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n STATE'S fllGHlf K IE FOR 5 "Portland to Los Angeles On High," Says S. Benson. OREGON LEADS OVER ALL THE MORNING OREGONIAN, AVEDNESDAT, FEBRUARY 4, IPSO v Great Record Made In Construction. 1'roframmc Jlost Comprehensive of Any Slate in Cnion. "Xext summer you can drive from Portland to Los Angeles on 'high. predicted S. Benson, chairman of the state highway commission, who has returned home after three months at Long Beach. CaL Mr. Benson is better pleased with the road situation in Oregon now than ever before and considers that the state has made a record in highway construction. "Oregon has more mileage under eontruct now than any other state in the union and it is getting more for its money and it has the most com prehensive and consistent road pro gramme of any of the states." says Mr. Benson. "In southern California I met prominent men, such as govern ors and the like, from more than half of the states, men who were in close touch with the road work in their territory, and by talking with them I became satisfied that Oregon is leading them alL Polities In Other States Rife. There are innumerable stories of politics in the road work of most states. One man told me that in his state expensive roads were built which began nowhere but always ended at the property of some politician. In Texas millions of dollars have been wasted in road work, and now the Texans are talking of adopting the Oregon method of road building. "California has some fine roads of concrete, but they are more expensive than Oregon can afford to build. Then, too, the cost of maintenance o the California roads amounts to 13.000,000 a year, while in comparison the maintenance of the Oregon state highways will be almost nothing for many years to come. In California the concrete roads have to have - skin coat of asphalt, and the passing machines cut holes in this surface, so that more asphalt has to be painted over every little while. California Bonds Below Par. "California is having trouble sell ing its per cent road bonds. Th law provides that the bonds cannot be sold for less than par, but owing to the condition of the bond market. the California bonds do not bring par. To overcome this, it was ar- ranged to have the various countie buy the bonds and pocket the dif ference, but now a decision has been rendered showing that this cannot be done, and so some other system is be ing considered for selling the bond and raising money to carry on the road work. "In Oregon we are making eplendid progress, although it will cost, all told, $75,000,000 to finish the thou sands of miles now on the road map. The commission, however, will push to completion the Pacific highway to the California line, as that is the road of greatest importance. In California the road has been graded where it has not been paved, so by summer machines can go from Portland to southern California on high gear, even over tne aisKiyous. Commissioners R. A. Booth and Ed E. Kiddle also arrived in Portland yesterday and the commissioners will hold an informal conference today prior to tne regular February meet ing to be held tomorrow at the court house. The main business at tomor row's meeting will be the opening of bids for the bridge across Youngs ay, near Astoria, a project in which Clatsop county is especially inter ested. IS H - i - l i K$ TODAY'S FTI.M FEATURES. Rivoli Marie Doro, "Twelve ten." Majestic Special production, "The Westerners." Peoples Mary Pickford, "Pol- lyanna." Liberty Charlie Chaplin, "A Day's Pleasure." Columbia Bryant Washburn, "Too Much Johnson." Star Earle Williams, "When a Man Loves." Sunset Robert Warwick. "Told .in the Hills": Mack Sennett comedy, "Up in Alfs Place." Circle Bryant Washburn, "A Very Good Young Man." PORTLAND MAN IS NAMED I. X. Day Third Member of Rail way Probe Committee. SALEM, Or, Feb. 3. (Special.) L IT. ray of Portland today was named By uovernor Olcott to serve on committee authorized at the special session ox tne legislature to investi gate and determine the feasibility of removing me rails on one of the two railroads traversing Deschutes can yon in central Oregon and using the material to extend the other line from .Bend to .KJ amain Falls. In case this is found to be feasible the roadbed from which the rails are removed will be used in the construction of a state highway. Other members of the committee are Denton Burdiek, of Prineville, . who was appointed by Speaker Jones of th house, and Roy Ritner of Uma tilla county, who was appointed by President Vinton of the senate. The committee will make its inves jrations in time to file a formal report for the consideration of the legisla ture at its next regular session in January, 1321. Salem Entertains Chief Scout. SALEM, Or, Feb. S. (Special.) James K. West, chief scout execu tive, with headquarters in New York -ity. was the guest of honor at a banquet held here tonight under the direction of the local Boy Scours or ganizations. Arrangements for the banquet and subsequent meeting of the scouts are in charge of Uarold Cook, local Srout executive. Good-bye Dyspepsia No More Gurgly Brash, "Lump of Lead," Bad Digestion, Heartburn or Such Troubles. The man who can't help making faces at his stomach, the man or wo man with a grouchy digestion, or with downright dyspepsia need fret no more. The heaviest, richest dinners, the most unspeakable quick lunches, all can be taken care of without impos ing on the stomach. A scientific di gestive can do the digesting where the stomach either did not do it be fore or did it very imperfectly. This is why the use of Stuart's Dvspepsia Tablets has become so uni versal among those who suffer from Indigestion and dyspepsia. Take one of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets after your next meal and if you are given to belching, sour ris ings, fermentation, heavy lumpy feel ing in the stomach, indigestion, dys pepsia, loss of appetite or other such digestive derangement, you will find at once a remarkable improvement. They arouse the gastric juices and give the stomach the rest it needs before it can again be healthy and strong. Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are for sale at all druggists at 50c a box. Adv. Scene from Bryant Washburn's Infest picture, "Too Mneh Johnson," which will open today at the Columbia t sealer. achieved the biggest coup of his film career. It is not only the Intention of th Kane company to perpetuate the lov able cllaracter which Ray has made famous on the screen, but in addition the company has bought at great cost several famous American novels and plays for Mr. Ray's forthcoming vehi cles. so that his rare personality will find the utmost expression in stories of high standard. At the recent convention in Atlantic City of the members of the First Na i tlonal Exhibitors' circuit the name of the distributing company was changed to Associated First National Pictures. Inc. Herberg, of the Portland firm of Jensen and Von Herberg, was elected a director. Announcement was made that the first release of the organ iza tion under its new name will be Mar shall Neilan's "The River's End," from the widely-read novel of the same name by James Oliver Curwood. The release date is set for the middle of February. Six new productions will shortly be started by the Goldwyn staff at the West Coast studios. As soon as cast has been selected and scripts are com pleted Tom Moore is to play in "The Great Accident," from scenario by Harvey Thew. Wallace Worsley will direct "The Penalty," adapted from the Gouverneur Morris story of the same name. Reginald Barker is next to film "The Branding Iron," from a story of the same name. Rupert Hughes' "Scratch My Back.' to be directed by Harry Beaumont, is now being cast and production work is to be started in a few days. "The Girl With the Jazz Heart" is the title' of the next Mabel Normand picture. w ILLIAM GILLETTE'S famous farce, "Too Much . Johnson, has reached the screen and will be seen until Friday midnight at the Columbia theater. Bryant Washburn is in the starring role. The play was originally produced some 25 years ago with Mr. Gillette playing the lead, and was hailed as the best American farce of the day. It is said to be even more entertaining as a motion picture. The hero is Augustus Billings, who has a fondness for yachting, a pretty wife and an irascible mother-in-law, The first-named failing leads him to accept the invitation of a flirtatious dowager to accompany her on a yachting party to Mexico. The moth' er-in-law gets on his trail. Compli cations over a mixup in names, a jealous husband and other mirth provoking details involves Billings into a mess, from which he extri cates himself by a clever trick. Lois Wilson is again Mr. Wash burn's leading woman, and the sup porting cast also includes Adele Farrington. Monte Blue and C. H. Geldart. The picture was directed by Donald Crisp, who will be remem bered as "Battling Burrows" in D. W. Griffith's "Broken Blossoms." . Screen Gossip. From New York city comes the an nouncement of the formation of the Arthur S. Kane Pictures Corporation at 452 Fifth avenue, New York city. Charles Ray, one of the most appeal ing characters on the screen, has joined the new organization and will begin work shortly. Arthur S. Kane was the creator of Realart Pictures Corporation and was instrumental in the organization of several other well-known picture companies. He resigned recently as head of Realart to form his own com pany. In signing up Charles Ray as his first star Mr. Kane is said to have Paramount's scenario expert. Will M. Ritchey, has been elevated In rank and placed in complete charge of pro duction at the Morosco studios as su pervising director. Mr. Ritchey was iormeriy a newspaper editor. The esteem in which his ability is held was shown by his selection to prepare tne scenarios or iSverywoman" and several other important productions or tno year. frank campeau will continue to play the villain parts in Douglas Fair banks pictures, having signed a new long-term contract with thaf star. Sessue Harakawa'a leaainir imi in hcai. p'ciure, - j.ne .meeder, will be Colleen Moore, who has hitherto appeared in comedies. : . m xjirocior uiarence Badger Is at Santa Crux with the Will Rogers com- jujr, laKing scenes in the Redwood country for "Jes Call Me Jim," which is adapted from the well-known story " -:. nuau was very popular In the '70s. IS DOTBLE COXVEXTIOX OPENED IX PORTIiAND. Northwest Dealers and Association of Inspectors Gather House wives Attend Sessions. With a larg attendance from Ta- rious cities of the Pacific northwest and some delegates from as far away as Calgary ana uamana, i-aL, ub joint conventions of the Northwest Milk Dealers association ana tne Northwest Association of Dairy and Mlik Inspectors was opened yester day in the peacock room of the Mult nomah hotel for a three-day session. B. Flood of Spokane presided. The necessity for checking up on careless dairymen so that the public may get the best and purest milk possible formed the theme of an ad- res s by U. v. an son or tne aairy division of the department of agri culture, who was one of the principal speakers of the afternoon. Several other talks stressed the same senti ment, setting up as a standard clean- iness, purity, quality and efficiency the distribution of milk. Tne food alue of this and all dairy products and he laws governing the protec tion of the public in its supply of the products of the dairy all received a hare of attention. Other speakers were: Miss Jessie Hoover, representing the United States government in the dairy de partment of the bureau of animal usbandry: Dr. k. . Button or 'Ta- coma, Karl B. Musser, dairy extension pecialist of Washington State col lege: A. M. Work of Everett, and Dr. R. J. Donohue of Washington. Among the out of town men present were: K. A. Button ot lacoma, A. Bird. Seattle; F. W. Kehrli, Salt Lake City: D. D. Stewart, Leslie Wood, L. W. Hanson, Seattle; M.' A. Hughes, F. E. Smith, A. Jacobson, Seattle; S. O. Rice, Mount Angel; F. M. Carlyle, Calgary. Members of the Portland House wives league, numbering about 15 or more attended the meeting in a body. Warren Spruce company during the ber. This timber Is ripe for moving, according to members of the com mittee. The committee is headed by C. S. Davis, secretary of the New port commercial club. Other mem bers of the body include some of the most prominent resident. n T.i..i. VVUUIJ, LEASE OF ROAD PLANNED Federal Line la Lincoln Count Wanted for Log-Hauling. SALEM, Or, Feb. 3. SpeciaD Leasing ot approximately 16 miles of government railroad in Lincoln county to haul logs from the tim bered area of that -section to the sawmills located at Yaquina is pro posed by a commitee of Newpont men who passed today in Salem conferring with Governor Olcott while en route to Portland, where they will confer before presenting their formal re quest to the officials at Washington. The railroad, was constructed by the 'LOBBY BUGS' DO DAMAGE House Leaves Appropriation BUI to Discuss Ravages of Pests. WASHINGTON. Vh r .n. bugs invaded the austere pages of the congressional record todav whll the house turned aside from debate on the deficiency appropriation bill to discuss their ravages and take a few laughs on' the side. "They have ruined a large snnnlv of stationery which I recently got and which is charged up against my stationery account," complained Rep resentative Barbour, republican, Cali fornia, while the house rocked with mirth: "they even have eaten the cov ers of my books. I have had the sunrlnten the office building squirt a solution supposed to be bug juice three or four times around my office and when he got through they seemed to be more numerous than who started." The house debated the "bugs" until assured that the "maintenance fund" provided in the bill would supply a war chest for counter attacks upon the enemy. Red Cross Seal Sale Reported. ABERDEEN. Wash, Feb. 3. (Spe cial.) Grays Harbor county hu gone over the top. gallantly this time in the Red Cross seal sale, full check ing of which has just been made by . i.Bumtr county ciialrmaD. quota was J2100 the amount sold. 2S59.61. Aberdeen's wuuui w iiau; amount raised J1235.38. The amounts of the various towns follow: Elma. 172- '8-87 McCleary, J51.25; Oakville, S50: XFalnna 41 fl BO a 1 1 an. . Aiuna, jt36; Pacific Beach, 310.67; Moclips, 3310- West port, 38.20; Ocosta, 310; Humptulios. 310; Markham, 316.75; Junction City 320.50; Carlisle, 38.08; Montesano 3128; Cosmopolis. 78; Porter, 38 83 Hoquiam. 39-52; Aberdeen, 31235 2& rural schools, 3150.89. ' War Veterans to Banquet, ABERDEEN. Wash., Feb. 3. (Spe cial.) John D. Roberts camp, Spanish War Veterans, will give a banquet Wednesday evening in commemora tion of the first engagement of the first Washington infantry in the Phlllipines. The banquet will cele brate the 21st anniversary of the mooting with Aguinaldo's men. ;:: : iTjg' Extreme price reductions are an emergency measure for the quick disposal of preat stocks. Belated shipments caused a congestion in warehouse and store and all Portland profits thereby. Emergency Sale Rules: 80 and 60-day credit terms are the longest that can be granted on Emergency Sale merchandise. Regular merchandise subject to usual Liberal Credit Terms Emergency Sale of Dining Chairs Original Emergency Value Sale Price $3.45 Wood seat Dining Chairs $2.85 ?6.15 Oak Dining Chair, padded 6eat. ..$4.10 $7.85 Leather seat Oak Dining Chair... $5.40 59.75 Leather seat Oak Dining Chair... $0.85 $10.75 Leather 6eat Oak Dining Chair. ..$8.60 Deliveries will be made as quickly as possible. Extra sales force Emergency Sale of Dining Tables Original Emergency Value Sale Price $21.00 Oak Dining Table ......... ....$10.75 $29.75 Fumed Oak Dining Table $21.50 $36.50 Golden Oak Dining Table $22.75 $42.50 Golden Oak Dining Table $29.75 $65.00 Colonial Mahog'y Dining Table. .$39.75 Emergency Sale of Library Tables Original Emergency Value . . " Sale Price $17.50 Golden Ash Library Table reduced to...... $13.90 $21.50 Fumed Ash Library Table reduced to $16.75 $29.75 Golden Oak Lihrary Table reduced to $19.90 $35.75 Golden Oak Library Table reduced to $26.50 $43.50 Oak Library Table, Wm. and Mary Period. ... .$31.60 $69.50 Mahogany Library Table reduced to. .... .-$15.75 Emergency Sale of Mahogany Finish Chairs and Rockers Original Emergency Value . Sale Price $21.00 Cane Back Mahogany Finish Rocker at. ..-...$13.90 $26.75 Upholstered Mahogany Finish Rocker at $15.75 $29.50 Tapestry Upholstered Mahogany Finish Chair. .$18.50 $32.75 Tapestry Upholstered Mahogany Finish Rocker. .$23.15 $42.75 Damask Upholstered Mahogany Finish Rocker. .$29.50 $47.50 Tapestry Upholstered Mahogany Finish Rocker. .$31.25 $52.50 Tapestry Loose Cushioned M. F. Rocker $39.75 $65.50 Damask Upholstered M. P. Rocker $48.75 $98.50 Velour Upholstered Mahogany Finish Rocker ...$71.75 Emergency Sale of MATCHED BEDROOM SUITES Emergency Sale of Mattresses $17.50 Coil Spring Mattress, foil size... -.$13.10 $21.50 Coil Spring Mattress, full size $17,125 $26.00 Coil Spring Mattress, full size.. ...$19.95 $31.50 Felt Mattress, full size.., $23.45 $39.75 Floss Mattress, . size ... -. . . . $24.80 When considering the purchase of a Bed room Suite, remember the original price quoted is in every instance much lower than the present market price, making the saving doubly great. Each suite consists of four pieces. Original Emergency Value Sale Price $434.00 Ivory Suite, Louis XVI Period design $310 $477.50 Walnut Suite, Louis XVI Period design $358 $446.00 Walnut and Mahogany Queen Anne Period Suite. .$335 $33L00 Mahogany Suite of Louis XVI, now at. .$248 Bed Davenports A handsome davenport by day and a bed at night at a touch. In use twenty four hours a day if you wish. Original Emergency Value Sale Price $72.50 Bed Davenport, mahogany framed, Spanish leatherette uphl'strd. .$49.75 $87.50 Bed Davenport, oak framed, Span ish leatherette upholstered.... $69.75 $95.00 Bed Davenport, golden oak with tapestry . ............... .$71.50 Bargains Extraordinary from POWERS FURNITURE EXCHANGE When yrm gee the good looking tmhstant ial pieces offered at thesetrifling prices you will say: "This is like finding furniture," Every piece taken in trade is gone over and put in first-class condition, ready for use, before being placed in Powers Furniture Exchange. See these as early as you can is some cases only one of a kind. Furniture Away Undcrpriccd Golden Oak Buffet; a great find at... $24. 15 Quartered Oak (golden finish) Buffet. .$3 1 .70 Golden Oak China Closet $27.95 Full Size Iron Bed, sacrificed at.....$ N.95 Full Size Iron Bed $11.15 Full Size Iron Bed -Sl'-MX) Metal Couch $10.85 Hardwood Dresser ...... . ......... . .$ 1 3. 10 Hardwood Dresser .SHUiO Oak Dresser . Hardwood Chiffonier .............$11.90 Hardwood Chiffonier .............. .$13.75 Enamel Dresser .$20.00 Used Gas and Sleel Ranges A. B. Gas Range $17.50 Vulcan Gas Range, for close-out.... ..$25.00 Acorn Gas Range, for close-out. ...$;.". OO A. B. Gas Range. . . . .. ...... $..". 00 Reliable Gas Range ... .$27.50 A. B. Gas Range.... $58.00 A. B. Gas Ranfre.... .. Jewel Gas Range $25.00 Toledo Steel Range with reservoir. .. .&15.00 Round Oak Steel Range $I9..0 South Bend Malleable Steel Range... .$58.50 Champion Steel Range.. .$28.50 Superior Steel Range........... $12.50 Drapery Department Reductions Cretonne Samples 3-yard lengths; all 50 inches wide. Values $1-75 to $9.00 a yard just. . . HALF PRICE One to four-yard lengths of Figured Nets ..... OFF Hand-decorated Mahogany Lamp Stands, only. .$6.85 S llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll I iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii Emergency Sale of Baby Carriages Original Value $48.00 Reed Baby Carriages going at. $59.00 Reed Baby Carriages going at. $26.50 Reed Sulky, a popular modcL Emergency Price $' f k O mm 1 7Sf) i ill i iiiiiiiii tii iiii i ill i iiiii AMERICANS HUE DESPISED MEXICANS CAIL XT. S. CITIZENS "WHITE CHINAMEN." is approved by the committee, busi ness men are aakedi not to contribute. The commute will be composed of one member each from the Commer cial club. Rotary club. Merchants' as osciation. Medical association, Bar association. Ministerial association and labor council. Menace. Phone your want ads to The Orego niaa. . Main. 7070, A 6034. Witness at Senate Probe Describe LEGION RAISES $3000 vtiii- Pall. tatnA. . paiffn lor Clubhouse. VANCOUVER. Wash., Feb. S. (Spe cial.) Sixty American legion mem bers subscribed 3000 of the $10,000 set aside to pay for tTie $60,000 club house and community center pro posed for Thirteenth and Broadway in this city. After two weeks . cam Dalim amons; tne members. It Is pro- posed to sell an additional 150,000 to the general public, the bonds to draw 6 per cent interest. Speeches were made by A L. Miller and Murphy. Dennis Nichols, local architect, has plans for the building calling for swimming pool, auditorium, club rooms, women's room, lockers, bil liard rooms. shower baths. WASHINGTON. Feb. 3. Because Francisco Villa "reserves all rights to robbery and loot for himself." his ope rations are looked upon with zavoi by the population, the senate commit tee investigating the Mexican situa tion was told today by Henry H. Knox, a New York mining engineer. Villa establishes a certain rough Justice." Mr. Knox said, "whenever he gains control of an area he represses all looting, robbery ana arunKenness. His first act is to close the saloons. "No one else is allowed to rob and Villa contents himself with making a levy on classes of the population able to pay, saying that the money is to go to his 'cause,' and giving a receipt The levy stands for a certain period. The Carranza garrisons, Knox said, were a menace rather than protection because th soldiers were disorderly and ran away when bndits ap proached. General Murgnta, formerly governor of Chihuahua, went into th Carranza army a penniless peon, he said, and now was reputed to be worth many millions. "The policy of the American govern ment," said the witness, "has destroyed all prestige for Americans in the eyes of the Mexicans. The Mexican now calls the Americans white Chinamen, meaning they are white-livered cowards." Financial Drives Discouraged. - WALLA WALLA, Wash., Feb. 3. (Special.) Financial drives or cam paigns for anything and everything will be discouraged in the future, the commercial clubs decided today, and a committee was appointed to investigate all drives and, unless It handball court and MORTGAGE IS CONTESTED Bend Firm Seeks to Enforce De funct Concern's Obligation. BEND, Or, Feb. 3. (Special.) Tak ing of testimony on an involved point in the bankruptcy case of the Pine Tree Lumber company, which went into bankruptcy following the de struction by fire of its $100,000 plant near Bend in August, was completed here this evening before A. M. Can non, referee. Whether or not a mortgage for $70,000, given by the now bankrnpt company to the Brooks-Scanlon Lum ber company in April, 1919, should be included in the general obligations against the Pine Tree company or should be recognized as a prior claim is the noint to be decided. H tae .former view should. .pce-valU the Brooks-Scanlon company will be the loser by approximately $50,000. Salem Boy Named for West Point. SALEM, Or, Feb. 3. (Special) Dorn Arnold, a well-known Salem youth, who is at present wrving with the United States forces in Siberia, has been selected by Representative Hawley to appear before the exam ining board for entrance to the West Point Military academy. 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