Pa$?e 8
LOCAL PARTY MAKES
TRIP QF NINETY MILES
THROUGH YUMA DESERT
Thirty-six Hour Run Over
Hot Sand Without Rest
Made to Los Angeles.
By. Willard P. Hawley, Jr.
LOS ANGELES, Cal., July 10.
Knowing you will be interested in our
trip across the desert, I will relate
our thrilling experience. Everything
went well until our departure from
Yuma, Arizona, having made several
trips previously over the desert, I
knew how to prepare. We carried
three days' supply of food for the
party, six gallons of -drinking water,
in canteens and for the ' Packard we
carrie dten gallons of water, five "gal
lons of gasoline " and one gallon of
lubricating oil extra, in addition, to
leaving Luna with full tanks.
Leaving Yuma for Phednix we took
the road leading" by the Castle-Dome
mine, which road it is claimed is
ninety miles of desert without water.
The Automobile club posted warnings
at the entrance of these vast stretches
of desert wilderness warning motor
ists to carry ample supplies. We saw
a half breed Indian and only one
white man across this desert, as the
heat was so intense, being 118 in the
shade, and it was necessary to draw
often on our ten gallons of water to
keep the machine cool enough to run
""as the car ran continuously at tho
boiling point.
Sand Is Deep.
Except to stop and eat, we drove
contiunously without sleeo or rest for
about 36 hours. The sand was so.
deep that we were stuck many times.
Twice we were pull'ed out! with mules
and once we were dug out. . The
stubbed brush is ruinous to tires and
would put a hole right through the
tire. We vulcanized six patches on
our tubes in less than 24 hours. Th-3
light -was so intense it was necessary
lor everyone to wear dark glasses.
I feel our successful crossing of thi3
vast Sahara was due ifirst to th!3
staunchness of our car, which came
through the entire trip without raisng
ihe hood or touching a nut, screw or
bolt and second to the driving cf
George E. Pusey, Jr., who was almost
prostrated twice by the heat. At one
time Mr. Pusey's tongue grew so swol
len from the terrific heat that he
cculd scarcely keep 'it in his mouth
Heat Is Intense.
He quickly grjb'oed the water can
teen and took a few swallows of water
which alleviated greatly his suffeiug
and pain. Another instance: George
got out of the car going over the
Sandhill route, leaving' Yuma, and
could hardly walk, and was reeling
like a drunken sailor. Another time
it was necessary to relieve George
from the strain he was undergoing
while driving inch by inch through
this hell hole, as everything on the
dash board was moving before his
eyes? George is now recuperating
"from this terrible ordeal and is rest
ing in Los Angele3 and we are sure
he will not suffer any bad after-effects
from his harrowing experiences.
We are all thankful to be back to
civilization again and will stay in Los
Angeles until we have all fully re
covered before starting northward.
He hope to be home the last of July
as we expect to stop in Oakland and
visit Mr. and Mrs. Barlow on our re
.turn. The party all join me in send
ing our best wishes to the Enterprise.
at tine
- (OREGON
JIP " ' CITY 1
A Arrighi has purchased a new sev
ea-passenggar Buick. He resi t!s in
Milwaukie.
A Dodge Brothers touring1 car -has
been sold to F. J. Meyer, of Oregon
City. .
Anton Heinrich, of Gladstone ii
driving a new Scripps Booth.
Mrs. John Hughes, of Hoff, now
presides at the wheel of an Overland
touring car.
A- McVeigh is going to make use
of the new Oswego-Portland pave
ment. He has purchased a five-pass
enger Buick.
West Linn has another Chevrolet.
It was purchased by Frank Doty.
Homer Fisher, of Oregon City, is
now driving an Overland Roadster.
G. R. Edwards, of this city has
joined the family of Ford drivers. He
has purchased a touring car.
A "490" Chevrolet was bought this
week by George Kelley, of Milwaukie.
Peter Laurs, Oregon City, is driv
ing a new Chevrolet "490" touring
car. .
O Toedtemier of Willamette is a
rew Ford owner. It's a touring car.
A Chevrolet touring car has been
purchased by George Dodge, of Col
ton. 1
C. L. Fesler bought a Ford touring
car. He Iive3 in Gladstone.
Portland To Retaliate
Standardization Is
Chevrolet Policy
Moonshiners Jailed;
One Gets Big Fine
Sheriff Wilson'iS war on Clackamas
county bootleggers and moonshiners
has brought five more men to face- to
face with the law.
Anton Roope .arrested Wednesday
afternoon in a raid of his premises
at Clackamas Heights was given 30
days or $200 fine by Justice Noble
late Wednesday evening. . Roope
started to serve the sentence. On
his place the officers found 50 gal
lons of mash and a small quantity it
the finished product.
George Brown, August Olsen, Dave
Uoff meister and Fred Molt were ar
rested on variou3 specific charges
generally accusing them of .making
moonshine. Hoffmeisters place at
Eagle creek was raided last week
and part ot a still found but he was
not arrested at the time.
Brown, also of Clackamas Heights,
was found to have fig mash in process
of distillation: Similar charges will
be placed against Olsen, of Oregon
City and Molt of Oatfield.
Molt was arraigned in trie justice
court today and plead not guilty.
The establishment of the present
reduced price of Chevrolet cars as a
standard in. order to aid the stabiliza
tion of the auto market at a lower
price level has been announced as
the Chevrolet policy, according to
Lee Hall, of Hal! and Sons, local
Chevrolet dealers.
The Chevrolet 'T-our-Ninety" Model
has been in existence for the past six
years. Ouring that period more than
half a million "Four-Nineties" of both
open and closed types have been sold.
"Their reputation for dependable
and economical performance," said
Mr. Hall, "is an insurance of quality
to the purchaser. The manufacture of
this model has been thoroughly stan
dardized. "Model "Four-Ninety' has been
steadily improved ever since the be
ginning. The- low purchase price in
cludes electric lights and starter,
demountable rims and other essen
tials of complete equipment. In addi
tion "Four-Nineties" average consist
ently better than twenty miles to the
gallon of gasoline. Their tire mileage
is correspondingly high."
r Because Oregon City has enacted an ordinance pro
viding for a monthly license of $ 1 0 on trucks that bring
merchandise here for the purpose of re-sale, some of the
manufacturers and merchants of Portland are threaten
ing reprisals, the nature of which has not been indicated.
Information has reached this city that a meeting is to be
held at Portland next Wednesday night, when ways and
means will be considered.
Several conferences have been held here at the
instance of the Portland Chamber of Commerce and
the delegations from Portland have failed to convince
members of the city council or of the Commercial club
that the regulation is unfair. Local students of the situ
ation believe that $10 a month is a reasonable sum to
exact from operatives of trucks that use our streets for
the purpose of selling products to our business men, and
thus avoid rentals, taxes and other expenses that they are
compelled to pay in more remote cities where they main
tain supply depots. As a matter of fact the license is a
mere trifle as compased with the amount of merchandise
sold and is an overhead charge that inflicts no real
burden upon the manufacturers and jobbers affected.
One member of a Portland delegation stated re
cently that the price of merchandise 'carried by the trucks
would be increased by a sum in excess of the license fee,
but this threat frightened nobody, for competition would
probably prove an effective bar to such a method. It
-has been suggested that Portland "devise some way to
retaliate against citizens of Clackamas county who bring
their wares to the Portland market," but it is apparant
that whatever plan is concocted will have to be applied""
to everyone and that discrimination against "citizens
of Clackamas county" will be lacking in legality. This
question! confronted the city council when the ordinance
was framed and it was necessary to apply it to local
trucks offered merchandise for the purpose of re-sale,
as well as to outsicVe vehicles.
Some of the Portland dealers are taking a mighty '
small attitude over this matter. If the business sought
after in Oregon City is not worth $ 1 0 a month, then the
trucks of Portland had better be withdrawn. The
charge per truck, as compared with the volume of busi
ness, does not amount to a row of pins.
BATTLESHIP OREGON
TO BE SENT HERE IF
FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE
Sentiment in Washington to
Station Old - Ship in
West Favorable
The proposition to station the Bat
rJeship Oregon in the Willamette river
near Portland, is receiving favorable
consideration in Washington, accord
ing to word received by City Record
er Charles Keley, from Oregon sena
tors and representatives. .
The Oregon City council recently
passed a resolution, seconding Port
land's request that the battleship he
stationed there. Mr. Kelley Saturday
received a letter from" Senator Robert
Stanfield to the effect that the navy
department was willing to make the
change, but that at present no funds
are available to provide for the up
keep of any vessel stationed outside
of a navy base. The limited personal.
according to Senator Stanfield, would
make it difficult to provide for tho
ship outside of an organized base.
Secretary of, the Navy Denby, when
interviewed upon the subject, stated
that it was under consideration by the
department arid suggested that figures
on the amount the city and state
would contribute toward the upkeep
of the vessel be ascertained, together
with the accomodations for her
wharfage, and submitted by the gov
ernor of the state. to the department
in a f6rmal request.
Congressmen W. C. Hawley and C
N. McArthur have written here stat
ing thafl they favtored the lassign
ment of the Oregon to the Willamette
river and that they were bending their
efforts toward securing of an official
order to that effect.
New City Hall Will
Be 60 by 65 Feet;
Plans to Be Made
The new city hall will be 60 by 65
feet. This floor space measurement
was decided upon, at a meeting last
night of the city hall committee of
the city council.
Plans will be advertised for imme
diately," and an effort made to have
them at hand 'in time to submit them
to the next regular meeting of the
council, if not before
. The decision as to the size of- the
new hall was necessary in .order to
form a basis for the plans. The size
established was decided upon as the
best securable under the funds avail
able
The city has $35,000 in the city hall
fund. Of this amount $30,000 is to be
spent for the actual construction of
the building, and the remaining $5000
is to be used toward furnishing the
building.
The structure, under the present
plans, is to be built at McLoughlin
lark.
The committee in charge of the de
tails is composed of F. E. Albright,
chairman, I. C. Bridges and Fred Metz
ner.
BAD CASE OF CRUELTY
WILL BE INVESTIGATED
Mountain Scenery of Oregon
to Lure Tourists West in 1925
Moonshiner Gets
Fine of $200 and 25
Day Jail Sentence
Tha most severe sentence to be
given to a moonsniner here for some
time was handed out by Judige E. J.
Noble- Tuesday when he sentenced
Charles Beuhler to. pay $250 fine and
serve 25 days in jail. Beuhler and
William Schnieder were arrested on
Monday near Damascus. . Schneider
entered a plea or not guilty and was
released on $500 bail to await a trial
July 20. When the arrest3 were made
the officers confiscated a still and a
quantity of mash and moonshine.
Dave Hoffmeister, arrested by Sher
iff Wilson in the Eagle Creek coun
try, was a'faigned Tuesday in the
justice court and plead . not guilcy.
His trial was set for JJuly 21.
By F. R. G. . . Many Streams Unnamed
ne racmc loa-st is rai-imy necom- There is Mt Adams, the Indian
"Kickitat", with its great wide snoiv
capped dome and scarred slopes; and
Mt. St. Helens - called the youngest
of the snow mountains, for its glac
iers are yet un-named and the r.nni
ber of its ice-streams undetermined
Most beautiful of contour, resembling
the famous Japanese Fuyjamia, Mt
St. Helens, or "Loowit" of Indian
lore, beckons to all '.o dara to explore
its unsolved mysteries.
Time was when from tho height? cf
these great, solitary peak 3 the white
man gazed upon a scene if primitive
majesty in which lay no hint of the
mighty civilization to come. Not so
today! The majesty and the unsur
passed grandeur of the scenery with
its great mountains mighty rivers.
beautiful water falls, va3t forests and
rocky promitories, still rcmaiv, in its
enchanting beauty, but to all this is
now added the buzz and hum of a
modern Empire, for the mountains
' now stand as guardians over cities
ing th mecca of the travelers of Am
erica. This notwithstanding the lure
of Europe and the desire of students
of history and geology to scale th
Alps.
Americans have yet to learn the
wonders of the Cascade Range, this
Switzerland of the West, and the fas
cination of the great Ne.v Empir-3
which lies beyomd it.
The compieticn of hard surfaced
highways across the American conti
nent will make it possible for all au
to lovers to "See America irst"
'When the Atlantic-Pai.ifie High
ways and Electrical Expositio cpev.3
in Portland in 1925 antA!ti fron a iv
part of the, country will bo able to
traverse the broad expanse of North
American by a cboice of one of four
routes: through the northern states
by the Evergreen Way, throigh tha
middle states over the Lincoln High
way, by the southern route over the
Santa Fe trail, and through our nei-
- f Dorn in rr uith lira onf .-ml nicigm
way reaching from Montreal tc Van- ' . - , " . . '
MARRIAGE LICENSE ISSUED.
A marriage license was issued today
to Conrad N. Collins, 38, of Clackamas
Heights and Helen Deeders, 39, of
Sioux Falls, Iowa.
"In Every Respect77
says the Good Judge
You get more genuine, chew
ing satisfaction from the Real
Tobacco Chew than you ever
got from the ordinary kind.
The good tobacco taste
lasts so long a small chew
of this class of tobacco lasts
much longer than a big chew
of the old kind. That's why
it costs less to use.
Any man who has used both -kinds
will tell you that.
Put up in two styles .
W-B GUT is a long fine-cut tobacco
RIGHT CUT is a short-cut tobacco
3
couver, B. C.
And what marveloua scenes will un
fold to those who answer the call of
the roads
Hills Are Green Clad
Th Alps are a sea of ice. Not so
the Cascade Range, out where the
West begins Clothed in dense green
forests, the greatest forests of tho
temperate zone, surmounted by isola
ted summits of snow volcanoes, with
their great glaciers, .gorges and ice
streams, ihe Cascades are a veritable
iaradise for mountaineers and natu
ralists Along the Pacific High vay. from
British Columbia tp California, one
passes the great snow peaks: Mt.3a
ker, Mt. Hood, Mt- Adams. Mt Jeffer
son, Three Sisters, Crater Lake Ln
ion Peak, Mt Pitt and Mt. Shasta,
each with a distinctive interest , ii
heart appeal, all its own, for "moun
tains like men wear their history on
their faces." j
All year long, year in, year out,
their snow-capped heads tower above
the sun kissed valleys, tempting the
lovera of the open to explore their
hiding secrets ,
All year long, too, .thoir snow-fid
streome rush down their craggy sides
with that tremendous unharnassed
white power which is soon to revolu
tionize our modern industries
Rich in Indian Lore
Mt. Rainier is the sacred god-moun
tain "Tahoma" of the rndians. It is
the Mt. Ararat of the western conti
nent. for the Indians like the He
brews had also their tales of the
Great Flood, when O-laqua, the Indian
Noah, led by the "Great Spirit" took
his family and whatsoever animals he
was commanded up to tlm summit of
the fire-mountain for safety! Volcan
ic in character, comparatively easy
of ascent, Mt. Rainier, is an attract
ive object for all who love nature.
Then Mt- Hood in Oregon, one ot
the most beautiful peaks in all the
world, lifting its sharp starred pyra
mid 11,200 feet toward heavens whose
warm evening glow it never fals to
reflect.
Yearly it draws an everincreasing
number of pilgrims to its shrine
Called by some Indians "Patto" or
.snow clad, by others "Wi-ye-ast, tMs
mysterious mountain of liid.ien fires
is the inspiration of many an Indian
legend, the scone of many an adven
ture and romance of pioneer Oregon,
and the motive of song, story and
painting of today. Mt. Hood ig xi.e
of five wonderful peaks seen from
the city of Portland.
cities as lovely as any man has built
Crater Rivals Lucerne
At the summit of the Cascade in
Southern Oregon is Crater Lake, ona
of the greatest scei.ic marvels of the
world. A great still, silent :ea ot a
blue, the strange deep tint of which
baffles the brush of the artist, it lies
in the very heart of a volcanic, moun
tain 7,000 feet above the level of the
sea. In breathless awe the beholder
strives to imagine the eruption so ter
rific as to have caused the whole top
of Mt Mazama to disappear, and in
its place to reveal the exquisite beau
ty of this Lake of Mystery No tongue
nor pen, nor painter's brush can con
vey even the faintest conception of
this fairyland Unique in all the world
it ig one of Oregon's many offerings
of scenic grandeur.
The beauties of the Alps have been
idealized in song and story: they
have stood as symbols of obstacles
difficult to overcome. "Beyond the
Alps lies Italy" encouraged Hannibal
to his discouraged army.
While the beauties of t'.ie Cascades
also beggar description, they symbol
ize, not obstacles but an open sesame
to a land of golden promise.
Whan Oregon, in 1925, invites the
the new era of transcontinental high
ways, and to show the possibilities ot
our great power, Hannibal's words
will be thus paraphraser
Beyond the Cascades lies the Land
of . Prophesy. The Empire of the
Great Northwest, the Land of Oppor
tunity .
SOLDIER'S AID SPELLS
RUIN, SAYS PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON, July 12. President
Harding conveyed a solemn warning
to congress today that the condition
of the nation will not permit the pas
sage, at this time, of legislation
granting the adjustment of compensa
tion to soldiers who served in the
World war.
For .congress to pass the contem
plated legislation now, the president
warned, "would hinder every effort of
restoration and greatly imperil the
financial stability of our country."
The president took his appeal per
sonally to the senate and delivered a
brief message in which ho painted in
anything but glowing olors-the eco
nomic and financial condition of the
country today. . He - pointed out that
tne nation now is engaged in a
mighty struggle toward restoration,
and he emphasized that this restora
Hon can only be brought about by
careful financing and reduced expendi
tures. The president's message dealt chief
ly with the bonus question and the
nation's finances; but the president
MAN WHO TRANSLATES
LANGUAGE OF SCIENCE
VISITS IN OREGON CITY
C J.Mcintosh Puts Results of
Deep Research Into
Popular Terms.
The worse case of cruelty to ani
mals on record of the clackamas Coun
ty Humane society was reported Wed
nesday afternoon. A little Airdale dog
-was found tied in a gunny sack and
thrown hear the bluff on Fourth and
High streets, where it was left to die took occasion to warn congress that
of starvation. v I there "is much confessed disappoint-
As little Hazel Jean. Woodward, men t that so little progress has beeu
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Wood- mada in the readjustment and reduc-
ward, was passing- along the walk on tion of war-time taxes" and urged
Tuesday evening she heard a groaning 1 early accomplishment of this.
and making investigation in a clump I The president also urged quick ac
of bushes found a sack contaning the I tion on legislation for reorganization
animal. It was securely tied. Four I of the war -risk and vocational train
lads close by were called by the. little j ing.
g'fl, who opened the sack and found I "I want to emphasize the suggestion
the half-starved pup. ' that the accomplishment of the major
The boys were .Donald Bryant, tasks for which you were asked to sir
Stearnes Cushing, Jr. Edward Lattour- in extraordinary session will have a
ette and Joe Schultz. Donald produced I reassuring effect on the entire ocun-
i.ifty cents and Joe added to the con-1 try," the president said.
tribution in order to purchase some - The president cited figures showin;
food for the pup. A veterinarian was J in detail the amount expended to date
summoned, who said that the dog was I and what has been done for the sol-
afflicted with a disease, which would I diers in the way of equipping them
have been easily curable had the pro
per methods been resorted to. In spite
of aid, the dog died.
Th3 matter ig to be, investigated by
the humane society, which will make
every effort to prosecute those per
sons responsible for the act. It is be
lieved that the animal had been in the
sack for several days.
Misg Anita McCarver, who has been
president of the society since it was
organized 21 years ago, says although
many cases of cruelty to dumb ani
mals have been attended by the Clack
amas County society, this is the worst
that has ever occurred here.
I vocationally to resume their places
in civil 'life.
Clackamas Tax Levy
5tli Highest in State
The tax levy in Clackamas county
is the fifth heaviest in the state, with
a total of $1,510,399, an increase of
5314,055 over 1920.
These figures are contained in a
survey mada by Henry M. Hazen,
for the Portland Telegram. The tax
levy for the! entire state has increased
S22.S03.899 since 1313 and in Clacka
mas county for the ame period it in
creased $851,639.
These figures include state, county,
school, and miscellaneous taxes that
ore levied.
MARRIAGE LICENSE ISSUED.
Mariage license was lsfsued " herw
Monday night to Jack F. Langmnn
and Emma Haoor, both of Clackamas.
OREGON CITY GOB TELLS
OFTRIPTOIRISHCOASr
A letter nas been received from
John Lewis, an Oregon City young
man, writing at sea and off the coast
of Ireland, saying that he was in the
best of health. Lewis is in tho navy,
and on thevU. S. S. Connecticut.
A portion of his letter reads a3
follows :
"This is Saturday, and is June 18,
;'ust one year ago today since I left
Oregon City for the second time. We
are now off the coast of Ireland, and
PORTLAND, July 12. Centralized I three years ago at this time I was on
larketing will be the millinium for the old torpedo boat "Read" in these
the fruit industry cf the West in the I waters looking for German submar
belief of the growers and marketers I ines. There is. no excitement over in
cf six western states who gathered I These waters now, only when we see
for ' the second day of the Western I a school of porpoises or sharks. In
Fruit Growers conference in the Ore-1 this 19-day run we arrived in Kres-
gon Duilding this morning teania June 23, and will remain there
To most of the delegates to the con- untij July 7, and then heave anchor
farence, however, the establishment and eo to Portugal for .10 days, and
of a central distribution organization I then to Gibaralta, and then to Guau-
sais too much like a dream The I tanroa for target practice, and back
Centralized Sales
Fruit Men's Goal
visitors hope for a central system
but while they are looking to this ulti
mate objective they are actively at
wort on a plan to perfect a central
marketing system for the West.
A keynote of this desire which every
individual igrower and marketer of!
to AnnaDolis. Md. From there wo
go to Philadelphia's Fa., again for
month and then into the Asiatic
waters.
Tin .Tnlv Fourth we will have a
big time in Kresteania, .Norway, ana
iilcn whpn we arrive there, . a 9 we
fruit has. was exnressed thia mnm. I liana rewlvpil word that we will be
ing when Charles E. Bassett, field given a big reception upon our arrival.
manager for the North American
Fruit Exchange .told the delegates
I hat any marketing system based on
a guess will, go wrong more often
than .it will go right. "
. Bassett, who comes from Michigan.
said that he was not willing to con
cede that the Northwest grower is a
better grower than the Michigan
grower, for any other ' reason tbn
that he has to be If he wants to mar
ket his product.
Mt. Hood Loop Road
Work to Be Rushed TX llZZ
-l thought of the Rose Festival in
Portland, and would have liKea ...
have been there. Suppose it was a
big affair.
"On June 14 we passed the Azore
islands, and it is certainly a beauti
ful island. The people have some
very fine farms. When my time is
up "in the navy I think I will start
into farming.
"We certainly had some stormy
weather on our way. Most all of the
fellows were seasick. We have quite
a few on board that were never on the
sea before, and are naving tneir nrsi
Grey-bearded profesors of past dec
ades have worked in their musty dens
to translate the codified notes of the
experiments of Rodger Bacon; stu
dents have labored for weary years
to interpret the meaning of strange
idiographs; but to C. J- Mcintosh goes
the distinction of being an interpre
ter of one of the most unique tongues
of the present day the language of
the scientist.
Mr. Mcintosh is the agricultural edi
tor of the Oregon Agricultural college. .
A deviation from his beaten ine of
travel brought him to Oregon City
Wednesday.
Mr. Mcintosh's work is to put the
results of scientific experiments into
human tongue." The results of
learned investigation he robs of the
ltystery of technical terms and cf
lengthy formula. And the result is a
simple, plain discription of a great
truth, inewly discovered or newly ap
plied, written so that all who run may
read.
Popular Terms Used
For a number "of years Mr. Mcin
tosh has been engaged in. this work
for the college. The average farmer
Is unable to understand the technical
treatise on a new treatment for a
plant or animal disease. But Mr. Mc
intosh takes the work of these scien
tists and converts it into the popular
terms in which they are found in the
bulletins and scientific literature pub
lished by the .college.
For this work Mr. Mcintosh requires
n astounding technical knowledge of
every subject from horticulture to ge
ology. Words starting with "x" and
continuing for five and six syllables
have no terrors for him, and with
ease he translates them into terms
of every-day usage. And indeed, for
this work Mr. Mcintosh has to be a
veritable jack of all trades. He is
and his middle name is Jack He is
christened that way. And since, ho
haa earned the title.
Plant Nutriment Studied.
Mr. Mcintosh is particularly inter
ested at present in the experiments of
the college scientists in plant nutri
memt. It- was recently found that the
nutrition of plants was every bit as
important as feedng stock or fowls.
Along this line the investigations were
conducted further by the college than
ever before.
They discovered, according to Mr.
Miclntosh, that the ratio of carbo
hydrates and proteins in the growth
of the plnt was more important than
was generally believed. The ratio of
these two substances must necessarily
differ, accord ng to the season of the
year. By proper control trees are made
to bear earier, and are kept bearing
longer. Cultivation, he says, tends to
dsturb the natural condtiens, and by
scientific methods the natural condi
tion can be returned and m proved so
that earlier bearing and a longer pe
riod of bearing are possible.
Farming Has Future.
Mr. Mcintosh has just returned from
Newport where he watched with in
terest the work on the farms and on
the new harbor. "They are building
a wonderful harbor," he said, "but
have njaither tonnage nor bottoms.
The only salvation for tonnage is in
their agriculture. It is a wonderful
country for seed, potatoes and if this
crop ia developed and certified, that
county can supply the seed for the
greater part of the California . acre
age." Possibilities of this sort exist tho
country over, he says. The develop
ment of agricultural resources of the
nation must take on wider scope, ar
must become more scientific, insur
ing greater and surer production.
Mr. Mcintosh has just been visiting
the country weekies throughout the
i state in the interest of a large and
better country news servce, which he
holds is the best circulation and adver
tismg builder. This has been proven
through a survey and contest just
close dthroughout the state.
MYSTERIOUS
SHIP THOUGHT
TO BE PIRATE
HOOD RIVER, Or., July 12 While
no formal word has ben received
from the state highway commission,
county authorises expressed the hope
that work on units of the Hood Rivijr
valley trunk line of the Mount Hood
loop highway would be uf der way by
this fall.
The 21-mile trunk will be built
jointly by 'the county and state on a
60-50 basis, the county at a recent
We have been experiencing some
cold weather as well as rough sea.
Our time aboard ship is 5 p. m ,
and your time now is 2:13 a. m. Some
difference in time, isn't there?
"JOHN J. LEWIS,
"(Shipfitter)
"IT. S. S. Connecticut, No. 5.
New York City, N. Y., care post
master."
DIVORCES ARE GRANTED.
Two divorces were granted by the
election having made available bonds circuit court Saturday. Edward C.
of $350,000. ,
W. .A.- Langille. county right of
way agent, said that formalities of
getting rights of way deeds were
being rapidly facilitated.
Hannel was given a divorce from Lil-
l:e Hannel. Mary Snider was granted
a divorce from Gus Snider and the
custody of her two children. Noble,
13, nnd Katherine, 8.
WASHINGTON, I. C, July 7.
Theories that piratical marauders are
at work in the traffic lanes off the
Atlantic ocean reached a new high
level today.
Government wireless statons wer
sending broadcast to vessels at sea
warning to be on. the lookout for
a "low, rakisn, suspicious-iooung
craft" sighted by Captain Giles of the
Munson linei Munalbro Thursday
night.
Coincident with the sendng out of
this warning, governmental agencies
worked with renewed vigor on their
investgations into the mysterou? dis
appearance within the last few months
of more than a score of merchant ves
sels along the coast.
The vessel, according to Captain
Giles, refused to answer any signals
and, after almost completely circling
the Munalbro, sped away into the
darkness. The location of the Munal
bro at the time the strange craft was
sighted was given at 39 degrees 5H
minutes north and 70 degrees 35 min
utes west. On leaving the Munalbro
the -phantom ship"' steered a course
almost dua east.
It became known the department,
despite the ridicuTe of other govern
mental agencies, has never let up in
the ,investigaton that ether than
i;atural hazardg "were responsble and
that every clew was being ran ' down.
ADMINISTRATOR APPOINTED
Ii F!. Gresey was !ye?iHerday ap
pointed administrator of the estate cf
Kenneth Phillips -who died at Aurora
last March. Tne estate is valued at
$100.