Morning Oregonian., April 26, 1916, Image 1

VOL.. L.VI. NO. 17,294.
PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 1916.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
PRESIDENT VOTES
AND PLANTS TREE
BURTON HAS BIG
MARGIN IN OHIO
SHIPPERS OPPOSE
CHANGES IN RATES
EAST SIDE TO GET
CHILDREN'S PARADE
WALLA WALLA HOST
TO PORTLAND PARTY
lit 1 0 1
AS IF ON VOLCANO
TO ABATE
111 BERLIN
EXAJIPLE SKT, THOUGH TIIKHE
AKE XO CONTESTS.
FEW WHITE IX XAME OF ItOOSE
VELT AT rniMAIUES.
HOSE FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION
ADOPTS FIX A L PKOGUAMME.
IRELAND
SMOLDERS
PES5M5M
BE
J
Many Killed in Upris
ing in Dublin.
REBELLION'S SPREAD FEARED
Government Declares It Has
Grip on Situation.
SEIN FEIN IS IMPLICATED
Capture oT Sir PJogcr Casement and
Mnkin; of Ammunition Ship
IJelieved to Have Frustra
ted Widespread Plot.
LONDON', April 23. (Special.) With
12 persons killed and 13 wounded as
the result of an uprising: in Dublin
yesterday, all Ireland tonight is a
cmouldrring volcano.
Although the capital was almost
completely isolated by the cutting of
telegraph lines when the rebels seized
the postoffice. the government pro
fsses tonight to be in control of the
situation. The most sanguine, how
ever, will not predict what even the
next hour will bring forth.
Hirrell .lir( Ffw Details.
Augustine Birrell. chief secretary for
Ireland, who made the first announce
ment of the trouble in the House of
Commons today, could give few details
of the rioting. The government knew,
he said, that about a dozen soldiers
had been killed, that arrests had been
made, and that troops were on the way
from The Curragh to Emblin. It did
riot know the number of rioters killed,
or the parts of the city that were still
in their possession.
So far as known, the trouble started
at noon on Monday in the center of
I'ublin. A mob, composed mainly of
members of the Sinn Pcin Society,
seized Stephens Green, a large park
near the Royal University; the postof
fire on Sackville street and several
houses immediately adjoining.
Soldiers and t'itlieu Killed.
Troops, hastily summoned, and loyal
Tolunteers sought to expel the rebels.
-v ho meanwhile had cut all the com
munication lines. In the fighting that
ensued two policemen and two citizens
were killed, together with several sol
diers. It is the connection between the re
volt and the attempted landing: of Sir
Koger Casement with German arms
on the Irish coast yesterday that makes
the situation ominous tonight. It is
believed now that there is a vast con
spiracy afoot through all Ireland and
that the arrival of Sir Iloger had been
et as the signal for a general up
rising. Other I'ointa Declared Quiet.
The official statement tonight, how
ever, asserts that the Disturbances
were localized in Dublin. Keports. re
ceived from Cork, Limerick, Knnie.
Tralee and both ridings of Tipperary,
where the Sinn Keiners have been es
pecially strong, show that if any re
volts were planned they failed to ma
terialize. The prompt seizure of Casement and
the sinking of the German auxiliary
with her cargo of arms are believed
to have disorganized the plans of the
leaders.
The authorities, thus under headway.
ere prompt in taking hold of the sit
uation.
None of the Irish leaders here are
believed implicated in the plots. Both
Sir Edward Carson, who is one of the
strongest members of coalition gov
ernment, and John Redmond, the Na
tionalist chief, unite in condemning the
acts of rebellion.
.viany Welcome Rebellion.
1 he leoeilion is welcomed here in
many quarters as giving the Govern
ment a free hand in dealing drastically
with a situation that has been growing
increasingly difficult. It has been
known tor a long time that German
agents have been more or less openly
at work in Ireland spreading discon
tent among a small body who were
disappointed with the war and willing
to show their disapproval by force of
arms.
This movement has also been aided
from the United States, where agita
tors, among whom was Sir Roger Case
inent himself tn 1914, have utilized the
Home Rule opportunely to raise funds
for arms.
The arrest of Sir Roger Casement is
dealt with by the pall Mall-Gazette in
an editorial which is extremely slgnifi
cant at this moment, but which for ob
vious reasons cannot be dilated upon,
lirrnli Agencies Proved.
'Before Germany took the trouble to
send arms to Ireland." says the news
paper, "she must have been satisfied
of the existence of agents In that conn
try who were prepared to receive and
use them in her interests. That is to
say that there must have teen active
communication between Irish traitors
and their confederates In Berlin, de
spite all existing precautions of cen
sorship and supervision.
-When we find a force devoid of arms
undergoing military training in Ireland
and a cargo of arms from our enemies
seeking a landing place In that coun
try, it becomes highly desirable that
the connection, if any, between these
two striking phenomena should be
m-re fully explained."
The Sinn Kein, or "Kor Ourselves,
ItJuDouiied on i'atfe 0. loluuiu l.
Mr. Wilson, hy Inference, Votes for
Hiniseir In Speech He Warns
Against Warped Judgment.
FRI NCETON, N. J., April 25. Presi
dent Wilson came to his former home
here today for the double purpose of
voting In the New Jersey Presidential
primaries and planting a tree on the
route of the Lincoln Highway. With
-Mrs. Wilson he arrived here shortly
before 1 P. M.
Mr. Wilson, by inference, voted for
himself. There were no contests for
delegates to the Democratic National
Convention, and all candidates .were
pledged to vote for the President's nom
ination. Mr. Wilson came here to cast
his ballot, however, because he believed
every citizen should vote.
At the tree-planting exercises the
President spoke of the necessity of pre
venting one's judgment from being
warped by one's heart. He declared
that the Lincoln Highway would do
much to bring people in all parts of
the country together and in closer sym
pathy. He was introduced by Governor
Fielder, 'of New Jersey, who had Just
planted a tree In his honor. The Presi
dent said he would watch the tree grow.
The President planted a tree in honor
of Lincoln. He caused laughter by the
way he handled a spade.
HOOD RIVER JUNKET IS PLAN
Columbia River Highway to Bo
Heady for Autoists by May 1.
HOOD RIVER, Or., April 23. (Spe
cial.) According to present plans, the
Columbia, River Highway will be opened
for traflic between Portland and this
city by May 1. The plans, however,
according to County Judge Stanton,
may b9 upset by a continued rainfall
in the Cascade Locks district. The
roadbed there for numerous stretches
is made of soft earth, and motorists
will And it difficult to negotiate, in
case it is soaked with heavy rains.
Just as soon as the cn'.lre distance
can be traversed a battery of local
automobiles, loaded with business men
of the city, will go on a Junketing trip
to Portland.
NAVAL BASE SCORES POINT
Senate Calls Tor Data on Troops in
Oregon and Washington.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington. April 25. Senator Chamber
lain, at the suggestion of F. C. Harley.
of the Astoria naval base committee,
has secured adoption of a resolution
calling on the Secretary of War for
a statement showing the number of
troops station at the various coast
defenses and other Army posts in Ore
gon and Washington.
Mr. Harley Intends to use the official
data in support of his campaign for
better and stronger defenses at the
mouth of the Columbia River.
WELL PUMPED FOR LENSES
Audrey Woman Gets Back Glasses
Ixst in 2 4 Feet of Water.
BAKER. Or.. April 25. (Special.)
Mrs. Hershel Hanby. of near Audrey,
can read fine print again since her hus
band pumped the water out of the
ranch well and recovered her spec
tacles. While she was getting water
the glasses slipped off.
Mr. Hanby pumped out 24 feet of
water before tr.a) ottom of the well
was reached, afttr several hours' hard
work. Then he descended by ladder
and recovered the missing spectacles,
BITTEN CHILD IS TREATED
Victim of Kabid Dog Taken From
Twin Falls to Boise.
TWIN FALLS. Idaho. April 25.
(Special.) Mrs. Lee Wilson, of this
city, tonight took her three-year-old
daughter to Boise for special treat
ment for the bite of a dog supposed to
be rabid. The child was bitten on the
right hand on Wednesday of last week.
The animal was killed at once by the
police and its head sent to Boise for
examination. A telegram from the
State Board of Health today announced
that tne dog undoubtedly was rabid.
DUTCH EAT WAR BREAD
Order Issued Because of Scarcity of
Amerlcun Grain.
LONDON". April 25. War bread ap
peared on breakfast tables in Holland
for the first time this morning.
An Exchange Telegraph dispatch
from Amsterdam says that Dutch
bakers" have been ordered to sell war
bread on account of the difficulty of
procuring American wheat
. The scarcity is due to submarine
warfare and the recent loss of Dutch
ships.
MORE SPENT FOR WAGES
Increase of From 20 to 60 Per Cent
Made in Paj rolls.
WASHINGTON. April 25. Manufac
turing industries in the United States
are shown by figures published today
by the Department of Labor to be
spending generally from 20 to 60 per
cent more for wages than they were a
year ago.
Much of the increase Is accounted for
by the additional number of men em
ployed, but a considerable amount is
credited to higher wages.
Chancellor Desires to
Avoid Break.
HOLIDAY IS DELAYING CRISIS
Germans Wish to Know What
Answer Will Satisfy.
FRIENDSHIP IS SHOWN
Gerard and lirllimann-Ilollwc; Hold
Ixins; Conversation, Which Am
bassador Cables to AVashing
ton; May Aid Solution.
BERLIN, via London. April 23. The
American Ambassador, James W. Ger
ard, is to have another conference with
Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg tonight,
prior to the imperial Chancellor's de
parture for Great Headquarters.
At the Foreign Office, the corre
spondents were informed that the Chan
cellor was devoting the holidays to
conferences on the submarine issue
with the departments concerned. These
have not yet been concluded.
Chancellor' Pnrpose Plain.
The main purpose of the imperial
Chancellor's flying trip to Berlin a
journey which involves 20 hours' travel
in each direction has been, as is evi
dent from his protracted conference
with Ambassador Gerard on Monday.
the desire to obtain as clear an idea
as possible of the attitude and policy
of the American Government; what, if
anything, lies behind and beyond the
American note, and what measures are
necessary to satisfy the American de
mand, before the momentous decision
is taken by the Emperor and his ad
visers at headquarters.
The crisis has come to a head
in the midst of the Easter
holiday a season playing a highly im
portant role in German life, when
public men are widely scattered from
Berlin, and their views, which the Em
peror would naturally wish to ascertain
before reaching a decision, not quickly
assembled.
Reply Cannot Be Hushed.
Thus, the formulation of a reply to
the American note, which presumably
would spell peace or war, cannot be
rushed.
So far as Germany is concerned, there
is still a possibility of a settlement,
and hope has not been abandoned here.
But the Germans, as is apparent from
many conversations which the Associ
ated Press has had with prominent men
since the beginning of this crisis, wish
to know, before giving their answer.
what sort of answer would satisfy the
United States, whether assurances of a
properly-conducted submarine cam
paign would be adequate and whether
concessions now would be the prelude
to further demands later.
Break Is Not Desired.
It can be stated positively that Dr.
von Bethmann-Hollweg and his advis
ers realize fully the disadvantages of
a break with the United States and
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POOR OLD ROBINSON
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Henry Ford Cuts Negligible Figure.
Unpledged Delegates Begin to
Gain in Massachusetts.
COLUMBUS, O.. April 25. Both Re
publican and Democratic organization
candidates for delegates-at-large to the
National conventions were elected in
Ohio today at the state's fi v.iW'
dential preference primari " -
dlcations tonight were th.il the three
anti-state candidates for Republican
delegates had been defeated by a vote
of lees than one-half the highest can
didates. For the Presidential nominations. Re
publicans voted predominantly for
Theodore E. Burton, and Democrats for
President Wilson. Theodore Roosevelt
received only slight Indorsement of
voters who wrote his name on the bal
lot. Henry Ford also got a few votes
on both Democratic and Republican
ballots under the same circumstances.
The number of votes for either did not
appear significant.
BOSTON. Aprji 23. A close contest
for Republican delegates at large was
indicated in the early returns from to
day's primaries. The vote was light.
One hundred and fifty-three election
precincts out of 1140 in the state gave:
McCall. 420S; Lodge. 4115; Washburn,
3972; Crane, 3946; Weeks, 3999: Gard
ner. 3766; Bird. 3705; Cushing. 36S6.
McCall, Lodge, Weeks and Crane are
unpledged. The others have declared
for Roosevelt.
Later the unpledged group .showed
gains and when one-third of the vote
was in each of this group had a lead
of approximately 4000 votes over the
Roosevelt candidates.
The -unpledged group carried Boston,
McCall leading with 10.637 votes. Crane
receiving the smallest vote of this
group, 9934. Bird headed the Roosevelt
group with 7218, Washburn was lowest
with 6553.
FUNERAL CLOSES STORES
Friends Far and Wide Pay Tribute
to Mrs. P. M. Abbey.
NEWPORT. Or.. April 25. (Special.)
The business houses of Newport
closed their doors today from 10 A. M.
to 12 noon in respect to the ' memory
of Mrs. P. M Abbey, whose funeral
services were held during these hours.
The services were held in the Catho
lic church and were conducted by
Father Moore, of Salem, and Father L.
Forget, of Independence. Among the
most beautiful floral tributes was a
lily wreath from the Albany lodge of
Elks, of which both the sons are mem
bers. Otner offerings came from Brit
ish Columbia. Spokane, several from
Portland, Eugene, Corvallis, Phil
omath and many from local people.
A large number assembled at the
cemetery, where after the last rites of
the church were finished, a touching
tribute was paid by Mayor Bensell.
POLICE CHIEF WILL TEACH
Course in Criminology to Be Taught
at University of California.
BERKELEY, Cal.. April 25. Chief of
Police Vollmer, of this city, is to be
come a member of the University of
California faculty at the Summer ses
sion, it was learned today. He wilH
give lecture courses In criminology.
Chief Vollnier's patrolmen and de
tectives take courses In criminology.
CRUSOE, HIS WILL THERE ARE
East and West Join
Against Increase.
CHANTS CLOSE CASE
Intermountain Shipper Pleads
for Status Quo.
CANAL RATE FIGURED IN
Most of Witnesses Contend Condi
tions Are Temporary and That
Change. Based on Them at
Present Are Unwise.
WASHINGTON. April 25. Shippers
of transcontinental freight upset the
tentative programme today of the in
termountain rate hearing before the In
terstate Commerce Commissions with
the introduction of seven unexpected
witnesses and the promise that more
would follow tomorrow. All the wit
nesses sided with the railroads in op
posing changes in rates. The time de
voted to their testimony will cause a
curtailment of argument tomorrow, the
last day of the hearing, to two hours
on each side.
The complainants closed their cases
with the forenoon session. The rail
roads had announced they would pro
duce no witnesses and indications
were that the afternoon would be de
voted to argument, when the interven
ing parties produced their witnesses.
The first of these, N. L. Moon, repre
senting steel manufacturers in Eastern
Pennsylvania, asked that the rate of
65 -cents on steel from Pittsburg to the
coast be continued.
F?at and Went Oppose Change.
. E. I. Bates, general freight agent of
the Pennsylvania Railroad, upheld Mr.
Moon's views and indorsed his request.
E. Clemens Horst, of San Francisco, a
dealer in hops and barley, testified
that his business and that of growers
in California would suffer by a change
in eastbound rates. C. H. Kimmick, of
Charleston, S. C. asserted that a
change in rates on canned goods from
California by way of Galveston would
result in great diminution of move
ments to the Atlantic Coast, affecting
growers, railroads and dealers.
W. D. Timmes, of New York, and
Martin Van Persyn, of Chicago, repre
senting associations of wholesale gro
cers, testified that contracts had al
ready been made with growers and
dealers for a year ahead, that these
contracts had been based largely on
prevailing freight rates and that in
creases would cause great losses to all
concerned, especially the dealers.
Condition Held Temporary.
From the intermountain territory
R. L. Herron. traffic manager of the
Colorado Fuel & Iron Company, ap
peared on behalf of his company to op
pose changes. He said his company
had been enabled by the present rate to
obtain a large amount of business on
the Pacific Coast, all of which probably
(Concluded on Pace 4. Column 3.)
SOME TO DISPUTE.
Queen Will Be Crowned on Evening
of June G to Feature Open
ing of Floral Center.
The children's parade will be held
on the east side of the Willamette
River, according to the official pro
gramme for the 1916 Rose Festival,
adopted last night. When the question
of parades was first considered, the
tentative programme called for this fea
ture on the West Side.
With the June festival near at hand,
the hours for the various events have
been arranged and it was decided to
hold the children's parade on the East
Side. This has been made possible as
a result of the decision of the board to
crown the festival queen the evening
of June 6. The ruler of the fiesta will
ride crowned in the children's parade
the morning of June 7 and then proceed
to Multnomah Falls for the National
dedication of the Columbia River High
way at 3 P. M.
The floral, parade will be held the
afternoon of June 8 and the fraternal,
military and civic pageant the morning
of June 9, with the Ualtee Carnival pa
rade to close the tenth annual show.
The hour for opening the Festival Cen
ter will be 10 A. M.. June 7, S and 9.
with the center to remain open until
midnight each day The grand opening
of the floral feature on the park blocks
will take place the evening of June 6
at 6 o'clock, to be followed by the
crowning of the queen at 8 o'clock.
DR. RUBLE, INVENTOR, DEAD
Elevator or His Name Revolution
izes Placer Mining Industry.
EUGENE. Or., April 25. (Special.)
Dr. W. N. Ruble, aged 58 years, native
of Oregon, known among mining
men throughout the West as the in
ventor of the Ruble elevator, which
has played a prominent part in revo
lutionizing placer mining, died at Sal
mon, Idaho, this morning, according
to a telegram received here today.
Dr. Ruble, who was a naturopathic
physician, had been engaged in prac
tice in Eugene for years, although he
devoted a large portion of. his time to
mining activities. He left several days
ago for Salmon for the purpose of in
stalling an elevator in a mine.
Dr. Ruble had made his residence in
Marion and Lane counties all his life.
PATIENT STARTS BLAZE
Mattress Factory Fire at Insane
Hospital Is Extinguished.
SALEM. Or., April 25. (Special.)
Fire, started by Fred Copperholt. a pa
tient at the Oregon State Hospital, in
the mattress factory at the institution,
today, caused slight damage. Its timely
discovery by V. E. Domagolla, chief
carpenter, prevented the fire's spread.
Copperholt had built a fire on the
floor with shavings and was found
running around the empty room in an
aimless manner by Domagolla. when
the fire was rapidly gathering head
way. Use of chemical fire extinguish
ers blocked the flames' progress. Cop
perholt was placed in confinement.
7 0 Bombs Dropped in Recent Ha id.
LONDON. April 23. Seventy bombs
were dropped during last night's Zep
pelin raid. One man was injured. Four
or five Zeppelins, the official press
bureau says, took part in the raid. The
Zeppelins attacked the eastern counties.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 70
degrees; minimum. 51 degrees.
TODAY'S Wednesday fair, variable wind,
mostly northerly.
Mar.
French Rive tumultuous welcome to second
Russian contingent. Page 2.
Pessimism over submarine crisis abating tn
Berlin. Page 1.
German warships raid British coast. Page 4.
Irish rebels rise in Dublin; British report
says they are put down. Page 1.
National.
Wilson toasted by Associated Press. Page 3.
Congress flooded with telegrams urging
against break with Germany. Page 2.
President votes for himself and plants tree
for Lincoln. Page 1.
British contend no law has been violated in
interfering with neutral trade. Page 4
Change in freight rates opposed by shippers
in East and west. Page 1.
Domestic.
American women return from London be
cause dogs are frightened. Pago 4.
Uport.
Pacific Coast League results: Vernon 9,
Portland 1 ; Oakland H. Los Angeles li;
San Francisco i. Salt Lake -i. Page 14.
Rudolph pitches Braves to victory over
Giants. Page
Red Sox, by defeating Yanks, retain lead in
American League. Page 14.
Pacific 'orthwett.
Walla Walla opens its gates to Portland
trade excursion. Page 1.
Convict's tale of arson contract is attacked.
Page G.
Alaskan strikers start roughing it."
Page 2.
Commercial and Marine.
New high record price in local sugar market.
Page 10.
Sharp advance in all wheat options in Chi
cago pit. Page 19.
Upward tendency of stock prices continues.
Page ay. t
Sail Ramon, listed for Portland, turns back
to Balboa for better rates. Page Its.
Portland and Vicinity.
Stricture of Rev. George Darsie on shop
girls' outing arouses clubmen. Page 8.
Congregational pastors discuss church prob
lems. Page 8.
Rotary C lub members inspect Pacific Coast
Biscuit factory. Page 11.
Weather report, data and forecast. Page iy.
Dog pound is chosen. Page 7.
Jail sentences (riven in effort to check wave
of drunkenness. Page l,
C. W. Ackerson gets first ballot number.
x Page 7.
George R. Mokol sues State Veterinarian
Lytle for Jfir-n.Ofto damages for alleged
defamation of character. Page 18.
Billiard hall proprietors disagree on pro
posed regulative legislation. Pago IS.
Hearing in Graham-Spreckels case ends in
Federal court. Page 7.
East Side to sot children's parade of Rose
Fes ti va 1. Page 1 .
Statewide league plans new limit on tax
advances. Page 5.
Mid-Summer Sunshine
Surprises Visitors.
LUNCHEON SERVED ON LAWN
Wealth of District Apparent
From Motor Tour.
RIVER TO CARRY PRODUCE
In Kl'fort to Irav Yakima 'J'rAdc to
Oregon Metropolis Rnllrnud Cut
off and Higliway Kxtcn
simi Will Be I'ostered.
BY n. a. CALLVEHT.
"WALLA WALLA, Wash.. April 25.
(Special.) The Walla Walla and Yak
ima Valley excursion of the Portland
Chamber of Commerce is still entitled
to be classed as one of level-headevl
business men. The statement speaks
well of the poise and unassuming qual
ities of the Portland citizen, for each
one on this trip has already had much
provocation to deem himself anything
from society favorite to distinguished
potentate. Not one has yet lost his
head.
Walla Walla ha,s exerted itself to
make the day the excursionists spent
here a pleasant one. Likewise the
weather god has been more than gra
cious. The excursionists got out of
their cars this morning to find them
selves set down in what corresponds
to a mid-June day in Fortland. Auto
mobiles were waiting at the depot, and
after a short get-acquainted meeting
at the Commercial Club a tour was
made of the artesian well and wheat
growing districts of the valley.
Home rroilucta Served.
At noon a home-products lunch was
served at the City Park by the guild
of St. Paul's Church. Tables were set
on the lawn and the visitors feasted
on Walla Walla asparagus, cottage
cheese, home-cured , ham and other
things to correspond.
In the afternoon moving pictures of
Walla Walla's frontier days celebration
were exhibited; in the evening the
same organization that served tho
lunch ga e a dinner dance. There was
also a reception at the Commercial
Club. There the programme Included
vocal solos by Mrs. Paul L. Vosburgli
and Mrs. C. 15. Waters, addresses by
Paul H. Weyrauh, president of tho
Commercial Club, and by II. H. Turner.
Speak :rs for the Portland delegation
were C. C. Chapman, Taul Uehaas, J.
C. Knglish and C. L. Smith.
Festival Slogan Parodied.
Some Walla Walla jingler had com
posed a poem for the occasion and
everyone has a copy. It runs like this:
Kor us a rose in Portland crows,
So stays the I'ortlanri booster;
Ami we assume tile roses bloom
With fragrance as they used ter. .
e liave a few nice roses, too.
But they are late this Summer;
So we can Kive an onion.
Which for fragrance Is a hummer.
Neat as well as practical, I call it,
and a pleasant diversion from the
strain of the Baconian controversy.
What the onion crop of Walla Walla,
county may amount to in pounds, bush
els or dollars is not set out in the folder
reciting the resources of the county,
but on the automobile trip this morn
ing the guests saw many acres of rich
black loam which were pointed out as
onion land.
Cultivated Area SSO.OOO Acres.
In passing, it may be worth while
to remark that Walla Walla. County is
lucky enough to have 774,000 acres out
side the Inevitable forest reserve, of
which 530,000 acres are under cultiva
tion. It produces annually approxi
mately 5,000,000 bushels of wheat, hay,
grain, fruit and vegetable products to
the value of 6,2u0,000 -yearly; live
stock, dairy and poultry, $1,230,000
yearly, it is a community whose trade
friendship is worth while.
Tomorrow tho excursionists will land
in what is largely rival territory. The
Oregonian heretofore has pointed out
that the actual proximity of North.
Yakima to Portland is but little dif
ferent from its proximity to Puget
Sound. Yet tie city can be reached
from Portland only by a roundabout
railroad route, which causes freight
rates disadvantageous to Portland.
Cut-Off I Advocated,
Prom Goldendale, which is on a.
branch of the Spokane. Portland Ai
Seattle railway, it is a comparatively
short distance to the Yakima Valley.
Construction of an extension is entirely
feasible and promising of profits to
the builders. It would reduce the
length of rail route between Portland
and North Yakima about 120 miles.
The excursion party will enter the
Yakima Valley determined to impress
upon the section visited the advantage
of wider markets and will attempt to
obtain their co-operation in an effort
to get the railroad built. A committee
to foster the pian and continue efforts
along the same line after return to
Portland has been appointed. Tho men
named on the committee are lidgar B.
Piler. chairman:- John 1 Daly, J. C.
English,' It. S. Howard. Arthur O. Jones,
J. C. Luckel and A. M. Shannon.
Highway Alo Urged.
A committee is to be appointed also
to foster the building of the Yakima
and Columbia Valley highway. Th
would connect the road from Whito
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