The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1908-07-23

roilo"lng the lead OF Portland's
physicians in making war on
"quack" doctors and questionable
sanitariums, the Eastern Oregon
Hedical Association will probably
take some official action to indorse
The move started in this state.
J. T. Turner. a prosperous young
farmer residing six miles east of Sal
EN-, disappeared last week and no
trace OF him can be found. He was
a member of the Woodmen Of the
World and the members of that or
der are putting forth every effort to
aid his grief-stricken family in find
ing what became of him.
The Oregon State Penitentiary
Minstrels, Philip Sousa, director"
gave their second annual public en-
tertainment at the state prison last
week. Under the rules of the insti-
tuition the inmates true names or
numbers are not allowed to be print
ed upon the programme, so in order
to circumvent this difficulty the con-
Victs adopted the names of the most
prominent in American minstrelsy.
After over two years incarceration
and after having been tried and ac-
quilted of two murders, Steve Ad-
ans, noted the world over as a West
ern Federation man, arrived in Bak-
er City last week, and expressed the
intention of making 1t his home in
the future.
Last May an automobile was stol-
en- In Chicago and man was arrest
ed in Independence with the auto
In his possession last week. The
man who had the machine was ar
rested for not having a license and
the identity of the machine was then
discovered. The name of the man
who had the machine could not be
learned. He has been taken to
Dallas.
]. w. Machen, of Eugene, a PROM
inent stock dealer, was swindled out
OF $1,000 last week by a man giving
his name as H. Lane, from Iowa,
who professed to be a cattle-buyer
and shipper for an Eastern firm and
presented what looked like a letter
of credit for $4,000 on we'll
known Eastern bank and addressed
to the First National Bank of Grant
county and the Bank of Burns. The
whereabouts of Lane is unknown.
Moses Taylor, one of the wealth
lest wheat men In Umatilla county,
who has just been released from the
penitentiary after serving IA months,
has filed a damage suit against his
former wife, Mrs. Isabel Taylor, her
brother, John Banister, and r. ].
Body. Taylor says these persons sue
cessfully conspired against him and
are responsible for his being sent to
the penitentiary.
Yamhill county came in for first
place on the grand prize Of $3.50
silver cup for the best county dis
play OF cherries exhibited at the sec
ond annual Cherry Fair and Carnival
held in Salem last week. Lane coun-
ty was close second, Polk county
third, Wasco fourth and Linn fifth.
In order for any county to retain this
valuable trophy 1t must win 1t three
times in succession.
The Government has appointed
three forest guards on the Oregon
National forest. They will be paid
by the city of Portland, in accord
ance with a plan for cooperation
with the Forestry Service, by which
the territory which supplies Portland
with its water for municipal pur-
poses is protected from damage by
fire. The territory to be protected
by these men was formerly included
in the Bull Run reserve, but is now
part of the Oregon National forest.
Later developments regarding the
attack on Emma G. Robinson, the
Portland school teacher, who owns
O mining claim near Galice, are that
a masked man appeared at the wo-
mans home about 8 O'Clock one
night and 'eveled a loaded revolver
at the woman's head. Warding off
her assailant, the woman escaped
through a window. Miss Robinson
believes robbery was not the strang-
er's motive. The police believe it
was an effort to frighten her.
The commission appointed by Gov
ernor Chamberlain to attend to the
allotment to the new county that
portion of the Wasco county funds
which properly belong to Hood River
county has finished its work and filed
its report. 1t Is agreed by the COM
missioners as to all lands heretofore
decided to Wasco county by reason
of the nonIpayment of taxes and ly-
ing within the boundaries Of Hood
River county, that Wasco county
shall execute quit-claim deed, con-
veying all its interests in such lands
to the latter.
Whitney l.. Boise, prominent as
POLITICIAN, lawyer and clubman was
arrested last week on charges OF lar
ceny by embezzlement from the Haw-
thorne estate preferred by his sister,
in-law, Mrs. Catherine Collins, one
of the heirs to the estate. There are
FIVE separate charges, involving a to-
tai of $7197. 1t is said by those In
position to know that the shortage
of estate funds really attributed to
Mr.. Boise exceeds s150,000 and may
run as high as 100000, The defal=
cations cover a period of ten years,
during which he handlid the money