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OUKCION' CITV KXTKIMMMSK. FRIDAY. FFRHUARY 2. 1917. OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE Publlans Every fri4tf. t. E. BAOOit. (diiar ti4 Publisher. Eaic-rwd at Oraioa City, Oro Poatofftce m-vo4cIm saaiur. Subscription Rataa: 0 yar 1 13 III MoBtBS Tr1l Hubecrtptloa. Two Months it llubscrtbort will Rod Ik dale of iplralUm atampw! on tkrlr papr M tow las tbalr nam. If UK payment It act cradlitxi. kindly K if y us, ao4 Ik mattar will rwcalve our atuaiiun. readers wer furnUhed rVanr In- i.hi lol.i (-i.ii.UfJ Oil affairs Iban any numb.Tuf olfieial Inuulrtea Bilsi I have inKjiiH-d The "rtma right In and ill down tplril la unly another Indication of a lira day la lha rrlallutuhlp of cor porations and Ilia public llolae, Idaho, Capital News. Advertising Rales o application, CUnOPEAN TRADE AFTER WAR. THE In ditcunion of after the war prob li'iua before lha tiuuthern Commenial congress recently, Dr. K. K. I"ratt. of lha department tf iomtnnrc said. Wa Uiuit clearly rwogtilio lha fail that In the normal years preceding tho outbreak of the Kurnpcan ar, lha Kuropan nation were our hrt cut touicrs." and hn ripn-ated the tun that e would do all In our power after the war to pin our "bcti cutotn i r" In aa tiron a pomtlon ludustrl- ally ai they were before th war. He believes that the four moat s.-rlo.u post war needs of Kurope will be, flnt. capital; second, capital equipment, such building, ahlpa, rallaaya. etc.; third, raw mat-rials; and. fourth. oea. or 1 pr rent, were rait In th.i atate for rr.i,l.ot in 1SI2. The fictirra are appromnaiely for reel, but nol ahotiit!y accurate, fur the reaxin that the c -nnu bureau hit not reported. It utr, the number el persons of foreign birth, hut nol rut urallied. The number of lhe. hoa lever, la relatively amall. ro far i there U any mil' rial difference In alien population In the various sec tions of the country, the difference make a more favorable showing for the aouthern l..te for the rean that there hut tw-n a comparatively am ill ! Immigration of foreigners Into thai am linn uf the country. Arording to lfie flKtires. Ill pi r. nt of the men In On (ton over Zl years of age In 1J1I, voted for pr l denl. Oregon tand about at an aver I . ttsip.aft v in tiiMrhlnMPV mf Iia nri?. th.t the l alUHl Slates be ready to .up. h'lrrn b '"" .tatea. who ply tnee nwJ. It l doubtful If a ureal deal of '; Hal will be Inntantly forthvoailnn from the I'liltenl giatee wh-n the war has ccaxed. The Intereat mtea In Ku rope will hardly rUe to a height aliK h will draw American capital away from thla country at once. KeKardlng can Ital equipment, the d atructloa of ahlpa hat not kept pare with their construction. There ahould be a lame demand on ua for building equipment. auch aa lumber, etc. Pr. Tratt acorea one bull'a-eye in enumerating the four poxt war need of Europe raw niaterlala. Kuropo always needa them, and never more than when the I'nlted States la oper ating nnder a democratic tariff policy. During the fiscal year 1913. which was tinder the protective policy, we export ed $731,000,000 worth of crude mate rials for use In manufacturing, and $776,000,000 worth of manufacture ready for consumption. During the fiscal year ended June 30, 1911, nine months of which was under the pres ent low-tariff law, our exports of crudes rose to $793,000,000, and ex ports of manufactures dropped to $715,000,000, a gain of $61,000,000 for ths crudes and a loss of $31,000,000 for manufactures. Our foreign compe'.l tors were buying our crude materials. and nslng them to make articles which entered our market under the low duties of the present law and dis placed American manufactures. The question Is, are we willing to supply Europe with huge quantities of crude materials, while she acquires an ever-Increasing command of our market for manufactures? Should this situation be brought about and the present tariff policy, together with continued labor troubles are bound to create It it is quite probable that the time will corns when American rapltal will gravitate to Europe be cause of Industrial stagnation hero. Capital must have action, or it ceasi-s to be capital, and labor becomes Idle ness unless capital Is employed. Wo are evolving rapidly Into a manufac turing nation. We pay the highest tand together at the foot of ih scale of voting activity, and the niKMl I woilern and raM.'rn states which are at the top. The flRtires show that even In enlightened Oregon, with the 1. A It. and the direct election of senators, condition i which one would think would dr.; w out the voter, only about half of the men of voting age have Sufficient Interest to go to the polls THE NEW ROAD CODE- Aiming to do away with Ike preseut complicated road code, ahlch is be yond human undemtandlng. the Ore gon Good Koads association ha pre pared a bill which provides for a fur more efficient and ruor economical system for the maintenance and con struction of roada. The good road association I composed of the Grace, the Portland Automobile club, the Ore gon Slate Federation of Ibor. the Oregon Hotclmcn's association, the Orecon State Editorial association. the State Taxpayers' league. Portland Chamber of Commerce, the Farm -rs' union, the Portland Realty board, the Oregon Daily Newapspers association, and the Oregon Slate Bankers' associ ation, and the measure has the sup port of all thse organizations. Rrlefly. the bill provides that there shall be a state highway commission; that roads shall be classed as state roads, county roads or district roads; that the state commission shall have charge of the state roads and have gen t-ral supervision over county and die trtct roads, as well; that the county court and roadmaster shall have charge of the county roads and a board of three, known as the district road trustees, shall direct the work on th? district roads. Road supervisors and the county roadmaster. as at present defined, are abolished, and the appoint ment of a roadmaster under the new plan would be compulsory on the coun ty court Instead of optional, as at present. This plan, radically different from the present road system, promises to substitute business effiict ncy for lack HOW TMEY 00 WORRVI Mr ('. I', t'tiapan, editor of Ihe Ore gon Voter. A r! Ilenson. Portland mil lionaire, r.nd the Warren Profilers com pany. the firm w Ut b lav bithu'lllc ate ninth worried a Unit Cl.u kmn county paving It s ins that I'lacka nia tounty ba found a way to lay pav ing without pa)lng one red rent to a contractor or to aome peraon or film holding a pair. ut on paving. Recently Mr. Chapman burst Into song with a few remarks rntlll'd "Clackamas Paving " In the lal laaun of Ihe Voter Mr. llelixm repllea with the following letter: "Your article on Ctackamaa county paving I good one. It certainly la a shame the way Clackamaa county taipavrra have been misled and bun-ctH-d In all their paving, aa the people of Clackamaa county seem to be a pro gressive bunch and are willing to pay for good roads, a abwu ly tliolr large road I -v lea each year. I note thai you staw thnt the con dition of the pavement I exciting con cern during Its n-cond year. Instead of the tevoud )ear. this pavement has been down about tlx months." Inf It a shame the way Mr. Chap- nun and Mr. Ilinton continue to wor ry about lackamas county paving, especially when Ihe Clackmna county court announced hat some hard sur fare Is going to be laid on county roads without paying a few thousand dollars In royalties or rontracors' pro fits men baa bean reduced from !1! M0. Ihe appropriation for Ihla year, to :i3.7:o, a nr eating of li:d. Ac. cording to a recent report submitted In roiigrt-M l y Ihe se. retary of agrl culture, It apix-are that ll ear Ihe entire appropriation Was not eieiidod, bill aliiioal a million pound of seeds were produced, and given aay to pv pie whose name went ftirnlhcd by in ruber of runeres. It U nol appar ent lo the average rlllen )ut why such grutultlea should be distributed In the folk at home, and II would aeein that before lulling bond to run the government the D'ltUNrat would do well to abolish the pciiiMou ststeiu of 'free seed." A JUSTIFIED RISE. A bill has been Introduced In the lower hou.e of the I gi .l.iiure Intreas lug the annual salary ol the treasurer of Clackamas county lioiu llmm to $110(1. It I Uot good bii'lnes or good sense for a county of .Hi Out persona, handling annually almost million dol'ur In county fun l. to pay the man through whoa band all this money imist go only l!mo a year. Thi county should not b. compelled to go to the legislature lo secure a rise In pay for a county official. Clacka maa elects It own tre.i.uter. raise by taxation money lo pay til salary and baa the rlttht to recall tv I m. yet lh. county cannot fix bin pay. The sy tein I not just. The county want to pay It officers a living wage, yet It must go lo the 'erlslature and ask for permission. ATURE li I LLU10L REPORT ON 2 BIG STATE COLLEGES PEOPLE OF CORVALLIJ AND EU CENE SAID TO PREY ON THE STUDENTS. CONDITIONS AT UNIVERSITY ARE DECLARED TO BE UNSATISFACTORY Sterol Sooistlts Bld lo Dvlop CHquts JsaUusy Bttwtsn llni vsrslly and Agriculture College Deplored. of efficiency, economy for waste, and wages In the world, and a large pro- a comprehensive statewide road pro portion of the cost of manufacture is 8 for unsystematic work. It is the best of the road laws which have been introduced at the present session paid to labor. Without protection we cannot meet competition with such a disparity in the labor scale abroad and at home, and our agricultural class will not find a remunerative homo market if our mills are not kept g ing. INDIANA LEADS SOUTH LINA LACS. CARO- Indiana hi s the distinction of being tha ctate In which the largest propor tion of persons of voting ,'ige partici pate in the election. South Carolina shows the lowest proportion actually participating In the selection of na tional officers. These statistics are based on tho vote of 1912 and the census of 1910 Since 1910, no statistics have b'eu compiled which would furnish a baslB for a computation of percentages. In 1910 Indiana, for example, had a total mal population of 1,383,295 of whom 822,434 were 21 years of age and over. The total vote cast for president In Indiana in 1912 wag 654,471, or 79.6 per of the legislature. COME RIGHT IN AND SIT DOWN There is a new head to the Stand ard Oil. He Is Alfred C. Bedford. As the new executive Mr. Bedford has introduced some new policies. That was expected on the theory of tho new broom, but the nature of some of them was not expected. Tho Standard Oil corporation has been especially secretive. This has been notoriously true with relation to pub- i liclty. Imagine, then, the srprlse ol a reporter for a New York paper who, with fluttering heart and trembling limbs, the other day rapped at the door of President Bedford. "Come right In and sit down," was the greet ing. The newspaper man almost col lajibed! Hut he was due for a greater sur prise. President Bedford began to talk about the Standard Oil's business and be wont on to say that there would be no secrecy and that "there cent of the total number 21 yenrs of age and over. In South Carolina, In ' will be a square d?al for the people SLAVES TO MONEY. An eastern mngatine says, editor! ally: "We shudder to think what the ver dict of Ihe efficiency expert would be uion Lincoln. Why, th man bad no sense of money at all: and lo get the money is, of course, tho chief pur pose and end of efficiency. Ho had worked hard for an aver age lifetime before be was elected to the presidency. Yet at his Inaugurs Hon his entire fortuns consisted of bis house an lot In Springfield, and a little wild land In Iowa, granted to blm for his services In the Black Hawk war. A few years later he is reported to have said: T now have about ten thousand dollars. I hop- before I die to Increase It to twenty thousand dollars, which 1 all the mon-y any one man ought to want' "He seems actually to have had the Idea that money Is merely Incidental to the business of living, not nearly so Important as friendship, or a sense of humor, or a dear conscience. He assumed that after a man had enough to pay his debts, and attain a reason able degree of Independence. It was useless, and even a trifle absurd, for him to seek to pile up a great for tune. A more hopelessly inefficient point of view, of ocurse, could hardly be Imagined." Uncoln signed the proclamation which freed the nation of slaves. Per haps the Inspiration of his life, grow ing in strength every year, will be ill stni mental in freeing the nation of Its craze for the almighty dollar, to which most of us are slaved. J. T. Boyd Asks a Question. MOl'NTAIN VIEW. lire. Jan. 30 (Kdltor of the Knterprisel I am ask ing for a limited space In your valu able paper. Just a few il..y back I got a card from our ettliuuble county clerk telling me I would be disfran chised unless 1 returned the card with in the next 10 days and I ask by what authority has Ihe clerk to do this I re yd slervl t.ccordlng to law and hav voted nt every e'ecllon for three years although I bud to e.,r In my vote When 1 registered last the lady asked my address. I told her very plainly third ward, corner Prospect and May street and she looked on thj map and couldn't locato May street but.! In sisted that was the address. Then she asked what was my pollllacl party. My answer was Socialist and 1 see a quiver in her Up as much as to say alien and Ignorant Now I have no doubt If I had said Republican she could huve found May street. Stop. look, listen ! thought I heard someone say that we re In free America. .Vow I be'leve In free sufferago and have always voted for It and to have one dlsfrun- chlsj me onpolltlcal vb ws Is a severe test for mo for I claim citizenship and shall always use my rlcht to vote and pay my taxes without the clerk's permission. Hoping you will print this, I am yours for better acquaintance. J. T. 110YP. 49 YEARS AGO From Enterprise April 25, 1868- 1910, there were 333,040 males ov.r the ag3 of 21 years, while only 55,34S and for the company." He gave the reporter a candid interview and the In Amsterdam is a Bank that was founded in 1309 We suppose by means of this bank that millions of people hare been able to keep their money safely which without it would have been lost We suppose it has been an immense factor in developing the agriculture and the commerce of the couutrj. That is the two-fold purpose of this bank to afford our people an'ABSOLUTELY safe place in which to keep their money and to afford them the means to develop our industries. Are you availing yourself of our splendid facilities? THE BANK OF OREGON CITY Oldest, Largest and Strongest Bank i Clackamas Coonty. I I r--r- rgggt mmmifmmm THE COUNTRY PRESS. Eldtor Chapman hands the country press of Oregon the following bouquet In tho Oregon Voter: "Busy Portland men usually confine their newspaper reading to the big city dailies, and forget that out In tho state are Independent Journals which are powerful factors in promoting sound, wholesome public sentiment. "While not so brilliant in editorial expression astho city dailies which employ writers to comment on the issues of tho hour, the country papers as a rule are edited by the men who own them, and hence reflect a practi cal, common-sense point of view. "To keep In touch with tho real sen timent of cltlr.enshlp that has the Independence and ability to maintain Itself in tho open country, Instead of drifting to tho coneestlon of the metro- polls, every Portland business man ought to subscribe for a few country weeklies or small community dallies. "And to make his wares known to that same independent and sturdy citizenship, he ought to Include the country pr.pers as well as thi city dallies In his advertising plans." Another sad and painful occurence took plance In this city on Tuesday evening, April L'lth. by which a little son of Mr. r.nd Mrs. Charles Logus lost his life by drowning. He bad gono to the river with some other boys for the purpose of fishing, and he accl dently fell In. Tho body was recov ered on Wednesday morning, and the funeral was held Thursday, and was attended by a large number of sympa thizing friends. His ago was about 10 years. 8AU:M. Or.. Jan. i'.'i That there la a tendency on the part of Corvnllli and Ktigene titUens to take advanl ag of the students at tho I'nlverslty of Oregon and Oregon Agricultural col lego In charging them for living furl! Itles and sometimes "grafting them lo tho limit;" that a condition rtlsts among the Creek letter sch Idles at Ihe univ ersity that "Is inidemoiicriitlc and daiigeniiiH;" that a feeling of Jealousy exists lH'teeti the university and the Agricultural colli 1:0, and there Is IIUI or no tendency b 'tween the two Insti tutions to cooperate In education! matters, with a tendency to duplicate work, a condition "Unit la delrliuent.il lo both Institutions," ore some of tlio findings untile by the special I -gUl.i live Investigating committee, which filed Its report with thn legislature to day. The stutement Is also made that thn university and Monmouth Normal school ahould keep within their nill'uge taxes. The committee wss authorized to make Investigation by the lust leg Islntlve assembly and members of th committee were uepreseninuvei buries Chllds. Senator W. II. Strayer. Iteltp. res -motive K. V. Minefield and W. W. Curdwell and Senator Coorge M. Mc llrlde. Itepreseututlve Chllds and Sen ator Strayer are members of the pres ent legislature. Speaking of living conditions at the schools, the report says that the high cost of living will bar ninny students; that living Is high at both Corvallls and Kugeiie, and that In somo rases house rent Is 100 per cent higher thun It should be. It decliir -a that In one rase a group of students wus found paying lunO a yeur rent for a house that could bo built In uny city In Ore gon for S 1000 or less. These conditions are practically tho same nt both Inst! tutlons. It Is assorted. "Whlls there Is apparently nothing that the h 'ads of tho Institutions ran do, we feel that the students are not getting a square deal," says the report. Referring to sororities and fraternl ties, the report says that the orgluilza lions are really helpful in thn begin ning, "but c'lques soon develop and different fraternities rnt rtuln each other. ... At the I'nlverslty wo find it costs as much to Join the Creek let tor fraternity us It does to Join a lodgo llkr the Masons or Oddfellows. In some cases $25 or :10 to become a member rtr: A WFUL! The following verse was written by tleorgn Krcy after reading III the Knl r prise of Thursday morning nil Item rolieernllig Hint lunch melwoike.l word, "very." Mr. Prey rolileiids Hill "awful'' Is Juxl as much abused. That man Is awful happy. Thai gill la awful sad. Ills speech wss awful snappy. O, I ant awful glad. The man was awful lucky. Tho boy was awful shy. The girl la awiul pirn ky. The town Is awful dry. An awful pretty singer. Her vnica Is awful sweet. Una awful pretty features. She ilressrs awful neat Ilia ways are awful simple. Her waist Is awful slim. An awful prtlty dimple. An awful pretty chin. The rose is awful pretty. The babe Is awful rute. An awful pretty kitten. An awful ugly brute. That girl la awful clever. II is an awful bore. Yen, this Is awful weather. I feel so awful sore. Ha is so awful oinnlnir. That lad la awful dull. The news was awful stunning-. That guy was awful full. An awfully good dinner, And awfully well rooked. She Is an awful sinner. How awful had he looked. Ho's awfully ill-natured, She's awfully polite. He's awful ugly featured. She's awful smart and bright He seemed so awful hungry. She ate an aw ful lot He is so awful bashful. She's awful on the trot 1 am so awful busy. An awful sunny clime. He's such an awful aissle. This is an awful rhyme. All these and such like phrases We hear on every hand, In any sort of places On streets and from the stand. We hear them from soma preachers Who tell us how to do, And even from teachers, And that Is awful, too. CONSTRUCTIONOr OCKS 10 STAR T Governor Woods passed through this city yesterday rnrnute to Salem, after an extended tour In the custom suites, The Oregon made shovel presented Mr. Smith at the breaking of ground In East Pnrtlnnd, and so happily de scribed In tho address of Mr. Mitchell was manufactured nt tho Willamette Iron works, where e.ny article thai can be made of iron lo readily pro duced. The flr.-.t i-hovol full of dirt was brought to thin city by N. W Randall, and is now producing straw- b -nil s, which we hopo may be upon tho table nt the banquot we propose j spreading here before next fall, on tho completion or the railroad to urcgon City. AN OUTRAGEOUS PROPOSITION. So far the Oregon legislature has shown no disposition to Injure any Oregon Industries by radical or fYeak legislation. A bill has been Introduc ed, however, attacking the fish Indus try on the Rogue river. The motive behind this bi'l seems to be the whim of a few "sportsmen" who wish commercial fishing killed on the Rogue river to insure them bet ter sport a few days In the year. We will make no attempt to argue the merits of Injuring a great Industry for the benefits of a few rod and gun clubs and socalled "sports " The mo tive alone Is enough to kill it. Oregon has had enough freak leg islation and this move Is so prepos terous that It should be given scant heed. To hamper or kill an Oregon In dustry that employes hundreds of work men for tha benefit of a few "sports" would be a black spot In he state's history. Pacific Coast Manufatcurer. The Willamette Iron works at Port land pro building tho engines for Cap tain Blngtnan's new steamer nbovs tho falls. The cnptaln will bo ready for tho full trede, and Intends to run betw-i n Eugeno City and Oregon City We hope he will be able to connect with the Oregon Central Railroad ut this point; non obstunt clamour do haro. BONDS AND FREE SEEDS. In the frantic efforts of the Demo crats to Institute economy In the ap propriations for the ensuing fiscal year It Is worthy of note that the allowance for seeds to be distributed by congress- County School Superintendent Cala van Monday mado public the names ol tho 20 graduab s of the January eighth grado examination!). They are: District No. 1. Katherlne Wilson, lone Hagcrman, Leonora Mulder, Ulna Krogh, Oprla (loff, Henry Stevens. District No. 9. Mlllen Kneeland, District No. 32. Oiver Marshall. District No. 47. Henry Atwater, Cecil Nclbusch, Otto Erlckson. District No. 76. II. Alexander Ella son, Edward Pederson. District No. 80. Gerald Babcock. District No. 123. Kenneth Rayot, Maxwell L. Kelser, Mildred Lynch. Vera Deery. District No. 305. I.uclle Balrd. District No. 309. Leonard Harper. EC. ASTORIA IS 8TORM-8WEPT. ASTORIA, Or., Jan. 27. The rain storm which struck this soct'on las' night was one of the bearleet In months and the precipitation from 6:30 last night up to this morning was 21 inches. A moderate southerly gale continued nearly all night, the wind at North Head attaining a rcloclty of 47 mile an hour. (Oregon Voter.) Truth, Is tho best capacity for floor leadership has been developod by an other man who doesn't got drunk ho redoubtable Ceorgo C. Brownoll, of Clackamas county. Brownoll tins superlative ability as a porsuader of Individuals and assem blages; nlso ho Is without a peer In tho hnuso as a parliamentary tactic ian. By sheer ability (cortulnly not by reputation) he Is weaving an Influ ence that bids fair at times to be con trolling, Irrespoclvo of tho wishes of the st ierlng commltttce. Browne'I's flno Italian hand has not lost Its cunning with the years that have elnpsod since ho retired, discred ited, aftor having served eight sessions in the state senate. He la now nn old war homo, but the smoll of battle makes his nostrils twitch and his ears stand erect. He knows exactly what to say to captlvnte the rank and fllo of new members, and some of them ho has not only captivated, but captured. He knows Just what to do to got extended mention in tho Portland dallies pub licity that advertises to the stato his merest In constructive economy and his ability to get results while tho In siders dally and rail. His voice Is a bit husky compared with Its one time baritone brilliance, but when ho warms up It rings clonr and persuasive upon attentive ears, for all sit In rapt atten tion when ho declaims. He talks to tho new members llki a kind fathor, who wants to see them re-elected. Can It bo that the old fox will enchant all the young crows until they drop their bones? PASSAGE UNDER ESPEE trucks miEimo SCHOOL IS SUCCES1E0 PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION BE LIEVES GRADE CROSSINQ IS DANGEROUS. TOO HIT Or WALL niMAININt TO BE PUT IN PRESENTS IN GINtCMINO PNOBLIM. MH POCKET IN ROCKS HAKES II DIfflCUll TO REACH BEDROCK Qlsnt Cortsrdams Probably Will Be Nsctssary-1100,000 Lsfl Te Pvt In Raat of Wall, Install Nsw Oatts, Do Othsr Work. The suggestion that a tunnel bo dug under tho South tii I'aiiflc tracks nt Ardenwuld so that tho 21 pupils who have been unable to attend school owing to (ho high barbed wire fence which the railroad company has put up along Its right of wuy Is contained In a letter received Thursday by Conn ty Judgo Anderson from tho Public Service commission. The county court petitioned the commission fur a grud" crossing ns soon ns he heard Unit the railroad had blocked thn path of tho 21 pupils. Th 1 letter follows. In part 'It Is feasible, and convenient to construct a passngn way underneath tho tracks and such a construction would not bo expensive. No grade crossing should bo established liulesi absolutely neci-Hsury. and in this In stance tho lives of tho children could bo protected by going under the truck Tho commission believes that this tin dnrground crossing should bo Instal led Inst ud of tho grado crossing.' Tho letter from thn commission udds tlmt the consent of tho Southern Pa cific for the construction of tho under. RHiund croslng could bo ousily secured. County authorities havo taken tho mat ter under advisement. LEWIS'S IRE IS AROUSED 1000 GALLONS BOOZE DESTROYED SEATTLE, Wash.,Jan. 25. Became the seizures of liquor by the police wero overflowing the rooms sit aside for Its storage, Chief of Police Beck Ingham today supervised the destruc tion of 1000 gallons of all kinds. In sealed packages, barrels, hip-pocket supply and demijohns, and more will be destroyed tomorrow. Whl'e the dry squad axes were nt work on the stored supply Sergeant Putnam's men were seizing a large shipment of rhlsky In a railway yard, and other policemen were bringing In small quantities seized In raids. SALKM, Or., Jan. 2.r This was mem orial day In tho houso of representa tives. It mcmornll.cd congress to n- tubllsh a naval bnso ut Astoria over the protest of Tlchonor, who fought for Port Orford; Pock who la o frhnd of Coos Buy harbor; Ixiwls and Small. Then plunged Into a long dubnto over tho question of usklng congress to aid Crescent City harbor with an ap propriation of $300,000 or moro, and ran up iigalnst tho minority protost of tho resolutions committee, signed by .Lewis and Stott, which contended that "we arc opposed to continually niemor allzlng congross.. Wo think our tlmo bettor spent In looking aftor Oregon affairs." Lawls, In supporting the minority report, made an attack upon tho waste of tlmo by tha house. "Every member of tho houso mndo his raco on an economy platform,' Lewis BP.ld. "We have boim fussing with momorlnl aftor monorlnl, and tho only purpose sorvod hna beon to keep the stato printer busy. It costs this house $2.70 a mlnut3, 1C2 tin hour, or $810 a day to run, and up to this time we havo done nothing but absolutely waste our tlmo and tho people's money. "At the end of tho session we will begin to road tha tltlo to the bills, r.klp the middle and read the last word, and call that a third reading. 1 wont to serve notice on the "house right here that In the last days of thla ses sion I will see to It that every word of every bl'l will bo read, from the title to the tall." J. J. WURFEL BRINGS SUIT. J. J. Wurful Saturday filed a suit against Anna M. White and W. F. White for $138.22, alleged to be due on a merchandise account War department ciiKlnccra am pt paring lo go ahead with thnlr work mi thn Oregon City lix ka aa soon aa water loiidllliius penult, probably parly In tha aprlng. With miiterlul and equipment at ready aaxeiubled ami plana prepared mid nppmvcd, llttln delay la pipirled. nllliiuiiih thn engineers face one uf lha urnul knotty prubletiia In Ilia rntlr recount ruction Job. The pirns Includ-i tha riinatriii thin of a roncrele dividing wall, about 1200 f . lung, whlih will ncp.iruln ihe water iitnl by tlio paper in I Has and generating plunt from the Hhlp rannl. Of this I .'00 f.M.t stretch, HMO fret feet h:n be -n put III. bill Ihn remaining piece, althouiii shorL la thn uiont illfrii ult In thn entire; Job. The wnler nt aoum tlnm In thn a washed a pocket or hole in what I now thn bed of I be 1111111I Tim gov. eminent viigltieers are del rmlned to go down to ImmImh k for tint foundations for their dividing wall, and mut go hrouKli the sand mid gruvnl which has (tiled In Ibis holn In Us bottom. Tbey fear tlmt It till be nceaiary to dig ifi feet under Ihn prenetil floor of the canal lo reach hi-ilrock. Ureal rnffiir dtllllB mint be built to keep out ihe wat-T whlln Us work la In progrvaa. and It will probably be necrnaary to hut iloati fur a tlmo t least tha big generating plant of thn Portland Hall ay. Light A Power company. Planks Laid Ovsr Pocket. When Ihn locks were constructed nick In thn '70s, the snmo seemingly iKillomlrss pocket In Ihn rocks was encountered. Then the prob'em In lead of being solved, was ovadetl and the builders laid a thick floor of plunks on (he h d of thn runal. It bus been auggented that a thick concrete, floor bo laid over tha pocket. hlch la filled with loose, rock and sand, und Unit thn concrete dlvldlug wall be erected on this bed of concrete. In mime hut tho Mine manner as buildings urn erected on bluukel foun dations. Whlln (his typo of founda tion would he Junt as permanent as on n sting on thn bedrock 00 or 75 feet below, say local students of tho prob lem. It would mean a substantial sav ing to tha government. (overnineiit mutineers had $226,004 with which to construct thn ronrrctu dividing wull, put in new locks gate and do other Improvements. Of ihlr sum. i::..nou has been spent, and tha following work, summarized, has been done: Construction of 1010 fa t bf concrete dividing wull, rnntulnlmr about limit) cubic yards of material; construction of one office mid tho re modeling of another houne, and the assembling of cqulpm til and tho erec tion of a screening plant for grnvel a roncreto warehoiise rtnd a holler hnuso. $100,000 Left for Work. Actual construction work did not begin until lust summer, although com pl io surveys wero made long before After thn wurehousn 11ml two dwell ings wero completed, work was started nn tho gravel screening plant und a government drudge, was put to work cleaning oft tho rock for foundations. The locks wero draining on Holidays, and diims of planks und ennvns wero built so that tho work could progress without sorloniily Interfering with traffic through tho locks or with tho opi.rntlon of tho mills which nro shut down on each Huiidny. Tho dividing wall was put In In sections, so ns to allow for contraction mid expansion. To complete thnlr tusk, tho govern ment engineers havo $100,000 of thn appropriation remaining. If enough Is loft after the dividing wall Is com pleted, now lock gates will bo put in at nn estimated cost of $,r)000 n pair. Tho govornniont Intends to put In gates modnled uftnr tho onos now In nso, which have been found sntlsfac tory. From tho standpoint of actual ne cessity, tho must Important work on the locks their deepening remains y t to be (lonii, and tho federal ongl- liners nro powerless to tako up this work until money 1ms beon nnnronrl- otod. An appropriation of n nun iu now ponding bnforo congress, mid Is cxpTctnd to pass with llttlo difficulty, ns tho looks nre now practically use- ess ror six woeks or two months each year when tho wntor Is so slm'low In tho lownr lock chamber than rlvor boats, oven whon lightly loaded, can not go through. Lato Inst suminor ono bont was damaged In tho lower lock chamber whon an attempt was made to go through, With tho complotlon of present Im provements anil tho deepening of the locks completed, river traffic will be greatly stimulated, bollove local rlvor men. Oregon City, Corvnl'ls and other towns are complotlng now docks which are thought nocessury to handle the Increased business. ENVOY TO VI8IT BELGIANS. WASHINGTON', Jan. 25-Ambassa-dor fJorard at Berlin has been in. structed by the elate dopartment to accept the Gorman government's of for to permit an Investigation of con ditions prevallln among Belgalnn deported Into Germany by tha milt. tary authorities In the conquered section. -