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TIIE MOItNING OREGONIAN. '" WEDNESDAY. APHIl; 1916. APPLE MEN GET AID Oregon Growers Urged to Join Federal Marketing Plan. CHAMBER MEETING HELD Systematic Campaign to Educate Farmers to Possible Benefits Will Be Carried On if Funds Are Obtained for Work. tJrerton applegrrowers will be en couraged to participate in the co-operative marketing plan recently out lined by Federal investigators, if a meeting held at the Chamber of Com merce yesterday afternoon ultimately succeeds in its object. All that stands in the way of a sys tematic campaign among the farmers of the state in the hope of influencing them to join in the co-operative move ment is lack uf funds. It is estimated that approximately 14500 will bo re quired for this purpose. A part of the um can be procured from the Agri cultural College, it is believed. The Chamber of Commerce will be asked to contribute some, but members of the Chamber present yesterday ex pressed doubt whether money could be voted from its treasury for this purpose. The proposal will be presented to the Chamber directors. Representative Attend Meeting. Present at yesterday's meeting were representatives of various interests that have been active in promoting the horticultural development of the state. IT. W. Kerr, one of the Govern ment investigators, explained the plan that the Federal bureau has mapped out. In general, this plan aims to pro vide a stabilized market, but does not purpose to fix prices. Growers can affiliate with the co operative organization either as indi viduals or as members of district as sociations. Kdward Cookingham. Henry Tj. Cor hett, A. P. Bateham and others who have given the project careful study Indorsed it enthusiastically. Adoption of Plan Vrged. Profesfior Hector MaePherson. of the State Agricultural College, further ex plained the plan and urged its adop tion. It was pointed out. however, that the growers in Oregon, particularly in the Willamette "Valley, have been slow to take advantage of the scheme; that in fact they are not informed on it at all. Growers in Washington and Idaho, it was explained, have joined the enterprise almost without excep tion. If the Oregon growers are to share in the benefits of the Government's services, said several of the speakers, they must be informed on the plan. They must be educated, and it is for the pur pose of conducting this campaign of education that funds are to be sought. LENTS HEARS HEALTH TALK District Attorney Evans Points Out Possible Decrease in Crime. "If conditions that make necessary the work of social hygiene societies could be eliminated, criminal law would be Invoked in less than one-half the in stances It now is." This was the declaration of Walter H. Evans, District Attorney, who spoke at the meeting held at the Teager Theater in Lents Monday night under the auspices of the Social Hygiene So ciety. Other speakers were Dr. Calvin K. White. Dr. William T. Foster and S. L. Eddy. There was an attendance of about 400 men and boys. FIRE SUSPECT CONFESSES Youth of 16 Burns Paul Korth's Cliicken-IIouse in Revenge. When his chicken-house took fire Unaccountably on Monday night, Paul Korth, of 32 East Fifty-seventh street Xorth, recalled recent bickerings with Frank Johnson, a 16-year-old butcher's apprentice, and communicated his sus picions to the police. Patrolmen Harms and Myers arrest ed young Johnson and he confessed to setting the fire. He has been turned over to the Juvenile Court. Wichita School to Hear Addresses. MILWAUKIR Or.. April 4. (Special.) Professor Robert Goetz, principal; Miss Blanche Jeffris and S. D. Cham bers, members of the Milwaukie School teaching staff, will address the Parent Teacher Association tf the Wichita School Saturday on the benefits of the departments of manual training and domestic science. It is intended to add these departments to that school. SAVE YOUR HAIR! 25 CENT BOTTLE STOPS DANDRUFF Every Bit of Dandruff Disap pears and Hair Stops Coming Out. Try This! Your Hair Appears Glossy, Abundant, Wavy and Beautiful. Thin, brittle, colorless and scraggy hair is mute evidence of a neglected scalp; of dandruff that awful scurf. There is nothing so destructive to the hair as dandruff. It robs the hair of its luster, its strength and its very life; eventually producing a feverish ness and itching of the scalp, which if not remedied causes the hair roots to shrink, loosen and die then the hair falls out fast. A little Danderlne tonight now any time will surely save your hair. Get a. 25-cent bottle of Knowlton's Danderine from any drug store or toi let counter, and after the first appli cation your hair will take on that life, luster and luxuriance which is so beautiful. It will become wavy and fluffy and have the appearance of abundance, an incomparable gloss and softness; but what will please you most will be after just a few weeks' use, when you will actually see a lot of fine, downy hair new hair grow ing all over the scalp. Danderine is to the hair what fresh showers of rain and sunshine are to vegetatioin. It goes right to the roots, invigorates and strengthens them. Its exhilarating and life-producing prop erties cause the hair to grow Ions;, Etrong and beautiful. Adv. ' HENRI DE VRIES' HOBBY IS MAKING FURNITURE Mrs. De Vries Upsets Favorite Theory That AH English Women Are Fond of Gardening She Is Stage Beauty, Known as Dorothy Drake. BV LEON CASS BAER. A LITTLE chat behind the scenes at the Orpheum with Henri de Vries and Mrs. Henri de Vries forever knocked' a couple of cherished traditions into a cocked hat. All English women do not love to garden, and spend their leisure hours picking English violets or hawthorne buds, in season of course. And all Holland Dutchmen are not close-to-nature-livers and stolid and placid. Quite the contrary is true. The De Vries prove it For instance, Mrs. de Vries, who is as lovely an English girl as I've met in many a day. absolutely loathes gar dening. And Henri de Vries. Orpheum head liner in an act-beautiful, dreamer, poet, dramatist and actor from Holland, doesn't know one of his own country's tulip bulb from an onion. He has the distinction of being the only Dutch actor to have gone from his country to play in other lands. Singers, yes, and artists and musicians, have been pro vided by the land that has provided also the decorative scheme of dykes and windmills for newlyweds kitchens, sofa pillows, porridge bowls and dairy lunch menus. Mr. de Vries has not lived in the land of the wooden shoe for 12 years, and has transferred his allegiance from the domestic little green Wilhelmina to the rules of his wife's country. They have a big home just outside London, this amiable actor pair. I must tell you that Mrs. de Vries is known professionally as Dorothy Drake, and is a recognized stage beauty and actress of splendid achievements in her "ain countrie." With her big hus band she has appeared in film produc tions and in some of his plays. On this, their first visit to the Pacific Coast, they are planning to make ar rangements to return to Los Angeles in the Summer to do some pictures it FARM LOAN UNION SUED ACTIOX TAKEN AGAINST WESTERN' - CO-OPERATIVE ORGANIZATION. System of Lending; Money Is De clared to Be Too Much la Nature of Lottery. There may be a crying need among farmers of the state for the Western Co-Operative Rural Credit Union, but District Attorney Evans does not think so, and, at the request of State Su perintendent of Banks Sargent, yester day filed suit in the Circuit Court to dissolve the concern. Obtaining a loan from this organization is too much of the nature of buying a ticket for a lottery, contends Deputy District At torney Arthur Murphy, who drew up the complaint. . , This credit union was based on the rural credit law of 1915, passed to en able farmers to organize for their own benefit in any section of the state and is not in keeping with the spirit of the law, it is held. The objections made to the concern by the District At torney are to the methods of conduct ing it. Too many large commissions are paid for inducing people to borrow money from it, it is charged, and the borrower takes too many chances for his financial good. The plan of the union is to have monthly payments into the treasury by would-be borrowers, who get their money as the fund increases to ac commodate them. Those first in the list are lucky and get easy terms, but those far along on the list of the bor rowers have long and unprofitable waits for their money. The certificate to do business was suspended by the Bank Superintendent last September. The Western Co-Operative Rural Credits Union was organized in June, 1915, by George A. Hall, L. F. Knowl ton, A. C. Marsters, Claude Hale, L. C. Cornwall, G. B. Williams and Oliver M. Hickey. The supervisory committee was composed of C. M. Hurlburt, L. F. Knowlton and W. J. Blumenschein. Later the active workers in the concern were Edwin Anders and Oliver M. Hickey. When the examination of books was made by Mr. Sargent in September, it was found that $400 had been paid in since the organization of the "union" in June, that not a single loan had been made and that all but $35 of tht J400 had been dissipated in expenses and commissions. None of the original organizers had even paid for their single shares of stock, listed at $25 each. SEWER PROBE IS HEATED (Continued From First Page.) when Mr. Sinnott bobbed up with a question. "Who do you represent?" asked the Mayor. "The taxpayers," replied Mr. Sinnott. "What are their names?" insisted the Mayor. "I think that is my business." re torted Mr. Sinnott. "I am here to take part in this investigation and I am going to do it." "Seeing that you represent nobody." snapped the Mayor, "you had better sit down. Proceed with the witness." Mr. Baker Goes to Rescue. I'Well, here," interposed Mr. Baker. "If Mr. Sinnott has anything I think we ought to have it. I. for one, don't want any whitewashing proceedings." Mayor Albee declared that his plan was merely to facilitate the proceed ings and not to shut out anything that might be of value in the investigation He deserted his stand and Mr. Sinnotl was permitted to join in the probe. Later, H. B. Dickinson, an attorney from Montavilla, had the same priv ilege. During the hearing, J. P. Lynch, an inspector, said he had called to the attention of Chief Inspector Charles Smith the presence of cracks in the sewer after it had been filled. The pipes were not taken out. he said. Condemnation Is .Withdrawn. Richard Walsh, another sewer in spector, declared that there were cracks in about one-half of the pipe laid along Barr Road. He said he, as inspector of pipe, condemned several sections of the pipe and that Chief In-i trpector Smith later permitted the pipe to be used. He also testified that he received or ders from Mr. Smith to get the sewer "in ship-shape condition because a bunch of Montavilla kickers are going to inspect it." Also he said he was informed by. In spector Page to keep quiet about the cracks in the pipe. E. P. Tranton, who was a foreman for the contractor, said he saw cracks in pipe laid on Barr Road. He said he received instructions from two of the inspectors over him to keep Montavilla people away from the sewer, to keep his mouth shut and to paint over the cracks. Threat to Lose Job Charged. He said one of the contractors told him that any workman, foreman of city inspector who talked about the cracks would be fired. It was brought out that Mr. Tron ton had been discharged by the con tractor on a charge of selling jobs. Tronton denied that he had taken any i " I LA im I Henri de rie, (Irphrum A-tor, Who Mnkw Furniture When Off the Stage. plays Mr. de Vries owns. And what do you think this protean actor, this excellent delineator of character studies, does with his spare time? Well, he's an arts and crafts man. He de signs furniture and makes it, not only ornamental but useful objects. "He made us a wonderful ice chest. He does all our repair work. Also he is a machinist." "Ach, I adore making automobiles," sighed her husband. "And once, because I work so late in the shop, the English police observe me." "Well." said Mrs. de Vries, "if the theatrical business ever gets done for, it is encouraging to know that my versatile husband can turn his hand toward making cook tables and cradles." money and said he had fired two men who had offered him money. He said the contractor was mad because he (Tronton) would not take money for jobs and turn it over to one of the contractors. Martin L. Dowling. Assistant City Engineer, said he happened, while at tending to other duties, to notice the big sewer. He said he considered it was being laid improperly and he had a talk with the contractor, Mr. Lind. and asked him about it and about reports' that the pipe was cracked. He said Mr. Lind told him to keep still about the cracks, for he had $30,000 mixed up' in. the pipe and if it were condemned it would ruin him. Mr. Dowling testified that he had made no investigations of the sewer and was unable to say anything about its con dition. He said that various people on the job told him of cracks in the pipe and that Mr. Liud tried to find out who it was, saying that they would be fired off the job. ' Cracks Not Considered Dangerous. Mr. Dowling said he has never seen any cement yet that did not crack when laid in hot weather. He said he did not consider the cracks to be at all dangerous to the sewer. J. P. Needham, another sewer inspec tor, said he saw one pipe that was cracked from end to end. "I reported it to my superior," he said. "That was as far as my authority went, and I felt I had done my duty. Inspector Pie buck, who was over me, told me to, keep quiet because the contractor on the job was objecting to our talking about the cracks in the pipe." The testimony yesterday was all from men who appeared at the Caldwell hearing last week. It is expected that as soon as the witnesses on the other side of the fence are called, which may be tomorrow, the story will sound en tirely different. Sewer InMpectors on Stand. J. P. Lynch and Richard Walsh, both sewer inspectors, were on the stand all during the morning session. Mr. Lynch testified that while he was inspecting on the Montavilla pipe he had noticed some cracked pipe which had been laid and covered. He said he called atten tion of Chief Inspector Smith to it. He said he thought the cracks were due to the weight of earth piled onto the sewer. Richard Walsh declared that he. as inspector in charge of the manufacture of the big pipes, had condemned a num ber of pipes .which had cracks and that later he had received instructions from Chief Sewer Inspector Smith to paint over the condemnation marks and per mit the pipe to be used. "To the best of my knowledge they were used," said Mr. Walsh. There must have been 40 or 50 of them that had cracks all the way through and were used on Eighty-second street." No Extra Pipe Manufactured. When asked how he knew that the pipe he condemned was not destroyed he declared that no extra pipe had been made for the sewer so that it must have been used. "Also," said Mr. Walsh, "I saw. pipe being laid that I had condemned. Some pipe was painted over at least three times and fine plaster was used in some places. I told Inspector Smith that the cracked pipe should not be used. "He ordered the condemnation marks and the cracks to be painted over and the pipe used. Inspector Page told mc to keep quiet or the people of Monta villa would organize a vigilance com mittee and we'd all be sent to the peni tentiary." Over-riding Not Attempted. "But," said Commissioner Bigelow, "if you saw condemned pipe being used why did you not complain. Do you think you could be sent to the peni tentiary for doing your duty?" "That would all depend on the trial I'd get," said Walsh. "I was taking orders from my superior. Chief In spector Smith, and T knew that if I I want you to try p TOOTH "Who am I? One who has learned thatPebeco saves teeth from 'Acid-Mouth" ic-fimviTtmntmmnnnnmnnnwinmmnnmmrinnmnmmmmnmnn mm mummmmmmmmmmmm WE JUST HAD TO BRING IT BACK mm mm mm Thousands Demanded EH 1M 7ft TD7 mm mm mm 0 KB IS mm mm ma am mm ma am mm mm BB mm mm EM Bl a mm mm ma mm ma "Altogether Adorable" N. "To 'Poor Little Peppina' Mary Pickford brings every ounce of that art for which she is famous" N. Y. Tribune. mm mm mm mm am mm mm na PICKF n TV Y. Sun. X - V- HARRY WATSON, JR., in THE TTv) mm mm ma MAIN 3452 Ha EH RHIRRHEHIHREiinRIIRHIHBBIBEHIIIDIIB GBBiilllBIIBHIlHiiliiHlUHIlHHHHIIII tried to over-ride him" thinsa would begin to happen to me." Attorney Tomlinson attempted to show that the condemnation of pipe by Walsh was not final, but that its condition was passed upon finally by Chief Inspector Smith. DAYTON STOCKMEN UNITE CO-OPERATIVE SHIPPINGS ASSOCIA TION IS ORGANIZED. Officers Are Elected and Plsns Made for Sending; Animals to Market In Portland and -Elsewhere. OREGON AGRICULTURAL. COL- L.E.GK. Corvallis, April 4. (Special.) lamhill County farmers are goin to try shipping their own surplu.- live- siock to marKet. They nave juso com pleted the organization of a Co-opera tive Livestock Shipping Association at webfoot Grange, near Dayton. The following officers were elected, accord ing to R. E. Reynolds, of the State Ag ricultural College, who was present at the organization meeting and assisted in the proceedings: Joe Kendrick. Dayton, president; 1 B. Shirley, McMinnville, vice-president; Lloyd Goodrich, Dayton: W. O. Bar nard, Dundee; Fred Withee, Dayton; George Dissmors, Amity: Will Lech- band, McMinnville, directors. A man ager will bo appointed to have general charge of shipping operations and sales. Asked just how the association will operate, Mr. Reynolds said: "When a member of the association is about ready to market any of his livestock, he will telephone the sales manager, giving the number and gen eral description of the lot. The man ager will make a record of this, and when orders enough to justify a ship ment have been booked he will notify the members to bring stock in for shipment. When the stock reaches the shipping point it will be marked for identification, and proper records made in the manager's books. The stock will then be taken to Portland, or other market, and disposed of direct to ac tual handlers. "The expense of shipment, includini commission of salesman, is to be ap portioned pro rata among all members participating in the shipment." DEFENSE MOVE INDORSED Chamber of Commerce Delegate to Navy League Instructed. "The great patriotic movement for general National preparedness' was PASTE i THE IDOL OF MILLIONS OKB1 IN HER LATEST OVERWHELMING SUCCESS POOR LITTLE MISS PICKFORD'S GREATEST TRIUMPH SINCE "TESS OF THE STORM COUNTRY" X THE CKFORDI f IT 7 SSSeSSSBSLISEiSSSaSSSSBSSS unanimously indorsed in resolutions adopted by the executive committee of the Portland Chamber of Commerce yesterday afternoon, and Henry C. Ca bell, delegate to the forthcoming con vention of the Navy League at Wash ington, D. C, was authorized to ex press those views, from the Chamber, at those meetings. Other action taken by the committee mii' ill GEO. W. HI3BARD Cen'l Pass'r Agent, Seattle IMl JK1KWU U UKflUi I 'VSv C NOTICE 750 feet of motion pictures showing the "Milwaukee's" all-steel transconti- nental train, "the Olympian," being swiftly pulled over the mountain grades by the world's mightiest locomotive will be shown as an added feature on the regular programme at the Columbia Theater April 6, 7 and 8. It is interesting and instructive and well worth seeing. iiiiiiiiiiHiiiiri)iiiaurtrTi!iiiiiiBBvgnRiBBHSBsssssHsn HMHHBlHHHHaBBliBHHMl o-w&V V. mm j ; i , .. .55iss . - ; -- Start ingr f : .'HvX-;i3l i loaay j j ' w . s mm kJ km PEPPINA ff l MISHAPS OF MUSTY SUFFER ALWAYS GOOD PICTURES WASHINGTON AT PARK yesterday carried indorsements for the Flathead reclamation project in Mon tana and for the clean-up and laint-up campaign to be conducted in Portland from May 1 to 15. Aslilniul Association Joins Forces. ASHLAND. Or.. April 4. (Special.) The local fruit and produce association has voted to affiliate with the Fruit ANNOUNCEMENT Xofye Ctvicag'o, MilwauKee fL St. Paul Railway announces that the All Steel Transcontinental trains "To fie Olympian" and "T5he Columbian" between Tacoma, Seattle, SpoKane, and Chicag'o are now operated elec trically between Deer Lodge and Three ForKs, Montana. The stretch of 115 miles now under electrical operation, is the first unit of the electrified district of this Railway, extending' from Avery, Idaho, to Harlowton, Montana, a distance of 440 miles, across the Great Conti nental Divide. IllustraLtect literature on request to any agent or representative o this company or connecting lines or from. K. M. CALKINS Traffic Manager Seattle mm ? "Pure Artistry" N. Y. Eve. Mail mm -mm mm, mu "In a class by itself the greatest of Marv Pickford's efforts." N. Y. Telegraph mm mm mm mm mm mm mm mm mm SI growers" Agency of the Northwest, in corporated, in accordance with the plan., outlined here recently by representa tives of the Department of Agriculture, ' who. at a public meeting, explained the" scope and purpose of the Government selling' agency. The action tien by the association was unanimous.- The nominal re for participation in the contracts of the Fruitgrowers Agency is $100. mm a a n m i" -rt", 411 lyft'4 n e: CI w mm J2 !'!il!imil!!!!l!t!r g llil I ! 2 I li IP- 2 I 5 j j i I l' ! ! ! i1 m i ' i i !; 5 l! ill i'M 3 i i i 'iliil : : -IMS h