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! SHOCKED CITY TO REBUILD STATE N EW S IN BRIEF. MEMORIAL AT VALLEY FORGE Earthquake Does $100,009 Damage to Chapel Dedicated to Memory of Wash ington and the Revolution Is Rap idly Nearing Completion. Los Angeles Suburb. Los Angeles, CaL—The work c f re Klamath Falla.—Voter* of the Kla math Irrigation district ratified the building the business section of Ingle proposal to enter into a contract with wood, ten miles southwest o f here, Agreement Made for Banks to pendlture th* federal o f $225,000 tor the tor Improre- the ex- ment o f the Klamath project lrrlga- Cash Drafts. tion'system . Gold Hill.— The consolidation of the Foots Creek school with the Gold Hill schools carried, also the bond Issue of $11,500 to complete the annex to the high school building. The en tire Issue of bonds has been taken by De 1 local people at par. LOW PR IC ES O PPO SED Maintenance o f Present Level dared Only Method o f Pre Medford.— All Visitors can reach 1 Crater lake in their autos as the road , is open to the lake rim. The hotel is ready to take care of guests. This Portland.— The federal reserve board news was brought to the city by Alex has provided means for financing the ander Sparrow, superintendent of woolgrowers of the country during the Crater National park. present emergency in which there is Salem.— The C. t O. Lumber com virtually no market for wool. pany of Brookings has filed with the Warehouse receipts and hills of lad state engineer application to appro ing may be used as collateral for drafts priate 2V4 second feet o f water from drawn by the grower against his bank, Joe Hall creek for lumbering and for such sums as the banker and grow manufacturing purposes and domestic er may agree upon. These drafts will supply for tbe city of Brookings. then be discounted by the branch fed Salem.— Salem bricklayers at a meet eral reserve banks. The paper must Ing held here last week decided to de have a maturity of not over 90 days, although it Is thought likely the board mand $10 a day. Tbe scale will be will ultimately extend this period to come effective some time In July. venting Disaster. six months. Within that time the wool market will be restored, bankers and growers believe. Announcement to this effect was made by Dr. S. W. McClure, who until last February was secretary of the na tional woolgrowers’ association, and who Is recognized as the leading wool authority in America. Dr. McClure is; Salem.—Governor Olcott has appoint ed John F. Steiwer, a prominent farm er of Jefferson, as a member of the group of five to represent tbe citizens of the state on tbe committee of 15 to investigate changes in the workmen's compensation law to be recommended to tbe next session of the state legls- lature. now manager of the Cunningham, gend.— At a cost of $15,090 the Bend Sheep and Land company of 1’ endle- water. Light & Power company has ton- completed the construction of a re- Dr. McClure was in Portland on fcis serve plant two miles up tbe Deschutes way back to Pendleton after attend river. The reserve plant is capable ing a session in Washington last of supplying tbe city of Bend with Tuesday of the federal reserve board 1500 gallons of water a minute, double to hear a delegation from the na the amount consumed in tbe hottest tional woolgrowers' association. Dr. weather. McClure represented Oregon. Monmouth.— At tbe National Angora “ No extraordinary difficulty will be Goat show, held last week at St. Nag- encountered now In financing the pres elo, Tex., Riddell Broa of Monmouth ent season's wool clip until a normal I won first and grand championship buying market shall assert Itself," said ! prizes for a two-year-old buck. This Dr. McClure. “ It was tbe firm belief o f ! buck was one of a consignment sent the conference this would be within a for exhibition and placed In care of very short time.'* Lesie Riddle, the member of the Wool buyers quit buying wool b e-1 family who resides In Texas. cause of the furore against the high Hood River.— The Hood River Antl- cost of clothing, which disorganized i Aslatlc association, composed of orch- the wool market, said he. ardlsts and business men, approved the “ Wool Is now made an essential; course of Governor Stephens of Cali commodity. It was the unanimous fornia In writing to Secretary of 8tate opinion that the wool market Is sound; , Colby and asking for co-operation in that the supply of clothing was below | excluding Japanese from the state. R. normal and the wool supply not large. E. Scott, secretary of the local organ It Is my personal opinion that In 90 ization, has written to Secretary Colby days the market will reopen again," In support of the Stephens letter. he asserted. Roseburg.— A most prosperous year “ The whole disorganized condition Is the result of the politicians who Is predicted for Reedsport and the have been making the high cost of lower Umpqua generally, according to County Agent C. J. Hurd, who has re living their battle cry. “ Everybody who buys, wants to buy turned from a'Visit to that section of at a lower price; and everyone who the county. He states that the finest sells wants to sell at the same old crop of hay ever taken from the soil Is now being harvested betwen Elk- figure.” ton and Reedsport and crops of all kluds are looking exceedingly well. POPULATION OF UNITED Gold Hill.—The Initiatory papers have been executed for the conveyance Washington, D. C.—The population I of the Medford Jacksonville railway, of continental United Slates is e.tl under l,Har t0 J- T- of Med- mated at 105.000,000 by J. A. Hill I ford, ford- to to the the leading 1,adln* fruit fru,t « growers rower* at chief statlstclan for the census bureau Ix)s Angeles. The deal will Include the Gagnon sawmills and box factories His calculation I b based on the com . . . . ., , ... , ..... „ „ . I at both Medford and Jacksonville, and blned population of 1406 cities and: . . . . . , several pine timber tracts on the Apple- towns for which statistics have been gate and between Gold Hill and Jack announced. sonville. The increase over 1910 Is placed a t . about 13.000,000, show ing (he growth The Dulles.—The cherry harvest of of tbe country has not kept pace with : this section is now under way. Several previous decades. Almost complete early picking crews are at work har cessation of Immigration during the vesting the crop. In’ ense activity will war is the chief reason assigned for , begin In practically every orchard in the falling off in growth. Other sug this section the first of next week. gestions were the two influenza epi The Libby, McNeil & Libby cannery demics, return of ulleus to their native has contracted for most of the Royal lands and deaths of soldiers abroad Ann crop at u fiat rate of 15 cents a pound, orchard run. Tho black } and ut home during the war. cherries will be shipped to eastern The aggregate population of the cities and towns on shjrlt the esti markets. STATES PUT AT 105.000.000 mate was made is 41,029,354. This Is Eugene.—Colin Dyne nt. for the lust an average gain of 26 per cent, com year acting secretary of the extension pared w ith 35 per cent In the previous division of the State university In Port decade. land. was selected ns dean of the col lege of literature and arte to succeed T r a in C r a s h K i l l s T sn . Dean Straub by the board of regents Huntlugburg, Ind.—Ten persons last week. A school of physical oduca were killed and nine Injured probably j Mon was formed and Dr. John F fatally when a truck carrying a loail| Uovsrd, formerly head of the depart o f picnickers was struck by u pas-! men! of toology, elected as dean. Dr. senger train one mile w est c f here I Richard B. Dtllehunt was elected dean Sunday morning. The truck, which was of the school of medicine. i .irt > ing u N M U 10 M ou.mg held g . , ^ _ The American RaUwiiy by the local lodge of Ihe Woodmen of I pn>M wblch opwate, , u ,e the World, stopped on the tracks and „ „ fllrU w|th tho 0 r w n pull„ , , orv. traveling M at j |ce commission application for an In- the train train traveling was struck by the a high rat* of speed. Scv •ral children | crease In rates equivalent to the were among those killed and Injured schedule sought In petitions recently submitted to tbe Interstate commerce Seattle.— Proposals to am< nd city commission. The express company re fire ordinances to permit the exhibi quests that no action be taken by the tion of moving pictures In public Oregon public service commission until s< hools of Seattle were rejected by the such time as a bearing has been held public saftty committee o f tbe city before the Interstate commerce com council. mission. which suffered most from the series of earthquakes in Los Angeles county Tuesday night, was under way Wed nesday, practically the entire popula tion of 3000 taking part. Arthur Corey, city engineer of Ingle- ood. said the damage there would probably exceed $100,000. Losses in Los Angeles and other points were estimated at $25,000. Slight shocks were felt at 5 A. M and 12:35 P. M. today, no damage being reported. When street car traffic on the lines of the Los Angeles Railway company was baited for half an hour, begin ning about 10:35 A. M., company of ficials stated they had word the delay was due to an earthquake shock which temporarily crippled a power plant at Huntington lake, 70 miles east of Fresno. Late Tuesday the officials said they had another message that the plant had a slight breakdown, but that the cause was not stated to be an earthquake. The temblor that shattered Ingle wood was southern California’s second experience with earth shocks within three years. Inglewood is a town of about 3000 population on the Redondo beach branch of the Santa Fe railroad and is also reached by a suburban line of the Los Angeles Railway company. Laymen familiar with causes of earthquakes In this state ascribe the disturbance in southern California to a slipping of the strata in a geological fault TRADE BALANCE NOW $ 17 , 000 , 000,000 Washington, D. C.— Since the begin- ing of the world war in 1914 the United Flag of Washington FOURTH OF JU LY 1920 Ring the t u n e f u l hell* o f F r eed om , Let their music float a f a r . L o o k a lo ft and see o u r banner O f the g lo rio u s st ripe and s t s f i C row n ed with v ic t ’ ry, bathed ia sp len d or U pon m a ny a field o f fa m e, H eroes br a v e have died arou n d it. Each with an im m or ta l nam e. approximately $17,000,000,000 against the world. This exceeds by several billions o f dollars the total balance In favor of the United States from 1875 to 1914. Department of commerce figures Wenesday show the trade balance made In favor of the United States in the fiscal year ending in 1914, one month before the war began, was only $470,000,000. During the first year of the war it was $1,094,419,600 and in the next year, ending June 30, 1916, it was $2,135,599,375. During the suc ceeding year the total was $3,530,693,- 209. Meantime the United States had en tered the struggle and in the year ending June 30, 1918— the first full fiscal year of America’s participation — the balance was only $2,974,055,973. In the next year, ending last June 30 however, it was $4,136,562,618. During the first 11 months of this fiscal year the balance was only $2 788,451,602 but exports were larger in those 11 months than In any other full fiscal year In the nation's history, total ing $7,474,193,349 as against the pre vious 12 months' record of $7,252,282, 686 made during the last fiscal year. At the same time that America's export trade began to advance by leaps and bounds tho Import trade also showed an enormous Increase, reaching a new high record of $4,685,- 741.747 during the 11 months of the present fiscal year. The previous high record was $3,- 095,720,068, last year. Most of the favorable trade balance of the United States has been against the allied and neutral countries of Europe. Many of the South American and North American countries and some of those in the far east have a balance against the United States. Lafayette, F ro m a M a d e L a te in Life. its f o ld s o u r father* tr i u m ph ed In the valiant days o f y ore, A n d in battles f o r th eir c o u n t r y T h ey that be a u t e o u s b a n n er b o r e ; Not n star to d a y is misting. Not a st ripe a tarnish knows, A s it waves in c on s ciou s sple ndor F r o m th e tu n lands to the snows. Let ou r E a g l e g u a rd it aver F o r the h o n o r it has w on, As ha hatha* hit n oble pinion* In tb e light o f F r e e d o m ’ s tun, P r o u d to te e his e m b lem floating 'Gain st tha vau lted az u r e tk y i H ear him shriek hit p r o u d ap prov al E v e ry f o u r t h d a y o f Ju ly. On tho land and on the oc ean , Far as human eya can see U p s repeat the deathless story O f tha B a n n e r o f the F r e e ; B orn am id tha storm s o f ba ttle N ot a sham e its g lo r y mars; A n d new n ations wake to f r e e d o m A t th e g litter o f its stars. M irr o r e d in o u r crystal rivers, S t re a m in g from our m ou n tain peaks. L o v e d by f r e e m e n f o r its b ea u ty It f o r Right and H om ela n d speaks] T im a will n ever dim its g lory W h ile in heaven shines the tun| E v e r linked to to n g and story It the F la g o f W A S H I N G T O N . ( C o p y r i g h t , 1 k20. W e s t e r n N e w s p a p e r U n i o n . ) P lc t u rs He cam e to fight fo r F re e d o m 's cause A g a in s t a ty r a n t 's power, Afhen W a sh in g to n at V a lle y F o rg e H a d reached hia d a rke st hour. Hla a rm y fo u g h t beside o u r own, And, w hen the ta sk w a s done, Vnother n atio n had been born, F o r v ic to ry w a s won. Neath States has rolled up a trade balance of Talley Forge, that historical center which vtU always be identified with tbe heroic efforts o f tbe Colonial troops in their straggle for liberty, now has the distinction of possessing one of the most representative and ex pressive memorial balldings in tbe en tire country. Taking the form of a chapel, it is dedicated to tbe memory of Washington, and at tbe same time typifies the entire period of the Revo In tion. It is intended to boose a col lodion of mementos, almost every one of which is connected with some In dividual or event of the Revolutionary period. Tbe complete group will consist o f a cloister, chapel and building, contain ing rooms In which patriotic societies may meet; a library of documents per taining to tbe Revolution, and a tower overlooking the encampruenL The cloister is divided into 13 bays, each representing the officers and men from one o f the thirteen original states. The interior of the chapel Is rapidly approaching completion. Forty- eight panels represent all tbe states of tbe Union and symbolize the final achievement o f the national group. Tbe glass windows will constitute a na tional history in tbemseLes. They tell the story of the discovery, settle- inent, and development of the nation k b oy In ye a rs— a m an In heart— S o n of a m ig h ty race, H e w rote hlz nam e in m ig h ty deeds T h a t tim e sh a ll not erase. H s b ro u g h t new hope, and faith, and stre n gth In tim e of b la ck despair, A n d freedom triu m p h ed on o u r soil. F o r F ra n c e w a s fighting there. Fa ca d e and M a in E n tra n ce M e m o ria l Chapel. of the In a progression leading up to the west window, which will represent the life of George Washington as told In 36 medallions. The various leaders of the Revolution. Including Robert Morris, John Paul Jones. Thomas Jefferson. John Hancock, and others, will be depicted in other win dows. Tbe choir stalls are of carved wood. The figures In the niches at the top of these stalls represent the uniforms of the Continental commands, anti above them will be hung fac similes of Ihe colors carried hy the troops. The complete series will consist of 16 flags, including two of the French regiments that served In this country during the war.—Popular Mechanics Magazine. A n d then a cro sa the m any years, B y h is t o r y 's g lo rio u s chance, A g a in s t o p p re ssio n ’s h e avy hand O u r so ld ie rs fo u g h t fo r F ra n ce ; A n d w hen the la st hard fight w a s won W e w ell had paid the debt T h a t a lw a y s had been o u rs to pay T o F ra n c e and Lafayette! frxdcpeji itcnce ~ 7 (a il A TRIBUTE. American's Creed I believe In the United States of America ns a government of the peo ple, by the people, for the people, whose Just powers are derived from the consent of the governed ; a democ racy In a republic; a sovereign Na tion of many sovereign States; a per fect Union, one and Inseparable, es tablished upon those principles of free dom, equality. Justice and humanity for which American patriots sacrificed their lives and fortunes. I therefore believe It Is my duty to niy country Envoy to Greece Named. to love It: to support Its Constitution; Washington. D. C —Edward Capps to obey Its laws; to respect Its flag, of New Jersey was named Wednesday and to defend It against all enemies. by President Wilson a^ minister to Greece, a recess appointment. S. Parker Gilbert Jr., was nominated as assistant secretary of the treasury. Dr. Capps is professor of classics at “ United States of America.” Princeton university. He is a native Tbe name wus original with Jeffer- of Illinois and has written many books sou, and appears In tbe final para on Greek literature and drama. After graph' o f the Declaration of Indepen being graduated from Yale university, dence, ns follows: "We, therefore, he studied In Athens. the representatives of the United States of America. In geneml congress avsembled, appealing to tbe Supreme Pets Held College Pest. Judge of the world for the rectitude Stanford University, Cal.—College of our Intentions, do. In tbe name of men cannot render any service to so the good people of these colonies, sol ciety until the colleges are freed of emnly publish and declare, they these 'pampered, petted, cushioned and colonies are. and a right ought to be ctgaretted darlings,” Rabbi Stephen tree and Independent states.” S. \\ lee of the Free synagogue of New M a d e Jefferson Im m ortal. York told ths graduating class at Stan The Declaration of lnde|H-nrien<e ford university Wednesday. « i n drawn up hy Thfliaa* Jefferson « h o was only thtrip three years old. One hundred rases of cholera have This remarkable manifest««. Into w hich been discovered In southern Japan, It has been said Jefferson •*poiire«l the some victims of the disease being «vul of a continent.” was a«t«>pted a* found In Tokio. he had drawn IL with the exception of a few unimportant vhangea. T h e years are but as m om ents, and y o u r spirit, L a f a y e t te , R em em bers , a t you c o m e to ut, the m ighty men you met In the epic d a ys a f o r e t i m e when you stood, at we tod ay. W h e r e the breezes fa n n e d ou r f a c e t f r o m the b o s o m o f the bay. Joy was then within the soul o f you, and y ou th was in y o u r eyes, A t the flag that c o n q u e r e d ty ran n y was flaunted to the tkiett A n d there, mayhap, a vision f o r a m om en t c a m e to you. A n d the F u tu re told the w on d er o f the deeds w e w e re to do. Independence hall came Into exist ence without any thought of the part it was destined to play In the birth of the nation. Necessity really cre ated It. It appears, from documents well authenticated, that the Provin cial assembly of Pennsylvania had been meeting in a house, annually rented In Philadelphia, until May 1, F a r across a sea o f peril you, a 1729. It was shortly after this date knightly sw ord, had fared. that the assembly voted £2.(XK) to A n d em b a lm ed in t o n g and story ward the purchase of ground for the are the valiant feats you dared; building and Its construction. It was Y ou w ere C hiv alr y in action, with a designed by Andrew Hamilton, a bar sp len d or in y o u r gaze, rister of Philadelphia, who In making A n d o u r fathers, v ict o r fr e e m e n , his plans, provided for two wings, one In 1732 c r o w n e d y o u r y o u t h fu l b r o w with of them Congress hall. ground for the building was broken, bays. but the construction dragged on for some years before the work was fin Did y o u see that y ear the f a c e t of ished, although certain rooms were o u r h eroes ba ck f r o m Fran ce, used for some years before the whole A n d the light o f hagh e n d e a v o r that was completed. was shining in thair g la n c e ? Construction of Congress hall began Did you tee ou r bold crusaders who In 1787, and was completed In 1789, h sd crossed the sea you tailed and the remaining wing of Independ T o fight f o r f r e e d o m fa r afield, and ence hall, known as “City Hall," was hy their might p r e v a ile d ? started In 1789 and finished In 1791. Ah. then, you ta w y o u r very soul io eyes that gleam tod ay W ith d ream t that led you, L a fa y e t te , u pon y o u r splendid w ay ; W hat they have don e f o r stricken F ran ce, in that heroic past Y ou did to save a nation that hat paid it* debt at last. — E d w a rd S. V a n Z.le. A Patte rn fo r the W orld. The signing of the Declaration of lndepcn<len«‘e. on July 4. 1776. marked the birth o f this nation, which stands today as the world's n«*>«t potent fac tor In upholding the doctrine that all men are created free and equal. C o lo n ie s' Second Petition. In 1775. on the 8th of July, the see ond Continental congress adopted the second petition to the king. This con gress. which was held at Philadelphia, was the same which later adopted thè Declaration of Indepen.lente. On the same day of the same year Lord Dun- more. the royal governor of Virginia, fearing a general uprising of the colo nies. tools refuge with his family on board the Fowney, a British warship stationed at Yorktown. In 1776. on the 8th of July, the Dec laration of Independence was pro claimed from the steps of the state- house at Philadelphia, and read aloud to the army at New York.