THE 3IORXIXG OEEGOXIAX, 3IOXTJAY, APKTli 1G, 1917.
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T. e. WOULD BE III
FIGHT IN 4 MONTHS
Plan for Leading Volunteer
Force to Europe Given
Military Chairmen.
CONSCRIPTION IS FAVORED
Colonel Is of Opinion, However, De
lay Would Bo Too Long Before
United States Flag Appears
on French Battle Line.
WASHIXGTO, April 15. Colonel
Roosevelt, in letters today to Senator
Chamberlain and Representative Dent,
chairman of the congressional military
committees, detailed his plans for rais
ing and accompanying a volunteer ex
pedition to Join the allies on the West
ern European battle front. Ho heartily
approved the Administration's compul
sory service programme for providing a
war army but insisted that volunteers
couli be put on the firing line in four
months and that the American flag
should be there at the earliest possible
moment.
When here last week Colonel Roose
velt saw the military committee chair
man after his conference with Presi
dent Wilson, and they asked him to
submit his views in writing.
"I most earnestly and heartily sup
port the administration bill for provid
ing an army raised on the principle of
universal obligatory military training
and service," said his letter.
Long; Delay Forecast.
"But of course a great system of
this kind, a system entirely new in this
country, cannot be immediately Inaug
urated. Many months, probably at least
a year or over, must elapse before the
army thus raised would be available
for use in Europe.
"Meanwhile let us use volunteer
forces in connection with a portion of
the Regular Army in order at the
earliest possible moment, within a few
months, to put our flag on the firing
line. We owe this to humanity. We
owe it to the small nations who have
suffered such dreadful wrongs from
Germany. Most of all, we owe it to
ourselves, to our National honor and
self-respect. For the sake of our own
souls, for the sake of the memories of
the great Americans of the past, we
must show that we do not Intend to
make this merely a dollar war. Let us
pay with our bodies of our souls' de
sire. Let us. without one hour's un
necessary delay, put the American flag
on the battlefront in this great world
war for democracy and civilization and
for the reign of justice and fair deal
ing among the nations of mankind."
Amendment Iff Proposed.
The Colonel said he did not seek to
have the volunteer system interfere
with or substitute for the obligatory
plan, but that except in certain except
ed cases the volunteers should be com
posed of men who would not be taken
under obligatory service. He proposed
an amendment to the act of March 2,
1899, providing for the raising of 35,000
volunteers, so as to authorize the pres
ident to raise a force of not more than
100,000 (or 200.000 to 600,000 later) for
three years or the duration of the war.
"Under this act," the letter continued.
"I should ask leave to raise, for imme
diate service overseas with the first ex
peditionary force, an infantry division
of three three-regiment brigades and
one divisional brigade of cavalry, to
gether with an artillery brlga'de, a reg
iment of engineers, a motorcycle ma
chine gun regiment, an aero squadron,
a signal corps, the supply service, etc.
I should request the War Department
for the detail of say two officers for
every thousand men. I believe that,
acting under the direction and with the
aid of the Department, I could raise
the division and have it ready to begin
shipment to France in two or three
me ths. My idea would be to have
th- Intensive training in gas work,
bomb throwing, bayonet fighting and
trench work given in France. They
would then be sent into the trenches
when they were thoroughly prepared."
en Dan urcoro cited.
Colonel Roosevelt referred to his
service in Cuba and concluded:
"The regiment with which I first
served as Lieutenant-Colonel, and which
1 afterwards commanded as Colonel,
was raised, equipped, drilled, mounted,
dismounted, kept two weeks on a trans
port and put through two victorious
aggressive fights in which It lost a
third of the officers and a fifth of the
men within 60 days all told."
conducted by Secretary of the Treas
ury McAdoo, assisted by the Federal
Reserve Board, with the governor of
the Bank of England and M. Homberg,
the French financial authority.
The naval negotiations will be con
ducted by Secretary of the Navy Danr
lels and Admiral Benson, cnier or me
naval bureau of operations, with Ad
miral De Chair and Rear-Admiral
Browning, of the British navy, and a
French Admiral, whose name is as yet
unknown.
The military negotiations will be
conducted by Secretary of War Baker
and Major-General Scott, chief of staff
of the United States Army, with Gen
eral Bridges, of the British general
staff, and General White, who had
charge of British recruiting, and Mare
chal Joffre, former commander of the
allied armies, who gained the victory
of the Marne.
The munitions negotiations will be
conducted by the Munitions Board
created by the President with Marechal
Joffre.
The shipping negotiations will be
conducted by the United States Ship
ping Board and the naval representa
tives of Great Britain and France.
Gompen to Have Voice.
The agricultural negotiations will be
conducted by Secretary Houston with
Sir Richard Crawford, British Minister,
and a French representative to be
designated.
The transportation negotiations will
be conducted by Secretary Lane and
Daniel Willard, chairman of the ad
visory committee of the Council of Na
tional Defense, and representatives to
be designated by Mr. Balfour.
The labor negotiations will be con
ducted by Samuel Gompers, president
of the American Federation of Labor,
and members of the advisory commit
tee of the National Council of De
fense and the labor delegates now en
route.
The mere recital of the matters
which will be considered shows the
gigantic scope of the negotiations. The
diplomatic questions to be adjusted are
world-wide.
CHURCH BACKS STRUBLE
SPIRITUALISTS INDORSE DENOUNC
ER OF DR. ALZAMON LUCAS.
Action Is Sequel to Verbal Tilt at Helllg
Theater, When Latter Was
Accused of Frand.
A sequel to the tilt between Wallace
Struble and the Rev. Alzamon Lucas
at the Heilig Theater Friday night.
when Mr. Struble denounced the lat
ter as a fraud preying upon the patriot
ic feelings of the people, was the in
dorsement of Mr. Struble last night
by the Spiritual Church of the Soul
and a repudiation of Dr. Alzamon
Lucas.
President J. H. Lucas, Dr. R. Angus
and E. W. D. Clark, secretary of the
Spiritualist Church, signed the resolu
tion which was adopted by the church
body.
The resolution, which was the result
of the remarks made by Dr. Alzamon
Lucas concerning Mr. Struble's having
been connected with the Spiritualist
Church, was as follows:
"Whereas, A discussion has arisen
between Dr. Alzamon Ira Lucas and
Wallace R. Struble, in which the for
mer sought to discredit the relation
ship of Mr. Struble with the Spiritual
ist churches of Portland; therefore be it
"Resolved, That this church ex
presses its high regard and esteem for
Wallace R. Struble, who has many
times ably and with satisfaction to this
church spoken from our platform, in
which capacity we stand ready to bid
him welcome at any time in the future.
'Resolved, That It Is our duty to
state to the people of Portland that.
while Dr. Alzamon Ira Lucas did on
several occasions during 1916 speak
from the platform of this church, his
services were finally discontinued be
cause of derogatory reports touching
his personal character and methods.
resulting from investigations initiated
by the president and pastor of this
church. Rev. J. H. Lucas."
CLACKAMAS FARM IS SOLD
George Reddaway Becomes Owner
of Howell Feacli Orchard.
OREGON CITT, Or., April 15. (Spe
cial.) George Reddaway, merchant of
this city, has purchased the farm of
E M. Howell on the Clackamas River,
located about five miles from this city
and known as the Howell peach farm.
This land, which is one of the most de
lightfully situated along the banks of
the river, is productive, and each year
since Mr. Howell has owned it has
borne a large crop. This was formerly
the home of Mayor Hackett and is con
sidered one of the best pieces of farm
land in Clackamas County.
Mr. Reddaway expects to retire from
business and will build a modern home
and take up his residence at this place
at an early elate. Mr. Howell has our
chased the grocery store, contents and
the residence now occupied by Mr. Red
daway on Seventh and Monroe streets.
WASHINGTON STATE COLLEGE,
Pullman, April 15. (Special.) A food
preparedness demonstration train, un
der the auspices of the State College
and the Union Pacific Railway system
will start on a tour of the Inland Em
pire tomorrow.
Plans for the demonstration train
were outlined . by Professor W . S.
Thornber, director of the extension de
partment. The train will teach the
farmers the proper care of the fruit
and garden products by means of can
nlng and evaporating, and the raising
of poultry and garden products.
Professor Leonard Hegnauer, exten
sion specialist in soils, will be in
charge. Others who will speak at each
of the 19 stops are Miss Mary F.
Sutherland, home economics extension
specialist; Mrs. Helen Dow Whitaker,
poultry extension specialist, and Pro
fessor R. J. Barnett, garden specialist.
MINISTERS TO LAND TODAY
(Continued From First Page.)
chant marine as rapidly as possible and
the mapping of channels of transpor
tation.
Under the sixth head, will be taken up
and settieu ail matters relating to mu
nltions production and the co-ordina
tion of industry to assure the greatest
possible output.
Firming Will Be Discussed
Under the seventh head, will fall all
matters relating to farming, the pro
auction or iooastuiis, cotton, etc., ac
tually required by the allied nations
end the quick shipment of the harvest
yields to seaports.
under tne eigntn head will come
problems of transportation, the better
organization of American railroads and
the supply and use of railroad material
and railroad operators and operatives
back of the fighting lines.
As soon as labor delegates shall ar
rive from England and France confer
ences will be opened to regulate the
use and supply of labor with a view
to securing the maximum efficiency.
The diplomatic negotiations will be
conducted by Secretary of State Lan
sing, with Arthur Balfour, Foreign
Secretary of Great Britain, and Sir
Cecil Spring-Rice, the British Ambas
sador, and ex-Premier Vlviani and Am
bassador Jusserand, representing
France.
The financial negotiations will be
FOOD TRAIN STARTED OUT
Pullman Experts; Leave Today
Encourage Farmers to Plant.
to
MONMOUTH FAVORS BONDS
Grange Meeting Hears Figures
Show Road Issue Is Sound.
to
MONMOUTH, Or.. April 15. (Special.)
Educators, legislators, creamerymen,
merchants and farmers, at a meeting of
the Monmouth grange Saturday, enthu
siastically indorsed the $6,000,000 road
bond issue.
H. Hirschberg, Independence banker
and railroad man, explained that the
double license of automobiles will pay
for the roads. Senator C. L. Hawley, of
McCoy, showed with figures that the
issue was sound.
J. H. Ackerman, president of the Or
egon Normal School, favored the issue.
Others who spoke for it were: I. L.
Patterson, president of the Polk Coun
ty Fair Association; B. S. Worsley, of
Astoria; L. Barbar of Douglas County;
and George T. Boothby, of Monmouth.
PEOPLE INTERESTED
IN FOOD LECTURES
Demonstration Train Is Filled
at Every Stop Made in
Central Oregon.
COUNTRY IS PROSPEROUS
Addison Bennett Finds New Build
ings in Cities, and Evidences of
Ample Crops Patriotism Is
Shown in Marked Degree.
ORDER HITS GUARDSMEN
Marshfleld Artillery Captain Told to
Discharge Married Men.
MARSHFIELD, Or., April 15. (Spe
cial.) The Eleventh Company, Coast
Artillery, Oregon National Guard re
ceived orders to discharge militiamen
who have dependent families. Captain
Fred K. Gettins today explained the
situation to the company.
It was not learned what proportion of
the local company would be discharged,
but it is said to be large, since the ros
ter has at least 40 per cent of married
men.
Big Cable Shipment Made.
KELSO, Wash., April 15. (Special.)
The Inman-Poulsen Logging Com
pany, operating west of Kelso, received
a consignment of 30 tons of steel cable
for use in the logging woods last week.
This cab.e is worth about S13.000 at
the present market price, according
to Manager J. D. Young, of the log
ging company. Continued cold weather
and rain Is greatly Hampering logging,
Mr Young says, and none of the log
ging concerns in this section is able
BY ADDISON BENNETT.
WASCO. April 15. (Special.) On the
morning of April 9 a train of three
cars left Portland over the O-W. R. & N.
R R on what the officials of that road
called a food preparedness campaign.
This train was run in conjunction and
with the co-operation of the O. A. C,
the railway furnishing the train and
the college the exhibits, lecturers and
demonstrators. The subjects kept in
the foreground were as follows: Veg
etable growing, poultry raising, food
preparation, home canning and conser
vation of food.
The train consisted of three cars:
The private car of Traffic Manager
Robinson, a large day coach fitted up
as an audience room, with all of the
paraphernalia for demonstrations in
canning, and a baggage car fitted up
as an exhibition room. In this were
all sorts of exhibits of growing plants.
poultry-houses and foods, and such
other things pertaining to thereto as
could well be packed Into a small
space.
Charts Show Values.
But perhaps the most enlightening
of the exhibits, which took up nearly
an or tne wall space In both of these
cars, were the charts displayed. These
as a rule came from the Agricultural
Department at Washington and told
of the relative values and costs of va
rious foods for the human family and
the same for poultry. Some of them
also told of the food waste of the
United States, which the department
estimates at 1700,000,000 per year.
The personnel of the party at the
start was as follows: Railroad people;
F. W. Robinson, traffic manager; Wil
liam McMurray, general passenger
agent; J. H. O'Neill, traveling passen
ger agent. From O. A. C. were the
following: R. D. Hetzel, director of ex
tension; H. A. Vickers, secretary: A. G.
B. Bouquet, professor of vegetable gar
dening; Miss Grace Johnson, professor
of home economics; Miss Helen Cow
gill, assistant club leader; C. C. Lamb,
extension poultryman; H. A. Vickers,
extension secretary. In addition to
these t.as the correspondent of The Or
egonlan. It should be said that there
have been some changes in the person
nel since leaving. Professor Hetzel was
called away by the Secretary of Agri
culture to attend a meeting of all the
extension managers of the West, and
Mr. O'Neill was compelled to return to
Portland owing to Illness. The former
was replaced by Mr. Vickers and the
latter by H. W. Hicks, traveling pas
senger agent. .
I am not going to dwell upon the ex
ercises at each stop, for they were of
a similar nature each day. But It must
be said that the lecturers were as good
as can be had from any school or col
lege in the land. Indeed Professor Het
zel has a national reputation, and for
gardening there is no better instructor
in any country than Professor Bouquet.
Professor Lamb is in under Professor
Dryden, and his department has mads
the best poultry record made by any
college In the United States.
Speakers Hold Attention
Misses Cowgill and Johnson are very
entertaining ' speakers and have the
faculty of ingratiating themselves with
their audiences in a way to keep the
closest attention of every hearer. The
meetings as a rule were divided be
tween the lecture car and halls and
school houses; but no matter how small
or how large the audience room there
was at every meeting a large attend
ance and all of the speakers were close
ly followed. But Mies Cowgill and Miss
Johnson were-always so entertaining in
their remarks that it is quite sure their
lessons have sunk deep in every heart.
Perhaps it is out of place to say it,
but I cannot conscientiously pass up
the thought that the canning demon
strations of Miss Cowgill have been the
part of the work that promise the most
and best results. This lady in her
smiling, gentle yet forceful way. talk
ing and laboring at the same time (but
always smiling) made a deep impres
sion at every meeting at which she of
ficiated. Certainly the college offici
als will do well to have her in some
manner continue her demonstrations in
every portion of the state.
Our first stop was at Hood River,
where the audiences were large and
the interest keen. But the best work
there was the organization of a com
mittee which will continue the cam
paign In its every phase, but more par
ticularly that as to planting the back
yards and vacant lots in the city.
Local Committees Formed.
I can shorten this article materially
by saying that from Hood River on
to Wasco this phase of the work has
been closely followed. The campaign
of itself may not produce great re
sults, but the work being done from
the train is only the beginning. It
will be followed up In every county
we have been in. Everywhere the
very best people have been selected for
these committees, and in every county
there la bound to be taken more in
terest in gardening and poultry rais
ing than ever before, and if there is
not less food wasted and more products
canned, then the attention given to
the words and works of Misses Cow
gill and Johnson was not what it
seemed.
Just a few words as to the sections
we have visited. Hood River perhaps
should be overlooked, for that city
keeps always in the public eye. But
the place and the people refuse to
be overlooked! They are not that sort
of people. It is not that kind of a
city. Well. Hood River never looked
better, never was in better shape, the
people were never in better financial
condition than now. The place is not
growing by leaps and bounds, but sub
stantially, permanently and steadily.
One who has not been In the place
for, say 18 months, would scarcely
recognize the city now.
The Dalles Is Improved.
The second stop was at The Dalles.
This solid old city is improving won
derfully. I had not been there for
almost two years. So I found a new
courthouse (and all paid for), a new
Federal building, various other new
structures and a number under way.
I talked with the largest business
men, with the bankers and with the
newspaper men, and all are of one ac
cord that with the great canning in
dustry centering there and with the
great fertility and area of their lands.
The Dalles is sure to go on with a
rapid growth.
Few people remember the old The
Dalles, when the passage of trains
through the street of the town showed
about the gloomiest outlook that any
railroad had at any place in the United
States. Now the depot, the depot
grounds and the surroundings are as
attractive as any city need ssk for.
The fills made by the, O.-W. R. & N.
Company practically created a new The
Dalles.
As to Bend, the capital of the new
County of Deschutes, it, like Hood
River, gets In at the top o' the news
columns almost every morning. Well.
I guess they deserve it. Bend is grow
ing mon rapidly than ctiy city in the
state, the start beginning a couple of
years ago. I mean the date of the sec
ond growth, for Bend has had as many
booms as a cat has lives.
Bend G rowing: Rapidly.
I used to think the Bend people were
the derndest lot of dreamers I ever
knew or heard of; but their dreams
have all come true and then some.
For the last two years the Bend peo
ple have put up on an average I guess
about three buildings again, ranging
from the little one-room affairs up to
great office buildings, marble banks
and fine hotels. And- the population
has grown from a few hundred to
how many? Twenty thousand? I don t
know. But I do know it is more of a
city, does more business and carrl-s
more city airs than some 20,000 cities
I could mention.
And a word about the new county
affairs. In the campaign it was said
the new county seat would cost the
people so much that it would bankrupt
some of them. Rats! There is not a
better conducted or more economical
county government in Oregon than
Deschutes County has. And they are
going to keep on so if you understand
what that means.
From Bend we took In Redmond,
which Is also In Deschutes County. I
have always fancied Redmond, have
always believed it would become one
of the model little cities of Oregon.
I do not for the life of me see how
it can fail in being a gem of a city.
It lies in the very heart of as fine a
farming section as lies outdoors.
Of course you have got to consider
the altitude. You couldn't get rich
growing figs there. But for the prod
ucts suited to an altitude of 2500 feet
the country adjacent to Redmond on
all sides is practically Ideal; for clover
and alslke, alfalfa and root crops there
Is none better. The dairy cow and
the hog are going to make Redmond
famous, saying nothing about the Red
mond potatoes.
As we were approaching the city
Mrs. Robinson, the wife of Traffic
Manager Robinson, who had come up
to see a part of the state new to her,
asked her husband If Redmond was
not the place where they got their
potatoes every Fall and from where
they were regularly supplied with
their butter. He replied it was. Then
Mrs. Robinson went on to say that
they have the finest butter always of
any people , in Portland, and their po
tatoes are better than the best.
"Wasco New City.
Here we are at Wasco. And we find
a fine little city in place of the late
lamented village. Wasco is all new
to me, for I have not been here be
fore for two years. Brother Snyder,
of the Enterprise, says it is a cold
day when he does not see a farmer
going out home in a brand-new automobile.-
The farmers in this vicinity
are about as prosperous as those of
any section of Oregon. The city has
dozens of buildings, mostly brick, one
or two of them, like the McCoy store,
very large. There are two banks filled
wKh the farmers' money; the most
sightly and one of the most beauti
ful school buildings in the West is on
the ground to the southeast, looking
more like a state capitol than like a
schoolhouse; the streets are In fine
condition, as also the walks I tell
you Wasco has put her Sunday clothes
on and has a pocketbook full of cash
in her pocket.
One word as to the outlook: In all
sections we have passed through there
are fine prospects for good crops, es
pecially about Wasco. Aside from that.
everybody is filled with patriotism and
will take home the lessons of this
preparedness campaign.
One thing has been brought home to
i the car shortage. On the branch
here as far as Wasco, and on the two
roads up the Deschutes, there are well
over 200 carloads of wheat awaiting
cars. The warehouses are overflow
ing, the platforms filled and pile upon
pile on the adjacent ground.
HUBBARD HAS BIG RALLY
Governor in Patriotic Address Urges
Need of Good Roads.
HUBBARD, Or., April 15. (Special.)
The Hubbard public schools and
Parent-Teacher Association held a big
patriotic rally and Arbor-day exercises
Friday. tne citizens or tne entire
countryside joined in the event, and
spread a big dinner in the lunchrooms
of the new building. The business
houses all closed during the exercises.
The afternoon programme consisted
of nag drills, marching, patriotic songs,
music by the Hubbard band and an ad
dress by Governor Withycombe. Dur
ing the course of remarks the Gover
nor urged every man, woman and child
to grow more foodstuffs, -more cattle
and more good 'horses. He said our
country was facing a horse famine. He
also urged that every farmer support
the road bond measure, because the
farmer would benefit, while the auto
mobile owner would pay for the roads
in increased licenses.
Professor J. B. Homer, of Oregon
Agricultural College, delivered an illus
trated lecture in the evening.
SIUSLAW MAY GET YARDS
E. S. Smith Says Shipbuilding
Harbor Is Considered.
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EUGENE. Or., April 15. (Special.)
The Siuslaw harbor will be Investi
gated as a shipbuilding site, according
to Earl Stanley fomith, of Eugene, who
says he was so informed by Theodore
Brent, vice-chairman of the United
States Shipping Bureau.
Mr. Brent while at Marshfleld gave
instructions to lay out 12 ways for the
building of ships in that harbor, ac
cording to Mr. Smith.
Value
Citrus to Be Planted in Oregon.
EUGENE. Or., April 15. (Special.)
W. A. Ledbetter, formerly of California,
who recently purchased property in
Eugene, plans to experiment with cit
rus fruit in Oregon. He has received
a shipment of grapefruit trees. Eureka
lemon . trees and Washington navel
orange trees. Mr. Ledbetter, a nursery
man, believes that citrus can be grown
in this climate, if proper varieties are
used.
"OR our due in dollars, the customer receives
his due in clothing. No disparity between the
two. Both equal. Bothalike.
That, in a few words, is our conception of
clothing value. All noisy claims to the con
trary, it isn't necessary to excel the American
dollar in value to achieve retail distinction.
An honest merchant knows he does a rare
thing when he equals it.
A dollar must be as good on the inside as it is
on the outside. So must the suit.
As it seems to us, there is just as much wrong
in giving a counterfeit suit for a good dollar
as it is to get a good suit for a counterfeit
dollar.
Our clothing comes from such concerns as
A. B. Kirschbaum Company, who would no
more think of putting a cheating makeshift
into a. garment than Uncle Sam would of
putting lead into a silver dollar.
The new Spring models now
here for your choosing at $15,
$20, $25, $30, $35 or up to $40
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CORNER FOURTH AND ALDER STS.
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BOND DATA OFFERED
Redemption and $8,961,086
Surplus in 1944 Promised.
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lai. .532.JMW
UK-".!. .tHOS.LVxJ
1923. .t669.0Sl
3!L'4. .t73.-,,!S
1025. , 750,000
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Principal. Surplus.
( at;o.ooo
2X4.000
E. J. ADAMS GIVES TABLE j;-
!l :u.
1.'37.
Il IMS
Proposal to Use Automobile Tax Re- ja 'S!.
lied On, but Counter Plan of
Light Assessments Considered
for Use In Emergency.
be .0136 mills, or 15 V4 cents per 11000
of assessed value.
The table prepared by Mr. Adams fol
lows: Auto
Tear Receipts. Interest.
1918. .(320,000 t 40.0O0
lia..3S4.000 120.00(1
240,000 220.H0
240.0OO S12.f0
t24O.O0O 3HS.2.-.0
t240.0O0 50.000 S7U.0JI1
t23S.OO0 lr.0.000 347. P9
232.000 300.000 218.000
220.000 a-0.0O0 2.10.0O0
3 127.. 750.000 2OS.0OO SOO.OOO 242.0O0
12S.. 750.0(10 lHti.OOO UOII.OOO 254. OOO
1 -!.. 750.000 1S4.0OO 300.OO0 2(10. 000
1 .').. 750.000 172. OO0 300,000 27S.0OO
131.. 750.0OO 180.000 300,000 290.0OO
750,0(10 143. OOO SOO.OOO 302. 0OO
750.0(10 130.000 300. OOO 314. 0OO
750.000 124.000 300.000 S20.OOO
750.000 112.000 SOO.OOO 33S.OOO
750,000 100.OO0 300. 0OO 350. OOO
750.0OO 88.000 300,000 362.000
750,0(10 7.0O0 SOO.OOO 374. OOO
750.0OO 64.000 300.000 8S0.0OO
750. OOO 52. OOO 300.000 80S. OOO
5 Ml.. 7.tO.0O0 40.000 300.000 410. OOO
)142.. 750.000 28. OOO 300.000 422. OOO
143.. 75O.000 16.000 250. OOO 434. OOO
1944.. 700.000 6.000 150.000 094.000
How automobile license taxes will
pay off the proposed issue of road
bonds, both principal and interest,
without resorting to any other means
of raising money, is shown graphically
by E. J. Adams, member of the State
Highway Commission. He has compiled
a table that provides for the amortiza
tion of the bonds in future years so
that not only will they be liquidated
but a generous surplus will be left
over.
He estimates that by 1944 the $6,000,-
000 bond issue, with Interest of $3,720,-
frOO. will have been paid off. besides
leaving a surplus on hand of $3,961,086.
all through application of the state's
revenue from automobile licenses to
this debt.
Computmt loa la Interesting
Mr. Adams computation is interest
ing and is, he says, based upon the
most conservative calculations. He
says, for example, that the number of
automobiles In this state has increased
as much as 33 per cent each year since
1911. However, to be entirely safe, Mr.
Adams estimates the greatest gain in
future at 20 per cent, which he applies
to the years 1919. 1920 and 1921. For
the three following years, he estimates
the gain in the number of autos will be
only 10 per cent, and after 1924 he does
not figure any gain at all in auto li
cense revenues.
But suppose, says Mr. Adams, that
at some future time, for a reason that
cannot now be known or foreseen, the
Legislature should declare against any
tax on automobiles. In that event, the
revenue Mr. Adams counts upon would
be cut off, but he has another plan for
use In that emergency.
Assessments Are Suggested
The bonds, both principal and inter
est, would be paid off by tax assess
ments ranging from .045 to .6 of 1 mill
or from 414c to 60c on $1000of assess
ed value. On the. present assessed
values, the Interest charge alone would
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$3,720,000 $6,000,000 $8,961,086
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EXTENSION LECTURES SET
University of Oregon Announces
Week's Programme.
EUGENE, March 15. The following
University of Oregon extension speak
ers are scheduled for the coming week.
John J. Landsbury, professor of mu
sic, will give an address before the
University Club at Portland Tuesday
evening. His subject will be "He That
Hath Ears."
B. W. DeBusk. professor of second
ary education, will deliver several ad
dresses in Washington County during
the week, in connection with the work
of examining children in the schools.
Ida V. Turney, Instructor In rhetoric,
ill speak before the Ellen Hopkins
Club, near Eugene, on Thursday after
noon. Her subject will be "Is the Cur
rent Short Story Worth While?"
Ben H. Williams, secretary of social
welfare of the extension division, will
give an Illustrated talk at the Jefferson-street
chapel at Eugene Wednes
day evening.
Eart Kllpatrlck, director of the ex
tension division, will speak at a com
munity meeting near Medford on Fri
day and at a local teachers' institute
near Ashland on Saturday.
NAVAL RESERVISTS CALLED
Sixteen Young Men From Albany
Ordered to Bremerton.
ALB ANT, Or., April 13. (Special.)
Sixteen Albany men who enlisted re
cently in the Naval Reserve, have been
called to the colors and will leave at 5
o'clock tomorrow morning for Bremer
ton, Wash. Some of the city's leading
young men are included in those who
will answer the call.
The Albay Daily Democrat had to
reorganize its mechanical department
almost entirely as a result of the call,
as it lost its foreman, linotype opera
tor and pressman. They all enlisted as
printers, first class.
Kenneth MacLennan, of the clerical
force of the bank of J. W. Cusick & Co.,
is going as a hospital apprentice. War
ren C. Hunter and Arlie D. Gildow. stu
dents of Albany College, and Francis X,
Beal. one of the leading athletes of Al
bany high school, are also included in
the call. The two former go as hos
pital apprentices and the latter as an
apprentice seaman.
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