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ICEBERG-SAFETY
PATROL AGREED OH
MEMBER OF HOUSE
THREATENS TO KILL
SPOKANE MILLIONAIRE WHOSE DISAPPEARANCE PROM
SANTA BARBARA, CAL., REMAINS MYSTERY. '
TnE MOEXIXG OTtEGOXIATf. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1914.
New Arrivals
Some Men's Spring
Suits have arrived
beauties, every one.
Just the fabric and
the weight for the man
who wants a new suit but
who does not care for the
heavier Winter weights.
Drop in and have a look at these.
United States and Britain Di
vide Task and Impose
Caution on Mariners.
Blood Flows in Sharp Fist
Fight That Breaks Up
Committee Meeting.
SEA TREATY IS SIGNED
SPECTATORS HUNT REFUGE
Collision Resolutions Xot Revised
Owing to Absence of Several
Xatlons, but Changes- Later
on Are Pledged.
Representative Johnson, of Ken
tucky, and Iiawyer Battle, . and
Latter la Hustled Away While
Former Seeks Weapon.
LONDON'. Jan. 20. The convention
drawn up by the International Confer
ence on Safety at Sea was signed at the
foreign office today. The text con
tains 74 articles. Together with tho
annexed "rules," It covers 60 printed
pages.
"An international service is to be es
tablished by the nations chiefly Inter
ested for the purpose of an ice patrol
and Ice observation, as well as the de
struction of a derelicts in the North
Atlantic," said Lord Mersey today. "It
is to be under the control of the
United States. This service is to take
over and continue the work done by
the two vessels employed by the United
States in 1912-1913, in locating ice, in
determining its limits to the south, the
east and the west, and in keeping in
touch with It as It moves southward.
In order that vessels may be informed
by wireless telegraphy of Its position.
Watch for Derelicts Divided.
"The service will also continue the
Ice observation work started last year
by Great Britain with the object of de
termining, before the Ice becomes a
peril, the fundamental conditions which
govern its movements. Oreat Britain
will alBo continue the duty of dealing
with dangerous derelicts east of a line
drawn from Cape Sable to latitude 34
north, longitude 70 west. The waters
to the west of this line will be watched
by the United States.
"The duty is also Imposed on all
ship masters to report the presence of
dangerous Ice and derelicts and a code
has been prepared to facilitate this
reporting.
"When ice Is reported on or near the
track a ship must proceed during the
night at moderate speed or alter its
course so as to clear the danger zone.
"The practice by which routes across
the Atlantic are fixed by agreement
between the steamship companies has
been left unaltered and the govern
ments undertake to impress all ship
owners with the desirability of follow
ing as far as possible these routes.
Boat Decks Unit Be Lighted.
"The effective lighting of boat
decks Is provided for by the conven
tion and the carrying of Morse lamps
Is made compulsory.
"An international code for urgent
and Important signals has been adopted.
"It was Impossible to revise the In
ternational collision regulations, as
many states which were parties to
these regulations were not represented
at the conference, but the convention
binds the contracting states to bring
about a revision of these regulations.
"Other points affecting the safety of
navigation were found impossible of
embodiment in definite articles, but the
committee submitted, resolutions em
bodying its views."
The members of the American dele
gation, with the exception of United
States Senator Lewis, of Illinois, Rear
Admiral Capps and Mr. McBride, will
sail for the United States on the
Olympic tomorrow.
WITNESS BALKS AT OATH
Bride-to-Be Willing, but Unknown,
So fjlcense Is Refused.
VANCOUVER, Wash., Jan. 20. (Spe
cial.) When the marriage license ap
plication was almost made out and a
young couple were within a few min
utes of happiness here today, the wit
ness balked when confronted with an
oath that he had known the willing
bride-to-be, and proceedings were
stopped, happiness fled and the dis
gusted trio went back to Portland.
The name of the man was Edward
J. Dyer, of Portland, Or., who had been
divorced from his wife more than a
year. The young woman was Miss
Kthel Laughlln, who came all the way
from Kansas City, Mo., and was a
stranger here. The witness, a friend
of Mr. Dyer, was A. Gylfe, of Portland,
who said that In his mind and be
lief Miss Laughlin had never been mar-
ried.'-was of legal age, and there was
no legal Impediment to the marriage,
but he would not swear that be did
know these facts to be true. So all
left.
RAILWAY WORK STOPPED
:1 5 0 Men Employed on Smith-Powers
Logging Line Discharged.
MARSHFIELD, Or., Jan. 20. (Spe
cial.) One hundred and fifty men
employed on the Smith-Powers logging
railroad south of Myrtle Point have
been discharged and work has practi
cally ceased owing to the extremely
wet weather.
No date is set for resumption of the
work, and It is believed the Smith
Powers Company will take over the
work themselves when seasonable
weather makes it possible to prose
cute the construction.
CLATSOP TAX ROLL LARGER
Assessor Finds Records Exceed by
$244,136.47 Totals Last Year.
ASTORIA. Or., Jan. 20. (Special.)
The work of extending the 1913 tax roll
was completed by Assessor Leinenweber
today. The roll is the largest in the
history of the county, the total being
$704,292.73. or just J244.13S.47 In excess
of that of tbe preceding year.
Tne Increase on this roll is accounted
for by the extra $75,000 of state tax,
Hje $100,000 tax for the port commis
sion, $20,000 tax for the reclamation
commission and the $50,000 to pay for
the timber cruise.
THREE ON WAY TO PRISON
One of Party En Route to Salem
From Southern Oregon Is Woman.
MARSHFIELD, Or., Jan. 20 (Spe-
cail.) Sheriff W. W. Gage is here en
route to Salem with three convicted
persons, and Is taking two guards to
secure the safe arrival of his prisoners.
Frank Vaughn, a man 'of unusually
fine physique and a morose character.
Is the only one of the three from whom
the Sheriff would expect any trouble.
Pne convict is a woman,
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SUICIDE IS DOUBTED
Friends of Lewis F. Clark
fer $5000 Reward.
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ACCIDENT IS SUGGESTED
Spokane Millionaire's Business Man
ager Says Sea Had Strong Influ
ence Over Him and Thinks
He Fell From Wharf.
SANTA BARBARA, Cal., Jan. 20.
(Special.) Clinging to the hope that
F. Lewis Clark, the Spokane million
aire, who disappeared here Friday
night, was not drowned as at first be
lieved, $5000 reward was ""offered for
finding' Clark alive.
A. A. Newberg, brother-in-law of Mrs.
Clark, announced the reward today on
his arrival from Spokane. Another re
ward of $200 has been offered for
Clark's body In case he is dead.
Arthur D. Jones, Mr. Clark's business
manager, said he felt certain that if
Mr. Clark were dead he had not taken
his own life.
"He was always fond of evening
strolls," 'said Mr. Jones, "and loved the
sea with a fondness which exerted a
strong hold upon him. I have learned
every circumstance connected with his
disappearance, and while I feel certain
that Mr. Clark Is dead, I believe he
either, fell from the wharl accidentally
or met with violence."
Mr. Clark's son will arrive from Har
vard University Thursday, and It Is be
lieved he will induce Mrs. Clark to go
north. It is feared that she may col
lapse when the strain of the uncer
tainty is removed.
"We are unable to disabuse our minds
of the possibility that Mr. Clark Is In
some sanitarium, hospital or even held
in duress in this vicinity," declared Mr.
Newbery after a conference of relatives
and friends of the missing man.
ALIEN FOREVER BARRED
SWISS MILLIONAIRE EXCLUDED
FROM UNITED STAXES.
Deportation for "Intended Concubinage"
Three Yean Ago Held to Op
erate Perpetually.
NEW TORK, Jan. 20. The ruling of
the United States Supreme Court that
"intended concubinage" is ground for
the exclusion of aliens was broadened
and supplemented today by the United
States Circuit Court of Appeals in ' a
decision disposing of the habeas corpus
proceedings instituted . in behalf of
Hans Bauer, a Swiss millionaire, who
while belonging to the class excluded
applied for naturalization and obtained
first papers in September, 1911. The
decision holds that aliens who have
been excluded "for "intended concubin
age," whether they return singly or to
gether, are forever barred from the
United States.
In his statement of the case'. Judge
Henry Wade Rogers, who wrote the
opinion, says that Bauer came to this
countryn June, 1910, and was charged
with attempting to bring a womaa for
immoral purposes. Bauer and the
woman were deported. He returned to
New York the following month, and
was admitted. In 1911 he made a trip
to Europe and on his return was again
admitted.
In the early part of 1913 the lmml
gratlon inspectors at Chicago, where
Bauer had established a large business.
suggested his deportation, the Swiss
government at that time having asked
for his extradition xor alleged rraudu
lent sales of mining stocks in Switzer
land. The ensuing extradition proceed
lngs against Bauer failed, but In July
last he was brought to New York for
deportation. The habeas corpus pro
ceedings or today resulted.
CRESWELL HOUSES "ARMY"
Mayor Gives Place to Lay Heads but
Names Special Guards.
CRESWEUU Or., Jan, 20 (Special.)
Th "armj" et the unemployed, AO la
number, arrived here shortly after 3
o'clock this afternoon. The leaders,
Mr. and Mrs. Rimer, arrived just ahead
of the army, coming on the afternoon
train.
The town authorities made arrange
ments to allow the idle men to remain
in town for the night. They were al
lowed to sleep in a vacant room in the
lower part of the Gossett building on
Front street. Mayor Parsons appointed
a number of special otneers, who re
mained on- duty all night to prevent
any of them from leaving the building.
It is expected that the "army" will be
given Instructions to leave town in the
morning. 1
A number of citizens of the town pro
vided the members of the "army" with
several boxes of apples.
A small "army" of 16 arrived here
last nigflt and were given lodging in
jail. They were released this morning
and offered work, but only a few of the
number stayed. Those who remained
worked two hours on the streets and
were given their dinner at the hotel.
They left town shortly after noon.
ROSEBURG, Or.. Jan. 20. (Special.)
In anticipation of the arrival of the
army of unemployed now touring
Southern Oregon, the City Council last
night decided to furnish the men a
place to sleep and give them one meal.
The Council decided that this would
prove a far cheaper means of dealing
with the intruders than to attempt to
eject them from the city by force.
CHURCHILL TELLS PLAN
BOYS' AND GIRLS' INDUSTRIAL,
CUB WORK OCTLIXED.
Ten Projects Saggeitrd to Be Taken
l"p. Choice of Which Is to De
pend on Community.
SALEM, Or., Jan. 20. (Special.) The
following outline of his plans for or
ganizlng boys' and girls' Industrial
clubs In all school districts In the state
has been prepared by Superintendent
oi fuDiic instruction Churchill.
Bach club la expected to take up one or
more ot me projects named Delow, tne
choice of the project depending- upon the
work which is of greatest interest to the
community In which the club la orcanlzed.
The following are the lnlustrlal club projects
suggested ay tnis department lor this year
l. Hoys" corngrowlnK contest: 2. boys' do-
tato-growing contest: 3, girls' canning con-
ten; 4. gins' cooaing ana baking contest:
boys and girls' poultry contest: 6. girls'
sewing contest; 7, boys. plgfeedlnK contest:
8, boys' and girls' gardening contest; 9, dairy
herd management; 10, manual arts contest.
The Agricultural College has promised to
assist us lurtner in preparing bulletins giv
ing expert advice to ttie children as to bow
best to produce the different things named
in these projects, such a bulletins on potato,
growing, etc These will be distributed
through the clubs, and will be of value to
parents as well as to the children. The
work of organizing the clubs will fall largely
upon tne county benool superintendents.
woraing tnrougn tne teacners. Tne univer
sity of Oregon, the Oregon Agricultural Col
lege and the Oregon- Normal School have
promised to send out men in addition to th
field workers from this offica to help the
superintendents in tnis worK.
The State Fair Board has appropriated
to this department $1000 to be distributed
among the boys and girls as prizes at th
State Fair. The board has also promised
us 1500 to be used to entertain two boys from
each county for the whole week of the fair.
The boys will be under the most careful su
pervision and will make a study of every
department of the fair. Including especially
the poultry and the stock Judging. In ad
dition to this we expect to send the ten chil
dren who stand highest in the state contest
to the Panama exposition at San Francisco.
VANCOUVER WILL BE HQS
Passenger Agents to Meet in Wash
ington City In Spring.
VANCOUVER, Wash., Jan. 20. (Spe
cial.) Vancouver will entertain th
North Pacific .Coast passenger agents
here In March or AprlL
An autorcffeblle tour through th
greater part" of Clarke County will be
Included. "
Workman Killed Near Corvallis.
CORVALL1S. Or.f an. 20. (SDeelal
Shot through theabdomen last night.
Bill KarAhaleos, member of a rail
road crew working at Wren, died at th
Corvallis Hospital today. The alleged
murderer escaped. Sheriff Gellatly and
deputies scoured the mountains near
Wren all last night, but without result.
Oregon Postmasters Named.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
lngton, Jan. 20. Fourth-class postmas
ters have been appointed in Oregon
as follows: Mrs. Iinnie Violette, Cham
pion, vice G. T. Hogg; Catherine
Stearns, Coburn, vice F. N. Bettis, re
signed; Mrs. Maud. M. Carson. Beech
Creek, reappointed. .
WASHINGTON. Jan. 20. A brisk
fist fight between Representative
Johnson, of Kentucky, and John R.
Shields, a Washington lawyer, broke
up a meeting today in the House Dis
trict of Columbia committee room and
for a time threatened to turn Into a
tragedy. Committee clerks separated
the men after botn had landed telling
blows; - then Representative Johnson,
with blood streaming down his face,
broke away and dashed Into hlB pri
vate office, shouting:
"Let me get my pistol; ru kui mm."
Someone closed the door and held It,
and before the enraged Congressman
reappeared Shields had been hustled
away, leaving his coat and hat behind,
and committeemen and spectators had
made a hasty retreat, some of them
taking refuge behind the great marble
columns of the corridors until they
were satisfied there was to be no
hooting. The incident tonight ap
parently was closed.
Retort Starts Fight.
The trouble started when a sub
committee of the district committee, of
which Representative Johnson is chair
man, was hearing Representative
Kahn, of California, argue for a bill
to allow Washington crossing police
to ride free on trolley cars when In
uniform. ' Mr. Shields was present to
support the bill.
Representative Johnson, entering the
room just as Representative Kahn con
cluded, declared that he had learned
that Shields had collected a fee- of
$4000 or $5000 from crossing policemen
for "lobby activities" in connection
with a bill increasing the policemen's
salaries, passed by the last Congress
Chairman Crosser, of the sub-committee,
saw trouble Impending, and an
nounced a recess.
'We want to be heard," Insisted
Shields. "I want an opportunity here
to reply to these unfounded charges.
They are utterly false.
Lawyer's Blow Draws Blood.
With a bound Representative John
son rounded the table, and, striking
Shields full on the cheek, sent him to
the floor. The lawyer struck his chin
on a chair on the way down, but he
was up in an instant, retaliating with
blow that started the blood from
cut over Johnson's right cheek bone.
The men exchanged blows freely for
moment: then Shields clinched and
was pounding away on the Congress
man's head, when Sam Eskew and
Fred Allen, clerks of the cdmmittee.
nterfered and drew Johnson away. In
the meantime Representative Winslow.
of Massachusetts, threw his arms
around Shields and pulled him into the
hall.
Aa Johnson started for the door to
his private office, crying that he would
kill the lawyer, the spectators stam
peded to the corridor. A few minutes
later, when the Kentuckian, with
towel in one hand, appeared at the
door he found only an empty commit
tee-room.
MAIL MEN FAVOR BONDS
Marion Ttural Carriers to Work for
Road Improvement.
SALEM. Or.. Jan. 20. (Special.)
Setting forth that its members are In
the best position to pass opinion on
the condition of the roads and declar
ing that the need for Improvement Is
imperative to good rural postal service
and the development of the country,
the Marion County Rural Letter Car
riers' Association has adopted a set of
resolutions expressing Its hearty ap
proval of the proposed bond issue of
$850,000 for road improvements.
The association pledges the support
of its members, Individually and col
lectively. In behalf of the measure, ae
daring that the movement Is both i
practical and efficient plan.
The resolutions are signed by a com
mittee composed of W. H. Squier, R. L.
Wolcott and Percy Ottaway. Jarvls E,
Cutsforth Is secretary of the organiza
tion.
WHEELER ELECTION IS SET
Town Will Choose Officers and Vote
on Charter February 9.
WHEELER, Or., Jan. 20. (Special.)
A special city election has been set
for February 9 to elect a full municipal
ticket. A mass meeting was held last
nlsrht and the following ticket nom
lnated: Mayor. J. T. Doriovan; Recorder,
J. W. Shortridge; Marshal. W. M. Brun
Treasurer, F. A. Rowe; Councllmen, fc.
Lundberg. A. J. Zimmerman, J.
Lundy. J. A. Jensen, G. L. Archibald
and Alex Anderson.
A new charter is to bo voted upon
at the election. It will fix the taxation
for city purposes at 10 mills and pro
hiblt the Council from contracting a deb
exceeding $5000, unless permitted by
majority vote of the people at a special
election.
Idle Threaten to Burn Clty.
VANCOUVER. B. C, Jan. 20. A let
ter signed simply "The Unemployed of
Vancouver and containing a threat to
burn the city unless work was given
to the unemployed, was received by
Mayor Baxter today. The Mayor said
he did not take the threat seriously.
At the meeting of the Board of Works
he mentioned the matter and declared
when the question of relief work was
mentioned that the class ot men who
were receiving aid in the city was a
respectable one and most deserving.
Altogether there were about 1600 men
on the relief roll.
Apples Xot Under Storage Ban.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Jan. 20. Apples are not In
tended, to come under the ban of the
bill to prohibit the interstate shipment
of food products kept In cold storage
two months or longer, according to a
statement today by Representative Mc
Kellar of Tennessee, who framed the
measure.
Richard McQueen Released.
VANCOUVER, Wash., Jan. 20. (Spe.
clal.) Richard McQueen, arrested yes
terday on an indictment from the grand
Jury for selling liquor to a minor, was
today released on $500 cash bail, fur
nished by bis father, Jt R, McQueen,
BEN SELLING
Morrison Street at Fourth
ROADS BAD FEATURE
Farmers on Pacific Way Are
Eager for Improvement.
ACTIOPJ SOON IS FORECAST
David Swing Kicker Finds Progres
sive Spirit in Regard to Other
Matters in District Between
Tangent and Eugene, Or.
(Continued From First page.)
best of it. We were the questioners
and the listeners. We let Forster do
the talking. And as often as he tried
to stop we wound him again with an
other question.
Forster Farm Provides Well.
We had three meals with the Forsters
and It was neither their fault nor ours
that we didn't have more. . Everything
that their larder heJd they brought to
U3. And we soon discovered that their
farm supplied them with nearly every
thing that can be found on the menus
of well-ordered restaurants except fish
and oysters. We had pigs feet from
their piggery: hen from their hennery;
honey from their hives; fruit from their
orchard made Into Jellies; vegetables
from their Winter garden; English wal
nuts picked from their own trees.
"How many farmers here, 1 asked,
after supper when we were gathered
around the parlor stove, pay any at
tention to the state agricultural college
at Corvallis, what per cent?'
d mwr BiinAasoful f 1 rtnor Pi A nn
swered, "100 per cent of the farmers
who are making money. Those who
don't are content to eke out a liveli
hood from an acre or two.
Forward Move In Evidence.
Fifty years ago the Willamette Val
ley yielded splendid crops of grain. At
Harrisburg today at the head of nav
igation abandoned grain elevators rise
from the banks of the river, obelisks
to progress. Their decay tells, with
out words, the story of the rapid mov
ing forward of the valley rarmers.
Thn country isn't wht it used to be,"
whine the old-timers, who sowed their
fields with wheat in the 40s. "ve aon x
have the grain now we used to have in
them days.
And they are right. They haven t.
Never again will the valley yield the
harvests of grain it yielded then. Nor
would It give such a yield were every
square foot of it plantea in wneai ana
oats. In those days the soli was vir
gin and it was fertilized by a thousand
years of forest debris. Yet today every
acre Is making more money than it did
then. And today the Valley is only at
the beginning of its development. Its
greatest output Is clover seed. The
average yield, perhaps. Is 10 bushels
of red and alsao clover seeu m me
acre. Forty tnousanu qqiiuco
of seed was shipped from Tangent tuone
last Summer.
English walnut culture Is destined
to be an Important industry-ln the val
ley. At Tangent alone 7000 to 8000
trees are now bearing. They are of five
varieties although the mayette walnuts,
the choicest of them all. seem to be
best suited to the climate and soil.
Walnuts bring from 18 to 20 cents a
pound and there ape 30 to 35 trees to
the acre. Other fruits successfully
grown In the valley are peaches, cher-i-lnir..
nlums. nears. prunes, apples.
blackberries and dew berries. Some of
th sections of the valley are used al
most exclusively for prune culture, but
down near Shedd dairying is the chief
Industry and Shedd advertises itself as
"The Dairy Center." The rapid ad
vance of Tangent as a berry center and
Shedd as a dairy center gives room for
two Industries a canning factory ana
a condenser. Both are wanted and both
are needed.
But in snlte of the rapid agricultural
growth of the valley, no safe estimate
can be made of its future importance.
Forster made this prediction:
"In 10 or 15 years the development
of the country will be 10 times what It
is now. More attention will be paid to
the dairy 'cow; the beef cow; hogs and
sheep; nursery stock ana walnuts.
Firmen Want Good Roads.
And every farmer In the entire val
ley who Is In step In with the times
wants good roads. They have taken
time to measure the value of good
roads in dollars and cents. And there
is not one of them from Albany to the
Lann County line, outside of Harrls
burg, who would not give money and
labor for the kind of roads tney want
But for the kind of roads they have.
thev first blame the roaa . super
visors and then the County Court. They
Kav thev can't stir up the court s en
thusiasm and they can't make a lot
of the district road supervisors "play
fair." 'All over the county Is heard
that "holler" agalnat the supervisors'
use of their own teams at the cost of
money to the farmers and good roads
to the county.
But that something's going to be do
ing, and doing soon, cannot be doubt
ed. The farmers are thoroughly
aroused. They know that Linn County
has a hard clay soli that makes rub
bery, water-shedding roads if they are
properly built, drainea ana crowned,
And they're getting mighty sick of
the sight of a team of horses hauling
a scraper up and down tne roads every
now and then and letting it go at that.
They, want to pee a grader used. And
what they want more than anything
else is to have the entire work of road
improvement put into the hands of
State Highway Engineer Bowlby and
left in his hands. And if votes count,
they say they're going to have It put
there.
Highway Good at Shedd.
The Pacific Highway at Shedd is in
splendid condition. There's a gravel
crusher at Shedd, and it has been used
liberally, with the result that the road
at Shedd has a hard natural foundation
and a good surface of crushed rock.
Parts of the highway between Shedd
and Halsey are in bad condition, as are
sections lying between Halsey and
Harrlsburg. But at Harrisburg is the
big, timely problem which will have
to be solved before 1916, or travel over
the highway will be seriously ham
pered the problem of crossing the
Willamette River at that point. A
bridge recently completed over the
slough south of Harrlsburg will make
the highway passable to the ferry as
soon as a washout which forced us to
take to the tracks is repaired. But
that relic of other days, that slow-moving
ferry, must be replaced by abridge.
And Harrisburg is working might and
main to get that bridge, but the County
Court refuses to be impressed.
"Following the election last year,
said M. D. Morgan, of Harrisburg. "a
delegation of 80 citizens went to Al
bany and demanded a bridge. We took
a brass band with us and we were full
of enthusiasm. The Judge listened to
us carefully. . And after we had made
our demands, he said he would be will
ing to build half of the bridge if Lane
County would build the other half. The
delegation looked sick. The bridge
Isn't in Lane County at all. It's all in
Linn County."
Harrlsburg- In Fearful,
And the good people of Harrlsburg
are afraid the court's apathy will cause
the loss of the Pacific Highway
They're afraid It will be moved to the
west side of the river. At Harrlsburg
the river Is 485 feet wide, and If Con
gress decides that Harrlsburg is the
head of navigation, a bridge there,
Without a draw, will cost only $35,000.
To make the river navigable beyond
Harrisburg would cost approximately
J7.000.000, and to change the course of
the highway would cost more than the
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that the fears of the people of Harris
burg are groundless. But that doesn't
make them want their bridge any less.
They want It, and they want it In time
to get the benefits of the heavy travel
of 1913. And they ought to have it.
There is no place for an antiquated
ferry in such a progressive, up-to-the-
minute community.
There has been talk of moving the
Pacific Highway east of the Cascades
or west of the Coast Range. Such a
move would be folly. The place for
the highway is where It Is between
the two ranges in the rich Willamette
Valley no tourist should miss,
Here at Eugene, there Is on every
lip talk of the splendid road that is
being built over the mountains, right
under the snowy cornices of the Three
Sisters, from Bend and following the
McKenzie River into the Willamette
Valley and Eugene. This mountain
road, when completed, will have
maximum grade of only 10 per cent.
and can be taken at high gear. Un
doubtedly it will deflect considerable
travel from Drain In the Summer time,
but its presence only makes more Im
perative the demand for an up-to-standard
highway from here to Port
land. And, being Impassable In Win
ter. It will not lessen greatly the need
for Improved roads between here and
Drain.
Splendid Road I Joined.
Last Spring the mountain road was
closed in May, so, at oest, it can serve
the public for only a few weeks. But
it joins with the splendid road being
built in Jackson County, ' and un
doubtedly wilt be an irresistible lure
to Summer tourists.
Optimism is In the air. The roads
will be built. The valley will grow
dollars where dimes are growing now.
And the cities will grow, for they lie
In a valley of unnumbered opportuni
ties, and they have back of them un
measured natural resources; acres of
Industrial soil; vast forests still un
touched; farms, orchards, pastures
meadows; increasing transportation
facilities; the appeal of towering moun
tains and rushing rivers and trees and
flowers and wide open spaces; an in
dustrious, progressive, optimistic peo
pie of education, culture and ideals
Eugene Walter, the playwright.
traveling through the country, fell into
the habit of telling every community
In which he stopped that if he did not
have a home In New York he'd locate
there.
There Is always a censor at the German
court dances' who watches the dancers, and
if anyone Is awkward or unacquainted with
the steps ha is notified that he will not be
invited again unless he learns to dance
better.
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KLAW .t ERLASGEK FILMS TO
APPEAR AT MAJESTIC.
Theatrical Combine Etrtabltsfcea Circuit
on Pacific Coast to Exhibit Spe
cial Feature Pictures.
Klaw & Erlanger, the theatrical
combine which for more than a year
has been identified with the motion
picture business on an extensive scale,
has secured the Majestic Theater as
the Portland link in a circuit being
organized on the Pacific Coast. The
circuit extends through Oregon. Wash
ington, California. Idaho and British '
Columbia, and is devoted exclusively
to feature films. George J. MacKenzte
has been appointed manager of the
Pacific Coast motion-picture depart
ment of the Klaw .& Erlanger enter
prises and will arrive In Portland this
week to look after final details. Mr.
McKenzie is manager of the Metro
politan Theater In Seattle, the house
built by Klaw & Erlanger three years
ago. t
For more than a year Klaw & Er
langer have been working on their
plans for this enterprise. Their first
step was to gather together enough
feature films to supply their houses
for an entire year.
The first one Is "The Life and Works
of Richard Wagner," which is now
running at the Majestic. This film
has been running steadily at one of
the Klaw & Erlanger houses In New
York. Others will be sent weekly.
Three thousand plays have been
bought by Klaw & Erlanger for
film purposes, in addition to the plays
already owned and controlled by the
firm.
"Kismet." in which Otis Skinner re
cently appeared at the Hellig, has
been put in motion-picture story; but
not with Mr. Skinner In the role of
HaJJ the Beggar.
Ben-Hur" and "Strongheart" also
have been put in pictures.
A wireless station Is belnr installed on
Juan Fernandez Island made famous by
the story ot Robinson Crurtoe.
WHY DOCTORS NO LONGER
CLAIM TO "CURE" PEOPLE
A few years ago It was a common
thing for the family doctor to say.
"I will cure you In a few days." This
cheerful prophecy often gave the pa
tient new hope and courage, but it is
no longer good form. Doctors still
"cure" malaria and a few other trou
bles in which their medicines have a
direct or "specific'' action on the virus
of the disease. In other cases they
simply give supporting medicine and
keep up the strength of the patient
until nature effects a cure.
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills cure chlo
rosis and other troublo, due to thin
blood, because they have a specifio
action on the blood, building it up,
purifying and enriching it. This direct
action on the blood also makes them
the best supporting and strengthening
medicine. If you are thin and weak,
breathless after slight exertion. If you
have palpitation of the heart, gas on
the stomach, cold hands and feet; if
you are nervous and easily irritated
and show other signs of weakened
vitality, try these strengthening pills
at once and let the rich, red blood cure
you. Get a box today at the nearest
drug store and begin at once to build
up your health. Write now to th Dr.
Williams" Medicine Co., Schenectady.
N. Y., for the free booklet. "Building
Up the Blood." Adv.
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