THE MORNING OliEGONIAN, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1917. 11 , FIRE SPECTACULAR; LOSS NOT GREAT Plant o Ground Feed Com pany, Three Residences Are Destroyed. TRAINS, TRAFFIC, HELD UP state Commerce Commission today ren dered a tentative decision to the ef fect that existing rates on print paper from the mills of the Crown Willamette Paper Company, at Camas, to Butte, Helena and other Montana points, have not been shown to be unreasonable. but further opportunity Is given Mon tana publishers to mane gooa tneir complaint if they have additional evi dence t. present. The original complaint assailed the present average rate of 72 cents as ex cessive and asked for a reduction to 51 cents. It was shown the average haul is 834 miles, while the rate from Chi cago to Montana points. 1479 miles, is only 82 cents. The Commission holds that distance alone is not determining as to the reasonableness of a rate, and all other factors must be considered. If no protest is filed this ruling will stand, as will the 72-cent rate. Flames Shoot High In Sky and Il-J- luminate East Side for Miles Other Buildings Threat ened, Danger Averted. For several hours last night a spec tacular fire, which destroyed the building and contents of the Ground Feed Company at Kailroad street and Albina avenue, Lewis and Goldsmith streets, on the East Side, north of the Broadway bridge, threatened several warehouses, including the Golden Rod Milling Company plant and three resi dences. The loss is estimated at $5000 to $7500 by W. A. Goss, general man ager of the Feed Company. The fire was discovered about 7:10 o'clock, and, owing to the tinder-like dryness of the building and its con tents, including about 5000 bales of hay, it spread rapidly. A house belonging to Mrs. Anna Brown, 69 Albina avenue, became Ignited from the flying embers, and firemen had a hard battle to save it from destruction. Other buildings threatened were the L. D. Mathewson lionie at 75 Albina avenue and the con fectionery store of William Schlesinger at 4 43 Goldsmith street, which was di rectly behind the burning building and not more than 50 feet away. It was necessary for the Albina Fuel Company, which had 15 carloads of baled hay in Its warehouse abutting the Ground Feed Company, to move the hay and keep streams of water playing on the building to prevent It catching from the flying brands. - In the burned warehouses were several cars of hay orned by Albers Bros. Milling Company, five cars owned by K. P. Knight and two cars owned by 65am Boyer. Trains on the Oregon-Washington Railway were held up for several min ntes both ways owing to the lines of hose which were strung across the company's tracks. Traffic on the Broadway bridge was tied up tem porarily by the crowd. The flames shot 100 feet toward the iky and illuminated the East Side dis trict for several miles around. Several firemen had narrow escapes from falling walls and It was neces sary for a large detail of police to keep the crowd from under the falling power wires. i The building was owned by McKin Tiey & Foster and had been leased by the Ground Feed Company. K. V. Berwick rescued two cows in a part of the burned building. V UKtV WILL BE TESTED AT BILL RVX RESERVOIR IS CONTEMPLATED. missing m is found w. H. RHODEXHISER, OF HOOD RIVER, IN' CALIFORNIA Elderly Orehardlat, Thought Suicide, Saya His Mind Gave Way Follow ing; Financial Reverses HOOD RIVER. Or.. Oct 11. (Spe cial.) W. H. Rhodenhiser Upper Val ley homesteader and merchant, who disappeared in October, 1913, thought by his friends to have committed sui cide or to have been lost in the Cas cade Mountainj, still lives. In a let ter to C. H. Vaughan, a local banker, C. A. Clark, formerly of Parkdale, who is motoring with his family in Cal ifornia, tells of finding the elderly man in a camp on the Shasta River. Mr. Clark enclosed in his letter the the following affidavit dated October 4, which comes to Hood River people like a message from the grave. "This is to certify that I met C. A. Clark and wife on the Shasta River, California and will leave this after noon for San Francisco. Respectfully, "W. H. RHODEXHISER." Mr. Rhodenhiser who at one time owned Upper Valley orchard and ranch property valued at $20,000. lost his for tune in a mercantile venture. Harassed by creditors, he left his Upper Valley home for a. hunting trip in -ie forests to the west of Mount Hood. According to his story to Mr. Clark, he became ill and grew . delirious while alone in the mountains, where he wandered for five months, and. he said, his mind was E-ffected for more than a year after the experience. $221,734,622 IN BANKS Increase or $33,000,000 Fhown fn Resources in State for Year. Banking statistics of state institu tions, as compiled by the State Bank ing Department, Salem, showing condi tion of Oregon banks at the close of business September 11, as compared with similar statistics for September. 12, 1916, show gains in deposits and ad vances in loans and discounts. Sur plus funds are greater and resources of the combined banks of the state have increased from $178,561,927 to $221,734,622. Demand certificates of deposits in creased during the year from $4,853. 178 to $5,350,546. Time certificates of deposit show a gain from $16,521,164 to $22,309,733 and savings deposits have advanced from $24,920,889 to $30,011. 879. United States postal deposits show a gain from $1,678,577 to $2,331,395 and United States deposits have advanced from $479,335 to $1,473,896. If Water Can Be Held In Lake City Will Not Have to Do Kitrn i alve Work for Year. Tests to determine whether or not a conservation dam at Bull Run lake, the source of the city's water supply. Is a success are to be made today and tomorrow by engineers. The new dam is nearing completion. The dam extends across a neck of the lake in the bottom of which are outlets which are thought to form the only outlets the lake has. If this is true and the dam shuts the water out of this neck the city will have control of the water in the lake and can release it as needed for the water supply, reserving millions of gallons for the dry season. As it is now the water drains out until the lake is very low in the season when water is needed most. Colored water will be used in the tests. This will be emptied into the neck of the lake and will be looked for at the point where the water comes up from its underground pass age and forms Bull Run River. By means of this colored water it is thought possible to determine whether all of Bull Run River comes from the leaks in the neck of the lake or whether there are other outlets in the main part of the lake. If the dam project has succeeded In shutting off the leaks which supply Bull Run River the city will have added to its water system a storage basin holding enough water to last the city 30 days or longer. It is proposed after the experiment to blanket the dam completely so that the neck of the lake will be entirely shut off. An outlet will be formed by a smaller dam at the lowest end of the lake where the outlet will be controlled by a gate. Construction of the dam has been under way all this Summer under the direction of Assistant Water Engineer Morrow. It is nearing completion now or at least the experimental part is. If the experiment shows that the plan Is a success more money will be ex pended in making the dam perma nent. The work so far has cost about $5000. Its success will mean that the city will not have to construct addi tional reservoirs at a cost of hundreds of thousands of dollars to augment the water supply when the city gets larger. LONG CRIMINAL CASE ENDS Imperial Man Acquitted of Charge of Stealing Horses. BEND. Or. Oct. 11. (Special.) David It. Dunn, of Imperial, charged with the theft of horses belonging to George Russell, of Prineville. was acquitted by a jury in the Circuit Court here last night, bringing to an end a case which has been pending for the past two years. Only two ballots were necessary for the jury to reach its decision. At the request of the defendant, the .case of State vs. Bailey has been post poned and the civil suit of Clingan vs. Kastes has started, the plaintiff suing for $10,000 damages for false imprisonment- MELTING POT IS SUCCESS Centralia Red Cross Chapter Sends Supplies to Base Hospital CENTRALIA. Wash., Oct. 11. (Spe cial.) The Centralia Red Cross chap ter Tuesday shipped three boxes of supplies, containing ambulance pillows and garments, to the base hosnltal In Seattle. Yesterday a combined box of surgical supplies and garments were shipped. 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Or., Oct. 11. ( Spe cial.) The Oregon Coast Artillery Corps and companies of the regular Army stationed here were reviewed this afternoon by Governor Withy combe and former Adjutant-General George A. White, who will leave next week for North Carolina, where he will be attached to the 41st division. Fol lowing the review the Governor, Adjutant-General and W. A. Godwin, the evangelist known as "Three-Fingered Jack," addressed the troops. All routine duty for the day was sus pended on order of Colonel W. E. Ellis, commander of the Coast defenses of the Columbia. During the morning and after the review this afternoon athlet ic events were held by the various com panies in competition. Governor Compliments Troops. Governor Withycombe complimented the troops on their appearance and told them that "police duty" was not their future. "This training you are getting here is only preparatory to service across the sea," he said. "And Oregon will hear from you when the great time comes." "My great regret In 'being attached to the Forty-first Division is that the Oregon Coast Artillery will not be there," said Adutant-General White. "I hope that one year from now the Ore gon Coast Artillery, changed to field artillery, will be dropping along a bar rage fire while American troops go over the tops." Pare ha ne of Bonds Urged. Evangelist Godwin told the men that they were fighting for the virtue ef the world. Holding up his three stubbed members. "Three-Fingered Jack" said: "Only this keeps me from going with you." The evangelist Is doing work among the I. W. W. at Astoria. , The regular companies proved stars In the athletic contest. The tug of war was taken by the First Company. The regular battalion also won the baseball game in the morning. Major H. K. Metcalf and Major Wil liam White, of the Oregon Coast Artil lery, also made 6hort speeches, urging those who had not already taken lib erty bonds to invest, if able. More than $44,000 worth of the bonds have been taken to date. Centralia Man Arrives in France. CENTRALIA. Wash.. Oct. 11. Spe cial.) Dale Hubbard, who recently en listed in the Tenth Engineers, has ar rived safely in France, according to a cablegram received from him yes terday by his mother, Mrs. R. P. Hub bard. The young soldier shortly after his enlistment underwent a period of training in Washington. P. C. Centralia Youth Is Xow Sergeant. CENTRALIA, "Wash.. Oct. 11. (Spe cial.) George Sears, son of Albert Sears, of this city and a former Uni- verslty of Washington student, who recently enlisted In the medical corps, has been promoted to sergeant and is now stationed at Fort Riley. Kansas. The young soldier expects to be at Fort Riley all Winter. He has charge of the training of all enlisted men in the use of gas masks. Centralia Doctor Slated for Service. CENTRALIA. Wash.. Oct. 11. (Spe cial.) Dr. E. L. 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