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THE MORNING- OREGON IAN, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1919. 5 OREGON CHAMBER BOOSTS FOR STATE First Annual Meeting Opened in Portland. SESSION CLOSES TODAY President Hall Advocates Invest ment In Home Industries to Insure General Prosperity. With a year of service behind it, in which the organization has glimpsed the vista of valuable effort and co-operation that lies ahead, the Oregon State Chamber of Commerce opened its annual session yesterday morning in the Oregon building, re dedicating itself and its individual membership to the betterment of the state. Resolutions were presented mem orializing congress to open the Klam. ath Indian reservation to settlement; memorializing the- next regular ses sion of the state legislature to ap propriate J100.000 as an advertising fund for the state during the next two years; and resolutions pledging ro-operatlon with the Oregon Irriga tion congress to obtain appropriation from congress for reclamation pur poses. 3fot Counties Hf-prewcYttcd. Practically every county In the state was represented at the opening session, with more than 75 delegates seated, when Charles H. Hall of Marshfield, president of the state chamber, opened the big co-operative convention. "It Is the accurate observation of our most forward-looking citizens that Oregon has not realized upon her resources as rapidly as have the states to the north and south of us," tatd Mi. Hall. 'Taking advantage of the quick ened spirit of our citizens, developed by the obligations put upon them during the war, this organization was launched. We trust the first year's existence of the Oregon State Cham ber of Commerce has Justified the confident hopes of those who con ceived the plan. Immense Power Latent. "We must bring ourselves to real ize the Immense latent power In our people, if intelligently co-ordinated and directed. If a. small percentage of the money which we invested in government securities and contribut ed to war charities within the two and a half years just passed can be directed each year into industries de signed to liquidate the resources of this state, Oregon will see a develop ment which will astound us all." President Hall strongly advocated the investment of surplus earnings in home industries; the continued and enhanced support of homo enterprises, and the constant advertising of Ore gon's commercial and scenic advan tages in order to attract new settle ment. Tourists Become Investor. "llie tourists will become our in vestors and aspire to Join in our busi ness lite," said Mr. Hall. "There Is no better way to reach these people than through our inimitable and distin guished orator-citizen, Frank Branch Itiley. From personal observation I know he reaches and impresses ueeply. in a fashion peculiarly his own, the people whom we desire to interest." In a comprehensive annual report weorgo Quayle. general secretary o the chamber, outlined the accomplish intents of the past year, in which the membership of the organization took part. He also drew the attention of the chamber to projects that should be considered in the current pro gramme. "It is likely that the management of the railroads will revert to private in terests next March." said Secretary 'Junyle. In connection with the pro lection or the coast line, I wish to call your attention to a stretch of country, between Coos Bay, Oregon and Eureka, Cal. It is a well known tact that in case the Roosevelt high way is built, it will not be completed for some time to come. I believe this section of the country should be pro tected by a railroad. Investigation will prove that this country is very rich, not only in minerals but in land well adapted to farming, and could support a large population." Other Projects Racked. cicner items on the programme which Secretary Quayle advised the organization' to take up for action were: Effort to induce the construction of the Matron cut-off, connecting Oak ridge, on the Eugene branch, with Klamath and Lake counties across the cascades. . The building of the Strahorn rail road in Central and Eastern Oregon connecting Bend with Crane, and Jviamath and Lake counties. Support of a resolution urging congressional appropriation of $100 000,000 a year for a period of fly j ears lor me construction of pos roaas. and $10,000,000 a vear for period of 10 years for the building o roaos mrougn national torests. Secretary Quayle laid emnhasi upon the need for more people on th lano, declaring that the Willamett k auey alone can support a popula iion oi j.uimj.uoo people. Advertising 1 Advorated. "A more Intense advertising cam paign should be Inaugurated," sai becretary Quayle. "and continued un til this vast territory has the popu lauon it justifies. States all aroun us are securing people through ad vertising. while Oregon, the best an, lies dormant. i am not reconi mending at this time that the legis lature appropriate a sum of mone for advertising purposes, for the rea son that the people are not educated to the necessity; however, the legis lature of North Dakota recently ap propriated $200,000 for advertising that state. "The counties of Oregon appropri ating through their several county courts $1000 or more for advertising this year will be.1 start in the right direction. A concrete plan should be outlined for taking care of these peo ple when they come, for they are coming if we put on an advertising enmnalfirn. and when thev come thev are going to buy and remain. "If the lajnd settlement commission had 100 places for disposal, such as their "farm home' recently estab lished near Independence, I could sell every one Inside of 60 days to 100 per cent American citizens. " Sclf-Support Urged. Declaring that one of the urgent needs of the state la eelf-support through the financing of home in dustries with Oregon capital. John Lu Etheridge. chairman of the member ship committee, made a dynamic 10 mlnute talk "We of the state chamber have a great duty to perform In financing oir home Industries," asserted Mr. Etheridge. "The state chamber should take It upon Itself, as one of it most Important functions, to bring About a union, of elate industry and state capital, for the attainment of a general prosperity. The slogan of the organization should properly he, 'Oregon for every community and every community for Oregon.'" Other speakers were Walter Den ton of Salem, who spoke on commu nity development; Judge J. T. Rorick of The Dalles, who detailed the needs of central Oregon; Frank S. Brain well of Grants Pass, vice-president of the chamber, and others who gave informal talks from the floor. Diners Hear Talks. At the noon recess the Portland Chamber of Commerce turned Its members' forum luncheon over to the state organization. Addresses on leg islative topics were delivered by Sen ator Vinton, president of the state senate, and Seymour Jones, speaker of the house. Following the afternoon adjourn ment a banquet was served in the main dining hall of the Portland Chamber of Commerce, where Frank Branch Riley delivered his famous J illustrated travelogue on Oregon and northwestern scenery, and William L Finley gave his illustrated lecture on bird life. Today is the second and closing ses sion of the state chamber. Addresses on the formal programme are as fol lows: "Oregon's Needs From a City Viewpoint." by W. D. B. Dodson; "Pur pose of the Public Service Commis sion." by Fred A. Williams; "Forest Roads," by George H. Cecil; "Future State Road Plans," by R. A. Booth; "Cut-off Lands." by Charles L. Wheeler: "Land Betterment," by Whit ney Boise. SETTLER OF 1862 DIES Mrs. Anna R. child. Who Suffered Hardships of Plains. Passes. WALLA WALLA. Wash.. Dec. 29. Special.) Mrs Anna Rebecca Child, early settle?- of the northwest, ied last night at her home in this Ity after a long illness. She crossed the plains In 1S62 to alt Iake City, where she was mar led to Ross Child, and in lb67 they ame to this valley. The marriage eremony was performed by a justice f the peace and later sanctioned by Brigham Young. Mrs. Child was the daughter of i retired sea captain. In 186" the fam consisting of the father and mother and 12 children left their ome in Syracuse. N. T., for the est, driving ox teams. En route the father and two of his children died nd the others of the family hoi- owed out logs and the bodies were uried on the plains. They had sev- ral brushes and narrow escapes from eath at the hands of the Indians. Mrs. Child leaves one son, Lou Child of Spokane; also a daughter-in- law, Mrs. Zella Child of Walla Walla. and a grandchild. 3, INDICTED, ADMIT GUILT .ludne Kiidkin Imposes Sentences in Walla Walla Court. WALLA WALLA. Wash.. Dec. 29. Special.) A special federal grand ury today returned tnree inaict- ments and the three individuals Im mediately pleaded guilty and were entenced by Judge Frank H. Rudkin f Spokane, as follows: (long Sing, $2.".0 fine for having yen shee," a derivative of opium. George Buyer, 30 days in county all for impersonating a Vnited States fficer to obtain two meal tickets alued at $6. Elwood V. Cox, three years at Mc Neil's island, for raising a $1 federal eserve bank note to $10. Fifteen men were given their final naturalization papers and three cases re continued. Of the 15. 10 were oldiers or sailors who had seen active service, most of them over- eas. HIGHWAY WORK TO START fo-ier-lloo(l '.liver Link to Be Made Passable in SO Days. HOOD RIVER. Or., Dec. 29. (Spe ial.) Walter Atwell. in charge of road construction camps of the A. D. Kern company. announced today hat work would be resumed Monday between here and Mosier. The six miles of Columbia river highway be tween here and Mosier, it is said, will be made passable within 30 days after work is resumed. Mr. Atwell said his company also would begin construction within a week-on the lohn Day highway in eastern Ore gon. Camps are being kept open on the paving operation west of here and surfacing will begin as soon as weather permits. Beet Growers Demand Sugar. YAKIMA, Wash.. Dec. 29. (Speri.irW Central grange. No. 295. Sunnyslde, yesterday adopted resolutions declar ing that the organization would dis courage the growing of sugar beets the Sunnyside district unless the Ctah -Idaho Sugar company agreed to furnish growers sugar in sacks at wholesale prices. T. R. Home, man ager of the company's plants In this district, stated that similar demands often had been made, but that the companv never had deviated from Its sales policy, and he did not expect it to do so in this case. Whiteheads Are in Court. CHEHAL1S. Wash.. Dec. 29. (Spe cial.) X. E. Whitehead has sued Mary M. Whitehead in the Lewis county suDcrlor court at Chehalis. asking fJr a divorce on grounds of desertion The couple married in Portland June 23, 1907. Plaintiff asks the custody of three minor children Ellsworth. aged 11: Bessie Leona. aged 9, and Lewis Edwin, aged 7. Judge Rey nolds took the divorce case of Toma Foss against Jim Foss under advise ment. Read The Oregon'an classified ads. THE MIRACLE OF LOVE Now Playing PEOPLES Direction Jensen & Von Ilerbero . This Big Special Production has met the approval of the thousands who have seen it. ANOTHER WAR OVER TURKEY PREDICTED European Powers Repudiate All Christendom in Treaty. GREAT NATIONS JEALOUS Dominance of Turk in Constanti nople to Continue Despite Protests of Millions. BY WILLIAM T. ELLIS. (Copyright by the New York Herald Com pany. All rights .reserved.) NEW YORK. "Turkey must go!" said civilization. Long and loud that resolution has been- resounding. The cup of Ottoman iniquities had over flowed, red and reeking. Unfit and criminal, the arch offender and an achronism among great nations, his tory's prize waster, despoller and murderer, Turkey's doom had been declared by every public minded per son in Europe and America; not to mention the millions of Christians in the near east, who for generations have prayed daily for the overthrow of this tyranny, crying "How long, O Lord! how- long?" "Turkey may stay!" Is nevertheless the present decision of the European powers. Minus only the parts aelzed by the entente nations Syria, Egypt and Mesopotamia, with possibly a bit of spoil In Asia Minor to each of Italy and Greece the Ottoman gov ernment is to continue to exercise sovereign and imperial rights all the way from Constantinople to the Cau casus, thus Including all of Asia Minor. It will take many articles to con vince the average American that Turkey Is not to be driven out of Europe and deprived of a continuance of her monstrous misrule over Chris tian peoples. All declarations of war purposes In this country, from those of President Wilson to those of the man sitting on a cracker 'box In a corner store, expressly stipulated that there should no longer continue the scandal of the Turkish empire. It Is not easy to realize that the pres ent determination of the European powers has repudiated this pro gramme and insured the continuance of the cruel and conspiring Turk as the power controlling the Straits at the gateway of east and west. Nation'. Are JealouH. The reasons for the survival of the Ottoman empire are simple. If not creditable. They are the same as those which maintained the Sick Man of Europe" in generations gone as a menace to the world's peace and as an affront to all international standards of law and order. The European nations are Jealous of one another. Each is afraid to let the other become dominunt on the Bos phorus. They expect to secure greater individual advantage by letting the Turk remain- for they can always "influence" him than by ellmlnat-', ing him and substituting a modern western power which presumably would administer the territory in the interests of the inhabitants thereof. Even with Russia and Austria and Germany, the arch tempters of the Turk, eliminated for the present, there Is sufficient rivalry remaining among Great Britain. France, Italy and Greece to warrant the preserva tion of something approximating the pre-war status. Avowedly, thi Is simply old world politics, shameless and cynical. It Is as disdainful of the cries of the Christians committed afresh to the hands of the Turk as was Hngland in Disraeli's day. In the minds of the multitudes of oriental Christians Greeks. Armenians. Latins. Syrians, opts and Nestorians the evident determination of the powers to let Turkey stay is regarded as a black betrayal of Christendom. It means that all the rights and needs and claims of the millions who have for ages been under the Turkish yoke are disregarded. Another War Sure. Nothing that is intolerable is Ir remediable. What the powers now propose as a settlement of the Turk ish question is only a postponement. Plain justice will one day be done. After the Turks have again reduced the European rivals to impotence by intrigue and mutual distrust, they will again break out as of yore. But peoples are shorter tempered than they used to be. The avowed war aims of the allies have been as yeast in the midst of nations that formerly suffered In silence. This ferment comes to the national units of man kind. Turkey, set up again on her throne by Christian Europe, will find modern militancy animating her subject peoples. This war was the golden opportu nity for bringing in a new order that would promise peace in the near eaat. No decree of a league of nations five or fifteen years hence can dismember the Ottoman Empire. Article X at tends to that. Only armed conflict can again overthrow the sultan. Greece has misdeeds and mistakes on her recent record, but she will have the support of civilization in re- NORMA TALMADGE "THE ISLE OF CONQUEST" A Fascinating Yarn About a Man and a Woman Cast Upon a Tropical Island in the Pacific. MIDNIGHT MATINEE TOMORROW Doors Open at 11:15 P. M. Now Playing ! Jbjec- o the j tlon of Orthodox Christians to rule of the Caliph of Islam. Russia some day will come back, with her old dream of freeing the Christians from the power of the Turks. It i easy to see that, despite all paper restrictions upon her conduct, the maintenance of Turkey at the Straits can be only a temporary expedient to be terminated by force. Turks Should Have Chaicr. There are many clear reasons why the Ottoman Empire should be ex tinguished, and a pregnant one, little discussed. Is that the Turkish people should be given a chance to govern themselves, something they have not had for centuries. They have "been trying, unsuccessfully, to rule other races and religions. Their friends had hoped that, freed from international tangles and from exploitation by grafting politicians, the Turkish peo ple might work out In Central Anatolia a noble national destiny for themselves alone. For the Turks as Individuals have friends. Apparently most foreigners who know the east believe -that the Turk Is the best of the whole lot of ill-assorted Levantine peoples. Hla personal qualities are more attractive than those of some of his non-Moslem neighbors. All British soldiers sound the praises of "Johnny Turk" as a good soldier, a brave, square fighter. who could endure more on a smaller equipment than perhaps any other soldier in the war. All this has to do with the indlvl dual Turk, the long-suffering peasant. wno nas Deen tne victim as well as the tool of the Intriguing and un scrupulous Ottoman government. The ci-pecLea reaajustment or tne near eastern question on a fair basis would have given the private Turk a chance to prove himself, freed from the ter rible handicap -of international com plications. The one hope of the Turkish people lay In a relatively small. all-Turkish nation in central Asia Minor Evidently, however, that dream goes glimmering, along with other Irldes cent nopes. ine lurks are again to oe propped up at Constantinople to attempt to continue to do the thing for which they are least fit govern subject peoples and play the role of an imperial power. The work of the war in the east is some day to be done an over again: OLYMPIA ROW IS ENDED DIFFERENCES IX RECLAMA TION BOARD HARMONIZED. Both Marvin Chase and E. M Chandler Are Asked to Continue Witli Okanogan Project. OLYMPIA. Wash.. Dec. 29. (Spe clal. Friction between Marvin Chase state hydraulic engineer and mem ber of the state reclamation board and h.. M. Chandler, chief engineer for the board, which at the last meet ing of the board developed to the ex tent that retirement of one of the officials from the service appeared Imperative, has been harmonized and both men will continue in office. The board at a meeting today, after reciting the fact that the reclamation board had spent several thousand dollars for preliminary work to de termine the feasibility of the Methow Okanogan irrigation project involv ing the irrigation of 46,00 acres o ianu auu an autnonxea oond issue of s. 300.000. urged the two officials to reconsider the far differences and co-operate in making the project a success. The resolution declares the profes sional knowledge and experience of botli Chase and Chandler vital to the success of the reclamation work under consideration by the board. The personal Interest of Chase io the Okanogan district, which the board says is not in excess of $3500, according to a statement filed with the board by Chase, is declared in the resolution to be inconsequential. SEAT WILL BE CONTESTED Spokane Commi-Moticr Will Have to Fight in Courts for Place. SPOKANE. Wash., Dec. 29. tSpe cial.) A contest for the seat of Mau rice Smith, commissioner-elect, will be instituted in superior court early in January. The grounds on which the contest will be made are that an amount ot money in excess of the J250 allowed by the city charter was spent In Smith s election. Commissioner Smith's itemized statement of expenditures shows that he spent $249 or fl less than allowed by the charter. Dalles Chapter. Elects. TH. DALL.ES, Or., Dec. 29. (sne- cial.) Officers for the ensuing year nave oeen elected by the local chap ter of the Order of Kastern Star, CO' lumbia No. 33. Those elected were Miss Louisa McNulty, worthy matron; ur. ii. t,. Sanders, worthy patron; Mrs. at C." trice, associate matron Mrs. Calenthe Phillips, secretary; Mrs. o. w . Yantis. treasurers Mrs. C. A Johnston, conductress; Mrs. J. B. Kirk assistant conductress; Mrs. J. C. Crawford, chaplain; G. E. Sanders marshal; Miss Eulalie Crosby, organ ist; Mrs. B. E. Cobb, Adah: Mrs. A. E Crosby, Ruth; Mrs. W. A. Johnston Esther; Mrs. W. A. Kirby. Martha Mrs. A. S. Roberts. Electa: George Smith, sentinel, and Mrs. Lulu Taylor, warder. 8ATVRDAT, BEHIND the DOOB fusing to acquiesce In the resut "Whosoever de prives them of this sustenance for finan cial or other reasons should feel the full hand of the law if such can be placed upon him, and if not, the execration of his fellow men." Dr. Royal S. Coprland. "The above head ing is a strong statement emanat ing from a report made for Dr. Royal S. Copeland, the Commissioner of Health of the city of New York, by a special cumin t t tee that was appointed to investigate the milk situation in that great city. The more one pon ders over the state ment, however, the more he is re minded of the truth of it and, fur thermore, he is reminded of the fact that this statement ought to be borne into the mind of every man who is in any way connected with the milk supply which furnishes the children of this nation its most HEALTH PROMOTING AND LIFE SUSTAINING FOOD." The Milk Magazine. How many glasses of milk do you give YOUR child each day? Is YOUR child under weight? Or over weight? Mothers, give some thought to these questions. Children of all ages NEED all the milk they can drink. IDAHO FAIR ROW ENDS JUMP (IVKIt EXPENDITURES AND MANAGEMENT SETTLED. Coiiimiloner of Agriculture Can non and Secretary Heniiers-lioi Xfareab Out Difficulties. BOISE. Idaho. Dec. 29. Soecial. The state fair controversy ended peacefully enough here this week when Commissioner of Agriculture Miles Cannon and O. P. Hendershot. secretary, threshed the matter out. Cannon had suspended Hendershot because the latter had not made a detailed accounting to him of the expenditures of funds. Cannon thought the state fair came under the Jurisdiction of the commissioner of agriculture. However. Just before the bill was passed creating that de partment, an amendment had been placed In the hill, permitting tne management of the fair to go into the hands of private parties. It had been thought advisable to take this action before the fair was opened. Governor Davis and the state board LAST TIMES TODAY ANITA STEWART IN "HUMAN DESIRE" COLUMBIA Afternoons Coming Tomorrow PICADILLY JIM 3 ' V t ' ; .; " V: - 4 of examiners halted the controversy and made a new arrangement. This was In effect that the state lease to the fair corporation the fair grounds and turn over to the corporation the state's lease from Ada county for a period of three years, 1920, 1921 and 1922, during which a fair of not less than six days' duration shall be held each autumn: the state agrees to approve claims now standing against the 1920 appropriation of 19,47t. HEADLIGHT GLARE FATAL Boy El Killed . When tar l.cnxes , Roaxl and Overturns. TACOMA. Wash.. Dec. 29. Adolfo Barra. age 4. was killed last night near Carbonado when lhe automobile driven by his father, Antonio Barra. ran off the highway and overturned. The car was wrecked when the driver was blinded by the headlight of an approaching automobile. ( lai-np County Ca-e Set. ASTORIA. Or., Dec. 29. (Special.! The case of K. C. Kledshan against Clatsop county is set for trial in. the circuit court at Hlllsboro on .ianuar 15. This action was brought to re cover approximately S29.800 alleged ORCHESTRA and Evenings Orchestra Matinee 2 to 4 P. M. Daily Waverly Home must buy milk for this little, beauty. Watch for the Waverly milk bottles and put in a generous contribution. 2i : it t to be due for extra work on the grad ing of the Lewis and Clark road and for damages in connection with that contract. A. C. Rose, former road master for this county, will be an important witness In the case and he is here gathering data In connection with the matter. APPLES SPEEDED EAST train of -3 Cars la Hoaril Ship for Eaglcted in 12 Du. HOOD RIVER. Or.. Dec. 29. (Spe cial.) Allen Hart, wiio was in charge of a solid trainload of 26 boxcars of Newtown apples shipped from here in November by Dan Wuille tk Co., British importers, lias just returned. and overcoats for that new year's party, and every day of the year. m. Sichel men's furnisher and hatter exclusive but not expensive 331 Washington street near broadway. ildren Mr. Hart reports that the fruit, pro tected by heating devices for eaeh car, reached the Atlantic seaboard in excellent condition. "We made fine time, too." says Mr. Hart. "We had our apples ready for loading on ships for England in 12 days after leaving Hood River." Alhany (iirls In Majority. ALBAIfX, Or". Dec. 29. (Special.) There were 87 more girls than boys in Albany, according to the annual school census Just completed. The number of children in Albany be tween the ages of 4 and 20 was 4503 and of this number 793 were girls and 708 boys. This year's census showed an increased of SI in the number of school children in the dls trlot, last year's total being 1119.