THE OREGON SUNDAY- JOURNAL. PORTLAND, SUNDAY: MORNING. APRIL 21. 1918.
PUBLICS MONEY
WASTED IN PADDED
1 ; ... - - - . ' .. . . -
S OF TYPE
forceful Example Presented in
Delinquent Tax List as Pub
lished by Seaside Sentinel.
EXTRA PUBLICATION IS MAuE
Same Service Could Have Been
Obtained Through Mails at
Far Less Cost to Taxpayers.
A forceful example of the wutt, over
charge and padding to be found, in-the
publication of delinquent tax lists an
reaulred by the statute enacted by the
1917 legislature at the behest of the
paid lobby of the Willamette Valley
Editorial association, is seen in the list
recently published by the Seaside Sen
tlneL
This list, as set In the hanging in
dentlon and generously leaded style of
the Sentinel, was 680 column inches long
per Insertion. For this publication the
paper received 15 cents per Inch per in
sertion, and there were five insertions
making the total bill paid for the work
mount up to $510.
. "Paddlsg" la Type Setting Apparent
Right off the bat this slaps an extra
and legally unwarranted 1102 onto the
. taxpayers of the county, for the very
simple reason that the law requires but
four publications of the list and the
statute has been so construed by tne at
torney general of the fltate. Therefore
the fifth publication, 680 inches at 15
cants ter inch. Just lifts $102 of extra
pin money ouf of the public, most of
which Is "velvet," for the reason that
the list was all in type, so that there
was no cost of composition to cut aown
the profit.
. But aside from copping off the extra
102i the face of the list clearly shows
the typographical Ingenuity exercised to
stretch the Inches out to the utmost. The
second and subsequent lines of each par
cel noted are Indented a full quarter of
an Inch both fore and aft, which counts
up in column after column of compost
Uon.
Comparisons on Cost Loom
Two excerpts from the publication, re
produced herewith, show the heavy
hanging indention and padding by
double leading. More than that they
how - the needless reiteration of the
name of the owner of the various par
cels of property listed tto them as de
linquent. The Neacoxle addition is evldentally
owned by the Columbia Beach ' company.
In the list as printed in the Sentinel
titers were 26 separate parcels -of land
listed to this company, and in the list
ing the name "Columbia Beach Co." was
repeated 26 times, each time filling half
a line of type. It required 8Vt column
inches to carry the descriptions of. the
26 parcels. The total cost of publish'
ing, five times, was $6.37,
-A separate letter for each of the 26
Individual parcels could have been senj.
to the Columbia Beach company for
cents, on a three cent postage basts.,
, Iter ttervlee. Var Cheaper '
Flavel addition, had 38 parcels of land
upon which taxes were delinquent. It
required 104, Inches to print the de
scriptions in the list, costing a total of L
$7.87 for the five publications. All of
the property listed belonged to Flavel
Land company, the name beng repro
duced $8 times In the list.
Thla company could have been notified
by 39 separate letters,-each carrying a
3-cent' stamp for $1.14.
In other words it cost the taxpayers
of Clatsop county $14.25 to print 19
columns of delinquent tax notice under
the existing law when direct notice
could have been sent by 64 separate let
ters, if need be, for $1.92, a needless
overcharge to those two property own
ing corporations of $12.33.
On this same basis the overcharge of
the publication, of the entire list was
$441.23, which means, figuring the other
way round, that by the letter mail sys
tem It would have cost $68.75 to have
notified all of the delinquent taxpayers
of their delinquency, instead of $310.
Space Needlessly Filled
But examination by expert printers
shows that the 19 inch list of the
Neacoxle and Flavel additions could.
by proper condensation and the elimi
nation of needless repetition in the
names, easily have been condensed into
12 inches of type. On this basis the
J S400 inches, which represent the five
Insertions of the list, as published,
could have been published in 214771
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OAKLAND AW FRANCISCO LOS
ANOELE. aEATTLK
COLUMN
how Taxpayers lose money v
t ,. Neaeoxle Addition. -Columbia.
Beach Co., Blocks 29.
30 aa il .........
Laadou, E. ., Lots 1, 2 Block
' 4 a 4 0 Wm m i " !
Columbia Beach: Co., Block 32
and-. 3ft ......
Columbia Beach. Co., Lots 1 to
7-11 to It Block 34 . r.
Columbia Beach Co., Lots 3, 5.
VVH to 15 Block 35
Moore, L. K. Jessio, Lots 6,
7' Block, 35
Columbia Beach Co., Blocks 36,
'Tttyti
Columbia. Beach Co., Lot 1 to
7-9, 10, 12 Block 40
Columbia Beach. Co., Lots 1 to
6-7 to 11 Block 41 .
.Columbia Beach Co., Lots 1, 5-7
to. 12", Block 42
Columbia Beech Co., Lots 1 to
" 12 Block 43 v.: ... i
29Jti
lt.A
21.17
76
6.57
14
ao.6j
7.30
7.30,
6.84
8.763
Columbia Beach Co., Blocks 44,
45, 46 - ,49.64yJ
Columbia Beach Co., Lets 3 to
' 8,10 to 14 .Block 47
Columbia Beach Co., Lots 1 to.
5-8, 9, 11-13 Block 48 ......
Columbia Beach Co., Lots 1, 2,
4, 5, 6. 11 to J6 BTock 49 ..
Columbia Beach Co., Lots 1 to,
1 8-li to 16 Block 60 ..IV-V';
Columbia Beach Co Blocks 51,
52, Lots 1 to 13 & 15 Block
63 v.. ,.:
Columbia Beach Co., Lots 1, 2,
6, . 7, 8, 9. 10. 11, 13, 14,
15 Block. 64
Columbia .Beach Co., Lots 1 to
9, 11-13 to -17, 20. 22. 23
Block 64 .
Columbia Beach Co., Lots 1, 2,
8;f, 6, 8, 9 Block 65 ..;....
Columbia Beach Co- Tract Idle;
11,68
13.31
8.04
17.(2
60.59
8.76
13.14
12.41
wild Park, Lots 1 to 12.
Block 66, Lots 1, 4 7. to 12
Block 67 ....... 94.90
Columbia Beach Co., Lots 1 to
7 Block 68, Lots 1 to 9, 11,'
12, 13 Block 69, Lots 1 to
16 Block 70
Columbia Beach Co., Blocks' 71,
72, 73. 74, 75
24.09
35.77
Columbia Beach Co., Blocks. 76,
77, 78. 79, 80. 81, 82. 83,
84, 85 120.81'
Columbia Beach Co., Blocks 86.
87; 88, 89, 90, 91. 92. 93. 94,
95, 96, 97. 93, 99 100. 101 .. 176.26
' Columbia Beach Co., Blocks
102, 103. 104, 105, 106, 107.
108, 109. 110. 111. 112, 113,
114. 116. 117 166.25
Columbia Befell Co., Blocks
118. 119 7.30
Nnrriaton Park Addition.
inches, showing an overset caused by
indention and double leading of 1253
inches, and. a consequent overcharge to
the taxpayers of $187, even granting
for argument, that the extra fifth in
sertion was lawful.
On the lawful basis of four publica
tions, however, the 2727 inches required
to publish the list as set up, could
have been condensed by proper compo
sition to -1718.185 inches, in which case
the cost of publication would have been
$2$7.73. '
Great Saving Coald Be Made
From this It follows that the delin
quent tax list of Clatsop county, had
it been published four times only, as
required by law, and set in condensed
form, as it should have been, would
have cost $252.27, which, is only $5.46
less than half the amount that was
actually charged up against the tax
payers, s
It also follows that had the .Delin
quent Tax Notice Bill, now being cir
culated for signatures preparatory to
placing it upon the November ballot.
been the law. it would have cost the
TO JOIN FORCES FOR
Farmers' Milling Co., Farmers'
Elevator Association and Tri
State Farmers' Union Merge.
Baker. April 20. Members of the
Farmers' Milling company and tne
Farmers' Elevator association at a meet
ing this afternoon voted unanimously to
merge Interests of the two organizations
with the Tri-State Farmers' union,
combining under one head for the con
struction and operation of a bulk grain
elevater here in connection with tri
Btate system, In effect for several years
past In the Pacific . Northwest. The
proposal was submitted by Manager C.
W. Nelson of the Tri-State company and
embraces exchange of stock on a dollar
for dollar basis. Formal t ties will be
completed early next week. Construc
tion of the elevator here will begin soon
under the direction of the Tri-State
company, which will establish a local
manager here.
Many Hoarding" Flour
Baker. April 20.--Mayor Palmer,
chairmanof the county food administra
tion, stated today that word has reached
him that many in Baker county are
hoarding flour in excess of a 30 days
supply, contrary to the . food adminis
trator's orders. The mayor has asked
that all persons having more than a 30
days' supply return it to the dealers
from whom it was purchased to be
turned into proper channels for redis
tribution where it la most needed.
Miner Found Dead jn Bed
Baker. April 20. James Smith, 65, a
miner who came here recently from
Salmon, Idaho, was found dead in bed
in a local lodging house this afternoon.
Death was due to natural causes. Au
thorities have been unable to get in
touch with relatives who are Baid to live
near Salmon.
Express Raises Suspended '
Salem. Or., April 20. The public ser
vice commission today issued an order
suspending the Increases in intrastate
express rates proposed by a new sched
ule filed by the American Express com
pany. The rates' were to have gone Into
effect today.. The suspension Is, until
July 18. In the meantime the commis
sion., win Investigate, tho reasonableness
BAKER FARMERS VOTE
BULK GRAIN ELEVATOR
il
of the proposed rates. ;
Flavel. Addition- : ,
Flavel Land & Dev. Co, Lots 1
to 23 Block 5 ...... 37.6
Flavel Land & Dev. Col, Lots X.
to 7. 29, 30. 31, 32 Block 6 -V ; HjSZ
Flare! Land & Dev. Co., Lols.i.
to 32 Block 7 ,:..M6iM
Flavel Land ft Dev. Co, Lota 1.
to 32 Block 8 124.1
Flavel Land Dev. Co., Lots 1
to 9, Block 11 43.6
Flavel Land & Dev. Co.', Lots 1
to 82 Block 12 ......... 139.6T
Flavel Land & Dev. Co, Lots 1
to. 32 Block 13 ... 12416.
Flavel Land & Dev. Co.; Lots 1
to 32 Block 15 93.1 J,
Flavel Land & Dev.. Co., Lots 1 -
to 14 Block 16 40.7V
Flave'l Land & Dev. Co, "Lots 1
to 32 Block 17 93.13-
Flavel Land Si Dev. Co, Lota 1
to 32 Block 18 108.6
Flavel Land & Dev. Co, Blocks
20, 21, 22 322.54
24, 25, 27. 28, 29. A. B. C. D.
j. F. O. H. ... 981.1$
Flavel Land & Dev. Co, Lots 1 v
to 22-25 to 48 Block 30. Lots
.1 to 24,. 27, 28, 31 to 48 ... 604.40
Flavel Land & Dev. Co, Blocks
33, 34 . 369.6
Flavel Lanf'& Dev. Co, Blcf&is '
3&, 36 872.47
Flavel Land & Dev. Co, Lots I
to 48. Block 38 . . 227.95
Flavel Land & Dev. Co, Lots 1
to 24-27 to 43 Block 39. Lots
1 (o 45. & 48 Bjock 40 .470.45-
Flavel 'Land & Dev. Co., Blocks.'
41 and 42 .'. . . ... . . ; S2,00
Flavel Land & b.ev. Co, Blocks7
44, 47, 48 ; 756.60V
Flavel Land & Dev. Co, Blocks
50, 52 & Lots 1 to 45- Block.
61 ,........'638.74
Flavel Land. & Dev. Co,' Blocks'
54, 55, 56, 57 : 05.27
flavel Land 4b Dev. Co, Blocks
69, 60. 61 279.36
Flavel Land ft Dev. Co, Lots 1
to 48 Block 62 116.40)
Flavel Land ft Dev. Co, Lots 1
to 48 Block 64 '.' 16!
Flavel Land & Dev. Co, Blocks
65. 66, 67 658.72
Flavel Land & Dev. Co, Blocks
69, 70. 7L 72 791.53
Flavel Land ft Dev. Co, Blocks
76, 77 372.4T
Flavel Land ft Dev. Co, Blocks
, 78. 79 .
349.20 'j
Flavel Land ft Dev. Co, Blocks
81, 82, 83, 84 582.00)
Flavel' Land ft Dev. Co, Blocks
86, 87 '. 186.24
Flavel Land ft Dev. Co, Blocks
89. 90. 91 302 T
Flavel Land ft Dev. Co, Lots 1
to 48 Block 92 139.67
Flavel Land ft Dev. Co:. Blocks
94. 95. 96. 97 675.13
Flavel Land ft Dev. Co, Blocks
99, 100 872.4T
Flavel Land ft "Dev Co, Lots 1
to 6 Block 104. Lots 1 to 9,
Block 105. I xts 1, "2, 6 to) 8,
yiock 106. ft all of Blocks
,ip)7. 101. 109-....,...;.... 131.92
FlJfv'ei Lmiid & Dev. Co, Blocks
110. Ill, 112. 113 426.80
Flavel Land & Dev. Co , Lots 1
to 32 Block 115 ... 62.07
Flavel Center.
Reproduction from Seaside Sentinel
shows waste in publishing- delin-1
quent tax- list.
taxpayers of Clatsop county approxi
mately $70 to notify the delinquent
property holders of their delinquencies.
instead of $510, as paid to the Seaside
Sentinel.
Herman 0. Ostein
To Enter T Service
Monmouth. Or., April 20. Professor
Herman C. Ostein, for seven years at nS( April 20. The huge O. A. C. service
the head of the department of mathe- f-as bearing 1000 stars, of which fivo
matics at the Oregon normal school, has are gold, Is to be unfurled and form
resigned from the faculty and will leave any dedicated early Monday afternoon
at the close of this semester in June. ln tha men.B KymnaSium, with appropri-
v ?! I T urtt"K" ol war
Y. M. C. A. work.
Mr. Ostein has headed the mathemati
cal department ever since the normal
school was reorganized under the new
regime ln 1911. No successor has been
chosen by the board of regents.
Encourages Dramatic Work
Monmouth. Or., April 20. Mabel
Holmes Parsons of the dramatic depart
ment of the University of Oregon, spoke
to the Oregon normal school students
Friday morning on the subject, "Little
Plays. The object was to promote an
interest among English teachers for
simple dramatic work, which was de
clared to be beneficial to children.
Hood River Police
Arrest Portlander i
Hood River. April 20. Registered at
a local hotel as H. Adams, but de
clared by local police officers to be W.
A. Taylor of Portland, a man was ar
rested here Friday on a charge of dis
orderly conduct. A married woman of
this city, with whom Taylor is said to
have visited Seattle and San Francisco,
is connected with the case.
Tayor has been released by Hood
River authorities on his own recogni
zance, according to Assistant United
States Attorney Rankin. The aliened
white slave feature of the case is being
inveBiigaiea Dy reoerai authorities.
Home Is Burned but
Barn and Hay Saved !
liilamook, April 80. The home of
tJohn Naegerl. about two miles east of
Tillamook, was totally destroyed by
fire late this afternoon, with a probable
loss or about xisoo. Through heroic ef
forts of the Tillamook firemen and citi
zens, a large barn filled with hay near
tne nouse, was saved.
Earl Buifon Insane
Dallas. Or;, April 20. Sheriff John
W. Orr and Deputy Sheriff T. B. Hooker
were called to a hop yard near inde-
pendence early Friday morning to take
Into custody Karl Buffon. who had ar-
rived there a short time before, violent-
iy insane. He was committed to the
state hospital by the Polk county court
and taken to Salem. Friday, .. He came
from Hoquiam, Friday. ' y
WAR DEPARTMENT
ILL TRAIN 240
AT 0: A. C.
Schooling Will Be Given in Me
chanical Trades, Especially 'in
Automobile - and " Radio : Work.
COURSE TO LAST MONTHS
Men Will Be Housed and Fed on
Campus, Gymnasium Probably
to Be Turned Into Barracks.
Oregon Agricultural College, Corval
lis. April 20. Two hundred and forty
men of whom 100 are to take up automo
bile trade work. Including the construc
tion, principles, operation and repair of
gas engines, 40 blacksmithing work, 60
radio, buzzer work and 40 training; for
service a array carpenttra and wood
construction foremen, are to be sent
here by the war department for train
lng beginning on May 15, as the result
of a--special conference at the college
Friday between President Kerr, college
officials and Frank H. Shepherd, dis
trict director ofyocational education for
the war department committee on voca
tional training.
Professor Shepherd reported to the
conference that the government is seri
ously short and must have, within the
next two months, 12,235 men skilled in
auto trades, 441 skilled in blacksmithing.
805 woodworkers or carpenters, 560 gen
eral mechanics, 430 telegraphers and
1200 wireless operators.
The course will extend through a two
months' period. The men will all be
housed and fed on the campus. It is
probable that all of the rooms in the big
men's gymnasium, except the main gym'
nasium floor, the lobby and basement
locker rooms, will be converted into bar
rack quarters, permitting ample accom
modations for more than the 240 men.
According to present plans both
women's dormitories will be left , avail- j
able 'for summer school students and
It is very probable that men in attend
ance during the summer session will ob
tain the military instruction given the
regular soldiers if they so desire it.
The summer promises to be one of the
busiest ever seen on the local campus.
Every effort will be made to make the
soldiers on the campus as comfortable
and happy as possible, and no means will
be spared in providing for their enter
tainment as well as making the instruc
tion thorough and complete.
Professor Shepherd left today for Se
attle to arrange with the University of
Washington for similar instruction.
after which he will go to Washington
State college at Pullman, to the Uni
versity of Idaho at Moscow and to the
University of Wyoming on a similar
mission.
Three Seniors Recommended
Oregon Agricultural College, Obrval
lis, April 20. President Kerr has wired
Brigadier General E. E. Winslow, U. S.
war department, Washington, recom
mending three men, all seniors in en
gineering, for the fourth engineer of
fleers' training' camp, to begin at Camp
Lee, Va., on May 6. The appointments
i were all recommended by President Kerr
on the strong recommendation of the
faculty scholarship committee and are
general suitability of the candidates. The
three nominations v, ere made in the
following order
Everett, Dye, Oregon City, senior in
mechanical engineering.
Arthur O. Leach, Corvallis, senior in
mechanical engineering.
Louis Happold, Klondyke, Or., senior
In electrlal engineering.
The appointment, when made, will en
title one of the men to take a three
months' course' in training for a second
lieutenancy in the engineering corps.
to which he will be detailed on com
pleting the wqrk. m
Will Dedicate Service Flaq
Orptrnn Agricultural Polle are. Porval-
ate ceremonies, in the presence of the
entire board of regents. President Kerr,
the entire faculty and student body.
SCHOOL PRINCIPAL IS
TAKEN BY DRAFT ORDER
- Photo, Trullinfct.
George. Gabriel, veteran of Mexican
campaign.
George Gabriel, for two years princi
pal of the Dayton. Or., school and a vet-
aran rt tha XT svie v KArrtAf tmtiVta
j 1915, has been ordered by his local draft
1 board to report for military duty at
I American lake with the next quota.
Professor Gabriel is a native Orego-
nian and scion of a pioneer family. He
was graduated . from the University of
Oregon with the class of 1912 and has
been .engaged ln school - work most of
the time since. Ha served duriit the
campaign oa. the Mexican border with
Oregon troops. .
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ARTISAN IS REGULAR PATRIOT
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Photo. North up.
lack Hamilton buying War Saving-Stamp from Mrs. Ella Watt
Master Jack Hamilton, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Brice Hamilton, is being reared In
the ways of good, patriotic citizenship,
and ihus early In life is lending his
savings to Uncle Sam through the pur
chase of Thrift Stamps and War Savings
Stamps.
LEE OF
ALBANY COLLEGE TO
MAKE EASTERN TRIP
Hopes to End Agitation by Deci
sion of Board to Main
tain College.
Albany, Or.. April 20. Dr. W. H. Lee.
president of Albany college, who has
been selected as a delegate to the Na
tional Presbyterian assembly to be held
at Columbua Ohio, opening May 16. will
leave shortly for the East, and while
there expects to bring the agitation for
the merging of Albany college with the
Forest Grove Institution ' to an end.
Dt. Lee .will confer with the national
college board of the Presbyterian church
at New York, while Bast, and believes
he will be able to show them that Albany
college is a necessary institution. While
the. fight vwili be settled at the synod
meeting thia summer, the real opposi
tion to the smaller colleges Is believed to
be ln thi East.
Dr. Lee states that he Is confident
that Albany college will have no trou
ble at the synod this year. The local
board hmm been working all winter, and
it is probable that the financial trou
bles of the institution will be cleared
by June. The excellent showing made
this year Is expected to remove much of
the opposition to the college.
The enrollment for the past semester
is not as large as ln the past, but the
number of " women in school has in
creased slightly. There are but four
boys in college this spring, this being
due directly to the war. ,
Crabtree Union High Standard
Albany, April 20. The Crabtree union
high school, near Albany, has now been
added to the standard list, and IS now
on a par with other union high. State
Superintendent J. A. Churchill of Salem
visited the school this week on an In
spection trip avd stated that the school
had fulfilled all the requirements.
The scientific equipment owned by
the school is valued at over $300, and
there are 300 carefully selected books ln
the library. Oscar Ingram is principal
of the Bchool at the present time.
Form Home Guard Auxiliary
Albapy. Or., April 20. Albany women
organized an auxiliary to the Home
Guard at a meeting held here last night.
The organization will be of a iemi
milltary organisation, and the members
have pledged themselves to do anyserv-
fioe they can toward winning the war.
The leaders in the move were Mrs. P. A.
Young and Mrs. Willard Marks.
Registrants Have Moved
Albany. Or.. April 20. County Clerk
R. M. Russell has been informed by
clerks of other counties thaty3 former
Linn county men have applied to have
their registration changed from Linn
county. Most of the people who have
left Linn county have moved to counties
in which the shipyards are located,
Multnomah county, getting the larger
portion.
Mrs. 0. H. Gwin Dies
x At Dallas Hospital
Dallas, Or., April 20. Mrs. Linnie Ma
son Gwin. wif of C H. Gwin of Mon
mouth, died at the Dallas hospital April
112. after an Illness of a few dsys with
pneumonia. She was bora at Lake
View. Wash.. January 11. 1879. and be
sides her husband, is survived by two
brothers, Ralph and Lloyd Mason, and
two sisters, Mrs. Maude Holland and
Miss Ina G. Mason.
Bert C. Boale, aged 27. died April IS
at the home of his foster parents. Mr.
and Mrs. W. H. Boats, in this city. He
waa a native of Nebraska and la sur
vived by a widow.
Funeral services for the late Glen A.
Orr. brother of Sheriff John W. Orr of
Polk county, were held at Bickreall.
Thursday. Mr. Orr was a son of Mr.
and- Mrs. Samuel Orr of Portland and
passed away at their home April Its He
waa nearly 31 years of age and unmar-
PRESIDENT
i
Young Jack la an enthusiastic Junior
Artisan and Is buying his Stamps from
Mrs. Ella Watt, supreme instructor of
the order. He has already purchases
six Wa Savings Stamps from his own
savings, and is going to buy many more.
Kalama Overtops
Subscription Quota
Atxt Wednesday to Be Observed a
Holiday In Celebration of Successful
Conclusion of Local Loan Drive.
Kalama, Wash.. April ,20, Next
weonesaay morning mere win pe a
big celebration In Kalama as a wind-
up for the Liberty loan campaign Ca
nadlan, British and French war vet
erans will address the people, and the
Navy band from the naval training
station, 40 pieces ln all, will furnish
musk) for the occasion. The schools
will close for the occasion and a gen
eral holiday Is proposed. Kalama has
now subscribed $24,050 toward the Lib
erty loan, with an allotment of $17,600.
Over 250 people have subscribed.
Every town in the county, as well as
the county Itself, Is entitled to an honor
flag for oversubscribing its quota.
Siacker Sentenced to Jail
Kalama, AVash.. April 20. J. Corl
gan, slacker, arrested by Sheriff Stu
debaker up the Lewis river recently,
was sentenced by Federal Judss K. K.
Cuahman Wednesday to 30 davs in the
leaerai prison, and after that to serv
ice in the arm. Corlgan hails from
Chicago.
Police Apprehend
Alleged Imposter
J. C. Herte, Paroled From Walla Walla
Penitentiary, Alleged to Hare Fasted
Varlois Worthless Checks Locally.
Frequent Joy rldfng by J. C. Herte
aroused the suspicion of the police and
after investigation by Detectives Tlch
enor and Mallett. Herte Is now lodged
in the city jail on a charge tf passing
forged checks.
The police assert ihat Herte has many
liases ana mat ne is a paroled con
vict from the Walla Walla penitentiary
The police have had
forged checks for a month and in that
time Herte is supposed to have m-olv.H
about 3300 a month through misrepre
sentation. Among Institution that h.
suffered are St. Marys home at Beaver-
ton, clothing stores, taxicab companies
and soft drink parlors. Herte will be
inea Aionaar m the municipal court.
Tenth Society Organized
Oregon Agricultural College. Corvl-
lis, April 20. The tenth group of girls
uiumb as a. ciuo ana petition a
national sorority, was formed here lat
week and bears the name of Zeta Chi
rne new organization is headed by
Zelta Felke of Portland and the editor
of the home economic section of the
uregon Countryman. Included in the
roster of members are Kdlth Ireland
of Portland, Marguerite Turner of Cor
vallis. Ksther Gardner of Portland
Winifred Hazen of Snohomish. Wash,
Laura Garnjobst of Salem. Dorothy
and Bertha Kdwards of Monroe, and
Gertrude Llnekaemper of Portland.
Child Dies Suddenly
Edna Kllen Lawrence. Infant risuchf. i
of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lawrence. 372
sireei. aiea suddenly April 4
srter a day s Illness. The funeral was
held April . The family has resided in I
Portland for a year and a half. Mr !
Lawrence is a boilermaker and In em
ployed at the Columbia River Shipbuild
ing uurpuraiKm plant.
Senior Given Appointment
Oregon Agricultural College. Corval
lis. April 20 A. W. Oliver of Salem,
a senior In animal husbandry, and a
prominent participant in Student activi
ties, has Just been appointed Instruc
tor in annual husbandry at the Unl
versity of Idaho, to take effect Msy 1.
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CATARRH
is now easily overcome by using
an antiseptic oil spray v-hich
absorbs and '4tsiodgea ths hard
web-like mucus membrsns of
throat and nos. Quick relief is
slways obtained by using the Mc
Kenzie Catarrh spray. The price
complete with special atomiser is
only 1.0. We pay the postage on
this and all other drug orders.
LAUE-DAVIS DRUG CO.
Zxperta, rortlaaA, Oregon. "I
FORMER STUDENTS
IF -
PROFESSOR VAN SCOY
REMEMBER HIM WELL
Educator Long Prominent in Ore
gon Passes in Ashland at
; ; the Age of 70.
Medford, Or., April 20-Professor
William T. Van Scoy, who passed away
at Ashland recently aged 70 years, had
for. years been one of the most active
educators of the state. lie camsvto
Oregon ln 1812 and was successively
principal of various schools In the Wil
lamette valley and was at the head of
the normal school at Drain for three
years.
He came to Ashland ln 1895, establish
ing the Southern Oregon Normal school.
It was In connection with this school
that ths happy results of his labors
were Indelibly impressed upon hundreds
of students who came in contact -svlth
his genial personality and sympathetic
nature. Persistent lndustrlousness -waa
predominating trait of his character
and many - of his old-time pupils will
bear testimony to the good results of
the encouragement which they received
at his hands.
For several years Professor Vsn Scoy
had been Instructor In rural schools,
never admitting that the ageeof retire
ment aDDlied to him individually. In I
November. 1917, he and Mrs. Catherine!
S. Walker of Ashland were married. His
widow survives him.
Both physically and mentally Profes
sor Van Scoy was of the robust type.
Commanding tn appearance, firm ln his
views, energetic ln action, he was known
far and wide and his friends were num
bered , by his acquaintances.
Pioneer Contractor
Of Portland Is Dead
Lewis C. Shorno. a resident of Port
land for 40 years, died at his home, 681
Montgomery street. Saturday afternoon
at 1 :40 o'clock at the age or 79 years.
He was a member of the O. A. R. and
was commander of Qeorge Wright post.
He was also a member of Harmony
lodge, A. F. tc A. M. ; Samaritan lodge
I. O. O. F., and the Ancient Order of
United Workmen.
Mr. Shorno was engaged In the con
tracting business.
No funeral, arrangements have been
made. Miller tt Tracey have charge of
the body.
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LAWN,
MOWERS
run easier,
11
better
Best Made and Best Known
- ,
and most universally used; Lawn Mower
on the market 'V-.V.'.- .-
We have handled and sold the- Great
American Lawn Mower : for' overtwenty
years to thousands of satisfield customers.
. - . ..' t .
In purchasing a Great American-yoti ''arc assured
of receiving full, value -Jpr'ydur money because
they are built to wear; and last 'longer than the
average mower sold at an "equal price..
We carry the Great American in three (different
"patterns. . .,,.'.
Our stodc of medium and low priced Lawn
Mowers is the largest
Garden Tools and
Poultry Netting
Honeyman Hardware Co.
Fourth at Alder
Portland's Largest Hardware Store
Kalama Youngster.
Is Getting Start .
- In an Incubator
Kalama, Wash., April 20. Kalama
has an Incubator baby. His nam Is
Edwin Whits Jr.. and he waa bora
on April 13. The doctor gives his
weight as slightly over two and one
half pounds. lis lives ln a home
made incubator, and Is wrapped ln
layers of cotton. He in fed with a
medicine dropper, and geta further
nourishment from a dall rub with
olive oil. No' one but the nurse has
been allowed to see him. and he has
not been removed from the Incubator
since his birth, as his chances of life
depend on" the most painstaking of
care. Dr. C 11 Stafrtn reports that
he is apparently gaining, and It is
now expected that he will live.
RUSSELLITE LECTURE
Those in Charge Warned of Dan
ger of Rope From
Bridge.
Corvallis. April 20. The Benton
county war council has forbidden tha
Russelllte lecture billed for the Ma)stlO
theatre Sunday, and those ln 'charge
were told that, unless they wanted to
dangle from the end of a rope from
the bridge across the Willamette river,
they should cease trying to hold any
such meetings in this county. .They
agreed and the lecture has been can
celled. The lecture was advertised under the
title "The World Is Ended, Millions
Now Living Need Never Die," and Rev.
N. M. Lewton of Portland mas to de
liver the sermon. The lecture was ad-,
vertlsed as free to all.
The war council took up the" matter
and asked John Senger and A. B. Black,
Corvalalls disciples of the Russell ten
ets, to explain the propaganda, and just
what the sermon would be, and after
the explanation the council refused to
allow the lecture and advised the men
to drop all such religious doctrines dur
ing the war..
Concrete bases to give longer life to
worn out fence posts are a New York In
ventor's idea.
and most variea in the city,
BENTON
COUNTY WAR
COUNCIL PUTS BAN ON
ami mm m
41 i, m
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