VOL. LVIII. NO. 18,256
Entered at Portland (Orefoii)
Postoffice as Second-Class Matter.
PORTLAND, OREGON, TIIURSDxYY, MAY 20, 1919.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
T YARDS GET
REPUBLICANS MOVE
TO PROBE WAR BILLS
RESOLUTION" PROVIDES FOR IN
QUIRY COMMITTEE.
OREGON BOYS WITH
20TH ENGINEERS LAND
OAS
ITALIAN
UESTION
LONE ROBBER LOOTS
HAINES BANK VAULT
CASHIER IS LOCKED IX AFTER
$3500 IS SECURED.
SI .557,1
WOM IS ORDERED
MEN nURRIEDLY TRANSFERRED
TO CAMP MERRITT.
DR.MQRHOWWiNS
GEATATCHIGAGD
Democratic Committee Ig
nores Newton McCoy.
HIGHWAY
PROMISE OF SHIPS
Hurley Says Contracts Will
Be Reinstated.
BUILDERS DEMAND JUSTICE
Shipping Board Chairman Ad
mits Unfairness Done.
HOG ISLAND CASE EXPOSED
Government Official Confesses Work
Is Continued Since Yard Is
Left "On Hands' of TJ. S.
OREGOXIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington. May 28. Pacific coast ship
builders won a victory today when the
shipping board agreed at the end of a
hearing lasting; for nearly three hours
to allocate ship contracts in such a way
that there will be no immediate idle
ness in western yards.
The builders told the shipping- board
that they had not been fairly treated
and Chairman Hurley conceded that
probably some individual injustices had
resulted from the suspension of con
tracts. Congressmen Are Present.
Chairman Hurley, vice-president, and
John A. Donald and R. B. Stevens of the
shipping: hoard occupied seats at the
hearing table, with J. L. Ackerson, man
ager of the emergency fleet corpora
tion, and John H. Rosseter, director of
operations for the board. All of the
senators from Oregon, Washington and
California attended, besides Represen
tatives McArthur and Hawley of Ore
gon, Miller or Washington ana ioian.
Lea and Elston of California.
Harrison S. Robinson of San Fran
cisco opened the case for the ship
builders, asserting that unless there is
a reinstatement of cancelled contracts
there will be several idle or partly idle
yards on the Pacific coast within the
next two or three weeks. He further
declared that unless contracts in large
number are reinstated every steel snip-
yard on the coast will be out of work
by the end of December. He declared
that it costs the shipping board $82 a
ton to cancel the Pacific coast con
tracts, although the board's own
figures place this loss at only $30. He
showed that the shipping board esti
mates do not take into account all
of the losses.
Board's Defense Assailed.
As Mr. Robinson proceeded Senators
Chamberlain and Jones and Represen
tatives McArthur and Nolan began to
strike at the weak point in the ship
ping board's defense of Pacific coast
cancellations by inquiring about Hog
island.
In the course of his statement Mr.
Robinson said 1,745,924 ons of steel
vessels had been built by the 18 Pa
cific coast yards between August 3,
1917, and May 13, 1919, or 55 per cent
of the total production in the United
states during that time. When it came
to cancellations, he said, the board had
left the yards with 750,000 tons of con
tracts, cancelling 785,000, whereas on
the Atlantic coast 2,250,000 'tons were
being built. Pacific coast costs, he
said, were $199 a ton, while at Hog
island they had averaged $256 per ton
on the first 17 ships.
"We'll not know the cost at Hog
island until 25 or 30 ships have been
delivered," Chairman Hurley inter
rupted him. "I think your costs are a
little high."
Chamberlain Asks Questions.
Mr. Robinson rejoined that the gov
eminent was furnishing the plant at
Hog island and had to provide for other
costs as well, which the Pacific coast
builders were taking care of them
selves.
Senator Chamberlain of Oregon de
manaed to Know wny the board was
continuing to build at Hog island. Mr.
Hurley responded that it was because
the yard was on its hands.
J. H. Rosseter, director of operations
for the board, asked the builders to be
ready to make lump sum bids for con
tracts and said that so far the board
had been unable to secure definite
prices.
In discussing proposals to substitute
new types of ships for those now con
templated for construction in Pacific
coast yards, Mr. Rosseter said Ameri
can builders had been offering to build
ships for Great Britain and France for
$142 a ton, whereas the price to the
United States had been $199.
Mr. Robinson concluded by declaring
that all of the ship ways on the Fa
cific coast would bo vacant by Febru
ary, 1920, under the present govern
ment arrangement, while the Hog Is
land and other government and private
yards on the Atlantic coast would be
able to run to 1921.
liDg Island Costs Great.
It wat shown that the cost of build
ing ships at Hog Island is approxi
mately $56 a ton greater than in the
Pacific coast yards.
When Chairman Hurley undertook to
; defend continuing the work at Hog
Island while cancelling tho lower-
I riced contracts on the Pacific coast.
c.n the ground that the steel in large
quantity is fabricated and delivered
at Hog Island, he brought quick -retorts
lrom Senators Chamberlain and Repre
sentative Nolan, who declared tha
much of this material could be shipped
to the Pacific coast to keep western
shipyards going- and be manufactured
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Party Leaders Intimate That Inves
tigation May Go Beyond
AVar Department.
WASHINGTON. May 28. Republicans
made their first move in congress to
day toward beginning their proposed
investigations of war expenditures. A
resolution approved by party leaders
was Introduced by Representative Gra
ham of Illinois, calling for the ap
pointment by Speaker Gillett of a spe
cial committee of 15 members "to in
vestigate fully all contracts and ex
penditures made by the war depart
ment or under its direction during the
present war."
Early action on the measure is
planned by the republicans.
Party leaders said the resolution
merely contemplated enlargement of
the standing house committee on war
department expenditures, consisting of
four republicans nd two democrats, and
headed by Mr. Graham. Provision for
the larger committee. Floor Leader
Mondell said, will be made "because
there are a number of branches in the
department which it may be deemed
wise to examine separately" through
subcommittees.
"The purpose of the Investigations,
as i nail the committees that will un
dertake work of that character." added
Mr. Mondell, "is accurately stated in
the legislative programme promulgated
by the republican conference at the be
ginning of this congress, as "such in
vestigations as to inform the people
of war expenditures and serve the pub
lic interest.' "
The resolution was referred to the
rules committee, headed by Represent
ative Campbell, Kansas, who said he
anticipated that the resolution would
be called to the attention of his com
mittee next -week.
Party leaders intimated the investi
gations might assume a wider scone
than inquiry merely into the war de
partment. It was said that the com
mittee might investigate expenditure of
the $100,000,000 war fund given the
president for discretionary disposal and
also for an investigation of the war
risk insurance bureau.
HINES SEES PROSPERITY
Director of Railroads Optimistic
After Western Trip.
WASHINGTON, May 28. Highly fa
vorable conditions and an outlook for
excellent business were reported today
by Director-General Hines of -the rail
road administration, after an exten
sive trip throughout the west. He ex
pressed a belief that the reconstruc
tion process now under way would cre
ate a big industrial revival, because of
the arrested denyind for many products
not produced during the war and the
large buying power of the public, due
to high wages and high prices for rec
ord farm crops.
Until the industrial situation is clar
ified, officials of the railroad adminis
tration do not expect to consider an
increase in freight rates to compensate
for the increasing deficit arising from
reduced business after the armistice.
CHICAGO SCHOOL HEAD OUT
$18,000 Superintendent Removed
as Result of Political Contest.
CHICAGO, May 28. Chicago's recent
ly appointed superintendent of schools,
Charles E. Chadsey, whose salary was
fixed at $18,000, was replaced today
through actions of a newly appointed
school board, by Peter A. Mortenson.
A political, contest is back of the
change. Mr. Chadsey, In over two
months' incumbency, has never received
any of his salary.
Mr. Chadsey is well known among
American educators. He formerly was
superintendent of schools at Denver
and later at Detroit.
UNEMPLOYMENT IS LESS
Demand for Farm Labor Grows;
2 2 7,425 Idle in Xcw York City.
WASHINGTON, May 28. A growing
demand for farm labor is decreasing
the amount of unemployment over the
country, the United States employment
service reported tonight in presenting
a summary for the week ended May
24, showing 227,425 persons classed as
unemployed were reported in New York.
City.
In the middle west farming states
and the south reported need of farm
laborers, while on the Pacific coast
Los Angeles and San Francisco report
ed a surplus.
PERUVIAN RIOTS PUT DOWN
Order Restored in Lima and Callao;
Agitators Foment Strike.
WASHINGTON, May 28. Order has
been restored completely in Lima and
Callao, .where there was rioting yester
day in which a number of persons were
killed and many others wounded, the
Peruvian legation was informed today
in advices from Lima.
The dispatches said the disorders re
sulted from a strike "promoted by the
action of agitators."
WIRE RETURN IS UP TODAY
Interstate Commerce Commission to
Tackle Problem.
WASHINGTON, May 28. Considera
tion of legislation providing for the re
turn of the telegraph and telephone
systems to private ownership will be
taken up tomorrow by the interstate
commerce committee.
Chairman Cummins said today that
the committee planned to expedite the
legislation. - - -
SETTLED BY ALLIES
Fiume Difficulty Said to Be
Finally Adjusted.
ADRIATIC PUZZLE IS W
c
Agreement Reached .r" it on
Economic Arrangei.. .its.
HUN PROPOSALS OUTLINED
Germany Refuses to Accept Punish
ments Fixed by Treaty-r-Counter
Indemnity Is Demanded.
PARIS, May 28. (By the Associated
Press.) The question of Fiume and
the southern territorial boundaries of
Austria has been settled by the allied
council, according to the best informa
tion here this evening.
An agreement also has been reached
on the general Adriatic questions, ex
cept regarding economic arrangements.
Thus all territorial questions will be
presented to the Austrlans Friday in
the proposed terms.
The matter of reparations will be
considered later.
Andre Tardieu of the French" delega
tion has framed & formula covering
the Italian question which is under
stood to follow generally the lines of
a compromise proposed by E. M. House
considered last week.
Berlin Reads Counter Proposals.
Mr. House, Captain Tardieu and Pre
mier Orlando were present at the coun
cil meeting today.
VERSAILLES. May 28. The German
peace delegation here, it was learned
today, will present a counter claim of
12.850,000,000 marks for damage from
the allied blockade as an offset to the
reparation demands of the allied
powers.
The counter claim is based largely on
the alleged effects of the blockade upon
the life and health of -the Tlvilian pop
ulations. It is argued that, roundly, a
million births were prevented as a
direct result of the food blockade upon
the vitality of the women. The same
cause, it is contended, increased the
deaths approximately 800,000. Lack of
milk for young children, absence of
rubber and cotton for hospital use and
interruption of supplies of quinine,
camphor and other medicaments were
further factors in the losses, according
to the German argument.
Allies' Reply Prepared.
Should the Germans open this field
of inquiry the allies are prepared to
reply effectively by reference to the
far greater decrease of births and in
crease of deaths in France, Belgium,
Poland, Roumania and Serbia, as a di
rect result of the German war meas
ures. The allies possess the German offi
cial figures showing that the milk pro
duction in Germany during the war
was never below 4 5 per cent of the
normal production, which would be
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Numerous Towns of State Repre
sented by Regiment Which Served
In Many 'Parts of France.
BT PEGGT CURTIS.
NEW YORK. May 28. (Special.)
Some of the small Oregon towns not
represented before among the return
ing troops were in evidence today when
the 20th engineers arrived early on
the Santa Paula. There are Oregonians
in almost every company and from
almost every part of the state.
The transport docked at 7 o'clock
this morning and the rush of transfer
from the boat to the piers and from
the piers to ferry, and thence to Camp
Merrit, was so hurried that these men
of adventure had small time to recount
their experiences. The men served in
many parts of France.
The regiment will be through the
sanitation process by tomorrow. The
following are Oregon men In the regi
ment: Seventh company Sergeant James R.
Lux, Sheridan; Carl Redmond, Casper
Hanson, Earl Hanna, Portland; Oscar
Mathews, Klamath Falls; Ceclal Mc
Kenzie, Prineville; Alfred M. Town
seth, Springfield; Paul Erdsaa, Klamath
Falls; John Peltro, Quincy.
Sixth battalion, headquarters detach
ment William G. Williams, Portland.
Sixteenth company William B. Cur
tis, Marshfield; Claude Gaines, Athena;
Henry Murphy, Wallowa; Hugh W.
Bean. Prineville; Clyde A. Whitlock,
Wapinita; Reuben F. Chindgren, Wall
owa; Myron N. Hayes, Wallowa; Carl
Nys, Grass Valley; Edvrard. G. Peter
man, Bend; John R. Chapman, Eugene;
Carl M. Bennett, Baker; Shannon E.
Oliver, Phoenix; Shelby L. Davies, Port
land; George Shafer, Bend; Clarence A.
Mott, Rainier; Perry Carper, Promise;
Lester L. Smith. Galice; Elvln O.
Stephen, Springfield; Stephen M. Gur
ney. Glide; Edgar W. Holllnger, North
Powder; Warren L. Lison, Drew; Clar
ence E. Johnson, Portland; ester K.
Sanford, Cottage Grove; Ray O. Rennie,
Thurston; tonard D. Wolford, Silver
ton; Thomas II. Jerzyk, Rainier; Wal
ter T. Larson, Warren; Fred Burch
torf. Bend; Austin M. Lockman. Hood
River; Arthur J. Ream, Eugene; Frank
L. Clark. Portland.
Seventeenth company Cecil G. Slack,
Hillebrand; Charles Hendricks, Ash
land; Arthur L. Bragg, Blodgett.
Eighteenth company Hallle M.
Haselton, Eugene; William J. Burrand,
Marshfield; Archie J. Jeans. Mapleton;
Peter H. Audestad, Mllwaukie; Max
millian Jasman, Portland; Stephen
Mead, Reed; Gilbert Simmons, Coburg;
Cyrus Kimmel, Lebanon; James Hall
garth, Elgin; Henry A. Norberg, As
toria; Claude V. Francis, Pleasant Val
ley; Edwin J. Burgeis, Noti; Clarence
M. Wright, Willamiua; Earl R. Patti
son, Portland; Albert F. Amen. Friend;
Lee F. Jackson, Celilo; Guy W. Jame
son, Portland: Abram I. Rose, Myrtle
Point; Joseph Zeman, Harrlsburg;
Floyd P. Fry, Springfield; Orln Zimmer
man, Milwaukie; John L. Doane, Port
land; Arthur D. Sargent, Portland:
William C. Goaney, Heppner; Donald
R. Franklin. Baker: Anton B. Chind
gren. Mulino: . Louis C. Blien, Dufur;
George IL Perkins, Drain.
Sergeant Gaylord B. Abraham of
Gaston was in St. Nazaire special casual
company No. 690, which came in on the
Edward Luckenbach, and went to Mer
rit t.
On the Prince Frederick Wilhelm
were the following:
Medical detachment, train 314; Ser
geant Ray McMullin and Floyd D. Gif
ford, both of Portland, and now at
Camp Upton. Long Island, N. T.
Colonel Robert W. Collins of Eugene
was an arrival on this boat to take or
ders here. Miss Elizabeth Alrich of
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OH, JOHN!
HORNIBROOK'S PROTEST VAIN
1920 Campaign to Be Based
on Peace League and Treaty.
LEADERS PREDICT VICTORY
Wilson Is Lauded for Work at Paris
and Chairman Cummings Talks
in an Optimistic Manner.
CHICAGO, May s. describing the
r. publican party as an organization
which "complains and moves back
ward" and the peace treaty and the
league of nations covenant as "the
greatest document of .human liberty
ever prepared," Homer S. Cummings,
chairman of the democratic national
committee today sounded the keynote
for an at,jressive presidential cam
paign in 1920.
Party leaders declared they wel
comed the opportunity to make the
peace treaty and the league of nations
covenant the issue in the forthcomlnri
fight and expressed confidence of vie
tory.
Until President Wilson definitely an
nc -.nces his attitude toward a third
term party chieftains say there will be
no serious discussion of candidates.
Dr. Morrow la Seated.
The committee seated Dr. J. W. Mor
row of Portland as committeeman from
Oregon. Newton McCoy presented tho
proxy of W. H. Hornlbrook, who re
signed as committeeman several months
ago and protested the seating of Dr.
Morrow on the ground that the meeting
of the state central committee at which
Morrow was chosen had not been
legally called, but the claim was not
recognized. This was the only contest.
The committee adopted a resolution
congratulating President Wilson on his
work at Paris 1ft 'drafting the treaty of
peace and the league of nations cove
nant and calling on the United States
senate to ratify promptly the docu
ments. J. Bruce Kremer of Montana, vice
chairman of the committee, said the
democrats would weloome the oppor
tunity to make the peace treaty and the
league of nations covenant the issue in
the next presidential campaign.
Party Arw of Bl.arr.
The democratic party had fulfilled
all its pre-election pledges, he asserted.
He welcomed the advent of women into
party politics and said that the votes
of women in the western suffrage
states were largely responsible for
democratic success in 1916.
Mrs. Percy V. Pennybacker of Texas,
speaking for the woman associate
members of the committee, said the
democratic congress made a blunder
when it failed to adopt the woman's
suffrage constitutional amendment,
and that the committee should admit it.
She said if the country was to remain
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Sherirr Finds Xo Clues to Highway
man, Though Report Is Man
Went from Baker.
BAKER, Or.. May 28. (Special.)
About 4 o'clock this afternoon a lone
robber held up the bank of Haines at
Haines. 12 miles north of this city,
secured $3500, and made his escape.
The robber entered the bank and
after making his mission known,
locked the cashier. Will Wright, in the
vault.
The sheriff and a posse left for tho
scene as soon as possible after notifi
cation, but up to this time no clew to
tho robber has been obtained.
A report is that the robber was taken
from this city by a "for hire" car and
returned in the same car after the
hold-up. the driver of the car not
knowing anything of what had hap
pened until after his return.
PENDLETON. Or., May 28. (Spe
cial.) From the description furnished
him of the man who this afternoon
robbed the bank at. Haines, Sheriff
Taylor is convinced that the robber is
Charles Connors, or Charles H. Burke,
who broke out of the county jail here
Sunday.
HUN MEETINGS MUST STOP
Occupation Troops Ordered to De
stroy Political Posters.
COBLENZ, May 27. (By the Associ
ated Press.) Orders were issued today
to the American military police in
Coblenz and Treves and to patrols
throughout the area of occupation to
tear down immediately any political
posters, should they appear. The sol
diers also were cautioned to prevent
any meeting of political character.
This action was taken as a result of a
telephone message from British head
quarters in Cologne that demonstra
tions had occurred there today in pro
test against the proposed separation of
Rhineland from Germany.
Reports from Cologne also said that
a general strike had been declared
there as a protest against the separa
tion movement
Posters in Cologne set forth that
monster mass meetings had been he:d
In Coblenz. where the Initial action had
been taken by the Germans who favor
a Rhineland republic. At the head
quarters of the 3d army it was said
that no such mflni had taken place.
PETR0GRAD DEATHS MANY
Estimates Place Death Rate at More
Than 1000 Daily.
WASHINGTON. May 28. Official
health reports in Petrograd show that
the death rate in that city now ex
ceeds 1000 daily, according to Swedish
press reports to tho state department.
Further reductions in the food rations
even for workers have been made and
it Is estimated that no worker Is able
to live even In a modest way on less
than 500 rubles a day.
PARIS, May 28. The allied council
on food supply has eight ships loaded
with pork products and flour at Baltic
ports and these cargoes could be de
livered in Petrograd within seven days.
Their delivery will have to await
joint orders from the allied powers
pending outcome of events in Russia.
"FLU" HITS ALASKA AGAIN
Natives in Southwest Section Suffer
Severely from Malady. I
VALDEZ, Alaska, May 28. Influenza
has again broken out in southwest
Alaska, with heavy death toll among
the native population. At Nushagak
in the Bristol bay district more than
40 deaths have occurred, according to
a dispatch received today from United
States Marshal W. F. Lowe. Most of
the other natives, and the entire hos
pital force, including United States
Commissioner French, are 111 and In
need of immediate attention. Few
white residents are afflicted, the mes
sage said.
At Naknek, in the same district.
United States Marshal Victor Sedgwick
reported today 38 influenza cases among
the natives at tho cannery, with the
situation serious.
GRATITUDE SENDS $15,000
Blind Newsdealer Heir to Estate of
Man He Tried to Benefit.
SAN DIEGO. Cal., May 28. Charles
Gardner, known as "Blind Charley," a
newspaper vendor, told his customers
today they would henceforth have to
buy their papers elsewhere as he was
going to take a long rest.
Gardner volunteered last week for a
blood transfusion operation which it
was hoped would save the life of John
Kennedy, a health-seeker hre. Ken
nedy died, however, and today Gardner
was informed Kennedy had made him
heir to an estate valued at 815,000.
JUDGE SPEEDS BEER CASE
Special Session of Court to Hear
New York Suit.
NEW YORK. May 28. Judge Henry
G. Ward of the United States circuit
court of appeals today called an ex
traordinary session of the court for
June 17 to hear the government's ap
peal from the 'decision of Federal Judge
Mayer, temporarily restraining gov
ernment officials from enforcement of
the wartime prohibition law against
tho Jacob Hoffman Brewing company,
pending a decision as to whether beer
containing a maximum of 2.7S per cent
ef alcohol ts intoxicating.
l
Contracts on 88.15 Fsli!es
of Construction Let.
MORE BIDS TO BE REQUESTED
Crater Lake Cut -Off from
Roseburg Authorized.
CLACKAMAS' CLAIMS HEARD
Stale Commission .Promptly to Or
ganize Maintenance Department
to Patrol All State Roads.
Contracts for SS.13 miles of road
work, aggregating 81.507.848. wero
awarded by the state highway commis
sion yesterday. Fifty-four miles are
to be hard-surfaced. The end Is not
In sight, for at tho June 10 and the
July meetings the commission will
open bids on rurther work. The desiro
Is to clean up tne Columbia river and.
Pacific highways next year, so that
attention can be turned next to tho
development of the secondary roads of
Oregon.
The commission is planning to or
ganize without delay a maintenance
department and lias directed State En
gineer Nunn to make preparations.
With the single exception of Columbia,
county, every county where the state
highway commission has construction,
has signed a maintenance agreement.
Dozens of the motor trucks turned
over to tho highway department by tho
federal government will be used for
patrolling the roads and all the stato
roads, paved, macadam or dirt, will
soon receive constant attention.
Crater Lake Cut-Oft Authorized.
One of tho important features of yes
terday's session was the decision to
open up the Crater lake cut-ofr from
Roseburg, which will place Roseburg
about 98 miles from'the lake instead
of more than OO niles via the Medforu
route. This is u co-operative project,
the state. Douglas county and the fed
eral government each contributing
821.000 to dispose of the main obstruc
tion, a 2Vi-mile section. O- e this bar
rier is removed the rest of the road,
locally known as the Tiller trail, ex
tends through t Tactically open coun
try and will be of inexpensive con
struction. A loaii of $25,000 was also advanced
to Douglas county by tho commission
to enablo the county court to buy a
right of way for tl. . Pacific highway
through some e- rnsivi 4rur. or
chards. The county will repay tho
loan next jeer.
Clsekamas Claims Presented.
To tie-in with tie Mount Hood locp
a delegation from Clackamas county
appeared before the commission with
E. W. '"artlett of Tstacada as the
spokesman. Mr. Bartlett suggested that
tho commission designate as the route
through Clackamas county a connec
tion with the loop at a point near
Cherryville. then to the headwaters of
Eagle creek at Blssell, then through
George, across Eagle creek to Gar
field, then to Estacada and down tho
Clackamas -ivcr to Baker's bridge and
thence to a connection with East
Eighty-second street, which is now
paved from Portland. Tho delegation
advocated this route in preference to
one via Boring and Sandy. In reply tho
commission prornsed to have the en
gineers make an examination and re
port as soon as the engineers are avail
able. More Contracts to Follow.
Bids will be called for the June meet
ir.tr r grading seven miles between
Hubbard creek and B-ush creek, in
Curry county. The estimates show
that a 16-foot -oad will cost about
$187,000. It .'s a co-operativo project.
Two 'all Jobs will bo advertised in
Coos county fv.. the June meeting and
for the July meeting the commissii i
decided to optn bide for nino miles t f
paving between -'-then and Milto .
Umatilla county is turning over
$525,000 to apply on -he paving jobs in
that county. Sas section, in eastern
Oregon, will also be advertised for tho
June meeting, - --. th commission de
cided on an assortmer of projects
which will soon be ready for advertis
ing, among them being pavement on
the lower Columbia highway between
Clatekanie and Svensou. The Canby
to Aurora section on the Pacific high
way was ordered advertised and en
gineers were instructed to view tho
possibilities of avoiding the railroad
crossing at Canema.
Klevem Contracts Awarded.
Contracts were awarded as folio we:
Cascade Locks to Hood River. 22.3
miles of paving. G. E. Kibbe, $433,670.
Rainier to Clatskanle, 11.2 miles of
paving. Warren Construction company,
$195.12.
Jacques Place to Johns Place. Doug
las county, seven miles, grading and
macadam. Joplin &. Eicon. $70,809.50.
Tamhill-McMinnville. 9.8 miles, grad
ing and paving. Northwest Construc
tion company. $124. 155.
Newbcrg to West Dayton. 6.2 mile.",
grading and macadam, R. B. Greavc,
$60,333.
The Dalles to Chenoweth. grading
and paving. 2.1 miles. United Con
tracting Company. $56,613.20.
Oakland to Wilbur. 7.3 miles, grad
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