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t T'. UN1C VOL LVNO. 17.1DO. rOKTLAXD, OKEGOX, TUESDAY, l Ki-'ittl IS KB 28. 1915. PRICE FIVE CENTS. rr' LUMBER FIRE L055 IS NEAR $100,000 Emerson Hardwood Co. Yard Burns. INFANT ON TRACK; SAVED BY MOTHER GIANT SUBMARINES ARE LIKELY SOON SERBIANKING FLEES THROUGH BLIZZARD T RAILWAY TRAFFIC IRRIGATION MEET IS TORN ASUNDER if UO.MA.X ROLLS I RUM BtFOKL ONnrsHI.VG TRAIX. FIVE OF 2000 TOXS FOK AMER ICA ARE PROPOSED. EXILED MOXARC1I UNABLE TO PAr FOR LODGINGS. BRITISH CABIN RECORDS BROKEN COMMENCES TODAY BUUE STARTS IN DRY KILN Two City Fircboats Aid in Gaining Control of Flames. ORIENTAL WOOD CONSUMED fir Marta I J:i and I rrartmtl I suVr Coairol by l;3 laaar Car I. Midi HHrhui. omI Mr A U ma rs mas a probably tt. l flit.' waa cgM4 t tk plant f tha Cm "m Hardwood Cwn.if, at Tvtutlill al Nortlj Fteal street, at I actor fin moral-. Tk fir brok out la a Cry alia a 1; v vlock. Ova klork af la yard II was e.tlmated I hat feat f I ir l 1 lamavr ! b-a dee troy ad. It waa valued at ti to IIS a taos aaal f.et. a.-:rdlag ta tk grade at Weald, Ira rejelry IMmmi T a punt we located la Nortk Tart lan-t telareea tk Wlllaaaett Iro M.el Work and tk lUstera Western Lunobar Company, on tha wetarfreaC T"ir Caster Weatera aiaat w aot In ay ager at t o'clock, but tka fire--a bag a pUjtng (r aa tka Iraa work. Tka Xortkem Pacific owl train. I.av. Inr rorttyand at 13.3a o'clock ws k-.!te4 by tha fr. Tha fire il Boat spectacular. be!n tei! through tka ml. I from aearty every prt of tka city. rUan krllnr. taarr tewtn. Tka bias waa practically aader con trol eltortly befor 3 tlk. J. H llmer.on. at V.iKooftr. B. C la praeideat af tka T.mmtn Hardwood Coaasaay. sad C H. Otataoa. 71 Kvrtt treat, la .ecretary and Biucir. Tka WtllamatEe Iron A CUeal Work waa m'I by a conMntlloa af fire ma a frata the eata.'de and aa automatic sprinkling sytni on tn laalde. whlck sec into operation fiv mlnates aft. r tha fira k4 rveckod tka work. TTia only damage ta thla plant la brokea ln4a aad corrhd walla. Ovtealal .. ( .aa To tha yard war thousand af faat af teak wood, tlaatera whit aak. 11 erla oak. maple. eh end etkar ax ! lumbar. It w aa r swt-4 that a croat qaaattty of taaa alubia lam-a-r u 4aatroya4 tvnct.-alty aary avallabla af f r. aeottrataa waa aa tka . mt ar. tUrma katna baa aoaa4o4 Tka riraboata 14 Camp bat I aa4 tka raor-a H. WlUitraa aiJ4 la fikt la tka f amaa trom tka rtar. Jamaa CarL watcknvaa. dlvwra4 tka b a la ona af tka dry knaa. Mwrhwaarai I tela ! At t:3 artock tfcia morii.f J. C TVokaaka. aapanatatarfant. Iit4 tka aam aa foUawa. 9aan ry kitaa. tkraa t'orlnf ak4a. tara jiaat)tiaa af labia lopa. oaar. kick-claaa floor ib c a4 atmaroua otk.r r-i af Bnl.ba4 producta (r. prokaaka ai4 Ikat It waa hnaaa aibla ta a1 a of'.mta opiaioa of tba 4.mao la 4ot'r aa4 rant, aa tka f:mka4 pro-la.-ta arl4 la a!a. Ha a.trmata.I lka( tk.ra wara a.a faat at kia-"c.lo aaaaea4 kardwo4 Itrr.br la tba eraat aaO tfcouxht tbat about ka f of It waa .trojraa. TS. plaataaT aa4 aa ar vara a4. Tka f.ratnaa 4 4 4 work aa4 at tna aertk ao4 of tka ar4a provaata-t a tbrataaa4 aproa4 of tka flamaa. taaaaraaara Caaara ft t-aaa.a. ttr Dtaor. tbo ratary and man ar at tha company, fa vta'tlna la a4a r raBTtacx tn.iraa-.-a at about I J ) waa car. .-4 aa rtla ptat and atovk. according la r porta, and II waa thouckt tkat tka trratr pat af tka loaa would ba rot-a'.-l vf j'-a f tha Rnt.ha4 product waa i'l f ihlf mini. h .? r.nj:h.r T. J. Mrpar a.timatrd Ik. loo. at a!xut !')a whila Iupa-lrt.nrl-nt Prnha. k. t touch I II mlckl r-i.-h n;. t tha nortk .i-ia of tha iroonj lam. t-t .,imia4 at (ran ta. a !. f.. waa ata4 . tha flramca. JITNEY CRUSHES FIREMAN a plain A. W. Dolaon I Is pltal Badly Injarrd. He raptt AKa w Dolaon. of En f:a . forttaad Fir Department. aa eanoa.ly tojare.1 ahortly after Bnl-I-USt tMa tnornln white golBg ta kta k"ma. wkaa k waa etrark by a Jitney at ftaeoad and Mala atraat. Tkree rib vara fraetarad aa poealMy torn from bla setaa: ki left kaaa wa fraetarad a ad a ksaa cap broken, and kla far X aa badly cat. 1 Captala Doteon wa at !J Coi:je straal .a going to hi horn atraat. Tk Jitney driver. whoa a-aaaa waa aol learaed at 3 J Vtlack. ra.d'd blot la Ik Oood Pamarl. Ua lloaplLat LRU keeai wa k.ld out for hi ra tvt l S t sJtxX t2U afters-lag; Ilorririrtl Ilaabatnd. Wltsraa of Oc-carrrm-r, llaahra t'p to l"lnd If la lmrtl Oara t'nharaaavU ALMA NT. Or- !. tSpaclaUr klra. N.4 GaiJaway ail but leal bar Ufa thia tnoralotf. wbao. wllk a apaadinc loroasotlva aaly a few faat away, aka o.aparalaly puakad bar assail baby If tba railroad trackto a placa af aafaty aa4 tkaa Bvanaa4 ta roll baraatf off tka riht of way la tba appoalta dirao- t:oa juat la lino ta aacapa tka grladiBf kMla of tka btx aoclaa. ka bad baa a borrylB dowa tka trxr k ta Liaa Ktmlloa. a tm atos kaar Brovaavtlla. wbara kar koabaad araitlaa; ta atop tba trala. wfcao. braatk taaa aed atkaaatad from ruaalac wblla rarrylnc bar kako. aka atumblad 4 fall oa tka track. Aa aba lay tbra kalf dasad. borror- tr.:k.a a tka thouckt tkat tka kaby ka4 kaaa ksrt by tba fall, aka look ad ap ta oaa tka ruaklna aa-loa aliaoal aa lop af bar. TraatKaliy aba paaaaa bar littla ooa aar tka rail to a placa af aataly and tkaa. wllk aa almeot auparkamaa affort. roltod off Ika track oa Ika appoalta aida. liar bosband. wba bad kaaa aa aconlaad wllaaaa asd katlaaad bar killad. ru.k4 ta tha Pcaoa ta fled bar la a falol but Ia from lajury. GERMANY ORAWS TIGHTER I'artlM-r llcatrk-tJooo PUcrd " Anarrtraaa and Otlwr Central. THE ItAGlX tU London. Pac ST. Amartraaa and otkar natural ara fur tbar raatrictad from aatartaic Gar many ttnAmr naar raaalatloca laauad by tka Ciarmaa Foraivn Offlra. To obtain a Tlaa of bla paport. tha bo:4ar will ba eompallad to procoad paraonalty to tha Uarman diplomatic or coaaalar OTlea ana proioa i-v pttocrapka for Blloc. almllar to tkat a.?ttad to tfco paaaport. and alao ahow birtk or naturalisation cartlUcata. Tka koUar of tka paaaport muat pro tka ur;aacr of bla Journay. prlata ar a bualnaaa aatura. and submit u ousi na papara. WAR AIRMEN NOT CITIZENS m-rl(-aia on I'arlongb From frrnrh Army Won't B Intcmr-d. WASHINOTOJf. Dac. J7. Plata Da- par-maat official Indicated today 'bat aa actio would ba takaa oa damaada for tbo Intarnmanl of Elliott Cowdla. Norman Prlnea and 1V:ilam Tbaar. thraa AraarUao now noma on fur ious k from tbo rranch army, wbara tkoy ara aarrlna aa artatora. Tka dapartmant probably will laka tha poaitloa tkat wkaa tka tbroa mm olnad tka army forcoa of a fort I n powar tkay ranouncad Ibair Aroartcan cltiaanabtp and aolarad Ik la country aa aoUllara unarmad. SKATING ACCIDENT FATAL Son of Harney Coooty School I'rln clpal Drowned ear Barn. BIKER. Or. t"ac- IT. Spaetal Aa t-ia raault of a akatlna accident on tk tfUriaa Klrar. naar Burna. ISobvrt. tha 13-ar-ol4 aon of Profaaaor M. 9hirk. principal of tk lUroay County dckooL la daad at Ma boma Ibara. lb boy. wltk thTwm Other Uda. want to tka rlvar to akata. and ithlrk and a m paalon aamad Morton kroka tkrouca tba k. . Tk Morton boy waa raacuad by hia oldar brotkar. aoJ Mla tMa raacu waa balB( accom;ii.had young shirk ws drowned. 7 PROVINCES IN REVOLT Oil Military lkr. .-le In apirt of Rebellion. KA.V rR.ANCji1 Vf. 27. A cable irn i.c.lif J today by Ton King t'hoti. prceldent of Ika China. II -pub k AmocUHob. frura ravolutLonarv a!era la ib,rihl :j thai a total of eaves provtncaa have d-ar-l Incm- arrhjr. la reap-oaa to lel-crama aant lo mrtt larr leader. In tba province. ty lha Jiaanahal keadquartara. It aaa aald Ika active eupport of tk revolution waa promiaed. MRS. EDDY'S SON IS DEAD Off-prlnx ft Chrtallan St-lmc. tliarch loondrr Pa wen at 7 2. KIOUX CITV. la.. Ic. IT. Ur.. tv. Glover. 72 year. old. only aon of IB lata Mary Itakrr l'.Mr. bead ot lt bri.tlaa tv l-m-a ilmrtli. d'ed at bla I homa naar l.-i'l. K. I'., tods). ilor attract'd murk attention be far kla motber'e d.ath by Inalitutlng a eull In Machu-tt ta obtain a part ot k'r fortune. Ha waa awarded approximately t:H.o after ber death. Ha waa Bot a Chrtattaa Sciential. GAS' RISE T0BE PROBED laovrrnuM-nt to la-arm If Antl-TraM I .aw lla Itrrrv Violated. WASHINGTON. Dae 17. Offtclaia of tk I .ra rtm.nl of Ju.tlc eald tonlgkt tkat tha continued rl la tk prlr of ijk!Ii probably wou'4 -b mad the eubject of aa Inquiry lo determine a hat kar there bad baan any violation of tka Skrmj aoll-tru.t ct. No forma complaints fce reached Tea king toa ao far. Conscription Discus sion Causes Break. SITUATION IS NEAR CRISIS David Uoyd George Threat ens to Resign Post. OPINIONS DIFFER GREATLY fxrd Kltrrx-nrr and Andrew Ronar Ijw Only Two frmtxra Who Ye Have Not Made Ioolton Clear. Irea Takra Vp I.aaae. roXPOX. D. St. That tka pro caadlnca of tha Brltlah Cabinet ka not bean solnr amoothly la aacn In tba fact that after a two hour alttlnc yeaterday tha eooncll was ob:ied to adjourn ur.tll 'todayv no decision on conacriptton barlna: bean reached and tha diecuaslon bavtnsT revealed a real differences of opinion. ft Timaa larllamactary corre- tpondenta aaaart that Ike poaitlon Is undeniably delicate .and may become critical today unlaaa handled wllk firmness and declalon. The Pally Mall announce that An drew Bonar-Law. Secretary for the Colonies, and Lord Kitchener, tha War Minister, hare not yet made their po sition clear, while A. J. Balfour. First Lord of the Admiralty, reeolutely op poses compulsion. In which ho Is sup ported by m majority of tba Ministers. But David Llod Georce, tha Marquis of Lanadowne, Karl Cursoo. Sir Fred erick Smith. J. Austen Chamberlain. Walter lluma Long and tha Karl of Selborn advocate immediate compul sion. Lloyd Uearir's foaltlaa Clear. Mr. Lloyd Georce. the Mall adds, be fore tha alttlnc of tha council, made bla po.lt Ion clear lo Premier Aaqultb In a maaaace Intimating that unless Mr. Aequlth's pledge to married men b kept la tba strictest enaa. ba could. not continue aa a member of the gov. ernmenL Ills threat to realm la based on whether or not the Premier expect to adhere strictly to hi pledge to apply compulsion to unmarried "alackera" If tbey tall to preaant tbemselves for at testation under Lord Derby's recruit ment acbeme. Tba Morning Poet, equally wltk the Time and the Dally Mall, ail conacrlp tlonlat papers, sees the possibility of several Cabinet restgnsllona or the other alternative, a general election. Crfate la reared. The Morning Telegraph and the Chronic:, antl-compulalon organs, alao are apprehenalve of a crtals or a gen eral election. The Chronicle editorially proteats asalnet "Intrlcuera and wire pullere" who contemplate the deaperate and ii'.ih.iiv'! an I'aaa t'olunta I Mir lit1 ) & "V. (HCrW . ZLJt Craft Would Rc Added First Year, 23 Other Smaller Ones Fol lowing in Five Year. WASIIIXUTOX. Dec. :7. Sea-going submarines of 200 tone dlsplacemen probably soon will be sought for the American Navy, as a result of lessons learned by Navy Department experts from the Eupropean war and recent maneuvers of the Atlantic fleet. It Is possible. It waa learned tonight, that tha first five submarines Included In tha Administration's five-year building programme will approach this slse. el though tba estimates submitted were based on boats of tha 1100-ton class. In contrast to this development of type of giant submsrlne naval officers are Inclined to believe tna coaai aa- fenae boale will be standardised at about 400 tons displacement. The sphere of action of tbeae boats Is lim ited to 100 mile. Twenty-five smaller submarine are Included In the Administration pro- gramma for this year at an estlmsted coat of between tCOO.000 and 1700.000 each. Tha eatlmate would provide for vessels of (00 to 700 tons displacement. Increaaing tha slse of the fleet of sub marine and decreasing- that of the smaller boats. Virtually ail sea-going flag officers and the commlsaloned personnel gen erally of the submarine flotillas are said to favor building larger craft for sea work. ESTATE GOES TO CHARITY Mr. John I. Rockefeller Leave Property Worth 91,40,471. NEW TORK. Dec. S7. Mrs. Laura 8. Rockefeller, wife of John D. Rocke feller, who died last March, left an estate valued at ll.4S0.171. according to the appraisal filed today In the Sur rogate's Court. The bulk of the estate, aa announced when the will waa probated, goaa to heritable and educational Institutions. The estate consists mainly of railroad bonds and does not Include any stock In tha Standard Oil Company. Mrs. Rockefeller' 1 wedding ring. which she bequeathed to ber son, John Rockefeller. Jr.. is appraised at $J. Her most valuable plec of Jewelry, diamond watch chain, valued at 913.- 000. goea to ber daughter, Mrs. Edith McCormlck. The moat valuable pieces of wearing apparel listed In the ap praisal ara a seal coat and muff, valued IIS. Fifteen suit ara appraise?at 100 and 10 bats at 150. DREAM FORETELLS LOSSES Woman Accused of Dodging Bill Give Phonograph a Bond. "I dreamed Saturday night that Emma Davie waa going to leave my houa without paying me." declared Mrs. Dora Harmon to Constable Wein berger and other about the Court- bouse yesterday. She had bad Emma Davis arrested for leaving unpaid ill In room rent and a 11 laundry bill, according to tba complaint filed In the District Court. Mrs. Davis wss brought to the Courthouse and neld there until she gave bond or Its equivalent. A 125 phonograph waa finally accepted as collateral for the bond. UNDER THE MISTLETOE. ExportShipmentsJump to $313,000,000. OCTOBER 1912 IS SURPASSED Former. Mark Bettered -About $7,000,000. by EXPENSES SHOW INCREASE Striking' a Gross Seema Against Poor frtKmlng of Recent Y'earti, Feature I Growth Only Slight ly More Than 3 Per Cent. CHICAGO. Dec. 17. (Special) All records In tha history of railroad traffic were broken In October, when the flood of export shipments for Eu rope, coupled with the unusual peak of Autumn activity, gross revenues of United States railways were carried to total of more than t313.000.000. blmultaneously, for the first time in almost two years, expenses recorded an Increase over the year before. These are features of figures for the month compiled for road which operated mileage of more than 256.000 miles. omitting the smaller roads. October, ISIS, the previous record month, reported a total of about $308, 000,000. The old record thus is beaten by about (7.000.000. Striking a this October gross seems against the poor earnings of recent years. It Is note- worthy that the growth In three years since October. 1912, was only slightly more than 3 per cent. Since then about 7500 miles of oper ated mileage have been added. Normal growth In traffic, with which single exceptional months cannot wholly be compared, is considered about S per cent a year. Abnormal condltlona In expenses which left In September a record - breaking net revenue, continued in foTsTl: neanr:;,Xor.oo: over 17.000,000 above September's record. RAILROAD TONNAGE GROWS Xo- ember Earnings of XTnlon Pacific and Atchison Show Increase. NEW TORK. Dec 27. November earning of the Union Pacific and At chison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroads, published today, indicate the enormous tonnage movement for that month in the West and along the Pacific Coast. The Union Paclfla gross earnings amounted to $9,3Sj,000. an increase of 11,797,000 over the corresponding month of 1911. with net earnings of f3.825.000. n Increase of 11,047.000. Atchison gross earnings aggregated tl2.090.000. an increase of 11.988.000. the net aggregate, f5.828.000, an In crease of f 1.143.000. Flight la Made by Ilelpless Royal Refugee on Horse With Guard of Only Three. BERLIN, via London, Dec. 27. The Tageblatt's Sofia correspondent dra matically describes the flight of King Peter of Serbia through Albania as told by an Albanian physician in a let ter to a friend at Uskup. The physician reached a miserable little Albanian village during a furious now storm. At the very height of the storm four cavalrymen appeared. Two of the riders almost tenderly lifted a third man from his horse and bore him to a house, while the fourth brought up tha rearguard with boxes The physician, who had come to watch the actions of the strangers, recognized in the apparently sick man King Peter of Serbia. . As his companions prepared the sem blance of a bed for him, the King, be tween groans, thanked them, but de clined food. One of his companions, probably a physician, forced the King to take & little liquid nourishment. ner wnicn me wnole party sat lor a time in gloomy silence, then made a pretense at sleeping. They resumed the Journey beforo daylight. PARIS, Dec. 27. King Peter arrived at Avlona on an Italian cruiser. The King was carried ashore In an arm chair. The Journal's correspondent re ported that the exiled monarch said he had no money to pay for a room. RARE DUCK SPECIMEN HERE Kalanm Farmer Sends Queer Bird to Find Out What It Is. William L. Finley. State Biologist, re. toiveu a rare Dira yesterday, a new acquisition for the state's collection at Reed College. ine bird was a duck, an "Old Squa Duck." or "Long-Tailed Duck," as it is variously called. Its distinctive char acter is a tail with two long, narrow feathers, as though trimmed to the quill by a milliner for a fashionable hat. The colors are a striking com bination of black and white about the body and neck. The duck was caught and sent to Mr. Finley by John Scott, of Kalama. Wash., 1 mno wanted to know what It was. DREDGE NORTH BANK SINKS Two Men Aboard When Vessel js Wrecked Near Grays Harbor. The dredge North Bank, with two men aboard, on her way from the Co lumbia River to Seattle in tow of the tug Wallula, was lost at sea about six miles south of Grays Harbor last night The news was received in a wireless message to Ed Wright, manager of the Port of Portland, sent by Captain Reed, or the Wallula, at 11 o'clock last night. Beyond saying that the dredge had been lost because of the terrific gale at sea, and noting the position of the disaster. Captain Reed gave no details. He asked that Grays Harbor be no titled INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 41 desrees; minimum, 37 degreea. TODAY'S Rait; southerly winds. War. Turks enter and lose tort in Mesopotamia. rase z. Corps of Indiana In France withdrawn to another field of operation. Page 2. Doom of Monastir aeon beforehand, says John 1 . ilccutcneun. Pago 5. American clrl aiding blind soldiers in rranctt. I'age 11. British Cabinet faces crisis. Page 1. Serbian King flees through blizzard. Page I Foreign. Ford peac party members barred from lecturing In Denmark. Page 3. National. Au.trian submarine under suspicion of hav In? attacked without warning Japanese liner Yasaka Maru; Washington may act. Pag -J. I.anri grant timber value estimated. Page 4. South and Central American countries take new view of Monroe Doctrine. Page 4. America likely to have monster submarine. Page 1. Domestic. United Stat.s railroad traffic records broken by $:;l.".,ov0.000 figures, ruse 1. Hport. Beavers will report in camp at racramento March II. Page 13. Three Pacific Coast hockey teams may tie for lead In gamea tonight. Page 13. Attitude of fans puts Wlllard In quandary. Page 13. Darry may meet Sommers In Portland January or February. Page in. Pacific Northwest. Charles Hohne. land deal victim, kills self at Oregon City. Page 6. Oreron Teachers Association. In session at Medford. reorganizes. Page T. Vancouver slayer tells story of trouble to Coroner's Jury. Pago 12. Woman, prcne on track, risks life to save b.by. Pago 1. Comrnerrifil and Marine. Mllltn? wheat strong at dollar mark Portland. Page la. Chicago wheat market affected by large gain In visible supply. Page 17. Broad and buoyant demand for all rlassea of Blocks In Wall street. Pago 17. Another advance In hog -prices at local stockyards. Page 17. Coast shipyards have 19 ocean carriers un der construction or ordered. Page 16. Portland and Vicinity. Emmerson Hardwood Company has flOO.Ol'O fire. Pae l. Irrigation C'ongrees opens today. Page 1. Epidemic of rabies declared assuming se rious proportions, page 9. Chamber members hear debate on Stevens bill. Page IS. Great Improvement noted In lumber Industry. Page 12 Mazamaa are keen In rivalry over Winter accent of Mount Hood from north. Page 10. LJqtior supply nearly exhausted and calls .for help unanswered. Pago 5. Army of salesmen ready for adance Into country territory. Page 6. Weather report, data and forecast. Page 17. Stress to Be Laid on Federal Aid. JONES BILL PRINCIPAL TOPIC State Co-operation in Guaran tee of Securities Desired. Mflfi PFI FfiATPQ PYPFPTCn Congress Will Bo Called to Order at 10 o'Clock by President Asa -B. Thompson and Mayor AI bce Will Welcome Visitors. With no session of the Legislature pending to direct attention to Im mediate needs for state legislation, the fifth annual Oregon Irrigation Con gress, which will open this morning at the Imperial Hotel, will concentrate its energles on consideration of proposed Federal legislation. The chief phase of the irrigation question that will be before the con- sress wiu be the irriation ' dIstrict auu uiciiiuua ul iiuekiiuiiig jiujecis initi ated under the system of irrigation dis tricts. Jones BUI of Prime Importance. Of cardinal importance in this con sideration will be the Jones bill, pend ing before the United States Congress, which aims to provide for the guar antee by the Government of interest on irrigation bonds for the first five years. "It is almost a foregone conclusion that the Irrigation Congress will adopt resolutions indorsing the Jones bill and urging its passage," said Asa B. Thompson, of Echo, president of the Irrigation Congress, and his remark was echoed by James Kyle, of Stan- fleld; F. N. Wallace, of Tumalo, and nearl'y all ot the leading delegates who arrived yesterday for the convention. Security for Capital Great Meed. ''The great problem now," says Mr. Thompson, "is to put the securities of an irrigation district, on a tooting where they win sell readily, and the surest way of doing this appears to be either to provide for the state or the Federal Government to underwrite . them." In its activities this year, the Con gress hopes to accomplish as much in the Federal field, comparatively, as it accomplished in the state field last year, when practically all of its major recommendations were adopted and in corporated in legislation by the State Legislature. Remedial Amendments Desired. In the consideration of state legisla tion this year, however, the Congress will confine Itself probably to the con templation of some slight remedial al terations in the statutes beasing on ir rigation that were passed at the last session of the State Legislature. Tomorrow will be devoted entirely to the irrigation district and the consid eration of its development and finan cing and legislation affecting it. Supplementary to tho idea of the Jones bill, providing for the under writing of irrigation bonds by the Gov ernment, is a plan that has been in dorsed by the Central Oregon Irriga tion Congress, which met at Redmond, December 11, and which has sent its delegation to the Oregon Congress, pre pared to introduce and support the plan. State Aid Is Desired. This measure proposes state legisla tion providing for tho underwriting ot irrigation bonds by the state as well as the Federal Government. The Cen tral Oregon delegation recommend1 that this be presented to the voters as an initiative measure. Among the supporters of this plan who arrived in the delegation yester day were Fred N. Wallace, of Tumalo, secretary of the Congress; H. W. Gard and -A. N. Anderson, of Madras, the lat- (Concluded on Page VZ. column 2.) I COLUMBIA RIVER HIGHWAY t AJIEKICA'S UKEAIhSl I BOULEVARD, I The Columbia River Highway is considered bv world travelers t tn Ka t Vi o emntpcr hnnlv.iT-H in America and not surpassed by J i any nignway project in Europe, a l struction standards. This g-reat project will be es- . pecially featured in .the New t Year's edition of The Oregonian. . . j i a i-page pictorial section wui present striking views of the highway and, in addition, there will be special articles describing the scenic features of the boule vard. Before the European War American tourists spent $500,- 000,000 annually abroad. Never before was there such an oppor tunity for Oregon to secure a large proportion of the tourist trade. Copies of the Annual Oregon- nian sent to your Eastern friends and relatives will help Oregon to harvest the biggest tourist crop" in its history next year. ee a a a-era -fee a. a-a e-a- e- a- ae-a- a a. m 1Q8.2J