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6 riiE aioitxnfG oregoxiax, fridat. april 25, 1919. T E Bun G SYSTEM UPHELD BY OFFICIALS Letter From Railroad Adminis tration Is Given. RAILROAD REDUCES PRICE Aianaiartn rrrs Are Laser .to I ro- dure, Alleges Writer of letter In Washington. OHEOONIAX NEWS BCnEAU. Wash ington. April II. After promising former Governor Oswald West that changes would be made In the present pi&n of purchasing cross ties from Ore gon mills, the railroad administration sent a letter to Senators -McN'ary and Chamberlain and Kepresentative Mc Arthur which looks much like there is no disposition to relent. The letter, which was delivered the day following Governor est s departure for home. ays: "On August 1. 191. the railroads of the Pacific northwest posted notices of their readiness to accept cross-ties. These notices rave the specification which ties would be required to meet and the prices which would be paid for each kind and grade accepted. They also contained the statement that pur chases would be made 'until further notice and that 'persons deslrinjr to furnish ties will make application to the purchasing agent. Hla-h Prleea Justifies'. "The prices offered were approved by the war industries board.' They were higher than those ever paid before, but were Justified by the conditions in the lumber and transportation industries Brought on by the war. The railroads needed ties and the sawmills were busy with other demands for their output. The stimulus to tie production resulting from the hich prices quickly filled the railroad requirements for ties and now some railroads in our northwestern region have an unusual surplus. "As you know, the signing; of the armistice and the resultant cancelling of orders for war lumber affected the lumber tnduatrr decidedly: With the withdrawal of the fixed maximum prices of the war industries board fir lum her waa offered to railroads at much lower prices. Sawtkerw Paeifle Cat Prtre. "In order to not buy more ties than It could use and not pay more for ties than for better timbers, the Southern pacific railroad, on February 1, 191, removed the notices Issued last sum mer and posted one stating that the maximum prices of August 1. 191 S. 'are no longer in effect. Take up with this (purchasing agent's! office for new prices and order.' The Southern Paci fic had ordered more ties than it should for itself and had no more orders to fill for shipment to other roads. Any body would be Justified in criticising this administration if any railroad bought all the ties produced by all the mills along Its lines whether or not there was a demand for them. In fact. the Southern Pacific had placed order for -.0.Q" more ties than it could use or ship then: but none of these were cancelled and no reduction will be made in the prices under which these ties were ordered. Market Breeder, Is Argaa-irat. "Instead of the market for fir In the f-riu of cross-ties being narrowed by thla administration, it has been broad ened to an unprecedented extent by the shipment of fir cross-ties by rail and Tessel to Atlantic coast roads. The placing of an order from one railroad in tho hands of another for rhipment does not prevent a manufacturer from deposing of his produce, lie receives at his mill for his tics as much from the purchasing agent of the road on which ho Is located as be would be paid by a distant road. The distribu tion by the regional purchasing com mittee In Chliago of tho orders for ties among the railroads traversing the territories producing them results in a spread of the purines far wider than waa the case when individual rail roa.li placed orders with a few favored "brokers or manufacturers. Maetefartwrrre Kager tm Fredaee-, "The mannfaeture of millions of fir ties under the standard specification of this administration by manufacturer eairer to produce more of them dis proves the assertion that waste is oc casioned or our inspection. Any com plaints regarding harsh or arbitrary action by an inspector will be Investi gated promptly. Through a system of nupervlslng Inspectors we are able to arive much more uniform inspection than waa possible when each railroad nad specification and inspection stan dards of Its own. "The erdera for fir ties to be shipped east wfll doubtless help TU terially In keeping many of your con stituents at work In sawmills. Tou may rest assured that whatever bus! ness in fir ties may develop will be distributed ae widely as practicable.' came to America with his family in H7I: He came to Oregon In 187S. The funeral will be Friday, with interment at Kelle Passl cemMerv. Mr. and Jlrs.. Thompson celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in Woodbum on June 14. 191J. Seven children survive: Mrs. Marta 1 How land. P.eno. Nev.: Sirs. Anna C. Stin nett. Woodhurn: Mrs. Sadie Davis. As toria: Henry Thompson. Phoenix. Anx. Mrs. O. A. lloe, Marshfield, Or.; Mra Kdward Kurke. Baker. Or., and Paul H. Thompson, with the American ex peditionary force in France. & ASHLAND. Or.. Anril 14. (Special) Mrs. Eleanor Hargrove, one of the oldest residents of Ashland, died at her home Anril si at the age of SI j'ears. Mrst Hargrove, her husband and small children, came to Ashland about 25 years ago and has since been very active in the social aad civic tife of the city. Mrs. Hargrove is survived ny six children: B. F. Hargrove, Poca hontas. Ark.: T. I- Hargrove. Miami, Okla.; Mrs. O. 1 Olenn. Ashland: Mrs. L- M. Uoodwln. Eugene: Mrs. R. P. Neil and Miss Anna Hargrove of Ash land, all of whom were with her at her death, .' Funeral services for Mrs. Parah Ann Wilks will take place at 1:30 o'clock this afternoon from the family resi dence In Rorkwood. Burial will be made at the Powell cemetery on Sandy boulevard. The services will be con ducted by F. G. Rehnell. psstor of the Kockwood Methodist church. Sirs. Wilks died Wednesday after noon. She was the oldest pioneer In eastern Multnomah county, with the ex ception of D. S. Dunbar of ralrview. She was born In North Carolina in 1S3. At tho age of 15 she moved with her parents to Iowa, where in 1857 she mar ried Amos Rowen. In 1862 they crossed the plains and settled at Mount Tabor. One year later Sir. Rowen died and she married William G. Weeks, a pioneer of 1845. She waa the mother of ten chil dren, of whom the following survive her: W. A. Rowen. T. K. Rowen. Sirs. Mary Benson, all of Rockwood; Mrs. Anna" Wright of Oresham and Edward O. Wilke of Columbia View. Or. Sirs. Wilks has been a member of the Rock wood Methodist church since Its organ isation about 41 years ago. SAT.KM. Or.. April 24 (Special.) Maurlth Kllnger. 7". a pioneer resi dent of Salem, died last night at the family home after an extended illness. He came to Salem In 187 and had taken a prominent part in the civic affairs of the capital city for nearly a halt century. T E Data on Fire Hazards Will Be Compiled. AUTOS BIG HELP IN WORK Federal, State and Privately-Owned Timber Areas of Pacific Slope Are Represented. VILLA REPORTED IN PAUL OCTLAW "WITH 1100 MEX SAID TO BE IN" CONTROL. . Government Forces on American Cavalry Horses Go to Engage Bandit and Hl Small Army. JUAREZ. Mexico. April 24. Three American mining men arrived In Chi huahua City last night by automobile from Parral with the report that Fran cisco Villa and a force of 1200 men entered Parral Sunday. No foreigners were killed and none of the foreign mining properties were damaged, according to a message re reived here late today. Villa Is be- ieved to be In control of Parral at present. A cavalry column of 100" government troops, mounted on American cavalry horses recently purchased from the United States government, left Chl- nialiua City today overland for Parral engage the Villa forces, according telegraphic advices received from Chihuahua City. The railroad was cut near C'onrhos station, south of the state capital, yesterdsy and the troop train movements toward Parral are Impos sible WEST EXPECTS XO CTIAXGE Tle-Buytnr; System Will Probably Remain but Abuses, Be Corrected. Oswald West is not oversanguine of the return of the railroad admin istration to the old system of open markets In the. purchase of ties for the railroads of the country, which was jrone into thoroughly during his stay In Washington, and will be submitted V Director-General Hlnes and Director of Purchases Spencer on their return from their western trip. He found a desire on the part of the officials to deal fairly with the tie producers of the Pacific northwest, and yesterday gave out a brief statement of what was accomplished, as follows: "The officials at Washington ex tended me every courtesy and gave xne a hearing which extended over sev eral days. They showed a desire to correct every existing abuee and deal fairly with the tie producers. They agreed to reinstate the prices posted last tall and recently canceled. They declared their willingness to accept a greater percentage of degraded ties and endeavor to assist In finding a market for the smaller sizes, which are now piling up on the hands of producers While Insisting that inspectors should aee that ties delivered reasons bly comply with specifications, they showed that they were not in sympathy with the unfair practices of many Inspec tors. 'The question "of returning to the old system of open markets waa thor oughly gone Into and will be submitted to Director-General Hlnea and Direc tor of Purchases Spencer upon their return to Washington. However. 1 nave but little hope ef seeing this come about at thla time, aa the rail road administration seems bent on giv ing the present policy a fair trial be fore making changes." VANCOUVER MAY GET POOL Agitation for Swimming Place la Again Renewed. VAXroLTKR. Wash.. April 24. Special.! The annual agitation for vlmmlnr pool for the children of the ity has Mart d. and the pool bids fair now to become a reality. Tho Woman's lub of the city has about IJoO which has pledged to the swimming pool, he Dorcas society will give about $S0 nd several smaller contributions have been promised. At a meeting of the Vancouver Com mercial club last night the proposition canio tip and it was first proposed to ive'the pool in the city park, a con- rete basin of considerable size with dressing rooms and shower- baths. If necessary, these would be of temporary nature, the main thing being the big pool. It was suggested by Dloyd DoBols finally that the city school board should father this scheme and build the pool on the west of the pre en t high school, so that when the other wing is built there It would be di rectly over the pool, which would then be enclosed. A committee of three, M. S. Cohen, B. E. Beard and JAoyd DuBols, was ap pointed to take up the proposition with the school board. CONVENTION AT BEND ENDS Cuttle and Horse Raisers' Associa tion Members Icave for Home. BBXD. Or., April 24. (Special.) High in their praise of the entertain ment given them during their two days' stay In Bend, members of the Oregon Cattle and Horse Raisers' association left here thla morning for their homes, after therl annual convention, which came to a close last night. At the banquet given In honor of the stockmen, more than 500 were In at tendance, and an excellent ranch dinner served by the Toadies' Altar society was followed by addresses. C. 6. Hudson of Bend presided as toastmsster, re sponses being given by Representative Slnnott, O. M. Plummer of Portland. William Hanley of Burns. William Poll man of Raker. C. M. McAUster of Port land. S. O. Correll of Baker, Walter M. Pierce of La Grande, M. R Biggs of Prinevllle, t. K. Hedrlek of the Kan sas City stockyards. P. V. Marls of Cor vallis and George Russell of Prinevllle. Takime Sees Flying Circa. TAKIMA. April II. Yakima Interest In the victory liberty loan flying circus waa heightened today by the fact that two Yakima boys. Captain Lowell Smith and Lieutenant Harry Wirt, ere among the flyers. The per formance was carried out without hitch or accident. The largest crowd ever gathered In Taklma saw It, Sev eral local people. Including Judge George B. Ilolden of the Yakima su perior court "went up" In the morn ing. The aviators were entertained this evening at a banquet, and left to night for Spokane. Obituary. WOOPSmN, Or... April Z4. Spe dsL Peter It. Thompson, who died at his home la this city April 22. was bora in Norway la 11 J I. He wss a sold miner la Australia four years and Bridegroom T3, Bride S3. VAVCOtTVtrn, Wash., April S4. (Special.! While .Vancouver is a pop ular Gretna Green for young swains, it Is slso a popular place for the older ones. Today Imvld Powell, 73 vesra old. of McMinnvllle. Or., and Mrs. K. B. Bullls, 3 years of age, .of the same city, were married here. ry elabwooa ana Inside wood. gree stamps, for cash. Holman Fuel Co ataia A I.6L AdT. Information which men interested In the protection of northwest and Pacific coast forests have gathered through their years of experience will be placed on paper in the forms of charts and maps for the com in gworkers and generations. A demand for the collection in mate rial form of the knowledge of the pres ent workers was expressed during the afternoon session of the standardiza tion committee of the Westffn Forestry and Conservation association, which opened a three-day conference yester day morning in the peacock room of the Multnomah hotel. George H. Cecil, U. S. district forester, and K. T. Allen, manager of the Western Forestry and Conservation association, both of Port land, presided as chairman and secre tary of the meetings. Forty-one per sons interested in forest conservation have registered, represntlng th federal, stat and private forests of Montana, Idaho. Washington. Oregon, California and British Columbia. All Data to Be Published. F. A. Elliott, Oregon state forester, brought the subject before the meeting In his address on fire plans,' on which both be and R. H. Rutledge, district for ester from Missoula, talked. Discussion on the subject followed. In which prac tically every person in attendance em phasised the need of conserving in defi nite form the knowledge of the pres ent workers. At the suggestion of Hugh Henry of the Oregon Forest Fire association this will be compiled dur ing the near future and will include physical characteristics, sources of sup plies, obvious hasards. historical data of former Urea and other items of inter est concerning all forests on the Pa cific coaet and as far east as Montana. Forester Cecil spoke during the open ing session of the feasibility of co-oper ating with army officials to get suit able soldiers for patrolmen. It was an nounced that British Columbia is con ducting courses to teach eoldlers forest work. Reports were given to show that the use of automobiles in the forest pro tection work is being increased. Dif ferent makes were discussed and it was reported that the running expense of the cars in use varied from s to .8 cents and reduces the number of em ployes necessary. Following a talk given by R. H. Chapler of the federal district forest office on railroad fires, the following committee was appointed to report this morning: F. K. Pape. Washington state forester; W. J. Ross. St. Maries, Idaho; R. H. Chapler, Portland: D. Roy Cameron, Kami oops, B. C; L N. Nash, Idaho state land commissioner. Menace by Spruce Debris. The extreme hasard to forests of the northwest which was created by the United States Spruce Production cor poration while obtaining airplane ma. terlals was brought out by Forester Cecil. After the signing of the armis tice work in the spruce camps stopped and no attempt was made to clear up the slashings from which grave dan ger is said to exist. Captain John H. Markham of the United States Spruce Production corporation asserted that it is desired to liquidate affairs of the corporation and to get out of responsi bility for fire hazard created." lo do this, he declared, it will be necessary to get clearance from timber i owners on the plan made for turning over to the forest service a fund to clean up with. Other speakers yesterday were George C. Joy of the Washington For est association, A. B. Boorman, Mon tana Fire association, and C. H. Flory of the Portland district forest office. Scheduled for today are the following Epeakers: W. D. Humlston, Potlatch Lumber company; Huntington Taylor, Edward Rutledge Timber company. Coeur d'Alene. Idaho; T. L. Greer of Sandpoint, Idaho; K. T. Allen, manager of Western Forestry and Conservation association; W. B. Osborne Jr.. federal forest service; F. E. Pape, Hugh Henry, Roy Headley, federal district forester from California: Tom Talbot, federal forest service: Frank B. Cole, Tacoma, Wash.; Lieutenant-Colonel C. S. Chap man, 10th engineers. "Well-Known Men Present, Others who have registered are: L. B. Rowland of the Timberman. Port land; John Pearson. Portland; Ben E. Bush, state land department, Boise. Idaho: H. C Shell worth, secretary -treasurer of Southern Idaho Fire asso ciation. Boise; W. D. Hunston. Potlatch Lumber company: R. H. McCoy, Bon ners Ferry Lumber company, Idaho; A. Bystrom, Washington Forest Fire association, Seattle.; Lee Wade, super vising warden of Lincoln county, To-1 ledo. Or.; E. & Collin. Ostrander Rail- road & Timber company, Portland: J. M. Mann, forest ranger, Guler, Wash.; William F. Will, forest ranger. Stabler, Wash.; R. L. Cline, federal forest Serv ian Ktnhlee Wash A T. Mp.CartV. state forest service, Tillamook: T. E. I Hooker, district warden. Stevenson, j Wash.; Hugh B. Rankin, forest super visor, Medford; F. H. Brundage, federal forest service, Portland; Norman Ja cobson, forest supervisor. Bend; J. Willits Ferguson, Clackamas-Marion Fire Protection association. Molalla, Or.; F. E. Pape, state forester. Olympia, Wash.; A. P. Donohue, chief forester, Missoula; A. H. Sylvester, federal for est service, Leavenworth, Wash.; Elers Koch, Missoula, Mont: W. J. Ross. St. Maries. Idaho; W. G. Phalen. fire war den of Pend d'Oreille Timber Protec tion association, Sandpoint, Idaho: R. V. Short, dominion forest service. Van couver. B. C: J. G. Edington, district fire warden. Hood River; E. J. Hanzllk, federal forest service. Seattle; T. S. Goodyear. Spruce Production corpora tion. Raymond. Wash. The standardization committe Itself consists of a member for each state representing private patrol organisa tions with each Btate forester and fed eral district forester of the territory Involved. Its members are: C. S. Chapman. W. D. JIumiston, A. E. Boor man. George C. Joy and R. D. Swales representing respectively the private patrol associations of Oregon. Idaho, Montana, Washington and California; F. A. Elliott, F. E. Pape and J. C. Van Houk. state foresters of Oregon, Wash ington and Montana; R. H. Routledge, George H. Cecil and Coert Du Bois, United States district foresters from districts No. 1, 6 and 5. HOGS BRING RECORD PRICE Seattle Figures Exceed Previous High Mark by $3. SEATTLE, April 24. With an ad vance of 25 cents today, making the top figure J20.75, the Seattle hog mar ket went J3 higher per hundredweight than any previous local record. Competitive bidding for stock by middle west packers, it is said, is caus ing the high prices. Admiral JTiblack Home From War. 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