Morning Oregonian., March 15, 1917, Page 14, Image 14

THE MORNING OREGON! AN," THURSDAY, 3IARCII 15, 1917.
SCHOOL
ELECT
CAST OF LATIN PLAY, "THE CAPTIVES," FROM THE GREEK BY PLAUTUS, TO BE PRESENTED TOMOR
ROW AFTERNOON AND EVENING AT LINCOLN HIGH AUDITORIUM.
POTATO EN MEET
tects. have been commissioned to pre
pare plans and specifications for a
two-story brick and hollow tile build
TO REMOVE DANDRUFF
ing, which Is to cover the entire cor
ner, 100x100 feet In area. Construc
tion wilt be started probably within
about two weeks.
S. C. PIER
The proposed new plant will iut out
about 10.000 loaves a day.
Production of Select Crop
Urged at Springfield.
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BOARD
MAY
KLAMATH WARRANTS SOLD
J. W. Siemens, Banker, to Furnish
Selection of Director to Fill
Vacancy Possible .at
Today's Meeting.
HONOR NOT SOUGHT BY HIM
Dace Would Be Accepted, However,
If TenderedNo Member Pledged
to Support, but None Voices
Opposition to Prospect.
S. C. Pier may be chosen a member
of the School Board by the directors
when they meet this afternoon to fill
the unexpired term of B. P. Lockwood.
resigned.
Mr. Pier's name K'as suggested yes
terday as one on which all may unite.
Vp to now it has seemed impossible,
in the list of aspirants, to settle a ma
jority vote of the four directors on
any one.
Mr. Pier's election is not at all re
garded as certain; it is more of a possi
bility. Directors who expressed them
selves yesterday on the subject made
it plain that they consider Mr. Pier a
splendid man for the. position If he
would accept it. However, they did
rot pledge their support to him and it
Is probable some may have other can
didates they will support.
Sir. Pier is not a candidate, for the
place and he has refused to bestir him
self and make any campaign whatever
for the honor. It was said yesterday
that Mr. Pier would accept the post if
the honor came to him In an unso
licited way and it would be wholly
without seeking on his part.
Work Would Be Effective.
Mr. Pier is a well-known retired
business man, having been sales man
user for the Marshall-Wells Hardware
Company. He has been active In the
Chamber of Commerce and in other cir
cles that have shown his capacity for
public affairs. Now that he has re
tired from active business, he has time
t his disposal that would make his
work effective as school director and
be also has a liking for this line of
activity.
The choice of Mr. Pier offers perhaps
the only chance for a harmonious elec
tion at today's meeting-. There are no
fewer than a dozen more or less active
candidates, and a number have petl
tions in the hands of the Board, pre
Rented by their friends, asking that the
lightning strike In their immediate vl
cinity.
Until recently It was the general
opinion that the election of a director
before the conclusion of the Alexander
series of hearings would cause compli
cations in that case and perhaps lay
the Board open to a reversal of its de
clsion on a technicality.
Partly on this account. It was gen
erally decided the Board would not be
likely-to reach an agreement at today's
meeting, but would vote for a number
of candidates, each of whom might
nave, perhaps, one vote.
Mr. Plnmmer Is So urges ted.
Chairman Beach expressed the opln
on. nowever, mat me election of a
director will not have any effect on
the Alexander case and that it Is the
apparent duty of the Board to proceed
wnn me election at today's session.
This may bring more prompt action
than would otherwise have been the
case as regards the selection of a suc
cessor to Mr. Lockwood, who resigned
Bonie weens ago.
It has been suggested that O. M".
I'lummer, a director who will be de
prived of his place on the Board next
June by virtue of the law passed at the
recent session of the Legislature limit
ing the term of directors in districts
of the first class to three years, might
resign and be elected today to the un
expired term of Mr. Lockwood, which
nas aooui two years vet to run.
"I have never had any intention of
miwng mr. jjockwooq-s place," said Mr.
Glummer yesterday. "I do not care to
mi out anyone's term but my own.
was elected for five years and would
j me to serve out that period, as I en
joy me worn very much. However, if
my term ends In June, I do not expect
u a. Muujoaie ior re-election, as
it was my original Intention to serve
"ui one term.
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First Row (Left to Rlsrli) Charle Bent, Mary OUL, Phllopolemoa; Harold Miller, Stalaarmnai Jacob Uolinan, Arla-
tophontr.; K athryn Donald, Phllocratea. Second Row lle Coleman. Millard Rosenblatt. Hegloi William Haw
kins. KrarimHanj Charles Baylls, Ruth Fergmson, Wbo Will Take the Part of Tyndama, Was Absent When tbe
Picture Was Taken.
Seed Selection, Diseases of Tubers
and Marketing Problems Are
Dlscnssed Corvallla College
Offers Inspection Service.
SPRINGFIELD, Or.. March 14. (Spe
cial.) The first big meeting of potato
j growers of the Willamette Valley was
neid at ispringneia today. fully zuu
farmers and business men heard the
speeches made by O. A. C. men and
others in the afternoon, saw the dis
play Illustrating varieties of fine seed
potatoes, the proper method of sacking,
and various diseases, in the Woodman
Hall, and later partook of a banquet
in the evening, featuring many potato
dishes. The aim of the affair was to
urge the growing of pure seed and
true-to-variety potatoes and the gen
eral Improvement of the industry.
The meeting was opened by N. S.
Robb, Lane County agriculturist. Puri
fication of seed through either the
tuber unit or hill selection method was
advocated by J. E. Larson, extension
specialist In agronomy of the Oregon
Agricultural College, who spoke on
heed Selection and Certification. '
"We should not care so much for in
creased acreage as for producing se
lected stock," he said. "It is just as
who conferred today with Commandant
Markee and other officials of the ln-
titution. The new hospital will be 60
by 100 feet, three stories and entirely
of brick. The first floor will be used
for dining quarters and kitchens while
on the second floor will be the wards
and surgical rooms. The third floor
will be utilized by the nurses and other
employes of the home. The structure
will cost $22,500.
Upon completion of the new build
ing the present hospital will be con
verted Into a barracks.
DEFENSE CHARGES FRAUD
.
Mr. and Sirs. A. Battaglia Accuse
C. F. Tita of Causing Mortgage.
Fraud alleged to have been perpe
trated by Carlo Felice Tita, designated
as "an educated. Intelligent and crafty
schemer," is the defense interposed by
Mr. and Mrs. A. Battaglia in a suit
brought against them in the Circuit
Court to foreclose a $1500 mortgage
on their home. -
They assert that Mr. Tita Influenced
them to mortgage their property to him
to raise money for the defense of their
son-in-law, who, he is said to have al
leged, was in danger of indictment of
crime for which the penalty would
be 25 or 30 years in the Penitentiary.
Sucb presentation is alleged to have
been false.
Return of $591.45 paid on the mort
gage and annulment of the instrument
is asked by the defense.
HONOR GUARD WILL ASSIST
Girls to Take Part in Reception for
Voutbs Interested in Xaval Militia
GREEK PLAY STAGED
Lincoln High to Give English
Version of-"The Captives."
SETTING TO BE CLASSICAL
Finished Production Is Promised
for Performances Tomorrow
Afternoon and Evening Un
der Faculty Direction. -
An English version of "The Captives,"
from the Greek by Plautus. will be
presented In the Lincoln High School
auditorium Friday afternoon and even
ing. The setting and costumes will be
classical. The cast, under the direction
of the faculty, has been working for a
number of weeks, and a finished pro
duction is promised.
"The Captives" should be of Interest
to the public, because Plautus has ex
ercised a great influence upon drama.
Shakespeare's "Comedy of Errors" is
a translation of one of his plays. Mo
liere, the famous French dramatist,
was also Influenced by Plautus.
The plot of "The Captives," in brief.
Is as follows: Hegio, an old man, had
two sons. One of these had been stolen
IS years before the play opens, and had
been made a slave. The other Is a
prisoner In a foreign land.
"four tons and not over five tons."
license fee of $30 shall be paid, while
on trucks five tons and over a license
fee of $5 shall be paid. In respect to
the five-ton trucks and over, however,
the fee Is for the number plate only.
These trucks can be operated only by
permission of the County Court, and
then they are subject to an additional
fee of $8 a month for the time they
operate, after a permit Is obtained for
such operation.
Under the wording of the law, two
fees apparently are fastened on a five
ton truck, the fee of $30 where the law
reads .."four tons and not over five
tons" and a fee of $5 where it provides
for the license fee on trucks of five
tons and over.
But in addition to that, the law
would allcw a truck owner to obtain
license number plate for $5 by stating
to the Secretary of State's office that
his truck was a five-ton truck or over.
and he could attach that license num
ber plate to a smaller truck.
FAMILY PAY NEED TOLD
SOCIALIST .SPEAKER SAYS
WAGE LIMIT IS f750.
LOW
John Spar go Declares Two-Thlrda of
Wage-Earning Claaa Live on
Less Than Thla Amount.
The Investigation of the Russell
Sage Foundation and of the United
States Industrial Relations Committee
as to what yearly Income is necessary
for the maintenance of a family of
The members of the Girls' Honor
Guard will assist the officers of the one to trade for his son, has bought two
captives a slave and a master. At the
Oregon Naval Militia In receiving
young men interested In the Naval
Militia Saturday night. A reception
will be held aboard the Swan, the
auxiliary training station of the Naval
Militia, and the Honor Guard Girls in
white dresses will assist In receiving
the guests.
The girls will be accompanied by
their fathers, brothers or friends and
efforts will be made to show men visi
tors the caliber of men already In
the Oregon Naval Militia.
After the reception an inspection of
the Goldsborough, the training ship,
will be made and a dance will conclude
the evening's entertainment.
five were discussed last night at Ll
I brary Hall by John Spargo, Socialist
Hegio. with the hope of getting some- I author and lecturer, who fs making a
series or aaaresses nere.
$300,000 for New Hallway.
KLAMATH FALLS, Or.. March 14.
(Special.) At the special meeting of
the City Council tonight a resolution
was adopted unanimously accepting the
bid of J. W. Siemens, president of the
First State and Savings Bank of this
city, of par and accrued Interest for
the six Yallway warrants for $50,000
each. Tbe Issuance of these warrants
was authorized Monday by the final
passage of the ordinance Introduced on
March 5.
An ordinance providing for Issuance
of $300,000 worth of funding bonds to
take up the six warrants also was In
troduced. It probably will be finally
passed next Monday night:
The sale of these bonds will enable
the city to contract for the a-tual con
struction of the Klamath Falls Mu
nicipal Railway extending 20 miles
east to ralry Station.
CITY PLANNING TO BE TOPIC
E. B. McXaugbton to Address Ore
gon Civic Iieague.
Get a 25-cent bottle of Danderlne at
any drug store, pour a little Into your
band and rub well into the scalp with
tbe finger tips. By morning most. If
not all. of this awful scurf will have
disappeared. Two or three applications
will destroy every bit "f dandruff; atop
scalp Itching and falling hair.
CHILD GETSSICK,
CROSS, FEVERISH
IF CONSTIPATED
Look at Tongue! Then Give Fruit
Laxative for Stomach,
Liver, Bowels.
"California Syrup of Figs "Can't
' Harm Children and
They Love It.
"Building Zones and City Planning"
will be the topic of an address which
E. 13. McNaughton will deliver before
the Oregon Civic League at Its lunch
eon next Saturday at the Hotel Mult
nomah. The outgrowth of the discus
sion on this subject is from the fact
that many municipalities have had dif
ficulty with values. The entrance of
various utilities into residence districts.
important to nave potatoes certified as i it la said, has Interfered with tax val
LABOR DISCUSSION PUBLIC
Meeting Will Be Held Sunday After
noon at Arion Hall.
iiueonrg snerlfr and Deputies Find
Prints and Start Search tor
Desecrator of Banner.
KUbKBUKB, or., March 14. (Spe
clal.) Sheriff Georsre Onlnn onrf hi
deputies passed most of today searching
for the person or persons who some
time last night removed an American
nag irom a scan: on the premises of th
Riverside School, and. after Vnin
the emblem In the most fiendish fash
ion, tied it to tne steps of the school
structure.
The flag had been walked upon by
cuuca ana was otnerwise dis
j.gurea. footprints leading from the
scene of the outrage to the county
road were measured by the Sheriff and
may be the means of apprehending the
guilty person.
The people of Roseburg were very
Indignant when they learned of the
affair. At a meeting of Reno Post,
Orarid Army of the Republic, to be held
liere Friday a liberal cash reward prob
ably will be offered for information
which will lead to arrest and convic
tion. Sheriff Quine said tonight that
he was hopeful of making an arrest in
the case before tomorr .
ENGINE SMUGGLES OPIUM
Customs Officials Discover $2 000
Worth Under Locomotive.
BELLINGHAM, Wash, March 14.
Opium valued at $2000 was round con
cealed under the locomotive of Great
Northern southbound train No. 355
wrhen It reached Blaine, "Wash., north
of here. Just after crossing the inter
national boundary line from Vancou
ver, B. C, at 6:20 o'clock tonight.
The discovery was made by United
States customs officials.
Questions pertinent to the welfare of
employer and employe will be dis
cussed at an open meeting to be held
at Arion Hall. Second and Stark streets,
Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The
meeting is to be held under the auspices
of the Metal Trades council. isotn
union and non-union metal trades
workers are invited, as well as the
general public.
Arthur I. Moulton, attorney for the
Jitney Drivers' Union, will speak on
the proposed anti-picketing bill; P. C.
Howard, president of the Central Labor
Council, will -talk on the labor situation
in this city; Joe Reed. Anton Johansen
and others will talk on the position of
organized labor toward the shipbuild
ing industry.
HUSBANDS 2 AND 5 HELD
With Companion, They Are Accused
of Attacking Woman's Daughter.
Oscar Hackett, Edward Kaplschka
and Charles Reed were arrested by
Constable Petersen yesterday to face
charges of attacking the ten-year-old
daughter of Mrs. Hackett, who is 111 at
the County Hospital. Hackett is the
fifth husband of Mrs. Hackett, Ka
pischka her second husband.
The charges were filed against the
three men following an investigation
of Juvenile Court officials and Con
stable Petersen Into the behavior of
two of Mrs. Hackett's daughters, one
ten and the other eight years'old.
Wild accusations against a former
husband were made by Mrs. Hackett to
Constable Petersen, but discredited by
Investigation.
opening of the play, these captives ex
change clothing with the result that
when Hegio tries to make an exchange
he releases and sends home the master
for the purpose of getting back his son.
and keeps the slave.
Meanwhile, another captive is
brought in and. recognizing the slave,
spoils the whole plot. The slave is
then sent out' to the stone quarries.
Soon the master returns with the son
of Hegio; the slave Is brought back
from the stone quarries and proves to
be the other son of Hegio.
The cast of "The Captives" is as fol
lows: Hegio, Millard Rosenblatt; Phil
ocrates. Kathryn Donald; Fhilopolemus,
Mary Gill; Tyndarius, Ruth Ferguson;
Ergasllus, William Hawkins: Aristo
phontes, Jacob Holzman; Stalagnus,
Harold Miller.
Niles Coleman will speak the pro
logue. Charles Berst, Charles Baylis
and Sam Relchenstein will act as at
tendants on Hegio.
When they asked me what I con
sidered necessary for a family to live
on. I figured out my answer from the
archives of the state of New York,"
said Mr. Spargo. "I answered that a
man should have at least as much
breathing space as they allowed the
criminals at Sing Sing, and at least as
much to eat as they allowed the insane
at Matteawan. I found out that by
allowing a family the same comforts
that the state allowed its wards, the
yearly salary of the wage earner
should be at least $900 a year. But
when the other estimates were com
piled, it was found that $70 should
be allowed. The industrial relations
committee found that two-thirds of the
wage-earning class In the United
States were living on less than this
amount."
The onlv cure for such conditions.
Mr. Spargo concluded was to be found
in the adoption or tne programme 01
social democracy.
STATE WINS HYOE CASE
JIDCK BRADSHAW HOLDS OXLV
THAT S1.25 MUST BE PAID.
Fonr More Contests Are Before Courts.
in Addition to Appeal for Rf
heirins la Clackamas.
SALEM, Or.. March 14. (Special.)
Attorney-General Brown today re
ceived advices from W. L Bradshaw,
Circuit Judge of the Seventh Judicial
District, that he has decided with the
state In every point of the Hyde-Ben
son case, which came before his court.
with the single exception of requiring a
refund of 1.2a an acre to the purchas
ers of the land. Judge Galloway, in
deciding in favor of the state in the
Linn County case, held In favor of a
refund.
The last Legislature authorized the
State Land Board to refund such an
amount to the purchasers of the land.
Judge Campbell, of Clackamas, held
against the state, but a brief has been
filed by Attorney-General Brown ask
ing for a reconsideration of that 'de
cislon.
The other four cases are in Lane,
Klamath. Jackson and Crook counties.
and a decision is expected from all of
them In the near future. All told, the
Hyde-Benson cases Involved about 30,
000 acres of school lands.
HERMAN LEISMAN IS DEAD
HOSPITAL WORK TO START
Building on Soldiers' Home Prop
" erty at Roseburg to Begin May i.
ROSEBURG, Or March 14. (Spe.
clal.) Work on the new hospital build
lng to be erected on the Soldiers' Home
property here will begin May 1, ac-
Former Hlllsboro Minister
cumbs at Oregon City.
Snc-
OREGON CITT, Or., March 14 (Spe
cial.) Herman Leisman, of Willamette,
died at the family home today, after
an illness of Beveral months. The fu
neral will be at the Willamette Church
Triday afternoon at 1 o'clock. . A brief
service will be held at the home at 12
o'clock. Burial will be in the Moun
tain View Cemetery.
Mr. Leisman was born at Harrisburg,
Pa., December 22, 1862.- and came to
Oregon in 1887 from Fort Dodge, la.
For one year he was minister at Fort
Dodge, and later came to Hillsboro,
where he was pastor of a church.
FRAUD EFFORT IS FEARED
CHANCE SEEN BECAUSE OP DE
FECT IN MOTOR VEHICLE LAW.
- .-ording to Lewis I. Thompson, architect, i range
Five different ovens meet about all
the possible requirements of a new gas
Under New Statute Cheap License
Plate for Five-Ton Track Can Be
- Used on Lighter Vehicles.
SALBM, Or.. March 14. (Special.)
Chances for fraudulent registration of
motor trucks seem to be open under
the apparently negligent wording of
the new motor vehicle law, which will
become effective, as far as paymen
of license fees are concerned, August 1,
Provision is made for a sliding scale
of license fees on motor trucks from
the smaller truck of one ton up to
the larger trucks of B0O0 tons and
more.
The law provides that on trucks
ALEXANDER CASE RESUMES
School Board to Hear Further Testi
mony on Charges Tomorrow.
livestock. In order to carry on the
certification work this year, the Ore
gon Agricultural College extension de
partment will serve the farmers on the
bast3 of $1 an acre. This will insure
three Inspections, one during blooming,
one after the vines are dead and the
other after the potatoes are In the bin.
Tested Seed Certified.
"If tbe results stand certain tests,
the growers will be given a certifi
cate. Certified seed Is worth from 25
cents to 50 cents more per 100 pounds
than ordinary seed. The certification
plan will encourage communities to
work together and to plan the same
varieties."
"Potato diseases" was the second
big consideration of the meeting.
M. B. McKay, assistant plant pathol
ogist of the Oregon Agricultural Col
lege, and experiment station, de
scribed some of the common ones and
prescribed cures.
There are about six serious diseases
and a score of less serious ones. Mr.
McKay said. Skin disease, one of the
most prevalent kinds, can be con
trolled by treating the seed unless the
soil Is Infected, It was said.
A profit of $293.91 on two acres of
table potatoes was reported by E. D.
Conley, Cedar Flats farmer, who spoke
on "Cost of Production."
Mr. Conley's expenses were: " Seed,
$16.50; preparing ground, $11.10: plant
ing, $6.20; cultivating. $5; digging,
$45.65; sacks and twine. $18.57; sort
ting and sacking, $11: hauling. $28.65.
He sold the yield for $435.48. the price
varying from $1.75 a hundred pounds
to $30 a ton for culls.
Mayor Morrison Speaks.
Mayor E. E. Morrison, through whose
efforts the meeting today was held,
talked on "Marketing Potatoes," from
the- standpoint of having been in- the
business in Springfield for four years.
He said: "Oregon produces the best
potatoes for seed of any state in the
Union." -
Mr. Morrison said that the com
munity had arrived at a point where
it could depend on the California mar
ket to buy seed potatoes, but that it
must raise the varieties they want
and that It must sell pure seed. Some
of the principal varieties used in Call
fornia are: Burbank. Gold Coin, White
Rose. American Wonder and Pride of
Wisconsin. Six thousand cars or seea
are used yearly by Oregon, Washing
ton and Idaho. Mr. Morrison said.
The speakers during and after the
banquet in the evening were: Frank
Jenkins, president Chamber of Com
merce; J. O. Holt, of the Eugene can
nery: C. D. Rorer, Bank of Commerce;
Luke Goodrich, cashier of First Na
tional; M. C. Bressler, Springfield
Hardware Store; Charles Scott, cashier
of Springfield First National Bank;
George Quayle, secretary tugene
Chamber of Commerce: O. B. Keasy,
cashier Commercial State Bank; E. E.
Morrison, Mayor of Springfield. M. M.
Peery, local druggist, was toastmaster.
ASHLAND RAISESJ5000
FUND FOR ROGUE RIVER ROUND
UP QUICKLY SUBSCRIBED.
ues in some cities to the extent that
radical legislation has been enacted as
corrective. The possibility of apply
ing such statutes to Portland's prob-
era will be discussed at the Saturday
luncheon.
A special Invitation is being issued
to the Realty Board, the Laurelhurst
Club, the Rose City Park Club and to
other organizations.
Mornlntr. afternoon and evening ses
sions of the School Board will be held
tomorrow in the Board rooms at the
Courthouse In the effort to complete
the long-continued hearings in the Ale
vla Alexander case, which has been
before the directors since last Sep
tember. ,
Mrs. Alexander was former principal
of the Benson Polytechnic School for
Girls and was replaced by Miss Lilian
Tingle. . She protested her removal and
fought It by action in the courts, wnicn
resulted In her favor and her rein
statement was ordered.
Charges were then brought against
Mrs. Alexander by Superintendent Al
derman.
M'KINNEY FUNERAL SET
Doric Lodge of Masons Will Conduct
Services Tomorrow.
The funeral of Reuben McKinney,
who died Tuesday night at Good Sa
maritan Hospital as the result of In
juries received in a fall from a build
ing at Park and Morrison streets March
1. will be held at the chapel of the
St. Johns Undertaking Company to
morrow at 1:30 P. M. Burial will be
at Mount Scott Cemetery.
Mr. McKinney, who formerly was
Chief of Police of the city of St. Johns,
was working with the crew wrecking
the old Canton Grill. He fell from the
third story. He is survived by a widow
and three children. Edna, Clarence and
Ruby. He was a member of the Doric
Lodge of Masons, who will have charge
of the services tomorrow.
FISH PROTECTION PLANNED
Searchlight Is Prepared for Falls
at Oregon City.
The searchlight operated by the
State Fish and Game Commission at the
falls at Oregon City is being cleaned
and made ready for Spring use.
With the opening of the fishing sea
son not lar distant ample protection
for the salmon Is needed against ille
gal net fishing. It would be possible
without the strictest sort of patrollng
for illegal fishers materially, to spoil
the sport of the fisherman who uses
only a hook and line to land big fish.
City. Aroused by Med ford's Effort to
Secure Attraction, Livens and
Plans for Great Event.
ASHLAND. Or.. March 14. (Special.)
Aroused by efforts of Medford to se
cure the Rogue River Round-Up which
last year attracted 50.000 persons to
Ashland on the Fourth of July, local
business men inaugurated an active
campaign this morning in the city and
in a few hours sold the 100 shares of
Round-Up stock which were for sale
at $s0 a share.
The entire city, which has impassive
ly watched a few energetic men strug
gling with the early plans for the
Round-Up, suddenly av oke today and
the entire population is now behind
the July event and will co-operate in
making It the biggest affair Southern
Oregon has ever known. Tonight the
streets were livelier than for months
and strangers greeted strangers with
a "Let 'er buck.
The show will be staged on July 3
and 5 at the Round-Up Grounds here
the association already owning several
thousand dollars' worth of property
there. In conjunction with the Round
Up plans are going forward for sev
eral other celebration features which
will be staged under the direction of
a committee from the Commercial Club
Several hundred dollars have already
been subscribed for these features.
Tentative plans Include several big
parades, five bands, fireworks, possibly
aeroplane flights and numerous minor
features. Lat year Ashland enter
tained a crowd estimated by John M.
Scott, of the Southern Pacific. B0.OO0
during the three days' celebration, and
the mark has been set at 75,000 for this
year.
$20,000 BAKERY TO RISE
Davidson Bread Company to Have
Modern Plant Built Soon.
A modern bakery building, to cost
about $20,000. is planned for erection
on two lots situated on the southeast
corner of East Twenty-second and Ore
gon streets, purchased yesterday by E.
F. Davidson, of the Davidson Bread
Company, from D. W. Strachan. of
Kamloops, B. C. Mr. Davidson paid
$3200 cash for the property, the deal
being handled through E. J. Gelser.
Sutton & Whitney, Portland archi-
FARES TO CHICAGO HIGHER
Pacific Northwest Passenger Tariff
Filed at Salem.
SALEM, Or., March 14 (Special.)
A new Pacific Northwest Joint passen
ger tariff for round trip, all-year-tour
ist fares, has been filed with the Pub
lic Service Commission. These fares
apply to points in Oregon, Washington
and British Columbia to Chicago and
return, and are effective April 1.
The new fares show an increase over
last year, and are as follows: To Chi
cago and return from Portland, via
northern route, $109; to Chicago and
return, via San Francisco, going di
rect and return by San Francisco, or
reverse, $135.10; connecting with a
steamship company via San Francisco,
$128; Prince Rupert route, via Seattle,
$121.
SALEM SEEKSFREE FERRY
Citizens Will Request Marion Coun
ty Court to Act.
SAT.EM. Or.. March 14. (Special.)
At a meeting of the Salem Commercial
Club tonight a call for a meeting of
all citizens of Salem for tomorrow
morning at 10 o'clock went out. at
which time, In company with the
Mayor, the citizens expect to wait upon
the County Court and urge the estab
lishment of a free ferry across tne
river into Polk County.
Passage of the river Is now blocked
by closing of the condemned Inter
county bridge. All stores in the city
will be asked to close for an hour and
general suspension of business Is anti
cipated.
NON-MERGER SUIT OPPOSED
Eugene Body Wants Government to
Drop Railway Prosecution.
EUGENE. Or., March 14. (Special.)
The Eugene- Chamber of Commerce
at its mid-week meeting today, au
thorized the appointment of a commit
tee to draft resolutions favoring the
dismissal of the suit for the unmerglng
of the Southern Pacific and Central
Pacific railroad systems by the Federal
Government. ,
The Circuit Court of appeals recently
handed down a decision holding against
the contention of the Government that
tho railroad merger should be dis
solved. The resolutions were prompted
by a desire to see railroad construction
in Oregon. ,
Mother, yoar child ltsn't naturally
cross and peevish. See if tongue Is coat
ed; this is a sure sign the little stom
ach, liver and bowels need a cleansing
at once.
When listless, pale, feverish, full of
cold, breath bad, throat sore, doesn't
eat, sleeep or act naturally, has stomach-ache,
diarrhoea, remember a gentle
liver and bowel cleansing should al
ways be the tlrst treatment given.
Nothing equals "California Syrup of
Figs" for children's ills; give a tea
spoonful, and in a few hours all the
foul waste, sour bile and fermenting
food which Is clogged in the bowels
passes out of the system, and you have
well and playful child again. All chil
dren love this harmless, delicious "fruit
laxative," and it never falls to effect a
good "Inside" cleansing. Directions for
babies, children of all ages and grown
ups are plainly on the bottle.
Keep It handy In your home. A little
given today saves a sick child tomor
row, but get the genuine. Ask your
druggist for a 50-cent bottle of "Cali
fornia Syrup of Figs." then see that it
Is made by the "California Fig Syrup
Company."
part of the Valley assembled at the
Silver Falls Timber Company's new
mill yesterday to see the first log cut.
The big saws started at 1 o'clock. Many
carried away small pieces of the first
stick of timber cut for souvenirs.
More than 200 men wore engaged in
the work at its opening. By tho first
of next week the enterprise will be in.
full operation and more men will be
added to the force.
CHILD DANGER DAINTY
LITTLE HELEN DIETRICH STARS
FOR MERRIME.XT CLUB.
FRUIT REPORTS PRINTED
State Jlorticultural Society Com
pletes Mass of Information.
Much valuable reading for Oregon's
progressive horticulturists is con
tained in the eighth annual report of
the Oregon State Horticultural Society,
which has just come from the press.
Besides the reports covering business
matters of the organization Is a com
plete account of the 31st annual meet
ing of the membership at Hood River
December 11, 12 and 13, 1916.
The addresses of the various state
fruit experts, which are printed In full,
cover nearly every phase of the fruit
business, from the cultivation of the
young trees and spraying to the final
marketing of orchard products.
HUNDREDS SEE MILL START
More Men to Bo Added by
Falls Timber Company
Silver
SILVERTON, Or., March 14. (Spe
cial.) Hundreds of persons from Sil
verton, Salem and other towns In this
Vaudeville Given by Yoanc Persona at
Cathedral nail Wins Praise for
Clever Productions.
Twelve - year - old Helen Dietrich,
dainty and graceful, was the headltno
act on a ten-act bill of vaudeville given
last night in Cathedral Hall, Seven
teenth and Couch streets, by the Merri
ment Club, an organization of young
persons living in that district.
Little Miss Dietrich, clad in filmy
green, went through several classic
dances with an ease of manner that
would have done credit to one twice her
age, backed by years of experience.
A juvenile violinist of no small merit
was Miss Casten. Her accompanist
was Mrs. Warren E. Thomas.
"The Dime Lunch" was a sketch In
which Miss V. Christensen and Frank
Blade showed plenty of "pep" in their
characterizations of Mamo and Mickey,
waitress and waiter.
After the programme an informal
dance was held.
Following Is the programme:
Selection by club orchestra; Helen
Dietrich, dance novelty; Frank and
Frank, nifty nonsense; Alfred Manning,
a boy and a piano: Vida and Jennie
Christensen, vocal duet; Miss Casten.
violinist: Jack Loofborrow, tenor solo:
"Childhood Days," Miss I. Herzlg and
Miss F. Schniederjost; piano solo. Miss
L. Des Brlsay: comedy sketch, "The
Dime Lunch." tho all-star cast Includ
ing: Mickey, a waiter. F. Blade; Mame.
a waitress, V. Christensen; Miss
Hortense. the cashier. J. Christensen:
Alderman Hogan. F. Foeller; Algernon
Smyth, from London. F. Schniederjost;
Miss Gush, a spinster. Miss F. Schnie
derjost. Scene, a dime lunch-room In
the afternoon. Orchestra selection,
march.
BOARD MEMBER RENAMED
A. C. Marsters, of Roseburg, to Con
tinue on Fair Body.
SALEM, Or., March 14. (Special.)
A. C. Marsters. of Roseburg, was reap
pointed a member of the State Fair
Board today by Governor Withycombe.
His term expired today and he was re
appointed for four years.
The Board now Includes besides Mr.
Marsters, M. L. Jones, Brooks; W. H.
Savage. Corvallis; Mrs. Edyth Tozier
Weatherred. Portland, and J. E.
Reynolds. La Grande.
Do It Now
Get rid of that cold while you can.
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy will
help you to throw it off. Do not delay.
It only costs a quarter.