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WOMEN AND MEN IN
DESPERATE BATTLE
OneSlain.OneWounded
in Klamath Feud.
CONFESSED SLAYER IS HELD
Wife's Aim Deadly When Hus
band Is Attacked,
FIGHT -IS OVER PROPERTY
Cay ntrr Wounded j Aadrew
garba Wtaile Driving to Water.
.- - TVs
I ,nn .F r"-ij -
BBd Latter a Mrrr 1 eow
1CUATH rALLK. Or. D-c. !.
(cc!l A fd of loB standing ar
ID .wen!p af t property ce
euplad by coataivlln. etalenaat b!d
tat a tu-hd bttta wtta rtf..
ahofg ans aa4 piatol - fan
l:l at t44 IColl. Bboit :i n.lls
outaaast of "'r. ' aaoratag.
o on aid Vr. Aln KmIm U
.4. On th thr. Got ltatr Is at
lb r.Aa.rn Hopttal hero ta a
::. wo i.-ut throisb hi era Hoa
l.r wtf, A. r.mt I-wtbc, asd
Atdrt K Mtl. en r do
woraaa, or b-:4 pending tavtl-
gatlen.
iu4 en- ra.
According ta th story tola tar. th
t'eubt originated or a meJI tract
f land, th rht af which la
by both Urt and Mrs.
Ksa Tho affray thi -noralag U
said to b th aftermath ef Lawn's
trU Ut wa ea araoa ckarg, la
wni.-h lb Jarr diBt
Thr ar lt boo. a lb ole
pu.ted property, a Urge . occupied
, Urtar aad ta Haata family.
,n th sm:l aa. lota walca la
KMiM saovod te.t wk 6i:a L
r.nn was rrtai Th Uaatvrs al
ias th Kmi K ff Ua watar
!jpp;y af tha bi . aaealtatlB
lar katac hao-.4 ta a 4ltBC.
Kka Oa rtra.
Tia wrtilB. aevarde la TIBtf'
torr. a ttatt4 la r! eul lor a
.r. waoa bo ooeooator-4 BOToral "Ta
tr.p!a- ib. wbica. a Bar. fca4
plar4 aul th aromuoa last
l By yoia Kaoha.
A bo pom4 throock a fata aoar lb
KuoAao Dsum Atl- Kot epooo4
fir upo bl.-b. ojJ1o Itaator la th
m-wi. To Uttor wlpp4 al loam
n. flo4. Tot k nptl4 lo
oi - putet aftor. kutlt iBfllcl
In t:iM woua4 pb tfco korvoo.
rrw hr trim Vrint. Uttn II I
..!. ramo la l 4.r of tbo Una-
Ham aal ftr4 ll-a al Ka.ia
tt be4"a. aaJ Ifton p4 fir
pa fclaa or.k a la-roiloor rtr Mr.
gu KmIii. Aa4ro Kaobao'B BBOIB
oi tin la br luitttiK lta
a riro sa4 rr4 al Ura--o.
Wro. feaoba I a.
Mr Kuator taa Jo!b4 ta lb of
ray. f;rta f" tbo Ib4ow of tbo
lua aa4 hootin Kr. Kaobsa
tronaa l ab4a. Art Koobao
oov rinnff w ,
su44. Tbo 4ib ( p-4 j
a f ol Hmrn l waor oao p oo
t for m-.tvo.: ni m4
Or!" tstomoal l Iarv b4
sot ftor. Un, lluBt.r. feor. 4
' tbl bo bol Xf Ksobao. --i-ti
o:f-4afaM. b Mit yr
K b4 a nno pia-4 si bor
Hro'ia fba la4ow of tbo Kooaa
ii ba bo f'r.4
. tno tii!trtiiM ro-K-l lb
. ana i!'r tao !v(l. ! ata of
torioao 4aoartptioao 0, lab froaa
i t bo'iw
Tto l(4Btar bao fo attt cblU
4-a.
DAY'S MAIL TOTALS $10,500
I:tv ItiH tlrakoa rar1a
f brvaiaao Kh al lt-tof n-.
T a Oirtatfr boa Wtui al
!. I'nrf.n. ifV tl Ol I paa-
t-iT wt'a a rro4 tbt )niw4 lb
rrulr. a 4 a 4oaa prl poal
rmp m lii'iom t bars4 lb moll
lec rbit la v f.rmtu an4 raa
a t )ft 4y Boatat ral?t f Bwr
ha It !! ovor foatmaatar
! aaauaa-4 lba ail praatcoa rr"
ar t. for roa!) f a,-a I pta b4 baa brohaa.
an4 tbol tbo 4y"a bvoiaoaa ao tb
'a-t ra t!i kutory of th Prrtin4
a r f .'!-a. .
ti tbo aomo. 4aT Ul yr poatat
to loCalaa) f,
WORK FOR jDLE PROVIDED
Mt( lo Nrn to tirt Korfs Marrto 93
t.trry Otbor- Iff.
rortlB4 rob-braab Ib p!anl for
nanptora4 !' moa a4 ! park
mproaamoal arorb fir BrMa4 BaO lo
I trt Mil Jfoaaor moram. aror4-la-
la UMOnwH yoatr4y hy
Ct'Mf" B)aaf.
t KoiTy Bitto th ata i'l b r-
ira4 ta brak ba?f a ysr4 of rora far
tar Bi:a. a 4 a4 labr rarb;
stt i:t start al Laaro:barL Koa
will fanl'.lo t ai:era4 to ra
a da- -a- ttmr cay or aaoalBS
.St yafa of rt.
PORTLAND DEATH
RATE IS LOWEST
cEs.ts BVRE-iu riovnii rcr
OTT I.V 13V1J.BLE TLACE.
Mortality Prritaf) of .l I" lH
Mtow Dea-rraoe of ! From
Period It I lo !.
rrta4 b Ih'a Jowot 4lB ratt
loom th cltt of tba tnltl 5lata
Thi fel la brouahl oat by a prallra
laary eTlrtal Btalroat Juat Ua4 by
tb Cocau Baraa al Wahlnton.
D. C. 'PortUBd- 4ath rata for
tb parte cer4 la lha roport. n
I par el population. 81. PaaU
il;en with a 4ata rata of ea
aort lo oqaalCac PerUaao" aho"-
IB.
s.1 ... ..n boar tba ehr-
fal UforaaUoa that Portland la ot-
Um boaitblor. la III ana uu o
4tb rat aa I. whlla for lb
portod from IMI ta ll lb.ro waa to
aaaaaoa . 4th rata Of II. 1. Tb
-raa. for 1H a rmpar4 wltb tba
aaaraa rata from ml la II I
par rn t.
T- m kntun'i raoorl. wblcb
aura a bappy (howinc for PariUad. In
cluja, etlo of mora than 1I4.CII popn
UUon. aa Tronriac baa a datb rat
of !. Loo ABloo of II-I aa4 Oab-
tand af 111 A BOtatlOB IB IbO rport
ay thai lb atatlrtle for attl and
oe b ol boon eompllod. Both
tkaao rltlo bar cmbtB4
ua la uit aara 1 ororto that
um.ifi la mm Dravaiaat la tb Pa-
elao 'ortbarol than In amy otbr -
lion of th country.
TlLa, Minlrf at larao I atattlBO
baaltblor. loo. Tbo ara datb rat
la lh tnltd tal a la ir.B
bb4 1I la lit. Tbla lnclo4 raral
dtatrlcta aa rU mm laraa clU.
U.nnMa Tann baa th ODOTlabl
racorJ of lb blabaat 4lb rat. IB.
tbo elli II I. Orlaana auiuw.
cb4 atlib a daaih rat- ef 31 S.
Tb Bombar ef doatha In rortlana
Sill Tba rate of I I U baad on
a llovta4 population ef 341. (JU
COAST HAS 72-MILE, GALE
Ilrary Rain rail and Shipping IX
Ujrd. bol No Daaaace llrportcd-
xrn 1 1 or Dtc ll. Spclat
Tna aeuthorly sale which UTc IbU
aoctloa laat nlbt aa eoauD.ta.m
r waa one of lb Baoal avr of lh
O-iator and prebably can b coaaidr4
tbo o.nlnoctial atom. A bay raia
r.:i and tb wind al Xertb II "ad al-
Utaod a Tlocity ef TI antUa aa hour.
far aa ranortad BO CtHMIt BOB
r.ult4. aithoosh ablppln- - la brlas
dlay4.
WARSHIP FIRM ORGANIZES
CallCortila hblpbolldlnc; Company
Incorporate al tl.
SACRAMENTO. CaU Doe. Tbo
California Shipbuilding Company tied
article ef Incorporation today la tb
orBo ef lb Kocratary of State for
bulldlBC battloablpa. crulaara, torp4ooe
aad aaro craft, aabmarla and ail
otk.r aal of war.
II a I ;. arm. oraol4 on
dr tb law of Main, and lha artlcU
of incorporation war ot htr from
U Acala
BELGIAN COAST SHELLED
Allied Monitor lrlrn Orf by Cier
ana a Land BallcTlra.
' BERLIN. l London. Doc. I". K
taato altiad monitor )tr4ay hll4
tttm Oartnat poallion al WaatamJ. on
tba nvla-la raat. but r finally
4rlaa away by l4 battariaa. aoy tb
off -11 atatafwant laoa lociay by Gr
an ba4tuartra
Tb tatamanl ! la bl Uarman avi
ator attarhaH lb Iowa of Poportnsno.
tt.r Tpro- numaroua hoallle troop.
ti4 coftral4 thor.
MILITANTS KEEP UP FIGHT
rfraa-tK Urfaa. Italded by T
llrw. Appear ! Tlpeaarltleo I ons.
irTON. foe. Jl tn: abaal of
foolarop- clooaly lpariitaa on boia
(Ida, tabao lb plaro this rah ef t
cutomary laau of llrltonala. lha or
ID f tfeo Wamaoa rK lot and titl
cat laloa ahtcb waa ra!4a4 by lb
polfa.
t"-,rktVal -arvbburt rontiBoaa In
Iht aol lau tho aadracatto al
loc .
PRICES SOAR IN TURKEY
ntlamaa ooe Ortnl Merlins
I Pro4r-al and Are Ulapervrd.
PARI. r-. ! The epaln of
ritroa4 communk-ottoa from Torhoy
lo X'jotria aa4 fiorirtany haa raooltad
In a ron.idarobl r.-ra In tbo prHr
f 'a-.aario ef if 1" Turh)r. aay.
a llaaaa i:at. h from A than.
Tirblab woman orcani.od maatna
ef protaat la rooalanlioppla. which. Ii
4patrb aeia. wrr 4ipera4 br
troopo.
AVIATION TEACHER FALLS
alrallaed Arlrrk-aM IWIired Mor
tal!) Injored la (aatrinala.
.lATi:MAIaA CITY, nualamala. I"c
t tiiitnirtiir Jarwan. ef th alatlon
achool. f'l bore dtirlec a nb and la
bl '! to bo mortally ln)ar4.
Mo ram bar from th I'nltad lra.
f-ifi to I aWI countrr from Iranca.
an) b-Miiln a aoturalt.od Jmtmin
cttliaa.
INORANTOF
RETREAT BY BRITISH
Perilous Position on
Gallipoli Vacated,
OTHER SECTIONS STILL HELD
Anzac and Suvla Zones Evao
uated by Master Stroke.
THOUSANDS GIVE LIVES
loo Not Aware of Mo-emml of
(.real Army, Peoplte ProKlmlly.
Men. Without Water and III,
Hold a Long a rolble.
LONTXV. Pe. Jl. OprrattenB lo
ethr .actnra of tb froot on tb Oalll
poll rnlasula thaa tho from which
troops wr announe4 today to bar
bn withdrawn ar to bo conllnoed. It
la Inttmatad In an official statement
ka.t.erf toata-ht. Th withdrawal waa
ffoct.d without th knwtd ef th
moramanl on the part of the Turks. It
I declared.
The British troop at lh 8url and
Aasae dlstrlcta of the Oalllpoll Penin
sula were efflclalty report lo bar
been withdrawn.
-Further dotalle of the acutlon
of tho Ansae and UTla sonea have
been rocelrod." oays th official atate;
mnL "Without tb Turks b!o awar
of tb jneroment a great army haa
been withdrawn from on of th areas
oct)p!d on tho Gallipoli renloaula. al
iftoush In lh cloaoat contact with
the enemy. Dy this, contraction of tb
front al other points of the lln will
b mora affectlrrly carried oat.
Credit Give Nary-
-Plr Charles Monto is graat crdlt
a. -. akiiir.tllw MiiJaptid traB.f.r
I ' I t
of forces to th gnrals commaadlng
and tb royal Bary.
Th withdrawal ef tb Brltlab troops
from etirla Bay and the Ansae ion
anrfa aaore anCCOaef Ul IT UlBO 1nOt Bllll-
lary men thought poealble. tba most
unfortunate cnapter oi in. oniuo m ia
In this war. Tbouaands of lire war
aacrlflced In gaining theaa poaltlona,
and other thouaanda la holding them.
The question baa bo eonatanlly dls
cuaaed why tb general commanding
th Dardanelles expedition did not try
to make a landing near the canter of
lh penlneula In. the beginning and cut
off tho Turkish' troops on the lower
end. When the attempt waa finally
made to socur a footnold Mghr up on
th peninsula, th Turks wr fully
prepared to meet It.
' Brlloaa l-oeh Mater.
Moreover, lh Brltlah arrangements
lacked several ooaentlBl features, par
ticularly a supply of drinking water.
Th story .has been revealed by soldiers
snd correapondeats returning from the
Mrdltarranlaa only gradually and by
detail. One ey-wlnes declared that
after lb first battalion landed lb men
wr hol down o thickly that tbo
watchara a bor 4 tho ship were Baking
aro-4-4 e l'aa 3. I olumn 4 I
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TURKS IE
FERRIS BILL WILL .
BE PUT THROUGH
COMMIT! EE DECIDES TO CilTE
NO HEARINGS' AT ALL.
Meanro to Bo Called Before House
a Soon as , Concres Recon
venra No Time to Be' Lost.
CHEOONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington. Dec. 30. Thst the Ferris water
power bill la to be railroaded through
the House of Representatives Is Indi
cated by the fact that the public land
committee of that body expects to re
port It favorably tomorrow.
The committee discussed the bill at
some length today and decided to glv
no hearings whatsoever, but It was
decided to make several minor changes
which will not altr the general char
acter of the measure, and If these can
b perfected tomorrow the report will
then b ordered, and It Is planned to
call up th bill In th Hons a eoon
as Congress reconvenes next month.
The bill In Its preaent shape Is not
st all satisfactory to Representatives
Slnnott. Oregon; smlth, Idaho, and La
Follette. Waahlngton. but Chairman
Perrte let It b known he has enough
Peraocratio votes to .report the bill fa
vorably, and, havljig the votes, he has
decided to wast no time In getting
the water power bill out of the com
mute. BLIND TO BE CHEERED
Chrlalmaa Moiiea Will Be Read for
Blgbtleaa and Crippled.
This year the Christmas- spirit Is o
pervade the schoolroom where the
Portland blmd are dairy receiving ln
atructlon In useful art.
Boys from the- upper grades of the
Ladd and Couch schools will pick out
Chrlstmaa literature at th Public Li
brary, and while the blind men work
the boys will read them Christmas
atortcs.
The crippled tots at the Good Sa
maritan Hospital will receive particular
attention .this week from the girls of
the training class, at Lincoln High
School.
EVIDENCE ABROAD GRANTED
Commisalona Going to Europe for
Testimony for Indicted German.
XEW TORK. Dec 0. Authority to
send commissions to Germany and
England to take testimony on behalf
ef Dr. Herbert Klenxle and Englebert
Bronkhorst. Jointly Indicted with Rob
ert Fay on the charge of conspiring to
blow up munition ships, waa granted
today by" United St tea Judge -layer.
At the same time Judge Mayer ruled
that the appointment of these commis
sions would not act aa a stay to the
trial of the accused men In January.
LAND CONVEYANCE LIMITED
Northern Pacific Can Deed Property
Only In Some Cases.
WASHINGTON. Dec 20. The Su
preme Court today decided that the
Federal law of 1104. legalising convey
ances of land previously made by th"
Northern Paelfle Railway of right of
wsy land outside the 100-foot limit,
applied only to cases where adverse
possession had ripened Into tttla under
atste law prior to 1104.
The decision- reverses that of the
Waahlncton ftato Hupreme Court.
BRYAN OH. WELL GUESS I'LL GO OVER AND SETTLE IT MYSELF.
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JACKSON CLUB
AS
REGULAR OLD ROW
Angry Democrats Make
Library Hall Ring.
FACTIONS CLASH REPEATEDLY
Postmaster Myers'' Force
Routs Hon. Milt Miller.
WOMEN PLEAD FOR QUIET
Charge of Machine Methods, De
mands for Suppression of Men
Speaking, Motions and Coun
ter Motions Mingle,
"Gentlemen, gentlemen!"
The honeyed voice of Dr. Esther
Pohl-Lovejoy tinkled above a din of
motions. counter motions, threats,
polnta of order and shouts of "Gag
rule!" "Steam roller!" "Make him sit
down!" "Machine, machine, machine!1
at 'a meeting of the Jackson Club, a
Democratic political organisation. In
the Central Library last night. '
"Order!" commanded the chivalrous
Robert A. Miller, president of th club.
"The lady haa tho floor.1-
Oeetlag Froaa Library Feared.
"I wonder if it would not be possible
for the club to proceed without quite
so much noise." observed Dr. Pohl
Lovejoy, sweetly, as the turmoil sub
sided.
"Really, to hear it makes one fear
the- Library authorities will put us
out on the supposition that we have
been drinking too much."
Mrs. John Nlssen added her admon
ishment.
"Can't we quit all this wrangling
and get down to Democratic princl
pies?"
But when Federal office-holders fall
out, of a surety there will be protesta
Hons and loud cries unto heaven. And
last night's meeting of the Jackson
Club lifted the curtain on one of the
best little fallings out in man;'' a day.
Honorable Milt Miller Routed.
Can you imagine Frank S. Myers,
postmaster of Portland, and as stout a
friend of the public weal as ever ad
mitted It in public, at outs with that
other defender of the people and stal
wart and true Democracy, the Honor
able Milton A. Miller. Collector of
United States Internal Revenue?
The cat's out of the bag. The Hon
orable Frank and the Honorable Milt
collided all over the place last night,
and the Honorable Frank aad his co
horts put he Honorable Milt and his
followers on the blink.
The voting showed there were about
a hundred votes in the court of the
evening that Judge Thomas C. Buifee,
United States Collector of Customs, was
voting on the Milton A. Miller or wal
loped side, and thst John Montag,
United States Marshal-, was voting on
the Frank S. Myers, or victorious side.
Ostensibly the row centered over the
adoption of a successor to the late con-
tConciuded on Pare 4. Column 1.)
CHINESE OF FIVE
PROVINCES REBEL
REVOLT IS AGAINST RULE OF
YUAN SHI KAI.
Word Received In America of
' Declaration of Independence
Against Return to Monarchy.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 20. Tons
King Chong. president of the Chee
Kung Tong. or Chinese Republic Asso
ciation, received a cablegram from
Shanghai. China, tonight, which stated
that five Chinese provinces had de
clared their independence against the
rule of Yuan Shi Kai.
The provinces concerned in the revo
lution were, according to the cable
gram, Kwang-Tung. Kiangsi. Tuanah,
Szchuen and Kweichau. Mr. Tong, who
has presided recently at several mass
meetings of Chinese from all parts of
California, said tonight he believed the
action of the five provinces would be
followed by similar declarations from
all parts of China.
He said the spirit among Chinese
in America was strongly against the
return of China to the monarchical
form of government.
Large sums, he said, had been
pledged by California Chinese to
finance a general revolution.
HUGE TAXES IN PROSPECT
Germany Expects Great Levy, No
Matter How Big Is Indemnity.
BERLIN, via London. Dec. 20. Dr.
Karl Helfferich. Secretary of the Im
perial Treasury, announced in the
Reichstag today that the next budget
cannot be balanced without additional
income, and that proposals for new
taxation are now being drafted for
submission to the Reichstag.
The Secretary declared that no mat
ter how large a war Indemnity was re
ceived, the war would Impose a colossal
burden of taxation on . the Germans.
WHEAT CROP JUMPS HIGHER
Northern Hemisphere Produces To
tal of 3,590,000,000 Bushels.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20. The North
ern Hemisphere in 1915 produced
3.590,000.000 bushels of wheat, an in'
crease of 19.4 per cent over 1914, a ca
blegram from the .International Insti
tute of Agriculture at Rome to the
Bureau of Crop Estimates today says.
The United States produced two
sevenths of this amount.
No mention was made of the South
ern Hemisphere's crop.
CASE ON EX-JUDGE FAILS
Chicago Complaint Alleging Confi
dence Game Proves Nought,
CHICAGO, Dec 20. Complaint of a
dissatisfied . stockholder in a moving
picture concern, which led last week
to the filing of charges that ex-Judge
William Brown, of Salt Lake City, had
operated a confidence game, was with
drawn today in the Municipal Court.
The charges were dismissed at the
request of the State Attorney's office.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
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YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 50
.v...... - minimum i3 ri.m.a
TODAY'S Rain, poaalbly part mow In
early momlnir. moderate to fresh aouth
westerly winds. ,
War. .
British retire from Gallipoli Peninsula with
out, Turks finding It out. 1.
Alllea once nearly force Dardanellea. Page 2.
Bulgarians halt on Greek frontier. Page 1.
Victory depends on British labor 'unions,
says L.loyd (Jeorge. Page 5.
Denmark to forbid Ford- peace meeting.
Pag 5.
foreign.
ChlLeso of five provinces tebel. Page i.
Mexico.
General Villa is hiding in BI Paso. Page 3.
National.
Ferris bill to be ' rushed through House.
Pag 1.
French stop American ship and remove
Final word on Ancuna la sent to Austria.
rase a.
Domestic.
Baltimore vice commission finds amazing
traffic in babies. Page S.
Plot inquiry to spread over Nation. Page 5.
Snort.
Sportsmen's Leairue begins Rogue River fish
ing' ZeUO invupuuu.
Option on BUI Hodgers up; McCredl an
nounces near-lineup. Page 14.
Doble. on visit, tays if he ever returns to
Mhin, it will He In Kast. Pasa 14.-
Weeghman confirms rumor that Chicago
luoi axe xiib. r .
Pacific Northwest.
One woman Is dead and another Jailed at
Klamatu tun mmi.iunj
pane 1.
rr -yv. B Morse Is elected president of
'l-.-.'- u',i nt Health. Paze A.
Attcrney-General may conduct Pendleton
.i ...... .ut Innulrr Pan S.
Trains In Union, tied up by snow, are freed
ana irminc
Commercial and Marine.
Northwestern wheat market strengthened
............ V... 1 o
Dy tasiern " .
Wheat at Chicago toucnee highest point of
season. rn,o .
Big run and higher prlcea . at Portland
. I 1 Ijn ,0
BritlJh' stesmer Erroll suspends loading
.artiaing tauai
Portland and Vicinity.
Total tax In city for 191B to be $25.40 on
each SIOOO. Pag 18-
Chamber plana particljiatlon In Oregon-
Waslilntfton irrigation aevejopmenu
Page 8.
Epidemic of grip in Portland la widespread.
Page 15.
Hard-surface road from North-, Yakima to
Portland projected. Page S.
Portland leads cities of Nation with lowest
ttoad appropriation for 191 Is 1843.500.
sg 9. .
Stage moonshine traditions vprvt by Fed
eral Court trial, page 1 6.
Associated Charities gets larger cash offer
ings ana is napeiui ui iu.iiuH
Great impetus in lumbering due to new
roaa is rcponeu. case
Realty men have big. happy time at an-
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Jackson club has regular old Democratic
row. rage i.
Woman who says coas have sonls arrives
in tov.li rase 5.
Weather report, data aad forecast, l'aga 1.
NEW LOGGING
ROAD
DUNS TO CAPACITY
30-Mile. Line Handles
800,000 Feet Daily.
SIX COMPANIES OPERATING
Other Concerns Anxious for
Traffic Facilities.
ECONOMIC VALUE IS CITED
A. S. Kerry, Builder of Columbia- &
Nehalem Railway, Tells of Quick
Growth of Business and Vast
Timber Area Within Reach.
Improvement in the lumber market
and the revival of the industry in Ore
gon are indicated by recent logging
developments along the line of the Co
lumbia & Nehalem Railroad Company.
A. S. Kerry, president of the Kerry
Timber Company, builder of the rall
rad, is in Portland and yesterday gave
an optimistic forecast of the lumber
industry, based on experience of hip
company and the activity he has noted
in logging camps throughout the Co
lumbia River Basin.
Mr. Kerry built a logging road in
what he declares to be a gold mine of
timber and has been logging 270,000
feet of timber a day since the comple
tion of the road, five months ago.
Iznperoa Given Industry.
. In addition, this road, built entirely
with personal capital, has Induced five
other companies to begin logging until
now the six companies have already at- '
tained the maximum capacity of the
logging road and others are clamoring
for accommodations.
A little more than three years ago
Mr. Kerry, Who had been in the timber
business on Puget Sound, came to Ore
gon and declared that the Columbia
River Basin was the most logical place
in the Northwest for logging. He built
the logging road, the water terminus
of which is located 30 miles from As
toria and TO miles from Portland,
through one of the richest timber sec
tions of the Northwest. His company
began logging immediately upon the
completion of the road. Ho designed
the road for a maximum carrying ca
pacity of 800,000 feet a day, an averag
of one car dumping every five minutes.
Dally Hani 825,000 Keet.
The companies now operating are the
Fishhawk, logging for the Westport
mill, with 100,000 feet a day; the Pal
mer Logging Company, with 123,000
feet a day; Elwood & Snow, 100,000 feet
a day; DuBoIs Lumber Company, 75,
000 feet a day. and. 'Angus McDougall.
of Tacoma, 75.000 feet a day. The max
imum carrying capacity of the Kerry
Timber Company will be 350,000 feet a
day, making a grand total of 825,000
feet a day.
Each of the separate logging com
panies owns its own rolling stock and
a series of turnouts, sidings, setting
out tracks, etc., has been arranged so
that the operations of each of the com-
panies are carried on as If it were the
exclusive used of the tracks.
Co-operative Plan Developed.
Each of the companies has a member
ship in an organization that has been
formed to take care of the booming of
the logs in the Columbia River. There
the community plan is effective and
makes for economy and efficiency. It
is the hope of Mr. Kerry to have a com
munity shop, where the rolling stock of
the six companies can be kept in con
dition on the property of the railroad.
As Mr. Kerry retains complete owner
ship of the road he receives tariff for
all shipments. He has supplied a few
gasoline cars, allowing no passenger
traffic on the logging trains.
xSronomic Value Cited.
"One mill, cutting 75,000 feet of tim
ber. Is worth more to the City of Port
land than the biggest batik in it," said
Mr. Kerry last night. "Such a mill
produces hundreds of thousands of dol
lars in actual wealth each year, and
most of that wealth represents labor.
After the price of the stumpage ia
eliminated more than 90 per cent of
the value of the timber is represented
by labor. Whether there is any profit
in the timber industry or not, you are
creating absolutely new wealth, new
money and are making employment for
hundreds of men.
"The combined holdings of the six
companies now operating and provid
ing employment for approximately SOO
men, aggregate 2,000,000,000 feet.
Immense Stand Available.
"These holdings will keep all the
companies operating at their maximum
capacity for 10 years. Then there are
contiguous to the railroad and acces
sible to it 3,000.000.000 feet more, held
by large companies, that will furnish
employment for another IS years.
"By extending the line up and down
tho Nehalem Valley 15.000.000.000 feet
of stumpage can be made available,
so it is a pateiat fact that the fix com
panies now operating are assured of
timber for an indefinite period."
OHIO PAST FLOOD STAGE
Farmers Warned to Leave Lowlands
as River Continues to Rise.
EVANSVILLE, Ind.i Dec. 20. The
Ohio River today passed the floo'J
stage of 38 feet.
With a stage of 40 feet predicted.
hundreds of farmers have been warned
to forsake the low laud homes.