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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 1020 TRAFFIC OUTLOOK I DECLARED MOVED Portland Yards Reported. All Men Needed on Hand. EMBARGO IS STILL! FIRM Perishables and Carload Shipments 3iot Yet Accepted Strike In South Said to Be Breaking. came be placed on the ballot at the re publican primary election in May. "I believe in the principles or the re publican party," said Mr. Cameron In his platform, "and am desirous or assisting in selecting; a candidate who will support them." Other candidates who filed their dec larations of candidacy here today follow: J. H. Adams. Ardenwald station, for republican nomination for representative irom the 17th representative district. C. J. Edwards, Tillamook, for the re publican nomination for state senator from me Z4tn senatorial district. Lee M. Travis. Eunni. for delerata to the democratic national convention. L. D. Brown, Dallas, for democratic omination for representative from the 1th representative district. 15. C McFarland. Portland, for repub- can nomination for representative from the ISth representative district. L. M. Lepper. 866 East Main street. Port end, for republican nomination for state senator from the 13th senatorial district. J. M. Batchelder. Lkevtew. for repub lican nomination for circuit Judge from the 14th judicial district. Ivan G. Martin. Salem, for republican nomination for representative from the 1st representative district. W. H. Waterbury. Newport, for the re publican nomination for district attorney of Lincoln county. Improved outlook In the transpor tation situation of Portland with re gard to the strike of outlaw switch men was reported by operating offi cials of the railroads yesterday. The number of men working on the day shift was unchanged at the Alblna yards and union station. Three full crews were on duty at the Southern Pacific Brooklyn yards and other new men were available for work when needed. The inter ruption of through traffic from the couth had reduced the need of full crews In the terminal yards of the Southern Pacific. Likewise, the fact that no through freight was arriving- from the east over the Union Pacific lessended the need for full force in tho Orepon-Washington yards. In the Spokane. Portland & Seattle yard the strike was still com plete, but that a break was in imme diate prospect was indicated by the announcement that beginning today dead freight would bo received by the company, subject to delay. The embargo was still firm on all per ishables or carload lot shipments. 51 Men Ilrportcd at Work. Check of the men reporting for duty showed that 61 men of the crews on duty at the beginning: of the strike were working. The addi tional crews that were doing the ewltching were, composed either of officials and men in other linea of railroad work or of new men. '"There has been a surprising num ber of trained and well qualified men annlyine for positions as switchmen," said A. T. Mercler, superintendent for the Southern Pacific, in Oregon. "There will be no trouble In getting as rriany men as are needed to fill the crews as soon as the movement calls for further additions. The eit-. nation is very satisfactory and nq great inconvenience has been occa sioned by the brief tie-up in the lo cal yards. Reports from the south were that the strike was -breaking fast, and we anticipate that it will be over before the end of this week. It is merely a matter of a little time to accustom the new men to the work." On the Spokane, Portland & Se attle, said officials, there had been no delay in providing the engines with fuel and taking eare of such witching as was urgently- necessary. Conferences Are Attempted. At the request of the strikers, Superintendent Votaw endeavored to hold conferences with, the employes of the North Bank who were out on etrike, but the attendance was so Blight that no progress was made. Local general chairmen of the train men, conductors and engineers have been In closed conference throughout the strike, meeting with W. J. Babe deputy vice-president of the train men at his room in the Imperial hotel They appoared confident from tele graphic advices received yesterday that the end of this week would bring a return of the railroads to prac tically normal operating, conditions in the west and Pacific coast states, The force of the strike had been broken, according to information from union officials throughout the country. Freight Trains Are Moved. The Oregon-Washington line sent five freight trains out yesterday and four were received. Six crews of switchmen were working on the day shift, one on the second shift and none on the late night shift. This was a gain of one crew over the preceding day. One more striker re ported back yesterday afternoon. The Spokane, Portland" & Seattle riad four crews working during the late part of the day yesterday, three made up of returning switchmen. The two switching crews at the Tsorth Portland stockyards were at tached to the Vancouver yard of the .north Bank and only one shift was missed there. Since then there had been no interruption and business at the yards was on a normal basis. The Southern Pacific had eight crews cu the day shift a two-thirds force. The Dalles Strikers Still Out. THE DALLES, Or., April 13. (Spe eiai.) l-'espite tne fact that no strikers have returned to work in the local yards, freight trains today were being moved. Three freights wereent through the city today and 'our freights were dispatched yesterday rrom autnentic quarters it was learned that the rail officials were hopeful that by tomorrow the strike would end, because of President Wil son's appointment of a labor-wage adjustment ooara. MILES POINDEXTER FILES SEXATOR ASKS SAME BE PUT BEFORE OREGOS VOTERS. UNIFORM ABUSE CHARGED POLICE WATCH FOR. TEA3I OF FAKE SOLICITORS. Lesion and War Department Acl to Prevent Contributions Soldiers." Presidential Aspirant Hag1 Neithe Slogan Jfor Platform Other Candidates In List. SALEM. Or., April 13. (Special.) Allies Poindexter, who gives his ad dress as Spokane, Wash., today filed with the secretary of state here hi declaration of candidacy for presi dent of the united States and asked that his name be placed on the pref erential ballot at the republican prl mary election in May. Mr. Poindexter has neither platform nor slogan. "The people's specialist in public service matters,' is the campaig slogan of Charles L. Brown, 16 Scho field street, Portland, who seeks th republican nomination for public service commissioner from the west cm Oregon district, comprising th counties lying west of the Cascad mountains. Mr. Brown filed hi declaration of candidacy here today "I will apply myself to the prob lems at hand, at all times endeavor ing to serve the best interests of the people," eaid Mr. Brown in his plat form. "I will apply my technical knowledge to the problems of the commission, and work for the . satis factory and equitable adjustment of all matters coming before the com mission, to the end that the labors of the public service commission may reflect credit upon the state of Ore iron." Oeoipe J. Cameron. 5n East Twelfth street, Portland, would attend the repub lican national convention as ft deleffHte irom the slate at large and asks that his GOTHAM SWITCHMEN REJECT ALL OFFFERS Peace Overtures Unanimous ly Turned Down. STUDENTS VOLUNTEER AID to The police were notified yesterday that two men in the uniform of the merican army have been, represent ing themselves to be representatives the American Legion and solicit ing funds about the city for the de clared purpose of providing a bonus for all service men. Chief of Police Jenkins immediate ly i3sucd an order that all officers be n the lookout for the two and an investigation of their activities be made immediately. The two "solicitors" are said to have secured substantial bums as a result of their endeavors. Their operations were first, heard f at tho American Legion head quarters in tho Liberty Temple yes terday and the chief of police was immediately asked to put a stop to it That the two may be the same men who have been operating in other ities of the coast against whom a warning has been issued ny tne war department headquarters or tne west ern district at San Francisco is thought likely. A communication from that office in San Francisco says in part: Recently there hai appeared In tne- vestern states a team of d-iache.ra'ed sol diers who, after Hehtins In the recent war o trpnoiu tne aigmty sjva pnnciwcH ui our lac and the United States uniform. Insist upon belittling end desecrating- the uniform by wearing it to arouse the sympathy of the public in general to the purchase ot unofficial and take pamphlets, mafasinaa etc. Kor noma time pat we have thought that peddlin? and panhandling1 In the uni form was practically extinct, but these men apparently would rather play on the sympathies of the public, soliciting funds, selling stocks, magazines, etc., than to go to work at a real Job. - ' Thin tram has worked the eastern states and now apparently has in mind fleecing the people of the west. The public la ceneral can put a stop to their practices by fltly .refusing to sup port them. HAIRPIN INVOLVES WOMAN Coiffure Implement Said to Have Been Used tcv.Get Electricity. That the lowly hairpin' has many and varied uses is constantly Deing demonstrated by ingenious women. Here's a new on. By means of a hairpin alleged to have been inserted through a hole bored in the top of an electric meter, Mrs. May Schultx of 282 Park street successfully prevented the magnetic registering wheel from turning, though the current continued to flow unchecked, resulting in surprisingly low electric current bills at month ends, say officers who arrested her yesterday and brought the offending meter to the district court as "exhibit A." She was released on cash bail of $250. The alleged ruse was detected when suspicious electric company oper atives attached a meter to the pole from which a wire led to Mrs. Schults' home, discovering a heavy ' flow which did not register on the tam pered meter. Hundreds In Eastern Schools Are Ready to Serve Railroads as Strikebreakers. NEW YORK. April 13. The rebel lious railroad strikers of Greater New York, meeting in Jersey City tonight, unanimously rejected all overtures of peace. Tho rejection came at the conclu sion of the report of an executive committee of strikers which had con ferred through the day with chiefs of the railroad brotherhood and the mayor of Jersey City. . A statement issued, by the execu tive committee for the strikers said there could be no settlement "until definite guarantees were made to them concerning their demands for higher wages and better working condi tions." The announcement followed close I upon a declaration from representa tives of the railway managers' organ isation predicting1 a break "in the mob movement." A telegram signed by Mayor Frank Hague of Jersey City sent to Gov ernor Edwards of New Jersey, and suggesting that he telegraph Presi dent Wilson asking that the new federal board take up the question of arbitrating- the strike, was indorsed at the conference. High railroad officials of the Erie worked as switchmen today. The Erie announced that 620 of the 40 students of Stevens' Institute had marched to the Erie station and asked to -be put to work as strikebreakers and that 1600 students at Princeton university had pledged they would report for duty in New. Jersey sta tions. " The 3500 employes of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit company tonight voted unanimously to live up to their agree ment with' the company. After -Governor Edwards at Trcn ton, .. J., had telegraphed President Wilson to approve arbitration by the newly created labor board, he tele graphed the governors of, Ohio, New York, Pennsylvania. Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, California, Massachusetts and Connecticut to Join in an effort to settle the strike. KANSAS CITY, Mo.. April 13. Res olutions adopted late tonight by dele gates to the biennial convention ot the railway department of the Airier lean Federation of Labor, condemned the "insurgent" switchmen's strike and urged all members of its affll- ated organizations to refuse in any way to support the walkout The convention, which represents 700,000 members in eight railroad crafts, also indorsed President Wil son's appointments to the Tabor board on behalf of labor and declared their belief that . labor could confidently expecti justice through, the Jaw creat ing the board and safely leave their grievances to t. .,.. - - SPOKANE. Wash.. AUril 13. Re fusal today of 9 jswjuhmen and yardmen on the Northern Pacific rail road to go on strike held in line the switchmen on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul 'and on the Oregon-Wash lngton Railroad Sz Navigation system, it was stated in railroad circles, and the only railroad employes who re mained on strike in the Spokane vicinity were 70 Great Northern yardmen at Hillyard, a suburb. ional harmony and co-operation. We believe in a partition of territory and. in each denomination doing its best In the territory allotted to it, whether the field in question be in Oregon or China. 'Congregational churches have been suffering for lack of ministers, and ministers are lacking because there ia no adequate support for them. No matter how wise a man may be, he cannot preach the gospel unless he receive support for his family at the same time. "Never was religion more essential to the life of America and of the world than it is today. Our civiliza tion will crumble without religion at the core. This is the critical hour nd. we Congregationalists are alert to do our share." Mrs. Robert Murray Pratt headed a bevy of young women who served on the reception committee last night. Mrs. J. I. Ripley and deaconesses from the First church served refresh ments. Dr. W. T. McElveen -presided. number of minute men gave two- minute reports of the outstanding fea ture in the history of the church rep resented. Large additions to church membership were reported.- r LIVE WIRES NAME HEAD L. A. HENDERSOX MA IX THl'XK OP OREGOX CITY CLCB. Organization Urges Establishment of Paid Fire Department and Purchase of Truck. OREGON' CITY, April 13. (Special.) A. Henderson was today unani mously elected main trunk line of the ive wires of the Commercial club. Ralph C. Parker was elected sub- runk and Rev. H. G. Edgar was re elected insulation wire. Hal E. Hobs was chosen transmission wire, Arthur Beattie was named guy wire and A. G. Rae was appointed feed wire. E. E. Brodie'was reappointed as pro gramme committee. The organization went on record as favoring the issuance of bonds to a sufficient amount to cover the initial cost of a fire truck and the submis sion of a measure at the coming elec tion to authorize an annual tax to maintain a paid fire department and to retire the bonds, which were au thorized some time ago. Ir. L. A. Morris, M. D. Latourette, W. A. Hunt ley and E. E. Brodie were named as committee to present the matter to the city council. ESCAPED CONVICT TAKEN Man AVho Killed Hotel Clerk Caught in Texas. SALEM, Or., April 13. (Special.) A. B. Foster, a convict who escaped from the state tuberculosis hospital March 6, was arrested at El Paso Tex., last night, according to a tele- grain received by penitentiary offi cials today. Foster was received at the state prison last September under sentence of from one year to 13 months for the killing of Lawrence Goddell, a Portland hotel clerk. Early in Jan uary Foster showed symptoms of tuberculosis and was transferred to the hospital. Last February Foster escaped. He later telegraphed that he was on his way to Salem from Portland and explained that he had become despondent and went to Port land to visit his sister. Two weeks after returning to the hospital Foster again escaped. Relatives have agreed to pay the customary reward and the expense of hia return. MISS SOLOMON HONORED Portland Woman Urges Develop ment of Tonrist Hotels. Determined that the hotel commit tee of the Chamber of Commerce shall carry through the plans for develop ing adequate resort hotel facilities to care for tourist travel and attract to Oregon a greater number of people. Miss Marguerite A. Solomon returned yesterday from attendance at a con vention in Denver at which the Amer ican Travel Development association was launched. As the only woman present the representative of the Portland cham ber was honored with the position of vice-president. Harry' N. Burhans, secretary of the Denver tourist bu reau, who called the conference, Was elected president. There were dele gates present from Atlanta, Detroit, and a number of the middle western centers of travel. Ivan A. Coppe of Minneapolis -was elected Secretary-treasurer. WASHINGTON, April 13. Striking emDloyes in the Potomac freight yards and at the passenger terminal here decided tonight to return to work at midnight, leaving their de mands to the railway labor board for adjustment.: EL PASO. Tex., April 13. Seventy five freight conductors and brakemen employed by the Southern Pacific walked out here tonight, .following meeting, at which resolutions re questing wage increases were adopted. The trainmen announced that the walkout would not affect passenger service until they considered it necessary to discontinue such serv ice." NEW ORLEANS, La., April 13 . Forest C. Pendleton, department o iu-etlce agent here, at the head of squad of department operators raided a hall in which a meeting or 300 mem bers of the local yardmen's associa tlon was being held tonight and ar rested six of the leaders on federal warrants charging them with inter fering with the United States mails. LOS ANGELES. Cal. April 13. Desertions by the crews of three over land trains at Winslow, Ariz., leaving perhaps 600 passengers stranded were reported to Santa Fe officials here today as another developmen in the strike of switchmen. In Los Angeles 98 freight handlers and 73 freight office clerks walked out at the Southern Pacific freigh house. Salt Lake officials said th situation was improving. UNIONTOWN, Pa.. April 13. Thir ty-five thousand men employed in th coal and coke yards of the Connells ville district were idle today as a re suit of the railway strike. SCRANTON, Pa.. April 13. More than 15,000 mine workers have been idle the last three days as a result of the strike on the Lackawanna road. There is not a pound of fresh mea in the city, and sugar is selling at 30 cents a pound. Business of all kinds is paralyzed. EDS ID SIGHTED IN OUTLAW STRIKE Government Has Evidence of i: W. W. Support. - MUCH PROPAGANDA FOUND Papers Obtained Show Close Work ing Relationship "One Big Union" Object of Radicals. fCryntlmied From First Pa;e. AGED CHINESE DEPORTED Lcm ; Quinn of Astoria Placed Aboard Vessel 'at San Francisco. Lem Quinn, for .more than 20 years 1 notorious divekeeper of Astoria, was placed aboard . the steamship Venezuela at San Francisco and is now on his way to China as an un desirable alien. W. F. Watkins, local immigration inspector, escorted the aged Chinaman from here and nearly missed the ves sel, owing to the train being late, but by a fast taxicab ride and the aid of a tug he managed to place his nrisoner aboard. Lem Quinn had been In the united States for 40 years, and for the past 20 years had conducted a dive in the Astoria underworld. He made a bit ter fight against deportation, but im migration authorities procured abun dance of evidence against him. not say what use would be made of these names, but other officials said they would furnish valuable com parisons in the departmrnt'8 records of known radicals. L W. W. and revolutionaries. Assistant Attorney-General Garvan said the department had evidence of help for the strikers being sent from Canada, but did not know the extent of this movement. The- I. W. W. tip, he said, had been traced from Cana dian boundry cities to various trouble centers here. Their principal efforts seemed to be to break the ranks of loyal shop workers, reports at tl,e de partment said. Sourer of Fonda Puxr.le. The question of the source of the funds with which the strike is being carried on has presented the most dif ficult problem before the department. Thus far agents have succeeded In de termining only that sufficient money Is available to finance the movement and to continue the spread of "one big union" doctrines. It is believed, how ever, that some of this money was furnished by groups formerly con nected with the communist and com munist labor parties against which the government conducted, nation wide raids last winter. Dispatches from New Orleans told of plans of the United States district attorney to arrest leaders of a threat ened strike of railroad yardmen there. Mr. Garvan, while declaring there had been no specific Instructions sent to any district attorney as to the strike, added that all of them were expected to deal sharply with specific cases of law violation on their own initiative. MEAT INSPECTOR REPORTS 108,917 Carcasses Are Examined; 22,914 Pounds Condemned. The annual report submitted to City Health Officer Parrish yesterday by Dr. E. K. Chase shows that men whose stock was condemned during 1916 and 1917 are now the leading shippers of clean meat. Many of these shippers were not aware that stock owned by them was diseased until in spections proved such to be the case. The success of the meat Inspection by the city bureiu of health Is shown In the fact that during 1919 more in spections were made than In previous years but condemnations were fewer. Du.lng 1916 there were 46.249 car- casses inspected, with 13,750 poundi of meat condemned. During 1319 the carcasses inspected were 10S.917, with only 22,914 pounds condemned. ARMY SUPPLIES AVAILABLE War Department Meats Released for Cities In Need. WASHINGTON, April 13. Surplus supplies of frozen beef, canned roast teef and bacon which the war de partment has in storage in a score of railroad centers were .made avail- .ble today for use in relieving any serious food shortage resulting from the .railroad strike. The department advised state and municipal authori ties that the supplies would be avail able at the warehouses on applica tion. Included In the. cities in which large supplies of meats are stored are New York, Buffalo. Boston. Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland. Indianapolis, Atlanta, Baltimore, Newport News, New Orleans, Philadelphia,. San An tonio, San Francisco. St. Louis and Washington. The offer of the war department," the official announcement said, "is not restricted to the communities In which the supplies are located, but it is made generally to the Ameri can public. Communities adjacent to storage points are Invited to take ad vantage of this offering." An officer of the quartermaster corps was especially detailed today to eacii aiore counter wun xuu autnor- ity to book orders, make sales and effect deliveries. Distribution should be under way in 48 hours, the state ment eaid. Canned roast beef Is offered at 15 cents a one-pound tin, bacon at 23 cents a pound and frozen beef at lOli cents a pound. Sales of the canned stuff will be mad? In case lots only and In units of eight quarters in the case of frozen meats. BUSINESS ASKS FOR HELP Dean of Commerce School Tells of Calls for Students. Dean Morton of the University ot Oregon school of commerce told the Kiwants club yesterday of tho value of business training and of the many calls that come to the school for help. He spoke in behalf of the two-mill tax amendment to be voted upon at the coming election. A party of Kl- wanlans from Vancouver, B. C were present and the president's council members were guests. Dr. G. H. Douglas of the Rotary club and Marshall N. Dana of the Ad club brought from their organiza- trons assurance that the clubs would aid in every way to make the inter national Iviwanis convention a suc cess. AGREEMENT NOT REACHED I Committee Takes Further Time to Consider Eire Protection. OREGON CITY, Or., April 13. (Spe cial.) The Joint council and Commer cial club committee has failed to rec ommend a definite plan looking to the erection of a city hall and the purchase of modern fire apparatus and has asked for further time to consider the matter. The committee consists of Councilmen 13by, Tobln and Kelly, and A. A. Price. A. R. Jacobs and C G. Miller. It is understood that the acquis! tion of modern fire apparatus will be followed by a general decrease of in surance rates in the business district of at least 5 per cent. CHURCH CHIEFTAIN FETED COXGREGATIOXALISTS WEL COME REV. E. L SMITH. CARNIVAL DATES FIXED Strawberry Festival at Roscburg to Be Held During Mar. ROSEBURG, Or., April 13. (Spe cial.) At a meeting -last night the business men of the city made definite plans for the annual strawberry car nival May 27-28, inclusive. An execu tive committee was appointed and work will begin at once. Contracts were entered into with Foley & Burke to put on a line of amusements that will meet the re quirements of the carnival. - The aut caravan from the north will be here one night during the carnival, and preparations will be on a large scale for making the event the best adver tising feature that Douglas county has heretofore undertaken. Farmer Announces Candidacy, OREGON CITY, Or.. April 13. (Special.) Franz Kraxberger, prom inent farmer of the Macksburg dis trict, today - announced his candi dacy for the republican nomination tor representative from Clackamas county, Mr. Kraxberger has been identified with good roads movements and for several years was connected :Wlth the rural mail service. :Woodard, Clarke Sz Co. Woodlark Building A H. 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A camDaicn to compel automobile sales companies, parages and similar concerns to comply with the law pro viding for taking out a city license was started yesterday by the auto mobile theft bureau of the city po lice department when warrants were issued for the-arrest of a number of prominent automobile and garage men on charges of engaging in a business without & license. Warrents were signed by S. B. Vessey of the auto theft bureau. Lieutenant Thatcher said Jast night that a check was beinsr made of all gara.sre and automobile houses and as rapidly as evidence was secured charges would be preferred. Those arrested late yesterday in cluded: C. W. Osborne, president of the Stutz Auto atrency; William Mc I.ellen, of the Fulton repair shop: Chsrles Copel. of the Portland Buick auto repair shop. Sixteenth and Jef ferson streets; S. Chaimov, of the Crescent Auto & WeldlnR works, 690 WaHhinerton street: W. J. Byrne, of Federal Mediator at Salem. SALEM, Or., April 13. (Special.) G. Y. Harry, labor mediator for the United States government, was in Salem today conferring with state officials with regard to the strike of timber workers employed by the Silver Falls Lumber company at Silverton. Mr. Harry declined to com ment on the situation at Silverton further than he expected an early settlement of the trouble. The strik ers are members of the timber work ers' union and have submitted their grievances to arbitration; S. & 11. Greeu Holman Fuel Co. e AdV. ... stamps for casU ilaia 353. 560-21. Minister Talks on World Movement of Church In Its Efforts to Raise $3,000,000 Fund. Congregationalists of Portland and vicinity assembled last night In the First church to extend a welcome to one of their chieftains. Rev. Edward Lincoln Smith, D. D., of New York City. Delegations were present from many small towns in western Oregon: He spoke on "The Congregational World Movement," which is the cam paign among Congregational churches In America to meet their emergency needs tn the present condition of world upset. . "We are seeking." he said, "a,000.. 000 amongvour own people and shall co-operate heartily with the inter church world movement In their large programme of union church activities. We have always been for denomlna- Mrs. Loo Coffenburg Suicide. KLAMATH FALLS, April 13. (Spe cial.) Mrs. Leo Coffenburg, 21. ended her life today at Bray, Cal.. by taking strychnine according, to word received here. A widower, a son aged 3, father, two brothers and four sis ters survive. One sister, Mrs. N. L. Lewln, lives here. Her father, Henry Chapman, is a pioneer resident of Klamath county. Constable Again Candidate. OREGON CITY. Or., April 13. (Special.) 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Cross of Gladstone filed his petition Tuesday for the re publican nomination- for county Judgre of Clackamas county. Mr. Crows is well known In the county, having been a representative from Clackamas n the last legislature, and is one of the leading grood-roads enthusiasts of the state. Mr. Cross jrives tse follow, ins platform in. his petition: "If elected to conduct the business of tlie office in an efficient and businesslike manner: to give my entire time to the work of the office, and with my over 40 years of pro fessional and business experience, aombined with my sympathy and the knowledge of theneeds of the county in good roads, conduct the office to the best of my ability." Fire Flgliters Get Portable Camp. BEXD, Or., April 13. (Special.) A portable camp for f iref igrhters will be used by the Deschutes national forest this year. The camp will be mounted on a two-ton army truck which was driven from Portland this morning by K. P. Cecil, of tne district forester's office. 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