THE MORXIXG OTCEGOXIAX, SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, 1920
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STEP TO ESTABLISH
COPRA PLANT TAKEN
Bond Issue Proposed for
$750,000 Corporation.
BUSINESS MEN GIVE AID
Oil ItcTinins Industry Declared Es
sential to Growth or City.
Special Committee -Meets.
That the copra pressing and oil re
fining industry is necessary to the
growth of I-ortland and must be
maintained here and that with the
withdrawal of the Palmolivc com
pany a new concern must be started
with Portland capital to take over
the business which the Palmolive
plant has been doing here was
brought out yesterday afternoon at
a meeting cf the special committee
appointed to investigate the possi
biliies of maintaining the industry in
Portland. The committee is composed
of C. A. Edwards, Raymond Wilcox,
O. II. Ransome. S. L. Eddy and J.
Conrad Iuckcl.
Careful investigation of all facts
available by the committee also led
to the unanimous opinion that such
an industry -would be profitable and
would be capable of expansion, there
by beintf a worth-while investment
for Oregon capital and one which
could bo made entirely upon its own
merits.
Company to Be formed Soon.
No time will be lost In the forma
tion of a. company, tt was decided,
and a committee of Portland bond
dealers and bankers, under the leader
ship of Walter Kendall, was named to
draw up a comprehensive plan for
floating a bond issue in Portland to
raise funds sufficient for the estab
lishment of the company. This sub
committee will get to work lmmedi
tf.ly. and has been asked to have a
detailed scheme for sale of stock and
capitalization of the company worked
out by Monday afternoon for submis
sion to the committee of which Mr.
Edwards is chairtnan.
A corporation capitalized at S750,
000 is planned, but it is declared that
all of that sum would not have to be
subscribed at this time. The cost of
the building of a plant and instal
lation of all necessary machinery is
set at 1400.000, and it would be nec
essary to have at least a large portion
of this in sight before any actual
steps towards construction of a plant
were taken, it is stated. .
Bnaineflfl Men Already Pledged.
Already business men who are de
termined to maintain the industry in
Portland have been informally pledged
to an amount well on the way towards
the necessary sum, Mr. Edwards
stated.
"After exhaustive study from all
the different sources we could lay
our hands on the committee came to
the conclusion that such a plant in
Portland would be a profitable enter
prise, and that prospects along this
line are so excellent that the proposi
tion could be financed entirely on its
own merits," declared Mr. Edwards.
sucn an industry as tnat ot copra
pressing and oil refining is essential
to the growth of Portland, as it con
tributes to many other industries and
plays a large part in general develop
ment. The formation of such a com
pany with Portland capital and its
successful operation would mean the
establishment of other industries
with Portland capital and a powerful
building up of the entire community."
Fnlmolive Company Replies.
That there is little likelihood of the
Palmolive company reversing its de
cision was indicated in the following
telegram received from S. C. Pierce,
vice-president and general manager,
in answer to a message sent the day
before by W. D. B. Dodson. executive
secretary of the Portland Chamber of
Commerce, asking the reasons for the
removal of the company and urging a
reversal:
"The necessity of being in close
touch with the market and ability to
take advantage of all offerings of
copra without the necessity of im
vosing conditions as to port of dis-
charge are the prime reasons for our
decision. The co-operation and pleas
ant relations we have had with Port
land business men we will always re
member and appreciate. Mr. Johnson,
the president of the company, is in
Florida, but I am sure I voice his
opinion."
RADICALS ARE SENTENCED
. Fred Suttle Gets 5 to 1 0 Years In
Washington Prison.
ELLEnsBURG, Wash., Jan. 30
Fred Suttle, convicted in superior
court here recently on a charge of
violating the state syndicalism act.
was sentenced by Judge John B.
Davidson yesterday to serve from five
to ten years in the state penitentiary.
Walden J. Torrien, James Rogers
Max .'ishner and Fred Sartoria, con
victed on similar charges, arising out
of their alleged membership in the
l. w. w., were sentenced to serve
from one to five years each.
Harry Adams, an alleged I. W. W.,
was given six months to five years in
the state reformatory. Counsel for the
defense filed notice of appeal.
ICE JAMS ARE BLASTED
Workmen Busy Protecting Railroad
Bridge Near Pasoo.
PASCO, Wash., Jan. 30. (Special.)
Large Ice jams have been floating
in the Columbia river, again endan
grering the O.-W. R. & N. bridge i
short distance below the citv. Work
men were busy all day Tuesday blast
ing in an effort to break the jams
and start the normal flow of ice down
the river.
Neither the Columbia nor Snake
river ferries have been running for
the past week, working serious in
convenience on auto travelers, sev
eral of whom are waiting for the fer
ries to resume operations.
Masonic Corner Stone Laid. .
PRINEVILLE, Or., Jan. 30. (Spe
cial.) The corner stone of the new
Masonic temple ini this citv was laid
Thursday afternoon by Most Worship
ful Master Earl C. Bronough, grand
master of the grand lodge of Ancient
Free and Accepted Masons of Oregon,
with the appropriate ceremonies. Ma
sons from various points of central
Oregon attended the ceremony.
Nurse Assigned to Cowlitz County.
KELSO, Wash., Jan. 30. (Special.)
Mrs. B. O. Olson, president of th
Cowlitz County Anti-Tuberculosis as
sociation, has been notified by Mrs.
Buchanan, state secretary, that a
nurse has been assigned to Cowlitz
county to assume her duties March 1.
The county commissioners provided
for the nurse's work by an appropria
tion In the 1320 budset.
CARDINAL MERCIER AMAZED
BY ROBBERY OF HELPLESS
"Aged, Sick, Dying Ufade to Sleep on Straw," Cardinal Writes. "These
Facts Go Far Beyond the Limit of What We Belgians
Would Have Believed."
CARDINAL MERCIER'S STORY.
Including his correspondence
with the German authorities in
Belgium during the war. 1914 to
1918, edited by Professor Fer
nand Mayence of Louvaln uni
versity and translated by the
Benedictine monks of St. Au
gustine's, Ramgate, England.
explanatory Comment by Profexxor
Frrnand Mayence.
HE outrages which moved the
cardinal to pen one of the most
ir
mpassioned letters of the whole
series are of the cruel and frenzied
type illustrative of the somewhat hys
terical state of German nerves in the
last summer of the war.
When the first letter, given below,
was written, Ludendorff was still
promising success. Bat the first great
drive of March 21 had failed to reach
Amiens. The terrific offensive against
the French, although richly produc
tive, had fallen short of the ambi
tious of the general staff.
Americans had proved their fight
ing qualities at Belleau and Cantigny
and more were being shipped to Eu
rope at the rate of 300.000 monthly.
Moreover, the Austrian move along
the Piave had proved sterile and the
Italian . counter-attack had demon
strated the recovery of King Victor's
troops and the degeneration of Em
peror Karl's.
On July 2 Secretary Baker an
nounced there were 1.019,115 Ameri
can troops in France or on the sea's.
In the early part of this month all
the minor actions on the western and
ItaHan fronts were allied successes.
The die was cast for the last Ger
man attempt to take Paris. The Teu
ton military chieftains were perfectly
well aware that their fifth offensive,
scheduled for about July 14 or 15,
would mark the final opportunity to
take the French capital.
It is not to be wondered that in the
satrapy of Belgium the authorities,
with a declining morale, were en
gaged in new acts of despotism, large
and petty, nor that the cardinal
should speak out with the utmost
courage and candor. Many times be
fore the temper of the invaders had
been for him a barometer of events in
the field.
CHAPTER XLVIII.
At the . time when woolen goods
were commandeered, the cardinal was
informed that aged persons lodged
in the Homes of the Little Sisters of
the Poor were threatened with the
loss of their mattresses. He there
fore requested Baron von der Lancken
to intercede with the governor-general
in favor of the unfortunate old
people.
He also asked him to arrange to
have mass celebrated in the Komman
dantur prison at an earlier hour, so
as not to prolong until a late hour in
the morning the fast of the commu
nicants, t
After an inquiry which lasted three
weeks the governor-general decided
that 400 old men, out of 450 inmates
of the Rue Haute at Brussels, should
be robbed of their mattresses. As re
gards the hour of divine worship at
the Kommandantur no change could
be made. Baron von der Lancken in
formed the cardinal.
The cardinal in an energetic protest
snowed how outrageous were the de
cisions of the governor-general.
Arcnoisnops House. Malines. June
27, 1918 To Baron von der Lancken.
Chief of the Political Department of
the Government-General, Brussels
REPORT GOLDS, IS ADVICE
METHOD TO CHECK INFLUENZA
TOLD TO BUSINESS MEN.
Drs. Parrish and Coffin Cite Need
of Punishing Persons Who Fail
to Report Outbreak.
If business men would report those
who come to their offices with severe
colds and those who feel ill, yet in
sist upon going downtown to their
work. Dr. George Parrish, city health
officer, yesterday told the City club,
a vast amount of good could be ac
complished in preventing the spread
of influenza.
The club yesterday undertook to
acquaint itself with the situation and
invited as speakers Dr. Parrish and
Dr. T. Homer Coffin, who had experi
ence handling the disease in the army.
The city health officer made the com
plaint that no other civic organiza
tions had expressed any interest in
preventive measures and explained
that it is through the business men
most good can be accomplished.
"Probably three times the number
of cases we have records of have not
been reported and now exist in the
city," Dr. Parrish declared. '
The large majority of cases are
coming, as they did last year, irom
the cheap lodging houses where peo
ple lie ill in poorly ventilated bac K
bedrooms until somebody In the house
reports them. What are you going to
do with the patient then? Portland
has 1015 beds in the combined hospi
tals, although the city has a popula
tion of 310,000. There were 15 beds
for contagious cases, but since we
have taken over the jail at Kelly
Butte there are 76 beds, including all
the cells.
"Sometimes we find five or six per
sons sitting around the sick room
trying to find out what's the matter
with the man. This even occurs in
the better districts. That's quaran
tine in Portland. There is going to
be little or no leniency shown those
who fail to report cases. Doctors and
others have been calling me up and
calling me down for initiating the
ordinance forcing posting oi quaran
tine cards. As soon as the father gets
out he beats it for the health bureau
to ask that an exception be made in
his case and tells us his doctor is no
good."
Hood River Epidemic Mild.
HOOD RIVER, Or.. Jan. 30.
(Special.) While physicians have re
ported nine cases of influenxa here.
the disease is in a mud lorm. nr.
V. R. Abraham, county health offi
cer declares that all rules of the
state board of health will be com
plied with, and it is Relieved the dis
ease can be cnecked before an epi
demic prevails. All employers of the
city have been notified to report
symptoms of influen: a among their
employes.
Albany Has Five "Flu" Victims.
"ALBANY, Or., Jan. 30. (Special.)
There are five cases of influenza in
Albany. The disease is not spreading
with the rapidity which marked the
epidemic here more than a year ago.
Strict quarantine is maintained in all
cases.
Burns Closes Shows and Schools.
BURNS, Or, Jan. 30. (Special.)
It is stated that the epidemic of In-
Dear Baron: Tour letter dated June
12 brings me a very disappointing
answer to the two petitions made by
me in the firm hope that this time, at
all events, I should meet with no re
fusal: the refusal is. alas! uncon
ditional. Thus but of the 450 mat
tresses of these poor and and infirm
old men in the Home of the Rue
Haute, his excellency the governor
general has ordered 400 to be com
mandeered and you tell me in his
name that 50 mattresses for 50 of the
more serious cases must suffice.
I am amazed at such language and
must confess that discussion is quite
beyond -me. For months your agents
have invaded, sometimes in one dis
trict, sometimes In another, the homes,
hospitals, orphanages, and made the
aged, the sick, the dying and orphan
children sleep on straw, or on eome
indefinable substitute to which In any
case those interested prefer straw.
These facts go so far beyond the
limits of what we Belgians would
have believed possible that we look
on them with amazement, scarcely be
lieving the evidence of our own eyes.
The odiousness of these repeated
requisitions takes our breath away.
But when the heartrending appeal
of the Little Sisters of the Poor, in
favor of the aged under their care, in
Rue Haute at Brussels, came to my
ears, I was under the impression,
quite wrongly as I see now. that the
distress of these saintly women and
the fate that awaits their charges
would evoke feelings of sympathy,
but, alas, for the sad searing of con
science brought about by militarism!
You imagine also that it is possible
for prisoners, weakened by the hard
ships they have undergone and the
mental strain resulting from several
months of confinement, to' remain
fasting until 9 A. M. or even later,
when they go to communion on Sun
days. The question naturally arises
as to how the concession I have ap
plied for can possibly be prejudicial
to the discipline of the Kommandan
tur prison, especially as there are
generally 6ome priests among the
prisoners who would only be too glad
to say mass for them at an earlier
hour and yet you refuse to grant it!
Once more I am silent. You cut
me short.
Furthermore you state, incidentally,
that the spiritual needs of the prison
ers are not very great. Now many
of them' on their release have told me
that they suffered greatly from a lack
of the consolations of our holy re
ligion. But all are not heroes.
To overcome the repugnance cer
tain patriotic souls naturally feel to-
wara making tneir confession to a
priest who is for them a constant re
minder of an enemy power, to remain
fasting until a late hour in the morn
ing, when their whole organism is ex
hausted, both call for more than aver
age virtue, and this is precisely the
reason why I have for four whole
years implored every successive and
competent German authority to grant
military and civilian prisoners ade
quate facilities for approaching the
sacraments, both here and in Ger
many. But in spite of the loudest
public professions of regard for the
spiritual welfare of Catholic prison
ers, I have met with an obstinate re
fusal right up to this day.
Please accept the assurance of my
sincere esteem.
D. J. CARDIXAL MERCIER.
Archbishop of Malines.
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nuenza nere is now on the wane.
nere are, however, 200 cases in the
city and immediate country and
nurses and doctors are kent busv
The Red Cross chapter has done much
to alleviate the suffering in many
families and the people here are ex
erting themselves to stamp out the
epidemic by closing schools, moving
picture nouses, etc.
Pneumonia Passes "Flu."
LHit'AUU, Jan. 30. While influ
enza cases and deaths continued yes
tertray- on the down grade, pneumonia
cases and deaths reached the highest
level since the contagion appeared,
more than two weeks ago. Fridav
1149 new cases of influenza and 68
oeains and 444 pneumonia cases with
J deaths were recorded.
LEWIS COUNTY JUDGE DIES
Attack or Pneumonia Fatal to D. K
Hodge.
CENTRALIA. Wash.. Jan. 30. (Sne
cial.) D. E. Hodge, Centralia attor
ney and local police judge, died last
night m a Centralia hospital follow
ing a brief illness caused bv Dneu
monia. The body is at the Newell
parlors pending funeral arrangements
Mr. Hodge came to Centralia abou
a year ago. He was an assistant in
the Oregon attorney-general's office
and had served as prosecuting attor
ney at Lewlston, Idaho. A brother.
G. D. Hodge, of Moscow, Idaho, and a
sister. Mrs. name uuiey of Portland
survive.
$50 AWARDED FOR TEAM
lory at Klamath Falls Disregards
Instructions of Court.
. KLAMATH FALLS. Or.. Jan. 30
l&peciai.) A. jury in the circuit eour
disregarding the instructions of th
court that if they found for plaintiff
at all it should be in the amount of
damage admitted by the defendant.
gave r... jay a verdict of only $50
damages for the loss of a team lent
to x. N. Grizes. Gnzes had admitted
that the team was worth $200.
The team ran away and was killed
while in Grizes' possession. The case
was tried before Judge F. M. Calkins
of Medford.
Pears Net $3.60 Per Box.
HOOD RIVER. Or., Jan. 30. (Spe
cial.) Dan Wuille. & Co. have re
ceived returns from the sale of 380
boxes of D'Anjou pears in England,
which show a net price to. growers of
$3.60 for fancies and 2.S7 for
C grade. The part car sent by the
Wuille company comprised their only
exportation of the fruit-
The Dalles Elks Initiate.
THE DALLES, Or.. Jan. 30. (Spe
cial.) Twenty-four Elks were Initi
ated into the local corral last night.
Frank Branch Riley addressed the
initiates and the others at a prelimi
nary banquet. Only local men were
put through, as the county-wide initi
ation had been postponed on account
of the influenza epidemic
The Dalles Club Hears Riley.
THE DALLES. Or., Jan. 30. (Sne
cial.) The first of a series of educa
tional features was staged last night
by the local chamber of commerce
with the presentation of Frank
Branch Riley, who lectured upon "The
Lure of. the Great Northwest. '
llfJIOiJ LABOR HAS
Hi IN COURT
Decisions Favoring Peaceful
Picketing Are Cited.
COURTS HELD TOO SLOW
Shoe Dealers' Attorney Says They
Are No n -Progressive and Not
Abreast of Times.
Union labor had its' inning before
Presiding Judge McCourt yesterdaf
afternoon in the controversy between
R. Greenfield, shoe dealer, and or
ganized labor as represented by the
Central Labor Council and Local 1257,
Retail Clerks' International Protec-
ive association. Attorneys W. C.
Campbell. A. M. Crawford and W. S.
tTRen thundered their contentions
hat peaceful picketing was not only
possible but upheld by many courts.
Yet the fact that courts had not
always sustained union labor's posi-
ion merely showed that courts were
ot abreast of the times, insisted At
torney Crawford, in the course of his
rgument.
"Courts generally are non-progrcs-
ive," he asserted "They stick to old
laws and principles the world has
outgrown. That is the reason for the
adverse decisions quoted by our op
ponents. There are. however, about
s many decisions upholding our con-
ention as thereare against us. The
matter of intent to injure seems to
govern in many cases."
Pleketinar la Defended.
Attorney Campbell spoke chiefly on
the proposition that the picketing
practised was peaceful and permitted
by law. There was no violence or in
timidation, he insisted, and no desire
on the part of the labor element to
create strife or trouble, only the
ntent to warn union labor men and
sympathizers from patronizing the
shops of the plaintiff.
In the course of an argument, far
from concluded when the court ad
ourned until this morning. Attorney
U'Ren reviewed the action of local
courts in the jewelry, laundry work
ers and steelworkers' cases, one of
which is on appeal to the Oregon su
preme court, the others being held in
abeyance pending a decision, under a
course of conduct stipulated by the
local courts.
The arguments which are being
made by both sides are very similar
to the contentions in the case now
before the supreme court, the desire
being to settle the shoe clerks' con
troversy either by the permission of
picketing, an injunction against any
picketing, or the permission of a cer
tain kind of picketing under rules laid
down by the court.
Peaceful Picketing; KrroKnlzrd.
The latter course was adopted by
the late Judge Gantenbein in the
laundry workers' controversy. It vir
tually recognized the possibility of
peaceful picketing by setting forth
the sort of picketing which would
be permitted and the sort which
would not.
Before the case was resumed yes
terday afternoon a stipulation was
ntered into byboth ldes as to three
things, as follows: (1) That the de
fendants will continue in like man
ner to picket plaintiff's places of bus
iness described in the complaint if
they are not restrained from doing
so by the injunction of this court; (2)
That by reason of said picketing
plaintiff has suffered reduction in the
amount of his sales of merchandise
and consequent damage; (3) That the
defendants have no property exempt
from execution.
OREGON HOPS TO TOOR
ENGLISH BEER WILL GET KICK
FROM DRY STATE.
$230,000 Contract for Four Years'
Crop of Eugene Growers Filed
by British Brewers.
"EUGENE. Or., Jan. 30. (Special.)
That the English people do not fear
prohibition will strike their lit
tle island and stop the manufacture
of beer for a few years at least Is
evidenced by the filing here yesterday
of hop contracts wherein a big Eng
lish firm agrees to buy the crop of
three Lane county growers for f-ur
consecutive years, beginning this
year. The contracts call for the pay'
rnent of a total of $230,000.
Wood. Hansbury, Rhodes & Jackson
is the British firm that is ready to
expend so much money here for Lane
county hops, and the growers who
have contracted to sell their crop are
John Seavey, Ivan Anderson and
Hardie Bros., whose yards are located
near Springfield.
The contracts call for the delivery
of the hops of 130 acres of clusters
and 30 acres of Fuggles, owned by
John Seavey, this year at 50 cents a
pound and the crop of 16 acres owned
by Anderson and 16 acrss owned by
Hardie Bros, at the same price. The
price for 1921 is to be 45 cents, ac
cording to the contract: for 1922. 40
cents, and for 1923 35 cents. In addi
tion to the crop from 160 acres on
the Seavey place this year, the con
tract calls for the delivery next year
.and the three following years of ne
crop from 30 additional acres of
Fuggles being set out this year. .
C0RVALLIS CLUB ELECTS
Eugene J. Keller, O. A. C. Senior.
Is Chosen President.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL
LEGE. Corvallis. Jan. 30. (Special.)
Hugene J. Keller, senior from As
toria. Or., was unanimously elected
president of the Agricultural club
Wednesday afternoon to fill the of
fice left vacant by Walter Williams,
who has finished his work.
Eric Witt, Junior from Portland,
was chosen yell leader, the former
holder of this office, Delbert Kirkan
schlagher, having left college.
INSURANCE MEN GATHER
Oregon Life Underwriters Elect
New Officers.
The annual meeting for the elec
tion of officers of the Oregon asso
ciation of Life Underwriters was held
yesterday at the Benson hotel. Charles
E. Fuller, representing the Travelers'
Insurance company, was elected pres
ident for the ensuing year. William J.
Sheehy of the Oregon Life Insurance
company, vice-president and Miss
Mina R. Savage of the New England
Mutual Life Insurance . company, secretary-treasurer.
The executive committee! c. ast-
lng of Dallas J. Sidwell of the Provi
dent Life & Trust company, William
S. Raker of the Northwestern Mutual ,
Life Insurance company and Charles
J. Gramm of the Kansas City Life In
surance company, were elected to di
rect the affairs of the association for
the year, which is to be an epochal
one in the history of the organization.
The National Association of Life
Underwriters, made up of 140 associa
tions throughout the country, has
launched a publicity campaign to ex
tend over the next ten years. Thou
sands of new members will be added
within the next few months and more
than 11,000,000 will be spent in this
publicity work.
W. Dwight Mead, assistant to the
president of the national association,
was present at the meeting and gave
n address to the members, indicating
what power is to be put back of life
insurance, and what social service is
to be rendered by life insurance men.
More than 6,00. 000.000 of life in
surance was written during 191.9
against a record of (2,000,000,000 in
1913. Over $100,000,000 was paid to
life insurance agents as underwriters
of this business.
The Oregon a.isociation is planning
an immediate campaign for members
with the purpose of convening in the
city some time during the coming
year a Northwest congress of life In
surance representatives.
HATGHERY WORK TO BEGIN
N'EW STATE PROJECT ON" WIL-
IiAMETTE IS IDEAL.
Warden Clanton Says Reason Trout
Output Was Small Was
Lack of Kegs.
EUGKNE, Or- Jan. 30. (Special.)
R. E. Clanton. master fish warden of
Oregon, announced yesterday at a
lirncheon at the Chamber of Com
merce that work on the new state
hatchery on the upper Willamette
river a mile above Oak Ridge will be
awarded at once. The 1919 legisla
ture appropriated $5000 for this plant.
"This location on Salmon creek.
near the river," said Mr. Clanton, "is
one of the most ideal imaginable, nd
the capacity ot the hatchery there
can be increased almost without limit
at slight expense because of the ex
tensive nursery ponds provided by
the natural creeks that run through
the Salmon creek bottom."
Mr. Clanton denied charges that the
sportsmen of the state have been con
tributing to the St-lmon hatchery
fund. The only reason why more
trout have not been hatched in Ore
gon," he said, "is that eggs have been
practically unobtainable; Oregon pos
sesses the finest hatchery personnel
obtainable and. in proof of this, in
1917 more trout eggs were hatched in
this state than in all the rest of the
Lmited States combined."
FIVE KILLED DURING WEEK
Of 313 Accidents Reported, 289
Are Subject to Compensation Act
SALEM. Or., Jan. 30. (Special.)
There were five fatalities due to accl
dents during the week ending Janu
ary 2a, according to a report pre
pared by the state industrial accident
commission here today. The victims
were: Robert Reane. laborer. Port
land: Alex E. Johnson, carpenter,
Portland; Roy G. Christianson. miner.
Homestead; John Martinson, laborer,
Eau Claire. Wis.; Raymond Ward,
laborer, Hillsboro.
Of the total of 313 accidents report
ed, 289 were subject to the provisions
of the compensation act, 16 were from
firms and corporations that have re
jected the provisions of the compen
sation law, and eight were from pub
lic utility corporations not subject to
the benefits of the act.
DAILY METEOROLOGICAL. REPORT.
PORTLAND. Or., Jan. 30.' Maximum
temperature. 03 degrees: minimum tern
perature. 4.S decrees. River readme.
A. M ., 10.4 feet : chance in last 24 hours,
fTO-foot fall. Total rainfall j P. SI. to
., I SI.). .10-inch; total rainfall aince
SDtember j. 119. 21.67 Inches: norma
rainfa.ll since September 1. 5.0:1 inches
deficiency of rainfall since September 1.
3019, :i.i inches. Sunrise. 7:30 A. St.: sun
set. 0:14 P. M.; total sunshine. 3 hours r,0
minutes: possible sunshine, 1) hours :tS min
utes. Sfoonrire. l.:4:i P. SI.; moonset, 3
A. M. Barometer (reduced sa level , 5
A. Si.. oO.OO inches. Relative humidity:
. A. M., rl per cent; noon. 81 per cent;
o P. M.. 79 per cent.
THE WEATHER.
Wind
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STATIONS.
"Weathsr.
Hakcr
Boise
Boston
Oala-ary '. . . .
Chicago
Denver
Des Moines.!
Kureka
Galveston
Helena
tJuncau
Kansas City.
34( 44 n.onl. .iNWIPt. cloudy
iS 4VO.(Mi . . 'W IKorsv
, ..I 4L' 0.01114:n k'loudy
4J 0.M. jk (Clear
3'J :wii.oni-m.vE U.'lear
.".4! J o.00;lo NW Plear
:iu! 4'O.0O,12K K'loudy
4SI o4!0. 14; . .INK ICloudy
4 u o.nnl . .xwi('ir
tn'll.(KII..!SWlcipar
H'lo0.74. . I.N W. Snow
::s: r.4 o.oo i.n
Clear
I. oa Angeles.
4S t;io.o . .jnw
4iii '."S'0.40 . . SW
o7! .14 O.IM' . .iW
mi is.ii.mi h:ne
."Oi .14 (I.L'41. ''K
ICloudy
Slarshfieid .!
Sledford
Minneapolis..
New Orleans
New York. ,
North Head.
Yakima
Phoenix
Pncatello . . .
Cloudy
Pt. cloudy
Clear
Cloudy
U-J 4'JO.0ll!'J2iNWl'liir
46i 4 0.741SI.V Koxcy
JSI 41)11. OOl. . XE Clear
441 80'o.o(. .W Pt. cloudy
::i' .".'J O.OOl. .IN W clear
4:; 5" o.ioi. .sw cloudy
4H o O. lit . . N WlClear
441 u:!.0.00 . . !N WICioudy
Ilrtl Sli O.Oill'J N'B rClear
::l' 4S o.obl. .j.viViPt. cloudy
50 3S.O.O!l0 -N'W Cloudy
r0' rrt.o.on . .jNE tf'loudy
4S .riO;O.Si!0 8 Clear
14 :ij II. H . .IN Clear
Mi 42;0. OOj . Rain
4tj ,14iO.S4 . .'SW Cloudy
44! S4iO.fi'.: lb s Cloudv
-2'l-2 ii.oti . . !se Pt. cloudy
2S, 4S 0.0(1. . SE (Cloudy
(jo O.nnl . .IN :iear
. ..! ---' O.Ool. ,!NE Cloudy
Portland ...I
Roseburi? . . .
Sacramento. . I
St. Louis . ..
Salt Ii Ice ..
San Diego ..
s. Francisco.
Seattle
Sitka
Spokane .,...1
Tacoma
Tatoosh IsM.!
tValdez
Walla Walla
Wasnlnffton. .
Winnipeg . . .
tA. SI. today,
in ir day.
P. M. report ot preced-
FORKCAPTS.
Portland and vicinity Kain: southerly
winds.
Oregon Rain in the west portion, cloudy
in the east portion: a;entle southerly winds.
Washington Rain; moderate southerly
winds.
KEEP STRONG
One bottle of pure, emulsified Norwegian cod liver oil taken
now, may do you more good than a dozen taken a month
hence. It's more economical to give your body help before
resistance to disease is broken down. A very little
Scott's Emulsion
OF PURE NORWEGIAN COD-LIVER OIL
goes a'long way in sustaining strength and keeping up re
sistance. Resolve that yoa will buy a bottle of Scott's
Emulsion at your druggist s on your way
home, and start protecting your strength.
The exclusive grade of cod-liver oil tised in Scott's EnraUoa is the famous .
S & B Process " made in Jiorway and refined in our w Amencaa
Laboratories. It is ruarantee of parity and palatabilily uuarpasaed
Scott ft; Bowse. Bloom6eld.K. J. 1U
Mfolf s, . fl ft!
Dorit
Br
WEIGHTS CAMPAIGN NEAR
'HOXEST MEASCRE" DRIVE TO
BE LAUNCHED IX OREGON.
Cleanup on Family Scale," Out
lawed Many Years Ago, Al
so Will Be Made.
SALEM. Or., Jan. 30. (Special.)
The state department of weights and
measures has inaugurated an "honest
measure" campaign which will be
carried on extensively throughout the
entire state and especially in the
larger cities wnere a majority of the
complaints relative to short weight
or measure originate.
According to W. A. Dalziel, deputy
state sealer of weights and measures.
his department will help protect all
persons of honest intentions whether
they be producers, wholesalers, re
tailers or consumers, and every hon
est dealer has been urged to co-operate
with the officials to reform the
short weight artist or drive him out
of business.
One of the features of the campaign
will be to correct the practice of cer
tain merchants in handling such com
modities as sausage, lard and ground
meats. At present these articles are
sold mostly in bulk and in not a few
instances the dish or container is
weighed with the commodities with
the result that the consumer loses as
much as an ounce in weight in each
transaction. Several complaints have
been received at the weights and
measures department during the past
few weeks regarding this unfair
practice.
Another purpose of the campaign is
to rid the state of a large number of
illegal and defective weighing de
vices. These Include the so-called
'family scale." which was outlawed
in Oregon many years ago.
GAR SHORTAGE CONTINUES
RAILROADS GIVE NO HOPE FOR
IMMEDIATE RELIEF.
Lumber Mills of Oregon and Wash
ington to Continue Under
Existing Handicap.
Mills in western Oregon and west
ern Washington are getting less than
30 per cent of their required number
of cars, and railway officials offer no
hope of relief for the next 60 days, ac
cording to a statement received from
headquarters of the West Coast Lum
bermen's association at Seattle.
As a result the industry will con
tinue under a severe handicap, the
statement continues, being forced to
restrict its acceptance of new busi
ness offered. The mills generally are
booked up with orders for many
weeks and some f them for many
months ahead, but their deliveries de
pend entirely upon future car sup
plies.
Buyers continue to crowd the manu
facturers with orders, but the manu
facturers are able to accept only i
small percentage of all the business
offered. Acceptances for the week
ended January 24, at 128 mills report
ing to the West Coast Lumbermen's
association, were 86.063,414 feet.
The industry is not producing at its
normal capacity, as some mills are
forced to remain closed owing to their
inability to ship.. At the same 128
mills last week the production was
75,663.843 feet, which was 14.317.157
feet, or 15.91 4er cent below normal.
Thd same group of mills now has an
ask for
aggregate of 12,652 cars of unfilled
rail orders on its books.
Cargo business both domestic and
export is moving in fair volume, do
mestic shipments for the week aggre
gating 8,156,766 feet and cargo ship
ments 5.806.3S1 feet.
RANCH OWNERS ORGANIZE
Holders of Harney Lands "Work lor
Irrigation.
BURNS. Or.. Jan. 30. (Special.)
Despite the prevalence of the "flu."
a large and enthusiastic meeting of
landowners of the Harney valley irri
gation district was held at the Burns
Commercial club rooms last Tuesday.
The meeting was called to order by
J. W. Biggs, who was appointed per
manent chairman. J. H. Cadd well
was chosen secretary.
After perfecting the organization
the following directors were no
minated and elected unanimously: A.
R. Olsen. William Hanley and Judge
Grant Thompson. For the five mem
bers of the advisory board the. fol
lowing were nominated and their
names will be placed on the ballot
for the election of February 1 0"
Chas. T. Stiller. Ted Hayes. F. L.
Mace, Dr. Hibbard. J. T. Baker. P. G.
Smith. Frank Maney. Sam Mothers
head and J. C. Welc-me.
The meeting was harmonious and
augers well for the largest single
irrigation system in Oregon, compris
ing some 125.000 acres.
Dit fur Fire Department Elects.
THE DALLES, Or.. Jan. 30. (Spe
cial.) The members of Dufur volun
teer fire company No. 1 elected the
following officers: Laroy Young,
president: James H. Johnston Jr..
vice-president: Harold Roth, secre
tary. It is the intention of the mem
bers to hold regular meetings on the
fourth Tuesday of each month to re
cruit members until all the Dufur
companies are full.
6 Centralia Men Fined.
CENTRALIA. Wash.. Jan. 30. (Spe
cial.) Six Chehalis men. whose auto
MR-TABLETS- NR
S, til aeafiac :.UH?3
?V Night and Morning.
Eyes. If they Tire,
yr Itcn, bmart or Burn,
TiJUR rYr TH So"- irritated. In
1 VJUrV l fiam6d orGranulated.
use Murinesoften. Soothes). Hefrtshes.
Eafa for infant or Adult. At all
JJrukglata. Writ for tree Hooic
ESCAPED AN
OPERATION
Bv Taking Lydia EL Pink
ham's Vegetable Com
pound. Many Such Cases.
Cairo, HL " Sometime ago I got
bo bad with female trouble that I
thought I would
have to be oper
ated on. I had a
bad displacement.
My right side
would pain me and
I was bo nervous
I could not hold a
glass of water.
Many times I
would have to
stop my work and
8 i t down or I
would fall on the
floor in a faint. I consulted several
doctors and every one told me the
same but I kept fighting to keep from
having the operation. I had read so
many times of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound and it helped
my sister so I began taking it. I
have never felt better than I have
since then and I keep house and am
able to do all my work. The Vege
table Compound is certainly one grand
medicine. 'Mrs. J. R. Matthews,
3311 Sycamore Street, Cairo. 111.
Of course there are many serious
cases that onlv a surgical operation
I will relieve. We freely acknowledge
i this, but the above letter, and many
! others like it, amply prove that many
; operations are recommended when
i medicine in many cases is all that 13
needed.
Courteous cperaToig "tcell vwsetfln Torg distance) iryvi
terns carefully trained and eager to help you get Tour j
call through rapidly
Handling nothing but long distance, isn't it rsasona&io i
to expect from the Northwestern operators rapid.
accurate, courteous and tmtieesianding service?
No local calls to delay. Between plant and city office.
between country custom? n and city store between j
mill and owner
'For instant service
was wrecked yesterday morning when
it collided with a tree on North Tower
avenue, enriched the city treasury
yesterday to the extent of nearly $100.
following their arrest on charges of
disorderly conduct. The men and the
amounts paid were E. Llewellyn.
JIT. 75; H. Smith. 25; J. Ket, l7.7u;
Floyd Ketrhel. $17.7.1: C. Barnett, $25.
and John Carter. $17.75.
a
t- jecommerict
iResinoI
3.
to that friend with
skin trouble
If yon have a friend suffering
with eczema or other itching,
burning eruption, what greater
kindness could you do him than
to say :
" Why don't you try Resinol ?
I know you have experimented
with a dozen treatments, but I
believe Resinol is different. It
does not claim to be a 'cure-all
simply a soothing, healing
ointment, free from all harsh
drugs, that physicians prescribe
widely in just such cases as yours.
Do get a jar today 1 "
Rcataol Ointment is told rf all drucgiata.
TRAVELERS' irlIE.
Change in Sailing
SAN FRANCISCO
S. S. Rose City
Depart 12 Noon
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 4
From Ainsworth Dock
Fare includes Berth and Meals.
City Ticket Office. 3d and Washington
Phone Main 3530
Freight Office, Ainsworth Dock
Phone Broadway 268
SAN FRANCISCO & PORTLAND
S. S. LIN ES
S. S. ADMIRAL GOODRICH
Satis from Portlnm. t P. M.. January
SI, for North Brnd. Marshfield, iurfka
and Pan Francisco, connect in r with
steamers to Ios Angeles and San Diego.
TO ALASKA FROM SEATTLE.
S. S. 4'it y of Smtt 1 to J tineuu and
wny portt. Frhrniirr 1.
S. S. A (I mi rl Yn4non to Koduik and
way porta, Jbnwr- 14.
T1CRKT OFFIfK. 101 Third Street.
Frviftlit Office. Munirkpnl Dock o. 2.
l'honr Main tt?ttl.
Pacific atanifcliip Company.
STEAMER
for
6A KRANCISCO and f.OS ANGELES
hailing; featnnlar, S:'M P. M.
CHEAP RATES
M. BO L LAM, ACT.,
122 Third ft. I'hone Main S
AUSTRALIA
NEW UMMND AND SOt'TII SEAS
Via Tahiti and Rarntonca. Muil and pan
aentrer tyrr m- from tan IrjnriM-o every
28 ilar.
IMON S. S. CO. OF NEW ZEALAND.
2:ia California ht.. Kan r'raneieo.
r local ateamohip and railroad acenriro.
r iiliak:'
admiral uiss