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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 27. 1921.
THE OREGON DAI LY J O URN AL
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PORTLAND. - OREGON. " '
GOOD PHONES
TO BE AFFECTED
III
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l Supreme Court
Opinions j
HIGH TRiBUTE PAID
BY NEW CHANGE
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Changes In telephone number or prey
tiea will benade to nearly 600 tele
phones in the Portland exchange Janu
ary 8. when a new Issue of the tele
phone directory comes Into use, accord
ing to estimates mad by officials of
pany.
At least two thirds of the office in
the exchange will be affected by this
change? in numbers, but -the majority ol
the 'subscribers involved in Ihe change
over are located in the downtown busi
ness section or the close-in residential
and apartment house district on the west
side. The business area changes will
result from the shifting of several thoU
. sand telephones from the Main and Mar
shall offices to the Broadway office.
' Included In the listing of new changes
are 200 telephones in the North Portland
Industrial section which were recently
shifted from the Woodlawn to Columbia
office and' given the ultimate prefix of
that office "Empire.
- In addition to these changes a num
ber of telephones will be shifted from
automatic to manual offices consequent
to preliminary work for abandonment of
some of the old automatic oriices. , no
tices are soon to be sent out of some
new automatic dial code changes. All
changes are Incident to the program of
the company to Install the "Bix-dlRlt
method" of telephone operation in the
Portland exchange.
New directories will be distributed the
latter part of this week, but warnings
will be sent out at Uie same time aa
vising subscribers not to use the new
directories until January because of
the thousands of new numbers which
will become effective on that date.
Deputy May Act on
Cost Bills, Ruled
Olympla, Wash., Dec. 27. A regularly
appotnfed, qualified and acting deputy
prosecuting attorney may approve cost
bills and claims in criminal cases either
in his own name or in the name of his
" principal, the prosecutlnc attorney, ac
cording to an opinion of the attorney
general. "
AT MEMORIAL FOR
Salem. Dec - 27. Opinions handed
down by the court this morning, were:
; : Willamette Box Lumber -comjMuiy.
appellant, verse C. H. Wheeler ; appeal
from Multnomah county; suit for dam
ages. Opinion by Chief Justice Burnett
Judge J. , P. , Kavanaugb reversed: and
case remanded., " j .'',... ' 4
A. C Allen, trustee In bankruptcy,
substituted for Wilson T. -- Hume. de
ceased, appellant, -versus dgar Dodge,
et al. appeal from Marion county ; suit
to set aside' conveyance 01 reai prop
erty. Opinion by Chief Justice Burnett
Judge George Bingham affirmed, t
Alfred Poole versus Cat K. Vimng
and R. M. Keys, appellants : appeal from
Benton county: motion or respondent
to modify former opinion i overruled in
oninton bv Justice McBrlde.
George Johnson versus Bthel V. John
son, appellant; appeal from Multnomah
county ; appeal from order or circun
court regarding custody of minor ; chil
dren. Opinion by justice aactiriae.
Judge McCourt affirmed. i
Charles K.irK. appellant, versus far
mers' Union Grain agency, et al ; appeal
from Umatilla county: action tor flam-
aaea based on charees' of fraud and de
ceit and violation of blue sky law. Opin
ion by Justice Brown. Judge Gilbert w.
Phelps affirmed. :
Hoy cannan, appellant, versus r arm
ers' Union Grain agency et al ; appeal
from Umatilla county ; action to recover
money. Opinion by Justice Brown.
Judge Gilbert W. Phelps affirmed.:
TOdward C! rouse n. Dlaintiff and appel
lant, versus Brooks Campbell, defendant
and cross-appellant ; appeal from Union
county ; controversy arising over lease
on land. Opinion by Justice Bean.. De-
Lcree of Judge Gilbert W. Phelps modi
fied and decree enlereu in lavor 01
plaintiff for restitution of possession of
premises. -,
State of Oregon, ex rel Charles H.
Rudd, appellant, versus W. E. King
gold, fire chief of Pendleton ;i appeal
from Umatilla county ;-mandamus insti
tuted because of erection of wooden
building contrary to ordinances of city
of Pendleton. Opinion by Justice Bean.
Judge Gilbert W. Phelps affirmed.;
Clara Tarbrough versus Victor J. Carl
son, appellant; appeal from. Multnomah
county ; suit for damages. Opinion by
I Justice McCourt. Judge W. N. Gatens
affirmed.
William H. Sibbald of Salem was ad
mitted to the practice of law in Oregon
on a certificate from North Dakota.
JUDGE HI BENSON
) Salem, Dec. 27. Formal tribute to the
memory of the late Justice Henry I
Benson of the Oregon, supreme court
was paid by the bench and ban of Oregon
this morning in services conducted' be
fore the supreme court here. :
Resolutions reviewing l!he wide ana
varied experiences of the late jurist, ex
tolling his qualities as a private citisen
and a public official, were presented by
a committee from the Oregon State Bar
association, consisting of Wallace Mc
Camant of . Portland, C; F. - Stone of
Klamath Falls, Gus Newbury of Med
ford. .A. C Emmons of Portland and P.
J. Gallagher of Ontario.
The formal presentation of the" reso
lution was made by Judge McCantant
who accompanied it with a brief tribute
to the memory of the late justice. Brief
eulogies ', were also delivered by GaU
lagher and W. Lair Thompson of Port
land and! Chief Justice Burnett and As
sociate Justice McBrlde of the supreme
court. .:
HIGH TRIBUTE PAID
"The comradeships of life meant a
great deal to Judge Benson," the resolu
tion of the Oregon Bar association reads.
"He was a warm friend, loyal, genuine
and dependable. He was thoughtful of
the feelings of others. He never tost
an opportunity to pay a compliment or
to say that which would pat another at
his ease. If he entertained an unkind
thought of another he never expressed
it He was continuously and deservedly
popular. While many times candi
date for office he was alwayuecessfuL
To an eminent degree he possessed the
confidence of the people of this state
and be held a warm place In the affec
tions of many of them. ' As , a public
servant he was high minded, conscien
tious courageous- and patriotic. - . t
"He was largely endowed with good
common sense. He . was a sound rea.
soner and was loyal to the law. ' He had
an innate love of justice and a hatred
of fraud and Imposition. His opinions
extend through 26 volumes of the Ore
gon reports, from 74 to . inclusive."
8EBYICE8 ARE CITED j . ;
"He has rendered an Important con-
i tribuUon to the administration of justice
tn the commonweal tn ana nis weu rea
soned opinions will permanently point
the waV to the searcher after justice.
"During the World war Judge Ben
son was unwavering and intense in his
devotion to the good cause. He loved
his country and gave the best that he
had to her service. He had the normal
point of view on the public questions of
the day. He was free from envy and he
had. a contempt for the preacher of class
hatred, ' ,
"He was a devoted husband, a kind
and affectionate father.
Therefore. Be It resolved, that n the
death of Honorable Henry:. L. Benson
the bar has lost one of its most eminent
an best loved members, the . bench, a
just and learned judge, the State a public
servant of high ideals and exceptional
usefulness,' , ,; i ...
Yakima Valley Crop.
Valuels $45,000,000
Estimates on crop returns in the Yaki
ma valley this year are placed at 15.-
000,000. according to a repor tcontained
in a letter received by the state chamber
of commerce today from the Yakima
Commercial club. There: are now ' S00,-
000 acres of land In the valley wider cul
Uvation. according to the report.
Oregon Nurses' in
jjouoie wedding on
; Eve .of Christmas
Aberdeen,WaslL, Dec IT. A double
wedding took place here Saturday eve
ning when Miss Ruth Porter of Eugene.
Oft and HSdward Lane of Sidney, Aus
tralia, and Miss Helen' Porter, also of
Eugene, and James DougTaa McCann of
Portland." were married at the home of
Mrs. R. XLlDobell. 507 West Fifth street.
Rey. Charles T.'Hurd officiating. Only
immediate relatives - were present for
the ceremony and 'wedding supper which
foilowecl. The brides came fron Cali
fornia last week. ' ,,.
Mrs. Lane, who formerly was a stu
dent at Oregon Agricultural college, is
a graduate Jiurse of the Los Angeles
county hospital, and has been Red Cross
nurse for Napa county, California, for
some time. Lane and his bride will aai
early in January tor Sydney to reside -there.
Mrs. McCann was graduated froio
the Eugene Wgh school and the Los An
geles county hospital. : She has beet .
surgical nurse at the Sacramento hos4 . '
pitaL McCann is engaged in the bond
business In Portland. Following the "
wedding supper the couples left for th$
beach, "... x
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Doctor Dies From 1
Plague He Fought
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New Tcuk. Dec 27. (I. N. S.) Dr.
Howard B. Cross of the Rockefeller in
stitute died at Vera Crus yesterday, 4
victim of yellow fever, the Rockefeller
institute announced today. Dr. roes
had been sent into .the Vera Crus dls.
trict early in December to combat the
plague, , ;
THREE HFSTERS EIJiED
Noah and Edward Robinson and Ed
ward Abdlll of Dayton were arrested
during the week-end for hunting on land
without permission and following a
hearing at McMinnvlIle. were fined $25
each, according to reports filed at the
headquarters of the state game commis
sion today.
'Over the Top' Is Wilson Fund Slogan
U St ? st n s s a s? si
Birthday Anniversary Tea Tomorrow
Wednesday is Woodrow Wilson's
sixty-fifth birthday anniversary.
"Let It be over-the-top . day in the
Woodrow Wilson foundation campaign,"
is the word that has gone throughout
Oregon.
Wilson's birthday will be observed
under . the auspices of the Oregon
Woman's Democratic club with a "Silver
Tea," in the assembly room of The Jour
nal building., A large attendance Is an
ticipated between 1 and 5 o'clock, There
will be musical numbers and addresses
by B. F. Irvine and others. Proceedi
will go to the Wilson foundation.
Teachers of Oregon will take an active
interest in the success of the Woodrow
Wilson foundation in the opinion of Miss
Jean Richardson of the Portland public
. schools.
"I am glad to enclose contribution
for the Woodrow Wilson foundation and
sincerely hope you will meet with the
generous response which you deserve
and which the cause deserves from the
-teachers, she says in a letter to Mrs.
Alexander .Thompson, chairman of the
woman's committee for Oregon of the
Woodrow Wilson foundation.
Class room teachers at a breakfast,
Friday, in the Benson, will consider in
what ways they best can aid the Oregon
campaign.
Of a general educational committee for
Oregon in behalf of the Wilson founda
tion. Dr. Richard Frederick Schols, pres
ident of Reed college, has accepteed the
chairmanship. His committee appoint
ments will include the heads of : other
educational Institutions.
It is expected that every person in the
state concerned with education will seek
to participate in the Wilson foundation.
for the ex-president has been an educa
tional leader in the sense, almost, that
he became an international leader and
the causes which the foundation will
promote by awards peace, justice and
democracy are the causes to which edu
cational leaders everywhere are dedi
cated.
A message from the national commit
tee today says : 'Reports from the West
are that several states are all ready to
go over the top as soon as they get the
word. Oregon, Oklahoma, Colorado and
Minnesota are .all aspirants for the hon
or of being the first to reach the quota,'
WOODROW WILSON' FOUNDATION,
Lumbermen Trust Company Bank
Portland, Oregon.
Gentlemen: Inclosed find $ 'for Woodrow Wilson
Foundation fund. Please send certificate of membership to the under
signed at the following address:
Name
Address
Ctty.
Stats.
t Make checks to Woodrow Wilson Foundation, Lumbermen Trust
Company bank. Broadway and Oak streets, Portland. Oregon.
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