ambassa
dor to London, has gone to Sofia, ow
ing to a rumor that the Bulgarians
were ready to receive overtures from
the entente powers after the occupa
tion of N'ish and Uskup.
Color is lent to this rumor by the
fact that King Ferdinand has received
In audience today pro-Russians, M.
Mallnoff. leader of the democrats, and
the ex-Premier Gueshoff.
Read Extracts From
'Conspiracy Letters'
Farther Detail, of Plot to Dynamite
Z,os Angeles Times Building BeTealeA
la Trial of M. A. Schmidt.
Los Angeles. Dec. 4. (P. N. S.)
Reading extracts from dozens of the
"conspiracy letters" to the jury, the
prosecution In thef trial of M. A.
Schmidt, accused of conspiracy in the
dynamiting of the Times building, to
day revealed further details In the
alleged dynamite plot which led to the
destruction of the Los Angeles Time
building.
As soon as the prosecution had fin
ished reading what parts of the letters
they desired, the defense read to the
Jury the parts omitted. The hearing
dragged heavily.
District Attorney Woolwlne today
announced that Ortle McManlgal. the
star witness for the state, would take
the witness stand early next week to
tell his sensational story of the dyna
miting "jobs" he performed.
Captain Robert J. Foster, the man
who arrested George E. Davis, self
confessed dynamiter, and who helped
in securing certain letters from the
offices of the Jntcrn.il tonal Association
of Bridge and Structural Iron Work
era, arrived from New York today.
Exhibits from the third annual corn
show held In Walla Walla last week
under the auspices of the O-W. R. &
N. company are to be brought to Port
land to be shown concurrently with
the livestock show.
The entire history of corn develop'
ment in the northwest during the past
year la shown in the exhibits which
members. are to be set up for display on the
ground floor or the Failing building
at Fifth and Alder streets.
The first three days of the week will
be devoted to arranging the exhlblton,
which will be open to the public the
days and evenings of December 9, 10
and 11.
Corn grown by farmers in eastern
Washington and Oregon and parts of
Idaho makes up the display, the whole
being selected and gathered by C. L.
("Farmer") Smith and Lou S. SmlthJ
of tn railroads agricultural depart
ment. T-he show which closed yesterday at
Walla Walla with a reception tendered
by the O-W. R. & N. to the women of
that city and vicinity was a great suc
cess and accorded high praise by the
press.
Due to efforts by the company's ag
riculturists many farmers in the terri
tory traversed by the road have taken
to growing corn, it having been proved
to them that corn can be successfully
grown and ensiled In the western coun
try. As a feature of the display in Port
land Mrs. M. E. King will give corn
cooking demonstrations, to show the
greut number of appetizing ways in
whiQh corn can be cooked.
At Walla Walla Mrs. King conducted
a corn cookery contest and there was
a big prize list for corn entries.
When writing or railing
pl-ae mention Tbf Journd.
lTertters.
(Adr.)
The Overcoats I am showing right
now are the most delightful, eye
pleasing examples of the tailors' art
that you'll find.
,Made from rich, handsome fabrics,
with the most rigid attention given
to the fine details of designing and
tailoring.
Turn the garments inside out, in
spect the linings, the depth of the
seam, the length of the stitches, the
buttonholes and the way the buttons
are sewed on. "then, with us, you'll
say: "Ben Selling Overcoats."
$15, $20, $25, $30, $35
Men's Raincoats $15 to $25
BEN SELLING
MORRISON STREET AT FOURTH
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Highly
Appreciated
Sweethearts, Wives, Mothers and Sisters ail love
Candy, and a box of
Hazelwood Candy
given to them at" any time will always make
them happier.
When you give Hazelwood Candy, you give
th,e best. ,
The Hazelwood
RESTAURANT AND CONFECTIONERY.
,vv . , , , Washington at Tenth
Feigns Suicide to
Win Girl's Sympathy
Los Angeles. Dec. 4. (P. N. S.1
Piqued because Miss Gertrude Lind
aker, to whom he was devoted, hung
up the telephone receiver on him. Wal
ter Deldorf today feigned a suicide at
tempt, according to the police. Deldorf
wrote three notes, one to the girl, on
to his hotel proprietor and another to
the coroner. Strange noises In his
room attracted the attention of others,
who ftfund him and rushed him to a
hospital, apparently dying from poi
son. Later, say the police, he con
fessed that he did it all to win the
sympathies of Miss Llndaker.
Admire Baby But
Do Not Handle It
Washington. Dec. . Don't kiss the
baby, don't even handle it. Admire it
at a distance if you desire, but don't
go a step further.
This Was the advice given adults In
SU John's church here by Dr. H. li.
Donnally, a specialist In children's dis
eases, who spoke before the Society
of Keepwells.
Mistakes Acid for
Whiskey in Taking
An Oyster Cocktail
Kt An oyster cocktail with
He muriatic acid, "600 per cent"
tt pure, as the principal liquid Kf
content, instead of whiskey.
c was almost the means of end-
ing the life of H. G. Carr, pro- 4
1r prietor of the Travia apart-
it ments, 87 Russell street,
yesterday morning. As a re-
4 suit . of the decoction. James
itt McLellan, a wood sawyer, who
4 mixed the drink for Carr, was
fined $50 by Municipal Judge
He Stevenson today.
He McLellan said the acid has
He been secured for use on his Ht
He wood saw, and that he had con- Ht
He fused It with a bottle of whls-
He key standing on the same cup-
board. -
He Physicians who examined the
acid In the cocktail, said that it
Ht would have caused Instant
death..
He Ht
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