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JS-.. It 1.-.-. ! ttOMIZBl flATIOilftGUfflD OFFICERS OF THE 95TH DIVISION IN PORTLAND LAUDABLE RECORD Growth Rapid Since Organiza tion in 1919j Today Jt. Is Ranked Among Best in Ntaion Portland Is Headquarters of 9 1st Divisionf Formed as Part of ' National, Oefensa; Plan. : . , FOREST RESERVES PROVIDE AMPLE RANGE SOLDIERY! IHG HAS MORE DOUBLED ITSELF Th present military poller . of the United States is baaed upon the' na tional defense act as passed by eon- grass on June i, ma. The array of the United States as defined In the new .law comprises the regular army, the national guard andMfae organized v The war department, fully realizing - the tremendous value of the , orran- lied reserve element to the national defense, began in 1921 to develop ,tbls - force of eitisen soldiers to- the 'and that In ftteat emergency it .be ready to . fulfill the mission set for it : by the national defense act To the .- som inandlnj teneral of the Ninth corps '-area, headquarters at the Presidio of Ban Francisco, was assigned the task : of organising three divisions of the . ' organized reserves, within his Jurlsdie- - Uon, this area of control comprising; - Oregon, Washington, California, Mon tana. Wyoming, Idaho, Utah and Nevada. 70BTZJL2TD HEADQUABTESS ' The th :. division was assigned the states of Oregon and Washington, the city of Portland being designated the headquarters of the division. - : The stat of Oregon had always displayed a strong Interest In . national pre pared - ' ness and Portland was the logical place ,, for the headquarters of the division belonging- to Oregon and Washington. v To accomplish the taak of organis ing the i8th division. Colonel Pegram Whltwerth, formerly - commander of a regiment- of the old 91st - division so closely connected with Oregon and Washington, during the war,, was se lected and sent to Portland, In Sep- tember,; 1921. Two officers of the regular army were assigned to assist him. - Through the cooperation ofthe postoffice department, a headquarters office- was secured in the hew post office building and the work of or ganlxation was begun at once. , Th. personnel of the BGtix division, . which Is a definite., part of the army : of the. United states, Is furnished by - Oregon and Washington, with the ex ception of the chief of staff and his assistants. Members of the officers' reserve corps and enlisted .reserve corps residing in Oregon and Washing ton, furnish the division's strength. , ' QUICK M0BHJZATI03T L ' "As a part of the organised reserve, the, 86th division, can, under. the law, b called to active service only In the - event of war declared by congress. In case of such declared emergency. It can be .mobilised without delay, - thereby saving much time, expense and confusion, and In addition, allowing its members to serve In close contact with their friends and neighbors. The type of men enrolled In this division makes - possible the military policy of ; the United States, a policy based on vol untary eervioe which In turn is found ed on real and lasting patriotism. .. Much has "been accomplished In the first year's work, of organisation. The -records of all reserve officers-in Ore gon and Washington have been studied and all- officers classified for service according to their qualifications. Units of The division have been assigned to towns and cities throughout both Ore gon and Washington and officers have been assigned to oommand these units. Military quotas to be furnished in the event of war have been figured on a , population basis, and the officer, per- - sonnel of the division of nearly com plete. Members of the division, staff i residing in Oregon are as follows : Gen eral staff section. Lieutenant Colonel William A. Alrd, Major Jacob Kansler, J Major Charles M- Hodges, Captain Ed ward ju .Valentine. Captain Fred I. Brace and First Lieutenant Blaine It Smith Jr.; signal section. Lieutenant Colonel Edward S. Kelly; adjutant's . section, ' Lieutenant Colonel Daniel J. Coraan and Major William L. Logus; Inspector's section. Lieutenant Colonel Kdward C - Sammons ; quartermaster ' section. Lieutenant Colonel Charles Stelnhauser. Major George S. .Taylor, Captain Boss B. Cooper, and First Lieutenant Joseph K. Carson- Jr. : judge advocate's section.,- Lieutenant Colonel James J. Crossley and Captain Leon W. Behrman ; finance section, Lieutenant Colonel K. C Meare: chem ical warfare section. Major Donald H. . Howe; postal section. Second Lieuten ant Glen H. Epley. There are 1 re serve officers, in all, assigned and at tached to the division, including both those residing in Oregon- and Wash- ingtoo, . TWO TBAErnrQ CAMPS During last July and August., two training camps were conducted by the SCth. division; one for reserve officers and the other .the citlsens military training camp. Both camps were le- i eated at Camp Lewis. Washington. Special Instructors from the school of the linn and the general staff school at - Leavenworth, and also instructors from '"" the Infantry school at Fort Banning. "Si were sent by the war department . to cooperate with headquarters. 96th division in miking the camp for re serve officers r; a profitable training T he" regular army officers on duty tn Portland as assistants to the chief V of staff of the SCth division, have been Increased from four to six. These of ficers are occupied with routlnlljja mt work essential to the contract with ' reserve officers of the division. Issu ing -of bulletin of lnformaUon, con ducting correspondence courses of In "" atruction taken by 182 reserve officers, and routine personnel work. t : " LTJirCHBOjra hbld Durtag the1 spring and summer the ' i. h..iniirtiin will include ore- V paration for and conduct of the train- tag' cams for reserve omcers :.'- citisenr miUtary training camp, A branch office of headquarters in Se attle has direct charge of the work in - Washington. An efficient office force of United States army enlisted men comprises - the enlisted personnel on In order that officers of the S6th &U vision may become better acquainted. luncheon for all those In Portland '. tirA Hotnit-v . vtlA Mn attend . is hald at . the Broadway Haselwood. every 'Ouwr nentj tt x:ie ocioca- A recent organisation, the Assoeia- ,.v Includes in its membership officers of tne united states army trom au. its elements, regular army, national guard and organised reserves. - This associa tion membership is included In cones . and sectors. In each corps area, the sectors in each none being In the larger nwns mil itla Pnrtland has a SM. tor and meetings are held at the Armory every second Wednesday eve- : ning of each montn. ,. I II Sj i ww.?;;: x'' Assessed ' valuation of the city of Portland in 131 J was $100,044,716. The , ' assessed valuation of Multnomah coun - ty. including the city ot Portland, was Xlcndquarters o the 96tb army division are In of dees In tbe Federal bnlliliiis, wbere tJtie s onel Pegram Wbltworth, bave completed tbelr first year's work in Portland, y Reading from the left- , Major T, W. BuiTietL rnedlcal eorps surgeon; Ckdonel W H.s Jordan Jr mfantry; Major A. & Peake, Infantry, adjutant; Colonel Pegram TPnltwortn, -Infantry, chief of staff; Colonel F, T. Arnold, cavalry; Ueutexmnt Colonel A. W. Bradbury. Infantry; First Lieutenant James F. Powell, air service, division air ' officer and commanding officer S3Ist observation squadron. " - NAVAL AMY IN STATE VARIED Navy. Is Well Represented Re cruiting Station Makes -Very Good Record. Kaval activity in the state Is tar greater than the average citizen real ises. - - In addition to the Portland recruiting station and Its staff there is the naval reserve force i with . a membership of more; than ; 600,. the . . reserve training ship. Eagle' IS. stationed 'in Portland, the - hydrogsaphio ' office, - the Tongue Point naval base, two radio stations, one at Astoria, the other at Marsh field and two radio compass stations. JDuring, the past year the Portland hy orographic office was raised in rat ing to-class one with an officer directly in charge. This Increase In rating was due to the activity of Lieutenant Ray mond E. Kerr, recruiting officer . and line officer of the navy in the state. The hydrographio office. which collects and disseminates Information of value to mariners, la under the direction of Lieutenant K. ,M. Pegman. , . BBCBurrnre statioit actttk k The Portland recruiting: station has a staff of It enlisted men, besides the commanding officer and a medical of ficer. Lieutenant W. M. ! Anderson. M. Cm The payroll of the station is ap proximately S2600 a month,: while the average operating expense, for office maintenance and subsistence to re cruits, is trOOO.- , i Sub-stations are now maintained at Spokane, " Eugene, Salem and Astoria. Since - the .- first of July.- when - naval eailstmests were reopened, - the ' Port land district- has shipped 107 men on first enlistments and ."enrolled -former navy men. - This Is a record for the station. - , The Portland district comprises an of Oregon Northern Idaho and Western Washington. : One of the. features of the recruiting office work is the cooperation with the public health bureau. , Any man wishing a diagnosis of his case may apply for and. receive an examination at the 'station. The commanding of ficer stated that the medical frater nity of the city reciprocated : by per forming free of charge-many, -minor operations t for men enlisting ; in - the service. ' Naval reserves of the Portland sub district j are under the command of Lieutenant Commander John A. Beck with," U. S. R. F. Staff headquarters are in Portland, where' the training ship- is stationed. 7.. C&UI8ES A&B KABB ; ' This ship, assigned for drill purposes, takes annual 'cruises for training re servists. . Last year three cruises were made, one to - Alaska and two to Pa get Sound." In addition drill cruises are taken during week-ends. There are 10 men permanently detailed to the craft, moord at the - foot of Jef ferson street, r The monthly pay roll of the craft Is approximately 11200 a month.- Stores and supplies for the ship are purchased on - government contract from Portalnd dealers. . At Tongue Point, wteere the naval base ; la located, work Is now being carried on with preliminary surveys. This . work Is under the command of Commander . Oaylord Church. C XL When completed the base will be used for aircraft and destroyers. . . .The two radio compass station, one at Fort Stevens and one at Empire, are of particular value to mariners. By signaling with the ship's radio these two stations can give the exact posi tion of the ship off the coast. In foggy weather this knowledge Is essen tial to the safety of the ship. Its cargo and its passengers. The two. naval - radio stations . are part of the naval communication sys tem. , In addition to those in Oregon there Is a high power station at North Head. Through tittle station weather reports and hydrographio broadcast to ships at sea. Snow-capped Peaks Give Imposing View On a clear day front a point like Council Crest In Portland may-be seen on the skyline the finest panorama of snow crowned mountains to be found in America. From north to south they are: Mount Rainier, 14.266 feet, then Mount St. Helens, about 10,000 feet; Mount Adams. 12.207 feet: Mount Hood; 11.266 feet, and Mount Jefferson. 10. (00. Just out ot sight to the south are the . Three Sisters, a trio of splendid peaks ranging 10,000 - feet above sea level. The snow mountains of the Cas cade range are the more conspicuous because they rise to their heights points so near sea level. - - watkr ; BtroexT $1,72421 The budget of the Portland water .bu reau. Including items for maintenance and new construction, for 1922, totals 34.725.4S1. Of this amount 91.0S5.214 will be raised -through water bureau revenues and the remainder will be by the sale of water bonda. ' LnCrease , : Is Due Mostly to School Bond Issue Analysis of figures com piled by H. 1 U. Welch, county tax assessor, for the year of 1923. reveals , that the In creased levy of approximately. 4 mills is due directly to a vote of the people, more particularly to a vote -for SL000, 000 for public schools. ... -- The consolidated levy for the present year was .41.8 .mills. The ? estimated levy for 1923 Is 4S.S mills. Althoagbr' there is a small- decrease in the-assessed valuation of property, this increase in levy Is due" almost en tirely to the voted increase tax by the people, since the decrease in assessed valuation Is balanced by reductions In hit budgets. - cr, - , : -t In effect, the extended work of bud get cutters has kept the normal levy to a figure almost compatible with this present year's levy. - ' . -j - The assessed valuation for state and school funds is $819,490,265, .'according to the figures, in the,, assessor's office. The budget of the- dock commission calls for four tenths of a mill In crease, but the county budget calls for a decrease of .44 of - mill. : The decrease In ssseneed valuation approximately- 84.500,000. The main cause, of this decrease is due to de pleted merchandise stock. A decrease or shrinkage tn land valuation is more than balanced by the, erection of new buildings. '. . - . , - v Work to. Start on t Ford Street Bridge ' Work will be started next year on the-" new Pord - street concrete : viaduct to replace the present brklge which gtvee access to iorUanjil Heights and Council Crest. 4 The new bridge will be located west of the present one. It will be nbout 600 feet la length, with the main arch 250 feet long and rising 90 feet above Jefferson street. The Portland Heights property owners will pay -SO per cent of the cost, which is estimated at 8140,000. The Portland Bail way. Light Power company Will pay 25 per cent of the cost and the re mainder v will - bo provided through a special bridge fund out of city money. : OREGON CAVES ARE MADE :j 7- Views of new Caves By loha D. Gntarle - CXs Pabns SeUUens, Thdtss StiW . The Oregon Caves are ea the map. "The Cave Man," a booster, organisa- i; tion of Grans Pass, and the Grants Pass chamber of commerce are working- heartily with, the forest service to make the caves one of Oregon's tourist attractions. What Joaquin MUler liked to call ths-Marbie Halls ef Oregon" are fast becoming- one of the major scenic attractions of Oregon. ; : located within the Siskiyou national forest and set aside In 1911 as a na tional : monument. . the Oregon , caves have been too long unknown to the tourist public The new .Caves high way has wrought the change. This road to the caves, completed In the 220 MEN JOIN : MARINE CORPS Majority of Number Enlist for . Opportunity to See For eign Countries. , . By Sergeant Berrynaa United, State MsiiBs Corps V Iuring the past year 220 men were accepted by the Portland marine corps recruiting; office, according to data re ceived from the commanding officer. Captain J. P. Schwerin. This number was selected from 635 applicants. The record for the year establishes a high mark tor recruiting for the Portland station,' with the exception of wartime niills2BietS?:;' -. As the recruits are shipped they are asked why they Join the corps. Forty two per cent replied that they had been attracted by the opportunity' to travel in foreign lands, 21 per cent for the additional facilities to be found.' and 25 per cent Cor lack of employment In civilian occupations. V y : The Portland office of the corps Is under, the .Jurisdiction of the Western recruiting division, with headquarters In- San Wanclsoo. All of Oregon , Is accommodated from this offloe, travel ing parties being sent up-state at fre quent Intervals. - There are- 1 . men attached - to the station besides the commanding officer. These men all reside -In the city. -r- In - accepting recruits 1 th corps works in ooniunctlonwrth the navr. Those .given, physical' exartHnatlon are sent to 'the navy recruiang office, where medical officer conducts the tests. h .v- ' Members of the station - patrol the streets- for recruits, address . dubs, schools and other, organisations, tell-' Ing of the advantages offered by the corps. Equipment of the station con sists of a motor truck for carrying posters to various parts of the city and stata. ' ' -ot 4. . ws highway and of the interior of Joaqnla Miller chapeL spring ef 1922 by the forest service and tbe bureau of public roads, makes these underground wonders accessible to the tourist. They are now only a few hours ride from Grants Pass, whereas formerly to reach them meant a ride to Lind's, ranch, over a rutty and chuck holed road, and then a climb, either afoot or horseback, of some six xnilea Then you had not an easy trip still ahead ef you, exploring the eaves themselves. , Now, happily conditions' are much improved. Ton can get to the caves' entrance In ease and comfort, yon can park your car pear the entrance, and go through the caves with comparative ease. Iron ladders, stout - and safe, have replaced - the " rickety wooden ones, the "wriggle holes" have been widened, and the visitor may now en Within the last three years the Or egon National Guard, as organised un der the national defense act, . has in-i creased Its - strength by more : than double. - In 1919, when the present guard was organised, the strength was 28 officers and 1088 men. Kow there are 118 officers and 2339 men. There are 29 units f the guard In the state, 12 of which are In Portland. S is branches represented are all of 0 major army- branches.1 with . th exception of aviation and . cavalry. The guard . Is officered and made np entirely of , citlsens- of tne state with : Adjutant ' GJeneral - Oeorge A. WSlte in oommand. To aid in instruc tion and training, a sUff of Cre reg ular army officers and seven non-com missioned officers are on duty at the various unit neaaquarcers. The staff is made up of Colonel CL Bl Dentler. U. S. A.; senior Instructor; Colonel Mcdeve, - Major Dusenberry, Captain Paul Hathaway, and Captain Bufus Boylam - BAXKXD AKOirO BEST ,. - According to Colonel Dentler, the Oregon National Guard is rated, as one of the best trained organisations in the United States. This, he said, wi largely due to the large number of of ficers and men who saw: active duty overseas in the World wr?,v : v Headquarters of the guard are lo cated In Salem. There is a staff of six men besides General White on duty there. . .- ::V v.-jf.:.-'--.-;.-"- The units using the Armory in Port land are: Q uartermaster s corps- and detachment ; -': headquarters .company. lSZd Infantry; service company; how itser company; companies B G, H and the headquarter company of the second battalion of the - lS2d ; head quarters company of the 186th -Infant ry;-company B - of the 186tn ; com pany A. 116th engineers; battery A of the ,148th field artillery, and the medi cal detachment of the 162d infantry. : Other -units In the state are : - Head quarters company, third battalion. 16 2d Jnfantry, Woodburn ; company A, McMinnvllIe ; company t C. , Eugene ; company Dr Roseburg; company F, S&lem ; company I, i Silvorton; com pany K, Tillamook company X Dal las ; company M. Corvauis; all or the lazil . lnfantrv - eomnanv" A. " Medford : company C, Hood. Hiver7 company X, Cottage Grove, all of the 162th In fantry, .. ' ' fs&v'-;::,; COAST BXPK1T3X COJlMAim ; v Coast defense command, headquar ters at Salem;' medical detachment C A. C Albany ; 483d C. A, C Al bany; 424th C. A. C, Ashland ; 486th C A. X, Marshfield; 486th C A. C Newport, and hospital corps No. "167 at Lebanon. . f .Two, units are worthy of special commendation, says Colonel Dentler. One is company G, 162d Infantry. This oompany is at full peace strength and one of the best trained units in the United States. It was the first to send men to Astoria at the time of th tire.: - , - ..:::::'v:,;i:fc.::.:v. :, The hospital unit at Lebanon Is the other. This unit, commanded by Ma jor J. c Bootn, can set up a neia hospital of 127 bods In 24 minutes, rec ord time. - - -.-' Work at Bull Eun Lake to Continue Continuation of the development work at Bull Run lake, the headwaters for the . water - supply of ,. Portland, is planned for 192. It Is estimated this work will cost 124.000. 'The banks at the lower end of the lake are being diked to prevent seepage and to per mit the .raise of the water level at cer tain periods of the year. : - ACCESSIBLE for the- wonderfully beautiful Interior. There are caverns, pillars, chambers, stone flowers, waterfalls in marble. Images beautiful and horrid. There's a thrill ' at every turn,-and there are many turns. . There are official guides to take the visitor through. - In 1921. a total of 1100 visitors came to the eaves, from- a wide range of states in 1922, the first year the new -road was open ed, over 11.000 came. This fall a beau tiful site has been selected, surveyed and plotted some eight miles from the caves, along the new road. -where It Is planned a . tourist hotel will be built. The forest service will lease a suitable tract here to some private Individual cr company to put np suitable accom modations for the traveling public " A public campground also . will be set in IVt: - fyrt - - :r AboTO-A forest ruce ia the CaBcndea, one of tte many wrltbln tbo bound of tbe TJ. s. forest service v.; goutbern Oregon. Many small berds are kept year ion on farms bi Western Oregon, while Immense areas of exceQent summer goat , range go tmnaedon tbe forests west of the escadefc - Below Cattle ia s meadow on sv naUonal forest range. ,, Tourists, Wonder at Sheep AreToldAboutForestRange By E. K. Kavanaga XMstxiet rawer, la Oiarea ef Qias- saa, P..B.'- TmiS Sertiee. "Frank, have you found out about those sheep we saw yesterday V "No,- my dear, X have not, but I will right away." s These chance remarks came to me ohe day last summer as I was sitting in the ' lobby of the Pilot Butte hotel at Bend. The man and woman fyere quite evidently tourists and the pre vious day had met up with something having to do with sheep that keenly in terested them, v ' The man turned to me and asked If X could tell him where he could obtain some information regarding the stock business In Central Oregon. . He ' ex plained his request by stating that the previous day, while coming into Bend, he and his wife had . encountered 4 great drove of sheep literally thou sands of them, as he laughingly ex pressed it and both his wife and him self wero very anxious .to know some thing of the stock business.- - BAXGXS Z7LAXHXI ' I explained that when the forests were first established most ' of the range was already being used by thou sands of .bead ef cattle, horses afd sheep. The continuing use of this range for the grazing of stock was an eeonomio necessity in the development of the West. - The great majority of the stock owners had to have some place to graze their stock during the summer months while crops - were be ing raised on their': own lands. . The profits from the business did noi warrant the ownership of the; necessary- pasture land with the resultant heavy Initial Investment and the later cost of taxes and other expenses. The ranches ef other . stockmen were so located that while spring, - tall and winter range was available, there was no summer rang other than, that on the forests.. k JV.:----.--: ,st," tMPOBTAKCB SHOWS ' 'x The use of the forests for gracing purposes was. therefore-, a. matter of great Importance to the stock Industry and Indirectly to the entire country, but particularly so here In the West. "But who looks after the cows and sheep.- and sees that theyrtay. on .the mountain pastures?" asked the' man, becoming more . interested, i X went on to explain that by careful management of the stock while on the forests we were securing the proper use of the annual crop of plants, grasses and weeds In the making of wool, beet and mutton while reducing or keeping down the fire danger on the forests by; the removal of this vegetation. . ; ' OBTAI3T PXBMITS V . . "IV X told them that here in Oregon we take care of nearly three Quarters of a million of sheep and about one fourth million cattle and horses, not counting the young , stock under six months ef age at the time the stock enters the forest. During July: and August each year we probably have weU over a mil lion and a half animals grazing' on- the forests in this state. . , "Just think f It." said the woman, - - 1 - - - areei. Center Qoata on a ranch la "a million of those wonderfully Intsr estlns; animals 1" They are wonderful. I told her. If they are . looked after and .handled right- I went on and added that the owners of these animals secure per mits each year from the forest super vlBors for the privilege of graslng a certain number, of stock on tbe high mountain pastures. . - , FEES PAID ' A ' 'I M I ; These permits specify the range on Whlca-the stock are to be graxea ana 'the period of time during which they will be allowed on the forest. For-this gracing privilege a fee Is charged on a monthly basis, the full fee varying in accordance with the length of the sea son. I also explained that of the total amount paid in for grazing fees to too federal government, as with our other receipts, 25 per : cent comes back .to the counties in which the forests are located for expenditure by the county officers for schools and roads, at which the man seemed much surprised. An additional 10 per cent is avail able for expenditure by the forest serv ice for roads and 'trails, the total amount returned lor expenditure within the state from grazing fees alone be ing tn the nelghborhooa ex S70,ew per annum. - . 30 COST TO STATS - "Does the state receive this amount at no cost to itself T Inquired the man. X told him "Tee," that this was to partly offset what the state might be said to have lost in taxes, and also tnax as the resources of the nstionsl for eststimber, forage, waterpower were more fully, utilized the state's share would' greatly Increase from year- to year. . . i Sw . - .A-y--' The man remarked that be would think that all the stockmen In the state would want to put their stock on the forest ranges, ' X told him that the de mand for range Is greater than the forests can - supply and tt bad been necessary for the service to establish rules and regulations, requirements and restrictions concerning the granting of the permits and the use of the range, that the general object of the eervioe Is to assist In the sustained produc tion Of a maximum amount ot meat and meat products; that we nope to do this without Interfering with other Important economic activities connect ed with the forests and at the same time without In any way injuring the forests. X further told them that the stock men cooperate closely with the service tn .matters1 of range management and use, : There was scarcely a range of any size on the Oregon forests but that had a local stock growers association. - The man -asked what bees me of all these sheep and cattle.-- - - v. X told them about the necessity of careful management of the stock while on the forest range, which Involved the protection of special camping or recre ation areas from all grazing and that the protection of important watersheds was very necessary. Many camping areas are reserved from air grazing, at least during the time when such areas can best be used for recreation. Grounds Attract Thousands, in '22 Ninety-nine thousand persons visited Eagle creek campgrounds between May IS and September 15. according to cal culations of Albert Welsendanger, for est ranger In charge ot the outing re sort In-the national forest. ' ' V Welsendanger said 11,617 names ap pear on the registration book. It ia on the basis that one person in five will register that he estimated the total number. Faculties are being Installed now that should make the campground even mors popular than ever, he said. Including a registration booth which should bring In more namea . One -of the notable features of the camp Is Its cleanliness, campers and motorists having learned the truth that what nature has provided should not be marred or destroyed. " Plenty ef wood for fuel will be avail able next season through cooperation of the forest service and the state rish commission, aided by one ' of nature's rough moods. - The trees blown down by the storms of last winter have been worked up Into firewood by forest service employes by us ef the fish commission's drag saw, borrowed from the Bonneville hatchery, ' State Lives Up To 'Oregon First' ---" '-.' 'y.'- ' ssssswssiesssssBfsaess-v' The state slogan, "Oregon First," was won by this state when we were first among all the states of the Union la selecting a site for the Oregon build ing at the Panama-Paciflo exposi tion held ' In 1 San Francisco In 1915. tJurlng" the "World war 'Oregon stood first la percentage of men who volun tarily enlisted for service, first In the physical . wholesomeness of . our sol diers, and first time and again in Lib erty loan and Red Cross campaigns. The - total amount asked of, Oregon In all war drives was $2,032,500 and Ore gon's total response was $2,142,600, or a total over-subscription of 65 per cent, v. :.:; y . Railroad Building Started Here in '68 - The first railroad buildinar bearan tn Oregon in 1268. - The first transoonU- ' nentaL. railroad the ; Union Paclfio uiw vuiuvuw ua vui J L was noi , ... ,A,l&M.f. I . . , . . A , . . until 1282 when tbe lines of the Oregon Steam Navigation , company and . the Kortnern " facuio s were joined tnat . Portland enjoyed through transconti nental service with the east. - Demon strative of the powerful stimulus ex erted by railroad construction, the be gining of the real development of Ore gon Is said to, have dated with the same year. .. . . . . Salem Civic Center : Is Most Beautiful v Salem, the capital of Oregon, pos sesses one of the most beautiful dvte centers of any - capital : city " la the United States. The federal postoffice, Marion county courthouse and the state capital buildings are grouped In a series of blocks which are delight fully adorned with fountains, vividly green lawns and trees and shrubs in digenous to the Northwest, , Biggest Pish in Oregon Streams Oregon is not content with producing the biggest fir trees and the best laying hens In the United States. Streams and lakes of this state also produce the largest - trout. . Rainbows have been caught in Klamath -county that-weighed In the neighborhood of 20 pound a piece; and -you may be sure that In stories as told by proud anglers ao flan ever lost a single ounce. sT