Welcome to Visitors at Reserve Officers9 Banquet Tonight. Here's Hoping They'll Aid us Dedicate a Soldiers' Home
WEATHER YESTERDAY
Highest temperature yesterday 70
LoweBt temperature last night 52
Precipitation last 24 hours .11,
Precip. since rlr.it of mor.th 2.18
Precip. since Sept. 1, 1!)S 15.14
Deficiency since Sept. 1, 1930 10.81
WEATHER FORECAST
Oregon: Fair tonight and Sun
day; moderate temperature.
Roseburg and vicinity: Fair to
night 'and Sunday; moderate tern
i perature.
THE DOUGLAS COUNTY DAILY
ROSEBURG. OREGON, SATURDAY, MARCH 21. 1931.
VOL. XXIX NO. 297 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW
VOL. XXI NO. 56 OF THE EVENING NEWS
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Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
IOHN KOWALSKI, of Baltimore,
Is convicted of wife beating, and
under the Maryland law must go to
the whipping post. Whereupon the
beaten wife relents and joins with
others in a plea to save him.
Foolish, you say? No. You would
do the same thing. The whipping
post, relic of darker and more
cruel ages, Is out of place In this
modern and enlightened country.
MRS. IDA GUZZLE, of Youngs
town, Ohio, dies of heart fail
ure caused by a paroxysm of laugh
ter brought on by a joke someone
told at a party.
Hud. of course. But don't be
afraid to laugh, regardless of tills
demonstration of what sometimes
happens to laughers. You will live
longer, not to mention better. It
you laugh every time you get a
chance than if you refrain from
laughing.
CALIFORNIA capital is to huild
a $2,000,000 coal treating plant
on .Coos Bay. One of the big hotel
chains makes an offer, involving
an expenditure of $175,000, to take
over and complete the hotel build
ing that for some time has stood
IJle and uncompleted In Marsh-
taa.
Rosoburg gets the $2,000,000 sol
liers home, and before she Is
through with It will spend a lot of
her own money In Improvements
and betterments that will follow
the soldiers' home development.
Medlord Is to spend a million dol
lars for new buildings, and the
firent Northern is to build on south
Irom Klumalh Falls, the extension
losllng altogether several millions.
Keep your eye on Southern Ore
ton in the future.
A YOUNG woman is killed nntl
another man and woman in
jured when two cars collide near
Tigard, on the Pacific highway
near Portland. The cause of the
collision was the skidding of one
car on a curve.
Here Is a thought for the rest of
us: If that car had approached the
curve a Title more cautiously. It
would not have skidded.
Remembering that might save
YOl'R life someday.
GOVERNOR MEIER says that
our great need Is more busi
ness men In office. True enough,
probably.
The trouble is that with a few
exceptions, such as the governor
j ship and honorary posts such as
the highway commission, business
men WON'T HAVE public office.
Strictly speaking, the man who
accepts public office isn't a busi
ness man, because business men
are supposed to do well for them
selves and public office pays not
ably low salaries and brings its
holder nothing much but abuse.
(1 AMBLING is to be wide open In
Nevada hereafter, under the
terms of a law passed by the legis
lature this winter. Nevada, pre
sumably, thinks that attracting
gamblers will bring prosperity.
If her people want some evidence
along that line, they might go down
to Mexico, or over into Cuba, or
anywhere in the Latln-Amorlcan
rounlries, where gambling Is wide
open.
It is because wide open gambling
HURTS general prosperity. Instead
of helping it, that most of the
states of the Union have banned it.
rT,HREK dead as result ot
cyclone." If you read that
headline over a dispatch from Okla
boma the other day. and are
weatherwi.se so far as the Middle
West is concerned, you said to
yourself: "Ah, spring Is coming
back there."
About as regularly as spring ar-
(Continued on page 4)
OFF CERS OF
RESERVE UNIT
E
Roseburg Is 'Host to Tenth
Annual Convention of
Oregon Branch of
Association.
With approximately 150 dele
gates expected here for the open
ing session at 3 p. m the tenth
annual convention of the Reserve
Officers' association of the united
States, department of Oregon, was
in progress today.
Umpqua chapter of the associa
tion was doubly honored by hav
ing as president of the convention
Capt. Joseph A. Denu, a member of
the local group, and is playing
host to distinguished military
guests.
The annual business meeting
and election of officers is sched
uled to start at 4 p. m. in the
American Legion rooms at the
armory. This meeting will be fol
lowed by a banquet and program in
the Umpqua hotel at 6:30 and a
military ball at the armory at 9
p. in. 4
Notables Present
Major General Charles H. Mar
tin, retired, new congressman from
the third Oregon district, will be
the principal speaker of the day.
His address, on the preservation
of t'.io national defense act, will
be glven"nt the banquet meeting.
Among the distinguished offi
cers here is Col. A. F. Comiskey,
chief of staff of the 96lh division.
In charge of reserve" affairs in
Oregon and Washington. His staff
personnel, who are also hero, in
clude: Col. Monroe, Major Tlerney.
Capt. Knickerbocker, Capt. Serle
and Lieut. Robt. Hood. General
George A. White, commander of
national guard units for five north
western states, and General Thom
as F. Rilea. head or the Infantry
units of the Oregon national
cunrd. Department officers
here for the convention
are: Major John K. Flvnn.
first vice president, and president
of the SI. Helens chapter; Lieut.
Eugene McClung. stnte secretary.
Portland: Col. Dan C. Coleman, de
partment treasurer. Portland, and
Col. Kenneth D. Houser. national
councilman, also of Portland.
Among other officers of note
who arrived today were: Capt.
Studeboss. president of the Port
land chanter: Col. Waller T. Oil-
lard, and Major Barge E. Leonard,
both past commanders of the state
organization. Col. Charles stein
heiscr of Hnnd River and Lieut.
Col. Rov K. Terry of Portland.
Captain Denn this morning re
ceived felicitations from Col. Wal-
Continued on oaae fl. 8tory
TWO "BAD" YOUTHS
DRAW TWO YEARS
Alfred I.eMay. IS, and Lnwrence
O'Hare. 21. both of Olvmpla.
Wash., were sentence here to two
years each in the state peniten
tiary this morning, following their
plea of guilty to charges of at
tempting to hold up Mrs. George
Mrlver and Mrs. Elizabeth Con
nelley In this city Wednesday
night. They were arrested by sheriff's
officers Thursday, admitting, in ad
dition to the holdup charge, that
they had attempted lo steal gaso
line at the Roseland nulo camp,
near Edenbower.
The pair at first denied the hold
up attempt, then confessed it but
claimed they used a screwdriver
and not a gun. Finally, when a
loaded gun was found In their car.
they made a complete confession.
GATHER HER
Roseburg Invited to Enter
Float in Portland Festival
Roseburg has been Invited to en
ter a float In the Portland Rose
festival, to be held June 1112.
Lleut.-Col. Roy K. Terry, chairman
of the floral parade, here for the
reserve officers' convention, today
extended a personal Invitation to
the Roseburg chamber of com
merce to enter a float in the mam
moth event.
The festival is being broadened
In Its scope this year through na
tional advertising, with an exten
sive campaign to draw visitors
from from every part of ihe na
tion. The current Issue of The
Saturday Evening Post carries g
four-page advertisement which
opens this program for .bringing
in thousands of tourists and guests
I for the event, Colonel Terry re
ported today.
One Side Auto
Parking Sought
in Laurelwood
Parking automobiles on one side
only of three narrow streets in
Laurelwood will be provided by
ordinance If a recommendation
now being worked out by the
street committee Is accepted by
the city council.
Bowen avenue and Casey avenue
In Laurelwood . are 40-foot thor
oughfares and Chapman street is
only 10 feet wider. When cars are
parked on each side of these
streets only a very narrow lane
is left for traffic and in case ol
fire would create a real bastard.
the street committee believes.
This condition is particularly prev
alent during athletic contests at
the high school, it is stated.
The new ordinance, if passed,
will provide a clear lane for traf
flc, it is explained..
T
PASSES AT WILBUR
Born in Douglas County 75
Years Ago School and
Church Work Leader.
Mrs. Mary Hill Short. 75. a na
tive of Douglas county, died Thurs
day at the home of her son. Ern
est Short, at Wilbur. She was
born at Wilbur February. 2, 1S56.
and, with the exception of a few
years spent in Vancouver, B. C.
lived all her life in this county.
Mrs. Short was born of pioneer
parents, her father. Fleming R.
Hill, having come west with the
Hudson May company in 1R43. and
her mother, Dellndn Reed-Hill,
crossing the plains with her par
ents In 1849. She was a graduate
oF Umpqua aeadeniv and Will
amette university school of mu
sic. She taught music for many
years In her community and gave
a great deal of her time as a lead
er of young people In the school
and church. For more than 40
veai's she was choir leader In the
Methodist Episcopal church, of
which she had been a member
since childhood.
She Is survived by her hus
band, George W. Short, and five
sons, Stephen D., Fred, Ernest.
Stanley and George W. Jr., as well
as by many other relatives.
Funeral services will be held in
the Wilbur school building at 2
o'clock Sunday afternoon, with Dr.
Charles A. Edwards, pastor of the
Roseburg Methodist church, offi
ciating. Interment will be In the
Wilbur cemetery. Arrangements
are In charge of H. C. Stearns of
the Douglas Funeral home. Mu
sic will be In charge of the East
ern Star lodge of Oakland, of
which Mrs. Short was a member.
WRECK FATAL TO
U. OF O. STUDENT
CORNING, Cal.. March 21. A
girl student of the University of
Oregon at Eugene, tentatively Iden
tified as Miss Helen Fenstmacher,
was instnntly .killed: Miss Dernlce
Williams, 19. of Berkeley, was in
jured, and William F. Reed, 21. and
William E. Johnson. Jr.. 25. both of
San Francisco, escaped Injury to
day when an automobile In which
they were riding overturned on the
highway two miles from Corning.
All members of the party were
Oregon university students, en
route to San Francisco and Berke
ley to spent the Easter vacation.
Miss Williamson Is In a Red
Bluff hospital In a comatose state.
X-ray examinations by the sur
geons failed to reveal serious
head Injuries, but the possibility
was advanced that she had suffer
ed Internally.
All towns and cities of Oregon
will be Invited to enter such a
float. The valuable publicity from
such a move would pay far more
returns than the cost. Colonel
Terry states. Sound motion pic
tures, radio broadcasts and news
paper publicity would spread tlie
story of the entrants all over the
world, he points out.
Karh community entering Ihe
parade will be given buttons to
sell. These buttons Will take the
place of admission tickets and pro
ceeds of the sale In each city will
be turned In to pay for the cost
of the float.
While in Roseburg Colonel and
Mrs. Terry and their children are
house guests of Dr. and Mrs. II.
C. Church.
OIAIRD
MEANT CITY
New Oregon Congressman,
Martin, Further States :
No Other Locality i.,
Should Apply. '
Not only did the veterans''
bureau hospitalization board
mean Roseburg as the site for.
the national soldiers' home,
but no other community "south,
of Portland and west of the
Cascades" should now make a '
bid for the site.
Thus believes Major General
; Charles H. Martin, retired,"
new congressman from the -third
district, who is here to. .
day to deliver the principal '
address at the reserve officers' '
convention. r :
"I think Roseburg got the home
by doing something 1 have been
preaching lor some time tnut
Oregon fight for what It wants,"
said General Martin.
"The stnte of Washington has
three-fourths of all the govern
ment, district and regional head
quarters covering the northwest
territory together with all the per
sonnel that goes with them. This
includes such things as the for
estry department, the bureau of
public roads, agriculture, the army
and navy and so on.
"Washington made a fight to get
these things while Oregon has
quietly submitted to it, even to the
extent of . being dispossessed ol
some thingsafter seeming thorn'.
For example the inspection service
of tlie attorney general's office re
cently was moved from Portland
to Seattle."
Came Near Losing
Turning particularly to a dis
cussion of Roseburg and Ihe sol
diers' home, the new congressman
said:
"After Jlnseburg had originated
tlie soldiers' home Idea and secur
ed passage of tlie bill providing
S2.0un.000 for it. you came near los
ing out lo Washington, for all
Indications for a while were thai
Vancouver would obtain tlie site.
Fortunately for Roseburg. how
ever, your representatives 111 coiv
gress put on their fighting clothes
and 'brought homo the hacon.
"To my mind there- Is no ques
tion that Roseburg will be the
ultimate site selected under Ihe
terms laid down by the veterans'
bureau. In fact. I do not think an
other community south of Pelt'
land anil west of tlie Cascades
should now make a hid for it.
Own Boost Cited
"You have won a victory after a
gallant fight." continued Major
Martin. "Tlie generous tiling Is
now for all other communities to
continue to stand aside and I firm
ly believe they will.
"I am happy myself lo have con
tributed something to the fight hv
having sent letters lo the veteriins'
Continued on page 6. Story 2
DEER CREEK TRESTLE
IS BEING REPAIRED
Rout hern Pacific bridge crews
are busily engaged In repairing
the trestle over lleer creek on tbe
Kinney spur In North Rosehuig.
The supports have been stretigih
ened. new ties placed and the
trestle thoroughly reconditioned
The spur will carry a great deal
more traffic, following the com
pletion of the Htidson-DuneHn
warehouse, and the railroad com
pany is making needed Improve
ments tn the tracks In order to
prenare for increased business.
The warehouse building is pro
gressing In a very satisfactory
manner, and Indications are thai it
will be ready for occunancy within
the period allotted. It Is planned
to have tlie huildlnir ready for ue
by the first of April.
C. L. GILVIN. HERE i
FORTY YEARS, DIES,
Chnrlcfi T,pp Oilvin, 57. a w - 11
known resident and painter of
tlnsehurg. passed away at tlm ,
ItoHeburip f.eneral hospital yestcr
dav aftor a brh-f illness of phmi
monia. Tie was horn in KnoxvilN. j
Tenn.. Sept. Hi. 1R73. and has hern
a resident of ponphnrg for th
nast 40 year. lie Is snrvivnd bv
two ulsters. Mm. James Tvnan.
Pnsphure. and Mrs. K. C. Adam-..
Klamath Falls, nnd by throe broth
en. Harrv R. Oilvin. Texas: PI h
ard W. Ctflvln, Poneburit, and Clar
ence 1,. Cllvfn Portland.
Service will he bld in the
chapel of the Oouglaa Funeral
hom. Rundav at 4 p. m.. with Rev.
Charles A. Kdwards officiating. In
terment will take plle In the
I. O. O. F. cemetery.
OF ROSEBURG
Battleship Carrying President on Good-Will Mission PJ( R fl AD 5
gJSW I : . , " i 1 1 " WASHINGTON A
To convey un expression of good-will unit to get first hand knowledge of economic mid political con
ditions, President Hoover Is journeying to Porfo Illco on the U. S. battleship Arizona, pictured above. On
tlie nmp is Indicated by a solid black lino the route taken by the president, with a probable extension of
the tour indicated by tlie broken line. Upon bis return to Washington, tbe president will find awaiting bini
an Invitation to come to Douglas county, Oregon, and fish In (be Umpqua river.
Douglas Coufity Schools to
Enter Teams in Contest
Here for Prizes. ..
The Douglas county typing con
test, which it is hoped will be made
an anmml event, is to he held at
tbe Kosehurg senior high school
March 2H, under tbe direction of
Kllzabelh Partridge and Theodore
liiihke, instructors in commercial
subjects.
Two divisions for novice and ama
teur typists are being arranged,
with each school permitted lo en
ter two contestants In each divis
ion. Kiddle, Days Creek. Sutheiiin,
Drain, Gardiner, (ilendale. Myrtle
Creek, Camas Valley and Hone
burg have already signified inten
tion of entering teams. Novice
typists are those who have studied
for only one year, while amateurs
are those with two years of study.
Two cups are offered for team
ability, ne by V. J. Mlcelll Tor the
most accurate team of two contes
tants in tbe novice class and one
by the l.loiis club for Ihe most ac
curate team of four contestants en
tered In both divisions. Individual
ribbon pries will also be given In
both divsoiis for speed and accu
racy, TWO SAID SLATED
FOR OREGON BOARD
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PORTLAND, March 21 The
Telegram said today early appoint
ment of Charles T. Karly, promin
ent Portland lumberman, now re
tired, ll ml Arthur Lawrence of Cor
vallis, member of tlie last legisla
ture, to the Industrial accident
commission is expected.
The paper said Lawrence, former
slate printer, one time editor of
the Labor Press, is expected to
represent labor on the hoard while
Karly will represent the em
ployer. Gladiolas to rV Named
For Vets' Home Workers
At least one honor Is assured
V. C. Harding, secretary of the
Hosehurg chamber of com
rnorcp, and Ills co wot ker. 1 ir.
K. II. Stewart, for the promi
nent part they play d In ob
taining a mtlloiial soldiers'
home for Hosehurg. ThHr
names will bp given to new
variel hs of gladiolus, lo he
Mrown tills summer by C. V.
Cloak1, of M Soi.Vi Stephens
si rent, in this city.
It Is Mr. Cloak e's plan to
name other varieties after Sen
ators C. L. McNary and K. W.
Steiwrr and ConKtessmnn W. C
llawlpy. to whom Kosehurg is also
Indebted for victory In (he sol
diers' home ficht. Consent lo
use of their names has been
asked of thrm by Mr. Cloake,
following receipt of permission
from Harding and Stewart, to
apply to new flowers Ihe names
of those public-spirited citizenb.
MRS. M. E. PEARCE
DIES AT AGE OF 53
Resident of Roseburg For Nearly
20 Years Passes After
' Brief Illness.
Mrs. Mury Kllzabulh Pcnrco. 5ii.
lor almost 20 years a resident ol
Honebuig, died at Hunching (len
erul hospital nt'fi::ii o'clock p, in.
Friday, following a brief Illness.
Mrs. Poarce was lalieii lo Ihe' hos
pital Tuesday morning and under
went major operations Wednesday
morning mid Thursday morning.
She succiinihed lo Ihe Bocond op
eration, tailing lo rcgiiln conscious
ness ul'ter Thursday morning.
She as a member or St. (icorge's
Kpiscopal church, and the Hebclcall
and lOiiHlern Star lodges. Shu has
engaged in music teaching, dross
making mid as saleslady for Hie
past lew years.
Kuiieral services will be held at
tlie Roseburg I'udcrliiUliig com
pany chapel Sunday uliornoun ill i
o'clock, ltev. Perry Smith (it tlie
Kplscnpul church will uftichilo.
Tho Rebekab and Hiistern Star or
ders will each conduct last riles.
Inlei incut will be In the Masonic
cemetery.
MARK WOODY, 75,
COMMITS SUICIDE
Mark Woody, 75, believed to
be a former resident of this
city, died at Med ford today
from a bullet wound in the
head which physicians said
was self-inflicted. He Is sur
vived by sons here and In Eu
reka, Cat., according to a press
dispatch from Medford. It Is
also' believed he has a married
daughter here.
MERCY ASKED FOR
DRY ACT BREAKER
I'AnwK'iMlttl 'rrK -iiMd Wire)
POItTLANI. March 21. A pell
tlon bearing tbe names of 42 citi
zens of Pendleton, asking leniency
for Hubert H. Motley, Umatilla
county wheat rancher, charged
with violation of the prohibition
law, was in Die bunds of (ieorge
Neuner, United States attorney,
here today.
The petition recommended that
clemency lie exercised when iMoll-
ley Is sentenced. It bore the names
of attorneys, physicians, a hank
president, merchants, farmers and
grain buyers.
The petition said lis signers
never heard of Moll ley having fur
nlslied liquor to Indians, children
or incompetents. He ws arrested,
they said, while undertaking lo de
liver 110 gallons of liquor "as an
accommodation for others but' not
to be retailed by bootleggers."
st. helens" voices
congratulations
Congratulations from St. Helens
to Koschut g upon Its success In
securing the national soldiers'
home were voiced here today by
Hyron Wright nnd II. O. (iarrett.
copubtlshers of the St. Helens
Mist, who are here to attend the
reserve officers' meeting,
Mr. Wright was ehnirman of the
St. Helens chamber of commerce
committee which proffered sites
there as alternatives In case Hose
I burg was not selected,
I Major .1. H. Flynn of .St. Helens
(accompanied tbe two newspaper
men here for the meeting.
OCEJU".
VIRGIN
to
ORTO
RICO
F. H. Peacock, ,ABR.8ani to
Postmaster, Quits City;
i Shortage Revealed.
(.U-hl.tl I'n'M 1.-n-l Win )
ASTORIA, Ore., March 21 All
Intensive search was under way
today for Frank H. Peacock, 4 Fl.
assistant postmanter, who disap
peared Thursday after post off Icq
inspectors arrived here to audit
accounts,
Following a preliminary audit of
Ihe books postal inspectors admit
ted a hlg shortage was Indicated.
They would not discuss the short
age, however, saying they wore
a wal ling additional information
from Washington, I), C. They Indi
cated, however, the postal saving
stamp account had not been kept
up for several months.
Peacock was bonded for $11,(1(10
ami il wan reported unofficially
thin sum would not cover tbe shor
tage revealed In preliminary call
males. Peacock failed to report for work
Thursday morning. When his bank
opened at 11 o'clock he drew sev
crcl hundred dollars from bis per
sonal account, hank officials re
ported, lie was last seen shortly
afterward driving easl out of town.
Peacock has a wiro and three
children. He has been In the pos
tal service 2Fi years and assistant
postmaster for len years.
-o-
COP ACCUSED OF
DRUNKEN DRIVING
PORTLAND, Ore., March 21.
Charged with hit and run driving
Patrolman Ceorge V. Kussell was
suspended yeslerday from Ihe
Portland police force. Chief X,. V.
Jenkins charged hliu with being In
toxicated on duty, conduct unbe
coming an officer, and Insubordina
tion. The charges followed an acci
dent Thursday night In which two
women anfl a child were injured
when their car and a cityowned
machine driven by Kussell, col
lided. The women testified Kussell
sped away without stopping to give
bis name or render assistance.
Hoover Invited to Try His
Angling Skill in Umpqua
President llorbi'll Hoover Is to
he given sn invitation lo visit tin1
l'uipriim river hit' a fishing dip
during bis wr-slein vacation thi
summer. 'I he Invllalloll. written h
Atlfirncv l arl Wlniberly. Is being
conveyed lo Ihe presid'Jll through
Senator Charles I.. McNary, wboiic
' wire In answer, received today,
says: "1 shall be glad lo loll Prcsl
denl Hoover, upon bis return, of
Ihe famous I'mi'l'm river and
myriad fish Ihal swim In Its rir
flos. The president has not yet
completed bis Itinerary for his wes
tern trip, and I shall place your
cordial letter with his secretary
and shall personally call Its con
BUREAU SENDS
B. FJEAZLEY
Engineer Will Commence
Preliminary Job About
April 1 Congress
Asked for Funds.
Tho preliminary survey on the .
North TTmpqua road will start
ahnt April 1, according to Infor
mation received this morning by
Vernon Harpbam. supervisor of
the Umpqua national forest. B. F.
Henzley. one of the best known
engineers of the bureau of public
roads has been assigned to the
survey, It Is reported, and will '
have a crew of eight or ten men
to assist him in the preliminary
work.
Mr. Keazley surveyed the Mo
Ken.le highways and numerous
other important bureau of public
roads projects located In Oregon,
Walisington. Idaho and Montana,
and Is considered one of the most
practical of the road engineers em
ployed' by the bureau. Mr. Harp
ham states that he Is greatly pleas
ed with Heazley's assignment to
the North Umpqua route.
Three-Way Cost Basis
Tbe first camp. It is reported,
will be established at the forest
boundary, where the forest service
camp facilities will be utilised by
the crew. The forest service will
cooperate with ihe ctew In hand- '
ling supplies ami providing equip
mcnt. . . . , ; , ,
i tie survey in neing made on a
iMKiperntive fuls bv the '; Norttt' '
I'mpqiia super-road districtTJoug
las county and the bureau of pub
lic roads and la tho first step In
Ihe construction of the Diamond
Iake-to-tlie-Sea highway.
Bill Asks $300,000
Tbe local board of trustees has
held several conferences with the
federal bureau relative to under
taking tbe work, and It is expected
that the project will be pushed as
rapidly as finances will permit.
A bill baH been introduced In
congress appropriating $300,000
for grading the uncompleted aec
tiou of the road, and If this money
can be received a road can bo
built on federal highway stand
ards lo link up with the present
mail, giving a connection between
tbe Pacific hlghwny and eastern
Oregon.
Tractors to Be Used
Three tractors have been assign
ed to the Cmpqua national forest
an ' are to bo used for road main
tennu 'n work during the summer
mouths, according to word receiv
ed by Supervisor Harpbam. Orte
of the machines will bo to the
Diamond lake dlsriet, another to
the Itobemla district nnd the third
lo the North rnipq'ta.
WILLAMETTE CANAL
FIGHT WILL GO ON
( A,'iili-il I'n-M l.i'ftwd Win-)
SAI.KM. Miirr.li 21. About fifty
reprcHenlutlvc m nf the Willamette
Waterwnyft association from Ku
ueiie. Albany. Ini!eiemlence, Oari
liy. Oregon City. Portland and Sa
lem eonveued liere laHt nlfxht to
rniiKlder the next move In the de
velopment nf Ihe W'illnmette river.
The unfavorable report of the V.
H. army englneera on canalization
of the Willamette river na fur na
KiiKeue fulled to daunt, the plans
of the itHKoclallon, and considera
tion of menus to Improve naviga
tion were cont lulled. 'rnnk Jenkins,
KilKene, president or the associa
tion, in opening the discussion
said "we are by no means justi
fied In slltlnit back and forgettliiR
our coal. We've simply begun."
No nctlon was taken by the asso
ciation Insl night.
trols lo the attention nf the presi
dent when he returns from his
trip to tlie Carrlbbean sea."
Attorney Wlniberly. estendlnK
Ihe Invitation on behalf of Doug
las county sportsmen, called at
tention lo tho fact that for tha
next two months there will be flno
chlnook salmon fishing In tbe
Norib Umpqtiu. with ru abundance
of stcelhead, rainbow and cut
throat trout In the river during
the entire summer.
He pledged on behalf of the
county that every effort would be
made to nasnre strict privacy to
the president In case he should
seek recreation on the Umpqua.