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8 THE MORXIXG . OKEGOXIAIT, FRIDAY, JTTLY 6. 1917. POLICE WILL PROBE SLABWOOD SUPPLY Mayor Directs Investigation of Amount on Hand, v Sources, and Prices. adequate Federal regulation of both supply and price. In this same connection Senator Mc Nary, in the public lands committee, is urging- the adoption of an amend ment to the Federal oil and coal-leasing bill, which will make possible the early development of the coal fields of Alaska. Inquiry which he. has made around Washington has convinced him that coal development in the Matanuska field cannot take place as long as ex isting regulations continue In force, and because of the fuel situation on the Pacific Coast the Senator believes further legislation is imperative, un less the department will voluntarily amend Its regulations so as to Invite capital to Invest. The Senator person ally believes Alaska coal lands should be opened under either the sale or ORDERS FILLED SLOWLY Dealers Assert Demand Increases and front Are Not Mora Than Legitimate tTn der Circumstances. Portland's police force are follow ing the tortuous trail of the fleeing fuel supply. Acting under Instructions received from Mayor Baker the Chief of Police yesterday morning instructed his patrolmen and plainclothes oper ators to institute the most careful In vestigation. "I am going to make a complete and thorough investigation of the wood supply in and about Portland," de clared Mayor Baker yesterday. "When It is concluded we shall be in posses sion of the truth about any fuel short age, present or prospective. TheQuan tity of wood now on hand and the amount to be expected will be shown In the findings." I Meantime those who sue and plead for slabwood meet with refusal in nine cases out of 10. And slabwood is the only answer to the actual shortage of cordwood. which labor declined to cut when other employment held out a bet- ! ter wage. The supply Is sold far ahead and Is controlled by a comparative few of the city's force of fuel dealers. Small Dealers Not Supplied. A canvass of the smaller dealers and woodyarda reveals the fact that most of these have not had slabwood at any time or any price during the present season, that a scattering few are able to get only an occasional car, and that almost all say they are unable to ob tain it by reason of the large con tracts of the greater fuel firms with the sawmills. Typical is the case of Slabwood Bill, of 9101 Foster Road, who, in the good old days when slabwood was to be had for the hauling, evidently bethought himself of the value of a trade name. What's in one. anyhow? Ask Slabwood B11L The voice that trickles over the wire is too softly feminine for Slab wood Bill, but it speaks with the as surance of one owning authority. "Slabwood?" At answers. "We have none whatever, nor have we had any. We can't get It." ' Not quite so typical, but giving rise to the conjecture that scarcity may have closed the shop, is the case of the Fireside Fuel Company. "Tabor 866 has been disconnected," says Central, sweetly. Hear, then, another fuel dealer, who straightway admits that he has had no slabwood. and that he is forced to re fuse all orders for that favorite variety of fuel. "I don't take much stock in the rumor that large dealers have created a 'corner' on the slabwood mar ket," he asserts. "They say the mills are all busy. Perhaps, with the de mand for lumber, they are cutting close and utilizing most of the slab. I don't know. I'd like to get some slab wood for my own use but I can't." Slabwood Sells Fast. The truth about the supply Is that. by the testimony of all other dealers, great or little, the mills are producing more slabwood than ever. That the Influx of slabwood Is con stant and greater than ever before, but that the demand is correspondingly great, and that the supply is sold as soon as it is created, is the answer of the several large fuel dealers who con trol the entire output of Portland saw mills and a large majority of the coun try mills. Quotations on green slab- wood, when they can be obtained, range from $4.60 to $5.60 for close-in deliv ery. The normal price Is not higher than $3.60. Under Mayor Baker's outlined plan the police will undertake to discover what quantities of slabwood are in storage, where these stocks are held. what the output of the various mills la, to whom It is contracted, and whether any of the present supply is being stored by the dealers. The existence of two or three large woodyards of dry slabwood is already known. The in vestigation will include prices and supply of cordwood. Despite protests of fuel dealers that the public does not understand the fuel situation, that the shortage is created by an excessive demand, and that the rising profit is legitimately theirs. men who have long since become famil iar with the fuel situation declare that the prevailing prices for fuel are far too high, and that the rumored ad vance, which is slated for August 1, is more than unjustified. SENATOR ASKS FEDERAL PROBE Suggestion Made Law Be Changed to Open Alaska Coal. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash Ington, July 5. Senator McNary today wrote the Federal Trade Commission calling attention to the fuel situation In Portland and the Northwest and the steady upward trend of prices on both coal and oil. He asked that the Commission make an investigation into Oregon and the Northwest and not con fine its activities to the East. Pre vailing prices in the Northwest, he said, are abnormal, and there is fear of much suffering next Winter unless there is lease plan. As the law now stands. no coal lands in Alaska can be pur chased; all must be leased. MAKE YOURSELF STRONGER People with strong constitutions es cape many minor ills tht make life miserable for others. Don't you envy the friend who does not know what a headache is, whose digestion is perfect and sleep undisturbed? How far do you come from this de scription and have you ever made an earnest effort to strengthen your con stitution, to build up your system to ward off disease and discomfort? Everyone cannot have perfect health but unless you have an organic disease It is generally possible to Improve your physical condition by attention to the rules of health, the first of which Is to keep the blood built up. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People contain Just the elements need ed to build up the blood and restore the lost color and vitality. New en ergy circulates through the system with the enriched blood, the heart stops its alarming palpitating, colo returns to cheeks and lips. Nothing more Is needed except sun light, good air. proper food and rest. If you do not know exactly what rules to follow In these matters, write today to the Dr. Williams' Medicine Co. bcncnectaay, r. Y., ror Dooklets on the blood and diet. Your own drug gist sells Dr. Williams' Pink Pills Adv. . Other Commissioners Want to Know Whether County Is to Get Share of Revenues. GOVERNOR URGED TO VOTE UNIFORM OF GIRLS' NATION. JUL, HONOR GUARD SHOWN. I " f - - I V if t ( V, I - - " "V , I ' i I' ' - i -A X 1 I , ' I . I i , . I . -r I I - I -CT- I i-' U,- f -1 r. : ' f - j I i' y , i t4 I - M II 1 l ' ' s s Js I I 1 S- sy?s " 1 SI las Lnclle Danforth. Miss Luclle Danforth, state manager of the Girls' National Honor Guard, yesterday received a sample uniform from New York and will get bids on the uniforms for Oregon girls immeditaely. The girls will wear the regula tlon style adopted by the Na tional organization blue-gray shirt, coat and skirt, with hat to correspond. An eagle insignia will adorn the sleeve. All Oregon uniforms will be made in this state of Oregon woolen goods. ma t la- AUTHORITY IS STUDIED GOVERNOR'S POWER OVER PENI TENTIARY N QUESTION. Administration of Institution, Board Decides, Is Clearly Under State Executive, SALEM, Or., July. 5. (Special.) Just now far the Jurisdiction of the Got ernor extends over the State Peniten tiary was a question which developed at a meeting of the Board of Control today, at which Governor Withycombe and Secretary Olcott were the only members present. Secretary Olcott offered the sugge tion that he believes the new law covers the administration of the prison in all of its aspects, with the excep tion of the purchase of supplies, which. it is understood, falls to the Board of Control. He also stated he under stood the new law was broad enough to cover the handling of the flax plant. 'The law is rather liberal in its terms and it is hard to determine just where the line of demarcation lies," he stated. The Question came up when the Got ernor suggested obtaining sanction of the Board of Control to certain minor alterations which are contemplated in connection with the prison. The mat ter will be looked Into to ascertain some distinct working basis. The last Legislature passed an act taking from the Board of Control the administration of the prison, and the Governor said today he understood that the change only contemplated giving him full authority in hiring employes and handling the convicts. ROAD LAWS ARE ENFORCED Clarke County Drivers Fined for Vlo latins Motor Vehicle Statutes. VANCOUVER, Wash.. July S. (Spe cial.) Fines aggregating $126 were paid by Clarke County motorists in Justice W. B. T. Derr s court as tne re suit of failure to observe the motor vehicle speed, light and license laws in Washington yesterday. The fines ranged from $3 to $1S and in some cases jail sentences were threatened. Gerald Spurgeon. a young man, was arrested for speeding his motorcycle on the Pacific Highway pavement, his third offense recently, and Justice Derr deferred sentence, taking his mo torcycle license away from him and ordering him not to drive an automo mile until the court so permitted. Strict compliance with the new mo tor vehisle law in regard to speedln and lights is to be required by staLe and county officers. BOISE Y. M. C. A. GROWING Secretary Randall Back In Portland on Business Trip. Richard E. Randall, formerly rell gious work director of the Portland T. M. C. A but now general secretary at Boise, was In Portland yesterday on a hunt for a secretary to take charge of a growing boys' division in his asso ciation. "The Boise V. M. C. A. Is growing wonderfully." said Mr. Randall 'It raised 92 per cent more than Its allot ment for the Red Cross and it exceeded its quota for the Army Y. M. C. A. The business men's classes. are increasing rapidly. Tennis is occupying the at tention of most of the association members just now and preparations are being made for a state tourna i ment" BRIDGE ISSUE PUT UP TO file. HOLMftfl Multnomab Thinks It Is Entitled to Five-Sevenths of Profits From Tolls, While Clarke Wants Two-Fifths. ' Ruf us Hoi man, chairman of the Board of County Commissioners, will be called pon next Tuesday to decide whether or not he favors granting what is termed by Commissioners Muck and Holbrook a virtual donation of some thing like $16,000 a year to the people of -Clarke County, Washington. This decision must be made at the forthcoming meeting of the Interstate Bridge Commission, when the question of final adjustment of tolls will be taken before the meeting by Commis sioners Muck and Holbrook. These two Commissioners will Insist pon the adoption of an order giving Clarke County two-sevenths of the net profits from the bridge, and Multnomah County five-sevenths of these profits. Tne three Clarke County Commission- rs are already on record as favoring giving their own county two-fifths of these tolls, while It is understood that Chairman Holman will vote with the Clarke County officials. Records of the Commission show that he has almost Invariably voted with the Clarke County Commissioners as against his fellow Commissioners of Multnomah County. Issue Up to Mr. Holman. "But we will Insist upon placing every member squarely on record," said Commissioner Holbrook yesterday. "If Mr. Holman sees fit to vote with the Clarke County Commissioners, there appears to be but little loubt but that they will win out in their fight for two-flf chs of the profits, but If he votes with Multnomah County we will save to our taxpayers what we firmly be lieve to be our just pro rata of the bridge profits." What first appeared to be a minor difference existing between members of the Commission has developed Into controversy which promises to as sume large proportions. After a thor ough examination of the records of the Commission. Commissioner Holbrook says that, under a misapprehension, he igned a resolution dated April 30, 1915, which purports to give Clarke County two-fifths of the profits. But. acting on the theory that It is never too late to rectify a mistake, he has now put himself on record in standing by Com missioner Muck In every essential de tail of his fight to save this money to the taxpayers of Multnomah County. Order for Two-Sevenths) Adopted. Examination of the records of the Commission during the past two years shows that the Commission has adopted conflicting resolutions and orders on numerous occasions. The records sbow. however, that on two occasions the di vision of two-sevenths and five-sev enths has been ordered, as against one resolution authorizing the two-fifths and three-fifths division. These records further disclose the fact that it was Mr. Holman who first suggested that the division be made on the basis of two-sevenths, and five- sevenths. A quotation from the journal of the Commission, dated Wednesday, Decem ber 30, 1914, reads as follows: 'It was suggested by Mr. Holman and so ordered, that It is the sense of the Commission that sufficient revenue be raised by tolls and franchises to pay Interest on bonds of Clarke County and two-sevenths of the total operating and maintenance expense to Clarke County, nd f Ive-sevetiths of the total operat ing and maintenance expense to Mult nomah County." Approaches Cost 9500,000. The entire controversy hinges upon the fact that Multnomah County spent something like $500,000 in the construc tion of the Oregon approaches to the Interstate bridge. This would leave an expenditure of something like $750,000 for. the cost of the bridge proper, as against a cost of $500,000 to Clarke County. The Clarke County Commissioners hold that. Inasmuch as this county spent but three-fifths of the cost of constructing the bridge proper, that it is entitled to profits only at that ratio. Mr. Muck and Mr. Holbrook say they apparently forget that the bridge ap proaches are a necessary part of the structure and that the bridge Itself would be without value were it not for these approaches. Simmered down, the question Is slm ply this," said Commissioner Holbrook yesterday. "The Interstate bridge was built by Multnomah and Clarke coun ties. Including all approaches, this county spent $1,250,000 and Clarke County $500,000. In my opinion Clarke County should not expect to receive in profits more than Its pro rata share for the entire cost of construction, and for that reason I will insist upon a division on the two-sevenths and five-sevenths basis." The real test will- come when the matter comes up for a final vote Tues day. 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Small, round mirror, nickel rim, cellu loid backs in fancy moire patterns, several colors. Chiropractors from all over the state are registered at the convention head quarters in the Hotel Portland. Mayor Baker delivered a welcoming address to the delegates yesterday morning. Doctors W. E. Stewart, C. W. Burt and O. W. Elliott each delivered speeches during the afternoon. Secretary W. E. Slater, in Inviting outsiders to attend the meetings, said: "One thing I want the people of Portland to understand is that our afternoon lectures are free to the public." MR. LOGAN IS REAPPOINTED New Mayor Names Civil Service Commissioner for Another Term. John F. Logan is to succeed himself as a member of the Municipal Civil Service Board for a term of six years. Mayor Baker yesterday made the re appointment. Mr. Logan has been a member for several years and for about a year past has been chairman of the board. He has ben active In civil service re forms along Tines for the protection of the public service as well as for the protection of employes under civil service. Fourth Speeders Pay $55. Fourth of July speeders paid a toll of 65 In fines in District Judge Day ton's court yesterday. O. B. Harrison was assessed $25; Frank Eter. S10! F. R, Payne, $10: Dave Nepon, tlO. Gor don Spear was traveling with only one light and was fined 2. while W. C Hoffman forgot to adjust his dimmers and paid a fine of 22. long Snows Starving Deer. PENDLETON, Or., July 5. (Special.) Deer in the mountains have suffered severely from the long Winter, says Charles Hosklns, Echo sheepman, who Is here from the camp at Meacham. Feed is just beginning to appear in the timber and the animals are very poor. They are also quite tame, and 20 may be seen in a day's ride, he says. which resulted in the severe injury of the little child of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stark, of Sutherlin. a few days ago an ordinance has been prepared to curb speeders and otherwise careless driv ers who use the streets of that town. The ordinance was prepared in Rose burg and will be Introduced before the Sutherlin Council next week. Freight Conductor Arrested. ASTORIA, Or., July 6. (Special.) Last evening City Marshal Connell, of Warrenton. arrested "Duckle" Davis, a freight conductor on the S. P. 9c S., on a charge of having liquor in his pos session unlawfully and seized several bottles of whisky which he found in a grip in the train rahnose. Davis is held under S100 bonds to appear trial. " for Indictments Are Dismissed. NEW YORK, July 5. Indictments were dismissed today by Federal Judge Grubb in the case of William Leckle, of Welch, W. Va., and Robert G. Pat terson, of Dayton. O., on trial with a number of other semi-bituminous coal operators on a charge of restraining trade by fixing prices. The indictment was also dismissed in the case of the S. J. Patterson-Pocahontas Company, and the Weyanoke Coal & Coke Com pany, In which Patterson is Interested. Phone your want ads to The Orego- nlnn. Main 7070, A 6095. AGED WOMAN IS BURNED Mrs. M. Heinrich Saves Life of Son, HisWife and Babe. OREGON CTTT. Or., July S. Mrs. M. Heinrich, aged 65 years, mother of John Heinrich, of East Clackamas, with whom she is making her home, awakened about 1 o'clock to find the house in flames. She rushed down the burning stairway, through the fire, burning her face, hair, arms and lower limbs seriously. Calling her son, John, who was sleeping on the first floor, he rushed to his wife's bedside, and saved her and her 8-day-old baby by lifting them out the window near their bed. The house was destroyed. The fire Is believed to have originated in a de fective flue. Dr. C. "H. Melssner, attending physi cian, states Mrs. Heinrich will recover, although she has been in a critical condition. Sutherlin to Curb Speeders. ROSEBURG. Or., July 6. (Special.) An a result of the automobile accident CHIROPRACTORS ARE HERE Afternoon Lectures of Association Open to Public. The attendance of the 10th annual convention of the Oregon Chiropractic Association, which opened in Portland yesterday morning, is by far the great est in the history of the association. New!! Hot Weather Furnishings Corbett Building, Corner of Fifth and Morrison Streets Expressly for torrid weather everything1 from sheer, cool uri-derg-arments to soft, comfort col lars. You can expect quality and not be disappointed. The I(eynote of tfie meeting: Low Round-Trip Fares' HOIWiKSSIil 6)flm Mclurra7, General PasscneTAsnl PORTLAND Sfmsgi 111 i rllililllo