THE MORNING OKEGONIAN, SATURDAY, JULY 22, 1016.
IN ADJUSTED TO
ARMY DISCIPLINE
EX-CONGRESSMAN ADDRESSING KANSAS SOCIETY PICNIC YESTERDAY AT HOLLADAY PARK.
LET your boy wear a
suit like this (t? jX
during vacation for Oc)
Nobby cheviots, cassimeres and fancy mixtui'es
made in full Norfolk style, with belt and extra
knickers. Serviceable, well made suits at a mod
erate price. See them here today.
Few Infractions Reported as
Oregon Regiment Rounds
Into Perfect Shape.
HOME LIFE IS REFLECTED
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It Is Easy to Segregate Those Who
Were Reared Under Curb Port
land Man Now Puying Pen-
alty In Good Spirit. v
BT WILL, G. MAC RAE.
CAMP BALBOA, near San Diego. July
1. (Special.) Uncle Sam's regular
fighting men have as hard time ad
justing themselves to this new system
of having the National Guard bundled
neck and crop into the regular service
as the militiamen themselves in realiz
ing they are on his payroll and sub
ject to strict army discipline. I take it
the distinguishing point between those
who yield readily to discipline and
those who are prone to resent it is
largely a matter of home training and
education.
It is easy to pick out tnose whose
home life has been one of uncurbed
restraint and those who have been
reared more or less with the curb.
"While I fancy there isn't a company in
camp here but has had the guard
house in perfect working order since
the troops left home, yet there has
been no serious infraction of the strict
rules laid down by the Army. Even
yet there are some of the more high
spirited ones you know the kind
who always carry a chip on the shoul
der and are looking for slight or in
sult. They are the kind that are run
ning foul of Army discipline, have to
shed the uniform of the soldier and
don the prison garb. blue overalls.
Rebellions Oregronlans Few.
Fortunately, in the Oregon command,
soldiers of this kind are few. So far
the commanding officers have been
careful. They have instructed their
non - commissioned officers to do the
same, but in one or two instances these
non-coms have lost their tempers.
These non-coms forget there are vari
ous kinds of human nature, and that
the American, especially one that was
a private citizen less than two months
ago, is hard to drive.
I know of one man and he is every
inch a soldier. Two months ago he
was prominent in business circles in
Portland. He made a mistake and is
now undergoing his punishment. It
was 30 days without camp leave. He
knew he was at fault. You don't hear
this man swearing vengeance on the
corporal of the guard and declaring
that "He does not have to bo a sol
dier and be treated like a dog.M Not
on your life! He is the happiest man
In camp and, by his cheerfulness, I
actually believe he has made the man
who reported him ashamed of himself.
I know he has won the respect of his
captain.
Yoonff Man Is Going? Home.
Just the opposite with another Port
land man. He is Just a "kid," one of
those unfortunate boys with a doting
mother wno nas spoiled him. He
knows no restraint, and every sharp
command is taken as a personal in
sult. Of course he has run into the
buzzsaw. You should hear him rail!
He is through with the service. His
mother has just written to him that
she had bought a new automobile and
wished he was home to exercise it. He
is going home. If he can't escape when
the new physical examination takes
place, he says his father is rich and
will buy him out of the Army. This
kind of talk is Just frothy froth.
What hurts most, perhaps, is the
leisurely way Uncle Sam's quartermas
ter's department is going about get
ting the troops ready for the field.
Of course things would move more
swiftly had the Nation been plunged
into real war. Yet it does take the
enthusiasm out of everybody. The
loudest howl comes from the other end
of the border. I met a traveling man
who had come up from the South
with a trainload of militia boys, and
who had been sworn in. He said only
little more than half had uniforms and
rifles and none had ammunition.
Two Companies Go Home.
Such a state of affairs came to
notice right here in California. Two
companies of militia had been sent out
on duty. In the swearing in of the
troops these two companies had been
overlooked entirely. After sticking on
the job for a certain length of time
tlve boys grew tired and quit. They
just simply pulled up stakes and went
home. If it were not for fear of run
ning afoul of the censor and being
barred in the future, I would like to
give the names of the two companies
ana where they were situated. Troon
ers that had already been sworn into
the regular service took their places. 30
no harm was done other than showing
up some one s xailure to be what the
business man calls efficient.
What the regular service man has to
learn, and learn quickly. Is that the
militiaman that was now is a regular
and entitled to the same consideration.
Here is a case in point: The other day
one of the camps was in need of black
smith's coal. A man was sent out to
get some. Did he get it? Not so that
you could notice by any horses that
were being shod! The requisition had
to be sent first to the quartermaster's
department at San Francisco. This
came near being the case with shoes
for some of the troopers. Luckily, the
troop naa an old nana at getting sud
plies. He got the shoes, but he had to
make a special trip to Fort Rosecrans
ana carry tnem back himself.
The Third Oregon at first had Its
own trouble getting supplies. They.
too. were lortunate in having a "get
ter" in Colonel Clenard McLaughlin.
Now the Third Oregon is getaing
things, as instance the mules and
wagons that came the other day.
DALLAS AIDING SOLDIERS
I deception by Women Xets Good Sum
for Luxuries on Border.
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DALLAS. Or.. July 21. (Special.) A
successful reception was held in the
Armory here last night by the Woman's
Relief Association to raise funds to
purchase necessities for 'the Dallas
company of the Third Oregon Infantry,
now on duty in Southern California.
Several hundred dollars have been sub
scribed for the boys at the front, and
wearing apparel, towels, handkerchiefs,
socks, soap, etc. have been forwarded.
Books, magazines, canned fruits and
vegetables are being collected, and
soon another large shipment will go
turwiro.
Financial assistance is being given
families of enlisted men also.
The Polk County Court at its meeting
In August will be asked to contribute
liberally toward the care of the fam
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VICTOR IH'RDOCK AND A SECTION OK HIS Al'OIEXCK.
JOIN GUARD ADVICE
Colonel Gantenbein Sends Let
ters to His Recruits.
THIRD TO BE FILED FIRST
All Who Desire Immediate Service
on Border Are Urged to Knlist
In Organized Militia Camp
Expects Increase Soon.
CAMP
Or.. July
WITHYCOMBE, Clackamas.
21. (Special.) An increase
in the number of recruits here is" ex
pected as a result of the letter of
Colonel C. U. Gantenbein, in which he
urges all company end platoon com
manders of his volunteer regiment to
enlist in the Third Oregon if they de
sire service immediately at the front.
Volunteer Infantry and cavalry will
not be accepted for duty until organ
ized militia forces have been utilized,
and it is quite likely, therefore, that
no volunteer troops will soe border
duty until after the ranks of the Ore
gon militia now on the border have
been filled.
Colonel Gantenbein has sent a copy
of the letter to Captain Williams, who
has sent other copies to various re
cruiting officers now touring: the state.
Colonel. Gantenbein, in his letter ad
dressed to company and platoon com
manders, says: "It has been and is our
policy to support the regiment now at
the front in every way. You are in
structed to urge any men enrolled with
you who desire active service immedi
ately, to enlist for the Third Oregon.
Please assist in the recruiting for that
regiment wherever you can. We are
working for the best interests of Ore
gon in our undertaking."
Of the men now enlisted at Camp
Withycombe, 64, or somewhat less than
half, are from Portland. Sixty-four
are from other points throughout the
state. It is noticeable that most of the
towns that are organizing volunteer
cavalry and infantry have not added
many recruits to the list at Camp
Withycombe, and it is believed the let
ter of Colonel Gantenbein urging men
desiring active service to enlist for the
Third Oregon will result in a stimulus
in recruiting from many places.
Captain Williams today asked the
Southern Pacific to continue the i5
cent round-trip fare between Portland
and Clackamas.
Tonight the recruits heard a lecture
by Dr. Allan J. Gilbert, of Portland, on
social hygiene.
AUMORY RECRUITING STATION
Other Towns In This District to Be
Visited From Here.
Recruiting for the National Guard,
now in charge of four parties recently
detailed for the work by order of the
War Department, will be carried on in
Portland and vicinity by Captain John
B. Hibbard and a squad of three men.
Headquarters will be kept open at the
Armory ana one member of the recruit
ing party will have a permanent sta
tion there, while other cities will be
visited by detachments of the souad.
Captain Hibbard expects by this plan
to cover all of the cities on the terri
tory allotted him and have time enough
remaining to carry on a vigorous cam
paign in Portland.
The itinerary to be covered bv the
recruiting officers in this district is
as follows: McMinnville, July 22 23:
Dallas, July 24. 25; Corvallis. July 26.
27; Detroit. July 28, 29; Silverton July
SO, 31.
GRANT LAIIDS WILL OPEN
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sary. in determining the classifica
tions." Some idea of the immensity of the
undertaking before Mr. Sharp and his
men may be gained from consideration
of the fact that the land must be clas
sified in 40-acre tracts. In 2,000.000
acres there are 50,003 40-acre tracts.
eacn or wnlcn must be classified by
itself. The map-making alone will be
a huge Job. -
der three headings power land, . tim
ber land and agricultural land.
The mere fact that about 1,000,000
acres will probably come under the
classification of agricultural land does
not imply that these 1.000,000 acres are
all tillable. As a matter of fact, there
are large tracts of arid land in the
grant which will be classified as agri
cultural because they are neither power
nor timber lands.
In accepting entries, the Government
will consider land to be "suitable for
settlement" if the quarter-section filed
on contains enough plow land to fur
nish a. living when cultivated by the
settler.
j Kjn me oilier nana, mucn ursi-ciass
tLgnvuuumi liiiiu win nui t;oiiie unuer
that classification at all, but under the
provisions of the land grant law of
June 9, 1916, will be classified as tim
ber land.
Fertile Land In Timber Class.
This law provides that any 40-acre
tract exclusive, of course, of power
land having less than 300.000 feet of
timber on it shall be classed as agri
cultural. A 40-acre tract having more
than 300,000 feet of timber on it will
be classified as timber land and will
not be open to entry. '
Much of the most fertile land In the
grant will thus fall under the timber
classification.
The timber on such land will be
disposed of eventually at public sale for
cash, under regulations to be promul
gated by the Interior Department, 'and
under some form of competitive bid
ding. After the timber has been cut
off, the land itself will be open to
homestead entry.
There is little cheer for land specu
lators In the regulations under which
the agricultural land in the grant will
be opened to entry as it is classified.
Terms Are Outlined.
In fact, the speculator will have no
comfort at all, for the requirements for
entry are such as to attract actual
settlers only.
The lands, in short, will be open to
homestead entry, with this difference,
that in addition to having to maintain
an actual residence on the tract filed
on, the entrant must also pay the Gov
ernment $2.50 an acre for the 160 acres
he is permitted to acquire.
Fifty cents an acre will be required
as a first payment when the entry ie
made. The balance of S2 an acre can
be paid at the time of final proving
up.
Proof may be made in three years,
and must be made in five years from
the date of entry.
Mr. Sharp explained yesterday that
under the law. prior exercise of a
homestead right will not be a bar to
the exercise of the right to take up
a homestead on the grant lands, pro
vided the applicant proves settlement
on his prior homestead.
Grant Contains Cine Timber.
The rights of persons who were
actually living on grant lands on De
cember 1, 1913, also are guarded.
Such settlers, who have improved and
devoted to agricultural uses some por
tion of their land, and who have also
maintained a residence, have the privi
lege of making entry on that land, pro
vided there is not to exceed 300,000
feet of timber per 40 acres of the 160
to be entered on.
If there is more than 300,000 feet of
timber per 40 acres on such claim, the
settler can take only the 40 acres
which he has improved.
Entries may be made on the agricul
tural lands as fast as they are classi
fied and opened for entry at the land
offices at Portland and at Roseburg.
The Oregon & California land grant,
according to Mr. Sharp, contains one
of the largest and finest bodies of tim
ber in the world. A conservative esti
mate of the amount of this timber is
50,000,000 feet, though it has been esti
mated at as high as 75.000.000 feet.
JURY EXONERATES SLAYER
Seattle Patrolman Did Duty, Is Ver
dict of Jury.
SEATTLE. Wash.. July 21 A Cor
oner's Jury, holding an inquest into the
death of William Bothwell. killed last
Monday during a liquor raid, rendered a
verdict saying that Bothwell came to
his death from a revolver in the hands
of W. W. Morris, a Seattle patrolman,
while the latter was engaged in the
performance of his duty.
According to the testimony. Bothwell
Interfered when three members of the
city prohibition enforcement squad
which raided the Ferguson Hotel bar,
produced a revolver, and seriously
wounded two of the patrolmen before
Victor Murdock Entertains Big
Crowd of Jayhawkers.
STORIES OF HOME MAKE HIT
Children's W ash Suits
Cool, crisp middy s and middy Nor
folks in all the popular wash fabrics,
. for warm, weather and for the beach.
$1.25 to $5
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t The Becond Kloor Elevator and Stairway.
BEN SELLING
Morrison Street at Fourth
door meeting under the whispering fir
trees. One of the speakers thought it
a perfect Kansas day. given to Oregon
for the occasion. As I looked to the
east and saw Mount Hood and then
to the west at Portland Heights I con
cluded it was such an afternoon as one
sees oftener in Oregon, or at least
when taken in connection with the sur
roundings. Mr. Murdock was In fine fettle,
fbrensically speaking. He was among
friends and had at least one political
backer in. the throng and he simply
reveled in reminiscence, political lore,
old and new world philosophy, satire
and prohibition, cutting out equal suf
frage entirely.
For about three-quarters of an hour
he kept his audience either on the
heights or in the depths. As a spinner
of Kansas stories he is a past-master.
Hia audience would gladly have lis
tened to him an hour or so longer, but
he had to catch a & o'clock train to
meet a Chautauqua engagement last
night at Castle Rock. Wash.
After his departure. Rev. Frank L.
Loveland was culled for and made a
fine talk, which greatly pleased the
audUnce. Then thOBe with lunch
baskets got busy and a real old Kan
sas visit was had. with the Eastern
Kansans to the east and the Western
Kansans to the west. We adjourned
after three hours of rare enjoyment
and with the expressed promise that
hereafter the Kansas Society of Port
land will meet oftener and that every
Kansan living hereabouts must be
brought into the membership fold.
Annual Gathering of Kansas Society
of Portland Brings Promise of
Sunflower-State Natives
3Ieet More Frequently.
to
BY ADDISON BENNETT.
Holladay Park was yesterday after
noon swarming with Kansans, the oc
casion being the annual picnic of the
Kansas Society of Portland and the
attraction Victor Murdock. he of the
auburn locks and Bull Moose proclivi
ties. It was withal an afternoon of
rare enjoyment for all who choose to
call themselves Kansas-Oregonians or
Oregonian-Kansans anyhow, the hy
phen is there regardless of whether
they were born in Kansas or simply
stopped over there long enough to be
come citizens before making Oregon
their home.
President Darneel called the assem
bly to order shortly after 3 o'clock
and then introduced J. N. Davis, of
Portland, as the first five-minute
orator. He was followed by K. O. S.
Harris, a resident of Wichita, Kan.,
who is making a short stop in Port
land on his way to the Philippines.
Then there was a violin solo by little
Miss Carolyn Whitney and then came
the real speech by the real, sure
enough speaker, Victor Murdock. the
gentleman who turned down the nomi
nation for President on the Bull Moose
ticket.
First, however, it should be said that
the day was simply perfect for an out-
TROOP A HAS VISITORS
AND MBS. GILTXER CONTRIB
UTE TO MESS KIND.
application for discharge. They are
troopers having families dependent on
them Privates Clyde Meach, Harrj
H. Monroe and Theodore K. Kaee.
Necessity may force probably half a
doxen more to quit the troop before
orders, come to move closer to the line.
Captain White, however, ddes not be
lieve he will lose more than, half a
dozen troopers all told.
One cauee for the general uneasiness
here la uncertainty as to what Is being
done at Portland by the employers of
those here in the ranks.
Private Van Jorgensen. of squad nine.
today received a large home-cooked
ham by parcel post. His tent mates
joined him in a feast. This is the first
luxury to reach the enlisted men. Some
of the officers have received home
made cakee by parcel post. Persons
sending packages for members of
Troop A should be careful so to ad
dress them. Troop A is now a sepa
rate command, and the camps are 12
miles apart.
Another visitor made welcome to the
camp today was Mike Golds-tetn. known
to every Elk from coast to coast as
"Goldie."
Kiglit Barely Kscape leath.
FORT WAYNE. Ind . July 11. Rob
ert Bengs. foreman, and seven work
men narrowly escaped death when the
entire front of the three stories of the
Carnaian building in the business dis
trict gave way and crashed to the
street. An entire new front was bcln;?
placed in the 'building and because of
lack of suprort it weakened and top
pled when a monster steel beam was
hinff boi?ted.
Onlr Three Men Have Applied for
DlBCharae an Total Number la
Expected to Be Small.
CAMP BALBOA. San Diego. July 21.
(Special.) Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Gilt'
ner. - of Portland, have the honor of
being the first home folks to visit
Troop A since they went into camp
here, and Troop A mess is richer by
tiO. Mr. and Mrs. Giltner are on their
way back to Portland after spending
several months on a combined pleasure
and business trip East.
Mr. and Mrs. Giltner were in the
South when that section was stricken
by devastating floods. They were
within 30 miles of Mobile. Ala., when
the flood reached its highest point,
and but for Ml Giltner's insistence that
the conductor of the train turn back,
the train, in all probability, would have
been swept away.
The Portland visitors were invited
to noonday mess with Captain White.
Mr. Giltner expressed regret, saying
that he was leaving for home at 3
o'clock.
Only three men so far have made
SATURDAY
AND
SUNDAY
ROUND TRIP FARES
TILLAMOOK BEACH RESORTS
are the nearest to Portland. Two daily trains, 7:45
A. M. and 1:40 P. M. Observation car on afternoon
seashore special. Slightly higher fare to Bayocean,
Manzanita, Classic Ridge and Neah-Kah-Nie.
NEWPORT
Through tourist sleeper Friday night on train No.
15. Bathing, fishing, gathering agates, hiking, pic
nic parties, dancing and many other diversions.
$f).2i season round-trip fare.
AROUND THE LOOP $1.60
Portland to McMinnville and return. Going via Hillsboro and
Forest Grove and returning via Newberg and Oswego.
OSWEGO LAKE 35
An ideal place for a picnic. Boats to rent. Bathing is nice in
the lake. Take big Red Steel Cars on Fourth.
$4
Buy tickets and secure information at our City Ticket Office, cor
ner Sixth and Oak Sts., Fourth and Yamhill Sts, or East Morrison-
St. Station.
John M. Scott General Passenger Agent.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC LINES
Coos Bay Railroad Celebration
Marshfield and North Bend, August 24th, 25th and 26th.
Low Round-Trip Fares .
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Many low priced cars have no electric starter; no electric lights, no
speedometer, no extra rim in short, are lacking many very
"essential things. But the $635 Overland has everything.
It is completely equipped. There is nothing extra to buy.
That is one of the many reasons why this is the world's
lowest priced automobile.
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Morris shot him down.