THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL," PORTLAND, TUESDAY.V SEPTEMBER 12 1916.
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GOVERNOR OF STATE
AND PRISON POLICY
ARE ROASTED BROWN
Republican Leaders at Hear
ing Go After Parole Board
and Parole Officer Keller.
DEFICIENCIES AUTHORIZED
B. Cobt, of Portland, Oom ASUx
Board of Control, AlUtflng- Ex-
Salem, Or.. Sept. 12. At Monday after
neon's aesnlon of the state emergency
. board, Ben Selling of Portland, speaker
of the house of representatives, strong
ly denounced the prison policy of the
present administration and particular
ly the parole board and Parole Officer
Joseph Keller, while 8. E. Cobb of
Portland, chairman of the bouse ways
end means committee at the last ses
sion, as vigorously censured the mem
bers of the slate board of control for
; tbe wanton extravagance and unbusl-
i r.esslike methods In connection with
' the state flax experiment.
The other members of the board
present wera Senator I. N. Day Of
' Portland and the governor, secretary
of state, and state treasurer.
With the exception that there was
less personal Invective, the af ternoon
session was almost on a par with the
morning session, which was the storm
iest in the history of the emergency
board. Before the board got through,
however, It authorised the state board
to Incur deficiencies In the following
sums: Penitentiary maintenance, $26,
000; tuberculosis hospital maintenance,
$6000, stste training school for boys
maintenance, $10,000, for returning to
the state fugitives from Justice, $3000,
a total of $44,000.
rarmera Mast Walt.
Th board, following an opinion by
Attorney General Brown, took no ac-
' tlon on the request for $15,0u0 for tbe
late flax experiment. The board also
.. refused a request for $2000 for paving
at the state training school and $2000
for the supreme court reporter.
Out of the original $50,000 appropria
tion for the flax experiment, $6.40 re
mains In the fund, but It was figured
that about $8000 ought to be available
from sales that have been made and
, aeed and tow yet to be sold. Hope
was expressed that this would keep
the flax plant running until the end
of the year, though the farmers who
- rkised tbe flax straw will have to
avalt until the next legislature meets
to get their money. The sum due the
farmers is approximately $12,000.
Attorney General Brown held that
the board could not legally authorize
a deficiency In connection with the
flax appropriation as the board's au
thority applied only to state institu
tions and departments.
The deficiency for the penitentiary
was voted down once, and was finally
carried over the opposition of Ben Sell
ing only after the board of control
took action to Include in the investiga
tion and survey that is to be made of
the penitentiary the boys' training
school and the industrial school for
girls.
Selling Holds Out.
Senator Day had refused to vote for
the deficiency until that was done,
and on the first ballot Sellir.B and Kay
also voted against it, Kay saying that
iio would put the responsibility up --to
you fellows" to see that the institution
Is maintained. "You can turn tnem all
out, 1 don't care," ne said. When Day
consented to vote for the deficiency,
Kay changed his vote to aye. Selling
die not change.
Mr. Cobb Insisted that all the state
lrBUtutlons be Included in the investi
gation, but the other members of the
board were not ready for that.
It was In this connection that Mr.
Selling expressed his opinion of the
prison policy In vogue.
"If nothing else is accomplished," he
aid. "I am glad I came up here
to avail myself of this opportunity to
criticise the state board, the state pen
itentiary and the parole board. War
den Mlnto reported there were 509
prisoners at the prison Monday.
"There is no excuse for the state of
Oregon to have 509 prisoners at the
penitentiary at any time," said Mr.
Selling, who is very active In prison
ers' aid work. "While some of you may
say that former Governor West was
not right In his prison pojfcy, greater
leniency should be shown to the con
victs." "You don't know what you are talking
about," Interrupted State; Treasurer
Kay. i T ":"
BelUaff Bays Keller Incompetent.
"Tea. I do." replied Selling. "I meet
morr prisoners than, you do. Tbey come
to me every week for help. They
should, be given more of a chance.
When you do let a man out you take
pains to brand him as a convict. Tou
send word to the detectives and his
nhotosrabh. You don't give him a
chance. You make a me convict out
of bim."
"Tbe board of control hat no au
thority whatever over the parole.' ex
plained Secretary Olcott. "That au
thority rests with the parole board and
the governor."
By ( do you know that 30 to
40 convicts are paroled every month?"
asked Kay heatedly. "More crimes
are committed by paroled convicts
than by any other class of people."
Ex-Cons Have Ho Chance.
"The reason for It Is because you do
not give them a chance," Insisted Sell
ing, who described the conditions under
which a man is released from the
prison with all the odds against him
and the officers ready to hound him.
'Jot a man Is let out until we find a
position for him," declared the gov
ernor. "Ills employer is asked not to
tell that he is a convict. It is the most
humane method possible.'
"I criticise that method," replied
Selling, "and I criticise the parole of
ficer. He Is absolutely Incompetent
and should not be in office.
"Your system is wrong. You have
no right to tell anybody that a man
released from prison Is a convict. You I
are making worse criminals, you are
not saving them. You brand them and
they have to come back. Wken a man
has been in the penitentiary three
years he might as well stav for life."
$!r. Cobb told the members of the
state board that they had been negll-
gent In their duty In connection with
the flax experiment. I
Cobb's Bemarxs Are Foisted.
"It seems to me that the cost of
producing the flax is exceedingly i
high," he said. "The board of control
has not used the same Judgment as you 1
members would In your own private '
business. When you pay $9000 for
guards, in addition to the regular pen
itentiary guards, you are open to cen
sure. "If you had given the matter the
right attention the cost would never
have been so high. You will never
make a success of the Industry as long
as you follow such methods."
"I want to say that when we haul
100 convicts out into the fields It
costs something," declared Warden
Mlnto.
"Why not build pens and keep the :
men out there?" asked Cobb.
"We did, and the commissary ate us 1
up." replied Mlnto.
"You won't get any more money
next time," advised Cobb, apparently
referring to the next session of the
legislature.
All three members of the state board ,
declared that under the direction of the '
new flax manager, Robert Crawford,
the work was being done in a more
practical and business-like manner. .
The superintendent of each instltu- '
tlon asking for a deficiency approprla- j
tlon declared that the shortage in
funds was due to an increase In popu
lation at each Institution.
Girl Hikers Garry Pistols on Journey
' . . t , t st . n ' - m m.
Lassies Make 25 Miles First Day Out
Left to right Bliss Lillie Gnstatson and the Misses Hannah and
Esther Johnson of Battle Creek, Or., who have hiked from their
homes on the Young's river, eight miles below Astoria, and are
now en route to Salem.
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SAWM
ILLS AT
BEND
EMPLOY IRE THAN
E
THOUSAND
MEN
Central Oregon Town Thrives
as Result of Industrial
Activity.
PAYROLL STILL GROWING
- Whisaast, Xdltor of Bead Frees,
Speaks Enthusiastically of Rapid
Progress in Recent Montha.
Three igrlrl hikers, armed to the
teeth with pistols and showing evi
dence of sunburn, arrived In .the city
Monday forenoon from their farm
homes below Astoria on Young's river.
They are bound for Salem where they
will visit friends for several daya.
They ma3e the trip to Portland last
'year through the Nehalem valley, but
this year came up the Columbia river
highway.
They are carrying only cloth
ing and food for camping about an
18-pound pack 'and making towns
along the way eacn night.
Thursday morning at 6:30 they left
their homes and made 25 miles, pass
ing the night at Knappa. Clatskanle,
Goble and Linnton were the next stops.
As yet they have not used the formid
able guns, but they claim they know
how. Miss Gustafson carried a .22
special. Miss Hannah Johnson a .38
and Miss Esther Johnson a .32 spe
cial. Tney are daughters of Jacob
Gustafson and Andrew Johnson, re
spectively, farmers of Battle Creek.
Laurelhurst Park
To Have Concert
Laurelhurst park will have a band
concert tonight. Al Kader Shrine band,
Fragile Lucas, conductor, will play and
the'program will be as follows:-
"Kilties' March" (Morris); overture.
"Morning, Noon and Night in Vienna."
(Suppe); "Impassioned Dream Waltz"
(Rosas); "Love in Idleness." saxaphone
solo (Macbeth), N. V. Coomer. Inter
mission, "La Czarine," mazourka
(Ganne); selection. "Amourita" (Czilb
ulka); Chilean dance, "Manana" (Mis
sud); "Gems of Stephen Foster" (Arr.
Tobani); "Star Sfanyled Banner."
The conc ert- begins at 8 o'clock.
TWO PLATOON PLAN
WILL EVENTUALLY
E. SAYS CHIEF
COM
Hood River Boy Is
Cause of Anxiety
Errol Holland, a lad of 15. left his
home in Hood River last Thursday
and boarded a train ound for Port
land. He was to be a guest at 55
ast Eighty-third street, but falb;d
to make his appearance. His absence
has caused his parents considerable
anxiety. He Is described as being
five feet three inches tall, slender
build and light complected.
Back May Be Broken.
Dallas, Or., Sept. 12. Karl Lentz,
aged 22 years and unmarried, was
struck by a falling tree at the camp
of the Willamette Valley Lumber com
pany, above Black Rock, yesterday,
and sustained a probable broken back.
He was removed to the Dallas hospital.
Personally Dowell Opposes
System, Which He Says
Would Lessen Efficiency,
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In the Big Third Floor
Untrimmed Section
Stunning New
Velvet Shapes
THIS big department abounds with suggestions for a
moderate-priced Fall Hats! Our Velvet Shapes
were bought long ago before the scarcity of velvet
became so acute. Immense assortment every possible shape and
Ityle sailors, pokes, small hats, medium hats, large hats. They
are unusually priced, indeed, at $1.98 to $8.98-
Hats Trimmed FREE
Select your shape and trimmings on the Third Floor. Give us
your Ideas. Our trimmers will then evolve a smart Fall Hat
for you.
Visjt the Third Floor Section Tomorrow
4-
"The two-platoon system In the fire
department is coming sometime, there
is no doubt about that," explained
Fire Chief B. F. Dowell today. "It
Is a fad. Eut personally I don't like
it and am against putting it into ef
fect. It would mean, right off the
bat, an increase of at least $200,000 a
year in the cost of the department and
would, in my opinion, lessen effi
ciency."
The chief said the system does work
successfully In some cities Seattle,
for instance but the cost Is greatly In
exess of Portland's cost.
"If I were not chief but a regular
fireman again, I would rather have It
the way it is now. or rather, with say
one day off in three or four. There Is
bound to be a decrease In pay with a
two-platoon system in force and I
know that the men don't take the same
interest in their work when they go
off duty at the end of 12 hours."'
The chief said he believed the forco
on each shift would have to be reduced
along with the reduction in salaries,
because the taxpayers could not stand
such an increase in taxes as, the
doubling of the department's person
nel would require. The fire bureau
now employs 417 men, at a total sabiry
of 520,000 per year. If salaries were
kept as they are and if the Jiumber of
men should be duplicated, it would
mean 934 men and $1,052,000 salary.
The movement for the two-platoon
system la being agitated by the Cen
tral Labor council and the Civil Serv
ice Employes' union.
Hoo Hoo's Choose .
Officers at Memphis
For TixnX Time In History of Order
Read Xs Reelected; Hew fork
Cbosen as Wext Convention City.
Memphis, Tenn., Sept. 12. (I. X. S.)
For the first time in the quarter of
a century of its history, the Concat
enated Order of Hoo Hoo's. the inter
national lumber organization, meeting
in annual convention at the Chlsca
hotel Monday, reelected one of its
members as head of the order. Julius
Seldel -of St. Louis, snark of the uni
verse, was again chosen to the place
by unanimous vote.
The other officers chosen were:
W. P. Lockwood. Seattle, senior
Hoo Hoo; C. J. Kammer, New York,
junior Hoo Hoo; S. C. Bennett. Chi
cago, bojum; W. F. Jones, Jackson
ville, scrlvenoter; Harry Kendall,
Houston, Jabberwock; J. G. Robinson,
New Westminster, B. C, custocation;
J. F. Gresley, Omaha, arcanoper; Rob
ert McArthur, San Francisco, Gurdon.
New York city was chosen as the
meeting place of the 1917 convention.
"Bend's $100,000 monthly payroll Is
the bridge over which central Oregon
will pass Into her own estate," said A.
Whisnant, editor and owner of tho
Bend Press, who is In Portland today.
"The Shevlln-Hlxon company, which
recently opened the most modern pine
mill in the United States at Bend, is
now employing 710 men with a pay
ion of $58,400. The Brooks-Scanlon
Lumber company employs 350 men
and pays out $28,000 monthly. The
money paid out by these two mills.
the Beiid Brick 4 Lumber company,
the Bend Water, Light & Power com
pany, the railroads, the Irrigation com
panies bring the grand total of
Bend's payroll above the $100,000
n ark monthly.
Activity Win Be Permanent.
"This is not a temporary condition,"
Mr. Whisnant continued. "The Shev-Un-Hlxon
company has now 275,000
acre of the most wonderful pine tim
ber in the west enough to last the
mill operating now and the one being
constructed 50 years. The Brooks
Scanlon mill has a 30-year supply of
timber back of them.' This is.jfigured
on a day and night run 11 months in
the year which the climate permits.
' The Shevlin-Hlxon company's re
manufacturlng plants are exceeded by
only one firm on the Pacific coast in
size and importance. Sixty per cent
of the lumber is remanufacturtd into
sash and doors and boxes. The other
mill is building a box factory which
will soon be running.
City Is Distributing Center.
"Besides Bend's sawmill business
she enjoys being the distributing cen
ter of a great portion of central Ore
gon. Six or seven Irrigation com
panies cluster around the city and
fanners are enjoying the prosperity
accompanying a farming community
when a good manufacturing district Is
near by. Alfalfa is bringing high
prices and three to four tone per acre
are being raised. Oats yield 75 to 90
bushels to the acre and wheat 85 to 40.
"Hdtnesteaders are taking; advantage
of the demand for help at the mills
and coming to the city to earn suffi
cient to enable them to prove up on
their hOHieeteada.
"Hundreds of tourists have come to
Bend this year and the general opinion
expressed7 is that Bend is the 11 vest
city on the Pacific coast."
Government Official
Secures Evidence
Alleged Bootlegrer Xa Poreed to Take
Out Pederal Uoense; State Prosecu
tion Expected.
Baker. Or., Sept. 12. By raiding an
alleged bootlegging joint of Frank E.
Pierce, compelling him to take out a
federal license for ?100 and paying
$37.50 costs. Deputy Internal Revenue
Collector Smith paved the way for
prosecution by local authorities.
In conference with District Attorney
Godwin, Smith produced all the evi
dence he had gained, consisting of 17
quarts of whiskey, some beer and also
testimony of Constables Jefferies and
Palmer, who helped In the raid.
War Babe Given
Baptism in Camp
v By Guard Chaplain
The Infant daughter of Ser-
geant Fred J. Mahnke. company
C, Third regiment. O. N. G.. was
baptised last Sunday at Camp
Withycombe by Chaplain W. S.
Gilbert, and given the name
Esther Agnes. She was born on
July 15, and is the "war baby"
of the regiment.
Chas. Drake, Seattle,
Arrested at Eugene
Manager of Building Company Ac
cused of Embessllnff AffgTegate of
$50,000 to $75,000 In Worth era City.
Eugene. Or.. Sept. 12. Charles
Drake, alias C. A. Morgan. Is In the
city Jail here and will be taken t
Seattle as soon as an officer arrives
to answer to the charge of Uroen)
by bailee of about $375. It Is alleged '
that ha defrauded a number of peopl .
out of sums said to aggregate be
tween $50,000 and $75,000. ; '
Drake was arrested by Chief J
Police Chrlstensen Sunday. Drakt
and his wife were on a tour In as
automobile. His wife returned norti
after his arrest. It is speciflcallj
charged that Drake took a sum 01
money which he collected on a debt ,
owed to S. K. Anderson, president ol
the Anderson Investment company.
Drake is manager of a bulldlni
company, 'and it Is ajleged that he
embezzled iarge sums from person
for whom he built apartment bouses,
diverting money given him for th.
purchase of materials. ,"
Shot By Insane Man. t
San Francisco. Sept. 12. P. N. 8.)
Floyd Smith, passenger director al
the Southern Pacific Mole, was shot
in the right leg by an Insane man wbe
attacked him as Smith was coming;
from his office on the Mole at 1 o'clock
yesterday. Smith's assailant WSJ
overpowered by Dr. F. S. Gottlieb,
suburban passenger, who witnessed tbV
attack. v '
THEODORE ROWLAND
IS TO RUN FOR
COUNTY ASSESSOR
A petition of several thousand
names has been signed requesting
County Clerk Coffey to place on the
ballot at the November election the
name of Theodore Rowland as an lnde
pendent candidate for county assessor,
Mr. Rowland will accept and will
soon announce his platform.
A committee has been selected to
conduct his campaign.
He comes from old pioneer stock,
his father and mother both coming
with the immigration of 1852. His
father, the late Lowry B. Rowland,
was an Indian war veteran, having
served with company A, Oregon
Mounted Volunteers in the Indian war
of 1855-56. He has resided in Port
land for the past 18 years, is a civil
engineer by profession and served In
the U, S. Engineer's Office in this city
under both Majors Langfitt and Harts,
and was for a time on the staffi of
State Engineer Lewis. His many
friends bflieve him to be eminently
qualified for the position, both by edu
cation and practical experience, he
having been a deputy assessor under
Mr. B. D. Sigler for seven years from
1905 to 1012.
(Paid adv. by Theo. Rowland. 995 E.
21st St. N.)
WATCH
the papers closely for the next few days. The Emporium
will have an announcement that no one will want to miss !
Fall Blouses
A SHOP full of them Blouses that run the whole scale
of Fall styles Blouses that make an irresistible ap
peal to woman's pood taste!
If you haven't visited the Emporium Blouse Shop lately you can't
imagine how wonderfully lovely the Fall Waists arel See theic
tomorrow I ' Main Floor.
Exquisite NewdJQ A R
Lingerie Waists pO.TrO
Waists to wear with your new Fall Suit dressy
waists waists for every occasion! One of voile has
the front of sheerest organdie embroidered in a verv
fine design. The new large collar and cuffs of another
style are finished with the finest Val. lace. A third has
novel shape, large collar all the new collars are larze
with front oddly embroidered. Tomorrow at $3.45
Georgette
Blouses
$3.95 $6.95
$8.95
Georgette is the favorite for dressy
waists. New ones are artiving every
day. So many styles andall so diffe
ent You must surely see them.
The new large collars, frills
and other recent effects, are
in evidence.
Waists
at $1.38
' We call attention to threa
splendid qualities si $3,95,
SS.95 and
Fully 12 totally new models. Fancy
voiles, (batistes, organdies unusual m
style and quality of the materials. Re
markably smart waists for $18.
An1 $2.45
Many prettiest new Fall Waists. Deep
cuffs and large sailor collar, trimmed
in Venice, singles out one esoecial'y
dainty model. Others of all-over em
broidered voile, and still oth
ers with tucked fronts.
You'll surely be surprise!
to find such blouses for the
very low price of
T isn't the elevation that
saves you the money;
it's what you find after
you get here $15 Suits
and Overcoats that are the
"Best in the West."
My whole third floor is chock full -
of them for young men, for mid- -,
age, and for their elders.
as
.
Early to market with cash in hand; ;
that gave me a tremendous ad-j
vantage. You can turn it to your
advantage.
Of course, my guaranty goes with
every garment I do not sell any
other kind.
Entire Third. Floor
Ben
Leading Clothier
Morrison at Fourth
Selling
PLAIN FACTS ON GAS HOUSE HEATING
We Guarantee:
1. That our Gas-Heating System can be started ..
or stopped at any time by merely pressing a but-
ton.
2. That the temperature in any room can be ad
justed to the exact degree desired independently .
of any other room.
3. That it is impossible for any fumes or odor of
gas to enter the room.
4. That the System is absolutely safe and is ideal
for nurseries and rooms used by children.
5. That your fuel will always be in your basement
when you want it and as much as you want of it.
fi. That the average gas bills of all our Heating
Systems during the exceptionally cold weather of
last Winter were as follows:
AVERAGE BILLS FOR SIX WINTER MONTHS ONLY
Size of House.
5 rooms
6 rooms
10 rooms
12 rooms
Average Cost Per Month.
$ 4.41
5.67
11.55
13.00
Average Cost Per Season.
$26.40
33.98
6932
78.03
The cost of installation is no more than that of a good system burning
solid fuel and the payments can be arranged so that the initial outlay need
be no more than that for your Winter's fuel in the old way.
We Welcome Inquiries by Telephone
Portland Gas & Coke Co.
$2.45
$8.95
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