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c;. JO TT""5 T A O - i. iJ - ' J IvIAN PAYS TAXES 1 WRONG LOT; DEMANDS REFUND Similarity in Site and Block . Number Leads Man to Mis- ; take; Was in Wrong Tract Calcbo Stanchoff Ends hlmeelf In the ' position ot bavin j paid off sse m.nt for publia 'work on property he thought wu his own. wbeYeas his prop ertv hd s. similar number lor, lot and block, but wu to another tract. Now t la unable to set refund from the cltj, and o far baa been unable to Induce the real owner of the property tQ' refmburee him. The excuse made to the council for non-payment by the real - owner , wu that -; the statute of limitation had run. . . :,.. The matter was referred t City At torney Grant, and In hia report to the city council, to bis formally laid be Xpre It Wedneedai. be does not mince worda in expressing his opinion: ' - Grant points out that the city can not legally refund the money to Stanchoff, as bis application for bond- In s" gave the description of the prop East 76tl and Halsey streets. loU In Erainard. Joaesmore, Katharine, : C1TT TAXES STEFS TO TAKE OVER -POWELIi' VAIXET BOAD The first formal steps have - been taken "by ; tie elty , council to acquire from the county the Powell r Valley road from-the east line of East 25th street to the west line of 62d street south east sow maintained as a county highway. The ieeuncil on December 13 passed resolution declaring: Its in tention . to take over this street. At the pets session the council will re ceive recommendation from Commis sioner : Bar bur j that Uty;! Engineer Lauriraard be Instructed to make tbe surveys sad prepare a written report 1 en the matter of takmgr over the street. This Is preparatory to advancing the plan - for Its permanent improvement. "tor which the county win provide the major part of the roads required. Thia will be main artery; teadinsr to tbe new RssIaland-;briajreif-KY Sweeney's addition, although be did cwn lot f. block'. Green's addition and that he kept up the payment on tbe property he described. Tbe Marietta. Realty company sold the property on which Stanchoff was paying assessments to Victor ' Blum. Had no . mistake been mad - by Stanchoff. says the city attorney." the Realty company and ium would have been required to have paid; the assess c ments. . an that . "to contend . that the statute of limitation has run ' against these payments and to further contend that Mr. Stanchoff Is not entHled to any relief does not display that equitable eplrit whloh should emanate from honest men." v. . ' .' Grant says he'; believes 'the j cltjt enouid do an within its power to pro tect Stanchoff and that .Blum .should be cited to-appear before- the council and . "give .such., explanation, as Be deems proper.' --;-v-.-.-''- 2TEW BE My QTSeiCT PROPEBTT SALE SET FOB JA5UAKT 17 Another sale Of properties delinquent n assesetnentsjl for public' work has been announced by City Treasurer Adams for 10 o clock of January 27, The delinquencies are on the following Improvements: For , Improvement of Ellia avenue, from" Iilwaukie to East 2 2d street. lots In -Floral. Park and Midway annex. For improvement of Portsmouth ave nue, from Willis boulevard to Columbia Slougb road, lota in College Place. - For sewer in Lambert avenue, from S25 feet east e East -SSth street to the east line of Eastmoreland, lota In Ber keley.' -vY- . -Y V- '.,. i For sewer, In Maiden avenue, from Fast 39 th. street to the east line of Eastmoreland, lots in Berkeley. -' For sewer? in East 74th. .East! 75th, -Y-i.icxirMf nr yocxsTioir' ' TTpon tlier eoomBiendatloB of Mayor Baker, based, upon reports of the po lice department, and the city.: attorney. James Timtns, ' holder, ef .a" rooming bouse license for No. : 14 Ixrwnadale street, is to appear before the coun cil to show cause why bis license should not De revolted, i'-i Eoiiian(iI;MeiiTake ' Oyer 01d;GbldSite In J osepMite County ; Earl C Stevens, J. H. Nodlne and rty be did not own lot 8,' block 7jXeroy Lomtk have organised the Mint 4 Bullion Placer Mining company and taken over to claims on Althouse creek. near Holland to Josephine county, that they asy give excellent prospects jpf becorolnc good producers. The claims are in a district that In the early day la said to have yielded 133,000,000 from the simple process of mining with pick and shovel. During recent years. : John - Apple, ld-time miner, installed considerable machln eryV and; U wss- from him then; Port land men, a short time ago, after ex tensive Investigations, purchased ; the property, Apple having met 1 with an accident preventing1 his active partici pation in operation of ms plant. eteTens is minins; engineer, grad uate of the Columbia School of Mines In .19.05 and spent some tim: in Cen tral, America before coming to Port land. fodine la a former Californlan and Loraax was formerly circuit judge in Baker. Or. .-A:. The claims' 'contain li, 000,000 cublo yarda of what our investirations have shown is cold bearing rravel. said : Stevens, and we have two . big giants -In operation at the. present tlma. , - Stevens said that occasionally good sised nuggets are found, and displayed one valued at 123.40, with many others of smalier size. " ' ' -s " "v The company has its headquarters in Portland, ; , - school; bbads oitbis Salem. Dee. JO. County school sup erintendenta from .all-Oregon counties are gathering in Salem for the annual conference at She call or J.. A. Church-j 111, Bxais stiperintenoen ui puoiie in traction. Business sessions will , open Tuesday. - The superintendents will rrt exwinptiw piqserevwh 1 here, HEW ASTORIA GITY i ttissiomsi: ORGANIZE tvl ONDAY WUIiam Dethrtdge, Former Chief Deputy Sheriff, ExpecHed to Be Police Depratment Head. Astoria,- Xee. SO. Astoria's first city eommlsslon. Including Mayor Setters, Commissioners." 8eeborg. skyles,; M lu nula and Arnold and City Manager O. A. Krats, formerly -manager of Grande, wiil be formally inducted Into office at a session -of the municipal body to be held at 10 o'clock. Monday morning" at the city hall.- .Mayor Set ters wlij read his meesase to the com mission, which body will organise and. tentatively outline Its work for 1923. It is also-' expected' that all appoint ments . to bar made ' by i the new city manager and by the commission Itself will be announced at this time. The new commissioners and manager nave givtn no : Inkling as to whom they expect b name for municipal ef flees, though 'it is reported that William Pefhrldg. chief deputy under Sheriff Slasher; who resigned thisweek and has been succeeded by X -M. Kietsing. former ; circulation : manager for the Evening Budget, is to be chief o police, ' replacing E, I Carlson, who has held the off ice for four years. MA5T TO BE XAMED -.outer department appointments . to be filled' by the new manager and oomraisaion Include that of fir chief, held by Charles E. Foster) city auditor. E. O. Oearhart, incumbent: city treas urer. - O. Zeieler, incumbent : saperin- tendent of water commlaaion. Albert Johnson, incumbent ; : city -engineer, Robert A. MeClanathan, insumbent ; city attorney, James w. Mott, incum bent ; police matron, Mrs. Mattie Had dlx, incumbent ; city health officer, Dr. Nellies' Vernon, incumbent; street superintendent, . James .-eKarney, to' I Asloiia - Patients 1 1 DiC Pittenger, Dentist . - . win oe in Burmese ai m , Sixth Street ; 2 - r-y seoond Floez C Between Washington and Alder 3 ' X'ortland - E Until Kelocated in Lovell Bids-- 3 imiiiiiiiiiiiiimimiiumi cum bent, and . other minor places. : In- eluding V plumbing' and electrical ' tat-, spectora, ;- Crnder the new charter- and ; managerial commission form of gov ernment to be inaugurated Monday the office of police judge is separated from the office of lty auditor and an ap pointment will also be made to fill that place. ----- , TOUT BODY TO JIEET V" - fl . Three new- members of the -Fort of Astoria commission, elected .at the aa eral election in ' November, - will be formally seated at the first meeting of the new commission to be - held Tuesday mornings They are J - W. A, Tyler, - vice r president of the Astoria National bank ; R : w, skaller, " local drygoods merchants and .O. rCUff ord Barlowr merchant xt Warrenton. As B. F. Stone, present chairman of the commission, is the -oldest member ef tbe new body to point of year of serr tee, it. ta expected be will be reelected chairman. The retiring ; members of the port body - are I ' George WW San born, ; local fuel dealer and steamship man Frank Pat ton. - eaahier - ef the Astoria Savings bank, and George W. Warren -of Warrenton. m Mayor Setters has announced that one of the first problems to be taken P by . the new - commission - Willi be the matter -ef .widening the streets-. In the burned business district to permit construction of ' permanent business blocks at the earliest possible date, .-. Not Enough Punch In Volstead's Law,. Judge Bean Holds Bootleggers can J thank their lucky stars that Federal Judge Robert. S. Bean is not a member of congreaa. 7 If be were no member or the anti-saloon league would have to tag him around. The Judge would be miles ahead 'of them. . The Jurist let It be known from the bench Saturday thafhe Is . not satis fled wtih Mr. Volstead's law against Jhjuorjvendors, cUe deplored the. fact Saturday that the Volstead act would not allow him to do . anything more than fine M. N. Johnson , and Walter (Red) Watts. He dij Jus best, how ever. : under the ' circumstances, and gave each man the limit a 9500 fine each." i - i m Watts and Johnson pleaded guilty to-having five cases of bonded liquor In their possession last week when ar rested by federal prohibition agents. Watts had arranged re sell the liquor to the agents, but .before the sale was consumated the agents got. Impatient and made the arrest. ' Assistant United States Attorney Edward Baldwin ttU the court that the ease was an ag grevated one and deserving of severe punishment, even though the sale had not been made.. : .r ; "The circumstances ; are such that the court would Impose another pen alty other than the one allowed by the-law if it were possible," said the Judge after hearing the evidence j "it there ia any weakness in the Volstead act at all. It Is that the court is limited to but a fine la tuch east -a , ase Mils," be " continued. "It would add greatly to the efficiency of the law If the court were ' allowed to impose prison sentences, la such cases. : ; - After playing hide-and-seek with the coast guard cutter Guard for several days, the speed launch 811-K, loaded with S3 eases of whiskey, was run down and captured near .Anacortes -Wednesday. ; i -.- - - MIDNIGHT DANCE TONIGHT Cotillion HaU; j a - , 14th and Washtsgtea f Ont-of-Town Bosinesa Solicited Private Officea,' Baaineas Confidential Diamonds Wanted ' - i '.'--.;.. ' S ' - -. . . " - ' ' ' " ii . ' . " -, . . : , . This is an extraordinary opportunity for those who want to sell or otherwise dispose of their 'diamonds whfle the present market value is high. -t: Diamonds lying ile in safe or deposit vault can be turned into ready, money. ; . 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