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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (April 16, 1919)
THE MORNING OKEGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 1919. LAND SETTLEMENT ; PLANS TAKE SHAPE - ti State Commission Ready to t Receive Applications. SOLDIERS GET PREFERENCE tixt j-Acre Tract Near Independence; Or., to Become Model Dem onstration larni. SALEM. Or.. April 13. (Special.) tvith the election of permanent officers and the determination to establish four model farm units in widely separated parts of the state, the Oregon land set tlement commission at its initial meet Ing today made rapid progress toward putting itself in a position to play its part in caring- for the roldiers and sail ors who are returning; from overseas. Whitney L. Boiteo f Portland was elected chairman of the commission. tmery Olmstead of Portland was elect rd secretary. Ha is not a member of the commission. JJ is talary will be fixed later. Model Farm Be KstablUhed. The commli-sion now has an option en 60 acres of land near Independence w hich it will soon convert into a model demonstration farm under the direction of Professor II. B. Sc udder of the Ore- iron Agricultural college. In addition to this demonstration farm, the com .mission will establish farm units In Central Oresron. near Bend: In eastern iCKon, probably in Umatilla county ff the coast country and in southeru Oregon. Although the act creating the com mission carries an appropriation of only $30,000, the members are confi dent that the reconstruction bill, which will give it an additional 9615,000, will be approved by tho voters t the spe cial June election. This will give the commission ample fundi to carry on the Tartous projects under contempla tion. The members are confident that they will be able to start almost im mediately upon their work. They said they were now ready to receive appli cations from persons who desire to make use of the new law, which speci fies that preference shall bo given to returned soldiers and tailors. Com m Isnloa to I corpora te. Chairman Boise will leave shortly for Washington, D. C. where be will Interview Franklin K. Lane, secretary of the interior, and seek to procure federal co-operation 'or the Oregon land settlement project. Secretary Crawford was authorised to investigate the California land settlement propect at Chlco. In addition to Mr. Boise and Mr. Olm atead. the other members of the com mission are Ilobert N. Stanfield of Stanfield, Charles Hall of Marshfteld. and G. IL Baker of Bend. All were present at the meeting. The commis sion, before leaving Salem, field ar ticles of Incorporation with the secre tary of state. CHIEF BfDS HO FAREWELL XVIIITC ELK XXV BRIDE I. HAVE FOR S ILT LAKE CIT1". Indian Who Came to Aid Victor; Loan PrWe Is Accused of ' Being Ini poster. While rnited States District At lorr.cy Hancy, at ttic request of liberty loan official, was awaittn? replies to cltcrrams dispatched to various parts of the country. CMef While Klk and his bride. 1'rinces Valley of the Moun tain, took a midnishl train for the Bonn. Toth arrived In Toftland a few days A0 and froferred their services to city officials of the victory loan. They mere well supplied with credentials and produced evidence that they had worked with success In many war drives. Coth were in Indian tribal attire of the most picturesque ort. The chief was told that bis services as a victory loan tpeaker wonld undoubt edly bo made, uso of by the Portland committee. Meantime a megsn reached publi city headquarters from the bait Lake Tribune, alleging that White Klk was an tmpostcr and that he had a record of several arrests, all the way from lorida to tiie west coast. When the rhartres were shown to Whit Kile he denied them and offered plausible ex planations to each. United States Dis trict Attkiry llaney had been asked to look up White KIk's record. Stoutly afirnilng his Innocence and asserting that he and the princess would repair to fait Lake City, there to institute suit against the Tribune, White t'lk left the city without the vestige of farewtlL l"p to last night Mr. llaney had re ceived no replies to his messages of Inquiry concerning White Flk'a record. UNCLE'S REQUEST DENIED FiTC-Year-Old Tot Mar e Taken to Austria. Five-year-old Alblna Burslch. whose widowed father died of the "flu" last fall, will not be aent to Austria, as is the wish or her uncle, George Penko. who petitioned the juvenile court for her custoday yesterday, but will re main with the family of Robert Law rence, colored. 461 Xorthrup street. Penko came from San Francisco to secure the child, saying that he de sired her to go back to Austria. Judge Tazwell voiced the opinion that Aus tria was a poor place for a girl born in the United States. The court commented that some of the Interest now taken In the girl had not been displayed until It was learned that she was heir to liOO from her father's modest estate. KIWANIS CLUB OVER TOP Eastern Oregon Land Club Sub scribes $106 to Exposition. Georga A. Lovejoy and Will Moore, captains IntheKlwanis club organiza tion for helping to raise funds for the Pacific livestock exposition, yesterday brought in a subscription for J1"0 from the Ka&tern Oregon Land com pany. This brought the total for the Kiwanls club up to I7S0O. now Jli25 above their quota. A subscription of $500 from the Prlueville Land & Livestock company also was received at headquarters. In an effort to raise the Ad club's quota each member of the club at to day's luncheon will be. personally re quested to go out and bring in at least two subscriptions. Phone your want ads to The Orego cUn. Phone, iliiu 7Q1V, A 6vSi, "3a VMyV'.rrii- !&)&-&i&i&K.jf - Will the Scales Balance? Will the measure our boys filled to overflowing over there be too much for us over here? The Victory Loan is a final test of Citizenship. We have gone too far in making Portland stand foremost in patriotism in the eyes of the Nation to slacken up-or grudge-or grumble. We know that this Victory Loan is a bill for "service rendered." And when next Monday rolls 'round let's be prepared to square accounts. THIS SPACE PATRIOTICALLY CONTRIBUTED TO THE SUCCESS OF THE VICTORY LIBERTY LOAN CAMPAIGN BY Nlcolal-Neppach Co, Central Door & Cumber Co. Malarky & Malarky East Side Planing JVtiU Oregon Door Co, Frank gehmitt Co, Williams Ave. Planing Mill Enterprise Planing Mill Portland Victory Loan Executive Committee if