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THE MORXIXG OREGONIAN, "WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2, 191C.
ESTATE
borne an- air of great prosperity. And
the splendid farming stock and lumber
collected from the irreducible school
LEADERS OF ALLIES
fund during the past year, wan made
country through which we have passed
today by State Treasurer Kay una the
money forwarded to the various County
justifies the appearance of wealth that
$800,000
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BUILDING
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$g250
IN FIFTEEN MONTHS
For. the privilege of hav
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the towns all wear."
Treasurers of the state. The amount
apportioned this year is $9417.96 more
HAS MANY HEIRS
The party went from here to Seattle
over the Northern Pacific. From there
PLAN IS LAUNCHED
GIVE MEN CREDIT
than that distributed in August. 1915.
it will proceed, to Vancouver. B. C, and
Census returns, upon which the ap
thence to Banff, Lake Louis and the
portionment of the school fund
Canadian Rockies. Before coming to
Portland the train made stops at Tel'
lowstone Park; the Yosemite Valley, Los
based, show that Oregon has 208.74 8
children of school age thiB year. 2996
more than last year. The apportion
ment this year is $1.77 per capita, an
Angeles and San Francisco.
Those composing the party were:
Late E. P. M'Cornack Remem
bers Members of Family
' -c in Willing Riches.
Many Interests Combine to
increase of 2 cents per capita over that
Poincare and Generals Haig
Colonel and Mrs. W. A. Kent. Kent. O.
of 1915.
The amounts sent to the counties fol
low: Baker. $11,189.94: Benton.
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Bralnard, Miss Gene
vieve Brainard, Miss Anna Wackins, Mrs.
G. Schneider, Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Thomp
Complete Highway and
Construct Loop.
and Joffre Predict Ul
timate Victory.
$7373.82: Clackamas. $20,493.06; Clat
son, Mrs. A. L. Ganson, Mrs. John Thomp
son, w. E. Telling, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore
sop, $9457.11; Columbia, $6665.82; Coos.
$12,016.53; Crook, $5177.25; Curry,
Schmitt, Mrs. W. W. Brown, Mrs. Rose Sei.
bert. Mr. and Mrs. Fred L Gegline, Cleve
$1488.80; Douglas. $11,810.29; liiinam.
land: Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Beecher, Mr4 and
$2086.83; Grant. $3738.24: Harney,
$2674.47: Hood River. $3623.19: Jack
Mrs. Charles Deibel. Mr. and Mrs. 5. P.
Wilson. Youngstowa; Mr. and Mrs. N. W.
NEPHEWS, NIECES LIKED
Senhauser. Mr. and Mrs. S. 6. Urfer, New
WORK MAY START IN FALL
son, $11,804.13: Jefferson, $1816.02;
Josephine. $5175.48; Klamath, $4954.23;
2 YEARS' WORK REVIEWED
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Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Cali
fornia and Illinois Relatives to
Share in Vast Holdings Sev-
eral Fortlanders Named.
BA1EM, Or., Aug. I. (Special.)-
Eugene P. McCornack, of Salem, who
died here suddenly last Friday, left an
estate valued at $800,000, according to
the will which was admitted to probate
here today. Percy M. Collier is namea
as executor of the estate and E. M.
Lafore. Dr. W. H. Byrd and H. B. Thiel
ten, of this city, are appointed ap
praisers. The estate consists of real and per
sonal property in Marion, Clackamas,
Klamath and Gilliam counties. A large
part of the real property is said to be
timber land in Klamath County.
The will bequeaths $10,000 each to
Herbert F. McCornack, Eugene, a
brother, and Mrs. Helen I. Stevenson,
Kugene; Mrs. Janet M. Collier, Eugene;
Mrs. Agnes Geary, Portland, and Miss
iMary McCornack, Eugene, sisters. To
B, J. K. McCornack, of Spokane, a
brother, is left $10,000 in trust. The
Interest is to be used for the main
tenance of a sister, Mrs. Leathe M.
Wells, of Salem, and to revert to Mr.
MoCornack at the death of Mrs. Wells.
The sum of $2500 is bequeathed to
leach of the following nephews: Roy
and Alexander McCornack. of Alameda,
Cal.; William McCornack, Wallace.
joan o ; iiaroia wens, f,.uviot.. .
Frank Wells, Eugene, and . Herbert I
Wells. Florence, Or. One thousand dol- I
lars each and a life estate in valuame
rJalem property is bequeathed to Adel
bert Moody, Chicago; Drusilla Moody
West, Portland; Zenas Moody, Eugene,
and Edith Moody. Ashland, nephews
and nieces of Mr. McComack's wife, de
ceased. The remainder of the estate,
valued at approximately $700,000. will
be divided equally between 28 nephews
and nieces of Mr. McCornack, giving
them $25,000 each.
According to G. G. Bingham. Salem
attorney, representing the McCornack
interests in the settlement of the es
tate, the nephews and nieces probably
will form a company for handling the
property left to them by the terms of
the will. The property includes the
large Wacos ranch in Klamath County,
now being placed under irrigation.
When the improvements are completed
this ranch, it is said, will be worth
$500,000.
The heirs receiving $25,000 each are:
Eugene R. McCornack, Florence. Or.;
Kenneth H. McCornack, Gooding, Idaho;
Walter W. McCornack, Eugene; Emily
McCornack Halliday. Portland; Condon
C. McCornack, El Paso, Tex.; Elwin A.
McCornack. Eugene; Ruth S. Addison.
Klamath Falls: Donald M. Stevenson,
Westport, Or.; Agnes M. Stevenson, San
Francisco; George E. Stevenson. Klam
ath Falls; Ethan A. Collier, Tillamook
Percy M. Collier. Eugene; Andrew M.
Collier. Klamath Falls; Alfred D..
Charles and Dorothy Collier, of Eu
gene; Everett Geary. Wallace, Idaho;
Arthur M. Geary. Portland; Edward
Geary, Medford; Roland Geary. Port
land: Eugene. Mary E.. Agnes and
Frank McCornack. of Klamath Falls,
and Robert and Helen McCornack, of
Spokane.
PORTLAND BOY KILLED IX
ST. HELENS EXPLOSIOX.
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Joseph Keelan.
Joseph Keelan, the 19-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Keelan. 241 Cook street. Port
land, was killed in the explosion
in a tunnel at the rock quarry
eight miles from St. Helena
Monday. Mr. Keelan was trapped
with five others. J. W. Akin,
quarry superintendent, who was
some distance from the scene at
the time, was thrown to the
ground and his clothes torn. Mr.
Keelan had been employed the
morning of the explosion.
Philadelphia; Mr. and Mrs. Moore, Mr. and
Mrs. Caslow, Walter English and son, Co
lumbus; Mrs. Marion Bunnell. Akron;
Charles G. Wilson. Toledo: Mrs. W. A.
Bartshe, Kent; Mrs. C. A. Crane, Harold
Crane. Mrs. E. M. Carleton. Mr. and Mrs.
D. Jay Collver. Miss Florence Strauss. M
State Highway Commission. Agrees
to Spend Large Sum in. Hood
River County on Scenic Road.
Government Will Give Aid-
HOOD RIVER. Or., Aug. 1. (Spe
cial.) Plans, characterized by C. N.
Ravlin, Hood River representative at
the conference, as being the eclipse of
any former good roads movement in
the state of Oregon, whereby the Ore
gon State Highway Commission, the
United States Forestry Department and
the United States War Department will
undertake the construction of roads on
an immense scale, were revealed at a
meeting of the Highway Commission in
Salem yesterday.
As a result of action taken at the
Salem meeting, construction work on
the completion of the Columbia River
Highway unit between this city and
the Multnomah County line and on the
the section of the Loop Highway be
tween Homer A. Rogers' Mount Hood
Lodge and the old Barlow road. Involv
ing the probable expenditure of $381.
e00. may be under way by September 1.
X or constructiton of roads outside
of forest reserves, Oregon's share from
a Federal fund recently apportioned,
the sum of $78,000 is available, pro
vided the state appropriates an equal
amount. At the meetinsr vesterdav. the
State Highway Commission agreed to
spend tms money on the Columbia
River Highway, that is as much of it as
can be matched by state appropriation.
me sum or 142.000 Is now available.
And. it is thought that the Yull amount
can be raised from other sources. It
means that in all probably $156,000 will
be had for completion of the Columbia
River Highway in Hood River County.
Portland Campaign Prrilatrst.
The events transpiring yesterday
came as a climax of efforts on the part
of the Portland Chamber of Commerce
and representatives of the United
fetates Forestry Department during the
past year. Last Autumn the proposed
loop highway, to be made possible by
the opening of the road up the east
FAMOUS EVANGELIST WILL
SPEAK TO AD CLl'B TODAY.
"Billy" Sunday.
1 A record-breaking attendance
is expected at today's luncheon
meeting of the Portland Ad Club
in the crystal dining-room of the
Hotel Benson, where "Billy' Sun
day, famous as ballplayer, evan
gelist and Hood River orchard
ist, will deliver the speech of the
day.
The meeting is to be conducted
under the chairmanship of Will
iam McMurray, general passen
ger agent of the O.-W. R. & N.
Company. The topic of Mr. Sun-
but it is believed prob- I I wi
President of France Blames Ger
many for War and Vrges Soldiers
to Keep In Mind National
Character of Conflict.
PARIS. Aug. 1. The Bulletin Des
Armees, the official Journal of the sol
dlers of the French army, will make
public tomorrow copies 'of letters writ
ten by President Poincare, David Lloyd
George, British Secretary of War. and
General Sir Douglas Haig. commander
of the British troops in France, to
gether with an order of the day Issued
by General Joffre to the French army
on the occasion of the second annlver
sary of the outbreak of the war. The
order of General Joffre follows:
"Soldiers of the Republic: Your third
year of fight has begun. For two
years past you have been supporting
witn uniaiung strength the weiaht o
an Implacable conflict. You have
caused all the plans of our enemies
to fail. You vanquished them on the
Marne; you checked them on the Yser.
and you beat them in the Artols and In
the Champagne at a time when they
were vainly seeking victory on the
plains of Russia. Then your victor!
ous resistance during the battle of
five month's duration broke the Ger
man effort in front of Verdun.
nounced.
able that he will touch upon the
prohibition question, a matter
near his heart. Many of the Ad
Club members have reserved
plates for their friends. The
luncheon is to be held at 12:15.
E. Strauss. Mr. and Mrs. Charles K. Ftorns-
worth. Miss Gladys Elolse Faraaworth, Mrs. fork of Hood River junrt pTlnriino- tn
McMyler, Miss H. Oeltrude McMyler. the old Barlow rnaxl thii. r,n.,ln
P. J. McMyler, Miss H.
Miss Anna Hoteck and
Schneider, Cleveland,
Mrs. George A.
STEAMER DEFIES RIVAL
CHALLENGE FOR RACES FOR. BET OF
aiooo ISSUED.
Captain and Crew of Kitsap II, of Pu
get Sound, Want Third Contest
With II. B. Kennedy.
GRAND JURY IS GALLED
ALLEGED DYNAMITING AT GRANTS
PASS TO BE PROBED.
SEATTLE. Wash., Aug. 1. (Special.)
Rivalry between the Sound steamers
Kitsap II and H. B. Kennedy was em
phasized here today when the officers
and crew of the former challened the
officers and men of the latter to a
race, Seattle to Tacoma and return, ap
proximately 60 miles, and offered to
deposit with a Seattle newspaper $1000
as a side stake.
The two vessels have already had two
brushes, each taking one. Each crew
has a complete alibi for the defeat, and
no one on either vessel has the least
idea that the rival has a chance in
deciding race under equal conditions for
each.
The challenge is signed by Captain
A. Hostmark, master, and O. L. Han
sen, chief engineer, of the Kitsap IL
the Columbia River Highway with the
route leading out from Portland to the
south side of Mount Hood, received its
first material stimulus, when a party
of Chamber of Commerce representa
tives, .forestry officials and local eood
roaas men. made a tour of investiga
tion on muleback and horseback. Since
mat time, as was evidenced vesterdav.
the Chamber of Commerce and the For
estry Department have been carrying
on a silent but ceaseless camnaitrn
looking to the ultimate construction of
tne roaas.
Surveys Are Completed.
'The members of the Forestrv Serv
ice in tne past years time have com
pleted surveys, made investigations
ana prepared arguments in anticipa
tion of yesterday s meeting," said Mr.
rtaviin. in iact, all necessary steps
had been taken and a brief of their
plans was already en route to Wash-
The plans of the proposed Loon road.
of which the Columbia River High
way will rorni the north boundary. It
is saia, win lane precedence over all
others for improvement of forestry
roads. The map. as sent to Washing
ton, is marked project No. 1. The Loop
Highway is divided into the following
Lake, $2709.87: Lane. $20,746.17: Lin
coln. $3902.85; Linn. $14,384.79: Mal
heur, $5784.36; Marion. $23,732.16: Mor
row. $2672.70; Multnomah. $94,234.80;
Polk, $9425.25: Sherman. $1906.29; Tilla.
mook. $4115.25; Umatilla, $12,451.95;
Union. $9439.41; Wallowa. $5872.86
Wasco. $7490.64: Washington, $14,744.10;
Wheeler, $1970.01; Yamhill, $12,349.29.
GREEK LOSES SAVINGS
AFFABLE STRANGERS WORK OLD
SWINDLES AT SALEM.
In Hopes of Large GalnM. Bootblaclc
Deposits Own Money in Box.
When It Disappears.
SALEM. Or.. Aug. 1 Gus Demas,
Greek bootblack employed in & local
barber shop, was swindled out of $950
yesterday by two of his countrymen,
who worked an old confidence game to
secure the lad's savings, and then dis
Individual Landholders Provide Fund
to Buy Belting So Water May
, Be Available.
GRANTS PASS, Or.. Aug. 1. (Spe
cial.) So great Is the mystery surT
rounding the alleged dynamiting of
the dam of the Rogue River Public
units: Fortland to Multnomah County appeared. They left no trace. The
ime, iv mues; .Multnomah County line
10 nuoo rtiver. a miles; Hood River to
Mount Mood Lodge, 25 miles: Mount
Hood Lodge to intersection of Barlow
road. 26 miles; thence to Government
Camp. 10 miles; Government Camp to
President H. B. Kennedy of the Multnomah County line. 25 miles, and
Navy-yard route, is not satisfied with
the terms suggested by the Kitsap peo
pie. He wants to race 100 miles
straight-away, on the Bellingham
route. He also wants till October to
put his boat in trim for the trial. With
these conditions granted, he says he
would rather wager $5000 than $1000.
The rivalry between the crews Is so
tnence to Portland, 20 miles. The total
uitLajce will reach 172 miles.
Work May Start in Fall.
The application of the State High
way Commission, signed by Governor
swindle was reported to the police to
day.
According to Demas, one of the men
obtained his confidence, and while
walking down the street yesterday
noon they "accidentally met another
Greek, who was apparently in tears.
Questioned, the sorrowful one said his
father died, leaving him $12,000 which
he was instructed to give to a Greek,
whose father he had . wronged years
ago. The man said the person he was
Wi h,n,h. hunting for worked in a Salem barber
Aitorney-tieneral Brown, was mailed I Z'. r' r 7 . ; ,
to Washington today. The opinion is K,nl. hLm' f"1" rJlend exp7;8"d
Victory la Predicted.
inanKi to your stubborn courage
the armies of our allies have been en
abled to manufacture arms, the weight
of which our enemies today are ex
periencing over their entire front.
The moment is approaching when.
under the strength of our mutual ad
vance, the military power of Germany
11 crumble.
Soldiers of France, you may be
proud of the work you already have
accomplished! You have determined to
see it through to the end! Victory is
certain! "JOFFRE.
President Poincare writes:
"For the second time, my friends, we
have to commemorate together a soul
stirring anniversary. Two years ago
we lived hours that are not to be for
gotten. Since then two sections of
mankind have been grappling with one
another, and are fighting amid streams
of blood. The nations who have let
loose that stupenduous catastrophe
have not completely expiated their act.
But justice Is on its way."
Blame Pit on Germany.
The President recalled the events
which preceded the declaration of war.
He related how the German troops en
tered French territory, and continued:
'Two years have passed, but amid
the fatigue and perils these recollec
tions, my friends, have remained vivid
in your souls. Do not let them become
obliterated because it is they that
give, to this war its clear significance
and bring to light the beauty of your
task.
"Instinctively, mutilated France.
which during 44 years had imposed
silence on her sorrow, understood in
1911 that the foe who was attacking
her, blinded by pride and fanaticized
by hatred, had no grievance to plead,
no right to defend, no menace' to ward
off. It is in vain that today the ag
gressors ate attempting to falsify history.
"They were at first less knavish and
more cynical when they flattered them
selves in seeing in the. treaties granted
by them nothing but common scraps of
paper. With insolent frankness they
accepted the responsibility of their
crime.
"The French people were not de
ceived. The nation was conscious that
theirs was a case of legitimate defense;
it realized spontaneously that sacred
union which Is the main condition of
victory and which found in the memor
able sitting of the Parliament on the
4th of August. 1914, an imposing con
secration.
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Other Stores San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose, Sacramento, Los
Angeles, San Diego and other Coast cities. '
COM HI HE IS CHARGED
PaperManufacturers Accused
by Publishers.
PRICE RISE IS ALARMING
Service Corporation across Rogue Kiv- fMtr is nrHillv ;. 7 Forestrv offiril .hi, v! second stranger produced a large roll
d -o u . t- t n - t.-:. I o i . . T of bank notes, which he said amounted
er three miles east or mis city an
fo aroused have the residents of this
locality become that Judge Calkins
was requested last Saturday to call
the Josephine County grand Jury to
gether for the special purpose of mak
ing a thorough probe into the matter.
The request was granted and the grand
jury convened at 10 o'clock this morn
ing, made an inspection cf the dam
and began taking testimony.
The theory that the machinery op
erating the pumps might have gained
momentum faster than the night
watchman thought and that the giant
pulley threw itself to pieces with
enough force to splinter the heavy
timbers and rip the big belt to pieces
has been advanced by persons in sym
pathy with the workmen who had
claims against the Rogue River Public
Service Corporation, but this is re
garded as highly improbable in view
of the enormous impact of the ex
plosion. Individual ' landholders have con
tributed funds for the purchase of
after the American duty on Canadian
paper was removed. No new mills had
been built In the past year, he said, as
it waa impossible to make a fair return
on capital.
Hearing Is Held by Federal Trade
Commission Makers Say Con
ditions Are. Due lo Sudden.
Unexpected Demand.
MOOSE INDORSE PARKER
Louisiana Progressives Vail to Rat
ify Support of Hughes.
NEW ORLEANS. Aug. 1. The Lou
isiana State Progressive convention
held here today indorsed the nomina
tion of John M. Parker, of this state,
for Vice-President, but failed to ratify
the National committee's indorsement
of Charles E. Hughes. Republican nomi
nee for President.
Instead, the convention adopted a
resolution directing that Mr. Parker's
name be placed on the ballot under the
Progressive emblem, as candidate for
Vice-President, but that the space re
served for the name of the Presidential
candidate be left blank.
The resolution also reaffirmed alle
giance to the Progressive National
platform, and pledged the Louisiana
Progressives permanently to maintain
LOST LAKE IS ACCESSIBLE
President v . L. Uazzam, of the Kit- approved and returned here within
sap County Transportation Company. I three weeks. It is proposed to adver-
says the company itself will have noth- Use. in the meantime, for bids on the
ing to do with the race aside from lend- I work, and be prepared to let the con
ing the vessel to the captain and crew I tracts by the time of the receipt of the
ior tne occasion, at is understood oy amy approved application for tha Fed-
Dotn parties tnat mere are to be no I eral rund.
passengers when the speed test is made.
ROAD TO COAST URGED
CITY WANTS HIGH WAV BETWEEN
FLORENCE AND INTERIOR.
State Commission la Told of Value
of Route Into 3few Country
Avraitinar Outlet.
EUGENE. Or, Aug. 1. (Special.) The
use of state and federal funds for th.
new pulley and belt, and it is expected construction of a highway from Flor
ence, on the coast of Lane County, to
water will be in the ditches for the
salvation of the beet crop not later
than Friday.
OHIO BANKERS ON TOUR
PARTY OF 60 LOl'D IV PfcAISES OF
PORTLAND.
Wonders of West Admired and Visitors
on AVay to Canada Are on
Homeward Journey.
Touring the Pacific Korthwest. a
party of 60 Ohio bankers and the wives
of a number of them, under the guid
ance of D. Jay Collver. general rassen
per agent of the New York Central
lines at Cleveland, arrived in the city
yesterday.' So infatuated with the
tcenery and climate of Portland and
the country contiguous to it. and the
hospitality of the people here, were
those composing the delegation of vis
itors that they were loath to leave when
their special train was scheduled to
start for the North at 11:30 o'clock-last
right.
"The members of the party have been
marveling at the great things to be
seen in the West ever since the train
crossed the Rockies." said Mr. Collver.
"They were especially impressed with
Portland and the country adjacent fb it.
This is one of the most beautiful cities
that we have visited since the tour was
commenced, and it is 'by far the most
substantial-appearing community that
we have visitea, aitnougn ail or the
Klamath Falls by way of the old mili
tary road over the Willamette Pass was
urged before the State Highway Com
mission at a meeting in Salem yester
day by Lane County citizens.
The members of the delegation going
to Salem from Kugene were H. W.
Harlow. Ray Goodrich. C. W. Griffin.
E. J. Adams and Frank Jenkins.
The members of the Eugene delega
tion contended that the Florence to
Klamath Falls road is entitled to first
consideration in spending funds re-
ceived by the state under the terms
of the Shackelford bill as passed by
Congress. Oregon s share of the Fed
eral appropriation announced is S7S.000.
which must be spent dollar for dollar
with funds to be provided by the
state.
The Florence to Klamath Falls road
it is said will open up a new conn
try and will mean actual development.
It is being urged as a commercial
project and-ot as a scenic highway. It
is argued that it will extend through
a section of Oregon which is to be de
prived of large amounts of revenue by
the reversion of the Oregon and Call
fornia lands to the Government and
that it traverses an area in which the
Federal Government retains the owner
ship of niorf land than in any other
section of the state.
The Oregon National Forests, accord.
Ing to Mr. Ravlin. have available the
sum of $225,000 to be expended on
roads within National Forests. This
tun amount win be used on the Loop
Highway. The Forestry Service will
taKe immediate charge and start op
erations near Mount Hood lodge.
CASEMENT PLEA IS TO GO
President to Send Senate Resolu
tion to London.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 1. White House
officials said today that the resolutio
passed Dy tne senate last week re
questing i-resiaent Wilson to urge
Great Britain to extend clemency to
Irish political offenders would be ca
bled Immediately through the State De
partment for presentation to the Brit
ish Foreign Office.
Through legislative formalities, the
resolution did not reach the President
until today. Michael Francis Doyle, of
Philadelphia, counsel for Sir Roger
Casement, called at the White House
during the day to urge that every
thing possible be done for the convicted
man. sentenced to die next week.
to 12.000.
"Oh, I have that much more, non
chalantly replied the first stranger.
"Just let me go to the bank and I'll
show you."
The three walked to the bank and
while Dcmag and the second stranger
waited outside, the other entered the
bank, and returned with a roll of bank
notes.
The three then walked out on High
street, where the second stranger said
he would give Demas the $12,000, as he
was convinced he was the one to whom
the money should go. As a guarantee
of "good faith," however, Demas was
urged to put up some of his own money
He returned to town and drew out 1950
all his savings, from the United States
National Bank. Demas was persuaded
to place his money in a box which the
men produced along with the supposed
$24,000 of his companions.
'As I did so. one of the men drew
out his handkerchief." Demas told the
police. "It waa saturated with some
drug and I became dazed for a moment.
Later they gave me the box in which
1 supposed the money was and told me
to go to my room and wait for them.
1 did so and fell asleep. 1 awoke late
last night, opened the box and found
only paper."
GRANT CROPS IN DANGER
Grasshoppers and Ooplicrs Menace
Hay, Grain and Gardens.
FLORENCE MILL TO START
BAKER, Or. Aug. 1. (Special.)
Grasshoppers and gophers are causing
serious damage to hay. grain and
Porter Bros. Plant. Idle Two Veara. I gardens in Grant County. In the Long
srassnoppers nave
to Cat 16,000.000 Feet.
EUGENE, Or.. Aug. 1. (Special.)
According to- word reaching Eugene
from Florence, the Porter Brothers'
sawmill will soon begin cutting 16,
000.000 feet of lumber. It is said that
there are 10.000.000 feet of logs in the
Creek- district the
invaded hay fields. W. H. Hiatt re
ports that his timothy is becoming
seriously damaged and he fears that
they will attack his grain fields. They
are known to have caused considerable
loss to other fields.
The ranchers are preparing to fight
the pest which, it is feared, may be
come general. Gophers have been in
it r , L . vading gardens In that district and the
places at which we have stopped have I Oregon.
Idaho Power Company Gets Permit.
SALEM. Or.. Aug. 1. (Special.) A
permit was issued today to the Idaho
Power Company, a 17,000.000 corpo
ration organized under the laws of
Mair..--, to transact business in Oregon
by Corporation Commissioner Schulder
man. The company was organized in
May. 1915. John A. Laing. of Portland.
tne company's representative in
mated that the operations will consume
six months and that 100 men will be
employed.
The Porter Brothers' mill has not
been in operation for more than two
years.
loss is very heavy, although it is not
thought it will be as general through
out the county as that caused by the
grasshoppers.
SCHOOL FUND APPORTIONED
State Tresrsurer Hay Sends Money
to Oregon Counties.
SALEM. Or.. Aug. 1. (Special.)
Apportionment of 363,183.96. Interest
Rosebnrg Churcli to Be Dedicated
ROSEBURG. Or, Aug. 1. (Special.)
-Dedication of the new Catholic
Church, completed here recently at a
cost of approximately $8000, will take
place Sunday. The ceremonies will be
in charge or ArcnDlsnop Cnrtstle. ol
Portland, who will arrive in Roseburg
late Saturday. Several priests from
various section of the state will be
present.
War Become National.
The war became immediately, in the
whole force of the term, a national
war. There Is not a Frenchman who
remained deaf to the call of his coun
try. When you were called upon to
protect your frontiers and save our na
tional soil, you were not only conscious
that your material interests were at
stake, you knew also that you were go
ing to defend your hearths, that you
were going to defend all which consti
tutes France traditions, ideals, moral
forces, preserved and developed by a
nation which will not die.
"Among these French ideals, one of
the oldest and most deep-rooted is the
horror of injustice. The violence meted
out to Serbia and the Invasion of Bel
gium still further enhanced the out
burst of your patriotism and fortified
your resolution to be victorious. You
perceived that the cause of which you
had become the champions outmeasured
your lives, that it waa greater than
France herself, that it embraced in
reality civilization and humanity.
"It is a new crusade that you have
undertaken, a crusade for the law of
nations and for the liberty of peoples.
The grandeur of your mission has ex
alted your courage and you have re
vealed to the world the true France.
that France whose disappearance or
humiliation would be a universal ca
lamity and an eternal loss to mankind.
Alllea Galnlnar Fmll of Victory.
"Your patience and gallantry during
long months nave restrainea tne pres
sure of the German army. The battle
fields, where you have repulsed the
enemy the Marne, the Yser. Cham
pagne. Artois. the Meuse and the
Somme mark so many stages of vie
tory. It is you who have enabled
France to organize her equipment and
Belgium and Serbia to reconstruct
their armies. It Is you who have given
to England the time to form the ad
mirable divisions which are fighting
uow t ycur side. It is you who have
given to Russia means to supply rifles
and guns, cartridges and shells to her
heroic troops.
"Today, as you see. the allies are
beginning to gather the fruits of your
perseverance. The Russian army is
pursuing the Austrian army in flight.
The Germans, attacked at the same
time on the eastern and western fronts,
are engaging everywhere their re
serves. British.- Russian and French
battalions are co-operating in the lib
eration of our soil.
"The struggle, alas! is not yet ended.
It will still be hard, and all of us must
continue working and working unre
mlttingly and with fervor. But the
superiority of the allies is already ap
parent to everyone. The scales of fate
had protracted oscillations. Now. one
of the trays keeps on the ascent: the
other is lowering under the burden
which nothing will lighten.
"Immortal glory is due to Verdun,
which has prepared the combined ac
tion of the allied armies. Glory b
with you, my friends, who have saved
France and avenged insulted rignu'
WASHINGTON, Auk. 1. Charges
that the price of news print paper has
K.n f.,..j ,it exorbitantly by a com-
- - rrugrcaitiveB permanently 10 mamia
blnatlon of manufturer, were made party's Independence in the state,
by publishers and denied by manurac- l
turers representatives at a hearing to
day, which concluded an exhaustive In
quiry into the subject by the Federal
Trade Commission.
Frank P. Glass, vice-president of the
American Newspaper Publishers' Asso
ciation, told the Commission he was
"morally convinced" that there was
collusion among the manufacturers,
and expected to be able by October 1
to furnish legal proof.
p. j. Dodge, president of the Inter
national Paper Company, declared pres-
nt prices were due to tne enormuu.
Farmer Says Fishing Fine
Many Visitors Arriving.
and
.n.nd and Insisted that the manu
facturers were not making a iair re
turn on their investment.
The commission undertook; tne inves
tigation under direction of a Congres-
ional resolution ana win mmu worn.
mm.rilit.lv drafting a report. Mem-
hera said tonight one would be sub
mitted at the earliest possible moment.
rasrn Frtrd Cat Down.
Other witnesses at today's hearing
ncluded J. H. Zerbey. chairman of the
white paper committee of tne .a
tional Editorial Association, and rep
....niiilv. of the Pennsylvania Asso
ciated Dailies: E. R. Stoll. manager of
the Pittsburg Publishers' Association;
George F. Steele, secretary, ana i im-
onty Lansoerry. counsel ior uin "
Print Paper Association.
Mr. Glass said his association viewea
the situation with extreme alarm and
had recommended retrenchment In con
sumption by smaller editions. aDOiisn-
lng returns and circulation mcu-
Ity. Increases of 25 to- S per cent on
contracts and sometimes 100 per cent
on emergency orders, he declared, had
destroyed the profits of most newspa
pers, and already had ariven some to
rh. wall. One Western paper, he said
reported an Increased paper cost of
(260.000 annually. He said It waa al
most Impossible for a publisher, to
get quotations except from the mill he
usuallv dealt with.
Mr. Zerbey charged Tavorltism in tne
sale of paper and declared present
nricea varv widely, according to the
whim of the manufacturer, the dlscrep
mnrv runnina- from z to 6 cents I
pound. He added that while some pub
lishers can hardly ouy paper ior casn,
evert at exorbitant rates, others have
made two and three-year contracts a:
favored terms. He thought It appar
ent that manufacturers had united to
force publishers to deal only with tne
mill they were accustomed to patron
lie. and that any further increase be
yond S per cent would force many of
the smaller papers under zu.uuu circu
latlon Into bankruptcy.
Many Orders Refused.
In defense of the manufacturers, Mr.
Dodge explained that $1,000,000 worth
of DSDer waa held in stock by his com
pany as a necessary safeguard for the
contract in hand, but said the reserve
had been depleted from 37,000 tons to
17.000 to affordy relief, and that all
new orders. Including contracts for
nearly 100.000 tons from abroad, had
been refused. The great difficulty, he
saJd. waa that a sudden and unexpect
ed demand, increasing the country's
paper consumption more than 20 per
cent in the past year, had entirely out
run the total available supply. More
over, nearly every item of expense in
nanufacture had been increased and
the import of timber bought In Can
ada for manufacture here had been for
bidden by Canadian authorities shortly
HOOD RIVER. Or.. Aug. 1. Spe
cial.) "While It waa reported a week
ago that the road to Lost Lake was
not opened snd that it was impass
able." saya D. I. Stone, a rancher, whose
place is at the edge of the National
Forest on the headwaters of the weFt
fork of Hood River, "the old trail has
been slashed out and a number of
wagons and teams have passed Into
the shores of the lake during the pai-t
several days.
"If the road were good, hundreds
would be camping on Lost Lake. Yes
terday morning five automobile loads
of Hood River folk arrived at my place
before 8 o'clock. The fishing, as the
weather warms up, is becoming fine.
Two men In a few hours caught 137
trout on the Lake Branch."
Brownsville League Organizes.
BROWNSVILLE. Or.. Aug. 1. (Spe
cial.) G. Y. Harry, state organizer for
the Woodrow Wilson League, organized
a league of SO members here last n'.ghu
Officers are W. J. Moore, president;
Miss Lenora Powell, vice-president: H.
Wayne Stanord. secretary, and Mrs.
Hazel Mover, treasurer. Six delegates
were elected to represent the league
at the general conference to be held
in Portland next week. They were W.
C. Cooiey. H. W. Stanord. W. J. Moore,
S. W. Norton. Oren Stralton and A. A.
Tussing.
Stolen Auto Recovered.
An automobile belonging to F. t.
Siefer. 44J East Twelfth street North.
which was stolen Saturday night from
front or a downtown theater. wa
found Monday on Hoyt street, near
Twentv-thirvl street. The police were
notified of the car's whereabouts by a
youthful voice over the telephone Monday.
Lower Columbia
Steamer Trip
Mondays to ThnndnTu InflnnlTe
O-W. R, R. fc STEAMER
HASSALO
$2.00
Leaves Ash-St. Dock 8:40 A.
Returns Evening of Same Day.
ZOO-Mlle Ride to Mei
ler ana Return
Tickets at Doelc or
CITY TICKET OFHCB
Washington at Third.
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