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Show I GOVERNOR WEST TO I CLEAN UPPOHTLMD Oregon Executive Makes His SB Purpose Clear to County Wm and City Qfficfals. I LATTER ARE DOUBTFUL West Threatens to Take Possession Pos-session of the Sheriff's Office Of-fice by Force. PORTLAND, Or.. Aur. 2-1. Governor Gover-nor OBwnM VCfst serve,! notice, toflav on the authorities of the city of Port laud and Multnomah county that he purposed to institute next Monday a moral "house cleaning" in Portland, with the help of the local authorities if they will prive it, without it if the.v do not care to assist nnd in spite of them if they try to block his efforts. The governor said he was going to "clean up" Portland if it took him until Jannarv 9, 101 5, tli day his term of office as governor expires. The governor arrived here from ;i I phi earlv todav and at ouce telephone.! tele-phone.! to Mavor A. 6. Rushlight, Chief ot Police E. A. Slover. District Attorney Attor-ney George Cameron and Sheriff P. L. Stevens to meet him in tho mayor's office. Sheriff Remains Away. .Ml except I bp hheritf were present. Mr, Stevens fcnt word he was "too busy, ' The governor declared his purpose and the officials proffered their assist-ante assist-ante Rushlight and Clover told the governor, however, that thev did oot take much ttock in his programme. The;, advocated, as the only solution, the creation of a restricted district, and asserted that nothing would be accomplished accom-plished by crusade except to drive the unfortunates from one hiding place to another. The governor adhered to his position nnd the local authorities to theirs. Then The governor announced he intended to put two special deputies into Cameron's Camer-on's office to conduct the prosecutions. You will if they suit me," Cam rron replied. ft I Accuses Attorney. j "I will anyhow." retorted the gov- Aa, error. " I am coiug to have somebody tfffi j in there who won't double-cross me. ' jm " Do von mean 1 ever double-crossed yon?" flared up Cameron, fAvt "Yes. T do,'' rejoined West, "you riif ! double-crossed everybody you ever Im ' :inie in contact with. ' jJjt J "M name is Cameron George Cam- 'Iw'j eron. I want vou to know. You don't jff ; foare me a bit." itf Remarking the absence of Sheriff Stevens. West asserted that he intend: rW'l e,l to take possession of the sheriff's fl oflicc by force if necessary. jtW Later the governor was asked if he lyC intended to call out the national gnaid to do JOT ".s a last report." was the reply atf; A - ed why he had not attended the lot meeting. Sheriff Stevens said: HB "The governor is merely trying to (Ml advertise himself. I am (on busy with jjl m own work to help him in 'tis scheme iff for self aggrandizement, " H Basis of Action. mj The report of Uir- vice commission ap- t pointed by the mayor some months apo. If made publii last night, gave Governor if WejSt 8 basis f r his action today Op- " erpllvea oi" 'he vice commission Inves- l' tigs -I 5-15 hotels, apartments and lodg- i - hoi sea on the west 8lde, each place m being repeatedly checked by a different poratlvo. Of this number -tSl were lifted lift-ed a immoral. Ownership of the buildings was im lulled lull-ed In the Investigation. It if alleged 'that some of the most Important men of the city own law-breaking ro?"rts. Thr commission rc-rimni'ii'Jp an ordinance ordi-nance providing that Uir name of tho owner of the building bt posted at the entrance ol every hotel, apartment and lodainc house. |