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TTTE MORXIXG ORECONIAX, 3IOXDAT, FEBRTJAItT 12. 1917T 3 000 Bunds $7, FOR ROADS URGED Programme Discussed at Port land Meeting and Approved With Enthusiasm. not condemning get It before the of Medford, "I am it. All I can say is legislature at once. " "I think," said Representative L. E. Bean, of Eugene, "that this plan should be made a separate bill and not attached to other highway legislation. To try to undo what has been done might Jeopardize all road legislation at this time." Law to Be Drafted. In view of the favorable expressions from the various, legislators, the good roads supporters arranged after the meeting to prepare the plan in definite form and to submit it to the Legisla ture as early as possible. All legal phases of the proposition have been at- i tended to and will be guarded in the measure as submitted. Those who attended the session were W. L. Boise, of Portland; Gui C rrhrnil onAM-r tr i nnn rnn iuoser' oz i-ortiana, Jt-resiaent 01 me FEDERAL GRANT $1,900,000 Senate;-Robert N. Stanfield. of Stan- tative A C. Callan. of Portland; Rep resentative Lionel C. Mackay, of Port land; Representative - William E. Schimpff. of Astoria; Senator Julien A. Hurley, of Vale; Sentor W. T. Vin ton, of McMinnville; Representative H. Gordon, of Portland; Representative W. H. Gore, of Medford; Representative L. E. Bean, of Eugene; Bruce Dennis, of La Grande; J. S. Barton, of Coqullle; Gilbert W. Allen, of Portland; Jay H. Upton, of Prineville: A. S. Benson, of Portland; John B. Yeon, of Portland; Senator C. A. Barrett, of Athena; I. N. Day, of Portland; Senator M. D. Shanks. of Condon; John McCourt. of Portland, Senator Frederick Stelwer, of Penaie- inn: Representative Arthur K- recK, of Coos Bay; Representative D. Laur- gaard, of Portland; Representative C. Clark, of Arlington; senator Con rad P. Olson, of Portland. Ex-Governor West Favorable. Fx-Governor Oswald West said last night that he is 'in favor of the auto mobile being-.requlred to foot the bill if bonds are issued or good roads de velopment. 1 3 "If bonds are to De issuea, uaiu mj. I favor an automobile tax to pay the interest and redemption 01 me bonds and for the maintenance of the roads. It is the automobile that tears im th. rnnds and there is no reason why the burden should be placed on the farmer to keep tnem up. m ought to be built or at least maintained by the automobilist. Belief Expressed That Additional Cars Due to Improvement of Highways Would Enable Work to Be Increased. 'Continued From yirgt Page.) eminent under the Shackelford Act. The $3,800,000 thus raised would be used for forest and post roads, $1. 300,000 for forest roads and $2,500,000 for post , roads. The balance of the money raised would be devoted to the paving of roads where counties have constructed the roadbed. i The present license on automobiles would be increased a sufficient amount so that the revenue derived, added to what Is obtained under ,the present millage tax of quarter of a mill, would pay the interest on the bonds, the re demption in 25 years and leave a suf ficient amount to pay for maintenance of the roads constructed. Increased License Proposed. The tentative plan would be to in crease the . present license on small cars to $15 a year, large cars to $25 and trucks to $50 a year. There are now 22,000 small cars, 13,000 large cars and 1200 trucks in the state. The fig ures as compiled are based on the pres ent number of machines in the state. As spokesman for the local good roads people favoring the plan. L N. Day outlined the details at the session yesterday. He pointed out the pres ent road difficulties in the state, due to the necessity of these roads pass ing through National forests or pass ing through remote aand sparsely set tled sections to reach congested sec tions. He said the system of county un't roads is inadequate and that re sults can be accomplished only by the state taking over the work on a com prehensive and scientific basis. Prompt Action Urged. "It Is time for us to a'ct,""sald Mr. Day. "The Government is offering to match us, dollar for dollar, up to $1, 800,000 to aid in road construction, and we must act now to get the advantage. We cannot sit idly by while the state to our north and that to our south go ahead with big highway systems. "Provision must be made for han dling uncompleted roads in counties that are now bonded up to the limit. We cannot let these investments be lost. Because the automobile does the damage to roads we propose to make the automobile pay. It will be a saving to the automobile as a matter of fact. one trip over baa roads does more harm to a car than the increased 11 cense would amount to In years. The move now is for the improvement of the rural sections. Improvements with in cities are not contemplated. Farm ers certainly are not so shortsighted that they will turn down such a plan Brace Dennis Is Advocate. "The auto owner." said Bruce Dennis. of La Grande, "not only can afford to pay the added liomse. for It will be ived to hira in tires and repairs, but he should pay it, for nothing is so de etructive to permanent roads as the auto and auto truck. "This plan will not only enable the state to meet the Federal Government half way in the construction of forest roads which will open up the forest areas to settlement and make Crater Lake and Mount Hood and other moun tain scenic places accessible, but it will make possible the construction of rock roads known as post roads from Eu gene through the mountains to the Cal ' ifornia line, from Eugene to Coos Bay, from Roseburg to Coos Bay, from vari ous points in the Willamette Valley to Tillamook. Yaquina and other .Coast points; from the Columbia River through Deschutes. Jefferson, Crook, Klamath, Lake and Harney counties to the California line; from the Columbia through the John Day Valley to the Idaho line and through Northeastern Oregon to Umatilla and Union counties. Paving Im Proposed. "In addition we can pave or hard-surface the highway now built but not paved down the Columbia River from the Multnomah County line to the sea side; also on the west side of the Wil lamette River through Washington, Yamhill, Polk, Benton and Linn Coun ties to Harririburg and down the east side of the Willamette through Clacka mas, Marion and Linn Counties to a junction at Harrisburg and thence on to Eugene, thereby opening up and con necting the lower Willamette Valley with paved highways. "Also, more than 100 miles of naved highways in Wasco, Umatilla and I Union Counties which will connect with rock post roads, making a continuous, all-year-round highway from the Pa cific Ocean direct to Pendleton, La Grande and Baker can all be done with the present number of auto vehicles. With all of these good roads the number of autos will increase ljy leaps and bounds, and by five years from now the income will be sufficient to make possible the paving of as much more highways." Portland Is Unselfish. John McCourt spoke in behalf of re tention of the present board of con trol as the State Highway Commission. He also spoke in behalf of the plan of raising money, saying that it is the reasonable way of financing the great jrood roads development which is in evitable if the etate is to keep pace with Washington and California. tV". L. Boise, who presided at the meeting, said Multnomah County pays 3S per cent of the taxes of the state and has the greatest number of auto mobiles, yet would receive the least benefit from the plan. "We are not selfish in the plan," said he. "We have paved our roads and paid for them ourselves. We now want to help the rest of the state. Think of a condition where only during a few weeks of the year we can cross our state with roads as they are now." "This session of the Legislature must not adjourn without enacting some good, sensible law for good roads," said Gus Moser, president of the State (Senate. "I think this is the best plan I've heard suggested." "This bill appeals to me," said Rob ert N. Stanfield. Speaker of the House. I believe the Legislature will be will ing to hold over a few days rather than let good roads legislation go by uncared for." "It is too bad." said Representative W. E. Schimpff. of Astoria, "that this plan has not been submitted before now. I feel it is very late now' to try to do anything with it, although I would not attempt to discourage as attempt" "My suggestion would be,"- said Rep resentative O. Laurgaard, of Portland, "that this plan be incorporated in the present road legislation before the ses eion." "While I am not Indorsing your plan sow," said Representative w. li. Gore, AMERICAN INVENTS AIRPLANE TORPEDO Device Held by Navy May Make Single Pilot Worthy ' Foe of Battleship. CITIZENS TO MAKE TEST APPLE FUTURE GLEAMS HOOD RIVER. ASSOCIATION invt.- SEES FIXE 1917 BUSINESS. Ia With Active Market, organization 60 Carloads Snort of KllllnK Ita Orders, It Ia Declared. HOOD RIVER. Or, Feb. 11. (Spe cial.) Basing their predictions on the rally in the demand for Northwestern apples at the present time, local apple marketing agency officials are opti mistic over the outlook for 1917. ' Although the supplies now on band exceed those of any like date for for mer years, the Apple Growers' Associ ation reports marketing conditions as exceedingly active. At the close of business today the association was ou ca- da short on filling its orders. A, -ximately 50 telegrams, calling for apples, were received by Sales Man ager Sieg today. "This condition, following the usual dull period after the Christmas holi days, is phenomenal," said Mr. Sieg. "My orders have been coming in so fast that I have called for a conference of. warehouse men for tomorrow, so that I may take an Inventory of my stock before I confirm all the orders received. The condition that prevails Is, in nv mind, prophetic of a good apple mar ket for next Fall." Although the total tonnage of the co operative agency of growers reached l.iaO.OOO boxes in the 1916 season, all but about 100 carloads of the fruit has been shipped. The stock remaining in storage consists of extra fancy and fancy Newtowns. Rear-Admiral Fiske Believes Wea pon Would Have Decided Battle of Jutland Aviator Would Be Relatively Safe. NEW YORK, Feb. 11. (Special.) Plans for a weapon that will challenge the present dominance of the submarine in" sea warfare has been for five years unused In. the possersion of the United States Navy. It is a weapon which the inventor. Rear-Admlral Bradley A. Fiske. be lieves would have decided the great aval engagement of the present, the Jutland fight. It was further revealed today that private citizens. Instead of the United States Navy, are planning to put into operation this device as an ssential preparation against possible wai. ' This new weapon, patented In 1912. Is the torpedo plane, a device for the aerial launching of Whitehead tor- edoeti. Torpedo Gnlded From Airplane, Simply expressed, the Idea is this: An airplane or hydroplane carries be- eath it a Whitehead torpedo. The aviator, when six or seven miles away from the battleship he wishes to de- troy, volplanes In the direction he wishes it to be fired. When compara tively few feet above the water, he pulls a lever. The torpedo Is released and the starting lever simultaneously thrown back. The torpedo falls into the water, Just as if it had been dropped from a destroyer, and having also the initial velocity of the plane. The aviator rises again. The torpedo speeds on to its mark. The apparatus makes a trained army pilot with a J20.000 airplane a worthy foe for a S20,000,000 dreadnought. Aircraft Comparatively Safe. Admiral -Fiske has talked with Naval officers and aviators alike. The Navy men have declared that guns fired rom a rolling warship could never hit a torpedo plane, especially if the plan be moving rapidly, either overhead or on the surface of the water. Aviators have said that they would find no dif ficulty in doing the work. To be put out of commission the torpedo plane would have to be struck in a vital place. Aerial battles abroad have proved that the wings of an aero plane may be riddled with bullets without impairing the effectiveness or the craft. Whether or not the Navy ultimately CHROME IS TO BE MINED SOUTHERN OREGON ACTIVITIES TO UK EXTENDED. Output of Ore Is Expected to Be In creased Vastly Thla Simmer, aa All Deposit Will Be Worked. GRANTS PASS, Or.. Feb. 11. (Spe cial.) Practically every chrome deposit In the Illinois Valley will be worked next Summer, say local mining men, and last year's output of about 4000 tons of ore probably will be greatly ex ceeded. Collar, Moore & Collar, own ing property about' 25 miles from Waters Creek terminal of the new rail road, who shipped 2100 -tons last year, are putting in machinery and expect to turn out at least 3500 tons in 1917. The property is so far from the railroad that truck transportation is a big Item in the cost of getting the ore to the market, but, with the extension of the road, the haul will be cut to about two and a half miles. American manufacturers, shut off from their old sources of supply by the war, must turn to deposits in Southern Oregon, Northern California and the Dakotas, and practically every person and corporation controlling chrome de posits in this district are preparing for an active season. Incidentally, the preparedness pro gramme of Congress has much to do with the activity in the development of chrome deposits. Chrome i used In the manufacture of armor plate. BISHOP HUGHES TO SPEAK liaymen's Missionary Conference at Taqpma to Hear Prelate. TACOMA. Wash., Feb. 11. (Special.) Bishop Matthew Hughes of Portland will be one of the speakers at the Laymen's Missionary Conference to be held at the First Methodist Church here next Tuesday. Bishop Hughes' subject has not been announced, but he will discuss some phases of de nommational activity for laymen. Other speakers will be Dr. William E. Doughty of New York, educational secretary of the Laymen's Missionary movement; Dr. F. A, Ager, Dr. Herbert S. Johnson; Dr. Ernest F. Hall, and Dr. li. H. Kelsey. Women Want Movies Censored. .WILMINGTON, DeL. Feb. 6. A movement for a state board of censors for moving pictures has been started by the members of the New Century Women's Club, following an address on such censorship by Dr. Ellis P. Ober- holtzer. secretar of the Pennsylvania btate -Board of Censorship. Man, Who Eloped, Banished. AURORA. 111.. Feb. 5. Albert Pow ers was banished from his home town of St. Charles as an outgrowth of the elopement with his 17-year-old niece. Bessie Haynes, last August. Powers has been in the Kane County jail at ueneva, waiting trial. Read The Oregonian classified ads. V ii 'FJWSS. L..L '!llt.: .. ,; iZ...,'' ,u 1 (bayhrj "That's the Bayer Cross' It is the mark of the one genuine, unadul terated Aspirin. Ask for 3 BayerTablets Aspirin and see that every package and every tablet bears "The Bayer ross- Your Guarantee of Purity" Pocket Boxes af 12, Bottle rrf 24 a Bottles MOO The trade-msrk "Aspirin (Reit. V. S. Pat Office) is suarvnteethatthemonoaceticacidesterof aalicylicacid in these tablets is of the reliable Bayer manufacture. tries the Invention, it will be tested. The flrstaerial patrol, a group of young Yale men headed by F. Trubee Davi son, son of Henry P. Davison, of the Arm of J. P. Morgan & Co., today made known their determination to have constructed at once a torpedo plane. Tests will be made at Palm Beach, headquarters of the unit. WILLISTON, N.5T. Feb. 11. A aelf guiding torpedo, based on magnetic control, against which' an enemy would have little chance for defense, has been invented by Charles J. Field, of this city, a grandson of Cyrus K. Field, who laid the first trans-Atlantic cable. Mr. Field, in announcing his invention to day, said that it has been turned over to the United States Government. Recent Government tests, Mr. Field said, credit the device with seven hits out of eight attempts. PERU'S REPLY IS PROTEST AH Rights Reserved for Iro taction of Citizens in TJ-Boat Warfare. LIMA. Peru, Feb. 11. The Peruvian government has sent its reply to the German Minister respecting Germany's notification of submarine warfare and the new danger zone. In its note the government declares it reserves all rights for the protection of Peruvian citizens, ships and cargoes to which neutrals are entitled under Interna tional law. "However deplorable may be ex tremes to which the belligerents are carrying hostilities," continues the note, "now under new threats to neu tral trade the Peruvian government must declare it cannot admit the reso lution of which your government has given notification, because the Peru vian government considers it opposed to international law and the legal rights of neutrals." Read The Oregonian classified ads. LEGISLATION IS TOPIC SENATOR GILL EIPLAIS! RECENT WORK AT SALEM. Military Train Ins Provided for Willing Boys! Anti-Plcketlng Measure Re a;arded as Too Drastic. Good Legislation. was discussed last night by Senator John Gill at a meeting in the chapel of the Unitarian Church, Yamhill street and Broadway. Mr. Gill explained several of the bills that have been passed and others that are pending, including the military training bill, the anti-picketlng bill and medical college appropriations. 'The military training bill." said Senator Gill, "provides for voluntary military training in high schools. The purpose is to train willing and able boys in military lines so that in time of need for protecton of our Nation or state they will be valuable citizens. It Is a step in the right direction for Na tional protection. "We went to Salem believing the antl-picketing bill should be passed. When we ?ot there ve were informed that the subject is covered by statute already. The pending measure, I fear, is too drastic to be constitutional. "An 'important bill that has been passed is that providing means of giv- ir.g mecitcal and surgical aid to indi gent cimaren. Anotner is that per taining to paying employes semi monthly or within 15 days of the time their earnings are due. Another is the corrections In the widows' pension act. A discussion followed Senator GlU"a address. Spruce Men Won't Talk. CENTRALIA, Wash., Feb. 11. (Spe elal.) Spruce manufacturers of South- Blossom Time in the Golden State A friend just back from Southern Cali , fornia says: The weather was fine, in fact too warm for heavy clothes. Many x were bathing at the beaches. Oranges were ripe in the valleys, while the moun- aina nearby were covered with Enow. With warm, sunny weather it will not be long before the blossoms on the trees will be everywhere announcing that Spring time is here. I Take a vacation trip now where life is different; where climate surroundings and amusements are out of the ordi x x nary. Spend a different February. Three Trains Daily Scenic Shasta Route will take yon there in comfort. " City Ticket Office, 131 4th St. John M. Scott, General Passenger Agent. Southern Pacific Lines CALIFORNIA ORANGE! DAY. MARCH 10. west Washington held a meeting yes terday afternoon at the Wilson Hotel in this city. None of the details of the discussion were given out. however. MARKED TRIBUTE IS PAID Funeral of Ray Goodrich Is Largely Attended at Eugene. EUGENE, Or.. Feb. 11. (Special.) Governor WIthycorabe. business men of Eugene, faculty members and students of the University of Oregon, Regent Charles Fisher and townspeople in gen eral today attended the funeral for Ray Goodrich, ex-vice-presldent of the First National Bank and regent of the LUnlversity of Oregon. Mr. Goodrich died In Boston one week ago, following an operation for an af fection of the brain. His body was brought to Eugene last night by Mrs. Goodrich and Frank L. Chambers. Rev. J. S. McCallum. ex-pastor, of the First Christian Church, conducted the funeral service. The pallbearers were Van Wilson, Harry G. Keeney, Henry Tromp, Olaf Houglum, Archie W. Liver more and R. Claude Gray. Students and faculty members Joined in the funeral procession near the Uni versity of Oregon campus. Governor James Withy-combe and Regent Charles Fisher, of the Univer sity of Oregon, from Salem, were among the persons from outside of the city attending the service. Two motor cars were required to transport the floral offerings to the cemetery. WOMEN WILL CELEBRATE Hood River Club Has Programme for "Admission Day." HOOD RIVER, Or.. Feb. 11. (Spe cial.) Members of the Hood River Women's Club and citizens of the city are looking forward with keen antici pation to the celebration of "Admission day" by the club Wednesday afternoon, when the principal speakers will be J. D. Lee. a pioneer of Portland, and E. L. Smith, of this city. Mr. Lee will tell of early Incidents of the path of the pioneer down the Columbia River. Mr. Smith's talk will deal with Mid-Columbia River Indian legends. Mrs. V. C Brock, who haa charge of the programme, states that Oregon songs will be rendered by Hood River's talented singers. On the evening of Thursday, Febru ary 22, the Woman's Club will present Dr. E. H. Lindley. of Reed College, in a' lecture here. CBIOIC irice The value of any telephone service depends upon the number of people who may be reached over the telephone. During the year 1916 there were added to our Portland system 3907 telephones, which increase is greater than for the two preceding years, and we expect 1917 will show a much larger gain. Growth of Our System m Portland Janrl, 1890 Jan. T, 1900 'Jan. 1, 1905 Jan. Is 1910 Jan. 1, 1911 Jan. 1, 1912 Jan. 1, 1913 Uan. 1, 1914 'Jan. 1, 1915 Jan. I, 1916 Jan.11917. 720 4,540 14,501 24,883 29,133 34,338 39,1 0I 41,211 43,046 44,892 48,799 r r-3 Pacific service is prompt and reliable. Its general use is its Hest indorsement. The extent of our local service is measured by the 48,799 telephones in use in -Portland January 1, 1917. r Through our long-distance system telephone service is extended to all principal cities and towns on the Pacific Coast, including British Columbia. 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