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. . " - - f j. j m. jvo x t f Ia 1 It, -I.lir. JLSEH ROAD TO SEA of June, 191S, made a big increase over HERMAN CREEK FIRE WOUNDED MEN-CALL FOR SILVER BADGES the total for the corresponding month of last year, according to the report of Will H. Bennett of Salem, superinten dent of banks. Deposits amounted to $131,628,012.47, or a gain of $27,848 L 272.57. and a decrease of $8,471,955.72, as compared with the total for May, 1919. -Savings deposits show an increase over the total for June, 1918. and May. Benton and Lincoln County ; Folk Seek Improvement. 1919, the total being $31,868,887.91. This is $1,233,058.60 over the May figures and more than $8,000,000 over the total Blaze Hard to Fight Because of Wind-Swept Location. Many Westerners Visit Army Office With Honor Soars. shown for the corresponding call of last year. Loans and discounts also show an in TWO DAYS REMAIN TODAY AND FRIDAY crease, amounting to $76,681,868.64, or an increase of $12,534,378.78 over June of last year, and $720,627.07 over the .STATE OFFICIALS INSPECT May total. Resources decreased $8,248,- SCAPPOOSE FIRE CHECKED FIGHTERS TELL OF FRAY 755.32 since May 12, but show a gain of creek was burning over 60 acres and was said to be threatening a large area of government and private timber. BOISE. Idaho. July IS. Governor Davis today received word from Sec retary of the Interior Lane advising that $10,000 has been set aside for ex pense of fighting a forest fire that has destroyed approximately 50.000 acres of timber in the yellow pine section of the Thunder mountain region. The fire has been raging about three weeks, but efforts to combat it have been meager because of lack of an ap propriation by the department of the Interior for fighting fires on the public domains. No loss of fife has occurred In the fire, but hundreds of thousands of dol lars worth of valuable timber has been destroyed and a quarter of a million sheep are in danger. MEDFORD, Or, July IS. (Special.) Another forest fire broke out last night on the middle fork of the Dole Applegate and today Forest Supervisor Rankin and George H. Cecil of Port land federal district forester, left for that place to supervise a corps of fire fighters. The forest fire on Anderson creek is still burning, but is reported under control. Tonight the lookout at Wagner butte telephoned that the Ap plegate fire appeared to be under con trol. Thus far about 1K00 acres have been burned over, but there has been little loss to merchantabla timber. WIXD FAXS BBiAZE IX POLK IMPORTANT HIGHWAY NDW UNDER CDNTRO ' Tremendous Traffic Passing oil .Route Held to Require 16-Foot "Width for All Sections. KELLY. 16. (Special. )- f BY JOHN V ALSEA. Or.. Julv IKext to the Pacific highway, which ' runs north and couth, the most impor tant road in Benton county is the AN tea road. There is available ?3&2.000 lor improving; this artery from Cor vail is to Waldport, in Lincoln county. 3"or the purpose of canvassing the situ ation R. A. Booth of the highway com mission, State Highway Engineer Nunn, County Judge W. H. ilalone of Benton county and O. V. Hurt, former commis sioner of Lincoln county, have been traveling the section. So important do the Benton county Jeople consider the Alsea road that they specified that 5100.000 of the $220.- I00 road bonds recently voted shall be Ijsed on this route to the Pacific ocean, fcio far as population is concerned, there is relatively little along the Alsea road, but the people, realizing the com mercial value of the Alsea route, were ; "willing; to apply practically half of the bond issue to this one project, while jthe remaining $120,000 is to be distribu ' ted over various roads. The Alsea road begins at Corvallis, i Tuns through Philomath and heads "Westerly for the coast range to Alsea j town, and on to the Lincoln county line. ' .From that point the road proceeds to ' ward the coast until it emerges on "Waldport. bay, skirting the southern fdge to the town. . Thus two counties 're interested in the opening of the -iAlisea-Waldport route. Government Will Aid. Government officials are anxious to iavc access to the forest reserve in X-incoln county and the Waldport end of the Alsea road will be a co-opera -t ive project. The forestry service con t ributes $72,000, the state $72,000 and Lincoln county adds $48,000. This to tals $192,000 lor the mileage in Lincoln t-ounty. For the Benton county end of 1 lie Alsea road the state contributes nothing. The forest service, however, was so anxious to open up the thor oughfare to connect with the forest road in Lincoln county that the gov ernment proposed to match the county Money for Benton, thus giving $200, 00 for the Alsea road in Benton. Alsea mountain is the main obstacle between Corvallis and the town of Al ea. It is the summit of the Coast range, and the road twists and climbs to the top of this pass. Probably half of the money available will be needed to solve the problem of this mountain. Kngineer Nunn says that with steam shovels and tractors the mountain sec tion presents no serious obstacle, and that a 16-foot highway on a 5 or 6 per (tent grade may be developed with ease. At times the grade is now IS or 20 per cent. In Benton county, save for the Alsea mountain section, the road is in splen did condition and the present alignment may be retained to a large extent. The county has installed concrete culverts and made fills, so that aside from the mountain section, the Alsea road is generally good. - Much Ruainexsi Done. Apparently, to look at the Alsea-Cor-vallis road, it is scarcely worth giving much important attention. This is w here the casual observer is deceived. There are two little stores in Alsea which do a business of $50,000 a year. One creamery alone did $100,000 worth of business last year. There is a large amount of poultry, livestock, produce tuid similar goods flowing out of the mountain range into Corvallis daily. -Vot long ago a six-team freight wagon could only pull 1700 pounds over the road. The present condition of the Benton county road enables motor trucks to make a round trip in four hours, which formerly required three days for t he freight wagons. The elimination of the Al.-ea mountain grades will vastly improve the possi bilities of the road. Between A lsea town and Waldport the Lincoln-Benton county boundary is met. In Lincoln county there is a twisting; mountain road, barely wide enough for a much ine to u.e, jet over this cars are passing all clay long, most of the time in low gear on ac count of grades. Before reaching the Lincoln county line the present traffic road goes by way of the Missouri bend. Shorter Route Planned. The government people prefer im proving the ligger mountain road, which will be a saving of several miles over tho present route. The Digger mountain road is now .in service, but the grades are .-o steep that most driv ers avoid it. preferring the longer Mis-.; to uri bend route. At a point beyond Alsea, County' Judge Malone would like to see a 1200- foot tunnel bored through the moun tains, as t wo in i les would be saved bv isuoh a project. A tunnel of that length involves ventilation and lighting prob lems which will probably offset the advantage gained in distance. Also, the tunnel would be wet and slimy in such a moist climate. Mr. Hurt also favors a tunnel at another spot which would cut distance by a mile or so. Striking the forest in Lincoln county, where the road crosses the Alsea river on a bridge built by the state this spring, there is a good stretch for a short distance, this sample being the work of the forestry service. From this point on into Waldport there if vast room for improvement in align ment, grade and width. People at Waldport are very anxious for the de velopmen t of the route to Corvallis. The town is a bit worked up just now over two eil companies which are boring near by. one rig be i n g down on the beach. Kv idences of oil a re a bun da n t. The main excite ment in Waldport on the arrival of the road party was the determination of the local fishermen to strike, unless the two big canneries pay 8 cents for fish. FAMOUS FIC.HTKR TO J- PORTLAND. r '4 - 7 SPOKANE MAN TO APPEAL Charge of Having Liquor in Poc Mon to Bo Fought Out. PPOKAXK, July 16. Formal notice ( f a p peal to superior court has been given in the cas of Maurice Oppen beimer. son of the late Mosc Op pen -Ifimer. convicted in police court jes ttrday on city and state charges of having liquor in his possession. He was fined $30 and sentenced to fc ur months' in jjil after charges of selling liquor had been chanced to the le.er charges on motion of the prosecutor. BANKING BUSINESS GAINS rortlami Pcpo.-its Show Rig Increase Over June, 19 18. Business transacted by banking insti tutions of Portland during the month Lieutenant-Colonel Theodore RooMevelt Jr. Portland will have its first op portunity to hear Theodore Roosevelt Jr. when he comes to Portland September 17 to address ex-service men and citizens of this city on the purposes of the American Legion, which he helped organize. Colonel Roosevelt yes terday accepted the republican nomination for the state assembly of New York. Word that he would be in Portland was re ceived by Barge K. Leonard, chairman of the speakers' bureau of the American Legion in Ore gon. Colonel Roosevelt will be in the state of Washington on Sep tember 18 and 19. $26,001,199.32 figures. over the June, 1918, FEDERAL HID ACT SAVED ASSISTANT ATTORXKY-GEXERAL CORRECTS I ACLTY LAW, Bean-Barrett Measure Rescued by Van Winkle From Annulment by $10,000,000 Bond Bill. SALEM. Or.. July 16. (Special.) The ever-watchful eye of A-ssistp.it Attorney-General Van Winkle not only saved complete annulment of the so called Bean-Barrert federal aid act. but prevented Oregon from losing: approxi mately S1.400.000 of government road money, according: to announcement made here this afternoon following ex change of telegrams between K. B Goodin. secretary of the state board of control, and a firm of Boston bond ing attorneys. Mr. Goodin yesterday telegraphed to the attorneys asking them if the transcript furnished in the sale of $400,000 worth of highway bords in the yar 1917 applied in the sale of 3800,000 worth of bonds made yesterday to Henry Teal of Portland. This morning Mr. Goodin received a reply from Boston to the effect that the Orercon legislature in passing the $10,000,000 bond -bill at the last session nullified the Bean-Barrc-tt act. Consultations between the officials were hastily arranged and Mr. Van Winkle was solicited for information on the subject. He readily detected the significance of the telegrams and in formed Mr. Goodin that he discovered the defect in the $10,000,000 bonding' bill atter it had been introduced and pre pared a corrective clause which, upon its passage by the legislature, held the Beau-Barrett act Intact and made pos sible the pale of bonds in co-operation with the federal government. Mr. Goodin tonight telegraphed the bonding attorneys regarding the cor rective clause, and it is believed yes terday's sale will be approved w thout delay. Entire Force of 125 Men of Xeha lem Timber and Logging Com pany Helps to Battle Flames. Favorable winHs which tended to drive the flames back into the burned area greatly aided the fire fighters yesterday in bringing the Herman creek forest fire under control, accord ing to reports received late yesterday by the district headquarters of the forestry service. Cnless change the path the Co- unforseen rlrrnmKtnn.o the situation If In v.. the blaze will be comniAfoiv ,. . i ; of two days. During the strong head winds Tuesday, the fire, which had been practically under control, swept out again, crossed a wide fire trench and entered green timber for the first time. Sam Lehman, one of the city rangers in the Bull Run watershed re serve, was in Portland yesterday after noon after having been engaged In fiShting the fire since Friday. He gave the details of the camp burning episode, when one of the crews lost its supplies and most of its equipment. Lyle Bain, one of the men from the vnjr reserve, lost his way inside ure area ana had to fight his iiiiuusn ine underbrush to lumbia highway and safety. KIre In Hard to Klcbt. The fire line Is a little more than a mile and a half on a side, according to Mr. Lehman. It has been a danger ous one and a hard one to fight be cause of the high altitude, and open, wind-swept position. It is located on the Herman creek trail, about three miles from the Columbia highway. The fire at Ames spread yesterday to an area of about 45 acres, but it is believed to be under control. It has been throwing up considerable smoke, due to the heavy green foliage condi tion of the region. The smoke has been seen from the Columbia highway by many persons who thought that the lire was directly in back of Larch Imountam, favorite retreat .of many Portland people. Ames is located near the end of the Bull Ilun car line. The tire nas done little damage. Scappoou KIre Cheeked. The fire which started in the" Xe uaiem i imoer v Logging company's operations aoout 16 miles west of Scap poose. is reported as being practically checked. The fire started from a don key engine during the noon hour Mon day and made considerable headway before it was discovered. The entire force of the company, comprising about men, was put to work fighting the fire. It Is stated that little damage has been done, as the fire has been confined largely to underbrush and dead logs. It has covered about 150 acres. It was reported last night that a fire had broken out in Blind slough in Clatsop county in timber owned by the Larkin & Green company. Its extent has not been learned. Fire Fighters Keep Blaze From Spreading to Adjacent Farms. DALLAS. Or.. July 18. (Special.) Fanned by a high northeasterly wind the fire in the timber several miles west of Dallas sprung up with renewed vigor Tuesday afternoon. At an early hour this morning a score of fire fight ers kept the flames from spreading to nearby farms. The flames many times leaped 100 feet into the air. The origin of the fire rs a mystery, as no logging operations are being car. rled on in the woods near that point. The fire already 'has burned over a large territory. Several ranches are lo cated within a short distance from the firo and damage to crops Is feared. Grays Harbor Fires Controlled. HOQUIAM. Wash., July 1. (Spe cial. ) Forest fires, which have been raging In the vicinity of Ura) Harbor City and Grass creek for the past few days on logged-off land owned by the North western Lumber company, are now fully under control. The flume of the Hoquiam Water company, which furnishes the water supply for this city. was in danger of destruction at one time, but heroin efforts of fire fight ers saved the dralnshed and k-pt the Hume free from the flames. PORTLAND GIRL SELECTED I,uli jL. May to Teach Household . Arts at Corvalli. OREGtN agricultural colleoe. Corvallis. July IK. (Special.) Miss Lulu L. May of Portland has been appointed instructor of household arts at the college, according to announce ment of lean Ava B. Allium. She was graduated from the college in 1918 with senior honors and was a member of the Forum, the junior-senior honor so ciety, and of Mask and Dpger, the college dramatic club. She made de signs for the O. A. C Barometer. Ore gon Countryman and the Bcavc r an nual. Last school year she taucht at Castle Rock. Wash. This summer she is em ployed at the Babcock &. Poets furnish ing establishment in Portland. CAPTIVE SUEDFOR DIVORCE Kuscnc Man. Jailed for Alleged Theft of Wool. Has Troubles. KUGKNK, Or.. July 1. (Special. To add to his troubles. William Broth erton of Kueene. who it in the l.inn county jail iharfred with the theft oi some wool at Albany, is defendant in a divorce suit. Mrs. Genevieve Broth erton bepan suit yesterday in court here to annul their marriage on the ground of cruel and inhuman treat ment. She alleges that he has failed to sup port her properly, that he bis tpent most of bis time around pool halls and cigar stores and that bis latest act of cruelty is that he is in jail fir the alleged theft of wool, that he escaped once and that be was rearrested. NORTHWEST IX FIRES (iRASP Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Mon tana Conflagrations Serious. SEATTLE, "Wash., July 16. Forestry officials and fire wardens view the forest fire prospects in Washington with apprehension, O. C. Joy. chief fire warden of the Washington Forest Fire association, said today. A fire of threat ening proportions broke out in Clallam county west of Lake Crescent last night, but fire fighters today were making good headway against the flames. A force of men today was or ganized to battle a new fire near Ham ilton, Skagit county. Several email fires in King county were said to be under control. MISSOULA. Mont., July Jfi. Four large fires burning through the Mis soula and Lolo national forests in west ern .Montana and a number of smaller fires in the Sel way forest of jjorih ern Idaho today caused forest service officials at district headquarters here the most concern. The situation in other forests of this vicinity, although exceedingly critical, was considered fairly satisfactory. Sev eral large blazes were reported from the Selway forest, although three fires there which previously were considered dangerous were said to be under con trol. SPOKANE. July 16. Forest fires in northern Idaho today were reported burning over considerable areas, and in one instance valuable timber was threatened. A fire between the town of Priest River and Priest lake, ASHLAND JOINS LEGION Tltcotlorc rtoo-evrlt Jr. lo Re Aki-d to Speak Itcforc w Chapter. ASHLAND. Or.. July 16. (Special.) A larKe and enthusiastic crowd of ex service men Kather-d on an hour's notice here lam niicht to hear State Chairman Kivers of Portland explain the purposes and ideals of the Ameri can l.ei?ion of World War Veterans. Immediately following his speech the entire crowd lined up in alphabetical order and Blgned the application for charter. A temporary organization already existed hre with Major C A. Malone, formerly adjutant of the North Pacific artillery district, as president. Two hundred and fifty members in two weeks is the mark, set by the local service men. The Ashland Post Is determined to have Theodore Koosevelt Jr. speak in the new Ashland auditorium when he visits the biate in September on be half of the legion. STORAGE PLANT IS BEGUN White Salmon Growers to Ixpend 810,000 on New Structure. WHITE SALMON'. Wash.. July 16. (Special.) Ira K. Hyde. manaK- r of the White Salmon Valley Fruit Growers' association, reports the association has commenced the erection of a cold storaKe buildine, 61x64 f.--et, on the Standard Oil siding, near Whue Salmon. It will be of hollow- tile, after specifications furnished by the bureau of markets of the department of agriculture, will cost approximately JIO.UOO and will be ready for the fall croiJ of apples. It is understood that the Standard Oil interests will soon construct a new supply station at this point. l.OO0.000 Road lionds Offered. SALEM, Or.. July 16. (Special.) The state highway commission has asked for bids for J LOOP, 000 worth of bonds, hearing date of August 1. 1919, and drawing 4 1. per cent interest. The bids will be opened at the offices of the commission in Portland on August 5, at 11 o'clock A. M. The bonds will mature serially. $25,000 October 1. 19i'4. and a like amount each April 1 and October 1 thereafter until the lull amount is paid. John Sumoy, Who Lost Arm in Ar gonne. Among Soldiers to Whom Victory Buttons Are Given. The raceed scar of a shrapnel wound the mark of a bayonet, or the trace of Bs burn is a common sight at the army recruiting- station, where discharged wounded soldiers are calling; for their silver victory buttons: but a ruddtn hush fell upon officers and men yes terday afternoon and clicking- type writers stopped for a moment tj pay silent homage to an empty sleeve. The wearer was John H. Sumoy. a native of Ruma, Finland, who lost his left arm fighting: In Arsronne forest for his adopted country. Me lives at 964 Alva street and is busy at present with the study of mechanical draw Inn. Twenty men In all railed for silver buttons yesterday. Vernon 3. Lanedon of 525 Muldc-n street, was wounded by machine-run bullets while encased as a battalion runner durlnif the Meuie Arconne operation. Ungdon says that he lay for four hours after being wounded before stretcher bcarir Picked him up. In the second battle of the Marne he was one of five runners to survive out of his company. MllUbor L.1S Mfcjot. Rdwin Bartlett. formerly a private In company U. 162d. infantry. S2d division, was wounded at Flumes by !erinan snipers who fired Into the backs of a party of Americans which had passed their position. His home is in iiills boro. far! M. Mack of 1731 East Eleventh trcet. formerly a corporal in the head quarter company. 23d Infa.ury. was wounded by shrapnel W.ill. on intelli gence work in the front lines. He was carried to the dressing- station by c de tail of German prisoners, who, he .Kt, .ild nil in their power to make him com fortable. Allen It. Jay Jr. of 4 10 Harrison street was c-issed while fig-htlns; In the St. Mihiel sector. Second Lieutenant . Mooreland of Bonneville. Or., was w-ounded by shrapnel in the same part of the lines. Urea of Wosmaed Mere. Russell Hocan of 95 4 Russell street. Arthur V. Peterson of 835 Ha.g-ht ave nue. Nelson W. Herse of 9S5 Market srreet. Harry K. Halveron of Hallas "lty. N. L.. Lewis T. McMahon of 4: Harrison street. Nick Williams of 106 Tenth street. Lorlnit C. Robertson of llf Killlnarsworth avenue mil Wil liam R. Ileare of 7J Alberta street were ail wounded or gassed during- the Meusc-A rsonne offensive. Other wounded soldiers who received their silver buttons yesterday were Adolph Grass. 414 Second street: Ralph K. Alvord. 347 East Forty-seventh street: Kuuene Menxener. 6019 Seven tieth street southeast: Waino Krausc. 24 S East Ilroadway: Andrew A'nacker. 172 -:st Seventeenth street, and George J. Mexes. 36 North Fourth street. BERRY GROWERS WIN, LOSE Court Limits Market of I'nlm, r. Opens It to .Member.. SAI.EM. Or.. July 16. tSpeclal.) 4 me .-aiem r ruit union is restrained from delivering- loganberries elsewh.i-. than to the Phex company by action of ine circuit court here today over-ruling a demurrer of the union to the peti tion of the Phez company. It Is believed, however, that the ruling- of the court will prove of little benefit to the Phex company, for the reason that the. demurrer filed by 8S growers who were defendants with the fruit union was sustained. As a result of this ruling the growers are free to sell their berries in open market. In the action of J. R. Linn. I .on in Lachmund and H. M. Kndicotl against B 1.1 , . ... ; ic iruu union lo compel ine union to ores aeiivery oi oerries to tin union by the growers, the court sustained a demurrer of the union on grounds that there Is a remedy in equity. The con tempt case brought by the Phez com oanv asrainst the frniit uninn wa ,4i. missed on motion of plaintiffs. f Anita Stewart in "A Midnight Romance" It grips j-ou, pleases you and holds you for one short hour. "Trying; to Get Along" A Mack Sennett jrloom buster with Ford Sterling, Chas. Murray and a flock of new bathing beauties. i v.-V v, lf rS'Zj " 1 s I 1 - '-' - J i K Salem Third Warder Elected. SALEM. Or.. July 16. (Special.) At mociinc of the Satem council held believed under last night Walter Buchner was elecioH control yesterday, broke out again to-t to represent the :d ward to succeed day. and another on Jordan creek, nearo. J. Wilson, who has been shifted to the headwaters of the Coeur d'Alene i the office of mayor. Georire T- n a i river, was burning over 200 to 300 acres, it was reported. A fir in havy timber en Steamboat vorson was elected to succeed C M. Roberts, who has resigned as alderman from the 5th ward. CONCILIATION WILSON'S AIM eiecu nionious relations between the tiv and the roffon sen a tor. Senator Chamberlain aid after leav ing1 the White House that while thert he had discussed the president s itin erary for the winir around the cir cle." addintr that it was quite certain that Mr. Wilson would speak in at least three places in Oregon, including; Tort-land. Phone your want ads tr The Orefo nian. Mam 7070. A 6035. Nothing" stops me between the s grocery store and home when I have a pacKaere otv S9yf iki if I- ; Medford lias First sing. MKDFORD, Or.. July 16. (Special.) Medford held Its first community sins: In the City park tonight under the direction of Walter Jenkins of Port land. Several thousand persons joined, in the choruses of popular eongrs. ac companied by the Medford band. It Is planned to hold several community sines dirrlnir the summer. STARTING SATURDAY MORNING CHARLIE CHAPLIN in "SUNNYSIDE" First Showing of His Third Million Dollar Comedy And It's a Bear TODAY t a ' ' ktE-COOLta -rr-w TODAY The Coolest Place in Portland LILA LEE AS THE DAUGHTER OF THE WOLF A cool and breezy dream of the Alaskan wilds Life among lawless fur smugglers. "TWO-GUN TRIXIE A Really Funny Comedy TOMORROW ONLY: "ELMO THE MIGHTY m i I, ... 1 it--- - Coming Saturday: H. B. Warner in "THE MAN WHO TURNED WHITE" - ..- --"- Jilk. i -in- . i 1