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THE OREGON DAILY, JOURNAL; PORTLAND. FRIDAY, JANUARY SO. r 1920;
LAW ENFORCEMENT
PUBLIC SAFEGUARD
Automobile Sm'ashups and Loss
f of- life Could Be' Reduced
; if-Gui!ty Are Caugth.
The Portland public is entitled to
Safety on the streets. Thorough
fares yrvt$ never constructed for a
hambles. They were laid for util
ity and convenience of the traveling
public. '
Xawa were enacted to regulate the
- motor vhlrl and nvrientrlan for th
safety of both. Provision was made
, for enforcement of those laws.
Bat they are not rigidly applied. An
extremely small minority of accidents
occur in which at least one party does
not violate the law. He fails to give
right of way, cuts a corner, violate
the speed ordinance at intersections, or
. Is reckless in at least one particular.
OUILTT FEEQUEXTLX E8CAPX
But he is not arrested except in a
comparatively few Instances. An ade
quate investigation is not made of the
causes of collisions. Parties to them
Often report that the law was violated
and then walk out of the police station.
"No prosecution follows.
The law requires that every driver
report a smash up within 12 hours. Yet,
one of every four does not report. They
are not Usually arrested. No warrant
is issued for them. 1
Two attorneys walked into the police
station within an hour last week and
asked to see certain accident reports.
"Why that man did not report," was
the answer in each case. And he hasnit
reported yet.
BEKCH WARRANTS TTIfSERYED
Bench warrants are issued and never
served. The warrants molder in the
, police station. No attempt is made to
' locate - the offender. In one Instance,
that of a notorious driver, the policeman
'telephoned for him to come to the sta
tion, that he had a warrant for his ar-
j rest. The man hasn't since been found.
Other bureaus do not ' cooperate with
'the traffic department. They pay little
heed to- violations of the traffic ordi
nance. Offenders arrested have been
turned loose, by other captains.
Evan after the arrest is made, prose-
' cutions are haphazard. Charges are at
' tered, some are left out, and others dls
missed without great effort to secure
witnesses and assemble facts.
Officers complain that traffic offend
ers are not always adequately dealt with
in the municipal court.
lOBCC 18 IlfSTJFFICIEWT
Captain LCwls of the trafflo bureau
'maintains that h haan't aiiffll.nt fnM
" of men to investigate accidents , and
bring in those who do not report He
requested more last fall. '
Judge Rossman declares that he does
not impose more severe penalties be-
- cause the police are not getting at the
, backbone of the accident cause. The
people who are In collisions are not
- arrested, he 'maintains, and they are the
ones to be prosecuted, rather than those
charged with minor offenses.
At any rate, a heavy toll has been
exacted In automobile accidents In Port
land. . And the law against violators
'has not been and is not being rigidly
enforced. There are too many holes
for. escape in the walls of justice.
The facts are bared for consideration
of city officials and the public. gj
Baker j Man eekis
Water for Use on ?
, Eighty-Acre Tract
Salem, Jan. 10. F. P. Vogel of Baker
has made application of State Engineer
Cupper for the appropriation lof water
from Union creek for the irrigation of
SO acres of land. "The project Includes
the construction of a small reservoir.
Other applications for water rights
filed include:
Boy Welter of Wonder, Or, for water
from Slate creek and Bridge gulch for
the irrigation of a 20-acre tract and for
domestic tise.
Marion F. Worten of Jordan Valley,
for the construction of a small reser
voir on Skull creek and the appropria
tion of water for stock watering pur
poses. In the temporary absence of Governor
Olcott, who is spending the week- with
Dr. a E. L Stelner, warden of the
state prison, at his summer home on the
coast, the 'executive offices are under
going extensive housecleanlng operations.
Governor Olcott has named Otto Hart
wig as a member of the state board of
vocational education to succeed E. J.
Stack, resigned. Hartwig Is president
of the State Federation of Labor.
Oregon dogs are not limited to any
one particular style of collar under the
state dog tax law, according to an In
terpretation placed on the statutes In
question by J. A. Benjamin of the at
torney general's office, for Gilbert I.
Hedges, district attorney for Clackamas
county.
Application has been filed with the
public service commission by the Union
Oil company for permission to construct
a 'grade crossing over a county road at
Tillamook.
C. A. Bradford, who owns the tele
phono system at Prairie City, has filed
application with the commission for a
25-cent Increase in rates.
President of U. P.
Leaves for Seattle
After Oregon Tour
Completing Insoectton of all tha O-W
R. & N. property east of Portland. Carl
R. Gray, president of the Union Pacific
system, and local officials arrived at
North Portland Thursday morning,
made a thorough inspection of the yards
mere ana proceeded to Seattle.
After an Inspection of the O-W. prop
ties north of Portland and conferences
in Seattle, Gray and the occompanylng
offlclalswlll return to Portland either
Sunday.or Monday.
Arrangements are complete for a
luncheon to be given In honor of the
president of the Chamber of Commerce
Tuesday noon. ftdmlsslon will be by
ticket only. Gray will . address those
gathered at the luncheon.
City Sues for Taxes
Suit against the Postal Telegraph
company was filed In the circuit court
this morning by Deputy District Attor
ney Sam. H. Pierce on behalf of T. M.
Hurlburt, sheriff and tax collector. The
action Is to recover $570 said to be due
on taxes for the years 1908 and 1909, un
der the franchise granted the city in
U87. Interest at 10 and 12 per Cent
on the sum is asked.
Philmore H. Buxton,,
Sheriff of Sherman
County, Is Dead
Forest Grove, Jan. SO. Philmore IL
Buxton aged 41 years, whose death oc
curred from pneumonia at his home In
Moro. Sunday, was born on the old
homestead near this city.
For several years he was a manager
for a general merchandise establishment
at Moro. and at the time of his death
was sheriff of Sherman county.
His great grandfather. Henry Buxton,
In 1841 came to Pueet Sound from Mani
toba, then known a the "Red River of
the North. They came to Oregon in
1142. setUinsr in the Tualatin plains.'
Buxton is survived by his wife and
two children. Miss Thelma Buxton, at
home. Willis Buxton, in naval service
at Constantinople.
Legion Is Not to Have
Jury of Its Own at
Trial at Montesano
Courthouse, Montesano. Wash., Jan. 30.
Mr. move has been made as yet by the
American Legion towards having a
"Jury" of its members near xne Testi
mony offered in the Centralis murder
nm according to J. R. Van Gilder, to
day. Van Gilder is in charge or nne
Legionalres who are gathered nere irom
various sections of the state.
vn finder said that rumors of such
action had come to him, but that no
action had been taken by the legion ana
that there was nothing to indicate Buch
MiMt wmilil h taken.
"Why not let the regular Jury try the
case?" asked van uiiaer.
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Southern Pacific Company Man
To Have Charge of Local Oper
ations in Southwest District
ManWhoLostMemory
May Have Lived Mere
bvml Wash.. Jan. 80. (TJ. P.)
Unidentified, except for two-year-old re
ceipt from a Portland Gas company, a
man whose memory is a complete blank,
was brought to the county Jail Friday.
He was picked up wandering on the
Medical Lake road. The receipt Is made
out to George E. Raymond, 303 West
Third street, Portland. He Is clad in
well-kept clothing. He Is In good physi
cal condition.
Portland police have received no com
munclatlon from Spokane regarding Geo.
E. Raymond.
Logging Camps and
Timber Tracts sold
iWflun Wash.. Jan. 30. Sale of
the timber holdings and logging camps
and outfit of the wuson .Bros, jjumoer
company near Independence to the In
dependent Logging company has been
recorded. The principal owners of the
new company are said to be Krumm
brothers and Synnesvedt, known as the
K. A S. Logging company of Oakville.
This Is one of the largest timber deals
In months. The timber included in the
sale amounts to 160,000,000 feet The
consideration ts not public, but the
amount runs into six figures, it is said.
Tn facilitate nervine several persons
at once . a double decked tea tray has
been Invented.
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The record which was used, to test all phonographs at the Panama-Pacific Interna
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Frank LaForge, and at this test, the Sonora won "the highest score for tone qual
ity.' The Sonora plays all other records with equal fidelity and loveliness.
Whether you prefer a dreamy Chopin Waltz or an Irving Berlin rag, a Bach Con
certo or a Sousa March, a delicate Coloratura Aria, or a negro melody, the Sonora
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The Tone ihcJSonora produces is not a
reproduction it is the thing itself A
Violin is a Violin a Soprano is a
Soprano, and in an orchestral selection
there is no confusion and jumble of
sounds. Each instrument stands out
clearly and distinctly.
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Don't Forget, "This Store Is Record Headquarters."
H. A. Hinshaw, general freight
agent of the Southern Pacific lines
north of Ashland, will become as
sistant to Federal Manager W. R.
Scott of San Francisco, Saturday
midnight when the 8. P. lines are
taken from under the supervision of
the Northwestern region and placed
under the Central Western, region,
according to advice received from
Scott this morning.
Hinshaw' will have entire charge of
all local operations and will take over
the control from J. P. O'Brien, who has
had managership during the control of
the S. P. by the Northwestern region.
Hinshaw will also continue to act as
general freight agent for the S. P.
General offices of the Southern Pacific
system in Portland will be removed
from the Wells-Fargo building to the
seventh and eighth floors of the Teon
building by March 1, according to an
nouncement made Thursday follow
ing a conference of local Southern Pa
cific officials with Charles & Fee, pas
senger traffic manager, and O. W. Luce,
freight traffic manager of the system.
It was also announced following the
meeting that an assistant general man
ager would likely be named soon to take
charge of the S. p. upon return or pri
vate control.
The Southern Pacifta took a 10 year
lease on the Teon building rooms early
in 1917, moved from the Wells-Fargo
building to the new offices February 1.
1917, and then moved back with the
O-W. R. & N. August 24, 1918, to con
solidate with the other railroad In
Oregon under federal control.
Profit Estimates
Of Douglas Plant
At Wide Variance
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Roseburg. Jan. 80. Wide divergence
in estimates of the profits or losses of
the Douglas County Water Sc. Light
company appeared at the hearing be
fore the state public service commis
sion in progress here. Company of
ficials asserted that the company made
but $11 profit in 1918, without allowing
for executive officers' pay or traveling
expenses.
City officials asserted that the com
pany's revenue for the year totalled
$75,000 and that operation expenses were
$26,000. An item of Interest on bonds
was held the same as a dividend
stockholders of the company are also
the bondholders. The city brought out
testimony that the plant was valued
at present prices of first class materials
and that the materials used .are not
first class and were bought at much
lower prices.
The company is seeking an Increase
of rates which the city opposes, asking
that the company show that first class
service is being given.
Irrigation Project
At Silver Lake - Is
Awaiting Approval
Bend. Ian. 30.-The only matter now
holding the beginning of work on the
Silver Lake irrigation project In Lake
county is the report of the state Irriga
tion securities commission for the ap
proval of the bond issue. The pojectors
of the project have obtained a purchaser
for the $300,000 bond issue and appraisers
have passed upon the plans.' The Irrl
gaUon project will cover about 10,000
acres near Silver Lake.
A campaign for Americanization of its
employes has been systematically going
on at the lumber plant of the Brooks
Scanlon Lumber company here. Out of
371 employes in the yards and sawmill
only seven have neither taken out na
turalisation papers or made application
for them.
State "Dry" Agents
Tried at Lakeview
Lakeview. Jan. 20. Trial of tt nrn.
hlbitlon agents, arrested here on charges
oi Doouegging Degan witn tne agents
motion for dismissal was overruled. The
court house will not hold all the eager
spectators.
Patriotic Rally Held
Castlerock, Wash., Jan. 80. Richard
Sugras post No. 71, American Legion
held a patriotic rally in the high school
auditorium Thuisday evening. Judge
Cedrlc Miller of Vancouver spoke.
Miss Veryl Burkhart of Harrlsburg
was elected to fill a vacancy in the Rose
school of this city. The election of
Stanley D. Eaton as principal of the
school was ratified.
A stranger, giving his name as J. D,
Morris, passed a forged check at Grants
Pass against William K. Hart of the
local telegraphy school, who had be
friended the man on his representation
that he was a telegraph operator.
Eugene M. Bowers, S. P. engineer.
died in the company hospital in San
Francisco from pneumonia. He had
been with the company for 15 years.
running out of Roseburg. He was 45
years old and is survived by his wife
and one son.
Expressman Is Under
Arrest on Charge
Of Attacking Woman
Jess H. Wilson, an expressman, was
arrested at his home, 425 Hancock
street, Thursday by Patrolmen Gor
don and Wright, who were armed with
a" complaint signed by Harry E. Bu
tanke, charging assault and battery.
The complaint followed the investiga
tion of Patrolman A. R. Hucklns, who
was called to the Butanke home, 92Vi
Grand avenue, after neighbors had been
attracted by the screams of Mrs. Bu
tanke. According to her statements to
Hucklns, Wilson appeared at the apart
ment seeking someone he said had called
him. He returned later and is said to
have forced his way into the apartment
and grappled with Mrs. Butanke. -
Butanke declares Wilson is tne ex
pressman who moved their goods Into
the home a few weeks ago. Wllspn's
stand is at Yamhill and Fifth.
Would Bring Mother
Back From Germany
La Grande, Jan. 80. Herman Roeech
will leave in a few days for Philadelphia
en route to Germany to see his aged
mother. They have not seen each other
since Herman was a small youngster.
If his mother will come to America, he
expects to bring her back.
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pupils say so. .
SEPARATE studio rooms and HALLS
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Professional instructors only, both
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Paoae Broadway tut for Appelatsseats
Vacationists Will. ;
Go to Seaside by
Air Next Summer
Astoria, Jan. SO. The Oregon-Wash-lngton-idaho
Airplane company will
establish a dally commercial passenger
airplane service between Portland . and
Astoria, with Seaside as the western
terminal, this summer, according to
three members of the company, who flew
from Portland Thursday in a three-passenger
"Seagull" hydroplane.
The trip was made from Portland 4n
one hour 15 minutea In the machine
were Oliver K. Jeffery. manager of the
company, Victor Vernon, pilot, and Cap
tain F. S. McClurg. The big plane
alighted in the Columbia river near the
Tongue Point buoy station. Jeffery
advised Astorlans to establish a landing
stop near the waer and a landing field
on top of the hill, as many airplanes are
to make the trip to Astoria this summer.
Vaccinate Pupils or
Close Schools, Order
Bend, Jan. 80. Failure of the school
authorities of various districts to comply
with order of the state board of health
regarding vaccination for smallpox will
mean the closing of those schools dis
regarding the school board, according to
Dr. David N. Roberg. state health of
ficer. The .prevalence of smallpox in
Oregon is the cause of the strict order.
There has been considerable objection
lit Bend to the vaccination order of the
state authorities, but the school board
will back up the state board to the
limit.
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bring the prescription he
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fQl ' Watc" those cous and colds
I and chills and fever. It is pos-
lfeslls sible to prevent another influ-
are taken by everybody.
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