VOL. LIX XO. 18,GQ3 XftJl, LVon'd'gu Mraft"? PORTLAND, OREGON, JIOXDAY, JULY . 18, 1920 PRICK FIVE CENTS
MERGER OF SMALL
PARTIES IS NEARER
Proposal Goes to Two
Conventions Today.
COX PROMISES "REAL
DIRT FARMER" JOB IF-;
TS FALLS
SPRUCE CORPORATION
SELLS ROAD, REPORT
$2,000,000 BELIEVED PAID
FOR ALSEA PROPERTY.
SIX-DAY GASOLINE
SUPPLY ARRIVES HERE
HARDING AND RAYS
ALLIES TO AID POLES
IF POLES STAY HOME
HOUSE MEMBERS
PORTLAND GUESTS
-M
CABI.VET PLAX TOLD NEIGH
BORS BY' NOMINEE.
TO DEATH
MOTORISTS BUY UP ALLOT
MENT FOR SUNDAY BY NOON.
ARMISTICE PROPOSAL SENT TO
SOVIET GOVERNMENT.
MANS 00
CASK
DISCUSS CAMPAIGN
JOINT TICKET IS ADVOCATED
Committee of 48 and Labor
Party Favor Plan.
PLATFORM -IS NEXT STEP
fioth Democrats and Republicans
Declared Controlled by
Financial Pirates.
CHICAGO. July 11. Amalgamation
of the committee of 48 and labor party
of the United States with a common
platform and common presidential
ticket will be recommended to the two
conventions tomorrow, it was decided
tonight by their conference commit
tees. The conferees adopted three resolu
tions recommending combining of the
two groups, and then took up discus
sion of a name for the new party.
J. A. II. Hopkins, chairman of the
committee of 48, and Toscan Bennett
of Connecticut, chairman of the labor
party conferees, issued the following
Btatement:
"The conference committees of the
committee of 48 and of the labor party
of the United States, sitting in joint
session tonight, unanimously adopted
three resolutions.
Common Platform Sought
"The first was a recommendation
for the amalgamation of the two
groups; the second recommended that
the political procedure committee of
the committee of 48 and the constitu
tion committee of the labor party ap
point .sub-committees of five each to
confer as to tjie machinery of the
amalgamation and the third was a
recommendation that the platform
committees of both groups appoint
sub-committees of five each to confer
as to a common platform.
"All of these recommendations will
be submitted by the conference com
mittee to their respective conventions
tomorrow for final action."
The conference committees of the
committee of 48 and the labor party
adjourned late tonight without having
reached an agreement for a name for
the third party.
Labor Convention Held.
The labor party opened its second
national convention here today with
the committee of 48 and the single
tax convention in recess over Sunday,
attending in force.
John Kitzpatrick, president of the
Chicago Federation of Labor, and
keynote speaker, brought the con
vention to its highest enthusiasm with
a pica "that the day would come when!
the working people of the United J
States would get together and do ai
job such as the workers of Russia
hiive done."
Delegates stamped and whistled and
three cheers for soviet Russia were
given.
Fitzpatrlek declared there was
nothing to prevent the "hand and
brain workers taking the government
out of the hands of, not Americans,
but international financial pirates,"
and advised all the minority groups
to unite on one ticket.
Throughout the discussion on com
bining the strength of the minority
groups, there appeared a trend of op
timism among thi delegates.
Platform Held Incidental.
C. J. Fiance, Seattle, who present
ed the forty-elghters' invitation to
the labor group to join the new par
ty movement, told the convention the
question of platform was "incidental"
and that beneath it are the "economic
principles for which all of you and
us can fight."
The thunder of foot-stamping and
cheering punctuated the Fitzpatrlek
address. His speech lost all repres
eion in its references to Russia and
Ireland and to the republican and
democratic parties.
"For years and years labor has fol
lowed the old routine of appealing
to existing political parties," Fitz
patrlek said. "We have gone to them
with our programmes, making no dif
ference whether the democratic or
republican party was in power, and
have come away with their promises.
' only to see those promises broken and
shattered.
"So now wc are through. We have
gotten our own people together. We
have tried to say . . . that this
programme of ours was big. and
broad enough for every man and
woman who does useful work. .' . .
There isn't anything sufficient to
prevent the hand and brain workers
of the United States from taking the
government out of the hands of
not Americans, but international fi
nancial pirates and do it now!"
Attacks Are Continued.
Fitzpatrlek halted for the tumult to
fubside as he made the point, then
continued with attacks upon the re
publican and democratic platforms,
which brought forth prolonged cheer-
in
I v "What's oi
1 sentatives of
vvnats our outy, as the retire.
f men and women and
children, against the representatives
of tho greed of gold?" he continued.
"Our duty is to proceed Immed
iately unitedly to take over the reins
IL'oncludcd ou i'a.e 5. Culumu 1:
Democratic Standard-Bcarer Is
Visited by Delegation at His
Trail's End Home.
DAYTON, O., July 11. A real dirt
farmer 'will be the next secretary of
agriculture. If the democratic party
is successful at the November elec
tion, according to a statement made
today by Governor Cox, democratic
presidential nominee. This was made
to a delegation of the governor's
neighbor farmers who called at his
home at Trail's End.
T. T. Ansberry, ex-representative of
Washington, arrived this morning
from San Francisco, and gave the
presidential nominee first hand de
tails of the convention. He told the
governor that the credit for his vic
tory goes to E. H. Moore of Youngs
town, his pre-convention manager.
Mr. Ansberry asserted to newspaper
reporters that the contest at San
Francisco was between McAdoo, Pal
mer, and Cox, and not between the
administration and Cox.
PRINCE HENRY IS HAZED
Ex-Kaiser's Brother Forced to Run
Gauntlet by Laborers.
BERLIN, July 11. A story of th
ill treatment of the former German
emperor's brother. Prince Henry of
Prussia, by field laborers Is told by
the Post Pruessische Zeitung.
According to the informant, 60 men
led by a private in a Hussars uniform
invaded Prince Henry's Schleswig
Holstein country seat on the pretext
of searching for hidden arms. The
invaders found no arms. Then the
leader said to the Prince:
"Come, Henry," whereupon Prince
Henry was made to run the gauntlet,
suffering innumerable kicks and
blows. Afterwards he was locked
tip in jail at Berckensferde where
nightly he was awakened every ten
minutes with "get up, Henry; turn
on the light. Lie down, Henry," amid
jeers and insults from his captors.
700 RUSS FAIL TO ESCAPE
War Prisoners Overpower Sentries,
Flee; Caught, Interned Anew.
ANTWERP,. July 11. A force of 700
Russian prisoners of war, who had
been interned near Turnhout, 25 miles
northeast of this city, escaped from
the Internment camp last nigh't and
marched upon Antwerp. A regiment
of cavalry sent in pursuit surrounded
the Russians and interned them anew
in one of the Antwerp forts.'
The prisoners were to be released
on Saturday for return home. Th
were informed, however, that owing
to Great Britain and the soviet gov
ernment failing to agree with regard
to exchange of nationals they would
have to remain. Incensed, the pris
oners overpowered the sentries.
LUMBER CAMPS RESUME
Booth-Kelly Mill and Wood Crews
Go Back to Work.
EUGENE, Or., July 11. (Special.)
The tsvo sawmills and all- logging
camps of the Booth-Kelly Lumber
company will resume operations to
morrow after a shutdown since July
according to announcement at the
office of the company in this city.
The camps and mills .were closed
down to allow the employes to cele
brate Independence day as they
pleased and in the meantime repairs
have been made to the mills and to
the machinery in the logging camps.
While some of the loggers remained
the camps above Wcndling most
of them came out and scattered to
11 parts of the state.
WILLOWS IS FIRE SWEPT
Three Blocks Burned With Re
ported Loss of $1,000,000.
WILLOWS. Cal.. July 11. Fire
which originated from a gas plate
left burning in the basement of Hoch
heimer's department store this after
noon ravaged the business section of
Willows, causing loss estimated at
1. 000,000.
Aided by the hot weather and a
strong southwest wind, the fire spread
rapidly despite the efforts of the fire
department to check its onward rush.
Calls for help were sent out to sev
eral nearby cities, the departments
from Red Bluff, Gerber and Colusa
responding.
CRAFT OFFERED GERMANS
British Shipowners Seek Sale
Tonnage Turn-Over.
BERLIN. July 11. The Boersen
Courier's Hamburg correspondent
claims to have authority to confirm
the report that British ship-owners
have offered to sell to German ship
owners or the German government a
large part of the tonnage surrendered
as compensation for the Scapa flow
sinkings.
The Germans declined to accede to
the British demand that the ships fly
the British flag.
DESCHANEL IN ILL HEALTH
French
Consider Steps
to Create
Office of Vice-President.
PARIS, July 11. The state of Presi
dent Deschanel's health has revived
talk In the parliamentary lobbies of
the necessity of taking measures to
meet the possibility of a prolonged
inabilitv of the Dresident. thrmio-h
illness, to discharge the duties of his'
office.
Talk of creating the office of vice-'
president is being revived.
Niagara, Cataract Claims
Its First Victim.
WIFE, 11 CHILDREN LEFT
Barrel Smashed Like Shell
When Dashed on Rocks.
TWO OTHERS SUCCESSFUL
Woman. Makes Plunge In 1901
and Man in 1911, Both of
Whom Arc Still Living.
NIAGARA PALLS, July 11. (Spe
cial.) Charles George Stephens, 58,
of Bristol, England, gambled with
death here today and lost. He was
killed while plunging over the Horse
shoe falls in a barrel. His body has
not been recovered. Pieces of the
parrel were recovered three hours
after the fatal ride over the 158-foot
cataract. It had evidently been
dashed to pieces on the rocks.
Fearing he would be stopped by the
authorities, Stephens preserved the
greatest secrecy about his plans. He
went from Toronto, Ont., to Hamilton
last night, registered at a hotel there
under the name of W. J. Landon and
continued the trip to Niagara Falls,
Ont., by automobile this morning.
Mayor Bids Good Lack.
Despite his precautions, the author
ities learned of his plans, and Mayor
Stephens was on hand at Snyders
point, three miles above the falls on
the Canadian side, to bid him good
luck.
Stephens put on a padded suit, made
especially for the trip, and climbed
into his barrel shortly before 8 o'clock
this morning. Motion-picture men
were not Quite satisfied with the pic
tures they made and asked him to
climb out again so they could get an
other picture of him entering the
barrel.
"Good-bye and good luck!" said the
mayor, grasping Stephens' hand. "1
hope to see you below the falls in
safety shortly."
"I'll Be There," Laat Word.
"I'll be there with a smile," re
plied Stephens, adjusting the mask
of his oxygen aparatus to his head.
They were his last words, for a
moment' later the. top of the barrel
was screwed down and the black and
white striped craft was towed out
into the Niagara river.
The barrel was towed more than
a mile down stream by a motorboat,
another boat with a camera man run
ning alongside to film the beginning
of the trip1. The barrel started on
its trip at 8:10.
The towline was cut opposite the
mouth of the Chippewa river and the
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Who Head Big Combine, Said
to Be Purchasers.
NEWPORT. Or., July 11. (Special.)
'The United States Spruce corpora
tion has sold the Alsea Southern Log
ging railroad terminating in the
Blodgett tract, the tract itself con
taining about 750,000 feet of. timber,
mostly spruce, and the government
sawmill at Toledo, it was reported
here today.
The purchasers are believed to be
a corporation headed by James and
William S. Kuhn or Burlingame. Cal.,
former Pittsburg, Pa., bankers.
The price paid is not known here,
but is believed to be $2,000,000 as
that was the only sum which the
United States Spruce corporation has
ever been willing to consider. The
sales board of the spruce corporation
purchased the property from the
United States government at 10 cents
on the dollar.
Whether the road and mill will" be
put into operatior. is unknown. It is
generally believed that the i urchasers
will issue stock in San Francisco and
form a large company.
JAPANESE GAIN ENTRY
Border at San Diega Held Inade
quately Guarded.
SACRAMENTO. Cal.. July 11. The
wide open border of 180 miles or more
from San Diego to eastern Arizona,
permitting a steady stream of Jap
anese to make their way into this
country in violation not only of the
"gentlemen's agreement" but also of
the laws of the United States, will be
the subject of emphatic representa
tions by Governor Stephens to the
congressional committee now In Cali
fornia to investigate the immigration
question. Among the facts to be pre
sented to the committee are:
The men on the border immigration
service are only a handful in number
and have repeatedly made reports to
Washington of the intolerable condi
tions of their inability to check the
unlawful entry of Japanese and of the
urgent need for provision for an ade
quate guarding force.
The federal government has turned
a deaf ear to all these appeals and
the border is today, more than it ever
was, an open invitation to Japanese
and all sorts of smuggling.
HEARING TO OPEN TODAY
Congressional Immigration Com
mittee Is in California.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., July 11.
The congressional committee on im
migration and naturalization, now in
California to make a study of the
Asiatic immigration situation, will
open a hearing here tomorrow.
More than 100 requests for repre
sentations at the hearing have been
received. Chairman Johnson stated,
"We expect to spend some time in
California visiting various parts of
the state." Chairman Johnson said,
"and before we are through may con
tinue the investigation in Oregon and
Washington. The situation is much
more acute than we expected."
nil V.nnAnr rirc l)fkflir I
Situation Is More Serious
Now -Than Ever Before.
I
The arrival of the tanker Col. E. L-1
Drake from San Francisco early yes- j
terday morning with l,2aO,ouu gallons
of gasoline brought relief to thou
sands of Portland motorists. Early
in the day the big tank trucks of the
Standard Oil company distributed an
allotment to their service depots in
the city and by 11 o'clock practically
all of the stations had a small amount
of fuel on hand.
The amoAnt of gasoline used in
Oregon monthly supplied by the !
Standard is 4,000,000 gallons. The
tanker brought a sufficient supply to
last approximately six days, accord
ing to managers of local stations.
At most of the stations yesterday
the amount of fuel was extremely
limited and many stations were
closed, although some remained open
to supply lubricating oil, air and
water to their patrons.
At 90 per cent of the stations the
supply was so limited that no more
than two gallons would be sold, re
gardless of the capacity of the tank.
Some of the stations would only let
motorists have one gallon.
In every instance a rigid inspec
tion of the tanks was made and mo
torists found having a supply of fuel
were refused an additional supply.
These orders were issued by company
officials, service station managers
said.
Those in close touch with the situa
tion said that the coming week would
see a greater gasoline scarcity in
Oregon than ever before.
"It is not that we don't want to
sell it," one service manager stated
yesterday. "We just haven't it and
can't get it."
Some of the stations of the Shell,
Associated and Union companies,
which had closed Saturday afternoon
or night, were open yesterday morn
ing with a small supply. Their man
agers refused information or denied
a knowledge as to when more gaso
line could be expected. Many ad
mitted that the situation was more
serious now than ever before and
there seemed to be no immediate re
lief in sight.
T0KI0 CABINET GETS VOTE
Resolution of Want of Confidence
Loses in House, 145 to 2 8 3.
TOKIO, July 10. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) The government re
ceived a vote of confidence by a large
majority in the house of representa
tives today. The house defeated a
resolution of want of confidence in
the ministry by 145. votes for the
resolution and 283 against It.
The tendency toward freedom of
speech and action along liberal lines
continued to manifest themselves to
day. Three big meetings promoting
universal suffrage were held. Speeches
of a violent character were made and
paraders carrying banners subse
quently clashed with the police, a
number of arrests being made. Five
thousand police reserves were called
out as a special guard for the diet.
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Attendance at Church
Opens Busy Day.
HARRY M. DAUGHERTY MET
Portions of Speech of Ac
ceptance Discussed.
OWN SERMON RECALLED
Republican Nominee Declares Pas
tor's Theme Same He Once
Used in Same Church.
MARION, O., July 11. Senator Hard
ing, republican presidential nominee,
spent a busy day today, attending
church in the morning with Mrs. Hard-i
ing and later discussing campaign
plans with National Chairman Hays
and Harry M. Daugherty of Colum
bus, a member of the executive com
mittee of the republican national com
mittee In charge of the campaign. Mr.
Hays later left for New Tork.
It was understood the senator dis
cussed with tht national chairman and
Mr. Daugherty portions of his speech
of acceptance.
Mr. Hays reached the Harding home
before the senator had arisen. While
breakfast was being prepared, Mr.
Hays visited the administration build
ing next door, until called by the
senator.
Church Srrvlren Attended.
Joined by Mr. Hay's, Senator and
Mrs. Harding attended services at the
Trinity Baptist church.
With the close of the service, a re
ception for the candidate's party
lasted nearly 30 minutes. Mr. Hays
expressed delight that he had been
able to spend Sunday with the sen
ator. "I can only say that every day raort
and more I congratulate the party
and the country on Senator Hard
ing's nomination." he said.
During this conference with the
newspaper correspondents. Senator
Harding recalled a time when he had
preached a sermon at the Trinity
Baptist church. According to the
senator a series of services conduct
ed by laymen had been arranged. It
finally came his turn to preside. He
decided to take as his text the first
verse his finger would fall on when
he opened the Bible.
Texts Same, Saya Senator.
"Strangely enough, it was 'Be ye
not offended if I tell you the truth,"
the same used by T. H. McAfee this
morning." said Senator Harding.
Assurances that he would receive
the support of the large negro popu
lation in Illinois were today received'
by Senator Harding in a letter from
Colonel R. S. Abbott of Chicago, pub
lisher of a newspaper for negroes. A
similar letter was received from John
W. Thompson, chairman of the execu
tive committee of the New York State
Republican council, a negro voters'
organization.
The proposed "front porch" cam
paign policy was understood to have
been discussed at the conference. Mr.
Hays was understood to have told the
senator that many persons all over
the country are urging a modifica
tion of the plan and that approxi
mately five hundred requests for the
senator to speak have been rece'ved.
The nominee tonight said he has no
present intentions of changing the
plans.
MAN IS KILLED BY TRAIN
tieorgc W. Tuvis of Merlin Cirounu
Bcncatli Wheels oT Freight.
GRANTS TASS. Or.t July 11. (Spe
cial.) George W. Tavis of Merlin
j was instantly killed here early this
morning when he was run over by a
freight train. Tavls had spent the
night in Gran.s Pass and was start-
I j ing home. He was presumably trying ' United states Spruce corporation is re
t to get on the freight when he slipped i ?TU &XSoSS& ' i'" rm,N
and fell underneath the wheels. i
The train was stopped when the I
brakeman saw him fly in the air to i
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be later ground beneath the wheels. ,
Tavis was well known here, having
formerly been in business in Grants '
pas8 ;
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ALLit i-irwvi vv n i um;
Objections to Treaty
Spa Conference.
CDA Drtli .. m Tnltr 11 t X3xt V. A
t j Associated Press.)
The final draft of
1 the reply to the Turkish objections I
I j was adopted by the allied delegates
) IUUHJ. JL Will lldllUCU IU IMC
Turkish delegation at Versailles on
, July 17, and published simultaneously
in Paris and. London.
sign the treaty as drafted, with only
slight modifications.
Movement Reported Near I'ckin:
Xo Fighting Started at X
PEKIX, July 11. Various
movements In the neighborhc
oon
troop
lood of
Pekin were reported this morning.
No fighting had taken place up to
noon.
Defense Against Bolshevik! to Be
Assisted if Troops Are Kept In
side Natural Boundaries.
SPA, July 11. (By the Associated I
, tire within the natural frontiers of
1 Poland the allies will give them all
J possible assistance in the event of
j their being attacked by the bolshe-
vlki. This announcement wa made
here today
The allies hav
c sent a proposal toBusiness Men Meet Party at
viet government for J
tne ttussian soviet g
an armistice with Poland on condi
tion that the Poles retire within their
natural Polish frontiers and that if
the bolshevikl attack the Poles with
in these frontiers the allies will come
to Poland's aid. A conference of
representatives of all the countries
is proposed.
FORESTER GOES TO HAWAII
j Charles i. Kraebcl, 10 Years at
Wind River, Gets New Position, j
Charles J. Kraebel. for 10 years '
I connected with the forest examiner j
at Wind River station, has left for I
Hawaii,
wherc he will accept the
position as assistant superintendent
of forestry for the entire territory.
C. S. Judd, former assistant district j tions of the national nouse of repre
forestry superintendent in Portland Ucntativcs spent half a dozen hour
is superintendent of the entire Ha- ' . . , , . ,
., ,. . . ; 1,1 Portland last evening. The rcpre-
waiian district. i . ..
Kraebcl is a graduate of the uni-i SonUltlvcs' eiht numfter. are on
vcrsity of Michigan, class of 1912. and j a ju"keting trip throughout the Pa
made a study of tree and landscape I cific coast and Rockv mountain
gardening in the east until 1914. states, visiting the various reclama
Prior to coining to the Wind River j tion projects and the national narks
station he was assigned to the Blue
Mountain region of eastern Oregon
Kraebel served as a first lieutenant
in the army during the war and was
connected with the "Stars and
Stripes." official organ of the A. IC. F.
CANADA TO PAY ON WHEAT
3 0 Cents a Bushel to Be Allowed
by Board After July 15.
WINNIPKG. Stan.. July 11. The
Canadian wheat board has decided to
make an interim payment of 30 cents
per bushel s soon as possible after
July' 10. against the wheat represent
ed by its participation certificates,
according to an official announcement
made public here today.
While the board will be unable to
determine the total value of the cer
tificates before the business is com
pleted, present indications, it Kays,
are that this payment represents ap
proximately 75 per cent.
STEERAGE RATES LIFTED
New York to Kuropeaii Schedule
Change Krfective Today.
NEW TORK. July 11. Increases of
from $7. to $3.50 in steerage passage
rates on steamships from New York
to European ports will become
effective tomorrow, it was announced
here today by the North Atlantic i
passenger conference, composed of i
large steamship companies.
First and second class passage rates
; recently were advanced $15. High
labor and fuel costs were given as the
reason.
200 RUSSIAN BRIDES LAND
One Family of Eight Is Brought
Home by American Soldier.
SAN FRAXC1SCO, July 11. Two
hundred Russian brides of American
soldiers arrived here today from
Vladivostok with their husbands, on
board the army transport Madawaska.
Several women ' had two or three
children. One had a family of eight.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
Tlie Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 67
deprees ; minimum. 55 degrees.
TODAY'S Cloudy; southwesterly winds.
Koreia-n.
Ex-Empresa Eugenie of France dies.
Allies tn aid Polish defense against bol
shevikl If Poles stay in own boundaries.
Pae 1-
Gi-rmany presents reparation plan. Page '2
lHmeitic.
! McrBer of smail
political parties draws
nearer. Page 1
Harding and Hays discuss campaign.
Page 1.
Cox promise, "real rtirt farmer" job on
cabinet If elected, rase 1.
McCombB declares he discovered Cox.
Page 5.
Former lieutenant who hilled wife In
Ohicaffo to obtain $1."00 savins asks
hanging be rushed. Page 5.
Man who attempts to shoot Horseshoe
Kails at Niagara in barrel Is killed.
page i
EtportA.
T. . " . . Coast league results: Portland 4-3, r
HejeclCd Ul non 5L.; Tx8 Anseles 3-3. Sa.lt Lake
4-2; Seattle 7-3. Oakland S-fi; yan
Francisco 3-2. Sacramento 1-0 Pa pre 8.
Fulton to meet Harry Wills Thursday nljcht.
Pace 8.
r'0-t tennis stars Invade Portland for
state honors. Page S.
; Su1'n' city
games make many changes in
nrtings. 9 Page 9.
Portland and Vicinity.
Dry world near, declares "Pussyfoot"
Johnson. Pase 10.
President ia: campaign unlikely to hurt
business, say bankers. Page 1 5.
Second advertising campaign of state in
dustries starts this week. Page 15.
Coos and I'mpqua sections forging to front.
lays Representative McAnhur. Page 5.
i wAnian anrl three men arrested on rh.rp.
g automobile. Page 16.
Thomas resigns from child
welfare board August 1. leaving fourth
new member to be appointed. Page 4.
Junket party entertained In Portland.
Page 1.
r.,rt V,rrav Pratt urlres (.
tionalisis to banish fear by recognition
of realities of lite. Page 1.
Six day gasoline supply arrives in Port-
land. Page 1.
Letter carriers national pro.siuVnt urges
Vcll employes lu organize. Page 9.
Arid Land Investigators
Stop for Few Hours.
DINNER AND TRIPS GIVEN
Multnomah Station.
YAKIMA IS NEXT STOP
Umatilla and Columbia P.n.iu
Projects Also to Be Visited
by House Committee.
On a hurried jump from the r-b-
matlcn Projects of central Oicgvn
lo Rainier National park, nieni-
! bcrs of the committee on appropria-
with the view of obtaining first-hand
information relative t' the needs of
these projects and parks from an
appropriation standpoint.
Portland, not needing reclamation,
at least not from the hands of the
department of the interior, and not
being recognized as a national park,
could be alloted but little time by the
federal representatives, who are
spending time enough at each project
and park to give each one a thorough
"once over," but are hurrying from
one project to another as fast as
trains and automobiles make it pos
sible Hearty Iteerptlnn tiven.
The stop here was scarcely more
than a wait between trains, but was
taken advantage of by the Portland
Chamber of Commerce to give the
visitors a hearty reception, to show
them the beauties of the highway and
the modern character, of the harbor,
to give them a dinner and to send
them on their way with a warm spot
in their hearts for the Rose City.
In the party were the following
members of the house committee on
appropriations: James W. Good of
Iowa, chairman; William H. Wood of
Indiana, Louis C. Cramton of Mich
igan. Joseph w. fciyrns or lennessee.
I John M. Kvans of Montana, John J.
Eaean of New Jersey and James A.
Gallivan of Massachusetts.
. J. Sinnott 'With Parly.
Additional members of the party
were Representative N. .1. Sinnolt of
Oregon, chairman of the committee
1 on public lands; Representative Char
i les U. Timbcrlake of Colorado, mem
; ber of the ways and means committee;
I Burton 1.. French. Idaho; Arthur
P. Davis. director oi" reclama
tion service; J. B. Beadle, assistani
director of reclamation service;
Adolph K. Banta, clerk of the com
mittee; James A. Gallivan, Jr., and
K. D. Baldwin, secretary to Repre
sentative Sinnott. Representative
McArtlfur of this state Joined the
party at Multnomah Falls yesterday
afternoon, and Stephen T. Mather,
director of national park service,
rejoined the party last night after
having left it at Crater lake the
middle of last week to confer with
Vice-President E. O. McCormick of the
Southern Pacific and to stop at Salem
to meet Governor Olcott.
A group of Portland men journeyed
to the Klamath country too, and
traveled with the representatives
through the central Oregon country.
They were: P. Hethcrton, assistant
secretary of the Portland Chamber of
Commerce; William McMurray and
H. K. L,ounsbury of the Oregon
Washington railroad company, and
Alfred A Aye.
Ituninras Men Meet Party.
The party was met at Multnomah
Falls station by a group of business
men from the Portland Chamber of
Commerce and driven into the city
ortr the Columbia river highway.
Short stops were made at the Vista
house and other points of interest.
The party was then taken for a brief
inspection of municipal terminal No.
4, following which the party was
brought in automobiles to the Port
land hotel, where dinner was await
ing them. All members of the dele
gation except Representative Byrns
took advantage of tne automobile
trip, the Tennessean hurrying on into
the city by train to meet friends.
Enthusiastic over the good to be de
rived from their trip, but glad to be
back once more to a locality where
irrigation is not needed, the represent
atives finished the first leg of their
junketing trip with their arrival in
Portland. Leaving San Francisco the
representatives spent Tuesday in the
Sacramento valley, where the temper
ature registered 105 degrees in the
shade. The junket was a man-sized
job under the circumstances, members
of the party declared. However, on
Wednesday morning they were at
Klamath Falls, and by Wednealay
night had encountered snow at Crater
lake. Wednesday morning was spi-nt
' '' '"
j and the afternoon was consumed in
I the trip to the Oregon national park.
The representatives spent Thursday
began the trip to
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