Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, February 20, 1919, Image 1

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VOL. LIX. XO. 18,173. POKTLAXD, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1919. PRICE FIVE CENTS.
y THIRD OREGON
BOYS REACH PORT
BILL PROVIDES $5000
FOR SOLDIER RELIEF
OREGON HEROES EV NEW YORK
TO BE ENTERTAINED.
ATTEMPT
ETO
LEGISLATION URGED TO
ATLANTIC OPERATORS
IS
FOB
PROTECT BOND BUYERS
WANT PORTLAND SHIPS
KILL
TURNED ON LEAGUE
BONDS BILL
DISCOUNTING OF SECURITIES IS
SHIPPING BOARD RECEIVES OF
FER FOR CARRIERS.
CRITICISED IN" SENATE.
MAD
1 1
OF CONGRESS
SENATORS
GLEMEIMCEAU
1235 Officers and Men Ar
rive at New York.
HEAVY CASUALTIES SUFFERED
162d Infantry Members Used
as Replacement Troops.
11 DAYS SPENT ON WAY
Canonic Brings Field and Staff,
Headquarters, Machine Gnn Com
pan? and Medical Detachment.
NFTW YORK Feb. . The transport
Canopic arrived here today with 34 of
ficers and 120i men of the lS2d in
fantry of the 41st division, (former na
tionxl guard troops of Washington
Oregon. Montana, Idaho and Wyoming).
Thcv comprised the field and staff,
headquarters, machine gun company,
medical detachment and Companies A.
B and C and a detachment of Company
I. Alto on board were 14 casual of
ficers and men and 34 naval officers
and civilian employes. The Canopic
Wt Brest on February 8.
A majority -f the Canopies soldiers
are from Oregon and were used as re
placement troops for the 41st division,
suffering- heavy casualties. They ar
rived In France in September, 1M7.
Lieutenant Eugene Mason, Salem. Or.
came home with the distinguished
service cross for capturing a machine
gun nest in the Argonne.
The headquarters of the Second army
corps and the headquarters troop of the
Second army corps arrived today on the
Touraine.
More of the 41st division troops ar
rived on the Ortega-supply company.
medical detachment, machine gun com
pany detachment and companies K
and L.
A slight epidemic of influenza on the
Ortega which docked here today caused
i)ie death of Sergeant Kdward C. Bra
, -i-n. of Seattle. Wash., Sunday.
Lieutenant Henry H. Slrowsen. of
Tallahassee. F!a., returned with a dis
tinguished service croaa. He was cited
fr responding to a call for volunteers
t- rescue wounded comrades under ter
rific fire. The body of Lieutenant Les
lie Tooze of Eugene Or., was recoved at
that time.
- WASHINGTON'. Feb. 1 Assignment
to early convoy home of the 306th.
Sji.-r. and 315th battalions of the 306th
lank brigade, the 316th replacement
and salvage company and base hospital
J 7 and aero squadron No. 36 was an
nounced today by the war department.
NEWPORT NEWS. Va., Feb. 19. The
transport Pocahontas arrived here to
iay from France with Zi50 troi-ps. in
Iudin the t2l regiment, coast artil
lery corps, complete.
12P INFANTRY RETURNING
lti-ort Indicate Comparative! Few
Orcjron Bojs Are Included.
Scattered on five different boats,
two battalions of the lS2d infantry,
which absorbed all of the old 3d Ore
icon, will reach the United States this
week. So far as known here, the 3d
battalion, which was held almost in
tact in England, is not yet returning.
Companies K, F. O and most of H
were in charge of rest camps in Eng
land, but members have recently re
purled that they were being relieved.
A significant statement of the dis
patch from New Tork says a majority
of the Canopic's soldiers "are from
Oregon and were i.sed as replacement
troupe, the 41st suffering heavy cas
uaities." This might indicate that
transferred men have been returned
to the regiment tor convoy home. At
best, however, the number of Oregon
boys tent back to rejoin their regi
ment and come home with it is known
Jiiecessarily io have been small. The
did not directly suffer casualties,
being a depot division.
A med:cal detachment and Com
panies L and M cf the l2d are aboard
me PueUo, which sailed from Brest
February s. and is expected to reach
New Yor'-c tomorrow. Company D was
tptit into three detachments for con
oy purposes. Besides the part on the
Canopic. one section is on the North
land, due at New Tork last night, and
another detachment of the company
arrived on the Rotterdam, which
leached New Tork Monday.' The fifth
beat used to carry men of the 162 J
Is fhe President Grant, due at Newport
News. Va.. tomorrow. It has the sup
company aboard and, one report
esya. Company JC
It will be noted that practically all
of.'.hese boats encountered storms and
are fcbcu! two days behind schedule.
The Cancptc should have arrived Moo
ial. (iRtf.OX BOYS SEND GREETINGS
llvod Kicr Parents Receive Tele
gram From Soldier Son.
HOOD RIVER. Or.. Feb. 1. (Spe-
Kl ) Pareuts, friends and relatives
toiay received a flood of telegrams
from members of the 9th Regiment,
C A. C., who arrived yesterday at New
port News. Va.
The following local men were aboard I
tht transport: W. D. Chandler. Hayes
Hiekford. Floyd French, Thorkild
i. jLc.biicU co Page 2, Column
Special Committee of Oregonians in
East Probably Will Be Se
lected to Handle Fund,
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STATE CAPITOL. Salem, Or.. Fer 19.
(Special.) The ways and means com
mm,, tomorrow will report In a bill
providing that 15000 out of the 1100,
000 soldiers' and sailors relief fund
be appropriated for the relief of Oregon
soldiers arriving In New Tork City,
None of this money, however, will be
allowed to be spent for office furniture
and expenses, it being the idea of the
committee that the entire amount be
placed in use for the soldiers them
selves.
The probability ia that the governor
will be asked to name a special com
mittee of Oregon New Yorkers to have
.harm of th administration ana io
handle the fund in such a way that
none of it will be diverted from Its
primary object.
The committee objected to a large
number of Items Included in the budget
of the New Tork committee wnicn
nrovided for a basic expenditure or
$17,500 and about $2t0 a month, the
budget calling for considerable furni
ture and overhead expenses.
Representative Gordon, chairman of
the house ways and means committee,
has been busy lining up a fund for the
soldiers arriving in New Y'ork ever
s nee The Oregonian canea anemion
to their needs.
PUBLIC OWNERSHIP RAPPED
Ilarrv A. Wheeler Says Railroads
Not Successfully ' Operated Now.
OMAHA. Neb.. Feb. 19. Harry A.
Wheeler, president of the United States
chamber of commerce, Washington,
D. C. told 3000 delegates to the trans-
Mississippi readjustment congress,
which opened its sessions here yester
day, that better railroad service is od-
talnable under private ownership of
the railway lines than under public
ownership.
There has been a sluffing of In
genuity and initiative under federal
control." he declared. He analyzed
the far-reaching effects of a league of
nations and added that this country
under present world conditions must
face more or less entangling alliances.
He viewed these entanglements as
avlng been brought out for a mighty
good cause.
CANCELLATION TOTAL HUGE
upended Orders for Aircraft
Nearly Half Billion Dollars.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19. Aircraft
contracts totalling 4b.uuu.uu nave
been canceled or suspended by. the war
department since the signing of the
rmistice. A department statement to-
ay said 53 per cent of the total repre-
nted orders for engines and parts ana
5 per cent for planes and parts.
The total production of liberty motors
February 7 was 30.147. with 331 still
be delivered. The production of De
Haviland planes up to r eoruary ( was
400. exclusive of :vf snippea wunoui
engines.
French Premier Seriously
Wounded by Anarchist. ;
3 BULLETS STRIKE OFFICIAL
Seven Shots Fired as "Tiger'
Rides in Automobile.
ASSAILANT IS ARRESTED
Emile Cottln ' Says He Attacked
Famous Frenchman Because He
Was Preparing for New War,
(By the Associated Press.)
PARIS, Feb. 18 By the Associated
Press.) Foreign Minister . Plchoa
visited the premier, remaining with
him half an hour. This tvti about S
o'oloek lo the afteraooa and M. IMehon
reported the premier mm "doing- well."
He added that after the first shot M.
Clemeacean said "He has missed!" not
thinking that other allots -would fol
low.
DEPORT SLACKERS, PLEA
Aberdeen Lodge Demands Exclusion
of Disloyal Aliens.
ABERDEEN. Wash., Feb. 19. (Spe
cial.) Wishdah lodge. Knights of
Pvthias. of this city, unanimously
adopted resolutions asking the. depor
tation of all alien slackers.
Let us make an open announce
ment," the resolutions state, "that the
door, to America and to American op
portunities Is forever closed to men
who are so lost to faith, honor and de
cent gratitudo that they will not fight
for the country of their deliberate
choice.'
PARIS, Feb. 19. Premier Georges
Clemenceau, characterized by Lloyd
George as "France's grand young man,"
was attacked today by an anarchist.
Emit Cottln, known as "Mllou." Seven
shots were fired, three of which struck
the premier. One bullet lodged In the
muscles of the shoulder, penetrating
deeply, but so far as is at present
known, not injuring the spine or pene
trating to the lungs. Two bullets
bruised the right arm and hand, while
two other buiiets are reported to have
passed through the premier's clothing.
At the time of the attempted assas
sination M. Clemenceau had just left
his home to drive in a motor car to a
conference with Edward M. House.
American peace delegate, and Arthur J.
Balfour, British secretary for foreign
affairs. Though bleeding profusely M.
Clemenceau was able to return to his
home, where he reassured the members
of his household and waved asidt vanx.
ous inquirers, saying, "It is notvnt(."
Premier Declared Cheerful
Latest reports from his attendants
were that his condition is satisfactory
nd that he was cheerful throughout
the day despite occasional fits of
oughing.
For the present it has been' decided
by the surgeons that extraction of the
ullet may not be necessary and ar
rangements have been made to take
radiographs of the injured parts.
Cottin. whom tlie police believed to
e a somewhat harmless person, asso
ciating with anarchists and aiding In
their progaganda. declared that he had
planned to kill the premier because M.
Clemenceau "was the enemy of hu
manity and was preparing for another
war."
Wpand Bleeds Profusely.
After temporary aid had been given
M. Clemenceau. ProTeesor3 Gosset and
Tuffier of the University of Paris were
summoned and had a hurried consulta-
Chalrman of Finance .Committee
Declares Redemption of Bonds
at Par Is Impossible.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 19. Enactment
of legislation designed to maintain the
liberty bond price was suggested
in the senate today by Senator Jones,
of Washington, who was - joined by
several other senators; in deploring
the fact that bonds are now selling
far below par. No agreement v
reached, however, as to what measures
should be taken.
The senator criticised national
banks for discounting bonds below the
figure at which banks originally sold
them and suggested some legislation
either to maintain the parity of the
bonds or to provide for the redemp
tion of bonds of small denominations
at par.
Conceding that the bond market pre
sented "a very grave situation," Sena
tor Simmons, chairman of the finance
committee, declared it was one diffi
culty to meet. Redemption of the
bonds at par was impossible, he said.
adding that the war finance corpora
tion's bond purchases aggregating
$200,000,000 to date were being made
in the open market to help maintain
prices.
Republican Leader Lodge said it was
very difficult to devise a plan to main
tain bond prices a all issues were
sold at more than their market value.
ELECTIONS BILLS PASSED
Counting of Ballots Before Closing
of Polls Provided For.
STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Of., Feb. 19.
(Special.) Representative Crawford's
bill providing for one election board
counting the ballots while the election
is in progress, which met determined
opposition when first before the house
and was sent back to the committee,
came out of the committee and passed
as amended this morning.
The main amendment provides that
counting shall not start until 25 bal
lots are cast. The objection had been
registered against the first bill that it
left open a loophole for destroying the
secrecy of the ballot. The amendment
seems to obviate this difficulty.
(Concluded on Page S. Column 3.)
P0ST0FFICE BILL APPROVED
Measure Carrying'- 5600,000,000
Appropriation Goes to Senate.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19. The house
adopted the conference report on th
new $61)0.000,000 postoffice appropriation
bill, after refusing to instruct its con
ferees not to accept the senate amend
ment providing $200,000,000 federal co
operation with the states in road construction.
The report now awaits action in the
senate.
Menace to U. S. Liberties
Seen in Covenant.
PLAN STRONGLY DENOUNCED
Senator Poindexter "and Rep
resentative Fess Speak.
EUROPEAN RULE IS FEARED
Critics of Plan Foresee American
Policies Controlled by Outsiders
With Dire Consequences.
ANTE-WAR CRIMES EXEMPT
Substitute Offered for Measure to
Deport Convicted Enemy Aliens.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19. A substi
tute for the Burnett bill providing for
the deportation of enemy aliens con
victed of crimes against the federal
government was adopted today by the
house immigration committee.
The substitute exempts enemy aliens
who committed crimes before the United
States entered the war.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 19. Vigorous
criticism of the proposed constitution
of the league of nations was voiced to
day in both houses of congress.
Speaking for three ' hours before
crowded galleries, Senator Poindexter
of Washington, republican, precipitated
discussion in the senate which em
braced other subjects and consumed
practically the entire session. How
ever, there was no formal reply to the
Washiniton senator from the demo
cratic Fid'3.
Covenant Is Denounced.
Discussion in the house was unex
pected and was not general. Just as
the members were settling down for
a night session. Representative Fess of
Ohio, chairman of the republican con
gressional campaign committee, deliv
ered a carefully prepared address in
which he took up the constitution sec
tion by section and denounced the
whole as abridging the sovereignty of
the United States and containing "vic
ious possibilities."
The addresses by Senator Poindexter
and Representative Fess were the first
prepared ones made in congress since
the constitution of the league was pub-
hed and since President- Wilson re
quested that discussion be postponed
until he could confer with members of
the senate and house foreign affairs
committees at the White House next
week.
Coloradan Defends Leagne,
When Representative Fess concluded
there was no further discussion in the
house, but during Senator Poindexter's
address. Senator Hitchcock of Ne
braska, republican leader Lodge and
Senators Knox of Pennsylvania and
Brandegee of Connecticut, all members
of the foreign relations committee,
briefly interjected comment on ques
lions involved in the league.
Senator Reed of Missouri, democrat
spoke in criticism of the proposal and
also vigorously denounced delay in de
mobilizing American troops. Senator
Shafroth of Colorado, democrat, in de.
fending the war department, after Mr.
Reed's attack, spoke briefly in support
of the leasrue charter, declaring It
would stop nine-tenths of future wars.
Borah Issues Open Letter.
Durina- the day. Senator Borah of
Idaho, republican member of the for
eign relations committee, wno yester-
Price of $700,000 Said to Have
Been Placed on. Vessels Built
In Supple-Ballin Yards.
Atlantic coast steamship operators
have made a firm offer to the United
States shipping board for the pur
chase of seven steamers constructed by
the Supple-Ballin Shipbuilding corpora
tion and possibly two others will be
included, if the sale of '.he carriers is
authorized. Reports reaching Portland
are that the offer is approximately
$700,000 for each vessel.
J. T. Underwood of New Tork City
is acting in behall of the company de
siring to acquire tne fleet and the im
pression here is tnat the government
will consent to disposing of them. Five
of the steamers are in commission, the
Harney, Wallowa, Calala, Delana and
Airlie, while the Ashburn and Awens
daw are lying here, both ready for
operation. The BIrchleaf was launched
December 4 and will soon 'be ready.
The ships are of the composite type,
with steel topsides, and are from a
design by Fred A. Ballin, one of the
riglnal founders of the corporation.
They are of the 4500-ton type ana
main engines ana auxiliaries, as wen
as boilers, the latter being also of th
Ballin design, were turned out at Port
land, the Pacific Marine Iron Work
beincr the manufacturer of the ma
chinery.
Final Consideration of
Measure Due Today.
GASOLINE TAX IS APPROVED
Automobile License Legisla
tion in Tentative Form.
HUGE REVENUE IN SIGHT
One-Mill Tax for Roads on Vera
of Enactment in the Senate.
Amendments in Danger.
CHURCH MERGER IS TOPIC
Consolidation of Five Presbyteria
Bodies Under Consideration.
CINCINNATI, Feb. 18. Consolidation
of the five great Presbyterian codes o
the United States, the Presbyterian
Church of America, the Presbyteria
Church of the United States of Amer
ica, the German Presbyterian church
the Dutch Presbyterian church and the
United Presbyterian Church of Amer
ica, is the object of a conference which
began here tonight.
Speakers of the session cited th
benefits to be derived from a union
the various divisions.
(Concluded on Page 4. Column 3.)
SOCIALISTS WIN ELECTION
Definite Results of National Assem
bly Balloting; Announced.
EASEL. Switzerland, Feb. 19. Dis
patches from Vienna give definite re
sults of the balloting for the national
assembly Sunday. Seventy socialists,
64 Christian socialists, 73 of various
groups. 3 candidates of the Styrian
peasants' league, 1 Czech and 1 German
were elected.
The national state council will ex
amine the question of representation
from occupied territory in German Bo
hernia, where elections could not be
held.
THE DIFFERENCE A GUN MAKES.
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FEATVRF.S OF OBEGOS LEG
ISLATIBE YESTERDAY.
Seaate.
Passes bill authorising estab
lishment of voting machines.
Senator Eddy introduces bill
for construction, of Industrial
accident commission hospital at
Portland.
Senators Or ton and Lachmund
exchange personalities and near
ly come to blows.
House,
Representative Gallagher's res
olution to provide state guaran
tee of drainage and Irrigation
bonds passes.
Adopts number of resol
referring constitutional
ments to people.
Kills Clackamas county annex
ation bill.
Passes B. F. Jones' bill refer
ring $3,500,000 coast highway bill
to people.
'lutions f
amend- I
HUN FOOD SUPPLY SHORT
Captain Walter Gherardi Studies
Conditions in Germany.
PARIS, Feb. 19. Captain Walter
Gherardi of the United States navy, who
has been in Germany studying eco
nomic and general conditions, has
returned to Paris and reports tha
he found much unemployment through
out the country. He says Germany's
i food supplies are limited to nearly ex
hausted reserves, which cannot
longer than next month.
The German army, Captain Gherardi
says, has shrunk to insignificant figures.
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OLE HANSON UNIMPROVED
Seattle's Executive Suffers Greatly
From Spreading Pains.
SEATTLE, Wash., Feb. 19. (Special.)
The condition of Mayor Ole Hanson,
confined to his home at 2609 North
Broadway, with neuritis, is unimproved.
The city's executive suffered greatly
during Tuesday night, the' pain, at first
localized in the right shoulder, spread
ing.
The physician in charge cannot say
when Mayor Hanson may return to his
duties.
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INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
, ' The Weather.
TODAY'S Rain; moderate westerly winds.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 41
degrees; minimum, 87 degrees.
War.
Official casualty list. Page IS.
Legislature.
Road bond bill assured IS votes in senate.
Page 1.
Bill provides $5000 for relief of Oregon boys
in .New xors. rage .
Convict contract labor system attacked in
house. Page 7.
Drainage bonds Interest resolution adopted
by house. Page 6.
State auto license fees to be doubled. Page 6.
Irrigation project survey is, approved. Page 8.
Foreign.
Premier Clemenceau shot. Page 1.
Germans Indignant at allies' plans for league
of nations. Page 2.
France in market for quarter billion of
American products. Page 2.
Terms of new armistice clearly set forth.
Page 4.
Britain's plans for enforcement of peace out
lined by Churchill. Page 5.
Official documents of Germany published.
Page 3.
Ireland drifting toward disaster. Page 3.
National.
Legislation urged to protect bond buyers.
Page 1.
Senate opens fire on peace league. Page 1.
Domestic.
Scott Nearing acquitted by federal Jury.
Page 4.
Old Third Oregon troops arrive at New
York. Page 1.
' Commercial and Marine,
rialrv oroducts section of bureau of mar
kets Inaugurates local service. Page 21.
Corn unsettled by withdrawal of government
aid in provision exports. Page 21.
Specialties strong and investment stocks
backward in Wall street. Page 21.
Return of Seattle shipyards strikers asked
by adjustment board. Page 20.
Sports.
Giants lead Rose City Park bowlers. Page 14.
Multnomah-Oregon game not to be played
Saturday mgbt. age 14.
Pacific Northwest.
Coast-wide strike is now metal workers'
hope. Page 20.
Portland and Vicinity.
Atlantic operators want seven Portland-built
ships. Page 1.
Employment service has many jobs open.
Page 12.
Salvation army commissioner praises Port
land's generosity. Page 12.
J. B. Holbrook shown to have carried much
Insurance. Page 15.
Portland woman nominated for national of
fice by Daughters of American Revolu
tion. Page 15.
Mrs. Tyler. 86, moves jury to tears. Page 16.
General shipyard strike not likely. Page 13.
Weather report, data and forecast. Page 2L
STATE CAPITOL. Salem, Or., Feb. 19.
(Special.) With the $10,000,000 bond
bill made a special order in the scnale
for Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock,
the gasoline tax bill passed by the
senate, a one-mill tax for market roads
on the verge of enactment in the sen
ate, a'nd the long-deferred license on
automobiles drafted in tentative form
and ready for introduction in the house,
road legislation moved forwird today.
With but two dissenting votes, the
senate passed the bill placing a one
cent tax on gasoline ard a half-cent
tax on distillate. On gasoline, it it
estimated, $310,500 will be raised and
distillate will produce $40,500, mak'nc
a total of $351,000.
Flghteea Senators Approve Bill.
Dealers must file a statement with
the secretary of prate monthly.
Eighteen senatois are combined to
pass the road bond bill when it comes
up tonrorrow. The measure was read
the first time today and on motion of
Senator Banks, the rules were sus
pended and the bill advanced to secon'l
reading. The IS senators friendly to
the measure, as approved by tly? house.
are Baldwin, Banks, Bell, Faircll, Gil1.
Handley. Howell, Hurley, Huston,
Jones, Nickelsen, Norblad, Orton, Pat
terson, Ritner, Shanks, J. C. Smith and
Wood.
Only 16 votes are necessary to pass
the bill. As at present planned, the
bill will have to be considered in the
senate proper instead of in a commit
tee of the whole.
Amendments In Danger.
Amendments which opponents are
expected to offer will simply be
crushed, for the amendments, if any
are proposed, will come from the
small clique who have pursued ob
structive tactics for the past five
weeks.
Senator . Lachmund intimated today
that the fate of the bond bill Is de-
dependent on the action taken by the
house on senate bills 67 and 68 and a
couple of other measures, but he is
not in a position to do any damage
to the bond bill. President Vinton
feels more sympathetic toward the
bond bill than he did a few days ago
and says that as amended in the house
the bill is more to his- liking. .
It is understood, however, that Mr.
Vinton will offer an amendment of
some sort in order to save his face
and will support the bond bill on its
final passage whether or not any
amendment he offers is rejected. Sen
ator Pierce will vote against the bonds.'
Emergency Clause Opposed.
He states that he has had bis say
on the subject and will content himself
with voting against it on account ot
the emergency clause which is at
tached. All of the lawmakers and good
roads enthusiasts who have Interested
themselves in progressive road legis
lation are united In the opinion that
the bond bill covers the ground in a
satisfactory manner.
They contend that except for certain
lements who have continually at
tempted to throw monkey-wrenches in
the road machinery, there is no occa-
ion for any real road advocate being
antagonistic to the measure. It is true.
however, that many legislators say the
bond measure should have dealt exclu
sively with the bonds and not directed
the spendingof the money nor outlin
ing a policy for the commission, as
these latter matters should have beeu
contained in separate measures. Never-'
theless, the bond bill is said to be work
able. New Road Legislation Looms.
Something brand new in road legis
lation is senate bill 283. which levies
a 1-mill tax on all the assessed prop
erty in the state of Oregon, this mill
age being for the exclusive purpose of
building market roads. The 1 mill is
in addition to the present li-mill tax
for roads. This bill is virtually a dupli
cate of one which passed the senate
two years ago and was killed in the
house, at which time, by the way,
enough votes had been pledged to pass
it through the lower body, but the votes
were not delivered as per agreement.
Assurances have been given by the
Oregon State Grange that the organi
zation will get behind the bill If it is
hroueht to the voters. The measure
provides that it be referred to the elec
torate. If the bill is enacted and re
ferred by the legislature and the peo
ple approve, it will raise about $1,000,
000, tobe available In 1920.
State Bodies to Co-operate.
Under the measure the disposal ot
the funds will be in the hands or the
state highway commission, co-operating
with the various county courts and the
money is to be devoted to the construc
tion of the market roads. Multnomah
county, although contributing about
one-third of the money thus raised. Is
not likely to receive any of it.
(