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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 12, 1915)
6 STATE ROAD FUNDS ABE APPORTIONED $212,000 Divided Among : 12 Counties; $25,000 Is for De partment's Expenses. SEVERAL REQUESTS CUT Columbia County Gets $36,000. ol Which $19,500 Is for Work on Rainier HiU, Which Will Bo Finished This Month. . SALEM. Or.. Nov. 11. (Special.) The . f'tate Highway Commission todaycom rleted its apportionment of the state hlgaway fund for 1916 whereby $212, C00 is divided among 12 counties lor good roads' construction, and $25,000 set aside for administrative expenses of the highway department. Apportionment was made following a conference between the Commission, members of the advisory board and representatives from counties seeking Bta,te aid; At this meeting pleas of the various counties for funds were heard. The division follows: Administra-fj-v. expenses, $25,000; Clatsop County, $29,500; Columbia County. $36,000; Hood Rivr County, $5000; Hood River and AVaso counties. $45,000; Crook County, $10,000: "Washington County, $11,500; I"ouglas and Josephine counties, $20, 000; Vamhill and Tillamook counties. $9000; Lane County, - $5000; Jackson County, $45,000, and Polk County, $50u. Clatsop Estimate Taken Up. In Clatsop County of the $20,500 ap propriated, $8400 si to take up the esti mate' of the highway department In favor of Peterson & Johnson, contrac tors, above the money annroDriated in 3 1& for work done on the Columbia mg-hway. , The commission In giving $36,000 to Columbia County alloted $19,500' for the work on Rainier hill. This work will be completed this month. Hood River County was allowed $5000 to cover survey money advanced by S. Benson, of the advisorv board. The $45,000 alloted to" Hood River and Wasco Counties Is for the road betwee Hood River and Mosler. In connection with the road work in Hood River Counyt. Mr. Cantine informed the com mission today tat S. Benson would pav $15,000 to make up the excess of cost on . the work done by the Newport Land & Construction Company over the sj5,ouo bond issue. In Crook County the $10,000 appro priated is for road construction, ii which volcanic cinders found near the town of Bend will be used. County to Raise $20,100. In allotting Washington County $11, BOO. its expenditure is left to the dec!- Bion of the county officials and state "highway department. The sum of $6500 -will be used to cover expenses incurred in improving the Rex-Tigard ville road. County Judge .Reasoner told the Com mission that his county would appro priate $20,000. which, with the $10,000 asked from the state, would be UBed in improving about five miles of the Forest Grove-Hlllsboro road. Although Engineer Cantine recom mended an appropriation of $27,500 for Douglas and Josephine counties to build a new road over the divide between the two counties, the Commission aws aoje to allot but S20.000. The pro posed road will lead down the moun tain from Stage Coach Pass. The to tal estimated cost of this construction is $44,000. The Commission cut Cantine's recom mendation to $18.000 -for Yamhill and Tillamook counties In half because of lack of funds. The two counties are rebuilding 5 miles of road over the divide between them, and when the grading is complete will have expend ed $25,000. Lane Request Is Cot. Lane County asked for $6000 and received $5000 to Improve the road south to the Ilouglaa County line. The Commission allotted $5000 to .roiK county. . , Jackson's $45,000 will be expended in the Siskiyou Mountain's, although it is possible that some of the money will be used in making a survey of a road rrom iledlord to Crater Lake. Coos County representatives were un able to secure state assistance for their roa03 next , year, but it is practically assured ' that aid will be forthcoming when the next apportionment is made. Coos County is raisins' $313,000 for ronri improvement this coming year, and a oona issue or $375,000 is proposed. Coo County expects to expend $600,000 on roaas in tne next two years. MME. MELBA'S TASK LARGE Noted Songstress lias New Title While Raisins Money for Red Cross. NEW YORK, Nov. 6. Having- raised jimo.uuo for the English Red Cross In a eeries of nine concerts Mme. Melba has et herself the task of completing a $500,000 fund for the same purpose within the next 12 months, and she has Just arrived in America for a series of recitals and operatic aDDearances. ' "My friends call me 'the Empress of x-icKpocKeis- tn this work," said , the prima donna laughingly, "but I pay no attention to them. My heart is so much n tne work that it seems as if I never could do enough to help our wounded oldiers. I myself have lost scores of friends and near relatives In the war. "It is my desire to raise $500,000 for the English Red Cross in the next year. Out 'Of my last nine concerts for this cause seven of them were in Australia and two in Canada. After a few con certs here I shall go back to Canada and . give a recital in Ottawa about Christmas time.",. POLICEMAN'S WIFE PLEADS Election Assessments Complained Of to Safety Director. PHILADELPHIA. Nov. 6. Director Dripps has received what he regarded as a rood running mate for a postal ard that came to him several days ago from an employe of the Depart ment of Public Safety, and called upon 5iim to see the chairman of the 36th Ward Republican committee before No- vember on important business. The letter was in a woman's hand, and the Director considered it worthy of publlcatlen as an example of the manner in which attempts were be ing made to obtain money from city . employes for political purposes. The letter follows: "Philadelphia, October 27, 1916 Mr. Dripps, Director of Public Safety Hear Sir: Please do not think me bold In writing you- this letter, but I just think you ought to know how things tre going on, for I know you do not know it or you would not allow It. "I want to ask you if there isn't ome way you could stop these organi sation, men from forcing tht city em- ployes to pay assessment money thie -xiy nusDand is a policeman and he is almost crazy to know how he is going to pav it H Waa nsVeH to contribute, and so were all the other men. out they are afraid to say a word for fear of losing their jobs. My husband don't b-nnw whirl, turn, he is go worried. We have just bil in coai mat has to be paid for this '"""-". ana we all need Winter un. derclothintr and nnlmida Mnthlnp- side the rent and all the other expenses .u mp tne nome going; the store, the butcher and everything else. "You know just what it is, and how can he do it when all we have Is Dad's money to .pay everything for the whole month, so it is no wonder he is worried sick. He just got a letter """5 mm to can at a certain club on .uuuuny evening, between 8 and 10 o'clock- sharp, so you know what that means. They know just what time the men get their money.' "I cannot tell you my name, for mv husband does not know 1 am writing you this letter, but you will And out ii,ey were all notified to come and pay. I heard him say Mr Porter would not stand for this, and that you were the same kind of a man to the men under you as Mr. Porter was. He Ti.'1 ,bet if our neBr Director knew of this he would not stand for it,' so please Mr. Dripps. do all you can to S ii? ,Pr men "nder yo. and they I allJOVe anl respect you as they a .w rter' for they a loved him. And oblige. "A Policeman's Wife and hundreds of other wives." PRETTIEST SWEDE ARRIVES She Admits It, und She's Here to Sec Broadway. NEW YORK. Nov. 6. The prettiest girl in Sweden (she admits it), and Helgeson. of Copenhagen, arrived here On tho ?r a Frdrick Vlir. '" Uner "I have come to see your Broadway," ica?" " "What else 18 there lQ Amer .earb,y stooJ admiring passengers. eatd a man passenger as he nudged a K h I n-non-o -Are you 7" asked the reporter. Bdju ine gin or zo ears. whose father is president of the Aeptune Steamship Corporation, with home offices in Copenhagen. Miss Helgeson maintains a large place of r.er own at Molle. Sweden. On her trip to "Broadway" she brought a larce fnllnivinv ---t . . . . "..t eci va.nLs. ner sis ter was also in the party. i!lVe you come over to &et mar ried?' an inquirer asked Miss Helge son. "Indeed not." si e said. "I would not marry the finest man in America. My husband will be one of my own coun trymen. No, not even one of your mil lionaires would I marry." WOMEN WAR RELIGION LAW Peruvian President Urged to Vote Freedom of Worship Act. LIMA, Peru, Nov. 6. A petition has been presented to the president, signed by more than a thousand prominent women, including the mother, the mother-in-law and sisters of the presi dent and wives of cabinet members, requesting his veto of the constitutional amendment authorized by congress es tablishing religious tolerance in Peru and permitting public worship of other religions than the Roman Catholic. Constitutional amendments require the authorization of two congresses The measure was first passed two years ago. Whether or not the presi dent will exercise his veto is not known. The petition was a remarkable demon stration of the strong religious atti tude of the women of Iatin America. MISS WALLING IS ENGAGED Xaval Commander's, Daughter to Marry Lieut. J. S. Spore, IT. S. X. NEW YORK. Nov. 6. Commodore Burns Tracy Walling. U. S. N.. retired, and Mrs. Walling, of Orange, N. J have announced the engagement of their daughter. Miss Grace Walling, to Lieutenant James Sutherland Spore U. S. N. Miss Walling is a granddaughter-of the late Captain Robert Boyd. TJ. S. N. Lieutenant Spore is a son of Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Spore, of Bay City. Mich. He was graduated from the Naval Academy at Annapolis. Mi, in 1909, and is attached at present in the New York Navy-yard RAISE $50,000 TO SAVE THE WELL THAT'S JUST WHAT I AM DOING ! ! $ 2.50" Clocks cut to 89 $ 5.00 Casseroles. cut to.... $ 2.89 75c Salt, Pepper Castors 38 $ 12.50 4-Piece Tea Set cut to? 5.89 Conununity Tea Spoons, set. 79 $ 3.50 Silver Bread Tray. . 1.48 $ 35.00 Ladies' 14-K Solid Gold Watches cut to $19.75 NEVER BEFORE! HAVE YOU BOUGHT DIAMONDS WATCHFS JEWELRY, SILVERWARE, ETC. AT SUCH PRICES ! NEVER 18! LEE F. 310-12 Good Things Like This Don't Last Forever. Tire MOKXTN'G OREGOyiAX. FRIDAY. XOVE3IBER 12, 1915. APPLE CAMPAIGN ON Northwest Shippers Are Seek ing Market Extension. RECORD CROP .IS AT HAND Governors- of Council Emhracin Two States Launch Movement Not Only to Knlarge but to Create Sales Field. SEATTLE, Wash., Nov. 11. The fruit shippers of the North Pacific states at a meeting in Seattle Wednesday launched a campaign of market exten sion and development In behalf of Northwestern boxed apples that it is hoped will go far toward meeting the marketing problem that will be cre ated by the prospective large crop of 1916; a crop that is estimated at more than 20.000 cars, and by far the largest crop that the Northwest ever has had. This action was taken at a meeting of the board of governors of the North west Fruit Shippers' Council, an or ganization that includes all the im portant fruit shippers of Washington and Oregon and that handles within its membership approximately 75 per cent of the apples that are commercially sold from the Northwest. By means of a tax of 1 cent a box on all apples a fund will be raised in 1916 to be used in market extension and market development. Committee to Have Charge of Fond. This fund is to be administered by a committee of three leading business men, one from .Seattle, one from Port land and one from Spokane, with W. H. Paulhamus, chairman of the executive committee of the Growers' Council, as an ex-officio member. The business men are to be the joint selection of the clearing-house associations and chambers of commerce of their re spective cities. This committee will have the advan tage of the complete figures on the distribution of the 1915 apple crop now being gathered by the United States office of markets and the benefit of the data and experience of the shippers composing the council. -From these facts they are to pre pare and carry into execution a broad plan of market extension and market development that it is hoped will send Northwestern boxed apples into many domestic and. foreign markets where they are unknown and will greatly in crease their sale in domestic markets where they are now little used. Work to Be Independent. Thls work is to be independent of the participating shippers, but with the hope of giving them individually and collectively the benefit of the en larged markets. The entire movement Is the out growth of the mass meetings that were called in Seattle last January by W. H. Paulhamus and the so-called by-products committee, which resulted in the organization of the Fruit Growers' Council and the Fruit Shippers' League representing, respectively, the two ends of the apple business. Chairman Paulhamus and a number of his associates of the Growers' Coun cil participated in the several meet ings held to work out the marketing Plan and. as perfected, the plan has their full indorsement, subject to the approval of the meeting of the entire membership of the Growers' Council, to be held In Spokane next week, at the time of the National Apple Show. Joint Committee Appointed. A joint committee composed of Wil mer Sieg. of the Apple Growers' Associ ation of Hood River: W. F. Gwin. of the Northwestern Fruit Exchange and George -W. Coburn, of the Wen'atchee Valley Fruit Growers' Association to .represent the Shippers' Council,, and w. rx. raninamus, or Puyallup: Truman Butler, of Hood River, and Gordon C Corbaley, of Spokane, to represent the Growers' Council. was - appointed to present the details of the plan to the respective organizations. - .This committee gave out the follow ing statement: . There is unjveraal agreement' that the apple crop of 1916 promises to be the largest in the history of the Korthwest, and that each year immediately thereafter will wit ness a - further considerable increase. The Eastern districts will also. In all probability, come In with a large production nxf nai eon. Prudence, therefore, calls for careful IF YOU HAD TO EDLANDER YOU WOULD CHOP THE PRICES UNTIL THEY HAD TO BUY WOULDN'T YOU? $ 15.00 Men's Elgin Watches? 7.89 5.00 Cuff Links, solid gold $ 2.79 26-Piece Community Sil ver in chest, cut to 1$ 6.89 $100 Diamond Rings at S64.00 $ 80.00 Diamond Rings at. . . 54.00 $ 15.00 Diamond Rings at. . . S 7.50 ?150.00 Cluster Diamond Ring cut to S7S.00 LESS, Sales Expert in Charge of FRIEDLANDER Washington, Bet. 5th and 6th. Portland I preparation and vigorous action 1f we are to avert wbat may otherwise easily prove a disastrous result. Orderly control of the selling of tb fruit 8 Northwest is undeniably at a low - Large numbers of growers have beoome ....tiiiiirai snippers or their own fruit. Speculators, availing themselves of the con fusion, unssttrement and financial needs of the growers, and realising the shortness of the supply, made an early appearance in all district, this year, and their opera tions, magnified out of all proportion to their actual or relative importance, kept ."m '"""era from lining up with established shipping agencies, and resulted rinally in throwing .quantities of fruit Into tne nanus -of commission houses. This gen eral disorganization, if continued, will prove the death knell of the industry. - Handicaps Declared Tremendous. Laboring under tremendous handicaps of production and transportation costs it is manifest .that an extraordinary dogree of organized efficiency is necessary to Insure the stability and permanence of the industry. Our product cannot compete as a staple with barreled apples. It. is a highor-grade product that must be sold as a semi-luxury. To be , sold successfully in increasing volume it must have the benefit of the most comprehensive and scientific distribution and the application of - tho most skillful merchandising. - Up to the present time the distribution of our fruit- has largely followed the lines of least resistance. This fact Is not attrib utable to the irdlfferenoo of the marketing agencies. All have sought to correct this condition, but no agency has been in a po sition to spend the money to develop the markets effectually. The time has now come when it will be suicidal on the part of Northwest interests to neglect to organize a general campaign or market expansion and development. Individual Statement Issued. Mr. Paulhamus .issued an individual statement. giving his viewpoint as chairman of the Growers' Council: Bringing the shippers together to work unitedly with the growers and the business Interests of the Northwest for new markets and larger markets, is putting in organized shape a large part of the work that the Growers' Council has asked from the be Sinnlns. - , - Personally I approve of this plan, and I feel sure that the Growers' Council and the growers in genoral win take the same po sition and will give the shippers every help and encouragement in carrying it through, with the hope that it will not only result In greatly Increased markets for our fruit but that th agencies themselves will be brought Into closer co-operation - and will work to protect the- central markets, as far as possible, from demoralization without the need of advice or assistance from any out side body. The fancy apple business of the North west is a wonderful industry and I feel sure always will be so. Just now it is going through a trying period of market develop ment. By using foresight and judgment the growers and shippers together can avert a financial distress that would seriously hurt the business of every part of the North west, Solution la Pointed Out. If all the apple business- of the North west could be brought under one owner ship or all the growers could be united Into one selling agency we would have no trouble working out our problem of developing mar kets. The crop could be distributed in such a way as to prevent glutting and demoralis ation of markets and a campaign of sales manship and advertising could be conducted that would move th Increasing crop into new fieldB to meet new demands. Such complete control is impossible as long as we have many districts and thou sands of growers with individual opinions and prejudices. Therefore, the solution of our priblem is to have the men that we must depend upon to sell the crop work together, as nearly as possible, with the efficiency of one or ganization. The development of new markets is the most important problem of all. If we can find new places to sell our fruit and can increase the demand In the old territories ufficlont to provide an outlet for the In creasing crop, the old mark-eta will not re ceive more fruit than they can sell and there will be no demoralization of prices. Demoralized Market Predicted. A record crop In ISIS means that spec ulators will not buy our fruit except at ruinous prices. They are already predicting a demoralized market. The cash buyers will stay away and the grower that sends his fruit on consignment Into the pecognlzed centers wKl come in competition with many other cars sent the same way, the produce houses will use this fruit to compete with each other in prioa cutting, and the growers will lose practically all their returns. Every intelligent grower realizes that working alone In a year like 1916 he can not market his crop at a profit. There must be a complete organization of all the grow ers Into selling agencies, and then these agencies must work together to develop and expand the markets. The starting of this work of preparation for 1916 Is not a day too soon. Many months of organization will bo required to get this market development plan In working order, and an equally long time will be necessary for each shipping organization to buiid up the machinery to sell the crop. . The growers should at once express them selves in order that there may be as little uncertainty as possible as to the amount of money that will be available for market ex tension, and the shipping agencies may know how much tonnage they have to sell. Placing tho responsibility for the con structive part or this work upon three busi ness men from Seattle, Portland and Spo kane is as it ehonld be. This fruit market ing situation is one or tbe biggest economic problems in front of the development of the Northwest. What Is believed the smallest fresh water fish In the world has been carried to New York from Haiti. When full grown it Is less than an inch and a half long. This species swarms in many tropical rivers and is of great value as a destroyer of mosquito larva. BUSINESS OF LOOK AT THESE : A Small deposit Saves Your Purchase Until Christmas. 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